Montgomery County, Missouri - Biographical sketches (2 of 2 so headed), 1885 (part 6 of 8)

Charles D. Harper

_ All old citizens of Montgomery county are familiar with the life and career of the father of the subject of this sketch, Col. Charles P. Harper, a man whose record reflects only credit in the county of which he was a resident for over half a century. Col. Harper was a Virginian, and came to this State after his marriage, locating at Danville in about 1831. His wife was a Miss Anna C. Price before their marriage, related to the family whose name is justly so highly honored in Missouri and Virginia and in several other States. Col. Harper was for a number of years engaged in merchandising at Danville. Meanwhile he improved a fine farm about five miles west of the present site of Montgomery City, where he afterwards made his 'home. He was a man who took a public-spirited interest in political affairs, and was an ardent Democrat. He became a man of wide and varied information, and a recognized leader of thought with the people among whom he lived. He was elected to different official positions, and among the rest represented his district with ability in the State Senate. He died here early in 1883, having reached the advanced age of 82. His wife had preceded him to the grave some six years Charles D. Harper, the sixth in the family of children, was born on the farm near Montgomery City, May 4, 1841, and as he grew up 'received a common-school education, supplemented with a course of 'instruction at the Montgomery City high school. In 1861 he enlisted 'in the Missouri State Gu: ard, Southern. service, under Jackson's first -eall, becoming a member of Capt. Roger' s company. He served out his six months' term of enlistment, and during this time took part in the battle of Lexington and several lesser engagements. After this he 'remained at home until 1864, when he went. West, and remained in Nevada and California until the fall of 1865, being engaged in stock trading and in the livery business. On his return he resumed handling stock, and has continued it until the present time, making a specialty of breeding fine Clydesdale and Gold-dust horses. Mr. Harper owns the eld family homestead near Mont- _gomery City, containing some 400 acres, and about 400 acres 'in other tracts. He established his excellent stables at this place in "the spring of 1884, and has about $6,000 invested in the business. "Mr. Harper is doing a good business in the livery line, and his stables are popular both with the local and traveling public. 'He was married October 17, 1867, to Miss Carrie, a daughter of Charles Lewis, of St. 'Louis. They have a family of seven children: Bradley, Anna, "May, Urton, Arline, Alice and Leona. Mr. Harper is a prominent

Frank M. Hayden

Among the many energetic, thorough going Northern men who ~ came into Missouri after the war to make their future homes within ~ her borders and to unite the contributions of their industry and in- - telligence with those of the people of this State in the development of her resources and in advancing the State on the onward march of progress and prosperity, not a few settled in Montgomery county. Among the others of this class was the family of which the subject of the present sketch wasa member. Mr. Hayden's parents, Nathan- - iel and Sarah (Rhodes) Hayden, came to Montgomery county from - Ohio in 1867 and made their home at Montgomery City, where the © father engaged in the milling business. They had a family of three ~ children, all of whom subsequently married, namely: Myra, who became the wife of Horatio Church, of Toledo, O., a railway conduc- © tor by occupation, and who was killed on the Wabash road at Wellsville, in 1875; Laura, now the wife of Edward Pegram, a well known pe stoek man of St. Tienes ; and Frank M., the subject of this sketch. Frank M. Hayden was born at Dover, Tuscarawas county, April 15, 1846. He was principally reared in that county, and as he grew upreceived a rather advanced education. He first took a course at the" schools of Dover, and then entered the high school of Delaware, O.° Subsequently he took a course in the schools of Cleveland, and, alto-_ gether, became well advanced in the higher branches. ih also - studied book- keeping, and received something of a commercial education.. Mr. Hayden's first venture in business life was in the grain business at Cochranton, O., where he was a grain contractor for about. a year. He was then otened a situation as Pare of the board of examiners of the Fourth Army corps, stationed at Louisville, Ky. ol which he accepted and held for some twelve or fifteen months. In 1867 Mr. Hayden came to St. Louis and was for about a year in a real estate office at that place. From St. Louis he came to Montgem=- ery City and engaged here in the milling business as a member of the/ firm of Hayden & Everett. He continued a member of that firm for four years, when Mr. Everett retired and Mr. H.'s father became a partner, the style of the firm becoming Hayden & Son. Frank M. Hayden sold out in 1873 and went to Kansas, where he remained some five years engaged in the hardware business at Garnett. Returning then to Monteomery City, he was in the grocery trade at this place for a year, after which he engaged in the tobacco business. In 1882, however, he resumed milling at this place and has continued it ever since. His partner in business is his brother-in-law, James Ferguson, of this place. Their present mill building was erected in 1881, and is a large, tastily built structure, well arranged for the purpose for which it was intended. Their plant of machinery, etc., is of the best make and pattern, and they, have a capacity of about-5,000 feet | lumber daily. They are contractors for supplying large quantities of road and bridge timbers, etc., to the Wabash railway, and they make heavy shipments of lumber to the West and North. Mr. Hayden is general manager of the mill. On the 2d of October, 1877, Mr. Hayden was married to Miss Mary Ferguson, only daughter of that old and highly esteemed citizen of the county, Uncle Tom Ferguson. Mrs. Hayden was educated at the convent in St. Charles. Mr. and Mrs. H. have one child, Thomas N. Their eldest child, Irene, died in her second year. Mrs. H. is a member of the Catholic Church.

Zachary T. Hayes

Mr. Hayes is a native of Tennessee, born in Hancock county, November 23, 1848, and the fourth of a family of 13 children, 12 of whom and both parents are living, now residents of Montgomery county. From Tennessee the family came to Missouri, including Zachary T. The parents now reside in Cass county, Mo. On the 31st of May, 1871, Z. T. was married, in this State, to Elizabeth, a daughter of John and Barbara Elrod, of Montgomery county, but formerly of Tennessee. The following year Mr. Hayes, the subject of this sketch, removed to Cass county, and was engaged in farming there for three years ; he then located in Callaway county, where he two years in the same shop at full pay. In the fall of 1850 he embarked at Liverpool for the New World, and in due time reached New Orleans. From there he came to St. Louis and soon afterwards began work in the United States arsenal machine shops, repairing guns, artillery, ete. He continued in the Government shops for five years and then worked in the shops of Renfroe & Co. for one year, assisting to build during that time the St. Louis Water Works engine. While at work for Renfroe & Co. he and John Stone built an engine and - machinery for a mill. . They had selected Montgomery City as the | place to locate it, the town then having just been laid off and platted, - and so shipped their mill and machinery to Portland and from there - brought it to this place, arriving here July 4, 1856. A house had © not yet been erected within the limits of the « town,' so that in truth they were the pioneers of the place. They ran the mill until © the outbreak of the war, when they added a distillery, which they also" : conducted for several years. In 1863, however, they sold out to - Capt. Goodrich, and Mr. H. ran the mill for him for some two years. ~ He then started a brewery, and later along a saloon, but five years © later closed the former and is still running "the saloon. Mr. Hibbert 7 is no Pharisee. He believes in the great principles of religion as sin- - cerely and earnestly as any man, and claims that his present occupa- a tion is not only not opposed in the Scriptures, but is sanctioned ~ and authorized by the inspired Word of God. January 24, 1847, Mr. ~ Hibbert was married to Miss Mary Kelley. They' have hud 14 chile 4 dren, nine of whom are living. Mr. Hibbert is the chief patriarch of © the Odd Fellows' Encampment, and his wife is a member of the Pres- ~ a byterian Church. He has a handsome residence property, built ata - cost of $5,000 in 1883, and planned by Architect Legg of St. Louis. - His house is on a beautiful plot of eight acres of ground, and is one ~ of the finest residences in the vicinity of Montgomery City.

John W. Jacks

Mr. Jacks, of the Montgomery Standard, the leading newspaper of a the county in circulation, and perhaps in influence, as well as in business prosperity and success, is justly entitled to no inconsiderable 4 measure of credit for the enviable position his paper occupies among - a the better class of country journals in North-east Missouri. Mr. - Jacks is a native of Missouri, born in Monroe county, September 1, 1845. His, parents were John R. and Sally (Keithley) Jacks, th former a native of Kentucky, the latter of Missouri. At the age o 14, Mr. Jacks entered the office-of the Sturgeon, Mo., News, whose editor was Col. Strawn, where he worked until the office was close by the war. During the war he sold newspapers for a time to th Federal soldiers stationed at Sturgeon. In 1865, he went to § Louis and was engaged on the St. Louis Republican for some months. - During the next fone years he was engaged on the Mexico Messenger, - Columbia Statesman, and in the printing offices at Jefferson City. In- September, 1870, he established the Sturgeon, Mo., Leader, which - he conducted till J: anuary 1, 1873, when he sold out. Mean a time, in March, 1872, in company with Col. John E. Hutton, he es tablished the Mexico Intelligencer, with which he was connected unt September, 1875. He then ran a job and book printing house in St. Louis for about three 'years, when he bought the Franklin County | Observer, at Washington, Mo., which he conducted until September, ~ he still edits and publishes. Mr. Jacks was married October 15, 1871, to Miss Narcissa B. Hulen, of Boone county. Four children have been born of this union. Mr. and Mrs. Jacks are both members of the Christian Church, and he is the superintendent of ee Sabbathschool. Mr. Jacks is also a member of the A. F.& A. M., A. O. U. W., and Triple Alliance. He has frequently borne a ana part in the deliberations and councils of his party, and in 1872, in

S. Rollins as the Democratic candidate for Governor; it was by his efforts that the Boone county delegation cast a solid vote for that gentleman. He was secretary of the Missouri Press Association for 1883-84, and of the Democratic Congressional Convention of 1884, at Montgomery City, which balloted 579 times unsuccessfully for a candidate for Congress. He has also been secretary of numerous asseciations, lodges, etc., and occupies a prominent position in society and in the community. As an editorial writer, Mr. Jacks is plain, obeys the injunction of Geo. D. Prentice, to '' quit when you get through.'' There is more in one of his dozen-line paragraphs frequently, than in half a column of the average ' editorial.'' JAMES H. JONES SOL Jones & Son, Grocers, Montgomery City).

'away back in 1818. He was subsequently married here to Miss Mary Whiteside, formerly of Kentucky, and of another pioneer family in _ the county. They settled in the vicinity of Danville, where they resided until their deaths. The father was a worthy farmer of the died in 1862. The mother died in 1870. They had a family of 11 children, of whom eight are living: John H., James H., Amanda, Emeline M., William R., Sylvester M., Thomas F. and Perry S. - - all residents of the: 'county except Sylvester, who lives in Indiana. The two | eldest daughters are the wives, respectively, of James B. Wilson and of 200 acres. For 12 years prior to settling down on his farm he was engaged in school teaching. In 1880 he came to Montgomery county, atid has since been a 'resident of this place, engaged all the time in business. He and Stephen Ham were first in partnership in have a family of five children: Eleanor, now Mrs. S. D. Ham; Mil- - ton F., a partner with his father in business and educated at Montgomery City College; Lillian B., Fannie M. and Ada E. - Lillian and Fannie having been educated at Montgomery City College. The ~ former has been suecessfully engaged in teaching in the public school ~ at Montgomery City for two years, and the latter is a teacher in the country.

William R. Jones

Mr. Jones was born in Montgomery county, November 16, 1834, ~ and was the fourth in the tamily of 11 children of William and Mary F. Jones. The parents were early settlers in Montgomery county from Kentucky, and the father died here in 1862. . William R., Jr., ~ was reared on the farm where his father settled on coming to | Montgomery county; and in 1861 he was married to Miss Sarah Jigs a daughter of Henry H. and Frances Leach, formerly of Virginia. - After his marriage he engaged in farming for himself, or rather he ~ continued it, for he had already started out in life making farming ~ his permanent occupation. In 1867, his father having died in the - meantime, he located on the old family homestead, where he now resides and which he owns. This is a good farm of 150 acres. Mr. Jones' wife died in 1881, leaving him two children, Julia F. and Clara E. Julia is the wife of David H. Whitehead, of this county. In the fall of 1881 Mr. Jones removed to Montgomery City where he ~ was in business and served as deputy postmaster. He returned to the farm, however, in 1888. During the war he served about a> year in the Home Guard and State Militia. Mr. Jones' son-in- - law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Whitehead, reside on the farm.

James Kellar

and Sarah Kellar, and born November 27, 1853. In youth he had common school advantages and wasreared a farmer. His father died ~ when he was quite young, and he, therefore, was thrown on his own resources at an early age. He started out for himself without a - dollar, and although still a young man has by his industry and good management accumulated a neat property. He has a good place of 140 acres, which he bought in 1870. He is making a specialty of - stock, and is raising, trading in and handling them to advantage. His farm is well adapted for stock purposes, and will doubtless in- - crease as years of prosperity come and go. In 1878 Mr. Kellar was - married to Sarah E. Fipps, a.daughter of David and Sarah Fipps. -

Andrew Kirn

Mr. Kirn, who has had almost a life time experience in the meat market business, and who by his industry and good management has accummulated valuable property in Montgomery City, is, like many of the thrifty, intelligent citizens of this county, a German by nativity. He was born in Baden, November 14, 1827. His parents were Zirig and Mary (Kepfer) Kirn, and in 1847 his father and family, including himself, his mother, however, having previously died in Germany, came to America, landing at New Orleans. After ashort time here they came to St. Louis where the father also died. Andrew worked at different ge at St. Louis and learned both the basket maker's and butcher's trade. In 1852 he went to California and spent 16 years in the Golden State engaged mainly in the meat

~ market business. He returned to St. Louis in 1868 and soon afterward. came to Montgomery City, where he bought out William Ferguson, and has since run the Montgomery City meat market. He has one adjoining, the same size. He also has a comfortable residence property at this place. December 24, 1858, he was married, in Eldorado, Cal., to Miss Louisa Willi, who was born in Hermann, Gasconade county, Mo. They have five children: Andrew, Emma, Julia, Emil and Elsie. Mr. Kirn's wife died December 20, 1883, and his daughter Emma is his housekeeper. Julia is the wife of James Gill. Mr. K. is a member of the Masonic order and of the I. O. 2. EF.

Mr. Lail is well known here and in the wholesale markets as one of the active, enterprising stockmen of Montgomery county. He has been in the stock business more or less continuously from early manhood and understands the business thoroughly, being conceded to be one of the best judges of stock in the county. He was a son of Elijah and Harriet (Allen) Lail, old and highly respected residents of Callaway county, but now deceased, and was born on his father's others being: Adoniram, George, Mary S., the wife of J. W. Arnold, of Audrain county ; John W., Amanda, deceased, wife of Thomas Hamilton ; Zachariah Ste Joseph Ss. Elizabeth J's deceased, wife of WY... RK. Wells ;: Lucy, wife of J. P. Covington ; Harriet L., wife of Edward Annent, and Sarah C., wife of William Elmore. The parents came from Kentucky, where the father, before removing to this State,

James Lail was reared in that county and received a common school - education, remaining at home on the farm until he was 20 years of age. He was then engaged in merchandising at Shamrock, in that ~ county, for about nine years, and also traded in stock to some extent - during that time. Since then Mr. Lail has been in the stock business exclusively. For five years he was handling cattle in Colorado. He came to Montgomery City in the spring of 1882 and has since made this place his headquarters in business. February 1, 1870, Mr. Lail wus married to Miss Susan C. Covington, a daughter of H. W. Coyington, of this county. They have two children: Andrew B. and Lelia M. They have lost two: Henry L. and Montie C. Mr. L. isa member of the A. F. and A. M. .

Clark Lewis

Howell Clark Lewis, of the above named firm, like his partner, Mr. Bruner, comes from an-old and respected New York family. He was a son of Commodore Chauncy and Elizabeth Lewis, her maiden. name having been also Lewis, but of a different family from that of her husband; both born and reared in the Empire State. They met, however, and were married in Washington county, Mo., where she was reared, but he was partly reared in Indiana. Seven years after their marriage, in 1837, they removed to Wisconsin, where they resided until 1850, when they came back to Missouri, settling in Washington county. H. Clark Lewis was born before his parents removed to Missouri, on the 4th of February, 1839. He was reared in Washington county, after his parents' return to Missouri, where he continued to reside until he was about 22 years of age, the county line meanwhile, however, being changed so that his place of residence was. included in Iron county. On the 2d of June, 1859, he was married to Miss Martha C. Evans, of that county. Prior to his marriage he learned the wagonmaker's trade, which he followed in Iron county until two years after that event, when he went to Carondelet and - engaged in work on gunboats for the Government. He worked there - until 1864 and then came to Montgomery county, where he followed - farming for two years. Following "this he came to Montgomery City - and worked two years at his trade, but being attacked with inflam- - matory rheumatism he had to retire from the active work of the shop. In 1870 he was elected as justice of the peace and in 1873 he was ~ elected mayor, being continuously elected every year except one afterwards until 1884. In 1872 be engaged in the real estate business - with A. P. McCanne and for the last six years has been in partnership in this line with his present partner, Mr. Bruner. Their business - has been spoken of inthe sketch of Mr. B.on aformer page. Mr. and) Mrs. Lewis have six children: Ella, now Mrs. John Patton; Mattie, a young lady at home; William, engaged in boating on the Upper Mis- - sissippi ; : James R., he home, and he vias E., in the insurance business : in Kentucky. Miss Mattie is a popular teacher of the county and' was - educated at the Montgomery City College. Mrs. L. is a member of the M. E. Church South, as is also Mrs. Patton and Miss Mattie and Thomas E. Lewis.

Felix T. Lewis

Among the thorough-going farmers and responsible citizens of Montgomery township is to be mentioned the subject of the present sketch, Mr. Lewis. He isa native of the county where he still resides and where he was reared, and was born March 18,1842. His parents were Ennis W. and Sarah (Andrews) Lewis, his father born and reared in Missouri, but his mother originally of Virginia. She died in 1856. The father is still living in Montgomery county, one of its respected old citizens. Felix T. was reared on the farm, and remained at home until 1864, when he went to the State of Nevada and spent two years in Austin, of that State. Returning home then he engaged in farming in this county, and has since followed it continuously and with satisfactory success. He has a good farm of about 250 acres, _which is substantially and comfortably improved. In 1872 Mr. Lewis _ was married to Miss Sarah Hoage, daughter of Samuel Hoage, formerly of Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. L. have six children: Katie B., Mannie, Ardie, Maggie, Isaac and Jesse K.

In presenting in this work biographical sketches of the representa- _ tive citizens of the county, it would be an inexcusable omission not to include at least a brief sketch of the subject of the present notice. In - preparing an outline, however, of the life of Mr. McCanne we are 4 met by two serious embarrassments - one, the absence of any sufficient or satisfactory data; and the other, his own sensitive nature, ' which shrinks instinctively from being made the subject of public ne comment. Through what isalmost over modesty, the writer thinks, Mr. McCanne has declined to give any appreciable data from which to county we feel that he should be represented i in this volume. Asa eons McCanne was born in Randolph county, Missouri, October 31, 1844. His father was Thos. McCanne, in early life a teacher by profession, and later a farmer by occupation. His mother's maiden "name was Polly A. Jones. Both were from Lincoln county, Ky., where they were married, and whence they came to Randolph county, Mo., in about 1830, They resided on a farm in Randolph county for some sixteen years, or until Asa P. was about two years of age, when, in 1846, they removed to the State of Texas, where they "resided a short time and then went to the State of Louisiana. While residents of these States the mother died, and afterwards the father with his family returned to Texas. But in 1859 he removed to Missouri and resettled in Randolph county, the old home and birthplace of Mr. Me- Canne. He died there soon afterwards. Young McCanne's early youth was spent principally in the schools of the different neighborhoods in which his parents resided ; and he received constant instruction from his father, who took a profound interest in his education. | But his father dying whilst Asa P. was yet a youth, he was thus at an early age thrown upon his own resources. Already, however, he had acquired that taste for study which has ever afterwards been one of his most marked characteristics, and which has been instrumental in advancing him to a worthy position in life. In 1863 he engaged in cler king i in a mercantile house at St. Louis, and later along Kecarne interested in the real estate business at Kansas City. He had early formed a purpose to devote himself to the profession of the law, and° he therefore subordinated everything to become a licentiate of the legal profession and, as he hoped, ultimately, a successful lawyer. By strict economy he had succeeded, in 1866, in accumulating sufficient means to enable him to prosecute, to a successful i issue, his legal education. He therefore went to New York City and became ama- | triculate at Columbia College, taking a regular course in that ~ institution and graduating with distinction in 1868. By this ~ time his means were exhausted and he was. compelled to resort, temporarily, to teaching. He went to Lincoln county, Ky., - where his parents were reared, where he taught for two years. Such ~ were his qualifications and success as a teacher, that at the expiration of his time he was earnestly solicited to aecept the presidency of | '¢ Home College,'' in Marion county, of that State, to which solicita- ~ tion he consented. Not yet being financially situated to locate in the 7 practice of the law, he conducted that institution with marked success ~ for four regular terms, when he was again elected but resigned his © position to engage in the regular practice of law. He then returned from Kentucky to his native State, Missouri, and located at Martins burg, where he practiced for two years. From that point he came directly to Montgomery City: His record here since then is familiar to the people of Montgomery county - a record that reflects only" credit on the community of which he is a member. Mr. McCanine - has had a most successful career in the criminal practice, and during | his entire experience at the bar he has never lost a criminal case. On account of his success, indeed, in this direction, he has won the sobrv: quet of the 'jury lawyer.'? Mr. McCanne has held the office of mayor of this city and some minor positions, but has never made | : business of politics or a pursuit of '* office seeking." On the 13th of - February, 1878, he was married to Miss Alice A. Crane, a refined andl estimable lady, a daughter of Joseph G. Crane, of Callaway county, They have one child, a son, called by the euphonious and longitudin ous name of Joseph Gresham Cowherd McCanne. He is a bright and promising boy. Mr. and Mrs. McC. are members of the Christian. Church, and be is a prominent Odd Fellow and Mason. We aga apologize for this imperfect sketch, but char ge it to Mr. McCanne's diffidence and our eagerness to place him in this History.

James W. Millam

Mr. Millan, a member of the principal lumber firm of this place, is justly conceded to be one of the representative, thorough-going business men of the west-central part of the county. He has already "achieved a degree of success in business affairs that would reflect no discredit on one far older than he in experience, notwithstanding he came up without the advantage of means to begin with, and with nothing but his own energy, industry and intelligence to rely upon. He was born in Bedford county, Va., February 22, 1849, and was reared to early manhood in his native State. His parents were John E. and Matilda (Hudson) Millam, the ancestry of each of whom have long been settled in Eastern Virginia. Young Millam's school advantages were limited to the neighborhood schools where he was reared, but he learned enough of books for all ordinary purposes. During the war the situation of affairs became such that he was twice compelled to shoulder his musket and do service in the Virginia State Guard, being in one or two engagements. In 1867 the family came to Missouri and settled near Wellsville, where they still reside. Here James W. learned the carpenter's trade, and also gave attention to the study of architecture. Having a natural aptitude for building and mechanical work he soon became proficient in this branch of industry. He has followed it with success principally ever since he learned it, and for some years past he has been the architect and builder of most of the better houses in and around Montgomery City. He became a member of the firm of Mounts & Co. in the lumber trade in January, 1884. This firm is the successor to Frank Sabouren, and their trade will amount to 100 car loads of lumber annually. Mr. Millam has a "neat and commodious residence property in the college building, and also some other valuable town property. August 18, 1872, he was -married to Miss Hattie Mounts, a daughter of Asa Mounts, his partner, originally of Iowa. They have a family of four children: William H., Addie Belle, Dollie Irene and Lucy. Mrs. M. is a member of the O. _S. Presbyterian Church.

John W. Oliver

_ Mr. Oliver's father, John R. Oliver, a gallant old soldier in the War of 1812, was born and reared in Clark county, Ky. Two years before the war broke out he was married in that county to Miss Margaret Miller, and when he was called tothe defense of his country was settled down in Clark county, quietly and successfully engaged in . farming. Leaving his home he did not return until the close of the *war. Among other engagements he was in the famous '* Dudley's

Kentucky, he continued to reside in Clark county until 1826, when he came to Missouri, and settled in Montgomery county, where his family 4 was partly reared. His wife died here July 24, 1860, and he Sep- | tember 1, 1870. John W. Oliver, who was the seahidl in his father's © family of children, was born in Montgomery county, April 12, 1833, - and was reared on a farm in this county. On attaining manhood he a followed in the footsteps of his father and became a farmer, an occu | pation he has ever since continued to follow. Having learned by ex-_ perience and by the example of his father, that only by hard work," economy and good management cau one prosper as a farmer, he has made these three requisites his rule of life, and with substantial re- 7 sults. He has become one of the well-to-do farmers and stock- ~ raisers of the township, and has a good place of over 400 acres, - well improved and stocked. Mr. Oliver married Miss Arthusa Ham, a daughter of Stephen Ham, the pioneer settler of this county ~ referred to elsewhere. Mr. and Mrs. O. have six children: Bettie J., 7 John C., Eldridge T., Frederick W., Stephen L..and D. A. Both~ parents are members of the Baptist Church. During the war Mr. ~ Oliver served for about 18 months in the State militia.

Rev. Isaac M. Oliver

Rev. Mr. Oliver is a brother to John W. Oliver, whose sketch pre- ~ cedes this, and was born in this county August 1, 1835. The Oliv - family, in religious views, are of the Missionary, or regular Baptist faith, and came originally from North Carolina. From there one ~ branch of the family settled in Tennessee, another branch in Clark - county, Ky., and still others in different parts of the country. Nu- | merous members of the family have taken prominent places in church history. Among others in this State are called to mind at the moment Rev. Joseph Oliver, a prominent member of the Macon Baptist Association, formerly of Clark county, Ky., who, in the course of his - ministry, baptised over 300 persons. His remains now rest at Mt. - Tabor cemetery, near Atlanta, in Macon county, where he was buried" in 1877, after having reached his seventy-fourth year; and also Rev. ahora eer: a yee of a on branch of ee ate pad in "1840, Gauiabell's aes of Missong says: A '*Qnly 10 years before this, the first white man, Lunsford Oliver, a native of Tennessee, settled in this part of the State. He located.in what is now Newton county, and had no neighbor within 40 miles." whom is given on the next page. Rev. Isaac M. Oliver identified himself as a member of the church of which he is now a minister, when quite a young man, and soon afterwards determined to devote himself to the ministry. His general education was confined to what he could obtain in the ordinary district schools of the neighborhood, and in about 1863 he began to study for the ministry. Indeed, before this he had been a diligent biblical student for some time, and had sought to inform himself generally in matters of church government and in the more essential views and doctrines of the different denominations. On the 20th of October, 1865, he was licensed to preach by his church, and two years later, on the 29th:of December, 1867, was regularly ordained by a presbytery composed of Elders R. 8S. Duncan, G. B. Smith and Caleb Bush. Since that time Rev. Mr. Oliver has been actively engaged in the labors of the ministry. His work has been largely of a missionary character. In 1873 he organized the church at Salem, and in July, 1875, the church at White Hall. He has been pastor of the church at Wellsville, and for three years was pastor of the church at Salem, when he resigned the care of this church on account of approaching bad health. At this instance the church gave him a very high recommendation, which we here publish : -

WHEREAS, Our beloved brother and former pastor, Bro. I. M. Oliver, has seen proper to resign his pastoral care of the church; therefore, Resolved, That we, as a Church, cordially indorse him as a faithful pastor and truehearted brother, whose labors.to erect and complete our house of worship have been _characteristic of an earnest worker in the vineyard of the Lord. May our blessed Lord continue to bless his labors in the future is the prayer of his brothers and sisters at Salem Church. _ Resolved, That a copy of this be entered on the records of the Church, and a copy _be presented to Bro. I. M. Oliver. By order of the Church. D. W. Grant, Moderator. A. P. OLIVER, Clerk. FEBRUARY 23, 1878.

Mr. Oliver is a man of earnest piety and takes a deep interest in the -eause of religion. He is a man of much general information, and the fine general library he has, which bears the marks of long but proper "use, shows that he is a man whose investigations are not confined to -any narrow, prejudiced channel, but that he seeks the truth in all directions, or wherever it may be found, and is not afraid to recognize it when he meets it. In 1874, Rev. Mr. Oliver was married to Miss Margaret Allison, a daughter of Alexander Allison and wife, nee Elizabeth - - - , both formerly of Tennessee, and her father a minister of, the Presbyterian Church. Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver have two children, Ira M. and Alex. J. Three are deceased, Isaac, Allison and Virgil. Rev. Mr. Oliver is a life member of the American Baptist Publication Society. After his marriage he located on the farm where he now resides, which:he had previously bought. He has given a large share of his attention to farming interests, has been quite successful, and has accumulated a comfortable property by his own industry and ; good management. Mr. Oliver's farm contains 355 acres, and is well © improved and well stocked. He and wife have reared a niece of hers, ~ Miss Ella F. Duncan, a refined and interesting young lady. 'om

Albert P. Oliver

Rev. Albert P. Oliver was the voungest in his father's family of children, and was born January 14, 1838. Like his brothers, he re- © ceived only a common-school education. Reared to a farm life, as soon as he attained his majority, or about that time, he embarked in 4 life for himself as a farmer, and has followed it continuously ever since, but for a number of years past devoting more or less time to the work of the ministry. Like his brothers, Mr. Oliver is comfort- - ably situated in life, and all largely the fruit of his own industry. His 4 farm contains 470 acres, and he is engaged in both growing grain a and raising stock. In 1868 Rev. Mr. "Oliver was' married to Miss Sarah C. "Johnson, a. daughter of "Squire James B. and Dorinda ~ (Stone) Johnson, of this county, but formerly of Virginia. Three children are the fruits of their union: Andrew, Milton M. and Emmet. Rev. Mr. Oliver united with the Missionary Baptist Church in the - fall of 1866. Later along he studied for the ministry, but was not formally licensed to preach until' 1870. He has since been engaged - when his services are needed in work for the church from time to 7 time. He is a member of the old Citizens' Association of Mont-~ gomery county. Born and reared in the county, though now 47 _ years of age, he has never been outside of the State. Mr. and Mrs. 7 Oliver have a niece of her's whom they are raising, Dorinda C. Boone, now a young girl about 14 years of age. ;

Benjamin Palmer

Mr. Palmer has been a resident of Montgomery county almost con-_ tinuously for the last forty years, and has been engaged in his pre sent line' of business since 1870, being also postmaster during th time. He is a native of New York, born in Seneca county, Septemb 19, 1807. His parents, Jesse and Nancy Palmer, were originally fro Maryland. Mr. Palmer was reared in New York and learned the cab net maker's trade as he grew up. In about 1830 he went to Maryland: and worked at his trade. there for two years, when he returned to" New York, spending the following year at the metropolis. In 1833] went to Caanis and two years ler to Buffalo. He was married removed to Newark, Ohio, and in 1844 came to Missouri, locat in Montgomery county, where, with the exception of six years, d ing which Mr. Palmer was farming in Boone county, they have e since resided. For two years Mr. "Palmer was boating on the Mis sippi river. During the war he was U. S. Marshal for four counties, including: Montgomery, principally occupied with enrolling the people of the male population above the age of 18 with a view of determinating their loyalty as required by law, or by authority of the Govern-

Paenit. Mr. and Mrs. Palmer have reared two children, Warren W., whose sketch follows this, and Mary D., a young lady at home. Mr. Palmer carries a good stock of goods and has an excellent trade. His long service as postmaster shows that he has made an officer alike satisfactory to the Government and popular with the people. He is

Warren W. Palmer

_ His experience thus far at Montgomery City has been entirely satisfactory and he is now well established here as one of its substantial business men. Brought up to business life, he has made it his study from boyhood, and having had ample experience in trade, his advantages for a successful career have been and are hardly less than could be desired. His desire is to keep only such goods as are required by the custom and as recommend themselves by 'their quality, style and

1883. He gives this house his personal attention, his father having charge of the drug house at Danville, On the 21st of June, 1883, he was "harried to Miss Minnie, a daughter of Dr. F. S. Clare. Mr.

George A. Palmer

county from Kentucky in 1828. The father entered land there and became a substantial farmer. He died in 1858. The mother died in 1846. George A. Palmer was born on the farm in Lincoln county July 2, 1832, and was reared to farm work. At the age on the way, and afterwards remained for five years on the Pacifie coast, engaged principally in mining, but, also, for a time in teaming and herding cattle. The year before he went out, there was a sad - scene on the plains, in which he had a deep interest, but all uncon- - scious to himself. Robert Gilmore and wife and their four children, - three sons and a daughter, Margaret, had started to California. . Water was then scarce on the plains, but at that time the fatal effect - of drinking the alkali water was little known by the generality of - people. While on the way, and almost perishing of thirst, they ~ came to a beautiful fountain of crystal water, which seemed to them - to be a special gift of Providence. Having tasted the water, the ~ father and mother and one son were soon cold in death. The oth- ~ ers narrowly escaped. Margaret Gilmore and George A. Palmer - were reared children together, and almost daily passed a few of the © bright hours of youth together, and very naturally became betrothed be- - fore their separation. Owing to the death of her parents, Miss Gilmore ~ returned to Missouri with a_ brother shortly after her arrival in Cali- - fornia, and so did not meet her betrothed until after his return to the | scenes of their childhood, or for five long years. But now the con- - summation of all their hopes and of the many happy dreams of their earlier years were realized. They were married early in 1856. Mr. : Palmer continued to reside in Lincoln county, successfully engaged in farming, until 1871, when he removed to Montgomery county, andl 3 settled on the place where he now resides. A man of much worth - and untiring industry, he has been quite successful as a farmer. - He has 680 acres of land in his tract, over half of which is under fence - and.in a good state of improvement. Mr. and Mrs. Palmer have had ~ six children, namely: Mary, now Mrs. James Powell; Martha, the. wife of Albert Hensley; Cora, born in 1863, died in 1874; Me : Charley and Joseph T.

Eugene B. Pegram

Mr. Pegram was principally reared to mercantile life, and after he grew up was engaged in business at Montgomery City until early in the spring of 1883, when he sold out. and began handling stock and ~ farming. He has been quite successful in the stock business, and is rapidly coming to the front as one of the active, enterprising stoe buyers and shippers of the east-central part of the county. Mr. Pegram is a son of ' Squire J. L. Pegram of Montgomery City, and was horn on his father's homestead, August rT, 1849. His mother was a Miss Julia K. Otey, now deceased, 'and both his parents were from Virginia. They were early settlers in Virginia, and located first in~ St. Charles county, in 1837. Subsequently they removed to Mont- - gomery county, and improved a farm on Loutre creek. Later along they removed to the vicinity of, Montgomery City, and settled on farm about two miles east of this place, which Squire Pegram i where he still resides. Eugene B., the subject of this sketch, was a lad of about 11 years when the family removed to Montgomery City, and he was therefore partly reared in town. He attended the schools of the place as he grew up, and while yet in youth entered the store of his brother-in- law: Ben. Barnes, as a clerk to learn merchandising.

He continued with Mr. Barnes for a number of years, and finally became interested with him in business, establishing a clothing store at Montgomery City. This was carried on with success until the spring of 1883, when Mr. P. retired from the clothing business in order to engage in handling stock. He is now connected in. business with Overstreet & Co., of the Union Stock yards at St. Louis, in which firm his brother, Ed. Pegram, is a partner. This is one of the leading stock firms of St. Louis. Mr. P.'s brother-in-law, Ben. Barnes, is at the head of one of the leading commission houses of that city, and a prominent member of the Board of Trade. Mr. Barnes was for a number of years a merchant at this place (Montgomery City), and is well known here as one of the most enterprising, public-spirited and broad-gauged business men ever in the place. September 15, 1878, Mr. Pegram was married to Miss Mollie Scarry, a daughter of William Scarry, of St. Louis, but formerly of Cleveland, Ohio, where Mrs. Pegram was reared and educated. She isa member of the Catholic Church.

Thomas J. Porter

Mr. Porter's farm contains 360 acres all fenced and in active cultivation, meadow or pasturage. His place is otherwise well improved, with a commodious two-story dwelling and other buildings, etc., to correspond. Mr. Porter is recognized not only for his success in the management of his farm, but in 'the manner in which he keeps it. A 'native of Ohio, he has introduced methods and ideas of Northern farming into the management of his own place, which have had not a little to do with bringing about the success that has awarded his industry. He was born in Belmont county, O., on the 19th of February, 1836, and was the second in the family of children of Archibald and Eliza. J. Porter, both also natives of that State. He received a good common school education as he grew up on his father's farm in Ohio, and in 1858 was married to Miss Mary E. Bay, a daughter of the well known Maj. J.C. Bay, of this county, who came here from Ohio in 1859. The Major died in 1878, but his widow is still living, and finds a pleasant home with her daughter, Mrs. Purvis. Mr. Porter is engaged to a considerable extent in the stock business, and ships cattle and hogs to the. wholesale markets. Mr. and Mrs. P. have four children : Wallace M., James H., Orville E. and Orr S. Charles L., the first son, died in infancy. Mrs. P. is a member of the M. E. Church North. Mr. Porter was in the Enrolled militia during the war for about a year. He is a member of the Masonic order. ¥ ee ill

George W. Robertson

Mr. Robertson stands at the head of perhaps the leading house in his line in Montgomery county. He carries a stock of between $10,000 and $15,000 and six salesmen are required to attend to his trade. He occupies the Barnes' block, his sales-room being 24x90 feet in dimensions and his tin shop 20x24. Besides the other numerous lines of goods he carries are the Buckeye, the Bennett, and the Empire - Harvesters ; the Deere farm machinery, the Deere, Mansur & Co. bug-_ gies and also the Courtland buggies and carriages. He began business here in 1878 and his trade from that time to this has had a steady, substantial growth, whilst he has regularly increased his stock tomeet the demands of his increasing trade. Mr. Robertson's house may therefore be considered one of the established, substantial and - fixed business houses of Montgomery City. Mr. Robertson was born - and reared in Lincoln county, and is a son of Ben. F. Robertson, a | leading business man and influential citizen of the vicinity of Burr . Oak Valley, born near Auburn December 9th, 1853. His mother was a Miss Elizabeth Gillan before her marriage. His father is now en- q gaged in merchandising at Folley Station. The father was a farmer, 4 and the proprietor of a lar ge mill as well as a merchant, and the youth of George W. was spent in assisting on the farm, helping at mill and clerking at the store, as well as attending the neighborhood schools, : He also attended select school, and in 1869 went to St. Louis, and - took a course in Bryant & Stratton's Commercial College. 'After 3 this, deciding to secure a more advanced general education, he en- | tered Central College at Fayette, Missouri, for that purpose. He took a regular course at Central College and graduated in 1872. He then went to Cornell University, New York, where he took a special course in chemistry and advanced mathematics. After a year spent } at Cornell University, he entered Eastman's Commercial College at ~ Poughkeepsie, N. Y., where he graduated with the highest ener re- ji ceiving the highest grade of his class. Returning from Poughkeepsie in 1875, he was now offered, and he accepted, the position of bookkeeper in the large wholesale farm machinery house of Taylor & Co. in St. Louis, for whom he worked a year. After this he was' with Lee & Adams, leading attorneys of that city, for a year. In 1877 he formed a partnership with A. C. DePue inthe general mer- - chandise line at Cap au Gris, underthe firm name of Robertson & DePue. Less than a year later he came to Montgomery City, where. he established his present business. Mr. Robertson was married Se; tember 6, 1876, to Miss Mary E. Bratton, a daughter of James Ber Bratton, a prominent citizen of Boone county. Mr. R. first met h then fitave wife at commencement exercises at Central College, where he. became acquainted with her. Heaven has blessed them

Sylvester J. Sailor

Mr. Sailor, an industrious and respected farmer of this township, is a native of the county in which, thus far, his whole life has been spent, born October 5, 1834. His parents both came to this county in an early day, and both from Kentucky ; his father, James Sailor, in 1824, and his mother, whose maiden name was Sabina Cobb, in 1820. They were married in 1828 and reared a family of 11 children,

Celathall, George, Virginia and Sylvester J., who was the third in the family. The father was a substantial farmer and left an estate of 600 acres of fine land at his death, mostly improved. He died in 1872 at the age of 64. His wife died in 1858, aged 48. Sylvester J. was reared on the farm, and on the 2d of April, 1861, was married to Miss "Jemima A. Lark, of Callaway county, a daughter of Joseph and Narcissa Lark. Five children are the fruits of their marriage: Mary,

Isaac O. Sailor

Mr. Sailor, a thorough machinist and a skillful mechanic by natural aptitude, has been a resident of } Montgomery City and in his present oline of industry at this place since 1880, when he came here from the western part of the county, and in partnership with Mr. Rodgers bought the machine shops, which their present firm is now success- _ fully conducting. They do general repairing work, both in wood and iron, and inake a specialty of repairing engines and boilers and other have a blacksmith shop in connection with their establishment. Mr. - Sailor was born in Montgomery county, February 11, 1835, and his parents, John H. Sailor and wife, nee Virginia Perkins, were both from Kentucky. The father died here in 1844. Isaac was reared on Pithe farm and was the oldest of five brothers, three of whom are living - one in South-west Missouri and another in Texas. After he grew up Isaac O. Sailor learned the blacksmith's trade on Loutre that part of the county, until he came to Montgomery City. The firm now employ seven men in their shop. February 24, 1857, Mr. Sailor was married to Miss Sebrina Peveler, a daughter of Dawa Peveler, of this county. They have three children: "Ellen, wife of John Norman; John D. (married), and William O., who is in the shops with his father. Mr. S. is a member of the Masonic order.

George W. Sailor

An enterprising, successful agriculturist of this township, Mr. Sailor is one of its thorough-going, well-te-do farmers and stockmen. His place contains 425 acres, and is well improved and stocked with good grades of farm animals. He is making a specialty of raising short-horns. Mr. Sailor was born in this county July 8, 1837, and was a son of John H. and Virginia (Perkins) Sailor, his father originally of Virginia, but his mother of Kentucky. The family came to- Missouri from Kentucky in }1845 and settled in Montgomery county, where the father entered land and improved a farm. He died here in 1844. The mother is still living and finds a pleasant home with her children. George W. was reared on the farm in this county, and edu- - cated in the neighborhood schools. When about 17 years of age he : went to California and spent nearly 20 years on the Pacific coast. For the first three years he was engaged in mining in California, and then turned his attention to farming and stock-raising, which he - followed until 1872, some 15 years. Selling out in California, he re- - turned to this county, and the following year was married to Miss © Drueilla, a daughter of Andrew F. and Gillie Oechsli, formerly of Virginia, and who settled in this county in 1850. Both her parents - are now deceased. The year of his marriage Mr. Sailor removed to 4 Callaway county, where he engaged actively 1 in farming and handling - stock. "He remained there antl 1881, returning thence to Monte § gomery county, and settling on the farm where he now resides. Mr. and Mrs. Sailor have five children : William T., Martha B., Alberta : George F. and Ida Lee.

All new countries are settled in the first instance by the most ener- | getic and enterprising of older communities - brave, sturdy, adventurous spirits, who ptsh out into new regions, well knowing the hard=" ships and dangers they are to endure, but not fearing them. Among ~ the pioneers of this class in North Missouri was the father of the subject of the present sketch. James Sailor came of an old Virginia fa ily, but was reared, himself, in Kentucky. He came to Missouri the territorial days of the country, settling in Montgomery county, where he reared his family. ° He was one 'of the sturdy, worthy « old pioneers of the country, and died here in 1872. His wife, ihe )

(17, 1838. About the time he reached his majority the Pike's Peak excitement was at its height and he, too, went to that Land of Promise, but had no difficulty in bringing back the same year all the wealth he accumulated at the Midas Mountain of the American Hesperides. After his return he was busily occupied with farming until the outbreak of the War of 1861, when, following the bent of his convictions, he promptly enlisted in the Twenty-third Missouri infantry.

suming farming, later along he also: engaged in stock trading, and has followed up these industries with satisfactory success until the present time. In 1873 he was married to Miss Mattie Colbert, a daughter of Washington Colbert, formerly of North Carolina. Mr. and Mrs. S. have five children: Dwinard B., Malcolm E., Armistead F., Angie M. and Isaac §. Mr. Sailor has a good farm of 132 acres.

James M. Sailor

Of German descent on his father's side, Mr. Sailor is of the second generation of the family born in this country. His grandfather, Emanuel Sailor, came from Germany shortly after the Revolutionary born in this county October 16, 1844. Reared on the farm, he was married here to Miss Alice Henton, a daughter of Rolla Henton, an early settler of this county from Kentucky. Two children are the

He located on the farm where he now resides when it was raw land, and has improved it mainly by his own labor. He is a man of industry and one of the worthy citizens of the township. His farm zens of the south-east part of the county. He died at High Hill in 1866. He was quite prominent in church work, and was a valued member of the Baptist Church. For a time he lived in St. Louis, in order to give his children the benefits to be derived from the excellent schools of that city. Mr. Sharp's mother (Robert A.'s) was a Miss Margaret Jeter before her marriage, also of Virginia. Robert A. was born at his parents' homestead in this county, May 15, 1842, and was reared in that vicinity. He is the youngest of five children by his father's last marriage, two sons and three daughters. He received a good common and high-school education, and also took a course at - Jones' Commercial College, in St. Louis. Subsequently he learned ~ the carpenter's trade and followed contracting and building most of - the time at Montgomery City for about 16 years. For some seven years during this time he was engaged in the lumber business at this place. In 1882 Mr. Sharp engaged in the farm machinery business at Montgomery City, in which he has ever since continued. He built his own wareroom and business house, and gives the machinery busi- - ness his whole time and attention. Messrs. Sharp & Rookwood ¢carry a large stock of agricultural implements and have built up an excel- - lent trade. January 27, 1869, Mr. Sharp was married to Miss Henrietta Anderson, a daughter of Dr. G. A. Anderson, deceased, late of Loutre island. Mrs. S. was principally educated in Pennsylvania, and at the Danville (Mo.) College. Mr. and Mrs. Sharp have five ~ children: Leah E., Alonzo G., Guy B. and Herbert L. During the | war Mr. Sharp was in the Southern service under Col. Dorsey for a time. He was in one or two fights of minor importance.

Duncan Snethen

Mr. Snethen, an energetic business man of this city, and who has a gallinarium of fine poultry of the best breeds, fancy and sporting, has been a resident of Montgomery City for nearly twenty years, and - is well and favorably known throughout the west-central part of the" county, 48 well as in the southern part, where he was born and reared, © He was one of a family of 13 children, six of whom are living, of - Rev. Dr. Alia B. Snethen and wife, who was Miss Caroline Margaret ~ Johnson before her marriage. They were early settlers on Dry fork, y in this county, and the father came from Kentucky in 1808 and the mother from Tennessee in 1827. The father was a practicing physi- - cian of nearly 25 years' experience before his death, and he was also © a well knownand highly esteemed minister of the Baptist Church. a He died on his farm on Dry fork, February 3, 1867. The mother is still living, and makes her home at her daughter, Mrs. I. H. Knox.

farm life. At the age of 17, lbwever, he apprenticed himself to KE. Rosenberger at High Hill to learn the saddler's trade, under whom h served for three years. He was then employed by Rosenberger for § and in 1869 he bought out McDaniel and became sole proprietor. Mr. Snethen is a fancier of fine poultry, and makes a specialty of breeding the best grades. In his gallinarium are represented most of the best breeds, including the Light Branch, the Plymouth Rock, the White Leghorns, the Partridge Cochins, etc., etc. Mr. Snethen is a man of family, and was married April 24, 1867. His wife was a Miss Julie E. Overstreet, a daughter of James Overstreet, of Virginia (deceased). Mr. and Mrs. S. have three children: Cora Lee, Maggie May and Elisha. Three are deceased: Alia, Mannie 'and Luther. Mr. and Mrs. S. are members of the Baptist Church, and he is senior deacon of the Masonic lodge at this place.

Henry Spinsby

For nearly 20 years the name that heads this sketch has been familiar to the traveling public along the line of the Wabash Railway through North Missouri, as that of one of the most popular landlords in the hotel business in the State. Mr. Spinsby came to Montgomery first-class railway hotel. The local markets were not and have never been relied upon to supply the wants of the table kept at the hotel, but everything of which a better quality could be bought at distant markets has been brought from such points, regardless of expense. Mr. Spinsby is a typical landlord, a man who knows how to run a hotel with success, in a business point of view, and so as to make it popular with the public. He has made the Spinsby Hotel second in reputation to that of no railway or other hotel outside of a large city in the State. Mr. Spinsby is an Englishman by nativity, born in Cumberland county, July 29,1819. Hewas a son of Maj. Henry Spinsby of the British army, who served for 24 years as sergeant-major of the Fifteenth Hussars. Mr. Spinsby's county, and in 1840 came to America. Here he was engaged in various occupations until 1866 when he came to Montgomery City. In 1856 he was married in St. Louis to Miss Mary McCaffery, formerly of Ire-

Ausbin Stewart

Mr. Stewart has been a resident of this county for 45 years, and is © one of the well known and highly respected citizens of the county, as | well as a substantial property holder. He was born in Highland ~ county, Va. (then Pendleton county ), May 22, 1819, and was a son of ~ John Stewart and wife, Mary Stewart, who was formerly of Bath ~ county, that State, a mi Bas of her husband, and of the same - family name - Stewart. . Stewart's father was a soldier in the - War of 1812, serving from ie opening until the close of the struggle, - having re-enlisted after his first term of service expired, and remain- - ing at home but one night between his two terms of enlistment. After, the war he returned home to Virginia and engaged in milling. He was mairied in 1813, and 25 years later removed to Missouri, settling in Montgomery county, about four miles west of the present site of | Montgomery City, on a farm now owned by Thomas Britt. He hada tes of 11 children, six of whom lived to years of maturity. Oc- q tavia (Mrs. Devine), Tabitha (Mrs. Edis), Ausbin, the subject of © this sketch; Margaret (Mrs. See), Alonzo and Emily (deceased ). Alonzo, male on a trip to California, in 1865, was murdered, in Colusa county, together with the sheriff and deputy sheriff of that county, ~ by a party of outlaws, instigated, it is believed, by the notorious © Alvin Cobb. Ausbin Stewart was about 20 years of age when the © family came to Missouri, in 1839. He soon afterwards engaged in ~ farming here for himself, and on the 14th of October, 1847, was mar- - ried to. Miss Elizabeth Glenn, a daughter of Judge Thomas Glenn, of - this county. Two years later Mr. "Stewart t, during the gold excite- - ment, went to California, and was engaged in mining out there with | reasonable success until 1851. Returning to Montgomery county, he resumed farming, and removed to his present place in 1877. This is © a neat farm of 45 acres adjoining the town of Montgomery City, de- - voted principally to fruit raising, which he has found a profitable 1 in-_ dustry. He has over 2,000 trees on his place, and his farm is handsomely improved. Mr. 'Stewart has also a good farm of 757 acres - about 10 miles north-east of Montgomery City, a portion of which - (318 acres) he gave to his son Cortez: the balance he rents. He andhis wife have three children, Malissa, the wife of Thomas Britt ; Cor- - tez, who married Miss Lettie Bruner, and resides on a farm in the ~ county; and Julia I., the wife of Rev. J. O. Edmondson, a minister of the M. E. Church South. d

_ Cat's prairie, near the present site of Reform post-office, and improved alarge farm. There he lived the remainder of his days, one of the respected farmers of the county, and reared a worthy family of 'children. Among these was his son Minter, who afterwards became the father of the subject of this sketch. He married Miss Louisa Petty, and of this union Manlius R. Suggett was born October 11, 1845. She is still living, residing on the farm near Reform, but me husband has been dead for a number of years. Manlius R. was reared on the farm and early became a farmer and stock dealer. He followed this with success until 1877, when he engaged in the retail liquor business at Danville. Five years afterwards he came to Montgomery City, where he has ever since continued the same business. Mr. Suggett is in substantial circumstances. He has two valuable business properties in Montgomery City, and besides these he has a comfortable residence property. April 2, 1882, he was married to Miss Louisa Bush, a daughter of Ambrose Bush, deceased, late of Danville.. Mr. -and Mrs. Suggett have two children: Jessie and an infant. During the war, in 1863, Mr. Suggett attempted to join the Southern army, but was saved from soldiery, fora time at least, by the Federals, who took him prisoner on his way and confined him in Gratiot prison in St. Louis for about four months. He was then released after taking -an oath. But in 1864, when Price marched through Missouri, he joined the Southern forces, and was with them until he was again captured. This time he was sent to Rock Island prison, where he was kept until the Confederate star of hope set to rise no more. While in ~the army he was under Marmaduke. He is Democratic in politics.

Col... A. Lhompson

Larkin Asbury Thompson was born in Warren county, Mo., De- _cember 7, 1838. His parents, James Thompson and Mary Brotherton, were married in Blount county, Tenn., February 26, 1831, and came to Missouri in 1837. They were Methodists of the old school. Their ancestors were Irish, with a small vien of Welsh blood in the paternal line, and were active in the Revolutionary War for independence, and also in the second war with England. ~ In the spring of 1842, when Larkin was in his fourth year, his parents moved to Montgomery county, and settled at Belleville, where they resided until March 6, 1851, when they removed to Warren "county, and settled on the Boone' s Lick road, two miles west of 'Warrenton. There the boy grew to manhood. | His early educational advantages, were such merely as the common schools of the country could furnish. But through these he had the benefit of debating societies, in which he gained some reputation among his associates. The discussion on the tariff question, the division in the Methodist Church on the slavery question, the Jackson resolutions and Benton's appeal to the people, the Missouri compromise of 1850, and the Nebraska bill, were so interesting that he made such inquiries and investigations as his circumstances would permit. And, asa resettled in Danville, Montgomery county, and commenced practicing sult, he concluded that the public or common opinion on these questions was wrong, and he resolved to vote the Whig ticket when he - became old enough. In the meantime preachers in the Methodist - Episcopal Church, who were driven from their circuits, came to his - father's house to find a home and a place to preach. Their grievances - at the hands of the pro-slavery party were narrated in his hearing. The troubles in Kansas becoming atopic of common talk, Free State men, returning from the territary, gave exciting reports of the work done there in the interests of slavery. These made impressions on - his mind to be matured into settled conviction, by time and experience. - In 1858 the first ** High School'' in Warrenton, was opened by Prof. Joseph W. Carson. This was pleasing to young Thompson, and he readily became a pupil during that and the ensuing year, giving at- -

With an irregular education thus obtained, he commenced reading - law, January 9, 1860, and.teaching school to earn-a living. In the August elections of that year he voted for Sample Orr for Governor, : and for James S. Rollins for Congress, 1 in a measure gratifying the | desire of his boyhood. And in the November election of the same - year he voted for Bell and Everett for President and Vice-President. But his teaching enterprise was of short duration on account of State ; legislation on the school fund." He continued the study of law in the office of Col. Fred. Morsey, at Warrenton. February 18, 1861, i he voted for W. W. Edwards and Ab. T. Franklin, straight Uniowsl men, for delegates to the State Convention to consider the relations - of Missourito the United States. And, espousing the cause of the ~ government, he joined the Union League and did scouting service for United States troops during the fall of 1861 and the ensuing winter, and on one occasion met some Federal cavalry who, suspecting him ~ to be a rebel, were prevented from shooting him only by the arrival of | a neighbor, whose testimony, spoken in his native tongue - German - _ made. satisfactory proof of the scout's loyalty. ;

In March, 1862, Mr. Thompson was admitted to the bar by Ju de 4 Bed C. Fagg, of the circuit court. Subsequently he enrolled in the Supremé Court, and was admitted to practice' in the United States_ court for the western district of Missouri. April 1, of that year, he law. But August 8, all hope of an early termination of the war having decayed, he enlisted as a private in Co. I, Thirty-first Mis-7 souri infantry volunteers, of whom Thomas C. Fletcher, afterwards Governor of Missouri, was colonel. When the company was mustered, the young lawyer was appointed second sergeant, and was soon thereafter made first, or orderly sergeant. Ina short. time he was appointed brigade quartermaster sergeant, but declined the honor. In the November election, that vear, he supported Arnold Krekel for Congress. 4 by a shell, but partially recovering, he was permitted to remain with his friends for care and treatment, rather than be sent elsewhere with strangers, and was therefore with his regiment in the campaign against Arkansas Post. But after the army returned to Young's Point, La., the Mississippi became so high as to threaten the overflow of the whole encampment; he, having become unable to travel, was 'taken toa boat for safety. On the '14th of June, 1863, he was discharged from the service, by order of Maj. Gen. U.S. Grant, on account of disability caused by wounds received in battle. The degree of disability was declared to be one-half, and he was. adjudged unfit for military service in the future. Placing him in charge of a friend, the authorities sent him '' home to die.'' Reaching home, at his father's, June 22, he was confined to his bed some weeks where his mother's care, and Dr. J. M. Foreman's skill, put him on his feet. Returning to Danville, August lst, he re-opened his law office.

August 25, 1863, he was taken to Middletown in a buggy in care of Walter L. Lovelace, and assisted in organizing the Radical party, and electing delegates to the State Convention at Jefferson City, but was too feeble to go there in person. In the ensuing November, he supported Krekel, Wagner and Clover for judges of the Supreme Court. In October, he was appointed postmaster at Danville, and a year later, October 14, 1864, the town was raided and burned by Bill Anderson and his bushwhackers. The post-office and records with Mr. Thompson's papers and clothing, except what he had on, were consumed, and he narrowly escaped capture.

March 14, 1865, he was commissioned captain of Missouri militia, under the law of that year, and enrolled all male inhabitants, white and colored, in the county who were over 15 years of age. He was then commissioned colonel of the Montgomery county regiment, which he organized by direction of the district commander.

In the early summer of 1865 he set out to quietly organize a regi- 'ment to goto y Mexico and join the Juarez forces in resisting the French army, but the Mexican agent not being able to give Soeehor guarantees, the scheme was abandoned. June 6 he voted for the new or ** Drake '' constitution.

April 1, 1866, he resigned the postmastership, continuing the practice of law. The ensuing November he was elected representative of the county in the Twenty-fourth Legislature of Missouri, having been nominated by the Republicans in convention at Montgomery City. When the House was organized in January,-1867, he was appointed a member of the Committee on the Judiciary, and also on the Commit-

'member for the Ninth district. He aided in the election of Charles - - . Drake to the United States Senate, and voted for the. ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment to the constitution of the United 'States. Later, January 26, he introduced a concurrent resolution asking the issou Balntors and Representatives in Congress to favor 'submitting to the States an amendment to the Federal constitution to prohibit any State from withholding the elective franchise from its citizens on account of race or color. This was before Senator Hen- - derson introduced the resolution that ended in the Fifteenth Amendment to the Federal constitution, March 7, 1867. With a majority of - the Committee on Constitutional Amendments, Mr. Thompson, re-~ ported favorably on the proposed amendment to the State constitu-_ tion extending the right of suffrage to the colored men of the State. These advanced views on the suffrs age question drew upon him much - keen opposition, which followed him home and threatened to defeat - his renomination in 1868. But his party renominated him in conven- - tion at Montgomery City, and a lively test was made against his suf- - frage position. He was re-elected, although the suffrage amendment : was defeated, and mainly, too, by Hone whiose votes elected him. In - the Twenty-fifth Legislature, organized January, 1869, he was again - placed on the Committee of the Judiciary, and at the second place on | the list; and he was made chairman of the Committee on Federal Relations. The contest for, United States Senator.was warm. The ~ object was to succeed Mr. Henderson, whose vote against the impeachment of President Johnson was so displeasing to Republicans generally that they considered his re-election far below a possibility, and were not, therefore, prepared to hear, much less tolerate, any movement looking to his re-election. The favorite candidates were. Carl Schurz and Ben F. Loan, and their advocates attended their respective caucuses nightly. Mr. Thompson refusing to attend either ~ caucus was subjected to such interviews as brought forth the sensational report that he was decidedly in favor of the re- election of Mr. Henderson. . Intimate friends of Mr. Thompson and supporters of | both the favorite candidates waited on him, and labored to admonish | him of the error he was about to commit, assuming that it would cost him his position in the party ; but their efforts were of no avail. Inthe meantime a discussion in the capital by candidates and their friends, in which Mr. Henderson was permitted to be heard, briefly, | made it less unpopular for : a memberto be his friend. But at his own request Mr. Henderson's name was withheld from the joint caucus © when the nomination for Senator was made, Mr. Thompson voting in © the cauéus for D. P. Dyer. The caucus nominated Mr. Schurz, 'and Mr. Thompson voted for him in the joint session. But Col. Thoma son had other controversies with his Republican associates.

In 1868 the election returns from several counties were Rodman} ized, that is to say discarded, by the Secretary of State, Francis Rodman, whose duty it was to canvass them. This action deprived those counties of any voice in the election of Governor, Lieutenant- - Governor, two members of Congress and two judges of the Circuit Court. It also deprived them of representation in the regular sessi of the Legislature and of any voice in the election of United State Senator. When the subject came before the House it caused a long and searching debate, participated in by tie- ablest lawyers, Col. Thompson taking the lead and maintaining that the duties of the Secretary of State, in canvassing returns, was ministerial and not judicial, |

A majority of the House dissenting from his construction of the law, declined to admit the members presenting certificates of election from their respective counties. But before the session adjourned his position was sustained by the Supreme Court.

The fifteenth amendment to the Federal Constitution, having been submitted to the States for ratification, came before the House, and Col. Thompson, in its support, made an elaborate spcech, casting his vote to thus settle the suffrage question by a law uniform in all the States and in the identical mode proposed by his resolution of January 26, 1867. As chairman of the Committee on Federal Relations he submitted a report favoring the repeal of the tenure of office act, and vindicated the report in an exhaustive argument on the constitutional question involved in the act.

Of the measures of general import which Col. Thompson gave earnest support during his four years' service in the General Assembly, the following may be mentioned: The enlargement of the public school fund and the building of school houses for the benefit of children of the common people; the permanent location of the Agricultural College in connection with the State University at Columbia ; needed improvements in the State asylums, and especiaily at Fulton, while Callaway county was unrepresented ; to reserve to the State the right to regulate the rates of freight and passenger tariff on railroads on which the State's liens were sold at a loss to the State, and to require the purchasers of such roads to semi-annually pay a small per the State; to place insurance companies under such legal restrictions as to protect the people against impostors ; to attract to this State a thrifty class of immigrants; the relief 'of counties whose public buildings, records and business were destroyed during the Civil War ; the repeal of the-registration law and the test oath as a requisite to the qualification of voters. The law that he had passed establishing the Probate Court in this county is so concise in diction and plain in detail that many bills for similar courts were drawn by it. He hada bill passed in the House to establish a Court of Common Pleas at Montgomery City, but it failed to pass the Senate, and gave considerable dissatisfaction about Danville, which culminated in 'an organized effort to prevent his renomination. He returned home in the spring of 1870 much fatigued, and before the canvass had commenced his health was such that he could neither speak nor write. Many propositions were made to him by Republicans and Democrats, who were willing to guarantee his re-election if he would consent to the use of his name ; "but all were respectfully declined. He was not renominated, nor was he able to-take any part inthe campaign. The Republican candidates in the county were all defeated, and in 1871, at a special election for representative to fill the vacancy of George W. Hammet, deceased, the Republican nominee, Hugo Monnig, an excellent gentleman, was defeated.

his health yet feeble, Col. Thompson commenced the publication of The Ray at Danville. The first issue of The Ray appeared December 7, 1871, and boldly espoused the Republican cause, and has ever - stood by its colors, he giving it his attention at the expense and final abandonment of his profession, and taking part in the discussions of the time.

March 22, 1874, Col. Thompson was married to Mrs. Naomi W. Terrill, widow of the late Robert P. Terrill, and a worthy companion, who, adapting herself to his interests, was soon able to set type neatly, and has many times, when occasion suggested, gone to the case and made an interesting hand. Thus the pair have often put in type and printed The Ray. October 2, 1875, they moved with The Ray office ~ and fixtures to Montgomery City, where they now reside.

September 19, 1876, Col. Thompson was appointed route agent between St. Louis and Kansas City over the Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific, and April 1, 1877, soon after the Hayes' Cabinet was formed, he was retired from 'the service.

In 1880 he was nominated by the Reems in State convention - at Sedalia, for presidential elector for the Thirteenth Congressional ~ district. Later in the campaign the State Republican convention at 4 St. Louis nominated him for State Auditor, after which he resigned his place on the electoral ticket. In 1884 he was again nominated by . the Republican State convention at Sedalia for presidential elector, | which he again resigned, so that the anti-Bourbon electoral ticket could be made satisfactorily. These three nominations were made - without his solicitation ; the first against his consent, and the second wholly without his knowledge. He was not present at either convention.

For Col. Thompson the road to celebrity was not smooth all the ~ way. Nor has his long and active career in the public service been asource of financial gain. And although he has been in positions which ~ a man of other opinions of right and wrong might have utilized to his a own enrichment, such was not the case with Col. Thompson. He has © always been regarded an honest and incorruptible man. No charge © or insinuation was ever made against bim. q

As an editorial writer he is concise, incisive and bold; as a Te- 7 porter of passing events he is thorough and reliable, and his reports ~ are accepted authority. In debate he is plain, fair, searching and ~ fearless. BI

Eden L. Updike

Mr. Updike is a native of Virginia, born in Loudoun county, on the - 26th of February, 1826, and was the fifth in a family of nine children ~ of Samuel and Eura Updike, both also natives of that State. In 1847_ the family removed to Ohio and settled in Morgan county, and Eden - L. located in that county with them. The father died in 1864, and the mother five years afterwards. Eden L. remained with the family 7 until 1848, when, being 22 years of age, he started out for himself. He had been reared on a farm, and having no means to begin farming for himself, he went out to farm labor, working for monthly wages.

Jn 1850 he was married to Miss Jane Williams, ; a daughter of Squire Thomas and Mary Williams, of Morgan county, that State. About the time of his marriage, Mr. Updike rented land and engaged in farming for himself and "continued to far m in Ohio until 1884, when he came to Missouri and settled in Montgomery county, purchasing the farm where he now resides. Mr. Updike has a place of 160 acres, all under fence and improved. For seven years prior to his coming to Missouri he had charge of the poor farm of Morgan county, Ohio, and managed its affairs with excellent success and to the satisfaction of the court and the public generally. Mr. Updike's first wife died in 1858, leaving him three children: Charles, Mary J. and Nancy B. She was an exemplary member of the Christian Church. Several years afterwards Mr. Updike was married to his present wife, who was Rebecca Porter, of Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. U. have four children: Maggie P., Howard M., Bessie B. and Laura M. Nancy, who married Townsend Parsons, died in February, 1883, leaving two children: Estella and Nellie. Charles married Miss Anna Dunaway and Mary J. married Frederick T. Kent - all the above farmers of Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. U. are members of the Christian Church. Mr. Updike had three brothers in the Union service during the war.

Charles Vandaveer

Like many of the early settlers of Montgomery county, Mr. Vandaveer is a native of Kentucky. He was born May 15, 1818, and was a son of Thomas and Jane (Fair) Vandaveer. When he was yet quite young his parents removed to Indiana, and thence to Lllinois, where his father died in 1847. His mother died in 1875. In 1846 Charles 'Vandaveer, who had grown up in the meantime, and, indeed, was 28 years of age, came to Missouri and located in Montgomery county, where he entered land. Thesame year he was married in this county to Miss Savana E. Rice, a daughter of William G. Rice, one of the first settlers of the county. Mr. Vandaveer at once went to work improving a farm and made himself a comfortable home. He and his 'son have a fine farm of 420 acres, all under fence and well improved. Mr. and Mrs. Vandaveer have but two children, and one only is living, Thomas, the other having died in infancy. In 1875 his son was married to Miss Mary J. Kelley, a daughter of Edward Kelley, of this county, formerly of Germany. Thomas Vandaveer and wife have four 'children: Stella S., Edward C., Carrie and Linnie.

1884. A short time ago Mr. V. bought Mr. Cushman's interest. He - has had a most encouraging frida. and carries a stock of about - $3,000, and numbers among his regular customers some of the best fam- - ilies of Montgomery City and in the surrounding tributary country.

as the people require, which he buys mainly for cash and with good - judgment as to the condition of the market at the time he makes their purchases, so that he is enabled to sell at prices which secure him against all harm from competition. His business has every promise of a continued successful future, and with commendable enterprise he is - steadily increasing his stock both in quantity and variety with the in- | crease of his trade. Mr. Varnum comes of one of the oldest settled families of North-east Massachusetts. His grandparents were Jacob ~ Bradley Varnum and Miss Catherine (nee) Donnymead. 'They had - 12 children, among whom was Dr. Geo. W. Varnum, father of the subject of this sketch, and who' has until his recent removal to California, been a resident of this county. He was born at Washington, ~ D. C., but principally reared at Petersburg, Va. During the war and: - after service in a marine hospital he located at Sulphur Springs, Jefferson county, Mo.,in August, 1864 (after having resided in Wisconsin - some time previous ), and in 1869 came to this place, where he was en- | gaged in practicing medicine until 1874, then retiring. | Recently he © has removed to California to reside permanently. 'He was married - December 15, 1868, to Miss Anua L. Busby, and she is the Doctor's second wife. His first wife was Miss Martha A. Evans, whom he mar- © ried in 1855. James B., a son by his father's first marriage, was born - at Warren, Wis., August 15, 1860. His father removing to Mont-_ gomery City, however, when James B. was quite young, Mr. Varnum = was therefore reared at this place. He received a good general edu- ~ learn the photograph business, which he soon mastered and whieh he - followed with measurable success for four years. He then engaged in ~ his present business. i

Dr. Vernette is a native of the '*' Ever Faithful Isle,'' Cuba, born at Havana, April 23, 1842. His father was Jacques Vernette, born | and reared in the vicinity of Paris, France, and by education a phy-_ sician, a graduate of one of the eminent medical institutions of the French metropolis. But preferring a life on the sea, he was offered a commission as captain of a French merchant vessel, and he continue a life on the ocean wave until his death. In the course of a long s life he visited nearly every country on the globe and became a man wide and varied information, as well as a linguist of diversified attai ments. Whena young man while at anchor in the vicinity of New York, he met Miss Emeline Richards, of that cjty, between whom an attach- - ment sprang up, resulting in their marriage. They afterwards made their home at Havana, where Dr. Vernette was born. Subsequently they returned to New York, in which city Capt. Vernette's family permanently located, he continuing on the sea and visiting them from his different voyages. Both parents are now deceased. Dr. Vernette was educated at New York City and read medicine there under Dr. Cummings. In 1863 he entered the United States Medical College, at New York City, in which he took a regular course, graduating in 1865. In 1866 he came to Missouri. and located in Miller county, where he practiced for 10 years. He then came to Montgomery City. The firm of. Vernette & Darnell was formed in the fall of 1882, They do a general practice, but Dr. Vernette makes a specialty of chronic diseases, in which he has had eminent success. He visits lifferent points in this department of the practice, and now has nearly a thousand cases under treatment. In 1870 Dr. Vernette was married to Miss Paradine Keeth, of Miller county, a daughter of John Keeth, a respected citizen of this county. They have two children, Emma and Ella. Dr. V., besides being a graduate of the United States Medical College of New York City, graduated in the spring of 1874 at the Curtiss College of Physicians and Surgeons, of Cincinnati. The Doctor isa member of the I. O. O. F., and his wife is a member of the Christian Church.

John Vogt

Mr. Vogt was born and principally reared in Switzerland, but came over to America in 1858, and, after spending something over two years in New York and St. Louis, but principally at the latter, he came to Montgomery City. In 1861 he enlisted in the Union army under Col. Foster, of Gen. Quinby's division. He served for three years and seven months, or until the close of the war, doing his duty faithfully and bravely as a soldier of his adopted country. Among other engagements, he was in those of Iuka, Miss., Corinth, Miss., Port Gibson, Raymond, Jackson, Miss., Champion's Hill, Vicksburg, Chattanooga and Resaca, Ga. He was wounded in both legs at Jackson, Miss., and at Resaca he was: taken prisoner and afterwards confined at Andersonville for seven months. Afterhis honorable discharge from the service, he returned to Montgomery City. Here he formed a partnership with W. Overstreet in the contracting and building business, a partnership which lasted for two years. That firm was then dissolved and the firm of Vogt & Standthart was formed and went in the lumber business. They carried on the lime business for about seven years, after which Mr. Vogt bought out Mr. Standthart's interest, siice which he has continued the business alone. He has also added a stock of lumber and other building materials in the lines mentioned above. In the year 1867 Mr. Vogt was married to Miss Beulah Rodgers, a daughter e. Dreleg Rodgers, of Montgomery

City. They have five children : Emma, Maggie, Albert, Mattie and John. - Mrs. V. is a member of the Baptist Church and Mr. Vogt is a member of the Masonic order at this place. Mr. Vogt was born i in Switzerland, November 12, 1838. He was the eldest of a family of five children, four of whom are living, of Joseph and Agnes (Estlein) Vogt, who were of old families in Switzerland. In 1855 the family - came to America and settled in Montgomery county. Here the - father followed farming until a few years ago when he retired from all active labor. Mr. Vogt is a man of superior education and business qualifications, and is justly well esteemed in this community.

Albert Vogt

Mr. Vogt, who has the leading house in his line in Montgomery - county, was the pioneer jeweler of the county, or, rather, the first one ~ to establish a regular jewelry shop and business house in this line ~ in the county. "He camé to Montgomery City 21 years ago, a young man with scarcely a dollar and with only his: industry and in-- telligence to rely. upon for a successful career. Energy, patience and © perseverance, united with fair dealing, good management and an upright life, has given him success beyond his most sanguine expectations. ~ His business is large and thoroughly established, and he is one of the - solid business men and well-to-do property-holders of the place. He is a younger brother to John Vogt, whose sketch precedes this, and | was born in Switzerland, January 21, 1843. He was 20 years of age © before coming to America, and was educated and learned his trade in ~ Switzerland. Up to the age of 13 he attended school, and then be- © came an apprentice at Waldenberg, Switzerland, to the jeweler's - trade, where he worked for four years. He then went to Prussia ~ and worked there three years, coming thence to- America in 7 1863, The same year he located at Montgomery City. On the Ist" of May, 1870, Mr. Vogt was married to Miss Margaret Willi, a ~ daughter of John J. Willi, of Hermann, but formerly of Switzerland. Mr. and Mrs. Vogt have had eight children, seven of whom are living: Julia, George, Rudolph, Lotta, Blanche, Corrinna and Leo. Otto, the second to the youngest, died in 1882, in his second year. - Mrs. V. is a member of the Lutheran Church, and Mr. Vogt is amem=- ber of the Masonic Chapter at Montgomery City. .