Buchanan County, Missouri - Biographical sketches, 1900 (part 4 of 6)

William David Maxwell

WILLIAM DAVID MAXWELL, the popular dry goods salesman a* Townsend & Wyatt's, was born in St. Louis, Aug. 23, 1848, and came to St. Joseph with his parents in 1850. Here he secured his education and went into the dry goods business, which he has since followed. He was married May 24, 1871 to Miss Esabella Davidson. who died May 18. 1889, leaving two boys and four girls, all of whom are living.

James Edward Hartnett

JAMES EDWARD HARTNETT, member of the metropolitan police force, was born Nov. 25, 1851, at Buffalo, N. Y., the son of John and Mary (Noonan) Hartnett, of County Cork, Ireland, who were married at Boston in 1850. The family came to St. Joseph in April of 1858. John Hartnett the construction of the original building there. In 1879 he engaged in the saloon business at Maryville, where he remained until May of 1883, when he went to the Pacific coast, and after remaining three years, returned home. He came to St. Joseph in 1888 and on August 18, 1889 was appointed on followed railroading. The family moved on a farm in Andrew County in 1865 and the father was drowned ii. Dillon Creek in July, 1869. The widow purchased a farm in Andrew County, and subsequently moved to Nodaway County, near Conception, where she still resides. In 1872 our subject came to St. Joseph and worked in the caissons during the construction of the bridge and also at the Asylum during the police force. He was detailed for service at Chicago during th^ World's Fair. He was married May 25, 1882, to Miss Alice Diss, who with her child, died May 15, 1883. June 15, 1893 he was married at Chicago to Miss Katie Huebner of Alma, Kan, They have three children - James Leonard, Francis Joseph and Katie Alice.

JACOB AM ANN, upholsterer, was born in Canada, Nov. 23, 1857, his father, Martin, also having been an upholsterer. He attended school in Canada, and went with his parents in 1869 to Oberlin, Kan., going to Ottawa in 1871 and coming to St. Joseph in the fall of 1872, locating at Sixth and Locust. He was married Jan. 27, located in St. Joseph in 1880, and engaged in teaming; was for several years on the police force; then started a carriage line and now has a large number of patrons. He was married January 1, 1875 to Miss Celia Erson; they have had six children, three of whom, boys, are living, one boy and two girls having died.

Carroll L. Connett

1878 to Miss Margaret George, a native of Iowa, who bore him two children, both living. Mr. Amann lives and has his shop at 1310 South Tenth street.

ANTOINE TESON is of French extraction, and was born in St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 17, 1852. His parents were Frank and Charlotte (Smith) Teson, also natives of St. Louis. Mr. Teson

LEVI MITCHELL, real estate agent, 610V2 Edmond street, is a native of Indiana, where he was born Feb. 19, 1853. He was married in Indiana in 1873 to Miss Sarah E. Oliphant, and came to St. Joseph in 1888, embarking in the real estate business, which he has since pursued, and in which he has been very successful. Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell have two boys and three girls, all living.

DR. MARTIN H. WILSON, oculist and aurist, room 8, Corby building, 5th and Edmond streets, though a new comer, has built up a reputation in his line. Dr. Wilson was born at Howardsville, 111. He was a member of Company B, 5th Minnesota, which held Fort Ridgeley against 1,000 Inphis, Tenn., and Maryville, Mo., and came to St. Joseph, March 20, 1899. He was married to Miss Eva K. Baker of that city.

Dr. Martin H. Wilson

dians for a week and he received a medal of honor from the state of Minnesota; was also in the siege of Vicksburg. Began to study medicine as hospital steward in the army in 1862, under Dr. Alfred Miller of the United States regular army. He graduated from the Physio-Medical and Eclectic and American Eclectic schools in 1877 and 1879, and began the practice of his profession at Salt Lake City. He practiced also at Terre Haute, Ind., Mem-

5, 1834 in Siblingen, Schaffhausen, Switzerland. He came from Toledo, Ohio to St. Joseph in 1852 and began the wagon making business, which he has continued ever since. Mr. Tanner attended school in Switzerland until he was fourteen years old. He was married in St. Joseph Sept. 26, 1857 to Miss Genofeva Herman. Ten children were born to them, five boys and five girls, of whom Conrad, Adolph, Pauline and William are still living.

Dr. Edmond A. Donelan

DR. EDMOND A. DONELAN was born at Ogdensburg, N. Y., April 25, 1824; graduated from Ohio Medical College in 1852; located at Plattsmouth, Neb., and was a member of Nebraska territorial legislature; came to St. Joseph- in i860; took a post graduate course in Bellevue Medical College in New York city in 1870-71;

1890 he came to St. Joseph and was for several years chief clerk to the master mechanic of the Grand Island railroad, and for two years manager of the Columbia Foundry; was elected to his present position March 1, 1897. He was married in Kansas City, April 27, 1892, to Miss Laura M. Berry, and they have one boy, Neil.

HARRY H. SMITH, secretary of v/ie school board, and superintendent of school buildings, was born in Upper Sandusky, O., September 11, 1864. He attended the public schools in Sandusky and Kansas City, and also Palmer's Academy at the latter place. In

FRANK P. YENAWINE, electrician and manager of the American District Messenger Company, was born near Louisville. Ky., Aug. 23, 1853 and removed to Iowa at an early age. He came to St. Joseph in 1887 and engaged in electrical work. Was for several years superintendent of the city electric light plant, and is now an active member of the Missouri State Fish Commission, taking great interest in the work. He was married Sept. 3, 1889 to Miss Mamie Meisner of this city.

JOHN M. HUFFMAN, M. D., of the firm of Huffman, Williams & Co., real estate, 427 Francis street, was born in Buchanan county. He attended the common and high schools and graduated from the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia in 1870. Began to practice in Whitesville, Mo., and was highly successful for 15 years, retiring on account of interests of St. Joseph and the adjoining country since. For the last few years his principal business has been in real estate, and he now has large holdings in St. Joseph, besides many acres of farm land in various parts of this and other counties. Dr. Huffman served through the civil war in the Forty-third Regiment, Missouri Volunteers.

failing health. He had accumulated a nice little fortune from his practice and spent the next few years in traveling. In 1888 he came, with other parties, to St. Joseph, and organized and was president of the Wyatt Park Land Company. He was also a promoter and president of the Wyatt Park Street Railway Company, and has been identified with the business

WILLIAM KOHLMEIER, the well known butcher at Rainalter & Sons, is yet a young man, born at Urbana, O., September 18, 1878. He attended school in Ohio, learned the butcher trade and came to St. Joseph February 16, 1898. taking the position he now occupies. He has made many friends by his accommodating manners and genial disposition.

ROBERT L. NICHOLS, attorney at law, German-American Bank Building, was born near Halleck, Crawford Township, Buchanan County, Missouri, November 8, 1868, and is the son of Robert A. and Harriet (Shull) Nichols. His father now resides near Dearborn, Mo. There were four children in the family, our sub-

Price. He was in the battle of Lexington, Mo., and all the battles in which his command was engaged, throughout the entire war. Two of his brothers, Wash Nichols, who is living, and Reuben Nichols, who is deceased, were also in the Gates regiment with him, and served through the entire war. Some of the more im- ject being the eldest. William S. Nichols, who is now in business in this city, was the next. Emma, who now resides near Dearborn, is the third, and Dallos E., who also resides near Dearborn, is the youngest. The Nichols came from Cocke County, Tenn., and settled in what is known as Slash Valley, near Bretz' Mill, on Platte River, in 1837. Our subject's father was a Confederate soldier and was in Gates' regiment, under Sterling portant battles in which they took part were, to-wit: Springfield, Shiloh, Vicksburg and Blakely's Landing. Our subject's grandfather on his mother's side was William Shull, deceased; his gradmother is Harriett Shull, who is yet living. Mr. Shull came to Missouri in an early day from Jefferson County, Ohio, and settled upon the farm which he owned until his demise. This farm was also located in the Slash Valley. Reverses in his father's fortune made it necessary for our subject to apply himself to labor early in life and he worked on a farm, acquiring such education in the district school as he could and studied at home in his leisure hours after his work was finished. At the age of eighteen he had acquired sufficient knowledge to obtain a teacher's certificate and then taught school two terms in Buchanan County. Then he attended the Stanberry Normal School, and after graduating from that institution was employed to teach therein. He read law meanwhile and was admitted to the bar in Bethany, Harrison County, in 1874. In the following year he came to St. Joseph and engaged in the practice of his profession with Judge Henry S. Kelly. In 1898 he formed a partnership with B. W. Pistole, a former classmate at Stanberry, and the firm has prospered.

ALBERT J. ENRIGHT, political economist, journalist, financier and promoter, was born in St. Joseph, Mo., Aug. 7, i860, and is therefore in his thirty-ninth year. He attended the public schools of St. Joseph for eight years and graduated from Thomas H. Bryant's Business College in 1876; in the summer of that year he obtained a position as cashier for the retail dry goods firm of M. S. Farris & Co., with which firm he remained for three years. He afterwards became bookkeeper for Hanson Gregg, a grain dealer, staying there two years, and in 1881 embarked in the grain business, which he successfully conducted for two years. In January, 1883, he was engaged with McKinney, Hundley & Walker, wholesale dry goods deal-1 ers, taking the position of credit man and remained with this firm for eight years. As an evidence that he made himself very valuable to this firm his salary was steadily increased from $1,-

200 per year to $4,500 per year. In January, 1887, the St. Joseph Herald, in an article regarding the firm of Mc- Kinney, Hundley & Walker said: "Mr. Albert J. Enright, credit man of the house, is thoroughly a St. Joseph man, having resided in this city all his lifetime and has been engaged in mercantile pursuits ever since he attained to manhood. Although comparatively young in years he has all the qualifications of a thorough business man, a fact that is fully attested by the responsible position he occupies in this establishment." On account of decline in health, caused by the arduous duties of his position, he severed his connection with this house and rested for a year; spending the time at Excelsior Springs, Las Vegas, N. M., Colorado Springs, Denver, Chicago and other cities. On November 1, 1891, he organized the firm of Enright & Fairr leigh, composed of Albert J. Enright and J. O'Neil Fairleigh, dealers in bonds and stocks, which business was very successful. In May, 1894, Mr. Fairleigh retired from the firm to engage in the wholesale shoe business. The present firm of Albert J. Enright & Co., is the leading firm in St. Joseph in the buying and selling of bonds and stocks. Their business is national in character, extending from Portland, Me., to Portland, Oregon, and from St. Paul to New Orleans.

DR. CHARLES H. BURVENICH, physician and surgeon, is a native of St. Joseph, born June 8, 1876. After learning the drug business he read medicine with Dr. F. G. Thompson and, in 1896, graduated from Central Medical College. His office is at Eleventh and Frederick avenue and his residence at 2217 Union street. October 11, 1897, he was married to Miss Lucille Buzard of this city.

CHARLES LOUIS SCHLESS, L. was married in St. Joseph on April LB., lawyer and editor, 505 German- 27, 1899, to Miss Jeanette Feltenstein. American Bank building, is a native of

Kiev, Russia, where he was born Oct. BENJAMIN C. ROBINSON, 15, 1874. His father. Louis, was a mer- vice-president and treasurer of the J. chant, his mother was Lizzie (Kinch- B. Brady Carpet Company, was born evsky) Schless. June 10. 1887, when in Virginia March 24, 1867. He atnot yet 13 years old, our subject came - tended school in Virginia, graduating alone to America, locating in Chicago, from the Cleveland (Va.) high school where he attended the grammar and in 1887. In 1888 he came to St. Jo-.

Charles Schless

high schools, State University and Chicago Law School, graduating fron the latter institution in 1898. He came to St. Joseph June 28, 1898, and July 11 opened an office for the practice of law. In addition to the practice of his profession Mr. Schless is editor of the Jewish Weekly Review and has gained a high reputation in their field. A position in the front rank of attorneys and writers is predicted for him. He seph and engaged with the J. B. Brady Carpet Company, where he has since remained, his strict integrity and fine business qualifications raising him to the high position he now holds in this large concern. The enviable place held by Mr. Robinson has been attained by earnest effort and the exercise of extraordinary business sagacity, combined with unswerving fidelity to his friends.

JOHN H. TRICE, police commissioner, was born in St. Joseph January 5, 1865, the son of Tandy H. and Martha (Thornburg) Trice. Tandy H. Trice, one of the best known and most highly esteemed men in Buchanan county, is the son of Rev. Samuel Trice, a Virginian by birth, who was prominent in the Christian years. John H. Trice, our subject, graduated from the St. Joseph high school in the class of 1880. He carried newspapers while attending school; subsequently held a clerkship in the Missouri Pacific freight depot, engaged in the real estate business during the boom and then became a manufacturer's agent and broker, his church in Northwest Missouri, and who died suddenly while delivering an exhortation in the famous Old Log Church in Clinton county. Tandy Trice was born in Marion county, Kentucky, and reared in Clinton county, Missouri, where he married Miss Thornburg. He came to St. Joseph in 1863 and engaged in the dry goods business. In 1884 he was elected county collector on the Democratic ticket, which position he held four lines being teas and cigars. He was appointed police commissioner by Governor Stone in May, 1894, and reappointed by Governor Stephens in 1897.

JOSEPH R. PATTERSON, printer, was born at Leavenworth, Kan. Came to St. Joseph in 1875. After being educated at the public schools he learned the printer's trade and is regarded as^ an artistic job printer and pressman.

DR. JOSEPH D. SMITH, one of the oldest and mos<- successful physicians in St. Joseph, was born at Oak Hill. Va.. Aug. 18, T828, and graduated from the University of Louisville in 1849. During the war he served first as surgeon of the Ninth cavalry, M. S. M., and during 1862-65 as brigade surgeon on the staff of General Totten. Located in St. Joseph after the war.

Preston & Swenson. Married Sarah Crow of Gentry County; has two children living, Elmer Nathaniel and Carrie May. Is a Democrat, an Odd Fellow and member of the Modern Woodmen of America, and the Fraternal

MARION P. GARTIN, dealer in fuel and feed, Nineteenth and Olive streets, was born July 17, 1859, in Gentry County, the son of Nathaniel and Clementine (Steele) Gartin, farmers. Attended the public schools; came to St. Joseph in 1887 and traveled for came to DeKalb County, Mo., locating at Maysville, where he began the practice of law in 18882; in 1885 and '86 was prosecuting attorney of De- Kalb County; in 1888 he removed to St. Joseph. Mr. Randolph is a staunch Republican and has three times been nominated by his party for circuit judge. He was married in Maysville, May 3. 1885 to Miss Addie Weatherby and they have three children.

Joseph Sessford Browne

JOSEPH SESSFORD BROWNE, assistant postmaster, was born at Washington, D. C., Aug. 23, 1836, the son of James and Sarah Jane (Sessford) Browne. His father, a native of Pennsylcania, was a printer, and later engaged in the drug business. Our subject attended the common schools at Hillsborough, O., learned printing, and subsequently became a practical pharmacist. He came to St. Joseph in September, 1857, and for a number of years was connected with the wholesale drug house of Pennick & Loving. During the war he was an officer in the militia. He is a Republican in politics and has been assistant postmaster under five incumbents of that office: Posegate, Tracy, Evans, Ernst and Atkinson; was also office deputy under Sheriff Andriano. He is high in Masonic circles and a member of the following bodies: St. Joseph lodge No. 78, A. F. & A. M., St. Joseph Royal Arch Chapter, No. 14; St. Joseph Council, No. 9, Royal and Select Masters; St. Joseph Commandery No. 4 , K. T. ; Moila Temple, N. M. S., and St. Joseph Chapter No 198, O. E. S. He was elected grand master of the grand council, R. S. M., in 1873, grand high priest of the grand chapter in 1876, grand master of the Masonic grand lodge in 1879, and grand commander of the Missouri commandery, K. T., in 1886, when the triennial conclave was held at St. Louis, and was the first man to hold these four positions. He was elected grand patriarch of the order Eastern Star in Missouri in 1896, and in the same year was a representative in the imperial council of America, Noble:* of the Mystic Shrine, at Cleveland. Captain Browne was married April 7, 1863, in St. Joseph, to Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Lewis and Harriet Stigers. There

WILLIAM H. CRAFT, contractor, was born Sept. 26, 1839 in Boleton County, Va., and was educated in the public schools of his native state, where he remained until Oct. 1865, when he came to St. Joseph and took up the business of contracting and building, which he has followed since. He was married in St. Joseph, May, 1870, to Miss Annie E. Badger, daughter of Joseph E., and Rachel Badger. Three children have been born to them, all of whom an living.

RICHARD HORIGAN was born in Ireland Sept. 9, 1843, and came to America with his parents in 1848. locating in Norwich, Conn., where he received his education. In 1861 he enlisted in the Sixty-third New York volunteers, serving till Sept. 16, 1864. He then spent two years in Philadelphia, after which, in 1866, he came to St. Joseph and engaged in merchandising, at which he was very successful. He was deputy United States revenue collector under Harrison's administration, and deputy county treasurer, managing the affairs of the office to which Harry Cox had been elected. Mr. Horigan was married to Miss Anna Whealon in 1871; they have four sons and one daughter.

JOHN M. STEWART, attorney at law, was born in Fayette county, Kentucky, and came to St. Joseph in 1874, where he engaged in the practice of his profession, meeting with good success. Judge Stewart is a Democrat, and in 1886 he was elected by his party to the office of probate judge, which position he held till 1894. He is authority on probate matters and is very often consulted by parties interested in that court.

CHARLES FREDERICK DIENGER. until recently local agent of the Ferd Heim Brewing Company of Kansas City, deserves a word of praise in this history, for he has achieved a great measure of success in the sphere of business for one of his age. He is the son of Ernst W. Dienger, a substantial citizen, who school of the Church of the Immaculate Conception, and then attended the Christian Brothers' college, graduating with high honors. Subsequently he graduated from the St. Joseph Business University. He is therefore well grounded in the prime requisite to commercial success. When the American Brewery Company of St.

Charles F. Dienger

came to America from Germany Louis established an agency in St. Joand worked his way to the posi- seph he was employed in the office tion of influence in the community, and soon rose to the position of book- His mother's maiden name was Caro- keeper and cashier, a position which line Beck, a native of Buchanan coun- he held for two years. W hen the ty. She died some years ago. Charles American company withdrew its F. Dienger was born on the Beck agency from St. Joseph Mr. Dienger farm, three miles east of St. Joseph, engaged with the Heim Company and March 25. 1874, and is therefore in his for five years successfully mantwenty-fifth year. He obtained the aged the agency here, building up a rudiments of education at the parish large and profitable business, not only in St. Joseph, but in the surrounding territory. Recently he resigned to engage in business for himself. Mr. Dienger has an enviable reputation among the business men, who regard him as a coming star. Personally and socially he is popular to a high degree. Politically he is a conservative Republican and in the matter of religion he adheres to the faith of his fathers - the Roman Catholic.

FRANK A. MOORE, secretary and treasurer of the Comb Printing Company, was born in Doniphan county, Kansas, Aug. n, 1858, and came to St. 'Joseph in 1864, where he attended school. For eighteen years he was a clerk with the dry goods house of Chambers & Marney, but in 1889 he united himself with the Combe Printing Co. and has displayed great, ability as a business man in his capacity of secretary and treasurer, as is shown by the wonderful growth of that institution. Mr. Moore is a Republican. He was married in June, 1883, to Miss Laura Smith.

SAMUEL B. HITT. - The late Judge Hitt was born in Fauquier Co,. Virginia. Dec. 2, 1832, moved with his parents to Kentucky when a boy and went thence to Osbo-rn, De Kalb county, Missouri, where he worked as a telegraph operator for the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad Company, and then went into business. He subsequently resided in Clinton county, where he was a judge of the county court. He came to St. Joseph in 1887. During his residence here he was connected with John S. Emery and Townsend & Wyatt. He was nominated by the Democrats for judge of the county court for the Second district, but was defeated, November, 1898, by Judge Saltzman. During this campaign he fell ill and. after a heroic struggle, died Feb. 12, 1899. He was married in Carroll county, Kentucky, in 1862, to Miss Hannah DeWeese, and four children were born to them - Bruce, Arthur J., James C. and Mrs. Florence McCarthy of Louisville, Ky.

CHARLES PETTEPIER, grocer, 2420 South Sixth street, was born in Befort, Alsace, France, April 24, 1839. He came to America in 1846 with his parents, who located at Buffalo, N. Y. After living in Ohio, Indiana and Iowa Mr. Pettepier came to St. Joseph March 17, i860, where he engaged in farming on the old Fowler place. Since June 1897 he has been in the grocery business. He was in the state militia during the civil war. He was married March 22, 1866, to Miss Elizabeth Binnicker, and they have had six children, only two of whom are living.

JOHN B. TALBOTT* proprietor of the Galt House, has resided in St. Joseph during the greater portion of his life. He conducted the old Galt House, which occupied the site of the general offices of the Burlington system, and then purchased the old Allen house -at Fourth and Sylvanie streets, which he remodeled and which he has maintained as an excellent hotel since 1884.

Athanasius J. Brunner

ATHANASIUS J. BRUNNER, baker and confectioner, 524 South Seventeenth, was born in Switzerland May 1, 1842, and came to America in 1866, locating in Louisville, Ky. He came to St. Joseph in 1879 and engaged in the bakery business, in which he has been highly successful. Mr. Brunner was married in Louisville in 1869 to Miss Katie Schneider, a native of Bavaria, and they have eight children living.

PEMBROKE V. WISE, lawyer and solicitor, 415 Francis street, was born near Frankfort, Ky., June 27, 1833. His father, John Wise, born in Virginia, was a farmer and hotel keeper, and his mother was a native of Kentucky. Mr. Wise received the rudiments of education in the common schools and then took up a course of the Thirty-first United States infantry. He participated in fifteen battles and numerous skirmishes. He belongs to no political party now, but believes in expansion, in holding all the islands acquired during the Spanish-American war and in the construction of the Nicaragua canal. Captain Wise was first married on April 10, 1853, to Miss profitable reading which has made him one of the best posted men in this community. He was a gold miner in California in 1849 and 1850. Subsequently he went to Wisconsin, where he read law, and began to practice at Beetown, in Grant county. When the war broke out he enlisted in Company F of the Three Months' Riflemen, First Wisconsin infantry, volunteers, next in the Thirty-seventh infantry, Wisconsin volunteers, and finally in

Elizabeth G. Hammond, a native of Pike county, Missouri, who died in this city Jan. 18, 1899, and by whom he had four children, one of whom, Virgil, survives. He was again married May 16, 1899, to Mrs. Rebecca Bean. Captain Wise came to St. Joseph in November, 1869. and has been engaged in the practice of law, in loan and insurance, in looking after pension claims, bounty claims and patents, and is also a real estate broker.

JAMES NELSON BURNES, who represented this district in congress from 1882 to 1889, was one of the ablest men in the history of Missouri. He was born in Indiana Aug. 22, 1827, and came to the Platte Purchase in 1837 with his father, James Burnes; was educated in the best schools of the section and then went to Harvard, graduating from the law school in 1852. Locating at Weston in Platte county he soon took front rank in his profession, and was elected circuit attorney in 1855. He had a great talent for business and was interested in various enterprises, notably in projecting and building railroads, bridges and water works in this section, and in the promotion of public interests generally. In 1869 he was elected judge of the court of common pleas of Platte county, which he held until 1872, when he resigned and located in St. Joseph. In 1882 he was elected to congress and re-elected in 1884, 1886 and 1888. He served with distinction and was one of the foremost members on the Democratic side. On Jan. 23, 1889, he was stricken with paralysis while uttering the first words of a speech on the floor of the house, and died at his hotel in Washington on the following day. He was married early in life to Mary, the daughter of Phineas Skinner, a Kentucky gentleman. Into this union two sons, Daniel D. and Calvin C., were born. The former, a lawyer of marked ability, represented this district in congress during 1893-95: the latter, after a brilliant business career for one of his age, died Nov. 20, 1893. Mrs. James N. Burnes and her son, D. D., live at Ayr Lawn, a charming country home south of the city.

to St. Joseph in 1854. Studied music under able instructors in St. Louis and Chicago; organized his band in 1865, and has played in the principal Western cities, gaining much favorable comment. His son Arthur is with Sousa, the famous bandmaster, and is known as the leading trombone soloist of the counutry. Mr. Pryor was married Nov. 29, 1866, to Miss M. A. Coker.

WILLIAM DE VORSS, 706 South Ninth street, was born in Ohio, June 22, 1829, and came to St. Joseph in 1842, where for seven years he conducted a livery business. He is a Democrat, and was deputy sheriff for four years and court crier in the United States court ten years, a position he still holds. Mr. De Vorss was wedded to Miss Mary F. Smith in September, 1852, and two sons and two daughters were born of the union, all of whom are living. ^

CHRISTIAN BOCK, dealer in general merchandise at 1501 South Tenth street, was born in Germany January 15, 1847. In 1864 he came to America with his mother, brother and sisters, and located in St. Joseph, engaging in merchandising, which he still follows. Mr. Bock has been successful as a business man and has built up a large trade. He was married in 1874 to Miss Agnes Yaeck and they have had two boys and three girls, all living.

CHARLES ZONDLER, proprietor of the saloon at 733 South Eigth street, is a native of St. Joseph, where he was born Nov. 24, 1874. His parents were Henry and Mary (Schneider) Zondler, both natives of Germany. Mr. Zondler was reared and educated in St. Joseph, and is an enterprising young business man.

W. L. CRAIG, the veteran blacksmith, who died December 26, 1898/ was born in Rock Castle county, Kentncky, December 19, 1823, and was, therefore, a few days more than 75 years old. After learning the blacksmith trade and working at several places he came to St. Joseph in 1855,

LYMAN W. FORGRAVE, city building inspector, was born in Ohio July 10, 1844. After attending school in Ohio he came west, locating in Iowa, and at the breaking out of the civil war, entered the volunteer service as a member of what was known as Gen. Dodge's band of the Third brig- living here constantly, with the exception of five years. He was an expert at his trade and a man much loved by his friends. He was married in Washington county, Kentucky, in 1844, to Miss Elizabeth Shoemaker, and they had a large family, notably James Y. and Robert A., both well known horseshoers.

ade, Fourth division, Fifteenth army corps. He was mustered out at Louisville in 1865, and engaged in the contracting business. He came to St. Joseph in 1888, and for two years has held the position of building inspector. Mr. Forgrave was married in Leon, la., June 18, 1871, to Miss Nannie A. Sales, and they have four boys.

JAMES ASHTON MILLAN, real estate, 317 Edmond street, was born in Lancaster county, Kentucky, April 20, 1826, and went to Palmyra, Mo., with his parents in 1831; was apprenticed to learn the printing business in 1843, and after three years took charge of the "Missouri Statesman'' at Colmbia, Mo., as foreman and local editor, and in 1850 established the "Missouri Sentinel" at that place. In 1853 removed to St. Joseph and purchased the "Adventure," a weekly paper published by Emery Livermore on Main street, changed the name to that of "Commercial Cycle," a few years afterwards selling out to E. C. Davis; engaged for a short time in the dry goods business, then established a job printing office; the closing year of the civil war established the "Missouri Vindicator," a weekly Democratic newspaper, afterwards published as a daily. After several years sold out, and established the "Missouri Reflector," also a Democratic weekly, which he finally sold and the plant was removed to Plattsburg and is now published as the "Plattsburg Lever." He was the first secretary of the school board, established the first job printing office, book bindery and blank book manufactory, bringing to the city the first power job press, then a great curiosity, established also the first exclusive dry goods store in the city. Mr. Millan has also held the positions of city assessor, recorder of deeds and judge of the county court. He was married October 7, 1852, to Mary E. Barnett, daughter of Rev. Wm. H. Barnett. Six children were born to them, three of whom are living.

FRANK M. BRINSON was born September 16, 1832, at Milford, Decatur county, Indiana, his father, John Brinson, being a merchant and farmer. Mr. Brinson got his education in what were known as subscription schools, quite common in those days. In 1850 he left his Indiana home on foot and walked all the way to St. Joseph, where he secured employment, and for sixteen years he was engaged with various business houses in this city. He farmed fourteen years, being successful; has now retired from business. He left this city the day after Sumter was fired on and joined the Sixteenth Indiana, serving in the Shenandoah valley under Banks and was with McDowell at Centerville and Mannasses Junction. Mr. Brinson was married December 25, 1865, in Buchanan County to a daughter of Hiram and Mary Gilbert. They have two sons, Willis G., local manager of the Postal Telegraph Company, and Frank M., jr., chief operator in the office of that company.

FERDINAND H. DUVE, saloonkeeper, is the son of the late Henry Duve, one of St. Joseph's foremost German-Americans. Our subject was born in St. Joseph Jan. 12, 1870, and was educated in the German-English school. His father was a native of Braunschweig, Germany, and his mother, whose maiden name was Margaretha Weber, a native of Darmstadt, Germany. Our subject was married in St. Joseph Dec. 30, 1897. His wife's maiden name was F. Reeder; she was born in Illinois April 25, 1870.

came to St. Joseph in 1887, and was for some years an attendant at Asylum No. 2. May 2, 1891, he was appointed policeman and has served continuously ever since, making a fine record and winning the esteem of his superiors, his associates and of the public.

GEORGE L. ROLLINS, expert accountant- is a native of Maryland, born at Frederick July 6, 1870. He is the son of George W. Rollins a native of Concord, N. H., and a manufacturer of guns. His mother, maiden name Louise Leilick, was born at Frederick, Md. INI r. Rollins attended the common schools at Keokuk, la., and on

1887; was appointed to be corporal in September 1887, and promoted to be sergeant in company A, July 6, 1888. August 1, 1890, Colonel P. W. Mc- Manus signed the warrant that transferred him to the non-commissioned staff as regimental color sergeant. He was discharged in July, 1891, from the Iowa national guard by reason of

Capt. George L. Rorlins

July 1, 1889, came to St. Joseph. He was first engaged as assistant cashier of the Burlington Route, then as auditor of the St. Joseph Street Railway Company, which position he resigned to go to war, and he is now assistant secretary-treasurer of the Lake Improvement Company. Our subject has been a military enthusiast for many years. He enlisted as a private in company A. Second regiment, Iowa national guards at Keokuk, April 10, removal to St. Joseph, and re-enlisted as private in company K, Fourth Missouri infantry, N. G. M., in March, 1892. He was appointed sergeant by Captain Macdonald, August 2, 1893; was elected second lieutenant by a two-thirds vote of the company in December, 1893; was elected first lieutenant unanimously by company K. and commissioned May 14, 1895. May 20, 1896, at the request of Colonel Joseph A. Corby, Governor Stephens commissioned him captain and adjutant, chief of regimental staff. April 27, 1898, he answered the president's call for volunteers and Governor Stephens again commissioned him captain and adjutant of the Fourth Missouri volunteers, in which position he served during the Spanish-American war, and was mustered out with the regiment at Greenville, S. C., Feb. 10, 1899. During the service Captain Rollins was the correspondent of the Globe-Democrat with the Fourth Missouri regiment. At Greenville, S. C., and Camp Alger, Va., he was a member of two generals' courtmartial. During the entire service he was not once on the sick call and missed not a single day of service, except when laid up from injuries received from being kicked by a staff officers' horse during President McKinley's review at Camp Alger Va. Captain Rollins has served in the national guard for twelve years continuously, working his way to within three ranks of the command of the regiment. His father was major in the Third Wisconsin during the civil war, under Thomas H. Ruger, U. S. A., now retired. Captain Rollins was married at Keokuk April 24, 1894, to Miss Katherine Dunbar Miller, born at La Harpe, 111., May 17, 1872. They have two children - Louise> aged three years; and Martha M., aged two years.

DR. NOAH BOAZ, physician and surgeon, was born in Clay County, Mo., Aug. 5, 1844. He removed to Stewartsville in 1854 and to St. Joseph in 1866. He had learned the carpenter trade and followed it till 1883, when he graduated from the Northwestern Medical College and began the practice of medicine. He was married Aug. 16, 1864 at Stewartsville, Mo., to Miss Sarah M. Anderson, and they have five children, four of whom are girls, and married.

JOHN CHARLES HILL, agent of the W. J. Lemp Brewing Co., was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb. 3, 1858. He came to St. Joseph in 1879 and in 1882 went into the newspaper business, engaging with the Herald; was advertising solicitor for the Gazette for many years. He severed his connection with that paper in the fall of 1898 to take the agency he now holds. In politics Mr. Hill is a Republican. He was married Jan. 12, 1881. to Miss Margaret Light, daughter of John G. and Rebecca Light. They have four children, all boys.

GEORGE R. MOKEL, live stock and commission merchant, was born August 16, 1855, at New Millport, Pa., the son of Daniel and Alice Jane (Ross) Molcel. Graduated from the State Normal School, came to St. Joseph in 1877, and was for many years a commercial traveler. In 1883 married at Washington, Lottie, daughter of George W. and Adila Lowry; have one child, Leona, aged thirteen. Mr. Mokel is a National Democrat. Is vice-president of the St. Joseph Live Stock Commission Co.

JAMES P. THOMAS, judge of tne probate court of Buchanan county, is a native of Indiana, born Oct. 3, 1844. He came to Platte county in 1857. Having fitted himself for the legal profession he came to St. Joseph in 1867 and began to practice. He was prosecuting attorney in 1874-76, having been appointed to fill out the term of S. Alex. Young, who had resigned. In 1894 he was elected judge of 'the probate court and in 1898 was re-elected. He was married in St. Joseph in 1870 to Miss Ella Murdock and has four children, two boys and two girls. Judge Thomas has won the confidence of the people by his fairness, honesty *nd ability.

KAY GILL PORTER, attorney at law, was born in Lathrop, Mo., April 17, 1873, and is a nephew of Judge Thomas J. Porter, with whom he read law. He came to St. Joseph in 1892 and engaged in the retail dry goods business. He attended the Plattsburg

Mo., and in *58 went to Denver, but returned to Andrew County, where he remained till 1861, when he enlisted in the army and served until June, 1864. In 1877 he started in the transfer and storage business. He was married April 28, 1864 to Miss Mahalah Ann

Kay Porter

College, the Carthage Collegiate Institute and the Northwestern University, graduating from the latter in 1896, after which he began the practice of law in St. Joseph. He is one of the most successful young lawyers at the Buchanan county bar.

AMOS MILTON BROWN, president of the A. M. Brown Transfer Co., is a native of Christian Co., Ind., where he was born Aug. 10, 1840. In 1853 he removed to Andrew County,

HENRY WEIPERT, saloonkeeper Seventh and Edmond streets, was born in St. Joseph in 1866 and has been located here ever since. After being in various occupations he formed a partnership with August Biller recently and opened The Union saloon. Mr. Weipert was married in St. Joseph, Sept. 23, 1896, to Miss Anna M. Biller, who has borne him one child, a son.

DR. SILAS MCDONALD - Bn- < hanan county was fortunate in having among its early settlers men of solid worth. They contributed to that excellent reputation of the county of which it has ever had just cause to be proud. Of this number no one has contributed a larger share than Dr. McDonald. He was born in Washington county, Kentucky, April 18, 1812- and was there raised. After making choice of the practice of medicine as a profession, he attended his first course of lectures at Tryansalvania University- in 1834, and his second course was at the Cincinnati Medical College. In the year 1836 he came to Missouri, and settled in Howard county, and in 1837 made a prospecting tour to Texas, but not liking the country- he returned, and made his home in this county. In January, 1838, he preempted a claim- and at the same time engaged in the active duties of his profession. He was the first physician to settle in what is now known as Buchanan county. Dr. McDonald is a man of acknowledged ability, as a physician, and his sehvices as such are recognized by a host of appreciative friends. His kind and sympathetic nature made him a welcome visitor in the sick room, and when in active practice, his calls were numerous and remote. He is well known throughout the county- and the respect shown him is as wide as his acquaintance. He has ridden hundreds of miles to administer to the necessities of the poor, at all seasons of the year, without any expectation of compensation. Day and night he answered calls, regardless of the pecuniary circumstances of the summoner. He retired from active practice many years ago, but his success in treating dropsy brings him into frequent demand yet. Oct. 30- 1839, Dr. McDonald was married to Miss Sarah Dennell, a native of North Carolina. Among their children living are Mrs. C. B. France, Mrs. Ernest Lindsay, John T.> William F., Silas and Alexander.

JOHN S. LOGAN was born in Shelbyville, Ky., June 25, 1830. His father, Thomas Logan, was of Scotch- Irish parentage and was a successful dry goods merchant. He married Frances Sublette of Woodford county, . Kentucky. Our subject was educated in Shelby College and the Kentucky Military Institute. In 1857 he came to St. Joseph with his stepfather, James L. O'Neill, his mother, his sister, Mrs. Mary Lykens and three stepsisters - now Mrs. W. J. Fairleigh, Mrs. Virginia Weakly and Mrs. Milton Tootle. He read medicine with Dr. Alexander Schue, a celebrated man in his day, graduated from the Kentucky School of Medicine and then attended Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia. During the war he served as a surgeon in the United States army for three years, in hospitals at St. Louis. Louisville, Jeffersonville, Ind., Camp Holt, near New .Albany, Ind., and Camp Gamble, near St. Louis. He made a valuable discovery in the treatment of gangrene, by using bromine, which was afterwards used extensively in both armies. After the war he farmed in Buchanan and Andrew counties and then engaged in various financial ventures which were successful. He owns large bodies of land in Southern Missouri and in Texas and is a man of affairs. On November 20. 1862, Dr. Logan was married to Miss Emma P. Cotton, a native of Woodford county, Kentucky, by whom he has six children, all boys - Charles Cotton, Thomas Trabue, John .Sublette, Jr., Frank Puryear, Lewis Sublette, and Milton Tootle- all of whom are living.

JOEL V. D. PATCH, portrait artist, is a native of Brookline, Vt., born Jan. 30, 1843. Mr. Patch graduated from Ellington Academy, Ellington, N. Y., in 1861, and, giving bent to his artistic instincts, attended the famous Cooper Institute in New York city. He jjegan painting first in Ellington in 1859 and has followed the profession of a portrait artist ever since. He came to St. Joseph in 1893 and has made portraits of a large number of prominent people that have attracted much attention. Among these may be mentioned one of Bishop Hogan and another of John L. Bittinger, both of which were for a time on public exhibtion, and were greatly admired. Mr. Patch was married in 1865 in Nebraska City, Neb., to Miss Purlie

(Coulter) Farris, both of Kentucky. Mr. Farris came to the Platte Purchase in 1840 and located in Center township, Buchanan county, where he remained until 1881, when he came to St. Joseph and engaged in his business of woodworker and wagonmaker. He was married Dec. 2, 1864, to Miss

EDWARD R. BRANDOW. deceased. was born in New York city Dec. 1. 1830. His father was Harvey Brandow, a shipsmith, born in Green county, New York, and his mother, Mary Ray in maidenhood, was born at Hudson, N. Y. Early in life the subject of this sketch showed great talent for mathematics, and his father gave him every advantage in his power to bring this talent to practical perfection, sending him to the Hudson Academy, a school of local fame, and also providing for instruction in Prof. Cockburn's private school. As a result Mr. Brandow became an expert accountant, and in his day ranked among the foremost specialists in this line. Commerce was his chosen field of labor and he began his life's work in earnest in 1850. After spending some years successfully in the east he came to St. Joseph in the spring of 1858 as the advance agent of the Northwestern Fur Company, and remained until his death, holding various positions of high trust and responsibility. During the war he was a staunch Union man. He was, however. always an unswerving Democrat. and as such was elected to the city council in 1866. He was an enthusiast on the subject of volunteer fire departments and was a leading spirit among the local organizations in their palmy days, and he was for eight years the chief of the department here, a position of honor and importance. Mr. Brandow was married at Ottawa, 111., to Miss Harriet Prescott, daughter of Mark Hollis Prescott and Priscilla Bartlett. Mrs. Brandow was born at Kingston, Me., and is yet living. Four children sprang from this union, all of whom are living - Hollis P., Benjamin R., Mary, now Mrs. Antoine Muzarelli, and Edward R., Jr. Mr. Brandow died August 4, 1898.

HORATIO N. TURNER, retired merchant, was born in Rochester, N. Y., in 1819, and came to St. Joseph in 1859; engaged in general merchandising i860 to 1876. He was educated in country schools; was officer of militia during the war; is a Republican, and was in the city council in 1863, city treasurer 1868 to 1870, city collector '76 to '78, and street commissioner '82 to 84. He was treasurer of the Missouri River Bridge Company and was a member of the school board twenty years. He married Miss Matilda Newland, in Indiana, in 1842, who died in 1853. One son, Ira N., lives at San Antonio, Tex., a daughter died in

PERRY W. NOLAND, dealer in wood and coal, 813 Patee street, was born at DeKalb, Buchanan County, Nov. 22, 1847. He engaged in merchandise and milling at Halleck. For fourteen years, from 1868 to 1882, he was justice of the peace, and later was deputy sheriff two years and deputy constable of Washington township two years. He was married April 4,

1868, to Miss Mary E. Murphy, also a native of Buchanan county, and three boys and one girl were born to them, only one of whom, a boy, is now living.

CLAUDE M. WHITE, advertising manager of the St. Joseph Herald, is a native of St. Joseph, born in 1875. He attended the public schools, graduating from the high school in 1893. He at once engaged in newspaper work and has been a reporter on the Daily News and Daily Herald, ranking high in his profession. In 1898 he was placed in charge of the advertising department of the Herald, and has added many new friends to his already large list from among the business men of the city.

GRANT S. WATKINS, attorney at law, 413 Francis street, was born at Nelsonville, O., Feb. 15, 1864. and is the son of E. N. and Clarissa (Peugh) Watkins. He was educated in the common schools at Troy, Kan., at Highland University, and at the Atchison Normal Institute, from which he was graduated in 1880. He engaged

Miss Tillie Druhn, who died Dec. 20, 1892. He was again married to Miss Jennie Gekeler in St. Joseph, Aug. 30, 1898. Mrs. Watkins is the daughter of John and Mary Gekeler, and was born at Buffalo, N. Y., May 18, 1874.

Grant S. Watkins

in teaching school, farming, clerking in a hardware store, and then decided to adopt the law as a profession. He came to St. Joseph in May, 1891, and, having thoroughly fitted himself, he was admitted to the bar and began to practice in February, 1892, since which time he has taken a high rank in his profession and established a good practice. Mr. Watkins was first married May 13, 1891, at Leona, Kan., to was born in Indiana, Sept. 7, 1867. H< was educated in the public schools 0 Iowa and then learned the art of jol printing, in which he now excels After living at Lyons, Kan., for elevei years, Mr. Stewart came to St. Josepl in 1895 and began a business whicl has steadily grown. He was marrie at Sterling, Kan. in 1889 to Miss Em ma M. Royer, who has borne him tw children, a boy and a girl, both living

DONALD ROSS, proprietor of the Commercial hotel, Sixth and Angelique streets, was born on Prince Edward's Island, and went to Boston Mass., in 1858. He enlisted in company A, Ninth Massachusetts volunteer infantry, May 16, 1861, and served till July 4, 1864, after being in all the hard battles of the east, including Antietum, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Chancellorsville and the Wilderness, where he was wounded; was promoted on the field at Fredericksburg. He came to St. Joseph in 1871 and followed railroading for twelve years, after which he engaged in the hotel business. Mr. Ross is prominent in the Knights of Pythias, Odd Fellows and Free Masons. He was married July 4, 1876, in Kansas City to Miss Annie McCrory, and she has borne him one daughter, Neta, now thirteen years old.

JOHN M. NICHOLS, general agent of the Wells-Fargo Express Company, was born at Webster, Ind., November 11, 1849. He came to St. Joseph in 1870, and was employed by the Wells-Fargo Express Company for seven years. Then he was for a year with the American Express Company, and from 1888 till 1895 served the Pacific Company. In 1895 he was appointed general agent a^ St. Joseph for the Wells-Fargo Company, the position he now holds. Mr. Nichols was married in Hiawatha, Kan., in December, 1872, to Miss Esther J. Olds, and they have three children.

DR. SPIER RICHMOND, coroner of Buchanan county, was born in South Carolina in 1867 and is a son of Dr. J. M. Richmond. He came to St. Joseph at the age of six years; graduated from St. Joseph high school at the age of 17, and at 19 commenced the study of medicine with his father as preceptor. In 1891 he graduated from the Ensworth Medical College, St. Joseph, and afterwards attended medical schools in New York one year. He entered upon the practice here with his father in 1893 and is successful, especially in surgery. In 1896 he was elected county coroner and in 1898 was re-elected.

J. W. ATWILL, miner of and dealer in coal, was born in Boston, Mass., in February, 1844, where he was well educated and fitted for a business career. At the beginning of the civil war, though very young, Mr. Atwill enlisted in the Twenty-fourth Massachusets volunteers. For meritorious conduct he was promoted to a lieutenancy and transferred to the N. C. LTion volunteer regiment, of which he soon became lieutenant colonel, being mustered out as such in 1865. He then engaged in mercantile pursuits in St. Louis until 1870, when he came here. He was for eight years general freight and ticket agent of the St. Joseph & Denver railroad, and then engaged in the coal business. He is a member of the Hyatt Coal Company. Mr. Atwill is a Republican in politics and represented the old Fourth ward in the city council in 1880-82. He has also been a member of the board of managers of the free public library.

JOSHUA P. BENNET, boots and shoes, was born in Gallatin county, Kentucky, Dec. 19, 1848. When only a boy he enlisted and was sergeant of company E, One Hunderdth and Fortieth Indiana volunteers. He came to St. Joseph in 1869 and has since been engaged in the boot and shoe business. Mr. Bennett was married in Peoria, 111., Sept. 2, 1878, to Miss May Barclay and they have two boys, aged eighteen and fifteen years respectively.

DR. JAMES K. GRAHAM is a native of East Tennessee, born at Tazewell, Claiborne county, January 6, 1859. He came to Missouri in 1880, locating at Camden Point; began the study of medicine, attended the College of Physicians and Surgeons at St. Joseph, from which he graduated in 1882. He subsequently attended

William Boyd Tullar

WILLIAM BOYD TULLAR, horseshoer, was born March 3, 1842, at Point Pleasant, W. Va., the son of Valencourt and Sarah (Jones) Tullar. The family came to St. Joseph in 1844. Our subject learned the blacksmith's trade, was in the Confederate army, spent some years in the mountains and then located permanently in St. Jo- the University of Maryland, at Baltimore. He began the practice of medicine in Lee county, Virginia, but soon returned to Buchanan county and opened an office at Halleck, where he remained several years. Dr. Grahatij is now health officer of St. Joseph. He was married in Halleck April 30, 1884, to Miss Mary Robinson and one boy and four girls have been born to them.

seph. He is a Democrat and has held the positions of chief of police of St. Joseph, constable of Washington township and deputy sheriff. He was married in this city in 1884. Mrs. Tullar's maiden name was Ellen B. Hunt, born in Lexington, Mo. They have had two children, James N. Burnes Tullar, who died at the age of five months, and Maiy, now aged two years.

William Burton Pistole

WILLIAM BURTON PISTOLE, attorney at law, 313 German-American Bank building, was born July 29, 1873, near Hopkins, Mo. His father, Stephen C., settled in Nodaway county, in 1843. Our subject attended school in his native county and was part owner and teacher in the Northwestern Normal at Stanberry. He graduated from the law school of Harvard University in 1898, after reading law with Hon. W. C. Ellison of Maryville. He located in St. Joseph July 12, 1898, forming a partnership with R. L. Nichols. Mr. Pistole was married at Stanberry Jan. 21, 1894, to Miss Nora Brooks.

school he entered the Burnes bank in cashier, which position he held till 1898, when he resigned to take charge of the financial affairs of Mr. John J. Tootle, the position he now holds. Mr. Enright was married Jan. 25, 1893, to Miss Jennie Fairleigh, and two boys were born to them, one of whom, Charles F., jr., died recently at the age of seven months.

DAVID H. HATFIELD, constable of Washington Township, was born in Ross County, Ohio, Feb. 12, 1847. He attended school in Ohio, and Sept. 3, 1861, enlisted in the Thirty-first Ohio Infantry, serving until Julv 20, 1865. He was in twenty-one general engagements, among them the battle of Chickamauga. He came to St. Joseph March 17, 1872, and was in the livery and horse dealing business till 1890. He then acted as special police till 1897. In the fall of 1898 he was elected constable on the Republican ticket. He was married to Miss Susan Epperson Oct. 3. 1873, and they have three children, two sons and a daughter.

PALMER L. CLARK, the well known promoter and manager of racing events and the old fashioned fair, is a native of Wisconsin, born March 30, 1858. He lived for many years at Chicago and is a thorough business man. He has successfully managed many enterprises and is known throughout the nation as a man of affairs. He was married at Chicago in 1891. Mrs. Clark, whose maiden name was Sadie E. Merryman, is a native of Virginia.

GEORGE H. WYATT, of the firm of Brady & Wyatt, feed and fuel dealers, was born in St. Joseph, Nov. 14, 1864, and is a son of Elder Joseph J. Wyatt, whose name figures conspicuously in the political and religious history of this community. Mr. Wyatt has been engaged in his present line for many years. Politically he is a Democrat and he held the position of coal oil inspector during 1895-97. In 1890 he was married to Miss Ensworth Herndon, a native of St. Joseph, and two children - girls - bless their home.

JOHN H. CAREY, farmer and exsheriff, Agency township, was born in Ireland, June 12, 1836, the son of Patrick and Mary (Hartwell) Carey. He came with his parents to St. Louis in 1848. In 1855 he came to Buchanan county and engaged in farming. He was elected judge of the county court and served two years, 1878-80. In 1884 he was elected sheriff and served two years. Judge Carey has been, and is, an active and influential Democrat, and during the campaign of 1898 did telling and effective work as chairman of the Democratic county central committee. He was married in 1869 to Miss Nancy Gilmore, born in Clay county, and they have three children - all girls. Judge Carey has been highly successful as a farmer and breeder of fine stock.

JAMES M. JOHNSON of the law firm of Johnson, Rusk and Stringfellow, is a native of St. Joseph, where he was born in July, 1862. Graduated from the St. Joseph high school, then read law with Crosby & Rusk and was admitted to the bar in January, 1884. After a short association with W. K. James, he formed a partnership with J. M. Wilson, and in 1893 joined the firm of Dowe, Johnson & Rusk, the

LOUIS STRECKEBEIN, SR., retired- was born in Germany May 1, 1839. He was educated and learned the tailor's trade in the old country; in 1857 he came to America. During the war he fought on the Union side, predecessors of the present firm. Mr. Johnson is successful as a financial agent and collector, and enjoys the patronage of a large number of prominent business houses and corporations.

CHARLES L. CRAIGHILL, license inspector, was born in Doniphan county, Kansas, March 28, 1861, the son of Samuel J. and Sarah (Barrow) Craighill. His father was born in Virginia and his mother in Maryland. The family came to St. Joseph in 1862.

and after being discharged came to St. Joseph. He engaged in the saloon business and then opened New Ulm park, which he developed and where he lived for sixteen years. In 1882 he built Streckebein's hall, at Eighth and Charles streets, where he conducted a saloon and garden until 1895. when he retired. He was married in 1865- and his wife died in 1889, leaving him two children - Louis, jr., now local agent of the Heim Brewing Company, and Mrs. L. C. Lange, of this city.

WILLIAM WEHRMAN, tinner, 119 North Second street, was born in Germany July 15, 1858. In 1870 he came to America, locating at once at St. Joseph, where he learned his trade and where he has since made his home. May 20, 1880, Mr. Wehrman was united in marriage to Miss Rosa Anna Knapp and two boys and four girls, all living, have been born to them.

ERNEST L. SMITH, machinist, was born in Charlottsville, Va., August 12, 1869. When a youth he came to Missouri and attended the Pilot Grove (Mo.) Collegiate Institute, from which he graduated in 1887. A year later he came to St. Joseph and learned the machinist trade. He has for many years been bookkeeper for the Bielhen Foundry and Machine Company. Mr. Smith was married April 18, 1890, to Miss Mary Salmon, who has borne him two children, a girl and a boy.

DAVID L. KNIGHT was born in Dayton, O., November 24, 1854, and came to St. Joseph in 1886, engaging in the newspaper business as traveler for the St. Joseph Herald. He is at present salesman for a large stove and range manufactory. Mr. Knight was married in St. Joseph November 27, 1892, to Miss Flora Johns and one child, a boy, has been born to them.

George O. Richardson

GEORGE O. RICHARDSON, wholesale dealer in machinery, 310-312 South Fourth street, was born in Ohio, September 13, 1839, and came to St. Joseph in 1868. His name is prominent throughout the country and he is one of the most extensive dealers in machinery in the West. He was married at Indianapolis in 1878, to Mrs. Emma L. Sherwood, who died in 1896, leaving him a daughter.

BENJAMIN L. HELSLEY, deputy county collector, was born in St. Joseph Feb. 12, 1871, and is the son of the late Captain Phil W. Helsley, a native of Shenandoah count, Virginia, and a contractor and leading Democrat in St. Joseph. Our subject attended the Steinacker, Washington and high schools, and then engaged in street paving and general contracting, in connection with his brothers. He is a Democrat and high in the party councils; was secretary of the county central committee four years. July 28, 1892, he was married to Miss Lena Roberts, born near DeKalb, this county, and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Roberts. They have one child, a girl. Mr. Helsley was recently elected Grand Sachem by the State Council of Red Men. ,

FRANK M. LEMMON, special deputy surveyor of customs, was born at Cincinnati, O., Jan. 4, 1858, the son of Alexander H. and Caroline (Reynolds) Lemmon. His father was a native of New London, Pa., and his mother was born at Cincinnati. Mr. Lemmon came to St. Joseph in October, 1882. He is a Republican. In 1896 he was elected to the council from the Third ward, and served as president of that body.

HOMER H. CARR of the firm of Filt & Carr, architects, is a native of Greenfield, Ind., born March 21, 1875. He was educated in Indianapolis, graduating from the high school in 1891. Acquiring the profession of an architect he came to St. Joseph in 1897, forming the present partnership, and locating in the Ballinger building. Mr. Carr was married January 8, 1896, at Grenfield, his bride being Miss Rose L. Smith. He resides at 1126 Henry street.

FATHER POWER - The Rev. Jas. Power was a pioneer Catholic priest in the wilderness of Northwest Missouri, who laid the foundation for a great work, and who lived to see it unfold and expand far beyond his expectations. Father Power was born in County Waterford. Ireland, May 13, 1815, and died at the Christian Brothers' College in St. Joseph May 5, 1899. He was ordained in Philadelphia, and was a zealous and successful priest of the Catholic church. In 1856 he enception. He erected the building wherein the Christian Brothers conducted their first school in St. Joseph, and which is now a part of the present imposing structure. He founded the convent of Perpetual Adoration at Conception and also St. James Industrial school for boys, and also endowed several perpetual scholarships in the Christian Brothers' College for the benefit of the poor youths. His last years were spent in retirement,- as chaplain at the Christian Brothers' tered a large body of land in Nodaway and Gentry counties in the interest of a colonization society which he had established among the working classes at Reading, Pa. He brought out a colony in 1858 and established them at Conception, Nodaway county, where he erected the first Catholic church in Northwest Missouri. He was also located in St. Joseph for a time, in 1857, and was a pioneer missionary. He induced a colony of Benedictine monks to come from Switzerland and to found what is now the abbey at Con-

College. Quiet and unassuming, this man lifted many a burden. He never neglected an opportunity to do good, nor did he confine his works to any locality or clas.*. The poor were his flock and he was their devoted shepherd.

FRANK O. MARTIN, foreman of the Combe Printing Company's typographical department, was born at Bloomfield, Iowa, March 31, 1854; attended the public schools and began to learn the printer's trade in 1869. He came to St. Joseph in December, 1882, from Decatur, 111., and engaged with the Steam Printing Co. In April of 1885 he, in company with O. M. Gilmer, began the publication of the Evening Journal, which continued to February, 1887., He then became foreman in the Combe Printing Company's plant, continuing until 1894, when the printing firm of Ford, Martin & Graham was formed. Subsequently he was again associated with O. M. Gilmer in the job printing business and then, three years ago, again took his present position. Mr. Martin was married first ,at Litchfield. 111., in November, 1877, to Miss Lizzie Boxberger, who died in August, 1881, leaving a daughter, Pearl Elizabeth; was married again at St. Joseph June 15. 1882, to Miss Lillie B. French, by whom he has a son, William Henry, now in the high school.

JACOB S. BERGER, manager Tootle, Wheeler & Motter's Shirt and Overall factory, was born in New York city Oct. 22,1860. He was educated in the public schools, and began as a cutter in 1875, afterwards working in Boston. He came to St. Joseph in 1888 and began as a cutter with his present employers, finally working up to his present position of manager, with from 450 to 600 people working under him. Mr. Berger is known as a most competent man, a fact which is attested by the responsible position he occupies.

MAJOR WILLIAM E. STRINGFELLOW, an officer of the Fourth Missouri Volunteer Infantry prior to and during the Spanish-American war, was born in Richmond, Va., Sept. 1, 1868, and came with his father, Dr. J. H. Stringfellow, to St. Joseph, where he attended the high school. He also attended the Bethel Military Academy of Virginia and the University of Virginia, and was then admitted to the bar of Buchanan County. He was elected major of the Fourth Regiment, N. G. M., Jan. 1, 1892, and served till the close of the war. While in service he was judge advocate on the staff of Brigadier-General George W. Davis.

ALFRED MEIER, architect, was born in Switzerland June 26, 1850, and attended school in his native country. In 1868 he came to America and located in St. Joseph, where he worked as an architect for six years. He went to Atchison in 1874, where he lived until February, 1898, when he again came to St. Joseph and opened an office in the Ballinger building. Mr. Meier was married in St. Joseph in 1873 to Miss Carolina Wildberger, and they have twelve children.

JOHN H. FELT, architect, was born in Hancock county, Indiana, August 6, 1868. He learned the profession of architect in his native state and was located at Greenfield until 1897, when he came to St. Joseph, formed the partnership of Felt & Carr and opened an office in the Ballinger building. Mr. Felt was married in Indiana in 1891, to Miss Kate M. Stallard, and one child has been born to them.

FRANK A. TULLAR, livery stable, 307 South Fourth street, was born in Virginia, Oct. 1, 1858. his parents having been Valencourt and Sarah W. Tullar. He came to St. Joseph with them in 1861, and attended school here. Mr. Tullar is very popular with his many patrons. He was married in St. Joseph in 1891 to Miss Nellie Ready, a native of St. Joseph. In politics Mr. Tullar is a Democrat.

ROBERT STEWART, a pioneer cigar dealer, and father of the Stewart brothers, leading wholesale cigar merchants, was born in Pennsylvania Jan. 78, 1817. and came to St. Joseph in 1868, founding the business made famous by his sons. He was married at Miamiburg, O., in 1844. to Miss Mary A. Stevens, born in Ohio in 1827. They had three boys - Charles O., Robert S.. and Thomas J., all of whom patronage, and he is among the leading plumbers in the city. He was married May 15, 1895, to Miss Mary Connaughton, of which union there are two boys.

EUGENE F. SCOTT, fire insurance, Rock Island building, was born March 10, 1865, in Kentucky. His father, Marshall B. Scott, was a contractor. Our subject came to St. Joseph

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MICHAEL J. DONEGAN, plumber, Fourth and Felix streets, was born in Ireland July 12, 1855, and came to this country in 1884, locating in St. Joseph, where he worked for some years as a journeyman, and then set up in business for himself. His close attention to business and strict integrity have brought him a very lucrative from Kansas City in October, 1897, where he had been educated and where he was for several years cashier of the Emery-Bird-Thayer Company's department store, and for two years with the Doggett Dry Goods Company. Mr. Scott was married in April, 1891, at Kansas City, to Miss Lucie M. Smith, a native of Eminence, Ky. He has made many friends in St. Joseph and has established a lucrative business.

MICHAEL GLEASON, retail liquor dealer, 726 Edmond street, was born in County Galway, Ireland, September 23, 1834, and came to St. Joseph July 1, 1863. He was live stock dealer, city weighmaster and superintendent of county poor farm. He married Bridget Ryan at St. Joseph June 10, 1869, who died January 31, becca (Rose) Lane, the former of Hanover, N. H., and the latter a native of Orange county, New York. After serving as an able seaman in the United States navy during the civil war and then seeing a good deal of the country Mr. Lane came to St. Joseph in 1887. The real estate "boom" was then at its height and Mr. Lane

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1888. By this marriage there were eight children, six of whom are living. June 3, 1889, he married Rose Cole at Warrensburg, Mo., of which union there are two daughters, Theresa and Isabelle.

J. M. S. LANE, dealer in real estate, office at 501 Francis street, was born in Meigs county, Ohio, Dec. 7, 1845. He is the son of B. R. and Reengaged in the real estate business. When the excitement died away many who had gone into the business abandoned it, but not so with our subject. His energy, good judgment and fair dealing had placed him well at the front and he has since continued to handle real estate with success. Perhaps no man is better known, and few, if any, have a more satisfactory business than Mr. Lane.

DAVID C. WALDRON, contractor, is one of the old settlers, having come to St. Joseph in 1859. He was born in Ann Arbor, Mich., Sept. 22, 1833, where he attended school and learned the carpenter's trade, and where he was united in marriage, Nov. 9, 1856, to Miss Margaret McGahen. He enlisted in Company A, First Kansas Volunteer Infantry, May 30, 1861, and served in the Southwest till 1864. He was in all the big engagements of that regiment. He has three sons, all grown to manhood.

CYRIL F. WILSON is one of the best known carriage painters in the west and very prominent in secret society circles, especially among K. of P. He was born in LaGrange county, Indiana, in 1852 and educated at Sturgis, Mich. He came to St. Joseph in 1873. For several years he was foreman for Studebaker Bros.' in this city, but since 1875 has conducted a business of his own and leads the trade in his line.

JAMES W. LEHR, contractor and builder, is a native of Indiana, where he was born Dec. 21, 1855. His father, Samuel, was a contractor, and after attending school our subject learned the carpenter's trade. He came west in 1880 and located at Bethany, Mo., where he remained till 1886, when he came to St. Joseph. He has done a great deal of work here and has a firstclass reputation in his line. He was married March 1, 1880, in McPherson, Kan., to Miss Helen L. Sharp, who has borne him two children, a boy and a girl.

HERMAN KLEY, saloon, 1811 Frederick avenue, was born in Germany Oct. 26, 1857, the son of Gotlieb Kley, a railroad man. He came with his parents to America in 1870, locating at Wathena, Kan. In 1875 he came to St. Joseph and worked in a brewery for some time. Subsequently lived at Atchison, where he was in the saloon business, and then returned to St. Joseph. Mr. Kley has been highly successful and has friends without number. October, 1894, he was married to Josephine, the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Egid Wagner of this city.

school at Sidney, Ohio, and came to Plattsburg, Mo., in 1865, where he commenced to practice his profession. He was judge of the local court of Clinton county. Judge Porter came to St. Joseph in 1888 ,and has gained distinction at the Buchanan county bar. He was married in Oskaloosa, Iowa, in 1866 to Miss Sarah E. Shepherd, and they have five children, all girls.

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WILLIAM H. MENDENHALL, manager grocery department Sixth Street Department store, was born, in Berlin, 111., August 21, 1869. He graduated from the Jacksonville, 111., Business College in 1884 and located in Indianapolis; after three years came tG St. Joseph, where he has since been a successful grocer. He was married in Weston, Mo., in 1887 to Miss Eleanor T. Rixey and one boy and three girls have been born to them.

DR. GEORGE C. POTTER, physician and surgeon, office in Carbry block, was born in DeKalb county. Missouri, in 1853. and came to St. Joseph in 1892. He graduated from the Northwestern Medical College in 1882 and has had a very successful professional career. Dr. Potter was married at Fayette, Mo., Nov. 16, 1883. to Miss Marv E. Root.

CHARLES M. HOWE, Christian Scientist, rooms 15 and 16 Commercial Bank building, is a native of New York state, born at Portville in 1854. His father, Willis M. Howe, a lumbermerchant, was born at Lancing, N. Y. His mother, Jane McLouth Howe, was born at Franklinville, N. Y. In 1874 the family moved to Central City, Neb., and in 1882 went to Omaha.

JAMES C. DAVIS, attorney at law, was born at Jefferson City, Mo., April 29, 1863, and is a son of the late Judge Alex Davis, formerly of St. Joseph, but later of St. Louis. Our

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Mr. Howe took up the subject of Christian Science at an early day and gave it close study. He located in St. Joseph in 1887, and began to teach and practice this doctrine, gathering about him a considerable following. He went to Boston in 1888, attended the Massachusetts Metaphysical College, read with Rev. Mary B. Eddy, the principal exponent of Christian Science, and graduated from the institution. Then he returned to St. Josubject graduated from Smith academy June, 1881, Washington University (with degree of A. B.), June, 1885, and St. Louis law school (with degree of LL. B.), in June, 1887. He came to St. Joseph in 1888; served on the Democratic state central committee four years, and is attorney for the Chicago Great Western Railway company. Mr. Davis was married at St. Louis, November 25, 1890, to Miss Guy Hammett, and they have one child, a boy, living.

ROBERT W. DONNELL. - Perhaps there is no one person to whom St. Joseph owes its present proud position more than the late Robert W. Donnell, of revolutionary ancestry. He was born in North Carolina in 1816, and died in New York city in January, 1892. After graduating at Chapel Hill, he moved to Rock House prairie in Buchanan county in 1838, and commenced his career as a merchant. In 1843 he settled in St. Joseph, as the junior member of the firm of Smith & Donnell. In 1848. after the death of Smith, he established the firm of Donnell, Saxton & Duvall, and opened the first wholesale store in the city, first on Main street just west of the Davis Mill Company, and then removed to the southwest corner of Fourth and Felix streets, and in 1857 sold out to Rufus L. McDonald, and started the State bank, now later the State National bank, on the opposite corner. He was a member of the famous convention of '61, elected from Buchanan county, with Robert M. Stewart and Willard P. Hall. In 1864 he settled in Montana, and in 1871 located in New York, where he died.

FRANK R. HINDS, with Swift & Co., is a favorite in St. Joseph, a position which he holds by reason of his many admirable qualities. Mr. Hinds was born in Danville, Vermillion county, Illinois, and is the son of John Hinds, a native of Kentucky, who at the time of his death, was a farmer. Our subject came to St. Joseph in 1884 and entered the family of his uncle, William J. Hinds. He attended the Christian Brothers' College, then was employed as a clerk with the car accountant at the Burlington general offices, from 1890 to 1895, and was then a member of the firm of Buechle & Hinds, general insurance, which connection he severed to respond to the call for troops when war was declared with Spain. He had been a militia officer and a military enthusiast, and when the call came assisted in the organization of company F, Fourth regiment, was mustered into the United States volunteer service as first lieutenant of his company and served until mustered out as company commander in February, 1899. He was a favorite with his men and one of the most beloved officers in the regiment. Captain Hinds is a Republican in politics and was nominated by his party for the office of recorder of deeds during his absence in the army, but failed of election because of the overwhelming strength of the Democratic party In Buchanan county.

EMORY M. PLATT, principal of Platt's Commercial College, 54-58 Ballinger building, was born in Manhattan, Kan., November 4, 1865. He attended the State Agricultural College of Manhattan and took a course in college at Oberlin, O. He removed to Topeka, where he remained till 1891, when he came to St. Joseph and engaged in the sale of typewriters, later establishing the business college. In politics Mr. Platt is a Republican. He was married in St. Joseph August 9, 1891, to Miss Elizabeth Landon Prescott, and they have one child, Emory Melzar Platt, jr.

ROBERT E. DICKSON, lawyer, 406 Francis street, is a native of Andrew County, Mo., born Jan. 5, 1864. Attended Avalon College, in Livingston County, and on completing his studies began his practice of law in Oklahoma in 1890. He was prosecuting attorney of Beaver County, Okla., from 1891 to 1893. He came to St. Joseph in 1897 and with his brother, has successfully practiced his profession since in this city.

WILLIAM H. UTZ, attorney at law, was born in Buchanan county, July 28, 1864, the son of John H. Utz, one of Buchanan county's foremost farmers, a native of Page county, Virginia. His mother's maiden name was Sarah Duncan, born in Alabama. Our subject attended the common schools,

G. WALLER, contractor and manufacturer of artificial stone pavements, 816 Frederick avenue, was born Dec. 10, 1862, in Bedfordshire, England, and is the son of John and Mary (Richardson) Waller, farmers. In June of 1884 he went with a brother to Winnipeg, Manitoba. Subsequently he lived at Omaha and in June, 1890, came to St.

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also Central College, at Fayette, Mo., and the Missouri State University, graduating from the law department of the latter institution in 1889. He came at once to St. Joseph and began the practice of his profession, in which he has been successful. He was for years, 1895-97, assistant prosecuting attorney. He is a Democrat and member of the M. E. church, South.

Joseph, engaging in the fuel and feed business and also in the manufacture of artificial stone. He has a high reputation and is prosperous in his business undertakings. Mr. Waller was married in St. Joseph to Miss Ellen Kelly, a native of Ireland, who has borne him three children: George Joseph, aged five years; Ellen Mary, aged three years, and James Newman, aged one year.

A. P. BOSE, deceased, who, prior to his death, was engaged in the art glass business, was born June n, 1852, in New York state. He attended school in his native state and, on reaching manhood, engaged in the business referred to. He was married in New York city in 1874 to Miss Elizabeth Zondler, who bore him three children, who, with their mother, are still living. In August, 1889, Mr. Bose came to St. Joseph and engaged in the business under the style of the Bose Art Works, in which he continued till his death, which occurred July 1, 1897-

HORACE W. WOOD, head hog for buyer Swift & Co., was born in Dunkirk, N. Y., Sept. 7, 1854. Came to Andrew county in 1868 and St. Joseph in 1878; was hog buyer for Krug Packing Company for many years, then engaged with Swift & Co.; was elected to the city council from First ward and succeeded in securing an extension of the great Blacksnake sewer. Has been president of the St. Joseph Stock Yards Exchange since its organization. He was married July 12, 1882, to Miss Mary J. Vance and they have three children.

MICHAEL K. GOETZ, proprietor of City Brew'ery, was born at Engenheim, Alsatia, then a French province, January 1833; came to America in 1854 and worked in a grocery at Buffalo, N. Y.; in 1858 started for California; came as far as St. Joseph and decided to remain; found employment at Henry Nunning's brewery; in 1859 started a brewery himself, in a small way, where the present large establishment now stands; in 1864 married Miss Carolina Clinck, born in Wurtemburg, Germany. There are six children, Emma, William L., Frank, Albert R., Henry E. and Annie.

RANDOLPH M. DAVIS, president of the R. T. Davis Mill & Manufacturing Company, was born in St. Joseph in 1868, his father being the late R. T. Davis. He graduated from the St. Joseph high school and at once engaged in the milling business with his father. He was one of the organizers and the first president of the Commercial club. He is president of the Southwestern Millers' Association and at the head of the largest mill in the west. He was married in St. Joseph to Miss Mary Fairleigh, daughter of W. G. Fairleigh.

DR. ELIJAH G. WINKLER, dentist, Commercial block, was born in Hiawatha, Brown county, Kansas. He graduated from the Hiawatha high school in 1892 and then from Dr. Patterson's School of Dentistry and the Kansas City Dental College. He began the practice of his profession in Hiawatha in 1892 and was married in the same year to Miss Ollie Tetherow, in St. Joseph. Dr. Winkler came to St. Joseph in 1894 and has succeeded in establishing a good practice.

LEWIS C. GABBERT, lawyer, 301 German-American Bank building, was born Jan. 21, 1874, in Platte county, a son of George B. and Alice Layton Gabbert. Mr. Gabbert graduated in 1897 from Center College, Danville, Kv., having previously attended the Missouri State University and William Jewell College, as wTell as the C. P. M. I. He was married in Louisville Oct. 5, 1897, to a daughter of Judge N. Sandifer of Lancaster, Ky., and one child, Beulah, S., has come to them. Mr. Gabbert gained distinction as an orator at college, received two gold medals and a cash prize of $50, the latter being given him as winner of the Kentucky Inter-Collegiate contest in 1895.

CLAUDE V. HICKMAN, attorney at law, was born in Robinson, Kan., May 21, 1873. He attended the Highland University, graduated from the Kansas State University law school in 1895, and came to St. Joseph in June of that year, where he began the practice of his profession. He is a Republican in politics. Mr. Hickman was

St. Joseph, where he has built up one of the largest music houses in the west. Mr. Washburn was married in New York city in 1869 to Miss Lavina Edmonds, and they have one daughter, Mrs. Charles O. Brokaw.

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THOMAS J. WASHBURN, dealer in pianos and organs, is a native of Livingston county, New York, where he was born November 1, 1845. After receiving an education there he went to Memphis, Tenn., where he remained until 1871, when he came to born in England May 1, 1845. His parents .were Frederick and Annie (Woodford) Waterfall. Came to America in 1878, locating first in Cleveland, Ohio; was married in June, 1871, at Nebraska City to Miss Josephine Javodsky, born in Green Bay, Wis. She died April 14, 1896, leaving three children, one boy and two girls. Mr. Waterfall served one year in the Thirty-scond Ohio State Militia. He is a Republican.

AUGUST NUNNING, retired brewer, was born at Laporte, Ind., Oct. 8, 1854, the son of Henry and Johann (Arndt) Nunning, both of Germany. Mr. Nunning came with his parents to St. Joseph in 1855. His father established the second brewery in St. Joseph, locating on Faraon street and Frederick avenue, and later at house on Jule street, near Fifteenth, and devotes his time to study and to the care of pfet stock. He is an enthusiast on the subject of domesticating pheasants and is proud of his success. He started with five birds and this spring his flock increased to seventy-five. There are seven varieties of pheasants and all are beautifully

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Fifteenth and Faraon streets, where he built a modern and model plant. Our subject was educated in St. Joseph and spent four years at school in Germany. Upon his father's death assumed the management of the brewery and conducted it with success and profit until 1894, when he leased the plant to the St. Joseph Brewing Company, who operate it at this time. Mr. Nunning lives in a commodious and modern marked. In England these birds live in a half domesticated state and are fattened with grain, sometimes attaining a weight of five pounds. Their flesh is very excellent food, and they hybridize easily with mqst other gallinaceous fowh. The Americans have outstripped the English in the matter of domesticating the pheasant, the Ohio farmers being in advance of others, and they contend that this bird is as easily grown as the game chicken. Mr. N tinning' s experiments lead him to believe that there is a good future for the pheasant and he derives much pleasure in watching and aiding the developments of this industry.

PATRICK P. KANE, chief of the St. Joseph fire department, was born in St. Joseph March 5, 1864, and is the son of James and Mary (Burke) Kane> both born in Ireland. Our subject was educated in the public schools and at the Christian Brothers' College, and then found employment as agent of the St. Joseph Omnibus Company. In 1882 he was appointed a member of the fire department and stationed in the old Patee market house. In 1884 he was stationed at Seventh and Charles, where he was made foreman in 1885. In February of 1892 he was made assistant chief and in May of 1897 was appointed chief. He fills this important office with credit and is a hard and successful worker for the advancement of the fire department. Chief Kane is unmarried.

W. P. WHITE is one of St. Joseph's leading and most successful contractors. Mr. White thoroughly understands his business and his services are always in demand. His office is in the Builders' Exchange, in the Commercial block.

WARREN COWLES is the popular and successful passenger agent of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific railroad. Since his residence in St. Joseph Mr. Cowles has made hosts of friends and has materially increased the business of his company.

late R. T. Davis. After attending school in Platte county Mr. Davis came to St. Joseph in 1870 and entered the mill, where he has since remained. Mr. Davis was married in St. Joseph November 27, 1888, to Miss Fannie D. Popple, a native of Jacksonville, 111., and two bright little girls bless their union.

DR. W. J. BELL, physician and surgeon, was born in Canada in the province of Ontario. While he was yet a small boy- his father died, leaving him to fight his own battles. Blessed with poverty and an intellectual mother, the grandest inheritance ever given to a boy, he struggled with untiring energy for an education. Having pursued his studies at McGill University, Montreal, and at Allegheny College in Pennsylvania- he was graduated from the latter with the degree of B. A., and in 1890 graduated from the medical department of the University of the City of New York. In 1891 Allegheny College conferred upon Dr. Bell the degree of Master of Arts, and in 1892 he was honored by the University of Omaha with the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Dr. Bell came to St. Joseph in 1894 and holds a high place in his profession. He offices with Dr. Jacob Geiger at 613^2 Francis street.

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EDWARD BENJAMIN WURR, engineer, is a native of England, where he was born Feb. 9, 1849. After marrying he came with his wife to America in the spring of 1872, and located in St. Joseph, where he has since pursued his calling, that of an engineer. His wife was Miss Harriet Dean, a native born in Platte county, Missouri, Feb- Wurr is now in charge of the engines ruary 22, 1858. His father was John at the Summer-Richardson Cracker C. C. Davis, and he is a nephew of the and Candy factory.

HENRY G. FELLING, aldermanat-large from the Seventh Ward, was born Feb. 17, 1864, in Platte County, and is the son of Gerhardt and Mary Felling, natives of Germany. The family located at Weston first, and in 1872 came to St. Joseph. Mr. Felling was educated in the school of Immaculate Conception parish and then engaged

ALEXANDER H. TRUCKENMILLER, proprietor of Hotel Truckenmiller, is a native of Philadelphia, born in 1858. He came to St. Joseph in 1883 and for four years was manager of the carpet department of the Louis Hax furniture house. He excels as a caterer, and his hotel is famous the country over.

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with the Standard Oil Company, in whose employ he has been for twentythree years. He was married to Louisa, daughter of the late Joseph Brendel, a well-known German-American citizen of St.' Joseph. Three children, two boys and one girl, have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Felling, all of whom are living. Mr. Felling has been a consistent and active Democrat all his life, and as such was elected to the council in April of 1898.

HOUSTON POWERS, deputy sheriff, was born in St. Louis April 22, 1842, and came to Platte County with his parents in 1848. Here he attended school and in 1876 came to St. Joseph, where he engaged in contracting and building. During the Civil War he served two years (1862 to 1864) in the state militia. Mr. Powers is a Democrat, and was appointed deputy sheriff by James Plull in January, 1897, and was reappointed in January, 1899.

A. WENDOVER, dealer in watches and fine jewelry, 512 Francis street, in the Tootle Theater block, is a native of New York city. He learned the jewelers' trade thoroughly and is an expert judge of both the quality and workmanship of watches, stones and jewelry. This practical knowledge has been of assistance to him in but in all the surrounding country, from which he draws a large amount of trade. Mr. Wendover is one of the successful business men of St. Joseph.

building up his business. Coming to St. Joseph less than a dozen years ago he was the first in the city to establish the installment plan of selling his wares by means of which purchasers are enabled to secure first-class goods on easy weekly or monthly payments. This plan has become very popular and Mr. Wendover's business has increased many fold. He has acquired many friends not only in St. Joseph

St. Joseph in 1857. Attending school in St. Joseph he learned the trade which he has since followed. Mr. Dersch is a Republican and represented the First ward in the city council from 1891 to 1894 and from 1894 to 1896 was superintendent of the work house. He married Miss Caroline E. Schroer in 1881 and three children, a boy and two girls, have been born to them.

DR. ALFRED PLASCEIT BUSEY, first assistant physician at Asylum No. 2, was born June 23, 1850, in Platte county, Missouri, and is the son of Talbot and Rachel (Cline) Busey, both natives of Kentucky, who came to the Platte Purchase in 1838. Dr. Busey attended the State University, read with the late Dr. Geo. C. Catlett and had more asylum experience than Dr. Busey, and his worth is fully recognized. He was married Nov. 12, 1878, to Corinne, daughter of Dr. Geo. C. Catlett, by whom he has four children: Corinne, aged 18; Alfred D., aged 16; George C., aged 12; and Jeannette, aged 10. Dr. Busey has been president of the Northwestern and graduated in medicine from the University of Louisville, Ky., in the spring of 1874. State Lunatic Asylum No. 2 was opened in 1874. Dr. Busey was made first assistant physician, and he served in that capacity for twelve years continuously. After six years devoted to private practice in St. Joseph he was again elected first assistant at the Asylum in 1893. No man in Missouri has served longer