Buchanan County, Missouri - Biographical sketches, 1881 (part 9 of 12)

dealer in boots and shoes, was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, July 6, 184s, and was there raised until he attained his fourteenth year, when he came to America, taking up his abode in St. Joseph. Here he was educated and learned the trade of boot and shoe making. In 1866, he engaged in trade at Savannah, continuing until 1869, when he returned to this city. His store is double and all the available space is well filled. In the spring of 1881, in company with Mr. Christian Frenger and J. H. Igler, he opened a wholesale house and factory. He has an extended acquaintanceship, and is popularly known. Is a Master Mason and Odd Fellow, a member of the Druids, Foresters, Knights of Honor, and belongs to the German Benevolent Society. Miss Caroline Schinder became his wife in 1871. They have three children, Frederick J., Amelia and Loufsa. t

Among the prominent physicians of St. Joseph, may be mentioned the subject of this sketch. He was born near Cleveland, Ohio, July i, 185 1, and was raised principally in Iowa. He in early life made choice of medicine as a profession, and was graduated fro.m the Chicago Medical College, March 24, 1871. After practicing a short time in Chicago, he went to New York, where he availed himself of the advantages of hospital experience, during which time he was graduated in the Homeopathic College, and abandoned allopathy, fully convinced that homeopathy was by far the most practical and consistent system. The knowledge thus obtained proved to be of incalculable benefit in his subsequent professional duties. He came to St. Joseph in 1874, at a time when there were only two physicians of the homeopathic sch&ol in the city. Since then, his practice has steadily increased, and through his efforts, as well as those of his professional brethren, the doctrine of Hahnemann is to-day accepted by many of the leading and most intelligent families of the city. Dr. Westover is a man of acknowledged ability as a physician, and his services as such are recognized by his numerous friends. His kind and sympathetic nature renders him a welcome visitor in the sick room, and to his most thorough qualifications as a physicians may be added promptness and energy in attending the calls of the sick and afflicted. He is a close student, being not only a subscriber to, but a careful reader of the leading medical journals of the day. He was one of the attending surgeons at Ophthalmic Hospital, in New York City, and makes a specialty of surgery. Dr. Westover was President of the Kansas and Missouri Valley Medical Society, and is Secretary of the Missouri State Medical Society. He is also a corresponding member of the New York Medical Society. He is a member of the Baptist Church. He was married to Miss MoUie L. Christopher, October 29, 1879. She was born in Missouri, October 4, 1856.

Samuel Westheimer

was born in Germany, March 18, 1833, and with an older brother came to the United States in the fall of 1848, settling first in New York City. Remained there four years, learning the tinner's trade. In 1852, he moved to the interior of the state, where he took charge of a large manufacturing business, managing it for several years. Came to St. Joseph in 1859, ^i^d embarked in the grocery trade, for which he subsequently substituted the liquor business. In this, as well as all other of his enterprises, he has been very successful. He has been elected for several terms Councilmen of the Third Ward, where he has gained much distinction for his superior judgment in the difficult duties entrusted to him. He has also held the important position of President of the Jewish congregation for three terms, a marked evidence of his character for intelligence among the Israelites of the city. Mr. Westheimer is the architect of his own fortune. Recognized as self-reliant, honest and capable, no man in. St. Joseph enjoys a fairer record. Was married to Johanna Haas, of Chicago, Illinois, April, 1866. They have eight children living - Yetta, Helen, Bettie, Sonora, Benny, Ophelia, Blanche and Junietta.

J. F. West

carpenter and builder, is a native of Bracken County, Kentucky, and was born August 29, 1838. Was there raised and learned his trade, his early days being spent in tilling the soil. In 1855, he came to Mercer Missouri,- and followed agricultural pursuits for a time, thence to Andrew County engaged in various lines, and for a period was engaged in contracting and building. He came to St. Joseph in 1871, where he has been closely identified with its building interests. During the war he was a soldier in Company B, Fifty-first Missouri Volunteer Infantry as a non-commissioned Sergeant. A greater portion of the time was in the secret service department. Previous to going in the service was a member of the Missouri State Militia. In the autumn of 1856, Miss Mary E. Litton became his wife. They have had five children, one of whom is living, Correnia. Four are deceased : Mary L., R. B., Elijah and Sarah. Mr. West is a member of the I. O. O. F. Encampment.

G. N. White

Manager for the Consolidated Tank Line and the Detroit Safe Company, was born in Loudoun County, Virginia, January 27, 1852. His father, Daniel T., was among the leading agriculturists of that state, known in commercial circles. White's Ferry, on the Potomac River, derived its name from him, he having operated a ferry there for a number of years. During the rebellion his boats were used in transporting General Banks' troops. At the breaking out of the war the family migrated to Montgomery County, Maryland, where they resided six years. G. N. resided at different points until 1874, when he went to Washington, D. C, remaining until 1880, when he came to St. Joseph. Although but a short time in the city, he is well and popularly known. In 1877, Miss Fannie G. Walker, of Washington, D. C, became his wife. Theyhave one daughter, Edna G.

Julius Wiehl

carriage painter, is a prominent and well known artist. His father, Joseph, was among the early settlers of Buchanan County, and Julius was born in St. Joseph, April 9, 1857. Was here reared, educated and learned his trade, and has principally made it his home, with the exception of a short time at Sedalia, where he worked in the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad shops, and also at Sweet Springs. He makes a specialty of carriage work, but in sign and ornamental painting will compare favorably with many older and more experienced workmen.

Wiedmaier & Wildberger

wagon manufacturers. Bartholomew Wiedmaier was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, in 1832, and came to America in 1844, locating in Buchanan County, Missouri. His father, Joseph, here engaged in farming. In 1849 our subject commenced to learn the wagon making trade with Mr. J. A. Forrest, and his since devoted his entire attention to that buSi-* ness. His first shop was a Cottonwood log building. In 1864 Mr. Wildberger became his partner. He was married in i860 to Ursula Wildberger. They have had seven children, five of whom are living : Clara E., now Mrs. C. Hartwig; Frank Albert, deceased; Theodore, deceased; Josie E., Augusta B., Bertha L., and Flora T. He is a Knight of Honor and member of the Foresters and the German Benevolent Society* John Wiidberger was born in Switzerland', February 25, 1839. In his thirteenth year he came to America, his father, Adam, locating in St. Joseph, where John was educated, raised and learned the wagon making trade. In 1861 he enlisted in Company B, Thirteenth Missouri Volunteer Infantry. Alter the battle of Lexington he was re-enlisted in the Twenty-fifth Missouri, participated at Shiloh and other engagements and was honorably discharged in 1864 at Nashville, Tennessee. He returned to this city and formed a partnership with Mr. Wiedmaier, which still exists. He was married in 1866 to Ann C. Knoth. They have one daughter living, Lizzie ; lost three children, Emma, Albert and an infant. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. Encampment, Foresters, Knight of Honor, and the German Benevolent Society. This firm is an old and well established one, and in the manufacture of lumber wagons do a good business.

Daniel W. Wilder

was born in Blackstone, Massachusetts, July 15, 1832. He graduated at the Public Latin School, Boston, and received a Franklin medal ; at Harvard College and received the Bowdoin first prize gold medal ; attended the Harvard Law School and was admitted to the Boston bar. Came to Kansas in 1857 ; settled in Elwood in 1858 ; was elected Judge of Probate of Doniphan County ; came to St. Joseph in i860 and edited the Free Democrat ; went to Leavenworth and edited the Conservative till 1865 ; was Surveyor General of Kansas and Nebraska in 1863-64 - appointed by Mr. Lincoln ; editor of the Rochester (N. Y.) Express in 1 866-67-68 ; of the Leavenworth Conservative in 1868-69- '70; of the Fort Scott Monitor in 1871-72; was for two terms State Auditor of Kansas after two unanimous nominations. In 18715 he received the honorary degree of Master of Arts from the University of Kansas, arid wrote the " Annals of Kansas," which was published at Topeka ; returned to St. Joseph in 1876 as the editor of the Herald.

bookkeeper and general manager at Nash's elevator, was born in Massachusetts in 1843, and was there raised and received a good common school education. In 1849, he went to St. Louis, and in 1 861 to St. Paul, Minnesota. Was three years in the army, serving in the Sixth Minnesota Regiment. In 1865, he returned to St. Louis, and in 1867 married Miss Lina B. Salter, a native of New Jersey. They have had three children, one of whom died. In 1868, he came to St. Joseph, where he was engaged in the old Colhoun Bank, and afterwards in the First National Bank. Since 1875 he has been at Nash's elevator. Is a Mason and District Deputy Grand Master of the Fourteenth District A. F. & A. M. He is a Knight Templar and has held prominent positions in other bodies of the order.

manager of McCormick Agency, is a native of New York, where he received an academic education. He taught school in his young days and moved to Wisconsin in 1854, where he continued that business up to 1860. He engaged in the hardware and agricultural business in 1866. He sold out in 1875. Was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate in 1875-6. In i88o he took charge of south one-half of Kansas for McCormick Reaper Company. In 188 1 he was transferred to St. Joseph to manage the canvass of Buchanan County, in connection with nine other northwestern counties of Missouri, and seven northeastern counties of Kansas. This depot was established in 1875, carrying all iron mowers, combined mower and dropper, combined reaper and mower, harvesters and hand binders, and wire and twine self-binding harvesters. Also keep large supply of repairs to supply local agents. All goods disposed of at wholesale or retail.

John C. Wildberger

proprietor of the Platte River House, at Riverton, was born June i7» 1851, in Switzerland, and was brought to the United States by his parents, when about eighteen months old. They settled at St. Joseph, where John was reared, receiving the benefits of an education. He learned the harness-maker's trade, and worked at it five years, and then entered a wholesale liquor house, where he remained five years. He opened the Platte River House in October, 1880. The building is. new and well fitted. He has a bar in connection with it, and a well assorted stock of groceries. He was married April 19, 1877, to Miss Mary Wie- man, a native of St. Louis, born August I2, 1855. They have two children, Edward and Henry. They are members of the Swiss Benefit Association.

Charles Brownell Wilkinson

confessedly the ablest journalist ever connected with the newspaper press of Upper Missouri, and a man with scarcely a professional superior any where, was born in Waterville, Oneida County, N., Y., October 15, 1827. His ancestors were people of gentle birth in England, and several of them served with distinction in the civil troubles of 1644. In 1-645, one oi them came to America, and settled in Rhode Island. Another member of the family came to America in the latter part of the seventeenth century and settled in Maryland. Many of. the descendants of both branches of this family subsequently served with distinction in important positions in the gift of the people. The subject of this sketch was educated at the Waterville Academy, New York, and at the age of eighteen was prepared to enter the junior class of Hamilton College ; but his father decided to place him in a law office, and, in 1846, he began his legal studies. In 1849, he was admitted at Albany to practice as an attorney and counselor. In the same year he was initiated into Waterville Lodge, No. 240, I. O. O. F. In 1850, he was made a Master Mason by Sanger Lodge, No. 129, Waterville, in which he afterwards held high official position, and which- he represented in the Grand Lodge of the state. September 10, 185 1, he was married to Miss Cornelia B. Hubbard, of Waterville, who died in St. Joseph, Missouri, December 2, 1865. In 1854, he began the publication of the Waterville Journal, a weekly newspaper, which he sold in 1855, and removed to Toledo, Ohio. Here he was President of the Toledo Nursery Association from June, 1855, to June, 1856. In August, of the same year, he went to Deansville, New York, where he erected a large flouring mill and distillery. In 1857, he issued the first number of the Waterville Times. This is still (1881) a prosperous and influential paper. In the fall of 1859, ^^ was the Democratic nominee for the Legislature in the Second District of Oneida County. He was defeated, but polled a larger vote than his party in every town. In January, i860, he moved to St. Joseph, Missouri, where he resumed the practice of the law. He was an ardent supporter of Stephen A. Douglas for the Presidency, and made many able speeches in his advocacy. During the civil war, he was a strong Union man. In February, 1862, he began the publication of the St. Joseph Morning Herald, a journal which immediately presented the stamp of his commanding genius, and soon became what it is to-day, a representative journal and organ of the Republican party in this part of the state. In August, 1862, he was appointed Internal Revenue Collector for the Third District of Missouri, embracing all that portion of the state lying north of the

Missouri River, and including forty-four counties. The taxes collected amounted to about one million dollars per annum. December 27, 1866, he married Misa Elizabeth Smith, who is still (1881) living. A short time previously he had been elected a member of the Twenty-fourth General Assembly of Missouri. In 1875, while Collector of the Sixth District of Missouri, in consequence of the irregularities of some of his employes, he was charged with being connected with the whisky frauds. Despairing in the complications that existed of obtaining justice, he left the country and visited Australasia. In September, 1876, Mr. Wilkinson having returned to Missouri, all the cases against him were dismissed save the one for embezzlement, of which he was convicted on a technicality. Such was the nature of the case, however, that after a careful examination of the same by the Attorney General and the President, a full parddn was granted as a matter of right. Neither Mr. Wilkinson's political friends nor political enemies believed him guilty of any criminal intent. In June, 1878, he was given sole charge of the St. Joseph Gazette, which he continued to edit with his wonted ability for some time. He afterwards moved to Denver, Colorado, where he died January 14, 1881. Charles B.Wilkinson was certainly a man of versatile genius and remarkable mental resources, as well as of generous impulses. A finished and accurate scholar as well as an eminently practical man, as a journalist, he had no superior and few equals, any where.

Thomas Wildbahn

was born in Piqua, Ohio, April 8, 1808, and received his education at the common schools of that place. At the age of eighteen he went to learn the blacksmith trade. When twenty-two years old moved to Portsmouth, Ohio, where he carried on a large shop until he came to St. Joseph in 1845. He purchased the grist mill of Joseph Robidoux, which was the only one in the city, and continued to run it until 1854, when he sold out and went to Kansas, settling near Wathena. There he built a saw mill, which he operated for six years. Disposing of the mill, he returned to St. Joseph, where he has a good home, and continues to live in the enjoyment of the fruits of his labors. He married Miss R. Gharky, of Portsmouth, Ohio, in 1834. They have had three children, Sarah, Susanna and Charles Thomas. Sarah died in infancy. Susanna is the wife of J. W. Bailey, Esq., of St. Joseph, and Charles is a clerk in the house of J. W. Bailey & Co.

his home till the Mexican war broke out. He fought through that war, and returned to St. Joseph, where he remained a short time and went to California, there residing one year. Returned to St. Joseph and was united in marriage to Miss Elzerie Connett, October i6, 1859. She was a daughter of Major William C. Connett. After their marriage he moved to Texas, and remained till the close of the late war, when he returned to Buchanan County, and settled on his farm, where Mrs. W. now resides, in section 34. The farm contains sixteen aqres. Mr. W. was well and favorably known in St. Joseph and Buchanan County, and had a large circle of friends to mourn his loss. They had four children, three girls and one boy: Mattie A., born in Travers County, Texas, September 10, i860, and married to William S. Ashton, December 15, 1880; Laura L., born in Travers County, Texas, December 7. 1862; Cassie, born in Buchanan County, October 6, 1866 ; Squire T., born in Buchanan County, June 10, 1869.

John W. Wilson

contractor and' builder, was born in Garrard County, Kentucky, February 2, 1830, but was principally reared in Washington County. He learned his trade with his father, G. B. In 1851 the family came to St. Joseph, and after a short sojourn, John W. removed to Andrew County, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits, returning in 1863 and for seven or eight years pursued his trade. He then again returned to Andrew County, remaining for a time. During his sojourn in St. Joseph he has been closely identified with its building interests. He married June 23, 1853, Miss Harriet E. Bowland. She died December 11, 1874, leaving a family of nine children : Henry W., Annie E., James B., Fielding, Viola, Hattie, John W., Garrard and Sophia.

R. Wilson

proprietor of the box factory, was born in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, April 20, 1804, and after living in different parts until 1855, we find him at Keokuk, Iowa. His boyhood days had been spent on a farm, but after attaining manhood, he learned the milling business of his father, William, who followed that profession. Arriving at Keokuk, he engaged in the sash factory business, continuing for a number of years, and for a time represented the manufacturing company on the road. In 1869, he came to St. Joseph, engaging in his present business, which has been very successful, and in which he receives the hearty endorsement of the wholesale interest of the city by furnishing them boxes at a reasonable rate. In 1879, he was burned out, suffering a heavy loss. In 1829, Miss Lucinda Douglass became his wife. For fifty-two years they have lived harmoniously, and are still hale and hearty. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson are active members of the Methodist Church. Mr. Wilson, politically, has been a life long Republican.

Isaac Wilkins

foreman of the blacksmith shop at the Kansas City, St. Joseph and Council Bluffs Railroad shops, was born in Wilkshire, England, January 12, 1825, and is a son of Abraham Wilkins. He was there raised td manhood, educated and learned the blacksmith's trade. In 1851, he came to the United States, locating at Utica, New York, where he worked as a journeyman until 1857, when he came to St. Joseph, and engaged at his trade. He was the first blacksmith on the east end of the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad, in the employ of Duff & Osborne, contractors of Utica, New York, and was connected with the Hannibal Road until 1865, when he was employed by the Missouri Valley Railroad, remaining in their employ until 1869. In 1870, he took his present position. He has been looked upon in St. Joseph as a good mechanic. For three terms he was the choice of the voters of the Fifth Ward as their representative in the Council, and also has been a member of the school board. For a number of years he has been warden of Christ Church. Since 1865, he has been instrumental in having services conducted in the Holy Trinity Church. Much credit is due him for the manifest interest and his assistance in securing the erection of the Church of the Holy Trinity, on Eleventh and Monterey Streets. He was married in 1846, to Miss Honor Curtis, of England. They have four children - J. J., Walter G., Mather H. and Sarah, now Mrs. John Dodge.

Joseph Williams

foreman of boiler shops of the Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs Railroad, was born in London, England, December 31, 1836, and was raised to manhood, educated, and learned his trade in that city. For a Dumber of years he was engaged in iron ship building. Was in the employ of Penn & Co., London, and in Her Majesty's dock yards, at Plymouth, Sheerness, Woolwich, and Chatham. For seven years he was in the employ of Miller & Co., marine engine builders ; also, was connected with the famous Thames Company (limited), and many other well known iron ship building establishments. While in the yard at Sheerness, in 1864, he was deputized to take a company of boiler makers to France and repair Her Majesty's ship Victor. Mr. W. had the advantage of seeing and working on some of the finest ships that ply the ocean, and was tutored under the best mechanics of the age. In 1866 he came to the United States, and after a six months' residence in New

York, went to Macon, Georgia, remaining twelve months, thence to New Orleans, and after four months came to St. Louis, remaining nine months, when he located in Hannibal. At these different points he worked at his trade. At Macon he was in the employ of the Macon & Western Railway, and for a time was at Atlanta in the State shops. He remained in Hannibal with the Hannibal & St. Joseph Company until 1872^ when he came to St. Joseph, and has been foreman in the boiler shopsfor the Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs Company since. Hewas married in March, 1770, to Miss Mary Francis. They have three children, Mary Elizabeth, Francis Matilda, and Joseph Edmond. Mr. Williams is a Mason, St. Johns Lodge, No. 28, Hannibal ; also a member of the L O. O. F.

Geo. Williamson

horse-shoer, was born in this county October 18, 1858, and was here principally raised. His father, Geo. W., was among the early settlers, and is well known. In 1872 the subject of this sketch went to Kansas, where he learned the blacksmithing trade. In 1878 he opened a shop in St. Joseph. His superior skill as a workman has given him an enviable reputation, and he does a large business. He was married in 1880 to Miss Carrie Edelbrock, an estimable young lady of this city.

Reuben Williams

- carpenter and builder, was born in Schuyler County, Illinois, February 22,. 1836, and when seven years of age removed to Missouri with his parents^ his father, John, locating in the Platte Purchase. The subject of this sketch became a resident of St. Joseph in 1855, and has since lived here with the exception of his term in the service. He enlisted in the Union army September 22, 1863, in the Twelfth Missouri Cavalry and participated in several stirring engagments. From exposure and sickness he was deprived of the sight of one eye and the other is badly affected. Mr. Williams has contributed amply to the upbuilding of St. Joseph, and as a mechanic stands among the leaders. He was married in October, 1867, to Miss Lucy A. Hart. He is a member of the Free Communion Baptist Church.

Thomas Winn

stair-builder, is a native of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, and was born December 11, 1838. He was there raised to manhood, educated and learned his trade, remaining until the breaking out of the rebellion, when he enlisted in Company K, Fifth Pennsylvania Cavalry. He was a non-commissioned Sergeant during Ms, term of service^ and partici- pated in the seven days fight at Richmond, Williamsburg, Petersburg, Rome Station, and others. Was taken prisoner at the latter battle but escaped the guard. While skirmishing near Danville, he was slightlywounded. He was one of the first mounted men to cross the chain bridge, after the Bull Run engagament ; participated in that memorable contest when the Unionists fought among themselves by mistake ; was honorably discharged at the expiration of his term, and returned to Pennsylvania, and engaged in working at his trade, there continuing until 1872, when he became a resident of St. Joseph. His skill as a mechanic may be inferred from the fact that for a number of years he has been superintendent of school buildings in the city. His wife was formerly Miss Margeret Turner. His parents were Samuel Winn and Mary Moore, the family being of English extraction. Mr. Winn is a member of the Masonic fraternity.

P. V. Wise

was born in Franklin County, Kentucky, June 17, 1832, and removed to Quincy, Illinois, in 1834, and thence to the northwestern territory in 1836, in what is now Wisconsin, near Galena. Here it vvas that the subject of our sketch first commenced the active battle of life. His education was limited, the schools of the day being few in number and inferior in quality. The first school house he entered was three miles from his home, and owing to the illness of his father he was never permitted to attend a term continuously. At the age of fifteen he commenced business for himself as a farmer and burner of charcoal. In 1849, he went to California, taking the overland route via Salt Lake City. He and Colonel Ashel Woods put up the first stone building in Shasta. In his mining operations he was satisfactorily successful. After a severe attack of congestive chills he returned to the States, and in 1850 commenced the study of law and was admitted to the bar at Lancaster, Wisconsin, in 1853, by Judge Jackson. He opened an ofifice in Prescott, and engaged in the active duties of his profession, in connection with which he did a large real estate business, and between 1854 and 1856 bought and sold more land in his own name than any man in the St. Croix Valley. In 1853, he was elected clerk of the board of supervisors, and in 1854, prosecuting attorney of the district. In 1856, he was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of the state, and did a large business in all the courts of Pierce County and had an extended practice in the adjoining counties of Wisconsin and Minnesota, as well as in the United States courts and departments in, Washington. In 1858, he was elected Mayor of Prescott, and in 1858 he published the Northwestern Democrat, which he continued until i860. It was a representative of Reform Democracy, and being disgusted with the actions of the

JNational Democratic Committee he abandoned the party and supported Mr. Lincoln for the Presidency. While living here he showed a worthy public spiritedness in erecting the largest building in the city, and one that besides being used for business purposes was used for court room, church and public hall. In i860, he disposed of his law business and went to Memphis, Tennessee. Refusing to enter the Confederate service, he and his wife were chased by the vigilance committee and narrowly escaped with their lives. He returned to Prescott and raised Company F, First Wisconsin Regiment, and was commissioned second lieutenant, and in December, 1861, was promoted to first lieutenant, and in April, 1862, to captain. After an exciting campaign through Kentucky, Tennessee and Northern Alabama, he was severely wounded October 8, 1862, at Perryville, and was reported dead. He remained on the battle field until October 14, his only attendant being a colored man, and it was not until the ijth that his wounds were dressed. He made liis way to Louisville by private conveyance, and obtained with difficulty, leave of absence and returned to his home. In December he returned to Louisville and was placed on duty as a member of a court martial, and in company with Major Farris had charge of barracks No. I, which placed them in command of the police duty of the city. The difficulties they had to contend with were many. Suffice to say it became one of the most quiet and orderly cities in the Union. For a time he had charge of the secret service, and also of transportation, and in September, 1862, was relieved at his own request, and joined his command in Alabama, but his wounds prevented him from engaging in active duties in the field, and he was ordered back to Nashville, thence to Louisville and Camp Dennison, Ohio. In November he was transferred to Camp Chase, and made post adjutant. December 27, Captain Wise was transferred to Camp Douglas, Chicago, for duty in the Fifteenth United States Infantry. He resigned February 8, 1864, and returned to his home, but March 31 he re-enlisted as a private in Company F, Thirty-seventh Wisconsin Infantry, in which he was appointed sergeant major, and was assigned to command and drill of Company K, wholly composed of Menominee Indians. He made application for an examination for a position in the regular army, which was granted by Hon. E. M. Stanton. The examination took place, he only missing one question, and was recommended for a first-class captaincy. He arrived before Petersburg, Virginia, in June, 1864, and went into trenches immediately in front of the enemy, and was almost constantly under fire. In the battles that followed, he, with his company, displayed heroic conduct and rendered valuable assistance to the Union cause, but not without great sacrifice of life. Captain Wise resigned his commission May 19, 1865, returned to his home and resumed the practice of law and acting as real estate, claim and insurance agent. In November, 1869, he visited St. Joseph, and made arrangements to settle here. In 1872, he engaged in underwriting as a representative of independent insurance. A bitter fight by the board companies was the result, but his business incteased, and in 1878 the board collapsed. In connection with his insurance business he has been a successful claim agent. In 1879, he visited England and the continent, and contributed numerous interesting articles to the newspapers. He is a member of the principal benevolent orders and associations,- and frequently represented them in the grand lodge. He is a radical in politics and thinks for himself ' He is unqualifiedly opposed to all kinds of slavery, either of body or mind. He married Miss E. S. Hammond, April 10, 1853. She is a native of Missouri, To them have been born six children, only one of whom is now living- was born in Bowling Green, Virginia, June 22, 1812, and remained there until 1825, when he moved to Lexington, Missouri, whence in the year 1838 he came to i5uchanan County. He married the daughter of the well known Alfred M. Rector and settled near DeKalb this county, which is the birth place of his three children. In 1862 he left for the Colorado mines, where he remained until 1871, when he returned to the old home, where he continued to reside up to the period of his death which occurred in August, 1872.

Robert Womach

was born in Buchanan County, Missouri, January i, 1852. He lived on a farm till he was twelve years of age, when he went with his father, William Womadi, who was very successful in the freighting business, to Denver, Colorado, where he attended school and received a good education. Returning from Colorado, he first engaged in the drug business in DeKalb with Dr. Rose, a practicing physician of that town. He afterwards moved to St. Joseph, where he embarked in the grocery trade, which he still (1881) continues successfully to conduct. In the spring of 1881 he was elected a councilman of the city as an Independent against two popular candidates.

Silas Woodson

ex-Governor of the State of Missouri, and, for twenty-seven years, a resident of St, Joseph, was born in Knox County, Kentucky, May 18, 1819. He worked on his father's farm, attended the log-cabin school house of the neighborhood, and occupied his leisure time in reading and study. His stout heart, resolute will, and untiring industry have resulted in achieving for him the distinction of a self-made man. At the age of eighteen, he left the farm and engaged, for a short time, in selling goods. This occupation failing to prove congenial to his taste, he commenced the study of law, and in 1839, was licensed to practice. Success crowned his efforts. In 1842, at the early age of twenty-three, he was elected a member of the General Assembly. At the expiration of his term, he declined re-election devoting his time to his profession, his ability in which was fully recognized by Judge Owsley, who appointed him to the position of Circuit Attorney for the Twelfth Judicial District. Re-appointed, he soon after resigned the position, his growing and lucrative practice demanding his entire time. In 1849, ^^ was elected a member of the Constitutional Convention of Kentucky. In 1853, he was again elected a member of the Legislature, and with the expiration of this term closed his official career in Kentucky. In August, 1854, he moved to Missouri, settling in St. Joseph, his present (1881) home, where hecontinued successfully to practice his profession until i860, when he was elected Judge of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit, in the discharge of the duties of which position he achieved an enviable reputation, and at the close of his term, again resumed the lucrative practice of his profession. In August, 1872, he was nominated by the State Democratic Convention to the office of Governor of Missouri. The presentation of his name on this occasion, during the progress of the fourth ballot, was received with such enthusiasm that the nomination was carried substantially by acclamation. His election over his competitor, Hon. J. B. Henderson, was carried by a majority of 35,442. The manner in which Governor Woodson discharged, during the two years of service in this exalted position, the duties of the same, is a matter of just pride to, his numerous constituents. At the expiration of his official term he again resumed the practice of his profession in St. Joseph. Governor Woodson has been three times married. His last marriage occurred December 27, 1866, to Miss Jennie Lard, daughter of Moses E. Lafd, of Kentucky, one of the most distinguished ministers of the Christian Church in the United States. By this union they have several children.

carpenter and builder, is a native of Ohio and was born in Highland County, October 5, 1848, and when one year old he removed with his parents to DesMoines, Iowa, where his father, John A., still resides, and has been closely associated with the development of that city. Here J. R. was raised, educated and partially learned his trade, residing there until 1868, when he commenced traveling and lived temporarily in Chicago, St. Louis, Salt Lake and other points, eventually locating in St. Joseph in 1878, where he has since been engaged at his trade. He was married in 1877 to Miss Mary Clark, of Missouri. Mr. Woods is a member of the Carpenters Union.

William M. Wyeth

was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, February 17, 1832, and received his education at the Harrisburg Military Academy, where he pursued an academical course. After graduating, he removed to Chillicothe, Ohio, where he commenced his mercantile experience in a dry goods store. After remaining in this house four years the firm went out of business, and he entered a hardware store in 1852. In 1856, Mr. Wyeth and a capitalist of the place purchased the stock and continued the business until 1859, when Mr. Wyeth sold his interest and started in search of a better location. After traveling through Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas and Missouri, he decided to make his home in St. Joseph, satisfied that it was destined to be the important place it has since become. In i860, he opened a hardware store of very moderate character, in Corby's Block, where he remained until 1865, when the block was burned. After the fire he removed to the building adjoining the Herald office, on Second Streetj where he remained until his new store on Third Street, was completed. In addition to their extensiye hardware business, they have manufactured largely of saddles, harness and collars, which, like their hardware, sold only at wholesale. The retail hardware business was made a separate branch in 1869. The business has been constantly enlarged, and at the present time is the most extensive of the kind in St. Joseph, and occupies more floor surface than any other mercantile establishment in the city. Mr. Wyeth has spent two years traveling in Europe. Nature and his extended travel has bestowed on him that polished and attractive manner which has readily gained him so many friends, while he is noted for his unassuming manners, the modesty of his demeanor, and the simplicity of his habits. As a business man he is prompt, energetic and painstaking, and of the strictest honesty and integrity. By his carefulness and long experience, he is enabled to carry on with ease his large and extensive business, and add to it from year to year. He was married September 28, 1858, to Miss Renick, of Ross County, Ohio-

Elder J. J. Wyatt

One of the most worthy citizens that ever made his home in St. Joseph was born in Sinclair County, Illinois, July 13, 1819. On the 22d of September, 182 1, his mother died and his father removed to Fleming County, Kentucky, where the youth of Mr. Wyatt was spent. He enjoyed good educational advantages and was a diligent student. Forming a taste for the practice of law he entered the office of John Cavan, a leading attorney of the place, and after a thorough preparation was admitted to the bar. He was married March 28, 1844, to Miss Emily M. Gooding. To them twelve children were born only three of whom aire now living.

In June, 1845, Elder Wyatt came to St. Joseph and commenced the practice of his profession. He filled the office of Probate Judge and Judge of the Court of Common Pleas and during the years 1866 and 1867 he was Postmaster of St. Joseph and in the various positions of trust and honor, which he was called to fill, he discharged his official duties with scrupulous care and fidelity. He identified himself with the Christian Church in November, 1850, and at once commenced preaching the Word of Life. He was called to take- pastoral charge of the Christian Church, of which he was the founder. The congregation first held their meetings in a little log church, situated on the hill, where the present stately court house now stands. He continued in charge of the church for a number of years, and only left its pastoral charge at his own request. But in the meantime he had seen the congregation increase from a mere handful to a large number, rich in means and influence, and powerful for great good in our midst. During the past twenty-one years. Elder Wyatt had charge of Union Church, near Taos, in this county, and for fifteen years he has preached steadily at Bethel. He, at the time of his death, also had charge of the congregations at Camden Point and Antioch. Elder Wyatt passed an active life, and the best part of his days were spent in the ministry - preaching the word of God to mankind to make them better men, and better christians. It was a work in which he took earnest interest, and it was his delight to be at work in the harness, doing the greatest good to the greatest number. The deceased was one of the founders of the college at Camden Point, and at the time of his death was one of the trustees of that institution. He was a man of strong personal attachments, and he endeared to him all who knew him. He died suddenly, April 9, 1881. His private life and public record are alike untarnished, and the esteem in which he was held by the pastors of the city is expressed in the following resolutions :

Whereas, It has pleased our Heavenly Father to remove from our midst by death, our beloved brother and co-laborer in the gospel of Christ, Elder J. J. Wyatt ; therefore

Resolved, By the Pastor's Union of St. Joseph, Missouri, that in the death of Brother Wyatt, the cause of Christ has lost one of its brightest ornaments, and most devoted, efficient and worthy ministerial laborers.

Second, That as ministers we feel that it is due to the departed, and a great, though sad privilege to us to give expression, to our very high appreciation of the sterling worth and Christian character of our brother in the ministry and of his efficient labors and influence for good as a minister of the Lord Jesus.

Third, That in the mature Christian character and exemplary life of Rev. Mr. Wyatt we feel that our holy calling has been honored before God, and the community in which he has so long lived and labored, and by whom he was so well and so favorably known, and that we will ever cherish his Christian spirit and example, and be encouraged to greater diligence and fidelity in our calling a<5 ministers of God by the memory of his faithful Christian life, and that we will follow him as he followed Christ, till we, too, shall join him in the fellowship of the church of the first born above.

Fourth, That we tender to the Christian denomination, in which he so long ministered, our fraternal sympathy in their bereavement and great loss, and most devoutly pray that the mantle of our deceased brother may fall upon others of the church who shall imitate him in his superior Christian character and efficiency of labor in the ministry, and for the salvation of souls.

Fifth, That we tender to the bereaved wife and family the deep sympathy of our hearts in this time of great sorrow, and pray our kind Heavenly Father to support them in their hour of grief, and bestow upon them, each and all, the rich consolations of that gospel which our brother so long and so faithfully proclaimed to dying men, and in the certain, blessed hope of which he rejoiced through so many years, and the blessed fruition of which he doubtless realizes now in its completeness, in the presence and kingdom of God.

son of Judge J. J. Wyatt, was born in St. Joseph, August ii, 1845, where he received a good education in the schools of the city. He early determined on a mercantile life, and entered a store in the capacity of clerk. Devoting his attention strictly to business, he soon acquired a knowledge of the same, which resulted in his rapid advancement, and to-day (i88i) he is a member of the firm of Townsend, Wyatt & Co., one of the largest retail dry goods houses in St. Joseph. His first experience in business was in the agricultural implement house of A. G. Mansfield, the first of the kind established in the city. Here he remained till 1865. He then entered the dry goods store of Nave & Rowley, where he remained one year. In 1877 the present representative firm of Townsend, Wyatt & Co., above referred to, was formed. October, 1875, Mr. J. C. Wyatt married Miss Katie Garrard, of Boone County, Missouri. They have two children, Calvin G. and Aubrey. In religious matters he is an emulator of his venerable father, whose decease in 1881 was a source of universal regret, and is an active member of the Christian Church in St. Joseph.

Fillmore Wyatt

fifteen years of age he came to the United States, and resided in different States until 1871, when he came to St. Joseph, and has since been in the employ of the Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs Company. In early life he learned the carpenter trade, and in that branch is thoroughly skilled. As a railroad man he is conversant with the detail of track laying, surfacing, etc., and is among the trusted employes of the company. In private life Mr. Wyatt is a genial and companionable gentleman. In 1874 Miss L. E. Meyers becanie his wife. They have one son, Geoege E.

foreman painter of locoinotive department for the St. Joseph & Western Railroad Company, is a native of Germany, and was born in Wurtemberg. May 8th, 1840. When thirteen years of age he came to America with his parents, locating in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he was reared and educated, and learned his trade with Harper Bros. After this he was in the employ of the Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad as painter. In 1859 he went to Buffalo, New York, and was shipwrecked while en route on Lake Huron. He worked for a time at St. Catharine, Canada, Cleveland, and Cincinnati. His mother had died and his father and only brother had returned to Germany. When the rebellion broke out A. S. was in New Orleans and was forced into the Confederate army ; served three months and deserted while on guard, secreted himself in the cane-brakes, and after traveling for three nights and not having any food or drink, he made his way to a Union camp. He came North, locating in Wisconsin, and in 1861 he was married to Miss Johanna Fieber in Grafton, Wisconsin. He soon moved to Milwaukee and worked at his trade until 1866, when he came to St. Joseph, and for two years was in partnership with George Pooler ; also for two years and a half in the employ of the Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs Railroad Company. In 1871 he commenced with the St. Joseph & Western as foreman painter. When the car and locomotive departments were made separate he was placed in charge of the latter. Mr. Yetter is a gentleman favorably known in St. Joseph, and as a painter is master of the profession in all its details. His wife died in 1874, leaving five children, Julia, Clara, Willie L., Edward J., and Ida. In 1878 Miss Annie Deichmann became his wife, by whom he has one daughter, Martha. Mr. Y. is a member of the St. Joseph Turn Verein, Enterprise Lodge of I. O. O. F., South St. Joseph Grove of Druids, and Orderly Sergeant of the Turner Rifles, Company B, Second Battalion National Guards of Missouri. He helped organize Wallhalla Grove of Druids, and was First Vice Arch and for five successive years was trustee ; has been four times representative to the Grand Grove ; was appointed by the Grand Grove as District Deputy Grand Arch for three years. He organized Centennial Grove, No. 35, and also South St. Joseph Grove, No. 37, U. A. O. D.

was born in Frederick City, Maryland, October 28, 1845. His father was a merchant in Frederick City and in Baltimore for many years. Received a good education at Heidleburg College. In 1859, he moved to St. Joseph, and entered as a student the law office of Judge I. C. Parker, of this city, and was admitted to the bar in 1869. Like many adventurers in quest of wealth, he went to Leadville, invested a large amount in mining speculations, which ultimately proved a failure. He returned to St. Joseph with what he had left, and commenced buying and selling property and building houses for rent. By close attention to business he has laid the foundation for a successful career. In his intercourse with the world he is known no less for his strict integrity than for his rigorous exaction of the same conduct on the part of those with whom he transacts business. In i868, he married Miss Ada Hawley, of St. Joseph, daughter of James Hawley, Esq., now living in Iowa. . They have two children - Eugene and Lura.

George H. Ziph

of the sheet iron and copper works was born in Germany in 1843, and while young came to the United States with his parents, locating in New York, where they resided three years. They then migrated to Illinois, where our subject was reared, educated and learned his trade. In 1868, he came to St. Joseph, engaging in the sheet iron work, which he makes a specialty. He does a lucrative trade, being known as a first workman. He is a member of the Turner Society.

Henry Zondler

-dealer in wines, liquors and cigars, was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, July 20, 1843, and was there reared and learned the shoemaker's trade. In 1867, he came to the United States, locating temporarily in different places and working at his trade, until 1869, when he took up his abode in St. Joseph. In 1870, he opened a shop and was engaged in the manufacture of boots and shoes until the spring of 1881, when he engaged in his present business. May 3,- 1870, Miss Mary Michalke became his wife. They have three children - Henry, Charles and Eda. Mr. Zondler is a member of the I. O. O. F. and the German Benevolent Society.

'is a native of Ohio. His parents emigrated to Missouri when he was a small boy, locating in Holt County, in 1842. Resided there up to 1872, i>eing engaged in the general merchandise business. In 1872, at St,

Joseph, he branched out into the pork business with D. Pinger & Co., which lasted until 1878, at which time he .became lessee of the stock yards. In this business he employs six men. In 1864, he was married to Miss Von Luenen, a native of Germany. Have had four children, all alive except one. Mr. Zook is still connected with the pork business. Is an active, energetic business man, and justly merits the success which has been his portion through life.

dealer in furniture, stoves and second-hand goods, is a native of Germany, and was born in Prussia, March 17, 1844. He was there raised to manhood, educated and learned the cabinet making trade. Came to the United States in 1865, locating in St. Louis for a time, after which he drifted into the Western country. He traveled around considerably and eventually in 187 1 located in St. Joseph. For a few years he was ia the employ of L. Hax, also for a time was president and a member of the Union Furniture Company. After this he embarked in trade. He is a skilled workman, is favorably known, and does a lucrative trade. He married in 1878 Miss Amelia Swarder. They have one daughter, Clara. Mr. Z. is an Encampment Odd Fellow.

J. P. Fairchild'S Patent Street Sprinkler Birt, Boyer & Co

dealers in general merchandise, Easton. George F. Birt, of this firm, was born April 19, 1857, in DeKalb County, Missouri, where he was principally reared and educated, spending his boyhood days on a farm. Came to Buchanan County in the fall of 1874, and entered as clerk in the same store in which he is now interested. After working four years in this capacity, he became a partner. In January, 1881, a new partnership was formed. They have a complete stock of general merchandise and also deal in agricultural implements. Mr. B. was married February i, 1 88 1, to Miss Laura Gibson, a native of this county, born in January, 1858. They are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

blacksmith and inventor, San Antonio, was born August 13, 185 1, in Lawrence County, Ohio, and was taken to Nodaway County, Missouri, when aboiat five years of age. He spent his boyhood days on a farm, and received a common school education. His father was killed in 1861, and since that time P. R. has taken care of himself. He commenced to learn the blacksmith trade in 1872, and has worked at it since. He moved to San Antonio February 10, 1879, and now has a neat and well arranged shop. He has displayed quite a taste for inventing, and already has two patents. His field roller, known as the Blackford and Davis Roller, is a novelty in design. His patent stalk cutter is something new, and, like the roller, gives vast advantages over other machinery. He also has a new idea in the shape of a three-horse whiffletree. His machinery has met with the approval of some of the best farmers in the state. He was married November 23, 1875, to Miss Sarah S. Owens, a native of Nodaway, County, Missouri, born in 1857. They have had three children, Henry, Ira and Delbert. Himself and wife are members of the Cumberland Church.

Isaac N. Brooks

farmer and stock raiser, section 19, postoffice Easton, was born July 15, 1819, in Madison County, Kentucky, and accompanied his parents to Orange County, Indiana, in, 1827, and he remained there until 1833, when he emigrated West, and settled in what is now known as Johnson County, Missouri. In 1837, he took a trip through the Platte Purchase. He and his father took up claims on Contrary Creek, in 1838, and engaged in the cattle business. They moved to Platte County in 1839, and here Isaac has made his home and in Buchanan County since. He is.a pioneer of this country, and relates many interesting reminiscences of his early struggles. In 1852, he opened a general store at Platte River Postoffice, which he continued to keep for three years. He made two trips to Texas, one in 1861, and the other in 1862, and came to this county to reside permanently, in 1865. He engaged in clerking in various stores, for three years, in St. Joseph, and then commenced the livery business, running the Allen House in connection. This he followed for three years. For two years he kept the Buchanan County Jail. He filled the position of Street Commissioner of St. Joseph three years - longer than any other person has done, and resigned on the 8th of February, 1 88 1, and moved to his farm. This consists of 155 acres of well improved and well watered land. Mr. B. is a member of the Knights Templar No. 4, and of Mitchell Chapter of St. Joseph, and was one of the charter members in the Chapter. He has been twice married : First, in 1841, to Miss Elizabeth Owens, who was the second white child born in Liberty, Clay County, Missouri. Her birth was March 18, 1824. She died January 10, 1874, leaving eight children : Lydia, William G., Sandford O., Brydon F., Isaac J., Rosalie, Florence and Mollie. He was married again, November 5, 1879, to Miss B. Denney, a native of Ohio, born November 17, 1846. She is a member of the Congregational Church.

Judge Lewis F. Carpenter

was born in Loudoun County, Virginia, January 21, 18 18. His father, Matthew Carpenter, was a representative man in that country. He was a soldier in the war of 18 12, and a descendant of some of the earliest settlers of the Old Dominion. His mother's maiden name was Harriet Benson. She was of French descent. Lewis F. was the eldest of a family of eight children, and was raised in his native county, where he received such education as was attainable in that day and county. At the age of seventeen, he went to Front Royal in Warren County, Virginia, where he spent seven years learning the wagon-making trade. September 28, 1843, he married Miss Elizabeth Varner, a native of Page County, Virginia. In the fall of 1854, he left for the West, and on the 9th of November of the same year arrived in St. Joseph, where he remained till the following spring, when he purchased 254 acres of land in the northeast corner of the county. Of this he has made one of the best improved farms in the county. Few men have contributed more materially to the growth and development of the same. In politics he is a Democrat, having voted that ticket since 1840, when he cast his first vote for President Van Buren. He has raised a family of ten children, nine sons and one daughter : Wm. H., Dr. Stephen F., a representative physician of St. Joseph ; Daniel E., a farmer of Andrew County ; Thos. J. and Robert S., residents of St. Joseph ; John A., Franklin P., Eddie, Burr H. and Mary E. Carpenter. In the fall of 1880, Lewis F. Carpenter was elected Judge of the County Court of Buchanan County, and bears the reputation of a capable and popular official.

Warren Davis

farmer and stock raiser, section 36, postoffice Easton, was born February 19, 1843, in Marion Township, Buchanan County, Missouri. His parents, who were natives of Ohio, came to this county in 1842. Warren spent his boyhood days on a farm and received his education in the schools of this county. He owns a fine farm of lOO acres, improved and well stocked, and also has a good orchard. He has filled the position of school director and clerk for several terms. Was married, in January, 1865, to Miss Isabella Glen, a daughter of Hugh Glen, one of the oldest pioneers in the county. She was born in 1842. They have five children, Cora A., Aleck G., Missouri L., Effie L., and Joseph W. They are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

Clark Deppin

farmer and stock raiser, section 10, postoffice Riverton, was born November S, 1839, in Ohio, and was brought to this county by his parents when about one year old, and has been reared here as a farmer. He here received his education. His landed estate consists of 348 acres of well improved land. He was married October 8, 1861, to Miss Frances Pierce, a native of Springfield, Illinois, born August 31, 1843. They have four children living, Maggie E., William A., Annie M., Mary C; lost seven. Himself and wife are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

George W. Homan

farmer and stock raiser, section 25, postoffice Easton, was born May 28, 1841, in Baltimore County, Maryland, and spent his boyhood days on a farm, receiving a common school education. Learned the carpenter's trade in his youth and has followed it considerably during life. During, the late war he belonged to General Sherman's construction corps, and went with him to Atlanta, Georgia; then returned and afterwards joined him in South Carolina. He emigrated west in the spring of 1865, and settled in this county, where he has since remained, and now owns a fine farm of 120 acres, which is well improved and stocked. Mr. H. has filled the officd of school director several terms. Was married, January 5, 1867, to Miss Delilah Missemer, a native of Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, born in November, 1844. They have five children, Harry, Charlie, Raymond, George and Emmitt. Mrs. H. is a member of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. H. belongs to the Methodist denomination.

Jacob Hoppel

proprietor of the Easton House, Easton, was born February 7, 1834, in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, and there was principally reared and received his education. He was raised on a farm. During the late war he enlisted in Company G, Forty-fourth Missouri Infantry in 1864, and took part in the battles of Nashville, Mobile, Spanish Fort, Fort Blakley and many other minor engagements. He came to this county April 15, 1861, and has here made his home since, being engaged in farming most of the time. He took charge of the Easton House on the 4th of April, 1 88 1, and at present is doing a fair business. He ^is also interested in the sale of agricultural implements, and has a stock on hand suitable to the wants of the farmers. He holds the position of street commissioner of Easton. Mr. H. was married in November, 1874, to Miss Mary Miller, a native of Ohio. She was born May 23, 1853. They have two children living, Cora and Elmer L. Mrs. H. is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

H. B. Iba

postmaster and boot and shoemaker, Easton, was born March 13, 1836, in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. His father was a farmer and shoemaker, and H. B. learned the trade when a boy. Spent his youthful days on the farm, and received his education in the schools of that county, first engaging in teaching in 1855. Taught two years, and afterwards went to Philadelphia in 1864, and remained there one year. Returning to his native county, he taught a year. Emigrated west in the spring of 1866, and arrived in Easton in April, and has made this his home since, except the year 1875, which he spent in St. Joseph. He holds the position of postmaster. Was married January 13,. 1856, to Miss Lavina S. Barkey, a native of the same place as himself She was born in April, 1836. They have three children living, Calvin F., Lizzie B. and Henry. Himself and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church, and Mr. Iba is the only one of the original Trustees of the church of Easton now remaining.

George M. Kerns

farmer and stock raiser, section 4, postoffice Easton, was born August 31, 1844, in Clinton County, Missouri, and was principally reared as a farmer, and there received his education. During the late war, he displayed his patriotism by enlisting in the State Militia, serving for eighteen months, and took part in several small skirmishes. At the close of the war he again turned his attention to farming. In January, 1870, he settled on the place which he now occupies, and since that time has been a resident of this county. His landed estate consists of 160 acres, where he resides, and 80 acres in DeKalb County, all improved. He has always shown a commendable spirit in forwarding the interests of the county. December 23, 1874, he was married to Miss Keziah Strowd, a native of Indiana, born in 1845. They have had four children : Florence B., David F., Helen and Alice. Mrs. K. is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

John F. Keys

dealer in general merchandise, Easton, was born January i, 1839, in Harrison County, Va., and was brought to Platte County, Mo., when quite young, and to this county in 1843. Here he was reared as a farmer, and also engaged in teaching for some time. He commenced the mercantile business at Easton, September 14, 1857, and has continued it since.. He carries a complete stock of mechandise, and receives a good patronage. Himself and partner shipped the first bill of goods over this end the St. Joseph & Hannibal Railroad, from St. Joseph to Easton, ii? 1858. Mr. K. has filled the position of school director for several terms. Is a member of the Odd Fellows fraternity, and has held all of the different offices of the lodge. Was married, in August, 1855, to Mrs. Fannie Lewnbeck, daughter of Chester Woodward. She was a native of -Clay County, Missouri, and was born in May, 1842. She died in 1878, Jeaving five children : Claude M., Vallie V., Stella, Herman and Ada. She had two children by her former husband, Clara and Joel. Mr. K. is -a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

J-etired, Easton, is of Irish descent, and was born in Howard County, Missouri, January 5, 1820. His father came there from North Carolina in 1817, and subsequently removed to Johnson County, where Elijah was princjpally raised. In 1837 he settled in the Platte Purchase, being -among the first settlers to come into Andrew County after it was given up by the Indians. In 1844 he moved to Rochester and engaged in Arming, and in 185 1 came to Marion Township, Buchanan County, pur- chasing four hundred acres of land,'on a part of which now stands the town of Easton. This was laid out by him in 1854. He was engaged extensively in merchandising there and at neighboring villages untiE retiring from an active business life. He has been identified with theinterests of Easton from the commencement of the growth of the place. Mr. McCrary was married in 1849 to Miss Nancy J. Martin, a native of Kentucky, born in 1829. They have six children living, L. M., Benjamin, E. D., Nancy J. (now Mrs. J. M. Gibson), Emma (now M.rs. S. D. Chandler), and Albina. Four are deceased. Mr. McCrary is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, in which he has held the position of deacon.

of the firm of McCrary Brothers, dealers in general merchandise, Easton, is the third son of Elijah McCrary, and was born May 7, 1856, in this county, and has been reared here as a farmer. When fifteen years off age he commenced clerking with his father, and when twenty-one yearsold, and on the ist of January, 1880, his father turned the business over to the boys. They are doing a thriving business, arrd also have a storeat Agency. E. U. runs the lines at this place, while his- brother is at Agency. Our subject was married on the 4th of October, i874,to Miss- Genomy Smith, of St. Joseph. She was born June 11, 1855', in Virginia.- They have two children - Mittie and Don.

George Marker

retired merchant, Easton, was born February 14,, 1839,, in Buchanam County, Missouri, and spent his boyhood days on. a farm, and here received his education. In the fall of 1857, he went to California,, and. engaged in mining and farming, and removed from there to Oregon and engaged in buying and selling stock. Finally located in Washington. Territory : thence to Idaho, and returned to this state in 1864, where he engaged in freighting between St. Joseph and Denver for about one year. He then purchased a farm, upon which he settled. In 1866, he was married to Miss Rebecca Clark, a native of this county, born March 4, 1847. She died on the 8th of February, 1878, leaving one child, Lgnora B. Four are deceased. He moved to Easton in 1873, and. engaged in the mercantile business, continuing therein until the spring^ of 1 88 1. He owns a residence and a store building in Easton. He was. married again in September, 1880, to Miss Nancy J. Leftwich.. She was. born in 1851, and is a member of the Christian Church.

Mary Quigley

an early settler of this vicinity, was born March 16, 183 1, in County Tipperary, Ireland, and came to the United States in 185 1, settling in New York City. There she formed the acquaintance of M. C. Quigley,. and they were married before the close- of the year. He was a native of County Wakesiord, Ireland, and was born in 18 1.9. They came west to Chicago in 1852, remaining for two. years, and then moved to Racine,, Wisconsin ; thence to Alton, Illinois, and finally to Iowa, where they remained for three years, coming- to Missouri,, in August, 1859. They resided one year at Cameron, thea came to this county. Mr. Q. followed railroading, and while he worked on, the section, his wife attended to, operating the tank. He was accidentally killed while in the employ of the railroad company, in 1864. Since his death, Mrs. Quigley has kept the position and has raised a family of six. children, the eldest of which was only ten years of age at that time. She displays great energy, and the length of time she has held the position (some twenty-two years) is ample proof of the esteem in which she is held by the railroad comparty. The family consists of Margaret J., Mary F., Elizabeth A., James E.,., Michael H. and Credelia J. She is a member of the Catholic Church.

farmer and stock raiser, section 33, postoffice Easton, was born August 4, 1833, in Mason County, Kentucky, and was raised, there as a farmer and received an excellent common school education. He came west in, and traveled over this western county until the breaking out of the war in 1861, when he enlisted in the Southern army, and belonged to I-andis' Battery of St. Joseph. He took part in the second, battle of Corinth,, the battle of luka Springs, Grand Gulf, Champion's Hill and the siege of Vicksburg, and at the latter was taken prisoner and held until 1865. He then returned to this county and engaged in agricultural pursuits,, and now owns a fine farm of 151 acres, well improved. Mr. K. has filled the positions of school director and road supervisor several terms. Was married, February 7, 1865, to Miss Lydia R. Reid, a daughter of Walker. G. Reid. She was born January 29, 1846, in this county, and was educated at the Convent of the Sacred Heart, of St. Joseph, and received: her diploma. They have five children: Allen G., Lorena, Leota, Wil^- liam I., and Walker. They lost one. Himself and wife are members of the Christian Church, in which he formerly held the position of elder.

Joseph Robinson

During the late war he enlisted May 2, 1861, and served for twenty months, taking part in the battles of Cheek Mountain, Kernstown, McDowell, and the seven days' fight around Richmond. Then turned his attention to railroading. He came to Missouri in 1867 and has since Ijeen engaged in the railroad business. He owns 240 acres of fine land .adjoining the town of Easton. This is one of the finest stock farms in the county, and also has a handsome residence in the village. In principle, as well as in purse, Mr. B. is one of the solid men of the county. He was married July 3, 1863, to Miss Mary A. Leftwich, a native of Vir- .;ginia, born in 1844. They have a family of four children, Mary L., -Georgia, Dolman, and Jessie ; lost, three. Mrs. R. is a member of the 'Christian Church. Mr. R. is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and has held the position of Master of Easton Lodge, No. lor, for four years, farmer, section 32, postofifice Easton, is a native of Kentucky, and was born in 18 17. He had but very slender educational advantages. He -emigrated to Missouri in 1844, locating in Platte County, whence he removed to Buchanan County in 1851. He was married in 1844 to Miss Elizabeth Minor, a native of Kentucky. They have had six children, two of whom are dead. When Mr. Shortridge came to Missouri, in 1840, there was no one in these parts except Robidoux and a few age,nts. St. Joseph was a wheat-field at that time, and where the wheat then grew is now the bed of the river. He sustained losses by the war of -over four thousand dollars, principally in corn and bacon, of which he was robbed. He was arrested and put in prison at St. Joseph, where he was fed by friends. He got nothing from any other source, and was taken out twice to be hung. Through his own intercession he was ;saved, with about forty others. He was called out at home and threatened to be shot, made no' concealment of his politics, but said he was trying to attend to his own business. He has all through life donated liberally to churches and school houses. He is a Mason and member of the Christian Church. Mr. Shortridge and his son, W. P., Jr., are perfecting a new grain drill which will be far superior to anything on the market. They challenge the world with the Shortridge drill. It is a -complete combination of wheat drill, corn marker, wheat roller and -cultivator.

William H. Slaybaugh

farmer and stock raiser, section 18, postoffice Easton, was born August 14, 1837, in Buchanan County, Missouri, and has made this his home through life. Received his education in the old log school house, and lias made agricultural pursuits his occupation through life. During the

:late war he served for three years with Company H, Fourth Missouri Cavalry. Assisted in driving Price from Missouri on his raid in 1864, .and was wounded at the battle on the Blue ; also took part in the battles of Mine Run and Little Miami, which was the last buchwhacker fight in the State. Owns a fine farm of 74 acres, which is well cultivated. He has filled the positions of road overseer and clerk of the district. Was married in 1865, to Miss Lizzie C. Missemer, a native of Pennsylvania. They have five children living - Minnie, Cyrus, Katie, Thomas and Andrew. Lost one. Mrs. S. is a member of the New School Presbyterian Church.

Allen Stroud

farmer and stock raiser, section 16, post office Easton, was born October 14, 1810, in Dearborn County, Indiana, and was reared as a farmer until twenty-one years of age, there receiving his education. He moved to Vanderburg County, Indiana, in 183 1, and resided there for thirty-four years, engaged in farming and stock raising. From that place he came to Buchanan County, Missouri, in 1865. He owns 140 acres of land well improved and stocked. Mr. S. made what he owns by honesty, industry and fair dealing. He has been twice married, first on the 4th -of July, 1833, to Miss Jane Smith, a native of Rochester, New Jersey. She died on the 9th of January, 1880, leaving a family of seven children, three of whom are still living : Helen E., (now Mrs. D. L. Hawkins) Kizia, (now Mrs. Monroe Kerns) and Joshua. He was married again January 11, 1881, to Mrs. Ellen McClain, a native of this state. They are members of the Free Baptist Church. His son-in-law, D. L. -Hawkins, resides with him.

Dr. I. S. Talbot

-was born in Carroll County, Kentucky, July 15, 1833. His grandfather - who served through the Revolutionary war - located in that state in the time of Boone. The doctor's father was born in Kentucky, as was -also his mother. Our subject was the youngest son of eight children, and in 1843 came with his father to Missouri, locating in Marion Township, Buchanan County. He here attended the common schools, and for two years was a student at Chapel Hill College, in Lafayette County. Having resolved to become a physician, in 1853, he began the study of -medicine with Dr. B. F. Donaldson. In 1854, he began practicing, and for some time was in partnership with him. In April, 1856, he estab- -lished himself in practice at Easton, being the first physician to locate Ihere. During the late war he served a short time under General Price, holding the position of first lieutenant. Dr. Talbot's landed estate -consists of 375 acres, adjoining the town of Easton. He has been twice married. First, in July, 1854, to Miss Evaline Donaldson; she died in August, 1869, leaving six children, five of whom are livingi George W., Andrew J., Mary J., Laura, and E. M. He was married, again on the i8th of May, 1871, to Mary C. Mayham. By this unioni they have three children: I. W., E. L., and C. A. M. They lost one:. Mrs. T. is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and also of the Masonic fraternity, and holds the position of treasurer of Easton Lodge No. loi.

J. W. Taylor

merchant and postmaster, San Antonio, was born September 15, 1852, in Muskingum County, Ohio, and was taken to Iowa by his parents, when about two years of age. Came from there to this county in thespring of 1865, and has made this his home ever since. Spent his boyhood days on a farm, receiving his education in the schools of this vicinity, and when fourteen years of age he left home and worked by the month until twenty-two years old. Then married, and commencedfarming on his own account. On the 14th of August, 1880, he purchased the store at this place, which is well filled with a general stock of goods, and' Mr. Taylor has secured a liberal patronage. Was married October 8,. 1874, to Matilda Simmons, a native of this county, born September 23,, 1856. They have three children^Ira P., Ida L. and Delia P. Mrs. T_ is a member of the M. E. Church.

William T. Tuck

dealer in groceries and provisions, Easton, was born August 22, 1844, in* Jackson County, Alabama, and was brought to this county by his parents ini 1852, and has here made his home since. He spent his boyhood dayson a farm. During the late war he enlisted in the Eighteenth Missouri,. Company K, in February 1862, and served until July, 1865. He took part in the engagements of Island No. 10, Shiloh, first and second battles of Corinth, Mississippi, and was with Sherman on his " March to the Sea,"' and many other minor engagements. He returned to this county in the spring of 1866, and engaged in the mercantile business, in which he hassince been engaged. Mr. T. married, in 1867, Miss Levana Lawlis; a native of this county, born in 1849. They have five children living:. Emma, Maud, Efifie, Edna and Jessie ; lost one. Himself and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church.

Herman H. Vondenbosch

dealer in general merchandise, and postmaster, Hirlingen, was- born. January 26, 1852, in Holland, and accompanied his parents to the United

States when abouttwelve years of age. They settled in Mercer County, Ohio, and here he was principally reared, receiving his education at St. Mary's of Dayton, Ohio. After completing his schooling he engaged in teaching in that vicinity for eight years. He emigrated west in the spring of 1878 a;nd arrived in this county in April of that year. Started his present business in the winter of 1880. He owns one acre of land and has a neat store and also a residence. He has won a large patronage and has been influential in securing a post office at this place and appointed postmaster. He has quite a musical talent and gives lessons to a choir in Easton. He was married September 14, 1875, to Miss Catharine Droxler, a native of Ohio, born November 25, 1857. They have two children, Catharine M. and Peter P. Himself and wife are active members of St. Mary's Church of this township.

Maurice Wogan

farmer and stock raiser, sectipn 24, postoffice Easton, was born December '12, 182Q, in County Kings, Ireland, and was reared there as a farmer,' until twenty-two years of age. He came to America in 1842, landed at New York City, and went to Litchfield, Connecticut ; remained there eighteen years, engaged in farming. Then removed to Fremont County, Nebraska, and was among its early pioneers there. After twelve years, he came to Buchanan County, Missouri, and settled on the place he now occupies. His landed estate consists of 380 acres of fine farm land, well improved and stocked. Mr. W. has filled his present position of school 'director and road supervisor several terms. In 1852, he was married to Miss Ann Bloomer. She is also a native of Ireland. They have ten children : John, Joseph, Mary (.now Mrs. Diegnan), Ellen, Michael, Sarah, Katie, Esther, Maurice and Tresa. Himself and family are members e>{ the Catholic Church.

Waller Young

formerly Senator from the Second District, was born in Bath County, Kentucky, in 1843, and remained in the State until ten years of age, when he came to Missouri, locatin-g in Buchanan County, where, excepting at short intervals, he has since resided. He attended college at Platte City, Missouri, until the icommencement of the late war, when he -went to Virginia, joined General Marshall's army, and remained in the Tanks until the last echo of the Southern guns died away. He then returned to Missouri, determined to acquire for himself in the civil of life "a respectable position, and if energy would accomplish anything, a prominent place among the people of his State. After graduating at the law school of Louisville, Kentucky, he practiced in St.

Joseph with marked success. Having a natural propensity for politics^ and a clear and discriminating judgment, he early foresaw that the onlymeans whereby the people of Missouri could be relieved from theoppressions of the Radical party was by producing dissensions in their ranks by forming a Liberal party, based upon the principle of enfranchising all citizens of the State without distinction ; hence we find him. taking an active part in the campaign that elected Brown governor. He was a delegate to the State convention in 1872, and did more tonominate Governor Woodson than any man in the convention. He was appointed private secretary of Governor Woodson, and after serving a short time resigned. In 1874 he was nominated as a Democratic candidate for the State Senate, and was elected by 1,900 majority - the largest Democratic majority the district ever gave. He was chairman of the Committee on Claims, and a member of the committees on Internal Improvements, Swamp Lands, and Lunatic Asylum. Mr. Young" bids fair to become one of the most prominent men in the State, and possesses all the qualities essential to a great man - intelligence, capability, principle, and honesty. In the past few years he has taken but little active part in politics.

Marmaduke D. Finch

section 32, postoffice Gower, was born in Franklin County, North Carolina, April 28, 1813, and his ancestors were originally from Virginia, Received his education in the schools of his vicinity, and was bred a farmer. On the 4th of May, 1834, he married Elizabeth Jordan, a. native of North Carolina, born in 1810. She died in Missouri, in 1870, leaving three children, two of whom now survive - Thomas N. and Evalina, (now Mrs. L. Heffner.) In 1842, he moved to Missouri, and on the 20th of May, reached the Rock House Prairie, in Buchanan County, where he has since continued to reside, and where he owns a fine farm. Originally a member of the old Whig party, his first vote for President was cast for Harrison, in the exciting campaign of 1840. On the dissolution of the Whig party, he joined the Democracy. Mr. Finch has held several important public positions in the county. In 1854, he was elected Justice of the Peace in Tremont Township, a position which he filled eight years.. In 1858, he was made collector of the county, and served two years ire that capacity, under Sheriff Morgan. In 1874, he was county assessor,, under John Tutt. In all these several positions he proved himself a worthy and capable officer. June 22, 1874, Mr. Finch again married. His second wife was Mrs. Julia Bretz, widow of Judge John Bretz, of Buchanan County.

farmer and merchant, section 10, post office Garrettsburg, was born September 2, 1844, in Buchanan County, Missouri, and has lived here all his life. In his early days he was a farmer. In 1864, he visited Montana on an exploring expedition in the mountains. He married: Miss Mary J- Whitson in 1866. She was born November 27, 1848, in Missouri. They have had four children : William S., born July 18, 1870; Mary A., born January 18, 1873; Franklin J., born July 16, 1879; "^"^ ^" infant, born October 17, 1880. In 1867, he ran a blacksmith shop and farmed. December 3, 1879, commenced general merchandising, and has done a prosperous business. His stock consists of dry goods, hardware, drugs, hats, caps, notions, boots and shoes, groceries, &c. He is postmaster at Garrettsburg, and has filled the office of school director. In the Masonic order he has achieved the rank of Knight Templar. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., and is also a Granger. He donated half an acre of land for school purposes in his neighborhood. Was a member, during the war, of Company D, 8ist regiment Pawpaw Militia, under Colonel Scott. He owns 447 acres of land, 330 acres of which he inherited from his father's estate. This is mostly under fence and in a good state of cultivation with excellent improvements, including orchard, &c., and is stocked with abundance of farming implements. He also owns a. store house 20x36 with a cellar 18x20, wjth 2 feet stone wall, 7 feet deep. Mr. Greenai'd has always endeavored to do his part as a man, assisting the needy and afflicted whenever called on.

Samuel J. Jeffers

farmer and stock raiser, section 24, postoffice Frazer, was born September 20, 1833, in Clay County, Missouri, and was brought to this county by his parents when about six years of age. He spent his boyhood days on the farm and received his education in the schools of this vicinity. He now owns a fine farm of 140 acres, well watered and stocked. Mr. J. has filled the positions of township clerk and school director. He moved to Andrew County in 1858 and resided there until 1865, engaged in farming ; then returned to this county. He was married November 24, 1853, to Miss Frances Miller, a native of Knox County, Kentucky.

'They have had eleven children, six of whom are living : N. Ellen, Finis E., William J., Maud M., Harvey B. and Laura F. He and his two oldest children are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

James M. Jeffers

farmer and stock raiser, section 24, postoffice Frazer, was born April 7, 1 83 1, in Clay County, Missouri, and came to Buchanan County in February, 1839, with his parents, and has since made this his home. He 260 acres of fine land, 160 of which are under cultivation, the -remainder being pasture and timber land. His farm is well stocked, :and he has a handsome residence. In 1861, he moved to Kansas, and remained one year, came back, and again went there, in 1865, and spent six months. During the late war, he served three months in the Enrolled Missouri Militia. He has filled the office of school director, - but has never been a political aspirant. In October, 1853, he was married to Miss Virginia Miller, a native of this city, born August 28, 1838. They are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, in which he holds the position of Elder. They raised an orphan boy, named J. H. Norman, now minister in the Presbyterian Church, at Stewartsville.

Evans Jordan

Tarmer, was born in Wake County, North Carolina, February 14, 1815, and came to Tremont Township, Rock House Prairie, in this county, in 1840. Here, in company with Dugan Pfouts, he bought 714 acres of land. The original name of the township and the recorded name now in the clerk's ofifice, is Jordan. The railroad station of Frazer, fifteen -miles southeast of St. Joseph, is located on his farm, it being on the line -of what was known, when first built, as St. Louis & St. Joseph Railroad, now the Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific. He has a very fine farm, with an excellent residence and good improvements generally. The place is well stocked. Mr. J. did much to facilitate the building of the railroad, and has always been foremost in all enterprises of a public character, including the building of churches, school houses, etc., and has ever been prompt in lending a helping hand to every scheme calculated to promote and develop the interests at large of his county and neighbor- Jiood. No man in the township enjoys a wider personal popularity.

E. M. Jordan

farmer and stock raiser, section 32, postoffice Frazer, was born March 10, 1812, in Wake County, North Carolina, and moved to Randolph County, the same State, with his parents in 1824. He spent his boyiiood days on a farm and received his education at Wake Forest. When eighteen years of age he was appointed deputy sheriff of Randolph County, which position he held until he left in February, 1840. He Tvith two companions rode through from North Carolina on horseback and arrived here in May, 1840. From here they went to Lexington, Missouri, when they separated and our subject rode through to Texas, remaining two years. He returned to this county and after one year went back to North Carolina. Soon returned to this county, and settled in this township. He has contributed his full share towards building up and improving it, and being an old settler is well known. Mr. J. has filled the positions of Justice of the Peace four years, school director ten years, and road overseer several terms. He was married in the fall of 1845 to Miss Diza Pfouts, a native of Randolph County, North Carolina, born in June, 1822. They have had twelve children, ten of whom are living : Elizabeth, Mary, Merinda, Roxaner, Evaline, Evans, Jacob, Thomas, John and Marmaduke. Mrs. J. is a member of the M. E. Church.

Jesse T. Leftwich

farmer and stock raiser, section i, postoffice Easton, was born August II, 181 1, in Bedford County, Virginia, and when about twelve years of age he moved with his parents to Pittsylvania County, where he spent his boyhood days on a farm and received his education. Upon becoming of age he commenced the manufacture of tobacco, and after following the business for ten years he turned his attention to farming, and continued therein some twenty years. He again engaged in the tobacco business and was so occupied until the' war broke out, when he lost heavily. He had three sons in the Confederate army under General Lee, two of them taking part in twenty-two general engagements, "besides many minor engagements. At the close of the war Mr. L. emigrated West and settled in this county. He moved to the place where he now resides in 1872, and now owns a fine farm of eighty acres, improved. At one time he fixed up proper facilities for the tobacco business, but the climate was too cold to make it a success. Mr. L. was married in 1837 to Miss Letitia Shelton, a native of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, born October 14, 1820. They have had eleven children, ten of whom are living, Taswell B., George W., Mary A. (now Mrs. Joseph Robinson, of Easton), James B., Augustin J., William L., Nancy J. (now Mrs. George Marker, of Easton), John B., Victoria L. (now Mrs. John Kerns), and Thomas J. Mrs. L. is a member of the Christian church.

Howard County, Missouri, from there to Ray County, and thence to this county, in the spring of 1838. He bought a claim, and commenced pioneer life ; here he earnestly worked for the upbuilding of his adopted county, until June 4, 1881, when he died. His marriage occurred February 14, 1818, to Miss Sally Bogart. They had a family often children, four of whom are now living : Charles, Polly (now Mrs. Elijah Jenkins, of Andrew County), Nancy (wife of James Christy, of Andrew County), and Salenia (now Mrs. E. Miller, of Kansas).

farmer and stock raiser, section 19, postoffice Frazer, was born January 6, 1 8 19, in Illinois, and is the eldest son of Daniel McCray, one of the earliest pioneers in the county. Charles accompanied his parents to Howard County, Missouri, in 1821, and to Buchanan County in the spring of 1838, and has made this his home since, having been engaged in farming all his life. Assisted in redeeming this county from a wilderness, and has had his full share of the hardships of pioneer life. In his manners he is kind and genial, and is widely and favorably known, and has won the respect of a large circle of friends. During the late war he enlisted and served for six months in the noted Pawpaw militia. Owns eighty acres of fine land, partly improved. He has filled the office of road overseer several terms. Was married to Miss Eliza Horton, a native of Kentucky. They have had a family of seven children, six of whom are living - Benjamin, Sarah, (now Mrs. B. Riddle), Henry, Martha J., (now Mrs. B. Tadlock), Samuel D. and Oscar. Mrs. McCray and five of the children are members of the Baptist Church.

K. F. Moore

farmer and stock raiser, section 13, postoffice Frazer. His parents were residents of Bath County, Kentucky, and K. F. was born while they were on a visit to Brown County, Ohio, September 22, 1832. He spent his boyhood days on a farm and received his education in the schools of Bath County. Commenced business for himself when about sixteen years of age. Came west in 1861, and settled in Easton, this county, where he engaged in farming. Purchased the place he now occupies in 1865, and moved upon and has since been improving it. Owns 650 of fine land, all improved, with a handsome residence. He purchased the old John Bretz farm at the beginning of the crisis of 1873. He has filled the positions of road overseer and school director several terms, and is prominent among the leading citizens of the. county. Mr. M. was married in January, 1861, to Miss Lucretia Robinson, a native of Gallatin County, Kentucky, born September 22, 1S39. They have had eight children: Laura, William N., Annie L., Virginia, Charlie, Nellie, John M. and Benjamin F. Himself and wife are members of the Christian Church.

James A. Rodman

farmer, section 31, postoffice Frazer, was born March 17, 1826, Washington County, Indiana, and was married March 22, 1863, to Frances E. Kinniard, a native of Kentucky. By this union they have had six children : Frances J., Mary E., Jima D., Samuel H., Sarah E. and Charles K. He endured all the hardships subsequent to pioneer life, but by his own industry has saved 160 acres of land, improved, and with good buildings. He has held the positions of constable and school director.