Linn County, Missouri - Chapter with an unread heading (no. 28 of those read), 1882 (part 2 of 2)

Asby Pool Dobson

was born in Lewis county, Virginia, (now West Virginia,) on the twentieth day of December, 1823. His parents were Richard and Sarah Dobson, and he remained at home on the farm till his twentieth year. He received his education in Clarksburgh Academy, and in Rector College, at Williamsport, Virginia. He began life as a farmer, on a place given him by his father, and on wliich he lived four years. Selling this farm, he soon purchased another, in Harrison county, and pursued farming operations there till 1854. He then sold out in his native State and came to Missouri, and purchased a tract of wild land in Grantsville township, Linn county, whicli he improved into a home on which he resided till 1877, or a period of twenty-three years. He still owns this farm, though he now keeps it rented out, having moved to Brookfield in 1877. While living in Grantsville township, Mr. Dobson served several years as justice of the peace. He was married on the first of December, 1842, to Miss Harriet E. Lj'ons, of Harrison county, Virginia, by whom he has five children. Estelle Dobson is now the wife of Judge W. H. Brownlee, of Brookfield, and Gertrude is the wife of Hon. Oscar Welburn, of Indiana. Charles Lee Dobson, who formerly held office in this county, is now a practicing attorney of Kansas City, and Bruce is a Texas farmer and stock-raiser. Mary L., the youngest daughter, is the wife of John S. Reger, a farmer of Sullivan county. Mr. Dobson and wife are both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.

Aaron Emanuel

Mr. Emanuel is a native of Darmstadt, German}^ and \^as born on the third day of July, 1833. His parents were Moses and Babed Emanuel, and his father died when Aaron was only four years old, and after that he lived with relatives until he became of age. He received his education in the private schools of Obsiglieim, and made his start in business after coming to America. He landed at New York City in 1854 and remained one year in the capacity of itinerant merchant. He had started in to learn cigar making, but not liking it, he soon abandoned it. For some four or five years he "peddled" through the New England States and then came to St. Louis, Missouri, where he continued in the same business till 1859. He then got a clerkship in the house of Jacob Emanuel, of St. Louis, which position he held till 1869. In that year he began merchandizing as a pro-

]irietor in the same city, and continued till 1875, when he came to Brookfield, this connty, and began business in partnership with Herman Emanuel under the firm name of H. Emanuel & Co. They continued together till 1S7S, when Aaron Emanuel drew out and established his present business.

He was married in April, 1860, to Miss Lena Emanuel, daughter of Jacob Emanuel, of St. Louis. They have three children, all living, named, respectively, Bertha, Bennie, and Li Hie, the first two of whom are clerking in their father's store.

This gentleman, one of the leading business men of the county, was born in the village of Obsigheim, Kingdom of Bavaria, Germany, on the twentyfifth of July, 1843, and was reared and educated in the land of his nativity.

Li the summer of 1SG5 Mr. Emanuel came to America, landing at New York City, from whence he came to Chillicothe, Missouri. He was there employed in the business house of Berg & Co., remaining one year, when he came to Linneus in the fall of 1866. At the latter place he went into business as ])r(tprietor, tlie firm being H. Emanuel & Co., Jacob Berg, of Chillicothe, being part of the same. The firm continued thus till 1869, when S. Brandenberger became the successor to Berg, the house still going under the same name. Mr. Emanuel retired from the firm in 1874, and .went to Brookfield this county, and bought out Tooey & Strawbridge, and established himself in his present business. His house now does about the heaviest business in the dry goods, clothing, and furnishing line of an}-" in the county, his sales increasing from $40,000 per annum in 1874 to $100,- 000 in 188L While living in Linneus Mr. Emanuel held the office of city treasurer, and in 1879 served on the school board of Brookfield.

He was married April 16, 1869, to Miss Rosalie Emanuel, of St. Louis, by whom he has one son and one daughter, named, respectively, Eddie and Josephine, both of whom were born in Linneus. He is a member of the Masonic order, and l)elongs to the lodge, chapter and coinmandery of Brookfield, and also to Hope Lodge No. 29, A. O. U. W.

Mr. Elliott is the son of Lampson W. and Amanda H. Elliott, both native Missourians, and was born in Howard county, January 26, 1851. His parents moved to Linn county in the spring of the same year, and settled on a farm three miles northeast of Brookfield, where they still reside, and where George was reared. He laid the foundation of his education in the common schools of the country and in the graded schools of Brookfield, and finished his educational career in the State University at Columbia, graduating from that institution in the close of 1873, having spent four years within its classic walls. After leaving college he taught a district school one year, and in 18T4 he and C. 11. jSTorris founded the Linn County New Era, an independent paper, which they published till 1875. Norris then sold out to W. T. Wright, and they then conducted the paper as a Democratic journal under the name of the Brool'field Chronicle. That paper is still in existence, though Mr. Elliott has severed his connection with it. While on this paper Mr. Elliott was a studious reader of the law, under the guidance of Col. S. P. Huston, and he was admitted to the bar in 1876. Selling out his interest in the Chronicle, he began the practice of law in Brookiield.

In 1880 he became associated with H. Lithgow,' and continued till August, 1881. He then succeeded to the practice of Judge Torrence, who had moved to Minnesota. In 1879, he was elected county commissioner of public schools and served two years. He is now clerk and assessor of Brookiield township. He was married March 24, 1880, to- Miss Josephine E., daughter of Philip and Rebecca Pollord of Macon City. They have one child named Maggie L., born at Macon, December 15, 1880. Mr. Elliott is a member of Brookfield Lodge No. 86, A. F. & A. M.

John Ford

Mr. Ford was born in Eaton, Ohio, October 17, 1845. He is the son of Thomas and Mary Ford, and was deprived of both his parents by death when but a boy, his grandparents, Samuel and Sarah Macy, having reared him. They form erly lived in Eaton, but removed to Peru, Indiana, in 1855 and settled on a farm near that place. There John grew to manhood and received his education in common schools, continuing with his grandparents till their death in 1865. He came to Missouri the same year, and wa& employed on a farm near Brookfield till 1SG9. Messrs. Scott & Clarkson of Brookfield then gave him a clerkship in their house, and he remained one year. His next employment was witii Dennis tfe Gould, with whom he remained till Januarj', 1871. He then engaged in the mercantile and grain business with John Iliggs, the firm being Riggs & Ford. They did business four years, when Riggs retired and Ford conducted the business alone till 1879. Then Mr. Walter E. Brott came in as a partner, but sold out in the fall of 1880, and Mr. Ford continued to run the business till he was made cashier of the bank in January, 1881. He was married June 23, 1874, to Miss Alice E., daughter of Andrew D. Scott, Esq., of Brookfield. They have one child, a daughter named Adelaide, born in Brookfield, April 17, 1876. Mr. Ford belongs to Brookfield Lodge No. SQ, A. F. & A. M. and Linn Chapter No. 41, R. A. M., and Coeur de Leon Commandary No. 14, K. T. of Brookfield.

Jonathan Palmkr Finlev

This worthy a!ul eminent gentleman is a native of Ohio, and was born in Hayesville, September 0, 1822. ' He is the onl}' son of Kli and Catharine Finley, who were pioneers of Richland county, Ohio. Jonathan was reared on a farm, ihongli placed early at school and kept in constant attendance most of the time during. his youth. His father gave him a liberal education, his preparatory course having been taken in Ashland Academy, Ashland county, Ohio. He graduated from Vermillion Institute at Hayesville in 1848, and went immediately to the Princeton {New Jersey) Theological Seminary, from which he graduated in May, 1851. In September following his graduation Dr. Finley came to Missouri and founded the Van Rensselaer Academy at IJig Creek, Ralls county, and had charge of it for live years. In 1856, he went to Monroe county and held a mission charge there forsix years. The Synod of Missouri appointed him in 1862 to take the presidency of Westminister College, a Presbyterian institution at Fulton, Callaway county, this State, and he remained in that capacity till July, 1864, when he became pastor of the church at Palmyra, Missouri. He was there two years, and then came to Linn county, locating at Brookfield, and organizing the churches of that ])]ace and Laciede, of each which he was pastor for two years. Since September, 1868, he has been pastor of the church at Brookfield exclusively. In September, 1880, he founded the Brookfield Academy, and acts as principal of that school in addition to his pastoral work. The course in this school is designed as preparatory to the junior class in any college. In 1879, the Hamilton Theological College of Clinton, New York, conferred upon him the honorary degree of doctor of divinity. Dr. Finley has been twice married. His first wife was Rachel Ann, only daughter of William and Violet Colmery of Hayesville, Ohio, to whom he was married August 19, 1851. She died at Brookfield, September 20, 1870, and he was a second time married on August 20th, 1872, to Miss Margaret A., daughter of Robert Johnson of Washington, Pennsylvania. What Dr. Finley has done for Brookfield in the cause of educational and religious advancement entitles him to the lasting gratitude of every citizen who prefers knowledge and morality to ignorance and crime.

is the son of Ephraim H. and Catharine (lardner, and was born on a farm near Rimersburg, Clarion county, Pennsylvania, March 25, 1S43. He lived with his parents until he has eighteen years of age, receiving his education in tlie public schools and in the Rimersburg Academy, which latter he attended two years. When but eighteen years old (July, 1861), he enlisted in defense of the Union, in Company E of the Sixty-second Pennsylvania

Durino; his service he was engaged in the following battles and skirmishes: Yorktown, Virginia; Siege of Yorktown, Virginia; Hanover Court House, Virginia; McCainesville, Virginia; Gaines Hill, Virginia; Malvern Hill, Virginia; Harrison's Ear; Gainesville, Virginia; Antietam, Maryland; Blackford's Ford, Maryland; Kearneysville, Virginia; Chancellursville; Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; Funkstown, Maryland ; Rappahannock Station; New Hope Church, Virginia; Mine Tiun, Virginia; Petersburgh, Virginia. He was discharged at Pittsburgh in July, 1864, and at once returned to Rimersburg, where he learned the photograph business under B. L. H. Dabbs, a celebrated artist of that city. Mr. Gardner remained with Dabbs till late in 1865, when he went to Burgettstown and established a gallery. In 1866 he went to Philadelphia to receive further instructions in photography. In 1867 he sold out, removing to Fairview, West Virginia, where he engaged in the same business until the fall of 1871, when he came to Brookfield, and opened a gallery. He has built up a good and steadily increasing business, and the work sent out from his "art rooms " rarely fails to please. In July, 1867, Mr. Gardner was married to Miss Lizzie, daughter of T. J. Spivey of Fairview, West Virginia. Four children have been born of this union, whose names are Mollie, Tillie, Albert, and Earl. Mr. Gardner is both a Mason and Odd Fellow, and is a consistent, earnest member of each of those orders.

Joseph Gamble

proprietor of the city garden, Brookfield, Missouri, was born in Leicestershire, England, July 24, 1828. His father was a shepherd, and as such our subject was reared and spent his younger days. After receiving a fair education, he was put out to service when thirteen years old, his parents receiving his wages until he was nineteen. He began for himself bv working on the Rugby & Stamford Railroad, on which he was employed three years. He was employed as game-keeper for Colonel George Anthony Lee Keck, Esquire, of Stoughton Hall, three and one-half years, and as shepherd for William Gifford, Esquire, of Leicestershire, for six and one-half j-ears. In 1863 he came to America and located at Fort Wayne, Indiana, securing employment as groom and gardener for Hon. Samuel Hanna until 1869. That year he came to Brookfield and established the city garden. Mr. Gamble has been twice married. His first wife was Sarah Pollard, of England, to whom he was married in June, 1850, and of whom he was deprived by death before he left England in 1863. There were born to them three children b}' this union, Joseph, Caroline, wife of Solomon Johns, of St. Catiiarine, Missouri, and David, now living in Iowa. His second marriage was to Anna Robinson, of Brookfield, formerly of England, in 1869, by whom he has two children, Horace Hanna, and Lizzie, both at home. Mr. Gamble and wife are both members of Grace Episcopal Church, at Brookfield, and he is a member of Hope Lodge ^.'o. 29, Ancient Order of United Workmen, of Brookiield.

The subject of this sketch, who is the oldest settler of the town of J3rooklield, was born in Almond, Allegany county, New York, June 13, 1845. He resided with his parents in different places till 1856, when tliey came to Missouri, makini»: the iournev with wao;ons as there were then no railroads. They were accompanied by an uncle of John's, and they settled on Yellow Creek, near Hays, in Linn county. The uncle became a contractor iu building the Elannibal ik St. Joseph Railroad, and John was employed by him in various capacities till after the road was completed. In 1857, he, being then twelve years old, was empk»yed as watch, and also had charge of the supply-rooms, under Foreman Hurd, at Thayer. When the company laid out the site of Brooktield, Mr. McGowan came with the first lot of engines brought to the town. The town then had only two boardingshanties, and there was but one house in sight on the prairie. Mr. Mc- Gowan remained iu the employ of the company, in one capacity or another, till 18T<i, during which time he ran as engineer for several years, having gone' through the usual initiatory course as fireman. He had some risky experiences during the war, because of bushwhacker incursions, and frequently drilled with other employes, preparing themselves for self-protection. He was in one collision near Xew Cambi-ia, three men being killed outright. (Quitting the road, because of ill-health, Mr. McCxowan began the grocery business in Brookfield, and eighteen months latei' went into the saloon business in the same town, and is still so engaged at this On the tenth of June, 187S, he was married to Miss Maofo-ie Meehan, of St. Louis, by whom he has two children, named Katie and Maggie, both born in Brookfield. Wliile running on the road, Mr. Mc- Gowan was a member of the -' Brotherhood of Engineers,'' and continued in the same till he quit railroading.

is the son of Thomas Goldman, deceased, and was born in Fort Seneca, Ohio, April 7, 1850. When he was nine years old his parents removed to Kansas, where the lived till he was fifteen years old. when they returned to Ohio. Remaining one year, they again left that State, this time for Lyons, Iowa, where they lived two years, removing then to Brookfield, Linn county, in 1808. George was educated partly in the common schools, completing his course at the Brookfield Academy, and at Highland University of Kansas, remaining at the latter institution two years. On com- ing to Brooktield, the father engaged in the haj business, and in time took George into the concern. The father died in 1877, and George succeeded to the entire nianagenient. lie greatly increased the business, his shipments amounting to as much as eiglit hundred cars, including hay, grain, and seeds; and he sells an average of some fifteen car-loads of faruiing implements, per annum. Mr. Goldman was married on the tenth of July, 1872, to Miss Emma M. Shipp, of Clarksville, Missouri. They have two children - Emma Gertrnde and Homer Linn - and one deceased, named Charles. 'He belongs to Hope Lodge No. 29, Ancient Order of United Workmen, and both himself and wife are members of the First Presbyterian Church of Brookfield.

Charles Green

The subject of this sketch was born in London, England, March 20^ 1846. At sixteen years of age he began to learn the druggist business, at which he served faithfully and successfully three years. In 1867 he sailed for America and landed at New York City. Subsequently he settled in Henderson, Henderson county, Kentucky, for one year. Thence he went to St. Louis, locating there and remaining two years. He then returned to his native land, reaching there in December, 1869. In April of the following year Mr. Green again settled in New York. In May of the sari>e year he located in Brookfield, Linn county, Missouri, and at once engaged in the drug business as clerk for W. T. Snow, September 16, 1876, he purchased Mr. Snow's interest in the drug store and continued to do business at the old post-office stand until Januarj' 9, 1882, when he removed into his elegant new quarters in DeGraw's block. Mr. Green's establishment is one of the largest and most magnificent in the State, and his business, already very extensive, is daily increasing. Mr. Green is a highly popular and thorouo-h-ofoinor youno^ man.

Hubbard Hart

This gentleman came from Madison county, New York, in about I860, and located first in Illinois, where he resided for fifteen vears eno;ao;ed in harnessmaking, a trade he had learned in youth. He is the s^n of Elias K. and Emily {iiee Hubbard) Hart, On July 3d, 1855, he was married to Miss Elizabeth L. Collins, daughter of Lois and Phoebe Collins, and also a native of Madison count}'. New York. They have had three children, one only of whom s^ill survives. Charlie Hubbard is still living, but Lena and Maud are dead. They have two adopted children, Katie and Ilattie, the latter now the wife of Mr. Dulton. His wife's folks are of the Friends (Quakers) persuasion. Mr. Hart was formerly an Odd Fellow. Since coming to Missouri he has been engaged in farming, and has one of the nicest improved farms in Linn county. Mr. Hart has made nil the improvements himself, liaving settled on new land in Brookfield township. He has an residence, handsomely furnished with piano, paintings, books, etc., and the place is well snj^j^lied with all that goes to make home attractive. The house is in the midst of a beautiful yard, the plan of which was made when the place was first occupied b}' the Harts. It is surrounded by a neat hedge, and contains a fine drive laid through it, and is ornamented with shrubbery, rustic seats, walks, mounds, etc. Mr. Hart served the great war in Company H, of the One Hundred and Fortyseventh Illinois Infantry; and though he made quite a tour throughout the South with his regiment, he saw no very heavy battles. Linn county more such citizens as Mr. Hart to improve and develop her agricultural resources.

"was a native of Rockingham county, Virginia, born in the year 1811. In 1857 he came to Missouri, and after a sojourn of eighteen months in Callaway county came on to Linn county and continued to reside here till the time of his death. Most of his long and useful life he spent in agricultural pursuits. He was married March 2*;, 1839, to Miss Frances Carr, daughter of John and Rebecca Carr, all three of whom were native Virginians. Five children have been born of this union; named, Lucretia, George (deceased), Sarah, Franklin P., and Lavinia, all born in Virginia but the last named, who is a native of this State. Oldest son, George, died in the army. He served in Company F, Twelfth Missouri Cavalry. Lucretia is now the wife of Richard Chester, and Sarah is married to Norton Esworthy. Mr. Holsinger died in this county January 31, 1878.

This gentleman was born in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 23, 1816. His parents moved from that city when William was eighteen months old, and settled near Wilkesbarre, in Wyoming Valley of the same State. Here he resided until after he came of age in 1837. He received the rudiments of an P^nglish education in the common schools, and completed his course at a Quaker institution in his native city. On coming of age and starting in life for himself, Mr. Hicks was employed in the wholesale grocery house of his uncle, John K. Graham, of Philadelphia, for whom he worked one year. Returning to Wyoming Valley he was employed as book-kee})er in the iron works of Smith & Little, and remained with them till 1840. He again went to Philadelphia and was engaged as agent for Moore & Stewart, in selling ironware manufactured by that firm at Danville. In the latter ])art of 1841, Mr. Hicks became associated with William P. Cresson, the firm being Cresson & Co., in the hardware commission -business in the same city, and so he continued up to 1843, when he retired from the firm. His next business venture was in the firm of Paul & Hicks^ manufacturers of saws and edged tools in Philadelphia. He quit that partnership in 1844, and was employed as book-keeper for the tobacco commission house of Sailor & Sank, at the same time devoting all his spare hours to the assiduous study of the law. He was admitted to the bar in 1846, at Camden, New Jersey, and the following year became associated with Isaac Mickle in the law practice, which partnership lasted till 1853,when he moved to Neponset, Illinois. There lie was variously engaged till 1857, when he entered a new field, and began farming on a rented place, and continued in that vocation eight years. In 1865 he went to Quincy, Illinois, and embarked in the real estate business, continuing for two years, when he came to Brookfield, this county, and opened a real estate office, and is still in that business. He is also serving as justice of the peace in connection therewith. Mr. Ilicks was married on the seventeench of January, 1842, to Miss Ada T. Sage, of Camden, New Jersey. They are the parents of two children. The son, William W., whose biography also appears in this work, is now the editor and proprietor of the Brookfield Chronicle', and the daughter, Pannie L., is the wife of Thuse Bevier, of Linn county.

William Av. Hicks

tlie subject of this sketch is the son of William D. and Ada (Sage) Hicks, and was born in Philadelphia, March 21, 1847. He lived with his parents in Philadelphia; Camden, New Jersey; Neponset, Illinois; Modena, and Quincy, coming with them to Brookfield, Linn county, in 1867. Soon after reaching this last named citj'^, William, being then twenty-one years old, began reading law with his father. He was licensed to the practice in 1869, and was engaged in that vocation till 1872, when he abandoned it. The following year he went to Kansas City, and was employed in the wholesale dry goods house of J. M. Shelly & Co. This position he held a short time, when he returned to Brookfield and purchased a half interest in the ChronicJe, a Democratic journal, edited by George N. Elliott. In 1878 Mr. Hicks became sole proprietor and editor of the C/iron!ele, and at this writing is still manipulating the editorial helm of that lively sheet. On the tenth of September, 1878, Mr. Hicks married Miss Ida Wilson, of Brookfield. One child, a daughter named Nellie, has been born of this union, the date of her birth being Septem'ber 3, 1879.

Mr. Hyatt is a native of New York, born July 24, 1819. His mother died when he was two years old and he was taken by his grandparents to raise. They both died when he was but seven years old and at that earl}' age he was thrown on his own resources for support. He went to live with Joseph Harper, on Long Island, and remained with him in the capacity of farm hand and gardener for about six years. Mr. Harper was father of the well known "Harper Brothers," publishers, of New York City. On leaving Mr. Harper Mr. Hyatt went to live with an uncle in Portsmouth, under whom he learned the bricklayer's and plasterer's trade. He left his uncle in 1839 and began business for himself in the same city, and continued it till 1849, when he removed to Jackson, Ohio, and worked at his trade. Subsequently he went to Keokuk, Iowa, and was engaged in the grocer}'^ business in addition to his other business. The subject of this sketch first came to Missouri in 1859 and located at Jefl'erson (^ity, and the year following obtained the position of master mechanic in the State penitentiary, which he held till 1862. From that time he served two years as city collector, and then removed to Hannibal. From the latter place he came to Brookfield, in this county, in 1865 and engaged in the real estate and agricultural implement business with G. W. Adams and James Scott, the same firm also representing several insurance companies. In 1869 he went to Quincy, Illinois, and there eno;ai'ed in the manufacture of "Hyatt's Mamc Bakins: Powder" for one year, when he sold out and again came to Brooktield. There he commenced the manufacture of butter-scotch in 1873, and also carried on the building business and has erected a large portion of the present brick buildings in the town.

Mr. Hyatt was married November 20, 1841, to Miss Mary A. Thorman, by whom he had four children, one living and three deceased. He is a member of Brooktield Lodge No. 86, A. F. & A. M., and of Linn Chapter No. 41, and of Creur de Leon Commandery No. 14, K. T., and Brooktield Lodge No. 161, L O. O. F.

Dr. Huffaker is a native of this county, and was Born in Baker township, March 17, 1847. He is the son of John W. and Eliza Huffaker, both pioneers of Liim county. James was reared on the place where he was born, and laid the foundation of his education in the common schools of his neighborhood, and at eighteen years old attended the Carlisle Academy at Carlisle, Indiana. He was about a year at this school, and then came back home and taught school in Linn and Chariton counties, alternately teaching and going to school till 1868. In that year he entered the State University at Columbia, Missouri, and remained three years, graduating in 1871. Immediately thereafter he began the study of medicine under Dr. L. E. Cross, of Brooktield, and, after reading one year, went, in the winter of 1872-73, to the Homeopathic Hospital College at Cleveland, Ohio, and there took a course of medical lectures. He began practice in the spring of 1873, succeeding to the practice of his old preceptor. Dr. Cross, of Brooktield. Again in 1878, he attended lectures, this time at the St. Louis Homeopathic College, and after graduating from that institution, resumed bis practice at Brookfield. The same institution, in 1880, conferred the honorary degree of ad eundeni on Dr. Iluftaker. He has an extensive and lucrative practice in Linn and adjoining counties. He was married May 20, 1874, to Miss Dora Rooker, daughter of T. M. Rooker, of Linn county. They are the parents of three children, Edith, Mabel, and Elva Steel Rooker, all born at Brookfield. Dr. Huffaker is a^ member of Hope Lodge No. 29, A. O. LT. W. of Brookfield.

Dwight Payson Hubbard

Mr. Hubbard was born on a farm near Belleville, Jefferson county, New York, July 26, 1843. He was left an orphan when only eight years old, and was taken charge of by his grandfather, and lived with him till his thirteenth year. The death of his grandparent threw Mr. Hubbard on his own resources, and he began supporting himself by doing "chores" for farmers, and thus continued till his sixteenth year. By that time he had saved enough by close economy to defray the expense of two years' schooling, previous to which he had had no education. He attended the Belleville Academy, represented by Professor James D. Houghton, whom he still reveres as a father. Immediately after quitting the academy, April 9, 1861, he enlisted in Company K, of the Twenty-fourth New York Volunteer Infantrv, the first and second lieutenants of which had been his teachers in the school. He served till 1863, when he was discharged for disability, caused by gun-shot wounds received at the second battle of Bull Run. He participated in the battles of FredeHcksburg and Rappahannock Station. He returned to New York and took a course in a commercial school at Syracuse. Again in October, 1864, he enlisted in the First New York Veteran Cavalry, serving till June 8, 1865. Returning to Belleville, he engaged in the boot and shoe business till 1866, when he was obliged to quit because of ill health caused by his wounds. He then engaged in farming, and has pursued that vocation ever since. In 1868 he came to Linn county and located on a farm near Brookfield, where he still resides. He was married September 12, 1866, to Miss Minnie, only daughter of Benjamin and Lucy Dickenson, of Adams, Jefferson county. New York. They have two children, Arthur D. and Clark S. Mr. Hubbard is master of Grange No. 481, at Brookfield.

Edward Hoyi

pension agent and justice of the peace, Brookfield, was born near Manchester, England, December 18, 1810. He was reared and educated in his native town, living there until 1833, from whence he emigrated to America. He landed at New Orleans, Louisiana, and found employment as a clerk in a mercantile agency until 1842. He came that year to Missouri, located at Brunswick, Chariton county, and was employed as book-keeper by the firm of Briiiker ifc Worsham, and others, until 184S. That year he became a resident of Linneus, Linn county, and established liimself in the mercantile and as dealer in leaf tobacco, doing business for a period of sixteen jears, during which time lie was elected and held the office of county treasurer. He left Linnens in 1804, returning to Brunswick, where he engaged in dealing in tobacco until the spring of 1866. He then made Brookfield his home, and became book-keeper for E. S. Carlton & Co., and others until 1872. At the spring election of that year he was elected justice of the tpeace, for Brooktield township, and has served as such, and notary public, until the present writing. October 4, 1849, he married Miss Sarah E. Holland, of Linneus. They have five children, Mary, wife of Dr. B, W. Shotwell, of Brookfield; Emma, wife of T. E Yansant, Trenton, Missouri; James, of Colorado; Lawrence, of California; and Carrie, of Colorado. He is a member of Brookfield Lodge ]S"o. 86, A. F. & A. M.

Samuel 1'. Huston

attorney-at-law, Brookfield, Missouri, was born in Armstrong county, Pennsylvania, January 1, 1839. His parents were John P. and Elizabeth Huston, with whom he remained until attaining his majority. He was -educated in Eldridge Academy and Jefferson College, Pennsylvania. At the breaking out of the civil war, he enlisted in Company F, Twenty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served in that regiment until the summer of 1863, when, on account of disability, he resigned, having been promoted to a second lieutenancv, and returned home. During: the fall of the same year, having regained his health, he organized a company of three months' men, holding the position of first lieutenant. At the expiration of the three months the company reenlisted as Company C, Ninet3'^-Ninth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, for three years or during the war, and were mustered out in July, 1865. Mr. Huston returned to Kittanning, the county seat of his native county, entered the oftice of the Hon. Jackson Boggs, as a law student. He came to Missouri in the spring of 1866, and located at Brookfield, and the same 3'ear was admitted to the bar, and he at once commenced the practice of law.

In 1873-74, he represented Linn county in the legislature. October 9, 1867, he married Miss Mattie R. Campbell, of Armstrong county, Pennsylvania. They have four children living, John, Samuel, Florence, and Martha. They have lost one daughter, Annie D., who died at Brookfield in the spring of 1877, at the age of eight years. Mr. Huston and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church at Brookfield.

Dk. .1011 X C. Kelly

This gentleman is the only son of Roger R. and Lucinda Kelly, and was born in Xeiiia, Ohio, June 22, 1834. He continued to reside with his par- :34 ents till his eighteenth year, the early part of that period being spent in his native town, and the latter part on a farm in Jay county, Indiana. In 1862 Dr. Kelly began the study of dentistry under J. P. Wilson, M. D. and D. D. S., of Burlington, Iowa. He studied under Dr. Wilson over a year, and then began the practice in Iowa, and remained there till the fall of 1866, when he came to Brookfield and established himself in his present practice, and has been thus engaged most of the time ever since. His eyesight became affected from over work, and he was forced to suspend his profession for three or four years, during which time he was engaged in the produce trade at Hamilton and other places. He resumed practice at Brookfield in June, 1876, and since then steadily engaged in his professional duties. Dr. Kelly was married February 22, 1855, to Miss Annie, daughter of Henry T. Franklin, formerly of Virginia. They have two children, named Lucinda and Hattie Jane. He is a member of the Masonic, Odd Fellows, and United Workmen orders, and holds his membership in each at Brookfield.

Fred Albert Laedlein

This gentleman was born in New York City September 10, 1845, and is the third and youngest son of Michael and Elizabeth Laedlein. His mother died when he was five years old. At the age of eight he v/ent to live with some relatives and remained with them till his tenth year, and then went back to his father, who had married again, and moved to Williamsburg, Pennsylvania. He attended school till he was fiifteen, and in 1860 was apprenticed to Johnson Brothers, machinists, to learn that business. He soon left them, however, and got a position as brakeman, and subsequentlj' aa fireman on the Northern Central Railroad. In 1862 he went to Auburn New York, and there engaged in various occupations, but chiefly in painting, a business he had learned something of while living with his father, who was a painter. Mr. Laedlein came to Missouri in 1868, and spent the first year at Hamilton, coming to Brookfield in October, 1869. He was employed as fireman by the Hannibal & St. Joseph road, and ran as such for several years. In 1874, he was promoted to engineer, having served the required apprenticeship as fireman, and ran engines on both freight and passenger trains up to November, 1877. He then quit the road and engaged in painting till 1878, when he was elected city marshal of Brookfield, and again elected his own successor in 1881, his term of office being not yet expired. At the same time he is serving as city collector, and township constable, and also as street commissioner of Brookfield. He served two years as deputy sheriff under Sheriff' John P. Philips. Mr. Laedlein is an energetic man and a faithful officer, and his fidelity in business has won him many friends in the county.

Histokv Of I. Inn County Hector Litiigow

was borti at Whetby, Canada, Aufrnst 5, 1844. He came to Chicago with Ills parents at the age of three years, where he was reared and educated, and graduated from the high school of Chicago in 1858. He learned telei;ra])hiiig and was employed at various places until 1869 when he came to JJrooktield, employing with the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad as train dispatcher, and remaining with that company until 1877, during which time he studied law and was admitted to the bar in the latter year. In 1877 he was emplo3'ed as assistant attorney by the Hannibal Sc St. Joseph Railroad, and served as such until 1881 when he permanently settled at Brookfield as an attorney at law. October 25, 1869, he married Miss Celestia E. Gilbert, of Platte county, Missouri. They have two children, Frank H. and EllaG. Mr. Lithgow is a member of Capital Lodge No. 3, A. F. & A. M., of ( )maha, Nebraska, and also a Royal Arch Mason, demitted from Linn Chapter No. 41, R. A. M., of Brookfield.

The subject of this sketch is a son of Cyrus and Lydia Lenhart, and was boi"n on a farm twelve miles south of Gallatin, Daviess county, Missouri, on the twenty-second day of July, 1854. In 1857, his parents moved to Harrison county, where the family resided till 1859, Richard living with them till he was about grown. He was reared a farmer and received his education in the common schools. In May, 1870, he began learning the photograph business with T. H. Hare, a first-class artist of Hamilton, this State. He remained with Mr. Hare two years, and then opened a gallery for himself at Cameron, Missouri, where he remained till March, 1874. Then coming to Brookfield, this county, he established himself in his present business, and has remained here ever since, always doing a good business in his line. Mr. Lenhart was married Januar}' 10, 1873, to Miss Mary D. Hart,* a daughter of Corydon Hart, of Harrison county. They are the ])arents of two children, one daughter and one son, named Nora Belle and "William. Mrs. Lenhart belongs to the Baptist Church, and holds membership at Brookfield.

James Lockwood

This gentleman is a native of England, and was born there in 1846. His parents were William and Eliza Lockwood, and James lived with them in England till about ten j'earsold. They then came to this countrj', and lived three or four years in the State of New York, and then James came to Illinois, and from there to this State and county in 1877. He has been engaged in farming most of his life. Mr. Lockwood was married January 22, 1879, to Miss Clara Brott, a native of Illinois, and daughter of Charles Brott, Esq.,

The subject of this sketch was born in Plymouth, Wasiiington county, Ohio, May 1, 1853. He is the youngest and third son of Daniel and Margaret McArthur, who moved with him from Plymouth to Linn county, Missouri, and settled on a farm in Grantsville township, then a part of Locust Creek. Mr. McArthur lived with his parents until he attained his majority. At sixteen years of age, they sent him to the State Normal' School at Kirksville, this State, and he attended there three years. Li 1875, he attended the Bailey Commercial College at Keokuk, graduating from that institution the same year. In the spring of 1876, he engaged in the live-stock trade at Grantsville, in which he continued until the following spring, when he came to Brookfield and established a feed and sale stable, to which he subsequently added the general livery business. He has been very successful as a horse and mule dealer, and has accumulated quite a property since coming to Brookfield in 1877. He was married on the 8th day of March, 1876, to Miss Eustatia, daughter of E. D. Harvey, of Meadville. Mr. and Mrs. McArthur are the parents of two children, Viola Pearl, and Clara, both of whom were born in Brookfield, He is a metnber of the Brookfield Lodge No. 86, A. F. & A. M., and also of Hope Lodge No. 29, A. O. IJ. W., and is a faithful member of both these orders.

George Martin

real estate agent, and local agent for the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad Company lands, was born in Monroe county, Ohio, December 30, 1838, where he was raised and educated. He first attended the district school, and later at the Woodsfield high school. He taught a district school in his native county at the age of sixteen, continuing two years. In 1856, at the age of eighteen, he came to Missouri and taught in Montgomery and Lincoln counties until the fall of 1857, returned to Ohio the same fall, and resumed teaching in his native count}', and continued for nearlj^ two years. In 1859 Mr. Martin returned to this State and to Montgomery county, where teaching occupied his time for one year. He made a second visit to Ohio the following year. At the breaking out of the civil war he enlisted in Company B, Twenty-fifth Ohio Yolunteer Infantry. Lie was promoted through the various grades up to that of first lieutenant, receiving his commission from Governor Todd, August 16, 1862. He was discharged October 26, 1863, on account of physical disability caused by wounds received in actiofi. He participated in the battles of Alleghany Summit and Mc- Dowell, at both of which he was wounded, second battle of Bull Run, Chancellorsville, where he was again severely wounded, and at Gettysburg, where he lost his right arm. He served for a short time in 1863 as regimental quartermaster. At the battles of Chancellorsville and Gettj'sburg^ he had command of his company. Aflei- his discharge he returned home and remained until the spring of 1864, when he became sutler of the One Hundred and Sixteenth Ohio Regiment, and in October, 1864, was ap- ])oiiited purveyor of the First Brigade of the First Division of the Army of West X'irginia, accompanyjng that division to the .Vrmy of the James, and served as purveyor until the following spring. Mr. Martin came to Missouri in the spring of 1865, and engaged in the mercantile business at Brookticld until the fall of 1866. Having sold out, he accepted the position as principal of the public school of Brobkfield, teaching two terms. In the fall election of 1868 Mr. Martin was elected assessor of Linn county for a term of two years. November, 1870, he was elected county clerk of Linn county, and reelected his own successor in 1874, filling that position for eight consecutive years, during which time he resided at Linneus. In January, 1879, after the expiration of his term, he returned to Brooktield and engaged in the real estate business, and at the same time was ap])ointed local land agent for the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad Company. October 24, 1865, he married Miss Sarah J. Wilson, of Wheelino:, West Virginia. They have three children, Georgie, Willie, and Charlie, all born in Brookfield. He is a member of Brookfield Lodge No. 161, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and Linn Encampment No. 70, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and of Hope Lodge No. 29, Ancient Order of I'nited Workmen, of Brookfield.

Gilliam Murkain

This gentleman can boast of having been to the manor born, as he is a native of Linn county. Mr. Murrain is the son of William and Catharine ^[urrain, and was born on a farm three miles east of Linneus, April 11, 1846. He was reared on the farm and lived with his parents till he was nineteen years old, when he began to learn the blacksmithing trade under John Detwiler, of Linneus, with whom he worked some three years. In 186>< he went to Meadville and formed a partnership with Mr. B. L. Barbee,. in the blacksmith's business, and they were together till the spring of 1870,. when Mr. Barbee withdrew, and Mr. Murrain continued the business U]) to 1877, when he moved to Brookfield where he still continues the blacksmith and wagon-making business. Mr. Murrain was married, August 17, 1865,^ to ^liss Catharine F., daughter of Captain Thomas Barbee, of Linn county. They have three children, named, resjiectivel}', Clara E., Delora, and AValter. Mr. Murrain is a member of the Brookfield Lodge No. 86, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and also of the Linn Chapter No. 41, Royal Arch Masons; also a member of Cceur de Leon Commandery, Knights Templar, of Brookfield. He is a successful manager and controls a large and prosperous business.

Abram W. Meyers

Mr. Meyers is the son of Abram and Margaret Meyers, and was born near Knoxville, Jefterson county, Ohio, July 2, 1824. He continued to live with his parents till he was twenty years old. His father was proprietor of a fiouring-mill, and Abratn, junior, was reared a miller. He obtained his education in the public schools, and at the Carroilton, Ohio, Academy, and the Alleghenj' College of Pennsylvania, attending each of the two latter for one year. His father sold out the mill in 1844, and the family moved to Carroll comity and settled near Malvern, Ohio. In 1849 young Meyers began reading law iti the office of Eckley & Davis, of Carroilton, and was admitted to the bar in 1852, after an examination by the two presiding judges of the District Court. He first began the practice in 1853, at Columbia City, Indiana, and continued there till April, 1864, when he suspended business on account of failing health, and moved to Afton, Iowa. In 1S65 he came to Brookfield, this county, and resumed the law practice, associating Col. S. P. Huston with him, in the fall of 1866. Mr. Meyers retired from the partnership in 1869, and in 1870 was elected to the legislature and served one term of two years. Soon after the expiration of his term he was appointed, by Governor B. Gratz Brown, on the State geological survej', and subsequently, by appointment of Governor Silas Woodson, as a member of the War Claims Commission. In January, 1880, Mr. Meyers became associated witli J. A. Arbutlmot, as Meyers & Arbuthnot, and they have been in the law and real estate business ever since. Mr. Meyers was married, May 13, 1849, to Miss Sarah Hardesty, of Malvern, Ohio. She died at Columbia City, Indiana, May 6, 1855, and Mr. Meyers was a second time married, on April 26th, 1857, at Columbia City, to Miss Lavinia Ford. He had one child by his first marriage, a daughter, named Sarah J., born March 7, 1852; one child also has been born of the second marriage, a son, named Harry Courtland, born at Brookfield, Missouri, July 3, 1867. Himself, wife, and daughter, are members of the Presbyterian Church at Brookfield, and are all worthy members of society.

Dr. Oven was born in Herefordshire, England, October 17, 1848. When he was quite ,young his parents emigrated to America and settled on a farm near Detroit, Michigan, and there he grew up and was educated. He attended for several years a Quaker Seminary, located near Adrian, Michigan, graduating from that institution in June, 1872. In the following winter he taught a district school near Detroit, and in the spring began the study of medicine under Dr. E. S. Snow, of Dearborn. He read with Dr. Snow two years during which time he took a course of lectures in the medical department of Ann Arbor, Michigan. He read with Dr. Snow the sue- needing summer, and again attended lectures in the winter, this being his second course; after which. he graduated in May, 1876, with the degree of M. D. He did not at once begin the practice, but pursued his studies under the same preceptor till the following fall, when he took a course of lectures at the University of New York, and received his degree of M. D. from that institution in the spring of 1877. In March following, Dr. Oven came to Missouri and located at Milan, where he practiced till February, 1S81, when he came to Brookfield, this county, and located for the practice of his profession. He was married August 30, 1881, to Miss Clara M. Crumpacker, daughter of 1). H. Crumpacker, of Milan. He belongs to the A. O. U. W., and holds membership in Hope Lodge, No. 29, at Brookiield. Though he has but recently settled at Brookiield, he has already received such a patronage as will warrant him in staying; and there is small room for question, but that on account of his superior attainments in medicine - being a graduate ])hysician from two colleges - will soon build an extensive and lucrative practice in this county.

Newton Okmsby

Mr. Ormsby is the son of Elijah and Marietta Ormsby, and was born in Lorain county, Ohio. February 25, 1848. AVhen he was four years of age his parents removed to Decatur, Michigan, and there Newton lived till he was past sixteen. He had obtained a good common school education by that time and was readj' to make his entry on life's drama. Exciting scenes followed his debut on the stage of active life. The war, then in progress in the land, engaged his attention. I'oungOrmsby, though just in his seventeenth year, represented himself as past eighteen, in order that he m.ight be taken into the service. Accordingl\', he was enrolled in Company B, of the Tenth Michigan Volunteer Cavalry, and served the last year of the war. Most of the time he was private dispatcher to Adjt.-Gen. W. H. Porter. He received his discharge in November, 1865. and at once returned to Decatur, where, soon afterwards, he bound himself for two years to learn the carj)enter's trade. After his term expired he worked at Paw Paw, Michigan, and afterwards operated as a contractor and builder at Charlotte, till 1872. He then returned to Paw Paw, and became foreman in a hub, spoke, and felloe factory there. From that time till 1877, he worked at St. Joseph, Michigan, and at South Bend, Indiana, and from the latter place came to Brookiield, this county, and entered the service of the Hannibal & St. Joseph Kailroad Company. He served two years as iireman, and then took charge of a locomotive, and still continues to serve the company as engineer. Mr. Ormsby was married on the twenty seventh of October, 1869, to Miss Ella Longwell, of Michigan, by whom he has two children, named Charles E. and Fred E. Mr. Ormsby is a member of Brookfield Lodge No. 86, A. F. & A. M., and of Linn Chapter No. '41, and Cteur de Leon Commandary No. 14, K. T.

James Milton I'Kndklton

The subject of this sketch was borii near Fayette, Howard count}', Missouri, March 22, 1826. He is the son of James F. and Maria Pendleton, the former a native of England, and the latter of Kentucky. The fathercame to Howard county in 1819, and mother had come the year previous. They were married in 1820, and settled in Howard county, on the place where James was born. His parents removed to Linn county, and settled two and one-half miles southwest of where Linneus now is, in 1831. James remained at home until his twenty-first year. He obtained a fair education in the subscription schools of the day, and in 1846 began learning the saddler's and harnessmaker's trade, under Lewis H. Collins, of Linneus. Mr. Pendleton remained with him three years and then went to St. Joseph, where he did journey work one year, and then went to Gallatin and established himself in that business.

He only remained in Gallatin a few months when the whole country became excited over the discovery of gold in California, and bright visions of wealth and of influence began to dazzle the minds of the multitude Mr. Pendleton was caught in the whirljjool, and in 1850 crossed the plains to California, arriving at Sacramento, August 27, 1850. While in that State he engaged in the exciting vocation of mining, working in the "Rough and Ready" mine. He left there in 1852 and returned to Linneus, ?'i« Panama and New York. He at once formed a partnership with Mr. Collins under whom he had learned his trade, and they did business in the harness and saddle line till 1856. Mr. P. then retired from the firin and engaged in the hotel business at Linneus till 1858. He again engaged in his old calling at Linneus tilLthe spring of 1860, when he closed out and began farming, continuing in that Vocation till 1862, when he began working as journeyman in Linneus and remained till 1870. From the last named place he went to Callao, Macon county, and established himself again in his old business,. carrying it on till the latter part of 1871 and sold out. On quitting that business he was elected constable and also served as deputy sheriif in Macon county. In 187(! he came to Brookfield and worked at his trade, and also served as constable. In Jul}'^, 1880, he once more came back to his first love, and opened a shop in Rrookfield where he still continues to do a good business in his line.

Mr. Pendleton was married July 5, 1853, to Miss Susan A. Butler, of Randolph county, by whom he has three children, named, in order, Milton Byron, born March 22, 1854; Adelia, born February 5, 1856; and Martha Cora, born March 5, 1858. The son and oldest child is now a conductor on the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad. Mr. Pendleton is a Freemason and belongs to Brookfield Lodge Nq. 86, A. F. & A. M.

Jkkome C. Post

This gentleman is a native of Ohio, and was born in (Iwinsburg, March 4, 1838. He is the son of Simon and L^'dia Post, both of whom died within a few weeks of each other, and left Jerome an orphan when he was but eighteen months old. He was adopted by his uncle, Charles Post, with whom he lived until the hitter's death, when young Jerome was thrown on his own resources at the early age of eight years. He began to make his own support by " doing chores " for a family, and in this way maintained himself till he was seventeen. In 1858 he was apprenticed to learn tht tinner's trade at Finley, Ohio, and w^orked there three years. He then went to Cincinnati and did journey work till 1858, removing thence ta Charleston, West Virginia, working there till the spring of the following year. Then returning to Findley he remained till the spring of 1860, and thence to Fon du Lac, Wisconsin, and after a short stay to Cleveland, Ohio. He w^as married in the latter cit}' to Miss Jennie Hollister. He soon afterwards returned to Fon du Lac and worked at his trade till 1866, when he left that rising town and came to Brooldield. He at once established himself in his present business of dealing in tinw^-e, hardware, stoves, etc. Since coming to this county Mr. Post has built up a good trade in his line and amassed some property, and owns the commodious building in which he does business, the upper portion being used as the Odd Fellow's hall. Mr. Post is both a Mason and an Odd Fellow, and has tilled official positions in each order. He is the father of five children, Minnie L., Marion C, Louie, Kate, and Dick, all living at home. Minnie is being educated in the Brookfield Academy, and Marion is learning the tinsmith trade under his father. -

Antmonv Questa

Mr. Questa was born on a farm near Pittsburgh, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, November l;{, 1836. His parents were Augustus and Mary Questa. Anthony remained at home till his nineteenth year. Li the winter of 1854-55 he worked in a blacksmith shop till the following spring at Cleveland, Ohio. He then removed to Chicago and was variouslv employed till August following, when he went to Wisconsin and worked on a farm near IVfadison. After a trip to Nebraska he returned to Dane county, Wisconsin, and in the summer of 1862 enlisted in Company I, of the Twenty-third Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, to assist in suppressing the Rebellion. He participated in many hard fought battles, and was wounded at Spanish Fort, Alabama, which so disabled him that he was discharged from service at New Orleans, June 10, 1865. He returned to Wisconsin and shortly afterwards came to Brookfield, this county, where he engagefd for some time in various employments. In 1871 he began the butcher business there and has been thus engaged ahifiost constantl}^ since tliat time. Mr. Questa has been twice married. His first wife was Miss Emily Nelson, of Dane county, Wisconsin, to whom he was wedded September 29, 1859. She died at Madison, Wisconsin, March 25, 1862, and he was again married May 10, 186S, to Miss Carrie M. Harrison, of Brookfield. He had two children by his first marriage and has had three by the second. His wife belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church at Brookfield, and both belong to the Good Templars. Mr. (i^uesta also belongs to Hope Lodge No. 29, Ancient Order of United Workmen, of Brookfield.

Cyrus Rowell

a farmer of Brookfield township, Linn county, Missouri, was born in Loudon, Merrimack county. New Hampshire, April 14, 1811. He was reared a farmer, was mostly educated in the common schools, having attended only one term at the academy of Gilmantown, New Hampshire. His parents, Moses and Nancy Rowell, when he became of age, selected him out of seven sons to remain with them on the old homestead, where he cared for them until their death, at which period he was fifty-five j'ears of age, and the homestead became his property. In 1867 he sold the homestead and came West on a prospecting tour. Coming to Missouri, he selected Linn county for his future home, and purchased one hundred and sixty acres of wild land of the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad Company, three miles south of Brookfield, on which he built a cabin, and, after breaking forty acres returned to New Hampshire. In the following spring he brought his family to their new home in Missouri, arriving in Brookfield March 15, 1868. The wild tract of land soon became a cultivated farm, on which he still lives, never regretting that he chose a home in the salubrious climate of Missouri.

July 1, 1838 he married Miss Judith B. Sanborn, of Loudon, New Hampshire. They have five children living, Moses P., a farmer of Brookfield township; Lyman B., of Brookfield; Georgie, wifeof John R. Green, a merchant of Iowa; Henry Clay, living at home, and Myra J., living at Pembrook, New Hampshire, with a' childless aunt, after whom she was named, who has taken her as an own child, to rear and educate. She graduated from the Pembrook academy in the class of 1881. The}' have lost three children, John and Judith A., who died in infancy, and Electa J., an idolized daughter of fifteen, who was taken sick while away attending school, and brought home, where she soon after passed to the other shore. Himself, wife, and three of their children, Georgie, Henry C, and Myra J., are members of the Congregational Church of Brookfield, he being a member of that denomination some fifty years, and his wife some forty-five years.

Michakl Rick

farmer, of Brookfield township, Linn county, Missouri, was born in Marion county, Oliio, February 4, 1830. His ])arents removed to Cumberland county, Illinois, wlien he was an infant, and settled on a farm, where he lived until he was fourteen years old. They next removed to Christian county, Illinois, where his parents died, one in 1858 and the other in 1850, the care of the younger portion of the familj' devolving on him. He remained on the homestead and married in 1800. In 1866 he sold his interest in the homestead and removed to Fayette county, Illinois, purchasing a farm in the vicinity of Yandalia. He resided there two years, then selling out, came to Linn county, Missouri. He was employed at farm work until 1877, when he bought his present fine farm near Brookfield.

December 2, 1860, he married Miss Almira Scrivner of Taylorville, Illinois. They have eight children, John Wesley, Mildred Caroline, George W. K., Olive Belle, Mary Agatha, Xettie Viola, Francis Alvian, and Louisa Gertrude, all living at home.

Samuel Milton Robinson

The subject of this sketch was born on a farm near St. Clairsville, Belmont county, Ohio, April 7, 1840. He is the eldest of five sons of Thomas and Martha Robinson, old residents of his native county. His father died when Samuel was fourteen, and he has been the mainstay and support of his mother ever since, and of the younger members of the family until they became self-sustaining. In 1864 he enlisted in Company E, of the Fifty-first Ohio regiment, and served one year, and took part in the battles of Xashville and Franklin, under General Thomas. He was mustered out June 186."), and returned to Ohio. Soon after this, he came to Missouri to look at tlie country, with a view of making it his future home. He selected a piece of improved laud two and one-half miles north of Brookfield in JJnn count}', whicii he has subdued into a productive farm. Mr. Robinson returned to Ohio, closed up his business, and came back in 1866, bringing his mother and the younger children. His place contains two hundred and fifty acres, which he put mostljMu grass, as stock raising is his specialty, as a farmer. Mr. Robinson was never married, but lives a life of " bachelor's bliss," his mother acting as his housekeeper. In 1876 he was elected assessor of Brookfield township, and was reelected iiis own successor. He is a member of the first Presbyterian Church of Brookfield, and is one of the ruling elders of the same.

Mr. Ridgway was a native of Howard county, this State, born January 13, 1827. He was reared in the countv of his birth, and received such an education as the scliools of liis neii^liborhood at that time afforded. In 1850, he was married to Miss Melcena True, a native of Boone county, Missouri. The following year tlie young couple left their heme and friends, and came to Linn county, settling on the farm in Brooklield township where his widow and family still reside. At that time the country was but spai'sely settled, and Mr. and Mrs. Ridgway experienced all the hardsiiips incident to pioneer life. They bought a piece of wild land, and by their own hard labor succeeded in improving it into one of the best and most comfortable places in the township, containing two hundred and ninetyfive acFes. They have reared a family of seven children, four sons and three daughters, of whom five are still living. Their names are Laura E., William E., W. Thompson, Sampson G., Mary J., Arthur E., atid Jesse W. Two of these, William and Arthur, are dead.

Many persons will remember Mr. Ridgway as one of the early settlers of Linn county. His well-known character of honesty, integrity, and fair dealing, made him many warm friends during his life, and it is to be regretted that he was cut off while in its prime. He died December 28, 1868, and his loss is not only not easily replaced to the county of which he was a citizen, but can never be replaced to his family to whom he was such a kind husband and father. The life of Jesse W. Ridgway was in every sense an eminent success.

was born on the Bine Spring farm in Scott county, Kentucky, October 8,. 1837. His parents were Thomas W. and Adeline Scott, the latter a daughter of the renowned Richard M. Johnson of Kentucky. At fourteen years of age Robert was sent to school at Shurtliff College in Upper Alton, Illinois, in which institution he completed his education. Soon after returning home from school his father, forseeing the downfall of slavery, sold his slaves and landed property and removed with his familj' to Rushville, Illinois, where our subject began the study of medicine under Dr. William McMnrphy, an eminent physician of that place. He pursued his professional studies assiduously for live years. On the fifth day of June, 1857, he was married to Miss R. E. Lee, by whom he has three children, named, respectively, E. Byron, T. Frederick, and Fannie I. At the time of his marriage Dr. Scott was not of age, though he readily settled himself to the great business of life. His father gave him a considerable sum of money, part of which he invested in woolen mills at Rushville, while the remainder he*iiandled successfully in speculations till about the beginning of the civil war. Then he made an unfortunate investment by which he lost over twenty thousand dollars, reducing him to poverty and destitution. For a while succeeding his reverses he remained at Rushville, and endeavored to retrieve his shattered fortunes; but finding the effort fruitless, he moved t»

Bi'ookfield, Missouri, arriviiif^ there April 13, 1866. All his effects coiifiisted of two teams and one lumdred and t\vent)'-five dollars in money. He purchased a tract of land from the Hannibal & St. Joseph Ilaiiroad Company, and at once began improving it into a home, at the same time engaged in the practice of his profession. Meeting with success in his practice, he was enabled to improve his farm and conduct it as subsidiary to his medical practice. The Doctor's marriage proved to be an unhappy union, and it was dissolved by mutual consent in June, 1868. He was again married October 6, 1869, to Miss Emily J. Johnson of Brookfield, who died therein 1874. One child resulted from this marriage, a son named Ira Mentor, born November 7, 1880. Dr. Scott has a strong predilection for medicine, and has been in constant practice in Linn county since his first coming in 1866. Being still anxious to avail himself of the most recent <iiscoveries in medicine, he is taking an advanced scientific course in the Missouri Medical College of St. Louis, in a class for physicians who have been long in the practice.

The subject of this biography is a native of Scotland, and was born on the 3d of May, 1832, in Dumfrieshire, near the city of Dundee. His parents were James D. and Ellen Scott, and they came to America in 1836, and settled near Ithica, New York. They lived there until 1845, and then moved to Lee county, Illinois, and commenced farming near where Amboy now stands. Mr. Scott was reared a farmer, and received his education in the common schools of the places in which the family resided during his boyhood. He began farming for himself at about twenty years old, and in 1852, married and settled on a farm in Lee county, continuing till 1865. That year he sold out and engaged in the mercantile business at Mendota, Illinois. In 1868, he removed to Brookfield, this county, and he and William Clarkson began merchandizing there, and they did business till Mr. "Scott's health began to fail, when he retired from the firm and went to Colorado, making several trips for the benefit of his health in the succeeding four or five years. He took in the centennial exposition in 1876, and on the same tour revisited his old home, returning to Brookfield in the fall, where he assisted his son-in-law, in the firm of Ford & Brott, in the mercantile business for some three or four years. In th^ fall of 1879, Mr. Scott, with several other parties, organized the bank of Brookfield, he being elected vice-president. In the following year he was elected president, and still holds that position. He has been twice married, his first wife, Mary Jane, having been a daughter of William Smith, brother of the celebrated Mormon prophet and founder, Joseph Smith. She died at Brookfield, December 21, 187S, and he was again married May 30, 1881, to Miss Carrie L. Grant, of Stark county, Illinois. He has four children, three daughters and one son, all by his first marriage. Mr. Scott served as collector of Brookley township, Lee county, Illinois, and has filled similar positions in Brookiield township, Linn county. He has also served on the city council in Brooktield, and on the city school board. He is a member of Brookfield Lodge No. 86, A. F. & A. M.

Aaron Stains, Jr

This gentleman is the son of Aaron and Julia Ann Stains, and was born on a farm near Shirleysburg, Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania. His father was a contractor and builder and Aaj"on Jr. learned the carpenter's trade from the men in his employ. He continued to live with his parents till after he was of age. In 1854 he came to Missouri and settled in Linn county, five miles southeast of Brookfield. Lie then engaged in building, - and erected many barns and residences in that part of the county and in Chariton. He then went to Kansas in 1856 and there became involved in the struggle of " Bleeding Kansas" in the efforts to bring her in as a free State. He enlisted in the Union service at Laclede, in the Thirty-third Hegiment of Missouri Volunteer Infantry, serving till February, 1865, when he was discharged because of disability caused by a gunshot wound. During his service he participated in many battles, the most important of which were Helena, Pleasant Hill, Natchitoches, Grand Ecore, and in all the fights under Gen. A. J. Smith and General Mower on the Shreveport expedition by Banks. He was also on the White River expedition, and was, in all, four times wounded. After his discharge he returned to his farm in Linn county and continued farming till 1870, when he rented out and moved to Brookfield and engaged in contracting and building. In July, 1872, he went into the dry goods and grocery business, which he continued till he sold out and moved to Chariton county. There he purchased a farm and lived on it three years when he sold it and returned to Linn. In 1879 he again came to Brookfield and resumed the carpenter's trade till the fall of 1881, when he began business in his present line. Mr. Stains has been three times married, his first wife being Mary J. Howe, to whom he was married December 15, 1857. She died August 1, 1863, and he was again married to Miss Grazilla E. Lambert, on the twenty-seventh of April, 1865. This lady also died July 19, 1873. He was a third time married, July 19, 1874, to Miss Sarah E. Weaver. His last and third wife also died April 21, 1880. Mr. Stains is the father of four children, one by his first marriage, two by the second, and one by the third. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and has been for thirty years.

Charles B. Simpson

was born in Bangor, Maine, August 3, 1839, and is the son of Jason and Elizabeth Simpson. He lived with his parents till his thirteenth year, at- tendin^:^ school at Bangor. At that age he went to sea, and served one year as cabin boy, and then went "before the mast" acting in the capacity of sailor till his seventeenth year. In 185G he became second mate of the bark Corinthian and held that position several years. After quitting the sea he came in 1S61, to 0(|uawka, Illinois, to which place his parents had removed. There he enlisted for national defense in Company E, Tenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and served from April 19, 1861, till August 12, 1865, when he was mustered out, at Louisville, Kentucky. Though he enlisted as a private, he was promoted through all the various grades to captain of Company F, of the same regiment. Before being commissioned to that rank he had been transferred to the non-commissioned regimental staff as sergeant-major. During his service he participated in the battles of Belmont, New Madrid, Corinth, Stone River, Mission Ridge, Resaca, Atlanta, and the battles of Sherman's ''march to the sea." Also the battles of Columbus, South Carolina, and of Raleigh, North Carolina; and though mustered out as above was discharged at Chicago, soon afterwards returning to Oquawka. In September, following, he came to Brooklield, this county, and engaged in the drug and grocery business with W. T. Snow, and "Snow &, Simpson" was the firm's name, they being the second house that ever did business in Brookfield. Mr. Simpson retired from the firm in 1868, and soon afterwards established himself in the grocery and queensware business, in which lie is still engaged. He never was a political aspirant, and the only ofliclal position he ever held was that of councilman of Brooklield. On January 20tb, 1869, he was married to Pella Pettijohn, of Chicago, by whom he has one child named Katie D., born at Brookfield, March 12, 1870. Mr. Simpson is a Mason, and belongs to Lodge No. 86, A. F. & A. M. at Brookfield.

David A. Shepherd

This gentleman is a native of Ohio, and was born in Xenia, March 13, 1839. He \\as reared and educated in his native city, and there, also, learned the watchmaker's and jeweler's trade. In 1859 he went to Bellefontaine, Ohio, and established himself in the jeweler's business, and continued it till 1863, when he closed out and became clerk of the post-office, of which he had full control in Bellefontaine until 1865, when he resumed the jeweler's business at the same place, till his coming to Brookfield in this county. That was in 1870, and he opened there in his old line. Mr. Hoffman came in as partner in 1878, the firm, since then, being D. A. Shepherd & Co. In 1872 Mr. Shepherd was elected township clerk which he held till 1877. He was elected justice of the peace in 1879, for Brookfield township, which he held till 1881. Mr. Shepherd M-^as married on the fourth day ot October, 1864, to Miss Mary Ilughson, of Granville, Ohio, by whom he has two children. Edwin H., the oldest, was born in Bellefontaine, in October

1865; and William L., the youngest, also at Bellefontaine, November 26, 1868. Mr, Shepherd is a member of the Brookfield Lodge No. 161, I, O. O. F., and has filled all positions iy the subordinate lodges and encampment, and all chairs in the Grand Encampment of Missouri; and he is now representative to the Sovereign Grand Lodge.

Lucius Albion Smith

is the son of Ami C. and Lydia Smith, and was born at Walworth, Wayne county, New York, February 26, 1839. He lived with his parents until he became of age, receiving his education in the Walworth Academy. In 1862 he came to this State and engaged in the hotel business with E. J. Orandall, and continued one year. He was then employed by the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad, in various capacities, as station agent, 3fardraaster, and conductor, altogether about- two years, when he again became associated with Mr. Crandall, this time in the real estate business, handling the lands of the Plannibal & St. Joseph Company till 1868. In that year Mr. Smith established himself in the furniture business at Brookfield, and continued till 1870, when he sold out and went into the hardware business with Augustus Turner, the firm being Turner & Smith. They were together till 1872, when Mr. Smith retired from the firm, and while he was out of business made a visit to the East. He returned to Brookfield, and in 1876 engaged in the general merchandise business with J. B. Cooley, the latter, however, retiring in February, 1880, since when Mr. Smith has "onducted the business alone. He was elected justice of the peace in 1878, jld the office two years, and was reelected, his second term being unexpired at this writing. Mr. Smith is a Freemason and belongs to Brookfield Lodge No. 86, A. F. & A. M. He is a good citizen and an honorable man, and conducts his business on the principle of "live and let live."

James S. Stewakt

senior member of the firm of J. S. Stewart tV: Bro., proprietors of the city marble works of Brookfield, was born in Arrow Rock, Saline county, Missouri, December 19, 1851. He is the son of Samuel and Mary Stewart nee Wood. His father dying when he was six years old, he remained with his mother and attended school until he was eighteen years of age, when he went to Boonville and became apprenticed to E. J, Bedwell to learn the trade of a marble cutter, and served tliree years. After the expiration of his apprenticeship he worked some eight months as a journeyman, at the -end of which time he, in August, 1874, established himself in the marble business at Arrow Rock. He continued in it until 1877, when he closed out, removed to Chillicothe, and there engaged work in the shop of John Fitzpatrick, where he remained nine months. In April, 1878, he became a partner of J. K. Legitt, of the same place, and they carried on the marble

-business in the Urm name of Legitt & Stewart until ])eceinber 1, 1880, when Mr. Stewart withdrew from the firm, removed to Brookfield, and established his present business. In September, 1881, his brother, Samuel N., became associated with him, the firm being J. S. Stewart & Bro. They are employing a force of from five to seven hands. April 15, 1874, Mr. Stewart married Miss Rebecca L. Salle, of Chillicothe. They have two children, George N. and Mamie L. They lost one, Willie, who died at Arrow Hock, in August, 1877, at the age of nearly three 3'^ears. Mr. Stewart is a member of the Presbyterian Church of Brookfield, also a member of Chillicothe Lodge No. 91, I. O. .0. F., and of Chillicothe Encampment No. 67, I. O. O. F.

Samuel Newton Stewart

junior member of the firm of J..S. Stewart & Bro., was born at Arrow Rock, Missouri, August 24, 1853, where he lived with his mother, his father dying when he was quite young, until he reached the age of eighteen years. From 1871 until 1878 he was more or less engaged as a contractor in the lumbering business in Texas. In the latter year he came to Chillicothe and began to learn the trade of marble cutter with his brother, James S., and worked with him at Chillicothe and Brookfield until September, 1881,'- when he became associated with him as J. S. Stewart & Bro. January 8, 1880, he married. Miss Frances E. Middleton, of Chillicothe. They have^one child, John Reuben.

Smith Schenck

was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, November 23, 1823. His parents were Samuel and Jane Schenck. At the age of sixteen he started out for himself, first beginning to learn the tailor's trade, working in his native town and in Brooklyn, New York, until he was master of his trade and had reached his majority. He worked some time as a journeyman in New York City. In 1846 he established himself in the merchant tailoring business in his native cit}^, Elizabeth, following it until 1848, when he sold out and returned to New York City, taking the position of cutter in a wholesale house on Chatham Street until 1850. His next move was to Newark, New Jersey, where he was employed as cutter by Charles Campbell two years, leaving Mr. Campbell and accepting the foremanship of the wholesale house of Waldron & Co., of the same city, until 1855. Resigning this, he was variously employed up to 1860, when he embarked as a manufacturer and jobber at Newark, continuing in it until 1805, when he sold out. In 1866 he came to Missouri and purchased a tract of wild land in the vicinity of Macon City, and settled down as a farmer. In 1868 he abandoned farming and resumed work at his trade as a journeyman until 1875, when he established himself in the tailoring business at Macon City, but soon after removed to Brookfield where lie was employed as foreman by H. Emanuel & Co. until October, 1880, when he became a partner with lii& son Samuel in the merchant tailoring business in the name of S. S^henck & Son, he retiring from the firm during the same year, not wishing to share business cares. Since then he has been employed by his son. July 31, 1844, he married Miss Elizabeth Woodrufl', of Elizabeth, New Jersey. They have five children, Talmadge, of Texarkana, Arkansas; John, of Macon Cit}', Missouri; Samuel, merchant tailor, of Brookfield; George, blacksmith, of Brookfield; and Benjamin, now learning the tailoring trade with his brother Samuel.

John Chkistian Thudioi

is a native of Germany, born April 5, 1845. He lived with his parents^ George F. and Rosina Thudium, until he was thirteen years old, when his mother died, and six months later he and his ftither came to America, arriving in New York City July 17, 1859. There they lived till 1865, John meanwhile learning the trade of machinist, at which he worked some four years. He attended night school during the winter months, and learned cigar-making during the summer nights. In 1865, he went to Philadelphia, and was employed at cigar-making in the long established house of Joseph Crisman & Co., with whom he worked a few months. They then assisted him in opening the business for himself at Tyrone, Pennsylvania, and he ran the tobacco and cigar business there till 1S66. He came to Brookfield in 1868, after a sojourn in St. Louis, and established his present business, and has built np a good trade in his line. In June, 1877, Mr. Thudium was appointed deputy collector by County Collector James Tooey, and served till 1879. In January, 1881, he was appointed deputy by Sherift* F. M. Boles, and still holds the position. He was married to Miss Terissa, daughter of George Drifuss, of Brookfield, on the ninth of November, 1870. Mr. and Mrs. Thudium are the parents of five children, named as follows: Mamie, Carl, Birdie, Lizzie, and George, all of whom were born in the live little city of Brookfield.

Kev. Walter Tormey

Father Tormey is a native of Ireland. He was born June 24, 1849, and emigrated to America in 1870. He obtained his elementary and preparatory education in his native country but graduated from St. Boneventure's College, of Allegany, New York, in 1874, and was ordained in St. Joseph, Missouri, in September of the same year, Bishop Hogan officiating. His first charge was St. Bridget's Church, of Forest City, Missouri, where he ofliciated for three years, when he was called to St. Joseph to take temporary charge of St. 'Patrick's Church in the absence of its pastor, the late Father Kuny, who was in Europe traveling for his health. In 1878 he re- turned to his native country and made a tour through England, Ireland, and Wales, returning in the fall of that year and remained in St. Joseph, officiating iu the cathedral under Bishop Hogan until January, 1S79, when he came to Brookfield and took charge of the parish and Church of the Immaculate Conception.

Ki.Ias W. Weed

is one of the old settlers of Brookfield, locating there in June, 1864, at which time he was employed as general road-master hy the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad Company, which he held for four ye^rs. In 1868 he went to Ogden, Utah Territory, and became division superintendent for the Union Pacific Railroad Company, filling that position until 18T0. His next move was to Kit Carson on the Kansas Pacific Railroad early in the above year where he assisted in laying the track from that place to Denver. The same year he went to St. Louis and united with Robert Steel. They took a contract to build forty miles of the St. Louis & Southeastern Railroad. In 1871 Brainard, Minnesota, was his home and where he was employed as general road-master on the Northern Pacific Railroad, and was also proprietor, by purchase, of the eating-house at Brainard, which he kept in connection with the railroad employment until 1878. Mr. Weed has been railroading since then in Connecticut, Ohio, Illinois, and Kentucky. In February last he returned to Brookfield and established himself in the grocery business. He is a native of New York, being born at Portage, Allegany county, August 7, 1826. When he was two years of age his parents removed to Michigan. At six years of age he found a home with his uncle, Charles Weed, until he was nineteen, receiving a fair education in the schools of that period.

July 24, 1856, Mr. Weed was married to Miss Susan A. Hicks, of Xenia, Ohio, who died at Brainard, Minnesota, in April, 1879. He is a member of Brookfield Lodge No. 86, A. F. & A. M., and of Linn Chapter No. 41, R. A. M., of Brookfield, and of Galesburg Coramandery No. 11, K. T., of Galesburg, Illinois.

is a son of Milton and Hannah Waugh, and was born in Ross county Ohio, October 4, 1839. He lived with his parents at his plkce of birth till he was ten years old, when the family moved to Allen county, Indiana, and bought a tract of wild land which James and his father improved into a home. Here he became somewhat noted as a hunter and trapper in the wilds of Indiana. He lived with his parents till after he was of age, and then bid good bye to the old home he had helped to make, and started out in life for himself. His first engagement was as a farm hand, and he worked one month for Henry Difiendafter, whom Mr. Waugh still reveres as a father. His pay was S12.50 for his month's work. He was next em- ployed by John Peabody as ox-teamster, hauling saw-logs to a mill owned by him in Indiana. For three months he was thus engaged, when he quit for the more congenial vocation of railroading. He began firing in 1861, on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad, and ran till 1862, when he enlisted in the Union service in Company C of the Eighty-eighth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and participated in the battles of Murfreesborough and Perrysville, serving till April, 1863, when he was discharged on account of sickness. He again began tiring on the same road, and a year later began running as engineer and continued till 1877. He came to Brookfield in that year and soon afterwards was employed as engineer by the Hannibal & St. Joseph road, and has been in their employ ever since, running between Brookfield and Kansas City. Mr. Waugh was married December 24, 1864, to Miss Hettie Bender of Canton, Ohio. They have three children, all born at Fort Wayne. Their names are Charles Robinson? born August 29, 1865; Alice May, November 20, 1869; and Emma Jane, October 4, 1872. He is a member of the Fort Wayne Lodge No. 19, A. F. & A. M., in Indiana.

Simeon Wilson

This gentleman is one of the "old timers" of Brookfield township. He was born in Essex county, New York, May 2_j 1814, and is a son of Peter and Mary (Turk) Wilson. Mr. Wilson received only a common school education, and before coming of age he learned the trade of carpenter, which occupation he has followed more or less for over forty years. He has been twice married, first to Miss Catharine Smith of Greene count}^. New York, S^uly 6, 1836. She died December 5, 1848, leaving a family of four children, all living. January 2, 1850, he was again married to Miss Ellen Colby. She is a native of Canada. They came to this county in 1863. They own a farm of one hundred and sixty acres. Mr. Wilson was elected justice of the peace two terms.