Osage Farms Unit No. 43 Historic District

Farmer. Post-office, Hughesville. The subject of this sketch is a native of the Banner State, Ohio, and was born in 1845, and when he was about six years of age , moved with his parents to Allen County, Ind., where he was developed to manhood. He was married in 1870, to Miss Rebecca Stirlen, daughter of W, C. Stirlen, a prominent farmer of this county, who died Jan. 14, 1882. This union has been blessed with two children, one boy and one girl, 'Elizabeth and David. In 1872 he emigrated to Missouri, locating in St. Charles county, where he remained one year, then moved to his present location, where he owns a fine farm of 185 acres of fine land, and good improvements on the same. He is a much honored and esteemed citizen.

Passage source: The History of Pettis County, Missouri, Including an Authentic History of Sedalia, Other Towns and Townships, Together with ... Biographical Sketches .., published 1882.

Post-office, Hughesville. Farmer and stock raiser. The subject of this sketch is a native of Nelson County, Ky. He was there educated and raised to majority. His father, Joseph B., was a native of Kentucky, and a prominent farmer in that State. The subject of this sketch came to Pettis County, Mo., in 1869, and in 1871 he bought his present farm of 120 acres of first-class land. In 1881 he gave two acres of land to build the M. E. Church, which was erected in the same year. He is a devoted member of the same. He now deals in cattle and sheep mostly. He goes southwest and purchases stock and brings them to the county and sells them to men who feed stock.

Passage source: The History of Pettis County, Missouri, Including an Authentic History of Sedalia, Other Towns and Townships, Together with ... Biographical Sketches .., published 1882.

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