Buchanan County, Missouri - Biographical sketches, 1881 (part 1 of 12)

Biographical sketches

was born in Kincardinshire, Scotland, August 2, 1830. He was the third oi a family of eleven children. He learned the trade of stone and marble cutter in the City of Aberdeen, Scotland. In June, 185 1, he left the shores of his native country for the New World, and landed in the City of New York, after a short and prosperous voyage. Here he immediately engaged in the avocation of his calling, soon doing business for himself, and meeting with that success which skill and energy invariably command. June 7, 1853, Mr. Abercrombie married in New York City, Miss Agnes Monroe, a native of Scotland. The fruit of this marriage was two children, both sons. One of these, Roderick M., survived, and is now (188 1) a partner of his father in the stone and marble business in St. Joseph. On the breaking out of the civil war, James Abercrombie was a private in the Seventy-ninth New York National Guard, and immediately entered the army, where he did good service with his regiment till August, 1861, when he received his discharge, with the grade of Second Surgeant. In September of the same year, he again enlisted, this time in the Farthingham Rifles, in which he served till December^ 1862, when he was taken prisoner. A week before this event, he was promoted to the grade of Lieutenant in his regiment. In November,

1867, he moved to Caldwell County, engaging there in farming, and carrying on the stone and marble business in Breckenridge. In January, 1879, he returned to St. Joseph and opened in partnership with Erath, Johnson & Co., another yard. He is now (188 1) engaged in business with his son, Roderick M., under the name and style of Abercrombie & Son.

Smith Adams

is a retired farmer, living in Washington Township, Section 27. Postoffice, St. Joseph. He is a native of Kentucky and was born August ,3, 1812; was raised upon a farm and had a common school education. He was married May 12. 1836, to Miss C. Ramsey, who was born in Kentucky, November 4, 18 19. By this union they had five children, Jones L. born April 17, 1837, died June 12, 1841 ; W.R., born June 15,1841 born March 8, 1844 ; Rebecca C, born July 10, 1847 ; Edwin M., born June 29, 1850. Mrs. Adams died February 4, 1854, and he was again married to Miss Elizabeth Adams, November 20, 1854. She was born in Tennessee, January 6, 1828. They had five children : James A., born January 2, 1856 ; Anna M., born March 26, 1858 ; Smith, born May 18, 1864; infant who died while young, and Ella L., born October 11, 1866. This wife died October 11, 1874, and he married May 5, 1875, to Miss Martha A.. Mansfield. She was born September 11, 1818. He was very successful financially, until the war, when he lost heavily. He endured many privations for his country, and during the late war enlisted in what was known as the " Whisky Cavalry," in the Union Army, which stood guard around St. Joseph for three years. The government did not pay these men one dollar, and they did not ask for it, but furnished horses, time and services to Uncle Sam without money and without price, and are proud to know that they had the manhood to defend the right at all hazard. Mr. Adams first came to Missouri with his father in 18x5, locating in Lafayette County. They lived in a block house for protection.- In i8i8, his father returned to Kentucky, Smith accompanying him, but being infatuated with the West, returned to Missouri, locating in Howard County, known, in early days, as St. Charles. He has lived in Missouri, ever since ; was engaged in the Mormon war. They surrendered upon his arrival, and he purchased land and was there when the County of Caldwell was organized. He is a Mason and a member of St. Joseph Lodge, No. 78, also a member of the Christian Church, and was Director on part of the State in the old Branch Bank of the State of Missouri before the war, has been school director and has donated, liberally to churches and school houses.

Edward Alden

gas-fitter, plumber, dealer in pumps, lightning rods, etc.; one of the leaders in this line, and a man who stands among the popular citizens ; was born in England, December 23, 1827. He came to America in 1851, residing for over five years in New York, where he learned his trade, thence came to Chicago, and, after a four years' sojourn, came to St. Joseph, established his trade in i860, and at present does one of the largest trades in the northwest. He was married in igS^, to Miss Bridget McTigh, a native of Ireland. Mr. Alden is a member of the I. O. O. F.

David Alderman

liveryman, proprietor of Elk Horn stable, was born in Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, August 9th, 1824. His boyhood days were spent on a farm, his father, David, Sr., being an agriculturist. In 1849, he came to Buchanan County, locating on a farm near Sparta. The country at that time was sparsely settled and he had many difficulties to contend with. For twenty years this was his home. In 1869, he came to St. Joseph, and has since been counted among its leading liverymen, the Elk Horn stable being one of the most popular in the city. He has been twice married ; first to Mary A. Larkins, of North Carolina, now deceased. His second wife was Lavinia J. Highsmith, of North Carolina. They have five children : Chas. A., A. M., James D., Ann E. and Mary P. Mr. A. is a member of the Masonic fraternity.

C. W. Allen

manager of the Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine Agency and dealer in Taylor & Farley organs, was born in London, England, in 1845, and when two years of age came to America with his parents, who located in Pelta County, Illinois, where his father, William, engaged in agricultural pursuits. Here C. W. was educated and raised to manhood. At the breaking out of the rebellion, he enlisted in Co. K, Sixteenth Illinois Infantry, and participated in many notable engagements, among which were Chickamaugua, Island No. 10, in the Sherman campaign and otheVs. He was honorably discharged at the expiration of his term (three years.) He came to Missouri and located in Atchison County, and engaged in the sewing machine business. Thence to DeKalb County, and for a time was at Maryville. He came to St. Joseph in the spring of 1880. Mr. A. was married in 1866, to Mi'ss E. A. Burk, of Illinois. By this union they have six children : Lorena, Minnie F., C. W., B., L. E. and James. Mr. Allen is a Master Mason.

R. K. Allen

Among those who contributed a just share in giving this city the reputation which it has attained as the metropolis of the Northwest, is R. K. Allen, who foj twenty-two years has been identified with its growth and prosperity. He is a native 6f Massachusetts, and came to St. Joseph in 1859, ^nd engaged in working at his trade, that of carpenter and builder, which from that time has been steadily and largely on the increase. Many of the finest structures of St. Joseph, both in store edifices and residences, are specimens of his handiwork. In 1872, he opened his planing mill on Francis Street, which is the largest in the city. In the manufacture of doors, sash and blinds, etc., his business is the largest in the Northwest, extending into Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa. His long experience and skillful management makes him more proficient than the average in his line. In this respect his standing maybe inferred from the fact that the Union Depot of St. Joseph, one of the finest in the United States, is being built by Mr. Allen. The cost of this is $150,000. Few residents of St. Joseph are more widely and popularly known.

William M. Albin

attorney at law, insurance and real estate agent, was born in Indiana in 1820. His youth was spent on a farm, with limited school advantages. After he attained his majority, he entered Asbury University, and graduated with the degree of A. M. He engaged for some time in teaching, and, in 1851, came to Buchanan County, where he followed the same occupation. He read law with the Hon. Henry Vories, and was admitted to the bar in 1861. In 1852, he went to Gentry County and .remained a short time. He enlisted in the army during the late war, and was commissioned Lieutenant Colonel of the Fourth Missouri State Volunteers, commanded by Colonel W. P. Hall. Colonel Albin is a member of the Masonic fraternity and of the I. O. O. F.

J. W. Ambrose

one of St. Joseph's prominent mauufacturers, is a native of England, and was born September 2, 1829. He was there educated and raised until his nineteenth year, when he came to America, locating in Ohio. He learned the machinist trade, and in. 1856 removed to Bloomington, Illinois, where he resided until 1871. In that year, he came to St. Joseph, and ereeted the foundry and machine shop that he now occupies. The present style of the firm is J. W. Ambrose & Co. They make a specialty of architectural iron work, and in this feature they are having unparalleled success, their trade not only being in Missouri, but extends into Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa. Many of the finest structures in St. Joseph contains material from this establishment. The firm does a large business in the manufacture of stoves, and have attained a well merited reputation.

Joseph Andriano

City Collector, was born in the city of Heidelburg, Germany, October 15, 184X, and came to this country in 1849. He settled in St. Louis, Missouri, and came to this city in 1851. He married Miss Isa- bella Young, of Chicago, Illinois, in 1869; they have one daughter, Gracie. Mr. Adriano obtained a good education in the city_ schools, and then commenced his mercantile experience, which he abandoned to go into the stage and omnibus business with his father-in-law, William H. Young, of Chicago, a short time before the great fire, and had but fairly commenced when, with others, they were burned out, losing $20,000. They at once, with commendable zeal, started again, and very soon worked up a very successful business and continued it for two years. At this time he sold out and returned to his old home in St. Joseph, and accepted a position in the post office. In 1880, he was elected to his present position as City Collector.

D. C. Anderson

baker and confectioner, an early and well known citizen of Bechanan County, is our subject. He was born in Orange County, New York, August 20, 1832; his father, John K., was an agriculturist, and D. C. spent his early life on a farm. The family finally migrated to Erie County, Pennsylvania, and tlience to Michigan, where he learned the carpenter trade. In 1859, he came to St. Joseph and worked at his trade until 1861, when he enlisted in the Union army, was captured at Lexington, and soon after enlisted in Stuart!s cavalry, and was transferred to Co. K, Forty-third Illinois Infantry, as a private. He passed through the usual routine of promotions, and resigned as First Lieutenant, after serving three and a half years. He participated in the battles of Shiloh, Fort Donelson, Vicksburg and Lttle Rock. At Shiloh he was slightly wounded. Returning to St. Joseph, he was for a number of years engaged in the grocery trade. From 1869 to 1871, he was clerk in the post office ; also for two years was clerk of the school board ; for the past several years has been engaged, in the bakery and confectionery business. In i860, Mrs. Angeline Carr, nee Nelson, became his wife ; she died in the spring of '65. In 1867, he was married to Mrs. Ann Prosser, nee Sprinkle. They have had one daughter, Ada, who died in the autumn of 1880. He is a member of the A. O. of U. W. S. K.

Geo. W. Anderson

check clerk for the Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railroad. This wellknown railroad man was born in Brown County, Ohio, June nth, 1844. At an early age, he removed to Galesburg, Illinois, his father, G. W., Sr., being a stone cutter by trade. The farhily eventually located in Monmouth, Illinois, where our subject learned the painter's trade, remaining until July, 1862, when he enlisted in Company C, Eighty-third Illinois Infantry. After serving five months, he was 'honorably dis- charged on account of disability. He returned home, recuperated, and on the 20th of November, 1863, enlisted in the Twelfth Illinois Cavalry- Was in the department of the Gulf, and served until the 29th of April, 1866, when he was mustered out. Returning to Illinois, he engaged in working at his trade until 1875, when he became an employe of the Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railroad, stationed at St. Joseph. He was married in 1880 to Miss Rosa Schreiber. Mr. Anderson is a Mason, being a member of the Blue Lodge, Chapter and Council.

John. Angel

One who took an active and live interest in making St. Joseph what it is to-day, is our subject. He was born in Virginia, January 24, 1813, and when young removed with his parents to Surry County, North Carolina, where his father, Nicholas, engaged in farming. Here JohnVas raised, educated and resided until 1833, when he emigrated to Tennessee, residing there a number of years ; thence to Alabama, remaining one year, and from there he went to Texas, thence to Van Buren County, Iowa, coming to St. Joseph in November, 1843. He commenced working at his trade, that of a carpenter, which he followed for a number of years; many of the old-time landmarks, long since wiped out, were the work of his hammer and saw. From the time he came to the village, up to the present, few men have been more closely identified with a city than John Angel. About thirty years ago he was a member ol the council a few terms ; also was city assessor for one year. During the. Hannibal & St. Joseph project, in 1849, the first railway in the state, he was on the survey corps. In educational movements, and all commendable enterprises for the advancement of St. Joseph, he was to be found on the right side. While in Iowa, he was a messenger in the Legislature. He was married July 16, 1846, to Miss Eugena Robidou.x, a neice of Joseph Robidoux. They had' three children, all deceased, Felix, Edmond, and one unnamed.

John J. Angsten

cooper,, was born in Prussia, Germany, March 16, 1847, and came to America in 185 1, his parents locating in Chicago, where he was raised, educated and learned his trade. In 1877, he came to St. Joseph. He was married in 1873 to Miss Annie Boesh. They have, by this union, three children: John, Willie and Mary.

Armstrong Brothers

and spices, their trade has grown from a small beginning until it stands among the prominent industries of the city. J. M. Armstrong .was born in Centerville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, March 31, 1838. His father, Samuel, was a native of New York, and removed to Jerseyville, Illinois, with his family in 1849. The subject of this sketch was raised to manhood, spending his time when not attending the common schools, in tilling the soil of Jersey County. In September, 1861, he tendered his services to the Union cause in Illinois, but as the call on that state had been filled, was not accepted, consequently he came to Missouri and enlisted m Coimpany A, Second Missouri Cavalry. He was mustered in as a private, and by regular promotion, in May, 1862, was made First Lieutenant of Company G, serving faithfully his allotted time, and was honorably discharged in 1864. At Little Rock he raised the Union flag to its position on the State House. Came to St. Joseph, and engaged as clerk in tlie Patee House, and soon became one of the proprietors, the firm being Espy & Armstrong. After continuing in the hotel business for a time, he branched out into other pursuits, eventually becoming a clerk in the grocery of W. H. Floyd. In 1867, he engaged in the grocery trade in company with George B., which continued until 1881, when the present business was established. He has been twice married - first to Miss Amelia Espy, in 1864. By this union, they had two children, one of whom, Thomas, is living, and Robert, deceased. Mrs. Armstrong died a few years later. Was again married, in 1871, to Miss Jennie Milton, of New York. They have two children - Beattie and Fannie. Geo. B. Armstrong was born in Centerville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, October 8, 1846. In 1849, he came to Jerseyville, Illinois, with his parents, where he was educated and was engaged in farming until the autumn of 1866, when he became a resident of St. Joseph. He engaged in the grocery trade in the spring of 1867, and has since been closely associated with the business interests of the city. In 1870, he married Miss Mary E. Mapstone, of Chicago. Mr. Armstrong is a member of the A. O. U. W.

J. P. Arnold

general blacksmith, is a native of Phcenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania, and was born October 4, 1844. When young he removed to Berks County, where he was raised and learned his trade. For a time he had charge of Weymeyers & Co.'s establishment at Lebanon, and for two years was foreman for Garner Bros., at Ashland. During the rebellion, he enlisted in the Union army, but on account of his youth was reclaimed hy his parents. In 1873, he came to St. Joseph. He is numbered among the finest workmen in the country, and does a first class trade in horseshoeing. He married in 1865, Miss Frances Chillens. They have four children: Ida B.; William H.; George B.; John T. He is a member of theK. ofP., and the I. O. O. F.

Herman Arnold

farmer and stock raiser, Section 7, postofifice St. Joseph, was born April 19, 1832, in Saxony, Germany, where he was reared and received the benefits of a fair education. He learned the stone mason's trade in his youth. He came to America in November, 1853, landing in New York City, and has worked in many of the principal cities in the East. For three years he worked on the capitol building at Washington. His. family settled at Warsaw, Ind., and remained there nine years; they then came West and settled at Chicago, and from there to the place where he now resides. He owns a fine farm of 260 acres, well improved,, with good orchards and comfortable buildings. When he landed at New York he had but three dollars in his pocket, but he went to work, and by giving his attention to his business has succeeded admirably. He was married in May, 1853, to Miss Grenadine Behrens, a native of Germany. They have five children living, Mary, (now Mrs. L. Everhart, of St. Joseph,) Minnie, Charlie, Robert and Fritz. They lost four. They attend the Lutheran Church. ^ stone-mason, was born in Bavaria, Germany, March 12, 1828, and wasthere raised to manhood and learned the stone-mason's trade. In 1849,. he came to America, located temporarily, in New Orleans, thence to St. Louis, and for two years was foreman in the building of the Marine Hospital. He came to St. Joseph in 1852, and has since made it his home, although for three years he was on the government work at Fort Leavenworth. Many of the old land marks in the city are of his construction^ and a large amount of the first class work, more modern, been done by him and under his supervision. He married in 1854, Miss Peternella. Groff. They have one son, Charles A., who was born in St. Josephs November 15, 1855, and here received his education. He adopted and learned the trade of his father, and is thoroughly competent and experienced in stonework. He married in 1870, Miss Mary J. Saddler, of St- Joseph.

Jacob Arnhold

with the Krug Packing Company, was born in Bavaria, Germany, February 17, 1843, and came to America with his parents when ten years of age. His father, Philip, located in St. Joseph, and here Jacob was raised,, educated and learned the stone mason's trade. He was married in 1865, to Miss Virginia Pash. He is a Mason and also a Knight Templar.

George Arnhold

stone mason and contractor, was born in Bavaria, Germany, April 5, 1850, and came to America with his parents, his father, Philip, locating in St.

Joseph. The senior Arnhold was identified with the city up to the time of his demise a few years ago. George was here raised to manhood and learned his trade, to which he has closely adhered. He was married in 1870 to Miss Mary Carpenter. They have five children, Frederick, Josephine, George, Philip and Caroline. He is a Royal Templar of Temperance. In 1864, he enlisted in the Forty-fourth Missouri, Company C, participating at the battles of Franklin, Nashville, Mobile and others, serving to the close, when he was honorably discharged.

Bro. Arthemian

President of the St. Joseph College, is c*bmparatively a young man, yet he has had twenty-two years experience as a teacher. The great success which has followed his administration has given the college a reputation as a first class school. The present number of students is one hundred and eighty. He was appointed President in 1878, and the high reputation the school had gained under the charge of its former excellent Presidents, has been fully maintained. With the flattering outlook for the future of St. Joseph College, it is destined to take a front rank among the educational institutions of the state. A history of the school will be found in another connection.

carpenter and builder, is a native of Woodford County, Kentucky, and was born July 14, 1827, and was raised and learned his trade in his native state. In 1853, he came to Savannah, Andrew County, and worked at his trade until 1872, when he came to St. Joseph. For a time, he was in the employ of Bailey, Wood & Co., as shipping clerk, and also in the same capacity with other houses. The remainder of the time has been devoted to building, in which branch he has his share of the taade. He is a man of clear judgment, a fluent conversationalist, and commands the respect of his fellow citizens. In 1849, he married Miss Martha J. Clare- They have a family of twelve children : Thomas K., Geo. W., Lewis, John, Bettie (now Mrs. Duncan), Addie, Allie, Emma, Tillie, Mattie, Vinnie, Gabriel (deceased). Himself and family are members of the Christian Church. Mr. A. is an Odd Fellow, of Eclipse Lodge.

Thomas Ashton

farmer and broker, Washington township, Section 33 ; Postoiifice, St. Joseph. Was born in New York City, October 30, 1826. When but a child, his parents moved to Mason County, Kenucky, where he was raised and educated. From 1848, he was contracting for the planters, being -located at Vicksburg and New Orleans. In 1855, he came to Mis- souri, and located in Buchanan County. His landed estate consists of about 300 acres, his improvements being among the best in the county. He also has a very large orchard, containing over 1,000 bearing trees. Was married September 12, 1850, to Miss Lucinda B. Small, who was born in Mason County, Kentucky, April 8, 1834. They have had nine children, six now living : Louisa, William S., Effie M., Harry L., Annie K. and Charley.

The subject of this sketch was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in February, 1844. He here recei/ved the advantages of an excellent education and entered on the active duties of life, a thoroughly qualified business man. On the breaking out of the civil war, though a very young man, Mr. Atwill determined to enter the service of his country, and enlisted in the Twenty-fourth Massachusetts volunteers. For his soldierly bearing and generally meritorious conduct he was promoted to a lieutenancy and transferred to the N. C. Union volunteer regiment. He was afterward advanced to the rank of lieutenant-colonel of this regiment, with which he remained till it was mustered out of the service in 1865. He then went to St. Louis, where he remained, engaged in mercantile pursuits, till the year 1870, when he sold out and went to St. Joseph, Missouri, where he received the appointment of General Freight and Ticket Agent for the St. Joseph and Denver City, now the St. Joseph and Western Railroad, which position he held till the fall of 1878. He is now President of the Oakdale Coal Company, and is an influential member of the City Council of St. Joseph.

merchant. One of Buchanan County's early settlers was Adam Axheltn, Sr., who took up his abode in St. Joseph in 1853. The subject of this sketch was born in Erie, Penn., March 27, 1850, and came to St. Joseph with his parents in 1853, and was here raised and educated.

Mr. Axhelm has been twice married ; first, in 1869, to Miss Mary E. Thrap. By this union they had three children, one of whom is living - Charles. He lost two - Lena and Augusta. Mrs. Axhelm died in 1874- In 1878, Mrs. Mary Leip became his second wife. They have one daughter - Lena. Mrs. Axhelm, by her first husband had two children - Tillie and OUie.

Thomas Aylesbury

Foreman Car Department Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs Railway, is a native of Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, and was born March 20, 1836; was there raised, educated, and learned the carpenter trade. His father, Robert, was superintendent of a coal mine, and our subject for a time was in the employ of the Reading Railway- Company. In i860, he came to Kewanee, Illinois, engaging in contracting and building, continuing until 1865, when he was employed by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Company. For four years he was in the car department, and for three years was foreman of the coach building department.' On the ist of May, 1872, he took his present situation with the Kansas City, St. Joseph and Council Bluffs Railway Company, the duties of which he has discharged to the entire satisfaction of his employers. He is numbered among the most proficient foremen in car building in the country. He is a member of the Master Car Builders' Association of the United States and Canada, and is one of the committee on automatic freight train brakes. During his sojourn in the city, he has been the choice of the citizens of the Fifth Ward as councilman for two terms. He married, in 1856, Miss Harriet HiH, of Pennsylvania, a native of England. They have had eight children, five now living, Charles, Ella, Ida, Thomas and Winfred. They lost three, Mary (aged thirteen years), Harry (aged six years), and Stella (aged three years). Mr. Aylesbury is a member of Charity Lodge No. 331 of Masons, and Enterprise Lodge I. O. O. F. During his term in the council, much credit is due him for the active and ardent work he did towards securing the water works.

Enos Ewing Bacon

proprietor JBacon House, was born in New Jersey, March 17, 1823, and was raised a farmer. He received a good education and taught school for one year, and then went to Indiana and taught school for nine years. He bought a farm in Maryland and worked it for six years, and afterwards sold out, and, in i860, came to this city. He bought the lot and a small building where the Bacon House now stands and commenced keeping a boarding house and grocery store. In 1879, it was enlarged and opened as a hotel. As a hotel keeper he excels, as a citizen he has the confidence of all, as an enterprising business man, he is regarded as a success. He has been a life-long, consistent Presbyterian, and has done much for the church and its benevolence. He married Miss Sarah E. Thomas in 1844. They have seven children living, William T., Charles F., Enos Ewing, John Knox, Sarah E., Mary Anna, Rachel Ewing.

dealers in gents' furnishing goods, commenced business in St. Joseph in the autumn of 1880, and in the short time they have been here have won an enviable reputation. E. H. Baden, the senior member of the firm, was born on the 29th day of January, 1853, in Prussia, Province of Hanover, Germany, where his youth was spent until his sixteenth year. He then emigrated to the United States, and settled in Perry County, Missouri, and lived there two years, and then removed to Scott County, Iowa, residing there for a time, after which he engaged in trade in Lincoln, Illinois. Becoming desirous to see the home once more of his early pilgrimage, he returned to his native country, remaining one year. When he again became a resident of the United States he engaged in the furnishing business at Lincoln, Illinois, and continuing until the autumn of 1880, when this house was established in St. Joseph. O. Delventhal, the junior member of the firm, is a native of Hanover, Germany and was born January 7, 1855. In his fourteenth year, he came to the United States, and became a citizen of Perry County, Missouri, and, after a three years' residence, went to New York, where he filled a clerkship for a time ; then to Davenport, Iowa, and finally settled in Lincoln, Illinois, where he formed a copartnership with Mr. Baden, gent's furnishing business, which they have since conducted with a good degree of success.

E. P. Badger

the liveryman, is a native of Connecticut, and was born in West Leader June 27, 1830. At an early age, emigrated with his parents to Quincy, Illinois, where, after a short stay, he located in Payson, Illinois. There E. P. was raised to manhood, and educated, his youth being spent in tilling the soil. His father, Joseph Badger, while a resident of Connecr ticut, was a seafaring man. In 1849, 1'^e thousands of others, the subject of this sketch went overland to California, and for five years was engaged in mining, and other pursuits, on the Pacific Slope. During the war, he was superintendent of a quartermaster's department. In 1864, engaged in the livery business, in St. Joseph, which he has since followed with considerable success, having one of the best appointed stables to be found in the northwest. He is a man of close observation, unassuming in demeanor, and commands the respect of all. In i860. Miss Mary Griffith became his wife. They have six children : Walter S, Joseph E., Willie, Minnie, Eddie, Mazie.

Jno. W. Bailey

of the wholesale house of Bailey, Fairleigh & Weil, was born in Dover, Stewart County, Tennessee, September 17, 1830. He received an ordinary school education at home, and at the age of fourteen commenced his mercantile experience, in a country store owned by Watson & Hillman, at Empire Iron Works, in Kentucky. Two years after he removed to the Tennessee Rolling Works, Kentucky, and sold goods for Hillman

Van Lear & Co., four years. The last year he was given the entire charge and made the purchases of goods for the establishment, although only twenty years of age. He resigned this position, and on May 9th came to St. Joseph in company with his brother-in-law, James Kay and his partner, J. C. Ingram. He accepted a situation with Ingram & Kay, and in 1852 succeeded Mr. Ingram in the business and has been continuously in the firm from that time until the present, a length of time sufficient to test a man's capacity both as a citizen and a merchant. The house of Bailey, Fairleigh & Weil is one of the best known in the southwest, and Mr. Bailey has become widely regarded as a thorough business man, a reliable merchant and a gentleman of undoubted integrity. Mr. Bailey has been actively connected with many enterprises of public character in St. Joseph, and has uniformly manifested a commendable degree of sympathy with every scheme calculated to promote her interests. May 8, 1856, he married Miss Susan E. Wildbahn, a daughter of Thomas Wildbahn, Esq., an old resident of Buchanan County. They have three children living, two sons and a daughter.

Peter Baker

boiler-maker and sheet iron worker, is a native of Germany, and was born in Prussia, in 1823, and was there educated and learned his trade. After serving his country in the army for several years, in 1849 he came to America, locating in Chicago, Illinois, where he worked at his trade for sixteen years. In 1865, he came to St. Joseph, where he has confined himself to manufacturing. He is a very proficient workman, and comftiands his share of patronage. He was married in .Chicago to Miss Mary Kohner. They have had five children, three of whom are living : Mary, Margaret and Agnes, and has lost two, William and Joseph.

John H Baker

fericMayer amd plasterer, is among the progressive citizens of this city. He is a native of New York, and was born in Albany, February 22, 1852, and was there educated, raised and learned the bricklaying and plastering traces, serving five years apprenticeship. In 1880, he came west, took up his abode in St. Joseph. On the loth of October, 1878, Miss Agnes Meyers became his wife. By the union they have had one daughter, Kate. He belongs to the Bricklayers' Union.

was born near Zanesville, Ohio, February 19, 1845. He was the youngest of three children, two sons and a daughter, the latter being the eldest child, and a lady of rare ability and refined culture. She is the present wife of John Townsend, a prominent merchant of St. Joseph. The subject of this sketch received his primary education in Zanesville, Ohio. In April, 1858, he came to St. Joseph with his step-father, Colonel John, A.. Dolman. He had the good fortune to complete his education, taking a classical course, in the school of E. B. Neely, the present distinguished Superintendent of Public Instruction in that city. On leaving school in i860, he drove an ox-team to Denver. He then engaged in mining for some time near Central City, and subsequently moved to Montana Territory, where, in 1862, he was one of the first to settle in Alder Gulch^ near Virginia City. His unremitting efforts in the mines were crowned with success, and he was enabled to return to Missouri in 1864, with sufficient means to defray the expenses of a first-class medical education, upon the pursuit of which he immediately entered. He first commenced the study of his profession in the office of Dr. E. B. Forsee, of St. Joseph. He subsequently attended Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, from which he graduated with the degree of M. D.,' March 7,. 1868. Returning to St. Joseph, he immediately entered upon the practice of his profession and soon achieved a reputation for surgical skill few in the city have attained. In March, 1873, he married, in Philadelphia, Miss Bessie Davis, daughter of a resident of that city, and a lady of rare native ability and elegant culture. Dr. Ban^s is at present (1881) a member of the faculty and lecturer upon clinical surgery in St. Joseph Hospital Medical College.

bricklayer and contractor, is a native of Germany, and was born in Wurtemberg June 5th, 1847. In 1854, came to America with his parents, locating in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, where G. H. resided until 1863, when he became a resident of Springfield, Illinois, and there learned his trade, and remained until 1869, when St. Joseph became his home. Mr. Bandel is recognized as one of the stalwarts in his line, and many imposing edifices in the city are criterions to that effect. The Hax building. Dr. Geiger's office and residence were erected by him. He married, in 1870, Miss Kate Kiencle. By the union they have four children; E. F., Lydia, Emma and Albert H. He is a member of the L O. O.F. and Encampment.

John Fish Barnard

was born at Worcester, Mass., April 23, 1829. He was raised on a farm until seventeen years of age, and received his education up to this period in the district school. In 1846, he attended the Normal School at Bridgewater, Mass., and while there was induced to enter Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where he took a course in civil engi- neering, and graduated in 1850. The same year he was engaged by the Chief Engineer of the St. Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad, to go to Canada> where he remained until 1857, when the road was completed. He then, with others, engaged in making and shipping railroad ties to .Cuba. In the summer of 1858, he took charge of a short road on the banks of the Ottawa River, in Canada, where* he remained until 1863, when he was chosen Superintendent of the Montreal and Champlain Railroad. In 1864, this road was merged into the Grand Trunk east and west of Montreal. He was then removed to Bradford, in Upper Canada, as superintendent of the road known as the Buffalo and Lake Huron, but which had been consolidated with the Grand Trunk Road, and remained here until 1866, and then re-called to Montreal, and became Chief Engineer of over six hundred miles of the Grand Trunk Road. In 1869, he took charge of the Missouri Valley Road as Chief Engineer and Superintendent. The Missouri Valley and Council Bluffs and St. Joseph Road were consolidated in 1870. He remained with the company until the road was completed. In 1871, he took charge of the St. Joseph and Denver City Railroad as Chief Engineer and Superintendent. In 1872 he left this road, and was appointed Superintendent of the Kansas City, St. Joseph and Council Bluffs Railroad. April 21, 1853, he married Miss Gertrude A. Harvey, of Bath, England, who died March 25, 1865, leaving five children. April 28, 1868, he married Miss Julia B. Keefer, of Gault, Ohio.

Joseph Barnes

the horseshoer, Frederick Avenue. Is a native of France, and was born April 22, 1855. He there learned his trade, and came to America in 1872, taking up his abode in St. Joseph in 1874. He has attained an enviable reputation throughout the country as a horseshoer, which is well-merited. As a farrier he is also deserving of special mention, and is thoroughly conversant with all ailments pertaining to the foot of a horse, which is very requisite in order to give satisfaction in shoeing..

editor of the Evening News, is a native of Kentucky, and was born in- Harrison County, June 21, 1848, and lived there until thirteen years of age, then removed to Clinton County, Missouri. His education was. received in the schools of Kentucky and at Plattsburg. He studied law,, and was admitted to the bar in Pettis County. He returned to Kentucky, and was admitted to the bar in that state, but he had formed sl preference for journalism, and in fact, it may be said for the past fifteen years he has had more or less experience with the press. He 1878, he returned to Missouri, and since that time has been connected with the press of St. Joseph, and at the time of purchasing the Evening News, in 1 88 1, was editor of the Gazette. Mr. B. is a polished and affable gentleman and a thorough newspaper man. Since his management of the News, he has rendered it one of the most readable and deservedly popular papers in the Northwest.

General Jonathan Miles Bassett

for many years a distinguished lawyer and representative citizen of St. Joseph, was born in New Haven, Connecticut, February 17, 1817. After receiving a good common school education he was apprenticed to the printing trade. He completed his education in Springfield, Illinois, where he also read law, with Gov. Cailin, and was admitted to the bar by Judge Stephen A. Douglas. Shortly after, he moved to Quincy, Illinois, where he was for several years engaged, first, in the publication of a newspaper, and afterwards in the successful practice of his profession. In 1844, he moved to Missouri and settled in Plattsburg, Clinton County, where he resumed the practice of law. He was chosen a delegate to the state convention called at Jefferson City for the purpose of framing a new constitution, which, it might be added, on being submitted to the people, was rejected. While in attendance at this convention he formed the acquaintance of Miss Nannie Dixon, of Raleigh, North Carolina, whom he married in 1850. The result of this happy union was two children, Henry D., born August 26, 185 1, and Derdee Bell, born in 1856, and married to John Maddox. He, shortly after, located in St. Joseph, where he soon achieved eminence in his profession. He was at one time Mayor of St. Joseph, and for four years filled the position of circuit attorney for this judicial district. In the late civil war, he early declared himself an uncompromising Union manp and did much to rally the loyal sentiment of Northwest Missouri. He commanded a company of militia, and was, for two years, provost marshal of the district in which St. Joseph -was included. General Bassett was a man of powerful frame and commanding presence. He was an able, fluent and persuasive speaker. Few men who have taken the active part in public life that did Gen. Bassett have left the world with fewer enemies and more personal friends than lie did. His death occurred suddenly in 1871.

was born in Virginia, in 183S, and had a good military and civil school education. In 1857, he emigrated to St. Joseph, Missouri. He served an apprenticeship at gunsmithing. In December, 1861, he entered the United States service as principal musician of the Twenty-fifth Missouri Regiment, and remained ten months and then was dis- £hai^ged on account of disability. He returned to St. Joseph and engaged in the photograph business, continuing until 1869, and then engaged in the gun business up to 1874, at which time he engaged with F. G. Hopkins, as foreman, remaining three and a half years, and then formed a partnership with Mr. Wall, the firm name being Batcheller & Wall. In 1879, he purchased his partner's interest, and has since been doing a prosperous business. He was married in 1858 to Miss A. E. Way, a native of Virginia. They have three children living.' He is a Mason and a member of the Francis Street M. E. Church. Mr. Batcheller is a dealer in and manufacturer of breech and muzzle loading guns, rifles and pistols, fishing tackle, ammunition and sporting goods of every description.

George Bauman

is a wagon manufacturer on Frederick Avenue, between Ninth and Tenth Streets. He was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, September 6, 1834, When he attained his nineteenth year he came to America, arriving in St, Joseph in 1854. He here learned his trade, and in i860, opened a shop on Third Street, continuing there until 1874, when he removed to his present commodious structure, which he erected. His business has been so increasing that in 1881, he will be obliged to add more room. In heavy and spring wagons he turns out durable and attractive work. He has a good and growing trade in Kansas and Nebraska, aside from Missouri. Mr. Bauman has been twice married, first in 1862, Miss Christena Behr, now deceased, became his wife, and for his second he married Miss Wilhelmina Fick, in 1869. By his first wife he has five children : Annie, Clara, Louie, Amelia and Oscar.

Edward Beck

carpenter and foreman for John DeClue, is an accomplished and thorougly experienced mechanic ; was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January 2, 1842, and there raised to manhood and learned his trade. In 1862, he displayed his spirit of patriotism by enlisting in the Tenth New Jersey, First Division, First Brigade, and participated at Petersburg and many other notable engagements. In the spring of 1868, he came to St. Joseph, and for the past eleven years has been in the employ of John DeClue. In 1871, Miss Sarah T. Smith, of St. Joseph, became his wife. The Beck's were among the old time settlers of Pennsylvania.

Otto Behr

professor of music. Missouri is largely indebted to Europe for its rapid growth and the sterling qualities and accomplishments of many of its best citizens. The subject of this brief sketch, who for twenty-four years has been a resident of Buchanan County, is deserving a special mention. He was born in Germany, on the 19th day of June, 1828, and was raised there. He early developed a remarkable talent for music and decided to make it the chosen occupation of his life, and commenced his first studies at his birthplace. Then availed himself of the advantages offered by the conservatory of Leipzig, and the more proficient he became the more desirous he was to excel, and went to Vienna, and thence to Milan, Italy. In 1853, he emigrated to the United States, and settled in Philadelphia, where he remained about three years, occupying a prominent place among the musical profession. In 1857, overtures, were made for him to settle in St. Joseph. Since his residence here na one has done more to raise the standard of musical education and to cultivate a refined and elevated taste in this direction. For nine years he conducted a musical business in St. Joseph, for eleven years was organist of the church of St. Joseph, now the Cathedral, for six years organist of the Episcopal Church, and for eighteen years organist of the Synagogue. To his most thorough qualifications as a musician he has attained an enviable record as a composer. As an instructor of vocal and instrumental music he has a wide reputation in the West, which is well attested by the success some of his pupils have had. He organized the Philharmonic Society of St. Joseph, a string quartette of his pupils, and the Mendelssohn Musical Association of St. Joseph.

George W. Bell

inventor of the Bell weather strip, was born in Canada, July 8, 1838') an'd came to this city in November, 1864, and is a carpenter by trade. He opened a shop and carried on building for many years, and erected many of the fine buildings in the city, among which are the Webster School on Sixth Street, the Presbyterian Church, the residence of Mr. Zook, etc. On May 8, 1880, he received a patent on his justly celebrated weather strip for doors. He formed a stock company for the manufacture of them, and their utility is attested by the numerous orders they are receiving daily. They are simple, cheap, and the most practical strip in the market. Mr. Bell has also two other designs for strips for windows and the sides of doors, which he intends to patent. They are of equal value of his present one, and when completed will be a perfect protection from dust, rain, wind and snow. He married Miss Anna M. Johnson, September 6, i868. They have two children, Frank and Flora- of the firm of Mayers & Bennett, is a native of Gallatin County,, Kentucky, where he was born December 19, 1849, and was partially raised and educated in his native state. At the age of fifteen years, he removed to Illinois with his parents, and in 1869 took up his abode in St. Joseph. During his twelve years residence here, his career has been an active and successful one. His first appearance in the business arena was in the capacity of clerk in the clothing house of T. Connelly, subsequently was m the employ of Henry Hallo, Kahn & Co., and for three years waited on the patrons of the clothing house of Stern Bros. After this he was in the employ of Jones, Townsend & Co. We next find him with Mr. C. N. Mayers, the boot and shoe dealer, and, in 1879, he purchased an interest in the business. Mr. B. has held many positions with St. Joseph merchants, of trust and responsibility, and few of the promising young business men of the city are more widely or popularly known. He found a wife in the person of Miss Mary Bartly, a native of Illinois, whom he married September 2d, 1878. They have one son, Herbert.

superintendent of Wyeth & Co.'s manufacturing establishment, was born in Quincy, Adams County, Illinois, in 1837, ^^^ came to this city in 1863. His father was a harness and saddle manufacturer, and the son, while very young, worked at the trade, and early became an expert in all branches of the business. During this time, he was sent to school, and received a good education, preparing himself for a business man. At maturity, he went into business with his father, and remained with him until he came to this city. He immediately established himself in business here, and continued it until January, 1870, when he was employed by W. M. Wyeth & Co. to take charge of their large saddle and harness manufacturing business as superintendent. Since his connection with the company's business, it has increased from a working force of ten or twelve men to seventy-five, and is one of the most complete establishments in the entire West. The plan and construction of their new building, on Second Street, was the work of Mr. B. It being so complete in all its arrangements, it would well repay a visit to any of our citizens to see what is being done in their midst. He married Miss Ella Cubberly, in Middletown, Ohio, in i860. By this happy union they have three children - Harry E., Jennie M. and Susan T. Harry E. graduated at the high school in the class of 1880, and is now in the employ of Messrs. Nave & McCord. Mr. B. is an active and zealous member of the Baptist Church, one of its staunch supporters and liberal contributors.

Joseph Bernard

grocer, corner Fourth and Isabelle Streets, was born in Alsace, France, February 28, 1826 ; was there educated, and resided, until he attained his twenty-sixth year. His father, Marc, was an agriculturist in that country. In 1852, our subject came to the United States, residing three years in Louisiana, where he learned the cooper's trade ; was also clerk for a time in a country store. He next went to Iowa, and resided temporarily at West Liberty, Indianola, and other points, engaged, principally, in saw mill work ; was also for awhile a resident of Nebraska. In March, 1858, took up his abode in St. Joseph. . He engaged in the hardware establishment of John Colhoun & Bro., on Second Street, and was in that house for ten years, and he then embarked in trade. He is favorably known in St. Joseph, and throughout the county, and does a lucrative trade. August 9, i860. Miss Julia Montavon, of Alsace, Francei^ became his wife. They have eight children : Mary J., Julia C, Joseph J., Emily C, Lucy L., Isabelle L., Louis A., Helen M. Himself and family are members of the Catholic Church.

professor of surgery in the Northwestern Medical College, was born in Prussia, November 17th, 1825, and landed in this country April 15th, 1846, and settled in Texas, with a Prussian colony, where he remained only a few months, when he came to St. Louis, October i6th, 1846. He remained in St. Louis until April, i860, when he came to St. Joseph, where he has received a large and lucrative practice. Dr. B. received a thorough druggist education in Prussia, and studied medicine in St. Louis, and graduated from the Medical Department of the St. Louis University on March 1st, 1855. He was appointed assistant surgeon in the St. Louis hospital, and remained there for three years, with Dr. T. Y. Banister as resident surgeon. He opened a drug store in St. Louis, and continued the practice of his profession until he came to this city in i860, when he opened an office and commenced the practice of his profession. During the late war, after a thorough examination by the army board, he was appointed surgeon of the Twenty-fifth Missouri Volunteers and remained in the service until 1864, being promoted to brigade surgeon. He returned to this city, where he ha!s built up a lucrative practice. In 1881, he was unanimously elected to the chair of surgery in the Northwestern Medical College. In every position in which the doctor has been placed he has been equal to the emergency. He has performed many very critical surgical operations very successfully. He is a good physician and a popular lecturer.

Dr. Galen E. Bishop

Among the distinguished physicians of Buchanan County, Dr. Bishop stands prominent. He has been engaged in the active pursuit of his profession for nineteen years in Platte County, and for fifteen years in St. Joseph. His birth occurred in Somerset, Pulaski County, Kentucky.

His ancestors were of English descent, and, in colonial times, were residents of New Hampshire. Members of the Bishop family fought in the Revolutionary War, and in 1783 settled in Virginia. Galen's father, who was born in Virginia, removed from Kentucky to Missouri in 1843, settling in Platte County, where he died in 185 1. While comparatively young, Dr. Bishop had resolved on medicine as his profession. As soon as an opportunity offered, he began his medical studies, pursued them with diligence, and first established himself in practice at New Market, Platte County, Missouri, in the spring of 1846. He followed his chosen calling in that county for nineteen years, when, on account of threatened lung disease, induced by exposure incident to a rough country practice, and .also with a view of securing a more central location, he determined to move to St. Joseph. Accordingly, he located in this city in the spring of 1865, and established himself in an office and general practice, making his specialties surgery and chronic diseases. To accommodate his increasing practice, he built his infirmary on Third Street, which is beautiful in architectural design He has one of the finest libraries in the western country, and on his long rows of shelves, ancient and modern authors stand side by side, and there can be found the best works of the leading writers of all schools. Dr. Bishop was originally an allopathic physician, but has thoroughly acquainted himself with the principles of the different leading schools and systems. Naturally liberal in his tendencies, his practice is not hampered by the restrictive dogmas of any particular system. But he believes that some good and some foundation of truth exists in all systems, of which every physician should avail himself in his practice.

John L. Bittinger

is a native of Pennsylvania, having been born on the ?8th day of November, 1833, in Franklin County. In 1840, his parents removed to Ashland County, Ohio. His father dying when he was only thirteen years of age, Mr. Bittinger went to work on a farm, and at the age of sixteen came west with his employer to Green County,. Wisconsin, where he remained until the spring of 1852, when, thirsting for knowledge, he made his way to Freeport, Illinois, and entered the office of the Journal as an apprentice to learn the printing business. Here, with the aptitude which distinguishes 'a. true journalist, he commenced to write for the paper, while becoming an adept in its mechanism, and in a short time became one of its principal editorial contributors. Three years later, having acquired his trade, he removed to St. Louis, where he became connected with the Intelligencer. During his residence in St. Louis he was chosen a delegate from the Typographical Union 4:o the National Convention, held in Chicago in 1858, and in Boston in 1859. In 1857, he became foreman of the St. Louis Democrat newspaper, holding that responsible position for two years, when, in company with the late Col. James Peckham and Lieutenant Governor Charles P. Johnson, he started the St. Louis Evening Bulletin, disposing of his interest in it in the spring of i860, in order to remove to St. Joseph, where he has ever since resided. Taking an active part in the national political canvass of that year, especially as the correspondent of the St. Louis Democrat, as a reward for his labors, on the recommendation of General Francis P. Blair, Jr., at the incoming of President Lincoln's administration, in 1861, he was appointed Postmaster of St. Joseph, which position he held until May, 1865. In 1862, Mr. Bittinger was married to Annie M. Smith, of Freeport, Illinois. In 1862, he was elected as a member of the Twentysecond General Assembly, his competitor being the late Hon. Henry M. Vories, afterwards one of the Judges of the Supreme Court. Mr. Bittinger was chosen speaker pro tem. of the House at that session, and was one of the most active participants in the great senatorial contest of that period, which finally resulted in the choice of Hon. Jno. B. Henderson for the full term of six years, and ex-Governor B. Gratz Browii for the term of four years, he being the warm friend and supporter of both the successful aspirants. In 1862, he was commissioned as Aid-de-camp to Governor W. P. Hall, then Brigadier General in command of the Northwestern military district of the state. In the same year, he became associated with Hon. C. B. Wilkinson, as editor and proprietor of the St. Joseph Daily Herald, which he conducted as managing editor until 1878, when he disposed of his interest to the present proprietors. In 1864, he was unanimously nominated for re-election to the Legislature, but declined. Subsequently he was nominated for the State Senate, which honor he also declined. In 1866, he was selected by the then Secretary of War, Hon. Edwin M. Stanton, as one of the three commissioners to appraise the value of slaves, the property of loyal owners, who had been enlisted in the service of the United States. In 1870, Mr. Bittinger was again unanimously nominated for the Legislature ; was elected by a large majority and during that session was chairman of the committees on Internal Improvements and Insurance, and a member of the committees on Congressional Apportionment, Printing, Retrenchment and Reform, and a number of special committees. Mr. Bittinger was re-elected in 1872, and again in 1874, after a most spirited contest, in which he was the only candidate of his party who was successful. At the beginning of the session, in January, 1875, Major Bittinger was the Republican nominee for Speaker of the House, and received the united Republican and Independent vote. After Major Bittinger had disposed of his interest in the St. Joseph Herald, he, for two years, was engaged in loaning money for Eastern capitalists, in Western Kansas. In June, 1 88 1, he was tendered the editorial chair of the Kansas City Daily Jour- nal, which he accepted early in July, and he is now filling that responsi* ble position. He' still retains his residence in St. Joseph, however. During his legislative career he obtained many important special privleges and benefits for his city, which accounts, in a great measure, for his success before the people when a candidate. To him, more than to all other influences, is due the location of the Northwestern State Lunatic Asylum, at St. Joseph, and obtained the passage of the bill which "secured to St. Joseph sessions of the. Supreme Court. He was one of the incorporators of the St. Joseph Bridge Company, and Auditor of the Board during its construction, and did much towards securing the construction of the magnificent structure which now spans the Missouri River at that point. Mr. Bittinger, while in no sense a partisan, has always taken an active part in politics as a member of the Republican party. In 1862, he was a delegate and Secretary of the first Emancipation State Convention ever held in Missouri, and has been chosen a delegate to every Republican State Convention since the organization of the party. In 1872, he was a delegate to the National Republican Convention held in Philadelphia, which nominated President Grant for a second term, and was also a member of the Republican State Central Committee for many years. Mr. Bittinger is a genial companion, a ready and forcible speaker, thoroughly versed in parliamentary practice, and an influential legislator. His friends in both parties are legion, attracted and attached to him by a suavity of manner which never forsakes him, and by a kindliness of disposition and generosity which has no other limit than that of capacity. v farmer and breeder of fine stock, Section 25, postoffice St. Joseph, was born in Frederick County, Virginia, January 25, 18 19, and was raised on a farm until fourteen years of age, when he "became a clerk in a store. Sfx years later he was engaged in the same business for himself, and continued four years, when he began the hotel business, and at the same time was sheriff. He held the office of sheriff for nine years. In 1849, he, in connection with two other parties, erected a fine hotel at Capin Springs, Virginia, (a summer resort) at a cost of $80,000. In 1857, he came to St. Joseph, Missouri, and engaged in the hotel business. He retired in 1879, and removed to his farm, where he now resides. He was married October i, 1839, to Miss Eliza Richards. Her nativity was the same as that of her husband, she being born May 19, 1819. They had eight children, of whom three are living, James M., Mary and Russell.

In 1848, he came to America, and after a short stay in the cities of New Orleans and St. Louis, engaged in the manufacture of 'brick at Belleville, Illinois. In the autumn of 1 851, he took up his abode in St. Joseph. Many of the old landmarks of the city have been constructed of material of his manufacture. Mr. Blass has been twice married. His first wife (how deceased) was Miss Johanna Meit. By this union they had one daughter, Louise. His second wife was Mrs. Mary Beock. They have three daughters, Mary, Lillie and Rosa.

Noah Boaz

carpenter and builder, was born in Clay County, Misssouri, August 5, 1844, and in his tenth year removed with his parents to'DeKalb County, that state, where he was educated and raised to manhood. His father, Harrison, was a carpenter, and Noah adopted that profession. The death of Harrison Boaz occurred while he was a resident of DeKalb County, and Noah's mother was again married, to Captain William Moore, of Buchanan County. Mr. Boaz located in St. Joseph. He is a skilled workman, and has built many of its fine residences and other buildings in the city. In 1864, Miss S. M. Anderson, a native of Kentucky, became his wife. They have five children : Hallie, Effie, Ruth, Stella and Harrison.

Henry Boder

was born in Switzerland, September 6, 1805, and came to this country in 1834, and settled in Mount Eaton, Ohio, and remained there for six years, working at his trade as carpenter and bridge builder. He went to New Orleans for several months, then to St. Louis, where he remained for four years, and then came to this city in 1844. He built two buildings among the first built, one log and one frame. In 1845, he returned to New Orleans and remained until September i, 1847, when he returned, and since which time he has been actively engaged in building. He has, by his industry and economy, saved a competency for old age. He married Louisa Perring, of Ohio, in 1836. She died in 1854, leaving two sons, Henry and Lewis, who now are bankers and substantial business men in Troy, Kansas. In 1863, he married Mrs. Angelique Croteau, who came to this city in 1840.

John Bogle

is a native of Ireland, and was born in 1835. He emigrated to America June 9th, 1852, landing in New York, where he remained one year, and worked at bricklaying. In 1853, he was employed to go West and peddle. Worked his way on foot from Cincinnati, Ohio, to St. Joseph, Missouri, landing March 7th, 1857. He was a peddler three years, in partnership with McNealy, until 1861, and then went across the plains, and was absent for one year. He returned to St. Joseph, which has since been his home. Married, in 1863, S. O'Brien, a native of Canada, by which union they had one child.

C. H. Boller

wholesale and retail dealer in stoves, tinware and general hardware, was born in Germany, in 1836, and came to America with his parents in 1848, locating in St. Louis. In 1849, the family removed to Boonville, Missouri, where C. H. was a resident until 1854, when he returned to St. Louis, and learned the tinner's trade. In 1864, he become a resident of St. Joseph. During the war, his father, John H. Boiler, and his oldest brother, Godfried, were killed at Boonville, by the bushwhackers. In 1862, Miss Annie Roeder became his wife. By this union they have three children - Laura, Tilla and Ida. Mr. Boiler carries a stock of stoves and tinware that will compare favorable with any in the city. His wholesale trade is continually increasing. Is a member of the I. O. O. F. (Humboldt Lodge) Encampment, German School Society and German . Benevolent Society.

Daniel F. Bombeck

proprietor of the sheet iron, copper and galvanized iron works, was born July 16, 1826, at Rinteln, Lippe Schaumburg, Germany, where he was raised and learned the trade of copper smith. He became a soldier, served in the tenth German army corps, and took an active part in the Schleswig-Holstein campaign. When discharged, he again worked at his trade for six months and then emigrated to America, where he arrived, in 1850, at New Orleans. After a few months there, he went to St. Louis, where he was employed for six years. In the fall of 1856, he came to Hannibal, Missouri, where he established a sheet iron and copper works on his own account, which he carried on for three years. In 1859, Mr. Bombeck sold his business and went to Pike's Peak, trying his good luck by gold digging, but without much success. Hearing from the prospects in New- Mexico he, in 1862, joined a prospecting party, and started with them up to the San Juan mountains, but had to return without reaching the desired success. He returned to the South Park mines, and then came back to Hannibal, Missouri, where he bought a farm, on which he worked up to 1867, when he came to St. Joseph. Here he was employed three years at his trade, and, in 1871, opened his iron and copper works, which business he carries on with great success. He married August 2, 1870, Mrs. Cornelia Hausting, born in Borngesser, Heidelberg, Germany. They have two children, Frida, born September, 1871, and Heinrich Daniel, born September, 1875.

broom manufacturer, was born in Middleburg, Schoharie County, New York, March 3d, 1852, and when three years of age emigrated to Wisconsin, his father, J. H. Bortle, locating with his family in West Salem, LaCrosse County, being among the early settlers in that section. A. D. was there raised and educated. The family was located for a time in Minnesota, but vacated the state during the Indian massacre. In 1869, our subject went to Clear Lake, Iowa, where he remained one and a half years ; thence to Stewartsville, Missouri, where he learned the broom making trade. For five years was in a factory at Falls City, Nebraska, and took up his abode in St. Joseph in the autumn of 1879. The superiority of his goods has attained a wide spread and well merited reputation. He was married, in 1 881, to Miss Ida Bliss. Mr. Bortle is a member of the I. O. O. F.

was born in Middletown, Md., August 4th, 1855. He received good educational advantages while young, preparing for a collegiate course, which he took at the Penn College at Gettysburg. He studied medicine with his father. Dr. W. E. Boteler, and attended the medical department of the University of Maryland, at Baltimore, receiving the degree of M. D. Dr. B. afterwards became a student at the John Hopkins University, of Baltimore, Md., in the biological laboratory of Prof J. Newell Martin, of Cambridge, England. Eighteen months afterwards he became a student of Prof Mears, at the Jefferson Medical College, of Philadelphia, preparatory to service as surgeon in the United States Indian Department. In October 1879, he passed his examination and was appointed physician and surgeon, at the agency of Otoe and Missouri Indians in Nebraska. He remained there seventeen months, then resigned and located in St. Joseph, in February, 1881. On the 15th of May, 1 88 1, Dr. Boteler was elected by the faculty of the Hospital Medical College of St. Joseph, as professor of chemistry and histology, which chair he at present fills.

Henry Bottger

contractor and builder, Saxton, was born September 11, 1836, in the City of Florenceburg, Holstein, Germany, and was there reared and received the benefits of an education. When fourteen years of age, he commenced to learn the carpenter's trade. In 1854, he crossed the ocean, and landed at New York, working there for two years, and then emigrated West. He stopped a short time in Wisconsin and Chicago, and came to St. Joseph in 1858, remaining a short time, when he moved to Andrew County. During the late war, he served for three years in the Enrolled Missouri militia, under Captain Lewis, and then enlisted in the Eighteenth Missouri Infantry, Company E, and served until the end of the war. He took part in the battle of Atlanta, and was with General Sherman on his famous march to the sea and around to Washington. He returned to Andrew County, and engaged in farming, and came to Buchanan County in June, 1880, and settled in Saxton. He has built many buildings in St. Joseph and Andrew County. He was married December 30, i860, to Miss Alice McLaughlin, a native of Andrew County, Missouri. She died December 13, 1873, and left four children - Rose, (now Mrs. Henry Palmer), John, George W. and Mary. Mr. B. is member of the Masonic fraternity.

James Bowen

a native of Ireland, was born October 19, 1826. He came to the United States when a child, settling first in Connecticut, where he resided till the year 1849, when he moved to Cleveland, Ohio. He married Miss Mary E. Fairbanks, daughter of Jabez Fairbanks, Esq., of Vermont. By this iiiarriage he had several children, of whom six are now (1881) living : Emma A., Ella, Eliza L.. James Edward, Cora T., and Blanch R. He afterwards settled in St. Joseph, and, in 1871, was elected Councilman, serving two years of the period, during which the Missouri River bridge was being built. Mr. Bowen has devoted many years of his life to the building and operating of railroads. In 1875, Miss Eliza L., third daughter of the subject of this sketch, was married to Wm. L. Sommer, of St. Joseph. Emma received an excellent education ; is a teacher by profession, a business in which she has achieved marked success, and acquired an enviable reputation. She is now (1881) principal of the Mitchell Avenue School.

Robert I. Boyd

was born in Halifax County, Virginia, in 1808, and came to this county in 1837, and settled five miles southeast of this city. The Indians were their neighbors with but a few white families. Mr. B. started the first dry goods store in the county. He remained in trade until 1844, when he came to Blacksnake Hills, St. Joseph, and started a store in the fall under the firm name of Boyd & Moss. They continued in trade until and sold out on account of his poor health. He died in 1865. He married Kittie Moss in Boone County, Missouri, in June, 1828. They had one daughter, Isabella, who died when twelve years old. In 1867^ Mrs. Boyd was married to Dr. John H. Edwards, of Jefferson City, Missouri, after which he moved to this city where he lived for nine years. He died in 1876. Josiah B. Moss, her nephew, and partner with Dougherty & Ray in the lumber business, and Ernst Edwards, her step son, now live with Mrs. Edwards.

of the firm of J. V. Brady & Co., jobbers in teas and cigars, is a native of Virginia, and during his boyhood, spent his time on a farm. During the years 1863-4, he was in the government employ, transporting horses from Wheeling to Washington City. In the spring of 1865, he emigrated to St. Joseph, and commenced clerking for Nave, McCord & Co. This he continued for eight years, and in January, 1873, was admitted as a partner. He retired from the firm in January, 1880, and^on the ist of April, 1881, he engaged in his present business.

William L. Branyan

foreman of St. Joseph Bridge, was born in Perry County, Pennsylvania, March 4, 1834, and was there educated and learned his trade. His father, Andrew, was a puddler in the iron works, and a native of that state. Our subject came west in 1858, locating at Pleasant Hill, Cass County, Missouri, and worked at his trade until 1862, when he enlisted in the Confederate army, Co. A, Sixteenth Missouri Volunteer Infantry, serving three,, years, after which he came to St. Joseph. For a time he worked at the carpenter trade, and for five ypars followed butchering. He again engaged at his trade, and worked on the construction of the St. Joseph bridge, and the iSth of June, 1874, took the foremanship. The duties of this position he has discharged very efficiently. In 1859, Miss Christa A. Parker, of Pleasant Hill, Missouri, became his wife. They have three children, Jennie Lee, William A. and Eula May.

general manager of Tootle & Hosea's boot and shoe factory, was born in Mecklenburg, Germany, November 7, 1844. When eight years of age, he came to the United Stages with his parents, his father locating at New Baltimore, Michigan, where our subject was reared and educated. He learned the boot and shoe trade in Detroit, and in 1872 went to St. Louis, and worked for Appleton & Noyes as cutter, and then with Geo. Gog, the largest manufacturer of boots and shoes in the city, with whom he was foreman for two years. After this he came to St. Joseph, and in May, 1879, took his present position. He is thoroughly conversant with all the details of the trade, and one of the most experienced Crispins in the West. In 1866, he married Miss Catherine Furtoh, of Michigan. They have five children, Ada, May, Henry, Lillie and Alice. Mr. B. is a Master Mason,

General R. C. Bradshaw

City Assessor, was born in Platte County, Missouri, March, 1840. In 1848, after the death of his father, his mother moved with her family to this city. Here young EradsTi aw received his education, and in 185 1 went to learn the blacksmith's trade. In 1858, he-started a shop on the corner of Seventh and Messanie Streets, for the manufacture of wagons, which he continued until April, 1861. He took an active part in the election of Lincoln, and when the rebellion broke out, in April, 1861, he raised a company of 103 men, subsisting them himself until they joined different commands. He entered the service in June, 1861, as an enlisted man, in Company A, Peabody's Battalion, United States Reserve Corps, and a braver man did not enlist during the rebellion, and the wounds he received are evidence of his active service. After the war, he returned and continued the wagon business. In 1867, 1868 and 1869, he held the office of City Register. After this, he was appointed ticket agent of the St. Joseph and Denver Railroad, which he held for eighteen months. He is now City Assessor. He married Miss Fannie Wild, April 17, 1867, and they have three children - Fannie, Mary and Hero.

Henry Brill

df the firm of Ernst & Brill, dealers in books and stationery, was born in Weston, Missouri, November 30, 1843. He was raised on a farm, and attended school during the winter, thereby receiving a common school education. At sixteen years of age, he came to St. Joseph and remained four years, learning the harness and saddlery trade. He started a shop in 1867 in Weston, and carried on the business for three years. In 1870, he sold out and engaged in partnership with F. C. Ernst, in the book business. Since that time their business has increased from a small paper and stationery stand, until now, in addition to their extensive retail trade, are doing a jobbing trade. As a firm they are affable and accommodating, hence their great popularity. He married Miss Matilda Ernst," of this city, in 1867. They have three children, Charles F., Wm. H. and Clarence Leslie.

druggist, was born in Shelbyville, Kentucky, March 30th, 1823, and was there reared to manhood, educated and became proficient in pharmacy. His father, Samuel, was a carpenter and builder. In 1852, the subject of this sketch took up his abode in St. Joseph, and until 1859 was of the firm of Vanley & Brittain. He then became one of the firm of McDonald,, McCurdy & Brittain, but in 1861 was burnt out, which proved very disastrous to Mr. Brittain. For a number of years he was connected with different houses in the city. In 1873, he engaged in trade again, and now operates two stores, one between Fifth and Sixth, on Edmond, and one on Eighth Street between Olive and LaFayette Streets. Mr. Brittain has had many obstacles in life to contend with, but has finally succeeded in securing a competency. In 1850, he married Miss Margaret Evans, of Henderson, Kentucky. They have a family of three children, E. A., Robert S. and Thomas E. Himself and wife are members of the M. E. church south.

James G. Bright

carpenter and builder. Among those who iigured in the early building interests of St. Joseph was this gentleman, who was born in Clark County, Kentucky, April 22nd, 18 14. At an early age, he removed to Boone County, that state, where he resided until he attained his seventeenth year, then becoming a resident of Cincinnati, Ohio. There he learned the carpenters and builders trade. In 1842, he located in Missouri, residing for a time at Booneville and other points. In the spring of 1844, he took up his abode in St. Joseph where he has since been actively following his trade, with the exception of two years spent in California, going there in 1850 and returning in 1852. Mr. Bright worked on many of the old land marks, which have been torn down the past few years. Few Buchanan County pioneers are more widely and popularly known than Mr. Bright. He is unassuming in his demeanor and unchangeablein the tenor of ways. He is a member of the I. O. O. F.

Thomas J. Brown

farmer and stock dealer, section eight, post office St. Joseph, was born in Nodaway County, Missouri, September 7, 1844. He came to Buchanan County in 1862, and was for one year, during the war, engaged in freighting to New Mexico. With this exception, he has made farming his occupation during his life. His farm consists of 220 acres, and his improvements are above the average. He was married December 10, 1865, to Miss Sarah Leonard, who was born in this county June 21, 1845. They have seven children : Laura V., Maggie D., Lena, Ida V., Mary E., Edgar L., and one infant.

J. R. Brown

of the firm of Brown & Leverich, blacksmiths, is a native of Logan County, Indiana, and was born February 7, 1838. When young, he removed to Keosauqlaa, Iowa, where his father, John, located with his family for a short time, and then came to Andrew County, Missouri. J. R. came to St. Joseph in 1861, and here learned his trade, and has since been a constant resident, with the exception of his term in the army. He was in the state militia, and in 1863, enlisted in the Twelfth Missouri Regiment, participating in many of the stirring events, and serving one year on the plains after the war was over, when he was honorably discharged. Returning to St. Joseph, hehas since been employed at his trade, in which he is quite proficient. In 1880, he formed a partnership with George Leverich. Mr. Brown has been twice married, first in 1862, to Miss Martha Rains, who died in 1868, leaving one daughter living, Mary E. He was again married in September, 1876, to Flora Ratliff. They have two children, Ono and Ora.

John Broder

was born in Middlebury, Vermont, July 14, 1830, and came to St. Joseph in i860. He was an overseer of the railroad track laying, and well posted in all that pertains to the business, having commenced it in 1849, and it was his business until 1873. He was with Davis Carpenter, Jr., for five years ; he laid the first bar of iron west of the Missouri River or in Kansas. In 1874, he was elected City Marshal and served for two years. In 1876, he was elected one of the School Board and has served very acceptably ever since. He married Miss R. C. Cole, of Oswego, New York, September 15, 1859.

John Brosi

manufacturer of tinware and contractor in sheet iron and copper work, was born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, May 14, 1838, and was raised, educated, and learned his trade in his native city. In 1857, his father, John, Sr., emigrated to Missouri with his family. They located on a farm in Andrew County, where they still reside. After a short sojourn in Missouri, John, Jr., returned to Pittsburg. At the breaking out of the rebellion, he tendered his services to the cause of the Confederacy, enlisting in the Third Louisiana Infantry. Participated at the battles of Wilson's Creek, Pea Ridge, Corinth, luka and others. Was honorably discharged at the close of the rebellion. In 1867, he took up his abode in St. Joseph, where he has since been in trade. He commands an ample share of the trade. Mr. Brosi is a good conversationalist, and keeps well read in the current literature of the day. Is a member of the I. O. O. F.

Norton Brooker

is one of the most thoroughly skilled and well known millwrights in the northwest. He is a native of London, England, and was born in that part of the famous city known as Surry, on the 30th of April, 1837 ; was there raised, educated and learned his trade. In 1865, he came to America, and, after spending two years in the mountains, took up his abode in St. Joseph, where he has since, principally, made his headquarters, doing work in Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa and other states. For a few years he was in the employ of Tood & Alderman, mill furnishers, St. Louis, as their agent on the road. He built the mill at Easton, for Messrs. Boone was born in Berlin, Prussia, June 8th, 1829, and lived there until four years of age, and then went to Ruppin and attended a gymnasium until seventeen years of age, when he entered the army and remained in the military service until i860. After leaving the army, he engaged in mercantile pursuits with unsatisfactory results. He decided to emigrate to America, and in 1864 landed at New York, and enlisted in the Tenth New Jersey Infantry, and served until the close of the war. He returned to New York, and thence to Chicago, and after a year's residence in the latter place he came to this city in 1866, and engaged in the manufacture of vinegar, which he continued for some time. In 1873, he was appointed local agent of the United States Postal Department, and in 1875 engaged in a general insurance business^ In 1879, he purchased an interest in the Volksblatt, which has since been conducted under the firm name of Brunsing & Co., mention of which is made in the article entitled Press." Mr. Brunsing was married December S, 1853, to Miss Matilda Lehman. She was was born in Landsberg, December S, 1831. Their family consists of four children, Clara, Emile, Elise and Hedwig. £mile was register clerk in postoffice for four years.

Bryant'S Business College

Thomas J. Bryant, A. M., L. L. B., President. Prominent among the ;great educational institutions in the West, for the past seventeen years, is Bryant's Business College. The institution was established in the autumn of 1864, by Professor T. J. Bryant, and up to the spring of 1881, the college register indicates 2,138 pupils who had entered for a complete business course. Many of these are engaged in business in different states and territories, while others are holding responsible and lucrative positions in banking houses and all departments on the great -commercial wave of industry throughout the entire country. The thousands of testimonials received by the college is a sufficient guarantee that the satisfaction it has given to those who have been attendants. Professor Bryant is a native of Kentucky, and was principally educated in Cincinnati, Ohio. His early aim was to become proficient as an instructor in commercial and business usages, and for over thirty years has been a successful teacher in these important branches. For fifteen years, he was associated with Bryant & Stratton's Commercial College of Cincinnati. When six years of age, he lost almost the entire use of both legs by disease, which debarred him from all callings requiring physical powers. At the age of fourteen, his parents . died, leaving him comparatively without other resources than his mind, which was soon devoted to such sciences as seemed the most useful and practical. He was soon recognized as an unsurpassed teacher in penmanship, drawing and the English branches. Graduating at the leading commercial institute at the time, and finding its instructions superficial and impractical, he entered several others with the same result, and has since labored to remedy the difficulty. While teaching under the supervision of the late Joseph Ray, close to leading commercial colleges of the time, he was continually noting the deficiencies of their pupils and seeking such remedies as could be obtained from books and experienced accountants, which initiated the course he has so energetically pursued for many years, during which he has visited the leading business centers, and has continually introduced the improvements best adapted to business and the comprehension of students. Long experience convinced him that though intimate with the details of business and the general nature of accounts, he could not explain the reasons for many things, sufficiently to remove the doubts of his pupils without a practical and comprehensive knowledge of law, political economy and similar branches. He lost no time in taking the degrees at one of the best law schools, and employing the best lecturers and teachers in utilizing these branches to the course of instruction which has generally been but imitated elsewhere, but is now demanded throughout the entire country as the only one approved of by well informed business men of all classes.

Philip Buddy

was born July 25th, 1825, in Berks County, Pennsylvania. After having received his education, he served his apprenticeship as carpenter from 1841 to 1844, in Adams County, Pennsylvania. Desiring to become independent, he went to Frederick City, Maryland, where he opened a carpenter shop, and remained up to 1866, then going to Cincinnati, Ohio. He came to St. Joseph and opened a carpenter shop in March, 1868, was very successful and has done his full share in building up this city. Many fine buildings were erected by him. He was married September 1st, 1852, at Frederick City, Maryland, to Miss Sophia M. Stein. They had ten children, six of whom are living : Charles Allen, born in 1856; Catharine Elizabeth, 1859; Philip Perry, 1861 ; Allen Lee, April 9, 1864; Joseph Allen, September, 1872; Pauline, March, 1875. Four are deceased: Louis, born in 1853, died in 1855 ; Wm. Albert, born October, 20, 1866, died in July, 1868; Sophie M.; born in October, 1869, died in March, 1870, and Bradley B., born in March, 1871, died in August, 1871.

George Buell

teen, was intrusted with the management and direction of a factory in Illinois. In 1848, he moved to St. Joseph, and there engaged in the flouring business, at the same time operating two custom carding rolls. In 1852, his father built, in St. Joseph, a small woolen mill, at that time the only one west of the Mississippi River. In 1856, he erected a saw mill, which he operated till i860, achieving success in both enterprises. In 1852, he married Miss Juliette Bancroft, a native of Missouri. By this union he had six children. In 1862, he lost his wife. In 1865, he married Miss Clara Mapstone, a native of Michigan, by whom he has had two children. Mr. Buell, in common with many others, encountered severe losses during the period of the civil war. He has recovered from these, however, and ranks with the substantial business men of St. Joseph. He has served two terms in the City Council, and has held important positions in banks and other corporations. He is, at present, engaged in the manufacture of woolen fabrics, and is President of the Buell Manufacturing Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the state, and including in its membership Geo. Buell, W. N. Buell, J. W. Bailey and J. S. Lemon. The woolen mill is one of the most extensive and popular in this section of the west, and constitutes an important factor in the manufacturing wealth of the city.

John G. Bulling

merchant, is a native of Germany, and was born in Wurtemberg, January 13, 1832. Was there educated and resided until 1854, when he emigrated to the United States, coming direct to St. Joseph. He arrived on the 17th of May, and engaged in farming in Wayne and Center Townships, in this county, and continued in that capacity until 1869, when he embarked in merchandising in St. Joseph. For a time he was in partnership with John Graff, and also had an interest with Mr. George Seyfried, in an establishment on Eleventh Street. Mr. Bulling carries a very complete stock of dry goods, notions, etc. His long sojourn in the county has given him a wide acquaintanceship, and he commands a large and lucrative trade. He was married in 1859, to Miss Mary Hill, a native of Clay County, Missouri. By this union they have six children - Albert, Louis, Robert, John, Mary Josephine and Laura. Mr. B. is a member of the I. O. O. F., Humboldt Lodge, the Foresters, of which he is Chaplain, and the Druids and the German Benevolent Society, being one of the Directors.

Colonel Lewis Burnes

was born in Dayton, Ohio, in 181 1. He afterwards moved to Indiana, and was, for several terms, a member of the General Assembly of the latter state. In 1838, he moved to Platte County, Missouri, and at once became an honored member of society there, and a staunch and reliable business man. In 1842, he was chosen State Senator from the counties of Platte, Clay and Ray, and occupied his seat until 1850. He was the associate and peer of such men as Governor Stewart, Hon. James S. Rollins, Claiborne F. Jackson, and others, and was an active participant in the memorable contest between the Benton and anti-Benton Democracy. He was the Colonel commanding a regiment under the old militia law, and was several times called into active service in the Indian campaigns on the frontier. He was, at the period of his death, which occurred in St. Joseph, on Monday morning, November 17, 1879, a lawyer of forty years standing, and eminent in the profession. In Platte County he accumulated a handsome fortune, and was regarded as one of the ablest and cleverest men in the county. Not long before the breaking out of the war, he transferred his residence to Leavenworth, Kansas, and at once engaged in business there in an energetic and enterprising manner. While in Leavenworth, he added greatly to his private fortune and possessed legions of ardent friends. He afterwards emigrated to Salt Lake City, and for a few years engaged in mining and other enterprises. Returning to the states, he purchased the St. Joseph Gazette, and from that time up to the period of his death, was an honored citizen of St. Joseph. He left a wife and two daughters, and five grand-children. These were Mrs. Smedley, of Salt Lake City, and her two children, and Mrs- Victoria Stoddart, of Kirwin, Kansas, and her three children. Being a man of remarkable energy and enterprise, he always delighted in the prosperity and greatness of our common country. He was a consistent Democrat all his life, and conscientiously believed in the principles of the party, but he was never arrogant in expressing his opinions, or desirous of abridging the political rights and privileges of others. No man ever endeared himself to his subordinates more than Mr. Burnes did while he was the controlling spirit of the St. Joseph Gazette, and he went to the grave possessing the respect, admiration and love of all the attaches of the paper.

farmer and breeder of fine stock. Sec. 2 ; postofifice, St. Joseph. Was born in Mason County, Kentucky, June 15, 1828, and was reared on a farm, and educated in the common schools and academies. In March, 1850, he came to St. Joseph, and during this same year he took a freight train to California, and located in Nevada City, Nevada County. At this point he studied law, and was admitted to the bar, before the Circuit Judge, Wm. T. Barber, and acted as an associate judge of this court for four years. He was also the first Assessor of the county. After his term of office expired, he continued the practice of his pro- fession till 1858, when he returned to St. Joseph, and was engaged in the practice of law for some time. Was Deputy Sheriff for two, years, under R. P. Richardson, and has also acted as Deputy Collector two years, and was elected to the same office for two years. In the fall of 1878, he moved to his present location, since which time he has been engaged in agricultural pursuits, his landed estate consisting of nearly 300 acres. His home farm, containing the greater part, which is finely improved, has also a fine orchard. His farm is well supplied with w^ter of ever flowing springs, by which he has made a large fish pond, which is stocked with government fish. He was married December 22, 1859, to Miss' Martha P. Owens. She was born April 22, 1841, and is a native of Maryland. They have four children living : Abbie E., Martha W., Ida L. and Thos. J., Jr. He is a Master Mason and Sir Knight.