Nodaway County, Missouri - Chapter 35: Official Record, 1882 (part 7 of 16)

is a native of Pennsylvania, and was born in Washington County, December 17, 1810. His father, James, was a native of Washington County, and a son of Col. James Armstrong of Revolutionary war notoriety. It is frequently the case that trades and professsions are handed down in a family from one generation to another. Such is true in the Armstrong family as far back as the genealogy can be traced, they having been interested in iron working. The great grandfather of the subject of this sketch at an early day had a foundry at Georgetown, District of Columbia, and his son at an early day started a foundry in Western Pennsylvania and transferred his material across the Allegheny Mountains on horseback. James Armstrong, the father of J. J., was proprietor of a foundry and machine shop in Claysville, Washington County, Pennsylvania. Here Mr. A., at an early age, commenced and learned his profession. In 1833 ne entered the United States navy in the capacity of engineer, serving several years, after which he worked as journeyman in different cities, eventually engaging in business at Pomeroy, Ohio, in 1844. There he built the rolling mills of Messrs. Pomeroy & Horton, remaining one year, when he returned to Cincinnati, Ohio, and lived there two years. He then entered the Bureau of Construction in the United States navy, continuing several years. While connected with the navy he passed through the Mexican troubles and did good service during that memorable war. After the battle of Vera Cruz he volunteered from the navy and entered the ranks, still holding his position as master in the navy. He was in Lieutenant Totten's command, under General Scott, and was at the taking of the City of Mexico, and served through until the close, being once wounded. After returning to the states he located for a time in Mobile, Alabama, being on detached service, and superintending the constructing of the iron work on the Mobile custom house. Upon the completion of that structure he resigned and came to St. Louis, Missouri. While in that city he was for a time in the employ of the Excelsior Stove Works, and afterwards took charge of the foundry department of Palm & Robinson's Locomotive Works. He also had charge of Cuddy, Carpenter & Co.'s Broadway Foundry. In i860 Mr. A. moved to Liberty, Clay County, Missouri, and started a foundry, but this enterprise did not prove very remunerative, the slavery question being strongly agitated, and Mr. A. being an ardent Union man, it had a serious effect on his business. When the rebellion broke out it was his desire to rejoin the navy, but owing to family ties he was obliged to remain nearer home. He took an active part in organizing and recruiting a company, of which he was tendered the captaincy, but declined and accepted the position of orderly sergeant. He was principally on detached service, and served through to the close, when he was honorably discharged. After the war he again turned his attention to the foundry business at Liberty, continuing until February, 1876, when he came to Maryville and established himself in trade. His business has been steadily and substantially on the increase, and will compare favorably with any in Northwestern Missouri. Mr. A. served seventeen years in the navy, where the most rigid discipline is observed and none but the best of mechanics and engineers are recognized. He is a Royal Arch Mason and Knight Templar, and a member of the I. O. O. F. He has been twice married - first in 1844, to Miss Elizabeth Garret, of Wheeling, Virginia. There are four children living by this marriage: Georgiana, Laura, Naomi and James. Mrs. A. died in 1856. In 1858 Margaret Conner became his wife. They have one son : William.

William A. Bailey

contractor and builder, is a native of Vermont, and was born in Orleans County, August 17, 1844. When eight years of age, he moved with his father to Louisa County, Iowa, where he was reared. His father was a farmer, and his early days were spent on the farm, afterwards learning the carpenter's trade. In 1862, he enlisted in Company C, Nineteenth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, as a private. He served through the war, participating in the most active campaigns, and received a wound at the battle of Prairie Grove. After peace was restored, he went to Ohio, and attended college at Farmington, and then returned to Louisa County, Iowa, where he lived for eighteen months. For six years he was engaged in teaching, and for a time after this was connected with the Freeman's Bureau, in Southern Alabama. In 1872, he came to DeKalb County, Missouri, and worked at his trade for eighteen months, and then went to Southern Texas, where he remained occupied at his chosen calling for six months. Mr. Bailey then returned to DeKalb County, and thence to Maryville, where he has been actively engaged as a prominent contractor and builder. He was married in 1872, to Miss Ella Lackey, of Hartford, Connecticut.

of the firm of Bariteau & Welch, grain dealers, is a native of Lewis County, New York, and was born December 12, 1834. His youth was spent in his native state. He learned the carpenter trade, and for a number of years followed it as an occupation. In 1866, he immigrated to Missouri, and settled in Savannah, Andrew County. In 1870, he removed to Maryville, Nodaway County, since which time he has been prominently identified with the interests of the county. He in company with others brought the first lumber to the town that was shipped in by rail, and for years conducted a successful lumber business. Latterly he has been engaged' in the grain trade, and the firm have elevators at most of the following points : Mound City, Maitland, Skidmore, Quitman, Hopkins, Pickering, Arkoe and Barnard. In his business transactions he is peculiarly clear and transparent, and has the unlimited confidence of every one with whom he has any intercourse. He is a man of good, sound understanding, and large practical experience and genial manners. He was married January 4, 1859, to Miss M. Peebles, also a native of Lewis County, New York. They have one son : Eugene, married to Miss Nettie Allen, of Bay City, Michigan. Mr. Bariteau is a member of Nodaway Lodge, A. F. and A. M., and of Nodaway Chapter.

Frank Barmann

carriage manufacturer. One of the leaders of the manufacturing industries of this county is Mr. Barmann, who, although but a few years in Maryville, has built up an immense trade, and finds demand for his work not only in Missouri but Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa. His growing business necessitated him, in the season of 1881, to erect a large factory on the corner of Main and Fifth Streets. It is a two story brick structure, 44x80 feet. He is employing a large force of skilled mechanics, is a thoroughly skilled workman himself, and gives the business his personal attention. Mr. B. is a native of Ohio, and was born in Ross County, September 11, 1850. He was there educated and brought up, and also learned his trade in that vicinity. In 1873 he came to Missouri, sojourning for a time in St. Joseph. In 1875 he located in Maryville and established his present business. In January, 1881, Mr. B. married Miss Alena Keinster, of Grant County, Wisconsin. He is a member of the I. O. O. F.

Charles Beal

druggist, is a native of Barry, Clay County, Missouri, and was born October 7, 1-841. His father was one of the early settlers here, and a harnessmaker by trade. He carried on that business successfully for many years. The subject of this sketch came to Nodaway County, Missouri, with his father, in 1855, where he grew to man's estate, and remained until 1863, when he went to St. Joseph, and accepted a position in the drug house of Samuel Hays, the present postmaster at St. Louis. He remained with Mr. Hayes until 1868, then moved to St. Louis, and, for two years, was on the road as a traveling salesman. He subsequently embarked in the drug business, in Maryville, on his own account, and has remained ever since. Through his excellent business ability and social qualities, he has built up a good business, and gained many warm, substantial friends, securing a good trade. Mr. Beal was married, in 1872, to Miss Maqueda Semans. They have one son, Charles

J. [Since the above was written we have heard of Mr. Beal's death, which occurred at his home February 17. Mr. Beal was an affectionate husband, a kind and indulgent parent and an esteemed citizen.]

William D. Bell

farmer and stock raiser, section 36, was born in Barren County, Kentucky, November 22, 18 10. His father, Isaac, was a farmer by occupation, and of German descent. His mother, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Dills, was born in South Carolina. William accompanied his parents to Harrison County, Indiana, when he was quite young, and in 1820 removed with them to Jackson County, where he resided until 1 85 1 . He next located in Kendall County, Illinois, and after a period of three years made his home in Knox County, there remaining for fourteen years. Mr. Bell then came to Missouri and settled where he now resides in the fall of 1867, although he purchased the property in the fall of 1866.. He is now the owner of over 184 acres, well stocked with graded cattle, and under good improvement. Mr. Bell was formerly a member of the I. O. O, F. He has been twice married ; first, in 1832, to Elizabeth Thomas. They had five children : Sarah, born January 26, 1834, (now the wife of H. Frey) ; Minerva (now Mrs. John Vangilder), born April 4, 1836 ; Mary (now Mrs. M. Stephens), born August 19, 1838; John T., born June 23, 1840, and William H., born February 4, 1844. Mrs. B. was again married to Margaret Gaultney, February 9, 1865. She has one child living by a farmer marriage, John L. Stafford, born November 12, 1844. Mr. B. is a very strong Republican.

Edmund G. Bickett

farmer and stock raiser, section 11, was born November 16, 1817, in Marion County, Kentucky. His father, Henry Bicket:, was a native of Maryland, and his mother, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Graves, was a Kentuckian by birth. Edmund spent his boyhood days on a farm at his birthplace, and received a good business education, which he completed at St Mary's Seminary, of Marion County, Kentucky. He left his native place on the 6th of October, 1846, for the west ; took a steamboat at Louisville, Kentucky, for St. Louis, thence up the Missouri River to Weston, and by ox team to Nodaway County, which was at that time almost a wilderness. Mr. B. remembers of counting forty-five deer in one drove, and frequently seeing thirty in a drove from his cabin door. Being a good shot, he says he enjoyed himself better in those days than at any time during his life. St. Joseph was their market and supply point. Maryville, their post office, was a cross-roads trading post. Since that early date Mr. Bickett has been identified with the growth. and prosperity of Nodaway County. He has filled his present office of justice of the peace for several terms to the entire satisfaction of all parties interested. He is well known and has the respect of all. He still resides on his original claim and owns 380 acres of rich land, and a fine orchard of some 400 bearing trees. He was married October 29, 1839, to Miss Parmelia Ray, an old schoolmate. She was born January 27, 1 82 1. They have seven children living : Richard H., born February 12, 1843; Susan M., born September 24, 1845, (now Mrs. David Reardon); Martha A., born August 24, 1848 ; Pernesa E., born November 24, 1852, (now Mrs. Peter Kirch) ; Harriet A., born February II, 1855 ; Laura E., born August 15, 1857, (now Mrs. B. Moran), and William G. W., born April 23, i860. Two, Ann F. and Parmelia E. are deceased. Himself and family are active members of the Catholic Church. He was the first Catholic in the county, to his recollection.

carpenter, is a native of Marion Count)', Kentucky, and was born February 13, 1830, being a son of Anthony and Ann (Knott) Bickett. The former was born in Alleghany County, Maryland, in 1783, and the mother, a native of Montgomery County, Indiana, was born in 1791 , and died in 1866. With their parents, they moved to Marion County, Kentucky, in 1798, and there they were married in 18 12. They settled in that county, where the father died in 1856. Mrs. Bickett, with the family, then came to Nodaway County, Missouri, in 1857, an^ settled some nine miles northwest of Maryville. A. L. spent his boyhood days in Marion County, Kentucky, and learned the carpenter's trade. He was married August 3, 1853, to Miss Jane Collet, a native of Clay County, Missouri, born May 6, 1831. She died September 15, 1863, leaving three children: Joseph A., Rebecca L. and George W. Mr. Bickett was married the second time to Miss C. Refro, a native of Boone County, Missouri, born March 6, 1847. She died February 17, 1876, leaving five children : Charles L., Minnie J., Terera A., Frederick K., Maud G. Mr. B. married for his third wife, November 30, 188 1, Sarah Gillian, a native of Andrew- Count)7, Missouri, born March 6, 1840. She was a daughter of John and Eliza (Clark) Gillian, and by this union the)- have one child: Cecil. Mr. and Mrs. B. are both church members. Mr. B. served some two years as assistant postmaster at Maryville, during the years of 1861 and 1862.

J. M. Black

proprietor of the Arlington Hotel, was born in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, on the 5th of June, 1830, and was raised in his native place on a farm, until fourteen years of age, when he learned the trade of woolen manufacture. Owing to poor health, he was compelled to abandon that occupation, and, for a short time, he taught school, and then for nine years engaged in the nursery business. In 1858, he removed to Ancona, Illinois, and, for five years, was in the drug trade. He then changed his residence to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and engaged in hotel keeping for six years, and continued the same until 1867, when his health compelled him to seek a climate more congenial. In 1867, he came to Maryville, and, in 1868, started a lumber yard, the first in the town. Since that time he has been a resident of the county, excepting when temporarily absent on account of the physical state of himself or family. He was the first to introduce the Poland China stock of hogs in this part of the county, and he has been closely identified with all that pertains to the interest and development of the county. In the capacity of landlord, his experience at Roseberry, and later at the Arlington, over which he now presides, proves his efficiency as a competent and accommodating host, and confirms the old proverb of " the right man in the right place.'' Mr. Black was married October 22, 1857, to Miss S. Smiley, of Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Their family consists of five children : Frank L., Jessie E., James C, Charles N. and Howard E.

John Blair

agent for the Singer sewing machines and dealer in organs and pianos, is a son of James and Mary (Wallace) Blair, and was born in Carroll County, Ohio, April 28, 1834, and at the age of four years, he was taken by the family to Logan County, Ohio. His parents were of Scotch- Irish descent, his father being an early settler of Logan County, Ohio. The subject of this sketch was there reared and received his education, and was there engaged in teaching school. In 1857 he went to Delaware County, Indiana, and continued the same occupation till 1865, with the exception of three years, when he was connected with a sash and blind manufactory. After this, he emigrated to Shelby County, Tennessee, where he was engaged in contracting and building, till 1S68, when he made his home in this city, where he has since lived. In 1869, he became the agent for the Singer Sewing Machine Company. He has done a large business since becoming their agent, selling over 2,000 sewing machines, besides doing a large trade in organs and pianos. He was united in marriage with Miss Mary J. Pittenger, a native of Indiana. She was born, reared, and married within the radius of a mile. They have four children living : Charles A., Effie M., Carl B., and Harry W. Mr. B. is a member of White Cloud Lodge, No. 92, I. O. O. F. They are members of the M. E. Church. Mrs. Blair has conducted for some time a very successful millinery business. On the 29th of September, 1879, she left Kansas City, on the Chicago and Alton Railroad, for St. Louis, and on the morning of the 30th the car on which she was riding collided with cars standing on the track at Larrabee Station, Audrian County, and Mrs. B. was severely wounded and taken to Mexico, Missouri. While here, the division superintendent and two lawyers in the employ of the company, effected a pretended compromise for injuries, paying her thirty dollars and taking her receipt in full. Of this transaction Mrs. B. has no knowledge, and after seeking an amicable settlement for injuries, etc., no attention was paid to Mr. Blair's claim, and he was forced to seek redress in the courts, and a bill in equity was filed and suit for damages instituted ; also a bill for loss of services and expenses on the part of Mr. Blair. In October, 188 1, Mrs. Blair received judgment for $5,000 for injuries, and Mr. Blair obtained judgment for $1,600. Both of these verdicts have been appealed to the Supreme Court. The amount of money awarded is small compensation for suffering and injured health on the part of Mrs. Blair.

John C. Bosch

farmer and stock raiser, section 30, is the son of John G. and Angelica (Long) Bosch, both of Germany, and was born in the city of Ulm, Wurtemburg, Germany, December 14,1815. He received a common school education, spending his youth at his birthplace, and while a boy he learned the carpenter trade. In 1840 he became superintendent of the waterworks and buildings of the city of Ulm, which position he filled for ten years. In May, 1850, he immigrated to America with his parents, landing at New York, and from there went to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he remained for three months. Mr. Bosch next located in Monroe, Jasper County, Iowa, and for twenty-five years he was engaged in farming in that locality. In the spring of 1875 he came to Missouri, and on the 28th of March settled in this county, where he now has 409 acres of improved land, stocked with thoroughbreds, some being short horn Durham cattle and Poland China hogs. He raises considerable stock. and upon his place are two good orchards, quite a vineyard, and a maple grove. Mr. Bosch was road overseer for two years. He has been twice married : First, in 1836, to Elizabeth Kramer. They had one child, Anna M., born September 28, 1837. She is now married. Mr. B. was married again August 18, 1853, to Sarah Asher, a native of Wayne County, Indiana. Their family consists of: Ery, born January 5, 1854; Albert, born April 4, 1856 ; Delilah, (now Mrs. Frank Hart), born April 6, 1859 ; Martin W., born May 19, 1861 ; Emma, born July 16, 1866, and Benjamin, born November 19, 1869. Mr. B. is independent in his political views, lie was born and raised in the Evangelical Association.

Wilhelm Bredenbeck

farmer and wine grower, was born in Westphalia, Prussia, Germany, on the 24th of September, 1834. His father, Leonard Bredenbeck, was also a native of Germany, and by occupation was a farmer. The maiden name of his mother was Miss Katie Four, and she was born in Germany, also. Wilhelm was reared at his birthplace, receiving the benefits of a common school education. He commenced to learn the baker's trade when fifteen years of age, and followed it while he remained in Germany. He came to the United States in 1857, landed at New York City, and then went to St. Louis, where he remained some time working at histrade. He also made several trips up and down the Mississippi River. From New Orleans he went to Texas and joined the Confederate army, and served under Cornell Duncan at Forts Jackson and St. Philip. He was taken prisoner by Admiral Faragut and paroled. Mr. B. returned to Germany in 1863, and remained until 1868, when he again crossed the ocean, and settled in La Salle County, Illinois. He next went out on the Union Pacific Railroad, when it was in process of construction, and engaged in baking and cooking. Alter the completion of the road, he came to Missouri, and settled at Weston, Platte County, where he lived some ten months, then coming to Maryville. He resided in that city six years, when he purchased his present farm of fifty acres, adjoining the town of Maryville. He has a neat residence, a young orchard, and some three and a-half acres in vineyard. He owns an excellent wine press, and is largely interested in making wine, keeping a large supply constantly on hand. Mr. B. was married on the 6th of March, 1870, to Miss- Anna E. Cramer, a native of Germany. They have three children : William, Rosa and Amelia. They are members of the Reformed Presbyterian Church.

C. W. Briggs

photographer, was born in Conneautville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, August 13, 1838. His father was Isaac Briggs, a native of New York, and by occupation a farmer. His mother's maiden name was Lucretia Field, also a native of New York. The youth of C. W. was spent in attending school, working on a farm and clerking in a store. He enlisted during the war in company D, Twenty-first Pennsylvania Infantry. In 1866 he moved to Kansas, and in autumn of the same year he came to Nodaway County. He followed teaching penmanshipfor four years, and in 1867 he engaged in his present business. He was married November 10, 1861, to Miss Carrie Stanton. Mrs. B. was born June 10, 1843, m Ashtabula County, Ohio. At the age of eleven yearsshe entered Conneaut Academy, where she graduated at the head of her class after nearly five years of hard study and at the age of sixteen.

She, very early in life, developed a remarkable talent for music, both vocal and instrumental, and during her academical course that talent was brought out by the most skilled vocalists and pianists. In May, 1866, she accompanied her husband to Maryville, where they have since resided. At that time little was known of instrumental music here, though Nodaway County can now boast of as many excellent female musicians as any county in the state. Very much of the musical talent as developed in Nodaway Count)- is due to the patient energy of Mrs. Briggs. She adopted teaching music when she first came to Maryville, and the people learning of her proficiency have kept her busy for nearly sixteen years. The mind, like the diamond in its original state, is crude and unappreciated, but as the skill and utensils of the jeweler removes the external coat and brings to view the latent beauties of the diamond, so the skill of Mrs. B. as a teacher has brought thrilling to the admiration of thousands of people the musical talent of many, many young ladies which had before lay dormant, Mrs. Briggs is a great favorite with her sex, and has long been regarded as the finest vocalist in Maryville. Her voice is full, mellow and round, and it is not new to hear the remark, "She can sing like a linnet." In all the relations of life, whether as teacher, wife or mother, she is the same modest, dignified lady. The family of Mr. and Mrs. B. consists of two children : Claude, born March 9, 1864, and Lena, born September 3, 1868.

O. L. Briggs

-of 0. L. Briggs & Co., dealers in hardware, stoves and agricultural implements, is a native of Jefferson County, New York, and was born near Sackett's Harbor, October 5, 1840. When nineteen years of age, his father, L. D. Briggs, removed to Illinois, and located at Waukegan. After residing there six months the subject of this sketch came to Nodaway County, Missouri, and remained some years. In 1861, he went to the Rocky Mountains, and engaged in mining and other pursuits. Returning to Missouri, in 1870, he established his present business. His brother, S. W. Briggs, a prominent stock dealer of this county, is associated with him, and the firm are doing a large trade, and have an standing in the community. Mr. B. was married in February, 1868, to Miss Sallie A. Denning, of Nodaway County. They have a family of four children : George W., Albert H., Edna A. and Pearl. Mr. B. is a Master Mason, and a member of Maryville Lodge, No. 162.

Brown & Montgomery

Brown was born in Clermont County, Ohio, August 2, 1835. His father, John Brown, was of English origin, and was brought to the United States when quite young. By occupation he was a merchant. His mother's maiden name was Sarah A. Brannan. She was a native of Kentucky. Thomas was reared to manhood at his birthplace, spending his boyhood days in the village of Indian Springs, and receiving his education in the schools of the vicinity. He assisted his father in the thereby becoming familiar with the mercantile business, and after attaining a suitable age the business was entrusted entirely to him. In 1858, he moved to Menard County, Illinois, with his mother and brothers, his father having died. After remaining there some seven years, engaged in farming, he emigrated west in May, 1866, and settled in Maryville, Missouri, where he began in the real estate business. This he has since followed, and has been satisfactorily successful. He is an active member of Nodaway Lodge, No. 470, A. F. and A. M. of Maryville. R. C. Montgomery was born in Halifax County, Virginia, April 13, 1844. His parents were both natives of the same place, his father, John Montgomery, being a farmer by occupation. His mother's maiden name was Mary Ridgeway. R. C. accompanied his parents to Washington County, Indiana, when three years of age, and spent his boyhood days on a farm and received an education in the neighborhood schools. When twenty-one he moved to Montgomery County, Illinois, and remained there some ten years. He was first engaged in the mercantile business, and then served four years as deputy county clerk. Emigrating west in the spring of 1876, he arrived in Maryville on the 1st of February, of that year. Here he commenced in the real estate business, in which he has since been engaged. He is at present filling his third term as Alderman, and has filled the position of Notary Public some five years. Mr. M. was married December 3, 1875, to Miss Laura M. Kinsley, daughter of M. C. Kinsley, of Hillsboro, Illinois. She was born at that place. They have three children : Mamie, now five years of age ; Frank, now three years of age ; Nellie, aged one year. Mrs. M. is an active member of the M. E. Church of Maryville.

James N. Bryan

farmer and stock raiser, section 25, was born on a farm in Highland County, Ohio, July 28, 1847, and is a son of John and Hannah (Warson) Bryan, the former an agriculturist, who was born in Pennsylvania, and the latter a Kentuckian by birth. James passed his youth at his birthplace, obtaining a common school education. When twenty years of age he commenced life on his own account, first working by the month until he had made a start. In March, 1869, he came to Missouri, and located in this county, where he now owns a farm of eighty-five acres.

He has a fair amount of stock, a young orchard and comfortable residence. On the 5th of March, 1872, Mr. Bryan was married to Miss Florence Morgan, a daughter of A. Morgan, Esq., of Indiana. They have two children : Frank H., born January 8, 1873, and Rosa, born July 15, 1874. Mr. A. is Democratic in politics.

Henry Clay Burnett

was born July 23, 1852, in Warren County, Iowa. His paternal ancestors trace their origin to Germany. His maternal predecessors are of English extraction. His father was born in Dutchess County, New York,, in 1827; his mother in Maine, in 1832. Henry, at the early age of three years, came with his parents to Missouri, in 1855, and located in what is now known as Lincoln Township, in the northwestern part of Nodaway County. In the spring of i860 the family moved to Atchison County, and continued to reside there till the fall of 1864, and then removed to Nodaway County, where he has resided ever since. Although his eyes first opened upon the light in Iowa, he has grown to manhood in the State of Missouri. On December 29, 1878, in the city of Maryville, Henry was united in marriage to Clara E. Weiser, Rev. D. B. Lake officiating. Of this union one child was born, who died in infancy. His wife died on the 23d day of January, 1880. Henry is the son of a miller, who taught him that occupation, which he followed for several years. In the fall of 1873 he taught his first term of school on the spot where he first began his education and the site of the last common school he ever attended^ In 1874 he spent a term at the Maryville high school, at that time under the superintendence of B. A. Dunn, now (1881) editor of the Maryville Republican. Alternately from 1874 to 1880 he taught in the common schools of Nodaway County, engaging also in the milling business. In 1876 he went to the Exposition at Philadelphia, and visited New Yorkv Baltimore, Washington and other Eastern cities. On January 1, 1881, he began the study of law in the office of Edwards & Ramsay, in Maryville, and was admitted to the bar December 2, 1881, by Judge Henry S. Kelley, and granted a license to practice law in the courts of the state. He has permanently located in Maryville, and is now engaged in the practice of law. He is a young man of studious habits, modest and unobtrusive in his manners, and applies himself with great assiduity tothe mastery of his chosen profession.

Allen J. Burks

farmer and stock raiser, section 34, was born on a farm in Mercer County, Kentucky, on the 10th of June, 1814. His father, Allen Burks, a native of Virginia, was by occupation a hatter and a farmer, and lived to the age of ninety-three years. His mother, formerly Elizabeth Townsend, was born in South Carolina, near the town of Charleston. Allen spent his boyhood days on a farm, and received the benefits of a common school education. He accompanied his parents to Putnam County, Indiana, in 1828, and remained there until 1839, when he immigrated west, and settled near Weston, Platte County, Missouri. After living there for seven years, he returned to Putnam County, Indiana, but came back to Missouri in the fall of 1855. and settled in Clarke County ; thence to Hancock County, Illinois, in the fall of 1865, and from there to Nodaway County, Missouri, in the spring of 1873, locating where he now resides. He owns 174 acres of fine bottom land, upon which is a neat residence, with a fine view of the City of Maryville. His farm is well watered by springs, and stocked with different grades of stock. Mr. Burks is a member of the Masonic fraternity. Politically, he is a Greenbacker. He has been twice married. First, about the year 1836, to Miss Elizabeth Chadd. She died in the fall of 1855, and left five children, three of whom are now living : John H., born October 28, 1838 ; David C, born September 2J, 1842, and Ruth C, born September 15, 1848, (now Mrs. I. J. Crossen). He was married again on the 15th of May, 1856, to Mary S. Waggner, a native of Clarke County, Mo., born September 6, 1833- By this union they have seven children : Alexander C, born December 8, 1858 ; Martha A., born April 10, 1862; William A., born February 8, 1865 ; Eugene, born November 25, 1866 ; Cassia, born May 12, 1869 ; Robert E. L., born in April, 1871; Ada, born September 1, 1875. Himself and wife are active members of the Christian Church, of Rose Hill.

John H. Burch

farmer and stock raiser, section 26, was born on August 22, 1843, in Greene County, Indiana, being a son of John and Lucy B. Burch. The former, a farmer by occupation, was born in Surry County, North Carolina. The latter was a native of Pittsylvania County, Virginia. John H. Burch received a common school education, and in 1855, he left his birthplace, and with his parents moved to Fayette County, Iowa. There he resided until 1866, when he purchased his present farm. It is one of the oldest settled farms in this vicinity, and contains 320 acres, being stocked, and upon it is an orchard and vineyard. In 1862, or when nineteen years of age, he enlisted in Company A, Thirty-eighth Iowa Infantry, at Camp Franklin, Dubuque. He is Democratic in politics, and has held the position of school director. Mr. Burch is a member of Nodaway Lodge, No. 347, of Pickering, in which lodge he holds the office of vice grand. He was married November 2, 1862, to Miss Martha Bishop, a daughter of Solomon Bishop. They have seven children : Melissa L., born July 19, 1863 ; James A., born May 23, 1867; Abigail and Abner, twins, born July 17, 1870; Sarah J., born September II, 1874; John S.r born May 16, 1876, and Sabitha, born March 23, 1879. Mr. B. commenced life without means, only -having one two year old colt. His mother, nearly eighty years of age, is living with him. She is still hale and hearty, and bids fair to see many more years.

merchant tailor, is a native of Russia, and was born in the town of Sarataw, December 10, 1855. He was educated in his native town, being reared on a farm till fifteen years of age, when he began to learn the tailor's trade, serving as an apprentice four and a-half years. October 27, 1876, he started to America and landed in New York, on December 16th of the same year. He then went to Toledo, Ohio, and from there to Burlington, Iowa, where he worked at his trade for five months, when he located in Red Oak. There he continued his chosen calling for two years and eight months, at the expiration of which time he came to Maryville. Since then he has been carrying on his present business. Mr. B. was married at Red Oak, August 20, 1877, to Miss Katie Myer. She was born in the same town as himself, in 1858, and came to America in the year 1877. Mr. and Mrs. Burtherus have two children, Minnie and Frank.

is a native of Jennings County, Indiana, and was born August 26, 1832. His youth was spent at his birthplace, on a farm, and he was educated at a seminary under the auspices of the Presbyterian Church, Prof. G. Dunning, principal. After graduating he read medicine with Dr. James C. Burt, a prominent physician of Vernon, the county seat of Jennings County. He was a native of New Jersey. Mr. Campbell attended lectures at Ann Arbor, Michigan, and at St. Louis, and was graduated in 1854. He commenced practicing medicine at Lebanon, Boone County, Indiana, and then removed to Fort Des Moines, Iowa, being one of the first physicians to settle at this point. In 1861 he went into the service as First Assistant Surgeon of the Twenty-third Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and continued in active service until the autumn of 1864, when he resigned. He then returned to Iowa and settled in Dallas Count)', where he had a large practice. In September, 1879, Dr. C. came to Missouri and located in Maryville, where he has since been engaged in active practice, and has attained to a well merited success. He was married in 1855 to Miss Carrie Davis, of Indiana. They have five children : W. A., J. A., Emma, Burt and Scott.

Chales E. Carr

farmer and stock raiser, section 33, was born in Onandaga County, New York, on the 31st of August, 1833. His father, Daniel Carr, a native of Rhode Island, was by occupation a farmer. His mother was Miss Rhoda Watson, a native of York State. When Charles was two years and a-half old they moved to Cattaraugus County, New York, and settled about fifty miles south of Buffalo. There he was principally raised, spending his boyhood on the farm, and receiving the benefits of a common school education. When sixteen years of age he commenced teaching, and followed it some three years, when he went to New York City and engaged as clerk in a store. He remained there three years, after which he made a visit to his old home, and then immigrated west to LaSalle County, Illinois. After teaching about six months, he fell a victim to the California gold fever, and started for the new Eldorado. While passing through Southern Iowa the rich land attracted his attraction, and upon inquiry he found it was for sale at Government price ($1.25) per acre. He, therefore, concluded to settle. Borrowing an ax, he marked out his claim, and cut a few poles and started his cabin near the present site of Braddyville. There he made his home until 1867. He made a trip to Idaho in the spring of 1863, and spent seventeen months in the West, then returning to his old home. In 1867 he purchased a piece of unbroken land in Nodaway County, near Clearmont, and in March, 1874, he located where he now resides. His landed estate now consists of 1,000 acres of fine land. He has a handsome residence, some four miles southeast of Maryville, from which a view of the city may be obtained. He also has a large barn, a young orchard, and his farm is well watered and stocked. This is one of the finest and largest stock farms in the county. Mr. C. stands among the old pioneers of Nodaway County, and is widely and favorably known. He commenced life poor, his first team consisting of a yoke of two-year old steers, for which he worked forty days. He is now one of the solid men of Nodaway County. Mr. Carr has been twice married - first in May, 1857, to Miss Mary J. Guthrie. She died on the 15th of May, 1873, leaving six children, five of whom are living: Lewis R., born July 7, 1858 ; Emma R., born March 7, 1861, (now Mrs. John Whitnack) ; Albert, born April 19, 1866; Fred, born January 20, 1870; and Charlie C, born August 11, 1871. He was married again on the 23d of March, 1874, to Mrs. Lucy Colburn, a widow with one child, Herbert O. Colburn, born November 9, 1867. Mrs. C. is a member of the M. E. Church.

Professor E. R. Carr

natives of Ohio. E. R. accompanied his parents to Jasper County, Iowa, in 1855, and there he was principally raised. He first took a course at the Wesleyan University, of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, then attended the academy at Iowa City. When twenty-one years of age, he commenced teaching, and paid his own way through college. He was graduated from the State University at Iowa City, in 1875, with the title of P. P. H. During the war, Mr. Carr took an active part by enlisting February 29, 1864, in Company K, Third Iowa Cavalry. He was mustered out the 22d of August, 1865, having been kept in pursuit of General Price, in the fall of 1864. His regiment followed him from Little Rock, Arkansas, to St. Louis, then to Independence, Missouri, thence to Fort Smith. On this expedition they were three days without food. Mr. Carr's horse fell under him from fatigue, and he footed it the rest of the way. He subsequently took part in Wilson's expedition through the Gulf States, from Lost Point, Mississippi, thence to Selma, Alabama, from there to Montgomery, then to Columbus, which was taken by assault on the night of the 1 6th of April, 1865. After this they did provost duty in Augusta, Georgia, until mustered out. At the close of the war, Mr. Carr returned to Iowa, and continued his studies. In 1871, he became principal of the high school of Mongolia, Iowa, and in the years 1872-3, he filled the position of principal of the high schools of Atlantic, Iowa. He settled at Savannah, Andrew County, Missouri, in the autumn of 1875, where he had charge of the schools for five years. In 1880, he went to Rock Port, and remained in charge of the schools of that place one year. Professor Carr came to Maryville .in 1881, when he took charge of the public schools, and has since proved himself to be a successful educator. In 1878, he received the degree of A. M., at Iowa City. He filled the position of county school commissioner for two terms while in Andrew County. Politically he is a Republican, and is a strong prohibitionist. He is a member of the A. O. U. W., of Savannah, also of the I. O. O. F. Professor C. was married April 5, 1870, to Miss Elizabeth M. Haroff, daughter of Peter and Elizabeth Haroff, of Muscatine, Iowa. She is a native of Ohio, and was born the 25th of May, 1846. They have four daughters: Olive P., born March 3, 1871 ; Iona M., born December 6, 1874 ; Elna T., born May 27, 1878 ; Elizabeth A., born February 20, 1 880. Mr. C. is a member of the M. E. Church, while Mrs. C. belongs to the United Brethren Church.

J. W. Carr

attorney, is a native of Whiteside County, Illinois, and was born September 21, 1852. His grandfather was among the pioneers of that state. The father of the subject of this sketch died on the 26th of September, 1 861, J. W. being the oldest of five children who, with the mother, were left in humble circumstances. He spent his youthful days tilling the soil, assisting his mother in the maintenance of the family, and attending the common schools when the opportunity would permit. He early decided to become a practioner at the bar, and with that object in view he labored diligently and continuously. He worked as a farm hand for a small sum per day, but husbanded a sufficient amount to enable him to attend the State University at Urbana, where he commenced a course in the autumn of 1872. His sinking fund, after paying for books, etc., was eight dollars, and to make that amount hold out for a three years course required not only good financiering, but an indomitable will and energy. A great portion of his time during the interval of recitations was employed in doing odd jobs in town, such as working in printing offices and carpenter shops, yet he kept up in three and the greater portion of the time in four classes, his standing on general reports being ninety-two and one-half per cent. Economy during this time was his first law. In company with another student he boarded himself, attending to his own culinary department. After completing his education he left Urbana with seventeen dollars more than he had when commencing, and returnd home, and the same season, with his brother, Charles W., entered the harvest fields of Illinois, and continued work in Iowa and Minnesota, as the season progressed, until leaving that occupation at Rochester, Minnesota. They walked to Wabashaw, the nearest point on the Mississippi River, where they purchased a skiff and rowed down the river to Albany, Illinois, a distance of 228 miles, in fifty-two hours, traveling during the day only. In the autumn of 1875, he entered the law department of the Michigan State University at Ann Arbor, and during vacation pursued his studies in the offices of A. D. Crane and Judge Cooley. His diploma was granted March 28, 1877, from Ann Arbor Law School. After a temporary sojourn in Illinois, Mr. Carr came to Missouri, arriving in Maryville, May 15. His means were limited, he had no acquaintances, and still inexperienced in his profession, the outlook was not favorable. Securing office room with Judge Alderman, he commenced active practice, the compensation for the first month amounting to fifty cents. This steadily and solidly increased as his reputation became known, until now it compares favorably with any in Nodaway County. Upon locating in Maryville, he spent a few days of each week at Barnard. He was admitted to all the courts of Nodaway County, May 22, 1877, before Judge Kelley, and admitted to practice in the United States Courts, October 19, [88 1. He is highly esteemed on account of his scrupulous regard for principle and justice, and honored as a private citizen. On the 29th of January, 1878, Miss Jennie M. Thompson became his wife. She is the daughter of Samuel A. Thompson, of Whiteside County, Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. Carr have two daughters : Myrtle M., and Amable B. Mr. C. is a member of the of the firm of Casteel & Lomax, proprietors of livery, feed and sale stables, was born in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, September 15, 1843. His father, J. H. Casteel, and his mother, whose maiden name was Miss Nancy McCreary, were both natives of Pennsylvania. Samuel was reared to manhood at his birthplace, spending his boyhood days on the farm, and receiving an education in the neighborhood schools. In 1866, he immigrated west, and settled six miles east of Maryville, on a farm, where he improved ninety acres, and remained upon it some fourteen years. He moved to Maryville in 1880, and was engaged in the hardware business one year, after which he purchased a livery stock, and, on the 13th of June, 1881, formed a partnership with Mr. L. Lomax, by combining their- stocks. They conducted two barns until January, 1882, when they put their stock in one barn. They have a large and complete outfit, and a good line of buggies, etc. Their livery is one of the best in Maryville. -Mr. C. is an active member of Maryville Lodge, No. 145, A. F. and A. M. Politically, he is an Independent Democrat- He owns residence property in the east p"art of town. He was married February 18, 1868, to Miss Mary A. Blakley, daughter of Mathew Blakley, of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. She was born in that county in March, 1844. They are active members of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. and Mrs. C. have raised one child, Miss Louisa Cook. She is now about eighteen years old.

is of the firm of Chambers, Whitehead & Co., grain dealers and shippers. Their main office is at Maryville, while the branch offices are at Conception, Kelley and Roseberry. At Dawsonville they have an elevator, and also one each at Corn, Clarinda and Morsman, Iowa. The firm is composed of J. W. Chambers, C. D. Whitehead and Charles S. Maxwell. It was organized November 1, 1881, from the old firm of J. W. Chambers & Co., which was formed in 1879. J- W. Chambers was born in Montgomery County, Indiana, February 20, 1836. His parents, David and Susannah (Kennedy) Chambers, were both natives of Virginia. J. W. was reared to manhood at his birthplace and received the benefits of a good common school education. His father owning a farm and flour and saw mill, he obtained a knowledge of the milling business. When President Lincoln issued his call for three years' volunteers he enlisted in Company L, Fifth Indiana Cavalry. He took part in the battles of

East Tennesee, including the siege of Knoxville, then joined Gen. Sherman on his Georgia campaign and the siege of Atlanta. He was captured on the 28th of July, 1864, on General Stone's raid below Atlanta and was taken to the noted Andersonville prison, and thence to Charleston. His next prison pen was at Florence, and then Libby prison, finally being exchanged at Richmond on the 24th of February, 1865. He was ordered to Camp Chase, Ohio, and was mustered out the 20th of June, 1865. During his service he filled the position of quartermaster-sergeant, and was promoted to orderly sergeant. At the close of the war he turned his attention to farming and stock dealing. Mr. Chambers remained in Jasper and Newton Counties, Indiana, until 1872, when he moved to Indianapolis and engaged in the real estate business for some five years. He then began in the flour and feed business ; he opened a feed store in Indianapolis ; owned a grist mill in the western part of the state, at Catlin, and handled grain at several points. In November, 1879, ne emigrated west and settled at Maryville, where he has since been engaged in the grain business. The firm has a large and increasing business, and handle about one million bushels of grain per year. Mr. Chambers has filled the position of town councilman several terms, while in the east He was married September 1, 1864, to Miss Mollie A. Maxwell, a daughter of Dr. W. T. Maxwell, of Newton County, Indiana. She was born in Crawfordsville, Indiana, October 15, 1844. They have had three children : William H., born October 28, t866; Wiona G., born September 16, 1868, and Mary E., born October, 1871. Himself and family are active members of the Christian Church, of Maryville, in which he holds the position of deacon.

William P. Cherry

proprietor of the Maryville Business College, was born at Carthage, Illinois, November 27, 1853. His father, John W. Cherry, a native of Overton County, Tennessee, was by occupation a grain and stock dealer. His mother, whose maiden name was Paulina E. Chandler, was born and reared in Kentucky. William was reared to manhood at his birth place, and after receiving a preparatory education in the high schools of the city, he entered Carthage College. After finishing a four years' course here he entered the Gem City Business College of Ouincy, Illinois, and was graduated from that institution in October, 1872. During the year 1873 he filled the position of deputy clerk of the Circuit Court of Hancock County, Illinois. In the fall of 1874 he entered La Grange College of La Grange, Missouri, as a student and teacher, and taught the commercial department until 1878. He graduated in May, 1877, from the scientific department. The faculty wishing to retain him as a teacher, persuaded him to stay one year. He then returned to Hancock County, Illinois, where he recruited his health. Being a strong Demo- crat, he canvassed his county three times in the interest of his party. He located at Maryville in the fall of 1880, and founded the Maryville Business College, which has proved very beneficial to the young people of this vicinity and has supplied a long felt want. His average enrollment for the year 1881 was 135. He employs an assistant, Mr. L. H. Thompson, who received his education at the La Grange school. During the summer vacation Mr. Cherry acted as clerk of the Probate Court of Maryville from May until November, and during the absence of Judge Snyder the full charge of the business fell upon the shoulders of Mr. C. He has been a self made man, and possesses a great amount of will and energy. He was married on the 8th of September, 1879, to Miss Emma I. Grigsby, daughter of Judge S. J. Grigsby, of Illinois. She was born in that state June 10, 1861. They are active members of the Baptist Church of Maryville.

of the firm of Dunn & Condon, proprietors of the Maryville Republican, was born in Mount Vernon, Ohio, in September, 1850. His father was A. J. Condon, a native of Maryland, and his mother's maiden name was Ann E. Shaw. She was born in Connecticut. When six years of age the parents of B. E. Condon removed to Missouri, and settled in Andrew County, where he attended school until fourteen years of age. He then entered the office of the New Era, and learned the printer's trade, and has since followed his chosen occupation. He has been a resident of Nodaway County for eleven years. In 1879, ne purchased an interest in the Maryville Republican. In 1879, he married Miss Mattie Vaughn, a native of Andrew County, Missouri. They have two children, Jettie E. and Gertie.

C. Conrad

farmer, section 12, was born in Fishbaugh, Germany, September 5, 182 r, and is the son of Philip and Mary (Spindler) Conrad, both natives of that country. He received a good common school education, and was principally brought up on a farm, although he learned the tailor's trade. In 1843 he came to Baltimore, Maryland, and from there to Missouri in 1853, locating in St. Louis, where he was engaged in working at his trade. In 1856 he removed to this county, where he now owns 200 acres of land, with an average amount of stock. During the war he served for three years in the state militia, and held the position of corporal, having participated in the battles of Springfield, on the Blue, in Jackson County, and others. He is Republican in politics, and his religious preferences arc with the Lutherans. Mr. Conrad was married in 1845, to Christian Ruff, a daughter of Jacob Ruff, of Baltimore. They had four children :

Louise, (now Mrs. Levi Taylor), born in 1846; George, born in 1848; Dora, (now Mrs. Henry Eckert), born in 1850; and Fennimore C, born in 1854. Mr. C. is a member of the I. O. O. F. fraternity.

F. C. Conrad

farmer and stock raiser, is the son of Cassimere and Christina (Ruff) Conrad, and was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on the 4th of February, 1854. His parents were both natives of Germany, and the father was a tailor by occupation. In 1856, Fennimore located in this county, where he is now engaged in tilling the soil. He is in partnership with his father, the latter owning the land, while the son conducts the farm. He received a common school education in his youth, being brought up as a farmer boy. He was married March 7, 1880, to Maggie McDaniel, a daughter of John McDaniel, of Kentucky. They have one child: Maud, born January 23, 1881. Mr. Conrad is Republican in his political preferences.

George Conrad

of the firm of Conrad & Totterdale, contractors and builders, was born on the 12th of April, 1850, being a native of Baltimore, Maryland. When at the age of four years he was taken by the family to St. Louis, Missouri, where he resided two years, and in 1856 he emigrated to this county. He was here reared to manhood and educated, following farming till thirteen years of age, when he was apprenticed to the wagonmaker's trade, and which he served two years. He then returned to farming, and after two years he began work at his trade, of which he is now so thorough a master. Mr. C. continued to do carpenter work till 1872, when he, in company with J. Gile, began contracting and building. They did a very successful business for one and a-half years, when Mr. C. withdrew from the firm, but continued to work with the new firm of Gile & Southwell till 1875, when he, with Mr. Totterdale, formed the present partnership. Mr. Conrad was united in marriage in March, 1872, to Miss Elizabeth J. Wray, a native of Ohio. They have to bless this happy union three children : Gertrude, Henrietta and Ladora. He is a member of Nodaway Lodge No 470, A. F. and A. M., and is its present senior warden. He is also a member of White Cloud Lodge No. 92, 1. O. O F., of this city, and has held all the offices of a subordinate lodge. The firm of Conrad & Totterdale, although not among the recent acquisitions to the city of Maryville, are not the oldest, but the reputation to which they have attained is a guarantee of their continued success.

F. M. Cooper

of the firm of Cooper & Glasgow, proprietors of the Luona Hotel, is deserving of special mention as one of the most enterprising citizens of

Maryville. He was born in Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio, February 22, 1838, and lived there until 1855, his youth being spent on a farm. In 1855, he removed west, and for several years made his home in Dakota Territory and Colorada, where he was engaged in mining, with a good degree of success. In 1871, he married Miss Laura McWilliams, of St. Joseph, Missouri. Mrs. Cooper died in February, 1876, leaving two children : Alice and Luona. The name of the latter is given to the hotel, and also to a mine, which has yielded a large revenue to its proprietors. In 1881, Mr. Cooper returned to Maryville, and erected the above hotel, which is an elegant three-story brick structure, which is 66x98 feet on the ground, and will be elaborately finished and ready for opening the coming March. This will be one of the finest hotels in Northwest Missouri, and has cost the enterprising owners $26,000. The owners are among the most enterprising men of the city, and deserve great credit for this new and elegant acquisition to the notably fine structures of this growing town.

Isaac Cox

section 7, was born November 5, 1803, in Richmond, Madison County, Kentucky. His father, Joseph Cox, a farmer by occupation, was a native of Kentucky. His mother, whose maiden name was Sarah Newland, was born in Pennsylvania. Isaac passed his youth at his birthplace on a farm, obtaining his education in the old log school houses of that early day. His father, who owned a shop, hired a blacksmith, and when Isaac became twenty-one years of age, he commenced to learn that trade. He worked at that occupation, splitting rails and clearing ground until he was twenty-five, when he began working at carpentering, which, with other odd jobs, he continued until he was thirty-four. Mr. C. was then married and bought a piece of land, with a saw and grist mill, which after operating for four years, he found proved a failure. He came west in the July just before the land in the Platte Purchase was offered for sale (1842) and first stopped a short time in Buchanan County. Then he came to this county, locating near the place where he now resides, took up a claim, but shortly after sold it and purchased the one on which he now lives. This he entered, and some two years after his log cabin and all his household goods were destroyed by fire. Mr. Cox moved to Platte County, where he worked at the carpenter trade and other occupations until obtaining enough to liquidate the back payments on his property. He erected another building, which was subsequently burned and again rebuilt. He helped to construct many of the first buildings in Maryville, the town then being but very thinly populated. In the early days of the Bounty he was very fond of hunting, and was the owner of a fine hound, which he called Drum, an unusually intelligent dog. It was finally poisoned,, to Mr. Cox's great regret. lie now owns 200 acres of land, with some blooded stock, and an orchard of about i, 800 apple trees, 100 bearing peach trees, and considerable small fruit. He was married about the year 1837, to Miss Lucy A. B., daughter of Benjamin Boatright, a native of Virginia. They had four children: Elizabeth H., born in 1839; William Y., born in 1842; Theodore B., born in 1843 ; and Benoni A., born in March, 1845. Mr. Cox had two sons in the Enrolled Missouri Militia, who were afterwards in the regular service. He has held the office of school director. He is Republican in politics, and was formerly a member of the Baptist Church.

John B. Cox

manufacturer of harness and saddles, etc., and dealer in boots and shoes, is a native of Jay County, Indiana, and was born July 23, 1850. He learned the harness-making trade in his youth, and completed it in St. Joseph, Missouri, where he lived for several years. In 1869, he came to Maryville as a journeyman, and in 1875 embarked in business on his own account, and rapidly succeeded in securing a liberal patronage, and at the present time is one of the active and successful business men of the town. Mr. Cox was married in 1874 to Miss Emma C. Lawrence, of Michigan. They have three children living : Johnnie L., Clarence E., and Dessie Pearl ; lost one daughter, Maudie Belle. Mr. C. is a member of White Cloud Lodge, No. 92, I. O. O. F.

S. L. Craig

of the firm of Craig Brothers, attorneys and loan agents, is a native of Gallatin County, Kentucky, and was born February I, 1847. He was educated at Ghent College, Kentucky, and was graduated in 1869. Having formed a preference for the law as a profession, he commenced reading with J. M. Collins, of Crittenden. He was admitted to the bar in 1 87 1, and for two years practiced in Kentucky, and in 1873 he came to Nodaway County, Missouri, settling in Maryville, where he has been actively identified with the interests of Nodaway County. The firm have complete and reliable abstract books of all lands in the town and county. Mr. Craig was married in 1873 to Miss Annie M. Collins, of Maysville, Kentucky. They have a family of three children : Mary, Virginia, and Ellen.

J. M. Craig

farmer and stock raiser, section 30, was born near Ghent, Gallatin County, Kentucky, September u, 1849, and ,s tne son °f A- G- ancl Virginia (Brooking) Craig, both Kentuckians by birth. J. M. passed his youth ac his birthplace, on a farm, and received good educational advantages, having attended Ghent College, from which he was graduated with honor. When twenty-one years of age, he commenced business - for himself, by working by the month, and, in 1873, he came to Missouri, locating near Bridgewater, in August of that year. He now owns 240 acres of land, and has one-half interest in 333 acres, where he resides. His farm is well stocked, and upon it is an orchard. On the farm located about a mile and a half from the business portion of Maryviller Mr. Craig is erecting a fine residence, which will be an ornament to the township. He has been active in building up the county, and is honored by all who know him. He has been a member of the Good Templars, and also of the Grange. He has been school director several terms. Mr. Craig was married December 26, 1876, to Nannie Keene, daughter of L. C. Keene, a native of Kentucky. He is a Democrat and a member of the Missionary Baptist Church.

Louis N. Craig

of the firm of Hawkins & Craig, grocers, was born in Carroll County, Kentucky, December 22, 1842, and resided in his native county till 1871, being reared on a farm. He was afterwards engaged in teaching, and was also for a time occupied in the drug business. While there he was county assessor for one term. In 1871 he came to Missouri and located in Pettis County, where he was engaged in teaching and selling drugs, his drug business being in Windsor, of the adjoining county. In the fall of 1874 Mr. Craig came to Nodaway County and located on a farm west of Maryville, where he resided one year, then moving into Maryville. He acted as deputy circuit clerk for two years under Henry Graves, after which he was engaged in various works, assessing, abstracting, etc. As an abstract writer he is considered by those acquainted writh him, one of the best in the city of Maryville. He was also city clerk three years. In November, 1880, he began in his present business. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity. Mr. C. was married December 15, 1874, to Miss Mary E. Means, a daughter of Robert D. and Susan (Tindall) Means, both natives of Kentucky. Mr. C. was born in Pettis County, Missouri, in September, 1856. They have two children : Claude and Edward. The parents of Mr. C. were Joseph and Emily (Taudy) Craig, both of whom were born in Kentucky.

George S. Crump

dealer in agricultural implements, farm machinery, seeds, &c, was born near Wheeling, in Ohio County, West Virginia, November I, 1833. His father, John Crump, was a merchant, and George spent his early days in attending school and clerking in his father's store. From Virginia he moved to Morrow County, Ohio, and then to Griggsville, Pike County,

Illinois, where he worked at the wagonmaking trade. He subsequently removed to Brookfield, Linn County, and for nine years traveled in the interest of the Champion Reaper Company. In February, 1880, he came to Maryville, and embarked in his present business, in which he has been satisfactorily successful. Mr. C. was married in 1857 to Miss Lucinda Cadwell, who was born in Tennessee, but principally reared in Griggsville, Pike County, Illinois. They have four children : John W., Lois M., Mary Ada, and Nora D. Mr. Crump is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and belongs to Nodaway Chapter and Cour de Leon Commandery No. 14, of Brookfield, Mo.

Curfman & Shaum

dealers in hardware, stoves, tinware, etc., are numbered among the leading and substantial business men of Nodaway County. The firm has a branch store at Tarkio, Atchison County, and are doing a large trade, and thoroughly merit the esteem in which they are held in the community. John C. Curfman, is a native of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, was born February 20, 1843, and is the son of Christian Curfman and Margaret (Garrett) Curfman. In 185 1 his father removed to Jefferson County, Iowa, and engaged in farming. In 1865 the subject of this sketch came to Savannah, Andrew County, and remained there four years, occupied in mercantile pursuits. In 1870 he came to this county and established his present business. He married Miss Lenora A. Alexander in 1872. She is the daughter of the Hon. Joseph Alexander, an early settler of this county. Their family consists of four children : Edward C, Frederick L., George H., and Joseph C. Mr. C. is a member of Nodaway Lodge, A. F. and A. M., and White Cloud Lodge, I. O. O. F. B. F. Shaum is a native of Easton, Pennsylvania, and was born November 21, 1839. His father was John Shaum, and his mother's maiden name was Rebecca Lehr, both of whom were of German ancestry. B. F. lived at his birthplace until 1858, and then came to La Grange, Missouri, where he engaged in mercantile pursuits. During the war he enlisted in the One Hundred and fifty-third Pennsylvania Infantry, and was commissioned lieutenant. He participated in some of the most severe battles of the campaign, among which were Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellbrsville, and Gettysburg, and at the last named engagement was severely wounded. He was honorably mustered out at the close of the war, and then came to Lisbon, Linn County, Iowa. In October, 1870, he married Miss A. B. Armstrong, of Linn County. Mr. S. removed to Atchison County, Missouri, and engaged in farming, and in 1876 came to Nodaway County and began in his present business. His family consists of four daughters : Carrie M., Mina J., Emma F., and Jennie.

carpenter and builder, was born in Montgomery County, Indiana, September 14, 1847. His father, Calvin Curnutt, was a native of Maryland, and a farmer by occupation. J. H. spent his boyhood days on a farm, and received his education in the common schools. In 1863, he enlisted in Company G, One Hundred and Sixteenth Indiana Infantry, and was in the Army of the Tennessee, and participated in many of the hard fought battles in which his regiment was engaged. He was taken prisoner at Montgomery. He remained in the service until the close of the war, and then returned to Indiana, where he worked at the carpenter's trade, having followed this business previous to his enlisting in the army. He remained in Indiana until 1875, when he came to Maryville, where he has since been identified with the building interests of the county. Mr. Curnutt was married in 1866, to Miss Lydia Newhard, of Indiana. They have six children : Iona, John, Daisy, Ella, Jennie, Annie. Lost one : Calaway.

Solomon Cain

dealer in real estate, Wilcox, was born in Nodaway County, Missouri, and is a son of Charles L. and Sarah (Kennedy) Cain. The former is a native of North Carolina, and was born November 18, 18 18, he being a son of Jesse and Marion (Bogley) Cain. Their parents were natives of England. The parents of Charles L. married and settled in North Carolina, and moved to Rush County, Indiana, in 1830, and to Platte County, Missouri, in 1842, settling in Nodaway County, Missouri, in 1851. They located some eight miles west of Maryville, having been pioneers of three different counties in two states. Charles L. passed his boyhood days in North Carolina, and Rush County, Indiana, and in the spring of 1840, went to Platte County, Missouri. He returned the same fall, and in the spring following, again went to Platte County, Missouri. February 16, 1843, he married Sarah Kennedy, a native of Guilford, North Carolina, born October 18, 1823. She was a daughter of John and Charity McMickell, who were born in North Carolina. They moved to Rush County, Indiana, and to Platte County, Missouri, in 1845, and to Nodaway County, Missouri, in 1850. Mr. and Mrs. Cain located in Platte County, Missouri, and afterwards moved to Nodaway County, where he purchased his present farm, some six miles west of Maryville. Solomon passed his youthful days, and received his education in Nodaway County. He began life as a farmer, and in 1878, entered the employ of the Central Branch of the Union Pacific Railway, remaining till May, 1879, when he returned to Nodaway County, and February 28, 1881, purchased of the Western Improvement Company, all unsold lots at Wilcox. Since that time he has devoted his time to the sale of lots. He married April

21, 1878, Miss Clementine Brogan, a native of Nodaway County, Missouri, born April 20, 1857. She is the daughter of Joel D. and Dortia (YVhitten) Cain. Her parents were natives of Tennessee, and after being married settled in Nodaway County, Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. Solomon Cain have two children : Dorr, born January 20, 1879, ar>d Byron, born September 2, 1880.

civil engineer and railroad contractor, is a native of England, and was born in London September 27, 1817. He was reared and educated in his native country, and in 1836 he immigrated to the United States and settled in New York, where he continued to reside for some years, engaged in civil engineering. In 1853 he was on the Cleveland and Mahoming Railroad, after which he was chief engineer of the New Castle and Beaver Valley. Besides other positions filled by Mr. D., of importance, he was chief engineer on the St. Louis, Saline and Little Rock Railroad, and remained until the completion of the road. He then was employed on the Clarinda Branch of the Wabash road. He has made his home in Maryville since 1878. He is the owner of a valuable stone quarry near Gallatin, which is unsurpassed as a building stone. Mr. Darley was married in 1841 to Miss M. E. Weeks, of New York. They have a family of four children.

Henry Davis

proprietor of the Maryville Woolen Mills, is a native of Trowbridge, England, and was born in 1843. .His father was a woolen manufacturer, and the son early in life commenced the same occupation, in which he became very proficient. In 1863 he immigrated to the United States, and settled in Malvern, Massachusetts, near the manufacturing town of Woonsocket, working in the leading factories of the place. He then spent two and a-half years in the employ of the Clinton Woolen Mills, Michigan, and returned to the East, where he remained two years, and upon coming West he entered the employ of the Hanover Woolen Mills, in Illinois ; and it is owing to his experience and skill that this manufactory was raised from a non-paying to a profitable investment, and the product the best reputation in the West. After spending four years in Hanover, he came to Maryville and became proprietor of the above named mills, and in which he is fast building up a reputation for the quality of his work that will give him a prominent place among the enterprising business men of the town. Mr. Davis was married in 1874, to Miss Mary A. Rhodes, daughter of Samuel Rhodes, of Yorkshire, England. They have four children : Edwin F., Florence E., Jesse and Alfred T.

Dr. J. W. Dean

stock dealer, was born at Gosport, Owen County, Indiana, February 20, 1842. His parents, John and Mary (Gardner) Dean, were both natives of Kentucky. J. W. was reared to manhood at his birth place, receiving his education at Ausbury University of Greencastle, Indiana. When eighteen he commenced the study of Medicine at Rush Medical College of Chicago, from which institution he graduated in January, 1863. Dr. Dean then became assistant surgeon of the Sixty-seventh Indiana, and went to Vicksburg. While there he was taken sick and returned home. In the fall of 1863 he commenced a course of lectures at Jefferson Medical College and was graduated in March, 1864. He soon began practicing at Gosport, Indiana, and continued therein until the 7th of September, 1868, when he immigrated west and arrived in Maryville the 9th of September of the same year, having to travel by stage from Savannah. He continued his practice until 1879 at this place, when he was again taken sick and was obliged to give up his calling. Since that time, Dr. Dean has given his attention to raising thoroughbred cattle. He has some twenty-five head at present, and owns 70 acres of land in the southeastern part of town, 10 acres of which lay inside the town limits. He also owns a fine farm of 320 acres southwest of Maryville, and a fine residence. The Dr. is a member of Nodaway Lodge No. 470,. A. F. and A. M. of Maryville, also of the Nodaway County Medical Society. He was married August 20, 1863, to Miss Nancy A. Dyer, daughter of Elijah C. Dyer, of Gosport, Indiana. She was born in that place September 28, 1845. They have five children : Charlie G., born April 27, 1867 ; Florence D., born June 18, 1868 ; Luella P., born February 20, 1872 ; Leslie E., born January 31, 1876; May E., born April 7, 1878. Himself and wife are active members of the M. E. Church of Maryville.

William Denny

fanner and stock raiser, section 24, was born in Orange County, Indiana, on the 29th of June, 1 83 1 , and is the son of John M. and Diadama B. Denny. The former, a cabinet maker and millwright by occupation, was a native of Shelby County, Kentucky, and the latter was a Virginian by birth. William received a common school education, and, while young, he learned the trade of his father. When eighteen years of age, he commenced business for himself in Lawrence County, Indiana, and, in 1854, he moved to Warren County, Iowa, where he entered a piece of land. Soon after, having been burned out, he returned to Indiana, and in the spring of 1856, he came to Missouri, and has made this his home most of the time since. In 1861, he went back to Indiana, where, in August, 1862, he enlisted in Company A, Sixty-seventh Indiana Infantry, and held the position of corporal for some time. He served until May 23, 1865, having participated in the battles of Munfordsville, Kentucky, Haines Bluff, Arkansas Post, was with Grant in his Vicksburg campaign, and then under General Banks in Louisiana. He was taken prisoner, and was soon after parolled, after which he took part in the battles of Forts Morgan, Gaines and Blakeley, Alabama. The whole regiment were taken prisoners at Munfordsville. Mr. Denny returned to this county again in 1867. He now owns 272 acres of land, well stocked, and one of the best residences in the vicinity. He now holds the position of school director. He was married October 23, 1853, to Margaret Storm, daughter of Peter Storm, of Indiana. They have had six children : James W., born June 2, 1855 ; Sarah A., born June 30, 1861, (now Mrs. J. Meek) ; John M., born May 2, 1866; Howard L., born March 7, 1868 ; Iva M., born April 3, 1871, and Leliji M., born November 1, 1879. Mr. D. is a member of Pickering Lodge, No. 472, A. F. and A. M. He is a Republican in politics, and belongs to the Methodist Church.

John S. Diss

farmer and stock raiser, section 28, was born on a farm in Perry County, Ohio, December 26, 1841, being a son of Peter Diss, a farmer by occupation, and Catharine (Rose) Diss, both natives of France. He received a common school education, and made his home at his birthplace until six years of age, when, with his parents, he moved to Brown County, Illinois, in 1855. There he remained until May, 1869, when he came to Nodaway County, Missouri, and is now the owner of 165 acres of well improved and stocked land, upon which is a young orchard. He has held the office of constable, and has been school director most of the time since old enough. He is independent in politics, and a member of the Catholic Church. Mr. Diss was married November 14, 1865, to Miss Catharine Shonen, daughter of Peter Shonen, a native of Germany. They have seven children : Charles E., born September 3, 1866 ; William J., born January 18, 1869; Frank J., born June 11, 1871 ; Mary, born December 1, 1872 ; Frederick, born April 5, 1874 ; Lizzie, born August 25, 1875, and Lewis, born August 2, 1879.

Captain Sylvester V. Dooley

retired merchant, was born in Ireland. He was there educated, and when about fourteen years of age, he came to America, landed in New York, and located in Rome, New York, where he resided two or three years, and there learned the carpenter's trade. He then went to Chicago and was engaged at his trade for some five years, when he located in Peoria, Illinois. There he continued his occupation till 1861, when he raised a company for the Union army, but the quota was filled before they were called into service. In August, 1862, Mr. D. raised the second company, Company C, One Hundred and Eighth Illinois Infantry, of which he served as Captain till the close of the war, having participated in many important battles, among which were Vicksburg, Champion's Hill, Arkansas Post, and many others. After peace was declared, he returned to Peoria, and resumed work at his trade, which he followed till 1868, when he moved to Livingston County, Illinois, and located on .1 farm. He was there engaged in farming till 1870, when he sold his property and came to Maryville. Here he began in the grocery business, and in this industry he was occupied more or less till January, 1882. Captain Dooley. was married February 7, 1862, to Miss Hannah Washington, a native of Henry County, Illinois. They have three children : Richard M., Sylvester and Mary E. Mr. D. and family are members of the Catholic Church.

John Dowell

farmer and stock raiser, section 13, was born in Knox County, Ohio, November 12, 1818. His father, Elijah Dowell, was a native of Virginia, and by occupation a farmer. The maiden name of his mother was Miss Mary Dunn. She was born in Virginia, but principally raised in Muskingum County, Ohio. John's birthplace being on the line between Knox and Licking Counties, he was reared in both counties. He received the benefits of a common school education, and when sixteen years of age he commenced to learn the carpenters' trade, which he followed exclusively until 1878, after having devoted forty-seven years to this occupation. He remained in the vicinity of his birth until 18;^. when he moved to Wayne County, Iowa, and remained there some ten years. Thence to Fulton County, Illinois, and after fifteen years residence there, he came to Maryville, Missouri, in the spring of 188 1. He remained two months in town, then purchased his present farm and settled thereon on the 5th of July, 1881. He owns 120 acres of land, and has a good residence with a view of the City of Maryville some four miles distant. His orchard contains about 130 trees. During the war he was a strong Union man. He volunteered in Company D, Twenty-third Iowa Infantry, in [862, and went into the barracks and remained some two months. His health failing, he was discharged and returned home. Politically he is a Democrat. He has filled the position of justice of the peace a\\A other small offices. Mr. Dowell was married September 23, 1841, to Miss Mary J. Perkins, a daughter of William Perkins, of Ohio. She was born in Knox County, Ohio, on the 1 oth of December, [826. They have five children living: William W., bom December 27, 1846; Clarinda M., born April 14, 1851, (now Mrs. Henry Lechleiter); Martha L.. born October 2(\ 1859; Thomas E., bom is a native of Illinois, and was born in Sangamon County, November 27, 1843. His education was attained in the Lutheran University of Spring1- field. He was reared on a farm and made agricultural pursuits his vocation while in his native county. In 1862 he enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and Fourteenth Illinois Infantry, and remained in service till the close of the war, when he returned to Sangamon County. In 1871 he came to Nodaway County, Missouri,, and located on a farm in Green township, where he resided one year, and then moved to Maryville and embarked in the lumber business, which enterprise he continued till 1877. From that date till the beginning of the present year he has been in the stock business. He has just completed a fine residence at the head of Main Street, being in the most conspicuous locality in the city of Maryville, and which adds much to the appearance of the north portion of the town. He has served the city efficiently as a member of the council. He is a member of Maryville Lodge, Xo. [65, A. F. and A. M., also Nodaway Chapter U. D., R. A. M. Mr. Drennan has been twice married : First, January 1 1, 1 870, to Miss E. Ridge way, a daughter of Samuel L. and Charlotte (Stout) Ridgeway, who were both natives of Kentucky. Mrs. Drennan died November 24, 1871, leaving'one son, Franklin. Miss M;iry Walker became his second wife October 16, 1876. She is a daughter of Jesse H. and Eliza Walker, who were both natives of Ohio. Mrs. D. was born in Ross County, Ohio. They have two children : Ralph was born in Jasper County, Indiana, July 30, 1830, and is the son of Samuel M. Dunn, a physician of considerable prominence. His mother's maiden name was Nancy Walker. His parents moved to Iroquois County, Illinois, while he was young, and spent his early days on a farm. He commenced reading medicine early in life, with his father as preceptor. In 1852, he removed to Polk County, Iowa, and settled in Carlisle. The following year he changed to Decatur County, Iowa, and while living here was elected clerk of the circuit court, holding the officefour years. He attended medical lectures at the Rush Medical College, and was graduated in 1862. In 1863, Dr. Dunn came to Maryville, Missouri, where he has since been engaged in active practice. He is a member of the faculty of the North Western Medical College, in St. Joseph. He was married, in 1853, to Miss Nancy J- Harah, of Iowa. They have a family of four children : Arthur C, Nanme A., Cora B. and Joseph M.

editor of the Maryville Republican, the leading exponent in Nodaway County of the principles and interests of the political party whose name is embodied in its title, was born in Hillsboro County, Michigan, August 4, 1842. His father, Archibald Dunn, was a farmer by occupation. His mother's maiden name was Sallie A. Monroe. She was a native of the State of New York. At the age of six years, B. A. moved with his parents to Cass County, where he received his primary education in the -common schools of the same. He served in the army during the civil war, having enlisted in Company C, Ninth Indiana Infantry, joining his regiment at Shiloh, and participating in all the engagements in which his regiment served, including sixteen pitched battles and sieges, besides -skirmishes without number. At the battle of Chickamauga he was wounded by a spent ball, and again at Nashville, in which action he was -crippled for life. At the close of the war he engaged in teaching, and subsequently took a full course of study in Hillsdale College, from which he was graduated in the class of 1870. August, 187 1, he moved to Nod- .away County, Missouri, and settling in Maryville for the period of four years, filled the position of superintendent of public schools of that city. In 1875 he concluded to retire from the profession of teaching, and connected himself with the Republican, of which ably conducted and influential journal he is now editor-in-chief. January 25, 1873, he married Miss Ida Saunders, daughter of James H. Saunders, a prominent merchant of Maryville. They have three children : Roland, Roy and Baby.

farmer and stock raiser, section 34, is the sen of James and Annie .(Jobson) Duncan, both natives of England, and was born on the 8th of June, 1841, in Workworth, Northumberland County, England. His father being a Presbyterian minister, William received excellent educational advantages. He immigrated to the United States in the spring 1853, landing at Portland, Maine, and soon went to Montreal, and from there to Canada West. He resided some sixty miles north of Port Huron, until the spring of 1872, when he came to Missouri, and located in Nodaway County. At the age of twenty-four years, he commenced in life for himself, by first teaching. This he continued for six years, and, after coming here, was engaged in the same profession during the winter, and farming during the summer months. After obtaining considerable stock and partially improving his land, he gave his whole attention to agricultural pursuits, and, as a reward of his industry and -ecomomy, he now owns 160 acres of improved laud, not surpassed in the township for stock purposes. There is a good orchard on the place.

He takes an active interest in education, and has been school director several terms. He was formerly a member of the Patrons of Husbandry, and also of the Sons of Temperance. Mr. Duncan was married in December, 1866, to Miss Jane Wells, daughter of Thomas Wells, a resident of Canada. They have five children : Harry, born November 1, 1867; Arthur, born September 30, 1869; Annie, born June 6, 1872; Dora, born August 12, 1874, and Charlie, born September 22, 1875. Mr. D. is a strong Republican in politics, and is a member of the Presbyterian Church, of Maryville.

Henry Eckert

farmer and stock raiser, section 31, was born on the 19th of March, 1836, near Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, and is the son of John and Elizabeth (Kenor) Eckert, both natives of York County, Pennsylvania. Henry spent his youth at his birthplace, on a farm, attending the common schools to some extent. In the spring of 1862, he enlisted in Company A, Seventh Pennsylvania Infantry, and served for three years, participating in the battles of Antietam, Gettysburg, Fredericksburg, the second battle of Bull Run, and many other engagements. He was mustered out at Chicago, after which he returned home, and soon moved west, locating in Whiteside County, Illinois, where he resided five years. He then moved to Marshall County, Iowa, and after living there one year went to Kansas, coming to Nodaway County, Missouri, in the spring of 1871. He now owns 210 acres of improved land, well stocked, and with a young orchard. Mr. Eckert is Republican in politics. He was married January 1, 1873, to Miss Madora Conrad, daughter of Cassimere Conrad, of this county. They have one child, Charley, born January 20, 1878.

James I. Eddy

is of the firm of Eddy & Smith, grain dealers. The principal office is at Maryville, while their branch offices are at Mineola, Lawrence, and Solomon, Iowa. At Silver City, Iowa, the firm is F. Smith & Co.; at Imogene, Iowa, Smith, Richardson & Co.; Shenandoah, Iowa, Eddy & Smith ; at Bedford, Iowa, Smith & Williams. James I. Eddy was born in Lansingburg, New York, December 5, 1842. His father was a native of New York State. His mother's maiden name was Catherine Rynders, and she was also born in New York State. James was reared to manhood at his birthplace, spending his boyhood days in the city and receiving good educational advantages. He completed his education at Bryant & Stratton's Business College of Troy, New York, and fitted himself for a mercantile life. In 1864 he started out in business for himself, and engaged in the manufacture of lamp black at his native vil- lage in partnership with his brother. They still carry on the manufactory at that place under the name of James I. Eddy & Bro. Mr. E. emigrated west in June, 1873, and settled at Maryville, where he opened a real estate and loan office in partnership with Mr. Fayette Smith. They continued to do a large and extensive business until 1879, when they engaged in the grain trade, and now ship about one million bushels per year. They have six elevators, one each at Blanchard, Brigham, Shenandoah, Imogene, Solomon, and Silver City. They also own a large dairy farm adjoining the city limits on the east consisting of some 600 acres, on which is kept 100 milch cows. These supply the city with milk. Their farm is the largest and finest in Northwest Missouri. Mr. Eddy was married in 1867 to Miss Carrie A. M. Kelsey, a native of the same place as her husband, and an old school mate. In May, 1878, she died. Mr. E. is an active member of the M. E. Church of Maryville. He is a public spirited and enterprising citizen, and helps every good cause by his support.

of the firm of Ellis & Prather, one of the leading business men of Nodaway County, was born in Kentucky August 21, 1843. His father, Leander T. Ellis, was a native of North Carolina, and his mother's maiden name was Harriet Hunter. She was born in Virginia. In the fall of 1843 the family removed to the Platte Purchase and made their home for some years in Buchanan County. There the father of the subject of this memoir, served as sheriff of the county, and one term as assessor. They moved from Buchanan County to Andrew County, and after a residence of two years came to Nodaway County, in 1855. A. T. spent his early days on a farm and in attending school. In 1862 he commenced his mercantile experience in selling drugs, and has been in the business continuously in this line more years than any man in the county. The trade of the firm is large, extending beyond the limit of their acquaintance, and the favorable treatment of their patrons has given them an enviable reputation. No firm has been more closely identified with the interest of the county, or contributed more to the good name of the city of Maryville. Mr. Ellis was married December 22, 1865, to Miss Amanda Allen, a native of Iowa. Their family consists of three children : Mary, Cora B. and Albert T. They have lost three. He is a member of the Masonic order and belongs to Maryville Lodge, No. 165.

of the firm of Beech & Ellison, attorneys, is one of the rising members of the Nodaway County bar. He is a native of Missouri, and was born in Lewis County, October 1, 1853, and is the son of the Hon. James Elli- son, a prominent lawyer and for years Judge of the Twenty-seventh Judicial Circuit. His mother's maiden name was Martha Cowgill. She was born in Kentucky. His father was a native of Ohio, but principally reared in Kentucky. The youth of W. C. Ellison was spent in attending school, and upon making choice of the practice of law as a profession he commenced reading under the direction of his father. After a most thorough preparation he was admitted to the bar in 1873. He soon removed to East St. Louis, where he remained until 1880, then coming to Nodaway County, where he formed an association with S. R. Beech. Mr. Ellison married Miss Laura Lucas, a daughter of Dr. J. R. Lucas, of Kentucky, in October, 1880. They have one son: George Robb.

farmer and school teacher, section 25, was born in McConnelsville, Morgan County, Ohio, February 5, 1838, and is the son of Israel and and Mary A. (Vernon) Embree. The former, a farmer by occupation, was a native of Maryland, and the latter of Belmont County, Ohio. ]. V. passed his youth in his native county, on a farm, and received good educational advantages at Albany and Oakdale. He also learned the carpenter trade, which he followed to some extent. He spent three years in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and, about the year 1861, he commenced teaching. In the spring of 1872, he came to Missouri, locating in this county, and is now the owner of ninety acres of land, well stocked and improved, besides a house and lot in Maryville. An experience of twenty years as an instructor, has given him a reputation enjoyed by but few. Mr. Embree was married September 26, 1866, to Keziah R. Newlon, daughter of B. R. Newlon, of Pennsylvania. They have five children: Francis N., born July 20, 1867 ; Jane G., born October 9, 1869; Mary H., born May 21, 1873; Edith G., born October 10, 1875, and Brintnall R., born January 21, 1878. Mr. E. is Republican in politics and a member of the M. E. Church.