Nodaway County, Missouri - Chapter 35: Official Record, 1882 (part 10 of 16)

S. W. Scott

farmer and stock raiser, section 35, was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, on the 28th of January, 185 1. His father. A. P. Scott, a farmer by calling, was a native of Jefferson County, Ohio, and his mother, Mary Scott, of the same place. S. W. was brought up at his birthplace, on a farm, receiving an education in the common schools. In 1877, he came to Missouri, and on the 23d of September, located in Nodaway County. In politics he is Republican. He is a member of the firm of Scott Brothers & Braninger, which is composed of S. W. Scott, J. M. Scott and F. L. Braninger. They have leased 320 acres of land, and have the same well stocked with high grades of sheep, hogs, etc., having brought one car load from Ohio. Their attention is given principally to raising these animals. J. M. Scott is now about thirty-seven years of age, and was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, but was principally reared in Guernsey County. He was married in the spring of 1868, to Miss Anna E. Wallace, who died in the spring of 1872, leaving one child, Anna W.

J. L. Scott

farmer and* stock raiser, section 15, was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, October 17, 1854, and is the son of Alexander F. and Eleanor (Barnes) Scott, the former of Jefferson County, Ohio, and the latter of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. J. L. passed his youth in Harrison County, Ohio, on a farm, receiving a good business education. In 1880 he came to Missouri, settling in Nodaway County, on the 14th of May. He now has 320 acres of land, fairly stocked. Mr. S. was married March 24, farmer and stock raiser, section 16, was born on January 30, 1840, irc Columbus, Bartholomew County, Indiana, and is the son of Solomon and Sarah N. (Lemon) Shell. The former was a farmer and carpenter, and a native of North Carolina. In the fall of 1841 he was taken to> Platte County, Missouri, then almost unsettled, and made his home there until the spring of 1856, when he came to this county with his parents, they locating about seven miles northwest of Maryville. He settled on his present place, commencing the improvement of a farm, and now owns eighty-five acres of stocked land, upon which is a good orchard. He is a member of Florida Grange, No. 32, and fills the office of secretary. He has been road overseer. In August, 1861, he enlisted in Company H, Twenty-fifth Missouri Volunteer Infantry, and was taken prisoner at Lexington, Missouri, by General Price. He was afterwards paroled. Mr. Shell was married September 22, 1864, to Miss Mary A. Cain, daughter of Charles Cain, of this county. They have six children : Sarah, born August 22, 1865 ; Solomon, born September 3, 1869;. Elma V., born December 23, 1873 ; Jessie, born August 27, 1875 ; Clara, born July 17, 1878, and Earl, born March 23, 188 1 ; one is deceased. Mr. Shell is Republican in his political views.

Thomas Shoemaker

proprietor of the the Valley House, and of the firm of Shoemaker & Sons, proprietors of transfer line and livery, was born in Cayuga County, New York, March 2, 1829. He was reared in his native state, and spent his boyhood days on a farm. In 1866, he engaged in the grain trade at Union Springs, New York. In 1870, he decided to emigrate west, and came to Nodaway County, and built the Valley House, which under hissupervision has gained a wide reputation, and is in all respects a model of cleanliness, with a table to tempt the most fastidious. His grounds are large, and laid out with artistic taste, and no pains or expense have been spared in making it beautiful and attractive. He contemplatesfurther improvements, which will add still more to its beauty. Mr. Shoemaker was married November 15, 1854, to Miss Esther O'Hara, a native of the same county as her husband. They have one son, Frank G., born in Cayuga County, New York, August 21, 1858, and principally raised in Nodaway County. He married Miss Mary Hagen April 22, 1880. They have one son, Frank G., Jr.

Michael Shortell

of the firm of Shortell & Albaugh, proprietors of billiard hall and saloon, is a native of Ireland, and was born April 20, 1844. He was there reared to manhood, and received his education, following the plow for a livelihood in his youthful days. He is the son of Edward and Bridget (Murphy) Shortell, who are living in the land of their forefathers, their ancestors for many generations having tilled the soil. Mr. S. traces his origin to the old chieftain of the name of Shortell. His mother's death occurred in 1 8 5 1 . In 1859, the subject of this sketch immigrated to America, and settled in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he resided one year. From thence he removed to Kewanee, Illinois, and engaged in farming till 1869, when he came to this city, and engaged in contracting and building till 1875. Then he embarked in the saloon business with P. Hamill, they remaining together one year, when he returned to his trade, and in 1880, he engaged in his present business with Mr. Doren. In 1881, Mr. Albaugh became his partner. Mr. S. was united in marriage July 3, 1877, to Miss Maggie Murphy, a native of Ireland. They have two children : Mary and Daniel. He is a member of the Catholic Church. He is well known in Maryville, and the number of substantial buildings erected by him is a sufficient guarantee of his skill as a contractor. He is doing a good business in his present line, as he deserves.

of the firm of G. W. Signs & Sons, dealers in clothing and gents' furnishing goods, is a native of Ohio and was born in Wayne County, August 29, 1834. He is a son of John and Anna (Hayes) Signs, the former a native of New Jersey, and the latter of Ohio. In 1850, with his father, he moved to North Manchester, Wabash County, Indiana., and in 1854 went to Lisbon, Ohio. He was educated in Indiana and Ohio, spending his time on a farm in his native state, and while in Indiana he learned the trade of cabinetmaking, which he followed till 1862. He then engaged in the mercantile trade, which he continued in Lisbon till 1871, and in May, 1872, he came to Maryville. Since that time he has principally been occupied in the mercantile trade, and since March, 1878, has been in his present business. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity. Mr. S. was married May 4, 1856, to Miss Sarah E. Ringer, a daughter of John and Mary (Faust) Ringer, who were both natives of Pennsylvania. She was born in Montgomery County, Indiana, in February 1836, and died in October, 1869. They had two children : John M. and Charles E. Mr. Signs was again married August 11, 1870, to Miss Ella J. Church, a daughter of Seth J. and Sophronia Church, both natives of LTtica, New York, where Mrs. S. was also born in 1846. Previous to her marriage she had been engaged in teaching.

Nathaniel Sisson

of Ohio. Their son, Nathaniel, was born in Meigs County, Ohio, May 25, 1845, ar)d was reared at his birthplace, on a farm, receiving the advantages of a good English education. In 1862, in response to President Lincoln's call for troops, he enlisted in the Ninety-second Ohio Infantry, but was discharged on account of his youth. He again enlisted in the Second Virginia Cavalry, and served until the close of the war, and witnessed the surrender of Lee. After he was mustered out he returned home and attended school, and, for a time, was engaged in teaching. He came to Nodaway County, Missouri, in 1866. Having formed a taste for the profession of surveyor and civil engineer, he dovoted his leisure hours to perfecting himself in this branch. He was for a short time engaged in the furniture business, and for three years held the office of road commissioner, and then resigned the position, and the following two years was engaged in bridge building. During this time he superintended the construction of the bridge over the Brazos River, Texas, being the largest wooden span bridge in the state. In 1875, he engaged in his present business in connection with A. P. Morehouse, and the firm are doing the leading real estate business in Northwestern Missouri. Their abstract books are complete and reliable. Mr. Sisson is the inventor of the system of abstracts known as the American System, and it has been widely adopted and universally approved. In 1876, he published a correct and reliable map of the county, which has proved a great convenience and of lasting benefit to the county. A marked characteristic of Mr. Sisson's career, which has been both honorable and successful in his straight forward course, and he has secured in a high degree the confidence of all with whom he has business intercouse. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and belongs to Maryville Lodge, No. 165, and Nodaway Chapter. He married Miss Mary Hughes, October 14, 1874. She was born in Lexington, Missouri. Their family consists of one son, N. Paul.

Elder Rufus Smith

was born September 21, 1821, in Deerfield, Oneida County, New York. His father, Rufus Smith, married Lucinda De Groat. His parents moved to Erie County, New York, when Rufus was five years of age. They then located in Jefferson County, New York, where they lived and died, leaving a family of six sons, Samuel, William, Rufus, Eladsit, Wayne and Warren, and two daughters, Helen and Harriet. Of these Samuel, Eladsit and Helen are now deceased. When in his seventeenth year Rufus was converted and called by God to preach the gospel at once. His mother being a Methodist, he joining the New School Lutherans, saw and felt deeply the effect of divisions in the church. He resolved, with the light which God gave him, to preach the pure gospel and let

Lutherism and all other isms take care of themselves. Being requested to hold meetings at Beech Ridge and Clayton, in Jefferson County, he earnestly commenced work for the Master, and was rewarded by having two revivals, one of which was the most wonderful of his life. During all this time he worked for his father on the farm and walked fifteen miles every Sabbath to his appointments. The Lutheran ministers hearing of his success selected a conference and gave him license, October 5, 1842. His mother having died soon after his conversion, his father, who was not a Christian, desired him to remain at home and work on the farm .and have the homestead of 200 acres, or, if he left home, to have his time but never a dollar. Thanking his father for his time, Rufus, believing all God's promises, including Mark x. chapter, 29-30 verses, resolved to follow the Lord fully, hence he worked by the month, day and hour, and paid his way to secure a limited education. Many years after this, Elder Smith's father sent for him, though a thousand miles away, to confess to him that he had done wrong in trying to hinder him in his work, and said : "Rufus, I am glad you obeyed God, and did not listen to me. Be faithful. I will try and meet you in Heaven." Young Smith's first -charge as a pastor of a congregation was at Morristown, St. Lawrence County, New York. Here he was united in holy wedlock with Eliza C. Reese, on the 5th day of July, 1843. He remained there for two years, and was licensed in full by the Franckean Synod, June 8, 1844. In these two years there were over two hundred who professed religion. Mr. Smith's next field was at Starkville, Herkimer County, New York, where he remained for six years, having abundant success in that locality. In January, 185 1, he left there for Raymertown, Rensselaer County, New York, there continuing for five years, preaching regularly every Sabbath, and at other places in the county had many revivals ; Bryan's Corners had an extended revival, organized a Lutheran Society and erected a meeting house, etc. During this time he buried his only daughter, Eveline Lucinda, who died September 23, 1853. In October, 1856, he moved from Raymertown to Sharon, Wisconsin. On moving west he became acquainted with Julius Movius, General Agent of the Great Western Railroad. Learning his mission west, Mr. Movius always passed Mr. Smith and his family, free., from Buffalo to Chicago and return. Feeling that he could not do more for him, Mr. Smith named his youngest son after him. Upon learning the fact, Mr. Movius replied with the following letter :

REV. R. Smith, Jr., - My Dear Sir : Absence from home has prevented earlier acknowledgement of your kind favor of the third instant, but contents are noted with much satisfaction. Let me congratulate you upon the accession to your family circle, and I pray that Julius Movius Smith may live and grow up a good man - a Christian - and be the comfort and support of his worthy parents in their declining years-, and a pride to him whose name he bears. I shall always feel a deepinterest in him, and hope to have it in my power to aid and encourage him in the journey of life, and to secure him such a position as the development of his moral, religious, commercial and scholastic attainments may indicate. This is a period somewhat remote, and if in themeantime I can serve you, it will give me pleasure so to do.

Julius Movius Smith died March 14, 1865, at Mt. Morris, Illinois. Mr. Smith was in Sharon and Janesville, Wisconsin, preaching in the States of Illinois and Wisconsin for five years, having an outpouring of God's spirit in many places in both states. From the beginning of the war he was for a number of years engaged in preaching as an evangelist, both north and south, showing that if the church of America had been one,, and the pure gospel had been expounded, there could have been no war. During this time he held a meeting at Jackson, Will County, Illinois,, where he had another revival, and built a meeting house, but lacked a few hundred dollars of paying for it. To raise this amount, Mr. S. chartered a train, and took his friends from Jackson and Will County, to visitr the southern prisoners confined at Camp Douglas, in Chicago, for the purpose of preaching the gospel to them. The proceeds obtained weresufficient to pay for the train and the meetinghouse. In 1865, he located in Mt. Morris, Illinois, and at that time it was publicly announced that he would not receive one dime from any one only as a free will offering,, consequently the word money was not mentioned during his stay there of two years. His wants were not only fully supplied, but he had hundreds of dollars to give away for benevolent purposes. Mr. Smith would as soon baptize for any other denomination as for the Lutheran, always teaching the people that by the Holy Ghost they were baptized into Christ's Church. That the denominations were only societies, all of which were out of God's order. While teaching this bible truth, he received members into the Lutheran Society only when requested, never asking any one to join, he feeling that all isms were a " stumbling block, which should be removed out of the way of God's people." - Isaiah 57, 14. From some cause, he hardly knewwhy, he felt impressed to ask for a letter from the Lutheran denomination, which was granted July 7, 1866. We herewith print the letter:

This is to certify that by a vote of Synod, an honorable letter of disission from our ecclesiastic body was granted to Rev. Rufus Smith on. the 7th instant, at our late session, held at Albion, Marshall County, loua. Brother Smith has belonged to the Franckean Evangelic Lutheran Synod of New York, for the last twenty-five years, and for the last six. years to our Western Conference. He is an eminent, zealous and very active embassador of Jesus. He has for the last six years acted as an.

We, therefore, recommend him without the least hesitation, with love and confidence, to any ecclesiastic body of the Evangelic Lutheran Church of North America, wherever he may see fit by the direction of Providence to join. May the divine blessings of our Lord and Master Jesus Christ richly rest upon him, on his beloved family and upon all true Israel of God, near and far. Amen.

Christian Sans

About the -middle of September following, Dr. Sternbergh, President of the Lutheran College, at Albion, Marshall County, Iowa, invited him to hold a meeting in the college hall. On the third day of that meeting an infidel of the town asked him two questions. The first one was : " How churches has your God got?" His reply was: "One, sir." The second question was : "Which one of the churches is your God's church ? " Mr. Smith's answer was: "Not any one of the denominations, but all Christians in and out of them - all constitute Christ's Church." The infidel then said: "Your head is level, sir. Why don't you preach and practice it ?" Mr. S. saw at once the practicability of what he had always preached, and thanked God that he could use an infidel in the opening of his eyes to see how plain it is to practice as well as preach the gospel, as well as to open Peter's eyes with the four-footed beasts and creeping things. - Acts, X-T5. The same night in the hall he dropped the Lutheran name, declaring that his name was Rufus Smith, minister of the gospel, nothing more nor less. He then presented the oneness of the Church of Christ, as taught in the Scripture. Dr. Sternbergh, adding his testimony to the truth, declared he, too, dropped that name, saying he had been troubled on the same subject for twenty years. After this a number of infidels cried for mercy, and renounced their infidelity. When the doctor sent east for his letter, then came to pass the saying :

Mr. S. says he never saw the doctor after that, the latter soon moving to Kansas. Upon returning to Mt. Morris, Illinois, he preached his "denominational funeral sermon" from Romans xii., 5, all claiming at the time that his position was according to God's revealed will. Hence from that time to the present he has not shunned to declare the whole counsel of God, asking his congregations east and west to forgive him for receiving them into the Lutheran Society. Since then he has been laboring in ten different states, showing- to all that

'- The time is soon coming, by the prophets foretold, When Zion, in purity, the world shall behold, When Jesus' pure testimony will gain the day - Denominations, selfishness, will vanish away."

Mr. Smith's first tour to Missouri was about 1869, when he went to St. Louis, then to Raleigh, and thence south on horseback to near the Arkansas line, where he held some very important meetings. Deeming this a very undesirable portion of the state, he advised his eldest son, Fayette, not to move there, as he had previously arranged to do. Soon after, he came to Nodaway County, Missouri, and being pleased with the country, he bought a half section of land in the southwest corner of the county, intending for Fayette to work and improve it. Upon the removal of the latter to Nodaway County, he imagined the land was too far from timber, consequently Mr. Smith purchased some timber land with prairie adjoining, selling the original half section. After erecting a dwelling and making some needed improvements, the son then urged his father to hire money and buy prairie near him, that he might cultivate as his own, thinking thereby that he might soon make him a farm. Fayette was born in Morristown, St. Lawrence County, New York, April 11, 1845. On account of his moving off of the land which was furnished by his father, the latter decided to locate here, which he did soon after. He lived in that neighborhood until the year 1875, when he move to Maryville, having but two children living, Fayette and Arthur. The last named was born at Janesville, Wisconsin, October 22, 1857. When in his eleventh year he had an attack of the spinal fever, from which he has suffered more or less until within the last few years. Mr. Smith's wife died June I, 1880, in great peace, having been a comfort and helpmate indeed, for thirty-seven years. On the 18th day of August following, he and his youngest son, Arthur R., started on their mission, preaching from state to state, and, in Ohio, Arthur, like Isaac of old, found a companion, as he believes, selected of the Lord, by the name of Rosa Thornton, whom he married in Monroe, October 9, 1880. Her mother with herself were left alone, all of their dear family having died in the Lord. Upon their return to Maryville, after a few weeks, it was made manifest to Mr. Smith that it was God's will that Rosa's mother should take the place of Arthur's mother. Accordingly they were united in marriage December, nth, 1880, he finding that the companion given him in his declining years supplies the place given him in his youth, with the additional gift of laboring with him in the gospel. On the 13th of December, 188 1, Arthur was called to mourn the loss of his companion, who was so self-sacrificing, and to him and her parents such a comfort. Her death was a triumphant one. The elder, in speaking of the goodness of God to him, in supplying all his temporal wants, in giving him houses, lands, money and friends, with persecutions, and in showing him from his youth more and more clearly the oneness of the Church of Christ, and now a companion to labor with him in the gospel, as Aquilla and Prescilla of old, and providentially to be ordained by men on the gospel plan, so that he may now perform outside of sectarianism all ministerial duties, by preaching the truth as it is in Christ, in the fullness of his soul he exclaims : "Goodness and mercy have followed us all the days of our lives, and, by the grace of God, we will dwell in His house, which is His church forever. AMEN !"

of the firm of Vaughn & Smith, grocers, is a native of Pennsylvania, and was born in Lancaster County, December 2, 1833. He was reared and educated in the town of Holland, and when sixteen years of age he learned the shoemaker's trade with his father, which he followed for twelve years. In March, 1865, he moved to Whiteside County, Illinois, and located on a farm, and with the exception of one year was engaged in farming till March, 1879, when he came to Nodaway County. He settled on a farm one and a-half miles southeast of Maryville, where he was engaged in farming and conducting a dairy till the spring of 1881, when he and his son, J. J. Smith, started the creamery of Maryville, J. J. being the inventor of Smith's Portable Creamery. G. W. sold his interest in this in July, 188 1, and in October he began in his present business as one of the firm of Vaughn & Smith. He is a son of William and Mary (Shaffer) Smith, the former a native of Maryland, and the latter a native of Pennsylvania. Mr. S. was married August 4, 1854, to Miss Mary A. Tyson. She was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, February 12,. 1832. They had eleven children, seven of whom are now living : William F., John J., Amos E., Augustus, Ida, Mary E. and Laura J. Mr. and Mrs. S. are members of the M. E. Church.

Smith Bros

dealers in dry goods and boots and shoes, are numbered among the leading merchants of Northwestern Missouri. The firm is composed of C. Q. and J. W. Smith, who are the sons of Spotswood D. and Mary A. Smith, natives of Virginia. C. Q. was born in Cooper County, Missouri, April 21, 1842. His youth was spent on his father's farm and in acquiring an education. In 1868 he commenced his mercantile experience, and in 1869 he went to Kansas City, and afterwards sold goods at Clinton and at Arrow Rock, in Saline County. In March, 1875, he came to Maryville. Mr. S. married Miss Ella Jones, May 17, 1877. She was born in Hinds County, Mississippi. Their family circle consists of two children, Marry E., and Stella 0. J. W. Smith was also born in

Cooper County, Missouri, December 10, 1844. and, like his brother, spent his boyhood days on his father's farm. He commenced selling goods at Arrow Rock in 1866, and came with his brother to this county in 1875. He was married in 1869 to Miss Mary Hustin, a lady whose graces of mind and person endeared her to all who enjoyed her acquaintance. Mrs. Smith died April 30, 1879, leaving two children, Charles Leon, and Mary V. The Smith Bros, thoroughly understand the wants of their customers, and their patronage extends not only throughout this and adjoining counties, but also into Iowa, and their liberal treatment and honorable dealing has secured for them an enviable reputation wherever the firm of Smith Bros, is known.

Fayette Smith

of the firm of Eddy & Smith, is a native of St. Lawrence County, New York, and was born April 11, 1845. His father's name is Rufus Smith, and his mother's maiden name was Eliza Reese. The former removed to Wisconsin when he was young, and he was principally reared in Janesville. During the late war he enlisted in the army in Company F, Thirteenth Wisconsin Infantry, and after serving two years he was discharged on account of disability. After his return from the army he was for some years engaged in the real estate business and farming. He is at the present time, in company with his partner, Mr. Eddy, purchasing grain at Blanchard, Bingham, Shenandoah, Imogene, Solomon, Strahan, Lawrence, Silver City and Miniola, with headquarters at Maryville. He ranks as one of the leading business men of the county. While it is true that some men inherit greatness, others have greatness thrust upon them, a large number are the " architects of their own fortunes." The man of this stamp, self-reliant and courageous, building on principle and not pedigree, starts out with the idea God helps those who help themselves. He who has faith in his own powers, who is diligent in his calling and has his heart in his work, is on the road to success. He was married in 1865, to Miss Emma Hill, of Ogle County, Illinois. Their family consists of seven children : Mary E., Martha E., Estella, Carrie E.( Bessie, Lucy Ethel and an infant son.

J. A. Smith

dealer in gents' furnishing goods, hats and caps, boots and shoes, was born in a log cabin in Andrew County, Missouri, on the 17th of June, 1848, his parents being pioneers in that county. His father, John Smith, was born near the river Rhine, in Germany, while his mother, whose maiden name was Emeline Stokes, was from Virginia. Her parents were pioneers in the Platte Purchase. J. A. spent his boyhood days on the farm, and attended the old subscription schools of that period.

During the first part of the war, he served in the Enrolled Missouri Militia, and in February, 1865, enlisted in Company B, Fifty-first Missouri Volunteers. When the war was over, he resumed farming. In 1866-7, ne attended school at Clarinda, Iowa, under the instruction of Professor Wood, and once more returned to the farm. In the fall of 1869, he embarked in the mercantile business with August Schuster, of Savannah, continuing some six years. He came to Maryville March 22, 1876, and purchased the stock of Signs & Clellan, and engaged in business on his own account. In the fall of 1876, J. J. Bean became a partner, and continued in the business until February 1, 1882, since which time he has conducted the business alone. He has a large and complete stock, and does a lucrative business. He is a member of White Cloud Lodge, No. 92, I. O. O. F. He is a sterling business man and an enterprising citizen. Mr. Smith was married September 4, 1876, to Miss Sarah E. Walker. She was born in Canterbury, England, December 11, 1853, and was principally raised in Canada. They have two children : Alfred E., born May 22, 1877, and Grace E., born on the 25th of July, 1881. He is a member of the First M. E. Church.

Judge Fredrick D. Snyder

Is a leader among the administrators of justice in Northwest Missouri, and a man who is noted for his sensibility of honor, fidelity and principle. He is the youngest child of George S. and Elizabeth Snyder, and was born in Washington Township, Darke County, Ohio, August 21, 1838. His paternal great-grandfather was Anthony Snyder, a soldier of the Revolution, and his grandfather was John Snyder, a soldier of 18 12. His father, George S. Snyder, was born July 4, 1804, in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. He was a member of Company I, Thirty-seventh Iowa Infantry, in the rebellion. His regiment was known as the "Graybeards of Iowa," being all old men, and was stationed most of the time at St. Louis on guard duty. He was a farmer in his younger days, and -died at St. Louis in 1876. The maternal great-grandfather of Judge Snyder was John Jacob Diveley (Dueble), of Wurtemburg, Germany, the records at Stuttgart containing the names of the Diveley family for five hundred years previous to 1874, during which year they were examined by Hon. Michael Diveley, of Kansas City, and from which records it appears that John Jacob Diveley was a soldier in the king's service, and after serving his time left Stuttgart, with his family, in 1763, and settled in Baltimore County, Maryland, in 1770. About the year 1783 he removed to Berlin, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. Frederick Diveley, the maternal grand-father of Judge Snyder, was born at Hagerstown, Maryland, about 1772, and died near Fort Greenville, Darke Count}', Ohio, August [I, 1857. Frederick Diveley's brother

Martin was the grand-father of Michael Diveley, of Kansas City, above mentioned, and the father of General Michael Diveley, who was lieuterta ant colonel of the One Hundred and Ninth. Pennsylvania State Militia in 1 8 1 1 , by appointment of Governor Simon Snyder, and on August 3, 1817, was appointed Brigadier General of the Militia for Bedford, Somerset and Cambria Counties, Pennsylvania, by Governor Heister Judge Snyder's mother died September 13, 1839, when he was but little more than a year old, and his home from that date until October 13, 1856, was in the family of his grandfather Diveley, on the George Diveley farm, where he was born, at which latter date he commenced teaching school in his native township. He continued teaching in Darke County, Ohio, until in the spring of i860, when he went west and commenced reading law in the office of John Mitchell, Esq., at Marion, Linn County, Iowa, May 7, i860, and at a term of the district court held at Marion, May 15, 1861, Hon. William E. Miller, (since Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Iowa), presiding, he was admitted to the bar. On the nth of April, 186 1, the day the war of the great rebellion commenced, he was married to Julia Anna Maria Kellogg, a daughter of the late Elder A. S. Kellogg, M. D., of Marion, Iowa. He continued in the teacher's profession and practiced law as occasion offered until Eebruary 6, 1865, when he became one of the publishers and editors of the Jackson County Sentinel at Maquoketa, Iowa, which he disposed of in about four months thereafter, and after teaching in the winter of 1865-6, he entered regularly on the practice of law at Le Claire, Scott County, Iowa, April 1, 1866, where he continued in the profession until April 22, .1870, when he removed to Maryville, Missouri, where he now resides, and resumed the law practice. On April 25, 1871, he was elected Secretary of the Board of Education of Maryville, Missouri, and held that office for four years and a half in succession, being re-elected annually. On June 4, 1872, he was elected justice of the peace for Polk Township, and served in that office for ten months. On April 6, 1875, he was elected Township Clerk of Polk Township, and re-elected April 4, 1876. On November 7, 1876, he was elected Public Administrator of Nodaway County, and served until December 23, 1879. He was elected judge of the probate court November 5, 1875, took charge of that office January 1, 1879, and is still acting in that position. In addition to the otherwise busy life of Judge Snyder, for the past twenty years, he was local editor of the Union Campaigner, published by Dr. Barwell, at Marion, Iowa, in the fall of 1862; corresponding editor of the Constitutionalist, published at Lyons, Iowa, in the summer of 1864, during which year he resided at DeWitt, Iowa, and was secretary of the board of education of that city ; was the LeClaire correspondent of the Davenport Daily Gazette from November, 1866, to June, 1868, and correspondent of the Davenport Democrat from June 9,

1868, to March, 1870, and Maryville correspondent of the St. Joseph Gazette from June, 1870, to May, 1881. He has been secretary of twenty different literary and other societies, including the State Convention of the Christian Churches of Missouri, at St. Joseph, in August, 1872. He has held every office in the Good Templars' and Odd Fellows' Lodges, and representative to the grand lodges of both, having represented the Odd Fellows' lodges at Maryville, Graham, Quitman, Hopkins and Pickering, in the Grand Lodge of Missouri, at St. Louis, in May, 1879, and held a commission as special deputy grand master for the state, under Grand Master Gregory, for the year ending May, 1880. He has been one of the trustees of White Cloud Lodge, No. 92, I. O. O. F., from October, 1873, to the present time, and secretary of the Odd Fellows' Mutual Benefit Society, of Maryville, from December, 1875, to the present time. He is also the master (October, 1881,) of Industry Lodge, No. 78, A. O. U. W., and a steward in Nodaway. Lodge, No. 470, A. F. and A. M.

Amos Sprecher

of the firm of Sprecher & Smith, proprietors of livery, feed and sale stable, was born in Ogle County, Illinois, November 28, 1845. His father, Daniel S., was born in Maryland; and his mother, whose maiden name was Barbara Kaufman, was also a native of the same place. Amos was reared to manhood on a farm at his birthplace, receiving the principal part of his education at Rock River Seminary. Upon arriving at maturity, he turned his attention to agricultural pursuits. In the fall of 1869 he came west and settled in Atchison County, Missouri, where he engaged in farming, and in 1873 he located in Nodaway County, settling five miles west of Maryville.. This land he improved, but afterwards sold and moved to Maryville, November 1, 1875, there engaging in the clothing business with R. P. Weaver, in the spring of 1876. After continuing some eleven months, he sold out and went into partnership with Walters & Bender, under the firm name of A. W. Walters & Co. They moved their machinery from the Quitman Woolen Mills to Maryville and erected a large building at this point, here starting the mills. After remaining one year with the company, Mr. S. retired and embarked in the livery business with Mr. McCommon, under the firm name of McCommon & Sprecher. Two months later his brother purchased Mr. McCommon's interest, and the firm became A. Sprecher & Bro. In February, 1881, the brother retired, and Mr. T. Smith entered as a partner, constituting the present firm name of Sprecher & Smith. They have the largest barn in the city, and keep it well stocked, and are always ready to tend to the wants of the traveling public. Their tall windmill can be seen for miles, and is about the first object that meets the eye of the stranger on approaching the city. Mr. S. is an active member of the Ancient Order of United Workman, in which he holds the office of General Foreman. Politically, he is a Greenbacker. He was married January 14, 1869, to Miss Sylvania C. Wertz, daughter of Henry Wertz, of Illinois. She was born in Ogle Count)', Illinois, in July, 1845. They have five children : Lilly M., born November 25, t 87 1 ; Henry F., born May 4, 1873 ; Eva E., born October 4, 1874; Susan V., born March 4, 1876, and Clyde, born January 29, 188 1.

Edward S. Stephenson

It is not expected that the writer of a biographical sketch should indulge in hyperbole or in fulsome panegyric, but that he should accurately outline the traits and characteristics of his subject. If I shall in this a.rdcle transcend the rule indicated, I trust I will receive immunity, from the fact that the deceased was my firm and unflinching friend. In writing of the dead, years after the sad event of their departure, their moral worth and business qualifications ought not to be measured by the change of systems, the wild notion of peculation, the greed for spoils and the laxity of honesty which the mutations of time have brought. When we analyze the leading characteristics of this subject, we must of necessity let our minds revert to the days of his business activity and measure his motives, his manner of business, his integrity and his capacity by the rule then prevailing for estimating character and probity. It is well known that what was considered downright dishonesty in his day is now looked upon by too many as a slick business transaction. Edward S. Stephenson was born in Madison County, Kentucky, June 27, 1822. In the autumn of 1844 he came with his father to Nodaway County, which was then comparatively a wilderness. Here he remained with the family until 1849. Being of a restless, active disposition, he quickly became a victim of the gold fever, and in the spring of 1849 turned his youthful eyes toward the setting sun and took up his line of march for the golden sands of California. He succeeded admirably in his enterprise there, and in 1852 returned to Nodaway County, bringing with him sufficient means to start into business. In September, 1854, he was united in marriage with Miss Eliza Swearengen, whose tastes and ways were congenial, and whose combination of good sense and industry made their union a happy one and rendered their home a very attractive place for all who came within its hospitable doors. Mrs. S. was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, October 15, 1825. She lived there until the age of sixteen or seventeen years, when she came to Maiyville. She has resided in Nodaway County for twenty-two years. Three children were born of this marriage : Rachel E., the eldest, nicknamed

"Cub," who is now the wife of John M. Holt; Mary A., nicknamed "Coon," the wife of H. M. Turner; and Minerva S., nicknamed "Pig," who is unmarried and lives with her mother. These pet names were given to the three daughters by their father when they were babes, and strange to say, cling to them to this day. None of their intimate acquaintances think of calling them by any other names than these. In his domestic affairs Mr. Stephenson was happily situated, and his home, without show or pretention, was a center of social enjoyment and domestic refinement. His love and tenderness for his family knew no bounds, and they in turn, received the gospel only from him. He was eminently successful in his business transactions, and passed the great financial crash of 1873 unscathed, although he afterwards met with serious financial reverses. He, in connection with George S. Baker, Joseph E.Alexander, W. C. Orear and James B. Prath^r, in 1868, founded the first bank that Maryville ever had. It was then known as the bank of George S. Baker & Co., Mr. Baker being the cashier. The paid up stock was only five thousand dollars at that time, but from that small beginning, and the energy of the proprietors, large financial results have followed. In 1873, the above named banking institution was succeeded by the Nodaway Valley Bank, where Mr. Stephenson continued to be a stockholder until 1875, when he sold his interest. Prior to his banking enterprise, he had been alternately engaged in handling live stock and in mercantile pursuits. It was proverbial of him, that he could weigh a drove of hogs, or herd of cattle, and keep the weight of each draft, the rate per pound, and the general amount, in his head, seldom making a mistake. Many of the early stock dealers of Nodaway County preferred his accurate memory to their own book accounts. His judgment of the weight and size of animals was remarkable. Being innately honest himself, he acted upon the principle that those with whom he dealt were honest, and this accounts for his partial failure in business. That the financial embarrassments with which he met in 1875-6, saddened his spirits, none who knew him can deny, but in no way lessened his love for his friends., or his readiness to contribute to their enjoyment. He had the confidence of all with whom he dealt, and his word was to them his bond. The storm was never so blinding, nor the wind so fierce, as to deter or prevent him from meeting his obligations with the farmers. He was one of those who believed that the soil was the primary source of all wealth, and that his obligations to those who tilled it should be scrupulously observed. Neither did the decline in prices, however great, offer an inducement to him to violate a contract, although it rested entirely on parol. But to properly appreciate his sterling honesty and inherent goodness, we must look back to the days of 1861 and 1865.

conscious of making mistakes. But I will be sustained, I feel sure, by those who knew him best, in asserting that while he remained true to the cause of the Union, and that while he approved of and encouraged the act of his father in manumitting and providing for his slaves, yet he deplored the rapacity and cruelty consequent upon civil war. Still, not the despondent anticipations of the wisest could then realize the dark and sorrowful tragedies which were crowding thick and fast upon the people of Missouri. Dark and threatening as was the cloud then hovering over the country, none anticipated the appalling fury with which it burst - none anticipated that it would deluge a nation in blood. Here in Nodaway County, neighbor was arrayed against neighbor ; the framework of society was wrecked, distorted and shattered ; a condition of peace had been supplanted by the bloody crest of war ; confusion prevailed evervwhere; a feeling of distrust and uncertainty seized the people, still he moved among them advising forbearance and peace. It is not extravagant to say that his extensive acquaintance, his knowledge of the people, their confidence in him, and his goodness of heart, enabled him to do more than any other one man to prevent the people of Nodaway County from imbruing their hands in each other's blood. It was during the calamitous days alluded to that his greatness shone brightest. Some men achieve fame at the forum ; some in the halls of legislation ; some on the field of battle, and some while wearing the ermine, and still others while in the sacred desk, but it was in the walks of private life, in the wholesome advice he gave in the distribution of his boundless charity, that he achieved a fame that will not die while his cotemporaries live. Though the inducements were great, he invariably and under all circumstances refused to profit by the calamities and misfortunes of others, but would and did, when in his power, build up and assist in restoring their lost fortunes. By his impartiality, his urbanity and his goodness of heart, at a time when there was a premium on veniality, villainy and dishonesty by those in authority, he established himself in the confidence of the people, which confidence he held until the day of his death. His mind was impartial and eminently just. His quickness of perception, his sagacity, and his remarkable knowledge of character, were intuitive. With great but simple dignity that nothing could disturb, (although at times excitable), he was a man of warm heart, of boundless sympathy, and withal, a keen sense of humor, in which he would at times indulge. His simplicity of manners and his freedom from ostentation, encouraged the poorest and most destitute to appeal to and confide in him, and lie was not unworthily regarded by his fellow citizens as the very embodiment of charity. It is said that no one with poverty and destitution depicted on their person ever appealed to him in vain. He was not a member of any church, though he had a strong leaning toward the 1'resbvterian denomination. He believed that true religion should be evidenced by a man's conduct, that it consisted in honesty and charity, and in ameliorating the condition of his fellow man. Surely a just God will deal leniently with such a soul. On April 5, 1877, Edward S. Stephenson, after a protracted illness, passed quietly and peacefully away, directing his brother, Andrew T. Stephenson, shortly before his death, where to find his cooling board in the out house, and .telling him that the board was too long, and where he would find the saw.

" Pure as the mantle which over him who stood By yordari s stream descended from the sky, Is that remembrance which the wise and good Leave in the hearts that love them when they die. So pure, so precious shall the memory be, Bequeathed in dying to our souls by thee, So shall the love we bore ihe cherished, warm Within our souls through grief and pain and strife Be like Elisha's cruise, a holy charm Wherewith to ' heal the waters ' of t hi* life " produce dealer, is a native of Kentucky, and was born in Madison County, April 23, 1834. He is a son of Jesse and Elsus (Blankburn) Stephenson, who were both natives of Kentucky. They came to Missouri in 1844, and located in Buchanan Count)', and, in the spring of 1845, Andrew located in Nodaway Count)', where he has since resided. He was reared on a farm, and made tilling of the soil his occupation till 1857, when he came to Maryville, where he embarked in the grocery business. Since that time he has been engaged in various mercantile pursuits, and also for quite a period was occupied in the stock business. He has had an experience of about five years in the produce business. Mr. Stephenson has been a member of the town council three terms, and is now trustee of the township. He was married January 2, 1859, to Miss Ellen Israel, a daughter of Thomas and Mary (Wilcox) Israel, and a step-daughter of W. C. Orear. She was born in 'Canton, Fulton County, Illinois, November 16, 1840. The)' have six children : William T., Mary D., Carrie Edward F., Nellie E. and Harry I. Mr. and Mrs. S. are members of the M. E. Church South.

Peter Storch

farmer and stock raiser, section 3, was born in Hanover, Germany, November 24, 1839, aRd is the son of Henry Storch, a native of the same country. When nine years of age he accompanied his father to America in the fall of 1848, and settled in Henry Count)-, Ohio, where he was brought up on a farm, obtaining a common school education. He there remained until the breaking out of the war, when he enlisted in Company D, Fourteenth Ohio Infantry. He participated in the battles of Chattanooga, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Jonesboro, and others, and was in the Atlanta Campaign and through with General Sherman to the sea. Thence through Richmond to Washington, where he took part in the grand review. He was mustered out in July, 1865, at Louisville. Kentucky, and discharged at Cleveland, Ohio. The war over, he resumed farming again in Putnam County, Ohio, and four years later came to Missouri, settling in Nodaway County in March, 1869. He now owns a valuable stock farm of 320 acres, having upon it all kinds of stock. About four acres are devoted to an orchard. He has held the position of district clerk and many other offices of trust and responsibility. Mr. Storch was married January I, 1866, to Miss Eliza Clark, daughter of James Clark, a native of Pennsylvania. They have eight children : Grace M., born October n, 1866; James F., born October 1, 1869 ; Sarah M., born November 14, 1871 ; Joseph A., born August 23, 1873 ; Annie G., born March 31, 1875 ; Arthur M., born January 12, 1877 ; Bertha T., born December 14, 1878, and Thomas P., born December 16, 1880. Mr. S. is independent in politics, and belongs to the Free Will Baptist Church.

grain dealer, is one of the more recent acquisitions to the business interests of Maryville. He was born in Jersey County, Illinois, March 20, 1837, and is the son of L. P. Stratton, a native of New Hampshire. His mother's maiden name was Sarah B. Johnson. She was born at North Andover, Massachusetts. They settled in Illinois in 1830. The subject of this sketch spent his boyhood days on a farm, and in acquiring an education. In 1857, he commenced his experience in the grain trade, and after a residence in Brighton, Verden, Jacksonville and Waverly, he came to this county in April, 1880. Since that period he has been prominently identified with the grain interest of the county, as proprietor of the Wabash Elevator, and besides buying at this point, he is also engaged in purchasing at Wilcox, Elmo and Clearmont. At each of these places he has done a successful business. He is a man of modest manners, of cool and determined demeanor, a plain, candid, straightforward man of business. In few words, he is a man of sterling worth and integrity, having the confidence and esteem of all who have the pleasure of his acquaintance. Mr. Stratton was married in 1859, to Miss Clara R. Rice, a native of Illinois. They have one son, Edwin L.

Margaret Swearingen

one of the early settlers of Nodaway County, was born in Shelby County, Indiana, January 5, 1827. She is a daughter of John B. Morgan, a native of Tennessee, and Elizabeth (McDonald) Morgan. Margaret accompanied her parents to Nodaway County, Missouri, in the fall of 1841, it then being called Andrew County. They settled in Polk Township on section 1, bought a claim and commenced pioneer life. Savannah was their nearest post office, and they frequently went below St. Joseph for milling purposes. Margaret remembers her early pioneer life distinctly, and is familiar with ranges, townships, etc. She married Nicholas Swearingen on the 12th of February, 1854. He was a native of Jefferson County, Ohio, born October 14, 1829. They entered the piece of land where she now resides in 1855, locating on it in 1856. Mr. S. lived to enjoy life until November 22, 1878, when he died. During his life he was an upright and reliable citizen and held the respect of a large circle of friends. Since his death Mrs. S. has carried on the farm with the aid of her son. She has two children living : Mary, born November 18, 1856, (she married Mr. Geo. T. Woodruff April 29, 1880,) and John B., born August 18, 1858. She owns 80 acres of improved land. Mrs. S. states that the first school house in that vicinity was built some four and a half miles southwest of her present residence in [844. It was an old log building with a stick chimney and slab benches. Dr. D. M. Ervin, a graduate from Lexington, Kentucky, first taught in the building. Karns Laughlin had taught a school in an old abandoned cabin in the vicinity in 1843. The first religious services were held in 1842 by the Methodists in the old Nathaniel Barnes' cabin. The Presbyterians held their first services in the spring of 1844, at her father's (John B. Morgan) cabin. E. A. Carson preached the first sermon. Thomas Groves and Elizabeth Davis were the first couple married during the winter of 1842. The first death occurred June 27, 1842. John McDaniel Morgan, her brother, was drowned in White Cloud Creek. He was buried near her father's residence. The place is still used as a grave yard.

Wilson F. Swinford

farmer and stock raiser, section 12, was born in Harrison County, Kentucky, on the 10th of April, 18 18. His father, John Swinford, and his mother, whose maiden name was Polly Adams, were both natives of Kentucky. Wilson accompanied his parents to Putnam County, Indiana, when eight years of age, and there he was principally raised on a farm, obtaining a common school education mostly by self application In 1846 he moved to Miami County, Indiana, where he resided until the fall of 1857, and then emigrated to Nodaway County, Missouri. He soon purchased his present farm, and since that date he has been an active citizen of Nodaway. During the war he served in the Enrolled Missouri Militia. He was an active worker in the Grange movement, and now takes an interest in educational matters, and has been a mem- ber of the school board for many years. His landed estate consists of some 1,200 acres of fine land. He has a handsome residence, a good orchard, and his farm is well stocked, and is one of the finest for stock purposes hereabouts. Mr. Swinford was married Jul)' 24, 1838, to Miss Sarah J. Lee, a native of Maryland, born October 8, 1820. They have eight children living : John, born April 10, [841 ; Alice J., born May 8, 1845 (now Mrs. Samuel Thompson) ; James M., born January 15, 1848 ; Lucinda, born December 13, 1849 (now Mrs. John Hood) ; Charles G., born December 24, 1851 ; Oliver W., born March 11, 1854; Mary, born April 15, 1857 (now Mrs. Newton Kelly) ; Sarah E., born December 26, 1861 (now Mrs. James Scowden.) Lost two, Nancy A. and William T. Himself and wife are active members of the Christian Church. He ranks among the leading citizens of Nodaway County.

Adam Terhune

Few men in Nodaway County are more familiarly known than he whose name heads this sketch. He is a son of David and Mary (Cooper) Terhune, and was born in Fleming County, Ky., November 13, 18 16. He lived in his native state until seven years of age, and then accompanied his parents to Wayne County, Indiana, and was raised in this and Henry Counties. His boyhood days were passed on a farm, though he afterwards learned the cooper's trade. In 1841 he came to Missouri, and in 1851 located in Nodaway Count}-, and since that time has been identified with the growth and improvement of the count}-. He was elected county judge for several terms, and proved himself a man well qualified for the position, discharging his duties efficiently and satisfactorily. He was married in 1834, to Miss Betsy Cory, of Ohio. They have six children : Louisa, (now Mrs. Wadley) ; John C, cashier of the Farmers Bank; Elizabeth, (now Mrs. Lamar); Martha, (now Mrs. Johnson); Saphronia, (now Mrs. Ramsay); Cyrus, now of the firm of Grundy & Terhune, dealers in agricultural implements.

John C. Terhune

cashier of the Farmers' Bank, was born in Indiana, August 9, 1839, an<^ is the son of Adam Terhune, who settled in Nodaway Count}- in 1851. His mother's maiden name was Betsy Cory. The youth ot John C. until he was sixteen years of age, was spent on his father's farm and attending school. He then commenced his mercantile experience as clerk in a store. In 1862 he was appointed clerk and ex-officio recorder of Nodaway County, and was elected by the people his own successor and served the county in this capacity nearly nine years. In 1873 he engaged in the banking business under the firm name of Fisher, Jackson & Co. This firm was succeeded by the Farmers' Bank, of which, in 1877, Mr. T. was appointed cashier. As a man, he is a good illustration of what can be accomplished by industry and sterling integrity. As a public officer he was attentive and obliging, yet unswerving in the discharge of his official duties. As a citizen he has ever been interested in the growth and prosperity of the city. Mr. Terhune was married on April 7, 1864, to Miss Rebecca Corken, of Ross County, Ohio. They have two children, Morna, now attending the Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio, and Hubert G. Mr. Terhune is a member of Nodaway Lodge No. 450, A. F. and A. M.

Henry Thill

farmer and stock raiser, section 15, was born November 2, 1826, in the village of Tuntengen, Luxemburg, Germany, and was there reared until ten years of age, when he accompanied his parents to Paris, France. His parents were both natives of Germany, moved to Paris in 1836, and remained in that city until 1853. Henry received good educational advantages, and commenced to learn the drug business when fifteen. After serving seven years apprenticeship, he started on the road as a traveling salesman, and traveled five years. In 1853, he went to London, England, remaining there three years, when he returned to Paris. On the first of July, 1858, he married Susanna Deheck. She was born in Ausenburg, Germany, on the I2th of June, 1827, and went to Paris when seventeen years of age. Crossing the ocean in Jul}-, i860, they landed at New York, and after traveling over the west considerably, they located at Chicago, and remained there eight years. They kept the old Fort Dearborn House on the lake, and in June, 1868, Mr. Thill came west and purchased his present farm of 240 acres, and considerable town property in Maryville. He returned to Chicago and moved to Maryville in September, 1868, settling in an old log house, where the Farmers Bank now stands. He has erected five brick business houses, and also two dwelling houses in Maryville. His farm is well improved, and he has an orchard of 300 trees of different varieties, and a vineyard. He and his wife speak four distinct languages : Dutch, German, French and English, and can write three. They are active members of the German Church of Maryville.

James Todd

-of the firm of Martin & Todd, publishers and proprietors of the Nodaaway Democrat, was born in Dearborn County, Indiana, October 9, 1847. His father, Hugh Todd, was a native of Ireland. His mother, whose maiden name was Margaret Beggs, was also a native of that James Todd resided in his native count}- till the year 1 S 5 7 , when at the age ten years, he moved with his parents to the state of Missouri, and in the following year to Nodaway County, where he has since continued to reside, spending most of the early part of his life on a farm His literary education he received in the common schools of this county, after acquiring which, he for a time engaged in teaching. Having little tasts, however, for this calling, and desiring a more active and extended field of labor, he determined on the profession of journalism, and associated himself in the publication of the Nodaway Democrat with George W. Martin, who had assumed editorial control of that paper in 1874. Under the able management of Martin & Todd the Democrat soon achieved a position in the first rank of newspaper excellence in this part of the state, a reputation which it has since continued steadily to advance. Personally, James Todd is a gentleman of excellent address, unassuming demeanor, and enjoys a professional reputation second only to his personal popularity. He was married in 1878 to Miss Anna Curfman, a native of Pennsylvania. They have one daughter, Anna, born in August, 1881.

Henry Toel

Sheriff of Nodaway County, is a native of Germany, and was born in Oldenberg, February 19, 1828. He was there educated, reared to manhood and resided until 1861, when he came to the United States, locating in Whiteside County, Illinois, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits. Here he remained until 1867, when he emigrated to Marshall County, Iowa, sojourning there until the autumn of 1868, when he moved to Nodaway County, taking up his abode nine miles southwest of Maryville. He followed farming until 1875, when he removed to Maryville, and was interested in various official trusts until 1878, when he was the choice of the Republican party for sheriff. He was elected, and 1880 re-elected by a large majority. Mr. Toel has a keen foresight, and is an excellent judge of human nature. Nodaway County has attained quite a reputation for bringing its evil doers to justice, and much credit is due Sheriff Toel for the active part he has taken. He married in Germany in 1852, Miss Margaret Egts. They have had ten children, eight of whom are living: Sophie, Mary, Lizzie, Nettie, Henry, Jr., J. William, George C. and Minnie E. J. William is the popular deputy sheriff, well known throughout Nodaway County. Mr. T. is a member of the I. O. O. F.

William H. Totterdale

is of Conrad & Totterdale, contractors and builders. This firm commenced business in 1875, and although not among the pioneers as a firm, we venture to say that they have built as many of the fine buildings in this city as any one firm in their line. They are both genial gentlemen, artistic mechanics, and merit the patronage they are so liberally receiving. William Totterdale is a native of Somersetshire County, England, and was born May 21, 1848. At the age of ten years he, with the family, immigrated to America, settling in Columbia County, Wisconsin, where he resided six years. He then went to Waukesha Count}-, Wisconsin, where he was reared to manhood and received his education. When eighteen years of age he began to learn the trade of carpenter, which he so successfully follows. He there resided three years, after which he removed to this city and continued working at his trade till 1875, when he became a member of the above firm. He was united im marriage May 18, 1870, to Miss Susan B. Blend, a native of Canada. Her death occurred November 21, 1880. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity of this city, belonging to Nodaway Lodge, No. 470, A. F. and A. M., and has held all of the offices within the gift of the lodge, and has also passed the chairs in White Cloud Lodge. No. 92, 1. O. O. F.

one of Nodaway County's substantial citizens, is a native of Jo Daviess County, Illinois, and was born October 27, 1836. His father, Halstead S. Townsend, settled in Jo. Daviess County in 1832, and was one of the leading citizens of the county. He was a gentleman of almost universal popularity, and was honored by being selected to represent his district in the state legislature a number of years. R. K. was reared in his native state, and educated at Mount Carroll Seminary, in Illinois. In i860, he moved to Waterloo, Iowa, and engaged in the mercantile business, remaining in Blackhawk County eight years, when he came to Maryville and engaged in trade, pursuing the same avocation for eleven years. In June, 1881, he retired from active business life, and has since devoted his time to his private interest. But few men have a better record. He is known as a man of sterling integrity and decided character, and receives and merits the esteem and confidence of his fellow citizens. He was married September 29, 1858, to Miss Arabelle Howarter, of Illinois. The have two children, Edward L. and Halstead H.

Edward E. Townsend

farmer and stock dealer, section 13, was born in Rush, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, December 27, 1838, the son of H. S. and Hannah (Carver) Townsend, the former a native of Steuben County, New York, and the latter cf Fayette County, Indiana. Edward remained on the home farm, receiving his education at Mount Morris Seminar}' and the seminar}- at Mount Carroll. At the age of twenty-one years he commenced business life for himself. by buying and shipping horses. On the 6th of September, 1862, he enlisted as a private in Company K, Ninty-sixth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and was soon elected first lieutenant, and about the close of the first year was promoted to captain of his company, holding this position until the close of the war. He took part in the battle of Chickamaugua, and in all the engagements under General Sherman on the Atlanta campaign, and returned with Schofield, participating in the battles of Franklin and Nashville, Tennessee. He was discharged at Chicago in July, 1865, after which, in the spring of 1866 he started for the mountains in Montana, remaining for two years. He then returned to Jo Daviess County, Illinois, purchased a farm on which he resided until the fall of 1873, when he came to this county. He now owns eighty acres of land and is largely engaged in buying sheep and other animals, making stock dealing his principal business. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, holding his membership in Nodaway Lodge, of Maryville. Mr. Townsend was married February 5, 1866, to Miss C. A. Lewis, daughter of Rev. R. E. Lewis, of this county, formerly ot Jo Daviess County, Illinois. They have four children: Charles H., born November 22, 1867; Edna I., June 11, 1868; Earl L., May 8, 1870; Ray, March 28, 188 1. Mr. T. is Republican in politics.

farmer and stock raiser, section 31, was born in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, February 10, 1840. His father was a native of Steuben County, New York, and his mother, formerly Miss H. Corner, of Blackhawk County, Indiana. Young Townsend was reared on a farm at his birthplace, and received his education from the common schools. In 1861 he enlisted in Company B, Forty-fifth Illinois Volunteers, and held the position of second lieutenant. He participated in the battles of Fort Donelson and Fort Henry, besides other minor engagements. In 1868 he came to Missouri, and on May 18th of that year he located in this county. Here he now owns 240 acres of well watered land, with some graded stock and a good orchard, etc. This place was not improved when he settled upon it. Mr. Townsend is a great reader of standard works, and a sociable companion. His marriage occurred March 2, 1871, td Miss Kate Hess, daughter of Jacob Hess, of Putnam County, Missouri. ( )ne child is the result of this union : Delia, born April 6, 1872. Mr. T. is Republican in politics.

trade in his native state, and on the 11th of July, 1861, he enlisted in Company B, of the Twenty-second Indiana Infantry. Soon after enlisting he was appointed sergeant. He was taken prisoner at the battle of Peach-tree Creek, and passed nine months and three days in Andersonville and other prisons. He participated at the battles of Pea Ridge, Pittsburg Landing, and others, and was with Sherman on his march to the sea. With the exception of a slight wound, he passed through the rebellion safely, being honorably discharged May 2, 1865. He returned to Indiana, and the same year came to Maryville. Here he engaged in carpenter work and building, and for seven years made a specialty of bridge building. In 1875 Maryville, becoming in need of an official who would see that peace and order would be observed, the council appointed Mr. Trueblood city marshal, and found in him a man equal to the emergency. After serving three consecutive years, he withdrew, and after about eighteen months' absence from the office, was re-elected, and has since held that position. He is a finished gentleman, very resolute, and the name he bears (True-blood) characterizes the man as an official. He married in 1866 Miss Louisa Jackson, of Nodaway County. They have by this union two children : Elmer and Emma. He is a member of the I. O. O. F.

John G. Turner

real estate dealer, was born in Gallatin County, Kentucky, on the 14th of December, 1828. His father, George Turner, was born in Hartford, Connecticut, and his mother, Miss Rebecca Ramey, was a native of the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia. John was brought up at his birthplace on the old farm, which the heirs still own, and after receiving a preparatory education in the common schools, he finished his course at Franklin College, of Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana. Upon becoming of age, he turned his attention to tilling the soil. In the fall of 1870, he came westward, settling at Maryville on the 14th of November, and there he engaged in the grocery business. After continuing for one year, he sold out, and has since given his attention to dealing in real estate. He owns considerable property in Maryville, and has built several residences. His dwelling is a neat and cosy one. Mr. Turner was married November 19, 1856, to Miss Lucy E. Lancaster, daughter of Mr. M. Lancaster, of Switzerland County, Indiana. She was born on the 8th of January, 1833. They are both active members of the Christian Church of Maryville.

G. W. Turner

dealer in saddlery, harness, boots and shoes, is a native of Southampton, England, and was born September 27, 183 1. His father, Rev. George Turner, was an Episcopalian minister of more* than local note.

He was the son of a naval officer on the vessel Lord Nelson, in Her Majesty's service. The youthful days of George Turner, until he attained his fourteenth year, were spent on board of ships. The father dying when he had reached that age, George was sent to Westminster, and afterwards to Oxford, he having studied for and been admitted to the ministry. He married Miss Charlotte Rackley, one of the Huguenots who were obliged to flee from France on account of religious principles. The Rev. George Turner and his wife were in attendance at the coronation of Queen Victoria, and were recognized among the first families of Old England. When G. W. Turner was in his fourth year the family immigrated to America, locating in Albany, New York, and for a number of years his father was pastor of the Brick Church, on Second street. He received the benefits of a good education at Mount Hope school, his intention in early life being to fit himself for the ministry. When he was twenty years of age the family moved west, locating at Stevens' Point, Wisconsin, where the Rev. George Turner was prominently and favorably known for a number of years. In i860 the subject of this sketch came to Missouri, locating ten miles south of Maryville, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits, in which branch he continued for -sixteen years. He then embarked in his present business. His trade is one of the largest in Northwest Missouri, and is well merited, as Mr. Turner is not only a live business man but a public spirited and courteous gentleman. He was married April 2, 1862, to Miss Martha E. Moreman, of Kentucky. They have by this union four children : James S., Nellie E., Charlotte C. and William B. Mr. T. is Senior Warden of the Episcopal Church. His father eventually located near Hiawatha, Kansas, where he now resides, well advanced in years, but still a zealous laborer in the Episcopal Church.

H. M. Turner

of the firm of Turner & Jones, dealers in staple and fancy groceries, was born in Platte County, Missouri, October 22, 1856. His father, William H. Turner, was a native of Kentucky, and his mother, formerly Sarah Menefee, a Virginian by birth. H. M. was taken to St. Joseph by his parents when quite young, and there he was reared to manhood, receiving good educational advantages. When fourteen years old, he commenced clerking. In 1874, he went to Kansas City, and remained about one year. He came to Maryville in the spring of 1875, and became engaged with the Nodaway Valley Bank as bookkeeper and assistant cashier, continuing in their employ until May I, 1 881, when he embarked in the stock business, dealing in cattle and hogs. In November, 188 1, he purchased an interest in the grocer}' store of George H. Hutton & Co., and formed his present partnership with Mr. Jones. They occupy a substantial brick building, on the corner of Fourth and Main Streets, and carry a complete stock. Mr. Turner is still interested in the stock business, and is possessed of excellent business qualifications. September 9, 1879, Miss Mary Stephenson, daughter of E. S. Stephenson, an early settler of Maryville, became his wife. She was born May 1, 1859.

Joseph Updegraff

county treasurer, was born in Franklin County, Indiana, June 16, 1819. His father, William, was a native of Pennsylvania, and an agriculturist. When Joseph was quite young the family emigrated to Shelby County, Indiana, where he was reared, receiving the benefits of a limited common school education, his boyhood days being spent in tilling the soil. In 1854 he became a resident of Clark County, Illinois, engaging in farming. In 1858 he was representative from Clark County in the state legislature. In 1864 he came to Missouri, and settled in the southwestern part of Nodaway County, where he was engaged largely in farming and stock raising until 1878, when he was elected to the office of county treasurer by a handsome majority. A fair evidence of the satisfaction which he gave the people is attested by his having been re-elected in 1880. Few men in Nodaway County are better and more popularly known than Uncle Joe, (as he is familiarly called.) In the discharge of the duties of his important trust he is tireless and devotes his energies to the best interests of the people. In 1874 5 he was a member of the state legislature from Nodaway County. Mr. Updegraff is a Democrat by instinct, as well as from education, embracing the tenets of the party in childhood and he has never departed therefrom. He was married in 1844, to Miss Eliza J. Miller, in Shelby County, Indiana. She is the daughter of Colonel Alexander Miller* a prominent politician and for years circuit clerk of Shelby County. By this union they have ten children, eight of whom are living : Lucy E., (wife of Albert Charles, of Nodaway County), Belle, Albert W., Angeline, (wife of Henry Zumwalt, of Oregon), William, Joseph, Jr., Martin and Izora. Lost two, Matilda and an infant. In 1850 he became a member of the Masonic fraternity, and has filled all the offices in the Blue Lodge. Is a member of the I. 0*0. F. Encampment.

Orange Vanderhoef

farmer and stock raiser, section 1 , was born in Medina County, Ohio, April 21, 1836. He is the son of Samuel and Roxy A. (Mclntire) Vanderhoef, both natives of New York. The former was a carpenter, ship builder and millwright, and was also engaged in farming. Orange grew to manhood on a farm, and received a good common school education at his birthplace. When twenty-one years of age, he took a trip through

Michigan and Wisconsin, thence to Chicago, and from there over Iowa, Missouri and Kansas, returning home by way of St. Louis. In April, 1859, he moved to Andrew County, Missouri, and in January, i860, located in Nodaway County, first renting a farm near Maryville. He now owns eighty acres, constituting one of the best stock farms in the county, upon it having two good orchards of 500 trees. July 14, 1861, he enlisted in Company H, Eleventh Missouri Infantry, and at the battle of Lexington the entire regiment were taken prisoners, and afterwards parolled. In December, the company reorganized at St. Joseph, as the Twenty-fifth Missouri, and were again ordered to the front, taking part in the battle of Shiloh, where Mr. V. was wounded in the right shoulder. The regiment was then sent to St. Louis, from there to Arcoda, near the Iron Mountain, and thence to New Madrid, where they erected a fort. Going next to Tennessee, they were transferred to the First Missouri Engineering Corps, and built a railroad from Nashville to the Cumberland River. Mr. V. and four others did the cooking for 1,800 men. After serving until the close of the war, he returned to this county. He has been school director several terms. He has been three times married. First, March 15, 1859, to Elizabeth Hammon. On the 20th of February, 1S66, Ann Eliza Rea became his wife. There are three children living by this marriage: Robert C, born June 2'<$, 1868 ; Cora E., born January 16, 1 87 1, and Samuel E., born February 12, 1873. Mr. V.'s third marriage occurred February 11, 1874, to Mary E. Lang. They have a family of four children : Ada B., born February 7, 1877 ; Leonard D., born January 27, 1879, and Jennette and Henriette, twins, born September 3, 1881. Mr. V. is a Republican, and since he was twenty-one years of age has been a member of the M. E. Church.

George B. Vaughn

dealer in dry goods, boots, shoes, etc., is a son of Thomas and Hannah (Brown) Vaughn, the former of Kentucky and the latter of New York. G. B. was born in Clay County, Missouri, September 29, 1840. When four years of age his parents moved to Andrew County where he was reared and educated, there being engaged in farming till 1861, when he went to Denver. For nine months he was engaged in freighting, and in 1863 he moved to Rock Bluff Nevada, where he resided till 1866. Mr. Vaughn returned to Clay County, Missouri, continuing to live there till 1868, and again went to Andrew County. In 1870 he came to Nodaway County, and was engaged in farming till 1874, when he came to Maryville. Since that time he has been interested in the mercantile trade. He was married June 3, i860, to Miss Margaret McGee, who was born in Clay County Missouri, December 14, 1843. Mrs. Vaughn died leaving four children, Martha J., Emma E., MoUie A., and George E.

Mr. Vaughn was again married June 19, 1870, to Mrs. R. J. Prather, whose maiden name was Ellis. She was born in Kentucky in April, 1838. They have had four children, three of whom are now living: Myrtie, Wilmer and Orin E.

T. A. Vaughn

of the firm of Vaughn & Smith, grocers, is a son of Thomas and Hannah (Brown) Vaughn, the former a native of Kentucky, the latter of New York. T. A. was born in Andrew County, Missouri, March 10, 1854. He was reared in his native county, receiving a part of his edccation in the Stewartsville College, of DeKalb County. He also graduated from Smith's Commercial College, of Savannah. Previous to coming to Maryville he was occupied in teaching school, which profession he followed for seven years. In February, 1880, he located in this city, and has since been engaged in his present business. He was married December 29, 1881, to Miss Lucy Saunders, a daughter of William and Ellen (Sims) Saunders, the former of Kentucky, and the latter of Georgia. Mrs. V. was born in Nodaway County, Missouri, October 24, 1858.

George Vinsonhaler

was among the early pioneers of Nodaway County. He was born in Ross County, Ohio, January 14, 182 1. His father, Jacob, was a native of Mason County, Kentucky. His mother's maiden name was Nancy M. McDonald. She was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania. George was reared to manhood at his birthplace, and received a common school education, principally from his father, who was an excellent scholar and a school teacher by profession. He accompanied his parents west in the fall of 1841, and settled near Graham, in Nodaway County, where he took up a claim, which he afterwards improved. Game of all kinds was plentious, and Mr. V. remembers of once killing a deer with a club. He was hunting wolves at the time, with a pack of hounds, and the dogs ran a deer on the ice, which being thin, was broke through. The deer finally got upon the ice, and Mr. V. procured a long pole, and tried to knock its feet from under it. Failing in this, he directed his blows between its horns, and finally succeeded in knocking it down, when the dogs finished the fight. He has made this county his home since his first settlement. During the war he served in the Enrolled Missouri Militia, although not subject to military duty. In the spring of 1 88 1, he moved into Maryville for the purpose of educating his children. He was married November 3, 1853, to Miss Sarah Rea. She was born January 2, 1832, in Newcastle, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, and was converted to the Methodist Episcopal faith when sixteen years of age, and in 1852, she went to the Indian mission in Kansas, there engaging in teaching. They were married at the mission. Mrs. V. died September 20, 1880. They had eight children, four of whom are living: Edwin, born October 10, 1854; Frank, born April 14, 1864; Duncan M., born June 29, 1867, and Harry, born June 2, 1870.

county collector, is the son of George Vinsonhaler, a native of Ohio, who settled in Nodaway County in 1841. His mother's maiden name was Sarah Rea, a native of Pennsylvania. E. A. was born in Nodaway County October 10, 1854. His early life was that of a farmer boy. His education was received in the common schools and at Highland University, Kansas. He read law with Johnson & Jackson, was admitted to the bar in 1877, and was elected justice of the peace of Hughes Township. He also served two years as deputy county clerk. In 1878 he received the nomination for probate judge on the Republican ticket and was defeated by a very small majority notwithstanding his extreme youth. In 1880 he was elected county collector and has filled the office to the universal satisfaction of those with whom he has had business relations. His private life and public record are alike untarnished. He was married December 30, 1879, to Miss Helen Wyman, of Blandinsville, McDonough County, Illinois, a most estimable lady whose graces of mind and person endeared her to all who enjoyed the pleasure of her acquaintance. Mrs. V. died June 21, 1881.

Jehu Ware

farmer and stock raiser, section 35, was born in Gloucester County, New Jersey, January 18, 1821. His parents, Joseph A. and Lydia (Clutch) Ware, were both natives of the same county as himself. When eight years of age he moved with them to Clermont County, Ohio, and eight years later to Wayne County, Indiana. Shortly after he located in Henry County, of the same state. While there, February 16, 1 841, he was married to Miss Mary Terhune, a daughter of David Terhune, of Henry Count}', Indiana. She was born March 18, 1821. The same fall they moved to Missouri and located in Andrew County, and in the fall of 1 841 came to Nodaway Count)-, where he entered 160 acres of land, on which he resided five years. For the purpose of educating his children he returned to Andrew County, and in 1861 again came to Nodaway Count)-, where he has since lived. During the war he was a strong Union man, and served in the Enrolled Missouri Militia. He had two sons in the regular service for three years. He was reared on a farm, and has made farming his occupation during life, having accumulated a good deal of land, but has divided it among his children, now having but seventy-nine acres. His residence presents a fine appearance, and is situated six miles northeast of Maryville. The family of Mr. and Mrs. W. consists of seven children living : Joseph L., born February 14. 1842 ; Lydia J., born August 10, 1845, (now Mrs. George W. Null); Isaac S., born June 5, 1849; John W., born April 10, 1853 ; Da\id W., born August 17, 1856; Mary E., born January 31, 1859; Charles E., born March 10, 1862. Two, Elizabeth and Adam T., are deceased. He and wife are active members of the M. E. Church.

R. P. Weaver

dealer in clothing, is a native of Ohio, and was born in Tuscarawas County, on July 29, 1838. He lived there until nineteen years of age and then removed to Illinois, where he remained one year, at the end of that time coming to Nodaway County, Missouri. He settled on a farm three miles west of the town of Barnard, and afterwards traveled one year in Iowa and Nebraska. During the late war he enlisted in the Second Iowa Cavalry, and was afterwards discharged on account of disability. He left the farm in 1868 and came to Maryville and engaged in the grocery business as one of the firm of Evans, Weaver & Ham continuing this business until 1872, when he engaged in the dry goods and clothing business. In 1874 he gave his attention to the clothing business, and no one has more fully the confidence of his patrons, and he is one of those fortunate individuals who almost invariably succeed in whatever they undertake. Mr. W. was married December 31, 1863, to Miss Martha Jane Baker, a daughter of William Baker, Esq., of Barnard. They have a family of eight children : Sarah, Emily A., Eugene W., Clara B., Carl C, Willie, Bessie and James B. Mr. Weaver is a member of the Masonic fraternity, also of the A. O. U. W.

Frank S. Weaver

dealer in books, stationery and jewelry, was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, February 14, 1855. His father moved to this state and county, settling in White Cloud Township in 1857, and there he improved one of the finest farms then in the county. He died in 1862, leaving quite a family of small children. When Frank S. was seventeen years old, the family moved to Maryville, where the two elder sons were engaged in business. He received his education here, and then entered the clothing store of his brother, where he remained for four years. In 1 881, he bought a farm four miles east of Maryville, and moved to it and remained a few months. In December, 188 1, he bought the large business in which he is now engaged. He has greatly added to the stock and fixtures, and now has one of the leading business industries in the city. He married Miss Elizabeth Toel, daughter of Sheriff Henry Toel, of this county, February 6, 1878. They have two children: Margaretta Elizabeth and Deloss. Deloss Weaver, the father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Chenango County, New York, in 1808, and emigrated to Ohio in 1828. In 1857, he came to Nodaway County, Missouri, bought his farm in White Cloud Township, improved it, and became known as a leading and enterprising farmer. In 1862, he died, his death being lamented by all who knew him. He married Miss Sarah T. McNamee in Ohio, in 1831. They had twelve children, four only of whom are now living : Reuben P., Emily, Clark and Frank S. Eight died in Ohio of scarlet fever. The mother and Clark are living together in Maryville.

is of the firm of Bariteau & Welch, grain dealers. The main office is at Maryville, and the branch offices at Pickering, Arkoe, Barnard, Mound City, Maitland, Skidmore and Quitman, Missouri. ' J. T. Welch was born in the village of Fountain Green, Hancock County, Illinois, June 30, 1842. His parents were both natives of Kentucky. His mother's maiden name was Melinda Kirk, and his father's name was B. J. Welch. J. T. was reared in his native village and in Carthage Illinois. He received good educational advantages, and when the was broke out he was among the first to respond to President Lincoln's call. He enlisted in Company D, Sixteenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, in April, 1861, with the ninety day men. In May, 1861, they re-enlisted in the three year's service, and were quartered at St. Joseph during the winters of 1 86 1 -2. They took part in the hard -fought battles of Stone River, Chickamauga, the Atlanta campaign, thence through with Sherman to the sea and to Washington, where they took part in the grand review. They were mustered out at Louisville, Kentucky, and disbanded at Springfield, Illinois, in June, 1865, having served some four years and two months. At the close of the war the subject of this sketch engaged in the mercantile business at Auburn, Sangamon County, Illinois, and continued therein until 1873, when he commenced the grain business at that place and followed it two years. In the spring of 1875 he embarked in the grain business at Maryville, under the firm name of Paley, Welch & Co. Mr. Paley died in 1880, and on the 1st of June of that year, Mr. Bariteau, a grain merchant of good standing, of Maryville, became a partner. The)- have a large and increasing business, and well deserve the success that has attended their career. Mr. Welch is an active member of Nodaway Lodge, No. 470, A. F. and A. M., of Maryville, in which he holds the office of treasurer. Politically he is a staunch Republican. He was married in September, 1S66, to Miss Martha L. Casady, daughter of Alexander Casady, one of the early settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois. She was born in that county, March 27, 1847. They have had six children, two of whom are living : Edwin H., born September 11, 1868; and Nellie, born January 4, 1882. Lost four: Mabel L., Jessie C, Harry and Johnny. Mrs. W. is a member of the Presbyterian Church, of Maryville.

Columbus D. Whitehead

of the firm of Chambers & Whitehead, grain dealers, was born in Licking County, Ohio, March 21, 1848. His father, Abram Whitehead, was a native of Genessee County, New York, and his mother, whose maiden name was Mary Green, of Licking County, Ohio. Columbus was reared at his birthplace on a farm, and after receiving a preparatory education in the common schools, in 1867 he entered Wabash College, of Crawfordsville, Indiana, graduating from that institution in 1873 with the degree of Batchelor of Arts. He then went to Indianapolis and read law with Lucian Barbour, and was admitted to the bar in 1874. He continued the practice of his profession some five years, and them emiigrated west, and arrived in Maryville on the 21st of December, 1879. Soon after he formed his present partnership and engaged in the grain business. He came here for the purpose of practicing law, but receiving a better offer he concluded to accept it. In his business dealings he is upright and honorable, and is an accomplished gentleman. He is a member of the Knights of Honor, and belongs to Wheatly Lodge, No. 8, of Indianapolis, Indiana. Politically he is a Greenbacker. He was a candidate on this ticket for Judge of the Circuit Court of Marion County, Indiana, in iS/S. There being a contest between the Democrats and Republicans he was appointed to the position until the difficulty was settled. In the spring of 1879 he was a candidate for mayor of Indianapolis on the same ticket. Mr. Whitehead was married on the 22d of September, 1875, to Miss Mary M. Wilson, daughter of Rev. Alfred Wilson, of Covington, Indiana, a Presbyterian minister. She was born near Hillsboro, Ohio, October 5, 185 1. She is a graduate of Oxford Seminary, of Oxford, Ohio, and was attending school in that building when it burned in 1871, and saved her life by jumping from a third-story window. They have had two children : Emma C, born August 12, 1876, and Mary B., born November 14, 1878. Himself and wife are active members of the Presbyterian Church, of Maryville, in which he fills the office of deacon.

L. Isham White

father, C. H. White, was a native of York State. His ancestors came over in the Mayflower. The maiden name of his mother was Jane C. Lyttle, and she was born in Scotland. When nine years of age, Isham accompanied his parents to Aurora, Knox County, Illinois, where he was reared to manhood. He received his education principally at Jennings' Institute, of that place, and graduated from the scientific department in June, 1870. His father owning a law library, Isham commenced the study of law when sixteen. Two years later he commenced practicing in the city, and, in September, 1873, he was admitted before the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois. He continued his practice in Aurora, and, in 1875, formed a partnership with his uncle, Alexander C. Lyttle, who held the position of city attorney of Aurora. He assisted in many large cases in which the city was involved, filling the position of city attorney by proxy. In 1878, he came west, and settled in Maryville in August of that year. Shortly afterwards he formed a partnership with Ira K. Alderman, and they are now numbered among the leading practitioners of Northwest Missouri. Politically Mr. W. is a Union Democrat, but not a partisan in the strict sense of that term - he advocates the man rather than the party. He has canvassed his district, and has proved himself a clear, forcible and effective speaker, clothing his thoughts in appropriate language, of which he has ready command. He was elected city attorney of Maryville in 1880. He is an active member of Maryville Lodge, No. 165, A. F. and A. M. He' was married July 3, 1878, to Miss Eleanor Pride, an accomplished lady, daughter of Captain David Pride, of New York City. She was born at Niagara Falls, October 20, 1852. She is an active member of the Episcopal Church. Mr. White is the fortunate owner of one of the most select private libraries in this vicinity, it being filled with- the leading works by all standard authors.