Harrison County, Missouri - Biographical sketches, 1921 (part 13 of 15)

C. I. Jincks, farmer and stockman of Madison Township, was born February 17, 1857, on the farm which he now owns, the son of Elisha H. and Phoebe (Taylor) Jincks. The Jincks name appears early in the history of the county, where Elisha H. Jincks came when the land was in the hands of the Indians and before there was any evidence of the present highly developed industrial and commercial life.

Elisha H. Jincks was born near Cleveland, Ohio, and migrated first to Livingston County, Missouri, and then came to Harrison County, where he entered the land which now is comprised in the farm owned by his son, C. I. Jincks. Elisha H. Jincks was a versatile man who adapted himself well to the trying times of the pioneers when, in oi'der to succeed, one man must do many things. Mr. Jincks studied law and was a justice of the peace; he was a physician before the Civil War; and was an active minister of the United Brethren Church. He belonged to intrepid stock; his ancestors also were pioneers. His father, Ichabod Jincks, was born in the New England States, the son of parents who were natives of Ireland. Ichabod Jincks was a soldier and captain in the Revolutionary War and came west and entered land in Madison Township, where he later died. Ichabod Jincks' wife, Elizabeth (Herrington) Jincks, was a native of Virginia and her parents were born in England. Ichabod Jincks and his wife made the trip from Ohio to Missouri in a wagon, bringing with them their son, Elisha H. Elisha H. Jincks died in Madison Township in 1897 at the age of eighty years.

Elisha H. Jincks was married to Phoebe Taylor, a native of Kentucky, who was born May 28, 1834, and died at Ridgeway, Missouri, January 2, 1912. To this union the following children were born: C. I., the subject of this sketch; William W., deceased; Benjamin B., deceased; John, deceased; Betsey Jane, deceased, married twice, the first time to Andrew Stiner and the second time to William Baker; and an infant, the oldest child, deceased in infancy.

C. I. Jincks has always lived on a farm and has worked occasionally at carpentering. He attended the district schools and later inherited some land to which he added from time to time, until he now owns 185 acres all well improved. He has made several exhibits of farm products at the Harrison County Fair and is known as an enterprising farmer.

Mr. Jincks was married in 1878 to Susan Rake, who was born in Kansas and died at her home in Beaver County, Oklahoma, in 1906, and is buried in the Guymon Cemetery. To this union twelve children were born: Phoebe L., deceased; Margaret L., deceased in 1913, had been married to S. E. Richardson and left a family of seven children ; Gertrude L., now the wife of George Richardson, living in Madison Township; Calvin Clifford, at home; Fred E., married to Julia Harper and living in Mercer County; Irvin H., a veteran of the World War living at home; Stella, at home; Dennis, a brief account of whom appears later; Lyman, was at Camp Funston, married to Ruth Harper and now living in Mercer County near Cainsville; and Josie, Mary, and Viola, all living at home. Dennis Jincks entered the service for the World War on October 2, 1917, and was sent to Camp Funston and assigned duty as a cook. He was trained here until October 13, 1918, when he went overseas and was in service there until his return to the United States on July 4, 1919. He is now living at home.

C. I. Jincks is a Republican and is a member of the Baptist Church and is a deacon. Mr. Jincks is an energetic man who stands well in the esteem of his neighbors and fellow citizens.

R. E. Johnson, a well known farmer and stockman of Madison Township, has 120 acres of land on which he farms during the season, and has property in Ridgeway, where he spends the winters.

Mr. Johnson was born in Mercer County, Missouri, August 16, 1864, the son of Joseph and Nancy (Stanley) Johnson to whom nine children were born, six boys and three girls, R. E. being the youngest. Both Mr. and Mrs. Johnson were born in Virginia, grew up there, and were married there. They came to Mercer County after their marriage and settled on a farm where they spent the remainder of their lives. Joseph Johnson died in 1865 at the age of fifty-six and his widow afterwards married Samuel Hammock. They are both now deceased.

R. E. Johnson attended the district schools of Mercer County, helped on his father's farm, and began farming for himself on rented land in Mercer County. He continued this work until 1892 when he bought his present farm in Harrison County. Mr. Johnson has been successful in his work, his land is highly productive, and has been well operated by the owner.

Mr. Johnson was married in March, 1889, to Anna M. Young, a daughter of Fred M. and Jerusha (Stoner) Young, mention of whom appears in the sketch of Earl C. Young in this Volume. To the union of R. E. and Anna M. (Young) Johnson the following children were born: Grace, deceased ; Fred D., mentioned again at the close of this sketch ; Ruby F., living at home ; Clarence, and Charles R., both at home. Fred D. Johnson is a veteran of the World War. He enlisted and was in service on the Mexican border. Later he returned home and was transferred to the navy and was sent to the Great Lakes Training Station. He has crossed the ocean seventeen times and has seen most of the world. On one occasion his ship was torpedoed at sea; he, with three of his mates, were the only survivors; they drifted in the lifeboats for twenty-one days, and were finally picked up off the coast of Ireland, after the most intense suf-

R. E. Johnson is a Democrat but votes independently of party affiliations. He is a member of the Baptist Church and has been a director in the White Oak Church of the Baptist denomination for many years. Mr. Johnson has succeeded in life because of his energy and determination in the face of difficulties. He is an estimable citizen of his community.

Jerry Posler is a well known farmer and stockman of Madison Township who has achieved success in the breeding of Shorthorn cattle. Mr. Posler was born in Madison Township, July 30, 1883. His father, John Posler, belonged to sturdy Bohemian stock and was one of the men who migrated to the United States during the turbulent period of Austrian history.

John Posler was born in Luze, Bohemia, November 1, 1823, the son of Wencl and Annie Posler of Bohemia. Wencl Posler was a soap manufacturer who died in his native land at the age of fifty-eight years. His widow came with her son, John, to the United States and died at the age of seventy-one years. John Posler was a carpenter but never followed that occupation. He clerked in the city court in Bohemia for six years and served in the rebellion against the Austrian Empire. After he came to the United States he went to Wisconsin in 1850 and to Iowa in 1857. He came to Harrison County shortly after and made his home here until his death on March 2, 1911. He served in the Civil War for one year as a member of Company F, 27th Missouri Volunteer Infantry. He was under Captain Clark and was in the siege of Vicksburg and the Battle of Jackson. For nearly two years he was a veteran of the Reserve Corps. After his transfer he began farming and in 1866 he returned to Europe to get his mother and sister, Josephine, whom he brought back to the United States. They are both deceased. John Posler was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, Post No. 216, at Cainsville. He was a Republican in politics and was a student of the languages, speaking English, Bohemian and German fluently, and having a reading knowledge of French and Latin.

John Posler was married in 1872 to Anna Skakal, a native of Bohemia. She died September 18, 1900, and her husband died March 2, 1911. The remains of both are buried in the Bohemian Cemetery in Madison Township. To John and Anna (Skakal) Posler the following children were born: John, now a resident of St. Louis; Joseph, now living on the old home place in Madison Township; and Jerry, the subject of this review.

Jerry Posler received his education in Cainsville at the public school and in the Banner District School. He farmed his father's homestead for eighteen years and then bought eighty acres of his present farm. He added to the first tract from time to time and now owns a farm of 102 acres on which he does general farming and raises stock. In 1910 he began breeding Shorthorn cattle and usually has sixteen head on hand.

Mr. Posler was married February 12, 1907, to Anna Lisa, who was born in Harrison County, the daughter of John and Frances (Dostalj Lisa, both natives of Bohemia and early settlers of Missouri. They came to Harrison County in 1882 and now live in Madison Township. To the union of Jerry and Anna (Lisa) Posler three children have been born: an infant, deceased; Pauhne, born February 20, 1911; and Glen L., born January 6, 1918.

Jerry Posler is a Republican and is a member of the Methodist Church. He is a member of the Madison Township Board and is the president of the School Board of District No. 4. Mr. Posler is an industrious young man who is making a success of his enterprises.

C. A. Francis is a well known dairyman and farmer of Madison Township, the owner of 136 acres of land, and a resident of Harrison County since his early childhood. He was born in Davis County, Iowa, November 29, 1873. His parents were Calvin and Susanna (Baker) Francis, who became the parents of nine children, all but two of whom grew to maturity. C. A. Francis is the youngest of the children.

Calvin Francis was born in Buffalo, New York, in 1835, and was reared in Licking County, Ohio. He married Susanna Baker in Ohio. She was a native of Licking County. They moved to Iowa and settled in Davis County before the Civil War and in 1877 they came to Harrison County and settled on a farm in Marion Township. Mr. Francis retired from farming and went back to Iowa to live. He died in 1910 while on a visit in Harrison County. His wife died in 1901 at the age of seventy years.

C. A. Francis attended the district schools of the county and grew to manhood on the farm. In 1901 he registered for land in Oklahoma and improved two claims there, a homestead, and a school claim. He stayed in Oklahoma for seven years and sold his land there in 1908. He returned to Harrison County and bought his present farm upon which he has put improvements, building a house, a barn, and other farm structures. He cleared off thirty-five acres of heavily timbered land and the tract is now producing corn and other grains.

Mr. Francis has been married twice; the first time in September, 1894, to Clara Landis, a daughter of Daniel Landis of Harrison County. To this union two children were born : Glen, now living in Mercer County ; and Willis, of Harrison County. Mrs. Francis died in June, 1898 and Mr. Francis was married the second time in 1899 to Luvena Milburn, born in Harrison County, the daughter of William and Martha (Johnson) Milburn, now living in Boise City, Idaho. To this second union seven children were born, only three of whom are now living. They are: Marie, the wife of Elijah Thompson of Mercer County ; Edity, married to Harvey Sharp of Harrison County; and Alva, living at home.

Mr. Francis is a Republican and is a member of the Christian Church. He is a reliable and efl[icient member of the community and has the esteem of his fellow citizens.

C. R. Bain, farmer and stockman of Madison Township, has been on a farm all of his life and is now the owner of 160 acres of well improved land.

Mr. Bain is a native of Harrison County. He was born February 6, 1867, the son of Manlove and Margaret (McDaniel) Bain to whom eight children were born, only four of whom are now living. They are : Rebecca, the wife of D. L. Roberts of Blythedale; Eli S., living with his brother, C. R. ; Oliver M., with C. R. ; and C. R., the subject of this review. After the death of Margaret (McDaniel) Bain, Mr. Bain married Mrs. (Roberts) Pitzel and to this union three children were born, as follows: Walter A., on the home place; Charlotte, deceased, married Ernest Still; and Guy, deceased.

Manlove Bain was a native of North Carolina, where he was born September 21, 1828. He came to Harrison County just at the close of the Civil War in 1865, and located on a farm in Madison Township. He died in 1899. His first wife, Margaret (McDaniel) Bain was bom in Morgan County, Indiana, and died in Missom'i in 1877.

and rented land for farming for seven years. In 1894 he bought his present farm and has made all the improvements on it. He has been much interested in the education of his children and lived in Cainsville so they could attend school there.

Mr. Bain was married in 1891 to Mary E. Hall, a daughter of William and Elizabeth (Elliott) Hall. William Hall was a native of Maryland and his wife was born in Kentucky. They came to Madison Township and lived here many years. They both died here. To the marriage of C. R. and Mary E. (Hall) Bain the following children were born: Hazel L., graduated from the Cainsville High School with high honors and is now a teacher in the Harrison County schools ; Flossie, deceased ; Manlove 0., living at home; Claude W., graduated from the Cainsville High School as valedictorian of the class of 1920, and began teaching in 1921 ; Lois G. and Charles Lee, both at home. Claude W. Bain rode a pony to school, a distance of six miles, during the entire time he attended school and was tardy only once in the four years.

C. R. Bain is a Republican and a member of the Methodist Church. He is now serving on the Madison Township Board. Mr. Bain is a citizen who stands well in his community, both for his enterprising disposition and for his high standards of civic welfare.

Coy E. Baker is an enterprising and practical farmer and stockman, living in Madison Township. He was born February 17, 1883, the fifth child of W. C. and Sarah Ann (Glaze) Baker, sketches of whose lives appear in this volume. Both the Baker and the Glaze names are connected with the early history of Harrison County where the families were early settlers and helped materially in the rapid development of their respective communities.

Coy E. Baker received his education in the school of District No. 58 and received practical training on his father's farm where he remained with his parents until the time of his marriage. His father deeded him 280 acres of land for a gift and together they built a new, modem house. In 1921, Coy E. Baker started a dairy business in which he has been successful. He bought pure bred Guernsey cattle from Whitewater, Wisconsin, to start his herd and the strain has been kept pure. He is a shareholder in the Blythedale Farmers Cooperative Creamery, an organization which has been promoted and maintained in a very successful way.

Mr. Baker was married March 18, 1915 to Nellie V. Hefner. Mrs. Baker was born in Jefferson Township, October 26, 1884, the daughter of S. H. and Mary (Milligan) Hefner, the former a native of West Virginia and the latter of Tennessee. Mr. and Mrs. Hefner are now living on a farm five miles north of Bethany. To the union of Coy E. and Nellie V. (Hefner) Baker the following children have been born: Virginia Reah, Ferris Coy, and Frances May.

Mr. Baker is identified with the Republican party in politics and is a member of the Methodist Church. He is a young man who has carried on worthily the ideals of progress and civic improvement established by his ancestors in earlier days.

William Grouse is the owner of 160 acres of well improved land in Lindley Township, Mercer County and is well known as a successful breeder of Shorthorn cattle, Belgian horses and Mammoth jacks which phase of farming he began in 1920.

Mr. Grouse was bom in Madison Township in Harrison County, April 15, 1872, his birth place being the old log cabin on the Grouse farm. His parents were Calvin and Christine (Greenwood) Grouse of Indiana to v/hom eleven children were born, two girls and nine boys, William, the subject of this sketch being the seventh child.

Calvin Grouse was born in North Carolina in June, 1830, the son of Martin and Susan (Wagoner) Grouse, both natives of North Carolina who migrated to Clay County, Indiana, in the early days. Martin Grouse freighted by wagon to Louisville where he had worked previously. He was a strong Union man in the struggle between the states and identified himself first with the Whig party and then with the Republicans. Nine of his sons fought in the Civil War. The tenth son, Andrew, was chosen to stay at home and care for the family in the absence of the other men of the household. Calvin Grouse served in Company F, 46th Illinois, from January 1, 1862 to June of that year under Col. John A. Davis. He was in the battles of Fort Donelson and Shiloh. In the last named battle he was wounded i;. the face and lost one eye.

Calvin Grouse who was born after his parents moved to Indiana, was reared in that state and became a farmer there. In 1853 he went to Jasper County, Illinois, and later to Richland, Illinois, where he mf.rried Christine Greenwood, a native of Washington County, Indiana, born January 14, 1839. In 1863 he came with his family to Mercer County and in

WiUiam Grouse grew up on a farm and bought his first land in 1898 in Clay Township, Harrison County. Here he made many imnrovements, built a good house and barn and put up farm buildings. He sold this farm in 1910 and bought two farms in Mercer County which he later sold and purchased his present farm. This was in 1906 and Mr. Grouse began at once to improve this farm and has been steadily improving it ever since. He does general farming and stock breeding.

Mr. Grouse was married December 2, 1894 to Alice Merfield, a native of Harrison County, the daughter of Otho and Anna (Preston) Merfield, the former born in Illinois and the latter a native of Missouri, both early settlers of this state. No children were born to Mr. Grouse's marriage.

WiUiam Grouse is a Republican in politics and is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is a man who can always be depended upon to further community interests, a substantial citizen of Mercer County.

W. J. Booth, a well known farmer and stock breeder of Lindley Township, Mercer County, was born and reared in Missouri where his parents were among the farsighted men and women who were not afraid to venture into a new country and build up a home. Mr. Booth was born in a log cabin, October 23, 1868, on the site of his present well improved farm. He was one of seventeen children bom to Andervill and Mary A. (Robertson) Booth. Seven of the children, four boys and three girls, are still living.

Andervill Booth, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Cabell County, Virginia, in 1828, the son of Jonathan and Gelia (Walker) Booth. Jonathan Booth was a native of Cabell County, born in 1805. In 1839 he brought his family to Mercer County where he entered land in Harrison Township. He owned large tracts of land and was one of the successful men of his time. He was of English descent and his wife was the descendant of English and German settlers in this country. Andervill Booth was one of five children born to them. Jonathan Booth died at Burlington Junction, Missouri, February 9, 1887 and his wife died many years earlier, March 12, 1865. Andervill Booth was married to Mary Ann Robertson, October 22, 1847. She was born in Breckenridge County, Kentucky, in 1831, the daughter of Carter T. and Polly (Suse- (45) berry) Robertson. She died in 1902 and her husband died in 1904. Their lives are worthy of mention in a record of the achievements of men and women who make history. It was such as they who converted the wild and unbroken wilderness of early Missouri into the present highly organized state of that name.

W. J. Booth, born in a pioneer cabin, educated in the old time district schools and knowing all the hardships of the trying early days in Mercer County, is typical of the best that was produced from those times. He learned farm work and management from practical experience and went to work for himself in 1890, having worked as a farm hand for his father prior to that time. He rented land from the home place and in 1891 he became heir to forty acres of the old place upon which he immediately began extensive improvements. He added to the original forty acres as he could and now holds II21/2 acres of well improved land. The farm buildings are all good and the entire place shows the good effects of Mr. Booth's methods of farming. In 1907 Mr. Booth began breeding the big type Poland China hogs and is making a marked success of this line of work. He makes extensive shipments into various states and for the past few years has been holding public sales of his stock.

Mr. Booth was married September 11, 1889 to Rosa Hart of Mercer County, a daughter of Daniel and Mary A. (Clamonds) Hart, the former a native of Virginia and the latter of Missouri. No children were born to this union.

Mr. Booth is identified with the Democratic party but votes independently. He is a member of the Christian Church. Mr. Booth has achieved success in life because of his standards of good business, his community loyalty and his industry and determination. He is a citizen of whom the community is justly proud.

Herbert Lindsay Jeffries, a farmer and stockman living on 140 acres of land in Marion Township, is the son of a pioneer citizen and judge of Missouri, Greenbury Jeffries.

Greenbury Jeffries was born in Henry County, Kentucky, September 15, 1834. He was the son of George Washington and Eliza Jeffries. Greenbury Jeffries was educated in the common schools and on October 4, 1853, he was married to Mary Catherine Lindsay, who was born in Henry County, Kentucky, August 25, 1834. In 1853 Mr. and Mrs. Jef- fries moved to Missouri and settled in Macon County for a while and then moved to Gentry County. Later they lived in St. Joseph for a year and then went back to Gentry County where they remained until 1866, when they came to Harrison County and settled on a farm in Jefferson Township. Here Judge Jeffries farmed for over forty years on the 265 acres which he owned. Judge Jeffries was one of the early settlers who did much toward making Harrison County what it is today. He was a Democrat in politics and served as a member of the county court for two terms, winning the respect and admiration of both his own party and his opponents by his equitable handling of public affairs. He served his party in various other ways but he invariably voted the prohibition ticket and was one of the staunch supporters of the temperance cause. He identified himself with the Methodist Church, but made no profession of being religious beyond his daily practice of the Golden Rule. His needy neighbors never sought his help in vain and he was always ready to care for the sick. He belonged to the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons and was a worthy member of that organization to the day of his death. Judge Jeffries died at his home at Ridgeway, April 20, 1908. His wife died at the same home three miles west of Ridgeway, December 17, 1907. The remains of both are buried in Morris Chapel Cemetery, north of Bethany.

To the union of Greenbury and Mary Catherine (Lindsay) Jeffries eight children were born, as follows: Retta, now the wife of John McCollum of Bethany; Julia, the wife of David Greybill now living at lone, Oregon; Leonard D., deceased; Nannie J., married to Henry Lundy of Marion Township; J. T., of Ridgeway; Sylvia, married to Elmer Oxford and living at Manitou, Oklahoma; Eliza, living at Ridgeway; and H. L., the youngest child and the subject of this sketch.

Herbert Lindsay Jeffries grew to manhood on the farm and began work for himself at the age of twenty-one years. He obtained his education in the district schools of the county. Mr. Jeffries is now renting a farm owned by Mrs. Frank Brock. He does general farming and handles graded stock.

Mr. Jeffries was married in 1896 to Clara B. Hefner, born in Marion Township, the daughter of W. J. and Anna E. (Kemp) Hefner. W. J. Hefner was a native of Virginia who came to Missouri and farmed. He died in 1914 at the age of sixty-five years and his widow now lives in Laken, Kansas. To the marriage of H. L. and Clara B. (Hefner) Jeffries the following children were born: Marie, married to Clarence J. Henry and living at Ridgeway ; Ruby, wife of Roscoe Guess of St. Joseph ; and Lillian Mabel, at home. Mr. Jeffries has one grandchild, Herbert Le Roy Henry.

Mr. Jeffries is a Democrat and a member of the Methodist Church. He also belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Modern Woodmen of America Lodge.

George C. Maroney, a prominent farmer of Harrison County, now retired from active farm life, lives in Cainsville where he bought land in the north part of town within the city limits and erected a bunga'ow, comfortable and modern throughout. Here Mr. Maroney is enjoying his well earned freedom from business cares although he continues to oversee the operation of his farms. Mr. Maroney is an extensive land owner, his holdings including 500 acres in Harrison County, 490 acres of which is in one tract in Clay Tovniship and 1440 acres in Hand and Potter counties in South Dakota.

George C. Maroney was born in Mercer County, Missouri, January 24, 1857, the only child of John and Martha (Smith) Maroney. John Maroney was born in Indiana and died in that state. His wife was born in Mercer County in 1837 and died there in 1911. After the death of Mr. Maroney his widow was mamed to Abraham Branaman, now deceased. To this union two daughters were born: Nettie, now the wife of David Milner, living on Mr. Maroney's farm in Clay To\vnship; and Etta, deceased.

Mr. Maroney has been intimately connected with farming all of his life. He lived with his grandfather, William H. Smith, at Leon, Iowa, until he was thirteen years old when he was bound out to a Scotchman, Mr. Alex Gordon, in Iowa, to leam farming. Mr. Maroney's reminiscences of his life with old Mr. Gordon are very interesting. He had a thorough course in farm work and the management of a farm under the tutelage of Mr. Gordon and when it was time for Mr. Maroney to leave, Mr. Gordon gave him a horse, a saddle and a bridle. After leaving Mr. Gordon's farm, Mr. Maroney married and rented some land in Decatur County, but after the death of his stepfather, he joined his mother in Mercer County, Missouri. He bought a farm there, paying $800.00 for eighty acres, and later adding more land to the first tract. He remained there for two years. About twenty-five years ago he traded all of his holdings in

Mercer County for Harrison County land upon which he at once began to make extensive improvements. One farm of 100 acres was accounted among the best land in the county. Mr. Maroney sold it and it v/as later resold for $200.00 an acre. This was a tract near Akron. In 1916 Mr. Maroney purchased his South Dakota land and his two sons are operating that farm.

Mr. Maroney has been married twice: his first marriage occurred in 1875 to Isabelle Purdun, who was bom in Decatur County, Iowa, in 1855 and died in Harrison County in 1890. To this union seven children were born: Bertha, the wife of Wesley Booth, of Clay Township; Charlie, deceased; Le Roy, living in Clay Township; Melvin, a resident of South Dakota ; Hosea, deceased ; Harvey, living in South Dakota ; and Roley, living on the home place in Clay Township. Mr. Maroney was married the second time in 1896 to Mrs. Emma Putman, a native of Harrison County, the daughter of Daniel Hart, an early settler of the county and the widow of Clarence Putman. Mrs. Putman had seven children by her first marriage, but none by her present marriage to Mr. Maroney.

Mr. Maroney is a Republican but votes independently. He is identified with the Methodist Church. Mr. Maroney is one of the men of whom Hart-ison County is justly proud. He is a substantial and reliable citizen who has made a success in life by virtue of his energy, his progressive ideals and his enterprising methods in his business.

W. J. Brinigar, a prominent farmer and stockman of Marion Township, has lived in Harrison County since he was seven years old and has spent practically all of his life on his present farm, one and one-half miles south of Blythedale.

W. J. Brinigar was born on a farm in Lafayette County, Wisconsin, August 29, 1863, the son of Michael and Emily (Kreamer) Brinigar who were the parents of four children: Ellen, now the widow of Wallace Hurd, living at Blythedale; Thomas, of Marion Township; W. J., the subject of this sketch; Luella, wife of William Wilson of Blythedale.

Michael Brinigar was bom in Lawrence County, Indiana, the son of Thomas and Barbara (Stipp) Brinigar, the former a native of North Carolina and the latter born in Virginia. They were early settlers in Wisconsin and came to Missouri in 1870 with their son, Michael, and his family. Michael Brinigar was a farmer all of his life. He bought the land that is now a part of W. J. Brinigar's farm and remained there until he retired from active farm Ufe. He died on this farm December 19, 1910. His wife, Emily (Kreamer) Brinigar was born in Pennsylvania, November 22, 1830, the daughter of Michael and Elizabeth (Armstrong) Kreamer. Mrs. Brinigar died March 9, 1919. Mr. and Mrs. Brinigar were worthy people who were assets to their community. Mr. Brinigar was a staunch adherent of the Democratic party.

W. J. Brinigar received two months schooling each year in the district schools of the county while he was growing up. He had also practical training in farm work and management in his association with his father. After he started out for himself he engaged in general farming and very soon began breeding pure bred stock, his particular interest lyingin Hampshire hogs. Mr. Brinigar has been very successful in his work. He has made exhibits at the State Fairs in Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas for the past ten years and always won ribbons. In all there are over 500 ribbons on the walls of one room in his home where he keeps his trophies. He took more than half the ribbons on First Grand Champion and Champion contests. Mr. Brinigar has eight silver cups which he won on his Hampshire hogs at the fairs. All of the prize hogs were bred and raised by the owner. In 1917 Mr. Brinigar sold a boar, "Blythedale Jim", to Clayton Messenger of Kesswick, Iowa, for $1,000.00. Mr. Brinigar feels that his success in his work has been the result of pluck and determination. He was farsighted in his ideas and progressive in his methods and these qualities added to his determination have made for him unusual success.

Mr. Brinigar was married January 1, 1886 to Mary Scott, who was born in Marion Township, the daughter of Moses and Mary (Graham) Scott, natives of Kentucky and Indiana, who came to Missouri from Illinois in 1858 and settled in Marion Township where they spent the remainder of their lives. They ai-e both deceased. To their union ten children were born, seven of whom grew to maturity. Mrs. Brinigar, the seventh child, was educated in the district schools. To the union of W. J. and Mary (Scott) Brinigar two sons were born: Hugh F., born April 22, 1893, a veteran of the World War, enlisted in the navy in 1918, was trained at Seattle, Washington as a bugler, but was discharged after eleven months of service and is now living at home; and William B., born August 13, 1896, married January 1, 1919 to Helen Lindrose of Blythedale,

Mr. Brinigar is a Democrat in his political views. He is not identified with any church, although he neither swears nor uses tobacco. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Mr. Brinigar was one of the men who organized the Citizens Bank at Blythedale and was elected the president of that institution in 1911 which office he now fills. He is also president of the Blythedale Telephone Company and has served as president of the American Hampshire Hog Association. He is a man who is intensely interested in all that pertains to the welfare of his community, practical and capable in his views and ideals. Mr. Branigar beheves in the practical value of owning land and now has holdings covering 430 acres in Marion Township and 160 acres in Oklahoma.

Porter Buntin, a substantial citizen of Blythedale, dealer in grain, seed and coal, is a native of this county where he was born October 23, 1866 at Brooklyn.

Mr. Buntin's parents were W. H. and Julia (Simpson) Buntin to whom five children were born: Dora, deceased; Porter, the subject of this review; Milburn, deceased; Alice, wife of Charles Ashby, living in the state of Washington; and Charlie, now living in Arizona. W. H. Buntin was born in Hancock County, Indiana, twenty miles from Indianapolis in 1836. He was a cabinet maker by trade and came to Harrison County when he was about twenty-one years old and settled at Brooklyn where he operated a saw and grist mill in connection with his vocation of cabinet making. Later in his life he became a farmer and followed that line of work until his death in 1911 at Douglas County, Washington where he went some years before his demise and took up a claim. This land is still held by his children. Porter Buntin's mother, Julia (Simpson) Buntin, was born in Missouri and died at Brooklyn at the age of forty-five years when her son, Porter, was only a boy.

Porter Buntin was reared in Brooklyn where he attended school. He clerked in a general merchandise store at Brooklyn for a while, and from 1890 to 1892 he worked as the foreman of a construction gang grading for the Great Western and Oregon Short Line railways. At the end of that work he returned to Brooklyn and clerked again in the store there. In 1895 he came to Blythedale and ran a livery business for fifteen years.

He engaged in the grain business in partnership with J. C. Henry until the death of Mr. Henry in 1919. Since that time, Mr. Buntin has conducted the business alone.

Mr. Buntin was married in 1901 at Princeton to Allie Winningham, a daughter of Dr. F. M. Winningham, a sketch of whose life appears in this volume in connection with the review of the life of Dr. J. J. Winningham. Mr. and Mrs. Buntin have one child, Arlyne, living at home.

Porter Buntin is a Republican and is a member of the Methodist Church. He has served on the township board and as committeeman and has also served on the city council. He was the mayor of Blythedale for a term. As a business man, Mr. Buntin is energetic and progressive ; and in his capacity as an officer for his township and his town, he was fair minded and efficient. He deservedly stands well in the esteem of his fellow citizens.

Pius Higdon, deceased, a well knovra famier of Clay Township and a veteran of the Civil War, was bom in Hardin County, Kentucky, July 23, 1845, the son of John and Luvina (Carrico) Higdon.

John Higdon was born in the East in May, 1811 and went to Kentucky with his parents. He married Luvina Carrico who was born in Marion County, Kentucky and six children were born to their union. John Higdon died in Hardin County, Kentucky and his widow died many years later in Harrison County.

Pius Higdon was reared in Washington County, Kentucky. His mother was a widow without much money so he started, early in his life, to earn his own way. When he was only seventeen he enlisted for service in the Civil War and sei-ved in Company G, 10th Kentucky Infantry, under Col. John Harland. He remained in service for three years, three months and twenty days. He participated in the battles of Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Sherman's March to the Sea and Kenesaw Mountain. After he was discharged in December, 1864, he returned to Washington County, Kentucky, but left there shortly afterwards because of the guerrillas and went to Davis County, Indiana, where he operated a farm for six years. In 1870 he came with his family to Harrison County and settled in Clay Township where he spent the remainder of his life.

Harrison County, April 15, 1881. To this union seven children were born: Mary L., deceased; Annie C, deceased, was Mrs. Patterson; John J., living at Conception Junction, Missouri; James J., of Coffey ville, Kansas; Charles W., living at Indianola, Iowa; Robert E., living at home; and Martin A., a resident of Vernon, Colorado. Mr. Higdon's second marriage was to Mary E. Hill, born in Washington County, Kentucky. This marriage occurred December 27, 1882, and to this union six children were born : Clement A., who was drowned in Grand River, June 13, 1897 ; Catherine Agnes, married to Leonard LaFollette and living in Clay Township ; Richard L., at home with his mother; Louis 0., living in Clay Township; Otho, of Mercer County ; and Laura, married to Vincent WiUis and living in Clay Township.

Pius Higdon died January 3, 1895. His widow lives in Clay Township on the old home farm of 250 acres which she owns. Mr. Higdon was a staunch Democrat and was a member of the Catholic Church with which church all of his family are identified. He served as township clerk for seven years and was the township assessor. In all the phases of his life, as a business man, as a citizen, and in his capacity as a tovraiship officer, Mr. Higdon was industrious, earnest and sincere. He merited the high regard in which he was held by the community.

N. M. Brown, a well known farmer and stockman, has lived in Harrison County since his early childhood. He was born in Muscatine County, Iowa, March 11, 1850.

Mr. Brovra's parents, Albert and Elizabeth (Hayman) Brown were natives of Pike County, Ohio, who went to Iowa in 1849 and came on to Missouri in 1856. They settled in Harrison County near the Victor school in the south part of Clay Township and homesteaded 160 acres of land there. They later sold this land and moved to Akron in order to send their children to school. Albert Brown had followed the vocation of freighting in Iowa. He was the first school director ever elected in Clay Township and served in that capacity for thirty years. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Mr. Brown identified himself with the Union cause and in 1864 he enlisted in Company I, 4th Regiment Volunteer Infantry, the State Militia of Missouri. He was married to Elizabeth Hayman, May 5, 1849 and to this union seven children were born : N. M., the subject of this sketch; L. A., a resident of Davis City, Iowa; H. E., living at

Atlanta, Nebraska ; John, of Hopp, Montana ; Zona, deceased, was the wife of William Bunny of San Jose, California ; Myrtle, married to Henry Carson of Albany, Missouri ; and Zella, the wife of Ed Flora of Davis City, Iowa. Albert Brown was born November 24, 1824 and died at Akron, March 3, 1907.

N. M. Brown was reared on a farm and has been in that work all of his life. He bought his first piece of land consisting of two aci-es in 1874 and added to it as he could until his holdings now comprise 318 acres.

Mr. Brown was married December 25, 1875 to Louisa Jeffries, born in Clay Township, November 18, 1857, the daughter of A. J. and Minerva (Rupert) Jeffries. A. J. Jeffries was born in Fayette County, Ohio, October 30, 1830 and died October 25, 1920. In 1849 he drove a team of oxen fi'om Ohio to California and participated in the historic westward movement of that year. In 1856 he came to Harrison County and homesteaded land in Clay Township. He owned, at the time of his demise, 600 acres which still remains in his name. He was married to Minerva Rupert, born in Fayette County, Ohio, February 22, 1831. She died December 27, 1894. To her union with A. J. Jeffries eight children were born, seven of whom grew to maturity. Mrs. Brown was the third child. To the union of N. M. and Louisa (Jeffries) Brown three children were born: Otis, deceased; Cora Alice, the wife of Norman Morgan of Bethany; and Pearl, married to E. J. Hollingsworth of Fisher, Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. Brown have five grandchildren.

Mr. Brown is an adherent of the Democratic party in politics and is a member of the Presbyterian Church. He has been successful in his work because of his thorough understanding of farm problems and of the energy and determination he has brought to the handling of the situations he has met.

H. N. Stump, retired farmer and carpenter and the present mayor of Blythedale, has engaged in various pursuits with an unvarying degree of success. He was born in Stark County, Ohio, August 12, 1844. His parents were F. A. and Catherine (Smith) Stump.

F. A. Stump was born in Stark County, Ohio, June 18, 1814. His parents were Nicholas and Margaret (Aunspach) Stump, natives of Holland who came to the United States when they were young and settled on a farm in Ohio where they both died. F. A. Stump grew up on a farm and spent most of his life farming although he learned the trade of a shoemaker. He came to Page County, Iowa, in 1855 and lived on a farm there until his death at Clarinda, Iowa, June 22, 1905. His wife, Catherine (Smith) Stump was bom in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, February 26, 1816, the daughter of John and Mary Ann (Winters) Smith, both natives of Pennsylvania and early settlers of Ohio. Mrs. Stump died April 1, 1891.

H. N. Stump was a child of eleven years when his parents came to Iowa. He attended the rural schools there and worked on his father's farm as a farm hand until the outbreak of the Civil War. He enlisted for service in the Union army, January 16, 1862 at Davenport, Iowa and was assigned to Company E, 16th Iowa Volunteer Infantry. He was under Sherman and participated in the battle at Shiloh. On July 22, 1864 he was taken prisoner at Decatur at a place then known as Ezra Church and was sent to Andersonville prison. He was released on February 27, 1865 and was discharged from the army at Davenport, Iowa, July 5, 1865. Mr. Stump operated a farm after the war until 1874, when he began to woi'k at the carpenter's trade which work he continued until 1919. He lost the sight in one eye and after that retired from active work. Mr. Stump has lived in Harrison County for many years. He came to Eagleville in June, 1874, and moved to Blythedale in 1895 where he owns an acre of land upon which his home is located.

Mr. Stump was married August 13, 1865 to Mary Ann Lee, born in Muskingum County, Ohio, June 26, 1846, the daughter of Richard W. and Nancy (Ward) Lee, both natives of Virginia and belonging to families of Revolutionary fame. To Mr. Stump's union seven children were bom, two of whom died in infancy. The remaining five are: Fannie C, wife of H. L. Miller of Bethany; Frank L., a resident of Muscatine, Iowa; Minnie, wife of J. E. Williams of Colfax Township; Fred A., of Muscatine, Iowa ; and Charles, also living at Muscatine. Mr. and Mrs. Stump have fourteen living grandchildren.

Mr. Stump is a staunch Republican and is identified with the Baptist Church. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, Post No. 551 at Blythedale and of the Knights of Pythias at Omaha. He has always been interested in political affairs and has several times been called by his community to serve in an official capacity. He was the mai-shal of Eagleville and the constable of Marion Township for a time.

In April, 1921, he was elected mayor of Blythedale. In all of these offices Mr. Stump has served faithfully and efficiently. He has an unusual memory for historical dates and events and his recollections of his own contacts with history in the making are most interesting.

J. W. Dale, a retired farmer of Harrison County now living at Blythedale, has been known for years as a successful breeder of Aberdeen Angus cattle on which he has won several prizes at the Bethany Fair. He has conducted two public sales of his cattle, receiving $265.00 for one cow. This was h's record price. Mr. Dale grew up in this county and is one of the many men who have achieved success here and so are in every sense an integral part of Harrison County.

Mr. Dale was born in Colfax Township, May 18, 1859, the son of Abraham and Martha (Mastrus) Dale, natives of Kentucky, who married there and, in 1852, came to Missouri and settled on a farm one and onehalf miles north of Blythedale. To their union eleven children were born, three of whom died in infancy, and only four of whom are now living. They are : Mrs. John Canady, a widow living at Eagleville ; Lewis J., a Civil War veteran, now living at Springfield, Missouri; Nancy, wife of William Kieser, of Oxford, Nebraska; and J. W., the youngest child and the subject of this review.

J. W. Dale was educated in the district schools and attended college at Avalon. He began to work for himself when he was a young man and worked by the month for five years, receiving thirteen dollars a month. He bought his first land in 1884. He purchased the old homestead and added steadily to his holdings until he now owns 600 acres and more in three farms besides the ten acres at Blythedale upon which his home is located. His farm in Clay Township is especially equipped for the breeding of cattle. He has bought and sold both cattle and mules for years and it was in this particular phase of farming that he made his success.

Mr. Dale was married on October 15, 1884, to Rosa Booth, born three miles north of Cainsville, the daughter of Evermont and Susan (Reeves) Booth, the former bom in Virginia and the latter a native of Kentucky, early settlers of Harrison County. Evemiont Booth was one of the vast number of men who joined the westward movement in 1849 in search of gold. To Mr. Dales union with Rosa (Booth) Dale two children were bom: Glenn, now a salesman for a St. Joseph glass and paint house and living in Topeka, Kansas; and Earl, living in Colfax Township.

Mr. Dale votes the Democratic ticket and is a member of the Baptist Church. He has always been interested in enterprises other than farming and is a stockholder in the Farmers and Merchants Bank and of the Citizens Bank of Blythedale. He is a member of the board of directors of both banks. Mr. Dale is a man of varied interests, marked business acumen, and progressive ideas and methods. These things have contributed to the marked success which he has made in life.

F. J. Allman, the efficient manager of the Miner and Frees Lumber Yard at Blythedale, was born in Marion Township, September 18, 1876, the son of Pierce and Dora (Ingram) Allman.

Pierce Allman was born in Jackson County, Iowa, July 25, 1854. He was a farmer and settled in Harrison County in 1868, where he farmed until his death, August 8, 1881, when his son, F. J., was a child of five years. Pierce Allman was the son of Jackson Allman, bom in Stark County, Ohio, and Jane (Geist) Allman, born in Venango County, Pennsylvania. Jackson Allman enlisted for service in the Civil War in Iowa and was in the 16th Volunteer Regiment, Infantry. He was captured by the Confederates and was in Andersonville Prison for one hundred days. He and his wife came to Missouri from Iowa. They had two children, Pierce, father of the subject of this sketch, and a son who died in infancy. Jackson Allman died April 24, 1908, at the age of eighty years and his wife died in 1918 at the age of ninety-three. They were efficient, sturdy people highly respected in their commounity. Dora (Ingram) Allman, mother of the subject of this review, was bom in Mills County, Iowa, August 8, 1855, and is now living at Blythedale. The children of Pierce and Dora (Ingram) Allman were: Effie, now Mrs. Lesh living west of Eagleville; F. J., the subject of this sketch ; Maud, deceased ; and Frank, deceased.

F. J. Allman was reared by his grandparents, Jackson and Jane (Geist) Allman, on a farm and attended the district schools of the county. In 1907 he began work as a mail carrier on Route 3 out of Blythedale and continued this work until 1910 when he was appointed postmaster at Blythedale. He operated the office until August, 1913, when he resigned and went on a farm which he conducted until 1918 at which time he began working for the Miner and Frees Lumber Company. He was made the manager of the yard at Blythedale in February, 1920, and has been very successful in his work.

F. J. Allman was married September 19, 1903, to Maud Hurd, born in Marion Township, the daughter of W. W. and Ellen (Brinigar) Hurd, natives of Wisconsin. Mrs. Hurd is now living at Blythedale. To the marriage of F. J. and Maud (Hurd) Allman five children were bom, all living at home: Gladys, Doris, Elsie, Jack and Roy.

Mr. Allman is a Republican and is identified with the Christian Church. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Modern Woodmen of America. He is an efficient business man, progressive and thorough in his methods, and a substantial citizen.

W. E. Riley, farmer and owner of 120 acres of land in Clay Township, has been an intimate factor in the life of Clay Township since the Civil War. He was a teacher here for eighteen years, has operated a farm successfully, raised stock profitably, and is a veteran of the Civil War.

Mr. Riley was born in Knox County, Ohio, June 22, 1842, the son of Lewis H. and Mary A. (Holland) Riley, to whom three children were born, Mr. Riley being the second. Lewis H. Riley was married three times ; to the second marriage one child was born. To the third marriage no children were born. Lewis H. Riley was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, July 8, 1813, and died in Clay Township in this county on October 7, 1902. Ho came here in 1868 and bought a farm of 220 acres which he improved. He was a farmer all of his life, achieving success in that line of work. He was a Republican and a member of the Methodist Church. When he was still a young man, he left Virginia and went to Knox County, Ohio, and it was there that he married his first wife, Mary A. (Holland) Riley, a native of Knox County, Ohio. She died in 1857.

W. E. Riley was reared in Ohio, came to Missouri in 1868 and settled in Clay Township, but returned to Ohio that same year and was married. Shortly afterwards he came back to Harrison County and farmed on a part of the farm owned by his father. His father gave him fifty acres of land, built a house for him and improved the farm but Mr. Riley began to teach school in 1868 and continued in that work for many years in Clay Township and one term at Pleasanton, Iowa. Mr. Riley's teaching was the direct result of his experiences and observations during the Civil War, for it was while he was in service that he found the advantages to be derived from an education, so after his return from the army he consulted his father and as a result went to Mount Vernon, Ohio, and completed his education. Mr. Riley enlisted August 8, 1863, in Company I,

2nd Ohio Heavy Artillery. He was in Tennessee, Kentucky and Georgia, and became sergeant during that time. He was discharged from service, August 23, 1865, and returned to Ohio.

W. E. Riley was married, June 12, 1868, to Margaret S. Frazier, born October 26, 1846, in Muskingum County, Ohio. To this union five children have been bom: Lena, wife of S. C. Mossburg of Cainsville, a sketch of whose life appears in this volume ; Edwin, living at Corning ; Robinson F., farming the home place; Olive, deceased, was married to C. L. Squires; and Georgia, deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Riley have thirteen grandchildren, and have taken Mr. Riley's granddaughter, Annie Laurie Squires, daughter of Mrs. Olive (Riley) Squires, deceased, to raise.

Mr. Riley is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic Post at Bethany. He is a Republican and is identified with the Presbyterian Church. He has served as a member of the township board and has been justice of the peace. Mr. Riley is a man who has always been interested in everything that pertains to the welfare of a community. When he was teaching school, he organized a base ball team which became one of the well known local teams, playing practically all of the nearby teams. In a base ball tournament this team won a "silver ball" as a trophy. This ball is now kept at Bethany. Mr. Riley's recollections of those early games are interesting. He assures us that in those days a pitcher either threw the kind of ball the batter asked for or the ball was not counted. Mr. Riley was the pitcher for his team and he retains all of his old time interest in the great national game of America. Mr. Riley is among the men who wrested success from the hardships of the days when, in order to succeed, a man must be versatile and adaptable.

Harry Phillips, a well known farmer and stockman of Clay Township, is now renting and farming 405 acres of his father's land. He belongs to a family whose name has been connected with successful farming operations for many years.

Harry Phillips was born in Madison Township, August 7, 1879, the son of S. C. and Amanda (Baker) Phillips to whose union six sons were born: Harry, the oldest, and the subject of this sketch; Claude, living in Clay Tovmship ; Clifford, also living in Clay Township ; Fora, deceased ; Ernest, deceased; and Nort, now living in North Dakota. S. C. Phillips was born in Illinois and came to Harrison County with his parents in his childhood. He has been a practical farmer all of his life and established himself as a land owner, holding at present 530 acres of land, all in Clay, Township but divided into two farms. Amanda (Baker) Phillips was born in Mercer County, east of Cainsville. She died July 6, 1821, at the age of fifty-nine years. Her husband, who is now sixty-five years old, is living with his children.

Harry Phillips attended the rural schools of the county and received practical training in farm management and work on his father's fai-m. He began work for himself in 1900 when he rented land from his fatherin-law in Trail Creek Township. In 1920 he came to the farm which he is now operating.

Mr. Phillips was married February 17, 1900, to Ina Ross of Trail Creek Township, a daughter of W. S. and Eva (Sisney) Ross, a sketch of whose lives appear in this volume. To the union of Harry and Ina (Ross) Phillips two sons were born: Ross and Clarence, both living at home.

Mr. Phillips is an independent voter in politics. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias Lodge. He is enterprising and energetic, a man whose business integrity and ideals of citizenship have given him the esteem of his fellow citizens.

I. D. Purdun, an enterprising and reliable farmer and stockman of Clay Township and the owner of 190 acres of land, was born June 3, 1876, in Decatur County, Iowa, the son of H. B. and Elizabeth A. (Turpin) Purdun, to whom three children were born, of whom the subject of this sketch is the only one living at present.

H. B. Purdun was born in Hancock County, Illinois, in 1832, and went to Iowa with his people, before the outbreak of the Civil War. He was a farmer all of his life and came to Harrison County, in the fall of 1885, where he settled in Clay Township, near Akron. He married Elizabeth Turpin in Decatur County, Iowa. She was a native of Indiana, born in 1841. She died in May, 1915, and her husband died August 24, 1902. The remains of both are buried in Akron Cemetery.

I. D. Purdun attended the Victor district school and was reared on his father's farm. He inherited 233 acres of land which he has since sold and bought his present farm in 1915. It is located one and three-fourths miles west of Akron. Mr. Purdun has improved the place and operates it as a general farm with marked success. He also raises and sells stock successfully.

Mr. Purdun married Martha Ann Oxford, November 22, 1896. Mrs. Purdun is a native of Clay Township, the daughter of William R. and Mary (Zimmerman) Oxford. To the union of I. D. and Martha Ann (Oxford) Purdun ten children were born: Lloyd Oxford, living at home; Mabel, the wife of Void Shoots of Colfajc Township; Oscar, deceased; Velma Ruth, married Benjamin Clark of Clay Township; Hosea Blue, William Robert, Lawrence Dale, deceased; Mary He, and Ona May, and Harvie Woodrow, deceased.

Mr. Purdun is a Democrat in politics and is a member of the Christian Church. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias lodge. He served as township treasurer and trustee and is now a member of the township board. Mr. Purdun is a substantial citizen who has built up a successful farming business by his integrity and progressive methods.

William Perry, an enterprising fanner and stockrHan of Colfax Township, is a native of Staffordshire, England, where he was born October 11, 1862.

Mr. Perry's parents were William and Sarah (Boswell) Perry, both natives of England. William Perry left his native land in November, 1868 and came to the United States and settled in Kewanee, Illinois and worked in the coal mines. In 1869 his wife and three children joined him and the family later moved to Decatur, Iowa and located on a farm of eighty acres. There was a large family of children, only six of whom grew to maturity. William Perry died at Lamoni, Iowa, in 1906 at the age of sixty-eight years. His widow, now eighty-three years old, is now living at Lamoni. .|

William Perry, the subject of this review, was the third child born to his parents. He grew up on a farm and worked as a miner, paper hanger, and painter at various times. He was educated in the rural schools. He rented land for farming at Decatur, Iowa and, in 1894, moved to Harrison County. In 1913 he bought his present farm of 160 acres in Colfax Township and has been improving this land steadily. In 1914 he erected a large barn and has added sundry other buildings since that time.

at home ; Zelpha, now living at Topeka, Kansas ; and Lee, Carl and Virgil, all living at home. Three of Mr. Perry's sons are veterans of the World War. William H. was in the supply train and sei-ved in France for fourteen months. Earl entered the government service and was assigned to duty driving and transfering trucks from Detroit to the ships docked close by. Charles was trained at Detroit eight months for navy service and was at sea for ten days.

Mr. Perry is an independent voter and is a member of the Latter Day Saints Church. He is a man who through pluck and industry has established his present success in his work.

G. W. Bishop, owner of 127 acres of land in Clay Township and retired farmer, is one of the group of sturdy and enterprising men who came to Missouri in the days when it was a frontier state and by virtue of pluck, foresight, and determination achieved success in the new land.

Mr. Bishop was born in Knox County, Ohio, November 29, 1844, the son of Daniel and Johanna (Larison) Bishop, the former born in Rhode Island and the latter a native of Pennsylvania. Daniel Bishop was born July 5, 1814, and died December 29, 1884. He was a farmer all of his life and made a success of his work. His wife was born June 23, 1821, and died September 18, 1890. To their union ten children were born only three of whom are now living : Mary Ellen, wife of Edward Robertson of Knox County, Ohio ; Orin, a resident of Fredericktown, Ohio ; and G. W., the subject of this sketch.

G. W. Bishop grew up on a farm. He left Ohio in the fall of 1868 and came to Harrison County where he settled near Akron. The next spring he moved to his present farm in Clay Township and has lived here ever since. He has improved his land, its value having been enhanced greatly since the time Mr. Bishop bought it.

Mr. Biehop is a veteran of the Civil War. He enlisted for service in 1863 as a "Hundred Day" soldier at Camp Delaware, Ohio. He served in Company A, 142 Volunteer Infantry. He was discharged in September, 1864.

G. W. Bishop was married March 11, 1868, to Martha Elizabeth Turner, who was bom in Newton Township, Muskingum County, Ohio, June 26, 1841, and died in Harrison County, October 20, 1919. To the union of G. W. and Martha Elizabeth (Turner) Bishop seven children were born: Estella, deceased, was the wife of James Cline; Etta Ellen, married to Canby Beebe, living in California; Arthur T., living in Idaho; Frank, deceased; Bertha, deceased; and Walter G., a resident of Los Angeles, California; and Amy Ruth, living at home where she keeps house for her father. Mr. Bishop has seven grandchildren.

Mr. Bishop votes the Republican ticket and is a member of the Christian Church. He was formerly a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. He is a man who weighs a question with due care and from every angle before he makes up his mind. Having espoused a cause however he is wiUing to uphold it vigorously. He is a reliable and substantial member of his community.

W. S. Dale, a farmer and stockman of Colfax Township, has been intimately connected with the occupation of farming all of his life. He belongs to a family that has had in it successful farmers for three generations. Mr. Dale therefore grew up amidst the problems that he has met in his later life.

W. S. Dale was born in Hart County, Kentucky, January 1, 1865, the son of James J. and Amy Elizabeth (Shirley) Dale. They were the parents of three children: S. R., living in Dallas, Texas; W. S., the subject of this sketch; and Maud L., deceased, married to R. F. Richardson, a review of whose life appears in this volume.

James J. Dale was born in Hart County, Kentucky, September 17, 1831, and was engaged in farming all of his life. He was a veteran of the Civil War in which he served three years and six months. He enlisted in Company I, 26th Volunteer Infantry, July 1, 1862, and was discharged June 13, 1865, after being wounded in the left shoulder. After the close of the war he brought his family to Harrison County. They drove through from Kentucky in a wagon and located in the northeast part of Colfax Township where they remained for a while. During the winter of 1865, Mr. Dale built a log cabin on a farm near Eagleville to which he moved his family in the spring of 1866. In 1896 he moved again to a house near his farm and remained at this place until the death of his wife when he made his home with his children. Mr. Dale was a Republican and a member of the Christian church. He belonged to the Grand Army of the Republic Post Reuben Dale at Eagleville. This post was named for a brother of James J. Dale, Reuben Dale, killed in the Civil War. Mr. Dale's wife, Amy Elizabeth (Shirley) Dale, died May 30, 1897, at the age of sixty-seven years and James J. Dale died May 9, 1908. The remains of both are buried in the Masonic Cemetery. W. S. Dale attended the district school and was reared on the farm. He began working for himself when he was a young man and i-ented land for a year. Then he bought 100 acres east of Eagleville, made improvements and farmed there until he traded with his father and got the home place. He has added to his holdings until he now owns 220 acres of land, 140 acres of which is located in Colfax Township and eighty acres in Trail Creek Township. In 1918 he bought a farm from Mrs. Kate Brown and built a bungalow which is modern throughout. Mr. Dale has raised stock for several years and he attributes much of his success to that particular line of work.

W. S. Dale was married September 8, 1889, to Sarah A. Mitchell, born in this county, June 18, 1872, the daughter of David S. and Eliza (Matthews) Mitchell. Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell were natives of Indiana who settled in Harrison County after the Civil War. They are both now dead. Mrs. Dale died Januaiy 16, 1921. To her union with W. S. Dale four children were born, only one of whom, is now living; Lora R., married to Gladys Riley and living on the Dale farm. Mr. Dale has two grandchildi'en, Creighton R. and Jack S. Dale.

VV. S. Dale is a republican and a member of the Christian church in which he is an elder. He is a stockholder in the Citizens Bank of Eagleville. He is a man who maintains an active interest in his various lines of activity. In his farm operations, in his stock raising, in his connection with the bank, and in his relation to the church of which he is an officer, he has put energy, thought and time. He merits the marked success which he has made.

Albert Richardson, deceased, was a well known farmer of Colfax Township. At the time of his death he owned 200 acres of land where his widow now lives. He was a native of this county and spent all of his life here so he was an integral part of the community where he was known as a substantial and reliable man.

Mr. Richardson was born in Marion Township, February 20, 1852. His parents were John and Abigail (Bridges) Richardson to whom eight children were born, Albert, the subject of this review being the third child. John Richardson was a native of Kentucky, an early settler of Harrison County, an account of whose life may be found in the sketch of the life of R. F. Richardson in this volume.

Albert Richardson grew up on a farm and engaged in farming all of his life. He was married February 20, 1892 to Ora Hutton, born July 18, 1873 in Clay Township. Her parents were Marcellus and Anna (Graham) Hutton, natives of Indiana who came to Harrison County when they were mere children. To the union of Albert and Ora (Hutton) Richardson six children were born: Blanch, now the wife of Clarence McCoy of Colfax Township; Morris, living in Colfax Township; Lawrence, at home; Charley, a resident of Idaho ; Jewell, living at home ; Marie, also at home. Mrs. Richardson has three grandchildren. One of them, Morris Richardson, is a veteran of the World War. He was trained at Camp Funston, remaining in training for eighteen months.

Mr. Richardson died October 27, 1916. He was a Repubhcan in politics and was identified with the Baptist Church. He was a man of integrity and strong business acumen, a believer in progressive methods in his work and always ready to support the best interests of his community.

B. B. Sharp, farmer, land owner, and business man of this county, is a native of Colfax Township, born November 15, 1858, in an old frame house that still stands on the Sharp farm. The house was built of lumber native to Harrison County which was sawed up for building purposes by horse power, twelve head of horses and mules being used to operate the mill. It is one of the few early homes now left in the county, although it has not been occupied for many years.

Mr. Sharp's parents were Preston and Elizabeth (Nunns) Sharp to whom four children were born: Jacob H., living at Pawnee in Hamilton Township; Mary E., now Mrs. Arthur Brown, a widow in Canton, South Dakota; B. B., the subject of this review; and Augusta, deceased, was married to Oscar Brown. Preston Sharp was bom in Tennessee, February 2, 1831, and was left an orphan at an early age. He was raised by an uncle in Jacksonville, Illinois. He grew up on his uncle's farm and was married; then in 1855 he came to Missouri, driving through from Illinois in a wagon. He settled in Harrison County where he bought 160 acres of land in Colfax Township for which he paid six dollars an acre. He enlisted for service in the Civil War in the 12th Missouri Cavalry and was made lieutenant and later a captain. After the close of the Civil War he was sent to Wyoming, Dakota, and other western points to quell

Indian uprisings. He was one of the fearless and efficient officers of his time. About thirty years before his death he went to Hot Springs, South Dakota, and lived there for years. He died at Yankton, South Dakota, August 27, 1915.

Elizabeth (Nunns) Sharp was born in Pontefract, England, January 15, 1830. She left her native country when she was ten years old and came with her parents, Thomas and Mary (Bohee) Nunns to the United States. They located in New York where they remained for a while. Mr. Nunns was a tinner by trade and shipped all of his tools and tinware to New York from England, paying more to get the goods across than new tools and supplies would have cost in this country. The family soon left New York and came to Jacksonville, Illinois, and from thence to Harrison County where they lived in a little log cabin on the farm now owned by their grandson, the subject of this sketch. Their recollections of their life in England and of their passage to the United States were interesting. They came across from the old country in a sailing vessel which took sixteen weeks to make the trip. To hardy and venturesome spirits such as these the county owes much honor and praise. Their daughter, Elizabeth (Nunns) Sharp died July 18, 1886.

B. B. Sharp attended the district school of the county and grew up on the farm which he now owns. This place of 240 acres has been much improved by the present owner, who has always believed in the efficacy of new and progressive methods.

Mr. Sharp was married September 12, 1888, to Ida A. Jones, bom July 20, 1869, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Enoch and Eliza (Whitehead) Jones, natives of Lancastershire, England. They came to the United States in the early days and later settled in Missouri. This was after the Civil War in which Mr. Jones enlisted for service in Philadelphia. He served as a mariner for two years and two years on land duty. In 1870 he settled in Marion Township in this county, locating on a farm two and one-half miles southeast of Blythedale. Both Mr. and Mrs. Jones are now living at Hot Springs, South Dakota.

To the union of B. B. and Ida A. (Jones) Sharp the following children were born : Flavins J., Grover C, and Oscar G., all living in Colfax Township; Nellie B., wife of Edwin Bonner of Ringgold County, Iowa; Glenn I., and Ruby J., both living at home. Mr. and Mrs. Sharp have three grandchildren: Neva and Rex Bonner, and Donald Sharp.

B. B. Sharp is an adherent of the democratic party in politics. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias lodge at Eagleville which chapter he helped to organize. He was one of the organizers of the Citizens Bank at Eaglesville and has been a director of that institution ever since. He has also served as a member of the school board. Mr. Sharp by inheritance and by training is a man of varied interests. His foresighted policy in conducting his business, his high standards of citizenship, and his interest in every movement that pertains in any way to the development of the community have made him a man who stands high in the esteem of his fellow citizens.

John J. Grabill, now operating the R. L. Martin farm in Section 20 of Hamilton Township, has lived in this county practically all of his life. In his boyhood during the 70's the entire western part of Harrison County was unbroken prairie. Mr. Grabill often herded cattle, bareheaded and barefooted, on these plains and he says that in those days when a person went to visit the neighbors, he simply "cut across the country" as there were no roads laid out. Mr. Gi-abill's father and grandfather also were men who saw the possibilities in the development of the frontier land and were among the courageous early settlers.

John J. Grabill was born near St. Joseph, Missouri, November 11, 1866, the son of J. A. and Oregon (Smith) Grabill, to whom nine children were born, John J. being the oldest. J. A. Grabill was born in Clay County, Missouri, in 1845, and came to Harrison County with his parents, John and Sallie S. (Woodward) Grabill, when he was four years old. They were natives of Lee County, Virginia, and came to Missouri in 1844, settling in this county in 1849. Here they homesteaded 100 acres of land in Hamilton Township and set about to break up the new land. This had to be done with oxen and was slow and arduous labor. Their nearest market at first was St. Joseph, later they could trade at Brooklyn and Eagleville. John Grabill died on this old home place twenty-three years ago at the age of eighty-two years and Sallie S. (Woodward) Grabill died at the same place in 1911 at the age of ninety-two years. Their son, John A. Grabill, lived on a farm all of his life and died in 1896. His widow, the mother of the subject of this review, was born four miles west of Bethany and is eighty-one years old. She is still living on the old home place.

John J. Grabill has always been a farmer. He improved a farm in Hamilton Township which he sold in January, 1919. He then began operating the farm he is now on where he has been successful.

Mr. Grabill was married March 17, 1890, to Emma G. Choat, who was born in Cumberland County, Illinois, and came to Harrison County with her parents when she was thirteen years old. To John J. and Emma G. (Choat) Grabill five children were born: Bessie, deceased; Andrew, living in Hamilton Township ; Charlie, was in camp for six months' training for service in the World War, now living in Hamilton Township; Birdie, wife of Ralph Stilwell, of Hamilton Township ; and Mary, at home.

Mr. Grabill is a Democrat and is a member of the United Brethren church. He served as justice of the peace for four years and is now the road overseer for District No. 3. Mr. Grabill is interested in the raising of Rhode Island chickens, in which line of work he has achieved success. He is an enterprising farmer and a man with high ideals of citizenship.

Samuel W. Grabill, an enterprising farmer and stockman of Hamilton Township, is the owner of 160 acres of well-improved land and is a successful breeder of Shorthorn cattle.

Mr. Grabill was born January 19, 1877, the son of Andrew and Oregon (Smith) Grabill, data concerning whose lives appear in connection with the review of the life of John J. Grabill in this volume. Samuel W. Grabill was the sixth of nine children born to his parents, seven of whom grew to maturity. These were: John J., mentioned above; Effie, deceased, was the wife of John Belden ; Mary, married to W. A. Smalley, of Hamilton Township ; Belle, now the widow of John Ragan, of Marshall County, Texas ; Margaret, wife of Jess R. Thompson, of Ridgeway ; Samuel W., the twin of Margaret and the subject of this sketch; and Fred V., living in Hamilton Township.

Samuel W. Grabill attended the district school and was reared on the farm. He is a member of a family that for three generations has farmed in this county. He therefore grew up in the midst of the problems which the farmers of Harrison County meet. Mr. Grabill rented land until 1913 when he bought his present farm from his grandfather, John Grabill's heirs. At that time the farm had only a log house on it but Mr. Grabill has made many improvements. He has dealt in stock all of his life and has been successful.

In 1901 Mr. Grabill was married to Bertie E. Thrailkill, born in Fremont County, Iowa, the daughter of Gus and Lettie (Luke) Thrailkill, the former a native of Kansas and the latter of Ohio and who settled in this county in the early days. To Mr. Grabill's union with Bertie E. Thrailkill seven children were born: Opal, at home; Oregon, married to Vird Hobbs, of Hamilton Township ; Hazel, at home ; Mary Belle, deceased ; and Garland, Margaret, and Leland, all living at home.

Mr. Grabill is a Democrat. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Hatfield and of the Knights of Pythias lodge at Eagleville. He is a reliable citizen of his community, a man who believes in progressive movements both in his occupation and in civic affairs.

C. J. Elliott, a well-known farmer and stockman of Hamilton Township and the owner of 160 acres of land, has lived in this county since he was a lad of thirteen, when he came here with his parents. He was born April 20, 1865, in Mason County, Illinois, the son of J. M. and Sarah (Swick) Elliott, to whom eleven children were born, three of whom are now living: C. J., the subject of this sketch; Allie, now the widow of Mr. Oiks, of Los Angeles ; and S. G., living in Colfax Township.

J. M. Elliott was born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, April 13, 1832. In the fall of 1849 he went to Chicago where he worked as a farm hand in Cook County, Illinois. He later moved to Mason County, Illinois, and in the fall of 1877 he came to Worth County, Missouri, and located on a farm near Allendale where he remained until 1896, when he came to Harrison County and settled on a farm in Colfax Township. Here he lived until his death, October 22, 1902. Mr. Elliott was a Democrat and was a member of the Baptist church. J. M. Elliott was married March 6, 1856, to Sarah Swick, born in Wheeling County, West Virginia, March 15, 1836, and died March 3, 1909. The remains of both Mr. and Mrs. Elliott are buried in the Masonic Cemetery at Eaglesville.

C. J. Elliott has been a' farmer for twenty-one years. He bought his first land in Colfax Township in 1901 and made improvement on it. This land he sold in 1916 and purchased his present farm. He moved on to this new place in 1917 and has improved it. In connection with general farming, Mr. Elliott handles high-grade stock.

(Brooks) Hon, the former born in Indiana and the latter a native of Kentucky. They were early settlers of Harrison County. Both are now dead. To the union of C. J. and Annie (Hon) Elliott nine children were born : Ethel, at home ; Nora, at home ; Jay, deceased ; and Alta, Charles, Wayne, John, Dennie, and Ralph, all living at home.

C. J. Elliott is a Democrat but is independent in his politics. He is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America lodge. Mr. Elliott is a selfmade man whose education was obtained largely through experience. He is a man of keen foresight in business and is optimistic in his outlook on life.

A. C. Jones, for many years a farmer in Harrison County, is now the owner of 220 acres of well improved land, a part of which came to him through inheritance and the remainder by purchase.

Mr. Jones was born in McHenry County, Illinois, September 20, 1861. His parents were Charles H. and Margaret (Stowe) Jones to whom five children were born, two of whom are now living: A. C, the subject of this review; and Frank H., living at Scammon, Kansas.

Charles H. Jones was born in Clinton County, New York, August 5, 1833. He was a farmer and also did carpentry work for eight years thei'e. He was a member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints in which church he was a minister for thirty years. He came to Iowa in 1871 and in 1880 moved to Harrison County where he located on a farm west of Pawnee. This was the land now owned by D. H. McLain. In 1888 Mr. Jones came to the farm in section 32 of Hamilton TowTiship now owned by his son, A. C. Jones. Here he continued nis work in the church and was in St. Louis as a missionaiy for six years. He died September 20, 1912. His wife, Margaret (Stowe) Jones, was born in Clinton County, New York, February 26, 1836 and died in 1916. The remains of both are buried in Hamilton Township.

Mr. Jones was married March 25, 1888 to Ada Duke, born in Barren County, Kentucky, and reared in Colfax Township of this county. Her parents were James and Rebecca (Owen) Duke, natives of Barren County, Kentucky. To the union of A. C. and Ada (Duke) Jones four children were born: Nellie, deceased; Earl, living in Hamilton Township; Clara, married to Merry Butler of Ringgold County, Iowa; and Charles, a high school student at Hatfield.

Mr. Jones is an independent in politics and is a member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints. Mr. Jones is a man of integrity and industry. He is one of the reliable and substantial men of his community.

Earl J. Powell, now farming the Powell estate of 520 acres in Lincoln Township and dealing in live stock, was born on the fanm which he now operates. The Powell name is well known throughout the county where members of the family have been progressive farmers and business men for three generations.

Earl J. Powell was born January 12, 1896, the son of Fred J. and Laura Jane (Ballard) Powell to whom two children were born: Inez, now the wife of Otto Eidimann of Topeka, Kansas; and Earl J., the subject of this review. Fred J. Powell had large land holdings in this county and was a successful farmer. He died in 1899 and his widow now lives at Ridgeway.

Earl J. Powell grew up on the farm. He attended the Eagleville school and later was in school at Mexico, Missouri, St. Joseph, Missouri, and Chicago, Ilhnois. He remained in school until 1911 when he began operating the Powell estate. He has made a success of this work and is both enterprising and progressive in his methods of farm management. Mr. Powell is a veteran of the World War. He entered the service in February, 1918 and was sent to Camp Funston where he was assigned to the 89th Division, 354th Regiment, Company M. June 3, 1918 he sailed for France and was at the front in the battles of the Argonne, Meuse and St. Mihiel. He landed at Hoboken, New Jersey, on June 3, 1919 and received his discharge from service at Camp Funston, June 8, 1919. He at once returned home and again took charge of the farm where he now lives.

Mr. Powell was married July 27, 1917 to Florence C. Nelson, who was born in Lincoln Tovmship, the daughter of 0. J. and Ella Nelson. No children have been born to this union.

Mr. Powell is a Republican in politics. He is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons and of the Modem Woodmen of America lodges. He is a young man of ability whose varied experiences and practical training give him a keen business insight and a broad understanding of the problems with which he comes in contact.

S. M. Sheets, prominent farmer and stockman and the owner of 305 acres of land in Colfax Township, belongs to a pioneer family of Harrison County. His parents were of the intrepid and venturesome stock who came to this county in the early days and invested their laboi- in the uncertain future of the frontier land. Their courage and toil made possible the success that is the guerdon of their children.

S. M. Sheets was born in Colfax Township in the house where he now lives the son of Andrew J. and Artemissa (Shirley) Sheets to whom eight children were born, only four of whom are now living: George, a lumberman at Cainsville; Nora, wife of John Scott, Ensign, Kansas; John H., living in Colfax Township; and S. M., the subject of this review. Andrew J. Sheets was born in Holmes County, Ohio, September 11, 1832 and died in Harrison County, June 3, 1907. He was the son of Samuel and Phoebe (Winslaw) Sheets, the former born in Pennsylvania and the latter a native of Rhode Island. Samuel Sheets was a farmer and butcher who moved to Iowa in 1852 and later died there. He and his wife had eight children who grew to maturity.

Andrew J. Sheets came to Harrison County in 1854 and located on a farm of 160 acres in Colfax Township. He entered this land from the government and paid for it with a land warrant to his father-in-law. He set about improving his land at once. He lived in a log cabin at first and broke up the wild prairie land with ox teams. He used to go five miles to Hammer's Mill to grind his feed and meal. The family used corn meal instead of flour both because of the scarcity and the expense of the wheat. When Mr. Sheets built the house in which his son, S. M., was born he hauled the pine lumber for the building from St. Joseph. Most of the lumber used in the finishing of the interior is native walnut and all of the doors are of walnut and were made by hand. The lumber for his barn, Mr. Sheets hauled from Princeton. He was a successful farmer and a farsighted man of business, one of the sturdy citizens of the county. In politics he was an independent Democrat. He was identified with the Christian Church and was a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons.

Andrew Sheets was married to Artemissa Shirley, December 10, 1854. Mrs. Sheets was born in Illinois, August 10, 1837 and died April 26, 1874. She was the daughter of Moses and Jerusha (Hancock) Shirley, both natives of Kentucky. Her father was a soldier in the Black Hawk

War who settled in this county in 1853 and entered land from the government. He died here many years later on the farm where his son, the subject of this sketch, now lives.

S. M. Sheets grew up on the farm where he had practical training in farm work and in business methods under the efficient tutelage of his father. His father gave him the 160 acres on which the house stands. The patent to the land was never recorded in Harrison County until 1911, when the present owner had it done. Mr. Sheets has added to his land holdings from time to time and has been breeding Shorthorn cattle for the past fifteen years. In this work he has achieved success. He is interested in both the Farmers and Merchants and the Citizens Banks at Blythedale, holding stock in both institutions.

S. M. Sheets was married November 8, 1907 to Bess Van Hoozer, born at Albany in Gentry County, the daughter of Hugh and Susannah Jane (Woodward) Van Hoozer, the former born in Tennessee and the latter a native of Virginia. To the union of S. M. and Bess (Van Hoozer) Sheets seven children were born, all living at home. They are Andi'ew J., Hugh v., Nora, Margaret, Harry R., Norma and Henry L.

Mr. Sheets is a Democrat in politics. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Blythedale. He is a man who has carried on well the traditions and ideals which were a part of his inheritance from his worthy ancestors. Harrison County is justly proud of such citizens.

Blaine Powell, well known farmer, stockman and business man of Lincoln Township, was born and reared on the farm where he now lives. He has holdings of 160 acres of land and operates more than 730 acres on which he does general farming. He also feeds cattle, shipping at least a car load each year. Mr. Powell holds the responsible position of the president of the Bank of Hatfield and attends to the details of this position in connection with his various other pursuits.

Mr. Powell was born September 16, 1883, the son of Riley W. and Villa (Heaston) Powell to whom two children were born: Myrtle, married to William Humphrey and living at San Francisco, California; and Blaine, the subject of this review.

lives appear in connection with the sketch of the Hfe of George A. Powell in this volume. Riley W. Powell was a successful farmer and stockman all of his life and owned 600 acres of land at the time of his death, October 27, 1912. He was the president of the Bank of Hatfield from the time of the organization of that institution until his death and served it most efficiently. He was identified with the Christian Church and helped to organize and build the church at Hatfield. He was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons and the Knights of Pythias lodges. He was a man who did much for his community, maintaining a deep interest in various activities and possessing high ideals of civic welfare. He was married in 1878 to Villa Heaston, who was born in Decatur County, Iowa, in 1860. Since the death of Mr. Powell she lives at Hatfield.

Blaine Powell was educated in the district schools and later attended the Grant City High School and the normal at Stanbeny, Missouri, from which he graduated in the commercial course in 1902. In 1908 he entered the State University at Columbia, Missouri and took the course in agriculture. He came home in March, 1909 and entered his present line of work in which he has achieved a mai'ked success.

On October 6, 1909, Mr. Powell was married to Dale Haas, a native of Worth County, the daughter of William and Sadie (Ross) Haas, both natives of Ohio and early settlers in Missouri. They are both living. To Blaine and Dale (Haas) Powell two children, twins, have been born, Glee Haas and Helen Gail, born August 30, 1917.

Mr. Powell is a Republican and is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows lodge at Allendale. Upon the death of his father, Blaine Powell was elected to succeed him as president of the Bank of Hatfield. His wide acquaintance with people and his varied experience which has put him in close touch with numerous problems in farming, stock raising and business make him a valuable asset to the bank. He is a man of keen business foresight and of progressive ideas.

The Bank of Hatfield is an institution that has most successfully met the needs of the community which supports it. It was organized on February 17, 1903 by men who with two exceptions were farmers. The first stockholders were: D. L. Heaston, of Topeka, Kansas; Oscar A. Curry, attorney at Eagleville; and the other organizers, all farmers, Riley