Cooper County, Missouri - Biographical sketches, 1919 (part 2 of 24)

Andrews Jr. was born in 1886. He is in the employ of the General Electric Company of Schenectady, N. Y. During the World War he was in the Government service. David Adair Andrews was born in 1893. He volunteered for service in the World War and was a second class petit officer in the dirigible balloon section of the air service, National Army. Mrs. Jennie (Dobyns) Andrews is a member of an old Southern American family. She is a daughter of Col. Thomas Jefferson Dobyns who served as colonel of the Second Polish Brigade of Louisiana in the Civil War. He organized three companies of Confederate soldiers in Louisiana and commanded the Second Louisiana Regiment during the war. His command was known as the "Tiger Rifles" on account of the fierceness in which they waged battle. This was a strong fighting organization which fought with General Lee at Gettysburg. He was born in 1801 and died in 1865 as a result of chills and fever contracted during his arduous service. He was a loyal southern man, so loyal that when he had gone to a health resort called the "Springs," a man called out to him "Lee has surrendered," he replied as he was getting a drink from the spring, "I hope I may never live to see Lee surrender." A few weeks later he was again at the spring taking a drink. A friend called to him, "General Lee has surrendered." Col. Dobyns rolled over, paralyzed and never moved again. He had married Martha Caroline Sharpe Feb. 12, 1837, who was the first white child born in Moulton, Ala., Sept. 29, 1819, and died in Memphis, Tenn., in February, 1887. Eight children were born to Col. Thomas J. and Martha Caroline Dobyns, seven of whom were reared, as follows: Mollie Thomas, born in Randolph, Tenn., died in Boonville, Mo., in 1912, was the wife of Capt. D. DeHaven, a citizen of Boonville, who during the Civil War had charge of all the Confederate gunboats and was stationed at Selma, Ala.; Flora Roselle, born in Randolph, Tenn., deceased wife of James Clare McDavitt, of Kentucky, former Lieutenant of Cavalry in the Civil War; Eloise Lee, born in Randolph, Tenn., widow of Edward L. Colburn, a Civil War veteran, formerly resident of Pine Bluff, Ark., and now living in Denver, Colo.; Eliza Senora, born in Randolph, Tenn., wife of S. W. E. Pegues, of Oxford, Miss., now a government official in the pension department at Washington, D. C. ; Emily Coons, .died in May, 1918, was wife of Joseph Philip Angell, of Pine Bluff, Ark. ; Thomas .Jefferson, Jr., born in June, 1851, former railroad man, unmarried, died in St. Louis, Mo., in 1881; Mrs. Jennie Andrews of this review; Deslond Beauregard, called "Carrie," bora at Amite City, La., wife of Cyrus Garnsey of New York, has a winter residence in Memphis, Tenn. Mr. Garnsey gave his services without price to the government as assistant fuel inspector during the World War, and Mr. and Mrs. Garnsey lost their only son, Lieut. Cyrus Garnsey (III), in the battle of the Argonne Forest. Lieutenant Garnsey was in the artillery and had been twice cited for bravery in action with the A. E. F.

Col. Thomas Dobyns was a son of Thomas Dobyns who was a soldier in the War of 1812. Mrs. Martha Caroline Dobyns was a second cousin of Gen. Robert E. Lee.

Members of the Dobyns and Sharpe families have figured prominently in the affairs of the nation for over 200 years and by virtue of this ancestry, Mrs. Jennie (Dobyns) Andrews is a member of the Colonial Dames, and the Daughters of the American Revolution. She organized the local Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and this chapter is named in honor of her great-great-grandmother, Jemima Alexander Sharpe, who was a heroine of the Revolutionary War, working on the battlefields caring for the wounded and the dying. Her husband was lost while fighting in the Indian Wars and who had five sons who fought for American Independence in the American Revolution. Mrs. Andrews is also a member of the United States Daughters of 1812, Americans of Armorial Ancestors, the Colonial Daughters of America, and the Daughters of the Confederacy. She has good and just right to be proud of the interesting fact that she has had ancestors and descendants who served their country in every war in which Americans have been engaged since the early settlement and colonial days.

Alexander's History of Mecklenburg County has this to say of Jemima Alexander Sharp, "On one occasion, Jemima, in company with Mrs. Jackson, the mother of a subsequent Vice-President, and others volunteered as nurses to go from Charlotte, N. C, to Charleston to the prison ships as nurses. They set out on foot, traveling through a thinly settled cuntry, struggling bravely on - these brave, tender, noble women of the Revolutionary day - Bible loving, church going women who were willing to endure all things in the path of duty."

Mrs. C. E. Andrews is a member of the Virginia Historical Society, Washington Headquarters Association, Maryland Historical Society, and the "Ark and the Dove" of Maryland, the latter being the name of the vessel bringing over her first ancestors to settle in Maryland and which arrived a few years previous to the arrival of the Mayflower at Plymouth.

nent in the affairs of his party, served as a delegate to the national convention which nominated W. J. Bryan for President. He was a man distinguished and commanding in appearance, handsome and possessed of a fine physique, and because of his fine military bearing he was called "Colonel" by his friends and acquaintances until the title became appropriate. Practically his entire life was spent in Boonville and he loved his native city. He was kind and had kind deeds to his credit, kindly in thought and action. He gave liberally to all worthy enterprises to assist his home city, was owner of extensive properties in Cooper and Saline counties, and was connected with various large enterprises elsewhere. Other concerns in which he was interested was the Western States Portland Cement Company of Independence. Kas., of which he was the largest stockholder and vice-president. He was a large stockholder and vice-president of the West St. Louis Water and Light Company. At one time he was the largest taxpayer in Cooper County.

Colonel Andrews easily made and retained friendships, on account of a pleasant and winning disposition and was respected and loved by those who knew him best. He was a devoted husband, a loving and indulgent father and loved his home and fireside. His greatest pleasure was to spend his leisure time in his own home surrounded by his children, entering into their spoi-ts and teaching them truth, honor, and rectitude by his living example - principles which have been followed by his sons, who are successful and talented men.

James Wellington Draffen. - One of the best known and most distinguished members of the Cooper County bar was the late James W. Draffen of Boonville. Mr. Draffen was born in Albemarle County, Va., March 24, 1824, and died April 21, 1896. He was a son of Thomas and Mary (Douglas) Draffen, both natives of Virginia, and migrated to Cooper County, Mo., in 1836. They settled on a farm in this county whereon James W. Draffen was reared. After attending the district school, he studied for two years at the Kemper school. He then studied law in the office of his uncle, John Draffen, a prominent attorney of Lawrenceburg, Ky. He was admitted to the bar in 1852 and entered the office of Judge Washington Adams in Boonville. Two years later he began the practice of his profession alone. Later he formed a partnership with George Vest, who became United States Senator from Missouri, and also practiced in partnership with Col. J. L. Stephens, William D. Muir and H. A. Hutchinson. He then formed a partnership with the late Judge W, M. Williams, which continued until his death. This firm was one of the ablest in Missouri and handled many notable cases and much important litigation, their practice extending over the entire State and even beyond its borders.

In July, 1859, Mr. Daffen was married to Miss Louise Tichenor, of Newark, N. J., a daughter of David S. and Jane S. Tichenor. Mrs. Draff en was born Dec. 20, 1835, and died April 22, 1911. Eight children were born to James W. and Louise Draff en as follows: David T., deceased; Edwin L., member of New York Appraisal Company, New York City; William M., deceased; James Wellington, Los Angeles, Calif.; Whilton Vest ; Frank D., Boonville; Martin T., an officer at Missouri Training School, Boonville, Mo. ; Mary H., wife of F. T. Pigott, Boonville.

Mr. Draff en was a stanch Democrat. Although always greatly interested in matters of public concern, he never sought nor desired official position, notwithstanding the fact that he was frequently solicited by the leaders of his party to become a candidate for high office. He was an able lawyer and a good citizen who had the sincere respect and regard of his fellow citizens and the members of the bar throughout the State.

Judge Philips delivered the following touching tribute to the life of his long time friend: "For a quarter of a century I met him, term after term, at the Circuit Courts of central Missouri. We were generally arrayed on opposing sides. He was a foeman worthy of any .man's steel and an adversary in the arena of - the forum never to be despised. I bear testimony, here in the presence of his casket, that a more honorable practitioner, a more chivalrous opponent, free from all petty meanness and trickery, I never encountered. Do you ask for a record of his achievements? Look into the volumes of your Supreme Court, extending from the 25th through 100 volumes, and from the 17th to the 50th volumes of the Court of Appeals, and you will find his name connected with much of the important litigation of the central part of the State. His briefs are his monuments. In their sententious vigor, lucidity of statement and conciseness of argument, with appropriate citation of authorities, they stand as models, worthy the study and imitation of every young lawyer.

"His client's cause was his own, and to him his client was always in the right. There was not money enough in Christendom to induce him to betray the cause, however small, of the humblest man committed to his keeping. If it be true that 'an honest man is the noblest work of God' Draffen was God's nobleman. There was not an element of dishonesty in his composition."

in his memory, the following resolutions were passed: "Whenever he accepted a retainer, he seemed to abandon everything, save honor, in his client's interests. He was untiring in his efforts, often forgetting, or appearing not to care for, that remuneration which was due for his valuable services. His record as a bold, adroit and able lawyer and advocate commanded the admiration of his associates, and is worthy of the emulation of the younger members of the bar. His integrity was of the highest order. His strong characteristics won him a host of friends, in and outside of his profession, and gave him great influence with courts and juries of the country. His integrity and dauntless courage, coupled with his open advocacy of every cause in which he believed, made a valuable and worthy citizen, whose death will be seriously felt by all classes. He left behind him the record of an honorable man, an able lawyer, an affectionate husband and father, and a good citizen."

Whitlow Vest Draffen, successful attorney of Boonville, and a worthy son of a distinguished father, was born in Boonville, May 4, 1870. and is a son of James Wellington and Louise J. Draffen. He was educated in Westminster College at Fulton, Mo., and the State University at Columbia. Mr. Draffen studied law in his father's office and was admitted to the bar in 1896. He is an excellent attorney, well versed in the lore of the legal profession and is an able pleader in the courts of central Missouri.

Mr. Draffen is a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Knights of Pythias, the Royal Arcanum, and the Woodmen of the World.

Walter B. Windsor, owner of "Fairfield" farm of 337 acres in Clarks Fork township, six and a half miles southeast of Boonville, is of the progressive type of agriculturists and stockmen who have made good in Cooper County. He and his sons# are owners of a total of 557 acres of rich land. They are cultivating in addition to this land, another very fertile tract of bottom land comprising a total of 150 acres. The Windsor farm is well improved with a modern residence of eight rooms, silos, metal grain bins, barns and buildings all in good condition. The farm is devoted to stock raising, all of the grain and forage raised on the place being fed to live stock which is sold on the hoof. Mr. Windsor maintains a herd of pure bred Angus cattle because of the uniformity and beef producing qualities of the breed. His Poland China hogs are pure bred as are his Oxford and Shropshire sheep. There are sold from the farm and shipped to the markets one load each of cattle, hogs and sheep each year. Mr. Windsor is an ardent soil conservationist who believes in get- ting the maximum yield from the land and keeping it in first class condition through fertilization and crop rotation. He has raised as high as 85 bushels of corn to the acre, 40 bushels of wheat, 50 bushels of rye and 55 bushels of oats. This is a record which can not be excelled anywhere in Missouri or the West. The Windsor farm, "Fairfield," is the old home place of his father, the late John H. Windsor, who was one of the most successful stockmen of his day in Cooper County. John H. Windsor was a son of Horace Simeon Windsor, who settled in Cooper County over four score years ago. The family is of English descent and the history of the Windsors in America begins with Thomas Windsor, of Fairfax County, Va. Further details of the Windsor family history will be found in connection with the biography of Eugene A. Windsor, of Boonville, brother of the subject of this review.

Walter B. Windsor was born April 23, 1862. He was educated in the district school and the academy at Boonville. With the exception of eight years spent as a traveling salesman he has always been engaged in farming. Mr. Windsor is a natural salesman and made a success on the road; for a number of years he traveled for the McCormick and Deering harvester companies and has sold farming machinery, live stock, blooded stock for breeding purposes, and made good. He began farming on a 200 acre tract when he was 20 years of age and. has steadily increased the acreage owned by himself and his sons. Some idea of the magnitude of the farming operations carried on by Mr. Windsor and his sons can be gleaned from the fact that this season (1919) they will harvest 300 acres of wheat, 200 acres of com, 50 acres of oats, and 20 acres of alfalfa.

May 30, 1888, Walter B. Windsor and Miss Elizabeth Ann Jewett were united in marriage. This marriage has been blessed with children as follows: Elmer and Jewett, twins, educated in the Boonville High School and Business College, born April 29, 1891; Dorsey W., born Feb. 24, 1897, educated in the Boonville High School and Business College, and like his two older brothers, is a farmer; Alma May, born July 25, 1893, educated in Boonville High School, and the Warrensburg Normal School and Boulder University, Colorado, six years a teacher and for the past two years has been in charge of the home district school ; Annie Laura, bora April 17, 1895, educated in Boonville High School. The mother of these children was born April 3. 1863, in Cooper County, and is a daughter of Samuel L. and Martha Jewett, both deceased. The Jewetts are an old pioneer family of Cooper County.

Walter B. Windsor is a Democrat of the true and tried variety which knows ho deviation from Democratic principles. During the administration of Gov. William J. Stone he was appointed by the Governor to the office of county assessor for Cooper County and filled this office creditably for four years. His family worships at the Baptist Church. Mr. Windsor is a member of the Knights of Pythias, the Woodmen of the World, the Modern Woodmen of America and the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Boonville, having attained to a membership in the Commandery at Boonville. Mr. Windsors' recreation is in hunting and fishing, organizing and carrying out "fish fries," picnics, and barbecues, in which he is a past master. In fact no "barbecue" or fish fry is held in his neighborhood without he is one of the mainstays and leading promoters. At the great barbecue held in his neighborhood some years ago and which was financed by the merchants of Boonville and to which the entire county was invited, he had charge of the roasting and basting of the meats over long pits of hot coals and the job was done in an expert manner to satisfy the finest epicurean tastes. Over 5,000 people attended this barbecue and it was the greatest event of that year. It is probable that no Cooper County citizen has more warm friends in this section of .Missouri than "Walt" Windsor, who is a welcome addition to any and all gatherings because of his unfailing good nature, his desire to please and 'his many likable qualities.

John Thomas Pigott, one of the best known of the successful merchants of the Boonville of a decade or so ago, was a native Missourian. Mr. Pigott was born in St. Louis June 14, 1823, and died Nov. 29, 1907. He was a son of John T. Pigott, who was bom in Dublin, Ireland, and died in Missouri when his son, John Thomas was but a boy in years. Mr. Pigott was reared in St. Louis and when a young man he opened a book store at Lexington, Mo. He came to Boonville in 1867 and he and William E. Walton made the first set of abstract books in Cooper County. He engaged in the mercantile business in partnership with William H. Trigg and Company and was successfully engaged in business until 1899. Prior to this he was engaged in banking until 1880. In 1899 Mr. Pigott retired from active business and went to his farm southeast of Boonville where he remained until his death in 1907.

On March 17, 1859 Mr. Pigott was married to Josephine Trigg, a daughter of William H. Trigg of Boonville. Five children were born to this marriage: Frank, Los Angeles, Calif.; John C, member of the dry

David Andrews. - The Andrews family is one of the oldest pioneer families of Boonville, and the name has been an honored one for many years. Ninety years ago, David Andrews, father of the late Charles Andrews of Boonville, settled at Old Franklin where he remained until the fickle Missouri washed away the business section of the old pioneer town. He then came to Boonville where he identified himself with the business interests of the city and was one of the builders of Boonville. David Andrews came to this section of Missouri, a poor youth, aged 19 years - so poor that he had but one shirt to his back, and this one he took off and washed in the Missouri River as the boat he was traveling on came near to the frontier town of Franklin. This boat, upon which he traveled, was drawn by horses hitched to long ropes and drawn through the water in this manner, the horses walking along the banks of the river.

David Andrews was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., May 2, 1809, and died in Boonville, April 30, 1893. He came West in 1820 and lived with a brother, Thomas Andrews, in St. Louis until 1828 when he came to Old Franklin and thence to Boonville. Thomas Andrews, his brother, was one of the first stockholders in the Boatsman Bank of St. Louis, as was his brother, David Andrews, at a later date. David Andrews learned the trade of tinner in his brother's shop in St. Louis. Upon his arrival at Franklin, he established a tin shop and then returned to St. Louis for his bride whom he married that same year. She was Margaret Baird, who was also born in Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. 17, 1818, and died in March, 1901. On two occasions after establishing himself in Boonville, after the decadence of Old Franklin, Mr. Andrews had the misfortune to have his shop destroyed by fire. Each time he rebuilt and succeeded in amassing a competence despite adversity.

During the Civil War he made canteens for the Southern soldiers. This brought him into conflict with the Union forces and he was taken prisoner by General Lyon's command. Previous to his being taken prisoner, some soldiers had waylaid him, knocked him down and left him lying for dead. His faithful wife found him, succored him, and he was then placed under arrest and taken to the prison in Jefferson City. His wife also went to the State Capital and so determined and energetic was she that she succeeded in getting him freed, in spite of the fact that Gen-

David Andrews

David Andrews was of Irish descent and was an energetic man of business who had the gift of finance and able management of his business affairs. He amassed a fortune of over $300,000 and was one of the wealthiest citizens of Boonville in his time. He opened a hardware store in Boonville, one of the first to be conducted in the city, and the business prospered. By fair and honest dealings and by the exercise of energy and the strictest of integrity, Mr. Andrews carved an honored and re- .-petted place in the business world of Boonville, and his name will always be known as that of one of the real pioneers of the city. He took an active and influential part in civic affairs during his long residence here, served as a member of the City Council and was mayor of the city for some years. He was father of 11 children, ten sons and one daughter, five of who were reared to maturity: Hardage Lane, David, Florence, Charles Edward, Lonnie or Alonzo.

Hardage Lane Andrews learned the trade of jeweler, but never followed it. He went West in 1850 and eventually located in San Jose, Calif., as one of the pioneer pork packers on the Pacific Coast. He amassed a comfortable fortune and died at the age of 50 years, worth $60,000. ^ David Andrews also went West to the Pacific Coast and was associated with his brother, Hardage L., in the pork packing business. He died in San Jose, Calif. Florence Andrews married ex-Congressman John T. Heard, of Sedalia. She was born Sept. 7, 1846, and died Sept. 14, 1886. "Lonnie" or Alonzo Andrews was born in 1854, and died in 1875. A sketch of Charles E. Andrews appears in this volume. All of the deceased children of David Andrews lie sleeping in the beautiful Walnut Grove Cemetery in Boonville. Although some of them had wandered far from the city of their birth, it was the wish of each that his final resting place be in the home town which they loved so well, ahd where their happiest days had been spent.

David Andrews was a man eminently fitted for the period in which he lived. He was a member of the Methodist Church and was a devout man who feared God and loved his fellow men, his wife and his children. He was a democrat and a stanch believer and upholder of democratic principles of government.

Charles W. Nixon, senior member of the firm of Nixon and Brosius. engaged in the farm loan and real estate business, Boonville, is a native of Cooper County and was born in Pilot Grove, Feb. 28, 1870. He is a

David F. Nixon was born in Ross County, Ohio, Feb. 19, 1842. His father, William H. Nixon, was born in Loudoun County, Va. in 1816 and died in 1901. His parents were David and Rachel (Carr) Nixon, both natives of Virginia, and settled in Ross County, Ohio, where they reared a family of eight children, of whom William H. Nixon was the eldest. Mrs. Elizabeth E. (Edmiston) Nixon, mother of David H. Nixon, was born in Ross County, Ohio, in 1815. She resided at Old Chillicothe when Indians were plentiful in the forests of the neighborhood, and she died in 1887. She was a daughter of John and Miss (Teeter) Edmiston, natives of Tennessee. The Nixons are of Scotch descent. Three children were born to William H. and Elizabeth Nixon: John W., was a veteran of the Civil War and ranked as sergeant ; David F. Nixon, of this review ; and Emily, deceased wife of James Benner.

In October of 1861, David F. Nixon enlisted in Company C, 73rd Ohio Regiment of Volunteers and served until his honorable discharge in 1864. He was hit by a shell in the right leg at the second battle of Bull Rnn and was also hit by a minnie ball in the left thigh. He participated in the battles of Cross-Kris, Fort Republic, McDowell, Morefield and Romney, besides many minor battles and skirmishes. He was transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps in 1863 and was a member of Company A 21st Regular Regiment. He was a corporal and was on duty at Trenton, N. J., saw a lot of hard work in the ensuing year and was mustered out of service in 1864.

In 1866, David H. Nixon came to Pettis County, Mo., and located on a farm. Not long afterward he came to Cooper County and purchased a farm located two and a half miles south of Pilot Grove, where he farmed extensively for a number of years and was a successful breeder of Shorthorn cattle. Mr. Nixon has disposed of all his land excepting a tract of 94 acres. In 1916 he left the farm and moved to a home in Pilot Grove.

Jan. 30, 1868, David H. Nixon and Christine Schlotzhauer were united in marriage. The children bom of this marriage are: Alexander Nixon, cashier of the Bank of Wooldridge; Rudy, died in 1905; Katie, is at home with her parents ; Charles W. Nixon, of this review, is the eldest of the family.

David H. Nixon is a Republican and served a term judge of the County Court for the western district of Cooper County. He is a stockholder in the Wooldridge Bank and assisted in the organization of the

Pilot Grove Bank serving as president of this bank for two years. He is affiliated with the Grand Army of the Republic and the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons.

Charles W. Nixon received his education in Pilot Grove College, founded and conducted by the Johnson family and which was in charge of William F. Johnson for some years. Mr. Nixon fanned in the vicinity of Pilot Grove for three years and continued in farming near Bunceton^ Mo., until 1902, when his election to the office of county clerk on the Republican ticket required his residing in Boonville. He served for four years in this office and in June, 1905, became associated with Mr. Brosius in the loan and land business.

In August of 1894, Charles W. Nixon was united in marriage with Miss Margaret Rodgers, a daughter of E. H. Rodgers, who now makes his home in Boonville with Mr. Nixon. Mr. Rodgers was bom at West Liberty, W. Va., in 1842 and was a soldier in the Union army during the Civil War. After the close of the war he came to Cooper County and became a large land owner in this county. Prior to his advent in Cooper County he had married Mary Elliot who was born in West Virginia in 1843 and died in 1915.

The children born to Charles W. and Margaret Nixon are : Mary Jane, a graduate of Sweet Brier College, West Virginia, class of 1919 ; Margaret, a graduate of Boonville High School, class of 1919 ; David, a graduate of the Boonville Public Schools, class of 1919 ; Helen, aged six years.

Mr. Nixon is a member of the Presbyterian Church and is fraternally affiliated with the Knights of Pythias and the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, having attained a membership in Ararat Temple Mystic Shrine. He is also a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks.

Rev. Fr. Theodore Kussman. - For nearly 34 years Father Kussman has been in charge of Sts. Peter and Paul's Catholic Church in Boonville, Mo. Two years after taking charge of this church, on Aug. 17, 1885, he was made irremovable rector and will remain in Boonville during the rest of his natural life as rector of this large and prosperous church which is one of the oldest in central Missouri and which celebrated Father Russman's golden jubilee on May 27, 1916.

Theodore Kussman was born in Germany, Jan. 19, 1843. He is a son of Christopher and Clara Gertrude (Sperlbaum) Kussman, who immigrated to America in 1847 and settled in St. Louis, where the father plied his trade of carpenter and cabinet maker.

Brothers College in St. Louis. He then spent two years as student in St. Francis Seminary near Milwaukee. He next studied for three years at the Theological College in Cape Girardeau, Mo., and was ordained in the priesthood May 27, 1866.

Father Kussman's first charge was as substitute priest at Kirkwood for six months. He was then pastor of the Richwood, Mo., church for one year. He was pastor of French Village Church for two years and also had charge of the De Sota, Mo., church at the same time. For the next four years he filled the post of pastor of the Palmyra Church and also cared for two other churches in the vicinity of Palmyra. For the next 12 years he was pastor of the Springfield, Mo., Catholic Church and has spent 34 years in Boonville.

During his long years of service in Boonville he has built the large church which is still standing and doubled the size of the rectory. The celebration of his golden jubilee on May 27, 1916, was a great occasion in the history of the church.

Dr. Charles Doerrie, the veterinarian, Boonville, Mo., besides being a successful practitioner, is a manufacturer. His manufacturing business was first established in 1893 at 404 East Vine Street. The Doerrie office, residence and factory is now located at 722 Main Street, Dr.LDoerrie having recently purchased the Col. John S. Elliot propei-ty. Dr. Doerrie came into possession of an excellent recipe for a facial cream which he has named "Hattie's Complexion Beautifier." This is a splendid face and skin preparation for the use of both women and men, and each year it is becoming more and more popular with the trade. Over 70 gross were manufactured and sold in 1918, and this business was accomplished without advertising, the goods being sold only through agents and the drug trade in all parts of the United States. The quality of the product speaks for itself, and the user of a first jar of the beautifier is generally a continuous customer who tells of its qualities to others of her acquaintance. Dr. Doerrie has been manufacturing and selling the preparation under the name of the Beautifier Company, Boonville, Mo.

Charles Doerrie was born in Illinois, June 23, 1862, and was yet an infant when his parents located in St. Charles, Mo. Henry Doerrie, his father, died when Charles was but a child. Hia mother, Mrs. Louisa (Kemper) Doerrie, reared the two children to maturity. Dr. Doerrie has a sister. Mrs. Minnie Shubert, residing southeast of Boonville. The Doerrie family came to Boonville in 1881 and the mother makes her home in Boonville. After the death of Mr. Doerrie she married Peter Young, who is deceased.

Dr. Charles Doerrie came to Boonville in the fall of 1882, and followed farming and coal mining for the first 10 years of his residence in Cooper County. He studied veterinary surgery at the New York Veterinary College and began the practice of his profession in 1893. During the past 26 years his practice has ranged over Cooper, Howard, Saline, Moniteau, Morgan and Chariton Counties.

April 22, 1886, Dr. Doerrie was married to Miss Alice G. Bull, of Cooper County. She is a daughter of Thomas Bull, of this county. Three children have been born to Charles and Alice G. Doerrie. Van Lee, resides at home, student in the State University, is the only child living. Van Lee Doerrie tried on seven different occasions to enlist in the National Army and was finally accepted. Seven days after he received notice to report for duty at Austin, Tex., the armistice was signed and the war ended. He is a student of architecture at the State University. By a former marriage, Dr. Doerrie has a daughter, Mrs. Wash Robertson, of Moulton, Iowa.

Dr. Doerrie is a republican who has served as a member of the Boonville City Council. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and is affiliated with the Ancient Order of United Workmen, the Woodmen of the World and Travelers' Protective Association.

Fred G. Lohse. - The general store of M. Lohse & Son, managed by Fred G. Lohse, is one of the old established and most successful business concerns in Boonville. A large room on Main street is stocked with high class groceries, dry goods, and feed, and the Lohse store unquestionably carries the largest stock of goods of its kind in the city. Some specialties which have made this store famous throughout the country are its home roasted coffees, fresh made peanut products or butter, and the Heinz products. The Lohse store sells more kraut than all other stores in Boonville combined and the store always presents a busy, hustling scene, the force of five employees being kept busily employed in caring for the large trade. Lohse & Son caters to the highest class of trade in Cooper County and makes a distinction in favor of quality of the goods sold rather than in the quantity.

H. Lohse, father of Fred G. Lohse, was born in Hamburg, Germany, in 1845, and immigrated to America in 1863 to escape military service in the Prussian army. He came to Boonville and engaged in the manufacture of lime, operating a lime kiln successfully until 1916. He married Carrie Stubbins, who departed this life when Fred G. Lohse was but a child. The children bom to M. and Carrie Lohse are as follows: Fred G., (26) of this review; William, engaged in the automobile business at St Louis, Mo.; Mrs. Flora Hale, died in 1916; Leslie, is connected with the largest wholesale grocery corporation west of the Mississippi River with headquarters at Tucson, Ariz. ; Edgar, the youngest of the family, is a soldier in the National Army. He enlisted in the army at the age of 16 years and saw service on the Mexican border, later going to France when America entered the World War. He is a sergeant in Company B, 140th Regiment of the famous 35th Division, which so covered itself with glory in the severe fighting at St. Mihiel and the Argonne Forest on the western front in France.

Fred G. Lohse was born in Boonville, Mo., March 3, 1881, and was reared and educated in this city. He embarked in business in 1898 and has risen to become one of the leading and influential merchants of Boonville during the past 21 years. The success of M. Lohse & Son has been due to his energy, ability, and natural aptitude for business. Mr. Lohse was married in 1901 to Miss Mayme Gibbons, a daughter of the late Frank Gibbons, who was prominent in the affairs of Boonville for several years, was a member of the Commercial Club and was active in boosting the commercial advantages of Boonville.

Mr. Lohse is a Republican, an active and influential booster for Boonville, liberal in his contributions to worthy causes intended for the advancement of the best interests and growth of his native city. For the past 15 years he has been superintendent of the Methodist Sunday school and takes a just pride in conducting its affairs. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias.

James William Jones, city collector of Boonville, Mo., is a native of this county. Mr. Jones was born in Boonville, June 10, 1863, and is a son of Thomas P. Jones, who was born in Ireland in 1834 and died June 5, 1900.

Thomas P. Jones was a son of James I. Jones, who immigrated to - America in 1840, first resided in New York, and then came to Boone County, Mo., and in 1854 located in Boonville. When he attained maturity he became engaged in the transfer and freighting industry and hauled goods from the river front of Boonville to Tipton and points in the southwest for a number of years. When the overland freighting industry waned and the steam railroads took up the work formerly done by oxen and mules, Mr. Jones followed the trade of carpenter. He married Anna Cochran, born in 1842 at Turley, County Mayo, Ireland, a (laughter of John Cochran, who came to America in 1850 and settled at

Bconville and engaged in farming in Cooper County. To Thomas P. ! Anna Jones were born eight children, of whom five are living: J. W. Jones is the oldest of the family; Samuel F. is yardmaster in the railroad yards, St. Louis, Mo.; Rosa, at home in Boonville; Alice Jones is a trained nurse at the Kemper Military School, Boonville, Mo. ; Margaret Jones is a saleslady in Chasnoff's store, Boonville, Mo.

Desirous of obtaining more education than was afforded by the public schools of his day, James W. Jones entered the employ of Prolessor Kemper and worked his way through the Kemper School, doing most of his studying at night after his days work was done. He served an apprenticeship in the carpenter trade and went to California in 1885, where he followed his trade for the next seven years. He was then employed in the rolling stock department of the Southern Pacific railroad until he was seriously injured in 1896 by a fall from a moving train. Returning to Boonville he engaged in contracting. Mr. Jones built the Faimers Bank building, the Gmelich residence, the Schnack home on High street, the Colored Public School, and many other fine buildings and residences in Cooper County. He retired from business in the spring of 1918 and has served as city collector since April, 1918. His old injury had manifested itself in spinal trouble and after he had completed the erection of the I. O. 0. F. building, Mr. Jones suffered a severe spell of sickness which left him incapacitated for further active work.

Thomas P. Jones, when 17 years of age, crossed the Great Plains in 1851 with a cattle outfit owned and operated by Berry & Potter. After he had assisted in driving a large, drove of cattle across the plains to the Pacific Coast he remained in California for about four years, engaged in mining and farming.

During the Civil War he was enrolled as a member of the Missouri State Guards and took part in some minor battles with his command. He owned a few teams of horses and kept his horses at the tanyard. George Sahm was then engaged in the shoe business in Boonville and Mr. Sham, at the time of Shelbys raid and the capture of Boonville, hid his stock of shoes and boots in an empty cistern owned by Mr. .Jones. Shelby's men captured Mr. Jones and Mr. Sahm, forced Jones to go for his teams, and made Sahm recover his stock of shoes and boots from the cistern. The footwear was loaded on Jones' wagon and they were driven out to Caleb Jones' place southwest of town, both men being taken along as prisoners. '- an opportune time, Mr. Jones eluded his guards who were irttenl on getting a pair of boots and the team went on. A squad of cavalry met him on the road and asked "Where in h - 1 are you going?" Jones answered, "I am going for another load of boots." The other told him, "Go ahead." With Mr. Sahm lying in the bottom of the wagon, Jones drove the wagon to Boonville, put up the team and then hid in the brush for some time.

Oscar Spieler, proprietor of "The Riverview Stock Farm" in Saline township, the "Home of Big Bone Spotted Poland Chinas," is one of Cooper County's most progressive and successful stockmen. Mr. Spieler was born Aug. 21, 1870, near California, Moniteau County, Mo., a son of F. E. and Elizabeth (Young) Spieler, natives of Germany and New York, respectively.

Frederick Ernest and Elizabeth Spieler were the parents of the following children : Emma ; Maggie ; Mrs. Sophia Schilb, of Pilot Grove, Mo. ; Mrs. F. E. Eberhardt, of California, Mo. ; Mrs. Ida T. Farris, of Boonville ; Theodore, Richard, and Nora, at home. F. E. Spieler was a Union veteran. He served in the Civil War for four years, from 1861 to 1865, enlisting in Moniteau County, Mo., where he had located prior to the war. Mr. Spieler was wounded in a skirmish near Gooch's Mill in Cooper County, when he was shot in the right arm. He came with his family to Cooper County in 1873 and settled on the farm now owned by Oscar Spieler. The father is now deceased and his remains rest in Schmidt Cemetery and the widowed mother resides with her son Oscar. Mrs. Elizabeth (Young) Spieler was born Oct. 22, i844, in New York City, a daughter of Henry and Margaret Young, who settled in Missouri in 1854.

"The Riverview Stock Farm" is located seven miles east of Boonville and comprises 240 acres of valuable land on the south bank of the Missouri River. This is the home of the Big Bone Spotted Poland China hogs. Mr. Spieler purchased his most valuable brood sow in March, 1917. In the spring of 1918 he had 15 sows to farrow and from 15 litters raised 108 pigs, selling 105 from this same herd in 1918, 87 of them being shipped out by express. The heads of the herds are "Riverview Monarch' 'and "Real Giant." "Riverview Monarch" was sired by "Spotted Mammoth," which won second honors in the Omaha Swine Show in 1917 and first honors at the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia, in the age class in 1918. "Spotted Mammoth" sold for $400 to an Iowa breeder. "River- view Monarch" now weighs move than 600 pounds and is not yet two years of age. "Real Giant" is 11 months old and weighs 350 pounds. Mr. Spieler has 20 brood sows and his stock is said to be the best in the County. He has stock purchased from H. L. Faulkner, of Jamesport, Mo. ; J. O. Riley, of Cainesville, Mo. ; R. G. Sartin, of Fayette, Mo. ; B. B. Megown, of New London, Mo., and J. D. Gates & Sons, of Ravenwood, Mo. There is no better stock to be had than that on the Spieler place.

Oscar Spieler is numbered among the leading stockmen of this section of Missouri and he ranks highly among the enterprising citizens of his township and county.

E. J. Huber, proprietor and founder of the Huber Jewelry Company of Boonville has a handsome and well stocked store in which only dependable goods of the best quality are sold. Mr. Huber was born in Boonville, June 29, 1858, and is a son of Karl F. and Anna (Walz) Huber, natives of Germany.

Karl F. Huber was born in 1829 and died March 10, 1873. He ran away from home in the early forties and made his way to America, where he first worked in the woolen mills of Massachusetts. He soon came west and was employed on the construction of the C. B. & Q. railroad while this line was being built to Galesburg, 111. He opened a boarding house at Mendota, 111., after a period of employment at Peru, 111., and in 1857 he came from Mendota to Boonville. He conducted a saloon business in this city until his death. While a resident of Illinois, Mr. Huber was married to Anna Walz, who was born in Germany in 1834 and died at her home in Boonville in 1892. E. J. Huber of this review, was the only child of his parents reared to manhood out of six born.

In 1873 E. J. Huber was apprenticed to Jacob Gmelich the pioneer jeweler and watchmaker of Boonville, after receiving a good common school education. After spending a four years' apprenticeship with Mr. Gmelich he was then employed by Gmelich for another three years. From 1882 to 1893 he was a partner in the business, which was conducted under the firm name of Gmelich and Huber Jewelry Company. In 1893 Mr. Schmidt came in as a junior partner. In 1906 Mr. Huber sold his interest to Mr. Schmidt and after a period of resting for a few years. he spent seven years in business at Blackwater, Mo. He returned to Boonville in 1915 and established his present successful business.

Mr. Huber was first married in 1880 to Miss Laura Hayne, who died in 1892, leaving one child, Karl A. Huber. This son was born in 1883 and has served his country in France. He enlisted in August of 1917, in the Twentieth Engineer Corps, and was promoted to the post of sergeant. Sergeant Huber's regiment was engaged from the rirst of its advent in France in the building of saw mills and railroads on the western front in France. Sergeant received his honorable discharge May 27, 1919, at Camp Dodge, Iowa. Upon his return home he resumed his position in the Huber jewelry store. His grandfather, John A. Hayne, was a soldier in the Civil War. He fought in the Battle of Boonville as a sergeant. After the battle was won, he jumped to a mound, waved the I ..ion flag, shouted "Hurrah for the Union," and was shot twice and killed. The local Grand Army post is named in honor of John A. Hayne.

Mr. Huber's second marriage was with Miss Laura Roerder, who departed this life in 1903. Three children blessed this union, as follows: George, his fathers' assistant in the -business; Ernest, and Minnie. Einest Huber was for four years a student at the Missouri S'. University and graduated in the class of 1916. He enlisted in the Medical Reserve Corps of the National Army in 1917 and upon receiving his discharge from the service he resumed his medical studies at Ann Arbor, Mich. In 1915 Mr. Huber was married to Miss Katie Back.

Politically, Mr. Huber is a Republican. He is a member of the Evangelical Church and is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

Augustus H, Sauter. - Sincere regret was expressed by hundreds of people in Cooper County and the surrounding country when the Sauter Mercantile Company passed out of existence in April, 1919. For nearly 50 .. is concern had been doing business in Boonville and the Sauter store had become a widely known landmark. The Sauter Mercantile Company was established in 1870 as Sauter & Company, the firm being composed of Fred Sauter, A. H. Sauter, and John Weber. The busin was conducted under the name of Sauter & Company until 1905, when it was incorporated under the name of Sauter Mercantile Company, a corporation having five members: Fred Sauter, president; J. Memmel, vice-president; A. H. Sauter, secretary and treasurer; F. S. Sauter and J. L. Sauter. When Fred Sauter died on Sept. 21, 1918, it was decided to close out the business. A sale of the stock of goods was carried on for several weeks until the remaining stock and good will of the concern was disposed of to the Bassett-Gregory Company on March 21, 1919. The Sauter Mercantile Company occupied a large building of three floors 140x180 feet in extent and the stock of goods usually carried for sale would exceed $40,000 in value. The volume of business transacted in the Sauter store annually exceeded $100,000. This immense trade was car- ried on each year and the patrons of the establishment were the substantial people of Cooper and Howard Counties who had the utmost confidence in the integrity and honesty of the management and regularly made their purchases at this store.

Augustus H. Sauter, former secretary and treasurer of the Sauter Mercantile Company and now engaged in conducting a music store in Boonville was born in South Germany, Nov. 17. 1847. He is a son of Matthew and Rosa (Knapp) Sauter. Matthew Sauter was horn in 1811 an 1 died in 1896. With his family he immigi-ated to America in L859 and ! in Boonville. Oct. 5 of that year. Mr. Sauter was a skilled cabinet maker in his native land but when he came to Missouri he i ir. farming. He located on a farm 22 miles south of Boonville in Moniteau County. Later he came to a farm one and a half miles south of Boonville. where he resided until 1882. He then, even in his old age. went to South Dakota, homesteaded another farm in that new country and died there in 1896. He remained hale and hearty to the end of his days. His wife, Rosa (Knapp) Sauter, was born in 1819 and died in 1884. The children born to Matthew and Rosa Sauter are as follows : Mrs. John Weber, living in South Dakota; Mrs. Fannie Memmel, Fayette, Mo.; Mrs. Bertha Diefendorf, Sioux Falls, S. D. ; Frank S. Sauter, vice-president of the Boonville National Bank; J. L. Sauter, with the Boonville Mercantile Company, Boonville, and A. H. Sauter of this review.

A. H. Sauter was 13 years of age when he accompanied his parents to Boonville. He had received a good public school training in his native land and this was supplemented by further training in Boonville. From childhood, Mr. Sauter has had the remarkable gift of the bom musician. Hi .; first work in Boonville was as a teacher of music, a profession which he followed for 25 years. Professor Sauter taught both piano and organ to many Cooper County people when devoting his time and talents to his favorite profession. During all the time in which he has been engaged in the mercantile business he has carried pianos and organs as a side line. Since retiring from the mercantile business Professor Sauter has returned to his first love and is following his personal inclinations. He has opened a piano and music store vhere his time is mainly spent and his natural ability as a musician has full sway.

Ho embarked in the mercantile business in 1870 and has achieved a reputation as a good business man as well as musician, a rare combination. He was formerly connected with the Farmers Bank and the Citizens Trust Company of Boonville and took part in the erection of the old Trust Company building at the corner of Main and Court streets. He was the main promoter in the organization of the Citizens Trust Company which purchased the Bankers Bank, and both were subsequently merged with the Boonville National Bank, the largest and strongest bank in Missouri in cities of 5,000 to 10,000. In a single day Mr. Sauter succeeded in securing subscriptions to the stock of the Citizens Trust Company to the extent of $100,000.

Mr. Sauter was married in 1914 to Miss Mary Wenig of Boonville. He is a Republican. While not a member of any religious denomination Mr. Sauter has been and is a liberal supporter of all churches. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias. No group of men stand higher in the esteem of the people than the sons of Matthew Sauter, and Augustus H. Sauter is one of the best liked and substantial citizens of Boonville and Cooper County.

Henry Carl Friedrich. - The life story of Henry Carl Friedrich, of the Billingsville neighborhood, Palestine township, is a record of industry, energy, good business management, and of an interest taken in good works beyond that of the ordinary citizen. Since the purchase of his first modest farm of 121 acres in Aug., 1909, Mr. Friedrich has been prosperous and enterprising. His present home place of 214.70 acres is a fine farm, good land, which raises good crops each year. This farm, which is fairly well improved, was purchased by Mr. Friedrich in 1909 at a cost of $74 an acre, or a total cost of $16,000. Mr. Friedrich has done considerable improving of the property since he purchased it. He has built over seven miles of woven wire fencing. He handles pure bred Hereford cattle and Duroc Jersey hogs.

Henry Carl Friedrich was born in Germany, Feb. 11, 1866. He is a son of Herman and Martha Elizabeth (Sunshine) Friedrich. His father was a public school teacher in Hesse-Cassel, and died in 1868, leaving seven children: Mary died in Germany; William came to America, settled in Cooper County, Mo., and died here in 1897 ; August died in the land of his birth ; Ferdinand lives in Pennsylvania ; Charles lives on a farm eight miles east of Boonville; Henry Carl, subject of this review; Adam resides on a farm south of Bunceton, Mo. The mother of these children was born May 3, 1835, and is living at the home of Mr. Friedrich.

Henry Carl Friedrich received a good education in his native land, which he left in 1885, accompanied by his mother and his brother, Adam Friedrich. When he arrived in Cooper County, he was possessed of $200 in cash. He first worked out by the month until he became familiar with conditions and then began renting land. He has made a success of his vocation as an intelligent tiller of the soil. His first farm was bought on time payments and the first crop season, that of the famous dry year of 1901, was a period of discouragement to him. However, everybody suffered the same hardships and like his neighbors, he managed to pull through and has had enough good crops in past years to enable him to trade his first homestead for his present place. This trade placed him $8000 in debt, but this is all paid and the Friedrich farm is clear of all indebtedness.

Jan. 7, 1892, Henry Carl Friedrich and Miss Lena Grauer were married. Mrs. Lena Friedrich was born March 5, 1872, near Boonville, Mo., and is a daughter of Jacob and Catherine Grauer, natives of Germany dncl Texas, respectively, the latter of whom died in 1881.

The children born to Henry Carl and Lena Friedrich are: Ferdinand, Edward Carl, Arthur Henry, Oscar Harmon, Henry Rudolph, Adolph Eugene, Adolph Elmer. Ferdinand William Friedrich was born Nov. 19, 1892. He is a farmer and owns 85 acres of land. He married Lydia Delius. Edward Carl Friedrich was born Jan. 23, 1895, is a farmer and land owner. He was called to the colors to serve in the National Army July 26, 1918. He was in training at Camp Funston, received his honorable discharge in Jan., 1919, and returned to his home Jan. 14, 1919. Arthur Henry Friedrich was born Feb. 7, 1897, and is a land owner and farmer. Oscar Herman Friedrich was born Jan. 30, 1899. Henry Rudolph Friedrich was born Nov. 3, 1902. Adolph Eugene Friedrich was born March 27, 1908. Adolph Elmer Friedrich was born July 8, 1916.

Mr. Friedrich is a republican. For a number of years he has been a member of the local school board and is serving as president of the board. For the past 13 years he has been trustee of the Billingsville Evangelical Church. He is active in educational work, is a teacher of the Bible Class in the Sunday School and has been superintendent of the Sunday school for a number of years. He is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America and is active in lodge circles. He holds membership in the Woodmen of the World and he and his brother Charles inaugurated and were the principal organizers of the Speed Camp of Woodmen in 1900. He is a member of the Ladies' Circle and Auxiliary of the Woodmen.

Charles Durr, presiding judge of the County Court of Cooper County, and senior member of the Durr-Warnhoff Hardware Company and junior member of the Durr Brothers Saddlery Company, is a member of one of the oldest business families in Boonville. The Durr saddlery concern was established in 1859 and the hardware business was inaugurated in 1915. It is one of the best equipped hardware stores in central Missouri and a complete and modern stock of hardware, stoves, etc., is carried for discerning buyers. The harness manufactory is a fioui'ishing concern maintained to supply local trade. Judge Charles Durr was born in Boonville, Aug. 16, 1872, and is a son of the late John Durr.

John Durr was born in Germany, Nov. 4, 1837 and died March 4, 1918. He came to America in 1851 and first located in New Jersey. He eventually made his way to Louisville, Ky., where he learned the trad* of saddler and harness maker. He was next employed by the J. P. Sickles & Company harness and saddle manufacturers in St. Louis until 1859, when he located in Boonville, where he established the business which he carried on successfully until his death. During the Civil War he was enrolled as a member of the Missouri State Guards, serving in a defensive capacity. He served for a few years as city treasurer of Boonville and was active in civic affairs during his lifetime. The wife of John Dun- was Mary Augusta Sombart, born 1839, died March 7, 1900. Mrs. Mary Augusta (Sombart) Durr was a sister of Judge C. W. Sombart. John and Mary Augusta Durr were parents of the following children: John W., of the Durr Brothers Harness and Saddlery Company, Boonville; Mary, died at the age of nine years; Charles Frederick, of this review.

Charles Frederick Durr attended the public schools of his native city and at an early age he entered his father's shop, where he learned the trade of saddler and harness maker. He followed his trade until he engaged in the hardware business in 1915. Judge Durr was married on Nov. 26, 1896. to Julia M. Stammerjohn, a native of Cooper County, and a daughter of Claus Stammerjohn. To this union have been born two children: Mary, aged 21 years, bookkeeper for the firm; Mildred, aged seven years.

Judge Durr is a Republican and is one of the leaders of his party in Cooper County. He was elected to the office of county treasurer in 1906 and served two terms in this office. In November, 1918, he was elected presiding judge of the County Court. Judge Durr is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Fraternal Order of Eagles and the Knights of Pythias. He is popular, genial, well informed, a splendid county official as well as successful business man.

L. A. Crutchfield. his father, was also bom in Randolph County and is a ^on of William Crutchfield, of Virginia, who was a pioneer settler in Missouri. The Crutchfields are originally from Virginia and the Carolinas and are an old American family. L. A. Crutchfield was born in .:), followed farming until late years and is now living in Huntsville, Mo. His wife, who was Margaret Richardson, was horn May 1, 1856. Eleven children were born to L. A. Crutchfield and wife, as follows: Two died in infancy; Annie, died at the age of five years; .Mrs. Josephine Graves, lives in Randolph County. Mo.: William E., of this review; Leonard, lives in Randolph County, Mo.; Mrs. Fannie Robinson, lives at Ya1 Mo.; Mrs. Edith Owens, and Mrs. Ella Stark live in Randolph county: Mrs. Zouri Burton, lives on a farm near Armstrong, Mo.; Margaret, lives in California.

W. E. Crutchfield attended the Huntsville Public Schools and the Salisbury Academy. When 19 years old he went to California and lived with his aunt, who was conducting a hotel. He remained in California for three years and in 1900 he came back to Missouri. In 1901 he became connected with the Jumber business at Huntsville, Mo., in the employ of his uncle. After the purchase of his uncle's yard by the Harris Lumber Company, he entered their employ and was stationed at Louisiana, Mo., and Vandalia, 111., for a year. For the past 13 years he has been connected with the Harris Lumber Company, has a financial interest in the company and is treasurer of the concern. Mr. Crutchfield located in Boonville in 1908.

He was married Feb. 17, 1904, to Miss Mattie Lee Wallace of Randolph County, Mo.; who has borne him two children: Gladys Elzarine, born Oct. 4, 1908; and William Elzie, Jr., bom Feb. 17, 1915. The mother of these children is a daughter of William Harry and Leora E. (Matlock) Wallace, the former of whom was a native of Indiana and the latter of Randolph County, Mo.

W. H. Wallace was born April 16, 1850, in Gibson County. Ind.. and died June 21, 1902. He was a son of Robert Wallace, of Scotch-Irish descent. He came to Missouri in 1871 and first settled at Moberly. Tie was married at Huntsville, Nov. 22, 1877, to Leora E. Matlock, bom Feb. 8, 1856, a daughter of James A (bom May 4, 1824, died Oct. 30. 1895) ; Susan (Gunn) Matlock (born Oct. 19, 1828, died July 3. 1912). Mrs. Wallace's parents were natives of North Carolina and accompanied their respective parents to Missouri in childhood, the trip being made overland in wagons, the Gunns making the long trip by wagon in 1829. Michael Gunn, a brother of Susan (Gunn) Matlock, made three trips back and forth between North Carolina and Missouri and bought a great deal of land. Susan (Gunn) Matlock was a daughter of Thomas Gunn, who was a son of Thomas Gunn, who married Martha Hooper, and was a native of Ireland and founder of the Gunn family in this country. Thomas Gunn (II) married Anna Montgomery, a daughter of Michael and Jeanette Montgomery, both of whom were natives of Ireland.

James E. Matlock was a son of James Matlock, who was a son of Nicholas Matlock. Mrs. Leora E. (Matlock) Wallace now makes her home in Boonville with her daughter, Mrs. Crutchfield. She has one other child, Mrs. Lessie Ball, of Macon, Mo.

Mr. Crutchfield is a Democrat. He is affiliated with the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, the Knights of Pythias and the Travelers' Protective Association. He and his family worship at the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Ernest Louis Moehle. - The Moehle family have been resident in Cooper County since 1867, when Louis Moehle, father of E. L. Moehle, of Boonville, township, came to this county from Prairie City, Iowa, and purchased the William Howard farm of 185 acres on the Lamine River and also operated a saw mill.

Louis Moehle, the elder, was born in Germany, married Elizabeth Brunscheid, and after coming to this country, settled in Iowa, where he built a mill, which he operated until his removal to Cooper County in 1867. He built a saw mill on the Lamine River and he and his son Gustav engaged in the building of steamboats. Some of the boats which the Moehles built are still running on the Missouri River. Capt. "Nick" Smith bought an interest in the first boat which they built. Gustav Moehle later built gasoline boats at Arrow Rock. The father died in May, 1892. Mrs. Moehle died in 1891. They were parents of the following children: Mrs. Emma Deit Maring, Covington, Ky. ; Gustav, engineer on the Boonville Ferry Boat; Mrs. Bertha Hines, Carrollton, Mo.; Mrs. Dena Friess, Boonville; Ernest Louis, of this review; Hugo, died in Los Angeles, Calif.

Ernest Louis Moehle was reared in Cooper County and worked in his father's saw mill and assisted in the boat building when a boy. In 1885 he traded for the Friess mill property and operated it as a flour and saw mill until 1899. Returning to the family homestead, he rented the tract until 1900. He then bought his present homestead of 129 acres in Boonville township, west of the city, and moved to the place March 4, 1901. Mr. Moehle has rebuilt the residence, built barns, and all fences, and has a concrete cellar in rear of the house. The Moehle place is one of the most attractive along the highway.

Ernest Louis Moehle was born in Perry County, Ind. His father, Louis Moehle, was concerned in the uprising of the German people against the Kaiser in the '40s, met with defeat with his fellow patriots in 1848 and fled to America to escape the vengeance of the military masters in 1849. He first located in Indiana and thence to Iowa, thence to Missouri.

E. L. Moehle was married on Njov. 4, 1879, to Miss Amelia Neff, who has borne him the following children: Arthur, Paul, Nora, Harry, George, Matilda, Bertha, Ernest L., Martha. Arthur is owner of 145 acres in Boonville township, purchased for him by his father, married Elizabeth Frederick, and has three children: Herbert, Pauline and Irene. Paul is in the employ of an oil company in Oklahoma, and has a home near Boonville. He married Elgie Lahman, and has three children: Edwin, Melvin, and Vivian. Nora is the wife of Ernest Jaeger, of Boonville township, mother of two children: Clara and Martha. Harry is employed in the Boonville postoffice, married Mena Bamman, and has two children, Martha Jane and Marie. George Ernest, the soldier of the family, was inducted into the National Army, July 26, 1918, spent six months in training as a private in the first class, Battery A, 29th Field Artillery, at Camp Funston, and was honorably discharged from the service, Jan. 29, 1919. Matilda is at home with her parents. Bertha is the wife of Charles Jaeger, Boonville township, and is mother of a son, Charles. Ernest Louis, Jr., and Martha are at home. The mother of these children was born April 24, 1855, a daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Neff, natives of Germany, who immigrated to America in June, 1848, arriving here June 15. They left Germany in March, 1848.

Frank George. - The George and Goodman furniture and undertaking establishment on south Main street, Boonville, Mo., is the largest and finest concern of its kind in Central Missouri. Mr. George, the senior member of the firm, has been engaged in business since 1899, but the present firm of George and Goodman was organized in 1911. In 1915 the stock and fixtures were moved to the present location. A large building, 50x120 feet, is occupied by the two floors filled with the immense stock of furniture of the latest and best makes. The undertaking department is in charge of Mr. Goodman, the junior member of this enterprising and successful business house.

Frank George is a member of one of the oldest and best known of the Missouri pioneer families. He was born in Cooper county, on a farm twelve miles south of Boonville, Jan. 27, 1857.

Thomas L. George, his father, was born in 1824 and died in 1898. His mother, Lucy (McCullough) George, was born in 1826 and died in 1893. She was a sister of Col. Robert McCullough, of Confederate army and Civil War fame. Thomas L. George was a native of Cooper County and was a son of Reuben George, bom in Tennessee, reared there, and rode to Cooper County on horseback from his Tennessee home, made a location on the Petit Saline creek and married Sallie McFarland. daughter of another pioneer family. Lucy (McCullough) George was a daughter of Robert McCullough, of Virginia, who settled in Cooper County in 1835. During the Civil War, Thomas L. George commanded a company of Home Guards and bore the title of captain. He developed a splendid farm south of Boonville and reared a family of six children: Charles L. George, Boonville; Mrs. Ada Rudolph, deceased; Frank George, of this review; Elmer George, judge of the County Court, resides on a farm near Bunceton ; Albert, living at Rock Island, Texas ; Margaret, a teacher in the public schools of Cooper County.

Robert McCulloch, grandfather of this subject, was born in Albemarle County, Va., Dec. 2, 1781, and died in Cooper County, Mo., June 12, 1853. He served his country as captain in the War of 1812, and moved to this county in the year of 1835 and settled in Clarks Fork township on the Lone Elm prairie and built the first house erected on praiiie land in the county.

Robert McCoIloch, great grandfather of subject, was born in Antrim, Ireland, Sept. 4, 1743 ; died in Albemarle County, Va., March 20, 1820. He emigrated to America; he first went to Pennsylvania and afterwards to Virginia. He had a brother killed in battle at Kings Mountain. He was married in Ireland to Miss Sarah Wherry, who died in Albemarle County, Va., Jan. 27, 1826, aged 80 years, six months and IS days.

Patsy Mills McCulloch, grandmother of subject on the maternal side, was married to Robert McCulloch, subject's grandfather, in Albemarle County, Va., Sept. 18, 1806, and died in Cooper County, Mo.. May 25, 1878.

Joseph Mills, the maternal great grandfather of our subject, was a native of England and emigrated to America. He married Miss Mary Blaekwell, of Virginia. Joseph Mills died in Aug., 1843, at an advanced age. His wife died aged 81 years, three months and 28 days.

Reuben George, father of T. L. George, born Feb. 23, 1792, came to the state from Tennessee in the year 1816 and settled on a farm 4 miles south of Boonville, on the Petit Saline creek. He married Sarah McFarland, April 1, 1821. Thomas L. George was born on the said farm, January 5, 1824, had two sisters and one brother, viz: Mrs. Nancy (George) Aseltyne, Ellen George and Jacob L. George, all now dead.

Thomas L. George was married to Lucy McCulloch, June 11, 1850. Of this union the following children were born: C. L. George, residing in Boonville, Mo.; Ada (George) Rudolph, wife of Judge Adam Rudolph, now deceased ; Albert, now residing in Rock Island, Texas ; Elmer, present judge of the County Court from the eastern district of this county, and Maggie, teaching in the rural schools of the county.

Jacob McFarland, great grandfather, was born Feb. 21, 1772. Nancy (Cathy) McFarland, his wife, was born Jan. 18, 1780, and came to this state from North Carolina in the year 1816, and settled on a farm four miles south of Boonville, Mo., near the Petit Saline creek. They were the parents of Sallie George, wife of Reuben George; Sarah (McFarland) George was born in the state of North Carolina in 1802, Jan. 13th.

Thomas L. George died in this county, Oct., 1898. Lucy McCulloch George, his wife, died May 27, 1893, and was buried in the McCulloch cemetery in this county.

Frank George was reared on his father's farm and engaged in farming for himself when he attained maturity. He developed a fine farm near Clarks Fork, Mo., and in 1899 moved to Boonville, where he has been successfully engaged in business for the past 20 years. He first ventured into the implement and grocery business but sold out and has ever since been engaged in the furniture business.

Mr. George was married in 1883 to Virginia, the daughter of George and Cornelia (Bear) Shirley, early settlers in Cooper County. Mr. and .Mrs. George have three children: Edna George, a teacher in the public schools at Durant, Okla.; Ila, wife of George R. Johnson, Webster Groves, Mo.; Mrs. Alma Drury, living at home with her parents.

Robert McCullough was born Dec. 2, 1781, in Albemarle County, Va., and died in Cooper County, Mo., June 12, 1853. He served as captain of a company of volunteers during the War of 1812. In 1835 he came to Cooper County and settled in Clarks Fork township. He erected the first house built upon the Upland prairie in Cooper County. He was a son of Robert McCullough, a native of County Antrim, Ireland, born Sept. 4, 1743, and died in Albemarle County, Va., March 30, 1820. He became very wealthy. A brother of Robert McCullough was killed at the battle of King's Mountain during the Revolutionary War. Robert McCullough was a son of John McCullough. The wife of Robert McCullough (I) was Sarah Wherry, who died Jan. 27, 1826, at the age of 80 years. Patsey (Mills) McCullough, wife of Capt. Robert McCullough (II) died May 25, 1878. She was a daughter of Joseph Mills, a native of England, who was a famous Greek and Latin scholar. Joseph Mills died in August, 1843. He had married Mary Blackwell.

Frank George has been a life long republican. He has served two terms as sheriff of Cooper County, being first elected in 1902 and was re-elected in 1904. Mr. George was elected mayor of Boonville in 1914 and held the office for one term. He is a member of the Baptist church and is an excellent citizen as well as successful business man.

Joseph Lieber, farmer and Union veteran, owner of a fine tract of land in Boonville township, embracing 177 acres, was born in Switzerland, July 31, 1843. His parents, Peter and Mary Anna (Fuerer) Lieber, left their country in Dec, 1850, and came to America, landing from a sailing vessel at New Orleans, La., after a voyage of 33 days. Six days more were consumed in making the river trip by boat from New Orleans to Jefferson City, arriving there in Feb., 1851. In 1854 the family came to Boonville. Peter Lieber had been a charcoal burner in his native country, but his skill in this respect not being in demand in Boonville, he worked as a laborer.

The Civil War having broken out, Joseph Lieber, May 10, 1861, accompanied by John Hirth and another young man, named Diringer, boai'ded a row boat and made their way to St. Louis, down the Missouri River, a distance of 220 miles. He there joined the First Missouri Light Artillery, Union Army, went to Rolla with his company and thence to Springfield, soon afterward taking part in the battle of Wilson's Creek. He was there taken prisoner and held for five days, released on parole, promised not to again take up arms against the Confederacy and then settled down in St. Louis, where he worked at his trade of tinner. He returned to Boonville in 1866 and in 1867 he established a tin shop in the city, which he operated until 1883. He then went to Franklin county, Ark., and farmed in that county until 1893. Returning to Boonville, he again engaged in business, working at his trade until 1916, when he removed to his farm just south of Boonville. In 1905, Mr. Lieber had purchased the old Greenlease place of 53.5 acres and has added to this tract until he owns 177 acres.

Mr. Lieber was married in Jan., 1868, to Margaret Fessler, who was born in Baden, Germany, in 1843, and came to America, with her parents in 1855. Her parents were Franz and Geneva Fessler, who settled in Boonville. Mrs. Lieber died in Oct., 1890. She was mother of nine children: Frank, Joseph, John, James, William, Cecilia, George, Roman, and Charles. Frank Lieber lives in Dallas, Texas. Joseph Lieber is buried at Fort Smith, Ark, his death occurring in 1895. John Lieber lives at Muscogee, Okla. James Lieber resides in Tennessee. William Lieber lives in Boonville. Cecelia Lieber is deceased. George Lieber lives at Parsons, Kan. Roman Lieber lives at Muscogee, Okla. Lieut. Charles Lieber, of the National Army, A. E. F., in France, was born in 1889. He is one of the brightest and most ambitious of Cooper County's young men. While a student at Washington University, St. Louis, Mo., he enlisted in the National Army, with the 12th Engineers Battalion, Company C, in May, 1917. He first went to England with his command in June, 1917, thence to France, where he participated in the memorable campaigns with the A. E. F. He was connected with the motor department of the American Army in France. He was honorably discharged from the army June 1, 1919, and is now at home.

The father of Joseph Lieber was well to do in Baden, Germany, and came of a family of charcoal burners, whose business it was to supply the big iron works near the Black Forest. Wishing to be free and independent and settle in a country where his children would have fuller and better opportunities to make careers of their own, he came to America. His children received every advantage that he could give them in the way of training and education, Joseph Lieber, of this review, having been educated in Prof. Alkison's private school in Boonville.

Although nominally republican, Joseph Lieber is an independent voter who does his own thinking along political lines. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, John A. Hayne Post, No. 240, and has been the Colonel Commanding this Post for the past eight years. (27)

Maximilian E. Schmidt. - The jewelry establishment of Gmelich & Schmidt, owned and operated by M. E. Schmidt, of this review, is the oldest and best known jewelry store of central Missouri. It is one of the most complete and best stocked and compares most favorably and equals in its appointments and arrangements any concern of the same character in the larger cities of Missouri. For nearly 60 years this store has been conducted in Boonville and was founded in 1860 by the late Hon. Jacob F. Gmelich, who was joined by Maximilian E. Schmidt, his son-inlaw, in 1893. For some years it was known as the Gmelich and Huber Jewelry Company until Mr. E. G. Huber retired from the business in 1905. The firm then became Gmelich & Schmidt and is at present operated under that name with Mr. Schmidt as manager. Since Mr. Gmelich's death in February, 1914, Mr. Schmidt has been sole proprietor.

M. E. Schmidt was born in Peru, 111., April 19, 1865. He is a son of Albin and Caroline (Conrad) Schmidt, both natives of Germany. Albin Schmidt was a revolutionist in his native land and in 1848 took part in the ill fated revolt against the grandfather of the present deposed Kaiser of Germany. He was placed under arrest and, eventually exiled from his native country. He fled to America with hundreds and thousands of his compatriots who sought free homes in this country. He first located at Louisville, Ky., where he followed his trade of baker. In 1850 he removed to Peru, 111., there spending the remainder of his days, dying in 1895 at the age of 74 years. His wife, Caroline, was born in 1825 and died in 1885. There were six children born to Albin and Caroline Schmidt, as follow: Mrs. Josephine Gmelich, widow of Gottlab Gmelich, Peru, 111., who was a brother of the late J. F. Gmelich ; Fredrick Schmidt, died in Detroit, Mich.; Mrs. Bertha Weberling, lives at Peru, 111.; Mrs. Elizabeth Wagenknecht, Peru, 111. ; Hermine, lives at Peru, 111. ; and Maximilian E. Schmidt, of this review.

M. E. Schmidt was reared and educated in Peru, 111. At the age of 14 years, he went to La Salle, 111., and there learned the trade of jeweler and watchmaker. After a two years' apprenticeship in La Salle, he went to St. Paul, Minn., and thence to Stillwater, where he completed his studentship and began working at the trade of watchmaker. He spent one year at Fond du Lac, Wis., after which he followed his trade for three years at Chillicothe, Mo. In 1893 he came to Boonville and associated himself with Mr. J. F. Gmelich.

Mr. Schmidt was married in 1889 to Miss Louise Gmelich, a daughter of Jacob F. Gmelich. Three children have blessed this marriage: Albin Jacob, Doris Eugenie and Maximilian.

Albin Jacob Schmidt is his father's assistant in the tidiness, married Beulah Randolph, and has one child, Randolph Schmidt, born Feb. 27, 1918.

Mr. Schmidt is a Reupblican and has long been prominent in the affairs of his party. He has been a member of the Boonville School Board for the past six years and he has served four years as treasurer of the Missouri Training School. He is a member of the Episcopalian Church and is affiliated with the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. Mr. Schmidt is a Knights Templar, and is a member of Ararat Temple of Mystic Shriners of Kansas City. He is a member of the Woodmen of the World and is one of the leading, progressive and influential citizens of Boonville.

Harry T. Manion. - The clothing and mens' furnishing store owned and operated by Manion and Muntzel is a gem of its kind and is one of the most attractive and handsomest stores in Central Missouri. Equipped and furnished with up-to-the-minute fixtures of the latest design it presents an attractive appearance both from the front and the interior. This store was established in Sept. 21, 1918, and has enjoyed an ever increasing patronage from the more discerning and particular class of purchasers since its inception. The arrangements of the store are the result of planning and study on the part of Mr. Manion who spent several weeks in traveling and making a thorough study of the methods followed by stores in other modern cities in the country before opening his own concern. The Manion and Muntzel store carries a stock valued at $60,000 and a room 80x25 feet is filled with the Hirsch-Wickwire goods and lines of the very best men's furnishing goods.

Harry T. Manion was born April 4, 1889, across the Missouri River in Howard County. He is a son of John W. Manion, a native of Howard County, whose father was Amos Manion, one of the early pioneers of this section of Missouri. John W. Manion was bora in 1855 and died in 1893. His wife was Mattie Fielding and she was a daughter of J. W. Fielding of Howard County. Mrs. Manion was born in 1867 and now resides in Boonville. John W. and Mattie Manion were parents of three children: Walter Manion, a merchant of Sedalia, Mo.; Mrs. Lorena Capito. living in Howard Countv; Harry Manion, of this review.

lege of that city. He then returned to the home farm in Howard County and remained there operating the farm until 1906. He was then employed in Victor's store in Boonville until June, 1918. Until the opening of the Manion and Muntzel store he spent several months in visiting eastern cities, laying in his stock of goods and getting ideas for the store alterations and furnishing - a study which has resulted in the creation of the handsomest store in central Missouri.

Mr. Manion was married in 1911 to Miss Elsa Schnack, a daughter of Heimnn and Minnie Schnack of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Manion have one child, a daughter, Wilhelmina Marie, aged six years.

Mr. Manion is a republican. He is a member of the Evangelical Lutheran church and is a fine type of young, successful merchant who has taken his place among the nustling business men of Boonville.

John W. Rudolph, pioneer farmer and Union veteran, has one of the finest prairie farms, consisting of 170 acres, in Cooper County. The Rudolph acreage is located in Palestine township and is well improved. Mr. Rudolph was born in Hampshire County, Va., Jan. 19, 1844, and is a son of Jacob and Rachel (Cooper) Rudolph, who made the trip by steamboat from Virginia to Boonville in 1854. They arrived at Boonville in the fall of 1854 and in the spring of 1855 the family located on the Squire Bear farm. Jacob Rudolph died the next year, 1856, and the widow was left to rear her family of three children, as follows: Adam Rudolph is deceased; John W. Rudolph, subject of this review; and George Rudolph, living in Clarks Fork township. Mrs. Rachel Rudolph died in 1888, at the age of 86 years.

In the spring of 1863, John W. Rudolph enlisted in Company I. Ninth Missouri Cavalry, and served under the Union flag in northern Missouri, and other parts of the Southwest, in fighting raiding bands of Confederates, bushwhackers and guerillas. He took part in the chase aftei General Price's army of invasion and assisted in driving the rebel army to Red River. Mr. Rudolph was a captain of artillery. His company fought a battle in Cooper County, near Boonville. He participated in the battle of Independence, Mo., and they had another engagement with Price at Pilot Knob. At the battle of the Blue, near Independence, the fighting was fierce during the day, but at five o'clock in the evening. Price started his memorable retreat with Gen. Joe Shelby guarding his rear. Mr. Rudolph also took part in the battle at Houstonia, Mo., and the battle of the Meries De Cygne, both of which actions took place during Price's retreat to the south.

In 1875, Mr. Rudolph settled on his pretty country place in Palestine township and has lived there contentedly and prosperously for the past 44 years. Of late years he is taking life easy, as befits a man of his age, and has turned over the cultivation of his land to younger and stronger arms.

Mr. Rudolph was married in March, 1869, to Mary Susan Duncan, who was born in 1849, near Rocheport, Cooper County, Mo., a daughter of Granville Duncan. The children born to this marriage are: Mrs. Ida Wells, Fort Gibson, Okla. ; Patrick Henry Rudolph, an employe of the ico Railroad, Kansas City, Mo. ; Mrs. Jessie Hagelberger living on the home place. Mr. Rudolph has five grandchildren. Mrs. Ida Wells has one child, Rudolph Wells; Patrick Henry has one child, Lottie Rudolph. Mr. Rudolph has four great-grandchildren: Rudolph Wells married Sallie E. Effort, of Fort Gibson, Okla., and has four daughters, Mary Elizabeth, Doris, Pattie Nadine, and Ida Mary.

The first vote cast by Mr. Rudolph was for Abraham Lincoln while on the march after General Price, and he has continued to vote the republican ticket for the past 55 years. He is a member of Col. John A. Hayne Post, No. 244, Grand Army of the Republic, Boonville, Mo.

William M. Johnson. - The greater number of the sturdy citizens who were pioneers in the business, industrial and professional life of Cooper County have passed away. They have gone to their eternal rewards ; memory remains, and their children and descendants are keeping it green. One of the best known, successful and highly regarded merchants of the city was the late William M. Johnson of Boonville. His life was so lived that the story of his success will prove an insipration to the rising generation.

William M. Johnson was born in Harrisonburg, Va., July 12. 1828. He departed this life in Boonville, Mo., June 29, 1918. His parents were Isaac and Mary Johnson. His father was a native of England, came to America when young and located in Richmond, Va. He there married Mary ('notes and was engaged, in connection with Jacob Cootes, in the manufacture of tobacco for a number of years. He later went to Harrisonburg, where he taught school until his death in 18:>6. Jacob Cootes, grandfather of W. M. Johnson on the maternal side, was of Holland dent. After the death of his parents, W. M. Johnson was reared in the home of his uncle, Samuel Cootes, of "Oakland'" plantation, situated about 14 miles from Harrisonburg.

his destination. When the steamboat on which he was traveling stopped at Boonville for a few hours, he made his way uptown. Not expecting to see anybody that he knew, he was very much surprised when an acquaintance, John Keiser, called out, "Hello, Billy Johnson, where are you. going? I'll get you a job." He at once changed his mind about going on to St. Joseph, got a job and remained in Boonville. Mr. Johnson's first employment was with the firm of B. and W. W. Jones, wholesalers, with whom he remained for three years. He was a trusted employe of this firm and was sent on collection trips throughout the southwest. On many occasions he would return with large amounts of money, as high as $10,000 in his saddle bags. He was afterward employed in the dry goods house of George T. Hardcastle until 1860, when he became a member of the firm of William H. Trigg Mercantile Company. He remained with this firm until 1886, when with his two sons he established the shoe business which was continued under the firm name of W. M. Johnson and Sons until 1907 when the business was closed out by the Johnsons and Mr. Johnson retiring from active business. Prior to engaging in the shoe business he was connected with the banking business established by William H. Trigg, who had the first bank in Boonville. For a number of years he was connected with the William H. Trigg Dry Goods Company, previous to embarking in the shoe business.

Mr. Johnson was married in 1860 to Miss Juliet A. Trigg, who was born in Boonville, Aug. 5, 1838, and is a daughter of the late Dr. William H. Trigg, an extended review of whose life appears in this history. The children born to William M. and Juliet Johnson were as follows: Sallie, died in infancy; Mary L., William Morris, and Wilbur T.

Mary L. is the wife of Lawson Price, an extensive farmer and land owner of Jefferson City, who is also engaged in the real estate and loan business. Mr. and Mrs. Price have one child, Juliet Price.

W. Morris Johnson resides in Boonville and is traveling salesman for a wholesale shoe company of St. Louis. He married Miss Byrd Fiery of Martinsburg, W. Va.

Wilbur T. Johnson and his brother, W. Morris Johnson, were engaged with their father in the shoe business in Boonville until the business was disposed of in 1907. For the past eight years, Wilbur T. Johnson has been a traveling salesman for the Johannes Brothers Shoe Company of St. Louis. On Oct. 26, 1892, he married Miss Rhoda E. Stephens, who was born and reared in Boonville, and is a daughter of the late Col.

Joseph L. Stephens, a member of the old Stephens family of Cooper County, and who was a widely known attorney. To Wilbur T. and Rhoda E. Johnson have been born the following children: Wilbur T.. Jr., and Martha S. Johnson.

Wilbur T. Johnson, Jr., is aged 25 years. He is a lieutenant in the National Army, stationed at Camp Dix, N. J. Lieutenant Johnson enlisted in February, 1918, studied military science at the Officers' Training School, and is now with the 13th Battalion, 153d Depot Brigade.

William M. Johnson was a lifelong Democrat, but never sought political preferment. He was devoted to his business, his family, his home city and his church. He was a stanch Presbyterian who took a great interest in religious matters and was a liberal supporter of the church. From 1862 until his death he was an elder of the Boonville Presbyterian Church. While of a retiring, modest nature he was possessed of a lovable disposition which endeared him to a large circle of friends who still revere his memory as that of an upright, God-fearing gentleman who was ever ready and willing to extend a helping hand to the needy and deserving.

William R. Miller, druggist and proprietor of the oldest drug store in Boonville, is one of the youngest of the successful business men of Boonville. The Roeschel Drug Store, which Mr. Miller owns and operates, was established by Dr. Ernest Roeschel in 1858 and was later conducted and owned by his son, the late William Roeschel. After Mr. Roeschel's retirement from business, the store was purchased by Mr. Miller on March 1, 1915.

Mr. Miller was born in Boonville, Sept. 11, 1887. His father, Joseph W. Miller, was also born in Boonville, April 23, 1853, and was a son of Joseph W. Miller, a native of Germany, who fled from his native land on account of being concerned in the revolution against the Kaiser in 1848 and he located in Boonville. The grandfather was enrolled as a member of the Missouri State Guards during the Civil War and saw active service in Cooper County and vicinity. Joseph W. Miller, the father, followed the trade of wagon maker in Boonville until his retirement in 1915. He married Catherine Berster, who was born in 1862 and departed this life in 1900, leaving three sons and two daughters, as follows: Robert, in the employ of the Railway Express Company, St. Louis, Mo. ; William R., of this review ; Florence Miller, a public school teacher in Oklahoma ; Clarence, assisting his brother in the drug store, and Mary, bookkeeper

After receiving his schooling in the public, parochial and high schools of Boonville, William R. Miller studied for two years in the St. Louis College of Pharmacy and was graduated in 1910. He had pi-eviously been employed in the Roeschel Drug Store in 1904 and until taking up his college studies. In 1915 he purchased the business and is making a splendid success of the business. Oct. 3, 1907, he was married to Miss Marie Oswald, a daughter of Frank Oswald, a well known farmer and stockman residing in Boonville. Mr. and Mrs. Miller have one child, Margaret Catherine, born Oct. 18, 1918.

Mr. Miller is a member of St. Peter and Paul's Catholic church and is affiliated with the Knights of Columbus, holding the position of Chancellor of the local lodge. He is a fine type of business man, courteous, obliging and progressive.