Willow Brook, Missouri

farmer and stock raiser, section 36, postoffice Willow Brook, was born February 26, 18 17, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and was reared at his birthplace and received the benefits of an education. He learned the painter and also the carpenter trades, and when about twenty-one years of age started West and traveled through Ohio to Wabash, Indiana. Thence through Illinois and Missouri, arriving in this County in July, 1839. He located on Platte River and commenced clearing a claim, and settled on his present farm in 1840. He owns 344 acres in his own . name, his wife has eighty acres, and his son George owns 160.

Passage source: The History of Buchanan County, Missouri : Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, Etc., Biographical Sketches of Its Citizens, Buchanan County in the Late War, General and Local Statisics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of Missouri, Map of Buchanan County, Etc., Etc, published 1881.

farmer and stock raiser, section 30, postoffice St. Joseph, was born January 20, 1820, in White County, Tennessee, and spent his boyhood days on a farm. He also worked for two years at the blacksmith trade. He received a common school education. He took the Western fever in Ihe spring of 1840 and moved to Missouri, first settling in Platte County. He located where he now resides in the spring of 1841, and since that time, iie'Jias assisted in building up the county. To do this he has endured his share of the hardships common to pioneers. During the late war, he served four months in the Pawpaw Militia. He owns a fine farm of 240 acres, 160 of which are under cultivation. He has a good orchard. Was married in February, 1844, to Miss Carrie Boucher, a native of Kentucky. They have had a family of twelve children, nine of whom are living : -Ragine, now Mrs. N. Riley ; Louisa, now Mrs. Geo. W. Long Isabella, farmer and stock raiser, section 35, postoffice Willow Brook, is one of" the early settlers of the township.. Was born in Belmont County, Ohio, December 12, 1822, and resided there and in Harrison County till he was eighteen years of age, when he came to Missouri with a Dr. Townsend, who settled in Crawford Township, and for whom he sold goods about a year. Then he returned to Ohio, and at the expiration of another year, in company with his father, again visited Missouri, settling in Crawford Township. At the beginning of the Mexican war he was employed in the government service, freighting stores to a line of fortsthen being established across the mountains to Oregon. April 22, 1849,, he married Miss Sarah Underwood, daughter of William Underwood, a. resident of Bloortiington Township. In. 1850, he visited Oregon and. California, returning via Panama and New Orleans in 1852 to Buchanan^ County, Missouri, where he had a good farm. During the civil war he served in the. Union army tivo years as lieutenant in a company of Buchanan County militia. Was elected coun.ty assessor in 1866 and again in 1868. Mr. M. has a family of eight children' living: James^. Mary H., Emily J., John W., Franklin O., Alexander S.,. Lizzie E., and Arthur. In politics he is a Republican,, and during the war was amem-- ber of the Union League and of the G. A. R.

Passage source: The History of Buchanan County, Missouri : Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, Etc., Biographical Sketches of Its Citizens, Buchanan County in the Late War, General and Local Statisics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of Missouri, Map of Buchanan County, Etc., Etc, published 1881.

farmer and stock raiser, section 35, postoffice Willow Brook, was bom December 22, 1817, in Orange County, Indiana, and was reared there on. a farm and attended school. He learned the carpenter trade in hisyouth and has followed it considerably through life. He moved to- Illinois in the fall of 1836, resided there three years and returned to- Indiana, remaining until the spring of 1842, when he emigrated WesL and settled in Buchanan County, Missouri. He was rather young, and traveled around the country for some years assisting in clearing up farms and improving the county. During the late war he enlisted in the- Enrolled Mission Militia! and served for six months. Mr. M. has filled his present office of school director several terms,, and that of roadoverseer for a number of years. He was married in December, 1845^ to Miss Margaret Mathers, a native of Belmont County, Ohio. They have four children living: Mary E.., now Mrs. Andrew Isaacson; Sarah. F., now Mrs. Joseph Culbertson ;, John F., and Rosy M. Lost one. Hislanded estate consists of 134 acres of well improved land. Mr.. Miiler is a member of the Presbyterian Church, farmer and stock raiser, section 10, postoffice St. Joseph, was born- December 3, 1823, in Green County, Kentucky, aind lived there until sixteen years of age. He was brought up on a farm, received a common school education, and came West with his parents, in the spring of 1838, by the overland route, and arrived in this county on the 8th of June. The country then was very thinly settled, and the Indian wigwams were the only evidence left of the race that once inhabited this vicinity. Discouragements beset the new comers on every hand, and it was no uncommon occurrence for whole families to be sick at once. During the late war Mr. M. served two months in the Enrolled Missouri Militia. He has filled the position of school director and road supervisor several terms. His landed estate consists of 310 acres, 243 of which he cultivates. His farm is well improved. He assisted in building the first court house in Sparta, and has also lent a hand -in erecting other county buildings, besides the First Baptist Church of St. Joseph. He was married to Miss Julia A. White, a native Madison County, Kentucky. She was born February 2, 1829. They have one child, Martha J., now Mrs. H. C. Register, of St. Joseph. Mr. and Mrs. M. are members of the Missionary Baptist Church.

Passage source: The History of Buchanan County, Missouri : Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, Etc., Biographical Sketches of Its Citizens, Buchanan County in the Late War, General and Local Statisics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of Missouri, Map of Buchanan County, Etc., Etc, published 1881.

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