Ray County, Missouri - The whole text, 1881 (part 16 of 23)

On August 21, 1869, he married Amelia J. Reyburn, then seventeen years old, and eldest daughter of A. K. Reyburn, ex-sheriff of Ray county. The issue of the marriage has been two boys: Harry and Willie. The latter one, Willie, died January, 1874. In November, 1870, he was re-elected sheriff by a larger majority than any one on the ticket, running ahead of the party vote. He was also elected one term to the city council, and one term, marshal of the citv of Richmond, from April, 1870, to April, 1871. After the expiration of his term as sheriff and collector of Ray county, he went to Colorado and remained there about one year, then returned to Richmond, and shortly afterward moved to Hardin, Ray county, and was appointed by the board of trustees, marshal and collector, and served one term. He then moved back to Richmond. During his official career as sheriff, he discharged the duties of his office with marked ability. He pursued and captured many criminals and fugi- tives from justice. Among the most noted ones were, James Devvers, whom he captured in Madison county, Kentucky, the reward being $1100. James Devvers was one of the bank robbers in Richmond, May 23, 1867. Another was William McDow, who killed Ben Houston near Knoxville, Missouri. He was caught at Lone Jack, Missouri, reward being $500. He also captured Abe JL.ee, who had killed his man in Mandeville, Carroll county, Missouri. In April, 1877, he was appointed as postal clerk in the railway mail service by Postmaster General D. M. Key, a position which he now holds. He moved to the city of St. Louis at the time he was appointed, and still resides there. He was at one time a stockholder in the Ray County Savings Bank, and a director of the Ray County Agricultural Association. By his energy and close attention to business and the duties of his office, he acquired a large amount of property. He at one time owned the fine brick mansion east of Richmond, and four hundred acres of land near and adjoining the city. In the great financial crash of 1873, that involved so many men of capital and business talent, he lost the great bulk of the fortune he had amassed. His great energy and capacity for whatever he turns his attention to, are rapidly elevating him to a high position in the prominent circles of business men of the country. His career, so far, is a fine example of what pluck and peseverance will do in overcoming all the unfavorable surroundings and obstacles of early life.

Holland Vanderpool

The early pioneers of our county are rapidly passing away; ere long the last of them will have been " gathered to their fathers. " Among the few who yet survive is Holland Vanderpool, a native of Campbell county, East Tennessee. He was born December, 2-t, 1806. His father, John Vanderpool, was the very first settler in Ray county. He came in the summer of the year 1815, and located on Crooked river, in the southeastern part of the county, and the early years of our subject's life were those of the pioneer. School advantages were meagre - in fact there were no schools - and Mr. Vanderpool's literary training is, in consequence, limited to such as he acquired at home, with no further assistance from others than the teaching him of the alphabet by his parents. August 28, 1828, Mr. Vanderpool was married to Miss Leah Linville, also a native of Tennessee. The result of this union was ten children, only four of whom are now living, as follows: Franklin, James K., George W. and Martha. Holland Vanderpool has spent almost his entire life in Ray county, and now that his head is blossoming for the grave, he is sustained and blessed by the reflection that he has " lived honorably, hurt nobody, and rendered every man his due. " For more than forty years he has been a faithful, consistent member of the Old School Baptist

Church. A man of proverbial kindness, he has done much to relieve the sufferings of others - ministering to the distressed, healing the sick and dispensing charity to those truly in need, whenever and wherever he could. Mr. Vanderpool took no part in the civil war. He remained at home, pursuing his life-long vocation of farming. He has made it the ruling principle of his life " to do unto others as he would be done by, " and has therefore the respect of all who know him. A worthy citizen, a warmhearted, obliging gentleman. We are happy to pay this tribute to a character deserving a more extended notice than the plan of this work will allow.

Alexander Oliphant

Alexander Oliphant was born at Marlfield, near Kelso, county of Roxborough, in Scotland, in 1806, and died from the effects of injuries received from a fall in Leavenworth, Kansas, September 22, 1878. He married Mrs. Martha Nisbet, widow of John Nisbet, December 7, A. D. 1837, in the county of Armagh, in Ireland. His wife survives him. He had two children, Mary G. Oliphant, now Maitland, wife of Alexander Maitland, and Ralph Oliphant, both of whom survive him. Johanna H. N. Nisbet was a daugher of Mrs. Martha Oliphant by her first husband, who married James W. Black, of Richmond, Missouri. She died October 3, A. D. 1860. In 1838, Mr. Oliphant left Scotland for the purpose of making his future home in the United States. In the same year he settled on his farm, seven miles north of Richmond, in Ray county, in the state of Missouri, where he remained until the day of his death. Mr. Oliphant having become a citizen of this country, always took a lively interest in its prosperity. In all the issues peculiar to a new country constantly springing up, he displayed a clear judgment and great thought in forming his conclusions. As a farmer he was active, enterprising and successful. His farm was a model of enterprise. Always ready to encounter the risk of the adoption of modern appliances and methods, he kept pace with the great progress in agricultural pursuits. In the raising ol fruit and culture of the grapes, he displayed great art, and brought to bear a knowledge of botany that only intense observation and study can supply, and in whatever direction he turned his attention in the raising of staple productions, the introduction of improved quality of cereals, the raising of stock or culture of fruit of every character, he was not satisfied to tread the trodden path, but sought from observation and science, and treatises upon the subject that knowledge which would enable him to keep fully up with the greatest advance of science. His dwelling, surrounded by plants and flowers, indigenous and exotic, displayed his culture and taste and rendered his home a bower of beauty which a Shenstone or a Rogers might have envied. Amidst all his busy and active pursuits he still retained his love of the muses. Every department of knowledge received his attention. Mathematics never palled upon his taste, and in their varied applications, he took intense interest. Surveyor of the county in which he resided for a number of years, and subsequently undertaking large contracts of surveying under the government of the United States in the territory of Kansas, he made himself thoroughly master of the most complicated instruments and system of surveying used in surveying large tracts of country. He made a specialty of chemistry, ornithology and pyrotechny. He had a rare and valuable collection of birds of the various species peculiar to the west, and studied with care their habits and peculiarities. A devoted lover of chemistry, he spent a portion of his time in its experiments and applications; and pyrotechny furnished a means for some of its most striking illustrations as well as amusement for his leisure hours. Turning from severer pursuits, music would relax his overstrained faculties, and as the airs adapted to ballads and lyrics familiar to his youth welled from his favorite instrument, he would live over his life again and roam amidst the forests, and hills, and mountains and lakes of his native land. Mr. Oliphant graduated at Edinburgh College. He possessed a mind thoroughly disciplined by the most laborious and intense study. Possessing a fine natural capacity, and aided by every facility for acquiring information, he explored a wide field of science and stored up a vast amount of knowledge. He was gifted with a memory strong, vigorous and grasping, which retained, even in his old age, a tenacity of retention truly wonderful. His conversation was a rich and varied feast. Mr. Oliphant was member of the Episcopalian Church, enjoying full membership until the day of his death. He was distinguished for his social qualities. His society was sought by all. All would leave his social reunions not only feeling they had been pleased and entertained, but instructed. He was a kind friend,, a devoted husband and an affectionate father; and his family mourn him as one whose place can never be filled.

Peyton T. Smith

Peyton T. Smith, a native of Missouri, was born in St. Charles county, May 3, 1820. His parents, James W. and Lucy H., about the year lS'2-i, removed with their infant son, Peyton, to this county, locating about seven miles southwest of Richmond, on what is known as Rollins' Branch. Nearly two years later they again removed to the farm now owned and occupied by the subject of this sketch. Here, in later years, the elder Mr. Smith, assisted by his son, operated a tanner}-, in connection with the farm. Peyton T. Smith was married January 19, 1843, to Miss Lucy H. Bates, a native of Virginia. The marriage ceremony was performed near where they now reside, bv the Rev. Zachariah Quesenberry. This union was blessed by the birth of six children, five of whom still live. The other, born March 3, 1847, died in infancy. The names of the surviving children, with dates of birth, are as follows, viz: Cleopatra 3., born May 19, 1814; James W., born May 7, 1848; Mary S., born April 21, 1850; Nancy F., born May 22, 1852. Although Mr. Smith has met with severe reverses in business, great destruction and loss of property by fire, at different times during life, his well known industry and close attention to business, and his indomitable pluck in battling against adversity, have won for him an enviable position among his neighbors. He owns a highly improved farm of 172 acres. One hundred and sixty acres of it, comprising pasture lands, orchard and tillable fields, are in a high state of cultivation, well watered and stocked. Mr. Smith, despite the obstacles he has been obliged to combat, is to-day a successful business man, and as an evidence of the esteem in which he is held as a financier, he has been successively elected to the responsible position of director in the Ray County Savings Bank.

George Frank

Was born in Clarion county, Pennsylvania, September 26, 1849. His father, John Frank, died there, and his mother subsequently married Phillip Burrell. They removed to Lawrence county, Ohio, afterward to Boyd county, Kentucky, and after vibrating between these two states for some time, they finally found a permanent residence in the latter county and state. The old people yet live there. George Frank left them at the age of seventeen, to go out into the world and fight the battle of life alone. After visiting different sections of Ohio and Virginia, in all of which he lived awhile, at different times, he was married at Carbondale, Ohio, by the mayor of Athens, to Miss Dorothea Hayson, in September, 1872. They became the parents of two children, named respectively Ella and Jennie. Mr. Frank and family immigrated in 1876 to Missouri, settling in Ray county. Two years later he went to Leavenworth, Kansas, returning again here, after an absence of about fifteen months. He has followed the occupation of mining all his life, which accounts for the somewhat nomadic life he has led. He is a member of both the orders of Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias.

Henry Page

Was born in April, 1826, in Howard county, Missouri. In the autumn of 1835 he came to Ray county, where he has ever since made his home. A year later, by the death of his father, he was compelled, at the early age of ten years, to commence to labor for the support of the family. He was thus denied the privileges that even those primitive times afforded for the acquirement of an education. When only twenty years old, he enlisted as a soldier, under General Sterling Price, and did good service in the war against Mexico. After his discharge, allured by the hope of finding a short road to wealth in the gold fields of California, he crossed the plains, in the year 1850, with a train of ox teams. After spending four years of privation and toil in the mining camps of the west, he returned home, bringing a goodly quantity of the precious metal with him. Mr. Page was married November 8, 1859, to Miss Emma Thompson, of Ray county. Six children were born to them, named as follows: Joseph T., Sallie A., Nellie, Margaret S., Henry, and Elizabeth. This gentleman, as the result of his habits of industry and economy, is the owner to-day of fourteen hundred acres of good, rich land. Besides being a successful farmer, he is also extensively engaged in stock-raising, usually feeding all the grain he produces at home. His farm, one of the finest and best in the county, is situated four miles north of Richmond.

Thomas B. Hewlett

The subject of this sketch was born August 16, 1815, in Hanover county, Virginia. He is descended, on the paternal side, from Scotch ancestry; his mother's people were English. When he was but a year old, his parents removed with him to Washington count}', Kentucky, where he grew up to manhood's estate. In the fall of 1836, he emigrated to Palmyra, Missouri, but, after remaining only a year, went back to Kentucky. Again, in 1842, he came to Missouri, and chose Ray county as the place for his future and permanent residence, settling, at first, seven miles north of Richmond, where he continued to reside until 1857, at which time he sold his farm and bought the one where he now lives. Here, he built Hewlett's saw mill, and in 1859, also a grist mill, which he operated, as miller, for eighteen years. In 1878, he sold his mill, and since that time, has devoted his attention altogether to farming. Mr. Hewlett was, in 1880, a successful candidate for judge of the county court of Ray county. This honorable position he has since filled, to the entire satisfaction of the people. Judge Hewlett was married, before he left Kentucky, in April, 1836, to Miss Nancy Flournoy, a native of that state. They had four children, two of whom, John P., born July 3, 1839, and Emily, born April 23, 1817, still survive. Mrs. Hewlett died August 15, 1847, and he married again April 4, 1852. The second Mrs. Hewlett is a native of Missouri. Her maiden name was Miss Rhoda A. Trigg. The fruit of the last union is four children, living: Thomas B., Jr., born January 18, 1853; Pocahontas, born May 5, 1854; Elizabeth, born August 8,1859; Alexander D., born March 30, 1861. Judge Hewlett's father, Terry Hewlett, was a Virginian, born about 1770, and died in 1820. He served valiantly under the American flag in the war of IS 12. The gentleman whose name heads this article is well and widely known, and highly respected and esteemed, as his official position testifies. He owns a fine, fertile farm, comprising three hundred and ten acres of the best land in the county, abundantly stocked and equipped, and is well fixed to end his days in comfort, and at peace with all mankind.

Joseph B. Hines

Joseph B. Hines, a native of Ray county, Missouri, was born September 27, 1828. After finishing his education at the Richmond Academy, he began teaching school in which profession he continued until 1850« He was united in marriage to Miss Jemima E. Hutchinson, of Lafayette county, Missouri, in November, 1847. Two children, Mary I. and John, were born to Mrs. Hines. With them and their mother, Mr. Hines started to California in the height of the gold excitement of 1850. On their toilsome, tedious march across the plains, Mrs. Hines and both the children were seized with that dread disease, cholera, and the husband and father, powerless to aid them, and almost frantic with grief, watched them all die before him. Burying their remains, near Fort Laramie, Mr. Hines pursued his journey westward. He spent three years mining on the Pacific slope. In California, November 25, 1851, he was again married to Eleanor Sharp, by whom he has six children living: John S., William T., Joseph P., Olivia F., Gustavus A., and Viola S. Mr. Hines returned from the west in the spring of 1853, and engaged in farming, where he now resides, a beautiful place, well improved, four miles northwest of Richmond. At the breaking out of the civil war, he enlisted in company B, Major Cummins' regiment, C. S. A., where he served about three months as forage master. At the expiration of that time a reorganization was held at Springfield, and Mr. Hines entered the service, as commissary of the regiment, which position he held until after the battle of Pea Ridge, in March, 1862, when he went to Carrollton, Arkansas, as recruiting officer for General Raines. Here he was given the alternative of imprisonment at Alton, or " protection papers." He chose the latter, and at once returned home. Shortly afterwards, he left again, going to Iowa, where he taught school for about a year. At the close of the term he came back home, and has ever since been a resident of Ray county, engaged in farming and teaching. For the last few years he has devoted a great deal of attention to the nursery business, having now, on his farm, a fine young nursery of ten thousand good trees, of the best varieties. Mr. H. has taught school, at intervals, ever since he was eighteen years old. He has just closed a term with great satisfaction to all the patrons. He is a prominent member of the Masonic order, and also became a member and took an active interest in the inauguration and organization of the order of Patrons of Husbandry. Mr. Hines has, indeed, had a varied and eventful career, and passed through many rough ordeals, but he appears to have come out of them all unscathed, and is to-day successful in business, and highly respected by all who know him.

John V.Johnson

Was born February 14, 1846. He lived in Effington county, Illinois, until he attained his majority. Then seven years in DeWitt county, same state. In 1862 he came to Missouri and found a temporary home in Caldwell county. The same year he enlisted in the Union army for three months. After his return from the army he located in Ray county, Missouri, where he has since lived. He was married February 3d, 1876, to Miss Lydia A. Dey, a native of Ray county. They have two children: Elihu and Lewis. Mr. Johnson's business is mining.

William D. Painter

A native of Todd county, Kentucky. Was born August 21, 1849, and came to Ray county, Missouri, in 1879. Prior to 1872 he was engaged in farming, since then he has given his attention to coal mining. He has been married three times. First, in 1865, February 8, to Amanda James, of Bates county, Missouri. They had one child: Rebecca Ellen. Second, February 3, 1868, to Dialter Nelson, of Clay county, Missouri. Third, July 6, 1871, to Martha E. Sullards, of Andrew county, Missouri. The last Mrs. Painter became the mother of four children, of whom but one, Mary Francis, is living.

W. F. Lancaster

William F. Lancaster was born in Mercer county, Kentucky, in August, 1827, and was educated there. When he left school he was apprenticed for two years to a carpenter in Cincinnati, Ohio. Went with his parents, after finishing his apprenticeship, to Van Buren county, Iowa, and lived there fifteen years, following carpentering for a while, then saw-milling, and afterward farming. He came to Ray county, Missouri, in 1865, having purchased land here the year previous. His farm at that time was in a poor state of cultivation, had only an inferior log house upon it, and no other improvements worthy of mention. By his industry and prudent economy Mr. Lancaster is now surrounded by all the comforts and improvements enjoyed by any of his neighbors, a fine commodious residence, a Targe, roomy and substantial barn, which is an object of admiration to all who see it, and an exxellent orchard, while the entire place has an air of business thrift and enterprise. Mr. Lancaster was not himself engaged in either army during the rebellion, but had three brothers on the Union side. One of these died in prison, another at Memphis, and the third, surviving the war, returned home. Wm. F. Lancaster has been twice married. First, in 1854, to Miss Jane Smith, of Iowa. The issue of this marriage was four children, two of whom, James Rolla and Vesta Iowa, yet live. His second wife was Miss Jennie McDowel, of Ray county. By her he has two children: Charlie C, and Eddie E. Mr. Lancaster did the most of the work with his own hands in the construction of the buildings upon his farm. He is a good carpenter, a practical, successful farmer, an estimable neighbor and a good citizen.

David W. Kell

The gentleman whose name heads this sketch was born in Madison county, Illinois, July 29, 1844. He was educated at Shurtleff College, in the city of Alton. His father was conducting a hardware store there, and when young Kell had finished his collegiate course he found employment in that business. He was afterwards, in the vear 1863, engaged in railroading, and later, found employment on a steamboat. He emigrated to California in 1865, and while there was occupied with farming. He returned home in 1867, and in 1869, visited Ray county, Missouri, and remained during the summer. After his return home he continued the cultivation of his farm. In 1874, he left Illinois, and established his home in Ray county, and here he has ever since resided. Mr. Kell was married to Miss Louise Clarke, of Ray county, Missouri, in the month of December, 1870. She proved a most excellent wife, and devoted mother. Three children were born to them: Edward C, Reuben L. and Ella M., who were early deprived, by death, of their mother's loving care. Mrs. Kell died in October, 1878. She was very popular, and highly esteemed for her amiable character. Her untimely death was deeply mourned by her many friends and relatives. Mr. Kell has a fine farm of two hundred acres, with a handsome and comfortable residence. He is a good citizen, and a reliable, honest, upright man.

S. O. Mason

Samuel O. Mason was born on the 31st day of May, 1835, in Mason county, Kentucky. His parents immigrated to Missouri when he was very young, and settled for a time in Lafavette county. Here he received his education, and, after leaving school, devoted himself to farming. He enlisted from Lafavette county, with General Jo Shelby, and served for some time in the Confederate army. He was discharged at Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He returned to Missouri, and began farming in Ray county. Mr. Mason was married on the 23d day of September, 1856, to Miss Georgia Ann Delanev, a resident of Lexington, Lafayette county, Missouri, but born in Kentuckv. Of this union eight children were born, six of whom, Robert, Ida, Flora, A., Byron, and Georgia, still live. Two, who were younger, died in infancy. Mr. Mason was called upon to suffer the loss of his excellent wife, and the children to mourn the absence of a loving, tender mother's care. Mrs. Mason died August 9, 1878, and the sunshine went out of that once happy home. Mr. Mason has traveled considerably over different states of the Union, but has seen no section of the country he likes better than old Ray. He has a fine large farm, in excellent condition, a handsome residence, and a commodious and conviently arranged barn. He deals extensively in live-stock, and is constantly grazing or feeding stock for market. He is to-day the possessor of a handsome competency, and has the pleasant reflection as he enjoys it, that it is all the result of his own industry.

Robert W. Mason

This gentleman is a Missourian. He was born in Lafayette county, on the 12th day of June, 185T, and was educated there and in Ray county. His parents removed with him to the latter county in 1865, where he has ever since been engaged in his favorite occupation, farming. He was married on the 18th day of November, 1879, to Miss Lillie J. Slusher, daughter of a prominent farmer of Lafayette county, Missouri. R. W. Mason is the eldest son of Mr. Samuel O. Mason, a native of Kentucky. Mr. Mason owns an excellent farm of one hundred and seventy-five acres in Richmond township, in an unsurpassed condition in point of productiveness, a fine, commodious residence, and other improvements and conveniences of modern kind. He is an industrious, progressive, and successful young farmer, and is universally liked for his good-natured hospitality, so freely dispensed to friend or stranger. He counts his friends by the score. With the advantages he now possesses, and his wellestablished habits of industry and economy, Mr. Mason cannot fail of attaining great wealth long before he is an old man.

J. R. Hunt

James R. Hunt was born three miles from the town of Richmond, Ray county, Missouri, on the 29th day of June, 1S29. Richmond, was at that time, a straggling village. His parents were natives of the state of Kentucky, and came to Ray county among the pioneer settlers. In the acquirement of his education he received the advantages of such schools as were accessible to him at that early day. He has always been a farmer, that being his chosen vocation. He did not engage in the civil war. Spent some time in 1865 on the plains of the great west. He was married on the 6th day of June, 1852, to Miss- Anna E. Morris, daughter of Washington Morris, Esq., an old settler and prominent citizen of Ray county. The issue of their union was fourteen children; ten of whom, Sallie, Isabelle, Francis Marion, Edward S., Cordia, George W., Kate,

Emma, Ella and Ollie, are now living. Mr. Hunt's mother, who lives with him, though seventy-three years of age, retains a strong active memory and is in excellect health. This estimable old lady remembers vividly many interesting anecdotes and incidents connected with pioneer life in the count}-. Mr. Hunt owns a valuable farm, well stocked and improved, and is in a highly prosperous condition. He is quite extensively engaged in breeding and handling fine sheep. He is a practical, successful farmer, an obliging neighbor, and a highly respected citizen in his community.

George S. Ewing

A native of Howard county, Missouri, and was born January 19, 1832. His parents removed to Ray county when he was very young, and here, together with some schooling in Kentucky, he received his education. He was occupied with farming until the beginning of the great civil war, when he espoused the cause of the south and ^enlisted for the war under General Sterling Price. He was engaged at the battles of Corinth, Springfield, Iuka, Franklin, New Hope Church, and other lesser engagements. Was discharged at Jackson, Mississippi, in the spring of 1865, and returning to Ray county, Missouri, resumed his farming. Mr. Ewing was married in the month of June, 1852, to Miss Lydia A. Tisdale, of Ray county. They became the parents of five children, living: William W., Robert S., Joseph, Jackson and Thomas. In religion, Mr. Ewing is a Baptist, a consistent and devoted Christian and a good man.

Rev. N. B. Peeler

This gentleman, whose life's history we now have the pleasure of presenting to his many friends and admirers, was born in Howard county, Missouri, on the 21st of April, A. D. 1832. He was educated at Bethany College, West Virginia, graduating in 1858. He was fortunate in receiving instructions, counsel and admonition from that distinguished divine, Alexander Campbell, the founder of the Christian Church. In 1S59, he went to Kentucky and spent eight years there, preaching and teaching school in the counties of Woodford, Fayette and Henry. Returning again to Howard county, Missouri, he continued the work of a minister and teacher for four years. He moved to Richmond, Ray county, in 1871, and organized and taught the public school in that place for one year. From August, 1872, to December, 1873, he was pastor of the Christian Church at Carrollton, Missouri; from that time until 1875 of the church at Richmond, Missouri; preaching, also, at different points in the county. Subsequently he removed to the farm upon which he now lives, and which he conducts in connection with his teaching and ministerial labors. Mr. Peeler was married on the 10th day of November, 1865, to

Miss Mary A. Redd, of Fayette county, Kentucky. From this union seven children have been born to them: Julian, Alfred R., Paul and Spence, twins, David H., Archibald O. and Annie. The Rev. Mr. Peeler's father was born in North Carolina, in 1794; immigrated to Howard county, Missouri, in 1818, and has lived there ever since, and although he has reached the ripe age of eighty-six years, he is remarkably strong and healthy. Mr. Peeler, senior, has been judge of the county court and was at one time a member of the general assembly of the state of Missouri. His occupation is farming. He is a descendant of the Germans who settled in Pennsylvania at an early day, and has always enjoyed the respect and esteem of his fellow men. Rev. Peeler is now pastor of the Hickory Grove Christian Church and also of the congregation at Russellville. He is a popular and successful minister, a good teacher, a prominent citizen, and is greatly beloved by his people. He has done a good work for the denomination he represents in Ray county.

Wm. R. Ballinger is a Kentuckian. He was born in Garrard county, Kentucky, in the year 1816. He obtained his education in the common schools. He was early inspired with a liking for the life of a farmer, and has always pursued that calling. In 1836 he went to Illinois, and for a length of time followed farming and stock-raising in that state. He would, perhaps, still be living there, were it not for the failure of his health. He came to Ray county, Missouri, in the fall of 1871, and lived for three years on a farm, near Richmond. He afterward removed to the place, where he now resides. Mr. Ballinger's parents were Virginians, who removed to Kentucky with the tide of early immigration to that state. Wm. R. Ballinger was married in the spring of 1853, to Miss A. E. Bibb, of Illinois. The issue of this marriage is eight children: Mary L., Paulina, Mattie, Jennie, Henry, Benjamin, Allen, and William. He owns a fine farm of 360 acres, nearly all of which is under cultivation; has a good, substantial dwelling, and other improvements usually found on a well-kept farm. He is extensively engaged in raising fine stock. Mr. Ballinger is a prominent citizen, and universally respected, and held in high regard as a man by his neighbors .

S. C. DAVIS. Was born in Ray county, Missouri, November 26, 1S36. His parents were from the state of Tennessee, and came here with the first settlers of Ray county. They had three sons, two of whom were killed during the civil war. Mr. Davis was educated in the schools of his native county, and after leaving school engaged in the avocation of farming. He was married in the month of February, 1856, to Miss Sophronia A. Schooler, of Ray county. Six children have been born to them, whose names follow : Isabella A., Edward R., Martha A., Benora F., Maggie A., and James F. Mr. Davis has traveled considerably through the great west. Spent some time at the Mormon city of Salt Lake, Utah. He owns a farm of one hundred acres of good, rich land, a comfortable residence, and necessary out buildings for the shelter of stock and grain. He engages largely in the cattle trade, and fattens cattle for market upon his farm. He is a practical business man and highly prosperous. He is a worthy member of the order of Patrons of Husbandry, Crooked River Grange, number 1,005, and a good, substantial citizen of Richmond township.

Frank Remelins

The subject of this sketch is a native of Germany, having been born in Bavaria, one of the German states, in the month of October, 1836. He received his education in the justly celebrated schools of his native land. He was trained to the calling of a furrier and previous to his departure from Europe, was engaged in dressing furs and in other departments of the business. Left Germany in 1853, for America, and landed at New York, remaining there for about four years, working at carpentering. He left New York about the year 1858, and travelled through all the northern, most of the western and southern states, finally settling in Missouri, near the town of Springfield, in Greene county. Here he lived and worked at carpentering, in its different branches, until 1861, when he enlisted in the home guards, under Colonel Phelps. Afterwards, his time having expired in the home guard service, he enlisted in the fourteenth regiment of state militia, commanded by Colonel Richardson. He was at the battle of Springfield, Missouri, and in several other skirmishes. Receiving his discharge at Warrensburg, in the spring of 1865, he came to Lexington, Missouri, and resumed work at his trade, carpentering and millwrighting. He removed to Ray county in 1869, and has since lived here. t Mr. Remelins was married in the year 1858, to Miss Augusta Bube, also a native of Germany. They became the parents of five children: Louis, Ike Eugene, Frank, Emma and Paulina. He owns live hundred and twentv acres of Ray county's best land, well improved and stocked with the best varieties of domestic animals, a handsome, comfortable residence, a good barn and other out buildings, and is a successful, wealthy farmer and a substantial citizen of his adopted county.

S. C. Edgar

This gentleman is a native of Kentucky, born in Hart county, December 12, 1845. His parents moved to Grayson county, Kentucky, when he was but three years of age, and there he received his education, and began the work of a farmer. From Grayson county he removed to Hardin county, in the same state, where he lived until 1869, in September of which year, he removed to Ray county, Missouri. Here he has ever since had his home. During the war between the states, he was in the Union army, under General Johnson, but was not engaged in any important fights. Mr. Edgar was married on the 10th day of January, 1877, to Miss Florence Maberry, a native of Ray county. They have one child, living: Carl C. He owns a fine, productive farm of 120 acres, in a good section of the county, adjacent to schools and churches. Mr. Edgar is a kind, obliging neighbor, and an industrious, practical farmer, and is well thought of by his fellow citizens of Richmond township.

The gentleman whose name heads this article, was born in Shelbyville, Shelby county, Ky., on the 11th of October, 1849. When he was but nine years old his father removed to a farm in Ray county, Missouri, and here our subject was reared and educated, and here he has always pursued the business of farming. Mr. Harbison was married in the year 1874, to Miss Susie Goldbar, of Ray county, Missouri. Two children have been born of this union : Myrtie Alice and Minnie Eliza. Mr. Harbison owns one hundred acres of Ray's best soil, with a good, comfortable residence, and the whole place betokens industry, thrift and enterprise. He is one of the best citizens of Richmond township.

James P. Haynes

J. P. Haynes is a prominent farmer of Richmond township and now (April, 1881,) holds the office of public administrator of Ray county. He was born August 20, 1S16, in Murray county, Tennessee. His parents were natives of North Carolina. When he was yet quite young, his father moved from Murray to Bedford county, Tennessee, but remaining there only for a time, immigrated to Ray county, Missouri, settling in the township in which our subject has ever since lived. Mr. Haynes' education was finished in the schools of Ray county. He was reared upon a farm, and farming has always been his chief occupation, though he taught school for some time in his early manhood. His father died in 1862 at the age of seventy-five; his mother lived until 1880, when she died, at the ripe old age of eighty-nine years. Mr. Haynes is of a quiet, peaceable disposition, and has never taken any part in war-like movements, except for a short time, against the Mormons, in this county. He was married November 1, 1841, to Miss Jane Schooler, a native of Tennessee. They were married in Ray county. The issue of this marriage is six children, living. Their names are as follows: Joseph H., George R., James H., Rosabelle

J., Mary E. M., and John A. Mr. Haynes was elected justice of the peace in 1854, and held that office for eleven years, and as an evidence of the popularity and respect in which he is held by the people of the county, he was, in 1872, elected by a handsome majority, on the democratic ticket, to the responsible office of public administrator. This office he has ever since held to the entire satisfaction of his constituents. He also is, and has been for years, director of the schools of his neighborhood. Mr. Haynes is the owner of three hundred acres of as good land as any in the county, in an excellent state of cultivation, with a good comfortable residence, and other necessary improvements. He is engaged, to a considerable extent, in breeding and raising fine stock; his blooded Cotswold sheep, especially, are the admiration of all. He is a worthy member of Myrtle Lodge No. 338, A. F. & A. M., and also of Crooked River Grange No. 1005, P. of H. In religion, Mr. Haynes is a consistent member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He is one of the most substantial farmers and best citizens of Ray county.

William S. Peters was born in Fauquier county, Virginia, June 7, 1819. In 1821, his parents removed to Kentucky, and lived in that state until the year 1855. From Kentucky the subject of this sketch came to Boone county, Missouri, landing at Rocheport on the Missouri river, March 26, 1855, and after living in that county for a time, moved to Malta Bend, in Saline county, where he purchased a fine farm and was largely engaged in the stock dealing business with J. W. Layne. From Saline county he moved to Carroll county in the year 1877, and two years afterwards to this county, where he has since lived. He owns a good farm, well improved and thoroughly cultivated, but devotes his own attention chiefly to buying and shipping stock, in which business he has had as much experience, perhaps as any man in the county. Mr. Peters was married in Garrard county, Kentucky, January 13, 1840, to Miss Miriam Herring, whose parents were natives of Virginia. Three children were born of this marriage: James H., (now engaged in stock business at St. Louis), Sarah E., (died in June, 1879), Seymour H., (engaged on his father's farm four miles east of Richmond). Mr. Peters is a successful trader and a practical business man, a kind, obliging neighbor, a valuable member of the community and a prominent and highly respected citizen.

A. R. Chenault was born in Iredell county, North Carolina, June 5, 1835, and grew up in his native state. He was educated at Taylorsville College, North Carolina, and at Wm. Jewell College, Liberty, Clay county, Missouri. He taught school for a time in North Carolina, and then (1858) came to Missouri, stopping first in Pettis county, and teaching in Buffalo Academy. He next went to Clay county, Missouri, and was during a number of years principal of a high school at Missouri City, after which he came to this county, and presided for three years over the college at Richmond. He is a ripe scholar, and was a popular and efficient teacher. At the close of his engagement in the college at Richmond, he retired from the profession of teaching, and purchased a fine farm near the R. & L. Junction, which he has since occupied and conducted. This place comprises eight hundred acres of very valuable land. It is handsomely improved and in a fine state of cultivation. Its excellent condition evinces that Mr. Chenault is as successful in farming as teaching. During the civil war he was in the Confederate army, under General Sterling Price, for a short time, but was compelled to leave the army on account of severe sickness, from which he almost lost his life. He participated in the battles of Carthage, Wilson's Creek, and other minor engagements. Mr. Chenault was married in 1866, to Miss Ella Estes, of Ray county. They are the parents of six children: Cora, Lula, Ida, William, Charles, and Bessie. Mr. Chenault is a useful member of the community and a prominent and highly respected citizen of the county.

Thomas J. Ogg

Thomas J. Ogg is a Kentuckian. He was born in Madison county, Kentucky, on the 15th day of June, 1837, where he lived until he was grown, and then came to Ray county, Missouri. He settled on a farm about two miles southeast of Albany and resided there until 1864. He was fortunate enough to escape embroilment in the troubles ot the war and remained quietly at home engaged in the management of his business. In the year 1864 he removed to the farm upon which he now lives, (section 19, township 52, range 28.) Part of this place he owns individually, and about one hundred and sixty acres in partnership with his brother, Wm. A. Ogg. He is also the owner of a good grist and saw-mill. Mr. Ogg was married in the year 1862, to Miss L. E. Cox, of Ray county. The issue of this marriage was two sons, both of whom are now living. About ten years after their marriage, Mrs. Ogg died, and Mr. Ogg was married again, in 1875, to Miss Lucy A. Owen, daughter of Henry E. Owen, Esq., of Ray county. Of this union two children were born, one only, Henry, is now living. Mr. Owen has been a member of the Christian Church for about fifteen years. His first wife was also a member of that church. The present Mrs. Ogg is a member of the Baptist Church. Mr. Ogg is also a member of the Masonic lodge at Richmond. He is a fixture here and intends remaining in Ray 'county the remainder of his life. He has been very successful, both with his farming and milling, and is a very useful and valuable adjunct to the community in which he lives.

Napoleon B. Ogg was born in Madison county, Kentucky, in the year 1840. He received his education and grew up there, working on his father's farm. His father is still living there, and is now quite old. N. B. Ogg came to Ray county, Missouri, in the year 1868, and in the month of January, 1872, was married to Miss Lou Emma Burns, daughter of A. Burns, Esq., formerly a resident of Ray county, now deceased. Four sons have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Ogg, all of whom are now living. Their names in order of birth are as follows: Cyde, Charles B., Montie Lee, and Bertie. On first coming to this county Mr. Ogg engaged in the mercantile business at Ogg's Mill, west of Richmond, and subsequently at the town of Morton. He was four years in this business, and during that time he was constantly occupied in buying and selling cattle and hogs. The business of a stock trader is Mr. Ogg's chief occupation at present, though he also conducts a farm near Richmond. Mrs. Ogg is a worthy member of the M. E. Church South, at Todd's Chapel. Although Mr. Ogg has not been a resident of Ray county for many years, he is well identified with those who are deeply interested in her welfare and most active in the development of her resources and the promotion of public enterprises.

William Wilson

This gentleman was one of the company who sunk the first shaft for coal in Ray county. Wm. Wilson was born in Lawarkshire county, Scotland, in the year 1845. He has always been a miner. In the year 1865, he came to America, and spent a short time, after his arrival in this country, in the state of Pennsylvania, then coming west, he lived for a time in different states, until 1869, when he finally settled in Ray county, Missouri, and received naturalization papers from the circuit court here. Soon after locating in this county, Mr. Wilson began mining for coal, and, as has been stated, inaugurated the business by sinking the first shaft in is what now known as mine number six, on the railroad, one mile south of Richmond. This enterprise was highly successful, and the great coal beds of Ray county were opened to the world. There was a ready market at a good price, for all the coal that Mr. Wilson could get out, and he continued the business until now he is the possessor of a handsome income from mines and real estate. He is the owner of a beautiful place of seventy-three acres, in the western suburbs of Richmond, where he has of late, turned his attention to the raising of the best varieties of poultry. He has a patent incubator with which to hatch his fowls, and is prepared with every modern convenience and device to assist in raising them. If this venture proves a success, as no doubt it will under the management of Mr. Wilson, he intends to increase his facilities and enlarge the business. He now has the finest chickens of the white Brahma, Leghorn and Plymouth Rock varieties, and the Toulouse geese. He is now associated with Mr. Peter Wilson in the mining- business, under the firm name of Wilson & Wilson. They have just sunk a new shaft on our subject's land, near the track of the St. Joseph branch of the Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway. William Wilson was married at Richmond, in the month of March, 1873, to Miss Mary Blair, daughter of Mr. Robert Blair, formerly of that place, now dead. Five children were born of this union, and four of them are living at this time (April 1881). Mr. Wilson is a practical, energetic business man, and has now, by his own enterprise and industry, the property and good name which he now enjoys.

The subject of this sketch is a native of Ray county, Missouri, and was born on the 19th day of September, 1837. He acquired his education in the common schools of this county, and spent the time, until his marriage, working upon his father's farm. A. J. Kincaid was married in the year 1862, to Miss Mary Renfro, daughter of John Renfro, Esq. They became the parents of seven children, all of whom are now living at home with their parents. Mrs. Kincaid and the eldest son are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, at Knoxville. Mr. Kincaid is not a member of any church or secret order. He owns a good farm of 200 acres, in sections thirty-one and thirty-six, township fifty-four, range twenty-eight, and is a very successful farmer. He is also extensively engaged in buying and selling cattle and hogs. His business is very prosperous, and he is highly regarded and respected by all his neighbors.

Was born in Easton, Northampton county, Pennsylvania, on the 25th day of December, 1807. At the age of fifteen years, he was apprenticed to a tobacconist for a term of four years. At the expiration of his apprenticeship, young Larkey obtained employment in a tobacco factory at Pittsburg. From Pittsburg he went to Cincinnati, and worked at his trade in that city for about nine months. Then he moved to Washington county, Kentucky, and worked there at the same business. From Washington county he went to Louisville, and, establishing a cigar factory, entered business for himself. After living in the city of Louisville for about two years, he went to St. Louis, Missouri, and conducted the cigar business there for about three years. In the year 1836, Mr. Larkey came to Ray county, and, settling at the town of Camden, on the river, engaged in the cigar business until 1843, when he removed to a farm he had pur- chased, in the river bottom, five miles above Camden. He had just succeeded in getting comfortably settled, when the great rise in the river, known as the "flood of 1844," came, and his crops and fences were carried away and destroyed. His loss was considerable, and, during the three years succeeding the flood, he rented his farm, and then sold it, and bought a place near Albany, upon which he resided for several years. Afterward he sold this place, also, and bought the one upon which he at present resides, five miles west of Richmond. John Larkey was married in Ray county, Missouri, in the year 1837, to Miss Lydia Stout, daughter of Joseph Stout, Esq. The issue of this marriage was six children, three of each sex, all now living, and all but the youngest son are married. Following are their names, in order of birth, viz: Charles H., September 25, 1838; Maria Louisa, July 7, 1840; Edward, November 20, 1843; Lydia Ann, July 31, 1846; Amanda, January 1, 1848; John, October 20, 1851. Mr. Larkey is an old settler of the county, having been here for forty-five years. He is doing well in business, and is a good citizen of his adopted county.

Richard S. Elliott

Richard S. Elliott was born in the state of Virginia, in 1811. He went from his native state to Tennessee, soon after he was grown. He was married at Murfreesboro, Tennessee, in 1829, to Miss Margaret C. Uselton, of that city. For the space of two years after he was married, Mr. Elliott was engaged in farming, and then he came from Tennessee to Ray county, Missouri, and entered a farm of forty acres. To this place he added by subsequent purchases until his farm now numbers some two hundred and five acres in the home tract (section 16, township 52, range 28). At the time of his death he owned, in all, about seven hundred acres in Ray county. To Mr. and Mrs. Elliott nine children were born, only six of whom are now living. Their names are as follows: Melinda Jane, wife of P. L. Carter; Palestine, wife of J. G. Ashley; Arthur B., Fannie, wife of John C. Burgess ; Garner, and Landon F. All are married but the last named, who lives upon the old homestead, with his mother, and conducts the farm. Richard S. Elliott died on the 24th day of October, 1873. He was highly esteemed by all his neighbors and acquaintances. He was a successful and prosperous farmer, and a leading citizen of his section of the county.

John Gibson

This gentleman is one of the pioneers in the development of the coal mines of Ray county. His father, Robert Gibson, a Scotchman, was a miner in his native country. John Gibson was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, December 24, 1843, and lived there until he was twenty-one years of age. He was engaged in mining there, from his twelfth year. At his majority he immigrated to the new world, landing at the city of New York, after a five weeks' passage in a sail vessel, on the 10th day of January, 1865. He proceeded to Alleghany county, West Virginia, and, after working in the coal mines there for about four months, came on as far west as Lasalle, Illinois, and spent about one year in mining there. He then went to Ohio and worked a year, returning, at its expiration, to the mines of Illinois, at Braidwood. After remaining in Illinois for some time, he came in 1869, to Camden, Ray county, Missouri. Here he formed a partnership with Mr. William Wilson, a countryman of his, whom he had formerly known in Ohio, and together they commenced mining for coal on the lands of Joseph S. Hughes, Esq., about one mile south of Richmond. Before they succeeded in reaching coal Mr. Hughes entered into partnership with them, and the firm was styled J. S. Hughes & Company. This enterprise proved highly successful and remunerative, and a large business has been built up, and numerous rich mines since developed. Mr. Gibson was married at Richmond, Missouri, in the year 1872, to Miss Elizabeth Fortune, daughter of Judge W. D. Fortune, of Ray county. They became the parents of five children, three boys and two girls, all now living. Mr. Gibson resides in the western suburbs of Richmond. He also owns a farm of one hundred and twenty-seven acres, a mile and a half south of that town, where he intends, at some future time, sinking a shaft for coal. He is still interested with Messrs. J. S. Hughes & Co., in several richly yielding mines, and is in a highly prosperous condition. He is an active, enterprising and public spirited man, and his services have been very valuable in the development of the coal interests of Ray county.

Joseph Pickering

Joseph Pickering is a native of England. He was born in Blackwell, Yorkshire, on the 22d day of March, 1831. His father, Richard Pickering was a boiler maker by trade, and soon after the birth of our subject he removed to Shildon, on the Stockton & Darling railroad, and began work in the machine shops of the railroad company. Here Joseph learned the trade of a machinist. His apprenticeship commenced when he was fourteen years of age, and he finished it in four years. He continued working in the city of Shildon until the year 1849, when he came to America. In this country he worked, first, for Tompkins & Son, of Towander, Pennsylvania. He then went to New York and subsequently worked at his trade, in several different cities and states until the month of May, 1870^ when he came to Richmond, Missouri, and purchased one hundred acres of land just outside the western limits of the town. Upon this farm he established his home and has since lived. Reestablished the Richmond foundry in the spring of 1871, and the following June was manufacturing castings, etc. At first he used only horse power but, at the end of four years, put in a fifteen horse power engine, which, of course, serves the purpose much better. His principal business is repairing and in this respect, especially, his enterprise in establishing this foundry, supplied a long felt want. Joseph Pickering was married, soon after coming to America, in Pennsylvania, to Miss Eliza Hartzal. The issue of this union was nine children, seven of whom are yet living and all at home with their parents, but one. Mr. Pickering conducts his farm in connection with the foundry business, both are, prospering well under his management. His eldest son, William, is now associated with him in business under the firm name of Pickering & Son.

Orville H. Searcy

Orville H. Searcy, one of the first school teachers of Ray county, was born in Nashville, Tennessee, February 26, 1800. His father, Colonel Robert Searcy, was an officer of 1812, and figured prominently in the battle of New Orleans. He, also, served with distinction in the war with the Creek Indians in 1818. He was one of the Tennessee regiment with whom the iron hearted "Old Hickory" (Jackson) invaded the Indian country. Our subject attended the schools of Nashville, until he was fifteen years of age, and then entered Princeton College, New Jersey. From this celebrated institution of learning he graduated four years later with honor. Returning to Nashville he remained at home until his marriage which occured soon after his graduation. He was married on the 25th of February, 1821, to Miss Mary Ann Patton, daughter of Thomas Patton, Esq., and sister of Rev. Daniel Patton who became so well known, afterwards, in Ray county. Mr. Searcy removed soon after his marriage to Bedford (now Coffey) county, Tennessee, and engaged in teaching school. This occupation he followed for several years and then began merchandising, with which business he was occupied until he came to Missouri, in 1830. He settled on a farm one mile and a half east of Richmond, Ray county, and lived there for about four years. This farm he then exchanged for one nearer Richmond and removing to it, lived there until his death. Mr. and Mrs. Searcy became the parents of thirteen children; their names in order of birth as follow, viz: Elizabeth Jane, born February 27, 1822; Robert Thomas, born January 11, 1824; Archie Patton, born September 20, 1S25; John Joseph, born July 30, 1827; Elvira Juliet, born May 3, 1830; Susan Dederick, born April 5, 1832; Mary Ann, born December 27, 1833; Martha Ann, born November 16, 1835; Nathaniel Davis, born April 14, 1838; William Patton, born February 14, 1840; Orville Henderson, born February 20, 1842; Lucinda Clay, born June 21, 1846; Sarah

Emeline, born October 27, 1849. Eight of them are still living and, also, married with one exception. Orville H., Jr., is, at present (April, 1881) unmarried. Our subject was elected in 1856, to the office of surveyor of Ray county, and was discharging its duties very efficiently and acceptably at the time of his death. He and Mr. A. C. Redman conducted a high school at Richmond before the founding of Richmond College. Mr. Searcy was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and was an elder in the Richmond congregation from the time it was first organized until his death. He departed this life December 2, 1858, at the age of fifty-eight years, loved and honored by his family and respected by all who knew him.

William Magill

has been a resident of Ray county for almost half a century, having settled here with his father, in the spring of 1832. He was born in Lincoln county, Kentucky, on the 3d of January, 1816. His grandfather on the paternal side came from Virginia to Kentucky at an early day, and raised a family of children, one of whom was the father of our subject. Both his father and grandfather bore the same name as himself, (William). His grandfather on the maternal side, Henry Baughman, was of German descent, though the earliest history we have of him was, that he removed from Greenbrier county, Virginin, to Kentucky, in the year 1785, and settled at Baughman's Fort on Dick's river. On his return to Virginia to bring his mother to Kentucky, he was killed by the Indians. The father of the subject of this article was married in 1803, to Miss Mary Baughman, at the old place settled by Henry Baughman, in Lincoln county, Kentucky. They reared a family of six children, five sons and a daughter whose names follow: Olivia, wife of Archibald Hodges; Henderson, Baughman, Samuel P., Lorenzo H. and William. They had six other children who died in infancy. Mr. Magill, (father of our subject), removed with his family from Kentucky to Missouri, in the spring of 1832, and settled in Ray county upon a farm, in sections seventeen and twenty, township fifty-two, range twenty-eight. Our subject was married on the 12th day of September, 1844, to Miss Matilda Hamilton, daughter of Thomas Hamilton, at one time judge of the Ray county court. The marriage ceremony was performed by Rev. John Walker, of the " Kelly - ite" denomination. Mr. Magill continued to reside with his father, after his marriage, until the death of the latter in 1847. The father, at his death willed the homestead farm to William. The farm consisted at that time of three hundred and twenty acres, and Mr. Magill soon after added eighty acres to it making four hundred acres in all. It now, April, 1881, consists of but two hundred and seventy-four acres, part having been sold. Mrs. Magill died in the year 1855, and Mr. Magill was afterwards mar- ried to Miss Mary C. Haynes, daughter of Jo'seph P. Haynes, Esq., of Ray count}'. The fruit of the first union was six children, named as follows: Baughman, Margaret R., wife of B. F. Baber; Mary Matilda, wife of John L. Harrison; Thomas, William H. and Jc in S. The last named died in infancy, the others are still living. By his second wife he had five children: Sarah E., Lousia C. (died at the age of seven years), Joseph Clay, (died at the age of eighteen), Olivia J., wife of Charles Dale, and Frances E. Mr. Magill and wife are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, as are also four of their children. Three other children are members of the M. E. Church South. Mr. Magill is also a member of the Masonic Lodge No. 57, at Richmond. He has a productive farm, a neat comfortable home, and is a good business man and a useful citizen.

James T. Cummins

The subject of this sketch is a native of the state of Indiana. He was born on the 2d day of November, 1829, in Vigo county, that state. His father, James Cummins, senior, had removed from Kentucky to Indiana at an early day. He was the father of a family of five boys and two girls, of whom our subject was the fourth in order of birth, and the third son. He was reared and lived in Vigo county until the commencement of the civil war, when he enlisted under the stars and stripes, and fought for four years for the perpetuation of the Union. After Lee's surrender he returned home, to Indiana, but, remaining only for a few months, came to Ray county, Missouri. He first settled at Fredericksburg, in the year 1865, and was engaged for two years with Gray & Isley, selling goods. He then went to Elkhorn and clerked for Wm. R. Harlan, until 1871, and then removing to Richmond, sold goods for Mr. Hubbell, for another year. He was married in 1872 to Mrs. Rhoda A. Lamar, widow of James D. Lamar, and daughter of William Proffitt. Two children were born as the issue of this union, both girls. Mrs. Cummins has one son by her former marriage. Mr. Cummins belongs to the farmers' organization of " United Taxpayers. " Soon after his marriage Mr. Cummins began farming, and he has, ever since been engaged in that calling. He is a practical farmer and takes great interest in every thing pertaining to agriculture. He is a worthy and prominent citizen of his community, and is much esteemed and respected by his neighbors.

Houston A. Evans

Was born in Jefferson county, East Tennessee, on the 29th day of October, 1842. When he was nine years of age, his parents removed to Crittenden county, Kentucky, but, remaining there only about a year, came to Ray county, Missouri, and located at the town of Camden. Our subject has lived in this county ever since, except during the time he was with the Union army during the civil war. Houston A. Evans was married, November 26, 1865, in Ray county, to Miss Lucinda Cook. She was born near C ilumbia, Tennessee. The result of this union was seven children: Ira, horn September 14, 1866; Elmer, born September 28, 1867; Claude, born June 6, 1869; Houston, born January 3, 1871; Estel, born February 12, 1873; Genevieve, born in 1875; died June 12, 1877; Ursaline, born in 1878. Mr. Evans enlisted in company B, 44th regiment, Missouri infantry. He was taken prisoner at the battle of Franklin, Tennessee, and confined for five months in the Confederate prison at Andersonville. He received his discharge from the army in June, 1865. He returned to Ray county, and has engaged in farming here ever since. He has filled the office of justice of the peace at Camden for two years. Mr. Evans is a member of the M. E. Church, and also of the Masonic order, and a Good Templar. He possesses about five acres of real estate in the town of Camden. He is a successful business man and a worthy and valuable citizen of his adopted country.

Alfred A. Brown

The subject of this sketch was born in Harrison county, Indiana, on the 10th of May, 1831. When he was 'about four or five years of age his parents removed to Crawford county, Indiana, where he resided until the year 1856, when he went to Scotland county, Missouri, and remained there about fifteen months, and then came to Camden, in Ray county, Missouri. Mr. Brown was married on the 21st day of October, 1861, to Miss Amanda M. Canada, a native of the state of Virginia. They became the parents of two children: Susan C, born in the month of July, 1862, and William A., born in July, 1872. He enlisted in the month of "September, 1862, in company D, 35th Missouri infantry, and was accidentally shot and wounded in the right arm, by the guard firing upon him, by mistake, at the battle of Helena, Arkansas. In the army he discharged the duties of a non-commissioned officer, and was discharged at the close of the war, in July, 1865, at St. Louis, Missouri. He learned the trade of a cooper early in life, in Indiana, and worked at that business some four or five years, and then clerked for a time in a store. He has been engaged in mercantile business almost all the time since his majority, but has only been in business at Camden for little more than one year. He is a consistent member of the M. E. Church South. He is a successful merchant, and a valuable citizen of the town of Camden, in Ray county.

Benjamin F. Canada

Was born in Campbell county, Virginia, on the 21st day of June, 1838. At the age of two years he was brought by his parents to Boone county, Missouri, and soon after they again removed, to Daviess county, Missouri, and after living there two years, came to Camden, Ray county, Missouri, in the year 1844, and here our subject has ever since resided. He is now merchandizing in the town of Camden, and has been in that business there for about a year. Mr. Canada was married on the 23d day of December, 1867, to Miss Mary A. Endsley, a native of Ray county, Missouri. The issue of this marriage was three children: Cora L., born February 25, 1866; Allie M., born in 1871, and Katie, born in 1878 Mr. Canada has, at different times in life, held official positions, both in his town and township, and is, at present (April, 1881,) mayor of the city of Camden. He is a prominent and influential citizen, and is a highly respected member of the community in which he lives.

William G. King

This gentleman was born in Ray county, Missouri, January 28, 1837, and has lived here all his life. He grew up on a farm three miles west of the town of Richmond, and has lived upon the place he now owns for more than twenty years. He was married on the 3d day of August, 1862, to Miss Lliza Cox, of Lafayette county, Missouri, Rev. Dr. Lane, of that county, officiating at the marriage. Mr. and Mrs. King became the parents of one child, Leila, born in June, 1864. Mr. King was in the militia service (Union) in this state during the war of the rebellion. He owns a good farm of one hundred and sixty acres in section fifteen, township fifty-one, range twenty-eight. This place is in an excellent state of cultivation, and also comprises some very fine grass lands. Mr. King has been a farmer for the greater part of his life, and takes deep interest in everything pertaining to the business. In the spring of 1881 he removed with his family to Camden and intends making that his home in the future. In addition to his farming interests he deals in live stock, and is agent at Camden for the Kansas City Packet Company's line of steamboats. He is a successful business man, a worthy, reliable agent, and a good citizen.

Thomas Magill

Is a native of the county of Rav, and has resided here all his life. He was reared on his father's farm, and in his youth alternated between going to the neighborhood school in the winter and working on the farm in summer. Thomas Magill was born on the 19th day of September, 1849, in Ray county, Missouri. He has been a life long farmer. His estate consists of some two hundred and sixty acres of land, all under good fence, but about fifty acres of woodland. His place is situated but two and one-half miles from the city of Richmond, and is very convenient to both school and church. Mr. Magill was married September 1, 1874, to Miss E. P. Turner, a native of Sumner county, Tennessee. They have two children, Belle and Bessie. Our subject is a worthy member of the Cumberland and his wife of the O. S. Presbyterian Church.

Christopher G. Gaston

Christopher G. Gaston was born in Greene county, Indiana, on the 9th day of June, 1841. The family is believed to have been of French origin, and banished from their native country to Ireland, whence they came to the United States, and settled in South Carolina. The father of our subject, Samuel Gaston, removed from South Carolina to Indiana, and in 1844, came from that state to Missouri and settled in Johnson county. He afterward removed to Lafayette county, and was killed near Greenton in 1862, by the famous guerrilla, Anderson. The maiden name of Mr. Gaston's mother was Jane H. Vankook, a native of Kentucky. In the pursuit of an education our subject not only received the benefits of the schools of the neighborhood, but also the advantages of instruction from an older brother. Mr. Gaston was living in Lafayette county when the civil war commenced, and he joined the enrolled militia of that county in 1862. Two years afterward he was appointed by Col. Sweitzer enrolling captain for the county of Lafayette. After serving in this capacity for three months he resigned. Mr. Gaston was married in the year 1864, to Miss Nancy Ann Hutchison, daughter of James Hutchison, Esq., of Lafayette county, Eight children have been born of this union, five of whom, one girl and four boys, still live. In 1868 Mr. Gaston came to Ray county and engaged in farming, a short distance east of Camden, for about three years. Then he removed to Camden and entered the drug business. He received the appointment as postmaster of Camden, in 1871, and has held the office ever since. He was elected justice of the peace for Camden township in 1869, serving in that capacity for four years. Mr. Gaston is a member of the Masonic Lodge, No. 57, at Richmond. He is an efficient, careful and accommodating postmaster, a successful business man, and is popular with all.

Dr. Henry Edward Hamil was born in Gadsden county, Florida, on the 18th day of January, 1840. His father, Henry Hamil, Esq., was a native of Ireland, and had emigrated to the United States in 1838, and engaged, extensively, in raising cotton and other products of the state of Florida, upon his large plantation there. The family went back to Armagh count)*, Ireland, in the year 1853, and the son, Henry, entered the celebrated University of Dublin, to complete the course in medicine and chemistry. After spending four years in close application to his studies, he graduated from that institution in 1860, with the degree of Bachelor of Medicine. Immediately after his graduation, he received, from the Queen, the appointment as assistant surgeon in the Eighteenth Royal Irish regiment, which was soon after transferred to the East Indies. After spending ten months in Burmah, his regiment went to Bengal, and there he resigned his position and returned to England. In 1862 he came to the United States. Finding, when he reached New York, that an Irish regiment was forming for the defense of the Union, he joined it and served under the stars and stripes of his adopted country, until the close of the war. In 1865 he returned to New York, and resumed the practice of his profession there. He has made one visit to Europe since he came to America. He came to Camden, Ray county, Missouri, in 1867, and has practiced his profession in Camden and vicinity since that time. He now (April, 1881) conducts a drug store in connection with his practice. Dr. Hamil was married in 1879, at Camden, to Miss Mary Richardson, daughter of Asa Richardson, Esq., formerly of that town, now deceased. Two sons, Edward and Henry, both now living, have been born to Dr. and Mrs. Hamil. Dr. Hamil has traveled as far and seen as much of the world as any other man, perhaps, in the county. He is a gentleman of thorough and finished education, and an able, experienced and successful physician. He is profoundly in sympathy with his oppressed and suffering countrymen in " Erin's green isle." Though born in America, he was, for the most part, reared and educated in Ireland, and spent the best part of his youth there, and his heart still clings in fond remembrance to " Erin mavourneen, Erin, go bragh."

Robert A. Prichard

The subject of this sketch is one of the leading business men of the town of Camden. He was born in Ray county, Missouri, near the city of Richmond, June 24, 1853. His father, William W. Prichard, was a farmer and he was reared to the same vocation. After finishing the course taught in the public schools, he spent several years at the Richmond College, and there finished his education. After leaving school he remained for about a year on the farm with his father, and then engaged as clerk, for a period, in the drug store of Dr. Taylor, at Richmond. He has, at various times since, been clerk in different business houses in that place. While with Drs. Taylor and Jacobs, he acquired a knowledge of the drug business, and, in 1873, opened at Camden, a drug store on his own account. He has made the business so successful as to require the aid of a clerk. Mr. Prichard was married in 1874, to Miss Alice V. Jones, daughter of Mr. Ammon Jones, now deceased. Mr. Prichard

Asa Brockman

Asa Brockman is an old settler of Ray county, and was born in Clark county, Kentucky, in the month of April, 1826. While he was yet an infant, his father, Mr. Joseph E. Brockman, immigrated to Missouri, and after stopping about a year in Howard county, settled in Ray (section 22, township 51, range 28), and here has been the home of our subject ever since. Asa Brockman received his education in the district schools of this county, and remained at home working upon his father's farm until he was twenty-two years of age, and then, fired by the excitement of the discovery of gold, he, in 1849, went to California. He made the trip overland with an ox team. He engaged in mining in California, and remained there about eighteen months, returning at the expiration of that time, to Ray county, by way of the Isthmus of Panama and New Orleans. On his return home he took charge of his father's place, and has since conducted and managed the farm. Mr. Brockman was married in the autumn of 1852, to Miss Sarah F. Hudgens, daughter of B. A. Hudgens, Esq., of Ray county. Ten children have been born as the result of this union; eight are now living: Joseph E., John C, H. M., Nancy Jane, wife of J. Rosell; Lou Isabel, wife of Joseph Brown; James A., Sarah A. and Asa B. Mr. Brockman lives on the old homestead of his father, a fine tract of 280 acres of valuable upland. He pays most attention to grain growing. Both himself and wife are members of the Christian Church, at South Point, near Albany.

James M. Suits

James M. Suits was born in Guilford county, North Carolina, on the 1st day of May, 1845. Here he received his education, and lived until the year 1861, when he went to Richmond, Virginia, and engaged in coal and lead mining. Two years later he left the mines and enlisted in the Confederate army, under Major Bridgeford, who commanded the first Virginia battalion of infantry, known as the "Irish battalion." They had been United States regular troops before the war. After the close of the war Mr. Suits returned to the coal mines of Virginia, and remained about three years, and then leaving there, he worked, successively, for short periods, in West Virginia, Ohio, and Kansas. On the 14th day of November, 1870, he came to Camden, Ray county, Missouri, and again resumed work at the coal business. He engaged with J. C. McGrew, and has been chief operator and manager for him ever since coming to Camden. James M. Suits was married in 1863, to Miss Eliza M. Chandler, of Blackburg, Virginia. Eight children have been born of this marriage, of whom six survive at this time: James Anderson, Minnie Lee, William, Francis, Earle, and Frederick. Mr. Suits is a member of Masonic Lodge, No. 444, at Albany. He is a member of the town council of Camden, and an influential and valuable citizen.

Andrew J. Jackson

This gentleman was born near the town of Camden, in Ray county, Missouri, and was educated in the schools there. He began the business of merchandising at the age of fifteen years, in his father's store. In 1875 he clerked for Messrs. Dorton & Pigg, at the neighboring town of Orrick. In the year 1876 he went to Texas and engaged for a time with a firm who were in the clothing business, at the town of Sherman. Subsequently he clerked in a grocery house in the same place. At the expiration of his engagement at Sherman, he returned to Camden, Ray county, Missouri, and entered, with his brother, a general merchandise business at that place. In 1878 he bought out the interest of his brother, Mr. Walter A. Jackson, in this store, and conducted it on his own account for about a year longer, when he formed a partnership with his father, and this firm, styled C. R. Jackson & Son, still continues to control a good local trade at Camden. Mr. Jackson is a rising young merchant, and, with his practical experience and long training, coupled with his sound judgment and business acumen, cannot fail of future abundant success.

Willis Merideth

Willis Merideth is a native of Kentucky. He was born on the 10th day of March, 1844, in Edmondson county, that state. His father, Lewis Merideth, removed in 1857 from Kentucky to Missouri, and settled at Napoleon, in Lafayette county. Six years later, in 1863, he came to Ray county, and located about three miles above the town of Camden. Our subject received his education in the common schools in Kentucky, partly, finishing the course in Lafayette county after the removal of the family to Missouri. Mr. Merideth was married at Camden on the 17th day of March, 1865, to Miss S. Thomas, daughter of James M. Thomas, Esq., of Camden. Five children, three girls and two boys, have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Merideth, three only of whom are now living: James Lewis, Allie, and Emma, aged respectively fourteen, twelve, and two years. Mr. Merideth is a prosperous and popular merchant, and a good citizen of the town of Camden.

James R. Akers

Was born in Ray county, Missouri, on the 24th day of December, 1829. His father, Joseph E. Akers, was a farmer, and owned and conducted a farm three and a half miles west of Camden. Upon this place James was born and reared. He was educated in the district schools of the neighborhood. His father died while he was yet a boy, and as soon as he was old enough to manage the farm, the care of the family devolved, in a large measure, upon him. He remained with his mother on the old homestead until he was twenty-two years old, and then, in 1852, went to California. There he was engaged as a teamster, at ninety dollars per month, for about a year, and then he began mining, until December, 1854, when he returned to Ray county, Missouri, and resumed the occupation of farming until 1866, and then began keeping store at Camden, and has ever since continued that business there. Mr. Akers was married on the 9th day of December, 1857, to Miss Melinda M. Cooper, daughter of Mr. Loyd Cooper, a prominent resident of Ray county, but now deceased. The issue of this union was five sons and three daughters: John T., born October 7, 1858; George R., born February 28, 1860; Walter, born January 13, 1862; Melissa, born February 7,1865; Albert, born December 25, 1866; Rebecca E., born November 18, 1868; Mary E., born November 14, 1870; William, born November 19, 1873. Albert died September 2, 1867, and Rebecca on the 24th of February, 1870. The others are still living, and all of them at home with their parents. Mr. Akers is a member of Ada Lodge No. 444, A. F. & A. M., at Albany. Himself and son, John T., are conducting a prosperous grocery business at the town of Camden.

George W. Thomas

The subject of this article was born in Greenup county, Kentuckv, on the 8th. day of April, 1845. His father, Mr. J. M. Thomas, removed to Missouri in 1857, and settled at Camden in Ray county. Here he grew up and received his education. He was married, in the year 1869, to Miss Alice V. Galle, daughter of Mr. Peter Galle, of Ray county. They became the parents of three children: Alfred Edgar, Murtie Belle, Lieu Ella and Jesse D. Lieu Ella and an infant are dead, the others still survive. Mr. Thomas began the business of coal mining in the year 1869, and has ever since pursued that calling. During the late war he was a Union soldier, and participated in a number of the leading battles. Mr. Thomas has a comfortable home in Camden, and is doing well in business.

Captain John Sacry

John Sacry was born in Lafayette county, Kentucky, December 15, 1825, and lived there until his sixteenth year, when he went, with his father, George Sacry, Esq., to Garrard county, Kentucky. After several other subsequent removals to different parts of the state of Kentucky, he came, in 1854, to Ray county, Missouri, and located at Camden. He has made his home in Ray county ever since. The fall after his coming to Camden, he took charge of his uncle's, Mr. James W. Sacry's, farm, and conducted that for a time. Before leaving Kentucky he learned the carpenter's trade, and in 1856, he resumed work at his trade, and con tinued it for several years. Since that time he has been variously occupied in handling tobacco and live stock, and in farming. In the year 1846, Mr. Sacry, then in his twenty-first year, enlisted in the second regiment of Kentucky Infantry, for the war with Mexico. This regiment was commanded by Colonel Wm. R. McKee, and Lieutenant Colonel Henry Clay, junior. William T. Willis was captain of the company in which our subject was enrolled. All of these officers were killed at the battle of Buena Vista. Mr. Sacry was discharged, on account of physical disability, near Berita, and he at once returned to Kentucky. He also, served during the civil war, in the Union army with the rank of captain. Captain Sacry was married, on the 19th of December, 1856, to Miss Sarah E. Ballew, daughter of Joseph Ballew, who is now deceased. Five children have been born of this union, four of whom (two of each sex) are living at the present time: George Edwin, Mattie C, John A., and Pearl. Captain and Mrs. Sacry are both members of the Missionary Baptist Church. He is, also, a member of the order of I. O. O. F. Captain Sacry has been a resident of Camden for twenty-five years.

Thomas M. Cooper

Thomas M. Cooper was born in Jefferson county, Tennessee, on the 2d day of July, 1822. His parental ancestry were of Irish origin, his grandfather, Isaac Cooper, having immigrated from Ireland to North Carolina, at a very early day. His mother's people were of Welsh descent. The father of oursubject, Mr. Lloyd Cooper, removed from North Carolina to Tennessee in his early manhood, and there married and raised a family. Thomas M. Cooper was educated in his native state, and lived there until his twenty-fourth year, and then, in 1846, he came to Missouri and settled in Ray county with a Mr. Bird Smith, for whom he managed a farm during his first year in the county. The next year he was engaged with Captain John Richardson, as overseer of his slaves and farm. The following year he took charge of a large number of negroes belonging to Mr. William Moore, who owned and cultivated a large plantation in the river bottom, between Lexington and Richmond. He remained in the employ of Mr. Moore for seven years, and then began farming on his own account, and continued in that business for the space of three years. He then moved to Camden, and in company with his cousin, Mr. Seth H. Moore, he erected a large warehouse, and began a general shipping and commission business. This was before the time of railroads, and Camden was at the zenith of her prosperitv. In 1866, he started three other enterprises in connection with his commission business, a dry goods store, pork packing and handling tobacco. He substituted the business of dealing in live stock, in the year 1873, for pork packing, and purchased a farm of one hundred and fifty-six acres two miles east of Camden, which he has conducted in connection with his other business ever since. Mr. Cooper was first married in the year 1856, to Miss Ellen Campbell, of Lexington. She only lived about a year after her marriage, and he was again married in 1858, to Miss Elizabeth Willis, daughter of Wm. Willis, Esq., of Lexington. Six children have been born to them, but only three, Mary B., Thomas L. and Elizabeth P., now survive. Mr. Cooper has been a member of the M. E. Church South, since 1876. Mrs. Cooper belongs to the Missionary Baptist denomination. He is also a member of the order of A. F. & A. M.

This young gentleman is one of the principal coal operators of Camden. He was born in Carrollton, Illinois, on the 14th day of June, 1852. His father, Franklin McEnroe, was accidentally killed when James was but three years old, and our subject received his early training and counsel from his mother. He was educated in the schools of Carrollton, and remained at home with his mother until he was twenty years of age, when he was engaged by the Chicago & Alton railroad company, as baggagemaster at Carrollton. While in this position he learned the art of telegraphy, and in 1870 was placed in charge of the station at Summit, on the C. & A. railway, and remained in charge of the duties there until 1872. He was then night operator of telegraph, for a short time, for the St. Louis, Kansas City & Northern railway, at Centralia, Missouri. He was subsequently agent at Wentzville for four years; at High Hill, in a similar capacity, for a time, and finished his career in railroad business with a three and a half years' term of service at the Camden (Ray county,) station. Mr. McEnroe was married at Camden, in the month of June, 1879, to Miss Ida Craven, daughter of John N. Craven, of that place. About a year after his marriage, Mr. McEnroe opened a very rich coal mine, which had been unsuccessfully worked by a party some fifteen years previous, upon the land of his father-in-law, Mr. Craven. His mining operations have been very successful, and he has built up an extensive and lucrative business in coal. Only one child was born to Mr. and Mrs. McEnroe. It died in infancy, and its mother surviving it but a short time, died also, in the beginning of the present year (1881). Mr. McEnroe is a member of Cyrus Royal Arch Chapter No. 36, A. F. & A. M., at Richmond. Though young in years, he has already acquired, by his own unaided efforts, an enviable reputation and position among the enterprising and successful business men of Camden.

Joseph Miller

Was born in Clay county, Missouri, January 19, 1843. His father removed the year alter the birth of Joseph, with his family to Camden, Ray county, Missouri. His father was a cooper, and from him our subject learned that trade. JosephlMiller worked at the cooper's trade until 1878, when he began coal mining. During the late civil war he was a soldier in the Union army. He was married, in 1876, to Miss Laura E. Armstrong, daughter of Mr. Wesley Armstrong, of Moniteau county, Missouri. They became the parents of five children, two boys and three girls. Only three are now living: Mary A., Edith A. and William H. Mr. Miller has a neat, comfortable home, in Camden, and is, at present (April, 1881), engaged as weigh-master of mine No. 5, owned by J. C. McGrew, of Lexington.

Captain Andrew Elliott

Andrew Elliott was born in Ray county, Missouri, near where he now lives, on the 8th day of September, 1822. He received his educational training in Ray county, and has always lived here. The familv, from whom our subject is descended, was of Irish origin, his great grandfather having been a native of Ireland. Captain Elliott has been a farmer and stock raiser ever since he began business for himself. He enlisted in the service of the Union, and commanded company A, 3d regiment, Missouri state militia, in the civil war. John Elliott, father of the ^subject of this article, was collector of revenue for Ray county, for the year 1827. Capt. Elliott was married in the autumn of 1868, to Miss Martha Ann Ballew, daughter of Mr. Joseph Ballew, now deceased. One child, Catharine Susie, is the issue of this marriage. Captain Elliott sold his own farm, consisting of 160 acres, and his interest in his father's 500 acre estate, to his brother in 1880, and intends retiring from active business cares during the remainder of his life.

Rev. William T. Brown

William T. Brown is a native of Ray county, Missouri, and was born on a farm owned by his father, Thomas A. Brown, situated about four miles northwest of the town of Camden. The date of his birth was October 7, 1847. He received his education in the schools of his native county, and has all his life made his home here. In the month af January, 1865, at the age of eighteen years, he left home to avoid troubles growing out of the war, and went to Nebraska, and the summer following, to Colorado. He spent about nine months in the west, and then returned to his home in Ray county. Mr. Brown was married on the 6th day of December, 1866, to Miss Sarah E. White, daughter of Wm.

- A. White, Esq., of Ray county. Soon after he bought a farm (section six, township fifty-one, range twenty-eight,) and began the work of farming. About the age of twenty-two years, Mr. Brown began preaching, and in 18T0, was ordained as a minister of the regular Baptist Church. He has preached, very successfully, in many of the counties of western Missouri, and also, in several other states. Mr. and Mrs. Brown became the parents of seven children, six now living, named as follows, viz.: Charlie Alvin, Melinda Ellis, Mary Frances, Lucy Jane, Jesse Dudley, and an infant daughter. Anna Eliza, the second in order of birth, died when six months old. Mr. Brown was elected, in November, 1880, on the democratic ticket, by a handsome majority of eleven hundred votes, to represent Ray county in the thirty-first general assembly. He now (April, 1881,) has pastoral charge of four churches: New Hope, Crooked River, Fishing River and Mt. Zion, the latter is in Clay county. He is a popular, successful minister, and a prominent and influential citizen.

Adriel King

The subject of this sketch was a Kentuckian. He was born in Garrard county, Kentucky, on the 21st of May, 1801. He grew up and was married there. Miss Jane Graves became his wife on the 21st day of September, 1824. A few years after his marriage he removed to Missouri, and, after stopping a short time in Boone county, settled in Ray county, three miles southwest of Richmond (sections 11 and 12, township 51, range 28). To the extent of land first entered, he afterwards added by purchase, until at the time of his death, he owned 320 acres of land there, besides other tracts in other parts of the county. Mr. and Mrs. King became the parents of eleven children, six of whom are now living: Lydia Ann, wife of Thomas Bryant, of Chillicothe; Angeline, wife of Frank Davis, of Daviess county; Mary, wife of George Williams, of Ray county; Brunette, wife of Peter Ford; William G. and Henry C. Margaret and Martha both died in infancy; Emma, wife of A. B. Elliott; Matilda, wife of Henry Jacobs, and Elizabeth, wife of Whit. Lyle, are all dead. Mr. Henry C. King, at present the representative of the family on the old homestead, has 240 acres of land, including the residence. He was married in the month of March, 1868, to Miss Jane Thompson, daughter of Mr. Joseph Thompson, of Ray county. The issue of this union was four children, two of each sex. Mr. Adriel King died on the 12th day of July, 1869. He was widely and prominently known and greatly respected.