Jackson County, Missouri - Biographical sketches, 1881 (part 10 of 12)

September, 1875. He never had an opportunity of attending school, but by experience has become a very fine business man, and few can excel him in his judgment of, and ready mental calculations as to stock and its value. In 1852 he crossed the plains to California and remained till 1861 (with the exception of a short visit home), when he returned some $12,000 the gainer by his farming operations there. He says that he was always a good boy till Order No. 11 was issued, in 1863, when he had to leave home; and after living in Cass County for about nineteen months, he then went with General Price's command till the close of the War. When he started to California in 1852 all this world's goods that he possessed was one cow, and now he owns 400 acres of very choice land well improved and stocked and all accumulated by his own efforts. He is a self-made man, both mentally and financially.

Thomas Hair

Farmer and stock raiser, section 28, is a native of Lincoln County, Kentucky, and was born November 19, 1811. He was a son of James and EHzabeth Hair, who emigrated from Ireland when quite young. The father died when Thomas was but an infant, and the mother when he was but seven years of age. Left an orphan thus early, without a known relative or any property, he was taken by a man by the name of A. Sublett, who treated him with the same kindness as if he had been one of his own children. He lived with Mr. Sublett till nineteen years of age, then began business for himself by renting a farm. At this he remained two years and then was employed as an overseer for seven years, and then again went to farming and has followed that ever since. He was married when twentyfour years of age, to Jane Duncan. By this union five children were born, three of whom are still living, viz: Samuel, living in Illinois; C. L., living in Cass County, Missouri, and James T., living in Oregon. Mrs. Hair died in August, 1855. Mr. Hair was again united in marriage on November 28, 1879, to Mrs. Emily Dutro, of McLean County, IlUnois. She was a native of Muskingum County, Ohio, and born November 20, 1828. One child, George, born on August 5, i860, was the issue of this marriage. Mr. Hair lived about fourteen years in McLean County, Illinois, and in 1865 moved to Missouri and located where he now lives. He controls 170 acres of land, well adapted for grain or stock raising. He is now in the seventy-first year of his age, and is a man who has labored very hard all his life time, yet is a man of remarkable strength and vigor. He and wife are both earnest and consistent members of the Christian Church. They are noted for their liberality and hospitality, and every one speaks highly of this respected Christian couple.

John Hunter

Farmer, section 29. Our subject is not only one of the oldest settlers, but one of the oldest men now living in Jackson County. He is a native of Stokes County, North Carolipa, and was born March 16, 1789. He was a son of David and Dorothy Hunter, both natives of Virginia. He Uved in Stokes County until nearly forty-five years of age, and then moved to Missouri. After he attained his majority he commenced business for himself, running a distillery, and continued in said business until 1835, when he came to Missouri, and on April 8, 1836, he located upon the farm he now occupies. Mr. Hunter suffered more hardships and trials during the War than any of his neighbors On the morning of September 6, 1863, a company of Federals of Colburn and Clark's command came to his place, as he was about moving out of the county under Order No. II, and took two of his sons (William and David), one son-in-law, one grandson, one cousin and another man, and taking them a short distance from the house, shot them all dead, and left the bodies lying on the ground; and this aged father, with only the assistance of his neighbor Martin Rice, hastily buried the bodies, without shroud or coffin, by merely covering them up with quilts and placing them in the ground. (It is not the biographer's place to comment in this connection upon this sad affair, as it is fully treated of in another part of this volume.) Mr. Hunter was married on July i8, 1812, to Elizabeth Jeans, she having been born May 14, 1792. By this union nine children were born, three of whom are still living ; Nancy, the widow of John Cave, one of the six shot, as above mentioned ; Matilda, the wife of David Ousley, and Berrilla, born April 8, 183 1, and the only one of the children now at home. There she desires to remain and. with care and affection, soothe as much as possible her deeply bereaved and venerable father, while he remains on earth, Mrs. Hunter died October 25, 1879. Mr. Hunter has been a member of the Baptist Church for a great many years, and clerk of the church since 1852. Mr. Hunter is now in the ninety-third year of his age, and for one that has passed through so much suffering, is still in remarkable health and vigor of intellect.

Noah Hunt

Proprietor of Lone Jack Flour and Grist Mill and dealer in wool-carding machinery, is a native of Davie County, North Carolina, born February 20, 1831, and is a son of N. C. Hunt, who immigrated to Jackson County, Missouri, in 1842. He was reared on a farm till 1849. His father then put him in charge of the Nathan C. Hunt Horse-power Grist Mill, located six miles northeast of Lone Jack, and he remained there for three years. On August 28, 185 1, he was married to Miss N. E. Cave, who was born April i, 1833. He then located one-half mile west of Lone Jack, and commenced the wool-carding business. In 1856 he also built a horse-power grist mill, and continued to run the wool-carding and milling business for thirteen years. Then in 1869 he built his present steam-power grist mill, and has ever since continued to run the same, in connection with the carding business. He owns 283 acres of land, 120 of which are in cultivation and well stocked. Twelve children were born to this family: E. F., born October 9, 1852; G. C, born March 16, 1854; Mary A., born April 11, 1856; J. M., born March 20, 1858; J. B., born April 29, i860; Bettie F., born September 21, 1862; Lucinda M., born December 24, 1864; W. W., born March 11, 1867; Virginia L., born February 7, 1870; Benjamin B., born September 25, 1871 ; R. T., born January 11, 1874 and S. A., born December 25, 1876. G. C. died November 3, 1857; Mary A. died November 28, 1878, and Virginia L. died November 13, 1870. Mrs. Hunt died March 7, 1878. He was again united in marriage on September 13, 1880, to Mrs. Mary E. Travis, widow of R. Travis, deceased; she having been born May 25, 1834. As two other members of his family, there live with him the aged mother of his first wife, Mrs. Susan Cave, now in the seventy-sixth year of her age, and Zellah Travis, a daughter of his second wife; she having been born on November 20, 1863.

James B. Jackson

Minister and farmer, section 34, post-office Lone Jack, was born on the 22d of February, 1820, in Granville County, North Carolina, and was reared on a farm. He studied for the ministry, and received his education at the Missionary Baptist College of Wake Forest, near Raleigh, North Carolina. Commenced preaching in Wake County, North Carolina, in 1850, and remained there until November, 1868. Then removed to Kentucky, and soon came to this county. In the spring of 1869, he took charge of the churches at Lone Jack, Oak Grove, Elvira Springs, and Pittsville, Johnson County and Concord, Lafayette County. He has retired from the ministry, on account of age, and has given his attention chiefly to farming, and owns no acres, most of which is under cultivation. He has filled the office of school director. June 5, 1850, he married Miss Helen P.

Wash. Kennedy

Farmer and stock raiser, section 28, was born in Bourbon County, Kentucky, November 22,1821. He lived in Bourbon County until 1 85 7 , when he moved to Jackson County, Missouri, and located on the farm which he now occupies in Van Buren Township. He was married June 15, 1858, to Sarah Amos, of Jackson County, Misssouri, but who was borfl in Bourbon County, Kentucky, May 13, 1842. Eleven children have been born, all of whom are living at home, and named as follows : Granville A., born October 19, 1859; Jesse F., June 28, 1861 ; Mary W., April 21, 1863; Julia W., December 24, 1864; Joseph, October 28, 1868; John S., February 21, 1869; James E., January 21, 1871 ; Martha C, December 20, 1872; Lulu B., Decemcer 14, 1874; Edna P., March 5, 1877; Ida G., May 7, 1880. There has never been a death in this family, and all are in excellent health. Mr. Kennedy spares no pains to give his children good educations. His son, Jesse F., is a member of the William Jewell College, in Clay County, and his daughter, Mary, is a member of the Female Seminary, at Independence. Mr. Kennedy had but little means when he started in life in Missouri, and what he had accumulated when the Civil War broke out, was all either confiscated or destroyed, and at the close of the War he had to begin life almost anew. But he now has a very fine farm of 240 acres, and well stocked with some of the finest blooded stock in this part of the county. He makes a specialty of fine stock breeding. During the War he was terribly persecuted by both parties ; his life was threatened, and even attempts were made to shoot him, yet he has survived all these hardships, and has again built up a beautiful home, where he and his family live quiet and peaceful lives, honored and respected by all with whom they are acquainted.

Farmer and stock raiser, section 27, is a native of Jackson County, Missouri, and born February 22, 1855, and was a son of George W, Kreeger, one of the old settlers of Jackson County. Our subject received all the advantages of a common school education, and afterward was for two years, a member of Central College, Howard County. After completing his education he became engaged in teaching for a number of years, and was considered a very successful teacher. He was married December 22, 1880, to Miss H. A. Armstrong, of Vernon County, but originally of Mercer Couiity, Kentucky, and born May 6, 1854. She was a daughter of Joseph Armstrong, of Kentucky. Mr. Kreeger was appointed census enumerator for the thirty-third district of the sixth supervisor's district of Missouri, in the spring of 1880. He has 340 acres of choice and well improved land, and deals extensively in stock. Another member of the family, is his younger brother, R. R. Kreeger, who is connected with him in his farming and stock interests. They are all members of the Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Kreeger is a lady of education and refinement, and both of the young men are possessed of a good education and fine business qualifications, and are leadingand influential members of society.

Henry Long, Jr

Farmer, section 24, post-office Lone Jack, is a native of Surry County, North Carolina, born October 24, 1828. Is a son of Henry Long, Sr., a native of North Carolina, and one of the old pioneers of Jackson County. At the age of fourteen years, and in the year 1842, he located in Van Buren Township, near where he now lives. His occupation through life has been farming. He was married February 4, 1858, to Sally Long, who was born Februry 6, 1836. They have four children: Rettie Ann, born September 30, i860; Isaac Lee, July 31, 1865; Eddie E , February 4, 1874; Rena May, January 5, 1876. He is an earnest worker for good schools, and spares no pains to give his children a liberal education, believing it to be the best legacy he can leave them. His daughter, Rettie A., has been a very successful teacher, and is highly accomplished, both in vocal and instrumental music By industry and good management he has secured a fine home of 200 acres of well improved land, and on his farm is one of the finest orchards in the county. He makes a specialty of horticulture, and there are but few who can excel his well selected and large stock of all kinds of fruits and berries. All this has been gathered together by the united care and labor of Mr. and Mrs. Long since their marriage, with the exception of what he made in about eight months in California, in 1850. A this time he crossed the plains and endured many hardships and lost his health, but returned $2,000 the gainer. His ancestry are noted for longevity, there being four members in his father's family, three sons and one daughter. The daughter died at the age of seventy-seven, and one of the sons at eighty-seven, and another son is now eightytwo, and the other, the father of our subject, is now seventy-eight years of age.

L. C. Martin

Farmer and stock raiser, section 29, is a native of Henry County, Virginia, born November i, 1847, and is a son of John R. and Susan Martin, who were both natives o fVirginia, their ancestors being originally from England and Scotland. Mr. John A. Martin, the father of the subject of our sketch, is one of the most renowned ministers of the Baptist Church in Henry, Franklin and Pittsylvania Counties, Virginia, where he has been>a faithful and honored laborer for forty years, and although now in the sixty-ninth year of his age, is still in full health and vigor. He is a representative of the Martin family of Virginia who were very extensive land and slave owners, and who have done much toward building up that part of the State in which they live. Our subject came to Missouri in 1869, and located in Sedalia, and lived there and in Pleasant Hill until 1877, when he located upon his farm in Van Buren Township. He' was married May 16, 1872 to Sally Jones, a daughter of Wilham Jones of Pleasant Hill. Mrs. Martin was born April 27, 1852. Two children have been born to the family: Willie R., born September 16, 1875, and Charles F. born March 14, 1879. Mr. Martin owns a beautiful farm of eighty acres finely improved and stocked, and it has all been secured by the united labor of Mr. Martin and his excellent wife within a few years. They are both members of the Baptist Church, and are hving a quiet peaceful life, honored and respected by all who know them.

W. H. Maxwell

Farmer and stock dealer, is a native of Johnson County, Missouri, and was born March, 27, 1850. He was a son of O. J. Maxwell who was one of the first settlers in Johnson County, Missouri. Our subject came Vi'ith his parents to Jackson County, and located on the farm on which he now lives. He received his education in this county, and was reared on a farm and thoroughly taught his business of fa.rming and handling stock, in which business he is quite proficient. He was married December 23, 1869 to Ehza D. Yankee, a native of Jackson County, and born September 17, 1854. By this marriage three children have been born: Sally E., born December 28, 1870; Charles O., born March 14, 1872, and Joe K., born October 8, 1873. These children are all more than ordinarily bright and intelligent, and one seldom finds any one of their age so well advanced in education and general knowledge. Mrs. Maxwell is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church, and Mr. Maxwell a leading member of the A. F. and A. M. fraternity. He owns 120 acres of fine land with good improvements. He is a self-made man, and illustrates fully what may be accomplished by a young man when he has energy and perseverance, coupled with integrity and honor. He is now, in connection with two other young men, Oscar Cash and Fred Edmondson, using great exertions to raise funds tQ,build a fine Union Church in Lone Jack.

United States Store-keeper and Ganger, Lone Jack, was born in Steuben County, New York, September 6, 1838. Removed with his parents to Lee County, Illinois, in the spring of 1854, and came to Missouri in the fall of 1856. Was connected with the engineering party on the survey and location of the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad, until the fall of 1857, when he came to Kansas City, since which time he has made this county his home, though much of his time has been spent abroad, in the employ of the United States Government, either in the military or civil department. He was a member of the 2nd Colorado Cavalry, in the quartermaster's department and as acting ordnance officer. Has also been connected with many of the Kansas City newspapers, and was one of the founders of the Kansas City Evening Mail. Has also visited the most of our - western and northwestern cities, but for the greater part of his time has been connected with the revenue department. Was married July 22, 1866, to Mary S. Luggle, at Hickman's Mills, she having been born in Cass County, March 10, 1849. The family consists of four children: Ocie G., born June 16, 1867 ; Pearl v., born December 25, 1869; Jettie M., born January 12, 1872, and Irving A., born June 3, 1876. He owns a beautiful and pleasant home at Lone Jack, and is surrounded by a pleasant and happy family.

Edward Raggsdale

Physician and surgeon, post-office Lone Jack. The subject of our sketch is not only one of the old settlers, but has been one of the most useful and honored citizens of Van Buren Township. Born in Bedford County, Tennessee, July 30, 1836. He was a son of Edward and Sarah Raggsdale, both natives of Tennessee. When he was but an infant, his mother died, and when he was but eighteen months old, his father moved to Lexington, Missouri, and lived there till 1842; then moved to Lone Jack, Jackson County. Remained there but a short time, then went to Texas, but soon returned to Lone Jack, and lived there till 1851; then in Lafayette and Holt Counties till 1854, when his father died. He received his education at Chapel Hill College, and graduated in the class of 1856. He then engaged in teaching for six years. He afterward took a course of medical lectures at St. Louis, and subsequently was a member of JefTerson Medical College, in Philadelphia, and graduated from there in 1868. He began the practice of medicine before attending college in Philadelphia, and during the War was steadily engaged in practice at Lone Jack and Chapel Hill, and rendered valuable service to the wounded at the battle of Loiie Jack ; here he has ever since remained, actively and successfully engaged in his profession. He has been twice married. First, on March 3, 1861, to Elizabeth Easley, of Jackson County, who was born December 3, 1840, and who died August 7, 1875. By this union, five children were born: Luetta, May 2, 1862; WiUiam Lee, February 9, 1864; Ann Ehza, April 12, 1866; Edward W., December 29, 1870, and Thomas, December 3, 1873. He was again united in marriage, March 29, 1876, to Virginia W. Easley, a sister of his first wife, and who was born March 11, 1844. His present wife was a personal but unwilling spectator of the terrible carnage at the battle of Lone Jack. She was a guest at the hotel, which the Federals occupied during the battle, and was standing in the front door when the battle began ; several balls passed through the door while she was there. She was obliged to get what shelter she could, by lymg on the floor among the dead and wounded, till the close of the battle. Although a lady of

George Rheem

Farmer and stock raiser, section 25, is a native of Fairfield County, Ohio, and was born January 13, 1844. He was a son of Daniel and Sarah Rheem. His father was a native of Pennsylvania, and his mother of Ohio. He was reared on a farm in Ohio till 1866, then moved to Jackson County, Missouri, and located where he now lives. His father and mother both came to Missouri with him and lived on the farm now occupied by Mr. Rheem until their deaths, which occurred on the following dates : His father's on March 19, 1873, ^"d his mother's on March 14, 1876. His grandfather on his father's side was the noted soldier, Samuel Rheem, of Revolutionary fame, who was in the Prussian Array, and emigrated to America in time to lend a helping hand to our forefathers in the struggle for independence. Mr. George Rheem was married February 25, 1874, to Miss Lucetta Dutro, of Jackson County, Missouri, but formerly of Muskingum County, Ohio, born July 30, 1850. By this union they have been blessed with two children: Mary, born January 25, 1875, ^^'^ Sally, born October 16, 1880. He owns a farni of 340 acres. Mr. Rheem is an active member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masonic fraternity, and is a well respected citizen.

Martin Rice

Ranks among the old settlers of the county, though not among the oldest. He was born in what is now Union County (then Campbell), in east Tennessee, on the 22nd of November, 1814, and came with his father and mother, and a large family, to Jackson County in the fall of 1833. His father Enoch Rice entered the farm on which Martin now resides in October, 1833. It is near Lone Jack, in Van Buren Township, and to this farm he moved in the next month. Martin was the oldest son, then nineteen years old, with nothing but his own energy to depend upon. After assisting to open and fence a small farm in the brush, he was hired to a neighboring farmer during cropping time, for ten dollars per month. After that he taught a small school in a small house (or pen) for a small term, and for very small pay; and again during the winter assisted in improving his father's farm. The next summer, 1835, he made a crop with his uncle Absalom Powell, who lived near the road between Independence and Blue Mills, where Salem Church now is, and during the fall he molded and burned the first brick that was made in Van Buren Township, some of which may be seen in his chimneys to-day. Later in the fall he sold his crop, and with the money obtained and some borrowed, entered lands near his father's (a part of the present Yankee Farm, in Van Buren Township) ; sold it in a few months, and in March, 1836, entered land in Van Buren (now Cass County). On the 3rd of April, 1836, he married Mary Lynch, near Greenton, in Lafayette County, a girl of sixteen, and moved to his newly purchased home in Van Buren County, where he remained during twenty years, until after the death of his wife in December, 1855. His father having died before, he sold out in Cass County and bought his father's old farm, on which he yet lives. When he married and settled on the Shawnee trail, his nearest neighbor was a mile and a half off; and the first house below him on the road toward Clinton, was twenty miles away. In August of that year at the first general election in the county, he was elected county surveyor, and in April, 1837, surveyed, or laid out the town of Harrisonville. He is remembered yet by the old settlers of Cass County as one of the business men of the olden time. At the meeting of the Old Settlers' Association of that county in 1879 he was by a vote of the association made an honorary member of it ; and was also by vote requested to prepare and read a poem, descriptive of old times, at their next annual meeting, which he did on the 30th of September, 1880. He had also before that, at the requ«st of the Old Settlers' Historical Society, of Jackson County, prepared and read one at Kansas City in May, 1880. Mr. Rice, during his career in life, has been farmer, surveyor, school teacher and nurseryman. In 1849 he commenced the propagation of fruit trees, which he has kept up ever since, and some of the oldest orchards in Jackson County and adjoining counties, are of his grafting; he has often been heard to say, "when I am dead and gone, the orchards will be my memorial stones." He began the world poor, and has never accumulated much of this world's goods. Since he moved to the old homestead in Jackson County, his aged mother has made her home with him, and it was only a short time since (March 12, 1880) that she was laid by the side of her husband and father, who preceded her by nearly thirty years.

Martin Rice is now sixty-six years old and is considered par excellence the old fogy of the township. He is one of those who cannot be made to believe that the new-fashioned way of doing things is much better than the old.

In his youth he had not the advantages of a scholastic education. He never went to a college or an academy - not even to a public district school; and but little to the subscription schools of that period. Before he was fourteen he quit school altogether, and he says he had then never seen the inside of a grammar. Webster's American Spelling Book, the Testament and Pike's Arithmetic were the sum total of his school books. In the fall and winter of 1832 he taught the first free school taught in the district, Claiborne County, Tennessee. He had seen the inside of a grammar then and knew something about it, by hard study at home, having carried Lindley Murray in his hat while following the plough. In the winter of 1833, while making rails and grubbing by day to open up a farm on the new Missouri home, he studied Gibson's Surveying at night, and continued the study until it was mastered. And to-day, in some branches of mathematics, he stands head and shoulders higher than any college professor in the land.

On the farm of Mr. Jones, of Polk Township, in Cass County, there is pointed out the old cabin into which, on his marriage, he moved in 1836. It is now a stable, but has been made famous by his poem of "The Old Cabin Home."

In 1877 he published his volume of poems entitled "Rural Rhymes, and Poems from the Farm," which has been read by thousands - and by thousands admired for their ease and simplicity. He is an old-fashioned farmer of the oldfashioned school; has been a member of the Baptist Church since 1841, and clerk of the Lone Jack congregation for the last twenty-five years.

Politically, he has nearly always been in the minority. In the great Civil War he was a firm friend of the Union, quietly remaining at home, aiding and befriending, so far as he could, his neighbors on the other side, and being aided and b.efriended by them in turn.

W. M. Rust

Farmer and stock raiser, a native of Murray County Tennessee, was born January 31, 1821, and is a son of William Rust, a native of North Carolina, who was a valiant soldier under General Jackson at the battle of New Orleans. When quite young he moved with his parents to Hamilton County, Illinois, and lived there about seven years; then moved to McLean County in the fall of 1834, and lived there till 1867, when he came to Missouri and settled in Van Buren Township, Jackson County, on the farm on which he now lives. He was married January 24, 1842, to Catherine Meyers, of McLean County, Illinois, who was born February 25, 1825, in Christian County, Kentucky. There have been nine children born: James W., born December 18, 1842, and died at the age of two months; Mary J., born August 7, 1844, died November 7, 1871 ; Amanda,.

born Febnuary 17, 1848, now living in McLean County, Illinois; Franklin P., born July 9, 1851, now living in Jackson County, Missouri; Emma A., born September 30, 1853, now living in Cass County, Missouri; Andrew J., born February 27, 1856, died November 3, 187 1; Carrie, born March 6, 1859, now living in Vermillion County, Illinois; Louisa M., born May 6, 1862, died October 30, 187 1 ; George B. , born October 6, 1864, now living at home. Mr. Rust started in life almost penniless and now owns 220 acres, a fine farm, upon which he has some very fine, blooded stock, especially horses. He gave each of his children an excellent education; several of them have been successful teachers, and George, the youngest son, is a highly accomplished pianist. Mr. Rust is a member of the Christian Church, and his wife and son George of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They are worthy citizens of the community.

James Saunders

Farmer and stock raiser, section 28, a native of Fauquier County, Virginia, was born January 1 1, 1809, and is a son of Presley and Lancy Saunders, both natives of Virginia. When five years of age, lie went to Mercer County, Kentucky, and lived there till the fall of 1836 ; then moved to Missouri and lived for one year in Pettis County, and in 1837 located near where he now lives in Jackson County. He has always been engaged in farming. Was married April 27, 1837, to Mary Ann Yankee, who was born in Mercer County, Kentucky, July 11, 182 1. She was a daughter of Samuel and Permelia Yankee, they being old pioneers of Jackson County, Missouri. There were nine children as the fruits of this marriage, five of whom are still living: Julia Ann, now Mrs. Spainhour; Mary Frances, now Mrs. Gibson; Samuel, married and living near his father; Jacob B. , married and living near home ; Josephine, now Mrs. Houston, and Robert Edwin Lee, living at home. Mr. Saunders has ninety-two acres of well improved land, and has been able to give each of his children an excellent eighty-acre farm. He lost at least $5,000 worth of personal property during the War. Mrs. Saunders died August 13, 1877, and he was again united in marriage to Miss E. H. Reed, March 14, 1880, she having been born in Alabama, July 10, 182 r. They are both leading members in the church; he having been a member over thirty-eight years. All his possessions have been gained by his own labors, as he had no financial help to start with.

John T. Shawhan

Farmer and fine stock raiser, section 20, was born in Bourbon County, Kentucky, September 27, 1847. Was a son of Daniel and Minerva Shawhan. His father was born in Bourbon County, Kentucky, December 5, i8or, and his mother in Harrison County, Kentucky, May 15, 1807. The father of Daniel, named John, was born in Hampshire County, Virginia, October 23, 1771, being a son of Daniel Shawhan, who was born in Kent County, Maryland, in the year 1738. John T. Shawhan was reared on a farm and liVed in Bourbon County, Kentucky, until 1868; then came to Jackson County and located in Van Buren Township. He was married February 24, 1870, to Julia F. Daniel, born in Jackson County, Missouri, April 6, 1853, and a daughter of John Daniel, one of the old pioneers of Missouri, but originally from North Carahna. There are five children in this family : John D., born March lo, 187 1 ; Thomas R., born November ii, 1872; Willie G., born November 13, 1874; Walter R., born July 18, 1877 ; and George A., born December 22, 1879. Mr. Shawhan owns 760 acres of fine land, all cultivated, and well stocked with 120 head of blooded cattle, etc. He has very fine farm buildings and good orchards. He met with a sad misfortune on July i, 1874, as follows: he was driving his mower when his team started to run away, and to escape falling before the sickle, he jumped off and broke his ankle; through bad treatment and the mismanagement of his physician, it did not heal, but gangrene set in, and the amputation of

George H. Shawhan

Proprietor of distillery and drug store at Lone Jack, was born in Bourbon County, Kentucky, December 2, 1843, and was a son of Daniel and Minerva Shawhan, the father having been bom in Bourbon County, Kentucky, December 5, 1801, and the mother born in Harrison County, Kentucky, May 15, 1807. The father of Daniel, named John, was born in Hampshire County, Virginia, October 23, 1771, being a son of Daniel Shawhan, who was born in Kent County, Maryland, in the year 1731, and who built the first still, and manufactured the first whisky in Bourbon County, Kentucky, and who first gave to his manufactures the noted name of "Bourbon Whisky ; " he commenced the manufacture of this brand of liquor in 1787. Mr. George H. Shawhan lived in Bourbon County, Kentucky, until sixteen years of age, then enlisted under D. Howard Smith, Colonel of the 5th Kentucky Cavalry, commanded by Abe Buford, as brigadier-general ; served about five months with that regiment, then served under Colonel Chenault for five months, and then returned to the original regiment commanded by Colonel D. Howard Smith, under General George H. Morgan. He was in Morgan's noted raid through Ohio, and was twenty-one days and nights without rest; he was captured July 21, 1863, at Cheshire, Ohio, and sent to Columbus, Ohio, for one month, and then to Camp Douglas, Chicago, where he remained till the close of the War. He then returned to Bourbon County, Kentucky, and lived there till 1872, engaged in farming ; then came to Jackson County, Missouri, and located at Lone Jack, and engaged in his present business. Was married January 20, 1868, to Mary F. Tateman, who was born in Ohio on March 16, 1849. Six children have been born to this family : Daniel Lee, born on March 30, 1869 ; Margaret L., born May 8, 187 1 ; Beulah F., born July 26, 1873 ; Edna M., born September 11, 1875 j Georgia E., born October 26, 1877; and Sally G., born September 11, 1879. All living except Georgia E., who died May 30, 1878. On the 9th of September, 1880, an accident occurred at his distillery, by the bursting of the still, which resulted in the death of three persons and badly injured six others.

Mary E. Sharp

Section 33, is a native of St. Genevieve County, Missouri, born August 15, 1820, and was a daughter of Conrad Norvine, who emigrated from Germany to America in the year 18 19, and located in St. Francis County, Missouri. She was married January 28, 1840, to William G. Knorpp, of Jefferson County, Missouri, he being a native of Germany, and born February 4, 1816. By this marriap:e eight children were born, five of whom are still living. Mr. Knorpp died May 19, 1853. She was again united in marriage on December 24, 1854, to John Shires, a native of Switzerland. Three children were the fruit of this marriage : Caroline, born June 13, 1855; Barbara Ellen, born December 3, 1856, and William B., born January 19, 1861. Mr. Shires enlisted as a member of the Federal Army in 1861, and served one year when he was accidentally killed by being run over by an ammunition wagon. Our subject again married George Sharp on May 24, 1866. Mr. Sl\,arp was a member of Company H, loth Missouri, Cavalry; during the entire term of his enlistment he served faithfully and. well,' and was 'discharged June' 27, 1865. After being married to Mr. Sharp they lived about two years in Jefferson County, and then located on the farm now occupied by the family in Van Buren Township. Mr. Sharp died April 21, 1877. Mrs. Sharp, with her three youngest children, now compose the family and form a pleasant and happy circle. William B., the youngest, is the mainstay and deserves great credit for the kind care he manifests for his aged mother and his two sisters. The mother is a faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Joseph Shepherd

Farmer and stock raiser, section 25, post-offide Grain Valley, was born November 2, 1822, m Sangamon County, Illinois, and remained there until twenty-two years of age. He spent his boyhood days on a farm and also learned the carpenter trade. Took a trip through Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas, and settled in Illinois in 1833, and came to this county in 1844, and has made this his home since. He owns a fine farm of 265 acres, 180 of which are under fence. During the late War he enlisted in the Confederate Army, and served six months with General Price. In 1849 he married Miss Mary C. Clark, a native of Virginia, born in 1829. They have had eleven children, seven of whom are living: W. S., Priscilla C, J. S., M. S., J. D., J. G., and E. T. Mrs. Shepherd is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

John W. Tate

Farmer and stock raiser, section 19. The subject of this sketch ranks among the old settlers in this part of Missouri. He was a native of Bourbon County, Kentucky, and born September 24, 1814. He was a son of George W. and Nancy Tate. His father. Major Tate, was a well-known soldier, commanding a battahon in Virginia during the War of 1812. His father was also a member of the Missouri Legislature for two terms. Our subject when three years of age moved with his parents to Montgomery County, Kentucky, where he remained about twenty years; then in 1838 located in Jackson County, Missouri, at Westport, and lived there till 1847, then came to Lone Jack and engaged in the mercantile business till the beginning of the Civil War. He was also postmaster at Lone Jack for twenty- eight years. Being a southern man, his sympathies were with the southern cause, but he took no active part. Yet he was a heavy loser in property, consisting of stock, household goods and other personal property, to the amount of at least $15,000. While in Kentucky Mr. Tate was a military officer, holding the rank of major, and when he came to Missouri was elected colonel of the militia of Jackson County; he has held many other positions of trust and honor. He is a leading member of the Christian Church, and has always taken an active interest in everything pertaining to the best interests of his county. He now owns 1,100 acres of land, all well improved and stocked. His father was one of the company that purchased the tract of land now occupied by Kansas City, and suggested the name of Kansas City for what is now the metropolis of the Missouri Valley.

Mr. Tate has been twice married; first, to Margaret Warren, February 12, 1852, she being a native of Lafayette County, Missouri, and born March 20, 1827 ; she was a daughter of John Warren, one of the oldest pioneers of Missouri. By this marriage four children were born : Frank W., born December 14, 1852; George W., born October 25, 1854; Jane McDora, born December i, 1856, and John W., born January 24, 1859. Mrs. Tate died June 28, 1874, and he was married the second time June 24, 1875, to Julia Warren, a sister of his former wife, she having been born October 30, 1844. His children have all received a liberal education, and his sons are fine business men and extensive dealers in stock. His daughter is married and livmg in Johnson County, and all are esteemed citizens of the community.

George M. Thompson

Farmer and stock raiser, section 22, was born in Lincoln County, Kentucky, January 12, 1816, and was a son of Nelson A. Thompson who was a native of Virginia, and a direct descendent of Wattie Thompson, a noted politician of

South Carolina. He lived in Kentucky until 1852, and then moved to Jackson County, Missouri, and located where he now lives in March, 1853, where he has ever since lived engaged, in farming. Was married November 24, 1846, to Susan A. Pemberton of Barren County, Kentucky, who was born July 29, 1822, and was a daughter of Charles Pemberton of same county. The children consisted of seven, only three of whom are now living : James C, born January 29, 1847, married apd living near home ; David, born June 14, 1849, married to Bettie H. Robinson September 15, 1874, she being a native of Mercer County, Kentucky, and was born April 4, 1853 ; Lizzie H., born April 4, 1853, .married and living in Saline County. Three children have been born to David and his wife, they being members of this family, to-wit : Susie M, born July i, 1875; Charlie S., born February 25, 1877, and Robert M., born February 18, 1879. Mr. Thompson had no help when he began life for himself, but when the Civil War broke out, he was possessed of 300 acres of finely cultivated land and large herds of stock, but after the issuance of Order No. 11, he was obliged to leave a great deal of stock, grain and household goods, all of which was confiscated or destroyed. His fine large residence was burned in 1864, and all his fences and other improvements destroyed, and when he returned at the close of the War, he found nothing but the naked land. Before leaving he was terribly harrassed and persecuted and threatened by both parties, and he and his family had to endure many insults and indignities. Among his losses was one very fine race horse, valued at $1,000. Although Mr. Thompson and family have seen much of the ups and downs of life, yet he is a man of remarkable vigor for one of his age. 'He has a fine farm of 240 acres, and his family all live near him. They are all members of the Presbyterian Church.

Washington Wheat

Deceased, was born in Bourbon County, Kentucky, February 4, 1809 and lived there and in Fayette County until 1878, then moved to Jackson County, Missouri, where he arrived March, 4, 1878 ; being then in failing health, he was suddenly taken worse and died on the loth of the same month. He was married August 15, 1837, to Elizabeth Kennedy, of Bourbon County, Kentucky, she having been born March 15, 18 19. They began their married life with but little means, but by industry and thrift they accumulated property, and at one time owned 800 acres of choice land in Bourbon County, Kentucky, under a fine state of cultivation, and well stocked. But Mr. Wheat was a very liberal-hearted man, and one always ready to lend a helping hand ; he became security for a number of people, and in large sums, and much of this he was obliged to' pay. He never flinched under these misfortunes, but disposed of his large estates and personal property and paid up everything to the last, and moved to Misbouri, and settled his family on a beautifully located tract of land of 320 acres in Prairie Township just six days before his decease. The family now consists of his widow, four sons and three daughters. Mr. Wheat was a member of the Christian Church, and a man of fine jmlgment and business ability, and one implicitly trusted by all. He not only managed to leave his family a comfortable home, but what was better, a christian example and an unsullied character. His son, John A., is now manager of the farm, and is a young man of great promise.

Samuel Yankee

Farmer and stock raiser, located on section 32, is a native of Cass County, Missouri, and born January 15, 1846 He was a son of Wesley Yankee, who was a native of Kentucky, but who immigrated to Missouri at an early day, and was one of the earHest pioneers. Mr. Samuel Yankee was reared in Cass County, and there received his education. In 1867 he located in VanBuren Township, Jackson County, and has ever since lived there, engaged in farming. He is a young 60 - man of fine business ability, and one very highly respected and honored in the community. He owns a fine farm of i6o acres all under good cultivation, and well stocked. Few young men of his age have succeeded so well in life, and he is certainly one who will yet become a representative man of the county.

J. S. Yankee And Z. W. Yankee

Two brothers, engaged in farming and stock-raising on section 29. The elder of the two, and the subject of this sketch, is a native of Jackson County, Missouri, and was born August 25, 1854. He is the son of David and Orlena Yankee, his father is a native of Kentucky and his mother a native of Tennessee. Both were very early settlers in Missouri. Our subject was educated in the common schools, and at the High School at Lone Jack. He has spent most of his time in farming and dealing in stock, and is a young man of fine business abilities. He and his younger 'brother have the management of the David Yankee estate, and the care of their mother and the younger members of the family.

Additional History Of Lee'S Summit Knights Of Pythias

KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. This lodge was organized on the 30th of January, 1872, with but nine members. The first officers were : C: A. Goshen, P. C. ; A. Hamilton, C. C Tames A. Shaw, V. C. ; J. G. Ocher, K. R. S. ; H. C. Miller, M. of Ex. ; A G Miller M. A. ; P. J. Rogers, I. G. ; J. R. H. Davis, 'O. G. The present officers are - O. H. Lewis, P. C. ; J. W. Nicholds, C C. ; E. D. Whiting, V. C. ; H C Williamson, M. of Ex. ; W. F. Crane, M. F. ; Joseph Martin, K. R s'- C d' Whiting, M. A. ; John Proudfit, I. G. ; W. R. Caldwell, O. G. The names of those who have passed the chair are as follows ; C. A. Goshen, James A Shaw J. G. Ocher, J. Y. DeShon, S. G. Miller, G. N. Jones, John' Proudfit,' Barcla Jones, O. H. Lewis, Joseph Martin, W P. Anderson and D. F. Jones. The lodge has a present membership of forty-three, and is in fine condition and good working order. The members have provided themselves with fine uniforms. They own their furniture, in connection with the Ancient Order of United Workmen, both of which lodges meet in the same hall, and have among their membership some of the best men and citizens of the town and surrounding country. Taking all in all, the historian is of the opinion that the order is a very worthy one, and that the lodge at Lee's Summit is a desirable one in which to have a membership.

Ancient Order United Workmen

This society was organized on the twenty-fourth day of October, 1879 with the following officers : Y. W. Whitsett, W. M. ; H_ C. Williimson, M W E P Holbert, G. F. ; E. F. Jones, R. ; J. N. Shrout, O. ; G. F. Jones, F. ; J " C Roeers, R. ; R. W. Caldwell, I W. ; E. D. Whiting, O. S. W. Trustees :' E.' Dun H. F. Williams and J. G. Ocher. H. F. Williams was the first guide, and Dr! J. C. Rogers, examining physician. The lodge was organized with fifteen members, and now has a membership of twenty-nine. Is in fine working order and owns its furniture, in company with the Knights of Pythias, and is entirely out of debt. The present officers are : E. P. Holbert, W. M. ; E F Jones G

This lodge was organized on the thirtieth day of December, 1868, with the following named officers, who were installed by W. S. Patrick, District Deputy

G. M. : C. A. Goshen, N. G. ; H. C. Miller, V. G. ; J. A. Scruggs, Sec. ; G. W. Robaugh, Treas. The followmg are the names of those who have passed the chair of Noble Grand: C. A. Goshen, James A. Shaw, S. G. Miller, E. M. Han- Ion, James A. Blair, Joseph M-irtm, J. A. Coy. The present officers are as follows : J. A. Coy, P. G. ; Joseph Martin, N. G ; M. Enine, V. G. ; C. A. Goshen, H. R. S. ; J. G. Ocher, Treas. This lodge is in good working order, and at present (1881), has a splendid corps of ofifi:ers. Dr. Gosheu, the present recording secretary, is a very enthusiastic Odd, Fellow, and his done much for his lodge, of which he was the real father and the first tVDbls Grand, and hts now been the secretary for a number of years. The lodge own their furniture, and. are out of debt.

Lee'S Sxjmmiit D. T. Anderson

Dentist, in the office of Mr. Gillespie, was born in Scotland, on the Clyde, in 1850, but while quite young his parents moved to England, where he was brought up and educated. He early learned the profession of dentistry, and came to this country in 1876, and first worked in Canada. He is a first-class workman, and has followed his business in most of the principal cities of the United States.

Blair Brothers

Nurserymen. This firm consists of three brothers, James A., Robert H., and John C. James A., the eldest and principal business manager, was born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, on the 6th day of April, 1836, where he was brought up on a farm and partly educated in the common schools. At the age of about twenty years he entered Elder Ridge Academy in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, which he attended about three years, and from which he graduated in the year 1859. Between the time when he left the common school and the time of entering the Academy he became engaged as salesman in a wholesale and retail store in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which position he accepted in order to secure a thorough business education. In the year i860 he commenced the study of law with the Hon. Henry D. Foster, of Greensburg, Westmorland County, Pennsylvania, with whom he remained three years, and was admitied to the bar in 1863. In 1867 he came to Lee's Summit, Missouri, and entered into a partnership with the two brothers above mentioned, and engaged in the nursery business, at the same time opened a land and law office. The firm are known throughout the entire West as successful propagators, and at the same time caretul and conscientious in their dealings with their customers, thereby winning for themselves a very high and enviable reputation and standing as reliable nurserymen. At the present time (1881), they are engaged in cultivating plants near Lee's Summit and near Kansas City, Missouri. Mr. Blair was married on the 2Sth of January, 1865, to Miss Ceceha M. Smith, of New Albany, Indiana, who is still living, and by this union eight children were born, four sons and four daughters : John S., Andrew, Theodore, Rosa May, Robert W., Mattie B. , Emily and Bertha. Andrew T., and Miss Rosa May, are attending school at St. Louis. Mr. Blair is a prominent member of both the Masonic and Odd Fellows Societies.

Proprietor of meat market, is a native of Jackson County, and was born within four miles of where he now resides, June 19, 1842, and was brought up on a farm, and educated in the common schools. In 1861, owing to the force of circumstances, he enlisted in what was known as Shank's Regiment, in the Confederate Army, and served until the close of the War. He participated in some of the hotly contested engagements, among which were the battles of Prairie Grove, Cape Girardeau, and two or three engagements at Cane Hill. Was with Price, in his raid on Independence, and Westportrjc^id many minor skirmishes. He was discharged in 1865, at the surrender of Shres^eport. The last two years of his service was both active and dangerous in thi extreme. He was on detail as one of the escort of the body guard of General Shelby, in which position he had much scouting to do. After the War closed, he retired to his former home, and became engaged in the meat business at Lee's Summit, where he has been engaged ever since; and besides his meat business, he is engaged in buying and shipping stock, in company with Mr. G. L. Smith. He was married on the 22nd day of December, 1868, to Miss Mary L. Smith, of this county, who is still living, and by whom he has had three children: James H., Grace Mary, and Roger Thornton.

John Boggs

Justice of the peace and stock dealer, was born in Lee County, Virginia, October 30, 1 819, and at an early age removed with his father to Lawrence County, Kentucky. There he was reared and educated in a country school, and in 1839 came to Missouri, arriving at Independence on November 2. Immediately came to this place, and labored until 1844, being too poor to buy land. Then commenced farming, and in 1849 went to CaHfornia. Engaged in stock dealing, and returned in 1850, having been successful. On the breaking out of the War, Mr. Boggs thought to stand aloof, but on account of numerous, depredations, joined the Confederate service, and was soon commissioned captain in the commissary department, remaining in service until the surrender at Shreveport. In 1862 his house was destroyed and his wife compelled to flee to Kansas. She was bitterly persecuted, at one time being banished from the State, but the order was afterward revoked. Upon returning, Mr. Boggs found things in a dilapidated condition. He commenced farming, and in 1872 removed to this place; engaged in the stock business two or three years, and for three years was selling goods. He has been twice married. First, in 1855, to Mrs. Peace McGuire. She died on the 27th of March, 1876. He was married a second time, on the 7th of January, 1877, to Mrs. Crane widow of Dr. Crane, of Ashland, Ohio. Mr. Boggs is a member of the A. F. & A. M., having attained to the degree of a Master Mason.

James B. Campbell

Postmaster, dealer in jewelry, toys etc., was born in Coles County, Illinois, March 22, 1838, where he was brought up to labor on the farm during the summer, and allowed to attend school during the winter months. When twenty-two years of age he had obtained a very liberal education, and was among the first to enlist in the 8th Ilhnois Infantry, on April 19, 1861. He was mustered into the service at Springfield, and was first engaged in the battle of Fort Henry, Tennessee, and at Fort Donelson, where he was wounded in the right lung. He was thence removed to Mound City, Illinois, and placed in the hospital where he remained for thirty-one days. Was then sent to his home and remained until August 1862, when he returned to his regiment and was discharged on account of his wound. He soon learned the jewelry business and started at Charleston, Illinois, where he continued until May 1865, when he engaged in farming until 1867 and came to Lee's Summit, then in its infancy. Here he first engaged in the hardware business, and continued it until 1868, when he was appointed postmaster, a position which he has since filled. About one year since he started the jewelry business. He was married in May 1865 to Miss Margaret A. Little, of Charleston, Illinois, who was born and brought up in the same neighborhood as himself. They have four children: Thomas A., Freddie B., Mabel L., and James E. Mr. Campbell is a prominent member of the Masonic order, and has been W. M., L. W. and Sec, and isnow the treasurer of Summit Lodge No. 263.

Edmond Cowherd

Farmer and stock raiser, was born in Orange County, Virginia, July 21, 1816, and there was brought up to labor on the farm. In 1835 he came with his parents to Missouri, and settled ; first, in Callaway County, where they engaged in farming for one year, and in 1836 removed to Jackson County and settled about six miles south of Independence. By reason of Order No. 11, he was required to go north or south. He early became engaged in farming for himself and he was largely interested in raising stock, cattle and mules for the trade with Mexico, and also for the Government. At the breaking out of the late War, he had several fine farms, all well improved, most of which were destroyed. In 1864 while he was absent, the State militia burned his houses and out-buildings, and on his return home he found his land and but little of anything else. He has been twice married; first, to Miss Elizabeth White, of Jackson County, March 2, 1841. By her he had one child, Mary E. who died in infancy. He married a second time Miss Martha A. Smott, on the 20th day of November 1853. They have two children : Neddie and Mattie ; three are now deceased. Mr. Cowherd, his wife and daughter are all members of the Christian Church, in which he is an elder.

C. J. Cowherd

Farmer and stock raiser, was born in Orange County, Virginia, July 10, 1827, and hved on the farm until 1835, when his father removed with the family to Callaway County, this State. In 1836 he came to this county and located on Little Blue, twelve miles from Independence. Here he labored on the farm, receiving no education, excepting from his brother, until the spring of 1849, when, in company with others, he went overland to California. Arriving there he became interested in mining, and also the stock business. In the fall of 1850 he returned home and then engaged in farming and stock raising, the following winter going to Texas. In i860 he was engaged in shipping goods to Denver. During the War he suffered much loss, his home being destroyed and things ruined generally. For safe keeping he took his family to Denver, where they remained till the close of the War. Upon returning, he engaged in the mercantile business, continuing until May, 1880. He has been twice married; first, July 7, 1847, to Miss A. E. Shanks, who died the following June. On May 2, 1853, he was married again to Miss Emily Sother, of Beardstown, Kentucky. They have three children : Sarah A. , William S. and Frank A. Mr. Cowherd belongs to the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and his wife and eldest daughter are members of the Christian Church.

W. F. Crane

Liveryman, was born in Preston County, West Virginia, December 21, 1853, where he lived with his parents until the fall of 1866, then removing to Kansas City. There they lived for two years, and while there the subject of our sketch attended the public schools. He afterward entered Lincoln Institute, at Green wood, Missouri, where he finished his education, and subsequently became engaged in the mercantile business, as salesman in the store of Mr. Williamson, with whom he remained one year. He then commenced the livery business at Lee's Summit, where he is still engaged. He was married in 1879 ^o -'^'ss Clara Brown, of Hamilton, Ohio, a daughter of Rev. Brown; she diea in April, 1880. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias, and belongs to Lee's Summit Lodge No. 17.

Dr. C. A. Goshen

Physician and surgeon, was born in Greenbrier County, Virginia, October 14, 1813, where he was brought up and educated, and in 1832 came to Missouri. The doctor is an enthusiastic member of the Masonic order, in which he has held important positions. He is perhaps the oldest Mason now living in Jackson County; became a member of the organization in 1846, in Virginia. He has been eight times elected and filled the position of W. M., and has for years been, and is still, the member selected to lecture the order and the candidates, on the secret works of the order. He is also a chapter and council member, having received the chaptfer degree in Independence, Missouri, in 1849, and the council degree in Virginia, in 1853. He is a prominent member of I. O. O. R, which he jomed in 1845, at Lexington, Missouri, and has frequently filled important offices in the order. Was the first N. G. of the lodge in this place, and was N. of the first Odd Fellows Lodge organized in Nebraska, and also S. W. of the second Masonic Lodge. He first commenced the study of medicine in Virginia, and continued for a number of years, and finished his studies in Missouri. He was engaged in practicing in Missouri and Nebraska for fifteen years, and accumulated considerable money, and in 1863 graduated from the Eclectic Medical University, at Cincinnati, Ohio. Since that time he has been practicing in different parts of Missouri. He came to this place in 1868, and assisted in organizing the Masonic and Odd Fellows Lodges, and organized the first Sabbath School in this place. He and his wife are both members of the Cumberland Fresbytenan Church. He was married in the year 1836 to Miss Tane Stuart, of Virginia.

Edward M. Hanlon

Teacher, was born in Columbus, Ohio, January 6, 1844, and there lived with his parents until 1856, then removing to Huron County. Here he made his home for three years, although attending school at Milan the most of the time. For two years he went to a Presbyterian school and then entered OberHn College and remained there three terms. In order to thus educate himself he was obliged to teach school at odd times. He had charge of a graded school in Highland County, Ohio, and for two years thereafter was employed at Petersburg. He then came to this place, purchased a small farm, and the following spring taught a subscription school, the first in Lee's Summit. With the exception of one season Mr. Hanlon has taught constantly since he was eighteen years of age. He owns property near the town, and a farm two and a half miles east, besides a residence and five acres of land in Lee's Summit. He was married in 1872 to Miss Georgia Corlen, of this county. They have three children : Zella, Edna, and Charles C.

Hedge-grower, was born in Knox County, Ohio, on the 28th day of September, 1842, where he resided with his parents until he was eleven years of age, when he removed with them to McLean County, Illinois, where he was brought up on a farm. In the fall of 1869 he came to this State, bringing 1,260 sheep, and stopping first near Marshall, in Saline County, where he continued to operate until the spring of 1870, when he came to Jackson County as the traveling representative of J. P. Taylor & Co., in the hedge business, taking contracts, selling plants, collecting, etc. He continued in this business until the year 1872, when he became engaged in the wholesale nursery business for Mr. Balis, of Lee's Summit, and continued with him for one year, when he went into the boot and shoe business at Lee's Summit, and continued this business for one year when he traded his interest in the store for a farm near the town of Lee's Summit. Has now a nice hedge nursery near Lee's Summit, of about twelve acres. He was married on the 22nd of August, 1872, to Miss Mary A, Cass, of Jackson County.

Dealer in books, stationery, wall-paper, etc., was born in Marion County, West Virginia, January 6, 1840, where he resided with his parents until October, 1853, then removed to Columbus, Ohio. He was poorly educated in West Virginia, but finished his education in Reynoldsburg, Ohio. He engaged in teaching school most of the time in FrankUn County until the breaking out of the War, when he enlisted in the 95th Ohio Volunteer Infantry and spent most of the time of his service in western Tennessee. He participated in some of the most important engagements of the War, notable among which were Richmond, Ken- tucky, siege and capture of Vicksburg, and Guntown, Mississippi, Fort Spanish, near Mobile, Alabama, the battle at Nashville, Tennessee, between Thomas and Hood, and many minor skirinishes. He was mustered out of the service on the 14th of August, 1865, at Louisville, Kentucky, and returned to his home in Columbus, Ohio, where he became engaged as salesman in a dry goods store. There remained until 1868, when he came to his present home. He followed teaching for three years and opened a book and stationery store in connection with a news depot,' and has since continued in the same place. He owns a farm of 120 acres two and a half miles southeast of Lee's Summit, and a nice residence property in the town. He was married on the 20th day of June, 1871, to Miss Mary A. Powell, of Franklin County, Ohio. They have two children : Florence and Harry. Mr. Holbert is a member of the Knights of Pythias and a prominent Odd Fellow, in which latter organization he has held the position of M. W.

John E. Hough

Barber, was born in York County, Pennsylvania, on the 24th of August, 1847, where he was reared and educated, and there resided until the year 1873. His early life was spent on a farm, where he labored during the summer months and attended school during the winter, and soon engaged in teaching. He taught for five years when he became engaged as a bookkeeper and continued until 1873. Then he came to Lee's Summit and was employed as salesman in the dry goods and grocery business for a short time. Then taught school for four months and again engaged in the grocery and produce business, in which he continued until March I, 1880. Then began traveling . as salesman for a wholesale house in Kansas City. He soon after embarked in his present business, insurance. He was married on the 22 nd of April, 1873, i" Kansas City, Missouri, to Miss Mary A. Miller, of Lee's Summit, by whom he has three children : Minnie, Hugh and Mabel. He is a member of the Masonic order, having attained to the degree of M. M.

William B. Howard

Farmer and stock raiser. The subject of this sketch stands among the foremost of the worthy and enterprising citizens. He was born in Jefferson County, Kentucky, March 10, 182:, and there resided until twenty-one years of age, being reared on a farm. He was educated in the common schools and in 1844 removed to this county, landing at Wayne City (now Independence) April i, 1844. For six years he was engaged in farming, and in March, 1850, purchased the farm on which he now resides. During the War, he went to Kentucky, and while there his possessions were nearly all destroyed. The engagements which took place at his house and upon his premises, would fill a volume. It was impossible for a person to live peaceably during this time. October 24, 1862, he was taken prisoner, and brought to Independence, being confined for a month. He was finally released on abondof $25,000. Then took his family, and removed to Kentucky, where his wife died. Afterward returned to this county, and engaged in farming. In 1865 he laid out ttie town of Lee's Summit, the original plat containing seventy acres. Two years afterward, he made his first addition, containing eighty acres more. In order to secure the depot at this place, he gave the railroad half of four blocks and grounds for the depot site. He has also given lots to churches, and donated two acres for a cemetery. The town was called by a different name at first, but it was afterward changed to its presen name. His second marriage was to Miss Mary C. Jones. They have five children: Maria, Robert, Mary, Thomas A. and Florence. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Was born in 1844, in Patrick County, Virginia, and when two years of age was brought by his parents to Jackson County, Missouri, settling near Independence, where he resided until 1861. Then enlisted under Price, and in six months was taken prisoner at Springfield and paroled. After three months, he joined Quantrell, and was wounded at Independence. For about six months, he was unable to travel, and then had to hide from place to place, to prevent being taken prisoner, until able to join his regiment. He was in a fight at Hopkins, and afterward went to Kentucky. Was in a terrible engagement, in which Quantrell was killed, and was near him when he fell. He served during the entire War. He was married to Elmira J. Young, by whom he has three children: Thomas W., May B. and Lucy A.

W. F. Lewis

Dry goods and groceries, was born in Caldwell County, Kentucky, on the 27th day of April, 1831, and there was brought up on a farm, and educated in the common schools. In 1850 he went to California, by the overland route, and became engaged in mining and remained until 1856, when he returned to Kentucky. After remaining one or two years, he went to Texas, where he remained but a short time, and then came to Jackson County, Missouri, where he became engaged in the mercantile business at Rose Hill. Was also engaged in farming and stock raising, and remained until the War broke out in 1861, when he espoused the confederate cause, and enlisted under General Price, for three years. At the close of the War, he returned to Jackson County, and entered into business, and is now one of the best citizens and most substantial business men. He was married on the 9th of June, 1859, to Miss Jane L. Compton, who was born, brought up and educated in Boyle County, Kentucky. They have four children: Buford T., Jane, Grace T. and Mary C. Bulord T. is now in New Mexico, where he is engaged as book-keeper for a wholesale house. Mr. Lewis and his wife are members of the Baptist Church.

Was born in Davis County, Indiana, on the ist of April, 1868, where he lived with his parents until six years of age. They then removed to Harrison County, Missouri, where George was brought up and educated. When eighteen years of age he removed to Lafayette County, this State, and became engaged in farming and dealing in plants, which he continued until 1872, and then removed to this place, where he has been engaged in farming and raising hedge ever since. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias and belongs to Lee's Summit Lodge, No. 17.

Dr. W. W. Miller

Physician and surgeon, was born in Augusta County, Virginia on the 8th day of May, i8r6, where he was brought up and educated, and remained until 1837; then he immigrated to Missouri, and spent the winter in Saline County, and during the summer traveled in Ohio, ' Indiana, Michigan, and Illinois, and in January, 1838, assisted in putting in operation the first line of four-horse stage coaches which was ever run from Jonesboro, in Saline County, to Independence, Jackson County. He then' settled in New Frankhn, and engaged in selling dry goods and in the study of medicine, which he has since so long and successfully practiced. He remained in this place for two years and then went to Louisiana with stock, and remained there one winter and returned to Saline County and engaged in the mercantile business. In 1841, he removed his store to Calhoun, Henry County, where he engaged in business until 1844, and during the winter of 1844-5, he attended lectures at the Medical College at Louisville, Kentucky, and in May, 1845, located at Sibley, in Jackson County Missouri. Here the doctor remained and continued his practice until the year 1857, when he removed to this neighborhood, and settled on a farm three miles from where Lee's Summit is situated. Remained until the breaking out of the War, when, owing to the force of circumstances, he became connected with the Confederate Army at Lexington, under General Price, and was appointed assistant med cal director of the 8th Division of Missouri Troops, in which capacity he remained until his troops joined the Confederate Army after the battle of Pea Ridge. Then the doctor became a private, serving a short time, when, owing to- failing health, he was granted a leave of absence for eight months. Was finally ordered to report to General McCullough, commanding the sub-district of Kentucky, when he was appointed surgeon of Chalmer's Regiment, in which capacity he served until the the close of the War. Was then discharged and arrived at his home on the 12th, day of July, 1865. He built the first dwelling house in the town of Lee's Summit which he had the misfortune to lose by fire within three days after completion. The doctor has a lucrative practice. He was married on the 29th of January, 1842, to Miss Julia Garth, who died on the 8th day of October, 1855. By this union they had five children, three daughters and two sons : Anna Elizabeth, Sarah K., Samuel G., Henry B., and Maria L.; all married except Anna E.

J. M. Short

Marshal, is a native of Kentucky, and was born in Edmondson County, on the 20th day of January, 1841, and there resided until 1847, when his parents moved to Saline County, and engaged in farming; here the subject of our sketch was brought up to labor on the farm, and received a common school education. His father died in 1852, while living in Saline County. Mr. Short being the eldest of five children, the burden of the work very naturally fell upon him, and he labored hard to care for his mother and the younger children. In the year 1855 the family removed to Lawrence, Kansas ; after remaining there for one year, they removed to Independence, Missouri, where the subject of our sketch continued to hve until 1865. During the late War he was a patriot, and spent eighteen months in the Missouri State Militia, in Company F., where he endured many hardships in the border War with Quantrell and his men, and did valiant service for his country. After his discharge in 1865, he sold his property near Independence and removed to Leavenworth, Kansas, where he became engaged in agricultural pursuits ; he remained one year when he removed again to Jackson County, and engaged in farming until 1876 when he moved to Lee's Summit; since 1878 he has been the marshal, street commissioner, and collector. He has been twice married; first, to Miss J. Morris, January 31, 1861 ; she died in 1869. By this union they had two children : Lorenzo Dow, now deceased, and Mary A. He was married a second time May 25, 1871, to Miss Lucy J. Kerr, who is still living, and by whom he has three children: Early H., Lucetta M. and Grace.

Jasper N. Shrout

Hotel-keeper, was born in Bath County, Kentucky, June 8, 1839. In his younger days he engaged in school teaching, which he followed until the breaking out of the War, when he enlisted in the 5th Kentucky, Confederate Infantry, at Prestonsburg, for one year; served three months and then became engaged as recruiting officer the balance of the year. Then re-enlisted for three years in the 2nd Kentucky Mounted Riflemen, and served as body guard on the staff of General Humphrey Marshall, and continued to do duty wherever ordered until May, 1863, when he was captured at Triplet Bridge, Kentucky. He was engaged in battles and skirmishes too numerous to mention. He was taken prisoner at Crab Orchard, Kentucky, and taken to Mt. Sterling and thence to Lexington and from there to Cincinnati. He remained a prisoner for months in different places, and was appointed hospital steward. Was then imprisoned nine months at Lookout Mountain. Had charge of different hospitals, and, finally, after much maneuvermg (an account of which it is impossible to insert in the brief space allotted us), was discharged. For a year he was engaged in the collecting and stock business, and also in clerking. After being employed in the butchering business, he commenced his present trade. He was married on the 17th day of November, 1868, to Miss Josephine Clayton. They have four children: Thomas W., ChatlesN., Pearl and an infant; three are deceased. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity. He is a charter member and a knight of high standing in the Knights of Pythias ; also a charter member of the A. O. U. W. He and his wife are both members of the Christian Church.

.- Sewing machine agent, was born in Delaware County, Ohio, on May 2, 1841, where he was reared and educated. In 186 1 he enlisted in the 4th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company I, with which he participated in many severe engagements of the late War, among which were Gettysburg, Fredericksburg, Battle of the Wilderness, Chancellorville, Rumley, Peninsula and many minor engagements. When he first enlisted he was made a corporal, and was regularly promoted to orderly, or first sergeant. He was honorably discharged in the summer of 1865, after having served over four years. Then became engaged in the railroad business and followed it two years, and was then elected deputy marshal and deputy constable at Pleasant Hill, Missouri. This he continued for two years, and since then has been engaged in his present business. He was married in 1875 to Mrs. Lillian A. Darby, of Pleasant Hill, Missouri.

G. L. Smith

\Yas born in Madison County, Virginia, January 31, 1837, but when an infant his parents moved to Kentucky, where they remained one year, and then came to Missouri. They settled in Randolph County, and here our subject was brought up on a farm, and was educated in the common schools. In 1858 he came to Jackson County, and settled six miles east of Lee's Summit and engaged in farming, which he followed until 1878, when he became foreman for the fencing department of the railroad company, which business he continued to follow for three years. November 27, 1880, he here engaged in the butchering business, in connection with H. J. Boggs, and, also, in buying and shipping stock, in which business he still continues. He was, for a short time, connected with the State Militia, and then enlisted in the 2nd Colorado Volunteers, and wasin Independence when Price made his memorable raidon that place. He served until the War closed, and was discharged. He was married, November 5, 1862, to Miss Josephine Smith, of Jackson County. She died in May, 1865, leaving two children, the eldest of whom died in infancy ; Estella Frances is living. He is a prominent member of the Masonic order, and is at present the junior warden of the Summit Lodge.

Mayor, is one of the best known citizens in this place, and is a native of this State, having been born in Cooper County, January 15, 1824. His parents were from Kentucky, his father having come West in 1819. J. H. was brought up on a farm, and attended the common schools, his education being necessarily limited, as his father was not in easy circumstances. When about twenty-one years old, our subject commenced business for himself, and followed farming until i860, when he learned the trade of carpenter and joiner. He then commenced working at it, continuing constantly until about six years ago. In August, 1865, he came to Independence, and since then he has always lived in the county. After residing in Independence four years, he came to this place and embarked in the grocery business, and has since continued it. In 1878 he embarked in the grocery business, and has since continued it. In 1878 he was honored by the people, by being elected mayor, and again in 1880. Has also held the position of city marshal. In 1845, M"^- Stinson was married to Miss Mary A. Alexander. They have three children : Elizabeth, Francis and Charles A.

Dr. Thomas R. Thornton

Physician and surgeon, was born at Calhoun, Henry County, Missouri, dn the Sth day of October, 1843, where he lived for several years with his parents, then removed to Jacksofi County, where he was principally reared, and was a student at the academy at Independence fo'r four years. In 1862 he went to Kentucky, where he was engaged as a school teacher for five months, and then went to Colorado and remained in the vicinity of Denver until the spring of 1864. He returned to Nebraska City, and was employed in a law office. In the spring of* 1865 he took a course at Bryant & Stratton's Commercial College, at St. Joseph, afier which he accepted a situation with S. A, Ingham & Co., of Nebraska City, which position he filled until the spring of 1866. Then came to Lee's Summit, wh.ere he commenced the study of medicine, which he had been pursuing for some time before. He continued his studies until fall, when he entered the St. Louis Medical College, and attended the terms of 1866-67, and then again in 1867-68, graduating in the spring of 1868. Between his terms of school he practiced as an undergraduate at Little Santa Fe, Missouri. After finishing his course he came to his old home and commenced to practice, in the spring of 1868, where he has remained ever since. He is a member of the Jackson County Medical Society, of the Kansas City District Medical Association, of which he was president in 1879, and also a member of the Missouri State Medical Association. He was married in May, 1872, to Miss Alice A. Arnold, of this county. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and has filled the position of secretary for six years in Summit Lodge.

Captain H. C. Williams

Merchant, was born in Westchester County, near New York City, December 8, 1838, and was brought up on a farm, until about fifteen years of age, attending school in winter ; also attended one year at the Wisconsin University at Madison. In 1853 he came West and was employed as clerk in a grocery store in Aurora, Illinois, and thus continued until 1861. Then he enlisted in Company C, 7th Illinois Infantry, served his term, and then re-enlisted in Company H, 5 2nd Illinois, for three years He participated in the battles of Fort Donelson, Pittsburgh Landing, Shiloh, Siege of Corinth, luka, and was with Sherman on his March. to the Sea, taking part in many battles and skirmishes. He was promoted first sergeant and then captain, for meritorous conduct. Was seriously wounded at the battle of Atlanta. Was actively engaged in the Carolina Campaign, until Washington was reached. He received a sword from his company as a token of regard. In 1869 he was married to Miss Emily Eldridge, of Chicago. They have three children : Ada E., Nellie A., and William H. Mr. Williams is a prominent member of the A. O. U. W. ; has held various offices in the same, and is now recorder.

J. H. Wilson

Principal of schools, is a son of a family who were early settlers of this county, he, himself, having been born in Prairie Township, September 26, 1850. He labored on a farm until about twenty years of age, attending private schools, and at that time entered the State University, at Columbia. There he was studiously employed for five years, and, July 4, 1876, graduated with the degree of A. B. Then engaged in teaching, and continued his post-graduate studies until

1879, when there was conferred on him the degree of A. M. Soon went to Greenwood, taught one year there, and was then elected principal of the schools of that place, in which he has since continued, giving much satisfaction. During three summers past, Mr. Wilson has been prosecuting the study of law with Judge Black, of Kansas City, and has been admitted to the bar. In 1880 he visited the eastern States for recreation. He is assisted in his school by one gentleman and two ladies.

Farmer, section 28, was born in Somerset County, Maryland, July 12, 1841, and lived there about eighteen years; in 1859 came to Missouri, and located two miles south of Kansas City, on the Gillis Estate. Lived there until 1862, then went to New Mexico, engaged in milling and stock raising for ten years, and returned to Missouri in 1872. He lived in Independence for three years then located in Greenwood. Was married September 10, 1865, to Mary E. Conner, of Socorro, New Mexico, born August 27, 1844, in Henderson County, Illinois. The family consists of four children: Mary Ann, born December 19, 1868; Willie Lee, born November 8, 1870; George E., born February 6, 1874; Albert F., May 6, 1876 Mr. Barkley has a beautiful place of six acres, on the old town site of Greenwood. He is a nephew of William Gillis and Mary Ann Troost, his uncle having settled two miles south of Kansas City in 1826. The latter purchased a large tract of land from the French. His aunt was the wife of Dr. Troost, and came to the county in 1833. They were among the earliest settlers in Jackson County. At the breaking out of the War of the Rebellion, Mr. Barkley was quite well situated, financially, but lost everything. He has served as school director in Greenwood a number of terms, and when in New Mexico served for a long time as postmaster and notary public. He was second lieutenant in the enrolled State Militia for about nine months.

Farmer and stock raiser, section 10, post-ofifice Lee's Summit, was born on the 3rd of April, 1850, in this county, near Independence. He spent his boyhood days on a farm, and in 1865 accompanied his parents to Kansas. Then went to Eureka, Illinois, and attended school two years, and thence to Lexington, Kentucky, and attended school some four years. He returned to this county, and engaged in farming. In 1876 he took a trip to Colorado, and remained there eight months, engaged in the mercantile business. He returned to this county, and again took up agricultural pursuits ; he owns 225 acres of fine land, most of which is in pasture. He gives his attention chiefly to stock-raising, and keeps on an average about fifty head of cattle. He married Miss Annie Ludeman, a native of Lexington, Kentucky, born on the 21st of October, 1852. Their marriage occurred on the loth of May, 1870. They have one child, Mattie M.

William Boon

Farmer, section 32, was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, December x-j, 1828, and lived there until 1867. Then came to Missouri, and located at Pleasant

Hill, and remained there one year, when he settled in Prairie Township, Jackson County. His occupation has slways been that of farming. He was first married February 25, 1851, to Mary Fergus, of same county, she having been born May 12, 1827. By this marriage, four children were born: Hugh F., born March 30, 1852; John B., born November 20, 1856; William H. S., born December 26, i860, and Ella J., born January 25, 1864. These children are all living, the two eldest in Kansas, and the other two at home. Mrs. Boon died June 12, 1875. He was again united in marriage May 21, 1878 to Belle M. Ferguson, of Harrison County, Ohio, born November 9, 1847. Mr. Boon owns a farm of forty acres, well improved. They are active members of the Presbyterian Church, and energetic workers in the Sabbath-school. He is a radical on the temperance movement, and presents a bold front to the common enemy. He is well spoken of as a conscientious, upright man, and he and his family are well respected for their strict Christian deportment.

John W. Bush

Farmer and stock dealer, section 34, was born in Livingston County, New York, September 9, 1822. Lived there till about twenty-one years of age, and received his education at the common schoolo, and was afterward a graduate of the High School, at Rochester. In 1843 he went to Sandusky County, Ohio, and was there married, January 9, 1848, to Margaret B. Chambers, who was born June 12, 1828. The family consists of six children: Lyman A., born October 27, 1848; Lydia A., born November 17, 1850; Benjamin W., born February 18, 1853; John W., Jr., born August 2, 1855; Mary E., born August 4, 1859, and Hattie E., born March 31, 1862; all living in Jackson County, Missouri, except Lydia, who is in Cass County. Mr. Bush was a successful teacher in Ohio for ten years. In 1853 he moved to Bureau County, Illinois, and there for sixteen years engaged in farming. He then came to Prairie Township, Jackson County, Missouri, where he has ever since resided, engaged in farming and as a stock dealer. He has a beautifully located farm of eighty apres, joining the town site of Greenwood, with one of the best frame houses in the county. The farm is finely stocked, and has good orchard and but-buildings. He and his family are active and consistent members of the Methodist Protestant Church, of which Mr. Bush is the class leader.

Farmer, section 5,. was born in Greene County, Tennessee, September 5, 1825, and lived there until about twenty-five years of age. Then he located in Cass County, Missouri, and remained three years, and in Bates, Vernon and Lawrence Counties until 187 1, when he came to Jackson County where he has since lived engaged in farming, except when employed in teaching school. He finished his education at Doak's College, Tennessee. Was married to Margaret Peck in 1853. By this marriage there were five children : James B., born October 25, 1854, and now dead; Mary S., born March 21, 1857, and now dead; John T., born January i, 1859; Jane F., born April 19, 1861 , and Albert L., born December 16, 1863. Mrs. Campbell died September 11, 1864. He was again married to Nancy A. Rhodes, February 25, 1866, who was born in Ross County, Ohio, August 2, 1 83 1. By this marriage two children were born : Robert F., born February 9, 1867 and William G., born January 26, 1869. All of the childrea living remain at home. Mr. Campbell has served a number of terms as justice of the peace. He has an eighty acre tract of land on which he resides, about three-fourths of a mile northeast of Lee's Summit, all improved and well stocked He is a member of the Methodist Church, South, and his wife and daughter are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

J. W. CAMPBELL, Farmer and stock raiser, section 29, is a native of Kansas City, Missouri, and was born May 9, 1855. Lived there until twenty years of age, then moved to his farm in Prairie Township. Was educated at the High School, Kansas City, and graduated at Spalding's Commercial College. After attaining his education, and up to 1874, he spent most of his time traveling in the mountains. Was married November i, 1874, to Mary E. Murray, of Clay County, Missouri, who was born December, 25, 1853. There are two children : Nelhe S., born August 30, 1875 and Lavina T., born March i, 1879. Mr. Campbell was a son of John S. Campbell who was president of the ferry company, and a son of William Campbell, one of Jackson County's first settlers. J. W. owns 140 acres of land all under cultivation; also fine buildings and an orchard of 250 trees. It is universally acknowledged that he has the finest farm in the county, located just one and one-half miles west of Greenwood. He contemplates entering the commercial business in Kansas City, where we bespeak for him the best success. Although yet a young man he is possessed of more than ordinary business ability, and having a fine education, he is well qualified to fill almost any position of honor and trust.