Linn County, Missouri - Chapter with an unread heading (no. 28 of those read), 1882 (part 1 of 2)

After The Great Civil War

The White Wiiiffed Angel Spreads Her Mantle of Peace - Neto Life and a General Upward and Onward Tendenci/ - Incorporation - First Board of Trustees - The First Newspaper - Prairie Fires - Brass Band and a Base Ball Club, Which Shows an Advance State of Civilization Combining With Culture and Refinement - Some More Accidents, and How the Vote Stood for Grant and the '' Smiler" - Education - The Measles, Coal, and a New Addition - Items of Interest, Including the Park, Railroad Subscription, Engine-house and Citg Hall, and the Great Fire of 1872 - Numerous Incidents. Accidents, and a Closing of the Citg History - Biographies.

Upon the close of the civil war not more than a dozen or fifteen houses stood in Brookfield, and not more than that number of families dwelt in the place. But immediately upon the restoration of peace a new tide of prosperity set in toward the place and continued to flow until it carried it on to fortune. Immigrants came in by troops. Property of all kinds advanced largely in value, and real estate, building lots, for both business and resident purposes, rapidly appreciated.

On the tenth of October, 1865, the town was incorporated by the County Court as " the town or village of Brookfield." Mr. T. Snow, E. J. Crandall, John T. Everson, James Tooey, and Plenry Shook, were appointed the first board of trustees. The proceedings of the first board of trustees cannot be found, but it is known that those officials did good service for the town in shaping its destiny and starting it fairly and properly in the race for prosperity, success, and good fortune. The establishment of streets, alleys, and parks; the enactment of a code of well-considered ordinances for the establishment, preservation, and maintenance of peace and order; the enlargement of the boundaries of tlie town; the taking in of additions, were some of the duties performed by the board of trustees up to 1873.

April 23, 1867, the first number of the first newspaper in Brookfield, the BrooTifield Gazette, was issued. It was a neat, well-printed paper of four pages, containing seven columns to the ])age, and all printed at home. Moore & Buffington were its editors and publishers. The paper was well patronized by the merchants and other business men of the place, and contained a liberal supply of advertisements. It was Republican, but gave up but little of its space to the discussion of politics. The construction through Brookfield of the '' Chicago, Sedalia & Fort Scott Railroad," an enterprise much considered at that time, was strongly advocated.

posed from fire, by reason of the sparks and cinders from the railroad shops, abundance of dry prairie grass that ran up to, and in many cases around the houses of the town, as well as the ordinary perils to which towns are subject, induced a meetino^ to be held at Strawbridge Hall, a capacious room still standing on Main Street, to consider the subject of organizing a fire department. It was considered important that something should be done, and the matter was referred to the town trustees.

By the first of June the aesthetic nature of the town had become so well developed that a brass band was deemed an imperative necessit}'. Accordingly, on that date, the Brookfield brass band was organized. A company was gotten up, of which J. L. Faldi was president, who afterwards became the leader. The citizens helped the organization very materially and looked upon it with much favor.

The twenty-fourth day of July, 1867, is a red letter day in the calendar of Brookfield. For some time previously a base ball club had been organized in the place and had been in training. This club was called the "Actives." On the day mentioned there was a grand base ball tournament at St. Joseph for the championship of north Missouri and a silver mounted bat. The "Actives" were present and won the prize over all competitors, defeating the self-styled "champion " clubs of St. Joseph and Chillicothe very easily. News of the victory were telegraphed to Brookfield, and on their arrival at home the boys found a large crowd of citizens waiting to receive them. Speeches of welcome and congratulation were made, and a handsome silk flag presented to the club. The St, Joseph club was not satisfied with the result, and on the twentieth of August following came all the way to Brookfield to play the game over. The " Actives " again won.

On the twenty-fourth of March an eleven-year-old daughter of Thomas Filan was drowned in Elk Creek, a short distance above the mill. The child was crossing the stream on a log, in conipany with a younger companion, who lost her footing and fell into the stream, then of considerable deptli. Mr. Filan's daughter sprang in the water and succeeded in getting her companion to shore in safety, but being exhausted by lier efforts, was herself unable to get out, and was borne down by the stream and drowned. The other little girl could not, from fright and exhaustion, give the alarm for some time, or the unfortunate little heroine might have been saved. The stream being small, the body was recovered with but little difficulty.

On the fifth of August Gens, U. S. Grant and W. T, Sherman visited Brookfield, took dinner at the Railroad Hotel, and shook hands with a large number of the citizens. They were passing through to the west over the Hannibal & St. Joseph, on a tour of observation to the military posts in Kansas and elsewhere.

About the fifteenth of August, George W. Crane, a young man whose home was in >*ew York, but who had been in the employ of W. T. Snow, Esq., was drowned in Yellow Creek, about half a mile above the railroad bridge, despite the efforts of his comrades to rescue him.

On the twenty-third of September, the first exposition of the North Missouri Agricultural and Mechanical Association, an organization which had been effected the previous spring, was held at Brookfield, and considered a success. Hon. John B, Henderson, then United States Senator from this State, delivered the address on the occasion, . .

At tlie November election, 1868, the vote for President and Vice-Presi- of the United States, at the Brookfield precinct, resulted as follows:

It will be seen that the Republicans were largel}'^ in the majority in this precinct at that time; but it must be borne in mind that at that day a great many voters were disfranchised by Article 3 of the Drake Constitution, which went into operation in M'ssouri in 1865, and which prevented from voting any one that had had any sympathy for the Confederate cause during the civil war.

On the thirty-first of August, the first term of the public school after its reorganization was begun. It continued three months, closing about the first of December. The school opened under charge of Prof. E. W. Fish, -who had three assistants, Misses Deane, Pettijohn, and Staats. Upon the opening of school the teachers made a report, showing the number of pupils binder their charge; viz..

In the first of the year a court of common pleas was established at Brookfield, and about the first of February Hon. W. H. Brownlee, who had been appointed judge thereof, held the first term of the court.

his coat, containing $300, the garment being consumed in the lire. On the twentieth, Frank Godfrey, a brakeman of Brookfield, was killed while on his train, at Eureka bridge.

About the first of April, a train was wrecked two miles east of town, the engineer having his leg badly crushed. On the twenty-ninth, the school board resolved to issue $20,000 in bonds, for the erection of a new schoolhouse.

June fifth, the famous Park injunction case was brought, restraining the authorities from exposing the grounds for sale. During a thunder-storm on the twelfth, lightning struck two residences in the south part of town, those of -Dr. Wood and William Matthews. The wife of the latter was severely injured.

About the fourth of July, work was begun on the Presbyterian church, and not long after the Methodist Episcopal church was commenced. In the latter part of August, the railroad company built the present coal-shed, and made other additions to the shops.

September eighteenth, the fair of 1869 was held. It was a success. Among the attractions was a balloon ascension. Hon. N. J. Coleman, of St. Louis, delivered an address.

February twelfth, the provision store of Miller & DeGraw was burned, and on the same date, Dr. Bethelheim, a prominent citizen, died. On the twenty-sixth, the Young Men's Christian Association was organized.

March fifth, the Universalists bought a lot and made preparations to build a church. On the nineteenth, Dewey & Lane's grain warehouse burned, and a week later the house of Mr. Swartwout was also consumed.

On the second of April the measles were so prevalent in the town that nearly every family had a member prostrated by the malady. The public school was closed for two weeks. On the sixteenth, the Brookfield Coal Company, -which had been prospecting for coal for some time, struck a thirty-inch vein at the depth of 150 feet. On the twenty-third, A. C. Clarke purchased eighty acres of the " Helm tract," and began to lay out his addition.

Considerable improvement was made in Brookfield this year. A great deal of building was done, and by the first of June forty-two new buildings, costing $25,000, had been erected.

On the twenty-eighth a lot of waifs and gamins from New Tork City were put off at Brookfield by a Mr. Brace, an agent of a New York philanthropic society, and found homes among the charitable people ot the town and township.

On the thirtieth of July work was begun on the Universalist church building. The structure was completed September third. On the fifth of November the Universalist State Convention of Missouri was held here.

The public school building was completed December fifteenth. Its entire cost was $18,000. The building, still standing, is of brick, forty-four by sixty feet in size, with a wing thirty-two feet square. There are six rooms, each twentv-seven by sixty feet, havinc: a seatintj caoacity in the afr<'"reo-ate of 500 pupils. The master builder in charge of the carpenter work was W. 11. Leake; and the tinware, J. C. Post. Abell & Best did the painting, graining, and glazing. The furnishing of the building cost about $1,000. The board of directors at the time the house was built was composed of W. T. Snow, president; Rev. J. P. Finley, secretary; T, D. Price, treasurer; J. F. Roberts, O. H. Wood, James Tooey, and William French, members.

Mukdek Of J. W. Cotter

On the eighteenth of December, 1870, a number of men were in Brown's saloon, drinking and discussing the Franco-Prussian war, then about ended. One of the men was J. W. Cotter, an Irishman who had lived in this country about three years. In the discussion Cotter espoused the cause of France, alleging that the French soldiers had proven themselves to be braver than the Germans, and that the latter had only been successful because of the superiority of their generals. This was resented by others of the crowd - Germans - and, all being more or less intoxicated, an attack was made on Cotter by William Kreigher, John and Henry Brown, and Jacob Yeager. Cotter was so badly cut and beaten by the infuriated Teutons that he died a week later. The parties named were arrested and examined. William Kreigher was held without bail. The others were bound over in bonds of §1,000 each. Kreigher afterwards escaped and the others were never tried.

In the spring of this year tlicre were quite lively times under the ^'hog ordinance," an ordinance forbidding hogs to run at large. Many animals were taken up and impounded to the great dissatisfaction of their owners.

May twenty-seventh Tooey's tobacco warehouse burned. Nearly $8,000 worth of tobacco belonging to Towner t^: Co. was lost in the conflagration.

In the month of September the Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the lower court that the park was public property taken and held by the town of Brookfield as trustee, and therefore it could not be vacated or diverted from the original intent of the grantor.

Salem, Brookfield & Northern Railway

In the fall of this year an election was held to vote on the question of the township's issuing $100,000 in bonds in aid of the "Salem, Brookfield & Northern Railway," a projected railroad to run from Salem, in Dent county, via Brookfield to Keokuk, Iowa. The election resulted in a large majority in favor of issuing the bonds. Two kinds of tickets were printed and circulated; viz.,

For The Railroad Subscription Against The Railroad Subscription

April 23, 1872, the town council ordered an injunction issued restraining the County Court from issuing the remainder of the bonds on the ground of fraud in their subscription, but this suit was withdrawn May ninth following and the order rescinded. The vote on withdrawing this suit stood: Ayes - Dunlap, Carey, Lewis, and Gilson. Nays - Lane.

Afterward $10,000 of the money already raised on the bonds was transferred to another corporation, the "Kansas City, Brookfield & Chicago Railroad," and this sum together with $3,000 accrued interest, and other interest in addition, still stands against the township.

February 15, 1873, an election was held to transfer $63,000 in the bonds voted to the Salem road to the Kansas City <Si Keokuk road, but the proposition was voted down.

Tiik Engine-House And City Hall Scheme

At the session of the town board, October 21, 1871, an ordinance was passed to borrow $30,000 on the credit of the city for the purpose of constructing an engine-house and hall "for the use and improvement of the town," the purcliase of a fire-engine, hose-cart, hose, hook and ladder, etc.,. and to construct not less than four large cisterns for the supply of the town with water for extinguishing fires. Lots one and two in block one, A. C. Clark's addition, were purchased from that gentleman for the sum of $800 as a site for building the contemplated town hall."

Upon learning of the extraordinary action of the town council, the citizens became greatly excited and indignant. The town was in its infancy as it were, with no very large amount of taxable property, and with its proportion of a large railroad indebtedness impending, and the reckless and seemingly profligate conduct of their town legislature in voting upon them a very heavy burden for the mere purpose of putting on airs and aping the government at large and opulent cities, was not to be borne. An indignation meeting was held, at which speeches were made and resolutions adopted condemning the action of the town trustees in the severest terras.

An injunction suit restraining the board from proceeding any furtlier was brought, and May 11, 1872, this suit was dismissed upon the passage of an ordinance by the council repealing the former ordinance. The vote on the repeal of the ordinance stood: For - Dunlap, Carey, Lewis, and Gilson. Agc'inst - Lane. There are, however, many persons who think that, in view of subse(|uent developments, it would have been cheaper for the town had the appropriation been expended for the purpose declared, as the town would then have had a fire department which would have been of service at the various fires which have visited the place.

At the close of the year 1871, it was computed that buildings and improvements had been made since the previous first of January to the amount of $108,850.

The Great fire of January, 1872 - About ten o'clock p. :m., a fire broke out in Tooey & Salisbury's store, on Main Street, and before it was checked did great damage to the business interests of Brookfield. The principal losers were Tooey & Salisburj^ who lost their brick building containing their stock of dry goods, etc., and a frame wool-warelibnse; A. Turner, brick building; Turner tfe Smith, stock of general hardware; John Bolton, "Vermont House"; J. C. Post, building and stock of stoves and tinware; F. Lehman, building, furniture, cloth- ing, and shoe-shop; Clarkson & Moore, grocery stock; "W. D. Crandall, Gazette ofBce; Halloway, saloon; Dr. Wilcox, dental rooms. Many others lost goods and had their buildings damaged. The total loss was about $65,000, on which there was an insurance of probably $35,000.

The Gazette newspaper office was destroyed, as stated, involving a loss of some $3,500; insurance, $2,000. The paper, however, never missed an issue. Mr. Crandall had just received new type, which was saved. The paper came out on its regular publication day, only a four-column sheet, however, printed on a job-press, February twenty second following, the paper appeared at its full and regular size.

Fortunately the lire occurred on a calm still night, or doubtless, all the the buildings on Main Street would have burned. As it was every store on the street was emptied of its contents, which were deposited in various parts of town, in anticipation of a general conflagration. The citizens worked hard, and assisted by the hose from the railroad shops, which did excellent work, succeeded in subduing the flames before they had done irreparable damage. The next few weeks and months were devoted to re-building, and in a short time, comparatively, everj'thing was replaced.

April twenty-eighth. Rev. Thaddeus Brogan was drowned in Benton township. The news was received with great sorrow in Brookfield where Father Brogan belonged. (See history of Benton township.) The body was buried here, there being a large and imposing funeral.

On the first of May quite a severe wind-storm visited the place. The roof of the Clarke House - which building was then in process of construction - was blown oft"; loss, $1,000. In June the building was completed, having cost about $30,000. It still stands and covers an area of eighty by seventy-six feet. About the same time Clarke's building was finished. Turner <fc Strawbridge completed their building on Main Street at a cost of nearly $25,000.

A severe wind-storm visited the town on the twelfth of August. The Clarke House was unroofed, the barn demolished and a dwelling-house struck by lightning and badly burned. Many fences and out-buildings were prostrated, and a section of sidewalk, sixty feet in length was blown a distance of eight yards.

Tlie case of Jennie Finley - On the twenty-eighth of September, 1863, the steamer Rohert Ca7nj)hell was burned on the Mississippi, near Milliken's Bend, Louisiana. A number of lives were lost, as the boat was corwded with citizens and soldiers. Among the saved was a little fouryear-old girl, that a soldier caught and swam ashore with. She could not tell her name, and all efforts to establish her identity at the time failed. The soldier gave the little waif to a Major Robinson, who carried her to

Ohio, where the Rev, J. P. Finley, now a citizen of Brookfield, obtained her and adopted her as a child of his own. Four years after the burning of the boat, a Mrs. Oooley, of New Orleans, visited Mr. Finley's family at Palmyra, Missouri, to sec the adopted child that she fondly thought might be her own. The lady's statement was to the effect that she was one ot four ladies who were on the ill-fated steamer when it burned, and that she lost a child, a little girl, about the age of little Jennie. Examining the child closely, Mrs. Cooley became satisfied that she was not hers.

On the third of October, 1S03, the same lady made her appearance in Brookfield, accompanied by, a prominent attorney of St. Louis, Colonel Nathaniel C. Claiborne, and claimed that she was satisfied that Jennie Finley was her daughter, and that she had come to take her away. Mr. Finley told the lady in reply that he should contend for the possession of the girl, now about thirteen years of age, and dear to him as if she were his own flesh and blood; that he could not and did not believe the child to be hers, or else she would have established her claim on her former visit when Jennie was much younger and more easily identified.

By agreement of Mr. and Mrs. Finley and the lady and Colonel Claiborne the matter was referred to a committee of three, E. C. Brott, John M. Rynex, and T. D. Price, who, after hearing all the evidence and listening to the arguments, decided against Mrs. Terry. That lady was not satisfied with the decision, and announced that she would carry the case into the courts, but she did not. Miss Jennie yet lives with her adopted parents in Brookfield. She has grown to womanhood, and has become a handsome, accomplished, and most amiable, young lady.

Killing of George IF. Lackey - On the fourteenth of December, 1872, Durell D. (rilson shot and almost instantly killed George W. Lackey, in front of the post-office in Brookfield. Lackey and Gilson had quarreled previoush'. and Lackey, a much stronger man physicalh'^ than Gilson, had threatened to whip the latter. Lackey was about forty-one years of age, and had a wife and three children. He was a blacksmith. Gilson was only about twenty-two years old. He had a wife, who was lying very ill at the time. The two men met near the post-office, on the day named, and the quarrel was immediately renewed. Gilson had heard of Lackey's threat, and had announced that "If he (Lackey) tries that, somebody will get killed, and it won't be me." Both men were addicted to drinking, and are said to have been intoxicated at the time. Lackey had followed Gilson some steps, the latter warning him to "stand back." At last Lackey said stretched out his arms toward Mr. Charles Green, who was standing in the door of the post-office, and said in piteous tones, "Oh! Charley, I 'm shot!" - and then fell dead on the post-office door-step. Gilson was indicted for murder in the second degree, by a special grand jury. After a time he was put on bail. Finally, in June, 1875, he was tried and acquitted. After the tragedy, the citizens of -Brookfield, to the number of some hundreds, believing, as they said, the affair to be the outgrowth of " free whisky," petitioned the County Court not to grant any more dram-shop licenses for the town.

The fire of 187^- -Mrs. '-'IfcCartneifsfire^' - On the second day of February, 1873, just after midnight, a fire broke out in the millinery store of Mrs. S. J. Simpson, in the building known as the McCartney building, and burned half a block. The losses were: Keenan Brothers, building and stock, $5,000; L. T. Ross, building and stock, $4,500, and household goods, $600; John McCartney, building, $1,500; L. S. Denj'es, building, $2,500, and household goods, $400; Denyes & Gould, loss on stock of drj' goods,. $3,000. From certain suspicious circumstances a strong belief was entertained that Mrs. Simpson was the incendiary. She was arrested, waived a preliminary examination, and was admitted to bail. She was afterwards indicted for arson, tried, and acquitted.

March nineteenth, Joseph Proctor, an engineer, and Frank Dye, a brakeman, were killed in a collision near St. Josepth. Both were of Brookfield, where Proctor was buried. Dye's body was taken to Carthage, Illinois.

May first the public schools were closed for want of funds. On the same date the Clarke House was opened by a grand banquet and ball. Smith & Clarke was the first proprietors.

In the month of September the Palmyra Presbytery and the Teachers' Institute met in Brookfield, and the Episcopal Mission was established. Rev. Talbot was appointed to conduct the latter.

February fifteentli, at about two o'clock in the morning (Sunday) another fire broke out on Main Street. Mrs. Seaver, milliner, lost her building and goods to the amount of $1,400. Enoch Needles lost a $200 building, and other property to the amount of perhaps $1,000 was either destroyed or damaged.

Tioo sad accideiits - On the seventeenth of April Charley Hoyle, a boy aged fourteen, a printer employed in the Nexo Era office, and a son of Edward Hoyle, accidentally shot himself with a revolver. He lived about one week. The next night after young Hoj'le was shot William II. Grain, a switchman, was rnn over by two engines while on duty and instantly killed. lie was twenty-ei<^ht 3'ears of age and left a wife and child.

April twenty-tirst the taxbooks of the city were stolen. The New Era charged ex Marshal Danlton with the theft. Daulton sued the editors for libel.

About the first of June the body of J. S. Harris, (known as " Count '^ Harris,) formerly railroad agent and yardmaster at Brooktield, and well known throughout the county, was found in the Platte River, in the western part of the State, by a little negro girl. Harris had mysteriously disappeared about four months previously, and one thousand dollars reward was offered by his friends for his restoration or the recovery of his body. It seemed that Harris - always a peculiar man - had become deranged, wandered off", and W9,lked into the stream where he was found. The body was taken to Quincy for burial. The reward was paid to the little negro girl by a Mr. Allen.

In October two prominent citizens died - Robinson Tooey on the sixth and AVilliam H. Leake on the twenty-tifth. In the same month the Universalist State Convention was held. Revs. Pullman, of New York, and Hanson, of Chicago, were present and delivered addresses.

December third John Hainsworth, a citizen of the place and a railroad -brakeman, was killed by the cars at Hamburg, Iowa. The body was brought to Brookiield and buried by the Masons. Hainsworth was twentyfour years of age. December seventh, Miss Sallie Lee, a well known maiden lady, died, aged sixtj' years.

On the fourth of March Israel P. Sturtevant was chopping wood in the timber, near town, when a tree which he had fallen rebounded and struck him on the head, injuring him fatally. He was brought home and died the same night.

In April the original trust deeds on the property sold on Rose Hill and in Helm's addition were closed by the Helm trustees. Parties were allowed to buy in their property at eighty dollars per acre. All vacant lots reverted to the Helm estate.

In the spring of 1875 the spelling-match mania invaded Brookfield. Numerous contests were had. Mrs. Parker, Mrs. Meade, W. D. Crandall,and Mrs. Remington won prizes at diff'erent matches.

For some time an amateur dramatic club existed in the place, under the management of " Professor" Lou Allen. The representations given by the club gave very oreneral satisfaction.

A severe wind and hail-storm visited the town June seventeenth. One or two buildings were moved froni their foundations. One hailstone was found which measured nine inches in circumference.

One of the most prominent features of the fair in October, 1875, was the *' baby show." Mrs. O. A. Matteson's baby, Frances, took first premium for girl baby under one year old, $5; Abe Marks's boy, Edwin Claude, took first premium for finest boy baby under one year old, $5; Mrs. Lou Phillips's little Lillia took a $20 carriage as the finest and jirettiest baby under two years old.

During the year 1875 there was marketed at I^rookfield $176,210 worth of produce, as follows: Corn, $12,550; hogs, $48,100; cattle, $33,150; coal, by the Brookfield Coal Company, 592 car loads, valued at $15,000. The Advance boot and shoe factory made 210 cases of boots, worth $10,000.

The fourth of July of this, the Centennial, year was observed at Brookfield by a grand celebration, princij)ally under the auspices of the Odd Fellows, and the affair was counted a success. Maj. A. W. Mullins delivered the principal oration, Mr. Dilley, of Caldwell county, made an address on Oddfellowship, in the afternoon. Music was furnished by Hutchins's band, and at night there was a display of fire-works, and a reunion at the hall.

The Tornado of 1S7G - At about five p. m., September 5, 1876, the "tor-, nado of '76" struck Brookfield. A heavy cloud first came from the northwest and was met by a violent storm from the southwest. There ensued a most terrible and destructive war of the elements. In Brookfield, the barn of A. K. Lane, valued at $1,000, was demolished. The Methodist Episcopal church building was blown down and completely wrecked; the organ, pulpit, and sofa were saved, a portion of the roof falling so as to cover them. Total loss to the church, $2,500. The colored school building was blown down, loss, $1,200. Mr. Tharp's house in the southern part of town was prostrated, and Mr. Tharp severely injured. The walls of Bowden's new brick building, which were up to the second story, were blown in. In all parts of town, chimneys, trees, and out-buildings were blown over.

Two miles east of town, Nephi Lord's house went to pieces. E. J. Scott's house was demolished, and Mr. Scott and his father-in-law were injured. W. T. Hunter's house was destroyed, and Mr. Hunter had his arm broken. Peyton Haines's house was wrecked, and Mrs. Haines was hurt. John Moore's house went down. The coal-works were dismantled. Many barns were unroofed, and smaller buildings scattered. E. E. Lee's fine orchard was ruined.

Southwest of Brookfield cornfields and orchards were leveled. The same storm was generally destructive throughout the southern portion of the county.

This being Presidential year, considerable interest was taken in the campaig:n by the Republican and Democratic partisans. Tilden and Hendricks and Hayes and Wheeler clnbs were organized and paraded on different occasions. At the November election the vote stood in Brook field, Hayes, 34:7; Tilden, 264.

On the second of November there was a railroad accident at Yellow Creek bridge, east of town. Fonr coaches of the early morning west-bound train were thrown from the track at the coal-mine side-track by the derangement of the switch. Many passengers were injured, but none seriouslv. The wounded were brought to Brookfield and cared for.

December twenty-first, the remarkfvble meteor known as '' the Fort Scott meteor," passed over Brookfield, creating some consternation and a great deal of wonder. One old darkey servant woman ran into the house and exclaimed, Lord 'a Massa; de mooji^s histedf "

About the first of March there appeared the first number of the J^i^eeraan^s Journal., a monthly journal of forty columns, owned, edited, and printed by negroes. W. H. Stanton was the editor.

March ninteenth, A. P. Green, an engineer, whose home was here was killed by going through a burning bridge near Kidder, on the Hannibal & St. Joseph road in Caldwell county. Two other Brookfield men, Edward Tanner and Levi Rickett, were seriouslj' injured at the same time.

July twenty-fifth the new Methodist Episcopal church building, taking the place of the one destroyed in the storm of the previous September, was completed. It is still standing; is thirty-eight by sixty feet in size and cost 11,800. It was dedicated August fifth, by Rev. C. C. McCabe of Chicago.

In the time of the great strike of July, 1877, the railroad men and citizens held a meeting in the hall. Hon. A. W. Myers made a speech. Committees from the conductors, firemen, and track men sent messages to the officers of the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad, asking for justice, and fair pay for fair work. There was no disorder in Brookfield, but at St. Catharine the aijent was ordered by the road not to receive any freight for some days. In August and September Superintendent Simmons discharged a number of Brookfield men implicated in the strike.

October twenty-eighth the house of "Crazy" Neal (colored) in the south part of town caught fire and burned. A little negro child perished in the flames.

March sixth the dead body of AViley Flonnioy, a CDlored boy, was found in a ravine, half a mile south of the coal shaft, near Yellow Creek. The boy had gone hunting in the month of December previous, and had been missing since that time, It was supposed that he had been overcome by the cold, and had frozen to death. His gun lay by his side.

April twenty-first the Blossom House, the telegraph office, the railroad depot, and offices, platform, ice-house, etc., caught lire, as supposed from sparks from an engine, and were burned. The Central Hotel and buildings adjoining were on fire several times. The railroad company owned the Blossom House, but Mr. G. N. Blossom was the nominal proprietor and landlord. His loss was $1,400; that of the railroad company, $5,000. The raih-oad building containing the offices was rebuilt in the winter of 1882.

May first, Ascension Day, was duly observed by the Knights Templar of this place. Delegations were present from other commanderies at Macon^ Hannibal, Moberly, Quincy, Chilicothe, and Hamilton.

There was a big celebration of Independence Day this year. Hon. Samuel H. Owens of California, was the orator of the day. Addresses were also made by Hon. John Walker, State Audior and Hon. D. H. Mclntire, Attorney-general.

The Presidential campaign of this year received full attention in Brookfield. The Pepublicans had Garfield and Arthur clubs and the Democrats clubs for Hancock and English.

November twenty-ninth, a row occurred in Ilenry Brown's saloon between two men named Stuart Marsh and Fred Wayne. Both men were intoxicated, and quarreled over a game of billiards. Marsh shot Wayne in the body, inflicting a severe, but not fatal wound. He was arrested on a charge of assault with intent to kill.

At the I^ovember election the vote for the removal of the county seat from Linneus to Brookfield stood in Linn county as follows: For removal, 1,369; against removal, 2,389; majority against, 1,020. Of the votes given for removal, 557 were polled in Brookfield township. The question of removing the county seat to Brookfield was agitated as early as in June, 1870, and voted upon. It took definite shape again June 2, 1879, when a petition was presented to the County Court by Hon. W. H. Brownlee, and others, asking for action leading to tlie removal. This petition was filed and indefinitely postponed. In August, 1880, the citizens met in Straw- bridge Hall and took action to propose to build the court-honse free of expense to the peoi)le of the county at large if the capital were removed. Committees were appointed, among which was one composed of attorneys Huston and Lander to report as to the legality of this offer - whether or not it was in the nature of a bribe. The election resulted adversely, however, as stated.

The Bra.sh Creek hidge disifster - On the first day of March occurred the dreadful railroad disaster at Brush Creek bridge, in the western part of Macon county, occasioning the death of some of the best citizens of Brook- The particulars can best be given by accounts printed at the time. The Brookfield correspondent of the Linneus Bulletin^ writing the day of the accident, gave the following account:

" Brookfield, Missouri, March 1, 1881. Dear Bulletin - Today is all excitement. The passenger train from the east, due this morning at 3 a. m., was wrecked near Bevier, east of here. A dispatch was sent here for physicians, and a special with Drs. Wood, Rear and Waters, and some fifteen or twenty men, started for the scene of disaster. On their rapid trip of mercy and duty, at a little creek below Lingo - Brush Creek - they were thrown from the track and buried in the shattered and broken mass at the bottom of this creek. Dr. Wood was injured fatally and is now dead. Dr. Rear is badly injured, but yet alive. Dr. Waters, who was on the engine, escaped unhurt. W. S. Hallett, one of the bridge men, was instantly killed. Also, Arthur Jury, of Bucklin; also, one brakeman, and two men whose names we have not heard, are dead. Mr. Noland, the roadmaster, is seriously injured and not expected to live. Harry Carter, leg broken; J. B. Connors, mashed up badly and has since died; James Cloud, arm and leg broken; and many others who have thus far arrived, are torn and bleeding with numerous cuts and wounds. All of the dead and wounded have not at this writing arrived. At least six are dead and ten or fifteen injured in various ways and degrees, the result of which is at present uncertain, as most of the doctors left, and those unhurt have been conveyed to the place of this double disaster, and are now on the scene caring for the injured, dying, and dead. This sad and sickening catastrophe has cast a gloomy cloud over our happy city, and the wail of broken-hearted brothers, sisters, mothers, and fathers, takes the place of shouts of laughter and joy that twelve hours ago characterized these griefstricken people.

" The causes of these accidents are at present conjectural. x\ broken rail is reported to have been the cause of the passenger train, and the special was thrown by some part of the wrecking machinery dragging on the track and catching on some part of the bridge."

"As this morning's west-bound passenger train was nearing the Wardell mine, one-half mile east of Bevier, from some cause at this hour unknown, the engine, baggage cars, and four coaches (the whole train except the sleeper) left the track and tumbled precipitately into the ditch.

"The train was running at full speed, and the wreck was a frightful one for train men and passengers to undergo, and it is a marvel that none were killed outright. * * *

The officials' here on being notified of the disaster, at once issued orders for the wrecking train to be got out, and also sent to all the physicians and gathered as many volunteer workers as possible, and a little after five o'clock the wrecking train was under way, with quite a force of bridge and section men, and Dr. O. H. Wood and Dr. Rear, to the relief of the sufferers, and to clear away the wreck.

" Just as the wrecking train reached the Howe truss bridge over Brush Creek, three miles this side (west) of New Cambria, a broken rail, over which the engine passed safely, threw the Hat ears off and striking the bridge, they broke its timbers away, and down went the bridge and the cars tumbled into the wreck with a fearful crash, the engine being safe on the other side.

The scene that followed beggars description. Almost every one of the inmates of the caboose were stunned and more or less injured. Those not so badly hurt, set to work to help the others, some of whom were found wholly or partly buried under the debris of the train and fallen timbers of the bridge. One was found quite dead, others apparently so, and some seriously, and some severely wounded. The wounded were taken up as tenderly as possible and put on the engine and taken up to New Cambria, and thence the news of this second and far more serious disaster was telegraphed to the officials here. The alarm was at once given and an extra ordered out, and such doctors and volunteer help as could be secured, accompanied by some of the friends of those injured, boarded the train and started for the scene of the later wreck. * * *

As may well be imagined this heartrending occurrence produced a general feeling of gloom, and people abandoned their homes and business, to inquire and to relate the latest intelligence. Business houses closed all along Main Street, and everything took on a funeral appearance, for the larger part of the injured and nearly all of the dead are of our own citizens, and their homes are now in mourning. And to express the sorrow and desolation thus brought to homes and hearts in Brookfield would be utterly impossible. To witness it strikes one dumb.

Business Summary

On the fifth of July the mayor reported the assessed valuation of property in the city to be $400,000; the expenses for the ensuing year were estimated at $2,000.

Death of President Garfield - Upon the reception of the news of the death of President Garfield, the bells of Brookfield tolled and the city wore the weeds of mourning. The acting mayor, AV". D. Crandall. convened the board of aldermen in special session, and the following is an abstract of the record of their proceedings:

Whereas, In his inscrutable wisdom it has pleased Divine Providence to permit an assassin to strike down unto death Ilis Excellency James A. Garfield, President of the United States, at the beginning of an administration that gave promise of as great good to the American people as that of any other President in the history of our Eepublic, thereby bringing grief and mourning upon an entire nation; therefore, be it

Resolved, That the board of aldermen of the city of Brookfield, for themselves and for the people they represent, do express their unfeigned grief and sorrow at this great calamity to the entire American people, and -do express their heartfelt sympathy for the sorrowing family of the deceased President. And further be it

Besolved, That these resolutions be entered upon a memorial page in the records of the city, and that a copy thereof be furnished to the city papers for publication.

In accordance with the proclamation of the Governor of Missouri and the Governors of other States, as well as in sympathy with the universal feeling of sorrow occasioned by the death of the President of the United States, I request tkat on Monday, the twenty-sixth day of September, 1881, between the hours of one and four o'clock p. m. of said day, all business be suspended, and our people, in appropriate manner, express their grief at this national calamity, and remember that during said hours our assassinated Chief Executive is being laid in his last resting-place. A memorial meeting will be held at two o'clock at Strawbridge Hall, and all are requested to attend.

It hardly needed the proclamation of the maj'or to call the citizens from their business to express their deep sorrow at the national calamity. All business was closed and Strawbridge Hall was densely packed by the citizens to take part in the last sad- rites of a martyred President. The pulse of the nation beat in unison with the sorrowing hearts of the late President's household, and the people of Brookfield bowed at the shrine of the country's woe.

1870 - Elected April 5. Trustees, James Tooey, George W. Adams, J. F. Roberts, L. K. Myers, and L. Norton, Jr., chairman; marshal, AY. S. Hallett (until Jul}', when he resigned and J. W. Walters was appointed); treasurer, T. D. Price; attorney, A. AY. Meyers; auditor, G. W. Adams; health officer, J. F. Roberts.

1871 - Elected April 8. Trustees, A. K. Lane, B. F. Carey, W. D. Hicks, Gilbert Burnham, and li. L. Dunlap, chairman; clerk and auditor, W. D. Hicks; treasurer, AV. T. Snow; marshal, F. McGinness; attorney, C. D. Pratt.

1873 - Elected April 9. Trustees, D. C. Strawbridge, John H. Brown, L. A. Howard, H. Jones, and A. C. Clarke, chairman; clerk and auditor, D. C. Strawbridge; marshal, AVilliam G. Dalton; treasurer, John Gould; attorney, Charles D. Pratt; health officer. Dr. Cooper.

1875 - Elected April 6. Trustees, N. J. Pettijohn, John Riggs, H. Jones, James Gilson, and D. C. Strawbridge, chairman; clerk, Edward Hoyle; treasurer, John Riggs to January, 1876; L. S. Bowden remainder of term; attorney, C. D. Pratt to Nov-ember; H. Lithgow remainder of term; health officer, N. J. Pettijohn; marshal, B. F. Carey, removed twice in January, 1876: James E. Ford appointed after last removal; Carey short >n his account at the April meeting, $175.

1876 - Elected April 5. Trustees, John Ford, L. A. Howard, Thomas- A. Miller, George Brown, and William H. Brownlee, chairman; clerk, John Ford; treasurer, Thomas A. Miller; marshal, Alfred L. Grain; assessor, Edward llojle; health officer, J. T. Roberts; attorney, S. P. Huston.

1878 - Elected April 2. Trustees, L. T. Ross, A. D. Scott, F. M. Allen, George Brown, and Hamilton DeGraw, chairman; clerk, L. T. Ross; treasurer and collector, A. D. Scott; attorney, H. Lithgow; marshal and street commissioner, William Kirk.

1880 - Election lirst Tuesday in April. Mayor, D. C. Strawbridge; board of aldermen, first ward, W. D. Crandall, senior, C. H. Chamberlain; second ward, C. B. Simpson, George Ziehr; third ward, George W. Adams, George Brown; marshal, Fred Laedlein; attorney, M. M. Crandall; collector, Fred Laedlein; treasurer, Hamilton DeGraw; health officer, Dr. T, A. Bryan; street commissioner, Fred Laedlein; clerk, A. G. Torrance.

1881 - Election April 11. Mayor, D. C. Strawbridge; board of aldermen, first ward, W. D. Crandall, Sr., C. H. Chamberlain; second ward, C. B. Simpson, George Ziehr; third ward, George W. Adams, A. Questa; marshal, Fred Laedlein; attorney, M. M. Crandall; collector, Fred Laedlein; treasurer, Hamilton De Graw; health officer. Dr. T. A. Bryan; street commissioner, Fred Laedlein; clerk, A. G. Torrance.

Grace Episcopal Church

was organized in 1874, on August 14. They purchased a building at a cost of $1,500, and gave it a thorough repair, which added very materially to its cost, and it is novf one of the most beautiful churches of this denomination in north Missouri. The original members were John Bolton, senior warden; Joseph Gamble, junior warden; Mrs. John Bolton, Mrs. Joseph Gamble, Mr. and Mrs. George Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Yosburg, Mrs. Gibson, Miss Fannie Gibson, Mr. and Mrs. Huxtable, Mrs. Bishop, Miss Emma Brickell, Miss Ellen Brickell, Mrs. Fantam, Mr. and Mrs. DeGraw, Mrs. M. Graff, Mrs. Willis, and Miss Armstrong. The church now numbers forty-ive members. It was consecrated by Rt. Rev. Bishop Robertson, and its ministers have been Rev. Robert Talbott, and Rev. E. Talbott. There is a flourishing sabbath-school connected with the church, and the

First Congregational Church

Tliis church, probal)ly the largest and most influential church in Brookfield, was organized May 18, 1865, with the following original members, as far as learned: A. B. Campbell, Mrs. Abby Campbell, Charles H. Pratt, Mrs. Eebecca Stinehilver, and Miss Isabella Ross. The church edifice, the most costly in Brookfield, was erected in 1866, and on the twenty-eighth of October, of the same year, was dedicated by the Rev. Charles II. Pratt. This was the first church building erected in Brookfield, and this church, and the Catholic Church were the first religious organizations in the city. The churcli building cost $5,000, and there has also been added a handsome parsonage at a cost of $2,000. The church is entirely out of debt, the collections J^aying current expenses, and all the departments are in a thriving condition. The Rev. Charles H. Pratt, its first ijastor, and who worked faithfully toward building up the organization, continued its pastor for four years. He was succeeded by the following preachers, in the order named: Revs. C. C. Salter, Charles C. Harrah, five years; John Foster and Irwin L. Caton, one year each; I. C. Plumb, two years; and the present pastor, Rev. L. S. liam, who began his pastorate December 1, 1881. The present membership is one hundred and ten. In connection with the church, a society has been established called " Our Circle," which was organized by the Rev. Charles C. Ilarrah, April 6, 1872, with only a membership of twelve, which now numbers one hundred and thirty-eight. Its object is thus expressed:

" In order to promote good will, temperance, a pure society, a high estimate of character, and a true Christian culture among the young people of Brookfield and vicinity, we associate ourselves together under the name: Our Circle.

They also have what is called a " Bible School," which meets the third Sunday evening of each month. Prayer-meetings and the meetings of the dift'erent societies belonging to the church keep the members active, and place the church and all its surrounding charges in a flourishing condition.

First Presbyterian Church

The First Presbyterian Church of Brookfield, Missouri, was organized November 18, 1866. Those who were instrumental in placing this large and influential church upon its foundation, were A. AV. Myers, Lavinia H. Myers, Ephraim Banning, senior, Louisa C. Banning, William Donaldson, Jane Donaldson, Ira Johnson, Ellen A. Johnson, Otho Reams, Martha J. Day, and Samuel P. Huston.

of worship, and the same was completed the following year, November, 1875. It is a handsome brick edifice, of imposing appearance, and cost the sum of $4,500. It was dedicated the following summer by the Rev. J. Leio-hton. Its first pastor, and its present one, for he has continued all these years, is the llev. J. P. Finley, D. D., who, by his talents and earnest work has built up not only a house dedicated to the service of the Lord, but a monument unto himself. The church has a present membership of one hundred and twelve, and is in all things progressive.

Methodist Episcopal Ciiukch

The organization of this church was effected in the fall of 1865, at the residence of Mr. C. P. Hyatt, by the Rev. N. Shumate, who was at that time presiding elder of the Hannibal district, Missouri, and Arkansas Annual Conference. The original members present on the occasion, were C. P. Hyatt, Mary A. Hyatt, J. P. Hyatt, Ilattie A. Adams, M. C. Scott, M. E. Foster, and Mrs. Dr. Shook.

Their first place of worship .was erected in 1870, under the pastorate of the Rev. W. F. Clayton, and the edifice cost some $1,800. Unfortunately for the church, this building was destroyed by a tornado in 1876. This, although a severe loss, did not deter the congregation from at once taking steps to rebuild, and as the membership wns increasing, a larger and better church building was decided upon. The new edifice was completed the. following year, 1877, the church, being then under the pastorate of the Rev. George S. Stocking. Completed, the church cost $3,000; a good substantial frame, handsomely finished off, and is one of the most comfortable churches in the city. The first church was dedicated by the Rev. Benjamin St. James Fry, D. D., of St. Louis, in 1871, and the latter, or new church, by the Rev. C. C. McCabe, D. D., of Chicago, in 1877.

There is a present membership of one hundred and ten, and there is connected with the church a very successful Sunday-school with an enrolled membership of one hundred and seventy-three, the largest school in the

The Brookfield church lies within the bounds of the Missouri Conference, to which department it was attached by the act of the General Conference, which held its session in Chicago, Illinois, in May, 1868.

Uaptist Church Iiistuky Of I.Inx County

The Catliolic Church of Immaculate Conception was organized in 1860, and the church itself was built in 1861, at a cost of some $1,500. Of course the congregation was small for a number of years. The church was dedicated by the lit. Rev. Bishop Ilendrick, of St. Louis, in the winter of 1868, and those who officiated were the Rev. J. J. Hogan, Rev. R. Tucker, Rev. Thaddeus Brogan, Father Haley, Rev. Walter Drohan, Rev. Thomas. "VValsh, and the present earnest and efficient representative of the church, the Rev. Walter Tormly.

The original member's names are as follows: Michael McGowan, Thomas I>resenhan, Michael Gannon, William O'Neil, Michael McGrail, Patrick Tooey, Michael White, John McCormick, Michael McKenney, John Curtin, and James Tooey. The present membership is between six hundred and fifty and seven hundred, and as will be seen was the first church edifice and organization in Brookfield, the Congregational Church oeing next. The church building is a frame, and situated on the corner of Livingston and John streets. The church has grown steadily with the growth of the town and is a strong power for good in the city.

The first church was built by donation from the people of Brookfield and vicinity and from the men employed by the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad Company, which was building through the township that and the year previous to its organization. In 1866 an addition costing $1,000 was added to the church. The chui'ch is out of debt and in a flourishing condition.

The Baptist Colored Church of Brookfield Mas organized in 1866 by a number of earnest men and women, among whom were the folloM^ng well known colored citizens of Brookfield: David Wheeler, Calvin

Minerva Wheeler, Mrs. Mary Anderson, and Mrs. Mary Ann Wheeler. The church grew stronger from year to year, and in 1879 they succeeded in building a neat frame church, which cost $175. Their first pastor was Rev. Jordan Cox, followed by the Rev. Barton Hillman, he by Rev. Bluford Hillman, and the latter was succeeded by their present able pastor,. Rev, Jacob Dullin. The church is fiourishing with a membership of thirtyfive.

Good Templar

Good Templar Lodge No. 895 of Brookfield was instituted by R. P. Ellis, and the date of their charter, June 20, 1876. The names of the charter members were as follows: Mrs. J. P. Finley, Daniel Young, C. P. Hyatt, Rev. John Foster, Laura Crain, Minnie Corwin, Mrs. A. K. Lane, Maggie Palmer, C. S. Moore, Thomas Harrison, Mrs. Thomas Gary, Mrs. T. Harrison, Andrew Bailey, Alice Harrison, Kittie Myers, B. J. G. Bettelheim, Mrs. B. J. G. Bettelheim, Maggie Fagan, George N. Elliott, D. D. Gilson, Mary Brineger, and Samuel Schenck. At the close of the proceedings of organization the following officers were duly installed: W. D. Crandall, W. C. T.; Mrs. G. Stocking, W. V. T.; Rev. J. P. Finley, chaplain; J. Abramouski, secretary; Jennie H. Finley, assistant secretary; L. T. Ross, F. secretary; Thomas Cary, treasurer; George W. Goldman, marshal; Sarah J. Bohon, deputy marshal; Belle McGinnis, guard; J. B. Stanclift, sentinel; Annie Ford, R. S. ; Sarah Linn, L. S.; Rev. G. S. Stocking, deputy and P. W. C. T. The order has grown quite rapidly, and has become a power in the cause of temperance. It now numbers two hundred members, and is steadily growing both in power and influence for good. The order use a leased hall for their meetings, W, I). Crandall of this lodge is the present Grand Seci-etarj', and Miss Georgia M. Crandall Past Grand Treasurer. The lodge deputy is C. D. Bennett, and present officers: W. C. T., Prof. K. C. Campbell; W, Y. T,, Mrs, C. B. Simpson; chaplain. Rev.

LeRoy S. Hand; secretary, II. W. Stiiver, assistant secretary; Amelia Jones; F. secretary, Hichard Bowden; treasurer, Lillian V. Scouten; marshal, Charles W. Green; deputy marshal, Carrie Scott; guard, Louie Crain; sentinel, W. D. Crandall; R. S., Florence Slnman; L. S., Hattie Rider; P. W. C. T., Hobert Rider. With increasing years this lodge is destined to become a beacon-light and guide to guard not only the present but the rising generation from the allurements which surround the intoxicating cup.

Brookfield Lodge No. 161 of Independent Order of Odd Fellows was organized by the Hon. Charles H. Mansur, D. D. G. M., September 28, 186<». There is no record of the date of dispensation, but the charter is of date May 22, 18G7, the charter members being A. W. Myers, William Donaldson, James M. Scott, D. C. Strawbridge, L. K. Myers, and J. H. Brown. The officers first elected were A. W. Myers, X. G.; William Donaldson, Y. G. ; James M. Scott, secretary; and D. C. Strawbridge, treasurer. Their hall is at present a rented one, and the lodge, which now numbers fortyseven members, is in good working order, with every prospect of steady increase. Its present officers are Daniel Young, N. G. ; B. F. Curtis, Y. G.; J. C. Gardner, recording secretary; D. A. Shepherd, permanent secretary, and J. C. Kelley, treasurer.

Lodge No. 86, A. F. & A. M.

Brookfield Lodge No. 86 of A. F. & A. M., was granted dispensation in January, iSdB, and the date of the charter is June 2, 1866. Owing to the books of this lodge being burned at a fire in 1872, full particulars of its progress cannot be given, and the date of dispensation as above given is from memory. Its first officers were: L. K. Myers, W. M.; J. F. Rob-

The Coeur De Leon Commandery No. 14, was instituted by James F. Aglar, R. E. G. C. of Missouri. The date of dispensation was September 1, 1869, and of their charter October 5, 1869. Names of charter members: L. K. Myers, W. J. Dawson, William Wilmot, C. P. Hyatt, Jasper Armstrong, John McCartney, W. D. Crandall, Thomas Jobson, B. G. Gerhart, J. F. Roberts, Joseph Brown, William A. Prall. I^ames of first officers: L, K. Myers, E. C. ; C. P. Hyatt, generalissimo; W. D. Crandall, captain general; John W. McCartney, prelate; Jasper Armstrong, S. W.; W. J. Dawson, J. W.; W. T. Snow, treasurer; C. W. Freeman, recorder; II. L. Dunlap, standard bearer; L. F. Ranney, sword bearer; D. Cheney, warden. Names of present officers: John H. Brown, E. C; W. D. Crandall, generalissimo; C. H, Chamberlain, captain general; T. S. Beeler, prelate; W. T. Snow, treasurer; L. T. Ross, secretary; G. W. Adams, S. W.; John Ford, J. W.; E. C. Brott, standard bearer; Joseph Combs, sword bearer; A. K. Lane, warden; C. P. Hyatt, captain guard.

Royal Arch Chapter Brookfield Academy

This is a private school and stands deservedly high for the thorough instruction given in every department and the religious influence which surrounds it. The school was first opened September 13, 1880, the academy building having been erected the previous summer. The course is such as to prepare the student for the junior class in any good college. Its present instructors are: Rev. J. P. Finley, D. D., Mrs. M. A. Finley, Mrs. S. A. Irwin, and Miss F. I. Barnes. To this time, March, 1882, one hundred and fifty students have attended the academy.

This organization, which is in operation in Brookfield, was formed five years ago, and has done much good. It meets once in every two weeks. The otficers are: Mrs. Fannie Williams, president; Mrs. George W. Goldman, treasurer; Mrs. W. D. Crandall, secretary. A board of direct(>rs is elected monthly.

The Brookfield Library

was organized in 1881. At present it numbers sixty-three members, the fee for membership being two dollars per year, and twenty-five cents for quarterly dues. There are now two hundred and|twenty-five handsome volumes in the library. The ofticers are: W. D. Crandall, senior, president; L. A. Eaton, vice-president; J. C. Kelley, secretary; Walter Brownlee, treasurer. The board of directors is composed of H. C. Campbell and G. W. Martin.

James A. Ardutiinot

This gentlemen was born in Greenfield, Highland county, Ohio, September 3, 184:1. He is the son of Kev. James and Elizabeth Arbuthnot, and lost his mother by death when five years of age. He made his home with his father," however, who moved to Adams county, Ohio, when James was ten years old, and lived there till the war began. James received his education in Liberty Academy, in Adams county, and in 1862 joined the army in defense of the Union, in Company E, of the Ninety-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was soon promoted to second lieutenant of the Nineteenth United States Infantry. Subsequently promoted to the rank of adjutant of the regiment, which he resigned in January, 1866. His service was at first in the west, but latterly, in the "Army of the Potomac," in the east. He returned to Adams county, Ohio, after his resignation, and after a short sojoui-n, came to Missouri and settled on a farnj five miles south of Brookfield, where he lived till 1875, when he moved to Chariton county, and continued farming there till March, 1878. He then came to Brookfield and established himself as a real estate and loan agent and continued alone till Jannary 1880, when he associated himself with Mr. A. W. Myers, the firm being styled Myers & Arbuthnot. On July 3d, 1867, he was married to Miss Sarah E. Beenier, of Chariton county. Five children have been born to bless this union, whose names are: Laura E., born in Linn county, June 24, 1868; James B., also born in Linn, August 6, 1870; Gertrude E., born in Chariton, February 3, 1873; Charles W., born in Chariton, July 27, 1876> and Effie M., born in Brookfield, October 25, 1878. Mr. Arbuthnot, his wife and daughter, Laura, are members of the Presbyterian Church at Brookfield. He is a member of Hope Lodge No. 29, of the A. O. U. W. All the property that he has accumulated he hag earned since starting out, in 1862. He is a thorough business man, and his merits are duly appreciated by the people of Brookfield.

George W. Adams

assistant postmaster of Brookfield, was born in Jackson county, Ohio, April 29, 1840. When seventeen years of age, and while living with his parents, he entered the county auditor's ofiice of Jackson county as a clerk, and filled that position for six years, until 1863, when he was employed as clerk in the United States Army Commissary Department, at Nashville, Tennessee, till 1865. He came to Missouri the same year, and located at Brookfield, where he engaged in business and was variously employed until 1873, when he became assistant postmaster, under W. T. Snow, being an incumbent of that ofiice for nine years. He is a prominent Mason, and belongs to the lodge, chapter, and commaodery of Brookfield, and at this writing is the worshipful master of his lodge.

Joseph Gilmer Banning

The subject of this sketch was born on a farm in McDonough county, Illinois, March 8, 1843. He is the son of Ephraim and Louisa Banning, and when he was twelve years old the family moved to Kansas and located on a farm near Topeka. There they continued to live till 1860 when they returned to Missouri and in 1862 settled on a farm near the city limits of Brookfield in this county. On July 26th, 1861, Mr, Banning was enrolled in the State militia and served till December 19, 1863. He then entered the regular United States service in Company F of the Twelfth Missouri Volunteer Cavalry, and served till April 9, 1866, doing duty as private and subsequently as corporal, and still later as sergeant. His regiment served in Nelson's cavalry corps, and Mr, Banning participated in all the battles and skirmishes in which the regiment was engaged, the most important of which were Nashville and Spring Hill. In May, 186S, his regiment was assigned to frontier duty to tight the Sioux Indians in the Black Hills) where he served till the date of his disciiarge at Fort Leavenworth. He at once returned to Linn county and farmed with his father on the old homestead till the spring of 1870. Then renting a place near Brookfield he began to farm fur himself and so continued till 1876, when he purchased a farm five miles north of J>rookiield, which he worked till October, 188L He then sold it and bouuht his present place adjoining Brookfield on the west. Mr. Banning was married on the thirtieth of November, 1870, to Miss Letitia A. Millar, of Brookfield. They are the parents of four children, named, respectively, Ephraim P., Margaret Ellen. Letitia Louisa, and Thomas'Gihner. Both Mr. and Mrs. Banning are members of the Presbyterian Church of Brookfield, of which he is a deacon.

Joseph Barbeling

was born near the city of Nancy, republic of France, March 17, 1832. His parents died when he was five years old and he lived with his relatives till his fifteenth year, when he was apprenticed to learn the tailor's trade to a workman of that calling in the city of Hemmin, France. He was two years under this master, when he began work as a journeyman in various places of his native country till his seventeenth year, when he came to America, arriving in New York City in the month of June. There he worked at tailoring some six months, when he was employed as confectioner in the Delmonico Hotel till 1851. After that he resumed his trade, working as foreman for H. L Lucas, clothier, till 1853. Returning to France in that year he worked at his trade for about twelve months in Lorquein wb.en he again began his return trip to the L'nited States, stopping for a short time each in Liverpool and Plymouth, England. He arrived in New York in 1856 and opened a merchant tailoring establishmentand continued the same until the financial crisis of 1857, when lie again engaged in journey work in various States till 1858, then set u]) in his former line at Mexico, New York, and remained till 1860, when he returned to New "^'ork City. After spending some years in different cities he made a second trip to his native country in 1867, and attended the Paris Exposition. He came back to New York in September, 1867, and in August, 1868, came to Linn county, Missouri and located at Brookfield, and was there in merchant tailoring business till 1876, when he closed out and began grape and fruit culture and wine making, which he still follows.

On February lith, 1866, Mr. Barbeling was married to Miss Mary Louisa Barico, of Syracuse, New York. They have had two children, one living and one dead. Mr. Barbeling and wife are both members of the Catholic

Henry Barber

This gentleman was born in North (Iranville, New York, April 10, 1844. He was reared and eaucated in the place of his birth, and also attended the^ academy at East Bloomlield in the same State. In 1862, while a student at the latter institution, he enlisted in the goverjiment service, in company "F," One Hundred and Twent)'-sixth New York Volunteer Infantry. His tertii of enlistment was for three years, but he w^as discharged for physical disability in April, 1863, and he at once returned to his birth-place. There he engaged in farming, as a vocation conducive to health, and continued for two years. Mr. Barber came to Brookfield, this county, in October, 1866, and, the ensuing winter, purchased a farm in the vfcinity of the town, and engaged in farming till 1880. Then, renting his farm, he moved to Brookfield and studied law with Messrs. Brownlee & Huston till the following October, when he entered the law department of Washington University, at St. Louis, in due time graduated from that institution and was licensed to the practice. Mr. Barber was married, December 25, 1863, to Miss Ellen G. Barber, of Bloomfield, New York. The have one child, a son, named Charles L., born in Brookfield December 31, 1867. They lost one child by death, a son named Jarvis, who died at Brookfield January 1, 1867. Both Mr. Barber and wife belong to the First Presbyterian Church of Brookfield, they being the first to join by letter after its organization.

Ranslar Baker

Mr. Baker was born on a farm in Schoharie county, New York, March 16, 1824, and is the son of Silas and Elizabeth Baker, both natives of that county. When Ranslar was ten years old the family moved to Brown county, in the same State, and there resided till he became of age. He was reared a farmer and received his education at the public school, and at the age of eighteen, his father having met with reverses by which he lost all his property, including his home, young Ranslar at once began the effort to procure another home for his unfortunate parents, in which he succeeded by the time he was twenty-two. At the latter age he began life for himself b}' purchasing thirty acres of timbered land near Binghamton, New York, on which he " lumbered " for three years, realizing several hundred dollars, besides paying for the land. In 1849 he sold out and went to Steuben county, same State, and began the mercantile and lumber business, in which he continued till 1858, when he sold his interest and removed to Westfield, purchasing a farm near by, and engaged in farming one year. From there he came west to Lee county, Illinois, purchased a farm, and pursued farm- ing till bis coining to Missouri in 1S67. He bought a farm of three hundred and sixty acres in Chariton county, whicli he operated till 1S76, and then divided it among his three sons, and retired to Brooktield in this county. Mr. Baker owns a pleasant home in the suburbs of Brookfield, situated on rising ground and commanding a line view of the town. He was married on the first of April, 1852, to Miss Clara Peas, daughter ot Ezra Peas, of New York. They are the parents of five children. Elizabeth is now the wife of Beecher Rowel, of Brookfield, while the three sons, Schuyler, Frank, and William, live on the Chariton county farm. The »»ther daughter, Josephine, lives at home with her parents.

one of the old settlers of Brookfield township, was born in A'irginia, Washington county, on the twelfth day of Februarj'^, 1802. He is a son of Clark and Catharine (Wiley) Banning, who removed from Maryland, Virginia, eight years before our subject was born. When but a small boy they removed to Cumberland county, Kentucky. Here he grew to manhood, always actively engaged in the pursuit of farming. While living in Kentucky he was married to Miss Jane Beaty, of Tennessee, on March 7th, 1822. She was born September 7,1800. Four years after their marriage, in 1826, they removed to Greene county, Illinois. In the fall of 1832 they came to Missouri and settled in Randolph county, and in 1835 to Chariton county, and to this county in 1850, and located on the farm on which he now lives. Mrs. Banning died on December 15th, 1871. They have reared a family of six children, three of whom are living; namely, Annie, Andrew, Catharine, now Mrs. M. L. Smith, all living in this township. Those deceased are, Pleasant W., Williamson, and Henry.

Joseph Banning

son of Clark Banning, was born in Greene county, Hlinois, June 5, 1832. He was married to Miss Melissa T. Banning March 5, 1855. She is a native of Macon county, Missouri. They have by this union two children, Eugene and Fay.

Colonel Elijah C. Brott

Colonel Brott is a native of the Empire State, having been born in Bath, Steuben county, December 7, 1824. His parents were Martin and Sarah (Crandall) Brott, his father being a native of New York, and his mother of Hartford, Connecticut. The latter died when the subject of this sketch was but ten years of age, since which time he has made his own way in the world. He received such an education as the common schools afforded, sup]>lemented with two terms at the Bath, Ohio, select school. His time was occupied when out of school as a clerk, until his nineteenth year, when he followed the " Star of Empire," and located on a farm in Knox county, Illinois, working as a farm hand until he reached the age of twenty-three years. For part pay for tliis service he took eighty acres of land. The following year, 1848, on February 15th, ]Mr. Brott took a partner for life, being married to Miss Frances Yickery, daughter of Ebenezer and Esther K. (Sheldon) Vickery, of Tompkins county, ]Sew York, and the same year moved on to his farm in Illinois. There he engaged both in grain and stock dealing quite extensively for several years, and at the time of the construction of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad took a contract from that company to build twenty miles of road and the bridging of sixty miles, which work gave entire satisfaction. While a resident of Knox county Colonel Brott was elected to many offices of trust, being treasurer of his township for seven years and collector eight years. In 1860 he was elected sheriff of Knox county, which office he held until 1862, when he enlisted, in June of that year, in Company E, of the Eighty-third Illinois Regiment of Volunteer Infantry, of which company he was elected captain. It might be said here that he was offered the position of lieutenantcolonel in three different regiments, but not being well posted or drilled in military tactics he declined them. The company first went into quarters at Monmouth, Illinois, for one week, and was then ordered to Cairo, Illinois. In this latter place the company remained but a few days, when they were ordered to join the Federal forces at Fort Henry and subsequently Fort Donelson. At the formation of the regiment at Monmouth, Illinois, Captain Brott received the commission of major. The first engagement he was in was at Waverly, Tennessee, in which the Federal troops were successful, and the next that of the second battle of Fort Donelson. After this battle Major Brott was placed on detached service being placed in command of Fort Donelson by General Thomas. He held charge of that post for eighteen months, and was then ordered to Nashville, Tennessee, having charge of the train to that cit}'. In the advance of the Federal troops on Atlanta, Georgia, Major Brott was, for meritorious service, given the command of a brigade, which command he held until his return to Kashville, where he was ordered to report to General Thomas, who had received a petition signed bj^ several hundred citizens in and around Fort Donelson for Colonel Brott again to have command of that post. This compliment to an honorable man and brave soldier caused the request to be granted, and Colonel Brott returned to take command, holding the position until the close of the war. On his discharge he returned to Galesburg, Illinois, and was soon after appointed deputy collector of internal revenue, which position he filled until his removal to Linn county, Missouri, where he purchased a farm in 1866. Soon after settling in this county he took charge of the tie laying on the Hannibal & St, Joseph Railroad from Cameron to Kansas City for that railroad company, and on the completion of the work returned to his home farm. In 1870 Colonel Brott was elected sheriff of Linn county, which office he held two terms. His home is three miles southwest of Brooktield, on a farm of three hundred acres, under an excellent state of cultivation, good building improvements, and a fine apple orchard of five hundred trees. Colonel and Mrs. Brott have all the comforts of life surrounding them, and have reared an interesting family, consisting of two sons and two daughters, whose names are as follows: Walter E.. Edwin Y., Katie L., Susan E. It may be truly said of Colonel Brott that he is a self-made man, having started out in life without money but with a strong will, energetic, active, and a determination to succeed, his ]iathway through life, although having its trials and struggles, has been one of success, and he enjoys not only an enviable reputation but is fully blest with a good home.

John Hutchinson Brown

This gentleman, one of the first mechanics of Brookfield, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 3, 1836. His parents were John and Elizabeth Brown, and he was reared in the city of his birth, receiving his education in the city schools. At the age of seventeen he was apprenticed to learn the carpenter's trade under J. and W. Wilson, of the " Quaker City," with whom he served four years. After the expiration of his term he worked as a journeyman in Circleville, Ohio. He was at that place when the Rebellion broke out, and he enlisted for three months, in Company C, of the Thirteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. At the expiration of that term he reenlisted in Company I, Second Regular Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served eighteen months as a musician. He was mustered out, but again entered the government service and served during the war as a mechanic in the quartermaster's department of the Army of the Cumberland. On quitting the army, in the fall of 1865, he returned to Ohio, and the following spring came to Missouri and permanently settled in Brookfield, this county. Mr. Brown has done much to help build up the town, and has, as a contractor, built some twenty or more of business houses, besides over one hundred and twenty-five dwelling houses and barns in this and Chariton counties.

Mr. Brown was married on August 7th, 1867, to Miss Minnie Bullard, of Brookfield, by whom he has two children, named, respectively, Lorin and Leonora, both of whom were born in Brookfield. He is now a member of the school-board, and formerly served on the town-board. He is a member of Brookfield Lodge number S6, of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and of Linn Chapter number 41, Royal Arch Masons; he also belongs to the CcBur de Leon Commandery number 1-i, of the Knights Templar. He is a member of Brookfield Lodge number 161, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and of the Linn Encampment of the same order.

Reuben S. Hlossom

This wentleman is of I'uritan extraction, and was born on a farm near Syracuse, New York, October 26, 1819. He is one of four sons of Reuben and Lyda Blossom, wliose ancestors came over in the Mayflower. When he was thirteen years old he left home and went to Syracuse and began clerking in a dry goods house with which he remained seven years. At the early age of twenty he began the dry goods business for himself at Syracuse, and continued till 1843. He then went to New York City, and did business as salesman and solicitor for S. & T. Laurance in the wholesale dry goods trade. In 1850 he became associated "with C. T. Longstreet in the clothing and dry goods jobbing line, the firm being Longstreet & Co, He retired from this firm in 1861, and embarked in the same business for himself in the same city. In 1863 he became associated with the firm of Blossom, Robinson & Co. in the produce commission business until 1875, when they closed out, and Mr. Blossom spent a year in prospecting in the West. In 1878 he came to Linn county and settled in Brooktield township, and engaged in farming and stock-dealing. He has been twice married, first to Miss Matilda King, on September 14th, 1840, by whom he has one daughter, named Daisy. His first wife died July 24, 1860, and he was again married, December 18, 1862, to Miss Angeline Bunn. By the last marriage Mr. Blossom has five children - Martin, Thomas B., Reuben S., George, and an unnamed infant. Mr. BlosSom is both an Odd Fellow and a Freemason.

one of Brookfield's pioneers, was born in the south of England, January 9, 1815. He is the son of George and Amy Bolton. "When sixteen years old he emigrated to America with his parents, who located in Onondaga, New Y^ork, then a small town. There he became apprenticed to learn the shoemaker's trade, serving two years, when he began to work as a journeyman in the same place. He left Onondaga village in 1839 and located in Baldwinsville, New York, where he engaged in manufacturing and dealing in boots and shoes. In connection with his boot and shoe business he was to some extent engaged in building, erecting quite a number of residences for speculation. He resided in Baldwinsville until June, 1868, when he came to Linn county, Missouri, purchasing an improved farm one and onehalf miles n<^rth of Brookfield, and also town-lots in Brookfield. He immediately built the residence in which he "now lives, near the park, and where he has since resided, excepting one year on his farm. Since coming to Brookfield he has been variously employed as farmer, manufacturer of boots and shoes, and has dealt some in real estate. He has built several residences and tenement-houses, and in 1871, in the greatest fire that ever

in Brookfield, he lost heavily by the burning of his hotel, located near the corner of Main and Brooks streets, where J. C. Post's hardware store now stands. He has been twice married. His iirst wife was Miss Luthena Jiarry, of Orange county. New York. Mrs. Bolton died at Baldwinsville, New York, in 1842, and in 1844 Mr. Bolton was married to Miss Jane E. Toles, of Baldwinsville. They have two children: Emma, wife of Charles Solomon, of Brookfield, and Arthur J., a machinist of Brookfield. Himself and wife are members of Grace Episcopal Church, of Brookfield, of which he is senior warden.

William Ii. I'.Rownlee

Judge Browiilee is a native of Indiana and came to Linn county in March, 1857, and began the practice of law at Brookfield. He still continues to do a lucrative business there in the line of his profession. In 1860 he was elected judge of the Probate Court of Linn county, which office he held till 1864. He was elected judge of the Common Pleas Court in 1870, and held the office for four years. Since then he has declined a re-election to anv office, devoting himself exclusively to his profession.

Albkkt Charles Clarke

Prominently identified with the interests of the city of Brookfield and Linn county is A. C. Clarke, Esq. Foremost in every good work and in every laudable enterprise, he is well and favorably known not only throughout the the county but far and wide in northern Missouri. Mr. Clarke was born near Henderson, Jefferson county, New York, January 5, 1817, where he was brought up as a farmer. He lived with his parents until he was fourteen years of age, when his father hired him out as a farm hand until he -attained his majority, receiving his wages in the meanwhile. Upon coming of age young Clarke began life for himself as a farmer on rented land. Two years later he purchased forty acres of wild land near Sackett's Harbor, New York, paying for it by cutting and hauling wood to the Harbor and selling it for $1.25 per cord. This land he improved and lived thereon until 1844, when he engaged in dairying at Houndsfield, New York. - The next year he purchased one hundred and ten acres of partially improved land, agreeing to paj' therefor his forty acres of land, valued at $600, and $900 in cash. In two years the land had all been paid for, and Mr. Clarke had his head fairly above water and was striking bravely out for the shores of prosperity and competence. After living for twenty-two years on this farm, in 1867 he sold it for $5,600 in cash. Two years later he removed to Missouri, locating at Brookfield. Here he first engaged in business as a money lender, having after years of toil and honest endeavor become the possessor of a liberal share of this world's goods in general. He })urxjhased one hundred acres of land adjoining the town of Brookfield, which 3;; lie had surveyed and platted, and which is known as Clarke's addition to Brooklield, but which has not yet been brought into market. In the near future Clarke's addition will be a very desirable location for residence lots. Already rows of shade trees line the streets - a very desirable feature, indeed. In 1871 and 1872, Mr. Clarke built the Clarke Block in Brookfield, a substantial and imposing three-story brick structure, containing three well furnished business rooms on the first floor, and a large and convenient hotel on the second and third floors, which together with the hotel furniture cost S35,000. (See history of the city of Brookfield.) Since the completion of this enterprise Mr. Clarke has purchased his "home farm," five and one-half miles north of Brookfield in Locust Creek township, containino- 1,000 acres of valuable land, and his "grape-farm" of 320 acres, containing a six-acre vineyard, in the vicinity of Brookfield. At present he is extensively engaged in general farming. On New Year's day, 1838, Mr. Clarke was married to Miss Fannie Halloway of Adams, New York. They are the parents of two children living, Climena, wife of Ezra Clark of Henderson, New York, and Helen, wife of R. W. Davis of Linn county. Three of their children have died, Adelia, Ann, and Nellie. The last named died at the age of five years; the others had grown to womanhood.

Monterville M. Ckandall

The gentleman whose name heads this sketch is a native of Linn county, and was born on a farm near St. Catharine, July 6, 1857. His parents are Watson E. and Ann O. Crandall, and are old residents of this county. Monterville lived with them at his birthplace till he was eighteen years old and was mostly educated in the public schools, though he studied language and the higher mathematics under private instructors. He began the study of law in his eighteenth year in the oflice of Huston & Brownlee of Brookfield. He was under their preceptorship till February, 1878, when he was admitted to the bar and at once began the practice in partnership with A. W. Myers, the firm being Myers & Crandall. They were together till 1879, when they dissolved and Mr. Crandall continued to practice alone till May, 1881. He then became associated with AV. H, Brownlee in the name of Brownlee efe Crandall, and they have continued together till the time of this writing. In April, 1879, he was elected city attorney of Brookfield, and has been twice elected his own successor. Mr. Crandall was married June 22, 1879 to Miss Gabriella, daughter of E. K. Lee, an old resident of the county. They have one child, a daughter named Ethel, born at Brookfield October 21, 1880.

John Benjamin Cooley

Mr. Cooley is the son of Grove and Jerusha Cooley, and was born in Yirgil, Cortland county. New York, on the seventh of February, 1817. His mother's maiden name was Benjamin. When he was four years old his parents removed to Attica, New York, and lived on a farm till he was grown. He acquired his education in the common schools, and at twentyone years of aj^e was married and immediately engaged in the dairy business at Attica. He abandoned this business in 1842 and began bujing and shipping butter, cheese, etc., in partnership with William C. Smith. They did an extensive business in western New York for several years. In 1850 he and his partner ])ut a steamer, called the Berlin City, on the Wisconsin \vaters. to ply between Berlin and Oshkosh. The}' lost this boat the following year by a boiler explosion, in which five persons were killed, Mr. Cooley barely escaping himself with some severe injuries. The loss was about 810,000. They soon afterwards rebuilt and continued running till the fall of 1858, when they sold out and quit steamboating. In 1860 they established a cheese and butter depot in New York City, and did an extensive business there till 1865. They then closed out, and the following year Mr. Cooley came to this State and county, and located at Brookfield, where he embarked in the lumber business with Augustus Turner. He soon quit that business, however, and engaged in the farming implement in which he continued until 1870. He and Dr. Cottle then engaged in the nursery business, purchasing the "Green nursery," which they conducted till 1872. Mr. Cooley then engaged in miscellaneous speculations till 1876, when he became associated with L. A. Smith in the mercantile business, and they remained together till 1880. Mr. Cooley then retired from business. He has taken an active part in building up the city of Brookfield, having erected six dwellings, three of which are equal to any in the city. In October, 1838, he was married to Miss Wealthy A. Winchester, daughter of Labanah Winchester, Esq., of Orangeville, New York. They have three children living: Dawson W., George W., and Marion L., and two deceased, Frank and Dona A.

Editor and proprietor of the Brookfield Gazette^ was born at Fayetteville, New York, July 8, 1838. His parents were Daniel and Susannah Crandall, who, when he was four years old, removed to Marine, Madison county, Illinois, he living with them until the breaking out of the war. He received the rudiments of his education in the public school and the academy at Marine, and afterward attended the Jacksonville College, Illinois. A complete course there was interrupted by his entering Company D, Ninth Missouri Volunteer Infantry, designated as the Fifty-ninth Illinois Volunteer Infantry. At the organization of the company in Marine, in July, 1861, he was chosen first lieutenant, receiving his commission from Governor Gamble. This company, with many others, at that time having been formed in Illinois, entered Missouri in regiments and served under General Curtis in his campaign against General Price in western Missouri and Arkansas which

at the battle of Pea Ridge, in March, 1862, in which memorable engagement Lieutenant Craiulali commanded his company, losing several men killed on the field, among them his youngest brother, Eugene, lie was detailed soon after this for special service in the Mississippi ram fleet, under -command of Colonel Charles R. Ellet, being placed in command of one of the boats of the lieet, called the Lioness^ and was engaged in the battle of Memphis. His service in that department of the war continued until the of 1862, at which time he was promoted to be captain and assistant adjutant-general, and was commissioned to assist in organizing the Mississippi Marine Brigade, commanded by Colonel Alfred Ellet, the dut}' of which -organization was the patrolling of the lower Mississi])pi and its tributaries. The brigade having accomplished its mission, was disbanded at Yicksburg, in August, 1864. Captain Crandall was then assigned to duty on the staff General Rosecrans, at St. Louis, serving in that capacity until the following October, when he was ordered to the Army of the James under General Butler, where he was assigned to duty as brigade adjutant-general, which he held until January, 1864, and then resigned. Captain Crandall after this made his home in St. Louis, entering the law ofiice of E. W. Pattison, studying until July, 1865, when he was admitted to the bar at St. Louis. Crandall came to Brooklield in the following August, and entered upon the practice of the law. In 1867 he, with Henry Ward, purchased the Brookfield Gazette^ just established, they publishing it in the firm name Crandall & Ward. In 1870, Mr. Ward retired from the firm, when our subject found it necessary to abandon the practice of law, and devote his whole time to the conduct of the Gazette^ which' he still owns and edits. October 8, 1863, Mr. Crandall was married to Miss Georgie M. Nance, then principal of one of the public schools of St. Louis. They have two children, Maud and Claude. They have lost two, Minnie and Pearl. Mr. and Mrs. Crandall are members of the Baptist Church. He, himself, has long been prominently identified with the temperance cause in this State and one of the leading workers here. At present he is grand secretary of the order of Good Templars, in Missouri, and publishes the otiicial organ for that order. His paper, the Gazette, never goes to press without a good word and sound argument in favor of temperance. Mr. Oandall is also prominently connected with the A. O. IJ. W., having been a charter member of his home lodge, in Brookfield, and now holding. the office of grand overseer in the State Grand Lodge of that order. Mr. Crandall has been for many years a member of the Missouri Press Association; was elected vice-president in 1880; and recording secretary in 1881.

partly in Illinois, whither his parents liad removed daring Joseph's boyliood. After obtaining a common-school education, he began life for himself as a farmer on a rented farm near Hamilton, Illinois. In 1802 he was employed as conductor on the Hannibal <k St. Joseph Railroad, and ran two years, after which he served as express agent for the same company at Palmyra, Missouri. Returning to Illinois, he purchased a farm in Adams county, and farmed there two years. He then removed to Shelby county and improved a tract of wild land that he had previously purchased, selling^ it, however, in 186i). In 1870 he came to Brookfield, in this county, and began the butchering business, which he continued one year, lie then began buying and shipping stock, first on a small scale, but subsequently increasing it till his shipments are now as groat or greater than from any other person in Linn county, and thousands of dollars have passed through his hands to the stock-producing farmers of this and adjoining counties. Mr. Crain was married, October 5, 1862, to Miss Lydia Moore, of La Prairie, Illinois, and they are the parents of nine children. He is a Freemason and belongs to Bi'ookfield Lodge number 86. He also belongs to lodge number 61, Independent; Order of Odd Fellows, and to Linn Encampment number 70, and is " past grand " of the subordinate lodge.

Wilijam G. Datjlton

Mr. Danlton is a Kentuckian, and was born in Mai^on county, June 19^ 1824. His father, James Daulton, was also a native of Kentucky, and his mother, whose maiden name was Naomi Wakeman, was a native of New York. William lived with his parents till he was eighteen years of agfe, and acquired a good conjmon-school education. The family moved to Missouri in 1829, and settled in Ralls county, where they lived on a farm for several years. When William was eighteen he began learning the plasterer's trade, under O. S. Heath, of Hannibal. After working three years under Heath, he went to Cincinnati and there learned the ornamental part of the plasterer's art under a Mr. Jones, with whom he remained till he was complete master of his trade. He returned to Hannibal and worked there till the spring of 1847, and then enlisted in the volunteer service fur the Mexican War, in Company E, Third Regiment Mounted Infr.ntry. He served for the remainder of the war under Colonel Rawls and Captain Laughlin, participating in the last battle of that war. Returning to Hannibal after the war, he carried on his trade there till 1861^ and was then elected city marshal of that place, and served one year. He was also elected alderman for one term. At the opening of the civil war be enlisted in the Enrolled Missouri Milita for home protection, and was elected second lieutenant of Company E, of the Fifty-third Regiment, and so served till the close of the war. He returned to Hannibal and worked at his trade till 1866, when he finally removed to Brookfield, this county^ where lie has ever since resided, workings at his trade. He was marshal of the town of Brookfield in 1872. Mr. Daulton was married, October 9, 1849, to Miss Mary Jane Self, of Marion county, this State, by whom he has two children - Laura A., wife of N. E. Wanemaker, of Laclede, and Mary Susan, wife of George J. Crainer, of Brookfield.