Pettis County, Missouri - Biographical sketches, 1919 (part 12 of 14)

James A. DeJarnette, farmer and stockman, Cedar township, owner of 150 acres of well-improved land, is a native of Pettis County. Mr. DeJarnette is farming 305 acres in all. He has recently erected a hand¬ some, modem home of eight rooms, which sets on a hill overlooking the rock road leading to Sedalia. The farm is devoted primarily to dairying purposes, Mr. DeJarnette maintaining a herd of twenty Jersey cows. The cream is sold to buyers, and in addition he is carrying on general farming operations.

James A. DeJarnette was born October 14, 1882, on the DeJarnette home place. He is the son of Thomas Jefferson DeJarnette, who was born in Pettis County in 1860, on a farm eight miles west of Sedalia. Thomas J. DeJarnette was the son of James A. DeJarnette, who was the son of John DeJarnette, who came from Kentucky to Missouri as early as 1819, later making a settlement in Pettis County. James A. DeJarnette was reared in Pettis County, his father entering a large tract of land in this county.

Thomas J. DeJarnette farmed the DeJarnette place until his removal to Sedalia, where he has a home in the northwestern part of the city. He formerly owned 745 acres in one tract in Cedar township. He is father of two children: James A., subject of this sketch, and Charles A., a farmer in Cedar township. The mother of these two sons was Alice Cunningham, prior to her marriage. She was bom in 1863, a daughter of William Cunningham, who came to Pettis County after the Civil War.

James A. DeJarnette was educated in the public and high school of Sedalia. After attending the high school he pursued a course in Hill's Business College, and then took up farming as his life vocation. He was married in 1905 to Miss Mary Dow, a daughter of Squire Alexander Dow, of Georgetown, a sketch of whom appears in this volume. Three children have blessed this union : Alice Louisa, aged twelve years ; Jeffer¬ son Dow, aged ten years, and Edith Helen, aged eight years.

Mr. DeJarnette is a Democrat in politics, is a member of the Meth¬ odist Episcopal Church, and is affiliated fraternally with the Woodmen of the World.

William A. Kahl, farmer and stockman, and owner of 120 acres of rich prairie land in Cedar township, was born in Germany in 1859. He is the son of William and Elizabeth Kahl, who immigrated to America in 1872, and settled in Clinton County, Iowa. William A. Kahl was there reared to young manhood, and worked out as i hired hand until he was able to rent land on his own account. Mr. Kahl came to Pettis County, Missouri, and purchased his farm October 25, 1902. This farm is all paid for, and a substantial improvement in the Avay of a large barn has been built by Mr. Kahl, who is constantly fixing things on the place. The Kahl farm has increased greatly in value during the years in which Mr. Kahl has owned it.

On March 22, 1888, Mr. Kahl was married to Mrs. Annis M. Damon, nee Newhouse, the widow of Nathan G. Damon. She v/as born in Bureau County, Illinois, a daughter of Henry and Nancy (Grimes) Newhouse, natives of Indiana, who came to Lamoille, Illinois, after their marriage. Henry Newhouse died in 1852. His widow departed this life in 1861. Having been born June 9, 1852, Annis M. Newhouse was left an orphan in childhood. She was reared by her guardian, who gave her an excellent education, and she fitted herself for the teaching profession. She taught school in Illinois and Iowa for several years prior to her marriage.

Her first marriage took place on November 27, 1879, at Champaign, Illinois, with Nathan G. Damon, a native of New York, who died April 26, 1883. Two children were born to this marriage: Lloyd C., at home, and J. N. Damon, Chicago, Illinois.

One child was born to the marriage of William A. and Annis M. Kahl; Mayme Kahl, died on February 8, 1907, at the age of nineteen years. Mr. and Mrs. Kahl are members of the Christian Church. Mr. Kahl is a Republican in politics, and is affiliated fraternally with the Inde¬ pendent Order of Odd Fellows.

Jonathan D. Claycomb. - The late Jonathan D. Claycomb was one of the highly respected and honored old settlers of Pettis County. He was born in March, 1833, and departed this life January 25, 1918. Mr. Clay¬ comb was born near Martinsburg, Berkeley County, Virginia, and was a son of Frederick and Catherine (Tabler) Claycomb, who emigrated to Saline County, Missouri, in 1843, carved a home from the wilderness, and spent all of their lives there.

Jonathan D. Claycomb crossed the plains in 1850. He made the trip to the gold fields of the Pacific slope with pack mules over the old Santa Fe

Trail. He remained three years in the gold mining country, saved a con¬ siderable sum of money, and returned to Missouri by way of Salt Lake City. A brother, William T. Clay comb, now deceased, also crossed the plains and mountains to the gold country, but only remained for one year, returning via the Isthmus of Panama.

In October, 1859, Mr. Claycomb was married to Georgiana Augusta Washburn, of Saline County, who was born on a farm near Racine, Wis¬ consin, in March, 1844. Mrs. Augusta Claycomb is a daughter of Elijah and Louise R. (Dodge) Washburn, natives of Connecticut, and descendants of early New England families.

Elijah W. Washburn left his native State and located in New York, going from there to Wisconsin in 1842. After making a home in Wis¬ consin he resided there until 1858, and then came to Missouri, locating in Saline County, where he resided until the Civil War. Mr. and Mrs. Clay¬ comb went to Texas in 1861, and upon their return, in April, 1862, they found the Washburns residing at Tipton, Missouri. The families lived in Tipton and California, Missouri, until 1863, and then moved to Sedalia.

In the fall of 1861 E. W. Washburn was captured one night, by bush¬ whackers, and was shot at several times, but in the darkness made his escape and went to Georgetown, where there were Federal soldiers. He afterward joined the Missouri enrolled militia, and was captain and adju¬ tant in a regiment. He was one of the first school teachers in Sedalia, Missouri, and was the first president of the Sedalia Board of Education. He was taken prisoner when Gen. Jeff Thompson captured Sedalia, but was released soon after. A rebel soldier, named James Ervine, was killed in front of the residence of Washburn that day, shot through mistake by one of Thompson's men. He was carried into the house, where he remained all night, and he and fifteen others were buried the next day. E. W. Washburn lived eighty-five years.

Elijah W. Washburn was the son of Ebenezer Washburn, one of the pioneer Methodist preachers. He preached for over sixty years, often having a circuit of 600 miles. He preached on his eighty-fifth birthday. He was born in 1772, and went to his reward in 1857, soon after his eightyfifth birthday.

In April of 1862 Jonathan D. Claycomb enlisted at Georgetown, Missouri, in Company F, 7th Missouri Cavalry, under Capt. B. H. Wilson, whose company was a part of the command of Col. John F. Phillips, the regiment being part of the brigade commanded by General Crittendon. T. T. Crittendon was lieutenant-colonel of the 7th Missouri State Militia cavalry. He participated in the great campaign which drove General Price's Confederate army from Missouri and down through Arkansas, and was in many battles of that memorable campaign.

In September of 1869 Mr. and Mrs. Claycomb moved to the farm now owned by their son, W. A. Claycomb. They resided in the old Doctor Turley residence, the front room of which was built eighty years ago. The old house is still standing, and served as the Claycomb home for fortythree years. Mr. Claycomb accumulated an estate of nearly 500 acres of land, and prospered, as he deserved. In September of 1912 they removed to a home in Sedalia, where Mr. Claycomb died, aged nearly eighty-five years.

Three sons and a daughter were born to Jonathan D. and Georgiana Augusta Claycomb, as follow: Charles, who has a seed store in Guymon, Oklahoma; William A., a prosperous farmer in Longwood township, a sketch of whom appears in this volume; Robert, lives at Lawton, Okla¬ homa; Katherine, wife of Dee Rostine Powell, Hughesville township. Mr. Powell was born on December 28, 1874, in Saline County, a son of Charles and Nannie Powell, who were natives of Virginia, first settled in Saline County, and later came to Pettis County. He was married to Kath¬ erine Claycomb in 1904, and they reside on a nicely improved farm of 133 acres near Hughesville.

For over thirty years Mrs. Clacomb was postmistress of Thornleigh postoffice. This postoffice was so named by her mother, in honor of Squire Thornton, who induced the people of the neighborhood to sign the peti¬ tion asking for the postoffice to be established there. Thornleigh had the distinction of being the only postoffice of that designation in the United States. Senator Mark McGruder, author of this History, when a lad of fifteen, carried the mail from Hughesville to Thornleigh for a considerable services. Mrs. Claycomb is a highly intelligent lady, who has a wide and favorable acquaintance in Pettis County, and is universally admired and respected by all who know her. She is a member of the Methodist Church.

Stone W. McClure. - The McClure stock farm of 860 acres located in sections 21 and 28 of Hughesville township, is one of the most extensive and best improved estates in Pettis County, and is owned and operated by Stone W. McClure. It is probable that prior to the fire which in No- vember, 1918, destroyed the imposing brick mansion with all of its con¬ tents on the place, the McClure farm was the best improved in this sec¬ tion of Hughesville township. The farm is devoted to the raising and feeding of live stock and a recent departure of Mr. McClure is the breed¬ ing of thoroughbred Aberdeen Angus cattle. All of his Angus stock are registered and it is his intention to proceed in the breeding industry on an extensive scale. Mr. McClure feeds on an average 250 to 300 hogs annually for the markets, preferring the Chester White breed. He also fattens about 150 head of cattle each year. Two men are employed to do the farm work the year round and as high as three men are given em¬ ployment on the place. Mr. McClure has sown 210 acres of wheat for the harvest of 1919. The farm buildings which are of a substantial and attractive appearance, excepting the residence recently destroyed by fire, have been erected by Mr. McClure since he took up his residence on the place in 1902.

Stone W. McClure was born May 5, 1873, in Saline County, Missouri, a son of William F. McClure, a native of Kentucky. William F. McClure was bom in 1842 and died in 1880. He was a son of Winston McClure, an extended biography of whom is given elsewhere in this history. Soon after the end of the Civil War William F. McClure came to Pettis County and was associated for a time with his brothers in the raising, feeding and shipping of cattle on an extensive scale. He became owner of a farm north of Houstonia, which he cultivated until his death, at the age of 38 years. He married Sallie D. Knight, who was born in Tennessee, a daughter of Henry W. Knight, who was born in Tennessee, and made a settlement in Montgomery County, Missouri, where he resided until his death. Mrs. McClure now resides in Colorado. To William F. and Sallie D. McClure were born the following children : Paige Anna, died in 1906 ; Lucy, a teacher in Colorado; John Wesley, Jr., died in August, 1912; Stone W., of this review; Mrs. George Bassett, Colorado; Willie B., a sheep rancher in Colorado.

Stone W. McClure attended the Warrensburg Normal School after receiving his primary education in the district school and has always been a farmer. He was married in December, 1895, to Miss Effie Stevens and this marriage has been blessed with children as follow: Ira B., born in December, 1896, volunteered in the National Army service in April, 1918, as truck driver in the Commissary Department and was a corporal stationed at Camp Rairiton, New Jersey, detailed upon instruction duty, and received an honorable discharge from the service after the close of the war; Hazel Anne, a graduate of the class of 1918, Sedalia High School, at home with her parents; Stevens W., born August 27, 1911. Mrs. Effie McClure was born near Green Ridge, Pettis County and is a daughter of Benjamin F. and Hester A. (Perdue) Stevens. B. F. Stevens was a native of Moniteau County, Missouri, and early made a settlement in Green Ridge township, where he developed a fine farm and became a large land owner. He became owner of an estate of 1,700 acres which included the present McClure farm. He resided for some years on this farm and later made his home in Hughesville, where his death occurred January 1, 1903. Mrs. Hester A. Stevens died in 1910. They were par¬ ents of the following children: Mrs. Effie S. McClure, of this sketch; Mrs. H. C. Mitchell, a widow, Kansas City, Missouri. Mr. Stevens in his day was widely and favorably known in Pettis County as one of the county's most successful and public spirited citizens.

The Democratic party has always had the steadfast allegiance of Stone W. McClure, his father and grandfather before him having been stanch Democrats of the old school. He and Mrs. McClure worship at the Methodist Episcopal Church. His fraternal affiliations are with the Ancient Free and Accepted masons of Sedalia, the Knights Templar and the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is also a member of the Modern Woodmen of America of Hughesville. He is a thirty-second degree Scot¬ tish Rite Mason.

John William Curry, postmaster and well known merchant of Longwood, Pettis County, is a native son of Pettis County and a member of an old Missouri pioneer family. Mr. Curry was born in Longwood town¬ ship July 5, 1861, and is a son of William A. Curry, whose father was among the first pioneer settlers of this section of Missouri.

William A. Curry was born in Virginia in 1834 and accompanied his parents to Pettis County in 1835. He lived in Heath's Creek and Longwood townships all of his later life and until a few years ago he had never ridden upon a railroad train. At the time when the Currys settled in northeastern Pettis County the surrounding country was largely un¬ settled and Mr. Curry was familiar with every home and knew every resident on the trails between Marshall and Sedalia. William Curry served in the Missouri State Militia during the Civil War. His wife, who was Mary Hall prior to her marriage, was born in 1838. To William A. and Mary (Hall) Curry were born nine children, as follow: J. R., living in Sedalia; J. T. Curry, deceased; J. W., of this review; Mrs. Leora A. Chaney, living in Arkansas; Mrs. Martha J. Smiley, Heath's Creek town¬ ship, with whom the elder Curry resides; S. R. Curry, Sedalia; M. M. Curry, Heath's Creek township ; Mrs. Ella Alexander, living east of Longwood in Heath's Creek township; George, resides in Sedalia.

J. W. Curry was educated in the district school and the Warrensburg State Normal School. For a period of twenty years he was a suc¬ cessful school teacher. He taught for one year in St. Clair County, Mis¬ souri, two years in Kansas, four years in Pettis County and thirteen years in Saline County, eight of which years were spent in one district. The school which retained the services of Professor Curry for so long a period was known as the Miller school and had an enumeration in the district of 105 pupils with an enrollment of eighty-eight pupils. He established a graded school and made a record as a teacher and disciplinarian which is traditional in the annals of the Miller school district to this day.

After his marriage in 1889 Mr. Curry added farming as a vocation and cultivated the land on his place of 112 acres when not engaged in teaching. He resided on his farm near Longwood until his removal to Longwood and he established his merchandise business in the town on February 1, 1917. In addition to conducting his well stocked store Mr. Curry is the local postmaster. He was married in 1889 to Miss Annie C. Hall, a native of Lafayette County, Missouri, and a daughter of W. M. J. and Orlena (Renno) Hall, both natives of Missouri and early settlers of Lafayette County. Two children have blessed this union: Amy, wife of Joe W. Greer, residing east of Houstonia, and mother of two children, Catherine and Elizabeth.

The Democratic party has always had the steadfast allegiance of Mr. Curry. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church and is fraternally affiliated with the Modern Woodmen of America and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Longwood.

John Dawson Prowell, M. D. - In practicing his profession in Long¬ wood, Pettis County, for the past thirty years, Dr. J. D. Prowell has won a name and place for himself in the ranks of the medical profession of Pettis County second to no physician in the county whose practice is similar. He is one of the oldest and most highly respected of the physi¬ cians in this section of Missouri in point of his many long years of suc¬ cessful practice during which he has endeared himself to the entire countryside over which he has ceaselessly traveled on his errands of succoring to the sick and ailing.

Dr. John Dawson Prowell was born September 12, 1863, in Illinois, where his parents had gone as refugees from Missouri during the Civil War. His father was Capt. James William Prowell, a veteran of the Mexican War and a captain in the Confederate Army under General Price during the Civil War. He was a member of Raines brigade and saw much active service in Missouri and the South during the war. Cap¬ tain Prowell was born in 1827 and died in May, 1916. He was born in Adair County, Kentucky, a son of James Prowell, a native of North Carolina. James Prowell migrated from Kentucky to Boone County, Mis¬ souri, and died there after one year's residence. The mother of Captain Prowell was Margaret, daughter of Robin Fletcher, a soldier of the Revo¬ lutionary War. She was born in the state of North Carolina and was one year old when her parents emigrated to Kentucky, then a wilderness, leaving the youthful Margaret with her grandparents until they were settled in their new home, afterward making the overland trip from Ken¬ tucky to North Carolina for their daughter. She died in Kentucky in 1848, just one month after the return of her son, James William, from the Mexican War. Captain Prowell received a land grant in Boone County for his services in the Mexican War and settled in Boone County in 1852. Later he removed to Cedar County, where his death occurred.

The wife of Captain Prowell was Beathsheba Dawson prior to her marriage. She was born in Boone County, Missouri, in 1833 and departed this life in 1903. To Capt. James W. Prowell and wife were born chil¬ dren as follow: Mrs. Margaret Morton, Cedar County, Missouri; Louisa, died in 1884, aged eighteen years; Dr. John D. Prowell, of this review; Jennie, unmarried, living at Eldorado Springs, Missouri; Charles E., on the old homestead in Cedar County; Dr. James W. Prowell, a lieutenant in the United States Army Medical Corps and stationed at Fort Ogle¬ thorpe, Georgia; Fannie, wife of R. M. Shepherd, a successful attorney, Joplin, Missouri.

Reared in Cedar County, Missouri, Doctor Prowell early decided to become a physician and after his graduation from the Medical Depart¬ ment of the Missouri State University and the Missouri Medical College at St. Louis, Missouri, in 1889 he began practice at Longwood. His ter¬ ritory covers a large stretch between Marshall, Sedalia, Hughesville and Pilot Grove and an ever increasing practice testifies to his splendid suc¬ cess as a physician.

daughter of William Hoffman, who for many years has been a leading merchant in Longwood, and a sketch of whom appears in this history. Five children have blessed this union: Mary, wife of Raymond Schondeb maier, who is now in the National Army service at Camp McArthur; Fannie, aged sixteen years, a senior in Sedalia High School; Genevieve, aged twelve; James Dawson and William Hoffman Prowell, twins, aged eight years. Doctor Prowell is a Democrat in politics and is a member of the Pettis County and the Missouri State Medical Societies.

George W. Phillips, farmer and stockman, Heath's Creek township, owner of 280 acres of well improved land, was born on a farm near Pilot Grove, Cooper County, Missouri, October 24, 1851. He is a son of Martin and Susana (Huff) Phillips, the former of whom was born in Alabama in 1818 and the latter was a native of Kentucky.

Martin Phillips emigrated to Cooper County, Missouri, in 1822 and was one of the first pioneers of Cooper County. He was there married to Susan Huff, whose parents were also pioneers of Cooper County. Martin Phillips was a son of Jeremiah Phillips, who was also a pioneer settler of Cooper County. Susan (Huff) Phillips was born in 1818 and died in 1898. She accompanied her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Huff, to Cooper County in 1828. Martin and Susan Phillips lived all of their lives in Cooper County and reared a splendid family of ten children: Jeremiah, deceased; Mrs. Sarah Ann Bridgewater, deceased; John M., deceased; Mrs. Malinda Ellen Rue, deceased; William R., living in Cooper County; James W., Oklahoma; George W., subject of this review; Emily Bell living on the old homestead in Cooper County; Mrs. Addie Smith, living on the Phillips homestead in Cooper County, and Mrs. Jennie Par¬ rish, living with her daughter in Alabama.

George W. Phillips was reared to young manhood in his native county and was educated in the public and subscription schools of his boyhood days. Mr. Phillips has the bearing of a well informed and well read man, and attributes his capacity for reading to the fact that he had exceptionally good instructors when a youth.

Mr. Phillips left the home of his boyhood in 1881 after he had had charge of the home place for several years on his own account. He pur¬ chased a farm in Cooper County, cultivated it in 1902 and then came to Pettis County and bought his present farm. Mr. Phillips is owner of 280 acres of good farm land and is engaged in general farming and stock raising.

His marriage took place in 1881 with Miss Fannie R. Staples, who was born in 1859 and departed this life in March, 1913. She was the daughter of Dr. T. E. Staples and wife. Six children blessed this union: T. Staples, a farmer in Heath's Creek township; Eula and May, twins, keeping house for their father; George T., California; Susie, wife of George Vest Spears, Heath's Creek township; J. Martin, the youngest son, lives at home and manages his father's farm. Mr. Phillips has seven grandchildren. T. Staples Phillips has five children: George Calvin, Leo, Frances, Claude, Staples, Helen Eula. George T. is married and has one child, Earl Phillips. Mrs. Susie Spears has one child, Lucy May.

Ollie D. Jenkins. - The Jenkins family is one of the oldest and most honored pioneer families of Pettis County. Ollie D. Jenkins, whose name heads this review, is a worthy representative of this old family who is carrying on the traditions of his family and has achieved a success as a farmer and stockman far above the average. Mr. Jenkins is owner of an estate embracing 365 acres which is finely improved with good buildings, three farm residences, good barns and a concrete silo having a capacity of 360 tons of silage. Mr. Jenkins is a feeder of cattle and hogs, and has on the farm over 200 head of swine at this writing. He markets from fifty to 200 fat porkers each year. Mr. Jenkins was born November 18, 1872, on the farm which he now owns. He is a son of Thomas H. Jenkins, who was born in 1845 on the Jenkins homestead and died in 1910.

Thomas H. Jenkins was a son of Aaron Jenkins, who at the time of his death was the oldest living pioneer settler in Pettis County. Aaron Jenkins was born near Murfreesborough, Tennessee, July 9, 1808, and was brought to Missouri with his father's family in the winter of 1816. He was a son of Hiram Jenkins, a native of Pennsylvania, who settled in Tennessee when nineteen years of age and when the territory had first been thrown open to settlement. When forty-five years of age Hiram Jenkins emigrated to Missouri, crossing the ice at Arrow Rock during the winter. From Arrow Rock he made his way to Heath's Creek, re¬ maining at the mouth of the creek until the spring, then proceeded to what is now known as the Marlin branch of Heath's Creek, where he settled. Mr. Jenkins was accompanied by Thomas Marlin and John Bolds, who were from Tennessee. The time of this settlement was in the spring of 1817 and it is probable that this was the first permanent one in what is now Pettis County. Hiram Jenkins had previously come to Missouri in 1808 on a hunting expedition, landed at St. Louis, bought a lot of salt kettles and freighted them to the mouth of Heath's Creek. These kettles were consigned to John and Robert Heath, who were engaged in making salt. Hiram Jenkins remained on Heath's Creek until 1834, when he returned to Tennessee.

After Aaron Jenkins had grown to manhood, he took charge of the land which his father had entered from the Government. He assisted in the organization of Pettis County and was appointed sheriff of the county in 1832. When Pettis County was about to be set off from the territory to the north, Mr. Jenkins took an active and influential part in forwarding the movement, riding through the settlement advocating his views. For some years he carried the mail from Booneville to George¬ town and the Jenkins home was the half-way or changing station on this route. Mr. Jenkins settled on his place March 1, 1836, built up a large farm of 300 acres and lived thereon until his death in 1885. On Feb¬ ruary 6, 1836, Aaron Jenkins was married to Mary J. Fristoe, a daugh¬ ter of Amos Fristoe, the first county clerk of Pettis County. He reared a family of nine children: Susan D., Lucy A., Thomas H., Lydia V., Kate, Richard H. and Annie M. The first Mrs. Jenkins died and he married in September, 1859, Mrs. Margaret Solomon, who bore him one child, Sallie E.

Thomas H. Jenkins was born and reared on the Jenkins home place, erected a house across the road from his father's home, and lived there several years. He then bought the original homestead and the home now owned by his son, Ollie D. Jenkins. He became owner of 300 acres of land and was widely and favorably known as an industrious and up¬ right citizen of Pettis County. He married Lucy Clark, who was born near Wanamaker, Saline County, Missouri, a daughter of Charles Clark, a pioneer settler of Saline County. Mrs. Lucy Jenkins was born in 1847 and died in 1908. The children born to Thomas H. and Lucy Jenkins are as follow: Carrie, wife of Rev. John Elmore, California; Fannie, wife of Dr. C. P. Cartwright, Longwood township, whose husband served in the National Army as surgeon in the Medical Corps ; Ollie D., of this sketch ; C. A. Jenkins, an insurance man, Sedalia, Missouri; R. H., Quapahn, Okla¬ homa; Thomas H., Jr., accidentally killed at the age of five years.

pursued in a private college in Texas, where he resided six months with his sister. The first farm which he owned was located four miles and a half south of the homestead where Joseph Jenkins now lives. He settled on this place in February, 1901, and tilled his land for two years. He then sold the place and bought a farm on the Muddy River west of Newland. Nine years later he sold this farm and bought the home place in February, 1912.

Mr. Jenkins was married April 11, 1900, to Miss Sue Elmore, a daughter of Oliver Elmore, a pioneer settler of Heath's Creek township, reference to whom is made in the sketch of N. P. Elmore elsewhere in this volume. The children born to Ollie D. and Sue Jenkins are: Carrie Elizabeth, born March 21, 1901, student in William Woods College, Ful¬ ton, Missouri; Thomas Oliver, born November 10, 1902, student in Sedalia High School ; Richard Spencer, born September 9, 1906 ; Mary Anna, bora September 5, 1908; Thomas Hiram, born February 25, 1911, died June, 1914; Frances, born March 5, 1915, died at the age of twenty-two months; Lucy, bora April 29, 1918.

Since time immemorial the members of the Jenkins family have been allied with the Democratic party and Ollie D. Jenkins is faithfully follow¬ ing out the traditions of his ancestors in this respect. He and his family worship at Gilead Christian Church. Besides being affiliated with the Longwood Lodge of Modern Woodmen, he carries old line insurance for the protection of his family. Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins are progressive, enter¬ prising people who have many warm and steadfast friends in Pettis County.

John T. Harris, substantial farmer and stockman of Houstonia town¬ ship, is a native Missourian. Mr. Harris was born January 31, 1854, in Saline County. He is a son of Burrell and Nancy (Tevis) Harris.

Burrell Harris was born in Kentucky in 1817 and was the son of Nathan Harris, who emigrated to Missouri and made a settlement in Saline County as early as 1830. Burrell Harris was reared to manhood in Saline County and there married Nancy Tevis, who was born in 1824 and departed this life in 1869. Mr. Harris came to Pettis County in 1873 and became a large land owner and prosperous farmer. His last days were spent in California, where his death occurred in 1897. Seven chil¬ dren were born to Burrell and Nancy Harris, as follows ; Charles, died at the age of eighteen years; John T., subject of this review; Fielding C., lives with his son-in-law, Wilford Vickery, in Hughsville township; Nathan, resides in Houstonia; Bettie, is a resident of California; William B., is a farmer in Houstonia township; Mary, lives in California.

John T. Harris was eighteen years of age when the Harris family located in Pettis County. He had received a good schooling in his native county, inasmuch as the limited school facilities of those early days per¬ mitted, and was brought up to the life and vocation of his forebears. He has followed in their footsteps with the added incentive of living in a more modern and progressive age with the developments of which he has kept pace. After attaining his majority Mr. Harris rented the home place of the family for two years and then purchased a farm of 200 acres. To this he has added 100 acres and he now owns a splendid and fertile tract of 300 acres directly east of Houstonia. This farm is improved with an attractive farm residence which Mr. Harris had erected in 1890. In fact, he has placed every improvement on the place and both the exterior and interior of the farm house reflect the good taste of the residents therein.

Mr. Harris was married in 1887 to Miss Eulalia Crumpacker, of Pettis County, a daughter of Granville and Kate Crumpacker. Four children have blessed this marriage: Lawrence, Ruth, Lois and John Harris.

Lawrence Harris was born September 19, 1893, and is now a soldier in the National Army in service overseas in France. He was graduated from high school and studied at William Jewell College, Liberty, Mis¬ souri, where he became a member of the Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity, and also a member of the baseball team. He enlisted December 10, 1917, and was trained at Camp Hancock, Georgia, and Camp Greene, North Carolina, in the aviation department, was commissioned a corporal and was sent to France in July, 1918, and became a sergeant December 16, 1918. He is a member of the Masonic Ledge. Ruth Harris is a graduate of high school and received the degree of Bachelor of Science at the Mis¬ souri State University in June, 1918. She was also graduated in music from Stevens College in 1918 and was a member of the Kappa Alpha Theta Chapter. Lois Harris is a graduate of high school, has studied at William Woods College, Fulton, Missouri, and is now a student in the State University. John Harris, Jr., is at home attending the district school.

Mrs. Eulalia Lovette (Crumpacker) Harris was born in Franklin County, Virginia, in 1869, and is a daughter of Granville B. and Kate (Jameson) Crumpacker, both of whom were born and reared in Franklin County, Virginia. They came to Pettis County in 1880 and made a settlement near Houstonia. In 1890 they removed to Texas, where they

Politically Mr. Harris is aligned with the Democratic party and has served as a member of the local school board and was a director of the Houstonia Bank for a number of years. He and Mrs. Harris are mem¬ bers of the Christian Church of Houstonia. They are progressive and enterprising people who have many friends in Pettis County.

M. K. Swope, retired merchant of Thornleigh, Missouri, is a de¬ scendant of one of the oldest of the Missouri pioneer families, who have been resident in Missouri for 100 years. He was born on a farm one mile west of the village of Thornleigh December 3, 1850.

His father, Hiram Swope, was born in Howard County, Missouri, in 1819 and spent nearly all of his days in Pettis County. Hiram Swope was the son of Jesse Swope, a native of Kentucky, who migrated to Howard County, Missouri, in 1819, and two years later made one of the first settlements in Pettis County, in the northern part of Longwood township. Jesse Swope entered land in this county, built a cabin and when not engaged in raising sufficient food for his family's sustenance, he became famous as a hunter of wild game. The woods of this section of Missouri then abounded in wild game such as bears, deer, wild tur¬ keys and other animals, and it was a hunter's paradise. Hiram Swope became a famous hunter also in his day and spent much of his time in hunting. In one hunting period of thirty days he killed sixty deer, kill¬ ing as many as five deer in one day. The method followed by both Jesse and Hiram Swope of killing bear was to drive the animal as near the home as possible, for even long distances, then shoot bruin and haul the carcass the remaining distance by ox team. Hunting parties would go out on horseback and have deer and bear drives.

Living in Pettis County in those days was very primitive and M. K. Swope, of this review, sometimes yearns for the return of the old times when everything needed and desired by the early settlers was plentiful. Extreme hard work was unnecessary, as no one had any great desire to become rich, and all were equal and lived in the same circumstances. Booneville was the nearest trading post and the trading commodities of the settlers were hides and salted meats, which they would take to the settlement and exchange for sugar and such food and wearing apparel as they could not produce at home.

of Virginia, who settled in Pettis County in 1827. Mrs. Bettie Swope was born in 1820 and died in 1913, having attained the great age of ninetytwo years, and being at the time of her death the oldest living pioneer woman of Pettis County. Hiram and Bettie Swope had a large family of children, as follow: Jesse, born in 1844, now deceased; James was born in 1848 and died in 1902; Malachi K., subject of this sketch; Benja¬ min Franklin and Sarah Frances, twins, the former of whom died at the age of fifteen years and the latter died at the age of ten years ; J. W. Swope, born in 1859, now resides north of Sedalia; Hiram T. Swope, lives on the old home place.

During his boyhood days M. K. Swope had very few of the educa¬ tional advantages possessed by the youth of the county nowadays. School houses were few and far between and he walked a distance of four miles to the nearest school house wherein school sessions were held a few months of the year. He had good times, however, and has few regrets of his boyhood days. Hunting and fishing were pleasures in which he indulged, and when yet a boy he began to earn his own living. As early as 1883 he established a store at Thornleigh and the business has been conducted continuously for the past thirty-five years. After starting this store, he sold out to his brother, J. W. Swope, and resumed the cul¬ tivation of his farm. The store was next sold to Charles Claycomb, but since 1905 has been managed and owned by the Swopes and is now in charge of Ryland Swope, a son of M. K. Swope. Mr. Swope for¬ merly owned a farm of 200 acres south of Thornleigh but has since establising his home at Thornleigh given land to his children and now owns eighty-four acres east of the Bothwell tract.

November 18, 1881, M. K. Swope and Laura Ann Wasson were united in marriage. Mrs. Laura Ann Swope was born on a farm near Pinhook, Pettis County, in 1863 and is a daughter of Ryland Wasson, whose father was the first judge of Pettis County and held court in the first eou/fc house at old Pinhook, the first county seat of this county. To M. K. and Laura Ann Swope have been born children as follow: Mrs. Josie Hender¬ son, lives near Sedalia; Ryland, who has charge of the store at Thorn¬ leigh, born December 19, 1883, was married on September 24, 1918, to Stella Price, of the Beaman neighborhood ; Mrs. Della Rayle, lives on the Swope home place; Hiram W., is engaged in the automobile business in Sedalia; Mrs. Eula Scott, lives at Thornleigh; Mrs. Alma Dillard, lives on part of the home place.

Mr. Swope is a Democrat and a Pettis County citizen who has con¬ tributed his part toward the development and upbuilding of Pettis County in not only adding to the material wealth of the county but in rearing one of the best families in this section of the State, every member of which is a useful and energetic citizen.

Henry Jones, pioneer settler and retired farmer, of Heath's Creek township, Pettis County, was born August 12, 1830, in Delaware. He is a son of Wakeman (born 1797, died 1855) and Anna (Gulett) Jones (born 1802, died 1897). Both of his parents were born and reared in Delaware, and were members of old American families. Wakeman Jones was a son of John Jones, a soldier of the American Revolution. He was a farmer and politician, who took an active part in county and State affairs, and served as a member of the Delaware State legislature. Wakeman Jones also filled the office of probate judge of his county. His children were as follow: Alexander, Mary Ann, Edward and Henry, all of whom are deceased except the subject of this sketch.

Henry Jones was educated in the select schools of his native State, and received a fine education. He was reared on his father's farm, and learned the trade of carpenter when a youth. He followed his trade and that of farmer in conjunction until after his marriage. In the spring of 1858 Mr. Jones removed to Indiana, where he remained for five years. In 1863 he located in Iroquois County, Illinois, and five years later, in 1868, he "trekked," as he says, to Missouri, and located in Pettis County. Mr. Jones purchased 424 acres of prairie land in Heath's Creek township, at a cost of $20 an acre, where he has lived for the past fifty years. Mr. Jones became a land owner, and well to do. He has assisted his sons materially at the outset of their careers. March 20, 1868, Mr. Jones moved on his farm, and he has placed every improvement on the place. The Jones residence sets far back from the highway, and is built of brick, which were burned on the place.

Mr. Jones was married February 12, 1862, to Miss Sarah E. Jones, who was born in Warren County, Indiana, in 1839, a daughter of Clement G. and Frances Cameron Jones, who were natives of Delaware and were early settlers in the Wabash River valley region. The following children have been born of this union : Dr. Leroy Jones, Hoopeston, Illinois ; Eliza¬ beth, wife of Joseph Cartwright, Heath's Creek township ; Clement, a suc ¬ cessful farmer of Longwood township; Lillis, at home; Mrs. Cora Rhode. Fountain County, Indiana; Ida, deceased, and Heniy Clay, at home.

Henry Clay Jones is managing the home place. He married Virginia Gorrell, a daughter of Van Gorrell, and has five children: Nathan, Philip, Virginia Louise, Sarah Catherine, and Clement Leroy.

Mr. Jones has always been a Democrat. During his entire life this patriarch has been a great reader along advanced lines of thought and literature.

Fred Gehlken, a well-known and successful merchant of Sedalia, who conducts a general store at 401 North Engineer street, is a native of Mis¬ souri. Mr. Gehlken was born near Syracuse, Morgan County, Missouri, April 2, 1872. He is the son of J. Henry and Louise (Witrock) Gehlken, both of whom were brought to Missouri by their parents when babies. The Gehlken and Witrock families were very early settlers in Morgan County, Missouri. The parents of Fred Gehlken, now live in Morgan County. The father is eighty-six years old and the mother is eightythree. J. Henry Gehlken was a miller by trade, and one of the pioneers of the milling business in Morgan County.

Fred Gehlken is one of a family of five children, four sons and one daughter, born to his parents. He was reared to manhood in Morgan County, and received his education in the public schools there. In early life Mr. Gehlken worked at the milling business in his father's mill, and for ten years was engaged in that line of work. For the following six years he traveled considerably, during which time he visited nearly every State in the Union, and was also in Canada and old Mexico. In 1905 Mr. Gehlken engaged in the grocery business in Sedalia, and since that time devoted himself to the mercantile business. He carries a large stock and buys in large quantities. He has built up an extensive trade, and his motto is "that a satisfied customer is the best advertisement." He is one of the successful merchants of Sedalia.

Mr. Gehlken has been twice married. His first wife was Lavina Fisher, of Tipton, Missouri. She died in 1899, leaving three children as follow: Albert R., who is now serving in the United States army; Nora, bookkeeper for the Sedalia Milling Company, Sedalia, Missouri, and Lavina, married Leland Coouce, who conducts a confectionery store on Engineer street, Sedalia, Missouri. Mr. Gehlken was united in marriage in 1911 with Miss Florence Parrott, of Sedalia.

Mr. Gehlken is a Republican, and takes an active interest in local political affairs. He was elected a member of Sedalia City Council in 1913, and has served in that capacity to the present time, and is now serving his third term. Mr. Gehlken was one of the organizers of the Union Savings Bank of Sedalia, and has been a member of the board of direc¬ tors since that institution was organized. He is a member of the Masonic Lodge, Woodmen of the World, and the Modern Woodmen of America. He is public spirited, progressing and enterprising, and stands ever ready to co-operate with any movement for the betterment or upbuilding of hi6 city, county and State.

George F. Bryan, of the firm of Bryan & Paulus, awning manufac¬ turers, upholsterers and auto trimmers, is one of the enterprising business men of Sedalia. Mr. Bryan is a native of Illinois. He was bom at Mattoon, January 6, 1876, and is a son of William Wellington and Maggie (Masonhall) Bryan, the former a native of Youngstown, Ohio, and the latter of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. The Bryan family came to Sedalia in 1881. The father was a railroad man, and was a train conductor for many years. He was in the employ of the Missouri Pacific Railway Com¬ pany, and also the Missouri, Kansas & Texas and other roads. He died in St. Louis in 1918, and the mother and his widow survive. They were the parents of four children as follows: Emma, married Allie Hodges, Sedalia; George F., the subject of this sketch; Alfred, Omaha, Nebraska, and Frank, Sedalia, Missouri.

George F. Bryan was about five years old when his parents came to Sedalia, and he attended the public schools here, and was only eleven years of age when he began the trade of upholstering and awning making. He worked at this trade in Sedalia and Kansas City. When the Spanish- American War broke out he volunteered, and on May 10, 1898, wras enrolled as a member of Company I, 2d Missouri Regiment. His regiment was sent to Chickamauga Park, Georgia. After the close of the war the regiment was kept in the service until March 10, 1899, when Mr. Bryan was mustered out of the United States service at Albany, Georgia. He immediately returned to Sedalia and engaged in his present business, and in 1914 he formed a partnership with Mr. Paulus, which has since con¬ tinued. Their factory is located at 604 South Ohio street, and they carry on an extensive business.

Mr. Bryan was united in marriage October 28, 1903, with Miss Augusta Kahrs, of Sedalia. Mrs. Bryan was born and reared in this city. They have three children: Garnett, George, and Marjorie.

this organization in the Spanish-American War. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias, the Knights of the Maccabees, the Knights and Ladies of Security, Modern Woodmen of America, the Musicians' Union, and the Spanish-American War Veterans, and, politically, he is a Democrat.

Clyde M. Brown, a well-known and successful cigar manufacturer of Sedalia, is a native of Iowa. He was born in Shenandoah, Page County, Iowa, January 15, 1877, a son of William and Emma (Hutchings) Brown. William Brown was born in Muscatine, Iowa. His parents came from Pennsylvania to Iowa at a very early day. This branch of the Brown family comes from Revolutionary ancestors. William Brown's mother was a direct descendant from Lieutenant Scudder, who was born in 1734, and was a soldier in the Revolutionary War under General Washington. William Brown was an attorney, and practiced law in Iowa for many years. Emma (Hutchings) Brown was born in Indiana. To William and Emma (Hutchings) Brown were born two children: Frank E., train dispatcher for the Missouri Pacific Railway at Sedalia, and Clyde M., the subject of this sketch.

Clyde M. Brown was reared in Iowa and educated in the public schools of that State. He was graduated from the Clarinda High School, Clarinda, Iowa. Mr. Brown learned the cigarmakers' trade in early life, and for a number of years worked at various places throughout the country as a journeyman cigarmaker. Sedalia has been his home since 1896. In 1913 Mr. Brown engaged in the manufacture of cigars in this city. His factory is designated, under the law, as factory No. 9, Sixth district, Missouri. He manufactures an excellent line of cigars. His "Integrity" is a widely knowm and a popular ten-cent brand, and his "La Palo" is an equally popular five and six cent cigar, manufactured in two sizes. Since engaging in the manufacture of cigars Mr. Brown has built up a very satisfactoiy trade.

Mr. Brown has been active in labor organizations for a long time, and in 1912 became secretary of the Sedalia Federation of Labor, and served in that capacity until 1917. He was also district organizer for the Amer¬ ican Federation of Labor, a position which he also resigned in 1917, and is now devoting his entire attention to the manufacture of cigars.

On September 17, 1910, Mr. Brown was united in marriage with Miss Alice C. Snell, of Sedalia. Mrs. Brown was born in Sedalia, and is a daugh¬ ter of Louis Snell, a Pettis County pioneer. To Mr. and Mrs. Brown have been born one child, Kathryne. Mr. Brown is a member of the Knights

G. M. Riddle. - For the past twenty-four years G. M. Riddle has been conducting a real estate and loan business at 310 Ohio street, Sedalia, and is one of the best-known men in realty circles in Pettis County and this section of Missouri. For thirty-two years he has followed his profession, and is the western correspondent for the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company, representing the loan department of this large concern, whose offices are located at Newark, New Jersey. Mr. Riddle investigates and makes loans for his firm in farm lands in Pettis, Johnson, Saline, Howard, Benton, Morgan, Moniteau and Cooper counties, Missouri. The business handled through his office runs into several millions of dollars.

G. M. Riddle was born in Blair County, Pennsylvania, in 1852, the son of David McClure and Margaret (Smith) Riddle, both of whom were born and reared in Pennsylvania. They located in Ida Grove, Iowa, and both died there, after living long and useful lives. David McClure and Mar¬ garet Riddle were parents of eight children: Elizabeth, died in infancy; James S., died at the age of seventy-one years, in Blair County, Pennsyl¬ vania; William C. is engaged in the real estate and loan business at Tacoma, Washington; G. M., subject of this review; Laura B. Riddle, died at Tacoma, Washington ; Joseph C., died in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1916 ; John G., a prominent stockman and farmer at Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Jesse L., a stockman and large land owner at Waby, South Dakota.

Since attaining the age of sixteen years G. M. Riddle has made his own way in the world, and his first employment was in a general store in Pennsylvania. His next employment was with the Radford Iron Com¬ pany. as manager of the company store, for four years. For the next three years he was engaged in the wholesale shoe business in Philadel¬ phia. He became connected with the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Com¬ pany, as their loan representative, at Ida Grove, and remained in that city for thirteen years, prior to locating in Sedalia.

On September 14, 1878, G. M. Riddle and Ida Belle Humes, of Bloom¬ ington, Illinois, were united in marriage. Mrs. Ida Riddle is a daughter of John and Mary (Taylor) Humes, both of whom died at St. Louis, where Mr. Humes was engaged in business, the former dying in 1859 and the latter in 1908. Mr. and Mrs.. Humes were parents of the following chil¬ dren: Edward Holloway, a child of the mother's second marriage, lives in St. Louis; Carl Holloway, is an architect in Indianapolis; Mr. and Mrs.

G. M. Riddle have one son, George D. Riddle, born in 1882, a graduate of Sedalia High School and Sedalia Business College, now engaged in the automobile business at Brooklyn, New York. The Riddle family residence is located at 906 West Fourth street.

Mr. Riddle is a member of the Presbyterian Church and the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

Hoffman & Hoffman, composed of Judge Louis Hoffman and Dimmitt Hoffman, his son, hold a high place among the legal firms of Pettis County and western Missouri. The elder Hoffman began the practice of his profession in Gasconade County in 1876, and in 1884 located in Sedalia, where honors have come to him in the course of his many years of prac¬ tice in this county. On January 1, 1911, Judge Hoffman was joined by his son, Dimmitt Hoffman.

Judge Louis Hoffman was born in Gasconade County, Missouri, in 1852, and is the son of Rev. Andrew Hoffman, who was bom in 1814, in Germany, and died June 21, 1902. Rev. Andrew Hoffman left Germany in 1847 on account of dissatisfaction with the restrictions placed upon his personal liberty, and through a desire to worship as he pleased and preach the gospel according to his liking, he came to America. Imme¬ diately upon his arrival here he took out his naturalization papers and became a citizen of the country in both thought and deed, forever renounc¬ ing all thoughts or feeling for his native land. He was a well-educated man, and numbered among his friends some of the best scholars of the day, one of whom was Professor Rauschenbusch, a university trained scholar connected with the Theological Seminary at Rochester, New York. Rev. Hoffman preached the gospel in Gasconade County, and also taught school. The church of which he was minister for many years still stands at Pin Oak.

The education of Louis Hoffman was obtained in the common and private schools of Gasconade County, and in 1869 he entered Central Wesleyan College at Warrenton, Missouri. In 1872 he entered the Mis¬ souri State University, and graduated from the literary and scientific department, receiving his degree July 4, 1876. He also pursued the law course given by the university, and began the practice of law in his native county. In 1878 he was elected prosecuting attorney of his native county, and re-elected to this position in 1880. Desiring a wider field for his activities and growing ability, he came to Sedalia in 1884 and two years later, in 1886, he was elected city attorney, being re-elected to this posi¬ tion in 1888. In 1892 Mr. Hoffman was elected prosecuting attorney of Pettis County, and re-elected in 1894. All of these official positions but paved the way for the conferring of the highest honor within the gift of his fellow-citizens of this district, and prior to his election as circuit judge, in 1904, he was appointed a member of the Board of Regents of Lincoln Institute by Governor Dockery, in 1900. In 1904 he was elected judge of the 13th Judicial District, and served with distinction and ability on the bench until January 1, 1910. Since his retirement from the bench, Judge Hoffman has been successfully engaged in the practice of his profession, his matured judgment and profound knowledge of the law attracting a substantial clientage to his office. He is fortunate in now having for sometime past the energetic and able assistance of his son, Dimmitt Hoffman.

In December, 1917, Judge Hoffman was appointed by Governor Gardner, to a membership on War Draft Board No. 2, for the western district of Missouri, with headquarters at Jefferson City.

Judge Louis Hoffman was married, in 1878, to Miss Ella Dimmitt, a daughter of William T. and Margaret Dimmitt, a prominent family of Boone County, Missouri. Three children have been born to this marriage: Luella, wife of W. H. Goodson, Liberty, Missouri; Dimmitt, a sketch of whom follows: Margaret, at home with her parents.

Judge Hoffman is an active member of the First Baptist Church of Sedalia, and is interested in the work of the Young Men's Christian Association. He is a member of the Board of Regents of the Baptist College for Women, located at Lexington, Missouri.

Dimmitt Hoffman, junior member of the law firm of Hoffman & Hoffman, was born in Sedalia in 1884, and graduated from the Sedalia High School in 1902. From 1902 to 1909 he was a student in the State University at Columbia, and received the degree of Bachelor of Arts, completing both the literary and scientific courses. He also graduated from the law department, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Laws. Upon his return from the university he became associated with his father in the practice of law, and is following in his father's footsteps. While a student at the university he was a member of the Phi Delta Phi, and the Theta Kappa. Mr. Hoffman was married on September 6, 1916, to Miss Lucille Davis, of Nevada, Missouri, a daughter of Abner Bennett Davis, of Nevada, Missouri, engaged in the real estate and loan business in that

Charles L. Hanley, county collector of Pettis County, was born in the village of Longwood, Missouri, January 28, 1875. He is the son of James W. and Clementine (Beamer) Hanley, the former of whom was a native of Virginia.

James W. Hanley was born in 1838, and served for four years in a Virginia regiment of the Confederate army, during the Civil War. In 1869 he came to Pettis County, and located at Longwood, where he fol¬ lowed his trade of blacksmith until his retirement to a home in Sedalia. For the long period of fifty-one years he has plied his trade. Mrs. Hanley died at the age of seventy-seven years. The children of the Hanley family are as follow: Byrdie, wife of C. J. Andrew, died at Portland, Oregon; Ella, died in infancy; Kaddie, died in infancy; Walter, died at Herndon, Saline County, Missouri; Luna, wife of F. L. Hodges, 815 East Fifth street, Sedalia; Ada, wife of J. A. Williams, Houstonia, Missouri; Charles I., subject of this sketch; May, died in Portland, Oregon; Minnie, died in Portland, Oregon, when a child; James, died in childhood.

Charles L. Hanley received his education in the Houstonia, Missouri, public schools and the academy at Marshall, Missouri. Since attaining the age of eighteen years he has made his own way, and for fourteen years he conducted a barber shop at Houstonia, the last five years of which he conducted a merchandise store in connection. In 1906 he received the appointment of deputy county collector and, accepting the position, he served for eight years in this capacity, under Collector John L. Sulli¬ van. He was elected to the office of county colletcor in the fall of 1914, and took up the duties of his responsible position in March, 1915. Mr. Hanley is giving the people of Pettis County an honest and faithful admin¬ istration, and is popular with the taxpayers of the county.

Mr. Hanley was married on May 17, 1898, to Miss Lenox Berry, a daughter of David and Sarah Elizabeth Berry, of Houstonia, Missouri, the former of whom is deceased and the latter is still living at Houstonia, aged seventy-five years. The Berry family were early pioneers in Pettis County, locating here prior to the Civil War. There were six children in the Berry family, as follow: Mary, wife of H. H. Longan, cashier of the Bank at Houstonia; John, a farmer and stockman, living in Arkansas: Frank, Fort Worth, Texas; Stella, wife of J. C. Longan, a merchant at Houstonia ; Mrs. Lenox Hanley, of this review ; Theresa, at home with her mother. Mr. and Mrs. Hanley have three children: Josephine Lee, a senior in Sedalia High School; David Byrd and Hannah Elizabeth. The Hanley home is a pleasant one, situated at 1321 West Broadway, Sedalia. Mr. and Mrs. Hanley are members of the First Christian Church of Sedalia, of which Mr. Hanley is a deacon. He is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons and is a Shriner.

Harry Hamden Harnsberger, deputy collector of Pettis County, was born in Windsor, Missouri, August 9, 1887, the son of Hugh B. and Mary E. (Jeffries) Harnsberger. His father, Hugh B. Harnsberger, was born in Dresden township, Pettis County, July 6, 1861, and was the son of Hiram Hamden Harnsberger, one of the early pioneers of Pettis County, who located in Dresden township. For a number of years Hugh B. Harnsberger taught school in Pettis County and later operated a store at Leesville, Missouri. He and Robert Ragan opened a merchandise store at Windsor, and after a period of partnership Mr. Harnsberger purchased Mr. Ragan's interest in the business, continuing the store until his retirement, after more than twenty-five years in the merchandise business. Hugh B. Harnsberger and wife reside at 304 West Sixth street, Sedalia. They are parents of children as follow: Henry Hamden, subject of this sketch; Thomas Jeffries, timekeeper and accountant for the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad Company at Sedalia, married Blanche Beatrice McArthur and has one child, Thomas, Jr.

Harry H. Harnsberger was educated in the public schools of Wind¬ sor and the Sedalia High School. At the age of seventeen years he be¬ came a traveling salesman for the Hargadine-McKittrick Dry Goods Com¬ pany, a wholesale concern of St. Louis. At that time he was the youngest dry goods salesman on the road in Missouri and he made good. Later he joined the force of the Moxwell-McClure-Fitts Dry Goods Company of Kansas City, Missouri. For the past eight years Mr. Harnsberger has served as deputy county collector, treasurer, clerk for county of¬ ficers, acting city clerk and deputy city collector.

Mr. Harnsberger was married April 22, 1916, to Evelyn Valerie Streiff of Clinton, Missouri. Mrs. Evelyn V. Harnsberger was born at Appleton City, Missouri, and is a daughter of Mrs. John A. Gilbreath, of Clinton, Missouri.

It is interesting to note and well worth recording that Hiram Harns¬ berger, grandfather of the subject of this review, was a Confederate veteran and that Thomas Benton Jeffries, his grandfather on his mother's side, was a captain in the Federal Army during the Civil War. Captain Jeffries -was twice a presidential elector on the Republican ticket and was prominent in the affairs of his party. He now resides at Hannibal, Missouri, having attained the great age of ninety years, and is still active mentally and physically. Captain Jeffries crossed the great plains in 1849, en route to the gold fields of California, and made a trip around the world.

James A. Capen. - The Capen Electric Company, 105 East Fourth street, was established by James A. Capen in 1905. The concern carries a general line of electrical supplies and does electrical work not only in Sedalia but throughout the surrounding territory, calls frequently coming for Mr. Capen's service from points fifty miles awTay. Mr. Capen caters to every branch and department of the electrical service and repairs the electrical equipment of automobiles and does a considerable amount of telephone repair work, as well as electrical.

James A. Capen is a native son of Pettis County and was bom at Longwood, Pettis County, on March 25, 1882. He is a son of James A. and Sarah C. (Chaney) Capen, the latter of wThom died in November, 1917. James A. Capen, Sr., was a native of Maine, and the only child of Albert Capen, who was a plainsman and one of the original "Forty- Niners" who crossed the great plains and made his way to the gold fields of California soon after the news of the gold strike was made known to the world in 1849. James A. Capen, Sr., was personally acquainted with Buffalo Bill and other noted plainsmen of the early days and for two years was a pony express rider on the trail from the Missouri River to Denver. He returned to his home in Maine, after several years' sojourn in the gold country, and again started westward, accompanied by his son, James A. They succeeded in getting as far as Kansas in 1861, and found the whole country ablaze with Civil War. James A. Capen, Sr., promptly enlisted in the 7th Kansas Cavalry and served for four years in the Union Army. After the war he located in Pettis County with his aged father, who had made his way to this county. Albert Capen, the father, served as county assessor during the seventies and later his son, James A., filled the same office for over thirty years. James A. Capen was a teacher in the public schools. He is now staying at the National Soldiers Home in Leavenworth, Kansas. The children of James A., Sr., and Sarah C. Capen are: William Albert, died in November, 1917; Mary, died in infancy; Robert C., a sign writer at Auburn, Indiana; Clara E.,

James A. Capen, of this review, graduated from the Sedalia High School in 1899. He then pursued an electrical engineering course and in 1901 began electrical work with the City Water and Light Company. In 1905 he engaged in business for himself and has met with gratifying and substantial success.

Mr. Capen was married in 1903 to Nellie Grace Brown, a daughter of Arthur and Lydia (Rogers) Brown, who reside on a farm near George¬ town, and a sketch of whom appears in this volume. Mr. and Mrs. Capen have two children: James, Jr., and Lois Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Capen reside at 209 West Broadway.

Joseph W. Menefee. - Although comparatively a young man as years indicate a man's age, Joseph W. Menefee has achieved a striking and substantial success in the construction field. His success as a contractor has placed him in the front rank of Pettis County citizens who are do¬ ing things on a large scale. He succeeded his father in the business and completed the sewage disposal plant undertaken by the city of Sedalia in 1917. At the present writing (1918) he is engaged in resurfacing the rock road between Sedalia and Dresden, a piece of work involving the expenditure of $61,000.

Joseph W. Menefee was born in Denver, Colorado, July 6, 1874, and is a son of George T. and Mary L. Menefee. George T. Menefee was born in Missouri in 1842 and came to Pettis County with his father in 1858, the family settling on a farm near Georgetown. A sister of George T. Menefee, Mrs. Anna Fristoe, resides at the home of Judge John L. McCurdy near Hughesville. George T. Menefee made his home in Sedalia for over forty years and was engaged in the livery business. Later he conducted a feed and coal business and for twenty years he followed contracting and construction work successfully. He did considerable building for the Rock Island and other railroads of this section. Mr. Menefee died in 1915. His widow resides in Sedalia. George T. and Mary L. Menefee were parents of the following children: Effie, wife of Charles Mahin, LaMonte, Missouri ; Lizzie, deceased ; George, Sedalia, Missouri; Joseph W., of this review; W. J., engaged in the feed business in Sedalia; Mrs. Mildred Yater, ; Annie, wife of Ran Grant, Portland, Oregon; L. J. and John Menefee, Sedalia; Louise, wife of Arthur Hol¬ man, McMinville, Oregon.

After leaving school in Sedalia, Joseph W. Menefee went to Mobile, Alabama, where he was engaged in the livery business for two years. He then returned to Sedalia and followed the same business in this city until he succeeded his father in general contracting and construction as previously stated. Mr. Menefee undertakes work in all parts of Pettis County and this section of Missouri and operates upon an extensive scale, accepting contracts in Warrensburg, Clinton and Booneville. He was engaged for two years in fulfilling a big paving contract at Bartlesville, Oklahoma.

Mr. Menefee was married in November, 1896, to Jennie Gibbs, of Webb City, Missouri. Mrs. Jennie (Gibbs) Menefee is a daughter of H. D. and Louise Gibbs, both of whom are deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Menefee have two children: Joe Menefee, Jr., married Ruth Claycomb, of Hughesville, Missouri, and Henry, at home with his parents. The Menefee home is located at 401 North Prospect street.

Clemens Honkamp. - Since coming to Sedalia, over forty-two years ago, Clemens Honkamp has achieved success, not only along material lines, but has held important office within the gift of the people of Pettis County. Mr. Honkamp first came to Sedalia in 1876, and worked for three years at his trade of cigar maker. In 1879 he opened a cigar fac¬ tory on his own account on East Main street, at that time the main thoroughfare of the city. He later moved to Ohio street and in 1906 he opened up at his present location at 119 East Third street. Four men are employed in the Honkamp manufactory and the output of the fac¬ tory has a ready sale, owing to the excellent quality of the Honkamp cigars and the honest methods used in transacting business.

Clemens Honkamp was born in Germany in 1854 and came to America with his parents, Clemens and Elizabeth Honkamp, in 1866. The family located at Covington, Kentucky, where Mrs. Honkamp died. In 1869 Clemens Honkamp, the elder, located in Ford County, Kansas, where he homesteaded land near Windhorse, Kansas, residing there to the end of his days, dying at the great age of ninety-two years. The Honkamp children are as follow: Mrs. Bernadina Shundebock, deceased; Mrs. Cath¬ erine Bottenbaumer, Ford County, Kansas; Henry H., Joliet, Illinois; Clemens, subject of this sketch; Antonio, Joliet, Illinois.

Mr. Honkamp learned the trade of cigarmaker in Covington, Ken¬ tucky, and came to Sedalia in 1876 as previously stated. He was first married in 1878 to Catherine O'Brien, of this city. She died in 1881, leaving one son, Clemens Honkamp, Jr., who is now an income tax in¬ spector for the United States Government, and was formerly an internal revenue collector. Mr. Honkamp's second marriage took place in 1888 with Anna Glahu of Booneville, Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. Honkamp reside at 502 North Prospect street.

Mr. Honkamp has generally taken an active and influential part in political and civic affairs during his long residence in Sedalia and is widely and favorably known as an honest and censervative business man, whose energies have added materially to the wealth of good citizenship in Pettis County. He served two terms as a member of the Sedalia City Council, and filled the office of treasurer of Pettis County from 1902 to 1904 with credit to himself and the satisfaction of the people of the county.

Joseph Fisher McDougall, freight agent of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas, Sedalia, Missouri, is one of the widely-known railroad men of the West, and for over half a century has been identified with railroading. He was born in Washington County, New York, February 19, 1851, a son of Daniel and Mary N. (Hanks) McDougall, both natives of Wash¬ ington County, New York. The father died in Chillicothe, Missouri, in 1888. He came West in early life, and was one of the pioneer merchants of Quincy, Illinois. About 1870, he came to Missouri and located at Chilli¬ cothe, where he was engaged in the mercantile business until the time of his death. His wife, Mary N. (Hanks) McDougall, departed this life in 1892, and her remains are interred in the Sedalia Cemetery. She was a daughter of Colonel Joseph Hanks, who was commander at Fort Ticonderoga. New York, and for a number of years was prominent in the political affairs of New York State, having served in the capacity of canal commissioner.

Daniel and Mary (Hanks) McDougall were the parents of the follow¬ ing children: Ebenezer, resides at Hanksville, Utah, a town which was named in honor of his uncle; Joseph F., the subject of this sketch; Jennie, married J. H. Reeves, Kingsville, Missouri; DeWitt C., an employe of the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, Sedalia, Missouri.

Joseph Fisher McDougall was educated in the public schools of Quincy, Illinois. He came to Missouri August 17, 1868, as manager for the Illinois and Mississippi Telegraph Company, at Canton, Missouri. From there he went to Minneapolis, Minnesota, as manager of the Missippi Valley Telegraph Company. In 1870 he came to Clay County, Mis¬ souri, and was agent for the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad, at what is now Birmingham. In 1873 he entered the employ of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad and went to Vinita, Indian Territory, for that company. In 1877 he became train dispatcher for that company, with headquarters at Sedalia, and served in that capacity until in 1881, when he was pro¬ moted to chief train dispatcher of the road. In 1884 he was appointed division superintendent, and served in that capacity for two years, when, owing to a change of management of the road, he resumed his old position as train dispatcher, filling that position until 1888, at which time he became freight agent, and has held that position until the present time.

Mr. McDougall was united in marriage in September, 1873, with Miss Mary M. Linderman, of Clay County, Missouri. She is a daughter of J. M. and Eliza Linderman, who were early settlers in that section of the State, and both are now deceased. Mr. Linderman was a veiy successful man, and at the time of his death was one of the largest land owners in Clay County. To Mr. and Mrs. McDougall have been born the following children: Zippie M., married Charles Baker, Detroit, Michigan; Ronald, a telegraph operator in the employ of the Missouri Pacific Railroad Com¬ pany at Pleasant Hill, Missouri; Mary M., married Holmes Hall, an attor¬ ney and former State senator, Sedalia, Missouri; Titinia, Sedalia, Mis¬ souri ; Josephine, died at the age of eighteen years. Zippie McDougall, who is now the wife of Charles Baker, is a talented artist and has painted a number of portraits of high merit. One of her most valued works of art is now in the art gallery of the Missouri State Historical Society. It represents a scene of the killing of General Zollicofferat, at Mills Springs, Kentucky, in 1862, by Colonel Frye. This picture was reproduced by Mrs. Baker from a picture that appeared in Frank Leslie's Magazine, and has been pronounced a masterpiece by some of the leading art critics of the country.

Joseph Fisher McDougall has to his credit a long and honorable career in the important industry of railroading, and no man stands higher in the community than he.

Dr. Edwin Duffield Holbert, a prominent osteopath of Sedalia, is a native of Iowa. He wras bom at Keosauqua, Iowa, February 21, 1877. He is the son of William T., and Sarah (Stevenson) Holbert. The father was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, in 1836, and died at Keosauqua, Iowa, in November, 1913. The mother now resides at Keosauqua, Iowa, at the age of seventy-nine years. To William and Sarah Stevenson Holbert were bora the following children: Mrs. Margaret E. Cameron,

Dr. Edwin Duffield Holbert, was reared in his native town in Iowa, and received his education in the public schools. He was graduated from the Keosauqua High School, and then attended Highland Park College, Des Moines, Iowa. He then entered the American School of Osteopathy, where he was graduated January 28, 1904, with the degree of Doctor of Ostopathy. Shortly after completing his course Doctor Holbert located in Sedalia, where he has since been engaged in the practice of his profes¬ sion, where he has built up a well-merited, extensive practice. He is a close student of the science of his profession, and ranks among the most skillful and successful osteopaths of the State.

Doctor Holbert was united in marriage August 27, 1901, with Miss Margaret M. St. John, a native of Moulton, Iowa, and a daughter of Fletcher and Marien St. John. Mrs. Holbevt's parents are both deceased. Her father died at Fort Dodge, Iowa, in 1891. He was a Union veteran of the Civil War, having enlisted at Keokuk and served in Company K, 15th Iowa Infantry. Fletcher and Mary St. John were the parents of the following children: R. M., deceased; Margaret Myrtle; Florence, the wife of Dr. James A. Craig, Keosauqua, Iowra.

To Dr. and Mrs. Holbert have been born the following children : Edwin D., Jr.; William Fletcher, died in infancy; Margaret Marien, and Florence Gertrude.

Dr. Holbert is a member of both the National and State American Osteopath associations, and has been prominently identified with these organizations for a number of years. He served one term as president of the State Association, and was its treasurer in 1908 and 1909.

W. J. Menefee, a leading merchant of Sedalia, is one of the conspicu¬ ous figures in the business affairs of Pettis County. Mr. Menefee is a native of Pettis County and is a descendant of one of the pioneei's of this section. He was born in this county April 25, 1877, son of George T. and Mary L. (Thorpe) Menefee.

George T. Menefee was born in Knox County, Missouri, December 4, 1841, and came to Pettis County with his parents, who settled near George¬ town. In early life George T. Menefee went to Saline County, where he was engaged in farming for a time, but soon returned to Pettis County and followed farming until about 1889, when he removed to Sedalia and engaged in general contracting. During the last few years of his active career he devoted himself almost exclusively to street paving and probably did more of that class of work in Sedalia than any other contractor. George T. Menefee was married in 1868 to Miss Mary L. Thorpe, of Saline County, Missouri. She is a daughter of Richard Thorpe, who was a prominent pioneer of Saline County and at the time of his death owned over 1,000 acres of land.

To George T. Menefee and Mary L. (Thorpe) Menefee were born the following children: Mrs. Louise Holman, McLinville, Oregon; Mrs. Anna Grant, Portland, Oregon; Mrs. Mildred Yater; George, Jr.; Joseph W. ; W. J., the subject of this sketch; John T. and L. J., all of Sedalia. The father, George T. Menefee, died and the mother now resides on North Grand avenue, Sedalia.

W. J. Menefee was educated in the public schools and Central Busi¬ ness College at Sedalia. After finishing school he drove team for his father for about five years, during which time he hauled material for paving most of the streets of Sedalia. When he was only seventeen years of age he hauled 375 cords of wood from "Pin Hook" bridge, eight miles from Sedalia, making two trips each day. After remaining with his father about five years, Mr. Menefee engaged in business for himself. He is and has been for twenty-five years active in a variety of business enterprises, and has met with uniform success in all his undertakings. He conducts a grocery store at 402 West Second street, and also operates a coal and wood yard and an extensive livery and feed stable. The latter is located on Main and Maniteau streets and occupies one-half block. The coal yard is located at 715 East Third street. Besides these multifarious

Mr. Menefee was united in marriage June 16, 1898, with Miss Mabel A. Brown, a daughter of A. W. and Lydia (Rogers) Brown, of George¬ town, Missouri. The Brown family came from near Cleveland, Ohio, to Pettis County in 1881. The parents now reside on their farm near George¬ town. Mrs. Menefee is one of the following children born of her parents: Forest, an electrician in the employ of the United States Government ; Grace, married James Capen, Sedalia, Missouri, and Mabel A., married W. J. Menefee, the subject of this sketch.

To W. J. Menefee and wife have been born the following children: Eldred, now a student at Westminster College, at Fulton, Missouri; and Irene, married Clay Harned, Sedalia, Missouri. Mr. Menefee is one of the substantial business men of Pettis County, and the Menefee family stand high in the community.

Col. Charles J. Hieronymus, of Sedalia, is one of the best known and most successful auctioneers in the State, and, in fact, his name and fame as an auctioneer, is by no means confined to the boundaries of Missouri. Colonel Hieronymus, is a native of Missouri and belongs to one of the pioneer families of this State. He is a son of Charles Rector and Mary Susan (Kemp) Hieronymus. The father was a native of Clark County, Kentucky, bom in 1810. He was twice married and was the father of eighteen children. His first wife was Miss Mary France, and the following children were born to this union: Charlotte, died in in¬ fancy; John Henry; Mollie; Sallie; Nannie; Frank; Benoni; Vassie; and Bettie. After the death of his first wife, Charles Rector Hieronymus was united in marriage with Miss Mary Susan Kemp and the following children were born to that union: Willie A., a daughter; Charles J., the subject of this sketch; Susie; Wesley; Eliza, Minnie; Hope; R. C. ; and Kemp.

Charles Rector Hieronymus died in 1890, at Longwood, Missouri. His second wife died in 1899 and their remains are interred at Longwood, Missouri. His second wife died in 1899 and her remains are interred at Longwood, Missouri.

Colonel Charles J. Hieronymus received his education in the public school and Central Business College, Sedalia, Missouri. He has made auctioneering his life's work and is recognized as one of the most capable in his line. His field of activity covers seven States, and he has made a great success in selling farms at auction, as well as in other avenues of his profession. He conducts thoroughbred and other stock sales regu¬ larly for some of the most prominent breeders throughout the country. Since he started in business, he has regularly conducted the stock sales of L. M. Monsees, one of the largest breeders of the country. Colonel Hieronymus also conducts the regular stock sales at the far-famed Long¬ view Stock Farm near Lee's Summit, Missouri. He has also conducted sales for Col. Henry Exall, State Fair Grounds, Dallas, Texas. He con¬ ducted a two-days' cattle sale at New Orleans, Louisiana, which is said to be the largest sale of its kind on record.

The first sale which Colonel Hieronymus ever conducted, was for William Beshears, at Longwood, Missouri, and in recalling the circum¬ stances of this sale, the Colonel says that he was so scared on his initial experience, as an auctioneer, that he forgot his own name. He says someone asked him wrhat his name was and he answered, "Curry."

Colonel Hieronymus was married December 31, 1905, to Miss Carrie Dell Fay, of Jefferson City, Missouri. One son has been born to this union, Charles Damon, age nine years. Colonel and Mrs. Hieronymus are well known and stand high in the community.

Francis McAllister, a well-known citizen of Sedalia, who has been identified with this city for thirty-five years, is a native of Ireland. He was born in County Down, and spent his early boyhood days in his native land, where he received a common-school education. When about fifteen years of age, he went to Glasgow, Scotland, and later he went to Eng¬ land and from there to Holland. When about nineteen years of age he immigrated to America. He lived in Brooklyn, New York, for a short time and from there went to Chicago. He was a traveling sales¬ man for a fewr years, and first came to Sedalia in 1880.

In 1886, Mr. McAllister settled here permanently and three years later engaged in business for himself which he continued for eighteen years. During his career, Mr. McAllister has been greatly interested in race horses and has owned some good ones. His horses have been entered in a number of races throughout this section of the country and he was considered a successful race horse man. He was the owner of "Billy Owens," a pacer, with a record of 2:17; and "Tuscan," a trot¬ ter, with a record of 2:21. These were Kentucky bred horses and were considered very fast for their time, and both won many purses for their owner.

Mr. McAllister was united in marriage at California, Missouri, Janu¬ ary 6, 1886, to Miss Sophia Meyer, a daughter of Gottlieb G. and Dora (Kramer) Meyer. To Mr. and Mrs. McAllister have been born two sons: Michael, a wholesale produce dealer at Ft. Wayne, Indiana, married Nora Filbert, of Ozark, Missouri, and they have two children, Marie and Fran¬ cis ; and Edward, an auto machinist, who resides in Sedalia.

Mr. McAllister is independent in his political views, but has always taken a keen interest in public affairs. He was president of the Equaliza¬ tion party of Missouri, and was State chairman of the People's party, State convention, held at Sedalia in 1890. He is a member of the Catho¬ lic Knights and Ladies of America.

An incident in the life of Mr. McAllister, which indicates his gene¬ rosity, was the occasion when Cox's celebrated army passed through the vicinity of Sedalia. It appears that it was the policy of General Cox's marching legions to derive their sustenance, chiefly by contribution from the citizens along the line of march. When they encamped about six hundred strong, near Sedalia, their commissary supplies were in the regular depleted condition, and the great host of marching reformers had to be fed. The army remained for three days, and the duty of supplying food for them devolved upon Mr. McAllister, or he rather volun¬ teered to feed them. He proceeded to buy all the bologna sausage in the city, which with other supplies were hauled out to the camp by the dray load, and thus Coxey's army were supplied with all they wanted to eat and drink without cost to them for three days. This contribution cost Mr. McAllister about five hundred dollars. Thus Mr. McAllister was a pioneer in the "feed the world" movement, but the mod¬ ern plan is not being financed by a single individual, as was the case of feeding the host of crusaders of social and economic reform of by¬ gone days.

Dr. Elmer C. Frank, a prominent dentist of Sedalia, is a native of Pettis County. Doctor Frank was born at LaMonte, Missouri, May 12, 1872, and is a son of Abraham and Catherine (Cloes) Frank. Abraham Frank was born in Germany in 1818 and came to America with his parents in 1832, when he was fourteen years of age The family located in Ohio, where the parents spent the remainder of their lives. Abraham Frank went to Illinois about 1845, and was living in that State when the Mexican War broke out. He enlisted and served in the United States Army during the Mexican War, and during the gold excitement in California, he went to the Pacific Coast. After remaining there three years, he returned to Illinois. Shortly after the Civil War, he came to Pettis County, Mis¬ souri, and bought a farm of 210 acres, north of LaMonte. Here he was engaged in farming and stock raising, during the remainder of his life. He was a conscientious man and a good citizen and met with a reason¬ able degree of success in a financial way. He died November 8, 1894. His widow survived him for a number of years and departed this life in 1912. Their remains rest side by side in the LaMonte cemetery. To Abraham and Catherine (Cloes) Frank were born the following chil¬ dren : Henry, deceased ; Sadie, married Harvey Walls, Jefferson City, Missouri ; Lizzie, married Gilbert Scott, Sedalia, Missouri ; Hiram, lives in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; William, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Walter I.; Salt Lake City, Utah; and Dr. Elmer C., the subject of this sketch.

Doctor Frank was educated in the public schools of Pettis County, the State Normal School, at Warrensburg, and the Sedalia Business Col¬ lege. He then entered the Western Dental College at Kansas City, Mis¬ souri, where he was graduated in the class of 1900, with the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery. He immediately engaged in the practice of his profession in Sedalia, his first office being in the Central Building. Two years later he established his office in the Ilgenfritz Building, where he has since been located. Doctor Frank has built up a large practice afid is one of the leading dentists of this section of the State. He has been very successful in the general practice of dentistry, although he special¬ izes in that sphere of his profession which has special reference to crown and bridge work.

Doctor Frank was united in marriage, November 18, 1915, with Mrs. Ida Gresham, daughter of Isaac Warren of Sedalia, Missouri. Doctor and Mrs. Frank have a pleasant home on South Park street and both have an extensive acquaintance in Sedalia and stand high in the community.

George J. Lass, owner and proprietor of the Lass Studio, 317 V2 South Ohio street, is one of the well-known and capable photographers of this section of the State. "Photos of the better sort" is the slogan of the Lass Studio. This studio is equipped with all modern appliances, conductive to the best artistic results in modern photography. There is no better equipped studio in Kansas City or St. Louis than this one. Among the many delicate and important instruments to be found in Mr. Lass' Studio is what is known as the "M" tubes, which is an instru¬ ment used for projecting from small to large negatives. He also had a Healiar lens which he turned over to the Government during the war, to be used in aerial photogi'aphy, as these instruments were very scarce, and necessary for that kind of work.

George J. Lass was born in Denison, Iowa, June 11, 1860, a son of George and Margaretha Lass, natives of Schleswig-Holstein, provinces which now seem to be released from the domination of Germany, since the disintregation of the German Empire. George Lass, the father, fought with the Danes against the Germans in the sixty's in defense of his native province, which was finally conquered by the Germans. He was decorated for valor and distinguished service in that war. Shortly afterwards, he came to America and eventually located at Denison, Iowa,

Mr. Lass has had a broad and varied experience in the field of photog¬ raphy. For several years he was connected with the Art Institute of Chicago, as a photographer. This concern had studios in a dozen different States. He came from Billings, Montana, to Sedalia, in 1913, and estab¬ lished his present business. His first customers were Claud Wilkerson, W. W. Blain, and Abe Higdon, three prominent attorneys of Sedalia. Mr. Lass started in Sedalia with a meager capital, but the excellency of his work was soon recognized, and it was not long until his business had de¬ veloped into one of considerable importance. He now has a splendid busi¬ ness which is constantly growing.

Since our earliest days, we all recall that one of the elements of successful photography, was to interest the juvenile subjects of art with some device that would interest and entertain during the instant of sus¬ pense at which the camera was "snapped." "Willie," a real live, educated canary bird, trained to all his duties in detail, is the fellow who has charge of this department in the Lass Studio. This is perhaps one of the best trained canary birds in the country. It is not confined to a cage but has free access to the entire studio and when Mr. Lass wants the bird for any purpose, like attracting the attention of a child who is being photo¬ graphed, he merely calls to the bird and directs it to take its position at any particular point, which it promptly does. "Willie" understands when he is treated kindly. If he is scolded, he very perceptibly resents it, and if he is spoken to kindly, he shows that he appreciates kind treat¬ ment and affection. When he wants to be fed, he has a language of his own, by which he makes his wants known. Mr. Lass has trained this bird to do many interesting stunts and "Willie's" name and fame has been heralded over the country on many occasions, as he has had several "write-ups" in newspapers and magazines.

U. S. Grant, a well-known photographer of Sedalia, is a native of Iowa. He was bora at Mt. Vernon, January 17, 1863, a son of D. W. and Angeline (Hayden) Grant, the former a native of Scotland, who came to America when he was sixteen years of age, and the latter a native of Ohio. D. W. Grant is a miller by trade and now resides in Idaho. To D. W. and Angeline (Hayden) Grant were born the following children: Julia, married George Fordyce and resides at Anita, Iowa; U. S., the sub¬ ject of this sketch; and Ida, married John Van Slyke, Washington, D. C.

seventeen years at Atlantic, Iowa, and for twenty-eight years worked in various art galleries in Kansas and Nebraska. In July, 1907, he bought a gallery at Hutchinson, Kansas, and conducted the photograph busi¬ ness there for two and one-half years. He then went to Nebraska and worked at Lincoln and Fremont for four years. In 1914 he came to Sedalia and purchased the photograph gallery from William Latour, which is located at 402^ South Ohio Street. Mr. Grant has one of the thoroughly modem equipped art studios of the city and his vast and varied experience, coupled with a natural talent for this class of work, places him in the front rank of the photographers of the country. The excellency of his workmanship has been recognized by a critical public to which the rapidity with which his business has developed, bears mute testimony.

Mr. Grant was united in marriage September 4, 1888, with Miss Viola Strasberry, of Birmingham, Iowa, a daughter of George and Susan (Plaskett) Strasberry, the former a native of Ohio and the latter of Indiana. They are both now deceased, and their remains are buried at Birmingham, Iowa. To Mr. and Mrs. Grant have been born two daugh¬ ters: Myrl, married Dell McCullough, and Ruth, resides at home with her parents.

Charles F. Ernst, a well known painter who specializes in sign writ¬ ing, has been a resident of Sedalia for nearly thirty years. Mr. Ernst was bom in Cincinnati, Ohio, November 28, 1854, and is a son of William Henry and Tobitha Kate (Fletcher) Ernst. The father was also a native of Cincinnati, born July, 1827. He was an extensive carnage and wagon manufacturer in that city prior to the Civil War, but during that conflict met with heavy financial losses. In 1865 he went to Dubuque, Iowa, and about 1870, removed to Rockford, Illinois, where he died in 1915. William Henry Ernst was a son of Henry Morris and Sylvia (McClarion) Ernst, the former a native of Germany and the latter of Scotland. She was born in 1800 and Henry M. Ernest came to America with his parents when he was about five months old. Tobitha Kate Fletcher, mother of Charles F. Ernst, was bom at Chepstoe, England, in 1836, and came to America with her parents. She died in 1916.