Johnson County, Missouri - - Biographical, 1918 (part 12 of 19)

Alfred Bell and Elizabeth (Francisco) Harrison were the parents of five children: Charles Andrew, the sul)ject of this review; Mar\' A., the wife of W. E. Moore, Independence, Missouri; Virgie, the wife of James B. Ouinlain, Manhattan, Kansas; Harvey E., deceased; and Nellie M.. the wife of R. K. Thorn. Kansas City. Missouri. Mr. Harrison was a dealer in stock, shipping livestock extensiveTy to all parts of tJio state, prior to his coming to Warrensburg in 1872. when he entered the mercantile business associated witli .\. O. Redford, their place of business located on Holden street, where the Shackleford &- Kunkle Barber

Shop is now. June 19, 1877 tlie walls of tlie brick building gave way and Mr. Harrison was killed. The widowed mother now resides in W'arrensburg.

Charles Andrew Harrison attended the city schools o{ Warrensburg and later, he was a student at the Warrcnsburg State Normal School. After leaving school, he engaged in farming. Mr. Harrison raised one corn crop in Saline county and then returned to Johnson county to engage in fanning on his mother's place in Hazel Hill township. He afterward was employed as clerk in the business establishment owned by A. O. Redford and then by Shockev & Redford, after which he conducted a livery stable, which he opened on East Pine street about 1882, where Baird & Townsend are now located. Mr. Harrison sold this place of business to P. P. Enibree and then went to Oswego. Kansas, where he was engaged in the livery business for eight months. Upon his return to Missouri. Mr. Harrison again engaged in farming in Hazel Hill township. He was thus employed for sixteen vears. During his residence in Hazel Hill township, Charles .\ndrew Harrison took an active part in civic affairs and served as justice of the peace for twelve years and as school director for the same length of time. In 1001, Mr. Harrison was elected probate judge of Warrensburg. in which office he served two terms. During his incumbencw bonds were issued and the street pa\ing and sewer system adopted, practically all the sewers being built at that time and three miles of paving laid. For two years. Mr. Harrison was chairman of the Democratic Central Committee. He served eight years as probate judge of Johnson county and at the expiration of his term of office entered the .American Trust Company as president, which position he now occupies.

The American Trust Company, of which Charles .\ndrew Harrison is president, is a consolidation of the .\merican Bank of Warrensburg and the Johnson Count\- Trust Comjiany. which organization Mr. Harrison helped to form. December 1. 1913. The present capital stock of the bank is fifty thousand dollars, the surplus fund twenty-five thousand, and the deposits, at the time of this writing, two hundred thousand dollars. The present officers are: Charles .A. Harrison, president: G. W. Lemmon. vice-president: C. L. Gillilan. secretary and treasurer: and E. Crissey. general manager.

Logan, of Warrensburg. Both Mr. and Airs. Logan are now deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Harrison was born one child, a son, Alfred Harvey, who attended the city schools of Warrensburg and the Warrensburg State Normal School and is now in the employ of the American Trust Company. Mrs. Harrison died in December, 1907. December 4, 1908, Mr. Harrison was united in marriage with Maude C. Hendrix, of Warrensburg. Maude C. (Hendrix) Harrison is a daughter of George W. and Mary A. Hendrix, and a sister of Mrs. Thomas W. Hunter, Stanton, Virginia and J. W. Hendrix, Washington, D. C. Mr. and Mrs. Harrison reside at 214 East Market street, in the city of Warrensburg, where they are highly respected and esteemed.

Oscar p. Warnick, of the firm Shock & Warnick of Warrensburg, was born April 17, 1881 in Post Oak township, Johnson countv. He is a son of Sanford Francis and Mollie B. Warnick. Sanford Francis \\'arnick was born in Post Oak township, a son of Robert N. and Amanda J. (Oglesby) Warnick. Robert N. Warnick was born December 3, 1824 in Tennessee. When he was a child, he came with his parents to Missouri and they settled in Johnson county, where he was reared to manhood and in 1846 was married to Amanda J. Oglesby. j\Ir. and Mrs. Robert N. Warnick were ever active and interested participants in all good and worth}' causes and both were valued members of the Cumberland Presbyterian church. Mr. Warnick was prominent in civic affairs in his day and for many years was justice of the peace in Johnson county. Robert N. Warnick was owner of a splendid tract of land ten miles south of Warrensburg, u])on which he settled. He died in Warrensburg and was buried in the Providence cemetery in Chilhowee township. Robert N. Warnick was a son of Major James N. A^'arni^:k. a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this volume.

Sanford Francis Warnick, the father of the subject of this review, was born and reared in Post Oak township, Johnson gounty. For fifteen years, he was engaged in the mercantile business in Warrensburg. associated with his brother, E. N.. under the firm name of Warnick Brothers. Later, Sanford Francis sold his interest in the estai)lisliment to his son, Oscar D., the subject of this review, and, in 190''. 1^. X. Warnick purcliased the interest of Oscar D. After selling his interest in the store, Sanford Francis Warnick retired to his farm in Centerview township, where he is now residing. To Sanford Francis and Mollie B. \\'arnick have been born the following children: Gertrude, who is

Oscar D. Warnick attended the public scliools of Johnson county and the Warrensburg High School. In 1909. he began life for himself, purchasing his father's interest in the hardware store conducted by the Warnick Brothers. He later sold his interest in the store to E. N. Warnick and purchased the hardware and implement stock from Wampler & Wampler at Knob Noster. Missouri, where he remained one year. He then became a member of the firm of :Miller & Warnick, which, one year later, was succeeded by Shock & Warnick, having purchased the stock of hardware owned by S. P. Hines & Son, whose store was located at 201 North Holden street, the present place of business of the firm Shock & Warnick. The Shock & Warnick Hardwares Store is an outgrowth of the Miller & Warnick Hardware Store, originally started in in 1912. The present firm carries a complete line of hardware and also is engaged in the business of plumbing, heating, and tin working, 'i'he young men of the firm are progressive, energetic, and enterprising and they are numbered among the best business men in the city of Warrensburg.

December 25. 1910, Oscar D. Warnick and Maud E. ^IcKee were united in marriage. Maud E. (McKee) Warnick is a daughter of Samuel and Katherine McKee of Butler. Missouri. Mrs. Warnick was born in Butler, Missouri, June 10, 1884. To Oscar D. and Maud E. Warnick has been born one child, a daughter, Martha Katherine. Mr. and Mrs. Warnick are highly esteemed in Warrensburg, where for three-quarters of a century the Warnick family has been considered one of the most prominent and respected families in the county. Mr. \\'arnick is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons lodge Numl:)er 265, of Warrensburg.

Vitt-Mayes Manufacturing Company of Warrensburg, Missouri, was organized originally liy J. A. Lamey, of the Lamey Manufacturing Company of Sedalia, Missouri, who established in 1907 a branch factorv on North Holden street, where the Lobbans' Garage is now located. H. E. Vitt was superintendent of the Lamey Manufacturing Company of \\'arrensburg for six years and at the close of that time purchased the factory from ]Mr. Lamey. For two years, H. E. \'itt operated it as the H. E. Vitt Manufacturing Company, making shirts, overalls, and pants for the jobbing trade. In 1914, the present company known as the \'itt-

Mayes Manufacturing Company was organized by H. E. \"itt and the products of the factory have since been made for the retail trade. Two salesmen were immediately put on the road. At the present time there are ten salesmen traveling for the \^itt-Mayes Manufacturing Company.

The officers of the Vitt-Mayes Manufacturing Company are as follow: H. E. Vitt, president; F. L. Mayes, vice-president; S. H. Coleman, second \ice-president ; H. R. Garrison, secretary and treasurer. The other stockholders are R. L. Campbell and Charles Gillilan. This company employs nearly one hundred people. The output of the factory averages five hundred dozen garments weekly. Seventy-five machines are in constant operation, each controlled by motor power. Tlie office, stockroom, and shipping department of the company are located on East Pine street in W'arrensljurg. 'J'he factory and wareiiouse are located at 109 and 111 East ^larket street.

The products of this factory are sold in Missouri. Kansas. Nebraska. Iowa, Oklahoma, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona. Montana. Illinois. California, and Wyoming. The supply has never yet equalled the demand. Vitt-Mayes Manufacturing Company is now engaged in making khaki uniforms for the United States Government, at the time of this writing, in 1917. Their celebrated trade-mark is a diamond-shaped figure upon which is stamped. "If it's \"itts it fits." One thousand garments are made weekly at the present time and the factory will soon increase the output to two thousand garments.

Charles A. Boyles, e.\-county clerk of Johnson county, and proprietor of the Five and Ten Cents Store of Warrensburg. is a native of Ohio. He was l)orn January 28. 1848 in Athens county, Ohio, son of Martin and Charlotta (Francis) Boyles, the latter a native of Ohio.

Martin and Charlotta (Francis) Boyles were the parents of the following children; Mrs. Mary E. Matheney. deceased; Minerva, who died at the age of sixteen years; Charles A., subject of this review; and Martin A., who is a retired farmer of Athens county. Ohio. Martin Bovles died on a lioat on the Mississippi river as the result of cholera. wliicli he contracted wliile on liis way to Iowa. He was taken to Keokuk, Iowa for Inu-ial and his widow tlien returned to the old home in Oliio. Siie died in Ohio at the age of eighty-tliree years and lier rcni;iins were laid to rest in the cemetery in Alliens county. Oliio.

the same county. At the age of seventeen _\ears he entered tlie teaching profession in which he was engaged until he came to Johnson county, Missouri in April, 1868. He came West with John C. Crawford and the two young men passed the examination for teachers' certificates in the old Warrensburg courthouse. John C. Crawford, an estimable, young man and an excellent teacher, will he remembered by the people of Centerview who were living tiiere in the early days, for he was employed there as teacher for six years. He then left Centerview and located in Carthage, Jasper county. Missouri.

Charles A. Boyles did not follow the original plan of the two young men and engage in teaching but entered the employ of J. 1]. Wolfe, who was conducting a general store at Jamestown. Missouri. Mr. Boyles began his duties as clerk and bookkeeper in the fall of 1868 ami continued in the employ of J. B. Wolfe for six years. When the hard times of 1873 came, Mr. Wolfe was forced to make an assignment and to discontinue business. ]\Ir. Boyles was then employed as teacher in the Jamestown school, which position he held for six consecutive j^ears teaching nine months each year. In March. 1881 he bought a half interest in Theodore Hyatt's general store at Fayetteville, Missouri and after eight years in this establishment sold his interest back to Mr. Hyatt and came to W^arrensburg where he was employed as clerk by the Shepard's Dry Goods Company for ten years.

Charles Boyles was then elected county clerk of Johnson county and at the expiration of his first term in office was re-elected, thus serving the county faithfully and well a term of eight years. Mr. Boyles was one of the county's best and most conscientious ofificialsj It was during his incumbency that the County Home was erected and the name given to the home for the poor and destitute was the suggestion of Mr. Boyles. Judge J. A. .\nderson was presiding at the time and Mr. Bovles. he. and the two other judges drove out one day to examine conditions at the county farm. Tliey were much impressed by the sad state of affairs there and l>y the great need for improvement and upon their return began to make plans for the betterment of the institution and almost immediately after, the poorhouse burned. A new location was decided upon and the county purchased the present site of the County Home because of its beautiful surroundings and splendid location. The money for the new home was raised in three years' time, the amount raised bv the first assessment being eleven thousand dollars. The year following the burning of the old home the building of the new was undertaken and Johnson county now has as handsome and comfortable home for the dependents as is to be found in the state of Missouri. Mr. Boyles made many helpful and valuable suggestions to the board concerning the home and grounds, many of which were adopted and thus the chapel is one of the principal features of the home.

Mr. Boyles also introduced several innovations while serving as county clerk, improvements relative to the systematizing of the work which have proven by the test of time to be of inestimable value to the county. Two of these are the County Ward Book and the County Bridge Book. The former shows the name and date of discharge of each ward of the county sent to reformatories or prisons and the latter gives the number and specifications of each bridge built in the county. The framework of the dififerent bridges also bears the same number of the bridge as given in the County Bridge Book, of which bridge the framework is a part.

Charles A. Boyles was for two years associated with George O. Hart as manager of the general store. In the fall of 1909, Mr. Boyles opened a Five and Ten Cents store on the site of the Miller Jewelry store and three years later moved to the present location, and went into partnership with Charles D. Middleton and Harry Jennings. One year later he bought out Harry Jennings and the ensuing year, 1911, bought out Charles Middleton and has since that time conducted the store alone. He began business in 1909 with a capital of fifteen hundred dollars and now carries a stock valued at ten thousand dollars. The store building, which is located at 309 and 311 North Holden street, has a frontage of fifty feet and a depth of one hundred two feet. Both the first and second floors are occupied and the stock is neatly and conveniently arranged. Five clerks are employed by Mr. Boyles and he and his wife also assist with the sales. Extra help is secured for the Saturday trade. A ladies' rest room has been provided by Mr. Boyles for the comfort of his women patrons. He has spared no labor or expense in making his store thoroughly up-to-date.

December 28. 1880. Charles A. Boyles and Isley O. McEIvain. the daughter of Samuel and Melinda (Bosthwick) McEIvain, were united in marriage. Mrs. Boyles' parents came to Johnson county. Missouri from Kentucky. Both father and mother are now deceased and their remains arc interred in Oak Grove cemeterv. To Charles .\. and Islev

O. (McElvain) Boyles has been born a daughter, Lilias May, who is the wife of Dr. Thomas \\'. Ross, of St. Louis, Missouri and they reside in University City, a suburb of St. Louis. By a former marriage with Dovie Kerren, Mr. Boyles has a son, Emmet C, who resides in Ciiicago, IHinois.

Since he was twelve years of age, Charles A. Boyles has l)een a member of the Presbyterian church and he has been active in church work practically all his life. He was appointed field secretary of the Ministerial Sustentation Association of the Presbyterian Church of the United States of America, but the work, though pleasant, kept Mr. Boyles away from home so much that after one year he resigned his position. He was elected commissioner to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian church, which met in Denver. Colorado in 1909, and both he and Mrs. Boyles attended. For twenty years he was permanent secretary and member of the executive committee of the Sabbath School Assembly of the Synod of Missouri, the meetings of which were held annually at Pertle Springs where the best talent in the United States was brought. Mr: Boyles is also a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons with whom he afifiliated at Jamestown in 1871. He has been Worshipful Master for the past five years. Charles A. Boyles is one of Johnson county's most prominent and progressive citizens. He has always been deeply interested in all movements which have for their object the improvement and moral uplift of the community. For several years, he conducted a free employment bureau at his store, and in many ways he has contributed much towards helping his fellowman.

U. A. McBride, the present postmaster of Warrensburg. is one of the widely known newspaper men of Missouri who for a number of years has been prominently identified with public affairs. He was born in 1869 in Henry county, Missouri, a son of William H. and Mattie J. (Randall) McBride, natives of Kentucky. William McBride was a son of James McBride, one of the honored pioneers of Henry county, who owned valuable property interests in Montrose and Butler at the time of his death, which occurred in Kansas, when he was eighty-nine years of age. William H. McBride came from Kentucky to ^Missouri in 1865 and located in Cooper county near Boonville, later moving to a farm northwest of Montrose in Henry county. He was widely known in this county and in Cass county. For many years he was engaged in the con- tracting lousiness at Clinton and Butler and l^uilt the first brick business house erected in Sedalia, the John Houx Hardware Store in Sedalia, and the "Bazoo" Building on High street in Sedalia. The latter structure was erected just after the Civil War. Mattie J. (Randall) McBride was a daughter of Dr. Randall, a pioneer physician of Louisville, Kentucky. To William H. and Mattie (Randall) McBride were born- six children: James Owen, who was a druggist at Siloam Springs, Arkansas, where he died at the age of thirty-nine years, burial being made at Warrensburg, Missouri : Susie, the wife of William J. Hutchinson, editor of the "Mt. Washintgon News," Mt. Washington, Missouri; Mary E., the wife of Richard Stream, of Kansas City, Missouri; U. A., the subject of this review; Thomas F., who was a 'pharmacist at Marshall, Missouri, where his death occurred and interment was made ; and George Vest, the assistant fire chief and captain of Station Number 7 at Kansas City, Missouri. The father's death occurred at Pleasant Hill in 1907 and his last resting place is in the cemetery at Pleasant Hill. The widowed mother resides with her daughter, Mrs. William J. Hutchinson, at Mt. Washington, Missouri.

In the public schools of Clinton and Butler, Missouri, U. A. McBride received his education. Early in life, he became interested in the newspaper business and he made his entry in the world of newspaper men at Adrian, Missouri, when he assumed charge of the "Journal" there. He later purchased this paper, made it a paying proposition, and sold it, to establish the "Pleasant Hill Gazette," which is now the "Pleasant Hill Times." In December, 1893, Mr. McBride disposed of his ownership of this paper and came to Warrensburg, where he purchased the "Journal-Democrat." This paper was afterward consolidated with the "Star." In connection with the "Journal-Democrat," Mr. McBride ran the "Daily Democrat." While in control of the "Journal-Democrat," he issued the call for the state organization of democratic editors to meet at Pertle Springs. The meeting was attended by all the leading newspaper men of Missouri, among whom were Charles H. Jones, of the "St. Louis Post-Dispatch" and Charles W. Knapp, of the "St. Louis Republic," and A. Lesver, editor nf the "Kansas City Times." 'I'his organization is still maintained and has been and is of great benefit to tlie newsi)a])er men of the state. .\t this iiarticnlar meeting, the following officers were elected: H. Martin Willianis, ,if Hermann. Missouri, president; Cliarlie Wallers, of Rich Hill. Missouri, vice-president: U.

A. McBride. of \\'arrensl)urg. Missouri, recording secretarx ; and lohn Black McDonald, of Warrensburg. Missouri, corresponding secretary. U. A. McBride controlled the "Journal-Democrat" until 189.=;, when he sold the paper and erectetl a printing plant, known as the Mcliride Printing Plant, which he put in successful operation. He started the '-Daily Tribune" during the CNcited campaign for free siher in 1896. This paper was later moved to Clinton, Missouri and established there as the "Clinton Trilnme." The paper was a marked success and was sold by U. A. McBride to his partners, when he returned to A\'arrensburg to enter the job printing and book publishing business and later to associate with C. D. Middleton in publishing the "Johnson Countv Star." He afterward sold his interest in this paper to the Middletons. When Mr. Crossley purchased the "Johnson County Star." he offered the management of the paper to .Mr. McBride. which position he accepted. In 1912, U. A. McBride was elected secretary of the Democratic State Central Committee and as his political work took his entire time, he retired from newspaper work. Mr. McBride was secretary of the Johnson County Democratic Central Committee prior to his election to the same position with the state committee. He was filling the state position at the time of his appointment as postmaster of Wavrensburg in 1914. which position he now occupies at the time of this writing, in 1917. U. A. McBride was offered the appointment to the office of deputy insurance commissioner, under Governor iMajor's administration, w hich honor he declined to accept, but instead accepted the position of chief statistician of the State Board of Health, which he resigned at the time of his appointment as postmaster of Warrensburg. During Governor Major's administration, Mr. McBride was the official reporter of the House of Representatives and State Senate. The W'arrensburg postoffice has shown a gradual increase in business for many years. In 1916. the sales of stamps alone amounted to twenty thousand dollars. The postoffice building was erected in 1912. at a cost of siNtv-five thousand dollars. The office employs nine rural carriers, four city carriers, five clerks, including the assistant postmaster, one parcel post man. and two substitute carriers.

February 19, 1890, U. A. ]McBride was united in marriage with Isa Sarah Dewar. daug-hter of Thomas and Mattie Dewar. Thomas Dewar was a well-known miller at Pleasant Hill, Missouri. His death occurred when his daughter. Isa Sarah, was a little child, two years of age. The mother died in Warrensburg in 1913 and the remains of both parents were interred in the cemetery at Pleasant Hill. To U. A. and Isa Sarah (Dewar) McBride was born one child, a daughter, Mildred M., who died at the age of fourteen years. Mr. and Mrs. McBride reside in one of Warrensburg's most attractive homes, a beautiful bungalow, built in 1914 at 424 South Holden street.

One of the biggest things ever done for Warrenslnirg was done by U. A. McBride, when he secured the meeting of the big Silver Convention at Pertle Springs in 1896. This meeting was of national interest and the management of the convention crowd, which was accomplished in an excellent and masterly manner, was no small task for a city the size of Warrensburg. Special arrangements were made to take the mammoth crowd to the pavilion one and a half miles south of the city and cots were shipped into Warrensburg by the carload from Kansas City. The convention attracted newspaper men from every part of the United States and even to-day frequent mention is made by the press of the "Pertle Springs Convention." Bland, the idol of the silver men, was defeated for presidential nomination at the Chicago convention on the fifth ballot, when William Jennings Bryan received the necessary two-thirds majority. U. A. ^IcBride was a member of the convention held in Chicago.

Mr. McBride is president of the Warrensburg Commercial Club, holding the position since March, 1917, at which time he was visited by a committee of representative Inisiness men who prevailed upon him to accept the presidency of the club.

Jacob Pickel, the man who opened the first sandstone quarry in Johnson county, Missouri, who is now deceased, was one of Johnson county's best known citizens and one of Missouri's most prominent stone contractors. He was born in 1831 in Cottonheim, Prussia and at the age of twenty years emigrated from his native land and came to America, where he located in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1851. Jacob Pickel had learned the trade of stone cutting in the old country and he followed his trade in America in addition to the work of contracting.

In 1870, Jacob Pickel, associated with his two brothers. Peter and Anton, opened the first sandstone quarry in Johnson county about two miles north of Warrensburg. This quarry was placed in operation at an expenditure of much hard labor, time, and expense. A switch was put in. so that the stone could be loaded at the quarry. The three brothers installed a steam channeling machine at the quarry, tlie machine alone costing six thousand dollars. The lifting was also done by machinery, run by steam. The first large contract was for more than two hundred fifty thousand dollars worth of stone to be used in the construction of the Chamber of Commerce building in St. Louis, Missouri, a building which covers an entire block at Third and Chestnut streets in that city. In the office of Ben Pickel in Warrensburg can be seen the drawing made of this building while in the process of construction. All the stone was cut at the quarry and shipped to St. Louis in perfect condition to be placed. Jacob Pickel furnished the stone for the construction of the Kansas City Court House, the Southern Hotel, the Barr building, and many other buildings in Kansas City. Missouri, besides the stone used in many of the buildings in the city of Warrensburg. As many as fifteen hundred cars of stone would be shipped annually, a train load being daily shipped. The quarry, at the present time, comprises two hundred eighty acres of land, but the original purchase was about forty acres. Jacob Pickel died in Warrensburg in 1903. He was an industrious, intelligent, capable citizen, one wdio did much for the business interests of Johnson county and he was universally held in the highest esteem and respect.

Jacob Pickel was united in marriage with Catherine Smith and to them were born five children: Frank, of Warrensburg, Missouri; George, who resides at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, a priest in the Jesuit College at that place; Lizzie, who is a nun, being with the sisters at Hebron, Nebraska; Ben, the manager of his father's stone quarry near Warrensburg; and Clara, who lives at home with her widowed mother and brother, Ben, in their quarry home.

The youngest son of Jacob Pickel, Ben Pickel, has taken an active interest in his father's trade and he is engaged in the business of stone contracting. Ben Pickel attended the public schools of St. Louis, Missouri. About 1896, he began working for himself, engaged in the business of contracting. His first large contract was for stone to be used in the construction of the two buildings erected for the Warrensburg State Normal School. The Administration building, which is nearing completion, at the time of this writing in 1917, required fifty thousand cubic feet of stone. The Pickel quarry can be operated to a depth of fifty feet and then the water begins to come into it. Forty men are employed at one time by Ben Pickel in the quarry, but when the sawing was done by hand, his father used to employ as many as three hundred men at one time. Ben Pickel furnished the stone for the erection of a government postoffice in Arkansas last year, 1916. There is no better stone to be found in this countr}- than that furnished by the Pickel quarry. Ben Pickel is one of Johnson county's most high!}- respected and progressive, young citizens.

John M. Thrailkill, "The One Price Clothier." of W'arrensburg. Missouri, was born in 1856 in Holt county, Missouri. He is the oldest of four children born to his parents, George \\'. and Elizabeth H. (Robinson) Thrailkill. the former, a native of Saline county, Msisouri and the latter, of Kentucky. They were parents of the following children : John M., the subject of this review; Edward, who died in December, 1915; Emma, the widow of James E. Rothford, of Greenfield, Missouri: and Joseph who died in March, 1904. George W. Thrailkill was a son of James Thrailkill, a native of North Carolina, wdio came to Missouri when it was yet a territory. His death occurred in Saline county. His son, George W., was reared in Saline county and in later years resided in Holt county: Johnson county, Kansas: and Jackson county. Missouri. He spent his life engaged in the pursuits of agriculture and his death occurred in 1897 at Kansas City. Missouri. In 1904, he was joined in death by his wife, whose death also occurred at Kansas City.

In the public schools of Clay county, Missouri, John M. Thrailkill received his education. When only a lad of fifteen years of age, he began life for himself, his mercantile career beginning in December, 1878, when he accepted a position with the business establishment of BuUene Emery & Moore. He was later employed by the different firms, Burnham Hanna & Munger and Ely \\'alker & Company. For ten years. he was on the road as traveling salesman for these business firms. In September, 1889, Mr. Thrailkill resigned his position as traveling salesman and purchased one-half interest in the mercantile establishment of J. J. Abell & Brother, buying the brother's interest. This store was located at Nevada. Missouri. John M. Thrailkill was in business there two years and then went on the road again in the employ of Ely Walker & Company, for which firm he was salesman for one and a half years. January 1, 1894 he opened a clothing store at Lamar, which he successfully conducted for several years. He sold the store at Lamar in 1900 and left there in November of that year. I'\-bruary 23, 1901, John :^I. Thrailkill opened his present clothing store in Warrensburg. Missouri. his place of business being located at 109 and 111 North Holden street, lie handles an excellent and complete line of men's and boys' wearing apparel and his store has a splendid reputation in this city, being considered one of the very best and most reliable. Mr. Thrailkill devotes his exclusive personal attention to his business in which he takes a keen interest. He himself works in the store and he employs three assistants and extra clerks for the Saturday trade, wdiich is always exceedingly heavy.

February 6. 1901, John INI. Thrailkill and Florence E. Coleman were united in marriage. To them were liorn two children, both daugiiters: Marium Elizabeth, who was born in September. 1904; and Beatrice Oleta, who was born January 21, 1910. The mother died January 1, 1914. Mr. Thrailkill remarried on :\larch 16. 1916. Mr. and Mrs. Thrailkill reside in Warrensburg at 117 Broad street. By his first marriage in Lamar, Missouri. Mr. Thrailkill has a son, George W., who was born August 24, 1895 in Lamar. He was educated in the city schools of Warrensburg. September 1. 1916 he enlisted in Company D, Second Missouri Infantry and served on the Mexican border under the command of General Funston. George W. Thrailkill will join his company at Westplains, Missouri for service in the present world war, probably going to France. Young Thrailkill is one of ^^"arrensburg's most popular and esteemed young men.

In the Commercial Club of Warrensburg, John M. Thrailkill has been an active worker. For three years he was president of the organization. Mr. Thrailkill was chiefly instrumental in having the work of paving done on Market street, which was the nucleus of the splendid system of paved streets, for which this city is widely known throughout the state. He has always lieen active in church work and for many years prior to coming to "Warrensburg was a member of the Baptist church, of which he has been deacon for the past sixteen years. Mr. Thrailkill is affiliated with the Warrensburg chapter and commandery of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons and also with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in Warrensburg. Politically, he is a Democrat. Mr. Thrailkill has countless friends in Johnson county. Possessing a pleasing personality, kindly manners, and an established reputation for strictly honorable dealings, he ranks very high among his business associates.

of Centerview toAvnship. He was born on the farm in Centerview township, which he now owns and which is known as "Brier Valley Farm," located one and a half miles southwest of Centerview. the date of his birth being June 6, 1864. He is the youngest of twelve children born to his parents, John G. and Nancy E. (Hobson) Graham, who were united in marriage in 1838 in Hazel Hill township and moved immediately to the farm in Centerview township, which Mr. Graham entered from the government. All their children were born at the Graham homestead in Centerview township. The children of John G. and Nancy E. (Hobson) Graham were, as follow: Mary, deceased; Joseph C, deceased; Robert B., deceased; James H., deceased; William L., deceased; Helen A., deceased; Susan, who is the wife of John M. Barnett, of Odessa, Missouri; Mrs. Catherine Huggins, who resides at Morgan, Utah; Virginia, deceased; Alice, who is the wife of N. P. Houx, of Centerview, Missouri: one child died in infancy; and John S.. the subject of this review.

John G. Graham, the father of the subject of this review, was a son of Robert and Catherine (Crockett) Graham, both of whom were natives of Virginia, and in that state the son, John G., was born. The Graham family moved from Virginia to Missouri about 1830 and settled in Hazel Hill township, where Robert Graham entered land from the government. Catherine (Crockett) Graham was a cousin of the famous "Davy" Crockett. The death of Robert Graham occurred in Hazel Hill township and his wife died within a few years afterward in Centerview township. Their son, John G., was reared to maturity in Hazel Hill township and about 1837 entered the tract of land in Centerview township, where he spent the remainder of his life, his death occurring in 1878, at the age of sixty-eight years. He was at that time the owner of nearly eight hundred acres of land in Johnson county. Mrs. Graham survived her husband several years, when her death occurred in 1908, at the age of eighty-six years.

John S. Graham was educated in the public schools of Centerview township. He always resided with his parents, or they with him, as long as they lived. He recalls that in the early days his father used to dress hogs for the market and haul the meat to Lexington, where it was sold for two and a half dollars per hundred weight. All the clothing was made in their pioneer home, and as a lad he often watched the preparation of wool for carding and spinning and weaving, which were all done by his mother. Mr. Graham own.s the homestead, where lie and all his brothers and sisters were born, reared, and married and where both his father and mother died. "Brier Valley Farm" comprises two hundred sixty-seven acres of land and Mr. Graham is engaged in raising cattle and hogs. He is also extensively engaged in feeding stock, annually shipping four carloads of stock. All the improvements upon the place, John S. Graham has himself placed there, including a residence of six rooms, a barn, 60 x 66 feet, used for cattle and hay, a barn 40 x 46 feet, and a hoghouse. 30 x 20 feet, which has the unusual feature of having the south side of the building of glass. A large windmill pumps the water to tlie stockbarns from a drilled well, four hundred feet in depth.

March 11, 1897, John S. Graham was united in marriage with Cora Day, daughter of Joseph and Jane (Buxton) Day, of Post Oak township. Joseph M. Day is one of the noble and honored pioneers of Johnson county, coming to this section of Missouri among the very first settlers of the early thirties. Mr. and Mrs. Day settled on a farm in Post Oak tow-nship, where their daughter, Cora (Day) Graham was born and reared. Mrs. Graham's parents are both living, at the time of this writing in 1917, at Edmond, Oklahoma, both at the advanced age of eighty-two years. Cora (Day) Graham comes from a family noted for great longe\'ity, one grandmother, live Stone, living to the age of one hundred one years. She died in Post Oak township and was laid to rest in the cemetery at old Shiloh, a cemetery established in the thirties. To John S. and Cora Graham have been born two daughters: Helen, who is a graduate of the Warrensburg High School and now a student in the Warrensburg State Normal School; and Katherine. who is a student in the Warrensburg High School. Mr and Mrs. Graham reside in Warrensburg at 119 West South street.

Harvey Russell, proprietor of the 'AVillowdale Stock Farm" and one of Johnson county's most noble pioneers, is, at the age of eightythree years, as active and alert physically and mentally as men twentyfive years his junior. He was born October 22. 1834 in Montgomery county, Kentucky, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Penn) Russell, the former, a native of Loudoun county, Virginia, and the latter, a native of Kentucky, a distant relative of the renowned William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania. In 1856, the Russell family moved from Kentucky to Missouri, where they settled near Pleasant Hill. Joseph

Russell was a teacher b}^ profession. To Joseph and Elizabeth (Penn) Russell were born seven children: Dr. Joseph Penn, who for forty years was engaged in the practice of medicine at Waveland, Indiana: Dr. John T., a professor in Eminence College, Eminence, Kentucky; Mrs. Charlotte Berry; Mrs. Katherine Penn; Mrs. Emily Gillespie; Harvey, the subject of this review; and Mrs. Elizabeth Wherritt. Both father and mother have long since been deceased.

In private schools in Kentucky, Harvey Russell received his early education. He was later a student for two years in Waveland Academy at Waveland, Indiana, Montgomery county. Mr. Russell's first business venture was at Pleasant Hill, where he and W. H. H. Gustin were in partnership in the mercantile business for twenty-four years, the partnership being dissolved in 1897, when Mr. Russell sold his interest in the establishment to Mr. Gustin. The store is still being conducted in Pleasant Hill, now under the firm name of Gustin & Son, their place of business to-day the same as when Harvey Russell and A\'. H. H. Gustin were partners more than a score of years ago. Leaving Pleasant Hill, Mr. Russell came to Warrensburg, where he purchased five hundred nine acres of land located on Blackwater near Greendoor, Missouri. The tract of land has a splendid drainage ditch crossing it and on this farm, which is widely known as the "Willowdale Stock Farm," Mr. Russell was for many years engaged in raising Hereford cattle. A tenant. Mr. Miller, has occupied the place for the past thirteen years and he is engaged in general farming there. Each winter, for eight years past, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Russell have spent in Miami. Florida, where they own a beautiful home. Mr. Russell enjoys fishing in the ocean at that place and in the winter of 1915 landed a forty-two-pound fish, rivaling the celebrated Isaac Walton himself.

August 29, 1907, Harvey Russell was united in marriage with Margaret Zoll, daughter of William and Sarah Martha (Alderson) ZoU, both of whom were natives of Virginia. William Zoll came to Missouri in 1857 and located at Lexington, where he remained si.x months. From Lexington he moved to Warrensburg and the Zoll family resided on Gay street, which was not then a part of the city of Warrensburg. Mr. Zoll purchased the B. A\'. Grover farm and also twenty-three acres of land, the latter located on the present streets of Broad and Zoll. .\ l)art of the twentv-three acres, three and three-fourths acres, now coni- ])rise the present lo\clv woodland home, known as "The Pines." where Mr. and Mrs. Harvev Russell reside when at home in Warrensburg.

The handsome and now modern residence is snrroundeil by numerous, tall, stately pine trees, which were planted by William Zoll more than forty years ago. This was the Zoll homestead. William Zoll was one of Warrensburg's most prominent citizens and a leading man in civic affairs. During the Civil War, he was public administrator. He and Senator Francis 'SI. Cockrell were very dear and iiuimate friends and in spite of the fact that in the Civil War the two men were on opposing sides the friendship endured the test of the bitter strife of the sixties and lasted throughout the life of William Zoll. The two friends were made Elders Emeritus of the Cumberland Presbyterian church of at the same time, when the union of the Cumberland and Presbyterian churches of Warrensburg occurred.

William Zoll and Edward Kelley established the Zoll & Kelley Nursery in Warrensburg in 1872 and they were associated in nursery business in this city for more than twenty years. Later. William Zoll purchased Mr. Ivelley's interest and the firm became known as Zoll & Son. William and Sarah Alartha (Alderson) Zoll celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at "Tlie Pines" in 1898 and nine of the ten children born to them were present at the celebration. Their children were as follow: Allen A., whose death occurred in 1876: Charles H., formerly county engineer and surveyor of Johnson county, at present residing in Miami, Florida: Margaret, who is the wife of Harvey Russell, the subject of this review: Mrs. Flora Z. Briggs, of Atchison. Kansas: ]Mrs. Sallie Callaway, of Waverly. [Missouri: Mrs. Mary Z. Doyle, of Albany, Missouri: William, Jr., who was killed in 1899 in a wreck on the ^Missouri Pacific railway, being employed as engineer by the company: George A., who resides at Fayetteville. .\rkansas; Dr. Frank C, who is engaged in the practice of medicine at Reddick. Florida; and Robert L., of jMiami, Florida. At the time of Mr. Zoll's death in 1908, he was the oldest Mason in years of membership in Johnson county. His death occurred at the age of ninety-three years, caused by a stroke of apoplexy three years previous. Prior to that. William Zoll was keenly alert mentally and physically very strong. He was well posted on all current events and exceptionally well informed on political subjects, in which he always took an active interest. ?ilrs. Zoll had preceded her husband in death many years before, her death occurring at the age of seventy-one years. Both father and mother were laid to rest in the cemetery at Warrensburg.

on current topics. He is a very entertaining and gifted conversationalist. Possessing a remarkable physical constitution, he is the equal, if not the superior, of men more than a score of years younger than he. Since he was eighty-two years of age. he has mastered the intricate machinery of an eight-cylinder Scripps Booth car, and he is his own chauffeur. Mr. and Mrs. Russell never speak of their "lost youth" or represent the period of youth as the end of happiness. Mr. Russell states emphatically that he is enjoying life more today than at any other period in his career. He believes that, as Joseph H. Choate once said in an after-dinner speech, when he was seventy-eight years old, "The happiest years of life are those between seventy and ninety, and I advise you to hurry up and get there as soon as you can." A visit at the Russell home, at the beautiful "Pines," will convince anyone that it is a fallacy to lament one's "lost youth." Both Mr. and Mrs. Russell are giving Johnson county a wonderful example of how to grow old - not gracefully - but triumphantly.

Dr. Joshua N. Shaneyfelt, a highly respected resident of Warrensburg, Missouri, is a native of Pennsylvania. He was born August 8, 1839, in Fayette county on a farm near Perryopolis, a city which was laid out and planned after the style of Washington, D. C. He is a son of George and Elizabeth (Underwood) Shaneyfelt. George Shaneyfelt was a son of Frederick Shaneyfelt. who in early manhood emigrated from Germany and settled on a tract of land near Perryopolis, where his death occurred several years later. Elizabeth (Underwood) Shaneyfelt was born in Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. George Shaneyfelt were the parents of ten children: Mrs. Mary Ann Carr, who died at the age of ninety-two years ; Charity, who died in girlhood ; Elihu, who died in youth; John S., the second son, also deceased; Henry S., who was a veteran of the Civil War, serving in Company H, Forty-seventh Illinois Infantry, and would have been promoted to the position of captain within a few days, when his death occurred, caused by a railroad accident while he was in active service; Rebecca; Joshua N., the subject of this review; Nathan, a Civil War veteran, serving in Company N., Sixteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry, who is now residing in Warrensburg, Missouri; George, of Baxter Springs, Kansas; and Elizal)eth. who is the wife of Mr. Chesler of Perryopolis, Pennsylvania. Both the father and mother died on the homestead near Perryopolis.

his early education. Later, he attended the Washington Normal School. Washington county, Pennsylvania, and Iron City Commercial College, at Pittsburg. Pennsylvania. He was a student at the business college after the Civil \\'ar. in which he enlisted October 16, 1862, serving in Company B. Fifth division of the Eighteenth corps. One Hundred Sixtyeighth Pennsylvania Infantry, of which he was a musician. His regiment was encamped at Pittsburg. Pennsylvania, from wliich place they were ordered to. Norfolk, Virginia, thence to \\'ashington, D. C. and to Newbern, North Carolina, where they constructed a fort and remainotl throughout the winter of 1862 guarding the battery at Fredericktown. At one time this regiment was sent after General Lee. the great Southern commander. 'Sir. Shaneyfelt made out the discharges for his company. He himself, was discharged from service at Harrisburg. July 23. 1863. After receiving his honorable discharge from the army, Mr. Shaneyfelt was a student in the commercial school. He was then engaged in teaching penmanship and follo\\ed that \ocation in Pennsylvania, Ohio. Indiana. Illinois, and Missouri for a period of six years, after which he began the study of dentistry, serving as an apprentice in the office of a highly reputable dentist, as dental colleges had not yet been established. In 1875, he began the practice of dentistry at Hendrysburg, Ohio. Five years later, in 1880, he came to Missouri, where his dental ofifice was located, for eight years, in Sedalia and then in Eldorado Springs for seven years. From Eldorado Springs he returned to Sedalia, where he purchased a farm and for several years was engaged in improving this place, which he afterward sold. ]\Ir. Shaneyfelt then moved to Springfield. Missouri, where he remained nine months, and from Springfield to Kansas City, where he resided about four months, coming thence to 'Warrensburg about sixteen years ago, in which city he has since resided. Joshua N. Shaneyfelt still does some practice in dentistry, frequently making plates, but he no longer fills cavities or does any extracting of teeth, as he desires to retire from dental work.

October 20, 1874, Joshua N. Shaneyfelt and Harriet Ann Harris were united in marriage in Pennsylvania. Harriet .\nn (Harris) Shaneyfelt is a daughter of Jacob Harris, Jr.. who was a son of Jacob Harris, Sr., one of the first of the Colonial settlers of Pennsylvania. Jacob Harris, Sr., entered the tract of land from the government, which later became the site of Perryopolis. George Washington had originally purchased the land from the Indians. Mr. Shaneyfelt has in his pos- session a picture of an old mill, which was erected in Perryopolis by the great general. He also has a splendid view of the old town. About six years ago, Mr. and Mrs. Shaneyfelt visited the old homestead in Pennsylvania. Mrs. Shaneyfelt is the only living member of the family of children born to her parents. The Shaneyfelt residence in Warrensburg is located at 343 East Market street.

For many years, Joshua N. Shaneyfelt was engaged in teaching penmanship. From boyhood days, he has been especially skilled in this art and at college took a course in penmanship. Specimens of his excellent work in this line are framed and in glass cases, where they can be seen at his home. The skill manifested in his drawings of birds and in his pen and ink sketches can not be excelled and it is to be questioned if the art shown can be equalled.

Mr. and Mrs. Shaneyfelt are numbered among the best families of Johnson county. Quiet, unobtrusive, and refined, they are enjoying the peacefulness of their home life, their church relations, and their countless friendships.

H. E. Vitt, president and manager of the Vitt-Mayes Manufacturing Company of Warrensburg, Missouri, was born, reared, and educated in Sedalia, Missouri. He is a son of Jerome Henry and Philomena (Myers) Vitt. Jerome Henry Vitt was a native of Germany but of French descent. At the age of twelve years, in 1848, he emigrated from Germany and came to America, locating in Pennsylvania. In 1849, he moved to Jefferson City, Missouri Jerome Henry Vit^ wa« nne of the most enterprising of pioneer merchants. He operated branch stores along the Missouri Pacific railway erecting stores as fast as the railroad was being built. He owned stores in California, Syracuse, Smithton. and Sedalia, Missouri. His Wholesale Dry Goods & Commissary Store was in Sedalia, where he was the leading merchant in 1863. From this store, goods were supplied southwestern Missouri, eastern Kansas, and northern Arkansas. Jerome Henry Vitt possessed unusual executive ability and excellent business judgment. He was a citizen of great and true worth and his death in 1916 was deeply regretted in Sedalia and Pettis county. Mrs. Vitt preceded her hu.sband in death several years, having passed away in 1884 at Sedalia. Missouri. Jerome and Philomena (Myers) Vitt were the parents of the following children: Mrs. Edward Hough, of Sedalia. Missouri : .\. E. \' itt, Kansas City, Missouri; Mrs. Frank See, Kansas Citv, ]\lissouri: W. P.. of Kansas

City, Missouri: and H. E., the subject of this review, 'i'lie father. Jerome Vitt, remarried after the death of his first wife, tlie mother of the cluldren above named, his second wife iieinsj Tiieresa Cramer. To Jerome Henry and Theresa (Cramer) Vitt was I)orn one chihl, a son, Jerome. Jr., who resides at Sedalia, Missouri.

H. E. Vitt, was educated in the city schools of Sedalia. In 1894, he entered the employ of the Lamey Manufacturing Company and for six years was with this company, learning the manufacturing business thoroughly from first-hand information and experience. After six years he left the company and entered the employ of the Star Clothing Company of Jefiferson City, Missouri, and for two years was superintendent of that company. Erom Jefterson City, Mr. \'itt went to Lincoln, Nebraska, as superintendent of the Herman Brothers Clothing Manufacturers establishment. Returning to ?*Iissouri, he again accepted a position with the Star Clothing Company as general superintendent and remained in their employ several years, when he assumed charge of the Lamey Manufacturing Company Eactory No. 2 of Warrensburg. The account of the subsequent developments in the business career of H. E. Vitt will be found given at some length in the history of the Vitt-Mayes Manufacturing Company, which is elsewhere in tliis volume. Mr. Vitt is now president of the largest factor}- in Warrensburg. one which is doing a successful and extensive business in many states.

In Warrensburg, Missouri, H. E. \'itt was united in marriage witli Eliza Robinson, daughter of John and Mary Margaret (Hocker) Robinson, a sketch of whom appears in this history. Mr. and Mrs. Vitt reside in Warrensburg at 212 East Market street. H. E. Vitt is a valued member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Modern Woodmen of America, and the Knights of Columbus. He and Mrs. Vitt are numbered among Johnson county's most respected and valued citizens.

Granville A. Douglass, one of the brave Civil \^^ar veterans residing in Warrens1nn-g. Missouri, comes from a fine, old colonial family of noted ancestors. He was born in Virginia, now West Virginia, March 10, 1838, son of Levi and Malinda (Nutter) Douglass, both of whom were natives of Virginia. Levi Douglass, Jr., was a son of Levi Douglass. Sr., whose father emigrated from Scotland, when a lad of twelve years, coming to America as a stowaway on a sailing vessel. The boy was on board ship many days before be was discovered. The Douglass family has long been renowned in the annals of Scottish history. Levi Douglass, Sr., inherited all the bravery and all the glorious love of freedom, that distinguished the clan in Scotland, and in the War of 1812 was one of the boldest soldiers. In the Indian campaign, he reached the rapids of the Maumee, when orders were received by his company to return to Virginia, which the soldiers reluctantly obeyed. Malinda (Nutter) Douglass was the granddaughter of Christopher Nutter, who came to America with his parents when he was a child of four years of age. The Nutter family emigrated from Germany. A little girl, also four years of age, was with her parents on the same vessel in which the Nutter family had sailed and she was of Scottish birth. The two emigrant families, one from Germany and the other from Scotland, settled in Virginia. When the little lad and maid attained maturity, they were united in marriage and to them was born the son, who later became the father of Malinda (Nutter) Douglass, mother of the subject of this review. Levi Douglass, Jr., and Malinda (Nutter) Douglass were the parents of the following children: Jacob M., Walla Walla, Washington; A. M., Braxton county, West Virginia; C. H., Harrison county. West Virginia; Granville A., the subject of this review; Mrs. Jane C. Garner, Pennsboro. West Virginia; and Mrs. Mary Ellen Davis, Pennsboro, West Virginia.

In West Virginia, Granville A. Douglass was reared and educated. He remained in that state until after the close of the Civil War. in which he enlisted at Harrisville, West Virginia, February 3. 1862. serving in Company K, Tenth West Virginia Infantry under Colonel Harris. His regiment was kept in West Virginia practically all the time. Twice Mr. Douglass was wounded, once by a gunshot in the hip joint and the other, a flesh wound in the left hip. both wounds received the same day in a skirmish. Due to his wounded condition, Mr. Douglass was unable to return to active service and was not with his regiment at the close of the war. He was mustered out and honorably discharged February 22, 1865, having been in the service three years.

After the Civil War had ended, Granville Douglass returned to his home in West Virginia and for a time was engaged in farming. For nine years, he was employed in the city engineering department in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, as inspector of masonry and sewers. In 1892, Mr. Douglass came to Missouri and located in Columbus township, Johnson county, whe^e he purchased one hundred sixty acres of land and engaged in general farming until ]')0\, wlicn ho itnrchased his present residence at 437 East Market street in Warrenslxirg, where he has since made his home. For some time after coming to W'arrensbnrg, Mr. Douglass superintended the work of p.nving the city streets.

Alay 28. 1908, Granville Douglass was umted in marriage with Sarah A. (Herwick) Reed, daughter of Joseph and Catherine (McCiay) Herwick, of Pennsylvania. .Mr. and Mrs. Douglass were married in Connellsville, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Sarah A. Reed Douglass was formerly the wife of Alfred C. Reed, a nati\e of PenusyKania. to whom she was united in marriage on Decend)er 21. 1882. .Mfred C and Sarah A. (Herwick) Reed were the parents of the following ciiildren : Mrs. W. B. Carson, of Connellsville. Pennsylvania, whose husl)and is emploved as conductor on the Baltimore & Ohio railway; Joseph Iv, a prominent young merchant of Connellsville, Penn.sylvania. who was with the national guard on the Mexican border in 1916; and Edward Karl, who is clerk in a Connellsville railway office and was also with the national guard on the Mexican border in 1916. Alfred C. Reed died in October. 1906, in Fayette county, Pennsylvania. By a former marriage, Granville Douglass and Mary (Hill) Douglass were the parents of the following children: Martha Jane, who is now deceased; M. M.. Warrensburg, Missouri ; Belle, wdio is the wife of Henry Douglass, of W'enatchee. Washington; Airs. Rosa May Wallace. Pittsburg, Pennsylvani.i ; Mrs. Maggie G. Domias, Grand Rapids, Michigan. After the death of Mary (Hill) Douglass, Mr. Douglass was married to Emma Pyle, who is nowdeceased. Granville Douglass is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, of wdiich he became a member at Braddock, Pemisyl\-ania. After coming to Warrensburg, his membership was transferred to the post here, of wdiich he is now a valued member.

Robert E. L. Hatfield, a well-known and up-to-date blacksmith of \\'arrensburg, Missouri, is one of Johnson county's most respected and industrious citizens. He was born in 1865 in Macon county, Alissouri, where his parents, Alahlon and Sarah (Cook) Hatfield, had settled prior to the time of the Civil War. Mahlon Hatfield was a native of Kentucky. He enlisted in the Civil War, serving in the Confederate army under General Robert E. Lee tln-oughout the conflict and he was with the great Southern commander, when he surrendered at .\pponiattox court house on April 9, 1863. .\fter the close of the war. Mr. Hatfield returned to Alacon county and opened a I)lacksniith shop at Laplata.

Sarah (Cook) Hatfield was born in Missouri. She was married to Mahlon Hatfield in Macon county and to them were born the following children : J. G., Warrensburg, Missouri : W. F.. Alva, Oklahoma : Robert E. L., the subject of this review; Mrs. Clara Parr, Cameron, Missouri ; and three children, who died in infancy. The Hatfield family moved from Laplata to old Cambridge, Missouri in 1866 and in this place the mother died in 1871. Mahlon Hatfield remarried and to him three children were born of his second marriage: Mahlon, Jr., Commerce, Oklahoma ; Charles, East St. Louis, Illinois ; and Mrs. Nannie Evans, Moberly, Missouri. From Cambridge, the Hatfields moved to Slater, Missouri, where the father was engaged in the manufacture of plows. He erected the first building in Slater, a blacksmith shop, on the rightof-way of the Chicago & Alton railway. The family resided in Slater ten or twelve years, when they moved to Marshall, Missouri, in 1878. Mahlon Hatfield died January 14, 1914, at Alva, Oklahoma.

In the schools of Marshall, Missouri, Robert E. L. Hatfield was educated. At the age of thirteen years, he began the work of shoeing horses, assisting his father in the shop at Marshall. He was taught the blacksmith's trade by his father and for four years remained in his employ. When seventeen years of age, Robert E. L. Hatfield purchased a blacksmith shop in Columbus, Missouri, and for the past thirtythree years has resided in Johnson county, ten years at Columbus, eleven years at Centerview, and the remainder of the time at Warrensburg. His shop was first located in Warrensburg on North Holden street. October 15, 1916. Mr. Hatfield moved to his present location on the south side of the public square. Robert E. L. Hatfield has one of the best blacksmith shoo in Tohnson county, 24- x 80 and 26 x 83 feet in dimensions, modern in every particular, and equipped witli tlie latest tools and devices. Mr. Hatfield is at the present time, in 1917, installing an up-to-date power shop. He is a naturally gifted mechanic, a member of a family widely known for the number of blacksmiths, five of the Hatfield boys learning the blacksmith's trade from the fatlier. who was a mechanic of marked skill and ability. Practically all his life, Mr. Hatfield, the subject of this review, has lieen a blacksmitli. His first work was done in the sliop of his father and he was then a mere child. Robert E. L. Hatfield began blacksmithing by swinging the sledge and blowing the bellows for his father and as the lad was not tali enough, his father arranged a box for the child to stand upon wliile he worked. In those days the blacksniitli made the liorseshoe nails from rodiron. Mahlon Hatfiekl would form the nails in the rough and the boy, Robert, then finished them.

In 1887, Robert E. Lee Hatfield was united in marriage with Mattie Pemberton, of Columbus, daughter of Taylor and Catherine Pemberton, the former born in Howard county and the latter in Boone county, Missouri. They are now residing at Hardy, Oklahoma. Mr. and Mrs. Hatfield are the parents of six cliildren, who are living: iMrs. Ethel Stockton, Kansas City, Missouri; Mrs. Oleta Sherman, East St. Eouis, Illinois; Robert E., Jr., East St. Louis, Illinois; Raymond C. who resided in North Dakota and died at Oaks, that state. August 31, 1917; and Lela Fern and Catherine, who reside at home with their parents. The Hatfield home is in Warrensburg at 208 West Culton street. Mr. Hatfield is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, lodge No. 2087 of Warrensburg, to which his membership was transferred from Centerview, where he joined. Both Mr. and Airs. Hatfield are held in the highest esteem in Johnson county, where they are widely and favorably known.

Mrs. Carrie (Peak) McDonald, the highly esteemed widow of the late J. O. AIcDonald, a prominent farmer and stockman of Johnson county, is one of Warrensburg's noblest women and a member of one of the best pioneer families in Missouri. She was born on the Peak homestead in Jefferson township, the place now owned by Jefferson Cooper. Mrs. McDonald is a daughter of G. W. and Eliza (Draper) Peak. G. W. Peak was born in Kentucky and when a lad fourteen years of age came to Missouri with his parents and they settled in Benton county. Mr. and Mrs. G. W\ Peak in 1853 went to California on their "honeymoon," making the trip over the plains driving a team of oxen and, besides the wagons carrying provisions of meat and Hour, taking with them their milch cows, several horses, numerous slaves, and a colored cook, who had long been in the Draper family. One of Airs. Peak's brothers. M. C. Draper, accompanied the bride and groom on their trip. When the caravan would find a grassy spot out on the plains, they would stop at the "oasis" for perhaps a week or more, permitting the stock to graze. They experienced many intensely exciting and interesting incidents on the journey and Mrs. Peak often related her thrilling adventure with a mountain lion. She had strolled away from the camp and on her walk stumbled over a sleeping mountain lion. Evidently, Mrs. Peak was not more frightened than was the beast, for it bounded away into the darkness as she returned in great haste to the wagons. One evening. Kit Carson shared with them their evening meal, and they met General Fremont several times on their trip in California. After four years, Mr. and Mrs. Peak returned to Johnson county where they settled on the farm previously mentioned. To G. W. and Eliza (Draper) Peak were born the following children: Mrs. Carrie McDonald, the subject of this review; Mrs. J. J. Phillips, Windsor, Missouri; Mrs. James Lampkin, Warrensburg. Missouri; Mrs. George Cooper, Warrensburg, Missouri; Mrs. W. W. WHieeler, the twin of Mrs. George Cooper, who resides in Clinton, ^Missouri: R. A., of jMineralsprings, Palo Pinto county, Texas; and C. P.. of Houston, Missouri, all of whom are now living: and Mary Frances, who was the wife of A. D. Cooper, and she died in 1876; John Will, who died at the age of two years: Katherine. who died in childhood in 1879 at the age of six years: and Benjamin, who died in infancy.

In 1878, J. O. ]\IcDonald and Carrie Peak were married at the Peak home place in Jefferson township. J. O. McDonald was born on the McDonald homestead in Jefferson township, son of Isaac and Phoebe (Means) McDonald, the former, a native of Virginia and the latter, of Kentucky. Isaac McDonald was a wealthy slave owner in Virginia. He came to Missouri in a very early day and located for a time in Fayette county, whence he came to Johnson county and entered a tract of land. At the time of his death, he was o\\-ner of two thousand acres of land in this section of Missouri. His death occurred when his son, J. O., was a child four years of age. Interment was made in the cemeter}' known as the Cooper cemetery in Johnson count}'. A copy of the patent given to Isaac McDonald can be seen today in the county recorder's office in Volume V, page 117, of the records. This old land patent is dated April 1, 1825. and is signed by President James Monroe and John Ouincy Adams, of the Land Office. Though the paper is soiled somewhat, it is still in very good condition, the paper having been of excellent, firm texture. To Isaac and Phoebe (Means) ]\IcDonald were born eight children: Clay, who was killed while serving in the Confederate army in active service in Arkansas: \\'. D., who was a veteran of the Confederacy, whose death occurred in 1917: Xewton. who is deceased: Robert, who was in the Confederate scr\ice, serving under General Price, and now resides in Montscrrat township, Johnson county; Richard, who is deceased: John Q., the deceased luisband of tlie subject of this review: George, a mercliant and ranchman and one of the weahhiest men of Palo Pinto county. 'I'exas: Marv. who was the wife of Robert Casey, a brother of George Casey, of Henry county. Missouri, and she is now deceased.

John O. McDonald was educated in the schools of feffersnn township. He was reared on the farm and all his life was interested in the pursuits of agriculture. In 1898. he and his wife moved to W'arrensburg. where they purchased the Professor Dodd property, whicli was later sold to George Cooper and Mr. and Mrs. McDonald purchased property on Ming street and there built the splendid, comfortable residence, in which Mrs. McDonald now resides. Mr. McDonald died December 20, 1915. Burial was made in the cemetery at Warrensburg. John O. McDonald was an honorable, upright, respected citizen of Johnson county, a man of quiet, unobtrusive ways and kindl}- maimers, whose worth was W'idely recognized and the loss to the citizenship of W'arrensburg has been deeply lamented. No children were born to Mr. and Mrs. McDonald, but Mrs. McDonahl has taken three little ones into her home and upon them is lavishing all the loving and thoughtful care of a mother. Henry McDonald, a nephew: Catherine Ethel Peak, a niece; and Donald Calvin Peak, a nephew, are sharing with their aunt her beautiful home in Warrensburg.

George Cooper, a prominent and prosperous farmer and stockman of Jefferson and Warrensburg townships, who is now residing in Warrensburg, Missouri, is a member of one of the leading pioneer families of Jefiferson township. Mr. Cooper was liorn .\pril 19. 1859. a son of Henry and Nancy (Stiles) Cooper. Henry Cooper was born June 25. 1818, in Trigg county, Kentucky, a son of David Cooper, a native of North Carolina, one of the first settlers in Jefferson township, Johnson county, where he died at the age of eighty years. Henry Cooper came to Johnson county, Missouri from Kentucky, with his parents, in 1832. a lad of fourteen years riding bareback all the way on a two-year-old colt. In early manhood. Henry Cooper "bached" with "Uncle Dick" Pettis in Bates county and entered land from the government in that section of the state. In 1848, he returned to Johnson county and improved the old homestead, erecting a residence at a cost of two thousand dollars, and engaged in stock raising extensively and also feeding many cattle. The residence, which Henry Cooper built nearly seventy years ago, was considered one of the most elegant liomes in the county in those early days. It was located on the southern slope of Highpoint, overlooking the Tebo, the headwaters of which it was near. In September, 1850 Henry Cooper and Nancy Stiles were married. Nancy (Stiles) Cooper was born in Johnson county and she is now living, at the age of eighty-three years, in Windsor, Missouri. To Henry and Nancy (Stiles) Cooper were born the following children: Elizabeth, who was the wife of Lee Jackson and is now deceased; David, who is now engaged in farming on the home place in Jefiferson township; Margaret, who is the wife of Robert Muir, of Windsor, Missouri ; George, the subject of this review ; J. D., who is the owner of a valuable farm in Jefiferson township, where he is engaged in farming and stock raising; Lucy, who is the widow of the late Eugene Wilcox, of Windsor, Missouri; Leona, who is the wife of E. B. Grinstead, residing in Henry county near Windsor; William, of Windsor, Missouri; and John L., who is engaged in farming in Jefferson township. At one time, Henry Cooper was the owner of eleven or twelve hundred acres of land in Johnson county and adjoining counties. His death occurred in 1910 and interment was made in the cemetery at Windsor, Missouri.

The boyhood days of George Cooper were spent on the farm in Jefiferson township. He received his education in the public schools of Jefiferson township and in that part of Johnson county was reared to maturity. Until he was thirty-one years of age, he remained at home with his parents, engaged in general farming and stock raising. At the present time, in 1917, George Cooper is owner of three hundred twenty acres of land in Jefiferson township, which were a part of the homestead, and one hundred eighty acres of land in Warrensburg township.

In 1890, George Cooper was united in marriage with Jessie May Peak, of Jefiferson township. Jessie May (Peak) Cooper was born March 18, 1870, in Jefiferson township, a daughter of J. W. and Eliza (Draper) Peak, the former, born near Georgetown, Kentucky, on July 14, 1825, and when a lad fourteen years of age came with his parents to Missouri, where they settled in Benton county. April 22, 1853. Mr. and Mrs. Peak were married and they made a bridal tour across the plains, taking six months for the journey. They were the parents of the following children: Fannie, who was the wife of Albert Cooper and is now deceased; Carrie, who is the widow of the late J. Q. McDonald and resides in Warrensburg, Missouri; Louisa, the wife of John

Phillips, of Windsor, Missouri; Betsy, the wife of James Lampkin, of Warrensburg, Alissonri, and Jessie May, the wife of George Cooper, the subject of this review, who are twins; Georgia, the wife of Waldo Wheeler, of Clinton, Missouri; Robert. Mnieralsprings. Texas; and C. F., Houston, Missouri; and three children, who died in iniancy. :\lrs. J. W. Peak was the youngest child born to John Draper, one of the first settlers of Missouri. Both parents of Mrs. Cooper are now deceased. To George and Jessie May (Peak) Cooper have been born two children: Virgil, who is now engaged in farming on the home farm in Jefferson township; and Wallace, who is at home with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Cooper reside at 523 South street in Warrensburg, where they are numbered among the most estimable and highly valued families.

Sibert A. Miller, a progressive and highly esteemed farmer and stockman of W'arrensburg township, was born in 1873 in Pettis county, Missouri. He is a son of Abraham and Henrietta (Wethers) Miller, the former, born in Ohio in 1842 and the latter, a native of Cooper county, Missouri. Abraham Miller came to Missouri prior to the Civil War. He enlisted in the Federal service during the war. When it had ended, he returned to Missouri and with his wife moved to Pettis county, where his son, Sibert A., was born. In 1885, the ^Miller family moved to W'arrensjjurg and in this city, Mr. and Mrs. Aliraham Miller are now residing. To Abraham and Henrietta Miller have been born the following children: Mrs. Dora Belle Redford, who resides in Warrensburg. Missouri; Charles D., of Eutopia, Washington; and Sibert A., the sul)ject of this review.

After completing his school work at the Warrensburg State Normal School, Sibert A. Miller began life for himself at the age of nineteen years. He engaged in farming in Warrensburg township, renting the James Reed place. Until the past ten years, Mr. ^Miller did general farming. Ten years ago. he commenced to specialize in sheep raising and to give special attention to the production of wool. He started with fifty ewes with the intention of keeping at least one hundred all the time. At the time of this writing in 1917, Sibert A. Miller has on the farm one hundred seventy head of sheep and he has had excellent success and splendid results in his business venture. The wool this year sold for fifty-two cents a pound. A registered male Shropshire heads the herd. Twelve years ago. Sibert A. Miller leased the Cheatham farm, located three miles east of Warrensburg, where he now resides.

This place comprises three hundred twenty acres of land, all under cultivation, one hundred twenty-five acres being in bluegrass, sixty acres in corn, sixty acres in meadow% fifty acres in wheat, and fifteen acres in oats. Every two years, Mr. Miller rotates his crops, having the farm in grass two years, then corn for two years, following with wheat and small grain for two years. His fifty acres of wheat netted him a very neat sum this past year of 1917. selling for two dollars and thirty-five cents a bushel and twenty-five bushels were grown on the acre, thus each acre of wheat land brought sixty dollars. Mr. Miller specializes in sheep raising, but does not confine his attention to them, in addition raising fine cattle and mules. He now has fifty head of cattle, with a pure-bred Polled Angus male at the head of the herd, and usually keeps eighteen head of mules annually on the farm, raising six to sell each year. Sibert A. Miller is an industrious, enterprising, intelligent agriculturist, one who is not afraid of hard labor and whose efiforts are bringing well-earned success. Johnson county is proud of men such as he.

January 29, 1893, Sibert A. Miller was united in .marriage with Mary Gertrude Latimer, daughter of Frank A. Latimer, a native of Pennsylvania, and Zerelda (McCorkle) Latimer, who was born in Clay county, Missouri. Frank A. Latimer came to Missouri in 1870 and located in Clinton county. Both he and his wife are now deceased, both having died in Kansas City, Kansas. Frank A. and Zerelda (McCorkle) Latimer were the parents of three children: Mrs. Frankie Bell, of Kansas City, Missouri; William A., of Britton, Texas: and Mrs. Sibert A. Miller, the wife of the subject of this review. To Mr. and Mrs. Miller have been born three children: Lucile, who is a graduate of the ^^'arrensburg State Normal School in the class of 1914 and is now engaged in teaching school at Moberly, Missouri, where she has a position in the grade school ; Mark A. and Thomas L., both of whom are students in the \\'arrensburg State Normal School. All the children of Mr. and Mrs. Sibert A. Miller were born in Johnson county and their home is with their parents in Warrensburg township, where the Miller family is held in the highest respect.

John K. Greim, one of Johnson county's best agriculturists and most energetic and industrious citizens, was born in Warrensburg township in 1869. He is the fourth son born to his parents, Nicholas and Barbara Greim, a biographical review of whom appears elsewhere in this volume. They were the parents of thirteen children: William; James: Henry; John K., the subject of this review; Christian: Geor<je ; Fred: Mrs. Mary Drummond; Mrs. Maro^aret Priest, who is deceased; Mrs. Anna Glaspey: Mrs. Clara Fetterling-; Amelia, who is deceased: and Sophia, who is at home with her mother. Nicholas Greim came to Johnson county, Missouri prior to tlie time of tlic Civil War and for a few years resided on the Clinton J. Rucker place, east of Warrensburg. Just after the war. [Mr. Greim purchased the present home of his widow, which is one of the best farms in the county.

The early education of John K. Greim was obtained in the schools of ^^"arrensburg township. Later, he attended the Warrensburg State Normal School. Until 1912. he remained at home with his parents. Mr. Greim is the owner of one hundred and thirtv-seven acres one mile north of their home place. Mrs. Greim is the owner of a splendid stock farm of one. hundred thirty acres of land tin-ce and a half miles southeast of \\'arrensburg in Warrensburg township, known as the Nathan Roop farm, where Mr. Greim is engaged in farming and stock raising, gradually developing his place into a dairy farm. He keeps Shorthorn cattle, with a registered male at the head of the herd, and Poland China hogs. Sturdy and thrifty. John K. Greim has made excellent progress since coming to this farm and with the assistance of his noble wife, one of the best workers in Johnson count}-, he has before hina a bright and ])romising career and back of him richl\- deser\-ed success.

In 1912. John K. Greim and Mrs. Grace (Scroggsl Roop. of Warrensburg township, were united in marriage. Mrs. Greim is a daughter of Erk Scroggs. who was born in Greenfield. Ohio, in 1849. and with his mother. Lavenia Scroggs. came to Johnson county in 1867 and they settled in Centerview township. Mrs. Lavenia Scroggs died in 1886 and is buried in the cemetery at Warrensburg. Lizzie CRepp) Scroggs, the mother of ^Irs. John K. Greim. is a native of ^Laryland. She is now residing in the property formerly known as the Baile propertv in ^^'arrensburg. Erk and Lizzie (Repp) Scroggs are the parents of the following children, who are now living: Charles A., of Parshall. North Dakota: Grace, who is the wife of the subject of this review: AVilliam. of A\'arrensburg. [Missouri: John A., who is a prosperous lumberman of Ivansas Citv. [Missouri ; and one daughter who is deceased. IMarv Susan, whose death occurred in 1898. To John K. and Grace

Greim has been born one child, a son, John Nicholas Elbert, a prizewinning little lad, who received first prize at the Johnson County- Round-up Agricultural Show, held in Warrensburg, Missouri, in 1913. In the Better Babies' Contest, John Nicholas Elbert was acclaimed winner in Class I, Division A, attaining an average of one hundred per cent., being graded on the following: Physical proportion, muscular development, respiration, circulation, digestion, general intelligence, and self control. The little winner came within three points of winning the state contest, also. Mrs. Greim is a woman of exceptional energy, skill, and ability. For the past sixteen years, she has been making butter for the market and she has complete charge of the poultry on their farm. She is raising Barred Plymouth Rock chickens and Mammoth Bronze turkeys, with which she has achieved a degree of success that is remarkable.

The Greim home is a residence of seven rooms, attractive and modern throughout. The house was originally built before the seventies, probably immediately after the Civil War. It has since been remodeled and additions and porches were built in 1913 and the former appearance of the home has been decidedly changed. One especially conspicuous feature of the Greim residence is a mammoth hedge tree in the yard. This tree is nearly one hundred years old and is perhaps the largest of its species in the county, being two and a half feet in diameter. The Greim farm is named "The Cedar Lawn Farm."

Cliff A. Baile, a successful and highly respected farmer and stockman of Warrensburg township, was born August 19, 1867, in Preble county, Ohio. He is a son of John and Sarah (Eby) Baile, both natives of Maryland. They were the parents of the following children: Mrs. Nannie J. Roop, Warrensburg, Missouri ; Emma, who died in girlhood ; Mrs. Sallie McKinstry, deceased; Mrs. Susie E. Reese, Los Angeles, California ; Mrs. Elizabeth Thomas, deceased ; J. H., Warrensburg. Missouri; Mrs. Minnie C. Christopher, Warrensburg, Missouri; J. C. Miami, Florida; and Mrs. W. L. Drake, Warrensburg, Missouri.

After the father's death, which occurred in Ohio in 1868, Cliff A. Baile, with his mother, came to Johnson county, Missouri. Mrs. Baile died August 11, 1911, and interment was made in the Brethren Church, South cemetery. Cliff A. Baile attended the public schools of Warrensburg and the Warrensburg State Normal School. At the age of twentyone years, he began life for himself, engaged in the pursuits of agricul- ture. Practically all his life, Mr. Baile has been interested in farming. Me first resided at "Hill Crest Farm," where he remained eighteen years improving the place, which now has on it a comfortable and well-lniilt residence and two good barns. In 1912, Uv. Baile went to New York, where he remained two years, returning to Johnson county in 1914 and settling on the farm wdiich he purchased from Mrs. G. K. Christopher.

In 1893, Clii¥ A Baile and Minnie H. Christopher were married. Mrs. Baile is a daughter of G. K. and Bettie M. (Smith) Christopher, natives of Jackson county. Missouri, the former now deceased. Mrs. Christopher is at present residing in New York. To Cliff .\. and Minnie H. Baile have been born ten children: Herbert C. and Arthur II.. of Warrensburg, Missouri: Lawrence J., Clifton .\.. Jr., John. George Keen. Miriam, Harold, Glenn, and Estelle, at home with their parents.

The Baile farm, which was purchased in 1914. comprises eight hundred eight acres of rolling land, through which Bear creek flows. The place is almost entirely in grass and hay and is ideal for slock, being well supplied with water. Mr. Baile has at the time of this writing, in 1917, about one hundred fiftv head of cattle and several head of horses and mules. The improvements on the farm are the very finest if this part of IMissouri. One barn, 40 x 80 feet in dimensions with a six-foot over-jut and eighteen feet to square, with an eight-foot concrete basement below, is considered exceptionally good, the upper portion being for hay and implements, the basement for stock, a feeding room for twenty-two horses, besides stanchions for twelve cows, a feeding room for forty calves, supplied with cement troughs. A cistern or reservoir, 20 x 8 feet in dimensions and eight feet in depth, furnishes water to the stock tanks by means of gravity pressure. The roof of the barn is of galvanized iron. The home has been made modern throughout since Mr. Baile purchased the farm. It now is a structure of thirteen rooms and supplied with all the latest conveniences.

Mrs. Nancy J. (Baile) Roop, the esteemed and respected widow of the late Ezra Roop, an honored pioneer of Johnson county, is one of Johnson county's noblest women. She came to this county with her husband in 1857 from Preble county. Ohio. They remained nearly two years, when on account of the unhealthful climate here at that time they returned to their old home in Ohio and did not come again to Missouri until 1866. when they located three miles south of Warrensburg.

to them were born the following children: Edgar W., Warrensburg township; Alonzo B., Jefferson township: Vernon C, Warrensburg township; John A., Miami, Florida; Mrs. Alice A. Mohler, ^^'arrensburg, jMissouri; Mrs. Ada V. Bozarth, Centerview township; and Nathan, who was born in 1878 and died in 1909. John A. Roop is the owner of a large orange plantation in Florida. The father died July 10, 1910. Both he and his son, Nathan, are buried in the ^^'arrensburg Brethren Church, South, cemetery. Mrs. Roop still owns the old home place of two hundred forty acres of land, located three miles south of ^^'arrensburg.

The first three interments made in the cemetery where Ezra Roop and his son were laid to rest were made for Eugene J. Roop, Arthur A. Roop, and Minnie B. Roop. They had died ten years previous to the establishment of this cemetery but were brought to the new burial ground from the family cemetery. Dr. A. W. Reese was the first pastor of the Warrensburg Brethren church, South. Jesse D. Mohler, the present minister, is a graduate of McPherson College, McPherson, Kansas. This church was organized August 3, 1880, and the church building erected in 1881. The charter members of the Brethren church. South, of Warrensburg, were N. J. Roop, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Adams, Sarah Adams, Dr. A. W. and Mrs. Susie Reese, J. E. Lightner, William and Lizzie Mohler, Sarah A. Baile, ]\Iinnie Christopher, Alice Hall. ^Marietta Gibson, Ann Ginn, Elizabeth and Anna Bowman. Abram A\'eaver became a member soon after the organization of the church, his membership in the Mineral Creek Brethren church being transferred to this church. Mrs. Lightner also, soon after the organization, became a member of the church.

J. P. Ozias, ex-mayor and ex-councilman of Warrensburg, Missouri, is of French descent. He was born September 6, 1838. in Preble county, Ohio, son of Jacob and Sarah ( Potter) Ozias. Jacob Ozias was born in North Carolina. When he was a boy. his parents moved to Ohio in 1803 and in that state he was reared to maturity, educated, and married. He was engaged in farming practically all his life. Sarah (Potter) Ozias was a daughter of Casper Potter, a veteran of the Revolutionary War. He was born December 19, 1754, in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. In the winter of 1777, he enlisted as a private under Captain John Bannerd, serving three months. In January, 1781, he enlisted for three months under Captain James Buchanan and Colonel

Boyer, of Virginia. In August. 1781, he cnlistc<l un.ler Captain Charles Campbell and Colonel Lewis, of Virginia. Casper Potter took part in a skirmish near Edmunds Hill, Virginia. The date of his application to the United States Pension Department is March 23,, 1833. The pension was granted. His daughter. Sarah, was born in Preble c.untv, Ohio. Jacob and Sarah Ozias were the parents of the following chi'ldren: Mrs. Elizabeth Roher, deceased: Mrs. Eliza Ann Moots'^ ])orn in 1827 and is now living, at the age of ninety years, in Preble county. Ohio; Mrs. Sarah Jane Greer, deceased; Washington, decease.l ; laciib Anderson, who came to Johnson county. Missouri, in 1866 and died in 1914 in Centerview township, where he owned six hundred forty acres of land, upon which place his widow now resides; Wesiev, a farmer, of Preble county, Ohio; and J. P.. the subject of this review. The father died in Ohio in 1868 and the mother, in 1871. A sister of Sarali (Potter) Ozias, Mrs. Anna (Potter) Douglass, lived to be one hundred two years of age. She was born in Rockbridge county. X'irginia. March 8, 1801, and lived to be the mother of ten children, grandmother of forty-seven children, great-grandmother of one; hundred twentyfive children, and great-great-grandmother of thirty children. She retained her physical and mental vigor up to the last. She died March 8, 1903.

In the public schools of Ohio, J. P. Ozias was educated. He was engaged in farming in Ohio prior to coming to Missouri. He located in Centerview township at a time when a postofTice there was unknown. Previous to coming to Johnson county on Januarv 2. 1868, he had purchased a farm of one hundred sixty acres in Center\-iew townshi]) and on this place resided many years, engaged in general farnn'ng. Mr. Ozias so improved his farm that it is now one of the beautiful countrv places of Missouri. The place overlooks Warrensburg. It is a wellwatered farm, having a never-failing spring, from which water has been piped into the residence. In 1892. J. P. Ozias moved to Warrensburg and in the same }-ear built his present handsome, modern home, a structure of ten rooms and two stories at 120 Tyler avenue, in one of the most attractive and desirable parts of the city .

February 12. 1861. J. P. Ozias and Sophronia Pretzinger were married in Preble county. Ohio. To tliem were born three sons: Dr. Charles O.. Kansas City. Missouri: Dr. Xewell J., who is in the employ of the ]\Ietroi)o]itan Railway Company of Kansas City. Missouri: and

Oscar E., deceased. The mother died in 1874 in Centerview township and is buried in the cemetery at Warrensburg. Mr. Ozias remarried, his second wife being Sarah Conrad, of Licking county, Ohio. She was born near Newark. Mrs. Ozias' parents were of French lineage and natives of North Carolina. To J. P. and Sarah (Conrad) Ozias have been born two daughters: Marie, the wife of Harry Dillard, of Kansas City, Missouri ; and Ruby, the wife of William Berner, of Kansas City, Missouri. Both Mr. and Mrs. Ozias are members of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Ozias is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, being afBliated with the Blue Lodge, the Commandery, the Knights Templar, a member of the Scottish Rite, and of the Mystic Shrine at Kansas City, and of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of Warrensburg.

In Ohio, prior to coming to Johnson county, J. P. Ozias was a member of the home guards and was in active service with the state militia during Morgan's raid in that state. Mr. Ozias has always taken a keen interest in public and civic affairs and he served four terms as city councilman of Warrensburg. On April 2, 1907, he was elected mayor of Warrensburg for two years. J. P. Ozias made a good clean, aggressive fight and as he was an enthusiastic temperance man, during his incumbency the city of Warrensburg voted dry. His administration was an aggressive one in the enforcement of prohibition in accordance with the verdict of the people. And, regardless of cutting off the revenue derived from the saloons, his administration was a success financially and he went out of office with a larger surplus fund in the treasury than when he w^ent in. He is now interested in farming and stock raising, as well as in other local enterprises.

J. W. Jordan, the widely-known and prosperous dealer in poultry, butter, and eggs at Warrensburg, Missouri, was born in Howard county, Missouri. He is a son of James D. Jordan, who came with his father, James Jordan, Sr., to Missouri in 1819 and settled in Howard county, where several years later both father and son died.

Until he was thirty years of age, J. W. Jordan engaged in farming. At that time he entered the livery business and also speculated in horses. For the past eleven years, Mr. Jordan has been located in Warrensburg, where he buys and sells poultry, butter, and eggs. His estimate on the value of this produce sold in Johnson county is more than a million dollars annually - that means prior to the present world war. Mr. Jordan, himself, has bought at this one stand more than sixty thousand dollars worth of produce. He has in one year dressed for the market at least seven carloads of turkeys, aggregating one hundred thirty thousand pounds. Poultry products have been reduced during the past few years, due to the light crops. The prices of the past year have gone as high as thirty-seven cents for eggs, twenty-one cents for hens, and twenty-four cents for turkeys. Mr. Jordan ships carload lots to the New York and Chicago markets. He believes that Chicago is the greatest market in the world. At Warsaw, Missouri, J. W. Jordan entered the poultry business and in 1906, three months after entering this business, he came to Warrensburg and opened his place of trade on Pine street, where he remained about six years, when he moved to his present location on the west side of the public square. When his place of business was located on Pine street, Mr. Jordan had forty men employed one week picking turkeys and at the end of the week one hundred eighteen coops containing in all one thousand turkeys were left untouched. At that time, he shipped a carload of turkeys every other day and he has had as much as seventeen and eighteen thousand dollars worth of turkeys at one time on the road to market.

In 1900, J. W. Jordan and Margaret L. Beeson, of Pilot Grove, Missouri, were married. To them were born two children: J. W., Jr., and Martha Louise. The mother died March 28, 1908. Mr. Jordan remarried, his second wife being Myrtle Hyatt, daughter of Theodore Hyatt, the present clerk of Johnson county. To J. W. and Myrtle (Hyatt) Jordan has been born one child, a daughter, Ina Jaquelin.