Pike County, Missouri - The whole text, 1883 (part 2 of 13)

Richard B. Campbell, of the firm of Hughes &, Campbell, is a native of Bike county, Missouri, and is the son of Rev, James \V. Campbell. He was born rSovember 16. 1S43. His mother, Sophia A., was the daughter of Col. Malcohn Henry, of North Carolina. Kichard B. received his primaiy education at the subscrij.tion school and later attended the Y^atson Seminary, at Ashley, and after v\-ards completed his commercial course at the Commercial College of Quincy, Illinois. Keturning home he accepted a clerkship v/Ith the firm of Boone & Bro., holding the position for four years, at the expiration of wliich he purchased W. B. J^oone's interest, the style of the iirm being Boone d: Campbell, which continued until ls75, when Mr. Campbell di.^posed of his interest and soon after associated himself with Benjamin Hughes in the lumber business, under the firm name of Hughes & Campbell. In 1S71 Mr. Canipbcll was married to Miss Ella, daughter of Andrev/ Cochran, of Auburn, Missouri. The result of this union has been one daughter, Nellie Douglas. Mr. Campbell is a worthy member of the Knights of Honor, lodge No. 176S. In politics Mr. Campbell is a Democrat; biU his affability and int^^grity have won him a host of friends among all parties.

Heiiry S. Carroll. This gentleman is a native of Pike county, and at present a citizen of Clarksville, with many of whose most imjiortant business interests lie is intimately connected. !Mr. Carroll is a son of E. L. and El'ziibeth Carroll, his mother being a daugiiter of the late Judge James Stark, a soldier of the War of ISI'2 and a participant in the battle of Lundy's Lane. His father, E. L. Carroll, was also a native of Pike, where he continued to reside until the tim.e of his death, October, 1S6?. His m.otber is still alive, 38 . - in tlie sixfietli 3ear of her age, and contimies to live at the old hoiiiestead %vlierc ili'"^ ear]}' years of lier married life :vere so }\a]i])ily pa.ssed. Henry S. Carroll, the suhjeet of oiir sketch, was born on the farm on the 25th day of June, ISli. Here hi.-? early youth was spent, giving his attention to the details of the farm and receiving hi? education at the district school. At the age of seventeen years lie joisicd the "ITume Guards," witli which he remained but a ehort time when he eritered the state service, and soon afterwards the U. S. Volunteer Infantry, Clinton B, Fisk commanding the reginient. From 1S<'''2 till 1S65 he was a member uf Company D, and participated in all the l)att]e5 and siewes in which the regiment was encrao-cd. During the latter year he was severely v/ounded, having had a portion of his foot shot away. For five months he was confined to the hospital, suffering inten.scly. In Xovembcr. 1S61, ho rejoined his regiment and was promoted bcrgcant-major of tlio regiment, and maintained this positioTi until commissioned first lieuteDant. AVitli his command he was mustered out of service on the lllh day of August, 1SG5. He now returned home to the farm where he remained until the following fall, when he removed to Clarksville, accepting a clerkslii]), at tlie smell salary of 825 per month, with the firn; of J:^. B. Ci.noll & Co., a firm composed of E. B. Carroll, B. P. Cliiiord, and John O. lloberts, where he remained until December, 1S70. In January, 1S71, be became a member of the banking house of B, P. Clifford «t Co. Here he performed the duties of cashier until the death of Capt. Ciitford, when the bank was incorporated under the name of the Clifford Banking Company, with Mr. Carroll as its president. j\[r. Carroll is at this lime also treasurer of the Hnpcrial idill Company and likewise of the Clurksville Paper Alill Company. In each of these enterprises Mr. Carroll is a large stockliolder. He is a partner iri the Vinegar Works and Alden ]Jrying Process, conducted under the tirm name of Carroll, Wirick <fc Co., and also in the tirm of Wm. Mcintosh & Co. and of Wm. N. Meriwether v.V^ Co. Mr. Carroll is at tljis time president of the Clai-ksviJle Gravel Iload Company, and v;as for several years treasurer of the Clarksville & Western Pailroad Company. He was married in March, 1872, to Miss Lucy, daughter of Capt. B. P. ClitTord, an old, wealthy and prominent citizen of Clarksville, by whom he has one child, Harry, five years of age. Mr. Carroll is at this time engaged in efforts to secure other interests for

Kansas City in ^[issonri, and if the result attends his ciTorts now as in the past the success of the ei.'terprise will be merely a matter of time.

Capt. Benj. P. Clittoi-d, Clarksville, was boni July 9, 1817, in Logan county, ]ventucky. His parents were poor ]>eople, and to better their condition tliey moved to Mitsonri in ISi^o, settling on Gwinn's Creek, in this county. On tlie 0th day of August, lSo3, he iiio>/cd to Cl;irk<vlllc. In 1S3S Captain Ch'tTord, tl.ien just of ago, wont as llrst ch^rk on the steamer Astoria, in the Mi.-^oari Itiver trade. In 1840 he as-samed command of the Sliawnee, and run the boat on the Missouri River. Afterwards he built the steamer Julia Chauteau, and commanded her in the St, k.ouis and ^'e\v Orleans trade. In lS-14 lie quit tlie river and went on his farm near this city. Two years later, in 18-10, he began merchandising in tlie city of Clarksville, and coiitinued the business until 1857, when he was elected cashier of the Louisiana Branch i'ank of the State of Missouri, then being establishcd. Thc institution was very successfully managed by Captain Clifford for four years, when, by reason of too close application to busiuesb, his health became imi.'aircd, and he. again took up his residence on his farm, near the city. Afterward he again engaged here in the mercantile business, until 1863; he then established the present banking liouse of Ik P. CliiTord & Co., retiririg from active business in 1871. In 1802 he was elected to the legislature, and served during the sessions of 1802 and 180-1. lie was twice married. He \vas first united in marriage with Lucinda Pepper, about the year 1842, who died December, 1857, and to his second wife, Lizzie Alexander, March, 1800, she dying May 22, 1873. For many years Mr. Ciiiford was an invalid; he visited many localities in search of health, but died of heart disease on t!ie 6th dhy of January, 1881.

Charley T. Ciiilord. assistant cashier of the CliiFord Banking Company, of Clarksville, Missouri, Although Mr. Ciiiford is quite young, few men have attained the prominence in business circles gi'cater than our subject, the youngest son of Capt. B. P. and Lucinda Clifford. Both of his parents v/ere from Kentucky, having emigrated to Missouri in a very early day. Charley T. Clifibrd was bom and reared in the city of Clarksville; the greater portion of his early education was obtained at the city school under Prof. M. S. Goodman, a most distinguished educator. He comjdeted, however, his education at the ^""ashington University of St, Louis, Missouri. Soon I after returning from school he assumed his present position which he has filled with mucli satisfaction to the patron^j of the bank, and with much credit to himself. Mr. Clitford is one among the largest stockholders in the bank, and is also ititeroated largely in the Imperials Mills, one of the largest enterprises of ibe kind in this countv.

John 31. ClitFoi'd was born February 20, 1S20. Jle is the youngest of :\ family of tbree brothers and the only one of his father's family now living. He is the sou of John B. and Alargarct (McAfee) Cliflord. His father was born in ^North Carolina, February 14, 178-1. ITe moved to Kentucky whe:) a boy, and was niarried, June 2, ISll. His wife v.-as a native of Scott county, Kentucky. She was loj-;i Febniary 1, 17l'l. They came to Pike county, Missouri, in 1S25. John B. Clilford died November 12, 1S65, and Margaret, bis wife, March 7, ISGS. I'he names of the two olde^^t ^^tys wei-e Wm. M. Clifford, "born Is^oveniber 1, 1S12, and Ecnjamin Fatten Cliflord, born Jidy 9, 1S17. They both became prominent busiiiess men and accumulated a great deal of property. 'Wni. M. Cliilbrd died June 25. 1S50. Benjamin P. Cliflord died December 30, ISSO. Jolm M. Clifford came to Pike county with his parents in 1825. His father was a farmer and be lived on the farm with him until he v\'as sixteen years old. lie then went on the river where he remained for several years. He first went on the "Arrow'' and wa? on lier when she sunk on the lower Mississiivpi in Morgan's Bend, a few miles above Bayou Sara. lie V\'as afterward un the ''Rhine,'' "Shawnee,'' "Julia Chaut<>au," '-Edna," and " Jiichmond.'' Fie was on the latter when she sank in the Ohio Tiiver, just below Grand Chain. He was clerking while on tlie river. In 1S4G he and his brother, Ijenjamin, went into business together in Clarksvilie, and a short time befoi'e his deatli his brother AVilliom also became a member of the firm, v.-liich was E. I*. Cliflord & Brother. Afterward John AY. Davis bought into the firm and the name was changed to Cliflord, Davis ^^ Co. They kept a large stock of all kinds of goods, including dry goods, groceries, glass and queenswarc, iron, drugs, etc. They also kept a lumber yard and did a large commission business. They dealt largely in wheat, coin, tobacco, hemp, ap[)les and all the diflerent products of the country. They remained in business about nine years. Mr. Clifford is now book-kee})er in the paper njill. He is a stockholder in the mill and also in the Cliflord Banking Company of Clarksvilie. He was married Jurie 20, 18.S2, to !Miss Sue Cobell, of Pike county. She is a native of Indiana.

ShelJoii P. Coclll'lin. He is a native of Missouri, born in St. Charles county, June 7, 1835. His father, George Cuchran, v.as a native of Kentucky; inimigrated to Missouri at an early day. Our subject spent his youth on a farm, ^hen ten years of age he entered scliool, continuing until eiMitoen years of a;je, vhen he entered a drv froods store of his uncle. Andrew Cochran, M-hei-e he remained as clevk fur five years, then went to Troy, MIssoiiri; thence to St. Louis, where he was employed in a wholesale boot and shoe house. In 1SG7 he came to Clarksvilie and engaged in business fur liimsolf, opening up a g-cncral stock. In ISTO, uncier the administration of President Grant, he was appointed pcstraaster and express agent. In 1871 he v.-as married to Miss Kate, daughter of Dr. Hemphill, who was one of the most eminently successful physicians of his day. Mr. Cochran, also his wife, are members of the Jvjiiseopal Church. O.'heir family comlsts of two children, Ida May and Laurena. la 1S60 Mr. Cochran associated himself with Mr. Mayes, a worthy gentleuum of this city, in a general mercantile business. xVt the outbreak of our late war Mr. Cochran entered the Con- | federate army, and belonged to the cavalry of General Joe Shelby's command. Darino- liis term of service he took i>arr in sixtv-two reo:ular en- -j . . . . , . 1 gagements, some of the most ini}>ortant ones being Lexington, Springfield, |

JaiilCS Madi.sou Collins, dealer in hardware, queensware, and tinware, Ciarktville, was born near Dayton, Ohio, March G, 1S51. lie came with ;| removed to Pike countv and. settled near Clarksvillc, where he lived with l them until he was eighteen, when he began to learn the trade of black- , |

. John Winn Davis, justice of tlie peace and clerk of the council of Clarks- j ville, was born in Charlottsville, Virginia, March 24. 1S32. In the fall of came associated with the iirm, clianging the style to Cliflord, Davis & Co. ' He withdrew from the iirm in the fall of lS5i and removed to Prairieville,

Pike conn'/, wiicre be was engaged in the. mereantilG business until the fall of 1S57, when he discontinued it and purchased a farm near Millville, ^tuntgoniery county, Missouri, where he pursued farming until 1862, when, his fatlier ]la^ ing died, he returned to Pike county and took charge of the homestead for his mother. Jij J 80." he returned to Clarksville, where he was eno-aired in manulacturinr/ tobacco, and was at different times associated witli several parties, until 1S67. when lie quit manufacturing tobacco and engaged for one year in the grocery business with W. W. Mackey. ]n 1870 he was associated with M. S. Goodman in the agricultural implement business. In i87<) he engaged in raising grapes and small fruits and wine-mal-ring in the vicinity of Clarksville, and is so engaged at the present. It! the spring of 1871 he was elected city clerk of Cla)'k.sville and witli the exception of one year has filled that position ever since. During 1872, 1873, and 1871 he was elected and held the office of justice of the peace, and in July, 1SS2, he was appointed justice of the peace to fill a vacancy, and is now the incumbent of that office. June 6, 1S56, he married Miss America Prewitt, of near Clarksville, by whom he has three children, Pobert, John, and William, all cU home. He is a member ot the Episcopal Church at Clarksville, of which he is senior warden. He is a Master Mason and a Knight of Honor, and belongs to the lodges in Clarksville.

James Polk I)eiU?y, Clarksville. This aged gentleman was born in Scott county, Kentucky, near Georgetown, April 9, 1S03. His father, Wm. Denny, was a nati\-e of the state of Maryland, and when quite .'^ung went to Kentucky; he had married Elizabeth McGee. They immigrated to !^[issouri in 1S15, stopping for a time in St, Louis county. In May, 1817, they moved to Pike county and settled near Clarks^'iile. The mother died in 1S33; the father in 1S70, at the advanced age of 96 years. They raised a family of four boys: John, Samuel, Jonas, and James, our subject, who is the youngest and the only survivor of the famil}-. He is now in the eightieth year of his age, and is in the full enjoyment of all his faculties; his health is goc-d, and he stands erect and his step is light and iirra. He has always lived a lite of single blessedness, and followed larming for his principal business. Leaving tiie farm in 1861: he went to Clarksville and engaged in mercantile business. In 1870 he returned to the farm, which has been his home e\er since. He has lived a temperate life, and bids lair to live a number of years yet. He saw the first steambt^at that ever landed at Clarksville. He has been a justice of the peace for sixteen years, and was three times elected mayor of Clarksville. He has l)een a member of the Christian Church for many j^ears. " . , ' '

IsliaiU C. Dcinpsey, attt-rnoy-at-lau-, is ;i native of J^3.-:-s county, Ohio, born March S, 18-lS. His parents were orioinally froni Viri^inia. His iather, Icljani Dempsey, was a farmer and canic to JMisrJouri in ISo-i, settiiu'^ in tlie western part of Pike county, where he remained until liis death in 1851. Oni' subject rpent liis youtli on the farm, receiving bis primary education at the district sehuol; he then attended the hii^li school in Clarksville, after which he engaged in teaching, v/hich he followed for several years, during which he prosecuted his studies in the law; he M'as admitted to practice in 1S71, and began the practice of his profession in the city of Clarksville, and isto-i.hay in the enjoyment of a \cry lucrative business. He received the ajipoinVnient of city attorney in 1S72, and has held the office continuously ever since. He was married in 1870 to Miss SalUe A. Cochran, of Sterling, Illinois. Mr. ])empsey is a member of the order of Knights of Hoiior. ]\irs. D. is a member of the Guuiberland Presbyterian Church.

Wm. Dudley, Clarksville. This gentleman is a native of Alabama, and was born on the :^2d day of November, 1832. His father, Peter Dudley and his mother Sarah, were both originally from Virginia, and moved to Columbus, Georgia, thence to Alexander, and in the town of Dudleysville, erected the first house, and in one end of it had a store and carried on a considerable trade with the Indians. His father died in 1850 and his mother died in 1805. Our subject v\"as born in the same village. He immigrated to Missouri, in the year 1841; stopping a sliort time in Clarksville, then moved to a farm some two miles south of (clarksville, where they remained until the ^ great flood of 1844, when they were washed out, and they were also washed out again l.y the great flood of 1851, v.'hen our subject moved to Clarksville, and he v.ent to California in 1852, in company with his brother-inlaw, who was shot and killed by an Indian while they were crossing the plains. At the end of two years he returned to Clarksville. In 1857 he was married to Miss Sii.rah Mulherin, daughter of Ste]'hen Mulherin, one among the earliest settlers of this part of the country. Mr. Dudley then engaged in the wood business. The flood of 1858 washed off 1,200 cords of his wood. j ey's fiirm, which he rented. In 1805 he purchased sixty-six acres, part of the old Mackey farm. He lias been engaged in later years in farming and |

Williani B<jo))(^ Elliott, llnMiier, po?t-ofiice Clarksville. James I. Elliott, fathor of 'SVm. P>., was a native of Kentnck}', and was born about tjie year ISOl, and imn!ii?;rated to Missouri in 1828, settling on tlic farm now occupied by the subject of our sketch. He first purchased eighty acres, on which was a hewn log-liouse, in v.-liich our subject was born, and where his father continued to reside until the time of his death, wliich occurred in ^lay, 1875. The mother of our subject died in 1S82, in the eightieth year of her age; she was born in Kentucky. AV^ni. B. was born on the old homestead, and was educated in the^subscription schools of the neighborhood, supplemented by attending the scliool at Clarksville. At twenty > ears old he cnnmenced teachinir school, and followed tliis about six vears, during the winter season. In 185-3 he was married to Paulina Limerick, daughter of John liimericlv, of this county, who was originally from Virginia. Thej have five children: Mattio (now !Mrs. Dr. J. M. Duncan\ John J., Xoah Boone, and Frank. Mr. E. lias a farm of five hundred acres, all under fence, and most of it in cultivation; he lias a frame barn sixty by seventy feet in dimensions; his re^idoice is a commodious, two-story, brick house, built in 1854-. Mr. E. is fond of the amusement of hunting, is a good shot, and enjoys the sport greatly. lie is a great lover of f.ne stock, of which he has a good share, all of the best blood.

John Fern, of the firm of Middleton & I ern, blacksmiths, wagon-makers and dealers in agricultural implements, Clarksville, is a native of Pennsylvania and was born iS^ovember 13, 1833. It is not known where liis birthplace is, but while lie was an infant his parents moved to Clarion county, wh.ere he lived until he was twenty years of age. His mother dying when he was eleven years old, his home was broken up; he then went to Clarion, the county seat, and attended school until fourteen, when he began to learn the trade of blacksmithing and v/orked in various shops until he became master of it. When eighteen he became the foreman in the shop of Jatnes Mackey of Clarion and was with him until 1853, wdien he came to Missouri and settled in Clarksville and worked in tlie shop cf L. & J. Middleton until April 1857, when he with John Middleton bought out thier employers and established their present business in the firm style of Middleton it Fern. March 3, 1859, he married Miss Luann Durr, formerly of Covington, Kentucky. They have nine chiklren, all at home; he is a member of Clarksville Lodge No. 53, I. O. O. F., of which he is now and has been treasurer for ten years, and also a member of Calumet Lodge Xo. 1068, K. of H. of Clarksville.

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John Fielder, deputy sberifl' and constable, was born on a farm near Clarksville, Februarys. 1S39; he is the oldest of two sons of George and ]\[aria (Ford ) Fielder; he was raised at his birthplace and lived with his parents until attaining his majority. Beiufjr raised a farmer, he began life for himself by follo'w ing that avocation. In ISO:-, he quit farming and engaged in the mercantile business at Paynesville, Pike county. In 1SG9 W. M. Guy became associated with him as Fielder &: Guy. In 1871 F. W. an(! J. H. Patton succeeded Mr. Guy, changing the firm to Fielder, Fatten, & Co. In 1875 the ^[essrs. Patton withdrew from the business and he continued until 1S77, when on account of the pressure of the times he was obliged to suspend business. In 1878 he was elected constable of Calumet township, when ho removed to Clarksville, and in the same year he was !

wards built and operated a steam threshing machine in Calhoun county and . j vicinity for five years. In the fall of IbGG he came to Clarksville and ; started his present business. His shop and business have now become one of the importinit features of the city of Clarksville. He has a large business, and is prosperous, as lie deserves to be. In ISGii he was married to itiss Elizabeth, daughter of M. Kightley, of Calhoun, Illinois. They have one son, Roswell Alvin Fletcher, who is now at school. Mr. F. is a member of the Masonic fraternity. He spent some five years in Colorado, during which time he acquired valuable experience in fnining.

Lucius W. Haywood cume to Pike county in the fall oflSoo. lie is a native of Vermont; born in ISl'G. He is tlie son of JAmun and Maria }. ifavwood. Wlifii our subject was ten years old his parents moved to Massachusetts. His }iarents are botii dead, liis father having died in 1842, and his mother in ISGi*. In ^S4:G Mr. nay\v(>od went to Connecticut and 1 lived there until he came to Pike county, Missouri, lie received Ids educa- | tion in Massachusetts, in the common schools of that state. lie has always ! been engaged in manufacturing. He first worked in a carding mill, and j when he went to Connecticut he went into the immense a.K factory of Collins & Co.. at ColJinsville, Connecticut, and remained with tliem almost ten years. The last five years he was forenjan in one departmeiit of the works. He started the stave factory in Clarksville in the spring of 1856. He had a partner, Mr. Tvelsey. They cut the first stave July 4, 1856. He was in partnership witli Xelsey three years, then alone for one year. In 1860 Mr. Brown v/ent in with liim, and put in machinery for the manufacture of ax handles, but had no iiiterest in the stave factory. Mr. Brown was in two years, and from 18G2 to 1SG6 Mr. Haywood was alone again. Tlien his brother, George P. Haywood went in, and after two years he sold to another brother, F. L. Haywood, who was in two years. And after lie retired Dr. Pharr bought a half interest, and with Mr. Haywood is the present owner. Mr. Ha3'wood was married September 24, 1850, to Miss Louisa E. Smith. She is a native of Haddom, Connecticut, and daughter of Samuel and Lucy Smith. They have one child, a daughter, Lucy Maria, born in 1866. She is now attending school. Mr. Playwood is a member of the Masonic order. His parents were both members of the Congregational Church. They had a family of eight children, only four of whom are now living. L. M. is a carpenter and builder in Greenfield, Massachusetts; Maria, wife of Poyal S. Bailey, of Putney, A^erraont; Laura is the wife of Hibbard Ripley, of Denver, Colorado.

Capt. Abijah Jolms, saddle and harness-maker, Clarksville, was born at Sharonville, Ohio, August 23, 1825. Having served apprenticeship at the saddle and harness trade in his native town he, at the age of eighteen, began to travel as a journeyman, and worked in Port Gibson, Lafayette. Vicksburg, and Natchez, Mississippi. At the last named place he, in 1817, volunteered in the Second Pegiment Mississippi Volunteer Pities, to serve during the Mexican AVar. After rendezvousing in camp at Vicksburg until June 15, 1848, he was mustered out of the service. He then worked at his trade at various places in Mississippi, and for a time located a^ Florence, Kenluckv, and carried on this trade, and while there, in 185o, he married

Alisri Emarillii Dcrr. lie cinigrated from there in ISo^j to ]\Iis?ouri and located in Louisiana City for one year, wlion he permanently located at Clark«vi]le, in lit^r*^, and establii?hed himself in the saddle and liarness-making business. December 1st, 1861, he closed up his shoj), and after assistinfj to raise a company of men entered the Union army as a i-rivate in company A, Third Eogintent 3»Iis6onri A'oluntcer Cavalry, dune 15. lbt*.2, ]>e 1 was promoted and commissioned lirst lieutenant, and to captain February ^ 10, 1863. In command of his company he was on duty tliruunli north Mis- ''> souri until after the battles of KirksvilHe, Moore's Mill, and Dunar Church, i when his command was ordered to Pilot l\nob. and after participating in | the battle at that place was ordered to Tatterson, '\Vayne county, thirty | miles south of Pilot l^iiob, on outj^ost duly, and while scouting was at- - - -i tacked by a band of bushwhackers under Col. Pieves. His clothes were i riddled with buckshot. A few of his men were wounded and several horses .1 v\'cre killed. He was then sent into Greene county, Arkansas, to break up ,\ and to scatter Sam Hildebrand's band of desperados. With a hundred men 1 he scoured the swamps thoroughly and finally found his lieadquarters on « Crowley's Pidge, in Arkansas, v.-here he was attacked by Hiledbrand's men, ^ who tried to divei't the attention of the pickets bv drivinor cattle so as to tret i within his lines, so as to capture them, but being on the alert liimself he i discovered the ru.-e and a simultaneous attack took place. In the first fire 'i his clothing and the tree of his saddle were riddled with balls and slugs and i his left arm broken. Several of Hildebrand's men v.ere killed and his band J dispersed. AV hile on the expedition he captured several wagons loaded | with ammunition and stores of different kinds, being conveyed from St. 'j Louis to rebel camps, and about .So,000 worth of contraband property be- I longing to Confederates hid in the swamps. He was known as "Old Bizzy," ] and was sometimes called '-Old Yaller,"' as he was mounted on a claybank - .1 or yellow horse. He served until the expiration of his term of service in ^ ISGo, when, in February of that year, he was mustered out at Macon City, , Missouri. He then returned to Clarksville and resumed the saddle and har- 'i Jiess business. In ISGO he was called to mourn the death of his wife, she ; leaving him two sous. Jesse F, and Charles W. He married a^rain Decern- i ber 23, 1860, his second wife being Miss Margaret Stark, a daughter of 1 James W. Stark, Esq., of Clarksville.

[4 death our subject remained on the farm in the vicinity of Clarksville witii I' ' his mother until 1872. The estate was divided among the heirs, a portion

JTt(l,«:?e John A. Mackoy. The subject of this sketch was born in Calumet township, Pike county, Missouri, on the 9th day of October, 1S2S. He is the son of Joseph nnd Elizabeth Jlackey, who were among the first settlers of the township. His father was born in iSTorth Carolina in ITOi; re- J mo\ cd thence to Tennessee and afterwards, in 1817, to Pike county, Mis- ^ souri, where he diecl in 1S55. llis mother, Eli;iabeth Davis, was born iu j St. Charles county, Alissonri, in ISOG, and removed with lier parents to Pike -j county when about ten years of age. She is still living, and resides upon the farm to which sl:e removed immediately after her marriage, about sixty ^ years ago. James Mackey, tlie grandfather of the Ju.dge, and who came -j v/ith his tv.'o brothers to Pike county in 1817, was a soldier of the Ttevolu- -'! " tion and participated in the battle of Bunker Hill. The barrel of the old 'i; rifle which he used there and in other engagements of that memorable con- \ iiict is etill preserved by his grandson and is one of the few remaining relics '] of that early and stormy period of our country's history. Judge Mackey is -^ one of a family of ten children, eight of whom, four of each sex, still sur- ?, vive. He was reared on a farm and received only a common English edu- \ cation, such as the poor educational facilities of the times afforded. After a reaching his majority he devoted some time to self culture and then began '^ his career as a country school teacher. For one or two years he was thus engaged, when, abandoning the school room, he entered into mercantile pursuits for a short time in the town of Clarksville, but this he soon gave up and retired to a iarm, the active and su3cessful management of which has since been the business of his life. In addition to growing large quaiititics of grain of different kinds, as also tlic splendid fruits to which his neighborhood seems specially adapted, he has occasionally handled large numbers of : both cattle and mules, from the sale of which he seldom fails to realize bandsome profits. By his industry and ])er5everance, no less than by the proper exercise of his remarkable judgment, Judge Mackey has succeeded in accumulating a very considerable fortune, and that without hav ing once incurred the charge or esen undergone the suspicion of ever having done anything inconsistent with the character of an upright and dignilied Chri.-^tlan gentleman. In 1S74 the subject of our sketch vwas chosen justice of the peace tor Calumet township. So satisfactorily did he discharge the duties of the office that befbi-c the expiration of his term of service he was elected county judge for a period of six years, and although by an act of the Itrgislature the time of all the county judges was made to expire in 1S78, Judge Mackey was re- clcHed without opposition as presidin.- judge of the county court for a term of four year. l>v hi. wise aaniiuistration of public affairs the i.o.nenee Mt of the county was ahuost extinLniished, and the people of Pike will lon<^ hold the efficient and faithful services of hi.nself and his colleagues m .raleful remembrance. Judge Mackey was lirst married to Miss Susannn^li McLoed. Koveniber 23, 1S53. Ko children survived this union. IIis wife hPvin.. died, June 21, 1S05, Judge Mackey was again .named to ^u^s bucpnn Ji M. Kellv, on the 22d day of September, 1.70. They have one child, ;*d.u.hter. Sei;na J. Mackey, now nine years of age. Judge Mackey is a consis'tent member of the Cumberland rresbyterian Church, a man of hberal views, enterprising spirit, and most excellent ciualitles of botn mind and heart. - ' ' '

Jo^ob Newton Mackey, grocer and dealer in queensware and tinware, ClarksvllUe, was born near ClarksviUe, Missouri, April 28, 1S55. He was raided in Lincoln and Lewis counties. IBs father dying when he was two yeai- of a-e, he continued to live witli his mother until he was fifteen, when he came to'ciarksville and lived with his uncle, Dr. J. A. P. Knox, and when eighteen he be-an clerking in his drng store and was so employed lor two yelr^ when he\vent to Canton, Missouri, and attended school two years. Duriii- the winters of lSTY-S-9, he accompanied his uncle Joseph Mackey on bu^ne.s trips to Xatchez, Mississippi, and in 1S79 he became associated withP F Yates in the grocery business in ClarksviUe, under the firm name of Yates & Mackey, they doing bu^iness together up to February, ]S^^ when Mr. Yates retiring from the firm he has continued the business. He is a member of the Christian Church, is a Master Mason, and member of ClarksviUe Lodge :S^o. IT, A. F. & A. M., and has served one term as warden.

^Yilliam Jackson Mackey, tobacco manufacturer, is anative of Missouri born in Fikecounty, May 4,1845. Bis lather, Joseph Mackev, wasanativeof IS^orili Carolina, born ii; 110^, and was a planter by occupation. He moved to Tennessee, where he resided some time, but determining to go lurther west he immigrated to Missouri and settled in Tike county, some six miles from ClarksviUe, having come here with James Mackey, who was originally from North Carolina, and was an extensive land-holder.' When our subject was a small bov his father came to reside on the farm where his mother is DOW living, and where his father died, May 26, 18.55. Mr. Mackey ^our subjects was educated at Watson Seminary at Ashley; he also took a commercial cour.e in Jones's Cominercial College at St. Louis. He was married to iiiss MoUie Clinbrd, daughUr of Capt. B. P. Clifford, November

\ 1857. His fiitiier \vu3 Andrew M?Dannold, a native of Keutnekv, born [ December 20, ISOT, and immigrated to Missouri in IS:;.".. [le })urcha3ed I and settled on tlie iann wliicL oar subject now owiis in ISvJS, on wliieli he I continued until his death in ISSO. lie was married at Eureka Sprinf/s, I Arkansas, to Lou.isa M. Gaines, liis first wife, a native of Kentucky, ^vho died in April, 18^7, leaving six children, five of wliom are still living. He was married the second time to Martha McCune, a native of Yir'^-inia. Tliey liave two cliildreu living: Enoma (now Mrs. J. M. Givens), and our subject, who was raised on tlie farm and educated in the common scliools i of the country. He was married January 30, 1870, to Lizzie Shaw, daughter of A\"illiam and Miirthi Sliaw, of Louisiana, who was originally from Virginia, and came to 'Missouri in 1833.

; JaJiie.S MelOtlu, butcher, Clarksville, was born at Paynesville, Pike [ county, Missouri, October S, 1830, where he was raised and lived with his i

I John S. Maiitipley, grocer, of the firm of M. Plain <t Co., is a native of I Virginia, bofn|iu Amherst county, December 6, 1815. His father being a farmer, lie spent his boyhood days on the farm, and was educated iu the

|, after wliich he came to .Missouri. In ISCT he went to Paynesvillc and enf g^gcd in teacliing for souie time. In 1874 he came to Clarksville and was h John 3Ii(Idletop.. blacksmith and wagon-maker and dealer in agriculf: tural implements, Clarksville. He was born in Shepherdsville, Kentucky,

I one-lialf cents per day wages. In ISSi he began to learn the trade of blackt Emithing in the sho}^ of his elder brothers, L. and J. Middleton, being with

K Middleton kSz Fern. Septcniber 17, ISol, he married Miss Maggie, daughf ter of Bird Frice,of Clarksville. They have one son, James B., a merchant of Clarksville. Himself and wife are members of the Christian Churcli at Clarksville, of Vvdiich he hriS been a deacon for eight years. He is a member of Clarksville Lodge .No. 53, 1. O. O. F., of which he is past grand; also of Calumet Lodge 1068, K. of H., of which he is assistant dictator, and of Clarksville Lodge Xo. 9-1, J. O. G. T., he being the first wortliy chief of the lodge. He has served as councilman at difierent times about ten years.

Kinzea H. NoitIs, grocer and commission merchant, was born in Bourbon county. Kentucky, January 16, 1831. His father, AVilliani J. Xorris, w^as a native of the same state, and a planter by occupation; he immigrated to Missouri in 1832, and settled in Canton, Lewis countV; then in 1S3G moved to Juckson county ; then in IS-tl lie went to Topeka, Ivansas, where lie now lives. The maiden name of the mother of our subject was Sarah Stevens, a npvtive of Kentucky; she <lied in 1855. Our sul)ject was educated at the State University at Columhia. IMissouri. Jn 1850 he enp;ai,^ed in mercantile business in Weston, Missouri; leavin;:^ there in 1S5S he went to St. Joseph where he engaged in business until the war broke out, during wliicli liO spent five years on the plains and in the mountains. In 1S<J5 he came to Clarksville and established liis present business. In 1S54: he was married '.

to Miss ]\rarlha J. r.ankhead, daughter of John M. Bankhcad, an old settler of this county. They have live children: Lizzie, Mollie, Ellen 13., Charles A., i

I September 21, 1847. Ke is the fourth of five sons of Enoch S. and Sarah K. \ (Tebbs) Pepper, both natives of Virginia, who in their younger days settled \ in Kentucky, from where they removed to Missouri in 1855, and lived at j Clarksville until 18C2, when they removed to Palmyra, IMissouri, where ! they lived until their death, his father dying while on a visit to Kentucky I in 1804, and his mother at Palmyra in 1805. The subject of this sketch was mostly educated in St. Paul's College at Palmyra. At the a^e of eighteen be entered the drug store of J. W. Hemphill, at Clarksville, as a clerk and was with him four years, and while with him studied medicine and after lakini^ two courses of lectures at the Jeflerson Medical College of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he gradiuited from tliat institution as M. D., in the in ]iandolph county, Korth t'arolina, at Trinity College, J uly 0, 1843, in which place he vras principally reared and educated. In 1807 he came to Missouri and euuaged in teaching, which he followed until 1870, v/hen he was licensed to preach. In 1872 he entered the Missouri Conference, and v\-as sent to Auburn, Lincoln county, where he remained two years; next to Wright City, three years; thence to JoDesbu)-g, Montgomery counly; and in the fall of 1879 came to Clarksville, having been returned until he is now serving his fourth year. Mr. O'Bryan has been twice married, first to ]Miss Serena Hall of Troy. She died September 10, 1875, leaving two children, Enoch M. and Joseph L. Li 1877 he was again married to Mic-s Mary Ballard, daughter of William Ballard of Wright City, Missouri. They have three children, Carrie, Paul, and the babe, unnamed.

spriiii,^ of 1SG9. He then located at ClurksviUu, and with the exception of about'eleven months absence al Leudville, Colorado, iu 1879 and l^SO, he has been in con-tHUt practice there. October 18, ISTO, he nuirricd Mis3 Allie, daughter of Capt. Fleniino' Calvert of ClarksviUe; they have one child, Charles Flemin^^. Iliniself nnd wife arc inenibt-rs of the Cumberland Prcsbyteriraj Churcli, of which he has becii a ruling elder for four I years. He is a .luistcr Mason and member of Clurksviile Lodge ]S"o. 17, | A. F. vS: A. M., and is past master of his lodge. |

Joseph 31. l'epp«'V. This gentleman is a native of Tike county, born | - October 30, 1855. Hi.^ father, Joseph S. Fcpi-er, wa.s born in Kentucky | and immigrated to :Missouri with his father in ISIS. The grondfatber of the \ Bubiect of our sketch was Samuel Pepper; he immigrated to Missouri at an i earlv diiy, aiid purchased a large tract of land souie three and a half miles | from ClarksviUe. on wh.ich he made his permanent home until tiie time of | ^ ^ his death in lS7i. The father of our subject was married to Andra P. | ^ Mackey, daughter of Joseph Mackey, Esq. She died in 1S57, and her bus- |

-- band soon followed her to the goodly land, ho dying in lb5;i. They lelt | r two sons, one of whom died, leaving J oseph M. tlie only survivor. Mr. Pep- ,

I as blue--rass. Mr. Pepper has Jine improvements on his farm; his resir dence \L large two-story irame hou.e, supplied with every convenience tor all the necessary accessories tor making tarming prolitable and pleasant. I Mr Per,per was married December 18, 1878, to Mi.s Gussie B. Starke,

; . common schools, and by attending the Marion College in Mar.on coun^, I Missouri. Li ISiG he bei^an reading medicine in the olace ot Dr. M. U lege of St. Louis, lie hciran his proeticu in this county in the vicinity of Clarksvllle and practiced one year before he graduated. After graduutini^ be practiced at Boonsboronoh, Missouri, until May, 1852, when he became associated with his preceptor, Dr. McFarland, at Louisville, with whom he practiced until the s})rlng of 1858, when he located at Ashley, where he practiced r.p to ISt'.j. -wid then removed Olark^ville, whore he has been in constant practice ever since. In 1880 his son William A. became associated with him in the firm name of Drs. Pharr & Pharr. With his medical practice he is uiso engaged in nianufactaring and dealing in barrel> boxes, Btaves, hoops, and lumber, being associated with L. W. Haywood in tlie firm of llaywuod & Go. December 5, lSo2, ho was nuirried to Xancy Ellen, daughter of Caleb McFarland, Esq., of Lincoln countv, Missouri. Thev have five children, Marcus ITenrv, William Arthur, Mao-rrie Banham, .lames E., of Colorado, and Nellie A'., attending the Chadwick College at Quiney, Illinois, lie is a Master nnd Poyal Arch Mason.

Wiliiajii Arthur Pharr, M. D., Clarksvllle, was born in Louisville, Missouri, I^ovember 5, 1855. He is the son of Dr. Caleb W, and N. Ellen {7iee McFarland) Pharr. Whe!i he was about three years old his parents removed to Ashley, Pike county, where he lived with them until ten years old; he them removed with them to Clarksville, where he lived until manhood. He was educated by attending the Goodman & Pieid xVcademy of Clarksville, until JST2, when he began the study of medicine in his father's office, with vrhora he studied until March 1S7T, when after takino- three courses of lectures he graduated as M. D., from the St. Louis Medical Col- I lege at St. Louis, Missouri, and after passing a competitive examination, I he was appointed an assistant physician and surgeon in the female hospital I of St. Louis, a position which he filled v/ith honor until May 1879, wdien [ he was placed in charge of the St. Louis poor-house and insane asylum, where he remained until August 1880, when he resigned the position and returned to Clarksville and becaivie associated with his father in the practice of medicine. Xovember 1880, he was appointed surgeon by the K. & St. L. li. P. Co., and filled the position up to June 1882. He is a member of Anchor Lodge No. 00, K. of P., Louisiana City.

Lewis M. Price, druggist. Among the prominent business men who have largely constituted the material commercial interest of Clark3\ille, may be mentioned Mr. Price, who, upoTi a small capital, a few ycp.ra since commenced his career in the commercial circle, Icavir.g the shoemaker's bench and embarking in the drug trade amid strohg competition, prosecuting his business v/ith a zeal seldom met with, and to-day stands at the head as the lea'ling druggist of liis town. Mr. Price i? a native of Pilio countj, and was born on tlie 16th day of October, 1840, in tlie town of Aslilev. Mr. Price's father, Thomas Price, was a native of Enj^land, and Wiiot\ about twenty-five years oi' age caine to tlie (.''^nited States. Coininf^ to Missouri he settled in tliC town of Ashley, where he was married to Kosana Laird. Later in life Tliomas I'rice. iiad determined on visitinf;- In's native conntry, and the vessel on which he took riassa2:e went down, and from it no tidinirs received. Tlie mother of onr subject died when he was quite yonnc^. Thus lie was early in life tlirown upon hlo own resoni'ces, but being possessed of executive ability, coupled with a determined will to succeed, he has surmounted every ditiiculty; besides having a lar2;e and I'rowing trade, with his kind and afi'able ways he has won hini many friends. In 18G4 Mr. Price was united in inarria;re witli Miss ]\Iap-p:ie Y., daughter of Pev. M. M. Tucker, of Prankford, this county, hrr.m this union they liave had five cliildren. three gu'h and two boys. ^!r. Price is a pi'ominent Mason of Lodge Xo. 1J7, an'} a consistent member of the C. P. Church.

Willlailf Caswell Prewilt, This gentleman, for many years a citizen of Pike county, is a j\o.tive of Payette county, Iventucky, where he was 1,'orn on tlie PlHh of October, 1S08. His father was Vaul Allen Prewitt and his mother's maiden name was Mildred Ellis. Both his grandfathers, Pobert Prewitt and Capt. William Ellis, were natives of Yirginia, and both had been soldiers in the War of the Pevolution and had fought to secure the independence of the American Colonies. In 1795, some \ears after peace had been proclaimed between Great I5ritain and the United States, and when we were no longer a dependency of England but a free and independent people, they left Virginia and removed with their families to the state of Kentucky and settled in Fayette county where they continued to reside during the remainder of their lives. The subject of our sketch, having before lost his parents, emigrated to Missouri in October, 1829, when he was but twentyone years of age. and invested his lifnited means in laud in Lincoln county and near the town of Auburn, where he continued to reside for ten ^-ears, devoting himself to farming and the constant improvement of his properf,y At this time he sold his farm for wliat was then regarded as a very high price, and bought a small tract of land two miles south of Clarksville in Pike county. To this place he moved in 1SH9 and commenced, as before, to improve his land and to better his s\i;*roundings. Here h.e still resides, but the little tract has grown into an immense farm and the small cabin into a palatial residence. Mr. Prewitt was engaged in the mercantile business in the town of Chrksvilic from 1840 till 1843 when he sold out his business and again audiessed himself to tlie duties of the fiiriu. ]n ]\rarch, 1S45, he was married to Martha C Prewitt, daughter of Rohoit C. l/rewitt of Lincohi county. At tliib time Mr. IVewitt was in the thirty-seventh year of his age, and had hecn a housekeeper fifteen years, while his wife was ahuost a girl, being at the time of her marriage a little less than seventeen years of age. To these parties ii\-e children have been born, of vv-hom only one, Williatn C. Prewitt, Jr., survives. The father of Mr. Prewitt, and also his wife's fatlier, who were brothers, were Kentucky volunteers in the War of 1812 and served in the army pf the northwest under General Harrison. j

The former, Vaul Allen Prewitt, was adjutant of Colonel Dudley's ]iegiment and was captured at Dudley's defeat near Fort Meigs on the Maumee Piiver, and after being stripped by tlic Indians of all hi& clothing excejjt his pants and shirt, was thrust with some five hundred others into the famous Bull-peu where they received much severe treatment, until the interference of Tecuniseh i>ut a stop to the cruelty of the savages. Eobert C. Prewitt ,|

Pike county. To his honor be it said that no man wh.o knows him could be induced to believe that he has ever made a dollar by any other than the most honorable means, and that he would scorn to take advantage of either a man's ignorance or necessities in order to gain for himself any pecuniary \ advantage. Within the last few years Mr. Prewitt has made very con?ider- I able in vestments in real estate in the state of Colorado, where he spei>t sev- 1 eral years with his sick daughter, Mrs. Mattie C. Gentry, wife of P. T. [ Gentry, who died in September, ISSl, at the homestead in Pike county, ! Missouri. Mr. Prewitt, while he has been generally successful, and lias 1 succeeded in amassing a fortune.largely in excess of that of a majority of the 1 mo^^t successful busin^^ss men even in the money centers of the country, has 1 also, in various ways, during a long and active business career, sustained l^Iicliael Jaco]» lleiillieimer, merchant of Clarksville, was born at Thaleiechvvciler, Rheinpfalz, Germany, April 3, 1S4S, where he Wds raised. He was educated in his rpitive cify and at Forhach, Franco. 13 is father, Jacob Ixoinheimer, being a dealer in hides, furs, and leather he was brono^ht up to that business, and began to travel for him as a salesman at the age of seventeen, and was so employed until he was twenty-two, Mdieu, in 1.S70, he immigrated to the United States. He located lirst at Louisiana, Missouri, where he was employed as a clerk in the store of Lesem J^rothers for seven months, when he went to Delaware, Hlinois, where he clerked in the store of his brother, S. M. Rcinheimer t^ Co., for four years, when, in the latter part of lS7-f, he went to New York City, wliere he vras en)ployed as a traveling ealesman for the wholesale house of ]\foses S: Meyers, manufacturers and importers of optical goods one year, wlien, in October, 1S75, he went tc Clarksville and estaldislied his present business. Mr. Eeinheimer had to depend uTion his own resources to Gain a business footinir. He bcfran his life with nothing, but by du3 diligence and persevering industry and economy he has succeeded in building up a good business reputation at Clarksville, and has a paying trade. December 13, 188'2, he was joined in wedlock with Miss Mollie llainsfurther, of Petersburgh, Hiinois. Being a Hebrew by birth he holds to that faith, but is not a member of any congregation, but is a member of Eivcrside Lodge No. 285, I. O. B. B., a Hebrew society of Louisiana, Missouri, of which he is a charter member. He is also a Master and lioyal Arch Mason, and a men)ber of Clarksville Lodge No. IT, and of Grossman Chapter Xo. 156, Delaware, Illinois, and has served as secretary of liis lodge several years.

Joint A. Reiieaii, stock dealer, post-office Clarksville. This gentleman is a niti'.e of Tennessee, born in Hawkins county, in the township of liogersville. October 15, 1S47. He was raised on a farm. His father, Charles ^L Renean, was also a native of Tennessee, and was a blacksmith by vocation. He immigrated to ^Lissouri in 1852, settling in Clarksville, where he remained until his death in January. 1873. His mother is still living, and is making her home with the subject of our sketch. Mr. Benean, when grown, engaged in farming and trading in stock. In 1871 he was elected constable, serving four years, and at the same time filled the office of deputy sheriti'- At tlie expiration of his term of otiice he resumed the stock business, dealing largely in cattle and hogs, shipping to St. Louis mostly, and supplying the butchers trading in this part of the connry. He was married April 9tli, 1S78, to Miss Alice C. Lyter, daiiglitcr of Alex. Lyter, of this county. They have two children. He is a JMuson, beiiifr ^i member of Lodge Xo. IT.

He then went to Morris county, Kew Jersey, where he remained for seven years engaged in the iron nnnes there. He then moved to Hudson City, New York, wdiere he lived ten years. He was a street contractor a part of the time, and a part of the time inspector of the Bergen tunnel which was built by the Xew York vfe Erie. Railroad. In ISrt.S he went to New Brunswick in the employ of the Cam'j'ftbella Mining Com]>any of New York to take charge of the copper and lead mines of the company there. He rej mained there five years, and then came to ClarksviJle, and has made this j his home ever since. He was married, in ISoU, to Mis? Elizabeth Croniu. They were married in Ntw Jersey. Mrs. Eickard is a native of County- Cork, Ireland, and the daughter of William and Mary Cronin. By this union they had two children, John and Anna. Mrs. Rickard died in 1S53. Mr. Rickard married his present wife in 1857. She was Miss Bridget Roscommon, daughter of James and iNlargaret Riley Roscommon. They came to this country in 1852 from County Roscommon, Ireland. There are five children, two, Mary and Katie, now living, and three, Maggie, Josephine, and an infant nut named, dead. John is living in Nesv York, Annie js the f wife of William B. W^irrasby, of Pike county. Mary and Katie are still at home. Mr. Rickard is a stone mason bv trade but a large part of his life has been spent in public and niining eiiterj^risos. lie and his family are members of the Koinan Catholic Church. Thej belong to the Clarksville congregation. Mr. Rickard is also a member of the Independent Order of

Jolin 0. Robertas, Cla-r.-ksville. Tliis sketch outlines the life of a gentleman who has fur almost half a century been a citizen of Pike, and who has had business and ofiicial coiinection with many of the most important enterprises looking to the advancement of the material interests and general prosperity of the county. IV! r. Roberts is a native of Virginia, born in Albemarle county, and almost within the shadow of Monticello, the home of Jefferoon, on the 9th day of June, 1S30. He is the son of Jeremiah iiobertSj wlio emigrated tu Missouri in 1835, and settled near Rrairieville, where he continued to reside, following the avocation of a farmer until a few years before his death, wlien he removed to Clarksville and engaged in mercantile pursuits. Mr. Roberts' mother, a lady of wonderful native intellect aud the most liberal intelectual culture, v.-as Mildred Fagg, a daughter of Major John Fiu'g, and a sister of the Hon. T. J. G. Fagg of St. Louis, an able lawyer and distinguished jurist, and once a raembei' of the Supreme Court of Missouri. In 1847, when but seventeen years of age, the subject of oiir sketch removed to Clarksville and began clerking in a house of general mercliandise, where he remained until 1S51, when he engaged in steara- - boating, running tirst from St. Lonis'to Keokuk, and for a while clerking on some of the best aud fastest steamers ]Jying between St. Louis and xNew Orleans. Charmed with the constant change of place and the excitement incident to a life on the river, he continued for five years (until 185G) to ])reside over the offices of some one of the magnificent steamers then traversing our great national water highway Three years previous to his abandonment of the river, Mr. lioberts was united in marriage to Miss Marv Malvina Swain, I daughter of Warren Swain, one of the first settlers of this portion of the county

V, : cantile business, forming a partnership with Capt. B. P. Clitibrd, a gentlel man of large wealth and great probity of character, in whicli he continued lu 1870, assisted by a few of his fellow townsmen, he organized the Ciarks- ! ville and Western Railroad Company rnd orignated the plans, by which president, he so entirely devoted his energies to tlie work that the enterprise, at iirst regarded as chimerical, assumed, after a time, the aspect of jeiislbility and linanliy culminated in the coustruction ol" tlic road whose northern limit is Keokuk, and whose southern terminus io St. Louis. He is also interested in the paper mill at Clarksville, and througii the elTorts of himself and his associates the ento! prise has ))roven hijrhly sati:-.fac-,tory. Mr. Roberts was the clerk of the 1ir»t board of trustees of tlie ii-coi-poraled town; has iand is in her eighty-sixth year. She lives with her dai;ghter Susan, who is , the wife of Isaac Jump, Esq., of Pike county. The children of this family he was about twenty-five years old. Ue was out with a fishing party and was taken with crani}»sand drowned hctbro assistance reached him. Thomas, Jo!iu, and William died in Tike county; Tiiorntcn died at Eureka Sj-rings, Arkansas, where he l-.ad gone for ids healtli; Surah died in California,; Jane in Colorado; Wasiiin-ton and Marg-aret (now Mrs. James Brown), live in Pettis coun.ty, Missouri; Edward lives in Colorado; Eh'za is the wife of Bosman Bo^Ti/ess of Audrain county. The rest all live in Pike county; Elizabeth is the widow of Eewellyn Carrol!; Mary is the wife of \Vm. Carroll; Susan is xMrs. Wilson. James W. Stark was married December 15, 1842, to Ivfiss Catharine J'.. Schooler. She was born in Kentucky aivd came to Pike

, - county with her prtients in 1S28. when she was only five years old. They t' have had three children, Xancy Margaret, Sarah Elizabeth, and William I Henry. "Xancy M. is the wife of Capt. Abijah Johns of Clarksville. They

' . have one chikl^Harry S. Sarah Elizabeth died January 19, 1S80. William ; llenrv is living on tlio farm where his lather wa. bor.i. He married :Miss

Margaret M. El-in of Bike county. Theyhave four children living, George t K., Williaiii l).,'Beulah C, and Ira O., and two dead, Leona and James Fran- i - 22, 1S51, where he was raised. He is the second son of Parish M. and Elizf " abeth (Emerson ) Story, with whom he lived until manhood. He ^yas t.du-

Works, which under his management has grown to be one ot the largest establishments of the kind in the state, and an enterprise of which the e.ti- zciJS of Pike county Luve great reason to be proiul. AUliongli Mr. Wirick eoiuineiK'cd business in meager circiiinstances he bns by judicions rnanarrement, as v;el) as purchases, accmnulaU-d a considerable amount of pro()ertj, and has at tlie same time ]-)roved himself a great public benefactor. In 1871 he was married to Miss Mary J., the only daughter of ]>,. M. Smith of Clarksville, a lady possessed of many aceom]ilishnients and womanly qualities. Mr. A^'irick is a quiet, unassuming man, honorable in his dealings, and is warmly esteemed by all wlio know h.im..

pketeh is a native of Albemarle county, A^'irgiaia. lie was born at Monti- j cello, the home of his great-grandfather, Thomas Jeflersori, on the 1st day

Yiro-iiiia, and whose mother was !\[artha Jefferson, the oldest daughter of j the " Sage of Montieello.'' Capt. Bankhead is the oldest great-grandchild - j

I lience has the respect and esteein of ail who have the pleasure ot his agree- | j able acquaintance. For almost thirt^'-five years both he and his wife have i been consistent members of the Episcopal Church, to the auvancement ot whose interests lie has doroted much tuou<^ht and contributed great assistance. During the last thirteen years Mr. and Mrs. Bankhead have resiled at Paynesvlllu Vv-itl! flieir sr-n, Dv. Gary li. Baid:head, who, witli his eoliniable wife, have found their chief pleasure in making pleasant and happy the declining years of their dear and aged parents.

JiMlg'e Andrew For^'oy (deceased). The subjectof oar sketch was one of the oldest and best known citizens of Pike county; was born iu Montgomerycounty, Ktaitucl:y, on tlie Sth. day ol' November, 179!), but in early life removed with his pai-ents to Bourbon county, Kentucky, where he attained his majority; in the fall of 1S30 he came to Pike county, Missouri, and after remain.ing about thirteen months i-eturned to Kentucky and remained for a peri<'d of two years, when he again Tcmovcd to Mi.-sourl, leaving Jil^* » ^.Kentucky home on the 3d day of October, 1S23, and settled on the farm at Paynesvillo where lie resided during the remainder of his lite. Judge Forgey was first married to .Mrs. J\[ary A. Lindsay, Vv'hosc nuiiden name v\'as Mary I . A. Gaines, September od, IS'io, just one month ]^vcvious to his departure the use of his name as a candidate, although pressed by many friends to ... again accej^t their proffered suffrages. After his otlicial service he retired to his form, though he continued merchandising, in which business he had been engaged for many years, until about the year 18C>S. In ISGl he met with a heavy loss by fire, losing his store-house and goods to the amount of ten thousand dollars. Judue Forgey was a man of povv'crful physical constitution, of prompt and ready action, of great prudence and pergonal and moral courage, and tliese qualities well lltled him for the arduous duties of

;v frontiersman, while hU itidustroiis and ten)]>erate habits, tn^etlicr with hit; systematic economy, con'ritjutcd very hirgrly in the ucciinuihition ol" tlie large means he was afterwards able to contrul. As ntuy be inferred from the above .ludge Forgey was strictly a self-made man, with limited common school education. He was enabled, by the exercise of a sound and consniamate judgment, to fill phices of trust and i-fsponsibilitv. Without assistance he was enabled, by his own persistence and self-reliance, to carve liis own fortune out of his surroundings. Judge Forgey became a memh'cr of tlie M. E. Church on tlie 11th of October, 181S, and was, for a period of almost sixty-four years, and until his death, an exemplary and consistent member. He died June 7, 1882, mourned by his ow!i fumilv as a tender and generous husband and a kind and attectioiiate father, and by the ])eople of the village, the township, and the county, as an ujiright and enterprising citizen, a coiiseieiitious and dignified Christian geiitlcmaTi, and as a generous and cheerful contributor to every deserviug enterprise; gave freely of bis own personal means to every object deserviug assistance and to every deserving object of charity. To furnish p school for the education of the children of the comm.iiuirv hie contributed liberally to the building' of tlie I biased and courteous in his treatment ol' his i'ellow men, upright and conscientious in the discharge of every duty. Judge Forgey alwavs received and maintained the confidence and esteem of all who knew him, and when he passed away he left behind a memory fragrant with the esteem of the entire cojnmunity.

Judge John E. For^vey, Paynesville, is the second son of Judge Andrew- Forgey. He was born in Pike county, Missouri, on the loth day of ' October, j S27, aud was here reared and educated. After completing his edu- ! cation he engaged in teaching school for a time, after which he went into the ; milling business for a short period; he then turned his attention to tlie mer- | cantile business in company with his father, which avocation he followed until ! 1857; then he turned liis attention to farming, wliich lie followed exclu- i sivelv for three vears, when he acfain associated himself in the mercantile i business with his fath.er at Paynesville, which he cotitinued in coniKction | with his farming pursuits until 1808. Tii 1801 they had the mistbrtune to \ lose by fire their store-house Ciud goods to the amount of ten thousand dol- , lars. In ISGS he retired from the business and returned to his farm and j attgnding to public bu>-iness. He commenced public life when very young, j being elected to the inWce of justice of the peace in .1855, which office he held for seven years, being re-elected in 1S59. in 1S62 he resigned on account of the stringent oath which he refused to take. He was a director of the public road-s for n-sany years. lie was a candidate before the convention of 1871 for the office of countv collector but was defeated. Xot beinf discouraujed he no-ain allowed his name to be used for the office of induce of the county courts, but was a-^ain defeated in 1ST5. In 1S71 he was appointed by Governor I'rown to tl;e position of notary public, and in 1875 was reappointed by Gov. Hardin, and in 1S79 he was again reappointed by Gov. Phelps, each term for four years, which ofllee he has faithfully filled. He has settled more estates for deceased neighbors, pro]Kibly, than any man in the county. In the fall of 18S2 he was elected by a large majority to tlie ofiice of judge at large of the county co\irts, although the ticket was closely contested. He v.-as married, February 27, 1851, to Miss Susanna Glasscock, a native of Fauquier connty, Virginia, a lady of rare refinement and cultnre, and a leading member of society, loved and honored by all who know her. They are the parents of three children: Mollie Lina, who lived of'dy about four months, and two sons, Edwin Marvin and Arthur. lie and his wife have been active menjbers of the M. E. Church for more than twenty-seven years. He was elected recording steward in 1SG2, which office he has since held. He has a fine residence at Paynesville and a farin of 380 acres of good land under a high state of cultivation. Judge Forgey is a genial, hospitable gentleman, who has a kind word for all. By honest and upright dealings he has won the confidence of the entire community.

Henry H. Gaiuliiig', harness manufacturer, Paynesville, was born in St. Louis county, Missouri, June li, 1855, where he was reared and educated. He went to learn tb.e harness trade in 1871, serving four years as an apprentice, and then worked as a journeyman for seven years. In tlie summer of 1882 he came to Paynesville and opened a shop, where he is engaged in the manufacture of harness and does a thriving business. He was married, March 19, 1880, to Miss Anna Fielder, daughter of John Fielder of Clarksville, and granddaughter of the venerable George Fielder who was one of the pioneers of the county. By this nnion they have one child, Carrie E. He is a member of the Episcopal Church, ajid his wife is a member of the Christian Church.

Jacob B. <Tai'iiei\ Paynesville, blacksmith. The subject of this brief sketch was born in Lancaster county, Peun., on the Gth day of November, 1833, a sou of Jacob and Elizabeth Garner, who were natives of Pennsylvania. He was reared in Maytown, Pennsylvania, and received a limited education in the common seliools of the county. At the age of twentv yeart; he went into the Alleghany Monntain.s auJ engaged in bridge building for one year; then engaged in steamboating on tlie Ohio Iwivcr, which he followed for five years. Uo then went to Pittslleld, Illinois, where he worked at blacksinithing for six year^, after which ho came to Pike county, Missouri, locating at Clarksville wliere lie followed his trade for two vcars: he ttien came to Payuesrillc where he has since resided, and where he carries on a thriving business. He was married in ]\[arch, 18G0, to Mrs. Marv Williamson, of St. J^ouis county, ]\£issouri. They have eight children: Charles A., Louis W.. Harry J>., Clarence, Ernest, Mattie E., Lucy E., and Evron. jlr. Carner and his wife are members of the Christian Church.

Joliu P. (jtlSS, principal of tiie PayDesville Academy, vras born in Audrain county, Missouri, August 1, 1848. Re received his education in the schools of the county and at Monroe City, and finished his course at the ] he took charge of the Paynesville Academy, where he has since been engaged, meeting with remarkably good success. He was married, April 22, 1S75, to Miss Emma W. Shell, a nati^^e of Audrain county. They have two i able to control. In 1S7::: he cni.';;xL.>;ec] in the niercaDtile busine.ss fit Piunesville with lii.-? son James E.. where he lias i?iiicc been cngat^ed in eoni>ection with liis former jnirsuits. ]\Ir. Guy was first married, February 1, IS'iT. to Miss Lucy A. Danicron. a native of Yirginia. By this union were born five children, four of whom still survive: Susanna, William Me., Jame.< E., and John W. Tvobt-vr, the oldest, died Aug^,^t j, 1850, and Mrs. Lucy Guy, the wife of our subject, died December 1, LS.50. He was again married, June 3, ISo:?, to aMiss Elizabeth Richard?, a native of Kelson countv, Yirginia. By this union they Jiad one child, who died in infancv. He and his wife are consistent mcn:i])crs of the ChrisHan Church, and in 1S53 he was ordained elder of the chuicli, which, otlice he has snice hehl with lionor to himself and th.e elmrch.

Jolin W. Jlielt, Paynesville, was born in Pike county, Mis.'souri, February, 1839; a son of John and Fhebe Juett, who M-ere natives of Kentucky, and ) came to Pike connty at an eai-jy dt\y. He wo.^ reared on a farm and edu- < Gated in t)ie common schools at Paynesville. He was married December 1 24, 1S62, to Miss Mary E. Squires of this county. Our subject commenced i the .study of dentistry v ith ])v. AlcCuen of Louisiana, in 1859, remaining | with liim for one year, when he commenced practicing and followed the pro- | fession for seven years, and then turned his attention to farminir, Mdiich he I followed exclusively for a period of ten years. In 1871 he went into tlie I em.ploy of the Gravel Eoad Company, where he has since been; and in ISSlheassociatedhimself witli J. A. Greene, and purchased the mill at Paynesville, whicli is doing a thriving business. lie and his wife are the parents of four children, Anna May, Mary A., Walter 11. , and William D. He aiid his wife are members of the M. E. Churcii.

Dr. Notley 11. Laird. Dr. Laird was born in Lalls county, June IS, 1845, but while he was yet an infant his parents moved to Pike connty, and here our subject was reared and received liis eaily education in the common I schools, after which he attended the liigh scliool at Milton, Illinois, spending his vacations in teaching schaol. In 1870 he began the study of medicine with Dr. Herd Smith of Frankford, this cuunty. He s})ent three years with Dr. Sn;ith and took his first course of lectures the winter of 1872 and 1873, and graduated ai the Keokuk Medical College, and received his diploma in the spring of 1S75. In the fall of 1875 he cominenced practicing at h.is present location, where he has a large and successful practice. He was married December 1, 1881, to Miss Ida Ilites of St. Louis. He is a member of the Masonic order and of the Baptist Church.

Andrew Mt'loaii, deceased, was born in ^^[<)ntg-o^nery countj, Kentucky; a son of Andrew and Jane Meloan, who w^ere formerly from Pennsylvania. Our subject immigrated to ]^Iis^ouri in the year 1820, and settled in

I'aynesvillc, where he cuntiuucd to live tlic ren\;u'iider of iii.s life. He was Jiiarried to JMiss Alary Long ol" Kentucky. 'J'iiey we.»"e the parents of eiwht children, six sons and two daughters, all of whom lived to be grown men and women; viz., Josc|ih, Perry and John (twins), Edgar, Jane and Thomas, Caroline and Elizabeth. Mr. Meloan departed this life in 184-, and his wife followed him in 1852, ' They were mciiil't-rs of the CJiristian Church.

Josej)h 3Ieloaji. Mr, Meloan was born m Montgomery county, Kentucky, on the 27t]i day of December, 1817. He canje to Missouri in 1829, ] when but twelve years uf age and after attending the common country i schools f^r a short time, while yet on the farm, he entered the store of Dr. I J, .11. lluglieSj where he continued to act as clerk for two or tln-ee years | when, having attained his majority, lie went to the lead mines of Wisconsin, | Here lie remained for less thaii a year when he again returned_to Pike | county and resufned the avocation of a clerk, this time euterin<5: the store 1 of Judge Andrew Forgey, where he continued to do business to the entire \ satisfaction of his employer, until he entered tlic mercantile business on \ his own account. This busine?s Air. Meloan continued until his death, j which occurred at Paynesville, always his home, on .Decenfoer 11, 1872. | Air. Aieloan was thrice married, tirst to Mahala Clark in June, 18i3. From i this union there but one cliild, Yv'illiam, now a minister of the Christ- 1 I ian Church, and lo--ated in the state of California. Air. Aieloan v.-as again i I married to Susan Pattou, in Deceniber, 1850. To them tv/o children were | [ born. In 1853 lie was married the third time to Margaret Patton, who ! I still survives. From this last union there were five children. Air. Meloan I

Francis W. Patton, mercliaut, Paynesville. Anioiif; the prominent, business men of I'iki' county, tliere arc none more worthy of notice, in liistury, th;i.n tlic bul»jeet of our skctcli, third son of Thonuts D. and Julia A. Patton, lie was born in Pike county, on tliC 21st day of April. lS-i-2; his voufh waii spent in as?islino^ his father on the farm and attending scdiool until he was seventeen yeais of age, when lie was enijiloyed as clerk in the store of Jo>epl'. Meloiui, a ]irominent merchant in Payncsville, in whose employ he remained until 1SG3 - where by strict attention to Ins pursuits he acquired a thorough knowledge of the business. At that time he embarked in the same business for himself, which he carried on with marked success for a ]->eriod of one year, when his brother J. 11. Pattrjn became associated with him and the firm was long known as Patton Brothers. In connection with their mercantile business they dealt largely in live stock, and by close - attention to business and careful management they have steadily added to their acci-rnulatlons uiilii they liave now over 1,700 acres of valuable land. Messrs. Patton continued in the mercantile business until 1SG7, when they sold out and our subject turned his attention to farming, which he followed exclusively for thi-ee years, after which tiuje he moved his family back to Pavnesville and a^rain eniraired in merchandisiuir, whioii business in connection with his farming pursuits he has since followed. Mr. Patton was united in marriage December '2i. 1SG7, to Miss Bettie, oldest daughter of Wm. A. and Kancy A. Forgey, of this county, a lady of culture and refinement, and a lead- '- ing member in society. Their union has been blest with five children, four of whom still survive: viz., Willie F., Ilendley K.,Xarinie, Emma, and Howard W. ^[r. Patton was appointed notary public in 1873 by Governor Hardin, aud has been twice reappointed, in 1877 and in ISSl; was elected magistrate in 1S7S for four years; ho is a Masier Mason, beiug a member of tlie Pavnesville Lodge Xo. 409. Mr. Patton and his lady are ardent workers in the Christian Church, he having united with that organization in 1858. He is a generous, lio.-pitable Christian gentlemen and among the foremost to lend his inllueiice. or donate from his private fundus, to any enterprise that will benefit the community in which he has lived since his birth. By honest and upright dealings he has won the confidence aud resj)ect of not only the people of his ov.-u village but the entire county.

M. P. Pryor, druggist, Paynesville. Among the prominent bu^^iness men of Paynesxille is the subject of this sketch, who was born in Pike county, Xovenjber 1-1, 1856; a son of Thomas and ^[ary Pryor, who were natives of Virginia. Our subject was reared at Paynesville, his youth being spent in attending school until he was sixteen years of age, when he began etching, which he i'Mlli>\vcd tor about ibur years. ITo t.lieu accepted a position witli L. M. Smith, us agent for the steiiinboat line that plied the iVLissis^ij")])! River, where he reniHined oiie yonv. In 1S78 he piivchused the drug store at Paynesville, and bv strict attention to business, and honest dealings with his patrons, lie h;v£i won tlie confidence and respect of the entire community, lie docs a flonri.'hiiuT business, is an enterprising .fjentlcman, and among the I'uremost in any enteri)rise thnt will benelit tlie i>ublic. lie was elected justice of the peace in 1S82 by almost a unanimous vote of the )>eople. He was married September II), ISTS, to Miss Kute Eastin, of Pike county. The\^ have two children, Herbert and Hettie. Ho is a member of , the M. E. Church, and holds the otiice of steward of the church. His wife j again married, to Airs. Malvina Thurnett, a native of Calvert county, Mary- - | land. He is a member uf the Baptist Chui-ch, and his wife is a member of j and John P. Mr. Turpin and wife were members of the Mission Baptist Church. His death occurred September 7, 18G0, and January 5, 1861, fol- i

John P. Turpin was born in Bedford county, Virginia, November 4, 1816, and when aboiit a year old his parents came to Pike county, where he was reared and educated. Wlien he was only thirteen years of age his parents died, and he was tlirown upon Iris own resources. Ho was married r>ecember 21, 1871 to A[iss Adda Bell, a native of Pike county. Tt^^y are tlie parents of two cliildren, Lou Bell and Lemuel. He is a member of the Baptist Church, and his wife is a member of the Christian Church.

Morilecai Amos (doceaped), v^as born in IJonrbou county, Kentiiclcy, October 15, 1797, wjiere he was reared and educated. In 1S17 he came to Pike count}', ^nesouri, where )ie settled on a farm in Cahimet township, and continued to ivt-ide until hh death. He was mjirried in Buurbon county to JMiss Sarah Mnllierren ol tliat county; by this union were eicrht cliildren, of wliom five still survive: ThornaSj Elizal>eth, Benjamin F., Mordecai M., and Sarah A. i\[i'. Amos was a self-made man and by close attention to his farming pui'suits he accumulated a large proj)erty, sufiicient to leave Ids children all a good ho!ne. He and his wife were formerly members of the , M. E. Churcli, but in ISiS he withdrew ajid united with the Christian Church, with which he was identified until his death, which occurred August 25, 1S79. His first wife died May 14, 1S49; he was again married in 1858 to Miss Tempie :\[cGne, who died xlugust 20. 18G1.

Beiijaiiiiii F, Aitios, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Pike county, Augufct 11, lSo2. a son of ^-lordecai and Sarah Amos, His youth was spent in assisting on the farm and attending school. Li 1853 he went to California, where he engr.ged in mining for about eight years with good success, after which he returned to Pike county, where he engaged in farming whicli avocation he has since followed. lie was married August 28, 18G1 to JNliss Eliza W., a daughter of William and Jane Fielder of Pike county, Py this union were ten children, eight of whom are still living: Francis M., Ida J., Edward B., James IL, Dollie, Bessie, Allibam, and John G. Mr. Amos and wife are members of the Christian Church of which he has held the ofiice of deacon since 1873. He has a fine farm, a part of the old homestead, containing 132 acre:?, of good land.

Reulji']! Aiidersoii. tarmer, post-ofiice Clarksville, This gentleman is a native of Pike county, Missouri, and was born May 5, 182S. His father, James Anderson, was born in llarrieon county, Kentucky, in 1792. and emigrated tu Missouri in 181S, and settled near what is now known as Corinth Church,, on a farm, where he remained until his death, which occurred in 1864. The mother of our subject, who died when ho was quite young, was Lydia Holland, and was a native of Kentucky. His parents raised ten children, all bat two of whom are still living. Keuben, our subject, was reared and educated in his native county. When grown he began business for himself, and en^raged in agricultural pursuits, which is his ])resent business, , He is now turning his attention to Short-IIom cattle. Mr. Anderson was nr..L married in :March, 1857, to Plio.'be J. McDannoid, daughter of N, McDannoid, one among the early settlers of this county. She died

Xovcmber 1-i, 1S72, leaving four children, three boys and one girl: Wallie, Lanrrt, A. J., and Jane N., now ]\lrs. Chas. A. J3ibb. Mr. Anderson WHS married the second lime to Nannie It. r.ittersr.n in ISVl. She is a native of this county and is a daughter of John Patrersun, Esq. Mr, and .Mra. Anderson are both members of tlie Baptist. Church. Mr. Anderstm's farm contains 13'2 acres, about 100 ncrcs of which are in a high state of cultivation.

William Brown, farmer, post-office, ('alumet. Mr. Brown is a native of Kentucky and was born November 7, 182-i. His fiithcr, AYilliam Brown, was by birth a Kentuckian, and emigrated to Missouri in 1827. The mother was a native of Maryhind, a Miss J'-lien Cliany. ^[r. Brown and wife settled in (Calumet township on a farm, on wliicli he continued to reside till his death, whicii occurred in the fall of 1SV5. The mother died in December, 1S62. They raised a family of seven children (three boys and four girls), six of whom still live. Wm. L. Brown, our subject, was raised and eduGotcd in Pike county, and when he attained his majority enga^'-ed in agricultural pursuits. He was married in lSo3 to Miss Elizabeth ^Schooler, daughter of Henry and Susana Schooler, and soon after moved to his present farm, v/hich at that time was one dense forest; here he began to ply his ax and open a way to foi'tune. By industry, energy, and economy he has succeeded in cleariu'r and cultivating one of the best farms in his a farmer, and is one .)f the successful ca:tle and iiog dealers of Calumet township. His farmconsists of one hundred and tifty-scven acres of good lan.d most of which is in cultivation, and finely improved. He loves tine stock and lias manv cattle of the best blood. Mr. B. is a member of the A. O.

U. W. They have six children: Lcn'd 11, Dora S., Georgia }I., Lucinda E., William J., Fannie J. Mr. and Mrs. Duchanan arc both * menibers of the Baptiti Cliuich. ^.

Boiljniniu F. Claytoi), fanner, posl-.-flice Clarksville, was born in Tike county, Missouri, Ani:u.4 26, lS5i. His father, Cliarles O., M-as born in tlie city of Lexington, Kentucky, on September 10, 1S27, emigrated to Missouri in 1S5'2, and settled in Montgomery county, tlicn came in 1S57 to Pike county, settling near Clarksville, vrhere he continued to reside until his death in 1874. The n^aiden name of the mother of our subject was Harriett Jeans, daughter of B. F. Jeans, one of the earliest settlers. Our subject, on arriving at age. qualified himself for a teacher under the direction of Prof. M. S. Goodman, after whicli he altetidcu the State ^Normal School f\t KirksvilJe, tliis state. He followed teaching for eight years, but after the death of his father lie took charge of his business; then he engaged in mercantile business in Kevada, Yernon county, this state, for about two years. Peturning, however, he was married, September S, 1SS2, to Miss Aliie Waters, daugliter of James Waters, and niece of Col. D. D. Boone, by whom she was raised. Mr. Clayton has served in several township offices, and is a prominent member of the Christian Church, of which his wife is also a member.

Uriel G . Clitibrd, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Pike county, August 25, 18-19, a son of William and Elizabeth ClitTord. His father died when our subject was about a year old. }Iis youth was spent on a farm and attending school. When he was twenty-two years of age he purchased his present iarm of ll;^> acres of unimproved land, and by liard work he has cleared and improved it so that there is no superior of its size in the county. He was married, wSeptember 27, 1S77, to Miss Sally Dudley, of Pike county. By this union they have one child, William Homer. Mr. Clifiord and wife are menibers of the Chri-tian Church.

Alexander CoO])t^i', farmer and stock-raisci' was born in Mason county, Kentucky, January 5, 1818, a son of Nicholas and Ann Cooper, with whom he came to Pike county, Missouri, in 1836, settling in Paynesville. He lived his puren.ts on a farm until he reached the age of nuiuhood. When he was twenty-one years of age he commenced to learn the wagon-maker's trade, scf-ving an apprenticeship of two years, after which lie engaged in the same business for himself, which he followed fur about nine years at Paynesville. He next engaged in the mercantile business at Paynesville for five years. He then turtied liis attention to farming and stock-raising. Mr. Cooper is a self-made man, having by good management and strict economy accuHHilatcd bv liis own exertions a large })ropcrty. liis farm cunsiat.s of 416 acres of finely itnproved land under a higli state of cultivation. lie was married in Is-i*} to Mi.^s Sarah Dyson, a native of En^^land. J^^y this union tliere were nine children, seven o^" whom still survive. TJis wife died in 1>71.

Calvin Crow, farmer and stock-raider, post-office Clarks\ille, was l)orn while on tlio road from Kentucky to Aliss-snri somewhei'e near the state line between Indiana and Illinois. IJis lather, Benjamin Cv"\\\ was a native of Maryland, and went to Kentucky wliere he w<ls inari'ied to Elizabeth Schov-der. He came to Missouri in the fall of 1S30, and settled on the farm novv owned by our subject, where he followed the business of farmint^- until his death, which occurred in 1S63. The mother di-ed in ISOs. They raised a family of ni)ie children, iVmr of wiiom ai'e still living. j\Ir. Calvin Cruw was married in 1S54 to Miss Eunice M., daughter of William Sidwell, who was from Kentucky. Mr. and Mrs. Crow have six children living: Alice, Luther A., Arizona, Emma, Minnesota, and Edv,-ard. They are both, with their son PMward, consistent niembers of the Baptist Church. He belongs to the order of Patrons of Husbaudry. Mr. Crow's farm contains one hundred and sixty-thiee acres of choice land, the soil being a deep black loam, and for growing all kinds of grain it has no superior. He has a good house, with ample out-buildings.

Williaiu 1>. CniiimiDS, post-office, Paynesville; farmer and stock-raiser; was born is Bourbon county, Kentucky, October 29, lS-29, and immigrated i to Missouri in the winter of 1853, settling and engaging in the mercantile to "Missouri, in tiie fall of.lSiiT. His father, Robert Estes, was by birth a Viro-inian, foino- 1<» Kentucky in an early dav, wdiere he was married to Elizal)eth whose sketch appears on another page. Our subject was born in Bike | county, Missouri, October 3, ls24:, living with his parents until he reached | the age of manhood. His father was engaged in the mercantile business, j consequently the management of the large tarm which his father owned j devolved on our suhject. He was married November 14, 1S44, to Miss j Kancy, daughter of Hendley and Kate B. Kissinger, early settlers of Pike county. In 1845 our subject moved on his present farm. It contained at that time 315 acres of unimproved land, to which he has added from time to time until he has a line farm of over ooO acres of iniproved land under a

James A, Goodinail is r. native of Pii^e county, and wa>5 born May oO, 1851. He the second son of V\'iiliain A. and Mary K. Goodman. William A. Goodman was born in Albennuie connty,, Yir<;inia. He came to JMissoiiri in about the year IS - . He first settled in Pike county, on the tucky, and immigrated to AHssouri in the tail of 1S2T. He came here with his mother and a sister. He purchased SO acres of land, which was at that ' time a dense forest, and couimenced to open out a farm, and where he continued to reside until his death, which occurred October 10, 1S63. Tlie mother of James E. was Miss Emily Inglis, a native of Bourbon county Kentucky. They raided a family of four children, one boy and three girls, all of whom are livijig. The elder sister is in Colorado, at Colorado Springs. The mother is stiil liviiig in Louisiana, and is married to Dr. G. S. lilralley. Onr subject was bi)rn and raised on the old homestead, now owned by Jus. Goodman. Mr. G. received most of his education at the common schools. He attended one session at Central College. He commenced life as a farmer and stock-raiser, whicli has been his business for life. He has now on his farm some twenty Sliort-llorns and thoroui;h-bre<.ls. His hogs are Berkshire and thoroiigh-breds. lie was married on the 10th of November, lSr>7, to Mi.s^^ K;itc Eid.son, daughter ol' jl. 11. and Providence Kid.>on, who were orif^inally I'rom Kentucky, CDmini^ to Missouri in an early day. They have three children, one girl and two boys: Cora E., Xoali 11., and Edwin Ilnrty. Mr. and J\Jrs. G. are members of the Dover Ba])tist Church, of Nshich ]je is clerk.

Xinirod Guy, post-otlicc PaynesviUc, farmer and stock-raiser, wa.s born in Jessamine county, Kentucky, February 5, 1S17; is a son of Robert nnd Elizabeth Guy. When he was an infant liis parents immigrated to Pike county, where he was reared and educated, living with his parents until he grew to maiihood. In 1S35 he went to tlje iead mines of Wisconsin whore he remained two seasons, and by hard wo.'-k and strict ec<.)nomy lie saved ^300, which WHS the starting point of his large accumulations. After returninii; home, he with liis elder bi-othcr entered eighty acres oi' government land. He afterwards purchased his brothers interest, on which place he has since mode Ids home. He was iirst married, April 2, 1846, to Mrs. Elizabetii i'helps, a native uf ^[ay county, Virginia. By this union were three children, of whom one still survives, Mrs. Anna B. Furgey, the wife of Andrew J. Forgey, a prominent tanner of Calumet township and a resident of Paynesville. His wife died March 10, 1S76. He was again married, March 20, ISTT, to Mrs. Kussie Thurman, a daughter of Jose[»h and Rachel Erritt, who was a prominent preaclier of the Chi'istian Church at Paynesville for thirty-two years. Mrs. Guy has two children by her former marriage: Polly and John E. Thurman. Mr. Guy has a farm of over 700 acres of improved land under a high state of cultivation. He and his wife are members of the Christian Church.

D. G. Hintoil, farmer and commission merchant, Ann xda, was born in Pike county, July 1-i, 1S32, and was here reared and educated. When about eighteen \ears of aije he wtut to Lincoln county, Missouri, where he remained until 1857, when lie returned to Pike county. The most ot his lite has been spent in the avocation of farming and stock-dealing, having 340 acres of good land well adapted to the growing of stock and grain. In 1"^S1 he, with J. II. Palcen, built a large warehouse at Annada, where he deals extensively in grain and stock. He was married February 16, 1855, to Miss Deborah A. Estes, of Lincoln county. By this union eleven children have been born, two of whom still survive, Jennie and Dealy A. He and his wife are members of the Christian Church,

Sainucl 1j. Jaco1>y(dc(?eased\ was a farmer, post-office Clarkpville; was a rntivc of Keiitack}', born in ISll, in Bourbon county; lie came to Mis.-oui'i Avb.cn a young i\)an, in 1S"20; lie Avas^ married in IS.'-,? to Miss Anna E. (iivens, daughter of Mattiiew Givens. Esq., an early settler of Pike county. J\j.r, Jacoby, after niarria>;e, began lo iitiprove Jiis farm, which had been entei-ed by liis imcle, Jacob Jacoby, who was a resident of Kentucky; he liad been a farmer all his life. They raised a family of three children: Mary E. (now Mr?. Jackson\ Sophronia Jeans, and Samuel D., who i?; the youngest, and is making his home \\itli his mother ou the old home.-tead, wliich contains over three Inindred acres. The residence is a large one-story brick, with good out-buildings. JNlr. Jacoby was one of tlie substantial men of the neighborhood. Tie came jiere 'with his mother, she being a widow. He resided on the same farm- until his death, which occurred in 1S73. His mother made her liome with him until slie died, at the age of 88. years, in ISOC. Mr. Jacobs was a nicmber of the ]\iat-onic fraterniiy, and of the Christian Church. }>lrs. Jacol)y, who survives lier husband, is a member of the same churcli, and is a native of Kentucky, born on December 17, 1822.

Potcr Jneg;'e7', farmer, Clarks\ille, is a i\ative of Prussia, and was born or. the Rhine, near Cologne, on ]^ovembcr 8, 1S3'2. He was reared and educated in his native country. In 1S55 he conic to the United States, laiiding at Xew Orleans; tlierice to St. Louis, where he stopper! for two years; thence to Clarksville in the fall of 1S57. Securing a position with E. W. Haywood, he was foreman in the co<">per sho}), which position he held for a period vf about twelve years. In January, lS7f>, he moved to his ])resent home, v\hich consistsof 267 acres, most of which is in cultivatic-n. He has a neat and substantial residence, situated uiton a high' and most beautiful site, overlooking tlie banks of the Mitsissip]>i Kiver. ^Ir. Jaeger was married in 1859 to Miss Helen Manns. wShe is a native of Germany. Th.ey have tl:rcO boys, Peter E., Charley, and John A. Mr. Jaeger is one of tlie successful Btock dealers of Calumet townsltip.