Henry County, Missouri - Biographical sketches, 1919 (part 1 of 17)

Biographical sketches

William F. Crome. - (Personal achievement of moment and consequence to the community in which the individual under review has succeeded in his life work is deserving of more than casual mention. The late William F. Crome, founder of the William F. Crome and Company, wholesale grocery company, of Clinton, Missouri, was a pioneer in his line of endeavor, and succeeded in establishing a wholesale business in Clinton when the undertaking was looked upon as of doubtful success by others of the business world. He established one of the first wholesale grocery concerns in western Missouri and did more than any other Clinton citizen in placing Clinton in the front rank of Missouri commercial towns. For a quarter of a century he contributed to the commercial development of Clinton and western Missouri. As far back as 1887, at a time when it was generally considered impracticable, if not imposible, to establish a wholesale grocery house in Clinton, Mr. Crome came here and placed in operation a branch house of the Fink and Nasse Wholesale Grocery Company of St. Louis. He began the business here under the name of William F. Crome and Company and his sons are at this day proprietors of the business which he founded and are operating successfully under the original title of the concern. Nearly a third of a century of square dealing has made the name of William F. Crome and Company the leading one in the wholesale grocery world of this section of Missouri.

William F. Crome was born in Germany in 1853. When sixteen years of age he immigrated to America, without money or even influential friends to assist him in the upward climb to prosperous well being which became his after years of patient endeavor. He came to this country im- bued with the idea of making his fortune and was able and wilhng to perform any honest labor of which he was capable. He first located in Kentucky and from there went to Nashville, Tennessee, where he obtained employment in an eating place - a position which was no sinecure in those early days and requiring the hardest kind of labor. From Nashville he went to Decatur, an inland Missouri town, where he was employed as general assistant in a flouring mill and a general store. It was here that he secured his first experience in handling retail merchandise and gained an experience in business which was valuable to him in later years. His next move was to Bunker Hill, Kansas, where he operated a general store. Not long afterward he went to St. Louis and was married, shortly afterward returning to Bunker Hill with the intention of remaining there in business for himself. He soon sold out his interests in Kansas and, going to St. Louis, became connected with the firm of Fink and Nasse. Attaining a partnership in this concern, he remained in St. Louis until 1887, when he came to Clinton and established the wholesale grocery business which still bears his name and is operated by his sons. This was the first wholesale grocery business established in Henry County and is the leading one, covering a broad scope of territory in western Missouri.

The trade of this establishment covers a radius of about fifty miles of prosperous territory around Clinton, and everything usually found in a first-class, well-equipped wholesale grocery house can be had at short notice from the William F. Crome and Company. The reputation and high standing of this institution has been builded upon the twin precepts of success - quality and service.

William F. Crome departed this life January 12, 1910 at his home in Clinton. He was in active management of his immense business until his health began to fail him. During his long years of residence in Clinton he took an active part in the upbuilding of the city and its development, contributing probably more than any other citizen of his day to the devolpment of this city and through his business, giving the city a wide advertisement as a trade center. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church and lived a clean and upright life, being ever ready to contribute liberally to worthy religious and charitable enterprises. For a number of years he was a member of the Clinton school board and took an active and influential interest in educational matters until compelled to resign from the board on account of failing health.

Mr. Crome was married in 1882 to Miss Julia Fink, of St. Louis. Mrs. Julia (Fink) Crome is the daughter of Conrad Fink, a man who had a remarkable business career and during his time was one of the captains of industry of St. Louis. Mr. Fink began his career as a steamboat captain on the Mississippi River and became the owner of a fleet of boats plying that waterway in the days when the Mississippi was the great artery of commerce through the western and central sections of the country. He commanded the first boat to reach Memphis, flying the Union flag during the Civil War. After the war he engaged in the milling business in St. Louis and amassed a fortune. Later, he engaged in the wholesale grocery business there and amassed another fortune. Mr. Fink died at Ashville, North Carolina, while sojourning there for his health.

To William F. and Julia (Fink) Crome were born five children: Carl A., William F., Robert, Conrad E., and Alice. William F., Conrad E., and Carl A., are now the owners and active managers of the business founded by their father, and which is carried on under the name of William F. Crome and Company. All are well educated and received a thorough training in the business under their capable and successful father and are enterprising and worthy citizens of the city of their birth and rearing. The sons of William F. Crome were all educated in the Culver Military Academy of Indiana, and are aflSliated fraternally with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and are Knights Templars and members of the Mystic Shrine. The Crome Brothers represent a high type of progressive business men and good citizenship, being ever ready and liberal in their contributions and support of worthy local enterprises. Carl A. Crome married Miss Helen Mitchell of Clinton, and has one child, Helen Elizabeth. Miss Alice Crome resides with her mother in Clinton. William F. Crome was married in July, 1918, to Miss Cory McConnell of Clinton. Conrad F. Crome was born August 5, 1892, is an enlisted officer in the National Army of the United States, was graduated from the Second Officers' Training Camp at Fort Sheridan, August 28, 1917, and is now serving as captain with the 305th Supply Train, with the American Field Army at the western front in France.

Charles Houston Whitaker, owner and editor of the Clinton daily and weekly "Democrat," was born in Savannah, Missouri, February 22, 1862, his parents being Charles Houston and Mary Elizabeth (Selecman) Whita- ker. He pursued his education in the schools of Macomb, Illinois, where he completed the high school course. His boyhood and youth were passed in Macomb and his initial training in newspaper work came to him in the office of his father, who was then owner and publisher of the Macomb "Eagle." Mr. Whitaker has been a resident of Clinton since 1894. He has made the "Democrat" both a mirror and molder of public opinion, utilizing the most progressive methods of modern journalism in the publication of his paper, which in both the daily and weekly editions now has a wide circulation. The name indicates the political complexion of the paper and its editor, who has always been a stalwart advocate of Democratic principles, content, however, to support the party as a private citizen rather than seek the rewards of office in recognition of party fealty.

On the seventh of October, 1891, in Galesburg, Illinois, Mr. Whitaker was united in marriage to Miss Ella May Martin, a daughter of T. B. Martin, of Galesburg. They now have three children : Helen Elizabeth, Charles Houston and Marian Frances. Mr. Whitaker belongs to the Masonic fraternity, the Modern Woodmen of America and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, being exalted ruler of Clinton Lodge, No. 1034, in the years 1913-14. In private life as well as through his journalistic connections he stands for progressiveness in citizenship and for civic betterment and has made the "Democrat" a power for good along those lines.

Clay Adair, the well known postmaster of Clinton, Missouri, is a descendant of pioneer Missouri families on both the maternal and paternal sides. Mr. Adair was born in Fayette County, Texas, August 24, 1869, a son of Joseph and Margaret (Payne) Adair, both natives of Missouri, born at Independence. Joseph Adair was the first male white child born in Independence. He grew to manhood in Jackson County, and when gold was discovered in California in 1849 he made the trip via the overland route with Upton Hayes. After remaining on the coast for two years he returned by way of the Isthmus of Panama in 1851. In 1855 he went to Texas, where he was residing when the Civil War broke out. He enlisted in the Confederate army and after serving two years was discharged. His service was under General Myers. He died in 1904 and his wife died March 13, 1901, and their remains are interred in the Englewood Cemetery in Clinton. Margaret (Payne) Adair was a daughter of A. J. Payne, a pioneer of Independence, Missouri. He died in that locality and later his family started for California and the mother died on the way.

children, Thomas, deceased ; John, deceased ; Mrs. Mary Wellborn, Chickasha, Oklahoma ; A. J. Adair, deceased ; Joseph D., deceased ; Isaac, resides in Clinton, Missouri; Clay, the subject of this sketch; Mrs. Maggie Chapman, deceased ; Mrs. Frank Taylor, El Keno, Oklahoma, and Mrs. Ray Wade, Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Clay Adair was reared in Texas and educated in the district schools and Ad Ran College at Thorpe Springs, Texas. In early life he was engaged in the cattle business in western Texas, where he remained until 1888. The family then returned to Henry County, Missouri, and settled on a farm near Calhoun. Here Mr. Adair was engaged in general farming and stock raising until 1896, when he came to Clinton and engaged in the livery business. Two years later he was appointed deputy recorder of deeds for the county and at the death of William Duncan, Mr. Adair was appointed to serve the unexpired term by Governor Dockerty. In 1904 Mr. Adair was elected county treasurer of Henry County, and served one term of two years. He then accepted a position to serve as farm loan examiner for the Prudential Insurance Company, and on March 19, 1914, he was appointed postmaster of Clinton, Missouri, by President Wilson, and reappointed to that office at the expiration of his first term in 1918.

November 22, 1892, Mr. Adair was united in man-iage with Miss Ollie M. Gutridge of Calhoun, Missouri. She is a daughter of John W. and Elizabeth (Pigg) Gutridge, one of the very early pioneer families of Henry County. A more complete history of the Gutridge family is given elsewhere in this volume. To Mr. and Mrs. Adair have been born three children: Eugene D., now serving as deputy circuit clerk of Henry County; Louise N., married T. L. Francisco, Clinton, Missouri, and Mary Margaret, who resides at home with her parents.

Mr. Adair is one of Henry County's foremost citizens and a capable and efficient public official. He has ever been true to any public trust delegated to him. He is public spirited and takes a keen interest in all matters pertaining to the betterment and upbuilding of the county and its institutions.

Peyton A. Parks. - The name of Parks figures prominently in connection with the history of the courts in Henry County and Peyton A. Parks is today one of the distinguished members of the bar of Henry County. He was born in this county, August 22, 1855, a son of James and Mary (Allen) Parks. His paternal grandfather was one of Missouri's honored pioneer settlers and laid out and founded the city of Clinton. He was licensed to practice law in Kentucky in 1823 and became one of the early and prominent members of the Missouri bar, displaying notable ability in the trial of cases and the handling of important litigated interests entrusted to his care. The name of Parks has for eighty years been closely associated with the history of Henry County and has ever been a synonym for progressiveness and public-spirited citizenship. James Parks, father of Peyton A. Parks, was born near Stanford, Lincoln County, Kentucky, October 23, 1827. In early life he devoted his attention to farming and school teaching. He accompanied his parents on their removal to Cooper County, Missouri, in 1827, and to Henry County in 1834 so that he here practically spent his entire life. In 1860 he was elected county assessor and made a creditable record in that capacity. Subsequently other official honors were conferred upon him. He became circuit clerk and recorder of deeds and while thus engaged his interest in the law led him to take up the study of the principles of jurisprudence and he was admitted to the bar. He then entered upon active practice as a member of the firm of R. Allen & Company and following the withdrawal of Mr. Allen, Judge Gantt joined Mr. Parks in a partnership, and with the addition of a third member, William T. Thornton, the firm style of Parks, Thornton & Gantt was assumed. That relation continued until Mr. Thornton was appointed governor of the territory of New Mexico by President Cleveland, and Judge Gantt went upon the circuit bench. Mr. Parks was joined by his son Peyton in 1880 and they continued together in the practice of law until the father retired because of old age. He was probate judge for twenty years and was long accounted one of the foremost members of the bar in his section of the State. He held to the highest ideals of the profession and the thoroughness and care with which he prepared his cases and the clearness, force and logic with which he presented his cause before the courts made him notably successful. He died June 26, 1904, honored and respected by all who knew him. For about three years he had survived his wife, who passed away July 2, 1901.

Peyton A. Parks was the only son in a family of six children. He attended both public and pi'ivate schools of Clinton and when twenty years of age began teaching, remaining as principal of the Montrose schools for three and a half years. In the meantime he took up the study of law, to which he devoted his leisure hours, and following his admission to the bar he entered upon active practice in connection with his father. He has since continued as a general practitioner and devotes his entire time to his professional duties. Four generations of the Parks family have been connected with the legal profession in Clinton, for Peyton A. Parks is now associated with his only son, James A. They have one of the best equipped and most complete law offices to be found outside of the large cities. They occupy a suite of rooms in a two story building which they erected. The lower floor is divided into two large general offices, separated only by a broad archway and grille work. In the rear of these are the private offices. The walls are lined with long cases filled with works on law. The upper floor consists of one large room, richly carpeted, and at each end of the room is a long council table. In this room the four walls are completely lined with continuous shelves of books rising from the floor to more than three-fourths the height of the wall. Above the cases on one side of the room are enlarged pictures of the father and grandfather of Peyton A. Parks and also of his maternal grandfather, while the other four walls are adorned with pictures of well known statesmen and eminent men. With the contents of an extensive library Peyton A. Parks is largely familiar. He is a constant student of the law and seems never at a loss for principle or precedent to cite in proof of the correctness of his position.

On the twenty-first of September, 1882, Mr. Parks was married to Miss Mary E. Gathright, who was bom in Callaway County, Missouri, a daughter of James and Hester E. (Shackleford) Gathright, both of whom were natives of Virginia and at an early day went to Callaway County. The father engaged in farming, but afterward turned his attention to merchandising in Henry County, although death soon terminated his business career in the latter county. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Parks was born a son, James A., whose natal day was October 13, 1883. He is now associated with his father in law practice. He married Miss Lizzie Wallis, and they have one child, Frances, born August 16, 1913. James A. Parks devotes his entire time to his professional duties. Both father and son arc members of the Masonic fraternity and hold membership with the Modern Woodmen and with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. Peyton A. Parks as well as the junior member gives his political allegiance the Democratic party and always keeps well informed on the questions and issues of the day. He was county school commissioner when engaged in teaching from 1879 to 1881 and also a member of the State tax commission under Governor Dockery. Both father and son have been very active in all patriotic lines and war activities. The former has been and is vice-chairman of the Red Cross in Henry County, speaking and organizing on that line. For the past twenty-six years, or from 1892, Mr. Parks has been chairman of the sixth congressional committee. Mr. Peyton Parks and his wife are members of the Baptist Church and their social position is one of well deserved prominence. Theirs is a hospitable home and its good cheer is enjoyed by a constantly increasing circle of friends. A lifelong resident of Henry County, Peyton A. Parks has made an honorable record, following in the footsteps of father and grandfather and carrying on the work which was instituted by them in behalf of city and county. No history of this section would be considered complete without extended mention of the Parks family, so active have they been in support of all that pertains to the welfare, progress and improvement of this section of the State.

J. W. Penland, one of Henry County's most successful men and a member of a pioneer family of this section of Missouri, is a native of Tennessee. He was born in Cox County, Tennessee, August 23, 1843, a son of Aaron and Catherine (Phillips) Penland, the former a native of Tennessee and the latter of South Carolina. Aaron Penland came to Missouri with his family in 1871, and settled in Henry County on the Grand River, west of Clinton. Here he followed farming during the remainder of his life. He died in 1885, and his wife departed this life in 1893. They were the parents of six children, as follow: S. K., Clinton, Missouri; J. W. the subject of this sketch; Jane, now Mrs. Bryant, Galena, Kansas; Edna Langley, now deceased; Mrs. Maggie Stephens, Galena, Kansas, and A. G., deceased.

In early life J. W. Penland worked by the month as a farm laborer. When he came to Henry County he had saved about $1,000, and he deposited $600 of that in a bank which failed a short time afterward. He then went to work on the construction of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroad and when the I'oad began to be operated he took charge of the Grand River pumping station, which furnished water to the tank there to supply the locomotives with water. At first the water was pumped by hand, which task Mr. Penland performed with the assistance of another man. Later improved machinery was installed, which consisted of horse power. This continued to be the method of pumping until the water tank was removed to Deepwater, where a steam pump was installed. Mr. Penland was in the employ of the railroad company eleven years in all.

John W. Penland

while in the employ of the railroad company he not only purchased two hundred acres of land, but loaned considerable money, and during his entire business career in Henry County has loaned large sums of money. He was engaged in farming for ten years and in 1894 came to Clinton, where he has since made his home, and during that time has carried on an extensive loan business. During his time he has owned a great deal of land in Henry County and has bought and sold several hundred acres in the course of his various transactions. He is one of Henry County's substantial citizens and has accumulated a comfortable fortune. He has invested $14,000 in Liberty Bonds.

Mr. Penland was united in marriage in 1881 to Miss Anna Potter, a native of Indiana. She departed this life January 12, 1912. No children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Penland. Mr. Penland has been a life long Democrat and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He has seen much of the development of Henry County and in its upbuilding has contributed his part. He is public spirited and has ever co-operated with any movement for the betterment of Clinton and Henry County.

W. T. Runner, the well known and popular sheriff of Henry County, is a native of Illinois. He was born in Peru, Illinois, November 20, 1865, and is a son of William and Helen (Epperson) Runner, the former a native of that part of Virginia which is now West Virginia and the latter of Missouri.

The Runner family were early settlers in western Missouri. Michael Runner, grandfather of Sheriff Runner, settled in Post Oak township, Johnson County, on Mineral Creek several years prior to the Civil War. He was a Virginian and came to this State with his family and followed farming in Johnson County until his death. He was a victim of bushwhackers during the days of the border war. He was an old man at the time when the Civil War broke out, and on account of his advanced age, he believed that he would be unharmed and remained on his place, but subsequent events proved that he was mistaken, for his blood-thirsty assassins were no respecters of gray hairs. They murdered him the next day after they had murdered his son, Isaac, who was a cripple, having lost a leg in an accident some years previous. The father and son were killed while they with the assistance of their women folks were preparing for the burial of an uncle of Sheriff Runner, a brother of his father, whom the bushwhackers had previously killed. After murdering the three members of the family, the marauders robbed the house of everything of value and took the horses with them. Sheriff Runner's grandmother spent her hfe on the old home place in Johnson County, which is still owned by her descendants.

William Runner, father of Sheriff Runner, went to Illinois, where he remained during the Civil War and at its close returned to Johnson County, where he was successfully engaged in farming and stock raising during the remainder of his life. He died January 26, 1892. His wife departed this life November 15, 1903. She was born in Pettis County, and her parents were early settlers in that section of Missouri. They were Kentuckians.

Sheriff Runner is one of a family of six children born to his parents as follows: James, Joplin, Missouri; W. T., the subject of this sketch; Walter, Memphis, Tennessee ; Joseph, died at the age of twenty-one years ; Leota, now the wife of Thomas Garnett, a railroad contractor residing at Lake Charles, Louisiana, and Maud, the wife of J. B. Thompson, Lake Charles, Louisiana.

W. T. Runner was reared to manhood in Johnson County, Missouri, and reecived his education in the public schools. He followed farming there until 1889, when he came to Henry County and bought a farm in Shawnee township. Here he was engaged in farming and stock raising until 1916, when he was elected sheriff of Henry County, and since that time has resided in Clinton and devoted himself to the duties of that office. He is a capable and conscientious public official and has a broad acquaintance in Henry County and friends without number. He has a valuable farm of 160 acres in Shawnee township which he has rented since he assumed the duties of the office of sheriff. Sheriff Runner is a Democrat and has been identified with that party since boyhood.

In 1887 W. T. Runner was united in marriage with Miss Blanche Cameron, a native of Henry County, and a daughter of James Cameron, a Henry County pioneer, now deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Runner have been born three children: Rolla, now a member of the One Hundred Twentyninth Field Artillery, National Army, in service on the western front in France; Glenn, and Earl, who reside at home. Mrs. Blanche Runner, mother of the foregoing children, died in 1907. Mr. Runner married Mrs. Carrie Cochrane, a widow, in 1909. Mrs. Carrie Runner has one daughter by a former marriage, Jessie, at home.

Charles J. Keil. - Starting out in the business world at an early age, Charles J. Keil has since been dependent upon his own efforts and resources and the success which he has achieved has come to him as the direct result of his determination and energy, guided by sound judgment. He was born at Huntsville, Alabama, October 6, 1864, a son of Joseph W. and Louisa A. (Plath) Keil. The father was a native of Austria, born April 3, 1838, while the mother's birth occurred in Prussia, March 2, 1838. The father learned the jeweler's trade in his native land and when a young man came to the United States, working for a time in New York City, after which he removed to Huntsville, Alabama. There after remaining for a brief period in the employ of another he started in business on his own account. His final naturalization papers were granted him in 1866. He was married in Huntsville in 1860 and left that State in December, 1864, removing to Burlington, Iowa, but after a few months there he took up his abode in Rushville, Illinois. He had sacrificed all his property in Alabama owing to the exigencies of the war. After five years at Rushville he removed to Clinton, Missoui'i, on the tenth day of June, 1870, and engaged in the jewelry business, in which he continued until his death on the twenty-eighth of August, 1897. While his stock was at first comparatively small, he built up the largest business not only in Henry County but in his part of the State and became recognized as one of the foremost merchants of Clinton. He devoted much time to his commercial interests, but when he had leisure moments spent them in caring for his flowers. He was the possessor of the finest flower garden in this part of the State, cultivating every species and variety of flowers that could be raised in this climate. He found both pleasure and relaxation in this and his fellow townsmen pointed with pride to his beautiful gardens. Mrs. Keil still makes her home in Clinton, where she has now resided for forty-four years. They were the parents of four children.

Charles J. Keil, the third in order of birth, attended the public schools of Clinton and under his father's direction learned the jeweler's trade. He took his place behind the counter when but nine years of age. His father gave him most thorough instruction in all branches of the work. He would not allow him to take down a watch until he knew how to make every part of it. He continued in the store and eventually was admitted to partnership by his father, the relationship being thus maintained until the father's death, although for some years prior to his demise the son was in full control of the business, owing to the condition of his father's health. Charles J. Keil has devoted his entire time and attention to the store and its interests and the Keil jewelry establishment is known all over this part of Missouri. He carries one of the largest and most complete stocks outside of Kansas City and, in fact, his establishment would compare favorably with many of the leading jewelry houses of the metropolis of western Missouri. He occupies two floors of a building one hundred by twenty-two feet and the property is owned by Mr. Keil. He carries a most interesting line of both foreign and domestic manufacture and a very attractive stock of diamonds and other jewels.

In September, 1897, Mr. Keil was united in marriage to Miss Henrietta Kemper, who was born in Audrain County, Missouri, near Mexico, a daughter of Jonathan and Martha E. (Early) Kemper, who were natives of Owen County, Kentucky. The father, who was born January 2, 1826, died January 13, 1902, at the advanced age of seventy-six years. His wife was born August 13, 1849. In early life he engaged in the stock business in his native State and after removing to Missouri he continued in the same line in Audrain County, where he preempted land and developed a good farm. After residing there for a number of years he removed to Montrose, Henry County, where he continued in the same business, remaining in that locality throughout the rest of his days. His widow survives him and now makes her home in Clinton with Mr. and Mrs. Keil. A little nephew of Mrs. Keil, born in 1901, also resides with them, for, having been left an orphan when a mere child, he was adopted into their family. In politics Mr. Keil is an independent Democrat. He has filled the office of city treasurer, yet has never been a politician in the usually accepted term of office seeking. Fraternally he is connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias, the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Modern Woodmen of America and the Fraternal Aid. He is likewise a member of the Christian Church and his life, at all times honorable in its purposes, has won for him the high regard of those with whom he has been associated. Mr. Keil is a deacon in the Christian Church and is secretary and treasurer of the Henry County Board of Christian Churches, a position which he has capably filled for several years. He never fails to meet an obligation or keep an engagement, holds to the highest standards of commercial ethics and the consensus of opinion on the part of his colleagues and contemporaries places him with the leading business men and citizens of Clinton.

W. H. Hurley, president of the W. H. Hurley Grain Company of Clinton, Missouri, is one of the progressive business men of Henry County. He was born at Saukville, Wisconsin, November 8, 1873, and is a son of James and Hannah (McCarthy) Hurley, the former a native of New York and the latter of Massachusetts. They came west and settled in Wisconsin at an early day. The mother is now deceased and the father resides in Wisconsin. They were the parents of the following children: James F., Green Ridge, Missouri; Agnes, married Merton Emery, West Bend, Wisconsin; Catherine, a trained nurse in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Robert, a locomotive engineer on the Northern Pacific railway, resides at Tacoma, Washington; Frank, employed in the city treasurer's office at Seattle, Washington; Anna, the wife of Lieut. J. J. Clark, who is now in France with the National Army, and she resides at West Bend, Wisconsin, and W. H., the subject of this sketch.

W. H. Hurley was reared in Wisconsin and attended the public schools. He also took a business course in the Spencerian Business College, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He began his business career in a lumber yard at Rich Hill, Missouri, where he remained two years, and in 1897 came to Clinton, where he was engaged in the lumber business for ten years. In 1907 he engaged in the grain business at Clinton, continuing in that business under his individual name until 1916, when the W. H. Hurley Grain Company was incoi-porated and Mr. Hurley became its president. This company is one of the important commercial institutions of Clinton and Henry County. They have a large storage elevator in Clinton which is the headquarters of the company. They have an elevator at La Due also, and about twelve buying stations in various parts of the country. The main office of the company and elevator are located on Main, Grand and River streets in Clinton and they employ about eight men.

Mr. Hurley was united in marriage October 8, 1897, to Miss Winifred L. McCarty of Rich Hill, Missouri. Four children have been born to this union as follow: Jessie, a student at Loretta College, Webster Groves, Missouri ; Winifred, student in the Clinton High School ; Robert, a student in Clinton High School, and Margaret, also a student in the Clinton schools.

Mr. Hurley is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Knights of Columbus. His political affiliations are with the Democratic party, but he is inclined to be independent in politics. He is one of Clinton's substantial and progressive business men, whose contribution to the commercial importance of the town is no small factor.

L. C. Jones, the well known recorder of deeds of Henry County, is a native of Indiana. He was bom in Jennings County in 1868, a son of Louis E. and Catherine (Burns) Jones, both natives of Indiana. The Jones family is of old Virginia stock and George D. Jones, grandfather of L. C, was a Virginian, and went to Indiana from his native State at a very early day in the history of Indiana. Later, or about 1867, he went to Illinois, where he spent the remainder of his life. Louis E. Jones removed from Indiana to Illinois in 1868, and now resides near Chester, Randolph County, Illinois. Catherine (Burns) Jones is also a descendant of one of the very early pioneer families of Indiana.

L. C. Jones is one of a family of seven children born to his parents, six of whom are living as follow: E. W., Terre Haute, Indiana; I. H., Sparta, Illinois; Nellie, the wife of John Boyd, Effingham, Illinois; Ina, now the wife of John Kull, who resides in northern Indiana; Susan, the wife of Lee Nolan, Sparta, Illinois, and L. C, the subject of this sketch.

L. C. Jones was reared and educated in Illinois. He spent his boyhood days on the home farm and in 1887 came to Henry County, Missouri, where he followed farming and threshing for twenty-three years. He was engaged in the mercantile business at Quarles for eight years, although he has always been interested in farming and threshing. In 1914 he was elected recorder of Henry County and is now serving in that capacity, although he continues to reside on his home place, which is a splendid farm of 180 acres in Deer Creek township. In addition to general farming Mr. Jones is extensively engaged in raising cattle, horses and mules, and is well known as a successful breeder of pure blood Shropshire sheep.

Mr. Jones was married April 22, 1892, to Miss Lillian I. Spicer, a native of St. Louis County, Missouri. Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Jones, Luther C, Bisbee, Arizona; Grace E., Claud and Alice, who reside at home with their parents. The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and Mr. Jones is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, the Masonic Lodge and has been identified with the Democratic party since boyhood. He is one of the substantial and enterprising citizens of Henry County.

Edgar Comick, proprietor of the Clinton Green House, is one of the progressive business men of Clinton, and at the head of the oldest established green house in the county. This green house is located in the southwestern part of the city on Artesian avenue, and was established about twelve years ago. About three acres are devoted to flower and plant culture and about 6,500 square feet are under glass. Here all kinds of plants, flowers, bulbs and shrubs usually found in a modem green house are kept growing summer and winter. The plant is equipped with steam heat so that the temperature can be kept normal for plant life during the most severe winter weather. The Clinton Green House has customers covering a large scope of territory and flowers are shipped to numerous towns in the surrounding country.

Edgar Cornick was born near Ripley, Brown County, Ohio, December 1, 1874, a son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Van Landingham) Cornick. Thomas Cornick, the father, was a son of John Cornick, who came to Ohio with his parents when he was a child. He died in 1874. He was a native of Pennsylvania and a son of Thomas Cornick, who came to Ohio with his family at a very early date, before Ohio was admitted to statehood, and settled in what later became Brown County. When the Comick family crossed the Allegheny Mountains on their way to Ohio, which was then the far west, they carried their belongings on pack horses, and the subject of this sketch has heard it related by his ancestors how they carried their children in two large baskets that were suspended on either side of one of the horses, and the grandfather of Mr. Cornick of this review was one of the children that was thus carried from Pennsylvania.

Thomas Cornick, the great-grandfather of Edgar, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and spent the latter years of his life in Ohio. Thomas Cornick, the father of our subject, was a soldier in the Union army during the Civil War and served in Battery F, First Ohio Light Artillery. He enlisted when the war broke out and served until its close, and took part in several important engagements but was never wounded. Elizabeth (Van Landingham) Comick was born in Flemmingsburg, Kentucky, in 1831 and came to Ohio with her parents in 1845. She was a daughter of Manly Van Landingham. She died in 1911. Her husband departed this life in 1909.

Edgar Cornick was one of a family of six children born t'o his parents who are now living: Thomas, resides near Ripley, Ohio; Mary, married G. C. Jordan, Lavanna, Ohio; W. N., Clinton, Missouri; Ida, married W. T. Jordan, a former resident of Clinton, now residing at Lavanna, Ohio; Arthur, Clinton, Missouri, and Edgar, the subject of this sketch. Mr. Comick was reared and educated in Ohio. He first came to Missouri in 1898, and after spending about a year here retumed to Ohio and for a time was engaged in farming and later entered the shoe business. In 1913 he retumed to Missouri, and for two years was employed in the green house which he purchased in 1915, in partnership with W. T. Jordan, and later bought Mr. Jordan's interest. Mr. Comick is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America and the Woodmen of the World, and politically is identified with the Republican party, although he is inclined to be independent. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

George N. Angle. - The Angle farm in Davis township is one of the finest farms in Missouri. The home farm upon which the residence is located on a sloping hillside and overlooking a vast tract of country stretching away on every hand, consists of three hundred sixty acres. In addition to this tract another farm of ninety-five acres lies in the Grand River bottoms and is noted for its fertility. Mr. Angle has made this place his home since 1883 and has gradually built improvements until it is one of the beautiful places in Henry County. The residence of seven rooms was erected in 1903, supplanting the old house which had stood on the site for many years. On the Angle farms have been sown for this season's crops one hundred fifty-six acres of wheat, one hundred fifteen acres of oats and one hundred five acres of corn. Mr. Angle's sons are farming one hundred eighty acres of their own land and one hundred eleven acres which they are renting. The Angle farm is a very productive one, which boasts a heavy output of live stock each year. Only recently Mr. Angle has disposed of a carload of cattle and one of hogs (April, 1918). The average output of Hereford or white face cattle from the place is about one hundred five head. The yearly production of Duroc Jersey hogs is over one hundred eighty head. Fifteen head of work horses and mules are maintained on the place.

George N. Angle was born August 7, 1855, in Pike County, Missouri, and is the son of John and Sarah Elizabeth (Ferguson) Angle, who settled in Henry County in 1866.

John Angle was born in Pike County, Missouri, February 4, 1830, and died in Clinton, Missouri, November 18, 1914. He was the son of Jacob Angle, a native of Germany who emigrated to America and settled in St. Louis in 1812. Some years later he went to Pike County, Missouri, and settled on Salt River, not far from the city of Louisiana. John Angle was reared in Pike County and there married Elizabeth Ferguson, October 26, 1854. Elizabeth (Ferguson) Angle is a daughter of John and Rebecca (Stevenson) Ferguson, natives of Kentucky who were pioneer settlers of Pike County, Missouri. Mrs. Elizabeth Angle was born September 3, 1835, and is now living in Clinton, one of the oldest of the pioneer women of Henry County. The Angle family came to Henry County in 1866 and first settled a few miles northwest of Clinton and some time later settled in Davis township, where John Angle improved a splendid farm and became fairly well-to-do and highly respected. John and Elizabeth Angle were parents of eleven children, five of whom are living, as follow : George N., the subject of this review; Sarah, died in 1855; John Richard, residing in Clinton ; Harvey, deceased ; Ernest Angle, died in 1905 ; Solon, lives in Canada, and has a family of eight children; Mrs. Orpha Dooley, lives in Clinton and has a family of four children, and Daisy Jeffries, lives in Oklahoma. John Angle became owner of two hundred sixty acres of land in Davis township and resided there until he removed to Clinton, where he died four years later.

George Angle was eleven years of age when he accompanied his parents to Henry County. He received his early education in the Fields Creek school. He located in Davis township in 1879 and remained with his parents on the home farm until he was twenty-five years old. He began to make his own way when he attained his majority and has been successful from the start of his career. He purchased his first land in 1883 and with his wife's assistance and the joining of their respective capitals he became owner of one hundred twenty acres. With the exceptions of forty-seven acres, which was Mrs. Angle's by inheritance, all of the Angle lands have been purchased on time. Mr. Angle found it a good business policy to go in debt for land and make the land pay for itself with wise cultivation and good business management. His large farm of four hundred fifty-five acres is one of the best in Henry County and one of the most productive. He has deviated considerably from the old time methods of agriculture and is progressive.

March 20, 1881, the mari-iage of George N. Angle and Miss Ella Rogers was solemnized. This marriage has been blessed with the following children : Albert F., born April 20, 1882, married Miss Marie Bassaird of Sonora, California, February 12, 1918, and resides at Sonora; John Ferguson, born April 17, 1883, died at the age of twelve years; Leslie, born April 25, 1885, resides in Isabelle, South Dakota ; Bertha, bom October 4, 1887, married W. L. Coonrod in October, 1915, and lives at Carterville, Missouri; Earl, born October 30, 1889, Fairfield, Montana, married Alma Zimmerman August 20, 1917; Ralph, a farmer of Davis township, born November 11, 1891, married Clara Ogan in October, 1916; William A., bom November 19, 1893, graduated from the Clinton High School, studied at the State University and is now engaged in farming on the home place; Clarence, born January 19, 1896, enlisted in the United States Navy in December, 1917, and was located at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station, and is now a member of the crew of the United States battleship Wisconsin; Donald, born April 28, 1898, is a graduate of the Clinton High School; Mary, born February 9, 1901, is a student in the Clinton High School; Velma, born May 3, 1903, died January 4, 1905. The mother of this fine family of children was born December 2, 1860, in Henry County, and is the daughter of Thomas and Lucinda (Fletcher) Rogers, the latter of whom was born on December 4, 1831, at Lexington, Missouri, a daughter of James Fletcher, a pioneer settler of Henry County. She died in 1866. Thomas Rogers was born at Winchester, Kentucky, February 18, 1824, and died May 16, 1883. He was among the earliest of the Henry County pioneers and established one of the first stores in Clinton. He was the first postmaster of Clinton and came from Kentucky to Henry County in the late thirties. His wife was the first to be buried in the old Clinton Cemetery. After her mother's death, Mrs. Angle was reared by her aunt, Mrs. Jane Trotter of Carrollton, Missouri.

Mr. Angle is a Republican and he has generally taken an active and influential interest in civic matters in his home township. For over thirty-one years he has been school trustee. He and Mrs. Angle and their children are members of the Mt. Carmel Presbyterian Church. Mr. Angle is affiliated with the Modern Woodmen of America. He is a charter member of the Mt. Carmel Presbyterian Church and has served as an elder for thirty years and has been Sunday school superintendent for past thirty years.

Capt. W. F. Carter, a Civil War veteran, now engaged in the real estate, loan and insurance business at Clinton, comes of a long line of good old Southern stock and is one of the representative pioneers of Henry County. Captain Carter was boi-n in St. Clair County, Missouri, March 4, 1843, Osceola being his native town. He is a son of William F. and Eliza A. (Conn) Carter. The father was a native of Culpeper County, Virginia, and was a member of the "first families of Virginia." Anna Hill Carter, of Shirley, Virginia, a close relative of William F. Carter, was the wife of Gen. Robert E. Lee, and this branch of the Carters trace their lineage back to Robert Carter, who was the agent of Lord Fairfax, and he was a conspicuous figure in the colony of Virginia prior to the Revolutionary War and a very wealthy man.

William F. Carter, the father of Captain Carter, the subject of this review, was at General Washington's funeral, but was a baby in his mother's arms. He grew to manhood in Virginia and became very wealthy, at one time owning 8,500 acres of land, which was located in Kentucky. Later he removed to Missouri and bought what was known as the "two mile farm" near St. Louis. He went to St. Clair County about 1842, and was engaged in farming the balance of his life. He was a thorough scholar and was a graduate from the law department of the University of Virginia, taking his degree from that institution when he was eighteen years of age. He was a fine Latin and Greek scholar and an accomplished gentleman of the old school and a great enthusiast in educational matters. He died at the age of sixty-two years. He was related to the Washington family in the following manner: George Washington's sister, Bettie, married Col. Fielding Lewis, Washington's aide-de-camp. To this union was bom one daughter, Bettie, who married Charles Carter, and Charles Carter and Bettie Lewis were the parents of W. F. Carter, Captain Carter's father. Eliza A. Conn, Captain Carter's mother, was bom at White Sulphur Springs, Kentucky. She was a daughter of Colonel Conn, who was the owTier of White Sulphur Springs. She died in 1872.

Captain Carter is the only living member of the children born to his parents. When a youth he attended the public schools at Osceola, Missouri, and was prepared for college under the preceptorship of his father. He was a student in the University of Missouri when the Civil War broke out. In April, 1861, at the first call to arms, he enlisted in the Confederate cavalry service and later was transferred to the infantry, serving as second lieutenant in the Ninth Missouri Infantry, and practically had command of Company A most of the time. He participated in many important engagements but was never wounded, sick nor taken prisoner. He was of the cheerful type of soldier, never seeing the discouraging nor gloomy side of life, even in the most trying hours. He won the reputation of being the j oiliest soldier in his regiment. During his term of service he was with his command in Missouri, Arkansas, Texas and Louisiana, and served four years, two months and ten days. As a soldier his fidelity to duty never ceased and his service never ended until the principles for which he fought were hopelessly inscribed, "the lost cause."

At the close of the war Captain Carter returned to Missouri, and located at Sedalia. In 1868 he came to Henry County and engaged in the mercantile business at Montrose Here he prospered and built up a large business establishment, but in 1876 he met with a severe financial loss, his business being destroyed by fire. He was then elected county treasurer of Henry County and moved to Clinton. After the expiration of his term of office he was employed as clerk in Sammons & Sammons Bank until that institution failed. In 1905 he engaged in real estate, insurance and loan business, in which he is still engaged. In 1915 he was elected collector of Clinton township and re-elected at the expiration of his first term, serving until 1918.

Captain Carter was married September 2, 1869, to Miss Frances Vickars, a native of Missouri, of Virginia parentage. To this union was born seven children, four of whom are living: Fanny, wife of Frank S. Callaway, Kansas City ; Jennie Washington, married Ed Covington, Deepwater, Missouri ; Frank, proprietor of the Troy Laundry, Clinton ; Stephen v., engaged in Government service at Tacoma, Washington. The mother of these children died in 1887 and in 1895 Captain Carter was united in marriage with Miss Jennie Kennedy, who had been a teacher in the Clinton public schools for a number of years prior to her marriage.

Captain Carter has been a Mason for fifty-three years, and is a Knights Templar. He has been a lifelong Democrat and is a member of the Methodist Church, South. He is well known in Henry County and in this section of Missouri, and no man stands higher in the estimation of his fellow citizens than Captain Carter.

Dr. Bernice B. Barr, with thorough preparatory training in the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Baltimore and the Bellevue Medical College of New York City, entered upon the practice of his profession well equipped for the onerous duties that have devolved upon him in this connection. He was born in Benton County, Missouri, January 4, 1857, and is a son of William T. and Elizabeth M. (Wilson) Barr, who were natives of Tennessee. The father, who made farming his life work, came to Missouri in 1850, settling in Benton County, where he lived for about six years. He then removed to Henry County, establishing his home near Montrose, where he resided until 1861, when he retunied to his native State. He had a short time before entered the Confederate army under General Price and fearing to leave his family in Missouri he took them to Tennessee. There he joined the forces under Gen. John Morgan, with whom he served until Morgan was killed. Mr. Barr continued in the army until the close of the war and was never wounded, but was captured several times and released. After the war was over he engaged in farm-

Dr. Barr was the third son and the third child in a family of six children. He attended school at Gallatin, Tennessee, and, having determined upon the practice of medicine as a life work, attended the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Baltimore. He graduated from the Bellevue Medical College at New York in March, 1880, and has since taken post-graduate work, while throughout his professional career he has remained a close student of the science of medicine. Following his graduation in 1880 he began practicing at Shawnee Mound, in Henry County, where he remained for five years. He then went to Montrose, in the same county, spending eight years there. On the expiration of that period he went to Clinton, where he has since practiced continuously, devoting his entire time to his profession, the duties of, which he discharges with a sense of conscientious obligation that prompts him to put forth the best possible effort, not only to alleviate suffering, but also to promote his efficiency through further study and research. He is a member of the Henry County Medical Society, the State Medical Society and the American Medical Association, and through the meetings of those organizations keeps in touch with the trend of modern scientific thought in the field of medical and surgical practice.

On the fifteenth of September, 1881, Dr. Barr was united in marriage to Miss Maggie Squires, who was born at Calhoun, Henry County, Missouri, a daughter of Jerome B. and Cynthia (McNealey) Squires, the former a native of Calhoun and the latter of Warsaw, Benton County, Missouri. In early life the father engaged in merchandising and continued in that business until a few years prior to his death, which occurred in 1901. His wife passed away in 1906. Dr. and Mrs. Barr became the parents of four children, one of whom died when one and one-half years old. The others are: Ella Bernice, Robert W. and Herbert M. Robert was graduated from the West Point Military Academy in 1910 and remained in the army for three years when he resigned in order to look after his wife's estate. He enlisted as a volunteer in the National Army in September, 1917, was commissioned as captain and went to Fort Benjamin Harrison. In November, 1917, he was commissioned as major of artillery in the Three Hundred Forty-second Field Artillery and sent to Fort Riley December 1, 1917. Major Barr became ill on December 14, 1917, and has been seriously ill since, and is now in Colorado for his health, although still a major. He is now the owner of large landed interests near Clinton. Herbert M., residing at Kansas City, is in the employ of the wholesale jewelry house of C. B. Norton. The twin brother of Herbert died at the age above mentioned, of pneumonia.

Dr. Ban- gives his political allegiance to the Democratic party and is active in its support. He has served as county coroner and for three terms has been alderman from his ward, exercising his official prerogatives in support of many progressive public measures. He belongs to the Modern Woodmen of America and the Woodmen of the World, and his religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Presbyterian Church. Nearly his entire life has been spent in Missouri and those who know him - and he has a wide acquaintance - entertain for him warm friendship, not only because of his high professional skill, but also by reason of his many excellent traits of character and those social qualities which make for personal popularity.

Dr. Robert D. Haire, a well known and successful physician of Henry County located at Clinton, is a native of Missouri. He was born in Dade County September 22, 1855, and is a son of Samuel H. and Eliza J. (Le- Master) Hare, the former a native of Georgia and the latter of east Tennessee. They came with their respective parents to Missouri at a very early day and were among the pioneer settlers of Dade County. He was a forty- niner, making the trip to California overland during the gold excitement of 1849. After following the shifting fortunes of gold mining for three years, he returned to Missouri by way of the Isthmus of Panama. When the Civil War broke out Samuel H. Haire removed with his family to Alton, Illinois, but returned to Missouri in 1863 and settled at Smithton. He was engaged in the mercantile business, but like many others was broken up in business on account of the war. He died in California May 25, 1869, aged forty-five years and three days. His widow survived him a number of years and departed this life at Connersville, Indiana, November 18, 1906, aged eighty years.

Dr. Robert D. Haire was one of a family of five children bom to his parents as follow: N. H., was a prominent stockman at Smithton, Missouri, where he died January 26, 1916 ; Josephine, married James Layman, Smithton, Missouri, and died April 18, 1880; Dr. Robert D., the subject of this sketch ; Mary Elizabeth, the widow of Dr. S. M. Hamilton, resides at Seattle, Washington, and Charles H., assistant superintendent for Emery Bird & Thayer Company, Kansas City, Missouri.

Dr. Haire received his preliminary education in the public schools of Smithton, Missouri, and later attended Lincoln University, Lincoln, Illinois. He then entered the Missouri Medical College at St. Louis, Missouri, where he was graduated in the class of 1878 with a degree of Doctor of Medicine. He then engaged in the practice of his profession at Schell City, Missouri, and for twenty years was one of the successful physicians of that locality. In 1898 Dr. Haire came to Clinton and since that time has ranked as one of the leading physicians and surgeons of Henry County. During recent years he has confined himself largely to office work and surgery. Dr. Haire has done a great deal of post-graduate work and given much time and labor to scientific research along the lines of his chosen profession. After graduating from Missouri Medical College he later took a course in the Bellevue Hospital Medical College, where he was graduated in 1883, with a degree of Doctor of Medicine. In 1890 and 1891 he studied in Vienna, Austria, taking a general post-graduate course. In 1910 he took a special course in Berlin, Germany, and again returned to Berlin in 1913, taking special post-graduate work.

Dr. Haire was united in marriage November 17, 1892, with Miss Maud Maus, a native of Schell City, Missouri, and a daughter of. J. H. Maus, a pioneer of that section of Missouri, who is now deceased. To Dr. and Mrs. Haire have been born four children, as follow : Frances, a graduate of the Sargent School of Physical Education, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and a Clinton High School graduate, and is now instructor of physical training at Lindenwood College, Lindf nwood, Missouri ; Cornelia Carter, a graduate of the Clinton High School and Lindenwood College, and is now instructor in domestic science in the public schools of Clinton; Marian, a student in Lindenwood College, where she is specializing in music, and Robert D., Jr., a student in the Clinton grade schools.

Dr. Haire is a member of the County, State and American Medical Association and the Southern Medical Association. He is a member of the Masonic Lodge, being a Knights Templar Mason, and a member of the Mystic Shrine. He also holds membership in the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Dr. Haire not only devotes himself to a busy professional career, every minute of which is crowded with activity and responsibility, but he is also alive to the best interests of his town and county. He has served on the Clinton school board for twelve years. He and his wife have traveled a great deal. They have not only made several trips to different sections of Europe, but have also visited Alaska and the Tropics.

J. Melvin Hull. - For over half a century the Hull family have been prominent in the affairs of Henry County, and since the arrival in this county of Silas C. Hull and his family on June 29, 1866, the descendants of this pioneer have occupied useful and honorable places in the civic and agricultural life of the county.

J. Melvin Hull, assessor of Davis township, member of the County Council of Defense for his township and for many years a real leader in his community, is a worthy scion of this old family, which came to Missouri from an eastern State in time to assist in laying the foundation for the development and progress which Henry County has enjoyed during past years. J. M. Hull was bom on April 4, 1854, in Oneida County, New York, and is the son of Silas C. and Angeline P. (Linebeck) Hull. Silas C. Hull was born in 1829 and died in 1877. He was a native of New York and was a son of Nathaniel Hull, who was born and reared in Connecticut and served his country as a soldier in the War of 1812. The Hulls are descended from one of the oldest and honorable American families of Colonial ancestry. Nathaniel Hull was twice married and reared several sons. Several members of the family served in the Civil War. Angeline P. (Linebeck) Hull was born on May 7, 1829, and died on March 5, 1891. She, also, was a native of Oneida County, New York, and was a daughter of Adam Linebeck (born 1801), married Phoebe Nichols (bom 1799, died 1876), the daughter of a Hessian named Nichols, who was an aidede-camp to Gen. John Burgoyne and was present with Burgoyne at the surrender of the British Army at the battle of Saratoga during the War of the American Revolution. Mr. Nichols then made a permanent settlement in this country, like many others of his nationality. Adam Linebeck, grandfather of J. M. Hull on the matemal side, was the son of a British soldier who served under General Cornwallis, and he also settled in New York after the close of the Revolutionary War. Soon afterward the grandmother of Mrs. Phoebe Linebeck, who was a Hagedorn, came to America. During the War of 1812 the Hagedorns were robbed of a large sum of money.

Silas C. Hull left his native State of New York in the fall of 1856 and settled in De Kalb County, Illinois, where the family resided until May 27, 1866, and then started for Missouri, arriving here in the following month. Mr. Hull purchased the farm which is now owned by his son in 1868 and resided thereon until his death. Mr. Hull assisted in the organization of school district No. 68 and served as the first school trus- tee of the district. He was then elected to the office of township clerk and held this office for four years. During the Mexican War he offered his services to the Government and with his command was ready to entrain when word came that Mexico City had fallen and the war was over. The following children were bom to Silas C. Hull and wife: Herman M., a resident of Davis township, and J. Melvin, of this review. Silas C. Hull was a life long Democrat and he and his wife were devout members of the Methodist Church, always interested in religious works and ever trying to advance the educational interests of their community. They were good and faithful pioneers who left their impress for good upon the community.

J. Melvin Hull received his education in the Willow Branch school and has always been a student and reader who has kept abreast of the times. For a period of seventeen years he taught school, five years of which were spent in continuous service in his home district. While teaching his work was always within the radius of a few miles of his residence so as to enable him to remain at home with his family. He is capably farming a well improved tract of two hundred forty acres, eighty acres of which comprises his home place and one hundred sixty acres of which is his wife's inheritance. For sixteen years Mr. Hull was a successful breeder of O. I. C. hogs, a department of animal husbandry of which he has made a special and exhaustive study.

December 28, 1891, Mr. Hull was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Woodson, who was born in Walker township June 3, 1871, a daughter of Chesley G. Woodson, a pioneer resident of Henry County, concerning whose career an extensive review is given elsewhere in this volume. C. G. Woodson was born in Kentucky and migrated to Henry County, Missouri, in pioneer days with his father, Silas Woodson. He served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. The mother of Mrs. Hull was Mary Ann Harness prior to her marriage (born 1837, died 1898). Three sons and a daughter have been born to Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hull, as follow: Chesley De Loss, bom August 29, 1893, residing in Walker township with his grandfather Woodson, married Olga Robinson September 26, 1917; Orin D., bom April 10, 1895, enlisted in the National Army, now a corporal, auto mechanic in Truck Company B, 2nd Corps, Artillery Park, Camp Stewart, Newport News, Virginia; Melvin Adam, born November 9, 1897; Mary Angeline, born June 6, 1904, now attending school.

capacities. For fifteen years he served as school trustee and has ever been found in the forefront of educational affairs. He has served as assessor of Davis township ever since the township organization went into effect. During the height of the Grange movement he was active in the affairs of this organization. He and Mrs. Hull are valued and useful members of the La Due Methodist Episcopal Church, and for a period of fifteen years she served as superintendent of the La Due Methodist Sunday school. Mrs. Hull retails her membership with Stone's Chapel of the M. E. Church, South. Mr. Hull is a very useful citizen who is highly respected in Henry County and widely known among the best citizenship of the county. It is his nature to be always active in good works and he is continually being called upon to take the lead in all matters affecting the public welfare, be it religious or school work, matters affecting the township government or raising funds for charity, or spreading patriotic feeling and lining up the citizens for the purchase of Liberty Bonds for the furtherance of the Government's war program.

Dr. J. R. Wallis, a prominent physician and surgeon of Clinton, Missouri, was born at Marshfield, Missouri, January 18, 1860. He is a son of Dr. C. S. and Elizabeth (Hoover) Wallis. Dr. C. S. Wallis, the father, was a pioneer physician of Missouri and practiced his profession at Marshfield for over fifty years. He was a native of Columbia, Tennessee, and came to Missouri in 1844. He died in 1903, aged seventy-four years. His wife was a native of North Carolina. She departed this life in 1905, aged seventy-three years. They were the parents of ten children, six of whom are living as follow: Sarah Elizabeth, married Samuel N. Dickey, an attorney at law of Marshfield, Missouri; Dr. J. R., the subject of this sketch; Emma, is the widow of Emmet Ming and she now re'sides at San Antonio, Texas; Sophia, the widow of Harry Fyan, Marshfield, Missouri; Hattie, the wife of J. L. Pipkin, Marshfield, Missouri, and Dolly, the wife of W. H. McMahan, Marshfield, Missouri.

Dr. J. R. Wallis received his preparatory education in the public schools of his native town, and entered the Washington University at St. Louis, Missouri, where he was graduated with a degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1883. He then entered the Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York City, where he also was graduated with a degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1884. After practicing for one year in Marshfield, Missouri, he came to Henry County and located at La Due and after five years went to Montrose, where he was engaged in practice for fifteen years. In 1905 he removed to Clinton. Dr. Wallis' removal from La Due and Montrose by no means meant that he had given up his practice in that section of the county. He merely extended his field of operation, and since coming to Clinton he has continued to treat many of his old patients in the vicinity of La Due and Montrose.

Dr. Wallis was united in marriage in 1884 with Miss Frances Ming of Washington, Missouri. She is a daughter of Judge James N. Ming and Jemima (Osbom) Ming, both of whom are now deceased. To Dr. and Mrs. Wallis has been born one child, Elizabeth, now the wife of James Parks, a well known attorney of Clinton, who is associated with his father, Peyton Parks, in the practice of his profession.

Dr. Wallis belongs to a family notable for its great number of physicians. Not only his father, but two of his father's brothers were physicians, and a number of their sons, cousins of Dr. Wallis, are also physicians. Dr. Wallis has never ceased being a hard student of the science of his profession and has taken a number of post-graduate courses. He has done post-graduate work in the St. Louis Post-Graduate School of Medicine and has also taken a post-graduate course in the Polyclinic Medical School of New York City. He is a member of the County, State and American Medical Societies and the Southern Medical Society. He holds membership in the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and he is a member of the Methodist Church, South. He is a Democrat.

Dr. William M. Marseilles, a prominent osteopath of Clinton, Missouri, is a native of this State. He was born at Hannibal, Missouri, May 31, 1875, and is a son of William F. and Mary Adelia (Allen) Marseilles. The Marseilles family is of French descent. William F. Marseilles was bom in Hannibal, Missouri. He was a son of William Peter Marseilles, who came from France with a brother and sister to America at a very early day. Joseph, the other brother, located somewhere in the North and the sister remained at Baltimore. William Peter Marseilles, grandfather of Dr. Marseilles, came west and located at Hannibal, which at that time was a mere boat landing. He was a blacksmith and worked at his trade in Hannibal, where he spent his life. William F. Marseilles remained in Hannibal until 1890, when he removed to Brookfield. His wife, Mary Adelia (Allen) Marseilles, was a native of Sheboygan, Wisconsin. She died in 1912.

Dr. Marseilles is one of a family of five children born to his parents : Florence, married C. H. Mount, who is now deceased, and she is a student in the American School of Osteopathy at Kirksville, Missouri; William M., the subject of this sketch; C. E., manager of a Thompson restaurant in Chicago; F. F., an osteopath, Flint, Michigan, and Allen, a farmer, Brookfield, Missouri.

Dr. Marseilles was educated in the public schools of Hannibal and Brookfield, Missouri. He then took a course in osteopathy at the American School of Osteopathy at Kirksville, Missouri, and was graduated in 1904 with a degree of Doctor of Osteopathy. He practiced his profession a little over two years at Brookfield and in 1906 came to Clinton, where he has since been successfully engaged in the practice. He was married in 1895 to Miss Myrtle A. Rickett, a native of Brookfield, Missouri. She is a daughter of Abel and Alice (Leavy) Rickett, the former of whom is a native of Pennsylvania and the latter a native of Missouri. Mrs. Marseilles is also a graduate of the American School of Osteopathy, having been a member of the same class as her husband. She and her husband have practiced together since their marriage, and both are successful and skillful osteopaths, and since coming to Clinton have built up a large practice.

To Mr. and Mrs. Marseilles have been born two children, Frances Willard, married Grady Spangler, Clinton, Missouri, and Alice Adelia, a graduate of the Clinton High School, class of 1918. The elder girl is also a graduate of the Clinton High School.

Dr. Marseilles is a Knights Templar Mason, a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Modern Woodmen of America, and he and his wife and the older daughter are members of the Eastern Star. The family are members of the Christian Church and Dr. Marseilles is a Democrat.

Dr. Marseilles is an active and energetic member of the Clinton Commercial Club and takes a keen interest in every movement that has for its purpose the building up and betterment of Clinton and Henry County. His influence and efforts have been a large factor in promoting a "white way" in Clinton, and he has used his influence for the industrial development of the town in the way of encouraging factories to locate here. Dr. Marseilles is a charter member of the Clinton Rotary Club, recently organized. Both he and his wife have an extensive acquaintance in Henry County, and are prominent in the community.

Dr. Stephen Thompson Neill, successfully engaged in the practice of dentistry in Clinton and is mayor of the city; was bom in Lexington, Missouri, April 9, 1865. He is a son of Henry and Sallie Ann (Elliott) Neill, the former a native of Lee County, Virginia, and the latter a daughter of Col. Newton Glasgow Elliott of Howard County, Missouri. In early life Major Neill followed merchandising in Lexington, Missouri. He served throughout the Civil War, was major and colonel of his regiment and participated in the battles of Lone Jack, Pea Ridge, Wilson's Creek and others ; he was commander of the post at Clinton, Henry County, where his many acts of kindness and protection were appreciated by those holding opposite views to his. After his military service was concluded he studied law, was admitted to the bar and moved to Warrensburg, Missouri, where he began to practice, and there he remained until his death, which occurred in 1895. His wife passed away in 1871. They were the parents of six children.

Doctor Neill, the youngest, upon the death of his mother was taken by his father's sister, Mrs. Jane H. Wilson, to Lexington, Missouri, where he attended the public schools until the marriage of his father to Mrs. Lizzie Pennock. He then returned to Warrensburg and attended the public schools of that city. In 1876, when eleven years of age, he moved to the home of his sister near Dover and began farm work for his brotherin-law at a salary of five dollars per month, and during the winter months he attended the district school. At the age of sixteen his aunt, Mrs. Wilson, sent him for a term to Wentworth Military Academy at Lexington and in 1882 he began the study of dentistry, attending the Philadelphia Dental College and the St. Louis Dental College. At the age of twenty years, in 1885, he graduated and began the practice of his profession in Corder, Missouri; a year later he moved to Harrisonville, this State; and in 1887 he came to Clinton, where he has continued in the general practice of dentistry, being widely recognized as one of the most able and efficient representatives of the profession and one of Clinton's most progressive citizens.

In February, 1892, Doctor Neill was married to Miss Cannarissa Adair, of Shawnee Mound, Henry County, Missouri, a daughter of William and Dorcas Ann (Fuqua) Adair, both natives of Kentucky. Her father was a farmer and stock raiser, conducting an extensive business. His parents were residents of Westport, now a part of Kansas City, near Swope Park. He was born in Kentucky, to which his mother had gone on a visit. In 1849, when eighteen years of age, he crossed the plains to

California in command of a party from Westport, and made the journey across the Isthmus of Panama upon his return home two years later. In 1856 he settled in Henry County, where he engaged extensively in farming and stock raising, owning about six hundred acres. The family resided on the old homestead until the death of the father which occurred when he was seventy-eight years of age, while his wife passed away at the age of eighty-three. Mrs. Neill is the youngest of six children. There has been bom a son to Doctor and Mrs. Neill, Stephen T. EI, whose natal day was October 1, 1904.

Doctor Neill has ever been interested in the welfare and progress of his community. He assisted in the organization of the Missouri Union Telephone Company in 1898 and for twenty years has served as a director. He has been identified with the independent telephone throughout the state and nation, acting as president of the State association and several times as a delegate to the national conventions. He is likewise associated with several other local enterprises. In politics Doctor Neill is a Democrat and for seven years was councilman of Clinton, acting at one time for six months as mayor. In April of 1918 he was elected to the office of mayor of Clinton and is now serving the people of his home city in this executive capacity faithfully and well. He belongs to the Blue Lodge, of which he is a past master, and the chapter of the Masonic fraternity, and also to the Knights of Pythias. He is a man of many sterling traits of character, of pronounced professional ability and business enterprise, and wherever he is known he is held in the highest regard.

James S. Spore, proprietor of the Spore & Son, furniture and undertaking business, Clinton, Missouri, is the most extensive furniture dealer in Henry County. Mr. Spore was born at Odessa, Missouri, November 12, 1886, and is a son of Elmer E. Spore and Emma (Summer) Spore. Elmer E. Spore was born near Edenburg, Illinois, June 1, 1860, and came to Missouri with his parents when a child. His father was a physician, and later in life was engaged in contracting and building at Odessa, Missouri. Elmer E. Spore was a graduate pharmacist. He came to Henry County and located at Blairstown, where he organized the firm of Spore & Sweatman, hardware and implement dealers. He disposed of his interests in this business in 1896 and bought a farm east of Clinton. In 1904 he sold his farm and engaged in the furniture business in Clinton. He died February 12, 1917, and his son James S., who was a partner in the business at the time of his father's death, has continued the business under the same firm name of Spore & Son. Emma (Summer) Spore was born in Quincy, Illinois, and is a daughter of James Summer, a native of Kentucky, who was one of the first pioneer settlers in the vicinity of Quincy, Illinois. He pre-empted Government land near Quincy, where Mrs. Spore, the mother of James S., now resides.

Elmer E. Spore was strictly a business man. He did not aspire to hold political office, although he took a deep interest in public affairs and for civic betterment from the standpoint of the citizen rather than from the desire to hold public office. He was active in the betterment and upbuilding of Blairstown, building his residence there and took the same deep interest and civic pride in the advancement of the city of Clinton, after that city became the scene of his business activity. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Woodman of the World and the Christian Church.

James S. Spore was educated in the public schools and the Gem City Business College, Quincy, Illinois, graduating from that institution in 1905. He was then employed in Hannibal, Missouri, for about a year, when he returned to Clinton and engaged in the furniture business with his father, and has been continually associated with this business ever since that time. He and his father conducted the business from 1908 until the time of the father's death and since then James. S. has continued the business under the same firm name . Before the senior Mr. Spore bought this business, it was known as the Clinton Furniture Company, and had been so conducted for a number of years.

The Spore & Son furniture house is located on the south side of the public square and has a frontage of fifty-five feet, and is two hundred feet deep, with two large balconies which practically amount to a second fioor. The most complete line of furniture, including rugs, linoleums and wall paper, in the county, are to be found here. They also carry talking machines and have the best equipped undertaking establishment in the city. Mr. Spore is a licensed embalmer.

June 25, 1914, James S. Spore was united in marriage with Miss Lula Ann Griffith, a native of St. Clair County, Missouri, and a daughter of Wesley and Sarah E. Griffith. To this union has been born one child, James D.

Mr. Spore is a Mason and past master of the Clinton Lodge, and belongs to the Christian church. He is one of the progressive young business men of Henry County.

Conrad Houck, a well to do farmer and Union veteran of Davis township, is one of the oldest of the living pioneers of Henry County. He was born in Baden, Germany, August 1, 1831, and is the son of Valentine and Elizabeth Houck, both of whom spent their lives in their native land. When but a boy of fourteen years Conrad was moved by the spirit of adventure and the tales of the new world across the Atlantic, and set sail for America from a Belgian port. He set sail on March 5, 1854, and after an eventful voyage of sixty-five days he arrived at New Orleans. He was possessor of five francs (one dollar) when he arrived here and he immediately went to Rock Island County, Illinois, where he was employed for three years upon a farm at eight dollars per month. In 1857 he brought his savings to Henry County and purchased forty acres of land on time, but continued to work out as a farm hand and at the time of the outbreak of the Civil War he was still working on the neighboring farms.

Mr. Houck enlisted in the 7th Kansas Cavalry and served for four years and one month in active and continuous service of the hardest character. He fought at the battle of Corinth, Mississippi, and the battle of Hollow Spring. His division assisted in driving the army of General Price out of Missouri. When they were ordered to Missouri to take up the pursuit of Price's army his command marched from Tupelo, Mississippi to Memphis, Tennessee, and thence by boat to St. Louis. From St. Louis they crossed the State and took up the pursuit of Price and fought a battle at Pleasanton, Kansas. Col. William F. Cody, "Buffalo Bill," was a member of Conrad Houck's company and he became well acquainted with Colonel Cody. Mr. Houck carefully saved his army pay and at the close of his service he returned to Henry County and invested his savings in land located south of La Due in Davis and Bear Creek townships. He built a small house in 1867 and developed his fine farm to the utmost and during the years that have passed he has become one of the most substantial farmers of the county.

In the fall of 1867 Mr. Houck was married to Mary Jane Morgan, a native of Indiana, who was born September 16, 1833, and departed this life on September 2, 1911. She was a daughter of Morrell Morgan. Mrs. Houck accompanied her brother-in-law to Henry County soon after the close of the war. One son has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Houck, Stephen Houck, bom September 25, 1868, an industrious farmer who is operating the home farm of two hundred acres.

Prior to the Civil War Mr. Houck was a Democrat. During the course of the war he became a Republican and since that time has voted independently. His son, Stephen, is also an independent voter who believes in supporting good men for office.

Conrad Houck is one of the few remaining patriots of foreign birth who offered their lives that the Union might be saved and who still thinks that the United States is the greatest country on the face of the globe. While too old to actively assist his Government in the present great World War of democracy against the autocracy from which he came in order that he might be free and independent, he has willingly loaned to the Government thousands of dollars of his accumulations in order to finance the war. Mr. Houck and his son, Stephen, are fine citizens who have a reputation for honesty and industry that is unexcelled in the county.

Dr. L. M. Klutz of Clinton, Missouri, is the pioneer veterinary surgeon of Henry County, and the first regularly graduated veterinary surgeon to practice in this section of Missouri. He was born near Gold Hill, North Carolina, February 22, 1855, and is a son of Tobias and Elizabeth (Peck) Klutz, both natives of Cabarrus County, North Carolina, and descendants of old Southern stock. The Klutz family settled in North Carolina in Colonial days and probably came from Pennsylvania to North Carolina. Tobias Klutz resided in his native State until the Civil War broke out, when he enlisted in the Confederate Army. He was wounded at the Battle of the Wilderness, from the effect of which he died shortly afterwards in a Confederate Army hospital at Richmond, Virginia. His wife spent her life in North Carolina, where she died in 1883 at the age of sixty-seven. They were the parents of seven children, four of whom are living, as follows: John D., Gold Hill, North Carolina; Mrs. Margaret Nussman, Salisbury, North Carolina; George L., Gold Hill, North Carolina, and Dr. L. M., the subject of this sketch. Paul, Jerry, Josephine, Rose Ann are deceased.

Doctor Klutz was reared and educated in North Carolina. In 1887 he went to Chicago, and entered the Chicago Veterinary College, and was graduated from that institution March 21, 1889, with a degree of Doctor of Veterinary Surgery. He immediately came to Henry County and engaged in the practice of his profession, which he has followed ever since. When he came here he was the only graduate veterinary surgeon, not only in Henry County, but over a vast stretch of country, including adjoining counties, and his practice extended into St. Clair, Johnson, Cass,

Bates, Vernon, and other counties in western Missouri. Dr. Klutz has conducted a well-equipped veterinary hospital in Clinton for over twenty years. It is located at 510 Bodine avenue. He has ever been a close student of the science of his profession, and has been a part of the development of the science of veterinary surgery, which has made such marked progress during the last quarter of a century. He was one of the organizers of the Missouri State Veterinary and Medical Association which was organized in 1892. He bears the distinction of being the first president of that organization, and as a tribute to his great worth in the profession, he was elected an honorary member for life of the Missouri State Veterinary and Medical Association in 1913.

Doctor Klutz was united in marriage with Miss Adella McKinney, a native of Clinton, Henry County, a daughter of William and Elizabeth (Ryan) McKinney, the former a native of Ohio and the latter of Indiana. They were early settlers in Henry County and are now deceased, and their remains rest in Englewood Cemetery. To Doctor and Mrs. Klutz have been born the following children: Mary Elizabeth, a graduate of the Clinton High School, now a teacher in the Deepwater public schools, resides at home; Harry Lawson, a graduate of the Clinton High School, at home; Lee McKinney, a student in the Clinton High School; Mabel Irene, Paul Jerry, and Margaret Adella, all students in the Clinton grade schools.

Doctor Klutz is a Democrat, although he is inclined to take an independent view of politics. He holds membership in the Woodmen of the World, and belongs to the Presbyterian church.

George Samuel Poague, now deceased, was a worthy pioneer of this section of Missouri. He was born in Ashland, Kentucky, February 6, 1827, a son of Thomas Hoge Poague and Nancy Allen (Frame) Poague. The former was a native of Augusta County, Virginia. He was born near Staunton, February 4, 1792, and died at Victoria, Texas, May 31, 1841. He was an extensive land owner and also owned and operated an iron furnace. Thomas Hoge Poague was a son of Maj. George and Ann Allen Poague, the latter being a daughter of Capt. James Allen, of Virginia. Maj. George Poague was born in Augusta County, Virginia, March 28, 1754; he died September 16, 1821. He qualified as captain of the Augusta County Militia June 20, 1781 (Chaukly, Vol. I, page 221). He was in active service. (See Pensions Declarations of William Green, Chaukly, Vol. II, page 495; Edward Stuart, Chaukly, same; and Ralph Wonless, same Vol., page 498.) Maj. George Poague was a son of John and Mary Crawford Poague. John Poague was born in Ireland about 172G, married June 3, 1751, and died in Augusta County, Virginia, in 1789. He qualified as captain of a troop of horse, August 19, 1752, qualified as justice of "the Augusta County Court November 23, 1762, and regularly thereafter until after the close of the Revolutionary War, including the dates, August 20, 1776 (Chaukly's Abstracts, Vol. I, page 196) and November 19, 1779 (Chaukly, Vol. I, page 2) and he qualified as high sheriff of Augusta County March 17, 1778 (Chaukly, Vol. I, page 196) and was elected Burgess of the Virginia Legislature in 1776 (Chaukly, Vol. I, pages 504-6) and also qualified as surveyor.

John Poague's parents were Robert and Elizabeth Poague, who settled near Staunton, Virginia, about 1737. They had nine children when they settled there, and one son was born afterwards.

Nancy Allen Frame, mother of George Samuel Poague, was a daughter of Captain Samuel and Nancy (Allen) Frame. Nancy Allen was a daughter of Captain James and Margaret Allen, who had two sons and eight daughters, and lived in Augusta County, Virginia. Captain James Allen had two brothers, John, who was a lieutenant under Washington, and was killed at the time Braddock was defeated in 1754, and Hugh Allen, who was a lieutenant under Gen. Andrew Lewis and was killed at the Battle of Point Pleasant in 1754. Capt. James Allen and his brothers came from Ireland and settled in Augusta County, Virginia. He was one of the first elders of the historic old stone church, which was erected on Middle River, near Staunton.

George Samuel Poague was reared to manhood in Ashland, Kentucky, and received his education there. In early life he engaged in the mercantile business, and in 1858 he came to Missouri, and first settled in Johnson County, near Warrensburg. Two years later he removed to Benton County, and purchased a farm, part of which was in Benton and part in Henry County, and here spent the remainder of his life. He was a staunch Democrat, and a man highly respected by all who knew him. He did not serve in the Civil War on account of physical disabilities. He died December 13, 1882.

July 25, 1853, George Samuel Poague and Eliza Christena Kellar were united in marriage at Louisa, Kentucky. She was born at Barboursville. West Virginia (then Virginia), September 28, 1833, and died at her home in Clinton, Missouri, September 12, 1913. She was a daugh-

To George Samuel and Eliza Christena (Kellar) Poague were born the following children: John Thomas, retired, Clinton, Missouri; George Madison, farmer, Jerico Springs, Missouri; Frederick Gary, Greeley, Colorado; Emma Eugenia, died at the age of two years; Dr. Samuel Allen, a sketch of whom appears in this volume; Henry Fewel, a sketch of whom also appears in this volume; Hattie Adelaide, the wife of Lawrence Grotty, a locomotive engineer on the Kansas Gity, Glinton and Springfield railway; William Rhea, merchant, Glinton; and Thomas, who is an adopted son, named Thomas Gude, but took the name of Poague, and is in the employ of the Glinton Waterworks.

Henry F. Poague, successfully engaged in the active practice of law in Glinton since 1893, and recognized as one of the forceful and resourceful members of the Henry Gounty Bar, was born in Benton Gounty, Missouri, March 17, 1868, a son of George Samuel and Eliza G. (Kellar) Poague. The father was born in Ashland, Kentucky, February 6, 1827, and was a son of Thomas Hoge and Nancy Allen (Frame) Poague. The former was born February 4, 1792, and the latter on the 2nd of January, 1801. Both were natives of Kentucky and Thomas H. Poague was the ninth in order of birth in a family of thirteen children. The great-greatgrandfather of our subject was John Poague, who was a native of Ireland and settled in Virginia in 1737, his last days being spent in Augusta Gounty, that State, where he departed this life in 1789. The children of John and Mary Poague were as follows: Robert, born in Augusta Gounty, Virginia, in 1752, married his second cousin, Mary Hopkins, on the 17th of June, 1782, and died near Ashland, Kentucky, in 1810. Maj. George Poague was born in Augusta county, Virginia, March 28, 1754. He married Ann Allen, daughter of Gapt. James Allen, the wedding being celebrated in 1774. He qualified as captain of the Augusta Gounty, Virginia, Militia, and was in active service. He died near Ashland, Kentucky, September 16, 1821. Gol. William Poague, the third of the family, was bom in Augusta Gounty, Virginia, February 17, 1756, married Margaret Davis and died in Pocahontas Gounty, West Virginia, December 7, 1830. John Poague was born in Augusta Gounty, Virginia, December 23, 1757, married his second cousin, Rebecca Hopkins, and died in his native State in 1827. Gol. James Poague, born in Augusta county, Virginia, March 17, 1760, was married March 19, 1787, to his cousin,