Randolph County, Missouri - Biographical sketches, 1920 (part 15 of 18)

Lane Cottingham was next to the oldest of the six children born to his parents. He spent his youth on his father's farm in Prairie township, attended the district school and when old enough began to farm. He invested his money in a 110 acre farm in Prairie township, and became one of the substantial agriculturists of his district. Mr. Cottingham was successful in all his business enterprises, liberal in help to his neighbors, and supported all the movements for the development of Randolph County. He gained a high reputatibn for honesty and .spent his life on the farm, where he bred high grade stock. He was a Democrat and he and his wife belonged to the Christian church.

Oct. 7, 1885, Mr. Cottingham was married to Miss Mollie Wirt, born April 15, 1863, in Randolph County, the daughter of James and Sallie (Hendrix) Wirt, natives of Virginia and Kentucky, respectively. They were early settlers of this county and are now deceased. One child was born to this union, Vera, the widow of Joseph Schooling, who lives with her mother. Mrs. Cottingham resides on the home farm which she manages, and is an efficient and experienced farmer.

Vera Cottingham married Joseph Schooling Oct. 31, 1909, and he died in 1914, age 31 years. He was a native of Randolph County, the son of Daniel and Sallie (Brown) Schooling, now living at Clark, Mo. To this union one child was born, Elizabeth, with her mother and grandmother, on the farm. Before his death, Joseph Schooling was a barber, in business in Clark. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge.

John B. Stark, a prominent farmer and stockman of Silver Creek township, is a native of Randolph County and a descendant of one of the very early pioneer families of this county. He was born in Silver Creek township Sept. 2, 1871 and is the son of James and Elizabeth (Bradley) Stark. James M. Stark was also bom in Silver Creek township and spent his life in this township; he was a successful farmer and prominent in the community. He died in August, 1909 in his 76th year. His widow now resides in Moberly. Her maiden name was Mary E. Bradley. She was a daughter of Judge John W. Bradley, a native of Barren County, Ky., who came to Randolph County with his parents, Richard and Mary (Ratcliff) Bradley in 1828 when he was six years old.

the district school. He remained at home with his parents until he reached his majority when he engaged in farming and stock raising on his own account. In 1902, he purchased his present place where he has since been successfully engaged in farming and stock raising. He is the owner of a valuable farm of 295 acres. His place is well improved. The residence is modern and the other farm buildings are well arranged and good substantial structures.

On Oct. 11, 1903, John B. Stark was united in marriage with Miss Mary Fray. She was born in Silver Creek township and is a daughter of William H. and Susan B. (Ftirgeson) Fray, both natives of Randolph County and now residents of this -county. To Mr. and Mrs. Stark have been born three children as follows: Harold, at home; Hazel, deceased, and Helen at home.

Mr. Stark is a Republican and a member of the Baptist church. He is a stockholder and a member of the board of directors of the Yates Saving Bank. He is progressive, public spirited and one of the substantial citizens of Randolph County.

Fcnsie L. Sours, a popular and widely known passenger conductor of Moberly, in the employ of the Wabash Railroad Company, has been a Wabash Railroad man since he was 14 years old and thus is closely identified with the interest of this railroad. Mr. Sours was born at Montgomery City, Mo., Nov. 18, 1873 and is a son of John and Catherine (McCabe) Sours, a more extensive history of whom appears in connection with the biographical sketch of George Sours in this volume.

Fonsie L. Sours was the fifth in order of birth of a family of 10 children born to his parents. The Sours family settled in Moberly when Fonsie L, Sours was nine years' old. He had attended the public schools at Montgomery City, and after coming here was a student in the Moberly schools until he was 14 years old when he began working in the Wabash shops here. When he was 18 years of age he engaged in the train service of the Wabash Railroad in the capacity of brakeman. In 1897 he was promoted to freight conductor and in 1904 was promoted to passenger conductor and for 16 years has run a passenger train on this railroad.

On Nov. 17, 1904, Mr. Sours was married to Miss Elizabeth Benville, a native of Moberly. She is a daughter of Frank and Margaret (Walsh) Benville. The father was a locomotive engineer and was killed in a wreck in 1881. To Mr. and Mrs. Sours have been bom two children: Virginia and Anna Elizabeth.

Mr. Sours is a Democrat, a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Order of Railway Conductors. The Sours family are members of the Catholic church.

Joel L. Rector, vice-president of the Farmers Bank of Renick, Randolph County, and owner of 160 acres of valuable land in Prairie township, this county, and 220 acres in Monroe County, is one of the substantial, representative agriculturists in central Missouri. He was bom in Monroe County, Mo., Feb. 24, 1864, the son of Isham N. and Martha L. (Garrett) Rector, natives of Kentucky and Monroe County, Mo., respectively. ,

Isham N. Rector was born in Kenton County, Ky., in 1836. He was and educated there and became a farmer and in 1864 came to Missouri, in Monroe County, where he died Jan. 5, 1916. He was the son of Samuel ^ua Martha (Garrett) Rector, both natives of Virginia who came west at an eari, ..,, ^^ ^^^^^^ ^.^^^^^ g^^y^^^ ^^ Kentucky, where they passed the remainder' o. .^^-^ j^^^^ g^^,^^! p^^^^^^, ^^^ ^ slave owner and had a large tobacco plantation, ^^^^j^^ ^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ was born in Monroe County, April 15, 1843, and now -^^i^gg there She was the mother of five children: Joel, of this review; Logan "tj.; -^^^^^^^j. Sallie K. Bunce, of South Dakota; Samuel I., living with his mother on the home farm and Arminta, the wife of Samuel Smith, deceased.

Joel Rector was reared in the country, gained his education in the district schools and says he has been a farmer all his life with the exception of two years, when he was working as a carpenter in Texas and for the Pacific Express Company at Corpus Christi. He began farming in Monroe County, Mo. in 1896 and three years later moved to his present farm which he bought. Mr. Rector began to make improvements on the place which have become extensive and today his farm is one of the best in the county. He had to clear a part of the land, erect bams and outbuildings and break the new land.

Jan. 14, 1896, Mr. Rector was married to Miss Mollie F. Hartman, a native of Monroe County, bom June 27, 1875 and died May 18, 1905. She was the daughter of William and Frances (Pond) Hartman, the former deceased and his widow is now the wife of P. B. Fields. Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Rector: Hartman, now at home, was drafted during the war with Germany and spent four months in the service; Fannie R., deceased, and Delilah, the wife of J. E. Carpenter, of Randolph County.

Hartmai} Rector was born Nov. 26, 1896, was educated in the local schools and in the Moberly High School and on Aug. 18, 1918, married Miss Vivian Fay Garven, a native of Prairie township. She was educated in the public schools and graduated from the high school in Moberly before attending Fayette College a year and taught in district No. 54 a year before her marriage. Mrs. Rector's parents are William and Lucy (Mascn) Garven, early settlers of this county.

Joel Rector is a Democrat and has taken an active part in local affairs, serv:ng for many years as school director in district 54. He advocates ail the movements imthe county that tend to agricultural improven^ent and increased production and for many years has been an active men.be.' of the Christian church.

Andy Hence Wheeler, a progressive and enterprising yoime farmer and stockman of Sugar Creek township, is a native of '^'^^ state of Iowa. He was born in Wapello County, Iowa, Oo^ y«' 18^9 and is a son of Joseph H. and Emma (Moss) Wheeie-> « sketch of whom appears in this volume.

Andy WheeJp^ '""'^ about five years old when the family came to Misso"-' --""' '^'^ttled in Randolph County. He was reared on his father's j^.ai in Sugar Creek township and attended the district school. He remained on the home farm in Sugar Creek township with his parents until 1915 when he began farming rented land which belonged to his father. In 1919 he bought a farm of 80 acres where he has since been engaged in general farming and stock raising. His place is well improved and is a valuable and productive farm.

Mr. Wheeler is a wide-awake and enterprising *young man and is not confining his efforts alone to farming. During the threshing seasons he operates a threshing outfit and for the past four years he has been profitably engaged in this business in Randolph County and threshes with the only gas tractor in this community.

On Sept. 30, 1915, Andy H. Wheeler was united in marriage with Miss Nora Jewell Mason, a native of Sugar Creek township, Randolph County. She is a daughter of Joseph Mason, a well known farmer of Sugar Creek township. To Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler has been born one child. Opal Alliene, born Aug. 3, 1916.

Henry B. Cubbage, a prosperous farmer and stockman of Silver Creek township and vice-president of the Yates Savings Bank at Yates, Mo., is a native of Kentucky. He was bom in Owen County, Ky., Jan. 26, 1855 and is a son of William K. and Cecelia (Clements) Cubbage.

William K. Cubbage was born in Warren County, Ohio in 1820. He went to Kentucky when a young man where he followed farming and also worked as a stone mason and plasterer in his early career. He died in Grayson County, Ky., in 1884. He was a son of George and Mary (Kindell) Cubbage. George Cubbage was a native of Ireland and his wife was born in Ohio. They were the parents of nine children, six boys and three girls.

To William K. and Cecelia (Clements) Cubbage were bom 14 children of whom Henry B., the subject of this sketch was the seventh in order of birth and six of the family are now living. Henry B. Cubbage was reared on a farm and educated in the public schools at Litchfield, Ky. He taught school one year in Kentucky and in 1877 came to Randolph County, Mo. and taught here for one year. He bought his first farm in Randolph County in 1879 and has bought and sold a few farms in southern Randolph County. He is now the owner of a well improved farm of 410 acres in Silver Creek township where he is successfully carrying on general farming and stock raising. He keeps Polled Angus cattle and has a pure bred registered herd leader. Mr. Cubbage has other important business interests outside of the sphere of agriculture. He was one of the organizers of the Bank of Yates and also of the Citizens Bank at Higbee. However, he has disposed of his interests in the latter institution but retains his interest in the Yates Savings Bank of which he is a member of the board of directors and vice-presdent.

Mr. Cubbage was married June 17, 1878 to Miss Clara D. Higdon, a native of Hardin County, Ky., and a daughter of Albin S. and Eliza A.. (Ward) Higdon, both natives of Kentucky. Mrs. Cubbage was the only child bom to her parents. Her mother died when Mrs. Cubbage was a child and her father afterwards married Jane J. Duncan and four children were born to that union, two of whom are now living. Alvin S. Higdon came to Randolph County in 1872 and he and his wife are now deceased.

To Henry B. Cubbage and wife have been born nine children as follows: Jesse A., Windsor, Mo.; Steward, resides at home; Myrtle married H. H. Malone and they live south of Huntsville ; Clarence, at home ; Gussie married Earl Simpson, Roundup, Mont. ; Vera D. married Sloan Whitsett, Polo, 111.; Lysle E., assistant cashier of the Yates Savings Bank; Edith, deceased and one child dide in infancy.

Mr. Cubbage is a Democrat and a member of the Baptist church of which he is a deacon. He is a substantial citizen and stands high in Randolph County.

Jim L. Haminett, president of the J. M. Hammett Banking Company of Huntsville, Mo., has been in the banking business for 30 years and is a prominent factor in the financial affairs of Randolph County. He was born in Salt Spring township. May 12, 1864 and is a son of Francis M. and Mary Susan (Robertson) Hammett, an extensive sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this volume.

Jim L. Hammett was reared on his father's farm in Salt Spring township and educated in the public schools. When he was 17 years old his father sent him West to take charge of a cattle ranch which was owned by Hammett and Hall, the senior member of the firm being his father. After , remaining in the West three years, Mr. Hammett returned to Randolph County and engaged in farming and stock raising near Darksville. He continued in that business until 1890 when he became a member of the J. M. Hammett Banking Company and was made assistant cashier of that institution. Shortly afterwards he became cashier of the bank and was serving in that capacity in 1907, when at his father's death when he succeeded him to the presidency of the J. M. Hammett Banking Company and for the past 13 years has served in that capacity.

In addition to his banking activities and interests, Mr. Hammett is also an extensive land owner. He owns about 5,000 acres of land in Missouri and Arkansas. He is also an extensive cattle feeder and feeds a great many cattle in Randolph County for the market. Over 600 acres of his land in Arkansas is under cultivation.

Mr. Hammett was united in marriage April 29, 1891 with Miss Lora Proctor. She is a daughter of Senator J. M. Proctor and Ella (White) Proctor, the former a native of Boone County and the latter of Audrain County, Mo. Mrs. Hammett was born at Sturgeon, Boone County, Mo. and was educated in the public schools of Boone County and also attended school in St. Louis. To Mr. and Mrs. Hammett has been born one son, Francis Harold Hammett, bom June 10, 1892. He was educated in the public schools and on June 15, 1918 was married to Miss Stella Jones of Conway, Ark. where they now reside. They have one child, Frances Jewell, bom Aug. 12, 1919.

Jim L. Hammett is a Democrat and although he has always taken a prominent part in politics, he has never aspired to hold political office. He is one of the presidential electors for the state of Missouri of the second congressional District for the election of 1920. In 1902 he was chairman of the second district, congressional committee. He is a member of the Methodist church and is treasurer for the Centenary Methodist Commission for the Missouri Conference which embraces all territory north of the Missouri River. Mrs. Hammett is prominent in club and church work and both Mr. and Mrs. Hammett stand high in Randolph County.

G. Dorsey Burckhartt, of Huntsville, Mo., is a native son of Randolph County and has spent practically all of his life in this county. He is a son of Judge George H. Burckhartt and Amanda (McCampbell) Burckhartt. Judge Burckhartt was bom in Randolph County Sept. 22, 1822. He was one of the most prominent early day lawyers of this county and for 28 yearrs was judge of the Circuit Court. He was a son of George Burckhartt who was one of the very early settlers in Randolph County, a native of Maryland, whose father, Christopher F. Burckhartt was also a native of Maryland and served with .Washington during the Revolution. Amanda (McCampbell) Burckhartt, mother of G. Dorsey Burckhartt, was a native of Kentucky and a daughter of Wallace McCampbell of Jessamine County of that state and an early settler of Randolph County. A more extensive history is given of the Burckhartt family in connection with the sketch of Judge George H. Burckhartt elsewhere in this volume.

G. Dorsey Burckhartt was one of the following children born to Judge George H. and Amanda (McCampbell) Burckhartt: Wallace, died in early childhood; John, who was an employee of the Wabash Railroad and accidently killed at Centralia, Mo.; G. Dorsey, the subject of this sketch; Wallace, who was accidently killed Dec. 24, 1918; Don G., deceased ; Maria, married John Heether and is deceased and Mrs. Ella Jackson of Huntsville.

G. Dorsey Burckhartt was educated in the public schools and Mt.. Pleasant College at Huntsville. He was engaged in farming and stock raising for a time and during the course of his career, has dealt in live stock and been engaged in the real estate business and for a time conducted the Radium Springs Hotel. Mr. Burckhartt was married Dec. 12, 1876 to Miss Mattie D. Pitts, a daughter of Rev. S. Y. Pitts, a Baptist minister of Randolph County. To Mr. and Mrs. Burckhartt have been born the following children: George Samuel, who is engaged in the produce business at Butte, Mont.; Rodes B., a farmer anii stockman near Higbee, Mo. ; S. D., assistant cashier of the J. H. Hammett Banking Company of Huntsville and Louise, married William Patton of Huntsville.

Mr. Burckhartt is a Democrat. He has an extensive acquaintance in Randolph County and by his pleasant and courteous manner has made many friends.

Judge George. H. Burckhartt. - For 28 years Judge Burckhartt occupied with honor and ability the bench of the judicial circuit, which included Randolph County. During this long service his life of course became intimately interwoven with the judicial history of the state. He was one of the ablest judges and most upright men on the circuit bench, and his opinions command the highest consideration.

Judge Burckhartt belonged to one of the pioneer families of Missouri. His grandfather, Christopher F. Burckhartt, was a native of Maryland and a soldier under Washington during the War of the Revolution. He immigrated to this state with his family in 1811 and settled first in St. Louis County and in two years moved to Howard County, where he lived until his death, one of the worthy and respected old pioneers of that county. He was well advanced in years when he came to Missouri and most of his family of children had grown up and become themselves the heads of families. Among these was George Burckhartt, who became the father of Judge George H. Burckhartt.

George Burckhartt was reared in Frederick County, Maryland, and was married in Jefferson County, Ky., to Miss Ruth Dorsey, a representative of another old and respected Maryland family. George Burckhartt and family came to Missouri five years after his father and also settled in Howard County. But in 1820 he removed into Randolph County, where he resided for many years. He died in Howard County, to which he had returned 10 years previously, in 1864, when 83 years of age. tie was a man of fine intelligence and high character, and was one of the prominent citizens of Randolph County. Before coming to Missouri he had served under General Harrison in the War of 1812. In Randolph County he served for a number of years on the county court bench and held other positions of local importance. He was a member of the first Legislature of Missouri from Howard County and was a member from Randolph County after it was organized. He was a farmer as was also his father, and, considering'the times in which he lived and his oppor- tunities, he was quite successful. In politics he was a life-long Whig and was one of the staunchest supporters of that party in Randolph County.

Judge George H. Burckhartt, the ninth and youngest in his father's family of children, was born in Randolph County on his father's homestead, six miles southeast of Huntsville, Sept. 11, 1823. From an early age he showed a marked taste for study and besides the instruction he received in the occasional common schools kept in the neighborhood, he improved his leisure to good advantage by study at home. Pursuing his studies with unabated zeal and assiduity when young, he soon became qualified to teach school. In September, 1839, he began teaching in Monroe County and he continued to teach for two years.

In the meantime, while teaching, he pursued a regular course of study preparatory to his admission to the bar. In 1843 he was duly admitted to practice law by Judge P. McBride, of Monroe, sitting at Paris, Monroe County, Mo., and he immediately entered upon the practice of his profession at Huntsville, Mo. His rise in his profession was steady and substantial and he had not been at the bar many years before he became recognized as one of the soundest lawyers in the Huntsville circuit. He was always a man of steady, even habits and went about performing the duties of his practice in a methodical, clear-headed, business-like way; and the opening of court rarely, if ever, found him unprepared to take the proper steps in his cases when they were called.

While Judge Burckhartt never claimed to be a great orator, he was always a clear, forcible and convincing speaTcer and generally carried the convictions of his hearers with him in his train of argument. Often, indeed, when fully imbued with the justice and gravity of a cause, he rose to a high point of eloquence in his addresses before judge and jury, and whenever he essayed to touch the cords of sentiment, he never failed to carry the hearts of those who heard him with their convictions, which he had already secured. Long before he went on the bench, he was regarded as one of the leading lawyers of northeast Missouri.

Recognizing his eminent fitness and qualifications for the position, in 1862 he was elected circuit judge of the Second Judicial Circuit, and in 1864 he was reelected. Subsequently he was appointed judge of that circuit by Gov. Fletcher when the convention of 1865 ousted all the judges in the state and was again reelected in 1868. He was consecutively reelected and held that office continuously up to the time of his death, April 21, 1890, serving on the bench 28 years. As a judge, he more than fulfilled the high expectations of those who honored him with their confidence and esteem in placing him in that responsible office. He was an able lawyer and a learned judge, his ability and learning were only equaled by his high character and incorruptibility.

On the 16th of October, 1849, Judge Burckhartt was married to Miss Amanda McGampbell, a daughter of Wallace McCampbell, an extensive farmer and respected citizen of Randolph County, who settled in that county from Jessamine County, Ky., in an early day. Of the children born to this union further mention is made in the sketch of G. Dorsey Burckhartt, a son of Judge Burckhartt.

Judge Burckhartt was a prominent member of the Masonic order for 40 years. Throughout his entire career, Judge Burckhartt was characterized by prompt and energetic action and careful attention to business. Independent in thought, social and genial in manner, and inflexible in integrity, he attained to that success and lived in the enjoyment of that reward which is the natural outgrowth of a true life.

William Y. Mason, a well known and successful farmer and stock man of Salt Spring township, is a native of Randolph County and a descendant of pioneers of this section. He was bom in Salt Spring township on a farm adjoining his present place, June 2, 1849 and is a son of William and Lena Jane (Payton) Mason.

William Mason was born in Madison County, Ky., and was a son of John Mason who was also a native of Kentucky. William Mason carne to Missouri in 1838 and settled in Salt Spring township on the place which is now owned by William Y. Mason. He bought a part of this place when he came here and added to his original holdings until he was the owner of 320 acres. To William and Lena Jane (Payton) Mason were born the following children : Mrs. Mildred Phipps, deceased ; John Walker and William Y., twins, the former of whom died in 1893 and the latter is the subject of this sketch, and Samuel who died at the age of 24 years.

William Y. Mason was educated in the public schools and he and his brother, John Walker Mason, farmed the home place which their father divided between them, until the death of John Walker Mason. Mr. Mason has bought additional land and is now the owner of a splendid farm of 242 acres. His place is well improved with a beautiful white cottage and large bams and is one of the pretty places of Randolph County. His land is fertile and well tilled. He carries on general farming and also raises stock.

Mr. Mason was married in 1874 to Ithema Owens, a native of Randolph County. She was born in October, 1853 and is a daughter of James and Nancy Jane (Terry) Owens, the former a native of Randolph County and the latter a native of Kentucky, a daughter of William Terry, an early pioneer settler of Randolph County. To Mr. and Mrs. Mason have been born one child, Ivola, who married Wilson Miller and they live on the Mason farm and two children have been born to them : Euva, born June 16, 1896 and Claudia, born Oct. 25, 1907. During the World War Euva Mason was inducted into tiie National army in October, 1918 and was in training at Camp Bowie, Texas, where he died from influenza Nov. 10, 1918.

Mr. Mason is a Democrat and a member of the Baptist church. He is one of Randolph County's valued citizens and the Mason family rank high in the community.

Madison L. Sears, of Kansas City who, for many years has been prominently identified with the insurance business of this country, is a native of Randolph County and a member of one of the old and honored pioneer families of Randolph County and Missouri. He was born about three miles south of Huntsville, March 4, 1853 and is a son of Elder Milton J. Sears, a prominent pioneer Baptist minister and evangelist.

Elder Milton J. Sears was also a native of Randolph County. He was born on a farm near Huntsville, Jan. 13, 1830. He was educated in private schools and received a practical education and later became a selfeducated man. In early life, he taught school and while teaching studied for the ministry. When he was 19 years old, he began preaching. In 1850 he was ordained by Elder William Sears, his uncle of Macon County and Rev. James Ratcliff. That year he was installed as pastor of the Silver Creek Baptist church which is one of the oldest Baptist organizations in the county. He continued to preach regularly in that church for over 30 years. He was also a noted evangelist and was the author of the "Primitive Baptist Hymnal". For a number of years he served as public administrator of Randolph County. He also served as a member of the board of trustees of Mt. Pleasant College for many years, until that institution was destroyed by fire.

Rev. Milton J. Sears was married July 24, 1851 to Miss Cynthia A. Oliver, a native of Clark County, Ky. She was born Aug. 13, 1833 and was a daughter of John and Cynthia A. . Oliver who came to Randolph County about 1837. To Elder and Mrs. Sears were bom the following children: Madison, the subject of this sketch; Viccie, married Felix Auvuchon, Eldorado Springs, Mo. ; Eva C, married Benjamin F. McCrary, Eldorado Springs, Mo. ; Henry L., was an attorney in San Francisco, Calif., and is now deceased ; Minnie S., married Dr. Willard P. Terrill, Huntsville, Mo. ; Anna M., Huntsville, Mo. ; and Stella A., deceased. Elder Sears died at Huntsville in 1893 and his wife departed this life there in 1913 and their remains are buried there.

The Sears family is of English origin and was founded in the colony of Virginia nearly a century before the Revolutionary War. John Sears went from Virginia to Kentucky at an early day and settled near Bowling Green. He had four sons. Hardy, Ivison, Henry and William. Henry went to Illinois in 1820 and was a prominent Baptist minister in that state for 40 years and died there. The other three sons came to Randolph County, Mo. and spent the remainder of their lives here except William, who removed to Macon County. Ivison Sears came to Missouri in 1818. John Sears the father of the four sons came to Missouri in 1820 and died in Randolph County. Ivison Sears married in Kentucky Sarah Ryals of a North Carolina family. Ivison Sears died in this county in 1854 and his wife died in 1857. They were the parents of 13 children of whom Elder Milton J. Sears was the sixth in order of birth.

Madison L. Sears whose name introduces this sketch was reared in the vicinity of Huntsville and in Huntsville the family having located in town about the close of the Civil War. He was educated in the public schools under Mr. Alex Phipps, Rev. J. C. Ridgeway and later attended Mt. Pleasant College. After leaving school he went to Moberly in the employ of the mercantile house of Moses Jennings and Sons where he remained but a few months. He then went with a firm of Samuel Hammett and Company, dealers in leaf tobacco at Bentonville, Ark. Later he became Connected with Henry Wayl,andiand Company who were in the dry goods business at Fayetteville, Ark. About 1878 he returned to Moberly with the real estate and insurance firm of Porter & Hallack. In 1879 he purchased their insurance business and conducted it until 1883 when he disposed of his business and removed to ' Denver,* Colo, with the firm of Chittenden Porter and Hallack. Later he was associated with Martin Collins General Agency, St. Louis, Mo. and represented the Fire Association of Philadelphia and the Manufacturers Fire and Marine Insurance Company of Boston as special agent. He traveled for those companies in several states west of the Mississippi River. In 1884 the Phoenix

Assurance Company of London purchased the Boston Company and Mr. Sears then jomed the forces of that company with hejidquarters at Chicago and traveled from Pittsburg, Pa. to Salt Lake City, Utah. In 1886 he was transferred from Chicago to Kansas City where he has since resided and for the past 8S yeai-a he has represented the Phoenix Assurance Company of London and its allied ' companies and as he himself says, he -will proi^wy continue to do so until the "job is finished."

Mr. Sears is one of the widely known and capable men of his line in the country. He has had a vast experience in the field of insurance and in the course of his career has made an extensive acquaintance not only in his home city but throughout the country. He is a representative business man who has made good in his chosen field of enterprise.

Sidney H. Haynes, a well-known conductor of the Wabash system, who resides at Moberly, was born at Glenwood Junction, Mo., Oct. 14, 1885. He is the son of Sidney A. and Louise (Hall) Haynes.

Sidney A. Haynes was a prominent railroad man. He was born on a faim north of Moberly in 1840, and when old enough secured a position on the railroad. He was promoted from one position of ti'ust to another and became general road master of this division of the Wabash, serving in that capacity 30 years. He then accepted a position with the Grand Trunk railroad. Leaving that road, he was assistant superintendent of the filteration plant at Montreal, Canada. Later he returned to Missouri and settled on a farm- near Moberly in 1911, where he died Oct. 31, 1918. Mrs. Haynes was born in Berger, Mo. She died in Moberly Nov. 5, 1911. There were the following children in the Haynes family: Ella", the wife of C. G. Williams, of East St. Louis; Sam, deceased; Mary, the wife of W. H. Horton, of Pomona, Cal. ; Anna, of St. Louis; Pearl, the wife of George H. Sours, of Moberly; Sidney H., of this review, and Jack, of Moberly, Mo.

Sidney H. Haynes was reared in Missouri and received his education in the public schools of Moberly. In early life he entered the employ of the Wabash railroad as clerk in the office of the roadmaster, Ollie Walker. He engaged in farming in 1903 and continued that vocation three years, when he started as brakeman on the Wabash system. He was promoted to conductor in 1910 and still holds that position.

Dec. 18, 1915, Mr. Haynes was married to Miss Virginia Hestler, of Wisconsin. He belongs to the Christian church and his wife is a Tresbyterian. He is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the order of Railway Conductors and is a Democrat.

M. W. Burke, a veteran locomotive engineer who has been in the service of the Waba.sh Railroad Company in that capacity for many years during which time Moberiy has been his home, is a native of Chicago. He was born April 26, 1858 and is a aon of Walter and Bridget Ann Burke, both natives of Ireland and very early setntrearL Chicago. The father was born in Ireland in 1820 and died in Albert Lee, TSliiiir^^, jn 1901, and the mother was born in Ireland in 1822 and died in Duluth, Minn, m xqi^ The day that they were married in Chicago, they bought a lot on the - corner of State street and Madison avenue for 75 dollars which goes to show that Chicago at that time was little more than a mere village. That same property today would probably run into the millions, as it is in the very heart of the business district of the city. To Walter and Bridget Ann Burke were born the following children: James C, deceased; M. W., the subject of this sketch ; Mary Jane, a teacher in Duluth, Minn. ; Walter, deceased; Sarah, deceased and Christopher, deceased.

M. W. Burke was educated in the pubhc schools and began his railroad career as a fireman on th eold Southern Minnesota Railroad which is now a part of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul system and just before his 18th birthday, he was promoted to engineer. In 1874 Mr. Burke came to Moberiy which has since been his home. Here he entered the employ of the Wabash Railroad as locomotive engineer and since that time has served in that capacity and for many years has been running passenger trains. In 1892 he was the man selected to pull President Hai-rison's special train through Illinois, Missouri and Iowa.

Always possessing a rare knowledge of locomotive speed he was able at all times to deliver anything that was called for in that line, so the management felt safe in placing him on the most important and exacting special trains. From 1892 till 1896 he served as traveling engineer over all of the Wabash system west of the Mississippi River and while in that capacity and "air brake instructor" he developed a high technical education and was considered one of the leading experts both as to air brake science and combustion of that period, and has since been used 'as occasion required' by the legal department as their expert witness. He has a long record to his credit as a capable and careful engineer and in this hazardous vocation, he has experienced remarkably few accidents. When he began railroading much of the equipment was of the old fashioned, crude and primitive type and the methods of operating were not systematized to the present high degree of uniformity and efficiency. He has not only witnessed but experienced all of this process of evolution in railroading from the link-pin coupler and the hand brake to the modern automatic signal system.

Mr. Burke was united in marriage in 1898 to Miss Emeline Rowing, a daughter of William and Amelia (Carlotta) Rowing, a native of Germany. William Rowing immigrated to America in early life and settled in Pike County, Mo., where he was engaged in farming and stock raising throughout his active career. Ris wife came to this country when she was 16 years old with her family and settled in Pike County. Mr. and Mrs. Rowing are both now deceased. They were the parents of the following children: Henry, William, Julia, and Mrs. Burke, the subject of this sketch. To Mr. and Mrs. Burke have been born the following children: Walter H., born April 12, 1900 is a student of Westminster College, Fxilton, Mo. ; Carlotta A., born July 24, 1904 is a student in the Moberly Righ School ; and Mary F. also resides at home with her parents.

Mr. Burke is a Knights Templar Mason and a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Re is a Republican and a member of the Episcopal church. Mrs. Burke is active in church, social and literary aii'airs. She is a member of the Fourth Street M. E. church and President of the Missionary Society and is a member of the Chauser and Shakespeare Club. The Burke family is well known and prominent in Moberly.

Samuel B. Adams, a locomotive engineer in the employ of the Wabash, is a well known citizen of Moberly and a descendant of a pioneer family of Randolph County. Ris grandfather, J. J. Adams, Sr., was bom in Kentucky in 1801 and first came to Missouri in 1820 ; he walked all the way and drove a herd of sheep from Kentucky to St. Louis, there being only one brick house in St. Louis at the time. There were born to J. J. Adams, Sr. and wife, the following children: Absalom, James, Peter, John, Joe, Martin, Rev. Edward J., Sarah F., Ama Eliza, and Jeptha J., who was the father of Samuel Adams, the subject of this sketch. Jeptha J. Adams, Jr., was born in Kentucky Dec. 24, 1838, and when a boy came to Missouri and first settled near Darksville in Randolph County and later on a farm west of Moberly, known as the old Adams homestead. Rere he engaged in farming and stock raising for a number of years and later moved to Marshall, to educate the children in Missouri Valley College. He served in the State Militia during the Civil War and took a prominent part in all local affairs and was active in church work. Ris wife, Elizabeth J., who was the daughter of Colbert and Nancy (Milam) Rolbrook, was born in Randolph County, three miles west of Moberly, Oct. 7, 1839, and was married Nov. 7, 1861. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Adams celebrated their golden wedding anniversary Nov. 7, 1911. Mrs. Adams died at McAlester, Okla., June 1, 1912, and her remains were brought back to Randolph County and interred in Sugar Creek cemetery.

Jeptha J. Adams and wife were the parents of the following children: Alice M. died Oct. 1, 1892; Lula E. married J. J. Breusch and they reside on the old Adams homestead in Randolph County; Cora B. married Judge E. P. Hill, McAlester, Okla.; Ernest D., died June 16, 1918; Alanta died in infancy; Naomi J., married Roy Hotchkiss, of McAlester, Okla. Samuel B., who is the subject of this sketch was born in Randolph County on the old Adams homestead, April 6, 1868. He followed farming until he was 24 years of age when he went to work for the Wabash as fireman and after six years was promoted to engineer and has been running an engine ever since. Samuel B. Adams received his education in the Moberly public schools and the Missouri Valley College. Samuel Adams was married Dec. 23, 1902, to Miss Laura Lee Bush, who was the daughter of William D. and Ruth (Thomson) Bush of Marshall, Missouri.

Some of the very oldest families in Virginia and Kentucky are represented in this sketch and their blood still mingles in the veins of the children of its subjects. The most ancient of this family of whom we have any record was Col. Freeman Bush, an old Revolutionary soldier who was a descendant of the same stock as Chief Justice Bush of Ireland, and fought under the standard of Washington and was a colonel in the Revolutionary War and held that office when the colonies were recognized as free by Great Britain. He was of Welch, English and Irish descent. His wife was the daughter of Lord Cummins of England. They were the parents of three children, "Majny" who married Woulcot and lived in the western part of New York state; Caleb Bush, who was born in 1806 and married Elizabeth Lockwood, her father Samuel Lockwood was of English descent, and her mother, Tabitha Carey, was the daughter of Captain Carey of the Revolutionary army.

Caleb and Elizabeth Bush had the following children: Steven E., Daniel E., Lauretta, Mary E., Albert G. and William D. Caleb Bush was a Baptist minister for over 40 years. William D. Bush was bom Jan. 16, 1832, began the study of law at the age of 17 and was admitted to the bar in 1857 in Clark County, entered the Confederate army in 1861, as a private in Gen. Green's brigade and was mustered out at the close of the war as captain of Company D, Col. Priest's regiment. After the close of the war he went to Marshall, Saline Coujity, Mo. and practiced law continuously until Jan., 1899, when he assumed the office of probate judge. This office he held eight years. He was an enthusiastic Democrat and a great campaigner for his party. In 1857 he was elected prosecuting attorney. He was a member of the Baptist church and a Knights Templar Mason. He was married in 1876 to Ruth V. Thomson, who was the daughter of Col. Pike M. Thompson and Elizabeth E., who was the daughter of Lloyd K. Goodwin. William D. and Ruth V. Bush had the following children: Pike C, living at Nelson; George Vest died in 1913; Bettie, married E. C. Winger, living at Point Pleasant, W. Va. ; Laura Lee, who married Samuel B. Adams, who is the subject of this sketch; William V., a lawyer in Kansas City; Marion, at Marshall, Mo.; Thomas Jefferson, Kansas City, Mo., and Frank Cockrell, jVTarshall.

Judge Bush died December, 1910; Laura Lee was born March 27, 1884, attended the public school of Marshall, Mo., and studied music and art Kt Missouri Valley College. She is a member of the United Daughters of Confederacy, and Daughters of American Revolution. To Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Adams has been bom one daughter, Lois Eunice, born May 17, 1907, at Moberly, Mo. She completed the grade schools at 11 years of age and. is now a student of Moberly High School.

William N. Miles, a well known and successful stock dealer and farmer of- Jacksonville, is one of the progressive and successful business men of Randolph County. He was born near Atlanta, Macon County, Mo., Nov. 6, 1864, and is a son of William A. and Nancy (Daugherty) Miles.

William A. Miles was born in Virginia in 1835 and went with his parents from Virginia to Kentucky. From there they came to Missouri and settled in Macon County. The Miles and Daugherty families came to Missouri together. William A. Miles bought land in Macon County and was an extensive land owner, at one time owning about 500 acres. He followed general farming and stock raising and was successful. He was married after coming to Macon County to Nancy Daugherty, who was a native of Kentucky, born in 1829. She died in 1887.

Atlanta, Mo.; Thomas A., deceased; Madison P., deceased; Margaret, married J. M. Elsea and lives near Atlanta, Mo. ; Malissa, deceased ; William N., the subject of this sketch; Charles H., deceased; Arthur B., Port Arthur, Tex., and Oscar and Orla, twins, deceased.

William N. Miles was reared on his father's farm in Macon County and attended school at the old Oak Grove school -house, near his home in that county. ' He remained at home with his father on the farm until he was 22 years old. In 1887 he bought -a farm of 120 acres east of Atlanta and engaged in farming and stock raising for himself. In 1898 he moved to Atlanta and worked in a store for E. 0. Snow three years and for five years 'he was engaged in buying and shipping stock there. He then came to Jacksonville and was with 0. E. Snow here engaged in the drug business for four and a half years and since that time he has been engaged in buying and shipping stock and also general farming and stock raising and feeding. He owns two farms in Jackson township, one a farm of 100 acres located north of town, which is a well improved farm. He built two silos on this place in 1910 with the capacity of lOO tons each, and they have been filled each year since they were built. One of his barns is designed on the circular plan and is built around the silo. The building is 40 feet in diameter with two wings 20x70 feet, extending from the main building. This is one of the complete and interesting farm buildings of Randolph County. A 93 acre farm owned by Mr. Miles, west of Jacksonville, is a well improved place, and is devoted largely to pasture ajid feed lots for cattle and hogs, which he handles in connection with his business. He also has a mule barn in Jacksonville, 44x50 feet.

Mr. Miles was one of the organizer's of the Jacksonville Savings Bank and is now vice-president of that institution. He takes a commendable interest in public affairs and has served two years as mayor of Jacksonville, from 1914 to 1916. He has also been a member of the town board for eight years and has been street commissioner of Jacksonville. He was the first to build hard surface walks in Jacksonville and has always taken a keen interest in the betterment and upbuilding of the towh.

Mr. Miles was married May 3, 1887, to Miss Clara E. Snow, daughter of Orla and Marilla Snow, natives of Macon County, Mo. Mrs. Miles has been her husband's loyal helptnate throughout his career and -no small measure of his success is due to her co-operation and assistance.

Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Miles, as follows: Marilla, married A. W. Elliot, a druggist of Jacksonville, and Beulah, married M. A. Carter of Jacksonville. They also raised a boy, Hershel Snow, since he was six days old, his mother having died. He is now 18 years old and graduated from tbfe Moberly High School in the class of 1920.

Caison L. Adams, a well-known employe of the Wabash railroad, is a native of Randolph County, Mo., and descendant of one of the pioneer families of the state. He was born in Sugar Creek township, Jan. 13, 1884, a son of John A. and Polly (Miller) Adams.

John A. Adams is a native of Missouri, born Feb. 12, 1850, and now lives in Moberly, retired. His father died when he was 18 years old and Mr. Adams assumed the burdens of the family and the management of the farm, where he engaged in agriculture until he ceased active business life in 1914. Polly Miller Adams was born in Pennsylvania, Jan. 24, 1860. Her father, Jacob Miller, came to Missouri in an early day and entered 160 acres of land. He served in the Union army during the Civil War and was engaged in farming until his death. John A. and Polly Miller were married in Huntsville and lived on the farm until 1914, when they moved to Moberly. There were four children in the Adams family: Carson L., of this review; Ratia, of Moberly; Eula, the wife of Willard Terrill, of Sugar Creek township, and Joseph, of Bath, Me.

Carson L. Adams was reared on the home farm and attended the district school and then farmed with his father until he was 18 years old. He then worked by the month until 1906, when he enlisted in the United States navy at Minneapolis, Minn. He was with the Atlantic fleet and made the famous cruise around the world during Roosevelt's administration in 1907-1908. Mr. Adams served out his enlistment of four years, receiving his honorable discharge at Philadelphia, Pa., in 1910. He then returned to Moberly and entered the employ of the Wabash railroad and has since been employed in that capacity.

Jan. 14, 1911, Mr. Adams was married to Miss Claire Lee Palmer at Huntsville, a native of Clifton City, the daughter of Malcolm and Rena Palmer, the former a native of Canada, and the latter of Missouri.

Charles L. Larson, a locomotive engineer on the Wabash system, with a run out of Moberly, Mo., was born on a farm in Sweden, April 7, 1871. He is a son of John and Augusta (Isaacson) Larson, natives of Sweden, the former born in 1834 and the latter in 1832. They were married in their native country, and in 1880 the Larson family immigrated to the United States and settled on a farm in Ottumwa County, Iowa, where John Larson engaged in general farming and stock raising. He and his wife both died there. Seven children were born to them as follows: Minnie, deceased; Emma, the wife of James Smith, of Ottumwa, Iowa ; Hilda, deceased ; Charles L., of this review ;- Eamel, of Kansas City, Mo.; Philip, also of Kansas City, and Oscar, deceased.

Charles L. Larson was reared on the farm in Iowa and attended the public schools. After his schooling was finished he helped his father on the farm until he was 19 years old before starting out for himself as a clerk in a store in Ottumwa. Shortly afterwards he went to work in the roundhouse of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad at Ottumwa and later became fireman. After serving in that capacity for a time he entered the employ of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad with a run out of Ottumwa. He remained with that company a short time when he came to Moberly, Mo., as fireman for the Wabash system. Mr. Larson made his first trip out of Moberly Dec. 18, 1894, and was promoted to engineer in 1900, and was promoted to passenger engineer in 1910, a position which he still holds.

April 26, 1899, Mr. Larson was married to Miss Ada Hoagland at Ottumwa, and three children have been born to this union: Arthur, Charles and Marion, all at home.

Mr. Larson is a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and is a Mason, belonging to the Blue Lodge, Chapter, Commandery and is a Shriner, being a member of the Kansas City Shrine. He is a Democrat and with his wife belongs to the Presbyterian church. M^s. Larson is a member of the Eastern Star and the Auxiliary of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and of the White Shrine.

William F. Maslen, a machinist employed at the Wabash railway shops in Moberly, Mo., is a native son of Randolph County, bom in Moberly, Dec. 28-, 1876. He is the son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Meyer) Maslen. Samuel Maslen was born in England, and came to the United States with his parents. He was raised in the state of New York and near the close of the Civil War enlisted in the Union army at Washington,

D. C. He served until peace, was established. Later he came to St. Charles, Mo., when he was employed in the railroad shops, coming to Moberly when the shops were moved to this place. Mr. Maslen was a machinist and employed as such by the Wabash railroad until his death in 1903.

Elizabeth (Meyer) Maslen was born in at. Uharles, Mo., in 1848, was married there, later coming to . Moberly, where she still resides. There were six children born to this union : Edward, deceased ; Frederick of Moberly; Benjamin, deceased; William, of this review; Samuel, deceased, and Mrs. E. B. Horan, of Moberly.

William Maslen was reared in Moberly, attended the public schools and Loretta Academy, where he gained a good practical education. While still in school, he began to sell newspapers for the Monitor and continued to work for that publication at various work until he was 17 years old. He then entered the foundry of the railroad shops, where he worked a short time. Later he learned the machinist trade and has been emp-loyed in that capacity since.

.November 5, 1910, Mr. Maslen was married to Miss Annie Prather, the daughter of William A. and Mary (Hammond) Prather, of Moberly. One child has been born to this union, Robert E., bom July 9, 1917.

Mr. Maslen belongs to the Machinist Union, is a Democrat and a member of the Catholic church. Mrs. Maslen is a member of the Lady Maccabees, the Auxiliary of the Machinist Union and is a member of the Catholic church.

William Paul Christian, a conductor of the Wabash railroad, of Moberly, has been an employee of this company over 20 years. He was born at Renick, Randolph County, Mo., Jan. 20, 1879, the son of Dr. R.. T. and Katharine (O'Keefe) Christian'.

Dr. R. T. Christian was born in Randolph County in 1826, received his elementary education in the public schools and then entered the St. Louis Medical College, where he graduated. Dr. Christian served in the medical corps of the Rebel army during the Civil War and after peace was declared he returned to Renick, where he established himself in the practice of his profession. He also became interested in farming and stock raising and was a well-known breeder of race horses, having been the owner of the celebrated horse "Benjamin," which won many races in Missouri and was well known to the people of this section.

at St. Mary's Cemetery, Moberly, Mo. He was a well and favorably known physician of this county, having practiced here successfully lor 30 years. He was a man who worked for the benefit of his community, and was an advocate of better schools and served on the school board of Renick for many years. His wife was born in Susquehanna County, Fa., Nov. 1, 1846, and was married in Moberly in 1868. She died Aug. 3, 1900, and was buried beside her husband. They were the parents of nine children, as follows: Napoleon J., of Moberly; Arthur T., of Renick; Robert E., of St. Louis; Ida, deceased; William P.< of this review; John C, of St. Louis; Joseph Earl, of Oklahoma City; Ernest, deceased, and Dr. Leo C, of Houghton, Mich.

Paul Christian was reared in Renick, and attended the puolic school, and in early life he began farming some of hi3 father's land, and was thus engaged until his 19th year. In 1897, he came to Moberly - and entered the employ of his uncles, The O'Keefe Brothers, wholesale and retail grocers. For a year he worked in the stock room of this corcein and then became a traveling salesman. Two years later Mr. Christian entered the eihploy of the Wabash railroad as brakeman, entering the service of this company on Nov. 11, 1899, and on Nov. 13, 1903, he was promoted to conductor, and was promoted passenger conductor June 14, 1916, which position he still retains.

Oct. 6, 1904, Mr. Christian was married to Miss Agnes L. O'Connell, of Moberly, the daughter of Benjamin and Mary (Hurley) O'Connell, both natives of Ireland who now live in Moberly. One child has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Christian: Agnes Marie, who is attending St. Mary's Academy.

Mr. Christian is a member of the Order of Railway Conductors, and is a Democrat and belongs to the Cathohc church. Mrs. Christian is a member of the Maccabees, and the Catholic church.

Mercer B. Cowan, a veteran railroad man of Moberly, Mo., has been a 'conductor on the Wabash system for more than 30 years. He was born in Menard County, 111., Sept. 23, 1853, the son of Thomas and Anna (Wells) Cowan. Thomas Cowan was born in Scotland, in 1812, and came to the United States with his three brothers, John, William and James, all of whom are now deceased.

Thomas Cowan first settled in New York, and from there moved to Kentucky and later to Jacksonville, III. From there he went to Alton, he entered the law school and after gradutaing in law he located at Rock Island, 111., where he worked as a blacksmith for a time and then opened a law office in Petersburg, 111., where he practiced law for many years. He died in Mason City, in 1874, and was buried at Rose Hill Cemetery, near Petersburg. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Mr. Cowan enlisted in the Union army and served until peace was declared. His wife was a native of Alton, 111., bom in 1820, was married at Upper Alton, in 1842, and died in 1862, being buried at Rose Hill. They were the parents of the following children: Henry, Emma, Edward and Ellen, deceased; Mercer B., of this review, and Charles and Laura, deceased.

Mercer B. Cowan was educated in the public schools of Mason City, 111., and when a boy was a bootblack in Chicago., Later he began as a news agent on a train and when 17 years old secured a position as brakeman on the Chicago & Alton railroad. In 1871 he went to Houston, Texas, as a brakeman on the Houston & Texas Central railroad, and promoted to conductor of a work train in 1872, and later to conductor of a local freight. In 1873 he was promoted to passenger conductor, where he worked until 1874, when he came to Moberly. Here he held a position as conductor on the St. Louis, Kansas City and Northern railroad, until 1878, when he went to Omaha as conductor on the Union Pacific railroad. Returning to Moberly in 1889, he entered the service of the Wabash railroad as conductor of a freight train, and was promoted to a passenger run in 1896, a position which he has since held.

Jan. 9, 1876, Mr. Cowan was married to Miss Katharine Murphy, of Moberly, the daughter of Michael and Mary (Dehenna) Murphy, the father a native of Ireland, the mother of Pennsylvania. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Cowan: Ida, the wife of Charles F. Kaadt, of Fort Wayne, Ind., and Mary E., at home.

Mr. Cowan is a member of the Order of Railway Conductors, and is a Mason and a Shriner. He is independent politically. Mrs. Cowan is a member of the Auxiliary of Order of Railway Conductors and the Catholic church.

Winfred E. Day, a well known and successful farmer and stock breeder of Jackson township, is a native of Randolph County. He was bom in Cairo township, April 16, 1875, and is the son of D. G. and Matilda (Dameron) Day.

D. G. Day was born in Cairo township in January, 1850, where he was successfully engaged in farming and stock raising. He is now retired from farming and resides at Cairo, where he is vice-president of the Bank of Cairo. Matilda (Dameron) Day was also bom in Cairo township in 1857. D. G. and Matilda (Dameron) Day are the parents of the following children: Winfred E., the subject of this sketch; Hortense, married George V. Ridings, of Moberly; Arthur, deceased, and one child died in infancy.

Winfred E. Day was educated in the district school and the State Normal School at Kirksville, Mo. He remained at home until he was 20 years old, when he began his independent career. He purchased his present farm in Jackson township in 1908. His place consists of 300 acres of valuable and well improved land. He has placed many substantial improvements on the farm since he bought it, including two silos one with a capacity of 12b tons and the other 150 tons. He has built two large cattle barns, 60x60 feet and 48x96 feet. His stock and feed barn is a large building, 48x60 feet. This place is well provided with good water, which is piped to various points of convenience about the place. Mr. Day has been very successful in raising sheep, and at this writing he has on hands 115 ewes, 150 lambs. In 1919, he shipped 500 head of sheep to market. He is also a successful hog raiser and favors for general purposes the Duroc Jersey hogs. His place is well adapted to both general farming and stock raising and 60 acres of it is rich bottom land.

Mr. Day was married Dec. 7, 1918, to Miss Orian Mason, daughter of John and Theresa (Terry) Mason, both natives of Missouri. Mrs. Day is one of a' family of five children bom to her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Day have no children. Mrs. /Day is a member of the Baptist church, and Mr. Day belongs to the Christian church.

Mr. Day is progressive and takes an active part in local affairs. He is president of the Jacksonville Grange and takes an active part in the promotion and betterment of general farm conditions.

John N. Dumont, a well-known contractor and brick and stone mason of Moberly, Mo., was born at Ottawa, Kan., Aug. 28, 1884. He is a son of Nicholas and Margaret (Kipper) Dumont. Nicholas Dumont was bom in Luxemberg, France, in 1857, and reared and educated in his native land. In 1877, he came to the United States. He settled at Ottawa, Kan., where he worked at his trade of stone-cutter at which he was very expert, and did specially fine work. In 1889 the family moved to Kansas City and four years later came to Moberly, where they have since lived. Mr. Dumont died in St. Louis in 1907 and was buried in St. Mary's Cemetery at Moberly. Mrs. Dumont is a native of New York City, born in 1861, and was married at Scipio, Kan., in 1882. She now lives in Moberly. There were six children in the family: Daniel, deceased; John N., of this review; Margaret, the wife of Eugene Ettling, of Ferguson, Mo.; William, of Moberly; Elizabeth, deceased, and Annie, who lives with her mother.

John N. Dumont was educated at St. Marys school and the South Park public school and after that took a correspondence course in architecture with the Scran ton school, Scranton, Pa. When only 16 years old Mr. Dumont went to work under his father and learned the brick and stone cutting trade, at which he became very expert. After five years this association was discontinued on account of his father's health, and Mr. Dumont started to manufacture cement blocks and. carry on a contracting business in partnership with F. M. Lambert. Two years later Mr. Dumont bought the interest of Mr. Lambert and engaged in contracting, independently.. This business continued until 1917, when he , entered the employ of Mr. Lambert and later that of E. H. Cooper, and at the present time is laying brick for Daily & Glisspe, contractors.

Feb. 26, 1908, Mr. Dumont was married to Miss Hanna Stratnian, of Moberly, the daughter of Henry and Emma (Schneider) Stratman. One child has been born to this union, John W., who is at home with his parents.

Mr. Dumont is a member of the Brick Layers' Union, the Catholic church and is a Republican. He is one of the reliable and skilled men of his line in Moberly, where he has won a reputation for ability. He helped built the County Infirmary at Huntsville.

James E. Harbaugh, a well-known foreman in the Wabash railroad shops at Moberly, is a native of Indiana. He was bom at Lapel, Ind., Aug. 5, 1877, and is a son of E. M. and Lucetta (Taylor) Harbaugh. E. M. Harbaugh is a son of Jerome Harbaugh, who crossed the plains, in 1849, from Baltimore, to the Pacific coast with ox teams.

E. M. Harbaugh was born in Baltimore, Md., in 1846, and was reared in that city and remained there until 1862, when he went to Mattoon, 111., and enlisted in Company E, 38th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, for three years or during the war, and served in the Union army until the close of the war. After the war he located at Sullivan, 111., where he remained until 1875, when he removed to Lapel, Ind., where he resided until 1884, when he moved to Edinburg, 111., and in 1895 he located in Springfield, 111., and lived thefe until 1918, whne he came to Moberly, where he now resides. E. M. Harbaugh was married in 1872 to Lucetta

To E. M. Harbaugh and Lucetta (Taylor) Harbaugh were born three children, as follows : Delia, the wife of William Ogden, of Moberly, Mo. ; "James E., of this review, and one child died in infancy.

James Harbaugh was reared in the vicinity of Springfield, Mo., attended the public schools and then entered the employ of the Wabash railroad shops at Springfield. He was assigned to work in the steam pipe fitting department, where he worked five years and learned the trade of pipe fitter. At the expiration of this period, Mr. Harbaugh was transferred to the shops in Moberly, and located here in 1908. He was promoted to forenian of his department, a position which he still holds, being one of the eflScient and reliable men well able to assume respon- ^Ljibility.

March 23, 1901, Mr. Harbaugh was married to Miss Clara Cunningham, at Springfield, 111. She is a daughter of William and Margaret (Geen) Cunningham, the former a native of Rushville, 111., born in 1859, and now lives at Mt. Sterling, 111.- Mrs. Cunningham was born in Rushville, in 1861, was reared and later married there and now lives in Mt. Sterling. Mrs. Harbaugh was the third in a family of six children bom to her parents. To Mr. and Mrs. Harbaugh has, been born two children: Edward and Leon C. Leon C. died in infancy. '

Mr. Harbaugh is a Mason of high standing, being a member of the Blue Lodge, Chapter and Commandery and of the Shrine in Kansas City. He also is a member of the Eastern Star. With his wife he belongs to the Christian church and is a Republican. Mrs. Harbaugh is a member of the Eastern Star, belongs to the Maccabees, Court of Honor, the King's Daughters and Central Christian church.

Mr. Harbaugh's grandfather, Jerome Harbaugh, crossed the plains in '49 from Baltimore to the Pacific coast, making the trip overland in a wagon drawn by oxen.

John J. Mumin, one of the reliable locomotive engineers of the Wabash railroad and a substantial citizen of Moberly, who has resided here for 40 years, was born in Bloomington, 111., Feb. 5, 1862. He is a son son of Hugh and Margaret (Collins) Murnin.

Hugh Murnin was a native of the western part of Ireland, and in 1851, came to the United States. He located at Bloomington, 111., where he worked for the Chicago & Alton railroad, and became an engineer on that load. He held a run out of Bloomington for some years and in 1861 came to St. Charles, Mo., and worked in Missouri on the railroad during the Civil War. He was one of the first engineers in this section of the country. From St. Charles he returned to Bloomington as engineer until he engaged in business independently in 1885 as a constructing machinist and followed that business until his death in 1906. He was buried in St. Marys Cemetery, Bloomington, 111. Margaret (Collins) Murnin was born in Queens County, Ireland, in 1836, and came to America when a young woman and located in Bloomington, 111., where she was married to Mr. Murnin in 1857. She died in 1904 and was buried in St. Marys Cemetery, Bloomington, 111. They were the parents of eight children: William, deceased; Lizzie, the wife of Calvin McFadan, of New Mexico; John J., of this review; Mary, the wife of Mike Smith, of Buffalo, N. Y. ; Hugh, of Omaha, Neb. ; Annie and Maggie, deceased, and one child died in infancy.

John J. Murnin was reared in Blooniington, 111., and attended the public schools there until he was 16 years old. He then began work as a fireman on a switch engine in the Bloomington railroad yards. He fired three years and in 1882 came to Moberly as fireman on the Wabash railroad. In 1889 he was promoted to engineer and worked in that capacity until 1894, when he resigned and opened a restaurant in Moberly, where the Meyer Cafe is now located. Later he sold his business and again entered the employ of the Wabash railroad as engineer of a switch engine in the local yards, where he has been employed to the present time.

July 7, 1886, Mr. Murnin was married to Miss Sadie Burke, of Moberly. She is the daughter of Michael and Margaret (CuUinan) Burke, both natives of Ireland. To Mr. and Mrs. Murnin have been born two sons : Hugh, at home ; John A., of Columbus, Ohio. John A. was drafted -when the United States entered the World War, and was assigned to work in the government ship yards of Philadelphia, Pa., where he served until the signing of the armistice. He belongs to the Knights of Columbus and Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and his brother, Hugh, is a member of the Knights of Father Matthew.

Mr. Murnin is a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers, the Knights of Columbus, the Catholic church and is a Democrat.

Price Packwcod, deputy superintendent .for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company with headquarters in the Moberly Bank Building at Moberly, Mo., is a native of Randolph County. He was born on a farm near Roanoke, Feb. 16, 1877, and is a son of Gabriel and Serena (Davis) Packwood.

Gabriel Packwood was born in Terre Haute, Ind., in 1837, and was reared to manhood and educated in native state. When the Civil War broke out he enlisted in the Union army and served throughout that conflict. When he came west he settled near Renick, Mo., where he was engaged in farming and stock raising until 1892, when he removed to Moberly with his family and for a number of years was field agent for the Ambrose Nursery Company and his territory included the state of Missouri. He died at Salisbury, Mo., in 1916, and is buried at Prairie Valley. Serena (Davis) Packwood was born in Pennsylvania in 1845. She died in Moberly in 1909 and is also buried in Prairie Valley Cemetery.

Price Packwood was the fifth of a family of ten children bom to his parents. He attended the district school, near Clark and after the family came to Moberly, he attended the public schools here and took a course in the Weber Business College of Moberly in 1904. His^first work was with the O'Keefe Brothers, who conducted a grocery store, and he was in their employ for five years. He then engaged in the bakery business to which he devoted his attention from 1898 until 1901. He was then in the employ of the Peoples Laundry Company until 1909, when he purchased the Forney furniture 'stock and was engaged in the furniture business for two years. In 1911, he disposed of his furniture business and accepted his present position and for the past nine years he has made a record as one of the best insurance men in central Missouri. All of the local agencies of this district is under his supervision and he has charge of an extensive business.

Mr. Packwood was married June 28, 1899, to Miss Rose Hulen, a daughter of William and Elizabeth (Roberts) Hulen. WiUiam Hulen was born in 1854. He has served as councilman of the city of Moberly and he and his wife reside ,at 519 Bertly street in Moberly. To Mr. and Mrs. Packwood have been born two children, as follows: Welcome, deceased, and Mildred, a student in the Moberly High School.

Charles D. Blake, one of the skilled machinists employed in the Wabash railroad shops at Moberly, Mo., was bom in Barry, 111., Dec. 29, 1867, the son of Albert and Amelia (Steel) Blake. The father waa born in Bangor, Me., in 1816. He was an early day preacher and also worked as a carpenter. He went west during the gold rush in '49 and after coming back to the middle west, enlisted in the Confederate army at the outbi'eak of the Civil War, and served until it was over and then returned to Illinois, where he was a pioneer settler of Pike County. He was one of the first men to build a flour mill in that county and was also the builder of the first elevator at Barry, 111., which was erected before the Civil War. He spent the last years of his life in that town and died there in 1900, being buried in the local cemetery. Mrs. Blake was born in 1828, married at Barry, in 1854, and died there in 1873. There were the following children in the family: Effie, Alexander, Lulia and Thomas, all deceased, and Charles, of this review.

Charles D. Blake was reared in Barry, 111., attended the public schools and when 14 years of age began to learn the potter's trade. He finished his apprenticeship and followed that vocation for eight years, before coming to Moberly from Macomb, 111. Here he took a position in the shops of the Wabash railroad and learned the machinist trade, which he has followed to the present time. Mr. Blake is a skilled workman and stands high in his line.

May 22, 1888, Mr. Blake was married to Miss Mollie Newton, the daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Trantham) Newton, of Moberly. The ceremony was performed by Squire Robertson. Benjamin Newton was born at Stillwater, Ark., in 1837, and died in Moberly in 1901. He was a veteran of the Civil War,* having entered the service of the Confederacy. Mrs. Newton was born in Tennessee, in 1839, and died in St. Louis in 1913, and was buried beside her husband in Oakland cemetery at Moberly. Mrs. was the eighth of the ten children born to her parents and was bom April 25, 1870. Three children have been bprn to Charles D. Blake and wife : Anna, the wife of John Clutch, of Kansas City ; Ralph N. and Arthur L., both machinists now employed in the Wabash shops at Moberly.

Mr. Blake is a member of the Modem Woodmen, the Mechanics' Union and the Methodist church, south. He is an Independent voter. Mrs. Blake belonged to the Maccabees, the Royal Neighbors, the Auxiliary of the Machinists' Union and the Methodist church.

William D, Epperson, a well-known Wabash conductor of Moberly, Mo., is a native of Missouri. He was bom in Macon County, Mo., June 16, 1877, and is a son of Henry and Julia (Riley) Epperson. Henry Epperson was also a native of Missouri, born in 1858. He was reared and educated in this state and in early life became a farmer. He located in Macon' County in 1865 on an 80 acre farm which he later sold and moved to Mercerville, to become a partner in a blacksmith shop where he was engaged in business until his death in 1880 and was buried at Steele Cemetery. Julia (Riley) Epperson was a native of Macon County, Mo., born in 1850; was married at Macon City in 1870 and died at Salisbury, Mo., in 1902, and her remains are buried by the side of her husband. Three children were born to Henry and Juha (Riley) fipperson: Mettie, the wife of Emmit Waite, a farmer near Salisbury and William, the subject of this sketch, and Arzella, the .wife of Goerge T. Wright, a farmer near Salisbury.

William D. Epperson was reared in Mercerville and educated 'in the public schools of Macon County. His mother was an invalid and he was reared by W. J. Owens, with whom he lived 12 years. The Owens family lived on a farm near Calio, and when old enough Mr. Epperson began work as a farm laborer of that locality and remained there until 1896. He then went to Elmer, Mo., to work on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad with the section gang. Later he went to Iowa, where he took a position as brakeman on the Burlington railroad, where he remained until 1900, when he went to Oklahoma in the same capacity. In 1903, Mr. Epperson located at Arkansas City, Kan., and again entered the employ of the Santa Fe Railroad Company and was there until 1904, when he came to Moberly. Mo. He worked on the Wabash railroad" as brakeman until 1908, when he was promoted to conductor and has been serving in that capacity to the present time.

Mr. Epperson was married to Miss Sarah M. Moody, a daughter of George B. and Martha J. (Jones) Moody in May, 1897. The former was a native of Kentucky and now deceased. The mother was born in Tennessee and resides with her children. Mrs. Epperson was the youngest of the 12 children born to her parents. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Epperson : Deward and Madge, the wife of Hartley Johnson, of Los Angeles, Cal.

Kaijsas City, Mo. He is also a member of the Eastern Star and belongs to the Methodist church and is a Democrat. Mrs. Epperson belongs to the Auxiliary of the Order of Railway Conductors and the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. She is a member of the Maccabees and the Eastern Star and is also a member of the Methodist church.

William F. Byrd, a stationary engineer who has been in the employ of the Wabash Railroad Company in one capacity or another for the past 17 years, during which time he has been a resident of Moberly, is a native of Missouri. He was born in Knox County, Aug. 25, 1867, and is a son of Daniel and Margaret (Elliott) Byrd, natives of Virginia. They came from Virginia to Missouri at an early day and first settled in Knox County. They both died at Hunnewell, Shelby County, Mo. They were the parents of the following children: Emma married William Nelson, who is now deceased, and she resides at Bennett, Neb. ; William F., the subject of this sketch, and John D., Darby, Mont. ,

William F. Byrd was reared in Shelby County, Mo., and educated in the district schools. He remained in Shelby County until 1903, when he came to Moberly and entered the employ of the Wabash Railroad Company as stationary engineer and is still in the employ of that company.

Mr. Byrd was married at Shelbyville, Mo., Sept. 22, 1881, to Miss Katie Spencer, a daughter of Samuel P. and Nettie C. Wilcox. Samuel P. Spencer was born in Kentucky and came from that state to Marion County, Mo., and later renioved to Shelby County, where he spent the remainder of his life. He was a farmer. Nettie C. (Wilcox) Spencer was bom in Cleveland, Ohio, and was married to Mr. Spencer at Palmyra, Mo. She died in Moberly. They were the parents of six children : Katie, the wife of William F. Byrd, the subject of this sketch; Edwin A., Oakland, Cal. ; Omie, married William Gardner, Shelby County; Frank H., Shelby County; Urban, Shelby County; and Jessie, died in infancy.

To William F. Byrd and wife have been bom the following children : Maye, resides at home with her parents; Frank H., and Bessie, who married 0. G. Maggard, of Columbia, Mo. The Byrd family are all members of the Methodist church.

Frank H. Byrd was educated in the public schools at Honeywell, Mo., and the Moberly Commercial College and in 1904 he entered the employ of the Wabash Railroad Company as machine helper. In 1907 he became private secretary to the road foreman and is now serving in the capacity of chief clerk to the trainmaster. He was married in Moberly April 3,

1907, to Miss Reda Buhalt of Moberly. She is a daughter of L. F. and - Etta (Rominger) Buhalt. Mrs. Byrd died June 25, 1917 and her remains are buried in Oakland Cemetery. To Frank H. Byrd and wife were born one child, Evelyn, born in Moberly May 18, 1911.

Frank H. Byrd is a member of the Masonic Lodge and ifhe Methodist church and is a Democrat. He is an enterprising man and a substantial citizen.

George A. Smith, who is a well known and successful farmer and stock raiser of Salt River township, has been identified with the development of Randolph County for 36 years. He was born in Hancock County, 111., Sept. 1, 1849, and is a son of Austin and Mary (Gibson) Smith. Austin Smith, the father, was also a native of Hancock County, 111., born in 1826. He was a farmer and died while a young man in his native county in 1849. Mary (Gibson) Smith, the mother of Geerge A. Smith, was also a native of Illinois. She was born in McDonough County, 111., in 1830, and several years after the death of her husband, came west and died near lola, Kan., in 1888.

George A. Smith was one of two children born to his parents. The elder, Chester H., died in Pittsburg, Kan. George A. Smith was reared iand educated at Hancock County, attending district schools, and remained at home with his mother until he was 23 years. He then went to Iowa and bought a farm of 80 acres, where he was engaged in farming and stock raising until 1884. During that year he came to Missouri and bought his present place in Salt River township, where he owns a well improved and productive farm of 120 acres.- He has placed all the improvements on his farm and has one of the valuable and highly cultivated farms of northeastern Randolph County. He built a modern seven room residence in 1913 and the other buildings about the place are large and well arranged for general farm purposes and stock raising. His barn, which he built in 1906, is a 40x50 structure. Mr. Smith carries on general farming and stock raising, specializing in Whiteface cattle and Spotted Poland China hogs.

Mr. Smith was united in marriage at Moberly, Mo., . Dec. 26, 1878, with Miss Mary E. Holder. She was born April 5, 1856, and is a daughter of John M. and Elizabeth (Ash) Holder, the former a native of Barren County, Ky., and the latter of Missouri. and both now deceased. They were the parents of one other child, besides Mrs. Smith, Ewing E., who resides at Richland, Mo. To Mr. and Mrs. Smith have been born three

Orion V. Boucher, a well-known citizen of Moberly, who has been a locomotive engineer on the Wabash railroad for the past 16 years, is a native of Randolph County and a descendant of some of the earliest pioneers of this section. He was born in Moberly, Nov. 20, 1869, and is a. son of Isaac W. and Mary Pearl Boucher.

Isaac W. Boucher was born in Randolph County near Sugar Creek, Sept. 8, 1828. He was a son of Robert Boucher, a native of Kentucky who was one of the very first settlers in Randolph County. His wife, grandmother of Orion V. Boucher, bore the maiden name of Wilcox and from all available reports obtainable, she was the first white woman north of Sugar Creek. Isaac W. Boucher lived at old Allen, before the days of Moberly, and he was one of the first to come here from old Allen when Moberly was founded. Prior to that time, however, he crossed the plains with ox teams in 1850, and remained on the coast about 15 years and returned to old Allen and in 1865 settled in Moberly, or what is now the city of Moberly. After locating here he took a prominent part in the civic life of the new town. He served as policeman, justice of the peace, police judge, lie was engaged in the grocery business for a tiine. He died near Milton, Sept. 2, 1882, and is buried in the Antioch Church Cemetery. His wife w^s bom near old Milton, Jan. 16, 1833, and they were married July 17, 1866. She died June 13, 1893, and is buried in the Antioch Cemetery.

Orion V. Boucher is one of a family of five children born to his parents, as follows : John R., bom April 25, 1867, died Feb. 12, 1868 ; Bettie ; Pearl, bom Nov. 23, 1868, and died Feb. 21, 1869; Orion V., the subject of this sketch ; William Boone, born May 28, 1871, was a locomotive engineer for a number of years and is now operating a ranch in Idaho, and Mallie Allen, born July 23, 1872, married Charles E. Fox,- a locomotive engineer of Columbia, Mo.

Orion V. Boucher was educated in the district schools of Union township and the public schoojs of Moberly. He remained on the home farm until he was 21 years old and in 1890 came to Moberly and entered the employ of the Wabash Railroad Company in the round house. In 1892, he began firing on the road and when the strike of 1894 came on, he engaged in farming, dairying and teaming, until 1899', when he returned to the Wabash railroad as fireman. In 1904, he was promoted to engineer and since that time has been employed in that capacity.

Mr. Boucher was married July 26, 1893, to Miss Lizzie Lee, a daughter of Henry L. and Lucy A. (Mallory) Lee. Henry L. Lee was bom in Monroe' . County, Mo., April 2, 1846, and folloAved farming in Audrain, Monroe, and Randolph counties, and during the last years of his life he lived retired at Moberly and in 1895 represented the first ward in the city council. He died May 11, 1896, and is buried in Oakland Cemetery. He was a son of Henry L. Lee, a native of Kentucky, who settled in Missouri in the early part of the last century. Lucy A. (Mallory) Lee was born in Henry County, Mo., Nov. 20, 1848. She and Mr. Lee were married in Monroe County and made their wedding trip to old Milton on horseback May 31, 1865. She died in Moberly, May 15, 1888, and is buried in the Antioch Cemetery in Monroe County. The following children were born to Henry L. and Lucy A. (Mallory) Lee : Laura, married Jim Hutsell of Randolph County ; Lizzie, the wife of Orion V. Boucher, of this sketch ; Willard T., Moberly ; Etner, deceased ; Elmer L., lives near Oakland, Calif. ; Frank C, deceased ; Robert E., lives in Randolph County ; Lucy A., married Ollie Reed, Lafayette, Ind. ; Mrs. Boucher was born in Monroe County, Mo., May 10, 1870. After the death of his first wife Henry L. Lee was married to Miss Bessie Chapman, in September, 1893, and to this union were born two daughters: Anna Louis and Mary Virginia.

To Orion B. Boucher and wife have been born the following children: Virgil L., born in Moberly, Feb. 18, 1895, a switchman in the employ of the Wabash railroad and lives at Moberly; Lucy Pearl, born in Moberly, July 2, 1900 ; Hubert Kring, born Oct. 28, 1904 ; one died in infancy and Mary Elizabeth, born Jan. 15, 1908.

Mr. Boucher is a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and he and his wife are members of the Christian Church. She is a member of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.

Church A. Basset, who is now engaged in farming on his place, two and one-half miles southeast of Moberly, has been a resident of Randolph County for 40 years and is one of the old time employees of the Wabash Railroad Company. Mr. Bassett was bom in Winslow, Maine, Dec. 17, 1845, and is a son of William C. and Nancy (Pickins) Bassett.

William C. Bassett was born in Bridgewater, Mass, and during his lifetime was extensively engaged in buying and selling cattle, an occupation which was known as a drover in the early days. He bought and drove more cattle .out of the state of Maine than any other buyer of his time. There were no railroads then for the shipment of cattle and he drove them to market at Brighton, Cambridge, and other Massachusetts towns. In later life he came west and died in Shelbyville in June, 1873. NancJ^ (Pickins) Bassett was born in Middleboro, Mass., and was there married to Mr. Bassett. She died in Moberly at the home of her son, Church A. Bassett.

Church A. Bassett was one of a family of nine children born to his parents and was the seventh in order of birth. He was educated in the public schools of Winslow, Maine and Waterville Academy. He remained at home with his parents until he was 28 years old when he was married and some time afterwards came west and lived in Illinois for a time. In 1880, he came to Moberly and entered the employ of the Wabash Railroad Company and served in various capacities with that company and was a locomotive fireman for a number of years. He is the owner of 160 acres of land and in recent years he has resided in Moberly and operated his farm two and one-half miles southwest of Moberly.

Mr. Bassett was married at Maumee, Ohio, Nov. 13, 1873, to Chloe' A. Emery, a daughter of Samuel and Henrietta A. (Reese) Emery, both natives of Ohio and now deceased. Samuel Ettiery was a union soldier during the Civil War. Mrs. Bassett was bom in Ohio, March 2, 1849. Mr. and Mrs. Bassett have one adopted daughter, which they reared as their own child, Clara. She married Oscar Koblitz^ manager of the shoe department of the Henry Levy Company of Moberly.

Mr. Bassett is a Republican and one of the old time members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers. During the Civil War he served in the 131st Ohio Regiment, which was known as the home guards, for 90 days. He is one of the substantial and highly respected citizens of Randolph County.

Mr. Bassett made a trip to Alaska, of which he gives the following brief account: "I left Moberly the 1st -day of March, 1898, went on the steamer Seattle from Seattle to Skagway. From Skagway we started for the scales and went over the summit the 9th of April, then on to Lake Bennett. Made a boat there to hold 11 tons, sawing our own lum- J)er, and reached Dawson the 24th of April. I went to Eagle City, reach- ing there the 1st of July, and located, then went more than 2,000 miles with dog teams. When I left Eagle City I was the oldest resident there. Later I went to St. Michaels and Nome. Went 80 miles from Nome to Fisk river, which empties into the Arctic, carrying our packs on our backs. We sailed on Behring Sea, then Pacific Ocean, back to Seattle, after spending 21/2/ years in Alaska. While there I took dinner with Indian Chief Sam. Had ticket No. 1 at the big 'dinner at Eagle City, which I still have. United States' soldiers were stationed at the militaiy cost."

Marvin R. Lawre-nce, of Silver Creek township, is a progressive and enterprising farmer and stockman. Mr. Lawrence is a native of Randolph County and was born in Silver Creek township on the farm where he now resides, June 21, 1880. He is a son of Robert M. and Sarah (Barber) Bradsher Lawrence.

Robert M. Lawrence was born in Clark County, Ky., Nov. 9, 1841. He was a son of Robert and Lucy (Ecton) Lawrence, both natives of Kentucky. The Lawrence family came from Virginia to Kentucky and the Ectons were among the pioneer settlers of Kentucky. Robert M. Lawrence was 20 years old when the Civil War broke out and he was one of the first to enlist in the Confederate army and served for three years. He served under General Morgan and was in Morgan's raid through Ohio and after the battle of Buffington Island in Ohio, he, with 17 others, were captured while trying to cross the Ohio River. He was held a pr'soner at Camp Chase for a time when he was transferred to Camp Douglas at Chicago, where he was confined until March, 1865, when he was exchanged at Aikens Landing, on the James River. He then returned to his home in Kentucky and in the fall of 1865 came to Missouri and settled four miles southwest of Huntsville in Silver Creek township. He bought land there and spent the remainder of his life engaged in farming and stock raising. He was married Feb. 7, 1868, to Sarah (Barber) Bradsher, daughter of Augustine Bradsher. She died March 2, 1882.

The following children were born to Robert M. Lawrence and wife:' John M., Salt Lake Springs township; Ecton, Perryton, Texas; Frenchie, lives in Texas; Lulu B., deceased^ and Marvin R., the subject of this sketch.

Marvin R. Lawrence was reared in Silver Creek township and educated in the district school. He remained at home until he was 21 years old; he then purchased 47 acres of land and engaged in farming on his own account. He settled on his present place in 191-3, where he is en-.