Harrison County, Missouri - Biographical sketches, 1921 (part 1 of 15)

Biographical sketches

Edgar S. Miner, president of the Miner and Frees Lumber Conijja'~y and one of the organizers of this company which for over forty years has been one of the most important industrial institutions of Harrison County. The Miner and Frees Lumber Company handle coal, lumber, cement, brick, tiles and all kinds of building material.

The Miner and Frees Company does an extensive business in two states; they have yards at Ridgeway., Missouri; Briimson, Missouni; Coffey, Missouri ; Spickard, Missouri ; Oilman City, Missouri ; Mound City, Missouri ; Oregon, Missouri ; Bethany, Missouri ; Blythedale, Missouri ; King City, Missouri; New Hampton, Missouri; Ford City, Missouri; and Leon, Iowa, the company operates fourteen yards in all and the capital and surplus of this company is $600,000. The following are the present officers of the company, E. S. Miner of Bethany, Missouri, president; Elbert S. Miner, vice-president and treasurer; Lawrence Miner Crossan, secretary and R. M. Stanley, auditor. This company is also extensively interested in the banking business, including the First National Bank of Ridgeway, the Bank of Mount Mariah and the Bank of Coffey, Missouri.

Edgar S. Miner was born in Madison, Wisconsin, June 19, 1846, a son of Rev. S. E. and Mariah Catharine (Kelley) Miner, the former a native of Vermont and the latter of New York. S. E. Miner, was a Congregational minister in early life and was the first minister of that denomination at Madison, Wisconsin. The old church which he built, where he preached there is still standing, and also the house where E. S. Miner was born, one block from the State Capitol. Later in life he engaged in the lumber business at Monroe, Juda and Broadhead, Wisconsin. He did an extensive business and was prominent throughout the state and was intiminately associated with the leading men of his time.

During the Civil War, although he was past the military age he took an active part in behalf of the cause of the Union and contributed his best efforts in that direction. He was chief sanitary officer and had supervision and the care of all the Wisconsin Troops that were sick or wounded during the Atlanta campaign and furloughed all soldiers home who were unfit for duty. He died at Oilman City, Missouri, while visiting his daughter, Mrs. George Richardson, and his remains were buried at Monroe, Wisconsin. The Miners belong to an old Colonial family which was founded at Stonington, Connecticut at an early day, and several members served in the Revolutionary War.

Edgar S. Miner was educated in the public schools and during the Civil War while he was still a mere boy, he ran away from home and enlisted in Company G, First Regiment, Wisconsin Cavalry, 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of the Cumberland. He enlisted in November 1862, when he was a little past sixteen. During the course of his military career he took part in a number of important engagements and skirmishes although he was fortunately never wounded or taken prisoner. He was under General Sherman on the Atlanta campaign. He had one brother, Charles E. Miner, who was also a soldier in the Union Array and was serving under General Custer as sergeant when he was killed at the battle of Gettysburg. After the close of the war, Edgar S. Miner, v/as honorably discharged and mustered out at Louisville, Kentucky.

After he was discharged from the army, Mr. Miner returned to his home at Monroe and became foreman in his father's Lumber yard. He remained in that capacity until 1880 when he in partnership with Captain Benjamin Frees, established the Miner and Frees Lumber business at Bethany, Missouri. At that time there was no railroad in Harrison County and their first lumber was hauled from Lamoni, Iowa by wagons to Bethany, Missouri. This was the beginning of the Miner and Frees lumber business, which in forty years has reached its present magnitude and has become one of the important business concerns, not only of Harrison County but of the state of Missouri.

E. S. Miner was married in 1868, to Miss Ermina, Gardner, a native of Monroe, Wisconsin. She is a daughter of Hon. E. T. Gardner who was prominent in the affairs of that state and served as a member of the Wisconsin Territorial Legislature and later was state senator. He was a prominent attorney and practiced for many years at Monroe, Wisconsin. Mrs. Miner had a brother, Capt. Silas E. Gardner, who

To Mr. and Mrs. Miner have been bora the following children: Daisy, married E. M. Crossan, who is now deceased and she resides with her parelnts at Bethany, and has one son, Lawrence M. Crossan, who served as lieutenant in the World War, and is now engaged in the automobile business at Bethany, and Shirley, who is now the wife of G. C. Zingerle, of Bethany.

Mr. Miner is a Knights Templar Mason and a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. He has always supported the policies and principles of the Republican party and takes a keen interest in political matters and for many years he has been an active temperance worker. Mr. Miner is progressive and public spirited and has always stood ready to do his part for the betterment and upbuilding of his town and county.

Walton E. Todd, state bank examiner, was for years prior to his appointment to this important position, one of Harrison County's widely known and successful bankers. Mr. Todd is a native of Harrison County, born near Hatfield, Missouri, July 17, 1888. He is a son of Richard D. and Jala (Underwood) Todd. Richard Todd is a native of Kentucky and came to this state in his boyhood days and for many years was engaged in farming and the mercantile business in Harrison County. He is now living retired at Hatfield. His wife died in 1889 when Walton E. Todd of this review was about one year old.

Walton E. Todd received his early education in the public schools of Mercer County, Missouri. Later he attended Elliott's Business College at Burlington, Iowa, and was graduated from that institution in 1908. Earlier he served as a clerk in a mercantile house in Mercer County, and after graduating he engaged in the mercantile business with his father at Hatfield, Missouri. Some years later they disposed of the business and he accepted the position of cashier of the Bank of Hatfield, which position he filled most successfully. He left Hatfield to become cashier of the Citizens Bank of Blythedale, in 1919. While at Blythedale, Mr. Todd became interested in the project of establishing the Bethany Trust Company and assisted in organizing that company in 1919. This company began business January 1, 1920, with Mr. Todd holding the position of assistant treasurer. Later he succeeded L E. Nelson as treasurer of the institution

Walton E. Todd was married March 26, 1910, to Miss Grace A. Brazzell of Hatfield, Missouri. She is a daughter of John P. and Alice (Dixon) Brazzell of Hatfield. To Mr. and Mrs. Todd has been born one son, LeRoy, born March 3, 1911.

Mr. Todd is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and he and Mrs. Todd are members of the Christian Church. Mr. Todd has been a close student in the practical field of banking and is well posted in the details of the many phases of this important business and is eminently qualified to fill the responsible position which he holds.

Ernest Harvey, secretary of the Bethany Trust Com.pahy, is one of the enterprising young men of Bethany. He was born in Decatur County. Kansas, August 31, 1886, the son of B. B. and Ruth (Baker) Harvey. Mrs. Harvey was born near Marietta, Ohio, and died in Meadville, Missouri, where she is buried, December 7, 1918. B. B. Harvey was bom in West Virginia. He and his wife settled near Meadville in Linn County, Missouri, shortly after the close of the Civil War. Later they moved to Kansas, where they lived for twelve years when they returned to Linn County. They came back to Missouri in 1890 and lived in Meadville until the death of Mrs. Harvey.

Ernest Harvey received his education in the grade and high schools of Meadville. He was identified with one of the local papers, the Meadville Messenger, for a while, and then accepted a position in a dry goods store for a few years. On June 1, 1913, he went into the Peoples Bank in Meadville as the assistant cashier, and in September, 1918, he accepted a position with the Chillicothe Trust Company, remaining with them until January 1, 1920. On that date he began his work with the Bethany Trust Company as secretary. This place he has filled successfully ever since. His work in the various banks with which he has been connected has ably fitted him for his present position. His thorough conversance with modern and progressive business methods has given him the esteem of his fellow citizens.

Mr. Harvey is a member of the Knights of Pythias Lodge and of the Modern Woodman of America. He is identified with the progress of Bethany and is a highly respected citizen.

The Bethany Trust Company, one of the well-known banking institutions of Bethany, was organized and started business January 1, 1920. The capital stock was $100,000.00 and the first officers were: Joseph S. Neff, President; Henry N. Burgin, Vice-President; I. E. Nelson, Treasurer; Walter E. Todd, Assistant Treasurer; Ernest Harvey, Secretary; Joseph S. Neff, J. E. Noll, S. L. Gibson, Henry N. Burgin, W. C. Cole, I. E. Nelson and W. T. Templeman, Directors.

The bank is conducted entirely with local capital and its hearty support by the community is sho\\Ti by the fact that the deposits on the opening day were $128,000. The directorate of the bank is made up of local men, all well known to the community and all loyal to the ideals and standards with which the institution has worked since its foundation.

L. M. Davis, assistant treasurer of the Bethany Trust Company, belongs to a family that is well known in Harrison County where several members of it are living. Mr. Davis was born in Smith County, Virginia, November 25, 1877, the son of J. K. and Emma A. (Harvey) Davis, who came to Harrison County in 1881, and located on a farm six miles west of Bethany. Here L. M. Davis grew to manhood. His father was a veteran of the Civil War, serving in the Confederate Army. Both J. K. Davis and his wife died on their farm in Harrison County and are buried in Marion Cemetery in Bethany.

Martin Davis and his wife, grandparents of L. M. Davis, lived in Smith County, Virginia, and were the parents of nineteen children, seventeen boys and two girls. J. K. and Emma A. (Harvey) Davis were the parents of eleven children, as follows: H. M., of Casper, Wyoming; Eda W., now Mrs. Robert Cuddy of Kansas City, Missouri ; Innie M., now Mrs. Earl Hamilton of Bethany ; Lewis M., the subject of this sketch ; R. H., of Bethany ; Jimmie C, now Mrs. M. E. McCoy of Monte Vista, Colorado; C. E., of Bethany; Martha, now hving in Bethany ; F. P., of Bethany ; Porter K., of Bethany, and Paul J., of Bethany.

L. M. Davis was educated in the public schools in Harrison County and the Methodist College at Albany, Missouri. He worked for various mercantile firms in Bethany for several years. For ten years he ran a grocery business in Bethany with the fii-m name, Chambers and Davis. He sold his business in order to accept his present position with the Bethany Trust Company in November, 1920.

Mr. Davis was married to Bessie Tolliver of Bethany, April 30, 1905. Mrs. Davis is the daughter of John H. and Susie Tolliver, the latter deceased, and the former now living at Bethany where he is with the Bethany Mill and Elevator Company. Mr. and Mrs. Davis have two daughters, Virginia and Marguerite.

Mr. Davis is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias Lodge. He is known and esteemed in the town and county for his business acumen and for his high standard of citizensnip.

George W. Bolar, the reliable and well-known circuit clerk and exofRcio recorder of Harrison County, is a native of Bethany Township where he was born on a farm two and one-half miles southeast of the city December 18, 1875. He is the son of John H. and Marie (Hilton) Bolar, both deceased.

John H. Bolar and Maria Hilton were married in Anderson County, Kentucky, and came to Missouri in 1862. They settled first in Sherman Township but a short time afterwards they moved to Bethany Township where they purchased a farm of eighty acres. This land was covered with timber at that time and Mr. Bolar built a cabin in which he and his wife lived for several years and in which the first four of their children were born. Mr. Bolar had learned the stone mason's trade and he followed this trade in connection with his farming. He died February 6, 1906, at the age of seventy-three and his wife died November 21, 1920, at the age of seventy-eight.

To John H. and Maria (Hilton) Bolar was born the following children: John W., who died at the age of thirty ; twin daughters, who died in infancy ; an infant daughter, deceased; Benjamin A., a farmer in Serman Town- ship; Ida B., living in Bethany, Missouri; James W., living in Bethany, Missouri; Willard M., deputy circuit clerk and recorder living in Bethany, Missouri ; George W., the subject of this review ; Eva M., the wife of O. W. Bartlett in Bethany, Missouri; Myrtle, who died at the age of eight; and Mattie, who died at the age of three.

George W. Bolar was educated in the rural schools of Harrison County and in the Bethany High School. He taught his first school in the Hickory District in 1894 and twenty years later he taught his last school in the same place. During the years from 1909 to 1913, Mr. Bolar served as township clerk and assessor of Bethany Township. In 1914 he was elected circuit clerk of Harrison County and was re-elected to that position in 1917.

George W. Bolar was married to Mary Scott August 13, 1913. Mrs. Bolar is the daughter of Thomas Scott, a native of Scotland, who lives near Martinsville, Missouri. Mrs. Bolar was born and reared in Harrison County and for the twelve years prior to her marriage she taught in the public schools. Mr. and Mrs. Bolar have one child, Martha Janet. Mr. Bolar moved to Bethany January 1, 1915, and located at 446 Twenty-Eighth and Miller streets where he has a nice home and three acres of land.

Mr. Bolar is a member of the Church of Christ at Antioch, and Mrs. Bolar is a member of the Presbyterian Church. The Bolars are a substantial family in the county. Mr. Bolar's popularity is attested to by the fact that he is now serving his second term in the office to which the people of

Willard M. Bolar, the efficient deputy circuit clerk and recorder of deeds for Harrison County, belongs to a family whose name appears frequently in the annals of Harrison County. He was born at the Bolar home place in Bethany Township, May 29, 1873, the son of John H. and Maria (Hilton) Bolar, both deceased. A review of the life of John and Maria (Hilton) Bolar appears in the sketch of George W. Bolar, a brother of the subject of the present sketch.

Willard M. Bolar received his education in the rural schools of Harrison County and in the Bethany High School. For fourteen years he was a successful teacher in the county. He taught his first school in Jack Oak District, and his last eight years in the Cypress School. For the three years just before he accepted his present position, Mr. Bolar combined the vocation of farming with his work as a teacher.

Mr. Bolar was married August 16, 1906, to Ida M. Nighthart, a daughter of Philip and Elizabeth (Smith) Nighthart. Philip Nighthart was a native of Germany. He came to New York in the early thirties and in 1848 he left New York to follow the lure of the gold fields in the west. He sailed down around Cape Horn and up the Pacific to California where he remained almost three years, making a fortune in the "gold rush." A little later he lost a part of his money in a bank failure. He returned to New York, later went to Ohio, and finally, in the late fifties, he came west to Missouri and settled in Sherman Township, Harrison County. Here he farmed until his death in 1912. He is buried in Antioch Cemetery. His wife, Elizabeth (Smith) Nighthart, who survives him, lives on the home place in Sherman Township.

To Willard M. and Ida (Nighthart) Bolar three children have been born, as follows: Dorothy, Avery and Evalee. Mr. Bolar and his family have a home and five acres of land adjoining the city limits of Bethany.

Mr. Bolar is a member of the Church of Christ at Antioch. For six years he was one of the directors of the Pine Oak School District and because of his efficiency in office and his interest in public aff'airs, he is ranked among the substantial citizens of the county.

William Roleke, a popular ex-mayor of Bethany, was born in Germany, January 15, 1864, He learned and plied the trade of a tailor in his youth in his native country. In 1886 he came to the United States and settled In Bethany, Missouri. Here he worked at his trade for his cousin, Herman Roleke. Two years later he formed a partnership with this cousin and this business relationship continued for fifteen years. Since its termination William Roleke has conducted the business alone. He handles all kinds of repair work, besides doing tailoring. He has conducted his business so efficiently that his trade has extended to outside towns and he has calls from St. Joseph and Kansas City.

Mr. Roleke has been married twice. His first wife was Anna Schulze of Berlin, Germany, whom he married in 1888. Mrs. Roleke died in 1915 and is buried in the Pythian Cemetery in Bethany. To William and Anna (Schulze) Roleke the following children were born : Helen, deceased ; Karl, a plumber at Bethany; and Katherine, a nurse at St. Luke's Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. On July 24, 1918, Mr. Roleke was married to Edith Morgan, who, for the twenty-five years previous to her marriage, had been

Mr. Roleke was elected mayor of Bethany in 1908 and was re-elected in the years 1910, 1912, 1914, 1916 and 1918 thus serving for twelve consecutive years. The success of his work as mayor is amply shown by his many calls to fill the same office. It was during his administration that Bethany established a municipal water works with an exceptionally good filtering system. The city also built a light plant which has always given the citizens excellent service. Another municipal improvement was the paving of the court house square with brick and about eight miles of concrete and brick street paving.

Mr. Roleke is a member of the Knights of Pythias Lodge and of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He has passed all the chairs of the former. Mr. Roleke helped to organize the First National Bank of Bethany and is one of the directors in it. By his ability, his industry and because of his interest in municipal affairs, Mr. Roleke has made himself one of the substantial citizens of Bethany.

Loyd N. Brown, proprietor of the Bethany Hardware Company, is one of the well-known and enterprising young business men of Bethany, Missouri. He is a business man, an ex-officer of Harrison County, and a veteran of the World War. He was born at Clearmont in Nodaway County, September 29, 1886, the son of Walter T. and Mary (McGinty) Brown. Mrs. Brown died in 1893 and is buried in Clearmont. Walter T. Brown was born in Illinois, and has been a farmer and a Baptist preacher in both Missouri and Nebraska. He lived near Pawnee for five years, and is now a resident of Lincoln, Nebraska. Reverend and Mrs. Brown had four children, three of whom grew to maturity: Loyd N., the subject of this sketch; George, now living in South Dakota, and Anna, now Mrs. Fife of Kearney, Nebraska. Walter, another son, died in Denver, Colorado, at the age of twenty-six.

Loyd N. Brown graduated from the Bethany High School in the class of 1906. After his graduation, he worked for J. C. Ruby for more than two years, and then was made deputy county clerk under W. F. Towns. He held this position for over seven years. In the fall of 1914 he was elected county clerk of Harrison County and served until May 27, 1918, when he entered the United States Army for service in the World War.

He was sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa, as a private and ten days later was sent to the Fourth Officers' Training Camp at Fort Dodge, Iowa, where he was commissioned a second lieutenant August 26, 1918. He was assigned to Company Three, One Hundred and Sixty-Third Depot Brigade and on December 7, 1918, was sent on special duty as personnel officer of camp utilities. He remained in this phase of service until his discharge October 28, 1919. He then returned to Bethany and accepted the position of manager of the S. A. Evans Implement Store. In October, 1920, he bought his present stock, known as the Bethany Hardware Company. He has been operating this business very successfully and carries a complete line of hardware and harness.

Mr. Brown was married to Edna E. Evans, a daughter of S. A. Evans of Bethany, on September 1, 1918. Mrs. Evans was Etta Anderson. Mr. and Mrs. Brown have one son, Loyd N., Jr., born August 14, 1919.

Mr. Brown is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He has served as treasurer of the Republican County Central Committee for eight years. He was appointed by Judge Wanamaker to act as receiver for the Farmers Mutual Telephone Company in 1908 and the efficient way in which he handled this business brought him prominently before the public, and was the direct factor in causing the county to call him to act as county clerk. Mr. Brown is another young man of whom Harrison County is justly proud. As a private citizen and as an official, his record is one of progress and high standards.

George William Spencer, agent for the American Railway Express Company and proprietor of the Bethany Produce Company, was born in Bethany Township, October 24, 1863. His parents were John and Rachel (Alley) Spencer. His mother was born in Indiana and came to Harrison County when she was only a girl. She married John Spencer shortly afterward, and now lives in Ridgeway with her daughter, Mrs. Mattie Miner. John Spencer was born in Ohio, and was a farmer and stockman in Bethany Township after he came to Harrison County. He died at the age of thirtyfive and is buried in Marion Cemetery. To John and Rachel (Alley) Spencer the following children were born : Sarah, now Mrs. Young of Trenton ; Mattie, now Mrs. Miner of Ridgeway; Kate, deceased at the age of eighteen ; Susie, now Mrs. Tull of Craig ; Hattie, deceased at the age of twenty-

George Wilhani Spencer has Hved close to and in Bethany all of his life and has been identified with the progress of the town for many years. He received his education in the Bethany Public School, and at the age of twenty-two took a position with the Adams Express Company on the Burlington Railway. He was the assistant agent for the American and Adams Express Company under T. A. Dunn. In 1898, T. A. Dunn was succeeded by F. M. Young and Mr. Spencer was appointed agent for the company, a position which he has held ever since. For the past ten years, he has been in the produce business also ; he buys and sells all kinds of country products. In both lines of work he has been successful.

Mr. Spencer was married in 1886 to Anna M. Thomas, of Corydon, Iowa. Mrs. Spencer is a daughter of William and Catherine Thomas, both deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Spencer have one son, Joseph L., aged eleven years.

Mr. Spencer has been a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows for tv/enty-five years, and has held all the offices in the lodge here. He is a man well know in Bethany for his integrity and interest in civic progress.

James C. Wilson, a progressive citizen of Bethany, and one of the able and successful lawyers of this section of the state, was born near Columbus, Ohio, November 22, 1855, the son of Samuel D. and Mary (Boyd) Wilson, both natives of Ohio. Samuel D. Wilson was born in Franklin County and died in 1887 while on a trip to New Mexico. His wife was born in Delaware County and died in Bethany in 1902, where she had resided since the death of her husband. Samuel Wilson was a farmer in early life and later a stock buyer and shipper. He was a veteran of the Civil War, having enlisted from Franklin County, Ohio, and sei'ved two years.

Mr. and Mrs. Samuel D. Wilson were the parents of the following children: James C, the subject of this sketch; Josephine, the widow of Richard Carroll, of Chicago, Illinois; Ada, the wife of George Joiner, a business man of Columbus, Ohio; John and Luther, twins, who were farmers and died in Bethany; William H., who is engaged in real estate and loan business in Des Moines, Iowa; Jennie, formerly a stenographer for her brother, James C. Wilson, now the wife of George Jones, a tele- phone company manager of Chicago ; Frank L., formerly a wholesale merchant of Columbus, Ohio, who now resides in .Los Angeles, California ; and Kittie, the widow of J. A. Morris of Lebanon, Missouri.

James C. Wilson was educated in the public schools and at Otterbe in University at Westerville, Ohio, and read law at Maryville, Missouri under Col. Lafe Dawson, the first United States judge of the district of Alaska, who was appointed by President Grover Cleveland. Mr. Wilson was admitted to the bar April 29, 1880 at Grant City, Missouri and began practicing his profession May 4, 1880, at Bethany, Missouri. He taught school the winter of 1880 at Martinsville, Missouri, and since then has practiced law continuously here, and met with success. Mr. Wilson has an extensive practice in Bethany and also ranks high as a criminal lawyer over the state and adjoining counties in Nebraska, Iowa and Kansas. He was elected prosecuting attorney of Harrison County in 1882, the first Democratic prosecuting attorney of this county, and his son. Garland Wilson, was elected to this same office thirty years later. Maj. Randall Wilson, a sketch of whom appears in this volume, is now a partner of his father.

James C. Wilson was married September 28, 1883, to Miss Alice E. Turner, a native of Bethany, MissH)uri, and daughter of Robert and Rebecca J. (Higgins) Turner. Robert Turner died in September, 1881, and his wife is living in Bethany at the age of seventy-six years.

Mr. and Mrs. Wilson are the parents of the following children: Garland, an attorney of Bethany, a sketch of whom appears in this book; Dockery, a veteran of the World War, having served as a lieutenant, and who is now an attorney of Bethany; Major Randall; Capt. Carlisle R.,. "Chuck", who was mortally wounded October 27, 1918, the second day of the Argonne drive and died November 7, 1918, and who is buried in France; and Roberta, the wife of Paul Ginther, a merchant at Moberly, Missouri, the last named two being twins. The Wilson-Axline Post of the American Legion at Bethany was named after Capt. Carlisle R. Wilson and Lieut. A. A. Axline, both of whom were killed in the same battle.

Mr. Wilson, besides being a successful lawyer, is a progressive citizen and good booster for his city, county and state. He is a Democrat in politics.

S. E. and C. D. Hamilton, proprietors of the Hamilton Hardware Company of Bethany, belong both by their maternal and paternal ancestry to old pioneer families of Harrison County. Their parents were J. P. HamJl- (16) ton and Colista E. (Allen) Hamilton, both early settlers in the state. Colista E. (Allen) Hamilton was bom in Tennessee, February 26, 1841, the daughter of Dr. Stephen Allen, who came to Harrison County and homesteaded land five miles north of the present site of Bethany, and five years later moved to Bethany where he was a pioneer druggist. He was a member of the State Legislature from 1847 to 1862. Mr. Allen took a firm stand in the turbulent days of the Civil War. He had much to do with keeping Missouri from joining the ranks of the Confederacy and in keeping it from seceeding from the Union. He died in Bethany and his remains are buried in the Odd Fellows Cemetei-y at Bethany where the I'emains of his also are buried. Their children were: (1) Tennessee, now Mrs. Hillman of Albany; (2) Colista, now Mrs. Hamilton; (3) Mrs. Louisa Newman, deceased; (4) Mrs. D. T. Johnson of Turlock, Colorado; (5) Isaac, living in Bethany; (6) Carrie, now Mrs. Godman of Iowa; (7) William J., a resident of Bethany; (8) Nordica, died at the age of fifteen; (9) Orvil, died at the age of twenty-five; (10) Serilla, died at the age of six, and (11) Emaline, died in infancy. ' -- ''

' Mrs. Hamilton, who is now eighty years old, is very active and takes an interest in the happenings of the present as well as the history of the past. Her reminiscences of the days when the intrepid pioneers were building up Harrison County are deeply entertaining. She came to Bethany Township with her parents when but an infant. The farm which her father took up was partly wild prairie land with the remainder heavily timbered with oak and hickory. There was no lack of food for game was plentiful and prairie chickens, wild turkeys, quail, wild hogs and deer were easily obtained. Her father built a cabin on his farm and here his family grew up. The nearest neighbor was two and one-half miles away on the south, and on the north the nearest house was a distance of sixteen miles away. Mrs. Hamilton went to school in an old log cabin in the Bethany District, acquiring her education amidst the hardships and difficulties of those trying times. Plattsburg was the nearest trading point and S. C. Allen made the trip as often as was necessary, allowing one day for the trip to the trading post and another for the return journey. The first mill that Mrs. Hamilton can recall is the old Harris Mill on Big Creek and at this mill the meal for the use of the Allen family was ground. The first church edifice to be erected was the brick church built by the Christians. When the Allen family came to Harrison County in 1841 there were about 500 Cherokee Indians encamped on the creek north of the Allen home.

Shortly after that time the government removed the Indians to the Indian Tenitory. Mrs. Hamilton's life spans the many years that have intervened betvi'een wild, uncultivated land and the present highly organized civilization; between the crude makeshifts of the past the the scientific methods of the present. The story of a life such as Mrs. Hamilton's is truly the history of the growth of Missouri.

J. P. Hamilton, father of the present subjects, was born in Green County, Kentucky, in 1840, and came with his parents to Randolph County, Missouri, later to Daviess County, and in 1859 to Bethany. The father. Dr. Hamilton, died in Gallatin, Missouri. J. P. Hamilton was a pioneer hardware merchant in Bethany where he started business in 1859 and continued to conduct the business for more than forty years. Mr. Hamilton was a prominent man in the county and state. He took an active interest in all civic affairs, serving as alderman of Bethany. He helped to organize the Bethany Savings Bank of which he was a director and a vice-president. He was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias Lodge. J. P. Hamilton was one of the sturdy pioneers who wrought well in the early days of the county and whose enterprising character made him a citizen of worth. He died July 11, 1911 and his remains are buried in Bethany.

To J. P. and Colista E. (Allen) Hamilton the following children were born : Lullie B., the wife of W. B. Rose of Kansas City, Missouri ; Lillie, died at the age of fourteen; S. E., a subject of this sketch; Lura, Mrs. Dixon, died at the age of twenty-six, and Carl D., a subject of this sketch.

S. E. Hamilton was bom October 5, 1872, and was educated in the public school of Bethany and Kemper Military Academy at Boonville, Missouri, from which he graduated in 1893. He began business with his father, the founder of the Hamilton Hardware Company, in 1889 and continued with him until the business was sold by J. P. Hamilton to the firm known as Phillips and Storm, who later reorganized it into the Bethany Hardware Company. S. E. Hamilton spent two years in the real estate business, then went into the hardware business again with Claude Cole and remained in it for seven years, at the end of which time he again entered the real estate business. On March 12, 1918, he, with his brother. C. D. Hamilton, opened the present business. The Hamilton Hardware Company now occupies the first and second floors of a building on Main Street. It has a basement and a frontage of 25x93 feet. The company carries a full line of hardware and does an excellent business.

S. E. Hamilton was married in April, 1906, to Inme Davis, a daughter of Polk and Emma (Harvey) Davis, both deceased. Mrs. Hamilton was born in Roanoke, Virginia, and was educated in the Methodist College at Albany, Missouri. Her gi-andparents owned the land upon which Roanoke. Virginia, was built.

C. D. Hamilton the other member of the Hamilton Hardv/are Company was born at Bethany, October 8, 1878. He gi'aduated from Kemper Military Academy at Boonville, Missouri, in 1902, and has been in the hardware business ever since. He was with his father up to the time of the latter's death and has been with the present firm since its organization in 1918. Mr. Hamilton was married April 16, 1913, to Romaine Lewis, a daughter of Harry H. Lewis and wife of Lakeside, California. Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton have an adopted son, a nephew of Mrs. Hamilton, Craig Junior Lewis.

S. E. Hamilton is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Knights of Pythias, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Modei-n Woodman of America. C. D. Hamilton is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and has filled the office of marshal of Bethany. The Hamilton family is prominent in Harrison County and both S. E. and C. D. Hamilton are enterprising and progressive business men.

J. H. Cuddy, a member of the firm of Cuddy & Dunn Department Store, is one of the enterprising and progressive business men of Bethany. The Cuddy name has been known in the annals of Harrison County for many years. David and Mary (Dunn) Cuddy, the parents of the present subject, were natives of Washington County, Virginia, where J. H. was born on July 13, 1875. Mary (Dunn) Cuddy died sA Abington, Virginia, in 1904, at the age of seventy-two and David Cuddy died at the same place in 1912 at the age of eighty-three. The remains of both are buried in the Dunn family cemetery where M. S. McCulloch, great grandfather of the subject of this sketch, settled about 1800. His home, built about 1805, was one of the landmarks of the county as it was the first house thereabouts to have glass window panes.

J. H. Cuddy was educated at Abington. Virginia. He came to Bethany in 1896 and began to work in the store then known as the firm of Dunn Brothers & Company. This store is one of the pioneer mercantile houses of Harrison County. It was originally known as the McGeorge & Dunn store and was established in Bethany about 1868. Ever since that date the store under various finn names, has been a part of the development of Harrison County. The first firm was succeeded by the firm known as Dunn Brothers, and that firm was in turn succeeded in 1901 by Cuddy & Dunn. The present members of the firm are J. H. Cuddy, of this sketch ; H. W. Dunn, and W. T. Templeman. The present business, which consists of a complete stock of groceries, diy goods, clothing, shoes, gent's furnishings, and ladies' readyto-wear goods, occupies two floors of the building on the southwest corner of the Square.

Mr. Cuddy was married May 17, 1911, in Bethany, to Eva Claytor, a daughter of William and Alice Claytor. Mrs. Cuddy was born in Bethany and was educated in the Bethany Public School. Mr. and Mrs. Cuddy have three childi'en: Alice Jean, Mary Elizabeth and James Hyden.

Mr. Cuddy is a member of the Knights of Pythias Lodge at Bethany. Mr. Cuddy is well known in the county where he has a reputation for good citizenship and progressive business ideas.

H, W. Dunn, a member of the mercantile finn of Cuddy & Dunn Department Store, belongs to a family whose name has long been associated with mercantile interests in Bethany. The Dunn name has appeared in the firm title of the present store since the organization, in 1868, of the pioneer store of McGeorge & Dunn. Robert H. Dunn, father of the subject of this sketch, came to Harrison County in 1869, and settled in Bethany where he was a member of the mercantile firm of Dunn Brothers, the successors of McGeorge & Dunn. He is now retired and lives in Bethany after a mercantile career of nearly fifty years.

H. W. Dunn was born at Bethany, September 27, 1883, the son of Robert H. and Clara B. (Blackburn) Dunn, both still living in Bethany. Mr. Dunn was educated in the public schools of Harrison County and has been in business here since his boyhood. He was reared in the midst of mercantile pursuits and worked for the firm in which he is now a partner, until 1918, when he became a firm member. His environment and training fitted him well for his present work in which he is making a marked success.

Mr. Dunn was married to Faye Sutton, April 27, 1910. Mrs. Dunn is a daughter of Henry G. and Gertrude (Thomas) Sutton of Bethany. Mrs. Sutton died September 27, 1920, and her remains are buried in Beth- any. Mr. Sutton is a contractoi- in Bethany. Mrs. Dunn received her education in the schools of Bethany and later attended school in Kansas City, Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. Dunn have one daughter, Maxine Roberta.

Mr. Dunn is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Bethany and of the Chapter and is a Knights Templar, Order of Royal and Select Masters, and the Shrine in St. Joseph, Missouri. Mr. Dunn is one of the group of alert business men who are helping build up standards of good citizenship and progressive business methods in Bethany. He deservedly stands high in the estimation of his community.

James B, Manifold, a well known ex-sheriff of Harrison County and now with the S. A. Evans Implement and Farm Machinery firm, was born in Wayne County, Indiana, July 26, 1866, the son of Moses and Mary E. (Walker) Manifold.

Moses Manifold and his family settled in Iowa in 1868, later moving to Cherokee County, Kansas, where they remained for six years. They came to Harrison County, Missouri, in 1874, settling first at Bethany and then in Bethany Township. Mr. Manifold purchased a farm in Jefferson Township which he later sold and moved to Bethany, where he died February 22, 1913. He is buried in the Bethany Cemetery. His widow still lives in Bethany.

Moses and Mary E. (Walker) Manifold had the following children: James B., the subject of this review; Irene, now Mrs. James E. Barry of Albany, Missouri; and Jennie, the widow of Clarence Caldwell, Bethany, Missouri.

James B. Manifold received his early education in the Bethany Public Schools. Later he attended the Normal at Stanberry, Missouri, and the Normal at Chillicothe, Missouri. He was a teacher in Harrison County for seven years, teaching his first school west of Bethany and his last in the Star District. Mr. Manifold has filled most successfully several offices to which his township and county have elected him. He was the clerk and assessor of Jefferson Township. He was the deputy sheriff of the county for eight years and, in November, 1906, his county showed its appreciation of his sei-vices by electing him sheriff. He was relected in 1908, this time for a four-year term. At the expiration of his term of office, Mr. Manifold entered the mercantile business in Bethany and continued in this work until four years ago when he took up his present work with the S. A. Evans firm.

Mr. Manifold is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and of the Knights of Pythias Lodge in Bethany. He is energetic and affable and deserves the success with which he has met.

Stanley M. Haas, a popular furniture dealer and undertaker of Bethany, Missouri, was born in Worth County, Missouri, September 7, 1872, the son of Henry and Martha J. (Frost) Haas.

Henry Haas is a native of Holmes County, Ohio, and his wife is a native of Sangamon County, Illinois. Mr. Haas was formerly a farmer but is now retired and lives in Bethany. To Henry and Martha J. (Frost) Haas the following children were born: Stanley M., the subject of this review; Stella E., now Mrs. Charles D. Neff of Fayette, Iowa, and W. H., a jeweler and optician of Bethany.

Stanley M. Haas received his education in the Normal at Stanberry, Missouri ; Christian College at Albany, Missouri, and the State University at Columbia, Missouri. At the age of nineteen he began teaching school in the Ashland District in Harrison County, walking four and one-half miles back and forth to school and receiving $30 a month salary. He continued teaching school for several years, first in Worth and Gentry counties and then in the Albany High School of which he was principal for several years. He was also the principal for one year of the Mound City High School.

Mr. Haas engaged in the furniture and undertaking business in Albany, Missouri, with H. W. Bare, using the firm name of H. W. Bare & Company. Mr. Haas sold his interest in the company to Mr. Bare in 1908 and bought out the firm of Monson & Bonser in Bethany, Missouri. He has continued in this business to the present time. He is located on the west side of the Public Square. His building which was remodeled in 1920 is fifty by ninety feet and makes an excellent display room for his well-kept stock. Mr. Haas is a licensed embalmer and has all modern equipment for the conducting of funerals.

Mr. Haas was married June 15, 1898, to Minnie H. Bryant of Harrison County, a daughter of Henry 0. and Lou (Chenoworth) Bryant, both deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Haas the follownig children have been born: Thornton H., a gi-aduate of the Bethany High school and now at work with his father; Martha Louise, at home; Stella Pauline, at home, and Melvin Bryant, at home.

Mrs. William H. Bales

Mr. Bales was married the .second time to Miss Margaret E. Matkins of Butler Township, and they were the parents of the following children: Leota, wife of Wm. H. Cox, Cypress Township; William Logan of Wray, Colorado; Walter J. of Bethany, Missouri; Nora B., deceased; Thomas of St. Joseph, Missouri; Mrs. Cordie M. Davis, deceased; and James H., who died at Albany, Missouri.

Mr. Bales was married a third time March 16, 1911 to Susie (Goodnight) Stock, a daughter of A. J. and Mary A. (Wilson) Goodnight, both of whom are deceased, and are buried near Mt. Moriah, Missouri. By a former marriage of Mrs. Bales to Wiliam W. Stock, she had two children: Zella Ruth, the wife of Harry Taff, of Concordia, Kansas; and Mabel Orvice, the wife of William T. Coots.

S. A. Evans, a popular dealer in implements and farm machinery in Bethany, Missouri, was born in Tonganoxie, Leavenworth County, Kansas, September 11, 1871, the son of Lemuel and Ellen J. (Lash) Evans.

Lemuel Evans settled in Lawrence, Kansas, in 1854, and his wife, with her parents, came to the same place in 1856. When the Civil War broke out Lemuel Evans enlisted at Lawrence as a member of the First Kansas Troop of Infantry. He was wounded at the Battle of Wilson Creek the same day that General Lyons was killed, August 10, 1861, and carried the ball which wounded him in his head to the day of his death. Because of his wound, he was discharged from the army. He took up the vocation of farming and continued this work for several years when he engaged in the real estate business in which work he remained for the last thirty years of his life. He died January 22, 1921, and is buried at Tonganoxie, Kansas, where his widow still lives.

To Lemuel Evans and Ellen J. (Lash) Evans the following children were born: S. A., the subject of this sketch; J. W., now in the real estate business at Tonganoxie, Kansas; a daughter, now Mrs. Ivan Secrest, of Tonganoxie, Kansas, and L. F., now living in Salesia, Montana.

S. A. Evans received his education in the public grammar school of Tonganoxie and in the Friends Academy at the same place. He followed the vocation of farming until he was twenty-six years old when he went into the implement business at Tonganoxie, remaining in this business until 1912. In 1913 he bought the Moore & Boatman stock of implements and farm machinery at Bethany, Missouri, and has continued in this location ever since. He carries a complete line of goods, handling the machinery of the International Harvester Company and the John Deere Company.

S. A. Evans was married September 12, 1894, to Etta Anderson, a daughter of C. D. and Mary (Rice) Anderson, of Tonganoxie, Kansas. Mrs. Evans and her parents were natives of New York. C. D. Anderson and his wife both died in Tonganoxie, and are buried in the Tonganoxie Cemetery.

S. A. Evans and Etta (Anderson) Evans have two children: Edna, now Mrs. Lloyd N. Brown, a sketch of whom appears in this volume ; and VVilma, now a student in Junior High School.

Mr. Evans is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Tonganoxie, Kansas ; of the Chapter and Commandry at Bethany and the Council at Chillicothe, Missouri ; the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Bethany ; the Knights of Pythias Encampment at Bethany and the Modern Woodman of America at Bethany.

Mr. Evans is a progressive and reliable citizen, always ready to further the civic interests of his town and standing high in the esteem of his fellow citizens.

William McCuUoch Dunn, merchant for nearly fifty years in Bethany, Missouri, and now living retired but still connected with the Harrison County Bank, was bom in Washington County, Virginia, January 9, 1839.

His early environment was that of a farm boy, his father being a small planter and he grew up with the other children in the rural districts of Old Virginia. He attended the old Field Schools of Virginia and the building he knew as a school house was constructed of logs with better than ordinary furnishings and equipment. Here he gleaned a knowledge of geography, grammar, history, and physics and thus acquired sufficient knowledge to qualify him as a teacher.

Shortly after he reached manhood the war between the States began, and in 1861 he enlisted for service and for four years was a member of the Southern Army, battling for the Confederacy. He was commissioned captain, quartermaster and paymaster. He was assigned to the Thirtysixth Virginia Regiment of Infantry, which regiment was a part of the Array of Northern Virginia, but his service was in West Virginia and the Mississippi Valley. In 1861 he was in his first battle at Gauley, under the command of General Floyd. He was also present at Cloyd's Farm and

Other minor engagements. In the early part of 1862 he was with the troops concentrated along the Cumberland and Tennessee rivers and was under the command of Floyd at Fort Donelson. Just before the surrender of that fort, he and his command escaped by boat up the Tennessee River and he went on the same boat with Generals Pillow and Floyd. He later saw service under Jubal A. Earley up and down the Shenandoah Valley and was at the battles of Winchester, Cedar Creek and was captured at Waynesboro but managed to escape a short time later, leaving all his personal belongings, even to his tooth brush. He walked across the country to Lynchburg and then joined Breckenridge's command. Toward the end of the war his regiment was at Christianburg on its way (to Petersburg and Richmond to join Lee's army when the command was disbanded, the commander being General John B. Echols. Mr. Dunn saw service the entire four years of the war. He was never wounded and was acting quartermaster of a brigade when the war closed.

After the war Mr. Dunn taught one term of school in Virginia and then came west to Bethany, Missouri. He traveled by rail to Chillicothe, Missouri, and by stage the remainder of the way. Bethany at that time was a town of several hundred people. Mr. Dunn clerked one year for H. M. Cuddy and a little later became a partner. A year later he bought an interest in the firm of Munson & McGeorge and for several years the firm of McGeorge & Dunn had a large trade. Mr. McGeorge sold out to Robert H. Dunn, a brother of William M. and the firm became William M. Dunn & Brother. Later a nephew, W. F. Cuddy, came into the firm and it was then reorganized as Dunn Brothers & Company. Mr. Dunn retired from the firm in 1902 and has since been engaged with his private interests.

William M. Dunn was married in 1870 to Miss Desdemona Munson. daughter of Thomas Munson, who came to Missouri from Kentucky. Mrs. Dunn died in 1874, leaving a son, William Victor, who for a time was associated with his father in business. Later he went to Kansas City, Missouri, where he was a successful real estate dealer and where he died March 12, 1907. William Victor Dunn married Louisa Morrison, who now lives in Kansas City, Missouri, with her son, Stewart William Victor Dunn.

Mr. Dunn comes of an old Virginia family of Scotch Irish stock and, besides his record as a Confederate soldier, the descendants are entitled to membership in the patriotic societies that commemorate service in the Colonial and Revolutionary wars. His grandfather, William Dunn, came from Ireland and founded the family in Virginia and was a soldier in the Revolu- tion. His children were: William, John, Dr. Samuel, Mary, who mamed Caleb Logan ; Katie, who married Shaw Logan ; Lydia, who married Jonas Smith. All except the subject of this review spent their lives in Vii'ginia.

John Dunn, father of William M. Dunn, was born in Washington County, Virginia, and died there in 1845. He married Mary McCulloch, a daughter of Robert McCulloch and a grand-daughter of Thomas McCulloch. The McCulloch family came from Scotland. Thomas McCulloch was a Colonial soldier during the Revolution and was killed at Kings Mountain. Robert McCulloch married Sarah Clark. Mary (McCulloch) Dunn died in Virginia when nearly eighty-six years of age. She was a member of the Methodist Church. Her children were : Mary, who married David Cuddy and spent her life in Virginia; Theophilus, now deceased was a soldier in the Thirty-seventh Virginia Lifantry during the war and was wounded in the Battle of Kernstown, under Stonewall Jackson. For many years after the war he was a merchant in Virginia. He came to Oilman, Missouri, in 1904 and died there in January 1918.

The other children of Mary (McCulloch) Dunn were: William M., of this sketch; Robert H., of Bethany, and John F., who was a Confederate soldier and is now a farmer in Washington County, Virginia.

W. T. Lingle, the efficient manager of the Bethany Mill & Elevator Company, was born in Cameron, Missouri, June 13, 1877, the son of E. Y. and Mary (Cline) Lingle. E. Y. Lingle was born near Wauseon, Ohio, where he grew to manhood. He enlisted for service in the Union Anny during the Civil War, serving in an Ohio company. Soon after the close of the war, he came to Missouri and settled at Cameron where he operated a mill. He had learned the trade of miller in Ohio and continued in that work all of his life. He left Cameron and came to Bethany where he operated the mill now managed by his son. He was married in Cameron to Mary Cline, a native of Pennsylvania. She lives in Bethany; her husband died in 1911 and is buried in the Pythian Cemetery at Bethany.

W. T. Lingle received his education in Missouri Wesleyan College at Cameron and in Kansas Wesleyan College at Salina, Kansas. He was trained in the milling business by his father with whom he worked for some time. He took over the Bethany Mill & Elevator management, succeeding his father several years ago. This mill is located in West Beth- any on the site of the first mill ever built in the town. It is an historic spot in the annals of the commerce of Bethany. In the early days wool was carded here, and later on a saw mill was operated on this site for many years. The present mill was formerly run by McClures and was later taken over by E. Y. Lingle. The mill has a capacity of 100 bushels per day, grinding both wheat and corp.. The "Daylight Flour," a very popular brand, is made here. The m.ill also makes a white corn meal which is proving unusually satisfactory.

W. T. Lingle was married in 1907 to Emma Jennings who was bom and reared in Bethany. Mr. and Mrs. Lingle have one daughter, Bedonna, and one son, Elmore.

Mr. Lingle is a member of the Knights of Pythias Lodge at Bethany. He has served two terms on the council of Bethany and has been the secretary of the Harrison County Fair since its organization in 1915. Mr. Lingle is a good business man who merits and has the esteem of his fellow citizens.

A. C. Flint, one of the capable proprietors of the Crossan Motor Company, of Bethany, Missouri, was born in Bethany. December 7, 1887, the son of A. H. and Ida (Miller) Flint, both living in Bethany, where Mr. Flint conducts a grocery store.

A. C. Flint is one of the energetic and popular young business men of Harrison County. He was educated in the Bethany Public Schools and when only twenty-three years old was honored by his county with the election to the office of sheriff. He was the youngest man ever elected to that office in the State. He served from 1912 to 1916 and then went into the automobile business in partnership with L. M. Crossan, which business relationship continues to the present time.

The first location of these partners was on West Main Street, where they handled the Buick automobiles, Wallace tractors and International trucks. They did a good business and in September, 1920, they changed their lines, buying their present business, one block north of the Public Square. Here they occupy a two story building 36x99 feet in dimensions. As a firm they succeeded Charles Hacker, deceased. Under the new firm name of the Crossan Motor Company, Mr. Flint and Mr. Crossan sell Ford cars, trucks and tractors. They carry a full line of repairs and do all sorts of repair work. Under the management of the two proprietors, the busi-

A. C. Fhnt was married in 1913 to Lucy Rose Kenyon, a daughter of John W. and Hettie Kenyon, of Bethany. Mrs. Flint was born and reared in Bethany, attending the Bethany Public Schools and later the State Teachers College at Maryville, Missouri, and the State University at Columbia, Missouri. For several years prior to her marriage Mrs. Flint was a teacher in the public schools. To Mr. and Mrs. Fhnt one child has been born, a daughter, Madeline Clare.

Mr. Flint is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows ; the Knights of Pythias Lodge, and the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons Lodge. Mr. Flint is industrious and stands high in the estimation of the community.

Alva C. Bartlett is an enterprising young farmer of Bethany Township. He is a native of Harrison County, having been born in Grant Township, May 16, 1892. His father is David Bartlett and his mother was Anna (Cave) Bartlett, a daughter of Reverend A. N. Cave, a minister in the Methodist Church. Mrs. Bartlett was born and reared in Harrison County and was fifty-four years of age at the time of her death, February 22, 1921. To the marriage of David and Anna (Cave) Bartlett two children w^ere born: Alva C, the subject of this sketch, and M. Kathryn, the wife of A. C. Fay, living in Bethany Township on the home place. Mr. Fay is at present attending the Wisconsin State University at Madison.

Alva C. Bartlett was educated in the public schools of the county and spent two years in the Bethany High School. He has followed the vocation of farming ever since. He bought his present place of eighty acres from his father in March, 1917, and has lived here since that time. He raises stock and has Duroc Jersey hogs, with one registered male; purebred Jersey cattle with a registered male ; full blood Shropshire sheep, and White Leghorn chickens. He has about 275 fowls and 500 or more chicks.

Mr. Bartlett was married December 24, 1913, to Hazel Roleke. Mrs. Bartlett is a daughter of Hennan and Rachel (Mainwang) Roleke, both living at Bethany.

Mr. Bartlett is one of the promising young men of the county. He has high standards of citizenship and is esteemed throughout his community.

Robert M. Mitchell, Civil War veteran and pioneer farmer of Harrison County, was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, March 6, 1840, the son of J. T. and Elizabeth Mitchell, both of whom died in the county where their son was born. There were six girls and five boys in the Mitchell family, of whom the only one hving now, besides Robert M. Mitchell, is Mrs. Sarah Ann Adams, of Columbus, Kansas.

Robert M. Mitchell enlisted in the Union Army at the age of twentyone, on October 15, 1861, in the Eighty-fifth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, under Colonel Joshin B. Howell, who was killed accidentally September 14, 1864. Mr. Mitchell was mustered out of service at City Point, Virginia, in January, 1866. He entered the army under Genera! McClellan and was mustered out under General Grant, having served four years and two months without ever having tasted liquor, played a game of cards or spoken an oath. Mr. Mitchell learned to read and write while in the army and his penmanship is quite legible. Mr. Mitchell was present at the historic scene at Appomattox Court House in Virginia when General Lee surrendered. He secured a piece of the apple tree under which the surrender was signed and on this wood he had inscribed the names of the various battles in which he participated. The wood has since been cut into pieces and given to Mr. Mitchell's childi'en. The list included Yorktown, Williamsburg, Fair Oak, Seven Pines, Seven Days' Battle, Jones Ford, Harrison Landing, Sufl'olk, Blackwater, Southwest Creek, Kingston, Wliite Hall, Goldsboro, Folly Island, Morris Island, Fort Wagner, Fort Giegg, White Marsh" Island, Charleston, Bermuda Hundred, Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom, Chaplin's Farm, Petersburg and Appomattox Court House. Mr. Mitchell was fortunate in never having been wounded during his period of service in the army.

Robert M. Mitchell came to Harrison County in 1871 and worxed by the month for two years. He then settled on the farm where he now lives when all but six acres of the land was covered with timber, and he at once began to improve the place. He now owns 182 acres in Bethany Township. He has always engaged in general farming and stockraising until the last three years, when his sons have operated the farm. The house on the farm was burned in November, 1900, and Mr. Mitchell then built his present residence, two miles southeast of Bethany. The farm is well improved and well kept.

ToAvnship. Mrs. Mitchell died July 16, 1920, at the age of sixty-nine years, and her remains are buried at Bethany. To Robert M. and Susan T. (Buck) Mitchell the following children were born: James, married to Katie Miller and living at Bethany; Charles, married to Etta Long and living in Bethany Township; Alonzo, married to Carrie Prather, living in Bethany Township; William, married Ina Hall and living in Bethany Township ; Clint, on the home place ; Ed, married to Nellie Ray and living at CoflFey, Missouri; Mart, died at the age of twenty-'three, was married to Hattie Flint and had one son, Robert; and Pearl, now Mrs. Andrew Murray, of Bethany Township.

Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell had the following grandchildren: Gladys Mitchell, married to Paul Bethel ; Clyde, Owen, Raymond, Victor, Ross and Lae Mitchell ; and Garland and Dean Murray. The great-grandchildren are Robert and Opal Mitchell.

Mr. Mitchell, because of his experience in the Civil War, and his work as a pioneer farmer of the township, is a very interesting man. He is a good citizen and holds the esteem of his community.

Daniel D. Boyce. deceased, widely known in Harrison County, was born in Harrison County, Kentucky, in 1832, and died at Blue Ridge, Harrison County, Missouri, October 31, 1901. He was the son of Noah and Matilda (Toadvine) Boyce, who located in Sherman Township, where they both died, and are buried at Fairview Cemetery.

Mr. and Mrs. Noah Boyce were the parents of twelve children, as follows, all deceased : William ; Mrs. Abbie Brown ; Mrs. Amelia Speigle ; Margaret Hodson: Evaline Bolar; Ann Bolar; Paris Ann Massie; Daniel D. ; and Taylor; and four children who died in infancy.

Daniel D. Boyce was a member of Company E 43rd Regiment, Missouri Volunteers, having served first in the State Militia, and then joined the 43rd Regiment, during the Civil War. He bought from the government 160 acres of land in Sherman Township, paying $1.25 per acre - and preempted eighty acres, and after the war bought other tracts of land there. Besides his farming activities, Mr. Boyce was county judge of Harrison County, and also justice of the peace of Sherman Township for several terms, and was well and favorably known throughout the county. Mr. Boyce was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Bethany.

Daniel D. Boyce

Daniel D. Boyce was married the first time to Sarah C. Maddox, and they were the parents of two children; Ida Frances, the wife of Charles C. Fordyce of Ridgeway, Missouri; and Susan Elizabeth, deceased.

Mr. Boyce's second marriage was to Nancy J. Baldwin on April 28, 1863. Mrs. Boyce was a daughter of William and EHzabeth (Harrison) Baldwin, who came to Missouri in 1856, and settled in Daviess County, Missouri. Mr. Baldwin was a minister of the Baptist Church, and was pastor of Grand River Church for twelve years. He was also pastor at Blue Ridge, Coon Creek, and Pilot Grove Churches in Daviess County, Missouri. Mr. Baldv/in died August 30, 1911, at the age of ninetyseven years and seven months, and his wife, who was born January, 20, 1814, died September 19, 1850.

Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin were the parents of the following children: Mary Hannah Dollins, deceased; Alzina Ann, deceased; Sarah Elizabeth Hunter, deceased; Mrs. Boyce, who was born at Ladoga, Indiana, Februrary 4, 1842 ; Serilda Calista, deceased ; Samantha Evelyn Ward, who died December 20, 1920 ; and Martha Ellen Brown, who died June 5, 1921, who were twins ; and John Wiliam Baldwin, the only son, who, for many years, resided in Colorado, but who now lives in Daviess County, Missouri.

Mr. and Mrs. Boyce were the parents of two daughters: Mrs. Lillie Paris Taggart, deceased; and Etta Lura, the widow of S. W. Brandom. Mr. and Mrs. Brandom were the parents of four children: Vincent Boyce, Ralph Wallace, Charles Daniel and Lena.

Mrs. Boyce is a member of the Baptist Church, Ladies Aid Society, and The Ladies Relief Corps. She is a lady of unusual intelligence, very active and alert, and has many friends throughout the county.

George W. Nickerson, pioneer farmer of Harrison County and proprietor of the Fairview Stock Farm, was bom in Schoharie County, New York, April 19, 1858, the son of Peter B. and Mary Ann (Tibbetts) Nickerson, both deceased. Peter B. Nickerson was a Civil War veteran, enlisting from New York. His two sons, Reynolds and Andrew, also enlisted in the Union Army in New York. Peter B. Nickerson and his wife came west in 1865, settling first in Henry County, Iowa, where they lived four years, coming to Harrison County, Missouri, in 1869. They settled three miles east of Martinsville on a farm, and here Mr. Nickerson died in 1878. (17)

His remains are buried in Kidwell Cemetery. His widow later married Jacob McLey, of Bolton, Missouri. She died in February, 1907, and her remains are buried in Kidwell Cemetery. To Peter B. and Mary Ann (Tibbetts) Nickerson the following children were born: Mrs. Phoebe Height, deceased; Reynolds, died while superintendent of the County Home of Harrison County; Andrew, a resident of Hays County, Nebraska; Mrs. Thedosia Kibbey, deceased; Mrs. Eliza White, deceased; Joshua, died while in Washington County, Iowa ; Mrs. Ruth Grace, of Stafford County, Kansas; George W., the subject of this sketch; Charlie, a resident of Chillicothe, Missouri ; and Peter, now living in Oklahoma.

George W. Nickerson came to Harrison County with his parents in 1869 when the county was comparatively new. He attended the old district school and began to make his own way in the world at the age of nineteen. He recalls vividly the trials and hardships of those early days when he was getting started on his life work. He drove oxen for eight years, breaking the prairie land, for fifty cents a day. He saved the money that he earned and in 1889 he bought a farm in the northwest corner of Bethany Township, paying three dollars an acre for it. Here he lived for thirty-two years. The first farm contained forty acres, but Mr. Nickerson soon added to the original tract. This land was entered in pioneer days by John Tarleton. It was sold by Mr. Nickerson for fifty dollars an acre, later it was sold again for $140.00 an acre and in 1920 for $165.00 an acre. The increased price of this tract of land is indicative of the rapid economic and commercial growth of Harrison County. Mr. Nickerson bought his present farm, the Fairview Stock Farm, comprising 220 acres of land, in 1908. This land was originally entered by Sam Neal. Mr. Neal's old cabin still stands on the farm and has been weatherboarded and plastered and is used as a home by his son. Mr. Nickerson has always been a farmer and stockraiser and for several years has raised Percheron horses and Red Polled cattle. He now has twenty-seven registered cows and has always found a ready market for his stock. The residence on the farm was built by Mr. Nickerson in 1910 and affords a fine view of Bethany. There are also two good stock bams and other good farm buildings. Mr. Nickerson has owned 1,200 acres of land in Harrison County, all of it now owned by his children with the exception of the Fairview Stock Farm.

Mr. Nickerson was married February 18, 1888, to Eunice C. Miller, a daughter of J. H. and Elizabeth Miller. The former died June 9, 1920, and buried in Miriam Cemetery; the latter lives with her children. To

George W. and Eunice C. (Miller) Nickerson the following children were born: Raleigh R., married to Mary Glenn, and is now with the Farm Bureau at Bethany; John J., of Bethany, married to Ethel Myers; Rosa, the wife of 0. N. Falles, of Blue Jacket, Oklahoma ; Bert B., of Bethany Township, married Kittie Ross; Edward, of Bethany, married Mrs. Pearl Sutton; Elizabeth, wife of Charles King, of Genoa, Nebraska ; Pearl, married Willa Ross and lives on the home farm; Phoebe, wife of R. L. Preighter, of Bethany Township; Elsie, wife of J. H. Hall, of Bethany. William was accidentally killed in an automobile accident in June, 1918 ; Clayton, of Grant Township, married to Chloe Wooderson ; and Steward, living at home. Mr. Nickerson is a director in the First National Bank and assisted m its organization. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and the Modern Woodmen of America. Mr. Nickerson is one of the progressive and prominent farmers and stockmen of his county, where his name has always stood for enterprise, industry and integrity.

John E. Claytor, member of a well known pioneer family of Harrison County, was born in Bethany Township, February 9, 1860, the son of Samuel A. and Margaret J. (Six) Claytor. Samuel A. Claytor was bom in Bedford County, Virginia, in 1827. In 1859 he left his native State and made the long, hard journey to Missouri, driving all the way. He settled on a farm a mile south of the present John E. Claytor farm, buying 100 acres of land at first and adding to the original tract until he owned 1,060 acres. He was a prominent breeder of fine stock. He bought one of the first registered Shorthorn bulls ever brought to the county, and raised and fed cattle and hogs. He died at the home of his son, Samuel, September 14, 1907, and his remains are buried in Shady Grove Cemetery. His wife was born in Tazewell County, Virginia, in 1830 and died at the home of her son, Samuel, June 14, 1911. Her remains are also buried in Shady Grove Cemetery.

To Samuel A. and Margaret J. (Six) Claytor the following children were born: Nancy, married to M. Smith and died in Springfield, Missouri, ir 1907 ; W. N. and J. W., twins, now farmers in Wliite Oak Township ; Mary J., married W. McCoy and lives in White Oak Township; John E., the subject of this review; and Samuel, of Harrison County.

acres that was formerly a part of the home place, and to this he has added 100 acres, thus making a farm of 244 acres. He built a new residence of the bung-alow style in 1918 and in 1921 built a barn. He has most of his farm in pasture.

Mr. Claytor was married March 30, 1892, to Stella Price ,a daughter of J. T. and Rebecca A. (Miller) Price, and for the ten years prior to her marriage she was a teacher in Harrison and Daviess counties. Her father was born in Kentucky, September 2, 1835. He enlisted for service in the Civil War in September, 1862, and was a member of Company M. Merrill's Horse. He served until the close of the war, when he settled in Daviess County, where he lived until 1882, when he moved to White Oak Township, Harrison County. He died here May 30, 1901, and his remains are buried in Miriam Cemetery, at Bethany. His wife was born in Ohio in 1839 and came to Harrison County with her parents in 1855. They settled in Adams Township and entered land there. Mrs. Price was a teacher before her marriage, and she, as well as her husband, entered a tract of land. To J. T. and Rebecca A. (Miller) Price the following children were born : Orlando, a resident of Potosi, Missouri ; Stella, now Mrs. Claytor; Orville, died at the age of forty-nine; Frank, who is deceased and whose family live in Pattonsburg, Missouri; and John T., a graduate of St. Louis Medical College, for thirteen years a practicing physician and now a resident of Shamrock, Oklahoma.

Mr. and Mrs. Claytor have two children. Their daughter, Mabel Price, is a graduate of the Bethany High School, holds the Bachelor of Science degree with a state life certificate to teach from the Missouri State University, which she attended for four years, and is a teacher in the Bethany High School. Their son, Orville B., is now a student in the Missouri State University.

Mr. Claytor is a stockholder in the Bethany Trust Company and in the Farmers' Lumber Yard and the Bethany Fair Association. He is a commissioner of the Southwest Special Road District and has taken an active interest in securing good roads for the county. Mr. Claytor is one of the prominent men in his community and has always manifested deep interest in civic affairs.

C. W. Wiley, prominent farmer and well known proprietor of the Plain View Farm in Bethany Township, on Rural Route No. 6, was bom in Bolton, Fox Creek Township, October 25, 1867, the son of Dr. J. W. and Susan M. (Howerdon) Wiley.

Doctor Wiley was born in Indiana and came to Missouri with his parents in the pioneer days. The family settled near Bolton, Harrison Coumty, entering land there. Doctor Wiley enlisted in the Union Army during the Civil War and remained in service until the close of the war. He left the army in bad health, caused by an attack of measles. He graduated from the St. Louis Medical College and practiced medicine there for a while, working under his brother, Wilfred Wiley. He came to Bolton and began the practice of his profession about 1865. He rode horseback over the prairies for many years and was one of the men who did much to make possible the present growth of Harrison County. Doctor Wiley died of pneumonia in Blue Ridge, Sherman Township, about 1894. His wife, Susan M. (Howerdon) Wiley, also died in 1894. They are buried in the same grave in Springer Cemetery.

To Dr. J. W. and Susan M. (Howerdon) Wiley the following children were born : Lulu M., later Mrs. McGown, and now deceased ; Doctor W. H., living in Clearmont, Missouri ; Robert J., who was killed accidentally by the kick of a horse when he was twelve years old; C. W., the subject of this sketch; Claude L, now living in Casper, Wyoming; and LiUie Maude, married Eugene Taylor, of Kansas City, Missouri.

C. W. Wiley was educated in the public school of Bolton. He went to Nebraska and took up a homestead in 1889, where he lived for sixteen years, improving a ranch of 1,500 acres in Dundy County, 800 acres of which belonged to him. He followed the cattle business in Nebraska until 1906, when he sold out and returned to Hamson County, Missouri, where he bought his present home of 1591/^ acres three miles southwest of Bethany. This farm was originally known as the Lewis Justice farm. Mr. Wiley has built a good residence on it, also a barn. He has most of the farm in pasture. He raises Jersey cattle, Chester White hogs and Rhode Island and Brown and Buif Leghorn chickens.

C. W. Wiley was married to Jessie C. Gray, December 8, 1889. Mrs. Wiley is a daughter of Thomas and Francis D. Gray. Thomas Gray died in Bethany, Missouri, in 1906, and is buried in Miriam Cemetery; his widow, now seventy-nine years of age, lives with her daughter, Mrs. Wiley.

Mr. and Mrs. Wiley had the following children, all born in Dundy County, Nebraska: Mura Maude, born November 28, 1890, married to Eugene Leazenby, and died at ithe age of twenty-seven. She is buried in the Knights of Pythias Cemetery at Bethany, Missouri ; Samuel Porter, bom August 16, 1894, married Marie Chipp, a daughter of John and

Mr. Wiley is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Knights and Ladies of Security and the Yeoman Lodge. He is of Scotch descent, and is one of the reliable men of his community, where he is known for his integrity and uprightness.

Isaac Newton Whitaker, well known farmer of Bethany Township, was born in Bracken County, Kentucky, March 11, 1849, the son of Alfred and Sarah Ann (French) Whitaker.

The Whitaker family has been known in Harrison County since the pioneer days. Alfred Whitaker came to Missouri in 1852 and settled in Daviess County. In 1866 he went to Ray County, where he spent the remainder of his life. He died in 1881 and is buried in Ray County. A brother of Alfred Whitaker, James F., settled in Harrison County in 1852, buying land and improving a farm there. He died in Bethany. Mrs. Sarah Ann (French) Whitaker, mother of the subject of this sketch, died in 1874 at the age of forty-six, and is buried in Ray County.

To Alfred and Sarah Ann (French) Whitaker the following children were born : Miranda, was the wife of Hagen Mulinix, now deceased ; James, died in Kentucky in childhood; John R., served in the Union Army during the Civil War, and died in Barton County, Missouri, about 1906 ; Lawson, who lived to raise a family in Barton County, where he died; Isaac N., the subject of this sketch ; Marshal, who died in Ray County ; Alfred, died in 1919 at Cameron, Missouri; and Martha Jane, died in childhood.

Isaac Newton Whitaker came to Harrison County in 1881. He bought his present farm of 200 acres two miles south of Bethany from Colonel Robinson in 1894. This is a good stock farm, with a nice residence, plenty of shade trees, and good farm buildings. Mr. Whitaker does very little farming himself.

Mr. Whitaker was married in Ray County in 1872 to Virginia Fravel, a daughter of William and Sarah Jane (Perry) Fravel, of Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Fravel came to Missouri from Virginia in 1869 and settled in Ray County, where they both died, he at the age of fifty-five, and she at the age of forty-six. They are buried in Hickory Grove Cemeitery, Ray County.

ing the home place ; and Henry Clay, who married Ethel Hall, a daughter of William H. Hall, living in Bethany Township. To Henry Clay and Ethel (Hall) Whitaker the following children have been born: Russell, Virgil, Jewel Fern, Mabel, Raymond, Robert, Carlee, Alice and Mary Virginia.

Mr. Whitaker has served as a member of the Board of Education m his district. He is a member of the County Farm Bureau and is one of the substantial citizens of the county.

Jonathan G. E. Hinkle, well known doctor of dental surgery of Bethany, Missouri, was born in Bloomington Township, Decatur County, Iowa, June 17, 1883, the son of Michael L. and Lydia A. (Emmons) Hinkle, both now living in Ridgeway, Missouri.

Michael Hinkle was born in Mercer County, Illinois, in 1848, and his wife was born in Indiana in 1856. Michael L. Hinkle came to Missouri with his father in 1852. They settled near New Benda, Iowa, when the Indians were still there. His father, Colonel G. M. Hinkle, was a Civil War veteran. To Michael L. and Lydia A. (Emmons) Hinkle the following children were born: Zenos H., now a resident of Clio, Iowa; Mary L., the widow of J. R. Bowman, of Lamoni, Iowa ; Jonathan G. E., the subject of this review; Doctor V. V., living in Ridgeway, Missouri; and Quincy E., now a resident of Clio, Iowa.

Jonathan G. E. Hinkle was educated in the rural schools of Mercer County, the Pleasanton, Iowa, High School and Graceland College at Lamoni, Iowa. He entered the Dental College at the State University of Iowa and graduated with the degree of D. D. S., June 16, 1909. He located in Hatfield, Harrison County, Missouri, and remained in that place for eighteen months. In the fall of 1910 he went to New Hampton, Missouri, and after practicing there for four years he moved, in April, 1914, to Bethany, Missouri, where he has since practiced. Doctor Hinkle specializes in the treatment of pyorrhea alveolaris and is vi'inning a wide reputation for his success in the treatment and cure of this disease. Doctor Hinkle has invented a machine for the administering of anesthetic gases derived from a cold liquid solution. He is known throughout the county as a progressive and scientific exponent of dental surgery.

Doctor Hinkle was married June 14, 1909, to Florence Pearl Switzer, of Lamoni, Iowa. They have had two children: Hugh Hale, who died September 20, 1917, when nearly seven years old, and Roy Luveme, now eight years of age.

Mrs. Hinkle is the daughter of Wilham G. and Clara L. (Hale) Svvitzer. Her father was a noted musician and Mrs. Hinkle studied with him for years. Later she was a student for two years of Professor Stouver, of Kansas City, Missouri. Mrs. Hinkle has a music studio in Bethany and is a teacher of wide and favorable reputation. She is the organist at the Christian Church.

Doctor Hinkle is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows ; the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons ; the Woodmen of the World ; the Modern Woodmen of America; and the Knights of Pythias Lodges. He is a member of the Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints, but works in connection with all the churches in his town. He is an active scout master and has done excellent work in the Boy Scout movement. In 1912 Doctor Hinkle made the race for representative of his district in the Republican primaries. While at New Hampton he organized the Coal and Mineral Company, which company leased land and drilled until coal was found. Doctor Hinkle also originated the idea of the New Hampton Fair. Since coming to Bethany he has been connected with the Building and Loan Association. His energy, progressive ideas, and his marked ability in organization make Doctor Hinkle's services invaluable to his community. His fellow townsmen justly rank him as a reliable citizen who can always be depended upon to promote the civic welfare.

George W. Selby, a well known and highly respected citizen of Bethany, Missouri, was born in Decatur, County, Indiana, the son of William M. and Martha J. (Flint) Selby. Mr. and Mrs. William M. Selby were married in Indiana and came to Harrison County in 1841, and settled in Sherman Township, four miles east of the present site of Bethany. William Selby owned between 300 and 400 acres of land at the time of his death, August 28, 1900, at the age of eighty-one years. His wife died when forty-four years of age, and both are buried in Antioch Cemetery. When William M. Selby made the trip here from Indiana, he was accompanied by Dave Terry, each furnishing a horse to make the team they drove. Mr. Selby built a cabin, 14x16 feet, in dimensions with joist across, pole roof and covered with clapboards, weighted down. His family were forced to go without shoes for a winter or two until John S. Allen made shoes for them.

Mr. And Jfrs. George W. Selby

on his farm in Sherman Township; J. P., Thomas J., who died on the home farm; John F., who died in Bethany Township; Jesse, deceased; and Rachel, who married Leonard Nichols, now deceased, and who lives on the home place.

George W. Selby owns seventy- two acres of land adjoining the home place in Sherman Township, where he made his home until 1918, when he and his wife moved to Bethany, where they and their son, James Franklin, are living together.

George W. Selby was married in 1862, to Martha J. Buck, a daughter of Bethuel and Mary Buck, who were among the earHest settlers of Bethany Township. Mrs. Selby was born in Tennessee, and came with her parents to this county, about 1842, and her parents died here and are buried in Miriam Cemetery.

Mr. and Mrs. George W. Selby are the parents of four children: William B. of Butler Township, who married Mary A. Alley of Ponca City, Oklahoma; Mary C, the wife of George W. Hammons of Bethany, Missouri ; James Franklin, who has been a city mail carrier for the past three years in Bethany; and Emma Mabel, the wife of W. A. Wethered, of Bethany.

The grandchildren of Mr. and Mrs. Selby are: George, William and Raymond Selby; Alma Selby, wife Raymond Trimm of McFall, Missouri; Edgar Selby, Arthur W. Hammons, Lenore Wells of Kansas City, Missouri, Lester Wayne Selby, May Illeene Wethered. They have two great grandchildren: Raymond L. Trimm, and Norman Keefe Selby.

During the Civil War, George W. Selby, enlisted in 1863, at Bethany, Missouri, under Captain Sutton of the 4.3rd Missouri Cavalry. Part of the time he was in camp at Weston, Missouri, and the Company was at Platte City, and St. Joseph, Missouri. He was mustei-ed out at Albany, Missouri, after six months service.

James Franklin Selby, city mail carrier of Bethany, was born July 1, 1880, and educated in the schools of the county, and attended Bethany High School for two years. After finishing his education, he engaged in farming on the home place in Sherman Township until October 2, 1918, when he was appointed to his present position. He was married August 20, 1905 to Bessie Lillian Vanderpool, a daughter of B. P. and Catherine Vanderpool of Giiman City, Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. Selby have a son, Lester Wayne, born June 28, 1906.

Lieutenant Lawrence M. Crossan, one of the popular members of the Crossan Motor Company, was born in Bethany, Missouri, October 29, 1889, the son of Edwin M. and Daisy G. (Miner) Crossan. Edwin M. Crossan died in 1917 and is buried in Miriam Cemetery. His widow lives in Bethany.

Lawrence M. Crossan was educated in the public schools of his home town, graduating from the Bethany High School in 1907. He was in the lumber business for a while, but after the United States entered the World War he enlisted in the army in March, 1918. He was sent at once to Camp Funston, where he was with the Construction Division, and where he was appointed second lieutenant, September 18, 1918. He was mustered out of service April 5, 1919, and returned to Bethany. He has been interested in the lumber business and is the secretary of the Miner-Frees Lumber Company. He is also a partner in the Crossan Motor Company, a sketch of which appears in connection with the biography of A. C. Flint, Mr. Crossan's partner in the motor company.

Mr. Crossan was married to Edith M. Switzer, of Ridgeway, Missouri, a daughter of Charles Switzer, of that place. They have two children: Richai'd and Catherine.

Mr. Crossan is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons and of the American Legion at Bethany. Mr. Crossan has been a successful young business man and well deserves the excellent reputation which he has in his community.

The Butler Pharmacy, a successfully conducted business located on the south side of the City Square, was started in 1918 by the present proprietor, Mark Butler.

Mark Butler was born in Bethany, Missouri, February 15, 1884. the son of Oscar and Clarabelle (Allen) Butler. Mrs. Butler was a daughter of Robinson and Nancy (Tucker) Allen, who were among the early pioneer settlers of Harrison County. They both died here and are buried in Miriam Cemetery. Oscar Butler was the son of Asa Butler, also a pioneer settler in Harrison County. Asa Butler, a farmer in Cypress Township, came here in 1839 and was the first man in ihe county to put a shingle roof on his house and to install glass window lights. He was a member of the first county court ever held in the county, and throughout his life was a factor in the progress of his community. He was buried on the old home place which is now owned by his grandson. Asa Butler's son, Oscar, was born in Cypress Township and was reared on his father's farm. He was a teacher and combined with his teaching the study of law, later becoming an attorney in Bethany. At the time of his death at the age of thirty-five in 1886 he was the Harrison County attoraey. His wife died in 1885.

Mark Butler, the only child of Oscar and Clarabelle (Allen) Butler, received his education in the public schools, graduating from the Bethany High School. He worked in a drug store, first with Dr. F. G. Smith, later buying an interest in a drug store with F. W. Sherer. This finn, under the name of Sherer and Butler, continued to do business for ten and onehalf years. Three years ago Mr. Butler started the business of the Butler Pharmacy, in which he has been very successful.

Mark Butler was married the first time in 1893 to Claudie Flint, a daughter of A. H. and Ida Flint, of Bethany, Missouri. His second marriage in 1911 was to Goldie L. Flint, a sister of Claudie (Flint) Butler. To Mark and Goldie L. (Flint) Butler one child has been born, a daughter, Ruth Ida.

Mr. Butler is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Bethany. His honest business methods and his friendly attitude have won him a high place in the esteem of his fellow citizens.

Hon. F. J. Hesseltine, who has served his county four terms as its efficient representative in the Missouri Legislature, was born near Martinsville, Missouri, August 9, 1860, the son of H. F. and Mai-y E. (Cranmer) Hesseltine.

H. F. Hesseltine was born in Vermont in 1824 and came to Harrison County, Missouri, in 1854. He entered forty acres of land and bought another 160 acres in Dallas Township. He was one of the oldest pioneers of the county and was one of the leading citizens of his day. He filled the office of justice of the peace for several years and, in 1872, he made the race for the nomination of county judge. His wife, Mary E. (Cranmer) Hesseltine, was born in Marion County, Ohio, in 1833. She was the first registered woman physician in Hamson County, where she practiced between thirty and forty years. Mr. Hesseltine died in 1902 and his wife died in 1904. They are buried in Kidwell Cemetery .

To H. F. and Mary E. (Cranmer) Hesseltine the following children were born: Andrew, now a retired farmer, living in Worth, Missouri ; John, who died in the State of Washington; F. J., the subject of this sketch; Sarah, who married Augustin Tilley and is now deceased ; and Frank, last heard of in Virginia.

F. J. Hesseltine was educated in the public school of Martinsville and in Normal College at Shenandoah, Iowa. He taught school and farmed for seven years. He then devoted his time to farming for several years and now writes insurance, besides his other business interests and his work as representative of Harrison County. He has two farms, one in White Oak Township and one near Martinsville. Mr. Hesseltine is a director of the Farmers Bank of New Hampton, and of the Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Harrison County.

F. J. Hesseltine was married August 27 1891, to Mary E. Christie, of Watkins, Missouri. Her father was Rev. J. B. Christie, a Baptist minister, now deceased. Her mother died in 1918. Mrs. Hesseltine and a daughter, Mrs. Eva Lawson, died with the influenza; Mrs. Hesseltine's death occurring in January, 1919, and her daughter's death occurring in February, 1919.

To F. J. and Mary E. (Christie) Hesseltine the following children were born: Eva, who married Nat Lawson and whose death is noted above ; Grace, a clerk in the fifty-first session of the Missouri Legislature, married J. E. Sieber, cashier of bank of Ohioma, Nebraska; Carter C, formerly a page in the Missouri Legislature, married Bertha Clark and living in New Hampton; and Theodore, a student in the New Hampton High School, from which he will graduate in 1922. Mrs. Eva (Hesseltine) Lawson had one son, Morris, who is in Penalosa, Kansas.

Mr. Hesseltine is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Bethany and of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. Mr. Hesseltine was a justice of the peace in Butler Township and a member of the township board for several years. In 1898 he, with nine other men, made a race for the nomination of county clerk. This was the race which resulted in the nomination of Frank Town. In 1906 Mr. Hesseltine was elected representative from Harrison County and in 1908 and again in 1910 this honor was bestowed upon him by his county. In 1911 he moved to New Hampton and devoted his time to business interests but in 1920 Harrison County again called him into service and he was elected representative for the fourth time by a majority of about 2,500 votes. The various offices which he has filled indicate the high esteem in which he is held by his fellow citizens. His popularity is well merited, coming as a result of his integrity in business and his progressive ideas in legislation.

W. J. Ebersole, successful elevator and mill owner at New Hampton, Missouri, was bom two miles west of Martinsville, August 29, 1878, the son of Cornelius and Eliza (Ralph) Ebersole.