Buchanan County, Missouri - Chapter 28: Reminiscences, 1904 (part 11 of 18)

miners for the long journey to Colorado, as those were the days of the gold excitement there and the Pike's Peak emigration. Possessing the business ability which marks his nationality, Major Plartwig was able to realize considerable capital in the first year and, as he had come to the West with some means, found himself in a position to embark in an enterprise of his own. He established a wholesale and retail liquor business, under the firm name of H. R. W. Hartwig & Compan}-, which was continued until 1863, when Major Hartwig engaged in a grain and commission business, later transferring his interests to groceries and liquors. In 1869 the grocery feature, was discontinued and from that time until 1888 he was engaged in the wholesale liquor and rectifying business. In 1869 his brother, Ernest F. Hartwig, became associated with him, and when he retired from business in 1888, his partner continued and is still engaged in the business.

The outbreak of the Civil War, which put to test the manly courage and faithful loyalty of so many hitherto peaceful, quiet, prosperous citizens, found in Major Hartwig one who could put aside his personal advantage in defense of principles he believed right. The spirit of the true soldier was inborn, and from the day he entered the service until his discharge he had an untarnished record on the battle-field and in the disciplined camp. In the summer of 1861, he enlisted in Captain Harbine's company of Enrolled Missouri Militia and at once was made a sergeant. On August 21, 1862, he was promoted by Governor Gamble to be ist lieutenant of Landry's battery of artillery. Soon after, Captain Landry was promoted to the rank of major of the Swiss St. Louis regiment and the battery was reorganized, with Captain Hartwig" at its head and it was then known as "Hartwig's Independent Artillery." In that service, the gallant captain and his devoted soldiers continued until 1864, when he was promoted by Governor Hall. In October, 1865, when the Missouri State Militia was reorganized, Governor Fletcher commissioned him major of the First Regiment. In 1867 he was still further honored by this wise executive, by appointment as commissioner to represent Missouri at the Paris Exposition.

Major Hartwig's political career has likewise been one of imusual prominence. From its first organization, he has been in close accord with the Republican party, and has been honored many times by this great organization, his years of political activity continuing from 1870, when he was elected city collector of St. Joseph, to November, 1904, when as one of the nominees on the Republican ticket he was elected presiding judge of the County Court by a large majority. In the meantime, after serving two years as city collector, in 1884 he was called to the executive chair of the city and for two years served as mayor, during which time the municipality grew and was admitted to the second class of cities, numerous civic improvements were inaugurated and a period of unusual prosperity dawned upon St. Joseph.

In 1888 he was nominated for Congress and was defeated only account of the personal pupularity of his opponent, Hon. James N. Burnes. Although devoted to the tenets of his own party. Major Hartwig must not be placed with, the usual class of politicians, being a type of a class which flourished when the spoils of office were a much less prominent feature of political life than they are to-day. His recent election to one of the county's most responsible and honorable offices tells its own story of the appreciation felt for him by his fellow citizens.

On March i, i860. Major Hartwig was married to Caroline Kuechler, of St. Joseph, whose death took place December 2, 1885. Of their two sons, George Henry, born in i860, died June 7, 1867, and Ernest C, born January i, 1864, is a prominent business man of this city, cashier of The First National Bank of St. Joseph. On March 24, 1898, Major Hartwig married a second time, being united with Emma Vegely, who is a daughter of August Vegely, who came to St. Joseph in 1852 and for many years was engaged in the manufacture of candy in this city. His death took place j\[arch 27, 1885. The residence of Major Hartwig and family is at No. 2706 Seneca street, a home where hospitalitv reigns, which has been the scene of many notable gatherings and of innumerable pleasant social functions.

Although not actively engaged in church work, Major Hartwig is a man of high moral character and clings to the creed of his ancestors, that of the German Reformed Church. His liberality in connection with both organized and private charities is well known and he is the benefactor of many benevolent societies.

Major Llartwig has always worked for the development of the city's commercial interests and has been prominently identified with the Hoard of Trade and with the Commercial Club, serving as president of the latter organization from 1894 to 1897. He has also been president of the Hartwig Realty & Investment Company, which owns large holdings of valuable real estate not alone in St. Joseph and vicinity, but in Denver, Colorado ; Salt Lake City, Utah ; Wichita, Kansas, and large bodies of land in Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska. For some years he has devoted his attention mainly to looking after his large property interests and to the enjoyment of travel and to social relaxations. He is regarded as one of St. Joseph's most enterprising and representative citizens, and the fact that, after some years of withdrawal from the lime-light of public lile, he has been recalled by his fellow citizens, attests the sincerity of their esteem for one whose years of service in behalf of the city have been characterized by ability and fidelity to the confidence reposed in him.

EORGE JOHN ENGLEHART, president of the Johnston-Woodbury Hat Company and the Englehart-Davidson _ Millinery Company, of St. Joseph, exmayor and a prominent citizen in all the city's activities, was born in Hohensiiltzen, Germany, and was brought in infancy to America by his parents.

Until the age of 16 years, i\Ir. Englehart's time was passed attending the district schools of Richland County, Ohio, and assisting on his father's farm, which was situated in the vicinity of Mansfield. He then became a dry goods clerk at Mount \'ernon, Ohio, and continued in this capacity there and in Cincinnati until 1855, when he made a trip to California and engaged in mining there for three and a half years. Contented with his success in the gold regions, he returned to Ohio on the steamer "Golden Gate," sailing from San Francisco to New York. The W'ork of the home farm, after these years of adventure and excitement, did not satisfy him and as there was no promise of anything different, he decided to join the great army of settlers, who were then seeking homes in Kansas. In a most interesting manner, Mr. Englehart recalls his trip from St. Louis up the Missouri River as far as Iowa Point, making his first acquaintance with St. Joseph, wiien the "Southerner" was discharging its freight at the docks.

county seat of Brown County, which was then a village of a few houses. Mr. Englehart was satisfied with the prospects for business there and, with an old mining friend, established a store at Hiawatha, the firm becoming Englehart & Fairchild. Six years later, Mr. Englehart disposed of his interest to Mr. Fairchild, and came to St. Joseph, where he soon became identified with the keen, progressive men, who with himself founded much of this city's present commercial prosperity. He entered into his first partnership, June i, 1865, with the house of Tootle & Fairleigh. The year 1866 saw the founding of the great business enterprise now known as the Johnston- Woodbury Hat Company, Mr. Englehart and Nelson P. Smith starting into the wholesale hat and cap lousiness. The death of Mr. Smith, a victim of the cholera which was then devastating the country, deprived the firm of the business perceptions of an able man, but Mr. Englehart then admitted Maj. S. A. Garth. In 1868 Mr. Englehart purchased Major Garth's interest and consolidated the business with that of Samuel Lockwood, who had already been in the business, having opened the first hat store in St. Joseph. With Mr. Lockwood's practical ideas and knowledge, the business was much expanded and millinery was added and this house has the distinction of being the first wholesale millinery house started west of Chicago and St. Louis.

In 1890 the branches were separated for easier handling, and two corporations were formed under the names of the Johnston-Fife Hat Company and the Englehart-Davidson Millinery Company, Mr. Englehart being at the head of both boards of directors and the leading stockholder. Under the present titles, caused by subsequent changes in the management, the branches are now known to the trade and the public as the Johnston-Woodbury Hat Company and the Englehart-Davidson Mercantile Company. The officers of the latter concern are : George J. Englehp.rt, president; August Quentin. vice-president; and James L. Davidson, secretary and treasurer. The business is located at Nos. 212-214 North Fourth street, where commodious and imposing quarters are occupied. The house is well known in all the trade centers of the West, an army of traveling men visiting each section. It is one of the great millinery distributors west of the Mississippi River

Mr. Englehart not only deserves to be classed with other great "captains of industry," who have met with notable success, but he lias also im- pressed his strong personality on the pubhc and pohtical life of his city. In politics an ardent supporter of the principles of the Republican party. He has frequently been honored by its members with public tokens of their esteem. Shortly after settling in Brown County, Kansas, he was elected county treasurer, an office he held four years. In 1886 he was nominated for mayor of St. Joseph, but was defeated by Hon. Thomas H. Doyle by the narrow margin of 40 votes ; in 1888 he was again brought forward by his party and was elected over the late R. T. Davis. As an overwhelming majority was the result of this election, his friends insisted upon his acceptance of the nomination to the State Senate, in 1890, but Mr. Englehart felt obliged to decline the proffered honor on account of the press of business responsibilities. In 1887 he was elected president of the Board of Trade of St. Joseph, for which position his business acumen and enterprising spirit admirably fitted him. Mr. Englehart formerly occupied one of the city's beautiful homes, located on Convent Hill, but now resides in East Orange, New Jersey.

Mr. Englehart was united in marriage to Coralin Loomis, of Manlius, New York. They had four children born to them : Mabel ; Stella G. ; Bertha L. ; and Grace Putnam, who is deceased. A portrait of Mr. Englehart appears on a foregoing page in proximity to this.

AMES HENRY ALLISON, who comes of one of the pioneer families of Buchanan County and is himself a pioneer, is living in retirement at DeKalb in the enjoyment of the fruits of an industrious life and the happy companionship of his fam.ily. He was born in Lafayette County, Missouri, February 16, 1833, and is a son of William and Mary A. (Trapp) Allison.

William Allison was born in Kentucky in [802, and at an early age entered the ministry of the Christian Church. His life was practically given to the cause of Christianity and he served in the ministry more than 40 years. He never received a cent for any work he did in this cause, which he held above pecuniary reward. He first preached in the old log school house in his district, and organized the Sugar Creek Church, which he had the satisfaction of seeing grow to large membership. When he grew so feeble from age that he could attend divine worship only with assistance, his son would convey him there. The ladies of the church presented him with a fine cushion chair and in this he was taken to church during his later years. He pre-empted a claim in Rush township, Buchanan County, in 1838, at a time when Indians were numerous and wild animals abounded. The country was a forest and was full of deer, wild turkeys and other game, and the streams were plentifully stocked with fish. He witnessed a great improvement in the moral tone of the community and also the change from a wild frontier country to a prosperous farming community. His first wife, Mary A. (Trapp) Allison, died July 10, 1847. Of the eight children born to them, four are living : Rachel, wife of Alexander Brown, of Sugar Creek ; James Henry ; Nancy Adeline (Johnson), a widow, and John William, who lives near Winthrop in Rush township. His second wife was Mary A. Parkison, who bore him two children : Eliza, who died in infancy ; and George W., a farmer of Rush township. William Allison died April i, 1891. His widow lived until December 25. 1902.

James H. Allison was reared on his father's farm and attended the primitive log school house, with holes cut in the sides to let in light, with slabs for benches and desks, and an old fire-place running the length of the building. The fire in this fire-place was started by an old flint-lock gun. At that time the trading point was Weston, 14 miles away ; it was a favorite gathering place, where the pioneers congregated and waited their turn to grind. During the Civil War, Mr. Allison served six months in the Missouri State Militia. He spent most of his active life in sections 13 and 14, Rush township, where he has a farm of 250 acres, which is provided with a modern farm house and substantial out buildings. There is also a fine orchard on the place. For a period of four years he engaged in clerking in Atchison, Kansas and Rushville, and the remainder of the time was spent on the farm until 1901, when he moved to DeKalb and erected a handsome home.

December 16, 1855, Mr. Allison was joined in marriage with Martha Eastbourn, who was born in Mason County, Kentucky, December i, 1836, and is a daughter of Thomas Jeft'erson Eastbourn, who moved froni Baltimore, Maryland, to Kentucky, and in 1838 located in Platte County, Missouri. Mr. Eastbourn was a tailor by trade and located at Mason's Store, where he established a good trade at the same time taking up a claim by pre-emption. He was joined in marriage with ^Irs. Elizabeth Brown, nee Jones, whose mother was Nancy Field, a native of \'irginia. She also was a tailoress and worked at the trade after the death of her husband, who died in 1845, just after two years service during the ^Mexican \\'ar. ]Mrs. Eastbourn was a woman of remarkable energy and deep intellect, retaining her faculties up to the last, dying ]\Iarch 4, 1904, aged 93 years. They had four children : James E., of Texas; Francis M. ; Annie M., wife of Jasper C. Allison, of Rushville ; and Mrs. James H. Allison. Our subject and his wife have five children : Lloyd M., who married Maude Jenkins ; James L., who died in infancy : Elizabeth, wife of J. B. Fenton, of Rushville : William P., engaged in the livery business at DeKalb, who married Hattie A. Davis, and has three children ; and Annie, who married James Sampson and lives on the old Allison homestead in Rush township. Religiously, Mrs. Allison's family are Baptists, while our subject's family belong to the Christian Church.

OHN S. LAWRENCE, a prosperous farmer residing in section 31, Bloomington township, Buchanan County, has been a resident of this county since infancy. He was born in Clark Coimty, Kentucky, April 20, 1853, and is a son of John AI. and Mary E. (Sewell) Lawrence, and grandson of John and Elizabeth (Ese) Lawrence, both natives of Virginia.

John M. Lawrence was born in Clark County, Kentucky, September 14, 1819, and in the spring of 1853 removed to Platte County, ^Missouri, where he lived until the fall of 1855. He then came to Buchanan County and settled on the west 80 acres of what became the homestead farm, which he acquired of William ]\Iessick, later acquiring the east 80 acres of David Hart. It is all located in section 31, Bloomington township. He cleared the farm of timber and broke it for cultivation with oxen, and engaged in general farming and stock-raising. He was very fond of stock, a good judge of men and animals and a highly successful trader. He was closely identified with the growth of the community and was always an advocate of good schools, churches and roads. He was of the Christian belief, and lielped to build the Sugar Creek Christian church. He died July 15, 1886. On September 13, 1846. he was united in marriage with Marv E. Sewell, who was born in Clark County, Kentucky, December 9, 1822, and is a daughter of Samuel and Mary (Hayes) Sewell, her father a native of Maryland and her mother, of X'irginia. She is now 82 years of age, and has a sister, ]Mrs. Delilah Risk, who is living in Platte County at the age of 86 years. The following children were born to John M. and ]\Iary E. (Sewell) Lawrence : Nannie, widow of William Page, of Bloomington township ; Zechariah T., who married Nellie Bean and lives in Whiting, Kansas ; Walter Scott, who married Louise Campbell and lives in Wliiting, Kansas ; John S. ; William ; Mary Ellen, wife of Martin Keller, of Bloomington township : and IMilton Sewell, who married Margaret Peel, of Bloomington township.

William Lawrence, our subject's brother, was born in Buchanan County July 10, 1855, and married Alice Curtis, by whom he has the following children : Walter, who married Iva Brown; Stella (wife of D. Dyer), who is keeping house for her uncle, our subject; Leslie, who is living at home : John, deceased ; two who died in infancy ; Nellie, who lives at home ; and Robert, who lives in sectioin 31, Bloomington township.

John S. Lawrence was two years of age when he came from Kentucky to Missouri with his parents, and here he received his educational training in the old log school house, with its old-fashioned fire-place and with benches and desks made of slabs, this school now being known as \'alley Chapel School. He has never married and has always lived on the home farm of i6c acres in section 31, Bloomington township (which property he owns), taking care of his parents. He owns the homestead farm, also 97 acres in section 29, Bloomington township. He is the owner of a 120-acre farm in Rush township, which is all under cultivation, with 30 acres of the tract in an apple orchard, set out by our subject and now in bearing. He lias made a success of farming, and like his father has been particularly successful in raising and dealing in horses, mules, cattle and hogs. He raises thoroughbred Poland-China hogs and Shropshire sheep for the home market. He is a publicspirited citizen with the welfare of his home community always foremost in his heart, and he has always supported deserving measm-es for local improvement. He has taken an especial interest in the betterment of the roads of the lownship. He was a director of the Valley Chapel school flistrict some years, and has been a member of the Anti-Horse Thief Association.

He has made many and extensive improvements on the old homestead, inckiding the remodeUng of the old home, in which he has lived since infancy, and the building of a barn 50 by 32 feet in dimensions.

Our subject's father, John j\I. Lawrence, was an extensive breeder and dealer in horses and mules. He bred and owned the premium saddle and harness horse "Young Pat Claiborne," a beautiful bay, 16 hands high, with fine style and action, which was exhibited in 22 rings and took 22 blue ribbons, being shown at fairs at Platte City and Kansas City, Missouri, and Bismarck, Kansas. He also took two first premiums at stock shows in Buchanan County. He ^vas a grand horse and his colts sold for large prices. Our subject owned a half interest in the horse when his father died.

OHN O. BARKLEY. Among the prominent and enterprising citizens of St. Joseph, none are more deserving of mention among the representative men of Buchanan County than the popular and afifable commercial agent of the Missouri Pacific Railway Company, whose name appears at the head of this article. Born in Marshall, Missouri, he was there reared and educated, going through the High School and at once taking up railroading when about 17 years of age. He has been with the Missouri Pacific since 1878, working his way up from the ranks in the telegraph office of the company to the present important and responsible position as commercial agent of the road, having charge of the local and commercial freight. His first official position was that of telegraph operator at Lexington, this State, from which he was advanced to the position of traveling auditor and in 1892 was sent to St. Jose])h to look after the interests of the company here. He is alert and active, keenly alive to the best interests of his company and the indications point to his still farther advancement.

Mrs. Barkley is from Mobile, Alabama, and is the daughter of Rev. W. E. Penn, a Baptist minister long since deceased but at one time widely known throughout the Union as a traveling evangelist, whose life was devoted to the betterment of htimanitv. Mr. and Mrs. Barklev have five children, A. P., J. C, Mildred M.,'A. S. and Frances. Mr. Barkley is a stanch Democrat and was elected alderman-at-large from the First ^^^^rd in 1901, his term expiring in April. 1906.

He is engaged in various business enterprises in St. Joseph and is one of the instigators of the Auditorium movement recently inaugurated. He is a Mason of high standing and has membership in Moila Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He belongs to a number of clubs - the Benton, Lotus, Commercial and others, - and is a director of the Commercial Club.

ON. SILAS WOODSON, who was elected Governor of Missouri in 1872, and honored the office more than the office honored him, began life in the humble little home of a small farmer in Knox County, Kentucky, where he was born May 18, 1 8 19.

Lie was one of his country's self-made men. His duties on his father's farm and attendance at the little log school house, in the neighborhood, absorbed his boyhood. When he secured a clerkship in a country store, he devoted his leisure to reading and study, giving particular attention to the law, and in 1842. through his own efforts, was admitted to the bar. In the same year he was sent to the Kentucky Legislature and in the following year was made circuit attorney, in which office he served until 1848. In 1849 ^^e was elected to the Kentucky Constitutional Convention, and in 1853 served again as a member of the Kentucky Legislature.

The young lawyer and politician came to St. Joseph in August, 1854, opening a law office here, and in i860 he was elected judge of the T2th Judicial Circuit. During the years of the Civil War, he remained a Union man, and served m\ the staff of Gen. Willard P. Hall. In 1872 he was elected Governor of Missouri, on the Liberal Democratic ticket, defeating Hon. John B. Henderson, the Republican nominee. At the expiration of his term during which he made a great and enduring record for official honesty, he resumed the practice of the law at St. Joseph, and in 1885 he was appointed judge of the Criminal Court of Buchanan County, a position he held with honor, dignity and efficiency, until 1895, when he retired on accomit of failing health.

Governor Woodson was thrice married. His last wife was Jennie Lard, to whom he was united December 29, 1866, a daughter of Rev. IMoses E. Lard. Mrs. Woodson, with two daughters, survives him. His death took place October 9,

1896. During his last illness he embraced the Catholic faith. A man of unblemished personal character, he was a great statesman, a powerful advocate and an incorruptible judge.

Alfred Fenton. father of our subject, was born May 25, 1824. in Mason County. Kentucky, and was a son of John Fenton, who was born about 1808, in Loudoun County. Mrginia. and was a son of Michael Fenton. John Fenton married Sarah Fields in Kentucky, and prior to 1840 removed to Adams County. Ohio, where Alfred Fenton, who was born in ]\Iason County, Kentucky, was educated.

In 1850 the latter came to j\Iissouri and three years later settled in Buchanan County. In association with his brother, E. M. Fenton, he conducted a store at Rushville and until 1859 was engaged there in selling both merchandise and stock, handling hemp and doing a general trading business. In 1859 he went to Colorado and started up a grocery business and has the record for having the very first plank floor ever laid in a Denver business house, and the first store building erected in Denver. He still continued interested in stock until he returned to Rushville, and later, with his brother, became interested in sev- { ral mills, one located at Rushville and the other at Weston. He died September 18. 1898. During tlie Civil War he was engaged in freighting across the plains. He was a very active Democrat and in his day was the most prominent member of his party in Rush township. He was very positive in his convictions and was known as a man of very strong will power. He was good and kind to the poor and was a true friend to all who deserved his friendship. In 1865 ^^^ married Alice Long, a native of Buchanan County and our subject is the oldest son and second child in their family.

W. R. Fenton obtained his education in the public schools of St. Joseph and at the Christian Brothers' College, returning in 1887 to the homestead farm. In 1894 he settled on his present farm in section 6, Bloomington township, which was then only slightl\- improved. Since locating here, he has fenced his property and has otherwise improved it. increasing its value very materially. He raises and handles Shorthorn cattle and hogs and is known as one of the leading stock men of the township. A practical farmer, he has adopted modern methods and utilizes improved machinery and has set an example in keeping up the standard of his stock which example has been followed by many of his fellow agriculturists to the benefit of the whole township.

On August 15, 1895, ^Ir. Fenton was married to ^largaret \'aughn. who is a daughter of Michael and Mary (Dooney) \'aughn, residents of St. Joseph, but natives of Ireland. Mr. and Mrs. Fenton have four children : ^lary Alice, ?\Iargaret Helen. Katherine and Alfred \'aughn.

Mr. Fenton 's activity in the Democratic party ever since his maturity, has resulted in making him a leading factor in this organization in his township. He has frequently served as a delegate both to State and Congressional conventions and was selected as delegate to his party's great National convention at Kansas City.

In ^Masonic circles. ]\Ir. Fenton has reached high degree, belonging to Rushville Chapter. No. 238; St. Joseph Council, No. 9. R. and S. ^I. ; and St. Joseph Chapter Rose Croix, No. 4, A. A. S. R. He belongs also to Camp No. 5882, ]\Iodern \\"oodmen of America.

EORGE W. MONTGOMERY, one of the large farmers and representative citizens of Lake township. Buchanan County, who resides on his well-cultivated farm of 200 acres in section 25, born near Seymour. Jackson County. September 12. 1849. ?'"<i i^ a son of K. and Elizabeth ('\\'halen)

The ^lontgomery family is of Scotch extraction, and Richard Montgomery, the grandfather, was born and reared at Glasgow, where he married. Later he immigrated to America and settled at Boston, on the Ohio River, later moving to ^Madison. Indiana, where he followed farming for the remainder of his life. He was the father of a large family and those who reached maturity were : Richard. John. Thomas K.. ^lary Jane, Theophilus. Henry, James and Robert.

Thomas K. Montgomery, father of our subject, presumably was born in Ohio ; it is certain, however, that he was reared and educated in Indiana. He followed the business of farming and wagon-making, and at the time of his marriage he was engaged in business at Columbus, Indiana, where he operated a wagon shop. In 1845 he was united in marriage with Elizabeth Whalen, a daughter of John Whalen, a farmer wdio formerly lived in Indiana, but who later removed to Lake township, Buchanan County, Missouri, where he died . The children of Thomas K. Montgomery and wife were: Jane, wife of Oliver Walker, a resident of Seymour, Indiana ; Mary Elizabeth, wife of William Adams, of Cincinnati, Ohio; and George W., the subject of this sketch. The father died when our subject was six years old and the mother married Rev. William Gossett, a Methodist minister and a farmer of Jackson County, Indiana. The children of this second marriage were: John T., deceased ; Sarah Maria, wife of Dell Abbott, of Jackson County, Indiana ; George Austin, who died young; William A., a resident of Jackson County, Indiana ; and Oliver Morton and Charles, both residents of Buchanan County, Missouri. The mother died in 1885 and was interred in Jackson County, Indiana.

George W. Montgomery was educated in the common schools of Jackson County and the High School at Seymour. He then engaged in farming on his own account in his native State, where he remained until the spring of 1880, when he came to Buchanan County. Missouri, settling on the place where he now resides. It was owned by his mother and he rented it and continued to operate it until her death, in 1885, when he purchased it of the other heirs. Originally it consisted of an 80-acre tract, but it has been augmented b}' purchases from time to time until it now comprises 200 acres, almost all of it being under cultivation. Mr. Montgomery owns other property, 480 acres being located in Lane County, Kansas. He is a practical farmer, cultivating his land according to approved methods and with the use of modern machinery and reaping results that must be very satisfactory. He has given much attention to the raising of fine stock, for which he finds a ready market.

and George Silas, who is married and lives on the home farm. The latter married Dollie HameL a daughter of Daniel Hamel, a farmer of Oklahoma Territory, and they have a little daughter - Luetta.

Politically, j\Ir. JMontgomery has always been identified with the Republican party. He has never accepted office, his ambition not being in that direction, and his life being too much occupied in carefully looking after his agricultural interests. He bears the reputation of being one of the most honorable and upright men of his township and enjoys a large measure of public esteem.

ERBERT A. OWEN, an attorney-at-law of St. Joseph, who also conducts an abstract and real estate business, is a prominent and representative citizen of the city. He was born at St. Joseph, Missouri, and is a son of the late James A. and Agnes (Cargill) Owen. He can trace his ancestry back many generations to old and prominent families of Owen and Henry Counties,. Kentucky.

James A. Owen married Agnes Cargill, daughter of the late James Cargill, v/ho built one of the earliest grist mills on the river bank at St. Joseph. Later Mr. Cargill built a mill on the corner of Eighth and Felix streets, on the site now occupied by the Hirsch Brothers DrV Goods Company. He conducted that mill until the time of his death. Mrs. Owen was but eight years of age when the family came here from Virginia. Her brother, George W. Cargill, is practicing law at Charleston, West Virginia. The children of James A. Owen consisting of one son and four daughters, all reside in St. Joseph. He erected the comfortable family residence at Ninth and Jules streets almost 45 years ago.

Herbert A. Owen completed the common and high school courses at St. Joseph and spent one year at the United States Military Academy at West Point, being an appointee of Hon. David Rea, Member of Congress from the Fourth Congressional District of Alissouri. An accidental injury interrupted Mr. Owen's military career. Prior to his West Point appointment, he had been associated with the Gazette, and he resumed work on this newspaper after his return. Later he resigned his position here in order to accept another with the Merchants' Bank, in the latter part of 1879, and remained with this institution until 1882 when he entered into business for himself. Mr. Owen entered into the real estate business, was admitted to the bar of Buchanan County, entered into the abstract line and now operates extensively as the St. Joseph Abstract Company, and also manages the Owen estate.

ILLIAM I. HEDDENS, M. D. The death of Dr. William I. Heddens, July 3, 1 89 1, removed from St. Joseph a valued and high-minded citizen and lost to the medical profession of Missouri one of its most eminent men. He was born in Preble Comity, Ohio, and was a son of James and Martha Heddens. The former was a native of Pennsylvania, and the latter of South Carolina.

The late Dr. Heddens obtained his literary training at Cincinnati, Ohio, one which sufficed to place him in the front rank with the intellectual men of his time, and his medical education was pursued at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, many of his classmates, becoming like himself, widely known in the profession.

Dr. Heddens settled first for practice at Barboursville, Kentucky, where his justly prominent son and successor. Dr. James Weir Heddens, of St. Joseph, was born. Two years later he came to this city, recognizing the wide field opening up here for both business and professional life. Dr. Heddens became distinguished all over the State, and he was in active cooperation with the leading medical organizations of the country. By many of these he was signally honored and served as president of the St. Joseph Medical Society in 1877; of the Northwest Medical Association, in 1875 S"d 1877 ; vice-president of the Medical Association of the State of Missouri in 1876; was a permanent meinber of the American Medical Association and a member of the International Medical Congress. Had Dr. Heddens no other claim to distinctioin, his foundiupf of 'the Ensworth Medical College and Hospital at St. Joseph, would have sufficed to keep green his memory in the hearts of his fellow citizens. This great enterprise prospered under his fostering care and he continued its honored president until his decease.

His death caused profound sorrow all over the State and among the innumerable tributes paid to his memory, that of an admirinng friend, one of Missouri's chief executives, briefly expressed the general feeling: "Professional success with high scholarship and general literary and scientific attainments, were united to an exceptional degree in Dr. Heddens. He has always been a devout student, ever searching for more light in his profession." He possessed in an unusual degree the dignity of bearing and suavity of manner which command respect and the strong personality that inspires confidence. Genial, cordial and cheerful, his patients looked upon him in the light of more than a physician, and, while neither acknowledging nor accepting any of the fads and cults of the day, he could not be unconscious of the healing powers of his presence.

In March, 1855, Dr. Heddens was married to Catherine Adams, of Barboursville, Kentucky, and six children were born to this union. The death of Airs. Heddens occurred June 6, 1874. She was admired and beloved by all who knew her. Dr. Heddens was married the second time October 17, 1877, to Mattie D. Offutt, of Shelbyville, Kentucky, who died November 21, 1904. To this union two children were born.

In his political convictions, the late Dr. Heddens was a Democrat but never took more time from his profession than to cast his vote as a true and public-spirited citizen. His fraternal connections included the Masons and Odd Fellows. He was a consistent member of the Christian Church. He was a man of large charities and many of his kind and generous acts were entirely hidden from the public. No citizen ever passed to posterity a better or a cleaner record and no one could have possessed in greater degree the esteem of those who knew him best.

lAVID M. WILSON, one of the well known agriculturists of Lake township, Buchanan County, who owns a fine, productive farm of 85 acres in section 36, was born in Bartholomew County, Indiana, May 15, 1859, and is a son of Josiah and Elizabeth (Parks) Wilson, and a brother of Thomas W. Wilson, of Wayne township, Buchanan County, Missouri.

the schools of Lake township, completing it at the age of 20 years. He then worked for his father on the homestead farm for some two }'ears, gaining the practical experience which has been serviceable to him ever since. After this preparation, he began farming for himself and has never had any desire to change his occupation. His well-cultivated farm of 85 acres shows the result of careful management, and he raises a large amount of stock and grows much alfalfa.

In November, 1881, Mr. Wilson was married to his first wife, Frances Starmer, daughter of Jacob Starmer, a prominent farmer of Lake township, and they had one child, Florence, who is the wife of Joseph Peck, a farmer of Lake township. Mr. and Mrs. Peck have two children : Lester and an infant. The mother of Mrs. Peck died in 1882. In February, 1887, Mr. Wilson married Lena Ehret, who is a daughter of John Ehret, a farmer of Lake township.

Mr. Wilson has always been a stanch member of the Democratic party. He has been road overseer in his township and is always prominent in local movements of all kinds. He is justly considered one of the reliable and representative men of his locality.

YLYESTER HAMMY, whose fine home is situated at the southwest end of Lake Contrary, in section 35, township 57, range 36, Washington township, Buchanan County, is one of the highly respected citizens and extensive farmers and stock-raisers of this locality. He was born January 17, 1830, at Koer, Switzerland, and is a son of Sylvester and Annie (Kroll) Hammy.

The parents of our subject always lived in Switzerland. The father was a farmer and stockman, one who reared his children in plenty and gave them educational opportunities. He was a worthy member of the Lutheran Church. Our subject is the fifth member of his parents' large family, three of whom died in infancy. In addition to Sylvester, the following lived to maturity: Christian, a resident of Louisville, Kentucky; Phoebe, Margaret and Peter, deceased ; Andrew, also deceased, who was killed in 1869, near Fort Wallace, Colorado ; Emeline, a resident of Kentucky; and Michael, a member of the 8ist Regiment, Indiana Vol. Inf., who was killed in Tennessee, in 1863.

local schools, but when his brothers and sisters prepared to leave home and find fortune in another land, he was willing to accompany them. In 1849, therefore, the family embarked for America on a sailing vessel which, after a long and wearisome voyage of 48 da}s, landed them at New Orleans. Their destination was Greene County, Indiana, where the family purchased land and settled on it with a determination to make good homes. The brothers cleared and improved 240 acres there. In 1853 our subject sold his interest to his brother Christian, and embarked in the dairy business at New Albany, Indiana.

Mr. Hammy possesses those characteristics which contribute to success, and after five years in the dairy business he had means saved to encourage him in settling in a new section, growing up with the country and making a choice of land suited best to his needs. For three years after coming to Buchanan County, he worked hard at logging and other emplo}'ments and then bought 80 acres of heavily timbered land in Wayne township, moving into the small house which had been previously erected on the property. From this beginning, Mr. Hammy continued to prosper and now owns 719 acres, situated in Wayne and Washington townships, all of it valuable property. He carries on general farming, raising wheat, oats, corn and hay. He also raises a large number of fine cattle, horses, mules and hogs each year. He thoroughly understands his business and, with industry and provident economy, has grown from a poor boy into one of the country's capitalists, his success being the result of his own efforts.

In Greene County, Indiana, Mr. Hammy was married to Fannie Gimbei , who was born at Baden, Germany, and came to the United States in 1852. Mr. and Mrs. Hammy have had five children : Edward, who died young ; Annie, who died young; Mary, who is the wife of James W. Shepherd, of Washington township, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this work ; John, the manager of his father's large farming operations, who married Ida E. Irwin, of Wayne township ; and Emily, who died young. Our subject's wife died September i, 1867.

Mr. Hammy is identified with the Democratic ]:)arty, but he has never sought any political office. He has been a member of the Masonic fraternity for manv vears, connected with King Hill Lodge. No. 376, A. F. and A. M., and with the Royal Arch Chapter.

Anliff C. Hyde

Mr. Hammy is well known and is respected for his honest and upright character. His long life in this locality has been one of continued industry. His neighbors have always found him fair and just and he has many friends.

NLIFF C. HYDE, one of the most prominent citizens of Washington township. Buchanan County, whose portrait is shown on the foregoing page, resides on a fine farm of 454 acres, and has been identified with the township's agricultural interests and public affairs for many years. Mr. Hyde is one of the county's most venerable citizens, having been born January 11, 1819, in Bath County, Kentucky. His parents were James L. and Amy (Howland) Hyde.

James L. Hyde and wife were natives of Connecticut and Delaware County, New York, respectively. They were married in Delaware County, New York, and removed to -Kentucky in the year prior to our subject's birth.

The father was a "natural born mechanic," one of the men sometimes denominated a "Jack of all trades'' and he could shoe a horse, construct a wagon or manage a farm with equal success. In October, 1840, he removed with his family, to Buchanan County, Missouri, and settled in section 32. township 57, range 35, in Washington township one of the first to make a home in this region, then wild and uncultivated. Here he preempted 160 acres of land, before the county was surveyed, and to aft'ord shelter for his family built a cabin of hewed logs, 16 by 16 feet in tlimensions. This continued his home until his death in 1873. He was a man of character and was selected to hold almost every township ofiice, serving for years as school trustee and as a justice of the peace. Politically a stanch Democrat, he was equally consistent in his adherence to the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

James L. Hyde was twice married, first to Amy Howland, who died in 1845, and second to Elizabeth Arterbury, of Missouri. The five children of the first marriage were : Eleanor, of Denver, Colorado ; Phoebe, deceased : Lyman, deceased ; Emma, deceased ; and Anliff C, of this sketch.

Our subject obtained his education in the subscription schools which afi^orded the youth of his day their only educational advantages, and remained with his parents, assisting in the management of the home farm. In April, 1849, he joined the great exodus to the Pacific slope, driving an ox team across the plains, one of a party of six, with three terms. After working two years in the mines, he started home, in 185 1, by way of Central America, and had many adventures before he once more reached his family. During six days spent at Greytown, Nicaragua, Central America, while awaiting a vessel to take them home, Mr. Hyde was chosen as the spokesman of a party which visited a British man-ofwar in the harbor, to induce the captain to transport the party to Chagres, Colombia, which he did. The party consisted of 400 passengers.

Upon his return to Buchanan County, he resumed farming and has been one of the progressive agriculturists of this section. The first McCormick reaper ever used in this county was set up on his place by Mr. IvIcCormick, himself, who at that time was not the millionaire he later became. Mr. Hyde has always shown his enterprise by utilizing modern machinery and his large farm has brought him immense returns. He has carried on very extensive operations, and has become known as a grower of choice fruit and much high grade stock. He has also dealt in real estate and in 1898 laid out 57 acres of his land in town lots, making a fine addition to St. Joseph. This section of the city was named Hyde Park, in his honor.

On March 3, 1845, ^^^- Hyde married his first wife, Elizabeth Whitlock, of Clay County, Missouri, who died in 1846, survived by one child, since deceased. As his second wife, Mr. Hyde married Thirza L. Cure, of Delaware County, New York, who died January 12, 1903. Eight children grew to maturity viz : John, a farmer and mill operator in Buchanan County ; Jane, deceased, the wife of W. S. Martin, who was killed in a railroad accident ; Augusta, wife of George Conner, residing in Hyde Park ; James, a merchant in South St. Joseph, who married Katie Harper ; William, who married Mary Harper and lives in Texas ; Cassie D., wife of Isaac Edds, of Hyde Park ; Charles A., who resides in Hyde Park ; and Calvin A. The last named has always resided with Iris father. He married Mollie Moore and they have one chiild, - James. By a former marriage Calvin A. Hyde had a daughter, Mary, who died November 12, 1904, aged II years.

Board for the past 30 years. He is a member of King Hill Lodge No. 376, A. F. & A. M., of which he is a charter member and for several years was master. Two of his sons, Calvin A. and John, also belong to this body.

Mr. Hyde has lived through many of the most formative periods of his State's history and has always born an honorable part. He was one of the organizers of the "Paw-Paw Militia" and served for 18 months under Captain Farris. Through natural ability and wide-extending interests, Mr. Hyde has viewed life from a higher plane than many of his fellow citizens. He can look back over a pleasant vista marked by efforts for the public's welfare as well as his own, and in the evening of life can feel secure in the affection of a devoted family and the esteem of his fellow citizens. He has always shown a liberal spirit and has contributed materially to the advancement of the educational and moral interests of his section.

AMES WEIR HEDDENS, M. D., who is recognized as one of the eminent physicians and surgeons of Missouri, and is also one of the prominent and valued citizens of St. Joseph, was born in 1857 in Barboursville, Knox County, . Kentucky, and is the second son of the late Dr. William I. and Catherine (Adams) Heddens.

The late Dr. William I. Heddens, founder and president of the Ensworth Medical College and Hospital, was born in Preble County, Ohio, February 14, 1828, and was graduated in medicine at the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, and became a resident of St. Joseph, Missouri, three years later. For more than 30 years he was prominent in the professional and social life of this city.

Dr. James Weir Heddens was but two years old when his father came to St. Joseph, and his bo}-hood was spent in this city and here he attended the public schools. Having access to his father's library, he manifested a great interest in medicine while only a youth and, under the direction of his eminent father, he was prepared to enter medical college before he had reached his majority. He selected Jefferson IMedical College as his alma mater, that grand old institution which has fathered and fostered so many of the great physicians of the country, and there he was graduated in 1879, taking the prize in anatomy. He remained under the supervision of that world-wide noted physician and surgeon, Dr. Joseph Pancoast, for a term of hospital experience.

Upon his return to St. Joseph, Dr. Heddens was offered the chair of anatomy in the faculty of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, of St. Joseph, and ably filled that position until 1 90 1. He resigned in order to accept the chair of operative surgery and gynecology in the Ensworth Medical College, in which institution he is one of the life trustees. Under four successive administrations. Dr. Heddens has served as commissioner of State Hospital for the Insane, No. 2, and as president of the board of managers.

Dr. Heddens well sustains the reputation he has made, his love of his profession amounting to enthusiasm. The opportunities which have been afforded him, for the careful study of varied and peculiar diseases, have more than once been made of great value to the profession, through the publication of his deductions and scientific discoveries. He keeps fully posted concerning all modern lines of medical thought and his city is to be congratulated on being the home of a practitioner who so ably honors the profession.

ARTLETT M. LOCKWOOD, one of the prominent attorneys of St. Joseph, was born near Marysville, Kansas, October 18, 1874, and is a son of John and Mary (Duncan) Lockwood. The father of our subject was born in Michigan. After the death of his mother, when he was very small, he was taken into the home of a cousin, where he grev/ to young manhood. He had Init few educational opportunities, but' he learned the carpenter's trade by which he supported himself until 1858, when he came to the West. He soon became a freighter across the plains, between St^ Joseph and Denver, and during this time he took up a claim in Blue Valley, Marshall County, Kansas. He engaged in graingrowing and stock-raising and became one of the leading agriculturists of his section. During the height of the Grange movement he was elected to take charge of the local store. This he conducted as long as the scheme was supported and then, in partnership with a Mr. McCurdy, purchased the stock, and they operated the store until 1881, under the firm name of Lockwood & McCurdy. On account of the failing health of both partners, the business was removed to Arizona and there they contracted with the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad to furnish supplies to the construction gangs. On January i, 1883. Mr. Lockwood purchased a store at Rockport, Atchison County, Missouri, and continued in business there until 1897, when he removed to Columbia, IMissouri, in order to properly educate his children. Mr. Lockwood now lives there, retired from business. Early in life he was an independent voter, but later became identified with the Democratic party, and subsequently he was elected to represent ]\Iarshall County in the State Legislature. He belongs to the Alasonic fraternity.

He was married to Mary J. Duncan, a daughter of Bartlett M. Duncan, and a sister of Judge John H. Duncan, of the Buchanan County Court, and they had nine children : William D., a physician of St. Joseph ; Marquis H., who is superintendent of patents and inventions for the firm of Wyckofif, Seamans & Benedict, manufacturers of the "Remington" typewriters, of New York City : Frank L., who will graduate in the engineering department of the State University of Missouri in the class of 1905 ; Bartlett M., of this sketch; Helen M., who died while a member of the junior class in the State University of Missouri ; Robert J., who is an employee of Swift & Company, at St. Joseph ; and Marvin B., Charles C, and Sarah L., who live at home, attending school. The mother of this family is a very active and interested worker in the affairs of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

Bartlett M. Lockwood completed the common and high school courses at Rockport, and then engaged in clerking in his father's store until he entered the State University of ^lissouri in 1894, where he was graduated in the academical and law departments in 1901. He had served, in the meantime, in the Spanish- American War, as corporal of Company I, Fifth Regiment, Missouri \'olunteers - a student volunteer company from the State University. Mr. Lockwood came to St. Joseph July 5. 1901, and went into the ofifices of Huston & Brewster until ^March i, 1902, when he opened an ofiice of his own, and has been actively engaged in practice here ever since. His interests are centered now in this city and he takes pride in furthering her enterprises and in assisting in progressive movements.

daughter of P. J. Beasley, of Columbia, Missouri, and they have one son, - John Marshall. He is an active Democratic politician and is looked on as one of the able young leaders. Both he and wife belong to the Francis Street Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

ENNIS CURTIN, retired from business activity for the past 20 years, was formerly one of the most active, energetic and useful business men of St. Joseph, and now enjoys a competency and the esteem and regard of his fellow citizens. Mr. Curtin was born in Ireland, in 1832, and is a son of Timothy and Mary (Hannan) Curtin.

The parents of Mr. Curtin spent their whole lives in Ireland and there reared a family of 12 children, consisting of ii sons and one daughter. The latter remained with her parents in the old country. Mr. Curtin of this sketch has three brothers living: Patrick, of St. Joseph, formerly his business partner ; Edward, of San Francisco, California; and David, of Sidney, New South Wales, Australia.

Dennis Curtin was 17 years old when he accompanied his brother Alichael and familv to America, in 1849. He found farm work in the State of New York and remained in Orange County until 185 1, when he decided to seek his fortune farther West. At Chicago, Illinois, he was employed for a time as a laborer and at St. Louis he again found a fanricr desiring his services. He then spent several seasons on a river plantation in Mississippi. Upon his return to St. Louis, he accidentally came up with his brother Patrick, which was a pleasant surprise indeed as he did not know his brother was in America. Together the brothers went to Franklin County, Missouri, where they secured farm work until September, 1856, when they came to St. Joseph and here formed a partnership as contractors for street grading. The firm of Curtin Brothers was not only one of the earliest business combinations but was also one of the most reliable and successful. For many years they handled a great part of the important work in their line in the city, their contracts reaching into many thousands of dollars. By hard work, close attention to business and a provident frugality, Mr. Curtin amassed a comfortable fortune. His success was entirely brought about through

At St. Joseph, in 1861, Mr. Curtin was united in marriage with JuHa Barry, born in Ireland, who died in 1893, leaving six children: William H., who married Mrs. Louise (Smedley) Smith, of Salt Lake City, Utah ; Katherine ; John ; Julia ; Mary; and David, wdio married Ann Newman, of Des Moines, Iowa, and has one child, Katherine Louisa, born at St. Joseph.

Mr. Curtin has seen many remarkable changes since he first came to St. Joseph. The trip from St. Louis was by steamer and consumed one week. From a country village he has watched its development into a city and has been identified with much of this growth.

AMUEL H. BRUMLEY, who is now living a retired life, has been for many years one of the most prominent agriculturists of Bloomington township, Buchanan County, where he has a large and well-improved farm. He was born in Parke County, Indiana, May 15, 1842, and is a son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Brown) Brumley.

William Brumley, great-grandfather of our subject, was born in Ireland, and came to this country at an early date, settling in Virginia during the colonial period. He was the father of William Brumley, Jr., a native of Virginia, and the latter in turn was the father of three daughters and five sons, the third of whom was Daniel, father of Samuel H.

Daniel Brumley was born in Jefferson County, Kentucky. February 14. 1818, and received his early education in the old log school house of his district. He always lived on the farm and as a well educated and informed man was frequently consulted by his neighbors. He was married in Kentucky and then moved to Buchanan County, Missouri, making the trip overland with a twohorse team. They traveled 20 or 25 miles per day, and camped out at nights ; the trip consumed about six weeks. They arrived in the fall of 1844, and settled two and a half miles northwest of DcKalb on what was known as the Thomas Hill place, buying out the man who had pre-empted the quarter section. There was a double, hewedlog house on the place, in which they lived about three years, during which time they made many important improvements. He then sold out and moved on the W. T. Steele farm, which he conducted one year, and in 1849 moved to the Willoughby Morris farm of 80 acres, the east half of the southwest quarter of section 21, Bloomington township. There was also a double hewedlog house upon this place, in which he lived with his family for some years. The place was heavily timbered with walnut, pin oak and burr oak, enough of which was cleared off to pay for a farm at $75 per acre. He acquired 400 acres, all of which was under a high state of cultivation, and he lived on this old homestead until his death on April 20, 1888. He delighted in agricultural pursuits and the raising of good animals, wath which he kept his place well stocked. His wife survived him until January 11, 1892, when she died at the age of 74 years. He was a member the "Paw-Paw Militia." He was united in marriage with Elizabeth Brown, who was born in 1818, and they were parents of 11 children, three of whom died in infancy. Those who grew to maturity were: Mary Elizabeth (widow of D. V. Stone), who came with her husband to Buchanan County, Missouri, in 1858, - he was from near Knoxville, Tennessee ; William P., who married Mary E. Dicken in 1862 and lives in Louisville, Kentucky ; Samuel H. ; Thomas E., deceased, who married Mary King, of Fort Worth, Texas ; George W., who married Mary Belle Pistole, of Andrew County, Missouri, and lives in DeKalb; Henry H., \vho married Mary J. Simmons, of Platte County, Missouri, and lives in that county ; John, who died at the age of 32 years, was an invalid from the time of his birth; and Lucy A., who is the wife of W. W. Simmons, whose sister married her brother Henry Brumley, - they live near Emporia, Kansas.

Samuel H. Brimiley was reared on his father's farm and attended the subscription school which was conducted in the old log house of the district. When the war broke out, he joined the Confederate Army, September 12, 1861. and served in the brigade under Colonel Cockrell, now United States Senator, a noted man of the State of Missouri and a warm friend of McKinley, and under Col. Elijah Gates of St. Joseph. He returned from the war on September 18^ 1865, and that year began farming for himself in section 21, Bloomington township. In 1867 he went to Louisville, Kentticky, and farmed in that vicinity until the spring of 1868, then returned to Buchanan County, where he followed agricultural pursuits until 1903, when he retired from active business and took up his residence in the outskirts of DeKalb. His homestead farm of 478^:1 acres in

Bloomington township, now being worked by a tenant, is located in sections 15, 18, 20, 21, 28 and 29, all of which is vmder cultivation. He now has a tenant on the old homestead. From 1884 to 1895 he made a specialty of raising and dealing in mules and was very successful. He also raised a high grade of Galloways and Polled Angus cattle. He remembers well the time when his father cultivated his corn with a single-shovel plow and cut grain with a sickle and cradle, and later with a dropper, after which came the binder. He is a public-siprited man, taking an interest in the development of the community and especially in the good roads movement, favoring the cutting of hills and equalizing of grades. He was director of Jones School for about 12 years.

November 15, 1870, Mr. Brumlcy was united in marriage with Loretta Home, a daughter of Amos and Elizabeth Frances (Ellison) Home, and they had two children, both deceased : i\Iary and Eucy Loretta. ^Irs. Brumley died August 25. 1873. and he was married March 20, 1874, to a sister of his first wife, vSarah Alice Horne, 1)\- whom he has five children : Vane, a farmer of lUoomington township, who married Bettie Hill and has two children, - Carl and Alice; Guy, a farmer of Bloomington township, who married Stella Dix, and has a son, - Earl ; Charles H., who is farming in Bloomington township, who married Maude Light, and has a daughter, - Orbeta ; Mary, who died at the age of six years ; and Amos, who lives at home attending the public schools. Religiously, our subject and his family are all devout members of the Sugar Creek Christian Church, In politics, he is a stanch supporter of the Democratic partv.

EORGE D. BERRY, one of the leading men ot St. Joseph, president of the Berry Foundry & Manufacturing Company, and president of the Berry Electric '& Manufacturing Company, was bom January 28, 1868, in Collin County, Texas, and is a son of George D. and Elizabeth C. (Dysart) Berry.

The grandfather of our subject, Capt George D. Berry, was a son of Thomas J. Berry, who served in the Revolutionary War. He was a river man and commanded a steamboat on the Ohio river. He lost his life in the act of saving that of his son, George D. The latter, a child, fell into the water from the deck of his father's boat, and

The father of our subject was born at Maysville, Kentucky, and died in 1870. He graduated from a medical college in Cincinnati, then removed to Andrew County, Missouri, where he practiced until the breaking out of the Civil War, when he moved to Collin County, Texas, and continued his practice there. He served for a short period as a surgeon in the Confederate Army. In 1868 he came to Agency, Buchanan County, Missouri, where he continued a medical practitioner until the close of his life. During his residence in Texas, he hauled the first load of flour that was ever taken into San Antonio, and received $20 a sack for it. He married Elizabeth C. Dvsart, (laughter of Meek Dysart, and four of their six children reached maturity, viz: Thomas J., of St." Joseph ; Charles R., of St. Joseph ; George D. ; and D. D. The mother of this family died January T, 1900. She was a consistent member of the Christian Church, a faithful, loving mother, who is most tenderly remembered.

George D. Berry was educated in the schools of St. Joseph, and after completing his education entered the employ of the St. Joseph & Grand Island Railway Company, with which he worked his way up from the bottom to the position of purchasing agent and assistant to the general manager. He remained with this corporation until July, 1900, when he resigned and remained unconnected with any firm, busily arranging for the organization of enterprises of his own. In January, 1902, his plans were brought to completion by the organization and incorporation of the Berry Foundry & Manufacturing Company. Mr. Berry became the president of this business, the only one of its kind in St. Joseph. It makes a specialty of the manufacture of architectural iron and railroad work and gives employment to over 100 men.

Mr. Berry and family have a pleasant home in this city. He married Annie M. Roberts, who is a daughter of Tliomas C. Roberts, of St. Joseph, and they have one son, Edwin Carlisle. Mrs. Berry is a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church.

Mr. Berry is identified with the Democratic party and has been active in civic afifairs ever since young manhood. He was a member of the City Council from 1896 to 1898, and has worked hard for the welfare and advancement of the city in every direction. He belongs to the Monroe and Benton clubs, and to Lodge No. 40 of the Elks. As a Mason, he is a member of Charity Lodge, No. 331, A. F. & A. U.; Mitchell Chapter, No. 89, R. A. AL; Hugh de Payens Commanderv, No. 51, K. T. ; and Moila Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S.

DWARD AL^XWELL, who for more than 60 years has resided on his farm situated two miles north of Krug Park, St. Joseph, is one of Buchanan County's oldest and most honored pioneers. His life here, with the lives of his two older brothers, has been quiet and uneventful, despite the tumults of the outside world, and its recital is interesting in that it shows the victory of courage and industry over the wild forces of Nature, and the certain rewards which await those who hope and, while hoping, work.

Edward Maxwell, like his late oldest brother, Logan A., and the one survivor, James, was born near the mouth of the Cumberland River in Kentucky, and, as they were reared in a secluded home, with few educational opportunities, they were taught the virtues of industry and honesty. Equipped with little else, except abounding health and stalwart frames, they set out to find homes for themselves in what was then a dense wilderness.

The first to leave the family roof-tree was Logan A., the eldest brother, who came to Buchanan County and made a settlement as early as 1837. He entered the farm on which he spent the rest of his life direct from the government. He brought with him his wife and one little child, both of whom he survived many years. The start from the little Kentucky home was made in an ox-team wagon, and one can easily imagine the anxiety of those left behind, when the turn of the road hid the pioneering family which had unbridged streams to cross and trackless prairies and dangerous mountains ahead, before they could reach their destination. No telegraphic message could be sent on the way to announce to the warm hearts behind the progress of their journey, which took several months to complete. When they finally reached their own selected land, they found few white settlers before them, but the Lidian villages at Jimtown and Sparta were still standing. The survivors of Logan A. Maxwell are : Emeline, who lives at the old homestead ; John, who also resides there ; Charles, who is a resident of St. Joseph ; Mrs. Armstrong, wife of Rev. C. C. Armstrong, of Buchanan County ; Mrs. A. M. Reynolds, of Topeka, Kansas ; and 18 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Li 1838, James Maxwell started out to join his brother in Buchanan County, and he made the trip on horseback. He selected a farm adjoining that of his brother, joined interests with him, and there reared a large and happy family, the survivors of which are : James, John, Edward and Henry, all residents of St. Joseph ; Samuel D., of Bedford, Iowa; Wesley, of Buchanan County ; Mrs. Charles Smith, of Wyatt Park, St. Joseph; Jane (Mrs. Ferdinand McCoun), of Buchanan County; Addie (Mrs. John McCoun), of St. Joseph ; and 26 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Edward Maxwell, our immediate subject, the third brother, remained at the old home but three years after James had ridden away over the mountains to the new promised land. His mode of transportation was by boat, and he was met at Liberty landing by his brother Logan A., who piloted him to the fertile uplands and valleys, amid which they had founded happy homes. Adjoining his brothers lay a tract of desirable land and upon this he settled, and here the trio, in the wilderness, not only built up agricultural prosperity, by years of toil, hardship and selfdenial, but reared families whose members have become honored residents of communities widely scattered, and have been examples of fraternal afifection and brotherly helpfulness, which have not been without useful influence.

Edward Maxwell survives his faithful life companion, who passed away some years ago. His surviving children are : William, a wellknown farmer of Andrew County ; Howard, a salesman for the Jones, Townsend St Shireman Clothing Company, at St. Joseph ; Marvin E., of Kansas City ; George B., of St. Joseph ; Margaret (Mrs. Frank Stephens), of St. Joseph; Mary E. (Mrs. Henry Peters), of Buchanan County; and nine grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.

The three Maxwell brothers came to Buchanan County, as noted, without fortune, but through their own exertions accumulated an abundance of this world's goods. It is a long path to retrace to the time when they grew their wheat on the present site of a part of St. Joseph, harvesting the grain with an old-fashioned cradle, and working for 37 cents an acre. No flight of imagination at that time could have predicted the present wonderful machinery, in fact in their day the cradle so far surpassed its predecessors, - the sickle and the reaping hook, - that its utility abundantly satisfied its users. The changes which have come about seem almost incredible, and that those still survive, who found here only the voices and conditions of primeval Nature, seems almost inarvelous.

Our venerable subject, who is crowned with the silver of 84 years, is a perfect type of the sturdy Revolutionary stock from which he sprung. The evening of his life is filled with ease and comfort. His cheery nature and honest interest in the happenings of his home world attach him to kindred and friends and when, with old-time Southern hospitality, he welcomes the stranger, the latter goes out from his presence with an appreciation of the vitality of the success which attends the quiet, sober, virtuous performing of the duties of every day, realizing that all heroism does not belong on the batttle-field.

EV. WILLIAM RAY DOBYNS, D. D., pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, of St. Joseph, was born May 17, 1861, at Columbus, Johnson County, Missouri, and is a son of Dr. Benjamin F. and Margaret Ruth (!vIorrow) Dobyns.

The Dobyns family on one side is of French Huguenot and on the other of Scotch-Irish descent, and the name has been one of distinction in many States of the Union for a long period. Dr. Benjamin F. Dobyns was born at Mays Lick, Mason County, Kentucky. His medical training was secured at Louisville and he was graduated from the medical college in that city in 1849. ^^ was one of the early settlers of Johnson County, Missouri, where he practiced his profession until his death, which occurred in 1869. He was a representative man of that section of the State, was prominent in local politics and an active member and official of the Blue Lodge, A. F. & A. M., at Columbus. He married Margaret Ruth Morrow, who was a daughter of Rev. Robert D. Morrow, a noted clergyman of Johnson County. She died August 31, 1878, aged 53 years. Of the five children of this marriage, the three survivors are : John R. ; William Ray; and James F., of Kansas City. John R. Dobyns is sui)crintendcnt of the State Institute for the Deaf, at Jackson, Mississippi, an educator of note. He is secretary of the World's Council of Educators of the Deaf. William Ray Dobyns was primarily educated in the common schools of Johnson County, and then entered Marshall Academy, which was then under the charge of that able educator, Prof. George B. Newton. At this academy have been trained more men who have taken prominent positions in after life than in any other similar educational institution of this part of the State. From the academic shades of Marshall, Mr. Dobyns went to Austin, Texas, being variously engaged as a telegraph messenger, as a clerk in a dry goods store, as a traveling representative of a wagon house and as a herder of cattle. For two years he was engaged in the study of medicine but never matriculated. He had come under the powerful preaching of his uncle, Rev. Joshua Barbee, and had been converted to the reality of religious truth. At the same time he experienced the call to enter the ministry, but he combated this as long as possible, but in September, 1883, he entered Westminster College, at Fulton, Missouri, and began the serious study of theology. In 1886 he entered McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, where he was graduated in 1889, with the degree of B. D. His 28th birthday was made memorable as on that day he was ordained to the ministry, and at the same time was installed as pastor of Emmanuel Presbyterian Church, at Chicago. This was a mission that he had founded during his seminary life and his installation as pastor was gratifying both to him and the congregation. He remained there until 1891. During this time he also acted as financial secretary of Westminster College. As his health had become impaired, it was thought best to make a change.

From Chicago Rev. ]\Ir. Dobyns then went to Marshall, Missouri, where he remained until December, 1899, when he accepted the call to his present pastorate. His work here has been congenial and fruitful. In recognition of his scholarship and piety, Westminster conferred upon him the degree of D. D., and he is counted one of the representative graduates of that great college of theology.

On July 19, 1889, Dr. Dobyns was married to Mary T. Buckland, who is a daughter of Hon. Thomas A. Buckland, of St. Louis. One little daughter, named Margaret Ruth in remembrance of our subject's mother, died aged 11 months. Hon. Thomas A. Buckland was a prominent merchant in St. Louis, a leading politician and for a number of years was a member of the State Senate. Politically, Dr. Dobyns is an old-time Democrat.

He has traveled extensively, and was the representative of the State of Missouri, in the Eighth Council of the Alliance of Presbyterian Churches throughout the world, which met at Liverpool, England, June 28 to July 9, 1904, inclusive. During the past few months, he has made a visit to Egypt and Palestine, and to all the countries of Europe except Austria, Russia and Spain. Dr. Dobyns is a man of winning manner and possesses that gift of spiritual awakening that, far beyond his scholarship, proves the value of his calling. He preaches of the value of character, truth, honor, love and righteousness, and his heart has been warmed to see harvests whiten where he has sown the seed.

Rof. Charles Emmett Miller

ROF. CHARLES EMMETT MILLER, professor of ancient languages in the St. Joseph Lligh School, has been identified with this institution since 1875 and takes rank among the foremost educators of the State of Missouri.

Our subject was born at Bath, New York, in 1853, and came West to St. Joseph, Missouri, with his parents when about 12 years of age. He received his early education at St. Joseph : entering the High School in 1868, he completed the course in 1871, and spent a part of the year following his graduation in pursuing a post-graduate course there. The next year he entered Phillips' Exeter Academy at Exeter, New Hampshire, and in 1873 finished' the advanced course in that school. Returning to St. Joseph, he was appointed assistant teacher in ancient and modern languages in the St. Joseph High School at the opening of its next term, in September, 1875. In 1887, the chair of ancient languages was left vacant by the departure of Professor Buddenberg for Europe, on account of failing health, and Professor Miller was promoted to that chair. He served in that ca])acity until 1892, when he became principal of the school, a position filled by him until 1903, when he resigned to resume his duties as professor of ancient languages.

Professor Miller's eminent and increasing success has been due in no small degree to his ability to solve with accuracy and speed, and with justice in each particular case, the question so vexing to thoughtful teachers and parents everywhere : To what extent may the natural bent of the average boy run and be gratified ? Professor Miller is peculiarly fitted for his work, both in acquirements and in natural qualifications. He works in the constant realization that the better part of the community is always to be found in school. His work is always practical. He never exaggerates the importance of a pupil's ability to write upon demand and without thought the 17th letter of the English alphabet or to give off hand the proper names of the several stars composing the "Great Bear."' His interest in education has not been confined to the school room. For many years he has been a member of the State Teachers' Association of Missouri, and in 1883 was elected its vice-president. His efforts before that association have been marked by profound scholarship. One of his contributions to the work of that body was a paper read at the meeting at the State University of Missouri at Columbia as a reply to Professor Fisher's "Three Pronunciations of Latin.'' This paper was published in pamphlet form at the request and expense of the association and was highly praised in all educational journals of the country. This pamphlet had its influence in clearing up some of the difficult questions in early Latin literature and in establishing as the correct method the pronunciation now in use in most of our best colleges. Since its publication. Professor Miller has been considered and referred to as authority upon the subject of which it treats. His general scholarship is of high order, while in point of thorough and accurate acciuaintance with the Greek and Latin languages and literature, and their sources and growth, lie has few equals even among the specialists in that line of research. The professors of Harvard and Yale and other colleges have recognized his success as a teacher of Latin and Greek, and have frequently complimented him on the exact and lasting work done by him as shown by the high standard in the classics attained by students entering those colleges from the St. Joseph High School. To Professor Miller's thorough knowledge of its true mission, his constant fidelity to its high purpose, and his unselfish ambition to see it accomplish that mission and purpose, as much as to any other factor, do we owe the continuity of character and the constant growth that have placed this high school first among the educational institutions of its kind.

In 1874 Professor Miller was united in marriage with Luella Robbins, a daughter of Hon. William Robbins, a prominent Ohio statesman and a near relative of the family of Daniel Webster. Mrs. Miller was born in 1846 and as a restilt of her union with our subject has two daug-hters : Camelia Maud and Harriet Neely. Miss Camelia Maud Miller was born in St. Joseph, Missouri, February 22, 1878, and was graduated from the High School in 1895, and from the State University of Missouri in 1899. Immediately after graduating from the latter institution she taught school one year and in the fall of 1900 became teacher in the St. Joseph High School, where she has since continued. j\Iiss Harriet Neely Miller was born in St. Joseph, Missouri, October 7. 1880, and on June i, 1903, was united in marriage with Gordon Spencer Robertson of Chicago, Illinois, where her husband is identified with Swift & Company.

APT. WERNHARD HAEFELI, whose portrait accompanies this sketch, for many years one of the prominent farmers and leading citizens of Buchanan County, the owner of a finely cultivated estate of 64 acres in section it, township 5J7, range 35. in Washington township, passed out of life on January 12, 1902, leaving behind him a reputation for honesty and reliability, for kindness of heart and for all those qualities which make up the good citizen and neighbor, the faithful husband and devoted father.

Captain Haefeli was born in the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland, September 29, 1834, and was a son of John and Magdalena (Sauner) Haefeli. The father was a farmer and cattle trader, and both he and his good wife passed their entire lives in their native land. Of their family of five children, all are deceased.

Our subject was the eldest of his parents' children, and he was reared on the home farm and was afforded a good German education. When he started out for himself, he learned the trade of a baker, and in 1856, desirous of trying his fortunes in the coimtry of freedom and plent}' beyond the sea, he took ])assage on a sailing vessel which landed him at the port of New Orleans. From there he journeyed to Brunswick, Missouri, and, not finding work at his trade, he obtained employment on a farm and in a sawmill, where he continued for 18 months. From there he went to Lexington, but seven weeks later came to St. Joseph. Willing to work at any honest labor, he sought and found employment in the stone quarries, first with a Mr. Venable and later with a Mr. Suable, but after his marriage, in i860, he rented what was known as the Alibrecht farm and this he cultivated for seven years. These years were devoted to hard work and close economy and the result was that he accumulated enough to then purchase his late farm on which he lived happy and contented for 33 years.

While Mr. Haefeli carefully cultivated his land and thus reaped rich rewards from its fertile soil, he had other sources of income. He earlv became interested in raising trotting horses and fine Holstein, Jersey and Shorthorn cattle. He owned a number of trotting horses of more than local note, among these being "George Forward" registered as No. 1961, the grandson of "George Wilkes," and also No. 519, a fouryear-old stallion. In 1870 he erected a beautiful residence on his place, at a cost of $3,000, and a barn, 28 by 50 feet in dimensions, at a cost of $800. He also set out 1,000 fruit trees which still produce abundantly.

On February 21, i860, Mr. Haefeli was united in marriage with Catherine Ozenberger, who is a daughter of Peter and Elizabeth (Steiner) Ozenberger, natives of Switzerland, where the father was born in i8ti and the mother in 1814. In 1830 they emigrated to America and in 1838 they were married in Holmes County, Ohio. In 1849 they took up their residence on a farm in section 2, township 57, range 35, in Washington township, Buchanan County, where the mother died in October, 1872, and the father in March, 1885. They were consistent members of the Presbyterian Church and were esteemed by all who knew them.

Mr. Haefeli and wife had 10 children, namely: Amelia R., Albert W., Henrv J., Rosa M., Ida E., Louis W., Minnie K., 'Otilla C, Helen L. and Sophia M., the last of whom is deceased. The three sons are prominent real estate men with offices at No. 704 Felix street. His estimable widow resides at No. 635 North 22d street. St. Joseph. She is a devoted member of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Haefeli was reared a Catholic.

Politically, our subject was identified with the Republican party, becoming a supporter of its. principles soon after coming to the United States. During the Civil War he served, with the ranK of corporal, in the command of Capt. Louis Hax, but this was not his first military experience, as he had served in the Swiss Army before leaving his own land. Socially, he belonged to the Grutli Society. He always took a great interest in educational matters and not only afiforded his children opportunities out of the common, but as-

The late Mr. Haefeli spent five months in 1885 in his own land, visiting the scenes of his youth, but did not have any desire to return permanently. America had welcomed him and he had shown his gratitude by becoming one of the valued and esteemed citizens of his adopted country.

OHN ALBUS, Jr., collector of customs for the St. Joseph port of entry, is a well-known citizen of St. Joseph w'here he has lived nearly his entire life. He was born at Leavenworth, Kansas, October 4, i860, and is a son of John and Elizabeth (Kessler) Albus.

John Albus, Sr., was born in Weildorf, Bavaria, June 24, 1830, and sailed from Hamburg for America in September, 1849, i'l the sailing vessel "Herschel," the voyage consuming 125 days. There were 763 passengers on board when they started and only 345 left wdien they arrived in New York, January 6, 1850, 418 persons, including every child on board, having died during the passage. Mr. Albus traveled through the East for two years, and then came to St. Joseph, Missouri, arriving on July 4, 1852. He resided in this city continuously until his death, with the exception of five years from 1857 to 1862, which he spent in Weston, Missouri, and Leavenworth, Kansas. For many years he engaged in the freighting business making 12 trips across the plains just preceding and immediately following the Civil War. In 1867 he engaged in the hotel business at St. Joseph and continued for some years, but during the last 20 years of his life lived in practical retirement. He has two brothers and one sister still living, namely : Joseph and Vincent Albus, of Kiowa County, Colorado; and Mrs. Michael Kircher, who lives in Miles City, Montana. He was a Republican all his life, but never took an active part in political affairs. He was a member of the German Catholic Church and of the Bavarian Society. He was united in marriage with Elizabeth Kessler, who was born in Ohio, and came in infancy to Buchanan County. Missouri, where she has since resided almost continuously. Her father was an early settler in this community, and followed farming. Three children blessed this union: John, Jr.; Jcseph ; and Mrs. Richard L, Spencer.

John Albus, Jr., was nearly three years of age when his parents removed from his native place to St. Joseph, and here he has since lived, receiving his education in the public schools. For a number of years, he engaged in the wholesale and retail stationery business, and then in the printing and stationery business. He was very successful and folowed that line of business until March i, 1903, when he was appointed collector of customs for the St. Joseph port of entry, succeeding W. L. Buechle. He has taken an active interest in politics for 24 years, and is recognized as one of the Republican party leaders in St. Joseph. From 1 891 to 1896, he served creditably as a member of the Board of Education.

Mr. Albus was united in marriage with a daughter of Louis Hanssen, of Davenport, Iowa, and they are parents of three children, as follows : John Clarence ; Leon Hanssen ; and Marie Louise. They reside at No. 728 North 22d street, where they have a very comfortable home. Fraternally, our subject is a member of Charity Lodge, No. 331, A. F. & A. M. ; Mitchell Chapter, No. 89, R. A. M. ; St. Joseph Lodge, No. 40, B. P. O. E. ; Woodmen of the World ; Knights of Pythias ; and Royal Arcanum. The family belong to the First Christian Church.

Hx-VRLES KEARNY, deceased, was one of the pioneer citizens of St. Joseph, Missouri, where he located as early as 1855. He was a man of prominence in business circles, and in his death it w^as felt the city had sustained a great loss.

Mr. Kearny was born March 7, 1834. and came of distinguished parentage. His father, Ma j. -Gen. Stephen Watts Kearny, U. S. A., now deceased, was the first Governor of New Mexico, and his mother was a step-daughter of William Clarke, who was the first Governor of Missouri Territory, appointed in 1813, and gained fame as one of the leaders in the memorable Lewis and Clarke Expedition, from the Missouri to the mouth of the Columbia River. Gen. Phil. Kearny was a first cousin of Charles Kearny, who also was a kinsman of Rear-Admiral Radford of the United States Navy. ]\Ir. Kearny's sister, Mrs. Western Bascome, resides in St. Louis, where her husband is British consul.

old Pacific House, now known as the Metropole Hotel, for many years, and met with success. He possessed good business ability and succeeded in every enterprise he undertook. He was always known as a fair-minded business man, and was highly respected by every one.

Air. Kearny died at St. Joseph, Missouri, March 15, 1904, leaving a wife and seven children. His children are as follows : Airs. Alary K. Bloss, Airs. Herbert A. Owen, Charles R. (who is identified with the John S. Brittain Dry Goods Company), Robert S., and Airs. James E. Patrick, all of St. Joseph ; Airs. William E. Bragg, of Crested Butte, Alontana ; and Phil. Kearny, an electrical engineer of New York City.

EAT B. AIAY, a prominent farmer and stock dealer of Buchanan County, resides in section 20, Bloomington township, and is well known throughout this section. He was born in Alarshall township, Platte County, Alissouri, Alay 10, 1839, and is a son of Silas and Alary (Jones) Alay, the former a native of Alabama and the latter of Tennessee.

Silas Alay came West to Alissouri in 1837, settling in Platte County, where he was one of the pioneers. Indians were numerous in that locality, and everything was in a primitive state. He first erected a cabin of round logs, 16 by 16 feet in dimensions, with clapboa'rd door and pin to fasten it. and with chimney made of clay and sticks. Five of his children were born in this rude structure. He later built a hewed-log house with a brick chimney, and this still stands on the old home farm in Platte County. He cleared the farm that he preempted and used the old Kerry w^ooden mold-lDoard plow when plowing. His grain was cut with the reaping hook in the early days ; later the cradle was used, after which came the dropper, then the binder. The money with which he purchased his first horse was earned by grubbing brush at 25 cents per day, and he also cut many a cord of wood at 25 cents per cord, and split and carried rails at 25 cents per hundred. His wife used the spinning wheel and made all the clothes worn bv the family, some of her handiwork now being in the possession of our subject. They continued to live in that county until 1857. then moved to Barry County, Alissouri, where Air. Alay died in 1897, his wife having preceded him to the unknown beyond some 20 }ears previously. They had the following issue: Nancy R. (Crooke), deceased; Alary, deceased ; L. B. ; Jerusha Ann, deceased ; Alartha Alice, deceased; Aliriam deceased; and Jennette' Florence, wife of W. A. Bowen of St. Joseph.

L. B. Alay was reared on the home farm and received his preliminary education in the district schools, which were held in a log house with slabs for desks and benches. He later attended Pleasant Ridge College in Platte County. He wore homespun clothing until he was 18 years of age, when he received his first bought suit, which cost $40. At the age of 19 years he began farming in his native county, and continued there until 1872, when he moved to Barry County, Alissouri. In 1874 he came to Buchanan County, and settled on his present farm in section 20, Bloomington township, which was a part of his wife's homestead. He built a substantial residence, good barns and fences and set out an excellent orchard. He has fine blue grass pastures, which are invaluable to him in the fattening of stock. He deals in butcher meat, fattening cattle, sheep and hogs for the market. He has taken an earnest interest in the development of this countv. and has given especial attention to the improvement of roads. He has a fine private road leading to the main road. He has a relic of pioneer days which he very highly prizes, - a cupboard of native walnut. His wife has a hand-made bureau, built entirely of cherry, which was owned by an early settler.

AJr. Alay was united in marriage with Amanda Aloore, a daughter of \\'illiam and Eliza ( Ellison) Aloore. pioneers of this county, and they have eight children : Robert L.. deceased : Fred, of Weston, who married Edna Vermillion ; Eva Irene ; Susan ; Alary Eliza ; Elmer ; Arsceno ; and Georgia Ann. Politically, Air. Alay is a Democrat and served as clerk of the school district a number of years. For a short time he served under Captain Hart of DeKalb during the Civil War, but was discharged on account of sickness.

ANIEL A. LOUTERAIILCH, a respected citizen and an extensive farmer of Buchanan County, residing in section 21^ township 55, range 34, in Platte township, and owning a well-improved farm of 370 acres situated in Platte and Jackson townships, in sections 22, 2}^, 26, 2^ and 14, was