Pettis County, Missouri - Biographical sketches, 1919 (part 4 of 14)

E. H. Bennett, proprietor of the E. H. Bennett Implement and Hardware Company, is one of the live business "wires" of Sedalia and Pettis County. Mr. Bennett began business at 214 South Osage street in February, 1918, and has developed a splendid trade during the short period in which he has been engaged in business. The Bennett concern has two storerooms, 60x120 feet, filled with a standard assortment of hardware, agricultural implements and harness. In addition to his gen¬ eral business, Mr. Bennett has charge of the local territory for the selling and installation of the Delco electric lighting system, a lighting plant particularly adapted to farm dwellings. The Delco system is probably the most successful and satisfactory lighting system manufactured today, and over one hundred and fifty plants are in use throughout Pettis County at the present time. The owners of the plants now in use in some of the finest farm residences in Pettis County are its most enthusiastic endorsers and advertisers.

Eugene H. Bennett was born in Osage County, Missouri, December 9, 1864, the son of Henry H. and Elizabeth (Jarvis) Bennett. Henry H. Ben¬ nett came to Missouri from Illinois during the thirties, and settled in Osage County, which was his home county for many years, until his death, at the age of ninety years. He was one of the adventurous plainsmen who crossed the great plains in the forties and went to the gold fields of Cali¬ fornia, where he remained until 1854, and then returned to Osage County and engaged in farming. The train with which he was connected had several brushes with the Indians on the overland trip, and eternal vigi¬ lance was the watchword of the members of the train. The wild men of the plains were always hovering about the outskirts and in the rear of the expedition, on the lookout for stragglers whom they could cut off, murder and rob, the Indians being too cowardly to attack a formidable train of upwards of one hundred wagons. Mr. Bennett was fond of recalling instances of his memorable trip and relating them to his children. There was one laggard with the outfit who had the bad habit of staying behind the others, always being last to get his team ready and the last to turn into the camp at nightfall. One day, when he had lagged too far in the rear he was beset by the Indians and was in danger of capture, but his comrades, fortunately, saw his predicament in time and rushed to his assistance and drove off the Indians. Ever after this laggard was among the first to be ready to take the trail and was always found in the van¬ guard of the train. When the Civil War broke out Henry H. Bennett enlisted with the Union Army and served for three years in behalf of the Union. His wife, Elizabeth (Jarvis) Bennett was born in Gasconade County, Missouri, and was living in that county w7hen the first steam railroad was built through the county and entered Jefferson City. She died in 1913, and her remains were laid beside those of her husband in Mount Zion Cemetery, in Osage County.

To Henry H. and Elizabeth Bennett were born eight children : Henry H., deceased ; William Nelson, deceased ; Edwin, deceased, and Eugene H., of this review; Mary Ann, divorced wife of George Snyder; Martha (Bran¬ son), Osage County; Mrs. Margaret Backchies, St. Louis, Missouri, and Mrs. Anna Bastin, Bell, Maries County, Missouri.

Eugene H. Bennett followed farming as an occupation from his boy¬ hood days. He resided in Osage County until 1901 and then came to Pettis County and purchased a large farm of 320 acres, near Hughesville. His son now owns this farm. Mr. Bennett followed farming and stock raising successfully until he came to Sedalia, in March, 1915. In February of 1918 he embarked in business.

died in 1915 and the latter in 1912, their remains being interred in College Hill Cemetery, Osage County, Missouri. Ten children have been born to this marriage: Pleasant H., on the home farm near Hughesville; William N., engaged in the automobile business at Kansas City; Ray E., a soldier in the National Army, enlisted in May, 1917, and was sent to France with the expeditionary army in May, 1918; Fay, at home; Norris and Charles, at home ; May, wife of Charles Horan, Seclalia ; Cora, wife of Henry Strobe, Sedalia; June, wife of Wesley Ream, living on a farm, six miles north of Sedalia; Lula, at home. Mr. and Mrs. Bennett have an attractive home at Eighteenth and Limit streets.

Hiram W. Swope, one of the leading automobile dealers of Sedalia, is a native son of Pettis County and a descendant of one of the pioneer fami¬ lies of this section of Missouri. Mr. Swope was born in Cedar township August 9, 1889, a son of M. K. and Laura Anna (Wasson) Swope, natives of Pettis County.

M. K. Swope, who now resides at Thornleigh, Missouri, is a son of Hiram Swope, who was one of the very earliest settlers in Pettis County. The Swope family came to Pettis County from Ohio, in 1826, and settled in Longwood township. Hiram Swope, Sr., was the first member of the family to come here. He spent the remainder of his life in this county, and his remains are buried in Mount Hermann Cemetery. The first mar¬ riage, in Pettis County, was that of Hiram Swope, Sr., to Miss Elizabeth Greer. ! *

Laura Anna (Wasson) Swope was a daughter of Ryland Wasson, who was also an early settler in Pettis County. He settled in Longwood town¬ ship, and what was known as "Pin Hook," the first county seat of Pettis County, was located on Ryland Wasson's farm.

M. K. Swope was engaged in the mercantile business at Thornleigh for a number of years, when he sold the business to his sons, Hiram W. and Ryland, and since that time has lived retired. His wife, Laura Anna (Wasson) Swope, departed this life in September, 1916, and her remains are buried in the Hopewell Cemetery.

Hiram W. Swope was educated in the public schools of Pettis County and Central Business College, at Sedalia, where he was graduated, in 1909. He was then employed by the Globe Clothing Company, about one year. In 1910, he engaged in the mercantile business at Newland, Missouri. In 1915 he disposed of his business there and he and his brother Ryland bought his father's general store at Thornleigh, and he still retains his interest in that business. He has been engaged in the automobile business since. His salesrooms are located at 110-114 South Lamine street. Mr. Swope is doing an extensive business in the automobile line, and handles a number of high-grade cars, among which are the Oldsmobile, Hudson Super-Six and the Reo. During the season of 1918 he sold eighty-nine cars, and, owing to poor freight service, he has made thirty-two trips to Kansas City to drive new cars to Sedalia.

Mr. Swope was united in marriage on December 7, 1910, with Miss Pearl Dillard, of Newland, Missouri. She is a daughter of B. F. and Lee Dillard. To Mr. and Mrs. Swope have been born four children, as follow: Marcell, Anna Lee, Wilma and Marjorie.

Dr. Hazel Russell, a well-known and successful osteopathic physician, of Sedalia, is a native of Missouri. She was born at New Franklin, Mis¬ souri, where her parents, Henry and Alta (Hayes) Russell now reside. Henry Russell is a native of Michigan, and his wife was born in Wisconsin. Rutherford B. Hayes, ex-President of the United States, was a second cousin of Mrs. Russell.

To Henry and Alta (Hayes) Russell were born the following children : John, a railroad man, who resides at New Franklin, Missouri; Mrs. Fay Wayland, New Franklin, Missouri; Harry Evans Russell, who is now di member of the 20th Engineer Corps, United States Army. He enlisted in 1917, and was one of the first members of the American Expeditionary Force to go to France, where he is still in the service, and Dr. Hazel Russell, the subject of this sketch.

Doctor Russell was educated in the public schools and William Woods College, Fulton, Missouri. She then decided upon a professional career and took a course in the American College of Osteopathy at Kirksville, Missouri, where she was graduated with the degree of Doctor of Osteop¬ athy. She then engaged in the practice of her profession at Fayette, Missouri. Here she was engaged in practice for three years, and in June, 1917, came to Sedalia and since that time has built up a large practice here, and ranks among the leading practitioners of the county. Her office is now located on the corner of Second and Ohio streets.

Dr. Russell is a keen student of the fundamental principles of her profession, and is not only enthusiastic in her professional work, but takes an active part in all progressive movements for the up-building of Sedalia and Pettis County.

William S. Sneed. - The Sneed farm of 600 acres, located in Bowling Green township, northeast of Sedalia, is devoted to the breeding of reg¬ istered Shropshire sheep, primarily, although general farming and stock raising is carried on extensively. This farm is owned and operated by William S. and George V. Sneed, widely known citizens of Pettis County. The Sneed home is a very attractive one and is situated on the former site of the old Captain Sneed home, one-half mile north of the rock road, forming the southern boundary of the farm; and one-quarter mile south of the rock road, bounding the land on the north. It is a handsome bungalow, modern in every respect and the buildings are in keeping with the home. For the past ten years the Sneed brothers have been engaged in breeding Shropshire sheep which are sold to breeders and shipped to points in Missouri, Mississippi, Arkansas, Kansas and Illinois for dis¬ criminating buyers. A drove of about one hundred head of registered stock is maintained on the farm. One hundred head of steers are fed annually on the farm, besides one hundred and fifty head of Duroc Jersey hogs. Two men are constantly employed in the farming opera¬ tions. Judge William S. Sneed was born in Danville, Kentucky, Decem¬ ber 7, 1849, and is the son of Captain John M. Sneed.

Captain John M. Sneed was born in 1826 and was a native of Girard County, Kentucky. He was the son of Alexander Sneed, a native of Vir¬ ginia, who fought in the War of 1812 and served under Gen. Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans. Alexander was the son of John Sneed, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, and who was a son of Welsh parents. John M. Sneed came to Missouri in 1855, and in 1857 purchased the Sneed farm of 600 acres, improved the place, improved a valuable stock farm and resided there until his death. During the Civil War he offered his services to the Union and was appointed captain of Company "D," Fortieth Regiment, Missouri Militia, on October 15, 1862, and served until 1864 when he received an honorable discharge from the service.

John M. Sneed was married in 1844 to Mary Jane Stewart who was born in 1823. Six sons and two daughters blessed this union: Mrs. John Montgomery, Sedalia; William S., of this review; Mrs. Sallie T. Thomp¬ son, died in September, 1918; Robert C. died in Idaho, ag.ed forty odd years; John B. died in January, 1885; George V., lives in Sedalia; Rev. Frank W. Sneed, a minister of the Presbyterian Church, Pittsburg, Penn¬ sylvania; Harry, a farmer in Cedar township.

Captain Sneed died on October 5, 1901. On the same day his devoted and faithful wife, having worn herself out in the task of caring for her husband during his last fatal illness, departed this life. Both were buried at the same hour and in the same grave. John M. Sneed was a man worth while, and one of the most useful and capable citizens in Pettis County. He was presiding judge of the County Court of Pettis County for one term. Captain Sneed was one of the organizers of the Grange movement in Missouri, and served as Master of the State Grange for a number of years. Having received an excellent education at Center Col¬ lege, Danville, Kentucky, he was gifted beyond ordinary men and while master of the State Grange, he became noted as a lecturer and platform speaker of ability, and was known far and wide, throughout Missouri. He was a Presbyterian and one of the founders of the Presbyterian Church in Sedalia.

W. S. Sneed was educated in Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri, and after studying there for one and a half years, he returned to Pettis County and engaged in farming. His success as a farmer, stockman and breeder has been noteworthy. Judge Sneed has been president of the Exchange Bank of Sedalia since its organization in 1911. He has been prominently identified with the Democratic party in Pettis County and was elected presiding judge of the County Court of Pettis County in 1910. He took up his official duties January 1, 1911, and the ensuing term of four years marked an epoch in the road building era of Pettis County. Many substantial bridges were erected during his term of office and the rock roads were built to the twelve mile limit, two and a half miles east of Smithton. The County Court, at this time, inaugurated the employ¬ ment of a county agent in charge of the work of the County Farm Bu¬ reau. Mr. Sneed is a member of the Presbyterian Church and is an elder of the Sedalia Church of that faith.

James Mayo De Jarnette, a prominent business man of Sedalia, who is extensively engaged in the retail coal and wood business, is a native of Pettis County, and a son of pioneer parents. He was born in Dresden township, December 22, 1766, a son of Mayo and Marrietta (Garton) De Jarnette. The father died in 1908, and his remains are buried in Walnut Branch Cemetery, and the mother resided on the home place in Dresden township, Pettis County, until her death, October 4, 1918.

cellus, resides in Elk Fork township; James M., whose name introduces this review; Willis, lives in Nebraska; Albert, resides in California; Minnie, married J. B. Wise, and resides in California; Alice, married John Williams, Johnson County, Missouri; Dollie, married Ed O'Daniels, Prairie township, Pettis County; Millard, resides in Nebraska; Nellie, mar¬ ried Thomas Whaley; Elma, married E. L. Simmons, Nebraska, and Ora, married Jeff Drake, Dresden township, Pettis County.

James Mayo De Jarnette was reared on his father's farm and educated in the public schools of Prairie township. When he was about twenty years of age he came to Sedalia and entered the employ of Rod Gaily, who con¬ ducted a grocery store. Young De Jarnette was employed in this grocery store about three years. He then was engaged in various pursuits for a number of years, and in 1900 he entered the employ of the Eisenmayer Milling Company, where he was employed until 1903. He then engaged in the grocery business on Main street, in Sedalia, and about the same time engaged in the coal business. He was thus engaged until 1912, when he sold his grocery business and since that time has devoted himself to the retail coal and wood business, and has met with marked success in his undertakings. Mr. De Jarnette is also interested in farming, in Pettis County.

On August 6, 1893, James Mayo De Jarnette was united in marriage with Miss Lucinda Hardin, of Sedalia. She is a daughter of John W. and Margaret Hardin. Her father is now deceased and her mother resides in Sedalia. To Mr. and Mrs. De Jarnette have been born one child, Blanche, who is now the wife of George G. Carter, of Webb City, Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. Carter have one son, George Gilson, and a daughter, Dorothy, deceased.

Mr. De Jarnette is a public-spirited and progressive citizen, who takes a keen interest in the betterment of his town and county. He has served two years as a member of the Sedalia city council. His fraternal affilia¬ tions are with the Woodmen of the World and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

Stuart King, manager of the Central Lumber Company of Sedalia, has been identified with the business interests of this city for over a third of a century, and is one of the progressive business men of Pettis County. Mr. King was born at Port Huron, Michigan, April 23, 1868, a son of C. N. and Sarah Maria Hicks (Bassett) King. C. M. King was bom in Erie County, Ohio, August 18, 1831, and now resides in Los Angeles, California.

He spent over twenty years of his life in Pettis County, where he made a business of training race horses, and will be remembred by many as one of the well-known horsemen of this section. During the course of his career he met with two severe accidents. At Hawthorne Park, Chicago, he was so injured in a wreck that the attending physicians despaired of his life. However, he recovered and in June, 1918, he was injured again in an automobile accident, from which he has fully recovered and now, even at the advanced age of eighty-seven, he is enjoying the best of health. During the Civil War he served in the Confederate army. His wife, Sarah Maria (Hicks) Bassett, was a native of Michigan. She died June 1, 1915, at Memphis, Tennessee. By a former marriage she had one son, Morgan Bassett, who is now a locomotive engineer on the Missouri Pacific railroad, and resides in Sedalia.

Stuart King is one of a family of four children, born to his parents as follow: Charles Price, Los Angeles, California; Hattie, married Harry Stewart, Los Angeles, California; Stuart, the subject of this sketch, and Clara, married Ed Tucker.

Mr. King was educated in the public schools of Fayette, Missouri, and Sedalia, Missouri. His first employment was with the J. B. Gallie Lumber Company of Sedalia. This company was succeeded by the Central Lumber Company, of which Mr. King has been the manager since 1901. This is one of the large lumber companies of Sedalia, and does an extensive business in all kinds of lumber.

April 30, 1889, Stuart King was united in marriage with Miss Mary A. Meyer, of Sedalia. She is a daughter of Christian and Anna (Cruse) Meyer. Her mother is now deceased and her father resides in Sedalia, Missouri. To Mr. and Mrs. King has been born one daughter, Bessie N., who married Rudolph Hyatt, and they reside in Sedalia. Mr. and Mrs. Hyatt have one son, Stuart King Hyatt, born August 30, 1918, at Sedalia, Missouri.

Mr. King is a Republican, and holds membership in the Knights of Pythias and the Knights of the Maccabees. Since he came to Sedalia, thirty-four years ago, Mr. King recalls many changes. He remembers, when a boy that the "old swimming hole" was located between Sixth street and the Missouri Pacific tracks, and in winter time he has often skated in that vicinity. He remembers of Main and Ohio streets having been paved three times. He is one of the progressive and substantial men of Pettis County.

W. W. Barrett, cashier of the American Exchange Bank, of Sedalia, is one of the foremost financiers of this section of the State. Mr. Barrett was born in Boone County, Missouri, in 1873, and is a son of James V. and Joella D. (Brink) Barrett. James V. Barrett was also a native of Boone County and a son of Richard Barrett, who was one of the early pioneers of Boone County. James V. Barrett died in 1894, and his widow now resides at Centralia, Missouri.

James V. and Joella (Brink) Barrett were the parents of the follow¬ ing children: Minnie, married J. D. Cash, and is now deceased; E. R., assistant cashier of the American Exchange Bank, Sedalia, Missouri ; Mrs. Lera Meffert, Centralia, Missouri, and W. W., whose name introduces this review.

W. W. Barrett received his education in the Centralia High School, the Gem City Business College, Quincy, Illinois, and the Missouri State University, at Columbia, Missouri. After leaving the university he was principal of the public schools at Hazen, Arkansas, for two years.

Mr. Barrett began his banking career in 1895, as bookkeeper in the Bank of Centralia, Centralia, Missouri. In January, 1904, he resigned his position in this bank and organized the Commercial Bank of Wellsville, Missouri. Upon the organization of that institution Mr. Barrett became the cashier, serving in that capacity for six years. The business of this institution rapidly developed under the direction of Mr. Barrett and the bank did a very successful business. However, Mr. Barrett desired a field where the possibilities were not so limited as they are in the smaller towns. In 1911 he sold his interest in the Wellsville Bank and came to Sedalia. with a view of organizing a bank here. At that time few of the conserva¬ tive business men of Sedalia believed that there was room here for another banking institution. After a careful survey of the situation Mr. Barrett came to a different conclusion, and believed that he saw great possibilities for another bank here. Time has demonstrated the accuracy of his judg¬ ment and his keen foresight. In May, 1911, he organized the American Exchange Bank, with a capital stock of $50,000.00, and the bank opened its doors for business with the following officers : W. S. Sneed, president ; E. M. Stafford, vice-president; E. M. Shultz, second vice-president; W. W. Barrett, cashier ; E. R. Barrett, assistant cashier. In addition to the above the following gentlemen were also members of the board of directors: E. L. Kemper and Green McFarland. The personnel of the officers remain the same as they were at the organization of the bank. The directorate of the American Exchange Bank is a combination of strong, capable busi¬ ness men, which, coupled with the able, honest and conservative manage¬ ment of the cashier, has placed this bank in the front rank of the strong banking institutions of the State, now having total resources of over $1,000,000. Mr. Barrett has studied carefully the intricate problems of banking, and is one of the best-posted men on matters of finance in this section of the State. His judgment is always given serious consideration by conservative customers, who often seek his counsel and advice.

Mr. Barrett was united in marriage in 1898 with Miss Lora Davis, of Beacon, New York. One son has been born to this union, a student in the junior class of the Sedalia High School. Mr. and Mrs. Barrett have a pleasant home at 420 South Quincy avenue, Sedalia. They are members of the First Christian Church.

Dr. Nancy (Meek) Hain, A. B., B. Ed. and D. O., is one of the leading osteopaths of Sedalia. Dr. Hain is a native of Nashville, Tennessee, and the daughter of T. S. and Eula Virginia (Jones) Meek, the former a native of Arkansas, and the latter of Virginia, and they now reside at Miami, Florida. The father of Mrs. Eula Virginia Meek was an officer in the Confederate army during the Civil War. Her uncle, Julius Shepherd, also served in the Confederate army.

To T. S. and Eula Virginia (Jones) Meek were born the following children: Thomas Jones Meek, an attorney, who is now a director of the Bureau of Public Information, Washington, D. C., of which George S. Creel is chairman; Grace, married Spurgeon Wingo Sidell, Louisiana, where he is a Baptist minister, and Dr. Nancy (Meek) Hain, the subject of this sketch.

Dr. Nancy Hain attended the public schools at Philadelphia, Pennsyl¬ vania, and later entered Ouchita Baptist College at Arkadelphia, Arkansas, where she was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. She then attended the Chicago University, and later attended the Peru State Normal School, at Peru, Nebraska, where she was granted the degree of Bachelor of Education. She received her professional education at the American School of Osteopathy, Kirksville, Missouri, where she was graduated with the degree of Doctor of Osteopathy, in 1912. Doctor Hain began her pro¬ fessional career in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1912. She practiced in that city for two years, and in 1914 came to Sedalia. She specializes in diseases of women and children. She has taken special post-graduate work, and has met with unusual success since coming to Sedalia, and built up a large practice. Doctor Hain is a profound student of the principles of her great profession and a tireless worker. She was the possessor of a thorougn high-class education before taking up her professional work, which gives her a marked advantage in her professional research. She has wellequipped offices at 235, 237 and 239 Ilgenfritz building.

Albert T. Loewer, a leading merchant tailor of Sedalia, conducts the oldest established tailoring business in the city. This business was estab¬ lished in 1889, by John Cunningham, who was succeeded by Mr. Loewer in 1903. Mr. Loewer was interested in this business for eight years prior to becoming its owner, and had worked for Mr. Cunningham.

Albert T. Loewer was born in California, Missouri, and is a son of Philip William Loewer, a native of Germany, who came to America in 1854. He first located in St. Louis and then went to Boonville, Missouri, and from there came to Sedalia, prior to the Civil War. He was a tailor, and worked at his trade here prior to the Civil War, and was engaged in the general mercantile business in Sedalia for a number of years, and during the Civil War he went to California, Missouri. During the war he enlisted in the Union Army and served about three months. After the war he located at Smithton, Missouri, and in 1871 moved to Sedalia, and here followed his trade of tailor until his death. He died September 20, 1890, and his remains are interred in Crown Hill Cemetery. His widow now resides with her daughter, Mrs. Charles McDonald, at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.

Albert T. Loewer is one of the following children born to his parents : Albert T., the subject of this sketch; Matilda, married Charles McDonald, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; Amelia, married Theodore Mensch, Wicks, Arkansas; William, Cody, Wyoming; Charles, died in Sedalia at the age of twenty-two years, and Henry, died in Sedalia, at the age of nineteen.

Mr. Loewer was educated in the public schools and, before he was fourteen years of age, began learning the tailors' trade with his father, and he has continually been engaged in this line of work up to the present time. He has had a varied experience in all departments of the tailoring business. Since engaging in business here for himself he has met with marked success and has the patronage of a high-class trade, as well as a large volume of business. His place of business is located at 114-116 West Third street, and he employs seven skilled tailors. It is a recognized fact that clothes made in Loewer's tailor shop are made right, and if the customer wants the last word in style, as well as in workmanship, he can get it here.

Mr. Loewer was united in marriage March 15, 1893, to Miss Martha A. Yunker, of Sedalia, a daughter of Louis and Fredericka Yunker, both of whom are now deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Loewer have been bom one daughter, Helen Louise, who graduated from the Sedalia High School in the class of 1913, and is now the wife of Alois Hefter, of Kansas City, Missouri, who is now serving in the United States Army.

George M. Pemberton, treasurer of Pettis County, is a native of this county and is a descendant of Pettis County pioneer stock on both his paternal and maternal sides. Mr. Pemberton was born in Elk Fork town¬ ship, and is a son of George M. and Melissa (Pemberton) Pemberton, both natives of Kentucky. George M. Pemberton, Sr., first came to Pettis County in 1834 and selected a location. At that time he came from Ken¬ tucky and returned, on horseback. The following year he returned to Pettis County, driving through from Kentucky with an ox team and wagon. He entered land here from the government at a cost of $1.25 per acre. He became quite an extensive land owner and at one time owned about 800 acres. He raised stock extensively and prospered. He died in 1879. His wife, Melissa M. Pemberton, was a daughter of Jesse and Elizabeth Pember¬ ton, who also came from Kentucky to Pettis County in 1834. They entered land from the government in Elk Fork township, six miles southwest of LaMonte. Melissa M. Pemberton departed this life in 1859, and the remains of both her and her husband rest, side by side, in the Pemberton Cemetery, which is located twelve miles west of Sedalia. This is one of the first cemeteries of Pettis County, and George Pemberton, father of Jesse Pemberton, and maternal great grandfather of George M. Pemberton, of this review, was the first to be buried in this cemetery. He was buried there in 1844, and George M. Pemberton, Sr., cut and placed a tombstone of native sandstone at his grave, in 1844, and the inscription which was chiseled in this stone can be easily read today.

George M. Pemberton, Jr., attended the district schools of Pettis County in his boyhood days, and later entered the State Normal School at Warrensburg, where he was graduated in the class of 1881. He then taught school about two years, when he came to Sedalia and engaged in the grocery and hardware business, and for twenty-four years he was engaged in the mercantile business in Sedalia. In 1912 he was elected county treasurer, and at the expiration of his term, in 1916, he was re-elected to that office, and is now serving Pettis County in that capacity. He is an efficient and courteous public official, and as such, has given gen¬ eral satisfaction to the people of this county.

Mr. Pemberton was united in marriage March 24, 1884, to Miss Grace B. Walters, of Coffeyville, Kansas. She is a daughter of Warren and Lydia Walters. They were pioneer settlers in the western part of Pettis County, and later removed to Coffeyville, Kansas, where they both died. Mr. and Mrs. Pemberton had one son, Oren W., who died in Prescott, Arizona, October 28, 1918. He was married to Miss Edna Berger, who survives him.

James K. Lacey. - The Lacey family is one of the oldest in Pettis County, the grandfather of James K. Lacey having settled in Missouri in 1836 - over eighty-two years ago. The Laceys settled in Bowling Green township, when there were but few people living in the neighbor¬ hood and hardly any settlers on the prairie. Much of the land hereabouts was unimproved, and there were but few towns in the county, nor roads of any consequence, very little fencing, and people traveled in the nearest straight line across country to their destination.

James K. Lacey, proprietor of a splendid farm of 320 acres in Bowling Green township, was born February 11, 1867, within sight of his present home. He is the son of George W. Lacey, who was the son of James Lacey, pioneer.

George W. Lacey was born May 16, 1828, in Kentucky, and died in Pettis County, July 31, 1911. He was a son of James and Lydia (Stewart) Lacey, of Kentucky, both of whom were children of Virginia parents, who were Kentucky pioneers. James Lacey migrated to Pettis County in 1836, entered government land and also purchased land from the Al¬ corns. He died in Cooper County, where he spent his last days at the home of one of his sons. He had a family of eight children. During the Civil War, George W. Lacey served in the Missouri State Militia. He married Louisa Ann Wright who was born in Kentucky, October 28, 1835, a daughter of Felix Grundy and Ella (Wheeler) Wright who came to Pettis County in 1845. The children born to George and Louisa Ann Lacey are: Felix Wright, living on a farm south of Sedalia; Sarah, wife of W. A. Snapp, Henry County, Missouri ; Mrs. Angeline Shy, living near Miles City, Montana; Mrs. Mollie Lee, Maryville, Nodaway County, Mis¬ souri; Mrs. Belle Warren, Sedalia, Missouri; Mrs. Sue Leftwich, near Lookout, Missouri; Mrs. Josephine Shy, Sedalia; James K, subject of this sketch ; George W. Lacey, Sedalia. George W. Lacey lived all of his days in Pettis County, and became owner of 400 acres of land, owning

James K. Lacey And Family

James K. Lacey was educated in the common schools and Central Business College of Sedalia. When he became of age he began farming on his own account and purchased during past years practically all of the home place, and is now owner of 320 acres of well improved farm land. Mr. Lacey is engaged in general farming and stock raising and threshed 1,650 bushels of wheat from a tract of eighty-five acres in 1918. He has sown for the 1919 harvest, ninety acres to wheat. He raises Shorthorn cattle and Poland China hogs, his herd of cattle being led by a registered male Shorthorn, his drove leader also being a thoroughbred registered boar.

Mr. Lacey was married February 28, 1894, to Miss Mollie T. True, of Vernon County, Missouri, a daughter of Benjamin F. and Mary Jane (White) True, who settled in Pettis County. The children born to James K. and Mollie E. Lacey are: George W., Annabel, James K., Mary True, Lena May, Felix and Ruth. George W. Lacey, a private in the remount department of the National Army, stationed at Tacoma, Washington, was bom April 18, 1895, and entered the service while living in Montana where he went in 1916. His skill with horses caused his being placed in the remount department of the service. Annabel Lacey is a graduate of the Sedalia High School, studied in the State Normal School at Warrensburg and is now teaching near Longwood. James K., aged twenty-one years, studied in Sedalia High School and assists his father on the home farm. Mary Tme, Lena May and Felix are attending Sedalia High School. Ruth is aged fourteen years and attending the district school in the eighth grade. Annabel, Lena and Felix each received a four years scholarship to the Sedalia High School.

Mr. Lacey is a Democrat and keeps well informed on the issues of the day, and is a pleasant, agreeable citizen who has the best interests of his home county at heart. He and the members of his family worship at the M. E. Church South.

W. W. Blain, a prominent Pettis County attorney, with offices in the Ugenfritz building, Sedalia, is a native of Missouri. He was bom in Ray County September 26, 1874, a son of James William and Lucy (Taylor) Blain. James William Blain, was also born in Ray County, April 1, 1844. He was a son of Samuel Blain, a native of Kentucky, who was one of the early pioneer settlers of Ray County, Missouri, where he spent the latter

James William Blain, although but seventeen years old when the Civil War broke out, enlisted in the Confederate army, and served until the close of the war. He served under General Gates and General Cockrell. He was with the Confederate army that fought Sherman on his march to the sea, and his command surrendered at Blakely, Alabama, shortly after General Lee surrendered. He went through the war without being severely wounded, although on one occasion he was struck by a piece of timber which was blown from the breastworks by an exploding shell. He now lives on his farm, near Orrick, Ray County.

Lucy (Taylor) Blain, wife of James William Blain, was born in Ray County December 23, 1844, and is also a descendant of pioneer stock of that section of Missouri. Her father, Daniel Taylor, was a Virginian, and a very early settler in Ray County. He was born in 1802, and died in Ray County in 1886, after a long, useful and upright life.

James William and Lucy (Taylor) Blain were the parents of the following children : Mrs. Sarah Rae, Orrick, Missouri ; Mrs. Mattie Blain, Marshfield, Oregon; W. W. Blain, the subject of this sketch; Mrs. Lulu McKinney, deceased ; Samuel R., died in 1916 ; George T., Orrick, Missouri ; Mary, married Lee Carter, Orrick, Missouri, and Jessie, married Clark Gladman, North Bend, Oregon.

W. W. Blain received his early education in the public schools of Ray Co'unty and, after teaching school for a time, he attended the State Normal School at Warrensburg, Missouri. He then taught three years more, after which he attended William Jewell College, and in 1902 he entered the University of Missouri at Columbia, taking the law course. Eighteen months after entering the university he passed the bar examination and was admitted to the bar. However, he continued in the university until he completed his course, and received the degree of Bachelor of Laws. Mr. Blain was married December 19, 1918, to Jewell Murphy, of Sedalia, a daughter of Judge F. A. Murphy, of St. Clair, Missouri. Mrs. Jewell Blain is a native of St. Clair, Missouri. She was educated at Springfield, Missouri, graduated from the high school of that city, and taught school for a few years before engaging in the millinery business at Sedalia.

June 26, 1905, Mr. Blain engaged in the practice of law at Sedalia, and since that time has been actively engaged in the practice of his pro¬ fession and is recognized as one of the able lawyers of Pettis County. In

1905 and 1906 he was assistant prosecuting attorney, when Mr. C. C. Kelly held the office of prosecuting attorney. In 1908 Mr. Blain was elected city attorney for Sedalia. He is a Republican, and takes an active interest in political affairs. In 1912 he was a candidate for congress in the Seventh Congressional District. In addition to his active career as a lawyer, Mr. Blain is also interested in farming in Pettis County, and owns three farms in Washington township. He is one of the progressive and public-spirited men of this county, and has an extensive acquaintance, and, by his genial and courteous manner and straightforward methods, has won many friends.

Mr. Blain is a member of the First Baptist Church of Sedalia. He is affiliated with the Sedalia Blue Lodge of Masons, No. 236 ; St. Omar Commandery, Knights Templar, of Sedalia; Central Council of Royal and Select Masters, and is a Noble of the Mystic Shrine, Ararat Temple, Kansas City; Order of Eastern Star; Woodmen of the World, Camp No. 16; the Circle Auxiliary, Lodge of Ben-Hur; Modern Woodmen of America, No. 5,570, and Knights and Ladies of Security, Queen City Council No. 564, of which he is past president.

Robert Henry Cotton, a successful farmer and stockman of Smithton, Missouri, who has recently received a splendid testimonial of the esteem in which he is held by his fellow citizens by his election to the office of Judge of the County Court, and will represent the Eastern district for the ensuing two years.

The Cotton farm is a beautiful tract of land, the surface of which is rolling and the soil very fertile. A pretty white farmhouse sets on the hillside, and is fronted by a green lawn ornamented with handsome shad.e trees. The farm is devoted to the raising of Hereford cattle, the Cotton herd now comprising fifteen cows and a registered white face male herd leader. Mr. Cotton raises and feeds for market from fifty to seventy-five head of pure-bred Duroc Jersey hogs each year. The heavy farm work is done with a tractor, which enables Mr. Cotton to plow the soil deep, and thus insure better crops.

Judge R. H. Cotton was bom at Versailles, Kentucky, January 12, 1877, the son of William Samuel Cotton, a native of Kentucky, who died in 1881. His wife was Mary S. Stockton, a native of Covington, Kentucky, and a daughter of George Jewett Stockton, of Virginia. William S. and Mary S. Cotton were parents of four children: Augusta L., living in Sedalia ; Louie R., wife of Frost Waddell, an employe of the Missouri, Kan-

The Cotton family, consisting of Mrs. Cotton and the children, moved to Sedalia in 1884, and the children were reared and educated in the city. R. H. Cotton attended the public and high schools of Sedalia, and in 1895 entered the employ of the Ely & Walker Dry Goods Company of St. Louis, and remained a valued employe of this firm for twelve years. In 1907 he returned to Pettis County and purchased a farm of 160 acres. In 1917 he added 112.5 acres. Mr. Cotton has remodeled the house, and made many substantial and attractive improvements.

January 10, 1907, Robert Henry Cotton and Pansy C. Fowler, of Smithton township, were united in marriage. Pansy C. Cotton is a daugh¬ ter of the late John G. and Jane L. Fowler, of Smithton township, and members of one of the oldest Missouri pioneer families, an account of whom appears in this volume in the sketch of B. B. Fowler. To Judge R. H. and Pansy C. Cotton have been born the following children: Jane Mary, born March 28, 1908; Ruth Helen, bom June 12, 1911; Robert Fowler, bom August 9, 1913; Betty Bob, bom October 13, 1914.

In politics Mr. Cotton is a Republican, and and one of the leaders of his party in Pettis County. He was elected to the office of county judge in November of 1918, without opposition. Mrs. Cotton and the children are members of the Christian Church. Judge Cotton is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He is a member of the advisory board of three members which managers the Farmers' Elevator at Smithton, and is commissioner of the Special Road District of Smithton township. He is a member of the County Council of Defense, and is secretary of the local council. During 1918 his activities in behalf of the Liberty Loan drives and the Red Cross and kindred drives engrossed much of Mr. Cotton's time. In every Liberty Loan drive he has taken the lead as an able and willing solicitor, and it is through his example and persistent work as a leader that Smithton has taken a leading place in the war activities in Pettis County.

Frank L. Wright, cashier of the Smithton Bank, Smithton, Missouri, was born in Ohio May 21, 1854, and is a son of Alexander M. and Susan (Edmiston) Wright, who came to Pettis County in 1866.

Alexander M. Wright was bom in 1827 in Ross County, Ohio, and died in California in November, 1912. He was a son of Joseph Wright, a native of Pennsl vania. Alexander M. Wright came to Pettis County, Missouri, in 1866, and located on a farm near Beaman, where he resided for two years. He then purchased a farm near Smithton, where he was successfully engaged in farming and stock raising until 1892, when he removed to California, and there spent the remainder of his days. Mrs. Susan (Edmiston) Wright was bom in Ohio in 1830, and died in California in 1893. They were parents of three children: Mrs. Jennie R. Sawdey, living in California; Frank L., subject of this review, and Amzi C., living in California.

F. L. Wright was educated in the common schools and the Warrensburg Normal College. He was reared on the farm, and assisted his father in tilling the soil until his school days were over. He taught school for six seasons, and then engaged in the merchandise business in Smithton. He was successfully engaged in merchandising until 1891, at which time he disposed of his business and organized the Smithton bank, of which he is cashier.

Mr. Wright was married in 1879 to Miss Mollie L. Sallaway, of Smithton, a daughter of Rev. A. P. Sallaway, a minister of the Methodist Epis¬ copal Church, who died in 1889. Mr. and Mrs. Wright have two children: Mrs. Kate V. Wakefield, Smithton, Missouri, mother of three children - Reginald, or "Rex," Zina F. and Vivian; Rex A., son of F. L. Wright, is assistant cashier of the Third National Bank of Sedalia, married Millie Cowan, and has one child, Evelyn.

Mr. Wright is a Republican, and is a member of the Methodist Epis¬ copal Church. Fraternally, he is a member of the Modem Woodmen of America, and is a leader in business affairs of his home town.

William Montgomery, prosperous farmer of Smithton, Missouri, pro¬ prietor of a well-improved farm of 270 acres, adjoining the town of Smithton on the east, is a self-made man, who has dug every dollar which he owns out of the soil. Mr. Montgomery has owned his fine farm since 1902, and has made many improvements on the place, including a large barn, 60x60 feet, the lower story of which is built of reinforced concrete. Mr. Montgomery is a breeder of Aberdeen Angus cattle, and has a fine herd of cattle of this splendid breed to the number of forty, several of which are registered pure-breds. He also specializes in pure-bred Poland China hogs, and raises about fifty hogs annually.

Mr. Montgomery was bom in North Antrim, Ireland, in 1862, of Scotch-Irish ancestry. He was the son of John and Sarah (Christy) Mont¬ gomery, who resided on a farm in Ireland. When a youth, William Mont¬ gomery conceived the idea of coming to America. For several months he worked for a wage of two pounds, or ten dollars, for a six months' period, and eventually saved six pounds, or thirty dollars, which paid his passage to Quebec, Canada, and left a few dollars over after he landed. Four young men - George Hunter, Hugh Beardsley, John Markey and William Mont¬ gomery - came to the Dominion from Ireland. George Hunter and Mr. Montgomery pooled their total cash resources, and kept the money in a leather bolt. Upon arriving in the States they discovered that there were not enough funds to take them both to Geneseo, New York, where they expected to join friends and secure employment. Hunter took the money which was in the belt and left for Geneseo, with the promise that he would eventually send for his partner. William was left in New York with but ten cents in his purse, alone and without friends or acquaintances. He waited for some time to hear from his partner, and then hired to a Mr. Barnes, at Castle Garden, for $16 per month. He worked for two months and received $20 as his pay. He then went to Geneseo, and was employed on a large estate for four months. The other two boys, who were left in Montreal, went to Berea, Ohio, and obtained work in the Berea stone quarries. The great Chicago fire, occurring about this time, started a boom in the Berea quarries, and Mr. Montgomery secured work there at a wage of $2.00 per day. In the spring of the next year he left Berea and made his way to Illinois, where he worked for eight years at a wage of $20 per month. At Kankakee, Illinois, he was married, in 1880, to Mary Wiley, who was born in Ireland in 1861.

For six years after his marriage Mr. Montgomery tilled rented land in Illinois, and in 1886 he went to Butler County, Nebraska, and purchased a farm of 120 acres. He sold out in 1894 and went to Washington County, Kansas, where he bought a farm of 160 acres. He sold this tract in 1902, and came to Pettis County and purchased his present home place. Mr. Montgomery's fine farm is free from debt, and he has the satisfaction of knowing that he owes no man a dollar, and has earned every dollar that he possesses.

To William and Mary (Wiley) Montgomery have been born the fol¬ lowing children: Walter, a druggist at Greenleaf, Kansas; Maggie, wife of Will Jackson, Smithton ; Grover, owner of a thirty-acre farm, and rural mail carrier, Smithton, Missouri; William, a dentist, Sedalia, Missouri; Clifton, assisting his father on the home place ; Gordon, with the Citizens National Bank, Sedalia; Lena, a teacher in the public schools; Hazel, a student in Smithton High School ; Burt, died at the age of eight years.

Mr. Montgomery is a Democrat, but leaves political matters for the politicians, being content to cast his vote at election time. He was reared in the Presbyterian faith, but he and his family worship at the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America.

William B. Myers, senior member of the firm of W. B. Myers & Brother, Smithton, Missouri, has been engaged in business in Smithton since 1887. Mr. Myers began business in Smithton with but $64 cash capital, and the firm now carries a stock of over $2,000 worth of goods in groceries and confectionery. In 1892 Mr. Myers was joined by his brother, Jacob A. Myers.

During the past year the Myers Brothers have become interested in the coal mining business, and with others operating under the firm name of Cook, Barker & Myers, are mining coal in a large deposit of cannel coal, situated four miles south of Smithton, on the Cook farm. The coal is mined by a shaft sunk to a depth, at the present time, of forty-two feet, and the mine was opened in June, 1918. Two drifts are now being run from the bottom of the shaft, and the depth of the coal has not yet been ascertained, it being what is called in mining circles a large "pocket," or field deposit, of unknown width and depth. Coal is shipped to Sedalia by motor trucks, and a steam hoist is in operation at the shaft. A vein of "jack," a mineral heavy in lead and rozin deposit, and almost pure lead, is also mined with the coal. This vein, while a thin one, has yielded a total of five hundred pounds of almost pure lead at this writing, October, 1918.

W. B. Myers was born January 28, 1861, near Cottleville, St. Charles County, Missouri, a son of John B. and Mary A. Myers, who were born and reared in St. Charles County. John B. Myers was a son of Col. Henry Myers, a native of Germany, who settled in St. Charles County as early as 1839, and was a widely known citizen of that county. John B. Myers was born in 1846 and died in 1910. He was the father of six children : Charles E., Thurman, Iowa; Mrs. Mary A. Moses, St. Louis, Missouri; John D., Washington, Missouri; Jacob A., in partnership with his brother; a child died in infancy.

Reared on his father's farm in St. Charles County, W. B. Myers received such schooling as was afforded by the district schools. He fol¬ lowed farming until he came to Pettis County and was employed as a clerk in the store of Wright & Taylor, at Smithton. His first stock of goods which he ordered from John N. Dolby, wholesaler of Sedalia, took all of his cash, and he was compelled to ask the freight agent to wait until he had sold enough stuff to pay the freight. The agent kindly did so, and on the first day that Mr. Myers opened for business he sold enough goods to pay his freight. From the first day he began business Mr. Myers has prospered and, besides his store and mining interests, he owns an entire block in Smithton, and the firm owns the brick building in which the business is quartered. He is also owner of valuable city property in Doug¬ las, Kansas.

Mr. Myers was married in July, 1893, to Miss Rose Beasmore, of Sedalia, a daughter of R. G. Beasmore, who served as a locomotive engineer on the Missouri Pacific Railway for a number of years.

Mr. and Mrs. Myers have one son, Forest B. Myers, whom they gave to the service of his country. He was born February 4, 1895, and went in training at Camp Dodge, Iowa, May 24, 1918, and is now in France as bugler in Company H, 351st Battalion, Infantry, National Army. Jacob A. Myers, the brother, was born October 17, 1864, in St. Charles County, Missouri.

W. B. Myers is a Democrat, and has served four years as justice of the peace of Smithton township. He is a member of the Methodist Epis¬ copal Church. For the past fifteen years he has been clerk of the Smithton Lodge of Modern Woodmen of America, and is affiliated with the Royal Neighbors, the Woodmen of the World of Sedalia, and the Circle Auxiliary to the Woodmen of the World.

Samuel W. James, a Spanish-American War veteran, who for a number of years was prominently identified with the National Guard of Missouri, is now a leading real estate and insurance man of Sedalia. Mr. James is a native of Pettis County and is a descendant of Colonial ances¬ try. The James family was founded in America, by Benjamin James who settled in Rhode Island in 1665.

Samuel W. James was born in Washington township, Pettis County, February 7, 1871, the only child born to his parents, Samuel B. and Louvina M. (Jaynes) James. The father was bom in Richmond, Rhode Island, January 10, 1816, and died in Pettis County, April 29, 1884. The mother was born in Indiana, November 10, 1839, and died in Pettis County, February 25, 1907. Samuel B. James left his native State and went to Illinois in 1834, when he was eighteen years of age. He was en¬ gaged in farming and stock raising there until 1866 when he came to Missouri and settled in Washington township, Pettis County. During the Civil War he was a member of the Home Guards in Illinois.

Samuel W. James was educated in the public schools of Pettis County and Central Business College, Sedalia. After finishing school he ac¬ cepted a position as bookkeeper and cashier with the Gazette Printing

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Company. Later he was connected with the circulation and advertising departments. He followed newspaper work in Sedalia, for over twenty years, during which time he was connected with the Gazette, Democrat, Sentinel and Capital. In 1895 Mr. James and George H. Healey estab¬ lished the Free Press, a weekly newspaper published at Sedalia, for a time, but has been suspended for several years.

In 1911, Mr. James engaged in the real estate and insurance business which he has since successfully followed. His offices are located in the Ilgenfritz Building, where he carries on a general insurance and real estate business.

In April, 1898, Mr. James was united in marriage with Miss Rose E. Grosshans, of Sedalia. The following children have been born to this union: Violet A., a teacher, Sedalia; Samuel W., who is now serving in the United States Navy, having enlisted June 17, 1918, when he was eighteen years of age; Rose E., deceased; George B. ; Alice E. ; Vera I.; Randall T., deceased; and Benjamin J., deceased; also twin girl who died at birth.

For years Mr. James was active in the local National Guard. He became a member of the Sedalia Company, as early as 1892. When the Spanish-American War broke out he was serving as second lieutenant and volunteered with the other members of his company. He was later promoted to first lieutenant. After the Spanish-American War he or¬ ganized a company of National Guard in Sedalia and was elected cap¬ tain, serving in that capacity for six years, when in 1905 he was elected major in the second regiment N. G. M. and served in that capacity until June, 1910, when he resigned. In 1912, the Sixth Regiment, National Guard needed more companies to fill its quota and Major James organized a battalion in central Missouri, composed of companies from Sedalia, Boonville, Warrensburg and Cole Camp. In July, 1916, at the request of the State authorities, he organized the Sedalia Machine Gun Company, with a view of going to the Mexican border with this organization. How¬ ever, owing to the pressure of private affairs, he was compelled to refuse the captaincy of this company, which went into the service under the command of Captain W. F. Logan.

Major James' activity in military work bore results of inestimable value in the World War. Many of the officers from this section of Mis¬ souri, who distinguished themselves on the battlefields of France, re¬ ceived their early military training under Major James. Those who might be mentioned as having been connected with his organization are Major T. F. Hardin, Major J. F. Kennedy, Captain W. F. Logan, Captain Roy Wells, as well as many lieutenants and non-commissioned officers.

Major James is a Republican and has been prominently identified with local politics for a number of years. He has been secretary of the Republican City Central Committee for the past six years, and in 1918 was elected Probate Judge of Pettis County on the Republican ticket, for a four-year term, beginning January 1, 1919.

Major James is a member of the Woodman of the World, the Modem Woodman of America of which he is clerk of the local camp No. 5570. He is also a member of the Knights of Pythias and president of the Ninth District of the Missouri Pythian Association, and he is also a member of the Mystic Workers of the World.

No biographer can do justice to the character of such a man as Judge James. As a leader of men and as an organizer, he has few peers, and no superiors in central Missouri. This rare gift being used not to impose or to perpetuate wrong, but to vindicate and enforce justice and right. Fortunate, indeed, the candidate whose cause he espoused, and favored the cause whose principles he championed.

Judge James is an indefatigable worker. Intensely loyal to his friends, with broad charity that knows no creed or party lines; with patriotism that is almost a passion; with a love of home and his fellow man which he holds sacred and inviolable; all are traits that he has man¬ ifested in no uncertain manner by the use he has made of his time, his talent, and his purse. Well has he merited the confidence reposed in him by the people of Pettis County, and well has he earned the eminence to which he has attained by his honesty and progressiveness; by his sturdy championship of the right; by his unswerving devotion to duty; and by an insatiable desire to measure up to the highest standard of American citizenship.

Adam Richter. - The blacksmithing and wagon shop owned and operated by A. Richter, Smithton, Missouri, is one of the landmarks of eastern Pettis County. The Richters, A. Richter & Son, operate one of the busiest shops in the county, and in addition they carry a line of agricul¬ tural implements which are retailed to the farmers of the surrounding country. Three men are constantly employed to care for the custom work. The business was first established by A. Richter in 1895, and after having a series of partners he associated his son with him in the business until

A. Richter was born in Germany in 1862, and is the son of Adam and Eva (Stoehr) Richter, who lived all of their lives in their native land. When sixteen years of age Adam Richter, subject of this sketch, was apprenticed to leam the trade of wagon maker and blacksmith. He served an apprenticeship of two and a half years, and became thoroughly grounded in the rudiments of his trade. In 1879 he immigrated to America, and upon landing upon the soil of his adopted country he had exactly thirty dollars with which to begin his career. Mr. Richter went from New York to Illinois, and after remaining in that State for a month he made his way to St. Louis, where he was employed at his trade for five years. In 1884 he located at Walnut Creek, Missouri, and after a sojourn there of one and a half years, he located in Smithton, in 1886. Here he has been profit¬ ably employed for the past thirty-two years. In former years the Richter shop made wagons for the trade in their entirety, but this department of the establishment has lately given way to the factory-made wagons, and only repair work is now done by the shop force.

Mr. Richter was married in 1885 to Miss Louisa Wiedemeyer, who was born in St. Louis in 1855, and departed this life in 1904. She was a daugh¬ ter of Charles P. Wiedemeyer, of St. Louis, Missouri. Seven of the nine children born of this marriage have been reared to maturity : Mrs. Mayme Bluhm, living on a farm one-half mile west of Smithton; Lillie, wife of George Cook, living south of Smithton; Carl, assisting his father in the shop; Julius J., a soldier in the National Army; Lawrence W., an American aviator in the National Army ; Lulu, residing with her sister, Mrs. Bluhm ; Anton, at home with his father.

Lieut. Julius J. Richter was bom October 8, 1893, and at the time of his enlistment in the National Army was his father's partner in the busi¬ ness. He enlisted in August, 1917, and was sergeant of Company Q, 6th Missouri National Guard. He entered the officers' training school at Camp Doniphan, and became eligible to a commission in March, 1918. He received his commission as second lieutenant in France in June, 1918, and was assigned to the Third Headquarters Battalion, 140th Infantry, 35th Division of the American Expeditionary Forces. Lieut. Julius J. Richter led his men in the Battle of Argonne Forest with the 35th Division, and was badly wounded. He received nine wounds in the left arm and the right leg. This division covered itself with glory and materially aided in clearing the Argonne Forest of the enemy. At this writing (December, 1918,) Lieu¬ tenant Richter is in an American base hospital in France, suffering from his wounds, which have not yet healed. He and his men were making a charge in the forest on or about September 26, 1918, when he fell, riddled with bullets from a German machine gun and shrapnel. Lawrence W. Richter was born December 2, 1895, and enlisted in July, 1917, in the aviation department, and was assigned to the 475th Aero Battalion of the American Expeditionary Forces. He enlisted in the service while a resident of Chicahaukee, Oklahoma. He holds rank as sergeant, and at this writing he is on his way home from France and is at Camp Mills, New York.

In politics Mr. Richter has always been a Republican. He has held many local offices in Smithton, has served as mayor of the town, president of the school board, and is now filling the post of town treasurer. He is a member of the German Methodist Church and is affiliated with the Modern Woodmen of America and the Modern Brotherhood of America.

Dr. Charles A. Wiest, successful practicing physician, Smithton, Mis¬ souri, was born in Millersburg, Pennsylvania, May 19, 1873. He is the son of John E. and Linda (Wirt) Wiest, both of whom were born and reared in Pennsylvania and come of the sturdy Pennsylvania Dutch stock, for which that State is noted. John E. Wiest moved to Hickory Corners, Pennsylvania, when Charles A. was but a boy, and he kept a general store there for many years prior to his retirement to Millersburg. John E. Wiest died at his home in Millersburg, Pennsylvania, in 1904, and his widow still lives in that city. John E. and Linda Wiest were parents of the following children: Dr. Charles A. Wiest, of this review; Mrs. Fred G. Bowman, Millersburg, Pennsylvania; Mrs. 0. S. Novinger, Millersburg, Pennsylvania.

After attending the public schools of his native town and the Porter¬ ville Academy, New York, Doctor Wiest studied for one year in the University of Pennsylvania. He then studied medicine for three years in the University of Maryland and graduated in 1897. After one year of practice in Cole Camp, Missouri, the Doctor practiced at Stover, Missouri, for eighteen years. In 1917 he went to Kansas City and practiced in that city for one year, and then located in Smithton, Missouri, in May, 1918. For one winter Doctor Wiest was connected with hospital work in Kansas City, and has constantly advanced in his profession through wide experi¬ ence gained in his hospital work. He has well-equipped offices in Smithton, and has an excellent and lucrative practice.

Doctor Wiest was married in June, 1900, to Miss Bertha V. Wilson, of Stover, Missouri, a daughter of James D. Wilson, of Stover. Doctor and Mrs. Wiest have children as follow: Loyette Irene, bom March, 1901, student in Smithton High School; Raymond J., bom September 8, 1902; Rachel G., bom July, 1904; John E., bom February, 1906; Ralph F., born September, 1908. Raymond J. Wiest is probably the youngest enlisted soldier from Pettis County in the National Army, and one of the youngest in the army. He enlisted on October 7, 1917, as a private in the Regular United States Army, and is now in the ordnance department detachment, located at Fort Hancock, Sandy Hook, New Jersey, where he is an expert cannon tester. He became proficient in this department of the service and the army authorities placed him on duty at Sandy Hook testing grounds. During his service there he participated in the shooting of a German spy, whom he and a comrade caught or observed prowling about the grounds.

Doctor Wiest volunteered his services in the Medical Reserve Corps in May, 1917, soon after war was declared, and was rejected by the exam¬ ining board on account of a slight physical disability. He again tried to enter the service in March, 1918.

Doctor Wiest is a member of the Missouri Medical Society, the Morgan County (Missouri) Medical Society and the American Medical Association. He is fraternally affiliated with the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Versailles, is a Progressive Republican in politics, and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Lawrence Edward Heffernan. - The farm owned by "Ed" Heffeman, Democratic Central Committeeman in Smithton township, consisting of 240 acres, is one of the best improved and productive agricultural plants in this section of Missouri. This farm is the place formerly owned by E. N. Norton, and Mr. Heffernan has owned the tract since 1913. He has made many improvements on the tract, and has built considerable lines of hog-tight wire fencing, erected a silo of one hundred tons capacity, painted all buildings white, and has a large bam, 62x70 feet. The white color scheme of the buildings shows to good advantage on the countryside and gives a distinct tone and appearance to the Heffernan place. While the corn crop in Missouri was almost a total failure during the past season, 1918, Mr. Heffeman raised twenty bushels to the acre on his land, a fair yield on a tract of thirty acres. He harvested ninety-four acres of wheat, from which he threshed a total of 2,400 bushels of No. 1 grade wheat. For the next season he has sown one hundred and ten acres of wheat. Mr.

Heffernan is a believer in the benefits of having sheep on the farm, and has a drove of forty-five head of extra mixed Shropshires and Oxfords, with a pure-bred Shropshire buck as drove leader. The Heffernan farm is noted for its pure-bred Chester White hogs, of which there are sixty head, and also a herd of forty-four head of white-faced Herefords, includ¬ ing twenty head of cows, seventeen calves, three heifers and steers, and two other cows, with a pure-bred registered herd leader. Eleven head of splendid Percherons do the farm work.

L. E. Heffernan was born in Tazewell County, Illinois, February 5, 1876, and was reared in Logan County, Illinois. He is the son of Richard and Catherine (Gabbett) Heffernan, the former of whom was a native of Ireland. Richard Heffernan was born in Ireland in 1841, and died in 1884. He immigrated to America in 1860, and worked his way from New York to Illinois, and eventually located in the central part of the State, where he rented land for some years and eventually became owner of a fine farm, which served as his homestead until his death. Catherine (Gabbett) Heffernan was born in 1848, and died in 1886. To Richard and Catherine Heffernan were born two sons and two daughters: Mrs. Della Sparrow, Delevan, Illinois ; Emma, died at the age of fourteen years ; Law¬ rence Edward, subject of this sketch, and William Martin, killed by a stroke of lightning in 1896.

Mr. Heffernan was reared to the life of a farmer in Illinois, and came to Missouri in 1901. He engaged in farming with his uncle, William Gab¬ bett, who now resides on a farm two miles east of LaMonte. He lived with his uncle until his marriage, on June 30, 1908, to Jennie R. Norton, who has borne him children as follow: Edward Norton Heffernan, bom December 25, 1910, and Catherine Elizabeth, bom April 28, 1916. Mrs. Jennie R. Heffernan was bom on a farm in Smithton township, the place where she is now living, the daughter of E. Newton and Elizabeth (Lamm) Norton, both of whom were natives of Ohio, resided in Pettis County for a number of years, and are now making their home in El Paso, Texas. The following children were bom to E. Newton and Elizabeth Norton: Fred W., a busi¬ ness man, of El Paso, Texas; Miles R., deceased; Benjamin, engaged in business in El Paso, Texas, and Mrs. Jennie R. Heffernan, of this review.

Mr. Heffernan is a Democrat, member of the Democratic County Cen¬ tral Committee, and is school director. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Modem Woodmen of America. He is a member of the County Council of Defense, and has been an active and tireless solicitor in each of the Liberty Loan drives in the county, besides having subscribed for over two thousand dollars' worth of Liberty Bonds and made heavy contributions to the Red Cross and kindred war relief funds. He is one of the best and most progressive citizens of Pettis county, who has rapidly forged to the front ranks of citizenship since coming to Pettis County.

William J. Imhauser. - "Highland View Farm," owned and operated by William J. Imhauser, Smithton township, and consisting of 162.5 acres, is rightly named because of the broad view obtained from it of the surrounding country. This farm is well improved with a good residence and buildings and is devoted to the raising of Shorthorn cattle and Poland China hogs. Mr. Imhauser owns another farm of 105 acres further south and has 24.5 acres of river bottom land.

W. J. Imhauser was born April 25, 1875 on a farm in Lake Creek township. He is a son of Edward Imhauser, who was born in Germany, near the city of Frankfort, February 2, 1848 and died July 19, 1910. He was the son of Henry Imhauser who immigrated to America in 1848. Henry Imhauser was an early settler in Lake Creek township, Pettis County and here Edward was reared to manhood. During the Civil War, Henry Imhauser served as captain of the Missouri Infantry Guards, a company raised in Pettis County. He was shot in the neck at the battle of Cole Camp and died two years later from the effects of the wound. Edward Imhauser was also shot by guerillas while defending the home during his father's absence at the front. When his father was badly wounded he assisted him to his home.

Edward Imhauser developed a fine farm in Lake Creek township and became owner of several hundred acres of land. At the time of his death he owned 500 acres, although he had previously owned 900 acres. He was twice married, his first wife being Alvina Lucke, who died in 1887, leaving the following children: Lea E., deceased; William J., subject of this sketch; Henry, an employe in the Missouri Pacific shops; Mrs. Augusta Twinter, Cole Camp, Missouri; Mrs. Johanna Castle, Sedalia, Missouri. By a second marriage with Julia Pfeiffer there were two children: Mrs. Margaret Lewis, Sedalia, whose husband is an enlisted man in the United States Navy; Edna, at home with her mother who resides in Sedalia.

unimproved at $35 an acre and erected all of the buildings on the land, and now has a splendid farm. Mr. Imhauser was married on November 23, 1898 to Rosa Pfeiffer of Iron Mountain, Missouri, a daughter of Philip and Alegunda Pfeiffer, former residents of Sedalia, who are now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Imhaused have children as follow: Gertrude, aged nineteen, is active in Red Cross work; Philip, born December 25, 1903, is a student in the Smithton High School.

Mr. Imhauser is a Democrat and is well known throughout his section of Pettis County as an able and industrious citizen. He is a member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church in East Sedalia.

Frederick L. Ludemann, a prominent merchant of Sedalia and former mayor of that city, is a native of South Carolina. He was born at Walhalla, South Carolina, September 23, 1864, a son of Cord H. and Mary (Bencken) Ludemann. The father was born in Hanover, Germany, Feb¬ ruary 23, 1827. He was a decorator in early life and in 1852 came to America and settled in South Carolina, naturalization papers being granted him in 1857. He was engaged in the manufacture of brick in that State until 1866, when he came to Missouri and settled in Sedalia. Here he was engaged in contracting and building. He prospered in his business and acquired considerable property in Sedalia, and was the owner of a number of residences. He was also interested in other enter¬ prises; was a director in several of the local building and loan associa¬ tions, and was a founder and charter member of the Evangelical Church. He was active in business affairs until within a few months of his death, June 15, 1906.

To Cord H. and Mary (Bencken) Ludemann were born seven children as follow: Mattie, who married August Meier, both of whom are de¬ ceased; Henry H., deceased; John D., deceased; Herman C., an employee of Swift & Company, Sedalia, Missouri; Minnie, who married August Schneider, who was the publisher of the Sedalia Journal for a number of years and who is now decesaed; Frederick L., the subject of this sketch; and William G., who resides in Los Angeles, California.

Frederick L. Ludemann was about one and one-half years old when his parents came to Pettis County and settled in Sedalia. He attended the public schools of Sedalia and afterward took a general business course in the Central Business College of Sedalia. He then began an apprentice¬ ship in August Meier's upholstering factory in Sedalia, where he worked about three years before he entered the employ of the Missouri, Kansas

& Texas Railway Company in the upholstering department of their shops at Sedalia. In 1887 Mr. Ludemann entered the employ of the J. M. Clute Company and had charge of their carpet department for two years. Later he bought stock in the Minter Mercantile Company and had charge of the carpet department of that concern until 1903 when he bought the carpet and rug business of J. M. Hillis, which was located at 116 West Second Street. Here Mr. Ludemann was in the carpet and rug business until 1909, when he removed to his present location at 303 South Ohio Street, where he occupies the entire floor space of three floors.

Mr. Ludemann has built up an extensive business and his is the only exclusive carpet store in Sedalia, and so far as we have been able to deter¬ mine, in the State of Missouri. He carries a complete line of carpets, rugs, floor coverings and draperies. He handles both domestic and im¬ ported goods and has built up a large business throughout central Mis¬ souri.

Mr. Ludemann was united in marriage April 3, 1889, with Miss Ella M. Messerly. She was born in California, Missouri, August 3, 1865, a daughter of Louis Francois and Elizabeth (Eberhardt) Messerly, the former a native of Paris, France, his father being an officer in the King's Royal Guard. Mr. Messerly came to America with his parents when he was ten years old. They first settled in New Philadelphia, Ohio, and later moved to California, Missouri, where he was a merchant for a number of years. He was the father of seven children, Charles E. Messerly and Mrs. Ludemann residing in Sedalia, the rest of whom now live with their families in California, except William H. Messerly, who died in Sedalia in 1895, while engaged in the mercantile business.

To Mr. and Mrs. Ludemann have been born the following children: Ethel V., a graduate of Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, -who married James G. Gray and resides at Fostoria, Ohio. (Mr. Gray died at Camp Sher¬ man, Ohio, April 16, 1918, while serving in the United States Army) ; Ella May, a graduate of Southern Seminary, Buena Vista, Virginia, and of the Warrensburg State Normal School; Frederick L., Jr., a graduate of the University of Missouri, who received his commission as second lieutenant of Infantry, United States Army, at Fort Sheridan; Florence A., a student at Stephen's College, Columbia, Missouri.

Mr. Ludemann was elected mayor of Sedalia in 1912 and served in that capacity until 1914. Improvements and progress marked his ad¬ ministration. He inaugurated a Financial Budget System for the city which has proven efficient and successful. A sanitary street flushing method was adopted which gave clean streets to Sedalia. Through his efforts an American La France Motor Fire Truck system was installed. He filed application with the Public Utilities Commission of the State of Missouri, which resulted in the erection of a $75,000 filtering plant, which supplies the city with pure water. His term of office also marked the completion of Liberty Park and the Convention Hall. He gave the city of Sedalia a progressive business administration.

Mr. Ludemann is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America and is the oldest member in Pettis County, having been instrumental in or¬ ganizing Russell Camp No. 2065. For twenty-five years he has been clerk of the local camp, and during that time has represented Pettis County camps at each Head Camp, convening tri-annually. For ten years he has held the office of State Head Clerk for the State of Mis¬ souri, and is now serving in that capacity. He is a member of the Head Camp Standing Committee. Mr. Ludemann is a member of the Knights of the Maccabees, Crescent Tent No. 4. He also holds membership in the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, Sedalia Lodge No. 35, being a mem¬ ber of the Blue Lodge Council and Royal Arch Chapter.

For a number of years Mr. Ludemann was a member of the Evan¬ gelical Church of Sedalia, his father being a charter member and a founder. He was instrumental in erecting and building the church as it now stands at Fourth Street and Vermont Avenue. In 1902 he united with the First Congregational Church, and he, with his family, have been workers in the Congregational Church since that time. For many years he has been a member of the board of trustees and served as its chair¬ man.

In addition to his other interests and activities, Mr. Ludemann has been extensively interested in farming and farm property. For a time he owned and operated a large plantation near Monticello, Arkansas. He also owned a farm in LaMonte township, Pettis County, which he has recently sold. In addition to his residence in Sedalia at 620 West Fourth Street, he has a beautiful home, "Rocky Point," eight miles north of Sedalia, which joins his farm "Ellendale." Mr. Ludemann is one of Sedalia's substantial business men and the Ludemann family stands high in the community.

Benjamin Brereton Fowler, son of the late John G. Fowler, of Smithton township, who was one of the best known of the Pettis County pioneers, was born January 13, 1866, on the Fowler home place in Pettis County. Mr. Fowler was reared on his father's farm and has active charge of the undivided portion of the estate consisting of 500 acres of farm land, in Pettis County, 100 acres of timber and eighty acres in Morgan County, Missouri. Under his management the live stock raising industry founded by his father has been kept in existence and the qual¬ ity of the splendid herd of pure bred Shorthorns has been maintained. The late John G. Fowler began breeding grade Shorthorn cattle in 1870 and at this writing (October, 1918,) there are eighty head of fine thoroughbred cattle on the place. One hundred head of hogs is the usual output annually, and thirty-seven head of horses and mules are kept on the place.

The late John Gooden Fowler was born December 6, 1821, in Cald¬ well County, Kentucky, and died at his home in Pettis County, December 17, 1898. He was a son of Joseph Fowler who was born December, 1791, and came to Pettis County in 1840. His mother's maiden name was Anna Johnson and she was born in Madison County, Ketucky in 1800. Mr. Joseph Fowler died October 18, 1859; his wife dying July 9, 1879.

John G. Fowler was married on February 27, 1861, to Jane Lucinda Brereton, born in Ireland, August 8, 1841, and departed this life March 7, 1918. She was a daughter of Benjamin Bowen Brereton, who emi¬ grated from Ireland to America in 1848 and settled near Clifton, Cooper County, Missouri, and there reared his family. His wife was Jane Drew Coates, who also emigrated from Ireland. Benjamin Bowen Brereton had a family of five children: Mrs. Jane Lucinda Fowler; Mrs. Ruth Davis, of Booneville, Missouri; Frederick B., Clifton City, Missouri; Bloomfield died at the age of five years; Elisha died in infancy. Joseph S. Fowler, grandfather of B. B. Fowler, was brought to Kentucky by his father who had been a sea captain. John G. Fowler accompanied his parents to Callaway County, Missouri, in 1825, and thence to Boone County where his father improved two farms. In 1840 the family set¬ tled in Pettis County on what is now known as the Monsees farm. Here Joseph S. Fowler erected a log dwelling which served as the family home and here Joseph Fowler died. His widow sold their property after his death and moved to Hallsville, Boone County, where her death occurred. The children of Joseph and Ann Fowler were: Carolina, wife of Clinton

Turner, had seven children, six of whom are living; Sarah, wife of Samuel Turner, had one child and is deceased; John G. Fowler of this review; Mrs. Luella Turner, deceased; Mrs. Tabitha Kiel, deceased; Joseph S., died in 1876; Mrs. Pernetha Walker, died in Pettis County, leaving four daughters and a son; Mrs. Martha Coffey, died December 25, 1860, left two sons, Alex and Robert who were reared by their grand¬ mother; Richard died at the age of twenty-one years; Mrs. Angeline Trunnell, died at Paola, Kansas, leaving three children; Thomas A., former circuit clerk of Pettis County, now living at Rufus, Oregon; Robert died at the age of sixteen years; Mrs. Hannah March, died at Hallsville, Missouri, leaving two sons and two daughters; William R. Fowler, born August 15, 1840, moved to Oregon in 1884 and died there in the fall of 1907, leaving four daughters and a son; James Benjamin, born June, 1842, moved to Boone County, and died near Centralia at the age of seventy years, left a son and four daughters.

John Gooden Fowler attended the primitive log schools of his day and the Aritar School in Pettis County. He remained with his parents on the home place until he was twenty-two years of age. He crossed the plains and drove ox-trains over the old Santa Fe Trail from 1846 to 1848, after which he settled down to farming and improved a splendid estate. He entered free government land, settling on the unbroken prairie which stretched away in every direction. Prior to his time the early settlers had built their cabins on the banks of streams and near the forests so that they would have a plentiful supply of water and fuel. Mr. Fowler set a precedent by building his home on the upland prairie and prospered as a result of his judgment in choosing the richer and better land. Mr. Fowler at one time owned over 1,000 acres of land and was prominent in Pettis County affairs. He was married on February 27, 1861 to Janie Brereton as stated in a preceding paragraph. This marriage was blessed with eleven children: Bloomfield Usher, Dr. Joseph, Johnson Fowler, Benjamin Brereton, John Austin, Thomas Robert, Mrs. Lillie Bronson, Miss Daisy Fowler, Richard Dillon, Mrs. Pansy Cotton, Rose Elizabeth, and Jay.

Bloomfield Usher Fowler was bora December, 1861. When he attained his majority he went to Chicago and entered the employe of the Deering Harvester Machine Company. He became a traveling salesman for this company and is now located at Des Moines, Iowa, as traveling salesman for a Chicago concern. In April, 1897 he was married to Lila Wychgram, of Winona, Minnesota, and has two daughters, Margaret Jane and Nellie Gladys.

Dr. Joseph Johnson Fowler, Sedalia, Missouri, was bom February 20, 1864, and was educated for the medical profession and has practiced his profession in Washington, Missouri, and is now located in Sedalia.

John Austin Fowler was bom May 19, 1869, and is located on fifty acres of the home place which he is cultivating. He has clerked in Se¬ dalia stores, and was in the employ of R. C. Cooper at Cooperstown, North Dakota, later spending several years as city mail carrier in Sedalia. He returned to the farm and is married to Emma Heckman of Sedalia.

Thomas Robert Fowler, born September 27, 1871, was educated in the Missouri State University and became an electrical engineer. He married Permelia Rosa Duncan of Columbia and is now located in St. Louis where he is superintendent of construction for the Kinloch Tele¬ phone Company.

Mrs. Lillie (Fowler) Bronson lives at Maitland, Holt County, Mis¬ souri. Her husband, H. H. Bronson, is a son of Dr. Bronson, of Sedalia. He taught school and studied medicine. His teaching experience ex¬ tended to Nebraska and Oregon and he is now superintendent of the schools at Maitland, Missouri.

Richard Dillon Fowler was born August 17, 1877, and died June, 1904. He married Matilda Brosing and left one son, Richard Brosing, aged sixteen years.

Jay Fowler was bom May 8, 1884 and is in the employ of the Bell Telephone Company of Kansas City. He married Louida Sheffer and has two sons: Jay Garnett, aged 11 years: and James Louie, aged five years.

B. B. Fowler was educated in the district school and Central Busi¬ ness College of Sedalia. He is a Democrat, and with the other members of the Fowler family is a member of the Christian Church.

George R. Green. - "Maple Grove Farm," consisting of 240 acres, located in the northern part of Smithton township, and owned and ope¬ rated by George R. Green, is a beautiful and well improved farmstead. Mr. Green has resided on his place since 1882 and has made practically all of the improvements which include a ten-room residence equipped with light, heat and a water system, being thoroughly modern in every respect. An orchard of two and a half acres is located near the house. Mr. Green raises and feeds Shorthorn cattle, of which he has fifty head. He also maintains a drove of fifty sheep, besides raising and fattening two carloads of hogs for the market each year. He keeps on an average of sixteen horses and mules. Two well-kept sets of improvements are on this farm. An excellent deposit of limestone is located on the farm and in years past a high-grade quality of lime was burned to supply the domestic trade. A fine quarry of blue limestone was formerly operated on the place and hundreds of perches of stone have been quarried on this farm.

George R. Green was born in LaSalle County, Illinois, October 24, 1863, the son of M. 0. Green, pioneer of Pettis County, a sketch of whom is. given in this volume. Mr. Green was reared and educated in Pettis County and McCune College, Louisiana, Missouri, and was assisted by his father in making a start as an agriculturist on his own account. He began with a tract of 100 acres of unimproved land valued at that time at $4,000. He had to erect all buildings and fence the tract and the "Maple Grove Farm" at the present time is easily worth $175 an acre. Mr. Green has prospered as a farmer and stockman and owns 335 acres and he has $3,250 invested in Liberty Bonds. He has responded liberally to every appeal for assistance in all war work.

During 1918, Mr. Green harvested seventy-five acres of wheat which yielded upwards of 1,700 bushels of grain. For the season of 1919 he has sown 105 acres to wheat. His son, M. O. Green, Jr., has also sown ninety-five acres to wheat.

On October 11, 1887, George R. Green and Fanny E. Griffin were united in marriage. To this marriage have been born seven children: Effie, wife of W. E. Teeter, a farmer living between LaMonte and Sweet Springs, has a son, Welton Teeter; Birdie B., wife of Firman Mascheny, living three miles southwest of Smithton, has a daughter, Dorothy ; M. O. Jr., a farmer in Smithton township; Lois, wife of Ewell Mascheny, Smithton township, has a son, John Robert; Frances, born in October, 1903, high school student, and a splendid pianist and musician; William, aged thirteen years; Gwendolyn, aged eleven years. Mrs. Fanny E. Green is a daughter of William and Mary Griffin, natives of England; the former is deceased. Regarding the Griffin family, the reader is referred to the sketch of George E. Griffin.

Mr. Green is an independent voter but has always been an advocate of prohibition and an uncompromising foe to the liquor traffic. He is a firm advocate of strict law enforcement. He has been active in war activities and has been a warm and steadfast supporter of all civilian movements to make America's part in the Great World War a success. He is a steward of the Smithton Methodist Episcopal Church and for many years has been a teacher in the Sunday school, having charge of the aged ladies class. Prior to taking charge of the ladies class, he had been president of the Young Men's Bible Class. Mrs. Green is very active in church and Red Cross work. Mr. Green carries $3,000 insurance in the Modern Woodmen of America of Smithton, has a paid-up policy of $2,000 in the Aetna Life Insurance Company and is carrying $3,000 half paid-up insurance in the same company. He is one among the most use¬ ful and capable citizens in Pettis County.

Frederick B. Green. - "Sunny Side Farm," a splendid tract of rich, prairie land owned by Fred B. Green, embracing 637 acres in Bowling Green and Smithton townships. Mr. Green began his farming career in 1887 with 120 acres of tillable land in addition to forty acres covered with timber. His first home was a small house of one and a half stories with two rooms on the first floor, a modest beginning which has re¬ sulted in the development of one of the best farms in Pettis County. Mr. Green has a handsome farm residence and the Collier farm which he also owns is equipped with a good house and improvements. He main¬ tains a herd of 110 head of grade Shorthorn cattle and feeds about two carloads of hogs annually. At the present time, October, 1917, he has 100 head of Duroc Jersey hogs on the place. During the past harvest season there was harvested on "Sunny Side Farm," 140 acres of wheat which yielded eighteen bushels to the acre. For the next season of 1919, Mr. Green has sown 170 acres to wheat.

F. B. Green was bom on July 11, 1866 in Marshall County, Illinois, a son of M. O. Green, Sr., who is a pioneer of Pettis County, a sketch of whom appears in this volume. Fred B. Green was fourteen months old when his parents came to Pettis County, and settled on what is now "Limestone Valley Farm" owned by L. M. Monsees, just three hundred yards east of the Green residence. He attended the district school and

May 1, 1888, Frederick B. Green and Miss Irene Dwyer were united Li marriage. Six children have blessed this union: Mrs. Onie Bodenhan'.mer, Houstonia township, has a son, Herbert; Mrs. Edith, wife of George Monsees, Melford, Saskatchewan, Canada has two sons, Herschell and Dwyer; John F. farming on the home place; Bernice A., a trained nurse in service with the Red Cross on the Western battle front in France; Mary D., studying nursing at Bethany Hospital; Fern, a high school student in the Sedalia High School.

Mrs. Irene (Dwyer) Green was born in Illinois, in LaSalle County, November 17, 1867, a daughter of Thomas and Mary (Flanigan) Dwyer, natives of Ohio and Virginia, respectfully. They both lived and died in Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick B. Green were married at the Dwyer home in Illinois. Thomas Dwyer died in 1902. Mrs. Dwyer died in 1896. There were nine children in the Dwyer family, the following of whom are living: Blanch, lives in Indiana; Harvey, lives in Illinois; Harry, lives in Illinois; Mrs. Nancy Vancleve, Storm Lake, Iowa, and Mrs. Frederick B. Green.

While an independent voter, Mr. Green has consistently advocated and supported prohibition principles since boyhood. He is a member and trustee of the Smithton M. E. Church. For the past twenty-eight years he has been a charter member of the Smithton Lodge, Modern Woodmen of America, and is affiliated with the Modern Brotherhood of America.