Cooper County, Missouri - Biographical sketches, 1919 (part 8 of 24)

William Wyan Trigg was educated in the Kemper School of Boonville, entering in 1861, and studying there until the closing of the school in 1864, on account of war conditions. For a period of thirty years, he was connected with the Wm. H. Trigg Mercantile Company, and was one of the active partners in this concern until 1894. Since that time he has been engaged in the real estate and loan business in Boonville.

Oct. 13, 1869, W. W. Trigg was married to Miss Louise Friend Hall, a daughter of Dr. M. W. Hall, formerly a physician of Saline County, Mo. Four children blessed this marriage, namely: William Hall, Walton Wyan, Louise, and Ewing Lester.

William Hall Trigg was born Aug. 2, 1870. He was educated in the Kemper Military School, and Columbia University, New York, graduating from the law department. For 10 years he practiced his profession in St. Louis and then came to Boonville, where he practiced law and was associated with his father in business. In May, 1918, Mr. Trigg was appointed to a law position in the State Tax Division of the Internal Revenue Department at Washington, D. C. He married Miss Julia Young.

Walton Wyann Trigg was born Dec. 31, 1873. He was educated in Kemper Military School, and is now engaged in the oil business at Melvern, Kan.

Mr. Trigg is an independent democrat. He is a Knights Templar Mason. For 25 years he was a deacon of the Boonville Presbyterian Church and for the past 20 years he has been an elder of the local church.

William A. Hurt, owner of "Forest Grove" stock farm is an honored pioneer of Cooper County and one of the most highly valued and respected citizens of Boonville township. Mr. Hurt is a native son of this county, a member of one of Missouri's first families. He was born May 16, 1850, in Clarks Fork township, a son of William Hurt, Sr. and Catherine (Robertson) Hurt.

Mary (Dillard) Hurt, the former, a native of Kentucky and the latter, a daughter of James Dillard. Colonel Clayton Hurt was born Jan. 15, 1790, in Bedford County, Ky. He came to Cooper County, Mo., about 1815 and settled at Old Cole's Fort. Colonel Clayton Hurt was in charge of the settlers' military organization, which for many years was maintained as a protection against the Indians. He died in 1862 and his remains rest in Hail Ridge cemetery. Mrs. Hurt died in 1867. Two children of Colonel Clayton and Mary (Dillard) Hurt are now living in Cooper County, namely: J. T. Hurt and Mrs. Julia (Hurt) Shannon.

Sept. 6, 1837, William Hurt, Sr. and Catherine Robertson, daughter of Capt. Andrew Robertson, one of the leading pioneers of Cooper County, were united in marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Hurt were true-hearted, sturdy pioneers and spent their lives in rearing their family and improving their farm in Clarks Fork township. To them were born the following children: Mrs. Mary Catherine McFarland, of Clarks Fork township; Mrs. Nancy Emmeline Davis, who died Jan. 6, 1912; Jenkin D., deceased; Beniga, who died Dec. 15, 1914; William Andrew, the subject of this sketch; and James M., a prosperous farmer of Clarks Fork township. The mother died May 28, 1882 and the father died Jan. 11, 1894. The remains of both parents rest in Walnut Grove cemetery.

William A. Hurt attended the public schools of Cooper County. Practically his entire life has been devoted to the pursuits of farming and stockraising in Boonville and Clarks Fork townships. His farm comprises 585 acres of excellent land, all of Section 6 in Boonville township. The Hurt residence is one of the finest in the country and is well placed in the center of the farm on the state highway, which traverses the Hurt land. Noble, old shade trees, planted before the Civil War, surround the residence. On this farm, Mr. Hurt has made his home for 35 years. In the raising of hogs, mules and registered Hereford cattle, he has been very successful.

July 31, 1878, William A. Hurt and Elizabeth Johnston, a native of Cooper County and daughter of John B. and Margaret Johnston, were united in marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Johnston were pioneers of Prairie Home township, in which township they reared a splendid family of ten children, five boys and five girls, as follow: Mrs. Mary Margaret Parsons, deceased ; Mrs. Rachel J. Miller, deceased ; Mrs. Sallie Ann Simmons, deceased ; Susan Ellen, deceased ; Robert B., deceased ; Colonel T. A. Johnston, of Boonville, Mo.; William F., of Warrensburg, Mo.; Mrs. William A. Hurt, the wife of the subject of this review; George W., deceased; and

James E., of Denver, Col. Both parents of Mrs. Hurt are now deceased and she is one of the four surviving children. To William A. and Elizabeth (Johnston) Hurt have been born four children: Sidney J., at home; William B., deceased ; Margaret Catherine, at home ; and Mrs. Mary Farris, of Boonville. Miss Margaret possesses unusual artistic ability and her paintings, which decorate the walls of the Hurt home, show exceptional skill and taste. Mr. and Mrs. Hurt are proud of their only grandson, James William Farris, now four years of age.

More than a century has passed since the Hurt name became a familiar one in this state and now, as then, it is the synonym of upright manhood and noble womanhood. There is no family in this section of Missouri more highly regarded or more worthy of respect and affection. Mr. Hurt is a stanch democrat. He was a director of the Farmers Bank of Boonville and he is likewise a director of the Commercial Bank of Boonville.

Robert Schwitzky. - In 35 years of endeavor as a tiller of the soil, Robert Schwitzky of Palestine township, has achieved what can rightly be called a success. Mr. Schwitzky has a large farm of 300 acres upon which are two sets of handsome improvements. He has a pretty, modern cottage erected in 1914, a large bank barn which he built him self and everything about his home place gives evidence of thrift, pride, and enterprise.

Robert Schwitzky was born in Saxony, Germany, Feb. 17, 1863, and is a son of Herman and Amelia (Temple) Schwitzky, who immigrated to America in 1882 and settled in Indiana. One year later, Robert Schwitzky came to Cooper County. Herman, his father, was born in April, 1836, and makes his home with his son, Robert. Amalie Schwitzky died in 1882 shortly after her arrival in this country.

During his first summer in Indiana, Robert Schwitzky worked as a farm hand for $8 per month. After he came to Cooper County he received $12 per month for three years. He rented land for the next three years and then bought 52 acres in 1888 near Boonville upon which he resided for seven years. In 1895 he purchased 140 acres of his present homestead. This land had no improvements worthy of the name and it has been built up to its present fine condition by the owner who is one of the best agriculturists in Cooper County.

Mr. Schwitzky was married in 1885 to Minnie Johnmeyer, a sister of William F. Johnmeyer, whose biography appears in this history. Mrs. Schwitzky was born in Westphalia, Germany, Aug. 11, 1865. The chil- dren bom to this union are : Herman, Boonville, Mo. ; Ida, wife of Henry Hein, Lone Elm Prairie, Mo. ; Anna, wife of Henry Torbeck, Boonville township ; Rosa, wife of Henry Kahle, Lone Elm Prairie ; William, Minnie and Robert on the home farm; Freda, at home. William and Herman are engaged in the automobile business in Boonville and are owners of the Schwitzky Auto Sales Co.

John Hein. - The John Hein farm of 294 acres, in Palestine township, is one of the finest improved prairie farms in Cooper County. The handsome residence painted white, with red roofs, situated far back from the roadway, consists of ten rooms, all modern, eqipped with electric lights, hot and cold running water - an ideal country place. A cellar runs entirely underneath this fine home and every convenience for comfortable living is arranged in the home. Other farm buildings are in keeping with the Hein residence. Mr. Hein raises pure bred Duroc Jersey swine and has a herd of Shorthorn cattle. Mrs. Hein has a large flock of pure bred white Leghorn poultry.

John Hein was born on a farm near Boonville, Jan. 28, 1866, and is a son of Henry Hein, who was born in 1826 and died in 1903. His mother was Catherine Titkens prior to her marriage, and she was born in 1838 and died in 1897.

Henry Hein was a native of Holstein, Germany, and came to America in 1856. He served under the Union flag during the Civil War and settled in the Lone Elm neighborhood in Cooper County, where he owned 120 acres, upon which he settled in about 1874. He reared a family of eight children: Mrs. Mary Cotterman, living north of Speed, Mo.; John, subject of this review; William lives near Appleton City, Mo.; Christ lives on the farm adjoining that of John Hein ; Peter, a farmer, north of Lone Elm ; Sophia, Lone Elm ; J. W. Henry lives on the home place.

John Hein attended the old Clarks Fork School and the Lone Grove School and learned to till the soil under his father. When he attained the age of 21 years, he began his own career. He rented land in the neighborhood until 1900, and then made his first purchase of 177 acres at a cost of $44 an acre. In 1911 he bought 116 acres, plus a fraction, at a cost of $85 an acre. This fine farm of nearly 294 acres is easily worth from $125 to $150 an acre.

Mr. Hein is a republican, but has little time for political matters. When he has a few hours free from his farming duties, he can usually be found doing something to add to the attractiveness or convenience of his splendid country estate. He and his family worship at the Evangelical Lutheran Church at Lone Elm, and he is a liberal supporter of this church.

John H. Smith is a native of Cooper County and a descendant of very early Missouri pioneers. He was born in Prairie Home township, where he has since resided, Jan. 12, 1862, and is a son of Jeremiah and Lutetia C (George) Smith. The former was a native of Tennessee, born May 16, 1810, and the latter born March 1, 1823 and died July 16, 1905. Jeremiah died Dec. 21, 1903. Jeremiah Smith was a son of Thomas Smith, a native of Virginia, and his wife was from North Carolina.

In 1817 Thomas Smith came to Missouri from Tennessee with his family and settled at Boonslick, where he remained about a year and removed to Old Franklin. Some years later he came to Cooper County, settling in Prairie Home township, where he entered 160 acres of land; which is now the Fred Sullivan place. Jeremiah Smith also entered 80 acres of government land about the same time, or a little later. John H. Smith, the subject of this sketch, now owns this property. Jeremiah Smith became an extensive land owner and at one time owned about 1,000 acres, which he divided among his eight children. He was a Presbyterian and a democrat, and cast his first vote for Andrew Jackson for president.

Jeremiah and Lutetia C. (George) Smith, were the parents of the following children: Margaret Ann, born March 31, 1846, and died June 20, 1856; Thomas Richard, born April 5, 1848, and resides at Pleasant Hill, Mo.; George Almond, born April 3, 1850 and died in Cass County, Mo., Jan. 23, 1912; Martha Ellen, born April 30. 1854, married Joseph Franklin and resides at Hume, Mo.; Robert Boone, born Oct. 24, 1855, and resides in Prairie Home ; Mary Alice, born May 17, 1858, married Dr. G. W. Stiffler, Stirling, Colo.; William A., born April 24, 1860, Prairie Home ; John H., the subject of this sketch, and Josie Lee, born April 24, 1864, married E. L. Koontz, Fulton, Mo.

John H. Smith was reared and educated in Prairie Home township and has made farming and stock raising his life occupation, and has met with a very satisfactory degree of success in his undertaking. He was married Nov. 30, 1887, to Elizabeth Ann Mitchell, a native of Pennsylvania, born June 27, 1867. She is a daughter of W. H. and Margaret J. (Harmon) Mitchell, both natives of Pennsylvania. W. H. Mitchell was born in Jackson township, Huntington County, June 8, 1845, and his wife was born in Union township, Mifflin County, Dec. 4, 1845. They were married in Mifflin County, July 4, 1866. They came to Missouri in 1880 and settled at East Lynn. In 1900 they removed to Oklahoma, where they now reside. The following children were born to W. H. Mitchell and wife: Elizabeth Ann, wife of John H. Smith, the subject of this sketch; John Irvin C, born July 2, 1868, now resides at Arnett, Okla. ; Laura Williamson, born Dec. 19, 1869 and died near East Lynn, Mo., in 1886 ; Porter Davis, born June 19, 1871, resides in Prairie Home; James Solomon, born Nov. 29, 1872, and died at East Lynn, Nov. 26, 1889 ; William Nelson, born Sept. 10, 1874, resides at Arnett Okla. ; Rebecca Jane, born March 7, 1876, and died Sept. 13, 1889 at East Lynn ; Sarah Emma, born Nov. 20, 1878, and died June 12, 1896, at East Lynn ; Margaret Bailey, born Sept. 4, 1879 now resides at Boundbrook, N. J. ; Thomas Hope, born Jan. 11, 1882, resides at Kansas City, Mo. ; Dora Viola, born May 24, 1883, lives at Arnett, Okla. ; Lawrence Earl, born April 7, 1885, and died May 9, 1887 ; Bertha May, born Jan. 28, 1887, resides at Arnett, Okla., and Joseph Hastings, born May 26, 1889, lives at Arnett, Okla. All of the above named children were born in Mifflin County, Pa., except the last five mentioned, who were born in Cass County, Mo.

To John H. Smith and wife have been bom the following children: Lottie Bell, born Sept. 20, 1888, died May 1, 1901 ; Jessie Lee, born Feb. 5, 1890, married John Knorp, Prairie Home; Lutitia Nadine, born Feb. 8, 1893, married Cornelius Keil, Spring Valley, Canada; Laura Jane, born Jan. 15, 1895, married A. C. Dishion, Prairie Home; Lonnie Stevens, born Oct. 2, 1897, married Martin Odneal, Prairie Home; Grace Pearl, born March 2, 1899, married John Schaaf, Cedron, Mo.; Jerry William, born July 17, 1900, died Dec. 31, 1900; Margaret Barnett, born Nov. 20, 1901 and died July 21 1902 ; Mina Eugenia, born June 8, 1904 and died May 18, 1909, and Ida E., born May 15, 1901, and a daughter born Sept. 5, 1891, died in infancy.

John Parsons Glazier, one of Cooper County's most prominent citizens, is a native of Clarks Fork township. Mr. Glazier was born on Lone Elm Prairie, July 1, 1858, a son of Charles and Frances Ann (Parsons) Glazier, the former, a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of Virginia.

located in Clarks Fork township, where he purchased a farm, comprising 320 acres of land, which he spent his life cultivating and improving, and there died in 1900. His remains rest in the cemetery at Salem Church. Frances Ann Glazier was born in Albemarle County, Va. In 1836, she came to Missouri and she was then 14 years of age. Mrs. Glazier died in 1911 and she was laid to rest beside her husband in the cemetery at Salem Church. John Parsons Glazier is one of six children born to Charles and Frances Ann Glazier, as follow : James, deceased ; Hattie, deceased ; Laura, deceased ; Martha, the wife of Dr. John Cowden, both of whom are now deceased ; Mary Ella, deceased ; John Parsons, the subject of this review; and Charles Ernest, deceased.

John Parsons Glazier attended the public schools of Cooper County. Since attaining maturity, he has followed farming in Clarks Fork and Boonville townships. In 1903, he purchased his present homeplace, a farm comprising 88 Va acres, located four miles southeast of Boonville, on the state highway. The residence, a brick structure, is one of the oldest in the county. It was built by Alex Tucker perhaps 90 years ago and is still in good condition. Mr. Glazier raises Jersey cattle and Duroc Jersey hogs, both eligible for registry.

April 25, 1883, John Parsons Glazier and Nannie Washington Weight were united in marriage. Mrs. Glazier is a daughter of Oscar and Cornelia B. (O'Brien) Weight a great-gieat-grandniece of George Washington. Oscar Weight was a native of Clark's Fork township. He was uom on Saturday, Jan. 27, 1821 and his wife was born on Sunday, June 29, 1829. When a young man, 17 years of age, Oscar Weight made the trip across the plains, journeying into Old Mexico with the famous Santa Fe pioneers, the Houcks. Mr. and Mrs. Weight were the parents of the following children: Mrs. Mary Catherine Finley, born in 1847 resides in Saline township; Emily Gibson, died at the age of two years; James Reed, born in 1851, deceased ; Elizabeth, born in 1854, deceased ; Laura E., born in 1856 ; Louisa H., bom in 1860, married Reginald Walker, Nov. 20, 1877, died July 30, 1884 ; Nannie Washington and Julia Taylor, twins, the former, the wife of the subject of this review and the latter, the wife of W. A. Chambers, died May 13, 1916; George Washington, born Feb. 23, 1864, died in 1865 ; Cornelia, born Nov. 4, 1870, deceased ; John L. O'Brien, born Oct. 23, 1873, resides in Blackwell, Okla. John L. O'Brien Weight married Frances Roberta Don Carlos in 1896. She is now deceased and he has remarried. To John Parsons and Nannie Washington Glazier have been born three children: A son, died in infancy, was' born Feb. 17, 1885; John Taylor, born Feb. 11, 1897 and died in infancy; and Annie Laura, born Feb. 19, 1900. Miss Annie Laura is a graduate of the Boonville High School, a member of the class of 1916. She took the post-graduate course in the high school in 1917 and is teaching her second school in Bethlehem district. Both parents of Mrs. Glazier are deceased. The father died Jan. 23, 1874 and his remains were interred in O'Brien cemetery. The mother died Jan. 24, 1897 and she was laid to rest in Walnut Grove cemetery.

Jordan O'Brien, a soldier of the War of 1812, battle of New Orleans, grandfather of Mrs. Glazier, came from Kentucky to southeastern Missouri about 1816, at the time of the earthquake. He located in Boonville township on the farm now owned by Mrs. Herman Erhardt. Jordan O'Brien was one of Missouri's most conspicuous characters of pioneers days. He was in public life for 20 years, a member of the Legislature when Missouri was still a territoiy, a charter members of the First Baptist Church at Boonville, one of the organizers and promoters of William Jewell College at Liberty, Mo. Jordan O'Brien and William Jewell were close, personal friends, both leaders of their day. George Washington Weight, grandfather of Mrs. Glazier, was educated at William & Mary's College in Virginia and he was one of the first county surveyors of Cooper County and was prominent in all educational movements and works. Mary E. Hampton Taylor, wife of Jordan O'Brien, grandmother of Mrs. Glazier, was a cousin of Zachariah Taylor and of Wade Hampton. Thus Mrs. Glazier is a descendant of one of the best colonial families and a daughter of one of Missouri's leading pioneer families, a family directly connected with two presidents of the United States, George Washington and Zachariah Taylor. A. J. Wright, a great-uncle of Mrs. Glazier, was governor of Missouri in 1825, completing an unexpired term. Mrs. Glazier is well known throughout the county, as much for her own abilities and worth as for the untarnished name of her ancestors. She has established a reputation during the past 16 years for raising the best Barred Plymouth Rock chickens and at the present time she has a splendid flock of 170. Mr. and Mrs. Glazier are held in the highest respect in this section of Missouri and are valued highly in their community.

John F. Viertel, a highly respected citizen of Boonville township, was born in Baltimore, Md., Oct. 28, 1851, a son of John and Maria (Schnuck) Viertel, the eldest of the following children born to this parents: John

F., the subject of this review; George, of Boonville township; Anna, deceased; Elizabeth, of Boonville; William, of Boonville; and Paul P., of Boonville.

John Viertel, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Germany. He came to America, when he was 18 years of age and, in 1869, located in Boonville township, Cooper County, on a farm comprising 170 acres of land owned formerly by Mr. Vivian. Mr. Viertel died on his farm about 1906 and 18 days later he was joined in death by his wife and both father and mother were interred in Walnut Grove cemetery.

In the public schools of Maryland, John F. Viertel obtained his education. He came with his parents to Missouri in 1869 and in 1881 purchased his present country place. Mr. Viertels farm comprises 254 acres of valuable land located six miles southeast of Boonville. He has placed all the improvements on the farm, except an old, brick house which was built in pioneer days. The residence was built in 1893, in addition to which he has two good barns, a machine shed and a granary. There is an excellent spring on the land, which is well adapted for stock raising, and the Viertel farm is considered one of the best stock farms in the township. Mr. Viertel formerly raised hogs, cattle, mules and sheep extensively.

In 1883, John F. Viertel and Elizabeth Langfort were united in marriage. To Mr. and Mrs. Viertel have been born two sons : Jesse P., who is at home, his father's assistant in the work of the farm ; and Charles Henry, who died at the age of five years.

Mr. Viertel is a democrat. He has served as school director in his district and takes a good citizens interest in public affairs of general interest. He is well and favorably known in Cooper County.

Harry C. Morgan, proprietor of "Riverview Farm" in Boonville township, is one of Cooper County's self-made men and most respected and valued citizens. Mr. Morgan was born in 1866 near Wellsburg, W. Va., son of William and Ellen (Reynolds) Morgan.

William Morgan, father of the subject of this sketch, was killed in the Civil War. His widow and two-year-old son left Virginia and came to Missouri in 1868 and Mrs. Morgan located in Cooper County. She later married Jacob Reed and now resides near Otterville. Her children, besides Harry C. Morgan, are Leslie, Charles, and Emmet Reed, of Syracuse; Maggie, who married Commodore Fairfax and Belle, who married Frank Robinson, both of Seattle, Wash.

month. Later, he was paid $14 and $15 a month. for his labor and he saved money. In 1910, Mr. Morgan purchased his present country place, a farm of 170 acres of excellent land, and has since then fenced and improved it. He raises hogs, calves and grain and during the years has prospered. The soil of this farm is of the best and most productive quality. Last year, 1918, the wheat averaged 25 bushels an acre on 105 acres. "Riverview Farm" is appropriately named for one can obtain a wonderful view of the Missouri river and can with the eye locate many historic spots of the early days, among them the sites of Old Franklin and Fort Cole, for one can from the farm see for miles up and down the river.

In 1889, Harry C. Morgan and Nellie Brown were united in marriage. Nellie (Brown) Morgan is a daughter of R. D. and Rebecca (Hurt) Brown. R. D. Brown was a native of England. He came to America, when he was a lad 13 years of age, and located in Wisconsin. From Wisconsin, Mr. Brown came to Missouri and located in Moniteau County, coming thence to Cooper County, where he purchased a farm in Boonville township and there he and his wife reared their family of five children, who are, as follow: Henry C, of Pilot Grove; Bettie J., the wife of William Mc- Cubbin, of Los Angeles, Cal. ; James H., of Pisgah ; Julia A., the wife of Allen Bates, of Otterville ; and Mrs. Harry C. Morgan, the wife of the subject of this review. Mrs. Brown was a native of Cooper County and her parents were among the first settlers of the county. Her brother, William Hurt, was the first white child born in Cooper County. He was born in Old Fort Cole. R. D. Brown died Feb. 20, 1905 and his wife followed him in death in April, 1915. The remains of both father and mother rest in the cemetery at Boonville. To Harry C. and Nellie Morgan have been born three children: Florence, the wife of Leonard Sampson, of Los Angeles, Cal.; Lizzie, who died March 12, 1899, at the age of five years ; and Grace S., a graduate of the Boonville High School, a member of the class of 1918, now a student in Gem City Business College at Quincy, 111.

More than a half century ago, Harry C. Morgan came to Cooper County and he was then a fatherless babe-in-arms. By his own persistent endeavors and honest industry, he has earned for himself an honored and respected place among the successful men of the county and for his family a name untarnished.

James T. Hickam, one of the best-known farmers and stockmen of Cooper County, is a member of one of Missouri's most highly respected pioneer families. Mr. Hickam was bora Sept. 7, 1861, in Moniteau County,

Joseph Hickam was born in 1816, a son of William Hickam, a native of Washington County, Va. William Hickam was a son of Joseph Hickam, Sr., a native of Ireland, one of the early settlers of colonial days in Virginia. In 1813, William Hickam, with his wife and children, left Virginia and located in Illinois, whence he came to Missouri in 1824 and located in Boone County. From Boone County, the family moved to Cole County, where the father died.

When a child, eight years of age, Joseph Hickam came with his parents from Illinois to Missouri and with them located in Boone county. In young manhood, he served in the war with the Seminoles in 1836 and he was with Colonel Gentry when the colonel was killed. After the war had closed, Mr. Hickam returned to Boone County, where he was married in 1838 to Susan Teeter. Joseph Hickam and wife were the parents of the following children: Samuel L., of Boonville; Shelby H., Lupus, Moniteau County; James T., the subject of this sketch; and 14 children, who are now deceased. The Hickam family moved from Boone County to Moniteau County in 1851 and there remained until 1876, when they settled in Cooper County, where the father died Feb. 23, 1889 and the mother died two days later. Interment for both parents was made in the Hickam cemetery in Moniteau County.

James T. Hickam attended the public schools of Moniteau and Cooper Counties. Practically his entire life, Mr. Hickam has been interested in farming and stockraising. He is now the owner of 100 acres of land in Saline township and 205 acres of land in Boonville township. He purchased his home place in 1901 from the Elliot heirs and has since rebuilt the residence. The Hickam farm is unusually well kept and the improvements reckoned among the best in the county.

In 1884, James T. Hickam and Belle Powell were united in marriage. Mrs. Hickam is a native of Moniteau County, a daughter of Irvin and Bettie Powell. To James T. and Belle Hickam have been born eight children: Joseph W., of Boonville; James B. and Samuel H., twins, Cooper County ; Mrs. Virgie Elizabeth Groom, of Overton ; Speed S., of Clarks Fork township; Jessie B., Owen P. and Russell Roy, all at home.

In connection with the history of Missouri in pioneer days, Mr. Hickam relates that his father did his first plowing in Moniteau County, using a blind horse and a cow for a team. For some time, the Hickam family lived in a crib, thatched with straw and several of the children first saw the light of day when this was the family's home. The record of this family in our country's wars is in itself a story of interest. Capt. Silas Hickam, an uncle of James T. Hickam, was killed in the war against the Indians in Florida. Two brothers of James T. Hickam, Squire W. and John, served with the Confederates in the Civil War for three years and six months and John was killed in the battle at Mine Creek. Squire W. Hickam was captured by the Union men in the same battle and was held prisoner until the close of the war. He was sentenced to be shot, but the father fortunately was able to secure the boy's release, from the prison at Jefferson City. Capt. John B. Hickam, a cousin of James T., was with Company I. 138th Division of the American Expeditionary Forces. Captain Hickam enlisted as a private in 1917, served on the Western front in France and has returned to America.

James T. Hickam is an earnest adhei-ent to the principles of the Democrat party. He is a man of marked individuality and strong personality and is well known in business circles as one possessing exceptionally good judgment. The Hickam family has for many years been numbered among the best in Cooper County.

Sam T. Mauck, former county superintendent of schools and at present a successful real estate and loan dealer at Bunceton, Mo., is a native of northern Missouri. Mr. Mauck was born in Mercer County, Mo., Nov. 27, 1887 and is a son of Edgar and Angeline (Fitzgerald) Mauck, who were natives of Indiana. Edgard Mauck settled in Missouri in 1884 but returned to Indiana and located at Princeton in 1900.

Sam T. Mauck was educated in the public schools and the State Normal College at Kirksville. He graduated from this institution in 1909. Two years prior to this he had begun his teaching career. In 1908 and 1909, he served as principal of the Boonville High School. The next three years were spent on his father's farm in Indiana. His next position was that of superintendent of the Bunceton, Mo., public schools during the years 1913, 1914 and 1915. His work was recognized as that of a school man of ability and he became well acquainted in Cooper County. Making the race for the county superintendence in the spring of 1915, he was elected to the office and served for four years. His administration of the public school system of Cooper County was a distinct success.

Mindful of the fact that the teaching profession offers no permanent future for an ambitious man and that the monetary returns from the profession are meager, and the future status of a teacher is subject to the whims and caprices of a fickle multitude, Mr. Mauck pursued the wiser course and firmly established himself in the real estate and loan business at Bunceton. He was married in 1909 to Miss Fay E. Million, daughter of W. R. Million, proprietor of the Frederick Hotel, Boonville, Mo. Three children have blessed this union: William, Martha A. and Ona M. Mauck.

John A. Brandes, owner of a well kept farm of 137 acres in North Moniteau township, is one of the wideawake and progressive farmers of that neighborhood. He was born on a farm in Clarks Fork township in 1877, son of Charles and Margaret (Schmidt) Brandes, the latter of whom is living with the family of her son, Albert, on the old home farm in North Moniteau township. Charles Brandes, who died at his home there in 1912, was a native of Germany, as is his widow, and was but a boy when he came to this country with his parents, the family coming into Missouri by way of Iowa, in which latter state they resided for a while, and settling in this county before the Civil War. Charles Brandes served for three years as a soldier of the Union, married some time after his return from the army and spent the rest of his life farming in this county. This veteran and his wife were the parents of nine children, of whom the subject of this sketch was the sixth in order of birth. By a prior marriage his wife was the mother of two children. All her children are living and she has 40 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

-John A. Brandes has followed farming all his life and has met with a gratifying measure of success. He received his schooling in the district schools. Upon beginning operations on his own account he bought from his father 80 acres which formerly was known as the Swanger farm and as his affairs prospered he added to that until he now has 137 acres, well improved and under cultivation. He has built all the improvements on this place and has a well kept farm, including two stock barns, one 42x50 feet and the other 43x32 feet, and other farm buildings. Mr. Brandes pays considerable attention to the raising of registered Galaway cattle and Poland China hogs and is doing well with his stock. He is a member of the board of directors of the Farmers Elevator at Bunceton and gives his thoughtful attention to general local business conditions.

Nov. 16, 1899, John A. Brandes was married to Laura Hoerl, who was born in this county, and to this union three children have been born, Alvin M., Lawrence B. and Ilda. Mrs. Brandes is a daughter of Martin and Ida (Selck) Hoerl, the latter of whom died on June 17, 1897, and is buried at Lone Elm. Martin Hoerl is still living in Clarks Fork township. To him and his wife were born five children, those besides Mrs. Laura Brandes being Mrs. Elizabeth Brandes, who lives in North Moniteau township ; Leonard Hoerl, of Clarks Fork township ; Mrs. Dora Timm, also of Clarks Fork township, and Elmer Hoerl, of Bunceton. Mr. and Mrs. Brandes are members of the Lutheran Church at Lone Elm and Mr. Brandes is a member of the board of directors of the parochial school at that place. He is also a memebr of the Board of Directors of the Clarks Fork Farmers' Mutual Insurance Company.

Otto G. Schmidt, proprietor of "Locust Grove Farm," in Saline township, is one of Cooper County's most valued citizens, a native son of Saline township. Mr. Schmidt was born Jan. 30, 1867, in the residence on the farm now owned by him, a son of Herman and Theresa (Spieler) Schmidt.

Herman Schmidt was born in Germany, a son of Andreas Schmidt. Father and son came to America in 1833 and settled on the farm now owned by Otto G. Schmidt. They purchased 80 acres of land for $10 an acre. A log house, 16x20 feet, now used as a chicken house, was then the residence. Here, Andreas Schmidt died when he was about 80 years of age and interment was made in the family burial ground on the farm, where the remains of his wife were also laid to rest. Herman Schmidt resided on this farm for the remainder of his life and he was 16 years of age when his father settled here. Herman and Theresa (Spieler) Schmidt were the parents of the following children: Henry, who died at the age of 19 years ; Mrs. Ida Hobrecht, of California, Mo. ; Mrs. Emma Hasenbach, of Boonville; Herman, Jr., of Boonville; Bertha, who died at the age of 21 years ; and Otto G., the subject of this sketch. Both father and mother are now deceased and their remains rest in the family burial ground. Mrs. Schmidt died Dec. 29, 1906, at the age of 81 years. The Schmidt Cemetery contains about 75 interments, the remains of Cooper County pioneers. The first burial made there was that of Gustav Schmidt, 11 years of age, who died in 1833. He was a brother of Herman Schmdit.

Otto G. Schmidt attended school at Connor school-house in Saline township, at Woodland school-house, and six months at a German school in Boonville. Leaving school, Mr. Schmidt returned to the farm, where he now resides. "Locust Grove Farm" comprises 170 acres of land, located eight miles east of Boonville, and is considered one of the best farms in the county. It is conveniently located one and a half miles west of Overton. Mr. Schmidt is engaged in general farming and stock rais- ing. He raises cattle, sheep, and hogs. The farm is neatly kept and the residence, built by Mr. Schmidt's father in 1850, is a good, substantial house, in excellent repair.

Oct. 25, 1891, Otto G. Schmidt and Fannie Kramer, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Kramer, were united in marriage in Saline township. Both parents of Mrs. Schmidt came from Germany to America and settled in Cooper County about 1835. They are now deceased and are buried in the Schmidt Cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Kramer were the parents of the following children: Henry B., of Overton; Herman, of Boonville; Jacob, who resides in the State of Washigton; Mrs. Otto G. Schmidt, the wife of the subject of this review; Mary, deceased. To Otto G. and Fannie Schmidt has been born one child, a son, Oscar G., who is 19 years of age and is at home with his parents.

Mr. Schmidt is affiliated with the republican party. He is keenly interested in matters of public interest, but he has never sought or cared to seek political office. Fraternally, he is a member of the Woodmen of the World and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, having been a member of the former for 25 years and of the latter for 16 years. Mr. and Mrs. Schmidt are members of the German Evangelical Church at Boonville. Otto G. Schmidt is now 52 years of age and he has never in his life smoked or been in a saloon. The Schmidt family is widely and favorably known in Cooper County, and Mr. Schmidt ranks highly among the intelligent, progressive men of his community.

Z. R. Neal, proprietor of "Locust Hurst Farm," in Saline township, is a member of one of Missouri's first families, a native of Morgan County, a son of one of Cooper County's honored pioneer ministers. Mr. Neal was born Aug. 25, 1849, near Otterville. a son of Rev. Minor and Nancy (Amick) Neal, both deceased.

Reverend Neal was a well-known minister of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and one of the early preachers of Moniteau and Cooper Counties. Reverend Minor and Nancy Neal were the parents of the following children: George, James Q., and Thomas L., of Lebanon; Mrs. T. B. Young, of Sedalia; Mrs. May Hixon, of Pilot Grove; and Z. R., the subject of this review.

Z. R. Neal attended the public school of Mount Zion. He has followed farming and stock raising practically all his life and since 1901 has resided on the farm where he now lives. "Locust Hurst Farm" comprises 340 acres of some of the most valuable land in Cooper County. This country place is located 10 miles southeast of Boonville. The residence was built in 1901, a modern structure, equipped with acetylene lights. There are two good barns on the place, which is well arranged for the handling of stock and grain.

In 1875, Z. R. Neal and Mary E. Fluke, a daughter of John Fluke, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this volume in connection with the biogi'aphy of G. F. Fluke, were united in marriage. Mrs. Neal was born on the farm where she now resides on March 4, 1853, and she attended the public schools of Highland district. To Z. R. and Mary E. Neal have been bom six children: John M., who died in infancy; William W., at home; Ollie H., who married Ella Givens, of Saline township, now an engineer, residing in Parsons, Kans. ; Troy W., who married Mary Allen, of Saline township, and they reside on the home farm ; Stella R., the wife of Rev. C. C. Cox, of Chicago, 111., a minister of the Presbyterian Church; and Dorsey M., who is a teacher at Highland school and one of the favorably known teachers of Cooper county.

Mr. and Mrs. Neal have reared and educated as fine a family as can be found in the State and now they are spending the eventide of life in contentment on their farm, one of the pretty country places of Saline township.

H. E. Schnuck, proprietor of "Walnut Range Stock Farm," in Saline township, one of the most beautiful country places in this section of the State, was born in Saline township, Nov. 25, 1866, on a farm located onehalf mile east of Big Lick. Mr. Schnuck is a son of John and Catherine (Meyer) Schnuck, the former a native of Germany, and the latter, of Moniteau County.

John Schnuck was born in 1830 and in the early fifties he immigrated to America and settled in Missouri on a farm near Gooch's Mills. Mr. Schnuck died in 1880 and he was laid to rest in the cemetery at Pleasant Grove. His widow now makes her home with their son, John, in Boonville township. The children of John and Catherine Schnuck are: Mary, the wife of Samuel Oerly, of Saline township; Elizabeth, the wife of Henry Renken, of Clarks Fork township; Mrs. Catherine Smith, deceased; H. E., the subject of this sketch; Anna, the wife of Ed Twillman, of St. Louis County; and John H., of Boonville township.

H. E. Schnuck attended the public schools of Cooper County and spent one year in attendance at Hooper Institute at Clarksburg, Mo. Leaving school, Mr. Schnuck was for nine years in the mercantile and milling business at Big Lick, or Gooch's Mills. In 1897, he moved to the farm where he now resides. "Walnut Range Farm'" is one of the splen- did stock farms of the county, a part of the original Kelly Ragland farm of nearly 2000 acres. Mr. Schnuck owns the old home place, a farm of 300 acres of land, in addition to 110 acres of river bottom land. Kelly Ragland, one of the wealthiest men in Missouri in the days gone by, was at one time owner of 100 slaves. He was a Virginian. Mr. Ragland built the residence in which Mr. Schnuck now lives, a two-story structure, "T-shape," made from brick from a kiln on the farm. The style of architecture is that of Colonial days. There are 10 rooms in the residence, all unusually large, and originally each contained a huge fireplace. A second brick residence, which was built for the Ragland slaves, is now used as a granary and storehouse. Kelly Ragland died shortly after the Civil War. His heirs sold the farm to Emanuel Oerly, who sold the place to H. E. Schnuck in 1897. "Walnut Range Stock Farm" is conveniently located 12 miles from Boonville and two miles from Overton. Mr. Schnuck is engaged in general farming and stockraising. He raises registered Poland China hogs, Shorthorn cattle, and black-face sheep. A registered Shorthorn male leads the herd of cattle. Mr. Schnuck raises annually from 200 to 500 chickens, White Leghorns, Rhode Island Reds, all pure breds. The Schnuck place is well equipped in every particular to take care of large herds of stock and flocks of chickens. There are four barns, two tenant houses, a large granary on the home place and a good residence on the river bottom land. Mr. Schnuck is very proud of a splendid chicken house, 20x24 feet, exclusive of an extra shed called "The Fool Proof." The building has excellent ventilation and is vermin proof. Everything is done on a large scale at "Walnut Range Stock Farm," a country place to which the citizens of Cooper County point with pride. Mr. Schnuck has improved the appearance of the old homestead by the addition of concrete porches and cement walks.

Nov. 25, 1897, H. E. Schnuck was united in marriage with Ida Vieth, a daughter of Benjamin and Elizabet (Selck) Vieth, both of whom are now residing on a farm in Kelly township, near Bunceton. Mrs. Schnuck is one of the following children born to her parents : Ida, the wife of the subject of this review ; Emma, at home ; Tillie, the wife of Charles Barta, of Kansas City, Mo.; Henry and Carrie, at home. To Mr. and Mrs. Schnuck have been born four children: Lorine, Arthur and Lloyd and Wilbur, the latter deceased.

Mr. Schnuck is a republican. He is a valued member of the Pleasant Grove Lutheran Church. Honest, industrious, capable, Mr. Schnuck stands very high in his community, and he and Mrs. Schnuck are numbered among Cooper County's most respected citizens.

William J. Wooldridge, merchant, miller, lumberman, and an "all round hustler," was born in Cooper County, near the town of Wooldridge, Sept. 11, 1870, a son of H. H. and Sallie (Eager) Wooldridge, the former, a native of Hardin County, Ky., and the latter of Cooper County, Mo.

H. H. Wooldridge was a son of Jesse Wooldridge, a native of Virginia. Jesse Wooldridge migrated from Virginia to Kentucky and thence to Missouri, where he settled in Cooper County in 1858, on land where the town of Wooldridge now is located. He purchased a section of land, improved his farm, and there died in the latter seventies. The remains of Jesse Wooldridge rest in the family burial ground. His son, H. H. Wooldridge, was a merchant, farmer, and stockman. He owned 400 acres of land, a part of which was the townsite of Wooldridge. The town was laid out in 1901, when the railroad came. H. H. Wooldridge was for 30 years engaged in the mercantile business at Overton, Mo. He died on the last day of the year 1916, and his remains were interred in the family cemetery. His widow still survives him and is now residing on the old homeplace. The Wooldridge children are: W. J., the subject of this sketch ; Mrs. A. F. Nixon, of Wooldridge, and H. H., Jr.

William J. Wooldridge obtained his education in the public schools of Cooper County and at Hooper Institute at Clarksburg. For ten years, Mr. Wooldridge was engaged in teaching in the Hooper Institute. Leaving the teaching profession, Mr. Wooldridge has since been engaged in the mercantile business, in farming and stockraising. After two years at Clarksburg, three years at Corticelli, and three years at Linn Creek, William J. Wooldridge located at his old home, Wooldridge, about 1897. He now conducts a lumber yard and grain elevator at Overton, and since 1914 a feed and flour mill at Wooldridge, the last named having a capacity of 60 barrels a day. In 1914, he had drilled near the mill an artesian well, 197 feet in depth, the only one of the kind in this part of the state., Mr. Wooldridge is president of the Bank of Wooldridge. In addition to the manifold responsibilities of his mercantile and financial business, Mr. Wooldridge operates his farm of 1350 acres near the town of Wooldridge, and at the time of this writing he and W. R. Freeman are feeding 800 head of hogs and 141 head of cattle. Mr. Wooldridge has a handsome, modern home in the town of Wooldridge.

In 1890, William J. Wooldridge and Lily Hooper, a daughter of Professor J. N. and Georgia Hooper, were united in marriage. The Hoopers were from Clarksburg, Mo. Professor Hooper is deceased since 1892, and his remains are interred in the cemetery at Clarksburg. The widowed mother now makes her home with her son-in-law, W. J. Wooldridge. To

Mr. and Mrs. Wooldridge were born seven children: Flossie M., the wife of Lon Freeman, of Wooldridge; Hooper E., Willie Fay, Georgia Hazel, Jessie Lee, William J., Jr., and Harry. Mrs. Wooldridge was the oldest of three children born to her parents: W. E., of Wooldridge; Dorsey E., a dentist of Warsaw, and Mrs. W. J. Wooldridge, who died April 27, 1915, at the age of 44 years.

The history of the Wooldridge family is inseparably linked with the history of Cooper County, and for more than 60 years the name has stood for all that is best in manhood and womanhood. No man stands higher in the respect of his fellowmen than does William J. Wooldridge. He is a democrat in politics. He is a member of the Baptist Church and is affiliated with the Woodmen of the World, Modern Brotherhood, Knights of Pythias and the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons.

Holman Lee, a well-known farmer and stockman of Boonville township, is a member of a highly respected, colonial family, a son of one of Missouri's honored pioneers. Mr. Lee was born Sept. 18, 1879, in Howard County, Mo., son of John and Susan (Talbott) Lee, the latter, a native of Kentucky.

John Lee was born March 5, 1816. in Richmond, Va., son of John Lee, Sr., and Susan (Owen) Lee, natives of Virginia. John Lee. Sr. was a son of Joel Lee, a soldier of the Revolution of 1776, who served under General Washington. The elder John Lee, with his wife and children, came from Virginia to Missouri in 1819 and this family was one of the first families of the state. John Lee, Jr. was one of the leading farmers and stockmen of Howard County, Mo., and he was also a prominent financier of Boonville, one of the organizers of the bank of Ahle, Lee & Duncia at Boonville, which bank was conducted until 1882, when Mr. Lee became head of the banking institution known as John Lee & Son, Bankers. In 1885, John Lee, Jr. sold his interest in this bank and assisted in the organization of the Commercial Bank, becoming a director, a position he held until his death in 1893.

The father died at his home at Old Franklin on Dec. 18, 1893, at the advanced age of 77 years. Mr. Lee was widely known in this section of the state. His home and farm were at Old Franklin in Howard County, but his chief business interests are in Boonville. By a former marriage, John Lee, Jr., was the father of two children, who are now living: Mrs. Ida Swinney, wife of E. F. Swinney, a prosperous banker of Kansas City, Mo., and Samuel, of Kansas City.

Holman Lee, subject of this review, attended - Coopers Institute and the Culver Military Academy, Culver, Ind., completing his school work with a business course at Gem City Business College, Quincy, 111. After completing the course, Mr. Lee began farming and stockraising in Howard County, Mo., where he resided until 1909, when he came to Cooper County and located on his present farm of 245 acres of well improved land. He has made unusual success in sheepraising. Mr. Lee has a herd of 600 black-faced Shropshires, 100 head of feeding cattle, 15 head of horses and mules, and 100 head of Poland China hogs.

Nov. 4, 1903, Holman Lee and Elizabeth Blackburn, adopted daughter of Carroll and Mary T. Logsdon, were united in marriage. Carroll Logsdon, grandfather and foster-father of Mrs. Lee, was one of the earliest settlers and largest landowners in Saline County, Mo. Mrs. Lee is a graduate of William Woods College, Fulton, Mo., a member of the class of 1903 and is successfully engaged in raising poultry, keeping the best Barred Plymouth Rocks, for which she finds a ready market. Mr. and Mrs. Holman Lee are the parents of three children: Carroll, Suzanne, and Holman, Jr. The Lee family has long been highly valued in the community and respected throughout the county.

Sid A. Lusk, farmer and stockman, Bunceton, Mo., although one of the younger generation of stockmen in Cooper County, is one of the most successful. Mr. Lusk sold a farm of 321 acres west of Bunceton, on Feb. 1, 1918. He has purchased one of the finest homes in Bunceton and has bought another farm of 240 acres about one-half mile southwest of Bunceton in Kelly township. Sid A. Lusk was born on the Lusk homestead, March 10, 1888.

William M. Lusk, his father, was born in Polk County, near Brighton, Mo., in 1850, and died in April, 1912. He was a son of James B. Lusk, a native of Tennessee and a Missouri pioneer. James B. Lusk lived in Polk County until 1861 when he came to Cooper County, and bought a farm near Harrison Station. His children were: Mediothe, John, Hugh, Wiley, Lafayette, Benjamin and William M., and Hamilton. William M. Lusk was reared in Cooper County and married Mattie Collins who was bom in 1858 and died in June, 1896. To William M. and Mattie Lusk were born seven children: James lives in Kansas; Tucker lives in St. Paul, Minn.; Mrs. Willie Cook lives in Sedalia, Mo. ; Benjamin resides in Kansas City, Mo. ; Sid A., of this review ; Mrs. Abbie Davidson, lives in Sedalia, Mo. ; Harry died in infancy; William M. Lusk resided on a farm in Lebanon township until he settled on what is known as the Lusk homestead in

Sid A. Lusk was married in June, 1913, to Miss Arlotta Windsor, born in Cooper County, a daughter of Edward Windsor, who was born in 1862, and is a resident of the Pleasant Green neighborhood. Her mother is Ruth (Davis) Windsor, who was born in Cooper County in 1875. The Windsors have four children: Mrs. Arlotta Lusk, of this review; Mrs. Speed Boulware of near Bunceton ; Grosvenor and Edward.

Three children have been bora to Sid A. and Arlotta Lusk, as follows: Bill, born March 21, 1914 ; Helen Wiley, bora June 27, 1916 ; and Martha Ruth, born Feb. 15, 1918.

Charles Timothy Grathwohl. - "Twin Springs Stock Farm", of 235 acres situated just south of the valley of the Petit Saline River, five and a half miles south of Boonville, is a fertile well developed and substantially improved farm. This farm is owned and operated by Charles T. Grathwohl, one of the most successful farmers of Cooper County, and is devoted to wheat growing and stock raising. A handsome farm residence reached by a driveway, stands on the hill overlooking the beautiful river valley. This home was built in 1914. A large barn built of stone quarried on the place and from oak timber cut and sawed from the woods on the Grathwohl farm was erected in 1916. A silo of 150 tons capacity is built of re-inforced concrete. Mr. Grathwohl feeds a carload of pure bred Shorthorn cattle yearly for the markets, keeping the best breeds of cattle because it pays to handle only pure bred stock. He keeps Poland China and Berkshire hogs on the place.

Charles T. Grathwohl was bora Sept. 3, 1860 in Boonville, and is a son of Timothy and Barbara (Hoflander) Grathwohl. The sons of Timothy and Barbara Grathwohl all farmed together for a number of years on the Grathwohl home place. Charles and Conrad Ansul Grathwohl and Thomas purchased the present place now owned by the subject of this review in 1887. Upon the death of Mrs. and Conrad A. Grathwohl, Charles T. came into possession of the home place in 1914, placing the present fine improvements thereon. Residing with Mr. Grathwohl are his sisters, Miss Magdalena Grathwohl and Miss Minnie Becker. Mrs. Grathwohl died Dec. 29, 1913. Conrad Ansul Grathwohl died Feb. 18, 1914.

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Mr. Grathvvohl has a herd leader of Shorthorns from the Ben Smith herd which cost him $150 when a yearling and which traces to the famous Ravenswood herd. The Grathwohl herd numbers 20 pure bred cows and a noted herd leader. He has three purebred Berkshire sows and one purebred male from the Harris drove. His drove of Poland China hogs is headed by a registered male from the Wallace herd.

James A. Clayton, vice-president of the Bank of Wooldridge, is a native of Saline township, Cooper County. Mr. Clayton is one of the county's leading business men and in the financial and business circles of this section of the State he commands the respect of all with whom he comes in contact. He was born Jan. 22, 1854, a son of John M. and Elizabeth (Lamm) Clayton.

John M. Clayton was a native of Maryland. He came to Missouri with his father, John Clayton, when he, the son, was a child, six years of age. The senior Clayton settled on a farm in Prairie Home township, and there John M. was reared and educated. John Clayton was of English descent. He died at the home of his son, John M., in Saline township, and his remains are interred in the cemetery at Goochs Mill. John M. Clayton owned a farm located one and a half miles west of Wooldridge and was engaged in general farming. He died in Arkansas, whither he had gone with his son, J. L. Clayton, and is buried there.

Elizabeth (Lamm) Clayton, mother of James A. Clayton, was born in Cooper County, a daughter of William and Caroline Lamm, of Saline township. Mrs. Clayton is deceased and her remains rest in the cemetery at Gooch's Mill. Two nephews, George and James Lamm, still own the old homeplace of the Lamm family in Saline township.

James A. Clayton is one of five children born to his parents, John M. and Elizabeth Clayton, as follows: William E., of South Fork, Howell County ; Mrs. Martha Ford, who resides in Colorado ; Charles, who died at the age of six years ; James A., the subject of this review ; and John L., of Dayton, Wash.

In the district school at Lowland schoolhouse in Cooper County, James A. Clayton received his education. Until 1907, he was engaged in farming, when he entered the mercantile business as clerk in the store of Potter & Hopkins, and for two years was employed in clerking. Mr. Clayton returned to the farm after his experience in the store and remained there until 1914, when he was elected vice-president of the Bank of Wooldridge, a position he has since filled most capably.

Givens, a daughter of James and Cynthia Givens, of Saline township. Mrs. Clayton died in 1883. In 1910. Mr. Clayton and Mrs. Alice (Shepherd) Pate, a daughter of Levi and Johanna (Compbell) Shepherd, were married. Mrs. Claytons mother was a daughter of Bradley Campbell, an honored pioneer of Saline township, a native of Tennessee. Bradley Campbell and his wife are buried in the family burial ground on the old homeplace in Saline township. Mrs. Shepherd died at the age of 82 years, and Levi Shepherd died at the age of 84 years. Both parents of Mrs. Clayton were laid to rest in the cemetery at Gooch's Mill. Mr. and Mrs. Clayton have a comfortable home in Wooldridge.

Mr. Clayton is a stanch democrat. He is affiliated with the Woodmen of the World and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He and Mrs. Clayton are widely known and respected in Cooper County, worthy representatives of two of Missouri's best pioneer families.

Farris B. Hopkins, bookkeeper of the Bank of Woolridge, is a native of Saline township. Mr. Hopkins was born in 1887, son of Hallah H. and Lydia (Farris) Hopkins, both of whom are natives of Saline township.

H. H. Hopkins is a son of Hirma B. and Rebecca (Burcham) Hopkins, the former, a native of England. Hiram B. Hopkins immigrated to America and located in the State of Mississippi, whence he moved to Kentucky, thence to Texas, and, about 1856, settled on a vast tract of land, comprising almost 1,000 acres, in Cooper County, Mo. A portion of this tract of land was sold to Jesse Wooldridge, that part upon which the town of Woolridge was laid out in 1901. Truman B. Hopkins, a son of Hiram B., now resides at the old homestead. Hiram B. Hopkins died on his farm, Nov. 18, 1899, and he was buried in Wooldridge Cemetery, a family burial ground, maintained by the Hayes, Wooldridge and Hopkins families. John B. Truman was the first to be interred there. Rebecca (Bucham) Hopkins died at the old homeplace and her remains rest beside those of her husband in Wooldridge Cemetery. This is one of the most neatly kept of the private burial grounds in the county. The old homeplace of the Hopkins family contains five Indian mounds and arrowheads and various articles, which must have once belonged to the savages of the forest, have frequently been found there. Hallah H. Hopkins is residing on his farm in Saline township, where practically his entire life has thus far been spent, engaged in the pursuits of agriculture. To Hallah and Lydia Hopkins have been born two children : Farris B., the subject of this sketch and Vergna, a popular teacher of Boonville, Mo.

Farris B. Hopkins has, for the past three years been clerk of the school-board of Wooldridge, for the past eight' years clerk of the town, and he is superintendent of the Sunday School of the Wooldridge Baptist Church, and since the organization of the church in 1907 he has been the treasurer. Mr. Hopkins has been connected with the Bank of Wooldridge since 1903 as the bookkeeper of the institution.

Mr. Hopkins attended Hills Business College at Sedalia in 1904. He was for one year with the Missouri State Guards, in Company E. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and in politics is a democrat. In the business and the social circles of Cooper County, Mr. Hopkins has maintained an unusually good name. He is one of Cooper County's own boys, who have "made good," and of whom all are proud.

Judge Boz L. Moore, a prominent citizen of Boonville, ex-judge of the County Court of Cooper County, is a native of Palestine township. Mr. Moore was born Sept. 12, 1869, a son of Lafayette M. and Matilda (Morton) Moore, who were the parents of the following children: Lee, who died at the age of two years; Allen B., who died at the age of 21 years; Boz L., the subject of this review; Harvey B., who resides on the Moore homeplace; Gipson S., a teacher at Cape Girardeau; Erastus B., who is engaged in farming in Clarks Fork township; and Edith Grace, the wife of Edgar Rudolph, of Clarks Fork township. Mr. Rudolph is the present assessor of Cooper County, 1919.

Lafayette M. Moore was born in Cooper County in 1839. He received as good education as the early schools of the county afforded, and early in life began farming and stockraising. He owned a farm of 120 acres of land in Palestine township and at his country place he lived from 1864 or 1865 until the time of his death in 1902. His remains l'est in Moore Cemetery. Matilda (Morton) Moore was born in Tennessee in 1840, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Isaiah Morton. Her mother died in 1840 or 1841 and the father with his infant daughter came from Tennessee to Missouri in 1843. The father died in 1898 at his home in Palestine township, and he is buried in the family burial ground on the homeplace. Mrs. Moore still resides at the Moore homestead, in the home to which she and Mr. Moore came in 1865. She is now 79 years of age and lias retained to a remarkable degree her physical and mental vigor.

Major William Moore, great-grandfather of Judge Boz L. Moore, entered land from the Government in Palestine township, a part of the tract now a portion of the Moore homeplace, about 1817. He came to Missouri from Burke County, N. C. Major Moore was an army officer in the War of 1812. He was the father of Dr. William H. Moore, a pioneer teacher and physician. Dr. Moore taught his first school out in the forest, and it was a subscription school. He made the pens used in the school, made pens from goose quills. He was probably the first teacher in Cooper County. Dr. Moore was also the country practitioner. He rode a pony when answering calls from the countryside. He was a cripple and unable to walk, and when not on his pony he went about in a chair which he operated with his hands. Dr. Moore died in 1866 and is buried in Moore Cemetery.

Judge Boz L. Moore attended the public schools of Cooper County. Until 1917, Judge Moore was engaged in farming and stockraising. In 1910, Judge Moore was elected julge of the County Court, and in 1912 he was re-elected, serving four years. Judge Moore was active in promoting road work while a member of the County Court, and more good work, more bridges, more public building resulted during the four years he was serving as a member of the court than during any other four years in the history of the county. A new courhouse was erected at a cost of $115,000, and a new county home at a cost of $40,000.

In 1914, Judge Boz L. Moore was united in marriage with Abbie Boggs, a daughter of Harry and Beulah (Ashley) Boggs, of Fayette, Howard County. Mrs. Boggs is deceased and Harry Boggs now resides at Higginsville. Judge and Mrs. Moore reside at Shamrock Heights.

Judge Moore is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons at Bunceton. He and Mrs. Moore are well known in Cooper County and in Boonville, where they are best known, they number their friends by the score.

Joel Fairchild, father of S. Hamilton Fairchild, of this review, was a soldier in the Confederate Army who sought a new home in Missouri four years after the close of the war. He located on the John Lilly farm, on the Boonville and Bell Air highway. Later he spent 10 years in Wyoming for the benefit of his health. Returning to Missouri, he went from here to Oklahoma, and after a residence of six months in the new state, he died in 1911. His wife was Frances Phillips prior to her marriage, and she bore him three sons and four daughters, as follows: George died in Oklahoma ; Mrs. Mary Sideler, Thayer, Mo. ; S. Hamilton, of this review; Mrs. Ellen Parrish, Oklahoma; Mrs. Catherine Ward died in Arkansas; John, somewhere in the West. The mother died in 1874 and

The 50 years of the life of S. H. Fairchild have been spent in Cooper County to good purpose. He is owner of a fine farm of 154.72 acres in Palestine township, purchased in 1895, and upon which he has resided since the spring of 1896. This farm is well improved and is highly productive.

Mr. Fairchild was married in 1893 to Miss Elizabeth Dumolt, born 1871, near Billingsville, Mo., a daughter of John Dumolt, pioneer settler of Cooper County. Four sons and a daughter have blessed this union: William Ward, Charleston, S. C. ; John Edden, Elmer Eugene, Philip Harvey, and Alma Elizabeth. Two children of the family are deceased, namely: Emil Allen, died at the age of 12 years; and George died in infancy.

William Ward Fairchild, the soldier of the family, was bora in 1895 and enlisted in the United States Navy, Nov. 20, 1917. He was trained at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station and assigned to duty at Charleston, S. C, in Jan., 1918.

The Boonville Mercantile Company, located at the corner of Main and Chestnut Streets in Boonville, was organized as a corporation in 1906. The present officers are: W. M. Rowe, President R. P. Burge, vice-president ; W. W. Kingsbury, secretary. Other stockholders are : John A. Fischer, F. S. Sauter, J. L. Sauter, and Walter Reed. R. P. Burge was associated in the mercantile business for many years with H. T. Hudson, prior to the organization of the Boonville Mercantile Company.

The building occupied by the Boonville Mercantile Company fronts on Main or Fifth Street in Boonville. It is 50x122 feet in dimensions. To this building, the company moved in 1907 and the building has since been remodeled and up-to-date furnishings and fixtures installed in 1914. The ceiling is of steel, plate glass is across the entire front, and the Warren fixtures, the very latest and best, are used.

The Boonville Mercantile Company carries a complete and exceptionally good line of hardware, including stoves, harness, plumbing and heating apparatus, pumps and windmills. The company enjoys a flattering patronage and the business is annually increasing. The quality of the goods handled is the best and the company has an established reputation for fair and honorable business dealings.

Edward Stegner, one of the leading business men of Cooper County, a well-known merchant of Boonville, was bora March 13, 1865, in Boonville, one of twins born to John Adam and Margaretta (Hoffbacher) Stegner, natives of Germany.

John Adam Stegner came to America in 1854 and settled in Boonville. After arriving at Boonville, Mr. Stegner had but 75 cents left in his purse, and with this money he purchased an ax and secured a job cutting cord-wood. He also cut wheat with a sickle for 50 cents a day. In 1856, Mr. Stegner opened a cooper shop. He was by trade a cooper and he conducted this shop until in the nineties. In 1881, he erected the store building at 601 Main Street in Boonville, now the store occupied by his son, Edward, and opened a hardware and woodenware establishment and within a few months afterward added to his stock, groceries. He admitted his sons to partnership with him and the firm became known as J. A. Stegner & Sons. After Mr. Stegner's death, his wife continued to manage the business. John Adam Stegner died June 25, 1890, and nine years later Mrs. Margaretta Stegner died, Jan. 2, 1899. The remains of both parents were interred in Walnut Grove Cemetery.

Edward Stegner is one of eight children born to his parents, as follow: Sophia, of Kansas City, Mo.; Frank, of Boonville; Theodore, of Kansas City, Mo. ; William E., of Fayette, Mo. ; Edward and Emil, twins, the former, the subject of this review, and the latter, who died in 1906; Matilda, of Boonville; and Margaret, the wife of Adam Walters.

Edward Stegner received his education in the public schools of Boonville, and practically his entire life has been devoted to the mercantile business, thus far, in Boonville. Mr. Stegner has been bravely bearing the affliction of blindness since November, 1917, and is still actively engaged in business. A niece, Ida L. Stegner, assists Mr. Stegner with the work in the store, and he usually employs from four to five other assistants.

Sept. 6, 1899, Edward Stegner and Bertha Jegglin, a native of Boonville and a daughter of J. M. and Anna Jegglin, were united in marriage. J. M. Jegglin was in the pottery business in Boonville for many years. He was a manufacturer and retail merchant. He was very successful in business, and owned, besides his shop, three farms. Mr. and Mrs. Jegglin are now deceased, and their remains rest in Walnut Grove Cemetery. The children of J. M. and Anna Jegglin are as follow: Herman; Gus ; Albert ; Anna, the wife of Francis Smith, of Boonville ; Bruno, deceased ; Bettie ; Robert ; John ; Clara, the wife of A. J. Perry, of Sedalia ; Ray- mond ; and Mrs. Edward Stegner. Mr. and Mrs.' Stegner are the parents of the following children: Margaret, of Sedalia; Edward, of Boonville; Roland K., Helen B., and John A. Mr. and Mrs. Stegner reside in Boonville at 512 East Sixth Street.

Mr. Stegner is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Redmen, and the Woodmen of the World. He is a democrat and he was candidate for public administrator, but was defeated by a "landslide," the coming of which was unforeseen.

In connection with stories of pioneer days, Mr. Stegner relates that his mother dried three barrels of apples in the days before the Civil War. She traded the three barrels for a set of knives and forks and the actual value of the set today is 75 cents.

In Cooper County, no man stands higher in the respect of his fellowmen than Edward Stegner. He is an intelligent, useful citizen, one of Boonville's best business men.

Christian Brandes. - The late Christian Brandes of Clarks Fork township was a citizen of worth and integrity in Cooper County. He was industrious, law-abiding, honest to the core of his being and was a man of diligence and enterprise. Looking far into the future he provided well for his family and built up a valuable farm, so that his family could live in peace and plenty after his departure from this earthly realm.

Christian Brandes was born in Germany, June 1, 1840. He died in Cooper County, Nov. 9, 1902. He was a son of Christian and Sophia Brandes. He was a native of Hanover, Germany, and when 13 years old he came to America with his brother, Henry Brandes. He became a musician and when 16 years of age he joined a band which was attached to a circus. This circus make a tour of the Antipodes, traveling over Australia, and New Zealand for five years. While in New Zealand, he was married to Sara Willshire, who was born at Greymouth, New Zealand, Feb. 28, 1847, and is a daughter of John Willshire, a native of England. In 1870 or 1871, Mr. and Mrs. Brandes left New Zealand and came to America, settling at Lone Elm on the Brandes home place, which Mr. Brandes built up and improved and which consists of 200 acres of rich prairie land.

In September of 1866, Christian Brandes and Sara Willshire were married. The children born to this marriage are: Ellen Augusta, born June 11, 1867, is the wife of Chris Smith, Bunceton, Mo.; Sophia Wilhelmina, born Aug. 20, 1870, wife of John Hall; Edwin Nicholas, born Dec. 27, 1871, Kansas City, Mo.; Johanna Margaret, born April 23, 1873, wife of Willis Schmalfeldt ; Florence Frederick, born Jan. 17, 1875, deceased; Emily Louisa Wilhelmina Mansegar, born Sept. 30, 1877, lives in Iowa; Mrs. Esther Carlotta Eophia Smith, born Jan. 31, 1879; Henry- Frederick, born Feb. 15, 1880 ; Louisa Mary, born June 15, 1883, deceased ; Walter Hermann, born Oct. 10, 1886, a farmer, Lone Elm; Speer; Julius Frederick, born Aug. 31, 1889, on the home place; Mattie Margaret Carolina, bora Jan. 15, 1891, died Nov. 17, 1892.

Edward Melkersman, a prosperous and progressive farmer and stockman of Clarks Fork township, is a native of Missouri. Mr. Melkersman was born Feb. 19, 1855, a son of Robert R. and Louisa (Portzig) Melkersman. He was born at St. Charles, Mo., whence his parents moved in 1872 to Cooper County and located on an 80 acre farm three miles south of Boonville, where the father died in 1879. His remains are interred in the cemetery at Boonville. The widowed mother now makes her home with her daughter, Mrs. Frank Kirschner, at Otterville, Mo. Mrs. Melkersman is now, in 1919, at the advanced age of 86 years. Robert R. and Louisa Melkersman were the parents of the following children: Mrs. Sophia Achepohl, who died in Oregon; Edward, the subject of this review; Mrs. Lucy Wells, of the state of Washington; Mrs. Ottilia Kirschner, of Otterville, Mo., with whom the mother resides ; Fred, who resides in Idaho; Mrs. Emma Landen, of the state of Washington; Mrs. Helen Nathan, deceased ; and Mrs. Nora Comstock, of Freeman, Wash.

In the public schools of St. Charles, Mo., Edward Melkersman received his education. He has followed farming and stockraising practically his entire life and he has been a resident of Cooper County since 1872. He purchased his first farm 30 years ago and he later sold it and bought the country place he now owns, a farm comprising 330 acres of valuable land in Clarks Fork township, six miles from Boonville. Mr. Melkersman has, since acquiring the ownership of the place, added three barns. Petite Saline creek crosses the farm on the north and there are two exceptionally fine springs on the land, which is admirably adapted for stockraising. Large herds of hogs, cattle and sheep are raised on the Melkersman place, which is managed by Mr. Melkersman's son, Edward L.

April 2, 1893, Edward Melkersman and Annie Margaret Kirschner, a daughter of John Nicholas and Eva (Hess) Kirschner, noble pioneers of Boonville township, were united in marriage. The Kirschners settled in Cooper County, in 1853, and reared and educated their five children in

'Boonville township. The father died in 1863 and he was buried in the cemetery at Boonville. The mother died in March, 1905, and she was buried in Walnut Grove cemetery. John Nicholas and Eva Kirschner were the parents of the following children: John E., a farmer, Boonville; Mrs. Mary Lowe, of Otterville; Frank, of Otterville; Mrs. Henry Roesler, of Otterville ; and Mrs. Edward Melkersman, the wife of the subject of this sketch. To Edward and Annie M. Melkersman have been bom two children: Edward Leroy, who manages the home farm; and Evaline Louise, a student at Cottey College, Nevada, Mo. ; Edward Leroy Melkersman married Bertha Bechtold, of Boonville, and to them has been born two children: Charles Edward, who was born March 2, 1917; and one son, Harry Leroy, born Feb. 13, 1918, and died Feb. 14, 1919.

Edward Melkersman is one of the representatives of the first families of Missouri. He is a gentleman of the old school, an upright, honorable citizen. Mr. and Mrs. Melkersman moved to Boonville in Nov., 1915, and they have a very pleasant home on South Third street on a 22 acre tract.

Abe Lincoln Hews, the well-known proprietor of "Uncle Abe's Billiard Room" in Boonville, is a native of Illinois. Mr. Hews was born at Canton, 111., Jan. 19, 1861, a son of Abe and Permelia (Saunders) Hews, who were the parents of the following children: John, deceased; Abe Lincoln, the subject of this sketch ; Gardner E., died at Joplin ; Benjamin H., deceased ; and Mrs. Laura Chipp, deceased.

The Saunders family was founded in America by Tobias Saunders, who was one of King's Life Guards. He and two brothers came to America. He married Mary Clark. The descendents of this marriage:

I. Stephen Saunder. II. His son. III. Tobias. IV. Luke. The geneology of the Saunders family has been written beginning with the eleventh century.

Abe Hews, father of Abe Lincoln Hews, was born in New York City in 1818, a son of James McHew. James McHew was born in County Tyrone, Ireland. For political offenses, he was driven out of Ireland, and he immigrated to America. He was still a young man, and that was prior to 1800. After coming to the new country, James McHew changed his name from McHew to Hews, which name the family has continued to adopt. Abe Hews was a veteran of the Civil War. He served in the Union army for four years and was wounded once in battle. He died about 1890 in Indian Territory of "Choctaw fever." Permelia (Saunders)^ Hews was born in Ohio in 1828, a daughter of Hiram Saunders. Mr. Saunders walked from Ohio to Illinois and in the latter state remained for seven years while preparing a home for his family, and when the home was ready he returned to Ohio for them. Mr. Saunders purchased land in Henry County, 111., in those early days for $1.75 an acre. He later sold this farm and the family moved to Fulton County, 111., where he lived in quiet retirement with his children until his death. Abe Hews was an early-day freighter from Boonville to Chicago.

Abe Lincoln Hews received his early education in log schoolhouse near Canton, 111. Later, he attended the city schools of Canton and supplemented his school work with a course in a mining school in Springfield, 111. In the first part of his career, Mr. Hews followed mine inspecting as his vocation, but, upon being "blacklisted" on account of a strike, he became a metal polisher, buffer, and finisher. He was for 12 years engaged in farming in Illinois, Nebraska, and Missouri. Oct. 10, 1911, he came to Boonville, and purchased the Swasky Amusement Company's establishment at the present location, which establishment is now known as the Boonville Amusement Company, at 227 Fifth Street. Mr. Hews conducts a first-class billiard room, and his place is one of the most popular "smokehouses" for young men in the county.

In 1882, Abe Lincoln Hews and Nellie Carter were united in marriage at Lewistown, 111. Mrs. Hews is a daughter of Andrew and Sienda Carter, both now deceased. The Carter children, who are living, are: Mrs. Jennie Barlow, of Red Cloud, Neb.; Mrs. Lizzie Kyle, of Trivola, 111.; and Mrs. Abe L. Hews, the wife of the subject of this review. By a second marriage, Andrew Carter was the father of the following children: A. J., who is employed as division superintendent by the Burlington Railway Company, and is located at Aurora, 111.; Mrs. Fannie Williams, of Canton, 111.; James, William, and Frank, of Canton, 111.; and Mrs. Gertrude Lent, of Canton, 111. To Mr. and Mrs. Hews have been born two children: Thomas, who married Hattie Malincott, and they reside in Boonville, where he is in business with his father; and Wylia, the wife of Lt. C. J. Wilgaus, who recently received his honorable discharge from the Quartermaster Corps of the United States army, and is again following his profession as veterinary surgeon. Mr. and Mrs. Hews have two granddaughters: Nadine Wilgaus and Aileen Hews.

Pythias. In a small collection of curios, which Mr. Hews has in his possession, is a bullet used in the battle of Boonville during the Civil War; a gun cartridge, which was used in the Spanish-American war; and cartridges used in the World War. As a testimonial of the high regard in which "Uncle Abe" Hews is held by the young men of Boonville and of their affection for him he has a collection of letters, postcards, and souvenirs of various kinds in the showcase of his billiard room. The boys of Boonville, who entered the service in the World War, have remembered "Uncle Abe," no matter in what part of the world they have been stationed, and to show his appreciation of their thoughtfulness he has answered every letter and card he received from the boys at the front.

Louis L. Chilton and Joseph W. Chilton, of Chilton & Company, jewelers, at 308 Main Street, in Boonville, have been partners in the jewelry business in this city since 1888, when they opened a jewelry store, carrying a small stock, on Morgan Street. The storeroom of Chilton & Company is 22x80 feet, and is equipped with one of the best jewelry stocks in this section of the State. In addition to jewelry, the firm carries an excellent line of the finest quality of chinaware.

Joseph W. Chilton, Sr., father of the Chilton brothers, was a native of Fauquier County Va. He came from Virginia to Missouri prior to the Civil War and located at New Franklin, where he entered the mercantile business, in which he was engaged for more than 40 years. He died in 1895 at Boonville. His wife, Bettie (Wyatt) Chilton, was also a native of Virginia. She died in 1886, and the remains of both mother and father are interred in Mount Pleasant Cemetery. The children of Joseph W., Sr., and Bettie Chilton are : E. W., president of the Commercial Bank of Boonville; H. B.. a traveling salesman for a dry goods firm of Chicago, 111.; Louis L. and Joseph W., the subjects of this sketch ; W. C, a jeweler of La Junta, Col.; and four children who died in infancy.

The Chilton family trace the origin of the family in America to Mary Chilton, who came with the Pilgrims in the "Mayflower" in 1620, and was the first to set foot on American soil, of all the little band. Governor Bradford's "Journal," the only authentic account of the landing of the Pilgrims in 1620, states in regard to the Chiltons:

"Weakened by privations of their well-nigh desperate voyage and exposure consequent on debarkation and settlement in the rigors of a North Atlantic winter, many of the beloved members of the devoted colony were fatally stricken within a few weeks of their thankful arrival.

daugter, Mary, a young girl, was thus doubly bereft at the outset of her new fortunes. James Chilton and his wife also died in the first infection."

The foregoing was written 30 years after the Mayflower reached Plymouth. Mary Chilton was known as the "Pilgrims' Orphan." She married John Winslow, who came to America about one year after the landing of the Pilgrims, and the account of the marriage states that their life at Plymouth was prosperous and fruitful. John Winslow died in 1674 and Mary (Chilton) Winslow died in 1679, and their remains rest in King's Chapel burial ground. Mary (Chilton) Winslow's will bequeathes to her children an estate of considerable value and is notable for the number and importance of the pieces of silverware enumerated. Chilton & Co. possess a copy of the advertising catalogue of the Towle Manufacturing Company of Newburyport, Mass., which catalogue shows that the company manufactures many pieces of silverware bearing the name of Mary Chilton for the value and prestige the name carries for colonial ware.

The Chilton brothers received their education in the public schools of New Franklin, Mo. They received their first mercantile experience in their Father's store at New Franklin, and from there they later came to Boonville, where for the past 30 years the Chilton name has been the synonym of honesty and uprightness. The younger brother, Joseph W., has never married.

In October, 1886, Louis L. Chilton and Sadie Harper Howard were united in marriage. Mrs. Chilton is a daughter of J. A. and Alice M. (Albertson) Howard, of Boonville, who were the parents of the following children: M. A., Indianapolis, Ind. ; J. A., Dallas, Texas; and Mrs. L. A. Thompson, of New York City, and Mrs. Louis L Chilton, the wife of the subject of this sketch. Mr. Howard died in 1918, and Mrs. Howard died many years ago. The remains of both father and mother are buried in Walnut Grove Cemetery. To Mr. and Mrs. Chilton has been born one child, a son, A. L., who now resides at Dallas, Texas. A. L. Chilton married Leonora Hummel, of San Antonio, Texas, in 1911. He is a graduate of the Boonville High School and is now manager and owner of an advertising agency at Dallas, Texas.

Mr. and Mrs. Louis L. Chilton are active members of the church, and Mr. Chilton is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Boonville. The Chiltons are numbered among Cooper County's best families and most highly regarded citizens.

men. Mr. Smith is a native of Cooper County. He was bom in Boonville, Dec. 8, 1873, a son of Anthony and Catherine H. (Franken) Smith, and is the eldest living son of his father's family.

Mr. Smith, the subject of this sketch, attended the Catholic school at Boonville, and later was a student at the Boonville High School. Prior to 1894, Urban A. Smith was connected with A. Smith & Sons' general merchandise store for seven years. He was for 10 years with Eppstein & Hains, and was for four years manager of Wilson & Fredendall's establishment. In July, 1918, Mr. Smith opened "The Music Emporium" at Boonville. He carries an exceptionally good line of musical instruments, including pianos, players, phonographs, player rolls, records, and sheet music. In addition, he handles the Lalley Electric Farm Light, which is undoubtedly the best lighting system on the market at the present time. Mr. Smith is a cautious but energetic business man, and he is meeting with unqualified success.

Oct. 18, 1906, Urban A. Smith and Sadie Ruth Tucker were united in marriage. Mrs. Smith is a daughter of Robert H. and Sarah E. (Parker) Tucker, of Cooper County, both of whom are now deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Smith have been born six children : Urban, Jr., deceased ; Vivian Elizabeth, Mary Louise, Kenneth Joseph, Rose Catherine Augusta, and Jerome Pershing. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are consistent members of the Catholic Church, and they are numbered among the best families of Boonville.

Edward J. Muntzel, junior member of the clothing firm of Manion & Muntzel, Booneville, was born on a farm, near Lone Elm, Mo., Jan. 15, 1875. Albert Muntzel, his father, was born in 1835 and died in 1907. He was a native of Germany and came to America in the forties with his parents and was reared on his father's farm. He was married to Margaret Smith, who died in 1892, and to this union were born 12 children, nine of whom are living: Albert P., a druggist at Portland, Ore.; Martin W., a bank cashier in St. Louis, Mo. ; Edward J., of this sketch ; Mrs. Clara Trampe, St. Louis, Mo. ; Mrs. Julia Meyer, living south of Boonville on the old home place ; Lillie Muntzel, also living on the home place ; Mrs. Caroline Fricke, living four miles south of Sedalia, on a farm ; Harry, a farmer, adjoining the home place; Delia, living with Mrs. Trampe, in St. Louis, Mo.

University. He then followed farming until 1908, on his tract of 120 acres in the Lone Elm neighborhood. Coming to Boonville in that year, he tended bar in this city until 1918, when he became associated with Mr. Manion in the firm of Manion & Muntzel.

Mr. Muntzel was married in 1901 to Miss Minnie Schmack, a daughter of Herman Schmack, of Boonville. She died in April, 1911, leaving a daughter, Elsa M. Muntzel.

Martin Schieberl, an honored pioneer of Boonville, a widely-known tailor of this city, has been a resident of Boonville since 1868. Mr. Schieberl was born Nov. 4, 1838, in Bohemia, a son of Jacob and Catherina (Stahl) Schieberl, who were the parents of eight children, of whom Martin Schieberl is the sole survivor.

Jacob Schieberl was born in Koitchovitz, Bishofinitz, in Bczirck, County, Bohemia, and Catherina (Stahl) Schieberl was born in Honositz, at Stap, in Bczirck County, Bohemia. She died in 1842 and he died in 1863. Their son, Martin, immigrated to this country after the father's death, and landed in New York City, Nov. 8, 1867. He came over on the ship "Metropolitan," the ship which brought Maxmillian to Mexico.

Martin Schieberl received his education at Holeishen, in Bohemia, where he learned the tailor's trade. After coming to the new world, he located temporarily at Cole Camp, Mo., where he spent his first winter in America. He worked in a brick yard for the first four days and then obtained employment on a farm and was employed in farm work for six weeks. Mr. Schieberl purchased a cleaning and repair shop in Boonville and later added new merchandise to his stock and thus opened his tailoring establishment. Prior to coming to America, Mr. Schieberl served eight years in the Austrian army.

Jan. 30, 1869, Martin Schieberl and Dora Schiller, a daughter of Wintzel and Mary (Printz) Schiller, both natives of Bohemia, were united in marriage. Wintzel Schiller was a weaver. He was engaged in farming for 18 years prior to coming with his family to America in 1867. The Schillers settled in Missouri on a farm in Benton County, near Lincoln, where both father and mother died. The remains of the mother are interred in a cemetery at Cole Camp; the father's remains are interred in a cemetery at Lick Creek. The children of Wintzel and Mary Schiller are, as follow: Mrs. Martin Schieberl, the wife of the subject of this sketch; Joseph, who resides at the Schiller homeplace ; Frank, who died at the age of 24 years ; Annie, who died in infancy ; Jacob, who died in infancy ; and Annie, who died at the age of four years. The Schiller farm comprises 80 acres of valuable land in Benton County. To Mr. and Mrs. Schieberl have been born 10 children, six living: Joseph, who married Edith Delthy, of Boonville, and they reside in Muskogee, Okla. ; John, who married Flora Stretz, and they reside at Joplin; Charlie, at home; Mrs. Julia Kaiser, of Boonville; Nellie, the wife of C. W. Watts, of Fayette, and Edith, the widow of Arthur Christman, at home with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Schieberl are the proud grandparents of nine grandchildren, as follow: Mamie Schieberl; Julian, Dorothy, Margaret, Virginia, Elizabeth, and Martha Kaiser, the daughters of Frank and Julia Kaiser; Maxine and Arthur Christman, the children of Mrs. Edith Christman.

A half century ago, Martin Schieberl came to this country a poor immigrant, unlearned in the ways and customs of the new world. A half century of honest toil and earnest endeavor has placed Mr. Schieberl in the foremost ranks of the countys most respected citizens.

Joseph L. Sauter, one of the leading merchants of Boonville, a stockholder of the Boonville Mercantile Company, is a native of Moniteau County. Mr. Sauter was born in 1861, a son of Matthew and Rosa (Knaupp) Sauter, who came to Missouri in 1859 and located in Moniteau County.

The Sauter family resided in Moniteau County until 1866, when they moved to Cooper County and located on a farm one and a half miles south of Boonville. In 1881, Mr. and Mrs. Sauter moved from Missouri to the Dakota Territory, where both died. Mrs. Souter died in 1884 and Mr. Sauter died in 1896. The remains of both mother and father are interred in a cemetery in Dickey County, N. D.

The children of Matthew and Rosa Sauter are, as follow: Frederick, who died Sept. 21, 1918, in Boonville, and is buried in Walnut Grove Cemetery, the late president of the Sauter Mercantile Company, a prominent business man of Boonville since 1870 ; Professor A. H., who is with the Sauter Mercantile Company; F. S., acting president of the Boonville National Bank ; Joseph L., the subject of this sketch ; Addie, the wife of John Weber, and she died in North Dakota in 1915; Fannie, the wife of Joseph Memmel, of Fayette ; and Bertha, the wife of Dr. L. F. Diefendorf , of Sioux Falls, S. D.