Cooper County, Missouri - Biographical sketches, 1919 (part 3 of 24)

Richard Loftin Windsor, a prominent farmer and stockman of Clarks Fork township, has been identified with the development of Cooper County for over 50 years. He was born in this county at Boonville, Nov. 23, 1848, and is a son of Loftin and Louisa (Smith) Windsor, both natives of Alexandria, Fairfax County, Va. The Windsor family came to Boonville in 1848, and for a number of years Loftin Windsor, the father of the subject of this sketch, conducted what was known as a "boat store", furnishing supplies to boats which were navigating on the river at that time. In 1850 Loftin Windsor made the trip across the plains and over the mountains to California. He took with him a drove of cows from Missouri to California, which he sold after reaching there, receiving from $80.00 to $100.00 per head. He had paid from $8.00 to $10.00 per head. After remaining in California about two years he returned to Cooper County, and located on the farm where the subject of this sketch now lives. Here he was engaged in farming and stock raising until the time of his death in 1889. His wife departed this life in 1855 and their remains are interred in Walnut Grove cemetery, Boonville, Mo. She was born in Alexandria, Va. To Loftin and Louisa Windsor were bom four sons and a daughter: Mrs. Cora Runkle, deceased; R. L. of this review; Walter, who died in Monterey County, Calif.; Lill, deceased in 1885; Eugene, died in infancy.

Richard Loftin .Windsor was reared in Cooper County, and received his education in the public schools. He has made farming and stock raising his life's occupation, and is the owner of one of the fine farms of this county. The place is well improved, with good farm buildings including an eight room residence which was built in 1885. An Old log cabin stands on the Windsor farm, which is suggestive of Macauley's epigram : "To make the past present ; to bring the present near". This old relic of bygone days was built in 1855.

R. L. Windsor was united in marriage March 26, 1879, with Miss Cornelia Moore, a daughter of Charles and Martha Mooi-e, pioneer settlers of Cooper County, of English descent. They are both now deceased. .Mrs. Windsor is one of the following children born to her parents: G. Hutch, a farmer at Speed, Mo. ; R. L., Boonville, Mo. ; Gilliss, Kansas City, Mo. ; Cornelia ,the wife of R. L. Windsor the subject of this sketch ; Mrs. Florence Eller, Fayette, Mo., and Mrs. Gertrude Curtin, Porto, Okla. To Mr. and Mrs. Windsor have been born the following children: Martha, married William Vieth, Lone Elm, Mo. ; Charles, a railroad man, St. Louis, Mo.; Holman, died at the age of one year and 11 months; Gilliss, an electrician, Boonville ; Edward, now serving in United States army ; Henry resides on the home place ; Corinne, resides at home and Richard, who served as sergeant of Company B, 140th Infantry, 35th Division, United States army. He volunteered in March, 1917, and went to France with his command in May, 1918. He participated in the principal battles (iuring the closing months of the World War, and won to his everlasting credit a brilliant military record.

R. L. Windsor has been a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows for 45 years. He is a Democrat, and has taken a keen interest in political affairs and at one time was a candidate for county judge. The Windsor family are members of the Baptist Church, and for many years have been prominent in Cooper County.

Richard Norman Windsor, a veteran of the World War, and one of Cooper County's progressive young men, is a native son of this county. He was born May 19, 1898 and is a son of Richard Loftin Windsor, a sketch of whom appears in this volume. Richard Norman Windsor was reared on his father's farm in Clarks Fork township, and educated in the public schools of Cooper County. He graduated from the Boonville High School in the class of 1916. When the United States entered the World War he was in the employ of Brownfield & Hurt at Boonville.

March 26, 1917, he enlisted in Company B, 3rd Missouri Infantry. His first service was guarding the railroad bridge at Boonville. Aug. 15, 1917, he was transferred from Boonville to Kansas City, Mo., where he was on duty until Oct. 9, 1917. He was then sent to Ft. Sill, Okla., where he was trained for over-sea service. Here the 6th and 3rd Missouri Infantry were consolidated into the 140th Infantry, and Mr. Windsor became a member of that organization. In April, 1918, he was transferred with his command to Camp Mill, Long Island, and from there embarked for over-sea, April 25, 1918, landing at Liverpool, England, May 7, 1918. Here he spent three weeks at a hospital, and on June 1, 1918, landed at Havre, France, where he joined his regiment in a three day hike near Moncho. From there he was sent with the 140th Infantry as a a member of the 3rd battallion to Alsace, and went into the trenches at Thann, after which his command rested for a few days at Saluxurex. Later, on July 15th, he was sent to the Balmain sector and was relieved from that sector Sept. 1, 1918. His command was then sent on to the St. Mihiel drive, and acted as reserve from Sept. 12th to Sept. 18th. They were sent on the Argonne Forest drive, and went over the top in this great battle on Sept. 26th and continued in action there until Oct. 2d. They then were sent back to Petit Maritz, about eight kilometers from Barleduc and shortly afterwards was returned to the line of action about three kilometers from the city of Verdun. Shortly after this Mr. Windsor was sent to the officers training school at LaValboreen, about 18 miles from Lyons, France. He remained there until Dec. 20th, when he was sent to LeMans, France, where he remained until Feb. 2, 1919, when he was sent to Brest. On Feb. 11, 1919, he left Brest for the United States, arriving at Newport News, Va.. Feb. 28th and on March 7th, left there for Camp Taylor near Louisville, Ky. Here he received his honorable discharge March 17, 1919 and returned to his home in Cooper County.

Mr. Windsor served on four different battle fronts while in the service, and saw much severe fighting. His company entered the engagement at Argonne Forest with 194 men and came out of the battle six days later with only 17.

Francis Marion Smith, clerk of the Circuit Court of Cooper County, is one of the most popular officials who ever held official position in Cooper County and is a very capable court officer. Mr. Smith was bom in Charitan County, Mo., March 25, 1863. He is a son of Jacob and Barbara (Smith) Smith.

Jacob Smith was born in Germany, June 10, 1818, and died on March 30, 1901. When he was 21 years old he fled from his native land to escape military service in the Prussian army and came to America. He located in Glasgow, Mo., and followed his trade of miller for a few years. He then located in Chariton County, where he developed a fine farm and lived there for 55 years. During the Mexican War he enlisted and served in the famous regiment raised and commanded by Colonel Doniphan. Mr. Smith was married in Glasgow to Barbara Smith, who was born in 1832 and died in 1908. She resided for 57 years upon the farm which she and her husband improved in Chariton County. Jacob and Barbara Smith were parents of eleven children: Mrs. Barbara Ann Kelly, Boonville, Mo.; Jacob Benjamin and John Otto, deceased; Peter Theodore, a real estate man at Burns, Wyo. ; Joseph Anthony, employed in the Commercial Bank of Boonville ; Francis M., of this review ; Catherine Rosella, deceased ; Marie Regina Dempsey, wife of a Kansas City attorney; Mrs. Otilla Ewald, Great Bend, Kan.; Mrs. Isabella Magdalena Grantges, Sumner, Mo.; Victor W., a successful ranchman of Wyoming.

After attending the district school in his home neighborhood in Charitan County, F. M. Smith attended the State Normal School at Warrensburg, Mo. While a student there he taught penmanship and in this manner assisted in -paying his expenses while pursuing his course. For a number of years he was a salseman and was also engaged in the mercantile business. He followed the real estate business at Des Moines, Iowa, and has always been a hustler. Mr. Smith located in Boonville for the first time in 1879 but since that time he spent some years away from Cooper County. His first official position was that of deputy county collector in 1885. His next position was that of deputy clerk of the Circuit Court and he was elected to this position in the fall of 1918.

On November 21, 1906, Francis M. Smith and Miss Anna Jegglin were united in marriage. Mrs. Anna Smith was born and reared in Boonville and is a daughter of John M. Jegglin of this city.

The republican party has always had the allegiance of Mr. Smith and he stands high in its councils. He is a member of Sts. Peter and Paul's Catholic church and is a painstaking, conscientious public official to whom the art of making and retaining friends is second nature. He has a wide and favorable acquaintance throughout Cooper County and Central Missouri and is a genial, whole souled gentleman.

Jacob Deck. - The meat market conducted by Jacob Deck is one of the best established and well conducted business concerns of Boonville and has been in continuous operation by its proprietor since 1892. Jacob Deck was born in Alsace-Lorraine, July 24, 1860, and came to America with his father in the spring of 1869. John and Anna Marie Deck, his parents, were of French origin. The mother died in her native land and John Deck located in Kansas City after coming to this country and for awhile worked as a laborer in the city. He later engaged in farming in Douglas County, Kansas, and died in Eudora, within eight miles of the city of Lawrence, Kansas.

Jacob Deck was reared in Kansas City and on the farm in Douglas County, Kan. Forty-three years of his life have been spent in the meat market business and prior to locating in Boonville he followed his trade in Kansas City and in Atchison, Kan. He has prospered since coming to Boonville and is regarded as one of the city's substantial citizens. M r. Deck was married in 1882 to Miss Anna Fessler, who was born and reared in Boonville and is a daughter of John Fessler, who located in this city prior to the Civil War. Eight children have been born to Jacob and Anna Deck, six of whom were reared to maturity as follows : Mrs. Joseph Keithley, Kansas City ; William H., druggist, Pilot Grove, Mo. ; Mrs. Margaret Gilman, of Sedalia, Mo. ; Jacob, employed in Swift & Co's oifice, Kansas City; Raymond is his father's assistant; Herman is attending school.

Mr. Deck and the members of his family worship at the Evangelical church. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Modern Woodmen of America. Independence in politics and voting has been his rule for many years, but he has not neglected the duties of citizenship and has served as city alderman for six years.

Albert Jaeger, a prosperous retired farmer, whose fine farm of 186.5 acres is located on the Old Trails Road about three and a half miles west of Boonville, has lived upon his present place since 1909. The Jaeger farm is well improved with a large brick house and other farm buildings in good repair. Mr. Jaeger's two sons are now operating the farm. Albert Jaeger was born in Germany. Nov. 23, 1860. He is a son of August and Matilda (Heider) Jaeger, both of whom were born and reared in Germany. Mrs. Jaeger died in 1882, and the father still resides in his native country having attained the great age of 81 years.

Albert Jaeger was not content to lead a mediocre existence in his native country. May 30, 1882 he landed at Boonville with but a few dollars in his purse. For one and a half years he was employed as gardener. He then rented land for four years ; he met with reverses and had no money; he then went to Bloomington, III., and for two years he was employed as laborer there, three months of which were spent in the Illinois coal mines. It was only to be expected that his first venture in tilling the soil would not prove successful inasmuch as he had no knowledge

Oi farming, his father having been a merchant in Germany. From Bloomington, Mr. Jaeger went to Chicago and was employed there for five years, three years in the packing house of Armour & Company. He returned to Boonville in 1894, worked out for a few months, carefully studied methods of farming and made another try at his desired vocation. He 1 1 nted a farm again. He saved $375 and made a first payment on 80 acre miles southwest of Boonville. This time he was successful and he sold this farm at a profit in 1905 and bought 200 acres in the northwest part of Boonville township. About six months ago he sold this farm to his youngest son, and bought his present place in 1910.

Mr. Jaeger was married in 1882 to Miss Ida Schroeder who was born in Germany. June 5, 1858, and is a daughter of Ernest and Lisetta Schroeder, who died when Airs. Jaeger was an infant. She came to America on the same ship which carried Mr. Jaegers. Six children have been born to this marriage, four of whom survive: Ernest, a farmer three miles west of his father, was married in 1909, to Miss Nora Moehle and has two children, Clara and Margaret; William, born in 1885, resides on a farm, married in 1910, to Bettie, a daughter of Hemy Schierholz, and is father of two children, Florence Virginia, and Mildred Martha ; Albert was born in 1890 and is assisting his father; Charles was born in 1892, and was married in 1915 to Bertha Moehle, and has one child, Charles; Otto, the youngest, was born in 1894 and died of appendicitis in 1901 ; and one died in infancy.

Mr. Jaeger is an independent voter. He is a member of the Evangelical Church and the Woodmen of the World. It is to Mr. Jaeger's credit that in the space of about 30 years, he should come to a strange land, with no knowledge of fanning, suffer reverses because of his lack of knowledge and in the end achieve success which places him in the front rank of Cooper County's successful agriculturists.

Harry Ruskin. - The career of Harry Ruskin, successful merchant of Boonville, offers a striking example of what can be accomplished by an immigrant from the old world who comes to this country inspired by a vision of the freedom and the opportunities awaiting a young man endowed with ambition and energy. Mr. Ruskin fled to America from his native Russia to escape military service and to get away from the persecution which the Russians were wont to inflict upon people of his race. Since coming here, a poor boy, in 1903, he has accumulated a comfortable competence and is owner of one of the most thriving business enterprises in Boonville, besides owning considerable property in Sedalia. He is a natural business man and a born merchant whose store on the corner of Fifth and Morgan streets is well stocked with groceries, meats, drygoods and has an ever-increasing patronage which taxes the capacity of the many clerks to wait upon.

Mr. Ruskin was born in Russia in Dec. 26, 1884, and emigrated to America when 19 years of age. He landed at Boston, Mass., without money and without friends and no knowledge of American customs and language. For the first six months he worked at any odd job which came his way in order to get some money. He then came west to St. Joseph, Mo., and obtained employment with Swift & Companys' packing plant. Two years later he located at Sedalia, Mo., and established a grocery and notion business at the corner of Seventh and Engineer streets. Mr. Ruskin built up a splendid trade, accumulated real estate in Sedalia, sold out on account of his wife's health and came to Boonville where he established his present store in 1915.

Mr. Ruskin was married in March, 1906, to Miss Yetta Chasnoff, a niece of M. Chasnoff, owner of the Chasnoff stores. Five children have been bom of this marriage: Roy, Dorothy, Leah, Florence and Samuel.

Harry Ruskin was born and reared in the old Jewish faith. He is affiliated fraternally with the Knights of Pythias, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Woodmen of the World and the Knights and Ladies of Security. He is a progressive and enterprising citizen who has become heart and soul with the plan of a greater Boonville and in advancing the best interests of his adopted city.

Jeff L. Davis. - The Jeff Davis Shoe Co. store, managed by Jeff L. Davis, and established in March, 1906, is a well stocked and conveniently arranged establishment where the best makes of ladies and men's shoes are retailed. This store is the successor to the George Sahm Shoe Store, one of the oldest established business concerns in Boonville. The Jeff L. Davis Company, was incorporated on March 1, 1917, and the store was moved to its present location on the east side of Main street. Jeff L. Davis manager of the shoe business, is a native of Cooper County. He was born on the Davis farm adjoining the city of Boonville on the south.

Daniel Grosvenor Davis, his father, was born in 1842 and died on July 11, 1884. He was born in Randolph County, Mo., a son of Daniel G. Davis, a native of Virginia and a pioneer merchant of Missouri, who became very wealthy, dying in 1859. His wife was a Miss Rutherford of Huntsville, Mo. Daniel G. Davis, father of Jeff L. Davis, came to Boon- ville when a boy and settled on the Davis farm, where he was reared by an uncle, Henry Davis, a pioneer of Cooper county. He was educated in the Kemper Academy and married Ruth Brereton, of English descent, who was born in 1843 and resides on the home farm. She is a daughter of Benjamin D. Brereton, who came from Ireland in 1846 and made a settlement in Cooper County. There were eight children in the Davis family: William G., deceased; Charles Daniel, deceased; Jeff L., subject of this leview; Ruth, wife of E. B. Windsor, Pleasant Green, Mo.; Mary Drew, deceased wife of Thomas Reed, left one child, Mary Frances Reid, who makes her home with Mr. Davis; Leslie B., deceased; Mrs. Emma 0. Gault, deceased; Daniel G., a dairyman living on the Davis home place.

Jeff L. Davis attended the Boonville Academy and engaged in farming on the home place and in Pettis County, near Clifton City, until 1904. He engaged in business in Boonville in 1906, purchased the stock and good will of the Sahm shoe store and continued the business under the name of Jeff Davis & Co. with the assistance of his wife until March 1, 1917, when he established his present thriving business, incorporating under the name of Jeff Davis Shoe Co. Stockholders, Jeff Davis, Harry Sombart and Kathryn Sahm Davis.

George Sahm was born in Bavaria. Germany, Aug. 1, 1832, and emigrated from his native country in 1848 or 1849 when 16 years old. He was employed for three years in the boot and shoemaking business in Sandusky County, Ohio, and there mastered his trade. He then came to Boonville and worked at his trade for three years and then set up a shop for himself in the spring of 1865. He later added a trade stock of boots and shoes and his business grew steadily so that by 1877 he began the manufacture of his own stocks and for the general market on a large scale. In 1876 his son, George W. Sahm became his partner, and in 1880, Henry, his other son, was admitted to the firm. At one time the Sahm store employed over 30 hands and was a flourishing and prosperous concern.

Mr. Sahm was married July 8, 1854, to Miss Catherine Dick, a native of Germany. This marriage was blessed with the following children: George W., Mollie, Henry J., Joseph, Julia, Louis and Catherine. Mr. Sahm held various official positions in the city, among them being those of school director and city councilman. He died in' 1915.

Mr. Davis is a Democrat. For the past seven years he has been a member of the City Water Works Board of which he is president. He is a member or rather was reared in the Episcopalian faith. Mr. Davis is a Free Mason and a member of the Knights of Pythias.

Edward Derendinger, a late prominent agriculturist and stockman of Saline township, was born in Germany in 1868. Mr. Derendinger immigrated to America in 1885 and located in Moniteau County, Mo., where he was employed in farm work, laboring by the month for three or four years, when he, with his parents, Rudolph and Louise Derendinger, moved to Cooper County and settled on the farm where his parents died. The remains of both father and mother were laid to rest in the cemetery at Pleasant Grove.

In 1901, Edward Derendinger purchased the country place now owned by his widow, a farm comprising 207 acres of land, located seven miles east of Boonville. Mr. Derendinger improved the farm, and it is now considered one of the best in the county. He was successfully engaged in general farming until the time of his death, June 9, 1912, and he had made a name for himself in the county as an honest, industrious, hard-working citizen.

In 1906, Edward Derendinger and Magdalena Stauffer were united in marriage. Mrs. Derendinger is a daughter of John and Anna Stauffer, of Jimtown, both of whom were natives of Germany, and both are now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Stauffer were the parents of the following children: Henry of Lupus, Mo.; Annie Elizabeth, the wife of Ulrich Biere, residing near Moniteau Church; Rosada, the wife of Got fried Zurcher, of Jimtown, Mo.; John, of Sandy Hook, Mo.; Magdalena. the widow of Edward Derendinger. the subject of this review; Frederick, who resides in Wisconsin; Annie, the wife of Rudolph Derendinger, of Sandy Hook, Mo.; and Emil, of Lupus, Mo. To Mr. and Mrs. Edward Derendinger were born six children, four of whom are now living: Emma, Johnnie, Edwin, Louis, all at home with their widowed mother. Frank and I.ydia died in infancy.

Edward Derendinger was one of the following children bom to his parents: Emil, of Pleasant Grove Mo.; Louis, of Elgin, 111.; Louisa, deceased; Edward, the subject of this sketch; Alica, the wife of Louis Heisick, residing in Germany; Rudolph, of Sandy Hook, Mo.; and Fritz, of Big Lick, Mo.

in debt for their farm, but by practicing economy and thrift they soon began to prosper, and since the death of her husband, Mrs. Derendinger has continued the farm work with success. She deserves much credit for the admirable manner in which she has managed the business affairs and is rearing her fatherless children.

Mr. Derendinger was a valued member of the Woodmen of the World and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He was a member of the Evangelical Church at Pleasant Grove, as is Mrs. Derendinger. He was laid to rest in the cemetery at Pleasant Grove, and the loss to the good citizenship of Cooper County has long been lamented by those who knew him.

Sonneck Christiansen Rossen. - The splendid new county home for the poor, destitute and unfortunates of Cooper County, is under excellent and capable management. Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Rossen, who have charge of the home and the inmates, seem to have found their niche in life and are filling it to the satisfaction of the county authorities, and the people of Cooper County. Mr. S. C. Rossen, superintendent of the Cooper County Home, is a native of Denmark, born April 3, 1849. His parents, Christian and Bridgetta (Hansen) Rossen spent their lives in Denmark.

When 19 years of age, S. C. Rossen left his home in Denmark and came to America, arriving here in September, 1868. His first work was on railroad construction at Effingham, 111., where he remained for three months. Going from Illinois to Vicksburg, Miss., he worked in the swamp region of the Mississippi River Valley, during the winter season of 1869 and 1870. He contracted malaria in the South and returned to Illinois. From 1870 to 1871 he was employed at farm labor and in the spring of the year worked in the lime kilns of the neighborhood. He saved some money, then went to Kansas, farmed for 12 months, sold out and came to Boonville, Cooper County in 1873. Mr. Rossen was located east ,of Boonville on farms for 18 years and finally bought a farm of 50 acres, west of Boonville. He later bought another tract of 73 acres, upon which he lived for 20 years, reared his family to be grown, then sold out and came to Boonville. For five years, Mr. Rossen was road overseer of the special road district. In February, 1917, he took up his duties as superintendent of the county home, with Mrs. Rossen as matron of the home. They have the care of from 20 to 25 indigent poor of the counfcy and no group of unfortunates could receive better care than that given them by Mr. and Mrs. Rossen. (28)

In the spring of 1873, S. C. Rossen and Martha Evans were married. Mrs. Martha Rossen died in 1881. Three children were born to this marriage, all of whom are deceased. In the fall of 1882, Mr. Rossen was married to Elizabeth Frances Robertson, born in Arkansas, June 5, 1861, She is a daughter of Shelton Eliphus and Rebecca Serena (Hill) Robertson, natives, respectively, of Illinois and Arkansas. Shelton E. Robertson died in the Union service during the Civil War. He and a brotherin-law, named Evans, went to the Nlorth from Arkansas to enlist in the Union Army. Mr. Robertson never returned. His widow and children went to Illinois and from there to Washington County, Mo. The widow married Charles Baker and the family moved to Cooper County in 1880. Mrs. Baker now lives at Crane, Stone County, Mo. She was born March 17, 1837.

Three sons and a daughter were born to S. C. and Elizabeth F. Rossen, as follows: Josephine Christina, Shelton, Carl Frederick, William Edward. Josephine Christina is the wife of John H. Schnuck, a prosperous farmer living east of Boonville. Shelton is an expert automobile mechanic and is employed in St. Louis. He married Grace Seals, Pacific, Mo. Carl Frederick Rossen is manager of an automobile garage in St. Louis, Mo. William Edward, the soldier of the family, was born Sept. 8, 1892, and enlisted for service in the National Army in June, 1917. He was first stationed at Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, then Nevada, Mo., and thence to Fort Sill, Okla., where he was trained for duty across the seas. He left for France as a member of the 110th Auto Supply Train on May 2, 1918, and saw much active service with the American Army in France. He returned to America, and received his honorable discharge from the service May 7, 1919. Mr. Rossen is a republican. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. For 15 years he served as road overseer in his district while living on the farm and has always been interested in good road building. Mrs. Rossen is a member of the Women's Circle and the Degree of Pocahontas. They are kind hearted, yet firm in their management of the County Home and are loved and respected by the inmates.

John Henry Goodman, member of the prosperous and important uuniture and undertaking firm of George and Goodman, Boonville, Mo., is a native of Cooper County. He was born Feb. 28, 1884, and is a son of Thomas W. Goodman, a member of one of the oldest of the Missouri pioneer families.

Johnson Goodman great grandfather of J. H. Goodman of this review, was born Aug. 7, 1797, in Kentucky, and in 1817 he settled on Clarks Fork, twelve miles south of Boonville. He was descended from English forebears. His wife, Lucy Goodman, was born July 6, 1795. Benjamin Goodman, grandfather of J. H. Goodman, was bom in Cooper County in 1836 and died Jan. 7, 1917. He married Eliza Dunavant of Cooper County, who was born March 2, 1839, and died Feb. 3, 1883. This marriage took place Oct. 8, 1856. Benjamin Goodman served in the Union army during the Civil War, and after his war service he settled down to the peaceful pursuits of agriculture.

Thomas W. Goodman, son of Benjamin Goodman, was born in Cooper County, July 24, 1857. He was married on July 24, 1878, to Amelia Thoma who was born Nov. 28, 1859, in Cooper County, and was a daughter of Lawrence and Margaret (Walther) Thoma. Lawrence Thoma was born in Germany, reared and married there and immigrated to America. He made a home in Cooper county where he died Jan. 11, 1881. Margaret (Walther) Thoma, his wife, was born Feb. 21, 1824, and died Sept. 23, 1916.

Thomas W. Goodman was engaged in the pottery business prior to taking the position of sexton of Walnut Grove cemetery, the duties of which place he performed for a period of 21 years. Mr. Goodman is now working at the trade of cabinet maker and is connected with the firm of George & Goodman in this capacity.

The children born to Thomas W. and Amelia Goodman are as follows: Mrs. A. C. Duncan, Cleveland Heights, Ohio; Thomas W. Goodman. Jr., an undertaker at Holden, Mo.; John Henry Goodman, of this review; Clara, wife of Gus F. Bohler, Boonville, Mo.

John Henry Goodman received his early education in the public schools of Boonville. His first employment was with a hardware and furniture store in Boonville and he has followed the furniture and undertaking business since his boyhood days. Besides having had considerable practical experience as an undertaker, Mr. Goodman pursued a course of study to further fit himself for his profession in St. Louis for six months. The George and Goodman furniture and undertaking establishment, besides conducting the leading furniture business in this section of Missouri, are the leading undertakers in a considerable extent of territory, this department of the business being in charge of Mr. Goodman.

Mr. Goodman is independent in his political views. He is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, the Knights of Pythias the Woodmen of the World and the Ancient Order of United Workmen. Mr. and Mrs. Goodman are popular among Boonville people and have many warm and steadfast friends who wish them well. Both are hard working and are interested in the success of the business and co-operate to that end in view. Mr. Goodman is a good and loyal citizen who has the best interests of Boonville at heart and responds readily to calls made upon him for the building of a greater and better Boonville.

W. L. Cordry, manager of "Chasnoff's", has been in charge of this widely known Boonville store since Feb. 15, 1916. The Chasnoff Store in Boonville was established by M. Chasnoff in March, 1915, and is one of a number of stores owned and operated by Mr. Chasnoff. The store is situated at the corner of Main and Morgan streets and occupies a floor space of 50x125 feet. A general stock of dry goods and ladies wearing apparel of the latest models and designs is carried. From 12 to 15 people are employed to care for the extensive trade which the store enjoys under Mr. Cordry's efficient and capable management.

W. L. Cordry is a native of Cooper County, born on a farm near Arrow Rock. Dec. 16, 1878. James W. Cordry, his father, was born in 1844 and followed farming until 1897 when he settled in Nelson, Mo. He was born in Cooper County, on a farm north of Syracuse, Mo., and was a son of John B. Cordry, a native of Kentucky who was a Cooper County pioneer. James W. Cordry was a soldier in the Civil War, fighting with the Union forces, entering the service at the age of 18 years. He married Miss Lucy Windsor, who was born near Otterville, Mo., in 1847. Of six chil dren born to James W. and Lucy Cordry, two are living, three died in infancy: Arthur died at the age of 17 years; Mrs. Myrtle Dodson lives at Nelson, Mo., and W. L. Cordry, of this review.

W. L. Cordry was reared on the home farm and received his education in the Nelson public schools. His first store experience was at Nelson, where he was employed for three years. He then traveled for Swift & Company for one and a half years. Following this he was again employed in stores for five years. In 1909 he went to western Oklahoma and was there for a short time. Returning to Missouri he had charge of a shoe store at Monett for two and a half years. He had charge of a

Mr. Cordry has been twice married. His first marriage occurred on Nov. 12, 1902, with Miss Lillian McAllister of Nelson, who died Feb. 14, 1915, leaving four children: Eugene, James Thomas or "J. T.," Helen and Arthur. His second marriage took place June 5, 1917, with Miss Leona Hyde of Warren, Ind. One child has blessed this union: Mary Catherine, born Jan. 10, 1919.

While adhering to the principles of the republican party, Mr. Cordry is inclined to independence in voting and believes that the cause of good government can best be advanced by individual thinking and decision along the lines of qualifications of candidates and the principles involved. He is a member of the Christian church, is affiliated with the Modern Woodmen of America and is a progressive citizen.

John N. Gott. - For over half a century the late John N. Gott was a resident of Boonville, and became in the course of his long sojourn in Cooper County, one of the leading, influential and successful figures in the business and manufacturing world of this city. His successful career placed him in the front rank of a galaxy of noted Boonville men who were the outstanding figures of the past decade in Boonville. John N. Gott was born in Portland, Mich., Dec. 25, 1833, and died in Boonville, Mo., Nov. 2, 1912.

He was a member of one of the oldest of the American Colonial families of French and English descent. Mr. Gott was of the eighth generation in direct line from Charles Gott, the founder of the family in America. Charles Gott (I) was born in France in 1598. He married Thankful Palmer and they with their two daughters, Thankful and Bertha, sailed from Weymouth, England, June 20, 1628, on the ship, Abigail, and landed at Salem, Mass. Three children were born to them in Salem: Deborah, born in 1636; Charles in 1639, and Daniel in 1646, all of whom were baptized in the first church erected in America.

Charles Gott (II) was married Dec. 5, 1660, to Lydia Clarke, daughter of William Clarke, of Lynn, Mass. Their children were Charles, Sarah, Lydia, John, Deborah, Mary, Bethah, Samuel and Nathaniel .

Lieut. John Gott (III) of the Colonial Army, was born Nov. 8, 1668, and died Jan. 25, 1722. He married Rebecca Tarbox, who bore him three children: John, bom Jan. 6, 1694, and Samuel and Benjamin.

Nathaniel (V) Gott was a surgeon in the American Revolution, serving on the staff of General LaFayette. He married Sarah Bugham, who was born Jan. 22, 1755, and died Dec. 20, 1797. Their children were: Benjamin, bom Dec. 6, 1783; John, born Jan. 2, 1785; and Nathaniel, born Feb. 6, 1786, dying in 1858.

Charles Gott (VII), father of John N. Gott, of this review, was born and reared in New York, and migrated to Michigan. He married Maria Moe, at Ann Arbor, Mich., Jan. 11, 1832. Marie Moe Gott was born Jan. 31, 1811, and died Nov. 12, 1892. The children bora to this marriage were: John Nathaniel Gott of this review; Sarah Maria, born Aug. 17, 1845, died Sept. 3, 1875, and Martha, who died in infancy.

John N. Gott was reared and educated in Michigan. He studied in Ann Arbor, Mich., and spent two years at Wesleyan Seminary, afterwards taking a partial course at the University of Michigan. He began his business experience in a mercantile store at East Saginaw, Mich., and was located in that city until 1856, when he went to St. Louis, Mo. He was employed as clerk in a hardware store in St. Louis until the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861.

When the president tailed for volunteers with which to quell the rebellion of the Southern states he responded to the call and enlisted in the first year of the war in the 33rd Missouri Regiment. In 1862 he was promoted to the post of quartermaster sei-geant of his regiment. After the battle of Helena. Ark., he was again promoted for conspicuous bravery in the face of enemy fire and was advanced to the post of sergeant major. He was a brave soldier and while the battle of Helena was raging among the hills, he performed a feat which brought him well merited recognition and promotion. Under his charge a wagon load of water and whiskey was being transported to the Federal soldiers. He rolled up the barrels to the men engaged in battle and thus saved the day.

In December, 1863, he was appointed by President Lincoln to the post of first lieutenant, regimental quartermaster, and he filled this important p03t satisfactorily and well. When peace was concluded he was breveted a captain.

In May, 1866, Mr. Gott removed with his family to Boonville. He engaged in the manufacture of brick in partnership with Constantine Heim until 1868. Mr. Gott was then appointed deputy county clerk, and was afterward appointed receiver in the United States Land Office in Boonville, holding this position from 1868 to 1876. He next served as bookkeeper of the old Central National Bank and remained in this position until 1878. He then became associated with Brewster and Hilliard. tobacco manufacturers, and was bookkeeper for this concern until 1883, when he nurchased the business. He operated the tobacco manufacturing business successfully for a number of years, being joined by his sons and the business being conducted until 1910 under the name of John N. Gott and Son.

John N. Gott was married in St. Louis, Nov. 13, 1859, to Miss Angeline Lawton, a daughter of the late Dr. Edward Lawton. Mrs. Angeline Gott was born Sept. 16, 1836, and died Oct. 15, 1910. The children born to this marriage who are of the ninth generation of the Gott family in America are: Charles P. and Henry H. Gott. Henry H. Gott married Kittie Genslinger, now deceased, of Piqua, Ohio, June 18, 1896, and is practicing dentistry in St. Louis.

Charles P. Gott was educated in Cooper Institute, of Boonville. For a period of four years he was connected with the mercantile firm of Sauter Brothers and was a partner in this concern for one year. He then joined his father in the tobacco manufacturing business and was engaged in this enterprise until 1900, beginning in 1883. The business was then disposed of and Mr. Gott removed to his farm of 370 acres south of Bunceton in this county where he remained engaged in farming and stock raising for five years. He is a large land owner and owns 700 acres of land in Howard County, 500 acres of which is very rich Missouri River bottom land. Mr. Gott conducts a farm loan business in Boonville. Charles P. Gott was married on Nov. 5, 1885, to Miss Tillie Wertheimer, of Boonville, born and reared in this city, a daughter of Morris J. Wertheimer. a pioneer clothing merchant of this city. Two children blessed this union: John Morris and William Wertheimer Gott of the tenth generation of the Gott family.

C. P. Gott is an independent republican. He has served his home city as a member of the school board and as city councilman. When his father died he succeeded him as vestryman of the Episcopal church and is treasurer of this congregation.

The late Capt. John N. Gott was a stanch republican throughout his entire matured life. He took an interest in political matters and served as a member of the school board and as a member of the city council. For several years he was a vestryman of the Episcopalian church and was highly regarded as a worthy and upright citizen whose handsome home in Boonville was often opened for social and literary gatherings. He was honored and respected by all who knew him.

F. Joseph Mann. - The late F. Joseph Mann, of Palestine township, was a Cooper County citizen of industry and ambition whose sole desire in life was to provide a comfortable and prosperous home for his family. In this he succeeded by the exercise of industry, diligence and wise management and in the space of 20 years created one of the most attractive farm houses in his section of Missouri. No sooner than he had arrived at the point where he could look into the future in the anticipation of comfortable living during the remainder of his days, than the grim reaper called him. The Mann estate is a productive tract of land, a good part of which is .Petit Saline River bottom land, the residence and buildings situated upon a high hill from which the surrounding country for many miles can be seen. Mrs. Josephine Mann, his widow, has kept the place in excellent repair, added a tenant house and other buildings until the farm is a valuable piece of property. F. Joseph Mann was born in Edwardsville, 111., April 25, 1857 and died May 24, 1910.

*F. Joseph Mann, Sr., his father, was born in Bavaria, Germany, in 1829 and died June 28, 1893. He was a son of Joseph Mann, a native of Alsace and a Frenchman by birth who came to America in 1850. F. Joseph Mann, Sr., immigrated to this country in 1850, married here and served in the Union army, enlisting in 1863 for a period of 16 months. He was a cabinet maker and during the Civil War he made coffins for the deceased soldiers. In 1866 he came to Cooper County and settled at Pilot Grove. During that same year he bought a 40 acre farm upon which he resided for a number of years. He followed his trade to some extent in this country and was a skilled cabinet maker as is attested by several

F. Joseph Mann, of this sketch, was married June 23, 1885, in Clear Creek Catholic Church, by Father John, to Miss Josephine Marie Dietrich, who bore him the following children: Nina Marie, Alma, Josephine, Mabel Bernardine. Nina Marie was born March 22, 1886 and is the wife of E. Humphrey ville, living on the adjoining farm. He was born July 12, 1885. They have one child, Helen Louise, born Oct. 7, 1907. AJma Josephine, born Feb. 28, 1893, married Edward Cleary, Feb. 24, 1916, who died in Feb., 1918. Mrs. Alma Cleary is office assistant to Probate Judge Davis. Mabel Bernardine, born June 12, 1896, is the wife of Charles L. Schuck, of Fredericksburg, Texas, and has one child, Francis Joseph, born March 8, 1918. Mr. Schuck was born Dec. 2, 1897.

F. Joseph Mann was a republican, but was distinctly a home man who cared more for his home and fireside than for any outside attractions. His death was a distinct loss to the community in which he had become a valuable and worthy citizen. He was a member of the Catholic Church and was highly regarded by all who knew him.

Mrs. Josephine Marie (Dietrich) Mann was born in the French province of Alsace, April 16, 1855 and is a daughter of Herman and Mary (Hoffstetter) Dietrich, the latter of whom died in 1871. Herman Dietrich came to America before the Civil War, and having had military training in his native land he offered his services to the Union. He was commissioned a lieutenant in the Union army and died of fever in a government hospital at New Orleans. Four children were left fatherless: E. C, who died in 1871, and had served five years in the French army; Cecilia, deceased; Henrietta, deceased; and Mrs. Josephine Mann of this review.

Josephine Dietrich came to America in 1881 and made her home with her uncle, Jacob Dietrich who owned the old Bunce place. She went to Colorado in 1885 and was married to Mr. Mann upon her return to Missouri in 1885. Prior to purchasing their present place Mr. and Mrs. Mann lived at Pilot Grove until 1891. The Mann place was recently sold to her son-in-law, E. Humphreyville, May 19, 1919, and Mrs. Mann is making her home in Boonville with her daughter, Mrs. Edward Cleary.

Mrs. Elizabeth Ellen Drennen. - The Drennen dairy farm of 112 acres, situated near Boonville, Mo., was purchased by Mrs. E. E. Drennen in 1905 and is operated by the lady and her sons. Ten cows are milked and the milk is sold to Boonville restaurants. For the past 30 years the Drennen family have been engaged in the dairying industry and the

George Washington Drennen husband of Mrs. E. E. Drennen, was born in Kentucky, Dec. 6, 1843, and is a son of Robert and Martha (Lee) Drennen of that state. Mr. Drennen served as a soldier in the Union army during the Civil War and fought in a Kentucky regiment.

George Washington Drennen and Elizabeth Ellen McDowell, were married on March 6, 1867. In October of 1870, they loaded their effects on wagons and moved to Indiana. After a year's residence in that state they came to Benton County, Mo., accompanied by two of Mrs. Drennen's brothers. James P. and Alfred Clark McDowell. After a residence of about 12 years in Benton County, the Drennens came to Cooper County, and here settled.

The children born to G. W. and Elizabeth E. Drennen are: Homer, born in Kentucky, lives at Blackwater, Mo.; Eltie Hugh, deceased; Vernanda C.j a farmer in Boonville township; George W., merchant at Prairie Lick ; Blanche, deceased ; Leonard Austin, born in 1879 ; Maurice, a hardware merchant, St. Louis, Mo.; James E., born 1886.

Mrs. E. E. Drennen was born in Nicholas County, Ky., Dec. 16, 1849, and is a daughter of James Perry and Elizabeth (House) McDowell, both of whom were natives of Kentucky. Her father was of Scotch descent and her mother of German ancestry. James P. McDowell was a son of Matthew McDowell, who was a son of Ephraim McDowell, whose father, Ephraim McDowell (I) was a native of Scotland, emigrated to America and became owner of part of an island in New York harbor. Ephraim (II) was killed by Indians in Alabama. Matthew McDowell returned to New York from the South after the death of his father, to look after the family estate. He had previously settled in Kentucky. His death occurred at Elizabethtown, N. J. Mrs. Drennen's mother was a daughter of Richard House, a son of German parents.

Mrs. Drennen has reared several orphan children. In Kentucky she took Elizabeth Keim into her home for several months. After the death of her own daughter she took Lulu Keouw, a girl 12 years old, whom she reared for five years. She next reared her niece, lone McDowell, 12 years old, whom she mothered for 12 years. An orphan boy, Charles B. Head, aged nine years, she reared to young manhood. Mrs. Drennen took from the Orphans Home, Minnie Smallwood, aged 10 years and kept her for nine years. Her last charge was a little boy, taken from a nursery at St. Louis, adopting him, William Henry Drennen, now aged six years.

Edward L. Bauman county collector of Cooper County, is a native of Boonville, and is a capable and thoroughly efficient county official. He was born Oct. 27, 1870, and is a son of August Bauman, a native of Switzerland who came to America with his parents, John and Mary Bauman, in 1844. The Baumans first settled in southwestern Missouri in the town of Sarcoxie. After a few years residence in Sarcoxie they came to Boonville in the early fifties. John Bauman was by trade, a weaver and followed this trade in Boonville for a number of years.

August Bauman was born in 1836 and attained young manhood in Boonville. He learned the trade of wagon maker and wheelwright and established himself in business at Franklin, Mo., where he operated a shop for 39 years while making his home in Boonville. He married Margaret Stuckhart who was bom at Memphis, Tenn., in 1845, and was a daughter of Swiss parents. To August and Margaret Bauman were born seven children: William, a resident of Oregon; August, lives at Chanute, Kan.; Edward, of this i-eview; Carl, of Caldwell, Kan.; Oliver resides in Kansas City, Mo.; Miss Frances Beckett lives at Boonville; Mrs. Gertrude Murray resides in Jefferson City, Mo. ; August Bauman was bom in 1836 and met with an accidental death in 1915. A fall from a ladder caused concussion of the brain and death ensued as a result.

Edward Bauman was educated in the public and high school of his native city. After fa/ming for one year he learned the trade of harness maker and for nineteen years he worked at this trade, spending 23 years in all at his trade. For five years he was in the employ of H. T. Hudson and foij a considerable period he was manager for Dauwalter and Son of Boonville.

It is worthy of mention that John Bauman, grandfather of Ed Bauman, was a freighter for a number of years, freighting from Boonville to the southwest. This was in the old days when Boonville was the shipping center for a large section of territory and the highways leading south from the city were filled all day long with great wagon trains loaded with provisions and material for the settlers of the southwestern country.

Mr. Bauman is a republican. He was elected county collector in 1914 and was re-elected to the office in 1918. He is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and is popular with Cooper County people, managing the affairs of his office with justice and regard for the best interests of Cooper County.

John E. Walz. - The jewelry store owned and operated by J. E. Walz, a leading citizen of Boonville, was established in 1894. It is one of the neatest, best stocked and well equipped jewelry establishments in Central Missouri and during the 25 years of its existence in Boonville, the Walz store has enjoyed a steady and ever increasing patron age. J. E. Walz was born in Booneville, Nov. 3, 1864.

Nicholas Walz, his father was born in Zornheim, Germany, July 29, 1838 and died in April, 1892. He was a son of Philip Walz who emigrated from Germany in 1846 and located in Chicago, 111., where Nicholas Walz was reared to young manhood. When 19 years of age he came to Boonville, his father, Philip Walz, having preceded him to this city. Nicholas Walz was first employed for two years at Mendota, 111., prior to coming to Boonville as a clerk in a general store. He first began business with his brother-in-law, Mr. Brenheisen, and in three years time he purchased the business which he conducted for many years with success. Mr. Walz did an extensive business and operated the largest grocery store in Central Missouri. For a number of years he transacted the largest volume of business of any store in this section of Missouri and he became widely and favorably known. He continued in business until 1884 and he then retired.

Nicholas Walz was prominent in the civic affairs of Boonville and he served three terms as a member of the city council. He was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and was a member of the Boonville Turner Society. He was manned to Julia Brenneisen, a daughter of Reinhart Brenheisen a native of Germany who emigrated from his native land in 1845 and became one of the pioneer merchants of Boonville. Mrs. Julia Walz was born in 1839 and died on April 18, 1914. Five sobs and three daughters were born to this marriage: Leopold C, St. Louis, Mo.; John E., subject of this review; Herman G., New York City; Louise, at home in Boonville; Charles A., born May 19, 1872, assistant to J. E. Walz in the Walz- Jewelry Store; Julia, at home; Mrs. Laura, wife of W. Ernest Sombart, Boonville; Henry G., St. Louis, Mo.

J. E. Walz of this review, was educated in the public and high schools of his native city and began learning the trade of watchmaker and jeweler in 1880 with the firm of Hannacke and Kauffman. He remained with this firm for four years and the following ten years were spent with the firm of Gmelich and Huber in Boonville. He then established his present thriving business.

Mr. Walz is a progressive and enterprising citizen who has been unusually active in promoting local enterprises for the benefit of his home city. He is the "Father of the White Way" on the main street of Boonville which was established in 1912. Mr. Walz originated the plan for a white way, pushed the project, solicited the contributions, secured sufficient funds to place eight standards, induced the Sombarts who then owned the lighting company, to donate the current, and when the electric light company was sold, the contract for free current was carried on by the new company. He has been twice tendered the nomination for mayor of the city by the republican party but has declined each time, having no ambition or preference for political honors.

-Dr. Charles Swap, dentist, Boonville, Mo., has been engaged in the practice of his profession for the past 35 years. He was born April 23, 1865, on the steamboat "Cora Kinney" while his parents were making the trip up the Missouri River from Jefferson City to St. Joseph, enroute to Iowa. His parents were Dr. Franklin Swap and Mary E. (Mitchell) Swap.

Dr. Franklin Swap was born Aug. 19, 1830, at Schenectady, N. Y. and died Sept. 4, 1902. He was a son of William Swap and Belinda Swap, members of an old New York family of Holland Dutch descent. Mrs. Swap died in 1837 and William Swap removed to Crawford County, Pa., where he resided until his death in 1881. A great-uncle of Charles Swap, Jonathan Swap fought in the Revolution. The ancestors of Franklin Swap first settled in New Amsterdam, whence the great grandfather of Charles Swap moved to Schenectady in later years. In his boyhood days Franklin Swap learned the cabinet maker's trade and developed a positive genius as an artisan which stood him in good stead in later years. He was married in 1851 and in 1857 he started to Lawrence, Kansas; did not like the country and removed with his family to Taylor County, Iowa, where he studied dentistry. He began the practice of dentistry about 1860 and was so poor that he was compelled to fashion his own dental instruments. His son, Dr. Charles Swap has a number of these instruments in his possession at this day and they are of fine and beautiful workmanship. Prior to this he had made a trip to Kansas in 1857 with the idea of settling there.. He arrived at Lawrence Kansas, when there was but one house on the site of what is now a fair sized city. He returned to Iowa and located in Bedford, where he practiced dentistry until he offered his services to the Union when the Civil War broke out. He enlisted in the Union army as a private soldier and rose to the rank of captain. He was first a private in the Second Iowa Cavalry, in 1862 he was commissioned a lieutenant, not long afterward was given a captain's commission. He was appointed provost marshal of Central Missouri and had charge of eight counties, his district embracing all of the territory from Jefferson City to Lexington. Dr. Swap was honest and his administration of his important office was marked by fairness, kindness, and absolute honesty. One occasion in particular stands out prominently in his career in which he saved some visitors to the city from annoyance and persecution by some drunken Union soldiers made him warm friends, and one friend in particular who went out of his way to befriend him when he was struggling to gain a foothold in his practice in Boonville and support his family. In Dec, 1865, he again came to Boonville from Iowa and began the practice of his profession. He succeeded and for years was one of the best liked and highly respected citizens of Boonville.

Dr. Franklin Swap was prominent in the public affairs of his adopted city and held many important positions of trust and responsibility. He was city clerk of Boonville for 18 years and served four terms as mayor of Boonville. He was secretary of the Board of Education for many years and identified himself with the cause of education. He was elected to the office of secretary of the Osage Valley and Southern Kansas Railroad during the time this road was being constructed. He was president of the State Dental Association and in many ways was a remarkable man who was fitted by nature for the period and time in which he lived.

Aug. 2, 1851, Dr. Franklin Swap was married to Miss Mary E. Mitchell of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Mary E. Swap was born June 2, 1830 and is one of the oldest of the pioneer women of Boonville. Six children were born to this marriage: Harvey, born in Pennsylvania, died at the age of two years; Frank, born in Pennsylvania in 1854, is an artist and is connected with the Tanner Studio in Boonville; Mrs. Ida Gibbons lives at Edgewater, near Denver, Col.; Mrs. Emma Short lives in Boonville; Ettie is deceased ; and Dr. Charles Swap of this review.

Dr. Charles Swap studied dentistry in the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery from 1884 to 1886. Prior to this time he had studied under his capable and talented father from June, 1881, until he left home to enter the Philadelphia College. Upon his return home he entered his father's office and practiced dentistry with his father until the tatter's retirement. Doctor Swap during the many years of his practice, has been very successful and his hours are filled with the work of his calling.

March 23, 1891, he was married to Miss Jennie North of New Orleans, La., a daughter of Fountain North, owner of "Laurel Valley Plantation," one of the finest southern plantations in the country. Dr. Swap met and wooed his wife when the family came on a visit to Boonville. Two children have blessed this marriage : Charles, born in 1892 is in the employ of the A. P. Munning Manufacturing Co., of N. Y. City, with his headquarters in Chicago of Chicago branch ; Edgar, was born in 1915.

Dr. Charles Swap is an independent republican and was a former Roosevelt adherent. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias and is a member of the district. State and National Dental Associations, and has served as president of the District Dental Society.

Dr. Rollie L. Anderson, osteopathic physician, with well appointed and finely equipped offices at 309 \'-> Main street, is one of the popular professional men of Cooper county. Dr. Anderson was born at Pleasantville. Marion County. Iowa, May 28, 1881, and is a son of Samuel and Mary Elizabeth (Courtney) Anderson, both natives of Iowa.

Samuel Anderson was the son of John Anderson, a native of Scotland and was born in 1858. He became a merchant and was successfully engaged in mercantile pursuits at Pleasantville, Iowa, until 1910, when he located in Des Moines, at 1500 Linden street. He married Mary Elizabeth Courtney, a daughter of John Courtney, the son of Irish parents. To Samuel Horton and Mary Elizabeth Anderson were born three children: Albert Franklin Anderson is engaged in the real estate business in Minnesota; George Anderson is deceased; Rollie L. Anderson subject of this review.

Dr. Anderson was educated in the public and high schools of Eldora, Iowa and completed his high school course in 1899. In 1901, R. L. Anderson went to Minnesota and was engaged in the lumber and general mercantile business until he decided to study for his chosen profession. He studied the science of osteopathy at Kirksville, Mo., for four years and graduated from this famous school in 1916.

Soon after receiving his diploma Dr. Anderson located in Boonville ,and outfitted a splendid suite of offices where he cares for a huge and ever increasing practice.

Dr. Anderson is a republican and is fraternally affiliated with the Knights of Pythias, the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and the Modern Woodmen of America and has made many warm and steadfast friends during the years which he has spent in Boonville.

John King was the first citizen of German birth to settle on Lone Elm Prairie in 1853. He became owner of 560 acres of rich prairie land upon which his descendants are now living. Through Mr. King's influence many Germans came from the old country to settle in Cooper County and he would go so far as to travel to New York, meet them and assist them on their way here.

The late John King was born in Holstein, Germany, Feb. 15, 1828, and died at his home in Lone Elm, Mo., Nov. 10, 1916. He served as a soldier in the war between Germany and Denmark, and soon afterwards left his native land for a freer life in America. Landing at New Orleans, he made his way to Iowa, and there heard of the opening up of the Kansas territory and of the free and cheap lands to be obtained in the new country. He went to St. Louis and boarded a river steamer to Atchison. He stopped off at Boonville, saw several of his countrymen who encouraged him to stay. He had just six dollars in cash when he landed at Boonville. His first job was as hostler in a stable attached to the stage route from Boonville to Jimtown, receiving $12 per month. He soon became stage driver and later went to work on a farm near Pisgah at $15 per month for four years. Then his employer, Colonel Pope, made him a partner in the farm and he saved enough money in three years to purchase 180 acres of undeveloped prairie land at Lone Elm at a cost of SI 5 an acre. He continued to purchase land until he owned 560 acres.

Mr. King was married Jan. 18, 1859 to Miss Sophia Friedmeyer, born Jan. 19, 1838, in Germany. She is a daughter of Bernard and Sophia (Karnes) Friedmeyer, who first settled at St. Louis, Mo., in 1857 and then came to Cooper County. The children born to John and Sophia (Friedmeyer) King are as follows : Minnie, wife of W. H. Twillman, Lone Elm ; Henry, living on the old home place; Mary, deceased, was the first wife of Fred Treiber, left one child, Mrs. Elizabeth Toellner; Mrs. Lucy Treiber, Lone Elm, widow of Fred Treiber, has one child, Amelia; Sophia, wife of Richard Martin, Lone Elm, Clarks Fork township; Ellen, wife of Charles

John King was one of the builders and always a liberal supporter of the Lone Elm Evangelical Church. He never had a law suit and was never sued. He followed as his course in business and living the golden rule and profited thereby. During the Civil War he served in the Missouri State Guards under Capt. Tom George. For 18 years he filled the post of deacon of the Clarks Fork Evangelical Church prior to the building of the Lone Elm Church. John King was a man worth while who left an indelible imprint on the community wherein he spent the greater part of a long and active life.

Dr. Aubrey W. Frost, dentist, Boonville, Mo., is a native son of Cooper County who has risen high in the ranks of his chosen profession, during his more than 13 years of practice. Dr. Frost was born in Boonville, and is a son of Alexander and Lucinda (Post) Frost, natives of New England.

Alexander Frost was born in Glover, Vt., in 1834 and died in April, 1916. He was a member of an old New England family and was the first of a large family of 14 children to die. He was reared in Vermont and was a farmer and stockman. He came west to Boonville in the early fifties and started a confectionery store which is still in existence. On the westward trip from the old home region in New England, he was accompanied by his wife, Mrs. Mary (Frost) Jones, his sister, and his brother-in-law, Benjamin F. Jones. Mr. Frost assisted in the erection of the old Central National Bank building and later entered the grocery and drygoods business, being a partner of Hiram Koontz during the Civil War. The partners buried their stock of goods so as to save them from the raiding Confederates during the war. In later years he removed to Illinois and lived there six years. He returned to Boonville in 1916 and died a few months later. Mr. Frost brought the first real carriages and the first hearse to Boonville and operated a livery barn for a number of years. He owned the first bus in Boonville and also dealt extensively in mules.

Alexander and Lucinda Frost were parents of three children : Louis Eugene Frost, Chicago, 111.; Frank Arlin, Chicago, 111.; and Aubrey Ward Frost, subject of this review.

graduated from the dental department in 1906 and practiced his profession in St. Louis, Mo., until locating in Boonville in the fall of 1915. Dr. Frost has a suite of offices in the Victor Building and enjoys a large and ever increasing practice. He was married in 1905 to Miss Geneva E. Yeager, of Boonville, Mo., a daughter of Frank Yeager. Dr. and Mrs. Frost have one child, Roy Frost, aged 10 years.

Dr. Frost is a republican ; he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and is fraternally affiliated with the Masons and the Knights of Pythias.

Gideon A. Brownfield. - The career of G. A. Brownfield, senior member of the firm of Brownfield & Meyer, automobile dealers, Boonville. Mo., is that of a self made man who commenced wresting a living from Cooper County soil when 19 years of age, became a land owner, built up a splendid farm, made a success of the live stock shipping business, and then made another success of the automobile business. Mr. Brownfield is not only a first class farmer, a keen and sure judge of live stock, but he is a thoroughly successful business man.

The Brownfield and Meyer automobile business was established in 1915 at the corner of Morgan and Sixth streets and the business room and repair department of the garage occupies a space 75x92 feet. Five men are employed in the conduct of the business and such substantial and well known makes of automobiles as the Hupmobile, Cadillac, Reo, and the Buick are sold to buyers in this section of Missouri.

Jonas Brownfield, father of G. A. Brownfield, was born in Cooper County, reared here and married Jael K. Collins, who was born in Cooper County in 1819 and died in 1889. To Jonas and Jael Brownfield were born six children: Frank Brownfield, deceased; James Brownfield, a farmer living near Speed, Mo.; Gideon A., of this review; Augustus Brownfield, a farmer living near Blackwater, Mo. ; Frances, wife of A. E. Beeson, Sedalia ; Mo. ; Nannie, deceased.

The death of James Brownfield in 1862 left the widowed mother to rear her family of children as best she could under adverse circumstances. When nine years of age, Gideon A. Brownfield left the parental roof and began working out for his living. During his first year he received only his board and clothing; the second year he received small wages in addition to his keep. He continued working at farm labor with ever increasing wages until 1879. when he rented land and farmed on his own account for the next 15 years until he had saved enough money to make his initial investment in a trust of farm land. Purchasing a farm of 140 acres near Prairie Lick, Mo., he improved it and made a success of the venture. Mr. Brownfield began the buying and shipping of live stock in 1893 and has become one of the largest live stock dealers and shippers in Cooper County. He handles over 365 car loads of stock yearly and his deals aggregated during the past two years the extremely large total in value of $1,608,123.28. He is without doubt the most extensive live stock dealer in this section of Missouri and has built up a reputation for honesty, square dealing and straightforward business methods which have stood him in good stead among the live stock men of the county. He located in Boonville in 1916. Mr. Brownfield is the principal owner of the automobile business in which he is interested.

G. A. Brownfield was married in 1879 to Miss Anna Hostler, of Pilot Grove, Mo., a daughter of the late Washington Hostler. This marriage was blessed with one son, Earl Brownfield, born in 1883, assisting his father in the automobile business, maried Grace Hull.

Dr. John Ambrose Barnett, osteopathic physician, with offices in the Trust Company building, Boonville, Mo., enjoys a lucrative and growing practice which he has built up since coming to Boonville in January, 1913. Doctor Barnett was born in Cicero, Hamilton County, Ind., April 7, 1874, and is a son of William Harrison and Lucy (Boyd) Barnett, the former of whom was a native of Johnson County, Ind., and the latter a native of Kentucky.

William Harrison Barnett was bom in 1841 and was a son of Ambrose Dudley Barnett, a native of Kentucky. Dr. John A. Barnett was reared and educated in Johnson County, Ind., and taught school for five years. For about one and a half years he was in the employ of the Scarborough Company, handling maps and school supplies, and when at Oklahoma City he became interested in the science of Osteopathy. He entered college at Des Moines, Iowa, and graduated from the Still Osteopathic College in 1905. His parents then being residents of Irvington, at that time a suburb of Indianapolis, he located in the latter city and remained Ihere until his mothers death in April, 1906. Doctor Barnett then practiced at Attica, Ind., for one and a half years and then moved to Rogers, Ark., in the hope that a change of climate would be beneficial to his wife's 1 salth. From March. 1909. until January, 1913. he remained at Rogers and then located at Boonville.

There were five children born to William Harrison and Lucy (Boyd) Barnett, as follow: Albert Raphael, a farmer, Franklin, Ind. ; Dr. John Ambrose Barnett, of this review; Victor Hugo Barnett, died in September, 1916; Rev. Carl Harry Barnett, a graduate of Butler University, graduate of Yale University, prominent in Y. M. C. A. work and now pastor of the Oak Cliff Christian Church, Dallas, Texas; Chester Boyd Barnett, was a graduate of the Indianapolis Law School, and was engaged in the United States Reclamation Service when he died of influenza in the West Dec. 28, 1918.

In March, 1903, Doctor Barnett was married to Miss Ruby Hall, of Terre Haute, Ind., a daughter of Herschell and Victoria (Hall) Hall. Seven children have blessed this union: Harold Ray, Juanita, Therese Lucille, Leslie Ambrose, John Alfred, Victoria Boyd, and Ruby Darline.

Doctor Barnett, while practicing his profession at Rogers, Ark., was appointed by Gov. George W. Donaghey to a membership on the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners and served for two years, beginning Nov. 7, 1911. Upon coming to Boonville he passed the Missouri State Board of Osteopathic Examiners Feb. 8, 1913. He is a Democrat, a member of the Christian Church, and is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias.

Joseph Ignatius Hazell, retired pioneer farmer, Speed, Mo., was born on a farm near Palestine, Cooper County, March 7, 1848, and is a son of Edwin and Sarah (Yarnell) Hazell, natives of Kentucky, and pioneers in Missouri.

Edwin Hazell was born in 1811 and died in 1893. He was a son of Nathan Hazell, who came to Cooper County in 1821 and settled on a farm near old Palestine. He reared a family in Cooper County and died here. Edwin Hazell was brought up on his father's farm, and when he attained maturity, married Sarah Yarnell, who was born in 1806 and died in 1884. She was a daughter of Joseph Yarnell, a noted pioneer settler who was a close friend of Stephen Cole, one of the first settlers of Howard and Cooper Counties. Joseph Yarnell was an Indian fighter, a typical frontiersman, who with others went fully armed and assisted in the building of the forts wherein the people remained during the troublesome days of the War of 1812.

A traditional story handed down for the past hundred years and since told with manv variations makes Samuel Cole and Joseph Yarnell the heroes of a comical episode. The story goes that Yarnell and Cole were going to attend a party across the Missouri River in Howard Countv.

There was only one small skiff which they could use. Yarnell took the skiff and rowed his girl across the stream. Sam Cole stripped, took a young bull by the tail and made him swim across the stream and both attended the party. One version of the tale gives it that Yarnell and Cole rode a bull into the midst of the gathering and created an uproar. These two, however were apparently the heroes of many misadventures which have become legendary.

Edwin Hazell became a blacksmith and carpenter and conducted a blacksmith shop on his place for the convenience of the settlers. When Shelby's raiders made their famous trip through Cooper County, during the Civil War, some of Shelby's men welded a broken axle and mended a cannon at the Hazell shop. The Hazell home was stripped of every vestige of food and valuables, the horses were taken and the cows and pigs were seized by the raiders. The next day after the rebels had passed through Joseph I. Hazell was sent to Pinney's Mill for a supply of corn meal. Old John Brown's men then came along in chase of Shelby's crowd and ate up all the meal, and perforce the trip had to be made over again so that the family could have something to eat. Brown's men seized two horses which had been left in exchange by Shelby's men and all that the Hazells had left were two contraband horses which were worn out and feeble from use. They fed up these animals, raiders came again and the same thing again happened, and so it went on throughout the war.

Edwin Hazell had a family of ten children: James died in 1849 in California; Susan, Nancy, Elizabeth, William, Sarah, Eliza. Mary and Rhoda, are deceased. The subject of this sketch is the only one of the family now living.

Opportunities for schooling were very limited during the youthful days of J. I. Hazell. During the four years of Civil War there were no schools. Mr. Hazell recalls that a young man named Henderson taught, school during the war time for awhile. This teacher wore a new pair of boots. He took them off while school was in session and wore slippers, taking good care to hide the boots in the fear that some wandering soldier might take a fancy to them and commandeer them for his own use. The school house of his home vicinity was a log building with rough wooden benches and everything about it was very primitive.

Mr. Hazell was married in 1869 to Sarah Elizabeth Pulley, who was born near Tipton. Ind., in 1851 and is a daughter of Lorenzo and Demaris (Crews) Pulley, who were pioneer settlers of Cooper County. The children born to this marriage are: Judson, a railroad man, Atchison. Kans. ;

After his marriage, Mr. Hazell settled on a rented farm two miles west of Speed. He eventually purchased the old Hazell homestead of 60 acres. He lived there for some years and then purchased 299 acres of bottom land, now owned by H. Friedrich, upon which he resided for seven years. This low ground was not good for an asthmatic condition which persisted in bothering Mr. Hazell and he exchanged farms with Mr. Friedrich and received a tract of 122.5 acres. Mr. Hazell sold out this land, purchased property in Sedalia which is bringing him good rentals and moved to Speed. He owns three fine residence properties in Sedalia and has recently moved to the A. Rudolph farm northeast of Speed.

Mr. Hazell is a democrat, loyal to the president and loyal to his party at all times. He is a member of the Baptist Church, a democrat and a Baptist being a splendid combination of old time settler which cannot be beaten for reliability, sturdiness, honesty and good humor. He is fraternally allied with the Woodmen of the World, at Speed.

Jamesj R. Miller. - The city of Boonville has a very efficient and capable police force and is noted as a law abiding municipality. Chief of Police James R. Miller is a capable and honest public officer who is now serving his third term as city marshal and has been connected with tie police force of the city since his first appointment on May 1. 1911. Mr. Miller was born on a farm four miles west of Boonville Feb. 27, 1869, and is a son of Frederick W. (born 1839, died May 5, 1911) and Jessie B. (Payne) Miller (born 1843, died Jan. 20, 1899).

Frederick W. Miller was born in Germany and accompanied his father to America in 1848, his father being a rebel against the Kaisers government and being connected with the uprising of a part of the German people in 1848, he fled to America for a haven of refuge for liberty loving people of his class. Jessie B. (Payne) Miller was a daughter of James R. Payne, better known as Squire Payne, one of the best known of the pioneers of Cooper County. Frederick W. Miller served his adopted country as a soldier in the Union Army during the Civil War and followed fanning successfully west of Boonville until his retirement to a home in Boonville in 1901. He was father of four children: Mrs. Eieanora Drexel. Boonville township; John \V. Miller, California, Mo.; Mis. Rosa Marie Brueckner. died in 1914; James R. Miller, of this review.

with great success, becoming- owner of the Miller home place. Not being satisfied with a mediocre success Mr. Miller accumulated three farms in all, making a total of 315 acres. He has disposed of all of his farm lands, selling 157 acres in 1909. When he came to Boonville, he purchased a 20 acre tract on West Spring street in November, 1912. This place is well improved with a handsome brick residence and is very productive, Mrs. Miller having charge of its operation to a considerable extent while her husband keeps Boonville a law abiding community. From 1909 to his appointment as a member of the police force of Boonville May 1, 1911, Mr. Miller conducted a meat market and grocery. After serving three years as city policeman he was elected to the post of city marshal and is chief of police of the city.

Mr. Miller was married Oct. 18, 1893, to Miss Carrie M. Brommer, born in West Boonville township, a daughter of Louis and Elizabeth Brommer, well known deceased residents of Cooper County. The children born to James R. and Carrie M. Miller are: Harry James, Beatrice, Roy Ferdinand and Earl Charles.

Roy Ferdinand Miller was bora April 21, 1897, and enlisted in the United States Navy July 1, 1918 and was trained for service at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station. Pneumonia resulting from a severe attack of the influenza caused his death at Great Lakes, Sept. 30, 1918.

Mr. Miller is a Republican and is a member of the Evangelical Church. He is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias and the Modern Woodmen of America. Chief Miller is a conscientious and fearless officer who is devoted to his sworn duty although he is kind and just with minor offenders of the law. He is a familiar and well liked personality on the streets of Boonville and has many warm friends in the city and county.

Edward J. GarthofTner, proprietor of a flourishing feed mill, has been engaged in business since July 1, 1917, when he purchased the mill from H. Olendorf. Two men are employed and Mr. Garthofner does a general wholesale and retail business which is growing in volume through his management. He was born in Boonville, Mo., April 11, 1867.

George J. Garthoffner his father, was born in Germany and came to America in 1857. He operated a wagon shop in Boonville for many years and was prominently identified with the early growth and history of Boonville. He was born in 1828 and died May 13, 1873. His wife was Victoria (Wagner) Garthoffner, who bore him eight children, seven of whom are living: George, Boonville; Edward, subject of this review; Frank and Henry, engaged in the drug business in St. Louis ; Mary, Boonville; Louisa, deceased; Emma, Boonville; and Mrs. Sophia Gantner, Boonville.

After attending the parochial schools of Boonville, Edward J. Garthoffner learned the trade of cigarmaker and followed his trade for twenty years, becoming a partner in business with his brother in 1890. He remained with him until 1910, when he closed out his partnership interest, in the business. In 1910, June, he was appointed postmaster of Boonville and served until July 1, 1914. For the following year he traveled for the Melito Fish and Oyster Company. Mr. Kramm became owner of the local feed mill at that time and Mr. Garthoffner operated it for Kramm for six months. Then Olendorf bought it and Mr. Garthoffner was in his employ until he became sole owner on July 1, 1917.

Mr. Garthoffner was married in 1896 to Miss Mary E. Darby, a native of Cooper County, and daughter of Patrick Darby, a sketch of whom appears in this volume. Six children were born to this marriage: Bernardine, a teacher in the public schools of Cooper County; Mary, bookkeeper in the Commercial Bank of Boonville; Richard, Edward, Jr., Dorothy and Frances.

Mr. Garthoffner has been active and influential in Republican politics and has served on the County and Congressional Central Committees. He has frequently been a delegate to the State convention of his party and has attended the National conventions. For several years he was vicepresident of the Young Mens' Republican Association. He was elected to the office of city treasurer in 1908 and filled this office for two years. He is a member of Sts. Peter and Paul's Catholic Church, is a Grand Knight of the Knights of Columbus, and is affiliated with the Woodmen of the World.

George H. Meyer, a well-known farmer and stockman of Clarks Fork township, is a native son of Cooper County, and is a descendant of one of the pioneer families of this section. He is a son of George H. and Elizabeth (Molan) Meyer. George H. Meyer was bom in Saline township, Cooper County, in 1853, and died Feb. 9, 1903. His wife is also a native of Saline township and still resides in Saline township.

George H. Meyer is one of the following children born to his parents: Henry, deceased ; Herman W. resides in Boonville ; Lawrence C, Clarks Fork township; Emil Ewing, resides with his mother, Saline township; and George H., the subject of this sketch.

Mr. Meyer was reared on a farm in Cooper County, and attended the district school. Later, he attended the Kemper Military School, and afterwards took a course in Gem City Business College, at Quincy, 111. He then engaged in farming, and for a few years operated rented land. In 1910 he purchased his present place in Clarks Fork township, where he has since been engaged in farming and stock raising. This is one of the valuable farms of Cooper County, and consists of 275 acres of wellimproved land. The farm buildings are all modern, the residence being equipped with a heating and lighting system. The place is underlaid with coal to the extent of a vein of 7 feet thick in some places, although Mr. Meyer does not mine any of the coal at the present time.

Sept. 6, 1905, George H. Meyer was united in marriage with Miss Julia N. Muntzel, a daughter of Albert and Margaret (Schmidt) Muntzel, the former a native of Germany, and the latter of Cooper County, both of whom are now deceased. Mrs. Meyer was born on the farm where she now resides, Oct. '15, 1881, and is one of the following children born to her parents : Albert, Portland, Ore. ; Martin W., St. Louis, Mo. ; Edward J., Boonville; Mrs. Clara Trampe, St. Louis County, Mo.; Lillian, resides with Mr. and Mrs. Meyer; Mrs. Caroline Fricke, on a farm near Sedalia, Mo.; Harry J., Clarks Fork township; and Mrs. Delia D. Muntzel. To Mr. and Mrs. Meyer have been born two children: Margaret Elizabeth, born July 20, 1906, and Norbert Wilbur, born May 10, 1919.

Mr. Meyer takes a commendable interest in local public affairs, and is one of the present members of the Washington District School Board. He and Mrs. Meyer are members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church at Clarks Fork. They are prominent in the community and rank among the leading citizens of Cooper County.

Dr. Roy H. Ellis, dentist of 23 years successful practice in Cooper County, with offices in the Knights of Pythias building, Boonville, was born in Cooper County, Aug. 7, 1878. He is a son of one of the best known citizens of Cooper County, William H. Ellis, who was born in Cooper County in 1850 in the house where he now lives.

Dr. William H. Ellis, grandfather of Dr. Roy H. Ellis, was a native of Richmond, Va., who came to Cooper County in 1839. He settled on a farm which had been entered by his father-in-law, Colin Johnson, a pioneer of Cooper County, who entered part of the Ellis farm in 1834. Dr. W. H. Ellis practiced medicine among the pioneer families of this section of Missouri until his death. He was one of the most widely and favorably known of the early doctors of this section of Missouri.

The original patent of the land which is still owned by the Ellis family was signed by President James Monroe. William H. Ellis has always been interested in farming and has resided upon his land practically all of his days. He is owner of 340 acres of land, part of which was a portion of a large estate of over 1,000 acres accumulated by his father, Doctor Ellis. The Ellis land is situated near Prairie Home, Mo and is vary valuable, easily worth $125 an acre. William H. Ellis married Margaret Graham McPhatridge, born in Abbington, Va., in 1850, and who came to Cooper County and taught in the public schools for some years. Eight sons and two daughters were bom 'to William H. and Margaret Ellis, as follow: Two died in infancy; Edward E., Dr. Roy H. Ellis ; Joseph Graham ; Lance F., Mary Ann, Clay W., Rylie.

Edward E. is 42 years of age. He enlisted as a private soldier and is now sergeant in the 90th Division, Army of Occupation in Germany and is stationed at Coblenz. He fought at St. Mihiel and in the Argonne Forest battle, having been over 79 days on the front, prior to the signing of the armistice. Joseph Graham Ellis is living on the home farm. T-ance F. Ellis lives in Wichita, Kan. Samuel T. Ellis resides in Lexington, Mo. Mary Ann Simmons lives at Bunceton, Mo. Clay W., a resident of Wichita, Kan., also spent six months as a private soldier in the National Army and received an honorable discharge from the service. Rylie Ellis is at home with her parents.

Roy H. Ellis was educated in the district school and Prairie Home Institute. He studied dentistry at Washington University, St. Louis, Mo., and graduated from this institution in 1898. He practiced for a time at Prairie Home and then came to Boonville, where he has built up a splendid practice. Since his graduation he has taken four special courses in dentistry under special instructors and has endeavored in every way to keep abreast of all modern developments and advancement in the science of his profession.

Doctor Ellis was married dn June 3, 1903, to Miss Elizabeth Durrett, of Charlottesville, Va.. a daughter of Frank Durrett. Doctor and Mrs. Ellis have two children: William Henry. Jr., and Clara Margaret Ellis.

Doctor Ellis is a member of the Missourt State, the Central Missouri and the National Dental Associations. He is a Democrat, is a member of the Baptist Church, and is a Mason.

Dr. William Thomas Gibson, justice of the peace, Boonville, Mo., and also engaged in the real estate business, is a native of Pennsylvania. He was born in Indiana County, Pa., Nov. 1, 1843, and is a son of Thomas Gibson.

Thomas Gibson, his father, was born in Ireland in 1806 and died in 1874. He immigrated to America with his parents in 1809 and was reared in Pennsylvania. He was there married to Margaret Thomas, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1812 and departed this life in 1896. The life of Thomas Gibson was spent in tilling the soil. He reared a famih of four children: Israel, a soldier in the Union Army, killed at Spottsylvania Court House; Samuel, a Union veteran, died in 1894; William T., of this review; John, a Union veteran, died in 1915. It will thus be seen that all four sons of Thomas Gibson served the Nation in time of stress and the eldest gave his life on the battlefield. Israel Gibson was captain of Company C, Eleventh Pennsylvania Reserve Corps.

William T. Gibson enlisted in July, 1862, in Company A, 135th Pennsylvania Regiment, served six months in the First Pennsylvania Cavalry, and while serving 12 months in the 188th Pennsylvania Infantry he was marked for conspicuous bravery. At Fort Harrison, below Richmond, it wai quoted in official notices that he had performed an act of bravery in earning off wounded men under fire from the battlefield on Sept. 29. 1864. Oct. 11, 1864, he was given a lieutenant's commission, and was afterwards commissioned a first lieutenant by President Lincoln, in the Fourth United States Colored Troops. Lieutenant Gibson received his honorable discharge at Washington, D. C. June 4, 1866, and immediately returned to his home. The great battles in which he participated during the Civil War were: Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, the thirty days battle in the Wilderness, Cold Harbor, where half of his inient were killed or wounded in one-half hour, Fort Harrison and Fort Fisher, N. C. He took up the study of dentistry as a profession and came to Boonville, April 10, 1869. He practiced his profession for 25 years and reluctantly relinquished his practice on account of his failing eyesight. For 10 years he was engaged in the real estate business and served as police judge. He served 20 years in all as justice of the peace and was re-elected to this office in November, 1918.

Doctor Gibson was married in 1877 to Margaret Rankin, who died in 1905. His second marriage took place in 1908 with Mrs. Alberta Greenstreet, who is mother of two daughters by a former marriage, viz: Louise, former milliner, died of influenza in St. Louis in November. 1918; Maurine Greenstreet is at home in Boonville.

During the 25 years in practicing his profession in Cooper County, Doctor Gibson was located at Prairie Home, Pisgah, and Boonville and became known far and wide as a noted horse trader, his keen judgment of horseflesh enabling him to make profitable trades.

George H. Meyer, now deceased, was a native of Cooper County, and a descendant of one of the pioneer families, and for many years was identified with the development of the eastern portion of this country. He was born in Saline township, Feb. 5, 1853, and died Feb. 13, 1903. He was a son of Henry C. and Anna (Bahlman) Meyers, natives of Germany, both of whom were early settlers of this county and spent the remainder of their lives here, prior to the Civil War. Their remains are buried in the Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery at Clarks Fork.

George H. Meyer was reared to manhood and educated in Cooper County, and during his lifetime was well known as an extensive farmer and stockman. He not only raised cattle and hogs, but bought and shipped cattle extensively. He was a progressive citizen and a good business man, and became well-to-do and prominent in the community. He took a special, interest in the betterment of the public school system, and for many years was an active member of the local school board.