Buchanan County, Missouri - Biographical sketches, 1900 (part 1 of 6)

Biographical sketches

JOSEPH ROBIDOUX - It is proper that the following biographical sketches of the living should be preceded by those of some of the pioneers who have gone before, and whose names are prominently connected with the early history and development of Buchanan County. Joseph Robidoux, the first of these, was born in St. Louis August io, 1783. He was the eldest sou of Joseph and Catherine Robidoux. He had five brothers - Antoine, Isadore, Francis, Michel and Louis and one sister. Of these, Antoine, Isadore and Francis died and were buried at St. Joseph.

The father of this family was a Canadian Frenchman, who went from Montreal to St. Louis, where he located shortly after the settlement of that place by the French. He accumulated a fortune, became influential and occupied a large mansion. The first general assembly of the state of Missouri did him the honor of holding its first session at his house, in December of 1812. He educated his children as liberally as was possible in those days.

Joseph, the eldest of the boys, married Eugenie Delslille, at St. Louis, when he was eighteen years of age. There was one child by this union - - Joseph E. Robidoux, who spent his life among the Indians, and who died some years ago near White Cloud, Kan. Four years after this marriage the wife died. After her death the widowed husband became a wanderer. He visited New Orleans and different points along the lower Mississippi, and then went north, locating upon the present site of Chicago, as an Indian trader. He was robbed by the Indians in a short time and returned to St. Louis. Soon thereafter he made a trip up the Missouri River with one of the Chouteaus in the interest of the American Fur Company, going as far north as Council Bluffs. Robidoux returned to St. Louis, purchased a stock of goods and returned to the "Bluffs," in the fall of 1809. He traded with the Indians there for thir: teen years, shipping his furs and peltries to St. Louis in keel boats.

While dwelling at the "Bluffs" in 1813, Robidoux married his second wife, who was Miss Angelique Vaudry, also of St. Louis. By this union there were six sons - Faraon, Jules C., Francis B., Felix, Edmond and Charles. There was also one daughter, who became Mrs. S. P. Beauvis, and who is said to be yet living at St. Louis. Edmond Robidoux went from here to Omaha some years ago and it is not known whether or not he is still alive. Mrs. Angelique Robidoux died in this city January 17, 1857.

Robidoux was so potent a rival to the American Fur Company, also established at the Bluffs, that this concern brought him out with the stipulation that he should remain away for three years. During this period Robidoux lived at St. Louis, where he operated a bakery. After three years he announced his intention of again establishing a trading post. The fur company's representatives offered to plact him in this neighborhood at a salary of $ 1.800 per year, provided he would not interfere with the trade at the Bluffs. Accepting the proposition he \anded at the mouth of a creek now known as Roy's Branch, north of the city, in the fall of 1826. Shortly afterwards he moved to the mouth of Blacksnake creek, where he erected a small log house. 111^1830) he became the sole proprietor of the trading post. Then he erected a large house, located about where the Occidental Hotel stands, northeast of Main and Jule streets.

Robidoux's family lived at St. Louis during his early struggles here. He owned a negro named Poulite, who knew French and who attended to the household duties. Robidoux spoke the various Indian dialects fluently. His English was broken and strongly flavored with the French accent. He was a heavily built man, about five feet ten inches in height, of swarthy complexion and with piercing eyes. He was a natural trader and highly successful in his line. His manners were mild and persuasive and he was polite and hospitable. He died in this city on May 27, 7868, nearly eightyfive y^ears of age and was buried at Calvary cemetery, having been a Catholic. There was a public funeral. Business was suspended and the people generally participated in the last tribute to the founder of their city. Robidoux was, comparatively, a poor man at his death, having lost much of his property by unfortunate speculations.

AUSTIN A. KING, the first judge to hold court in Buchanan County, was born in Sullivan County, Tenn., Sept. 20. 1801: came to Missouri in 1830; in 1834 was chosen to the legislature; in 1837 was appointed judge of the 5th circuit, to which Buchanan County was attached when organized; served until he was elected governor in 1848. In i860 he was a delegate to Charleston where he supported Stephen A. Douglas. He subsequently took the ground that the war was unnecessary. In 1862 he was again made circuit judge, but resigned to go to Congress, where he served 1863-65. He then devoted himself to farming and the practice, of his profession. He died April 22, 1870.

PETER H. BURNETT, the first circuit attorney who prosecuted in Buchanan County, was born in Nashville, Tenn. He was appointed circuit attorney of the 5th judicial circuit in 1837, and after serving, resigned to go to Oregon. In 1848 he went from Oregon to California, of which state he was the first governor, and afterwards one of the judges of the supreme court. He published ''The Path Which Led a Protestant Lawyer to the Catholic Church," T860); "The American Theory of Government Considered With Reference to the Present Crisis," (1861); "Recollections of an Old Pioneer," (1878);, and "Reasons Why We Should Believe in God, Love God and Obey God." (1884). He died May 17, 1895.

ROBERT M. STEWART. Missouri's eccentric governor, was born in Truxton, N. Y., on March 12. 1815. He taught school when he was seventeen and until he was twenty y-ears of age. He then went to Kentucky, studied law and was admitted to the bar at Louisville. In 1839 he came to Buchanan County and located in Bloomington township, practicing law at Sparta and at Blacksnake Hills, wherever the court happened to sit. In 1845 he was elected to the state constitutional convention and soon gained well deserved reputation as a debator. From 1846 to 1857 he was a member of the state senate. In 1857, when Governor Polk resigned, he was elected as a Democrat. He was a delegate from Buchanan County to the convention of 1861. He was not in favor of abolition, but he was against secession, and ardently supported the Union. In fact his decided stand against secession, when so much seemed to depend upon the action of Missouri, helped to save the state to the Union, and made his action one of national consideration. He was one of the projectors of the Hannibal & St. Joseph R. R. and helped to surrey the line and by his eloquence and logic, to secure the right of way. He was a bachelor and a man of many eccentricities. He died September 21, 187 r and there was general suspension of business in St. Joseph upon the day of his funeral. His remains were buried at Mount Mora. The following, which recently . appeared in the Jefferson City Tribune, as a contribution from Col. Jacob T. Child, illustrates the character of Governor Stewart :

' W hen Missouri was in the turmoil of the gigantic struggle between the two great sections of the Republic, Bob Stewart of St. Joseph defeated Gen. James S. Rollins of Boone, one of the greatest men of the then West, for governor. Then Jefferson City was comparatively a small village, the gubernatorial mansion, a frail old frame building, occupying the same site 'where the present mansion stands. It was a time of vast changes. Everything was in an embryotic state. Stewart was a 'Bourbon' in the full sense of the word. A New Yorker, he took the Union side of the cause, but the tide of secession was so strong that he could not stem the current, and he passed down and out with but regrets. His administration was novel in the extreme for many of his actions. As soon as he was inaugurated he had his private secretary, Dr. Peabody, fill out a pardon for William Langston, a prisoner from St, Joseph, charged with aiding in the whipping of a man of worthless character to death. As soon as he could get away from the Capitol he went to the penitentiary and called for Langston. The old man was employed in digging a well. Stewart went to the brink and called him up. As he stepped out of the bucket, the Governor slapped him on the back, exclaiming, 'Billy, old man, let me greet you as a free man for all time,' and handed him his pardon. Langston had befriended Stewart when he was an invalid and had no friends.

"Another time the Governor had been 'social' with a number of friends and in the 'we sma' ' hours called for his horse, rode rapidly up the stairs into the reception room, ordered his servant to open the piano and pour in on the key board a peck of oats, remarking, with an oath, that his horse had just as much right to food and refreshments as the balance of mankind. The hoof marks of the horse could be seen on the stairway until the old mansion had been demolished. Feeling the influence of stimulations to excess, he imagined that he had snakes in his boots, and, sending for a pint of camphor, he poured it into his shoes; he pulled them on, and by night the snakes were gone, as well as all of the skin off of his feet. His pardoning of the female convicts is known to all, and the employment of them in the mansion, where they stole things ad libitum. Notwithstanding these eccentricities he made a good governor. While he was drinking he would never sign a state paper. He was an urgent advocate of internal improvements, and as president of the Hannibal & St. Joseph railroad, never ceased his labors in favor of that great highway till the gleaming steel connected the Mississippi and the Mis- soun, which aided materially in the war of the sections. His reception of the Prince of Wales in St. Louis was so courteous that Albert Edward pronounced him the most Dolished man he had met in the states. But the worm of the still was working in his vitals: he was his worst enemy. Prior to his death I was his major. He was appointed colonel of volunteers under Fremont, but excessive drinking caused General Halleck to relieve him of his command. After that he lived a life of Bohemianism in St. Joseph, till the dark wings of Azrhel overshadowed him, passing away comparatively friendless, and if I mistake not, the grassy hillock that covers his remains has no memorial to mark the spot.

"Thus one of Missouri's most famous governors passed away, and he is mostly known for deeds that should be forgotten, rather for those that should halo his memory. Visiting the state capitol and mingling with its progressive people I could not help thinking when Bob Stewart was the brave "fellow well-met with all, and whose name was a household word from the Ozarks to the Iowas. I offer this laurel leaf in the columns of the Tribune to the memory of a man that might have been worthy of much to imperial Missouri, but he fell by the wayside and passed away as an arrow shot through the air.''

WILLARD P. HALL - This name also figures prominently in the history of Missouri. He was born- at Harper's Ferry, Va., May 9, 1820, and graduated from Yale College. I11 1842 he came to Buchanan County and practiced law at Sparta. Governor Reynolds appointed him circuit attorney. In 1844 he was a Democratic Presidential elector and had the honor of carrying the vote of the state electors for James K. Polk, to W ashington. In 1846, while a candidate for Congress against Judge Birch of Clinton County, lie abandoned the campaign and enlisted as a private in the First Missouri cavalry, upon a call for troops to fight Mexico. He went with Gen. Kearney's expedition, under Col. Alexander W. Doniphan, as far as Santa Fe. He was detailed to aid Colonel Doniphan in preparing a code of law's for the government of the territory of New Mexico. While thus engaged he was notified that he had been elected to Congress. As the Congress to which he had been elected did not meet until December, 1847, he decided to go with General Kearney to California. He wras in Congress for six years. He w'as elected as one of the representatives of Buchanan County to the convention of 1861 and was so ardent in his opposition of secession, that when the convention assumed control of the state he was made lieutenant governor. During the war he wras prominent in the direction of military affairs and upon the death of Governor Gamble, January 31, 1864, General Hall was made governor, which office he filled until the inauguration of Governor Fletcher, January 2, 1865. He then resumed his law7 practice in St. Joseph. and w'as classed as one of Missouri's greatest lawyers. He died November 3, 1882. He wras tw'ice married - to his first wife, Miss Annie E. Richardson, in 1847 and to his second wife, Miss Ollie L. Oliver, in 1864. Of his children. Judge Willard P. Hall lives in St. Joseph.

worked on his father's farm, attended the log cabin school in the neighborhood and spent his leisure time in reading and study. He clerked for a time in a country store and then took up the study of law. He was admitted to the bar in 1842. In 1842 he was a member of the Kentucky legislature. and from 1843 to 1848 he was circuit attorney In 1849 he was elected to the Kentucky constitutional convention. I11 1853 he was again a member of the Kentucky legislature and in August of 1854 he came to St. Joseph, where he opened a law office. In i860 he was elected judge of the Twelfth judicial circuit. He was a Union man during the war and was on the staff of General Willard P. Hall. In 1872 he was nominated by the Democrats for governor and defeated John B. Henderson, the Republican candidate. At the expiration of his term he resumed the practice of law in St. Joseph. In 18^5 he was appointed judge of the criminal court of Buchanan county, which position he held until 1895, when he retired owing to failing health. He died October 9, 1896. During his last illness he embraced the Catholic faith. He was married three times. His last wife was Miss Jennie Lard, daughter of Rev. Moses E. Lard, whom he married December 29, 1866, and who, with two daughters, survives him. He was a man of high character and a powerful advocate before a jury.

M. JEFF THOMPSON. - This man figured as a brilliant genius in the early history of St. Joseph. General Thompson was born at Harper's Ferry, Ya., January 22, 1826. His father Captain Merriweather Thompson, a prominent citizen of that place, was a native of Hanover County, Virginia. He was for years in the paymaster's department of the United, States army at Flarper's Ferry. The proper name of the subject of this sketch was Merriweather. The appellation k'Jefi" was a nick-name applied in childhood, and the manner in which he acquired his middle name is somewhat amusing. It appears that in early life, the future general was anything but a studious child, indeed, w'as sorely addicted to playing truant, and having in numerous instances of desertion from school been found perched on the top of a scavenger's cart driven by an ancient darkey, who rejoiced in the name of Jeff Carlyle. By wray of shaming the young runaway and reclaiming him from his objectionable habit, his friends called him ''Jeff Carlyle." The name, however, clung to him through life and after he had attained to manhood, and emigrated from his native home tO' St. Joseph, many who knew him as "Jeff," and were ignorant or oblivious of the fact that it was a nick-name, continued- so to address him. Powers of attorney were made out to him in this name under which, of course, he could not act, and in consequence he induced the legislature to legally affix "Jeff" to his name. On leaving home in 1846, he stopped in Liberty. Clay county. Missouri, where he clerked in a store about a year, at the end of which period he moved to St. Joseph and engaged as a clerk in the house of Middleton & Riley, remaining in the store till 1852. when he went in their interest to Great Salt Lake City. Returning in the fall, he started in partnership with Major Bogle, a grocery store in St. Joseph. He subsequently closed out his store and accompanied, in the capacity of commissary, the surveyors of the Hannibal & St. Joseph railroad. He afterwards returned from Hannibal in charge of a surveying party, having acquired during his trip by close application, a competent knowledge of practical surveying. He was entrusted with the task of constructing the western division of the Hannibal & St. Joseph railroad, and remained in that position up to the period of its completion in February. 1859. In 1858 he filled the office of city engineer, and in 1859 was elected mayor. He was president of the Maryville or Palmetto &

Roseport railroad (now St. Joseph & member of the firm of Harbine & Grand Island), secretary of the St. Thompson. He saw a great future in Joseph & Topeka Railroad company, the railroad to the west, and had not now out of existence; was a member the circumstances prevented, he might of the Elwood Town company, and have given St. Joseph the first comat the same time engaged in the real mercial place in this region. He estate business in St. Joseph, being a was a military man also, and in i860 and 1861 was colonel of a regiment of state guards. At the critical moment he cast his fortunes with the south and gave all of his wonderful energy and enthusiasm to that cause. The incident of taking the union colors from the postoffice is related in chapter IX. He made a brilliant record as a soldier, attained the rank of brigadier general and was known as "Swamp Fox." Toward the close of 1864, being convinced that his cause was lost, he surrendered his command to the federal authorities, and for a time was a prisoner on Johnson Island, near Sandusky, O. As soon as he was released he accepted the situation and was one of the first of the southern leaders to become reconstructed. Locating in New Orleans after the close of the war he engaged in the grocery and liquor business for a short time, and then, through the influence of General A. L. Lee, who had been a banker in St. Joseph and president of the Elwood Town company, General Thompson was appointed surveyor general of Louisiana, a position which he held for eight years, and the duties of which were so arduous as to completely break down his constitution. Obtaining a leave of absence he traveled for a time and then came to St. Joseph, where he became bedfast and died at the Pacific house, on September 5. 1876. His remainst rest at Mount Mora cemetery. He was a brother to Charles M. Thompson, formerly recorder of the city, and many years deputy under Samuel D. Cowan, clerk of the circuit court, and who now resides in California. Broaddus Thompson, a prominent attorney here, who was noted for his refinement and culture, was also a brother. General Thompson was married at Liberty, Mo., in 1848, to Miss Emma Hays, of Baltimore. Mrs. Al. Bailey of this city, is an offspring of this union.

OLIVER MARTIN SPENCER - Judge Spencer comes from one of those prominent pioneer families of the West who have left such worthy examples and honorable names to their posterity. He was born on the old Spencer homestead, in Crawford Township, Buchanan county, Mo., August 23, 1850. His father, Obadiah M. Spencer, was a native of North Carolina; his mother, Nancy Williams Spencer, a native of Kentucky. His parents came to Missouri in 1837. It was Judge Spencer's good fortune to see much of life and men when he was a boy. His father, who was one of the leading citizens of the Platte Purchase, resided near the line of Platte county, in the "hot-bed" of Southern sympathizers. "Tom," as he was nicknamed, and his four brothers were one day in the company of the rebels, commonly called "bushwhackers," and the next with the Union troops. The boys inclined toward the cause of the South, but their father determined that his sons should neither fight to destroy the Union or oppose those with whom he sympathized, and accordingly sent the older boys across the plains to Denver with a wagon train of freight. "Tom," being too young, remained at home to do active field work - that is, in the corn field. Too young to excite the partisan animosity and suspicion of the contending adherents of North and South, he was still old enough and shrewd enough to appreciate the constant danger that menaced his parents, and with the ubiquity of boyhood he assisted in no small degree in the efforts of his parents to preserve their lives and property from the ravages of war. An incident occurred in 1865, that determined the career of young Spencer. The pedagogue who was teaching his "young ideas how to shoot" concluded one day that his pupil would have to be disciplined on account of a fight he had engaged in with Zeke Whittington at the Spencer school house, in Buchanan county. The youngster, however, differed with the instructor about the necessity for such a proceeding, and while the teacher went after the switch with which to bestow the chastisement, "Tom" tackled Zeke another round or two and then took French leave, and when the teacher returned he had to be satisfied with whipping Zeke.

roundings, went again to St. Joseph, this time to become a student of the high school. This was in 1868, and during the following year he entered the State University at Columbia, Mo. In 1871 he became a student at the Christian University at Canton, Mo., from which he was graduated with one of the honors of the institution in 1873. Subsequently he read law at Leavenworth, residing with his pa-

Oliver M. Spencer

The next morning his father sent him to the Raffington school at St. Jospeln where he remained for a year and made rapid progress in his studies. He has often said that he owes his present vocation in life to Zeke Whittington, whom for many years he has counted as one of his best friends.

After the ending of the school year, young Spencer returned to his father's farm, and after another twelvemonth spent amidst its natural surrents, who had in the meantime removed to Kickapoo, Kan., six miles north of Leavenworth. To reach the office, he was in the habit of riding to the city each morning on horseback and returning home in the evening. In 1874 he entered the law school at Harvard. The following year he opened an office for the practice of his profession at St. Joseph. Like nearly every Missouri lawyer who has made his mark on his time, Judge

Spencer passed through the school of the Prosecuting Attorneyship. The experience therein gained is generally of immediate pecuniary value, as it serves to bring before the people from whom his clients must come, and gives him many opportunities to measure his ability against the experience and skill of his older professional brethren. It is likewise useful in giving the young professional a knowledge of the criminal law. which is not without its value though he practices afterward wholly in the civil branch. Young Spencer was elected and began his term as prosecuting attorney of Buchanan county in 1880, serving the full two years term. During this time he was a member of the legal firm consisting of Williard P. Hall, Jr., and himself, which was known as Spencer & Hall. A decade of practtice had won the favorable opinion of the people of the populous county of Buchanan. It is therefore no surprise to learn that the people acquiesced in the action of representatives of the Democratic party, when in 1886. they nominated Mr. Spencer for circuit judge. It is a fact of special significance and which speaks eloquently of the favor with which he was viewed, that the Republican lawyers of the circuit joined in the call and refused to nominate a candidate against him, a compliment as certainly without political bias as the estimate of his character and fitness, from such a source, was reliable and worthy of consideration. Judge Spencer's term on the bench was characterized by capability and impartialty. He did not occupy the bench the full term, however, as at the end of four years he resigned to accept the position of general solicitor of the Burligton railroad system in Missouri, and he still occupies that place. He was, at one time, a member of the firm of Spencer, Burnes & Mosman. recognized as one of the strongest legal combinations of the state.

Judge Spencer was married in 1875 to Miss Lillian, daughter of Joseph Tootle and a niece of the late Milton Tootle, during his life one of the wealthiest merchants of St. Joseph. Her mother was a sister of James McCord. Mrs. Spencer was a lady of rare accomplishments, but died in 1880, at the age of 24 vears, when her youngest child was only 12 months old. Two bright boys were born to Judge and Mrs. Spencer; Harry Heddens, born July 20. 1877, and Edwin O. M., born July 4, 1879. On March 5, 1895, Judge Spencer was married to Miss Katherine Turner, of Columbia, Mo., a daughter of Col. and Mrs. S. Turner. Thev have a fine baby boy, to whom they have named Tom.

COL. UHN DONIPHAN is a descendant of Don Alfonso Iphan, a Spanish cavalier, knighted by the king of Spain for gallantry on the battlefield. Don Iphan went to Scotland, where the name became anglicised into Doniphan. His son accompanied John Smith to Jamestown in 1607, and in 1650, his grandson, who had married a Miss Mott, was banished by Cromwell, with the Mott family, to Virginia. Charles the Second rewarded their services with a grant of land in the Northern Neck. This fell to one Mott Doniphan, according to the records of King George county, and his descendants lived there until the revolution.

In 1791 Joseph Doniphan, one of the descendants, and the grandfather of our subject, emigrated to Kentucky with his family ar.d spent the first winter in a double log cabin at the mouth of Limestone (now Maysville) with Simon Kenton. He settled and died in Mason county. His son Thomas, the father of our subject, after the war of 1812, settled in Brown county,. Ohio, in order to emancipate a large family of slaves held by inheritance.

He bought a tract of land, built a cabin for each and gave them $50 and a horse apiece. It was here John was born, July 12, 1826. His father dying while he was young he learned the printer's art at Maysville, Kentucky, and in 1844 he entered the clerk's office. through the kindness of Colonel Marshall Key, county and circuit clerk for Mason county, and read law. In 1846 he came to Missouri to

Colonel Doniphan was the first president of the Weston, Atchison & St. Joseph railroad, now the K. C., St. J. & C. B. and was for ten years an attorney for it; he resigned in 1870 to build the Atchison branch of the Chicago & Southwestern, and in 1872 was elected attorney of the St Joseph & Denver City, now the Grand Island, accompany his unde, Colonel Alexander W. Doniphan, on his expedition to Chihuahua, but being dissapointed, returned to Kentucky and graduated at the law school at Louisville in the class of 1847; and in 1848 returned to Missouri and settled at Weston, then the second city in the state. On the first day of April. 1849. he became a member of the bar of Buchanan County, as shown by the which enabled him to add many miles of railroad to the city of St. Joseph, and held the position for fifteen years. For eight years he was a manager of the Asylum board and part of the time president.

In 1854 Colonel Doniphan was elected as a Whig to the legislature in Platte county by 106 votes against 600 Democratic majority, the first Whig ever elected to office in the county in a contest. In 1862 he was elected as lieutenant colonel of the Thirty-ninth Missouri militia and was in active service much of the time to the end of the war. In 1862 he was elected to the senate and served four years, and in 1867 to the house. Both positions were without opposition ar.d involved great responsibility. Afterwards he was lected judge of the court of common pleas in his absence and without his knowledge. He was one of the first and most effective campaigners against the test oath and other obnoxious features of the Drake constitution, and his attitude subjected him to much personal risk in those troublesome times. Colonel Doniphan has been an enthusiastic Odd Fellow for fifty years, and has filled the position of Grand Master and Grand Representative. He has achieved fame as a lawyer, as an orator and as a historian. He has given much of his time to the public without the hope of reward, holding this to be one of the duties of correct citizenship. In April of 1898, he consented to become a candidate on the Democratic ticket for the office of police judge, and was elected by an overwhelming vote to this position, which he now holds. Colonel Doniphan was married November 18, 1852, to Fannie Thornton, daughter of Colonel John Thornton, one of the pioneers of Clay county, Mo. They had three sons, all of whom are .dead. Mrs. Doniphan is a noble woman, who has given much of her time and means to charity, and who is now at the head of several Christian and philanthropical organizations.

ENOS CRAIG, ex-sheriff, ex-citv marshal and ex-county clerk, was born in Holmes county. Ohio, April 27, 1829, and came to St. Joseph in 1850; went to California in 1852 ar.d returned to St. Joseph in 1859. He was elected sheriff in 1862, serving two years, was mail agent about fifteen years; city marshal twice, deputy United States marshal twice, and in 1894, was declared elected county clerk over Robert M. Nash, Democrat. Held the office about six months and was forced to retire, under Judge A., M. Woodson's desision, the election having been contested. He was married to Miss Emily Barnes, April 4, 1852, and they have four children.

GEORGE M. HAUCK, a veteran miller was born June 15, 1831, in Germany, and came to America when 1 year old. He lived at Cincinnati and in Indiana till 1865, when he came to St. Joseph and engaged in the milling business. He was city collector from 1872 to 1874. Was married in 1863 to Miss Elizabeth Becker, in Indiana. She died August 20, 1867, leaving him one boy. In 1869 he was married to Miss Catherine Wagner, who with three girls is still living.

Thomas Perry Gordon

THOMAS PERRY GORDON, live stock commission and grain merchant, was born in Andrew county, Mo., August ^o 1858. He attended the St. Joseph high school, and since 1887 has been engaged in his present business, his office being No. 33 Board of Trade building. Mr. Gordon was married December 25, 1883, at Morrill, Kna., to Miss Lena Watts, who was born in Indiana in 1867. They have two children, a boy and a girl.

ORRILLIS E. SHULTZ, assistant prosecuting attorney, was born in Gentry county, February 21, 1871, his father being a farmer. He attended school at the Northwest, Missouri college, Albany and at Clarence, Mo., later taking a course in the Missouri State University, from which he graduated in 1898. Came to St. Joseph in June, 1898, and began to practice law: was appointed assistant prosecuting attorney January 1, 1899.

Dr. Milton B. Townsend

DR. MILTON B. TOWNSEND was born in this city May 15, 1868. His father, John Townsend, is one of the most prominent business men in St. Joseph. Dr. Townsend was educated in the St. Joseph public schools, and then took up the study of medicine. taking a thorough course and graduating with high honors from the Jefferson medical college, Philadel-

Republican; he represented the second ward in the city council for two years, and was a member of the first nonpartisan school board. He was married at Lafayette, Mo., in 1882, to Miss Eliza O. Shindel, and they have two children, a boy and a girl.

phia. He was assistant physician at the Home of the Friendless, was assistant demonstrator of anatomv at Ensworth medical college and physician to the Free Kindergarten.

DAYID E. MARSHALL, contractor, was born at Lewes, Del., September 18, 1856, and came West in 1881, locating in St. Joseph, and engaging in the building business, as a contractor of brick work. Mr. Marshall is a

1841, and came to St. Joseph in 1865. He was manager of the Pacific Hotel for fourteen years, after which he engaged in the grocery business; from 1884 to 1887 was coal oil inspector for St. Joseph. In 1896 he was elected city treasurer and the first Democrat to hold that office in twenty-five years. He was re-elected in 1898 and is now serving his second term. He was married in St. Joseph ir. 1871 to Miss Joan McDonald.

HATHON G. GETCHELL, manager of the Merchants' Transfer company, was born in Bath, Maine, in August, 1855. His father was a native of New Brunswick, and was a shipbuilder and contractor and builder. Our subject had a high .school and business education, then learned the roofer's trade, and after a partnership with his father, located in Memphis, Term., where he engaged in the roofing business, remaining until 1884, when he came to St. Joseph and was engaged with the St. Joseph Gas company. A year later he formed the St. Joseph Roofing company in partnership with C. H. Nash. Two years later he went into partnership with James N. Burnes, Jr., in the street paving business, which was successfully carried on for several years. Mr. Getchell meantime inventing a new paving known as ''Getchell's Composite Paving." He was also general manager and secretary of the Empire Eoan Association, which he was instrumental in organizing. Was appointed internal revenue collector in 1889, but resigned eighteen months later. He is now the manager of the Merchants' Transfer company. Mr. Getchell is prominent in Masonic circles, and is an active. Republican. He was married February 10, 1880, to Minnie, daughter of Ex- State Senator Thomas L. Whetstone, of Cincinnati, and she has borne him four children, two girls and two boys.

JAMES W. MYTTON. prosecuting attorney of Buchanan county, is a native of London, England, where he was born in 1869. He came to America in 1879, remained in New York City one year, then removed to Iowa; and came to St. Joseph in 1886, and worked for the American Express company. In 1888 he began the study of law with Green & Burnes and was admitted to the bar in 1890. He was elected city attorney in 1894, and gained his present position in 1898,

COL. JOHN F. TYLER, real estate, loans and insurance, is a native of Jenesville, Va., born September 12, 1838. Mr. Tyler graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1859, and went to Lexington, Mo., where he taught school. He entered the army in 1861, as a private, was elected major; later was colonel of the First Missouri, was in charge of the Southwestern Missouri, district; came to St. Joseph in 1865; was merchant and farmer till 1872, when he began practicing law, and later engaged in his present business. He was married in Lexington, Mo., November 9, 1862, to Miss Jane E. Spratt, who did May 8, 1887.

JOHN DE CLUE, proprietor of the St. Joseph planning mill, and a prominent building contractor, is a native of New York city, where he was born in 1821, and where he was educated and learned the carpenter trade. In 1848 he went to Illinois, but returned to New York in 1852, where he remained till 1859, when he came to St. Joseph. He has built up an enviable reputation as a contractor and builder. The court house, the Tootle residence and other fine structures, are monuments to -his skill.

DR. CHARLES H. DARBY, dentist, was born in Chenango County, N. Y., July 2, 1845, and graduated from the Pennsylvania Dental college. He came to St. Joseph in 1866, and has achieved fame in his profession; has held the position of president of the State Dental Association. He was married in 1881 to a daughter of Judge Leonard, of Fayette, Mo., and their daughter is the wife of George B. Dunbar, auditor of the C., B. & Q. R. R. Co., of Chicago.

JACOB GEIGER. M. D., one of the foremost surgeons in the west, was born July 25, 1848, in Wurtema miller. Our subject came to America in a sailing vessel in 1856, with his mother, and went in Illinois, where burg. Germany. His father. Anton Geiger, was a real estate dealer. His mother's maiden name was Maria G. Eberhart, and she was the daughter of the two sons had previously located. In the spring of 1858, the entire family moved to Brown county, Kan., where the mother died in the following

November. Jacob then came to St. Joseph and worked for a dairyman. In i860 he went to Illinois, worked on a farm and attended school, returning to St. Joseph in 1865 and entering his brother's grocery as a clerk. In 1866 he graduated from Bryant's business college and then worked as weighmaster for a time in a pork packing house. He had been readingmedicine with Dr. Galen E. Bishop for some time, which he continued while clerking in a drug store. In 1868 he began to practice medicine, continuing until 1870. when he entered the University of Louisville, graduating in 1872. Returning to St. Josenh he practiced general medicine with exseptional success until 1890, when he confined his practice to surgery. Dr. Geiger was one of the prime movers in the organization of the St. Joseph Hospital Medical college, where he filled the chair of anatomy. In 1880 he helped organize the college of Physicians and Surgeons, in which he filled the chair of surgery, which position he assumed when the two colleges were consolidated in 1883; was also dean of the faculty, which position he held until 1889, when the name of the college was changed to Ensworth, in accordance with the bequest of the late Samuel Ensworth. He is a life trustee of this college. In 1890 he was one of the organizers of the Marion Sims Medical college at St. Louis, where he delivered lectures twice a week for several years. Dr. Geiger started the Medical Herald in 1887, which is still in existence. He is a member of numerous medical associations and takes a keen interest in matters pertaining to the advancement of his profession. He was married in 1887 to Louise, daughter of William Kollatz. Mrs. Geiger was born at Atchison, Kan. Dr. Geiger is an active Republican, and was four years a member of the city council. He

PURD B. WRIGHT, librarian of the Free Public Library, was born near Weston, Platte County, Mo., Sept. 4, i860. His father died in 1865, and. with his mother, he moved in 1867 to Cameron, where he went to school and worked or; a farm until sixteen, when he learned the printers' trade, and was for nine years on the Vindicator as printer, reporter and editor. He came to St. Joseph in 1883 and was city editor of the Herald, resigning in April of 1885 to become city clerk, which position he held until 1895, under Mayors Hartwig, Doyle, Er.glehart and Sheoherd. He was instrumental in establishing the Free Public Library; was secretary of the Commercial Club in 1895-96; has been librarian for three years. He was married to Miss Lulu M. Floyd at Sioux Ci* v, Iowa, in 1885.

DR. ARTILEUS V. BANES was born near Zanesville, Ohio, Feb. 19, 1845, where he received his primary education; came to St. Joseph in April. 1858. with his step-father, the late Judge John A. Dolman. He took a classical course with Professor E. B. Neely of St. Joseph and in i860 went to Denver and later to Montana, where he was successful in mining for four years. Returning to St. Joseph, he read medicine, was graduated from Jefferson College, Philadelphia, in 1868, and has become celebrated in his profession. He was married in Philadelphia, March, 1873, to Miss Bessie Davis.

ALFRED G. STEERE, bookkeeper. was born at Providence, R. I., Jan. 31, 1864. He attended schools at Providence and at Dundee, N. Y.; came to St. Joseph in October, 1887, and for three years kept the St. Charles Hotel.

DR. OSMON B. CAMPBELL, one of the leading physicians and surgeons of St. Joseph, was born in Alliance, Stark county, Ohio, March 8, i860. The doctor is of Scotch descent, his paternal grandfather having been a native of Scotland. Dr. Campbell's father, the Rev. D B. Campbell, was a circuit rider and minister of the M. E. church in Ohio and Pennsylvania, several years and obtained a large practice. In 1887 he came to St. Joseph where the field was larger and he has now as extensive a clientage as any physician in the city. While at Easton the doctor entered, and graduated from the Jefferson Medical college of Philadelphia. He became one of the directors of the Northwestern Medical college, and prior to the civil war. Our subject came with his parents to Doniphan county, Kansas, in 1869, and he attended school at Highland University. At the age of 19 he began the study of medicine, and graduated from the Northwestern Medical college of St. Joseph in 1881. He then engaged in practice at Rising City, Neb., but soon located at Easton, Buchanan countv. where he remained later became prominent in the organization of the Central Medical college. He is identified with several medical societies. His fame as a surgeon is widespread and he is often called to perform difficult operations at distant points. Dr. Campbell was married in Sept., 1881, to Miss Paralie Chesney, daughter of Dr. J. P. Chesney of this city. They have two children, both bovs.

JOSEPH PORTER GRUBB, lawyer. was born in Pike county. 111., February 3, 1833. Mr. Grubb received little education in his early youth, and began clerking at ihe age of 17. In 1853 he went to Weston, where he clerked a year and finally reached St. Joseph, where he read law with Judge Silas Woodson, and Bela M. Hughes. Was admitted to the bar in '56 and elected city attorney in i860. Then he was made circuit attorney for the twelfth district. From 1865 to 1868. he practiced law and was circuit 'judge from 1872 to 1886. with a short interval in which Judge Sherman served. Judge Grubb was circuit judge for a longer period than any other incumbant and is one of the oldest practiconers at the Buchanan county bar. He was married October. 1857. to Miss Cora A. Keedy.

JOHN C. WYATT, secretary and treasurer of the Townsend & Wyatt Dry Goods Company, son of Elder J. J. and Emily M. (Gooding) Wyatt, was born in St. Joseph August 11, 1845; was given a public school education, and began life in i860. In 1875 he became a member of the firm pf Townsend & Wyatt. In 1890 he organized the Townsend, Wyatt & Emery Dry Goods Company; their store at Sixth and Edmond was burned Sept. 25. 1893. and they then occupied their present quarters at Fifth and Felix, resuming the original firm name. Mr. Wyatt wa? married in 1875 to Miss Kate Garrard, near Centralia, Mo. She died in 1889. leaving three children.

ALVAH PATEE CLAYTON, of Sheridan-Clayton Paper Company, was born at Ashley, Ohio, Dec. 27, i860, and came to St. Joseph with his parents in 1865. Here he attended school and then engaged in business, showing marked ability. He is now, in connection with J. J. Sheridan, at the head of one of the largest concerns west of the Mississippi. He has twice been elected president of the Commercial Club; was also potentate of Moila Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He was married in 1887 to Miss Mattie M. Gunn, and they have three boys.

Dr. Henry W. Westover

DR. HENRY W. WESTOVER, one of the most successful homeopathic physicians of the West, was born near Cleveland. Ohio. July 1, 1851, and was reared in Iowa. He graduated from the Chicago Medical College in 1871. Later he availed himself of hospital practice in New York and abandoned allopathy for homeopathy. He came to St. Joseph ir. 1874 and has been successful . He is a close student and has made bacteriology a special study. He has held important positions in the medical world, and is known all over the state. Dr. Westover married Miss Mollie L. Christopher Oct. 29, 1879.

CHARLES SANDERS SHEPHERD, city clerk oi St. Joseph, was born February 1, 1866, at Yalley Falls, Kan. His father Sanders R.. was a native of Michigan, ar.d his mother Mary Crosby Shepherd, was born in Maine. Mr. Shepherd lived in Troy, Kan.. Kansas City, Mo.. Pueblo, Colo., and Leavenworth. Kan., till 1892, when he came to St. Joseph. He is a machinist and was for some years a commercial traveler. He attended school at Troy. Kan. Mr. Shepherd was appointed city clerk in 1895, and is now serving his second term. He made a very complete revision of the city ordinances during his first term and did much toward simplifying and codifying the laws. He was married May 9, 1897, to Miss Lenore Embrey. Mr. Shepherd was the founder of the Royal Court, a very thriving secret order.

DONAT BOEGLE, dealer in shoes, 423 Felix street, was born at Hauenstein, grand duchy of Baden, February 10, 1832, the son of Blasius Boegle. After learning the trade of shoemaker lie came to the United States, locating in New York. In November of T857, lie came to St. Joseph, and began business in a small way. He prospered, .and the business he established is now are Bertha (Mrs. W. H. Morlock), Oscar, Clara and Juliette. Mr. Boegle gave ciose attention to his business and was ever a robust man. Early in January he took sick and his trouble developed into pneumonia, from which he died on January 18, 1898. The funeral services were held at Immaculate Conception Catholic church, and his remains were laid away at Mount one of the best retail houses in its line in the city. He was first married at Havre, France, and his wife died in this city. Of this union there were three children, two of whom, Henry O. and Mrs. John J. Neenan, survive. November 15, 1864, he married Miss Katherine Von Arx, born at Neundorff, Switzerland, in 1839, the daughter of Caspar and Maria Theresa Von Arx. Of this union there were eight children. Those who survive

STEPHEN S. BROWN, attorney was born February 14, 1846, in St. Lawrence county, N. Y. Mr. Brown went to DeKalb county, Mo., in 1869, where he practiced his profession until June 1, 1882, when he came to St. Joseph. He has successfully conducted many of the most difficult cases tried in the courts of the district and state.

MAJOR T. J. CHEW, capitalist and loan broker, was born in Columbus, O., in 1838. He received his education at the best schools of Cincinnati. After a brief stay in Iowa, he went to New York, and from 1858 till 1861, was in the insurance business there. He located in St. Joseph in 1861, and was in the wholesale grocery trade till 1874, when he engaged in the in the brokerage business. Major Chew served during the war, on the staff of General Willard P. Hall, and was quartermaster of the department of St. Joseph. From 1872 to 1873, he was president of the board of trade. Major Chew married Miss K. M. Forbes in 1861, whom he survives.

JOSEPH A. PINER, ex-mayor of St. Joseph, and member of the Missouri legislature, was born in Boone county, Ky., August 13, 1830; came to St. Joseph in 1862, and had a general store at Eleventh and Penn streets, which burned- ran a saw mill at Lake Contrary for twelve years, and then engaged in the omnibus business with Colonel Gates. Was mayor four years, and originated the city scrip; is now serving his second term in the legislature. Was married in 1851 to Miss Elizabeth Maine, who died in 1861, and in 1862 to Miss Sophie Bennett, who died in 1890.

WILLIAM G. FAIRLEIGH, capitalist, was born at Elizabethtown, Hardin county, Ky., February 9, 1830. In 1843 he came to Missouri with his parents, worked for Smith & Donnell and Milton Tootle and subsequently entered into partnership with the latter, and was interested in numerous mercantile enterprises until his retirement from actual business. Was married in October, i860, to Miss Alice O'Neill, sister of Mrs. Kate Tootle.

Major H. R. W. Hartwig

MAJOR H. R. W. HARTWIG was born at Niedermoellrich, province of Hessen, Germany, April 11, 1837, where he was educated. At the age of 17, he came to the United States, landing at New York. Thence he went to Cleveland, where he remained until the fall of 1857, when he came to St. Joseph. One year after his arrival he engaged in the retail grocery business, which he continued with success until

1863, when he went into the grain and produce trade for a year. In 1864 he embarked in the wholesale grocery and liquor business. In 1869 his brother, Ernest F., became a partner in the business, the grocery feature of which was abandoned in 1870. In 1888 Major Hartwig retired from the firm and the business is still conducted by E. F. Hartwig. Major Hartwig has taken an active interest in public affairs since he came to St. Joseph. At the outbreak of the civil war, he enlisted in Captain Harbine's company of militia and on August 21, 1862, was promoted by Governor Gamble to the rank of first lieutenant. In October of

1864, he organized Hartwig's Independent Artillery company, and was commissioned by Governor Hall as captain thereof. In October, 1865, when the Missouri militia was re-organized he was commissioned by Governor Fletcher as major of the Second regiment. In 1867 Governor Fletcher did him further honor by appointing his as a commissioner to represent Missouri at the Paris exposition. In 1870 he was elected city collector and served one term. In 1884 he was elected mayor of St. Joseph, and served two years. It was during Mayor Hartwig's administration that the most momentous event , in the municipal history of St. Joseph occurred - the adoption of the charter making this a city of the second class. Only those who were familiar with city affairs before the change thor- oughly realize the importance of this step. Mayor Hartwig was prominently identified with the board of trade and later with the Commercial club, of which he was president from 1894 to 1897. In 1888 Major Hartwig was nominated for congress by the Republican party, of which he had been a prominent and active member since its earliest days That he was defeated was not to his discredit, for no man in this district could have overcome the late James N. Burnes, who was Major Hartwig' s opponent. Since his retirement from the business he established in St. Joseph Major Hartwig has devoted his time to the management of his estates here and in the west. March 1, i860, he was married to Miss Carolina Kuechler, who died December 2, 1885. Of this union there sprang two sons, George Henry, born in i860, who is dead, and Ernst C., born January 1, 1864, who survives, and who is cashier of the First National bank. March 24, '98, Major Hartwig was married a second time to Miss Emma Vegely, of this city, and they have but recently returned from an extended tour of Europe.

JOHN S. LEMON, capitalist, wras born in Bullitt County, Ky., August 15, 1833; came to St. Joseph, 1850; clerked in a store two years and was a partner ten years. From 1862 to 1870 was a partner of Isaac T. Hosea in the dry goods business; was president of the Merchants' Bank several years; was also administrator of the Tootle estate and curator of minor heirs. The Tootle-Lemon Bank was organized in 1889 by him and others. He is also a stockholder in the Buell Woolen Mills and other large enterprises. Mr. Lemon was married Jan. 13, 1870, to Miss Annie I. Samuel of St. Joseph, and four children have been borr. to them.

SILAS McDONALD Jr., cashier of the State National Bank, was born in St. Joseph in 1855. His father was Dr. Silas McDonald. Our subject attended school in St. Joseoh and took a course in the Universitv of Pennsylvania. In 1873 he engaged in the banking business, which he has since followed. He was married at Harrodsburg. Ky., in 1877 to Miss Mary Marimon. They have four children. Silas, the eldest, is studying medicine at the Universitv of Pennsylvania; Thomas is in High Scnool. and Joan and Rosa Bird are attending grammar school.

Thompson E. Potter. M. D.

THOMPSON E. POTTER. M. D., was born in Clinton county, Mo., December 18, 1849, and is the son of Thomas and Hessa (Smith) Potter. His maternal grandfather was Thompson Smith, prominently identified with the early history of Missouri. Until his 16th year, Dr. Potter attended the common schools, and then entered McGee college, located near Macon City. After graduating, he began teaching, and took up the study of medicine. Overcoming almost insurmountable obstacles he entered Jefferson Medical college, Philadelphia, in the fall of 1873, and graduated in March, 1875, taking a prize for the best thesis. Directly after graduating Dr. Potter returned to Missouri and located at Cameron, where he remained for about eleven years, building up a large and lucrative practice. While living at Cameron, he was called to the chair of physiology and diseases of the nervous system, in the Northwestern Medical college of St. Joseph, which position he held for many years, and which he resigned because of his rapidly increasing practice. From 1882 to 1886 he wras one of the surgeons of the Hannibal & St. Joseph railroad, - and in 1883 he was, though a Democrat, appointed by President Arthur as a member of the pension examining board for the Third and Surgical Reporter, which he congressional district. Dr. Potter lo- edited for some years. In his early cated in St. Joseph in 1887, and has struggles he received every er.courageachieved both success and fame in his ment and sympathy from his mother, profession. He was Identified with a woman remarkable for her energy the Northwestern Medical college for some years after coming here, and withdrew to become one of the founders of the Central Medical college. In 1889 he founded the Western Medical and lofty ambition, for her nobility of purpose and strength of character, and he naturally feels proud when he sees in his successful present the fruition of her prophecies and his hones.

MICHAEL LAWLOR, publisher of the Catholic Tribune, was born at Quebec, Canada, Nov. 30, 1841. His father. David Lawlor, a carriage maker, and his mother, whose maiden name was Margaret Sullivan, were born in Ireland, and came to the province in 1830. After learning the printers' trade, Mr. Lawlor went to New York and thence to Liberty, Clay County, Mo. He came to St. Joseph in 1872 and entered the emplov of the Steam Printing Company, where he worked first as compositor and then as superintendent. In 1889 he purchased a half interest in the Catholic Tribune, which he retained for three years. In 1894 he became the sole proprietor of this publication, which has prospered under his able guidance. At Liberty Mr. Lawlor marrieu Miss Margaret McCormick, daughter of Thomas and Dorothea (Alexander) McCormick. Nine children - - four boys and five girls - were born into this union, all of whom survive.

came to Missouri in 1836; left school left school at the age of 14, without a dollar, and began in a struggling way his mercantile career; came to Andrew county in 1846; later joined Abram Nave in Oregon Holt Co., in a general store, as Nave & Mc- Cord. The present firm was established in 1857. He was married in 1854 to Miss Mary E. Halleck, of Kentucky.

ULRICH SCHNEIDER, insurance agent and notary public, was born March 30, 1837, at Wurtenburg, Germany. He came to Weinsberg, Ohio, in 1852, and learned the trade shoemaking. After some time spent in various states, he came to St. Joseph in 1861, engaging in the shoe business. He served four years in the army, his last service being with the Forty-third Missouri volunteers. After four years in business in De- Kalb, Buchanan county, he returned to St. Joseph, and was four years deputy county clerk. He was married July 24, 1861, to Miss Katherine Schott, who died April 10, 1880, leaving twelve children, the eldest J. George, being now vice president of the German American bank.

WM. LEE MARKS, druggist, 1410 North Fourth street, was born near Canton, Mo., in 1858, the son of John W. and Elizabeth (Blackburn; Marks. His father was a carpenter and farmer. Our subject studied under Dr. Marchand near Monticello, Mo., and first established himself in business at Avillo, Kan., in 1886, where his stock was destroyed by a cyclone. In 1891 he located in St. Joseph, and by close and successful business methods has built up a patronage of which many of the older druggists would be proud. In 1886 he was married to Miss Ella Owens, born at Maysville, Ky. They have four daughters living, Maggie, Mary, Josie and Ruby. A son died. Mr. Marks is a Democrat, a Baptist and belongs to the Knights of Pythias and Modern Woodmen.

HARRY CARLETON WEBSTER, printer and newspaper man, was born in Haverhill, Mass., Oct. 1, 1861. His parents were Daniel W. and Ann (Carleton) Webster. Our subject attended the grade and high schools of Utica, Mo., graduating from the latter. He learned the printers' trade and began work at it in LTtica in 1875. He is a Republican in politics. Mr. Webster was married Jam. 4, 1885, in Plattsburg, Mo., to Miss Julia M. Powell, who died May 18, 1898, leaving him two little girls.

ROBERT M. NASH, county clerk, was born in Maury county, Tenn., October 24, 1858. His father was John M. Nash, a native of Canton, Mass., who, at the age of 27, went to Kentucky, to build a railroad, who married M iss Jane Elizabeth Carter of Carlisle, Kv., mother of our subject, and who died at Nashville in 1871 He was a prominent contractor in his day, and during the war was superintendent of history of his contest for this office appointed chief clerk of the money order department of the postoffice under Colonel John C. Evans. In 1888 he was married to Anna, the daughter of Michael Connelly, an old and prosperous resident of St. Joseph. In 1890 he was appointed bookkeeper at Asylum No. 2, which place he held until 1894, when he was elected county clerk on the Democratic ticket. The construction of the Nashville & Chatanooga railroad. After his death the widow, with six children came to St. Joseph, where her parents had come in 1857. Her children, Harvey C., Mrs. Dr. John M. Austin, Edward H., Arthur E., Mrs Carl Lepine and Robert are all living. Robert attended the public schools at Louisville, Nashville and St. Joseph. At the age of 15 he was apprenticed to Thomas Elfred and learned the drug business, which he followed until 1886, when he wa with Enos Craig, his opponent, and final triumph are recorded in a previous chapter. In 1898 he was again nominated for this office and again elected over Mr. Craig. Mr. Nash has placed the affairs of the county clerk's office upon an excellent system, and has demonstrated his worth and ability in many ways. He has been a consistent Democrat. He is a convert to the Catholic faith. Mr. and Mrs. Nash have one child living, a son, named Evans, after the postmaster under whom Mr. Nash served.

HARRY McCORD TOOTLE, coal oil inspector and merchant; was born in St. Joseph November 4, 1853. His parents were Joseph W. and Sarah (McCord) Tootle. Our subject graduated from the St. Joseph high school in 1872, and delivered the address at the laying of the corner stone of the present high school building, as president of the High School Alumni association. He was married December, 1880 to Miss Mabel King, daughter of Ex-Governor Austin A. King, and their three children, Harry King, 16; Lillian, 13; and Mary, 4, are all living.

CARROLL LEONARD CONNETT, brick manufacturer, was born in Buchanan Countv Oct. 27, 1856. He attended the country schools and spent two years in the St. Joseph High School. He was raised on a farm, engaged in r>ork packing, and then in the brick-making business, and is a large manufacturer, his plant being at South Park. Mr. Connett was for many years a Democrat, but now adheres to the Republican faith. He was married April, 25, 180= to Miss Lena, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. C. J. Siemens, and one boy and one girl have been born to them.

CHARLES J. BORDEN, manufacturer of implements, was born in Tiverton, R. I., Lebruary 20, 1839. He attended the common schools and adopted the business of a mechanic. In 1861 he enlisted in the Lirst Rhode Island Light Artillery, and was with the Army of the Potomac till 1864. Prom 1864 to 1865 was in the navy. In 1871 went to Macon county, Mo., and came to St. Joseph in 1883. Mr. Borden is a Republican, and served four years in the cibr council. He was married in Williamantic, Conn., to Miss Jennie M. Knight. They have one son, Alfred A. Borden.

HENRY K. WHITE, lawyer, was born in Alachua county, Ela., July 16, 1840. He attended the college of the city of New York, from which he graduated in i860. In 1862 he graduated from the law school of Columbia college, N. Y., and came to St. Joseph in 1865, where has attained a high professional reputation. Mr. Whn ' has never sought public office. He was married in St. Joseph in December, 1882, to Miss Emila G. Blanchard, who has borne him five children, all girls.

Charles Allen Buddy

CHARLES ALLEN BUDDY, wholesale fruit and produce dealer at 108 North Second street, is the son of Phillip* and Sophia M. (Stein) Buddy. He was born in Adams County, Pennsylvania, Nov. 1, 1856. His father was born in Pennsylvania and was a prominent contractor in this city. His mother was born at Frederick City, Md. Mr. Buddy came to St. Joseph in 1868; graduated at the Christian Brothers' College in the class of 1873; married Miss Annie E. Farrell of this city Nov. 4, 1879, of which union there are seven children, five girls and two boys. Mr. Buddy has been engaged in his present business since 1881. He is a Democrat in politics and a Catholic in religion.

FREDERICK C. KU'EHL, merchant tailor, was born in Oldenburg, Holstein, March 8 1850. He was educated and learned his trade in his native country; also worked in a wholesale grocery in Hamburg. He came to New York in 1868, going thence to Chicago, St. Louis, Memphis, New Orleans, Cheyenne and Omaha. He came to St. Joseph in 1870 and began his present business in 1871. He was elected to the council in 1897, and is now chairman of the finance committee. Mr. Kuehl was married April 10, 1872, to Miss Bertha Volk.

DAVID J. HEATON, Sr., at the time of his death the oldest undertaker in the United States, was a striking example of the sturdiness of the early settlers of Buchanan county. Our subject was born in Philadelphia, Pa., December 16, 1808, and at an early age, removed to Butler county, Ohio, where at the age of 10 years, he was apprenticed to the cabinet making trade at Maysville, Ky., serving seven years. After spending several years in various states, Mr. Heaton finally located in St. Joseph, in 1845, and started a cabinet shop in the village, which then contained about 300 inhabitants. His business thrived, and though he lost $3,000 by going on a sheriff's bond and $6,000 by fire, he kept at work enlarging his business and amased a competency. He was the first undertaker in the city and continuing in the business until he sold out to his son, David E., in 1881. Mr. Heaton was a member and chairman of the city council in i^58-59- He also engaged in the hotel business and established the Heaton home on north Sixth street, now known as the Central. Mr. Heaton was twice married. .His first wife was Miss Emily Donovan of Augusta, Ky., whom he married July 31, 1832. She died in 1849, having borne him seven children. In 1851, he married Miss Lucinda King of Boone county, Mo., She bore him four children the second of whom David E., is now at the head of the undertaking establishment started by our subject. Mr. Heaton, who was widely known as the oldest living undertaker, died in St. Joseph, April 26, 1898, aged over 89 years.

MANFRED M. RIGGS, city comptroller, was born in Georgetown, Me., September 20, 1845. He was sent to the high school, at Cambridge, Mass., after which he located in Portland, Me.; came to St. Joseph June 1, 1889. Was cashier of the Central Savings Bank five years from 1889 to 1894; in 1897 was appointed city comptroller. Mr. Riggs was married in Topsham, Me., in 1865. His eldest son, Leon, was a sergeant in the Fourth Missouri volunteers during the Spanish-American war.

MAURICE CONNOR, boilermaker, was born in Ireland in 1847, came to America in 1864, locating in Pennsylvania, and then came to St. Joseph in March, 1865. He learned the boilermakers' trade and was for many years with the K. C., St. J. & C. B. R. R. Co., working in that capacity. Mr. Connor . was married in 1879 to Miss Lizzie Carroll and she has borne him seven children, six girls and one boy, all of whom are living.

George Warren Samuel

GEORGE WARREN SAMUEL, one of the oldest settlers of the Platte purchase, was born June, 1810, at Newcastle, Henry county, Ky. At the age of 17 he started west and reached Howard county, Mo., in 1828. In 1838 he went to Platte City, and later to Savannah, where remained for some time. He hen came to St. Joseph. He died February 18, 1899.

DR. WILLIAM B. DAVIS, physician and surgeon, Sixth and Felix, was born in Platte county, Mo., Jan. 4, 1836, his father C. C. Davis, being at minister of the M. E. church south. After attending the common schools he studied medicine, graduated in 1880 from the Missouri Medical college, and has since practiced in Buchanan county. He was county physician eight years, and from 1896 to 1898 was health officer of St. Joseph. Dr. Davis was married in St. Joseph in 1883 to Miss Dora Pullins, and she has borne him a boy and three girls. Dr. Davis is a Democrat in politics.

William H. Carpenter

WILLIAM H. CARPENTER was born in Luray, Page County, Va., July 10, 1844. Came to Missouri in 1854, and located on a farm in Marion township this county; enlisted in the First Missouri (Confederate) cavalry, and participated in many battles, being twice wounded. After the war went to Arkansas and two years later came to St. Joseph, and was as a traveling salesman for thirteen years. Is president of the Dillon Cement company. Was married in Arkansas in 1866, to Miss Elizabeth Clark, and a second time in Forrest City, Mo., to Miss Martha E. Sedgwick.

JOSIAH BEAT IE MOSS, lumberman, was born in St. Joseph on the spot where the Pacific house now stands. His father, Preston T. Moss, was a Kentuckian; his mother (Susan Henry Beattie), was from Virginia. Mr. Moss has been engaged in the lumber business for many years and is a member of the Dougherty & Moss Lumber company, at Tenth and Mitchell avenue. He was married in 1891 to Miss Mary Wood Leach, daughter of Lewis and Ellen J. W. Leach of St., Joseph; one girl, Catherine Corby, one boy, Preston Leach, were born into the union.

THEODORE A. FOWLER, real estate. 1716 Faraon, was born in Greensburg, Ind., in January, 1832. He came to the Platte Purchase in 1837, and to St. Joseph in 1846, gaining his education in the common schools of the early days. He has been a merchandise salesman and was engaged in the revenue and postal service. During the war he served in the Twentyfifth Enrolled, Mo., militia, and Third Provisional regiment. He was also United States commissioner's clerk, under the enrollment act. Mr. Fowler was married June 9, 1854 to Miss Martha D. Hopkins, who died April 29, 1855.

WALTER THOMAS AYLESBURY, car accountant Burlington Route, was born December 26, 1864, the son of Thomas Aylesbury, chief car builder of the same road. Our subject came to St. Joseph January 24, 1871, and atended the public schools, later graduating from the Christian Brothers' college. He at once engaged in railroading and has been with his present employers as car accountant since 1882. He married Miss Gertrude Reid October 14, 1892, and two children Helen and Dorothy, have been born to them.

FREDERICK WENZ, dealer in boots and shoes, is a native of Germany, coming to St. Joseph from the old country, July 6, i860. In 1864 he enlisted as a private in company A, Forty-third Missouri volunteer Infantry, and on his return went into the boot and shoe business. Mr. Wenz is a prominent Odd Fellow, and is Past Commander of Chester Harding Post, G. A. R. In politics he is a Republican. He was married in 1871. to a daughter of Jacob Schwaderer. Their son Fred J., and daughter Louise M., are married. Another daughter Amelia F., is still at home.

EDMUND G. CHANDLEE, wall paper dealer, 415 Edmond street, was born in York county, Pa., June 28, 1859. his father Ellis Chandlee, being a school teacher, and also a native of Pennsylvania. Mr. Chandlee attended the common schools of York county and learned the paper hanging trade. He came to St. Joseph in 1877, and worked at his trade, finally starting for himself. He is a Democrat and rep- resents the Sixth ward in the city council. Mr. Chandlee was married in 1883 to Miss Catherine Stein, and three boys and three girls have been born to them.

Dr. Stephen F. Carpenter

DR. STEPHEN F. CARPENTER, was born in Luray, Va., November 25, 1845. He came to Buchanan county in 1854, and lived on a farm until 1863, when he entered the army, serving till 1865. He then attended school at Easton, Mo., and studied medicine and graduated from the University of

Louisville, Ky., medical department, in 1871, after which he located in St. Joseph, and practiced his profession; was born in Luray, Page county, council; was married September 1, 1874, to Miss Fannie Nash of Parkville, and they have one daughter.

CHARLES M. CARTER, auditor of the Burlington Route, was born in Cambridge, Mass., September 22, 1852. Mr. Carter attended the public schools and a military institute, and came to St. Joseph in 1880. Many years he has held the responsible position of auditor for the Burlington svstem. Mr. Carter married Miss Ada P. Hunter, a native of Oshkosh, Wis., May 15, 1879, at Dubuque, Iowa, and three girls, aged 14, 12 and 10 years, have been born to them.

general freight and passenger agent of the St. JJoseph & Grand Island railroad, was born at Springfield, New York, May 1, 1863. With his parents, he removed to St. Joseph and engaged in the railroad business in 1876, since which time he has worked his way up from a clerk in the local departments to the position he now holds, to which he was promoted January 1, 1892. Mr. Adsit was married in St. Joseph May 31, 1886, to Miss Mary L. Groscup.

HENR ^ V. ARROWSMITH, ao'ent of the Pacific Express Company at St. Joseph, is a native of New Albany, Ind. He attended school in Quincy, 111., and graduated from the Quincy Seminary in 1865. In 1878 he went to Kansas City where he was in the express business for six years, comin^ to St. Joseph in 1884, where he has since been agent for the Pacific and United States Express Companies. Mr. Arrowsmith was married in Quincy in 1884 to Miss Margarette Cooper, and they have one child, a boy.

JOHN E. DOLMAN, attorney at law, was born in Denver, Colo., September 18, 1865. Removing to Topeka, Kan., while a youth, he attended public schools and graduated from the high school in 1881. He then attended Washburn college, Topeka, until 1884, after which he attended the Albany law school. Albany, N. Y., graduating in 1887. He began practice in Topeka at once and from 1887 to 1898, was assistant attorney for the C. R. I & P. R. R. at Topeka, for lines west of the Missouri river. He came to St. Joseph June 1, 1898, and associated himself with Stephen S. Brown.

Walter Henry Robinson

WALTER HENRY ROBINSON, men's furnisher and hatter, was born in Rappahannock county, Va., March 4, 1862, where he grew to manhood, attending private schools. He graduated from Flint Hill academy in 1880, and in 1881 came to St. Joseph, where for six years he worked for the J. B. Brady Carpet company. He then embarked in his present business. Mr. Robinson was appointed police commissioner in 1898, and is treasurer of the police board. He was married in Kansas City in 1889 to Miss Ida L. Yocum and two boys, Kenneth W., aged 8 years, and Edwin Bryan, an infant, have been born to them.

WILLIAM D. RUSK, attorney, Fourth and Francis, was born in Woodford county, Ky., June 15, 1850, and his parents were also Kentuckians. He came to St. Joseph in 1856 and after going through the high school, completed a course at Phillips' College, Exeter, New Hampshire, graduating in 1872. Returning to St. Joseph, he taught in the high school for six years, being principal from 1877 to 1882. He began practicing law in 1882, and was married October 16, 1884, to Miss Fannie Bayless, who was born in Alton, 111. They have three child-

FRANK M. ATKINSON, postmaster of St. Joseph, was born in Lexington, Mo., January 31, 1863. His parents were Dr. Jesse F. and Harriet (Pierson) Atkinson. He received a high school education at Lexington, and was employed as a clerk in a clothing store and traveling salesman till 1888. whfcn he came to St. Joseph and engaged in the real estate business. Being an ardent Republican he soon became prominent in the party councils; was elected to the school board in '92, and September 1, 1892, was appointed postmaster by President Harrison. He is now serving his second term, having been reappointed by President McKinley.

JO. F. WOODSON, attorney at law, was born in Concordia, Mo., Feb. 22, 1873, his parents being Will E. and Emma (Patterson) Woodson. He came to St. Joseph in 1889 and chose the law as a profession. He attended Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va., and graduated from the law school in the class of 1895. He came back to St. Joseph and began the practice of his profession and has porven himself a worthy member of a family of distinguished lawyers. Mr. Woodson is a Democrat, and is unmarried.

HOMER OSBORN, solicitor for the Combe Printing Company, was born at Gallatin, Mo., May 12, 1858. and graduated from the high school of his native town in 1876. Two years afterwards he came to St. Joseph; was a traveling salesman for some years and deput~ county collector for six years. In 1882 he was married to Susie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tandy H. Trice, and one child, a daughter, has come into the union. Mr. Osborn is a staunch Democrat, and has been prominent in the councils of his party for many years.

HENRY BREUNINGER, saloon J- W. D. HALL, manufacturer of keeper, at 1913 Olive street, was born wire fencing, 219 South Sixth street, near Sheboygan, Wisconsin, and came was born February 4, 1840. He atto this city many years ago. He is one tended the country schools and enof the best known German-American gaged in the wire working and roof-

Henry Breuninger Rev. Albert Bushnell

REV. ALBERT BUSHNELL, pastor of the Tabernacle Congregational church, was born at Salisbury, Conn., September 30, 1847. He entered Williams' college in the class of '68. During his college course he made a trip to South America with his professor. Graduated From Union Theologist Seminary, New York, in 1873, and preached in Chicago, Sterling and Geneseo, 111., till February, 1889, when he came to St. Joseph. He married Miss Margaret Curie, at New York Mills, N. Y., July 20, 1875, and four children have been born to them, three girls and one boy, all living.

ing business in Cincinnati and Atlanta, Ga., until 1881, when he located in St. Joseph. Has been twice married, his first being Miss Cynthia C. Snell, whom he married in Cincinnati, Nov. 29, 1866, and who died in 1894, leaving one daughter, Nettie H., wife of G. Dawson Cartmell of St. Louis; married again Dec. 4, 1896, to Miss Nellie R. Wheat.

O. M. LOOMIS, prominent farmer, was born in 1838 and came to St. Joseph in the year 1859. Mr. Loomis never attended any school but that of experience, and he has been a farmer all his life. He is a hard worker in the Democratic party, but has never held office. He was married in 1858 to Miss F. Miller and they have four children, all girls.

Dr. Peter J. Kirschner

DR. PETER J. KIRSCHNER. mayor of St. Joseph, was born Tune 13, 1853, in this city, and is the son of the late John Peter Kirschner, a native of Bavaria, Germany, and during his life a prominent farmer and fruit-grower. Our subject attended school in St. Joseph until seventeen years of age, w'hen he was sent to and coroner during 1882-86. In 1887 he took a six-months medical course in Germany, and from 1889 to 1891 was again county physician. In April of 1898 he was elected mayor, defeating Charles A. Pfeiffer. April 17, 1887, Dr. Kirschner was married to Miss Martha M. Sengel and they have three children, one boy and tw?o girls.

Cincinnati, where he studied for two years. He then read medicine with Dr. Jacob Geiger, attended the medical department of the Louisville University in 1877, and in 1878-79 Bellevue Hospital Medical College in New York, from wThich institution he graduated. In 1879 he began the practice of his profession in St. Joseph and has achieved success. Politically Dr. Kirschner is a Democrat. He was county physician in 1880-81

JOHN P. REMELIUS was born at Lexington, Mo., May 11, 1864; is the son of Frank Remelius, a carpenter and Augusta (Bube) Remelius, both born in Germany. Attended schools at Richmond and Lexington, Mo. Came to St. Joseph in August, 1887. Married Miss Elian E. Gist of Cameron, Mo., Nov. 21, 1888. There are two children, boys, of this union - Ernest William and Bert. Mr. Remelius is a Republican in politics.

CHARLES LAMARTINE SIMMONS, lawyer, was one of the original '49ers, he having commenced to live with his father's family on the 29th day of June, 1849. This social intercourse began at that beautiful "Switzerland of New York" known as Paris Hill, in Oneida County, in the Empire state, at the old farm house built by Mr. Simmons' grandfather shortly after the close of the bought by her husband. There they lived a quiet, busy farm life until 1865, when they emigrated to Andrew County, Mo., about six miles northeast of St. Joseph, and settled on a large tract of land bought of General James Craig. The subject of this sketch was at that time just under sixteen years of age. There was no other son in the family (and only one daughter) and the task of subduing war of the Revolution, and where also and making a fine farm of the wild his father was born and raised. His land proved to be so great that there father's name was John Milton Sim- \vas never a time when further schoolmons and his ancestors came from the ing was possible, and Mr. Simmons, Puritan and Quaker stock of Rhode though earnestly longing for a finisland and Massachusetts, among ished education, was obliged to conwhom were John Alden and Priscella, tent himself with a diploma from the the Puritan, whose romance is made "Old Red School House" at Paris immortal by the pen of Longfellow. Hill, where for a few brief weeks each His mother's family name was Green year he studied and excelled in the and through her he traces relationship common school there held. Still, not to Gen. Nathaniel Green of Revolu- losing sight of the goal of his desires, tionary fame. She was born at he persistently carried on a system of Bridgewater in Oneida County, New study while doing his work on the York, and on marrying moved to farm and especially during winter Paris Hill, to the farm then recently time, made good progress, particular- ly in mathematical lines, and while doing full farm work, mastered land surveying and such parts of higher mathematics as were necessary to fit him for a civil engineer of that day. During the winter of 1871-72 and the two following winters, he taught school in Andrew County, and during this time had some leisure and better opportunity to improve his education. Early in 1872 he resolved to study law, and as soon as possible to devote himself to its practice as a profession. An old family friend, Charles B. Wilkinson, then editor and principal owner of the St. Joseph Herald - himself an able lawyer and a brilljant man - kindly loaned Mr. Simmons what law Dooks he needed, and for two years he devoted all "his spare time, and more, to the study of Blackstone, Kent, Greenleaf, etc., and in the spring of 1874, entered the law office of Murat Masterson, in St. Joseph, where he became familiar with the actual workings of a law office, and in November of that year was admitted to the bar. In April 1873 he married Emily V. Lykins, youngest daughter of Dr. Claiborne B. Lykins of Buchanan County, and while he was in Masterson's law office she stayed at the farm, with Mr. Simmons' parents and the young lawyer boarded in town and weekly went home to visit his family. Financial necessities of the family made it necessary for Mr. Simmons to return to his work on the farm in the spring of 1875, as he thought and hoped, for a year or so, but death in the family and many unexpected events held him unrelentingly for fourteen years. In 1889 he was again able to commence the practice of his chosen profession, and has continued since that time to study and work in it to his heart's content. Mr. Simmons' war record consists in having been captain, drum-major and fifer in a martial band consisting of one fife, one snare drum (with nobody to play it) and one bass drum, and many tin pails and pans. This band met regularly on the village green in summer evenings until one eventful night it tried to vary its program by serenading one of the captain's best girls, at an untimely hour. The girl's father had some good dogs and was a good hand at encouraging them, and the next day the trail of the retiring serenades might have been followed for miles in every direction by tin pail covers and handles and broken and bruised pans, drum sticks and general wreckage of flight. This episode became known in local history as the Battle of Dog Run, and from it the band never recovered. It is the only army organization known to have no pensioners. Mr. Simmons has always been a consistent and conservative Republican and has held only one political office, that of county surveyor for Andrew County, for five years, from 1883 to 188. He attends Tabernacle Congregational Church. His only child, a son born in 1878, and named J. Milton Simmons, Jr., is now at the Missouri State University and will graduate from the law department in the class of '99.

JOHN GEORGE GEIWITZ, druggist, Tenth and Olive streets, was born in St. Joseph July 14. 1862 and was educated in the public schools. After learning the cigar makers' trade he engaged as a clerk in the drug store of John Demond and studied pharmacy, first having taken a course at Bryant's Business College. He became a registered pharmacist in 1881 and in 1882 formed the present firm of Geiwitz & Co. He was married at Conway, Iowa, in May, 1885 to Miss Ida N. Hagan; they have two children, a boy and girl. He was a member of the city council for two years.

DR. THOMAS H. DOYLE was born at Doylestown, Pa., Nov. 5, 1840 and was educated at the University of the City of New York, graduating in March, 1865, in the last class taught by the famous Dr. Mott. Subsequently Dr. Doyle had the benefits afforded by practice in the Bellevue Hospital, New York. In March of 1869 he han, of this city, October 12, 1871. They have two children living. Miss Agnes and Dr. John M. Doyle. The family are Catholics and Dr. Doyle is a leading member of the Cathedral parish.

Dr. Thomas H. Doyle

located in St. Joseph, and soon took front rank as a skilled and successful practitioner, a position which he holds today. He is beloved by all, especially by the poor, to whose calls he has always cheerfully responded. Politically Dr. Doyle is an ardent Democrat and as such was elected mayor in April of 1886, serving two years. He has also been a member of the United States board of pension examiners and has ever been prominent in the councils of his party. His name is prominent in the faculties of the St. Joseph Medical College and with the Ensw'orth College, and he has taken an active interest in matters connected with the advancement of his profession. Dr. Doyle was married to Miss Margaret G. Shee-

County, Pa., March 15, i860, the son of Frederick and Johanna Heyde, both of Germany. His father was a stone mason. Our subject came to St. Joseph in 1878; was for a number of years connected with the fire department and subsequently with the police department. During his leisure hours he read law and was admitted to the bar in 1896. He continued with the police department, however, until the spring of 1898, when he was nominated by the Democrats for city attorney and elected by an enormous majority. Mr. Heyde was married Dec. 29, 1890, in St. Joseph. His wife's maiden name was Emma Danby, born in Ohio. They have one child, Frederick W., Jr., aged six years.

ION HARDMAN, printer and en- Joseph to superintend the plant graver, is a native of Manchester, of the St. Joseph Steam Printing England, born January 28, 1847. and Company, which position he filled came with his father's family to Taun- until 1886, when he embarked in busi- ton, Mass., in 1854. After learning ness for himself. His specialty is fine the job printing business he located work and the motto, "I print for par- M Chicago; in 1S71 came to St. ticular people," has been strictly ob- severest critics in the east. He is also a skillful map engraver and Hardman's Atlas of St. Joseph is a standard work. Recently he added process engraving, where zinc etchings and half-tones are produced with success. This department is In charge of his sons Charles and Lon, Jr., and many of the half-tone portraits in this book testify to their skill. The presswork and binding of this work are also credited to his establishment. Though a busy man, Mr. Hardman finds time to indulge in social recreations, and he is always a welcome guest in his circles. He has frequently entertained the people with recitations and vocal selections. He is high in Masonry and in the Knights of Pythias. He was married at Chicago, in 1869, to Miss Hannah E. Sanford. There are four children in the family - two boys and two girls.

PHILLIP STROP, brick manufacturer, is a native of Ohio. His father, Christopher Strop, a baker, was a native of Germany. This mother, whose maiden name was Margareth Klein, was a native of France. Mr. Strop has been engaged in brickmaking here for many years, and has furnished the material for many of the best buildings in the city. He is the father of Hon. Charles F. Strop, ex-judge of the circuit court.

JAMES T. CHURCHILL, the veteran sign and decorative artist, antidates all of his competitors in point of residence in St. Joseph, having come here in 1853. Mr. Churchill was born in Shelby County, Ky., March 6, 1829, and where he learned his trade. He was a pioneer in amateur theatricals in St. Joseph.

WILLIAM H. MITCHELL, special policeman, is a printer by trade; was born in Lowell, Mass., Oct. i, 1850; went to Centralia, Kan. in 1858 and came to St. Joseph in 1882, where he worked as a printer. In June, 1887 he was appointed on the metropolitan police force and served until Decern^ ber, 1885. He was married in Holton, Kan., July 16, 1876, to Miss Laura J. McKittrick, a native of Ohio, whom he survives. Two girls were born to them, Laura, since dead, and Mabel A., who is a school teacher at Holton, Kan. Mr. Mitchell is a member of Typographical Union No. 40, of which he was once president.

Richard A. Harrington

RICHARD A. HARRINGTON was born in St. Joseph Sept. 17, 1869. He is the son of James P. Harrington, born at Florissant, Mo., and Annie Jane O'Donoghue, born at Dublin, Ireland. Attended the Christian Brothers' College in this city. Has been in the gents' furnishing business at 71 1 Felix street since October 7, 1897. Is a Democrat and a Catholic.

PERCY L. BRISTOL, plumber, 1020 Frederick avenue, was born at Warren, Pa., July 6, 1863, the son of Henry Raymond Bristol and Harriet (Brown) Bristol; came to St. Joseph with his family in 1868; was educated in the public schools, and learned his plumber's trade. Six years ago he started for himself, and by fair dealing and close attention has built up a good business. During 1898, the plumbers' local union organized and demanded that Mr. Bristol cancel contracts 'made prior to that time. This he considered unfair and refused to do. After repeated interference by union men, he obtained an injunction restraining them. He was married in 1890 to Miss Minnie L. Howe, and they have one child, Florence, aged three years.

JAMES HULL, Sheriff of Buch- tered the Larmers' and Mechanics' anan County, was born in Wheeling, Bank, run by his uncle, Joseph C. W. Va., Dec. 24, 1839. His father, Hull, remaining until 1862, when he David Hull, was a descendant of the returned to Wheeling, where he had Zane family, old Col. Zane having previously taken a course in Com- been commander of the fort at Wheel- mercial College. He then went to ing. The city of Zanesville, Ohio, Zanesville and was bookkeeper and was named after this family. In 1857 paying teller in a bank there for over Mr. Hull came to St. Joseph and en- a year. He returned to St. Joseph in

Dec., 1863 and entered the bamc of A. Beattie & Co., where He remained as clerk, cashier and partner until the death of Mr. Beattie in 1878. This bank, of which Mr. Hull was a partner for three years, stood on Third street between Felix and Edmond. About 1893 Mr. Hull began working up an insurance agency, and was so successful that for many years the firm of James Hull & Co. did the largest fire insurance business in St. Joseph. Our subject, who has been a life-long Democrat, has held several public offices. In 1876 he was elected County Treasurer, being re-elected in 1882. In 1888 he was chosen county collector for four years, and in all these positions he has given the utmost satisfaction. He was cashier of the Commercial Bank from 1892 till 1895, and was elected Sheriff in 1896, performing the duties of this high office so satisfactorily that he was reelected in 1898 and is now serving his second term. Mr. Hull was married in Burlington, Iowa, May 23, 1877 to Miss Clara V. Robinson of that city and three children have been born to them, Elizabeth Zane, James Clark and Mable C.

DR. CHARLES O'FERALL, second assistant physician at Asylum No. 2, was born August 19, 1858, in Lewis County, Mo. His father, Charles P. O'Ferrall, a farmer, was born in Washington County, Md., and his mother, whose maiden name was Mary A. Barnett, was born in Ralls County, Mo. Dr. O'Ferrall came to St. Joseph in 1880 and read medicine under Dr. Doyle, graduated from Bellevue Hospital Medical College in New York, and returned to St. Joseph in 1885. In 1886-88 he was city physician and in January, 1893 was appointed to his present position. October 12, 1898 he was married to Miss Mary Truefitt, a native of Canada.