Cooper County, Missouri - Biographical sketches, 1919 (part 6 of 24)

Nettie, wife of Will Walters, Boonville, Mo. ; Harry died as a result of an operation in St. Louis, at the age of seven years; Fred met his death in a tragic automobile accident, May 10, 1914, when 19 years of age.

Mrs. Becker inherited her father's musical gift and became a singer of more than local note. She received a thorough musical education and sang for the public for many years. She was a soloist at a famous masked ball held at Turner Hall and took first prize as "Pocahontas." Mrs. Will Walters, her daughter, was formerly a fine singer and talented musician, who received a splendid musical education.

Chris Smith, retired farmer and justice of the peace, was born on a farm seven miles northeast of Bunceton, in Clarks Fork township, April 13, 1862. His first home was a log-cabin set in the midst of a clearing which his father Squire Nicholas Smith, made in the early fifties.

Nicholas Smith was born Nov. 2 1837, and died July 5, 1914. He was a native of Germany and immigrated to America in 1854. One year later, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Adam Smith, joined him in Clarks Fork township, where Nicholas Smith had purchased 40 acres of virgin timber land. The first thing he did was to build his cabin of logs, cut and trimmed on the place, gradually enlarging his clearing, cutting cord-wood in winter and hauling it to Boonville for sale and trade in the summer season. In 1866, he moved to a farm on the prairie, and bought 120 acres northeast of Lone Elm Store. He lived on this place for two years and then bought the old Fryer estate of 300 acres three miles east of Lone Elm. He resided on his farm until 1887 and then went to Boonville to make his home for the remainder of his days. Squire Nicholas Smith served in the State Guards during the Civil War, and served four years as justice of the peace in Clarks Fork township. After removing to Boonville he again filled the post of justice of the peace for four years. His wife was Margaret Dornhouser prior to her marriage, and was born in Moniteau County, in 1844, a daughter of pioneer parents. She now resides in Texas with her son, William Smith. The children born to Nicholas and Margaret Smith are as follows: Josephine lives in Texas; William, Texas; Sophia is the wife of William F. Johnmeyer, Boonville; Bettie is the wife of August Brickner, Boonville; and Chris, subject of this review.

Chris Smith lived for 50 years on his farm in Clarks Fork township. He purchased this tract of 300 acres in 1887 and sold the place on March 1, 1919, to his son, Benjamin.

Christ Smith And Wife

Nov. 17, 1887, he was married to Miss Augusta Brandes, who was born in New Zealand, June 11, 1867. She is a daughter of Chris and Sarah (Wilshire) Brandes, natives respectively of Hanover and New Zealand. Chris Brandes went to New Zealand when a boy 16 years old as a member of a musical organization which was touring Australia and New Zealand. He remained for five years in New Zealand, and was five years in Australia. The band of which he was a member was an adjunct to a circus. In 1871, he came to Missouri and settled on a farm west of Prairie Home, later moving to a farm north of Lone Elm, where the mother of Mrs. Smith now resides. The children born to Chris and Augusta (Brandes) Smith are: Mrs. Mamie Langkop, whose husband is a merchant at Nelson, Mo. ; Benjamin Smith on the home place ; Pearl, wife of Arthur Smith, living on a farm seven miles east of Bunceton; Emily, wife of Ed Fricke, merchant at Lone Elm ; Lillian, wife of John Roehrs, Bunceton, Mo., married Jan. 1, 1919; Esther Smith is at home with her parents.

Mr. Smith is a republican, and is prominent in the affairs of his party. When living on the farm he took a keen interest in educational matters, and served as school director of his district for 18 years. For four years he was road commissioner and took a commendable interest in having good roads. He was elected justice of the peace of Kelly township in November, 1918. For the past 12 years he has been a director of the Cooper County Bank, and for the past eight years he has been a director of the Farmers Elevator Company of Bunceton. He is a member of the Evangelical Church, and is affiliated with the Modern Woodmen of America and the Modern Brotherhood. Chris Smith is a useful and enterprising and progressive citizen, who stands high in the esteem and regard of his fellow men and whose friends are legion.

Dr. H. D. Quigg, eye, ear, nose and throat secialist, Boonville, Mo., has practiced his profession in Cooper County for nearly 30 years and during that time has filled one of the highest offices within the gift of the people. In the number of years of practice in this county he is one of the oldest physicians in the county. Dr. Quigg was born in Hickory County, Mo., March 5, 1863, and is a son of J. W. and Lucretia A. (Bradley) Quigg, the former was of Pennsylvania German stock and the latter of Scotch-Irish descent whose forbears settled in Tennessee.

J. W. Quigg, Sr., came to Missouri in 1830 and developed a farm in Hickory County where he was a very prominent citizen. He served several terms as sheriff of the county and was widely and favorably known.

He was born in 1819 and departed this life in 1894. He was twice married, three children being born to his first marriage and 11 children were born of his second marriage of whom Dr. Quigg is one.

Reared in Hickory county, Dr. Quigg attended the district school and then went to the Southwest Baptist College in Polk County, Mo. He entered the Cincinnati Medical College and graduated from this institution in 1890. He began practice in Hickory County and then located at Blackwater, Cooper County the same year. With the exception of four years spent as the superintendent of the Missouri Hospital for the Feeble Minded and Epileptics at Marshall, Mo., he has practiced continuously in Cooper County. He was appointed to the superintendency of the State Hospital at Marshall in 1910 and served until 1914. Soon after leaving the hospital he went to Chicago and pursued a course in the famous Chicago eye, ear, nose and throat hospital and prepared himself for this special practice. He then came to Boonville and established his offices where he devotes his time to special as well as general practice.

Dr. Quigg was married twice. His first marriage took place in Hickory County in 1890 with Elizabeth Cully, a daughter of Joseph Cully. She died in 1906 leaving one child, Farrell C, a ranchman in Montana. Dr. Quiggs second marriage occurred in 1911 with Miss Elizabeth Craig, of Arrow Rock, Mo., a daughter of Hugh Craig. One child has blessed this marriage: H. D. Quigg, Jr., aged seven years.

Dr. Quigg is a republican who served two years as coroner of Cooper County. He .was elected representative from Cooper County in 1902 and served until 1904 as a member of the Missouri State Legislature. He was again elected in 1904, serving two terms. He was a member of the Committee on Ways and Means and was chairman of the Committee on Health and Scientific Institutes. He introduced and had passed a bill empowering the city of Boonville to build High street in this city. Dr. Quigg is affiliated with the Odd Fellows and the Masons.

Henry Schrader, owner of a well improved farm of 73 acres situated just west of Boonville, is a native of the province of Schleswig-Holstein, and was born Sept. 18, 1869. His parents were Henry and Henrietta Schrader, who left their native country and came to Cooper County, Mo., in 1882. They settled in Boonville and Henry, the elder, operated a dairy in the vicinity for 17 years. The father died in 1907 at the age of 68 years. The mother died in 1916 aged 73 years. There were three children in the Schrader family, as follows: Henry, subject of this sketch;

Henry Schrader was 13 years of age when the family settled in Boonville. He was reared in this city and began when a boy to assist his father in the operation of his dairy business. In 1899 he moved to the farm which he now owns, rented the land for a number of years and finally purchased the place in 1916. Mr. Schrader is a good farmer, industrious and a good business manager.

Mr. Schrader was married in 1899 to Miss Kate Miller, a daughter of Taylor Miller. To Henry and Kate Schrader have been born four children, as follows : Rosa, Wilbur, Henry and Harold, all at home with their parents.

Mr. Schrader is a republican and takes an interest in political and civic affairs. He is a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Woodmen of the World and is popular and well known in the community.

John Clifford Barnhart, proprietor of a flourishing tire and vulcanizing shop, established in Boonville, in the fall of 1916, is a native of Cooper County. Mr. Barnhart has a fully equipped tire repair and vulcanizing shop and handles such excellent lines of auto tires as the Fisk, Mohawk, Firestone and Mason makes and also makes a specialty of retreading worn outer casings.

Joseph Barnhart, his father was born Jan. 8, 1850, and died April 7, 1906. He was a native of Washington County, Pa., and was a son of John Barnhart, who migrated to Indiana thence to Iowa and then moved to Schuyler County, Mo. He removed to Cooper County, Mo., in about 1868. John Barnhart settled on a farm one mile south of Billingsville and later removed to a place south of Rankin's Mill. Joseph Barnhart was married in Cooper County to Mary Frances Jeffries, a daughter of Rev. John Jeffries, a minister and farmer of Cooper County, now deceased. Mary F. Barnhart was born in this county in 1853 and now resides in Boonville at 510 Third street. Joseph Barnhart developed a splendid farm of 158 acres one mile west of Prairie Lick. He was father of the following children: Mrs. Stella Helmrich, St. Louis, Mo.; Leona Barnhart, a milliner living in St. Louis, Mo.; Alima Barnhart, at home with her mother ; and John C, of this review.

J. C. Barnhart was born Dec. 19, 1888 on a farm six miles southwest of Boonville and was there reared to young manhood. He was educated at Prairie View District School and the Boonville High School, and after his fathers death he took charge of the home place. He came to Boonville in 1916 and has since been engaged in the tire business. His new bungalow residence is located on Third street across from the Kemper Military School.

Mr. Barnhart was married on Oct. 4, 1910, to Miss Mabel Marshall, born on a farm two miles west of Blackwater, in Cooper County, and a daughter of William and Martha Marshall, the latter of whom is deceased. William Marshall still resides on the old Marshall homestead, one of the oldest settled farms in Cooper County. Mr. and Mrs. Barnhart have one child, Margaret Barnhart, born Jan. 2, 1919.

Mr. Barnhart is a republican and is a thorough business man who is making a success. He is a member of the Baptist church, is progressive, intelligent and keenly alive to the project of building a greater and better Boonville.

Ed Patterson, farmer and stockman, manager of the famous "Ravenswood Stock Farm," Bunceton, Mo., is one of the best known and popular citizens of Cooper County. Mr. Patterson is owner of 173 acres, two and a half miles northwest of Bunceton. The "Ravenswood Stock Farm" comprises 2,100 acres and is one of the largest individual farms in central Missouri. Most of the land is in grass, and the farm is devoted to the breeding of Shorthorn cattle. The oldest Shorthorn herd in the world was started on this farm in the year 1839 by Nathaniel Leonard, and the profession of breeding Shorthorns has been carried on with increasing success by his descendents. A herd of 125 purebred Shorthorns is maintained constantly on the farm, and the best of care is given this fine live stock. The majority of all Shorthorn cattle west of the Mississippi River are descendents from the famous Ravenswood herd. On this farm has been bred and sold the highest priced sire ever sold in the world, which brought $40,000 at the Royal Stock Sales in Argentine. This animal was grand champion for two years at the Royal Stock Shows. Through him and through the reputation of the cattle exported to South America from the "Ravenswood Stock Farm" has come the popularity of American Shorthorn cattle in Argentine and South American stock raising centers. This importation began in 1893 and marks the beginning of a ne wera in South America, and the way was opened for the exportation of American pure bred live stock to South America. Mr. Patterson has been manager of the "Ravenswood Stock Farm" for the past 34 years. Ten men are employed in the operations of the farm.

Ed Patterson was born in Clarksburg, Ind., in 1852, Aug. 10. He is a son of Thompson and Rebecca (Day) Patterson both of whom were natives of Kentucky. Thompson Patterson was born in 1816, and died in 1892. Rebecca, his wife, was born in 1820 and died in 1885. They settled in Indiana in 1852, and from there came to Missouri in 1870, settling on Lone Elm Prairie, where the elder Patterson bought a farm and resided until the end of his days. They were parents of seven children: Mrs. Maria Taylor, living in Louisville, Ky. ; Lovell, living at Tipton, Mo. ; Malinda died in Indiana; Thompson, Bunceton, Mo.; Darius, a farmer in Indiana ; Ed Patterson, of this review ; Rev. Henry C. Patterson, who died in Lexington, Ky., in 1909, and was a noted evangelist of the Christian denomination.

Ed Patterson came to Missouri with his parents in 1870, and lived with his father until 1873 when he began farming on his own account. In 1885, he took charge of the "Ravenswood Stock Farm." Mr. Patterson was married in 1876 to Miss Emma Dills, a daughter of J. N Dills. To this marriage was born Gussie, wife of Bret Peters, proprietor of the moving picture theater, Bunceton, Mo., and they have two children, Emma Peyton and Coleta.

Mr. Patterson bred the famous Shorthorn bull which sold for $10,000 at the famous Red Cross sale held in 1918 at Birmingham, Ala. This was the grand champion of 100 bulls exhibited, and was sold to Woodrow Wilson for $1.00. The president donated the animal to be sold again. He was sold again on condition that the champion was to be quartered for 24 hours in the lobby of the luxurious and palatial Hotel Tutwiler in Birmingham. This was done, and the occasion was made a great event in the South.

Mr. Patterson is a stanch democrat. He is a member of the Christian Church and is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is one of the most skilled breeders in animal husbandry in Missouri, and is widely known among the stockmen of the country. Genial, friendly disposed, kind hearted, his friends are legion, and his standing as a citizen of Cooper County is high.

Michael J. Felton, farmer and grain dealer, Prairie Lick, Mo., has a splendid country place embracing 300 acres and known as the "Harbor Farm". This place is improved by a large brick house erected by Michael Felton, the subject of this review.

settled in Cooper County, Mo. and reared a family of children. For further particulars concerning- Hubert Felton, the reader is referred to the sketch of Frank J. Felton, of Boonville.

M. J. Felton was born March 10, 1860 on a farm east of Boonville and removed with his parents to the present place where he now resides when but a boy. He attended the Hickory Grove School and when he became of age he began farming on his own account. He also operated a threshing outfit and has been financially interested in threshing machinery and the industry for a number of years. He embarked in the business of buying and shipping grain in 1900 and purchased the Prairie Lick Elevator from Mr. Rogers. The fine brick house which graces the Felton farm was erected in 1907.

Mr. Felton was married in 1887 to Miss Gertrude Brummel, a daughter of the late Peter Brummel and sister of Henry Brummel, a sketch of whom appears in this history. Mrs. Mary Gertrude Felton was born in 1855 and died in Aug. ,1904, leaving eight children, as follows: Gertrude, wife of George Hayes, Boonville, Mo. ; Leo. H. Felton, grain dealer and shipper, Bunceton, Mo. ; Isabella, at home with her father ; Florence, Sister Emelda, in a convent at Clyde, Mo. ; Margaret, Clifton City, Mo. ; Mary, Kansas City, Mo.; Agnes, Sister Elfelda, Clyde, Mo.; Hubert, aged 18 years, at home.

Balthasar Lang. - The really remarkable success achieved by Balthasar Lang of the Prairie Lick neighborhood in the space of 33 years, could only have been accomplished by a man of energy, industry and of decided financial ability. Mr. Lang came to Cooper County in 1885, purchased his first land in 1891, went in debt for it, and is now the owner of 418 acres of good land, besides owning a half interest in 220 acres in Howard County. Mr. Langs home place of 132 acres is splendidly improved with a large, handsome frame house, and big barns with the fencing in excellent repair. Mr. Lang is a keen and shrewd farmer who knows how to retain and restore the fertility of soil. He favors the Hereford breed of cattle for his farms.

Balthasar Lang was bora in Germany in 1857 and is the son of George and Ottilior Lang, the former of whom died in Germany. Mr. Lang came to America in Dec, 1881 and was first employed in Lake County, Ind., where he remained for three years and then had occasion to make a visit to Germany on account of the death of his father. He then came to

Cooper County, having just located here when he was called home to Germany. When he returned to America he was accompanied by his mother, his brother, George, and his sisters, Elizabeth, now deceased, Ortillia, Marguerite, and Anna, now deceased. At once he and his brother George established themselves and the family upon a farm which they bought. Mr. Lang's mother died at his home. His sister Ortillia, now Mrs. Day, lives at Pilot Grove, Mo. Marguerite Lang married Jos. F. Esser of Pilot Grove, Mo.

Mr. Lang moved to his present home farm in 1891 and for some years lived in a log and box house. In 1900 he built his large six room house. He was married in 1890 to Miss Annie Day, born in the Rhine Province, Germany, and came to America in 1886. The children born to Balthasar and Annie Lang, are Mrs. Mary, wife of Frank Gross, living on the Lang farm land ; George at home ; Annie, wife of Fred Martin, Lamine township; Rosa, wife of Joseph Lang, Boonville township; Bertha, twin of Rosa, Joseph, Henry, William, Magdalena and Frank, are at home.

While Mr. Lang is a republican, he is inclined to vote independently for those candidates whom he deems best fitted. He and his family worship at the Martinsville Catholic Church. Joseph and George are members of the Knights of Columbus. Mr. Lang is a good, all round American citizen.

Everett Hilden, late of Billingsville, was one of the successful citizens of Cooper County who not only made a success of his life in a material sense, but whose life as he lived it furnishes a lesson in good citizenship. Mr. Hilden was born Sept. 8, 1848, and died March 6, 1907. He was a native of Germany and came to America in 1853 with his parents, Adolph and Ursula (Reinfeldt) Hilden, who emigrated from the seat of the family at Ludrich, Cologne. They landed at New Orleans, after a long trip in a sailing vessel, and on Dec. 17, 1853, they arrived in St. Louis, Mo. In May, 1854, the family came to Boonville and then removed to a farm near Jewett's Mills. Later the father settled on a farm one-half mile north of Billingsville.

Mr. Hilden conducted the general merchandise store at Billingsville for five years, but was primarily a farmer and stockman during his entire life. He became owner of a large estate of 400 acres, which is improved with substantial farm, home and other good buildings.

He was married Sept. 9, 1879, to Miss Lena Esser, who bore him nine children: Henry died in 1895; Mrs. Annie Moore, Cape Girardeau, Mo.; Julia, Adolph, Bertram L., Evelyn, at home ; Patrick, William, and Barbara.

Patrick Hilden, the soldier of the Hilden family, was born May 3, 1894, and enlisted in the National Army in June, 1918. He was trained for overseas service at Camp Pike, Ark., and in Aug., 1918, went to France as a member of General Headquarters Company No. 2, Co. G, Provisional Infantry Regiment.

Mrs. Lena Esser Hilden was born in Cooper County, Mo., Jan. 25, 1859, and is a daughter of Bertram and Agnes (Felton) Esser, natives of Germany, the latter of whom was a sister of the late Hubert Felton. Bertram Esser died in Cooper County in 1877. Mrs. Agnes Esser died in March, 1897. There were eight children born to Bertram and Agnes Esser, of whom seven are living: Mrs. Elizabeth Weitz, Marshall, Mo.; Joseph, Pilot Grove, Mo. ; Lawrence, Boonville, Mo. ; Mrs. Mary Brooks, Kansas City, Mo.; Mrs. Margaret Martin, deceased; Mrs. Catherine Dumalty, Billingsville, Mo. ; and Mrs. Lena Hilden, of this sketch ; John lives at Pilot Grove, Mo.

The late Mr. Hilden was a member of Sts. Peter and Paul's Catholic Church of Boonville, as are all the members of his family. He was affiliated fraternally with the Woodmen of the World, Boonville Camp No. 40, and the Catholic Knights of America. He was widely and favorably known and for a long period was closely identified with live stock and farming in Cooper County.

H. D. Carlos and H. D. Carlos, Jr. - The Carlos family is one of the old pioneer families of Cooper County. H. D. Carlos, Jr., druggist of Bunceton, Mo., is descended from a Spanish immigrant, Don Carlos, who fought in the American Revolution in behalf of the American colonies. His son, C. M. Don Carlos, settled in Cooper County about 1825, and built up what was formerly known as the old Carlos homestead near Prairie Home.

H. D. Carlos, father of H. D Carlos, Jr., was born on the Carlos homestead in 1842, and was reared to maturity near Prairie Home. He followed agricultural pursuits for a number of years and established the first drug store at Prairie Home in 1882. Later, he removed to Boonville and served as assessor of Cooper County for two terms. He went to Texas in 1902 and located in Rock Island County, where he invested in a large tract of land. Eventually he engaged in the drug business in Dallas. In 1905, the Carlos Drug Store was established in Bunceton, in which both father and son are interested.

and died in 1909. She was a sister of Clay Simms of Gooch's Mill, and was born in Cooper County, a daughter of pioneer parents. Eight children were born to H. D. and Elnora Carlos, as follows: Nellie, wife of T. H. Eayde, Tulsa, Okla. ; Anna, deceased wife of E. E. Carey ; Porter, deceased wife of A. H. Moore; Clay, wife of R. E. Maze, Rock Island, Texas ; Hattige, Kansas City ; Nora, wife of L. G. Smith, Kansas City, Mo. ; Fannie, deceased wife of John Waite.

Hillard D. Carlos, Jr., was educated in the Bunceton public schools, and in the St. Louis Colloge of Pharmacy. He graduated in pharmacy in 1914, and immediately engaged in the business at Bunceton. Mr. Carlos has been practically reared in the drug business and is familiar with every phase of it. He is operating one of the neatest, best stocked and best equipped drug stores in central Missouri.

Hillard D. Carlos, Jr., was married Sept. 25, 1918, to Miss Bernardine English, born in Cooper County, a daughter of H. H. English, widely known stockman of Cooper County.

H. D. Carlos and his son are stanch democrats. H. D. Carlos, Jr.. served as lieutenant in the Bunceton Home Guards during the World War. He is a member of the Baptist Church and is a past master of the Bunceton Lodge of Free Masons, and is a member of the Knights of Pythias. H. D. Carlos, Sr., is one of the oldest Masons in Cooper County, having become a member of the order when he was 21 years of age.

Samuel Walker Roberts. - The late Samuel Walker Roberts was one of those citizens who, gifted beyond ordinary attainments, made a reputation as a scientific breeder of fine cattle that extended far beyond the borders of his home county. He was born in Camden County, Mo., June 1, 1860, and died in Boonville, Sept. 25, 1916. At the time of his death, he held the post of farmer at the Missouri Training School. His parents were Hon. James Green and Ailcy (Walker) Roberts, the latter of whom was a member of an old and honored pioneer family of Cooper County.

Hon. James Green Roberts was born in Knoxville, Tenn., Dec. 6, 1826, and died in Cooper County, June 28, 1901. He settled in Camden County, Mo., in 1844. In 1849, James Green Roberts made the overland trip to the gold fields of California. He remained there for two years, and then went to Lima, Penn., where he remained for one year. He made the trip home to Missouri via Cape Horn and New York City. During the Civil War he made his home in Vernon County, Mo. Mr. Roberts enlisted in 1862, in Company I, under Capt. Jesse McCaliph, Colonel Bain- bridge's regiment, which was attached to General Mamiaduke's Division. He was later made a member of General Marmaduke's staff and was captured at Nine Mile Creek, Kansas, and kept a prisoner by the Federals until the close of the war. Mr. Roberts had six brothers who fought in the Civil War.

After the close of the war, James Green Roberts came to Cooper County, where he became a prominent and influential figure. He purchased the old Walker home place at Pleasant Glenn and became well to do as a farmer and stockman. In 1874 he was elected representative from Cooper County and served two terms in the Missouri Assembly of 1874 and 1876. He was the father of five children, four of whom died in infancy: Samuel Walker Roberts, of this review, being the only child of his parents who grew to maturity. J. L. Roberts was married in 1856 to Ailcy (Walker) Roberts, mother of the subject of this review. She was born in 1828 and departed this life in 1902. She was a daughter of Samuel Walker, who was one of the first pioneers of Cooper County, settling at what has since been known as Walker in this county. The wife of Samuel Walker was Miss Nancy Cockrell, a native of Virginia, whose father was a soldier of the Revolution.

Samuel W. Roberts was reared to young manhood in Cooper County. He received an excellent education, graduating from Central College at Fayette, Mo., and the State University at Columbia. It had been Mr. Roberts' intention to prepare himself for the practice of law, but he became interested in the science of raising pure bred live stock and achieved a signal success in this departure. The advancing age of his parents caused him to relinquish his early ambitions and the care for the large farm and his parents. He was owner of nearly 400 acres of land, which was principally devoted to the breeding and raising of pure bred Shorthorn cattle. His herd became widely known as the "Clear Creek Shorthorn Herd," and won many ribbons and prizes when exhibited at the Royal and the principal live stock shows of the country. He resided on his farm until 1910, when he removed, with his family, to Boonville and took charge of the farming operations carried on in connection with the Missouri Training School. He was residing on the State Farm at the Training School and capably managing this farm when his death occurred.

April 28, 1891, Samuel W. Roberts and Miss Frances Lyon Myrtle Rogers were united in marriage. One child was born to this union, - Ferda, wife of Dr. John R. Hall, a surgeon in the Regular Army, on duty in France. Dr. Hall is a graduate of the State University, from which institution he received the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and received his Medical Degree from Washington University. He enlisted in the Regular Army, was promoted to a captaincy and is now a major. Dr. Hall was married to Miss Ferda Roberts on Feb. 11, 1912. Two children were born to this marriage: John Randolph Hall, born June 20, 1913; and Sarah Hall, born Feb. 11, 1915.

Mrs. Frances Lyon Myrtle (Rogers) Roberts was born in Bunceton, Mo., Jan. 23, 1871. She is a daughter of Capt. Ferdinand A. and Sallie (Lionberger) Rogers, the latter of whom was born in 1847 and died in 1915, and was a daughter of Isaac H. Lionberger, a pioneer of Cooper County. Captain Rogers was born in 1832 and died in 1879. He had the honor of being the first sheriff of Cooper County elected on the democratic ticket after the close of the Civil War. He served in the Confederate Army as captain of a company, was made prisoner and confined on Johnson's Island. He was married after the close of the war to Sallie Lionberger, as stated in a preceding paragraph. Mrs. Sallie (Lionberger) Rogers was a descendant on the maternal side from Captain John Ashby, grandfather of her mother, Mary (Ashby) Lionberger, who served in the Revolution. The children born to Capt. F. A. and Sallie Rogers were as follows: Mrs. Frances L. M. Roberts, of this review; Mary died at the age of 18 years; and Chatte, wife of Frank Waltz, station agent of the M. K. and T. R. R. at Boonville. Captain Rogex*s was born in Ohio and descended from Virginian ancestry. After the close of the Civil War, he located in Bunceton, Mo., and served six years as sheriff of the county. He was filling the duties of this official position at the time of his death. Captain Rogers was an influential and commanding figure in Cooper County for many years.

Samuel W. Roberts was a versatile and accomplished citizen, who was well educated, a great reader and student who kept himself well informed upon the events of the day. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and was prominent in Masonic circles. His father, James Green Roberts, was also a Mason, as were his six brothers. Samuel W. Roberts was a member of the Blue Lodge of Pilot Grove, a member of Olivet Commandery Knight Templars of Boonville, a Royal Arch Mason and a member of Centralia Council. In his day he was one of the best known and influential and useful citizens of Cooper County.

Charles C. Eldredge, a prominent and highly respected citizen of Boonville, is a native of Rhode Island. Mr. Eldredge was born Sept. 29, 1839, in East Greenwich, Kent County, a son of Charles C and Sarah P. (Pierce) Eldredge, natives of Rhode Island. Charles C. Eldredge, Sr., was a son of Dr. Charles Eldredge, a leading practitioner in Rhode Island, who spent his life in that State. To Charles C, Sr., and Sarah P. Eldredge were born the following children: Ellen, of Providence, R. I.; James, who came to Cooper County in the fifties and joined the forces of the Confederates when they passed through Cooper County during the Civil War, took an important part in the battle of Lexington, resided in Cooper County for many years, and in his later years moved to Johnson County and died at Holden, Mo.; Charles C, the subject of this review; Lucy, of East Greenwich, R. I. ; and Henry, deceased. The father of Charles C. Eldredge died when his son was still a child.

In private and public schools Charles C. Eldredge received his elementary education. He mastered the machinist's trade at Beloit, Wis., and worked at his trade until the beginning of the Civil War in 1861, when he enlisted in Providence, R. I., with Company C, Marine Artillery, and served 90 days. He returned home at that time and re-enlisted later for three years. Mr. Eldredge was promoted to the rank of first lieutenant in the Rhode Island Infantry. He was wounded in the shoulder at the battle of Petersburg, Va., when he was forming his men for a charge. He recovered slowly from the wound, but he did not return to the army after his recovery. Mr. Eldredge had served three and onehalf years. After the war had ended, he again took up his trade and followed it until he came to Missouri and settled in Cooper County in the late sixties. Mr. Eldredge, at first, rented a farm in Prairie Home township, and, later, purchased a country place, comprising 300 acres of the best land in the county, which was his residence until his removal to Boonville in 1904.

In 1868, Charles C. Eldredge and Martha Ann Davis were united in marriage. Mrs. Eldredge was a daughter of N. E. and Martha (Johnson) Davis, honored pioneers of Missouri. To this union were born 10 children: Dr. James Shelton, of Kansas City, Mo.; Lucy, the wife of Reverend Cunningham, of Texas; Elizabeth Dean, the wife of "Min" Cunningham, of Cooper County; Margaret Olive, the wife of Leslie Laws, of Camargo, Okla. ; Charles C, Jr., of Boonville; Anna Martha, the wife of Al Shannon, of Boonville township; Dorothy, the wife of Fred Bair, of

Vernon County, near Walker, Mo. ; Sarah Pierce, the wife of VV. Williams, of Santa Fe, N. M. ; Laura, the wife of David Hurt ; and Hemy P., who died in infancy. The mother died in 1897 and* her remains are interred in Walnut Grove Cemetery in Clark's Monument.

Oct. 14, 1908, Charles C. Eldredge and Roberta Ella (Harris) Howlett were united in marriage. Mrs. Eldredge is a daughter of Robert and Nancy (Burger) Harris. She was bom at Prairie Home in 1845, and her father and mother were natives of Boone and Cooper Counties, respectively. Robert Harris died when the overflow of the Missouri River occurred in the early forties (1844). His death was due to exposure from working in the overflow, attempting to save the lives of people and stock. At the time of his death, Mr. Harris operated a tannery. Mrs. Eldredge was first married to James Archie Howlett in 1862, and by her first marriage she is the mother of six children : James A., deceased ; Mrs. Harriet Elizabeth Stemmons, deceased ; Logie Josephine, the wife of Edward Nance, of San Francisco, Calif. ; Lillian, the wife of Will Sperry, of St. Louis ; Athalena, the wife of Robert Fleming, of California ; and Robert Hatcher, of St. Louis. Mrs. Eldredge recalls that, in connection with the history of the early days in the county, her uncle and aunt, Joseph and Betsy Jane Burger, frequently rode on horseback to Boonville, a distance of 14 miles from their home, and carried to the market a large bucket of butter and a basket of eggs. The Burger family came from Holland, and Joseph Burger settled in Cooper County. Mr. and Mrs. Eldredge reside in a comfortable home south of the Kemper Military School.

Mr. Eldredge has been a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons for 50 years. He and Mrs. Eldredge are valued and consistent members of the Christian Church. They stand high in the respect and esteem of their fellow citizens and they are numbered among the county's best families.

William George Robien, farmer and live stock dealer, residing at Prairie Lick, Mo., has a splendid farm of 245 acres, upon which he has resided since 1912. Mr. Robien was born in Cooper County Feb. 24, 1870.

His father, Henry Robien, was born March 9, 1836, and died June 11, 1872. He was a native of Germany, who immigrated to America in 1859, married Marie Hoflander, who was born May 16, 1834, and died Jan. 15, 1917. She, Maine Robien, was born in Sachsen-Coburg, Germany, village of Grosgornstadt, and came to America, May 19, 1853. She was (35) first married to Christian Krohn Aug. 14, 1861. Mr. Krohn was killed by guerillas Aug. 31, 1863. Her next marriage was with Henry Robien, on Feb. 2, 1865, and to this marriage were born three children: William George Robien, of this review; Lena Robien resides with the other son, Henry P. Robien, who lives on a farm just south of Boonville. Henry Robien, the elder, served in the Union Army during the Civil War, with a Missouri regiment. He was badly wounded at the Battle of Arrow Rock, nine buckshot being taken from his body. He took part in the memorable chase after General Price's rebel army through Missouri and Arkansas, followed farming pursuits after the close of the war and died of pneumonia in 1872.

May 11, 1876, Mrs. Marie Robien was married to Henry Zimmerman, who was born April 30, 1831, in Wertumburg, Germany, came to America in 1852 and died in Cooper County, Mo., July 22, 1913. Two children of Henry Zimmerman survive : Mary, wife of John E. Kirchner, near Boonville; Katie, deceased wife of Henry Wendleton, near Speed, Mo.

W. G. Robien was reared in Cooper County and has always been a farmer and live stock man. He purchased his first farm in 1897. For the past 22 years he has been a large buyer and shipper of live stock and his shipments will aggregate many carloads yearly. The past season of 1918 and 1919 has been exceptionally unfavorable to the live stock buyers and shippers, who, in many cases, have been merely turning over their money or losing on their deals because of the scarcity and high price of feed for the stock, and poor condition of the stock.

Feb. 10, 1897, W. G. Robien and Miss Lizzie Oswald, a daughter of the late Herman Oswald, were united in marriage. The children born to this union are : Florence, Elmer, Frances, Mary, and Mabel.

Mr. Robien is a member of the Martinsville Catholic Church and the Knights of Columbus. He is a well informed and progressive citizen who is usually found in the forefront of good movements for the betterment and progress of things in his native county. Genial and kindly disposed, he has many friends in Cooper County.

John E. Kirchner, owner of 600 acres of fertile and productive Cooper County land began with a small tract of 12 acres when 23 years of age. At the time of his marriage he had 120 acres and has carefully followed out his well defined plan of continually adding to his acreage as he was able. Mr. Kirchner never had things easy in his life until of late years. If one were to ask how he came to be so well fixed he would answer, "by hard work, planning ahead and making the earnings of the farm count for the best, and not being extravagant". He began to work when he was nine years old, because necessity demanded that he go to work and help support his widowed mother and family. At the age of 10 he was doing the work of a plowman, cutting wood, and doing the hardest kind of work around the farm. When he was 22 years old he began renting land. Soon thereafter he purchased his first farm a modest 12 acres. Anyhow, it was a beginning, and there is no telling when this ambitious citizen will stop accumulating farms. Of the acreage held by the Kirchners, Mrs. Kirchner has 250 acres which came to her by inheritance.

John E. Kirchner was born in Germany, Dec. 18, 1852. He was three weeks old when his parents, Nicholas and Eva Kirchner, emigrated from their native land to seek a home in America. Nicholas Kirchner located in Cooper County, Mo., in Jan., 1853, lived for two years in Boonville, and then bought a small farm of 20 acres just southeast of the city. He died of pneumonia in 1863. Four children were left fatherless and another child was born after the father's death. The children are: John E., sub-> ject of this review; Mrs. Mary Lowe, living southwest of Vermont, Mo.; Frank, a farmer southeast of Vermont, Mo. ; Louise, deceased ; Annie, the wife of Ed Melkelrsman, Boonville, Mo. The mother of these children nobly shouldered the task of rearing her family to maturity. She departed this life in 1907.

Mr. Kirchner's home place, whereon he has resided for the past 12 years, is well improved, with a handsome farm residence, which sets on an elevation overlooking the surrounding country. The greater part of the Kirchner land cost $20 an acre at the time of purchase, and it is now easily worth from $150 to $200 an acre.

John E. Kirchner was married in 1884 to Mary B. Zimmerman, a daughter of Henry and Sophie (Beck) Zimmerman, Mrs. Mary B. Kirchner was born in Ohio, in April, 1857, and one month later her parents came to Cooper County, where she was reared. Her mother was born in 1830 and died in 1874. She had a sister, Mrs. Henry Wendleton, deceased.

The children born to John E. and Mary B. Kirchner are as follows: Emery Korchner, born Jan. 29, 1886, owner of a farm of 100 acres; Katie is the wife of William Boggemeier, near Boonville, Mo. ; Flora, at home with her parents.

Dr. O. W. Cochran, one of Cooper County's most prominent and bestknown citizens, is a native of Boone County. Dr. Cochran was born March 5, 1860, near Rocheport, a son of Samuel D. and Amanda (Boggs) Cochran, honored pioneers of Missouri.

Samuel D. Cochran was a son of John Cochran, an early settler of Boone County, who came west in 1811. Amanda (Boggs) Cochran was a daughter of John Boggs, who came to Missouri in 1812. Both the Cochran and the Boggs families came from Kentucky. Mrs. Cochran died in 1880, at the age of 50 years. Samuel D. Cochran died in 1915, at the age of 82 years. Both mother and father are interred in Sugar Creek Cemetery in Boone County. The children of Samuel D. and Amanda Cochran are as follows: Mrs. Mary D. Baldwin, who died in 1916; Mrs. Thomas T. Lowrey, Perkins, Okla. ; Mrs. George L. Williamson, Columbia, Mo.; and Dr. 0. W., the subject of this sketch.

Dr. 0. W. Cochran received his elementary education in the public schools of Boone County. James Cooney, who later became congressman from the Seventh District, was his teacher. Dr. Cochran attended the State University of Missouri at Columbia for three years. He is a graduate of the Louisville Medical College, a member of the class of 1885. March 4, 1887, he came to Gooch's Mill, and he has been located here for the past 32 years. Dr. Cochran is the owner of a farm, comprising 375 acres of valuable land in Saline township. He is perhaps the oldest practitioner in Cooper County, and he has established an unusually fine practice.

In December, 1887, Dr. 0. W. Cochran was united in marriage with Octavia V. Quarles, a daughter of Charles Quarles, of Prairie Home township. Both the father and the mother of Mrs. Cochran were natives of Virginia, and both are now deceased and their remains are interred in Ellis Cemetery near Prairie Home. To Dr. and Mrs. Cochran "have been born the following children: William Owen, who was born Dec. 7, 1888, and died July 11, 1916; Nellie, the wife of Frank Bornhauser, of Prairie Home township; Anna Gray, the wife of Ernest C. Oerly, of Saline township; and Samuel Victor, a student in the Boonville High School. Dr. and Mrs. Cochran have five grandchildren ; Virginia, Margaret, B. 0., and Willie Gray, and an infant. All the children of Dr. Cochran and wife are graduates of the Boonville High School. The doctor and Mrs. Cochran are worthy and valued members of the Baptist Church.

the Armenian Relief, and he was chairman of the .township Council of Defense. For eight years he has been chairman of the democratic central committee of Cooper County. Dr. Cochran is affiliated with the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows the Ancient Order of United Workmen, the Woodmen of the World, and the Modern Woodmen of America. Dr. Cochran made the race for tke State senatorship in 1909 and was defeated by one vote by Sam C. Major, now congressman from the Seventh District of Missouri. Dr. Cochran is a good citizen, and a man of high ideals. He commands the respect and admiration of all with whom he comes in contact.

Dr. Ace Overton Donahew, veterinarian, with offices at 803 East Morgan street, Boonville, Mo. ; has during the 17 years he has been practicing his profession, made a reputation as a skilled and competent veterinarian, which is second to none in Central Missouri. Dr. Donahew's practice extends over Cooper, Howard, Moniteau, Pettis, and Saline Counties and part of Boone County, Mo. He was born Aug. 17, 1865, in Mount Sterling, Ky. His father was John Donahew (b. 1820, d. 1888), born in Kentucky and a son of John Donahew, a Kentucky pioneer. John Donahew migrated with his family to Missouri in the fall of 1870, bringing his movable possessions to this county in wagons. He settled on the prairie near La Monte, Mo., and in the fall of 1874, removed to a farm in Saline County. His first few years in Missouri were disastrous ones, facing total crop failures through the dry years of the early seventies. The panic of 1873 had its effect, also, with the dropping of prices of farm products ot their lowest level in many years. The grasshopper pest of 1872-73 also cleaned out the crops on the prairies. Mr. Donahew managed to make a new start in Saline County, prospering and was making plans to purchase a farm of his own when he was stricken down with typhoid fever and died in 1888. The entire family was attacked, and the father succumbed. John Donahew married Mary Pettit, who was. born in Stanton, Ky., in 1840 and died in 1909. She bore him five sons: Andrew, died in 1916; Ace Overton, of this review; James F., Redding, California; Edward, Slater, Mo.; Austin, Kansas City. Mrs. Donahew, faced with the task of keeping her family together and rearing them to maturity. She succeeded and all of her sons, now living are excellent citizens in their respective localities. For three years the family lived on the old Ben Derrick farm near Orearville, Mo. In 1891 they removed to Slater, Mo. and resided there for seven years. Mrs. Donahew then moved to Kansas City.

Dr. Ace 0. Donahew was educated in the Kansas City Veterinary College and studied his profession for three years, 1888-1889-1900. He first practiced for three years at Slater, Mo. He was then located at Fayette, Mo. for four months prior to coming to Boonville on May 15, 1903.

Combined with Sr. Donahew's knowledge of the science of his profession is a profound understanding of animals, and an expert insight into the characteristics of the horse. For a period of 15 years prior to taking up the study of his profession he was one of the best known horse breakers and trainers in this section of the West. He studied the art of horse training under Prof. Gleason of Kansas City, and then made a business of training and breaking track horses. Regularly each season he would make the circuit and would be at all the racing meets when trotting and running races were in the heyday of popularity with the western people. Dr. Donahew trained "Jim Ramey" of Sedalia and broke and trained several track animals for John R. Gentry of Sedalia, who produced "John R. Gentry" and "Theodore Shelton" the greatest two-year-olds of their day. He trained "Sam Fuller" of Fayette, and was the trainer of "King Herod" and "Telegram", two of the noted pacers and trotters of this section of the country.

Dr. Ace O. Donahew was married in 1906 to Miss Theresa German of Hermann, Mo., a daughter of Capt. Henry German. This marriage has been blessed with three children: Garmon Frederick, Frances Louise, and Dorothy May.

Dr. Donahew is a democrat and takes quite an interest in political matters. He is fraternally affiliated with the Knights of Pythias and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

George Hutchin Moore, proprietor of "Truesdale Stock Farm," is a descendant of one of the first pioneer families of Cooper County, members of which have been prominent in the affairs of this county for over a century. His great grandfather was Maj. William Moore, a native of North Carolina, who settled in Cooper County in 1816, soon after the close of the War of 1812, during which struggle he served as major in an American regiment. George Moore, son of Major Moore, married a Miss Stephens of the old Stephens family of Cooper County, who settled here as early as 1817.

Charles F. Moore, father of George H. Moore, of this review, was born in Cooper County in 1829 and died in 1913. He married Martha Inglish, a daughter of Hutchin Inglish, a pioneer settler of Moniteau County, and who was a native of Kentucky. Charles F. Moore conducted a store at the old town of Palestine and was an extensive grain buyer and shipper for a number of years. He was a citizen of versatile attainments, well educated, and proficient in many lines. He was a veterinary surgeon. He was one of those neighborhood geniuses who could turn a deft hand and brain to almost anything in the line of a farmer's necessity and do it well. He speculated largely in Missouri land and bought and sold farms in Cooper County, becoming a large land owner on his own account. During the last 20 years of his life he made his home in Boonville. Charles F. Moore was father of six children: George Hutchin, subject of this review; Return L., for 25 years local agent for the Missouri Pacific Railroad Co. at Boonville, now living in Georgia; Cornelia is the wife of R. L. Windsor, Clarks Fork township; Mrs. Florence Eller lives near Fayette, Howard County, Mo. ; Gillis Moore lives in Kansas City ; Gertrude is the wife of Ben Curtis, Poteau, Okla.

G. Hutchin Moore was bom July 26, 1852. He was educated in the district school and attended Professors Cullough and Simpson's Institute, near Concord Church. He began upon a rented farm on his own account near Billingsville in 1873. In 1877 he removed to Johnson County, Mo., and after farming in that county for four years he returned to Cooper County in 1882 and purchased part of his father's home place in June of that year. For the past 31 years Mr. Moore has resided on his farm and is the owner of 240 acres, upon which he has practically placed all of the existing improvements. The Truesdale Stock Farm is noted for the fine horses produced and raised on the place. The sons of Mr. Moore are breeders of saddle horses and jacks. They sold "Missouri King," a threeyear-old, to P. Hawkins, who later sold him to a California man for $5,000. The strain of the Moore horses is the "Rex McDonald" breed. "Missouri King' was awarded the grand championship prize at the Royal Stock Show in Kansas City. Mammoth jacks are bred on the Moore farm, which has had as high as a dozen or more head of fine thoroughbreds at one time in the stables.

G. Hutchin Moore was married in 1873 to Miss Lucretia Eller, born in Cooper County in 1854, a daughter of David and Martha (Oglesby) Eller, natives of Kentucky, who were pioneers in this county. The children born of this union are : Mrs. Claudia Gosnold, Los Angeles, Calif. ; Mrs. Daisy Dean Rutherford, living near Otterville, Mo.; Mrs. Bessie Coleman, Bunceton, Mo.; Marvin, a resident of Los Angeles, Calif.; Trevor H., on the home place ; Delia, at home with her parents.

Frank N. Blank, proprietor of "Grove Place," a valuable farm of 240 acres in Prairie Home township, is one of the most successful cattle breeders in that section. Mr. Blank was born May 24, 1876, son and only child of Jacob and Emma (Hofferberg) Blank, the former of whom was born on that same place, son of Nicholas Blank, a native of Germany, and one of the pioneers of that section of Cooper County. Nicholas Blank and wife were among the first members of the Evangelical Church at Pleasant Grove, and are buried in the churchyard there. Jacob Blank died in 1878, at the age of 32 years, and his widow survived him but two years, her death occurring in 1880, she then being 26 years of age.

Frank N. Blank, early orphaned, was reared in the household of his uncle, Ernest Kirschman, and upon coming into his majority took over the fine farm which had come to him through his father and his grandfather. He grew up on that place, completed his schooling in the old Prairie Home Insitute and from the days of his boyhood has given his attention to agricultural pursuits, a vocation which is returning him ample rewards. "Grove Place Farm" is an admirably improved place of 240 acres which was "entered" from the Government by one Murphy in the days of the Van Buren administration, and was purchased from the patentee by Mr. Blank's grandfather, Nicholas Blank. The place is well situated three and one-half miles northeast of Prairie Home, and is well watered, a good pond and springs being supplemented by a driven well 214 feet deep. Since taking over the management of the property, Mr. Blank has made numerous substantial improvements on the same, these including the erection of a new farm house in 1899, and the building of three barns, one in that same year, another in 1902, and another in 1912, besides garage, machine shop and such other buildings as required. Since 1901 Mr. Blank has been engaged in the breeding of registered Hereford cattle in partnership with his brother-in-law, Henry Spieler, their present herd of about 40 head being headed by "Excelsior VI" and "Free Lance," and in this connection has done much to improve the strain of Hereford throughout tnis section, the products of "Grove Place" herd being in wide demand. As one of the means of exploiting this herd Mr. Blank, who is a highly-skilled amateur photographer, maintains a well-equipped photograph "gallery" on his place.

In 1899, Frank N. Blank was united in marriage to Bertha Spieler, who was born in this county, and to this union one child has been born, Lucille, who is at home. Mrs. Blank is a daughter of Otto and Margaret (Young) Spieler, the latter of whom is still living making her home on the home place. Otto Spieler and wife were the parents of eight children, Mrs. Blank having three brothers, Ernest, of Wooldridge; Otto, of St. Louis ; and Henry Spieler, of Wooldridge, who is a partner of Mr. Blank ; Mrs. Charles Oerly, deceased ; Mrs. Lon S. Swanstone, near Gooch's Mills ; Laura and Minnie, at home.

Mr. Blank is a member of the Herford Breeders' Association. He is a republican, and a member of Pleasant Grove Evangelical Church, and is affiliated with the Odd Fellows and Modern Woodmen.

Lon V. Wendleton. - The most complete farm plant in the central part of Cooper County is that of Lon V. Wendleton, in Palestine township. The Wendleton farm is improved with a handsome, modern farm residence, large barns, shops and a planing mill so as to make the place independent of outside assistance. The saw mill and planing mill was erected by Mr. Wendleton so as to prepare the lumber for his new home, which is practically built of hardwood lumber, cut from the timber on the farm of 543.5 acres, which he is managing. The house consists of ten rooms, finished in oak, cherry, walnut, and red elm, all of which was cut, sawed, and finished for use on the farm. The planing mill has been in operation since 1915 and has already paid for itself and done work far above in value of the original cost. Mr. Wendleton does some custom work merely for the accommodation of his neighbors. This fine home is lighted by gas, and heated by a hot water heating plant. The modem day, progressive farmer of the class to which Mr. Wendleton belongs, has come into his own and is fast seeing the light of better days.

Mr. Wendleton is owner of 137.5 acres, the rest of the large tract which he is farming being the property of his uncle, Henry Wendleton. Considerable live stock is produced on the Wendleton farms; one carload of thoroughbred Shorthorn cattle is fed each year and fattened for the market; from one to two carloads of hogs are sold on the markets; 60 sheep are maintained the year round.

Lon V. Wendleton was born Dec. 22, 1886, on a farm three miles west of his present home. He is a son of David Wendleton. He has resided with his uncle, Henry Wendleton, since he was 10 years of age and has had the management of his uncle's large farm for several years.

Mr. Wendleton was married Sept. 29, 1908, to Miss Grace Hendrick, who was born in the Indian Territory, May 12, 1888, and is a daughter of James P. and Eva (Turner) Hendrick, natives of Missouri. James B. Hendrick resided for a few years in the Indian Territory, and after his return to Missouri, settled in Lafayette county, where he resided until his removal to Boone County, where he is now residing. Three children have blessed this marriage: Mildred, born Oct. 5, 1909; Ruth, born Jan. 20, 1911; Earl, born March 12, 1915.

Mr. Wendleton is a democrat. He and Mrs. Wendleton are members of the Christian Church. He is a member of the Masons. Both Mr. and Mrs. Wendleton are well informed and well educated people, who are hospitably inclined and of the true Missouri, progressive type. Both have had the advantages of study in the State University and the Normal Academy, and endeavor to keep abreast of the times.

Henry Wendleton was born in Cooper County in 1854, and was a son of David Wendleton, a native of Holland, who left his native land, came to America, and located permanently in Cooper County, Mo., in 1833. Further details of the history of the Wendleton family will be found in the sketch of David Wendleton. Mr. Wendleton has been twice married ; his first wife having been a Miss Catherine Barbara Zimmerman, who died in 1903. His second marriage, in 1906, was with Sophia Muntzel, who died two and a half years after her marriage.

J. Louis Staebler. - A rich and fertile farm, well improved and located advantageously, such as the farm of J. Louis Staebler, of Billingsville, is a possession of which any man can well be proud. The Staebler place consists of 200 acres and has a handsome residence of 11 rooms erected in 1907 and modern in every respect. This home is equipped with a gas lighting system, water system, furnace and was one of the first modern homes built in this section of Cooper County. Mr. Staebler is a producer of hogs and raises and feeds about 150 head of animals yearly for the markets. He was born in Champaign County, Ohio, June 6, 1856.

J. Louis Staebler, Sr., his father, was born in Germany in 1820, and died in Cooper County, Mo., in 1903. The ancestral seat of the Staebler family is at or near Stuttgart, Wurtemburg, Germany. Mr. Staebler immigrated to America in 1853 and settled near Urbana, Ohio. This section of Ohio, at that time, was in a more or less wooded condition and the forests in process of clearing. The soil was wet and malaria was prevalent among the settlers and residents. Mr. Staebler became afflicted with malaria and was advised by his family doctor to come west, entirely out of the malaria-ridden country. He had friends in Missouri and learned through them of the excellence of the climate in the Cooper County neighborhood. Accordingly, he disposed of his property in Ohio, and drove across country in company with two other families, their belongings being carried in six wagons. In 1859, Mr. Staebler brought his belongings to Missouri with two teams and lived for the first two years on a farm south of Boonville. J. Louis Staebler, .Sr., served in the State Militia during the Civil War. When General Rice's Army raided Boonville and Cooper County in 1863, the Confederates raided the Staebler farm, stripped the farm and home of provisions and live stock and feed, and robbed him of his money and all his possessions. A battle was fought near the Staebler place between the Union forces under General Kratz Brown and Price's men. In 1873 he located on the farm owned by his son, J. Louis Staebler, Jr. His wife was Christina Grauer. She was bora near Stuttgart, Wurtemburg, Germany, in 1833 and departed this life Jan. 20, 1917. J. Louis Staebler was the only child of his parents.

Nov. 7, 1889, J. Louis Staebler was married to Elizabeth J. Dueschle, born in 1867, near Pleasant Green, Mo., a daughter of Adam, Sr., and Catherine (Shook) Dueschle, natives of Germany and early settlers in Cooper County. Mr. and Mrs. Staebler have two children: Esther O., a graduate of the business college at Boonville; Edith, at home with her parents.

Mr. Staebler is a republican. He is a member of the Billingsville Evangelical Church and is a member of the Woodmen of the World. He is an intelligent, well posted citizen, who has made a success of his life work and has arrived at the point in life where he can live in comfortable circumstances.

Henry P. Robien. - Success in farming and stock raising seems to be characteristic of the members of the Robien family in Cooper County, and Henry P. Robien, who has a splendid farm of 180 acres just south of Boonville, is no exception - rather, he is one of the most successful of the family, inasmuch as he is owner of 450 acres of land in addition to his home farm, situated south of Billingsville. Mr. Robien has resided on his home place for the past 18 years and it is well improved with a large brick house and other substantial farm buildings, there being two sets of improvements on his land. Mr. Robien is a large feeder of cattle and hogs, fattening two carloads each of these animals each year.

Mr. Robien was born near Speed, Mo., Sept. 25, 1872, and is a son of Henry and Mary (Hof lander) Robien, a sketch of whom appears in this volume in connection with the biography of William G. Robien of Prairie Lick. When Henry P. Robien was three years old, his parents moved to a farm just south of Boonville. Here he was reared to young manhood and attended the district school. He remained at home until he was 28 years old and then began doing for himself.

(Renken) Zimmerman, natives of Wurtemburg, Germany. George Zimmerman was born in 1834 and died on April 5, 1905. His wife, Helena, was born in Germany in 1838, and died Jan. 17, 1907. George Zimmerman came to America and settled in Cooper County in 1852. Helen (Renkin) Zimmerman came to America with her parents in 1843, and was reared and married in Cooper County. The Zimmermans settled on the farm now owned by Henry P. Robien in 1891. They were pai-ents of five children: Henry, Emma, Frederick, and Catherine, all deceased; Henrietta, wife of H. P. Robien, is the only living child.

Mr. Robien is a republican, but has little time for political matters. He and his family are members of the Evangelical Church. He is popular, well and favorably known and is one of the young hustlers in Cooper County.

George W. Carey, of "Maple Grove Farm," a mile north of the town of Prairie Home, is not only the oldest native born pioneer in this section of Missouri, but is a member of the first families of Missouri. His grandfather settled here in territorial days. Mr. Carey was born on a place four miles north of the place on which he is now living on Jan. 14, 1833. Among the names of the pioneers who were prominent in affairs here in the days of his boyhood, Mr. Carey recalls James McLain, Andrew Wells, Robert Johnston, James Adair, and William Smith.

John Carey, a Tennesseean, who came here and entered a tract of land, now a part of Frank Kirschman's farm in Prairie Home township, 100 years or more ago, was the founder of the Carey family in this section. His son, Evans Carey, father of George W. Carey, entered two tracts of land at the same time, a quarter section on Cave Creek in Saline township, now owned by James Cartner, and the tract now included in "Maple Grove Farm," owned by his grandson, Robert A. Carey, and for many years the home of the venerable George W. Carey. In time, Calvin M. Carey, one of Evans Carey's sons, and an elder brother of George W. Carey, bought the interests of the other heirs in this latter piece of property, and in the succeeding generation his youngest son, Robert A., the present owner, bought the undivided interests of his brothers and sisters, "Maple Grove Farm" thus having been held in the Carey name since the day the original patent was granted. George W. Carey has been twice married. His first wife, Polly Woods, died many years ago, and is buried in Providence Cemetery. By that union he has two daughters, Mrs. Clara Adair, of Prairie Home township, and Mrs. T. F. Hale, of California, Mo. Feb. 2, 1885, Mr. Carey married Mrs. Matilda T. (Miller) Carey, widow of his deceased brother, Calvin M. Carey. This union is without issue.

Calvin M. Carey was born in Saline township in 1825, and died in 1879, and is buried in the Salem Cemetery in Prairie Home township. Dec. 2, 1862, at Tipton, he was united in marriage to Matilda T. Miller, and to that union were born seven children all of whom are living, save George Calvin, who died at the age of three years, the others being as follows: Prof. Estill Carey, now principal of the high school at Malta Bend, Mo. ; Harriet, wife of L. P. Stark, St. Louis ; Anna, wife of R. W. Payne, Fayette; Maud, wife of R. L. Meredith, Joplin; Sarah, wife of Starke Koontz, Boonville, and Robert A., proprietor of "Maple Grove Farm."

Mrs. Matilda T. (Miller) Carey was born on a farm near Richmond, Ky., June 6, 1840, and was but six years of age when in 1846 her parents, James E. and Harriet F. (Tevis) Miller, came to Missouri with their family, and located in Howard County. A year later they moved to Moniteau County and settled on a farm a mile south of Tipton, where James E. Miller died shortly afterward in 1847. His widow died in 1867. Of the 11 children born to James E. Miller and wife, Mrs. Carey is the only survivor. She was educated in the district school and in a boarding school or seminary, which then was being conducted in the settlement which was the forerunner of the present city of Sedalia, that having been in the days before the Sedalia townsite was platted, and was living at Tipton at the time of her marriage to Calvin M. Carey in 1862. Mrs. Carey has an unusually well cultivated memory and her recollection of social conditions here in the days of her girlhood form a most interesting chain of reminiscence. She has one great-grandson, Robert Miller Payne, and 20 grandchildren, namely: Matilda, Anna Maud and Robert E. Carey; Edna, Estill, Helen and Lenore Stark; Francis and David Koontz; Lee. Carey, Lillian, Harriet, and Guy Meredith ; Robert, Martha, and William Richard Payne, and Virginia Lee and Robert A. Carey.

Robert Arthur Carey, proprietor of "Maple Grove Farm," one mile north of Prairie Home, was born on that farm and has lived there all his life. He was born Sept. 9, 1873, son of Calvin M. and Matilda T. (Miller) Carey, the latter of whom is still living, making her home at "Maple Grove," as she has done for many years. Calvin M. Carey died in 1879

Robert A. Carey completed his schooling in the old Prairie Home Institute and in the high school at Boonville, and from the days of his boyhood has devoted his attention to the cultivation of the farm. Some time ago he became owner of the place, with his mother, by purchase' of the interests of his brother and sisters. Since then he has made numerous substantial improvements to the place, including a remodeling of the residence, the erection of two barns, one 38x54 and the other 36x60, and other essential farm buildings. Mr. Carey has long given considerable attention to the raising of live stock and for the past five years has maintained an excellent herd of registered Aberdeen-Angus cattle, with which he has had much success. He also has a good bunch of Duroc Jersey hogs and a flock of 60 or more sheep.

Dec. 27, 1909, Robert A. Carey was united in marriage to Catherine Niederwimer, who also was born in this county, and to this union two children have been born, Virginia Lee and Robert Arthur, Jr. Mrs. Carey is a daughter of Frank Niederwimer and wife, who are now living at Fayette. She received her schooling at the Oak Grove School in Saline township. Mr. and Mrs. Carey are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Prairie Home. Mr. Carey gives a good citizen's attention to local civic affairs, and has served as clerk and director of the Providence School District several terms. "Maple Grove Farm" is an attractive and well kept place.

Thomas Francis Grathwohl, of the Billingsville neighborhood, has a splendid farm of 260 acres, which is well improved with a modern residence erected in 1907, two large barns, a silo 40 feet in height, and 14 feet in width and everything about his place is kept in first-class shape. Two tracts, one of 80 acres and the other of 108 acres, lay in Boonville township, the rest of his land is in Palestine township.

Thomas F. Grathwohl was born in Logansport, Ind., Oct. 4, 1866. His father was Timothy Grathwohl, a native of Germany, who immigrated to America when a young man, married Margeretha Barbara Hollander, and settled in Cooper County about 1866. He died in this county, Oct. 7, 1871.

(Stegner) Hoflander to America in 1854. She died Dec. 29, 1913. The children born to Timothy and Margaretha Barbara Grathwohl are as follows: Charles Timothy, born Sept. 3, 1860; Conrad Ansell, born in Lafayette, Ind., April 3, 1862, died Feb. 18, 1914; Maria Anna, born July 25, 1864, died Aug. 14, 1885; Thomas Francis, born Oct. 4, 1866; Magdalena Barbara, born Dec. 11, 1869; Joseph Caspar, born Aug. 24, 1871, died in 1873.

After the death of Timothy Grathwohl, the widow and children went to her father's home at Billingsville and she kept house for her brother until the children were able to work for their own support. The widow eventually bought a small farm and assisted by her brothers Paul and George and her growing sons, the family eventually became possessed of the place of 108 acres, where Thomas F. Grathwohl now lives. Here the mother lived until two years prior to her death, when she made her home with her son Charles.

Thomas F. Grathwohl lived at the homes of his uncles, Paul and George Hoflander, until he became of age. He and his two brothers, Charles and Conrad, then pooled their possessions and strength and bought the Charles Grathwohl farm together. They kept up a partnership for 10 years and prospered. In 1904 the brothers divided their land holdings. Thomas F. Grathwohl received 117 acres of land and Charles and Conrad, his brothers, took the original farm bought by the brothers, and the partnership was dissolved. Mr. Grathwohl keeps good live stock and has a thoroughbred male Hereford leader for his herd of cattle. He keeps thoroughbred Duroc Jersey and Poland China hogs. Industry, wise management, and close application have made him one of the well to do and influential citizens of Cooper County.

Mr. Grathwold was married on Nov. 8, 1896, to Miss Amelia Muntzel, who was born May 10, 1877, in Cooper County, a daughter of the late Fritz Muntzel, a sketch of whom appears in connection with that of F. H. Muntzel in this history. The children born to Thomas F. and Amelia Grathwohl are as follows: Henry, a senior in the Boonville High School; Corinne, Joseph, Marie, Carl, and Elsie, at home.

Mr. Grathwohl is a republican. He is a member of the Evangelical Church of Billingsville and is superintendent of the Billingsville Sunday school. He is a director of the Bank of Speed, Mo., and is a director of the Clarks Fork Mutual Fire Insurance Company.

Judge Thomas Alvin Harris, of Prairie Home, is one of the highly respected citizens and interesting men of the older generation of Cooper County's native sons. He was born in Prairie Home township in 1839, a son of Thomas and Nancy (Edwards) Harris, both natives of Kentucky. Thomas Harris came here with his father, William Harris, and settled in Cooper County in 1820. They settled in Prairie Home township, and William Harris died a few years after coming here, and was the first person to be buried in the Harris private cemetery. Nancy (Edwards) Harris, mother of Judge Harris, died in 1864.

Judge Harris is the only survivor of 10 children born to his parents. The others were : Stanton P. ; Mrs. Margaret Johnston ; Mrs. Elizabeth Read ; William ; Mrs. Lucinda McDuff ee ; John ; Mrs. Eliza Son ; Mrs. Catherine Son; and George all of whom are deceased.

Judge Harris was reared in Prairie Home township and received such education as the local schools of his time afforded. In the early part of the Civil War he enlisted in the Confederate Army at Boonville, under General Marmaduke, and took part in a number of battles, among which were the engagements at Independence, Big Blue, Mine Creek, Newtonia, being in the campaigns through Missouri, Arkansas, Texas and Louisiana. He was at Shreveport, La., when the war closed, there surrendering, and returned home by way of the Mississippi River to St. Louis, and from there to Jefferson City by rail. After the close of the war he resumed farming and stock raising in Prairie Home township, and met with wellmerited success. He raised cattle, hogs and sheep and attained quite a reputation as a breeder of Oxford sheep. He lived on the place of 120 acres where he was born, except the time he was in the army, for 80 years, or until 1919, when he bought a pleasant home in the town of Prairie Home, where he and his wife are enjoying well-earned peaceful retirement.

During the course of his caree, Judge Harris has always taken a deep and abiding interest in matters affecting the public welfare, and has been prominently identified with Cooper County in a political way. He was elected one of the judges of the County Court from the eastern district in 1891, and re-elected by a larger majority than the first time to succeed himself. Many improvements were made of a character which came within the scope of the jurisdiction of the County Court during his two terms of office. Among the more important, which might be here mentioned, was the building of the Jewett bridge over Clarks Creek, and a number of other bridges in the county.

Judge T. A. Hakims

ing children were born to this union: Letitia, married Henry Carpenter, Prairie Home township; Lulu, who married D. W. Hunt, who is now deceased, and she lives at Pisgah, and George W., died at the age of 23. The mother of these children died in 1883. In 1890, Judge Harris was united in marriage with Miss Bessie Apperson, daughter of Gilbert and Martha (Berkley) Apperson. The former a native of North Carolina, and the latter of Virginia. They were pioneers of North Moniteau township. They were the parents of the following children: Bessie, the wife of Judge Harris, born May 10, 1846 ; William F. ; Robert W. ; Thomas F. ; George P. ; Nancy P. The last three mentioned are deceased.

Judge and Mrs. Harris are members of the Baptist Church of Prairie Home, and he has served as clerk of the Pisgah Baptist Church for 22 years. The Harris family are numbered among Cooper County's most valued and highly respected citizens, and Judge Harris and his wife have a host of friends.

Walter L. Coleman of the firm of Coleman and Lee, general merchandise, Bunceton, Mo., has been a resident of Bunceton since 1887 and has been engaged in the mercantile business since 1910. This store is well stocked with groceries, dry goods and general merchandise and has an excellent and substantial trade.

Walter L. Coleman was born June 13, 1873, in Lees Summit, Mo., and is a son of John Coleman, a sketch of whom appears in this history. W. L. Coleman attended the Bunceton, Mo., schools and for ten years he traveled over the country, and was a baseball player for some years in various parts of the country. Mr. Coleman returned to Bunceton in 1902 and engaged in the grain business with his father and brothers. He was next engaged in the hardware business and in 1910, in partnership with Mr. Lee, the firm of Coleman & Lee Merc. Co. was established.

Mr. Coleman was married on May 30, 1902 to Miss Huldah Lee of Bunceton, a daughter of Caleb A. Lee, partner in the business. Mr. and Mrs. Coleman have one child: John Lee Coleman, aged 15 years.

Caleb Atkinson Lee, father of Mrs. Coleman, was born Jan. 4, 1851, in Howard County. He is a son of Atkinson Hill and Susan (Wilcox) Lee, natives of Kentucky. The ancestry of this branch of the Lee family traces back to the Lees of Virginia and thence to Ireland. Col. Phil Lee, an uncle of C. A. Lee, fought in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. A. H. Lee, father of C. A. Lee, was born in 1808 and died on April 5, 1863. He came to Missouri from Kentucky in 1830, and drove a freighting outfit from St. Louis to Old Franklin for a number of years and later (36)

Caleb Atkinson Lee was married in 1876 to Mattie M., a daughter of William R. George; she was born in 1855 in Cooper County. Mr. and Mrs. Lee have two children : Mrs. Walter L. Coleman and William Atkinson Lee, of St. Louis, Mo.

Sept. 5, 1881, Mr. Lee moved to Cooper County, and located on a farm one mile east of Bunceton where he followed fanning for 18 years. He then engaged in business with Mr. Coleman.

Mr. Coleman is a democrat, a member of the Presbyterian church and the Knights of Pythias. Mr. Lee is a democrat, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South and is a Mason.

Joseph Popper. - The largest mercantile establishment in central Missouri, is the department store on Joseph Popper and Company, Bunceton, Mo., established in 1893. Mr. Popper began business on an ordinary scale in that year on a side street of Bunceton, in a room 18x60 feet and carried a stock of goods value at about $8,000. His business soon outgrew its quarters and he moved to his present location in 1894. The Popper Store occupies a floor space of over 4,000 square feet besides a ware room of the same size. The business occupies two floors of the largest building in Bunceton. The clothing department occupies a space 30x65 feet; the grocery department occupies a space 40x50 feet; the dry goods and notions department occupied 28x80 feet; the shoe department is situated along one entire side of the building 80 feet ; and the goods are arranged on the departmental plan with every modern facility for the rapid transaction of the large volume of business. Six sales people are employed in this store and the extensive trade covers southern Cooper County and Moniteau County.

Joseph Popper was born in Austria, Feb. 12, 1863. He is a son of Adelbert and Johanna Popper, the former of whom was a merchant and farmer in his native land and who gave his son Joseph a good education to fit him for his career. Mr. Popper came to America in 1883 and located at Versailles, Mo., where he was employed by William Mendel, a merchant of that city, for ten and a half years. He then came to Bunceton and began his successful business career.

an ex-soldier in the National Army. Herman Popper was bora in 1896. He enlisted in the aviation department of the National Army early in 1918, was trained at the New York Aviation School and was then transferred to the training station, Kelly Field, at San Antonio, Texas, and received an honorable discharge in Feb., 1919. Mr. Popper was again married in 1907 to Bettie Nassauer, of St. Louis, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sigmund Nassauer, of that city.

Mr. Popper is a republican. He was born and reared in the Jewish religious faith. He is a member of the Masons, the Chapter at Boonville, the Knights of Pythias, and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Personally, Mr. Popper is a pleasant, genial, likable citizen who is liberal in his support of all public enterprises.

Herbert L. Hawkins. - The Hawkins Hardware Co., Bunceton, Mo., of which Herbert L. Hawkins is president and treasurer, was organized in 1916 with a capital of $7,000. This capital has since been increased to 830,000, the demands of the growth of the business making necessary an increase in the capitalization. L. H. Moore is the vice-president and secretary of the company. Two floors, 60x100 feet are occupied by a splendid stock of hardware, harness and implements. Three warehouses are used in addition to the store room, and six people are given employment in conducting this large business. A plumbing and electrical department is maintained as well as a tin shop, and a wagon and automobile repair shop. A line of wagons, buggies and automobiles is carried, such substantial makes as the Studebaker, Maxwell and Scripps- Booth automobiles being sold and in addition the firm handles the famous "Titan Tractors".

Herbert L. Hawkins was born in 1883 at Mohawk, Tenn. He is a son of J. K. and Sarah C. (Lotspeich) Hawkins. J. K. Hawkins has been during his whole active life, a promoter and organizer whose profession took him in various parts of the country while he made his headquarters at Morristown, Tenn. H. L. Hawkins was educated in the public schools and the seminary at Bowling Green, Ky. For several years he was engaged in the paint manufacturing business at Louisville, Ky., following which he was engaged in the real estate business at Versailles, Mo. Mr. Hawkins came to Bunceton in 1914 and embarked in the hardware and implement business as previously stated. Mr. Hawkins is president of the Bunceton Ice, Electric Light and Fuel Company.

He was married in 1910 to Miss Sallie Burger of Bunceton, a daughter of John G. Burger. One child has been born of this union, Helen Hawkins, aged four years.

Mr. Hawkins is a democrat of the old school. He is a member of the Baptist Church and the Masons of Bunceton, the Chapter of Boonville, Knights of Pythias, Modern Woodmen of America, Independent Order of Red Men and Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

Samuel L. Hickam, a substantial land-owner and retired farmer of Cooper County, now living in a historic old house on the corporation line of the city of Boonville, is a native Missourian, and has lived in this State all his life. He was born in Moniteau County in 1852, son of Joseph and Susan (Teeters) Hickam.

Joseph Hickam was born in Illinois, and was eight years of age when he came to Missouri with his parents in 1824, the family landing at Marion, Cole County, going from there to Moniteau County, where they settled. He thus grew up in Moniteau County, where, after his marriage to Susan Teeters, who was born in Boone County, he located on a farm, remaining there until 1876, when he moved to Cooper County, where he and his wife spent the rest of their lives. Joseph Hickam died Feb. 23, 1889, and his wife died two days later. By an astonishing coincidental train of sorrow in the Hickam family at that time, Samuel L. Hickam's first wife died Feb. 22, the day prior to her father-in-law's death, and two of the funerals were held together in the Hickam Cemetery in Moniteau County. To Joseph Hickam and wife were born 17 children, 10 of whom grew to maturity, namely: Squire William, deceased; John T., who was killed while serving under Gen. Sterling Price at the battle of Little. Blue ; Jasper, deceased; Mrs. Nancy Lamm, who died Jan. 31, 1889; Mrs. Susan Stevens, deceased ; Samuel L., subject of this sketch ; Mrs. Henrietta Teeters, deceased ; S. H. Hickam, living in Moniteau County ; Joseph, deceased ; and James T., near Boonville.

Samuel L. Hickam was reared in Moniteau, County where he received his schooling, and where he began farming, later coming to Cooper County, where for 21 years he was engaged in farming near Wooldridge, the owner there of a fine farm of 1,100 acres, which he sold in 1917. Prior to that he was for four years engaged in farming in Howard County, whei-e he owned a farm of 360 acres. In 1907, upon his retirement from the active labors of the farm, Mr. Hickam bought the historic old house on the Jefferson City road, at the city limits of Boonville, and has since made his home there. Surrounding this house Mr. Hickam has 63 acres of land, 28 acres of which are in the city limits. He also owns- 202 acres in Saline township. The house in which the Hickams live has 20 rooms, and stands right on the city corporation line, the house being thus divided that the family take their meals in the city but sleep in the suburbs. The house was erected in the thirties or early forties by the original owner, Mr. Morton, and was constructed from bricks burned on the place. The next owner was Mr. Isaac Lionberger, who built an addition to the house, extending it to its present capacious dimensions. Mr. Hickam is a democrat, and he is affiliated with the Woodmen of the World.

Mr. Hickam has been thrice married. On March 15, 1877, he was united in marriage to Nannie Stone, who was born in Boone County, and who died Feb. 22, 1889. To that union five children were born, four of whom died in infancy, the survivor being Mary, wife of Henry Lachner, of Clarksburg. June 25, 1891, Mr. Hickam married Dora Wiggins, who was born in Boone County, and who died in May, 1896, and is also buried in the Hickam Cemetery. To that union was born four children, one child living, Mildred, wife of John McDaniel, of Saline township. July 8, 1897, Mr. Hickam married Myrtle Sumner, who was born up in Audrain County. This union has been without issue, but Mr. and Mrs. Hickam have reared the following children: Clarence Dietz, Joe Jones (a colored boy), Fred Teeters, John Earnhardt, Harry Vots, Ollie Thomas and Nannie Hickam. Mrs. Hickam has a sister, Mrs. J. A. Benham, living in East St. Louis, 111. Her parents, Joseph Thomas and Martha Elizabeth (Clement) Sumner, were both members of pioneer families in Missouri, the former born in St. Louis County in 1844, and the latter in 1839. Joseph Thomas Sumner was a soldier of the Confederacy during the Civil War and spent his 18th birthday in a Federal prison, having been taken a prisoner of war. He died in 1902, and his widow died in 1912. Both are buried at Santa Fe, Monroe County. Mr. Hickam has seven grandchildren, namely: Nannie Hickam, Anna Leona, Mildred Jewel and Clara Louise Lachner and and Samuel L. McDaniel, and two step-grandchildren, William and Henry Lachner and Minnie Lachner. Sergeant William Lachner, one of the grandchildren served 18 months with the American Expeditionary Forces in France, a member of the 140th Infantry 35th Division. On his birthday, Sept. 26, he was slightly wounded in the battle in the Argonne Forest, and was for some time thereafter confined to hospital, but recovered and was returned to his command, and is now at home in Boonville.

His brother, Henry Lachner, was also in service of the United States Navy. One of Mr. Hickam's cousins, Capt. John T. Hickam, was an officer of the 35th Division, A. E. F., in France.

August Stegner. - For 66 years August Stegner, well to do retired farmer, living at 1006 Seventh Street, Boonville, Mo., has been a resident of Cooper County, and for 55 years prior to his removal to Boonville, he resided on one farm, reared a splendid family and has well earned a place in the history of his home county.

Mr. Stegner was born in Sachsen-Coburg, Germany, Aug. 24, 1843, and immigrated with his parents, John Peter and Margaret Barbara (Hertte) Stegner in 1853. The parents were accompanied by their four children, as follows: August, of this review; Mrs. Mary Rentchler, now deceased; Mrs. Christina Engen, who died in Howard County, Mo., in March, 1919; Feodor, a farmer, living at Billingsville, Mo.; and Mrs. Hildegarde Diehl, who died in this county.

August Stegner was 10 years old when he accompanied his parents to America. He enlisted in the Missouri State Guards in 1863, under Capt. Tom George and Colonel Pope and served for six months. His next service for another six months was under the command of Captain Shoemaker. He was tak,en prisoner by Shelby's raiders in 1864 and held for two days in the Cooper County court house.

Mr. Stegner built his home in 1873 and settled on the farm at Billingsville now owned by his son, Fred C. Stegner. He resided there until 1908 and then came to Boonville. He became owner of 280 acres in three farms, which he has sold to his sons at different times, and is one of the well to do citizens of Cooper County.

Jan. 3, 1871, August Stegner was married to Anna Engemann, who was born in Sachsen-Coburg, in 1852, and came to America with her parents in 1864. Seven children were born to this marriage, of whom five are living : Laura is deceased ; Otto is a farmer in Palestine township ; Benjamin is a farmer in Cooper County; Frederick Carl, owner of the home place ; August Gottlieb is deceased ; Mrs. Augusta Twillman lives at Lone Elm, Mo.; Mrs. Anna, wife of Fred Dueschle, lives near Speed, Mo.

Mr. Stegner is a republican and is a member of John A. Hayne Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of Boonville, Mo. He is a member of and was one of the builders of the Billingsville Evangelical Church. Mr. Stegner is one of the fine "old timers" of Cooper County, who has a good rec- ollection of the early pioneer days of Cooper County's development. During his boyhood days there was only one man in the neighborhood who had a team of horses, everybody using oxen for work and for travel. Mr. Stegner recalls that he paid $140 for a wagon after the close of the Civil War and did all of his plowing and farm work with oxen. Horses were used only for riding and corn plowing, and no one was rich enough to own a carriage. His wagon had no sideboards and no springs and riding in a wagon was a rough, jolting experience over the nondescript roads of that day. Everybody used big, clumsy wagons when it was necessary to transport produce or carry the family to church or on a visiting trip.

Otto H. Cramer, proprietor of the Cramer Mercantile Company, Bunceton, Mo., is conducting the oldest business enterprise in Bunceton. This store was established in 1867 by Edward Cramer, and is one of the best in Cooper County, retailing general merchandise and dry goods. Two generations of patrons have dealt with this store and it is now practically old enough for the third generation of patrons.

Edward Cramer, father of Otto H. Cramer, was born at Harmon, Mo., March 12, 1844 and died Dec. 31, 1914. He was a son of Dr. Edward Cramer, the first physician who practiced in Gasconade County. Dr. Cramer was a native of Prussia, and received his medical education in one of the universities of his native country. Soon after his graduation in medicine he came to America, and located in Gasconade County, Mo. Here he was married to Margaret Knocker, who was born in Philadelphia, Pa. After practicing medicine for a number of years, Dr. Cramer en-