Montgomery County, Missouri - Biographical sketches (2 of 2 so headed), 1885 (part 1 of 8)

Biographical sketches

Aaron Bonnel, the grandfather of Leonidas and a New Jerseyan, was a gallant soldier in the Revolutionary army throughout the war for independence. He left a numerous family of children, and among them was Clark Bonnel, who became the father of the subject of the present sketch. The family settled in Hamilton county, Ohio, in an early day, where Clark Bonnel grew to manhood. He there married Rachel E. Wykoff. They made their permanent home in Hamilton county after their marriage, and the father became a man of well-to-do circumstances. During the years of his greatest activity and usefulness he was quite prominent in county politics, but himself never sought nor desired any office. Leonidas was born on the family homestead, in Hamilton county, February 24, 1824, and as he was reared to hard work on the farm he had but little school opportunities to obtain an education, save as he educated himself at home; and by continued reading he has become a man_ of wide and varied information. He moved to 'Montgomery county in 1869, and has ever since taken an active and intelligent interest in-the affairs of his part of the county. October 23, 1847, Mr. Bonnel was married to Miss Rachel J. Wall, of Hamilton county, Ohio, and a daughter of John Wall, of an old Pennsylvania family. After his marriage he followed farming in Butler county, Ohio, until his removal to Montgomery county, Mo., in 1869. Here he has a good place of 200 acres and is comfortably situated. Mr. and Mrs. B. have 10 children: John W., Agerippa, Uzziah, Salona, Druzilla, wife of George Cochran; Helena, Ora L. B., Izates, Metteleus and Dorcas W.

William W. Boyd

Mr. Boyd is of an old patriotic Revolutionary stock, and the family came originally from Ireland to this country. His father's grandfather served with gallantry on the side of the Colonies throughout the long war for independence. John Boyd, William W.'s grandfather, 'served his country with courage and fidelity through the War of 1812. After the war he settled in Ohio, where Nathan L. Boyd, his son, was reared. The latter, after he grew up, was married to Miss Matilda Gregory, formerly of Kentucky, and of this union came William W. Boyd and five other children, most of whom are now heads of families. In 1865 the family came to Montgomery county, Mo. The father, Nathan L. Boyd, a successful farmer, died here in 1883, in the sixty-fourth year of his age. The mother is still living, aged 59 ae William W. Boyd was born in Brown county, Ohio, November 19, 1848, and was 16 years of age when the family came to Missouri. He grew up in this county and started out for himself in early manhood without ane means to begin on, and was ~soon married (in 1871). But he had been reared to work, which he had learned how to do, and he was not in the least afraid oF it. He and his young wife, who was a Miss Elizabeth Henton, a daughter of Rolla Henton, an early settler of the county immediately settled down and thus worked on and on until as the years circled around their industry prospered them in the farm affairs, and, better than all, heaven blessed them abundantly in their family with a numerous progeny. The man who accumulates a fortune and thus adds - to the wealth and prosperity of a country is undoubtedly a valuable and useful citizen; but the man who gives to society a large and worthy family of childreu performs a service of much more value. Mr. Boyd is now one of the substantial farmers of the township. He has a fine place of nearly 400 acres,\all under fence and well improved.

John A. Brown

Mr. Brown was a youth about thirteen years of age when his parents came on Tennessee and settled in Montgomery county in 1856. His father, John Brown, soon became recognized' as one of the respected Bret: and worthy citizens of Prairie township. He died here in 1866. The mother, a Miss Patience Hogett before her marriage, died in 1870, a most excellent lady and a worthy member of the Episcopal Church, as was also her husband. But three of their family of children are living: Anna E., wife of William Pointlow ; Margaret J., wife of Charles J. Fitzgerald ; and John A., the subject of this sketch. George W., a brother, was killed in the battle at Vicksburg, in the Union service, and Elizabeth, a sister, died in childhood. John A. was born in McMinn county, Tennessee, January 11, 1843. Purtly reared in Montgomery county, Mo., he entered the Union militin here during the first year of the outbreak of the war, and served until its close. In 1867 he was married to Miss Cynthia. A. Davidson, a daughter of Thomas and Amanda Davidson, . early . settlers from Ohio. Mr. Brown was reared a farmer and continued in that occupation exclusively until 1882, when he came to Middletown. He still owns a good farm of 160 acres which he has rented out. At Middletown he engaged i in the drug business and in 1884 he disposed of his drug intere sts and began keeping hotel and livery stable. He has a oood -house and runs a popular stable. Both are well patronized and he is doing a good business. Mr. and Mrs. B. have one child, Lillie B., having inst one, Maggie, at the age of three years Mrs. B. is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

Samuel K. Cowan

On the 4th of June, 1835, Mr. Cowan was born, his birthplace being his father's homestead in Brown county, Ohio. His father, David Cowan, was a native of Kentucky, but was brought to Ohio when a youth by his parents, where he grew up and was married to Miss Barbara B. Sanderson, who was born and reared in Ohio. They resided in Brown county, that State, until 1850, when they came to Missouri, and settled in Montgomery county. Here the father bought a farm, but he died the same year of his removal to this county. The mother is still living. Samuel K. was the third in their family of seven children, and was 15 years of age when the family came to this State. At the outbreak of the war he enlisted in the Missouri State militia, Union service, and served for three years. He then returned to farming, and on the 10th of June, 1856, he was married to Miss Nancy J. Kizner, a daughter of Henry and Amelia Kizner, formerly of Virginia. They have six children, all at home: Anna B., Minnie M., Pheebe A., McKee, Amanda A., and Cecil. Mr. and Mrs. C. and daughter, Anna, are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Mr. Cowan's farm contains 160 acres and is substantially and comfortably improved. He is one of the energetic farmers and respected citizens of Prairie township.

Samuel Crutcher

The biography of Mr. Crutcher leads us back to the pioneer days of the country. In one room of his double log house near Middletown was opened out the first stock of goods ever brought to the northern part of Montgomery county, and he was one of the founders of the town of Middletown, having helped to survey it and establish it as a town. His father's family came originally from Virginia. Mr. Crutcher's parents, Samuel and Nancy (James) Crutcher, 'removed to Lincoln county. Ky., in a very early day, and there Samuel, junior, was born, June 1, 1811. In about 1830 the family came to Missouri and located in Lincoln county, but two years later settled permanently in Montgomery county. The mother died here in 1848, and the father in 1865. Samuel, junior, was reared to the life of a pioneer 'farmer. In the fall of 1836 (September) he was married in Pike county to Miss Eliza A., a daughter of Elliott Holliday, formerly of Kentucky. Meanwhile he had entered a tract of land and improved a farm. Mr. Crutcher's first wife died in 1846, leaving three children living: Elliott.W., O'Cannon and James W., Agnes having died when three years old. Two years later he was married to Miss Maria Holloway. She did in 1866, leaving two children, Ezra and Junius, the former of whom died at the age of 28. To his present wife Mr. Crutcher was married in 1874. She was a Mrs. Mary J. Randolph,

692 HISTORY OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY. me and a daughter of Sterling Winter, an early farmer and miller of this county who came from Tennessee. He died' in California in 1883. Mr. and Mrs. Crutcher have one child, Nora Belle. His farm contains 480 acres.

James Farthing

Mr. Farthing's father, Samuel B. Farthing, came to this county at a time when all this region of country was an 'almost trackless wilderness, and when the present site of Middletown was in a state of primitive nature. He settled near what is now Middletown and made his premanent home in this vicinity. His wife was a Miss Julia Glenn, a daughter of Thomas Glenn, a sturdy old son of the Emerald Isle, who came to this country in an early day. Samuel B. Farthing and wife reared a family of children, namely: Emmal, who is now the wife of Mr. Bourne; John T., a merchant of Pike county; Betsey, the wife of M. F. Farmer, a merchant at Farmersville; George P., a stockraiser of this county ; Stewart, the partner of his brother, James Farthing, in the livery business at Middletown ; William, also at Middletown; Ruey, of this place; Charles O., abe Robert W., both also of Middletown. James Farthing was born near Middletown, April 28, 1856, and was reared on his father's farm. After he grew up he, learned the blacksmith's trade, and subsequently opened a shop at Middletown, which he conducted with success until he engaged in his present business. He and his brothers have one of the best livery stables in the county, and are doing a flourishing business. Mr. Farthing is a staunch Democrat. He is a member of the Christian Church, and also belongs to the I. O. O. F.

William P. Fisher

'The town of Frankford, in Pike county, now and for years past - one of the prosperous trading points in that county, was founded by Mr. Fisher's father, Adam Fisher, a native of the State of Vir- . ginia. The, Fisher family is of German descent, but settled in Virginia prior to the Revolution. Adam Fisher was a soldier in the War of 1812, and was in the company of. his father, | Capt. Solomon Fisher. The family, however, had previously removed to Kentucky during the latter part of the eighteenth century, and were among the pioneer settlers of Bourbon county. Adam Fisher, after he grew up, was married to Miss Dulcenia Powers, also originally from Virginia. After the War of i812, in 1816, he removed to Missouri and settled on. the present site of the town of Frankfort, in - Pike county, which he entered and where he made a farm. He had - the site of Frankfort surveved, and officially platted the town, and gave it its present name. He was the first sheriff of Pike county, and for years one of the prominent men among the early settlers of ot county. He died in 1824. The family afterwards removed to Lincoln county, where William P. Fisher, the subject of this sketch, was partly reared. He was bornin Pike county April 11, 1821. In 1848, at the age of 22, he was married in Lincoln county to Miss Sarah A. Settles, formerly of Kentucky. Mr. Fisher removed to Montgomery county in 1847, where he entered land and improvedafarm. In 1861 he enlisted in the Union army under Gen. John B. Henderson, and served under the banner of the Union until the close of the war. Mr. Fisher was a lieutenant of Co. C, Fifth Missouri infantry. Otherwise than his army service he has been a farmer all his life. However, he was county assessor of Montgomery county for four years following 1865. He has a good farm of 266 acres, well improved. His wife died in 1872. She had borne him ten children, of whom there are living Joseph W., Gage W., Mary A. - Mrs. William Moore, Martha - Mrs. George Booher, Emma, Allie - Mrs. Alex. J. Henton, and Toba. Only one of the family of four children of which Mr. Fisher was a member is living besides himself.

Dr. Ford was born in Pike county, Mo., August 19, 1845. His father was Timothy Ford, and his mother's maiden name, Mary Tracey. On his father's side his grandparents were Timothy, Sr., and Elizabeth Ford, and on his mother's side they were William and Mary Tracey ; the former were originally from Virginia, but afterwards made their permanent home in Jessamine county, Ky. The latter were of Garrard county, Ky. Dr. Ford's parents were married in Kentucky in 1828 and removed to Ralls county the following year, locating near New London. They afterwards settled near Frankford, in Pike county, in 1835. His father went to California in 1849, but returned two years|later. In 1852 they came to Montgomery county and located near Middletown, where they resided for twenty years, engaged in farming. They then came to the town of Middletown. The father - died at this place October 26, 1878. In the strictest sense of the word he was a self-made man. He educated himself and obtained a thorough English edueation, besides making considerable progress in the Greek language. He studied theology, and was a minister of the Gospel of the Christian denomination for 40 years. He was one of - the pioneer ministers of Missouri and preached throughout all this part of country with marked success. He was blessed with a singularly bright and happy disposition, always cheerful and pleasant and well satisfied with himself and his surroundings. He took little interest in politics, but after the rise of the Republican party supported the principles of that party with his vote. He was a prominent Mason 'and a warm supporter of that order. Dr. Ford's mother is still living, at the advanced age of 75 years. She is one of the best of women and has always been of a decided domestic disposition, thoroughly devoted to her home and family. She has been the mother of at Middletown, aged 22, in 1872; Thomas B. died: in Frankford, Pike county, in 1881, while serving 'his second term as sheriff of that county. The others are: John L., Daniel B., Sarah E., Mary J., James T. and Barton W. They are all married and reside i in either Pike, Audrain and Montgomery counties. Dr. Ford was 7 years of age when the family came to this county. He succeeded in acquiring a "ood general education by close application to his books, and then read medicine and entered the St. Louis Medical College in 1867, from which he graduated two years later. Thereupon he located in Martinsburg, in Audrain county, and engaged in the practice of his profession. In 1870 he came to Middletown and has been engaged in the practice here ever since. He has been quite successful as a physician, and has a large and steadily increasing practice. November 26, 1865, he was married to Miss Annie S. Gibbs, of Pike county. She died November 4, 1879, leaving him three children. February 20, 1881, he was married to his present wife, formerly Miss Maggie S. Alvord, of this county. They have two children. Dr. Ford is a prominent member of the Odd Fellows order, and has been a memper of the Christian Church for the last 24 years. He is a man of a domestic turn of mind and takes much interest in the comfort and the appearance of his home. During the vears 1864-65 he was a corporal in Co. B, of the Forty-ninth- Missouri volunteer infantry,

Capt. Seneca W. Hammack

Few mén in Montgomery county are better known than Capt. Hammack, and the record of none as a citizen or in the public service is as free of reproach. Since 1863, a period now. closely approaching a quarter of a century, he has continuously held the office of county surveyor ;. for over 30 years, consecutively, he has been a regular commissioned notary public, and for the last 16 years he has held the office of justice of the peace. Though a life-long and consistent Democrat, one from principle and not from prejudice, Capt. Hammack was steadfastly a faithful, loyal, consistent Union man during the war. When the South went off on a slavery, disunion platform, and endeavored to carry the Democracy of the country with it, he refused to follow, and continued to stand on the constitution, true to old-fashioned Democratic principles. During the war he did his full share to influence his Southern brethren of the Democratic party in taking a position such as he occupied. Now he hoses under the old-fashioned banner of the Constitution and Union, Democracy and Reform. During the war he served twice as postcommander at Middletown. Regularly enlisted for the service, he was called to the post-commandership, August 15, 1862, and served until

April 30, 1863. He was again called out October 20, 1864, and finally relieved the 9th of the following December. Capt. Hammack was married in 1846, August 6, to Miss Elizabeth M. Hamilton. She lived to brighten his home for nearly 20 vears, dying May 16, 1865. She had borne him seven children: Laura J., now the wife of P. D. Hockaday; Alex. W., Margaret-D., now the wife of P. H. Ulrich; Eudora I., Napoleon B. (deceased), George W. and Elizabeth M. (deceased). Capt. Hammack's present wife, formerly Miss Martha C. Hamilton, was a sister to his first wife. They have three children: Eugenia V., Delos W. (deceased) and William W. The Captain, in early life, was a school teacher, and quite a popular and successful one. He was born in Lincoln county, Mo., February 19, 1825. His father was Brice W. Hammack and his mother's maiden name, Jane Wommack. His father was a soldier under Capt. Metcalf in the War of 1812, and was in the battle at New Orleans. Capt. Hammack has been a resident of Montgomery county from early manhood.

William A. Hogsett

William Alexander Hogsett was the elder of two children of Dr. John Hogsett and wife, nee Cynthia A. Malcomb. His father was a native of Tennessee, but his mother was originally from Virginia. Each went to Ohio in an early day, where they were afterwards married, and for a number of years they were residents of Highland county, that. State. The father was for some years in early manhood a practicing physician, but later along engaged in merchandising, which he followed in Ohio until about the time of his removal to Missouri with his family, in 1859, then locating in Montgomery county. Here he bought land and was engaged in "farming until his death, July 3, 1881, though he did follow "merchandising some years after his removal to Missouri. His wife had preceded him to the grave some three years, having died February 26, 1878. Both were members of the Cumberland . Presbyterian Church. William Alexander Hogsett was born in Highland county, Ohio, October 2, 1835, and was reared there. He had the superior excellent advantages of the schools of his native county as he grew up, and succeeded in obtaining more than an ordinary general Enelish education in the leading branches. Habits of study in early life cultivated in him a per manent taste for mental culture, and by this he has succeeded in making himself a man of large and varied information. On the 5th of March, 1855, he was married to Miss Sarah E. Pew, of Montgomery county, Mo., a lady 'eminently worthy in point of mental endowments, culture and the finer qualities of heart to be his life companion. She is a daughter of A. D. and Lucy (Anderson) Pew, of this county. Mrs. Hogsett was educated at Chancellor Robinson's Female Seminary, at Danville. Mr. and Mrs. H. have been blessed with ten children: Charles F., _Demeris J., who died in 1881; John D., Cornelia A., William A.,

Lucy E., Minnie, Walter E., Nellie and Nora E. Charles F. married Miss Helen Boyd; Demeris a was the wife of W. H. Cline; Cornelia A. is the wife of J. W. Weldon, at Gamma, and Lucy E. is a music teacher. Mr. Hogsett came to Montgomery county with his family in the spring of 1851, and has been a resident of this county ever since, now having a fine farm of 400 acres. He is a member of the

George T. Logan

Mr. Logan's paternal ancestry in this country settled originally in the State of North Carolina, where several branches of the family still reside. His father, John A. Logan, was born and reared there, but removed to Virginia in early manhood. In the latter State he was married to Miss Eliz: abeth Moore, and of this union George T., the subject of the present sketch, was born October. 19, 1858, in Carroll county, that State. He has two sisters living now, Mrs. Carrie Hutchinson, the wife of W. M. Hutchinson, a druggist at Troy, and Bertie, who is not married. He has a brother, Gumi. In 1879 the father, a miller by trade, removed to and located in Montgomery county, Mo., and remained here until 1876 when he went to Lincoln county, and there still resides, engaged in the saw and grist milling business. George T. Logan received the principal part of a practical English education in Montgomery Citv College, and learned the milling occupation as he grew up. In 1877 he became a clerk na general store at Olney, in Lincoln county, where he continued until 1879. 'The following year he came to Middletown and accepted a clerkship in the store of John Tully & Son. A year later young Tully, the son, who was the business manager of the firm, having died, Mr. Logan took practical charge of the store and conducted it until 1883. Meanwhile, i in 1882, he was married to Miss Ella Meyer, a daughter of his present partner in business. Since then he has been engaged in» business with his father-in-law, Mr. W. J. Meyer. Mr. L. is an active, energetic and popular business man, and adds much to the success of the firm with which heis connected. Mrs. L.is | a member of the Presbyterian Church. Their only child, Os died in infancy.

Benoit B. Marrichall

Mr. Marrichall is of French descent on his father's side, as his name indicates, and he is also of French origin on his mother's side. She . was a Miss Magdalen Roy. The Marrichall family were early settlers of Carondelet, in St. Louis county, and Benoit B. was born there April 7, 1821. He was the third in a family of ten children and was - reared to hard labor, with little or uo advantages for an education. His father died February 9; 18h and his mother i in December, 1870.

His father had served with distinction in the war of 1812, and participated in numerous Indian wars. When a mere boy he was in the massacre of Callaway and his men, near Danville, Mo., and escaped with his life by the merest accident. He was by Callaway's side when the latter was killed. Benoit B. Marrichall grew up principally at Carondelet and in 1845 was married to Miss Mary Clary, who died, however, the following year. He then went north, but returned to St. Louis in 1848. In 1854 he was married to Mrs. Elizabeth Palarday, a daughter of Charles and Mary Pigeon, who died in 1831 of cholera while on their way from Canada. In 1856 Mr. Marrichall removed to Illinois, and remained there engaged in farming until 1868, when he came to Missouri and located in Montgomery county. Here he has a good farm of 160 acres. Mr. and Mrs. M. have seven children: Frank B., Charles J., Lewis J., Alfred H., Mary A., Selistin.O. and Alexander B. One, William A., died inchildhood. Mr. and Mrs. M. are members of the Catholic Church. For some sixteen years Mr. M. has been afflicted with a form of sickness, but he has nevertheless succeeded better than some whose health has been all that could have been desired. . He is a man whom every one respects.

William J. Meyer

Mr. Meyer, though a native Missourian, is of German parentage, and a son of John G. and Mary (Schultz) Meyer, both from Hanover. His father was born in Bremen and after his marriage came to the United States and located at St. Louis. Two years later he went back and brought his wife and family to this country, which was in 1830. In 1854 he removed to Audrain county with his family, where he engaged in farming. However, his wife had died four years before. He died there in 1860. There were seven children in the family and

_ five are still living. William J. Meyer, the subject of this sketch, was _ the fourth in their family and was born at St. Louis July 28, 1833. _He was reared there up to the age of 17 and received a common school education. . In 1850 he went to California and followed mining on the Pacific coast for some four years He then returned to Missouri and in 1855 was married to Miss Jane I. Kincaid, a daughter of John and Caroline Kincaid. After his marriage Mr. Meyer settled on a farm in Audrain county, where he farmed until 1863, when he came to Middletown. Prior to this he had served in the State militia for six or seven months, and after coming to Middletown he followed the blacksmith's trade for some two years. He then engaged in merchandising, which he has followed with success ever since. He is now a member of the firm of Logan &Co. They carry a large and well selected stock of general merchandise and are doing an excellent business. In 1874 he purchased Whiteside's mill and las since conducted it. This is an old and established mill and has a large custom. He also has a good farm of 120 acres. He has about 120 acres of land, situated in different counties. Mr. Meyer

When the war broke out in 1861 the subject of this sketch was a youth at school, only about 15 years of age. He was born and reared in Clermont county, O., and, as the war progressed, his feeling became warmly enlisted for the cause of the Union, but he remained at school impatiently until he arrived at military age, or until he could be accepted as a volunteer for the defense of the flag of his country. His parents, with, perhaps, over parental affection, opposed his enlistment in the army. His youthful ardor and patriotism, however, overcame his love of family and home, and forming a resolution: to join the army, in order to avoid a heart-breaking scene of parting from loved ones, he quietly went away unknown to any one, one dark rainy night in August, 1863, and the next morning answered at roll call as a plighted volunteer for the defense of the Union. | His command was shortly ordered away to the South, and until the close of that long and terrible str ugele he gallantly did his duty as a faithful, fearless defender of his country. Among the many engagements in which he participated were the great Dattles of Harper' s Ferry, Amelia Court-house, Petersburg and the Wilderness. After the close of the war, in August, 1865, he was honorably discharged and returned home. Soon after he began the study of medicine under his uncle, Dr. C. A. Montjar, of Amelia, Clermont county, O. In due time young Moore matriculated at the Eclectic Medical Institute of Cincinnati, O., where he graduated with honor in the class of.'68. Dr.

success and with increasing reputation until 1879, when he came to Missouri and located at Middletown. Here he readily built up a" good practice, and now occupies an enviable position among the leading physicians of the county. In 1869, September 23, he was married to Miss I. Gipler, of Highland county, O. 'They have had two children: Venice and John A., the latter now deceased. '

For 30 years and more Dr. Pearson's name was well known in Middletown and throughout the surrounding country as that of a conscientious and successful physician -and useful and highly esteemed citizen. He was a man of wonderful energy and of great versatility of mind and diversity of aptitudes. The high' estimate placed upon his mission in life, even from boyhood, united with his unconquerable will, his sterling, al ability and his untiring industry, enabled him to overcome diftficulties that would have appalled one of not more than ordinary force of character. From the station in life of a poor boy, brought up without educational advantages and to the carpenter's trade, he arose, by the exercise of his own resources, to a position of marked prominence in the community where he lived, and was a successful merchant, a well-to-do farmer, and a leading, highly respected citizen. He was born at Boston, England, March 31, 1819, and at the age of 10 years was brought over to this country by his parents, Christopher Pearson, Sr., and wife, nee Martha Adkins, who located at Buffalo, N.Y: He was the eldest of the family of children, and his father, a cabinet maker by trade, brought young Christopher up to the carpenter's trade, though the son early displayed a genius for the science of medicine and a fixed resolution to ultimately devote himself to the medical profession. In 1843 he came West to St, Louis, and now entered Kemper's Medical College, since known as the Missouri Medical College, where he took a regular course of two terms, working at his trade during vacations to obtain money to defray his expenses. In 1844 he was graduated with high honor, and at once came to Montgomery county, where he located and engaged in the practice of his profession. Having accumulated some means by 1854 he also interested himself in merchandising at Middletown, which business he had carried on with success for over 15 years. He also dealt largely in tobacco, buying, putting up and shipping to the wholesale markets, and became the owner of a fine farm of some 200 acres. The war coming on in 1861, however, his fortune was seriously impaired by the vicissitudes of that unfortunate trouble. He was a Union man throughout, but took no active part in the war. In 1845 he was married to Miss Martha Paxton, a daughter of James Paxton, formerly of Shelby county, Ky., but an early settler of Lincoln county, Mo. Three of their family of children are living: Mary, wife of M. C. Patterson, of Nevada, Mo.; Mattie, wife of H. B. Livingsburger, of Denver, Co!., and Christopher, fils, now editor of the Middletown Chips, a sprightly weekly newspaper published at this place. In 1874 Dr. Pearson removed to Louisiana, Mo., where he practiced medicine about five years, and then went to Georgetown, Col., where he died in 1882. His remains were brought back to Middletown, and now rest side by side with those of his parents in the cemetery at that place. His parents removed here in 1860, and made this their home until their deaths. Mrs. Dr. Pearson is still living, a lady of great personal worth and highly esteemed by all her neighbors. Christopher Pearson, the editor of the Chips, was educated in the district schools of Middletown and at Danville College. He started his paper in August, 1882, and its success thus far has been quite up to his.expectations.

Charles H. Rigg, M.D.

Dr. Rigg is a native of Missouri, born in Montgomery county, February 14, 1851. On his father's side his gr: undparents, Lane P. and Elizabeth Rigg, came from Virginia, and settled in Montgomery county as early as 1832. His mother's parents, Robert and Elizabeth Hunter, came from North Carolina to this country in 1818. The Rigg family was originally from England and the grandfather of the Doctor's father came direct from that country to Virginia. His mother was from Scotland. The Doctor's mother's grandfather, Peter. Hunter, a Virginian by nativity, was of Dutch descent. His. wife, however, was of English ancestry. Dr. Rigg's father, Lawrence H. Rigg, was a native of Virginia, but was only 10 years of age when his parents came to Montgomery county. The Doctor's mother, nee Margaret J. Hunter, was born and reared in this county. She died here in 1866. The fimily resided on a farm eight miles south of Danville until 1864, when they removed to Danville. In 1872 the father moved to Indiana, where he now resides. He was elected treasurer of Montgomery county in 1866 and re-elected in 1868. He was an energetic farmer while' engaged in agriculture and afterwards proved an excellent business man. His wife was a most pious-hearted Christian lady. They had a family of nine children, of whom Dr. Rigg was the fifth. He was partly reared at Danville and brought up in the milling business, in which his father was engaged at that place. He attended the common school and high school for two years. He then studied medicine for about four years and graduated at the American Medical College at St. Louis, May 16, 1878. Since then he has been actively engaged i in the practice of his profession and has been occupied with no other pursuit. His experience thus far has been one of satisfactory success and he has built up a good practice. September 18, 1883, he was married to Miss Jeannie D. Slack, of Middletown. Politically, Dr. Rigg votes with the Democratic party, and in religious matters he is an ardent believer .. in Bible holiness, or entire sanctification. Though comparatively a young man, yet Dr. Rigg, even before he began the practice of mais cine, made two trips to California, principally engaged in teaching, and has made one trip to that State since he: began. the practice of - medicine.

John Haynes Robin Son

Mr. Robinson's grandparents, John Robinson and wife, came from England to Massachusetts in an early dav and afterwards, in about 1812, removed to Chillicothe, Ohio. His paternal grandparents, Henry and Priscilla Haynes, came from Virginia and settled at and his mother's maiden name, Sophia Haynes. Both. were reared at Chillicothe though his father was eight years of age when his parents left Massachusetts. Minott Robinson and wife lived at Chillicothe until 1866, when they removed to Highland county, Ohio, where they resided until their deaths. Both parents were favored with good common-school educations and the father became a successful farmer, and a man of great industry and energy. He died March 11, 1876, and his wife in 1873, both at their homestead in Highland county. Both were church members and she was noted for her strict piety and close observance of the Sabbath. They had a family of 12 children, of whom John H. was the seventh. He was born in Ross county, September 10, 1839. He was principally reared on a farm and had the advantages of the common and normal schools. He then commenced as a school teacher and taught school continuously and successfully for 17 vears, establishing a wide and enviable reputation as a capable and faithful educator. Afterwards Mr. Robinson engaged in farming. His principal places of residence have been Ross and Highland counties, Ohio, Beardstown, Ill., Macon county, Mo., and Montgomery county, Mo. He came to this county in 1870 and was farming near Middletown until he came to this place in February of the present year. Here he is engaged quite extensively in the pottery business. He also still owns his farm near Middletown. During the war he was a member of the One Hundred and Sixty-eighth Ohio volunteer infantry. June 23, 1867, he was married to Miss Delia Caley, of Highland county, Ohio. She was a daughter of John Caley, a United Brethren minister of the Gospel. They have four children: Orville A., Mettie B., Henry and John P. Another, Allen G., the youngest, died at a tender age. Mr. Robinson is a man of very domestic disposition and spends all his leisure time at home in the society of his family.

Theodore F. Sanders

Mr. Sanders came to Montgomery county in the fall of 1880, and bought the farm where he now resides. His tract of land contains 240 acres, 180 acres of which are in cultivation and the balance in timbered land, nearly all in pasturage. He has a good orchard of about 150 trees of different varieties of fruit. On both sides of his _family, his paternal and maternal ancestry, he isof ancient New Jersey descent, his father, Barnaba Sanders. His grandfather, and his great grandfather were natives of that State, and descended from a German colonist of their name who settled in New Jersey, prior to the Revolution. His mother, Sophia Anderson before her marriage, was also from an old New Jersey family. Theodore F. was born near Trenton, 'September 25, 1845, and when he was two years of age the family. removed to Columbiana county, Ohio, and resided there and in Williams county until Theodore F. was grown to manhood. In 1866, they removed to Henry county, near Rock Island, where the father died in 1880. Theodore F. was married in Williams county, Ohio, March 17, 1865, to Miss Margaret Weiker, a daughter of Adam Weiker of the vicinity of Wooster, in Wayne county, Ohio. He then removed to Alliance, in Stark county, where he learned the machinist's trade and worked at it for about twelve years. In 1877 he returned to Columbiana county, where he resided and engaged in farming, and then moved to Wooster, in Wayne county, where he continued until he came to Montgomery county, Mo, in the fall of 1880. Mr. and Mrs. Sanders have five children: Lilian, Olive, Walter W., Theodore W. and Erma E. Mrs. 8. is a member of the United Brethren, and Mr. S. is a member of the Ancient Order of Odd Fellows.

Cortez Stewart

Mr. Stewart, an energetic and progressive young agriculturist of this part of the county, was a,son of Maj. Osborn Stewart, and one of the old and highly respected citizens of this county. The Stewart family early came from Virginia, and settled in Montgomery county. Maj. Stewart is still a resident of Montgomery City. His wife, still living, was a Miss Elizabeth Glenn before her marriage. They had a family of five children, of whom the subject of this sketeh is the third, and three of their family of children are living. Cortez Stewart was born in this county, December 29, 1852. His higher. education was received in the State University, in Columbia, from whence he graduated. After this he was engaged in the livery. business at Montgomery City fora time. Having married in the meantime, he settled on a farm where he now resides, and bere has a fine stock farm of 360 acres, one of the best farms in Prairie township. In 1876 Mr. Stewart was married to Miss Lettie Bruner, a young - lady of rare personal charms, a refined and accomplished daughter of Squire David Bruner of Montgomery City. Mr. and Mrs. S. have _ had three children, one of whom, however, an infant, was taken from them by death. The other two are Ledena and Rachel. Both parents are members of the M. E. Church South. Vs

William B. Thompson

In the veins of the subject of the present sketch is mingled the blood of several old Revolutionary families whose names are written with honor on the pages of their country's history. Mr. Thompson's evandfather, Fulton Thompson, was of Irish descent. His ancestor came originally from Donegal county, Ireland, and served as express or news carrier under that intrepid commander, '* Mad Anthony Wayne," in the war against the Indians of the North-west. He was present at the building of Fort Defiance, and partially lost his hearing in a battle fought "with the Indians near that place on the banks of the Maumee. He cast his first vote for Gen. Washington, and his last one for Bell and Everett in 1860. Born in Chambersburg, Pa., he came with his father's family to Kentucky when only seven years of age, the family settling at a fort now known as the City of Lexington. Subsequently he returned to Pennsylvania, and was married there to Miss Martha Lindsey, of a family of early Scotch settlers, living near Chambersburg. They came immediately to Kentucky, and settled on and improved a farm five miles from Lexingten, Fayette county, at a place then called Thompson's Station. In 1829 they removed with their family to Lincoln county, Mo. Mrs. Thompson died there in 1852, in the seventy-fourth year of her age. Four years later he removed to Montgomery county. He died here May 2, 1868, at the advanced age of 96 years and six months. They had a family of 12 children, four of whom died, however, before the removal of the family to Missouri. Only one is now living. In their family of children was Robert W. Thompson, the fourth son, who became the father of the subject of the present sketch. He was born June 10, 1807, in Fayette county, Ky. Reared to farm life, which occupation his father followed, he remained with the family and in the year 1844 was married in Linco]n county, Mo., to Miss Sarah T. Baird, a daughter of William and Elizabeth (Findly) Baird. She was born in and reared in Lincoln county, Ky. William Baird was of Scotch descent, was born in Virginia, and came with his father's family to Kentucky when quite a small boy. His father served throughout the War for Independence, and finally saw the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown. He himself served under Gen. Harrison in the War of 1812. He lived te a good old age, and died in Montgomery county, Mo., in his eighty-ninth year. Robert W. Thompson, after his marriage to Miss Baird, remained in Lincoln county until 1857, when he removed to Montgomery county, and bought land in Prairie township. Here he made a large farm and _lived a respected and prosperous farmer until his death, which oc- ~ curred April 12, 1875, at the age of 68. His wife is still living in -widowhood on the family homestead. They reared a family of six children, namely: Martha E.,; William B., Judith A., Mary A., Sarah R. and Samuel F., now of Texas. William B. Thompson, the subject of this sketch, was born before his parents removed from Lincoln county, Mo. He was therefore principaily reared on the family homestead in Montgomery county, where the family removed when he was quite a small boy. He still resides with his mother on the old homestead, a large and valuable farm containing 440 acres. He is engaged in managing the place, and is having good success and is one of the prominent farmers of this township. Mr. T. is not married.

Henry Trower

"Mr. Trower was principally reared in the vicinity of New Hartford, Pike county, where his parents removed from Kentucky, away back in 1830. His father was Wesley B. Trower, and his mother's maiden name Elizabeth Jones. They are well remembered in the southern part of Pike county as esteemed neighbors and members of their community. The father was an energetic, substantial farmer, and was highly respected. Henry, the subject of this sketch, was the third " their family of children, and was born in Mercer county, Ky., May 22,1825. Reared on the farm, near New Hartford, he continued the life of a farmer after he grew up, and about the time of attaining his majority engaged in farming i in that vicinity for himself. This he continued without interruption "and with good success until he engaged in his present business with his son a short time ugo. He still < owns, however, in Pike county, a good farm of 360 acres, the carrying on of which he superintends. January 12, 1851, Mr. Trower was married to Miss Margaret D. Butler, a daughter of an early settler of Pike county. The fruits of this union are: Nancy E. (deceased), Martha D. (deceased), Sarah E., now the wife of Jasper Lovelace; Jeanette F., the wife of William Atkinson; Daniel, Ei ate consort ot William Swagget; John W., George T., Fannie C., Kittie, Samuel P. (deceased), und James H. (dece ased ). Daniel is his father's partner in the hardware business. They carry a full line of shelf and heavy hardware, and are building up a good trade. Mr. and Mrs. Trower are members of the Cumberland 'Presbyterian Church. Mr. T. is a Republican in polities.

John Tully

Over forty years ago Mr. Tully came to Middletown, a place then barely more than a post-office, blacksmith shop and the like, and the country around about an almost uninhabited wild. He bought a tract of land near Middletown for $15 an acre, where he improved a farm and lived for many years, or until his retirement from farm life. This same land he sold for $62.50 an acre. Heisa native of Virginia, born in Amherst county, February 5, 1808. Mr. Tully was

His father, Andy Tully, removed to Charlestown in an early day. . Mr. T.'s mother was.a Miss Sallie Taylor before her marriage. They, reared a family of children, as follows: James, who died at Charlestown at the age of 22; Martha, the wife of a Mr. Hall, of Virginia ; Alfred, a minister of the gospel in Virginia; Powhatan, also of Virginia ; Loudoun (deceased ), Jasper (deceased ), Ely, a carpenter of Virginia ; ; Adeline, married and living in Virginia; Sarah, the wife of a Mr. Beaver of Virginia ; William, of St. Louis ; Andy, of Lynn county, Va., and John, 'the subject of this sketch. John Tully, after he grew up in West Virginia, where he was married to Miss Nancy Hoge in 1882, removed to Kentucky and settled in Washington county, continuing to reside there for a period of some seven years, when he came to Missouri in 1840. In this State he located in Van Buren county, now known as Cass county, where he lived for some 15 years. From there he came to Montgomery county and settled at

Middletown in the spring of 1863. Mr. Tully has reared a family of nine children, namely: James, Matthew, Lucinda, William, Paris, John Wesley, Monford, Tedford and Silas. He relates many interesting anecdotes of his early years, his school experience in Virginia and the primitive condition and circumstances of life at that time.

He went to school before the day of glass window panes, and his part of the country being in advance of the practice of cutting a log out and leaving the space open to admit the light, they adopted the oiled transparent paper window panes, those being the best for the purpose then to be had. Mr. Tully is one of the old-time citizens, now nearly four-score years of age, but his mind is unimpaired by the flight of years, and 'his memory and conversation are remarkable for one of his age. It is extremely interesting to hear him speak of the early times of the country, and an hour or so can be no more profitably spent than in conversation with him about the early events and _ incidents he has witnessed.

James W. Weldon

Mr. Weldon engaged in business at this place in 1880, and has since had a successful business experience here - quite up to his expectations - and his future in business seems only one of promise for a successful career. Mr. Weldon comes of two tamilies highly respected in one of the best communities of the State, the people in and around Lexington, Ky. He was born at that place May 20, 1851, and was a son of Dr. James Weldon and wife, formerly « Miss Margaret W. McConnell. His father was a native of Lancaster county, Pa., but his mother was born and reared in Lexington. Dr. Weldon was a gentleman of fine culture and a physician of a vhigh order of ability and attainments. For m: iny years he was successfully engaged in the practice at Lexington, and afterwards he practiced at New Orleans, living with her son, the "subjeet of this sketch. The family came to this county in 1859. James W. Weldon was the younger of two children and was given an advanced education. He studied in the high schools and military institute of Lexington, Ky., and in Wyman's University; he also studied at St. Louies and in the schools of New York and Philadelphia. On the 7th of October, 1880, he was married in this county to Miss Cornelia A. Hogsett, a daughter of William A. and Sarah E. (Pugh) Hogsett. Mrs. W. completed her education at the schools in Moberly. Mr. and Mrs. W. have two children, Sarah M. and Margaret. Mr. Weldon came to Montgomery county with his parents in 1859, but remained only a year, after which he traveled extensively in the United States, and from time to time resided at different points, including some of the leading cities of the Union. His wife is a member of the Cumberland

William P. M. Wells

Mr. Wells' parents, William E. and Mary (Triplet) Wells, came from North Carolina and located in Lincoln county, Mo., in 1829. The following year, however, they came to Montgomery county, where they made their permanent home. His father was an energetic farmer and died here December 23, 1843. The mother is still living, a resident of this county and is aged 75 years. William P. M. Wells was the sixth in their family of seven children, and was born on the homestead in this county March 11, 1841. He received a common-school education as he grew up on the farm, and remained at home with the family until his marriage, which occurred September 6, 1866. His wife was a Miss Celia C. J. Ogelvie, a daughter of boreal D. and Sophronia (Cottle) Ogelvie, of Lincoln county, this State. Mr. and Mrs. Wells have two children: Mary S. and Julia E. Mr. W. is the only one of his father's family of children now living, and he still resides on the family homestead, which he has long owned, a good farm of nearly a quarter section of land. In 1870 he was elected justice of the peace of Prairie township, an office he still holds, having been re-elected two years ago. His parents were both members of the Presbyterian Church, and his mother is still of that denominatien. 'Squire W. is a member of no church, but his wife, who died March 28, 1883, was a member of the Primitive Baptist Church. He is a member of the A. O. U. W. and the A. F. and A. M.

Morgan B. White

Prominent among the self-made, successful agriculturists and highlyrespected, influential citizens of the north-eastern part of the county is the subject of the present sketch. The Whites, or the branch of. the family to which our subject belongs, is of Irish ancestry, but early settled in Virginia, probably during the first half of the last cen-_ tury. John White, from Ireland, was the founder of the family in this country. He reared a family in Virginia, and among his sons was Archibald White, who married Doreas Simpson. They removed to Kentucky after their marriage and settled in Shelby county, where they made their permanent home. Among their children Morgan B. White, Sr., who became the father of the subject of this aketol was the first. He was reared in Kentucky to the occupation of a farmer, but in early manhood also learned the silversmith's trade, at which he worked in that State for a time. On his mother's side, Morgan B. White, Sr., came of the well known Simpson family, of Virginia, - branches of which are now found in Kentucky, Indiana, Missouri, | and several other States. His mother was a lady of refinement and many estimable qualities of head'and heart. Coming of such parents as these, whatever his early circumstances might be, it could not have been doubted for a moment by those of any forecast who knew him that Morgan B. White, Sr., was destined to become a man of some consideration. He was married in Kentucky, in 1822, to Miss Mary A. Marmaduke, of a branch of the original family of Virginia from which Gov. Marmaduke, of Missouri, came, and whose son, Gen. Marmaduke, will also be Governor of this State. Mary A. Marmaduke was in every way a worthy representative of her family, and was one of those true, gentle wives and devoted, loving mothers whose whole object in life seemed to be to make home happy. The same year that he married, Morgan B. White, Sr., removed to Missouri with his young wifeand settled in Callaway county, which was then but little more than a wilderness. After he left Kentucky he directed his whele time and energy to farming up to his final retirement from the activities of life. In 1827 he removed to Montgomery county and settled on a farm about seven miles from Danville, where he lived for a period of over 30 years. He was nota we whose highest conception of life was to accumulate a fortune. A pleasure greater than some men feel in seeing their possessions gradually enlarged and other property steadily gathering about them, he felt in a higher sphere of life - in mental improvement, in storing his mind with 'useful knowledge. His favorite studies were civil vovernment, history and the Scriptures. He also kept well up in current events, and few men of this part of the country were better informed in politics, history and religion than he. Added to this, he was a fine conversationalist, a smooth, even talker. He was extremely fond of society, and nothing afforded him greater pleasure than to have a circle of friends around him and talk with them on any of his favorite topics. In politics he was a consistent, unswerving Democrat ; and in religion, an earnest believer in the doctrines of the Christian Church. In both, however, he was a man of the greatest liberality. In Montgomery county Morgan B. White, Sr.

citizens. In 1836 he was elected a member of the Legislature, and represented his county with marked ability and unswerving integrity. He was not aman, however, who sought political advancement, and he accepted a position to which he was elected only at the urgent and repeated solicitations of the leading men of the county. As a farmer he was only fairly successful. He had a comfortable home and lived well, always with an abundance for himself and family, and the many good friends who delighted to enjoy his hospitality. On October 29, 1856, his first wife, Mary A. (Marmaduke) White, one of the truest and best of women, one whose noble and excellent qualities illustrated to more than an ordinary degree the better side of humanity - the pure, the gentle and the good - wrapped the mantle of her last rest about her and fell to sleep i in death. She passed away, sustained in her last moments by an abiding faith in the promise of her Redeemer. From an early age she had been a devoted, consistent member of the Christian Church, and by all she is remembered as one who made those around her better and happier by her having lived. She was the mother of 13 children, 10:of whom lived to reach mature years. To his last wife Morgan B. White, Sr., was married in 1858. She was a widow lady, relict of Elisha Hughes, late of Montgomery county, and her maiden name was Susan McMurtry. She was a lady of great personal worth, a motherly-hearted, good woman, and a devoted wife. She filled the place of mother to her husband's children, of those of them who had not grown up and gone out for themselves, with rare gentleness and good judgment, so that her memory occupies a place in their affection only next to that of their own parents. Morgan B. White, Sr., survived to a ripe and honored old age. After his first wife's death he made his home across in Callaway county, some miles from the Montgomery county line. There he passed peacefully away March 26, 1883, in his eighty-fourth year. Summing up his life, from seldom falls to the lot of men. He believed that the treasures of the mind were to be prized far more than material wealth, and that the father who left his children provided with good educations and integrity of character transmitted to them a richer inheritance than he who leaves broad acres and large possessions, without that. mental culture member of the Christian Church. He may be said to have almost known the Scriptures by heart, and in a discussion of any Bible question be was never at loss to quote the different passages bearing on the point under consideration. By his last marriage there were no children. The children by his first wife who lived to reach mature years were William S., a farmer by occupation and for some years past a resident of Lincoln county; Leonard M., also a farmer and a resident of Pike county ; Catherine Y., of Washington, D. C., widow of William Ellis; Archibald H., ex-sheriff of Montgomery county and a resident of Danville; Morgan B., the subject of this sketch; Rose M., a resident of Mexico, Audrain county, and the widow of the late John Herron; Richard C., a farmer and stock-raiser of Callaway, county: Fannie A., wife of 'Col: William L. Gatewood, of Montg ery City; Samuel M. and Charles M., both of Colorado. The child were given good educational opportunities as they grew up, und ti daughters, especially, had the best advantages the 'country affor | All became lapies of superior culture and accomplishments, and I N. was for some years before her marriage a highly success' popular teacher. Morgan B. White, Jr., "whose name stan head of this sketch, was born on his father' s homestead in Mo county, December 22, 1833. He was reared ona farm, and : time of attaining his majority started out from home fe commencing to work with energy and resolution. Beir good education and sterling intelligence, he was not long in accumul- - ating a nucleus of property about him. Farming, exclusively, was hi first occupation. Later along, when he became able to, he also engaged in stock raising, and i in recent years he has added fine shorthorn "cattle breeding to rk other: agricultural interests. However, he | in health in late years, has retired from active work himself. When the war came on he had just begun to get a neat start, but in a few years times became so unsettled that he was compelled to leave the country at a sacrifice of nearly everything he had made. Having married in the meantime, he went to St. Louis, where he resided with his family until after the close of the war. Mr. White returned to Montgomery county after the war and resumed farming, buying the place, where he now resides. To this, however, he has raade frequent additions, and from time to time has added valuable improvements. He now has one of the best stock farms in this part of the county and considerable other lands. His homestead contains 320 acres, and is handsomely improved. He is making a specialty of breeding and raising fine thoroughbred short-horn cattle, and has some of the best representatives of that class of stock to be found in the county. On December 22, 1858, Mr. White was married to Miss Eliza V. Layson, a daughter of Josiah Layson and granddaughter of Judge Benjamin Young, of Callaway county. Mr. White's married life has been one of contentment and happiness, and is blessed with a numerous family of children. Like his father, he has given his children good school advantages, and all of sufficient age are young people of culture and schools, and are accomplished in music. His children are: William G., who is married and is engaged in farming for himself; Effie, now the wife of Samuel Burger, a farmer of this county ; Mary A., a successful and popular school teacher; Lou E., also an accomplished teacher; Morgan, Jr., Rose M., Katie V., Elizabeth W., Jessie W., and Everett M., all the latter, including Morgan, being still at home. Being a man of sterling character and intelligence, as well as an upright, honorable citizen, Mr. White is, of course, an unswerving supporter and advocate of the principles of the Democratic party, as his father was before him, and in all is a good man and useful citizen,

Mr. Young is a native of Ohio, born at Cincinnati, December 1, 1847. His father was George W. B. Young, one of the four men 'who founded the Cincinnati Commercial, then called the Commercial Bulletin, a paper the prompt and remarkable success:-of which was largely due to his ability as a business manager and his force and sagacity as a writer. He is well known among the older generation _ of newspaper men in Ohio as one of their ablest and most honorable representatives. Mr. Young's mother (W. G.'s) was a Miss Emma 'L. Le Count before her marriage, of English birth, but of Norman- French descent. But two children of their family, besides W. G.,

When seventeen years of age, in the winter of 1864-65, he enlisted in Co. K, One hundred and Eighty-sixth Ohio volunteer infantry, and served until after the close of the war. He then traveled quite extensively through the South and West for several years, and in 1879, January 15, was married at Hillsboro, O., to Miss Rachel A. Caley, a daughter of Rev. John Caley, of Highland county, O. A short time afterwards Mr. Young located at Middletown. Here he formed a partnership with W. A. Caley, his brother-in-law, in the hardware business, which they have ever since conducted with success. He is now establishing a pottery at this place, which will shortly be put in operation. Mr. and Mrs. Young have had two children, Hope (deceased) and Clyde. Mr. Young is a member of the G. A. R.

Position and Deseription - Early Settlers and Settlements - The Lynching of Wm. Looker - A Tragedy of the Civil War - Murder of Wm. Finney - Fatal Railroad Accident - - Country Churches - High Hill- - Early History - Anderson's Raid - After the War - Tragedies - Killing of Thomas Miller and Joel Jones - Church =~ Jonesburg - Early History - Founding of the Town - The Civil War - Shooting of Edward McCullom by Thos. Hess - Since 1865 - Newspapers, Churches, ete. - Price's Branch.

This township, comprising the south-eastern portion of the county, includes those portions of congressional townships 47, 48 and 49, lying in ranges 3 and 4, within this county. It is quite well watered and timbered, and the soil is generally excellent. Near Jonesburg and High Hilla very superior quality of fire-clay, in inexhaustible quantity, has been found. This has been pronounced superior to any other fire-clay put upon the market.

Early Settlers

George. Bast, who first came to the county in 1819, lived one mile 'north of the present site of High Hill in about 1825. He married for his third wife Elizabeth Ford, daughter of the Ford above mentioned. In February, 1829, Mr. Bast was killed by the falling of a tree. His widow afterward married Cyrenus Cox. Mr. Bast was the father of the Hon. George Y. Bast, and the ancestor of the numerous Bast family of this county.

North of the Bast farm one mile, there lived in 1829 a young married couple named Smith. The father of the husband lived a mile or' two east of High Hill, where the Sisk farmis. Nathaniel Dryden settled north of High Hill in 1828, coming from Virginia.' He afterward located on the Boone's Lick road, east of Danville, and built Dryden's noted horse mill.

on which Jonesburg now is situated, and built the western portion of the old house on the eastern border of town, which is still standing. In about 1833 Jones began keeping a stage station at his house, which was here until the building of the railroad. In about 1838 the postoffice called High Hill was established at Jones', and he was made postmaster. After many years the office was removed to Ferguson's, west of Jones', and thence on west, until it finally lodged at High Hill.

Lemuel Price, of North Canolina, settled near where the Boone's Lick road crosses Camp branch (in what is now Warren county) in October, 1815, building the first cabin on the branch. His grandson, bearing the same name, now resides on Loutre Island. It is related that Lemuel Price's cabin was. the first built on the prairie in what is now Montgomery county. Maj. Isaac Van Bibber, Patrick Ewing, Boone Hays and Lewis Jones assisted in raising the cabin.

popular camping ground for immigrants coming westward over the Boone's Lick road. Price's branch was named for the family that settled upon it at an early date. .

Lynching Of William Looker

In the spring of 1861 a young man named William Looker, whose family lived north of Jonesburg, or in the vicinity of Price's branch, was lynched by a party of '' regulators,'' composed chiefly. of citizens of this township. The young man was accused of poisoning some cattle belonging to a farmer of this vicinity. Nothing but a general

Looker was seized by the regulators one night and carried off on horseback towards the Missouri river. It is currently believed that he was thrown into Loutre slough or into the Missouri river, - either

That night Fred Dryden rode to the residence of the sheriff, T. J. Powell, near New Florence, to gét him to interfere and stop the murder, but Powell was away from home, and could have done nothing

A Tragedy Of The Civil War

During the Civil War only one murder was perpetrated. The victim was a young man, named Wm. Henry Finney, aged 20 years and six months, and a son of William Finney, a farmer, living a mile and ahalf east of Jonesburg.

The brothers of young Finney. were in the Confederate army at the time, but he had never taken up arms on either side, and had done no overt act that could possibly be construed jinto an act of hostility against the government. At the time of his death, September 13, 1862, he was enrolled as a student at the High Hill Academy.

A detachment of the newly enrolled militia from St. Charles, or Warren county, said to belong to Capt. J. E. Ball's company of the Thirty-seventh enrolled Missouri militia, were up through the country ** scouting,' and approached Mr. Finney's residence on a gallop, yelling and hooting and brandishing their guns. The family was of course frightened, and Mrs. Finney called to her son to hide himself. The boy ran out of the back door and was entering the apple orchard when he was overtaken by the militia and shot down at once and without mercy. Then his murderers rode away somewhat appeased by the sight of innocent blood.

Killing Of Fred Henze And Son By The Cars

On the 6th of October, 1874, a fatal railroad accident occurred near Jonesburg, by which Fred Henze and his son, a lad about six years of age, were killed. Mr. Henze was returning home from Jonesburg, with his little son, and in passing over the railroad at Holland's crossing, the wagon, a two horse vehicle, was struck by the engine of a passenger train running west, and both father and son were killed. |

Mrs. Lena Henze, widow of Fred Henze and mother of the boy, brought suit against the railroad company for the killing of her husband and son, and upon a trial of the case in Audrain county she was awarded a verdict of $10,000. The railroad company appealed the case to the Supreme Court, and in April, 1880, the judgment was reversed and the case remanded.! The case was finally compromised.

Country Churches

New Providence M. H. Church South. - This church is in section 35, township 45, range 4, Bear Creek township. It was organized in. the house where J.C. Cope now resides in 1837, with James and Samuel Cope, John Smith, James Owens, Presley Anderson, and members, and now the membership numbers 70. In 1857 their church edifice was erected at a cost of $1,200. A number of ministers have had charge of the congregation: Samuel Coleman, James Callaway, Rev. Thatcher, Jesse Sutton, Daniel Penny, A. Spencer, William Barnett, William Newland, A. Sears, George Smith, L. T. McKeily, S. W. Cope, R.G. Loving, J. R. Taylor, J.S. Allen, H. Craig, J. H. Ledbetter, J. T. Blakey, John O'Brien, R. P. Jones, J. Dines and John Holland. ,

Zion Baptist Church - Is in section 20, township 49, range 3. Its organization was effected March 15, 1841, the membership then consisting of John H. Dutton, Washington Graves, Jesse Watkins, Mary R. Dutton, Mildred Graves, Margaret Sharp and Mary Glover, which number has since been increased to 35. Several ministers have filled the pulpit here, among whom are Robert Gilmore, Milén Spiers, Louis Duncan, William H. Vandemor, David W. Noland, James E. Welch, James H. Thomas, D. W. Graves, T. T. Johnson, J. D. Robnett, R. S. Duncan, L. M. Bibb, H. E. Mitchell and J. H. Tudle. Twelve hundred dollars were expended in building their frame house of worship in 1859, its dimensions being 40x60 feet. H. A. Hendricks is superintendent of a Sabbath-school of 30 pupils.

Badger, Margaret Sharp and Emily Dryden formed themselves into a church organization, now known by theabove name. In1858aframe - building. was constructed two miles north of High Hill, on section 29, | township 48, range 4, Bear Creek township, where it still remains. T. J. Jackson, D. W. Graves, W. D. Grant and J. T. Smith have ministered to the spiritual needs of a congregation now numbering 26 members. Twenty scholars are in thie Sabbath-school, 'which 'is superintended by Mr. B. Harman.

High Hill

Bear Creek township (sec. 32-48-4). The following year'! Rowe sold his farm to Hance Miller, who came in the summer of 1852, and in connection with Wm. H. Hoss and Mr. Rowe began the erection of-a steam saw and grist mill which is still standing. Miller was a native of Delaware, but came directly from Belleville, Ill.

In the spring of 1853, Benj. Sharp and F. H. Dryden built a store on the south side of the Boone's Lick road, the locality then seeming a desirable point for a store. The next store was built by Wm. Craig, and is still standing on the south side of the road. About this time Dr. Hugh Skinner acquired an interest in Sharp & Dryden's store.

In a year or two the High Hill post-office was brought to Sharp & Dryden's, and Robt. Dryden made postmaster. Thereafter the village was called High Hill. J.J. Hawkins had the first hotel, Hance Miller the first blacksmith shop," and John S. Rowe the first carpenter shop. Mrs. Rhoda Tanner built the next house, east of the church, after Sharp & Dryden's store. It still stands.

The first child born in High Hill was Francis R. Hoss, on December 17,1853. He was ason of Wm. H.and Sarah Hoss. The first death was that of Nancy Elizabeth Rowe, daughter of John S. Rowe; the next was that of Charles Lovelace ; the next was Wm. H. Hoss, one of the mill owners. The first marriage was that of James Hogge and Mary Rowe, in about 1854; it is remembered that the ceremony was performed by Rev. Dr. Crockett, a Presbyterian minister.

Dr. Hugh Skinner did not practice, and the first resident physician is believed to have been Dr. Wm. Worthington. Probably the first school was taught by Mrs. Rider in the old Klise store building. Robert McElhany and wife also taught in this house before the academy was built. In this same building, also, were the first religious services, and among the first preachers were Father Nichols, a Baptist, and Rev. Noel, Presbyterian, of Troy.

When the railroad was completed to High Hill, in the late fall of 1857, other houses were built. John Diggs was the first depot agent, but his son William attended to the business.

The church was built in 1858 by the Methodists and Presbyterians jointly, although the title is held by the Presbyterians. Rev. Wm. A. Taylor was probably the first Presbyterian minister to officiate in this church.

The academy was built in 1860 by a sort of joint stock arrangement in which nearly every citizen was a shareholder. The first principal was Robt. A. McElhany, and his wife, nee Missouri Bond, assisted him.

In War Times

When the Civil War broke out a majority of the citizens of High Hill and vicinity were secessionists. August 19, 1861, Capt. John J. Skinner's company of 50 or 60 men, raised in and about High Hill, returned from an unsuccessful attempt to reach Price's army, having been dispersed near Williamsburg, Callaway county. Emil Rosenberger, a Unionist, supposed to be a spy or an informer, narrowly escaped being hung by them, only being saved through the interference of Smith Pearl, a citizen of the vicinity.

Lycurgus James and his company passed through town in December, 1861, after engaging in tearing up the railroad; but the company was badly scattered in the Mt. Zion fight, and many of them were soon at home again.

December 24, 1861, the Tenth Missouri infantry, Col. George R. Todd, and the Eighty-first Ohio, Cel. Mortou, marched across from Hermann and Loutre Island, arrived at High Hill, and the next day went on to Danville, and thence into Callaway and on to Mexico, as detailed elsewhere.

it remained until the first part of April, when it was sent South. The Tenth Missouri is well and agreeably remembered by the majority of the people of High Hill and vicinity. A number of its members died of pneumonia and other pulmonary diseases while here, -

Todd's regiment left High Hill for the seat of war in April. Soon affer Todd was dismissed Ba the service for alleged incompetency. He was from Alexandria, Clark county, and a lawyer by profession.

A month later, or October 15, when Bill Anderson and his terrible band came in, the people were greatly frightened. Perhaps Emil Rosenberger, then a saddler, was the worst treated. Him the guerrillas robbed of $130 in cash and _ nearly that amount of saddles, _ bridles, whips, etc., and whipped him unmercifully with his own whips.

Jesse Diggs, who lived a little east of town and was well known as a '' Southern sympathizer,'' was treated in a like manner. Thomas Hogge, another citizen east of town, was robbed of $25.

After The War

In the fall of the year 1866 the academy building was burned to the ground. The following year steps were taken to rebuild the institution, and in the fall the new building, an exact duplicate of the old one and occupying the same site, was completed, and is now standing.

Only a few houses have been added to High Hill since the war. In 1878 it contained three general stores, one hardware store, one drug store, one family grocery store, one hotel, two blacksmith and wagon shops, one saddle and harness shop, one steam mill, a millinery establishment and two practicing physicians. With but few alterations in the foregoing directory, the town is the same to-day.

In the year 1880 Emil Rosenberger, L. P. Miller and Wm. Clark built a public hall, which stood on the south side of the Boone's Lick road, opposite Clark's store, in the western part of town. The building cost $1,600. It was dedicated September 16, 1880. At 10 o'clock Saturday morning, September 16, 1882, exactly two years after its dedication, this building suddenly burst out in flames and was totally consumed. The origin of the fire was a mystery. = -

Since the war High Hill has been the scene of three or four suicides, and two homicides. Of the latter the killing of Thomas Miller in August, 1865, by Wm. F. Wilson, was a notable affair. Wm. Wilson was the head of a family, and at the time was eperating the mill.

Thos. Miller was a young man, single, aged about 22 or 23, and was tending bar in the village saloon. During the war he served in both the Federal and Confederate armies, and was looked upon as a dangerous enemy. Wilson accused Miller of having gone about the country robbing people. Thereupon Miller wrote Wilson some threatening letters, warning him that unless he left the country he would surely be killed.

Early one morning Miller, while feeding his horse, descended on the outside of the building from the hay loft, when he was fired on by Wilson who was lying in wait, and fell to the ground and expired almost instantly.

Wilson was arrested and committed to jail without bail. He was indicted and tried for murder in the first degree, but being defended by Hon. John B. Henderson and some of the best ue. lawyers, was acquitted on the ground of self-defense.

Killing Of Joel James

In January, 1871, Andrew Sisk killed Joel James in W. P. Diggs' drug store, in High Hill. Both men were middle-aged. On the evening of the tragedy James, while going down town from the depot in company with a friend, and passing the store, saw Sisk through the open door, as he was sitting there. He entered and was soon engaged in a scuffle with Sisk, during which Sisk either fell or was thrown to the floor. James raised up and started, as some say, fora weapon, and Sisk rose up from the floor on one knee and fired at him with a pistol. The ball struck James in the back of the head, killing him instantly.

Tragic Death Of John Henchel

a pistol at his house in High Hill. .He was at the time of the shooting preparing for a trip to California. Mr. Henchel was avery quiet, industrious gentleman, and there was no apparent motive for suicide.

ization was formed in 1856, with Joshua Sharp and wife, H. H. Dryden and wife and others. Thomas Smith is their present pastor. Mr. A. S. McCarty is superintendent of a Sabbath-school of 35 members.

The land on which the town of Jonesburg now stands was first settled by James Jones in 1829, and the house he built the following year (still standing, on the eastern border of town) was the first in the vicinity. For many years here was a ''stage stand'' on the old route from St. Charles to the Boone's Lick, in Howard county. Here also a post-office called High Hill was established about 1838, at least after Wetmore's Gazetteer of 1837 was published, for it makes no mention of High Hill.

In 1858, Mr. Jones sold 20 acres of land embracing the town site to W. L. Saulsbury and A. C. Stewart, who at once pr fee ied to lay out the town which they called Jonesburg, after James Jones. The High Hill post-office had long before been removed to the westward.

The first building of any kind put up in Jonesburg was a small one-story house, built in 1857, used as a saloon by James Duckworth, and the first dwelling house was also his; this now forms a part of Mrs. Finney's hotel.

A storehouse built by Webb Baker was next and is still standing, north of the depot. Soon after Moritz Lens, a German, put up the second store. Henry Godfrey, whose father resided south of town,

'came in the fall of 1857, and put up.a blacksmith shop in the eastern part.of town. A part of this structure, which has been converted into a livery stable, is still standing.

The depot building was put up in 1858, after the citizens had agreed to pay the railroad company a considerable subscription to defray all expenses of the building, the side-track, etc. The first depot agent was James Jones, and he was also the first peste ; the post-office was established in 1858.

In the middle of July, 1861, when the first Federal troops (Morgan Li. Smith's Eighth Missouri) came up the railroad, it was three-fourths of a mile west of Jonesburg where they were bushwhacked by Joe

Then in the early fall of 1861 came Capt. Robt. Bailey's company of Krekel's regiment of St. Charles German militia. They robbed Copp's and Webb Baker's stores of what pleased them and plundered the people of the neighborhood indiscriminately. They arrested Wright, Smith and Job Price, and it was feared fora time they would kill them, so fierce and brutal was their demeanor.

blacksmith shop, in Jonesburg. . Some days before the shooting Mc- Cullom's house had been robbed, and he had stated to some persons that he believed Hess was one of the robbers. McCullom came in refused to make. McCullom had a pistol in his hand, and intimated to Hess when first accosted that he would use it. The two talked angrily, and McCullom was backing into the shop when Hess shot him. He fell and died in a few moments.

A coroner's jury exonerated Hess, and a military investigation by the provost-marshal at Troy resulted in his discharge.' He is now the village postmaster.

Since 1865

This is to certify that in the year 1868, while on duty as assistant provost marshal ef the Fourth Sub-District of Missouri, on duty at Troy, Lincoln county, Missouri, and acting under orders of and by authority of the provost marshal general of the State of Missouri, one Thos. H. Hess, of Montgomery county, Mo., was forwarded to me, under arrest and for the alleged shooting of one McCullom, at or near Jonesburg', Mo., with instructions to me to try the case and determine the guilt or innocence of the aforesaid Thos. H. Hess. That upon a full and thorough investigation of the circumstances connected with the same, the said Hess was fully and honorably

Dr. Hail Pittman, son of Irvine Pittman, first sheriff of the county, lived near Jonesburg before it was laid out, and practiced among the first families of the village, but a Dr. Anderson, of Lincoln county, was the first resident doctor; he came before the war.

Although a place of some hundreds of inhabitants Jonesburg has never been incorporated. It has a number of excellent stores and shops, two good hotels, etc. The public school has three teachers, with an enrollment of 108 scholars - 48 males and 60 females. - There is also a colored school with one teacher.

The first newspaper in Jonesburg was the Montgomery county Leader, established in 1872, by R. W. Harris. It was Democratic in polities. In size it was a seven-column folio, all printed at home. In a year or so the Leader was removed to Mexico.

The Jonesburg Free Press was established by a joint stock company in February, 1879. Its editor was Robert Rose, author of '¢ Pioneer Families of Missouri.'? Mr. Rose ran the Free Press but 13 weeks.

Using the material of the Free Press, William Dyer established the Jonesburg Journal in the fall of 1879, issuing the first number November 13. At first it was a five-column folio, then a six-column, and was Democratic in politics. Mr. Dyer was editor. January 1, 1882, the paper was issued for the first time under the ownership and management of Mrs. Sue J. Rittenhouse, still the editor, or editress, and publisher. In May following she enlarged the paper to a seven-column folio, its present size. The paper, as Mrs. R. expresses it, is ** strongly Democratic.'' Mrs. Rittenhouse has exclusive edi- . torial charge, writing her own editorials and assisting in the typesetting. She has added $200 worth of material to the office, has a good job printing outfit, and makes a success of her enterprise in every way. Her son, Harry S. Rittenhouse, does the greater portion of the mechanical work.

Churches Of Jonesburg

M. E. Church South. - This church was organized in 1855, the names of the original members being George Godfrey, Sr., Julia A. Dearin, Thomas Jones and wife, D. R. Owens and wife, Dr. Pilman and wife, George Smith and wife, Henry Godfrey and wife, L. B.

Wells and others. The present membership numbers 79. Those who have filled the pulpit here at different times are John R. Taylor, John O'Brien, J. Y. Blake, R. Craig, Thomas Dines and John Holland. The frame church building, costing $3,200, was completed in 1868. Mr. Sultz conducts a flourishing Sabbath school of 50 members.

Christian Church. - This is one of te finest churches in the country, having been constituted an organization November 2, 1867, with W. J. Skinner, William Finney, Francis Skinner, Duncan Mc- Coy, Jacob Stout, Thomas L. Cartwright, George Brooks, Thomas Kimball, Taylor Purl, H. H. Camp, Sr.j, Hiei Camp, Jr., Mahala Jones and A. Thomas and others as first members. Now the roll contains 30 names. J.T. Brooks, Jacob Coons, Joel Harding, Thomas Marlow, James Thomas, W. B. Gallaher, W. J. Slannen! and possibly one other minister, have preached to ane congregation. Their church building is a brick structure, built in 1869, and costing $3,000. Mr. W. J. Skinner is superintendent of a Sabbath-school of 40 members.

Baptist Church. - The building of this body is a fiat built for $1,800 in 1882, located at Jonesburg. The membership is rather small, numbering 15, and at the organization in 1880 the members were W. E. Scott and wife, W. J. Rixey and wife, Miss Vinson, Mollie James, Dr. C. B. Faulkner and wife, Miss Mary Johnson,

1868, those comprising the communicants at that time being A. A. Hess and family, James Moriarty and family, Thomas Cahey and family, Patrick Fuller and family, Stephen Stanton and family,'

This little hamlet, on the south-west corner of section 2 and south-east corner of section 3, township 48, range 4, was first known as Woollam's mill; but on the establishment of the postoffice in 1854 the name was changed to Price's Branch. It has one or two stores, shops, etc., and an excellent saw and grist mill. Tt contains perhaps ten houses. According to Col. Thempson's hand-book, it had in 1879 '* one store, a saw and grist mill, a carding machine and one church edifice."'

John Adams

Mr. Adams, a highly respected old gentleman, who recently settled in Montgomery county, but who bought the land where he now resides in 1854, came originally from Philadelphia, where he was born September 12, 1817, but at the age of 22 he came to St. Louis county, where he resided for nearly 40 years, or until his removal to Montgomery county in 1877. His father was William Adams, of Pennsylvania, a soldier in the War of 1812, and who died in 1835. His - mother was a Miss Lydia A. Towns; she died in 1825. The subject of this sketch has been singularly unfortunate in his married life, until his present wife, a most excellent and estimable lady, came to brighten his home. He was twice previously married, and twice death entered his home and robbed him of his beloved companion. Then the inexorable angel took from him each of his happy, joyous children, those given to him by his first wife and those by his second. But a man of a warm domestic nature, a lover of his kind, and especially fond of children, he has adopted several and has done, or is doing by them, the full part of a generous, tender, affectionate parent. His first wife was a Miss Sarah Patton, a daughter of James Patton, formerly of Virginia. She bore him two children, both of whom were called to abide with her in heaven. His, second wife was a Miss Louisa Patton, a sister to his first wife, who was spared to him only a very short time. Her little infant is buried by her side. To his present wife he was married in 1855. She was a Miss Nancy Harris, a daughter of Simpson Harris, an early settler of St. Louis county. One of their adopted children, J. Wm. Adams, is now a young man. The other, Frank W. Walker, is a bright and promising youth, and both ' are as greatly loved by their foster-parents as if they were their natural children. .Mr. Adams' farm contains 240 acres, and is a comfortable homestead. He and wife are members of the M. E. Church South. .

James R. B. Aydelott

21, 1844. His parents, William R. A. and Nancy (Hailip) Aydelott, settled in that county many years before the war. His father was originally from Delaware, but his mother from Virginia. They are still living in Warren county, and have reared six children, namely: James R. B., the subject of this sketch; George H., of Warren county; William T., a merchant of Lincoln; George B., of this county; Samuel T., of Warren county; and Tabitha J., wife of Harrod Aston, of Warren county. James R. B. Aydelott was born on his father's farm in Warren county, April 21, 1844, and although only 17 years of age when the war broke out, he promptly enlisted in the Union service, entering the command of Gen. Canby, and served until the close of\the war. Returning to Warren county after the war, he was murried there in 1869 to Miss Missouri E. Hancock, a daughter of Thornton Hancock, formerly of Virginia. He followed farming in Warren county until 1870, when he moved to Montgomery county and settled on the farm where he now resides. He has a place of 150 acres, well improved. Mr. and Mrs. Aydelott have had three children: Ethel E., who died in 1871; Elpha, who died at the age of four years, in 1876; and Milton E., now a lad seven years of age. Mr. A. is a member of the A. F. and A. M., and he and wife are members of the M. E. Church. .

_ Hampton was born, March 4, 1830. On coming to this State they | settled, first, in St. Louis. county. Five years later the family removed to Montgomery county, and the same year of their removal to this county the father died, in 1841. Meanwhile the mother had also died, and the father had married a second wife, a lady whose maiden name was Susan Richardson. By the first wife there were nine children, and by the second, three. At.the age of eleven years, therefore, Hampton Ball was left an orphan, with his own way to make in the world as best he could ; but by industry he managed to provide himself with the necessities of life. He grew up and 'developed into hardy young manhood and learned the occupation of farming. Later along he also learned milling. December 16, 1851, he was married

A., Alexander A., William, Caleb C., Elizabeth N. and Thomas W. Meanwhile Mr. Ball had become interested in contracting, a business he has followed for a number of years. He now has a railway contract for the supply of a large number of ties to the Wabash road. Mr. B.'s second wife survived only a short time after her marriage. She was a Miss Susan Powell, and their only child is also deceased. He subsequently married Miss Martha E. Wilson, of this county. This union was blessed with three children, but one of whom is living, Walter L. She, too, was taken away by death in 1882. To his present wife Mr. Ball was married about a year ago. She was a Miss Arabella Ball, a daughter of Benjamin Ball, of this county. Mr. B. is a member of the M. E. Church South, and his wife of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Ball is one of the substantial citizens and leading land-holders of the county, and has nearly 3,000 acres of fine land. He also has a valuable residence property in Jonesburg.

George V. Bohrer

Mr. Bohrer is a native of Germany, born in Bavaria near the Rhine, May 15, 1819. His parents were George and Katherine (Rifflemarcher) Bohrer, and when he was about six years of age, the family immigrated to America and settled in Ohio. The mother died in Illinois in 1877, and the father in 1880. George Bohrer, Jr., was raised in Ohio, where he married, and when a young man came on further west, to Illinois, with his wife, Miss Nancy Moore, who was also originally of Ohio, a daughter of Samuel G. Moore. Mr. Bohrer resided in Illinois for over twenty years after his marriage, and then in 1865 removed to Missouri, settling in Montgomery county, on the land where he has lived continuously for over nineteen vears. His homesteid contains over 160 acres, and is substantially and comfortably improved. Besides this he has 180 acres in another tract, which is also improved. His wife died in 1873, having borne him eight children, namely: Catherine, Mary E., wife of Liman Hall, Nancy E., Emily, wife of John Rhodecker; Lena D., wife of Walter Black; Henrietta, and Charles. Ella died in Montgomery county Mo., in her twenty-first year.

Henry Bolton

Mr. Bolton is from the old Keystone State, born in Lebanon county . November 14, 1839. He was raised in that county and learnd the carpenter's trade as he grew up. He also worked on the farm in youth. He continued to reside in Pennsylvania until 1878, when he came to Missouri and located in Montgomery county. He has since resided in this county and been engaged in work at his trade and in farming. In 1862 he was married in Pennsylvania, to Miss Fannie Stock, also of Lebanon county. They have had twelve children, ten of whom are living: Gideon, William, Edward, Harney, Mary, Sarah, Amelia, Clara, Anna and John. He and wife are members of the Lutheran Church. Mr. Bolton's farm contains 120 acres located in section 8, near Jonesburg, and is well improved. His father and mother are both deceased. The former died in Pennsylvania in 1875. His mother, who wasa Miss Mary Simmons before her marriage, died about six years ago. Both were members of the Lutheran Church.

William A. Carter

. Carter is by name and descent a representative of the old and AREA Carter family of Virginia, one of the older representatives of which in Virginia was Robert Carter, President of the Council of Virginia in 1726, "and the owner of 1,100 slaves and 300,000 acres of land. Another one, Robert Carter, hee a grandson of Robert Carter, Sr., just mentioned, is»noted in history for his voluntary and philanthropic emancipation of nearly 1,000 slaves. Among other leading families that married into the Carter family, including the Jeffersons, were the Harrisons, the same family of which President