Saline County, Missouri - Biographical sketches, 1910 (part 4 of 17)

Mr. and Mrs. Claybourn Hill were the parents of five children, namely : Mrs. Mary C. Norvell, born in Virginia, January 5, 1835, and now living in Cambridge township. Saline county, Missouri; James B., born November 19, 1836. died in California; Charles B., born December 13, 1838, is living in Grand Junction, Colorado; Mrs. Nancy M. Moss, born in 1841, is living at Reading, California; Claybourn W., born in 1847, is a druggist at Lone Jack, Missouri. The father of these children died on March 27, 1880, and their mother passed away in December, 1849, when the children were young. Mary C, the oldest daughter, married, on August 2, 1854, Littleton Rhoades. who was born in this county in April, 1829. He was the son of George and Ann (Hawkins) Rhoades, both natives of Virginia, the father having been bom in Orange county in 1803. They moved to Howard county, Missouri, about 1826, moving to Saline county soon afterward, locating in Cambridge township, in the Good Hope settlement where Mr. Rhoades entered land, finally becoming prosperous, owning several hundred acres of land, also a large farm in Atchison countv. Mr. Rhoades was a Democrat and he held the office of justice of the peace for a number of years, and, having shown that he was weh versed in the law and possessed ah the qualifications for a successful public sen^ant, he was elected judge of the county court of Saline county for a period of two terms. He was one of the leading- citizens of the county in every respect. He owned eig'hteen or twenty slaves who cultivated his extensive acres of tobacco and hemp. Mr. Rhoades was a deacon in the Baptist church for a number of years, in fact, a pillar of the local church for many years, having been a member of the church from early youth. Mrs. Rhoades died about 1837, leaving four children, one having died in infancy, another in childhood. Of the four who grew to maturity, three were married; they were: Littleton, Mrs. Sallie Ford, and Richard M., the last named living in Atchison county, Missouri, he being the only one of the children living at this w'riting (1909). George Rhoades was twice married, the second time in 1838 to Jane Hall, who \vas born in Indiana in 1814, and to this union nine children were born, eight of whom are living at this writing, namely : Dr. Marcus M., born in 1839, living at Graham, Missouri; George R., bora December 3, 1843, ^^'^'^s in Cambridge township. Saline county; Mrs. Henrietta Gilliam hves at Slater, Missouri ; John T. lives in Montana ; Mrs. Mary C. Mead lives in Slater, Missouri ; William R. also lives in that town engaged in the drug business ; Ethelbert L. is living in Miami township, Saline county ; Mrs. H. J. Ely, of Slater, Missouri. The death of George Rhoades occurred in Cambridge township and that of his wife on the old homestead in 1890.

Littleton and Mary C. (Hill) Rhoades, wdio married August 2. 1854, soon afterwards moved to Atchison county, Missouri, locating on a farm there where they remained until Mr. Rhoades died, December 8, 1857. They were the parents of three children, namely; John R., born in Atchison county, in July, 1855 ' Eugene was born December 2. 1856, and is residing in Atchison county, where he has served as judge of the county court for two years ; Mrs. Mary L. Maupin, who was born on February 21, 1858, also lives in that county.

Mrs. Rhoades remained in Atchison county, Missouri, after her husband's death, until in June, 1858, when she returned to her father's home in Saline county, Missouri, where she remained until 1872. She married a second time, her last husband being Daniel S. Norvell, who was born in Buckingham county, Virginia, February 6, 1813. He came to Saline county, Missouri, about 1838, locating- in Cambridge township where he entered land, having owned about three hundred acres at the time of his death. Previous to the Civil war he was a slave owner. He belonged to the Baptist church. He was a widower when he married Mrs. Rhoades, his first wife having died in

September. 1871 ; they were the parents of ten children, four of whom are hving- at this writing. Mr. Norvell and his second wife made tlieir home on his farm until his death, June i, 1891. No children were born to them.

Mrs. Norvell, who received a widow's dower in the estate of her last husband, lives on the farm, occupying the old homestead, at present owning fifty-seven acres. She is a member of the Baptist church, and, although well past the meridian of life, she is active and, with the assistance of her grandson, T. Forest Rhoades, conducts the affairs of her farm. She is a kindhearted. Christian lady and one always feels better after meeting and conversing with her. She is very fond of her children and takes a great interest in their welfare. Her second child, Eugene Rhoades, is a progressive farmer in Atchison county, married and has four children, all boys. Mrs. NorvelTs youngest child, Mrs. Mary L. Maupin, also of Atchison county, is the mother of eleven children, all living.

John R. Rhoades

A well known farmer of Cambridge township. Saline county, is John R. Rhoades, who was born in Atchison county, Missouri, July 10, 1855. He is the son of Littleton and Mary C. (Hill) Rhoades, each representing a long line of sterling ancestors. John R. Rhoades received his education in the public schools of Cambridge township, Saline county, whither he came with his parents when a boy. He grew up on the home farm where he began working in the fields when yet a small lad, and he remained on the farm with his mother until his marriage, on May 11, 1879. Soon afterwards he bought a farm on Fish creek, in Clay township, and lived there for eight months, when he moved back to Cambridge township, renting land here for a short time. In the fall of 1 88 1 he bought seventy-nine acres in section 19, township 52, range 19, Cambridge township, where he lives at this writing (1909). He carries on general farming very successfully and has a comfortable dwelling and good outbuildings; he keeps some good stock, but does not deal extensively in any line of livestock.

Mr. Rhoades w^as first married on May 11, 1879, to Kate M. Freet, who was born in Cambridge township, Saline county, February 16, 1859, the daughter of Samuel and Maria Freet, natives of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Rhoades was called to her rest on March 29, 1890, after becoming the mother of five children, the youngest of whom, Willie J., died on August 30. 1890, aged seven months. Those living are, T. Forest, born February 8, 1882, who resides with his grandniother. Mrs. M. C. Norvell ; Eugene A. was born Octoljer 7, 1883, and is hving in Sacramento, California; he married Dona R. Hall, l)y whom one child. Atlee Eugene, Jr., was born June 14, 1909; Maggie M. is the wife of Clarence Marshall, of Cambridge township, this county, and her birth occurred on August 13, 1886; one child, John, was born to them August 26, 1906; Minnie K., born March 9, 1888, is the wife of Reid Jeter. The oldest of Mr. Rhoades' children, Samuel L., was born April 26, 1880, and died April 28, 1889.

John R. Rhoades was married a second time, his last wife being Susan A. McCormick, whom he espoused on October i, 1891. She was born on October 10, 1866, and is the daughter of Erskine E. and Luticia A. (Hawkins) McCormick, of Cambridge township. Saline county. This second union has resulted in the birth of three children, namely: Mary L., born April 7, 1896; Mitchell B.. born April 23, 1899, and Lorena Estelle, born November 30, 1902.

Mr. Rhoades is regarded by all who know him as a man of upright character and a conservative and painstaking farmer, who has made a success of his chosen profession because he has attended strictly to his individual affairs, however not neglecting his duty to the general public while advancing his own interests, and by reason of these commendable qualities of character, he is held in high favor by all who know him. He and his wife are faithful members of the Baptist church.

Commodore Perry Storts

The family of this name in Saline county is of German stock, Americanized by long residence in this country. George Storts, a native of Pennsylvania, settled in what is now West Virginia in the early part of the last century and from him has sprung the Saline county branch of the family. His son. Perry Commodore Storts, was born in West Virginia, March 24, 1836, and came west when about nineteen years old. He settled on a farm in Saline county, five miles north of Slater, and has achieved a competence by farming steadily for forty years. While he now resides in Slater, he is still interested in agricultural pursuits. In youth he acted as overseer for Doctor Lacy, who was an extensive owner of slaves, and later served two years in the Southern army, as a meml)er of a Missouri regiment. In 1863 he married Ann Elizabeth, daughter of Laban Garrett, a native of Virginia who went to Tennessee, married there and subsequently came to this part of Mis-

S(Uiri. He taught the first term of school in Saline county, being among the \er\- first of those who settled in this section. Mrs. Storts was born February 10. 1839. and is still living. She and her husband became the parents of seven children, whose names in order of birth are as follows: \\'illiam B.. in the livestock commission business at St. Joseph, Missouri ; Hepzibah died in infancy : Commodore P. ; Brick Pomeroy, a farmer and stock dealer near Slater: Rulina. at home: Anna S.. wife of L. A. Buck, a traveling salesman of Slater; and Dollie, at home.

Commodore Perry Storts, third in this list, was born on the parental farm near Slater, January 17, 1866. He remained on the farm until the completion of his nineteenth year, meantime attending the public schools and the high school at Slater, from which he was graduated. He cut short his education to accept a position in the Citizens Stock Bank of Slater and was employed there as a clerk for nine years. December 17, 1894, the bank failed and Mr. Storts was appointed assignee by the board of directors. He gave bond of seven hundred thousand dollars and took complete charge of the bank's affairs, which it took several years to close up. He had always had a legal career in view, in fact his first work was to secure money to obtain an education for the bar and he began studying law as soon as he entered the bank. His ambition was finally gratified by his admission to the bar in 1897, and he began practice at once in partnership with R. Gurdon Thompson, a brilliant young lawyer who had been his schoolmate but who died soon after the l:)usiness association commenced at Slater. Mr. Storts continued alone and has achieved unusual success, being possessed of marked talents for business and all the social qualities that make for popularity. He has prospered financially, having farming interests and other investments, but is noted for his generosity, willingly and gladly giving of his time and money to all worthv enterprises.

September 17, 1891, Mr. Storts married Katie Graves, who was born in Saline county and went to school with her future husband. Her parents, Junius and Anna M. Graves, came from Kentucky before the war, in which the father subsequently served as a soldier. Mr. and Mrs. Storts have two children, Mattie May. born July 1. 1892, and Perry (iraves, born February 10, 1899. Mr. Storts is a member of the Baptist church and has been moderator of the Saline Baptist Association, which includes twenty-five churches, since 1903. For a number of years he has been clerk of his home church in Slater, to which his wife and daughter also belong. He has taken an especial interest in church work, not only at home but all over the state, being often called upon to preside and address meetings. Fraternally he is a mem- ber of Cambridge Lodge, No. 63, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and was master of the lodge for several years and has held nearly all the positions of the local order. He is a member of Chapter No. 112, Royal Arch Masons, of Slater and he and his wife are members of Chapter No. 67 of the Order of Eastern Star. He is a member of Marshall Commandery No. 36, Knights Templar, and stands high in Masonry throughout the Missouri branches of the order. Though a Democrat in politics and frequently active during campaigns, he has never sought or desired office. Mr. Storts is exceedingly genial and public spirited, being a favorite with all who meet him. He is a man of fine presence, genial address and affable manners, - in fact makes such a pleasant and entertaining companion that all who enjoy his delightful presence are anxious to meet him again.

Tipping Brothers

No name has been more familiar in Saline countv for thirtv-five vears than that of Tipping. It is connected enduringly with a valuable industry, the first of its kind founded in the county and pushed to success by the wonderful energ}- and executive ability of James A. Tipping-. He was born at Selma, Alaljama. in 1853 ^"^^ came to Missouri, with his parents, when a b(iv. They located at Arrow Rock, where he lived eight or ten Acars, being in business during the latter part of this period. In 1875 he came to Marshall and formed a partnership with Edward Farley, but later purchased his interest and conducted the business alone. In 1875 li^ established the first marble shop in Saline county, which he conducted successfully until his death, September 17, 1897. He became one of the best known men in the county. He was reared in the Catholic church, and was an Odd Fellow. Knight of Pythias and ]\faccabee. He married Christina Bihr, of Columbia, Missouri, by whom he had six children, \\^illiam V., Mary E., Katherine A., Fred B., Homer R. and Dora M.

\\'illiam \'. and Fred B. Tipping w-ere born in Marshall, Missouri. Both were educated in the city public schools and when their father died the boys sold the plant, William V. being associated with other well known firms until March 14, 1909, when he and Fred B. started their present business at the old stand, which they own, besides three other adjoining store rooms, the entire establishment forming a substantial business block on Lafayette street. They conduct a granite and marble works under the firm name of Tipping

Brothers, and bid fair lo reach the fame of their father in the business as thev are young men of industrious habits and excellent characters, already (|uite popular with their trade as well as the general public. The entire family belongs to the Christian church and all live together in a modern home situated on twenty-seven acres in Marshall. They stand high socially in Marshall and are welcome guests in the city's best social circles.

Logax Ballentine Chappell

Saline county lost a valuable citizen and favorite son by the untimely death of Logan Ballentine Chappell. He was a man of large affairs and his comparatively brief life was intimately interwoven with the interests of his community. A typical Missourian, the flower of Southern chivalry, enterprising, progressive and public spirited, his taking off in the prime of manhood was a loss distinctly felt by every man in the county of which he was the pride and ornament. Of large, athletic build, standing six feet high and w'eighing two hundred pounds, his impressive physical characteristics were but the outward indication of his intellectual superiority. The ancestors of his family were of old English stock, whose descendants settled in Virginia, from which state Mr. Chappell came to Missouri, during the formative period of this great commonwealth. He located in Calloway county and there reared his children, one of whom was destined to achieve great distinction in the state. Phil E. Chappell was born August i8, 1837, and from his earliest childhood gave promise of future fame. He became a resident of Kansas City, where his work in various walks of life made him one of the most distinguished men of Missouri. He was one of the giants in those heroic days half a centui-y ago, when an imperial state was being fashioned out of the wilderness and what he did then has become a part of Missouri's history. July 3, 1861, he married Theresa Ellen Tarlton, by whom he had five children. Of these, Logan Ballentine Chappell, the second child and only son, was torn in Calloway county, Missouri, November 4, 1864. His education was received at the Kemper school in Boonville and at Central College in Cooper county. After he reached manhood he engaged in agricultural pursuits with such success as to achieve the reputation of being the best farmer in the state. He became the owner of a magnificent farm in Saline county knowai as "The Maples," which experts regarded as the finest farming estate in Missouri. He was passionately fond of fine stock and highly successful as a breeder of

Hereford cattle. His home was the abode of hospitality and the center of a social circle, both large and influential. All the app(tintments were elegant and the mode of life after the best manner of the old aristocracy of the South in its palmiest days. ]\Ir. Chappell was a director of the Farmers' Savings Bank of Marshall and a trustee of the Sappington fund. Religious in his temperament, he was a steward in the Southern Methodist church and a man of the strictest morals as well as the highest ideals. He was a man of industry, energy and excellent business judgment, who though of few words impressed all who approached him with his fixedness of purpose and. unswerving determination to accomplish whatever he undertook.

March 17, 1900, Mr. Chappell married Rena, daughter of Nathan Corder, of Waverly, Missouri. They have three children, Theresa, Hazel and Helen, whose appearance and manners give promise of unusually attractive womanhood. Mr. Chappell died August 23, 1904, at the home of his parents, 1836 Pendleton avenue, Kansas City. He had gone to the city a few weeks previously to treat for peritonitis, but after arrival grew gradually worse until his fine spirit was hushed in death. In all the relations of life, as father, husband, friend, public official, common citizen, he was generous, true and warm hearted. The memory of his just and honest life is a precious legacy to his family, as well as a valued remembrance to the thousands who knew and loved him. Mrs. Chappell, who is a lady of more than ordinary graces and a fit companion for so noble a husband, makes her home in Marshall with her three little girls. They are welcome visitors in every household, not only because all desire to honor the dead father and husband, but because they themselves are deserving of the best by reason of the grace of their intercourse and the purity. of their lives.

Henry C. Deis, Jr., the fourth son of a family of ten children born to Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Deis, of Gilliam, Saline county, where the subject is residing, was born May 7, 1875. His mother's maiden name was Elizabeth Goetze. The ancestry of the parents of the subject is found in the sketch of Henrv^ C. Deis, Sr., in this work.

Henry C. Deis, Jr., was educated in the common schools of Saline county. After leaving school he launched in the grocery business, becoming a clerk for M. D. Kerr, of Gilliam, where he worked for a period of ten years, during which time he rendered very efficient service and learned the business thorouohly. In igoo he left the employ of Mr. Kerr and opened a general store in (hlliam. w here he is at present engaged in business, having built up an extensive trade with the towns and surrounding country. He carries a well selected stock of general merchandise and his patrons are constantly increasing.

Mr. Deis was married on Jtme 12, 1906. to Alice Chandler, a native of a prominent family of Howard county, Missouri, where she was born on May 31, 1886. She is the daughter of William and Eva Chandler, of Cambridge township. Saline county. To Mr. and Mrs. Deis one child, Dorothy L., was born March 29, 1907.

Politically Mr. Deis is a Democrat and he has taken considerable interest in local affairs, having very ably held the office of treasurer of (jilliam for a period of eight years. He is a member of the Masonic order at Slater, ^Missouri, and he belongs to the Baptist church at Gilliam.

Hon. Robert Lee Hains

The family of this name in Saline county is of Welsh stock, the emigrant ancestors locating in northeastern Virginia during the latter part of the seventeenth centiu'}'. One <^f their descendants was George C. Hains, who was born in FaiKjiu'er county. Virginia, and became a farmer after he grew up. At the beginning of the Civil war he enlisted in the Eighth Virginia Regiment, with which he participated in many battles and saw much hard service. He was at Manassas, Ball's Bluff and the AA'ilderness, besides many other sharp engagements large and small. He remained with the banner throughout the entire period of hostilities and quit only when Lee was forced to surrender to superior numbers. Shortly after the conclusion of peace, in 1865, h^ removed to Ohio, but eighteen years later he crossed into the fertile state of Missouri, locating in Saline county and settling on the farm near Slater, which has continued to be his home up to the present time. He married Elizabeth McCourt, of Belmont county, Ohio, by whom he has had twelve children; Robert L. : John C. of Slater; Mrs. Carrie M. Potter, of Afalta Bend, Missouri; Mrs. Xettie Virginia Hill, of Slater; AA'. A\\, of Marshall; ^Irs. Mattie C. Grimes, of Slater; Minnie, of Slater; Mrs. Hattie Grimes, of Mt. Leonard; George AA\, of Slater; Daisy, of Slater; Rozicr N., of Slater; and Hazel.

Robert Lee Hains, eldest of this large family, was born in Belmont county. Ohio, February 25, 1866. A\'hen only three years old his parents went to Virginia and he received his first schooling in that state. When he came to Missouri in 1883. he continued his studies irregularly in the local schools and at William Jewel College. He reached Slater on March 13. 1883, and knew only one man west of the Mississippi river. Of the twelve children, seven became teachers and two still follow the profession. ^Ir. Hains taught in Saline county for seventeen years, beginning at the age of nineteen as soon as he got out of college. During his teaching career he was also actively engaged in farming, operating the farm of two hundred and forty acres, which he still owns, and living on it until three or four years ago. January I. 1906, he located at Slater as partner of R. D. Ouisenberry, his brotherin-law. in the hardware and furniture business. 'Mr. Hains. who was alwa}S popular as a farmer and business man, also atttracted attention politically at an earlv age as he always assisted in the campaigns and was an enthusiastic Democrat. In 1900 he was nominated by his party as representative in the Legislature from Saline county, was elected and by re-election served the three terms closing in 1906. He proved to be a valuable member of the house of Representatives, in all of whose important proceedings he took an active part, having in view all the time the interest of his constituents. He was an especially warm advocate of the Institution for the Feeble Minded, located at Marshall, and during his six years' service was instrumental in getting for that worthy charity appropriations amounting to four hundred and seventv-seven thousand dollars. As a farmer and good citizen he took special interest in the law prohibiting racing at St. Louis, known as the repeal of the breeders' bill, and did all in his power to get this enactment on the statute book. Another measure which Mr. Hains was potential in passing was the bill establishing a binding twine plant at the state pri.son.

October 8, 1891. Mr. Hains married Roselma W.. youngest daughter of Daniel and Mary Quisenberry. of Saline county. The parents came here from Spottsylvania county, Virginia, some years before the war. The mother was Mary, daughter of Abner Gwinn, a pioneer Baptist preacher. Air. and and Mrs. Hains have had two children, Marion Lee, born June 7. 1898, and an elder son who died in infancy. The parents are members of the Baptist church, to which Mr. Hains has belonged for twenty-five years and he is assistant superintendent of the Sunday school. He has always taken much interest in church work, as he has in all that promises good to the community. He is president of the Baptist Young- People's Union of the Slater Baptist church, and in his fraternal relations he is a member of the Masons,

INIodeni Woodmen and Knights of Pythias. He is strictly a self-made man, educating himself after the day's work was done and he can, without boasting, attribute all his success in life to his early training and the self-reliance, sober habits and industrious inclinations then acquired.

Samuel E. Martin

A progressive and influential agriculturist of Marshall township, Saline county, is Samuel E. ISIartin, whose life has been led along quiet and unobtrusive paths. However, it has been of more than passing interest and influence to his neighbors, for in advancing his own interests he has not been neglectful *of the rights and welfare of others. He is a descendant of excellent pioneer people of northwestern Missouri, who came to Cooper county and still later Saline county, this state. He is the son of Robert D. and Jennett (Smith) Martin, both natives of Kentucky where they were married and from which state the)^ moved to Indiana, in which state their son, Samuel E., of this review, was born, March 20, 1842, where the family remained for a short time, moving in October of that year to Missouri and located in Cooper county, near Arrow Rock, where they bought a farm and carried on general farming, making great improvements in the place wdiere they settled and where the father lived until 1861, when his death occurred. He was a Whig until 1858, when he voted the Democratic ticket. He was never an office seeker; he was a plain, honest man of high integritv and above reproach. He was an elder in the Presbyterian church. His widow survived him until 1877, when she, too, passed to the unknown. She was a good woman, and was of Scotch descent, Mr. Martin being of Irish descent. They were the parents of the following children: John T., ex-county treasurer of Saline county; William, a teacher and farmer; James H.. a carpenter; Samuel E., of this review; Mary E. is the wife of ^^^ S. Brown; Edward T. is farming in the state of Washington ; Catherine is the wife of J. W. Shemwell.

Samuel E. Martin w-as a baby when his parents brought liim to Alissouri and he was reared and educated here in the common schools, remaining under the parental roof, assisting his mother with the work about the home place after the death of his father, until he married in 1871. During the Civil war he remained at home, refraining from taking sides and he experienced no trouble. He began life for himself by buying open prairie land, two hundred and four acres, which he broke and improved, this being the farm where he still lives. It is interesting to hear him relate how the country has improved since then, for he, like many another who settled here, had to break the virgin prairie sod and clear the ground of primitive timber. However, in 1881, after ten years of successful farming here, he sold the place to his brother, J. P. Martin, and moved two miles north of Shackelford, where he l)ought a farm which he developed and sold in 1895 and returned to the old home farm which he purchased and he has since remained here. His brother built a verv convenient and substantial dwelling and otherwise improved the place, which is now one of the best in the township, having been carefully tilled so that it has retained its original strength of soil. He carries on general farming and stock raising in such a manner as to stamp him fully abreast of the times in this line and he has been very successful since beginning life for himself. He is a strong supporter of the Democratic party, but has never aspired to public office. He is a member of the Presbyterian church, is well known over most of the county and wherever he is known he is duly respected for his tine personal traits.

Mr. Martin's domestic life began in 1871, when he married Sarah E. Clements, who was born in Virginia in 1850, the daughter of Charles and Ann (Filler) Clements, natives also of Virginia, who came to Missouri in an early day, locating in Cass county and after the Civil war they bought a farm in Cass county, where they remained until they came to Marshall township, Saline county, Missouri, having sold their Cass county farm. The railroad bought his place here and Mr. Clements then bought the Finnegan place, on which he lived until his death, carrying on general farming and stock raising, being very successful. He was a highly honored man and he and his family were members of the Cumberland Presbyterian church. He and his wife were the parents of the following children: Thomas; Sarah E., wife of Samuel E. Martin, of this review; Ruth married E. P. Martin; John is living in the West ; Jennie married T. W. \\'alters ; Ann D. married a Mr. Lowry ; Emma B. is the wife of B. Levy.

The following children were born to Air. and Mrs. Martin : Mary E. has remained single ; Bessie died when thirteen years of age ; Ida married John Roscher; Edgar is a farmer in North Dakota; Robert, a farmer, married Margaret Andrews, daughter of David Andrews, who was born at Sweet Springs, this county, the Andrews family being early settlers here; Lester, who remained single, died when twenty-four years of age; William lives in San Antonio, Texas; Gerard died at the age of two years; Catherine died when six months old.

The mother of the children, a woman of beautiful Christian character and retinemcnt. was called to her rest in 1889. She was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church.

John Wall

Xinet}--one A'ears have dissolved in the mists of time since this venerable and highly honored pioneer first saw the light of day. hea\en having bounteously lengthened out his useful and interesting career until now, in the golden Indian summer of his life, he can look backward over days well spent, and with no compunction for any past acts and no fear of the future, he finds himself surrounded by all the comforts of life and a blessing to a vast mmiber of relatives, friends and acquaintances.

John ^^'all, a descendant of a prominent early family of Saline county and a \'eteran of the Mexican war, was born in Montgomery county, Virginia, January 18, 1819, educated in the common schools and has figured conspicuously in various walks of life. He is the son of Samuel and Margaret (Utt) Wall, both natives of the Old Dominion, having been reared in Virginia and married there. The father was born in November, 1790, the son of John Wall, a native of South Carolina, where he was reared and from which state he enlisted as a soldier in the Revolutionary war, serving under Gen. Francis Marion. The Wall family is of German extraction and early settlers in Virginia, where they were farmers and slave owners and prominent in the Lutheran church. John died there in 1824 at an advanced age. He reared four sons. Samuel, the youngest of the boys, grew to manhood in Virginia, married there and began farming on the old homestead. He remained there until all his children were born but one, and in 1833 he moved to Saline county, Missouri, and in 1835 he entered the land where John Wall of this review now resides, later buying other lands. He brought one male slave from Virginia. He was born November 22. 1790, and died August 15, 1865. at the age of seventy-five years. When he settled here he built a log cabin, made rails for his fences and cleared a small acreage, soon getting a start and later becoming fairly wellto-do for those days. There was plenty of wild game and wild beasts here then, the country being sparsely settled. The Rev. Henry Weedin, who had been here several years previously, had erected a grist mill, operated by horse power, in the neighborhood, and he was often compelled to go to Cooper's Fort, in Howard county, on account of hostile Indians. The early settlers went to .\rrow Rock and Jonesboro for their milling and trading. They raised hemp, tiax and other materials on the farm for their clotlhng, the women spinning and weaving the garments. The countv settled up slowly and f<jr many years there were no churches. Aljout 1855 John Wall and John C. Pulliam sawed luml)er in the Missouri river bottoms for the frame to build the first church house at Marshall. I'rior to this time services were held at private houses and at the court house at Alarshall, or w'herever a place was convenient. The Walls were Lutherans, but there being no services of this denomination here at that time, they joined the Presbyterians about 1840 and continued in this church through the remaining years of their life.

Mr. and Mrs. W all came to the then new country here from their old Virginia home because they beliex'ed their children would have greater advantages for a start in life in the newer state. P)Oth he and his wife underwent the usual privations and hardships incident to a pioneer life and b(jth were always proud of their adopted home and their neighbors, the sterling pioneer families. Mr. Wall was a strong Democrat, but he li\'ed a (|uiet life. He died highly respected and after a life filled with good deeds and honor in August. 1865, at the age of seventy-five years. His widow survived until August 15, 1885, reaching the advanced age of eighty-five }ears. They were the parents of the following children : Elvina married W. L. Brown, of California; Elizabeth is the widow of John Ryan, and is living in California ; John, of this review, living on the old home farm ; Mary J. ; Mrs. A. Jackson; Henry died in Colorado; Margaret married William Clark, of Marshall; William AT, the only child of this family born in Missouri, moved to Indian Territory, and later was a resident at Rocky Ford. Colorado.

John W^all was thirteen years of age when he moved with his parents from Virginia to Missouri, and he soon began assisting his father in establishing a new home in the W^est, and here he grew to manhood. He has resided in Saline county seventy-six years, and has seen it grow from a wild prairie to its present opulency, doing what he could in the general development of the same ; he has been a hard worker all his life and has been successful. He remained under the parental roof until 1846, when he was quick to respond to his country's call for troops for the Mexican war and he w'as mustered in at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, serving in Compau}- D, First Regiment, AUssouri Mounted Volunteers, commanded by Col. .\. W. Doniphan. This regiment participated in the battles of Brazito and

Sacramento, being successful in both battles. Mr. Wall passed safely ihnnigh the war, being never wounded nor taken prisoner. lM)r his services the government rememl)ers him with a substantia] pension. lie was mustered out in June, 1847, at New Orleans. Returning home, he resumed farming, which he followed until 1849, ^vhen the discovery of gold in California caused him to join the great caravan across the trackless plains for the (hstant Kldorado. the colon^- willi which lie made the trip being coml^osed of fiftv-f(un- men and sixteen wagons, enduring the usual hardships en route, but reaching their destination in safety. The party then scattered and Mr. Wall i)rospected and mined in different places with some success, returning home in 1852 by way of the isthmus of Panama and New Orleans. .After arri\'ing in Saline county, he engaged in sawmilling for two years. In 1856 he married and with a company built a grist-mill at Cambridge, filling the position of engineer for a period of two years. He then closed out and later engaged in the merchandise business at Cambridge in 1859, continuing until 1876, but during the Civil war his business was light. He opposed secession and stood for the Union and he was in the state service for the Federal cause from 1862 to 1865 and liable to call at anv time, but he never left the state, rendering some service in the state as a militiaman. He was at the little battle of Glasgow, opposing General Price in one of his raids, Mr. Wall and his company being captured, but was soon afterward paroled. He returned home in time and in 1866 was elected sheriff of Saline county, serving two terms until 1870. He had considerable trouble the first two years of his administration, it being reconstruction days, the old busliwhackers annoying him, but he was always ecpial to the occasion, alert, brave and persistent in the performance of his duty. It was his duty to collect the taxes as a part of his official duties, he beingrequired to give heavy bond, and he very ably discharged the duties of both offices, gaining the confidence and respect of all his constituents of whatever political faith.

Mr. Wall bought the interests of the other heirs to the old homestead and in 1878 he moved to the old home, giving all his attention to farming and stock raising in a most successful manner. The place consists of two hundred and eighty acres, wdiich he has kept in a high state of cultivation and with his usual energy and push has made a great success. In later years he has turned the work and business of the place over to his sons, who are carrying forward very energeticallv the work inaugurated by their father. The latter, although ninety-one years of age, attends to the garden and chores. He has a good memorv and it is very interesting to hear him relate reminiscences of the early days here, of his experiences in the Mexican war, of his trials crossing the plains, in the gold camps of the far West and his trip home by way of the isthmus. He is indeed a grand old man, grand because of his past years of faithful service in loehalf of his countr}-, for his long life of industry, his honorable living and his generosity in assisting friends. He believes in keeping busy, that a man will rust out c[uicker than he will Wear out. Useless to say. he is well known throughout the county and highly respected by all. He was reared a Democrat, but in his youth he was inclined to be a Whig in principle. Since returning from California he has been a Republican.

Mr. Wall married Mary B. Gault in 1856. She was born in Saline county, Missouri, September 22, 1837. the daughter of John and Salome (Kiser) Gault, both natives of Virginia and early settlers in Saline county, the Risers having been among the earliest pioneers. ' John Gault first began farming here, later worked at his trade of saddlemaker at Miami, where he continued during his active life and where he died. He was an active Methodist. His family consisted of ten children, Mary B., wife of Mr. W^all, being one of the number.

To Mr. and Mrs. John Wall six children were bom, all sons, named as follows : Edward E., a civil engineer of St. Louis, where he is influential in politics ; Charles G. died at four and one-half years of age ; John E. is faiTning at home, as are also Samuel G. and Henry; George C. is bookkeeper and stenographer for a St. Louis firm, where he has remained seven years. Henry and George have remained single. The mother of these children was a Methodist. After a long and mutually happy wedded life Mr. and Mrs. John Wall were separated by the "grim reaper" who claimed Mrs. Wall for his own on May 5, 1909. Her life had been a beautiful one, filled with 2:ood deeds.

Caloway Franklin Odell

The subject of this sketch is one of the oldest native residents of Saline county, eighty-three years having dissolved in the mists of the past since his birth occurred on the, 12th day of September, 1826. His parents, Jeremiah and Elizabeth (Gregory) Odell, were natives of Tennessee and became husband and wife in that state. As early as 181 8 Jeremiah Odell made a prospecting tour through Missouri territory on horseback and, being pleased with the country in the central part of the state, decided to make it his future place of abode. Returning home, he married and the following year (1819) brought his bride to the new Eldorado and located first in Howard county, near a fort to wdiich the settlers were accustomed to resort on account of the hostile attitude of the Indians. Later he transferred his residence to Saline county, settling originally on a tract of land, which he partly improyed. but a few years later sold the place and entered land near the site of Alarshall. He added to his possessions from time to time until he became one of the largest land owners in the community, and as the county seat had not yet been located he donated in 1839 sixty-five acres near the central part of the county for the purpose oi securing the same, provided the land should revert to his estate in case the town be located elsewhere. A site for the seat of justice having been selected on his place, he afterwards deeded the above tract to the county, and was among the most active and influential in settling and improving the new town, which in due time became the center of trade for a large area of territory and a place of considerable importance. Mr. Odell shared with his neighbors the usual hardships and vicissitudes of pioneer life, not the least among which was the fear of Indian massacre, as the savages were quite numerous and always ready to steal horses and commit other depredations against the settlements. When they went on the war-path the white families sought refuge in the forts which had been erected at various places and not infrequently would these posts be attacked by the wily foe, besides engaging in open battle when their numbers warranted such actions.

Mr. Odell purchased slaves and in the course of a few years attained considerable prominence as a farmer and citizen. He was a Democrat in politics and an influential worker for his party, taking an active interest in public matters, l)ut never aspired to office of any kind. He was a man of strong mind and, although of limited scholastic attainmejits, was far above the average in intelligence and general information and well fitted for the influential position he held among his fellow citizens. He was widely known, highly respected and his name, which ever stood for all that was honorable and upright in manhood, is being perpetuated by the finest street in Marshall, which in compliment to him was called Odell avenue. He lived to the ripe old age of eighty-six and with his good wife, who survived him a few years, lies buried in the Odell cemetery, which was laid out on the land which he originally purchased from the government.

Jeremiah and Elizabeth Odell reared a family of nine children, viz: Calvin. James, William, Caloway. l^>lix, John, Mary, Jackson and Emmeline, of whom Caloway is the only survivor.

miliar with the ckities of the farm and when fifteen years of age accepted a position in the office of the first circuit clerk of Saline comity. Later he clerked for seven years in a mercantile house in Marshall and from 1848 to 1852 inclusive served as deputy sheriff. In 1855 he turned his attention to carpentry, which he followed with good success a few years hefore and for several years after the war, and then engaged in the undertaking business in Marshall which he conducted with gratifying financial profit for a considerable period. His father gave him fifteen acres of the eighty-acre tract adjoining the town site of Marshall and on this he erected in 1857 a comfortable and commodious residence which is now within the city limits, having sold all but one acre, which he reserved for his home. By judicious investments from time to time Mr. Odell became the owner of several tracts of valuable real estate, owning forty acres of land adjoining the corporate limits of the city and three fine farms which he rents and from which he receives an income much more than sufficient for his necessities. Like his father, he, too, is a man of affairs, always interested in the welfare of his city and county and keeping abreast of the times on the g-reat public questions and political issues of the day. A Democrat in politics, he has been active in promoting the success of his party and at the breaking out of the war he was opposed to secession, although naturally sympathizing with the South. In common with the people of his section of the country he experienced not a little annoyance during those troublous times on account of foraging bands of reckless desperadoes, who in addition to helping themselves from whatever the home and farm contained frequently compelled the good wife to cook and prepare their meals. By reason of the continued excitement and unsettled condition of the country his health became impaired, on account of which he went to Illinois, where he remained until aft'airs resumed their normal state, when he returned greatly improved. At the close of the war Air. Odell took up agriculture and stock raising, which he continued until advancing age obliged him to forego further active labor, since which time he has lived a life of retirement in Marshall, where, in a beautiful home, surrounded l)y all the necessary material comforts and other blessings, he is spending the evening of his days at peace with the world, his conscience and his God. He h.as seen the country de^-eloped from a wilderness to its present advanced state of progress and civilization, remembers the time when he shot deer from his own door and in many other ways recalls the pioneer period with its strong, courageous, virile men and equallv brave and fearless women, through whose efforts the country was redeemed from its primitive condition and converted into a very garden of plenty and beauty and to whom this highly favored part of the state is so largely indebted for the prosperity which it now enjoys. Honest and upright in all of his dealing's, with an honored name and a character above reproach, he has done his part in bringing- about the remarkable changes referred to and now, in the twilight of his career, he can look back over a life in which there is little to criticise and much to commend.

Mr. Odell was married in 1855 to Matilda Gregory, whose birth occurred on the /th of June, 1829, being a daughter of William and Jennie (Murrell) Gregory, both natives of Tennessee. Their parents were among the early pioneers of Saline county and stood high in the esteem of the large circle of neighbors and friends with whom they mingled. To them were Ix^rn seven children. Mrs. Sarah West; Mrs. Matilda Odell; Henry, who died recently in California; Samuel, who lives in that state ; Mrs. Elizabeth Kinchelo, who died in Cooper county. Missouri ; William departed this life in Utah, and Archie, a farmer of Saline county. Mr. and Mrs. Odell have two children, William L., a prosp^erous farmer and representative citizen of Saline county, and Frank M., who is engaged in the stock business at Marshall.

Edwin T. Alexander

Of sturdy self-reliant family were the Alexanders, originally of England, but pioneers of the colonies as far back as the seventeenth century. According to the traditions, three brothers came over at the same time, one settling in Maryland, one in New York and one in Kentucky. The Saline county Alexanders are descended from the latter branch and others are still found in the region of Lexington, where they are prominent and well-to-do, some of them having achieved reputation as breeders of fine horses and cattle. One of them, during the first half of the last century, came to Missouri with a brother and located at St. Louis in the livery business. He later removed to Boonville, where he accumulated wealth as proprietor of a hotel and livery stable. His son, James M. Alexander, who was born at Boonville, became quite prominent and successful in an important line of manufacture. A saddler by trade, he achieved a high reputation for the strength, durability and perfection of his product. Nearly every saddle made in Saline county in those days was the result of his handicraft and his name became a household word among horsemen. Coming to Saline county when a young man, he worked for a while as a journeyman, and then located at Arrow Rock where for six years he conducted business on his own account. During the war he suffered considerably from depredations of the lawless element, who did not hesitate to appropriate his fine saddles to their own use, while forgetting to pay for them. For awhile he served as a soldier in the Federal army in Captain Bingham's company and after the conclusion of peace removed to Rock Island, Illinois, where he worked for four years as a saddler. Returning to Arrow Rock, he followed his trade until death ended his career in 1882. He was a member of the Christian church for many years and a charter member of the congregation at Arrow Rock. He married Alice McNeil, of St. Louis, who was descended from an old eastern family that became early pioneers of Missouri. She died about 1880, after becoming the mother of eight children, of whom six are living. These are Edwin T. ; Mrs. John O. Adams, of California, Missouri ; Mrs. W. C. Fisher, of Marshall, Missouri ; ]\Irs. Fee Cheatham, Mrs. Laura Benbow, and Miss May Alexander, the three last named residing at Gilliam, this county.

Edwin T. Alexander, eldest of the living children, w^as born at Carondelet, Missouri, March 8, 1856. His youth was spent in Boonville, Arrow Rock and Rock Island, where his father lived at different times, and his primary education was received in the two places last mentioned. He had the benefit of a term in the private academy of Miss Anna Reid, at Arrow Rock, after which he finished in the high school of the same town, under the professorship of G. W. Grove. His first work was as a clerk in a drug store at Arrow Rock, followed by a similar position with P. H. Franklin, druggist at Marshall, for one year. Returning to Arrows Rock, he engaged in the drug business for himself, but after three years sold out his interests and came to Slater where he has remained since in various lines of employment. For four years he clerked in a drug store, then entered the educational field and taught school for twenty years in Cambridge township. Aside from the three years in charge of schools in the county and one year with the Slater Mill and Elevator Company as bookkeeper, he was with the Slater schools all of this time and for a part of the time was principal. July i, 1908, he laid down his books to accept the appointment as postmaster of Slater, tendered him by President Roosevelt.

November 12, 1880, Mr. Alexander married Maggie, eldest daughter of Elisha Ancell, a pioneer citizen of Saline county. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander have two sons. Claude C, eldest, is a graduate of Missouri Valley College, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and is also a Master of Arts of the L'niversity of Chicago. He married Grace Newman, of Albany, Missouri, and they have two children, Sarah Margaret and Jettie Lucile. For three years he was superintendent of the Albany (Missouri) schools, and was re-elected for the fourth year, but resii^ned to accept the position of principal of the Hibbing- ( Minn. ) schools, where he now resides. Roy A., Mr. Alexander's youn«-est son, was formerly manager of the Mead Shoe Company of Slater, but recently engaged in the furniture and wall paper business for himself. He married May Montgomery and has two children, Leroy and Ruth. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander and family are members of the Presbyterian church of which the former has been an elder for about fifteen years. He is a member of the Modern \\'oo(lmen of America and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, a Republican in politics and a clean, honest Christian gentleman who is highly respected by all.

James R. Phillips

The family of this name settled in Kentucky at a very early date, ^^^len Gen. Thomas Phillips, of Virginia, reached *'The Dark and Bloody Ground." the state was sparsely settled and the conditions sufficiently primitive to suit the tastes of the hardiest adventurer. With the old pioneer came a son named John C. who at the time of the migration was a mere boy. The family settled in Hart cotmty and lived by farming, H. Phillips, son of the last mentioned and a representative of the third generation, was born in Hart county. Kentucky, and removed to Saline county, Missouri, in 1858. He engaged in farming and continued in that occupation until his death, December 5, 1881. He married Sallie L. Phillips, a native of Green county, Kentucky, who at present resides in Marshall, wath her daughter. Of her seven children, five are living, John D., of San Antonio, Texas; \A'. T., of Moberly. Missouri; George R., of Henry county, Missouri; Mrs. W. R. Ehrman, of Marshall, and James R.

James R. Phillips, third of his father's children, was born in Saline county. Missouri, five miles southeast of Marshall, November 9. 1863. He grew up on the farm and remained there until 1893. meantime going through the educational routine of the usual country boy. In 1893 ^^^ came to Marshall and engaged in the real estate and insurance business, which he has since conducted. In 1905 he took in S. J. Montgomery as a partner and the firm has the reputation of being "hustlers." Mr. Phillips is special agent for the Home Insurance Company of New York, and has been on the road in the interest of that concern for a year or more. Aside from business Mr. Phillips is a man of prominence and influence in the political world. During the sessions of the Missouri General Assembly from 1893 to 1897 he was assistant enroll- ing clerk in the house of Representatives. He was elected mayor of Marshall in 1904 and served until 1907, leaving a very creditable record. During his administration he built the new w'ater plant of Alarshall, which experts pronounce an exceptionally good one and its service has proved satisfactory to the people. He took steps to have board walks in town replaced with brick and concrete and by this action greatly improved the appearance of the place, w'hile adding much to the comfort of pedestrians. While he was in office a sewer system was put in the south half of the town and several new^ streets macadamized. In fact Mr. Phillips' two terms as mayor will compare favorably with those of any of his predecessors or successors. He was president of the Association of Mayors of Missouri Cities of the Fourth Class, which was a decided compliment and tribute to his popularity. During his administration Marshall was made a city of the third class. Mr. Phillips is secretarv of the Marshall In\estment Compan}', a corporation handling real estate and loans, organized for a special purpose, but permitted by its charter to do regular business. Recently Mr. Phillips disposed of his real estate partnership with Mr. Montgomery and will devote all his time to the road as special agent for the Home Insurance Company.

December 30, 1896, Mr. Phillips married Edna B., daughter of Ambrose and Margaret (Glendy) Fry, both natives of Virginia and residents of Calloway county, Missouri, where Mrs. Phillips was born. They have three children: Ruth B., born October 12, 1898; James R., Jr., born April 23, 1900. and Frank F.. who was born October 15, 1902. Mr. and Mrs. Phillips are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian church and the former is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellow^s. He is also quite prominent as a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, of which fraternity he is past exalted ruler and represented it as a delegate to the grand lodge at its meeting at Los Angeles, California, in July, 1909.

Charles Retry

The family of this name is a contribution to America l:)y the historic kingdom of Prussia and has been identified with this countrv for over half a century. John Nicholas Petry. the emigrant founder, was l^orn at Idar. Prussia, and came to the United States in October, 1857. ?Ie located at Boonville. Indiana, w'here he prosecuted his trade as shoemaker until April, 1865. He found a location at Jefferson City. Missouri, and made that citv his home until 1905, when he took up his abode with his son at jMarshall, and there ended his days, when eighty-three years old. He had belonged to the Methodist church for over fifty years and was always a man of exemplary habits. He married Philapina Kline, a native of Prussia, who died in May, 1897, after becoming the mother of seven children, of whom six are living. Their names in order of seniority are as follows : Charles ; William, a resident of Jefferson City ; Lewis, a resident of Nelson, Saline county ; August ; Ernest and John, the last tw^o living in Jefferson City. The fact that these six sons acted as pallbearers for both their father and mother is recalled as a pathetic incident in the family history.

Charles Petry, eldest of the children, w-as born at Idar, Prussia, August 24, 1850, and was consequently but seven years old when his parents crossed the Atlantic in search of a home in the New World. His first and only schooling was at Boonville, Indiana, during his father's brief residence at that place. At an early age he began work wnth his father in the shoe business and remained on the bench until the completion of his seventeenth year. In 1867 his father bought a saw mill in Moniteau county, Missouri, and Charles was given the task of running the establishment, which he did continuously until 1888. In that year he went to work as chief engineer for the Marshall Water Company and eight years later became associated with Colvert Brothers and others in organizing the Marshall Ice Company, in which he was made superintendent of manufacturing and construction. He has continued in this business and established himself as one of the industrious, reliable and progressive citizens of the county seat. Whatever he does, he does thoroughl}', he keeps his engagements, respects his word and thus stands well w'ith patrons of his company and the people generally. He has prospered financially as the result of frugal habits, industry and good management and is now able to live comfortably and enjoy life in a beautiful home, consisting of seven acres of ground and situated on Eastwood avenue, in Marshall. He also owns the old Steel homestead, a valuable farm located between Napton and Nelson.

In December, 1887, Mr. Petry married Ada May, daughter of Benjamin B. Steel, a well known farmer and carpenter of Saline county, who died about 1880. The children by this marriage are: Viola M., wife of F. P. Williams, operator for the Chicago & Alton railroad at Gilliam, Missouri ; William B., a dentist at Marshall; Charles T., assistant of his father in the ice plant; Dora, in the Marshall high school, and Steel, also a student in the same high school, which he entered before the completion of his fourteenth year. The parents are members of the Methodist church South and Mr.

Petry is a member of Trilumina Lodge, No. 205, of the Masonic fraternity, and Lodge No. 259, of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. The family stands well, both in the business and social world, as they have the steady ofoino- and winsome characteristics of the German race.

Richard Barr

One of the younger generation of Saline county's prominent and substantial farmers is Richard Barr, who is also known as an extensive dealer in livestock. He was born in Burlington, Iowa, May 15. 1857. and when eight years of age was brought to Saline county, Missouri, by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Barr, whose lives are given proper notice in another sketch in this work. He was reared on the home farm and was educated in the common schools, also spending eighteen months in school at Atchison, Kansas. Being the oldest child in a family of eight children, he was the first to assist his father and conditions were such that it was necessary for him to begin work when still a mere boy and he proved to be of great assistance in improving the farm. He remained with his parents until 1889, when he married and built the house wdiere he still resides and at once began farming for himself. He first started on one hundred acres and he has made many substantial improvements on the place and has been very successful, being a hard worker and understanding well all the "ins and outs" of the agricultural business. He has an excellent farm, highly cultivated, now owning tw'O hundred and tw^enty acres, having added to his original pur-, chase from time to time. He devotes considerable attention to raising stock, buying and feeding cattle, no small part of his income being derived from this source, his stock always finding a ready market owing to their high grade and excellent quality. He has a nice home and attractive surroundings and everything about the place shows that a gentleman of good taste is its owner.

Politically, Mr. Barr is a Democrat, but he has never aspired to public office. He and his family are worthy members of the Catholic church at Shackelford, in which congregation they hold high rank.

Mr. Barr was married March 5, 1889, to Catherine Holmes, who was born in Saline county, Missouri, October 24, 1861. She is the daughter of Patrick Holmes, an early settler in this county, and an excellent and successful man and a liberal supporter of the Catholic church. He was a general farmer and stock man. in |)(:)litics a Democrat, a c|uiet. honest man. whom to know was to honor, lie (h'ed at liis liomestead liere in June, 1907, liis widow still snr\i\in^-. She is the datit^hter of Thomas Dnffy. a pioneer settler here, who died in the early days.

To Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Holmes the following- children were horn: John, a farmer; ]*eter li\es on the old homestead; Catherine, wife of Richard Barr ; Marv marrietl Thomas Campbell, both deceased. The}- left one son, who was reared by his grandmother.

To Mr. and Mrs. Richard Barr the following children were l)orn : Mary. Bridget. Rosa, Thomas, Holmes and Edna, all niembers of the home circle, constituting a happ\- family.

Thomas W. Winslow

A worth)- descendant from a prominent pioneer family of Saline county is T. W. W'inslow, a nati\-e of Greene county, Virginia, where his birth occurred October 29, 1845, and when ten years of age he was brought to Missouri by his parents and was reared on a farm here, receiving his education in the district schools. He is the son of Henry B. and Drucilla A. F. (Goodall) Winslow, both natives of Virginia, where they grew to maturity, married and began farming. Of the Winslow family we first hear of three brothers who came to America from England in the old colonial davs. They stopped for a time in \"irginia, where they separated and settled in different states, .one of them remaining in Virginia, and from him this branch of the family sprang. The paternal grandfather w-as Henry B. Winslow, Sr., wdio was a ])rominent farmer and slaxe owner and one of the "First Families of Virginia." an honorary a])pellation to the first settlers of the Old Dominion. He remained there itntil his death, and was the father of the following children: Henry B., father of T. W.. of this review; Ixichard ; Robert; Mar\-, now Mrs. Eddings; Patsy hrst married a Mr. Simms, later a Mr. Maupin, the fornier ha\ ing died. Henry B. Winslow remained in Virginia, farming successfully until all but one of his children were born. In the fall of 1855 he emigrated to Missoiu'i by way of Kentucky, making the trip in wagons, brmging his faniily and sla\-es and all his household eft'ects. He located in Saline count)-, spending the winter with his sister, Mrs. Mau]Mn, who had come here first as early as about 1836 and later in 1856. During the winter referred to he located and bought the land on which T. W. of this re\iew resides. The j)lace had a small rude house on it, but no other improvements. It consisted of two hundred and forty acres ; he later bought adjoining land until he owned a \erv large farm, and he became one of the ])rominent farmers of the county. His main crop was hemp, but he was a general farmer and stock raiser. He was too old to take the field during the Civil war, but his sympathies were with the South. Soldiers foraged on his farm, taking his stock and provisions. He was once arrested and taken to Marshall, but he was released. Two of his sons were in the Southern army, in Marmaduke's body guard, in General Price's command; one of the sons died in prison, but the other returned home after the war. The father was a Democrat, but never a public man. He was emphatic in bis decisions in all cjuestions. Although he was tln-eatened during the war, he would not "curb his tongue." He broke the virgin prairie sod here and developed a splendid farm. He was a Missionary Baptist and at first attended Salt Pond church, a long distance from his home. In i860 he assisted in org'anizing a union church about four miles northeast of his farm, and he was largely instrumental in building the substantial church there known as "Union," so named because its members were from various Baptist churches. However, the war interrupted the finishing of the church until after it had closed, although services were held there. He was a deacon and one of the pillars of the church. When he came here the county was sparsely settled and wild game was plentiful. His h(Uise was the headquarters for preachers and the wayfaring man was never turned from his door. He was charitable to the afflicted and needy, a good neighbor, well know'n and highly respected. His death occurred at the old homestead about 1881 and he is buried at the little cemetery at Union church. His widow survived, dying about 1887. She was a good and kindly disposed woman, a Baptist. The following children were born to them : Edwin M. ser\-ed through the Civil war and died July 8. 1.909 ; his wife is also deceased ; four children survive them; John B. died while still single; Mary M. married H. Bailey; Martha E. married A. Bickers ; Robert, who remained single, died while a prisoner of war; Eliza married William Kiser; T. W., of this review; Henry B.. Jr.. is living in Texas; Valentine I. is farming on the old homestead; Richard C. is also a farmer; Frances C. married J. W. Harrison; Moses W. is a farmer. All these children lived to be grown and all married, but two sons.

T. \\\ ^^'inslow grew to manhood in Saline county, Missouri, having l^een a small boy when he came here from Virginia. During the war he spent one year in Illinois. He remained under his parental roof until he married, in 1868. He located on a fami of eighty acres, near Shackelford, on which he remained for fourteen years, gaining a very desirable landed estate.

Avhicli he greatly improved. His wife died in 1882 and in 1884 he bought eiglitv acres of his father's farm, also buying the interests of the other children, and he soon had one of the best improved farms in the neighborhood. He put out an excellent orchard, and in many ways brought his place up to the standard, some of the forest trees he then planted being now very large. He still owns both the farms he improved; they have claimed his close attention and he has been very successful in his general farming and stock raising. He has a pleasant and attractive home and good outbuildings. He votes the Democratic ticket, but never aspired to offices of public trust. He was reared in the Missionary Baptist church, from wliich faith he has ncN'er departed.

Mr. Winslow first married Mary W. Lewis, who was born in Saline countv, Missouri, the daughter of Lawrence B. and Sophia (Coleman) Lewis, both natives of Virginia, where they grew to maturity and were married, being early settlers in Saline county, Missouri. They improved a good farm here, which they finally sold and bought another. He was a prominent farmer and owned slaves. He took no part in the war, but used his influence for the South, and his sons served in the Southern army. He was a Democrat and a Baptist. He assisted in the organization of Union church, was a good and useful man and he is sleeping the sleep of the just in the old Union churchyard. He and his wife were the parents of seven children, Mrs. T. W. Winslow being the sixth child in order of birth.

The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Winslow were as follows : Drucilla, now Mrs. ^^^ithers; John B. is still a member of the home circle; three children died in infancy ; Thomas W. is living at home. The mother of these children was called to her rest in 1882. In the fall of 1884 Mr. Winslow married again, his second wife being Flora N. Coleman, who was born in Miami township. Saline county, the daughter of Samuel H. Coleman, a native of Virginia and an early settler in Saline county, Missouri ; he engaged in the grain business at Miami and later established an elevator near Laynesville, also conducted a sawmill and warehouses. He was a useful man and prominently identified with the business interests of Saline coimty. He took no part in the Civil war, but his death occurred before the conflict ended. He was a Democrat and a Baptist. He and his wife were the parents of seven children. Flora N., wife of T. W. Winslow, of this review, being the oldest in order of birlli. -

The following children have been born to Mr. Winslow and his second wife: Stella B., born in 1886, is single and a member of the home circle; Beverlv C. died in infancv.

Thomas Barr

The venerable and highly honored citizen of Sahne county whose name appears above was born in Ireland in 1824 and reared on a farm in that countrv. He came to America when he reached manhood, locating- in Philadelohia where he had a brother who had preceded him here. Soon afterwards he engaged in farming, having hired to a Quaker farmer in Pennsylvania, doing much of his teaming to the city of Philadelphia, remaining there six years, during which time he married Mary Grant, also born in Ireland. Mr. Barr then came west and located at Burlington, Iowa, where he ran a dray, later engaging- in farming for two years. He then began draying again, and in 1865 he moved to Saline county, Missouri, and rented a farm for two years, then buying forty acres of raw prairie land which he improved. He prospered and from time to time bought additional tracts of forty and eighty acres, finally becoming the owner of five hundred acres. He has lived in this locality ever since and now in his declining years finds himself surrounded by every comfort of life and the owner of one of the most valued landed estates in this township. He has devoted his attention exclusively to farming and stock raising, always investing his surplus money in land. He has a comfortable and beautifully located home, good outbuildings and everything to make a life in the countiy desirable and pleasant. He was reared in the Catholic faith, from which he has never departed. L'pon settling at his present location he joined the Shackelford church and has remained one of the worthy and faithful members of the same, being a liberal supporter of the local church and rearing his family in this faith. He is recognized among the prominent and substantial men of Saline county, of which he is proud, having reared his family in a very worthy manner and lived to see them well established here, his sons being prominent farmers and stock men and church people. The character of Thomas Barr is beyond reproach and he is a man whom all his neighbors admire. He has always supported the Democratic party, but has never aspired to public office.

Mrs. Thoma? Barr came from Ireland with some friends, her parents dying in Ireland, of which country they were natives and lifelong residents. Both Mr. and ]\Irs. Barr have about reached the ripe old age of eighty-six }ears anil are in the full enjoyment of useful and well spent lives, having nothing to retract or regret and looking with serene and confident faith to fuller and sweeter existences in the great beyond. Thev are favorites with the young people of their community and their lives are replete with success and so beautifully rounded out with kindness, benevolence and hospitality lliat they should be held up as examples fur others. Eight children have been born to them, named as follows: Richard, whose life history appears elsewhere in this work; Mrs. Mary Belt, living in Oklahoma; Anna, now Mrs. B. Lynch; John and William, both prominent farmers and stock men; Katie, now Airs. C. Castle; Charles is a progressive fanner; Rosa married F. Castle.

James Preston Adams

A well remembered and highly revered citizen of Salt Fork township. Saline county, was James P. Adams, whose life record has been closed by the fate that awaits all mankind, but whose influence will long remain with those who knew him best. He was a man of many excellent traits of character and superior worth, and his career was one of which his descendants may well be proud. He was a Kentuckian, having been born in that state on May i8, 1847. and was reared on a farm. He was the son of John S. Adams, a native of Kentucky, wdio came to Missouri and located in Saline county in 1849, renting a farm in Marshall township, later buying land which he improved and engaged in general farming and stock raising. He was a strong Democrat, but never aspired to public office or notoriety of any kind. His sympathies w^ere strong for the South during the Civil war. and he had tw'o sons who went into the Southern army and gave up their lives for the cause wdiich they espoused. He remained on his farm until called to his reward on Julv 25, 1876. He is remembered as a plain, quiet, honest man, highly respected in each community in which he lived, his reputation being above reproach, he and his wife both being worthy members of the Methodist Episcopal church. South. His widow survived him, dying March 25, 1903. They were the parents of ten children, seven of wdiom grew^ to maturity, James P.. of this review, having been the sixth in order of birth. He remained under the ])arental roof until he was twenty-five years of age. 1872, when he married Lillie C. Shannon, a native of Kentucky, a lady of intelligence and culture, and who proved to be a worthy helpmeet. When they married, Mr. Adams owned a small farm east of Marshall where they made their start, later sold out and bought the farm where Mrs. Adams now resides. It consists of two hundred and forty acres of excellent land, which Mr. Adams greatly improved by skillful methods, erecting a large, commodious twostory frame house, convenient barn and substantial outbuildings, and he placed the farm in a high state of cultivation, carrying on general farming and stock raising-. He prospered and in time invested his sa\-ings in a second farm, which he also placed in a high state of cnltivation and good improvements, both farms being located in Salt Fork township.

^^dlen only seventeen years of age, Mr. Adams showed his courage and patriotism by enlisting in the Southern army when Price made his last raid in northern Missouri in 1864. going south wMth Price's arm}-, serving in Missouri, Arkansas and Texas, and after Lee's surrender he went to Shreveport, Louisiana; his regiment having surrendered, he w-as paroled and furnished transportation by the federal government home, making the trip l)v water for the most part. He was ne\'er wounded or made a prisoner. He was a self-made man and the architect of his own fortunes, wdth the assistance only of his good wife, who always did her part in all life's affairs, being ever ready to advise and assist him. He was a broad-minded and intelligent business man and a good financier, and by hard work and honest dealing he and his wife created a valuable estate.

Politically, Mr. Adams was a strong Democrat, but he never aspired to public otifices or notoriety of any kind, and he was [D<^pular throughout this section of the county as a result of his sterling integrity and honor. He was an active member of the Methodist Episcopal church South, of which Mrs. Adams is also a consistent member.

This excellent man, kindly neighbor and worthy husband and father was called to close his earthly accounts and join the "innumerable caravan" on March 12, 1903. After his death his widow took charge of and settled up all business affairs and placed J. B. Davis, her son-in-law, on the last farm purchased by Mr. Adams, - in fact, giving Air. Davis charge of the farming interests on both places. Mrs. Adams and a single daughter occupy the old homestead.

Mr. and Mrs. Adams were blessed with two interesting daughters, Olive M., the wife of J. B. Davis, mentioned above, and Mattie L., who has remained single.

J. B. Davis was born in Saline county, Missouri, in 1872, the son of John B. Davis, a Virginian and an early settler in Saline countv, Missouri, where he became known as an extensive dealer in stock, and he became locally prominent, filling some public positions as a Democrat. He reared a family of sixteen children, nine of whom grew to maturity, J. B. having been the thirteenth in order of birth. The Davis family are Southern Methodists.

Mrs. Lillie C. Adams, widows of J. P. Adams, was born in Kentucky, November 27, 1844, and she came wnth her parents to Saline county, Missouri, in 1853. Mr. and Mrs. Shannon, her parents, were both natives of

Kentucky, Mr. Shannon coming to Alissouri for the benefit of liis liealth. He rented a small farm in Saline county, liis death occurring here on |ul\- 25, 1854. Later his widcnv bought a farm and ke])t the family together, rearing lier children in credit and respectability, as none but a good mother could do. She reiuained on the homestead until all her children were grown and married, then her son, Elias D., who had [jurchased a farm, induced his mother to spend her declining years with him, which she did, dying in 1902. Elias D. ShaniKiU ne\'er married, jM'eferring to dexote his sole attention to the care of his aged mother, who was, as was also her husband, a wortln- nicml)er of the Christian church. They were the parents of these children : Robert, who died at the age of eleven years; Mary, now Airs. Steel ; John died, leaving eight children; David is also deceased: Elias D. is a farmer; Lillie C, who married J. P. Adams, of this review. She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church South, and a woiuan who numliers her friends b\' the score.

John D. Baker

One of the substantial agriculturists of the \icinit}' of Xajjton, Saline county, is John D. Baker, a descendant of an honored pioneer family of this countv. his birth occurring within the liorders of the same. December 25. 1859, the son of John and Nancy \\'. ( Wood) Baker, the former of German descent, 1)orn in 1818 at Zanes^-ille, Ohio, and the latter in Virginia. The father of John Baker died when he was young and his mother married again and wdien young he w^as bound out to a mechanic and learned the millwright's trade, which he afterwards followed, and in 1839, in company with the father of Doctor Fisher, came to Cooper county, ^Missouri. Later, in 1844. he moved to Saline county, locating at jonesboro, wdiere Mr. Baker assisted to erect the Jonesboro mill, operated b}- water-power, it being among the first mills of importance built in the C(ninty. He managed the mill for a number of years and he was a useful man to the country customers, many of whom came from adjoining counties. Mr. Fisher waS' the proprietor of the mill and Mr. Baker was the active manager of the same until his health failed, when he (juit milling and began farming on land which he purchased, only looking after the repairs on the mill from that time. In 1858 John Baker married Nancy ^^^ Wood. His brother, Tobias Baker, came to Saline county earlv and settled here on a farm near Herndon, wdiere he lived until his <leath : his sister, Marv, living in Ohio, married a Mr. Caldwell, who was a farmer, John Baker carried on general farming very successfnlly, also stock raising. He was a Southern sympathizer during the Civil war, but, owing to his health, he took no part. At different times troops foraged on his farm, taking his horses and other stock, - in fact, everything that they found loose, - but he was done no bodily harm. He added to his farm from time to time and became well-to-do. He was a Democrat, but avoided active public life in everv respect. When he came here game was plentiful and, while he was not a great hunter, he frequently went in quest of game. During all his milling career he knew no time when there was not plenty of grain to meet the needs of the residents of Saline county. He was reared a Lutheran and he never departed from his allegiance to this creed, but in the absence of this denomination here, he affiliated with the Baptists, being a conscientious Christian throughout his life and he was highly respected for his honesty in all his daily affairs. He was in delicate health for a number of years, but continued to look after his business affairs. He died at the homestead, near Napton, May 16, 1900, at the ripe old age of eighty-two years. His widow, a woman of gracious personality, who was all along a faithful and courageous helpmeet, is still living, finding a comfortable home with her son, John D., of this review, and she yet holds the old homestead. She is the daughter of David and Lucy (Gay) Wood, both natives of Virginia, where they were married. David Wood served throug'h the war of 1812, as a result of which he received a pension. He came to Missouri about 1838, locating in Saline county, where he was employed as overseer for a number of years, later entering land which he improved and on which he carried on general farming and stock raising. He was a Democrat, but lived a retired life in reference to public affairs. He remained on his farm until after the death of his w'ife and then made his home with his daughter, Mrs. John Baker, until his death in 1874, at an advanced age. He was too old to take an active part in the Civil war, but he was for the South. He was a Baptist, was well known and highly respected. He and his wife were the parents of seven children, six daughters and one son, Nancy W., mother of John D. Baker, being the youngest in order of birth; the son, Richard Wood, who lived in Pettis county, Missouri, is now deceased.

The following children were born to Mr. and ]\Irs. John Baker: John D., of this review; Mary, wife of William M. Thorp, a farmer; Oiarles \\'.. living on the old homestead; Eva V. has remained single.

John D. Baker was reared in Saline county, where he attended the common schools and assisted with the work on the home place, remaining under the parental roof until he married in 18S7, when he bought land where he yet lives, making many substantial improvements on the same, erecting a substantial and cozy dwelling, good l)arns and other outbuildings and cultivating an excellent orchard. He has a very valuable and highly productive l)lace on which he conducts a general farming l)usincss and feeds large numbers of cattle for the market, no small part of his annual income being derived from this source, for he thoroughly understands the successful handling of live stock, giving his exclusive attention to his farming and stock business. He is a strong Democrat and has taken more or less interest in local affairs for some time, being a member of the Democratic central committee, working for the party and his friends; however, he has never sought public office himself

John D. Baker married Hattie B. Thorp, who was born in Saline county and reared and educated here; she is the daughter of T. J. and Mary (Marshall) Thorp, both natives of Missouri, who married here and settled on a farm in Saline county, Mr. Thorp being an extensive farmer and stock raiser. He served in the Confederate army, was a Democrat, but has held no offices : he was a member of the Baptist church. He died on the old Marshall homestead and Mrs. Thorp is also deceased. They were the parents of nine children, Mrs. John D. Baker being the oldest. This union resulted in the birth of one child, June, born March 20, 1889. who graduated from the academic department of the Missouri Valley College at Marshall.

Mrs. John D. Baker was called to her rew^ard on December 3, 1896. She was a woman of fine personal attributes, a devoted member of the Baptist church, of which Mr. Baker is also a member and a liberal supporter. Xo better family is to be found within the borders of Saline county than the Bakers.

Samuel D. Cochran

Among the prominent citizens and successful farmers of Saline county. Missouri, none occupy a higher position in the estimation of his fellow citizens than the gentleman whose name appears at the head of this sketch. A broadminded man and intelligent agriculturist, he is progressive in his methods and keeps in close touch with the most advanced ideas relating to his profession, with the result that he has kept in the forefront and occupies an en~ viable position among his fellows.

Samuel D. Cochran is descended from a long line of sterling ancestors. His great-grandfather on the paternal side was a native of Scotland, who came to America in an early day and settled in Virginia. During- the war of the Revolution he enlisted in behalf of the colonists and served as a member of General Washington's body guard. His son John, grandfather of the subject, was reared in Kentucky, but in an early day he came to Boone county, ^Missouri, being numbered among the earliest pioneers of that section of the state. He at once took a prominent part in the development of Boone county, exerting a strong influence in favor of the best moral conditions and also taking a leading part in the commercial development of the community. During the Civil war he served in the Confederate army and during a visit to his home he was captured by a posse of Federal sympathizers, who took him away for the avowed purpose of killing him. However, Odin Guitar, of Columbia, who was a Federalist, rallied around him a number of men and rescued him. Federal troops were constantly engaged in foraging- in that locality and Mr. Cochran suffered much material loss, besides many unpleasant experiences for the family. Mr. Cochran was a man of high intelligence and a high sense of justice and he was frequently called upon to adjust disputes and differences between his neighbors, his reputation as an arbitrator being known throughout that part of the state. His sterling integrity, high sense of personal honor and his broad-minded grasp of business affairs, gave him at once a prestige and assured his business success. In politics he was a Democrat and his religious views were those of the Cumberland Presbyterian church. He was the father of the following children: W^illiam, James. John. Robert. Samuel. Marion, George. \\'.. Amanda. Marguerite and a daughter that died young. Amanda became the wife of S. Elliot and Tvlarguerite died in young womanhood. All of the sons reached mature years, were married and followed ag-ricultural pursuits. All are yet living excepting ?^Iarion and Robert. During the Civil war all of the sons served in the Confederate army and made good records as valiant and courageous soldiers.

The subject's father, George \\'. Cochran, was born in Missouri, on the old Roone county homestead, where he was reared, receiving his education in the common schools. He married Anna Smith and followed the business of farming, to which he had been reared. At the outbreak of the Civil war he entered the Confederate army and served until the close of that struggle. He took part in many of the most hotly contested battles of that struggle, but was not wounded nor taken prisoner. After the war he returned home, was married and thereafter devoted himself to farming. He bought a tract of land, on which he followed general farming, also giving considerable attention to the raising of live stock, in both of which lines he was eminentlv successful. Besides superintending- his own business aff'airs. he also served a number of years as overseer, for M. U. Paine. In 1874 he closed out his business affairs liere and moved to CaHfornia, where for two years he was engaged in carpentering. Returning to Boonville. Missouri, in 1876. he remained there until the following vear. when he came to Saline county, settling on land owned by his father-in-law. Subsequently he bought the farm, which he conducted with marked success until 1899, when he sold out and moved to the state of Washington, where he homesteaded land and also bought a tract of school land. He l)ro\'ed u\) his land and impro\ed the farm, but subse(|uently disposed of all his real estate holdings and engaged in the hardware and implement business at Dixie. Walla Walla county, Washington. In all his business investments he was successful, so that recently he was enabled to retire from active business pursuits and is now living practically retired at Dixie. Though claiming Dixie as his present home, he expects to return to Saline county to spend his last years. An ardent Cumberland Presbyterian in religious belief and a faithful member of the church, he has occupied many positions of responsibility in the church, and has helped to organize a number of churches in the West, being especially active in the promotion of Sabbath schools. In every community in which he has lived he has enjoyed the unbounded confidence of the people with whom he has been associated. All the members of his family have enjoyed high reputations as men of integrity and honor and they have honored the various communities in which they have lived. Mrs. Anna Cochran is the daughter of Henry Smith, a native of Kentucky, who came to Boone county, Missouri, in an early day. His wife was reared near Harper's Ferry, Virginia. After coming to Boone county, Mr. Smith settled on a fann, which he operated and also gave some attention to the cooperage business, which trade he followed to some extent all his active years. He was a Democrat in politics, but never held public office. Late in life he closed out his business affairs in Boone county and, going further west, engaged in the sheep business. He died at a ripe old age. He reared a large family of children, of whom the subject's mother was the second in order of birth. The children were all devout Christians, members of the Methodist church. To George W. and Anna Cochran were born two children, Samuel D., the subject of this sketch, and Mattie E., the wife of Thomas Hedrick, of Dixie, Washington.