Vernon County, Missouri - The whole text, 1911 (part 11 of 14)

William L. attended the common schools until he was fifteen years of age, growing up on his father's farm and living at home until he attained his majority. He spent ten years farming in Texas with his father, and worked the home farm there, sharing equally with his father in the profits and with the money bought a tract of land in Texas, which he afterwards sold and in 1888 pur¬ chased eighty acres and established his home here. He has since made further purchases and now - 1911 - owns 210 acres of wellimproved, highly-cultivate land. Besides a convenient and com¬ modious residence, Mr. Palmer improved his place with a large barn, a special house for sheltering hogs, and other out buildings and supplied all the equipment required to conduct a modern model farm.

On January 15, 1890, Mr. Palmer was united in marriage with Miss Luella Wallis, at Nevada. Mrs. Palmer is a native of Texas, having been born in Collin county, that state, October 26, 1864; her parents were natives of Tennessee and emigrated to Texas at an early day, being among the pioneer citizens of Collins county.

Mr. Palmer is a Bryan Democrat. He has served two years as township trustee, and as an upright, progressive citizen is held in high esteem bv all. He is a member of the Woodmen of the World.

Emmet B. Parrish is a prosperous business man and a sub¬ stantial citizen of Nevada, Mo. A native Missourian, he was born in Pettis county, February 15, 1865, and is the second child of a family of six children, five of whom survive - to G. W. and Emma (Marshall) Parrish, who were natives of Ken¬ tucky and South Carolina, respectively. They were among the early settlers of Pettis county, where the father was a pros¬ perous farmer and influential citizen many years, and where he served as postmaster and in other local offices, and spent his active life. He passed his last days in Nevada, where he died in 1904 at the age of eighty-six years, his decease being followed by that of his widow in 1907, at the age of seventy-four. Their other surviving children are Eugene M., of Houston, Tex. ; Eliza¬ beth, the wife of Mr. W. A. Graham, of Sedalia, Mo. ; Ella J., who also lives in Sedalia, and Emma F., the wife of Mr. D. H. Dean, also of Sedalia. Everett G. is deceased. Emmet B. was reared on his father's farm in Pettis county and there attended the district school, which, in the early days, was held in the primitive log schoolhouse. Coming to Vernon county in 1879, he worked for a time on a farm in Center township and then he followed ten years. Fully equipped with these years of val¬ uable experience, and with a small capital saved from his earn¬ ings, Mr. Parrish now began business on his own account, open¬ ing a tin shop to which, a year later, he added a stock of hard¬ ware. In 1882 he opened a store on the north side of the public square, later moved to the east side of the square, and in 1910 established his business in its present commodious quarters at the northeast corner of the public square. Tims beginning in a modest way, Mr. Parrish has had the satisfaction of witnessing a steady growth in his trade from year to year, necessitating increased facilities and better accommodations, until today he finds himself at the head of the largest, best-equipped and most up-to-date general hardware store and tin shop in Vernon county. His success is the result of hard work, close attention to busi¬ ness, sound business judgment, honorable and fair dealing and a conscientious determination to please.

He takes a commendable interest in matters outside of his business, and is in sympathy with all that relates to the better¬ ment and welfare of the city and community.

He is identified with the Knights of Pythias, the Pythian Sisters, and Beneyolent and Protective Order of Elks. In polit¬ ical sentiment, Mr. Parrish is a Democrat.

George W. Parrish, for many years a citizen of substantial worth in Pettis county and of no less prominence here, was born in Harrodsburg, Kv., June 16, 1823. His parents, Jolly S. and Roxie A. Parrish, were both Virginians by birth. The former was a brick mason by trade, and for a considerable period fol¬ lowed undertaking in connection with plastering at Louisville. In 1833, upon removing to Pettis county, Missouri, he purchased a farm and attended to its management until death called him away from this earth in October, 1852, having reached the age of seventy-two years. His wife survived him a number of years, but finally, in September, 1875, she also died, then being eightynine years old. George AY., next to the youngest in his parents' family of children, passed his boyhood days upon the home farm, enduring in common with others the hardships and trials of a frontier life. The educational facilities of Pettis county in that early day were very meagre, but he succeeded in attending school a few months and to this primary course of instruction aided by self-application and desultory reading and study until he became well informed concerning the current topics of the day. AATien the clouds and disasters of war commenced to hover about this portion of the country, Mr. Parrish entered the enrolled militia and took part in many expeditions against the bushwhackers in Pettis and Johnson counties. After the war closed he resumed his farming operations until 1881 when he removed to Colorado, but owing to failing health he returned to Missouri and located in Deerfield township, of this county. This continued to be his place of residence until the spring of 1884, when he purchased the homestead upon which he resided, entering at once actively and energetically upon his career as an agriculturist. He was married in 1859 to Miss Emira J. Marshall, a native of Pettis county, Missouri, who has borne him the following children : Eugene, a merchant in Nevada; Emmet, a hardware merchant; Elizabeth A., Ella J., and Emma F.

Maj. Alexander R. Patterson. Perhaps the most important events in the life of Major Patterson are those which refer to his career while a soldier during the late war ; and brief mention of the part he took in that strife may not be uninteresting at this place. At the breaking out of war troubles he was living in Ohio, engaged in the saddle and harness trade, which he had previously learned, but almost upon the first call for troops he enlisted in the Thirty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry and soon commenced active service. His first engagement was at Camp Bartow, October 2, 1861, followed subsequently by the battles of Camp Alleghany, McDowell, Port Republic, and the fighting at Harper's Ferry, where he was captured. After his exchange his regiment joined the Seventeenth Army Corps, and from this time on he participated in the engagements at Thompson's Hill, Jackson, Champion's Hill, Siege of Vicksburg, on the Meridian expe¬ dition, Big Shanty and all through the Atlanta campaign, his experience being one of such hardships and privations as every true soldier must endure. Returning from the battlefield as major, Mr. Patterson spent two years in the oil regions of Ohio, coming thence to this county in 1867, where he was subsequently appointed clerk of the probate court, serving for three years. Then he was admitted to the bar, but after practicing four years his attention was turned towards selling agricultural implements, and in the interest of this business he canvassed the entire county thoroughly. He also sold musical instruments for a time. In later years he was engaged in selling goods as an auctioneer. Major Patterson was born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, February 19, 1828, the fifth child and fourth son of eight children in the family of his parents, Alexander and Mary (Sigfried) Patterson. The former was of Scotch ancestry, born in Milton, Pa., and by trade was a fuller and dyer after¬ wards working as a stone mason. He died in 1844. His wife was also a native of Pennsylvania, and of German origin. Sep¬ tember 16, 1851, lie married Miss Ann S. Graff, of Knox county, Ohio. Mr. Patterson belonged to the A. F. and A. M and G. A. R.

William L. Pepper, who has been a resident of Vernon county thirty years, was born in Marion county, Missouri, April 4, 1840, to V illiam H. and Sarah (Lair) Pepper, both natives of Mason county, Kentucky, whence they came when young with their respective parents to Marion county, Missouri, and there married and passed their lives near the town of Warren.

wounded in an encounter with the Union troops and returned home, and going thence to Kentucky, remained there till the war was over. On his return he went to Johnson county, Missouri, and there, in December, 1870, was united in marriage with Miss Emily J. Henderson, a daughter of Joseph Walker and Leina (Houks) Henderson, natives of Kentucky, and pioneer settlers of Johnson county. Mr. Pepper lived in Johnson county till 1877, then lived four years in Barton county and in the fall of 1881 came to Vernon county, and bought and settled on 180 acres of land in section ten, Blue Mound township, to which he has since added 140 acres, owning now an entire half section. Here he has given his attention to general farming operations with grati¬ fying success, and is counted among the prosperous and substan¬ tial citizens of the district. Mr. Pepper is active in affairs and has served on the local school board and is a member of the town¬ ship board, and is now vice-president of the Farmers' State Bank at Schell City. In politics he is a Democrat and in religious fel¬ lowship is identified with the Christian Church.

Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Pepper, viz. : Leina, who died in infancy; Mary Alice, who is now - 1911 - a trained nurse, at Denver, Colo ; William W., James M. and Ralph Pepper, all of Park county, Montana, and Josephine, who died in Montana.

St. Clair county, Missouri, and who comes of English lineage. The first representative of the Dade family in this country came from Norfolk and Suffolk counties, England, in 1652, and settled in Warwick county, Virginia. Revolutionary historical records state: "Baldwin Dade, Va., was a cadet, Continental Dragoons, 1778; Francis Dade, Va., Lieutenant, Continental Dragoons; Robert Dade, Va., Lieutenant Third Virginia troops, 1776, and died in August same year." Several of this family served their country in later years, among them being John Dade, an uncle of Mrs. Pepper, who was in the Mexican War under General Taylor, and whose widow now - 1911 - lives in Schell City, and receives a government pension.

Mrs. Pepper's parents, Baldwin and Catherine (Binns) Dade, were born, the former in Old Franklin, Howard county, Missouri, November 15, 1822, and the latter in Virginia, March 13, 1825. They were married in St. Clair county, Missouri, October 15, 1845, and after their marriage lived for a time in Cedar county, where Baldwin Dade conducted a store. A little later he pre¬ empted a quarter section of land in St. Clair county to which he added from time to time, owning at one time 500 acres.

In 1872 he exchanged his original purchase for a tract of 270 acres in St. Clair county on the line adjoining Vernon county, and made his home there thirtv-five vears, till he retired and moved to Schell City.

He had a family of ten children, nine of whom lived to mature years. They are : Charles W., who died leaving a family ; John, who lives in Schell City; Douglass L., of St. Clair county; Mrs. John W. Jones, of Vernon County; Truman A. Dade, of Vernon county; Dabney C., of St. Clair county; Mrs. A. K. Rogers, of Spokane, Wash.; Mrs. Pepper; Willoughby S., of Willow Springs, Mo., and Osceola B. Dade, of St. Clair county. One child died in infancy. Baldwin Dade died September 24, 1903, and his widow passed away April 5, 1908.

George W. Petty, M. D., a Kentuckian by birth, was born in Lancaster, Garrard county, October 14, 1850, and is a son of Garrod Scott and Elizabeth (Huffman) Petty, the former of Scotch-Irish descent, and the latter of German lineage, and both natives of Kentucky. The father was born in 1805 and died in 1865, and the mother born in 1815, passed away in 1866. Our subject's paternal grandparents, John and Patsy (Petty) Petty removed from Virginia to Kentucky and both died there in 1807. They had a family of four sons and one daughter, of whom the three eldest sons left Kentucky, with the purpose of settling in Texas, and were never afterward heard from, and it is supposed they were massacred. Our subject's maternal grandparents, Wil¬ liam and Elizabeth (Jackman) Huffman, reared a family of five children, among whom were lawyers and physicians, and all of whom left descendants in the home state. Dr. Albert G. Huff¬ man, who settled at Peabody, Kansas, and died there in the nineties.

George IV. was educated in private schools in his native place and at Franklin Institute, where he was graduated with the class of 1861. Later he pursued a medical course at Kansas City Medical College, where he was graduated with the class of 1890, and still later, in 1901, received a post-graduate degree from the Chicago Polyclinic Institute. Dr. Petty began his professional career at Metz, in Vernon county, Missouri, in 1886, and re¬ moved thence to Nevada, his present home, in 1905. Prior to entering the medical profession, Dr. Petty had been engaged in the drug business at Metz some twelve years, and continued it in connection with his practice till 1903. He came to Metz in 1871, and for some years was the only merchant there, and lived there when the location of the village was changed to its present site on the Missouri and Pacific railroad, where he erected the first building. Dr. Petty was a charter member of the Metz Lodge of Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and is a member of Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church (South), of Nevada. Dr. Petty has been twice married. His first wife, whom he mar¬ ried at Fort Scott. Kansas, in 1871, was Mary Alice, daughter of Mr. E. C. Lynch, of Kentucky. She died in 1883, leaving one child, now Mrs. Lutie, widow of the late William McKee. She resides in Nevada and is an instructor in Cottey College. On August 12, 1885, Dr. Petty married Miss Mary A. Swearingen, a daughter of Newton and Ann Swearingen, of Metz.

Joseph C. Phelps is an influential citizen of Deerfield town¬ ship, Vernon county, Missouri. He was born in Madison county, Kentucky, June 9. 1850, and is the seventh child of a family of thirteen children (of whom nine are now living, 1911) born to Jonathan and Mary A. (Richardson) Phelps. The father was born September 17, 1811. With his wife he removed from Ken¬ tucky, their native state, to Missouri, in 1838, but soon afterward returned to Kentucky and there taught school and followed his trade as a gunsmith till 1853. He then settled on a farm with his family in Jackson county, Missouri, and lived there till 1867, when he moved to Howard county, having then a family of seven boys and six girls.

In 1879 he bought and settled on a farm of forty acres in Center township, Vernon county, and carried on farming till his decease, November 28, 1891, being especially interested in the breeding of cattle, horses and mules. He was a man greatly respected in the community and an elder and worthy member of the Christian Church. His widow survived till 1900. Her father, Jack Richardson, served in the War of 1812, and was in the battle of Tippecanoe. Joseph C. had good educational priv¬ ilege, and attended school up to his twenty-second year and was graduated from the high school of Roanoke, in Howard county, Missouri. He lived with his parents till he Avas twenty-six years of age, then went to Texas on account of impaired health, and on his return settled in Vernon county, whither his father and family had moved. In 1890 Mr. Phelps bought and settled on a farm of eighty acres in section thirteen, Deerfield toAvnship, where he has since made his home Avith his family. Mr. Phelps has been a successful teacher and has spent thirty-one years of his life in that occupation. In Vernon county he has served two years as a member of the township board, two years as clerk and assessor and was a member of the Farmers' Alliance, Avhen that organization existed. In political principles he is a progres¬ sive Democrat. On December 22, 1880, Mr. Phelps married Miss Mary K. Short, a daughter of Mr. Daniel Short, a native of Ken¬ tucky. Mrs. Pehlps was born in Kentucky May 14, 1858. To Mr. and Mrs. Phelps have been born four children, viz. : Georgia B. ; born June 13, 1882; Shelton. J., born October 7, 1884; Roy Kesler, born December 21. 1888, and William J., born March 14, 1891. The eldest son. Shelton J., is superintendent of the schools at Mountain GroA^e, Mo. Mr. and Mrs. Phelps are faithful mem¬ bers of the Christian Church.

Vv illiam T. Phillips, who has been a resident of Vernon county, Missouri, more than thirty-five years, was born in Adams county, Ohio, J line 11, 1846, and is the third child of a family of nine children (of whom six are now Irving, 1911) born to Henry and Elizabeth (Templer) Phillips. The father was a prosperous was formerly from Louden county, Virginia; a man of influence, in early life a Whig and a Repub¬ lican, after the organization of that party in 1856, and for forty years a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He died in 1882. William T. acquired his education in the com¬ mon schools of his native place. After the opening of the Civil War he entered the army as a private in Company H, Fifth regiment Ohio Volunteers, and went with his regiment to Chieamauga. He was in the Eight Days' Battle at Atlanta, Ga., and on July 22, 1864, was severely wounded in the thigh, but after being one month in the hospital, he was able to rejoin his regi¬ ment and was with Sherman in his "March to the Sea." The regiment was afterwards in provost service at Savannah, Ga., and continued thus occupied till sent to Washington to take part in the grand review, after which it was sent to Louisville, Ky., and mustered out. As a member of the Grand Army of the Repub¬ lic, Mr. Phillips has attended four national encampments, held at Kansas City, Cincinnati, Columbus, 0., and St. Louis, respectively.

Soon after returning from the war, Mr. Phillips settled in Bates county, Missouri, and there on November 5, 1872, married Miss Susan Willis. In 1875 he moved with his family to Vernon county and settled in Moundville, and during the next ten years was engaged in the hedge business.

In 1889 he was appointed postmaster by President Harrison, and served in that capacity nineteen years. He has been twentvfour years a member of the school board and has served two terms as justice of the peace. Mrs. Phillips has had five commissions as a notary public. To Mr. and Mrs. Phillips have been born eight children, viz. : J. Howard, born September 29, 1875 ; Blanche, born December 30, 1877 ; Merrill, born May 1, 1880; Sophia, born October 30, 1882; Edmonds, born March 2, 1885; Mabel, born November 2, 1888; Thomas H., born October 15, 1890, and Frances, born May 12, 1393.

John Phipps was born and reared in Cole county, Illinois. Thomas Phipps, his father, was a native of Ohio, and an agri¬ culturist by occupation. He died in Illinois in 1880, leaving, besides his widow, who was formerly Miss Eva Harter, also of Ohio nativity, eight children to mourn his loss, seven sons and one daughter. In 1869 Mr. John Phipps became located in Vernon county, and here now owns an excellent farm. In 1872 Mr. Phipps was married to Miss Judith Longacre, originally from Cooper county, Missouri, and to them six children have been given: Minnie, Thomas, Henry, Sallie, Bennie and John.

Ernest D. Piercey, a native of Missouri, was born in Green county, August 5, 1882. He is of Scotch-Irish lineage, and is the second child of a family of five children born to John R. and Mary (Darnell) Piercey, natives of Laclede and Nodaway coun¬ ties, Missouri, respectively. Their other children are Virgil M., of Altoona, Kansas; Rosa, the wife of Mr. George Weyman, of Gar¬ field, Wash.; May, who is married to Mr. Henry Canaday, of Spokane, Wash. ; and Irvin L. Piercey, of St. Charles, Mo. Our subject's paternal grandfather, Zadock Piercy, was a pioneer settler of Laclede county and died there in 1901, at the age of ninety years.

His maternal grandfather, Nelson L. Darnell, moved from Virginia, his native state, to Marysville, Nodaway county, Mis¬ souri. He came thence to Vernon county more than a quarter of a century ago, and settled in Deerfield township, where he built and for several years operated a saw mill. He afterwards went to Carthage, Mo., and there passed away, in 1903, at the age of eighty-five years. ITis wife's maiden name was Mary Ellen Rogers.

Ernest D. attended the public schools at Nevada, and while yet a boy began his training for the work to which he has since devoted himself, first in the employ of Mr. G. P. Kaupp, a gardener and greenhouse proprietor, and later was employed in the same line of work at Iola, Kan. On December 12, 1910, he took charge of what was known as the Weltmer Greenhouse, near the western limits of Nevada, the name of which was changed by the present owner, Mr. Frank R. Roe, to the Volcano Green¬ house. Mr. Piercey is thoroughly qualified by years of ex¬ perience and study for his line of work and takes delight in it. and under his wise management the business of which he has charge has shown most gratifying results. Mr. Piercy has de¬ voted much time to local military affairs, and as a member of Company H, Second Regiment, National Guards of Missouri, since April, 1901, has served three years as a private, six months as corporal, then as sergeant, and now holds the rank of second lieutenant. He is also a member of the Modern Woodmen of America.

December 25, 1909, he was united in marriage with Miss Jessie M. Purcell, a daughter of James M. and Emma (Wol¬ ford) Purcell, of Sheldon, Vernon county, and natives of Vir¬ ginia and Illinois, respectively. There was born to Mr. and Mrs. Ernest D. Piercy a son, Ernest Clare, on April 10, 1911.

Mrs. Piercey is next to the youngest of five children, the others being, William E. Purcell, of Sheldon; Josie E. who is married to Mr. Arlie Taylor, of Rich Hill, Mo.; Lottie V., the wife of Mr. Frank Raper, of Iantlia, Mo., and Annie L., who lives in Sheldon.

Albert A. Pitcher, who settled in Nevada, V ernon countv. Missouri, about 1865, when the place was but a struggling ham¬ let, was an active factor in her material development and busi¬ ness life until his decease in 1878. He was of English lineage and was born in Herkimer county, New York, and was one of a family of two boys and two girls born to Dr. Almond and Julia (Holmes) Pitcher, who were natives of Gouverneur, N. Y. His brother Orville Pitcher lives in England, and the sisters, Cor¬ delia and Ann, are both deceased.

Responding to the call of President Lincoln for men, he en¬ listed and organized a company of cavalry, and entered the service as lieutenant and soon was made captain, and was later promoted to the rank of major, his command being sent to New Orleans, where he served as post marshal for some time. His regiment being the Thirty-fifth New York Volunteers, and served with distinction till the close of the war. After his discharge he took up his residence at Nevada, and engaged in business as a druggist, and also operated somewhat extensively in real estate.

Mr. Pitcher was one of the men who had strong faith in the future of Nevada, and who wrought manfully toward the accom¬ plishment of their high hopes, but who did not live to see their full realization, though others have enjoyed the fruits of their labors. He was a kind-hearted, generous-souled man, sociable, hospitable and charitable, withal, and in all his intercourse and dealings with others, was actuated by high ideals and manly motives that won for him universal confidence and esteem, so that his passing away was mourned as a severe loss to the then voung citv.

In 1859 he was united in marriage with Miss Angeline Wight, whose family is of Welsh descent, and who is a sister of the honorable 8. A. Wight, of Nevada. Of two children born to Mr. and Mrs. Pitcher, Ethel was married to Mr. Mark E. Harrison, deceased, late of Nevada, and now resides at home with her mother and has two children, Madaline and Ralph; and Mary Louise is deceased.

George W. Poage was a native of Pocahontas county, Vir¬ ginia, born April 14, 1819, the son of George and Betsy Poage, nee Beard, who were also Virginians by birth. The former was an agriculturist by calling and died at the old homestead; his widow departed this life in 1868, in Daviess county, Missouri. Ten children had blessed their union, six boys and four girls, and of this number George W. was the seventh child. He was reared on a farm and to the common school education which he received was added a two-years' training at Hillsboro Academy, which he left well prepared to enter at once upon the arena of daily toil. Up to the outbreak of the war he was engaged in agri¬ cultural pursuits, but at that time enlisted in Company T, Nine¬ teenth Virginia Cavalry, under Col. Wm. L. Jackson, in Stonewall Jackson's brigade. lie served until hostilities ceased, taking part in almost all the most severe engagements, miraculously escaping several times uninjured when his clothes were pierced by bullets. May 10, 1865, lie surrendered at Lewisburg, W. Va. Mr. Poage soon returned to his home in Virginia, from whence he came to this county in 1869. In 1847 Miss Cornelia M. Hinchman became

Homer M. Poage, an active member of the bar of Vernoi^ county, Missouri, is of Irish-English ancestry. His great-grand¬ father, Thomas Poage, immigrated from Ireland to Virginia, thence moved to Kentucky, and in the early part of the nine¬ teenth century settled in Monroe county, Missouri, where he lived many years and passed his last days. Homer M. was born in Scotland county, Missouri, May 30, 1873, to John and Elmyra (Marmaduke) Poage, natives of Monroe and Shelby counties, respectively. The father was a pioneer circuit rider of the Methodist Episcopal Church (South), and experienced many hardships in the early days. He departed this life in 1882, leav¬ ing his widow who still survives - 1911. Her father, James Mar¬ maduke, wdio was of English lineage, moved from Virginia, his native state, to Shelby county, Missouri, in the early forties and passed his active life there in the mercantile business. Homer M. is the eldest of a family of three children, the others being Ethel, who is married to Mr. Joseph B. Cousley, of Nevada, Mo., and John, who lives in Lexington, Mo.

Our subject acquired his education in the public schools of Nevada, and there studied law under the direction of Mr. Horace IT. Blanton, and on December 31, 1899, passed his examination and was admitted to the Vernon county bar. He at once began the practice of his profession and has continued uninterruptedly since with gratifying success. Since 1908 Mr. Poage has served as city counselor.

Mr. Poage is actively identified with various fraternal and benevolent orders, being a Knight Templar, and a member of the Knights of Pythias, and Modern Woodmen of America, In religious faith Mr. Poage is affiliated with the Centenary Metho¬ dist Episcopal Church (South) of Nevada, and takes a lively interest in whatever tends to the betterment of his fellows.

Henry Pond,* a leading citizen of Metz, Vernon county, Mis¬ souri, was born in Statesville, Iredell county, North Carolina. July 18, 1866, and is the fifth child of a family of eight children born to Thomas J. and Margaret E. (Shufford) Pond, the former born near Norfolk in South Hampton county, Virginia, in 1829.

and the latter near Statesville, North Carolina, of German par¬ entage. At the age of seven years, Thomas J. Pond was " bound out" to a Mr. Gavel, a cabinet maker, of Petersburg, Va., of whom he learned the cabinet maker's trade and with whom he worked till he attained his majority. He then went to States¬ ville, N. C., and began life on his own account. His first employ¬ ment was doing the inside finishing work of Concord Female College of that city, and there he met and became acquainted with her who, two years later, became his wife. After his marriage he built a shop on two acres of land which he bought in the outskirts of Statesville, and there gave his attention to the undertaking business, employing seven men in his shop and having charge of most of the burials in three adjoining counties. Selling his business in 1868, he moved to Pleasant Hill, Mo., and the following spring, went to Pleasant Valley (now Old Metz) and opened a cabinet and undertaking shop. He conducted this business till new Metz was established, in 1890, then moved his shop thither, and there carried on the business till 1900, when he retired and moved to Tulsa, Okla., whence he returned to Metz, in 1904, and there died.

He belonged to the Masonic Order, and in 1876 united with the Christian Church. His wife is also deceased. Of their chil¬ dren, one died in North Carolina, at the age of three years, two died in Vernon county, one at the age of eight and the other at the age of sixteen years, and one, Hugh, died at Tulsa, Okla., in 1908, at the age of twenty-three. Those surviving, besides our subject, are William M., of Portia, Cal., Mrs. Jennie Baze, of Tulsa, Okla., and Mrs. Belle Ward, of Maunford, Okla.

Henry Pond was educated in the public schools at Old Metz, and from early boyhood worked in his father's shop. When fourteen years old he began working as a journeyman car¬ penter, and two years later began doing contract work on his own account and so continued till 1900 when he bought out his father's business. In order to be thoroughly equipped, Mr. Pond, in the spring of 1901, took up a course of study in the Philadelphia School of Embalming under Prof. Johnson Dodge, at St. Louis, and later attended the Eckles School of Embalming in that city, graduating from both, and received a state license to practice embalming. Mr. Pond manufactures, among other varieties of burial caskets, black walnut coffins, for which there is a considerable demand, and his establishment is thoroughly equipped with modern appliances and facilities to meet all demands. His funeral car, of modern type, is one of the few of its kind in this part of the state. Besides his undertakingbusiness, he carries on extensive building operations, having facilities for executing building contracts, covering every branch of the work from putting in the foundations to finishing com¬ plete, of any class of material. Mr. Pond also holds letters patent for a water filter, for which there is a great demand. He is identified with the Modern Woodmen of America, and also is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and in 1899 was ordained a deacon of the Baptist Church at Metz.

In February, 1890, Mr. Pond was united in marriage with Miss Minnie H. Smith, a native of Logan county, Kentucky, and a daughter of M. AY. and Hortense Smith, who settled in ATernon county in 1889.

Air. and Airs. Pond have three children, viz. : Alollie Eliza¬ beth, who was born in 1892, and has the distinction of being the first child born in Aletz ; Opal Irene, born in 1904, and Henry Eugene, born in 1906.

William H. Popplewell, a native Alissourian, was born in Alontevello township, AYrnon county, July 19, 1874, the eldest of three children born to Sovereign G. and Rebecca (Avery) Popplewell, the former born in Aliller county, Alissouri, October 26, 1847, and the latter in Illinois, August 6, 1854. They were married in Yernon county in 1873. Their other two children are, Airs. R. G. Callahan, of San Antonio, Texas, and Mrs. L. E. Knowlton, of Grand Junction, Colo.

The Popplewell family is of French origin, representatives of the family going to England and thence to this country, settling in the early days in Virginia, whence Simeon Popple¬ well, the great-grandfather of our subject, moved to Kentucky. His son, Sovereign Popplewell, grandfather of William H., moved from Kentucky, his native state, to Alissouri, in 1837. The Avery family came from New York and settled in Illinois.

Sovereign G. Popplewell, on coming to Vernon county, bought 320 acres of land in Montevello township. He after¬ wards bought other lands, and owned at one time f20 acres, and now owns four hundred acres. He was graduated from the

Keokuk Medical College, Keokuk, Iowa, in 1876, and practiced his profession at Montevallo thirty-eight years, making his home in the village. He now - 1911 - lives at Eldorado Springs.

William H., after leaving the common schools, attended Kem¬ per School, at Booneville, Mo., then studied medicine at the Barnes Medical College of St. Louis, where he was graduated with the class of 1898. He practiced his profession at Montevallo four years, and in 1903 moved to Sheldon, where he has since made his home, engaged in his practice.

Dr. Popplewell, on June 22, 1904, was united in marriage with Miss Laura McCutcheon, who was born in Cooper county, Missouri, December 12, 1879, to F. G. and Mamie (Tucker) McCutcheon. Dr. and Mrs. Popplewell have two children, named, respectively, Frank S., who was born May 7, 1905, and Vir¬ ginia L., who was born January 20, 1909. Dr. Popplewell is active in fraternal orders, being a member and past master of Sheldon Lodge, No. 371, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, a member of Sheldon Lodge, of Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and a member of the Modern Woodmen of America.

Edric L. Pottorf, junior member of the firm of Williams & Pottorf, was born in Nebraska September 4, 1867, and is a son of George W. and Susan E. (Hinch) Pottorf, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of Kentucky. They settled in Missouri in 1857. The mother died when Edric was six months old and the father died when he was six years of age. He is the youngest of a family of four children, of whom Sarah Elizabeth, the eldest, was married to Capt. W. H. Taylor, of Nevada, and is now deceased; Alice K. is married to Mr. I. F. S. Nelson, of Nevada, and John A. lives at Prosperity, Mo.

Edric acquired his education in the public schools and when nine years old entered the office of the "Vernon County Re¬ publican" - now "The Herald" - to learn the printers' trade. He first engaged in business for himself with Messrs. J. H. Donley and N. H. Grady, abstractors, under the firm name of Donley, Grady & Pottorf. After a few years he sold his interest in the firm and engaged in business on his own account, placing insurance, negotiating loans, etc. A little later he accepted an appointment as deputy circuit clerk under Mr. Henry C. Brady and filled that position eight years, and then, in December, 1902, purchased his interest in the present firm of "Williams & Pottorf. He is a reliable and thorough business man and both by native ability and his years of careful training is well qualified to succeed in whatever he undertakes. He belongs to the Inde¬ pendent Order of Odd Fellows and is also identified with the Modern Woodmen of America.

On March 28, 1887, Mr. Pottorf married Miss Linnie A., daughter of Mr. Moses "Welch, of Nevada, and they have two children, viz., Dr. R. "W. Pottorf, of Nevada, Mo., and Joe L., who lives at home.

Charles H. Prewitt,* widely known as a prominent, influential and progressive citizen of Nevada, Mo., was born in Lafayette county, October 8, 1853, and is the second child of a family of five children born to Judge William AY. and Mary J. (Sample) Prewitt. Our subject's father, whose biography appears else¬ where in this work, was for many years prominent in the busi¬ ness circles of Yernon county at Nevada. The family settled at Nevada in 1858, when our subject was five years of age, and he grew up there, acquiring his education in the public schools. After the opening of the Civil AYar he entered the service and accompanied his father through that struggle, and afterwards went to Texas, traveling some sixteen hundred miles freighting, and having many interesting and thrilling experiences of rough, frontier life.

In 1876 he joined his father in the abstract business at Nevada, which was carried on under the firm name of AY. AY. Prewitt & Son until he was elected to the office of Treasurer of Arernon countv, in which office he served two terms. During that time the business was carried on by the father in his own name until his decease October 8, 1910. As successor to his father, our subject then resumed his former line of work and since that time has continuously devoted himself to its manage¬ ment and development, building up an extensive business as an abstractor, buying, selling and exchanging real estate, negotiat¬ ing loans, placing insurance, etc., and attaining to a leading place among the largest operators in those lines in the country.

Mr. Prewitt is decidedly a man of affairs and is in hearty sympathy with all progressive movements looking to the develop¬ ment and betterment of his city and community, and by his uniformly courteous demeanor and upright, manly course in all his varied relations, enjoys the fullest confidence and esteem of all who know him. He stands high in Masonic circles and is an active and influential member of the Knights of Pythias.

On December 4, 1879, Mr. Prewitt married Miss AVillie Blan¬ ton, a native of Texas, and there have been born to them three children, named respectively, Harry C., Howard E., and Pauline.

Samuel T. Prewitt, who has lived in Vernon county since he was eight years old, was born near Waverly, Lafayette county, Missouri, May 3, 1870, to William H. and Barbara J. (Bush) Prewitt. After leaving the common schools he completed a course of study in the Lexington Business College, Lexington, Ky., and lived in his father's home till he married. On January 2, 1898, he was united in marriage with Miss Bettie Ewing Edwards, who was born at Walker, Vernon county, November 14, 1876, the daughter of Absolom W. and Willie A. (Renick) Edwards, the former born in Virginia, March 1, 1834, and the latter in Jackson county, Missouri, March 11, 1846. The father was the seventh child of a family of eleven children born to Isaac and Polly S. (Beamer) Edwards, wrho were natives of Virginia, the former born December 7, 1799, and the latter May 11, 1804. They were married March 7, 1822, and passed their lives in their native state. Absolom W. left home when a lad and went to Lafayette county, Missouri, whence he moved to Vernon county in 1867. Willie A., Mrs. Prewitt's mother, was a daughter of Rob¬ ert and Missouri (Lanham) Renick, the former born in Kentucky, March 17, 1798, and the latter in St. Louis, November 20, 1816. Robert H. served as chaplain of Colonel Gordon's regiment, Shelby's brigade, in the Confederate army, during the Civil War, and died May 20, 1875. His wife, Missouri, passed away July 15, 1850. Absolom W. and Willie A. were married in Vernon county, Missouri, November 22, 1871, and had six chil¬ dren, those besides Mrs. Prewitt being Mrs. R. H. Renick, born June 9, 1878 ; Miss Cora McFarland Edwards, born November 30, 1881 ; Mrs. George C. Bowman, who was born October 1, 1884, and two who died in infancy.

Absolom W. Edwards was a stock dealer at Walker, in Ver¬ non county, and served as the first president of the Farmers' Bank of Walker, till his resignation about a year prior to his decease, on October 9, 1906. His wife died August 21, 1897.

Samuel T. Prewitt has been a farmer and stock raiser ever since he began life on his own account, and is a prominent man of affairs in his community' and at present a member of the township board of Walker township. He is an active member of Walker Camp, No. 3164, Modern Woodmen of America, and both he and his wife are worthy members of the Christian Church at Walker. In politics he is a Democrat,

Mr. and Mrs. Prewitt have had three children, viz., William Edwards Prewitt, born December 23, 1898; Helen Marie, who was born September 20, 1900, and died May 30, 1907, and Har¬ riet Barbara, who was born July 21, 1903.

William H. Prewitt was born in Bourbon county, Kentucky, June 2, 1840, the eldest of three children born to James M. and Mattie (Bedford) Prewitt, both natives of Kentucky. Their other children were John Allen Prewitt, of La Fayette county, Mis¬ souri, who died July 6, 1911, and Martha Elizabeth, now de¬ ceased.

The Prewitt family is descended from French Huguenots, who in the early days settled in South Carolina, whence representa¬ tives went to Kentucky, where William Chandler Prewitt, our subject's grandfather was born. James M. removed with his family to Saline county, Missouri, in 1852. The next year he started for California, but turned back on account of illness, and settled in Lafavette county, where he died in 1858. His widow survived till January, 1905, and passed away at the home of our subject in Vernon county at the age of eighty-three years.

William H. lived on the home place till after the opening of the Civil War, but in 1862 enlisted in Company C of Colonel Gordon's regiment, Shelby's brigade, and served through the war. At the battle of Springfield in 1863 he was wounded in both legs, and left there a prisoner, but rejoined his regiment on July 3, 1863, having been exchanged in April, 1863. After the war was over Mr. Prewitt returned home and lived in Lafayette county till his removal to Vernon county in 1878. He leased the eighty acres, where he has since made his home, buying it in

1883 and since then adding to it until he now owns a splendid farm of 200 acres in Walker township. He has been a farmer and stock raiser all his life and has achieved gratifying success in his operations. Mr. Prewitt is a Democrat and has served two terms as associate justice of the county court, and was a member of the forty-second and forty-third general assemblies of the state. He is a member of Osage Lodge, No. 303, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, at Nevada, and with his family is affiliated with the Christian Church.

On May 9, 1866, Mr. Prewitt was united in marriage with Miss Barbara J. Bush, a native of Clark county, Kentucky, born December 3, 1847, to Phillip W. and Mary J. (Monroe) Bush, natives of Kentucky. The father, born in 1812, was a son of Robert and Barbara (Winn) Bush, and the mother, born in 1822, was a daughter of George and Maria (Grimes) Monroe. Mrs. Prewitt's parents moved to Marion county, Missouri, in 1850, and a year later went to Bates county, but during the Civil War returned to Lafayette county, where the father died. The mother passed away in Henry county. Mrs. Prewitt is the third child of a family of six children born to them, viz., Owen M. Bush, of Clinton, Henry county, Missouri; Mrs. John A. Prewitt, of Vernon county; Mary, now deceased; Robert P. Bush, who lives in Lafayette county, and Phillip W. Bush, of Henry county.

Mr. and Mrs. Prewitt have had ten children, of whom nine are now living, viz., Samuel T., who was born May 3, 1870, having had three children; George E., born December 22, 1871, a minister of the Christian Church at Shawnee, Okla., has one child living, Nylen J. Prewitt ; Mrs. W. H. Ewing, who was born February 26, 1874, has two children, Margaret, born September 25, 1896, and William Prewitt Ewing, born in 1906 ; William T. Prewitt, born July 4, 1876; Mrs. J. P. Davis, born August 14, 1878, has five children, two sons and three daughters, named Cowan, Edith, Alice, Willis and Ray; Evelyn, born August 13, 1880; Thomas H., born April 22, 1884, and Charles M., who was born June 15, 1887. James, born July 3, 1868, died in infancy. Maggie Gordon Prewitt, born April 24, 1882, married Hubert Coons and lives in Nevada, Mo.

representative citizen of Nevada would be to omit a history of one of the most worthy men who ever made his home within the limits of Yernon county - a man whose every effort has been of material benefit to the county, and whose energies have been directed towards her improvement and development from the time of his settlement in the community. William W. Prewitt was born in Bourbon county, Kentucky, May 16, 1822. His father was Joel Prewitt, a Kentuckian by birth, who in 1823 located in Howard county, Missouri, where he carried on farm¬ ing, stock dealing and merchandising. He was among the first to champion the doctrine of that religious body since recognized as the Christian denomination, and subsequently became a min¬ ister of that faith, his appointments extending over a Avide terri¬ tory adjacent to Howard county. In that early day he was Avell knoAvn, and on account of his identification with the affairs of central Missouri Avas of recognized prominence and true, sub¬ stantial Avorth. His AATife, formerly Miss Mary Trimble, of Ken¬ tucky, died in St. Louis shortly after the Avar. Fourteen children comprised their family, and of these William W. Avas the seA^enth child and fourth son. But a child AAdien brought to HoAvard county, Missouri, he Avas reared there, enjoying both a farm and mercantile experience, and continued to make it his home until 184J, when he moA^ed to Lafayette county and improAred a tract of land. In 1854 he Avent to Moniteau county and super¬ intended a lead mine for three years, coming thence in 1857 to Yernon 'county, where he entered land. The folloAATing year he brought his family, and from that time up to 1868 Avas actrcelv engaged in farming, but in the year mentioned he located per¬ manently in NeAmda and embarked in the real estate business. His transactions in this line Avere in excess of those of any other person in the county, the immense land sales Avhich he executed reaching an astonishing figure. His long residence here and the established reputation of his dealings Avith all Avith whom he had to do contrived to secure for Mr. PreAvitt the confidence and unbounded esteem of a Avide circle of acquaintances ; while his public spirit and Avarm interest manifested in the welfare of the county gained for him many friends. His set of abstracts Avere complete in eATerv detail and thoroughly reliable, and besides the branches of business already referred to he did considerable in the Avav of loaning money. He Avas twice married, first,

June 3, 1845, to Miss Mary J. Sample, a native of Steubenville, Ohio, though reared in Indiana. She died in 1879, leaving five children: Smiley S., Charles H., Ella, wife of Walter C. Gal¬ braith, William W. and Anna Lee. Mr. Prewitt in 1880 was married to Miss Hattie Torrey, a native of Boston, Mass., a most estimable lady, and of such attractive graces of mind and heart as endeared her to all. Mr. Prewitt was a member of the Ma¬ sonic order. Personally he was held in high esteem, and though quiet and unostentatious in demeanor, his kind and obliging man¬ ner proved a fruitful source of the popularity which he enjoyed. He died October 8, 1910.

William D. Profitt, a son of an old and honored resident of Vernon county, was born November 28, 1852. His father, David S. Profitt, was born in Tennessee in 1824, and when eleven years of age was taken by his parents, William and Sarah Profitt, to Johnson countv, Missouri. He was reared a farmer and his earlv life was spent on a farm. When young he united with the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and was licensed to preach. In 1852 he went across the plains to California ; he had previously married Miss Sarah Garrison, a native of Kentucky. Three chil¬ dren were born to them, Sarah, who married Dr. Perrine, and William. In 1854 Mr. Profitt was again married, this time to Miss Lettie Godfrey ; she was born in Kentucky. Mr. Profitt was an earnest, faithful, consistent, and successful preacher, and it is doubtful if any standard bearer of the cross ever commanded or merited more respect than Rev. David S. Profitt. He died April 11, 1859, leaving, besides his widow, two children by this marriage, Robert J., a medical practitioner, of Kansas City, and Ellen D. The latter died in 1863. Wm. D. Profitt, after the death of his father, went to Cass county, and remained some years with an aunt. In 1868 he returned to Vernon county. He has been successful in farming and has made it his chosen occu¬ pation. He was married in 1875 to Miss Letitia Logan, daughter of James and Mary Logan, early settlers of this county.

William T. Rakestraw is a native of the Buckeye state, and was born in Licking county, September 1, 1842, and is one of seven surviving children born to John and Freelove (Taylor) Rakestraw, both natives of Ohio, the former born in 1818 and the latter in 1820. They moved to Harrison county, Missouri, in 1859, and passed the remainder of their lives there, the father dying in 1890 and the mother in 1870. Their other surviving children are: Mrs. Sarah Wiley, who lives in Iowa; Isaac, who lives in Washington; Mrs. Eliza Hendren; John W. and Hamil¬ ton, all of whom reside in Colorado, and Mrs. Etta Hendren, who lives in Oklahoma.

William T. lived at home till he was twenty years old, and in March, 1862, enlisted in Company G, Sixth regiment, Missouri volunteer cavalry, and entered the Union army. At the expira¬ tion of his term of service he mustered out, but in May, 1864, re-enlisted in Company C, Thirteenth regiment, Missouri volun¬ teer cavalry, and served till May, 1866. Mr. Rakestraw was twice taken prisoner, first at Neosho and again at Glasgow, Mo., but was exchanged each time without being imprisoned. After his final discharge he returned home and on October 14, 1869, was united in marriage with Miss Sarah E. Hefner, a native of Vir¬ ginia, born October 19, 1850, to Henry and Margaret (Kinkead) Hefner. Mr. and Mrs. Rakestraw had five children, viz., Henrv J., born August 21, 1871; Margaret J., born December 31, 1872,; Perry E., born May 30, 1875; Arthur A., born May 14, 1877, and who died June 19, 1898, and Ellis O., who was born September \0, 1879.

Mrs. Rakestrow passed away July 3, 1880, and on November 1, 1881, Mr. Rakestraw married Louisa J. Williams, who was born in West Virginia, March 12, 1853, the daughter of Elias and Ellen (Corley) Coffman.

With the exception of a few years spent in mercantile business in his early manhood, Mr. Rakestraw has always given his chief attention to farming, and is known as a thoroughly practical, systematic and up-to-date farmer. In 1903 he moved from Har¬ rison county, Missouri, to Vernon county, and purchased a home in Walker, comprising block 15 and one-half of block 16. His present farm consists of eighty acres in section 1 and sixty-five acres in section 11, Walker township, and forty acres in section 36, Blue Mound township.

Mr. Rakestraw is a man of high character and is esteemed for his genuine worth. He is identified with Osage Lodge, No. 303, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of Nevada, and is a past master of his lodge in Harrison county. In politics he is a staunch Republican, and he belongs to Gen. Joe Bailey Post, No. 26, Grand Army of the Republic. Both he and Mrs. Rakestraw are worthy members of the Christian Church of Walker.

Eligah W. Ransdell was born in Clark county, Kentucky, March 6, 1829, one of a family of nine children born to John and Mary (Tandy) Ransdell. His great-grandfather, Horton Rans¬ dell, and his grandfather, John Ransdell, were both natives of Petersburg, Ya. The grandfather, John, married a Miss Moore, and moved to Kentucky in 1786, when our subject's father, who was born at Petersburg, Ya., February 10, 1782, was four years old. Mary Tandy, our subject's mother, was a daughter of Kilos Tandy, who raised a company of soldiers in Kentucky and served as their captain during the Revolutionary War. He was born in Ireland. When the war was over and the government was not able to pay the soldiers promptly, he had put on record a statement to the effect that all money due him for his services should be donated to the government, and if the government saw fit to give him anything more by way of bounty, land grant or pension, "that also is hereby donated to my country."

Eligah W. Ransdell, on November 6, 1851, was united in mar¬ riage writh Miss Sarah J. Yanarsdall, who was born in Mercer county, Kentucky, May 19, 1834, to James and Elizabeth (Evans) Yanarsdall, who were of German and Irish descent, respectively. Mr. and Mrs. Ransdell had only one child, Aline E., born Novem¬ ber 9, 1853, and now the wife of Mr. John C. Newlancl, whose sketch is published herein. On March 7, 1880, Mrs. Ransdell passed awTay, and on January 30, 1883, Mr. Ransdell married Sarah W. Fletcher, a native of Georgia. He has been a resident of Yernon county, Missouri, since June, 1874, when he bought and settled on eighty acres of land in section 17, Clear Creek township. He lived there some nine years, and in 3 883 moved to his present home in section 19. In early life Mr. Ransdell was a Whig and cast his first presidential ballot for Gen. Winfield Scott. When the Republican party was formed in 1856 he cast his lot with that body, and twice helped to elect Abraham Lincoln to the presidency and still loyally supports that party.

Hon. James H. Requa. To put a stop to all persecutions on account of religious belief, Henry the Fourth, king of France, issued, in 1598, the famous "Edict of Nantes," decreeing that Protestants should enjoy the same rights and privileges in all respects as Catholics. But Louis XIY revoked that edict in 1685 and a severe persecution of Protestants, or Hugenots, as they were called, was at once set on foot. To escape this manyt fled to other countries, some coming to America, and among these was James Requa, the great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch, who settled at New Rochelle, N. Y. He was a man of family. Among his grandchildren was one Elijah, born in West¬ chester county, of the Empire state. The latter, after attaining to manhood, married Miss Eustatia Combs, a lady of Scotch ancestry, and she afterwards became the mother of James H. Requa, whose name appears above. Young James' birth occurred in the same county as that of his father, though in the year 1808. He grew up in his native state, learning from time to time the duties of farm life, an occupation which he subsequently closely followed in connection with teaching for many years. About 1837 he moved to Fort Wayne, Ind., living there until 1810, when he chose a settlement in the then sparsely inhabited terri¬ tory embraced in the present county of Bates in this state. While located there he taught the first school started in the vicinity of his home. Soon after becoming a resident of the county he was elected county judge, and in 1846 represented the people in the state legislature, at which time he voted for the joint resolution to organize the territories west of the Missouri river, which were then unorganized. The first steps in congress looking to this result were also taken about this period. Mr. Requa also held the position of school commissioner of Bates county (which then included Vernon), and at one time knew and had been at the home of every householder living in the two counties. In 1856 he came to Vernon county, selecting and improving a valuable farm, which he since sold. His home¬ stead is in section 3 of this (Deerfield) township. Judge Requa 's residence in this county was marked by a number of calls to official positions of trust and honor. Besides holding the office of county judge, he was elected to the state legislature in 1866, and in 1868 was re-elected. It requires no empty words of com-

The Judge's wife was formerly Miss Mary A. Norris, also of New York nativity, and to them six children were born: Edward N., Lewis C., John J., Albert G., "William H. and Austin. In religious belief Judge Requa was a Presbyterian. His death occurred November 20, 1893.

Thomas J. Rice, known as a substantial business man and citizen of Nevada, Mo., is of English and Scotch lineage and a native of McKean county, Pennsylvania. He was born May 4, 1851, to J. H. and Roxanna (Ames) Rice, the former a native of New York and the latter of Vermont. They settled on a farm in Iowa in 1866, where the father was a local ordained minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Thomas J. grew to manhood on the farm and gained his edu¬ cation in the district schools. When he was twenty-two years old he began working at the carpenter's trade with his father, who was a millwright, machinist and bridge builder. Later he was engaged for a time in contract work at Sioux Falls, S. D,, and in 1888 took up his residence in Nevada, where he has since dences in the city, and besides the state line bridge between the states of Missouri and Kansas has had charge of numerous other structures of that character, being recognized as a leader and expert in his line of business. Mr. Rice is identified with several fraternal orders, being a member of the local lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, which he has five times represented at the Grand Lodge, and also belonging to M. B. A., and represented this congressional district at the supreme con¬ vention of this order held at Denver, August 8 to 14, 1911.

On December 24, 1871, Mr. Rice married Miss Rebecca C. Blackburn, a daughter of James Blackburn, of Cedar Rapids, IoAva. Two children have been born to them, of whom, Cora E., the eldest, is married to Mr. J. R. Parsom. of Vernon county, and James C. is a partner in his father's business, which is carried on under the firm name of T. J. Rice & Son.

James B. Ridgway, a prosperous farmer of Lake township, Ver¬ non county, Missouri, was born in Hamilton county, Indiana. June 18, I860. He was the fifth child and is one of four sur¬ vivors of a family of ten children born to James and Elizabeth (Aldridge) Ridgway, both natives of Indiana. The paternal grandparents lived in Virginia. The maternal grandparents were of English and Scotch lineage. James Ridgway, our sub¬ ject s father, moved with his wife and eight children from Indiana to Kansas, and lived at Fort Scott some three years. In February, 1873, lie settled in Lake township, Vernon county. Missouri, and cultivated leased land there till his decease in 1884. He was a good man, modest, unassuming and quiet in manner, and withal, kind hearted and charitable, giving cheer¬ fully and generously according to his ability and means, to worthy objects and those in need.

Our subject grew up in his father's home and attended the common schools and had the varied experiences common to the ar er tio^ . "V lien lie was twenty-seven years old, on Novem¬ ber 13, 1887, lie was united in marriage with Miss Samantha Flagor, whose family came from Piatt county, Illinois. For several years after his marriage, Mr. Ridgway worked leased land, but in 1894 bought a small farm of forty acres in section 32, Lake township. He has since added to liis original purchase and now, 1911, owns, in sections 32 and 33, 260 acres. Mr. Ridgway, while giving his attention to general farming has made somewhat of a specialty of raising and feeding for the market, cattle and hogs. His farm is well improved and equipped and well stocked, and he is justly counted among the substantial farmers of the section.

Both Mr. and Mrs. Ridgway are identified with the Christian Church and he is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America. In political opinion lie is a Democrat of the William J. Bryan type. Edward Ridgway, who was born January 9, 1896, is the only survivor of four children born to Mr. and Mrs. Ridgway.

Johiel H. Rinehart, who lias resided in Vernon county, Mis¬ souri, since 1866, was born in Green county, Pennsylvania, No¬ vember, 1836, and is one of nine children born to Stephen and Lydia (Britt) Rinehart, the former a native of Green county, Pennsylvania, and the latter born in the adjoining county in

West Virginia, in 1809. They were married in Green county, and the father died there about 1842. Three of their children died in infancy, and about 1843 the mother left her four boys with an uncle in Pennsylvania and with two daughters went to Bureau county, Illinois, but returned a year later and got two of her boys, Johiel and Simon, and brought them to Illinois, where she married again.

Remaining with his mother till he was past twelve years of age, Johiel then went to work by the month as a farm laborer, and so continued till his marriage, after which he cultivated arid lived on leased land till his removal to Vernon county, Missouri, where he arrived November 6, 1866. Settling on an eighty-acre farm in section 28, in Metz township, he lived there with his family till May, 1898, when he retired from farming and moved into Nevada, his present home. Mr. Rinehart prospered in his farming operations and added to his farm from time to time, until he owned 640 acres in one body. Beginning in a modest way with this wild prairie land, he improved it as his means would allow, until he had the entire tract fenced and under cultivation and handsomely improved with a fine class of buildings and all needed farming equipments. He first built a small "box house," which was destroyed by fire and replaced by a more pretentious frame house, and this in turn by the present substantial nineroom farm residence. On the farm Mr. Rinehart dealt exten- . sively in cattle, buying, feeding and shipping, and also dealt somewhat in mules. He was always prominent in the affairs of the township and served as one of three who, under direction of the court, appraised the "Falor estate." He also, under court appointment, served as receiver of the Conkling Brothers Bank, of Nevada, qnd being elected justice of the peace some two years after he settled in Metz township, he filled that office seventeen years, till he resigned, and also served several terms as township trustee. About the year 1900 he was made a director and vicepresident of the Bank of Nevada, of which he became president three years later, and filled that office till failing health led him to resign in February, 1910. Prior to this, in 1898, he bought an assigned stock of shoes, valued at $9,000, and after conducting the store two years traded it for a farm which he afterwards sold.

Both Mr. and Mrs. Rinehart are members of the Christian Church, and in 1874 he was one of the forty-three charter mem¬ bers who organized the church at Rinehart, only four of whom, and he the only man, are now living. He served as elder in the church from its beginning till he moved into Nevada, and has tilled that office continuously till he moved away. Mr. Rine¬ hart now owns, besides his farm of 520 acres, a double two-storv brick business block on South Main street, Nevada; two valu¬ able vacant lots and a handsome modern frame residence, where he makes his home.

In October, 1858, Mr. Rinehart was united in marriage with Miss Lois Patterson, who was born in Medina county, Ohio, Sep¬ tember 20, 1841, to Robert and Rozina (McIntyre) Patterson. The former, born in Canada about 1794, and the latter in Ver¬ mont in 1805. They were married at Rochester, N. Y., and lived there a number of years, Mr. Patterson working at the car¬ penter's trade, then moved onto a farm in Medina county, Ohio, where he died about 1847. His widow passed away in 1881. Mrs. Rinehart's paternal grandfather, whose home was in New York state, served in the Revolutionary War.

Of five children born to Mr. and Mrs. Rinehart, Madison A., born October 26, 1859, is postmaster at Richards, Mo.; William H., born November 15, 1861, is a farmer in Metz township; Stephen J., born January 30, 1864, is a merchant at Caney, Kan.; Miss Rose L., born January 11, 1869, lives with her parents, and Jay H., born May 17, 1871, is in the clothing business at Nevada.

Leroy D. Roberts, who departed this life at Nevada, Vernon county, Missouri, December 12, 1876, was born in Roane county, Tennessee, October 10, 1834, the second child of a family of four children born to Col. Sidney R. and Margaret (Crow) Roberts, who, about 1844, settled in Camden county, Missouri, where the father carried on a mercantile business and also practiced law. In the early fifties he entered a large tract of land in Vernon county, but never lived there. At the beginning of the Civil War he entered the Confederate service as quartermaster of Marmaduke's regiment, under General Price, and in 1863 died of

Leroy D. acquired his preliminary education in the public schools of Camden county and later attended college at Jefferson City, and after leaving college was in the mercantile business with his father at Linn Creek, Camden county. Coming to Nevada about 1856, Mr. Roberts engaged in the mercantile trade on his own account, but traded his store for land in 1861, and enlisted as a private in Captain Hunter's company, but soon after leaving Nevada he enlisted and organized Company I, Fourth Missouri cavalry, and as its captain joined Colonel Burbridge's regiment in Marmaduke's division of General Price's army of the Confederacy, and being near his father was with him at the time of his death. Captain Roberts participated in many battles, but escaped injury till the battle of Pilot Knob, where a shell struck his foot and lacerated the ankle, finally necessitating amputation of the foot. At this time lie was taken prisoner and sent to Johnson's Island, where he was held some four months, till the close of the war. Returning to Nevada, Captain Roberts, associated with Dr. J. N. B. Dodson, engaged in general mer¬ chandising. He afterwards bought his partner's interest and conducted the business in his own name till about 1872, when he sold it and opened a hardware store in company with Mr. John Tyler, and so continued till his decease.

Air. Roberts was a thorough business man and prospered with the growth and development of the young city, and at the time of his death owned more than 500 acres of land in Vernon county, and had just completed a handsome brick residence at No. 125 AYest Austin avenue, Nevada, where his widow still has her home. He was a man of generous impulses, kindly and benev¬ olent, and withal of a deeply religious temperament, and while he contributed liberally toward the erection of church edifices and for their support, regardless of sect, he himself did not become a church member till shortly before the time of his death, when he united with the Methodist Ejdscopal Church, South. He gave heartily to worthy objects and his hand was always open to those in need.

On June 1, 1859, Mr. Roberts was united in marriage with Miss Mary J. Davis, who was born in Camden county, Missouri, August 27, 1841, to James A. and Sarah A. (Brown) Davis, who were born in Hopkins county, Kentucky, he July 19, 1812, and she April 28, 1821, and their respective families settled in Cam¬ den county about 1828. The father, James A. Davis, bought about a thousand acres of land in Walker township, Vernon county, near the beginning of the Civil War, and at its close moved thither and lived there till about two years prior to his death, August 19, 1898, when he broke up housekeeping and lived among his children. His widow passed away June 2, 1900.

Mrs. Roberts' grandfather, Harrison Davis, who died in 1861, at the age of ninety-eight years, was an intensely religious man, and his Bible, which he read through thirty-six times, is now in her possession. Mrs. Roberts was the second child of a family of ten children and is one of three survivors, the other two being Mr. Milton Davis, of Nevada, and Mr. Alexander Davis, who lives in California.

One sister and one brother of Mr. Roberts, our subject, still survive, viz., Mrs. Rebecca Swinck, of Dallas, Texas, and Richard A. Roberts, who also lives in Texas. Of five children born to Mr. and Mrs. Roberts, the first died when eighteen months old. Calvin, the second child, born November 23, 1868, is a grocer in Nevada. Leroy D., born in 1872, died in September, 1895. The fourth child died in infancy and Mary Anna, born February 17, 1876, resides with her mother.

Joseph Finis Robinson, physician and ex-superintendent of the State Insane Asylum, Nevada, Mo. Dr. Robinson was born near Knobnoster, Johnson county, Missouri, February 15, 1847, son of Jehu and Julia Ann (Oglesby) Robinson. His father was a native of Tennessee, and came of an old and honored fam¬ ily of that state. In 1818, at the age of six years, Jehu Robinson accompanied his father, Joseph Robinson, to Saline county, Mis¬ souri, where the father settled on a tract of land and at once engaged in farming pursuits. He and his family were among the earliest of the pioneer inhabitants of that section of the state and Mr. Robinson, being possessed of ability above the average of those times, was naturally regarded as a leader in the com¬ munity. During the early Indian wars, he received a commission as colonel in the state troops and commanded a regiment in numerous engagements brought about by the depredations of the red men. In 1835, or 1836, he located in Johnson county, and was one of the chief organizers of the first Cumberland Presbyterian Church, in that part of the state. The first house of worship was built by the congregation on his farm and for many years he held the office of elder. The Rev. John Morrow, whose name is well-known in the pioneer history of Missouri, was one of the earliest pastors of that society, and perhaps the first to serve in that capacity. Mr. Robinson was also a recog¬ nized leader in the ranks of the Democratic party, in those pioneer days, and continued as such until after the country had become more thickly populated, and the county government had been organized. He was judge of the county court of Johnson county for a considerable period, and a man of great influence in his community. His death occurred in Henry county, Mis¬ souri, in 1888. His wife, Dr. Joseph F. Robinson's mother, was born in Kentucky in 1820, and was a daughter of Tarlton Oglesby, a member of one of the most noted old families of the Bluegrass state. She died August 14, 1900, at the age of nearly eighty years, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Sallie B. Reynolds, in

Dr. Robinson obtainel his elementary education in the com¬ mon schools of Johnson and Boone counties, Missouri. In 1865 he entered the Missouri State University and was graduated from the normal and scientific departments in 1870, with a degree of Bachelor of Science, and normal graduate. Three years later his Alma Mater conferred upon him the degree of Master of Science. After leaving college he taught school for one term of six months. In 1871 he matriculated in the St. Louis Medical College, which he attended for two consecutive terms, after which he located for the practice of his profession in Henry county. In 1875 he went to Philadelphia and took a course in the Jefferson Medical College, of that city, being graduated in that year with the degree of doctor of medicine. Resuming practice in Windsor, Henry county, after his graduation, he continued his professional labors there until his election to the responsible office of superintendent of the State Insane Asylum, at Nevada. In the meantime, however, and in 1878, he had taken post¬ graduate courses in the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia and Bellview Hospital Medical College, in New York. In 1887, during the administration of Governor Marmaduke, he was named as a member of the first board of managers of the Nevada asy- lum, serving in that capacity for six years, during the last three of which he was president of the board. In 1893, during the ad¬ ministration of Governor Stone, the board elected him superin¬ tendent, and he continued to serve until April, 1905. During the administration of Dr. Robinson, the capacity of the institu¬ tion was increased to accommodate several hundred additional patients, without the necessity of special appropriation of monies on the part of the state. The increased accommodations are due to the economic administrations of affairs by Dr. Robinson, and were made possible by reserving from the funds appropriated for the yearly maintenance a considerable amount per annum, which in many institutions, would have been wasted through injudicious management. Originally the cost of the asylum represented a per capita expenditure (to make room for 540 patients) of about $625; during Dr. Robinson's administration, the capacity was increased so as to provide for the welfare of 850 patients, without in any manner effecting their well-being and comfort. This change in management represented a saving to the State of about $250,000, through the comparatively in¬ significant expenditure of $8,000 or $10,000 in fitting up and utilizing apartments in the building not intended for the pur¬ pose originally. This fact alone speaks volumes for the economy of the administration of the subject. Not only is this true, but the management under that regime was also characterized by a great increase of the average of recoveries on the part of those sent to the asylum for treatment. Biennial reports show that from 54 to 58 per cent, based on the number of patients re¬ ceived and treated each year, were discharged restored, an ex¬ hibit more satisfactory than that of any similar institution in the United States.

Dr. Robinson remained in office through the administration of five governors, and was connected with the institution in several capacities for a period of eighteen years continuously. In most states, political influence very frequently results in a rapid suc¬ cession in the office of superintendent. Dr. Robinson bears the distinction of being an original appointee of Governor Marmaduke, under whose administration the institution was erected. Dr. Robinson has always remained firm in his allegiance to the Democratic party, though he has never sought or held political office of any kind, always devoting himself closely to his chosen

Though his parents were devout adherents to the Cumber¬ land Presbyterian Church, he has been a member of the Baptist Church since a youth of seventeen years. He has been identified with Masonry since his twenty-first year, and has attained the higher degrees in that organization. He was one of the charter members of the Blue Lodge, of Cold Springs, Johnson county, Missouri, now located at Leeton, and has always retained his connection therewith. He is a Sir Knight in O'Sullivan Commandery, No. 56, of Nevada, a member of Ararat Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of Kansas City, a member of the board of of trustees of Cottey College, and director in the Thornton National Bank, Nevada. In 1889, while engaged in the general practice of his profession at Windsor, he became one of the pro¬ moters and organizers of the Farmer's Bank, located in that place, and for four years served as president of the institution, being its first president.

Dr. Robinson is a great lover of fine stock, and is credited with being one of the best judges of horses in Missouri. For many years he has owned and conducted one of the best stock farms in the state. This farm is located near Windsor, Henry county, Missouri, famous for its blue grass and clover and is known throughout the United States as the producer of some of the best horses, short horn cattle and jacks ever sent out of Missouri. It was established in 1884 as the Medow Stock Farm, and still bears that splendid reputation it established twentyseven years ago through its founder. He also has a fine stock farm in Bates county, near Butler, and has recently added an¬ other stock farm, known as the Dry wood Stock Farm, Yernon county, which is stocked with some of the best Jersey cattle, trotting horses and jacks that can be found in the country.

Dr. Robinson was married November 14, 1878, to Miss Linnie A. Sipe, daughter of Dr. Jacob and Harriet E. (Fewel) Sipe, of Warrensburg, Mo. Mrs. Robinson was born near Windson, Henry county. Her mother was a native of North Carolina and a pioneer of Henry county. Dr. Jacob Sipe, her father, for many years was a practicing physician of Henry county, and during the Civil War was commissioned as a surgeon in the Con- federate Army. He was captured by the Federals during an engagement in this state and continued in prison at Rolla, in Phelps county, where his death occurred. Mrs. Robinson was educated at the Methodist College at Lexington, Mo., and the Normal School at Warrensburg, of which she is a graduate. She is a lady of many rare graces of character, well fitted to adorn any circle of society. It is fitting to say that Dr. Robin¬ son, while occupying a position of eminence as a physician and surgeon, and is an expert alienist, stands equally high as a man outside of his professional career. He is possessed of a cheerful disposition, is broad-minded and liberal in his views, and these traits have endeared him to those with whom he has come in contact. His splendid record as the head of one of the great institutions of the state, aside from all other considerations, will cause him to be longer remembered as one of the most useful members of the profession which he adorns.

Dr. Charles A. Rockwood, was for nearly forty years a prominent physician and surgeon at Nevada, Mo., and passed away there on February 6, 1896. He was born in the city of New York, February 10, 1846, and was the fourth child 'and second son of a family of five children born to William H. and Susan G. (West) Rockwood, who, on account of the wife's ill health, moved from New York to Marengo, Ill., in 1856, and both died there. The father was a native of Vermont; the mother was a daughter of John G. West, in whose office Horace Greeley served his apprenticeship, learning the printer's trade.

Charles A. passed his boyhood on a farm and when but sixteen years old, leased his father's farm and carried it on successfully, at the same time acquiring a good education by private study and by attending a school at Woodstock, under the preceptorship of Rev. R. K. Todd. His great desire was to fit himself for the medical profession and with that purpose in view, he began his professional studies under the direction of Dr. James Northrop, and completed his medical course at Rush Medical College, Chicago, where he was graduated as an M. D. with the class of 1867. Dr. Rockwood began his practice at Afton, Iowa, then in his twenty-first year, and continued there with good results some two years; but an attack of Typhoid fever, coupled with the severity of the winters, lead him to re- turn to Illinois, and he was in practice at Sandwich, in DeKalb county one year. Then, in 1870, he took up his residence in Nevada, Mo., and resuming his practice as a physician and sur¬ geon, continued it to the close of his life with eminent success, both professionally and in a financial way. He had faith in the future of Nevada, and evidenced it by investing largely in real property, among his numerous holdings, being the brick struc¬ ture, long known as the Rockwood hotel, and for years a leading liostlery of the city. Dr. Rockwood was a member of the Ameri¬ can Medical Society, and other medical bodies. He stood high in Masonic circles, and was an honored member of the Knight's Templar as well as the Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias.

On November 11, 1874, Dr. Rockwood was united in marriage with Miss Belle B. Berry, a daughter of Dr. Lucian and Emma L. (Kelley) Berry, of Nevada, Mo., and formerly from Winchester, Scott county, Illinois, and who came here in the year 1872. She is a woman of fine attainments, and is the youngest of a family of nine children, the other survivors being: Julia, who is married to Mr. J. C. Bennett, of Ft. Scott, Kan. ; Martha B., the wife of Mr. A. Bennett, of Nevada; and Lillie B., who is married to Mr. J. M. Riggs, and lives in Winchester, Ill. Those deceased were named, respectively, Mary, Adeline, Marcus L., Emma L., and William C. Berry. The Berry family is of French lineage.

'Dr. Lucian Berry was for many years the leading physician at Jacksonville, Ill. Wm. Kelley, the grandfather of Mrs. Rock¬ wood, at one time owned and lived on the ground which is now the site of Oak Ridge Cemetry and Lincoln's Tomb, at Springfield, Ill., the original remodeled log cabin still standing there - the building in which Emma L. Kelley was married to Dr. Lucian Berry. Dr. Lucian Berry also was engaged in mercantile trade at Winchester, Ill., after giving up his practice, and moved from there in 1872, to Nevada, Mo., where he passed away at the age of ninety years. Mrs. Rockwood 's maternal ancestors were from North Carolina.

Dr. and Mrs. Rockwood had two sons, viz. : Reginald M. Rockwood, a prosperous druggist at Jefferson City, Mo., and Charles A.. Rockwood, who is an alumnus of Wentworth Military Academy, and a member of its faculty, and also was graduated from the Missouri State University as a Bachelor of Arts with the class of 1910, and is commandant of cadets there, being the youngest person ever to hold that position, and the only cadet ever holding position and is now studying in Northwestern University of Chicago for the medical profession, following in the steps of his father and grandfather.

W. M. Rousey was born in Morgan county, Illinois, March 10, 1851, is the third child and one of five survivors of a familv of ten children, born to J. P. and Nancy A. Rousey. The father was born in Alabama, in 1826, and the mother was a native of Maryland. The family lived in Morgan county, Illinois, many years, and in 1876 settled in Harrison township, Vernon county, Missouri, where the father bought 388 acres of land and made his home till his decease, October 28, 1894. He was a prosperous farmer and an extensive dealer in cattle and hogs which he fed and shipped to eastern markets. He was a clear-headed, wide¬ awake business man, fair-minded and honorable in his dealings and successful in all his undertakings. Though not an office seeker or holder, he kept in touch with current events and was an active worker in the local ranks of the Republican party. He was identified with the Masonic Order. His widow passed away in 1909. Our subject has always been a farmer; is a man of practical ideas and progressive in his methods, and now owns and lives on the family homestead in Harrison township, where he leads the life of a bachelor, and carries on general farming and stock raising operations with success. In his political opin¬ ions Mr. Rousey is a Socialist.

William P. Sailor, a native Missourian, was born in Mont¬ gomery county, December 15, 1839, to John and Virginia (Perkins) Sailor, natives of Kentucky, who married in Missouri and had a family of five sons, viz. : Isaac and George, each of whom died in Montgomery county, leaving a family. Alvin, who died and left a family in Texas ; and William P., and Milton, who live in Montgomery county. The father passed away in 1844, and the mother, in 1897.

William P. has devoted his chief attention to farming, buy¬ ing, feeding and selling live stock most of his life. Coming to Vernon county in 1880, he leased from Mr. Noah See, of his na¬ tive county, sections 1 and 36, and in 1886 bought from the W. P. Johnson estate a quarter section of land, and a half sec- tion from parties who lived in Kentucky, all in Bacon township, and continued his farming operations till 1895, when he took up his residence in Schell City. Here he conducted a meat market for a time and after that lived in comparative retirement till his recent venture in the real estate business with Mr. W. H. Hunt, under the firm name of Sailor and Hunt.

Mr. Sailor is a Democrat in political opinion, but has never sought or cared for office, but for many years has served on the local school board.

On February 14, 1867, Mr. Sailor was united in marriage with Miss Joanna Weeks, who was born in Rockingham county, North Carolina, May 2, 1849, to Thomas and Nancy W. (Hudnall) Weeks, natives of Bedford county, Virginia. The father was born in January, 1806, and the mother who was born February 6, 1808, was a daughter of Richard and Polly (Williams) Iludnall, Polly being a daughter of Roger and Cassa Ann (Blair) Williams, and said Roger being a direct descendant of Roger Williams, wdio, in 1634, founded the colony of Rhode Island. Mrs. Sailor has in her possession a knee buckle worn by her great-grandfather, Roger Williams, while serving in the Revolutionary War. Her father, Thomas Weeks, settled in Mont¬ gomery county, Missouri, in 1851, with his family. He had ten children, viz.: Charles T., who died in Montgomery county, leaving a family; William R., who died without issue; John H., who lives in Calloway county; Mrs. Susan M. Wimberly, of Yuba county, California; Mrs. Betty Hudnall, of Callaway county; Samuel T., who died in Callaway county, leaving a family; Mrs. Cassie Ann See, of Montgomery county. Mrs. Sailor, and one who died in infancy. Both father and mother passed away during the same week. She on Tuesday, and he on Thursday, in October, 1886.

Of eleven children born to Mr. and Mrs. Sailor, Marietta, the eldest, married Mr. Ralph Goodrich, and they had two children, named, respectively, Wilber and Ralph. Mr. Goodrich was killed in a railroad wreck, and his widow married Mr. Chauncy Porter, and they have one son, named Aaron, and one daughter, Virginia. The second child, Charles F. Sailor, lives in New Mexico. Robert L. resides in Kansas City, where also lives Lucy, who married Mr. Jesse Scotten, now deceased. Thomas A. lives in Centralia, Ill. Frank T., in Spokane, Wash. William E., lives in Chicago.

N. Satterlee* is an enterprising citizen of Bronaugh, Vernon county, Missouri, and a native of Ross county, Ohio. He was born March 10, 18o0, and is the third child of a family of seven children born to Samuel and Elizabeth (Bethard) Satterlee, both natives of Ohio. Of their other children, Mattie lives in Curry - ville, Mo. ; Emma was married to Mr. C. Hodges, of Pike county, Illinois, and died there in 1901 ; Della is married and lives in Pike county, Illinois, and Rosie and Frances passed away in early childhood. The parents moved from Ohio to Illinois in

Our subject attended school in Pike county, Illinois, and lived there till 1879, when he settled in Moundville township, Vernon county. He bought eighty acres of land, but later sold forty acres on a part of which the village of Bronaugh now stands, and still later bought another forty acres. He was a successful farmer and continued to cultivate and improve his land till 1902, and also for several years conducted a livery stable in Bronaugh. In 1902 Mr. Satterlee bought the hardware busi¬ ness formerly conducted by Mr. Scroggins and carried it on till 1908, when he sold it to Mr. J. J. Davies.

Mr. Satterlee is a leading man in his community and is inter¬ ested in whatever relates to its betterment and development, and has served on the town board and the local school board.

In 1880 he was united in marriage with Miss Mattie Cohenour, a daughter of David and Mary Cohenour, who came from Pike county, Illinois, to Vernon county. The father passed away, and the mother, who still survives, makes her home with her chil¬ dren. Both Mr. and Mrs. Satterlee belong to the Knights and Ladies of Security and Mrs. Satterlee is a member of the Metho¬ dist Episcopal Church.

James B. Seitz, who has been a resident of Vernon county, Missouri, since 1881, is a native of York county, Pennsylvania, and was born February 12, 1857, and is the fourth child of a family of nine children (of whom three sons and one daughter still survive - 1911), born to Adama and Caroline (Klenfelter) Seitz, both of whom were born in Pennsylvania, and were of German lineage. The parents moved, with their nine children, from their native state to St. Joseph, Mo., in 1875; thence to Bourbon county, Kansas; and in 1881, settled on a quarter section of land in section 7, Harrison township, Vernon county, where they made their home the remainder of their lives, the father passing away in 1896, and the mother, in 1907. They were members of the Lutheran Church. Their surviving children, besides our subject, are : Charles P. Seitz, who lives in Okla¬ homa, and has a family of four children; Cornelius, who has three children, and resides in New Mexico ; and Clara, the wife of Mr. D. Anderson, who is now matron at Sapulpa Euckle Board¬ ing School.

James B. lived with his parents and attended the common schools till he was eighteen years old. He drove a team in St. Joseph, then worked in the coal mines in Bourbon county, Kan¬ sas, and afterwards spent four years cultivating a leased farm. During the following twelve years he worked on his father's farm; and when the government opened the Indian Reservation in Oklahoma to settlers, he joined in the chase for an allotment, riding thirty-five miles in one hour and fifty minutes. He was successful in making entry on a fine quarter section, and proved up his claim, and has since declined an offer of fifty dollars per acre for the land lie thus secured. Returning to Vernon county, Missouri, in 1907, about the time of his mother's decease, Mr. Seitz purchased the family homestead in Harrison township, and now makes his home there, engaged in general farming and stock raising; his operations being attended with gratifying success.

Mr. Seitz is identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and in political matters adheres to the principles of the Democratic party.

Melissa Sellers, widow of the late John G. Sellers, of Vernon county, Missouri, was born in Tippecanoe county, Indiana, March 2, 1840, the daughter of Jeremiah Virgin, who was born in Ken¬ tucky, January 22, 1817. His ancestors were English. Her mother, whose maiden name was Amanda Gerard, was of French

On December 20, 1857, our subject united in marriage, in Shelby county, Illinois, with Mr. John G. Sellers, then a widower with one child by his former wife, whose maiden name was Levina Ashton. Mr. Sellers was a native of "Washington county, Indiana, and was born November 29, 1824. Three years after their marriage, in 1860, Mr. and Mrs. Sellers moved to Iowa. Thence went to Kansas, in 1885, and from there to Jasper county, Missouri, in 1893. They settled on the present family homestead, in section 32, Harrison township, Vernon county, where Mr. Sellers was a successful farmer till his decease on February 15, 1897. In his farming operations he gave attention to stock rais¬ ing and especially admired fine horses. He was a Democrat in political opinion, a worthy citizen, wTell thought of by all who knew him, and a devoted Christian man, identified with the Christian Church in religious fellowship.

Mrs Sellers, though she has reached the sun-down side of life, is well preserved and active, and with the aid of one of her sons, manages and carries on the farm.