Buchanan County, Missouri - Chapter 28: Reminiscences, 1904 (part 17 of 18)

Charles Kinnaird, father of David M., was born in Culpeper County, Virginia, August 16, 1805, and was taken when a babe of nine months to Adair County, Kentucky, where he was reared on a farm and lived until 1841, when he came with his wife and three children to Buchanan County, ^Missouri. Two covered wagons carried the household belongings and the family landed in Platte township on October 26, 1841. Mr. Kinnaird entered a tract of 160 acres in the wilderness and soon had built a log cabin, 14 by 16 feet in dimensions, laying a plank instead of a j)uncheon floor, and this made a cosy and comfortable home, fully up to the requirements of the times. Here the children were born and for years knew no other accommodations. Charles Kinnaird worked hard and cleared off his land and probably the paralysis, with which he was afflicted in later life, was occasioned by his endurance of hardships during the early years of his settlement. The death of this old pioneer occurred in 1880. Although a man of limited education, he was naturally intelligent and during his years of enforced quiet enjoyed reading, although he had not learned the art until he was a grown man. During his activity he was a close attendant on divine services in the Baptist Church, of which he was a valued member and to which he gave liberal support. In politics he took much interest, being a Whig until the formation of the Republican party, when he joined the new organization.

He married Malinda McNeely, who was born in 1 8 10 in Cumberland County, Kentucky, and died in Platte township, r>uchanan County, February 28, 1872. They had these children: Mary, widow of David Workman, who died a member of Company D, nth Reg., Missouri Vol. Cav.. in the Civil War. in 1864, at Raleigh, Missouri, - ]\lrs. Workman draws a pension; Mrs. Esther Rodman, of Buchanan County; Mrs. Elizabeth McCray, of Atchison County ; Mrs. Eliza Deakins ; David M., of this sketch; Joseph, who died in 1875 and William, of Shawnee County, Kansas.

David M. Kinnaird has always resided on his present farm, which originally consisted of 160 acres. Ox} the occasion of the marriage of his sister Elizabeth, his father gave her 20 acres. The property is very valuable on account of its excellent improvements and the high state of cultivation to which it has been brought.

Mr. Kinnaird is a Republican, but takes only a citizen's interest in political matters. He is highly respected by his fellow citizens, who have known him from childhood.

Circuit Court as deputy clerk and his identification with the city's earlier newspapers brought him into a wide acquaintance all over the county. Air. Thompson was born at Harper's Ferr\-. X'irginia, October 12, 1830. and died in Califf)rnia, in July. 1902. He was a son of Meriwether and Martha (Gladdis) Thompson.

Mr. Thompson came to St. Joseph in 1849 having com])lcted his 19th year, joining his two elder brothers who were establishcfl in business here. As he had already completed his apprenticeship to the printing trade, he soon secured employment on the St. Joseph Gazette, which had been established here by James Ridenbaugb. Tbis connection lasted for 15 years, Mr. Thompson climbing from the case to be foreman and subsequently sole proprietor, the ownership having passed through many hands in the interim. Born in the South, his sympathies continued to be with that section and her institutions and he was so outspoken in his convictions a1)out the time of the outbreak of the Civil War and later, that his paper came under the ban of the Federal authorities and was seized by Iowa troops under Colonel Curtis, and its circulation was prevented.

Mr. Thompson then became foreman of the Herald, and assisted in getting out its first issue, and he remained wUh this newspaper until the close of the war. In 1864, in association with Col. Jacob Childs, he established the E-cening Ne-cvs, purchasing the presses and machinery of the old Gazette. This was a campaign sheet and was discontinued at tlie close of the political agiation of that year. During the two following years Mr. Thompson engaged in a real estate business and was then elected to two city offices, - recorder and police judge. He served efficiently through three terms and then removed to Hastings, Nebraska, where he opened up a hotel. This enterprise promised to be a very successful or.e. but a disastrous fire destroyed his property a year later and ruined his business prospects in that city. He returned to his old friends in St. Joseph, finding a ready welcome and very soon afterward was appointed deputy in the office of the circuit clerk. It is not necessary to recall bis efficiency in this office, his long years of continuous service in the position being sufficient proof of the value in which he was held.

On May 8, 1852, ]\Ir. Thompson was married to Jane Lyon, a resident of St. Joseph, but a native of Kentucky. She was a daughter of the late A. B. Lyon, a prominent merchant and justice of the peace. Nine children were born to this union, of whom the four daughters and two sons still siu'viving are as follows: Sallie (formerly the widow of the famous astronomer, Richard A. Proctor), who is" the wife of Dr. Smyth, of Belfast. Ireland ; Annie, who married Louis De (]ottrau, a native of Freiburg, Switzerland, and resides in Florida : Bettie, who is the wife of J. R. Lyle, of Buckley, Washington ; Mary (Mrs. Edward Hammond), who resides at Encinitas, California ; John H., who is a resident of California ; and Charles M., Jr., who is bookkeeper for the Roberts-Parker Mercantile Company of St. Joseph.

had strong convictions and was not afraid to make them known. Intense in his disHkes, he was equally firm in his friendsliips and it has been said of him that no personal advancement could ever shake his fidelity to his friends or party.

AMES BUCHANAN CROY, assessor of Buchanan County, Missouri, with office in the Court House at St. Joseph, has been a' resident of Marion township for many years and a prosperous agriculturist. He was born in Marion Countv, Iowa, May 28, 1856.

Mr. Croy was the fourth of five children born to Zcbulon and Sarah (Gorrell) Croy, the others being Jacob, of Kansas City ; William H., deceased; Saniantha, who resides with our subject in Marion township ; and Sarah, who also resides in Marion township. The parents of these children were born in Virginia, but removed to Iowa at an early date. Mrs. Croy died in 1864, and three years later Mr. Croy moved with his family to Missouri, locating in Buchanan County. He thereafter engaged in farming in Marion township until his death in 1872.

James B. Croy accompanied his father when he removed to' Buchanan County, and was reared on a farm in IMarion township. He attended the common schools of the neighborhood and also the St. Joseph schools. After his father's death, he was the ward of Jacob Weddel, with whom he continued during the remainder of his boyhood days, still pursuing his studies. Upon completing his schooling, he returned from St. Joseph to Clarion township, where he purchased a farm and has resided ever since. He is a practical man and has farmed in a most apj^roved manner, becoming one of the successful and influential men of tlie community. On March 7, 1898, he was appointed to fill the unexpired term of his brother. William H. McCroy. deceased, as county assessor, and in the fall of the same year was elected to succeed himself. He has since filled this office in a most acceptable manner, gaining the commendation of his fellow citizens. I'^or a period of 15 years he served on the School Board in Marion township, and did much toward raising the standard of the schools.

In 1876, ]Mr. Croy was united in marriage with Elizabeth Kennedy, a native of Buchanan County. Missouri, and a daughter of Alfred and Rebecca (Froggc) Kennedy, by whom he has the following children, all born on the home farm : Mabel, who married M. L. L. Bartlett, of Buchanan County, and has three children, - Edna, and Leda and Lela (twins) ; Zebulon ; Georgia, who married Isaac Hall, of Buchanan County, and has a son, - Elder ; Sarah ; and Effic. In politics, our subject is a Democrat and has always worked hard for party success. He belongs to the following fraternal organizations : Lodge No. 278, A. F. & A. M. ; Invincible Lodge, No. 470, I. O. O.F. ; Golden Cross Lodge, No. 143, K. of P. ; Arapahoe Tribe, No. 26, I. O. R. M. ; Pride of the West Lodge, No. 42, A. O. U. W. ; Missouri Camp, No. 1893, M. W. A. ; and the Eagles.

OHN MILLER, one of the old and prominent agriculturists of Washington township, Buchanan County, who owns 16 acres of very valuable land in section 32, just north of the city limits on th.e Savannah road, was born in Wurtemburg, Germany, August 9. 1827, and is a son of Frederick Miller.

Our esteemed subject grew up on his father's farm and from his parent learned many practical lessons in the tilling of the soil. In 1852 he decided to come to America in search of better opportunities. He took passage on a sailing vessel and after eight weeks of tossing on the ocean, landed at the port of New Orleans and went from there to Louisville, Kentucky, where he engaged in farming and gardening for others for a few years. Then he decided to come to St. Joseph and made the trip by boat from St. Louis, reaching here in 1858 and settling on a farm two miles south of town. A few years later, he moved to a farm east of St. Joseph, where he remained until 1865, when he located on his present farm, which he has occupied ever since. He devotes his land to gardening and, both on account of its high state of cultivation and its proximity to the city, it is of great value. For some time he has lived retired, his farm being managed by two of his sons.

At Louisville, Kentucky, Mr. IMiller was married to Elizabeth Buedel, who was also born in Germany and came to the United States in 1856. They have had 10 children, namely: John, deceased ; William, deceased ; Frederick, a farmer of Buchanan County ; Edward, of St. Joseph ; Lena (Walter) ; Frank and George, living on the home place ; Mrs. Bertha Zimmer ; and Henry and Charles, at home.

In politics, Mr. Miller votes with the Republican party, iioth he and his wife are very active in spite of their advancing years. They have many warm friends in their neighborhood, their many estimable qualities of mind and heart bringing them the respect and esteem of all who know them. Mr. Miller has been a hard worker all his life and now deserves the comfort and ease which he enjoys.

ON. WALLER YOUNG. Among the prominent members of the ^Missouri bar for many years was the late Waller Young, who was, also, one of the vigorous politicians of Northwestern Missouri. Waller Young was born in Bath County. Kentucky, in 1841, and was a son of Willis and Fetnah Ann (Miller) Young, members of old and honorable Kentucky families.

In 1851 Mr. Young accompanied his parents to Buchanan County, Missouri, settling in the vicinity of Easton. During the Civil War, he served as a faithful soldier of the Confederacy, and after the close of the struggle went to Louisville, Kentucky, where he was graduated in law in 1870. He was a man of brilliant parts and after serving with the greatest efficiency as ])rivate sccretarv to Governor Woodson, he was nominated and elected to the State Senate. About 1875 he became a resident of St. Josei)h, and subsec[uently was elected a member of the State Legislature. He continued to practice his profession until he was appointed to the office of county clerk, by Governor Stone, to serve out the unexpired term of T. Ed. Campbell, who died May 3, 1893; he resumed his practice upon the expiration of the term in January, 1895. ^^^ was connected with much of the important litigation of his time, and even when not personally interested in legal controversies as to civic improvements, gave his advice freely and assisted in the establishing of many of the present institutif)ns which reflect credit ujKm St. Joseph. He was a member of the board of managers of the State Hosjjital for Insane, No. 2, and was president of the Board of Education of .St. Joseph. To his interests and energy are due many of the facilities now enjoyed both by the asylum and the public schools. His death, on Novcml)er 17, i8(/), removed a valued and useful citizen.

On June 17, 1870. Waller Young was married to Kate Howard, w bo was a daughter of William G. Howard and a member of a prominent Kentucky family. They were survived by three children, as follows : Kate H., wife of Dr. Perry Fulkerson, of St. Joseph; Waller, his father's namesake, a prominent young business man of St. Joseph, who is bookkeeper for the Republic Oil Company ; and Fay, who lives wath her sister. Mr. Young was a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church.

Dr. Perry l-'ulkerson, son-in-law of our subject, is one of the leading oculists and aurists of St. Joseph, wdth office at No. 5183/^ Francis street. He is a graduate of the Bellevue Hospital Medical College of New York City, of the New York Eye and Ear College and of the Ensworth Medical College of St. Joseph. His father was one of the first physicians of Andrew County, Missouri. Dr. and Mrs. Fulkerson reside at No. 324 North Seventh street.

I FORD ADAMS, district manager at St. Joseph of District No. 2, Missouri & Kansas Telephone Company, and one of tlie city's well-known citizens, was born in 1876 in Carroll County, Missouri, and is a. son of William H. and Martha (Sands) Adams.

William H. Adams was born in AJaryland and his wife in Indiana. After completing his education he taught school in Maryland for a time and then learned the cabinetmaking trade, which he followed for 10 years in Indiana. Deciding to turn his attention to farming, he purchased a farm in Lafayette County, Missouri, which he operated a few years and then removed to Ray County and from there to Carroll County following farming until [884, when he settled at Carrollton, where he now resides.' He married Martha Sands, of near Frankfort, Indiana, and they had nine children, of whom five survive, namelx" : Maggie, who is the wife of J. H. Spurlock ; Effie, who is the wife of L. L. Campbell : Dell M., who married Nodia Millstead ; Cajrie, who is the wife of Dr. Amos Lovell ; and Buford, our subject, who married Elma Burrows.

Mr. Adams enjoyed only the educational advantages ofifered by the public schools and as soon as he had comj)leted the course he secured em- ])loyment with tlie Pacific Express Company. He continued in the express business for some time, but close attention and constant confinement of this character told on his health, and, after a ser- ious illness at St. Louis, he took his physician's advice and sought outside employment, severing his pleasant connection of five years with the express companies. In a short time he was offered and accepted a position of manager of the ^Ussouri & Kansas Telephone Company, with offices at CarroUton, IMissouri, where he remained two vears and was then transferred to Joplin and was placed in charge as manager of the Joplin and Carthage (Missouri) exchange, where he continued until April i, 1901, when he became manager at St. Joseph. On October i, 1904, he was made district manager of District No. 2, composed of 18 counties.

]\Ir. Adams' long service with this company is sufficient evidence of his ability and fidelity to duty. Under his intelligent management the compan}- has prospered and the public has been accommodated. In political sentiment he is a Democrat. Fraternally, he is a Knight of Pythias, having his membership in a local lodge at St. Joseph, and is a member of the Commercial, Benton and Lotus clubs.

OHN A. WHITEFORD. superintendent of the city schools of St. Joseph, is one of ^lissouri's scholarly men and experienced educators. He was born at x\urora, Indiana, August 12, 1865, and is a son of \\'illiam J. and Rachel (Stewart) Whiteford.

William J. Whiteford was born in Belfast, Ireland, and removed to the State of Indiana a lad of 14 years. He moved to Northwestern ?^Iissouri in 1864 and became a prosperous farmer and large stock dealer. He married Rachel Stewart and they reared a family of eight children.

John A. Whiteford spent his boyhood on his father's farm and was educated in the country schools, later receiving better advantages in the schools at Barnard, where he was graduated from the High School at the age of 18 years. Subsequently he took a graduate and post-graduate course in the State Normal School and then began the study of the law under Judge Andrew Ellison, of Kirksville, Missouri, with whom he read for an extended period. He first engaged in teaching in Andrew County, remaining one year at Whitesville. and then was superintendent and principal of the schools of ^lilan, Missouri, for four years. From there he went to Moberly, where he was principal of the High School one year and subsequently became superintendent of schools, filling that position for period of nine years, meeting every requirement and bringing the schools up to a very high standard. At Moberly he installed work in manual training and gymnasium work, these being marked featvires of the system. His appointment as superintendent of the city schools of St. Joseph being in the light of an advancement and promising a larger field of work. Professor W'hiteford felt called upon to resign his position at Moberly. When he came to .St. Joseph on July i. 1904, he left many sincere friends and admirers at ^loberly. He was a member of a committee of five at ^loberly appointed to plan and install the educational exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition.

In January, 1892, Professor Wliiteford was married to ]\Iary Keely, who is a daughter of Patrick Keely. and they have two children : Elizabeth B. and Dorothy E. They reside at No. 701 .South 13th street.

Politically, our subject is a Democrat but not very active in party work on account of his absorbing professional duties. He has been honored on various occasions by educational bodies, in 1902 receiving the election to the office of president of the ^lissouri State Teachers' Association, of which he had been secretary for one year. * He is a member of the State Library Board of Missouri. He has been an active member for the past eight years of the National Teachers' Association and is well known in educational circles all over the country. In respect to his church connection, he is a Presbyterian. St. Joseph is to be congratulated on acquiring so competent and experienced an educator to take charge of her educational interests, one who combines unusual executive ability with breadth of culture and who possesses the zeal to push onward to higher and higher ideals.

HE ST. JOSEPH GAS CO^IPANY, which provides the city of St. Joseph, [Missouri, with light and fuel, was organized in 1897 and has since experienced uninterrupted success. The evolution of the various companies, organized in the past to supply the city with gas, into the present company is one of interest.

sociates the right to operate and use the streets of the ciiy for Hghting purposes and the sale of gas, but later rescinded this right. In 1857, the St. Joseph Gas Light & Coke Company was incorporated by the General Assembly of Missouri, it being the first gas company of the city. Its capital stock was placed at $50,000, and its incorporators were \\'illiam Herrick, Julius B. Raney and Charles H. Herrick. This company continued tu-!til June 25. 1864, when the entire plant was sold to Thomas B. Weakley, who operated it until July 21, 1 87 1, when he sold it to James Clements and others. The Citizens' Gas Light & Coke Company was then organized with a 20-year charter, and was incorporated by David Henning, James Clements, Ebenezer Wells, Silas H. Douglas, Philip Back, Thomas J\I. Cooley, of Ann Arbor, Michigan ; and Thomas B. Weakley, Elisha Foote, Jr., and James Horigan, of St. Joseph. The capital stock was $100,000, with shares at $100 each. The price was then $4.50 per thousand cubic feet. In 1878, - February 20, - the 3ilutual Gas Light Company was incorporated, to compete with the old company, by the following citizens : Allen H. \'oorhies, Thomas Springer, Charles H. Nash, Kerr M. Mitchell and Alexander Ogilvie. The capital stock was $100,000 at $100 per share. The new company placed the ])rice of gas at $2.50 per thousand cubic feet, while the old was selling at $4.50. In 1878, August 7th. the new company purchased the old one and conducted the business under the name of the Mutual Gas Light Company. On August 5, 1885. articles of incorporation were taken out and the name changed to the St. Joseph Gas & Manufacturing Company, with the following board of directors : Jolin W. Turner, S. T. Newman, George A. Madill, Kerr M. Mitchell and A. F. Nash.

In 1890, the St. Joseph Light & Fuel Company was incorporated with a capital of $500,000 in 5,000 shares, with the intention of "bucking" the existing company. The board of directors was Charles McGuire, Oliver M. Spencer, J. W. Heddcns, George C. Black. John Donovan, Jr., D. D. Burnes and J. G. Schneider.- It was their purpose to operate and manufacture gas under the Fahnehjclm system, and did so for two years, then changed the plant's mode of manufacturing gas, producing what is called an illuminating water gas during the next five years. Emerson McMillin, a ca])italist of New York, then ])urchased both companies, the St. Joseph Light &

Fuel and the St. Joseph Gas & IManufacturing companies, and on May 27, 1897, the St. Joseph Gas Company was organized. Its capital stock is $1,000,000, and the price of gas to the consumer is placed at $1.00 per thousand cubic feet. Its board of directors includes : Thomas T. Chew, Ir., Charles A. Pfeififer, Milton Tootle," Jr., W. A." P. ^IcDonald, Stephen C. Woodson, Huston Wyeth, Kerr ]M. Mitchell ; V. C. Turner of St. Joseph, and Walstein F. Douthirt, of New York. The officers are as follows. Emerson McMillin, of New York, president ; W. P. McDonald, vice-president; Kerr ^I. ]\Iichell, general manager; and F. Labrunerie, secretary and treasurer.

ON. OLIVER P. SMITH, one of the representative agriculturists of Rush township, Buchanan County, and the owner of a well-improved farm of 153 acres, situated in section i, was born April 14. 1857, and belongs to an old and honored pioneer family of Rush township. His parents were Absalom R. and Hester O. (Alderson) Smith.

The Smith family, from which our subject is descended, claims Scotch and French ancestry. Barrett Smith, the paternal grandfather, was born in Hamblen County, Tennessee, where he followed the peaceful pursuits of agriculture all his life. He was a worthy Christian man, a class leader in the Methodist Church and an esteemed member of his community. His children w'ere : Absalom R., Polly, William M., Rhoda, Mary and Benjamin McF. Their descendants still live in Tennessee.

Absalom R. Smith, father of our subject, was born and reared in Tennessee, where he taught school in young manhood and then engaged in farming. His removal to Missouri took place in the fall of 1854 and on November 29th of that year he settled in Rush towmship, Buchanan county. Here all his active years were spent in conducting his farm. His death took ])lace December 9, 1889. He married Hester O. Aiderson, who died December i, 1900. ' She was a daughter of Isaac Alderson, a farmer of Jefiferson County, Tennessee. Both Wv. Smith and wife were consistent members of the Christian Church. They had ten children : Cyrus A., deceased ; Oliver P., of this sketch ; Nancv Susan, deceased; Martha J, wife of James M. Campbell, of Holt County. ]\lissouri; James J., Benjamin C. and William F., all farmers in Rush township ; M. Lucy, wife o^ A. J. Jones, a farmer of Rush township ; Orlando L., also a farmer of Rush township ; and Rufus L., deceased.

Oliver P. Smith was educated in the public schools of Rush township and also enjoyed a commercial course at Bryant's Business College, St. Joseph, completing the latter in 1883. Since then he has followed general farming, stock-raising and fruit-growing in Rush townshi]x His fine farm in section i is almost all under cultivation and ranks with the valuable properties of the locality.

Mr. Smith has always been identified with the Democratic party and has been honored by it on numerous occasions, in 1895 being elected as representative to the State Legislature. His public service only tended to make him more highly respected and to increase the esteem which led his party and friends to place him in so responsible a position. He is regarded in his community as man of sound business judgment as well as of unquestioned integrity and reliability. While he is a good farmer, his interests cover other activities and he keeps thoroughly abreast of the times.

RS. JESSIE L. GAYNOR, founder and projirietor of the Gaynor Studio, the leading musical conservatory of St. Joseph, is a lady whose musical talents and poetic gifts have made her name a household word over a wide extent of country where her genius is known and appreciated. Mrs. Gaynor was born in 1863 at St. Louis, Missouri, and is a daughter of Capt. Henry W. and Susie F. (Taylor) Smith.

Captain Smith was born in Connecticut, of an old colonial family, and his wife in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where the Taylors rank with the lliddles. the Townsends and the Janneys. Caj)- tain Smith came West and was one of the pioneer Mississippi River couunanders, operating steamers on this mighty stream until his death at St. Louis, in 1870. The mother of Mrs. Gaynor died at Iowa City, Iowa, in 1887. ^^ their nine children. Mrs. Gaynor is the youngest.

Mrs. Gaynor was reared in a home where her great talents and unusual musical gifts were recognized and she was afforded every educational advantage she craved. Until the aoe of 12 years she attended school in St. Louis and then became a student at Pritchett Institute, at Glasgow, Missouri. L'pon her return to St. Louis, she became in turn a pupil of a number of celebrated musicians, both in her native city and in Boston, Massachusetts, including A. J. Goodrich, Frederick Grant Gleason and that noted composer. Dr. Louis Maas. Instructed and encouraged by these great musicians, she became a_ teacher herself, at Iowa City, Iowa ; at Newton, Kansas ; at Chicago, Illinois, where she had a studio in the Auditorium Building ; and, since 1901, at St. Joseph, Missouri.

The Gaynor Studio which Mrs. Gaynor opened in this city has met with the success which the thorough instruction given there merits and it is with pardonable pride that this accomplished teacher points to her students and graduates. In art and music St. Joseph is as critical as any Eastern center and that Mrs. Gaynor has won the enthusiastic approval of the city's cultivated people, both as an artist and as a lady, is self-evident. Mrs. Gaynor has won the right to be classed with successful music composers, not only of simple music but of operas and more ambitious works as well. While there seems to be scarcely any limit to her versatility, she has been so very successful in her composition of juvenile productions that her admirers have decided her best talent in composing lies in this direction. Recently, in association with Frederick F. Beale, she produced the opera. "The First Lieutenant," which was performed with eclat on .September 6. 1904, at the St. Jose]:)h (!)pera House, with a chorus of 100 voices. Other operas she has composed are : "The House That Jack Built" and "The Toy Shop" and the following songs : "And I ;" "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes;" "If I W^ere a Bee;" "Cradle Song;" "Flowers Cradle Song;" "The Discontented Duckling;" "The Sugar Dolly;" "My Dear Jerushy ;" "Molly;" "Serenade;" "Sleep My Beloved ;" "Come Down to the River To-Night, Love;" "If Love Be Won;" "The Sunbeam's Kiss;" "Spring Songs;" "The Riddle;" "The Star of Bethlehem," a Christmas song ; "The Birth and the Resurrection," an Easter song; "The Gingerbread Man ;" "The Jap Doll ;" "The Slumber Boat;" "Hush-A-Bye ;" "Close Yo" Eve ;" "Contentment ;" "Lest Winter Come ;" "A Valentine;" "Maureen;" "Only a Rose;" "A Question ;" "The Dew Drop and the Star ;" "I Love Thee ;" and these nmsical albums : "Rose

Songs ;" "Seven Songs ;" "Songs to Little Folks," "Songs of the Child World," No. i and No. 2, and "Songs and Scissors." These songs and other compositions have justly placed Mrs. Gaynor in a very prominent rank in the musical world.

In 1885 Mrs. Gaynor was married, at Iowa City, Iowa, to Thomas Wellington Gaynor. and they have two children : Rose Fenimore, who was born at Newton, Kansas, and Dorothy Eyre, who was born at St. Joseph, Missouri.

Mrs. Gaynor was the organizer and the first president of the Fortnightly Musical Club of St. Joseph which started with four members and now has a membership of 56. She is a lady who is held in the highest esteem here, not only for her musical talents but also for a particularlv charming personality.

formerly a member of the faculty of the Northwestern Medical College at St. Joseph, Missouri, and the founder and present ovvner of the St. Joseph School and Hospital for Training Nurses, is one of Missouri's eminent and successful medical practitioners. Dr. French was born November 8, 1853, in Gentryville, Gentry County. Missouri, and is a son of William L. and Sophia O. (Reed) French.

The French family is an old one in the "Blue Grass" State and both parents of Dr. French were born there. Soon after marriage they removed to Missouri and settled in Gentry Coimty. but removed to Randolph County at a later date. The father entered the Confederate Army and died in the service. The mother survived until 1903, making her home with our subject at St. Joseph.

Dr. French was educated primarily in the public schools of his locality and was 18 years of age when he entered a drug store, at Moberly. There he became deeply interested in medicine and entered u])on its study, under the direction of Dr. John T. Cox, learning in the meantime the practical use of drugs in his daily vocation. In the winter of 1878-79 he entered the Keokuk Medical College, at Keokuk, Iowa, and in the following spring went to St. Louis, pursuing his medical studies in the Missouri Medical College, and was graduated in the class of 1880 from the St. Joseph Hospital Medical College. Entering immediately into practice, the young physician met with immediate success and now controls probably the largest private practice in this city of more than 100,000 inhabitants. Dr. French took post-graduate courses in the New York Polyclinic College and Hospital and has been identified with advanced medical science for a number of years. He became a member of the faculty of the justly celebrated Northwestern Medical College of St. Joseph and was a member of its directing board. The fine college building on the corner of Eighth and Sylvanie streets, St. Joseph, was erected by him, the sum of $30,000 being expended on this noble structure, an ornament to the city. Fie was its secretary and lecturer on diseases of women and clinical surgery. He has been prominent in city afifairs, where they have been connected with anything pertaining to the public health, and has served two terms as city health officer.

Perhaps Dr. French is as well known as a lecturer and in the newspaper field as any other, his versatile talents enabling him to make a success of almost everything he undertakes. In the lecture field he has been for years in great demand and in this connection is widely known all over the State. He is both editor and proprietor of the Sf. Joseph Medical Journal, a paper local only in name and widely circulated. Formerly he was one of the editors of the Western Medical and Surgical Reporter, of this city, and holds an important place in the ranks of medical writers. Dr. French is a valued member of the Buchanan County Medical Association, of the District Medical Association of Northwestern Missouri, of the State Medical Association and of the Missouri Valley Medical Association. In 1893, at Moberly, Missouri, he was elected chairman of the North Alissouri Medical Association. Dr. French isi assistant surgeon, with the rank of captain, on the staff of Col. Joseph Hansen, ?\Iissouri National Guard, his commission being dated July 12, 1882, and signed by Governor Thomas C. Crittenden.

In addition to the above-named just claims to professional prominence. Dr. French is still further interested in medical science and educational work. Perhaps no one except the trained physician can even feebly imderstand how the medical man's best eft'orts are handicapped and, indeed, often entirely thwarted by the ignorant care given a patient after his work is well done, and the crying need, wherever there is illness, for the com])etent nurse. In his large practice, Dr. French felt this need so keenly that it became one of his cherished desires to found an institution where nurses could be thoroughlv trained. He recognized that, while this training would offer a profession to those who took advantage of it, it s must come within the financial resources of the class which would most likely become students. After much consideration, his plans were laid and became a fact by the erection, in 1888, of the imposing four-and-five story building at Nos. 402-406 South Eighth street, St. Joseph. This handsome, modern building contains yj rooms and was designed for hospital and college purposes and bears the name of the St. Joseph School and Hospital for Training Nurses, and he is now erecting a new building 20 blocks north of the present terminus of the street car system, on an 80-acre tract, on which there are already two buildings. This new structure is .to be used as a sanitarium for nervous diseases.

Dr. French has surrounded himself with a faculty that is comprised of the leading physicians and surgeons of the West. The class of 1902-03 consisted of four graduates and the current class will be much larger. The course of instruction includes a liberal medical education, lectures being given upon the duties of a nurse in cases of fevers, contagious diseases, general surgery, obstetrics, diseases of women and children, diseases of the eye and ear and hygiene. Practical experience in obstetrical cases, general cases and outdoor practice will be included, while other lectures on anatomy, physiology and the management of the insane will follow. A directory of nurses, for graduates, is kept and application at the institution will bring swiftly to the sick bed a careful, thoroughly competent helper. Some of the graduates of this school are now filling positions of great responsibility in distant parts of the country. Dr. French has every reason to lookback upon what he has accomplished with no little pride.

On February 12, 1884, Dr. French was married in Andrew County, ]\lissouri, to Kate V. Lewis, who is a daughter of Hugh Lewis a large farmer of that section. They have two. sons and one daughter, viz : Louis Andrew, Valiant D. D. IMclvin and Kate ]\Iarie. Both he and his accomplished wife are members of the Christian Church, of St. Joseph, in which connection they are valued very highly. Dr. French is a Democrat politically, stanchly supporting the party's principles and candidates. His fraternal associations include the Masons, Odd Fellows, Knights and Ladies of Security, Woodmen of the World, the Red Men and Court of Honor, and has been medical examiner for all these insurance

With all these varied interests claiming his attention. Dr. French finds some time for social enjoyment and his friends know him to be a genial, hospitable host. He is honored and respected in a degree beyond that of the ordinary physician because he possesses those qualities of mind and character which attract men and inspire their confidence. Duty has been one of his watchwords and he has followed its path from boyhood when, uncomplainingly, he took upon his shoulders a large part of the rearing of his father's family. He is truly an honored citizen of St. Joseph.

On near-by pages, in connection with the foregoing sketch, are shown a portrait of Dr. French and views of his residence, of the St. Joseph School and Hospital for Training Nurses and the site of his sanitarium for nervous diseases.

ESSE H. HARTMAN, secretary of the Hartman Furniture & Carpet Company, at St. Joseph, was born at Baltimore, Maryland, October 15, 1878, and is a son of Henry and Mary (Straus) Hartman.

Henry Hartman was born in Bavaria, Germany, in 1829, and died in 1891, aged 62 years. He came to seek his fortune in America, when a lad of 16 years, and through sterling traits of character amassed a fortune. He worked at various occupations for a time in the city of New York, and then went to Baltimore, where he finally embarked in the wholesale meat business, on his own account, in which he continued active for some 10 years. He then entered into a wholesale cloth business, with a number of capitalists and they controlled the largest business in that line, south of New York, for some years. He retired-from active interests five years prior to his death. He 'married Mary Straus, a daughter of Martin L. Straus, of Baltimore. They had nine children, namely: Leon, who is president of the Hartman Furniture & Carpet Company, of Chicago, which owns 22 stores, operating in the principal cities of the United vStates ; Rena, who is the wife of Dr. Harry S. Greenbaum. of the Johns Hopkins Hospital, at Baltimore; Milton L., who is vice-president of the Hartman Furniture & Carpet Company, of Chicago ; Florence, a resident of Baltimore; Blanche, who is the wife of Moses Hecht, of New York City, who is one of the proprietors of the Hecht syndicate, which operates 10 furniture stores ; Jesse H., of this sketch ; Stanley, who is the assistant manager of the Hartman interests in MinneapoHs ; and Helen and Irving, of Baltimore.

The name of Hartman has heen identified with the furniture interests of the country for many years. On the maternal side, the grandfather was the originator of the installment feature in the furniture business. He was born in Germany and came early to the United States. At the close of the Civil War he was the largest retail furniture dealer in business south of New York City.

Our subject was liberally educated in his native city, passing from private schools into Johns Hopkins University, where he was graduated with the degree of A. B. His first business connection was with the Baltimore Herald, aftec which he went to Chicago and became connected with one of the company's stores. In April, 1902, he came to St. Joseph, where he opened up his present store and easily controls the bulk of the furniture business in this city. The Hartman corporation is the largest in this line in the world. The members are all recognized as able business men. Their transactions amount to immense sums and cover a wide territory, but it remains a matter of pride with them to continue the honorable methods used at the founding of the business. The house at St. Joseph presents the same attractions to the citizens here as do others of the name, in other localities, - good goods, honest prices and fair treatment.

N. MILLER, M. D., a prominent physician and surgeon of St. Joseph, and one of the organizers of the St. Joseph Medical and Surgical Institute, was born near Greenfield, Hancock County, Indiana, September t8, 1857, and is a son of Benjamin and Angeline (Taylor) Miller.

Dr. Miller's father was born in Michigan. Later he became one of the early settlers in Hancock County, Indiana. He was a veteran of both the ^Mexican and the Civil War, and at the close of the latter struggle located in Nodaway County, Missouri, where he died in 1869. In political sentiment he was a stanch Republican. He married Angeline Taylor, who was born in Ohio and belonged to the same Taylor family as did President Zachary Taylor. Her death occurred in 1876, at the age of y^ years.

Dr. Miller was the only child of this union and he was nine years of age when his parents removed to Nodaway County, Missouri. His best educational opportunities were far from being those afi:'orde(l the youth of the present day. The death of his mother severed his home ties entirely and he then went to Mound City, Missouri, where he accepted a position in a drug store. Studious and investigating, he soon became interested in drugs and their compounding and an ambition was aroused to learn more concerning them and to intelligently make use of them for the benefit of others. Thus he almost insensibly drifted into the study of medicine, which he subsequently pursued under Dr. Ross and Dr. J. P. Jackson and by them was prepared for entrance to Keokuk Medical College, in 1879. In 1882 he was graduated from this institution, having earned the money for his tuition by clerking and assisting the college professors.

Dr. Aliller settled at Alound City, Missouri, where he continued to practice for eight years and then came to St. Joseph. In 1893, in association with Drs. J. H. Walker and J. K. Egbert, also eminent physicians, he organized the St. Joseph Medical and Surgical Institute, incorporated. Dr. jMiller commands a large private practice, in which he makes use of a number of remedies of his own compounding, the result of his own scientific investigation. These include a line ot suppositories for the treatment of diseases of both sexes. He is the inventor of the interuterine suppository which has come into general use, not only in the practice of home physicians but all over the country. These remedies are in no sense patent medicines, merely the preparations of a skilled pharmacist and a scientific physician. They are most successfully nsed for female weaknesses and for piles, being much superior to any thing that has previously been placed on the market in this line. Owing to the increasing demand for the above mentioned specialties. Dr. Miller, the originator of the same, has retired from active practice to devote his attention to the manufacture of the "Anchor" suppository.

In 1877 Dr. Miller was married, at Mound City, Missouri, to Ella Hyatt, who was born in Illinois and is a daughter of W. T. Hyatt, who operates a hotel at Mound City. The three children of Dr. and Mrs. Miller are: Ralph M., Myrtle J. and Carrie A. On August 19, 1896, Dr. Miller was married to his present wife, whose maiden name was Caroline E. Collins. She was born at Oregon, Missouri, and is a granddaughter of Roland Burnett, and a daughter of John Collins, both early settlers of Northwestern j\lissouri. The Burnett and Collins families were among the leading families in all progressive movements in the country where they resided. Dr. Miller's private office is situated in his pleasant home at No. 611 North Ninth street. The family belong to the Presbyterian Church.

Politically, our subject is a stanch supporter of the Republican party. He has long been connected with a number of the leading medical societies, and in 1877 he was a delegate to tlie American Medical Association in its convention at Chicago. For several years he was secretary of the United States examining board of pensions of Holt County. He enjoys an enviable professional status and is held equally in esteem in

ILLIA^^l G. FAIRLEIGH, who is now retired from business activity, is widely known throughout Northwestern ^Missouri, as merchant, banker and capitalist. Since the early days of St. Joseph's history, no one has borne a more important part or taken greater interest in her rapid growth than has he. His history is that of a man who has risen from the lowest rounds of the financial, ladder to a truly enviable position as an influential and respected citizen.

Mr. Fairleigh is a native of Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Kentucky, where his birth occurred February 9, 1830. In the fall of 1843, with his parents, he went by the way of the Ohio River to St. Louis, proceeding from that point to Western Missouri. The first mone}' he made after his arrival in Weston, ^lissouri, was by selling apples on the street and at the boat landings. His father, Andrew Fairleigh, went to Savannah, Missouri, in 1845. ^^'^^^ the following year came to St. Joseph. He followed the trade of a silversmith until 1849, when he went to California, working at his trade in Sacramento and later working in the mines. His death occurred three months after his arrival in that Western country. He sent to our subject several hundred dollars he had made, and the following' spring his widow and two daughters went to Sacramento, here they conducted a hotel for several but were unfortunate, as the hotel was burned three times. Mrs. Fairleigh died July 20, 1 90 1 ; one daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Free, died in California in 1904 and the other, Mrs. Louisa O'Brien, resides in Minneapolis. Minnesota.

For two or three years, William G. Fairleigh turned his hand at whatever he could find to do, for a time acting as errand boy and cleaning out the store of Smith & Donnell, the largest house of the kind in the city. Milton Tootle was then in business in Savannah, and in 1847 succeeded to Robert M. Donnell's interest in the firm, the latter entering into partnership with Albe M. Saxton, who conducted a nearby store. An incident which the people of this day and age would consider very amusin.g occurred about this time. During religious services a genuine backwoodsman appeared at the door of the church, motioned the pastor to silence and asked in a loud tone if Bob Donnell was there, for he had a barrel of honey to sell him. The firm name of Smith & Donnell was changed to Smith, Bedford & Tootle and continued until the death of Mr. Smith in August, 1849. During the latter's sickness, young Fairleigh rode as far as Platte County for the wellknown and skilled physician. Dr. Mcx\dow. Mr. Tootle bought the interest in the firm formerly owned by Mr. Smith and the other partner retiring, Mr. Fairleigh was taken in as a partner only 19 years of age and having only $600 to invest, the firm name becoming Tootle & Fairleigh. Soon after, Joseph and Thomas E. Tootle were admitted to the firm and continued with it until i860, when Joseph Tootle died and Thomas E. Tootle retired, taking a share of the goods. In the spring of 1861, Milton Tootle, senior member of the firm, went East, and bought $60,000 worth of goods ; but on account of the growing uneasiness in regard to the war it was deemed dangerous to have the goods brought to the city. Mr. Fairleigh went to Quincy, Illinois, to have them stopped and returned to the sellers at Philadelphia, New York and Boston, but on his return it was found that the step was a mistake, as prices were rapidly going up and the demand for goods increasing. The goods which had proceeded as as far as Pittsburg and /\.ll:)any were then brought West, and prints which had been purchased at eight cents and sheetings at seven cents jK^r vard were worth 30 cents by the time the first installment of goods reached the city. This was the only house to continue a jobbing business for several years. The firm of Powell, Levy & Lemon closed out and Mr. Tootle furnished capital to start the firm of Lemon & Hosea in business about 1863, the latter firm being very successful. In 1856, a large brick store between Felix and Francis streets, on Second street, was erected by Tootle & Fairleigh, where they continued in business until 1873, when Mr. Fairleigh retired on account of failing health. When our subject became a member of this firm in 1849, there was $20,000 invested in the business, and the amount of business was about $75,000 per annum. When he retired in 1873. the capital was $100,000 and the amount of business $600,000 per annum. In 1857, they retired from the retail trade entirely, becoming wholesale dealers in dry goods, boots and shoes and queensware. From 1861 on, Mr. Fairleigh was the manager and buyer. In 1873, he spent considerable time in recuperating, visiting the Thousand Islands in the St. Lawrence River, and in June, 1878, went to Europe where he remained until tlie following January. Going into partnership with J. W. Bailey and afterward taking in Isaac \\'eil, the firm of Bailey, F"airleigh & \Yc\\ w^as founded; Mr. Fairleisfh remained in the business for about two years, and sold out in 1881. In 1857, with his brother, Talbot Fairleigh. as manager, the firm of Fairleigh & Company was established in the hardware trade, and was continued with much success until 1873, when the business was purchased bv William M. Wyeth. In 1881, Mr. Fairleigh and'Milton Tootle became half owners in the Buell Manufacturing Company, soon afterward building the woolen mill, which has since become a fine business. The former also loaned $15,000 on a mill at Blue Rapids, Nebraska. In the spring of 1880, he became interested with Joseph Knight at Cheyenne, Wyoming, putting up $40,000 to buy cattle near Salt Lake City, which after holding for two years they sold at a large profit. The same year he purchased 2,000 head of cattle in Texas for $25,550, selling later at a profit of about $30,000. Though his success was great, he has not since invested in cattle, preferring to place his ' money with commercial and manufacturing concerns. As the St. Joseph Valley Packing Company had done a big business for some time, in 1873 Mr. Fairleigh invested $10,000 with it, but it proved a bad investment, in which he lost $40,000. Joseph Knight was also a member of the company. One year when their stock could have been sold for $60,000 profit, it was considered best to hold it and by so doing they finally lost $120,000.

In 1846, for $250, our subject's father purchased the corner lot on the southeast corner of Third and Felix streets, which is now in the very heart of the business section of the city. (Jur subject purchased the property from his mother and the heirs and in 1856 erected upon it a substantial two-story brick building, which in 1867 li^ replaced with a bank building, the Colhoun banking house being started on that corner in 1869. Until 1876. Mr. Fairleigh's home was near the Court House on Fifth street ; for it he had paid $1,500 in gold when gold was worth $2.50. In 1856, in partnership with Mr. Tootle and others, he ])urchased 800 acres of land at Forest City, three miles from Oregon, where he laid out a town, started a store and induced several good firms to locate. The town prospered, being on the ^Missouri River, and proved a fair investment. Fie still owns lots at that place. Long before this, when Nebraska was still a Territory, he went West with a party to lay out town-sites, one of which was Laramie City, although he did not make anything on this deal. Several times he has visited California but has never invested in pro])erty there. He was a director of Schuster-Hax National Bank and a stockholder in the .Saxton National Bank at St. Joseph.

In October, T867, occurred the ma'rriage of ?\lr. Fairleigh and Alice O'Neil, whose sister Kate married Milton Tootle. Mrs. Fairleigh was born at Shelbyvillc, Kentucky. Her father, James L. O'Neil, who had been a banker at that place, was identified with banking interests in St. Joseph, in company with his son-in-law. Mr. Tootle, who founded the Western Bank about 1856. To Mr. Fairleigh and wife have been bom four children : James O'Neil, president of the Buell Manufacturing Company; Jennie, wife of Charles Enright, vice-president of the Missouri \'alley Trust Comjiany. deceased October 28, 1900; May L.. who married Randolph M. Davis; and William G., paying teller of the Missouri \'alley Trust Company. The two daughters were married January 25, 1892, the double wedding being a notable event in St. Joseph society circles, all of the contracting ])arties being well known and very popular. Tvir. Fairleigh and his family are members of and active workers in the First Presbyterian Chiu'ch of St. Joseph. He has never l)een a politician, although he takes some interest in political afl^airs. He was a Democrat for some years l)ut is now a Republican. Mr. Fairleigh's residence is situated upon beautiful grounds com- prising 29>4 acres on Frederick avenue and 26th street. He has expended from $10,000 to $15,000 on his residence, a beautiful and modern home, where he is now Hving a retired Ufe.

NTOX KLOS, who now hves somewhat retired, has long been identified with St. Joseph, ]\Iissouri, of which city he is one of the large capitalists and most highly esteemed citizens. He was born November 30, 1829, at Prombach, Hessen- Darmstadt, Germany.

j\lr. Klos remained in his native land until 15 years of age, obtaining his education in the local schools. He then determined to come to America, where he believed he could find better business chances, and in 1844 left the fatherland and in the same year reached New Orleans. Soon after he removed to St. Louis and there found a chance to learn the trade of cigarmaking, at which he Viorked for five years. He then came to St. Joseph, embarking here in a cigar and tobacco business, which he continued for 14 years. In 1864 li^ commenced, as a wholesale leaf tobacco dealer, buying and shipping tobacco which was raised within a radius of 50 miles of St. Joseph. He was one of the pioneers in this business and it brought him large returns. In 1877 he turned his attention to real estate dealing and, firm in his faith as to the future of the city, invested a large amount of capital in city property. This he has improved and still owns a great deal of business and residence realty, occupying his time for some years in looking after these interests. He is one of the largest taxpayers in the county, but has not been actively engaged in business since 1876.

On October 25, 1864, Mr. Klos was married to Elsie Deppen, who died November 17, 1869, survived by two children : Harvey and Edward W. The former was born May 13, 1865. and is a painter contractor, having establishments in St. Joseph and in Kansas City and giving employment to a large body of men. He married Maggie Bradford of St. Joseph, and they have six children living, - Edward, Annie D., Frederick, Andrew, Victor and Nellie, - and two deceased. Edward W. Klos was born December 23, 1867 and is engaged in the tent and awning business in St. Joseph, under the firm name of E. W. Klos & Company, and is a very successful man of business. He married Mary Sikes and they have one son. - George.

During the Civil War, Mr. Klos was a member of the State Militia under Capt. John Dolman, of- St. Joseph. His property at No. 612 Sylvanie street has been his home since 1864, his present fine residence having been erected in 1887. Mr. Klos is highly esteemed by the citizens of St. Joseph and bears a reputation for business integrity, good citizenship and admirable social qualities.

HARLES F. HEWITT, general superintendent of the St. Joseph Railway, Light, Heat & Power Company, was born at Baltimore, Maryland, February II, 1869, and is a son of Rev. John and Margaret J. (Pearson) Hewitt.

Rev. Horatio Hewitt, the paternal grandfather, was born, reared and married, in Yorkshire, England. He was the second son of his father's family, in which, for 300 years the first son had been given to the army and the second to the church. In 1847 ^^^ came to the United States with his wife and three-year-old son, and took charge of a church near Asheville, North Carolina. Rev. John Hewitt, the above-named son, was born April 10, 1844, in Sheffield, England. His first intellectual training was for the bar, but later he studied theology, and was graduated at St. James Collegiate Seminary at Hagerstown, Maryland. He entered upon his ministerial duties immediately and has atttained to eminence in the church, at present being the rector of St. Paul's Church, at Columbus, Ohio, one of the largest Episcopal churches in that city. Dr. Hewitt is very prominent in Masonry, having taken the 32d degree and has served in the order as grand prelate of the State of Pennsylvania. He married Margaret J. Pearson, who is a daughter of James Pearson, one of the oldest Scotch settlers in Maryland, living near Baltimore. Of their six children, the two survivors are : Charles F. and .Strafford Reaves, the latter of Columbus, Ohio.

Our subject enjoyed exceptional educational advantages in his boyhood and youth. He was the second son of the family, but did not subscribe to family tradition, choosing an entirely different career. From the old academical school at Bellefontc, Pennsylvania, he entered the University of Nebraska, where he completed the electrical, mechanical and engineering course, fitting himself for practical work in this line. He soon after entered the employ of the Western Engineering- Company and continued a year with this corporation, instalHng electric light and power plants, and then took charge of the Lincoln (Nebraska) electric light plant. In the fall of 1889 he engaged \yith the Thomson-Houston Electric Company, at Lynn, Massachusetts, and one year later went into their Boston office as constructing engineer, remaining there imtil 1895, in which year he left the company's employ in order to accept the responsibile one of superintendent of the Elmira (New York) Water, Light & Railway Company, this including the street railway and city lighting plant. Mr. Hewitt remained at Elmira for six years and then went to Elkhart, Indiana, as manager of the St. Joseph & Elkhart Power Company, which controlled the South Bend and Elkhart Electric companies and the local street railway in Elkhart. Since 1904 he has occupied his present position, - that of general superintendent of the St. Joseph Railway, Light, Heat & Power Company. L[is rise from one important position to another has been continuous and tells its own tale of faithfulness and capacity.

Mr. Hewitt has a very pleasant home in St. Joseph. He married Edith Barnes, a daughter of Lucien Barnes, of Albany. New York, and they have two children : John Kenneth and Ada Montague. Mr. and Mrs. Hewitt are members of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Mr. Hewitt belongs to a number of fraternal organizations and also to the Benton and Lotus chibs.

lAMES S. BURRIS, who has been a resident of Buchanan County throughout his entire life, was for many years engaged in farming in Center township, but for the past five years has rented his farm and lived at the Buchanan County Poor Farm, of which he is superintendent. In this capacity he has proved a most efficient officer, and has gain.ed the confidence and high esteem of his fellow citizens.

The Buchanan County Poor Farm is located about four miles northeast of St. Joseph and comprises 229 acres of land. This property was purchased by the county some 35 years ago for the paltry sum of $T,ioo, and is now valued at $200 per acre. The first building was erected by its former owner Mr. Todd, who occupied it until the Civil War. In 1884, the main building of the institution, a four-story brick with basement, was erected, and in 1896 was remodeled. It has accommodations for 120 inmates, with separate wards for males and females. The superintendent's residence was completed in 1903, and is a modern two-story brick of 10 rooms, with all modern conveniences, such as bath, electric lights and furnace. The barns, sheds, wash house and implement house are substantial structures and in keeping with the main buildings. There are some 80 inmates at the institution at the present time (1904), consisting of 49 white men, 20 white women, six colored men and five colored women. The farm is devoted to gardening and the raising of grain and hay, and under excellent management has been productive of good results. This institution, which is of so great importance to the county, could not have been placed in more capable hands than in l\lr. Burris'. Dr. J. K. Graham is at the present time the county physician and has general oversight of the health of the inmates. The first county superintendent of whom we have a record was a Mr. Alley, although there were two before him. He died in offi.cc, and was succeeded in turn by the following in the order named, the duration of their ten.ure also appearing : Mr. Carson, 8 years^; ^lichael Gleason, 23^ years ; John B. Carbett, 5vJ^ years ; P. Mosely, 2 years ; Spencer Barnes, i year ; Thomas Chivers, 4 years ; and James S. Burris, 5 years.

Mr. Burris was born in Center township, Buchanan County, ' Missouri, December 27, 1863, and is a son of Elijah and Cynthia (Gilmore) Burris. His father was born in Missouri in 1829, and became a very prominent farmer of Buchanan County. He was joined in marriage with Cynthia Gilmore, who was born in Buchanan County and is a daughter of Joseph Gilmore, who entered the farm where our subject was born, and of which he now owns a part. This union was blessed with the following children : Lizzie ; Sally (Critchficld) ; Amanda (Vincent) ; and James S.

James S. Burris was reared and educated in Center township, and thereafter engaged in farming on the old homestead until he was appointed to his present position. He was united in marriage with Hallie Brown, who was born in Buchanan County and is a daughter of Charles F. Brown, and they have four children, as follows : Effie ; Aleen ; Myrl and Exia. Politically, Mr. Burris is a Democrat and has always been an active worker in the party's ranks. He is a member of the Masonic order and belongs to St. Jo- seph Chapter, No. 14, R. A. M. He is also a member of the Modern Woodmen of America. Religiously, he and his family are members of the Christian Church.

HARLES NOLD. one of the leading contractors and builders of St. Joseph, \\-as born in the little town of Hoffheim. by the Rhine, in Prussia, Germany, March 29, 1842, and is a son of Adam and Katherine (IMenger) Nold.

The father of Mr. Nold was born in the same locality as himself, and there followed the occupation of farming. He died in 1873. aged 72 years. His six children were: ^Margaret, deceased, the wife of Robert Schwartz, of St. Joseph ; John, deceased: Casper, of St. Joseph; Charles, of this sketch ; Peter, of Savannah. Andrew County: and Mary (Mrs. Lesher). The parents were worthy members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church.

Charles Nold attended the schools of his native land and there learned the trade of carpenter and builder and was thus equipped when he came to the United States at the age of 18 years. He located at Nashville. Illinois, where his father's sister lived, and then found farm work, at which he continued for six years. In 1865 Mr. Nold came to St. Joseph, where he commenced to work at his trade, becoming a foreman carpenter. For seven years he continued to work for one contractor and builder, George Herbst, but in 1872 he started out for himself in this line. It would require much space to designate all the buildings now standing in St. Joseph which ]\Ir. Nold has erected, but among the most notable are the substantial structures occupied by The Louis Hax Furniture Company, the Nathan Stone P)Uilding at the corner of Sixth and Felix streets and the building occupied by the Crystal Theatre. Mr. Nold's work has stood the test of time on account of its substantial character and honest construction. Much of it will stand long after the builder has passed away, a monument to the industry and ability of a thoroughgoing, practical man.

On September 25, 1840, Mr. Nold was married to Sarah Kieffer, who was a daughter of George Kiefifer, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Nold died January i, 1900, at the age of 52 years. She was a most estimable woman, beloved by family and friends and a consistent member of the ^Methodist Church. The children of this marriage were : John W.,- of St. Joseph : Caroline R., the wife of George E. Welty, of St. Joseph ; Charles H., the largest dealer in general building material in St. Joseph, a prominent and successful man; and Harry H., Emma O. and Lulu D., all of St. Joseph.

Mr. Nold is identified with the Republican party, but his life has been one of too much business activity to permit of his accepting office. His fraternal connections include Humboldt Lodge. No. 130. I. O. O. F. ; Minnehaha Tribe, No. 18, I. O. R. M., in which he fills the office of past sachem.

Mr. Nold has been honorably associated with the business interests of this city for many years and has upheld the reputation of a man of the highest integrity. In every relation of life he is held in respect and may be justly counted one of the representative citizens as well as substantial men of St. Joseph.

EINHOLD MEIERHOFFER, one of the well-known and highly respected citizens of St. Joseph, who has been a resident of this city since 1884, was born at Boonville, Missouri, February 7. 1862, and is a son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Lantz) Meierhoffer.

The parents of Mr. Meierhoffer were of Swiss extraction. The father died October 30, 1898, and the mother passed away April 27, 1904. Of their five children, four still survive.

Reinhold IMeierhoffer attended the public schools of Boonville until the age of 17 years, growing up to young manliood with qualities which inspired confidence. He was scarcely older when he was appointed station agent at Pilot Grove for the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Compau}'. In 1884 he severed his connection with the road and came to St. Joseph, where he first engaged in a cooperage business until 1894, and then went into partnership with R. A. Pegan, in an undertaking business. Later he purchased his partner's interest and has continued alone! Mr. Meierhofifer has convenient and wellappointed undertaking rooms at Nos. 818-820 Felix street, where three male and one female attendants are employed. It was Mr. Meierhoffer's own idea to engage a lady attendant and this thoughtfulness on his part has met with much approbation.

Politically. Mr. ^leierhoffer is a Republican. He is prominent in many fraternal orders, belonging to the iNIasons, Odd Fellows, Red Men, ]\Iodern Woodmen of America. Woodmen of the A\'orld. Modern Brotherhood of America, Foresters and others. He is a reliable, honorable business man and is held in high esteem in St. Joseph's commercial circles.

HARLES GEORGE GEIGER, M. D., a highly esteemed physician of St. Joseph and one of the most skillful surgeons in this section of Missouri, whose portrait accompanies this sketch, was born in 1865 at Plomer, Champaign County, Illinois, and is a son of Clemence and Rosa (Mueller) Geiger.

The Geiger family originated in Obernau, Wurtemberg, Germany. The earliest progenitor of the family known to tradition was named Joseph Geiger. He was a miller by occupation and owned along the river Necker a large number of windmills for grinding grain into flour. He was prosperous to a large degree and became possessed of an entire province. This was in the 1 6th century. His property was later confiscated by the king. The family continued to engage in the milling business during many succeeding generations and had acquired considerable property up to the time of our subject's grandfather. Antoine Geiger. He failed in business during the bo\hood of his son Clemence.

The failure of business of his father interrui)ted the education of Clemence Geiger, our sulDJect's father, who was studying for the priesthood. At about the age of 18 years he came to America and worked at first on railroads in Pennsylvania. Later he farmed in Minnesota about a year, and then removed to Homer, Illinois, where he met Rosa Mueller, who became his wife in 1858. After six )ears spent at Homer, Illinois, he came to St. Joseph, Missouri, and here v»orked for two years and then removed to Everest, Pjrown County, Kansas, where he still resides with his wife, engaged in the occupation of farming. Our subject's father and mother are both in vigorous health, and are aged 69 and 67 years respectively. I-'our brothers of our subject, who are A-ariously engaged in farming and in the drug business, and five sisters, four of whom are married, are all residents of Brown County, Kansas. His unmarried sister lives at home with her father and mother.

Charles G. Geiger spent the first 19 years of his life in Kansas and was an attendant of the public schools. Then, desiring to become a phvsician, he came to St. Joseph. Missouri, and entered the St. Joseph JMedical College, from which he was graduated with the class of 1888. Continuing his studies, he went to Philadelphia, and, that no time might be lost, took up studies in both a da}- and night school - Jefferson Medical College and the Pennsylvania School of Anatomy and Surgery - graduating in 1889. Returning to St. Joseph, he at once began the practice of his profession and, entirely on his own merits, built up a very creditable practice as it was not long before the public and the members of the proTession were ready to admit that Dr. Geiger was wonderfully successful in his methods. At the expiration of seven years, wishing to still further extend his researches and familiarize himself with the most approved modern methods in his chosen work, he visited Europe and spent six months in study at Vienna, where he took a post-graduate course in surgery, private diseases and the diseases of women. Returning, he once more took up his practice in St. Joseph and, while he is successful along all lines of medicine, he is especially so in his treatment of female diseases and is regarded as an undoubted authority in surgical cases, in which his opinion is frequently asked by his brother practitioners and he is called on to perform most of the more delicate and difficult operations. The extent of his office practice is attested by the large crowd constantly seen in waiting at his rooms in the Geiger Block and the general consensus of opinion is that he is one of the busiest and most successful practitioners of St. Joseph.

Dr. Geiger is unmarried, having devoted his attention entirely to his" work. He is a strong Republican but gives little time to politics. He is prominent in local. State and national medical societies and since 1889 has occupied the chairs of genito-urinary diseases and surgery in Ensworth Medical College. He is examiner for the Equitable; Aetna, Travelers and the Illinois life insurance companies. He is an active member of the English Lutheran Church and has been an officer in that organization for several years. He is a Scottish Rite Mason of the T4th degree and holds membership in Charit\- Lodge. No. 331, A. F. & A. M. ; Mitchell Chapter, No. 89, R. A.

M. ; and St. Joseph Commandery, No. 4, K. T. He is also a member of Moila Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., in which for the past six years he has acted as second ceremonial master. He is also a member of St. Joseph Lodge, No. 40, B. P. O. E.

OHN DONOVAN, vice-president and general manager of the St. Joseph Stock Yards Company, and a n^an to whom is given a great share of the credit for the prosperity of the new and greater St. Joseph, was horn July 28, 1854, at Easton, Talbot County, Maryland, and is a son of John and Evelina M. (Robinson) Donovan. The family genealogy is given in the biographical sketch of the father, John Donovan, which appears elsewhere in this work.

Our subject was educated in the common schools of the Maryland town where he spent his boyhood days, and in the grammar schools of Baltimore. He entered upon his active business career in the winter of 1868, when he secured employment as errand boy in the shoe store of W. 'i. Stone, of St. Joseph, Missouri, his parents having removed to this city. Later he worked for the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad Company as clerk and then entered the employ of the contracting firm of Hastings & Saxton, buying ties and equipment for the St. Joseph & Denver City Railroad, now known as the St. Joseph & Grand Island Railway. His next position was with the Northern Kansas Land & Town Company, his duties being such as arose in the company's work of laying out towns along the route of the present St. Joseph & Grand Island Railway. In the spring of 1871, Mr. Donovan began buying cattle in Northwestern Missouri, and drove the animals to Maryville and vicinity, where they were sold to the farmers. On May 17th of that year, after having had a varied experience for one of his years and having profited by the practical tests through which he had passed, he laid the foundation for the more substantial and lasting part of his business career by entering the State National Bank of St. Joseph, in the capacity of messenger. He remained in that bank exactly 10 years. When he left it in May, 188 1, he had attained a position of responsibility and had won the esteem of his associates, his superiors and of all who had dealings witli that institution. He gave up his position in the bank to take the management of the Hemphill County Cattle Company, an enterprise in Hemphill County, Texas, projected by prominent .St. Joseph capitalists. The company sold out in 1881 and Mr. Donovan then purchased the land on which the St. Joseph Stock Yards now stand. The ground was then flat and wet and the new owner inaugurated the necessary work of ditching, draining and reclaiming the land from its useless swampy condition. The history of the St. Joseph Stock Yards is one familiar to every person who lives in the rich territory tributary to St. Joseph. The debt of gratitude which the people of the city owe to Mr. Donovan, and which they are free to recognize in every possible way, is best known when it is said that through the efforts of this man the kings of the packing world were induced to erect immense plants at South St. Joseph and that on the land which Mr. Donovan reclaimed there now stand the most modern packin.g houses and the handsomest Live Stock Exchange building in the world as well as acres of sheds for the shelter of thousands of heads of cattle, hogs and sheep, shipped from the broad grazing fields of the Western States. Mr. Donovan was the founder of the German-American Bank of St. Joseph, one of the soundest financial institutions of the city, and was its first president, serving from its inception until Julv i, 1893. Prior to that time, Mr. Donovan had l3een connected with the Stock Yards as a director in the company at the head of the St. Joseph live stock market, the organization having begun its existence in 1884. On July i, 1893, he took active charge of the afifairs of the Stock Yards Company and is now vice-president and general manager.

Mr. Donovan's military experience had its beginning when he assisted in the organization of tlie "Saxton Rifles" of St. Joseph, being elected 1st lieutenant. Afterward a battalion was formed under the same name and he was elected captain of Company A, and afterward promoted to the rank of major, commanding the battalion, but resigned his commission when he went to Texas. He was one of the first members of the Board of Police Commissioners of St. Joseph, under appointment by Governor INlarmaduke, when the metropolitan police system was established in this city, and served five and a half years. He was one of the organizers of the force under the new system and performed good service in establishing a force that for efiiciency and thoroughness of work is unexcelled. He has held to the Democratic faith since he arrived at the age of majoritv.

On October 5. 1875, ^^^- Donovan was united in wedlock with Emma C. Patee, of St. Joseph, and they have one daughter, - Emma. The family are members of the Protestant Episcopal Church, at St. Joseph.

OSEPH H. TULLAR, president of the Board of Police Commissioners and owner of the leading livery business of St. Joseph, was born in Fayette, Howard County, Missouri, in October, 1843, '^"^^l is a son of Valencourt and Sarah W. (Jones) Tullar.

Valencourt Tullar was born in the State of New York but went to Virginia when quite a young man and there met and married Sarah W. Jones, a native of Culpeper County. They lived in Mason County, Virginia, for a short time and in 1842, with their one child, came to Missouri, locating in Fayette County. The following year they moved to St. Joseph, where Mr. Tullar became a leading citizen. He was the first tax collector of the city and a man whose enterprising spirit was soon felt in the betterment and growth of the community in which he had cast his lot. He built the first scales, which he afterward sold to the city, and also built the first levee at the foot of Charles street. He gave his attention to buying and selling stock and land and was one of the most successful of men. He was in the prime of life when his career was ended by death in i860. He was the father of four sons, namely: W. B., who was elected for a term of two years as marshal of St. Joseph the year before the charter was changed making it a city of the second class, so that the first year he acted under the title of marshal and the second year was known as chief of police ; Joseph H. ; Frank, who is in partnership with our subject in the livery business; and Loren M., a merchant broker of New York City. The oldest and youngest of the sons were born in Virginia; the others in Missouri. Mrs. Tullar married a Mr. Skiles, who lived but a few years and by whom she had one child, a daughter, now a resident of New York City. She died in 1902 at the advanced age of 84 years, loved and regretted by all who had known her. She was an earnest Christian and a devoted member of the Baptist Church.

He was educated in a private school and began to do for himself at an early age. He learned the trade of a tinner, followed that occupation for several years And conducted a shop on Frederick avenue. This business he sold to his partner, IMr. Steward, in 1870 and went to IMontana where he accepted a position with a hardware firm, with which he remained three years. He returned to St. Joseph to take the position of foreman of the tin factory of Shultz & Hosea and he remained with them until he engaged in the livery business about 27 years ago. The building in which he is located is one of the landmarks of the city and has been in use as a livery barn for the past 40 years. It was owned by our subject's mother who had leased it to a liveryman for 12 years before its occupancy by Tullar Brothers. Mr. Tullar is now the oldest livery man in the city and conducts a first-class business in every respect. He is a Democrat in politics and received his appointment as police commissioner for a three-year term from Governor Dockery in May, 1903. He is a prominent Odd Fellow and a man whose genial disposition has made him a general favorite. Mr. Tullar is unmarried.

RED DEMSKE, one of the well-known and prosperous farmers of Washington township, Buchanan County, owning a fine farm of 30 acres in section 28, township 58, range 35, within a half mile of St. Joseph, was born in Prussia, Germany, September 9. 1839.

In 1871. Mr. Demske resolved to come to America. He had learned the brick-making trade in his youth and had followed that as a means of livelihood, but after his children began to grow around him, he left that a farm would be the best and most healthful place on which to rear them. For the past 20 years he has lived on his present farm in Buchanan County. It is a fertile tract, well adapted to truck and fruit raising, and he devotes two acres to grapes. His vines have produced abundantly and have rewarded him for his excellent care. Being so near the city of St. Joseph, Mr. Demske has done a large business also in raising early vegetables and he has many old patrons in St. Joseph. He has built a very attractive, comfortable home here and the whole place shows thrift and good management.

Daitschman and they have four children : Sehna, Anna. Robert and William. Both he and his estimable wife are consistent members of the Lutheran Church, to which they have given a liberal support for many years. In politics, Mr. Demske is a sound Republican.

'Ihe spirit of energy and industry which was characteristics of our subject and wife in their younger days is still evident. They are very highly esteemed and are enjoying together the competency gained by earlier effort. They are good and useful citizens and have many friends among those with whom thev have spent 20 vears of life.

HRISTIAN F. RUEGSEGGER, a very prominent market-gardener and winegrower of Buchanan County, who owns a very prolific fruit farm of 26 acres in sections 28 and ^3^ township 58. range 35, in Washington township, just three miles north of ]y[arket square. St. Joseph, was born December 18. 1872, in Steffisburg, Switzerland, and is a son of Fritz and Anna (Farhni) Ruegsegger. ^

The parents of our subject were also natives of Switzerland, a country which has contributed many valued citizens to the United States. In 1883 the father brought his family from their native land and located in Buchanan County, Missouri, residing at St. Joseph until the following year, when he purchased the farm now owned by our subject. In his own country he had been a hotelkeeper, but he farmed in Missouri until -his death, on July 17, 1894. His three children were: Christian F. ; Freda, wife of Ernst Mueller, of Washington township ; and Mrs. Bertha Kerr, wlio lives in St. Joseph.

j\Ir. Ruegsegger was 12 years old when the family came to America. . He continued his interrupted education at the New Elm School and since completing it has devoted his entire attention to the raising of fruit, mainly grapes. He devotes the entire extent of his valuable farm to this industry. His father cultivated 125 varieties of grapes, but Mr. Ruegsegger confines his attention to but 100. and they are of such size, and flavor and possess, such superior keeping qualities and are such w^onderfully prolific bearers, that he has frequently been awarded prizes at the county fairs. He devotes five acres to grapes and makes from 40 to 50 barrels of fine wine each season. He also has one acre in strawberries, one acre in raspberries, and one acre in blackberries, harvesting great crops. He has 200 bearing pear trees, 80 plum strees, 40 apple trees and 75 cherry trees, giving attention only to the choicest varieties of each kind.

Mr. Ruegsegger married Rosa Ogie, a most estimable young lady, who was born in Switzerland and is a daughter of Christian Ogie, who came to the United States and to Missouri, in 1885. He is now a farmer near Amazonia, Missouri. Mr. Ruegsegger and wife have three children : Leona. Fritz and Lloyd G., bright children, all being prepared for intelligent, American citizenship.

Politically, our subject is a Democrat. He belongs to the Ancient Order of United Workmen. Both he and his wife are members of the German Lutheran Church. He has always been a very industrious man and through his energy and excellent management has become one of the leading fruit-growers in this part of the State.

NTHONY HALTER, one of the substantial farmers of Center township, Buchanan County, where he operates a farm of no acres situated in section II, township 56, range 35, was born at St. Joseph, Missouri. January 17, 1858, and is a son of Anthony and Caroline (Hafner) Halter.

The father of our subject was born in a province of France which has since become a part of Germany, on May 10, 1826", was brought to the L^nited States in 1829 and was reared in Stark County, Ohio. In 1857, Mr. Halter came to Buchanan Coimty, Missouri, buying the present farm of his son in 1861. and died here July 10, 1890. Prior to coming West, he had learned the brick-making trade and worked four years at it in Ohio and four more years at St. Joseph. During the Civil War, he was a member of the State Guards under Captain Claggett, of St. Joseph. Politically, he was a Democrat. He was a consistent member of the Catholic Church. Anthony Halter married Caroline Hafner, who was born in Switzerland. April 24, 1837. She was brought to the L'nitcd States by her parents in 1848, was married in Ohio and in 1857 accompanied her family to Missouri, where she died March 3, 1896. Of tlie nine children of this marriage, Anthony of this sketch is the oldest. The others are : Kate, the wife of Peter Draut, of Agency township ; John, of Center township ; Louis, who died unmarried, aged t,^ years ; Andrew J., of Agency township ; Joseph, of Agency township ; Sophia, wife of George Hunter, of Washington township ; TilHe, wife of Fred Stock, of Agency township ; and Theresa, who died aged 16 years.

Our subject was three years old when his parents located on the present farm, which has been in the family since 1861. !Mr. Halter and his father put all the improvements here, which consist of a handsome residence and two great barns, one built by our subject and the other by his father. The land is devoted to the growing of grain and stock and to the production of fruit, for there is an orchard of 350 trees on the place. When his father settled here, the land was still wild and from boyhood up our subject worked to clear and improve it. It is one of the most valuable properties in Center township and would bring a high price if !Mr. Halter felt disposed to part with it. It is favorably situated and keeps in touch with St. Joseph and the outside world by means of the rural free delivery mail route, No. 5, and other modern convenient methods, unthought of in 1861.

In 1882, Mr. Halter was married to Theresa Fisher, who was born April 14, 1858, and is a daughter of Michael and Ragina (A'aeth) Fisher, natives of France and Baden. Germany, respectively. They have had 10 children, viz: P"eter A., Caroline. Mary, Louis, Joseph, William, Theresa. Anthony, Frederick and James.

Mr. Halter has always supported the Democratic party, but has never accepted any of the local offices, his agricultural pursuits absorbing his time. He is a consistent member of the Catholic Church.

( )HX DONO\'AN, deceased, lawyer and real estate broker for many years, was one of the men who helped to transform greater St. Joseph from a cherished dream to a substantial reality. Donovan was born in February 1828, at Cambridge, Dorchester County, [Maryland, and died August 7, 1897, at his home in St. Jose])h, Missouri. His parents were John and Sarah Ellen (Pattison) Donovan, members of old and prominent Maryland fnmilies. The grandfather and great-grandfather on the Donovan side were l)orn in Maryland, and their predecessors came from Virginia at an early day. The ancestors were patici])ants in Revolutionary affairs, and the lineage is clearly tracerd)le back to the time when the Colonies were struggling for independence and such noble patriots as these sacrificed their homes and their lives on the altar of freedom.

John Donovan received his education at Cambridge and Easton, Maryland, finishing an academic course. After leaving school he served as clerk in the office of the register of wills of Talbot County, Maryland, and was later elected to that office for several terms. At the expiration of his last term, he went upon a plantation in Talbot County, which he owned, and there resided until the breaking out of the Civil War. He moved to Oxford in the same county and engaged in the canning business, putting up oysters, fruits, vegetabies, etc. He was a pioneer in this industry, which was then in its infancy and which has grown to be one of the most important in the country. His name was familiar in the business world and the business was in flourishing condition, when, in 1865, the entire plant was wiped out by fire, and financial ruin stared the owner in the face. ]\Ir. Donovan then removed to Baltimore, Maryland, where he was deputy collector of the port, until earlv in the spring of 1868. In that year he came to Missouri and settled in St. Joseph, his family arriving in June of the same year. He was a lawyer by profession, but engaged in the practice but little, confining his work along this line to the problems of a legal character which affected his own business affairs or those of his friends. He enfrasred m the real estate business with Albe M. Saxton, the firm name being Donovan & Saxton, and after the death of Saxton the firm became Donovan & Company. It continued as such until the death of our subject in 1897, the firm doing a very extensive real estate business throughout Buchanan County.

During the War of the Rebellion and for some time before the strife, Mr. Donovan was captain of a troop of Maryland Cavalry. He also served in the State Guard of ^laryland during the progress of hostilities, but did not participate in active field service. He was a lifelong Democrat, and a devoted Episcopalian and vestryman in Christ Protestant Episcopal Church, St. Joseph, always taking an active part in and liberallv contributing to every wholesome cause and philanthropic movement that appealed to him as meriting support. He was a Mason of high standing.

an agriculturist in jMaryland and was very successful. Their son, John Donovan, is one of the leading men of St. Joseph. Mrs. Donovan's death occurred ^larch 31, 1895, about two years before the demise of John Donovan, whose noble life had proved an inspiration to the young and a blessing to his associates.

(JARN RANDALL, a prominent and prosperous business man of St. Joseph, a member of the firm of Feuquay & Randall, located at No. 2409 South Sixth street, extensive dealers in fuel and feed, was born in Providence, Rhode Island, in i8q^ and is a son of Zebina Randall. The familv moved to Illinois the following year and made their home in Bureau County. In 1886 the father came to St. Joseph and lived with our subject until his death in 1892 at the age of 68 years. There were eight children, viz : Loarn ; Suket, a farmer living near Lincoln, Nebraska; Frank, a resident of Bureau County. Illinois ; Edward, a railroad man living at , Princeton, Nebraska ; Royal, of Henry, Illinois ; Mrs. Haynes, a widow, also residing in Henry, Illinois ; Mrs. Decker, residing near Lincoln, Nebraska : and Mrs. Butler who lives in Bureau, Illinois. The sisters are all widows and their husbands were all soldiers in the Civil War.

Mr. Randall was 16 years of age when his mother died, and. being the eldest of the family much of the responsibility of caring for his brothers and sisters fell upon him. Owing to this, his education was curtailed and only his keen observation, retentive mind and judicious reading have enabled him to accjuire the fund of useful knowledge which has placed him among the leading business men of St. Joseph. He is truly called a self-made man, his success having been gained through hard and persistent efit'ort and entirely upon his merits. His first employment was in the round house of the Rock Island Railroad at Bureau Junction, Illinois ; from this position he was advanced to be fireman. He then turned his attention to husbandry, cultivating a farm in lUireau County for a time and later one near Hamilton, Missouri. This not being satisfactory, he again turned to railroading and for four years Avas fireman on the old Kansas City & Council Bluffs (now the Burlington) road and he was then given a position as engineer. He continued there another four Axars and then determined to

\ establish a business of his own. This he did in a small way in July, 1888, when he opened his small store for the sale of feed and fuel. He has built up a trade which to-day is second to none in the city. Twelve Aears ago, in 1892, he formed his present partnership with A. L. Feuc|ua}- and the business, which at the start was easily handled by one man and a team, now requires the constant attention of both members of the firm and eight teams to keep up with the orders.