Vernon County, Missouri - The whole text, 1911 (part 9 of 14)

Mr. Johnson is a Democrat and has been more or less active in the affairs of his party. He was a Democratic nominee for the office of circuit judge in 1901, but failed of an election, as did the entire Democratic ticket. On the death in 1906 of Judge Shafer, his successful competitor for the office, Mr. Johnson was appointed b}^ Governor Folk to till the vacancy and served till his successor was elected. At the special election held in De¬ cember, 1908, he was elected to the state legislature to fill a vacancy caused by the death of Mr. John 0. Morrison, who had been elected at the general election in November preceding. During ten years from 1894 to 1904 Mr. Johnson was city coun¬ selor and resigned the office when he became a nominee for circuit judge, and also has served as tax attorney under two dif¬ ferent collectors. In 1906-7 he was president of the school board of Nevada and during his encumbency the present high school building was projected and built.

On October 22, 1876, Mr. Johnson was united in marriage with Miss Sallie K. Gordon, who was born in Cole county, Missouri, February 13, 1856. Mrs. Johnson is a daughter of James A. and Mary A. (Goodall) Gordon, who settled in Vernon county with their family in 1869.

William J. Jones was one of the most worthy and highly esteemed citizens of Nevada, in whose decease, July 22, 1906, the city suffered a loss that was universally felt. A native of Benton county, Missouri, he was. born July 1, 1837, and was a son of James J. and Margaret (Phillipps) Jones, who moved from Kentucky, their native state, to Missouri in the pioneer days, while Indians were still there. They had a family of eleven children, one of whom, besides our subject, James W. Jones, of Oklahoma, still survives. William J. was their second child; spent his boyhood on the home farm in Benton county and there acquired his early education in the district schools. He also in early life learned the locksmith's trade, but after following it a short time turned liis attention to mercantile busi¬ ness, both in the grocery trade and in the dry goods line. Mr. Jones first came to Nevada in 1866, but finding no suitable opening for business went into Center township, Vernon county, and spent some eighteen months there. Returning to Nevada in 1868 he opened a dry goods store, and by good management and careful attention to business established a fine trade and was one of the well-known dry goods merchants of the city, when, on account of failing health, he retired from active work about a year prior to his decease. He was a man of high ideals, broad¬ minded, kind-hearted and public-spirited withal, and was always ready to do his part in helping on any worthy cause or in aid of any movement for the welfare and betterment of the com¬ munity. He served on the local school board and as a member of the city council and was six years mayor of Nevada. In religious faith and fellowship Mr. Jones was affiliated with the Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church, South, whose church edifice he helped to build, as he did all the churches in Vernon county. Mr. Jones also stood high in Masonic circles, being a Knights Templar, a Chapter Mason, etc.

On April 1, 1856, Mr. Jones was united in marriage with Miss Frances Duren, a daughter of Mannen and Margaret L. (Gibbs) Duren, of Benton county. Mrs. Jones is a woman of domestic tastes and charming qualities, and in her home has always been known and admired as a devoted mother and as a worthy helpmeet of her late worthy husband. She and her twin brother. William C. Duren, of Nevada, are the only survivors of a family of eleven children.

Of two children born to Mr. and Mrs. Jones, James M., who was born November 12, 1857, died September 14, 1904, at Pitts¬ burg, Kan., where he was engaged in mercantile business, and Dora is married to Rev. J. W. Howell, of Nevada.

Mrs. Jones' father, Mannen Duren, a farmer, moved from Georgia, his native state, to Tennessee when young and grew up in Nashville. He went thence to northern Missouri at an early date, and in 1825 settled in Benton county. Her mother was a native of Christian county, Kentucky.

seventh child of a family of ten children - of whom three ^re now living - born to Hezekiah and Elizabeth C. (Perkins) Jones, the former a native of Virginia and the latter of Kentucky. Elvira Jones, born December 20, 1820, died March 14, 1848. Milton Jones, born June 3, 1824, died July 30, 1875. Newton Jones, born December 6, 1826. Elizabeth Jones, born February 13, 1829. Virginia Jones, born May 4, 1831. Nancy Jones, born January 24, 1834. Thomas Jones, born November 26, 1836. Tilla Jones, born November 24, 1839. Lucy Jones, born June 5, 1842. Nathaniel Jones, born January 23, 1845.

The father settled in Callaway county prior to 1820 and spent his life there, passing away December 5, 1882. He was a successful general farmer, hard-AVorking, industrious, frugal and thrifty and acquired 400 acres of fine farming land on AAdiat is known as Grand Prairie, within seA^en miles of Martinsburg. He AATas entirely self-educated and Avas a careful student and extensAe reader and kept himself thoroughly posted on the topics of the times. He Avas in no sense an extremist, although he held decided opinions on many subjects, being ready to grant to others the same independence of thought that he claimed for himself. He Avas a rigid temperance man and opposed to every kind of secret order. In politics he Avas an ardent Republican, and in his day heartily supported Abraham Lincoln, Avhom he greatly admired. He Avas Avithal a kind-hearted man and always ready to help those Avho were willing to help themselves. Both he and' his AArife were consistent members of the Baptist denom¬ ination. After his decease his widoAv- made her home with our subject and passed aAvav March 29, 1892.

Thomas had meager school privileges, attending the district schools two months in the year and walking a distance of two miles. He grew up on the home farm and lived there till he attained his majority.

On starting for himself his father gave him a horse and 120 acres of land in Cedar county, Missouri. Here he lived and carried on general farming some twenty years or more with eminent success, and was justly regarded as one of the sub¬ stantial farmers of his community. On February 28, 1879, he moved with his family to Vernon county and settled on a quarter section in section 7, Dover township, and carried on general farming twenty-seven years, till 1906, when he retired from active business and moved into his commodious and comfortable home in Milo, where he lives in the enjoyment of the fruits of his busy life. Mr. Jones is identified with the Masonic order, is independent in political matters and with his wife is affiliated with the Christian Church.

On June 30, 1859, Mr. Jones married Miss Emma E., daughter of Jeremiah Harrison, a pioneer settler and prosperous farmer of Cedar county. Nine children were born to them, of whom the seven living are: Tillie J., born September 21, 1860; W. Hezekiah, born November 15, 1863; Stonewall Jackson, born February 9, 1869 ; Cora Lee, born February 9, 1871 ; Nora J., born March 25, 1874; George W., born August 25, 1876, and Maude, born February 18, 1879.

Michael Jordan was for many years a business man and resi¬ dent of Vernon county. His birth occurred in 1838, in Ireland, from whence in 1844 he emigrated to the United States in com¬ pany with his parents, Patrick and Sarah Jordan, who were also natives of the Emerald Isle. The father chose a settlement at Boonville, Cooper county, Missouri, and there young Michael was principally brought up, his first principal business venture being as a railroad contractor. Subsequently he moved to Lexington,

Lafayette county, lived there ten years, and afterwards for sev¬ eral years he made his home in both Jackson and Cass counties, or until 1870, when a permanent settlement was made in this county. Here he was actively engaged in different branches of mercantile life. At first the grocery business received his atten¬ tion, and later on he was occupied in milling, but in August, 1885, he lost his mill by fire. In 1886 he entered into partner¬ ship with Mr. R. J. McGowan in the boot and shoe trade. Mr Jordan has been prominent in business circles, and in official capacities he gained many friends. Besides serving satisfactorily as city treasurer he has been a member of the city council, and for six years he was active in educational matters ; he was secre¬ tary of the board of education. In 1862 Mr. Jordan was united in marriage with Miss Nannie J. Thomas, whose birthplace was in Cass county, Missouri.

James B. Journey comes of sturdy stock, tracing his ancestry in this country back to Colonial days. His great-great-grand¬ father, Peter Journey, was a Virginian by birth and served in the Revolutionary war for independence. His son, James Journey, our subject's grandfather, moved from Virginia, his native state, and was one of the pioneer settlers of St. Charles county, Missouri. Our subject's maternal grandfather, Benja¬ min Baugh, also settled in St. Charles county in the early days, and thence removed to Vernon county, where he passed the remainder of his life. He was born near Harrodsburg, Ky., and married Miss Maria, nee Boone, who was a daughter of Squire Boone, a brother of Daniel Boone, and who came to St. Charles county, Missouri, with his brother, Daniel Boone. James B. is a native of Vernon county, and was born December 4, 1862, to' Angus L. and Patsy A. (Baugh) Journey, both of whom were born in St. Charles county, Missouri. Removing to Vernon county, in 1853, they settled on section 21 in Center township and there established the family homestead and reared their family. They endured many perils during the Civil War and witnessed the burning of Nevada, but retained their home and lived to see the growth and development of Vernon county into one of the most prosperous and progressive agricultural and com¬ mercial centers of the state. The father died in 1883, when

Our subject was reared on the family homestead and acquired his early education in the common schools of the county and later attended the Fort Scott Normal School. When eighteen years old he began teaching in the district schools and continued in that occupation, in various rural and village schools, some ten years. During that time he began the study of law, which he pursued until he passed his examination and was admitted to the bar in January, 1887, at Stockton, Cedar county, Missouri. After his admission he taught for a time in the school at Montevallo, Vernon county, and began the practice of his profession at Nevada in 1889, and has continued it uninterruptedly since with gratifying success, attaining to an honored place among the progressive and successful lawyers of the Vernon county bar.

Mr. Journey, while not caring for political office, has been an active political worker, and is prominent in the local councils of his party, and was secretary of the Democratic central com¬ mittee from 1894 to 1900. He has always been especially inter¬ ested in matters relating to the early settlement and history of his locality and was a chief factor in organizing the Old Settlers' Association of Nevada.

Mr. Journey has been twice married. His first wife, Miss Ewing K., nee Dale, whom he married in September, 1887, died in 1891, leaving one child, Rockwell C. Journey. In September, 1894, he married Miss Jennie, daughter of Wesley and Caro¬ line (Barger) Wilcox, of Nevada, and there have been born to them three children, viz., James Randall, Marjorie E. and Eleanor.

George A. Kaupp is a prosperous business man of Nevada, Mo. He is of German-English lineage and was born near Will¬ iamsport, Pa. His parents, Godfrey P. and Mary A. (Winner) Kaupp, are both natives of Pennsylvania and moved thence in 1882 to Lafayette county, Missouri, where the father carried on general farming ten years. In 1892 the family moved to Nevada and here the father turned his attention to gardening and established what has grown to be the largest and finest greenhouse plant anywhere in this section of the state, the sev¬ eral houses having 30,000 feet of glass-covered space. This was

The first exclusive lettuce plant in the locality. Beginning in a small way, new equipment has been added to meet the needs of a constantly increasing business, which has far outgrown the demands of the local trade, flowers, plants and other products of the establishment being supplied throughout a wide range of surrounding country. For many years the business has been carried on under the firm name of Kaupp & Son, our subject being junior partner in the firm, but Mr. Kaupp, Sr., who is known far and near as a thorough and practical horticulturist, also is actively engaged in the management of the business.

George A., after leaving the public schools of Nevada, took a commercial course in the Lewis Business College at Glasgow,. Mo., then pursued a scientific course at Odessa College, finishing with the class of 1891, and later attended Baker University at Baldwin, Kan. He taught in the rural districts two years and also was for a time principal of schools at Mayview, Mo. It was some two years after this that he became a partner with his father.

Mr. Kaupp takes an active interest in fraternal and benevo¬ lent organizations, being identified with the Masonic order, Knights Templar, Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias. In religious faith he is affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Charles W. Keck is an enterprising and wide-awake citizen of Nevada, Mo. A native of Kane county, Illinois, he was born January 12, 1869, and is one of a family of eight children - six of whom survive - born to William and Aurilla (White) Keck, natives of New York. The father, who is of German lineage, came west when a boy and in 1876 settled on a farm in Virgil township, Vernon county, Missouri, and is now living in Illinois. The mother died in 1885.

Charles W. grew to manhood in the country, working on the farm and attending the district schools and acquired a ' good English education. On attaining his majority, in 1890, he secured employment in the postoffice at Nevada as mailing clerk, and a little later was appointed assistant postmaster there. During the years 1895-7 he was employed in the railway mail service, running from St. Louis to Kansas City, after which he returned to Nevada and again assumed the duties of assistant postmaster, and has continued in that position to the present time - 1911 - his being the longest continuous term of service of any employee in the Nevada office. During these years of Mr. Keck's connection with the Nevada postoffice the volume of business has grown to large proportions, the number of employees has increased from two clerks to an efficient force of six office clerks, six city carriers and six rural carriers, and the office itself, outgrowing its former narrow quarters, has been transferred' to the new $75,000 federal building, which was completed and equipped in 1910. Kir. Keck is known as a man of industrious habits, careful, methodical and faithful in whatever he under¬ takes, and by his uniform courtesy and gentlemanly demeanor, combined with his efficiency and recognized probity of character, holds the confidence, good will and esteem of all.

In 1891 Mr. Keck married Miss Olive, a daughter of Joseph and Ann (Hoskins) Sterling, of Vernon county, and they have a family of four children, named, respectively, Loy E., Forest H., Delplia A. and Sterling T.

Clyde E. Keeling, the popular and enterprising proprietor of the Keeling Studio, at Nevada, is a native Missourian, and was born in Saline county, May 22, 1871. He enjoyed good educa¬ tional privileges in early life and later studied at the State Normal School and State University, and for some years followed teaching as a profession. He was principal of the Sheldon schools two years, and also taught literature and history in the Nevada High School.

Mr Keeling is a man of decided artistic tastes and has made a thorough study of photography in all its phases and branches and is recognized as a most skillful expert and operator in his class of art. His present studio was established in 1904 and is a perfect model in all its appointments, equipped, as it is, with every facility and appliance for turning out the highest class of work, producing portraits on platinum, in Water colors and sepia, etc., with every variety and style of finish and mounting. Mr. Keeling also produces the finest class of commercial and view work, and is the official photographer of the National Guard of Missouri. In various public expositions of photographic art, where work from all parts of Missouri lias been on exhibition, Mi. Keeling s productions have, in several instances, received the highest awards given in the state, and he now holds eleven gold and silver medals for the superior excellence of his exhibits. Fine specimens of his artistic work may be seen on the walls of the handsomely furnished parlors of his studio, which are open to all lovers of art, and besides himself Mr. Keeling has in his employ three skilled assistants, each an expert in his particular Ime, so that every patron is reasonably safe in getting the best results in pose and expression at the first sitting.

Mr. Keeling is identified with the Knights of Pythias and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and in 1909 was elected secretary of the State Photographers' Association.

Lamoreux N. Kennedy, a member of the bar of Nevada, Missouri, is a descendant of one of the oldest pioneer families of Missouri, his great-grandfather having settled in the state in 1807. He traces his ancestry back through four generations to John Kennedy and Mary (Rowan) Kennedy, his great-greatgrandparents who came from Ireland to Virginia about the year 1750. John Kennedy had four sons who were soldiers in the Revolutionary V ar ; one of them, Thomas Kennedy, great-grandfathei of our subject married at the close of the Revolutionary Mar, and settled in the State of South Carolina near Charleston, where he lived for about fifteen years. Leaving South Carolina about the beginning of the Nineteenth Century, he moved west¬ ward into the state of Tennessee, stopping near Nashville for two or three years, then crossing the Mississippi river into what was at that time an unknown world he finally located, with his family, in the fall of 1807, at a point that is now Warren county, Missouri, being the fourth English speaking family to settle in Missouri, west of what is now the St. Charles county line. Here he estab¬ lished a home and built a fort which was known by his name. At that time, so far as is known to history, Kennedy 's fort was the most remote western fort or settlement of Americans in the United States. James Kennedy, grandfather of our subject, was the oldest son of Thomas Kennedy, being seventeen years old when the settlement was made in Missouri. He was a soldier in

Captain Callaway's Company of Rangers in the War of 1812, and in 1815 having retired from the army, he was married to Sallie Lyle and settled on a farm three miles from the old fort, where he raised a family of four boys and three girls.

On this same farm, the subject of this sketch was born on February 21, 1856. His father was Lewis Kennedy, second son of James. Lewis was a merchant and farmer of Warren county, but later moved to Nevada, where he died in 1894. The mother of our subject was Catherine (StewTart) Kennedy, a native of. Virginia, who came to this state when a child with her father, Grief Stewart, in 1830. Mr. Stewart was a large land owner and slave holder, and was a man of affairs in his day. He was a member of the first grand jury ever empanelled in Warren county.

Lamoureux N. was reared on a farm in Warren county, and after finishing at the public schools, attended Central Wesleyan College, at Warrenton, Mo., where he graduated with the class of 1880. He then entered the law department of the State University at Columbia, and was graduated in the class of 1882, having the distinction of being one of three selected out of a class of twenty to prepare and read a thesis on a legal subject at the university commencement.

In the fall of 1882, Mr. Kennedy located in Nevada, and began the practice of his profession, and with the exception of six years spent in St. Louis, Kansas City and Denver, he has continuously resided here since. On his return to Nevada in the spring of 1905, he opened an office and again entered the practice of law as a member of the Vernon county bar.

On September 9, 1885, Mr. Kennedy was united in marriage to Mellie, daughter of the late James B. Walker, of Henry county. Of this marriage there are five children, respectively: Lewis L., James F., Harry C., Catherine and Nellie. Mrs. Kennedy had one daughter by a former marriage, Mrs. Noni Clack Bailey, who resides in Nevada.

Elbert E. Kimball, an attorney of recognized ability and esteem, was born in North Coliocton, Steuben county. New l"ork. October 6, 1843. He was the son of Virgil W. Kimball, a con¬ tractor and builder by trade, and a native of Chenango county, New York. The latter, on leaving the Empire State, moved to Springfield, Mo., with his family in 1855, but in the fall of 1860 exchanged his property there for 240 acres in Vernon county, on which Virgil City now stands. For some time he was engaged in his chosen calling, but owing to war troubles he and his wife returned to New Y"ork, Elbert still remaining in attendance at school in .Springfield. The institution, however, was finally closed, about half of the young men who were students becoming members of the Confederate army, while the other half joined the Federal troops. Young Kimball enlisted in the three months' service under Holland's company of Home Guards, following which he was detached and placed in the quartermaster's depart¬ ment for three months, in the meantime participating in the battle of Wilson's Creek. Subsequently he returned to his old home in New York, and enlisted in the 189th New York volunteers, which was made a part of the First division. Fifth army corps, and until the surrender of Lee he was actively engaged in service, being mustered out as orderly sergeant at Elmira, June 2, 1865. At the close of the war Mr. Kimball attended the law department of Ann Arbor University, of Michigan, graduating in the class of 1868, after which he came back to Missouri, and later formed a partnership with Judge C. G. Burton, in this county. In 1869 this firm went to Erie, Kan., and besides practicing their profes¬ sion were also occupied in the publication of the Neosho county " Dispatch" for one year, then returning to Vernon county and settling at Nevada, where an office was opened. The relation with Mr. Burton was sustained until shortly before that gentle¬ man's election to the position of circuit judge. He later asso¬ ciated in practice with Mr. M. T. January. During his residence here Mr. Kimball has been called to official prominence, having served as mayor of Nevada. December 23, 1870. Miss Lose L. Acre, of Michigan, became his wife. Mr. Kimball is a prominent Mason and has held the position of H. P. in Nevada Eoyal Arch Chapter. He is also connected with the G. A. K. as S. V. C. in the Department of Missouri. It should have been stated before that his father returned from New York after the war, and in

September, 1866, laid out the town of Virgil City, naming it for himself. At that time this village was perhaps the most impor¬ tant hereabouts and a larger amount of business was carried on than at Nevada. Two stage lines met here and travel exceeded that of other towns in a large tributary country. Mr. Virgil Kimball died in 1878, leaving, besides his widow (formerly Miss Susan B. Wing), four children, the subject of this sketch being the eldest.

Washington T. Kimbel, who was born in Washington county, Virginia, November 13, 1833, was the second child, and is one of five survivors of a family of eight children born to Luke and Sallie (Dungan) Kimbel, natives of North Carolina and Virginia, respectively. The parents moved to Monroe county, Missouri, in 1834, and lived there till 1856, when the father sold his land and came to Vernon county, where he entered a quarter section of land in section 36, Walker township, and established the family home. The mother died in Monroe county in 1849, and the father in 1874. Of their other children, Francis M., the eldest, died in Monroe county, Missouri, July 5, 1911. Martha A. married Mr. M. Randall, and lives in Oklahoma. Elizabeth is the wife of Mr. H. C. Eidson, also of Oklahoma; Susan is the wife of Mr. A. C. Vandeveer, and lives in California. William died in Vernon county, leaving a wife and one daughter. James passed away at the age of thirty-four years.

Washington lived on the homestead till after the opening of the Civil War, and on June 28, 1861 enlisted in the Ninth Battallion, Sharp Shooters, and was in the service four years. While home on a furlough he was captured and after being held a prisoner over at Ft. Scott a month Avas released, and enlisted in Company "E" Sixteenth Regiment, Missouri Volunteers, In¬ fantry. He fought in the battles at Carthage and Springfield, and at Lone Jack was in a skirmish which he describes as "The hottest place he was ever in." He was with his company in all of their engagements and received his discharge at Shreveport, La. On their way down the river to Baton Rouge, their trans¬ port was sunk and some two hundred of the men were drowned. The survivors were transferred to another boat and continued to their destination whence they were sent to their homes. On March 21, 1866, Mr. Kimbel was united in marriage with Miss

Sarah Brim, who was horn in Tennessee, July 4, 1848, to William M. and Julia (Dodson) Brim, natives of Tennessee, the former born in 1812, and the latter in 1821. They were married in their native state, and in 1851 went to Benton county, Missouri, thence moved to Polk county, and in 1854 settled in Vernon county, where the father entered a quarter section of land in Virgil town¬ ship, where the father died in 1863, and the mother in 1881.

They had a family of six children. Those besides Mrs. Kimbel being, Mary, who died when sixteen years old. John, who died without issue. William A. Brim who lives in Virgil township. Julia A., who was married to Mr. John Everman, of Missouri, and is deceased, and an infant who died unnamed.

Mr. Kimbel owns a good farm of one hundred acres in section 36, Walker township, and ranks with the up-to-date farmers of the community. He is a democrat in political opinion, and in religious faith and fellowship is affiliated with the Methodist Church.

Andrew J. King is an honored member of the bar of Vernon county, Missouri. A native of Macon county, Missouri, he was born August 12, 1852, the second of four children born to William and Martha (Rose) King, the other children being Mary, now deceased; Augusta, the wife of Mr. Daniel L. Belmear, of Macon county, and Elizabeth, who is married to Mr. John Epper¬ son and who lives in Macon county. The father was a successful farmer and died some twenty-five years ago. The mother died when our subject was five years of age. This branch of the King family is of Scotch-Irish lineage, the ancestors being traced through four generations to Scotland. The Rose family came originally from Wales.

the public schools there, and iu 1868 entered the State Normal School at Kirksville, Mo., where he was graduated with the class of 1870. On July 9 he came to Vernon county, and in Septem¬ ber of that year he began teaching in Vernon county and for twelve years continued in that occupation, in the rural districts seven years, in Nevada four years and one year in Schell City. In 1875 he was elected to the office of county school commissioner for Vernon county and served in that capacity six years. In November, 1882, he was elected to the office of county recorder, and in 1886 was re-elected for a second term. His efficiency and popularity was such that in the meantime, in 1890, he was elected mayor of Nevada and filled that office till 1892. Closing his affairs in the spring of 1892, he spent several months traveling through the West, and after his return he engaged, in mining in Lawrence county, Missouri, for one year. Then, in September, 1893, he went to Chicago and spent one year in the real estate business, after which he entered the law department of North¬ western University, from which he was graduated with the class of 1896, going thence to Lamar, in Barton county, Missouri, where he was enrolled as an attorney at law. During his former residence in Nevada he had become greatly attached to the place and the people, and it was but natural that he should desire to establish himself there among his host of friends, which he did in February, 1896, becoming an active and honored member of the Nevada bar. He was elected prosecuting attorney for the term of 1900-1, and then, by appointment, served four and a half years as city counsellor. Mr. King is popular with all classes and universally esteemed for his many virtues and manly character. He became a Mason in 1875 and has filled the various chairs of the local lodges at Nevada. He is also identified with the Inde¬ pendent Order of Odd Fellows, the Modern Woodmen of America, and holds membership in the Woodmen of the World and Knights of Pythias.

On January 9, 1888, Mr. King married Miss Mabel Morrison, of Lamar, Mo., daughter of the late N. H. Morrison, of Virden, Ill., and one daughter was born of the marriage, Ethel Roberta King, to bless the union.

Elizabeth (Rose) King, the former a native of Kentucky and the latter of Macon county. The father spent his active life on a farm in Macon county and there died in 1884, at the age of sixty-four years. The mother passed away in 1885, when she was forty-eight years of age. They had a family of twelve chil¬ dren, four of whom are deceased, viz., Mary, Fannie and two who died in infancy unnamed. Those surviving, besides our subject, are: Howell C. King, of Lawton, Okla. ; Martha, the widow of the late Velroy Davenport, of Macon county; Emma, who is married to Mr. John Greer, of Macon county; Jacob C., of Macon county; Leora King, who lives in New Mexico, where also lives Addie, who is married to Mr. John Atterbury, and Icem King, a resident of Macon county. The father was twice married. The first wife, Mary (Rose) King, was a sister of the second wife. There were born to this first union, Andrew J. King, of Nevada ; Augusta, who is married to Mr. Daniel Belmear, and Elizabeth, the wife of Mr. John Epperson, both of Macon county.

William M. grew up on the home farm in Macon county and attended the common schools. He began his business career as a traveling salesman, selling patent medicines for Dr. H. W. Wood, but discontinued at the end of two and a half years and returnedhome on account of the death of his mother. In 1884 he pur¬ sued a course of study in the Gem City Business College, at Quincy, Ill., and the same year settled in Nevada, where he was appointed deputy county recorder under his half-brother, An¬ drew J. King. After six years' service in that office Mr. King spent three and a half years as bookkeeper and collector for Mr. H. K. Bascom, at Nevada, after which he was employed a like period as general collector for Messrs. Nicholas and Shepard, threshing machine manufacturers of Battle Creek, Mich. Fol¬ lowing that engagement Mr. King spent five and a half years as a salesman and collector for the Altman-Taylor Machinery Com¬ pany, and in 1905 settled at Nevada, purchasing the shoe store and business formerly owned by Mr. T. C. Caldwell. He has since that time devoted his energies to its development and made it one of the leaders in its line in the city, increasing the stock to double what it was when he bought it. The store is situated at the southwest corner of the courthouse square and is in every sense a thoroughly equipped, model, modern establishment and conducted in a manner to reflect the highest credit to its pro- gressive proprietor. Though he is not an active politician, Mr. King has always adhered strictly to the principles of the Demo¬ cratic party and has served as councilman from the Fourth ward of Nevada. Mr. King is a man of splendid qualities, sociable, kind-hearted and generous and active in the work of fraternal orders, being identified with the Knights Templar, the Inde¬ pendent Order of Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, the Modern Woodmen of America and the Woodmen of the World. He is withal an enthusiastic sportsman and is the champion quail hunter of the state, his record for 1909 being 341 birds, and for 1910 it was 345.

On October 27, 1889, Mr. King was united in marriage with Miss Alice C. Yater, daughter of C. A. and Louisa C. (Ballingen) Yater, of Nevada, and they have two children, named, respect¬ ively, Garnett and William Wayne King.

John Klonts. deceased, came to Vernon county in 1867. He was born September 10, 1818, in Berks county, Pennsylvania, the son of John and Magdalena (Fornwald) Klontz, themselves na¬ tives of the Keystone State, and the parents of fourteen children : of these John was the fourth child. He was brought up in the vicinity of his birthplace until the age of nineteen, then accom¬ panying the family to Clarke county, Ohio, where he made his home for ten years, or until removing to Stephenson county, Illinois. About seven years later lie decided to locate further west and accordingly made a settlement in Winneshiek county, la. From there Mr. Klontz came to Vernon county, Missouri, and here he afterward resided, perfectly satisfied that this local¬ ity is unsurpassed for the privileges of comfortable home life. His farm of 285 acres was well improved and in good cultivation; genial, whole-souled and entertaining, his house was always a favorite place to visit. In 1839 Mr. Kimball was married to Miss Rebecca Kniss, of Berks county, Pennsylvania, and they had five children: William, Peter, Samuel, Calvin and Tarintina, wife of Anson Sweeth.

Frank Koontz, who passed away at his home in Richland township, Vernon county, Missouri, after a residence there of more than forty years, was born in Virginia, October il, 1837, to Andrew and Eliza A. (Sisson) Koontz, natives of Virginia. About 1840 the family, traveling overland, came and settled near the pi esent site oi i\ev Lebanon, in Cooper county, Missouri, whence, about 1855, they moved to Johnson county, where the father died during the Civil War, his widow surviving till August 19, 1891, and passing away at the age of eighty-three years. They had a family of thirteen children, all of whom are nowT deceased, our subject being the seventh child and seventh son. He lived at home till he reached his majority, and then spent several years freighting across the country over the Santa Fe trail. He returned to Johnson county, Missouri, in 1858, and after the opening of the Civil War joined Captain McCarey's company of State Guards, later joining Frank Cockerell's regiment of the First Missouri brigade, under Price. Besides several minor wounds lie was severely wounded by a shot in the leg at the siege of 5 icksburg, while serving as captain of his company, and disabled for a long time. Soon after this he was captured and sent to the military prison at Johnson's Island, and was there when the Confederate forces surrendered at Appomattox. During the war the family home in Johnson county had been pillaged, the slaves freed and everything on the farm destroyed by the Jayhawkers and Home Guards, who entertained a bitter feeling toward the family from the fact that four of the Koontz brothers were in the Confederate army, where one of them was killed. The same organization, without provocation, killed two other of the Koontz brothers at the home of their uncle in Cooper county. During these perilous times the mother and those of the family who were with her took refuge in Howard county, and our subject joined them there on his return from the war and took them back to Johnson county, rebuilt the house and re¬ established the family home.

On October 26, 1868, Mr. Koontz was united in marriage with Mrs. A. Melcena (Geery) McDonald, who was born in Howard county, Missouri, March 3, 1843, to William and Melissa (Phil¬ lips) Geery, whose parents were among the pioneers of Howard county. Mrs. Koontz was first married in December, 1860, and her first husband, Newton McDonald, a native of Johnson county, Missouri, died in April, 1861.

Mr and Mrs. Koontz settled in Vernon county in 1869 and he bought eighty acres of land in the northeast quarter of section 15, Richland township, where they established their family home, living at fhsst in a small, temporary "box house." Beginning in this modest way, Mr. Koontz gradually improved and added to his farm, replacing the temporary house with one larger and more pretentious. In his farming he was eminently successful, buying and feeding cattle for the market, and when he turned the management of the farm over to his sons and retired from work, some years prior to his death, he owned 560 acres in one body in sections 14 and 15, besides another of 160 acres in section 14 and also a quarter section in section 21. He was a prominent man in his community and served in various local offices, among others being county Judge during 1882-3.

J. William Kramer is of German lineage on the paternal side, while his maternal line is of Scotch descent. He is a native of Sangamon county, Illinois, and was born December 23, 1861, to Thomas D. and Martha (Barnes) Kramer, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of Illinois.

He was educated in the public schools of his native place and passed his boyhood and youth on his father's farm in Illinois. In 1878 he went to Crawford county, Kansas, and lived there some fifteen years, till 1893, when he took up his residence at Nevada, his present home. During his first four years here he Avas employed as foreman of the farm at the State Hospital No. 3, located at Nevada, after which he was in the employ of the Cockerill Zinc Company for seven years. From March, 1906, to October 20, 1910, he served as deputy circuit clerk under Mr. Julian E. Huff, then entered the service of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company as baggageman, and on March 28, 1911, was elected collector of Center township, Vernon county, receiving a majority of 184 votes. Mr. Kramer has always adhered to the principles of the Democratic party in political affairs and is an active and aggressive factor in the local councils of his party, being a member of the county central committee. For twenty years he has been identified with the Modern Wood¬ men of America, and has passed through all the chairs of the local lodge, and in 1905 was sent as a representative to the Head Camp in Milwaukee. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and a past grand of that order, and also belongs to the Rebeccas. In religious faith and fellowship he is affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

In 1883 Mr. Kramer was united in marriage with Miss Laura 0. Bever, daughter of Abijah and Mary H. Bever, natives of Hillsboro, Ind. This union has been blest with two children, viz., Myrtle E., who is married to Mr. D. B. Teal, of Butler county, Kansas, and Mabel E., the wife of Mr. Ollie F. Cook, of Nevada, Mo.

Richard W. Langley, whose death occurred April 30, 1909, was born in Kirbythor, England, April 16, 1849, the second child of a family of five children born to Richard and Ruth (Willon) Langley, both natives of England. Richard V7. Langley, the father, was born at Westmoreland, England, November 22, 1821. He was married to Ruth Willon in 1846, and came to America in 1857. He died in Mason county, Illinois, on June 6, 1883. His wife Ruth Willon was born at Brighton near Manchester, Eng¬ land, and died on February 26, 1894. Their other children are Mrs. Peter Stewart, who lives in Kansas City; Edward Langley, of Belle Plain, Canada - one child named Vera; Mrs. Jonah Bratt, who resides in Nebraska - one child named Ruth; and Mrs. Charles Stables, whose home is in Peoria, Illinois - one child named Ralph.

The parents came to this country in 1857 in a sailing vessel and landing at New York went thence to Illinois, and settled on a farm twenty miles from Pekin, where the father spent his life, and died in June, 1883. The mother passed away on February 26, 1894.

Richard W. grew to manhood on his father's farm and lived there until he was twenty-five years old. On January 17, 1875, he was united in marriage with Miss Emma R. Peppers, who was born in Columbus, Ohio, January 17, 1855, to Hiram J. and Hannah (Orr) Peppers, the former born in Ohio, July 10, 1828, and the latter in Massachusetts, January 17, 1833. They were married September 3, 1857.

Hiram J. and Hannah Peppers, parents of Mrs. Langley, have a family of three children living at this date (1911), viz.: Mrs. Emma R. Langley; Mrs. Lillie D. Townsend, of Kirwin, Kan.; and Mrs. Minnie L. McGovney, of Kansas City, Mo., who has a family

The first representative of the Peppers family of which we have authentic record was Frederick Peppers, whose wife's Christian name was Deborah. Their son, John Peppers, who was born in Maryland, married Rebecca Gooden, also a native of Maryland, and they were the parents of Hiram J. Peppers, Mrs. Langley's father. Her maternal grandfather, William Orr, came to this country from England and married Margaret Long, who was a native of Massachusetts. After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Langley lived in Illinois till 1881, when they moved to Vernon county, Missouri, and settled on a farm which Mr. Lang¬ ley bought in Badger township. Selling that, in 1903 he bought two hundred acres in section 20, Clear Creek township, where he made his home till his decease, and where his widow now resides. Mr. Langley was a life-long farmer, giving his attention to gen¬ eral farming and stock-raising, and by his practical and syste¬ matic methods achieved gratifying success. He was a man much respected by his neighbors, and highly esteemed by all who knew him, . for his upright, sterling character, and his death was mourned as a great loss to the community. In political opinion he was a Democrat.

Mr. and Mrs. Langley had nine children, viz. : Mrs. Fred P. Johnson, who was born November 30, 1875; Roy E., who was born March 28, 1878, and on February 22, 1906, married Miss Josephine Conway, a native of Missouri, born April 23, 1881, to Frank C. and Mary (Stevens) Conway, and who has two children, viz. - Raymond, born November 21, 1906, and Ethel, born January 25, 1911 ; Mrs. Otis Goodwin, born February 15, 1880, and was mar¬ ried in 1900, has two children - Marguerite, born in 1904, and Alberta, born August 9, 1906; Miss Mamie Langley, born Decem¬ ber 12, 1881 ; Arthur F., born January 17, 1884; Ruth M., born, September 3, 1885; Homer R., born April 29, 1888; Walter H., born March 31, 1891, and Hazel E., who was born August 6, 1897.

James F. Leonard, an enterprising, well-to-do farmer of Vernon county, was born in Webster county, Missouri, January 4, 1867, and is the eldest of six survivors of a family of seven chil¬ dren born to Mathias P. and Harriet Leonard, the former a native of Perry county, Missouri, and the latter of Michigan. The father served three and a half years in the Confederate Army as a member of Company "M," Fifth Regiment, South Missouri Cavalry. His death occurred at Liberal, Mo., August 28, 1910, and his widow passed away April 25, 1911.

James F. attended the common schools in Vernon county till he was eighteen years old, and lived with his parents till after attaining his majority. After leaving home he worked as a farm laborer till his marriage, being united in marriage with Miss Laura E. Leatherman, on April 22, 1894. Going to Montana, he was seven years engaged in the butchering and meat business, then returned home and soon afterward moved with his family to Vernon county, and after working one year on leased land his wife received eighty acres of the Leatherman estate, and he bought 160 acres, making in all 240 acres in Harrison township, in section 32. well cultivated and stocked and handsomely improved. Mr. Leonard is a staunch Republican in political opinion and takes a commendable interest in the affairs and success of his party. He is identified with the Masonic fraternity, and also belongs to the Modern Woodmen of the World.

Edwin T. Letton was born in Bourbon county, Kentucky, December 11, 1850. He is the eldest child, and one of five sur¬ vivors of a family of eight children born to Lemuel P. and Catherine (Couchman) Letton, natives of Bourbon county, Ken¬ tucky, the former born in 1829. and the latter in 1832. The father was a farmer and stock raiser, and had three brothers who served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. He remained with his family during the war, and in 1868 moved to Lafayette county, Missouri; later went to Johnson county, and still later moved to Barton county and settled on a small farm near Lamar, where the family lived till the father's decease on May 1, 1899. The other surviving children are, Mrs. J. A. Ram¬ sey, and Mrs. William Parker, both of Barton county, and Mrs. Robert Cole and Allen Letton, both of Santa Rosa, California. The mother made her home with her youngest daughter till the latter's decease in 1909, since which time she has remained with Mr. Usher, who is a merchant of Minden.

Edwin T. acquired his education in the public schools of his native place and came to Missouri with his parents and lived at home till he was twentv-three vears old.

On March 6, 1873, he was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Henderson, who was born in Columbus, Mo., January 28, 3 849, to Walker and Sena (Houx) Henderson, the former born in Paris, Bourbon county, Kentucky, and the latter in Missouri. Mr. Henderson, a farmer and merchant, was a pioneer settler of Johnson county, Missouri, a wealthy man arid an owner of many slaves. Although his sympathies were with the Con¬ federacy, he Avas politic enough to remain neutral during the Civil War, and obviated trouble by extending his hospitalities to both sides and feeding the soldiers of both armies.

He was the father of seven children of whom Mrs. Letton was the second in order of birth. After his marriage Mr. Letton cultivated leased land in Johnson county for a time and then moved onto a tract of eighty acres, a gift to Mrs. Letton from her father. This they rented in the spring of 1878, and coming to Vernon countv, Mr. Letton worked leased land in Blue Mound township two years. In 1880 he bought 280 acres in section 17, and there made his home with his family till October. 1910; moving then into the city of Nevada, he, in February, 1911, purchased the handsome, modern residence at No. 228 South Main street, where the family now reside.

In his farming operations Mr. Letton gave particular attention to breeding high-grade horses, cattle and hogs with marked suc¬ cess. He now - 1911 - owns 960 acres of land in one bodv in Blue Mound township, besides a quarter section in section 11. In 1885 he began breeding registered Scotch Short Horn cattle, keeping from seventy-five to one hundred head, but now keeps about half that number. He gave special attention to breeding standard breed Kentucky trotting horses from 1895 till 1902, but since then has kept but a limited number of trotters. He now feeds, for the market, from two to five car loads of cattle annually, besides a large number of hogs. He also raises vast

In 1891 Mr. Letton helped to organize the Farmer's Bank of AA alker, of which he has been president since the resignation of Air. A. Edwards, its first president, in 1895. Besides he is vicepresident of the Farmers Mutual Insurance Company, of Nevada.

He is a Democrat in politics but has uniformly declined political office. Since sixteen years of age he has been a member of the Christian Church, and was a prominent factor in building the church edifice in Blue Mound township, for which he pur¬ chased the- greater part of the lumber, besides generous con¬ tributions of money. Since the building was erected he has filled the office of elder most of the time, and for many years was superintendent of the Sunday school.

Of three children born to Mr. and Airs. Letton, Charles Hed¬ rick, born Alarch 20, 1874, was educated in Columbia University and Business College, Quincy, Ill., and is now a member of the firm of Carpenter and Shaffer, Butler, AIo. He married in September, 1907, Aliss Frankie Lisle. The second child, Ruth L., born February 12, 1873, was married in 1900 to Air. J. E. Haggard, of Nevada, and they have one child, AATanda, three years old. The youngest child, Ula Blanche, who was born June 23, 1891, lives with her parents.

Edward E. Levens, is one of the prominent, enterprising and progressive citizens of Nevada, AIo., who has gained his position by his own untiring effort. He is a native of Booneville, AIo., and was born June 9, 1864, to Henry C. and Margaret J. (Lawton) Levens, both natives of Cooper county, Missouri, where the father was a well-known teacher and lawyer and for several terms served as county clerk. He died in 1896 when seventy-six years old, his widow surviving till 1908, and passing away at the age of seventy-six. Our subject's paternal grandfather Basel Levens settled in Cooper county, Alissouri, when a boy, and was prom¬ inent and influential there, in pioneer days. His maternal grand¬ father, Edward E. Lawton, came from Rhode Island to Alissouri in 1821, and was a successful and well-known physician in Cooper county in the early days, and was especially noted as an astronomer and for scholarly attainments. His death occurred in 1878 when he was eighty-two years of age. Our subject has one

Edward E. acquired his early education under the preceptorship of Professor Anthony Haynes, and later attended Kemper's College, at Booneville, Mo. He began his business life as car accountant for the Missouri, Pacific Railway Company, and con¬ tinued in that capacity four years. He was then two years chief clerk for general road master for the Gould system, after which he became chief clerk to the superintendent of the Colorado division of the Missouri-Pacific Railway. After serving two years he resigned to accept the position of assistant to superintendent of telegraph lines of the Missouri and Texas Railway, which he filled eight years. He then resigned the position, and for two years was a loan broker, with his residence at Sedalia, and in 1898, became secretary of the Farm and Home Savings and Loan Association and moved to Nevada where he has since made his home.

Mr. Levens lias taken a commendable interest in political and civic affairs, and is a member of the Republican Central Com¬ mittee. He is actively identified with fraternal orders, and a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.

Edward P. Lindley is a worthy member of the bar of Nevada, Vernon county, Missouri. He is a native Missourian, and was born at Monticello, Mo. He had resided in Washington City, in Davenport, Iowa, in Chicago, Ill., and in St. Louis, Mo., whence he moved to his present home in April, 1886. In earlier life he was employed as a clerk in a commission house, in a bank, in an assessor's office and in the actuary department of a life insurance company. He studied law at the St. Louis Law School, and was graduated with the class of 1877, and since then has practiced his profession. On October 27, 1881, Mr. Lindley was united in marriage with Miss Hattie I. Thompson, at Maryville, Mo., and they have four children, viz. : Mabel, who is married to Mr. Perry Sargeant, of St. Louis; James J., who lives in Nevada; Eleanor V.,

James J. Lindley, the only son, was born in St. Louis. Mo., June, 1885. He was educated at Culver Military Academy, Indiana, and at the Missouri State University, and after leaving college engaged in the farm mortgage business. On October 5, 1907, he married Miss Florence Cockerill, a daughter of Mr. A. B. Coekerhill, of Nevada, Mo. He is a member of the Beta Theta Pi college fraternity, and belongs to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, also a Knight Templar and a Shriner, Ararat Temple. Kansas City. Mo.

what now constitutes a portion of Vernon county that brief men¬ tion of him, at least, ought to be made in this connection. His birth occurred in 1792, and until reaching the age of maturity he .grew up in his native state, following as the majority of other farmers' boys, the pursuits of agricultural labor. Subsequently he removed to Kentucky, from whence he came to Missouri some years afterwards, settling in what was then known as Bates county in 1848. This continued to be his home until his death, February 11. 1874, at the advanced age of over eighty years. His wife survived him until 1878, when she, too, passed away, having borne a family of six children: James M., William, John, Elizabeth, who married James Mayfield, of Cooper county; Isa¬ bella, wife of James McKill, and Hayden AY. During his resi¬ dence here Air. Linn devoted himself to his chosen life of a farmer, his location being in Coal township on a farm later owned by the subject of this sketch. He is well remembered bv the earlier settlers of the county, for he took not an unimportant part in its development and growth from a pioneer day. Hayden was but a boy when the family came to Alissouri, and here he was reared to manhood, his peaceful occupation of everyday life finally being interrupted by the outburst of impending war trou¬ bles. Early in the commencement of the strife, on Alay 15, 1861, he enlisted as a member of the State Guard, in the Third Alis¬ souri cavalry, of Alarmaduke's brigade, afterwards taking part in the battles of Carthage, Wilson's Creek and Dry wood, on the raid to Cape Girardeau, before Little Rock, etc. ; with others he fought Steele from Little Rock to Camden, participating in the engagements of Poison Spring, Saline River and the battles of Price's raid, up to the time of the surrender at Shreveport. Finally he went to Texas and rejoined his family, the peace and harmony of his own fireside forming a striking contrast to the four years of internecine strife through which he had but just passed. In 1866, returning to Vernon county, Missouri, without a dollar, Mr. Linn commenced at once to regain something oi the position, at least, which he had occupied before the war. Resuming farming he continued it until 1874, when he was elected county recorder, a position the duties of which lie ably discharged for eight years. For a short time after this he was occupied in mercantile pursuits, then gave his attention to feeding cattle in connection with farming, and finally entered the bank with which he was connected. In 1886 he was elected assistant cashier and its acting vice-president, Judge D. P. Stratton being president.

John G. Linn came originally from Barron county, Kentucky, where his birth occurred March 19, 1830, one of six children in the family of his parents, John and Nancy Linn, nee DePoyster, the former a farmer by occupation and a native of North Caro¬ lina, and his wife formerlv from South Carolina. At an earlv day the family removed to Kentucky, where their children grew to maturity. There were two daughters and three sons besides John G., named James AL, Elizabeth (who married a Air. Alayfield, of Cooper county), AVilliam I., Hayden AAA and Isabel, wife of James AIcKill. The father became one of the first settlers in this section of Missouri, and, as mentioned elsewhere, located in what now constitutes Coal township, Vernon county, in Novem¬ ber, 1848. There he lived until his death, February 6, 1873. For ent\ -fi\ e years lie was a resident of the county, and both as a citizen and neighbor was held in the highest esteem. His garner was always open to the needy and his house was a shelter to the wayfaring man from the storms and tempests of life. As a Christian his character stands unblemished and unimpeachable. His widow followed him to the grave September 22, 1878. Like his brothers, John G. was raised a farmer and has continued to follow it until the present, except during the war, when he served as a soldier for a number of years. At first he was with Colonel Huntei, but afterwards entered the Eighth Missouri infantrv and participated in the battles of Drywood, Pea Ridge, Cane Hill and Helena, on July 4, 1863, where he was captured, subsequently being held a prisoner until the close of the war, confined first at Alton, Ill., and then at Ft. Delaware, afterwards being sent to Richmond, Va., for exchange. In 1854 he was married to Miss Elizabeth Arnott, of Fort Scott, Kan., who died October 15, 1860, leaving two children: Nevada, wife of C. C. Thompson, and Leona, wife of Charles Osman. In 1871 Mr. Linn married Miss Sarah Harrison, a native of Morgan county, Missouri, and bv this union there are six children: Walter C., Johnnie C., Mary Belle, Sterling P., Forrest and Roy Holmes.

The Logan Family. Joseph B. Logan, a native of Blount county, Tennessee, was born February 28, 1799, being the son of Charles Logan, originally from Belfast, Ireland, who, when but twelve years of age, left home and secured passage on a ship bound for America, and several years after his arrival in this country he was obliged to work to pay his passage money. After his marriage in Virginia to Miss Sarah Hunter, Mr. Logan moved to Tennessee, where he reared a family of three sons and seven daughters. He served as a soldier in the Revolutionarv War. and as an early settler of Blount county lived with his wife in a fort for a number of years, serving against the Indians. They belonged to the Presbyterian Church. Joseph B. Logan was reared m Tennessee^ following teaming and farming, and with only limited chances for acquiring an education, though he did attend a winter s term of school taught by the renowned Gen. Sam. Houston. In 1832 he married Miss Sarah Cochran, whose birth occurred in Blount county, Tennessee, December 24. 1813. Leaving there in 1856, they came to Jackson countv, Missouri to make their home, and in the fall of the next year, 1857, located in Vernon county, taking up a claim on section 36 of Walker township. After living in a tent some little time, they moved into the house where the remainder of their days were spent. Mr. Logan died February 4, 1871, and his widow March 23, 1875, sincerely mourned by all, for as among the first permanent set¬ tlers of Vernon county they had become highly respected, and were indeed worthy people. Their children were : Charles N., Sarah E., Barney L., John C., Nancy J., James L.. .Phebe C. and Rheuhama L. The parents naturally sympathized with the South during the Avar and four of their sons Avere in the Confederate army under General Price. John C. Avas killed at Lone Jack in 1862.

Joseph W. Love, a successful physician and surgeon at Ne- A^ada, is a native of Cedar county, Missouri, and Avas born October 5, 1869. He is the third child of a family of four sons and five daughters, of whom seAren are noAv living, born to William D. and George Ann Love, both natives of Missouri. They lived in Cedar county, Missouri, in their earlier lives, but later settled in Vernon county and A\7ere for many years residents of Bacon township. James Love, our subject's paternal grandfather, was a physician and practiced his profession in Cedar county during his early life; but on the opening of the Crvil War, in 1861, he moved to CalloAvay county and there conducted a successful practice till his decease, at the age of seventy-three years.

Our subject's maternal grandfather, Thomas T. Loy. moved from Kentucky, his native state, to Cedar county, and Avas en¬ gaged in farming till his decease in 1882, at the age of seATentvtwo years. His Avife's maiden name was Sarah A. Turner, and she passed away in Cedar county in 1907, at the age of ninety years.

Joseph W. acquired his preliminary education in the public schools of his native place, and later studied at the NortliAvestern Normal and Business College at Stanberry, Mo., Avith the class of 1890. Mr. Love next turned his attention to business and for a time Avas bookkeeper, and later cashier, of a banking house at Bellevue, Ida. His desire, hoAvever, Avas to enter the medical profession, and Avith this purpose in vieAV he pursued a course of study at the American Medical College at St. Louis, where he was graduated with the class of 1896. Dr. Love began his practice at Harwood, in Vernon county, and continued there five years; going thence to Cannon City, Colo., he opened an office, but soon returned to Vernon county and carried on a successful practice at V alker for eight years. In January. 1909. Dr. Love took up his residence in Nevada, where he has estab¬ lished himself in a large and constantly growing practice, ranking among the leading physicians in the city.

Dr. Love .is a member of the National and State Eclectic Medical Associations and also is actively identified with various fraternal organizations, being a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Modern Woodmen of America and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.

On March 4, 1896, Dr. Love was united in marriage with Miss Blanche Wright, a daughter of Robert and Frances °(Latimbra) Wright, of Bellevue, Ida. Dr. and Mrs. Love have one child, Walter Standlee.

Andrew J. Longacre was born in Rowan county. Tennessee. September 16, 1829. He was the son of Benjamin and Judith (Perkins) Longacre, the former a tanner by trade and of Virginia nativity, and the latter a native of Tennessee. Andrew J. was the youngest of nine children in his parents' family. When seven years old he accompanied his father to Johnson county, Missouri, and there made his home for a number of years, or until coming to this county in 1857. Here he remained, closely connected with farming and kindred pursuits. In November, 1849. Mr. Longaoe vas married to Miss Polly B. Shumate, who was born m Lafayette county, Missouri. She died April 9, 1864, leaving three children : William C., Benjamin H. and Balis A. In Feb¬ ruary, 1865, his second marriage occurred, when Miss Sarah F. Caton, of Carroll county, Missouri, became his wife. She was the daughter of Hugh M. and Nancy Ann (Harvey) Caton. To Mr. and Mis. Longacre a family of four children were given: Hugh L., Precious T., John J. and Emma May. Mr. Longacre was honored and beloved, November 27, 1894, was born near Crab Orchard, Lincoln county, Kentucky, August 20, 1821, to Thomas and Margaret (Dudgeon) Lowe. The father, also a native of Kentucky, was the fifth son of Jesse and Susan (Sablett) Lowe, who reared a family of ten sons and four daughters. Thomas was a man of superior attainments and taught school in his early life. During the War of 1812 he participated in the battle cf New Orleans, under General Jackson, where he was severely wounded, and after which he returned to his home on foot.

He was a man of tine physique, strong character and char¬ acterized by his kind-heartedness and hospitality. He died m 1825 and in 1833 his widow, with her family, settled in Vernon county, Missouri, where she died in 1871. Jesse Low was one of the famous nine, who, with Daniel Boone, successfully resisted the attack of the Indians on the fort at Crab Orchard in pioneer days. He married when young and soon afterward moved from Virginia, his native state, to Kentucky, and there he and his wife passed their lives.

William M. grew up on a farm and when about nineteen years old worked for a time on a cotton plantation in Texas, after which he served as a Texas Ranger, under Capt. Jack Hayes, remaining with him till the close of the Mexican War and serving in that struggle under Generals Taylor and John E. Wood, and participating in the battles of Brownsville, Camaryo, Monterey, Buena Vista and many others. After the war closed he was in the Indian service a short time, and then, with others, in 1849, went to California. There he worked three and a half years teaming, and then for five and a half years served as sheriff of Trinity county, and besides capturing during that time the notorious outlaw and highwayman Walker, his official career was marked by many perilous and thrilling incidents and experi¬ ences. Mr. Lowe returned to Vernon county in 1857 and at the opening of the Civil War entered the Confederate army, under General Price, and served as a captain in the Trans-Mississippi Department till the war ended. After his surrender at Shrevesport he was the only man allowed to return home with his com¬ mand in possession of their arms and horse. After his return home Captain Lowe for nine years owned and conducted a saw and grist mill on Clear Creek, and also engaged in farming and stock raising, which pursuits occupied his chief attention to the close of his life, his finely improved farm of 320 acres being espe¬ cially adapted to his purposes.

Mr. Lowe was a man of splendid personal qualities, of high ideals, genial and hospitable, and withal upright and honorable in his dealings. He stood high in Masonic circles and was a member of O'Sullivan Commandery, No. 16, Knights Templar, of Nevada, and in California held office in both the Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter. On January 13, 1859, Mr. Lowe was united in marriage with Miss Barbara C. Williams, who was born near Fulton, Mo., March 6, 1837. Of nine children born to them. George M., the eldest, lives at Fayetteville, Ark.; Inez is mar¬ ried to Mr. J. Cozatt, of Joplin, Mo.; Emily J. is deceased: Frances is a teacher in the public schools at Nevada ; Lizzie is married to Mr. G. T. Edmiston, of Wallace, Idaho; Katherine H. lives in Nevada; Nora is deceased; Thomas H., a West Point cadet of 1905, is a lieutenant in the Twenty-eighth infantry regi¬ ment of regulars at Fort Snelling, Minn., and Nell B. is married to Mr. Arthur Batty and lives in Buffalo, N. Y.

Mrs. Lowe, who now resides in the city of Nevada, is a woman of splendid attainments. Her parents, Reuben H. and Evaline (Moore) Williams, were natives of Virginia and Mary¬ land, respectively. They moved from St. Charles county, Mis¬ souri, to Vernon county when Mrs. Lowe was ten years of age. The father was killed in the battle of Pea Ridge during the Civil War, and her mother died in 1872 at the age of sixty-three years.

Mrs. Lowe is the eldest of a family of four children, the others being Arthur P. Williams, of Nevada, Mo. ; Louis W., now deceased, and Henry C., who lives in Merkel, Texas.

Henry C. Lyons was born in Lewis county, Kentucky, April 15, 1844, the youngest of a family of eight children born to William and Sarah E. (Hampton) Lyons. The father, who was a millwright by trade, moved from Vermont, his native state, to Lewis county, Kentucky, where he married, his wife being a native of Kentucky. In 1851 they moved to Champaign county, Illinois, and settled on a tract of 240 acres near Mahomet, wffiere they made their home, and where the mother died in 1853, and where Mr. Lyons passed away in 1867 at the age of seventytwo years. He was an old-time Whig until the formation of the

Henry C. was educated in the common schools in Illinois and reared a farmer. At the opening of the Civil War, after sev¬ eral unsuccessful attempts to enlist in the Union army, he was finally, in 1864, admitted to the One Hundred and Thirty-fifth regiment, Illinois volunteer infantry, and served till the end of the war. Returning home he, in October, 1865, married Miss Emma Scott, a daughter of Mr. Fielding L. Scott, of Champaign county. In the spring of 1878 Mr. Lyons moved with his family to Yernon county, Missouri, and settled on a tract of 400 acres, in sections 3, 10, 33 and 34, Osage township, where he estab¬ lished the family home and has since resided engaged in general farming and stock raising, making a specialty the past fifteen years of high-grade, pure-blooded Jersey hogs, raising an aver¬ age of 100 each year. Mrs. Lyons died in August, 1884, leaving besides her husband, six children, three of whom are now living, viz., Julia, who was born December 25, 1873, and is now the wife of Mr. C. H. Compton, of Metz, Mo. ; Theodosia, born Feb¬ ruary 11, 1876, and now the wife of Mr. George Schaffer, of Bates county, Missouri, and Lillie, born .August 29, 1881, who is now married to Mr. H. C. Swope, a farmer of Osage township.

On March 11, 1886, Mr. Lyons was united in marriage with Miss Alary E. Skinner, Avho was born in Woodford county, Illi¬ nois, Alay 22, 1861, to James and Ruth (Sunderland) Skinner, natives of Ohio. Airs. Skinner died in Illinois and Air. Skinner moved to Kansas in 1876, thence to Stockton, Ato., in 1877, and in 1882 settled at Eldorado Springs, Alo., where he died. Mr. and Airs. Lyons have three children, viz., Bessie, born September 3, 1887, and married to Air. Lawrence Alitchell, of Fort Scott, Kan. ; Beulah, born Alarch 23, 1890, the wife of Air. Ernest E. Sample, of Osage township, and Edwin Clay Lyons, who was born June 4, 1902, and lives with his parents.

Mr. Lyons is a Republican in political opinions, and has served as township trustee three terms. He is a man of high ideals, a Baptist in religious belief and an ardent advocate of temperance. He is a member of Rich Hill Lodge No. 479, Ancient Free and Accepted Alasons, and also belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Grand Army of the Republic.

H 1St Gey Of Vernon County

Benjamin F. Mabry,* who was born in Sumner county, Ten¬ nessee, October 3, 1862, is a son of Benjamin and Sarah (Marken) Mabry, avIio were born and married in that state. They moved with their family to Green county, and after a residence of six months the father Avent back to Tennessee and died there. The mother and her children moA^ed from Green county to Vernon county in 1882 and settled in MounclAdlle toAAmship, on forty acres of land which Benjamin F. and his brother purchased and Avhere they lived seven years, the mother passing aAvay here in 1888. Disposing of his interest in this place, our subject culti¬ vated leased land five years and then bought his present farm, being eighty acres in section ten, MoundAdlle toAvnship, Avhere he has carried on general farming with gratifying results.

On April 11, 1894, Mr. Mabry Avas united in marriage with Miss Inez Richardson, and they haATe had four children born to them. Of these the three survivors are : Blanche, aaTio was born August 16, 1896; Paul, born February 9, 1901, and Viola, aat1io Avas born NoArember 2, 1907.

Oscar A. Mackey is rightly classed with the prosperous and progressUe business men of NeATada, Mo., AAdiere he has lived more than thirty years. He Avas born in Muskingum county, Ohio, August 26, 1860, and there acquired his preliminary educa¬ tion in the public schools and later attended the Muskingum College, AAdiere he Avas graduated with the class of 1880. During the year of graduation Mr. Mackey settled in Nevada and engaged in mercantile business. Later he served as assistant postmaster of Nevada, and folloAving that filled the office of city clerk one term. In 1907 Mr. Mackey associated Avith other enter¬ prising business men and incorporated the NeArada Candy Com¬ pany, aat hose plant is located at Nos. 303-5 East Cherry street, occupying a building 40 by 100 feet in dimensions and two stories in height.

This business was established in 1893 and prior to the incor¬ poration of the present company was known as the A. C. Dempsey Candy Company, and was conducted by Mr. A. C. Dempsey. The officers of the company are : W. E. Clark, presi¬ dent ; J. IT. Calloway, vice-president; 0. A. Mackey, secretary and manager, and A. L. Johnson, treasurer. It is the only con¬ fectionery manufacturing concern within a wide range of terri¬ tory and employs in its various departments a force of from forty to fifty skilled assistants, traveling salesmen, etc., and itsannual output of products amounts to more than $100,000. This company is sole manufacturer of the celebrated " Dempsey's Candies," 4 ' Yankee Crisp" and " Little Japs," and among its other favorite products is a complete line of chocolates in all the various styles and flavors. All these products are known through¬ out the trade for their purity and are guaranteed under pure food and drugs act as free from adulteration or misbranding, and this, combined with the high character of the men interested in the company's affairs, has gained for it the splendid reputation it enjoys, both at home and also throughout the wide extent of territory where its products are distributed and consumed. It is but just to say that to Mr. Mackey, as secretary and manager of this company, is due much of its richly deserved success. In 1881 Mr. Mackey married Miss Sadie H. Minckler, daughter of Mr. John Minckler, of Nevada, and they have two children, named, respectively, W. Burrill and Ernest E. Mackey.

Dennis T. Maddox, a prosperous farmer of Metz township, Vernon county, Missouri, was born in Shelby county, Kentucky, March 18, 1844. He is next to the eldest child of Jesse and Polly (Magruder) Maddox, who were natives of Culpepper county, Virginia, and Shelby county, Kentucky, respectively, and who passed their lives on a farm in Shelby county. Dennis T. acquired his education in his native state and grew up on his father's farm. In October, 1862, he enlisted in Company C, Eighth regiment, Kentucky cavalry, commanded by Colonel Cluke, and served in the Confederate army under Gen. John Morgan till the close of the war. He was at Richmond at the time of the final surrender of the Confederate forces, and walked from there over the mountains to his home in Kentucky. Here he resumed farming and remained till 1870, when he settled at

Metz, in Vernon county. During the first eight years he culti¬ vated leased land, but in 1878 bought 160 acres in section 27, where he has since lived and established the family home.

Mr. Maddox has given his attention closely to his farming operations with eminent success, and has found little time for other things. He has always adhered to the principles of the Democratic party, but has never sought or cared for political office. When a young man in Kentucky he joined the Masonic order, but there being no lodge near when he settled in Missouri he has never resumed his relations with the order.

He is a man of strong character, upright and honorable in his dealings and in religious fellowship is affiliated with the Metho¬ dist Church at Metz.

On November 12, 1872, Mr. Maddox was united in marriage with Miss Mary A. Charles, who was born in Metz township, April 8, 1857, a daughter of Joseph H. and Elizabeth A. (Charles) Charles, who moved from Pennsylvania, their native state, to Vernon county, Missouri, in 1852, and settled on a farm in section 22, Metz township, where the father died in January, 1877, at the age of sixty-five years, the mother surviving till 1895, when she passed away at the age of sixty-nine. Of nine children born to Mr. and Mrs. Maddox, Mollie E., born in August, 1874. is married to Mr. F. I. Rucker and resides at Metz; Jessie W., born April 2, 1876, died September 15, 1876; Boyd D., born December 13, 1877, lives at home; Joseph T., born April 5, 1880, lives in Iola, Kan. ; Ollie M., born November 15, 1881, is the wife of Mr. J. 0. Matson and lives at Metz ; Eva E., born August 28, 1884, is the wife of Mr. E. F. Thompson, of Bushong, Kan. ; Bernice L., born September 4, 1889, the wife of R. L. Ellder, resides in Kansas City, Kan. ; Callie Mae, born April 28, 1894, lives with her parents, and William Jennings Bryan Maddox, born November 25, 1896, passed away January 6, 1898.

Morris Mann was born in Nicholas county, Kentucky, April 12, 1832, to Jacob and Elizabeth E. (Peyton) Mann, both born in Kentucky, the former March 12, 1802, and the latter May 18,' 1804. They were married February 9, 1828, and had three chil¬ dren, viz., Peter J., Phoebe, and our subject. The mother died in Kentucky, March 11, 1834, and on April 22, 1835, the father

In 1852 Morris left home and traveled overland to Cali¬ fornia, driving an ox team from Nebraska City and arriving at the mouth of Nelson's creek, on the Feather river, California, at the end of an eventful three months' trip. He worked in the mines there till late that fall and then went to the mines in Placer county. He remained in California till 1859, and on May 5 of that year was united in marriage, at Todd's Valley, with Mrs. Nancy J. (McKinney) Orr, who was born in Adams county, Illinois, April 20, 1833. She was married to Mr. Orr in Illinois, and made the journey across the plains to Oregon and thence to California, Mr. Orr dying on the way.

In the fall of 1864 he sought to join Price's army, with which he went to the Arkansas river, but was neither armed nor sworn in, and returned home in April, 1865.

In 1868 Mr. Mann settled at Richards, in Vernon county, and lived there till 1889, when he moved onto his present farm of 160 acres in sections 2 and 11 in Walker township. He has always been a farmer and stock raiser and has been successful in his operations. He stands well in the community as a man and citizen and has served on the township board, both in Rich¬ land and Walker townships. In politics he is a staunch Demo¬ crat and in religious faith and fellowship is affiliated with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. In California he joined Cov¬ enant Lodge, Independent Order of Odd FelloAVS, and still holds his demit, which he took on leaving there.

Mr. and Mrs. Mann have had seven children, viz., Ida P., who was born December 31, 1860, was married to Mr. J. K. Sublett, and died May 13, 1901 ; Mrs. Charles C. Sublett, who was born November 3, 1863 ; Mrs. Albert M. Smock, born February 27, 1865; Andrew Jackson Mann, born October 6, 1867; Mrs. Lewis Armstrong, who was born April 12, 1870; William Mann, who was born July 22, 1872, and Mrs. S. J. Glover, who was born Januarv 8, 1874.

John C. Marquis, a substantial citizen of Walker, Vernon county, Missouri, comes of French lineage on the paternal side. His great-grandfather, William Marquis, a native of France, came to this country in Colonial days and was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He was a planter and was one of the youngest men who paid for his wife's passage from England to this country in tobacco. His son, William K. Marquis, our sub¬ ject's grandfather, was a soldier in the War of 1812.

John C. was born in Drake county, Ohio, March 9, 1840, the eldest child and one of a family of eight children, all of whom grew to mature years, born to G. W. and Sallie (Crumine)t Marquis, the former a native of Hardy county, Virginia, born July 2, 1819, and the latter born in Pennsylvania, October 10, 1822. Their other children, besides our subject, who grew up were named, respectively, Barbara E., Pollie J., Catherine, Isaac, who is now a practicing physician at Rich Hill, Bates county, Cliattie, Ida and May.

The father settled with his family in Cedar county, Missouri, in 1858, and passed the remainder of his life there, his death occurring in February, 1905, and was preceded by that of his wife, who passed away in her young womanhood, in 1847.

John C. grew up in his father's home and came to Missouri with the family. On Januarv 24, 1861, he was united in marriage with Miss Clarrissa A. McWilliams, who was born in Cedar county, Missouri, May 11, 1842, to Alexander and Fannie (Estell) McWilliams, who were natives of Pennsylvania and Mansfield, Ohio, respectively, and who settled in Missouri about 1840.

On April 1, 1863, Mr. Marquis enlisted in Company E, Six¬ teenth regiment, regular state militia. On July 3 following he was transferred to Company H, Fifth provisional cavalry, and served through the Civil War. Returning to his farm in St. Clair county after the close of the war he continued there till 1880. Then coming to Vernon county he was engaged in the lumber trade at Schell City three years and in 1883 sold his business and turned his attention to ranching and cattle raising, which he

Mr. Marquis served many years as township committeeman, and in 1905 was appointed by President Roosevelt postmaster at Walker, which office he still fills.

Osage Lodge No. 303, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, at Nevada, and in religious faith and fellowship is affiliated with the Methodist Church.

Jacob H. Maus, who comes of German parentage, was born in Jefferson City, Mo., November 18, 1845. His parents, Jacob P. and Dorothy (Stillman) Maus, both natives of Germany, -were born, the former in the province of Hesse in 1811 and the latter in Hanover in 1807. The father came to this country when about twelve years old and lived in Ohio till 1837, when he moved to Jefferson City, Mo. There he and our subject's mother were married in 1841. They had two children who grew to maturity, viz., Jacob H. and his brother, Almon A., who lived in Vernon county and passed away October 18, 1910. The parents settled in Vernon county in 1868 and the father bought 120 acres of land and aftemvards sold to the Schell Land Company 110 acres of it, which is now the site of Schell City. He also acquired other lands in the vicinity. Here they made their home till their decease, the mother passing away in 1882 and the father in 1895. Jacob H. came to Vernon county with his parents. During the years 1869 and 1870 he conducted a store at Belvoir, then moved his business to Schell City^ and continued it there till 1885. In the meantime, in 1882, he established a private banking business and after closing his store continued the other branch of his business till 1900 as the Schell City Bank, himself being its president. Mr. Maus owns 500 acres of land and besides has an interest in some 600 acres in connection with his deceased brother's estate, and for many years has given particular atten¬ tion to farming operations and stock raising, feeding on the average about 150 head of cattle each season. He is an influen¬ tial man in his community, a Democrat in political opinion but has never sought political office.

On January 1, 1911, he organized and was made president of the Farmers' State Bank of Schell City, with a capital stock of $10,000, Mr. W. L. Pepper being vice-president and Almon H. Maus cashier. On October 18, 1872, Mr. Maus was united in marriage with Miss Nellie Bougham, who was born in Vernon county and is a daughter of Col. R. A. Bougham. Of six chik dren born to them, the eldest married Dr. Haire and lives in Clinton, Mo. The second is the wife of Mr. R. L. Hays, of Muskogee, Okla. The third married S. J. Thompson and lives in Kansas City. William B. is a resident of Schell City. Fred A. lives in Sioux Falls, S. D., and Richard H., the youngest child, lives in Muskogee, Okla.

William H. May, a native of Kentucky, was born November 14, 1844, the elder of two children born to Horace and Burnetta (YanAsdall) May, both natives of Kentucky, the former born in lbl9 and the latter in 1826. Their other child, Anna, married Mr. Clasbv and moved to Kansas. The parents moved from Kentucky, first to Jackson county, Missouri, and thence came to Vernon county in 1870 and settled on a farm in Clear Creek township. On October 8, 1892, the mother died while visiting her daughter in Kansas, and the following year the father moved to Harwood, where he passed away, April 7, 1894.

William H. grew up in his parent's home and remained at home till he came to Vernon county with the family in 1870. On September 20 of that year he was united in marriage with Miss Anna M. Allen, who was born in Calloway county, Missouri. March 17, 1846, to John C. and Martha E. (Hunter) Allen, the former born in St. Clair county, Illinois, August 1, 1821, and the latter in Augusta county. Virginia, June 5, 1826. They were married in Monroe county, Missouri, February 25, 1845, and had, e s ay , one child, Ellen H. by name, who died in infancy. The mother passed away May 23, 1848, and the father afterwards married. Of three children born of the second mar¬ riage, one died in infancy and the others are Mrs. John H. Haverfield, of Tulsa, Okla., and Thomas A. Allen, also of that state. The father passed away at his daughter's home in Harwood, October 26, 1907.

Mr. May cultivated his farm in Clear Creek township till the spring of 1892, when he moved into Harwood and opened a hard¬ ware store which he conducted two years. In 1895 he helped organize the Bank of Harwood, and served as its first cashier a number of years. Having in the meantime exchanged his Clear Creek farm for one a mile and a half southeast of Harwood, he moved thither, but after a residence of some six years sold the place, retired from active business and purchased a home in Harwood, where he lived till his decease, January 7, 1907. Mr. May was an honored member of the Presbyterian Church, and in political opinion held to Democratic principles.

Sallie was married to Mr. J. W. Sharp, March 5, 1890, and has three children living, viz. : Earl S., Clyde H. and Anna May Sharp. Their other child, Clarence Ross, was born March 10, 1902, and died October 12, 1902.

Robert E. McAllister is an energetic business man and one of the wide-awake citizens of Milo, Vernon county, Missouri. He was born in Spencer county, Kentucky, July 2, 1889, and is the fourth child of a family of nine children, eight of whom are now living - 1911 - born to Alexander and Sarah (Wliitehouse) McAllister, natives of Kentucky. The father was a finely edu¬ cated man, a farmer by occupation, and a leading and influential citizen. He was known for his sound judgment and financial and executive ability, as evidenced by the masterly manner in which he managed his affairs, carrying on a large and profitable dairy business in connection with his farming operations. Robert E. attended the common schools in his native place till he was four¬ teen years old, and supplemented this by a thorough course of study under the private tutelage of his father, many of whose admirable traits he has inherited. Mr. McAllister lived in his native state till he was nineteen years of age and for a time was assistant cashier of the Farmers' Bank at Cane Valley. Coming to Vernon county, Missouri in 1909, he was for a short time cashier of a bank at Moundville, and on January 3, 1910, was elected cashier of the Bank of Milo. This is an incorporated banking institution organized January 31, 1908 with a capital stock of $10,000. It now has a surplus of $800 and pays an annual dividend. It is one of the sound financial institutions of Vernon county, as shown by the report of the bank examiner who recently investigated its affairs. The officers of the bank are: I. F. Dale, president; A. L. Earl, vice-president, and Mr. McAllister, cashier, all substantial and thoroughly trained busi¬ ness men. Mr. McAllister is the principal stockholder of the bank, and under his management as cashier the dividends have increased from 3 per cent before his connection with it to 16 per cent.

Though a young man Mr. McAllister has shown in the several positions he has filled remarkable executive and financial abili¬ ties, and his conservative, business-like and progressive methods give promise of a useful and successful career.

Jasper McCrary was born in Howard county, Missouri, October 2, 1845, to Gilleacl and Fannie (Hackley) McCrary, na¬ tives of Tennessee and Kentucky, respectively. They were mar¬ ried in Howard county, Missouri. Six children were born to them of whom the first died in infancy. The second, William B. McCrary lives at Eldorado, Mo. John C. and Elizabeth are deceased, as is also Sterling P., the youngest of the family.

After the mother's death, in 1850, the father married Cynthia Sears and they had two children, viz. : Benjamin P., of Eldorado Springs, and Laura, who is married to Mr. William Fawks, of Salisbury, Mo. The father, who came to Howard county, Mis¬ souri, when a young lad, grew up and lived there till about 1850; and then moved to Randolph county, where he lived till his decease, in 1867. Jasper grew up in his father's home and re¬ mained there till he was twenty years old. In May, 1864. he enlisted in Company ''B" of Perkin's Battalion, and served till the end of the war, being at Shreveport at its close. Returning home, he lived in Randolph county till 1869 when he bought and settled on a farm in Clear Creek township, Vernon county, where he established his home and gave his attention to farming and stock raising till 1910, when he moved into Harwood. He has always been more or less active in affairs, and been a man of considerable influence in his community. In 1898 he was elected associate county judge, and served two terms of two years each. He was many years justice of the peace, and also a member of the township board. In political opinion he is a Democrat, and in religious faith is a Baptist. He has been a director of the Bank of Harwood since its organization, and though practically retired from active affairs, still keeps an oversight of his farm interest.

On February 2, 1872, Mr. McCrary was united in marriage with Miss Martha C. Keeney, who was born in Osage county, Missouri, in October, 1855, to 0. H. and Jane (Laughlin) Keeney.

Mrs. McCrary died May 7, 1891. Of the seven children born to them, three are now deceased. Lillie B. died July 1, 1898, Nellie M. died July 4, 1902, William C. died June 6, 1910. Of the four now living, Ira B. lives at Dewey, Okla. ; Mollie E. married John C. Fisher and lives at Cleveland, Okla.; Perry B. lives at Syracuse, Kan., and Amy Lee, lives at Albuquerque, N. M.

On December 28, 1909, Mr. McCrary married Mrs. Martha Dalton, a daughter of Mr. Jonathan Dalton, who was an early settler of Yernon county. They have one child Willard D. born September 28, 1910.

Lowry H. McDaniel, active in the business life of Nevada, Mo., was born in Camden county, Missouri, September 24, 1861, and is a son of John P. and Susan (Russell) McDaniel. Both parents were native Missourians and spent their active lives in Camden county, where the father died in 1866. In 1879 the mother and children went to Webster county, and thence, in 1883, to Nevada, where our subject has since been continuously engaged in the printing business as employe and employer.

The paternal grandfather, Pemberton McDaniel, moved from Tennessee, his native state, to Kentucky, and thence to Missouri. The maternal grandfather, William Russell, married Nancy Revis in Cooper county, Missouri, and they afterward moved to Camden county, Missouri. The paternal ancestors were of Scotch and English, and the maternal, of English and Irish lineage.