Cass County, Missouri - Biographical sketches, 1917 (part 7 of 15)

Alfred Stevens came with his family to Cass County in 1872. He had purchased one hundred sixty acres of land two years before bringing his family here. He engaged in farming and stock raising and for a number of years was extensively engaged in the manufacture of sor¬ ghum. Mr. Stevens has had a very successful career and still resides on his old place in Dayton township at the advanced age of ninety-one years. His wife died in 1913. They were the parents of six children, three of whom are living, as follows: W. A., farmer and stockman, near Garden City; A. M., a merchant at Clinton, Missouri, and an extensive land owner in Cass County; and Charles S., the subject of this sketch.

Charles S. Stevens was educated in the public .schools of Cass County and spent his boyhood days on the home farm. He followed farming as his occupation until he was twenty-seven years old, when he became man¬ ager of the Garden City Creamery. Later he engaged in farming again, which vocation he followed until May 1902, when he accepted the cashiership of the Fanners Bank of Garden City, a position which he has since held. This bank is one of the substantial banking institutions of Cass County and has done business for a quarter of a century. It was organized in June 1892, with a capital stock of fifteen thousand dollars, and its first officers were: Alfred Stevens, president; George W. Main, vice president; J. C. Flook, cashier; D. T. Clements, assistant cashier; R. O'Bannon, secretary; and the first board of directors were: D. T. Clem¬ ents, E. Decker, J, H. McCulloh, R. O'Bannon, George W. Main, Alfred Stevens, and J. C. Flook. The present capital stock of the bank remains the same and they now have a certified surplus of fifteen thousand dol¬ lars and carry deposits of about eighty thousand dollars.

The present officers are A. W. Wilhite, president; W. A. Stevens, vice president; Charles S. Stevens, cashier; George S. Breed, assistant cashier; T. G. Wilhite, secretary; and in addition to the above named officers, D. L. Clark and Jesse Elliott are members of the board of di¬ rectors.

Mr. Stevens was married in 1892 to Miss Jessie C. Logue, of Adrian, Missouri. She is a daughter of Joseph and Safronia (Kincaid) Logue, who now reside in Garden City. To Mr. and Mrs. Stevens have been born two children: Earl A., Kansas City, Missouri, in the employ of the New England National Bank, married Mildred McDonough, of that city; Charles Ernest, married Gladys Ellis, of Garden City, and is in the employ of Swift and Company at Kansas City.

Mr. Stevens has had an extensive experience in the intricate field of finance, and is considered one of the best business men in Cass County on the subject of banking. He is conservative enough to safe-guard the various interests for which he is responsible, and at the same time pro¬ gressive enough to keep pace with the rapidly-developing commercial world.

George N. Powell, a prominent farmer of Polk township, is a native of Illinois. He was born about sixteen miles north of Galesburg. He is a son of Warner T. and Annie A. (Wightman) Powell, the former a native of Virginia, and the latter of Canada. The Powell family came to Mis¬ souri in 1866, locating in Vernon County, near Moundville, where the parents still reside. The father is eighty-seven years old and the mother is eighty-three. George N. Powell's grandmother, Annie Wightman, died in Carroll County at the age of one hundred two years.

Josephine F., who married Henry F. Jones, and died at Hartshorn, Okla¬ homa, December 24, 1915; George N., whose name introduces this sketch; Charles \\\, Hartshorn, Oklahoma; Henry H., Kansas City, Missouri; and Ora E., married Dr. Bolten, Kansas City, Missouri.

Mr. Powell was reared to manhood and educated in Moundville, Mis¬ souri. He remained at home with his parents until he was twenty-five years old. when he began farming in Vernon County, and two years later, or in 1883, came to Cass County, reaching here January 20th. He bought eighty acres of land, three-fourths of a mile south of Strasburg, which were unimproved, paying twenty-five dollars an acre. He has added to his original purchase as opportunities have presented them¬ selves, and now owns a fine farm of two hundred forty acres. His place is well improved, with a splendid residence and two conveniently-ar¬ ranged and substantially-built barns. His place presents an attractive and well-kept appearance, which furnishes mute testimony of the thrift and enterprise of Mr. Powell.

April 13, 1881, Mr. Powell was united in marriage with Miss Carrie Roush, of Strasburg. She is a daughter of H. M. and M. E. Roush, of Strasburg. The Roush family came to Strasburg in 1880 from Vernon County, Missouri. The father died in 1900 and the mother now resides in Strasburg. Mrs. Powell was one of the family of three children born to her parents, the other two being as follows: Charles W., who lives near Wingate, Missouri; and J. A., who occupies the old Roush home¬ stead in Polk township. To Mr. and Mrs. Powell have been born four children, as follows. A. W., who married Lydia Hurt, and lives one mile south of Strasburg; Mabel, who married Dr. Beckman, Strasburg; Mamie, who married Samuel Thompson. Kansas City, Missouri, who was accidentally killed by a falling scaffold at that place, February 6, 1917, leaving his widow and one son and daughter, Frances Powell Thompson and Marion Yankee Thompson; and Lela, who married Charles Gibson, Kingsville. Missouri.

The Powell family were very early settlers in Vernon County. That section of the state was sparsely settled at that time. There were only three houses in the vicinity of Nevada, Missouri. Colonel Pitcher con¬ ducted a small store there. Most of the settlements in Vernon County were along the streams, keeping close to the timber, as was the custom in the early days for many good and sufficient reasons. The settlers in that locality hauled most of their supplies from Pleasant Hill, and a trip there and back usually required about five days. Flour was fifteen dol- lars per hundred and other necessities in proportion, but in a short time a mill was built at Ft. Scott, Kansas, which was more accessible to the early settlers of Vernon County.

Mr. Powell is not only a successful farmer, but is also interested in the Farmers National Bank of Pleasant Hill. He is a member of the board of directors of that institution. He takes a commendable interest in local affairs, and in 1891 was elected assessor of Polk township. After having served one year, Mr. Powell resigned that office. He is one of Cass County's representative citizens.

F. J. Brook er, manager of the Farmers Lumber and Supply Company of Garden City, is one of Cass County's most efficient business men. He was bom in Iowa in 1854, son of Jacob F. Brooker, a native of Germany. When Jacob F. Brooker was four years of age he immigrated with his father Jacob F. Brooker, Sr., to America. The Brookers located tempor¬ arily in Ohio. In 1846 they moved to Iowa.

In 1877, when F. J. Brooker was twenty-three years of age, he and his parents migrated from Iowa to Butler county, Kansas. In Butler county F. J. Brooker and Miss N. F. Brooks of Leon, Kansas, were mar¬ ried. Mr. and Mrs. Brooker are the parents of five children: two babes died in infancy; Marvin, at home; Blanche, at home; and John, clerk in the Claude Smith store of Dayton.

F. J. Brooker moved to Vernon County, Missouri, in 1888, from But¬ ler County, Kansas, locating near Walker, Missouri. Thence he came in 1909 to Cass County. Mr. Brooker was one of the first stockholders of the Farmers Lumber and Supply Company, which was organized in November, 1911. Ira Whitman, manager of the Farmers Supply Com¬ pany of Adrian, was organizer. The Farmers Lumber and Supply Com¬ pany started with about one hundred members and a capital stock of ten thousand dollars. The business of the company is conducted under the skillful management of F. J. Brooker, the company's first and only manager. The first officers of the Farmers Lumber and Supply Company were: A. J. Hayden, president; Martin Ziegler, secretary; D. H. Kirk, treasurer; Jacob Smith and Joe Schertz, directors. The present officers are: A. J. Hayden, president; George Walker, secretary; D. H. Kirk, treasurer; Jacob Smith and William Blair, directors.

The ground occupied by the company is 150 x 125 feet, near the depot and they carry a stock of lumber, brick, cement and some hardware. From the first the company has been a great success, a regulator of prices. Much of this success has been undoubtedly due to the careful, economical man¬ agement of F. J. Brooker. Although Mr. Brooker has not long been a resident of Cass County he has established an enviable reputation for being honorable and upright in all his dealings and is classed among the county's best men.

J. L. Kauffman, the capable proprietor of the City Light plant at Garden City, has long been recognized as one of Cass County's leading citizens. Mr. Kauffman was born in Pennsylvania in 1864, son of Ste¬ phen and Mary (King) Kauffman. Stephen Kauffman was a native of Pennsylvania. When J. L. Kauffman was three years of age he came to Cass County with his parents, who located upon a farm six miles northwest of what is now Garden City. To Stephen and Mary (King) Kauffman were born eight children, six of whom are now living: Frank, who resides one mile east and one mile south of Daugherty ; David, Minot, North Dakota; Sarah, wife of I. Z. Yoder, residing near Daugherty; Ida, wife of Ben Martin, Minot, North Dakota; Mollie, wife of Jonah King, Garden City; and J. L., subject of this review. Both Stephen and Mary Kauffman have been called home. When the last call came, they were on the farm which had been their home since coming to Cass County.

J. L. Kauffman received a good education in the schools of Cass County, and early evinced a fondness for study, which in later years has proven a boon to him. He is a persistent reader and keen observer and in a great measure has been his own teacher. Mr. Kauffman lived the life of the average lad on the farm, remaining at home assisting his father in the various farm duties until he was twenty-three years of age. At that time he entered the business world, assisting A. J. Sharp and Brothers, of Harrisonville. He remained with this firm for three years. Mr. Kauffman has always been a worker, and the industrious habits and persevering energy of the young man aroused much interest and respect. When twenty-six years of age J. L. Kauffman came to Gar¬ den City and opened a general repair shop, later adding a foundry. Here, too, he was married.

In 1890 J. L. Kauffman and Emma Helmuth, daughter of J. S. and Katy (Oesch) Helmuth, of Garden City, were united in marriage. To Mr. and Mrs. Kauffman have been born five children: Mrs. Pearl Schrock. residing northeast of Garden City; Roy, who married Amanda Miller, and resides in Garden City; Sadie, at home; Clarence, at home;

Mr. Kauffman had long been very much interested in electrical work and in the evenings after his labor for the day was ended, he read con¬ stantly and studied persistently. As the result of his assiduous labors he gave Garden City her first and only electric light plant, in 1913. The building, which is 25x70 feet in dimensions, was not erected until July, 1915. The plant consists of two twenty-five and one fifteen horse-power coal-oil engines, one thirty-five kilowatt and twenty kilowatt Westinghouse dynamos. Mr. Kauffman has a twenty-year franchise and a tenyear street lighting contract. His plant has always given good service. It has been shut down but one hour and a half in service at one time since starting, and Mr. Kauffman at the present writing has one hundred forty-five well pleased customers. In addition to the plant at Garden City, he sells and installs electric light plants for farms. This work he began two years ago.

For twenty-seven years J. L. Kauffman has been actively identified with the business interests of Garden City. He is widely known in thi * section of the country, and universally respected. He is a genial, upright, industrious man, and has gained the confidence and esteem of all.

J. Richard Macrae, the popular, young proprietor of the Garden City Drug Company, is a representative of a fine old Scotch family. He was born near Garden City, Missouri, in 1894, son of James R. and Susan Amelia Macrae. James R. Macrae, son of John and Hannah (Tomlin) Macrae, the former a native of Fairfax County, Virginia, was born on his father's farm in 1856 amid the picturesque scenery of Virginia, in Fau¬ quier County, twenty-five miles east of the Blue Ridge mountains. John and Hannah (Tomlin) Macrae were the parents of seven children: Mrs. Amelia Westwood, deceased; Stephen Tomlin, residing on the home place in Virginia; Mrs. Ann Edwenes, deceased; J. R., father of the subject of this review; Sarah, died at the age of five years; Mary Eliza, Washington, D. C. ; and Mrs. Susan Blackmore, Washington, D. C.

J. R. Macrae received his early education in the common schools of Virginia. He remembers, as a lad, hearing the cannon of the battle of Bull Run. Until he was eighteen years of age Mr. Macrae remained with his parents, aiding in the labor of the farm. In 1884 Mr. Macrae came from Virginia to Cass County, Missouri, and spent his first season in the west working for Jacob Flook. The second season he rented a farm near

Dayton of Mrs. Terrett, ui>on which he lived for eight years. From the Terrett farm he moved to the Jene Nilson place where he remained four years and thence to the Thad Hutton farm upon which he lived three years. In May, 1899, Mr. Macrae purchased forty acres adjoining Garden City and later added forty acres on the east, his present home.

All the improvements on his farm J. R. Macrae himself has placed there. In 1899 his handsome two-story residence was erected and two well built, commodious barns, one for stock and hay, 35 x 50 feet, the other for grain, hay and stock, 50 x 76 feet. There are many other build¬ ings on this well-kept place including a corn crib and implement building 44 x 16 feet, and a hen house, 10 x 60 feet, with a capacity of one hundred twenty-five hens. Mr. Macrae is interested both in farming and stock raising. He is a firm believer in Red Durocs, but does have some reg¬ istered stock. He varies his stock. For several years he fed a large number of cattle. Mr. Macrae feeds all the grain and hay he raises.

In 1899 J. R. Macrae showed that his good Scotch ingenuity was not dormant by literally constructing a pond from which he can pipe water to any part of his farm. Mr. Macrae made this pond on a rise between the house and barn at a depth of ten to twelve feet. The excavation was scraped out 60 x 100 feet, thirty-five to forty feet from bank to bank. He has piped the water to the feed lots. The pond is fenced so no stock can get into it. It has proven a great success, has never been dry but holds water like a jug. In bee culture Mr. Macrae also takes a keen inter¬ est. At the time of this writing he has fifteen stands of bees. Last years, with eleven, twelve hundred pounds of honey were produced. Will¬ iam Cox, of Dayton, has charge of the bees and to him is given the credit for the big production.

The Macrae farm is inclosed by a four foot web fence having two barbs on top. The cross fences are of like material. The stock lots are fenced with shellbark hickory boards and hedge posts. All are strong and secure and greatly add to the appearance of the place. There is not a better kept, neater farm in Cass County, than that of J. R. Macrae.

In September, 1889, J. R. Macrae and Susan Amelia Macrae, of Sedalia, Missouri, were united in marriage. Susan Amelia Macrae is a native of Richmond, Virginia, and there spent her girlhood and was educated. Mr. and Mrs. Macrae are the parents of two children: J. Richard, druggist, of Garden City, Missouri ; and Hannah Sheldema, a teacher in the schools of Garden City.

attended the schools of Garden City and is a graduate of high school. He spent more than a year in Central College, Fayette, Missouri. The young man's first venture in the business world was operating a cafe in Fayette. Six months later he purchased in August, 1914, the drug store in Garden City then owned by J. F. Suffecool. At that time the store was located in the Suffecool building but in January, 1917, it was moved to the present location on upper Main street. This drug store is one of the finest in the county. It carries an attractive, up-to-date and complete line of drugs and medicines and does a large prescription business. T. A. Washington, a registered pharmacist with a record of over forty years and one of the best informed men in his line in the state, has charge of the prescription business. The trade has been constantly increasing, and deservedly for young Macrae, like his father before him, possesses all the many excel¬ lencies of Scotch character, is honorable and upright in all his dealings and most worthy of confidence and esteem.

George B. Anderson, the present efficient postmaster of Garden City, has been identified with the development of that town since its beginning. He is a native of Michigan, born in Jackson County, February 20, 1868, a son of John S. and Rose A. (Boals) Anderson, natives of New York. They were the parents of six children of whom George B., the subject of this sketch, is the oldest. The others are as follows: William R., Glen¬ dora, California; John F. Skagway, Alaska; Mrs. Louisa H. Conover, Seattle, Washington ; Sam B., Wichita, Kansas ; and Hamilton S., who was accidentally killed in 1888 by the discharge of an anvil at a ratification celebration, at Garden City, Missouri.

George B. Anderson received his education in the public schools of Jackson County, Michigan. In 1881 he came to Cass County with his parents. His father bought three hundred twenty acres of land from James M. Allison, where Garden City now stands. Four years after com¬ ing here John S. Anderson and George Nettleton laid out the town site of Garden City. This was in the fall of 1884. The original town site con¬ tained one hundred twenty acres. B. R. Tompkins opened the first store on the town site which was followed shortly afterwards by the grocery store of Kelley and Hutton. Dr. Dempsey had the first drug store. J. S. Halcomb later opened a drug store. L. W. Burdett had the first furniture store. McBride Brothers later opened a grocery store and Ferrell and Kimberlin had the first hardware store.

l>o!iticn! alVairs of ( ass County and the state. He has been assessor of Index township, city clerk of Garden City and for five years was a guard at the state prison at Jefferson City. July 21, 1916 he was appointed postmaster of Garden City.

Mr. Anderson was married May 3, 1885, to Miss Mary F. Wildeboor, a daughter of M. Wildeboor, who is now deceased. Mrs. Anderson was born in Green County, Illinois, October 29, 1865. Her parents came to Cass County when she was one year old. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Anderson was the first marriage ceremony to take place in the new town of Garden City. They have an adopted daughter, Lydia, a junior in the Garden City High School.

Mr. Anderson is a Royal Arch Mason, a member of the Modern Wood¬ men of America, and he and Mrs. Anderson are members of the Order of the Eastern Star. Mr. Anderson has been superintendent of the Meth¬ odist Episcopal Sunday school, south, for the past seven years and also a member of the board of trustees. Mrs. Anderson has been a teacher of a Sunday school class for the years past and both have been members of this church for the past thirty years. John S. Anderson was a member of the board of trustees of this church when it was first organized here.

William J. Boals, a prominent farmer and stockman and early settler in Cass County, is a native of New York, born in 1843. He is a son of William C. and Agnes (Geddes) Boals. The father was a native of County Down, Ireland. He w'as a descendant of an ancient and honorable family that was driven out of Scotland to the north of Ireland over six hundred years ago on account of religious persecutions. They were Presbyterians. A great-great-great-uncle of William Boals, Thomas Boals, emigrated from Ireland to Pennsylvania prior to the Revolutionary War and his descendants are scattered through Virginia, Kentucky and Pennsylvania. Boalstown, Pennsylvania, was named in his honor. Will¬ iam C. Boals died in Cass County, November 7, 1869, and his wife died here in February, 1888. They were the parents of nine children, as fol¬ lows: Robert, deceased; John G., deceased; Mrs. Mary Ann Madison, died at E! Dorado Springs, Missouri, in 1916; Mrs. Nancy Hoag died in Springfield, Illinois; Samuel C., whose address is unknown; Jane I., Garden City, Missouri ; Mrs. Rose Anderson, Garden City, Missouri ; Mrs. Louisa Wright, deceased; and William J., the subject of this sketch.

family remained in that state until 1869, when they came to Cass County, Missouri. William J. and John G. bought one hundred sixty acres of raw prairie land for twelve dollars and fifty cents per acre. William still resides on this place. He has added more land and now owns two hun¬ dred eighty-five acres. He has successfully carried on farming and stock raising. He is a successful farmer and for years has carried out the scheme of systematic rotation of crops which he contends is the most logical method of soil conservation. The results which he has obtained bear out the correctness of his theory. He is a successful wheat grower and has been equally successful in raising other grain. The Boals home on the farm presents a well kept and prosperous appearance. The farm residence was built in 1904, and the place is well equipped with suitable barns and sheds. In fact the Boals farm is equipped with three distinct sets of improvements.

Mr. Boals was married in 1883 to Miss Lucy Stair of Eight Mile, a daughter of Alfred and Rebecca Stair, both now deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Boals have been born the following children: Agnes, who resides at home; Ina, who departed this life at the age of eleven years; Pet May, attending school; Frank B. and Zarah, students in the high school; John S., who was accidentally killed at the age of nineteen by falling on a pitchfork handle; and William J. - John S. was a brilliant young man and his untimely death was sadly felt not only by his immediate family but by a broad circle of acquaintances. He was graduated from the Gar¬ den City High School at the age of seventeen and was also a graduate of the State Normal School at Warrensburg. He received distinction as a student during his educational career. John S. Boals was the leader in the interstate debate between Missouri and Kansas in May, 1914, in which Missouri won. Another son, William J., met with an untimely death about three months after the death of his brother, John S., to whom he was very much attached.

James William Sexton, the capable, efficient young editor of the Gar¬ den City "Views", was born in Boone County, Missouri, in 1889. He is one of three sons born to Middleton and Ida Lee (Matthews) Sexton, both natives of Boone County, Missouri. Middleton Sexton was a son of John T. Sexton, who in early manhood came to Missouri from Kentucky. The father of Ida Lee (Matthews) Sexton was a Virginian. All three sons of Middleton and Ida Sexton are engaged in journalistic work: John C., editor of the "Courier", Hickman, Kentucky; James W., subject of this sketch; and Charles, editor of the "Tribune", Freeburg, Illinois.

In May, 1910, James William Sexton came to Cass County. Prior to his coming he had been for five years foreman of the "Leader" news¬ paper office at Sturgeon, Missouri. In 1910 he purchased from J. Cart¬ wright the Garden City "Views" and immediately took control. Under his management the paper has prospered to a remarkable degree, cover¬ ing the territory completely. Mr. Sexton has a fine, literary mind. His editorials are written in a unique, original style, and are widely read.

In 1912 James W. Sexton and Elizabeth Katherine Kimberlin, the lovely daughter of W. A. and Sarah L. Kimberlin of Garden City, were united in marriage.

I)r. Frank B. Ellis, a well known and successful physician and surgeon of Garden City is a native son of Cass County. He was bom in Index township in 1872 and is a son of Dr. Dyas C. Ellis and Sallie Bedinger, the former a native of Ohio and the latter of Lexington, Kentucky.

Dr. Dyas C. Ellis was born in Aberdeen, Ohio, in 1832. After receiv¬ ing a good preparatory education he took a medical course in the Colum¬ bus Medical College, Columbus, Ohio. He was graduated from that insti¬ tution with a degree of Doctor of Medicine. Dr. Ellis was engaged in the practice of his profession in Ohio when the Civil War broke out. He enlisted in the Sixth Ohio Cavalry in 1861 and served throughout the war with the rank of captain. He was with his regiment in many important battles and hard fought engagements, receiving his baptism of fire at the first battle of Bull Run. At the close of the war and after being mustered out of the service he resumed the practice of medicine. In 1870 Doctor Ellis came to Cass County, locating at Index where he practiced medicine for several years and also engaged in farming. In 1906 he retired and removed to Garden City, where he spent his last days with his son. He died in 1911. His wife died in 1893.

Dr. Frank B. Ellis attended the public schools of Cass County. He later attended the State Normal School at Warrensburg, Missouri, and the Ft. Scott Normal School at Ft. Scott, Kansas. He also took a course in Oklahoma University, and in 1894 matriculated in the University Medical College at Kansas City, where he was graduated with the degree of Doc- tor of Medicine in 1897. Later Doctor Ellis took a post graduate course in the Post Graduate Medical School of New York City. In 1897 he engaged in the practice of his profession at Garden City where he has built up a large practice. Doctor Ellis is a close student of the science of medicine and has earned the well merited reputation of being a pains¬ taking and successful physician.

In 1896 Dr. Frank B. Ellis was united in marriage with Miss Addie Hudson, a daughter of George E. and Susie Hudson, of Kansas City, Mis¬ souri. The father is now deceased and the mother makes her home with her daughter in Garden City. To Doctor and Mrs. Ellis have been born three children as follows: Mrs. C. E. Stevens, Kansas City, Missouri; Bernice and Coburn, at home.

Doctor Ellis is not only prominent in his professional work but takes a keen interest in all matters tending to the betterment of his town and county and is ever ready to support any worthy enterprise with his time and money.

J. W. Remington, an enterprising business man of Garden City, Mis¬ souri, is a native of Indiana. He was born in Park County, Indiana, in 1860, son of Elisha and Samantha (Denman) Remington, the latter a native of Park County, Indiana. Elisha Remington was born near Cosh¬ octon, Ohio. To Elisha and Samantha (Denman) Remington were bom eight children: Mrs. Ruth A. Gilkerson, Garden City, Missouri; Isaac, Park County, Indiana; J. W., subject of this review; Mrs. Laura Crooks, Topeka, Kansas; Fred, Park County, Indiana; and two babes died in infancy. By a second marriage of Elisha Remington to Mary Cahill, two children were born: Mrs. Lydia Green and Benjamin Remington. Both live in Park County, Indiana.

J. W. Remington received his education in the common schools of Indiana, but when but a youth of nineteen came to Cass County, Missouri, in 1879. Mr. Remington located in Camp Branch township where he engaged in farming.

In 1888 J. W. Remington and Rosa E. Crooks, daughter of Rev. J. M. and Sarah (Thompson) Crooke were united in marriage. Rev. J. M. Crooke is one of the brave, old pioneers of Cass County. He located three miles west of the present site of Garden City in Camp Branch township and here Sarah (Thompson) Crooks was called away in 1884. Rev. Crooks resides at present in Topeka, Kansas.

Until 1902, Mr. Remington continued his agricultural pursuits in Camp Branch township. At that time he was appointed mail carrier on Rural Route No. 2, out of Garden City. Since 1910 he has been engaged in Garden City in the grain, feed and ice business. In 1911 Mr. Reming¬ ton was elected assessor for Index township, a position of trust which he has very ably filled for the past six years, his term expiring in March, 1917. At the present writing Mr. Remington is also the tax collector for Garden City.

Mr. and Mrs. Remington have made their home in Garden City for the past fourteen years. The present site of this city was but a short time ago fields of waving wheat. Mr. Remington has threshed wheat in those fields and many times drank water from a well located upon the lot now owned by himself. He has a fund of interesting reminiscences of those days gone by. Dozens of trips he made hauling coal from Rich Hill, the trip requiring two days and a night. He recalls that one night the men had encamped on Deer Creek. A sheet, thrown over the tongue of the wagon was their only cover. In the early morning they were awakened by a feeling of bitter cold. A four-inch snow had fallen during the night.

J. \Y. Remington is a man of courtly manners and splendid mental attainments. During their residence in the county he and Mrs. Reming¬ ton have gained the respect and esteem of all, making countless friends. J. W. Remington has been true to every trust reposed in him. Publicspirited and noble hearted, he is a power for good in his community.

D. R. Hutchison, a prominent farmer and stockman of Grand River township, is a native of Virginia. He was born in Nicholas County (now West Virginia), April 8, 1847, and is a son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Hannah) Hutchison, both of whom were born and reared in Nicholas County. Joseph Hutchison was the son of Jacob Hutchison, a native of Ireland, who came to America, a stowaway on a sailing vessel, when he was sixteen years old. When a young man he settled on the farm in Virginia where D. R., the subject of this sketch, was born and reared. He died in 1862, at the age of ninety-six years. The old Hutchison home¬ stead where he settled has been in the Hutchison family since that time.

When Jacob Hutchison settled in Nicholas County, Virginia, that was a wild and sparsely settled section of the state and the buffalo was still to be found in that vicinity.

Joseph Hutchison, father of D. R., was a farmer and Methodist preacher. The Hutchison family endured a great many inconveniences and hardships and suffered considerable financial loss on account of the devastation of the Civil War. The father died in 1871 at the age of sixty-seven years and the mother survived him a number of years, pass¬ ing away June 9, 1909. They were the parents of twelve children, two of whom are now living: Anthony, who occupies the old homestead in Nicholas County, West Virginia, and D. R., the subject of this sketch.

D. R. Hutchison was educated in the public schools of his native state and attended school in Gallipolis, Ohio. In 1868, he came to Cass County, Missouri, and worked as a farm laborer for two years. He was then mar¬ ried and worked rented land for five or six years and in 1878 bought a part of his present place, which he has since made his home. His first purchase consisted of one hundred and fifty-five acres and he now has four hundred and forty acres, which is one of the finest farms in Cass County. He carries on general farming and stock raising and also dairying. He has one of the finest herds of Jersey cows to be found any¬ where. He is a thoroughly progressive dairyman. His stable is a model of sanitary arrangement and is equipped with all modern dairying methods.

Mr. Hutchison was married October 15, 1871, to Miss Rebecca Jane Vandeventer. She was born in Stevenson County, Illinois, in 1850, and is a daughter of James and Jane (Sprowles) Vandeventer, Cass County pioneers who settled here in 1866. James Vandeventer was born in Tennessee May 1, 1819, and died in Cass County March 6, 1888. He was a prominent farmer and a highly respected citizen of this county. He was married to Jane Sprowles May 23, 1841. She was a native of Mon¬ roe County, Ohio, and when a child removed to Illinois with her parents, making the trip down the Ohio River in a flat boat. Mrs. Hutchison is one of the following children born to her parents: James S., Lincoln County, Kansas; Rebecca Jane, the wfife of D. R. Hutchison; and John R., Harrisonville.

To Mr. and Mrs. Hutchison have been born the following children: Andrew James, an employee of the Armour Packing Co., Kansas City, Missouri; Agnes, married Byron Knox and lives near Doherty, Missouri;

River township; Otto, farmer, Grand River township; and Mary, married Uiwrence Martin and lives near Doherty, Missouri. Mrs. Hutchison departed this life February 12, 1917, after a brief illness. She was a high type of Christian womanhood and will long be remembered for her many excellencies by all who knew her.

Mr. Hutchison is a republican and is inclined to vote independently concerning local matters. He is a member of the Masonic Lodge. While Mr. Hutchison's early opportunities to obtain an education were limited, he has always been a close student of men and affairs and is a great reader and is one of the best posted men to be found in Cass County. He has done a great deal of study by himself and possessed particular ability along mathematical lines and matters of measurement and computing dimensions and such kindred problems are second nature to him. Mr. Hutchison has an extensive acquaintance in Cass County and his genial manner and generous disposition has made hosts of friends for him.

Rodney D. Ramey, M. D., one of the prominent and widely known professional men of Cass County, was born in Pettis County, Missouri, on November 4, 1855, son of David Stout and Eliza Guinn (Rice) Ramey. David Stout Ramey, son of Judge William Ramey, third judge in Pettis County, was a native of Kentucky. He came to Georgetown with his parents when he was but a lad. Rodney D. Ramey, subject of this review, was but two years of age when his father died in 1858. Eliza Guinn (Rice) Ramey, a native of Fairfax County, Virginia, was reared in Cooper County, Missouri. In 1892 she joined her husband in the Better Land whither he had preceded her thirty-four years before. To David Stout and Eliza (Guinn) Ramey were born ten children: John K., deceased ; Nathan Kindred, deceased ; Mrs. Rovilla Lauretta Fisher, LaMonte, Missouri; William Hampton, Wellington, Kansas; Mrs. Judea Cretha Hopkins, Garden City, Missouri; James Annapias, deceased; Etta E., deceased; Rodney D., subject of this review; and Mrs. Eliza Guinn Choplin, LaMonte, Missouri.

Rodney D. Ramey enjoyed a better education than most men of his time. His elementary education was obtained in the common schools of Pettis County. Upon attaining manhood he attended the Warrensburg State Normal, after which he entered the teaching profession. For four years he taught school in Cass and Pettis Counties. He early chose the profession of medicine for his life work and at the age of twenty-seven began practicing in Dayton, Cass County.

Doctor Ramey is a graduate of the Missouri Medical College, in the class of 1883. April 10, 1883, he moved to Dayton and there remained until 1899, when he moved to Garden City, where he has been practicing ever since.

April 5, 1883, Dr. Rodney D. Ramey and Della May Oglesby, daughter of Pleasant and Sarah C. Oglesby, of Knobnoster, Johnson County, Mis¬ souri, were united in marriage, and come to Cass County on their honey¬ moon. Pleasant Oglesby is deceased and Mrs. Oglesby makes her home with Doctor and Mrs. Ramey. The only child of Doctor and Mrs. Ramey, Lottie Dodson, is the wife of G. 0. Rockey, an operator for the Kansas City, Clinton and Springfield Railway Company, residing in Osceola, Mis¬ souri. Doctor Ramey is local surgeon for this railroad company.

Rodney D. Ramey, M. D., is fraternally affiliated with the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Yeomen, Modern Woodmen of America, and the Royal Neighbors. He is a mem¬ ber of Graduates of Suggestive Therapeutics and Medical Electricity, American Medical Association, Missouri State Medical Association, Cass County Medical Association, Southwest Medical Association and holds life membership in the Red Cross Medical Association.

Doctor Ramey has built up a large practice. No physician in this part of the state is more widely known and few doctors in Cass County have practiced longer than he, Doctor Jerard of Pleasant Hill and Doctor Griffith of Creighton, being the two exceptions. For fifteen years he traveled on horseback to visit his patients. Doctor Ramey is a well read practitioner but does not limit himself to medical books. He is a practical reasoner, a man of vision. He studies difficult cases from the common sense standpoint and his ideas and suggestions have much weight with men of investigative minds. Doctor Ramey takes an active interest in his profession, rarely missing a meeting of the County Medical Associa¬ tion in which he always take a leading part. The life story of Rodney D. Ramey is one of unselfish, devoted service to mankind.

E. V. Burdett, a prominent real estate man of Garden City, Missouri, was born in 1874 in Index township, Cass County, son of L. W. and Ger¬ trude (Van Hoy) Burdett. Gertrude (Van Hoy) Burdett was born in Cass County. L. W. Burdett came to Cass County, Missouri, in 1856, locating west of Index where he remained about nine years. He then moved to a farm south of Index. After one year upon this place he returned to Kentucky in 1875. Mr. Burdett came back to Cass County and started the first furniture store in Garden City in the spring of 1885. He lived in Garden City until 1006. At that time he left for New Mexico and California. He now makes his home in the latter state in Santa Anita. Gertrude (Van Hoy) Burdett is the daughter of Dr. J. H. Van Hoy, who came to Cass County in the forties and settled at Pleasant Hill temporarily. He later moved to a place on Knob Creek near the present site of Creighton, where he operated a carding machine previous to beginning the practice of medicine. At Index, where he had a drug store and practiced medicine, he died about 1889. Gertrude (Van Hoy) Burdett died about 1892 in Garden City, Missouri, and is buried at Index, Missouri. L. W. and Gertrude (Van Hoy) Burdett were the parents of three children; E. V., subject of this review; J. D., Los Angeles, California; and Mrs. Ella M. Knowles, Santa Anita, California.

E. V. Burdett attended school in Garden City, Missouri. At the age of eighteen he was married. For four years he engaged in agricultural pursuits and then spent two years in St. Louis. Upon his return to Garden City he followed the printer's trade for ten years. Mr. Burdett has, dur¬ ing the past three years, devoted his attention exclusively to the real estate and loan business, which has been very extensive, reaching into many states. He has sold much Texas land.

February 15, 1893, E. V. Burdett and Gussie E. Berry, daughter of John C. and Rebecca J. Berry, of Garden City, were united in marriage. John C. Berry was a Civil War veteran, enlisting at Kane, Illinois, in Company C, One Hundred Twenty-second Regiment, Illinois Infantry, in 1862 and served three years. A brother, Christy, was with him in the same regiment. To Mr. and Mrs. Burdett have been born five children: Gertrude, wife of J. J. Strong, Kansas City, Missouri ; Homer B., married Mary B. Hagan, Kansas City, Missouri; James D., Kansas City, Missouri; Robert J., at home; and Rebecca J., at home.

John C. and Rebecca J. Berry, parents of Mrs. Burdett, were natives of Illinois, who came to Cass County in 1869, locating one-half mile north of the present site of Garden City, Missouri, on the Stark farm. This farm had been entered by a Mr. Stark. There Mrs. Berry lived until 1889, when she moved to Garden City, her present home. Mr. Berry died in 1879 and is buried in Clearfork cemetery. John C. and Rebecca J. Berry were the parents of the following children: Mrs. Susan McCarter, Shattuck, Oklahoma; Gussie E., wife of E. V. Burdette, subject of this sketch; Mrs. Mary S. Hogg, Collinsville, Illinois; Mrs. Grace L. Gross, Guymon, Oklahoma ; and a son Walter, who died at the age of three years.

John C. Berry was one of three sons of James G. Berry, who came to Index township in 1869 with his three boys, John C., Uriah B., and Christopher C. Wm. T. Berry, a fourth son, lived in Kansas at that time. He died in Labette County, Kansas, in the early eighties. The last two, Uriah B. and Christopher C., died in Greene County, Illi¬ nois, in 1901. Christopher C. Berry had moved to Kansas about 1886 but had returned to Illinois to make his permanent home just a short time before his death. Uriah had gone back to Illinois about 1896. Both he and his wife died there. Fourteen grandchildren and four great¬ grandchildren, descendants of John C. and Rebecca J. Berry, are all liv¬ ing. The grandchildren are: Mrs. Cora Linder, Liscomb, Texas; Mrs. Edna Mitchell, Arnett, Oklahoma; Mrs. Alice McCarter, Shattuck, Okla¬ homa; Martin B. McCarter, Shattuck, Oklahoma; Gertrude Strong, Kan¬ sas City, Missouri; Homer B. Burdett, Kansas City, Missouri; James D. Burdett, Kansas City, Missouri ; Robert J. Burdett, Garden City, Missouri ; Rebecca J. Burdett, Garden City, Missouri; Hazel Hogg, Chicago, Illinois; Clara Carter, Detroit, Michigan; Vem C. Gross, Guymon, Oklahoma; Ernest Gross, Guymon, Oklahoma; and George Gross, Guymon, Oklahoma. The four great-grandchildren are: Lucille Linder, Liscomb, Texas; Nina Linder, Liscomb, Texas; Homer B. Burdett, Jr., Kansas City, Missouri; and Hazel Carter, Detroit, Michigan.

Mr. and Mrs. Burdett are prominent socially in Cass County and are universally esteemed. Mr. Burdett would succeed in any vocation he should choose to undertake for he is a genial man of marked integrity of character and possesses a high sense of honor.

J. R. Connely, a prominent citizen of Garden City, belongs to a Cass County pioneer family. Mr. Connely was born at Paola, Miami County, Kansas, October 15, 1867, a son of James R. and Susan (Cassidy) Connely. The father was born in Kentucky in 1825, and was reared to manhood in Indiana. The mother was a native of Indiana.

James R. Connely came to Cass County, Missouri in the summer of 1856 and for a short time lived on the old Snider farm near Dayton. Shortly afterwards he entered one hundred sixty acres of land from the government in Austin township where he made his home until Order No. 11 was issued during the Civil War, when he went to Paola, Kansas. While there he served in the home guards. He remained in Kansas until the spring of 1875, having sold his land in Cass County in the meantime. He then returned to Cass County and located three and one-half miles southeast of Austin where he was successfully engaged in farming and stock raising the remainder of his life. He died November 22, 1892. His wife died March 11, 1907. Both are buried in Austin cemetery. They were the parents of the following children: Abigail, who married W. T. Moore, and is now deceased; Jennie, who married James Fields, Kansas City, Missouri; Fanny, who died at the age of eighteen; William, who died in infancy; James R., the subject of this sketch; John E., Harrisonville; and Charles F., who occupies the home place near Austin.

James R. Connely was about eight years old when the family returned to Cass County after the war and therefore received the principal part of his education in the public schools of this county. He has made farm¬ ing and stock raising his principal occupations, engaging in that sphere of enterprise for himself when he was about twenty-two years old. He was engaged in farming and stock raising in Austin township until 1900, when he sold his place there and bought one hundred sixty acres, one and one-half miles from Garden City, which place he still owns. In 1912 he removed to Warrensburg to educate his son and since returning from there has resided in Garden City.

Mr. Connely was married in 1889, to Miss Katie M. Dailey, daughter of Josiah and Catherine Dailey, of Austin township. The Dailey family came from Indiana to Cass County about 1882. The parents are now both deceased. Josiah Dailey died October 31, 1902 and his wife, Cath¬ erine Dailey, died January 7, 1900. Both are buried in Austin cemetery. To Mr. and Mrs. Connely have been born two children: Bessie May, a graduate of the State Normal School at Warrensburg, and also a graduate of the Conservatory of Music there, now a teacher at Rocky Ford, Colo¬ rado; and Lyle J., a graduate of the State Normal School at Warrensburg and the Kansas City School of Pharmacy, graduating from the latter in¬ stitution in 1914. He is now a druggist at Jefferson City, Missouri.

George L. Walker, of Garden City, Missouri, is a representative of one of the best families that ever came to Missouri. He was born in Miller County, Missouri, in a log cabin near Eldon, in 1871. He is the son of Joseph and Mary E. (Shelton) Walker. Joseph Walker, a native of Moniteau County, Missouri, was born in 1848. Mary E. (Shelton) Walker is a native of Miller County, Missouri, and at present resides in Sedalia, Missouri. To Joseph and Mary Walker were born five children: George L., subject of this review; Estella, who died at the age of eighteen;

George L. Walker received a good common school education, after which he attended Butler Academy one year and the Warrensburg State Normal two years. After receiving the normal training Mr. Walker entered the teaching profession, in which he was engaged for twelve years. He was very successful as a teacher, few being more conscientious, cap¬ able, thorough in their work than he. It is a gift given to few to be able to impart knowledge. Mr. Walker possesses the ability to a marked degree and his loss was keenly felt when he resigned this work to accept the appointment of rural mail carrier in 1906. Prior to this appointment he was for three years township clerk and assessor of Camp Branch township. For the past eleven years Mr. Walker has been the efficient carrier on Rural Route No. 1, out of Garden City.

In 1882 an epidemic of smallpox, which destroyed many lives, swept Miller County. Joseph Walker, father of the subject of this review and sixteen relatives were taken at a time when it seemed impossible to part with them. No man was ever needed more than Mr. Walker, when he was cut down by the Grim Reaper at the early age of thirty-four years. Left fatherless when but ten years of age, the care and management of the large farm fell upon George L. Walker. He was the oldest of the five small children left to the mother's care. It was no small undertaking for a boy of his age to assume responsibilities incidental to the successful management of a farm, but assisted by the counsels of an intelligent, industrious mother, he did the work, and did it remarkably well. Mr. Walker remained with his mother until he was eighteen years of age. In 1892 he came to Cass County from Bates County where he had been living since 1889.

In 1899 George L. Walker and Fannie B. Coles, daughter of Jacob and Emma (Keller) Coles, of Jackson County, Ohio, were married. The Coles family came to Dayton, Missouri, in 1867. Mr. Coles was a veteran of the Union army, serving from 1862 until the close of the war. He was mustered out at Galveston, Texas, April, 1867. The farm upon which Jacob and Emma Coles located when they came to Missouri is one mile southeast of Dayton. They later moved to a farm one and one-half miles south of Dayton, upon which they lived for five years. To Jacob and Emma (Keller) Coles were born the following children: Albert, Mound Valley, Kansas; Mrs. Etta Pollard, Dayton, Missouri; Alfred S., Medicine

Ix>dge, Kansas; Mrs. Minnie Dale, Creighton, Missouri; Mrs. Fannie Walker, wife of the subject of this review; and Arthur, residing at Gage, Montana. For two years previous to her marriage, Mrs. Walker was engaged in teaching. To George L. and Fannie (Coles) Walker have been bom two children: One babe died in infancy; and Earl Logan, one year old at the time of this writing.

The original ancestors of George L. Walker were called the "Preacher family" of England. They came from England to America, locating in Virginia and North Carolina, and were signers of the "Mecklenburg Reso¬ lutions" which were drawn up by a committee of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, in May, 1775, declaring that British government of the colonies had ceased to exist.

Hiram Walker, grandfather of George L., came to Missouri about 1820 and settled on a farm in Moniteau County upon which he lived for sixty years. Samuel Gilleland, grandfather of Mary E. Walker, mother of George L., came about the same time. Thus the Walker family is one of the fine, old pioneer families of Missouri.

Mr. Walker's handsome residence in Garden City was erected in 1910. It is a large two-story structure of nine spacious rooms. Besides his residence he is owner and manager of the Alamo picture show and build¬ ing. Mr. and Mrs. Walker are very prominent materially and socially in Garden City and are held in highest esteem in Cass County.

James H. McCulloh has been prominently identified with the agricul¬ tural interests of this section for a number of years and is one of the suc¬ cessful farmers and stock raisers of Cass County. He was born in Henry County, Illinois, in 1854 and is a son of W. G. and Matilda (Souders) McCulloh, natives of Pennsylvania.

W. G. McCulloh went from Henry County, Illinois, to Johnson County, Kansas, in 1858, and settled near Olathe, where he remained about a year when he went farther south locating in Miami County where Fontana is now located. He was one of the men who gave that town its name. He remained in that locality until 1866, when he came to Cass County and purchased the Nicholas Pogue farm in Dayton township, which consisted of four hundred acres. The mother died in 1908 and later the father removed to Garden City where he departed this life in 1915. W. G. McCulloh saw much of the pioneer life of eastern Kansas and western Missouri. In 1858 when he settled in Kansas that section of the country was considerably agitated by the border war, a condition that added to the inconveniences and dangers of pioneer life. After removing to Miami County, Kansas, he served in the Kansas regiment during the Civil War and about the year the war closed was a member of the Kansas legisla¬ ture. After coming to Cass County he served as county recorder from 1870 to 1874.

James H. McCulloh was one of the family of nine children born to his parents, as follows: A. S., deceased; J. H., the subject of this sketch; Mrs. Mary Ellen Gloyd; deceased; Mrs. Sarah E. Clements, deceased; George S., farmer and stockman, Dayton township; Mrs. Clara Talbot, deceased; Mrs. Laura Morlan, Garden City; Eugene, Dayton township; and 0. B., Garden City.

James H. McCulloh received a good common school education in the public schools of Dayton township. For over half a century he lived in the same school district. He served as school director in that district for thirty-one years. Mr. McCulloh assisted in building the first school house there, which building was done by voluntary subscription. Mr. McCulloh was reared on a farm and began life for himself as a practical farmer and stockman and in that field of endeavor it my be truthfully said of him that he has met with unqualified success. He now owns nine hun¬ dred acres of land, the improvements upon which are worth twenty-five thousand alone. His place is unusually well improved. He has eight barns and two large silos. He built the second Dickey silo in Cass County. Mr. McCulloh has been a very successful breeder of Shorthorn cattle. In 1917 he practically retired from the farm which is now in charge of his son, Everett, and his son-in-law, Bruce Pollard, and Mr. McCulloh and his wife resicte in Garden City.

Mr. McCulloh was married September 17, 1878, to Miss Anna E. Hewson, of Dayton, Missouri, a daughter of Frederick and Margaret (Wil¬ son) Hewson. The Hewson family came to Dayton in 1866 and the par¬ ents spent their lives in that locality. The father died in 1875. He was a pioneer merchant of that section. In early life Frederick Hewson was a miller and for a time owned a mill at Dayton which he built in the latter sixties. This mill was destroyed by fire later and while he was rebuilding it in 1875 he died of pneumonia. His wife survived him several years and died in 1908. They were the parents of six children of whom Mrs. McCulloh was one and the others are as follows: Frederick, Garden Grove, Iowa; Mrs. Josie Chapman, Hay Springs, Nebraska; Mrs. Jennie

Lawrence, Pierce, Nebraska; William, who died at the age of three; and Grant who died at the age of twenty-five. Mr. Hewson was postmaster at Dayton at one time.

To James H. McCulloh and wife have been bom the following chil¬ dren: Mrs. Lena Argenbright, Butler, Missouri; Mrs. Josephine West, Garden City, Missouri; William Blaine, Adrian, Missouri; Mrs. Margaret Oberweather, Garden City, Missouri; Elva, who died at the age of six; Mrs. Martha Pollard, Dayton township; Everett, who resides on the home place; Opal, a student in the Garden City High School; and Corinne, a student in the grade school. The McCulloh family is well known and highly respected in Cass County.

A. J. Martin, a well known stockman and one of the most substantial citizens of Cass County, was born in Tazewell County, Illinois, in 1874, son of Christian and Phoebe (Naffsinger) Martin. Christian Martin was born in Alsace, Germany, that territory which has figured so prominently in the present war, August 25, 1843. He came to America with his par¬ ents when he was but a child of eight years. They settled in Peoria, Illi¬ nois. Christian Martin died August 16, 1907. Phoebe (Naffsinger) Mar¬ tin is now making her home with her daughter, Mrs. Nellie Kenagy in Garden City, Missouri. Christian and Phoebe Martin were the parents of the following children: Mrs. J. K. Miller, Garden City, Missouri; Amos J., subject of this review; Mrs. Mary E. Yoder, East Lynne, Mis¬ souri; Ben, Minot, North Dakota; Mrs. Phoebe Goode, deceased; and Mrs. Nellie Kenagy, Garden City, Missouri.

Amos J. Martin received his education in the schools of Dayton town¬ ship, attending Peach Grove. His father, Christian Martin, settled in Dayton township in 1875 and there made his home until his death in 1907. In 1875 Christian Martin purchased two hundred forty acres of land and Gradually increased his holdings until, at the time of his death, he was owner of over eleven hundred acres of good farm land. He was an exten¬ sive feeder of cattle and horses. Christian Martin brought one of the first high-grade horses to this part of the country, a Percheron, and paid as high as one thousand five hundred fifty dollars for a pure bred animal. He was widely known as a splendid horseman and did more than any other man in Cass County to develop high grade farm stock. He also in the early days raised wheat and corn, buying much, too, from others. At one time when he bought forty acres and sowed it all to wheat, and the wheat paid for the land.

Amos J. Martin inherited his present home from his father. He moved to this place of two hundred acres, located one mile west of Garden City, in 1897. With the exception of a small barn and summer kitchen, Mr. Martin has added all the improvements upon his place. He has four barns, one of which is a hog barn. The improvements include a silo, 16 x 30, having a concrete base. The farm is well stocked with from twenty to thirty horses, Shropshire sheep, Duroc hogs, Shorthorn cattle and Buff Rock chickens. Mr. Martin bought two Percherons, two Mam¬ moth Jacks, in 1916, and is maintaining his father's reputation as stockman. Hog-tight fences inclose the farm and many fields are fenced off. There is not in all Missouri a better kept, neater farm than the Martin place.

In 1897, Amos J. Martin and Clara Troyer, daughter of Michael and Christina Troyer, of Garden City, were united in marriage. Michael Troyer died in Dayton township in 1906. His widow is now residing in Dayton township. Amos J. and Clara (Troyer) Martin are the parents of the following children : Ivy A. ; Clarence ; Ora and Owen, twins ; Elsie and Florence.

Mr. Martin recalls the days of the first corn planter and the Haworth checkrower in Dayton township. Previous to the introduction of the checkrower corn land was marked off with the old style marker and check¬ ing was done by the hand drop. Colonel Campbell was owner of the first checkrower in Dayton township. Knots in the rope were for checking and the rope was then wound up by a windlass turned by hand. When a lad Amos Martin often watched Colonel Campbell's checkrower operating. Frequently the runners were dull and then a huge rock would be placed on one box with a boy on the other to hold it in the ground. One day the boy Amos, remarked to his father, "When you get a planter, pa, I can ride on the box, can't I?"

Among the "old timers" who were here in 1875, but have passed on to their reward were: George Main; Jacob Flook, who was cashier of the first and second banks inJJarden City; Colonel Campbell; G. P. Woods; and Jacob Burkey, who came with Christian Martin to this county in 1875.

Mr. and Mrs. Martin are widely known and highly respected residents of Cass County. Mr. Martin is broad-minded, alert, and thoroughly up-to-date, a most worthy son of Christian Martin. He has ever taken a keen interest in the affairs of his township and is one of the leading men in the county.

John W. Colburn, the well-known treasurer of Cass County, was born at Freeman in 1870 and belongs to a Cass County pioneer family. He is a son of Dr. John W. and Rebecca M. (Davidson) Colburn. The father was born in Pleasant Hill, Missouri, in 1843, a son of John VV. Colburn, a native of Tennessee, who settled in the vicinity of Pleasant Hill about 1840 and died there in 1881.

Dr. John W. Colburn, the father of the subject of this sketch, was a pioneer doctor of old Morristown, a village which was located about a mile north of where Freeman now stands, before the railroad was buil through that section. Doctor Colburn was a graduate of the St. Louis Medical College. When he began to practice his profession at Morristown the country was sparsely settled and there were few roads at that time, it being mostly the case of "following the trail". He generally rode on horseback carrying his medicines and surgical equipments in his saddle bags. Doctor Colburn made many long drives in all kinds of weather, both day and night, which was the common lot of the doctor in the early days. He frequently drove a two-wheeled cart when the roads were good. He was a man of unusual ability and a very good mathematician. He also took a great deal of pride in his penmanship, to which his books and records bear testimony. He was not only a successful physician, but was a keen and progressive business man as well. During most of his career he was also interested in the mercantile business and at various times conducted a drug store, grocery store and a dry goods store, and at on.' time had a general store at Freeman. He also accumulated considerable land, and at the time of his death was a wealthy man. He removed to Kansas City in 1896 and died there in 1909.

To John W. and Rebecca M. (Davidson) Colburn were bom the fol¬ lowing children: Mrs. Mary Kate Lawrence, Harrisonville, Missouri; John W., the subject of this sketch; Leora Ethel, and Jesse Franklin, who reside in Kansas City, Missouri, with their mother; George C., Freeman, Missouri ; LeRoy Earl and Thomas Henry, who also reside in Kansas City, Missouri.

John W. Colburn received his education in the public schools of Cass County, Kansas City High School, the State Normal School at Warrensburg, and Spaldings Commercial College at Kansas City. At the age of twenty-one he engaged in farming on the old home farm, three miles northeast of Freeman, and has made farming the chief occupation of his life. He has also been successful as a cattle and hog raiser and has made a specialty of Poland China and Duroc Jersey hogs. His farm consists of two hundred twenty-five acres and is one of Cass County's most pro¬ ductive farms. The place is well improved and under an excellent state of cultivation with a splendid residence and other farm buildings fully in accord with it.

Mr. Colburn was united in marriage in 1903 with Miss Jessamine S. Allen, daughter of J. T. and Jane Allen of Grand River township, who now reside in Harrisonville. To Mr. and Mrs. Colburn have been born two children: Cary Allen and John Frank.

Mr. Colburn is a Democrat and has held various township offices, having been a member of the Dolan township board for six years. For eighteen years he served on the school board. In November, 1916, he was his party's candidate for county treasurer of Cass County and was elected by a very satisfactory majority. He assumed the duties of that office, April 1, 1917. After being elected to the office of county treasurer he moved to Harrisonville where he now resides.

H. M. Halcomb, of Index township, is a prominent farmer and stockman who has spent nearly sixty years of his life in Cass County. He was born in Kentucky in 1846, a son of Amos and Isabella Catherine Halcomb. The father was a native of North Carolina and when ten years old removed to Logan County, Kentucky, with his parents. In 1855 he came to Mis¬ souri, first settling in Linn County. In 1856 he came to Cass County and settled in Index township, where he entered eighty acres of land from the government. Upon this place he spent the remainder of his life engaged in farming and stock raising. He died in 1898. His wife was a native of Kentucky. She died in Index township in 1879. They were the par¬ ents of the following children: J. S., Wilburfalls, Oklahoma; H. M., the subject of this sketch; V. E., a merchant, Liberty, Missouri; Amos B., resides in Vernon County, Missouri; J. W., Jackson County, Missouri; and Mrs. Elizabeth Edella Lusby, Warrensburg, Missouri.

H. M. Halcomb was about ten years old when his parents came to Cass County. Here he was educated in the public schools and grew to manhood. When he was nineteen years old he engaged in farming and stock raising for himself, which vocation he has made his life occupation and in which he has met with a reasonable degree of success.

At the age of twenty-five Mr. Halcomb was united in marriage with Miss Mary C. Akins of Index township, a daughter of George and Mar¬ garet Akins, both of whom are now deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Halcomb were born the following children: George A., a barber, Nevada, Missouri; J. M., farmer, Austin township ; M. E., a prominent merchant of Harrisonville ; C. B., farmer, Sherman township; E. C., farmer, Sherman town¬ ship; John S., merchant, Fredonia, Kansas; Aubrey E., on the home place with his father; Walter 0., Harrisonville ; and Angus K., conductor, Lin¬ coln, Nebraska.

Coming to Cass County at the time he did gave Mr. Halcomb an oppor¬ tunity to witness the great growth and development of this section for a period embracing considerably more than half a century. During the Civil War the Halcomb family lived in Harrisonville, after Order No. 11 was issued. In 1864 Mr. Halcomb enrolled in the Missouri State Militia and served under Lieutenant Burke. He is a Democrat and takes an active part in local politics. He has been township committeeman from Index township for the past twelve years.

W. L. Boydston, a well-known former and stockman of Camp Branch township, is a native of Missouri. He was born in Platt County in 1863, a son of Nathaniel C. and Margaret A. (Faubion) Boydston, both natives of east Tennessee. Nathaniel C. Boydston was born in 1811 and came to Missouri with his father Thomas Boydston in 1831. They settled in the Platte purchase, later Platt County, where they lived for a numoer of years, when they removed to Circleville, Kansas. They returned to Platt County in a short time and in 1887 came to Cass County. During the Civil War they lived in Platt County about two and one-half miles from the Missouri River. During that time they had a variety of experiences with the lawless invaders from the Kansas side. Nathaniel Boydston owned considerable land in Platt County at various times and in the early days was one of the best-posted men on land titles in that section of the state. He died in Cass County in 1901, and his wife departed this life in May, 1911. They were the parents of three children as follows: William L., the subject of this sketch; Mrs. Birdie A. Sweney, widow of the late John W. Sweney; and Samuel W.

father. Mr. Boydston has been a practical farmer and stockman all his life. He met with considerable loss the first year after coming to Cass County. His barn and cribs were destroyed by fire in which he lost over three thousand three hundred bushels of corn. However he was not discouraged and on the whole is well satisfied with the success which he has met in Cass County. He now owns two farms which are well im¬ proved and especially well adapted to the stock business. For a number of years he raised mules, but recently he has devoted his attention more to the cattle business in which he has been very successful.

Mr. Boydston was united in marriage at East Lynne, Missouri, in 1890, to Miss Ida May Farmer, daughter of John M. and Mary E. (Bailey) Farmer, pioneer settlers of Pleasant Hill, Missouri. The Rev. Jeremiah Farmer was an uncle of Mrs. Boydston. Mrs. Boydston was bom at Pleasant Hill, and removed to East Lynne, in 1871, at about the time that town was started. When she came there she moved into the first house that was built on the townsite. Mrs. Boydston has the following sisters living: Mrs. A. Z. Middlesworth, Kansas City, Missouri; Mrs. Lee Hartzler, Harrisonville, Missouri; Mrs. Minnie Farmer, Harrisonville, Missouri. John M. Fanner, father of Mrs. Boydston, died March 25, 1881, is buried at Pleasant Hill, Missouri, and his wife died May 11, 1909. She is buried at Harrisonville, Missouri.

To Mr. and Mrs. Boydston have been bom the following children: Dottie May, who died in infancy; Paul N., Margaret L., Charles F., Edna May; Frank W., and Dorothy, all of whom reside at home with their parents. The Boydston family is prominent in the community and Mr. Boydston is one of Cass County's leading citizens.

R. D. Noell, a prominent stockman and one of Cass County's extensive land owners living at Eight Mile in Camp Branch township, is a Vir¬ ginian. He was born in Lee County, Virginia, March 22, 1862, and is a son of David and Jane B. (Farley) Noell, both natives of Virginia. The father died in 1899 at the age of fifty-seven years and the mother now resides at Flag Pond, Scott County, Virginia. They were the parents of eight children, as follows: R. D., the subject of this sketch; Mrs. Annie Smith, Lee County, Virginia; William, Bristol, Tennessee; John, Eight Mile, Missouri; Wright, Scott County, Virginia; Mrs. Alice Hancock, deceased; Mrs. Lizzie Lambert, and James Emory, deceased.

at Hurricane, Lee County. In 1884 he came to Cass County and worked at Peculiar for two years. He then went to Camp Branch township, locating at Eight Mile. In 1887 he engaged in the mercantile business there and conducted a general store and the postollice for fifteen years and at the same time bought grain and stock. For thirty-one years he has been engaged in that business, which has been very extensive, and has prospered. He is a man of keen foresight and good judgment which together with honesty and integrity have been the main elements of his success. Mr. Noell has invested in Cass County land from time to time and now owns five hundred forty-one acres of valuable farm land in this county, twenty acres of which are just south of Eight Mile, and two farms of one hundred twenty-seven acres and fifty-four acres north of Dougherty, and three hundred forty acres near Austin. His places are all well improved and under a high state of cultivation. He raises and feeds cattle and hogs quite extensively and for a number of years has averaged about three car loads annually.

Mr. Noell was united in marriage January 22, 1889, to Miss Olive C. W inders of Freeman, Missouri. She is a daughter of S. P. and Mary J. (McKinsey) Winders. Her mother died in 1895 and her father now resides at Eight Mile. The came to Cass County in 1877. To Mr. and Mrs. Noell have been bom three children: Ruth, deceased; George, married Henrietta Clark, and lives on one of his father's farms; and Naomi, a graduate of the Harrisonville High School, and has also attended the State Normal School at W^arrensburg and is now teaching her first term in District No. 34. The Noell family is well known in Cass County and prominent in the community.

Mrs. Florence Emrick is a native of Cass County and a descendant of one of the pioneer families of this section. She was born in Harrison¬ ville in what was known as the old Ayres house on South Independence Street, December 8, 1852. Her parents were Thomas J. and Mary (Burford) Milam. The father was a native of Kentucky and the mother was born in Indiana but reared in Kentucky. They were married in Ken¬ tucky and in the spring of 1851, came to Missouri and settled in Harrison¬ ville. The father was a carpenter and also followed farming. In 1858 he built a saw-mill on Grand River, about nine miles south of Harrisonville, which he was operating when the war broke out. When Order No. 11 was issued, he removed with his family to Holton, Jackson County, Kan- sas, where they remained about two years when he returned to Harrisonville. Shortly after returning to this county, he was fatally injured at his sawmill by a falling smokestack and died a few days after the accident. His wife died in February, 1908, at the age of seventy-four years. They were the parents of four children, two of whom grew to maturity: Mrs. Emrick, the subject of this sketch; and S. F., a well known Cass County farmer and stockman, who now resides at Harrisonville.

Mrs. Emrick was reared principally in Cass County and received her education in the public schools. She recalls many early day circumstances in the history of Cass County and notable events of the Civil War period. She says that during the Civil War her people lived a short distance from Harrisonville and when they came to town to do their trading, they were required to get a pass from the military authorities before they could return home. She remembers of seeing the soldiers who were stationed at the Harrisonville post and she heard the firing while the battle was in progress at Morristown and she also remembers distinctly the day of the Battle of Lonejack. She says in those early days that folks knit their own socks and most of their clothing was made of homemade cloth although her mother made a few shopping trips to Kansas City to pur¬ chase such wearing apparel as shawls and the more fancy dress goods.

Mrs. Emrick was married in 1876 to Leander Emrick. He was born at West Alexander, Preble County, Ohio, November 23, 1843, and was a son of Jacob and Lavina (Enoch) Emrick. He was educated in the public schools of his native county and Oberlin College. In 1860 he accepted a position as steward on a packet plying on the great lakes and served in that capacity for one season. He then returned to his home county and taught school one term and the following summer attended school at Lebanon Academy and the following winter taught school in Darke County, Ohio. In the spring of 1862 he enlisted in Company D, Sixtyninth Ohio infantry and served with that regiment until 1864, when he was transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps of the Fifth Regiment and served in that organization until the close of the war. After receiving his discharge and being mustered out of service, he returned to his Ohio home and, after remaining there about a month, came to Cass County, Missouri, and located in Grand River township about a half mile north¬ west of where Lone Tree now stands. At one time Mrs. Emrick's father owned the land wThere Lone Tree is located. Mr. Emrick was one of the successful farmers and stockmen of Cass County and accumulated several hundred acres of land. He died August 6, 1915, on the home place in Grand River township.

To Mr. and Mrs. Emrick were born four children as follows: Stella, married Elmer Gillett, Franklin County, Kansas; Sidney, Kansas City, Missouri; Harrison, in Honolulu; and Logan, Harrisonville. By a former marriage to Anna Holloway, a native of Missouri, Mr. Emrick had the fol¬ lowing children: Victor, Omaha, Nebraska; Warren, Portland, Oregon; and Eugene, Joplin, Missouri. The mother of these children died June 9, 1875.

Mr. Emrick was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, the Masonic lodge and politically he was a democrat. Mr. and Mrs. Emrick were active in promoting the Grange movement in Cass County and Mr. Emrick was the chief promoter of the Cass County Mutual Fire Insurance Company and was its president at the time of his death, having held that office for several years.

Mrs. Emrick in a reminiscent mood recalls many changes that have taken place in Harrisonville within her recollection. She says when she was a girl that there was not more than three or four houses south of the public square. There was one log house on Independence Street directly west of the present school buildings and a log house stood on the present school grounds and that was considered quite a distance out in the country in those days.

William E. Wiley, cashier of the Farmers Bank of East Lynne, is a man whose success in this life is due to his own unaided efforts. He obtained his education as a boy by hard work and close application and by depending upon himself in early life he developed the spirit of selfreliance which is of inestimable value in the field of industry and finance.

Mr. Wiley was born in Effingham, Illinois, September 8, 1864, a son of Brunson L. and Margaret N. (Wilson) Wiley, natives of Ontario County, New York. In 1871 the Wiley family came west and settled in Kansas, and in 1874 removed to southern Missouri where the father died in 1889. His wife died in Butler County, Kansas, in 1871. They were the parents of five children, all of whom are living, as follows: Samuel W., Seward, Alaska; Selwyn W., Calumet, Oklahoma; William E., the subject of this sketch; Mrs. Martha F. Lockerby, Richmond, Virginia; and Mary E., who desides in Colorado.

William E. Wiley did not have many school advantages in early life and scarcely attended school until he was nearly sixteen years old. When he was thirteen years of age he ran away from home and obtained a place where he could work for his board and clothes and attend school, and in this way managed to get ten months schooling a year for two years. He then came to Garden City and worked in that vicinity until he was twenty-one years old. He conducted a livery business there for a time and also operated a grocery store in Garden City for a number of years. While thus engaged he met with considerable financial loss as a result of going on a note of security for a friend. In November, 1888, he entered the employ of the R. J. Hurley Lumber Company at Garden City and in August, 1890, came to East Lynne, as local manager for that Company, remaining in that position until January 1, 1910. Mr. Wiley then bought a farm in Maries County, Missouri, where he was engaged in farming and stock raising until 1916 when he became cashier of the Farmers State Bank of East Lynne. This Bank was organized in 1902 with a capital stock of ten thousand dollars and the following officers: P. Spencer, president; J. Z. Hartzler, vice president; and Leonard M. Spencer, cashier. The capital stock of the bank still remains the same and the surplus and undivided profits now amount to thirty thousand dollars. The bank owns its own building. The present officers are: P. Spencer, president; Mrs. A. C. Spencer, vice-president; and William E. Wiley, cashier.

Mr. Wiley was married May 27, 1891, to Miss Anna Belle Clements, of Garden City. She is a daughter of David T. and Catharine (Pardee) Clements. David T. Clements was a native of Kentucky and when three years of age removed to Indiana with his parents. Later the family went to Illinois. He came to Cass County in 1867 and made his home in this county until his death in Garden City, in January, 1915. He is survived by his widow, who resides at Garden City. Mr. Clements was twice married, his first wife's name being Martha Thompson. Two children were born to that union: Charles B., who enlisted in Company E, Fifth Missouri infantry, during the Spanish-American war, and died at Chickamauga Park; and Mrs. Della Byler, Garfield, Arkansas. To David T. and Catharine (Pardee) Clements were born the following children: Florence who died April 20, 1917, and is buried at Garden City, Missouri; Jessie R., Garden City; Anna B., married William E. Wiley; D. H., Garden City; Mrs. Arta Perle Wells, El Paso, Texas; David L., Tulsa, Oklahoma, and George C., Garden City.

Mr. Wiley possesses the rare combination of the progressive business man and conservative banker. His straight-forward methods which he has practiced since his boyhood have won for him the confidence of the business world.

Mrs. Yirinda (Pennington) Ward, a pioneer woman of Cass County, a native of Henry County, Iowa, was born in 1848. Her parents were James and Elizabeth (Joseph) Pennington, natives of Kentucky. James Pennington was born June 8, 1791, and was a soldier in the war of 1812. He died in Washington County, Iowa, July 10, 1853. His wife was bom in 1812, and died in February, 1886, at East Lynne, Missouri. Mrs. Ward has one brother who resides at La Harpe, Kansas.

Virinda (Pennington) Ward has been twice married. Her first hus¬ band was Franklin Tinder, to whom she was married in Washington County, Iowa, and four children were born to this union: Elmer Tinder, Carthage, Missouri; and Mrs. Eva Kennedy, now residing near Mott, North Dakota. Those deceased are Catherine Elizabeth and Edward.

Some years after the death of her first husband, Mrs. Tinder mar¬ ried Phares Ward, a native of Cedar County, Missouri. He served in the federal army during the Civil war, having been a member of the Fifteenth Missouri cavalry. He was in the service about two years. Mr. Ward died at East Lynne in August, 1913. Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Ward, as follows: Nora, married George W. Earl, superintend¬ ent of schools at Armstrong, Missouri; and Owen Ward, in the trans¬ portation department of the army and he has been on the Mexican border in that capacity for a number of months. Those deceased are Lillie May, and Lena.

Mrs. Ward and her first husband, Franklin Tinder, settled in East Lynne in 1872, and for forty-five years this has been her residence. She came here when the town was about a year old and now lives in the first house that was built in East Lynne, althought it has been remodeled and enlarged and is a very substantial structure. She has seen East Lynne develop into quite a village. She was here during the fire of 1884, when the north side of the town was practically all burned. Several years later the south side had a similar fate, so she not only saw the original building of the town, but witnessed the rise from ashes. When she and her husband left Iowa in 1871, they intended originally to go to southern Missouri, but while on the way decided that they would locate in Kansas, and pursuant to that plan got as far as Neosho Falls, Kansas. The wind- swept plains of the Jayhawker state did not seem to offer a pleasing place for permanent abode and Mrs. Tinder and her husband turned back and soon afterwards settled in East Lynne, Missouri. When they came here they were penniless. Mr. Tinder worked on the rail-road at times and they lived in an old log house which was built some time prior to the Civil war. She endured many hardships to get a start in life and deserves to be classed among the noble pioneer women who did their part bravely and well in subduing the plains and building up the great west. Mrs. Ward has been a member of the East Lynne Baptist church since 1873.

J. Z. Hartzler, president of the Commercial State Bank of East Lynne, and owner of the Gray Gables Stock Farm, is a native of Pennsyl¬ vania, born in 1851, and a son of Joseph and Barbara (Zook) Hartzler, also Pennsylvanians.

J. Z. Hartzler was educated in the common schools in Pennsylvania. He came to Cass County in 1873 and worked at the carpenter's trade for a time, and in 1875 went to Reno County, Kansas. After remaining there about a year he returned to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and in 1882 came back to Cass County and engaged in farming and stock raising, In 1894 he bought his present place of three hundred forty acres which is known as Gray Gables Stock Farm. In 1898 he began raising, in a small way, registered white faced cattle. He gradually increased his herd and now usually has on hand about seventy-five head. His cattle are high class and he always has a ready market at good prices. He also has some very fine Percheron horses, although he is perhaps better known as a breeder of white faced cattle.

Mr. Hartzler was one of the organizers of the Farmers Bank of East Lynne and for a number of years was vice-president of that institu¬ tion. In 1912 he helped organize the Commercial State Bank of East Lynne and has served in the capacity as president since that bank was organized. This bank was organized in October, 1912, with a capital stock of ten thousand dollars and its first officers were: J. Z. Hartzler, president; N. D. Hartzler, vice-president; W. P. Edmonson, cashier. Its present officers are: J. Z. Hartzler, president; Fred H. Kinney, vicepresident, and C. T. Plank, cashier. The directors are: C. C. Plank, E. Edmonds, D. L. Clark, William Boydston and B. J. Yoder. A recent report shows deposits of fifty thousand dollars and undivided profits of three thousand two hundred. This bank has always been under success-

Mr. Hartzler was married in 1876 to Miss Mary A. Byler, a daughter of John L. and Elizabeth (Hartzler) Byler, natives of Pennsylvania. Mrs. J. Z. Hartzler is one of seven children born to her parents as follows: Eli, Newton, Kansas; Mrs. Eri Yoder, Goshen, Indiana; Joseph H., Belle¬ ville, Pennsylvania; Christian H., West Liberty, Ohio; Mary, the wife of J. Z. Hartzler; Mrs. Hanna Plank, Goshen, Indiana; and John L., Newton, Kansas.

To J. Z. Hartzler and wife have been born the following children: Elmer J., La Junta, Colorado; J. E., Goshen, Indiana; Joseph G., Bran¬ don, Colorado; Mrs. Sadie L. Miller, Wellman, Iowa; Sherman A., at home; Mrs. Bertha Ann Yoder, Peoria, Illinois; Martin McKinley, on the home farm ; Herbert LeRoy, Wellman, Iowa ; Fannie Mildred, resides at home; and William Milo, who died at the age of six years.

Mr. Hartzler's farm is well improved and thoroughly equipped with all modern methods of improvements. He has his own electric light plant with which his residence is lighted and his place is also equipped with a complete water works system. Mr. Hartzler has never aspired to hold political office although he takes a lively interest in local affairs and the welfare of the community, being an especial friend of the public school system. For twenty-five years he has been a member of the East Lynne school board.

Hial H. Miller, agent for the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad Company at East Lynne, is prominently identified with local affairs in that section of the county. Mr. Miller is a native son of Cass County, and was born in Polk township in 1886, a son of William L. and Sallie E. (Aldridge) Miller. The father was born in Howard County, Missouri, in 1847, a son of John and Elizabeth (Boulware) Miller, natives of Pennsyl¬ vania.

During the Civil war William L. Miller served in the Confederate army under General Price and at the close of the war he settled in Cooper County, where he was married to Cora Cordry, in 1872. She died in 1874, and the following year Mr. Miller came to Cass County, locating north of Harrisonville. He then went to Camp Branch township where he remained one year when he went to Polk township and for eight years was engaged in farming there. In 1887 Mr. Miller settled in East Lynne where he has been engaged in the dray and transfer business for twentyfive years. In 1885 he was married to Sallie Aldridge and one child was born to this union, Hial H., the subject of this sketch.

Hial H. Miller was educated in the public schools of East Lynne and was graduated from the High School in the class of 1900. He then entered the employ of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad Company and learned station work and telegraphy and has been local agent for that company at East Lynne since 1902. In addition to being a railroad man Mr. Miller is something of a successful farmer and stock fancier. He owns a farm of forty-four and one-half acres, twelve of which are within the corporate limits of East Lynne. He has a well improved place and makes a specialty of fancy stock. He has registered Jersey cows, pure blood Duroc Jersey hogs, and barred Plymouth Rock chickens.

Mr. Miller was married March 28, 1915, to Miss Ada Lee Wagner, daughter of P. S. and Mary (Lee) Wagner, pioneer settlers of Index township and now residents of Pleasant Hill township. Mr. and Mrs. Miller have one son, Downing, born August 25, 1916.

Mr. Miller is a democrat who takes an active part in politics and is committeeman of Camp Branch township. He is past master of the Masonic Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons No. 372, East Lynne, and is the present secretary of that organization. He is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America and treasurer of the East Lynne school board.

Charles E. Famuliner, a prominent farmer and stockman of Camp Branch township, is a native of Ohio, born in Ross County, in 1845. His parents were Charles and Sarah (Pieper) Famuliner, both natives of Ohio, who removed to Illinois in an early day and spent the remainder of their lives in that state. They were the parents of the following chil¬ dren: John W., Monticello, Illinois; Mrs. Mary E. Clark, Monticello, Illinois; P. M., Butler, Missouri; Jonathan, Garden City, Missouri; Charles E., the subject of this sketch; George W., deceased; William, who served in the Union army during the Civil war, and died shortly afterwards in Illinois; Mrs. Katharine McRoberts, who died in Labette County, Kansas; and Elize, deceased.

Charles E. Famuliner was reared to manhood in Illinois. There he received his education in the public schools. In 1874 he came to Cass County, locating in Camp Branch township. He and his brothers John,

George, P. M., and Jonathan bought seven hundred sixty acres of land from different parties in this part of the county. The present homeplace of Charles E. was purchased from a man named Coleman who lived in St. Louis. It was unbroken prairie land when Mr. Famuliner bought it and it cost about fourteen dollars and fifty cents per acre.

Upon locating here Mr. Famuliner immediately began farming and stock raising and from the start took a special pride in keeping registered stock, especially as head of his herds. He has kept Shorthorn cattle and has been an extensive feeder, having fed as high as five car loads of cattle and hogs annually. He raises Poland China hogs, and has met with considerable success in raising mules as well as Percheron horses and Shropshire sheep. He follows out his theory of high grade stock even to his chickens and when he began farming in Cass County, he started with White Bramah chickens and still has the same stock. Mr. Famu¬ liner has been very successful in his undertakings and is one of the large land owners of the county. He owns over eleven hundred acres in Cass County and nine hundred acres in Colorado.

October 3, 1877, Mr. Famuliner was united in marriage with Miss Mary Alice Blaine of Austin, Missouri, a daughter of James and Eunice (Beard) Blaine, who settled in this county just after the Civil war. Mrs. Famuliner's parents are both deceased and their remains are buried in the Austin Cemetery. Six children were born to Mrs. Famuliner's parents, the others being as follows: Mrs. Mary McCanse, Cozard, Nebraska; William Blaine, Garden City, Missouri ; Charles, Adrian, Missouri ; Frankie and Dollie, deceased.

To Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Famuliner have been born the following children: George W., farmer and stockman, Camp Branch township; Clara Alice, who died in infancy; Lulu, who married Alonzo Burch, cashier of the Citizens Bank of Belton; Arthur, farmer and stockman, Camp Branch township; Chauncey, farmer and stockman, Camp Branch township.

Mr. Famuliner is a stockholder in the Commercial State Bank at East Lynne and was one of the organizers of that institution. Notwith¬ standing that his time has been largely occupied with his private affairs Mr. Famuliner takes a commendable interest in the welfare of the com¬ munity and is always ready to co-operate with any local enterprise for the public good. He has served on the local school board for a number of years and is a progressive and substantial citizen.

The appearance of the Famuliner farm and home bespeaks the thrift and enterprise of the owner. The farm buildings are of the type best adapted for the convenience of carrying on farming and stock raising on an extensive scale. There are five barns and practically four sets of improvements. The place is well supplied with water from five ponds.

The Famuliner residence is a substantial fourteen room structure, built in 1890, and this, the home, is Mrs. Famuliner's particular domain, over which she presides with the true domestic instinct of the mother of our boyhood days. She is a woman of refinement and her home reflects her nature in no unmistakable terms. Mrs. Famuliner takes a laudable interest in the well-being of her broad circle of friends and acquaintances. She has made it a practice for years, whenever she receives an invitation to a wedding, to present the bride as a wedding gift a quilt made by her own hands.

Alonzo Myers, a Civil war veteran and prosperous farmer and stockman of Camp Branch township, is a native of Fleming County, Kentucky. He was born in 1844, a son of Henry and Marjorie (Myers) Myers, both natives of Kentucky. Henry Myers was the son of John Myers, whose father was one of the very early settlers of Kentucky, locating there about the time that Daniel Boone explored the "dark bloody ground/'