Randolph County, Missouri - Biographical sketches, 1920 (part 17 of 18)

Ambrose C. Burton spent his boyhood days on his father's farm near Higbee and attended the district school and then attended the public schools in Higbee. After reaching maturity, he engaged in farming and also conducted a livery business in Higbee for three years. He was a man of considerable property and substantial standing in the community. Mr. Burton was a Democrat and with his family belonged to the Christian church.

1899. She is a daughter of Perry and Elizabeth Baker, natives of Kentucky. Five children were bom to this union : Anna M., who married J. T. Perkins, is deceased ; Dora A., the wife of J. T. Perkins, Waverly, Tenn. ; Oliver P., is deceased ; Mary D., the wife of N. N. Dysart, Armstrong, Mo. ; and Leslie, who now resides on the old Burton homestead in Moniteau township. This place is located just a mile south of Higbee.

Leslie T. Burton, like his father and grandfather, passed his youth on the old' home place and attended school in Higbee and^after graduating from the high school, began an independent financial career when only 18 years old. He soon made money enough to invest in land of his own and on Oct. 12, 1881, purchased the old homestead. He has adopted modem methods and today is one of the leading farmers and stockmen of Randolph County.

On April 17, 1912, Leslie Burton was married to Miss Ella S. Magruder, a native of Howard County, Mo. and a daughter of Rev. Notley A. and Ada (Pemberton) Magruder.

Leslie Burton is a Democrat and though he has never taken an active part in politics, is one of the public spirited men of Randolph County who supports all worthy movements for the improvement of the county and the town of Higbee. He and Mrs. Burton are members of the Baptist church.

John H. Benton, now living retired at Renick, Mo., was for many years a successful farmer and stock raiser in Prairie township, where he now owns a valuable farm of 150 acres. Mr. Benton was born in Callaway County, Mo., June 9, 1869 and is a son of Thomas H. Benton and Nancy (Brown) Benton.

Thomas H. Benton was a native of Kentucky and an early settler of this section of Missouri. He never was a land holder, but he settled in Callaway County and married Miss Hopper and to their union was bom six children, three girls and three boys, three of whom are now living. After the death of his first wife, he married Miss Nancy Brown and there were born to that union two children: John H. Benton and Louella Benton. Thomas H. Benton lived in Callaway County for several years until after the death of his wife. He then moved to Boone County and married Miss Mollie Folley and there were born to that union three children. John H, Benton was reared in Boone County until he was grown up. At the age of 23 years he married Miss Mary Elizabeth Varvel in the year of 1890; she was a native of Kentucky and came to Missouri at the age of three years arid settled in Boone County and was reared and educated in the public schools there. They were married in Boone and to this union eight children were born, the eldest born in Boone County in 1891, Elmer Roy, who was married to Mrs. Pearl Hamilton and now resides on the Benton farm one and one-half miles south of Renick.

In the year of 1892 Mr. Benton moved to Randolph County and bought 55 acres of timbered land with not one dollar to pay down. Here the other children of the family were born, reared and educated. By good luck and good management and the hard work that he and his wife and family could do they bought more land as they were able to pay for it, and they now own 150 acres in prairie township and also a home in Renick. There are no incumbrances whatever against any of Mr. Benton's property. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Benton in Randolph County after settling here are: Elsie Irene Benton, married G. H. Dougherty; William Elbert, married Miss Edith Farris ; Effie Lee, married Sterling- Farris; James Floyd, Myra Ella, and Ruby Evalin are unmarried and reside with their parents; Anna May died May 12, 1910, aged 13 months.

Mr. Benton was given very little educational advantages in his boyhood, but he is possessed of good business judgment and good common sense and all his life he has been a close observer of men and affairs. He has acquired a good education in the hard school of experience and is a dependable man and a substantial citizen. He and his wife are members of the Christian church and he is a Democrat.

Richmond Ray Correll, State food commissioner with offices located in Moberly, Randolph County, is a native son of Missouri, born at Richmond, May 23, 1884, the son of James G. and Jane (Nelson) Correll. James G. Correll was a Virginian, born in 1857 and died in 1886. He was reared and educated in his native state and came to Missouri when a young man, locating in Saline County where he engaged in farming in his later years. All during his early life, Mr. Correll was engaged in mining, being foreman of the mine at Richmond. Jane Nelson Correll was born in Indiana and now resides at Armstrong, Mo., aged 56 years. She was married a second time to Leighton Yancey, a merchant of Armstrong, who is now retired. There were three children in the Correll family: Edward, of Kansas City, Mo., a Federal grain inspector; Richmond, of this sketch, and James G., deceased.

Richmond Ray Correll spent his boyhood days in Armstrong, Mo., attended the public schools there and entered the high school where he spent three years. After leaving school, Mr. Correll entered a newspaper office and learned the printing business, both the mechanical end, where he became a master printer, and also the editorial branch, as he worked on the Armstrong Herald and later the Clark Chronicle, of which he became editor, a position which he held 15 years. Later he purchased the paper and was owner and editor.

After selling the Chronicle, Mr. Correll assumed the duties of State food inspector for this district with offices in Moberly, where he has resided since 1919. Mr. Correll is a Democrat and from first starting his paper took an active and interested part in civic and political affairs of his locality and 1912 was elected to the State Legislature where he served three terms. In 1919, Mr. Correll was appointed assistant secretary to Governor Gardner and served nine months. He is a member of the Democratic state committee, having been recently elected from the Second Congressional District.

May 12, 1906, occurred the marriage of Mr. Correll and Miss Susie Burke of Higbee, Mo. She is the daughter of William and Mary (Pigot) Burke, whose history appears upon another page of this volume.

Mr. and Mrs. Correll are members of the Christian church, and Mr. Correll is a member of the Masonic Lodge, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He takes an active part in the life of Moberly and is one of the progressive and constructive citizens of this section who supports all the movements of improvement of county, state and nation.

Obediah Brooks, an experienced and successful stock raiser and farmer of Prairie township, Randolph County, who owns 285 acres of valuable land on which are many substantial improvements, breeds high grade stock on his place and feeds for the market'. Mr. Brooks is also a stock holder in the Farmers Bank of Renick and is known as a man of business ability. He was born on the farm where he now lives April 29, 1880. His parents were William Cleve and Sallie Brooks.

William Cleve Brooks was born in Randolph County, April 12, 1844 and was reared and educated here and when old enough engaged in farming and at the same time employed in a sawmill. At the outbreak of the Civil War Mr. Brooks enlisted in Troop C, of the Union cavalry from Randolph County and served until peace was declared. He was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic until his death which occurred in 1896. Sallie Brooks was born on a farm just north of her son's farm and spent her life here. She died in 1884.

Obediah Brooks spent his youth on the farm and attended the district school where he laid the foundation for a good practical education. When his father died he began an independent financial career, being next to the youngest in the family of nine children. Mr. Brooks engaged in farming, a vocation with which he was familiar from his work on the home place. He inherited his share of the old home place, to which he has added from time to time as his capital permitted and is now the owner of 285 acres. He is one of the progressive farmers who makes a study of his business and has adopted many of the modern ideas and methods. His farm is equipped with labor saving machinery which also increases production.

Mr. Brooks has his sister Ardenia living with him as he is not married. He has taken a prominent pait in the affairs of his district and is a Republican. He belongs to the Methodist church and is interested in the finances of the county as he was one of the organizers of the Farmers Bank of Renick in which institution he purchased a large block of stock.

> Timc-thy Freeman, who resides at 419 Ault street, Moberly, Mo., has been identified with Moberly and Randolph County for over 40 years. He was born in Queens County, Ireland, June 3, 1848, and is a son of Miles and Anna (Degan) Freeman and was the fourth in order of birth of five children born to them. Miles Freeman was a merchant tailor and emigrated from Ireland and came to Moberly, Mo. in 1880 and died here five years later at the advanced age of 93 years. Thus it will be seen that he made the voyage from Ireland to America at the unusual age of 88 years. He was a man of remarkable physical and mental vitality and retained his unusual vigor up till nearly the time of his death. His wife died in Ireland in 1863 at the age of 63 years. ^

Timothy Freeman received his education in his native land and when a youth began an apprenticeship at the tailor's trade there. In 1864, when he was about 16 years of age he came to America and settled in New York City where he finished learning his trade. Two years later he went to New Haven, Conn., where he was a journeyman tailor for ten months. He then went to Chicago, 111. and worked at his trade until the great Chicago fire in 1871 in which he lost all his personal belongings. At that time he was working for John Beers. After the Chicago fire, Mr. Freeman went to New Orleans, La., where he remained about a year and in 1872 came to Missouri and located at Columbia. He remained there until the fall of 1879 when he came to Moberly and opened a tailor shop and was in business for himself about four years. He then accepted a position as cutter for a mercantile establishment and followed that line in Moberly for 20 years. In 1917, he engaged in farming and since that time has devoted himself to that occupation. He owns and operates 81 acres of land which is situated two and one-half miles southwest of Moberly where he carries on general farming and stock raising and is meeting with success.

Mr. Freeman was married Aug. 2, 1875 to Miss Hattie Nattress, a native of Canada, born April 15, 1858. Her parents both spent their lives in Canada. To Mr. and Mrs. Freeman have been born the following children: Miles F., Granite City, 111.; John J., in the employ of the Wabash Eailroad Company at Moberly; Leo C, whose present address is unknown; Anna B., married James Kehoe, Moberly, Mo.; Mae, married Arthur Copley, Butte, Mont.; Martin J., who is engaged in farming operations with his father and resides at home with, his parents; Timothy A., lives in South Dakota; Catherine, deceased; Margaret, hiarried J. R. Broskey, Kansas City, Mo. ; Roberta, deceased ; and Elizabeth resides at home with her parents.

James Truesdell, one of Randolph County's well known and prosperous stock buyers and shippers who owns 60 acres of land in Prairie township, was born just a mile and a half northeast of Clark, March 11, 1858, the son of John C. Truesdell, who was born near Covington, Ky., in 1828. John C. Truesdell was educated in his native state and as a young man came to Missouri, one of the early settlers in this locality and owned three or four farms at different times and at his death was the proprietor of 400 acres of valuable farm property. He passed away in 1915. Mr. Truesdell's first wife died in middle life and he married Rebecca Stiles, who survives him; she had five children, half brothers and sisters of James Truesdell who was a boy when his mother died, being the third of the three children in the family.

James Truesdell has always lived in Randolph County; he was reared on his father's farm and attended the district school and when his school days were over began farming and trading in stock. He began his independent financial career 30 years ago and during the time he has been in business he has won a high reputation for honesty, abihty . and hard work, all of which have but naturally brought success. Thirty-two years ago Mr. Truesdell became established in Clark and for more than a quarter of a century has been one of its reliable and substantial citizens. Progressive in his business he also advocated the same methods in civic affairs; he takes an active interest in all movements that tend to the development of the county and its agricultural interests.

In Oct. 1886, Mr. Truesdell was married to Miss Bridge Nolen, a native of Boone County, Mo., who died in 1898, at the age of 34 years, leaving the following children: Pearl, at home with her father; Thomas B., of St. Louis, Mo. ; John Raymond, who owns and manages a feed store and mercantile business in Clark and Wheeler, associated with his brother John in business.

Mr. Truesdell is a Democrat and belongs to the Baptist church and the Court of Honor. Through all the years of his residence in Clark, Mr. Truesdell has been known as a man whose "word was as good as his bond", and is one of the progressive represestatives of the stock buying interests of the county.

John W. McCune, a successful mine operator and farmer, owning 120 acres of land in Prairie township, is a native of Randolph County. He was bom in Prairie township Feb. 2, 1869, the son of Joseph and Sarah C. (Fowler) McCune. Joseph McCune was a native of Kentucky, born near Lexington and came to Missouri at an early day. He died in 1915 at the age of 74 years. He first settled in Howard County, Mo. with his parents and later became a pioneer of Randolph County, settling on a tract of land a mile west of Clark, where he passed the remainder of his days. Sarah Fowler McCune was a native of Randolpb County and a more detailed history will appear in that of the Fowler family on another page of this volume. She is now deceased..

John W. McCune spent his boyhood and youth on his father's farm and received his elementary education in the public schools in this county and then entered the State Normal School at Kirksville, Mo., where he was graduated. In the fall after finishing at the Normal School he began teaching a vocation which he followed for seven years. He then bought a farm here in Prairie township. Mr. McCune bought his first land in 1892, placed improvements on it, sold at a good price and bought more land and now has a coal mine on his present farm, the output of which for the season of 1919 was 1,000 tons which he sold at the mine to the wagon trade of the surrounding district. Both farm and mine are proving profitable under his able management.

Feb. 28, 1895, Mr. McCune was married to Miss Clara Stockton, born in Randolph County in 1874 and died September, 1915. She was the daughter of Joseph G. and Eliza F. (Woods) Stockton, both now living a mile west of Clark. There were two children born to this union: Lyda Ellene, the wife of Thomas Long, of Elk City, Okla., and William Edward, deceased.

Mr. McCune is a Democrat, a member of the Christian church, belongs to the Masonic Lodge and is a charter member of the Grange. He is progressive in his ideas about his business and believes that county and district should keep abreast of the times in good roads and good schools. He gives willingly of time and money for the support of all movements that tend to the development of his section.

John F. Robinson, a capable section foreman for the Wabash railroad at Clark is entitled to pioneer honors and special mention in the annals of the county as he is the oldest living resident of Clark, Mo. He was born in Lincoln County, Mo., Sept. 11, 1853, the son of William G. and Permalia (Brown) Robinson, being the oldest of their eight children. The father was also born in Missouri; he was a farmer all his life and died in Audrain County in 1908 at the age of 73 years. He was a veteran of the Civil War, having enlisted in the Union army at the outbreak of hostilities and served in a Missouri infantry regiment. He remained in the service until wounded and was discharged for disability before peace was declared and on returning to Missouri again engaged in farming. Mrs. Robinson was born in Kentucky, reared and educated there but spent all her married life in Missouri, passing away in 1911, aged 80 years.

John F. Robinson was reared on a farm, spent his boyhood and youth in the country and attended school in one of the early log cabins used for that purpose where he laid the foundation for a good practical education. When his school das were over he began to work as a farm hand and for four years followed this vocation receiving $12.50 a month. He farmed for himself a year, but in 1882 went to Renick to accept a position on the section gang, where he worked three months before leaving for Canada, having been offered 'a better position on the Canadian Pacific Railroad. He remained only three months when he returned to Clark, Mo., on Nov.

22, 1882. Since that time Mr. Robinson has been a permanent citizen of the town. About a year later he began working on the section here and was promoted to foreman. He has been thrifty, saved his money and invested in property in Clark and owns two residence properties.

Dec. 25, 1878, Mr. Robinson was married to Jane Watkins, bom in Warren County, Mo., Jan. 1, 1856, the daughter of William and Ellen Watkins, natives of England, who came to the United States and settled in Missouri in the early 40s and both are now deceased. William Watkins was a fine carpenter and cabinet maker, having served seven years in the old country learning his trade and was a most skilled workman. One child has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Robinson, Myrta E., the wife of M. P. Toalson of Moberly and they have two children, Frank B. and Wilmont.

Mr. Robinson is a Republican and with his wife belongs to the Christian church. He is one of the oldest members of the Masonic Lodge in Clark. He has many interesting and instructive experiences of the early days here to recount as so few of the old settlers now remain.

Neal Holman, of Hunts ville. Mo., who for many years has been a successful contractor and builder, is a native of Randolph County. He was bom in Silver Greek township, Oct. 7, 1841, and is a son of John and Eliza (Murphy) Holman. John Holman was a soldier in the Black Hawk War and a son of William Holman, who was one of the very first settlers of Randolph County. He was a native of Kentucky and settled in Howard County in 1816 and about a year later he came to Randolph County.

Neal Holman was reared in Silver Creek township and attended the fechools, such as the times afforded, and when the Civil War broke out, he enlisted in the State guards in 1861. He participated in the battles of Lexington, Pea Jlidge, and a number of skirmishes in Missouri and Arkansas and got as far as Corinth, Miss. He then returned with his division to Arkansas, where he was discharged and returned home. After recovering his health he started to Iowa. However, he changed his mind and after serving four months in the State militia at Moberly he went to Illinois, where he remained until the war closed.

After the war, Mr. Holman engaged in carpenter work and remained in Randolph County until 1872, when he went to California. After nine years on the Pacific coast he returned to Randolph County and in 1882 engaged in the hardware business at Huntsville in partnership with F. L. Payne. In 1885, he formed a partnership with his brother, William Hoi- man, and they engaged in general contracting and later the firm was joined by W. J. Heflin and did business under the firm name of Holman Bros, and Heflin. They did an extensive building business throughout this section of the state for a number of years. They erected the school buildings at Salisbury, Huntsville, Linneas and Centralia and also the city hall at Centralia and they built practically all the brick buildings in Huntsville, including the jail and hotel. They also built the school building at Armstrong, a church building in Roanoke and did work in various other places.

Neal Holman was married Aug. 24, 1868, to Augusta Belsher, a native of Randolph County, bom Oct. 9, 1851. She is a daughter of Milton and Rachel (Walden) Belsher, the former a native of Kentucky and the latter of Missouri. Milton Belsher was born May 5, 1824, and died Dec. 15, 1892; he was an early settler in Randolph County. His wife was a daughter of Zepheniah and Elizabeth Walden, natives of Kentucky and pioneers of Missouri. They settled here in the twenties. Rachel Walden was born in 1828 and died Jan. 10, 1912.

Mrs. Holman was one of the following children bom to her parents: Mrs. Elizabeth Straley of Moberly, Mo.; Augusta, married Neal Holman, the subject of this sketch; Mrs. Cassie Hogue, deceased; Mrs. Annie Perkins, Moberly; Emma, deceased; Mrs. Dollie Hogue ;, Winslow, Ariz.; and James Milton, lives near Cairo, Mo.

To Neal Holman and wife have been bom the following children : Ada M., maiTied Ashley Dameron and they reside in California and have two sons, Bernard and Charles; William, married Catherine Stamper and they have three daughters, Helen, Nadine and Mildred and they reside in, Moberly; Russell, married Blanche Buchanan and is employed in the office of the Secretary of State; Jackson, married Stella Bright, and has two children, Hamilton and Lucile, resides in Moberly; Ethel, married Otis Doyle of Huntsville; Lloyd, further mention of whom is made below; an adopted son, Pascoe Holman; Paul, married Nina Thompson, is a foreman in the shipyards at Seattle, Wash.

Lloyd Holman was born Oct. 11, 1886. When the United States entered the World War he enlisted Oct. 5, 1917. After a period of training at Camp Funston of six weeks, he was sent to Santiago, Cal. as supply sergeant. July 28, 1918, he was sent to New York and on Aug. 6th sailed for France. He was attached to the general supply department, a member of Company K, 159th Infantry regular army. He returned to the

United States April 5, 1919 and after receiving his honorable discharge arrived at Huntsville, May 5, 1919 and on July 5th, left for Seattle, Wash., where he is superintendent of construction of street work.

Neal Hclman has been a life long Democrat and he and all the other members of the family are members of the Christian church of which he is a deacon.

Nathan E. Walker, for many years a citizen of Moberly, Mo., a native Missourian, born in Macon County, is the son of John P. and Mary Brown Walker, natives of Virginia. Mr. John P. Walker was well known in Macon County, having served as county surveyor and judge of the county court for a number of years. Both he and his wife died in 1898 and were buried in Bethlehem cemetery in Macon County, the county of their adoption. There were nine children born to them: William G., a consulting civil engineer of Macon City, Mo. ; Nathan E. ; Charles O., a farmer and orchardist of Macon County; John S., a farmer and stockman of Macon ^ounty; James M., a farmer and stock raiser of western Canada; Sarah C, wife of W. H. Sketchley, a breeder of fine horses, western Canada; Ella J., wife of L. C. Ebrite, a retired lumberman of Mesquite, Texas; Mary F. and Annie Lee, deceased.

Nathan E. Walker was educated in the common schools of Missouri and was a student at Mount Pleasant College, at Huntsville, Mo., at the time that great educator, Pl-esident J. W. Terrill, was in charge, and J. M. Greenwood, superintendent of the Kansas City public schools for many .years, was an instructor. After leaving school, Mr. Walker taught country schools and also taught several years in the public schools of Moberly, when Moberly was in its infancy. At one time he was principal in the old high school building which burned and the present high school building was erected on the same site. Later, Mr. Walker became a member of the Moberly board of education and served in that capacity for some seventeen years, most of which time he was secretary to the board. Mr. Walker was at one time a member of the city council, was a member when the first deep wells were installed for the purpose of furnishing water to the city, was also acting mayor during an interregnum. He has held various positions with the Wabash railway and is at present employed as a timekeeper.

Feb. 24, 1876 he married Miss Mary S. Woods, a native of Kentucky, the daughter of Solon and Martha Reid Woods. Two sons were born to them: Thomas P., now chief clerk to Mr. T. J. Jdnes, general superin- tendent of the Wabash railway at St. Louis, and William J., who is connected with the Santa Fe Railroad at Winslow, Ariz. Mrs. Walker died Feb. 26, 1918, and was buried in Oakland cemetery.

Mr. Walker is an exceedingly young man for his age and he hopes to live many years yet, or at least as long as he is capable of doing some good for somebody.

William Robertson, county superintendent of schools of Randolph County, is one of the well known and successful educators of the state of Missouri and has to his credit, a long line of accomplishments in the important field of education in this state. Mr. Robertson was born at Roanoke, Randolph County, S^t. 11, 1874 and is a son of Andrew J. and Caroline Francis (Davis) Robertson.

Andrew J. Robertson was born in Randolph County in 1840 and died in 1898. He was a son of John Robertson, a native of Virginia who was an early pioneer settler in Randolph County, coming here about 1832. Caroline Francis (Davis) Robertson was bom in Lewis County, Mo., and now resides at Roanoke, Mo. Andrew J. Robertson and his wife were the parents of the following children: Phillip A., Fowler, Colo. ; J. W., Salisbury, Mo. Mrs. J. W. Patterson, Salisbury, Mo.; Mrs. S. P. Gooch, Salisbury, Mo.; William, the subject of this sketch; Charles E., Fort Steel, Wyo. and Caroline Francis, deceased.

William Robertson was educated in the public schools, Central College at Fayette, Mo. and the State Normal School at Kirksville, Mo., where he was graduated in 1904. He has also taken special courses in graduate - work at the University at Chicago. Mr. Robertson began his teaching career in the district schools of Sugar Creek township in 1896. He rose rapidly in his profession and two years later was principal of the Roanoke schools and held that position for five years. He served as superintendent of the Huntsville schools for three years; principal of Central College Academy one year and principal of the Moberly High School two years, and also taught mathematics in that institution for one year. He was superintendent of the Maplewood school of St. Louis County for seven years and his work in connection with that school has perhaps never been surpassed in the history of education in this state. He built that school up from almost nothing to one of the best schools in the state, during the seven years that he was at the head of it, and when he left they had voted a $100,000 high school building. He raised the standard of the school and increased the teaching force. It was the first school in St. Louis County to have domestic science and manual training and special supervision, all of which were introduced by Superintendent Robertson. In competition with the other schools in the state at the state fair, Maplewood ' school won considerably more than its share of awards. From Maplewood, Professor Robertson went to Webster Groves as superintendent of the public schools and there introduced many features which built up and increased the efficiency of the institution and introduced domestic science, manual training and many other commendable features of modern educational methods. Mr. Robertson was the first to ii^ augurate a school survey in the state, which has in recent years become quite popular and is instrumental in greatly raising the standard and efficiency of public schools.

In 1917, he returned to Roanoke where he bought a farm and engaged in farming. However, his plans for a peaceful, pastoral life soon vanished. The school officials of Clifton Hill pressed him into service as superintendent of, the schools there to take the place of the superintendent who was in the army during the World War.

In April, 1919, Professor Robertson was elected County Superintendent of schols of Randolph County and is giving this county one of the best administrations in that department that it has ever had. His motto is "a good school for every child, and every child in school." The shortage of teachers has handicapped his work in a measure; however, he is making very satisfactory progress.

Mr. Robertson was united in marriage in 1899 to Miss Helen H. Hunker of Roanoke, Mo. She is a daughter of Louis and Mary E. Hunker, both of whom are deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Robertson have been bom one child, George Lawrence, born in 1901 and is now a freshman in the University of Missouri.

Mr. Robertson is a Democrat and a member of the Presbyterian church. He is not only well and favorably known in Randolph County, but is widely known and recognized as one of the leading educators of the state.

Dr. John A. Lowry, a prominent physician and surgeon who was engaged in the practice of his profession for nearly 40 years in Randolph County, is now living retired at Clifton Hill, after a successful professional career. Dr. Lowry was bom near Eldad church, March 10, 1853 and is a son of Dr. William Tolman and Sarah E. (Turner) Lowry.

Dr. William T. Lowry was a successful pioneer doctor of central Missouri and a descendant of one of the very first pioneer families that settled in what was known as the Boonslick country. He was bom at Old

Franklin in 1809 and died in 1878. He was also a son of a physician, Dr. John Jefferson Lowry, a native of Virginia who was born in 1769 and died in 1862. He was one of the very first pioneers to settle in the vicinity of Old Franklin. He conducted the land office at Old Franklin for a time and later removed to Fayette, 'Mo.

Dr. William T. Lowry was educated by private teache^ and prepared for a medical college. He then entered the Cincinnati Medical University where he was graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine at the age of 18 years. He then practiced with Dr. Terrill until he was 21 years of age when he located at McGee College where he practiced his profession for 40 years. Later he went to California where he died.

Dr. John A. Lowry, whose name introduces this sketch, was educated at McGee College and the University of San Francisco and was graduated from the University of Missouri as valedictorian of his class v/ith first honors in 1879. He then began the practice of his profession at Thomas Hill, Mo. and practiced at Darksville and Clifton Hill, his practicing extending over a radius of 15 miles. He has been very successful as a physician and surgeon and had an extensive practice up to the time of his retirement. He is an extensive land owner, owning a farm of 447 acres' in the vicinity of Thomas Hill which is operated by his son.

Dr. Lowry was married Aug. 17, 1887 to Miss Eliza J. Terry, a native of Randolph County and a daughter of William Y. Terrj'-, Jr., whose father, William Y. Terry, Sr., was one of the first pioneer settlers of Randolph County. Mrs. Lowry died July 26, 1908 at the age of 48 years. To Dr. and Mrs. Lowry was born one son, Thomas Jefferson Lowry, born Nov. 29, 1890. He was educated in the public schools of Clifton Hill and under private instructors and at the University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo. He married Lois L. Stamper and they have two children, Lida Alice and Marjorie Tolman.

Dr. Lowry is a Democrat and a member of the Baptist church. He holds membership in the Masonic Lodge and is one of the widely known and highly respected citizens of Randolph County.

John Pressley Heifner, a successful farmer and stockman who is operating a large farm of 295.5 acres of land in Chariton township, is a native of Missouri and a descendant of one of the very early prominent pioneer families of this section. He was bom at College Mound, Mo., May 26, 1861 . and is a son of John and Mary Elizabeth (Baker) Heifner, a more complete history of whom is given in connection with the sketch of John Finis Heifner in this volume.

John P. Heifner was educated in the pubhc schools and reared on a farm and has made farming his occupation since boyhood, and is 'one of the successful practical farmers of Randolph County. He bought his first land about a mile east of his present place in 1886 and since that time, he has bought, sold and traded farms from time to time. He has lived on his present place since 1893. He first bought 110 acres here and bought additional land and now owns 297.5 acres of valuable and well .improved land. He carries on general farming and stock raising and has met with success.

Mr. Heifner was married June 19, 1882 to Miss Laura Bell Swetnam. She was a native of Randolph County and a daughter of William and Hannah (Carter) Swetnam, the former of whom is now deceased. Mrs. Heifner died April 13, 1909 at the age of 47 years. The following children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Heifner: WiUiam, who lives on the home farm, married Mary Frazier and they have one child, Thelma, aged ten years; Roy, a farmer and stockman, married Elma Broaddus and they have three children, James Pressly, Roy Lester and Rosine; Edna May, married Loan Yeakey and resides in Chariton township ; Clarence, married Esther Summers and they live in Chariton township ; Joseph Ernest, married Helen Yeakey and they have one child, Ernestine; Berna Estelle, resides at home and Marie also resides at home.

Mr. Heifner is a Democrat and a member of the Baptist church and belongs to the Loyal Order of Moose of Moberly. He is progressive, public spirited and one of Randolph County's valued citizens.

Richard L. Carter, Jr., one of the younger generation of railroad men of Missouri who has had a varied and successful career in transportation both here and in France during the World War," is a native son of Randolph County, born in Moberly, Aug. 10, 1889, the son of R. L. Carter, Sr., whose biography appears upon another page of this volume.

Richard L. Carter spent his boyhood in Moberly and received his education in the public schools. When only a boy of 15 years he became associated with the Wabash Railroad Company as a messenger boy. He liked railroad work apd his advance was rapid. From messenger he was advanced to yard clerk, then to supply clerk at the roundhouse and timekeeper. After that he left the railroad and went to Bonner Springs, Kan. as assistant electrician but within a short time moved to Des Moines, Iowa, to take a position as brakeman on the Des Moines, Iowa Falls & Northern railroad, but when a better opening occurred for him on the

Mr. Carter returned to Moberly and was employed by the Wabash Railroad until he was inducted 'into the National army, Feb. 21, 1918 and sent to Camp Funston for his preliminary training. After two months, he was transferred to Camp Upton, N. Y. He left Kansas on Good Friday and arrived on Long Island on Easter Sunday. On June 4th, the company to which Mr. Carter belonged sailed from Hoboken, N. J., on the steamer Ailois, a converted German liner, used as a transport. They arrived at Brest, France, June 18 and were sent to a rest camp, one of the old prison camps established by Emperor Napoleon during the days of the French Empire. He was detailed to drive a motor truck at the American docks and was on pick and shovel duty in the interior for two weeks before being assigned to the railroad service as conductor, running from Pairiegou to Linoges Chateau Breene and Bordeaux, where he remained until Nov. 1st, when he was selected to enter the officers training camp at Angiers, but had been there less than two weeks when an order was issued that no more commissions would be issued and was transferred to his original railroad duty, where he remained until December 15th. He was then transferred to St. Pierride and promoted to first sergeant of the 2nd Casualty Company, transportation corps. Mr. Carter remained there until Jan. 26, when he was sent to an embarkation port and sailed from Bordeaux on April 6th for the United States. He landed at Hoboken, went to Camp Merritt and was transferred to Camp Taylor, Ky., where he was given his discharge May 14, 1919. Arriving home on May 18th, he soon entered the service of the Wabash Railroad as conductor, a position he still holds. ^

Mr. Carter was the first soldier to be married in the Red Cross hut at Camp Upton as he married Miss Mildred Wilson there May 26, 1918. She was the daughter of John and Adelaide (Hardin) Wilson, natives of Missouri.

Mr. Carter is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Knights of Columbus, Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and to the Catholic church. Mrs. Carter is a member of the Theta Kappa, a local sorority and is also a member of the Catholic church.

One of the most unique and valuable souvenirs brought back to this country from France is owned by Mr. Carter. It is an old coin which he found when a cut was being dug for the American railroad in France and is dated 1269 with the head of the Roman Emperor, Vespacian, on it. At the time this coin was found they discovered the remains of some of the old Roman baths, with the pillars still intact.

David F. Baker, Jr., a well known Wabash passenger engineer of Moberly. Mo. is a native of Ohio, born Jan. 20, 1865. He is a son of David F. and Mary Ellen Baker, both natives of Ohio. The father was engaged in farming during niost of his active career and lived in Illinois where he moved with his family. He is now deceased and the mother resides in Illinois. They were the parents of the following children^: Mrs. Martha McDaniels now resides in Kansas; May, married George Fogel and David F., the subject of this sketch.

David F. Baker, Jr., attended the public schools in his boyhood and began life as a farm laborer and when he was 19 years old he was operating a farm for himself. His first work for a railroad company was driving a team on a grading gang on the Lake Erie and Western Railroad. He began as a locomotive fireman Aug. 19, 1887 on the I. B. and W. Railroad out of Urbana, 111. and fired a freight engine* until Jan. 23, 1889 when he was promoted to passenger fireman and on Nov. 7, 1890 he was promoted to engineer and remained in the employ of that road as engineer until Aug. 13, 1893. He then resigned and was in business in Indianapolis for a time and in 1894, he entered the employ of the Wabash Railroad Company as engineer with headquarters at Decatur, 111. Nine months later, he returned to Indianapolis, Ind. and was engaged in various pursuits there until Sept. 22, 1899, when he came to Moberly where he was employed by the Wabash railroad as locomotive engineer. He was in the freight service until 1909 when he was promoted to the passenger department and now runs between Moberly and Kansas City. He has had a varied and extensive experience and thoroughly understands his part of the big problem of transportation.

Mr. Baker was married July 30, 1891 to Miss Maggie A. Niles, a native of Indianapolis, Ind., born November, 1874. The marriage ceremony was performed by a first cousin of President Cleveland. To Mr. and Mrs. Baker have been born three children: Mrs. Ruth E. Templeton, Wichita Falls, Texas, who was born in Illinois, Feb. 5, 1893 ; Glenn Eugene, a fireman on the Wabash Railroad, was bom at Decatur, 111., June 29, 1896, resides at home with his parents ; and Harold Lee was born in Moberly, Nov. 7, 1906, is a student in the Moberly High School.

Christopher C. Barclay, a veteran railroader of Moberly who has Deen in the service of the Wabash Railroad Company for over 50 years and who is still a Wabash man, is a native of Kentucky. He was born at Maysville, Mason County, Ky., Sept. 3, 1845 and is a son of Elijah D. and Mary (Faley) Barclay. Elijah Barclay was also a native of Mason County, Ky., born Sept. 14, 1805. He was married in Kentucky and in 1846 removed to Indiana and settled on a farm near Greensburg. He was a pioneer of that section of Indiana and died there May 1, 1880, age 75 years. His wife was born in Brown County, Ohio, in 1809. Her parents were Virginians and among the early pioneer settlers of Ohio. She died Nov. 16, 1900, at Greensburg, Ind. To Elijah Barclay and wife were born the following children: Mary Martha, deceased; James .Williams, died in Indiana in 1908; Mrs. Mary Hamilton, deceased; Joseph E. was a Civil War veteran and is now deceased ; John B., lives at Greensburg, Ind. ; Christopher C, the subject of this sketch; Elizabeth, deceased; Joseph E., deceased; Robert K., deceased; Bell, deceased; Eliza, married John King and resides at Greensburg, Ind., and one died in infancy.

Christopher C. Barclay remained on the home farm with his parents until he was 18 years old. He then worked out by the month for a time in the vicinity of Decatur, Ind., and later was engaged in farming. In 1869 he moved to Greensburg, Ind. and shortly afterwards came to Missouri and settled on a farm, nine miles west of St. Charles. He remained there about 18 months when he went to St. Charles and entered the employ of the old North Missouri Railroad Company as a helper of the boiler shops and served in that capacity about a year. He also worked on the construction of the railroad bridge at St. Charles. When the Wabash shops were moved from St. Charles to Moberly in 1873, he was employed as general watchman at the shops at St. Charles. He then entered the service of the Wabash Railroad, as fireman on a freight train and in 1878 was promoted to engineer and in 1885 he was promoted to passenger engineer and ran a passenger engine until 1911 when he resigned and engaged in the grocery business at Moberly and conducted a store on Rollins street for seven years. He then disposed of his mercantile business and returned to the employ of the Wabash Company and now has charge of the oil room at the Wabash shops. He has had an extensive career and has seen much of the development in the methods of railroad-

Mr. Barclay was married March 14, 1867 to Miss Elvira Thompson, a daughter of Robert and Margaret (Autter) Thompson and five children have been born to this union: Mrs. Mary M. Eskridge, Little Rock, Ark. ;^ Elmer, Chaffee, Mo.; Cora, resides at home; Pearl, married Robert P. Enochs ; Toma, May.

Mr. Barclay is a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Mrs. Barclay belongs to the Ladies Auxiliary of the Brotherhood of the Locomotive Engineers and is a member of the Central Christian church Mr. and Mrs. Barclay have nine grandchildren and one great grandchild. Mr. Barclay is a Democrat of the Kentucky type, and is one of the widely known and highly respected citizens of Randolph County.

Samuel P. Dawson, a well known locomotive engineer of Moberly, Mo., who has been in the employ of the Wabash Railroad Company for the past 20 years, is a native of Missouri. He was bom on a farm near Paris, Monroe County, Jan. 17, 1871 and is a son of Edward A. and Mary (Jones) Dawson. Edward A. Dawson was a native of Virginia and came to Missouri, settling on a farm in Monroe County where he was engaged in farming and stock raising for a number of years. He died at Austin, Tex., in 1895. Mary (Jones) Dawson, his wife, was born in Monroe County, Mo., and was a descendant of early settlers in that section of the state. She spent her life in Monroe County and died there in 1905. Edward A. and Mary (Jones) Dawson were the parents of three children of whom Samuel P. Dawson whose name introduces this review, was the eldest, the others being James H., who resides at Paris, Mo. and Joseph R. who died in 1913.

Samuel P. Dawson was reared on the home farm near Paris, and received his education *in the public schools. When he was 21 years of age he bought a farm of 80 acres which was located south of Paris and was there engaged in farming and stock raising for six years. He then sold his farm and in 1900 came to Moberly and here entered the employ of the Wabash Railroad Company as a locomotive fireman. Six years later, or in 1906 he was promoted to engineer and since that time has been employed as an engineer on the Wabash Railroad. He now runs a switch engine in the Wabash yards at Moberly.

Dawson is one of a family of six children, born to her parents of -whom she is the fifth in order of birth. To Mr. and Mrs. Dawson have been bom four children as follows: Myrtle Lee, bom April 2, 1892, married J. A. Dockery, of Kansas City, Mo. ; Floyd V., born Feb. 1, 1896, is in the employ of the Wabash Railrbad Company and resides with his parents in Moberly; Willie Francis, born Jan. 31, 1899, married Ted Drumeller, Mobefly, Mo.; and Samuel K., born Jan. 16, 1913, is a student in the grade schools of Moberly.

Mr. Dawson holds membership in the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers No. 86, Moberly, Mo. He is a progressive citizen and the Dawson family stand high in the community.

Otto L. Mceller, a locomotive, engineer in the employ of the Wabash Railroad Company, has been a resident of Moberly for 40 years, and during that time he has constantly been m the employ of the Wabash Railroad Company. Mr. Moeller was born in Paris, 111., Feb. 22, 1863 and is a soil of Jacob E. and Emma (Blake) Moeller.

Jacob E. Moeller was a native of Pennsylvania and a harness maker by trade: During the Civil Wai' he served in the Union army and after the war worked at his trade. He died at Terre Haute, Ind. Emma (Blake) Moeller, his wife, was born in the City of Cork, Ireland, and when she was a child removed with her parents to Liverpool, England and from there came to the United States where she met and married Jacob E.* Moeller. She died at Centralia, 111. To Jacob E. and Emma (Blake) Moeller were born the follov/ing children: Lydia, married John Bryce and they now reside in Moberly ; Mrs. 0. P. Kimmell, Pueblo, Colo. ; Mrs. Emma Doniger, Centralia, 111.; Mrs. Iva Ostrander, Terre Haute, Ind.; Otto L., the subject of this sketch; William B., died in Mississippi and Henrieta, deceased.

Otto L. Moeller was educated in the public schooTs and in 1880, when he was about 17 years old, he came to Moberly and entered the employ of the Wabash Railroad Company and for about one year was employed in the shops and worked at various jobs. In 1881, he began as a locomotive fireman and served in that capacity until 1887, when he was promoted to engineer. He pulled freight until 1918 when he was promoted to passenger engineer and how his regular run is between Moberly and Des Moines, la. During the course of his railroading career, Mr. Moeller has a well earned clean record to his credit as a careful and competent engineer.

Mr. Moeller was united in marriage in 1890 with Miss Anna Walden, a native of Missouri and a daughter of Jeth and Bettie Walden, also a native of this state. To Mr. and Mrs. Moeller was born one child, Carol Walden Moeller who was born in Moberly on Easter Sunday in 1893. He is a graduate -of the Moberly High School and studied music under John Goetz and is an accomplished musician. He is now a student in the University of Missouri at Ck)lumbia, Mo. ; Mrs. Moeller died in Moberly in 1912 and her remains are interred in the cemetery here. She was a member of the Presbyterian church who lived a consistent Christian life.

Mr. Moeller is a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and his wife was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of that order. He is also a member of the Presbyterian church and a substantial and highly respected citizen of Moberly and Randolph County.

0. E. Snow, a well known and successful business man of Jacksonville, Mo., is a native of Missouri. He was born at Atlanta, Macon County, Feb. 19, 1875 and is a son of Orla and Marilla (Beckley) Snow.

Orla Snow, the father, was born in Kalamazoo, Mich., Sept. 12, 1837, and came to Missouri and settled in Macon County in 1860. Here he owned and operated a farm of 860 acres and was engaged in breeding Shorthorn cattle. He now resides, at Billings, Mont. Marilla (Beckley) Snow, his wife, was also a native of Kalamazoo, Mich., bom in 1844. They were married before coming to Missouri and the mother died in 1880. Her remains are buried in Mt. Tabor cemetery, which is located three miles east of Atlanta in -Macon County.

To Orla and Marilla (Beckley) Snow were born seven children as follows : Mary, deceased ; Clara, married W. N. Miles, of Jacksonville, Mo. ; Laura, deceased; Carey, Billings, Mont.; 0. E., the subject of this sketch; Arthur, deceased; and Ruby, deceased.

O. E. Snow was reared in Macon County and educated in the public schools and Sue City, high school. He worked in his father's general mercantile store at Clark, Mo., until he was 17 years old, when he went to Atlanta. In 1897, he engaged in the grocery business at Atlanta, where he remained until 1901, when he came to Jacksonville and engaged in the drug business. In 1903, he added the furniture and undertaking business. In 1918 he met with a loss by fire and immediately rebuilt, erecting a two-story brick building 50x80 feet. He continued the same lines of business until 1919 when he sold his drug department and in April, 1920 he also disposed of the furniture and undertaking business.

He then engaged in the lumber business ^at Jacksonville, He is also an extensive land owner, owning 600 acres, Which was formerly a part of the Jordon and Perry Elliott estate. There is considerable valuable timber on this land, about half of which Mr. Snow has cut and converted into lumber. He also owns a one-half interest in a valuable farm of 220 acres west of Jacksonville, where he is interested in general stock raising.

Mr. Snow was first married July 10, 1897 to Miss Maude Garven and to that union the following children were born: Alline, married R. M. Carter of Jackson township; Ethelyn, a nurse at the Noyes hospital, St. Joseph Mo.; and Herchel, a student in the Moberly High School. Mrs. Snow died March 17, 1902 and her remains are buried in Mt. Tabor cemetery, near Atlanta, Mo. Mr. Snow was married in 1910 to Mrs. Ethel Schooling of Middlegrove, Mo.

Mr. Snow is a member of the Masonic Lodge, holding membership in the Blue Lodge at Jacksonville, Mo., and the Chapter and Commandery at Macon, Mo. Mrs. Snow is a member of the Order of Eastern Star. Mr. Snow is a Republican and takes a commendable interest in public affairs. He has served on the town board for 12 years. He is a stockholder in the Jacksonville Savings Bank- and has servfed as a member of the board of directors since its organization. He is progressive and4)ublic spirited and one of Randolph County's substantial citizens.

John M. Goddard, a successful farmer and stockman of Jackson township is a native of Missouri and is a descendant of one of the early settlers of Randolph County. He was born on the line between Randolph and Macon counties, about three miles north of McGee on Sept. 30, 1853 and is a son of John G. and Nancy (Phipp) Goddard.

John G. Goddard was born in Wayne County, Ky., in 1795. When a young man he followed farming in his native state and came to Missouri at an early day and entered government land. He owned different farms and traded, more or less, and finally settled on an 80 acre farm west of Jacksonville in Randolph County, and spent the remainder 'of his life there. He was prominent in local affairs and served as justice of the peace of Chariton township for a number of years; he died in March, 1865.

John G. Goddafd was twice married ; his first wife's name was Nancy Phipp and to that union the following children were bom : Matilda, married George Grimes, Union, Neb.; Fi-ank, deceased; Lucinda, deceased; Malissa, Jacksonville, Mo.; Isaac, deceased; Mary, Jacksonville, Mo.j

James, deceased; Perry, deceased; Betty, and John M., the subject of this sketch. The mother of these children died in 1853 and John G. Goddard was afterwards married to Polly Shoemaker and two children were born to that union: George, deceased, and Missouri W., married John Jackson and lives east of Jacksonville, Mo.

John M. Goddard was reared in Chariton township, Randolph County and was educated in the subscription schools of the early days. When a young man he and his brother Isaac engaged in farming in partnership. This arrangement continued until 1895, when John M. bought the home place of 80 acres, where he followed general farming and stock raising until 1904. He then sold that place and bought a farm of 108 acres in Jackson township, east of town, where he has since been successfully engaged in general farming and stock raising.

Mr. Goddard has been twice married. On March 6, 1881 he was married to Miss Mary Terrill of Darksville, Mo., and to that union were bom three children: Frank W., Moberly, Mo.; G^eorge, deceased; and Sebree, further mention of whom is made below. The mother of these children died Feb. 25, 1904. On Dec. 14, 1913, Mr. Goddard was married to Minnie Wright, a daughter of T. F. and Sarah (Owens) Wright, natives of Kentucky. She is one of 13 children born to her parents. No children have been bom to, this marriage.

Sebree Goddard, the youngest son of John M. Goddard, enlisted in the Engineers Corps of the United States army at Jefferson Barracks in 1915. After his enlistment he did service at various camps and forts and during the trouble on the Mexican border was stationed at Eagle Pass, Texas. When the United States entered the World War and when General Pershing's staff went to France, he accompanied that body of officers, making the trip across the Atlantic and landing at Liverpool, England, and from there to Lindon and thence to Paris. After the armistice was signed he was returned to the United States and discharged at Washington, D. C, in February, 1920. He served as top sergeant.

John M. Goddard is a Democrat and a member of the Christian church and his wife is a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. Mr. Goddard is a progressive farmer and a representative citizen of Randolph County.

James H. Honey, foreman of the boiler shops of the Wabash Railroad in Moberly, has been in the employ of this- railroad for 30 years. He is a native of Missouri, born in Jefferson City, Mo., Jan. 28, 1872, the son of Thomas and Mary (Altgrlbert) Honey, the former bom in Jefferson

City in 1849, and was a general farmer and stock raiser and owned a llO acre farm. He died April 5, 1889 and was buried at St. Peter's cemetery, Jefferson City. Mrs. Honey was also a native of Jefferson City, bom in 1851 and was married in the town of her nativity. She is now living in Moberly. There were the following children in the family: James H., of this review; John M., Joseph L., and Jacob B., all residents of Moberly. James H. Honey was reared in Jefferson City and attended the public schools. When only 17 years old he came to Moberly to work in the Wabash shops and has been employed there from 1890 to the present time. He began in the boiler shops and has been raised from one position to another and became foreman in the boiler shop in 1917.

May 10, 1893, Mr. Honey was married to Miss OHie Chase, of Moberly and to this union three children have been born: Ida, Francis J., and Opal, deceased.

Mr. Honey belongs to the Knights of the Maccabees, the Court of Honor, the Boiler Maker's Union and the Catholic church. He is a Democrat. Mrs. Honey also belongs to the Knights of the Maccabees, the Court of Honor and the Catholic church.

Marvin Rowland, a passenger engineer on the Wabash railroad and a well known citizen of Moberly, is a native of this state. He was bom on a farm in Boone County, about eight miles southwest of Sturgeon, Mo., Aug. 28, 1871 and is a son of Capt. George W. and Nancy Joella (Calloway) Rowland, both natives of. Missouri.

Capt. George W. Rowland was born at Harrisburg, Mo., April 15, 1838. He began life as a farmer and when the Civil War broke out, he enlisted in the Confederate army as a private under Gen. Sterling Price. He was possessed of ability far above the average and was a fearless soldier. His qualities were soon recognized and he was rapidly promoted until he became captain and was serving in that capacity when the war closed. He returned to his former location and was engaged in farming and stock raising until the time of his death, Nov. 28, 1885. However, he had retired from active farming on account of ill health some time before his death. His wife was born near Fayette, Mo., March 5, 1847 and they were married June 10, 1867 at Middletown, Mo., which was a town located near Sturgeon. She was a daughter of Dr. W. H. Calloway who was a well known physician who practiced for many years in Boone and Howard counties. Mrs. Rowland died Jan. 30, 1884 at Renick, Mo. and her remains and those of her husband are buried in the cemetery one mile north of Renick.

Marvin Rowland was educated in the public schools and the Moberly High School and on Aug. 20, 1889, he entered the employ of the Wabash Railroad Company in the bridge construction department and was employed there for six years. Aug. 20, 1895, he went on the road as a fireman and on Aug. 16, 1899, he was promoted to engineer and ran freight until 1915, when he was promoted to passenger engineer and since that time has been employed in that capacity.

Mr. Rowland was married April 18, 1897 to Miss Jessie Baker, a daughter of Rev. T. W. and Florence (Griffith) Baker, both natives of Missouri and were reared and educated at College Mound. Mrs. Rowland's mother is deceased and her father resides in Moberly. To Mr. and Mrs. Rowland have been born one child, Alfred B., born April 11, 1900.

Mr. Rowland is a Knights Templar Mason and a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Mrs. Rowland is a member of the Eastern Star, as is also Mr. Rowland and she is a member of the Auxiliary to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Mr. Rowland was a representative at the National Convention of Engineers in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1915. He is a Democrat and a highly respected and substantial citizen of Randolph County.

John M. Bdand, a skilled machinist in the employ of the Wabash Railroad, who works in the shops of that company in Moberly, Mo., is a native son of Randolph County. He was born in Moberly, April 21, 1893, the son of James and Mary (Murphy) Boland. James Boland was born in Ireland on a farm, July 5, 1860, and was reared and educated there untiri873, when he came to the United States and located on a 150 acre farm six miles west of Huntsville, Mo. Mr. Boland engaged in general farming and stock raising on this land until 1890 when he sold out and came to Moberly to live. He accepted a position with the Wabash Railroad as a blacksmith in the shops here and was thus employed for the rest of his active life. He died April 24, 1908 and was buried in St. Mary's cemetery. His wife, Mary Murphy Boland was bom at Mt. Sterling, 111., the daughter of Michael and Mary (McQueen) Murphy, both natives of Ireland, and was the seventh of the nine children bom to them. Mr. and Mrs. Boland were married in Moberly, Nov. 21, 1890 and the mother now lives here. Two children were born to them as follows: Mary B., deceased, and John M., of this review.

John M. Boland spent his youth in Moberly and was educated at Loretta Academy and high school of Moberly. In 1910 he entered the shops of the Wabash Railroad to learn the machinist trade and after serving his apprenticeship became one of the skilled machinists in the employ of the company and has continued in the employ if the Wabash Company at Moberly to the present time.

Joseph W. Bradley, a carpenter employed in the Wabash Railroad shops at Moberly, Mo., was bom on a farm in Howard County, Mo., Sept. 22, 1867, the son of Joseph and Eliza (Becket) Bradley. Joseph Bradley was a native of Howard County, bom in 1845. He was reared and educated there and learned the carpenter's trade at which he worked and also followed farming. At the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted in the Confederate ^rmy, serving until peace was declared. After the close of the war he returned to Missouri and spent the remainder of his life here. He died at Armstrong, in 1893. Eliza Becket Bradley was bom in England in 1830, was reared and educated in her native land and later accompanied her brother to this country.

Joseph Bradley and Eliza Becket were married at Fayette, Mo., and she passed the rest of her life in this state. They were the parents of 10 children as follows: John and Elizabeth, deceased; Larkin, of Moberly; Sallie, also of Moberly; George, of Armstrong; Mollie, of San Francisco, Calif. ; Alfred, deceased ; Tabitha, the wife of George Clayton, of New Franklin, Mo.; Joseph W., of this review, and James, of Moberly. The mother died in Moberly in October, 1917.

Joseph W. Bradley spent his youth in Armstrong, Mo., attended the public schools and when 16 years of age began to work as a carpenter and has since followed that trade. In 1893 he came to Moberly and on March

Feb. 3, 1892, Mr. Bradley was married at Armstrong, Mo., to Miss Minnie Bell Sweatnam, the daughter of Baxter and Kate (Walkey) Sweatnam, both natives of Missouri. She was the fifth of their 10 children. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Bradley : Lara, deceased, and another child that died in infancy.

Mr. Bradley comes from a good old pioneer family, as his grandfather, Sparr Bradley, came to Missouri from Madison County, Ky., at an early day and entered land from the government six miles south of Fayette, Mo., where he had a 260 acre farm. He was a veteran of the Black Hawk and Civil Wars and died on a farm four miles east of Fayette in 1886.

Rufus E. Merrill, for more than 10 years a train dispatcher on the Moberly division of the Wabash Railroad with headquarters in Moberly, Mo., was born on a farm near West Branch, Iowa, and is the son of William C. and Lucretia (Osborne) Merrill.

William C. Merrill was born on a farm near Toledo, Ohio, in 1842, being a descendant of the earliest settlers of this county, his ancestors, the Greys coming over in the Mayflower, locating in Massachusetts. He was a veteran of the Civil War, having served in the Union army during the conflict. He enlisted in Company E, 184th Ohio Infantry, Feb. 10, 1865 and was mustered out Sept. 22, 1865, being one of, if not the youngest, soldiers to bear arms in defense of his country. After peace was declared he became a railroad man, served as station agent at various places and died at Marshalltown, Iowa, February, 1904, where he had passed the greater part of his life.

Mrs. Merrill was a native of Linn County, Iowa, born on a farm Aug. 27, 1845 and was mairied at Center Point, Iowa, in 1872. She now lives in Marshalltown, Iowa, with a daughter and is 75 years old and she and William C. Merrill were the parents of the following children: Efiie J., the wife of John F. Schultz, of Marshalltown, Iowa; Carrie E., the wife of S. C. Snider, of West Liberty, Iowa; Bessie, the wife of J. R. Kessler on a farm near Marshalltown, Iowa; Rufus E., of this review, and Maud, deceased.

Rufus E. Merrill was reared and educated at Montezuma, Iowa and graduated from the high school there and then started as station helper at the age of 15 years. One year later he was appointed station agent and operator in Iowa and later was agent and operator at Pipestone, Minn. Later he served in that capacity at the following places: Round Lake, Mnm., Goodell, Dinsdale, Sunberry, Tipton, Benett, Rowley and Estherville, iowa. It was while working at the last named town that Mr. Merrill was made train dispatcher on July 1, 1902, and held the position five years before being transfeiTed to Cedar Rapids, la., in the same capacity. Three years later he was sent to Oskaloosa, la., as dispatcher of the Iowa Central Railroad and Nov. 25, 1910, he came to Moberly as dispatcher for the Wabash Railroad and has served since that time as trick and chief dispatcher.

Sept. 21, 1898, Mr. Merrill was married to Miss Mabel H. Palmer, a daughter of Henry and Mary (Bush) Palmer, the former a native of Canada and the latter of Germany. To Mr. and Mrs. Merritt have been been born two children: Maud, who graduated from the Moberly High School in the class of 1918 and during the year 1919 attended the Kansas City Conservatory of Music and is now a student at Christian College, Columbia, Mo., and Rufus E., Jr., who is a siudent in the Moberlv High School.

Mr. Merrill is a Mason, belonging lo the Blue Lodge, the Eastern Star and with his wife is a member of the Methodist Church, South. For years he has been a Democrat. Mrs. Merrill is a graduate of the normal school of Iowa and before her marriage was a teacher. She belongs to the Eastern Star, the Shakespeare Society, the Ladies Aid Society and also to the Parents Teachers Association, having served as president and vice-president of that organization and as Past Matron of the Eastern Star.

Rufus E. Merrill comes from Revolutionary stock on his mother's side. His great grandfather, John Osborne, is one of the six revolutionary soldiers buried in the state of Iowa, having enlisted in May, 1780, Montgomery County, Va., to serve four months under his uncle Enoch Osborne, captain of a company in Col. Preston's regiment of Virginia, going to Whitten's Station in Tennessee against the Shawnee and Cherokee Indians and Tories, after which in the spring of 1781, he served six months under the same officer at Blackmore Station, Tenn., near Cumberland Mountains to defend frontier settlements. He served six months as light horseman under Captain Gambrell in Col. Wm. Campbell's command in North Carolina, patrolling country against Tories, after which he served as light horseman with Captain Nowles in a detachment of 300 men under Col. Cleveland, ranging Ashe and other counties in quest of Tories and lie was discharged in September, 1782. He was soon ordered out by Col. Preston to serve a few weeks with Capt. Ward. His last service was for 12 months as one of the garrison at Whitton's Station in Tennessee in command of Col. Preston. He belonged to the militia.

Ollie Ornbum, a well-known conductor of the Wabash railroad, is a native of Randolph County. He was bom on a farm in Sugar Creek township Aug. 30, 1879, and is a son of William B. and Mary M. (Foster) Ornburn.

William B. Ornburn was born in Sugar Creek township Oct. 25, 1847, and is a member of one of the early pioneer families of Randolph County. He has made farming and stock raising his life occupation and is the owner of a well improved farm of 127 1/2 acres seven miles east of Moberly, where he carries on general farming and stock raising*. Mary M. (Foster) Ornburn was bom in Virginia Aug. 23, 1853, and she and Mr. Ornbum were married in Sugar Creek township in 1872. They are the parents of two children: Oma A., born Feb. 13, 1874, and an employee of the Wabash Railroad Company and lives in Moberly, and OHie E., the subject of this sketch.

Ollie E. Ornburn was reared on the home place in Sugar Creek township and educated in the district schools of Su&ar Creek township and Middlegrove College. He remained on the home farm with his parents until he was 18 years old. He then went to Pueblo, Colo., .where he was employed as brakeman on the Denver and Rio Grand railroad for one year. He then went to St. Louis and was in the employ of Swift and Company and the American Car and Foundry Com.pany. In 1902, he came to Moberly and on Aug. 18th of that year entered the employ of the Wabash Railroad Company as brakeman. He was promoted to conductor in 1905, and now runs a local freight between Moberly and Brunswick.

Mr. Ornbum was married June 29, 1909, to Miss Anna Foutch, a daughter of Abe and Nettie (Gray) Foutch, both natives of Iowa. Abe Foutch was bom in Des Moines, Iowa, March 28, 1853. He came to Moberly in 1903 and was employed by the Wabash company as car carpenter and now resides in Moberly. Nettie (Gray) Foutch was born at Ackley, Iowa, Oct. 26, 1862, and she and Mr. Foutch were married at Hockport, Mo., Oct. 12, 1878, and five children have been born to them as follows: Jessie, died in infancy; James B., lives in New York City; Anna, wife of Ollie E. Ornburn, the subject of this sketch; Bert, St.-

Louis, Mo.; and Harry, died in infancy. Mrs. Ombum was born at Rockport, Mo., June 9, 1884. To Mr. and Mrs. Ornburn has been bom one child, Gerald, born in Moberly, July 12, 190S, and is at home with his parents.

Mr. Ornburn is a member of the Masonic Lodge and the Order of Railway Conductors. He is a Democrat and a member of the Missouri State Fish and Game League. Mrs. Ombum is a member of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Order of Railway Conductors and the Auxiliary of the Brotherhood of the Railroad Trainmen and both Mr. and Mrs. Ornburn are members of the Methodist church, south. The Ornburn family is well known and highly respected citizens of Moberly and Randolph County.

John D. Rice, a progressive farmer and stockman, of Jackson township, is a native of Randolph County and a member of a prominent pioneer family of this county. He was bom May 3, 1870 in Chariton township and is a son of Spencer P. and Rebecca (Elliott) Rice.

Spencer P. Rice was bom in Randolph County, April 15, 1839. He was reared in this county and early in life engaged in farming and stock raising and became very well-to-do and one of the successful men of affairs of this county. He was the owner of 744 acres of land and was president of the Jacksonville Savings Bank. He died July 23, 1919 and his remains are buried in the Barnhardt cemetery. His wife was also a native of Randolph County, born Dec. 7, 1838. They were married in Randolph County in 1864. She is now 81 years of age. They were the parents of nine children as follows: Joe Ann, deceased; one died in infancy; Mrs. Mollie Dean, of Jacksonville, Mo. ; James William, deceased ; John D., the subject of this sketch; James J., deceased; Ernest, Jackson township; Elizabeth, deceased and Elliott, Jackson township.

John D. Rice was educated in McGee College and the State Normal School at Kirksville, Mo. and for 18 years was successfully engaged in teaching in various districts of this section. At the same time, he was interested in farming and stock raising on the home place to which he has devoted his attention for several years, and is one of the successful farmers of the community. In addition to general farming and stock raising he is also interested in Breeding and now has on hand, five head of registered Aberdine-Angus cattle, besides 22 head of horses and mules. His farm consists of 140 acres and he has about 50 acres of good timber land. Mr. Rice is unmarried. He is a member of the Masonic Lodge and the Eastern Star.

George Gowan, employed in the Wabash railroad shops in Moberly as a painter, was bom in Edinborough, Scotland, May 26, 1861, the son of George and Katharine (Brown) Gowan, both natives of the same city as their son. They came to the United States in 1868, locating first in New York, where George Gowan worked as a shoemaker. Some years later the family came west and settled in St. Louis, where the father again worked at his trade. He died in 1910 and was buried at St. Peters cemetery, St. Louis. Mrs. Gowan died in 1872, and was buried at St. Peters cemetery. There were six children in the family: Sarah, the wife of Harry Crocker, of St. Louis; Kate, married James Galo, is a widow, living in St. Louis ; George, of this review ; James, deceased, and two other children that died in Scotland.

George Gowan was reared and educated in the United States, as he came here as a small boy. He attended school at the public institutions of New Florence, Mo., and when only 13 years old began work for farmers by the month. He came to Moberly in 1881, and took a position on the Kansas City, Northern railroad, as brakeman, remaining two years. The following five years he worked as a hostler in the roundhouse and in 1899 went to Slater, Mo., but returned to Moberly in 1901 to enter the employ of the Wabash road as hostler. In 1906 he left the railroad and opened a restaurant in the city, which he managed five years, before disposing of it, to enter the paint shop of the Wabash shops, where he has since been employed in the capacity of painter.

Sept. 28, 1892, Mr. Gowan was married to Miss Lena Kemp, the daughter of C. W. and Kate (Gale) Kemp, both deceased. Mrs. Gowan was the second of nine children borri to her parents. One child has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Gowan, Leslie Elmer, at home.

Mr. Gowan is a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen, and is a Democrat. Mrs. Gowan belongs to the Auxiliary of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, to the Maccabees, the Royal Neighbors and the Christian church.

John Freeman, foreman of the roundhouse of the Wabash Railroad, at Moberly, Mo., was born at Columbia, Mo., Sept. 6, 1877, the son of Timothy and Harriet (Natress) Freeman, the former a native of Queens County, Ireland, and the mother was born in Canada. They were married in America and the family came to Missouri to live. To Timothy and Harriet Freeman were born the following children: Miles, Granite City, 111.; John, of this review; Leo, at home; Anna, the vdfe of James L. Kehoe, of Moberly ; Mary, the wife of Arthur Copley, of Butte, Mont. ; Martin, of ' Moberly; Timothy, Jr., of St. Paul, Minn.; Margaret, the wife of Thomas Broskey, of Kansas City; Catharine, deceased; Roberta, deceased; and Elizabeth, of Moberly.

John Freeman was reared in Moberly and received his educaton in St. Mary's Academy and when only 19 years old began to work in the Wabash shops as a machinists helper in order to learn that trade. He finished his apprenticeship and then spent four years in various parts of the country. On his return to Moberly in 1904, Mr. Freeman took a position in the railroad shops as a machinist, was promoted to the position of foreman in 1907 and then transferred to Stanbery and Moulton, Iowa, to the Wabash shops there, where he acted as general foreman. April 16, 1919, Mr. Freeman was returned to Moberly to take the position of foreman of the roundhouse and is still serving in that capacity. He is one of the skilled men in the employ of the road and stands high in his business.

Oct. 30, 1906, Mr. Freeman was married to Miss Nellie G. Whelen, of Moberly, the daughter of D. L. and Elizabeth (Larose) Whelen, the former a native of Tennessee, while the mother was born in Missouri and they live in Moberly. One child has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Freeman: John W., bom in Moberly, Dec. 14, 1907, now attending St. Marys Academy.

Mr. Freeman belongs to the Machinists Union, the Knights of Father Mathew, Knights of Columbus and the Catholic church and is a Democrat. Mrs. Freeman is also a member of the St. Johns Catholic church.

Rev. Robin Gould, pastor of the Methodist church of Moberly, Mo., was born in Las Vegas, N. M., Jan. 29, 1888, the son of George T. and Texie A. (Head) Gould. The father was born at Beaufort, S. C, in 1842, was reared there and at the outbreak of the Civil War enlisted in the Confederate army and served throughout the war. After peace was established, he engaged in newspaper work, came west and engaged in his profession in Las Vegas, El Paso, Tex., and Albuqerque, N. M. He was appointed postmaster of Las Vegas during President Cleveland's second administration, but later retired from active business. He died in Albuquerque, N. M., in 1911, and was buried there. Mrs. Gould was born in Randolph County, Mo., in 1865, was married at St. Louis in 1885 and now lives at Albuquerque, N. M. There were three children in the family : Ralph, of Albuquerque; Rev. Robert, of this review, and Alice, of Albuquerque.

entered the University of Chicago and later came to Missouri and entered the State University at C^olumbia, where he studied joumahsm. Following the completion of this special study, he was employed on a newspaper at El Paso, Tex., where he was made circulation manager, a position he held until 1913. While at the university, Mr. Gould had taken special courses in Bible study and when he resigned from the paper he entered the ministry and was given a charge in Phoenix, Ariz., and was transferred to a church in California, then back to Arizona and later to Jamestown, Mo. He came to Moberly as minister of the Fourth Street Methodist church in 1919.

When the United States declared war against Germany, Mr. Gould enlisted in the army at St. Joseph, Mo., in August, 1918, as chaplain. He was sent to the chaplain's training camp and commissioned in September, 1918, and assigned to duty with the 89th Division as an ofl&cer of the 354th Infantry. Mr. Gould served with his regiment through the battle of the Argonne and after the armistice was signed, returned to the United States May 22, 1919, and was discharged from the service June 17, 1919, at Camp Funston. He returned to St. Joseph, Mo., where the summer was spent and in the fall assumed charge of the church at Moberly, where he 'has since ministered.

April 30, 1912, Reverend Gould was married at El Paso, Tex., to Miss Katharyn Warren, the daughter of P. and Mary (Demoss) Warren. The father was a native of Tennessee and is dead, while the mother was born in Texas and now lives in California. One child has been bom to this union, Margaret, at home. Mr. Gould, while in college, was a member of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, and is a Democrat.

Georg-e J. Ostman, one of the expert and experienced painters employed in the car department of the Wabash Railroad shops, of Moberly, Mo., was born in St. Louis, Nov. 6, 1871, the son of Gus and Clara (Voth) Ostman, both natives of Germany. The father was born in 1842 and came to the United States about 1859, settling in St. Louis, where he worked as a painter in the car shops of the Wabash Railroad. Later the family came to Moberly, when the railroad shops were established here and Mr. Ostman continued to hold his position as painter until he died in 1912 and was buried in Oakland cemetery. He had enlisted in the Confederate army when the Civil War broke out and served until the close of the conflict. Mrs. Ostman was born in 1846, came to the United States as a young woman and was married in St. Louis. She now lives with a married daughter in Moberly. There were the following children born to Gus and Clara (Voth) Ostman: Lillie, the wife of Edward Hayes, of Chicago, 111.: One child that died in infancy ; George, of this review ; and Julia, the wife of W. S. Henry of Moberly.

George J. Ostman was reared in Missouri, attended the public school here in Moberly and when his school days were over, began to work in the railroad shops as a painter's helper in 1889. He spent his time learning the painter's trade and then was given a regular position in the car department where he has since been employed as painter. Mr. Ostman is a skilled workman and one of the substantial and reliable citizens of Moberly.

Sept. 24, 1905, Mr. Ostman was married to Miss Pearl Woolwine, the daughter of Paxton and Elizabeth (McGrew) Woolwine, who was the eldest of their three children, born July 31, 1883.

Mr. Ostman is a member of the Maccabees, the Car Mens Union and the Lutheran church and Mrs. Ostman is a member of the Auxiliary of the Union and belongs to the Methodist church.

William R. Brawley, a locomotive engineer on the Wabash Railroad, is one of the well known and substantial citizens of Moberly. He was bom near Forrest Hill, St. Charles County, Mo., Oct. 15, 1884. He is a son of Daniel and Virginia (Hiens) Brawley, the former a native of Crawford County, Ind., born in 1860.

Daniel Brawley was reared and educated in Indiana and farmed with his father until the family came to Missouri in 1870. They settled on a farm of 140 acres of land in St. Charles County and later, Daniel Brawley bought 40 acres adjoining the home place. There they engaged in general farming and stock raising. The trees on the land were worked into bridge timbers and railroad ties and sold as the land was cleared and provided an income before the land could be farmed. Daniel Brawley lived on this farm until his death in 1885 and was buried in the family lot. Mrs. Brawley was bom in New Orleans, La. in 1856 and died in 1891 and was buried in the Forrest Hill cemetery.

William, R. Brawley was the only child born to his parents. He was taken into the home of a I*resbyterian preacher by the name of Harley Blackwell at the time of his mother's death when he was seven years old. He attended the public schools of Forrest Hill and when 17 years old, he entered the employ of the American Car & Foundry Company's shops at St. Charles, where he worked until July, 190?. He then went to Luther, Mo., to enter the employ of the Wabash Railroad Company as general roundhouse man. A year later Mr. Brawley began firing on a switch engine and a year later was assigned to a freight engine and was thus employed until 1904. That year he was transferred to Moberly and fired freight and passenger engines until 1909 when he was promoted freight engineer and has since served in that capacity.

Mr. Brawley owns a 40 acre farm three miles north of Forest Hill, known as the "White Oak" farm and he also owns a valuable city property in Moberly. He sold his home in which the family had lived 14 years with the idea of building a new house just across the street which will soon be erected.

May 4, 1905, Mr. Brawley was married in the St. Charles Methodist parsonage by the Rev. Carlisle, of Columbus, Mo., to Miss Susie Walker, a daughter of James and Bell (Short) Walker, who was bom Aug. 16, 1887. James Walker was a native of Indiana, bom in 1843 and died in June, 1903. His wife was also bom in Indiana, in 1851 and makes her home with Mrs. Brawley. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Brawley: Robert C. and Virginia B., both of whom are at home.

Mr. Brawley is a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and the Knights and Ladies of Security. He is one of the progressive citizens of Moberly and the Brawley family stands high in the community.

Bernard E. Lynch, a brakeman in the employ of the Wabash Railroad, with a run out of Moberly is descended from one of the first pioneer families to settle here. He is a native son of Randolph County, bom in Moberly, Nov. 15, 1890, the son of James J. and Katharine (Conroy) Lynch. The former was bom in Petersburgh, Canada, in 1852, was reared and educated in the United States as he came to Bloomington, 111., with his parents. He came to Missouri and located in St. Joseph, Mo. for a time and first came to Randolph County in 1867. He entered the employ of the Burlington Railroad at St. Joseph and worked as fireman ; later he was promoted to locomotive engineer and returned to Moberly in 1875. He remained in the employ of the road until 1894, when he was assigned to work as engineer of the pile driver where he remained until his death in 1900 and was buried at St. Marys cemetery. Mrs. Lynch was bora in Queenstown, Ireland, in 1859, came to the United States with her mother and sisters when a young woman in 1866 and settled near Darksville on a farm. She and Mr. Lynch were married at Macon City, Mo., in 1876 and she died at Moberly, Aug. 13, 1917 and was buripd in St. Mary's cemetery.

There were nine children born to James J. and Katharine Lynch of whom the following survive: Thomas, of Chicago; Jack, operating the home farm; James J., also on the home place; Frank, of Kansas City; Ethel, of Moberly; Bernard E., of this review, and Cleave, also of Moberly.

Bernard E. Lynch was reared in Mobeily, attended the public schools and was graduated from the high school. At the age of 16 he entered the employ of the Wabash Railroad as seal clerk at the freight office, working in this capacity during his vacations while still attending school. In 1908 he took a position as time keeper in the master mechanic's office, but a year later resigned to work for R. A. Curran, a grocer, and remained with him until 1916 when he returned to the railroad as brakeman on a passenger train. He changed to the freight service and is still employed in that capacity.

Oct. 4, 1917, Mr. Lynch was inducted into the National army and was sent to Camp Funston for his training. He spent over seven months there and on May 15, 1918, was sent to the Reserve Officers Training Camp and received a commission as second lieutenant, Aug. 26, 1918 a,nd was assigned to Camp Beauregard with the 83d Infantry, 17th Division. On Dec. 5, 1918, he was promoted to first heutenant and resigned the same day. He at once came back to Moberly and again entered the service of the Wabash system.

Mr. Lynch is a member of the Knights of Columbus, belongs to the Brotherhood of Railv/ay Trainmen and the Catholic church. He is a Democrat.

Robert A. Nugent, a well known machinist of Moberly who has been employed in the Wabash shops here for the past 23 years, is a native of Randolph County. He was born in Moberly, Jan. 28, 1877 and is a son of Robert and Ann (Barton) Nugent.

Robert Nugent was a native of Ireland, born in the town of Drohda. He came to the United States in 1858, making the voyage on the Great Eastern, the vessel which laid the first Atlantic cable and was the largest vessel of its time. Mr. Nugent was a machinist and helped build the Great Eastern and also assisted in laying the Atlantic cable. After coming to this country he lived, for a time, in New York City, and during the Civil War, he enlisted in the United States navy at New York City and served as a first class machinist. After the war he went to Alton, 111. where he was employed at his trade and later he came to Missouri and was employed in the Wabash shops at St. Charles and when the shops were moved to Moberly, he came here and worked at his trade until 1890. He then went to Chicago and was employed as a machinist by the Illinois Central Railroad Company. He died in that city Feb. 29, 1896 and his remains are buried in the St. Mary cemetery at Moberly. Ann (Barton) Nugent was a native of Ireland and came to the United States with her parents and was married to Mr. Nugent here. She died in Moberly in 1886 and her remains are buried in St. Mary's cemetery.

To Robert A. Nugent and wife were born six children as follows: twins, bom in New York City, died in infancy; Mary, married J. L. Booth, Chicago, 111.; Emma, married Asa Gillette and is deceased; Lizzie, married C. M. Hage, Chicago; Robert A., the subject of this sketch.

Robert A. Nugent was reared in Moberly and educated in the Loretta Academy and the public schools, including the high school. In 1893, he began his apprenticeship at the machinists trade in the Illinois Central shops in Chicago. After working there four years he returned to Moberly in 1897 and entered the employ of the Wabash Company as a machinist and has been in the employ of that company up to the present time. Mr. Nugent was married June 20, 1917 to Miss Lucille Ardizone of Moberly. She is a daughter of Frank and Lena (Ardizone, both natives of Italy, now residents of Moberly. Mrs. Nugent was born in Quincy, 111., Feb. 6, 1893.

Charles H. Daniels, a well-known locomotive engineer of the Wabash railroad and a substantial citizen of Moberly, Mo., is a native of Pennsylvania. He was born in Mifflin County, Pa., July 31, 1864, and is a son of Sanderson and Johanna Daniels, both natives of Pennsylvania. The father died at Bellwood, Pa., Feb. 8, 1912, and the mother died there May 5, 1917. They were the parents of the following children: Nettie, died June 29, 1916; Andrew J., deceased;- Ida, deceased; William K., lives at Bellwood, Pa.; Mamie, died in infancy; Charles H., the subject of this sketch; Annie, died May 29, 1916; Sarah, lives in New Jersey; Maggie, married John Curry, Bellwoqd, Pa.; one died in infancy, and MoUie, who lives in New Jersey.