Cooper County, Missouri - Biographical sketches, 1919 (part 9 of 24)

Joseph L. Sauter attended the public schools of Cooper County and Hooper Institute at Clarksburg. He first entered the mercantile business in 1896, associated with Judge John A. Fischer, at Blackwater, the firm handling lumber and hardware. A sketch of the life of Judge Fischer will be found in this volume. Sauter & Fischer were very successful in business at Blackwater. They moved to Boonville in 1907 and are now both stockholders in the Boonville Mercantile Company.

Mr. Sauter is a man of upright principles, excellent business judgment, and strong character. He is well known and respected in Cooper County.

W. F. and G. H. Steigleder, proprietors of the "Waldheim Stock Farm" in Kelly township, rank among the prosperous and progressive farmers and stockmen of Cooper County. "Waldheim Stock Farm" consists of 482 acres and is situated in Kelly township, adjoining the town site of Bunceton on the south. This is one of the valuable farms of Kelly township. For a number of years the Steigleder Brothers were engaged in breeding registered Shorthorn cattle, and at one time kept a herd of about 40 head. In recent years they have been engaged in general farming and stock raising, and are the owners of some valuable jacks.

The Steigleder family are representative Cooper County citizens, and the Steigleder Brothers are among the substantial men of the county. Andrew Steigleder, the father, was a native of Wurtemberg, Germany, born July 30, 1829 and died Dec. 5, 1909. He immigrated to this country when quite young and saw much of the West in the early days. He went to Californa in 1849, making the trip overland, which required three months. He remained on the Pacific coast about three years. He resided in Iowa for 12 years and in 1866 came to Missouri and settled near Boonville; later moved to the farm near Bunceton. He married Mary E. Hochstetler, a native of Holmes County, Ohio. She was born Aug. 15, 1834, and is a descendant of an old American family, being of the sixth generation born in the United States. Her parents were Elias and Ann Elizabeth (Joss) Hochstetler, the former born near Elk Lick, Penn., in 1808, and died in 1888, and the latter was born in Switzerland, Oct. 27, 1815. Jacob Hochstetler, founder of the Hochstetler family in America, and direct ancestor of Mrs. Steigleder, came to this country in 1736 from Switzerland, landing at Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 1, 1736. He made the voyage on the ship "Harle". He died at Bernhill, Penn., in 1776, aged 72 years. He was a member of the Amish Mennonite Church. His home was attacked by the Indians at one time and the entire family were murdered except two children, Joseph and Christian. Mrs. Steigleder now resides with her sons, W. F. and G. H. She is 84 years old and has been afflicted with blindness since 1912.

To Andrew and Mary E. (Hochstetler) Steigleder have been born the following children: William Fred, born Dec. 14, 1856, one of the subjects of this sketch ; George Henry, born May 11, 1858, whose name also introduces this sketch; Minnie, wife of Herman P. Muntzel, born Feb. 2, 1860; Robert L., born July 10, 1862, married Caroline Smith, a native of Cooper County ; Henriette, wife of William Meyer, born July 12, 1864 ; Martha E. L., born Feb. 15, 1867, maried Elmer George; Barbara, born Feb. 10, 1869, married Thomas Etter and resides at Ritzville, Wash., and Ella, born April 20, 1872, and resides near Bunceton. The above named wei-e all born near Oskaloosa, Iowa, except the last three who were born in Cooper County, Mo.

Three of the grandsons of the Steigleder family served in the World War. Andrew Etter enlisted in Aug., 1917, and served with the 80th Aerial Squadron, and was in France 14 months, returning to New York, Jan. 22, 1919. Rehwaldt Steigleder enlisted Dec. 12, 1917 and sailed for France in Sept., 1918. He served in the navy. Robert Muntzel entered the army and was in training at Columbia, Mo., until Jan., 1919, when he was discharged.

Charles F. Wagner, the well-known confectioner of The Wagner Ice Cream Company, is a native of Germany. Mr. Wagner was born in 1849, a son of Christian and Hannah (Stahl) Wagner, who immigrated to America in 1855. Christian Wagner is a well-remembered teacher of Boonville, as he taught a private school in this city for five years after settling here. Mrs. Wagner died in San Francisco, Cal., about 1909. She had survived her husband 34 years. Mr. Wagner died at Boonville about 1875. The children of Christian and Hannah Wagner, now living, are, as follow: Charles, the subject of this review; Matilda, of Boston. Mass.; and Mrs. Hannah Moser, of San Francisco, Cal ; and Mrs. Anna Suren, of California.

The Wagner family resided in the State of Ohio for 15 or more years after coming to America, and in the public schools of that State Charles F. Wigner obtained his education. The Wagners came to Missouri in the early seventies and settled in Boonville. Mr. Wagner, the subject of this sketch, was for several years employed as pastry cook by the Northern Packet, and his run was from St. Louis to New Orleans. Mr. Wagner is a confectioner by trade, and he began the confectionery business at Boonville in 187G. and he has continued in the business here since that date. (39)

At the time of this writing, he is engaged in the wholesale and retail ice cream business and he is known throughout central Missouri by his connection with The Wagner Ice Cream Company. Mr. Wagner, his son-inlaw, and his daughter are interested in the company. Mr. Wagner's business experience has covered a period of 43 years, and his success in the confectionery business has been phenomenal. One of the Sauter brothers, A. M. Koontz, and Sam Koontz are the only people beside Mr. Wagner who were in business in Boonvile in 1876 now in business in this city.

In 1878, Chares F. Wagner and Mary Elizabeth Geiser were married. Mrs. Wagner is a daughter of Christian Geiser, who resided near Tipton, Mo. She has three brothers : John, of Missoula, Mont. ; Christian, of Tipton ; and Lawrence, who resides in Kansas. To Charles F. and Mrs. Wagner has been bom one child, a daughter, Laura, who is the wife of John Stammerjohn, of Boonville. Mr. and Mrs. Stammerjohn are in business with Mr. Wagner, partners in The Wagner Ice Cream Company.

Charles F. Wagner is a republican and an earnest advocate of the principles of his party. In Ohio, he knew personally several of the great men of the day, among them Chief Justice Chase, General Sherman, Senator Thurman, and the war governor, Governor Brough. The present governor of Arknsas is a grandnephew of Governor Brough. Mr. Wagner saw President Lincoln in his coffin at Columbus, Ohio, when the remains of the martyred president were enroute from Washington to Springfield, 111., for burial.

Judge John A. Fischer, ex-representative, ex-judge of the County Court, ex-pi-esiding judge, one of the stockholders of the Boonville Mercantile Company, is a native of Bavaria. Mr. Fischer was born April 18, 1861, at Rodesgruen, a son of Henry C. and Anna E. (Fischer) Fischer, who immigrated to America in 1872 and settled on a farm near Pisgah in Cooper County, Mo.

Henry C. Fischer purchased a farm of 95 acres of land, and at his country place in Cooper County he spent the brief remainder of his life. He had been in the new country but three years and here died in 1875. His remains are interred in the cemetery of the Evangelical Church in Moniteau County. Mrs. Fischer continued to reside on the farm, after her husbands death, until 1898, when she moved to Blackwater, where she resided for a few years. She now makes her home with her son, Judge Fischer. Mrs. Fischer is, at the time of this writing in 1919, 92 years of age, and as active and alert, mentally and physically, as many women at the age of 60 years. The children of Henry C. and Anna Fischer are, as follow: Erhardt, who died in 1904, and is buried in Nelson Cemetery; Judge John A., the subject of this review; Joseph, a farmer, of Blackwater; and Mrs. Elizabeth Boles, of Blackwater.

Judge John A. Fischer was a pupil in the public schools of Cooper County for four years, and he was in attendance at Pisgah school one term. He was a lad, 11 years of age, when he came with his parents to America. He first entered the mercantile business in 1892, at Pisgah. He purchased his younger brothers interest in a store at that place. Four years later, Judge Fischer moved to Blackwater and there became associated in business with Joseph L. Sauter, conducting a lumber and hardware store. Both Judge Fischer and Mr. Sauter are now stockholders in the Boonville Mercantile Company.

Nov. 25, 1885, Judge John A. Fischer and Josephine Meyer, of Pisgah, were united in marriage. Mrs. Fischer has one brother and one sister now living : Ben and Mrs. Robert Klein, both of Prairie Home. Two children have been born to Judge and Mrs. Fischer: Mary, the wife of Leo Meistrell, vice-president of the National Bank of Boonville, who is also interested in the Citizens Trust Company of Boonville and Elizabeth, at home. Mr. and Mrs. Meistrell are the parents of three children: Frances, John Vincent, and Joseph.

In 1898, John A. Fischer was elected judge of the County Court for a term of two years, and in 1890 he was re-elected. Judge Fischer was elected representative in 1908, and in 1914 he was elected presiding judge of the County Court. He served four years as presiding judge. Judge Fischer is a republican. Fraternally, he is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is one of Cooper County's best known and most popular citizens, and he commands the respect of all with whom he comes in contact.

William W. Neal, one of Saline township's most energetic and enthusiastic, young agriculturists and stockmen, is a native of Cooper County. Mr. Neal was born Feb. 12, 1878, son of Z. R. and Mary E. (Fluke) Neal. His birthplace was the farm in Saline township now owned by William Kasfeld.

William W. Neal attended the public schools of Cooper County and he has attended the State University of Missouri. In the latter institution, Mr. Neal pursued the course in agriculture. He has followed farming in Saline township practically all his life and is now the owner of a splendid farm of 224 acres of land in Saline township, a country place located ten miles southeast of Boonville. Mr. Neal has built the residence and two barns since he acquired the ownership of the land, which was formerly known as the Mary J. Eager farm. Approximately 75 per cent, of the land is now under cultivation. Mr. Neal raises wheat and corn, but he is chiefly interested in stockraising. He has native western sheep and his flock numbers 150. He has also a large herd of Poland China hogs. Mr. Neal is satisfied with Cooper County and the country in general. He is finding that in his own community there are vast opportunities for the progressive, industrious man and he is making for himself a host of friends.

Charles E. Robertson and Warner W. Robertson, proprietors of "The Petite Saline Stock Farm" are natives of Cooper County. Charles E. Robertson was born on the farm where he now lives Oct. 27, 1853, and Warner W. Robertson was born Sept. 12, 1868, sons of John and Mary (Potter) Robertson. John Robertson was a native of Kentucky. Mary (Potter) Robertson was a daughter of William and Nancy (Dillard) Potter, who located in Boonville township, and later settled in Boonville in the early days. William Potter operated a ferry boat and was one of the first to operate a ferry boat at Boonville. His boat was run by horse-power. That was in the days when the Indians were here. The Potters came to Missouri with the Coles and the Stephens in 1807, among the first settlers of Missouri. The mother of Nancy (Dillard) Potter was a member of the Cole family. William Potter and Mrs. Potter are both deceased, and he is buried in Hail Ridge cemetery, and she is buried in the cemetery at Boonville. John Robertson died at the home place in the nineties, and Mrs. Robertson died Jan. 7, 1912, and the remains of both are interred in the cemetery at Boonville. Elizabeth Robertson, familiarly known as "Aunt Betty", an aunt of Charles E. Robertson and Warner W. Robertson, now makes her home with them. She is at the time of this writing, 81 years of age, the only one of the Potter family of 11 children who is now living. She is still active and alert, physically and mentally. The father of the Robertson brothers was a veteran of the Mexican and of the Civil Wars.

"The Petite Saline Stock Farm" in Boonville township, comprises 388 acres of land, located five miles from Boonville. This farm is one of the best stock farms in the countv. The residence was built in 1903. It is a ten-room structure, modern in every respect. The farm is equipped with three good barns. The Robertson brothers are partners in the management of the stock farm, and at the present time in 1919 they have sixty head of calves and one hundred head of hogs. About one-half the farm is bottom land, and they have one hundred acres of the farm in wheat.

Warner W. Robertson is a member of the Woodmen of the World and The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Both Warner W. Robertson and Charles E. Robertson are members of the Bethel Presbyterian Church. The Robertson brothers are numbered among the best citizens of Cooper County.

Captain Andrew Jackson Spahr, one of the few remaining pioneer pilots of the Missouri River, an honored son of one of the brave pioneers of Missouri, is a native of Cooper County. Captain Spahr was born Dec. 25, 1842, in Boonville, a son of David and Ann Elizabeth (Foble) Spahr, the former a native of Pennsylvania, and the latter of Baltimore.

David Spahr was born in 1818, and when a young man he migrated west, about 1836, and settled in Boonville, where he entered the manufacturing business, operating a tobacco factory, associated with Mr. Calhoun. The factory of Spahr & Calhoun was located on Fourth Street, and the firm was a very successful one. Later, Calhoun sold his interest in the factory, and Jacob Spahr, a son of David Spahr, entered in partnership with his father. David and Ann Elizabeth Spahr were the parents of the following children: Jacob W., who was born in Pennsylvania and is now deceased ; Mrs. Maria Brewster, deceased ; David 0. deceased ; Mrs. Susannah R. Steel, deceased ; Mrs. Frances (Watson) Hurd, who married a brother of ex-Congressman Hurd, of Sedalia ; Mrs. Levina Edgar, deceased ; Adda, deceased; Helen, deceased; Captain Andrew Jackson, the subject of this sketch ; J. C, deceased ; Thomas Frederick, deceased ; and Charles C, who is now with the police force of Boonville. Of this splendid family but three remain: Captain Spahr, Mrs. Hurd, and Charles C. The father died in 1861, and the mother died about 1884. The remains of both parents rest in Walnut Grove Cemetery.

Captain Spahr attended the Loomis Private School and Kemper School, the latter being later known as Kemper Military School. After leaving school, he followed farming for two years and then returned to Boonville and began the work of carriage making. This business he abandoned to begin, with his brothers, the manufacture of tobacco. Of the plant the Spahr brothers established, Captain Spahr was foreman. He was for 50 years employed as pilot on the Missouri River, a part of the time with

Captain Kinney's boats and later with the Star Line. He made regular trips from St. Louis to Kansas, and, for a time, to Fort Benton in Montana, the head of navigation on the Missouri River. It usually required from two to three months to make the trip to Fort Benton, and the return trip was made in from 8 to 10 days. As pilot, Captain Spahr received from $600 to $700 a month remuneration. The capacity of the boats was from 200 to 500 tons. Captain Spahr worked on the river until five years ago, and the last 25 years of his work on the river was done for the Government in the Missouri River improvement work. He recalls that in 1868 his crew had a skirmish with the Indians in Montana, and again at Fort Peck, where one of the number was killed. Captain Spahr has the distinction of having brought Sitting Bull with 250 Sioux Indians from Fort Bufprd to Fort Yates, at the time of Sitting Bull's surrender.

Oct. 17, 1880, Captain Spahr and Erma Palmore Browne, a daughter of W. S. and Mary (Blackburn) Browne, of Miami, Mo., were married. The Brownes are honored pioneers and prominent citizens of Saline County. Mr. Browne was born in Richmond, Va., and Mrs. Browne was born at White Sulphur Springs, Va. They were the parents of the following children : Mrs. Adelaide Guthrie, deceased ; Mrs. Helen Spencer Irvine, of Marshall, Mo. ; Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Hudson, of Los Angeles, Cal. ; Anna ; Mrs. Mary Ellis Webster, deceased; Mrs. Martha Washington McDaniel, of Siloam Springs, Ark. ; Lilia Leola, of Marshall, now deceased ; Mrs. Captain Spahr, the wife of the subject of this sketch; Mollie, deceased; and George W., a dry goods merchant at Platte City, Mo. Mr. Browne was the first banker of Saline County, and he was afterward interested in the mercantile business in that county. He died at the age of 99 years at Siloam Springs, Ark., and Mrs. Browne died at the age of 52 years in Miami, Mo.

Captain Spahr is a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, and he is a democrat. He is well known throughout this State and he is held in the highest regard in Cooper County.

Elijah Hugh Roberts, a well-known and respected citizen of Boonville, is one of the Boonville boys of yesterday, a native son of Cooper County. Mr. Roberts was born and reared in Boonville, a son of E. H. and Ellen (Sweeney) Roberts, the former of Welsh descent, and the latter of Irish. He was born Nov. 30, 1862.

E. H. Roberts, father of Elijah Hugh Roberts, was born March 19, 1830. He immigrated to America in the early fifties and located at Buffalo, N. Y. From Buffalo, he went to Indianapolis, Ind., thence to Louisville, Ky., whence he came to Cooper County, in 1854, and settled in

Boonville, where he opened a lumber yard and. entered the contracting business. Mr. Roberts built the James Nelson residence in Boonville, and he erected the Christian and the Evangelical churches, the hall of the Knights of Pythias, and one of the buildings of the Kemper Military School. He died Jan. 22, 1907. Mrs. Roberts was bom in 1832 in Ireland. In Buffalo, N. Y., she was united in marriage with E. H. Roberts in 1852, and to them were born the following children : T. E., a late lumberman of St. Louis, Mo., who was engaged in the lumber business for 20 years, and he died in 1895 and is buried in Walnut Grove Cemetery; Sallie, the only woman living in Boonville who attended the Kemper School ; Mary ; James W., a contractor and builder of splendid reputation, who died in 1904 ; Elijah Hugh, the subject of this sketch ; Hattie, the widow of Herman Appel, a late riverman and boat clerk at St. Louis, who died in 1916, leaving his wife and one daughter, Mrs. Ruth Roeschel, of Chicago, 111., whose husband served with Company I, 135th infantry, in France, and at the time of this writing in 1919, is in Chicago, 111. ; and Dora, the wife of Harry L. Byler, of Kansas City, Mo. All the Roberts children were born, reared, and educated in Boonville. The Roberts home is the same as when Mr. and Mrs. Roberts decided in Boonville to reside permanently, in 1868, although they had located in this city 14 years before, in 1854. Mr. Roberts was a member of the Home Guards during the Civil War. The family suffered many hardships and privations in those days, due to the general scarcity of provisions. Mrs. Roberts is a brave and noble woman. She will be 88 years of age Jan. 20, 1920, the oldest living member of the Boonville Presbyterian Church, a woman worthy of the highest respect and greatest consideration.

Elijah Hugh Roberts is a graduate of the Boonville High School. He completed the high school course, May 29, 1880, studying under D. A. McMillan, one of the most renowned and best educators of Missouri, who left Boonville to take up work in Mexico, Mo., where he died. The Mc- Millan School in Mexico, Mo., was named in honor of D. A. McMillan. After leaving school, Mr. Roberts entered the lumber and building business, and upon his father's death succeeded him. For one year he was foreman of a lumber camp in Texas, and there operated a mill. He disposed of the lumber business in Boonville in 1911, selling the Roberts plant to the Logan Moore Lumber Company, after the Roberts Lumber Yards had been in operation for more than 50 years. T. E. Robert's wife, Kate Roberts, and son, Hugh, reside in St. Louis, Mo. Mr. Roberts and his mother and his sisters reside at the old homeplace at 1135 South Seventh Street in Boonville.

Charles A. Friedrich, a successful farmer of Saline township, is a native of Germany. Mr. Friedrich was born July 15, 1862. He came to America in April, 1879, and located at Pittsburg, Pa., and there helped build and operate the first complete wire mill in this country. He learned his trade at Krupp, Germany. At Pittsburg, Mr. Friedrich remained three years. He then spent a short time in Chicago and came to Missouri about 36 years ago.

Mr. Friedrich is a son of Herman and Elizabeth Friedrich, who were the parents of the following children: William, deceased; Ferdinand, who resides in Pennsylvania; Charles A., the subject of this sketch; Henry C, of Palestine township, and Adam, of Kelly township, Tipton, Mo. The father died in Germany in 1867, and the mother then came with her children to America. She now makes her home with her son, Henry, in Kelly township.

When Mr. Friedrich first came to Missouri he worked on a farm by the month for four years, and in 1892 he purchased his present home, a farm comprising 442 acres of land in Saline township. This farm is one of the best in the township and upon it are two sets of improvements. Mr. Friedrich is engaged in general farming. He raises hogs, cattle, sheep, horses and mules. Formerly Mr. Friedrich raised Big Bone Poland Chinas, but is now raising Spotted Poland China hogs.

March 18, 1891, Charles A. Friedrich and Louise Eftinger, a daughter of Blasius and Louise Effinger, of Saline township, were united in marriage. Mr. Effinger was born in 1830 in Germany, and came to America in the early fifties and died at the Effinger home place in Saline township, the farm now owned by Charles A. Friedrich and wife. To Mr. and Mrs. Friedrich have been born the following children: Herman, a farmer on the old Effinger home place, who was in the United States Army from Sept., 1918, to Dec. 23, 1918, and was on his way to France when the armistice was signed ; Lula, at home ; Laura, the wife of Emil Derendinger, who served in the United States Army, and was stationed at Camp Mc- Arthur, Waco, Texas, and they now reside in Kansas City, Mo. ; William, George and Anna, at home. Mrs. Effinger, mother of Mr. Friedrich, died in Oct., 1905, and she was laid to rest in Walnut Grove cemetery. Mrs. Friedrich has one sister and one brother now living: Mary, the wife of George Effinger, of Boonville township; and Henry, a farmer of Boonville township. Herman Friedrich married Dora Oerly, a daughter of Samuel Oerly, and they have a son, Ewing Joseph.

Mr. Friedrich has filled the position of road overseer twice, the first time his services covered three years and the second time seven years.

He has always been a "booster" for good roads. Mr. Friedrich operated the first road grader in Saline township. He has talked and worked for good roads, but he admits that we are not making the progress he would like to see. Because of his interest in better roads he is known as the "Road Booster" in his township.

Mr. and Mrs. Friedrich are consistent members of the Evangelical Church of Boonville. Mr. Friedrich is a member of the Woodmen of the World and the Knights of Pythias. He is a good citizen and he and Mrs. Friedrich are highly regarded in their community.

John Cardwell Sappington, a prominent citizen of Boonville, is a member of one of the old, colonial families of the south, a native of Saline County. Mr. Sappington was born Feb. 4, 1849, a son of William B. and Mary Mildred (Breathitt) Sappington.

William B. Sappington was born Jan. 4, 1811 in Madison County, Tenn., a son of Dr. John Sappington, who located in Missouri more than 100 years ago. Dr. Sappington located first in Franklin in Howard County, moving thence to Arrow Rock in Saline County, where he settled. He was engaged in the practice of medicine and was the owner of a large plantation and he had from 50 to 60 slaves. Governor Claiborne F. Jackson, Missouri's Civil War governor, married three daughters of Dr. Sappington, namely : Jane, who died within a short time after her marriage ; Louisa, who died; and Eliza. The Sappington family is of English ancestry. Mary Mildred (Breathitt) Sappington was born in Russellville, Ky., Aug. 7, 1827, a daughter of Governor John Breathitt, of Kentucky. To William B. and Mary M. Sappington were born the following children : William B., Jr., deceased ; John Cardwell, the subject of this sketch ; Mildred Jane, who died in 1896 ; E. D., who died Nov. 24, 1908 ; Mrs. Stella P. Gephart, deceased ; and Price, who died in infancy. William B. Sappington was engaged in farming in Saline County and he was president of the Bank of Arrow Rock for many years. He was a resident of Arrow Rock for more than a half century. He died Aug. 16, 1888. Mrs. Sappington died Aug. 13, 1880. Both mother and father were laid to rest in the Sappington cemetery near Arrow Rock, Mo., in the burial ground established by Dr. John Sappington about 1840.

John Cardwell Sappington was educated in private schools and he was a student of the Presbyterian College at Lebanon, Tenn., a member of the class of 1867. He also attended Kemper Military School at Boonville, Mo. and the State University of Missouri at Columbia, a student at the latter institution in 1869. Mr. Sappington has followed the vocation of farming practically his entire life and he is the owner of two farms in Boone County. Formerly, he was engaged in raising livestock extensively. He moved from his farm to Boonville in April, 1905, but he still attends to his farms and farming interests. He keeps a few registered cattle of the Jersey breed at Boonville, which he raises more for the pleasure than the profit of so doing.

Oct. 22, 1873, John Cardwell Sappington and Pauline W. Nelson, a daughter of Dr. George and Pauline E. (Wyan) Nelson, were united in marriage. Dr. Nelson, a native of Virginia, was one of the honored pioneer physicians of Cooper County. Mrs. Nelson was a native of Boonville and daughter of Jacob F. Wyan. He died Aug. 13, 1867 at the age of 40 years and Mrs. Nelson died Oct. 15, 1910 at the age of 82 years. Both parents of Mrs.' Sappington are buried in Walnut Grove cemetery. Mrs. Sappington has one sister now living, Mrs. Sallie N. Chandler, who makes her home in New York City. To Mr. and Mrs. Sappington have been born the following children: George William, at home; and Cardwell Wyan, who died at the age of 42 years, Dec. 18, 1918. Cardwell Wyan Sappington was a successful farmer and stockman, a leading agriculturist of Columbia, Mo. He was a graduate of Nelson High School. He left a wife and two children, May (Hupp) Sappington, formerly of Marshall, Mo., Pauline and Arthur Cardwell. One child, a daughter, Lena May, died April 11, 1910, at Boonville. Son and daughter are buried in Walnut Grove cemetery.

Mr. and Mrs. Sappington are members of the Methodist Church South. Mr. Sappington is a democrat. Mrs. Sappington is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Alvin J. Bozarth, a well-known, wholesale dealer in butter, eggs, poultry, hides and cream at 415 Chestnut street in Boonville, is one of the leading business men of Cooper County. Mr. Bozarth entered business Jan. 1, 1916 at his present location, purchasing the business of the Wilson Produce Company. He mastered his trade under F. M. Stamper of the F. M. Stamper Company at Moberly, Mo. and George Legg of the George Legg Poultry establishment at Mattoon, 111. Since he began business three years ago, Mr. Bozarth has prospered and his trade has vearly grown. The receipts for the three years, enumerated successively, were : $98,000, $108,000 and $150,000. He ships his produce to New York, Chicago and other leading markets, shipping in carload lots. Mr. Bozarth deserves much praise and credit for the excellent market he has established for all the countryside bordering Boonville.

Mr. Bozarth was born at Cairo, Mo., Nov. 21, 1891, a son of F. R. and Frances (Roberts) Bozarth, both of whom are natives of Monroe County, Mo. Jefferson Bozarth, father of F. R. Bozarth, came from Kentucky to Missouri and settled in Monroe county in the early days. Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Bozarth reside at Cairo, Mo. They are the parents of eight children, as follow : Lucy, the wife of Albert Snodgrass, of Moberly, Mo. ; Alvin J., the subject of this sketch ; Harry J., of Moberly, Mo. ; Floyd C, of Detroit, Mich. ; Deston L., of Cairo, Mo. ; Pearly, Eulah Mae, and Roy Marshal, of Cairo, Mo. Floyd C. Bozarth is, at the time of this writing in 1919, serving as mess sergeant with the Signal Corps, United States Army.

April 27, 1915, Alvin J. Bozarth and Isla Rinehart, a daughter of Benjamin and Rosa (Irwin) Rinehart, formerly of Iowa, now residents of Cairo, Mo., were married. Mr. and Mrs. Bozarth are the parents of two children: Wilburta E. and Hartzell I.. Mr. and Mrs. Bozarth reside at Shamrock Heights in Boonville. Both are worthy members of the Christian Church and Mr. Bozarth is a member of the Knights of Pythias.

Alvin J. Bozarth first learned the elementary principles of the poultry business under his fathers instructions. The elder Bozarth was engaged in this business at Cairo, Mo. Leaving Moberly High School, where he was a student, Mr. Bozarth entered the mercantile trade and he has in a few years time established a name and reputation for himself, a name which is known throughout the county as the synonym for honesty and fair dealings.

W. C. Renfrow, of the firm of Renfrow & Renfrow, of Overton, Mo., was born Oct. 14, 1866, a son of William and Malvina (Freeman) Renfrow, both natives of Cooper County. The mother died in 1870 and is buried in Moniteau County at Cop Cemetery. The father lives in southeastern Missouri. To Mr. and Mrs. William Renfrow were born the following children: Alonzo, lives in southeastern Missouri; and W. C, the subject of this sketch. The other member of the firm of Renfrow & Renfrow is A. D. Renfrow, a cousin of W. C. Renfrow, born in 1859, a son of James Renfrow, of Moniteau County. A. D. Renfrow lives on the farm in Moniteau County, and also owns a farm in Cooper County, near Wooldridge. The well known firm of Renfrow & Renfrow are dealers in groceries, dry goods, shoes, hardware, etc., and occupy a nice building, 40x60 feet, with arches nicely arranged between the rooms.

W. C. Renfrow was educated in Liberty School, near Gooch's Mill, and taught school for 10 years in Prairie Home, Robinson and Oak Grove, Cooper County, and Bruce and Lupus and Oakland, in Moniteau County.

He was afterwards with Dr. Cochran, of Gooch's Mill, for about six years. Mr. Renfrow then went into the mercantile business at Gooch's Mill, and in 1914 came to Overton and accepted a position with Mr. A. D. Manson, his father-in-law, and afterwards went into the store in which he now owns a half interest.

Mr. Renfrow was married April, 1910, to Miss Cora Manson, daughter of A. D. and Anna (Kelly) Manson, of Gooch's Mill. Mr. and Mrs. Manson live at Overton and are the parents of the following children: Ida Whittahes, died at Raton, N. M., Jan. 1919 ; Cora, wife of W. C. Renfrow, subject of this sketch; John, resides at Gooch's Mill; Kelly, resides at Prairie Home, and Owen C, Kansas City, Mo. To Mr. and Mrs. Renfrow have been born the following children: William Cyrus, Harold Barber, Chester Bryan, and Gordon Woodrow, all residing at home.

Mr. Renfrow is a member of the Woodmen of the World of Gooch's Mill, and Mrs. Renfrow belongs to the Woodman Circle, and their boys are members of the Boys Woodcraft. Mr. Renfrow is also a member of the Cooper County Sick and Accident Society and the Renfrows are substantial citizens and stand high in their community.

John Frederick Krohn. - "Fairview Dairy Farm", consisting of 103 acres located two and a half miles south of Boonville, is one of the finest country places in Cooper Country. This place is owned and operated by John F. Krohn, and is equipped with every convenience for caring for the large amount of work involved in the operation of a dairy. Thirty-six Jersey cows comprise the Krohn herd, the milk obtained being sold over established milk routes in Boonville. The Krohn residence is a large ten room house, modern in every respect and very attractive. A large bank barn 30x40 feet, and a silo with a capacity of 125 tons are substantial fixtures on the place. Mr. Krohn has recently erected a new tile silo 14x36 feet.

J. F. Krohn was born in Cooper County, Oct. 18, 1863, on a farm near Billingsville, and is a son of Christian and Mary (Hoflander) Krohn. Christian Krohn, the father, was born in Holland, and emigrated from his native land to America when a young man. He was shot down in cold blood by marauding bushwhackers in his own yard in Aug., 1863. Mr. Krohn, had like others who were loyal men in Cooper County, been in hiding when the guerrillas were infesting the country. Mrs. Krohn had been visiting at one of the neighbor's houses. Mr. Krohn sent for her to come home that he wanted to see her. She came on horseback carrying

John F. Krohn, the subject of this sketch in her arms. Mr. Krohn assisted her to a light from the horse, first taking the child in his arms. The guerrillas who had been hiding, then stepped out and told her to take the baby, that they were going to kill her husband. She was forced to do as they bid. The assassins then deliberately shot their defenseless victim in the back, and one more dastardly crime was laid at the door of the murderers masquerading as Confederate soldiers. Mrs. Krohn was twice married after the death of her first husband but the details of the family history will be given in connection with the history of the Robien and Zimmerman families of Cooper County.

John F. Krohn was reared in the vicinity of Boonville, and attended the Concord district school, Lone Elm, and Mt. Sinai schools, and also attended the German Evangelical school at Boonville for a time. He began for himself in 1889 when he bought his present home place and began improving it.

Mr. Krohn was married on Feb. 4, 1891, to Miss Flora Hoefer, who was born Oct. 25, 1870, in Boonville. Mr. and Mrs. Krohn have one son: Frederick H., born Oct. 18, 1896, was inducted into the National Army July 26, 1918, was trained at Camp Funston, became a private in the Battery A. 28th Field Artillery, 10th Division and was honorably discharged from the service, Feb. 6, 1919. He is now assisting his father in the management of Fairview Dairy. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias.

Mr. Ki-ohn is a republican but takes little active interest in political matters. He and Mrs. Krohn are members of the Evangelical Church of Boonville, and Mr. Krohn is president of the board of trustees of the church. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias and is a thoroughly progressive citizen of the best type.

Clarence Shears, contractor and builder, is one of Boonvilles best known citizens and most competent workmen. Mr. Shears is a native of Illinois. He was born Feb. 10, 1858, in Christian County, 111., a son of Robert and Emily (Wilcox) Sears, the father a native of Virginia, and the mother of New York. The Shears family left Illinois in 1876 and located in Boone County, where the mother died in 1908, and the father died 10 years later, at the age of 76 years. The remains of both parents lie in Walnut Grove Cemetery in Boone County. Robert Shears was an honored veteran of the Civil War. He served four years with the Union army. Mr. and Mrs. Shears were the parents of five children, as follow:

Clarence, the subject of this sketch; Marion, deceased; Elmer, of Columbia, Mo. ; Byron, of Kansas City, Mo. ; and Mrs. Lillie Thorpe of Kansas City, Mo.

In the public schools of Nokomis, 111., Clarence Shears obtained his education. He came to Missouri in 1876, with his parents, and in Boone County he was engaged in farming. Later, he abandoned farming and engaged in carpentering and contracting in the vicinity of Woodlandville, and these trades he followed until he came to Cooper County in 1897. Since locating in Boonville, Mr. Shears has built many residences and erected several important buildings. He built the $10,000 residence of John Lohse in 1918, and he also built the residence of ex-Lieutenant Governor Gimelich. The Farmers Bank building and the Phoenix American Pipe Factory building were erected by Mr. Shears. His shop is located at the corner of Morgan and Fourth Streets.

Sept. 25, 1877, Clarence Shears and Bettie Settles, a daughter of Duskin and Mark Settles, noble pioneers of Virginia, were united in marriage. Mrs. Shears is a native of Virginia. She is one of nine children bom to her parents, as follow: George, of Woodlandville, Mo.; Harris, of Woodlandville; John, of Fulton; Duskin, of Columbia; Mrs. Clarence Shears, the wife of the subject of this sketch ; Mrs. Mary Turner, of Boonville; Mrs. Susie Morritz, of Witt, 111.; Mrs. Amanda Smallwood, of Washington, Mo.; and Mrs. Mattie Shears, of Ottawa, Kan. To Mr. and Mrs. Shears have been born six children: Susie, the wife of J. T. Tucker, of Boonville ; Edna, who died at the age of 17 years ; and four children who died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Shears reside at 1026 South Third Street in Boonville.

Mr. Shears is a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is an honest, capable workman, and he is respected highly among his fellow citizens. He is an independent republican. Since January, 1915, he has been a member of the Boonville Board of Public Works. For a number of years he was a member of the City Council, was president of the Council, and finished out Grimes' term as mayor of the city.

W. A. Oerly, merchant of Wooldridge, Mo., one of the best-known citizens of Cooper County, is a native of this county. Mr. Oerly was born May 21, 1879, in Prairie Home township, a son of John and Elizabeth (Mischler) Oerly, the former, a native of Moniteau County.

John Oerly was born in 1854 near Jamestown, a son of Ulrich Oerly, who located in Moniteau County in 1853, and later settled in Cooper County. Ulrich Oerly died in Cooper County and he is buried in the cemetery of the Methodist Church at Pleasant Grove. John Oerly owned several farms in Prairie Home township and he moved from Moniteau County to Cooper County and here followed farming and stockraising. He died in September, 1912, and is buried in the cemetery where his father's remains were laid to rest. His widow still resides at the old homestead.

The children of John and Elizabeth (Mischler) Oerly are: W. A., the subject of this review; Lulu, the wife of Thomas Chrisman, of Wooldridge ; Mrs. N. H. Blank, who died in August, 1918 ; Oscar, who died in 1908 ; Cordula, the wife of Hogan Hickman, of Boonville ; Ernest C, residing near Gooch's Mill ; and Grace, the wife of True Swanston, of Boonville.

W. A. Oerly obtained his education at Liberty schoolhouse in Saline township. Until 1912, Mr. Oerly was engaged in farming, when he entered the mercantile business. He purchased the stock of George T. Bruce at Wooldridge and since 1912 he has conducted a general store there. Mr. Oerly carries an exceptionally good line of merchandise for a store of the size, and he has thus far had a flattering patronage and the receipts in 1918 showed a business amounting to more than $17,000. In addition to his store, Mr. Oerly is the owner of a farm comprising 260 acres of land, located near Bunceton.

In 1902. W. A. Oerly was united in marriage with Emma Keamfer, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Keamfer, of Prairie Home township. The Keamfer children are: John, Mrs. Maggie Kuhns, Mrs. Mary Pipkin, Mrs. Emma Oerly, Mrs. Lizzie Byler, Mrs. Annie Byler, Lulu Keamfer, Mrs. Meta Hornbeck, and Mrs. Nora Morris. To W. A. and Emma Oerly have been born five children, who are living, six children in all: Owen Lester, Curtis Richard, Myrl Raymond. Oliver Robert and Earl Alvin. The only daughter, Alleene Bertha, was killed in a cyclone, June 5, 1917, when she was 12 years of age.

Mr. Oerly is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, the Woodmen of the World, and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is a republican. Mr. and Mrs. Oerly have scores of friends in Cooper County, and they are numbered among the county's best and most valued citizens.

A. H. Hesel, engaged in the retail liquor business in Boonville, lie, is a native of Boonville, and was born October 30, 1882. He is a son of Joseph L. Hesel.

man and resided in Fayette, Mo. After the close of the Civil War he located in Boonville and operated the city meat market for a number of years. He married Louise Hoefer, who was born in Cooper County, Mo., Sept. 14, 1850. The children born of this marriage are: Charles Hesel, born Aug. 16, 1877, operates the meat market in connection with Harry Ruskin's general store; Lee Paul, born Sept. 6, 1884, bartender in the Hesel saloon ; J. L. Hesel, Jr., born Nov. 29, 1886, an automobile salesman in St. Louis, Mo.; Louise J., born Dec. 24, 1892, at home; Rosa and Roy Hesel are deceased.

Arthur H. Hesel was reared and educated in Boonville and assisted his father in the conduct of his meat market business. He first tended bar for Tony Hain and was then in the employ of Emil H. Mueller prior to engaging in business for himself in 1911.

Mr. Hesel is a republican. The family church is the Catholic denomination. The mother of the family is a member of the Evangelical Church. Mr. Hesel is a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and the Fraternal Order of Eagles. Joseph L. Hesel, his father, was an Odd Fellow.

Horace G. Windsor, proprietor of "Benvenue Farm" in Clarks Fork township, is one of the leading agriculturists and stockmen of Clarks Fork township. Mr. Windsor was born Dec. 4, 1860, a son of John H. and Eleanna (Zollinger) Windsor. Mrs. Windsor was a daughter of George Zollinger, a veteran of the Mexican War and a grand daughter of Peter Zollinger, a veteran of the Revolutionary War. She was born March 27, 1835 in Hagerstown, Md., and she died Dec. 28, 1890. The children of John H. and Eleanna Windsor, are as follow: Horace G., the subject of this sketch; Walter B., who was born April 23, 1862 and now resides in Clarks Fork township ; John L., who was born July 4, 1863 and died Aug. 8, 1884 ; Alma M., who was born Nov. 4, 1866, the wife of E. H. Harris, Jr., of Sedalia; Eugene A., who was born Jan. 4, 1870, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this volume; and Dr. Norman Myers, who was born April 18, 1871, now a resident of St. Louis.

Horace G. Windsor was educated in Boonville, at the Kemper Military School and the Boonville Academy. In early manhood, he began farming on the home place. His grandmother, Anne Matilda (Allison) Windsor, gave him a farm comprising 240 acres of valuable land, which farm is now a part of his splendid country place. Mr. Windsor now owns 650 acres of land in Clarks Fork township, probably the finest country place in Cooper County, a farm which is reputed to be the most productive in the country. Seventy acres of the farm, the land lying directly east of the residence, produced in 1915, more than 100 bushels of corn per acre, which is considered to be the best production in the world. Mr. Windsor has made the average of 90 bushels an acre for a tract of 80 acres of his farm. In 1916, the dry year, he produced on one acre of his land 119 bushels and 10 pounds of corn, the record for the state of Missouri. Practically his entire life, Mr. Windsor has been interested in feeding livestock and he usually feeds from 150 to 250 head of cattle annually, also from 1,000 to 1,500 lambs and from 200 to 250 hogs. He raises the mules used in work on his place and, at the time of this writing in 1919, he had 20 on the farm. Mr. Windsor plants soybeans in with the corn, one bushel of the former to every 12 acres of land, and after the corn has matured he pastures the land. The "Benvenue Farms" are equipped with three sets of improvements, including three bungalows for the assistants ; a Dickey silo, 18x60 feet in dimensions ; four barns, the largest, 90x54 feet in dimensions, affording shelter for all the stock; and three windmills.

Oct. 6, 1886, Horace G. Windsor was united in marriage with Anna K. Cunningham, a native of Cooper County, a daughter of John W. and Ellen (Spencer) Cunningham, the former of whom now at the advanced age of 93 years resides in Boonville, and the latter died Feb. 15, 1916. To Horace G. and Mrs. Windsor have been born two sons: Capt. John H., who was born Dec. 13, 1888, a graduate of Kemper Military School, a member of the class of 1907, who received his degree of L. L. D. in 1912 from the Missouri State University and for five years practiced law in the city of Boonville, volunteered his services in the World War, Aug. 27, 1917 and was sent to Fort Sheridan for training, was commissioned first lieutenant Nov. 27, 1917, sailed for France, Dec. 24, of the same year, with 500 other officers, was first attached to the British infancy and later to the 77th Division, was in the battle of Arras in March, 1918, and was gassed in May, 1918, made Judge Advocate of his section, commissioned captain, Aug. 28, 1919, and honorably discharged March 2, 1919; Wilbur C, who was born Jan. 14, 1891, graduated from the Kemper Military School in 1910, was senior captain of the cadets in this school, was a student at the Missouri State University for three and a half years, specializing in banking, engaged in the banking business in Oklahoma for two years, was associated with his father in managing the "Benvenue Farms", volunteered for service and was sent to Fort Sheridan in Aug., 1917, was commissioned first lieutenant and sent to Camp Zachariah Tay- lor in Kentucky as instructor, thence to Camp Sherman in Ohio, a member of the 84th Division, sailed for France in Sept., 1918, and was honorably discharged from the service on April 18, 1919.

Wilbur C. Windsor was married to Gertrude Buckley of Poteau, Okla., a daughter of William Buckley, ex-attorney United States district, of Oklahoma, on Dec. 28, 1916, and to them has been born one child, Gertrude Anna.

Horace G. Windsor has been president of the Missouri State Corn Growers Association for four years. He was instrumental in the establishment of Rural Route 1 out of Boonville, the second route established in the state, and he assisted in the establishing of the first rural telephone line in the county. He is the originator of the benefit assessment system for the building of better roads and he has been president in his district for eight years. Mr. Windsor writes for the "Missouri Ruralist" and other farm papers and he is considered one of the most advanced thinkers in Cooper County and one of the most progressive men in the country. He is widely known throughout the state. Mr. Windsor is a member of the Presbyterian Church and he is affiliated with the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons and is a Shriner.

Irene Schubert, a prosperous and highly respected farmer and stockman of Saline township, is a native of Cooper County. Mr. Schubert was born June 8, 1864 on his father's farm in Palestine township, a son of Henry B. and Christina Schubert, who were born, reared, educated and married in Germany.

Henry B. Schubert was born in 1830 and Christina Schubert was born in 1838. The Schuberts located in Cooper County on a farm near Billingsville in 1863 and there resided for several years, when Mr. Schubert purchased a farm comprising 72 acres of land, which he improved and where he spent the remainder of his life and died in 1912. His remains rest in the cemetery at Billingsville, Mo. Mrs. Schubert now resides at Speed, Mo. The children of Henry B. and Christina Schubert are, as follow: Mrs. Mary Huffman, who lives in Germany; Mrs. Amelia Stegner, deceased, wife of Paul Stegner; Irene, the subject of this review; Mrs. Emma Baker, deceased ; Henry, deceased ; Fannie and John, of Speed, and Willie, who died at the age of four years. Gottholt Schubert and his wife, grandparents of Irene Schubert, immigrated to America from Germany about 1861. The senior Schubert was, by trade, a miller. Both grandfather and grandmother have been deceased many years and their remains are interred in the cemetery at Billingsville, Mo.

ship. Since leaving school, he has followed farming and stockraising and with the exception of ten years. Mr. Schubert purchased his present country place in March, 1914, a farm which was originally a part of the Bates farm, 144 acres of well-watered land, an ideal stock farm. Mr. Schubert is just beginning the raising of registered Hampshire hogs. He is engaged in general farming and stockraising. In his district, he is overseer of roads and he takes an active and keen interest in the upkeeping of the public highways.

In 1890, Irene Schubert and Minnie Doerrie were married. Mrs. Schubert is a daughter of Henry and Louisa (Kemper) Doerrie, natives of Germany. The Doerries immigrated from Germany and settled in Missouri, locating first in St. Louis. Mr. Doerrie died at St. Charles, Mo. and Mrs. Doerrie was later married to Peter Young and she now resides in Boonville. She is now 80 years of age. Louisa (Kemper) Doerrie Young is the daughter of Henry and Lottie Kemper, who settled in St. Charles County, Mo. in 1856. He was, by trade, a carpenter. Mr. and Mrs. Kemper died in St. Charles, and are buried there. To Irene and Minnie (Doerrie) Schubert have been born two children: Bert and Rosemond, both at home with their parents, and both educated in the Boonville schools. Mr. and Mrs. Schubert are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church and Mr. Schubert is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias at Boonville.

Mr. and Mrs. Schubert are well known and highly regarded in Cooper County and they number their friends in this section of the state by the score.

Walter Meredith and George Meredith, proprietors of "The Lowell Stock Farm," in Saline township, one of the best stock farms in the county, are numbered among the progressive agriculturists of Cooper County. "The Lowell Stock Farm" comprises 238 acres of valuable land, located eight miles southeast of Boonville. Walter Meredith and George Meredith are sons of Lee and Susan (McGruder) Meredith.

Lee Meredith was born near Pilot Grove, Mo., a son of Thomas Meredith, one of the first settlers of that part of the county. The mother of Lee Meredith was Susan (Woolridge) Meredith. Thomas and Susan Meredith are now deceased and the remains rest in Pilot Grove Cemetery. Lee Meredith was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and was a democrat. Mrs. Meredith died in 1900 and she was buried in Pilot Grove Cemetery. She reared the family and educated the children, as all were small when the father died.

and their sisters, Grace Alice and Winona, in 1901, from John Engfer. The brothers and sisters reside at this farm, and though grown to maturity, they are still as closely united as when they were children. The Meredith residence is a brick structure of seven large rooms, four halls and two stories. It is "T-shape," and was built prior to the Civil War. This farm in early days was known as the James Connor farm, and on the place are ruins of foundation of houses formerly occupied by slaves. Since coming to the place, the Merediths have added two barns and fences, and have drilled a well which is over 226 feet in depth, the same supplying an abundance of excellent water. There are two good springs in the pasture. In every respect "The Lowell Stock Farm" is an ideal one. The builder of the large brick residence was one of the aristocrats of his day, and the large rooms, four times the size of the average room of today, suggest colonial architecture, and the surroundings show the taste of the typical southern plantation owner.

The Merediths are valued members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Oak Grove. They are highly respected among the best citizens of Cooper County.

Joseph Gerhardt. - When Joseph Gerhardt left his native Germany 1881, crossed the Atlantic, and made his way to Pickaway County, Ohio, he had very little of this world's goods. When he came to Cooper County, Mo., in 1887, he had not made much progress in accumulating a fortune. However, matters shaped themselves so that in 1905 he began to buy land, although his first farm of 192 acres was purchased on time. To this he subsequently added 25 acres, then added 160 acres, and at the time of his retirement to a home in Speed, Mo., in the spring of 1919, Mr. Gerhardt was the owner of a total of 377 acres of well improved land, without incumbrance. The farm buildings are very good, and it is one of the attractive places in Cooper County. This country has been good to Mr. Gerhardt, and Cooper County -seems to be a place of unbounded opportunity for men of industry and thrift and energy, like himself.

Joseph Gerhardt, retired farmer, Speed, Mo., was born in Germany, Jan. 9, 1857, a son of Christ and Lena Gerhardt, who spent their lives in Germany. Joseph Gerhardt came to America in 1881, a poor lad in search of fortune. Hs stopped for five years in Pickaway County, Ohio, and earned some money. In 1887, he came to Cooper County, worked as farm laborer for one year, and then rented land until he made his first purchase of a farm in 1905. During the space of 14 years, Mr. Gerhardt has prospered to such an extent that he has laid away the cares of active farming, turned over the management of his large acreage to his sons, and is taking life easy in his comfortable cottage home in Speed, Mo.

Mr. Gerhardt was married in Ohio, in 1882, to Katrina Grom, who was born in 1858. The children born to this marriage are: Henry Gerhardt, a farmer, Cooper County ; Christ F., merchant at Speed, Mo. ; Catherine, wife of Anton Schler, farmer in Boonville township; Albert, a thresher, Speed, Mo. ; William, living on a farm east of Bunceton ; August, a farmer living one mile west of Speed; Mrs. Louise Vieth, on a farm near Bunceton ; Emil and Herman Gerhardt are operating the home place.

The democratic party has always had the allegiance of Mr. Gerhardt since he cast his first vote. He is a member of the Evangelical Church, and is a good, substantial citizen.

Elza B. Shannon, proprietor of "Rose Lawn" farm in Clarks Fork township (rural mail route No. 1 out of Boonville) and for years recognized as one of the leading farmers and stockmen of that vicinity, an active member of the energetic Farmers Club in that neighborhood and in other ways prominently identified with the life of the community, was born on that farm and has lived there all his life. He was born on Oct. 31, 1854, son of Alexander and Julia A. (Hurt) Shannon, pioneers of that vicinity and the latter of whom is still living, continuing to make her home on the old home place, being now nearly 90 years of age.

Alexander Shannon was an Easterner, born in Charles County, Md., Feb. 10. 1823, who came to Missouri in 1847 and in 1849 located on the place now known as "Rose Lawn" farm and owned by his son Elza. That farm, originally known as the Bell farm, he bought from D. C. Steele and when he bought it consisted of 110 acres, which tract, under its present ownership, has been expanded to the present dimensions of "Rose Lawn", a fine farm of 402 acres. During the two years he spent in Missouri before buying his farm, Alexander Shannon was engaged in freighting between Boonville and Knobnoster and during this form of service he not infrequently was in perilous touch with the Indians that still were numerous hereabout in those days. He married not long after coming here and established his home on the farm he had bought and there spent the remainder of his life, his death occurring on June 10, 1898, he then being past 75 years of age, and he is buried in the cemetery at Boonvilli>. As noted above, his widow is still living at "Rose Lawn". She was born on a pioneer farm in Clarks Fork township, this county, in 1830, daugh- ter of Colonel Hurt, one of the most influential of the early settlers of that neighborhood, and has spent all her life in that vicinity, having thus been a witness to the amazing development noted there during her lifetime. To Alexander and Julia A. (Hurt) Shannon were born five children, of whom the subject of this sketch was the second in order of birth, the others being G. W. and F. H. Shannon, Texas County, Mo. ; J. B. Shannon, deceased, and Nannie, wife of J. W. Draften, Los Angeles, Cal.

Reared on the farm on which he is now living, Elza B. Shannon received his early schooling in the then somewhat primitive district school of his home neighborhood and supplemented the same by a course in the Kemper Family School at Boonville, after which he returned to the farm and resumed his labors there, a valuable aid to his father in the work of development on the place. After his marriage in 1876 he established his home on the place, presently assuming the management of the same, and has ever since resided there, gradually improving the place by the erection of new buildings and from time to time buying adjoining tracts until "Rose Lawn" long ago came to be recognized as one of the most attractive farms in that part of the county. The place is admirably adapted to the raising of live stock and Mr. Shannon annually markets about 200 hogs and one or two car loads of cattle. He also maintains a flock of about 250 sheep and in his operations is doing well, in these operations being ably assisted by those of his sons who still are at home and who are bending their energies to the further and profitable improvement of "Rose Lawn." Mr. Shannon is one of the leading members of the local Farmers Club and has for years been actively interested in movements having to do with the advancement of the common interest in that neighborhood. In his political faith he is a Democrat. He and his family are members of the Presbyterian Church and take a proper interest in church work as well as in the general social activities of the community in which they live.

Mr. Shannon has been twice married. It was in 1876, when he was little past 21 years of age, that he was united in marriage to Mary Catherine Miller, who also was born in Clarks Fork township and who died on July 26, 1884. To that union three children were born, namely: Minnie Gray, who died at the age of two years; Robert Alexander, who is now farming in the vicinity of Rankin's Mill, and Elza M. Shannon, who is at home aiding in the management of "Rose Lawn". On March 6, 1889, Mr. Shannon married, secondly, Jennie L. Johnston, a music teacher, who was graduated from the old Prairie Home Institute and for some time following her graduation was teacher of music there, later giving general music lessons, and to this union five children have been born: Martha, wife of B. H. Mills, of Clarks Fork township; Georgia, at home; Margaret, who died at the age of four years, and Noye L. and Louis J., at home. Mrs. Jennie L. (Johnston) Shannon also was born in this county, March 20, 1861, a daughter of Washington A. and Martha (Hunt) Johnston, both of whom also were born here, members of pioneer families, and who spent all their lives here, both living to ripe old age. W. A. Johnston was bom on Jan. 1, 1825, and died on Feb. 15, 1908, he then being past 83 years of age. His wife, Martha Hunt, was born in the vicinity of Pisgah on Jan. 3, 1829, and died on Jan. 14, 1919, she then being past 90 years of age. W. A. Johnston was a son of Robert and Ellender P. (Powell) Johnston, the latter of whom was born in North Carolina on July 14, 1800, and came to Missouri with her parents, William Powell and wife, in 1822, the family settling in the vicinity of Jamestown, in Monteau County. Robert Johnston was born in Tennessee in 1783 and came to Missouri, settling in Cooper County in territorial days. He married Ellender Powell in March, 1824.

Benjamin Franklin Anderson, a veteran teacher of Cooper County, who is also engaged in farming in Saline township, was born in Prairie Home township, Dec. 14, 1860. He is a son of John and Nancy (Twentyman) Anderson. John Anderson was born near Miami, Ohio, in 1824. He came to Missouri in the early forties, and settled on a farm of 120 acres, three miles northwest of Prairie Home. He died in 1881. Nancy (Twentyman) Anderson was born in 1832 and died in 1862. She was a daughter of Thomas Twentyman, who was a very early settler in Cooper County, and a member of the first grand jury of Cooper County. John and Nancy (Twentyman) Anderson were the parents of the following children: Mrs. Amanda Arnold, Moniteau township; J. H., Searcy, Ark.; Mrs. Elizabeth J. Goodrich, Bolivar, Mo. ; T. B., California, Mo. ; and B. F., the subject of this sketch.

B. F. Anderson attended public school until he was about 15 years of age, he then attended a private school in Polk County, and later entered Hooper Institute at Clarksburg, Mo., where he was graduated. He engaged in teaching in 1882, his first school benig in the Lowland district in Saline township. He taught school in this same district during the school year 1918-1919. During the intervening time he has taught in the district schools of the adjoining districts, including Highland, Lib- erty, Wooldridge, Bruce, Overton, and Hail Ridge. He has a long career of successful teaching to his credit, and ranks among the leading educators of Cooper County. In addition to teaching, Mr. Anderson has carried on farming in the summertime and owns 130 acres known as "Maple Wood Farm," located one mile northwest of Wooldridge. This was formerly a part of the H. B. Hopkins farm. The place is well improved, and it is a productive and valuable farm.

B. F. Anderson was married Nov. 7, 1883, to Miss Emma S. Hopkins, a daughter of H. B. and Rebecca (Burcham) Hopkins, Cooper County pioneers. They were the parents of the following children: Emma S., wife of B. F. Anderson, subject of this sketch; H. H., Wooldridge, Mo.; and T. B., Wooldridge. To Mr. and Mrs. Anderson have been born two children: Ida H., mari-ied W. E. Hooper, Wooldridge, Mo., and F. L., who resides at home. There are two grandchildren in the Anderson family: Emma Marjorie and Hazel Lillian Hooper.

Mr. and Mrs. Anderson are well known in Cooper County and rank among its most substantial representative people. Mrs. Anderson is a member of Big Lick Baptist Church. Mr. Anderson is a democrat. Cast his first vote in 1881, never missed an election, never scratched his ticket, and never sought office.

Herman P. Muntzel. - "Pleasant Valley Stock Farm," owned and operated by Herman P. Muntzel, and consisting of 193 acres of valley land, well watered and drained, is one of the most beautiful and richest farms in all Missouri. No tract of fertile and productive land lies in a prettier location than this farm, which is rightly named. A winding creek makes its way through the farm and affords ample water for stock and drainage. In the background to the east are wooded hills which give a touch of beauty to the whole setting. A pretty cottage and well kept farm buildings, set on a rise of ground above the valley, overlook the entire tract. The barn is of ample size, built by Mr. Muntzel in 1912, and is 32x50 feet in extent. The residence has been remodeled since the purchase of the farm in 1904. Herman P. Muntzel is a member of one of the most substantial and highly respected pioneer families of Cooper County, which dates its advent into the county in the early forties.

Daniel Muntzel, father of Herman P. Muntzel, who now resides at or near Washington schoolhouse on his farm, where he has resided for over a half century, was born in 1835, and accompanied his father, Peter Muntzel, from Germany to America when but a child. Peter Muntzel settled in this county, reared a family and lived to be over 90 years of age. Daniel Muntzel married Minnie Kauns, born in Germany, and died in Cooper County in 1914. There were eight children born to Daniel and Minnie Muntzel, as follows: Christ died in infancy; Mrs. Sophia Prigge lives in St. Louis ; Mary, wife of Charles Schubert, lives near Washington School ; Lavina, wife of Martin Meyer, is deceased ; August lives with his father; Herman P., of this review.

Herman P. Muntzel was born Aug. 25, 1861. He attended the Washington School, and at the age of 18 years he began to earn his own way in the world. In 1887, he bought a farm in the Washington School neighborhood, improved it and sold it at a profit in 1905. His present farm, purchased in 1904, cost him $51 an acre. Mr. Muntzel's first farm cost him $46 an acre, and he disposed of it for $57 an acre, making a profit of $2,000. The Muntzel farm is noted for its thoroughbred live stock. Mr. Muntzel has a herd of 75 or more pure-bred Poland China and Duroc Jersey hogs. Mrs. Muntzel has a flock of fine Barred Plymouth Rock chickens. She sells eggs for hatching at good prices, and cockerels to fanciers.

Sept. 7, 1887, Herman P. Muntzel and Miss Minnie A. E. Steigleder were united in marriage in the Evangelical Lutheran Trinity Church of Clarks Fork by Rev. August Rehwaldt. The following children have been born to Herman P. and Minnie A. E. Muntzel: Ilda lola Esther, Andrew Daniel and Robert John.

Ilda lola Esther Muntzel was born Nov. 9, 1888, near Boonville, was baptized in the Evangelical Lutheran Trinity Church by Rev. August Rehwaldt, Dec. 12, 1882. She was educated in Washington and Concord Schools, spent two years in the parochial school, was instructed and confirmed April, 1903, by Rev. J. Hoenes. She was married to Albert E. H. Klekamp, April 30, 1916, at 4 o'clock in Trinity Church, Clarks Fork. Mr. and Mrs. Klekamp are now living on their fine farm near Lone Elm, and are communicants of the Zion Church of -Lone Elm. Mo. Their postoffice address is Boonvile, Mo., R. F. D. No. 1. They have one child, Irene Wilhelmina Klekamp, born Feb. 27, 1918, and baptized March, 1918, by Rev. John Mueller.

Andrew Daniel Muntzel was born Feb. 3, 1891, near Boonville, was baptized March 15, 1891, in Trinity Church, Clarks Fork, by Rev. August Rehwaldt. He was educated in Washington and Concord Schools, and studied for one year at the Columbia Normal, and studied for two years in the parochial school. He was instructed and confirmed April 16, 1905, by Rev. J. Hoeness. He is now a member of Trinity Church, Clarks Fork. He is now a partner with his father in the operation of Pleasant Valley Farm.

Robert John Muntzel was born Oct 18, 1898, and was baptized Nov. 20, 1898, by Rev. J. H. Rupprecht. He attended the Concord School, and after receiving his diploma on May 14, 1912, attended the parochial school for one year. He was instructed and confirmed March 16, 1913, by Rev. K. F. Lohrman. He is a communicant of Trinity Church, Clarks Fork, On Sept. 1, 1914, he entered Boonville High School, and the last two years of his course was spent in Laura Speed Elliot High School, from which he graduated on May 17, 1917. On Jan. 2, 1918, he entered the employ of the N. K. Fairbanks Company as junior salesman, selling the trade, and after three months' service he was promoted to a position which placed him charge of an advertising display and specialty salesman of soap products. While in Kansas City he joined the unit of the army and enrolled as a member of the S. A. T. C. at Columbia, Mo. He received his honorable discharge from the service on Dec. 16, 1918, and again resumed his work with the N. K. Fairbanks Co., on Jan. 6, 1919. He was promoted to the post of propriety edible salesman on Feb. 1, 1919. His territory requires that he travel out of the St. Louis branch, and his city address is at 5063 Delmar Avenue, St. Louis, Mo.

The mother of the foregoing children was born Feb 2, 1860, in Oskaloosa, Iowa, and is a daughter of George Frederick Andrew and Mary Elizabeth (Hochstetler) Steigleder, the former of whom was a native of Germany, and the latter a native of Holmes County, Ohio. Mrs. Minnie A. E. Muntzel (nee Steigleder) came to Cooper County, Mo., with her parents in 1866.

Mr. Muntzel is a republican and is road overseer of his district. For the past four years he has been an elder of Evangelical Lutheran Trinity Church of Clarks Fork. Mr. and Mrs. Muntzel are intelligent, well-informed people, who are progressive and enterprising and believe in keeping fully abreast of the times. They are prominent socially and are among the leaders in their community.

Robert Thomas Byler, justice of the peace in and for Clarks Fork township and one of the best known and most substantial farmers in that section of Cooper County, owner of a fine farm of 160 acres ten miles southeast of Boonville (rural mail route No. 1 out of Boonville), was born in Prairie Home township, a member of one of the real pioneer families of Cooper County, and has lived in the county all his life. He was born

Dec. 8, 1867, son of Joel Woodard and Susan Esther (Harris) Byler, both of whom also were born in this county and the former of whom is still living, being now past 85 years of age.

Joel Woodard Byler was born on a pioneer farm in Boonville township Feb. 18, 1834, son of Thomas Dillard Byler, who was a son of Thomas Byler, who had come here in territorial days and had entered a tract of land in what is now Clarks Fork township and had there spent the remainder of his life and at his death was buried on his farm there. Thomas Dillard Byler, grandfather of 'Squire Byler, made his home on the farm now owned by Henry Muntzel and died there in 1876, being then 76 years of age. His son, Joel Woodard Byler, father of 'Squire Byler, grew up on that farm and became a farmer on his own account. June 8, 1865, he married Susan Esther Harris, a member of one of the pioneer families of this county, and after his marriage established his home on a farm in Clarks Fork township, where he continued actively engaged in farming until his retirement. He is now living in Moniteau township, over the line in the county of that name. His wife died on June 8, 1915, the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage. They were the parents of eight children, of whom the subject of this sketch was the second in order of birth, the others being as follows: Fannie Jane, wife of Robert Hornbeck, of Prairie Home; William Henry Byler, a hardware merchant at Prairie Home ; Tyra Emmet, also of Prairie Home ; Joel Albert, of Kansas City; Jesse Dillard, a farmer of the neighboring county of Moniteau, and Walter Lawrence and Harris Byler, who continue to make their home on the old home place.

Reared on the home farm in Clarks Fork township, Robert Thomas Byler received his early schooling in the local district school and supplemented the same by a course of two years at the old Prairie Home College. From the days of his boyhood he was helpful on the home place and after his marriage when 21 years of age began farming on his own account, a vocation he ever since has continued. In Jan., 1909, he bought the farm on which he is now living, the old Peter Wehmeyer place of 160 acres in Clarks Fork township, and since taking possession of the same has made numerous substantial improvements, bringing the farm plant up to an excellent standard. One half of the farm is Clarks creek bottom land and the place is admirably adapted to the raising of live stock, Mr. Byler giving considerable attention to the raising of Shorthorn cattle and Duroc Jersey hogs. Mr. Byler has always given proper attention to local civic affairs and is now serving as justice of the peace in and for his home township. He also for the past nine years has served as director in the Washington school district. He and his wife are members of the Prairie Home Baptist Church. He is a member of the local lodge of the Modern Woodmen of America at Prairie Home and Mrs. Byler is a member of the auxiliary order of the Royal Neighbors of America.

Feb. 20, 1889, that Robert T. Byler was united in marriage to Leonore Hurt, who also was born in this county, and to this union six children have been born, namely: Joel Fleming Byler, who manned Addie Douglas and lives in Saline township; Flora Esther, wife of Arthur White, of Prairie Home ; Robna Frances, wife of John Woodhouse, of Boonville ; Stella Teel, wife of Adolph Hoerl, of Boonville, and Jessie Gibson and Virginia Florence, at home. Mr. and Mrs. Byler have three grandchildren, Charles Robert Woodhouse, Arthur Lewis White and Norma Jeannette Byler. Mrs. Byler was born in Boonville township on March 21, 1871, daughter of Fleming and Flora (Davis) Hurt, both members of pioneer families in Cooper County and both now deceased. Fleming Hurt died in July, 1909, and his widow did not long survive him, her death occurring in Jan., 1912. They were the parents of four children, those besides Mrs. Byler being H. G. Hurt, of Boonville, Mrs. Florence Davis, living east of Boonville, and Mrs. Dollie Adair, deceased.

James Lymer, one of the progressive and substantial farmers of Clarks Fork township, was born on a farm in Boonville township, March 20, 1865, son of William and Ellen Lymer, both deceased.

William Lymer was a native of England, born about 1802, who came to this country and settled in Cooper County, residing on a farm in Boonville township until his death, about 1872. His widow died in 1884 and was 50 years of age. They were the parents of seven children as follows : Richard, Boonville township; William, Boonville township; John, St. Louis; Robert, Boonville; James; Margaret, wife of Casper Lamglotz, Boonville, and Sarah Jane, wife of Isaac Hurd, Boonville.

James Lymer was reared on the home farm and received his schooling at the Hail Ridge School and at the Clear Spring School. Upon engaging in farming on his own account years ago, he bought a farm six miles west of Boonville, but soon sold that place to advantage and bought another farm near Pilot Grove, although he did not reside on the farm. This latter place he also sold when the opportunity to better himself presented, and in 1910 bought from William Solomon the farm on which he is no living in Clarks Fork township, the place formerly belonging to the Berry estate, where he has 138 acres, all lying in Clarks Fork township, save 20 acres in Boonville township. The two-story farm house on the place Mr. Lymer rebuilt in 1912, the house being one of eight rooms with a hall 10x28 feet, well fitted and furnished. The bricks from which the house was built were burned on the place. The farm buildings are in keeping with the house, and include good barns, a 12x30 silo, and a windmill, the latter drawing an ample supply of water for stock purposes from a drilled well 150 feet deep. This water supply is supplemented by several excellent springs on the farm. Mr. Lymer has for years given considerable attention to the raising of live stock, has a fine drove of Duroc Jersey hogs, a herd of eight dairy cows, and a flock of 175 chickens, pure-bred Rhode Island Reds.

Dec. 18, 1894, James Lymer was united in marriage to Dena Langlotz, who also was born in this county, daughter of John and Mary Langlotz, natives of Germany, and for many years well-known residents of the neighborhood west of Boonville John Langlotz came to this country in the fifties, and was working in Missouri when the Civil War broke out. He served as a soldier of the Union, and after the war sent for other members of the family to come over from Germany, married and settled down on a farm which he bought, a little more than six miles west of Boonville. He and his wife were the parents of nine children, of whom Mrs. Lymer was the eighth in order of birth, the others being as follows: Casper, Boonville; Sophia, wife of George Lang, Boonville; Rosa, who married Benjamin Schroeder, and is now deceased ; Caroline, who married George Krammel, and lives in Oklahoma; Henry, married Carrie Kulow, and is living at Blackwater; John, deceased, and whose widow (who was Minnie Schubert before her marriage), now lives at Boonville; Mary, wife of Henry Simmons, Boonville ; and Minnie, wife of William Woolery, Otterville. To James and Dena (Langlotz) Lymer six children have been born : James William, died in infancy ; Herman Earl, at home, a valued assistant to his father; Edgar, died in infancy; and Robert Henry, Margaret Catherine and Wilbur Lee. The Lymers are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church (South), and take a proper part in church work as well as in the general social activities of the neighborhood in which they live.

Charles P. Tutt, of Kelly township, is a native of Cooper County and has been prominently identified with the affairs of this county all his life. He was born on the farm where he now resides, Oct. 29, 1858, of pioneer parents and is a descendant of colonial ancestors. Charles P. Tutt is the son of James H. and Harriet E. (Hickox) Tutt, early settlers of Cooper County. James H. Tutt was a native of Virginia; he was born in Fauquier County, Jan. 21, 1830, and died in March, 1898. He came to Missouri with his parents, Phillip A. and Catherine (Ashby) Tutt, in 1835. The family first settled in Calloway County and in 1836 came to Cooper County, and settled in Kelly township on the farm that is now owned by Charles P. Tutt. Phillip A. Tutt bought this place from Thomas Best for $5 per acre. At that time there was a log cabin on the place and a few acres of land were cleared. Here Phillip Tutt and his wife spent the remainder of their lives. Phillip Tutt was a surveyor, and for a number of years served as surveyor of Cooper County. He also held the office of judge of the County Court. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, and his father, John Tutt, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, serving with the Virginian troops. Phillip Tutt was one of four brothers who came to Missouri together, the others being Dr. Gabriel, Col. John, and Col. Richard J. They came down the Kanawha River to the Ohio in a boat, and from there the younger men of the families and the negro slaves drove across the country to St. Louis with a wagon train, while the women and the older men came by steamboat down the Ohio and up the Mississippi Rivers to St. Louis. When the Tutt family came to Missouri they brought with them a mare which was a descendant of the famous running horse, "Imported Whip," and Charles P. Tutt still has on his place descendants of that animal.

Harriet E. (Hickox) Tutt, mother of Charles P. Tutt, was born in Cooper County, April 9, 1836, and died May 21, 1898. She was a descendant of one of the very early New England families. Judith Clark, who landed at Plymouth Rock with the Pilgrims in 1620, was a direct ancestor of Charles P. Tutt's mother. To James H. and Harriet E. (Hickox) Tutt were born five children, three of whom died in infancy, and the others were George, who died at the age of 27 years, and Charles P., the subject of this sketch.

Charles P. Tutt was educated in the public schools and Cully and Simpson Academy, and Paris Institute. He then attended William Jewell College at Liberty, Mo., from 1881 to 1883. In early life he taught school for a number of years, but has practically devoted his entire attention to farming and stock raising. He is making a specialty of breeding pure blood Shorthorn cattle, Berkshire hogs, and Cotswold sheep, and has been successfully engaged in this work for the past 25 years. His stock has recently been awarded premiums at state fairs and stock shows, and he is regarded as one of the successful breeders of the state. His father before him was a successful stock breeder.

Charles P. Tutt was married in 1892 to Miss Mary L. Grantham, of Mexico, Mo. She is a daughter of Samuel A. and Mary (Ford) Grantham, early settlers of St. Charles County, Mo., both of whom are now deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Tutt have been bom seven children, as follows : Mary E., married Dr. Silas Barnes, of Pilot Grove, Mo. ; George A., Bunceton, Mo., married Blanche White; Henry was in an officers' training school during the World War and is now residing at home; Claire, a teacher in the Pilot Grove school; Frank E., at home; Harriet, at home; and Virginia, at home.

Mr. and Mrs. Tutt are members of the Baptist Church at Bunceton. Mr. Tutt is one of Cooper County's leading citizens and the Tutt family is prominent in this county.

B. F. Hurt, a prominent hardware merchant of Bunceton, Mo., is a native son of Cooper County. He was born in Clarks Fork township, Dec. 19, 1868, and is a son of Andrew C. and Celeste Ann (Holstein) Hurt. The Hurt family are Cooper County pioneers. Andrew C. Hurt was born in Clarks Fork township in 1844. He was a son of Benijah Hurt, who was a veiy early settler in that section of the county. Benijah Hurt and his wife are buried in the Concord Cemetery. Celeste Ann (Holstein) Hurt is a native of Illinois.

Andrew C. Hurt and his wife now reside on their home farm in Clarks Fork township. He is 76 years old and his wife is 66 years of age. Andrew C. Hurt served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, under "Fighting Joe Shelby."

To Andrew C. and Celesta Ann (Holstein) Burt were bom the following children: B. F., the subject of this sketch; James A., North Moniteau township; William, Clarks Fork township; Dolphin 0., Clarks Fork township, and Orbra F., Hustonia, Mo.

B. F. Hurt was reared in Clarks Fork township and educated in the public schools. He remained on the home place with his parents until he was 21 years of age. He then engaged in the carpenter trade, and followed building for 24 years. In 1912 he bought the Couchman interest in the Moore & Couchman Hardware Store at Bunceton, Mo. He continued this business until 1916, when he sold his interest to the Hawkins Hardware Company. In March, 1917, he bought the Hunt & Co. Hardware Store in Bunceton and has since successfully conducted that busi- ness. He carries a complete line of hardware, stoves and everything usually found in a modern hardware store. He also sells farming implements, carrying the Rock Island farm implements. He is a progressive business man and his methods are modern and up to date, and by his fair dealing and reliable representations has built up a profitable business.

Mr. Hurt was married in August, 1916, to Miss Matilda M. Langkop, a daughter of Ferdinand Langkop, a Clarks Fork township pioneer, who is now deceased, as is also his wife. To Mr. and Mrs. Hurt have been born two daughters, Leona Lois, and Clotilda Margaret.

Mr. Hurt is a member of the Masonic Lodge, having been made a Mason in December, 1895, at Prairie Home Lodge. While he does not take an active part in political matters, he has always supported the policies and principles of the democrat party.

Henry 0. King. - An inspection of the splendid farm of Henry 0. King, of Lone Elm Prairie in Clarks Fork township, will disclose the fact that Mr. King is a real farmer, who is rarely worried about the success or non-success of his crops. The richness of the soil of his tract of 80 acres and the additional 40 acres which he is tilling will attest to the care which he has bestowed upon the land, and through the years which he has owned this farm, he has carefully conserved and increased the fertility of the land. During the season of 1918, when the corn was almost a total failure in Missouri, Mr. King harvested a good crop. His father, the late John King, who was the first of the farmers of German birth to settle on Lone Elm Prairie, was a very successful farmer, who had a keen and discerning knowledge of how best to get the maximum yield from Missouri soil.

Henry 0. King is a native born citizen of Cooper County, and is proud of the fact that his 54 years have all been spent within sight and sound of his birthplace. He was bora on April 11, 1865, on the Captain Fricke place, and is a son of John and Sophia King, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this work. He attended the Lone Elm School, and when but a boy he assisted his father in the farm work. After his marriage in 1890, Mr. King settled on the fine farm where he now resides and reared his family. He was married on Jan. 28, 1890, to Miss Maggie Brandes, a daughter of Charles and Margaret Brandes, former old residents of this county. Mrs. Maggie King was born on Aug. 26, 1868, in Cooper County. Five children have blessed this marriage: Clarence, who is assisting his father in the farm work; Stella, wife of Walter Turner, of the Lone Elm neighborhood; Myrtle, Martin, and Carl, at home. Mr. King is a repub-

John W. King, proprietor of "Valley View Farm" in Clarks Fork township, nine miles southeast of Boonville, president of the Clarks Fork Fire, Lightning and Tornado Insurance Company, formerly and for years director of the Washington school district and in other ways prominently identified with the best interests of his home community, one of the most substantial farmers in that neighborhood, was bom on the farm on which he is now living and has lived there all his life. He was born on Oct. 13, 1869, son of Jacob and Anna (Nohrenberg) "Koenke" now King, both of European birth, who were married in this county, established their home on the farm now owned by their son, John, and there spent the remainder of their lives.

Jacob King was born July 18, 1817 and was a native of Schleswig- Holstein, which at the time of his birth was a province of Denmark but which later was taken over by Germany. He came to America in 1857 and proceeded on out to Missouri, locating in Cooper County, where in 1867 he became the owner of the farm now owned by his son John and known as "Valley View". The year previous (1866) in this county he married Anna Nohrenberg, who also was born 1851 in Schleswig-Holstein and who had come here in 1865 with her brother, Peter Nohrenberg. After his marriage he settled on the farm he had bought and proceeded to develop the same. For some time his brother-in-law, Peter Nohrenberg, also made his home there, but later moved over into Nebraska, where he is now living retired. Jacob King died on his farm in Feb. 23, 1878 and his widow survived him for nearly 15 years, her death occurring in Jan. 10, 1891, and both are buried in the Clarks Fork Lutheran cemetery. They were the parents of three sons, of whom the subject of this sketch was the first born, the others being Christ F. King, of Clarks Fork township, and Henry M. King, also of Clarks Fork.