Jackson County, Missouri - Biographical sketches, 1920 (part 12 of 15)

This department cares for the county trucks and automobiles and cares for the oils and supplies needed by the cars. The county machines are repaired at the garage also.

Mr. Gaines was elected to the office of city councilman from the second ward in the spring of 1915, reelected in 1917 and again elected in 1919 and is now serving his third term. Since his election the city council has in¬ stalled a new unit in the electric light plant and a second unit has been ordered for installation. He is a progressive city official and is heartily in favor of everything good for the benefit of his home city. Mr, Gaines is chairman of the street and alleys committee and also serves on the light committee. He is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Fraternal Order of Eagles.

Levi Gore, retired farmer, living on his valuable farm of 23 acres near Blue Springs, in Sniabar township, is a native of Missouri. He was born in Buchanan County, Aug. 15, 1857 and is a son of Louis Gore who was a son of Henry Gore, a native of West Virginia. Louis Gore was born in 1822 and died in 1905. He came to Jackson County about 1868 and accumulated a large tract of land. For further details of his life the reader is referred to the sketch of William G. Gore in this volume.

Levi Gore accompanied his parents to this county in 1868, and at his father's death he inherited 230 acres from the estate of 1,320 acres which his father had accumulated. The tract where he resides is the old home place of the family and is very valuable land.

April 8, 1877, Mr. Gore was married to Martha E. Pine, who was born April 18, 1860 and departed this life March 29, 1916. She was a daughter of Ballard and Delilah (Neely) Pine, natives of West Virginia and early pioneers in Jackson County where they resided for over 40 years. The children born to Levi and Martha E. Gore are as follows: Mrs. Myrtle Neely, living on the home farm; Lulu, wife of J. W. Myers, on the home place; Ora, wife of Watson Hendrick, on the home place; Mrs. Myrtle Neely has five children, Fernay, Homer, Clyde, Murl and Eva, wife of Charles Cady. Mrs. Lulu Myers has one son, Troy. Mrs. Ora Hendlicks has a son, Willie Hendricks.

church and is prominent in secret society circles. He has filled all of the chairs in the Masonic lodge of Blue Springs, passed through the chairs of the Odd Fellows and has held every post in the Knights of Pythias ex¬ cept that of chancellor commander. He is a member of the Rebekahs and the Odd Fellows Encampment.

David Hall, farmer and stockman, owner of 120 acres of good farm land in Sniabar township is a native of Jackson County and is a son of one of the early pioneers of the county. Mr. Hall was born Nov. 26, 1887 and was reared to manhood in Jackson County. He is a son of James D. Hall, large land owner.

Mr. Hall was married to Miss Maudie Gore, a daughter of Frank Gore, who was a son of Green Gore, one of the old settlers on this section of Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. Hall have one child, Theda Florine, aged three years.

James D. Hall, father of David Hall, was born Aug. 10, 1839 on ^e place where he still resides. He is the son of Isham and Rachel (Stanley) Hall, natives of North Carolina. The Halls are among the earliest pioneer families of Jackson County, Isham Hall probably having settled in this county sometime in the twenties, coming here from Virginia. Isham Hall was father of the following children: John, deceased; William; Mrs. Betsy Johnson; Jane, deceased; and James D. Hall, of this review.

During the second year of the Civil War, James D. Hall cast his lot with the Confederacy and enlisted in 1862 in Captain Nolin's company under Generals Raines and Price. He fought in the battles of Pea Ridge, Ark., Corinth, Miss, and was in many skirmishes. Returning home after a year's service, he remained here until Order No. 11 went into effect, when he went to Lafayette County. From there he went to Nebraska City, Neb. and lived there for a year and followed his trade of carpenter. After the close of the war he came back to his old home in Jackson County and on Aug. 31, 1866 he was married to Sarah Jane Gore, who was born in Virginia, Nov. 26, 1840, a daughter of Greenville and Frances (Stultz) Gore, who located in Buchanan County, Mo. in 1852 and some years later came to Jackson County.

The children born to James D. and Sarah Jane Hall are as follows: Ollie and Moses, died in infancy; John, farmer, living on part of his father's land ; George, a farmer near Selsa ; Mrs. Ella Myers, died, aged 34 years, leaving three children; David of this review; and Ida, living on a part of the old homestead. Mr. and Mrs. Hall have 12 grandchildren; John Hall married Prudenca Allison and has one child, Mrs. Georgia Mc¬ Guire, who is mother of one child, Geraldine. George Hall married Jennie Foley and had three children, Mae Lawson and Marshall Hall. David Hall has one child, Theda. Mrs. Ida Shropshire has six children, Ethel, John, Bertha, Greenville, Elise and Guy, and four deceased.

Mr. Hall has followed carpenter work and farming during his' active life and has been successful. His estate consists of 700 acres in Jackson County. He is a Democrat and was reared in the faith of the Cum¬ berland Presbyterian church.

Samuel Lee Lowe, farmer and stockman, owner of 92 acres of valuable land, which was the old home place of his father, Calvin V. Lowe, was born Nov. 4, 1878 in Jackson County on the old Lowe homestead, halfway between Independence and Blue Springs. When seven years of age he moved with his parents to the new home place near Blue Springs. This place was purchased from James Burris and since purchasing the farm from the Lowe estate, S. L. Lowe has remodeled the residence. Samuel L. Lowe is a son of Calvin V., born Dec. 5, 1832, died July 14, 1904, and Mary E. Lowe, born March 5, 1839, died March 12, 1919. They were mar¬ ried March 20, 1856. For further particulars regarding Calvin V. and Mary Elizabeth Lowe, see sketch of John Louis Lowe in this volume.

S. L. Lowe was educated in the Blue Springs public school, the Warrensburg State Normal and pursued a commercial course in Spauldings Commercial College. For six years he and a partner named H. P. Gouldman operated a livery barn in Blue Springs. Then under the name of Lowe he was engaged in the hardware business for three years. In 1912 he engaged in farming and the raising of cattle and hogs. On this place Mr. Lowe has descendants of the original Shorthorn herd founded by his father who was a breeder of fine cattle.

Mr. Lowe has been twice married. His first marriage took place Feb. 28, 1901 with Lynda Walton Gouldman, who was born in King and Queens County, Va., April 1, 1877 and died April 28, 1910, leaving three children. Eldred Gouldman, born Jan. 3, 1902 j Clifton Mordaunt, born Jan. 11, 1904, and Henry Ralph, born June 30, 1908. Mr. Lowe was mar¬ ried the second time Aug. 2, 1916 with Miss Susan Osborn, of Higginsville, Mo., born Feb. 8, 1883, a daughter of George and Susan (Rose) Osborn, natives, respectively of Boone County, Mo. and Fleming County, Ky. The Osboras moved from Davis County to Lafayette County, Mo. in 1865. George Osborn died in 1897 and his wife departed this life in 1903. One

Eldred Gouldman Lowe enlisted in the United States navy July 13, 1918, at Chicago, and was trained at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station. He was assigned to Newport and served on the navy patrol ship Marguerite with headquarters at Key West. His ship is now doing duty in the Gulf of Mexico.

Silas V. Dillingham, - Sixty-five years of residence on one farm in Sniabar township is the record of Silas V. Dillingham, large land owner of Jackson County. Mr. Dillingham was born Oct. 31, 1854. The old home of the Dillingham family is stilb standing within sight of the home which was erected by Mr. Dillingham in 1891. The Dillingham homestead was erected by the elder- Dillingham in the early forties.

Veachel Dillingham, father of the subject of this review, was bom in Virginia in 1818 and died in January, 1864. He married Nancy Jane Gib¬ son, a native of Kentucky, who died in 1881. Veachel and Nancy Jane Dillingham were parents of seven children: Elizabeth, widow of Darken Johnson, Blue Springs, Mo.; Mrs. M. E. Walsh, lives in Texas; Mrs. Jennie Hamilton, deceased; Mrs. America Mitchell, deceased; Mrs. Sallie Harra lives east of Buckner, Mo. ; John, deceased ; Silas V., of this review.

After the father's death, Silas V. and his brother were the support of their mother and five sisters. Naturally he began doing the work of a farmer while yet in his youth. He continued to assist in the support of his widowed mother until he was 25 years old. Two years later, his re¬ maining sister married and moved away from the home place. For ten years following his mother's death he lived a bachelor's life. In 1889 the estate was divided and Mr. Dillingham purchased the interests of the other heirs, accumulating 240 acres. He has built up a splendid farm and has added to his first as the years passed. He first bought 22 acres from Darken Johnson. He then bought 40 acres from Mrs. Mack. His next purchase was a tract of 98 acres from a brother-in-law. In the spring of 1919 he purchased 69 acres and now owns a large total of 470 acres.

Mr. Dillingham was married in 1889 to Miss Julia Daniels, bora in Jackson County, a daughter of Henry and Mattie (McGill) Daniels. She died in 1902. Four children were born to this marriage : Mary and Anna Jane, at home with their father and two children died in infancy. Mr. Dillingham is a Democrat.

It is worthy of note that Veachel Dillingham served in the Confed¬ erate army during the Civil War under General Price and took part in many battles. While in Texas he became ill of measles and died. During the day's mxarch he had become soaking wet, becoming ill in the evening, he was left in the care of an old couple by a comrade. Perry Gibson, and was never again heard from. It is presumed that he died in the Texas home and that his body was buried by the old couple who cared for him.

George Henry Hifner, one of the pioneer citizens of Jackson County, now living retired on a farm near Atherton, was born in Jessamine County, Ky., Feb. 11, 1833. He is a son of William and Margaret (Funk) Hifner, natives of Kentucky.

William Hifner was a son of Peter Hifner who reared a family of six children. Margaret (Funk) Hifner was a daughter of Peter Funk, who was father of 14 children, six sons and three daughters of whom were reared to maturity. William Hifner died in Jessamine County in 1836. His wife died at the age of 86 years. George Henry Hifner migrated to Missouri when 24 years of age. When 17 years old he had learned the trade of wagon maker which he followed for some years and carried on a shop at Sulphur Wells, Ky. When he came to Missouri he located near Liberty, Clay County, and followed farming until the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861. He enlisted in Clay County under Capt. William Price, in Colonel Thornton's regiment. General Price's Division and went with his command to Lexington, thence to Springfield, and to Lewis and took part in the battle of Elkhorn Tavern, Ark. From there he went to White River and the army crossed to Tennessee, but Mr. Hifner, then orderly sergeant, was sick and could not accompany his command. He was sent to Little Rock, Ark. and returned on foot in 1862 with two other men, William Jenkins and John Creek, for companions. He was arrested upon his arrival home and imprisoned in the Federal prison at St. Louis from August until Christmas of that year. Dec. 29, 1863 he was released and engaged in the hemp and produce business at Missouri City which he fol¬ lowed until 1870. In 1869 he traded for his present home farm near Atherton and moved on to it in March. This farm consisted of 187 acres and Mr. Hifner acquired a large estate of 871 acres. In 1885 he decided that it was the better policy to make a division of his land among his five children instead of having them wait until his death. He gave 102 acres to his daughter Maggie ; 127 acres to his daughter Ella ; 160 acres to his son James; and gave to William 80 acres; and gave 80 acres to John. He ep e remainder of his land so as to have property for himself and the rest of his family. During his long, active career, Mr. Hifner was an extensive grain raiser and cattle and hog producer and one of the most successful farmers in Jackson County.

In 1858, at the old Liberty fair, he was awarded a first prize for the finest corn crop raised on an acre of ground, producing 133.40 bushels to the acre, the corn averaging 134 bushels and 37 pounds to the measured bushel and the best in quality, winning all the premiums. The associa¬ tion agreed to pay the corn prize in money or silver ware. Mr. and Mrs. Hifner decided to accept silver ware and the State authorities had a set of silver spoons made at St. Louis, marked with the family initial. This silver ware is still in the family.

Mr. Hifner was married Feb. 15, 1855 to Eliza J. Horine of Jessamine County, Ky., a daughter of David Horine of Kentucky. The children born to this marriage are as follow: John C. B., Atherton, Mo.; Elizabeth, at home ; Ella, wife of Ed Gallagher, Kansas City, Mo. ; Margaret, wife of James D. Beets, of Independence; Prof. W. D., Independence, Mo.; James D., a farmer living near Lees Summit; Boswell, at home. The mother of these children died in April, 1905.

The Hifner residence was erected in 1869. Mr. Hifner recently sold his home place where he now resides but will continue to make his home on the farm. He was one of the leading members of the Greenback party in Jackson County in the seventies and was a candidate for various offices, at one time having been a candidate for congressman from the Fifth District. He has always been independent in political matters. He be¬ came a member of the Christian church when 16 years of age, joining the churqh at Old Jessamine, Ky. He assisted in the building of the Lib¬ erty Christian church and also helped to erect a church at Missouri City, later helping materially to build the church on Blue Bottoms, near Ather¬ ton. He also contributed to the building of the Pleasant Union church. This church has since been sold and the proceeds turned over to the Inde¬ pendence Christian church. Mr. Hifner now holds membership in the Independence Christian church to which he contributed $1,000 in the fall of 1919. He has filled the offices of elder and superintendent of the Sun¬ day school in the various churches with which he has been affiliated and is now an elder in the Independence Christian church. He has heard many pioneer preachers discourse from the pulpit in his time, such as Rev. Franklin, George Rogers, James A. Garfield, Scott, Ricketts, Raccoon Smith and Alexander Campbell.

Henry, Thomas, Chub, Ila, Mona, Flora, Mabel and Ella Beets; Pauline, Kate, Bertha, William, Lora, Mary and Nellie Gallagher; Russell, Lloyd, Lola, Blanche, Garland Hifner ; Gilbert, now in U. S. navy, Stanley, Henry and Helen Hifner. They have nine great grandchildren.

Although past 87 years of age, this patriarch is active both mentally and physically and takes a keen interest in life and present day events. He is well informed.

Whitsett P. Fishback, former merchant of Oak Grove, Mo. was bora on a pioneer farm in Lafayette County, Mo., Feb. 13, 1849. He is the son of Fant L. and Pamelia (Ewing) Fishback, natives of Virginia and Tennes¬ see, respectively, who came to Missouri in the early forties. Pamelia Ewing accompanied her father, William Young Ewing, from Giles County, Tenn. during the early thirties. Fant L. Fishback developed a farm about three and a half miles south of Napoleon, Lafayette County and there reared his family.

When W. P. Fishback was 24 years of age, like many other young men of his age in that adventurous era, he became imbued with the desire to see the great unknown West. Accordingly he traveled to the mining country and went to the Washoe Valley in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and was employed in cutting wood which was rolled down the steep mountain sides for shipment to the smelters of the famous mining town of Virginia City, which was then in the heyday of its prosperity and fame. The wood was hauled to Virginia City via a small narrow gauge railroad. Mr. Fishback spent two years in the west and for a time was employed on a valley ranch. He returned to Missouri in 1875 and spent two years in Vernon County before settling down in his home county. In 1883 he engaged in the mercantile business in Oak Grove in partner¬ ship with V . H. Poindexter. Later Mr. Fishback became sole proprietor and cari-ied on the business alone until he took in his brother, Robert Fish¬ back, as a partner. The firm was continued under the name of Fishback Brothers until the death of Robert Fishback, the interest of the deceased brother being retained for the benefit of his widow and son, Roy. Mr. Fishback continued the business until Roy Fishback, his nephew, became old enough to take his place in the store and it was operated by the uncle and nephew until Jan. 1, 1919, when it was sold to Gray Brothers of Oak Grove. Mr. Fishback and his nephew, Roy, are owners of 150 acres of land five miles south of Oak Grove and at the present time, Roy Fishback is traveling in Colorado in the interest of a dry goods firm.

follows: Sarah died in 1862; James E., died in 1918; George, died in 1918; Whitsett P., of this review, and Robert E. Fishback. The latter was born in 1851 and died in 1905. He married Lucy Grubb, a daughter of G, W. Grubb and she now resides at Oak Grove. They were the par¬ ents of three children, Roy, Mrs. Carrie Gray and Whitsett E.

John W. Hudson, Oak Grove, Mo., is one of the old timers of Jackson County, who was born in a log cabin and reared in this county. Nearly his entire life has been spent in the vicinity of Oak Grove. He was born May 23, 1848 and is the son of John Hill and Mary Page (Wilson) Hudson who were natives of Virginia and came to Jackson County in 1832.

John Hill Hudson first settled near Blue Springs and later located about two and a half miles west of Oak Grove where he entered a con¬ siderable acreage of land which cost him $1.25 an acre, and thereby hangs a tale. Mr. Hudson, senior, was gifted with wisdom and had a desire to accumulate land. He accordingly built his cabin so that it would lap over the township lines, and thus enable him to prove up on three or four parcels of land as he desired. He built a two room log cabin and was thus enabled to change his residence from one congressional township to the other as it was necessary. He slept and ate his meals in one side of the house until he had proved up on an "80" and then changed over to the other side and proved up on another "80". This led eventually to compli¬ cations and the township line at this point became lost, officially some years later. It was necessary to find the intersecting line. The county court ordered a corps of surveyors, William Z. Hickman, Martin 0. Jones and Tom Lee, to locate the line, and to establish the corner. The survey¬ ors made quite a hunt for the missing corner and at length one of the party bethought himself of an idea. Perhaps the intersection was located on the site of the Hudson home. Young John W. Hudson was thereupon sent upon the roof with a plumb line and ordered to move around on the roof until the lead pointed at the proper place. In this manner the corner was officially established and the records were made complete. John Hill Hudson accumulated over 600 acres of land during his lifetime and was one of the best known and substantial of the pioneers of Sniabar town¬ ship. He died in 1848 and his wife Feb. 18, 1888. There were six chil¬ dren in the Hudson family as follows: Thomas W., deceased; David Hill, deceased; James R., died in Oak Grove; Mrs. Albinda W. Chum, deceased; Sarah C., wife of D. B. Shores, Argonia, Kan.; John W., of this review;

John W. Hudson cared for his mother during her last years and in 1871 he was married and built his first home. During the Civil War the family moved to Carroll County and lived with David H. Hudson. After his marriage, Mr. Hudson settled on his home place of 90 acres and im¬ proved it. He accumulated a total of 137 acres which he sold in 1904 and then located in Oak Grove. He resided on a farm adjoining Grain Valley, Mo. for six years and for the next five years he lived in Kansas City. Sept. 10, 1918, he located in Oak Grove.

Mr. Hudson was married in 1871 to Mary Etta Austin who was acci¬ dently killed in a team runaway during the winter of 1902, leaving six children : Verta Ann, wife of Arthur J. Alford, Oak Grove, Mo. ; William Thomas, a grocer of Kansas City, Mo. ; Minnie Hudson, deceased ; Edward Lee, a farmer of Vernon County, Mo.; Mary Alice Gregg, Kansas Cit^f Lena Frances Mabry, Grain Valley, Mo.; Mr. Hudson's second marriage occurred in 1904 with Cora A. Mason, who died Jan. 16, 1909 at the age of 41 years.

Joseph L. Carr, farmer of Blue township, is one of the old timers of Jackson County. He was born in Baltimore County, Md., March 20, 1849, and is a son of James and Annie (Lesoured) Carr, who came to Missouri in 1867 and settled in Jackson County on the very farm where Mr. Carr is living and where he has resided for two years more than a half cen¬ tury. James and Annie Carr were parents of a family of 11 children only four of whom are now living, viz; Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Loclhard, living at Independence; Rachel Anne and Laura Matilda, living on the home place and Joseph L., the subject of this review.

Joseph L. Carr received such education as the schools of his day afforded and during his entire life has been a great reader and student. They say that reading constantly keeps a man young and if such is the case, Mr. Carr has profited by his constant reading of literature and the daily newspapers as he is active, well informed and clear eyed. He lives comfortably upon his small farm of 16 acres, but he and his son are farming over 80 acres in all.

Mr. Carr was married on Oct. 22, 1874 to Martha E. Land, who was born m Jackson County in 1854 and is a daughter of the late Joshua Land a well known pioneer of this county. Five children blessed this union! VIZ.: Nora B., living at the home of attomey Dryden; Josie A., wife of

Howard Johnson, north of Grain Valley ; Mrs. Rachel M. Hudnall, north of Blue Springs ; Britton L., resides in Oklahoma ; John W., at home with his father, is the father of one child, Cora V, Carr. Mr. Carr has two other grandchildren, Mary Ellen Johnson and Robert Hudnall.

Roy Montgomerj% farmer and stockman, owner of 175 acres of splen¬ did farm land in Sniabar township, is a member of one of the old and prominent pioneer families of Jackson County. Mr. Montgomery was born Nov. 27, 1873 and is a son of Isaac N. Montgomery, details of whose life are given with the biography of E. E. Montgomery of Blue Springs, who is a brother of Roy Montgomery. Mr. Montgomery attended the Round Grove School and was reared to the life of a farmer. He has re¬ sided on his present place since 1894.

Nov. 28, 1894, Mr. Montgomery was married to Lue Wampler, who was born Nov. 1, 1875, in Illinois and is a daughter of Jacob and Angeline (Chiddix) Wamfpler, the former born in Knox County, Ind. and the latter a native of West Virginia. Jacob Wampler and Angelina Chiddix were married in Illinois and came to Jackson County, Mo., in August, 1878. They settled on the place now owned by Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery. Jacob Wampler was born May 18, 1839 and died June 27, 1884. His wife was born Jan. 13, 1854 and now resides in Independence. She was mar¬ ried to James Mack in 1886 and is mother of two children by her first mamage : Mrs. Roy Montgom.ery of this review ; and Mary, wife of Charles B. Mabrey, near Mecklin, Mo. By her second marriage with Mr. Mack she is mother of two children: Auda A. died in 1907 and James born Aug. 5, 1889, now lives in Independence.

Three children have been born to Roy and Lue Montgomery, as fol¬ low : Marvel Angeline, born Aug. 17, 1896 ; Sue lone, born May 23, 1898 ; and Isaac Dow, born Oct. 16, 1902. Both Marvel Angeline and Sue lone Montgomery were educated in the Oak Grove and Slater High Schools and have studied at Howard Payne College, Fayette, Mo. and are members of the Eastern Star lodge. Isaac Dow Montgomery is a student in Grain Valley High School.

Mr. Montgomery is a director of the Citizens State Bank of Blue Springs and is prominent in Jackson County. He is a Democrat and is affiliated with the Grain Valley Masonic lodge and has attained the Scot¬ tish Rite degree of Masonry in Kansas City. Mr. Montgomery and wife, two daughters and son are all members of the M. E. Church, South.

Eugene H. Chrisman, of Sniabar township and owner of a well im¬ proved farm of 87 acres on the Spring Branch road east of Independence, is a native of Jackson County. He was born Jan. 11, 1870, on the Chris¬ man home place, now the Fisher place. His parents were Saunders and Elizabeth (Jones) Chrisman, the former of whom was born in Virginia Dec. 1,2, 1825, and came to Jackson County with his parents when six years of age. Elizabeth (Jones) Chrisman was a sister of the late Judge Jones of this county. She was bom Jan. 9, 1835 and died June 28, 1896. Saunders Chrisman died May 18, 1906. He was a Confederate soldier in the Civil War. They were parents of the following children : Charley,' died in infancy ; Albert, lives north of Adams Station ; Orville, Hickman's Mill; Eugene H., of this review; Jeremiah V., a mail carrier of Independ¬ ence, Mo.

Eugene H. Chrisman attended the district schools and has always fol¬ lowed farming. When 16 years old he began working out by the day and by the month. For five years he was engaged in the restaurant business in Independence. He purchased his present farm in 1909 at a cost of $60 an acre. Mr. Chrisman has improved his place and it is easily worth $300 an acre. He erected a neat modern bungalow in 1915 to replace his first residence which was burned in 1915.

Mr. Chrisman was married in 1894 to Nannie Fields, and to this mar¬ riage children have been born as follows; Gladys Josephine aged 23 years, married Luther Vandyke, lives six miles east of Lees Summit and has three children, De Chrisman and James Philip, twins, and Vera Eugene.

W. W. Fields, father of Mrs. Nannie Chrisman, was born Sept. 11, 1844, on a farm one and a half miles east of his present place on the Lexington road. He is a son of William and Amanda (Chiles) Fields who were born, reared and married in Morrill County, Ky. They came to Jackson County in 1836. In 1856, William Fields, the elder, sold his first farm and purchased the land where Sater Necessary now lives. He was

William W. Fields enlisted in the Confederate army in 1862, in Com¬ pany K, Hays regiment, Joe Shelby's brigade, and served for three years, surrendering at Shreveport, La., June 14, 1865. He was with Shelby's command to the end and participated in all of the battles in which Shelby commanded. Saunders Chrisman, father of Eugene Chrisman of this re¬ view, was a member of the same company. Mr. Fields was married in

1871 to Josie Adams, who was born in Nelson County, Ky., in 1854, a daughter of Leek Adams. Seven children were born to this marriage: Nannie, wife of Eugene H. Chrisman; Mrs. Myrtle Fisher, living on a nearby farm; Fred, a carpenter. Independence; William, living on the Blue Springs road; Mrs. Perna Searcey, living near Bristow; Tina Belle, lives in Kansas City; and Ernest, at home.

For a number of years Mr. Fields worked at the carpenter trade and accumulated a total of 224 acres. He now has but 72 acres, upon which he has resided since 1893. Mr. Fields has been a Mason for 40 years.

John Dudgeon, late resident of Fort Osage township, was one of the best known men in the northern part of Jackson County. He was born in Taylor County, Ky., May 2, 1868, and died at his home in Fort Osage township, Oct. 7, 1918. He was a son of W. Dandridge and Susan (Overstreet) Dudgeon, natives of Casey County, Ky. The Dudgeon family came from Kentucky to Ray County, Mo., in 1880, and John Dudgeon attained young manhood in Ray County. He was married on March 26, 1890, to Miss Fannie Endsley, who was born Oct. 7, 1871, in Ray County. She was a daughter of Ethbert M. and Eliza (Vance) Endsley, both of whom were born and reared in Ray County. Ethbert M. Endsley was born June 18, 1834, and died Oct. 31, 1908. He was a son of John Ends¬ ley, a native of North Carolina, who was one of the first pioneers of western Missouri, settling in Ray County in 1824. Ethbert Endsley crossed the plains to California in the fifties, spent some time in the gold mjnes, and returned home in the winter of 1857. Ethbert M. Endsley married Eliza Vance on Dec. 27, 1857. To this union nine children were ly)rn : Amidore Endsley, of Orrick, Mo. ; Alice Helfor, of Topeka, Kan, ; Birty Endsley, of Orrick; Johnnie Endsley, of Orrick; Everett Endsley, of Orrick ; Fannie Dudgeon, of Sibley ; Eliza Thurman, of Orrick ; two died in infancy. After the death of his first wife, he was married to Marie L. Owens, Sept. 15, 1876, and to this union five children were born: Arthur Endsley, of Orrick; Walter Endsley, of Orrick; Callie Coons, of Orrick; two died in infancy. Mr. Endsley became prominent in Ray County, and was a member of the Free Masons.

After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Dudgeon resided on their farm in Ray County until 1914. In that year they sold their Ray County farm and came to Jackson County, where they purchased 128 acres in Fort Osage township. Mr. Dudgeon did considerable improving on his farm during the comparatively short period in which he resided in Jackson County, and the Dudgeon farm is one of the well improved and valuable farms in the county. Two children were born to John and Fannie Dudgeon, as follows: John Birtie, born Sept. 5, 1891, and an infant son born and died April 11, 1897. John Birtie is managing the home farm, was mar¬ ried on July 9, 1912, to Ellen Leake, and has two children, Frances Lu¬ cille, born April 17, 1913, and Fannie Leota, born Dec. 7, 1914.

Mr. Dudgeon was a Democrat. He was a member of the Christian church, and was a good citizen, enterprising and honest. He made many friends during his residence in Jackson County, and his family are well respected in the community.

John Hicks George. - Over 60 years of happy wedded life is the record of John Hicks and Lovica George of the Oak Grove neighborhood. Few couples can boast of so long a wedded life and still be in the best of health and strength, as are Mr. George and his estimable wife. This is not all, however, that Mr. George has to his credit - he is one of the oldest of the native born pioneer citizens in Jackson County, being probably the third oldest pioneer settler in the county. He and Mrs. George have accumu¬ lated one of the finest 200 acre farms in the county, their home being located in a beautiful valley, three miles south of Oak Grove. This has been their home since March, 1884, and during that time they have built up a fine country estate.

John Hicks George was born March 24, 1838, on a farm one and a half miles northwest of his present place. He is a son of David and Nancy E. (Bass) George, the former a native of Kentucky and the latter a native of Tennessee. David George was a son of William George who was bom in W^ales, immigiated to America, first settled in Virginia and then made his way to Kentucky in the pioneer era of that state. Nancy E. (Bass) George was a daughter of Nathan Bass, a native of Virginia, who first moved to Tennessee and then to Kentucky.

David George was born in July 8, 1798 and died in February, 1863. His wife, Nancy, was born June 10, 1808 and died April 5, 1888. They were married Aug. 16, 1827. The following children were born to them: Mrs. Mary Ann Bowman, deceased; Mrs. Martha E. Owings, deceased, aged 90 years; Melissa, died in infancy; Nathan Bass was a Confederate veteran, died May 22, 1899; Hiram James, Confederate veteran, died Oct. 22, 1911; Mrs. Sarah Jane Johnson, deceased; John Hicks, of this review; Ason died in infancy; Mrs. Frances F., wife of H. V. P. Kabrick, a sketch of whom appears in this volume; Gabriel William fought with the Con- federate forces and was killed in battle near Independence, Feb. 22, 1862 ; one son died in infancy; Mrs. Amanda I. (Tyre) deceased; a son died in infancy and Mrs. Lucinda G. Honaker, deceased.

David C. George came to Jackson County in 1836 and entered land in the southeastern part of Sniabar township. He entered land from the govemment, became prosperous, owned several hundred acres of land and was able to leave each of his children a farm. He died during the Civil War. In the fall of 1862 he had made a trip South and was returning to his home, in February, 1863, and he met death on the Osage River, his death being probably at the hands of Union men.

John Hicks George was peacefully tilling his farm at the outbreak of the Civil War. He had up to the spring of 1862 taken no part in the war but circumstances were soon to arise which would compel him to take part in the struggle. One day in the spring of 1862, when he was peacefully engaged in working in the field near his home, a band of Union soldiers from Warrensburg, who were searching the neighborhood for Quantrell and his band, seized him and in the effort to compel him to tell what he knew regarding QuantrelFs whereabouts, put a rope around his neck, threw it over a limb of a nearby tree and three times hauled him up in the air. He denied all knowledge of Quantrell's hiding place each time they let him down and at last the men reluctantly spared his life and let him go. He then decided that it was unsafe for him to remain around the neighborhood, inasmuch as he received orders from the Federal com¬ mander to go to Lexington and take the oath of allegiance. He at once hunted up Quantrell and joined his band and remained with this outfit during the remainder of 1862 and a part of the following year. He then enlisted as a private in Gen. J. 0. Shelby's brigade and served under Shelby and Price until he was captured in 1864 at Fort Scott, Kan. and placed in the Federal prison at Rock Island, Ill. From there he was sent to Richmond to be exchanged and was in the Confederate service in Missis¬ sippi when the war ended and peace was declared. He rejoined his old brigade at Shreveport and accompanied them home to Jackson County.

During the war, after her husband had left home, Mrs. George went to a place near Wellington, Mo. Later locating with her sister on her father's farm in Lafayette County. She and her sister did the farm work, plowed with oxen, and made their own living while the men were absent. When Mr. George returned from the South in 1865 she had a crop of com growing. She had 16 acres planted and had worked the crop twice with oxen. She even rode the oxen to mill.

One of the hardest fights which John Hicks George took part in dur¬ ing the war was at a spot between Greenwood and Pleasant Hill. His company numbered but 64 men. They were attacked by a band of 200 Federals who entirely surrounded him and his comrades so that they iiad to fight their way out, killing 92 of the enemy, with a loss of seven killed. Ezra Moore, a close friend was killed in this fight. Other battles in which he fought were: Cane Hill, Ark.; Prairie Grove, Mo.; Booneville, Mo.; Prairie Du Han and Prairie Du Rhone. The fighting was continuous from Pilot Knob to Jefferson City during the raid through Missouri and thence to Lexington from which point they fought their way to Westport where the retreat of Price's army began toward the South.

Oct. 27, 1859, Mr. George was married to Lovica A. White and the fol¬ lowing children were born to this union: Joseph N., James Thomas, Dr. John Henry George, Callie Minnie, Samuel William, Gilbert Wilson, Bertha Anne, Forrest Kabrick, David Lee, Arthur Webb, Mary Elizabeth, Melvie Clara. Joseph N. George was born March 1, 1861, married Ella Patton and has four children, Jessie, Minnie, Floyd and Fredah, lives in Kansas City. James Thomas George was born Nov. 3, 1862 and died June 7, 1913, leaving one daughter, Mrs. Grace Robinson. Dr. John Henry George is a practicing physician in Kansas City, was born March 15, 1867, mar¬ ried Belle Harrison of Warrensburg and has three children, Elsa, Hollis and Quinton. Hollis George served with the A. E. F. in France and is a veteran of the World War. Dr. George served with the medical coitus at Fort Riley. Calvin Minne George was born Nov. 8, 1868, married Alfred F. Middleton and resides in Lafayette County. She has six children: Tredgar, Ruby, Thelman, Roy, Pansy and Horace. Tredgar Middleton served with the National army during the World War. Samuel William George was bom August 31, 1870 and died when a year old. Gilbert Wil¬ son George resides on an adjoining farm. He was born July 24, 1872, married Lydia Newton and has children as follow: Luther, Rena, Henry, Gladys, Forrest, Elbert, Lavica, John David and Lula. Luther T. George served in the National army during the World War. Bertha Anna George was bom March 3, 1874 and died in childhood. Forrest Kabrick George was bom Jan. 29, 1876 and was killed in a runaway July 30, 1894. David Lee George was born Oct. 10, 1877 and died in infancy. Arthur Webb George was born July 9, 1879 and is a traffic policeman in Kansas City. He married Claudine Grubb and has one child, Earl. Melvie Clare George was bom July 11, 1884 and is wife of Jacob Carroll of Lafayette County.

Mrs. Lavica A. (White) George was born June 18, 1841 on a farm one mile north of her present home and is a daughter of John and Anna (Bums) White, natives of Tennessee, who came to Jackson County in 1840 and later moved to Lafayette County. She and her husband were childhood playmates and sweethearts.

Mr. George is a Democrat of the old and stanch kind. He and Mrs. George are members of the old school Baptist church. Mr. George has filled various local offices such as member of the school board and road overseer and has always taken an active and influential part in local civic affairs. Few couples have as much to their credit as Mr. and Mrs. George. Although advanced in years far beyond the span allotted to them in Holy Scriptures they are sound in body and mind and take a keen interest in every day affairs. They have the unique distinction of being the oldest native born married couple in all Jackson County.

Dr. George W. Webb, successful practicing dentist. Oak Grove, Mo., is a native son of Jackson County and a member of one of the oldest and most prominent pioneer families of the county. He was bom April 22, 1870, on a farm three and a half miles southwest of Oak Grove and is a son of the late John P. and Susan (Philpot) Webb, a sketch of whom ap¬ pears in this volume. ;

George W. Webb was educated in the public schools of Oak Grove, Mo., after which he pursued a course in the business college at Sedalia, Mo. He then entered the Western Dental College of Kansas City, Mo. and was graduated from this institution in April, 1902. He immediately began practice of his profession in his home city of Oak Grove and has met with gratifying success. Dr. Webb makes his home on a valuable tract of land consisting of 171/? acres just on the southern edge of Oak Grove.

Dr. Webb was married in 1899, to Miss May Youree, who died in October, 1917, leaving six children: Russell, Cloherene, Pauline, Clay, Owen and John Mann, all of whom are at home and receiving the advan¬ tages of a good education.

Dr. Webb is a Democrat and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. He is a progressive, well read, and skilled practitioner who keeps abreast of the times and the latest developments in the science of dentistry.

Guy H. Fisher, farmer, Sniabar township, owner of 70 acres of rich bottom land, on the Spring- Branch road, is a member of one of the old¬ est pioneer families of Jackson County. He was born in 1875, just across the creek, in Blue township, and is a son of William and Sarah (Gibson) Fisher, old time residents of Jackson County, an extended sketch of whom appears in this volume.

Mr. Fisher attended the district school and the Blue Springs public school, and since the days of his boyhood he has followed farming. He purchased his fine farm in 1907, and has placed all of the improvements, including residence, barns, outbuildings and fencing, on the place. The residence is reached by a well kept driveway leading from, the rock road, and the Fisher farm presents a very attractive appearance.

Mr. Fisher was married Dec. 28, 1898, to Miss Myrtle Fields, who was born March 24, 1875, a daughter of William W. and Josephine (Adams) Fields. William W. Fields was a Confederate veteran, and an old resident of Jackson County. A sketch of him appears in this volume in connection with that of Eugene H. Chrisman. Josephine (Adams) Fields was a member of one of the most prominent and well-to-do families of Nelson County, Ky. Mr. and Mrs. Fisher have one child, a daughter. Fields Josephine Fisher, born Dec. 19, 1900, and educated in the Inde¬ pendence High School.

Neal Chiles, owner of a splendid farm of 160 acres south and east of Buckner, in Fort Osage township, is a native of Jackson County. He was born Aug. 5, 1868, on the Chiles homestead, on the old Santa Fe road, and is the son of Samuel H. Chiles and Martha Hughes Chiles, of Buckner, a sketch of whom appears in this volume.

Mr. Chiles attended school at Sibley, Mo., and began making his own way when 20 years of age. In 1888 he went to Kansas City, and served as deputy county marshal under Marshal McGowan for three and a half years. In 1894 he rented land of William Anderson, in the Levasy neigh¬ borhood, and tilled his rented land for two years. In 1896, his father having been elected to the office of county marshal, he took charge of the Chiles home place for two years. In 1897 Mr. Chiles purchased a farm of 220 acres in the Sibley bottoms, upon which he resided for four years. In 1901 he purchased his present farm, and has done considerable improv¬ ing on the place. He has remodeled the residence, making it modern and is gradually creating a beautiful farmstead.

Mr. Chiles was married on Feb. 5, 1896, to Miss Christine Hamilton, who was born Dec. 30, 1871, in Jackson County, near Buckner, and was educated at Hardin College. She is a daughter of Charles G. and Mary (Hall) Hamilton, both of whom were members of pioneer families, the latter having been a daughter of T. G. Hall, one of the first of the real pioneers of Jackson County.

Four children have been bom to Neal and Christine Chiles, three of whom are living, viz : the first child born died in infancy ; Haydin Max¬ well Chiles, born June 15, 1898; Martha Louise Chiles, born Aug. 12, 1900; Mary Hamilton Chiles, born June 23, 1907.

Mr. Chiles is a Democrat, who has taken an active interest in county political matters, and is influential in his party. Mr. and Mrs. Chiles are members of the Baptist church, and both are most favorably known in their section of the county.

James W. Propst, proprietor of a valuable 100-acre farm in Fort Osage township, southeast of Buckner, Mo., is a native of Ohio. He was born Oct. 30, 1860, in Pickaway County, a son of William and Elizabeth (Sawyer) Propst, both of whom were born and reared in Pickaway County. William Propst removed with his family to Illinois in the spring of 1865, and settled in Piatt County, where he remained until 1874, and then came to Jackson County. He purchased 400 acres of land of the Chrisman- Sawyer Banking Company, and in February, 1875, began the work of developing and improving his land. He was born June 24, 1810, and died June 11, 1899. His wife, Elizabeth, was born Jan. 2, 1824, and died Feb. 1, 1904. The children born to William and Elizabeth Propst are: Wil¬ liam Henry, deceased; Reeves Propst, born Feb. 27, 1865, resides in Fort Osage township ; Mrs. Jennie Lind West, a widow, resides in Buckner, born March 30, 1869; James W. Propst, of this review. William Propst had a brother and sister : Henry Propst, born in Pickaway County, Ohio, Nov. 22, 1814, and died at Napoleon, Mo., May 26, 1870; and Mrs. Rachel Reeves, born in 1812, and died March 31, 1899.

James W. Propst attended the public schools in Illinois and Missouri. His father's estate was divided among the three children, each receiving 133 acres. Mr. Propst sold 33 1/3 acres to his brother, which left him 100 acres.

Mr. Propst was married April 14, 1897, to Miss Elnora Plum, who was born on a farm near Buckner, Dec. 8, 1874, a daughter of Levi and Laura (Bollenbaugh) Plum, natives of Franklin County, Ohio. Levi Plum came to Jackson County in 1869, and was married here to Laura

Bollenbaugh, Feb. 28, 1871. He was born in 1836, and died on Oct. 25, 1907. During the Civil War, Mr. Plum served three years in an Ohio regiment. Mrs. Laura Bollenbaugh Plum was bom Oct. 3, 1852, and ac¬ companied her parents to Missouri in 1868. Five daughters and two sons were born to Levi and Elizabeth Plum, four of whom survive, viz: Mrs. Elnora Propst, of this review; Etha, wife of Alex Hendrick, a grocer and

Rufus Granville Charlton, late well known citizen of Fort Osage township, was born in Virginia, in 1832, and died at his home in Jackson County in 1901. He was a son of James and Mary (Cecil) Charlton. They moved from Virginia to Lewis County, Mo., about 1839, and one year later went to Illinois. Rufus G. Charlton was reared to manhood in Illinois and came to Jackson County in 1867. His first investment was in 80 acres of land in Fort Osage township. He subsequently added 40 acres m 870, leaving five children, three of whom are deceased. The two livmg are: Albert H., Washington; and Robert Charlton, Buckner, Mo. Hj^s second marriage took place in March, 1872, to Miss Mildred Jones who was bom Oct. 19, 1856, near Sibley, Mo., a daughter of Josiah K Jones, a sketch of whom appears in connection with that of J E Jones of Fort Osage township. Of ten children born of this union, nine were reared.- Rutus J., south of Tarsney, Mo.; James, lives within four miles of the home place; Oscar, lives in Washington; Lockey, died Nov 2 1918 was the w fe of Earl Parker, and left four children; Cozetta, w fe ot W Jones daed Feb. 6 1905, left one son, Roy C.; Phineas, died in 1900; zabeth wife of Joseph McCool, Manhattan, Kan.; Mrs. Mary Virginia wife of Chester Hankinberry, has two children, Chester and Milled abel, wife of Mark Southern, has three children, Rufus Henderson, Mark Wendell and Helen. All of the children of Rufus G. and Mildred Charlton have good homes and are prosperous.

Clinton A. Winfrey. - One of the truly remarkable successes achieved during the past decade in Jackson County is that of Clinton A. Winfrey, of Fort Osage township, whose splendid farm of 540 acres is located near Lake City. Two hundred and forty acres of this farm is bottom land, which is very fertile, and according to geologists, is a part of the bed of the old course of the Missouri River. The Winfrey farm consists of 160 acres, and is devoted to stock raising. Two concrete silos of 180 tons capacity, serve to store forage for the winter season. Mr. Winfrey feeds and markets about 300 head of hogs annually. The Winfrey residence is a large, modern residence of handsome appearance, and the barns and out¬ buildings are in keeping with the residence.

When C. A. Winfrey came to Jackson County, in February, 1885, he had nothing with which to begin his career. He worked as farm laborer for Joseph Reber, at a wage of $16 a month, and in the meantime at¬ tended the business college at Sedalia. For some years he worked in the summer seasons and taught school during the winters. In 1890, he rented land and commenced farming on his own account. In 1893, he moved to Leavenworth County, Kan., purchased a farm there, and culti¬ vated it until 1896. He then returned to Jackson County, and located in Buckner, where he and his brother conducted a mercantile business suc¬ cessfully until 1900. He then sold out, and in 1901 resumed farming. In 1903, he purchased his present farm, and has remodeled the buildings and otherwise improved the place.

Clinton A. Winfrey was born Jan. 29, 1867, in Laclede County, Mo., the son of Elisha and Margaret (Brown) Winfrey, natives of Kentucky, Elisha Winfrey was born in 1818, and died in 1887. He moved to Dallas County, Mo,, in 1835, and was there married to Margaret Brown, who was bom in 1828, and died in 1905. She moved to Missouri with her parents, in 1832. The Winfreys moved to Laclede County in 1865, and there spent the remainder of their lives. They had ten children, as fol¬ lows: Charles M., was a Union veteran, died at the age of 16; Mrs. Susan Owensby, deceased; Reuanna, deceased; Thomas D., a farmer in Fort Osage township; James E., Stella, Nebraska; Mrs. Lucy Wheeler, Jackson County; J. C, Winfrey, living on the Lexington road; O. M., de¬ ceased; Elijah Y., whose whereabouts are unknown; Jesse A., Long each, Calif.; Columbus F,, an orchardist, near Buckner; Clinton A., of this re¬ view; and William L, who died at the age of 18 years.

taken place in the vicinity of the Winfrey home, in Dalis County. The little fellow was playing in the yard. Passing soldiers picked him up and carried him away. None of the family saw the boy for seven years, and he was then found in Vernon County, when 11 years old. The boy was taken to his home, where he remained for a few years, and again disap¬ peared. He did not make his appearance until 1896, long years afterward, and he then remained but a short time among his relatives. Wander¬ lust, which had impregnated his mind and system, again seized him, and he left the country. Members of his family have no idea what eventually became of him, but it is possible that he may again make his appearance.

C. A. Winfrey received a good education in the schools of his native county, and continued his studies after he came to Jackson County, and obtained employment in 1885. He was married in 1894 to Miss Lulu James, bom in Jackson County, a daughter of Julius W. and Emily (Gib¬ son) James. The children born of this marriage are: Leita, born April 11, 1895, wife of Stanley G. Robinson, of Ashton, Idaho, who has one son, Donald Winfrey; Margaret, born March 14, 1902, is at home with her par¬ ents; Jessie, was born Feb. 18, 1904; and Frances Virginia, born Aug. 16, 1915.

Mr. Winfrey is a director of the Bank of Buckner. He is a Demo¬ crat, and is prominent in the affairs of his party in Jackson County. For four years he served as justice of the peace, and is a member of the county election board ever since the election commission was authorized in 1917. He is a member of the Christian church. While in Kansas he became affiliated with the Woodmen of the World.

John B. Campbell came to this county, a poor man and rose through years of industry and well directed effort to become one of the large land owners of the county. He left behind him an imperishable record as a successful citizen of which his descendants have good and just right to be proud. John B. Campbell was bom in Loudoun County, Va., Jan. 20, 1822, and died at his home in Jackson County on March 4, 1884. He was a son of James and Rebecca (Grubb) Campbell, of Virginia, his ancestors being old American stock of Scotch descent. He was reared to youngmanhood in his native state and in 1850 removed to Ohio. In his youth he had learned the trade of wagon maker, serving an apprenticeship for five years from the time he was 13 until he had attained the age of 18 years. During this time he received only his board and clothes for his work. For some time after serving his apprenticeship his earnings went toward the support of his mother and the family. He was a skilled artisan who could take the wood from the forest and fashion it into wooden rakes, cradle fingers, wagon rims, spokes, etc. He plied his trade in Vir¬ ginia and in Ohio prior to coming to Missouri in 1854. Mr. Campbell arrived in Jackson County with but little means and was only able to buy a small tract of 12 acres of land at the start. He was ambitious, how¬ ever, and desired that his family should be well provided for in the future. He had faith in the ultimate development of the country and invested every dollar he could earn in Jackson County land. He accumulated large areas of farm lands, not however, without the exercise of the most rigid economy and doing without all but the absolute necessities of life. In 1862, Mr. Campbell left Missouri and went to Lawrence, Kan., going from there to Eudora where he traded with the Indians and obtained title to 1,000 acres of Kansas lands. He remained in that state until 1867. Mr. Campbell became owner of over 2,000 acres of land. Of this large acre¬ age he gave outright, 1,395 acres to his children. The greater part of the Campbell land is now owned by his descendants. While his major activities were devoted to farming and stock raising he had other inter¬ ests which enhanced his wealth. During 1872 and 1873 he became inter¬ ested in mining and was superintendent of coal mines at Carbondale, Kan. His forethought in being frugal and gathering a competence has borne fruit, inasmuch as all of his children and descendants are well to do and are respected citizens of the community where he was long a leading citizen.

One of the incidents connected with. Mr. Campbell's advent in Mis¬ souri is well worth recording. When he came here, he brought with him two hens and a rooster of the large Shanghai breed, a breed of poultry at. that time unknown in Jackson County. His possession of these large chickens excited the admiration of the country side and his neighbors all desired to have some of the famous breed. Accordingly, Mr. Campbell and his wife took the best of care of the chickens and permitted the hens to lay on the bed. The eggs sold for 50 cents each for hatching purposes and it was not long until the results of their industry bought and paid for 40 acres of prairie land which cost $2.50 an acre. The first home of the Campbells in Jackson County was a one room log cabin. The owner bored holes in the logs, drove in stakes and made a rude frame for the bed, cords and withes being stretched across the frame and a layer of straw serving for the mattress. Mr. Campbell used a dry goods box for a table and everything about the cabin was of the rudest description.

to Rachel A. Grubb, who was bora Oct. 6, 1822 and departed this life Sept. 10, 1910. She was a daughter of Richard and Charity Rebecca (Morrison) Grubb, of Loudoun County, Virginia. The children born to this marriage are: Joseph E., deceased; Mrs. Mary E. Worley, ;vidow. Oak Grove, Mo.; Rebecca, James S. and John B., deceased; George G., Oak Grove, Mo. ; Mrs. Sarah Hawes, Oak Grove, Mo. ; Ruth, deceased.

Richard Grubb was a son of William and Rachel Grubb and he was bora Jan. 12 1782. Charity (Morrison) Grubb was a daughter of Archi¬ bald and Jane Morrison and was born Oct. 1, 1822. To them were born the following children: Joseph Perry, Jane, Edward, Benjamin Johnson, Richard Jackson, William Buckley, Rachel Ann, Mrs. Charity Grubb and Samuel Newton Grubb.

Joseph E. Campbell was born in Virginia, Aug. 18, 1848 and died June 17, 1918, at his home on 516 South Liberty street. Independence, leaving a widow, Mrs. Margaret (Harrah) Campbell, and two children: Charlie E. and Mrs. Emma Alice Wyatt. Joseph E. Campbell was a suc¬ cessful farmer and stockman in Jackson County.

Mary E. Campbell nee Worley was born in Adams County, Ohio, March 21, 1851 and was reared to womanhood in Jackson County. Aug. 17, 1871 she was united in marriage with Albert H. Worley of Lafayette County, Mo. Mr. Worley died Aug. 6, 1881. Three children were bora to this marriage: Laura E., born Jan. 28, 1873, died June 12, 1873; John S. Worley, born April 19, 1876, has an important position with the Interstate Commerce Commission and is head of the government office in Kansas City, Mo. ; Albert H. Worley, born April 4, 1882, is also an employe of the government with the Interstate Commerce Commission. Charity R. Campbell was born in Adams County, Ohio.

John S. Worley was educated in the Kansas University at Lawrence, Kansas, and upon his graduation took the highest honors of his class He received the degrees of A. B. and A. M.. He has followed the profession of engineer and at the present time is connected with the work of making a physical valuation of the railroad properties in the western country as a part of his duties with the Interstate Commerce Commission. He mar¬ ried Mamie Baker of Odessa, Mo. and has one child, Mary Louise, aged seven years. Besides following the profession of engineer he has studied law and was recently admitted to the practice of law at Jefferson City in

Albert H. Worley is also a graduate of the Kansas University takin<r high honors. He is following the engineering profession and is concerned

George Grubb Campbell was born Oct. 15, 1859 on a farm seven miles north of Oak Grove. He was reared and educated in Jackson County and has always followed farming and stock raising. Mr. Campbell is owner of 453 acres of land in three improved farais. One farm of 53 acres is located within one-half mile of Oak Grove. Mr. Campbell retired from active farm work and has rented out all of his land except the tract of 53 acres. He is raising Oxford sheep on this land, his herd being led by a pure bred sire purchased in Canada. In 1910 Mr. Campbell erected a fine, modem residence of seven rooms in Oak Grove and he is here making his home. Mr. Campbell was married Oct. 12, 1882, to Miss Alice Steinhauser, who was bora in Illinois, Feb. 1, 1862, a daughter of John and Margaret (Reeves) Steinhauser, both of whom were natives of Ohio. They came to Missouri and settled in the Campbell neighborhood near Oak Grove in 1870. George Campbell and his future wife were schoolmates, attending school in the Campbell school house, now known as Glen Side. John Steinhauser was born in 1820 and died in 1891. Mrs. Margaret Stein¬ hauser was born in 1844. The children of the Steinhauser family were: Mrs. George G. Campbell of this review; George M., a farmer; Frank B., tenant on the Campbell farm ; Charles, deceased ; Harry E., Independence, Mo. ; Mrs. Ida L. Morgan, Independence ; Effie, wife of Charles Camp¬ bell, Independence, Mo.

The children born to George G. and Alice Campbell are: Ella M. Campbell, bora 1883, died in 1890; Millard S., bom July 21, 1904. Mr. Campbell is a Republican and he and Mrs. Campbell are members of the Methodist church. He is affiliated with the Modern Woodmen of America.

Sarah R. Campbell was bora Jan. 21, 1862, married Granville S. Hawes in 1882 and resides in Oak Grove. They have two children: Arthur G. Hawes, married Herman Grumpke, and is father of three chil¬ dren, Rachel, Virginia and Granville Herman; Lulu Hawes is a stenog¬ rapher in Kansas City.

despite the handicap of early poverty. He worked nights and mornings while studying at Leesburg College, Va. After taking up his residence in Jackson County, his services as a learned man were in great demand among his neighbors, many of whom were illiterate. He was expert in clerical work and was frequently called upon to make out deeds, bills, etc., for the people of the neighborhood. He was one of the organizers of the Methodist church in his neighborhood; the first services of the Mecklin church organization was held in his house and yard, the first meeting being attended by four bonafide church members, thus forming the nucleus of what later became a prosperous country church. For years he was class leader and he served as superintendent of the Sunday School during his many years of residence in Jackson County. With the late J. M. Adams, he organized the Masonic Lodge at Pink Hill, the headquarters of this lodge being later removed to Oak Grove. Mr. Campbell was well posted in Masonry and being familiar with the ritual, he served as in¬ structor for a long period.

Julius Willhite Powell. - The newly erected Powell residence on the Lexington road in Fort Osage township will add to the value and attrac¬ tiveness of the fine Powell farm of 340 acres upon which J. W. Powell and his family have resided since 1900. A fire destroyed the old home with much of its contents on the afternoon of Oct. 12, 1919. Passersby in automo.biles saw the blaze and many stopped their cars and assisted in salvaging the household goods and family treasures. Work was imme¬ diately begun upon the erection of the new home, so as to have it ready for occupancy by the latter part of December.

J. W. Powell was born in Davis County, Mo., in 1857. He is a son of Isham Powell, who was killed by a traction car in Independence in 1905. Isham Powell was a native of Henry County, Ky. He served in the Con¬ federate Army during the Civil War. During the early days of the settle¬ ment of north Missouri, he rode horseback from his old home in Kentucky to this State. In 1867, Mr. Powell came to Jackson County, and settled in this county. His wife was Mary Ann (Spyers) Powell, who was born in 1831, and died March 5, 1919. Isham and Mary Ann Powell were par¬ ents of six children: Mrs. Kate Moore, Independence; Eichard, Blue Springs, Mo.; Julius W., of this review; Robert, Fort Scott, Kan.; William, deceased; Joseph, Blue Springs, Mo.

Mr. Powell bought 40 acres of his present home farm on time in 1884. He placed all of the improvements on the place, and has built up a valu¬ able farm, and now owns 340 acres. He was married March 16, 1886, to Miss Ella Hudspeth, who was born in Osage township, Nov. 6, 1860. She is a daughter of George W. and Elizabeth (Jessee) Hudspeth, who lived all of their lives in Jackson County. George W. Hudspeth was born in Simpson County, Ky., Jan. 27, 1820, and was a son of William Hudspeth, who settled in Jackson County in 1828. He took two trips to Mexico when a young man, and made several journeys to California, spending five years on the Pacific coast. He married Miss Elizabeth Jessee in March, 1857. She was a native of Russell County, Va., born in 1830, and died in Jackson County in 1899. George W. Hudspeth died in 1905. The chil¬ dren born to George W. and Elizabeth Hudspeth were: Tabitha Paralee, deceased wife of Joseph Vancleva, of Kentucky; Mrs. Ella Powell, of this review; Lelia, wife of Dr. Ravenscraft, Buckner, Mo.; Ida, wife of John W. Lenox, Lake City, Mo.; Joel, Fort Osage township; Silas, Maywood, Mo. George W. Hudspeth owned nearly 800 acres of land in Jackson County, and was one of the successful men of the county.

The children born to Julius W. and Ella Powell are as follows: Grace, Lena, Richard and Burk. Grace is employed by the government, at Wash¬ ington, D. C. Lena is the wife of Edwin Frost, of Charlotte, N. u., and has one child, Anna Vivian. Richard Powell was born April 7, 1897, and served 22 months in the World War. He enlisted in August, 1917, was trained at Camp Doniphan, and was placed in the supply service depart¬ ment as wagoner. He went to France in May, 1918, and served there until April 9, 1919. He was discharged from the service at Camp Funston. May 6, 1919. While in the war he was a member of Supply Com¬ pany, One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Field Artillery, and served in the Vosgs Mountains, St. Mihiel, the Argonne Forest, and was on two sectors at Verdun. Burk Powell is at home. He was in training camp at Colum¬ bia, S. A. T. C.

Alpheus D. Neer. - For 66 years, A. D. Neer, of Sniabar township, has lived upon his country place north of Oak Grove. Every building and every rod of fence on this place was erected by Mr. Neer. .The Neer farm embraces 328 acres, all in one body. A. D. Neer was born in Loudoun County, Va., Oct. 20, 1852, a son of Jesse and Matilda (Kalb) Neer.

Jesse Neer, the father, was born and reared in Virginia. In April, 1853, when the subject of this sketch was an infant, the family started for Missouri. They drove overland in wagons to St. Louis, and then came up the river by boat to Lexington, where they landed in August of that year. Jesse Neer came to Jackson County, and boug'ht 640 acres on the border between Lafayette and Jackson counties, 100 acres of the land being- over the line in Lafayette County. In 1854, he erected a brick residence, which was bunied during- the Civil War. The family moved to Ray County during- the war, when Order No. 11 was issued, and in March, 1865, they went to Illinois, and returned in the fall of that year. Mr. Neer built a log house, which served as his home until he rebuilt and re¬ modeled the brick house, in 1867. Jesse Neer was born in 1799, and died in 1873. His wife, Matilda, was bom in 1806, and died in 1884.

Thirteen children were born to Jesse and Matilda Neer, 11 of whom were reared, as follow : Mrs. Ann S. Conard, S. A. ; Joseph F. ; Elijah D., A^buiy , N. C. ; L. C., deceased; Mrs. Amanda E. Trigg, a widow. Oak Grove, Mo.; A. J., deceased; E. H., lives in Oregon; and A. the subject of this sketch.

Asbury and N. C. Neer were physicians, and both served as sur¬ geons in the Confederate Army. L. C. Neer served in the Confederate Army. After the war Asbury Neer practiced his profession at Redfork^ Ark. Nathan Neer practiced medicine at Weatherford, Texas.

After his mother's death, A. D. Neer purchased the homestead from the other heirs, and has added to his acreage as he prospered. When the father divided his land among the children, all of them, except A. D., sold their holdings, and moved to other parts of the country.

Mr. Neer was married Jan. 11, 1887, to Miss Mary F. Grubb, who was born Oct. 4, 1855, in Lafayette County, a daughter of George W. and Jane Ann Grubb. Mr. and Mrs. Neer have one child, Ethel Alice, at home with her parents.

The remains of Mr. Neer's parents are buried in Green's Chapel ceme¬ tery. Green's Chapel is one of the pioneer churches in this section of Mis¬ souri, and the churchyard is the final resting place of many pioneers of Jackson County. Mr. Neer is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.

Luther Edward Majors, well known and prosperous farmer of Sniabar township, has the unique distinction of having been the youngest freighter to accompany an overland freight train across the plains. He did this when but 14 years of age, a full-fledged mule driver, in 1864, at a time when crossing the plains was deemed unsafe on account of Indian trou¬ bles, and an inevitable war with the redmen was brewing.

Samuel Majors was born in 1818, and died on May 1, 1894. He was a son of John Majors, a Kentucky pioneer, whose father was Col. Thomas Majors, a Tennessean, who served as coloned in the Revolutionary War, and was of English parentage. Samuel Majors left Kentucky and came to Cass County, Mo., in 1839. He was there maiTied to Octavia Nelson, who was bom in Kentucky, a daughter of Reuben Nelson, also a pioneer in Cass County. Mrs. Octavia Majors was bora in 1818, and died in 1875. Mr. Majors lived in Cass County until 1872, when he moved to Jackson County and purchased the Jacob Gregg farm. He became a large land owner. During his later years he lived among his children, and died in Cass County, near Freeman. He was the father of four children, as fol¬ low: John, living near Freeman, Cass County; Luther Edward, subject of this review; Samuel, living at 4171/2 Hardesty street, Kansas City; and Sarah, deceased.

Seized with the spirit of adventure, when but 14 years of age, Luther E. Majors joined a freighting oufit, in May, 1865, as it started from Westport, en route to Fort Laramie. The wagon train was organized at Shawneetown, but waited for another train to come up from Santa Fe. The wagons were loaded on the levee at Leavenworth, Kan., and the cat¬ tle were herded on the old penitentiary yards. Sixty-five wagons were in this large cavalcade, which was operated by Bryant and Benard. Young Majors was a driver. Without mishap the train reached Fort Laramie, and started on the return trip, arriving at Leavenworth on Sept. 1, 1865. On the homeward bound trip they passed the Horse Creek battle ground, soon after a battle with the Indians, and young Majors saw dead bodies still lying on the ground.

He returned to his home and farmed on the home place until he came to Jackson County, in 1872. Mr. Majors' first home in this county was on the Jake Gregg place, purchased by his father. In 1880, he pur¬ chased his present farm, and has prospered as a result of tireless indus¬ try and good financial management. He and his son, Robert E. Majors, own together, 311.5 acres, upon which are located two bearing apple orchards, one of which is 15 acres, and the other seven acres, and both of which were planted and have been cared for by Mr. Majors, and are now yielding excellent crops of fruit.

Akings. Mr. and Mrs. Majors have three children: Cora, Robert E. and Jennie. Mrs. Cora Hutchins lives in the Cherokee strip, Oklahoma, and has five children, Mamie, Blanche, John Morris, Myra and Trusten. Rob¬ ert E. Majors is a bachelor, owns a farm of 84 acres and is in charge of the Majors farm. Mrs. Jennie Vosburgh lives near Mt. Washington, and has an infant son, Richard V.

Mr. Majors and his son, Robert E., are Democrats and take an active interest in county politics. Both are popular and influential in eastern Jackson County, and are highly esteemed. The only civic position which Mr. Majors has ever held was that of census enumerator of Blue Springs precinct, in 1890.

Ernest S. Bennett, a leading Jackson County attorney, and the pres¬ ent mayor of Lees Summit, has been successfully engaged in the practice of law here for the past 16 years. Mr. Bennett is a native of Jackson County. He was born in Independence, Dec. 4, 1869, and is a son of George W. and Dorcas (Elliott) Bennett. George W. Bennett was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, July 4, 1827. His parents were Joshua and Amelia (Channel) Bennett, the former a native of Virginia and the latter of Ohio. Joshua Bennett died in Ohio in 1860, and his wife departed this life in 1874. The Bennett family is an old colonial family of English descent and was founded in America by James Bennett, a native of Eng¬ land, who came to America in 1750.

George W. Bennett came to Jackson County in 1867 and settled on a farm near Independence. After remaining there two years he moved to Prairie towmship, where he successfully followed farming and stock rais¬ ing on the same place for over 50 years. In 1920 he moved to Lees Sum¬ mit where he is spending the sunset of his life in retirement. His wife, Dorcas (Elliott) Bennett, was born in Iowa, April 27, 1836, and died in Jackson County, April 19, 1888. Her father, Thomas L. Elliott, was a native of Ireland and came to America in about 1800.

To George W. and Dorcas (Elliott) Bennett were born the follov/ing children: Mrs. Samantha Winburn, Lees Summit; George M., Mountain Park, Okla. ; Charles H., Wagoner, Okla. ; Mary E., married T. S. Hickman, and is now deceased ; Mrs. Ida Dodds, Denver, Colo. ; Morton E., Mountain Park, Okla.; Ernest S., the subject of this sketch; Thomas J., Denver, Col.; Bert C., Mt. Park, Okla.; and Mrs. Martha E. Walters, Salt Lake City, Utah.

iiig's Commercial College and was graduated from the latter institution April 16, 1891. In 1893, he entered the United States Railway Mail Service and served in the capacity of postal clerk for nine years, resign¬ ing in 1902. While he was in the mail service he studied law in the Law Department, Washington University, St. Louis, Mo., graduating June 22, 1897, and was admitted to the bar. In 1897 and 1902 he was engaged in the practice of his profession at Lawton, Okla., remaining there until 1904. He then came to Lees Summit, where he has since practiced. Mr. Bennett is an able lawyer and has built up an extensive practice. He is a profound student of law and has made a success of his chosen profession. He num¬ bers among his clients some of the leading business men of Lees Summit and Jackson County.

Mr. Bennett was united in marriage April 14, 1910 with Miss Georgia Shawhan, a native of Jackson County. She is a daughter of Duncan D. and Effie (Harris) Shawhan, natives of Kentucky and Missouri, re¬ spectively. To Mr. and Mrs. Bennett have been born three children, as follow: Howard P., aged seven years; James G., aged four and Effie E., aged two years.

Mr. Bennett was elected mayor of Lees Summit in 1918 and is giving that thriving city a real business administration. He is a Democrat and a member of the Methodist church. He holds membership in the Knights of Pythias lodge.

James Byron McKeever, late well known farmer of Brooking town¬ ship, was born in Baltimore, Md., in 1838, and died at his home in Jackson township, March 7, 1917. He was a son of Isaac and Sarah (St. John) McKeever, the former of whom w^as a native of Scotland, the latter of Baltimore. Isaac McKeever was a millwright by trade, and erected many water power mills in the State of Maryland during his career.

James B. McKeever was reared and educated in his native city, and became a bookkeeper. He was married in 1863 to Miss Sarah J. Storms, who was born March 19, 1841, on a farm located on the border line of Maryland and Pennsylvania. She is a daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Trump) Storms, both natives of Pennsylvania, of old Pennsylvania Ger¬ man stock. After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. McKeever moved to Cecil County, Md., where James B. engaged in merchandising from 1866 to 1868. In 1868 they came to Independence with the intention of locating on a farm. After a stay of 16 days in Independence they moved to their newly purchased farm in Brooking township. They first bought 40 acres, which presumably had a house on it. After moving in the house and living there for a few months, they discovered that the 40 on which they were living was not really their own, through information imparted by a kind neighbor. They thereupon went to the city and bought another 40 at public sale. Mr. McKeever soon erected a residence, which is still the home of his wife and son. The next purchase was of 80 acres, and the last purchase was nine acres, making in all over 170 acres in the Mc¬ Keever home place. The farm is devoted to general farming and dairy¬ ing; 10 to 12 cows being milked on the place, which is in charge of Har¬ vey W. McKeever.

To James Byron and Elizabeth McKeever were born five children, as follow: Charles Wesley, Ella Eugenie, Harvey W., Emma Lee, and Addie. Charles Wesley McKeever has lived in Idaho for the past 30 years. He married Ella Dowdney, and has thjree children, Wallace, Harry, and Mabel. Ella Eugenie is the wife of Lee Dehoney, of Raytown, and has three children, Byron, who served in the National Army, and saw service in France with the A. E. F., and Alberta and Ethel M. Harvey W. McKeever was born in December, 1868, is managing the McKeever farm. He is a Republican, and a member of the Baptist church. Emma Lee is the wife of H. C. Cox, and has two children, Emma Lee and Thor¬ ton Cox. Addie is the wife of Alonzo Irwin, and has five sons, Roy, Otis, Arthur, Webster and Alonzo.

The St. Johns, ancestors of the McKeevers on the paternal side, were of Scotch-Irish descent, who came from the north of Ireland to America in 1792, and were a prominent family who settled in Baltimore. Mrs. McKeever has an interesting relic, a saber in good state of preservation, which was carried by one of the St. Johns many years ago in one of the wars which was waged between England and Scotland. The late James Byron McKeever was a member of the Baptist church.

Alfred Hewitt Cole. - Overlooking the great and growing Kansas City in the western part of Brooking township, is the pretty country estate of Alfred Hewitt Cole, a native of Jackson County. The Cole farm borders on the city limits of Kansas City, and is devoted to general farming and dairying. This farm consists of 60 acres, and has been the home of Mr. Cole for the past 42 years. Mr. Cole was born on an adjoining farm. Sept. 16, 1852, and is a son of Alfred and Harriet (Blevins) Cole, the foiTner a native of Tennessee, who came to Jackson County in 1843. He entered government land, cleared away the trees and underbrush, and built up an estate, comprising 320 acres, a good part of which is now within the cor¬ porate limits of Kansas City. He died in the fall of 1854. Mrs. Harriet

Cole died July 10, 1876. In the fall of 1873, in pursuance of Order No. 11, Mrs. Cole took her family to Nebraska, where they remained until the close of the Civil War, in 1865. There were seven children born to Alfred and Harriet Cole, as follow: Jackson, died in the spring of 1861 ; Williamdied in 1854; James, deceased; Jesse, died on A. H. Cole's place, Dec. 25, 1915; Mrs. Elizabeth Ross, died in Colorado; Mrs. Celia Cole, lives near Stillwell, in Johnson County, Kan. ; and Alfred Hewitt, of this review.

The first school which Alfred Cole attended was a frame structure with slab benches, made from splitting a tree trunk and hewing one side, and fitting it with pegs. A flat plank was nailed against the wall, and this served for a writing desk for all the pupils. When very young, A. H. Cole went to work, the father being dead, all the boys of the family had to do their shares of the farm work as they were able. In 1860, he set up corn shocks with his brother, Jesse, in the field, and both boys worked from daylight until dark, there being no limit to the number of hours a boy or man should work in those days. He and his brother, Jesse, took charge of the farm, which their mother had practically paid for after the father's death, and in time bought out the other heirs. After his mar¬ riage, in 1877, Mr. Cole lived in a log house until he had erected his present homo.

Mr. Cole was married in 1877 to Miss Catherine Stapp, who was born in Kentucky in 1855, and is a daughter of Washington Stapp, who was an early settler of Jackson County. Seven children were born to this marriage, six of whom are living, as follow: Charles C., lives two miles east of Raytown ; Alfred, Raytown, Mo. ; Mrs. Dollie Cassell, lives one mile north of Raytown; Mrs. Bertie Lane, lives three-fourths of a mile east; Frank and Beatrice, at home.

Mr. Cole is a Democrat and is a member of the Christian church. For the past 25 years he has been affiliated with the Masonic lodge at Ray¬ town, Mo.

John W. Lenox, owner of 250 acres of fertile land in Fort Osage town¬ ship, part of which is bottom land, a breeder of Hereford cattle since 1896, was bom in Lafayette County, Mo., in 1871. He is a son of Charles and Elizabeth (Lettz) Lenox.

Charles Lenox was born in Ohio, in 1831, and died in Jackson County, Mo., in December, 1898. He came to Missouri in 1858, and was employed on a farm in Jefferson County when the Civil War broke out. Union soldiers had mobilized and were camped in the neighborhood of the farm where he was working. The farmer and his family together with their slaves, had left the neighborhood, and he alone remained to care for the livestock and look after the place. He became lonesome and decided that he had better take part in the struggle. Learning that there was a com¬ pany of Ohio soldiers in a nearby camp he made his way to Union head¬ quarters and enlisted as a private in Company I of a regiment of Ohio infantry. Sept. 24, 1861. He served with his command until Nov. 18, 1864, and was discharged at Camp Denison, Ohio. He again enlisted as a veteran and served until the close of the war. He participated in the Battle of Shiloh, and was wounded in the thigh by a minie ball. He fought at Corinth, Miss., Island No. 10, and the battles around Vicksburg, the siege and capture of that city. Mr. Lenox saw much hard service during the war. He remained in Ohio and was married there. In 1868 he came to Jackson County, in company with John Lentz and family. He spent his first night in this county in an old house on the McQuerry place in Fort Osage township. In the spring of the following year he located on a farm near Napoleon, in Lafayette County, and remained there until 1890, with the exceptions of three years spent on a farm near Atherton. In 1890 he settled on the place now owned by the subject of this sketch. This farm has been improved by John W. Lenox, who has placed every building on it, broke a part of the blue grass sod for the first time, built the silos and has built up the place until it is one of the best in Jackson County. Mrs. Lenox resides with her daughter, Mrs. Hertzog, east of Blue Springs, Mo. There were five children born to Charles and Elizabeth Lenox, three of whom are living, as follow; John W., of this review; Thomas C., deceased; Mrs. Annie Hertzog, one mile east of Blue Springs.

Mr. Lenox's father and grandfather purchased 246 acres, a part of which J. W. Lenox owns, and to which he has added other acreage. Since 1896 he has been engaged in the breeding of pure-bred Hereford cattle, in which he has been engaged to the present time.

J. W. Lenox was married in 1897 to Miss Ida Hudspeth, who was born in Jackson County, in 1870, and is a daughter of the late George W. Hudspeth. For a history of George W. Hudspeth, the reader is referred to the sketches of J. E. Hudspeth and J. W. Powell, in this volume. Mr. and Mrs. Lenox have two children: Ruth Lenox, a student in William Woods College, Fulton, Mo. ; Blanche, attending the public schools.

and went to California in 1849. Upon his return from the silver mines he brought with him enough pure silver with which he had made, in St. Louis, a set of solid silver tablespoons, which are the valued and highlyprized property of Mrs. Lenox.

Mr. Lenox is a Democrat, a member of the Baptist church, and is affiliated with the Modern Woodmen of America. He is an intelligent, well-posted and progressive citizen.

Joel E. Hudspeth. - It is probable that no finer nor a more extensive view of the surrounding country can be obtained than from the hill upon which the farm residence of Joel E. Hudspeth, of Fort Osage township, is located. The Hudspeth farm overlooks the Valley of the Blue - the Jackson County landscape in all of its rural beauty. The Hudspeth resi¬ dence is a large, well built, modern house. The farm consists of 280 acres, upon which Mr. Hudspeth has placed all of the improvements. Mr. Hudspeth was born one and a half miles northeast of his present home. Jan. 13, 1873, and is a son of pioneer parents.

George W. Hudspeth, father of Joel E., was born in Simpson County, Ky., Jan. 27, 1820, and died at his home in Jackson County, in 1905. He was a son of Major Hudspeth, whose father fought in the War of the Revolution, and settled in Jackson County in 1827. George W. Hudspeth attained young manhood in Jackson County, and saw service with Col¬ onel Doniphan's regiment during the Mexican War. When a young man he was adventurous, and traveled extensively over the then unknown western country. He made two trips to Mexico, and several journeys to California, working in the mines of both places. He was one of the first to make the trip to the new gold fields of California, making a second trip in 1854. Mr. Hudspeth generally prospected in the gold and silver country on his own account, and won a comfortable fortune. He served as a freighter on one or two western trips, returning from California after his first trip by way of the Isthmus of Panama. On his second trip to the Pacific coast, he made his return trip by the overland. After spending several years as a plainsman and miner he settled down to farming and stock raising, in Fort Osage township, on his estate of over 500 acres of land. When Order No. 11 was issued he moved to Ray County, and re¬ mained there until the close of the Civil War. He served as school direc¬ tor of his district for over 20 years, and always took a commendable interest in school and civic affairs. He was a Free Mason.

ruary, 1899. The children born to George W. and Elizabeth Hudspeth were: Mrs. Tabitha Paralee Vancleve, who died in Jackson County; Ella, wife of J. W. Powell, Fort Osage township; Lela, wife of Dr. Ravenscraft, Buckner, Mo.; Mrs. Ida, wife of J. W. Lenox, Fort Osage township; Joel E., of this sketch ; Silas B., Maywood, Mo.

J. E. Hudspeth attended the Peacedale School, which was then lo¬ cated on the site of the Powell home. Afterwards he studied at the State NoiTnal School at Warrensburg, Mo. Mr. Hudspeth has always been a farmer and stock raiser. The farm which he owns was formerly a part of his father's estate, and acquired by him through purchase of the inter¬ ests of the other heirs. He was married in 1896 to Miss Hannah Jones, a native of Jackson County. Mr. and Mrs. Hudspeth have one child, Lela Catherine, a student in William Woods College, Fulton, Mo.

Mr. Hudspeth is a Democrat. Mrs. Hudspeth is a member of the Baptist church. He is affiliated with the Masons, of Independence, and the Brotherhood of American Yeomen.

Andrew Lowe, late well known resident and extensive farmer of Sniabar township, was born in Virginia, in 1830, and died at his home in Jackson County in 1905. He was a son of John A. Lowe, a Jackson County pioneer, who came here from Virginia and settled in Jackson County, in 1844. Andrew Lowe was reared in Jackson County, and upon the out¬ break of the Civil War he enlisted in the Confederate Army, under Gen¬ eral Price, and served throughout the conflict. He fought at the battles of Lexington, Westport and Little Blue, and took part in the retreat of General Price's army to the South, subsequently surrendering at Shreve¬ port, La. He rode horseback from Texas to his home in Jackson County.

Andrew Lowe was one of the old time freighter and plainsman, serv¬ ing as wagon boss for Aquilla Lobb on the Santa Fe trail. He made several trips across the plains. After the war he settled down to the peaceful pursuit of agriculture, and accumulated a considerable estate, owning over 500 acres, much of which is rich bottom land, which pro¬ duces splendid crops. The old Lowe residence, situated on this farm, and which served as Mr. Lowe's home for many years, was built of hewn logs, in 1839, by Crump, and is one of the oldest pioneer homes in the county, still in a good state of preservation. Mr. Lowe settled on this place after his marriage. His wife died in 1881. She was Mary Dilling¬ ham prior to her marriage, and was a cousin of Morgan V. Dillingham, of Blue Springs. Andrew and Mary Lowe were the parents of four chil-

I. N. Lowe, proprietor of 263 acres of valuable land, all of which is bottom land, excepting 80 acres of hillside, was born in 1878, on the Lowe home place, and has lived all of his life at the place of his birth. He feeds over 50 head of hogs annually, and each year raises good crops upon his land.

Both Andrew and Mary Lowe lie buried in the Lobb cemetery. The late Andrew Lowe was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church at Lobb church, and was one of the builders of this church. For many years he was an elder of this church, and was noted for his piety, hon¬ esty and personal integrity.