Pike County, Missouri - The whole text, 1883 (part 4 of 13)

This church was not or(i;ani7.cd in Louisiana until October 1, 1S51. Previous to this time tlie tew members then residuiit in the city met and worshiped with the congregation at Huli'alo churcli, some four miles south of Louisiana. At the date above mentioned, llev. W. F. Cochran, wlio lived at West Ely, north of Hannibal, rude on horsebach from his home to Louisiana and preached to the membership of five who liad been oi'^anized into a cluirch. Of these five there was but one male member, John I). Wood. The Methodi-;ts now tendered the Presbyttrians the use of their house which was gratefully accepted and occupied until the time when their present cluirch, situated on South Carolina street, was built. The first stated supply was the Kev. L M. Paxson, under whose ministry the church was really orgaiiized. He }>reaehed for six months, until September, lS5i^, when Kev. G. W. Ash succeeded him, and officiated until October, 1S54. Itev. David Irwin followed Mr. Ash and remained until October, 1S57, when Pev, Eli P. Smith was installed as pastur in April, 1S5S, and served the church until 18G1, when ]iev. George Yan became the pastor and preaelied until 1SG4, when the stated supply was liev. S. W. i^Iitchell for one year. A short time after this Pev. John A. McAfee was installed as pastor and filled the pulpit until July, ISTO, when Pev. Eli J>. Smith was recalled as pastor and c.-ntinued in charge until 1;'.- death in ISTi?. The pastors since that time have been II. K. SlcComb, from January, 1S73, until April, 1S77; Rev. S. IP Williams, from May, 1S77, to April, ISSl; and the present pastor, Pev. I). ]\. Campbell, who commenced his Labors here in March, PSS2. The first ruling elder of this church Vv-as John D. Ivnox. 'J'he organization now is Rev. D. K. Campbell, pastor; William Armstrong, Dr. IP P. Putts, A. McMoore, Edward Hesser, Dr. J. T. Pell, and George Reid, ruling elders; Stuart Carkener, Samuel Peid, and Ebenezer Oaks, deacons; Dr. II. B. Putts, clerk oi' the session; and Stuart Carkener, superintendent of the sabbath-school. Tiie present membership numbers about seventy-five comnuinicants. Erom a small beginning this church has grown into a strong Christian organization and now has among its members some of the most ii'.fluential and deservinii; citizens of the town.

Ftiist Ijaptist Church

This churcli was orf^anJzod Marcli' 2<>, 1S53, with tiic following conBtitnting members. Charles Bacon and wife, John J. Gibson and wife, W. D. Henry and wife, A. ]J. jjandrnni and wife, (reo. W. Peay and wife, J. II. Fry and wife, Josiah IJavncs and wife, John Todd and wife, John E. Wise and wife, J. E. I nlow and wife, David Emerson and v/ife, Thomas Smith and wife, Foster Ilill and wife, William L. Carr, Mary F. ]\[orton, Eliza BarL-er, Lillitlia Gibson, Cyntha Vratson. Ann Meyers, Martha Pugh, Mary Penning, and Martha iMilroy. Geo. W. Peay and Josiah IIa\nes were elected the first deacons and 'Mr. Peay was also chosen to act as clerk, which position he held from 1853 nntil 1867, a period of fourteen years. The first regular pastor was Ilev. Ja^. V. Smith, wlio svas called in December, 1853.

Services were for a while held in private houses, but after a little time John D. "Wood offered the use of his school-building v/hich was accepted and the congregation inet and worshiped here until they built their house, or at least until the basement was ready for use which was in May, 1854. Tlieir church-house is a substantial brick structure, situated on the corner of Seventh and Georgia streets. Tiie church was completed and dedicated late in the summer of 1.S.>1. In 1SC4 there was a division in the church growing out of dissensions occasioned by the war, and a ])art of the congregation withdrew and formed what was known as the Second Baptist Church of Louisiana. In December, ISGf), the Second Baptist Church dissolved and its menibers were again received back into the congregation of t'^e first church. During the long interval since its organization this church has had a good many pastors, the names of vvhom we submit below: Kev. J. F. Smiih, from 1853 to 1854; liev. ^1". M. Modisett from 1854 to 1857; Pev. Suiith again, from 1857 to 1859; Rev. J. T. Williams, from 1859 to 18G0; Pev. H. M. King, from August, 1860, to ^March, 1862; Rev. J. B. Fuller, from March, 1862, to April, 1864. The church now had no pastor until 1867, when Rev. A. F. Randall occu])ied the pulpit for a few months, and in May, 1868, Rev. R. Gibson accepted a call and served until August, 1871. licv. James Biggs was in charge from 1872 till 1875, J.T. Williams from October, 1875, until June, 1870, when Rev. Wm. Tipton, served from January, 1880, until January, 1SS2, and now the Rev. Mr. Kemper is the preaclier in charge. The present deacons are D. J. Milroy, J. E. Rowley, A. J. McCune, and A. Slaughter. The church has a present membership of 143 communicants and is also a working and spiritually minded body of Christians.

Oity Of I.Ouistana

The Lonislana congregalion of the CiniibcrlaiHl rreslwterian Churcli v.'ae organized in February, 1S55, by Ilevs, James W. Campbell and E. D. Pearson. By an order of Salt "River Presbytery, October, 1851, llcv. E. }). Pearson was sent to Louisiana to organize a congregation and to build a church house. For twelve months pi'ior to this tiirje llev. James W. Campbell had been preaching to the few Cumberland Presbyterians in the town one sabbatli in each month, and had occupied for this purj)05e the pulpit of the M. E. Church South. The organization as effected by Pevs, Campbell and Pearson consisted of but nine members. David McAlister, James "W. Smith, and John AI. Pussell were elected theruliiig elders of the congregation. In a protracted meeting held during the month of February, 1855, twenty-live or thirty new members were added to the church. In the summer of 1S55 the church lionse was erected, and dedicated at the meeting of tiie synod in the October following, Pev. J. .B. Mitchell, then president of McGec College, preaching the dedicatory sermon. Pev. E. D. Pearson continued to preach to the church until June, ISGl. Pev. J. W. Campbell now sup- i plied the church wuth pi-eaching for several months and until the time of the 1 employment of Pev. W. D. Mahan, who continued to serve the church as pas- | tor for the period of more than three years. In the spring ot 1SG7 Pev. E. J D. Pearson was again employed as the pastor and has been continued until J the present time, having served the church for more than twenty-one years. I The congregation, has had but three ministers tilling its pulpit as their ] pastors duririg the twenty-eight years of its organized existence. This con- "^i gregation has had its seasons of trial as all others ha\ e doubtless experienced. 1 Its growth has been gradual and permanent. From the time of its organi- 1 zation it has elected thirteen ruling elders. It now has -five acting as eld- ] ers. It has received into the communion of the church four hundred and eighty persons, and has a present membership of one hundred and thirt}'- j five. Within the time of its existence this church has lost eighty members by the hand of death. It has maintained preaching, sabbath-school, and prayer-meeting regularly, and lias been blessed with many seasons of revival. . ^ . ' .

The first organization of a Alethodist Church in Louisiana is supposed by the citizens to have occurred about the year 1S30 and under or during the ministry of Pev, Andrew Monroe. Meetings were first held in private residencesj afterwards in old Masonic Hall, and then in the school-house.

Among tlie earliest members are remembcreil the names of Jil. ^Vatson and wife, David AVatson and wifo, Col. John E. Allen and wife, Ivy Znmwalt and wife, John j^asyo and wife, and Mrs, Betty Peiry. hi 3 837 this little congregation wa^: angmetitod by the addition of J. S. ^laricley, a local preacher, L. iS'^ewnian, another local preacher, and wife, and Edward Dra- ])er and wife. About this time a prayer-meeting v/as held at the house of L, Newman, which resulted in a determination to hold the^c meetings daily, and oat of these, in connection with the preaching of Ilev. Daniel T. Sherman, the preacher in charge, grew a i-evival which resulted in the addition of thirty members to the church. In 1S39 steps were taken to build a church at the foot of J^Fain street, on the west side of the same. A brick church was erected liere under the superintendency of David Wat.-on. When it had been in use about three years, and while still in an unfinished condition, the church fell down. In 184-i- another attempt was made to build a church, a frame, on the same lot. When it had bcesi partially enclosed it was blown I down. In 164.5, nothing daunted by past failures, the members again went I to work and put up a brick church on the same foundation n})on which the | other two had been built, .".nd the building is in use to-day as a tenement house. The ofHcial board of the church at this time was composed of John E. Allen, Hayden Gentry, David Watson, John E. Markley, L. Kewman, Joseph CharleviUe, John Schwimmer, Ivy Znmwalt, and T. T. Bake.

In 18-44 or 1845 the division occurred in the Methodist Church, and thia congregation, falling within the lines of the southern branch, became, by mutual consent, the M. E. Church South. They continued to use the house at the foot of ^lain street until 1854, when they built the brick church on the corner of Fourth and South Carolina Streets, which was soon after dedicated by D. P.. McAnaily, D. D., of Si. Lords. In 18G1, on account of troubles engendered by the war, a part of the members, while not formally withdawino;, went into what thev termed --a union association," Amono' these were Edwin Draper, Philander Draper, Daniel Draper, J. S. Markley, Charles Hunter, Joseph S. Barnum, T. J. C. Eagg, William Vanhorn, P. . S.^Strother, Ilobert Allison, Jesse Gentry, Joseph CharleviUe, H. Haley, Fr^ink Haley, and Robert Owens, with their families. Out of this association trrew the Xorthern ]\rethodist Church of Louisiana. It is due to state, however, that several wdio had gone into the "association'"' returnt^d to the Church South when the object of organizing a new church was disclosed.

The ]^[ethodist Episcopal Church xsorth was organized in 1SG3, under the jninistry of Pcv. Wm. Demott, and was received into the conference of that body by Bishop Ames on June the '20th of tliut year. At this time Bishop

Anjes iilso fonucd a presiding elder's district, to bo ciiled the Louisiana Disiiiet, aiid to embrace tlio territory silnated between the Missouri River and th.e Ili'nnibal c^c St. Jo(3 liailroad. Amou;^' the con3titutin<j^ members of this cluircli we find the n.imes of Rev. !N. Shumate, P. K.; Rev. William Demott, pastor; R. S. Strother, class leader; C, G. Hunter and Edward Draper, stewards; T. J. C. Fagg, J, S. Marklev, Samuel Griix^^s, Robert Owns, J. Cbarleville, J. M. Gentry, J. S. Rarnam, John Schwinnner, and E?:ra Gibson. These, v;illi their families, agi;reirated 102 members, with which the chnrch was orL'anized. After their organization they worshiped for quite a while in the M. E. Church South, pending the suit which they had instituted for the property. The supreme court, however, awarded the property to the M. E. Cliurch South, when the other wing withdrew, and thereafter, for a season, worshiped in the Presbyterian church, the use of which had been kindly offered them. In ISGT they built ihe brick church on ti'.e coriier of Seventh and Teunes-ee streets, v.hei-e they have since continued to conduct tiieir services.

Cukistian Church

The Christian Church in Louisiana, Missouri, was organized by Elders Jeremiah Lancaster and Sandy Jones in 1837. Its iirst meetings were held in the court-house, and in Schwimmer's vacant log store room, on the corner of Main and Georgie streets. The original members were five in number; viz., Mrs. Minerva Luce, Mrs. Catharine Ruggles, ]\[rs. Dr. Gorin, Miss Attella Jackson, and Jno. T. Folks. Three of the charter members are still living; viz., Airs. Luce, Mrs. Rugfjles, and Mrs. Parnard, the latter being Miss Jackson in 1:^3T. Elders Jones and Lancaster preached frequently for the church during ihe years 1837-8. The place of worship was Scwhimmer's j

Tliird street; aud fi2;ain, al)Ont IS45, to the puMic school-liousG on Geor^^'ia street near Fifth street. The ti)ini.--tcrs who did the preachinc; for this chiircdi from the date of it^ ori2;.inization, iti 1S3T, to tlic date of tlie building of the present house of worship, in 1850, in clironological order were Sandy Jones, Jeremiah Lancaster, Jacob Creatli, Jr., Samuel S. Church (then a. youth), Dr. J. W. Jhighes, and Jose|)h J. Errctt. The two latter lived in Payncsville, Missouri, and preached monthly in Louisiana. ]n 1S15 Elders Jaeob Creath and George AVaters held a meeting at. which Julius 0. Jackson and his wife Harriet Jach?on united with the church. Capt. George l-Jarnard, Isaac N. IJryson, and AVilliam Luce v/ere baptized and united with the church at the same time. In 1S46 Mrs. J. E. Carstarphen (then Miss Belinia Jaclrson), Joseph Earnett, Jaco!) Linder, and George Young became members of this cliurch. The present house of worship was completed in IbbO. Julus 0. Jackson and Wiiliaiu Luce were the trustees and building C'>raniittce. The.-o and Capt. George Barnard were the chief contributors ro the building fund. J-'resident Alexander Canjpbeil of Bethany', Virginia, visited Louisiana in 1S51, and preached several times to the great enjoyment and er.couragement of the congregation. During the decade from 1S50 to JSC-.O ju-otracted meetings were held at various it^tervals by Dr. W. K. ITopsoa, Elders L. B. Wilkes, T. M. Allen, J. W. Burbridge, Peter Donan, Timothy Ford, George Watters, and Joseph J. Errett. Elder Joseph J. Errett of Paynesville preached monthly for the church in 185S- 59-Gv). Elder Alpheus Brown was the resident minister fi:)r this church in 1861-G2. Elder William Brown, known as "Billy Brown," of Illinois, visitied and preached for the church in 1863-64-. Elder J. I). Dawson located in Louisiana, in 1S62, as principal of an academy; lie also preached for the church occnsionally and has con.tinucd to minister to it, at intervals, to the present time (1SS3). Elder J. Creath held a noted meeting in 1S51-, at: wLIch there were fifty additions. It was his custom to hold a daily prayermeeting at sunrise. Dr. "\V. H. Hopson, a few years later, in 1857, held a series of meetings that are still fresh in the memories of all who attended them. Elder Thomas M. Alien, of Columbia, Missouri, soon after the close of the war, held a grand union meeting, at which he succeeded in harmonizing the discordant elements in the church, and restoring friendship and unity among its members. His vi.^jt is remembered as an epoch in the history of the church. Elder II. D. Clark of Pittstield, Illinois, held a successful meeting for the Church in March, lSG8,at which there were thirty or forty additions. In August, 1868, Clayton Iveith, having just graduated at Kentucky University, and the The>.logic:il (or Bible) College, Lexington, Kentucky, began his ministry with this cluircJi, and continued until October, ISGO. During the year ot' his ministry the congregation was in a prosperous condition, numherijig ?.00 members, about lOO of wliicli were added during the year. In 1S70 and JS71 Elder H. D. Ch\rk, now of Baltimore, Maryland, was the resident minister of the cluircli. Elder Jesse IT. Eerry of Springfield, j

At ])rescnt. (1883) the church is without a minister. The elders are Jno. J). Dawson, Jno. T. Paile, Jas. I. Nelson, and Clayton Keith. It cannot be | the organization. From this time until now regular services have been conducted and a regularly ordained minister has been in the employ of the church. Ilevs. Dr. Jennings, Mr. Webb, Mr. Jackson, Mr. Matran, and iJr. Curtis, the ])resent rector, have been employed in the order named. In 1878 or about that time the church was moved from its old site to Georgia street, on the west side of Seventh street, and a neat and comfortable looking rectory was erected.

The church is not numerically strong, but is apparently in a healthy S}»iritual condition, with a well conducted and well attended sabbath-school, vvhich has been long continued, and with every ])rospect of doing much to advance the well-being of those in whose midst it has been planted.

The families that furmoJ th,e nucleus for this churcli were lliose of Edward Einerson, David Crider, F. A. Siuh'i and Mrs. Webber. 'J'hey first liad services as early a.- 1S4(^, and their ]ihices of asseinblin;^ for tliis piirpot^e were the sliop-^ and other buildings of tlie poor classes of tlie citizens. Father Lyon, of Alilvvoud, Lincoln county, \vas the priest who conducted these early services. Other Catholic families commenced to settle in Louisiana and its vicinity soon al'ter the year in^Tiied aboNO, and in 1850 Father Lyon bei;an to build a clmrch in the northern part of the city, which was called St. Patrick's, and in uhich they continued to worship until 1874. This was a wooden structure and its cost was comparatively triiiinui;, the land upon which it stood having been donated for tliis purpu.-e. I'Vtther Lyon ofliciateJ as pastor nntil ISoT, and was succeeded by Fathers r).''ady, Tennell, Haley, O'liagan, Cummings, Kam, and Murray. These continued to serve the church until 1873, when Fatiier Gleasuu became pastor, and during his charge a fine brick strnctnre. known as St. Joseph's Catholic (^iiurch of Louisiana, was erected in the northern part of the city. This churcli was dedicated on July 15, 1S74, by Kight Rev. Lishop P. J. Ryan, of St. Louis. Rev. Gleason ofFiciated until 1S75, when he was succeeded by Father Cahners, who remained until 1S77, when the Franciscans, of Quincj-, Llinois. took charge of the church and supplied its pulpit until 1SS2, when the bishop again took control of it, and sent the present pastor. Father John Hubert May. The membership of this church number at this time almost four hundred communicants. In September, ISSl, a parochial scliool was established, under the charge of the Lrsuline Sisters, with two teachers. Mother Juliana and Sister Stanislaus. Tlie attendance during the first academic year was more than one hundred ])upils.

This lodge was organized under charter which bears date October 12, 1847, the first officers were Philander Draper, W. M.; E. G. McQuIe, S. W.; and Theodore Letts, J. W. The names of all the cha'rter members we have been unable to obtain. The present officers are E. Pepper, W. M.; Alexander Owens, S. W.; and Martin Flegle, J. W. The lodge has at this time about sixty members, and befurea part of its membership withdrew to form Globe Lodge there were almost a hundred members in good standing in Perseverance Lodge. The lodge is represented as working pleasantly and harmoniously, and as being in a good and ilourishing condition.

Knights Of Pythias

The Louisiana Lodge K. of H. was in.stituted September 5, 1S70, by John M. Blodgett, deputy. The constituting members were Dr. S. B. Ayre^, Charles Bnrkh.ardt, M. B. Brown, J. Yl. Blodgett, H. 0. Draper. John ^.L Frier, J. D.' Godfrey, J. Vl. Gentry, AY. J. Howden, H. H. Jolmson, J. M. Lewis, A. ^vL Monnee, Carson Modissott. A. C. Sheldon, W. G. Tinsiey, C.

B. YTalton, A. W. Welirman, and B. H. Williams. The first officers were A. C. Sheldon, dictator; Charles Burkhardt, Y. D.; A. W. Wehrman, A. D.; H. L. Murray, reporter; W. J. Howden. financial reporter; John .^. Frier, treasurer, X. 1'. Frown, chaplain; and A. W. Wehrman, A. C. Slicl-

This lodge Avas organized in August, 1S7T, v.'ith twenty members. The present ofticers are A. Wald, president; M. Lesem, vice-president; Al. Morris, secretary; P. Zuzak, F. S. ; S. Michael, treasurer; M. Michael, monitor; H. Gensberger, warden. The stated meetings are held the first and third Sundays of each month.

Catholic Cemetry. . '

This place of bunal, designed for the menibers of the Catliolic families of Louisiana and vicinity, is situated one and oiie-fourth miles west of the limits of the city. It contains five and one-fourtli acres of land, is well fenced and suitably decorated with trees, flowers, and shrubs. It was sot apart for burial, purposes in 1878, and the first interments were Miss lihoda Snyder and Airs. Mary D. McCarty, made during this year. Since that time some forty graves have been made here, whose head-stones mark the last resting places of the pious dead.

Hebrew Cemetery

This is a beautiful plat of ground, containing perhaps a little less than an acre of land, and located just north of and immediately u]«on the Louisiana <!;' Bowling Green Gravel lioad and about two miles west of the city. It is called -'Kodef Shole!^.-' the Hebrew furlioad to Peace.' It is entered throuo-h an arched g*iteway over which is inscribed in Hebrew "Shaare Sholem," and in English the translation, '-Gates of Peace.'' It was set apart for burial purposes by the Hebrew Society liodef Sholem in the summer of 1871. The first interment made was Katie, a little daughter of Ferdinand Fishell. The interments now number about thirty, and the graves are beautifully kept, while the grounds give evidence of the respect which our Jewish neighbors cher-'sh for the memorv of their dead.

Louisiana

mcnts of liis education were received. In ISoO he went to Hannibal, Mis- ' ] «ouri, to live witli his guardian, his Uncle George xVlleri, witli whom ho ~J but an energetic public man and wide awake to the growth and prosperity of the city. In 1870 he was elected city attorney. In 1874- lie was elected 1 and cliairman of the finance committee. In 1877, the city being burdened with a bonded indebtedness that retarded its growth., the council appointed a committee, of which he was chairman, to compromise with the bondholders, the most of the work falling on him. A settlement was efl'ectcd, reducing the debt nearly one-half and the interest from ten t(» six per cent, and the time of payment fr-.m five to twenty years. In 1872 he married Cornelia E. Vanliorn, daughter of J. W. Vanhorn, of Louisiana, by whom he has tliree children: James TT alter, Cora Jeans, and Fluyd Erasier. He is a Master, Royal Arch, and Knight Templar Mason, and in 1877 he was deputy grand commander of the Grand Commandary of Missouri. He is also a Knicrht of Honor.

railroad ijiidge ac.Tt.>5 the ^Mississippi JMver a,f Loiiisiaii;!, Missouri, was born at "Wiitcrbury, Washington county, A'^ermont, November 5, 1837. v.'hcrc lie lived with his parent- and attended school nntil he was seventeen years of Pif^c, when, he came to Missouri. IJe first stopped at St. Charles, and was en]])l(»yed as book-keeper in the lumber otlice of Porter <fc Overall for one year, when he went to the Missouri Kiver, v.hich he followed eitlior as river pilot or master of a steamboat, plying between St. Louis and Fort Eenton nntil 1871, when he came to Louisiana and took charge of the steam transfer across the Mississippi for the C. <k, A. Liailroad Company nntil the fi^ll of 1.873, when he accepted his present position as superintendent of the iron bridge for the same company. Mr, Atkin is a prominent Mason, He is a member of Globe Lodge No. 495, A. F. & A. M.; of Bond Chapter Xo. 23, It. A. !5L, of Louisiana City, and of Gyrene Cornmandery No. 13, K. T,, of Bowling Green. He has served Globe Lodge as master one year, and Bond Chapter as principal sojourner tv,-o years, and was eminent commander of Gyrene Commandery for four years. In October, 1S7S, was elected and served as grand commander of the Grand Commandery of the State of Missouri, he filling that station for two years. February 2, 1S6.5, he manied Laura S. Boal. of St. Charles, Missouri. They have eight children, Carroll Lee, May, Birdie, William P., Stonewall, I^rice, Bobert 3[orse, and Balph Parsons, all living at home.

Sjdalliicl Bain bridge Avers, 3r. 1>.. was born near Spencersbnrg, Pike county, Missouri, January 5, 1839, where he was raised. He is the son of Thomas J. and Elizabeth (Lewis) Ayers. He received tlie rudiments of his education by atten.ding pnblic school until he was eighteen, when he was sent to "\\*ashington Seminary at Paris, Missouri, one year, after which he tanght school two years at the Pose school-house, near Curry ville, Pike county, when he resumed his studies at Bethel College, Palmyra, completing his literary education there in IStU, He then studied medicine for a short time under Dr. Bailey, and then enlisted in the Missouri State Guards under General Price and served eight months, when he resumed the study of medicine under iJrs. Wicks & Tucker, ot Spencersburg, and completed the course by graduating as M. D. from liush Aledical College, Chicago, Pllinois, in January, 18GG. In lStj4, in the interim between the course of lectures, he began to practice at Spencersburg. May 12, 18G6, he permanently .settled at Louisiana, and has built up an extensive and profitable practice. October 25, 1864, he married Susan E.. daughter of Thomas P, W^oouson, ui' Spencersburg, MisEOuri. Himself and v,ife with his health he abai:doned it. He then engaged infai-mingin the vicin- | ity of Ciarksiield, for four years, w hen, in 185J:, he came to Missouri, and . j located in Louisiana, er.gaglng in the livery business until 18-'>6, when he til 1S71, when lie discontinued, becoming afrent for the Keokuk it' Nortli- i eru Line Steamboat Company and is still acting as such. "With his steamboat ai;'Ciicy he, in 1877, became associated with E. P. Brown as Baruuin S: Brown, and cngas^ed in the auction and dry floods business in Louisiana, up to 1SS2, i^Er. I ;rown retiring iVoui tiie tinu in JSSO. In ^^Tarch, 1SS2, liis son Frank became associatt-d with birn in the grocery business at Louisiana in the firm name of Barnum tt Son. Ho has served several terms in the city council and has been the licensed city auctioneer since 1872. He has been twice married, his first vrit'e being Sallie A. Bacon of Huron county, Ohio, whom he married in May, 1855, and wh() died at Louisiana in January, 1860. By her he had three children: Charles, express agent at Pana, Blinois; Willianj 3r., a clerk in the store ot'-li. IL Williams of Louisiana; and Frank, associated v;ith his father in the grocery business and assistant steamboat agent at Louisiana. Ho married for his second wife, j\Iaggic J. Martin, of Louisiana, Missouri, October 2, 1860, by whom he has four children living: Lnla L., Le Grand, Anna Belle, and Katy AdcU. He is a member of t)ie a.L E. Church Soiith, of v.hich ho has been a triu^tee fur several years. He is a Master Mason and member of Globe Lodge JSo. 495, of which he was treasurer.

James Heiirv BiiiTe. local editor of the Ulcer Side Pi ess, of Louisiana, was born in Xew York City, June 19, 1830. Liis father was a retired merchant who had amassed a fortune while in business at iSlazatlan, Mexico. We copy the following extract from a work entitled The Old Merchants of New York City. "Louis P. Barre and J. L. Xennedy were sent out by the Howlands (importers) as supercargoes to the Pacific coast, and being honest, upright, and hard-working men, soon made themselves indispensable to their eni]iloyers, who conceived the idea to have them start on their own hook. Accordingly, they were dispatched with a valuable shipment, and after trading along the coast found their wav to Mazatlan. Thev built up a large Mexican trade with the states and wei'e the heaviest traders on the western coast. After a brilliant career of about fifteen years they retired from business, well satisfied with their gains." The subject of this sketch was raised in JS'ew Y'ork City and was educated in the French Military Institute of Chelsea, ^'ew York. His tutors were Lewis and Hyacinth Peiigne'c, who were ofKcers in the French army under ^«apoleon the First. He graduated from the institution in the spring oi' 1853. He was then employed, until 1860, as a clerk in the banking house of W, C. Pickersgill i; Co., on Vv'^all street. He then opened a stock brokerage office on Bi-oad street, near tlie stock exchange, and was so engaged until 1870, when he made a tour to Europe, through England, Ireland, Wales, Scotland, and France. Wiiile in Paris, that city waB besieged by the German army, and

Medical Seminary in ISi'S. and after taking two courses of lectures graduated from that institution as M. D. in Septemljer, 1330. He first practiced at Frankstown, Pennsylvania, in 1831, practicing there and at llolidaysbnrgh, in the same county, up to 1835, when his star of destiny led westward and, like many others, started for the then far west, and came to Missouri and settled in Louisiana, then a mere hamlet containing about 250 souls, and where, although fiir advanced in age, he still has an extensive practice and has a wide reput;atiun as a skillful surgon. In the late war he was a staunch L^nion man, and althougli losing mueli by the emancipation of his slave> he stood by the flag that made them free. In ISGI he wa? appointed medical examiner for the M. S. M. by Governor Gamble, but previous to his commission he was blood-poisoned by making a post-mortem examination and came near losing his life, and was rendcre<l unable to serve as'comraissioner. [November 12, 1835, he married Mary Jones, of Frankstown, Pennsylvania, who is still living. They have two children living, Freeborn Esque, a farmer of Buflalo township; and lone, wife of J. N. Henderson, a farmer in the vicinity of Louisiana. He is a member of Perseverance Lodge Jso. 92, A. F. <k, A. M., of Louisiana.

William Ht'iiry BjuiiMaii, dealer in boots and shoes and leather, is the sou of L)aniel and Augus'a (Barthj Bauniau. He was born in EdwardsviUe,

Illinoip, December 12, 1S5G. His parents reinoNcd to Pike countj, ]\r.is- Bouri, iw.'J located at Louisiana, when he was an irifanl, and he vvas liiere rai.^eci and lived with. Lis ])arents iiiilil lie was sixtet'O. He attended the schools of Louisiana until he was fourteen, when he took a coninicrcial course in the Gem City Connucrcial College, at Qnincy, Hlinois. When he left liome he was employed as a traveling- salesman b}' Schott & Bro., of St. Louis, wholesale dealers in leather, saddle, and harness hardware, and traveled for them until lS7o, when he was employed in the same capacity by J. tfe ]\[. Koscistieid, of Kock Island, Illinois, wholesale dealers in leather and shoe tindings. In the fall of LS76 he became associated with his father in the boot and shoe business in Louisiana, in the firm name of Bauniau <Sc Son, his father retiring from the firm in 1S7>'. IJis business success is the result of persevering industry and frugalit}', and, although quite a young ma]i, he lias built up a business in his line second to none in Louisiana city, June 27, 1878, he married Julia Anderson, of Quincy, lilirjois. *

John TuHStall B^U.^L H.. is a native of Kentucky, and the son of John T. and Grazelle (^Lucky), Bell. He was l>orn. in Stanford, the county town of Lincoln county, July 13, ISIS. In the fall of 1831, when he was twelve years old, he came with liIs ivarents to Missouri, who settled in Pike county near Ashh-.y, where he vs-as raised and lived with them until manliood. Ilis parents gave him every opportunity in their power to acquire a good education, at one time sending him to Marion College, Marion, Missouri, v/here lie attended some time, but in 1S34 he was obliged to suspend his studies to accomjnany an invalid I'rother to the West Indies fur the benefit of his health. Arriving at New Orleans his brother's iiealtli was so mucli improved and finding others eft route for the same destination, his brother accompanied tliem, and he returned home and resumed his studies under Bev. Jeremiah Lawler, com])let;ng his education under him in ISoG, when he began the study of medicine under Dr. F. A. Hei.^on of Bowlinsr Green, Missouri, and was under his preceptorship for three years. After attending two courses of lectures he graduated as M. D. from the Transjlvunia Medical University at Lexington, Kentucky, in Marcl;, 18-11. His first practice was at Louisville, Missouri, near wliere he was i-eared, where lie practiced until 1844, when he went to Auburn, Pike county, \vhere he jracticed fourteen years, U]) to 1858, when he came to Louisana v.hcrc he has been in constant practice ever since, having: an extensive practice in both citj: and comitry. He has been twico married. His first wife Nvas Elizabeth, daughter of the late Augustus Oury of Bowling Green, Mis?ouri, whom he married September 1. 1841, and who died March 4, 18*31. By her he has two cliildren: Lou, wife of Cassius IJlackbiirn of Vandalia, Missouri, and \^iola. llo married for his eneond wife, Anna Denton of St. Louis, November 5, ISOG. Himself and M-ifc are members of the l^resbvlL-rian Churcli of Louisiana, lie is a member of Perseverance Lod.i,-e No. 72, A, F. i.*c A. M., of Louisiana.

AVilllHiu Henry Bi^-Jj;s, attorney at law, is a native of Missouri and son of George K. and Nannie (Floyd) Bi^gs, v/ho came to Missouri in 1S20. He was I)orn near Alexandria, Clark county, Augu.-,t 1, 1843, where he was reared and li' ed with his parents until he v/as e'pchteen. He was educated by attendiui^ the public scdiool of his neighborhood, the Christian University at Canton, Missouri, and the La Grange College at La Grange, Missouri. In 1866 he began the study of l;iw in tlie office of Hon. James Ellison at Canton, Missouri, and was admitted to the bar at Lovrling (ireen, Missouri, in 1S6.7, where he began his first practice, and in the following year he became associated M-ith Hon. D. L. Caldwell as Caldwell ct Biggs, they T)racticiuf^ together for three vears. when Mr. Caldwell retired from the firm. He came to Louisiana in 1ST?>, and so'»n after becanje associated with Hons. T. J. C. Fagg & 1). P. Dyer in the practice of law, as Fagg, Dyer & Biggs, Mr. Dyer retired fron; the firm in 1875. changing the firm style to Fagg & Biirgs. He and Mr. Fagg dissolved this co]>artnorship in 1S77, when he became associated with S. Carkener in the firm name of Biggs & Carkener, they practicing until 18S0, when j\[r. Carkener retired from the firm, since which time he has practiced alone. In Februnry, 1870, he m.arried Eli^.a, daughter of Jasper Sliotwell, late of Pike county, Missouri. They have four children: Anna Belle. Davis, Estella, and Georgie. He is a Master Mason and member of Globe Lodge No. 405, A. F. & A. M., of Louisiana.

Jacob Block, an old resident and merchant of Louisiana city, was born in Schwehlaw, Bohemia, January 2, 1808, where lie lived until he was twenty five years of age, when he came to the United States. He first settled at Troy, Lincoln county, and engaged in the mercMutile business with Simon Lewis, a young friend who accompanied him from Jjohemia. Three years after, in lb36, he went to St. Louis where he engaged in the mercantile business with Simon Mandelbanm until ISoO, when he came to Louisiana where for forty years, until 1870, he has been engaged iu merchandising. November 13, 1843, he marrie<l Miss Kittie Adf^ms of Pike county, who died at Louisiana, March 20, 1806. They had five children, three of whom are livincr: Cecelia, wit^of Flovd Karvev of near Paynesville, Pike coun.ty; Henrietta, wife of Pnfus !.. Pettibone, of Louisiana city; and Jose])h, a bookkeeper in the Sam Peid Tobacco Factory, Louisiana. He is a Mason, a member of Perserverance Lodge No. 92, Louisiana.

JosrpI) Block, hook-keeper for the Sam Kcid Tobacco AfanntVictnrino- Conipuiiy of Louisiana, is tlie son of Jacob and Catliarinc (Adams) ]ilock. il'is lutbur is a native of Gcnnan}^ and Lis mother of Kentucky, He M^as born in L'luisiana, ^Missouri, October 12, 1851, where he was reared i he accepted the })0.?ition ot" teller and assistant cashier in the Bank of Pike County at Louisiana, and was so employed until 187-1, when he became associated with M. J. &. S. C. Hassler and engaged in manuficturing cider vinegar and Alden dried fruits, in t!ie firm name of Ilassler, Block cVr- Co. He retired from that tirm in 1875. and became a member of the firm of Joidan 6z Block in the grocery business for a sljort time, when he was chosen by tlie stoekholder> and crediiors of the Bank of Pike County, then insolvent, to close out its business, which he consummated in March, 1S79, when he became associated with T. M. Ehea in the banking business as "lliiea & Block, BaidvCi's."' They carried on bajiking until 1882, when they, vrith others, incorjjurated the l^xchange Bank of Louisiana, he filling the position of cashier until June of that year, when he accepted the position of book-keeper and general otiice mamiger for the Sam lieid Tobacco Manufacturing Company of Louisiana. From 1S79 to 1881 he was a member of tlie board of directoi's of the Louisiana Loan and Building Association. He is a member of Anchor Lodge No. 6u, K. of P., of Louisiana.

FraiiJc Boelnn, Sr., baker, and proprietor of the Missouri Bakery, of Louisiana, was born in Frankenthal, Bavaria, September 3, 1833. He lost both his parents by death belbre he was eleven years of age. When he was thirteen he was apprenticed to learn the baker's trade and served tliree years. He then followed his trade as a journeyman baker and worked in the cities of Manheim, Spyer, xNuestat, and other German cities until he was eighteen, when, in 1852. he came to the L'nited States, where he again traveled as a journeyman baker, working in Cincinnati, Toledo, and St. Louis until 1S60, when he came to Louisiana, where he was employed in the bakery of George lieid for nearly a year, when he enlisted in Company A, Fourth Missouri A'olunteer Cavalry, and ser'^ed until the expiration of term of enlistment in 18(:U, afier wliicli he was eni})loyed in the government bakery of Jelferson Barracks, St. Louis, until the close of the war in 18G5. While in the service he participated in many battles, the most important being Pea Ilidge, Pittsburgh Landincj, and Bird's Point. He returned to Louisiana in the tall of 1865 and established his present business. December 2, 1855, he married Alary xVult, of Cincirmati, OhioPjj whom he has five childreu: i

Penssalear Academy near Hannibal, Missouri. He began life for himself as ; a teacher, teaching his first school near Bowling Green, ]!v[issonri. He quit ' j luiilding?, the most important beinpr liis present residence oi> corner of Main and Mar3lci!id streets, n brick sfrncture of modern achitectnre. lie is r* member of tlio city connci! and has been since 1S79, and is a'eo a member of tlie school board, of wliicli he lius been sr^cretary ever since his election in 1880. December 10, ISOO, lie married Eli/.Hbeth A. Rodgers, of Bowling Green. Thev have fnur children: Willie 11., a olei'k in his father's store; Ada F., Clarence 11.. and Bessie. Ilimstlf and wife are members of the First Baptist Church of Louisiana, of whictt tie is sabbath-school 6uj)erintendent. Be is a Master Mason and member of Globe Lodge No. 495, A. F. A: A. M., of Louisiana, of which lie is secretary. He is also a member of liiverside Lodge Xo. 22, A. 0. IT. W., of Louisiana.

Isaac Xi'wion Bl-ysoil, Si'., is one of the few old residents of Louisiana still living, lie was born on a farm near Yorkville, the eoantv seat of York county, South Carolina, February 13, 1809. His parents came to Missouj-i in 1S16, and settled in Pike county, then a ]iortion of St. Charles county, his father pre-emptinir the iar-d that is now the site of Louisiana city, wliich be soon afterwards sold, when he purchased land on Grassy Cieek, near ilud Lick Spi'ing. live miles west of Louisiana, where he died in 1821. After his father's death, our subject continued to live with his motlier on the farm until manhood, and received a fair educri'ion by attending the common subscription schools. At the age of nineteen he began teaching and taught in the country schools for two years. In February, 1831, he came to Louisiana, and was emj^loyed in the store of Canijibell ct Burbridge as a clerk for thi-ee years, udien lie became associated with Jolin L. Williams in general merchandisinor in the firm name of Williams cV: Bryson, Mr. Williams dvinz some eighteen months after thev enoaored in business. Mr. Bryson carried on the business in the firm name until the expiration of tlie term of partnersliip, in 1^'IS. In 1S30 he became associated with William C. Hardin and Julius C. Jackson in the same business, in the firm style of I. X. Bryson «*^ Co. Mr. Jackson soon after retiring from the firm, he, with Mr. Hardi'j, retaining the firm name, continued in business without interruption for fifteen years, up to 1855. In 1345 tliey built the block of stores on the corner of Main and Georgia streets, whicii they'still own. After I-e and Mr. Hardin discontinued the mercantile business, he never embarked in it again, but invested in real estate, buying tv/o farms in tlie vicinity of Louisiana, Vvhich he has farmed by tenants, he residing in Louisiana. In 1S77, lie being a sr<.,-kliolder of tlie National Bank of the State of Missouri, at St. Louis, with many others, lost heavily by its suspension. Although nut an aspirant to otfie-', he has served several years in the city cuuncil of Louisiuna. Duiiiio; tii(3 late war he wae a L^nion man and iirinly jnaintaiiied the supremacy of the (loverniiioii'i. Doceniber 24-, 184S, he married EhV.abetJi S. I*aiid, of JvOiiisiana, who is still "liviiij^?. They liave four children: Orpheus C, attorney at. law; Isaac N., Jr., proprietor and editor of tlie Louisiana RtpvlUvan; Ora P»., wife of Eobcrt II. AVilliams, of Louisiana, and Mollie F. Ilirnsclf, wife, and children, excepting ]\Irs. Williams, are raembers of the Christian Church, of .Louisiana. In 1823 lie be- \ came one of tlie proprietors and stockholders of the Louisiana and Middle- 1 town gravel or macademized road and served as secretary for the crjmpany 1 ' filteen years. ' \ company that built it. In leaving Louisiana in lSTJ,he removed to the southern portion of Bike county, where, with practicing medicine, he also engaged in farming. In the spring of 1 882 he returned to Louisiana and became, associated with Dr. W. T. Stewart in the practice of medicine, in the firm name of Biickner cV Stewart. Although being importuned by his friends, the doctor has never aspired to any political preferments, but chose to confine himself to his profession. June 0, IS.Vi, he married Miss Fanny Robertson, of Bike county. By her he has seven children: Lucie, wife of W. T. Wells, of Clarksville, Missouri; Lizxie, wife of Dr. W. IL liobertson, of St. Louis; and Bailey B., Thomas, and George, all law students in various law offices, and Julia and Eliza, at borne. ,

Glistnvus A. Buil'uni. manager of tlie La Crosse Lumber Company of Louisiana city, was born in WaUlo county, JNLxinc, between tlic Penobscot and Kennebeo rivers, December 20, 1820. When quite younij^ his parents, Samuel and Mary (Neil) BufVum, left his birthplace and removed to Orono, Maine, where he lived with them until manhood, and received a good business education by attending the common schools. His father being an extensive lumberman, young Buffum early imbibed a fondness for that avocation, and in early boyhood was well versed in every branch of the business. He followed lumbering, either as a sawyer or in running logs on the Penobscot and its tributaries until 1851, wlien he with a company of his neighbors went to (California by way of the Isthmus of Panama, where he engaged in mining in Big Ravine, near Auburn, six. months, and frovu there he went to the Yuba Pivor where hie skill and knowledge in lumbering was called into requisition, he being one of a liomber of men v;ho made the firsL I'lug and eock-down log raft of saw-logs made in California and run to Sacramento, for which he received §9 per day. From Sacramento he returned to the Yuba River, and successfully mined on Indian Creek fur two years, wlien, in 1803, he established a trading post, dealing in camp equij>nicnts and general merchandifte, at Indian Yalley, and in connection with it he ran a train of pack mules from Marysville to various mining points on the Yuba River. Selling out his trading post in 1851: he removed to Downersville where ho continued to run his trains of pack mules, and also engaged in mining until 1S5S, when closing up his business lie returned to his home in Maine. March 2<J, 1S5S, he married Miss Mary B. Washburn, of Livermore, Maine, and immediately started for the west where he for a short time located at Monroe, Wisconsin, and was employed by his brotherin-lnw, tlie late Covernor C. C. Washburn, and engaged in lumbering on the ^Mississippi River. In 1860 he became associated with Mr. Washburn, and established a lumber yard at Iowa City, Iowa, which being discontinued in 1801, they established a yard at Clinton and Lyons, Iowa, he acting as manager. In 1S73 the yard at Lyons being discontinued, he came to Louisiana in the interest of the La Crosse Lumbering Company, consisting of Mr. Washburn and others, he taking charge of their extensive yard at that place as manager. At Lyons, Iowa, in 1867, his wife died, leaving him tive cliildren: Frank W., i:i the oflice with his father; and Ada W., still at home, Charles B., attending the .Noru'.al School at Whitewater, Wisconsin; and twin boys, Benjamin and Cadwallader, both dying in infancy. He married lor his second wife, Mrs. Roxana Chase, of Orono, ]\laiue. Mr. B^iltam js u man who has experienced much of the rough side of life.

}Je ih endo^vcd with excellent business aud executive abilities whicli enjible liini to conduct liic. exteni:-ive linnbcr trade throu_i;h the ^vest with success, and to cont]-ol his numerous employes with such systematic order and precision that harmony is the result, thus adding thousands of dolhxrs annually to the business oi' Louisiana city.

Charles Blirliliart, pro})rietor of the Globe Hotel, Louisiana, Missouri, was born in J-'rernont, Sandusky county, Ohio, August '2*2, 1845. When he waa fjuite young he went with his parents to Tontogany, Ohio, where he lived until manhood and was educated. When he was twelve years of age, his father being dead, he was thrown on his own resources for maintenance. Ee worked on a farm until l&tJT v.^heii he engaged in the restaurant business at "SVhiteljall, Illinois, until ISOO, when he came to Louisiana, Missouri, -^ and again engaged in the restaurant business until 1S75, when he discon- '^ tinned it and become associated with 11. C. Bnify, in the firm name of .3 Dutly L^,: Bnrkliart, and engaged in genend merchandising in Louisiana. '^, He retired from the firm Iti August, ISSO, and in the following July ho j^ became associated with J. M. LUodgett, in the firm name of Blodgett 6c. i Enrkhart, as pn-oprietors of the Globe Hotel at Louisiana. In October, . | ISSl, 'hU-. Blodgett retiring from the firm, left him sole proprietor. Xo- fi vember 22, 1S70, he married vS. Amanda, daughter of Charles H. Bealart, .j one of the original proprietors of the site of Louisiana city. They liave } one child, Charles Burt. lie is a member of Kiverside Lodge Ko. 22, A. ^ | O. IT. W., of Louisiana. . _ I land, where he p. reached until ISTG, when lie recieved a call from the Presbyterian Church at Paradise, Penn., v/here he preached until lS7i, when he entered on the home missionary work, and was sent by that board to Joplin, jMissouri, where he preached until ISTO, wlien he was sent to Wakeeney, Kansas, wliere he preached until March, ]SS2, when he received a call from the first Presbyterian Church of Louisiana city. September 22, LST-l, he married Margaret Jessie MeGillioray of Picton, Nova Scotia. They have

Kev. .Tames WasIi!n;:;,'ton C;inii)bcll,, was born near Cvuthiann, Harrison cQimty Kentucky, January 13,1801. Re lived with liis parents, William and Jane (Gooch) Campbell, at liit^ birthplace, until he was ten yearns ot" a<;-e, and near Ycrsailles, W'oodford .couDty, Kentucky, until he was twelve, and tlien near Franklin, Williams county, Tennessee, until lie was seventeen, when be came with them to Missouri in ISJS, they settlin^i; in the vicinity of Bowling Green, Pike county. He liad obtained a fair education Ijcfore coming to Missouri by attending school at the various places where his parents have lived, and by private study and reading. He continued to make liis home with his [)'irents until his niarnage in 1827, with Sophia A. Henry, of Lincoln, Missouri. In 1822 he professed religion and united with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church at Kew Lebanon, Coo|)er countv, Missouri, and v,-as licensed to preach at Pethel, Poune county, in the fall of 1824, and began to officiate as a missionary for the Cumberland Prcsbvtcrian Church. His district was St. Charles, Liiicoln, ^Montgomery, Callaway, and Boone counties, and was called the St. Charles district. Soon after he began his labors, Marion, 1?h11s, and Pike counties were added to his district. He is the ])ioneer minister of those counties. His rides through unbroken forests and over prairies without roads kept him constantly in the saddle. His hearers met either in the primitive dwellings or the rude log schoolhouses of the day. His sermons averaged yearly SOS. In the spring of 1S26 he was regularly ordained at the house of Perry Erixson in Lincoln county. Pev. Finis Ewing, presiding, gave the charge and Rev. Pobert J). Morris preached the ordiiuition sermon. During that year he was placed in charge of the Antiuch church, the tirst Cumberland Presbyterian Church organized in northeastern Missouri, being organized in 1819. In 18'17 he settled on land in Calumet township, Pike county, which is now on the gravel road between Louisiana and Clarksville, and is now owned by J. M. Jump, an.d the liouse he then built of hewn logs is still standing. He re-"" moved frum there to the Antioch settlement in 1828 where he purchased a farm on wlvich he lived until 1836 wlien he removed to Bowling Green. Soon after being placed in charge of the Antioch church, several more churches were added. Among them were Ashley, Frankford, and Pnfralo, he preaching monthly at each place. After his removal to Bowling Green in 1836, with his pastoral duties he also engaged in the m.ercantile business, having at different times been associated with Harvey T. McCune, G. B. Crane, "William Watts, and his brother J. G. Campbell. The goods sold

George Y. and Sarah E. i ILdl) Carkener, and A\a9 born at Tecumseh, Michigan, December 13, 1837, where he was raised and lived with his parents nn- j til njanhood. He was educated at the Michigan State Fniversity. AVhcu | he left home he began teaching in the college at Montgomery City, Mis- ] souri. leaching there and ut "W^arrcnton and other ]>laces in Missouri, and j at tlie same time privately studying law, until the spring of 1862, wheri he was admitted to the bar at Warrenton. "Warren county, Missouri, and at once began the practice of law at Danville, Montgomery county, Missouri. In the fall of 1862 he was commissioned second lieutenant in. the M. S. M., serving oidy a short time, when he became a member of Company Iv, i Thirty-third iCegiment Missouri Volunteer Infantry, and was chosen and coranjissioned tirst lieutenant of his company and served daring the war. In June, 13o3, he was pjomoted to the captaincy of Company G, of thesaa'>e regiment. July -i, 18G3, he was seriously wounded on the Hold at the battle of Helena, Arkansas, and was in hospital at Memphis, Tennessee, and St, Lonis, Missouri, some two months. During the last two years of the

Arthur. He po.rtici])Lited in many battles, the laotit important bein<j; those ot'IIelena, Arkansas; Nash\ille, Tennessee; Tupelo, Mi^^i.ssijjpi; the battle of the I'ed liiver campaign, Sheinian'o Meridian campaign, and the campaign against General Price In ^Missouri. lie also served as provost marshal of the citv of vSeima, Alabama, duriiig the summer of 1865. ilo was mustered out of the ser\ice at Benton Barracks, St. Louio, in August, 1805, when he returned to Danville and resumed the practice of law. During ISGS be served as circuit atloi'iiey for llie third" judicial circuit of Missonri, embracing the coui\ties of Pike, Lincoln, Montgomery, and Warren. In 1S77 he removed to L';)uisinna and became associated in the law }tractice with William H. Biggs, in the lirm name of Biggs c\: Carkener. In ISSO he retired from the firm, and oa account of failing health abandoned tiie practice of law and engaged for one year in the manufacture of tobacco at Lonisiana. In tiie summer of ISSii he received the appointment of chief deputy collects.- of inleinal revenne in tlie fourth district of xJissouri, under D. A. Stewart. November 14, 1SG6. lie married Mary E. Drury, of Danville, Missouri. They have four children: Gertrude, George, Anna, and Lucile. Himself and v.-ife are members of the First Presbyterian Church of Louisiana, of which he is a ruling elder and sabbath-school superintendent. 1

Joseph Carroll, was born in 17S1 and raised in South Carolina. The mother, Isabella Henry, was a daughter of William Henry, of South Carolina, wiio was a Pevolutionary soldier and took part in the battle of King's ]'\rountain. Joseph Carroll immigrated to ^Missouri with his fomily in the yearlSJ7, and settled near uliat is now known as Buffalo Church, and moved into the cabin wliich had been occupied by Robert Jordon, who jiad been killed by the Indians. Joseph Carroll was a blacksmith by trade and brought liis blacksmith tools with him from South Carolina, this being the first set of tools brought to Pike ounty. His shop was known far and near and served a good purpose in mending the many breaks incident to frontier life. While he did the neigbboi-hood blacksmithing he carried on ])is farm at the same time. He was a man of powerful muscle, great energy, and a determined will. He reared a family of eleven children, six boys and five o'irls, eio-ht of %vhom still survive. The mother died in 1840 and the father in 18G0. William H. Carroll, our subject, was but four years old when he came to Missouri, and it would be almost useless to tell how he spent his boyhood days. We can rest assured they were spent in the wilds ol' Pike count}'. ScIiocjIs iit that da}' were ahnost unknown, but the youtli iiad a thirst for books and he read whatever ho could get hold of. On arriving; at maturity he had acquired a sufficient knowledge to teach school, which, at that day, was considered a great accom[»iishment. Mr. Carroll has been twice niarricd, his lirst wife dviiif; soon after juarriasre. liis present wife, was M;uy Stirk, daughter of the late Judge James Stark, who belonged to pioneer lauillies of the eastern part of this county, the marriage occurring in 1S4-G, and soon after he moved to his present farm, consisting of 250 acres, the greater part of which is in a high state of cultivation. Mr, Carrol! has for many years been considered one of the successful raisers of wheat; later, however, he has been turning his attention to raising stock, lie has reared a family of eight children, tliree boys and live girls, all living. Mr. Carroll and ail his family are devoted members of the Presbyterian t/hurch.

Elirnest Crutclior, 31. I)., was born at Nashville, Tennessee, March 20, 185S. He is the sixtli of ten sons of William H. and Mary C. (Foster;) Crutcher, natives of Virginia. He was raised and educated in his native city. His Alma Mater is the Main street high school of Xashville, Tennessee, from which he graduated in the class of 1877. Prior to his graduation, in 1875 anvi 1S76, he was reporter for the J^ashvlUc Evening Banner. In the latter part of 1S77 he began the study of medicine under the preceptorship of Dr. T. A. Atchison, professor of materia medica in the medical department of the A'anderbilt University, of Nashville, graduating as M. 1). from that institution with distinction in March, 187!*. His first practice was at Areola, Missouri, under his brotbe'*, Dr. 11. M. Crutcher, until the fall of 1879, when he entered the Homa^ojvathic Medical College of St. Louis, graduating in Alarch, 1880, receiving the ad eundt-m degree, and in tlie following A]n-il located at Louisiana, practicing in botli ciry and country, making a specialty of diseases of children. April 13, 1S82, he married Miss Kate Y., daughter of Joseph Morrow, of Summit Point, Virginia. He is a member of the M. E. Church South and fills the position of sabbathschool superintendent. He is a member of Anchor Lodge No. 60, K. of P., of which, in ISSl, he was chancellor conunander, and represented his lodge in the grand lodge at Carthage, Missoui'i, in 18S2.

Mavciis Drevfus. senior member of the firms of Dreyt'us tt Micheal, merchants, and r,i Dreyfus, Hall tV Woracek, lumber dealers, is a native of Swit>:erland- He was born at Zurz:ich June 15, '1817, ^J-here lie lived with his parents and attended school until his fourteenth year, v^'lien he was permitted by his father to sell goods in the vicinity of Zurzach, doing business ou a small scale, lie continued to sell poods until 1840, when he came to the United States and first located at St. Louis, ^Missouri, where he followed peddling six months, when ho Avent to Nashville, Tennessee, and peddled some six montiis, when, in the latter part of ISIl, he came to Pike county, Wi?=ouri, and became associated with his brotlier in the mercantile business at Franl-rford, they doin*; business for three years, up to 18-14, when he engaf,'ed in farming; in the vicinity of Louisiai;a, and with fanniii<:( kept a wood yard at a landing on the aMississippi liiver that was called Dreyfus Landing. In 1S54 he came to Louisiana and became associated with Earnest "Waracek, as Dieyfus & Waracek, in tlie hardware business, they doing business in that line up to 1874, In 18GG, in connection witli the hardware business, he with his partner became associated with "William T. Hill and established the present lumber company of Dreyfus, Hill ^c AVaracek, of Louisiana, lie is also associated with Samuel Micheal as Dreyfus 6z Micbeal, and has been engaged in the mercantile business since 1867. In ISGi he and jVlr. Waracek built the National Hall Block, on corner of Alain and Georgia streets, and in 1868 they built the Lynott business house on I\Iain between Georgia and South Carolina streets. In 1S80 he built the Dreyfus Bk-ck on Georgia street between Main and Third. In 1864 he was elected a member of the city council of Louisiana and re-elected in 186G, and served as councilman four years. In 1882 he was elected by the stockholders president of the Exchange Bank of Louisiana, and now fills that position. June 5, 1845, he married Kosa Kinney, of Pike county, Missouri. They have one child. Dr. James W. Dreyfus, of Louisiana, Missouri.

Joseph LiiHl Dyer, grocer, of Louisiana, was born near Troy, ^Varren county, [Missouri, January 10, 1848. His mother dying when he was an infant he was taken by his grandmother, Mrs. Kancy B. Dyer, with whom he lived near Troy, Lincoln county, until 1865, when he came with her to Louisiana, where he attended school two yean;, when, in 1867, he began to work in the tobucco factory of Cash., Henderson & Co., and worked for them and in other factories in Louisiana until 1882, when he engaged in the grocery business. He is a member of the M. E. Church of Louisiana. He is a Good Templar and member of Louisiana Lodge No. 278.

William Andrew English, bricklayer and contractor, was born near Cynthiana, Harrison county, Kentucky, September 11, 1824. He is the son of William and Sarah (Dickson) English. He w\a3 raifed a farmer at his birthplace, and hi? father being a bricklayer as well as a farmer he also learned that trade. He lived with his parents until 185<) when he next went to Palis, Kentucky, and worked at bricklaying one year when lie came to Louisiana, Missouri, wliere he has followed hU trade ever since. In 1862 he hecarne a member ot" company K, - Eei^iment AJ. S. M. In the ?prin'> of 1863 he was elected second lieutenant by his company, and in 1SC5 was promoted to captain. Be served at intervals during the war. Himself and wife are members of tlie Seventh Street M.,E. Church of Louisiana.

Hon. TliOinas Jniiies Clai'k Fagg is a native of Virginia, and was born near Charlottesville, Albemarle county, July 25, 1S22. He is the youngest of four children of John and Elizabeth (Oglesby) Fagg. In 1$36 he came with his parents to Missouri, they settling in Pike county near Bowling Green. In the following spring his ])arents sent him to Illinois College at Jacksonville. Previous to his coming to ]\lissouri he had taken a preparatory course at the University of Virginia near his birthplace. His collegiate course was interru])ted the first year by the death of an only brother, a student of the same college, when he returned home and remained until the following year, when he resumed his studies in the same college, but only to take an irregular course of three terms, when, in JSil, he again returned to his home and remained until IS-to, when he entered the office of lion. Gilchrist Porter as a law student at Jjowling Green, with ^\-hom he studied until he M'as admitted' to the bar in 3 8-1-5. He then l)ecame associated in the law practice witli Hon. James O. Broadhead at Bov.'ling Green, with whom he jiracticed until 18-18, when he removed to Clarksville where he continued liis law practice, and also settled the large estate of H. T. Kent and brother. In the summer of 1850 he, espousing the Benton policy, became a candidate on that ticket for a seat in the legislature, but after a bitter and vindictive campaign he was defeated. In Kovember, 1850, by a coalition of the Benton Democrats and "Whig party, he was elected probate judge of Pike county, a position that he filled so acceptably that he was re-elected to the same office in 1854:, In January, 1855, he resigned the judgeship to accept a seat in the legislature, to which he had been elected to fill a vacancy, and to which he was re-elected in 1858. He removed to Louisiana in 1856 and became associated with Hugh Allen in the practice of law, he retiring from the lirm when he went to the legislature in lSo8. In 1ST5 he received the appointment of judge of the Louisiana court of common pleas, filling that }>osition one year, when by an act of the legislature the circuit judge became judge ex ojjicio of that court. In 1S60 he was a candidate on the American ticket for lieutenant-governor, but with the rest of his ticket he was defeated. During the war he was an uncompromising L'nion man; and during the summer of 1861 assisted in oroaiii;ciii<}^ several companies of liotiie guards, and was appointed by Governor Gamble l)rii.>;;idG inspector with tlie rank of coloiicl. In the mcanlinie the I'iflh J*eginicnt of tlie State troops was organized, known as Fagg'e Kegimcnt, of wliich he was elected colonel and served in command luitil Jannary, 1802, w-iien he was appointed judge of the third judicial district by the Governor to fill a vacancy, and in 18G3 he was elected to the same office for a term of six years, but in 1805 the state convention pa>ied an ordinance vacating all the offices in the state, lie wns then appointed by Governor Thomas C. Fletcher to fill the same position, which he held until September, 1S60, wlien he was a]")pointed one of tlie judges of the Snpi-eme Court, and presided as such until the fall of ISGS. Since he has held no office, bnt lias twice run for Congress against lion. A. II. Buckiier, in ]872 as the Tiepublican candidate, and as an inde]»cndent candidate in ISVS. Mr. Fagg is a man endowed with broad and comprehensive views, and acquitLed himself Nvilii honor iii all the positions he has filled; a firm advocate of right, yet courteous in his bearing toward tliose with whom he came in contact. Since retiring from judicial anti political 'honors he has snc'cessfiilly engaged in tlie practice of law at Louisiana and St. Louis, removing to the latter place in July, 18S2. lie was at one time associated with Hon. I). P. Dyer in the law practice, and in June, 1879, his son E. B. y'd<^g and Hon. .M. G, KeynoJds, his son-in-law, became associated with him, forming the present law firm of Fagg, Reynolds tfc Fagg, of Louisiana city. jSovemi)er Ij, IS-IT, he married Miss Madora, daughter of Eleazer Block, of Ashley, Pike county. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and a Master, and lioyal Arch Mason.

David Sevens Flag^;, lumber merchant, of Louisiana city, is a native of Massachusetts. He was born at Middleton, Middlesex county. May 20, 1845. He was educated in the public schools, and in the scientific and literary school of New London, ."New Hampshire. At the age of sixteen he left home and went to Boston, Massachusetts, where he was employed by Joel Parker to work on his place in the suburbs of the city, for nearly a year, when the same gentleman procured liim a situation as a clerk in a wholesale and retail furniture establishment in the city, where he remained until 1801, when he became desirous to try his fortune in the west, and that year he came to Chicago, Illinois, and soon after his arrival there he employed by the United States goverinnent as a member of a pioneer corps, and was sent to Tennessee, The duty of his corps was to go in advance of the Federal troops and rebuild bridges destroyed by the Confederates, and he was manj- times placed in hazardous and dangerous positions, and in battles of Johnson villc aiul Nashville took ]>nrt as a private soldier, tliat be! lie: a contiiioreot requirement of his corp.?. After the close of tlie war, in the fall of 1^65, he nia<le a short visit at his home in i\Jassac'hr. setts, and in the sprint^ of 1S6H he cauje to Missouri and located at Centralia, Boone county, where he was variously employed i'w a time, when, havinfr acquired some knowledge of carpentering while in tlio army, he be^-ari to conti-act in build iug, v.-hieli he followed nearly a year, when, on account of failing health, tJie result of exposure while in tlic army, lie returned to Massachusetts and farmed his father's farm one year. In the spring of 1SG9 he returned to Centralia, ]\[issouri, and resumed the business of buiidiuir and contractino;, and in the followiui^ year added to it dealinf in lum- -I ber. Kis lumber trade rapidly iucreasino' he abandoned t))at of buildinc and devoted liimself exclusively to the lumber business. In lS7o he J established a general yard at Louisiana, and supplied his yards at Centralia .1 and one he had c.-^tablished at Miami, Missouri, vrhich were cuuducted by j managers up to 1S7S, when he discontinued his branch yards and concentrated them aL Louisiana, where he is now doing au extensive business. Mr. Flagg's success is an exemplification that doino^ well whatever 1 is found to du leads to success. He came west with no capital, excepting a determined and resolute will, and by hard work and persevering energy [ has secured for himself a pleasant and lucrative business footing. Septem- ] ber 22, IS SO, lie married Miss Ella iS'ora, daughter of Joseph Pollock, of / Louisiana city. ^ ' - j\ when he was soon after employed as a clerk by \i. C. Freen^an in his j wooden ware factory, and was with him one year, when he, with Mr. Fi-eeman ing Company, of Louisiana, of which lie became manager and now holds | that position, ^fay 2*5, 1S80, he mjirried Fannie, daughter of W. C. Freeman, of Louisiarja, by whom he has one child, Walter.

Reuhen Lu<llain Foster, of the firm of llnse, Loomis & Co., ice packers and shippers, was born at Millville, on Morris lliver, Xew Jersey, April - 3, 1815. Wlien he was nine years of age he went with his parents to P'lil- adeljUiia, reniisylvfinia, wlierc Lis lutlier died tlie following year. At the age of sixteen he was thrown upon his own resources for maintenance, by the death of his mother. lie then began to work in the brass foundry of Tliomas Ilogers, of J'hiladelphia, with whom l»e worked six years, up to IS'37, and during tliat time rcceivcl his education by attending night school. He then worked in tlie lamp and chandelier works of Cornelius c<: Son, of I'hiladelphia, until 181^2, when he weut to Cliieago, Illinois, and was emp^loyed as a sailor, and followed that avocation until 184S, when he became master of the brig Susan A. Clark, plying between Chicago and Buifalo, a position he held for twelve years, up to 1S60, and during that time he Ijad also become a ship owner. Leaving the lakes in 1800 he went to Peru, Illinois, where in 18G1 he became associated with William L. Hues, of St. Louis, and H. G.Loomis, of Chicago, in the firm name of Hues, Loom.is & Co.. and en£rao:ed in the ice business. In 1872, in the interest of the same company, he came to Louisiana city, and built ilic commodious and extensive ice houses at the confluence of the Salt and Mississippi rivers, with a capacity of storing 36,000 tons of ice, their markets being St. Louis, Memphis, Vicksburg, Helena and other southern cities. In 187G he was elected a member of the city council of Louisiana, and has been re-elected and tilled that position ever since. December 23, 1844, he married Lucia Hues, of Chicago, by whom he has six children: Samuel S., of Alton, Illinois; Y\"illiam J., of Louisiana city; George F., of Little Rock, Arkansas; Clara S., wife of liev. M. L. Curl, of Hannibal, ]^[issouri; James H., of Louisiana city; and Nellie, stili at home. Himself, wife, and daughter Xellie, are members of the Seventh Street M. E. Church, of Louisiana. He is a member of Perseverance Lodjie xs o. 92, A. F. S: A. M., of Louisiana.

W iiiiam CarroU Freeman, president of the Freeman Pox and Wooden "Ware Manufacturing Company of Louisiana city, and }»roprietor of the City Foundry and Machine Shop, was born near Perryville, Perry county, Tennessee, September 7, 1830. When eleven years of age he removed with bis parents to Pike county, Illinois, they settling on a farm near the Mississippi Ptiver opposite Louisiana, where he lived with his parents until he was twenty-two. His father being a mill-wright as well as a farmer he learned that trade and mechanical engineering. He woi-ked at various places until 1SG2 when he built a saw-mill in Pike county, Illinois, which in 1865 he removed tu Louisiana city, and where he followed saw-milling until 1872, after which the mill was changed over into a box and wooden ware factory. He being a genius lie patented a machine to manufacture wooden scoops for grocers' use without steaming or bending the wood, which, for economy in labor :i.nd uiateriul, excelled any nuiehine of that kind. It \voi'l:b autoinaucally, a!"id saw.s the in^torial in such a way that there is no ^vns'age. He l)egon to nianuiactiu'e ihe scoo]is .on a siual! scale, h-ut the dennind soon become so great that more capital was required to increase tl.'C business that he had at liis contrul, when, in ISSl, a stock company was organized, by which he was cliosen ]jresideut. In 1ST2 he, with William Jackson, founded the city founch-y and machine shop on the corner of Fonrtli and Tennessee streets, Mr. Jackson being wnth him one year, and since then he has been sole proprietor and carries on an extensive business, requiring larger and more extensive shops and machinerj. He manufactures steam engiiies, saw and grist-mills, and house and ornamental castings. He has never held any ollJce except that of councilman cnm terni. he refusing to accept any, as his business demanded his whole time and attention. March 29, 1S5.5, he married Miss Susan E. Willson, of YA Dara, Illinois, by whoin he hns four daughters: Sarah. E., wife of James I.audrum, of El Dara, Illinois; Myra; Fannie, wife of Fred. I). Flye, manager of the Freeman Wooden Ware Factory; and May. He is a Master Mason and member of Globe Lod2:e No. 495, A. F. it A. ?vr.. of Louisiana, in which he has tilled all the stations exceptirig Master. He is now Senior Warden.

- William Harririon Gleuii. sheriff of Pike county, was born in Louisiana, Missouri, September 20, 1838, where he was raised. At the early age of nine years he began to work in the tobacco factory of Yanh.orn, Henderson & Co., and was thus employed, and attended school in the winter, 3 until he was twenty years of age. In the spring of IS'oS he was employed 1 as foreman in the tobacco factory of Sherman 6c ^Tay, of Flint Hill, St, Charles county, Missouri. Three months after he became Mr. May's successor, chansriniT the firm name to Sherman 6c Glenn, and from that time up to 1S75, excepting from 1S59 to 1S»H, when he pursued farming near Frankford, he was interested in the manufacture of tobacco at Flint Hill, St. Louis, and Louisiana, as a member of different firms. His firm being burnt out at Louisiana in 1S75 they were obliged to suspend business, w^ien he was employed as foreman in tlie tobacco factory of John G. ^Meyers, of Louisiana. In 1876 he was euiployed in the same capacity in the tobacco factory of A. Tinsley 6c Co. In 1S77 he was induced by the tobacco mauntacturers of Louisiana to en<2:atre in handlino: leaf tobacco when be opened a commission tobacco warehouse, to which he has added wood, coal, and draying. In the spring of 1S7S he was appointed marshal of Louisiana, and served until ISSO when he resigned, and in the same year he was elected constable of Buffalo township. In 1831 he was elected sheriff of Pike county, and is r.ow an incumbent of that office. In 187G ho received t!ie ayipointnient ot" chief of (he tire departniont of Loiiisiaiia, and fftill holds that jiosition. Doceinbor '20, ISOit, lie married ]\[ary E. Thurmon, of near Louisiana. They liave tiiroe children: Edward A., associated with his father, Mary Nora and Jennie June. lie is a member of Evening Star TiOdfre l^o. 2S, I. O. (). F,, and a charter member of Jiisin.o- Sun Lodge No. 22, A. O. U. W., FriisoM Lo^k'e ^\'o. 1S75, K. of H.. and Anchor Lodge Xo. fiO, K. of r., all of Louisiana.

William Omar Gray, attorney at law, is a native of Missouri. He was born cm a farm in St. Charles county, August 20, ISiO. When he was seven years old iiis parents removed to St. Cliarles where he lived with them and attended school until 1S60, and in the fall of tbar year he went with them to Moberly wliere he attended school two years, after which, he took charge of a store for his father at Sturgeon, Missouri, conducting the business there ujitil his futher's death in 1.^*3 T. In 186i< he entered Central College at Fayette, Missouri, graduating from that institution in the class of J STL He then taught the high school of Bloomington, Missouri, as principal, and had cliarge of the ]iublic school at Sturgeon, Missouri, until 1873, when he accepted the position of principal in the preparatory department of Central College, and taught there until 1875, when lie came to Louisiana and entered the law olHce of W. II. ]\ron'ow as a student and partner, he haviug previously studied law privately, and was admitted to the bar at vSturgeon in the fall of that year. In ISSl he received the appointment of city attorney of Louisiana and was reappointed in 1SS2. January, ISSO, he was appointed by the judge of the circuit court receiver of tlie Louisiana Journal^ it being in the hands of the sheriff under an execution, he conducting its puldication as such until May, 1881, when he purchased it, becoming its proprietor and editor, and ]>ublished it until October, ISSl, when lie sold it to its present proprietors. Parsons & Hoss. May 22, 1S79, he married Mary, daughter of J. M. Gentry, of Louisiana, Missouri. They have two children: Henry L. and Mabel. IFimself and wife are members of the M. L. Cliurch South. In 1S7S he was a delegate to the general conference held at Atlanta, Georgia, and has represented his district in the annual confei'ence for eight years, and has been sabbath-school superintendent for four years.

James Warren Gritlitll. farmer, post-office Louisiana, v.-as born in Pike county, this state, September 19, lS2o. lie is the son of Wilberand Martha (Warren) Grifnrh, both natives of l>ourbon county. Kentucky, who came to i^lissourl in 1S19 and settled in J^ike cuunty. Our sifoject was reared at his birthplace, aiul at the a^^e of iiineteen lie beo-an ]ilc for himself by leaniiiii^' the coopei'ini,^ business, which lie followed in connection with farming up to 1^55. ]J.e tlien ^i^ave up the co(.>])ering busint-ss and lias devoted all liis t-nergies to his fine farm, the llourish'ng condition of which fully attests Ills skill as a manager, and his comfortable home with its tasteful snironndings show that he knows how to make his home attractive for his family, as well aa to tlic stranger who comes within his gates.

Jiulsoil Monroe Guile, dealer in boots arsd su.»es, was born near Harvard, Illinois, February 21, 1852. ITo came to Missouri witli his parents in 1S61, they settling near La Grange, in Lewis county, where he lived until tlie fall of iSGii, when they rcrrioved to Palmyr;?, in Marion county, where Ids fath.er died in 1S6S. lie then went uith his mother to Clai'ksville, Pike county, where, when seventeen years of ago, he began to do for himself, and maintained his mother by working at the trade of shoemaking. In 1&72 he left Clarksville. taking his mother with him, and went to Pleasant Hill, Illinois, where he followed slioemaking until 1ST4, when he came to Louisiana and became associafed with G. A. Peid in manufacturing and dealing in boots and shoes, in theiirm name of Peid 6: Guile. Mr. Reid retiring soon after, he has contiimed in tise biisiness ever since. Although left penniless | of Lock 6z Guiley. He started out in life in his boyhood witii nothing, but | by attention to business and ])atient industry he has placed himself among the prosperous business men of h.is native city, a well-merited reward. Sep- j tember 9, 1878, he married Sudie E., daughter of W. H. Miller, of near Louisiana. Himself and wife are members of the Fourth Street ^L E. Church South.

Jolni V/ni Ginui is the sou of Hon. William A. find x\ddie (Shorman) Gaim, find was hon\ at Louisiann, Missouri, iu October, 1S56, where he Vv-as raised and educated in the iiigli school of tliat place. When fourU'ou years of ag-e he began to clerk in the bakery of Charles Harris and was with Lira but a short time when he became associated with his father and brother in tlie ffrocerv business, iti the firm name of W. A. Gunn & Sous, thev duin^r business fur two years, up to 1ST8, when they were succeeded by Baird &: Gunn, for wiiom he clerked until 1875, when he established his j-resent business, his father beins^ a special partner. In 1878 his brother withdrew from the business, since which time he has continued it alone. Mr, Gunn is a young. man possessing sterling business qualiiications. He started with a small amount of capital, the earnings he carefully saved while clerking, and although beginning on a small scale he has built up an extensive trade and now ranks with the first grocers of Louisiana city, October 7, 185S, he married Sallie A., daughter of E. P. McClellan of Chester county, Pennsylvania. Himself and wife are members of the M. E. Church South of Louisiana. He is a member of Anchor Lodge Xo. 60, K. of P., an.d of Unison Lodge No. 1S75, K. of H., of Louisiana.

William Handsome (Pritchard), artist and photographer, is a native of England, and M^as born at Carlisle, Cumberland, J uly 20, 1827, In his infancy his parents removed to Glasgow, Scotland, where he lived with them until he was seventeen, when he was employed in a cotton warehouse until he v\-as nineteen, when he was captivated by the nicely-uniformed | conjpauy of the Fourth Poyal Irish Dragoon Guards, while passing through the streets of Carlisle. Following them, he enlisted and soon after became orderly for General Arbuthnot, and served as such twelve months at Manchester, when he was promoted to corporal and sent to Maidstone to be trained and qualified as drill instructor in the riding school, and after a thorougli drill of twelve months he joined the regiment at Birmingham. In 1851 he purchased his discharge, when he accepted the position of receiving warden and physician's assistant in Birmingham borough jail, serving as such until 1^52, when he went to Liverpool and became hall keeper in St. George's Hall, continuing as such until 1862. Early in life he was fond of oil painting, and being a natural artist, he soon became master of the brush and palette. On leaving St. George's Hall, he became associated with Mr. Qui!lish in the firm name of Quillish S: Handsonie, and engaged in })hotographing, and learned that art of and was with Mr. Quillish until 1S61-, when he emigrated to the United States. He lirst settled at Chicago, where he established a photo gallery, and pursued that business until the arrat ('hicaixo fire, in ]S71, wlien lie lost nil he had by l»cin2: burned out. In 1ST2 he cnine to Louisiana, ]\J IfRouri, where lie was cni]>loYed for a pliort time as operator in the i^-ailery of Samuel ]iiee. He then engaged iu giving instructions in oi! painting, being for a time at Quiney, Illinoif-, where he took the nom de plume of "Prof. Pritchard.'' He also executed several pieces of oi! painting for citi;^enp of Louisiana, therel>y accumulating means enough to again engage in ])]jotographing. lie established Iris })resent gallery and studio, known as " J^ritchaid's," in 1ST3, and built up a lucrative business. His paintings that adorn the walls of his studio, and the cample photos, shows that they T\-ere executed by the hand of a skilllul master. April 15, 1S51, he married Hannah Cole, of JS'orthfield, uear Birmingham, England. They are members of Calvary Protestant Epi.^cojial Church, of Louisiana.

Ricliard JolillSOll I]a"\^kills, cashier of the Exchange Lank, o'f Louisiana, Iviissouri, v;as born on f fai'ui near J>owling Green, Missouri, February 10, 1S4-1. He is the son of William G. and ]\iartba (Bondurant) Hawkins, pioneers of Pike county in 1827, and settled on the farm where our subject was born and v\ here lii^ lather still resides. His mother died in 185-i. He lived with his father until manhood, and obtained only a common education. 'When sixteen years of age he enlisted in the Confederate ; service under General Tom Harris. Soon after his enlistment he was taken prisoner by the Federal troops near Mexico, ]\fissouri,and after six months' incarceration at Palmyra, Missouri, he was released on parole, when he returned home; and, as all his father's hands (negroes) had left him, ho assisted in the farm work, continuing so until ISGi^ when he came to Louisiana and clerked six months in the store of Ayres c^- Iseville, when he becrime Mr. jSTevllle's successor, changing tlic firm to Ayres <fc Hawkiris. In 1ST4 he retired from the firm and accepted tiie position of book-keeper in the }3auk of Pike County. In 1875 he was promoted to cashier. In LS76 he resigned that position, having been elected county clerk .of Pike county to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of H. C. Campbell. He was re-elected in 1S7S, and served until February, 1SS2, when he resigned, to accept Ids present position as cashier in the Exchange Lank of Louisiana. .November 24, 1S74, he married Fanny, daughter of Dr. J. T. Matson, of Kear Louisiana. They have one child, Edward Clifton. He is a j\[aster, Poyal Arch, and Knight Templar Mason, and belongs to the lodge and chapter at Louisiana and commandery at Bowling Green, and has served as recorder and captain general in his commandery for several years. He is also a ICiii^-ht of rytliias, and served as presiding oQlcer of his lodge at Bowline; Green from its or«Tjfinization until )»o left Bowling Green, in 1882.

Henry LcopoM Hart was born near the Kiver Rhine, in Prussia, April 15, 1843. When he was ten years old, his parents being dead, he came to the United States with an uncle, with whom he lived one year in New York City and attended sciiool. Jn 1855 he came to St. Louis, and living with relations attended school up to iStiO, when lie began clerking in a wholesale house in St. houis. In 1861 lie established himself in the dry goods business at Macon City, Missouri; removing from there to Springfield, Illinois, in 1S6-1-, where he carried on general merchandising until 1865, when he came to Pike county and follov/ed the same business until 1869. when he permanently settled at Louisiana and carried on general merchandising up to 1876, when he disc.Mitinued that business and engaged in the real estate business, and about the same time was elected constable and deputized sherifl' and county collector, and served as such until 1880. In that year lie began to contract with the Chicago & xVlton, and Chicago, Burlington Qiiincy Railroads to furnish them with stone and timber for bridges, and also in bridge building. In 18S3 he, in connection with his other business, began the manufacture of cider and vinegar, and dealing in green fruits. In ISSl he, with others, incorporated tlie Freeman Box and "Wooden Ware Manufactory of Louisiana, of which he was treasurer. June « 8, 1865, he married Sarah. J. Foster of Petersburg, Illinois. They have one child, Stella. He is a Mason and member of Globe Lodge Xo. 495, A. F. A: A. M., of Anchor Lodge No. 60, K. of P., and Union Lodge No. 1875, I\. of IL, all of Louisiana.

Hassler Bi'otiiers. Samuel Callaway Ilassler and Michael Jeflerson Hassler are sons of John and Elizabeth (Doud) Ilassler. They were both born near the village of Williamsburg, ('allaway county, Missouri respectively, September 1, 1838 and February 29, 1840. Tiiey are of German- French origin. Their mother died in 1852 when the family was broken up, the elder brotliers leaving home, these two brothers and a sister remaining with their tather. In 1855 they removed to Montgonjery county and engaged in farming near Middletown, where they lived until 1857, when thev came to Louisana, brino-ino: their father with them. Their sister havinor married in 1856 left them without a housekeeper, and they were obliged to keep house for themselves. After coming to Louisiana they supported themselves and their enfeebled father by following such occu{)ations as were presented until June, 1858, when thefatherdied. They soon after became appren- ticed to learn trades, the elder brother to leara that of bhickstiiithiTio- with another brother in Calhiway county, and the younger that of wood turner with John T. Herbert of Louiciiaria. In the .v])ring of 1861 they both entered the state inilitaiy service in defense of the Union, at Louisiana, and were both honorably discharL^^ed in 1862 at the expiration of the enlistment. In the summer of 1S02 they jointly followed tjic occupation of wool carders, at Bowling Green, In the sprinor of ISGo they returned to Louisiana and formed a co-partnership with Whitehead it Son for the manufacture of * woolen fabrics. In 18C5 they dissolved their co-partnership by mutual consent, the liassler Brothers removing a part of the machinery to Bockport, Bike county, Illinois, where they engaged again in the manufacture of j .

as a lieutenant in the volunteer service, and was honorably discharged in October, 1SC5, when he attended the Methodist College at Louisiana, until .]

C. M. Fry in the grocery business, and continued so up to 1876, when jthey engaged in the mauulaciure of vinegar and in dealing in green fruits j educated in the common subscription schools, attending during the winter terms. In 1850, when eighteen years old, he went to California, where he j mined at various places for two years, when he returned to Missouri, After his return he euiraged in teachins school in Calumet township in the vicinity of Clarksville until 1S54-, when he came to Louisiana and took a position asaclerk, which he followed until the summer uf 1S55, when he became associated with ^Y. G. Thurmond, Thomas Cast, and John Strange, in the firm name of Cast, Henderson, Strange & Co., in the manufacture of plug to- - bacco, and they v.ere tlie first persons to begin the business in Louisiana. On November 11, 1^07, af'.er making their enterprise a success, their factory bunied down, cansinL'" them a loss of thirty thonsund doDars. and closin'^- r.n the business. In the following year he. with Messrs. Cn^t and Strani^re. J went to Keokuk an.d again engaged in inannfacturing tobacco, which they ^ carried on nnti! in JSTO, when they dissolyed the partner^liip, after wliich, | until 184:8, Mr. Henderson dealt in leaf tobacco, buying at different points I on the Missouri Kiyer and fhi[)pingto iSt. Louis. He then deyoted his time I and attention priiicipallj to tlic iniproyemcnt of his fruit farm, in tljc vicinity of Louisiana. In lSr»G he was married to Miss Jane Bartlett, daughter of Dr. E. M. Dartlett of Louisiana. They have but one child living, Merrill, lately a student at college, but now at home. xMr. Henderson served as a member of the city council of Louisiana for the years 1857, 1S5S, IS.V.), 1860.

Abraham Drydeil Hoss, of the firm of Parsons 6c Hoss, proprietors and editors of t'ne Louisiana Jov/'nal, was born near High Hill, Morgan county. Missouri, September 0, j S5(.), and moved witli b.is parents in 1S60 to Montgomery City, and from there to ClarksviHe, Pike county, in ISGo, where soon after he began to work in the office of the Cinrksyilio St/iiinel, and continued to do so imtil 1S74, y/hen he came with liis mother to Louisiana city and y.-as employed in the jRiverside Press otHco l)y J. C. Jamison, where he remair.ed until May, ISSl, when he was employed in the oflice of the Louisiana Journal until October, 1881, when he, with A. O. Parsons, they having worked together in the Jliveiside Press office for about five years, bouorlit the Javrnal, of which they are still proprietors and publishers. Mr. Hoss is Democratic in politics. He is a printer v.-ell skilled in tlie art, and under his foremanship the Journal is second to none in the county in appearance, and editorially is wide awake.

Joseph Stewart Irwin, of the firm of Irv.-in tt Gamble, merchants of Louisiana, was born in St. Louis, Missouri, June 18, 1820. His father dying when he was an infant he lived with his mother in St. Louis until 1 1828, when he came with her to Louisiana where he was raised and obtained | a common school education. Being thrown on his own resources in his boyhood he acjuired business habits that were the foundation of his future success. At the age of fourteen be liegan clerking in the store of Francis Gregoir, of Louisiana, and vv'as in his employ two years when, in ISoS, he went to Bowling Green, ^Missouri, and clerked in the store of Levi Pettibone until the following spring, when he went to Illinois, where he f-dlowcd flat-boating, carrying stock, ])roduce, etc., from Shawneetov.-n, on the Ohio River, and New Haven, on the Wabash, to Xew Orleans, continuing it some six years, up to 1845, when after making a tour through Ohio, Pen nsylva-