Cass County, Missouri - Biographical sketches, 1917 (part 13 of 15)

On May 22, 1913, Mr. Wood was united in marriage with Miss Maude M. Griffith, a native of Deepwater, Missouri, and a daughter of Wesley and Elizabeth (Kirk) Griffith. Wesley Griffith was a widely known and successful farmer and stockman and banker. He came to Missouri in the early seventies and located in St. Clair County and engaged in farming and stockraising and became one of the best known Hereford breeders in the state. He also fed cattle extensively and the product of his farm frequently topped the Kansas City market. He was a successful business man and became a very extensive land owner and acquired over fifteen hundred acres of land in Missouri, besides considerable farm prop¬ erty in Illinois. In addition to being a farmer and stockman he invaded other fields of profitable enterprise. For a number of years he was presi¬ dent of the Bank of Deepwater, Missouri. He died May 24, 1909. His wife, Elizabeth Kirk, was a native of Kentucky, removing to Missouri with her parents, who settled in the northern part of the state when she was a child and now resides at Clinton, Missouri.

Mrs. Wood is one of a family of eight daughters born to her par¬ ents, seven of whom are living. She was educated in Baird College, Clinton, Missouri, and Christian College, Columbia, Missouri, and was graduated from the latter institution with a degree of Bachelor of Letters. She then entered the Missouri University at Columbia, and for three years studied at that institution. After that she taught five years, two of which were in Missouri and three in Colorado. She then was engaged in the mercantile business for a short time at Pratt, Kansas, and when her father died, in 1909, she returned home to administer her father's estate. Mrs. Wood was well qualified to handle her father's estate, hav¬ ing been confidentially associated with him in his business relations from her girlhood. After his death she took charge of the farm and business affairs, which were conducted under her immediate supervision until the time when the affairs could be gradually closed up without loss or sacri¬ fice. Mrs. Wood is a woman of unusual ability, and has practical busi¬ ness ideas, she is thoroughly interested in farming and stock raising, and keeps herself well posted in progressive and modern agricultural methods and has written considerable for some of the leading farm journals.

In 1914 the Woods purchased their place of two hundred seventy acres in Peculiar township, which was formerly known as the old Will¬ iams place. This is one of the valuable farms of Cass County and is under a high state of cultivation. The farm residence is one of the his¬ toric old land-marks of Cass County, said to be about seventy-five years old. It is a large, comfortable house of the ante-bellum days, and is in a good state of repair and preservation. While Mr. Wood carries on gen¬ eral farming extensively, his ultimate object is to specialize in raising Hereford cattle and also hogs.

To Mr. and Mrs. Wood have been born two children: Jack Griffith and William Herbert, aged three and one, respectively. Mr. Wood is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, and Mrs. Wood belongs to the Missouri Women Fanners Club, a state organization, for a number of years; she is also a member of the Shakespearian Club and the Tourist Club, both of Clin¬ ton, Missouri.

J. F. Dobson, a well known successful farmer and stockman of Peculiar township was born in Cass County, in August, 1852. He is a son of John C. and Nancy Ann (Stepp) Dobson, the former a native of England and the latter of Virginia. The father died when J. F. was seven years old and the mother spent her latter life in Illinois. J. F. Dobson was one of a family of three children.

J. F. Dobson was reared and educated in Illinois, and came to Cass County in 1879, first locating at Pleasant Hill. In 1903 he located in Peculiar township where he has since been engaged in farming and stock raising.

County and is a daughter of Elijah and Elizabeth (Schostman) Davis, the former a native of Kentucky and the latter of Virginia, and both were very early settlers in Illinois. The father died in 1881 and the mother passed away in 1906.

To Mr. and Mrs. Dobson have been born six children as follows: William Leroy, born November 13, 1873, married Nora Howard, April 19, 1896, and resides in Raymore township; John Albert, born March 30, 1875, married Elizabeth Reeder, September 12, 1900, resides near Cole¬ man; James Calvin, born September 15, 1876, married Ora Hilderbrand, January 29, 1900, Peculiar township; George Mason, bom April 16, 1878, married Ada Arnold, October 30, 1906, and she died April 14, 1913; David Earl, bom June 9, 1884, married Cora E. Collins, May 26, 1905, and resides in Peculiar township; and Charles Franklin, born July 8, 1887, married Nellie Shackelford, April 30, 1907, and resides in Big Creek township. The three older children were bom in Virginia, Cass County, Illinois, and the others were born in Belton, Cass County, Missouri.

The Dobson boys are all industrious and progressive farmers. Mr. Dobson is a member of the Missionary Baptist church and is inclined towards independence in politics.

Mrs. R. A. McCall, widow of the late J. T. McCall, is truly a repre¬ sentative pioneer woman who has spent over thirty years of her life in Cass County. She bore the maiden name of Chandler and was born in Ohio, a daughter of Isaac H. and Alice Chandler, both descendants of English ancestry. The parents resided in Pennsylvania and later removed to Ohio, where the father worked at his trade, which was that of a tailor. He was a man of high moral character and held local office of trust and responsibility at various times and for a number of years was justice of the peace. However, his was a court of compromise rather than of legal contest. He always advised an amicable settlement of differences between would-be litigants and usually succeeded in reconciling the belligerent parties before going to trial and invariably effected a settlement out of court. He was well versed in the law and did the legal work incident to the settlement of many estates in the community. He frequently loaned money for his friends and neighbors. In those early times banking institutions were not as numerous as they are today, and many times he was intrusted with large amounts of cash. Mrs. McCall says that she remembers one time when a large sum of money was turned over to his father's keeping, that when it was poured out of the stockings and other places of seclusion that there was a peck measure full of coin and great anxiety prevailed concerning where would be a safe place to hide the

Mrs. McCall was one of a family of ten children boro to her parents, only one of whom is now living besides Mrs. McCall, a brother, D. A. Chandler. Mrs. McCall came to Cass County in 1867 and returned to Ohio in 1S69. where she was married to J. T. McCall and they returned to Missouri in 1851. He was a son of Thomas and Myrum McCall of Scotch and Irish descent. To J. T. and Mrs. McCall were boro the fol¬ lowing children who are now living: Dr. Pearl C.. Windfield. Kansas : Teressa Belle, Peculiar. Missouri: Loretta. Belton. Missouri; and Herschel. Beaver. Oklahoma. The father died in IS 82. he was a man of Christian character whose influence was for the betterment of the community in which he spent his life.

Mrs. McCall has seen much of the pioneer life of Cass County. She recalls the many hardships and inconveniences which the pioneers experi¬ enced in the early days in Cass County, and at the same time she remem¬ bers with much pleasure the pleasant pastimes of the early days, and wonders, after ail. if the pioneers of the fifties and sixties, with their limited means of life and entertainment were not just as happy, or even more so. than most people are in the artificial life and surroundings of these later days.

C. B. Ewers, a successful farmer and stockman of West Peculiar township, is a native son of Cass County and a descendant of one of its pioneer famines. He was boro in 1876 and is a son of Charles W. and Mary Ewers. The mother bore the maiden name of Wills and was a daughter of Alpheus Wills an early settler of Cass County. Charles W. Ewers served in the Confederate army during the Civil War and partici¬ pated in many notable battles among which was Gettysburg. He was severely wounded while in the service, as a result of which he lost a pan of his right hand.

The Ewers family settled in Cass County in 1866. locating in West Peculiar township where Charles W. Ewers was engaged in farming and stock raising for a number of years. He was a man of high personal character and had an extensive acquaintance and made many friends in the community. He took an interest in local politics and served as town- ship collector several terms. Both he and his wife are now deceased. The Ewers is an extensive family broadly scattered throughout the United States and is especially well represented in Omaha, Nebraska, where a number of them are successful merchants and professional men.

C. B. Ewers was reared in Peculiar township and educated at High Hill district school. He was brought up on a farm and has made farm¬ ing and stock raising the chief occupation of his life and his efforts have been rewarded by very satisfactory financial results. In addition to rais¬ ing cattle he has bought and sold stock quite extensively and has handled a great many horses and mules.

C. B. Ewers was one of three children born to his parents, the other two being as follows: Mrs. Kate Welbora, Peculiar, Missouri; and Earl Ewers, Peculiar, Missouri.

Mr. Ewers was married in 1901 to Miss Ella Thedens, a daughter of Peter Thedens who came from Iowa to Cass County about twenty years ago. To Mr. and Mrs. Ewers have been born two children, Gilbert and Llewellyn.

I. R. Smith, a successful fanner and stockman of Mt. Pleasant town¬ ship is a native of Missouri and a descendant of a pioneer family of Jackson County. He was born at Independence in 1855 and is a son of Thomas and Mary Ann (Collins) Smith, the former a native of Vermont and the latter of Kentucky. The father was a cooper and died in 1875.

I. R. Smith began life for himself as a farmer when he was about twenty years of age and for some years followed that line of work, when he entered the employ of Hoover Roads & Company, general managers for the Altman Miller Harvester Company, as an expert machinist. He had inherited a mechanical turn of mind from his father and his duties with this company were to travel on the road and look after their harvest¬ ing machines. He traveled over a large scope of territory for this con¬ cern for a number of years and found the work congenial. While on a trip in Kansas, in the scope of his employment, he tells of meeting another expert who was in employ of the same company and they took a day off and went fishing at Williamsburg, Kansas. While they were fishing, not far from each other, they both got a bite at the same time and in landing the fish they were surprised to find that both had caught the same fish.

After a delightful day's fishing on full pay without the knowledge of their employers, Mr. Smith happened to be in the office at Kansas City one day and the first question that Mr. Rhodes asked him was "Well, Smith, how was fishing?" Mr. Smith says that's the first time in his life that he couldn't think of a thing to say. But, fishing was alright at that.

In 1887, Mr. Smith engaged in the grocery business at Belton but shortly afterwards sold his business and clerked in a grocery store at Belton for three years and in 1896 he rented the old Thomas Keeney homestead which was settled and homesteaded by the Keeney family in 1844 and he has operated this place for twenty years, which is a long time in the usual course of events for a tenant to remain on one farm and this is probably the record for Cass County. The relations between Mr. Smith and the owner of this place, Mrs. Alice McPherson, of Kansas City, have always been harmonious and Mr. Smith takes the same interest in the conduct of the place and the conservation of its soil as he would were it his own and keeps it in first class condition in every particular. In 1899 he won a prize of twenty-five dollars at the Belton fair for the best kept rented farm in Cass County. Another unusual feature in this instance, is that there has never been a written contract between the owner of this place and Mr. Smith and there never has been any misunderstanding nor dissatisfaction. He pays the customary rent and keeps the place in first class condition. He has a reputation of being one of the best farm¬ ers and stockmen in this section of the country. In 1916 he raised two thousand bushels of corn and a good corn crop in Cass County was an unusual thing that year.

Mr. Smith was married in 1879 to Miss Nannie Lee Keeney, a daugh¬ ter of Elijah and Sarah Jane (Wilson) Keeney. Mr. Keeney was a Cass County pioneer, who came to this county with his parents in 1844, and homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land. Mrs. Smith is the eldest of a family of seven children bom to her parents, the others being as follows: Mrs. Maude Fitzgerald, Cass County; Mrs. Gertrude Woycoff, Garnett, Kansas; Mrs. Stella May Whitaker, deceased; William A. Keeney, Lucas, Kansas; Jesse Robert, Keeney, Belton, Missouri, and Mrs. Maggie Dalton, Niles, Kansas. ' The mother of these children died in 1885 and the father passed away in 1893. He was a successful farmer and stockman and a Civil War veteran, having served in the Confederate army. During the Civil War times, some humorous things happened but most generally the events of those times were attended by the most serl- ous circumstances. Mrs. Smith tells of one of the Civil War incidents that happened in her family. She says that on the days before her father and mother were to be married, the Union soldiers stole his wedding suit and watch, but the wedding took place as scheduled, regardless of the vicissitudes of war.

To Mr. and Mrs. Smith have been born the following children: Mrs. Addie Lee, Hoback, Jackson County, Missouri; Charles Thomas, Belton, Missouri; Mrs. Tiny Pearl Baldwin, Belton, Missouri; Homer Elijah, Belton, Missouri; Nellie Marie, Belton, Missouri; P. J., Belton, Missouri, and Joseph Franklin, Belton, Missouri.

The Smith family also suffered considerable loss and were driven from their home when the military invaders devastated Missouri, when Order No. 11 was issued and orders were given to move to some military post at once. Their horses had been stolen on the night preceding the order and they hastily loaded a wagon with a few of their belongings and borrowing some horses from a neighbor, proceeded to leave the military zone. They went to Illinois, remaining in that state until the close of the war, when they returned to their Jackson County home. A great many engage¬ ments took place at and in the vicinity of the Smith home in Jackson County and after returning to the home place Mr. Smith picked up a num¬ ber of relics of the conflicts, including a sword and a cannon ball, which he now has in his possession.

L. J. Strahan, agent for the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Com¬ pany at Belton, Missouri, perhaps comes into contact with the general public more in a business way than any other man in Belton. The detail work and responsibility that falls to the lot of the average railroad agent in a town of the size of Belton is very little understood or appreciated by the average person who occasionally appears at the ticket window for transportation to some point or another. Mr. Strahan was bom near Sparta, Illinois, in 1860, and is a son of Blair and Mary Ann (McCullough) Strahan. The father was an Illinois pioneer and one of the first settlers in the vicinity of Kaskaskia, that state. He broke and improved a farm there and was a very successful farmer and stockman. The Strahan family is of German descent; the mother, Mary Ann McCullough, was a descendant of an old Southern family who migrated from Tennessee to South Carolina at an early date. She died in 1883 and her husband passed away in 1900. They were the parents of the following children: Charles

M., Kansas City; Henry, Oklahoma, Nebraska; Mrs. Jennie Christie, Kan¬ sas City, Missouri; Edwin, Colterville, Illinois; and L. J., the subject of this sketch.

L. J. Strahan was reared in Illinois and attended the public schools at Sparta, Illinois, and later took a course in the Colterville Academy. He graduated from the Sparta High School in the class of 1880. He was engaged in teaching in early life and taught school for three years in Washington County, Illinois, and then taught for a year in his old home school. In 1884 he came West, locating in Crawford County, Kansas, where he taught school for some years, when he began his railroad career as agent at Beulah, Crawford County, Kansas. Two years later he removed to Barton County, Missouri, and was agent at Minden, Missouri, for the Frisco railroad for eight years. In 1897 he was transferred to Belton as agent for the same company and has held that position ever since.

Mr. Strahan was married in 1884 to Miss Mary Elizabeth Christie, a daughter of James and Eliza Christie, of Illinois, and of Scotch-Irish descent. Mrs. Strahan has one sister living, Mrs. Belle C. Beall, Girard, Kansas. To Mr. and Mrs. Strahan have been born the following children: Gladys, a teacher in the Harrisonville High School, where she is instructor in Latin and German; Florence, principal of the Belton High School; and Hazel, a student in the Belton High School and a member of the senior class. The two older girls were educated in the public schools of Belton and Kansas University. Mr. Strahan obtained his education largely through his own efforts. His father, however, cooperated with him to a certain extent, as much as he was able to in the early days. He made his first money by raising a small piece of wheat on ground which his father furnished him and he used the proceeds of this to help pay for his education and during the course of his early career made money in other ways including teaching, etc.

Mr. Strahan owns the old Jeff Parks farm near Harrisonville and has a comfortable modern residence in Belton and also owns twenty-five acres of suburban property at Lawrence, Kansas. He is a progressive and enterprising citizen and the Strahan family are well known and pop¬ ular in Belton and vicinity.

W. W. Waltmire, a prominent stockman of Raymore township, is a native of Tazewell County, Illinois. He was bom in 1856 and is a son of Jerome and Jane Waltmire. The father was a native of Switzerland and when he was four years old his parents embarked on a voyage from their native land to America and while on the voyage the father and mother, two brothers and a sister died. Jerome was one of four brothers, who survived and upon landing they wrere sold for their passage and bound out until it was paid. Jerome grew to manhood and became a teacher and a druggist. He was an early settler in Illinois and was one of the pioneers of the Shorthorn cattle industry in that state. He was a very extensive breeder and became a wealthy man. He was liberal and used his fortune in a noble effort to help his fellowmen. He was widely known as "Uncle Jerome". He was an elder in the Christian church for a number of years and died in 1896 at the age of eighty-three and his wife died in 1900 at seventy-five years of age. They were the parents of eleven chil¬ dren, those living are as follows: Milton, Carbondale, Kansas; Appollos, Pekin, Illinois; Mrs. Mollie R. Roberts, Carbondale, Kansas; Mrs. Ollie Nichols, Sullivan, Indiana; and W. W., the subject of this sketch.

W. W. Waltmire was reared to manhood in Illinois and in 1876 began his career in that state as a dealer in Shorthorn cattle. In 1879 he went to Kansas, settling at Carbondale, where he continued the stock business until 1893, then moved to Delaware, Illinois, where he lived until 1902, engaging in the lumber and coal business, at the same time retaining his interest in the cattle and hog business. He then came to Cass County, Missouri, and bought one hundred and sixty acres of land in Raymore township, where he has since been engaged in general farming and stock breeding. He now has about thirty-one head. He usually sells his Short¬ horn cattle when calves, for which he received prices ranging all the way from fifty to three hundred and fifty dollars each. Mr. Waltmire is also one of the most extensive breeders of pure bred sheep in Cass County. He handles Oxfords, Hampshires and Southdowns and has imported a number of very valuable sheep from England. He paid three hundred and fifty dollars for one male sheep, which was imported from England, and this animal has won prizes at stock shows and exhibitions on both sides of the Atlantic. Mr. Waltmire also raises pure bred hogs, making a specialty of the Chester White breed and this department of his stock has won a number of blue ribbons. He has won altogether, with his sheep, hogs and Shorthorn cattle, over two thousand of these ribbons at various fairs, stock shows and exhibitions.

Mr. Waltmire added to his original purchase of land in Cass County until he now owns three hundred and twenty acres, over one hundred and eighty acres of which are devoted to grass.

Mr. Waltmire was married in 1881, to Miss Addie D. Drake, a daugh¬ ter of Jonathan and Sarah Drake of Green Valley, Illinois. To Mr. and Mrs. Waltmire have been born five children as follows: Mrs. S. Maude Ketteman, Pleasant Hill, Missouri; J. Gilbert, George W. H., Martin and Jerome J., all residing in Raymore township.

Mr. Waltmire is a Republican and at present holds the office of justice of the peace and has been a member of the school board for fourteen years. He became a member of the Christian church at the age of nineteen and has held the office of elder for thirty-six years. He is an enthusiastic Sunday school worker and has been a Sunday school superintendent for thirty-five years, fifteen of which he was superintendent of the Bethany Sunday school of Cass County. He is a member of the Masonic Lodge and the Knights of Pythias.

The Waltmire place is known as "Walnut Park" and was so named after a splendid Walnut park of about five acres in the vicinity of the residence, which is an eleven room modern structure of a beautiful and imposing appearance. Mr. Waltmire is one of Cass County's most sub¬ stantial and progressive citizens and is well known and highly respected.

M. F. Boren, now deceased, was a Cass County pioneer and an hon¬ ored veteran of the Civil War, who during that great conflict cast his lot with the "lost cause". Mr. Boren was born in Simpson County, Ken¬ tucky, in 1837, a son of Bennett and Matilda (Chaney) Boren. He came to Missouri in early manhood and a few years later went to Louisburg, Kansas, where he took up a homestead. For several years he freighted between Leavenworth and Pikes Peak. In 1862, he enlisted in the Con¬ federate army and served under General Price for three years. At the close of the war he came to Cass County and settled near Belton, where he was successfully engaged in farming and stock raising the remainder of his life. He began life under adverse circumstances, without capital, and endured many hardships and privations in the early life. He was a man of many excellent personal qualities and shaped his life according to the teaching of the golden rule.

In 1868, M. F. Boren was united in marriage with Miss Carrie A. Dye, a native of Kentucky, born April 18, 1843, and a daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth (Alderson) Dye, also natives of Kentucky. Mrs. Boren is the only survivor of a family of seven children born to her parents. To Mr. and Mrs. Boren was born one child, Carrie Lou, now the wife of A. J. Sears, and they reside on the Dye homestead with Mrs. Boren.

A. J. Sears was born in Cass County and is a son of James S. and Martha J. (Thompson) Sears, who were very early settlers in Cass County and natives of Kentucky. James S. Sears came here in 1846; he was an extensive land owner and dealt largely in cattle in the early day and wTas a very successful business man. He was a very religious man and a con¬ sistent member of the Methodist church.

A. J. Sears was educated in Harrisonville High School and Chillicothe Normal School and taught school in Cass County for ten years. He was one of the following children bom to his parents: Mrs. Nancy L. Freeman, Harrisonville; W. C., LeRoy, Kansas; Mrs. Sarah J. Hann, Buhl, Idaho; Mrs. Mary E. Todd, Belton, Missouri; J. H., Cleveland, Missouri; C. R., Cleveland, Missouri; E. H., Hastings, Nebraska; Mrs. Mattie A. Reynolds, Slaton, Texas; and A. J. To A. J. Sears and wife the follow¬ ing children have been born: Aileen E., born July 24, 1897 ; Paul D., born February 17, 1902; and Hazel G., born August 3, 1910, all of whom reside at home with their parents.

Mrs. Boren relates many interesting incidents of pioneer life and says that the early days were not so lonesome and unpleasant after all. The early settlers enjoyed their various social gatherings and now and then attended camp meetings which in the early day were more or less of an annual affair. She is a member of the Baptist church, having identified herself with that denomination when she was eighteen years old and has been active in the work of her church all these years. Mrs. Boren takes a keen interest in the affairs of life generally. She with Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Sears are joint owners and reside on the old Dye homestead. Mrs. Boren has resided in Cass County since she was ten years of age except from 1863 to 1865, when her parents were compelled to leave Cass County on account of General Ewing's famous Order No. 11, and went to Clinton County, Missouri.

George W. Johnson, a well known farmer and dairyman of Mt. Pleas¬ ant township belongs to a pioneer Missouri family. Mr. Johnson was bom in Platt county in 1866, and is a son of George and Catherine (Cal¬ vert) Johnson. The father came to Missouri with his parents at a very early day and settled on Platt Purchase which is now known as Platt County. Here he homesteaded a section of land and brought with him from Kentucky a number of negroes. He operated a plantation there for a number of years, becoming what was then considered a very wealthy man. The old Johnson homestead consisted of a large brick house, typical of the early day plantations and the negro cabins were numerous on the place. He died prior to the Civil War and his vast estate was dis¬ tributed among his five children, one of whom was the father of the sub¬ ject of this sketch and two of whom are now living; R. M., Belton, Mis¬ souri; and Mrs. Laura Harrington, Dearborn, Missouri. George John¬ son, the father of George W., was engaged in the grocery business for a time in partnership with his brother, R. M. He died in 1866. George W. Johnson's mother, Catherine Calvert, was a daughter of Smith Cal¬ vert and her mother bore the maiden name of Casandra Brannon, both of whom were natives of Kentucky. Smith Calvert was a descendant of Lord Baltimore and there is now in existence in Baltimore, Maryland, a society known as "Calvert Heirs Association", of which George W., the subject of this sketch is a member. Ben j amine Holliday, who owned and operated the first stage coach that carried mail from West Port, Missouri, to San Francisco, California, was related to this family by marriage.

After the death of his father, George W. Johnson's uncle, Dick John¬ son, was appointed his guardian, George W. being the only child, and from that time lived with his guardian.

Dick Johnson came from Platt County to Belton, in 1877. Here he bought two hundred and eighty acres of land which is now the home of Judge West. He followed farming and stock raising and was prominent in local affairs. He served as postmaster of Belton through both of Presi¬ dent Cleveland's administrations and has been postmaster of the Missouri State Senate every session since 1903. He now owns a farm near Belton, where he and his son, Benjamin, are making a specialty in raising Hamp¬ shire hogs and White Leghorn chickens.

In 1885 George W. Johnson went to Arizona, where he was employed on a cattle ranch. Later, he returned to Missouri and traveled for the St. Louis Wrought Iron Range Company for a time. He then located at Belton and engaged in the hardware business until 1896, when he rented the old Bales farm which he operated for ten years. He then bought a farm north of Belton where he was engaged in farming. Five years later he sold that place and bought one hundred and sixty acres of the old Bales place where he is now engaged in farming and dairying. He keeps Jersey cows in his dairy and is also successfully engaged in raising Hamp¬ shire hogs. His farm is unusually well improved with a splendid resi¬ dence and other farm buildings.

Mr. Johnson was married in 1896 to Miss Kate Given, a daughter of Rev. J. C. Given, a well known and greatly beloved Methodist minister, who preached for a number of years in Cass County, four years of which were at Harrisonville. He died at Springfield, Missouri, while pastor of the Methodist church there. To Mr. and Mrs. Johnson have been born three children as follows: Cowen Wilson, Mary Catherine and Dixie Lee. The Johnson family are well known and representative Cass County people.

F. W. Barker, a well known farmer and stockman of West Peculiar township has been prominently identified with Cass County for a number of years. He was born in Washington County, Virginia, and is a son of S. M. and Katie Barker. The great grandfather of F. W. Barker immi¬ grated from England and settled in Pennsylvania at an early day. Mr. Barker's mother bore the maiden name of Barker, but was of German descent. S. M. Barker was an ordained Baptist minister and will be remembered as one of the able preachers of that section in the early days. He died in 1892 and his wife passed away in 1894. They were the parents of eleven children.

F. W. Barker received a good education in the public schools of Illi¬ nois and began life as a teacher and taught a number of terms in Cass County. He taught his first school in the Rodman school district. Mr. Barker bought a farm in West Peculiar township and engaged in fann¬ ing and stock raising. Shortly afterwards he was appointed highway engineer of Cass County and served in that capacity for two years. He was then elected County surveyor and highway engineer and thus served the county for six years. During that period he introduced concrete as a bridge and culvert material. He met with much opposition in this innova¬ tion, as it was untried and there were very few who understood using it at that time, however, it has proved a success. Mr. Barker also abolished the old custom of letting contracts to contractors and thereby encouraged the enmity and opposition of that element. However, he succeeded in having built about one thousand bridges and culverts while he had charge of this department of the county work and his introduction of concrete and elimination of contracting proved a valuable experiment to the tax¬ payers of the county.

farming and stock raising. Mr. Barker was married to Miss Hattie Broadbooks of East Lynne, Missouri, three children being born to that union; Madge, Mabel and Arthur. Madge died while young; Mabel is now Mrs. Thompson, Kansas City, Missouri; and Arthur is a student in the Peculiar High School.

Mr. Barker is a Democrat and has always taken an active interest in politics. He has served as assessor of West Peculiar township for four years and has been a member of the school board for many years and is at present a member of the township board. He is a member of the Baptist church and holds membership in the Knights of Pythias and the Modern Woodmen of America. He is a public spirited citizen and any progressive measure the object of which is for the betterment and upbuilding of the community finds a staunch supporter in him.

N. M. Bremer, although a resident of Cass County, but a few years, has become an important factor in West Peculiar townhsip, where he resides and is one of the substantial farmers and stockman of that section of the county. Mr. Bremer was born in Jefferson County, New York, in 1855, and is a son of Jacob and Abigal Bremer. The Bremer family are of old American stock and date back as residents of New York state for a number of generations. William Bremer, grandfather of the subject of this sketch was a farmer in that state.

N. M. Bremer removed from New York to Iowa with his parents in early life and the father was engaged in farming and stock raising in that state during the remainder of his life. He was a conscientious and honest man and had a host of friends. He died in 1908 and his wife departed this life in 1915. They were the parents of four children as follows: Mrs. Ella Seward, Pierre, South Dakota; Mrs. Ida Morris, Maryville, Mis¬ souri; Nora Bremer, Peculiar, Missouri; and N. M., the subject of this sketch.

Mr. Bremer received most of his education in the public schools of Iowa and at the age of twenty-two began life for himself as a farmer. In 1884 he bought eighty acres of land and later added eighty acres more, following farming and stock raising in Iowa until 1912. He then came to Cass County, Missouri, and bought three hundred and twenty acres, one mile south of Peculiar which is one of the valuable and well kept farms of West Peculiar township. Since purchasing this place Mr. Bremer built an eight-room modern residence, which is one of the finest appearing homes in the township. It stands on an eminence which together with its striking architectural effect gives the place a beautiful and imposing appearance. Ninety-five acres of Mr. Bremer's place is devoted to blue grass; he raises cattle and horses quite extensively and also Duroc Jersey hogs and is also quite extensively engaged in the dairy business.

Mr. Bremer was married in 1887 to Miss Nancy Throckmorton, daughter of John and Nancy Throckmorton of Iowa, and the following children have been bom to this union: Lois, resides at home with her parents ; Mrs. Merva T. Mosier, Derby, Iowa ; Lavede, Parksville, Missouri ; Olive, Parkville, Missouri; Fred N., Peculiar; Forest T., Peculiar; Rose J., Peculiar; and John J., Peculiar.

Frank Young, a well known citizen of Cleveland, was born in Gray¬ son County, Virginia, in 1837. He is a son of Fielden and Irne Young and a descendant of Colonial ancestors. Frank Young's grandfather, Ezekiel Young, was a native of Bristol, England, and stole his passage to America on a ship prior to the French and Indian War. After landing in this country, having no money, he was sold into bondage to work out the cost of his passage. Later he served under General Braddock and was at the battle of Ft. Du Quesne. Later he hired out to hunt deer in the Saltworks Valley, principally for their hides and earned his first horse in that way. He married a Miss Whitehead and settled on Fox Creek, Virginia and spent the latter part of his life there. The following sons were born to this marriage: Robert, Joseph, William, Ezekiel and Thomas. Robert and Ezekiel went to Kentucky and settled in Green County on Green river and died there. Their children all left that sec¬ tion and went further west. William had one son, Joseph, who went west of the Rocky Mountains and was never heard from. Joseph was married and reared the following children: William, Fielden, the father of Frank, Ezekiel, Timothy, Jesse and Eli.

Frank Young was one of a family of fifteen children. He was reared to manhood in his native state and in 1870 came to Missouri and settled in Jackson County. He was engaged in farming there for about twelve years, when he went to Miami County, Kansas, and bought one hundred and sixty acres of land where he specialized in raising Poland China hogs for a number of years. He also dealt extensively in cattle and bought and sold cattle on a large scale. In 1910 he sold his Miami County farm and returned to Missouri, settling at Cleveland, where he and his wife now reside.

Mr. Young was married in 1860 to Miss Sarah C. Wolf, a daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth Wolf. To this union were born seven children as follows: Mrs. Irene E. Paisley, Arco, Idaho; Charles F., Cleveland; Mrs. Myrtis A. Knight, Bucyrus, Kansas ; Mrs. Martha M. Kircher, Louisburg, Kansas; Mrs. Virgie McAnnally, Cleveland; W. H., Arco, Idaho; and T. C., Arco, Idaho.

When Mr. Young settled in Jackson County, some parts of that county were in a wild and primitive state and he had many experiences in the early day with wolves which were inclined to carry off his chickens. He advertised for hounds and hunters and organized wolf hunts, but they proved ineffectual. Finally he raised several wolf hounds which he trained for the chase and had many exciting wolf hunts all by himself. His dogs became famous and were frequently loaned to chase wolves out of different neighborhoods.

Mr. Young went to Colorado in 1879 and for a few months was engaged in freighting between Colorado Springs and Leadville. He has been a lifelong Democrat and has frequently been a delegate to his party's conventions. He has served in various local township offices and has always been an especial friend of the public schools and has been a mem¬ ber of the school board for a number of years and served as clerk of the school board.

William W. Chandler, a successful farmer in Union township, is well known in that section as a successful breeder of Shorthorn cattle. He is a native of Cass County, born in 1867, and a descendant of one of the pioneer families of this county. His parents were William J. and Eliza¬ beth (Brown) Chandler. The Chandler family was founded in America at a very early date. It is claimed by authority that George and Jane Chandler were passengers on the Mayflower and that William W., the subject of this sketch, is a direct descendant of the same English family of Chandlers. George Chandler, above mentioned, died during the voy¬ age and was buried at sea, and Jane settled in Pennsylvania with mem¬ bers of this family and lived there during Colonial times and did not remarry. William J. Chandler, the father of William W., was one of a family of eight children, only two of whom are now living, D. A. Chandler and Mrs. Anna McCall. Their father was Isaac Hollingsworth Chandler.

William J. Chandler located at Pleasant Hill at the close of the Civil War where he was a commission merchant for a number of years. Later he entered into partnership with J. C. Knorpp and they engaged in the grocery and hardware business. In the meantime Mr. Chandler became interested in the cattle business in Indian Territory and did business there on a large scale. In 1871, he moved to Neosho, where he died the following year. After his death his widow with her children returned to Pleasant Hill.

William W. Chandler was one of three children now living as follows: Charles C., West Plains, Missouri; William W., the subject of this sketch; and Elbert E., Los Angeles, California. William W. Chandler received his early education in the public schools of Pleasant Hill and later took a course at William Jewell College, Liberty, Missouri, where he was gradu¬ ated. He then attended the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Mich¬ igan. After attending the latter institution he engaged in farming and stock raising in Union township. Here he bought one hundred and sixty acres of land where he has since specialized in raising Shorthorn cattle and Poland China hogs. His place is well improved and in 1912, he built a fine modern residence, which is one of the beautiful country homes of the county.

Mr. Chandler was married in 1911 to Miss Lora Wallace, a daughter of Mrs. J. C. W'allace of Kansas City, Missouri. Mr. Chandler is a man of pleasing address and has a splendid reputation among those who know him best as a substantial and reliable citizen.

The descendants of George and Jane Chandler held a bi-centennial reunion at Uniontown, Pennsylvania, in September, 1887, in which were gathered together two or three thousand people from all the avocations of life. Some read poems of their own production, others made speeches and traced their ancestry back to the Mayflower. They told little remin¬ iscences, one instance as of how the sons of Jane Chandler had a faithful horse which loved its home so well, that being ridden one hundred miles from home and turned loose would find its way back again to its master's house.

William James Chandler, the father of William W. Chandler, was distantly related to the mother, Mrs. E. B. Chandler, through the Holl¬ ingsworths.

Mrs. E. B. Chandler was a great church worker and always worked in the Sunday school mostly teaching the infant class. Father and mother were both members of the Baptist church and were of Quaker stock. Mrs. E. B. Chandler desired at her death that one-quarter of her estate go to the cause of foreign missions. C. C. Chandler, administrator of her estate, carried out her wishes.

C. S. Hockaday, a former county judge of Cass County, has been identified with the affairs of this county for many years and belongs to one of its pioneer families. He was born in Calloway County, Missouri, December 24, 1840, and is a son of George E. 0. and Laura C. Hockaday. The mother was a native of Virginia. George E. 0. Hockaday was born in Clark County, Kentucky, in 1805. The Hockaday family were very early settlers in Kentucky, Edward Hockaday locating in that state in 1783. He was drowned in 1815. In 1833 George E. O. Hockaday came from Kentucky to Missouri, and settled in Calloway County where he resided until 1869. He then came to Cass County and bought one hun¬ dred and sixty acres of land where he was successfully engaged in farm¬ ing and stock raising until his death in 1885. He always took a prom¬ inent part in politics and while a resident of Calloway County served one term as representative in the state legislature and was also county judge and sheriff of Calloway County. He was a man of considerable ability whose integrity was never questioned and during his career had many friends and supporters.

Judge Hockaday was reared and educated in Calloway County and when the Civil War broke out he was in his twenty-first year. He enlisted in the Federal army and served four years and seven months, during which time he saw much service and took part in a great many important battles. At the close of the war he returned to his father's home in Cal¬ loway County where he remained about two years and in 1868 came to Cass County. Here he bought ninety-two acres of land and engaged in general farming and stock raising. He has been successfully interested in raising Shorthorn cattle and Poland China hogs and is today one of the substantial and well to do citizens of Cass County.

and has served in a number of offices of responsibility. In 1878 he was elected county judge and served in that office for four years. In 1902 he was again elected judge of the county court and during the course of his administration many difficult problems were presented for solution and Judge Hockaday's good judgment and keen foresight proved a valuable asset to the county on many occasions. During both terms he served as presiding judge of the county court. He had many interesting experi¬ ences in the final adjustment of the county bonds proposition as well as many other important matters. He has served as justice of the peace of Union township for many years.

Judge Hockaday was married in 1870 to Miss Salena E. Young, a daughter of Josiah A. and Elizabeth (Ross) Young. The Young family settled in Cass County about the close of the Civil War, coming from North Carolina. To Mr. and Mrs. Hockaday have been born the follow¬ ing children: Charles E., Peculiar; Thomas 0., Peculiar; Leon M., Belton; and Roy F., Peculiar, and three other boys who died in infancy.

J. E. Mossman, a successful farmer and stockman of Union township, is a native of Pennsylvania. He was born in Mercer County, in 1858, and is a son of Alexander Hunter and Mary Ann Mossman. The Mossman family came to Missouri and settled in Cass County, in 1866. Here the father bought one hundred and sixty acres of land, which he sold two years later and bought the old Lighthouse farm near Peculiar, Missouri, and spent the remainder of his life there. He died in 1875 and his widow now makes her home with her son, J. E. Mossman, the subject of this sketch.

Mr. Mossman began life for himself on the old home place, farming on shares. He cultivated fifty acres of corn and after harvesting his crop, found at the end of the season that he had eleven dollars left. He then abandoned farming on shares and worked for thirteen dollars per month. About five years later he went to Kansas and homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land. A few years later he disposed of his Kansas prop¬ erty at a good profit and returned to Cass County. He entered the employ of Scott & March, grain dealers, receiving twenty dollars per month. He remained in their employ one year, when he bought a team and rented eighty acres of land and was thus engaged for three years.

Later he rented a part of the Lofland estate which he operated for seven years. He then bought a small farm and erected a house which has since been his home. He has added more land to his original purchase as oppor¬ tunity offered and now owns one hundred and fifty-seven acres of well improved and valuable land, where he is successfully engaged in farming and stock raising. He also owns three acres of valuable land in the town of Grand View.

Mr. Mossman was married in 1884 to Miss Rosa J. Lofland, a daugh¬ ter of Samuel H. Lofland, a Cass County pioneer. To Mr. and Mrs. Mossman have been born four children as follows: Roy, Cleveland, Missouri; Leonard, Cleveland, Missouri ; and Dale and Alberta, residing at home.

Mr. Mossman is a member of the Baptist church at West Union and is active in local work of that denomination. The West Union Baptist church was first organized and services held in an old log house on the Lofland estate and this is the pioneer church of that section of the county.

Wilber C. Hoag was born in Elgin, Illinois, October 11, 1844, son of Asahel W. and Celestine (Dye) Hoag. During his early childhood his family removed to Allamakee County, Iowa, where he grew to manhood. He studied medicine but abandoned same and took up farming which he has since followed. He married April 3, 1867, Alvira J. Cantonwine, a member of the Cantonwine and White families of Pennsylvania. At the close of the Civil War he removed with his parents, two brothers and two sisters to Union township, Cass County and since 1869 has resided con¬ tinuously on his farm near West Union. His family procured the estab¬ lishment of a postoffice at West Union about the year 1871 and for thirty years he served as postmaster. For many years the mail was carried on horseback twice a week from West Line, the then nearest railroad station. He also conducted a general store at West Union for about twenty years and held the office of tax collector and other township offices for about the same length of time.

E. P. Ziegler, of West Donlan township, is a worthy descendant of a noble old pioneer family of Cass County. He was born in the state of New York in 1860. His parents were George and Catherine Ziegler. They lived for a time in Elias Davis' log house, which at that time accom- modated three families - twenty people in all. Later the father built his own house of native lumber. Living along the frontier of Missouri and Kansas in those days was dangerous and required bravery, which they possessed. Mrs. Ziegler, in time of sickness, often went for medical aid alone in the night without protection, save her faithful dog and a club. Such were the trials of these brave pioneers of the early days.

George Ziegler was born in New York. George Ziegler's father, Jacob Ziegler, was born in Germany and in early manhood emigrated from his native land to America and settled in New York. Catherine Ziegler was a native of Germany. George and Catherine Ziegler were the parents of four children, namely: Edward P., subject of this review; J. G., West Line, Missouri; Mrs. Clara Smith, Freeman, Missouri; and Nellie J., who makes her home with her brother, Edward P., on the home place, near West Line, Missouri. In 1866 George Ziegler and his family immigrated to Missouri and settled in Dolan township, Cass County, and here the Ziegler children have been reared to maturity. George Ziegler had learned the wagon makers' trade in New York, and in his new home in the west found a great demand for his sendees. He was also a skillful carpenter and did mpeh work in carpentering. But he wras particularly interested in stock raising and devoted most of his time and attention to his farm and to the raising of Whiteface cattle. George Ziegler was industrious and thrifty and succeeded so well in life that at the time of his death, in 1904, he was owmer of four hundred six acres of good farm land in Cass County, w'hich estate wras divided among his children. Both parents are deceased.

When Edw'ard P. Ziegler w^as a child six years of age he came to Missouri with his parents in 1866. He recalls the wild, unbroken natural state of the country at that time. Game of all kinds was in abundance and wolf chases and deer hunts were the principal amusements of the early settlers. Wild turkeys and prairie chickens abounded and could be had for the hunting in those good old days. Pleasant Hill, twentyeight miles away, wras the trading point for the Ziegler family.

Edward P. Ziegler spent the days of his boyhood much as does the average lad on the farm. Educational opportunities were limited, but such as there wrere he took advantage of them and attended school dur¬ ing the short sessions held in Dolan towmship. He alwTays lived with his father and it was not until after his father's death that E. P. Ziegler began life for himself.

In 1912 Mr. Ziegler purchased a threshing outfit and since then has been successfully operating over a large section of the country. Mr. Ziegler and his sister, Nellie J., reside on the home place. In 1905 they took two motherless children into their home: Marie (Belcher) Lee, who is now married and resides in Louisburg, Kansas; and Pauline Belcher, who still makes her home with them.

E. P. Ziegler has made many friends in Cass County, where he has lived for so many years. Honest, capable and energetic, he has succeeded well in his vocation and is a worthy descendant of a grand old pioneer family, whose name will ever be closely associated with the early history of Dolan township.

F. M. George, a highly respected ex-judge of Cass County, is one of the grand old race of pioneers who contributed their lives to the up-build¬ ing of this county. He was born in Cooper County in 1832, son of Carroll and Sarah (McFarlan) George. Carroll George was one of five brothers who came to Missouri from Tennessee in a very early day. Sarah (Mc¬ Farlan) George was the daughter of James McFarlan of St. Francois County, Missouri. To Carroll and Sarah (McFarlan) George were bom six children, of which family F. M. George, subject of this review, is the only surviving member.

In 1855 F. M. George and Martha J. Williams, daughter of Josiah Williams of Virginia, were united in marriage. This union has been blessed with five children, namely: T. C., a prosperous farmer, who mar¬ ried Virginia Adcock, and resides on his farm of two hundred four acres near Everett, Missouri; Dora, wife of Mr. Cable, a wealthy land owner, whose holdings comprise six hundred forty acres of fine farm land, near Drexel, Missouri, and they have one son, John R., who has lately been mar¬ ried to Alma Steele; Josiah W., owner of two well improved farms, com¬ prising four hundred acres near Everett, Missouri, who married Elsie Liggett, and to them have been born two children: Mrs. Mable Gentry, and Mrs. Vera Cook; Dr. W. F., a well-known and eminent physician of San Benito, Texas, who married Laura Painter, now deceased, who left a son, Ronald E. Later Dr. George was married to Dollie Clerk and son Ronald to Bernice Hayter; John E., of Archie, Missouri, who married Elsie Rosier, and they have one son, Francis Rosier, who lives on home place with his parents. Mrs. Vera Cook, daughter of Joseph W. and Elsie (Liggett) George has one son, William F., who has the distinction of being the only great-grandchild. His noble wife and Judge George may justly be proud of their intelligent family. The children were all wrell reared and given every advantage possible and all are now well-to-do and prominent in their respective communities. They are all church mem¬ bers.

In 1866 F. M. George came to Cass County. He purchased two hun¬ dred eighty acres of land and engaged in general farming and stockrais¬ ing. Every winter he has fed cattle and engaged extensively in the cat¬ tle and engaged extensively in the cattle business, always realizing very good profits. At one time Judge George was owner of four hundred fifty acres of land. At the present time his holdings consist of two hundred four acres, one hundred of which are in clover and blue grass.

When Judge George came to Cass County the country was in a very primitive condition. Of the early day school teachers, he remembers well Taylor Dorsett and Eldridge LongweU. Rev. Lacy and Rev. Evans were two pioneer preachers, to whom he often listened in the days long gone by. The early settlers were very hospitable and sociable, and though life at its best was but a round of trials and privations, there were many bright moments when cares were forgotten and much real happiness was found. People congregated from miles around at social gatherings of various kinds to enjoy the simple amusements of wholesome pioneer life.

In 1881 F. M. George was elected Judge of Cass County and he served faithfully and well two terms. His administration was an admirable one in every respect. During his incumbency he had the honor of serving a sentence in jail for contending for what he believed to be right in set¬ tling the bonded indebtedness of the county. In political affiliations Judge George has always been a Democrat.

Judge George and Mrs. George are devout members of the Metho¬ dist church. The story of Judge George's life is a relation of wonderful business foresight, unflinching integrity, and substantial rewards and his name has become a towrer of credit in this community.

R. A. Barnard, a prominent farmer and stockman of Everett town¬ ship, is a descendent of one of Cass County's early pioneer families. Mr. Barnard was born in this county, near Archie, in 1856, and is a son of James and Martha Barnard. His grandfather settled in this county at a very early day and entered government land near the present site of Austin, on the west, and spent the remainder of his life there. James

Barnard, father of R. A., grew to manhood in this county and was a successful farmer and stockman prior to the Civil War. When that great conflict broke he cast his lot with the South and enlisted in the Con¬ federate Army, and died while in the service. His wife died in 1885. They were the parents of four children, as follows: John W., deceased; R. A., the subject of this sketch; George W., resides at Archie, Missouri; and James, deceased.

R. A. Barnard was reared in Cass County and received his education in the public schools. On account of the early death of his father and his mother having died before R. A. reached his majority, the trait of self-reliance was developed within him at an early age. When a mere boy he began life for himself, and engaged in farming and stock raising. He was successful in his undertakings and it was not long until he was quite an extensive stock raiser, and he has been particularly successful in handling cattle and hogs. In recent years he has ranked among the successful breeders of Poland China hogs and Whitefaced and Durham cattle. He owns a valuable farm of two hundred eighty acres which is well adapted to stock raising. Two hundred acres of his f&rm are de¬ voted to grass. His place is well improved with a modem eight-room residence and large barn, including a concrete silo.

Mr. Barnard was married in 1878 to Miss Belle McCoy, a daughter of Brice and Julia McCoy, and the following children were born to this union: Mrs. Daisy Stevens, Earl, Bert, Ralph, Mrs. Rena Barrett, Wil¬ bur, Jessie, Verlie, deceased; and Julia. The wife and mother died in 1900.

Mr. Barnard is one of the substantial and progressive citizens of Cass County, and is a supporter of every worthy enterprise which has for its object the betterment of his county or state.

A. G. Endicott, an honored pioneer of Cass County, was born in Clay County, Missouri, in 1837. He is the son of Clayton W. and Mary Endi¬ cott. The Endicott family traces its lineage back to Gov. John Endicott, one of the first Puritan governors in Massachusetts. The Endicotts are of English descent. A

Mr. Endicott enlisted in the Confederate Army under Capt. Amos Bradley and served faithfully and well throughout the entire war. He took an active part in the engagements at Morristown, Pea Ridge, Prairie Grove, Jenkins Prairie, and Pleasant Hill. The last two battles were in

Louisiana. At Prairie Grove he was slightly wounded. A. G. Endicott has in his possession the Southern Cross of Honor, presented to him by the V. C. V. for bravery in action. The medal was made from cannon captures taken from the enemy. When the war had ended, Mr. Endicott returned to Ray County, Missouri, and then journeyed across the plains with six yoke of oxen to Colorado. Upon his return to Ray County he purchased one hundred thirty-three acres of land in Cass County and engaged in general farming.

March 7, 1866, A. G. Endicott and Sarah A. Payton were united in marriage. This union was blessed with seven children, three of whom are now living: Mrs. Frank F. Taylor, Freeman, Missouri; Walter, who resides in Oklahoma; and Pearl, resides at her home. January 30, 1901, Mrs. Endicott was called home. Mr. Endicott remarried, his second wife being Flora E. Powell of Virginia. To A. G. and Flora E. (Powell) Endi¬ cott was born a son, Troy Wise, who resides with his uncle in Bates County, Missouri. Flora E. (Powell) Endicott departed this life in 1915, and Mr. Endicott now makes his home with his daughter, Mrs. Frank F. Taylor.

After the Civil War A. G. Endicott came to Cass County from Ray County. He bravely endured his full share of hardships and nobly did his part in the development of the county. He remembers with pleasure the delightful social gatherings which relieved the loneliness and monot¬ ony of those early days. Among the pioneer preachers whom he knew, were: Rev. Ament, who was founder of the Flinn Chapel; Rev. Lacy, who was one of the first ministers he heard preach in Cass County; Rev. Schaler, founder of the Schaler's Chapel; and Rev. Dean, who was here at the beginning of the Civil War.

A. G. Endicott is one of the grand old men of Cass County, who cheerfully sacrificed so much that others might reap the benefits. He will never be forgotten in the county, for the upbuilding of which he devoted his life, but will always be remembered as worthy of the highest praise. His has been a long life of unselfish service. He is a Baptist in faith, a Democrat in politics, and a member of the Masonic fraternity.

Charles R. Hall, of Harrisonville, is a native of Cass County. He was bom in 1874 and is a son of Capt. D. K. Hall, a sketch of whom ap¬ pears in this volume. Charles R. Hall was educated in the public schools of Harrisonville, and after graduating from the high school took the law course at the Missouri University. After completing his course at the University he returned to Harrisonville and assisted in looking after his father's affairs. He has devoted himself chiefly to farming and stock raising, and now owns two hundred twenty-five acres of valuable land near Harrisonville. He has a fine residence just east of Harrisonville, and his farm property is well improved. He raises live stock quite ex¬ tensively.

Mr. Hall was united in marriage in 1897 to Miss Mary Maxwell, daughter of T. T. Maxwell, a former county clerk of Cass County. To Mr. and Mrs. Hall have been born six children, as follows: Noel M., Mar¬ garet, Mary, Joe, Oliver, and Stella D. Noel is quite extensively inter¬ ested in raising Brown Leghorn chickens, and is regarded as authority in that line. He has served as secretary of the National Brown Leghorn Club, and at the present time is secretary of the Southwestern Asso¬ ciation.

George A. Harger, of Austin township, is a well-known and success¬ ful farmer and stockman, and is a Cass County pioneer. He was born in Lee County, Iowa, in 1857, and is a son of A. E. and S. J. (Love) Harger, the former a native of Ohio, and the latter of Virginia. She was the daughter of David and Kittie Love. The Harger family came to Missouri in 1866, and settled at Pleasant Hill, and three years later the father purchased the farm on which he died in 1875, and the mother departed this life in 1892. They were the parents of the following children: J. C. Wallace, Belton, Missouri; George A. Harger, the subject of this sketch; A. E. Harger, Lone Tree, Missouri; Mrs. Lizzie Myers, Norcatur, Kansas; and C. W. Harger, Pocatello, Idaho; J. S. Harger, late of Hume, Missouri; W. D. Harger, late of Decatur County, Kansas; and Mary Van- Deventer, deceased.

George A. Harger was educated in the public schools of Pleasant Hill and has made farming and stock raising his life's occupation. He has met with success as a breeder of stock and is recognized as a leader in that field. He has some of the finest Missouri jacks to be found, and his Percheron horses are second to none. Mr. Harger has a valuable farm of two hundred thirty acres, in Austin township, highly improved, well watered and well adapted to stock raising and general farming. Mr. Harger was united in marriage in 1880 to Miss Nannie Gorham, daugh- ter of Joshea and Mary (Downard) Gorham, of Texas. To this union have been bora six children, viz: W. J. Harger, A. E. Harger, and Mrs. C. Gwinn, all of Pocatello, Idaho, and 0. D. Harger, Mrs. Bessie Gilkerson and Carrie C. Harger, all of Harrisonville, Missouri.

When the Harger family arrived at Pleasant Hill, more than fifty years ago, the county was still in its pioneer state. Mr. Harger recalls that the first school he attended was held in a roughly constructed box school house, located in a brush thicket. The boys attending this school cleared off the brush for a play ground, doing the work during recesses. Mr. Harger tells an interesting story that when the railroad was built from Holden west to Harrisonville the settlers would come to town for long distances to see the trains go by. For a number of years Pleasant Hill was the only railroad town in the county. Mr. Harger has seen many changes in Cass County during the time of his residence here. He is one of the substantial citizens and has contributed much in energy and of his means to the betterment and development of this county.

John Morrow, a prominent pioneer settler of Cass County, and a suc¬ cessful farmer and stockman of Everett township, departed this life September 22, 1915. He was a native of Washington County, Pennsyl¬ vania, born May 15, 1856, and was the youngest of a family of nine children born to his parents, James and Eleanor Morrow. Only two sis¬ ters and a brother of John Morrow survive. They are: Mrs. Isabelle Good, Mrs. Nannie Gill and James Morrow. The Morrow family is of Irish descent, and was founded in America about two hundred years ago, the first member coming to this country settled in Pennsylvania.

James Morrow and his family came to Missouri in 1869, when John the subject of this sketch, was twelve years old. The family first set¬ tled in Johnson County, and in 1875 removed to Cass County and settled near the village of Brosely, now extinct. Here the father engaged in farming and stock raising and spent the remainder of his life. He died in 1889 and his wife passed away in 1912. James Morrow was a success¬ ful farmer and stock raiser, and at the time of his death owned a valu¬ able farm of two hundred eighty acres. After the death of his father, John Morrow took charge of the old homestead, which he operated until 1897, when he traded it for one hundred eighty acres of land, one-half mile north of Main City. Like his father before him, John Morrow was a successful farmer and stockman, and in that line of industry was per- haps best known as a breeder of Chester White hogs and Shorthorn cat¬ tle. He also took an active interest in local public affairs and served as assessor of Coldwater township for some years and was also clerk of that township.

Mr. Morrow was a member of the Methodist Church, South, having been a member of that denomination since he moved near Main City. Prior to that he belonged to the Methodist church. He lived a faithful and consistent Christian life. He was superintendent of the Sunday School at Lisle for many years, and after removing to Main City he taught the Bible class there for years, and was chosen teacher of the Young Men's Bible Class, which numbered twenty-six at one time. When this class was merged with the Young Ladies' Bible Class and the or¬ ganization was named the "Gleaners", Mr. Morrow was chosen to teach this organization, which was the pride of his heart. He was a plain, home-spun man. His honesty of thought and action impressed all who met him. He never had an unkind thought nor spoke ill of any one. He always insisted that the good predominated in every one, and such thought made his mind a fountain of pure love for his fellow creatures.

John Morrow was united in marriage with Miss Maggie Virden, De¬ cember 20, 1886. Mrs. Morrow is a native of Kentucky, as was also her parents, John F. and Mary E. (Finell) Virden. The father was of French descent and the mother of Irish lineage. The Virden family came to Cass County in 1871, and purchased a farm near Brosley. The mother died there in 1874, and the father passed away in 1890. He was a tailor in early life, but after coming to Cass County followed farming, and during his early years in Cass County met with many discouraging con¬ ditions, common to the lot of the early settler. Later, however, he suc¬ ceeded to a very satisfactory degree. To John Morrow and wife were born two children: Mrs. Verna Eleanor Phillips, and Mary Hazel Mor¬ row. They also raised Henry F. Hall, the orphaned nephew of Mrs. Morrow, who received the same care and love as did their two daughters.

Mrs. Morrow is an interesting representative of the true pioneer woman. She relates many interesting incidents of early life in Cass County and possesses the faculty of relating them in an entertaining way. She tells of the old-time methods of amusements, such as singing schools, sociables and the like, which now and then broke the monotony of the hardships and inconveniences of early day life. She recalls a pioneer physician by the name of McIntosh, who usually visited his pa- tients barefooted, which seemed to attract no particular attention in those days. When Mrs. Morrow was a girl this section of the country was a vast unfenced plain. She has lived to see all this changed, and like many other pioneer men and women of Cass County, as a companion to her husband contributed her part to the great progress that has taken place in Cass County within less than half a century.

W. M. Deweese, of Coldwater township, is an early settler in that section, and one of Cass County's substantial fanners and stockmen. He was born at Chesterfield, Ohio, in 1837, and is a son of D. B. and Rachel (Weece) Deweese. D. B. Deweese was a son of Samuel Deweese, who was a French soldier and came to America with LaFayette, serving in the American Revolution under that great French general. D. B. De¬ weese died in Indiana, and his wife passed away in Ohio.

W. M. Deweese came to Missouri in 1866, and at first settled near Everett, Cass County. Later he bought a farm in that vicinity and in 1885 he purchased one hundred sixty acres in Coldwater township, where he has since been engaged in fanning and stock raising. He has bought and sold stock, principally mules, quite extensively, and has met with considerable success in that line, as well as being a successful farmer. He traveled over an extensive territory in both western Missouri and eastern Kansas, and bought hundreds of mules and his vest experience in that particular line has qualified him as one of the best judges of these animals in the state. Frequently he has been called upon to act in the capacity of judge at various fairs and prize contests. He also specializes in raising Duroc-Jersey hogs.

Mr. Deweese was married in 1861 to Miss Julia Hadley, a daughter of Lott M. Hadley, and the following children were born to this union: Lott M., deceased; Mrs. Laura Cable, Butler, Missouri; Mrs. Lucendia Stair, Harrisonville ; and Mrs. Audrv Lyons, deceased. The mother of these children died in 1909.

Mr. Deweese is one of the interesting pioneers of Cass County, who has seen many changes in this section during his residence here of more than fifty years. When he first came here game of all kinds was plenti¬ ful, and the section where he located was sparcely settled and practically unimproved. He is one of the Cass County pioneers who has made good, and he is still an active factor in the community, and today is about as busy as ever directing the various details of his farming operations. He is a public spirited citizen and a man of high personal character.

Boone Ingels, a progressive young farmer of Big Creek township, is a native of Cass County. He was born at Pleasant Hill, in 1889, and is a son of George and Rosa (Russell) Ingels, both natives of Kentucky. They came to Cass County and located at Pleasant Hill about 1884. The father died in 1900. The mother was a daughter of John Russell, who was a prosperous farmer in Pleasant Hill township, where he owned two thousand acres of land at the time of his death. Mrs. Ingels now lives in Columbia, Missouri.

George Ingels and wife were the parents of the following children: Callie, married Louis Knudson, Ithaca, New York; Russell, died at the age of nineteen; Boone, the subject of this sketch; and Giltner, a mem¬ ber of Company F, Fourth Regiment, Missouri National Guard.

Boone Ingels was educated in the public schools of Pleasant Hill and afterwards attended the Missouri State Agricultural College at Co¬ lumbia, Missouri, during the years 1912-14, and since that time has been engaged in farming in Big Creek township. The Ingels farm consists of two hundred acres of valuable land and has on it a lake covering eighteen acres. This is an artificial body of water, thirty feet deep, which was built by the Rock Island Railroad in 1904.

Mr. Ingels has had an unusual agricultural training and he proceeds with his work along scientific lines. He has made many improvements on the home farm since he took charge of it, and the soil is already re¬ sponding to his scientific methods.

James G. Smith, a prosperous farmer and stockman of Big Creek township, was born on the Lynn farm in that township, in 1856, and is a descendant of one of the pioneer families of Cass County. He is a son of Isaac T. and Emily Jane (Lynn) Smith. Isaac T. Smith was bom in Cooper County, Missouri, in 1831, and was a son of James Smith, a native of Maryland, and a pioneer of Cooper County, Missouri. He im¬ ported and operated the first sawmill in that county. He was a wealthy man and a large slave owner. He paid a security debt of $40,000 at one time. His wife was a native of Kentucky. Isaac T. Smith had five cous¬ ins and five uncles in the Southern army. Emily Jane (Lynn) Smith was bom in Montgomery County, Missouri. She was a daughter of James Lynn, and her mother bore the maiden name of Leach, a native of Vir¬ ginia, two uncles of whom served in the Revolutionary War under Gen¬ eral Washington. James Lynn was a very early settler of Big Creek township, coming here from Montgomery County in 1846. He was a North Carolinian by birth, and served in the War of 1812, participating in the battle of New Orleans. A doctor, who at one time owed him five hundred dollars, paid him in Texas land at twenty-five cents per acre, and, after going to Texas to investigate, he found that the land was in a hostile Indian country and abandoned it. He lived in Texas three years.

James G. Smith was educated in the district school in Big Creek township and when twenty-three years of age began life for himself on his present farm of one hundred fifteen acres. He inherited a part of this land from his father and bought the balance at twenty-seven dol¬ lars per acre. He is an extensive stock raiser and has also made a suc¬ cess of raising hogs, making a specialty of the Chester White breed.

Mr. Smith was married in 1879 to Miss Alice Greenlee, a daughter of T. P. Greenlee, of Peculiar township, Cass County, and the following children were bom to this union: Roger Q. Mills, resides at home; Lynn Lamar, Washington, D. C. ; Mrs. Bessie Campbell, Carlton, Oregon; and Mrs. Maude Garrison, Pleasant Hill, Missouri.

Mr. Smith is a Democrat and takes a keen interest in political af¬ fairs and is active in local politics. He has held township office for twen¬ ty-eight years, and at the present time is chairman of the township board. He has been Democratic township committeeman for ten years.

Mr. Smith has spent his life in Big Creek township with the excep¬ tion of when Order No. 11 was in force during the Civil War. In 1863 he went to Cooper County, where he remained until the close of the war.

The old Lynn residence was at one time occupied by Governor Bogg, an early day fur trader, and John T. Crisp was born in a cabin on this place. Mr. Lynn was a strong advocate of good schools in early days, long before the introduction of the present system of public schools, and gave the use of one of the rooms in his home for school purposes. There are many historic recollections connected with this old place.

Paul Eugene SchindorlT, a successful farmer and stockman of Polk township, is a native son of Cass County and was born in the township where he now resides, in 1872. He is a son of Paul Apolos and Cornelia (Deal) Schindorff, the former a native of France and the latter of Vir¬ ginia. Paul Apolos Schindorff came to Missouri and settled in Saline County in the fifties. During the Civil War he served in the Confederate Army for three and one-half years with a Missouri regiment. In 1866 he started to go to California, and on his way stopped in Cass County to visit an old acquaintance named William Hodge, and Mr. Hodge insisted that Mr. Schindorff abandon his contemplated trip to California and set¬ tle in Cass County, and in order to convince him that Cass County was the best country in the world, he showed him over Polk township and finally found an eighty-acre farm which suited Mr. Schindorff and he bought it. Later he sold that and bought other land. He engaged in farming and stock raising and met with success. He raised Percheron horses, mules, jacks, cattle and hogs, and made money. He added more acreage to his farm and at the time of his death owned four hundred acres, which he divided among his children. He was a successful stock feeder and business man, and he possessed rare capability, keen foresight and good judgment. He died February 1, 1917, at the age of ninetyfive years, and his widow now resides on the home place in Pleasant Hill vicinity. They were the parents of the following children: Mrs. Minnie Moore, Polk township; Mrs. May Warner, Polk township; Paul Eugene, the subject of this sketch; Julius, Polk township; William, Camp Branch township; Mrs. Lillian Hassler, Polk township; Herman, Camp Branch township; and Clay, resides on the home farm in Polk township with his mother.

Paul Eugene Schindorff was reared on the farm in Polk township, and received his education in the public schools. He has made farming the chief occupation of his life and has met with a very satisfactory de¬ gree of success as a farmer and stock raiser and has one of the well-im¬ proved farms of Polk township.

Mr. Schindorff was married in 1900 to Miss Bessie Garvey, a native of Pennsylvania, who came to Cass County to live with an uncle and aunt, R. McBride and his wife, when Mrs. Schindorff was about twelve years old. To Mr. and Mrs. Schindorff have been born two children, Viola May and Mildred Frances. The Schindorff family are well known in northeastern Cass County, and are representative descendants of Cass County pioneers.

Alice V. (Powers) Randell, widow of the late Nathaniel Randell, was born in New Hampshire in 1846. Her father, Larned Powers, was a native of New Hampshire, born in 1808. He passed away at the age of eighty-six years. Her mother, who bore the maiden name of Ruby Barton, was also a native of New Hampshire, born in 1808 and died in that state in 1900. They were the parents of four children, as follows: Caroline Wellman, died at Cornish, New Hampshire, in September, 1913; Erastus Barton Powers, died at Malden, Massachusetts, in February, 1914; Alice V., the subject of this sketch; and Samuel L. Powers, of Newton, Massachusetts.

Mrs. Randell was educated at Kimball Union Academy and taught several terms of school at Cornish, New Hampshire. She first came to Cass County in 1870 and taught one term of school at Clearfork School House, Index township. George Clark, now deceased; William Summerwell, and John Walton, were directors of that district then. She was married May 29, 1872, to Nathaniel Randell, at Cornish, New Hamp¬ shire, and they came directly to Cass County.

Mr. Randell was born in Seneca County, Ohio, in 1837. His parents were William and Eunice (Crockett) Randell. He first came to Cooper County, Missouri, in 1865, and to Cass County in 1867, and first met Mrs. Randell when she was teaching school in 1870. The Randells set¬ tled on Mrs. Randell's present farm in 1872. Mr. Randell traded land in Cooper County for this place, and at the time of his death he owned two hundred eighty acres of valuable land, which are still owned by his widow and daughter. He was engaged in general farming during his entire life in Missouri. The farm is situated six miles northeast of Gar¬ den City.

Nathaniel Randell was a veteran of the Civil War and served in the One Hundred and Sixty-fourth Ohio Infantry. He was a guard at Wash¬ ington, D. C. He died May 9, 1916, and his remains are buried in Gar¬ den City Cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Randell were the parents of two chil¬ dren, one of whom died in infancy. The other, Edith V., was bom on the home place and resides with her mother.

Mrs. Randell is a member of the Baptist church at Garden City, as was also her husband. They were formerly members of that denomina¬ tion at Index. There were at that time three churches at Index - Bap¬ tist, Christian and Methodist. Both Mrs. Randell and her daughter are cultured women.

Mrs. Randell is a descendant of a prominent New England family. Erastus Barton Powers was, up to the time of his death, in 1914, one of the foremost lawyers of Boston, Massachusetts. He was a graduate of Kimball Union Academy, class of 1860, of Dartmouth College, class of 1865, and of Harvard Law School, class of 1867. He was admitted to the bar January 27, 1867.

Samuel L. Powers, a brother of Mrs. Randell, of Newton, Massa¬ chusetts, represented the Eleventh Massachusetts District in Congress for two terms, declining a third nomination. He was a member of a spe¬ cial committee of five, appointed in 1903, to draw up the anti-trust law. In January, 1910, President Taft appointed him justice of the Customs Court of Appeals of the United States, which appointment he declined. In 1906 he was elected a life trustee of Dartmouth College, and he has always taken a deep interest in educational matters.

H. M. Dodd and wife are an honored pioneer couple who have lived in Cass County since 1868, and have reared a family of sons and daugh¬ ters of whom any parents should be proud. Both Mr. and Mrs. Dodd were bom in Wayne County, Ohio, in 1833. Mr. Dodd was born Novem¬ ber fourth, of that year, and Mrs. Dodd on November 10th. Mr. Dodd's father was David Dodd, a native of Virginia, and his mother, who bore the maiden name of Mary Pyle, was a native of Pennsylvania. H. M. Dodd was one of a family of ten children, all of whom are dead but two. H. S., died in Arkansas; Marion died in Ohio; H. M., of whom this sketch is written; D. P., living in Caldwell, Idaho; Harry, died at Independence, Kansas; and John, Mary, Samuel, Thomas, and Anna, all of whom are deceased.

H. M. Dodd received his education in the district schools of Ohio and at Glenn Academy, Haynesville, Ohio. His occupation for a number of years was stock raising. He came to Cass County in 1868, purchasing two hundred acres of unimproved land, at a time when prairie land was selling from five to twelve dollars an acre, and rented a home until he built a small three-room house. At present his farm contains one hun¬ dred four acres, and is well improved. On it is a barn, 50x56 feet, built in 1896, and a nine-room house, built in 1894. The Dodd farm is situated five miles northeast of Garden City, in Index township, and is one of the valuable farms of that township.

Mr. Dodd was united in marriage with Miss Margaret Swart, in Wayne County, Ohio. She is a daughter of Henry and Mary (Langell) Swart, of Wayne County. Mr. and Mrs. Dodd are the parents of four children. They are Arthur Adrian, assistant principal of the Kansas City, Missouri, Manual Training School; Eugene Emmet, principal of the high school at Springfield, Missouri; Mrs. Ida L. Quick, living near Quick City, Johnson County, Missouri, and who was a teacher at Holden College

At the advanced age of eighty-three, both Mr. and Mrs. Dodd are able to do the regular work about the house and farm, and Mr. Dodd can perform the unusual task, for one of his years, of reading without glasses.

Mrs. Dodd owns an interesting family heirloom in the form of a Seth Thomas clock, which was bought in 1849 by her mother, Mary Swart, of Blatchleyville, Ohio, and cost thirteen dollars. After Mrs. Swart's death, the clock was sent to Mrs. Dodd, by whom it is highly valued. It still runs and keeps good time, despite its sixty-eight years of service. It is a one day clock with a metal weight.

Leonidas B. Pulliam, a native son of Cass County, and a member of one of the oldest pioneer families of this county, was born in the home where he now lives, March 19, 1880. He is a son of Augustin S. and Adeline (Priddy) Pulliam. The father was born in Kentucky, January 2, 1813, and came to Cass County in 1837, settling two miles east of Dayton. In 1839 he moved to the present home of Leonidas Pulliam, and the house in which the latter lives being built that year. The mother of Leonidas Pulliam was a native of Tennessee, and was born May 27, 1838. She was the second wife of Augustin Pulliam, and there were seven children by this marriage, four of whom are living, as follows: Benjamin F., at Porterly, New Mexico; B. P., a farmer of Austin town¬ ship; W. B., living on home farm; and Leonidas B., the subject of this sketch.

Augustin Pulliam's first wife wTas Parmelia Martin. There were fourteen children by that marriage and four of those are now living, as follows: Joseph, Bates County, Missouri; Margaret Woolery, Garden

City, Missouri; Mrs. Catherine Porter, Nevada, Missouri, and Mrs. Mary Gloyd, Dayton, Missouri. Augustin Pulliam was a pioneer farmer and stock raiser of Cass County. He did his trading at Pleasant Hill before Dayton was started, and in those days earned wool to the carding mill on horseback. He died January 2, 1890, and was buried on the home farm. His widow now lives in Austin. The Pulliam house is probably the oldest house in the county. The farm at present contains two hun¬ dred and seventy-two acres, and is one of the valuable farms of Cass County.

with Anna Lee Smiley, of Dayton township. She is a daughter of the late Isaac Newton and Lucy Alice (Woolery) Smiley. The Smileys were also early settlers in Cass County, coming here prior to the Civil War and located in Austin township. Mr. Smiley died in 1885, and is buried in Connelly Cemetery, and Mrs. Smiley now lives in Austin township with her daughter, Blanche Smiley.

Mr. and Mrs. Pulliam have four children now living, as follows: Ortha Lee, Lucy Opal, Leonidas B., Jr., and Anna May. Mr. Pulliam pursues the quiet, even tenor of a prosperous farmer's life. He is pro¬ gressive and public spirited and to such men as him, Cass County owes its leading rank among the political subdivisions of the great State of Missouri.

James P. Buckley, a leading farmer and stockman of Index township, of the firm of James P. Buckley & Sons, proprietors of "Sunny Valley Stock Farm", was born in Nicholas County, Kentucky, in 1865. His father was Edward Buckley, of Kentucky, born in 1833, and died in Cass County in March, 1889. His mother was Elizabeth Bishop before her marriage, and she was born in Kentucky in 1840 and died in August, 1910.

Edward Buckley and wife came to Missouri in 1867 and located five miles northeast of Garden City, in Index township. They then bought forty acres of land and later added eighty acres more. The last pur¬ chase forms part of the present farm of James P. Buckley.

In early life Edward Buckley was a cooper, but he followed farming as an occupation during his life in Missouri. He and his wife were the parents of five children, as follows: Sarah Jane, deceased; Cordelia Belle, married Alonzo Sterling, who is at present chaplain of the State Penitentiary, Jefferson City; William H., Sedalia, Missouri, solicitor for the Sedalia Sentinel; James P., the subject of this sketch; and Tura Alice, who died at the age of two years.

James Buckley attended school at Schuyler School House, Index township, and remained at his father's home until he was twenty-one. He then moved to his present home and engaged in farming and stock raising. Every tree and building on the place was placed there by him. The house was built in 1892, one barn in 1893, another in 1901, and a third in 1907. A silo, 14x28 feet, was built in 1913.

The Buckley farm is located two and a half miles northeast of Gar¬ den City. He has forty acres of English blue grass, which has been profitable both for seed and pasture.

There are four good springs on the place, the water from which is piped into cement troughs, thus furnishing a good drinking supply for the stock. One pool is ten feet deep, fourteen feet wide, and twentyseven feet long. It is built with cement walls and a slate bottom. It has never been dry but once. This pool is in the east eighty acres. A cement trough outside, connected by a pipe, makes an excellent drinking place. The Buckleys have always been "boosters" for fine live stock, as their neighbors will testify.

Mr. Buckley first handled saddle and harness horses, jacks, jennets, and mules. He took premiums at the Sedalia State Fair in 1910 and 1911 on saddle mares, mules and jacks. He continues to raise the same kinds of stock, and in addition now raises registered Hereford cattle. His present herd consists of fifty head. The herd is headed by "Adver¬ tiser XIII", purchased at the Hancock dispersion sale at Kansas City, Missouri, December 21, 1915. Mr. Buckley has also been a breeder of thoroughbred Poland China hogs for the past twenty-five years. He

In addition to two hundred and ten acres in Cass County, Mr. Buckley's farm includes one hundred twenty acres in Vernon County, one mile east of Howard, on the State Road. The Vernon County land was bought in 1914.

James P. Buckley was married February 16, 1887, to Miss Cora L. Kirtley, a native of Pike County, born in 1865, but living at the time of the marriage in Johnson County, Kansas. She is a daughter of La¬ fayette and Mary Ann (Dugan) Kirtley. They were natives of Ken¬ tucky. The mother died in 1870, and Mr. Kirtley in 1890.

To Mr. and Mrs. Buckley have been born three children, all of whom are living, and all were born in Index township. The eldest, Drucy Eliz¬ abeth, was born December 21, 1887, graduated from Garden City High School, and taught school one year, and is now a music teacher. She married Joseph A. Smith, and lives in Kansas City, Missouri. The sec¬ ond child, Burney H., was born May 11, 1893, graduated from Garden City High School, in 1909, and is also a graduate of the Central Business College, Sedalia, Missouri. He lives at home and is a business partner of his father. The youngest child is Walter Ovid, born May 7, 1896. He is a student in the public schools and is much interested in music and athletic sports.

In addition to his farm cares, Mr. Buckley has been an auctioneer for the past eighteen years and is one of the successful auctioneers of this section of the state. During some years he has found this business very profitable.

Dr. Casper Swart Dodd, a prominent physician and surgeon of Dayton, Missouri, was born at Index, Missouri, on November 10, 1869. He is the son of H. M. and Margaret Swart Dodd of Index township, a sketch of whom appears in this volume, and is the youngest of their four chil¬ dren. The others are Arthur A., Eugene E., and Mrs. Ida L. Quick.