Vernon County, Missouri - The whole text, 1911 (part 8 of 14)

William R. grew to manhood on his father's farm, acquiring a limited education in the subscription and public schools, and after his marriage continued to live on the family homestead till 1866. Ihen, with his wife and two children, he went overland to Allen county, Kansas, settling near Iola. where he cultivated leased land three years. In 1869 he settled in Henry township, Vernon county, and after leasing land one year, in the spring of 1870, bought forty acres in section 26, and moved into a house of one room, which he built. Beginning in this modest way fortyone years ago, Mr. Hamilton has gradually made his way to his present place among the well-to-do farmers of his township, owning now a splendid farm of 120 acres, finely cultivated, well stocked and highly improved with good buildings and farming equipments. In May, 1862, Mr. Hamilton was united in mar¬ riage with Miss Margaret Norman, who was born in Morgan county, Indiana, in 1842, and who died in 1870, about the time they settled on their home farm, leaving two children, viz.: James M., and William H. Hamilton, who now live in Iola, Kan. On August 8, 1872, Mr. Hamilton married Miss Amanda J. Win¬ chester, who was born in Johnson county, Indiana, June 2, 1854. Three children have been born of this marriage, viz. : Ida B.. now the wife of Mr. Harry Gordon, of Columbus, Kan. ; Miss Daisy Hamilton, now clerk in the sub-postal station at Colorado

George C. Hardy was born in Mercer county, Pennsylvania, June 26, 1837, the fifth of eight children who blessed the union of his parents. His father Avas also a native of the Keystone state. His mother, before her marriage, Miss Olive Reed, came orig¬ inally from Massachusetts. George, as he greAv up, passed histime between working upon the home farm and attending school. Pie was fortunate enough to secure a good, practical education. Enlisting in the Second Ohio caA^alry, he served gallantly for over three and one-half years, then after being mustered out, he enlisted in the SeA^enth Pennsylvania cavalry. Besides the many skirmishes in which his command participated, he was at the battles of Pea Ridge and Gettysburg. During his ser Alices in the Second Ohio, he Avas stationed for a time at Fort Scott, and it was Avhile a soldier at that point that he saAV and became so familiar Avith this portion of Vernon county. The beauty of this section, its apparent fitness for a farming community and the excellency of its climate formed faA^orable impressions in his mind, and accordingly after the close of the war he came at once to Vernon county, engaging for a long time in school teaching. In 1878, Mr. Hardy was married to Miss Missouri Estes, of Cas¬ well county, North Carolina, the second of a family of five chil¬ dren of Jonathan and Sarah Estes, both natives of North Caro¬ lina. In 1850 Mr. Estes moved from his Southern home to Greene county, Missouri, coming thence to this county in 1855 and locating in DryAvood township. During the Avar the family suffered cruel and severe hardships, and without any cause Avere subjected to unreasonable persecution. Though naturally sym¬ pathizing Avith the Southern cause, he was quiet and liberal toAvards those Avho Avere not of his belief. He died in 1879, his Avife haAdng preceded him to the graA^e in 1876.

George W. Harris came originally from Indiana, haA'ing been born in Tippecanoe county, September 9, 1832. His father. Roland Harris, Avas a native of North Carolina, but at an early day he moved to Indiana, there devoting himself to his chosen occupation of farming. He married Miss Mary Walker, of Tndi- ana. George was the third child and second son in his parents' family of ten children. He was brought up in the state of his birth upon a farm, subsequently spending three years in Illinois, during which time he worked at the carpenter's trade. In 1857 he came to Vernon county and here he closely applied himself to his original calling of a farmer. In 1864, Mr. Harris was married to Mrs. Lucinda Job, formerly a Miss Dobbins. She was born in Cooper county, and first married Abraham Job, of Tennessee, who died in 1862 at Fort Scott, leaving five children: Mary and Robert \ . Hamilton, Abraham and Edgar. Mr. and Mrs. Harris had by their marriage three children: William A. Ellen, who married Charles Raines, and Charles R.

Pleasant R. Harris, one of the leading citizens of Schell City, Vernon county, was born in Boone county, Missouri, January 8, 1857, and is the only survivor of three children born to William A. and Sarah E. (Robnett) Harris, natives of Boone county, the former born in 1825 and the latter in 1830. They were married in their native county in 1852 and moved thence in 1872 to Vernon county, where the father engaged in farming till 1880, when he moved into Schell City, where he died in 1881. His widow survived till December, 1884. Of their other two chil¬ dren James Overton Harris died in 1883 without issue and Mary C., who was married to Mr. 0. W. Bingham, died in St. Louis, December 17, 1903, and left her surviving two daughters, viz. : Nadine, born March 30, 3 893, and Ola, who was born August 8, 1901. Pleasant R. grew to manhood on his father's farm and after attaining his majority in 1879 began clerking in the store of Messrs. J. H. Mans and Brother, at Schell City, and worked there ten years. Then for four years he was assistant' cashier of the bank at Schell City and resigned that position in 1893 and went in company with Mr. J. C. Taylor, under the firm name of Taylor & Harris. Spent three years in the grocery trade. Sell¬ ing his interest in the store, he went to St. Louis and spent two years in the wholesale dry goods house of Messrs. H. T. Simon and Gregory, after which he sold goods one year for Mr. J. A. Hahn of his home town. Mr. Harris then went to Central City, Colo., and assumed the management of Messrs. C. C. Anderson & Co.'s department store, but finding he could not endure the high altitude of the place, he returned to Schell City, and form- in g a partnership with Mr. A. S. Dudley, under the firm name of Harris & Dudley, has since given his attention to real estate transactions, buying, selling, negotiating loans, etc. Mr. Harris is a practical man of affairs, has served six years on the local school board and for fifteen years was city clerk. He is active in fraternal organizations and is identified with Schell City Lodge, No. 305. Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and also is a member of the Modern "Woodmen of America.

On October 24, 1884, Mr. Harris was united in marriage with Miss Fannie E. Mullen, who was born in St. Louis, Mo., May 28, 1862, to John M. and Catherine (Turnbull) Mullen, the former a native of St. Louis and the latter of Scotland. Mrs. Harris passed away December 1, 1909, leaving two children, viz.: Catherine May Harris, born September 11, 1895, and Corine Harris, who was born November 21, 1900.

George H. Harrison, who was born in London, England, July 12, 1844, was the second child, and is one of three survivors of a family of six children born to Henry and Amelia (Leet) Harrison, who came from England, their native land, in 1852, and settled in Du Boies county, Indiana, where the mother died in 1875. The father resided there till 1883, and then moved to Vernon county, Missouri, and settled in Lake township, and died there in 1891 at the age of seventy-five years. He was a prosperous farmer, and owned at the time of his decease, 360 acres of good land. Both he and his wife were devoted members of the United Breth¬ ren Church from early youth, and he was a great Bible student, and in Indiana served as minister of the local church. His early education was limited, but he was a constant reader and a close observer of men and events, and in all his maturer years was known as a well-read and thoroughly-posted man, and he was withal a man of generous impulses, given to acts of charity and kindness to those in need.

George II. lived with his parents and attended the common schools till he was seventeen years old, and then, in 1861 enlisted as a private in Company E, Eighteenth Regiment, Indiana Volun¬ teers Infantry and sern^ed four years and two months. Among other hard-fought engagements he took part in the battles of

P(?a Ridge, Ark., Ft. Gibson, siege of A icksburg, Raymond. Jackson, Black River Ridge, Champion Hill, etc. From the Army of Tennessee, his regiment was transferred to the Shenandoah Valley and there he was in the battles of Winchester and Cedar Creek, after which the regiment was sent to the relief of Sher¬ man, at Savannah, Ga. Thence it was sent to Augusta, Ga., where Jefferson Davis was intercepted, then sent from Augusta to Darien, Ga., where the regiment remained till September. 1865. It w as discharged at Indianapolis in September, 1865. Returning to his home in Indiana, our subject gave his attention to farming till 1880, when he removed to Vernon county, Missouri, and bought and settled on eighty acres of land in section 10, Lake township, to which he afterward added 340 acres. Selling his land, Mr. Harrison went to Woodson county, Kansas, and bought a tract of 320 acres and lived there three years. In 1906, he returned to Vernon county and settled on his present farm of 252 acres in section ol, Harrison township, where he resides with his family in a comfortable dwelling within three miles of Arca¬ dia, Kan. Mr. Harrison is a systematic and progressive farmer, and well-known as an upright man and worthy citizen. He is a republican in politics, and cast his first presidential ballot for U. S. Grant in 1868. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic.

On May 1, 1872, Mr. Harrison was united in marriage with Miss Mary C. Case, in Du Bois county, Indiana. Three children ha's e been born to them, of whom two are now living, viz. : Thomas R., who was born January 20, 1873, and Amelia E., born April 23, 1875.

^ ernon county, Missouri, was born in Macon county, Missouri, September 24, 1861, and is a son of Charles and Sallie (Murray) Hatfield, mother born in Illinois, father in Missouri, their ances¬ tors from Kentucky. His paternal grandfather was a pioneer settler of Macon county, where his father was engaged in farming till lb89. He then moved to Sumner county, Kansas, then to Oklahoma, where he now resides.

Our subject is the fourth child of a family of ten children, seven of whom are now living, born to his parents. He acquired his education in the common schools of his native place and lived on the home farm till he was twenty-two years of age. From 1884 till 1894 he was engaged in farming in Macon county and also bought and sold real estate somewhat extensively both there and in Oklahoma. When that territory was opened for settlers by the government he was early in the race. He rode twenty-four miles in two hours and ten minutes to establish his stakes, and securing a good title from the government, lived on his claim till 1901, when he sold his interests there and went to Barton county, Missouri. In 1903 Mr. Hatfield took up his resi¬ dence on a farm in section 13, one mile east of Bellamy, in Dover township, Vernon county, where he carried on general farming till 1911, and where he now owns 260 acres of choice land. Leav¬ ing his farm, Mr. Llatfield moved with his family to his present home, where he bought forty acres of ground adjoining the vil¬ lage of Milo for that purpose. In all his varied operations he has been financially successful and as a public-spirited man, seeking the welfare and development of his community, is join¬ ing with others in offering superior inducements for developing the material resources of the town. Already Milo is the home of the Dale Saddlery Company, which is doing an extensive business in its line, and with the coming of other manufactories and the establishment of a prospective newspaper and the open¬ ing of a high school, for all of which there is crying need and ample opportunity, it is confidently expected that the popula¬ tion of the place will show a marked increase in the near future. To this end Mr. Hatfield is devoting much time and bending his energies. He has helped to organize two churches in Okla¬ homa and contributed generously to the construction of their buildings, being himself, with his wife, a member of the Mis¬ sionary Baptist church. He is identified with Lodge No. 438, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and holds membership in the Modern Woodmen of America. In politics he is a Democrat and supports the principles advocated by William Jennings Bryan and is an ardent party worker.

On February 5, 1884, Mr. Hatfield married Miss Laura A. Griffin in Macon county, Missouri. They have had eight children, whose names and dates of birth are as follows, to- wit : Myrtle, born December 3, 1884; Oscar, born February 17, 1887; Roy, born July 13, 1889; Guy, born March 9, 1892; Ray, born March 11, 1895, and Duvvie Delores, born November 6, 1889. Those

Stephen Heathman, who is justly ranked among the progres¬ sive farmers of Lake township, Vernon county, Missouri, is a native of Summit county, Ohio, and was born May 20, 1849, to Elisha and Alvina Heathman, the former a native of Connecti¬ cut and the lattern born in Connecticut. The father died in Ohio in 1852.

Our subject lived with his mother in Bureau county, Illinois, and attended the common schools there. When he was fifteen years old, in 1864, he enlisted as a private in Company G, One Hundred and First Regiment, Illinois Volunteers Infantry, and entered the army. His regiment, which was commanded by Col¬ onel Woodhull, was attached to the army of the Tennessee and was detailed for scouting purposes, guarding property, bridges, etc., so that he did not experience any fighting. He was in the service one year and was honorably discharged at the close of the war. Returning to his home in Hlinois he lived there with his mother till their removal to Vernon county, Missouri, in 1869. Here Mr. Heathman bought eighty acres of land in Rich¬ land township, which he afterwards sold, and bought 320 acres in section 6, Lake township, near the town of Reinhart. In 1871 Mr. Heathman was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Mar¬ row, of Deerfield township, and they had one child, Oran, who was born December 18, 1871. Mrs. Heathman died in 1872, and on December 14, 1876, he married Miss Phoebe Easley, and they have eight children, named, respectively, Irvine E., who was born August 31, 1877, and who lives in Lake township, and has a family of four children; Earl R., who was born January 15, 1879, resides in Metz township and has one child ; Earnest P., who was born January 8, 1881 ; Chester A., born January 11, 1883; Martha C., born November 17, 1884; Phoebe Elizabeth, who was born April 26, 1887, is married to Mr. Walter Stubblefield, of Metz township, and has one child; Francis, who was born July 17, 1888, and Stephen V., who was born May 24, 1892.

Oran Heathman is married and has one child and resides in Lake township. Mr. Heathman is a thoroughly practical farmer, systematic and up-to-date in his methods, and his farm, which is one of the choicest in Lake township, is well stocked, finely

Thomas Heavisides, who was born in England, January 15, 1856, is the second of two children born to Thomas and Mary Ann (Berry) Heavisides, both natives of that country. His mother died in 1861, and his father married a second wife, by whom he had eight children. He settled on a farm of 480 acres in Ford county, Illinois. His death occurred at Kempton, Ill., in 1907. He was a successful farmer, making a specialty of horses, sheep and swine for market. He was a member of the Methodist Epis¬ copal Church, and in political opinions held to the principles of the Republican party.

Thomas acquired his early education in the common schools of Grundy county, Illinois, but left school when fifteen years of age and grew to manhood on his father's farm and has always been engaged in farming operations and is practical, progressive and thoroughly up-to-date in his ideas and methods. Besides a finely improved quarter section in section 10, Harrison township, where he makes his home, he owns another eighty-acre tract, well located in the same township.

Mr. Heavisides is a broad-minded, public-spirited man and a worthy citizen, universally esteemed. In political sentiment he is a Republican and he is identified with Lodge No. 603, Inde¬ pendent Order of Odd Fellows at Garland.

On February 22, 1888, he was united in marriage with Miss Maggie M. Acox, and they have a family of four children, named, respectively, Eunice S., who was born March 5, 1891; Laura A., born December 31, 1893 ; Thomas C., born June 23, 1895, and Alice May, born February 25, 1898.

Alfred Hensen,* who was born in Winneshiek county, Iowa, September 3, 1864, is the fourth child and one of two survivors of a family of six children born to Henry and Margaret (Schaulberger) Hensen, natives of Switzerland, who were married in 1859. The father came to this country in 1856 and settled on a farm in Iowa and lived there till 1866. Removing to Coal town¬ ship in Vernon county, Missouri, he there settled with his family.

He acquired a good education in his native country and was an intelligent, respected citizen; and at the time of his accidental death, caused hy a runaway team of horses he was driving, on September 12, 1881, lie owned a fine farm of 520 acres, where he made his home.

Alfred attended the public schools till he was eighteen years old and remained on the family homestead till his marriage. On November 21, 1888, he was united in marriage with Miss Lena A etters, daughter of a pioneer settler of Coal township, and began farming on his own account on 160 acres of land in sections 23, 24 and 25, which came to him from his father's estate. In 1903, Mr. Hensen bought a farm of 194 acres in sections 9 and 16, a mile and a half east of the tOAvn of Bronaugli, which he has improved and brought to a high state of perfection. There are on this place three living springs of pure water, which add greatly to its value as a stock farm. In his farming operations Mr. Hensen has given and now gives particular attention to breeding, buying, feeding and shipping cattle and hogs, and is one of the extensive operators in that line in his section.

Mr. Hensen has always been more or less active in affairs and in Coal township served as treasurer and clerk of the town¬ ship board. In political opinion, he is a staunch Republican. He is a worthy member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. As a farmer he is thoroughly up-to-date in his methods and has achieved marked success, being counted among the prosperous and substantial men of his community, while as a citizen he is highly esteemed by all who know him.

Mark B. Herrick. On January 6, 1885, there died at his home in Dry wood township Mark B. Herrick, one of the substantial, progressive farmers of the community, and a man whose upright, straightforward qualities of mind and heart had endeared him to all with whom he had an acquaintance. Originally from Cayuga county. New York, he was born February 2, 1835, to Warner and Eliza (Herrick) Teff, both natives of the Empire state. He was the eldest child and only son of their family of children. Mr. Herrick enlisted in the 111th New York Volun¬ teer infantry, from which he was subsequently honorably dis¬ charged on account of disability occasioned by sickness. In 1869 he came to Vernon county, and from his first settlement here lie took influential part in the development of the interests of this section. February 21, 1864, Mr. Herrick was married to Miss Almira Wells, of New York state, and to them two children were born, Stanton and Mary, Mrs. G. M. Mabrey.

S. L. Higgins, a substantial and wide-awake citizen of Nevada, Mo., is, in the best sense of the term, a self-made man. He was born in North Carolina, July 9, 1855, and is a son of John and Elizabeth Higgins. His father was of Irish ancestry and his' mother of Quaker lineage, but she was a missionary Baptist in her religious faith, as was also the father in his earlier life, though at the time of his decease he was affiliated with the Christian denom¬ ination, Our subject was taken by his parents to Bentonville, Ark., when a child, and a little later, during the early days of the Civil War, to Greenfield, Mo., where his mother died. By the death of his mother while he was yet a lad he was led to rely upon his own resources and chose to make his own way in the world and relieve his father, whose family became very large upon his second marriage. When he was eighteen years old, in 1873, he moved to Vernon county, where he was employed by Mr. Eugene Dodd, in Richland township. He attended the district schools and studied also in Westminster College at Fulton, Mo. At the age of nineteen he began teaching at a place then known as Hoover, in Vernon county, and followed that occupation con¬ tinuously during the winter months, engaging in farm work dur¬ ing vacations and summers until 1904, a period of more than thirty years. During these years Mr. Higgins taught in all sec¬ tions of Vernon county and had under his charge scores of youths who are now' prosperous and substantial citizens engaged in life's real work throughout all the communities round about. Mr. Higgins has served one term as county assessor, one term as city assessor, and in 1904 was elected to the office of city clerk, which he still holds, having been re-elected for each succeeding term, a fact wdiich speaks more eloquently than any words of praise as to his faithfulness and general efficiency as a public official.

On May 5, 1891, he married Miss Emma G., a daughter of Col. William Hocker, a prominent farmer and stockman of Howard county, Missouri. Of three children born to Mr. and Mrs. Higgins, Margaret, the eldest, is married to Mr. Ira E.

Keller, of Lexington, Mo. ; Estella is the wife of Professor S. J. Phelps, of Mountain Grove, Mo., and Robert L. is in the employ of Messrs. Goss and Glenn at Nevada.

Mr. Higgins is active in fraternal orders, being identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias and Modern Woodmen of America. In religious faith he is affiliated with the Christian denomination.

Henry P. Hildebrant, who was counted among the wealthiest men of Nevada, Mo., and who passed away on April 13, 1909, as the result of a paralytic stroke, was born in New Jersey in 1832. His first business venture in the Southwest was at Fort Scott, Kan., whence he removed to Nevada in 1874. He was a man of good business judgment, with fine executive and financial abili¬ ties, and far-sighted withal, and with faith in the possibilities of Nevada he made large investments in valuable, well-located prop¬ erties, purchasing several business blocks and erecting others in the business center of Nevada, which rapidly increased in value with the remarkable growth and development of the city.

Mr. Hildebrant devoted his careful attention to the care and management of his property investments, and although he was actively interested in other business enterprises, it was from his real estate investments that he gained his great wealth. He was since 1884, a stockholder in the First National Bank of Nevada, and was vice-president of that strong financial institution at the time of his decease. Among other fine buildings Mr. Hildebrant erected and fitted up one of the finest homes in the city in which he lived at the time he passed away. Not only did he stand high in financial circles but also in his home and domestic relations and among his friends he was greatly beloved and esteemed for his loyalty and devotion to those near and dear to him.

Mr. Hildebrant was united in marriage to Mary E. Daley on December 24, 1890, and besides his devoted wife left surviving him two daughters, Almeda, born November 5, 1893, and Agnes, born December 16, 1895.

Mrs. Hildebrant is a capable woman of splendid business ability and qualifications, and since her husband's decease has assumed entire charge and control of the affairs of the estate and her home, where she and the daughters now reside.

William W. Hill, the second child and eldest son in a family of seven children, was born November 12, 1840, in Warren county, Illinois, his parents being Thomas and America (Whitman) Hill, both Kentuckians by birth. The former was an excellent farmer in the Blue Grass State, and after coming to Missouri in 1849 resumed his former occupation until his death in Pettis county. His wife survived him until 1881, when she died in AYarren county, Illinois. William AAT. wras nine years old when the family removed to Pettis county, Missouri, and from that time on until reaching his majority he passed his youth at farming in either Pettis or Cooper counties. During the progress of the Civil War he was by no means an idle looker-on, but for four years sawT active service and twice realized most forcibly the real nature of that internecine strife. Three years he Avas in the Sixth Arkansas infantry and one year in the First Missouri cavalry, taking part in the battles of Shiloh, Perryville, Chickamauga and others of less importance, as well as several engagements west of the Mississippi river, such as Westport, Little Blue, NeAvtonia, Fay¬ etteville and Gum Springs. Tavo Avounds were received by him, one at Shiloh and the other at Perryville. After returning from the army Mr. Hill came to Vernon county. For some time he Avas interested in farming, but subsequently entered into official life as assessor of the county, his duties as such lasting two years. In 1884 he Avas elected sheriff of the county, and Avas chosen for a second term. In 1869 Mr. Hill married Miss Marsaline Chambers, of St. Charles county, Missouri, though reared in Vernon county, and to them were born six children: Edmund Lee, Francis S., Thomas, William, Roy and Marmaduke. Mr. Hill was a member of the Masonic fraternity. He departed this life April 6, 1897.

William Hiller, now deceased, Avas a man of acknoAvledged prominence and substantial worth. He came originally from Greene county, Pennsylvania, AAdiere he Avas born February 5, 1832. His grandfather Avas William Hiller, and his father's name Avas also AATilliam. The latter Avas reared in Greene county, Penn¬ sylvania, and devoted himself largely to mercantile business, in Avhich he became Avell known. AY hen a young man he married Miss Charlotte Mulliken, whose father Avas Dr. John Mulliken, and as a result of this marriage nine children, six boys and three girls, Avere born. Fnre of the boys, together Avith the father, AA'ere in the Union army, one laying down his life at Hannibal while en route to join the regiment of which his brothers were already members. William grew to manhood in his native state, learning first the trade of saddle and harness making, after which, going to Alton, Ill., he engaged in the grain business for a brother-inlaw, remaining there until 1857. About this time he started a mercantile establishment at Athens, Mo., conducting it up to March, 1858, following which he located in this county. Mr. Hiller's estimable wife was formerly Miss Sarah Roseberry, daughter of Thomas H. and Mary (Hill) Roseberry, to whom he was married September 27, 1857. Mrs. Hiller was also born in Greene county, Pennsylvania, but accompanied her parents to Clarke county, Missouri, in an early day. Their family numbered seven children: William, John M., Margaret M., wife of Hosea Potter ; Charlotte A., Harriet F., Sarah E. and Eva E. Mr. Hiller enlisted as a guide and scout and for a time was under General Blount and Colonel Judson, of the Sixth Kansas ; subsequently he entered the Second Missouri, and afterwards the Thirty-fifth Missouri, serving until the close of the war, a portion of the time as first lieutenant.

E. Seward Hood,* a prominent citizen of Metz township, Ver¬ non county, Missouri, was born in Columbia county. New York, September 4, 1846, and is the eldest of a family of five children born to Joseph and Lucretia (Teal) Hood, both natives of that county, where they grew up and were married, and settled on a farm, the father being a prominent stock raiser. In 1862. the family moved to Du Page county, Illinois, where the father rented land near Wheaton and continued his stock raising and farming operations four years. In the spring of 1867 the family settled on a farm of seventy-five acres on Reed's Creek, in Metz township, Vernon county, Missouri, and here, after the father's death in July, 1868, the mother and her boys continued to live and raise and feed cattle for the market. About 1880 the mother sold the home farm to her youngest son, and thereafter made her home with our subject till her decease in June, 1883, at the age of sixty-nine years. The other children of the family are : Catherine, who is married to Mr. Oliver Jones, of Santa Anna, Cal.; Lucious, of Metz township; Mary, the wife of Mr. John

E. Seward first attended "subscription schools" in his native state and after the family went to Illinois, studied in the public schools of Wheaton and at Wheaton College. He remained on the farm with his mother and after his father's death, till he was twenty-three years old. In 1872 he bought a farm of seventy acres in section 3, Metz township, where he has since made his home, engaged to a limited extent, in breeding horses, mules and' swine, but giving his chief attention to fine poultry and* raising fruit. Mr. Hood is a man of domestic tastes, strongly attached to his home, and though a loyal Republican in political opinions, has never held office except that of township trustee. In religious faith and fellowship he is affiliated with the Christian Church.

In 1872 Mr. Hood was united in marriage with Miss Mary A. Wickham, who was born near Zanesville, 0., in 1855, and who passed away in 1888, leaving two children surviving, viz. : Robert Edward, who was born in 1874, and now lives at Golindo, Tex., and Lillie, who was born in January, 1876, and who is the wife of Mr. Fred Henley, of Adrian, Bates county, Missouri. One child, an infant of one year, died in 1879. In 1888 Mr. Hood married his present Avife, Lillie, (avIio was born in Cooper county. Missouri) a daughter of E. Le Roy and Margaret (Mumford) Stephens, the former born in Tennessee in 1832 and the latter a native of England, born in 1845; she (Mrs. Stephens) Avas brought to this country when she Avas about one year old, by her parents, who settled in NeAv York City. When she Avas thir¬ teen years of age she Avent to Benton county, Missouri, with her adopted parents, and after her marriage to Mr. Stephens, they moved to Cooper county and lived there till their removal to Metz, in Vernon county, in 1878. A little later they went to Rich Hill to live, but afterAvards returned to Metz, Avhere Mr. Stephens died in 1900, at the age of sixty-eight years and AAdiere Mrs. Stephens passed aAvay in 1909. They had a family of four chil¬ dren, viz.: Fannie Stephens, of Metz; Lydia, AATho AAras married to Mr. Robert Stephens, noAV deceased, and Avho lives in Cooper county, Missouri; Stella, the Avife of Mr. John Campbell, of Ft. Scott, Kan., and Lillie, Avho is married to our subject.

Samuel F. Hoppenbrock, a native Missourian, was born in Drywood township, Vernon county, December 2, 1869, the sixth child of a family of eight children born to Francis W. and Mary (Simpson) Hoppenbrock, who were married January 20, 1859. The father, born in Prussia, Germany, was the sixth of a family of ten children born to Henry F. and Gertie (Feldman) Hoppen¬ brock, both natives of the Fatherland. Francis W. left home when he was twenty-five years old and came to this country, settling first at St. Louis, Mo., and going thence, three months later, to St. Charles county, where he lived three years. In 1856 he settled in Vernon county, with barely enough money to enter eighty acres of land in section 21,' Drywood township. Going to work with a will, by hard work, frugality and thrift, he mas¬ tered all obstacles and added to his original purchase from time to time, until he owned 860 acres, all acquired by his own efforts. He served in the Confederate army, a member of Col. D. C. Hunter's regiment, under General Price, and after leaving the army returned to his home and lived there on the first eighty acres he entered, till his decease, July 11, 1899. Our subject's mother was born in Gasconade county, Missouri, April 8, 1836, and was a daughter of Samuel Simpson, who moved from Gasconade county, Missouri, to Drywood township, Vernon county, in 1847, and lived there until the fall of 1877, and then moved to Brown countv, Texas. He was born July 15, 1814, and died May 13, 1894. The mother passed away February 21, 1906. Of the other seven chil¬ dren born to Francis W. and Mary, the eldest, now Mrs. Howard F. Stevens, was born March 2, 1860 ; the second, born March 2, 1862, was married to Mr. August Kuhlman and died June 19, 1890 ; Charles H., who was born August 24, 1863, passed away February 10, 1894; the fourth child, born October 16, 1865, is the wife of Mr. J. N. Ford; Lee, born November 17, 1867, died De¬ cember 28, 1868 ; Lewey B., born July 9, 1872, died April 16, 1896, and Emma, who was born July 13, 1874, passed away December 16, 1897. Both the father and mother were worthy members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Samuel F. grew up on the family homestead and lived with hisi parents till he was twenty-eight years old, when, on January 28, 1897, he was united in marriage with Miss Mary Kuhlman, who was born in Warren county, Missouri, May 24, 1874, to August and Anna (Wafle) Kuhlman, the former born in Germany, Sep- tember 24, 1833, and the latter in Warren county, Missouri, in September, 1836. They were married in Warren county in 1859 and had a family of ten children, Mrs. Hoppenbrock being their sixth child. Of the others, Henry, born in 1861, died in 1862; Au¬ gust was born June 23, 1863; the third child, now Mrs. Fred Runty, was born in 1866; William was born September 26, 1868; Charles was born November 10, 1871; John was born October 27, 1876; the eighth child, now the wife of Mr. Julian Obendorf, was born April 2, 1879 ; the next, who is now Mr. Floyd Pettibone, was born October 10, 1881 ; and Edward, the youngest child, was born February 18, 1884. August Kuhlman (Mrs. Hoppenbrock 's father) left his native land at the age of thirteen for this country, and settling in Warren county, Missouri, there married and engaged in farming till his removal to Vernon county in 1881. He was a thoroughly systematic farmer, energetic, frugal and thrifty, and at the time of his decease, in 1891, owned 600 acres of splendid farming land in Dry wood township. His widow passed away in 1893. After his marriage Mr. Samuel Hoppenbrock continued on the home farm till 1891, when he moved with his wife to Shel¬ don and for eight years gave his attention to the livery business. Selling this business he, in company with Mr. C. C. Donaldson, under the firm name of Hoppenbrock & Donaldson, engaged in the real estate business, which he has continued to the present time with gratifying success. Mr. Hoppenbrock owns a fine farm of 140 acres, where he makes his home, and another of 155 acres in Cedar county. He is a Democrat in political opinion and is now - 1911 - serving as city clerk at Sheldon. He is identified with Sheldon Lodge No. 438, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and both he and his wife are active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

John Horn* is a prosperous farmer of Deerfield township, Vernon county, Missouri, and a prominent man in his com¬ munity. He was born in Hancock county, Kentucky, February 22, 1861, and is a son of Willis and Nancy (Boyd) Horn, both of whom were natives of Virginia, and died there. On attaining his majority in 1882, our subject came to Vernon county, Mis souri, and began as a farm laborer and worked four years. On

February 26, 1887, he was united in marriage with Miss Susan Baker, and they settled on a sixty-acre farm in section twenty, Drywood township, which Mrs. Horn had inherited, and later Mr. Horn bought eighty acres in section sixteen. Mr. Horn is a systematic and successful farmer and gives his attention closely to his farm operations. In political matters he adheres to the principles of the Democratic party as propounded by William Jennings Bryan, and takes a commendable interest in local party affairs. Mrs. Horn passed away in 1909, and on August 3, 1910,

Joseph T. Hornback is a prominent physician of Nevada, Ver¬ non county, Missouri. He was born at Smithville, in Clay county, June 22, 1872, and is the youngest of three children born to John and Amanda Hornback, both of German lineage. The parents moved from Pennsylvania, their native state, to Missouri more than fifty years ago and passed their active lives on a farm. The father died at Nevada in 1908 at the age of sixtv-eiglit years, and the mother still resides there.

Joseph T. spent his boyhood on his father's farm and gained his early education in the public schools of his native town. Later he attended Bryan College, at Sprague, Mo., and then pur¬ sued a course of study in Kansas City Medical College (now Kansas University), where he was graduated with the class of 1896. Dr. Hornback at once opened an office at Metz, in Vernon county, and continued there nine years, building up an extensive and lucrative practice and becoming widely known as a suc¬ cessful physician and surgeon.

In 1906 Dr. Hornback was appointed coroner of Vernon county, to serve the unexpired term of Dr. Truax, of Milo. At the expiration of that term he was elected to the office by the people, then re-elected at the end of his term, and is now - 1911 - filling that office efficiently and to the satisfaction of all parties.

Dr Hornback stands high among his professional brethren and is identified with the various national, state and county medical organizations. He is especially active in fraternal circles, being a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Modern Brotherhood of America, the Modern Woodmen of America, the Yeomen, the Triple Tie and the Court of Honor.

Oliver H. Hoss is one of the leading lawyers of Nevada, Ver¬ non county, Missouri, and comes of an old and prominent Ten¬ nessee family. His grandfather, Henry Hoss, was for many years prior to and at the time of his decease president of Greenfield College, Tennessee, and he married Miss Mary Blackburn. Repre¬ sentatives of the family moved from Pennsylvania to Tennessee in the early days. Oliver H., a native of Pettis county, Missouri, was born December 4, 1858, and is next to the youngest child of a family of nine children - seven of whom survive - born to Samuel B. and Almeda (Snell) Hoss. The father was a Tennessean by birth, and at an early day took up a claim near Sedalia, in Pettis county, Missouri, and was a successful and prosperous farmer and stockman and influential citizen there during his active life. He attained the age of eighty-four years, and passed away in 1904. The mother was a native of Monroe county, Missouri. Her death occurred in 1863, when she was forty years of age. Of their other children, Albina was married to Dr. "W. P. King, now deceased, and lives in Kansas City; Albert B. is a resident of Southwest City, Mo. ; Granville S. lives at Cherryvale, Kan. ; Emma is the wife of Dr. L. 0. Ellis, of Neosho, Mo. ; Edwin resides in Colorado and Fannie is married to Mr. W. A. Arnold and lives in Kansas City. Henry P. and Theodore are deceased.

Our subject received a good preliminary education in the public schools and then attended Van Petten Seminary, of Se¬ dalia, Mo., and attended the Missouri State University. Later he studied law under the preceptorship of Judge C. R. Scott, of Nevada, and since his admission to the Vernon county bar, in 1883, he has devoted himself to the practice of his profession with eminent success and ranks among the leaders of the local bar. Mr. Hoss has been active in political matters and has taken a prominent part in the councils of his party. In 1884 he was chairman of the Democratic county committee and chairman of the congressional committee in 1890, 1891 and 1892. Since 1908 he has been president of the Farm and Llome Savings and Loan Association of Missouri, and is interested in whatever relates to the well being or betterment of his community. Mr. Hoss stands high in Masonic circles, is past high priest of the local chapter, past eminent commander of Knights Templar, and a noble of the Mystic Shrine, affiliating with Arrarat Temple, of Kansas City, Mo. He is also a Knight of Pythias, a member of the Benevolent

William C. Huff. On the eleventh of April, 1884, William C. Huff, a man well known and held in high esteem, died at his residence in Bacon township. He was a native of Virginia, born May 15, 1821, the son of Samuel and Barthena (Allen) Huff, also of that state, who were married in 1820. They had one other child besides William, Lucinda, whose birth occurred April 15, 1823. After the father's death in 1823, his widow was mar¬ ried to Judge Perry Rodgers, bearing him several children also. William C. Huff in an early day moved from Virginia to Illinois with his mother, settling in Marion county. In 1857 he em¬ barked in the dry goods business at Butler, Bates county, Mis¬ souri, continuing that occupation some time, arid in 1859 opened a similar business at Barnesville, Kan. October 23, 1861, he was married to Miss Jennie Scott, who was born January 9, 1836, in Saline county, Mo. Her father, Samuel Scott, born May 3, 1801, lived in his native state, Kentucky, until 1834 ; his wife was also born there in 1803, her maiden name being Abagail Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Huff had four children : Julian E., born October 13, 1863; James C., born January 1, 1865; Samuel S., born October 10, 1868, and Maggie J., born June 9, 1871. In 1861 Mr. Huff settled again in Bates county, but at the outbreak of the war went to St. Clair, returning in the spring to Bates county. Soon after he went to Texas, came back in eighteen months, moved thence to St. Joseph and for two years farmed near that city, subsequently going to Sidney, Fremont county, la. After con¬ ducting a warehouse and wood-yard there for some time Mr. Huff came to Vernon county, Missouri, November 11, 1867, and located in this township on section 30, where he owned a farm of 200 acres. Politically he was a Democrat, and at the time of his death he was a member of Osage Lodge, No. 303, A. F. and A. M., of Nevada.

James M. Hull is justly classed among the successful lawyers of the Nevada, Mo., bar. He was born at Hazelhurst, Miss., July 21, 1867, and is a son of Dr. John A. and Artemisa H. (Moore) Hull, natives of Virginia and Mississippi, respectively. The ancestors of this branch of the Hull family first settled in this country in Rockbridge county, Virginia. Our subject's father settled in Johnson county, Missouri, in 1879, and died at La Monte, Mo., in February, 1906, at the age of seventy-three years, having practiced medicine at Nevada, Mo., from about 1888 to 1893. The mother died at Hazelhurst, Miss.

James M., after leaving the public schools of his native town attended the State Normal School at Warrensburg, Mo., and supplemented this with a three-year course at Tabor College, Iowa, in the meantime teaching in the district schools in Nebraska and Kansas. During the years from 1891 to 1893 he taught in the public schools of Nevada, including one year in the Nevada High School, and during his vacations and other spare time turned his attention to the study of law in the law office of Messrs. Stone and Hoss, of Nevada, finally passing his examination and being admitted to the Vernon county bar in December, 1892. Mr. Hull began the practice of his profession in the fall of 1894, and has continued it uninterruptedly since, attaining an honored place among the leaders of the local bar. He has served four years as city attorney and as prosecuting attorney two years. In politics Mr. Hull is an ardent Democrat, active in the local councils of his party and an earnest advocate of its principles and a success¬ ful campaigner. He is actively identified with fraternal organiza¬ tions, having been a member of the local lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows since 1893, and a member of the grand lodge of Missouri as representative for several terms, also having membership in the Knights of Pythias and Modern Woodmen of America. Mr. Hull is also secretary of the bar association of Vernon county.

On December 3, 1903, he married Miss Katherine Lee Clack, a daughter of John S. and Delilah (Drake) Clack, of Nevada, and they have one child, named Josephine.

James D. Humble,* a native of northern Missouri, was born April 9, 1860, to Charles and Margaret E. (Rose) Humble, both natives of Adams county, Illinois, the former born in 1838. They were married on March 4, 1859, and reared a family of seven children, named respectively, in the order of their birth: James D., Adams L., America J., Harlow, Mary M., Carrie M., and John W. Humble. The parents settled in Vernon county in 1869.

Our subject's paternal grandparents were Charles and Nancy (Wilson) Humble, both natives of Kentucky. They moved to Morgan county, Illinois, at a very early date, and after six years' residence there, settled in Adams county, Illinois, where the grandfather bought and improved a. valuable farm of 400 acres, giving special attention to stock raising. His death oc¬ curred December 25, 1837. His widow passed away August 28, 1884. They had a family of eleven children, of whom Charles, our subject's father, was the youngest. The grandfather is the first of the Humble family of whom there remains any definite knowledge.

James D. grew to manhood on his father's farm and lived at home till he attained his majority. He then began farming on his own account, and bought 490 acres of land in Osage town¬ ship, Vernon county, and became widely known as a prosperous and progressive farmer and stock raiser, giving particular atten¬ tion to breeding Black Galoway cattle.

He was a Democrat in his political opinions, but never cared for or held political office. In religious fellowship he was affili¬ ated with the United Brethren Church and passed away in that faith on April 25, 1909.

On February 25, 1892, Mr. Humble was united in marriage with Miss Josie Groom, who was born in Vernon county, October 2, 1872, to John and Martha (Felkins) Groom. Mrs. Humble's father was born in Montgomery county, Missouri, April 5, 1849. and is a son of William and Catherine (Bess) Groom, both natives of Kentucky, the former born in 1803, a son of Alexander Groom, and the latter born in 1824, a daughter of John Bess. The Groom and Bess families both being among the pioneer settlers of Kentucky.

Mr. and Mrs. Humble were the parents of two children, viz., Katie E., who was born April 4, 1893, and Jessie M., born June 30, 1895, and they and their mother now reside in the city of Nevada.

DeWitt Clinton Hunter, for over thirty years a resident of Vernon county and long associated with its affairs in official, mili¬ tary and other capacities, comes of southern antecedents, though himself a native of Manchester, Scott county, Illinois, where he was born August 2, 1830. David and Margaret (McBride) Hunter were his parents, the former of North Carolina birth, but of Swiss ancestry, and the latter originally from Tennessee. David Hunter lived in Illinois from 1820 until 1837, his death occurring in Cedar county, Mo., in 1854, whither he had moved in the year mentioned. DeWitt C., the fourth of five children in the family, accompanied the family on their removal to Cedar county, Missouri, and con¬ sequently was principally brought up there on the old horde farm until 1850, when he took a trip to California. Four years were spent in the mines of that country and he met with moderate success, but a desire to return home led him to leave the gold fields, and in 1854 he came back to Cedar county, coming thence to this county the same year. For one year he clerked in a store, but his natural qualifications for the position becoming recog¬ nized he was appointed the first circuit and county clerk of Vernon county, his official duties lasting up to the time of the war. Mr. Hunter's public services in this countj^ are so volumin¬ ously referred to in another portion of this work that repetition seems unnecessary. When the war broke out, not unworthy of the principles which had been inculcated in him, and a firm cham¬ pion of southern interests, he promptly identified himself with the cause of the South, and entered the state service as lieutenant. Upon the reorganization of the Vernon county battalion he be¬ came colonel of the Seventh cavalry regiment, Rains' division, Missouri State Guard, and led it at the battle of Wilson's Creek. When his term of service had expired he entered the Confederate service and in the fall of 1862 was commissioned colonel of the Eleventh Missouri infantry, a regiment previously recruited by him in this section of the state. He served in Arkansas under General Hindman (taking part in the battle of Prairie Grove) until February 1, 1863, when he resigned and, raising another regiment of cavalry, joined General Shelby's brigade, with which he was identified until the close of the war. During Shelby's raid into Missouri, when that officer was defeated at Marshall and his force cut in two, Colonel Hunter led 500 men over 200 miles through a hostile country safely into Arkansas. Indeed his entire military service was one to which he justly pointed with pride. After the war Colonel Hunter came to this county and engaged in the practice of law, having been admitted to the bar in 1858. He was twice married; first, in 1855, to Miss M. Kate, daughter of Dr. William G. Blake, of Cedar county, Missouri. She died March 23, 1879, leaving three children: Blake DeWitt, Katie and Mary. Colonel Hunter's second wife was formerly Mrs. Mary B. Watts, daughter of William Ward, of Sedalia, Mo. She had two children by a former marriage, Florence and William E. By this mar¬ riage there was one daughter, Berta Ward. The Colonel was a member of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church and an able de¬ fender of the teachings of that body. Colonel Hunter died at Chetoquah, I. T., October 4, 1904. -

William B. Hyder, who has resided in Yernon county, Mis¬ souri, since 1868, was born in White county, Tennessee, December 14, 1837, to Jacob and Elizabeth (Rockhold) Hyder, both natives of that state. His paternal grandfather immigrated from Ger¬ many and came to Tennessee at an early date, the family finally settling in White county, Tennessee, where our subject's parents passed their lives.

Y illiam B. moved from Tennessee to Yernon county, Missouri, settling in Drywood township, in 1868, and on December 6, 1860, was united in marriage with Miss Mary Jane Jones, in Jackson county, Tennessee. Prior to this, while living in Tennessee, Mr. Hyder acted as pilot in Colonel Stoke 's regiment, and during the Civil War, in 1864, he enlisted as a private in Company K, Fourth regiment, Tennessee mounted infantry, and served till his hon¬ orable discharge at Nashville, August 25, 1865. In Yernon county Mr. Hyder began cultivating leased land with good success, and from his savings acquired considerable land in DryAvood town¬ ship, most of which he disposed of prior to 1881, when he moved to Sheldon, buying the first lot as platted in the original town. With a $1,500 stock of goods he opened a store, which he conducted two years, and then for three and a half years was proprietor of a hotel. In 1899 President Harrison appointed him postmaster at Sheldon, and after serving in that office four years he was appointed and served two years as government gauger for south¬ west Missouri, which office he now fills, under a re-appointment at the expiration of his first term. Mr. Hyder owns a handsome residence in the heart of the village of Sheldon. He is a staunch Republican, active in the local affairs of his party, and a publicspirited citizen, always ready to lend his influence and contribute

Coming to Sheldon at its beginning, he has witnessed the growth of the place to a thrifty village of more than 800 inhabi¬ tants, with fine residence and substantial brick business blocks, and has contributed no small part to its development and pros¬ perity. Mr. Hyder was reared in the faith of the Presbyterian Church and is a high-minded Christian gentleman. He belongs to Sheldon Lodge No. 371, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, being elected master three times. He also belongs to Barton Lodge No. 342, Independent Order of Odd Fellows and is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic.

Of seven children born to Mr. and Mrs. Hyder four are now - 1911 - living, viz., John L., who was born April 18, 1862 ; Dora E., born September 4, 1866 ; Mary Belle, who was born May 4, 1869, and is now married to Mr. Ulysses Kemp, of Sharon, Kan., and has a family of three girls and one boy ; and Pearl, who was born August 7, 1875, and is the wife of Mr. E. G. Newell, of Fort Supply, Okla., and has a family of four children.

Martin Van Buren Inglish is one of the well-to-do farmers of Moundville township, Vernon county, Missouri. lie is a native Missourian and was born in Cole county, February 26, 1836, and is the only survivor of four children born to Hutchen and Cath¬ erine Inglish, the former born in Missouri and the latter in Ken¬ tucky. The father moved with his family to Moniteau county, Missouri, where he owned a farm, and where he died in 1839. Martin lived with his mother until her decease. He had but limited educational privileges while a boy, and early in life learned the plasterers' trade and followed it up to the time of the Civil War in Moniteau county, whither he had moved from Cole county.

In 1870 Mr. Inglish removed to Vernon county and settled in Moundville township, and for six years cultivated leased land. He then bought a quarter section of wild prairie land in section 8, where there being few settlers and wild game abounding. Mr. Inglish began in a small way to improve the land and gradually made improvements as he could afford, keeping persistently at it until he had transformed this wild and barren waste into one of the most fertile, productive and beautiful farms in the county.

On March 2, 1856, Mr. Inglish was united in marriage with Miss Minerva Miles, in Cooper county, who has been a loyal help¬ meet and, together in their declining years, they are able to enjoy the well-earned fruits of their years of toil. The family residence stands in the midst of dense shade trees, and with the nearby substantial barn and outbuildings for the shelter of stock and the storing of farm products and implements and other conveniences, present a most pleasing picture of home comfort and ease.

Mr. Inglish keeps in touch with the trend of current events and takes an interest in what is going on in the world, especially in political affairs, holding to Democratic principles as promulgated by William Jennings Bryan.

Charles W. Janes,* a wide-awake business man of Nevada, Vernon county, Missouri, was born in St. Charles county, Mis¬ souri, May 12, 1853, and grew up in Lincoln county. He is the fifth child of a family of twelve children born to Thomas and Elizabeth (Gibson) Janes, the former born near Louisville, Kv., and the latter a native of Warren county, Missouri. They both died at Troy, Mo. Their other surviving children are: John, William and George Janes, of Lincoln county, Missouri; Jennie, who is married to Mr. Isaac McGraten, and Bell, the wife of Mr. James Wright, of Macon county, Missouri.

Charles W. acquired his schooling in a log school house in his native town and spent his boyhood on the home farm. From his eighteenth to his twenty-fourth year he worked as a farm laborer, then farmed on his own account in St. Charles county five years, after which he was similarly employed two years in Henry county. In 1884 he moved to Vernon county and settled on a farm in Deerfield township, where, in addition to his farm¬ ing operations, he served as a professional auctioneer for twentyfour years, and in the year 1907 "cried" ninety-eight farms. He also served seventeen years as township constable, two terms as deputy sheriff under Archibold White, and a like period in the same capacity under Sheriff Ewing.

Mr. Janes sold his farm in 1907 and moved into Nevada, and at the first engaged in teaming. He was elected chief of police and served one term, and remained on the police force till May, 1910. Prior to this, in 1904, Mr. Janes bought the livery business formerly conducted by Mr. Perchible Boll at Nevada, and has since that time owned, and, with the help of his sons, had charge of the bus line in connection with the livery business, having in the business nine cabs, one bus, three transfer wagons and twenty-five horses, and Mr. Janes also owns the Janes house and the Iowa house, two popular hotels of the town.

In politics Mr. Janes has always adhered to the principles of the Democratic party and has been somewhat active in its local affairs. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fel¬ lows and also belongs to the Modern Woodmen of the World.

On September 6, 1876, Mr. Janes married Miss Elizabeth Scheets, a daughter of Mr. Martin E. Scheets, a native of Ken¬ tucky, and for many years an honored and influential resident of Lincoln county, Missouri, respected and beloved for his many manly virtues and noble Christian character. Mrs. Janes' mother, whose maiden name was Melinda McLenny, was a native of St. Charles county, Missouri.

Mr. and Mrs. Janes have a family of six children, named respectively; Minnie, who was married to Mr. William D. Phil¬ lips, now deceased; Martin E., George W., Jesse S., Sterling E. and Mina L. Janes.

Machir T. January is a prominent and honored member of the bar of Nevada, Vernon county, Missouri. He is a native of St. Louis county, Missouri, and is the seventh child of a family of ten children born to Thomas Thruston and Maria (Machir) January, both natives of Kentucky. They were married in 1834 and the mother died in 1878 at the age of sixty years. The father was born in Maysville, Ky., May 31, 1809, to Thomas and Mary B. (Thruston) January, natives of Virginia. He acquired a thorough education in his youth and was graduated from the Translyvania University. In 1828 he went to Cynthiana, Ky., and clerked some four years in a general store, and then, in 1832, went to Jackson¬ ville, Ill., and there carried on merchandising six years. In 1837- 1838 he built the Meredosia & Springfield railway, the first rail¬ road built in Illinois. In 1840 he settled in St. Louis and there conducted a wholesale grocery trade tivo years, after which he settled on a fine farm in St. Louis countv, Missouri, and devoted himself to agriculture and breeding high-grade stock until his decease, which occurred in 1886, when he was seventy-seven years of age. He served as the first treasurer of St. Louis county under the separate organization, being appointed to that office in 1877, and filled numerous other offices of honor and trust, and through¬ out his long and varied career held a commanding place in his community, honored and respected by all. Representatives of the Thruston family were active participants in the Revolutionary War for independence.

Our subject was born March 5, 1857, and passed his boyhood in St. Louis county, Missouri, on the home farm. After leaving the public schools there he entered Racine College, at Racine, Wis., and was graduated with the class of 1877. Three years later, in 1880, he completed a course of study at the St. Louis Law School, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Laws* and on being admitted to the bar at once settled at Nevada and began the practice of his profession. During the first two years of his practice Mr. January was associated with Mr. A. J. Smith, under the firm name of January & Smith; later with Mr. E. E. Kimball, the firm being Kimball & January, and continuing till the death of Mr. Kimball in 1888. He was then in partnership with Mr. E. P. Lindley, as January & Lindley, till 1890, since which time he has conducted his practice alone, achieving most gratify¬ ing success and attaining an honored position at the Vernon county bar.

Mr. Januaiy has devoted himself closely to his profession, giving little attention to outside matters, except in 1892-3, when he served as mayor of Nevada. He is identified with the Benev¬ olent and Protective Order of Elks.

On March 15, 1883, Mr. January married Miss Jennie Thorn¬ burgh, of St. Louis, whose father, Josiah Thornburgh, a native of Virginia, was for many years next preceding his decease clerk of the supreme court at St. Louis. Mr. and Mrs. January have six children, named, respectively, Joe T., George Baird, Samuel, Nancy, Laura and Machir.

John A. Jackson, who was born in Anderson county, Ten¬ nessee, September 4, 1851, was the fifth child and is the eldest of three survivors of a family of eight children born to John A. and Sarah E. (Hardin) Jackson, both natives of Anderson county, Tennessee, the former born April 21, 1820, and the latter August 28, 1822. They were married in their native county, September 15, 1842, and in 1854 moved to Cedar county, Missouri. The father took up a homestead claim near the site of the present city of Eldorado Springs and established the family home, which is still occupied by members of the family. At a later date he bought other land, which is now known as Jackson's addition to Eldorado Springs. Of their other children, Samuel F., the eldest, was killed in the Civil War. Abner, died, leaving three children. Mary J. and Nancy also are deceased. Sarah E. is the wife of Mr. R. L. Hutton, and Margret is married to Mr. Elihu Hess, and both live near Eldorado Springs, and Samantha, the youngest, is deceased. The father died at his home near Eldorado Springs January 11, 1899, his death being preceded by that of his wife, who passed away December 9, 1888.

John A. grew to manhood on his father's farm and remained with his parents till he was twenty-four years old. On January 27, 3876, he was united in marriage with Miss America Thompson, who was born in Carter county, Kentucky, January 14, 1859, to David and Fannie (Pennington) Thompson, native of the same county. The father was born January 23, 1833, and the mother June 9, 1839. They married in Lawrence county, Kentucky, in August, 1856, and had a family of nine children, Mrs. Jackson being the first born. The others are : Granville Thompson, who was born February 32, 1861, and resides in North Yakima, Wash. ; Delila A., who married Mr. Joseph Everman, of parts unknown, and who died leaving four children ; Richard, who died in infancy ; Josephine, who was born December 13, 1869, and is married to Mr. R. C. Jackson, of Missouri; Laura B., born May 15, 3873, now the wife of Mr. James Montgomery, of California; Helen, who died in infancy; Cora, born January 27, 1874, now married to Mr. William J. Jackson, of Missouri, and J. S. Thomp¬ son, who was born August 31, 1876, and now lives on the old homestead.

In September, 1865, the parents settled with their family near Eldorado Springs, Cedar county, Missouri. David J. served as county judge two terms and passed away at his home October 2, 3 894. His widow still survives and lives on the family homestead.

After his marriage in 1876 Mr. Jackson bought forty acres of land in section 12, Clear Creek township, Yernon county, and has since made his home there, having added to his original pur¬ chase till he now owns 320 acres in Clear Creek township. Be¬ sides his general farming operations he has dealt extensively in live stock, buying, feeding and shipping for thirty years past, and has achieved marked success. He is now - 1911 - a director and vice-president of the Bank of Eldorado Springs. He is an active member of Clintonville Lodge No. 304, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and has passed through all its chairs. In politics he is a Democrat and in religious faith adheres to the views of the Christian or Campbellite Church. Mrs. Jackson and her two daughters, Lillian and Mrs. Brown, are members of the Baptist Church.

Robert H. Jarboe, deceased, was born in Washington county, Kentucky, November 28, 1832, of his father's second marriage, his parents being Stephen and Susan M. Jarboe, nee French. The father of the former was a native of France and an early settler in Nelson county, Kentucky, where he became possessed of large landed estates, leaving his numerous family of children well provided for. Stephen Jarboe, the eldest son, was born in Bardstown, Ky., and first married Peggy Harberson, who bore him six children. Both he and his last wife (who was of French descent) died in 1849, leaving seven children. Mr. Jarboe was a soldier in the War of 1812 and took part in the battle of New Orleans. Robert H. Jarboe was the youngest son in the family, and at the time of his parents' death had only reached the age of seventeen. Brought up as a farmer's boy, he had but limited school advantages, though these were well improved, and in 1853 he left Kentucky for Sullivan county, Missouri, where he farmed until removing to Vernon county in 1857. His entire life almost was devoted to farming and stock raising, and with that success which only attends energetic, active efforts. He was one of the large land owners of the county. In 1884 Mr. Jarboe moved from his place in Dover township to Walker, purchasing the

Walker flour mills. Mr. Jarboe was married April 24, 1854, to Miss Margaret A. Lee, whose birth occurred in Marion county, Kentucky, May 20, 1838. Seven children were born to them : Sarah C., Alary E., Margaret, Robert D., Thomas S., William and Cora. From June 24, 1861, until the close of the war, Air. Jarboe served as a soldier in the Trans-Mississippi Department, C. S. A., under Price and other commanders, seeing much active service, and while in the war he suffered the loss of all he had except land.

Dr. H. C. Jarvis, a resident of Schell City and a prominent physician of Vernon county since 1882, is a member of a family who are able to trace their genealogy back, in an almost unbroken line to the eleventh century. In the latter part of the sixteenth century, tradition, genealogical records and recorded history was collected, compiled and printed in book form, one copy only of which is known to now be in existence and held as a valuable treasure by one of the descendants now in Philadelphia, Pa.

According to this evidence, the house of "Jarvis" held a posi¬ tion of prominent influence in state questions, at least as early as the beginning of the eleventh century ; it was contemporary with the houses of DeVere, Talbot, etc., long before the Plantagenets made English history. They heard the preaching of Peter the hermit, became Knights of the Cross and entered the Crusades, through which they and their deeendants served with honor and distinction for over 200 years. The accompanyingprint of their "Coat of Arms" is budded upon that service, con¬ sisting of a shield of azure blue, upon which are six silver plumes, representing the different crusades in which they served. "Adversis Major Par Secundis." "Strong in Prosperity, Stronger in Adversity," is their escutcheon. They crusaded with "Richard, the Lion Hearted." At his death they transferred their loyalty to his brother, John, loyally supported five Henrys, eight Ed¬ wards, three Richards, Alary, Elizabeth and James and, upon the accession of Charles the First, were his close adherents and supporters. They were firmly imbued with the doctrine of the divine rights of kings, and believed the first duty of a subject was to defend those rights.

In the year 1632, during the reign of Charles, the colony of Alaryland, in North America, was ceeded to Cecelius Calvert, the second Lord Baltimore. In 1634 his brother, Leonard Calvert, with about 200 immigrants, came over and attempted to organize a colonial government, with Leonard Calvert as governor of the province. With this body of immigrants came three Jarvis brothers, Daniel, James and John. These followers were ceded large bodies of land, as was then the custom, and began the development and improvement of the country. Three years prior to this time one William Clayburn, with some followers from Virginia, had entered the territory and made settlement. They therefore looked upon Calvert's adherents and followers as intruders and interlopers. Clayburn protested, petitioned the crown Avith no avail, and then appealed to his friends and the native Indians of the country; headed an insurrection in 1645, which succeeded in deposing Governor Calvert in 1652 and scat¬ tering his followers. Daniel Jarvis moved across the line into the colony of NeAv York, and settled at or near the junction of the NeA7ersink river and the DelaAvare. He became the ancestor of a numerous progeny, among whom may be mentioned Capt. Samuel Jarvis, of military fame, avIio Avas the father of Abraham Jarvis, a noted clergyman and bishop. Abraham J. Avas Irving at Nor- Avalk, Conn., at the time of the ReA-olutionary War, AAdien that port Avas blockaded by a sloop of war commanded by Sir John Jervis, earl of St. Vincent, and the latter, during the blockade, sent a message to the bishop that a visit of his relative on ship¬ board Avould be highly appreciated. The Ausit was made and many pleasant hours spent together (the name is spelled in history, both Jervis and JarAus). Another descendant of Daniel, a great grand¬ son, is John B. Jervis, chief engineer of the Delaware and Hudson Canal, after aaTioiu Port Jervis Avas named. James, for the reason probably, had not been an offensive partisan, was alloAved to remain in Maryland, near where they had laid claims to lands, but was dispossessed. John moved Avest, over into Virginia, near Avhere Grafton, W. Va., now is. These two latter brothers raised large families and, as they greAv to manhood, moved by short and easy stages westAvard, developing the country and assisting in building large and prosperous cities; numerous descendants are found in and around Baltimore, Harpers Ferry, Charleston, Graf¬ ton, Clarksburg, Parkersburg, Va., and Marietta, Ohio. When the roads became better and methods of transportation improAmd, the stages of migration became marked by states rather than by set- tlements, and they soon invaded Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas and Iowa, and now, after nearly three centuries, the descendants are found in every state in the Union, and it is a remarkable fact, that all so far communicated with, trace their genealogy and origin back to Maryland.

About the year 1840, an attempt was made by some of the descendants of James, to recover the lands ceded to them near Baltimore and Gun-powder Falls, and while the records prove beyond a doubt that such cession was legally made, and the laws of settlement and improvement were full}7' complied with, the ces¬ sion had never been properly acknowledged by the crown; a defect sadly neglected in those early days, and even much later, as was manifested in Kentucky with the disposition of Daniel Boone and his followers.

The primary, and subsequent teaching of the divine rights of kings, the close adherence and strict loyalty of this family of so many centuries, found them divided at the time of the Revolu¬ tionary War. The descendants of Daniel were strongly in the majority for the king, those of James were more divided, while John's descendants, having led a more extended frontier life, were almost unanimous for the colonies as the records in the archives of the state of Virginia show, among the many Virginians, John in the fourth generation, and grandfather of this subject, with three brothers, Thomas, Janies and William, campaigned from Bunker Hill to Yorktown.

This John Jarvis, the paternal grandfather of Dr. H. C. Jarvis and a direct descendant of the original John Jarvis who came over with Cecelius Calvert, a grandson of the fourth generation, was born near Grafton, Va., July 28, 1754, was married to Mary Fields November 22, 1780. From this marriage was born but one child, Fields Jarvis, January 17, 1782 ; the mother, Mary (Fields) Jarvis, died some time in 1795. In 1803 John Jarvis, with his son, now a young man, came to the territory of Illinois, settling on land near Turkey Hill, about fifteen miles east of the city of St. Louis, when that metropolis was but a small French village. In 1813 he moved ten miles further north, entered a large body of land and erected a lumber and grist mill run by horse power, probably the, first mill in Illinois. Immigrants settled around him and a small town was started, wdiich they called Columbia; in 1819 it had grown to such dimensions that it was incorporated and the name of Troy given to it. The township bears his name, and the city of Troy has about 2,000 inhabitants, largely made up of busi¬ ness men from the city of St. Louis.

John Jarvis was married the second time, January 1, 1809, to Mrs. Sarah (Gillalim) Waddle, she having two sons from her former marriage, Andrew and Thomas Waddle. From this mar¬ riage was born John G., who married Elenor Brown, and after her death some twelve years later, her sister, Emilv. Lucinda Jarvis, November 12, 1812, married John Hayes.* Wesley Jarvis, August 16, 1813, married Polly Kinder. Fletcher Jarvis, January 24, 1816, married Ann Eliza Brown. These brothers, half-brothers and one sister raised large families, which are scattered over the whole nation, some few yet residing at Troy, Ill., except the oldest, Fields, who imbibed a love for a frontier life.

Being of age when he came with his father from Virginia, he soon became acquainted and associated with kindred spirits and spent the greater part of his life among the Indians, trappers and hunters ; he never married. Among his first adventures was with Perry Chouteau on a western trip, which lasted five years, during which time he was no doubt at Hallies Bluffs, in Vernon county, and on many subsequent trips. He was with General Pike as scout and interpreter more than once far up the Missouri river.

An incident that seemed to impress him, and of which he talked most during his old age, occurred in the fall of 1812 when, in company with some trappers and Indians, he was traveling across southeast Missouri, from a trading post in Arkansas to St. Louis, when there happened a great earthquake, when the ground around them opened in great fissures, closing again and spouting the water many feet in the air. Great trees were inclined from the perpendicular to different degrees of angle, many falling down.

The river along which they were traveling overflowed the land, and it was with difficulty that they found their way, and delayed them very much in their journey. Two Indians were lost, supposed to have been swallowed up in the inundation or drowned. This family all died at or near the old homestead in Illinois: John Jarvis, Sr., October 27, 1823; his wife, Sarah Jarvis, December 24, 1858; Fields Jarvis, August 2, 1859; Andrew Waddle, January 12, 1869; Thomas "Waddle, August 10, 1860;

There is one other, who, perhaps, deserves honorable mention more than do any others for his faithful devotion and servile attention to this family, whom he loved and served with devoted faith and trust. This is an old negro slave, Steve. Steve was purchased and given to John by his father, when he was just entering manhood, as his special slave and attendant, as was the custom in Virginia at the time. His exact age was not known, but - he was near the age of his young master, possibly a few years his senior. Steve lived with his young master, attended him faith¬ fully, campaigned with him when possible during the war, cared for the family after his master married and carefully watched the steady growth of the young son, Fields, who attained the heighth of six feet seven and weighed, after maturity, near 250 pounds. When Virginia was first ceded, in 1606, it contained 400 miles Atlantic water front, and extended entirely across the continent to the Pacific. Three years later slavery was introduced by the Dutch. The Paris treaty, a few years later, limited the extent of .Virginia to the Mississippi river. After the Revolu¬ tionary War, in the attempt to form a government of the colonies, there ivas a fear and a suspicion that Virginia, with her numerous population and extensive territory, would prove so powerful in the near future as to command more favorable the legislation thereof than was her due; so, in order to quiet that objection, Virginia ceded all that part of her territory west of the Ohio to the general government, stipulating in the transfer that slavery should be forever prohibited in that territory, and when John Jarvis migrated to Illinois with his son it was necessary to leave Steve at the old home. This negro, now a middle-aged, ablebodied man, worked faithfully for them for years, until all the older ones with Avhom he was more intimate and most interested died.

Communication had been kept up during those long years as well as circumstances and conditions would admit of, young men of the family had grown up and taken charge, whose ways were not all that old Uncle Steve could desire, and there was a longing to see again his old master, whom he knew lived in a country called Illinois, and near a city called St. Louis. He had learned that this city was nearly on a straight line toward the setting sun.

The longing grew for years, his days of usefulness had passed, there was none to object, he yet belonged to John, so this old negro left Virginia late in the spring of 1823 and walked to St. Louis, and from there easily found his way to Troy, twelve miles east. No one is able now to tell of all the adventures, the weary days, sleepless nights of that old man; country without roads, wild animals, wild Indians, and occasionally rude settle¬ ments ; but in the next September he arrived to find the master for whom he had done so much and whom he loved with such fidelity, an invalid and near death. Steve at once installed him¬ self as chief attendant and special nurse of his sick master, faith¬ fully watching at his side through the day and sleeping upon a cot at the foot of his bed at night, the master could never so to the least desires. The master died the latter part of the follow¬ ing month, and the poor old negro was again left alone, broken¬ hearted, but not without friends.

Steve died the following January with a last request, that he might be put in a grave across the feet of his old master. This request was fully carried out by the sons of the master. Master and slave lie together in the old homestead burying ground, just outside the corporation of Troy. A substantial stone was raised at the head of the master's grave with the usual inscription, one more humble at the negro's, inscribed, " Steve, once the faithful slave of John Jarvis."

Fletcher Jarvis, youngest son of John Jarvis, married Ann Eliza Brown January 1, 1834, a daughter of Collier Brown, who was a son of George Brown, a native Virginian. George Brown married at the place of his nativity at the age of 21, and moved immediately with his young wife to Kentucky, settling on lands twelve miles west of Frankfort. He raised a family of twelve children, of which Collier was the youngest, born July 12, 1796. At the age of 19 years Collier Brown married Nancy Atkinson, four years his senior, left Kentucky and moved to Illinois, settling near the town of Carlyle, where they stayed but one year, when they entered and settled upon lands three miles west of Troy. His father, George Brown, died November 27, 1842, at the age of 89 years, the mother having preceded him many years. A son, George Henry, was born to Collier and Nancy (Atkinson) Brown August 1, 1817 ; Ann Eliza, October 27, 1819, which constituted their family. George H. married Daphne Moore, lived on lands adjoining his father's farm, and died without issue November 23, 1853. Collier Brown remained upon his farm until 1858, when he and three of his grandchildren, sons of Fletcher Jarvis, came to Henry county, Missouri, settling on a farm one mile east of Johns¬ town. Bates county, in 1858. In 1862 he and his wife returned to Illinois on account of unsettled times arising out of the Civil War.

There was born to the marriage of Fletcher and Ann E. Jarvis eleven children, John C., October 29, 1837 ; George W., February 26, 1840; Andrew W., February 5, 1842. These three brothers came to Missouri with their grandfather in 1858, and when the war came the eldest, John, enlisted in the Union army in 1862, remained in the service about one year, and was discharged for disability. George and Andrew, in 1861, joined the state troops, served through the campaigns of Wilson Creek, Carthage, Drywood and Lexington. When the troops left the state and entered the Confederate service they failed to enlist further, and came back to Illinois, remained during that period and returned to Missouri, John and Andrew in 1865, George, not until 1872. They all left Missouri with their families in 1884, going west, George and John to Washington, settling near Colville, where John still lives, George having died in October, 1909. John C. married Indianna Ridgway in 1862, George W. married Sarah Oneal in 1864. Both raised large families, who are all on the west coast. Andrew W. married Elizabeth Shelton, who, having died in 1871, he went west to California and died in Los Angeles, May, 1907, without issue, his only child having died in infancy.

Lucinda J., October 6, 1846, married John Garret, lives in Kansas City, Mo. Henry C., the subject of this sketch. Winfield S., July 11, 1851, married Anna Martin, of Troy, Ill. His wife died in 1895. He is now living in Kansas City, Kan. Mary S., August 29, 1853, married J. H. Fletcher, died October 15, 1908. Margaret E., August 14, 1855; was drowned in Grand river, near Dayton, Cass county, while attempting to ford in high water, August 9, 1871. William H., April 5, 1857, killed by wild Indians in New Mexico some time during the fall of 1873. James M., October 10. 1859, married Harriett Moore, of Collinsville, Ill.: came to Vernon county, 1882 ; his wife died 1885, and he went to Colville, Mash., where he now is. Fletcher Jarvis and wife, Ann E., remained upon their farm in Illinois until their death, she having died January 16, 1860, he following June 10, 1861.

Dr. H. C. Jarvis was the sixth child and the fourth son of Fletcher and Ann E., Jarvis, born February 19, 1849, near Troy, Madison county, Iillinois. He came to Missouri first in October, 1860, when a lad of 11 years, lived with his grandfather near Johnstown, Bates county, until April, 1861, during which time he attended two terms of public school, one of three months in Bates county, and one of three months in Henry county, terms at that time being short and for convenience, and at different periods so as to give children opportunity of two terms. The remainder of his education was acquired in the public schools of Illinois and the high school of Collinsville, near where he was raised.

He returned to Henry county, Missouri, in October, 1867, and began teaching school in that county at the age of 18 years, which occupation he followed for ten years. He took up the study of medicine during this time and first graduated from the St. Louis Electric Medical College in the spring of 1880, then from the Bennett Medical College of Chicago, 1882, took a post graduate course and a course in electro therapeutics at the Post Graduate College, New York City, 1899. a course and the degree of M. D. in the University Medical of Kansas City, and a degree as a grad¬ uate in electro therapeutics, 1900. He is a past president of the Vernon County and John T. Hodgen Medical Associations, a mem¬ ber of the Missouri State Medical Association and past representa¬ tive of the same, also a member of the Southwest Medical and Mississippi Valley Associations. Has served two terms as mayor of his city, five years as president of Schell City Bank, and twentyone years president Board of Education. Is well known in the I. O. O. F., having been a member of the Schell City Lodge, No. 355, for twenty-two years, during, which time has served in all the subordinate offices ; six years as deputy grand master of his district, and twelve years as representative to the Grand Lodge. He has been a member of the encampment branch of the order for twenty-one years, filling the subordinate encampment offices: District deputy of the encampment district four years ; representa- tive of the grand encampment two terms; was elected grand junior warden at the grand encampment meeting, 1906 ; installed as grand patriarch of the state encampment, 1909, and served as representative of the grand encampment of Missouri in the Sovereign Grand Lodge, which* met in the city of Atlanta, Ga., in 1910. Is a member of the Rebekah Lodge, No. 56, and Canton, No. 14, Kansas City, Patriarchs Militant.

Dr. Jarvis has been in the practice of medicine for thirty-two years, thirty years in Schell Cityr. The last ten years has been confined to office work principally, and the treatment of chronic diseases, for which lie is well fitted and very extensively equipped, having one of the most extensive and well supplied offices in southwest Missouri.

On September 24, 1871, Dr. H. C. Jarvis was married to Judith Ann Bills, daughter of Dr. Alfred M. H. Bills. Dr. Bills was a native Tennessean, who came to Miller county, Missouri, with his father in early youth, was raised on a farm and married Mary F. Taylor, daughter of J. D. Taylor, also a Tennessean, a member of the Tennessee family of recent celebrity. Dr. Bills and family were living at Ft. Scott, Kan., at the breaking out of the Civil War, when they moved back to Miller county, where his wife died December 28, 1861, and the doctor entered the Confederate service, remaining through the war, filling important positions in the medical department. There were three daughters and three sons born to them : Cynthia J., wife of Moses Brown, living in Oklahoma City; Malinda, widow of Price Bond, now at Versailles, Mo. ; Judith A., wife of Dr. Jarvis, born March 20, 1853; Dr. J. T. Bills, Ration, N. M. ; James B., Clovis, N. M., and a son, who died in infancy at Ft. Scott, Kan. Dr. Bills married the second time in the fall of 1867 to Miss Nancy Jane Cox, of Monateau county. From this union was born Dr. Robert L., of Magnolia; Alva B.. of Nevada; Lillie, who married William Crowder, and is living at Raton, N. M. ; Alfred and William, living in Johnson county, Missouri; Luella, married James Carroll, now in New Mexico : Lucy, died in infancy, and Luella, married Olliver Logan, of Johnson countv.

Dr. Bills met with accidental death August 3, 1880, at his home in Miller county. A saw log rolled unexpectedly from a wagon, caught and crushed him, causing instant death. His wife remained upon the farm in Miller county until 1893, when she

The children born to the marriage of Dr. Jarvis with J. Annie (Bills) Jarvis were one son and five daughters: Nellie M., Sep¬ tember 13, 1872, the wife of Rev. George W. Prewitt, son of Judge William Prewitt, of Walker, Mo., now of Shawnee, Okla. ; Laurine J., wife of John W. Dade, son of John Dade, of Schell City, and grandson of Baldwin Dade, St. Clair county, Missouri; John W., in company with his father, is engaged in the hardware business at Schell City ; Alfred B., May 16, 1879, at his home in Schell City ; Lucy L., March 10, 1883, died February 28, 1886 ; Cynthia 0., July 9, 1888, at home; Joe H., November 3, 1893, died March 9, 1896.

Benjamin F. Jent, one of the early settlers in Vernon county. Henry Jent, the father of the subject of this sketch, was born in North Carolina March 8, 1796, but grew to manhood in Ten¬ nessee, moving thence to Illinois, and, later on, in 1834, to

Missouri. His settlement in Vernon county 'was made in 1844. in March. He took an active part in the War of 1812, serving all through that struggle. His first wife was Polly Young, and aftei her death he married Mary Ann Boyd, a native of Penn¬ sylvania. Eleven children were born of these two marriages. In 1860 Mr. Jent was again united in matrimony to Mrs. Christina Bacon, who died in 1871. His death occurred in June, 1883. Benjamin F. Jent is one of the native-born residents of the county, and was born February 19, 1850. September 7, 1882, he married Miss Lizzie J. White, of Illinois, daughter of Joseph P. White. Mr. Jent's mother died in 1859.

James B. Johnson, a successful lawyer, of Nevada, Vernon county, Missouri, was born in Louisiana, Mo., September 30, 1849, and is one of five survivors of a family of six children born to James H. and Margaret A. (Beers) Johnson. The father was born in Kentucky, June 20, 1813, and the mother in Indiana in 1823. They were married at Louisiana, Mo. Their other children are Mis. L. S. Gray, Mrs. M. T. Cunningham, Mrs. Kimbroug'h Winston, and Henry H. Johnson.

The father, a blacksmith and millwright by trade, followed those occupations at different times, and also was for a time employed as a steamboat captain. After his marriage he settled in Louisiana, Mo., and passed his life there, dying in April, 1861. . In 1862 his widow was united in marriage with Dr. J. N. B. Dodson, a former resident of Vernon county, whither he returned in 1865. The mother came in 1866, and made her home here until her decease in August, 1884.

James B., after leaving the public schools of his native place, studied for a time at the Christian Brothers College at St. Louis, and the St. Louis University, and afterwards at Watson Seminary at Ashley, Pike county. He spent the school year of 1867-68 in the Missouri State University, and his failure to gain admission to the Kemper School at Booneville in 1868, because the quota was full when he applied, led to his taking up the study of law after consulting with his guardian at Louisiana. He prosecuted his studies under the direction of Hon. John B. Henderson and Mr. D. P. Dyer, a prominent law firm at Louisiana, and remained in their office untill November, 1870, though he was admitted to the bar before the circuit court at Bowling Green, Pike county,

March 10, 1869. Mr. Johnson began his professional career at Nevada in the spring of 1871, his first office being over the store of Messrs. Tyler and Roberts, but the next year moved to the offices which he has occupied continuously ever since.