Johnson County, Missouri - - Biographical, 1918 (part 5 of 19)

February 15. 1898, O. J. Bush and Mary E. Neet were united in marriage. Mary E. (Neet) Bush is the daughter of Jacob and Hester Neet, who reside in Warrensburg, Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. Bush are parents of seven children, six of whom are now living: William, who was born December 25, 1898; Mabel, who died at the age of eighteen years; Bessie, Hester, Clark, David, and Glenn.

O. J. Bush is farming the home place, which comprises two hundred forty acres of excellent farm land in Johnson county. In addition, Mr. Bush is owner of a tract of tindjer land, embracing four and a half acres, wdiich land was entered by Allie Marr, a son of "Uncle David" Marr, who with Judge Morrow, was one of the charter members of the Warrensburg Presbyterian church. O. J. Bush is one of the seven members of the County Defense Committee in Warrensburg township. He and his wife are worthy and consistent members of the Houts' Chapel Methodist church.

A. J. Bush was one of the oldest members of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons in Johnson county. He was affiliated with the Corinthian chapter.

James Harvey Lampkin, of the firm Stockton & Lampkin of Warrensburg, was born in 1854 in Osage county, Missouri. He is a member of a prominent colonial family, the son of Andrew Jackson and Rosanna E. (Adams) Lampkin. The father of Andrew Jackson Lampkin took an active and prominent part in the battle of New Orleans, on January 8, 1815, serving under General Andrew Jackson. Both parents of /Andrew Jackson Lampkin died when he was but a little child and he was reared by an uncle, Alex Gray, who lived near Nashville, Tennessee. The lad was reared to maturity in Tennessee and in early manhood came to Missouri, locating in Osage county in 1854. Rosanna E. (Adams) Lampkin was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the daughter of Jesse Adams, of Baltimore. The genealogy of Jesse Adams traces back to the same ancestors as those of John Quincy Adams, of Massachusetts, president of the United States from 1825 until 1829. They were distant cousins. Mrs. Jesse Adams was a member of the royal family Aj'ers, and because of her marriage with one not of noble birth, she was disinherited by her father. The father of Jesse Adams was a wealthy shipowner, operating a line of vessels on the Chesapeake. Mrs. Lampkin died in Osage county in 18/9 and her remains were interred in the cemetery there. In 1882, Mr. Lampkin moved to Johnson county and settled in Kingsville, later moved to Warrensburg, where his death occurred in 1897. Interment was made in the cemetery at Warrensburg.

James Harvey Lampkin received his education in the public schools of Osage county, Missouri. At the age of seventeen years, he began life for himself, engaged in farming in Osage county. When twentyone years of age, he entered the contracting business, furnishing ties for' the Missouri Pacific railway, in which work he was emploved for three years. Mr. Lampkin came to Kingsville in 1881 and entered the grain business. For fifteen years, he was engaged in the grain business at Kingsville, Missouri, where he also bought and sold stock. In 1889, he accepted a position as traveling salesman with Langenbarg Brothers & Company, grain commission men, of St. Louis, which position he held for three years. Mr. Lampkin then moved to Leeton, Missouri, where he was in the grain business for one year. From Leeton he came to Warrensburg and in 1907 became associated with the firm Stockton & Lampkin, wholesale and retail dealers in coal, grain, feed, and flour. Mr. Lampkin is a "hustler" and he is the buyer for the firm, purchasing much of the ha_\-, grain, and other produce loaded at stations outside \\arrensburg. Tlic firm's business is increasing each year for they are well known all over the country in this section of Missouri for their prompt, honorable, and fair dealings. No contract has yet been made with Stockton & Lampkin, which has not been satisfactorily fulfilled to the letter. James Harvey Lampkin and E. B. Stockton are numbered among the county's most valued and substantial citizens.

February 21. 1880, James Harvey Lami)kin and Julia Ann .\gee. of Osage county, Missouri, were united in marriage. The marriage ceremony w-as performed about four miles east of Lynn on the state road leading from St. Louis to Jeflerson City and was performed by Captain Kidd, a justice of the peace. Both the bride and groom and the witnesses were on horseback in the road in front of the "squire's" residence during the ceremony. Mr. and j\Irs. James Lampkin were the parents of three sons: Ralph, who is now deceased: Claud, who is now deceased : Clay, who married the daughter of W. J. Snoddy, of Warrensburg, and they reside in Jefiferson City, Missouri, where he is employed as extra dispatcher for the Missouri Pacific railway. The mother died in 1905. In 1907, Mr. Lampkin was inarried to Mrs. Elizabeth Fristoe, of Warrensburg and they reside at 106 Broad street in that city.

Stockton & Lampkin, dealers in Feed, Coal & Aristos Flour, Warrensburg, have been in business in this city for the past twenty-two years. They began business together in 1907 on North Holden street, where they erected a mill from the very foundation. The framework of the mill building is of native lumber, which was cut and sawed on the banks of Blackwater and hauled to Warrensburg in wagons. The original building, which was destroyed by fire was 28 x 32 feet in dimensions. New buildings have since been built and the present building is 40 x 60, with an office and storeroom 20 x 60. and a shed 25 X 60 feet. A hay barn, used in connection with the feed business, is 50 X 50 feet and located at the rear of the mill lot.

This business firm is engaged in the work of grinding mill feeds of all kinds. They also buy and ship grain and hay. Storage capacity of ten thousand bushels. Coal sheds on "Quarry switch." Also handle field seeds and clean grain and seeds for farmers. Employ about six men at present, sometimes more - ship large quantities from various

Stations along road. The capacity of the mill is one hundred twenty bushels of meal daily and about three hundred bushels of chop feed. Stockton & Lampkin are also interested in the Boyd Coal Company, operating two coal mines located one and a half miles east of Warrensburg. The mines are on the Burkarth place. The firm has just completed a shaft thirty-two feet in depth running to a vein of coal twenty-two to twenty-six inches in thickness and of excellent quality. Near this mine is the mine operated by the twenty-thousand-dollar stripping machine, put in operation in September, 1916 by these enterprising men. Six men are daily employed in operating this stripping machine. The dirt, rock, soapstone, twenty-five feet in depth, are shoveled from the vein of coal. Above the coal, about eight feet, is a layer of flint rock, which is utilized by being crushed. A stone crusher has been installed at the mine for this purpose. The crushed stone from the Stockton & Lampkin mine has been found to be of the best quality for concrete work and as good as any in the state. It is being used in the foundation work for the new Normal building and has given perfect satisfaction. The demand is far greater than the supply.

E. B. Stockton is also a member of the firm Stockton & Lowe, which handle building materials, their place of business being located on the switch of the Missouri Pacific railway. Stockton & Lowe manufacture concrete blocks, steps and many different building materials. A sketch of this firm is given in connection with the biography of Charles Lowe, which will be found elsewhere in this volume.

George M. Boyd, foreman of the Boyd Coal Company of \\'arrensburg, has been connected with the coal business in Johnson county since 1878 or 1879. He is the son of Thomas H. Boyd, who was engaged in the mining business in Johnson county for many years. George M. Boyd is the oldest child born to his parents, Thomas H. and Jennie (Mcintosh) Boyd. The others were as follow: Margaret, wife of L. M. Hare, of Pittsburg, Kansas; Thomas, Jr., died in 1889 at Knob Noster, Missouri; Susie, wife of Tell Zuber, of Knob Noster, Missouri; John, died at Knob Noster, Missouri in September, 1896; and Nettie, the wife of Frank Booth, of Kansas City, Missouri. The mother was born in Scotland in 1844 and with her husband came to America about 186.=^. Her death occurred January 1, 1880. Thomas H. Boyd was again married, his second wife being Mary E. Clifford, of Wisconsin. To them were born six children : Timothy, superintendent of the brick company at Ginger, Texas; Mrs. Rufus Brindle, Knob Noster, Missouri: Mrs. William Connor, Denver, Colorado; William, who resides in Ginger, Texas; Mrs. Arthur Heider, Terbell, California; and Archie, deceased.

Before Thomas H. Boyd came to Missouri. John A. Ciallalier was the superintendent of the mines at Montserrat and had been mininy coal there for five years prior to Mr. Boyd's coming. In the spring of 1880, Thomas H. Boyd opened a coal mine at Clearfork and the two mines, the one at Montserrat and the other at Clearfork, employed at the time between six and eight hundred miners. In the spring of 1882, five hundred convicts from the State penitentiary were imported for use in the mines by Gallaher, under a four-year contract. .\ tight was made on the con\ict laborers by the local miners and tlie men were returned to the penitentiary in the spring of 1884. During the time the convicts were employed at the mines, the stockade was l)urned down by a fire started when one of the criminals threw a lighted lamp at the warden. While the stockade was being rebuilt, the convicts were kept down in the mines, which was from seven to nine days. After they were permanently removed, the Clearfork Coal Company assumed control of the mines and operated the Clearfork mine until 1887. Since that time, nothing much in the line of mining has been done there. The vein of coal in the JMontserrat mine was from four to six feet in depth. Thomas H. Boyd went from the Clearfork mine to one which he opened at Knob Noster. where the vein was four or four and a half feet in depth, and which he operated for five years. His death occurred in 1905 at Ivnob Noster and his remains were interred at that place.

George M. Boyd received his education in the public schools of Johnson county, attending school at Montserrat. At the age of fourteen years, he left school and began working with his father in the mines. He has been engaged in the coal and brick business practically ever since he was a lad. Mr. Boyd has literally grown up with the coal business in Johnson county and there is no more capable miner in Missouri. For twenty-four years he conducted the brick plant at Knob Noster, associated with his father in the ownership of the plant, the firm being known as Boyd & Son. In 1912 the plant was incorporated and the ensuing year Mr. Boyd accepted the position of foreman of the Boyd Coal Company of Warrensburg.

in marriage. Louisa (Clififord) Boyd is the daughter of 'limouiy and Mary Cliltord. of Green Bay, Wisconsin. Both parents of Mrs. Boyd are now deceased. To George M. and Louisa Boyd have been born the following children: Thomas W., married Mrs. Louisa Riggs, Knob Noster, Missouri; John, who married Sadie Brindle, Warrensburg; George E., married Ursa Vickery, Warrensburg; Robert, married Buena Ragner, Knob Noster, Missouri; Timothy, married Ruth Gardner, Knob Noster, Missouri; Frances, a graduate of the Warrensburg High School and resides at home with her parents; and William Tell, who is a lad in the grade school of Warrensburg. Mr. and Mrs. Boyd reside at 210 East Gay street in Warrensburg.

James Crutcher, Jr., formerly of Hazel Hill township, Johnson county, was born in 1847 in Hardin county, Kentucky. He is the son of James Crutcher, Sr. and Martha (Riddle) Crutcher, pioneers of Hazel Hill township, the former, a native of Hardin county, Kentucky and the latter, of Ohio. They were united in marriage in Hardin county and in 1856 came to Missouri, and settled on a farm of three hundred acres of land in Hazel Hill township, which James Crutcher, Sr. purchased, paying ten dollars an acre. The tract was fairly well improved for those days, having both a house and barn upon it. James Crutcher, Sr. and Martha (Riddle) Crutcher were the parents of the following children : Rebecca Elizabeth, who was the wife of A. J. Stockton and the mother of E. B. Stockton and Mattie B. (Stockton) Bridges, of whom further mention is made in this volume, and her death occurred July 28, 1916, interment being made in the cemetery at Warrensburg; Emma B., who is the wife of Joseph Norris, of Leavenworth, Kansas; James, Jr., the subject of this review; Robert H., who died at Leavenworth, Kansas; Sallie Bell, who was the wife of William Thompson and is now deceased; Kate Clara, the widow of W. F. Kirkland, Leavenworth, Kansas: and E. H., who died in Illinois.

James Crutcher, Jr. came with his parents to Johnson county in 1856. He remained in this county ten years and since he attained maturity has resided in several different states, at one time making his home in Oklahoma, at another in Kansas, and at times returning to Missouri. Mr. Crutcher is a close observer and he has a well stored mind, filled with a knowledge of th estates in which he has resided.

Leona McMalian, of Hazel Hill towiishi]). To Mr. and Mrs. James Crutcher, Jr. were born seven children: William. Ciirard, Kansas; Nettie, wife of David Heizer. Columbus township. Joimson county; Mary, wife of Joseph Brown. Girard. Kansas: Lennie. wife of lul Brown, Girard, Kansas; Alberta, married Xecley Murdock. and she is now deceased; Fred. New South Wales, .\ustralia: and l''rank, Seattle, Washington. The mother died in 1900 and is buried at Girard, Kansas.

Charles R. Bridges, an efficient clerk in the Warrensburg postoffice, was born March 24. 1874 in Chilhowee township in Johnson county. He is the fourth child born to his parents. James A. and Xancy Jane (Reed) Bridges, who were the jjarents of the following children: \\". S., of Portland, Oregon: Kucy J., who was the wife of \\'. P. Foster, of Chilhowee. ^Missouri, and is now deceased, her reniais are buried in the cemetery at Carlton. Kansas ; \'ina Prue. Pomona. California; and Charles P.. the subject of this review. James .\. Bridges was born in Wilson county. Tennessee, on a farm twenty miles east of Nashville, where he was reared to maturity. When he was twentyone years of age. he came to Missouri and prior to the Civil War settled in Johnson county. At one time. James A. Bridges was tax collector in Chilhowee township. When the county infirmary was located in Chilhowee township. Mr. and Mrs. Bridges were for several years in charge of that institution. Mr. Bridges was an upright citizen, worthy of the highest esteem and his death, which occurred at Warrensburg in 1003, was the source of universal regret in this county. The widow of James A. Bridges now resides in W^arrensburg.

Charles R. Bridges received his early education in the public schools of Johnson county. He was later a student in the Warrensburg State Normal School. Since he was sixteen years of age, he has made his own way in the world. For two years, he was employed in the grocery of C. W. Cord and later, in the grocery of Wheeler & Stockton. After several vears service in the latter grocery. Mr. Bridges accepted a position with the J. A. Hamrick i<t Ditter Medis Mercantile Company. In 1903. be was appointed a rural mail carrier on a route out of Warrensburg. which position he held for five years, when he received the appointment as city mail carrier. Mr. Bridges was thus employed when he w^as ofifered the position of clerk in the Warrensburg postoffice. which he now holds.

united in marriage. Mattie B. (Stockton) Bridges is the daughter of A. J. and Rebecca E. (Crutcher) Stockton, of Warrensburg. A. J. Stockton was the son of William Stockton, who came to Johnson county in 1832. William Stockton spent his first winter in Missouri on the farm of Pleasant Rice, one of Johnson county's first pioneers. The next year, Mr. Stockton entered a tract of land in Hazel Hill township from the government and on this place his son, A. J., was born. William Stockton was the father of thirteen children, only one of whom is now living. Marion Stockton, who resides in Warrensburg in his home on Broad street. Rebecca E. (Crutcher) Stockton came to Missouri with her parents, James and Martha (Riddle) Crutcher, from Hardin county, Kentucky. A biographical sketch of Mr. and Mrs. Crutcher will be found elsewhere in this volume, in the review of the life of James Crutcher. To Charles R. and Mattie B. (Stockton) Bridges have been born four children; Russell, Don, Charlene, and Jack Emmett.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bridges reside at 315 West South street, Warrensburg. They are numbered among the county's best families and are highly respected in the city of Warrensburg.

J. B. H. Howerton, a well-known and highly respected farmer and stockman of Chilhowee township, is a native of Johnson county. He was born in 1875. a son of Dr. R. H. Howerton, who was a prominent physician of Cass and Cooper counties, a native of North Carolina. Dr. Howerton was a son of Heritage Howerton, a veteran of the Revolutionary War. The doctor read and studied medicine under the instructions of his uncle. Dr. R. Z. R. Wall, and later took a course of lectures in the medical college at Cincinnati and then began the practice of medicine in Johnson county, associated with his uncle, Dr. Wall. For several years, he practiced medicine in Cass and Cooper counties but returned to Johnson county to spend the remainder of his useful and successful career. Dr. Howerton was one of the most worthy and intellectual men who settled in this section of Missouri. He died May 6, 1905.

Mr. Howerton, whose name introduces tliis sketch, attended school at Elliott school house, where at dififerent times while he was a schoolboy the following men and women were employed as teachers: Mr. Hamshaw, Dr. McGurk, and Miss Lutie Umstadt. The first preacher. whom Mr. Howerton recalls hearing in the old days, was Reverend J.

H. Houx. He also attended services held by Reverend Corder and he tells an amusing story at the expense of the preacher who would accept no money for his work as minister. J. B. H. Howerton is a graduate of Eldorado Springs High School.

After completing high school, Air. Huwerton relumed to the old homestead and for two years was engaged in farming when he left Missouri for the Northwest Territories of Canada, where he engaged in mining and prospecting. Mr. Howerton located in Yukon Territory, and in the country rich in minerals, where vast deposits of gold, coal, petroleum, iron ore, ami lignite exist, he made a small fortune - and spent it. He was in the gold fields four years and then returned to the farm in Johnson county, Missouri, where he iias ever since been engaged in farming and stock raising.

Mr. Howerton owns a splendid tract of land, which comprises two hundred acres, of which sixty are in pasture. He is devoting more and more of his farm to grass land, in order that it may l)e restored to its original fertility. He is a well read and intelligent agriculturist and employs all the progressive methods of the best and most experienced farm experts in the endeavor to build up the productiveness of his soil. He is an enthusiastic advocate of crop rotation and clover growing for soil improving purposes and he, himself, makes excellent and constant use of the manure spreader. Mr. Howerton raises grade Shorthorn cattle and Poland China hogs and has had uniform success with his stock. Mr. Howerton is l^eginning the breeding of Hereford cattle. His farm is splendidly improved and neatly kept, one of the fine country places in Jolmson county. The residence is a large structure of eleven rooms, built by Dr. Howerton several years ago, a liome of ])]easant yet commanding appearance.

In 1907, J. B. H. Howerton and Alargaret C. Little, daughter of J. A. and Sadie (Alullens) Little, were united in marriage. The Howertons are highly regarded in their community and one of the county's most substantial families.

C. C. Tevis, president of the First National Bank of Holden, Missouri, is a native of Kentucky. He was born in 1845, a son of C. C. and Elizabeth (Stone) Tevis, who were members of old Kentucky families. The Tevis family were from Tennessee, whence the father of C. C. Tevis, Sr. migrated to Kentucky, during the pioneer era of settlement and development of that state. The mother of C. C. Tevis, subject of this review, was a native of Virginia.

C. C. Tevis was reared and educated in his native state and received his classical education in Center College, Danville, Kentucky. He graduated from this institution in 1867. For two years following his graduation, he taught Latin in Center College. In 1869, he left his native state and came to Johnson county, where he taught for a short time in the public schools of this county. Mr. Tevis followed the teaching profession but a short time. Opportunity beckoned to him and he engaged in banking not long after his arrival in this new and growing count}-. He began his l)anking career as cashier in the Bank of Holden and served in this capacitv for six years, after which he l)ecame president of the bank. He tlien sold his interest in the Bank of Holden to Samuel Jordan, wlio iiecame president. His next successful venture in the realm of finance was to organize the First National Bank of Holden in 1913. This concern is one of the most flourishing banking institutions in Johnson county and has enjoyed a wonderful growth since its organization. The last ofificial statement issued on June 20. 1917. gives the bank's capital stock as thirty thousand dollars; surplus ten thousand dollars: deposits one hundred eleven thousand nine hundred eighty-two dollars and forty-five cents: with total resources of one hundred eighty-four thousand three hundred nineteen dollars. The present officers and directors are as follow: C. C. Tevis. president; J. H. Tevis, cashier; S. R. Sankey. R. L. \\niitsett, R. F. Tevis, W. S. Farnsworth, S. W. Raber, directors.

Residing in an agricultural communit}', it is onl)^ natural to find that Mr. Tevis became interested in farming and stock raising. He is a large land owner in the county and has been engaged in stock raising while a resident of the county. For nearly a half century, he has been active in farming and banking in Johnson county and has materially assisted in the development and uplniilding of the county, witnessing, during that time, the wonderful growth which tlu's section of Missouri has enjoyed. Coming here when a young man, full of virility, ambition, and energy, he has "made good" in practicall\' every undertaking with which he has been connected.

Mr. Tevis was married in Kentucky to Mary Hawtliornc in 186Q, and to this union have been born six children, as follow: L'na, wife of W. W. Tevis, Holden, Missouri: James H., cashier of the First National Bank of Holden; Ruth, widow of Claude Scott and now liv- ing in Kansas City; Rose, married D. AIcLain and is also a widowresiding in Holden; Mary, wife of Louis Gray, Aurora, Missouri; Annie, wife of R. J. Erwood, New York City. Mrs. Mary (Hawthorne) Tevis was born and reared in Kentuck\- and was a daughter of Rev. Dr. James Hawthorne, a Presbyterian minister of Kentucky. Mrs. Tevis departed this life in 1879. Later, in 1884, Mr. Tevis married Miss Sophia Fleming, a daughter of James Fleming, of Le.xington, Missouri. One son has been born to this union, Robert, who is engaged in farming and stock raising on one of his father's farms. The mother of Robert, the second wife of C. C. Tevis, died in October, 1916.

Mr. Tevis has always been a Democrat and has taken a verv active part in his party's policies in Johnson county and this section of Missouri. During the many years in which he has been a resident of this county, he has been closely identified with party organization. He has served two terms as a member of the state Legislature and was one of the influential members of that body during Governor Harden's term of ofifice. He served two terms in the Legislature after the new constitution for Missouri was adopted. He has always taken a keen interest in educational matters. Believing that the pul)lic school system should be of the very best in order to properly equip the young men and women of to-day. he has spared no effort in assisting to build up the schools of his home cit_\'. He has served the city as a member of the school hoard. Mr. Te\'is is religiously affiliated with the Presbyterian church.

Emery Thompson, M. D., a leading physician of Holden, former county coroner of Johnson county, mayor of Holden. was born in Wayne county. West \'irginia. in 1868. He is a son of Laban and Martha (Bartram) Thompson, both of whom are natives of Wayne county. West Virginia and are worth)- descendants of old .\merican families, their ancestors haxing settled in \'irginia in the early period of this country's settlement. The parents of Dr. Thompson resided in their native state until their removal to Holden in 1904, wdiere they are now living retired at the respective ages of seventy-seven and seventy-five years. They have reared five children, as follow: .\ndrew-, residing in \\'ayne county. West Virginia : ^^'ilburn, Russellville, Missouri; Laban, Jr.. Des Moines. Iowa; Martha, wife of M. Ferguson, a conductor on the ^Missouri. Kansas and Texas railway out of .Sedalia.

Dr. Thompson was reared in Wayne county, West Virginia and recei\'ed his primary education in the public schools of his native county. He completed a course in the Effie High School, and in 1891 entered the E. & M. Medical College at Cincinnati, Ohio. After studying for one year in this college, he entered the Louisville Medical College and studied there for two years. He returned to the Eclectic Medical College of Cincinnati, Ohio and graduated from this institution in 1893 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. Upon receiving his degree, he returned to Genoa, Wayne county, West Virginia and practiced there for fourteen years. In 1904, Dr. Thompson pursued a postgraduate course in the Barnes Medical University and in the following year, 1905, he located in Holden and began the practice of his profession. Since this time, Dr. Thompson has been engaged in general practice in Holden and vicinity and has met with splendid success. Dr. Thompson ranks among the leading physicians of this section of Missouri and he keeps abreast of all discoveries and developments, in his exacting profession, which are intended for the alleviation of the sufiferings and ills of mankind.

Dr. Emery Thompson was married in 1891 to Elizabeth Matthews, of Wayne county. West Virginia and to this marriage have been born seven children: Elsie, wife of O. F. Weir, Des Moines, Iowa; Ruth Baird, wife of Robert E. Hall, Des Moines, Iowa; James Corbett, Edgar Allen, and John, the latter three in school at this time.

Dr. Thompson is financially interested in the local ice manufactory and other Holden industries and takes an active and keen interest in local and county affairs. He was elected coroner of Johnson county on the Democratic ticket and has now served one term in this official position. Dr. Thompson was elected mayor of Holden in 1913 and is now serving his second term. Upon his second election in 1915. he was endorsed by all political parties and had no opposition over reelection. Since he attained the age of twenty-two years, he has been affiliated with the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons and is also a member of the Knights of Pythias, the Woodmen of the World, and other local organizations. He is religiously allied with the >Latter Day Saints.

Mr. Ball is a son of John C. and Anna M. (Davidson) Ball, the fornur of whom was a native of New Jersey and the latter, a native of Pennsylvania and both parents were descended from old American stock, the Ball family being one of the oldest of the American families, tracing their ancestry back to colonial times. Members of this family have figured prominently in the history of America for more than three hundred years. John C. Ball died in Ohio in 1871 and the mother of F. D. Ball died in 1891, the deatii of the fdrnier parent taking place at the old home at Bloomingburg. Ohio, and the latter departing this life in Kansas City, Missouri. John C. Ball was a Union soldier during the Civil War.

F. D. Ball, with whotn this review is directl}^ concerned, received his education in the public schools of his native city. Bloomingburg, his early schooling being supplemented by advanced courses of instruction taken at the summer normal schools where he prepared himself for the profession of teaching. He went to Nebraska in 1884. with his mother, and filed on a homestead claim, in Custer county, which he improved. He taught school in fall of 1883. and continued teaching for three years while farming. In fall of 1887, he took a business course in the Omaha Business College.

In the spring of 1888, Mr. Ball removed to Kansas City, Missouri and was employed as stenographer and typist for a period of one and a half years, following which he received an appointment to a position in the Kansas City postoffice, wdiich position he held for three and one-half years. About 1893, he came to Johnson county and settled on a farm located five and one-half miles from Holden. Mr. Ball followed general farming and stock raising with his father-in-law until his death, and operated the farm until he was appointed postmaster of Holden in 1915. He received his commission as postmaster on January 12, 1915 and took up the duties of his ofifice February 2, 1915. Mr. Ball is still interested in farming and supervises his well-improved farm near Holden. The consensus of opinion among the patrons of the Holden postofifice is that he is an ideal public official, that he conducts the affairs of his of^ce and manages the six rural routes, which serve the contiguous territory, in a capable and painstaking manner for the best interests of hundreds of patrons.

the Kansas City College of Pharmacy; Lora D., general delivery clerk; Homer B., postoffice clerk; Helen E., who is a sophomore in the Holden High School. All the children are graduates of the Holden High School, excepting Helen E. The mother of these children was born and reared in Johnson county, a daughter of John S. and Jane A. (Bailey) Graves, who were pioneer settlers of Johnson county. Mr. and Mrs. Graves came from their native state of Kentucky to the farm, which Mr. Ball now owns, in 1856. They drove through from Kentucky to Missouri in 1854 and saw the country in all its primitive wildness. Mrs. Graves was accompanied on the trip by a great-uncle. While Mr. Graves went to secure an inheritance of $600 with which to begin life in the new country, Mrs. Graves and her kinsman came on and Mr. Graves followed, traveling the long distance on foot. They bought land from the government at seventy-five cents an acre and were among the first comers to settle in the Holden neighborhood. The land warrant issued to Mr. Graves was destroj'ed ])y fire a few years ago. Mr. Graves died in 1907 and Mrs. Graves departed this life in 1914. They endured all the hardships of the pioneer era and nobly did their part in preparing the way for the settling and buildingup of a great state and county. Mr. Graves served in the Confederate army. During the war, the Graves home was burned to the ground and the mother and family were left homeless. Mrs. Graves took her few belongings and went to the home of an uncle in Henry county where she remained until the conflict was over, after which Mr. and Mrs. Graves returned to the site of their former home, rebuilt the house, and made a new start which ended in prosperity and well-being for them and theirs. Mr. Graves was a carpenter and builder by trade and many houses which he erected in his home township are still standing.

Prior to 1896, Mr. Ball was a Republican in politics, but since that time he has espoused the cause of the Democratic party and has been active in the councils of his party. He is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Holden and is also affiliated with the Modern Woodmen of America. Mr. and Mrs. Ball are members of the Christian church of Holden and take an active and influential part in the civic and social affairs of their home community.

the coming of which family to jMissouri dates back to the year 1837, when Mr. Harmon's father and grandfather drove across country from Cooper county and made a settlement in the vicinity of Holden. Bradford Harmon was born on a farm just two miles north of Holden, December 1, 1869-. He is a son of James and Margaret (Roberts) Harmon, natives of Virginia and Tennessee, respectively.

James Harmon was born on a farm near Richmond, Virginia, a son of William and Mary (Hill) Harmon, both natives of Virginia and members of noted American colonial families. Marv (Hill) Harmon was a second cousin of Thomas Jefferson and a cousin of General A. P. Hill, of Virginia. James Harmon accompanied his parents to Cooper county, Missouri in 1833 and four years later, 1837, the family came farther west to Johnson county and made a permanent settlement on a pioneer farm near the present city of Holden. They drove from their former home to the new location in Johnson countv via the ox-team route and upon his arrival here William Harmon pre-empted government land. On this pioneer farm the grandfather of Bradford Harmon spent the remainder of his days, dying in 1866 at the age of seventy years. James Harmon died on the home farm in 1872. During the Civil War he served with the Confederate army under General Price and fought at the battles of Lonejack, Pea Ridge. Mine Run. and Wilson Creek. He was never wounded nor taken pri.-^oner during his arduous years of service. After the close of the war. he returned to Johnson county and followed farming in connection with plying his trade of carpentering and building. He erected a number of house? located on the countryside north of Holden. Mrs. Margaret Harmon died in 1901. James and Margaret Harmon were the parents of two children: Bradford, the subject of this review: and Rena. wife of William Surber, residing near Pittsville. Johnson county.

Bradford Harmon is "self-made" and self-educated, having worked and made his own way from his boyhood days. He was reared on the farm amid pioneer hardships when there were few luxuries. In those days there w-as not a great deal of money with which to educate the children of the pioneer families. Early in life he decided that a good education was a necessity and he worked his way through the Holden Seminary and the Warrensl)urg State Normal. He worked as a farm hand until eighteen years of age and then entered Holden Seminary, where he worked his way through in preparation for the normal course. His next step was to enter the drug store of Dr. Day, where he learned the art of compounding prescriptions and became thoroughly versed in the mysteries of the drug business. In 1894, he located at Sweet Springs and was there employed and also married. Following a brief residence at Sweet Springs, he bought the J. V. Murray Drug Store in partnership with Mr. Hibbs and the firm has since been known as the Hibbs & Harmon Drug Store. Since the death of Mr. Hibbs, Mr. Harmon has assumed full charge of the business but the old firm name has been retained.

Mr. Harmon was married in 1894 to Florence Hibbs at Sweet Springs, Missouri. Florence (Hibbs) Harmon is a daughter of J. W. Hibbs, a native of Pennsylvania, who came to Johnson county in 1895 from Saline county, Missouri, where he had settled as early as 1867. He was engaged as a stock buyer in this county until his death. His wife, Henrietta (Greggs) Hibbs, was born and reared near St. Joseph, Missouri and is now living with Mr. and Mrs. Harmon.

Mr. Harmon is a Democrat in politics and has taken an active and influential part in political affairs in Johnson <:ounty. He has served as a member of the Democratic County Central Committee and as its treasurer. He is fraternally af^liated with the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons.

James E. Hutchinson, a former postmaster and successful merchant of Elm, Missouri and now a retired farmer and stockman, is a Union veteran and one of the best known pioneers of Johnson county. Honored and respected by all, no man in Jackson township occupies a higher standing in agricultural and financial circles than Mr. Hutchinson, not solely because of the splendid success he has achieved in life but on account of the honest, straightforward policy he has pursued. J. E. Hutchinson was born in Kentucky in 1842, a son of James and Catherine (Rouse) Hutchinson. James Hutchinson was a son of Joseph Hutchinson, a prominent and patriotic citizen of Kentucky, who laid down his life for his country in the War of 1812. Catherine (Rouse) Hutchinson was a daughter of Aaron Rouse, who was also a native of Kentucky and one of the leading citizens of his community in that state. To James and Catherine Hutchinson were born eleven children, three of whom are now living: Mrs. Mary J. Lale, Odessa, Missouri: J. E.. the subject of this review: and Mrs. Sallie Lale. Odessa, Missouri.

settled on a farm of two hundred sixty acres of land located near Odessa, which tract the father purchased at that time. At the outbreak of the Civil War, both father and son, James and J. E. Hutchinson, enlisted with the Federal army in the Fifth Missouri cavalry, their division being known as the Fifth Provisional command. They saw active service in several states, took prominent parts in countless battles and skirmishes, and experienced many narrow, hairbreadth escapes. J. E. Hutchinson was serving at the time of Price's raid.

After the Civil War had ended and Mr. Hutchinson had received his honorable discharge, he returned to his home in Johnson county and later was employed in a sawmill at Lexington, Missouri. While he was thus occupied, he was appointed deputy-sheriff of Lafayette county by Thomas Adamson, the acting sherifif of that county. Mr. Hutchinson faithfully performed his duty while an incumbent in ofifice and the future awaited him with much that was encouraging and full of promise politically, when he resigned his position after one year of service.

In 1866, the marriage of J. E. Hutchinson and Mary Newman, daughter of Jonathan Newman, who settled in Johnson county in 1858, was solemnized. Their marriage was the outcome of a war-time romance. Mr. Hutchinson was introduced to Miss Mary by her brother, who had been a comrade in the Civil War and had fought by the side of Mr. Hutchinson in many hard-won battles. To this union were born four children, three of whom were reared to maturity and are now living: Mrs. Nellie Davidson, Savannah, Missouri; Wilhelmina J., who is familiarly known as "Willie," the companion of her father: and J. M., Kingsville, Missouri. The mother died in 1902 and Mr. Hutchinson and "Willie" are residing alone at the old homestead in Jackson township. Mrs. Hutchinson was, and Mr. Hutchinson is, a worthy and valued member of the Baptist church, of which she was one of its most earnest and beloved workers. Since ]\Ir. Hutchinson erected his present home in 1882, he has always had a special room called the "preacher's room" and intended for the use of the local ministers. Mr. Hutchinson, at his advanced age, has bought a Ford and is now learning to run it.

During Grover Cleveland's administrations J. E. Hutchinson was postmaster at Elm, Missouri. Later, he entered the mercantile business there and for s'everal years was one of the leading and most pros- perous merchants of this county. At one time, Mr. Hutchinson was. the owner of six hundred ten acres of valuable land, but he has divided the greater portion of his holdings among his children and now has two hundred fifty-four acres of his original farm in his name. He has been one of the extensive stockmen of Johnson county and in former 3'ears dealt largely in Shorthorn cattle and Duroc Jersey hogs. In recent years, he has rented his land and is now living in quiet retirement. In 1874, Mr. Hutchinson was elected tax collector of Jackson township, under the township organization, and he received every vote but one cast in the township. He has never had a law-suit, never sued a man nor has he ever been sued.

J. E. Hutchinson's life has been a busy and useful one, an exemplification of honorable dealings, steadfastness of purpose, and invincible moral .courage. Now, at the age of seventy-five years, he is still alert and his mental faculties undimmed, sufficient evidence of a "good fight." Mr. Hutchinson has witnessed a multitude of changes in Missouri during his lifetime. When he was a boy, vast acres of the state were unfenced and roads were few, the travel being along trails and by direction. He has driven six yoke of oxen in breaking sod and to Lexington to obtain supplies. J. E. Hutchinson has been a man of marked initiative. He was the first man to own and operate a threshing machine in this section of the state - and he often had all the work he could do operating his machine until Christmas times - and he owned the first telephone, the first farm tractor, and the first automobile in his neighborhood. He recalls vividly the days when he was want to stand in the doorway of his home and kill wild turkeys and prairie chickens. It was no difficult task to keep the family provisioned in meat in the good, old days of the long ago.

M. L. Golladay - Signal achievements, such as those undertaken and brought to a successful outcome liy ]\I. L. Golladay of Holden. Missouri, place him in the front rank with Johnson county's industrial and business leaders. Mr. Golladay has made a striking success as an organizer of establishments which are a pronounced benefit to the upbuilding of his home city and county. .\lthough a comparatively young man. the strides he has been making in the commercial world are worthy of notice and are evidence in proof of the capabilities of the man himself.

September 9, 1870. and is a son of Davitl and Maria (Lawrence) Golladay, the former of whom was a native of Preble county, Ohio, and the latter, a native of Oswego county, New York. David Golladay, a druggist by profession, came from Oliio to Johnson county, Missouri in 1868 and established the first drug store in the city of Holden. Mr. Golladay was one of the first business men to locate in the town of Holden and he took an active and infiuentia! part in the growth of this thriving city during his many years of residence here. The elder Golladay took a great interest in local affairs and served as city treasurer for several years. He built up a splendid business and laid the foundation of the present suljstantial family fortunes. His death occurred in 1899 and his departure from tliis eartldy realm was deeply mourned by the people of Holden. Mrs. Maria (Lawrence) Golladay was a woman of fine attainments and great force of character, one whose influence in tlie community and state was always for good (hiring her long life wliich closed December 5, 1916. She was well-educated and had the distinction of having taught the first public school held in Holden. She was active in the work of the Women's Christian Temperance Association and served as both local and county president. For a number of years, she was state superintendent of the Demorest Medal Contest. Mrs. Golladay was a noble and talented woman, whose work has survived her and will live long in the records of the moral uplift work which is still going on in Missouri and elsewhere.

M. L. Golladay, subject of tliis review, was educated in the public schools of Holden and the Wentworth Military Academy at Lexington, ^Missouri. From boyhood, he has practically spent his whole life in the drug business, first associated with his father and then succeeded to the business upon his father's death. 'Mr. Golladay is owner and manager of Golladay's Drug & Book Store, which is the oldest established business of its kind in Johnson county, operated for fifty years under the same name. Of late years, ]\Ir. Golladay's many interests have so divided his time that he employs a manager to operate the drug store. He is proprietor of the splendid "Hillcroft Farms" which are noted for the fine, registered Jersev cattle, registered Duroc Jersey hogs and white Leghorn chickens. He also employs a manager for the "Hillcroft Farms" which are operated as a dairy farm. Mr. Golladay was the organizer of the Holden Home Telephone Company, which began operations in 1901 and has now more than two thousand subscribers, with exchanges at Holden, Centerview, Kingsville. and Chilhowee. He is secretary and manager of this flourishing and prosperous concern, which is capitalized at fifty thousand dollars. He helped organize and place in operation the Holden Ice and Fuel Company, which began doing business in 1914, the principal produtt being "Sanitary Distilled Water Ice." Mr. Golladay also erected the Holden Steam Laundry and is owner of the City Garage and Repair Shop, operated in connection with the Overland Service Station. This versatile and energetic citizen is factory agent for the Willys-Overland Company, Admiral Hay Press Company, the Avery Company, and the B. F. Goodrich Company. He is affiliated with the Bank of Holden as a stockholder, a concern which has a capital and surplus of over ninety thousand dollars.

In September, 1891, M. L. Golladay was united in marriage with Laura Rice, who was born in Oswego. New York and was a teacher in the old Seminary at Holden. Mr. and Mrs. Golladay have reared three sons, as follow: Lawrence R., a skilled electrical engineer, now in the employ of the Westinghouse Electric Company, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; E. Lew, manager of the Holden City Garage, a mechanical engineer by profession; and H. David, a student in the Holden High School.

Mr. Golladay is independent in politics. He is a member of Lodge Number 262, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Masons and of the Thirty-second Degree and of the Ararat Temple Mystic Shriners of Kansas City, Missouri. He is Past Master of Masonic Lodge Number 262, of Holden; Past High Priest of Royal Arch Chapter. Number 65, Holden; and is Past Noble Grand of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of his home city. He is also Past Council Commander of the Woodmen of the World and has served as president of the Missouri State Telephone Association, holding the office of director in both State and National Telephone Associations. Mr. Golladay has achieved a state-wide and even national reputation as a telephone engineer and as a breeder of Jersey cattle. He is a member of the Southwest Jersey Cattle Breeders' Association.

born December 30, 1869, in the house, which is still his home, located on Fifth street, between Market and Alain, a residence which has been the Starkey home in Holden for more than fifty years. He is a son of I. and Sarah (O'Neil) Starkey, natives of Oiiio and Missouri, respectively. I. Starkey, the father, was born in Ohio and when but a child accompanied his parents to Illinois where he was reared to manhood. Several years prior to the outbreak of the Civil War he came to Missouri and located on a farm near Columbus in Johnson county. When the Civil War began, his inclinations and upbringing caused him to cast his lot with the Union and he returned to the old home neighborhood in Illinois and there offered his services. He enlisted in Company K, Sixty-third Illinois Infantry and served as a private soldier throughout the great conflict. He was successively promoted for strict attention to duty and bravery on the field of battle and at the close of the war had attained the rank of captain in command of his company. Captain Starkey fought in many important battles during the war and was engaged in some hard campaigns. He fought at the great battle of Missionary Ridge, and was with General Sherman on his famous march to the sea which resulted in the captures of Atlanta and Savannah. He also participated in the Grand Review of the victorious northern troops at Washington and was soon afterward honorably discharged from the service. Soon after the close of his military service and, when conditions had become normal in Missouri, he returned West and was here married. For a short time he worked at his trade of carpentering and in 1866 he located at Holden and in partnership with William L. Christian engaged in the lumber business under the firm name of Starkey & Christian. This firm established one of the first business establishments in Holden and prospered during the life of the partnership which endured until 1881 when Mr. Starkey purchased his partner's interest in the business and conducted it under his own name until his death. August 6, 1900. Mr. Starkey was one of the leading and highly respected n.ien of Holden during his manv years of residence in this city and was rated as one of Johnson county's substantial and enterprising citizens. He faithfully did his part as a leader in building and creating the second largest city in the county. His death was sincerely mourned by a host of friends and acquaintances and the loss was deeply felt by the city of Holden. I. Starkey was united in marriage in 1865 to Sarah O'Neil, who was born in 1842 in Saline county, Missouri, a daughter of early Missouri pioneers who came to this state from Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. I. Starkey were the parents of two children: Charles E., subject of this review: and Mattie, wife of W. L. Blewitt, who is now deceased.

Charles E. Starkey was educated in the public schools of Holden and Wentworth Military College. Lexington, Missouri. Upon the completion of his education he became associated with his father in the lumber business and has carried it on successfully since his father's death. Mr. Starkey handles building materials of all kinds : brick, tiling, cement, plaster, and the best grades of lumber. The Starkey establishment is an extensive one covering about one-half a city block between Third and Fourth streets in Holden.

C. E. Starkey and Sally Redford. of Holden, were married on July 5, 1894 and they are the parents of one daughter, Mildred, a graduate of the Holden High School. Mrs. Sally Starkey is a daughter of George and Deborah Redford and she was born and reared in Johnson county.

Mr. Starkey is a Republican in his political belief but is inclined to be independent in local political affairs, believing that the best local government can be obtained by electing able men to office regardless of their political affiliations. He has served as a member of the Holden school board for a period of seventeen years and has always taken a keen interest and influential part in educational matters. He has also filled the offices of city collector and city treasurer. Mr. and Mrs. Starkey and daughter, Mildred, are members of the Christian church and are prominent socially in their home city where the name Starkey has long been favorably known.

J. W. Strange, well and fa\orahly known farmer of Madison township, was born on a farm, located on Blackwater in Columbus township, January 14, 1868. He is the only living son of his parents, Jesse C. and Sarah C. (\\'ilkerson) Strange, the former of whom was a native of Lafayette county, Missouri, and the latter, a native of Clark county, Kentucky, and both were of pioneer families of Missouri.

The late Jesse C. Strange was born December 25. 1833 on a pioneer farm in Lafayette count)^ He was a son of L. Caney and Sarah (Lowery) Strange, both of whom were reared in Madison county. Kentucky of old Virginia stock. L. Caney Strange was a son of Obadiah Strange, who came to Johnson county and died at the Strange home on

Bear creek. L. Caney Strange migrated to Missouri and made a settlement in Lafayette county in 1833. Two years later, he removed to Johnson county and settled near Columbus, where he remained until 1836 when he removed to a farm on Bear creek and lived there until his death occurred in 1837. The Lowery familv came to Lafayette county from Kentucky in 1833 and in the following year located in Johnson county and entered land on the Blackwater, near Columbus. At the age of twenty years. Jesse C. Strange went to California in company with M. C. Draper and there remained for three years, during which time he was engaged in mining. He then returned to Johnson county. When the Civil \\'ar broke out, he enlisted in the southern army and served in Parsons' brigade with the army of General Price. He served throughout the conflict and during one fierce engagement had his cartridge box shot from him, and he narrowly escaped death. He was very sick at Helena, .\rkansas and at Little Rock.

At the close of the war. he returned to his farm near Columbus and remained there until 1868, when he located in Madison township and became owner of five hundred acres of excellent farm land. Mr. Strange was an extensive stockman and a successful farmer. He was a man of strong and decided convictions, one who was not afraid to express himself on occasions, honest, energetic, and industrious. He was afifiliated with the camp of Confederate Veterans at Warrensburg and was a member of the Christian church. The Democratic party always had his unswerving allegiance and support. Mr. Strange was first married to Dorothy J. Lee. of Howard county, Missouri, who died, lea\ing one son, Charles L., of Holden, Missouri. ]\Ir. Strange's second marriage was with Sarah C. \\'ilkerson in 1866. To this union two children w-ere born: John \\'., subject of this review: and Tippie D., who died at the age of twenty-four years. Mrs. Sarah C. Strange was born near Winchester in Clark county, Kentucky in 1843, a daughter of Charles and Mary (Flynn) Wilkerson, both of whom were born and reared in Kentucky and located in the northern part of Johnson county in 1859. Both parents of Mrs. Jesse Strange died in Jolinson county. Mrs. Strange resides with her son, John W.. on the home place in Madison township, and is one of the honored and respected pioneer women of Johnson county.

is one of the best improved and most productive in Johnson county and the holdings of Mr. Strange will exceed one thousand acres. He is one of the most extensive stockmen in this section of Missouri and has at this writing one hundred twenty-five head of Poland China hogs on his place besides a large herd of Shorthorn cattle.

Mr. Strange was married on January 15, 1896 to Miss Gertrude Platter, who was born and reare-d in Johnson county, a daughter of Andrew and Margaret (Glascow) Platter, natives of Ohio, who made a settlement in Johnson county in 1867. Mrs. Strange's mother is deceased and her father resides in Holden. Mr. and Mrs. John W. Strange have three children: Jesse Clark, S. T., and Laverne, all of whom are at home with their parents.

Mr. Strange is widely known as a progressive farmer and stock buyer and a successful and enterprising citizen. His interests are with his farming and stock operations and his ambitions are mainly for his family, preferring to leave the details of political matters to those who prefer them, he himself having no taste or inclination for politics. Mr. Strange is a good citizen, one who is making a splendid success of his vocation and he is one of Johnson county's valued men.

W. O. Davis, the well-known grocer of Warrensburg, is one of Johnson county's prominent pioneers and valued citizens. The Davis family came to Warrensburg just after the Civil War, in 1866. W. O. Davis was born May 26, 1856 in Indiana. He is the son of Lawrence T. and Amanda J. (Johnson) Davis, natives of Fleming county, Kentucky. Lawrence T. Davis was born January 6, 1830 and Amanda J. (Johnson) Davis was born Octoljer 11, 1834. They were united in marriage in Kentucky and moved to Indiana and from there to Illinois in 1860.

To Lawrence T. and .\manda J. Davis were l)orn tlie following children: W. O., the sul)ject of this review; a son born in 1858, died in infancy; Mary H., died in infancy; James Lewis, born April 25, 1862 and died in Warrensburg, January 8, 1917; Charles Coleman, born May 18, 1865, resides in Houston, Texas; Lizzie May. born July 17. 1867. the wife of Lennis Owen, Salt Lake City, L^tah ; Arlielle. 1iorn March 2, 1870, the wife of Thomas Welch, Palisades, Colorado: and twins, died in infancy.

Warrensburg, in 1866. He had intended going into business in W'arrensburg, but a short time after lie came he was robbed of about fourteen hundred dollars, which he had concealed in a trunk in his home, and this misfortune compelled him to return to the carpenter's trade. His death occurred from a stroke of paralysis June 14, 1906, and his wife died March 1, 1912, and they were interred in the cemetery at Warrensburg.

W. O. Davis attended the public schools of Warrensburg. When he had attained maturity he engaged in farming until 1895, when he purchased the grocery located on the corner of Main and Gay streets, which belonged to Morris Ellis Shryack. This is the only store now in the old town of Warrensburg. Mr. Davis recalls the time when there was a line of stores east and south of the old court house square. A printing ofifice was situated on the south side of the block and there the AVarrensburg "Standard" was printed. The first hotel was on tiie corner of Main and Market streets and a block west was the Union Hotel, occupied in the early da\s as a residence by Senator Francis M. Cockrell.

The old court house is now owned by Mr. Davis. The following inscription is on the walls of the court house; "Within these walls on September 23, 1870 Senator George Graham Vest deli\'ered his famous eulogy on the dog. Senator Vest died August 14. 1904 and was buried in Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis." The inscription was placed there by the Missouri State Historical Society. Mr. Davis remembers the occasion and speech, of which the following is a quotation: "The best friend a man has in the world may turn against him and become his enemy. His son or daughter that he has reared with loving care may prove ungrateful. Those who are nearest and dearest to us, those whom we trust with our happiness and our good name, may become traitors to their faith. The money a man has, he may lose. It flies away from him, perhaps when he needs it most. A man's reputation may be sacrificed in a moment of ill-considered action. The people who are prone to fall on their knees to do us honor may be the first to throw the stone of malice when failure settles its cloud upon our heads. The one absolutely unselfish friend that a man can have in this selfish world, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous is his dog."

January 2, 1881, W. O. Davis and Maggie Terherst were united in marriage. She was the daughter of Aaron Terherst, a pioneer of Warrensburg: Her mother died when Mrs. Davis was but a child and burial was made in the cemetery at Warrensburg. Aaron Terherst died at Columbus, Kansas and his remains were interred in the cemetery at that place.

To W. O. and Maggie Davis were born five children: Louis Aaron, who is wire chief and assistant superintendent for the Home Telephone Company of Warrensburg; Mrs. Laura Bradley, Warrensburg; Harry and Noble, who are associated with their father in the grocery business and practically have charge of the West End Store, where their pleasant, obliging, congenial manners have made them scores of friends and patrons; and Emma May, who lives at home with her father. Mrs. Davis died August 28, 1913 and interment was made in the Warrensburg cemetery. Mr. Davis resides at 405 West Culp street in Warrensburg, Missouri in the home where he lias lived for the past twentyone years.

In addition to his home, grocery store and building, and the old court house, W. O. Davis is the owner of seventy-five acres of valuable land in Madison and Warrensburg townships, Johnson county. He is intensely interested in the early history of Missouri and is himself a natural historian. He lias several very valuable relics, among which are a revolver, ball and cap style, which has stamped on the plate, "Made by A. Watres Melbury, MS 1838," a dirk, which his father-inlaw, Aaron Terherst, carried in the Mexican War, and an old pepper box six-shot revolver, which is still in working order.

George S. Young, a pioneer resident of Johnson county, former member of the state Legislature, successful real estate and h:ian operator of Holden, Missouri, is a native of Maryland. Mr. Young was born in Middletown, Frederick county, Maryland, January 12, 1840. He comes of an old and distinguished American family, members of which have figured prominently in public aiTairs for more than two hundred years in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Missouri. The parents of Judge Young were John and Eliza f Miller) Young, the former of whom was a native of Maryland and a son of Peter Young who was born in Pennsylvania in 1742. John Young was a prosperous farmer and well-known politician in his native state and he fought for America during the War of 1812. While he was active in political matters and wielded considerable influence in civic and political affairs, he could never be induced to hold oftice. Eliza (Aliller) Young was born and reared in Maryland, a daughter of parents who were descended from early Virginia families, of colonial ancestry. Both Mr. and Mrs. Young spent their lives in Mar3dand and died tliere. Tliey reared a family of four sons and tliree daughters, of wliom the sul)ject of tliis sketch is the only survivor.

George S. Young spent his early life in the cities of Baltimore, Washington, and Frederick and received a thorough classical education which has been of great benefit to him in carving out his successful career in his adopted state. Prior to the Civil War, he was engaged in the manufacture of sashes, doors, blinds, and furniture, work which even in those early days was done by machinery. Mr. Young was a skilled cabinet maker and carpenter, whose place of business was located at Aliddletown, Maryland before the Civil War. After the Civil War began, he located in the city of Washington and there followed his trade as carpenter and joiner being employed in the Government Navy Yards in the joiners' department during the war. While resident of Washington, he was well acquainted with Montgomery Blair, at that time Postmaster General of the United States, whom he had known since his youth. Mr. Blair took a liking to the young man and offered him a government position in his department, notwithstanding the fact that Mr. Young was a Democrat in politics. Mr. Young became ill with typhoid fever in 1865 and the severe illness left him so physically debilitated that he came West to benefit his healtli in 1866 and located in Warrensburg. Missouri. He was so favorably impressed with the fine hospitality and friendliness of the people of this communitv that he decided to remain here and cast his lot with those who were striving to build up Johnson county. This was a decision that Judge Young has never had cause to regret and the feeling which he has always had for the people of this county has been mutual, his abilities and high sense of honor having received signal recognition from this same people on many occasions, during his more tlian fifty vears of residence in this county. In the same year, wlu'cli witnessed this old pioneer's advent into Missouri, he located permanently in Holden and established there a wholesale and retail furniture business which he conducted very successfully for a period of fifteen years.

failing health eventually compelling him to relinquish the business to Other hands. His method of doing business was to purchase goods from the furniture factories in carload lots and then dispose of same to retail dealers. He was one of the pioneer furniture dealers of Johnson county and also conducted an undertaking establishment in connection with his furniture business.

After disposing of his mercantile establishment. Mr. Young engaged in the real estate and loan business and also conducted a general insurance business until 1892, when he followed farming for a period of ten years. In 1901, he again returned to Holden from the farm and has since been a resident of this city, where he is now capably filling the office of justice of the peace.

Judge Young was married at Baltimore, Maryland, March 21, 1866 to Estelle V. Hyatt, of Maryland, and to this union have been born the following children: Mrs. Daisy L. Boggs, Holden, Missouri; Blanche, resides at home with her parents: John H., St. Louis, Missouri; George S., a railroad man living at Sedalia, Missouri: and Helen, Nevada, Missouri.

Judge Young has always been a Democrat, although his father before him was a Republican in politics. He has been active in the afifairs of his party and was elected a member of the Missouri State Legislature in 1900, and reelected in 1902. While a member of the state Legislature, he served on the World's Fair Committee, Mines and Mining, and others. He was always keenly alive to safeguarding the best interests of his constituents and of the people of Missouri, and his career in the Legislative body of the state was an honorable and worthy one. He was elected to the office of justice of the peace in 1914 for a term of four years, has been twice mayor of Holden, and has served as a member of the city council and of the school board. He is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and is a member of the Presbyterian church.

Adolphus Musser, Jr., successful attorney-at-law and merchant of Holden. Missouri, is a native of Platte county, Missouri. Mr. Musser was born near Parkville in 1874. He is a son of Adolphus. Sr. and Adeline (Wilkinson) Musser, the former of whom was a native of Harrison county, Kentucky, and the latter a native of Richmond. Ray county. Missouri. The Musser family is an old and prominent family in the annals of American history, especially that part of history which relates to the settlement and development of the Southland. The grand- mother of Adolphus Musser was a member of the Jones family of Virginia, which family gave to the country America's first great sea-commander, John Paul Jones of Revolutionary fame. His paternal grandfather was a son of a Revolutionary soldier. The first settlement of the family was made in the state of Pennsylvania. A brother of Adolphus Musser, Sr. was Colonel Richard H. Alusser, of Civil War fame, who served under Governor Jackson and General Price as colonel of the Ninth Missouri Infantry. He was judge advocate of the Third Division of the Confederate army and after the war practiced law in St. Louis with great success. He prosecuted several important cases before the International Joint Commission at Washington which had the settlement of the damage cases growing out of depredations committed by Mexicans against American citizens. The Mexican government was sued for the murder of General Parsons, Colonel Standish, and Colonel Conrow by Mexican citizens. Colonel Alusser successfully prosecuted these cases and received as his fee the sum of $143,000. He died in St. Joseph, Missouri, at the age of sixty-nine years, in 1898. The parents of Adolphus Musser, Jr., located first near Plattsburg, Clinton county, Missouri, and the father engaged in the practice of law. He was also a newspaper man of note and founded the Cynthiana "Democrat" at Cynthiana, Kentucky; the Carrollton "Democrat," Carrollton, Missouri; and the "Brunswicker," at Brunswick, Missouri. He died at Plattsburg, Missouri, and there the widowed mother still resides. Three sons of Adolphus Musser, Sr., are now living; Adolphus Musser. Jr., subject of thi's review; Richard H., an attorney at Plattsburg. Missouri; Joshua James, a merchant at Durango, California.

Adolphus Musser, Jr., subject of this review, was reared at Plattsburg and graduated from Plattsburg College when but fourteen years of age. He was the youngest student to graduate from that institution in its entire history. After securing his classical education he entered the Kansas City School of Law and graduated therefrom in 1903 with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. He began the practice of the legal profession at Plattsburg and after remaining in his home city for a time he came to Holden in 1911. His success as a legal practitioner has l^een marked since taking up his residence in Johnson county. Mr. Musser has also been engaged in the mercantile business and conducts one of the leading stores of Holden. in which dry goods, mens', and ladies' furnishings are retailed.

Mr. Miisser was married in 1903 to Virginia Smith, of Kansas City, Missouri, and to this union has been born one child: Richard, who is ten years of age.

Mr. Musser is a Democrat, politically, and is one of the leaders of his party in Missouri. He is serving his second term as a member of the State Democratic Central Committee and during 1916 was a member of the State Executive Committee. He is religiously associated with the Presbyterian church of Holden and is fraternally affiliated with the Knights of Pythias, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Modern Woodmen of America, and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Mr. Musser is one of the "live wires" of Johnson county, a man noted for his profound knowledge of law, foresight, acumen, and decided business ability. His geniality and accomodating disposition have won him many friends throughout this section of Missouri.

S. P. Gibson, a prosperous farmer and stockman residing near Kingsville, Missouri, is a son of one of the leading pioneer families of Johnson county. Mr. Gibson was born in Gallatin county, Kentucky, in 1847, and when he was a lad, eight years of age, he came to Missouri with his parents, John E. and Cynthia A. Gibson, who settled on a farm in Johnson county. The Gibsons made the journey westward from Warsaw, Kentucky, almost entirely by water, coming on a boat up the Missouri river and landing at Sibley and bringing with them six slaves from their old plantation home in Kentucky. They settled on the tract of land which is now two miles north of the site of Kingsville. The farm was known as the "Bluff's Spring Farm." In those days the postoffice was located on the Gibson farm. A tanyard, mill, and store were also located on the farm. The old mail route to Kingsville from Lexington passed by the door of the Gibson home. The trip to the new home in the West meant much to the children of the Gibson family. They had never been away from the farm in Kentucky before and were wild with joy when the family started to Missouri and could not understand why their parents and the neighbors all looked so sad. The grown folks knew that they might never meet again - and they never did. The father and mother realized that it was a hard, lonely life they were to begin, but to the little ones the boat was like a house on the water and everything was so strangely beautiful as they sailed slowly on the river that it seemed as if they were going into a new and better world. After the family were safely housed in the small, rude log cabin home in Johnson county and as the years passed by enlightenment came to the younger members of the family as to the meaning of pioneer life in the West. S. P. Gibson has experienced all the countless privations incidental to life in a new country and the hardships and sacrifices of war. William Henry Gibson, l)rother of S. P. Gibson, enlisted in the Civil War and served under General Price and died of fever in the first year of the war, in 1861.

In an old-fashioned "subscription school" in Johnson county. S. P. Gibson received his early education. After attaining maturity, he went to Ohio to enter the Lebanon Northwestern Normal School at Lel)anon. Ohio, and for one year, 1870 and 1871, was in attendance at that institution. Mr. Gibson returned to Johnson county, Missouri, in 1872 and remained with his widowed mother on the home place until her death. He assisted in the building of the Missouri Pacific railway from Holden to Strasburg. Mr. Gibson has always been actively engaged in farming and stock raising since he was a boy in his teens and, though he has now passed the allotted three-score years and ten, he is still active and interested in the work of the farm as when he was a score of years younger.

In 1876, S. P. Gibson and Miss Emma Fuller were united in marriage. Mrs. Gibson is a native of Virginia. She came to Missouri w'ith her parents in 1865. To Mr. and Mrs. Gibson have been born the following children: Mrs. Anna Derr. Kansas City, Missouri; Maude, deceased; John T., who resides in the state of Washington; Mrs. Mary Clark, Excelsior Springs. Missouri ; Albert and Viola, at home with their parents; and S. J., of Rose Hill township. Johnson county. Mr. Gibson is independent in politics. He and Mrs. Gibson are highly respected members and earnest supporters of the Baptist church. Mr. Gibson knows full well what "hard times" are. No man can live in this world seventy years and not experience many misfortunes and hardships, not see many days that are "cold, and dark, and dreary." but he has bravely and cheerfully withstood all the travail and woe which surely comes to all at some time in life and the path he has trod has been ever onward and upward. In the words of the poet, S. P. Gibson is leaving behind him

Isaac W. Hanthom, one of Johnson county's highly respected citizens and honored pioneers, is a prominent farmer and stockman of Jefferson township. He was born in 1846 in Knox county, Illinois, the son of Thomas and Ann Hanthorn, the former of Scotch and the latter of Irish descent.

In 1872, Isaac W. Hanthorn came to Missouri from Illinois and six years later purchased a small farm on credit. The first years of his life in Missouri were filled with all the privations of pioneer days and the hardships of poverty and misfortune. The year 1874 was a year of drouth and the ensuing year was the period of the grasshopper visitation. Isaac W. Hanthorn had been well educated, having attended Cherry Grove Seminary in Illinois, and he began teaching school in Pettis county. Later, he taught his first school in Johnson county held at Valley Grove. Mr. Hanthorn has taught school in practically every school district in this section of the state of Missouri. He received but forty dollars a month in remuneration for his services, still he saved almost all that he received. He recalls among his students in Johnson county in the days long gone by, John Parker, William Cooper, Warren Parker, "Bob" Funk, and "Obe" Whitsell. Mr. Hanthorn encouraged and held in his own school the old fashioned "spelling bee." Frequently two different schools would hold a spelling contest and then excitement and interest reigned supreme. He remembers among the first preachers, Reverend Frank Goodwin, who was a Baptist minister, and Reverend C. C. Wood, a Methodist minister. Supplies were obtained from Sedalia, when the early settlers needed provisions, which could not be secured by their own work.

In 1869, Isaac W. Hanthorn was united in marriage with Mrs. Josephine (Marsh) Huggins, the daughter of Thomas Marsh, of New York. Two children born to Isaac W. and Josephine Hanthorn are now living: Mrs. Elroy J. Gallaher, of Windsor, Missouri, who is establishing a reputation in the poultry industry, now having a fine flock of six hundred chicks and one hundred twenty-five older chickens, and a large number of black turkeys, hatched by hens and in incubators, all well trained Plymouth Rock chickens, having been taught to come at the ringing of a bell for their feed; and James N., who is a graduate of the Warrensburg State Normal School in the class of 1897 and for the past twenty years has been employed every year in teaching, having taught school at Sunny Grove for three years. Kearney for thirteen years, and at Lees Summit for four years. Air. and Airs. Hanthorn have three grandchildren: George Gallaher, Alary Gallaher, and Mildred Hanthorn.

At dilTerent times, Air. Hanthorn has invested his savings in farm land and he is now owner of six hundred acres of some of the best farm land in Johnson county, which place is known as the "Sleepy Hollow" farm. Alost of the Hanthorn place is in grass land and Mr. Hanthorn devotes his attention largely to stock raising. At the time of this writing, he has sixty head of Red Durham cattle, ready for the fall shipping, and twenty-five head of Poland China hogs, the very finest one ever saw anywhere. "Sleepy Hollow Stock Farm" is especially well watered and adapted to the raising of first class stock. One well on this place furnished water for many families in this section of the township in the early days. The farm is well impro\ed, having several large, well constructed barns, in one of which is stored twenty tons of last year's hay. A large building, having a driveway on either side, is called the "Storehouse" and within has been installed a fanning mill, which is used to clean the grain before it goes to the granary. The ".Storehouse" was constructed of the best oak lumber and erected on a substantial concrete foundation. In 1898 the residence was remodeled and the Hanthorn home is now one of the handsome country places in Johnson county.

Isaac W. Hanthorn has always taken an active interest in public afTairs and before coming to Johnson county was the county assessor of Pettis county for one term. I-'or six years he was road commissioner for this district in Johnson county. At the beginning of his term of office, the district was in debt and the financial condition in disorder, but when his term had expired not onl\- was the indel:)tedness removed. the finances in good condition, but the roads were in splendid shape and the main road from Windsor to Knob Xoster had been built, because of his efiforts and influence, through this section of the township.

Mr. Hanthorn is a member of the Christian church. He and Airs. Hanthorn have scores of friends in the county, which has been their home for so many years. Air. Hanthorn is one of the most intelligent men in this section of Alissouri and he is valued highly in Johnson county.

Dr. Edward Andruss, phvsician and surgeon. Holden. Alissouri, is a striking example of success attained in the most beneficent of professions. As a surgeon and practitioner of the homenpatliic school he has achieved a success second to none in western Missouri and the uniformity nf his continued success in the treatment of diseases has been instrumental in enhghtening the people on the principles and practices of the school of medicine founded by Hahnemann. For the past twenty years. Dr. Andrnss has been ministering to the sick in Holden and vicinity and has not only won for himself an enviable and distinguished place among his professional co-laborers but has endeared himself in the hearts of his many patients as a kind, capable, and learned practitioner.

Dr. Andruss was born in Warrensburg, Missouri. October 1. 1863. a son of Orville Rice and A\'ealthy Jane ( Co.x ) Andruss. both of whom were natives of Tennessee. Orville Rice Andruss settled in Johnson county, Missouri in 1849 and was previously engaged in farm work in Lafayette county. He finally made a permanent settlement in Centerview township, this county, where he purchased a tract of land and was engaged in farming and stock raising until his death. September 28, 1897. Mr. Andruss was a veteran of the Civil War, having served in the Union army with the Missouri state militia, and participated in several engagements among them being the battles of Little Blue, Georgetown and Mine Creek. He was always found at his post and he attended to all military duties assigned him in a soldierlike manner and like a true patriot. He was a lifelong member of the Presbyterian church and a highly respected and influential member of society. His wife removed with her parents to Missouri in 1847. She spent her last days with her son at Holden. Missouri and died at his home. July 6, 1900.

Dr. Andruss was reared on the farm and obtained his primary education in the district school of his neighborhood. Subsequently, he pursued a course in the Warrensburg State Normal School, after which he entered Gem City Business College at Quincy. Illinois, graduating from the latter institution in February. 1892. He was then tendered the position of assistant teacher in the bookkeeping department of the college and filled this position until he resigned to return home. April 1, 1892. After a careful preparatory course, preliminary to entering medical college, he entered the Kansas City Homeopathic Medical College, which conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Medicine. March 25. 1897. During his course in college, the young physician's merits were readily recognized and he was chosen assistant house surgeon. After capably filling this position for six months, he was chosen house surgeon and filled this position for one year. He then came to Holden, where he opened an office and has continued in the practice of his profession with e\er increasing and renuinerati\e success. Dr. Andruss is the only representati\e of his school in Holden and has ably demonstrated that he is a pronounced credit to his profession. Dr. Andruss pursued a general post-graduate course in New York in 1903 and a special post-graduate course in operative surgery in Chicago in 1908.

Dr. Andruss was married. January oO, 1895 to Florence May Allison and to this marriage have been horn the following children: Edward Allison and Oakle}- Bluhm, twins, horn June 8. 1897. Edward being a descendant of patriotic ancestors imbued witli a love of country, when war was declared with Germany readily volunteered his services in behalf of the Nation and enlisted with Red Cross Ambulance Corps, Number 24. under Capt. Ernest A. Cayeness. now Red Cross Ambulance Company. Number 355. Sanitary Train. Nutnber 314, Medical Reserve Corps; Oakley Bluhm. departed this life. April 2Z, 1904; and Annie Onota, born January 22. 1900, a student of the State Normal School at Warrensburg. entering on her course for a ninetyhour diploma. Florence May (AUisott) Andruss was born and reared on a farm near Knob Noster, Missouri, and is a daughter of Oscar L. Allison of Knob Noster. a native of Virginia and a Union veteran. Mrs. Andruss was educated in the State Normal School at \\'arrensburg and for ten years was engaged in teaching in the public schools of Johnson county and at Harlem, Clay county, ^vlissouri. Dr. and Mrs. Andruss have a very pleasant home in Holden and enjoy the associations of a large circle of friends. In addition to his practice, Dr. Andruss finds time to supervise the work on his farm in Centerview township.

Dr. Andruss is professionally identified with the Missouri Institute of Homeopathy, of which organization he has served two years as vice-president. He has served one term as local registrar of vital statistics. He is fraternally affiliated with the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the ^Modern Woodmen of America, and the Order of the Eastern Star. Dr. and Mrs. Andruss and their children are members of the Presbyterian church, of which he is a ruling elder. A stanch republican in politics, he was a candidate of his party for coroner of Johnson county in 1900. and though defeated for election, he headed his ticket by a large vote.

Dr. Andruss not only keeps abreast of the latest developments in the science of his profession but is progressive in his tendencies and views and is e\er to be found in the forefront of matters which concern the welfare of his city, his county, and his nation.

James J. Terrell, retired pioneer farmer and Civil War veteran of the Union army is one of the few remaining members of the "Old Guard" who gave the best years of their lives in order that the Union might be preserved. In his serene old age after a long and useful life of endeavor spent in creating a fine homestead in the vicinity of Holden, he is spending the declining years of his life in quiet and well-earned retirement in Holden. Mr. Terrell was born in St. Clair county, Illinois, July 6, 1844 and has lived in Johnson county for nearly fifty-eight years. During this time he has witnessed the many wonderful changes which have taken place. He has seen towns and cities take the place of the forests and trackless plains which was the condition of the country when he came here with his father in 1860. J. J. Terrell is a son of Edward D. and Hannah (Allen) Terrell, the former of whom was born and reared in Millersburg, Bourljon county, Kentucky, and the latter was born in Maine .

Edward D. Terrell, the father of J. J. Terrell, was born in 1815 and lived in his native town in Kentucky until 1829, when he went to Illinois, where he was reared to manhood. When his son, J. J. Terrell, was a youth, the elder Terrell set out for the gold fields of California in company with five other adventurers, who took six mule teams with them in the long journey across the continent, in 1849. Three years prior to this, Hannah (Allen) Terrell died in April, 1846. After spending three years in the far West he returned home. The father and children resided in Illinois until 1860 and then came to Missouri and settled on a pioneer farm three miles east of Holden in Johnson county. The mother of J. J. Terrell died in 1846, when he was two years of age, leaving three children: J. J., the subject of this review; Martha, deceased wife of D. K. Carmichael, died in 1907; and Mary E., a maiden lady, who makes her home with Mr. Terrell, and spends her winters in California. Edward D. Terrell sold the home place during his later years and spent his last days in Holden, where he died at the advanced age of eighty-nine years.

Confederate soldiers and the father was held in durance at Lexington until the city was captured by Union forces and his freedom was attained, the son having been given his freedom not long after having been taken prisoner. He decided to cast his lot with the Union forces and accordingly, on August 10, 1862, he enlisted at \\'arrensburg. as a member of Company A, Thirty-third Missouri Infantry. His command was first stationed at Sedalia and from there went to Benton Barracks, thence going on through Missouri and down the Missouri river. They sawmuch active service in Missouri and Arkansas, fought against tiie armv of General Price and took part in the Red river expedition. His command fought the army of General Marmaduke near Lake village and were in the thick of the battle at Pleasant Hill. Louisiana. Mr. Terrell took part in many warm skirmishes in which his regiment participated. After the Red river expedition, they came to Memphis and for a time were engaged in the campaign against the army of General Forrest. Mr. Terrell's regiment was a part of the Sixteenth army corps. This command followed Price to Tipton and thence to .\la])ama where his regiment took an active part in subduing Spanish Fort. From Spanish Fort they went to Montgomery, Alabama, and from there to Selma, Alabama, where they were on duty as provost guards for several months. From this point they went west to Demopolis. Alabama, and on to Mississippi and home. Mr. Terrell was honorably discharged from the service and mustered out at Benton Barracks, August 12. 1865.

After the close of his war service, Mr. Terrell returned to Holden and until his retirement to a home in Holden in 1903. he was actively engaged in farming and stock raising. He was extensively engaged in wheat growing and harvested good crops of small grains each year on his fann of five hundred acres near Holden. He has since sold part of his land and now owns two hundred eighty acres.

Mr. Terrell was married October 29. 1873 to Maria Elizabeth Ennis. a native of Illinois in which state they were united in marriage. To this union have been born three children, as follow: W. E.. a shoe merchant of Holden : A. D.. general manager of the western department of the New Terse\' Zinc Company with offices in Chicago, and who resides at E\-anston. a suburb of the western metropolis : J. E.. who is operating the home farm. Mrs. Terrell was born March 6, 1848. in Jacksonville. Illinois, a daughter of Henry M., a native of Kentucky, and Rebecca (Adams) Ennis. a native of Illinois, who lived and died at Jacksonville, Illinois.

Politically, J. J. Terrell is a Democrat, but he is inclined to vote independently, as his conscience dictates. Mr. Terrell prefers to do his own thinking about men and measures, when it comes to elections, and usually \-otes right. Personally, he is a fine old pioneer who has done well his part in the development of Johnson county. He has accumulated a sufficiency of this world's goods to keep him and his faithful wife in comfort the remainder of their days. The many changes for the better which he has witnessed during his long and eventful life have been a source of gratification to him and he often thinks over the days gone by and wishes that he could again shoulder a musket in defense of the flag for which he fought so well and sturdily during the dark days of the Civil War. Mr. and Mrs. Terrell are good people, who are highly regarded and greatly esteemed for their many excellent cjualities by those who know them best.

Wyatt H. Hammond, although one of the oldest of the widely known citizens of Holden, is one of the most prominent mule buyers and shippers in this section of Missouri. For more than twenty years, he has been engaged in this business and is recognized as an expert judge of mules. Thousands of Missouri mules have passed through iiis sale barns during past years and he is doing a most extensive business, one whose reputation has been steadily built up by honest methods of conducting sale transactions.

Mr. Hammond was born in Woodford county, Kentucky, November 8, 1840 and was a son of Mark and Julia A. (Boone) Hammond, the former, a native of Virginia and the latter, a native of Kentucky. Mark Hammond was reared to manhood in his native state and there married. He resided in his native state until 1854, when he came to Missouri and located on the old Cockrell farm of five hundred acres which he bought for ten dollars an acre. Unimproved land at this period could be purchased in Johnson county at the government sale price of one dollar and twenty-five cents an acre, but Mr. Hammond, Sr. had the means and inclination to purchase an improved farm rather than buy raw land and improve it. He resided on his farm until late in life when he located in Holden where he spent his last days in peaceful retirement. Mrs. Hammond, mother of the subject of this review, died in Holden at the age . of ninety years. Mr. and Mrs. Mark Hammond were parents of five sons, three of whom served in the Southern army during the war between the states. William Hammond was killed at the battle of Helena, Arkansas, while serving under General Price.

Thomas D. Hammond, another son, also served in the Confederate army and after the war closed returned to Johnson county and was engaged in the hog and cattle business. He died in Holden in 1914.