Cass Township (part 3 of 6)

In the spring of this year the town was crowded to overflowing by the large number of newcomers. Hotels, boarding houses, and every room capable of sheltering a human being was occupied, and the cry was " still they come and more are coming." There was a very heavy emigration to Southwest Missouri from , other States, including New York, Pennsylvania, and other Eastern States.

In April Hon. John S. Waddill was appointed by President Johnson register of the land office, and Mrs. P. C. Stephens, widow of John A. Stephens, killed at the time of Zagonyi's charge, was given the post-office. Previously, and for some months after the death of Col. Boyd, Mr. J. B. Winger had been acting postmaster.

June 6th a savings hank was organized, with a capital of $75,000. The first officers were: K. J. McElhany, president; T. J. Bailey, vice president ; J. C. Ciilhcrtson. Among the directors were S. H. Boyd, W. C. HornVjeak, and James Abbott.

Dedication Of Hazelwood Cemetery

Saturday, October 26, pursuant to previous notice, a large concourse of citizens assembled on the public square, and organized in procession under Col. W. E. Gilmore as marshal and Lieut. J. C. S. Colby as assistant marshal, and proceeded to the cemetery grounds, which had been purchased by the city June 13tli, for the purpose of performing the dedicatory services. The procession was headed by the Springfield band; then came the ministers of the city; then members of Star Lodge No. 5, A. F. & A. M., followed by citizens in carriajjes and on horseback.

After arriving at the grounds Mayor R. B. Owen called the audience to order and stated the ol))ect of the assemblage. He alluded to the design of the city in purchasing the grounds, and stated that ten acres had been conveved to the ofovernment to be used as a national cemetery for the interment of the remains of the Federal soldiers then buried at various points in the Southwest. Prayer was then offered by Rev. J. J. Bentley of the M. E. church. Addresses were delivered by Rev. R. S. Nash, of the Episcopal church; Rev. I. A. Paige, of the Presbyterian church; Rev. Kirk Baxter, of the Christian church ; Rev. McCord Roberts, of the Baptist church; Father Graham, of the Catholic church, and M. J. Hubble, presiding officer of the Masonic fraternity. After the l)enediction had been pronounced by Rev. McCord Roberts, the assemblage dispersed.

February 20th the Greene County National Bank was organized with a capital of $100,000. The first officers were John S. Phelps, president; W. J. McDaniel, vice president; and a cashier.

November 16th a destructive fire occurred on St. Louis street. The Leader newspaper office. Skinner & Rainey's furniture store, Dittrick's dry goods store, and Bigbee's livery stable were entirely destroyed. The loss was about $40,000.

As the Atlantic & Pacific railway was rapidly approaching Greene county and Springfield, the greatest interest was felt in the location of a depot. EflJbrts to have the site fixed within a few hundred yards of the public square were without avail and about the 1st of December Andrew Pierce and Thos. McKissick, the railroad commissioners, located the depot about a mile north of the court-house. The people were greatly indignant, but could not help themselves.

August 14th, an extraordinary rain-fall occurred in Springfield. For the first time since 1850, Wilson's Creek overflowed its banks. Many families living along on the bottom were driven to the second story of their houses. The foundry of Holcomb & Thompson was injured to the extent of several hundred dollars, and Allen, Mitchell & Co.'s mill was greatly damaged.

At the municipal election in April, Col. Wm. E. Gilmore was elected mayor by one majority over J. B. Dexter. The election was decided illegal, and held again May 2d, when Dexter was declared elected by three majority over Gilmore.

stranger named Wni. Hartley, who lived on the Gasconade somewhere, died suddenly of rupture of the heart, while driving in a spring wagon along Rolla Street. - May 16th, the M. E. Church was dedicated by Rev. Mr. Hagerty. The building cost over $7,000, of which sum $2,100 were raised that day. - August 12th, David Durst stabbed a bar-keeper named Stevens, wounding him four times very seriously. The affray came off in a saloon on Boonville street. - August 17th, the sheriff, Capt. Budlong, and James Long, the city marshal, arrested a man named J. J. Leeper, for killing another man named Ferguson at the old fort, near town. The killing was done with a stone of several pounds weight, with which Ferguson's skull was crushed. - The total number of school children in the town this year was 937. - April 15tli, the carpenters and builders formed a permanent organization, of which J. D. Six was president.

Trying to get the Depot. - The location of the depot of the Atlantic & Pacific (now the " Frisco " ) railroad upon the present site of North Springfield was due to the niggardliness and selfishness of some of the moneyed men of the old town, who refused to pay the expense of making a deflection in the route of the road from its original surveyed line. Whereupon the railroad men went a mile north, and selected not only a location for a depot, but a site for a new town as well. No sooner was it known that the depot would be a mile from the public square than a desperate effort was made to change the location. May 11th, of this year, a public meeting of citizens passed a resolution requesting the city council to issue bonds to the amount of $75,000, to be donated to the railroad company if it should "change the location of its depot to within one-half mile of the public square." Too late. The stakes had been driven, the matter settled, and now twice $75,000 could not prevent a formidable hinderance to the prosperity of Springfield, when $25,000 would have done so at the proper time.

City Imiyrovements. - This year the town council asked for an expression of the citizens as to the propriety of expending $75,000 in the improvement of the city, as it was evident something had to l)e done to offset the establishment of the new town of North Springfield. July 6th, the proposition was voted on and carried by a vote of 156 to 91. Much opposition to the measure was allayed by certain members of the council, who declared that only $25,000 should be expended in improving the streets, etc., and that $50,000 should be given to the proposed Springfield & Ft. Scott railroad ; but, as the latter action would have been unlawful, it was never done.

Extension of the Corporation. - U2.v<A^ 4th, the Legislature passed an act extending the boundaries of the corporation and defining its limits, and also investing it with certain powers. This act was as follows : - An act to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the city of

"seT"! The following shall be the corporate limits of the city of Springfield, in Green ^County, and State of Missouri: Commenchio- U the northwest corner of section 14, township 29 range 22^; thence south to the southwest corner of section 23, in said township and range ; thence east to the southeast corner o section 24, in same township and range ; thence north to the northeas corner of section 10, in said township and range ; thence west to the place of beoinning, so as to include the whole ot sections 13, 14 23, and 24, ufo'resaid: Provided, that such portions of the real estate as is enabraced within the foregoing limits, and which is not subdivided or sold in lots of less than three acres, shall not be subject to any municipal tax, except for the improvement of such streets lanes, avenues, or alleVs as ire immediately adjoining the same, or for school purposes^^ Provided further, that when any real estate hereby excepted from muni/^ipal taxation shall be divided or sold in lots ot three acres or less, the same shall thereupon and from thenceforth be deemed and considered within the corporate limits of the city of Springfaeld, for all purposes, as fully and completely as if the same was not excepted

Railroad C onvention - Kxx^^t 25th a large convention was held at the court-house in favor of the Memphis, Springfield & Kansas City railroad. Delegates were in attendance from all of those cities named, as well as from other towns and cities along the proposed line. Enthusiastic speeches were made and it was resolved to bmld the road. Probablv this was the first important action taken regardino- that o-reat enterprise, now rapidly approaching completion.

from an ordinary can. The lamp was not lighted, but a fire was burning close by in an open fire-place. From some unknown cause the oil ignited, the can in Mrs. Clark's hands exploded, scattering the burning oil over her and her three daughters who were close about her. The two vounoer dauijhters died from the effects of their burns, the mother was in a very dangerous condition, and the older daughter was painfully injured, but not seriously.

About the 1st of February the first number of a newspaper called the Southwest was issued by H. Lick, In June the office was removed to North Springfield, and the paper was issued by Taylor, Hedges & Co.

At the city election this year Col. Gilmore was elected mayor without opposition. The vote for marshal stood : C. C. Avery, 328 ; J. L. French, 216. This was the first election where colored men voted, and a negro, J. H. Rector, was elected alderman from the second ward over a Mr, Imler, l)y a vote of 101 to 54.

At a meeting of the council March 8th the sum of $30,000 in bonds was voted to aid in building a street railroad. In order to evade the law, which would prevent the council from giving money or bonds to the street railway company, an ordinance was passed appropriating $30,000 to grade and macadamize Jetterson street from the northern boundar}' of the city to Water street, and Water street from Jefferson to Boonville street, the object being to prepare these streets for the laying of the railway track.

On the 24th of February a company was organized and steps taken to raise means for erecting the present Metropolitan Hotel. Col. F. S. Jones was the first president of the company. The various principal streets were invited to bid in stock for the location. March 24th the location was made, the l)ids having been as follows : College street, $31,150 ; St. Louis street, $26,500 ; South street, $34,250, but the latter bid provided that the old Lyon House should be made a part of the new hotel.

boy, Albert Abernatty, was playing with a pistol when the boy Fitz- Sld came up and wanted to look at it, and was .n the act of taking ft Iten the pistol was aecidently discharged, causing death m twenty

" JunraOth a well digger named David Smith was suffocated in a which he was digging for Col. Yoang, on South st.^et. The body was recovered by a negro man, named Charles Womack^

December 15th a man named Morgan, a pamter, ^" ;*; making a dangerous but not tUtal wound, and then n, a fewcommitted suicide by shooting himself through the bra,.. Jh co-P e had separated, and Morgan was trying to induce his wife to live with him again. There were evidences that he was insane. Th^ population of the city this year was 5,814.

In May a board of trade was organized w,th J T. Keet Esq as the first president. And yet, just at that time trade was duUei and the prospects gloomier than they had been tor years.

On the 1st of March, the Springfield Wagon Company was organized. Its capital stock was $20,000, and its declared object was the rlfacture of plows and wagons. Hon. S. H. Boyd was elected tTe first president of the company. In May following the city by a vote of five to one, decided to issue the sum of $22,000 in city bonds.

in aid of certain of its in,u,ufuctu,ing establishments, in order to hein along ,ts -Mnfant industries" nntil they sl>ould grow stro." uou'h to take care of themselves. ""on^ enough

Springfield Matters In 1873

John McGregor, Democrat, received 406 votes, and Jared E. Smith Kepubhcan the same nua.l,er. Another election being held, McGreo-or was elected by 85 majority. mcuiegor

A fire on South street, August 1, destroyed a row of frame buildings causmga loss of $5,000. The fire originated in Capt. Johnso^^'s photograph gallery, in Mrs. Hackney's property

In December, Dan Whitfield shot and killed Bob Fitzhugh, as the latter was coming out of the house of T. J. Keet, where the wife of Whitfield was employed as a servant. The shooting was done at about 4 o'clock in the morning. All of the parties were negroes.

Also in December, Bob Wyatt, another negro, was killed in the jail under the following circumstances : He had been arrested for some misdemeanor and confined in jail. The marshal ordered him out to work on the streets, but the negro refused. When visited again after two days, it was found that he had a revolver which he brandished about, and with which he threatened to shoot any one that interfered with him. In attempting to remove him from his cell, he drew his revolver on the marshal, and was immediately shot and killed by the deputies.

May 21st, the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church convened in Springfield. Rev. Dr. Blake was moderator. Rei)resentatives were present from Pennsylvania, California, Texas and even from Scotland. The session lasted more than a week.

During the month of Fe1)ruary there was a great religious revival in the city, conducted by Rev. T. Marshall. There were 192 converts. The religious meetings were followed by a temperance revival in March.

March 24th Dr. J. C. Reed died of pneumonia, aged 56, and on the 8th of April Dr. A. A. Shutt committed suidide by shooting himself while alono in his office, on the corner of College street and the public square. He left a wife and three children. The cause of his suicide was supposed to be financial embarrassment.

Mrs. Mary Picher, a daughter of Col. Henry Sheppard, died about September 1, at Logansport, Ind., while on her way to Clifton Springs, N. Y. The body was brought home and buried at Springfield.

Sudden Deaths. - May 18th Wm. Barren, a tinner, aged about 40, fell dead in the alley at the northeast corner of the public square. The verdict of the coroner's jury was that the death was '* superinduced by intoxication." In the same month a stranger from Arkansas, drove up in front of a wholesale house, and as he pulled up his team he fell over backwards dead, from heart disease. A collection was taken up for the proper preparation of the body, and it was sent home in charge of a companion of the unfortunate man.

Homicide. - November 5th Amanda Collins, living in the south part of town, killed her husband, James Collins, by crushing in his skull with an ax. The cause, as shown, was his ill-treatment of her and threats to " fix her with a knife," he being jealous of her. The woman gave herself up. A little boy nine years of age witnessed the killing. Collins and his wife were negroes.

Resume From 1865 To 1875

As soon as the debris of the war had been swept away, Springfield began to improve very rapidly and very substantially. Indeed, the town outgrew the country tributary to its local trade, and, to use the common but incorrect expression, business of all kinds was " overdone." The effects were soon felt. About the summer of 1870, shortly after the completion of the present St. Louis & San Francisco railroad, and the location of that portion of the city known as North Springfield, a reaction occurred from which it took several years to recover. The mushroom pojjulation, whose presence added to value only in point of numbers, disappeared as suddenly as it had come ; and, while in itself this detracted nothing from the city's real status, it had a disheartening effect which told upon values. This was supplemented by the financial troubles of 1873, and for a time empty business houses and residences confronted the passer-by in every part of the city.

But all this, like the lopping off of superfluous limbs from a healthy tree, was for ultimate benefit. While the city was at a stand-still, the oountrj^ was making rapid improvement. Enterprising, intelligent farmers filled the vacancy in the population caused by the fleeing idlers from town. Under their experienced and careful supervision, the rich lands throughout the county that had hitherto been " hidden talents " were made to equalize the ruinous differences heretofore existing between town and county, and the result was soon visible in a generally improved condition of affairs. Another lasting benefit derived from the scourge of " hard times," to which the town was subjected in those years, was the awakening of its capitalists to the fact that Dame Fortune would not persistently smile upon those who would not help themselves. This forced realization was made manifest in a concentrated eflbrt toward establishing manufactories, public improvements, and other essential adjuncts to healthy advancement and permanent prosperity.

It may now be well to speak of the effect produced by the laying out of North Springfield - or " Moon City," as it was at first called - and the circumstances connected therewith. Some of these circumstances are noted elsewhere, but will bear repeating in this connection. Immediately before the old Atlantic & Pacific railroad (now the "Frisco") was completed to Springfield - and for some time before - a controversy arose in regard to the location of the depot. This was in the flush days of 1869-70, before spoken of. A proposition was made by the company to run the road in on a survey that would bring the depot within a half mile of the public square, provided a certain sum should be raised. If this was not done, another route would be taken which would be less expensive in construction, but which would necessitate the location of depot buildings at least one mile north. An indifference, or rather a stinginess, on the part of some of our moneyed men at this crisis cost the immediate advantage incident to the co-operation tendered by that corporation. The depot was located at the threntened point, about one mile to the north, and antagonistic interests at once sprung up. The new town, or North Springfield, as it was called, developed a wonderful vitality, and was aided in all its enterprises by the railroad company.

A bitter rivalry arose between the two ))laces. The compaii}' built an enormous frame hotel - the Ozark House - three stories in height, handsome in appearance and elegant in its appointments, which was destroyed by fire in the spring of 1875. As an offset to this, the citizens rallied to the assailed, pride of " old town," and, forming a joint stock company, erected the commodious, four-story brick structure known as the Metropolitan Hotel. In a thousand different ways, during the first few years succeeding the completion of the road, was this antagonism promoted. After it had been demonstrated that "old town " could not be " busted," and that " new town " could not be kept from growing, the hatchets were, by tacit agreement, buried ; and since then the prosperity of both towns have been promoted by a very oeneral recoo;nition of the fact that our interests are mutual. The short, open space between the places has been gradually occupied ; and it will be but a brief period when it will require a sharp-sighted and well-informed person, indeed, to point out the line of demarkation between old Springfield and " Moon City," or " new town."

Captain Johnson is the son of .James J. and Julia (Graham) Johnson, who were from Pennsylvania, and of Scotch-Irish origin. His parents moved to Fulton county, Illinois, in 1835, and it was there that William S. was born, May 7th, 1841. He was educated in his native county, and, upon the 8th of April, 1861, enlisted as a private in company A, 4th battalion. District of Columbia, under President Lincoln's first call, and served three months. In August, 1862, he came to Springfield, Missouri, and enlisted in the 1st Arkansas cavalry as private, but was promoted to the first lieutenancy in October, and in February, 1863, was again promoted to the captaincy of his company. He was wounded in the right arm at the battle of Fayetleville, Arkansas, and the arm was saved by taking out a section of bone four and one-half inches in length. September, 1864, he was transferred as first lieutenant of the veteran reserve corps at AVashington City, where he was also regimental quartermaster in the provincial cavalry at K street barracks. He was at the theatre when Lincoln was assassinated, and had charge of the battalion that acted as escort of the body to the White House. In 1866, he was superintendent under Col. J. M. Moore, for the building of national cemeteries in the State of Virginia, and was on duty until June 12th, 1867, when he was transferred to the regular array and assigned to duty at Fort Wayne as quartermaster. May 20th, 1871, he retired with rank of captain, mounted. January, 1871, he came to Springfield and engaged in the photograph business, and followed it until 1882. He was married December 28th, 1863, to Miss Nora Oustott. Their union has been blest with six children, three of whom are living, viz. : Wra. H., Julia G. and Harry D. The captain is a Mason, and a member of the A. 0. U. W.

Henky Kanning

Mr. Kanning was born at Kiel, Denmark, where he was educated and learned the tailor's trade. In 1849, he was drafted into the army, and served two years. He came to the United

States in 1852, landing at New Orleans. In 1861, he enliisted in the 6th Kentucky volunteers as second lieutenant, company H. He was mustered out in the winter of 1864. In 1865 he went to Leavenworth, Kansas, and carried on a tailoring establishment, working about sixteen hands. In 1870 he went to Oswego, Kansas, and resided there until the fall of 1882, when he came to Springfield, Missouri. Mr. Kanning was married at Louisville, Kentucky, in 1857, to Miss Mary Kimmel. They have six boys and five girls, all living. He is a member of the A. O. U. W. His parents died in Denmark, his father at the age of sixtynine, and his mother at the age of sixty-three. His father was a German soldier, and fought

Martin Keener

Mr. Keener is the son of Gottleib Keener, and was born at Batenheim, Germany, May 9, 1846. He came to the United States, landing at New York, September 1, 1865. He then went to South Bend, Ind., and then to Michigan. In the summer of 1869 he went to Davenport, Iowa, and in the spring of 1870, he went to Fort Scott, Kansas, and in October of that year he came to Springfield. November 7, 1870, he bought out the bakery of C. Woollmann, who had started the bakery the year previous. Mr. Keener now has the largest bakery in the city, and has carried on the business successfully for thirteen years. In 1870 he was married to Mrs. Woollmann, widow of C. Woollmann. They had by that marriage one daughter. Mrs. Keener died September 23, 1879. Mr. Keener's parents were natives of Germany. His father died when he (Martin) was a boy, and his mother died in 1876. They had four sons and one daughter.

Josiah T. Keet

This gentleman is the son of Charles Keet, and was born in England September 8, 1822. He emigrated to America and settled in Arkansas in 1839. In 1840 he moved to Barry county, Missouri. He began merchandising before he was of age, and has been engaged in it steadily to the present, except about six months. He came to Springfield in 1862, and has been engaged in the wholesale and retail trade until within the last five years, when they concluded to do an exclusive wholesale business. The firm was at first Keet, Massey «& Co., but now it is Keet, Rountree & Co. They have the only wholesale dry goods and boot and shoe house in the city, and sell for about one hundred an fifty miles southeast, south, and southwest of Springfield. Mr. Keet was married in Barry county, Missouri, August 10, 1843, to Elizabeth P. West. They have been blest with six children. He is a Mason, and he and his wife are members of the Methodist church.

Thomas W. Kersey

Mr. Kersey is the son of Benjamin and Amanda (Van Gilder) Kersey, and was born in Knox county, Illinois, June 28, 1851. He was educated at the State Normal University, and at Eureka College. He entered the law office of P. A. Willoughby, at Galesburg, 111., and next in the office of Robert Dollard, at Yates City, 111. He was admitted to the bar September 10, 1874, at Ottawa, 111., before the Supreme Court. In November, 1874, he came to Springfield, Mo., and is now of the firm of Kersey & Price, attorneys. He was marrried April 25, 1876, to Miss Lizzie, daughter of A. A. Powell, of Springfield. Their union has been blest with three daughters. Mr. Kersey is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and he and his wife are members of the Calvary Presbyterian church. His parents are living in Springfield. They had but two children. The firm of Kersey & Price enjoy a good practice and deserve the confidence they receive.

Thomas M. Kinney

Mr. Kinney is the son of John and Mary (Roach) Kinney, and was born November 1, 1850, in county Limerick, Ireland. His parents emigrated to America when he was an infant, and when he was still a small boy, they moved to Lafayette, Indiana. Thomas was educated at Notre Dame College, and at the age of sixteen he went to St. Louis and worked at his trade. In 1869 he went to Hannibal, Mo., and worked at his trade two years and then went to Columbus, Ky., and lived there over two years. He then returned to St. Louis and remained there until 1877. In November of that year he came to Springfield and worked some six months for Shiple}', the tailor. He then embarked in business for himself with only a hundred dollars worth of stock. He now owns the building, No. 238 Boonville street, where he carries a splendid stock of piece goods, and employs about ten of the best tailors, and where the best work is done in the cit3^ His stock and building is worth about six thousand dollars. Mr. Kinney was married April, 16, 1872, at Hannibal, Mo,, to Miss Mary A. Nevatt, a native of England. Her father was Isaac Nevatt, for many j-ears editor and publisher of the Lancaster Advertise?- in England. Their union has been blest with two sons and two daughters, all living. Mr. Kinney's father died in 1862, and his mother when he was some five or six years of age.

James M. Kirby

Mr. Kirby is the son of Hendley and Elvira J. (Gilbert) Kirby, and was born in Robertson county, Tennessee, August 24th, 1844. In 1857 his parents moved to Arkansas, coming via Springfield. In November, 1863, he came to Springfield and enlisted in Col. J. E. Phelps' 2d Arkansas regiment, cavalry, in company K. He was mustered out at Memphis, Tennessee, August 20th, 1865, and returned to Springfield where he has since resided. He was for a long time a wholesale liquor dealer, and has accumulated considerable propert}'. He was married to Alvira J. Williams, of Indiana. Their union has been blest with seven children, five of whom are now living. Mr. Kirby is a member of the Knights of Pythias. His mother died in 1861, and his father in 1876, at their home in Arkansas.

Capt. Charles Kroff

This gentleman is the son of John and Elizabeth (Derry) Kroff, and was born in Monroe county, Ohio, December 11th, 1837. In 1853 he went to Decatur county, Indiana. He was educated at Milford, Indiana, and at Asbury University, located at Greencastle, Indiana. He studied law at Asbury, and in February, 1866, he graduated at the Indiana State Universit}', and was then admitted to the bar. In July, 1866, he came to Hermitage, Hickory county, Missouri, and there practiced his profession until March 1st, 1883, when he came to Springfield. During the time he was in Hickory he was prosecuting attorney for seven years, upon the Republican ticket. Captain Krofi' was married at Quincy, Hickory county, Missouri, July 21st, 1867, to Miss Mar\?* Green. Their union is blest with two sons and two daughters. He is a member of the A. F. & A. M. and I. O. O. F. Captain Kroff 's parents were from Switzerland, and came to this countrj- in 1808 and settled in Ohio. His father died in 1852, and his mother December 25th, 1875. They had thirteen children, ten of whom are living. In 1861 Captain Krofl' enlisted in company F, 11th Indiana volunteers, as a private and was in the following engagements : Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Port Gibson, Raymond, Champion Hill, Siege of Vicksburg, Jackson, Carrion Crow Bayou, Lake Tasse, Halltown, Va., Winchester, Fisher's Hill, and Cedar Creek. He was mustered out as captain of the company in which he first enlisted, August 10th, 1865. He is now engaged in the law practice and real estate business.

This gentleman was born upon a farm three miles southeast of Springfield, Missouri, and was educated in the log school houses of his native county. At the age of fourteen he enlisted in the 8th Missouri cavalry. Col. W. F. Geiger, U. S. A., and served three years, having enlisted in August, 1862. He was mustered out at Little Rock, Arkansas. In 1872 he was appointed deputy U. S. marshal, and served until 1877. He was then appointed deputy revenue collector, and in 1881 received the appointment of collector. Mr.

Langston was married in 1867, to Miss Martha, daughter of John Pursley. Their union has been blest with six sons. He is a member of the I. 0. O. F., K. of H. and A. O. U. "W. He and his wife are members of the M. E. church.

Mr. Langston is the son of Jackson P. C. and Mariel (Gallian) Langston, and was born Jan. 1, 1842, three miles southeast of Springfield, Missouri. He remained at home until the civil war, and in August, 1861, he enlisted in Holland's company, three months' service. He was afterward appointed second sergeant of the 26th Missouri infantry, Col. John S. Phelps. He served with that regiment six months, and in July, 1862, enlisted in company D, 8th Missouri cavalry. He was first lieutenant, but was afterward promoted captain. They were mustered out at St. Louis in August, 1865. He returned to Greene county, and farmed upon the old homestead. In 1880 he was elected to represent the eastern district of Greene county in the Legislature, and is now deputy internal revenue collector for his brother, Brj^ant H. He lives upon the farm where he was born. He was married August 15, 1862, to Miss A. Ingram. Their union has been blest with two sons and four daughters. He and his wife are members of the M. E. church.

Col. John W. Lisenby

Colonel Lisenby was born March 22, 1836, in Washington county, Tennessee, and is the son of Charles and Susan (Carr) Lisenby. He was the seventh of a family of twelve children. His father dying when he was about thirteen years of age, the remainder of the family moved to Monroe county, Kentucky. John W. received his education at Columbia, Adair county, Kentucky, and taught school about three terms. In April, 1859, he came to Springfield, Missouri, and soon after taught school in what was then known as the Lane school house, three miles southwest of town. He accepted a clerkship in the general store of Logan & Morton, in the fall of 1859, and when the war began was a member of the Home Guards. In 1861, he enlisted in company D, Missouri volunteers, Phelps' regiment, and was first-lieutenant of that company, and afterwards promoted to the captaincy. He was wounded severely at the battle of Pea Ridge, March 7, 1862, being shot in the left shoulder and through both legs. This was in the six months' service, and upon the 30th of August, 1862, he was mustered in company A, 8th cavalry, Missouri volunteers, as captain, and afterward major. His health becoming poor, he resigned his commission in February, 1865, but was promoted to lieut. colonel in a few few months afterward. At the close of the war he was appointed clerk of the county, probate and common pleas courts, and in 1866 was elected upon the Republican ticket as clerk of that court, and served in that capacity for four years. In 1873 he was elected mayor of the cit}-, which office he filled with satisfaction to his constituents and honor to himself. He was in the real estate business here since 1865, and the firm of Milner & Lisenby did the largest business in that line in Springfield. Col. Lisenby was married to Miss Columbia, daughter of John H. Jennings, Esq., upon the 9th of May, 1865. Mrs. Lisenby, died October 13, 1872. The firm of Milner & Lisenby dissolved in the early part of 1883, and the captain still carries on the business.

William Massey

This gentleman is the son of James and Faithful (Strickland) Massey, and was born March 19, 1824, in South Carolina. His parents moved to Middle Tennessee in 1825, and to Greene county, Missouri, in 1835, and settled three miles east of Springfield. In 1838 William went to Fort Smith, Arkansas, and then to St. Louis, Missouri, and back to Springfield. In 1849 he again went to St. Louis where he remained three years and then came back to Springfield, where he has been actively engaged in business ever since. He was one of the company that built the Metropolitan hotel, and has also built several large stores upon the square. He has been city treasurer for two terms, and has always been prominently identified with the building interests of Springfield. Mr. Massey was married in 1845, to Miss Almarinda C, daughter of Joseph Kountree. That marriage was blest with seven children, four sons and three daughters. His first wife dying, he married Miss Laura Oustott, by whom he had one son and one daughter. His father was born in Ireland, and came to the United States when a child. During the Indian wars he was captain of a company. His wife died in 1837, and he died in 1864. They had nine children, but three of whom are now living, viz. : Mrs. McAdams, Mrs. Z. M. Rountree and William, who, during the war, was a quartermaster in the Union army.

Jake Marx

This gentleman was born in Prussia, November 13, 1850, and is the son of Emanuel and Hannah Marx. In 1867 he came to America and located at Louisville, Kentucky, where he was a clerk in a dry goods and clothing house for two years. He then went to Paducah, Kentucky, and sold the same line of goods for about eight years. He came to Springfield in February 1878 and was a partner in the dry goods and clothing house of Cohn Bros. & Co. He bought out his partners and has since carried on the business alone. He carries an immense stock of fine goods and is deservedly popular. Mr. Marx was married at Louisville on the 19th of September, 1877, to Miss Francis Cohn.

The subject of this notice is the son of William and Gabella (Barnes) McAdams, and was born in 1815, in county Down, Ireland. His parents emigrated to America when young William was about nine years old, and settled in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. His mother died soon after, and his father in 1839. William, jr., our subject, learned the saddler's and harness-maker's trade in Pittsburg, serving five years at the business. In 1840 he came to the new and growing West and settled down permanently in Springfield, Missouri. Here he opened a shop for the manufacture and repairing of saddles and harness, and has been in the business for over forty-two years. He had the first shop of the kind in Springfield, and probably in Greene county. He built up a large and lucrative business, and wishing to retire, he sold out his stock of goods to Smalstig & Co. Mr. McAdams was elected county treasurer of Greene county in 1858, and served until 1864. He was married October 31, 1841, to Miss Margaret Massey, daughter of James Massey. By this union they have been blest with eight children, five boys and three girls, of whom two boys and two girls are now living. Mr. McAdams has been a member^of the city council several terms. He is a member of United Lodge, No. 5, A. F. and A. M., and Royal Arch Chapter, No. 15. He is secretary of both the lodge and chapter. Himself and wife are members of the M. E. church south. He is one of Greene's landmarks, and is regarded as an upright Christain gentleman.

Mr. McCammon is a son of Samuel and M. E. (Brown) McCammon, and was born May 25, 1853, near Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, and was educated at Wesleyan universitj', located at that place. He graduated from that institution in 1877, and taught at the university one jear. During the years 1878 and 1879, he was superintendent of public schools at Brooklyn, Iowa. He resigned and came to Ash Grove, Mo., where he taught school iwo years. He then came to Springfield and studied law in the office of Hubbard & Simmons. He had read law previously in the office of Gen. Weaver, of Iowa. Mr. McCammon was admitted to the bar in this city, June 22, 1881, and was appointed notary public January 30, 1883. His father was a native of Pennsylvania, and moved to Iowa about 1851. He died in 1864, at Pulaski, Iowa. His wife is still living. They had three sons and two daughters, John P. is the oldest. He is a member of the Masonic order, and a young lawyer of good promise.

Mr. McCarty is the son of James and Bridget (Coakley) McCarty, and was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in January, 1827. He lived in that city nineteen years, and then learned the trade of a slater at Harrisburg, Pa. In 1856 he went to Saline county, Mo., and in 1861, he came to this county and settled in Pond creek township. In early times Mr. McCarty freighted goods from KoHa to Springfield and Fort Smith, Ark. He was married in Iowa Cit3% la., in October, 1858, to Miss Margaret Kennedy. Their union was blest with nine children, seven of whom are now living. Mr. McCarty's father was a native of county Cork, Ireland, and came to the United States in 1833, landing at New Orleans. He died at Cincinnati, Ohio, in August, 1859. His wife died in the same city soon after coming to this country. They had a family of nine sons and one daughter, James being the only one born in America. He has been a property holder in Greene county for over twenty years.

Mr. McCoUah is a son of John W. and Nelcenia (Short) McCollah, and was born at Kingston, Tennessee, January 25th, 1845. His parents came to Greene county, and settled about ten miles southwest of Springfield. In 1852 his parents removed to Stone county. Mo. and remained there until 1866. Upon the 13th of January, 1865, James enlisted in company A, 1st Missouri regiment. At the close of the war Jhe came to Springfield, and from 1866 until 1878 he wasdeputy postmaster of the citj'. In 1880 he was elected city treasurer upon the Republican ticket, which office he still holds, discharging the duties of that responsible office in a most acceptable manner. Since 1878 he has been connected with the government mail service. He was married in November, 1869, to Miss Anna Stevens. That union was blest with three sons and one daughter. His first wife died March 14th, 1880, and he was married the second time to Miss Catherine H. Greene, of St. Louis, Mo. Mr. and Mrs. Mc- Collah are members of the M. E. church. His mother died in November, 1860, and his father died October loth, 1864, and he had been in the State service for two years, and was a strong Union man during the war. They had six children, four sons and two daughters.

WILLIAM JASPER McDANIEL (deceased). Mr. McDaniel was the son of Samuel A. and Sarah (Bray) McDaniel, and was born May 12th, 1832, ill North Carolina. When he was about twe^lve years of age his parents came to Missouri and settled in Christian county. At the age of twenty-one Jasper came to Springfield and accepted a clerkship in the store of Maj. McElhany at eight dollars per month. He was married in this oounty November 11, 1863, to Miss Emma Evans, a native of North Carolina. Three sons and two daughters bless the union. Mrs. McDaniel is a member of the M. E. church south. Wm. J. McDaniel 's father was a native of Nortk Carolina also, and died in April, 1876. His mother died in March, 1865. They had a family of three sons and four daughters, the oldest son, Alfred, was killed by bushwhackers near Ozark, Missouri. Jasper was the sixth child, and at his father's death received a handsome patrimony, and being one of the most careful, far-seeing business men of the county, he had already accumulated a fine estate, to which was added his portion of his father's property, and made him one of the wealthiest men of the city. He was enterprising and progressive, many of the best buildings in Springfield being built by his money and judgment. He died in the spring of 1883.

This gentleman was born in Grainger count3^ Tennessee, about tlie year 1815, the family records being lost upon his father's death, when young Robert was seven yt-iirs of age. Being thrown upon his own resources when a mere child, he faced the world and fought through all obstacles, and came out victorious. He would carry his book in his hat, and read at noon and other odd times, while his horse was resting during the day, and took advantage of every spare hour he had to improve himself intellectual!}'. He came to Missouri in 1835, penniless, in company with a blacksmith, lie helped the blacksmith burn a coal pit, and then secured a position on the U. S. survey at forty-five dollars per month, for three months. He soon returned to Springfield and accepted a position as clerk in a store, virhere he worked for one year. Then three friends advanced him one hundred dollars each, and with that sum he bought a stock of groceries, and opened out in the business here, which he followed three or four years, and next engaged in the dry goods business, which he followed until 1865. He then sold out, engaged in banking, organizing the first national bank of Springfield in 1870, and has been its president to the present. He was postmaster of Springfield, under Polk's administration, and had been a major of militia in 1840. During the late civil war he was captain of Co. A, 46th infantry; the company was called out late and saw no active service. He was one of the prime movers in the wagon-factory enterprise of Springfield, which is one of the noted industries of the place. Major McElhany was married November 9, 1838, to Miss Cordelia M., daughter of John and Margaret Bunch, of Polk county, Missouri. Mrs. McElhany is a native of Grainger county, Tenn., and is a neice of Gen. Clement C. Clav, one of Alabama's senators, who resigned his seat at the commencement of the late war. They have three children living, viz. : Margaret M., wife of Hon. S. H. Boyd, Robt. L., and Lucy, wife of the late Col. L. A. Campbell, of Mississippi. Major McElhany is a Royal Arch Mason, and has been a member of the Methodist church for thirty-four years. He is one of Greene's most substantial citizens, and upright in all dealings with his fellow-man.

Dr. McPherson i- the son of Mark and .Jane (Boggs) McPherson, and was born in Boone countv, Kentucky, September 7th, 1820. His father died when he was but eighteen months old, and his mother died at Helena, Arkansas, in 1841. They had five children, two boys and three girls, only two of whom are now living, viz. : Alexander W. and Elizabeth A. Dr. McPherson lived in Kentucky until 1840, when he moved to Helena, Arkansas, where he was engaged in farming for some time, and, in 1841, he was second clerk upon a Red river steamboat. He then removed to Texas, where he lived some seven months, when he was summoned home to attend his mother's funeral. December 28th, 1843, he came to St. Louis, where he was married to Miss Almira Cummings. Their union has been blest with nine children, five of whom are now living. After his marriage he went to Ghent, Kentucky, and from there to Louisville. In February, 1845, he returned to Helena, Arkansas. He next moved to Norwalk, Ohio, in 1848. He graduated from Sterling medical college at Columbus, Ohio, in 1851, and in January, 1853, he moved to St. Louis county, Missouri, where he practiced his profession until 1862. He then carried on farming until March, 1870, when he came to Springfield, and for ten years was extensively engaged in the cattle business. He was elected in 1881 and 1882 city recorder of Springfield, and in November, 1882, was elected upon the Democratic ticket to the office of treasurer of this county. Dr. McPherson ii a Mason, and is a member of the Baptist church. His brother, Wm. M., was president of the Missouri Pacific railroad for four j'ears, and also of the St. Louis and Illinois Bridge company. He died November 2d, 1872, in St. Louis, Miesouri. Dr. McPherson's wife died in November, 1882.

WALTER F. McPHERSON. Mr. IMcPherson is the son of H. W. and Martha (Stone) McPherson, and was born at Wabash, Indiana, May 19th, 1849. He was educated at the university at Indianapolis, but now located at Irvington, Indiana. He graduated in the scientific course. He learned the trade of carpenter at Wabash and Indianapolis. He came here in February, 1876, and the first buildings of importance built bj' him were the residence of W. G. Porter, on St. Louis street, and the school building at Ash Grove. He built the first year about twenty-five houses, and in 1882, between seventy-five and a hundred. He employs about twenty -five hands, and is the largest contractor and builder in the city. In 1882 he built the residence of Col. Fellows. He was married November 25th, 1871, to Miss Matilda Stephens, of Wabash, Indiana. Their union has been blest with two sons and one daughter. Mr. McPherson is a member of the K. of H., and himself and wife are members of the Christian church.

This gentleman is the son of William and Mary (Stickney) McPherson, and was born December 19, 1811, in Baltimore, Md. His parents moved to Lafayette county, Indiana, in 1824, where Henry received his education. In 1837 he was licensed to preach by the Christian church at Wabash, Ind., and preached in what is known as the old "Boundary Line church," one of the first churches organized in the county. He preached at that church until 1875, and then moved to Springfield, Mo., and is now an elder in the Christian church at this place. He was married May 1, 1834, to Miss Martha Stone, of Scott county, Kentuck}\ Their union has been blest with nine children, five sons and four daughters. Mrs. McPherson has been a consistent member of the Christian church for over fifty years. Elder MoPherson's father was a native of Scotland, and came to the United States in 1808 as a missionary of the Congregational church. He was educated in G-lasgow and Edinburghj Scotland, and in his work in America he traveled from Elaine to Georgia. He died at the iige of seventy-three. His wife died when Henry was an infant. Elder McPherson is one of the " salt of the earth," and enjoys the confidence of all.

Dr. Means was born in Monroe county, Koutucivy, September 4, 1824. He is the son of James and Sidney (Mayfield) Means. His father was a native of North Carolina, and his. grandmother on his mother's side was born in Wales. His father died in Monroe county, Kentucky, in 1854. James T., our subject, came to Mt. Vernon, Lawrence county, Mo., in 1846. He was reared upon the farm, but began the study of medicine in 1844, and graduated in the medical department of the State University in 1847, under the instruction of Dr. McDowell, who afterward established McDowell's Medical College at St. Louis. He commenced the practice of medicine at Mt. Vernon, and afterwards removed to Cassville, Barry county, where he remained ten years, and then moved to Farmington, St. Francois county, where he continued the practice until the war broke out. He was the surgeon of a cavalry regiment under Gen. Jeff. Thompson, in 1861, after that he was with Gen. Sterling Price, and was in most of the battles of the trans-Mississippi department. He was not actively engaged in military or professional duty during the war all the time, as he sometimes would be relieved for a few months. His family returned to Kentucky during those trying times. At the close of the war he practiced medicine at Hodginville, Larne county, Kentucky, for a short time, then went to Gallatin, Tennessee, where he lived two years. From there he moved to Pocahontas, Arkansas, where he remained about eighteen months, when he came to Springfield in 1869, and has lived here ever since. He was married in 1862 to Miss Lizzie M. Curtis, He is a member of Solomon lodge, A. F. and A. M., and is also a member of the Christian church. Mrs. Means is an Episcopalian.

Washington Merritt

This gentleman is the son of Samuel and Sallie (Ross) Merritt, and was born in Williamson county, Teimessee, January 30th, 1809. His forefathers were among the earliest settlers of North Carolina, his grandfather, James Merritt, was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. His father was a pioneer settler of Tennessee, and moved to Kentucky late in life, where he died. Washington was reared upon a farm in Tennessee, where he early learned what is meant by hard work. In July, 1833, he was married to Louisa Owens, of his native count}-, and in the spring of 1840 he emigrated to Greene county, Missouri, where he became a leading citizen, and improved several farms in Campbell township. His first wife died in January, 1842, and he then married Mrs. Maria Chapman. She died in March, 1854, and in August, 1856, Mr. Merritt was married to Elizabeth Blakey. Mr. Merritt is the father of twelve children, and those that are now living are all doing well. In politics Mr. Merritt has always been a Democrat, and ever since his residence in this county has been a con- sistent member of the Christian church. No man in the county stands higher in the regard of his fellow-man than he, and he is one of the few landmarks showing the character of the early settlers of this part of the State, that is yet left in full vigor to show what manner of men it took to make the " wilderness blossom as the rose."

James R. Milner

This gentleman is the son of David M. and Mary A. (Chambers) Milner, and was born at Mount Pleasant, Jefferson county, Ohio, September 4th, 1845. He attended the public schools of his native town until 1862, when he enlisted in company D, 98th Ohio regiment. He served until the war closed and was mustered out at Louisville, Kentuck}'. He was with Sherman in his " march to the sea." After the war ceased he attended the law department of the Michigan University' for two years, graduating in 1867. In September of that year he came to Springfield, and practiced his profession for some time, and in 1869 was deputy United States collector for Southwest Missouri. In 1870 he was elected upon the Republican ticket to the office of county superintendent of public schools, which oflSce he held for two years. Mr. Milner was president of the board of regents of the State normal school from 1870 until 1874, and was deputy United States attorney for some time of this part of Missouri. In 1880 he was elected from the second ward, to represent that ward in the city council. He has been engaged in the real estate business nearly ever since coming to the county. He was married July 5, 1876, to Miss Hattie A. Cummings, who, at that time, was lady principal ofDrury College. They were married at the bride's home at Oberlin, Ohio. He and his wife are members of the Calvary Presbyterian church, of which he is a deacon. Mr. Milner's father is still living at Mt. Pleasant, Ohio. His mother died in 187;^. They had six children, three boys and three girls, all living, of whom James R. is the youngest son.

Col. Samuel Moore

Col. Moore is the son of Galihew and Rhuda (Lawrence) Moore, and was born February 27, 1819, in Surry county. North Carolina. He was educated in his native county, and remained at home upon the farm until he was twenty-one years of age. He then married Miss Sarah Moore, of Hawkins county, Tennessee, in Januarj', 1842. Their union was blest with five children, viz. : Anna M., Laura E., Francis A., a physician of Lamar county, Texas, Samuel, jr., and Walter S., a lawyer, now judge of the common pleas court of Lamar countjs Texas. Col. Moore lived in Dade, Polk and Cedar counties in Missouri, and in 1849, he went to California, where he lived two years. In 1852 he sold goods in Greenfield, Dade county, Missouri, and remained there six years. In 1858 he moved to Osceola, St. Clair county, Missouri, and lived there until 1861, when he was burned out entirely by Jim Lane's Kansas troops. He then went to Fa3'etteville, Arkansas, and remained there until 1865. His next removal was to Matamoras, Mexico, and from there to Paris, Texas, where he lived until 1868. Then he moved to Springfield, Mo., where he has been city treasurer and street commissioner. He and his wife are members of the ^I. E. Church South. Col. Moore's father died in 1864, and his mother in 1863. The colonel's tather represented Surry county jn the North Carolina Legislature twice, and at an early day was colonel of the North Carolina State militia. At present. Col. M. is City Recorder of Springfield.

Captain Philip C. Morhiser

The captain is the son of J. P. and Mary M. (Fogelson) Morhiser, and was born in Baltimore, Maryland, May 11, 1812. He was educated in his native city. In 1836 he went with his parents to Dubuque, Iowa, where Philip was chief of police for four years. He afterward became a member of the city council and president of the board of town trustees, and after that received the appointment of city marshal. In 1861 he had charge of a force of detectives employed in the custom-house for the government. In 1863 he was made captain of company G, 8th Iowa cavalry. He was wounded in the head at the battle of Noonan, where he and his company were captured and taken to Macon, Georgia, and then to Charleston. South Carolina, and there paroled. He was chief of police on patrol under General Thomas at Nashville, and in the fall of 1865 was mustered out at Clinton, Iowa. In 1866 he was appointed by the governor to take charge of a distillery. During 1867 and 1868 was again marshal of Dubuque. In the fall of 1869 he came to Springfield, Missouri, and sold goods for a year, and has been a member of the city council from the first ward. He was married November, 1834, in Baltimore to Miss Amelia Buch. They were blest with seven children, six girls and one boy. The captain is a Mason and his wife is a member of the Episcopal church. His father came to Baltimore from Prussia in 1809. He was a soldier in the wars between France and Prussia some years before he died in 1849, and his wife in 1854. They had eleven children, Ihree of whom are now living. The captain was the fourth child.

Leon Mokice

Mr. Morice is a native of France, and came to the United States in 1867. In 1869 he went to St. Louis, and in May, 1876 he came to Springfield. He was married to Miss Bourguenot, and by their marriage have two children, Edniond and Eugenie. Mr. Morice is by trade an engraver, and worked at it for some time in Philadelphia. He is one of the firm of E. J. Bourguenot & Co., candy manufacturers of Springfield, and do the largest business of the kind in the Southwest.

Thomas J. Murray

This gentleman is the son of W. C. and Malinda (Stone) Murry, and was born December 5, i857, two and one-half miles southwest of Ash Grove, Greene county, Mo. He was educated in the country schools and at Ash Grove. In the fall of 1880 he taught school upon Leeper prairie, and from January 1, 1881, until November, 1882, read law in the office of W. H. Davis, and was there admitted to the bar by Judge Geiger. He is a young man of much promise and is building up a good practice. His parents are yet living in this county. They came from Monroe county, Tennessee, and located in Dade county. Mo., in 1854, and in the summer of 1855 they came to this county. They had nine children, five sons and four daughters, Thomas J., being the oldest child.

John H. Murphy

This gentleman is the son of William and Isabella (Rider) Murphy, and was born in Pittsylvania count3% Virginia, December 11, 1807. His parents moved to Edgar county. 111., in 1819, and at the age of twenty John went to Danville, 111., and entered the law office of John J. Brown, a prominent attorney of that place. He was admitted to the bar in 1838, and practiced there until 1853. In 1836 he was elected, upon the Whig ticket, to the Illinois Legislature, from Vermillion county, and served until 1840. In 1853 he moved to Alton, 111., where he lived twelve years, and in 1865 went to Topeka, Kansas, and was appointed district judge for one term. While at Alton he was a member of the city council for seven years. He was receiver of the land office at Danville, 111., appointed by President Taylor. He has been U. S. commissioner both in Illinois and at Springfield, Mo. He came here in August, 1867, and practiced law for about five years, and has held the office of city treasurer and recorder. He was married in December, 1829, in Danville, 111., to Miss Cynthiana Alexander. Their union was blest with four children, but one of whom is now living, William, at Alton, 111. His first wife died March 24, 1840, and upon the 8th of December following, he was married to Miss Ada Pinsoii. Mr. Murphy's father died June 16. 1840, and his mother, at the age of eighty-eight, upon the 16th of December, 1870, in Edgar county, 111. Thev had seven children, three sons and four daughters. Mrs. McCowan, of Edgar county, ill., and John H., are the only children living.

Charles S. Neiswangek

This gentleman is the son of Isaac and Elizabeth S. (Askew) Neiswanger, and was born at St. Clairville, Ohio, April 14, 1849. In 1868 he went to St. Louis, Mo., but soon after came to Springfield where he was in the drug store of Milner & Co. for two years. He then went back to St. Louis, where he graduated in the St. Louis College of Pharmacy, and also took a private course in chemistry at Washington University under Professors Leonhardt and F. E. Nipher. He returned to Springfield in 1880, where, upon January 11th, of that 3'ear, he was married to Miss Hayes. They have one child, Helen. Mr. Neiswanger's father is a noted veterinary surgeon, of St. Clairville. He and his wife reared a family of four boys and four girls, all of whom are living. Neiswanger Bros, have one of the best appointed retail drug stores in Soutliwest Missouri, and do the largest retail business in the city. Charles S. and his wife are members of the Calvary Presbyterian church.

Lewis A. Newton

This gentleman is the son of Henry W. and Mary (Coleman) Newton, and was born June 16th, 1832, in Caroline county, Virginia. He was reared upon the farm, and attended Richmond College for three years. After completing his education he returned to the farm and lived there until 1859, when he moved to Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, where he taught school two terms, and then went to Owensburg, Kentucky. He returned to Lawrenceburg soon after, and upon the 30th of September, 1860, was married to Miss Eliza V., daughter of Edwin Martin. Their union was blest with nine children, four boys and five girls. He came to Springfield, Missouri, in October, I860, but soon went to Cassville, Barry county, and followed his profession of teaching. In the spring of 1862 he returned to Springfield, and accepted the position of first clerk in the quartermaster's department, which position he held until November, 1865. In January, 1866, he went with Captain R. B. Owens to Fort Riley, Kansas, and took charge of the abstract department. In November, 1866, he came back to Springfield, Missouri, and engaged in prosecuting claims against the government* He was elected upon the Democratic ticket to the office of county collector, in 1874, and served two years. In 1869 he was city assessor, and a member of the council in 1871, and has been a member of the school board as one of the directors. Mr. Newton is a Mason, and he and his wife are members of the Baptist church. His father died in 1852 and his mother in 1876. They had seven children, four boys and three girls, of whom Lewis A. is the oldest.

Job Newton

This gentleman was born in the State of Delaware, .July 26, 1826, and came to St. Louis, Mo., in 1888. In 1849 he crossed the great plains to California, leaving St. Louis in March and reaching California in the following September. The train he was with took the first merchandise to Salt Lake. In 1851 he returned to St. Louis, and in 1854 he re-crossed to California and freighted goods for John Howe, with a large wagon train. He returned to St. Louis January 8, 1855, and upon the 5tli of October, 1855, again started to California, going by way of the Isthmus of Panama. Hp came back to St. Louis in 1856, where he remained until 1868, when he came to Springfield, and brought his family the year following. He was engaged in the general merchandise business "until 1872, and then embarked in the general produce trade, which he still carries on. He was elected to the city council in 1869, from the fourth ward, upon the Democratic ticket. He has always taken an active part in the building up of the city, and was a leading spirit in the erection of the opera house. He was married in September, 1856, to Miss Minerva C. Ault. They were blest with five children, all sons, three of whom are now living. Mr. Newton is a Royal Arch Chapter Mason, St. John's Commandery, No. 20. His father died when he was but an infant, and his mother died in St. Louis soon after her removal to that city. Mr. Newton is one of the staunch business men of Springfield, and has done much to advance her commercial interests.

William S. Norfleet

Mr. Norfleet is the sou of David and Elizabeth (Shackleford) Norfleet, and was born March 10, 182G, in Wayne county, Kentucky. His parents emigrated to Polk county, Missouri, in 1838, and at the n.'j,e of eighteen William came to Springfield, and went to school to J. A. Stephens, who was killed by Zagonyi's men in their charge into Springfield, in 1861. He lived here until 1848, and studied medicine in the office of Dr. Shackleford. In the fall of 1848 he went to Sarcoxie, Jasper county, and practiced his profession for a time. In the spring of 1850, he went to California, and returned in the winter of 1854, to Springfield. He next purchased a farm on Grand prairie, four miles northwest of the city, where he dealt largely in stock. He sold tlie farm in 1863, and in 1868 he bought another farm upon Kickapoo prairie, a mile and a half southwest of Springfield, where he lived until September 15, 1881, when he moved into Springfield. He suflered greatly during the war at the hands of the soldiers, his stock driven off, and himself kept a prisoner for a week in the court-house. Mr. Norfleet was married May 13, 1858, to Miss Elizabeth C. Shuliz, a native of Tennessee. Their union has been blest with seven children, five of whom are now living, three sons and two daughters. He is a Mason, and his wife is a member of the M. E. Church South. His father sold goods for a while at Ebenezer, this county, but was a farmer most of his life. He died in Texas, in 1868, and his mother died in 1862 at Ebenezer- They reared four boys, all now living, William S. being the oldest. Mr. Norfleet is one of Greene's affluent citizens and a thorough gentleman.

Samuel Odell

Mr. Odell is the son of Samuel and Ovela (Welch) Odell, and was born at East Hartford, , Connecticut, October 8, 1834, and was educated there and in Lower Canada. At the age of thirteen he was bound out for three years to learn the carpenter's trade. In 1858 he went into the "oil regions" in Pennsylvania and Canada. He put down the first well at Enescilow. He enlisted in Ma}-, 1861, in company A, 5th Connecticut volunteers for sixty days, and was at the battle of Bull Run. After the expiration of sixty days, he and his brother Alexander joined company A, 8th Connecticut volunteers, and remained three years and ten months. He was wounded at the battle of Seven Pines, and was captured before Richmond and confined six weeks at "Castle Thunder ".and escaped. In 1865 he returned to the oil regions, and was master and superintendent for the United States petroleum company. In 1866 he went to Cincinnati, and from there to St. Louis, Missouri. In 1868 he was a delegiite to the national Democratic convention from the eighth ward of St. Louis, that nominated Seymour and Blair, and also a delegate to Jefferson City in the interest of John S. Phelps. H|! came to Springfield in the latter part of 1868, and in 1871 was street commissioner, and in 1872 was a member of the council from the fourth ward. In 1877 he went to the Black Hills, and travelled over the great West. He is now proprietor of the Odell house on Boonville street. He was married February 2, 1868, to Miss Victoria Bouguenot, who was born at Paris, France. They have one son and two daughters. Mr. Odell's father died at East Hartford, Connecticut, in 1846, and his mother died in 1864. They had three children, viz. : Alexandria, Victoria, and Samuel. Samuel's father was a civil engineer, and was on the government survey in Illinois, Missouri, and the one establishing the bo\indary line between the United States and Canada.

John. H. Onstott

Mr. Onstott is the son of Jonh W. and Rebecca Onstott, and was one of a family of two sons and two daughters, born in Fayetteville, Arkansas, Julj' 23, 1839. His father, John W., was a native of Kentucky, born in Shelbyville in 1781. He served in the "war of 1812," and was in the same company with Dick Johnson, who killed Tecumseh, enlisting as a private, but coming out as a commissioned officer. After the war he came to Little Rock, Arkansas, and entored 80 acres of land, where the court-house now stands. He sold

Chapter Xxxi General

By 1876 Springfield had assumed the proportions of a city and .nee that its p.-ogress in that direction has never recdUd a check Wl.oles;.le and jobbing houses have been established, and a considerable foreign trade has long been attracted to the ;iace have been built and operated and made fairly successful. The streets have been repaired - although there is still much improvement needed ,n this particular -additions made to the corporation, reforms ot every sort introduced into its municipal government, and in short, there has been an honest, earnest etfort of the vast majority of the people to make the city what it should be. Many northern men w,th then- proverbial pluck, enterprise, and sagacity, have been attracted to the place, and to them in great part is due much of the City s prosperity.

^priugfield has never been without its dead weights, however. Certain of its citizens, who have lived long in the phice, have always opposed every enterprise to which they have been asked to contribute a dollar, and there are yet a few old fogies, with objects selfish and sordid and ideas old and obsolete, who have opposed and still oppose all schemes of public improvement likely to cost themselves a penny, but the proportion of this class of individuals to the entire population never was large, and each year is growing smaller by degrees and beautifully less. " Old Scrooge " lives in Springfield yet. He has made some money by the industry and enterprise of others, and by the Shylockian system of cent-per-cent ; but he does not enjoy his gains, or permit others to, and in a few years will die aud make no sign, and be buried *' unwept, unhonored, and unsung." Vex not his ghost.

The building of the Memphis road, as the Kansas City, Fort Scott, & Gulf Railroad is called, especially its completion through from Kansas City to Springfield, was the beginning of a new era of prosperity in the history of Springfield. The extension of the branch of the *' Frisco" road from North Springfield to Ozark, and thence southward into Arkansas, promises ultimately important results, but as yet has not begun to bear full fruit. A short history of the building of the Gulf road to Springfield may not be inappropriate.

The idea of a line of railroad from Kansas City to Memphis, via Springfield, is by no means a very recent one. Years ago the feasibility of the project was recognized, aud initiatory steps taken toward the enterprise. It was, from some cause dropped, and not again revived until 1870. A convention was then held in Springfield, as before noted, which was attended by delegates from most of the counties along the proposed route, aud amid the greatest enthusiasm it was resolved to once more undertake the building of so important a line. Col. John M. Richardson, then of our city, was elected president, and Greene county, together with Dade and others, issued bonds in its aid. The amount of the Greene county issue was $400,000. Work was commenced at once, and the road bed constructed from Springfield to Ash Grove, in this county. Considerable grading was also done in Dade county, but at this stage the financial panic of 1873 overtook the work and completely prostrated it. This placed our people in an embarrassing position. Over $200,000 of the $400,000 issue had been sold, and the holders were clamoring for their interest. We had nothing to show for the investment but the twenty miles of road which was rapidly going to ruin. Varied and desperate efibrts were made from time to time by our people to get the enterprise in such a condition that some public benefit could be realized from the investment. In 1875 three public-spirited citizens, Messrs. L. H. Murray, H. E. Havens and another man, purchased of Mr. Richardson all the right, title and interest his company had in the road, with a view of pushing its completion. But they were met with obstacles at every step which were insurmountable, owing to the prejudices toward railroads, and for two years their investment, like that of the county, was so much dead capital.

Opera House, Springfield, Mo

The road - or the proposed road - was at first called the Springfield and Western, but its name changed about as frequently as its fortunes. In the fall of 1877 the spirit of public enterprise, so often the offspring of desperate necessity, again strove with the people and they determined to resurrect the sleeping Springfield and Western, and give Messrs. Murray, Shepherd, and Havens an opportunity to build their road. The matter wns agitated, meetings were held all over the county, and subscription boojis opened. In a short time the sum of $35,000 was secured, the subscribers receiving for their money transportation certificates - dollar for dollar. The contract was at once let to Ash Grove, and in the spring of 1878 tlie cars began to run between that place and Springfieki. In 1881, under a new management, the present, the line was completed between Springfield and Kansas City.

Immediately after the Kansas City connection had been made, property of all sorts, and especially realty, in Springfield advanced rapidl}^ and considerably, increasing in value in one year from 50 to 200 per cent, and now (in March, 1883,) is still advancing. Buildings of every valuable kind are going up all over the unoccupied portions of town, and there is not, and has not been for months, a vacant house in the city. Just now, it may be well to state for the benefit of some future historian, that the early completion to Springfield of a branch of the Chicago and Alton railroad system is confidently looked for. What the future of the city will be of course can only be conjectured, but it is now certainly promising enough to satisfy the most sanguine and hopeful.

The Arkansas Trade

What is known as the " Arkansas Trade," has been, and with proper attention, always will be, an item of importance to the merchants of Springfield. This territory embraces the leading towns and cross-roads, places of business in Northwestern Arkansas this side, and even beyond, the Boston mountains. It amounts to over a million dollars per annum, and is beingyearly increased, the venturesome missionaries of our wholesale houses constantly spying out new fields of operations within the borders of much abused " Rackensack," It is largely from this country that the enormous quantities of cotten, hides, furs, and peltries, which form so important a part in our exports, are received. This trade is nursed carefully; and so long as our merchants manifest their present enterprise in catering to the wants of Northern Arkansas, it will be retained.

The completion of the Ozark branch of the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad to Harrison, Arkansas, certain of accomplishment in the near future, will greatly facilitate trade and communication between the merchants of Northern Arkansas and those of Springfield. This line of railway will open up a large section of country tributary to Springfield, and not only give it communication with the outer world, but assist largelj' in its development, now in a very imperfect state. At present a great deal of the commerce between the sections is carried on by the primitive method of wagoning. From far down in Arkansas, in Boone, Carroll, Marion, and other counties, daily come into Springfield teams hauling cotton, furs, hides, etc., to this market, returning soon afterward, commonly with loads of merchandise for the Arkansas retail dealers. The cotton haulers are numerous, and a class sui generis. With any sort of a team, a horse and a mule, an ass and a horse, in viohition of the Pentateuch, these Rackensack teamsters make a vocation of hauling cotton to Springfield, and follow it for many months in the year. Two bales is an average cargo per wagon. The round trip sometimes occupies ten days. Often the teamsters travel in caravans. They camp out every night, even in the coldest weather, and are unlettered, uncouth, and unrefined, but jolly, generous hearted, and honest.

In 1876 the population of Springfield was 5,653, divided as follows : Whites, 4,452; colored, 1,201. The population of North Springfield was 1,038 - whites, 1,005 ; colored, 33.

In July, 1877, the residence of Henry Matlock, on North Campbell street, was burned ; loss, $2,000. In October a little son of J. G. Willeke was accidentally scalded to death.

In the fall and winter of 1877 great interest was manifested in Springfield in the science, or subject, or wiiatever it may be, of the spiritualism, or the spirit philosophy. Numerous meetings were held, and numbers of prominent citizens became spiritualists. A "liberal society," with many members, was formed, and held regular meetings. Lectures were delivered by Mrs. Nettie Pease Fox, who was regarded as the leader of the believers in the harmonial philosophy. A magazine, called The Spiritual Ofering^ was established this year, with an office at 215 South street. Mrs. Fox was the editress of the Of'ering, which publication was short-lived, as was the " liberal society," as a society. Mrs. Fox left Springfield a fewyears later. Her husband, " Mr. Nettie Pease Fox," as he was sometimes called, was also a spiritualist. Furthermore, he is remembered as a borrower of money, but not a prompt payer at all times. Later in 1877 Prof. W. F. Jamieson lectured for the spiritualists and Liberals.

In January, 1878, the Patriot newspaper issued a daily morning edition. The paper was a folio, with five columns to the page, and and contained telegraphic news, markets, etc. It was not a longlived journal, failing to receive sufficient support. The paper was ahead of the times.

February 26, began a discussion between Prof. W. F. Jamieson, spiritualist and " Liberal," and Elder W. R. Cunningham, of the Christian church, on the subject of spiritualism. The debate lasted for some days, and attracted considerable attention.

August 21, a terrible storm of wind and rain visited the city, demolishing buildings, prostrating orchards, shade trees, etc. Keet, Rountree & Co.'s two-story building was unroofed and torrents of water poured in on the goods with which the building was well filled. The M. E. church was injured. The cotton mill was damaged to the extent of $1,500. A building in the rear of the post-office was utterly demolished. A shoemaker's family had just moved in, but all escaped uninjured.

Census Report Of Springfield For 1878 The Mrs. Thompson Tragedy

On the evening of May 29, 1878, a fearful tragedy occurred in Springfield, which horrified the citizens at the time, and must ever be remembered with a shudder. The locality where the terrible event occurred, was the residence of W. H. Lawson, Esq., on East Walnut street, between South and Jefferson streets, and the actors were Mrs. F. M, Thompson and Miss Nettie Thompson, mother and sister of Mrs. Lawson.

Mrs. Thompson out her unmarried daughter's throat, and then committed suicide. The ahirm was given and a number of citizens repaired to the scene. Those who first arrived say that when tiiey entered the room one woman was lying on the bed in a pool of blood, and the other on the floor, each with her throat cut almost from ear to ear, and the blood still spurting from the ghastly wounds. The coroner and jury unite in asserting that it was altogether the most horrible sight ever presented to their eyes.

Before the coroner's jury, Mr. W. C. Holland testified that he was going home, passing Dr. Clements' house, between half-past ten and eleven o'clock, when he heard the door-bell rino;inor at the scene of the tragedy, and going on, saw Mrs. Lawson standing on the steps of her house. She asked him to come in, when he inquired what was the matter, but she replied she could not tell him. He thought possibly that burglars were in the house, and hesitated for a moment, when Dr. Clements arrived, and the two went in together. .Going into the parlor, Mrs. Lawson said that her mother had killed Nettie and then herself. The first intimation which Mrs. Lawson had had of the tragedy was hearing a strange gurgling noise, and the fall of a body on the floor. She thought it was her children ; calling to them, and finding them all right, she went into her mother's room and found her and her sister, with their throats cut.

Dr. Clements testified that about six weeks previous he was called to see Mrs. Thompson, and learned that at times she could not sleep. She was an oldish-like lady, being something near fifty years of age, and at times was very nervous. He had seen her every day after that up to the time of the tragedy, two weeks prior to which she had another attack of melancholy, but had been better and eaten heartily. The day before her suicide the doctor saw her, and she seemed cheerful, talking and laughing as lively as a young girl. At near eleven o'clock he was called in by Mrs. Lawson, and found Nettie Thompson on the bed and Mrs. Thompson on the floor near the bed, in the terrible condition before described. Other witnesses testified to the same effect. The jury rendered their verdict in accordance with the above facts, further finding that the act was committed by Mrs. F. M. Thompson while laboring under temporary insanity, induced by recent sickness.

The instrument with which the deed was done was an old, dull and rusty razor, which one of the children had found in the cellar a few days before. The razor was found on the bed, seeming to have been thrown or dropped there by Mrs. Thompson. Some of the young lady's garments, lying in a chair near the bed, were marked with bloody streaks, showing that the razor had been wiped off before it was used the second time.

Miss Nettie Thompson was aged about sixteen, and was a young lady of much promise. The three ladies, with the children of Mrs. Lawson, were living alone in the house, Mr. W. H. Lawson being in St. Louis, where he is employed in business.

November 1, the first number of the Daily Extra, an evening paper, was issued by Renshaw & Ingram, who are still (1883) the publishers. At first the Extra was a folio sheet, containing but five columns of matter to the page. It has been enlarged to a seven-column paper. From the start, the Extra has been Republican in politics, but has many readers and admirers among those of opposite politics.

At the city election this year, M. J. Rountree was chosen mayor ; G. D. Emery, marshal ; Z. M. Rountree, recorder; R. L. Goode, attorney: all Democrats. The Republicans elected H. D. Brown, clerk; J. W. McCoUah, treasurer; Isaac Wunder, assessor. Four tickets were in the field - Democratic, Republican, Greenback and Temperance. The latter received 100 votes.

The National Cemetery

R. C. Taylor ; the next,, the present, Capt. Peter McKenna. The total number of interments is 1,564, of which 848 are known, and 716 are unknown. The total includes 30 Union citizens.

The Public Schools

The public schools of Springfield were not efficiently organized until April 24, 1867. James Baker was the first president of the school board, and D. L. Gorton, the first superintendent. In 1869, J. H. Nixon was superintendent; succeeding Nixon were B. F. Newland, in 1872-3; C. W. Hutchinson, in 1873-4: Jonathan Fairbanks, in 1874-5-6 ; R. L. Goode in 187- ; J. Fairbanks, in 1878 to - . The main school building was erected in 1869. The site, corner of Jefierson and Olive, was purchased for $2,000. The colored school building was completed in the spring of 1872, at a cost of $4,867. In 1868, the high school was taught in the Mathias building, with 68 pupils ; the primary in Phelps' hall, with 204 })upils ; total white pupils, 272. The colored school was taught in the African M. E. church, with 48 pupils. Present nunibei-, about 2,000.

From the conference held at McKendre's chapel. Cape Girardeau county, Missouri, beginning September 15, 1831, Rev. J. H. Slavens, who, after two years on trial as a minister, had been received into the conference, was appointed to what was called the James Fork of \\hite River Mission. Rev. Slavens spent the first Sabbath after conference at Greenville, Wayne county ; the next on the Gasconade river; he reached Springfield about the middle of that week, and stopped with Wm. Fulbright, who lived near the large spring bearing his name, now in the western part of town. The next Sabbath, which was October 10th, he preached in Mr. Fulbright's house, and this was the first sermon ever preached in Greene county. Three weeks thereafter, or on October 31, 1831, Rev. Slavens preached again and organized the first class of members of the M. E. church west of the Gasconade and south of the Osage river. The original members, eight in number, were Mrs. Ruth Fulbright, Isaac Woods and wife, Jane Woods, Bennett Ro])l)erson, Elvira Robberson, Samuel S. Mackay, and Sarah Mackay. (The last named afterward became Mrs. Sarah Mitchell).

Ebenezer, was the first person who made a profession of religion on this mission. Rev. Shivens reported 47 members on his circuit at the close of the year 1831. Of this circuit, take Springfield as a center and Bolivar, Greenfield, James Fork, Hartville and Buffalo as points on its periphery, and some idea may be found of its extent. During: the first decade the mission became a district, with 1,850 members. "Springfield circuit" had 580; but how many there were connected with Springfield cliurcJt cannot now be learned.

Springfield was made a station in 1848. Rev. A. H. Matthis was the first stationed preacher. In 1849 he reported 80 members. The station that year was left "to be supplied." David Ross was the " supply," and in 1850 he reported 87 members. In 1860 Springfield station reported a membership of 207. Then the next year the civil war broke out and the church suffered greatly in every way. Before the close of the conflict. Rev. L. M. Vernon, of the M. E. (Northern Methodist) church took possession of the church building and records and held them both until about the close of the year 18G8, when the building was recovered by its proper owners, but the records were never restored.

As an instance of how the church suffered in loss of membership by the war, it may be stated that in 1870, five years after the close of hostilities, Springfield station reported a membership of only 119 against 207 ten years previously. In 1880 the number of members was 226. At this writing (February, 1883,) the number is 209.

The first house of worship occupied by the Methodists of Springfield was built in the spring of 1832, only a short time after the organization of the first class, and stood about one mile east of the public square, near a large spring. It was a log house, with a puncheon floor, and furnished Avith slab benches, and a very plain pulpit. William Fulln-ight was the architect and contractor and built the house complete for $18. It was named and known as the Kickapoo Meeting House. As the land on which it stood had not yet been put on the market by the government, the site was never deeded to the church. The first quarterly conference of which there was any record was held in this meeting house, April 27, 1833. Rev. Jesse Green was presiding elder; James McMahan, P. C. ; Rev. J. H. Slavens secretary. The minutes of the conference 1831-2 (if any conferences were held) were never recorded.

The present church building, a substantial brick, was built in 1858, and stands on the southwest corner of Walnut and South streets. Its present value is estimated at $10,000. During the war this church was used for a variety of military purposes, being occupied at different times as a hospital, a commissary store house, a barracks, and an arsenal. At one time it was well nigh filled with shot and shell and ordinance stores of all sorts. At the time of Gen. Marmaduke's attack on the city, January 8, 1863, the building was cannonaded by Collins' battery of Shelby's brigade. Three or four cannon shot struck the south walls ; the indentations are yet plain to be seen. Other shots passed through the roof.

Christ Church, Episcopal

This church was organized in the spring of 1859, Rev. T. I. Holcomb, who was formerly assistant in Christ's church, St. Louis, being the first minister. The original members were : Mrs. Wade H. Burden, a pioneer church woman ; Mr. J. A. Stephens, the first senior warden ; Mr. H. B. Farmer, first junior warden ; Miss Laura J. Berry,

1 Dr. Slavens was received on trial in 1829, into full connection in 1831, and located in 1835. He was a practicing physician in Greene county for many years. On his way to James' Fork of White River Mission, in 1831, he overtook some movers at noon one day. He alighted and took lunch with them. The family settled near where Springfield now is, some of whom were present when he organized the class and one of whom became his wife. They were married the next summer and Brother Slavens had to go to Cooper county to get a preacher to marry them.

first udult baptized ; Miss Sue Ware, baptized by immersion in Fnlbright's spring ; Mrs. Dixon, a lineal descendant of John Rogers, the martyr ; Mr. Royal Greaves, Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Steele, Mrs. Sanford Peck. The following were additional members prior to the war : Lieut. Cregho, Dr. Cecil, Mrs. Wm. Simpson, Miss Mollie Fairchild and Miss Fannie Goft'. Mr. Holcomb first came to Springfield, at the request of Mrs. Burden, to baptize her infant daughter, and Miss Nellie Burden was therefore the first person baptized into this church in Springfield. During Mr. Holcomb's first visit here he also baptized several others, members of some of the leading families of the place. The baptisms were performed in the Presbyterian church, and for some time after that the services of the church were held in Temperance Hall, which stood on the east side of the public square. After that, services were held on alternate Sundays in the Baptist church. Mr. Holcomb remained in charge until the spring of 1861, when he was called to the charge of St. Paul's church in Cincinnati, which he accepted for three months, hoping while there to obtain aid for the construction of the new church which the society contemplated ereetinof here. The war comins^ on about this time, Mr. Holcomb did not return, and the project of building was postponed. This society had services occasionally during the time of the war, among which was one extraordinary service, conducted in the Baptist church by a Confederate oflScer, a layman, who read the Episcopal church service and then called upon Col. Mitchell, a Methodist minister, to close with prayer, which he did with a great deal of earnestness,, including a lengthy exhortation to the congregation. About the year 1868, under the efibrts of Rev. Wm. Charles, the erection of the present church, on the corner of East Walnut and Kimbrough streets, Avas commenced, but it was not completed and consecrated until New Year's eve, 1870. The consecration services were conducted by the Rev. C. T. Robertson, LL. D. The church was at this time under the care of Rev. J. H. Waterman, by whose eff'orts the house was completed and cleared of debt. This church has always been celebrated for its excellent music, having always maintained a good choir. The first regular quartette choir was organized by Mrs. Burden, before mentioned, and consisted of Miss Jennie Stephens, soprano ; Miss Fannie Stephens, alto ; Wm. Stephens, tenor, and Geo. M. Sawyer, bass, with Miss Annie Stephens, organist. Among those who have officiated as organists were Miss Nellie M. Madison, Mrs. James Smith and Miss Clem Culbertson. The present membership is eighty.

The rectors who have served this church have been Rev. T. I. Holcomb, Rev. C. Nash, Wm. Charles, J. H. Waterman, Timothy O'Connell, Frank B. Gilbert, T. W. Mitchell, T. F. C. James, Octavius Parker and Wm. Page Case. The parish aid society, now called Parish Guild, was organized in 1867, and has been in active operation up to the present time, with the exception of a few months. This band of ladies has been very successful in raising money for church purposes.

The First Cumberland Presbyterian Church Of Springfield

" Ozark Presbytery of the C. P. Church, in session on the 4th of April, 1844, at Ponime de Terre camp ground, in Polk county. Mo. On petition: - Resolved, that a new congregation be organized in Springfield, to be known and called Springfield Congregation of the C. P. church, bounds to be Springfield and its vicinity, and Revs. J. Carthel and T. M. Johnson attend the organization of said cou^regation." This resolution was carried out, and on the 19th of May, 1844, the following named persons, many of whom are dead, signed the constitution, and thus became an organization : - John S. Bigbee, C. B. Holland, Enialine H. Holland, and "Leah," a black woman, S. B. Allen, H. Snow, S. H. Owens, A. Younger, Richard Younger, J. T. Morton, John S. Kimbrough, Mary Hackney, Katharine Kimbrough, Jane N. Younger, Lucinda Morton, Susan Julian, and a few other names by transfer. H. Snow, C. B. Holland, and S. B. Allen were elected ruling elders of the congregation, and S. B. Allen was at once made clerk of the session. This duty he faithfully performed until his death in July, 1847. C. B. Holland was then chosen clerk of the session, and has been performing the duties of this office for thirty-six 3'ears. For some years the congregation had no house of worship. In the year 1859 they began to erect the present brick, but the war came on and the congregation was disbanded, and the work on the house ceased. The house was used during the war by the Federal army and somewhat damaged. In 1868 the congregation was reorganized, the house completed, and in 1869 it was dedicated, the Rev. J. B. Logan officiating. The following are the ministers who have at different times had charge of the church : -