Columbia Township (part 2 of 7)

Francis Marion Johnson

Francis M. Johnson is the son of Samuel and Margaret Johnson ; he was born in Boone county, Missouri, June 8, 1834, on the old homestead settled and owned by his father, one mile north of where the subject of this sketch now lives. The old house is still standing on the Hinkson. Mr. Johnson was raised and educated in Boone county ; he was first married in May, 1858, his wife dying in the month of January following. March 22, 1864, he was again married, this time to Miss Bettie, daughter of Thomas and Margaret (Stewart) Cox. By this marriage they had eight children - two sons and six daughters : Maggie, born January 10, 1866 ; Mary E., born June 12, 1867 ; William T., born May 29, 1869; Frank L., born November 13, 1872; Minnie D., born April 26, 1875 ; Mattie E., born April 8, 1877 ; Amelia B., born February 5, 1879, and Bertha G., born January 17, 1882. Mr. Johnson spent one year in California, returning to Boone county in 1850 ; farmed for two years, then erected a saw-mill, devoting four years to this business ; then, in partnership with a man named Parker, bought a herd of 1,400 sheep, which they took to Texas, Eeturning, he formed a partnership with Mr. Hickman for building and operating a steam grist mill near Stephens station ; was connected with this business for five years. In 1870 he traded his interest in the mill and a farm near Stephens station to Kobert Smith for the farm which he (Mr. Johnson) now occupies, consisting of 370 acres, three miles northeast of Columbia, on the Mexico and Columbia road. There is a fine coal mine on this place, the vein being three and one-half feet in thickness, and of excellent quality. The farm is mostly in grass, and is well adapted to stock raising. Mr. Johnson is a inember of the Christian church at Antioch. Mr. Johnson's father came to Boone county in 1824 ; he was a native of Scott county, Kentucky ; he died in 1868, and is buried at the old Hinkson Baptist church. Mrs. Johnson died in 1835 - about one year after the birth of Francis M. - and was buried at the same place.

Alfred Keene

was a native of Maryland, and was born and raised near Wasliington City. He once owned part of the land now incorporated within the city limits of the national capital. He was a bricklayer by trade, and worked at the business many years before coming to Missouri. After emigrating to Boone county he continued to work at the trade for several years. He built the Presbyterian church in CoJumVjia. He died at the age of seventy-six years, and is buried on the grounds of the old Hinkson church, now owned by F. M. Johnson. The subject of this sketch was born January 21, 1817, at Georgetown, Kentucky ; he came to Boone county with his parents in the fall of 182(3 ; he never went to school a day in his life. Having learned the trade of bricklaying from his father, and being a good workman, he found no difficulty in procuring employment ; he was engaged to work on the State University, and helped to lay the front wall of that building ; he also built the first brick house ever erected in the town of Rocheport. He assisted in building the Fulton Asylum ; he also built the president's mansion at Columbia, and superintended the work on the new public school building. He has been a bricklayer for fifty years. In 1837 Mr. Keene enlisted in the Florida war under Capt. Ellis, serving one j^ear. He was married February 8, 1844, to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel and Jane (Johnson) Hannah. By this marriage they have h'ad four sons and two daughters. Their names^ are : James H., born March 3, 1845 ; George W., born September 2, 1846 ; Amanda, born September 26, 1848, died March 6, 1849 ; Elizabeth, born February 1, 1850, died February 6, 1850; Robert, born May 13, 1853, died February 23, 1860 ; Thomas, born July 24, 1856. Since 1850 Mr. Keene has followed farming: in addition to workino- at his trade. He owns a small farm of sixty-one acres, five miles north of Columbia, on the Paris road.

The subject of this sketch is a gentleman of fine culture, being a thorough graduate of the Missouri State University. He is a native of Howard county, Missouri, the son of Jacob and Permelia Kurtz. Was born February 17th, 1837. Mr Kurtz's life-struggle stamps him a man of superior worth. With few natural advantages, and little or no assistance, he marked out for himself, while yet a mere boy, a course of life which comprehended a thorough classical education, and in his case, to will, was to accomplish all that he aspired to. Mastering all the studies taught in the district schools, he came to Columbia and entered the University in 1859. At the close of the session of 1860, Mr. Kurtz returned to Howard county and taught school for one year. He next went to Dover, Lafayette county, Missouri, vrhere he taught for oue session . He returned to the State University and resnmed his studies during the session ot 1862. The war had by this time almost broken up the schools of the county and Mr. Kurtz, finding nothing to do in his line, left the country, going first to Chicago and thence to Canada. While in Canada, he went to school and taught in the public schools of that province. At the close of the war he returned to Missouri and resumed his studies at the University, where he graduated in 1866, after which he was tutor of Latin for one year. In 1872 he was made first assistant in the normal department of the University. At the close of this session, he went to Montgomery City, Missouri, where he took charge of the college. When he entered upon his duties there were but thirty-six students in attendance. At the end of six years, when Mr. Kurtz retired from the institution, there were 350. In 1878, Mr. Kurtz came to Columbia and engaged in the grocery business. Having been chosen principal of the Rocheport academy, he sold out his business in Columbia and took charge of that school. He remained in Rocheport until March 1st, 1881, when he bought the farm known as " Greenwood," two miles northeast of Columbia, where he now resides. Professor Kurtz was married December 23d, 186'8, to Sarah L., daughter of Col. F. T. and Myra C. Russell, of Columbia, Missouri. By this union they have six children, four sons and two daughters. Their names are Russell L., Cannie May, D. W. B., Jr., Francis A., Lula May and T. Newton. Prof. Kurtz is a member of the Masonic order, also a member of the Baptist church.

George Thomas Langston

Is the oldest of four children of the late Jacob and Cornelia (Northcutt) Langston, and was born March 1st, 1830, in Bourbon county, Ky. His father moved to Boone county Mo., in 1835 or 1836, and settled on a farm about seven miles northeast of Columbia on the old Columbia and St. Charles road, on Little Cedar creek. George was educated at the country schools in the neighborhood and has always lived upon the old place. In 1861, when the country was arming for the great civil war, he espoused the cause of the South and went out with the old State Guards from Boonville, in Shanks' regiment, Company K. Was in the battles of Lone Jack and Independence.

Being sent by Col. Thompson to g-ather up recruits that were in hiding in the brush in the vicinity of his father's farm, he was captured by Col. Frank Russell and Captain Williams and taken to St. Louis and confined in prison for ten months, when he was tried as a spy and sentenced to be shot. Was under sentence of death for three months. He was granted a new trial and was tried by a military commissfon and sentenced to the military prison at Alton, 111., at hard labor. Was released in the fall of 1864, after being in prison over a year. He then came back to the farm and has lived at his present home ever since. His is a good farm, containing 280 acres of good land, well timbered and watered, the Little Cedar running through the place. His father died February 20th, 1851, and his mother December 17th, 1878, at the age of 69. They are buried at Cedar Creek church, Callaway county. Mo. Only himself and brother, James F., are living of the children. Joseph W. was wounded at the battle of Pea Ridge, in 1862, and died from the eflects of the wound. Nancy H., his only sister, died some time since. Our subject, George T., is a Mason, in good standing in the lodge, and is regarded by all as an upright, honest citizen. He deals almost exclusively in stock, only having thirty acres in cultivation for grain, all the rest in grass.

Slater Ensor Lenoir

Mr. Lenoir is a son of Walter R. and Sarah E. (Bouchelle) Lenoir, and was born in Wilkes county. North Carolina, October 27th, 1833. He was brought by his parents to this county (Boone) when scarcely a year old, and here grew to manhood and was educated. He finished his educational career at the State University of Columbia, and soon thereafter, in 1850, made an overland trip "across the plains" to California. He went with a train of ox-teams under charo-e of his brother-in-law. Col. F. D. Russell. He remained in California till January following, and then returned by water, via the Isthmus of Panama, arriving in Boone county, March 15th, 1851. Thirteen years later, April 21st, 1864, Mr. Lenoir was married to Margaret A., daughter of Austin and Lavinia Bradford, of Culpepper county, Virginia. He has always been engaged in farming, and, up until 1877, continued to live on the old homestead settled by his father, three miles northeast of Columbia. At this writiug- he owns and resides on a fine farm of 427 acres, three miles southeast of Columbia, on the gravel road to Ashland. This place is finely improved, with residence, barn and other buildings to correspond. Mr. Lenoir is of a fine old family

Robert Lemon, .Jr

Robert Lemon, the subject of this sketch, is the son of Robert Lemon, Sr., a native of Virginia. The maiden name of his mother was Mary McCown. The elder Lemon was born October 6, 1752, and died July 12, 1848, at the advanced age of ninety-six. His father was a native of Ireland. Robert Lemon, Sr., emigrated to Lexington, Kentucky, in 1792. He was the youngest of nine children, eight sons and one daughter. He served in the revolutionary army, as did four of his brothers. Was under Washington and Lafayette at the surrender of Lord Cornwallis. He came to Boone county in the fall of 1824, bringing with him his wife and a numerous family of children, and settled on 'Coon creek, three and one-half miles northwest of Columbia, where he built a log cabin and commenced farming. He lived on this place till his death, which occurred as before stated. Mr. Lemon was a tailor, and followed the business previous to coming to Missouri. Mrs. Mary (McCowu) Lemon died February 16, 1837, aged sixty-six years. Both the father and mother of Robert, Jr., are buried at the family burying ground on the old homestead, northwest of Columbia, The subject of this sketch was born in Scott county, Kentucky, June 15, 1811. Was educated principally in Kentucky, under the care of Beverly A. Hicks, one of the most noted teachers of Scott county. He completed his education in the common schools of this county. His father settled the old homestead on Coon creek, three and one-half miles northwest of Columbia, in the fall of 1824. January 22, 1838, Robert Lemon, Jr., was married to Miss Amanda, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Baker) Marsh. By this union they had ten children, five sons and five daughtei-s, six of whom are now living. Mrs. Lemon died January 2, 1857. October 12, 1858, he was again married to Mrs. Harriet Price, daughter of John and Ann Riley. Mrs. Price was born in Philadelphia, May, 1810. There are no children by this marriage. From 1840 up to the beginning of the late civil war, Mr. Lemon was quite an extensive mule trader. He furnished the government with a great many mules during the war with Mexico. Has always been a farmer. Lived for many years on the old farm settled by his father, northwest of Columbia. In 1850 moved to the farm he now occupies, one mile west of Columbia, on the Rocheport and Columbia gravel road. He has a good farm of 400 acres, well watered and timbered. Mr. and Mrs. Lemon are mem- bers of the Christian church, at Cokimbia. Mr. Lemon had one son, Robert L., killed in the late war. He was a Confederate soldier, and fell at the battle of Grand Gulf in 1863. Another son. Dr. W. T., is practicing his profession at Ashland, Missouri. His fourth son, William C, is living at home with his parents. Mr. Lemon has in his possession an interesting relic, their old family Bible, published one hundred years ago.

Eli Maes

The subject of this sketch is the son of Samuel and Mary (Baker) Mars. He was born in Franklin county, Kentucky, September 22, 1804, and came with his parents to this county in 1820. They settled three miles north of Columbia, on what is now known as the James Shock farm. Five acres of cleared land and a small log cabin constituted all the improvement then found on the place. Mr. Mars greatly improved the farm, and remained on it until his death, which occurred May 10, 1850. Eli was educated partly in Kentucky, finishing his education in Boone county. He was married January 30, 1845, to Miss Emily Penington, daughter of James and Elizabeth (Hayes) Cowan. By this union they had four children, two sons and two daughters, two of whom are now living, Parton W. S., who is now farming on the Two-mile prairie, and Samuel C , who is living in Arizona Territory. The first wife having died February 20, 1857, Mr. Mars was again married May 26, 1860, to Miss Louisa, daughter of John M. and Mary (Witt) Salmon. By this union there were two children, a son and a daughter, both of whom are dead. Mr. Mars was the sixth of a family of twelve children, six of each sex, of whom he alone is living. Should he live to celebrate his next birthday, he, will be seventy-eight years old. Mr. Mars has followed farming all his life. The farm upon which he is now living is situated one mile west of Columbia, on the Rocheport road. He was one of the original members of the Old Bear Creek church. Mrs. Mars is a member of the Columbia Baptist church. His first wife was a member of Bear Creek congregation. In an early day Mr. Mars and his father used to carry freight in wagons between Columbia and St. Louis. He remembers many incidents connected with the dim past, which, but for the vigorous memories of such old citizens as Mr. Mars, had long since

Col. E. C. More

His father was born in Danville, Kentucky, and died in 1878 at Columbia, Missouri. His mother was born in Arkansas, and died at Little Rock in 1839. They were blessed with two sons. Dr. Livingfield, the elder, died in 1859, and Col. E. C. More alone survives. He was educated mostly in America, but spent several years upon the continent ot Europe at schools and universities. He first went to school at Little Rock, Arkansas, then at St. Louis, and next at ShurtlelF College, Illinois. At the age of fifteen he went to Europe, and went to school at Paris, France, then at Hanover, Germany, and at Cadiz, Spain. In 1856 he returned to America, and entered the junior class at Yale Colleo-e and graduated in 1858. He studied law at home for a short time, then entered the law school at Lebanon, Tennessee, and graduated from that institution in 1861. He next went to St. Louis and entered the law office of Lackland, Cline & Jamison. In the spring of 1865 he went to Helena, Montana, and entered regularly into the practice of the law, in partnership with Col. Aleck M. Woolfolk. In 1866 he took quite an extensive trip through Oregon and California, and after traveling some time in Central America, returned to Missouri, and settled down permanently at Columbia, Boone county. He practiced law three or four years at the Columbia bar but finally abandoned it entirely for farming, which occupation he has followed up to the present. His is a very large farm adjoining the city limits He has a beautiful place, decorated in and with everything that cultivation, refinement and wealth could suo^o-est. His farm is stocked with thoroughbred cattle and sheep as well as the best graded horses, hogs, etc. He has been president of the State Board of Agriculture and for several years of the Boone County Fair Association. His residence is one and one-half miles north of Columbia. He has been twice married, the last time to Elizabeth, daughter of Judge Logan Hunton of St. Louis county. The Colonel takes an active part in politics, being unanimously chosen as Boone's choice for congress in 1882. He enjoys the confidence of those who know him, and is a polished, thorough gentleman, dispensing hospitality at his elegant home in the true Southern manner. His residence has all the appointments that true elegance and cultivated tastes can suggest, and he, his wife and his home are always pleasantly remembered b}^ those that enjoy their acquaintance. , county, Kentucky, August 1, 1801, and emigrated to Boone county, Missouri in 1818, and settled upon the land noAV owned by Mrs. Stewart. He was educated in his native county in Kentucky, and in his young and vigorous manhood, he learned the carpenter's trade, but never followed the calling after coming to Missouri, as he chose farming as his occupation in his new home in the then far West. In 1820 he married Miss Susan Martinie, daughter of Jonathan and Durrett Martinie. By this union they had eight children, seven boys and one girl. Dr. J. E., Jonathan M., a Baptist minister living in Boone county; Robert L., a lawyer and ex-mayor of Springfield, Illinois ; William D., a lawyer and ex-representative of Grundy county, Missouri; Benjamin F., Hving upon the old homestead with his mother.

and Ann E., deceased. Mr. McGuire died in August, 1873, in his 73d year, and is buried in the old family burial ground at the home place. His wife is still living, in her 77th year, at this date, 1882.

Dr. McGuire is a son of Levi and Susan (Martinie) McGuire and was born March 22, 1826, in Boone county, Missouri, on the farm now owned by Mrs. Sarah Stewart, eight miles east of Columbia, and a mile and a half south of St. Charles road. He lived upon the place until he was about ten years of age when his father bought the place where he is now living and removed his family thereto. He was educated principally in Boone county, beginning at the age of six at Roberts' school house on the gravel road. His teacher there was a man named Beatt3^ Afterwards he went to school at Boonsboro, then on the eastern border of the county. He resided at home with his parents until 1851, when he went to Columbia and studied medicine with Drs. Lee and Spotswood. After reading with them two years, he went to Cincinnati, Ohio, and took two courses of lectures. In 1869-70 he attended Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia. In 1861 he took sides with the South in her struggle against the North, and joined Price's army. He was at the battles of Dry Wood and Lexington. After the fight at Lexington he came back to Boone to recruit and was in all the little engagements in Boone county. In 1864 he went to Kentucky and joined Morgan's command and stayed there until peace was declared and the flao; he loved was forever furled. He besfan the practice of his profession at his old home and has lived there to the present time. He has a fine practice in a good neigfhborhood and is

Thomas C. Mclntire is the son of Thomas and Elsie Mclntire, of Fleming county, Kentucky, where he was born October, 1822. He came to Callaway county, Missouri, in the fall of 1836, and from Callaway to Boone iu 1849. He was educated in the latter county. In the spring of 1850 he was married to Margaret Simmons, whose parents were of Fleming county, Kentucky. By this union they had four children, three girls and one boy. Their names are Eliza C, Margaret A., Mary L., and William. Mrs. Mclntire died in the spring of 1867, and in 1869 he was again married. His second wife was Mary, daughter of William and Lucy Atkinson. By this union they had one son, Albert Gr. Mr. and Mrs. Mclntire are members of the Columbia Presbyterian church. Previous to his marriage Mr. Mclntire taught school in Callaway county, Missouri, and clerked in a store at Mexico for a number of years. He has followed farming and is also largely interested in the nursery business. Since 1867 he has raised on an average about 20,000 apple trees a year. He has sixtyfive acres in orchard and ships a great deal of fruit every year. His farm and nursery of 170 acres is situated on the St. Charles road, two and a half miles east of Columbia. He has a fine vineyard of 600 vines, besides other fruits in the greatest abundance. There is one apple tree on the farm that was planted forty-five years ago. It is still thrifty and bears abundant fruit.

Mr. Pemberton is the son of John and Lucy (Vivion) Pemberton, and was born April 22, 1807, in Clark county, Kentucky. When ho was nine years of age his parents moved to Woodford county, Kentucky. At the age of seventeen he learned the cabinet-maker's trade in Fayette county, same State. In 1826 he came to Boone county, Missouri, and staid one year and then went to Fayette, Howard county, and worked at his trade in the shop of Samuel C. Major. In 1829 he returned to Kentucky and induced his father to come out to the new and growing West. He then settled in Columbia and worked at his trade for two years. He then moved six miles northeast of Columbia, and farmed on a small scale, carrying on his trade at the same time. He lived there about four A'^ears, and then went to Millers- burg, (Jallaway county, Missouri, where he worked exclusively at his trade. In 1838 he bought the farm upon which he is now living, eight and one-half miles east of Columbia, on the Richland road. He has a fine farm of 240 acres, in a high state of cultivation. He married Miss Nancy, daughter of James and Mildred (Cave) Kirtle}^ on the 3d of May, 1832. By this marriage they have nine children, three boys and six girls : Frances, wife of Hiram Phili^js, of Boone county; Anne E., the wife of Wm. Truett, of Callaway county, Missouri; Eveline (deceased); John, a physician, of New Bloomfield, Callaway county, Missouri ; Flora, wife of Frank Wilcox, of Columbia; Rella P., widow of Thomas Lynes, of Boone county; Maggie, wife of Winfield Potts, and two children, a boy and a girl, who died in infancy. His first wife died February 6th, 1855. He married again on the .8th of September, 1870, Mrs. Louisa Shields, the widow of John Shields. Mr. Pemberton is one of Boone's staunch, reliable citizens, and has, by industry and good management, acquired a fair competency, and is revered and respected by all. His parents were from Virginia. His father died in 1838 and his mother in 1845. They were buried in a family burying ground on the Stark ftirm, in Boone county. They were the parents of eleven children, five boys and six girls.

Joseph B. Philips

Mr. Philips is the son of Warner and Catherine (Hutchings) Philips, and was born April 30th, 1826, in Boone county, Missouri, near Stephens' station. His father was born in Virginia, November 24th, 1794, and died in Boone county, Missouri, March 24th, 1881. His mother was born November 5th, 1807, and died August 29th, 1876. They are buried in the family burial ground upon the old homestead. They were blest with eight children, six boys and two girls, only two of whom are now living, Mrs. Ann E. Roberts, of Centralia, and Joseph B., our subject. They settled about eleven miles northeast of Columbia, on the Columbia and Concord road, where Joseph was born. Joseph lived at home with his parents until the spring of 1850. He concluded to join the army of California gold-hunters, and accordingly went to the famous gold fields of that renowned territory. At the end of his fourth year spent in mining in California, he returned to old Boone, and remained with his parents until he married, January 4th, 1857, Miss Virginia, daughter of Walker and Lucinda Walden, of Virginia. By this union they have but one child, Lou Ann, born February 27th, 1859. In the fall of 1859 Mr. Philips moved h\s family to Texas, but only stayed a year, when he once more turned his face toward Missouri. He purchased his father's old homestead, and has lived upon it until the present. Mr. Philips is one of Boone's earliest-born children, and has lived to see some wonderful changes in the affairs of his native county. His farm contains 240 acres of good land, well improved. He is a Mason, and his wife and daughter are members of the Christian church.

James William Phillips

Augustine Phillips, the father of James W., was born in Boone county, May 1st, 1823. He was the son of Hiram and Elizabeth Phillips, both natives of Kentucky, but among the earliest settlers of this county. Augustine Phillips died February 21st, 1876, and is buried at the old Phillips burying ground, in Columbia township. His widow, Maiy Ann (McQuitty) Phillips, is still living on the home farm with her oldest son, James W. She was born July 31st, 1825, She is the daughter of George W. and Elizabeth McQuitty, and was born in Boone county. Her father died about nine years ago, and is buried at Walnut Grove church, near Rocheport. Mrs. McQuitty is still living on her farm, six miles north of Rocheport, at the age of seventy-four, being still in excellent health and able to dispense with her o;lasses in reading or in executing the most difficult needlework. James W. Phillips, the subject of this sketch, is the oldest one living of a family of four children. Elizabeth F. was born January 10th, 1846, and died July loth, 1864. She is buried in the old Phillips burying ground. James William was born April 2d, 1849. He has lived all his life on .the farm where he was born, except two years spent in Henry county, Missouri. Both his brothers are residents of Boone county. John H. was born January 1st, 1855. He married Laura C. Grey. They have two children, Nanny Maud and Minnie May. Jasper A., the youngest of the brothers, was born February 20th, 1857. He was married March 5th, 1876, to Ellen Singleton. They have three children : Virgil, Augustine, Albert Hiram and Ruth. James W. Phillips was married February 26th, 1870, to Miss Jennie Hart. But one child was born of this marriage, Maiy C, who died in infancy. Mrs. Phillips lived but three j^ears after their marriage. Mr. Phillips was married April 13th, 1876, to Miss Rebecca Edwards, of Montrose, Henry county, Missouri. They have three children : George Augustine, William Edwards and Lillie Bell. Mr. Phillips is an active, enterprising farmer and an excel-

Philip Prathek

Philip Prather, son of Thomas and Marj- (Cowan) Prather, was born May 3d, 1834, in Boone county, Missouri. He was raised on his father's farm, now occupied by his brother, James Prather, and was educated at the "Old Bear Creek school house," under the instructions of Judge J. A. Boulton. He was married, December 25th, 1856, to Miss Georgie A., daughter of Maj, James B. and Cynthia (Riley) Nichols. The father-in-law of Mr. Prather was no ordinary man, and deserves more than a passing notice. He was the son of George and Rebecca (Davis) Nichols, and was born in Montgomery county, Kentucky, September 10th, 1796. Came to Boone county, Missouri, in the fall of 1824, settling on the W. C. Robnett farm, on the Two-mile prairie. In 1826 he removed to Columbia. In 1836 he bought the farm where W. H. Robnett lived, finally moving to the William Orear place, five miles north of Columbia, where he remained until the death of his wife in 1867. He was married, in 1818, to Miss Cynthia, daughter of John Riley, of Clark county, Kentucky. They had ten children, of whom eight are now living. John died in California. Mary Osborne, wife of George Osborne, deceased, - who died in the Sandwich Islands, - came back to Missouri and married Dr. John T. Bailey, of Fayette. She is also dead. The living are J. A. Nichols, of Audrain county ; Huldah, wife of R. V. Bailey, deceased, Susan Reed, wife of Frederic Reed, of Columbia, Elizabeth Orear, wife of Joseph B. Orear, of Audrain county ; Caroline, wife of Henr}'^ Brown, deceased, of Boone county ; Fannie, wife of John Crump, of Faj^ette ; Georgie Ann, wife of Philip Prather, of Boone county ; Sarah R., wife of Francis M. Grant, of Columbia. Mr. Nichols was a Master Mason. The subject of this sketch has had four children, one son and three daughters. Lula, born February 21st, 1858, now the wife of B. J. Brown ; Fannie F., born June 13th, 1862 ; Katie B., born October 3d, 1864, died August 14th, 1866 ; Frank Grant, January 24th, 1868. Mr. Prather has always followed farming, and now owns 160 acres of excellent land, situated on the Columbia and Blackfoot rock road. He moved to this place in 1857. The farm is well timbered and watered, and by the energy and industry of Mr. Prather it has been well improved and made as productive as iDossible. There is an excellent coal mine on the land, the vein of which averages nearly three feet in thickness. Mr. Prather has taken out about three thousand bushels of coal annually since the mine was opened. Mr. and Mrs. Prather, and their daughter, Miss Fannie F., are members of the Christian church at Oakland

Samuel Hays Prather

Samuel Hays Prather is the son of Thomas and Mary Elizabeth (Cowan) Prather. He was born in Pulaski county, Kentucky, March 15th, 1824, and came to Callaway county, Missouri, with his parents in 1832. The year following, they moved to Boone county and settled on the farm now owned by William J. Brown, four and one-half miles north of Columbia. They lived on this place one year, when they purchased a farm four miles north of Columbia, on the gravel road, which is now owned and occupied by James C. Prather. The subject of this sketch was educated at the public schools, principally at the Bear Creek school house, under the instructions of Jesse A. Boulton. Mr. Prather was married, April 15th, 1844, to Miss Mary J., daughter of William and Elizabeth (Johnson) Ritchey, natives of Scott county, Kentucky. By this union they have had seven children, four sons and three daughters : William T., born May 20th, 1845, died March 25th, 1857: Mary E., born October 80th, 1848, died March 31st, 1879; Catherine R., born May 26th, 1851; James S., born June 27th, 1854, died in infancy; Margaret S., born August 16th, 1856; Edward, born December 3d, 1859; Charles C, born February 27th, 1863. Mr. Prather bought the farm where he now lives in the spring of 1847. When he took possession, there were but fifteen acres of cleared land and no other improvements. He first built a log cabin, in which he lived while preparing the land for cultivation. The farm consists of 207 acres of excellent laud, now finely improved. The natural advantages of the place can hardly be surpassed. There are a number of excellent springs on the land and plenty of excellent timber. Mr. Prather, his wife and all their children are members of the Christian church. During the war he was drafted to serve in the State militia, but hired a substitute. Mr. Prather' s father was one of the pioneer settlers of the county. He was the ftither of eight children, six sons and two daughters, all of whom are living except one son, John, who died about thirty years ago. Thomas Prather died April 26th, 1840, and is buried on the farm now owned by John M. Keen. Mrs. Prather died April 12tb, 1861, and is buried by the side of her husband. Mr. and Mrs. Prather were both members of the Christian church.

Malcolm G. Quinn

Malcolm Gr. Quinn, assessor of Boone county, was born on Foster's prairie, Kandolph county, Missouri, November 23d, 1844. He is the son of Thomas and Zarelda (Tomlinson) Quinn. He attended the common schools of Howard and Randolph, completing his studies at Mt. Pleasant College, Hunts ville, Missouri, from which institution he graduated. In 1860 he assisted as one of the corps of engineers on the North Missouri railroad. In the spring of 1861 he enlisted as a private in the Confederate army. Thos. G. Lowry, of Randolph county, was his captain. In the regular organization Mr. Quinn was made a sergeant of Company K, 3d Missouri Infantry, 1st Missouri Brigade. He served through the whole of the war. At the battle of Port Gibson, Mississippi, he was shot through the right leg, and was afterwards wounded in the left leg. He participated in the following battles : Elkhorn, Corinth, Vicksburg, Nashville, Franklin and Mobile, surrendering at the last-named place in 1865, his commander being Col. Elijah P. Gates. After the war Mr. Quinn returned to Howard Count}^ Missouri, and went into business at Fray's mill with James Robinson, keeping a store of general merchandise, under the firm name of Quinn & Robinson. He remained in this business about six months, then sold his interest and accepted a jjosition under Maj. George C. Pratt in locating the Columbia and Jefferson City rock road, acting as leveler and division engineer. In 1869 he took charge of the various gravel roads in Boone county. He was afterwards appointed county surveyor, serving in that capacity for two years. He was then elected for four years. Afterwards served as deputy collector under J.C. Gillaspy. In 1878 he was elected assessor, and has held the office ever since. Mr. Quinn is a member of the K. of P., and a director of the Boone County Fair. He was first married November 23d, 1872, to Miss Caroline, daughter of Abram and Nancy (O'Neal) Turner. They had one son and one daughter. The first wife having died July 4th, 1876, he was again married May 3d, 1879, to Miss Katie Turner, sister of his deceased wife. Mr. Quinn owns a nice farm of 220 acres, five miles east of Columbia, on the western border of the Two-mile prairie. Seventy acres of his land is in

John Reed

John Reed is the son of John and Jane (McMurray) Reed, and was born in Washington county, Kentucky, September 4th, 1805- In 1825 he came with his parents to Boone county, Missouri, and settled twelve miles northeast of Columbia on the old St. Charles road. He received his education in the country schools of Kentucky and Boone county, Missouri. In April, 1837 he freighted goods from Columbia to Santa Fe, New Mexico, when crossing the great plains was both a tiresome and dangerous trip. He returned in October, having been gone just seven months, a remarkably quick trip in those davs. He dealt largely in mules for the next few years, and in 1839 made a trip South with quite a drove of those most excellent and often most treacherous work animals, returning in March, 1840.

He is a member of the Methodist church, and is the only member now living of that congregation when he joined. On the 15th of September, 1831, he married Miss Prudence, daughter of Thomas Waller of Union county, Kentucky. He and his faithful bride started immediately for their Missouri home, upon horseback, which they reached in safety. Men and women had stout hearts in those days, and dared all dangers and obstacles for those they loved and for honest success. Their union was blessed with thirteen children, four boys and nine girls. Thomas W., a dentist of Macon City, Mo. ; Mary J., married to Robert Bratton, of Callaway county. Mo. ; John W., a dentist at Mexico, Mo. ; Wm. F., a merchant of Mexico, and a landowner of Audrain county, Missouri; Lucy A., died in 18fi2 ; Laura, married to Dr. Thomas Robinson, of Audrain county ; Lizzie J., married to Madison McMurray, a lawyer of Quincy, Ills. ; Martha, married to John Cravens, of Boone county; James A., drummer for a Chicago house ; Margaret, married to a Mr. Davis, of Mexico, Mo. ; Ella P., married to Robert Chappell, of Audrain county, Mo. Mr. Reed's father died in 1849, and his mother in 1835. They are buried near the head of Cedar Creek, in a family burial ground. They had nine children, and our subject, John Reed, is the youngest and only one living. He is seventy-seven years of age, and retains his faculties splendidly. His memory, as to dates of important events, is perfectly reliable and trustworthy. He has lived continuously since 1825 within a mile and a half of his present home.

The subject of this biography is one of the most prominent agriculturalists in Boone county. He has, perhaps, not so much capital invested as some who are similarly engaged, but few, if any, get larger returns for the amount of capital and labor involved. His home place, situated eight miles east of the Columbia and Cedar creek igravel road, contains 900 acres of finely improved land. He is prepared for wintering from two to three hundred head of cattle. His barn is probably the best building of the kind in the county. It contains one hundred stalls, arranged either for horses or cattle. Besides this farm, Mr. Robnett owns in other parts of the county 700 acres of land, making in all 1,600 acres. He also has a i fine sheep ranche near Pueblo, Colorado. He is largely interested in thoroughbred stock, especially short horn cattle and Cots wold sheep. P. H. Robnett is the son of David and Margaret Hunt Robnett, of Kentucky, and was born in Bourbon county, September 10th, 1824. He was brought to Missouri in 1825. Attended school at Little Cedar creek school house, finishing his studies at the Bonne Femme Academy. He was married January 24th, 1865, to Sallie, daughter of Jacob and Winifred Sims. They have five children, all girls. Mr. Robnett is a member of the Masonic order at Millersburg. He was director and paymaster of the Columbia and Cedar Creek rock road company while the turnpike was in course of building, and is at this writing president of the road.

Alexander C. Robinson

Alexander C. Robinson, is a son of John M. and Lucian (Butler) Robinson, and was born January 8th, 1821, in Bourbon countv, Kentucky. His father was born in South Carolina, February 14th, 1800, and came with his parents to Kentucky when quite young. He came to Howard county, Missouri, in the fall of 1821, and lived for a short time near Old Franklin, and afterwards removed to Boone county. He died October 12th, 1862, and is buried at Ashland church in Howard county, Missouri. Mrs. Robinson, the wife of John M., was born January 10, 1802, in Davidson county, Tennessee ; she also went to Kentucky when a child. They had ten children, five boys and five girls ; Alexander C, our subject, being the second. In 1841, Alexander went to school at the Robnett school house for one year. In the fall of 1844 he, like all young men, concluded to see more of the world, and according!}^ set out for Louisiana, where he remained for some time in the interior of the State, and then to New Orleans. From New Orleans he went to Nashville, Tennessee, where he was employed as a guard of the State prison until the spring of 1847, when he came back to Boone county, and has remained here ever since. In 1852 he moved to the northern portion of the count3% where he lived for about twelve years. In February, 1864, he moved out upon the Two-mile prairie, and lived there five years. In 1869 he moved upon the farm where he is now living, a farm of one hundred and sixty acre, ten and one-half miles northeast of Columbia. December 19th, 1850, he married Miss Mary J., daughter of John O., and Jemima (Conley) White. By this union they have had nine children, three girls and six boys. John D. E. W. is now with White, Barron & Co., of Centralia ; James W., of Stephens' Store, Callaway count}^ Missouri, general merchandise; Thomas 0., who is of the firm of Loeb, Cook & Co., grocery store, Columbia; Wm. B., who is also at Stephens' Store; Alexander (deceased), Lucy J., Isaac N., Annie M. and Mattie. Mr. and Mrs. Robinson are members of the Christian church, and are considered by all as worthy of all confidence in their social and business relations.

David Hurst Shock, Deceased

The subject of this sketch was one of the hardy pioneers, of the county, though he was not among the first comers. Mr. Shock, was the son of John and Mary Shock, and was born in Fayette county, Kentucky, October 8th, 1800. He came to Howard county, Missouri, in 1820, and to Boone county, in the spring of 1822. He was married August 7th, 1823, to Miss Cynthia, daughter of Martin Gibson. Thirteen children, eight boys and five girls, were born of this union, named: John M., James H., Hawkins G., William T., David H.,^ George W., Robert L., Walter C, Zerelda A., Martha E., Rebecca, Mary C. and Laura A. Mr. Shock settled in 1825 on the farm occupied at this writing by his widow and two sons, David H. and William T. His death occured March 18, 1880. He was deacon of the Old Rocky Fork Baptist church for many years, and raised a large and exemplary family. Only one - Mary C. - of these children has died up to this time. All the sons reside in Boone county, but one - Hawkins - who lives in Oregon. Mrs. Shock is a member of the church of which her husband was so long deacon, she having been a communicant of that congregation about 44 years.

James Hurst Shock

Is a son of David H. Shock, deceased, and was born in this county, November 28, 1827. His education was received in his native county, where he grew up and was married, September 1st, 1853, to Miss Susan A., daughter, of John H,, and Catherine Keith. Four children, two sons and two daughters were born of this marriage, named : Willard C, Mary C, Emma P. and James W. His first wife died in 1873, and Mr. Shock was again married to Miss Martlia A. Bradley, daughter of James and Zerelda (Gibson)' Bradley. By this union they have three boys - Roy, Guy and Frank. Mr. Shock has always been a farmer. He owns a good farm of 160 acres on the Columbia and "Blackfoot " gravel road, three miles north of the county seat. Mrs. Shock belongs to the Missionary Baptist church, ^nd is a consistent Christian.

Solomon Shobe

Is a son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Parsons) Shobe, and was born April 16, 1828, at Loutre Island, Warren county, Missouri. He received a common-school education at the log school house upon the island. His father died September 14, 1845. In 1846 he, in company with his mother, two brothers, and a sister, was crossing the Missouri river at Loutre Island in a skiflT, when they ran upon a snag and upset, drowning his mother and his two brothers, Abraham and John D. Caroline V. drifted down the river about three miles and was rescued by a ferryman. Solomon lived upon the old home place in Warren county until 1856, when he started for Boone county in a one-horse wagon, with his wife and a faithful negro woman. He settled upon a piece of land containing one hundred and sixty acres, which he had bought the fall previous. In 1867 he purchased another 160-acre tract adjoining, and now his is considered one of the best farms on Two-mile prairie ; his improvements are all new and substantial. In 1876 he built a good two-story house, and in 1877 built quite a large barn. He deals mostly in cattle, feeding about fifty head for market every winter. Mr. Shobe was married December 18, 1855, to Miss Susan H., daughter of Larkin Callaway, of Warren county, Missouri. By this union they have four children - two l)oys and two girls, Larkin D., George R., Annie B. and Mary V. His wife died January 14, 1881, and is buried at Prairie Grove church. Mr. Shobe is a Mason in o-ood standing.

Samuel Brown Spence

Samuel B. Spence, son of Andrew and Rebecca (Lemon) Spence^ was born in Scott county, Kentucky, May 22, 1819 ; he came to Boone county in the fall of 1824 with his father, and wintered in Columbia,^ in a small log house on the ground now occupied by J. P. Horner's lumber yard. The spring following his father moved to Jefferson Garth's farm, close to Columbia, and stayed there one year; he then bought a farm three and a half miles north of Columbia, on the old Paris road. The subject of this sketch was educated at the common schools pf the neighborhood, his principal instructor being Joseph Carpenter. He was married November 2, 1852, to Miss Margaret E., daughter of William and Elizabeth (Johnson) Ritchey. By this marriage they had four children - three sons and one daughter : Andrew R., born August 15, 1855; Robert S., born October 4, 1858; James A., born November 10, 1860; Mary C, born March 19,, 1864. His first wife having died September 13, 1867, he was again married, January 13, 1871. The second wife was Ann M., daughter of Marcus P. and Sarah G. (Smith) Wills, formerly of Kentucky. Mr. Wills was one of the first pastors of *' Old Bear Creek church." Mr. Spence bought the old Samuel Crockett farm, eight miles northeast of Columbia, on the old Crockett road. This place was somewhat noted in the early history of the county as being the great campmeeting ground. The place was then called Mount Moriah. The farm contains 240 acres of very good land, well watered and timbered and nicely improved. In early life Mr. Spence worked at the tanner's trade with hjs father, on the old home place, three and one-half miles^ north of Columbia. From 1848 to 1850 Mr. Spence was extensively engaged in the mule trade, buying in Missouri and selling in the Louisiana and Texas markets. In 1864, having previously bought hi& father's old farm, three and one-half miles north of Columbia, he removed to that place, remaining there about seven years. Not liking the change, he came back to his former home on the Crockett road, eight miles northeast of Columbia, where he now lives. In January, 1853, he had the misfortune to break his leg, and was a cripple for about a year, being unable to get about. Andrew Spence,. father of Samuel B., was born in 1790. He married Rebecca Lemon, of Scott county, Kentucky, sister of Robert Lemon, of Boone county. They had eight children - six sons and two daughters: John L., (deceased), Mary A., Margaret E., Robert M. (deceased), William

E., Joseph A., James F., and Alexander P. Andrew Spence is buried on the old farm settled by him. Mrs. Spence is buried by the side of her husband. Mr. Spence owned and operated one among* the first tanyards ever established in this county. Samuel B. Spence and all his family are members of the Christian church ; he is also a member of the Patrons of Husbandry. He is a useful citizen and a clever neighbor, honored and esteemed by all who know him.

Zephaniah Spiers

Zephaniah Spiers is the son of Samuel and Nancy (Logan) Spiers, and was born May 8, 1822, in Fayette county, Kentucky. His father was a native of Maryland, and died in Boone county, August 9, 1843. His mother died November 20, 1859. They are buried in the family burying ground, upon the old homestead. They were both members of the Christian church. Zephaniah was educated in Kentucky and in Boone county, Missouri, in the country schools. He came to Boone in 1830 with his father, who bought the place upon which his son is now living. It is ten miles east of Columbia, on "Spiers' road." The farm contains 260 acres of good land. He went to California in 1850, and returned in the fall of 1851, believing that there is no place like Missouri. While in California he Avorked in the gold-diggings, but his heart turned back to the land of peace and plenty. He moved to Audrain county in 1856, but returned to Boone and bought the old homestead settled by his father in 1830, and is now living upon it. He was married August 1, 1849, to Miss Lucy A., daughter of Colonel Walker and Lucinda (Walden) Allen. They have had five children - three boys and two girls: Z. M. (deceased), Maud A. (deceased), Lucinda N. (deceased), Samuel W. (deceased), and William H., now living at home with his father. Mr. Spiers is the first of a family of eight children, but two of whom are now living - Zerelda and our subject. Mrs. Spiers died July 30, 1866, and is buried in Callaway county, Missouri. She was a member of the Christian church. Mr. Spiers is also a member of the same denomination. He was captured during the war, taken to Mexico, Missouri, and thence to St. Louis, from there to Alton, Illinois. He was in prison at the latter place about six months. He is regarded as one of the best citizens of Boone county - a warm-hearted, hospitable gentleman.

28th, 1841. His parents, Newman B. and Percilla Thornton Stark, were natives of the " Old Dominion," emigrating from Stafford county, Virginia, to Boone county in the fall of 1828. Newman Stark, Jr., was born and raised on the farm now owned by Wm. McDonald, nine miles southeast of Columbia. He was partly educated at the common schools, finishing his studies at the State University. He is a practical farmer and deals largely in live stock. Few men have been more successful in this line of business than Newman Stark. He pays liberal prices and is fair in his dealings. Such business men are needed in every farming and stock raising community. By furnishing his neighbors with a home market for their surplus stock, Mr. Stark has been of much service to the community in which he lives. He owns 840 acres of land which is well adapted to the business he is engaged in and it is utilized to the best advantage.

Alexander F. Stephens

The subject of this sketch is the son of John L. and Mary (Sams) Stephens, and was born August 5th, 1828, in Garrard county, Kentucky. His father and mother were married in Virginia, in 1806, and emigrated to Kentucky some years after. In 1838 they again turned their faces to the Great West, and settled in Boone county, Missouri, and in 1839 they removed to the place upon which Alexander F. now lives, just one mile south of the place they first settled. John L, died February 3d, 1863, at the age of 83, and his wife died August 2d, 1877. They are buried at Cedar Church, Callaway county, Missouri. They had eleven children, seven boys and four girls. Rice, Elizabeth, James, Nancy, Sarah W., Eliza G., John L., Wm. P., Lucy A., Alexander F. and James H., only three of whom are living; Eliza G., is living in Jasper County, Missouri, James H., at Centralia, this county, and our subject, Alexander. Mr. Stephens was educated at Boonesboro, and at Cedar Hill Academy. In 1849 he went to California, and returned to Boone county in 1851. He has a fine farm of four hundred and eleven acres. Cedar creek forms his eastern boundary line, being also the county line between Boone and Callaway counties. In 1862 Mr. Stephens had twentyfive acres of corn which made twenty-four barrels per acre. Mr. Stephens relates that when he was thirteen or fourteen years of age he saw his father have twenty-six half dollars in silver. He asked his father to let him have them, saying, after his father had placed the money in his hands, " If this was mine I would never need any more money as long as I live," To him it seemed a fortune. His ideas of wealth have changed very materially since then, forty years ago, for he now pays taxes to the amount of one hundred and ninety dollars each year. Mr. Stephens lives just nine miles due east of Columbia.

Charles Y. Trice, Jr

The subject of this sketch has not been a citizen of Boone county but a few years, yet, notwithstanding this fact, he is already more thoroughly identified with the business interests of the county than many of the oldest citizens. Possessing remarkable energy, good judgment, and affable manners, he has succeeded in building up a business, and in much less time than it usually takes to accomplish such important results. Mr. Trice was born in DeKalb county, Missouri, October 28th, 1853, and came to Boone county in 1877. He first located in Eocheport, where he remained for three years. From Eocheport he removed to his present home on the grounds of his nursery, three-fourths of a mile north of town. He was married November 19th, 1878, to a daughter of Alfred E. Steele. He is manager and senior proprietor of the nursery farm of Trice Brothers &Co., also general agent for all sorts of nursery stock. They have forty acres in nursery, surrounded by a beautiful hedge of osage orange. In addition to young stock, they have 3,000 apple trees just beginning to bear. This orchard covers twenty acres. They have a plum orchard of seventy-five trees and a pear orchard of 150. The nursery grounds have a natural slope in all directions, affording natural drainage, which adds greatly to the fertility of the soil as well as to the beauty of the place. They have a general assortment of nursery stock, including shrubbery, evergreens, roses, etc. Mr. Trice also owns a cattle ranche in Butler county, Kansas.

Charles R. Turner

The subject of this sketch was born upon the farm where he now lives, on the 11th day of July, 1853. His father, Wm. Turner, was born June 6th, 1829, and died in Santa Fe, New Mexico, May 26th, 1880. A. W. Turner, ^the father of William, and grandfather of Charles E., moved from Madison county, Kentucky, to Columbia, Boone county, Missouri, about 1832, when William was three or four years old. He practiced law in Columbia for some time and then bought a farm on Bear creek, where he spent the rest of his days. He and his wife are buried upon the old Turner homestead in the family buiying-ground. Wm. Turner was married March 25tli, 1852^ to Miss C. F. McLean, whose father was the first Baptist preacher in Missouri. She was born and reared in Boone county, Missouri. Her parents were natives of Kentucky. By their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Turner had two children, Charles R. and Matilda, who died May 18th, 1875, and is buried beside her father in the family graveyard. Wm. Turner was a member of the Christian church, and a member of the Masonic lodge at Hickory Grove. He went out to New Mexico to restore his failing health. The trip failed to benefit him. He died at Santa Fe, New Mexico, on the 26th of May, 1880. Charles R., the only surviving child, is living upon the old homestead. He attended the State University two years after receiving a good common school education. He was reared upon the farm, and when he reached manhood chose farming as his occupation. He handles stock, principally cattle, and his chief crop is corn. He has a magnificent farm of seven hundred and twenty acres in a high state of cultivation. His house is near the center of section 29, township 49, and range 11. He was married December 14, 1881, to Miss Belle Rogers, daughter of James and Lizzie (Philips) Rogers, of this county. He is a member of the Odd Fellows lodge at Columbia, and withal is an afiable, enterprising young gentleman.

Irvin C. Vivion was born in Boone county, Missouri, on the farm settled by his parents, nine miles southeast of Columbia, on the Columbia and Cedar Creek gravel road. He was educated partly in Boone county, finishing his studies at Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri. After completing his studies he returned to his farm in Boone county. He was married January 24th, 1865, to Mollie, daughter of Robert and Nancy B. Wallace, of Bourbon county, Kentucky. Seven children were born to them, three sons and four daughters. Two sons are dead. Mr. Vivion is a practical farmer and a dealer in cattle. He owns 540 acres of excellent land, well situated and in a high state of cultivation. Mr. Vivion's parents, John G. .and Rebecca Robnett Vivion, emigrated to Boone county in the fall of 1825.

William Littleton Victor

William L. Victor was born in Nicholson county, Kentucky, August 19th, 1818. He is the son of William and Eleanor Victor, and was educated in his native State. Coming to Boone county, Missouri, in the fall of 1845, he settled on a farm five miles northeast of Columbia.

Mr. Victor was married February 20th, 1845, to Miss Frances, daughter of Cumberland and Elizabeth Snell, of Paris, Monroe county, Missouri. By this union they were blessed with eight children, six daughters and two sons, four of whom are living. Mary F. died November 18th, 1860; William W., August 26th, 1869; Lee, January 22d, 1872; Elizabeth E., May 22d,"l873. Julia A., Amanda G., Eugenie and Samuel E. are alive at this writing. In 1841 Mr. Victor accepted a situation in the dry goods store of James G. Fox, at Paris,^ Missouri, with whom he remained two years. He then went to Hannibal, Missouri, where he assisted in a wholesale and commission store, remaining in that business about one year. Leaving Hannibal, he returned to Kentucky. In 1845 - as before stated - he came to Boone county, Missouri, and settled on a farm owned by his wife. Mr. Victor was deputy county collector, under Sheriff Hickman, in 1849-50, returning a delinquent list of but a fraction over $500. He has also officiated as assessor for his district. Was a member of the Masonic order before the dissolution of his lodge years ago, and is also a member of the Columbia Grange. Is an elder of the Christian church at Antioch. He has held this position since the organization of the church. Mr. Victor owns a fine farm of 570 acres, well watered and well improved. Mr. Victor has resided on this place since 1845. He is largely interested in agriculture. His farm is well calculated for stock raising, being well adapted to the growth of bluegrass. Mrs. Victor died January 25th, 1874, from a hurt received a few days previous, she having been thrown from a horse while going to church. Mrs. Victor was forty-nine years old at the time of her death.

Maj. Nathaniel W. Wilson

Maj. Wilson is a native of Kentucky, and was born in Mason county, December 29th, 1811. His parents were Augustus N. C. and Caroline R. W. Wilson. Mrs. Wilson was a native of Virginia. She was born in Goochland county in 1792, and removed to Mason county, Kentucky, in 1807. In 1810 she married Dr. Augustus N. C. Wilson, of Maysville, Kentucky. Five years after the death of her husband, which occurred in 1820, she came to Missouri, settling six miles east of Columbia, on the farm of her brother, James W. Wilson. After remaining at this place about three years, she moved to Columbia, where she built a log cabin in what was then the eastern portion of the town, but now the center of the city. Mrs. Wilson was a zealous Presbyterian, a member of the first organization of that name and faith in the town of Columbia. She was loved and honored for her hospitality and many Christian virtues. Maj. Wilson came to Missouri with his widowed mother in 1825. His education, which had been commenced in Kentucky, was finished at Bonne Femme Academy, under the instructions of Rev. Robert S. Thomas. Before completing his studies, however, he went to Old Franklin, then a flourishing town in Howard county, Missouri, opposite Boonville, in Cooper county, where he assisted Mr. David S. Lamb in the mercantile business. Returning to Boone county after a brief absence, he resumed his studies under Mr. Thomas, remaining at the academy about two years. Having completed his education, he returned to his former place in the store. In 1828 one of the firm removed to Columbia, and Mr. Williamson came with him. In 1829 Mr. Wilson and his brother, Josiah W. Wilson, formed a partnership with Robert S. Barr, for the purpose of engaging in the general mercantile business. In 1832 he sold out his interest in the business, and enlisted for the Blackhawk war, under Capt. Sinclair Kirtley. After serving two months he was honorably discharged, and returned to his home in Boone county. His next business venture was a partnership with his brother-in-law, Caleb S. Stone, father of the present sherifi" of Boone county. They engaged in the mercantile business at Columbia. The firm remained intact till 1852, when Mr. Wilson sold his interest to John H. Field. On quitting the store, Mr. Wilson removed to the farm where he now resides, two and a half miles southwest of Columbia. Previous to the war, and for some time after the struggle commenced, Maj. Wilson was a Union man, and might have remained such but for persecutions of the Federal soldiers. He lost heavily by the war, being largely interested in slave property. At the close of the struggle he had nothing but his farm. He did not fold his arms in despair, however, but went bravely to work to retrieve his shattered fortunes. His fine farm of 320 acres has been made to blossom like the rose. He has one of the largest orchards in the county, numbering nearly one thousand fruit trees. His mansion is centrally located, overlooking his farm. Surrounding his residence are manv beautiful evero-reens and forest trees, presenting to the eye a scene of rare beauty. Maj. Wilson has always taken an active part in all public enterprises, especially such as were calculated to promote the educational interests of the people of his own county. He was at one time treasurer and trustee of the Columbia college, which formed the nucleus of the State University.

He also assisted in building up the Columbia Female Academy. He has always taken an active part in the manao-ement of the Boone County Agricultural and Mechanical Association. He was seventy years old on the 29th of December, 1881. Maj. Wilson was first married in 1837 to Miss Mary J., daughter of James and Catherine Stone, of Richmond, Kentucky. Mrs. Wilson lived but one year and a half after her marriage. In 184- he was again married. His second wife was Mary Ann Burnam, of Richmond, Kentucky, sister of John F. Burnam, formerly of Columbia, now of Raton, New Mexico, also Eld. E. H. Burnam, of St. Louis, and Maj. C. F. Burnam, of Richmond, Kentucky, a distinguished lawyer and former assistant-secretary of the United States Treasury.

John Frederick Wilkinson

This gentleman, one of the leading agriculturists of the comity, was born in Charlotte county, Virginia, December 9th, 1834. His parents were Samuel and Martha (Cook) Wilkinson, who moved from Virginia to the neighborhood of Jefferson City, Missouri. From there-John Frederick went to Franklin county, this State, where he lived till he was 21 years old. He then moved to Morgan county, and after remaining three years, went to Warren county, where he continued seven years. Returning to Franklin county, he came from there to Boone county in 1868. His education was received chiefly in Washington, Franklin co.unty, and he was married September 1st, 1868, to Miss Sarah C, dauo-hter of Anderson and Elizabeth Biiro-es. Four sons and three daughters have been born of this union : John W., Anderson B., Martha E., Arthur E., Alice M., Carrie A., and Hugh- Mr. Wilkinson has been a farmer all his life. He owns a very excellent farm of 226 acres, with fine improvements, and a good supply of timber and water, situated five miles east of Columbia, on the St. Charles road. His place is indeed a model farm, and there are few better appointed places, anywhere. He also owns 160 acres one and a half miles south of his homestead, and a fine farm of 252 acres in Henry county, this State. All the improvements on his place have been made within the last fourteen years. Mr Wilkinson is a selfmade man in every sense of the term, and had the pluck and energy to acquire the nucleus of his present fortune by chopping and selling cordwood to the Missouri river steamers. Mr. Wilkinson and his son, John W., belong to the Methodist church, in which the former is steward. Mrs. Wilkinson also belongs to the same church.

Benjamin S. Wilson

The subject of this sketch is a son of William S. and Matilda (Hearn) Wilson, and was born in Woodford county, Kentucky, May 24th, 1857. His father was a native of Kentucky, born in 1831, and died in 1861. His mother was born in 1832, and died in 1868, in Adams county, Illinois, to which State she, and her only child, Benjamin, had removed in 1866. They were members of the Episcopal Church. Benjamin S. came to Boone county, Missouri, in April, 1874, and bought a farm of 170 acres, ten miles northeast of Columbia, and five miles east of Brown's Station. He received his education in Illinois. He was married January 24th, 1876, to Miss Etta Lee, daughter of W. H. and Elizabeth (Skinner) Winn, of this county. Both himself and wife are members of the Missionary Baptist Church at Grandview. Mr. Wilson is a worthy member of the Masonic Lodge No. 81, of Hickory Grove. He is one of the most enterprising young men of Boone county, taking an active part in the politics of his county. In 1882 he entered the race for the assessorship, but was compelled to withdraw in the middle of the campaign by reason of a severe illness, which prevented his continuing the canvass. Such men as he are the country's life-blood and hope in the years to come.

L. E. Wright

This gentleman was born in Boone county, Missouri, in 1838. He is the son of James K. and Myra Wright. His father was born in Bourbon county, Kentucky, May 28, 1809. He came to Boone county in the fall of 1826, and settled upon the Two-mile prairie. He was married in Columbia in 1836, to Miss Mira J,, daughter of Peter and Jeannette E. Wrio-ht. Mrs. Wrio;ht was born March 17, 1815. They had six children, four boys and two girls, only two of whom are now living, L. E., and Paul M., both in Boone county. The Wrights were among the earliest settlers of the county, when the Indians were yet lurking in the forests, and were ready to tomahawk their unwary foes. L. E. Wright was married, November 30, 1865 to Miss Kate E. Turner, daughter of Barney and Mary Turner of Boone county. She was born in Kentucky, but came with her parents to Missouri some years before. They are blessed with three children. Peter, Myra and Mary. Mr. and Mrs. Wright are members of the Christian church at Oakland, and he is a worthy member of the Odd Fellows lodo-e. His residence is five and one-half miles northeast of

Columbia. Mr. Wright has quite a curiosity in an old atlas published in 1809 by Matthew Carey. It was bought by his grandfather, William Wright, the price paid being ten dollars. He has also quite a collection of very old letters. One was written by his grandfather from St, Charles, he being a member of the legislature there at that time. It was to his wife and was directed to " Mrs. Jane Wright, Tiuo-Mile Prairie, Boone County, Missouri, to he left at Maj. EstilVs house between Fayette and Boonville." This will give the readers of this sketch an idea of the mail facilities in Boone m those early days. In the letter was a profile of the writer himself, cut out of a piece of white paper, and a piece of black satin placed behind it. Mr. Wright is a farmer and an extensive dealer in stock. His father James K. Wright was eno-ag-ed in the mercantile business all his life.

Geoege M. Weight

The subject of this sketch was born in Boone county, Missouri, April 3d, 1839. He was the son of Wesley and Polly (Potts) Wright and was born upon the farm where he is now living. His father, Wesley Wright was born within five miles of Nashville, Tennessee, and came with his parents to Boone county, Missouri, in 1819, where he lived until 1850, when he went to California. He died on his way home and was buried at Cape Girardeau, Mo., in 1852. Mrs. Wright, the mother of George M., was born in West Tennessee, in 1808, and came to Boone county, Missouri, when she was eight years of age. She died in 1879, and is buried at Hickory Grove church. George M. Wright was thrown upon his own resources when quite a child, and right manfully did he fight the battle of life. He went to school during the winter months, and in summer he worked to earn money for the next winter's schooling. He afterwards went two terms of nine months each, to Professors Hurt and M. G. Duncan, of Mexico, Audrain county, Mo., taking a very liberal course, but declining health prevented his graduating as he had intended. He lived with and took care of his mother, more especially after the negroes were freed. When the war broke out he espoused the cause of the Confederacy and joined Capt. Nimrod Norton's company, Clark's brigade. He was in the battles of Boonville, " Fulton Races," Lone Jack, Pea Ridge, Drywood, Cane Hill, Helena, Independence and many skirmishes. Under Gen. Joe Shelby, he was in several days continued fighting near Little Rock, Arkansas, fighting Gen. Steele's division U. S" troops. Mr. Wright was commissioned an officer to rank as Colonel, to raise a regiment in Missouri during Shelby's last raid, but the surrender of Lee in the following spring put an end to the war, and Col. Wright was mustered out and surrendered to Capt. Cook. He returned home without a dollar and went to work upon the old place. He was married September 16th, 1868, to Miss Minerva, daughter of Garland Sims, Esq. By this union they have six children, Garland Sims, Lena, Elizabeth, Wesley, George Walter and Ancil. The year he was married he moved to Audrain county, and lived there until the spring of 1879, when he moved back upon the old place. His house is on the north-east quarter of section 16, township 49, range 11, and his farm contains two hundred and seventy acres. Mr. Wright is an energetic, active business man, enjoying the confidence of all who know him.

Andeew D. Wright

Andrew D. Wright was born in Botetourt county, Virginia, November 24th, 1823. He is the son of Peter and Sallie (Persinger) Wright who emigrated to Boone county, Missouri, in the fall of 1825. They settled on the farm now owned and occupied by the subject of this sketch, five miles north of Columbia. Mr. Wright was brought up on the farm and educated at the public schools in the neighborhood of his home. He was married January 2d, 1853. He is the father of six children, one son and five daughters: Ella L. (deceased), Mary A., Alexander P., Varina D., Anna V. and Sallie L. (deceased). Mr. Wright has followed farming all his life, and has lived on the farm he now occupies for fifty-seven years. When he came to Boone county it was almost a wilderness. There were but ten or fifteen acres of cleared land on the farm now owned and cultivated by Mr. Wright. They were two months on the road in moving from Virginia. The first mill ever established in his neighborhood was erected by John Shock and was run by horsepower. The first water-mill on the Hinkson was erected by a man named Hannah. Old Bear Creek churcb was the first house of worship he ever attended in Boone county. The elder Wright died about the year 1835 and is buried on the old Gray farm. His mother died during the war and was buried by the side of her husband. Mr. Wright was twice married. He had seven children by his first wife and nine by his second. All the children by his first marriao;e are dead. The sons of the second marriage are all dead, except the subject of this sketch - the daughters are still living. Mr. Wright and his family are all members of the Christian church.

Chaptek Xix The City Of Columbia

Early History - General Notes - War Notes - Confederate Raids - Broadway Block House - The Terrible "Tigers" - Business During the War - Death of Warren Woodson - Price's Addition - Stephens College - Christian College - A Walking Statesman - Business Interests - Newspapers - History of the "Herald" - The Public Schools - Churches - Secret Orders - Biographies of Old Settlers and Prominent Citizens.

Early History

So much of the early and general history of the city of Columbia is given in other chapters of this volume, that but little is left to be said here. A few additional facts remain to be here stated. The complete history of the city would alone make a large volume, and no attempt will here be made to present it in extenso. Certain matters of importance will be put on record, and many things of interest must perforce be omitted.

First Deeds

The land on which the first town plat of Columbia was located was patented by the United States to Anderson Woods in the sprmg or summer of 1817. November 14, 1818, Anderson Woods and others conveyed the land (the southeast quarter of section 12, township 48, range 13) to Thos. Duly, Gerard Eobinson, Taylor Berry, David Todd and Kichard Gentry. April 6, 1821, Dul}^ Eobinson, Todd and Gentry, a majority of the board of trustees, conveyed to Lawrence Bass, David Jackson, John Gray, JeiFerson Fulcher, " commissioners to fix upon and locate a permanent seat of justice in the county of Boone," fifty acres of land, " and other public lots, commons and streets." June 26, 1828, Wm. Jewell, George Stapleton, Gerard Eobinson and Thomas Story, for a consideration of $615.25, conveyed another portion of the town site to John Grey, Jefierson Fulcher, Lawrence Bass and David Jackson, the commissioners of Boone county. This deed of conveyance is still in existence, in the possession of Thomas L. Bass.

In 1823 the number of inhabitants in Columbia was 130 - fourteen more than there were in Boonville at that time. By 1824 Columbia had grown to be a village of considerable size and enterprise. In addition to those heretofore published, stores had been established by Oliver Parker and Eobert Hood on the northwest corner of Broadway and Seventh streets, by Eobert S. Barr, James I. Tilton and Joseph B. Howard, on the northeast corner of Broadway and Eighth streets, and the first brick store. had been built by Kichard Estes, on the southeast corner of Broadway and Seventh streets. The only lawyers known to have resided here at that time were A. B. Lane, Samuel Wheeler and Jesse T. Wood, and the only physicians, Doctors William Jewell and Daniel P. Wilcox.

Stephens's sketch says that the first church built in Columbia was the Presbyterian, which was situated on the southwest corner of Sixth and Walnut, and was erected in 1830. Its first pastor was Kev. Wm. P. Cochran. At the same time, however, Methodist and Baptist organizations were in existence and held regular services. The Baptist minister was the Eev. Allen McGuire ; the pastor of the Methodist church was Eev. John Greenlagh. The first presbytery held in Columbia convened October 4, 1829, Eev. John S. Beel, moderator.

The first temperance society was organized in the spring of 1830. Its officers were Eev. John Greenlagh, president; James Callaway, treasurer; Andrew Hannah, auditor; Eev. Wm. P. Cochran, secretary. The organization was auxiliary to the American Temperance Society. At that time the organization found the field white for the .harvest. Whisky was a common beverage, and sold under scarcely any restrictions of law. Drunkenness and ruffianism were rife, and there were frequent scenes of disorder and violence. The temperance society did much good in the way of reforming divers and sundry drinking men and making good citizens of them.

In 1830 the population of Columbia was about 600. The principal business men were Dr. Alex. M. Eobinson, Dr. Jas. H. Benson, James C. Boggs, druggists, and 01ivei~Parker, Wm. Barr, Joseph B. Howard, A. J. Williams, Moses W. Miller, Jacob Payne, Wm. Cornelius and Samuel Stone, proprietors of dry goods, grocery and general stores. The ministers were Eeverends John Greenlagh, Wm. P. Cochran, Christopher Gentry and Allen McGuire, The attorneys were "W. K. Van Arsdall, B. F. Robinson, Sinclair Kirtley, John B, Gordon, Jesse T. Wood. The physicians were Wm. Jewell, A. M. Robinson, J. H. Bennett and Daniel P. Wilcox. Taverns were kept by E. McClelland, Edward Camplin and Samuel Wall. During thi& year Gen. Richard Gentry succeeded Chas. Hardin as postmaster. Upon Gen. Gentry's death, in 1837, his wife, Mrs. Ann Gentry, through the personal exertions of Senator Thos. H. Benton, was appointed postmistress, and held the office for many years.

In 1831, in addition to those in business in Columbia in the previous year, there Avere the following : Attorneys, Calvin L. Perry, Austin A. King (afterward Governor), E. P. Mills and Washington Jenkins ; merchants, Wm. H. White (associated with Wm. Cornelius), John Garnett, and Wm. Pro vines ; saddlers, John Bostick and George Harrison ; jewelers, Shelton Jones and Thomas L. Barrett ; shoemakers, J. & J. Martin.

In 1839 the State University was located at Columbia, full particulars of which event are given in other chapters of this history. From 1835 to the present date no event of historic importance, occurred in Columbia, not already noted. Meanwhile the town grew slowly and surely. Those who came to the place, as a rule, were wealthy, cultured and refined people, attracted by its educational and kindred advantages, and in consequence Columbia society came to be known as being of the very highest order, and this reputation it has never lost.

Some Notes Of War Times

In April, 1861, about three men's hats covered the unconditional Union men of Columbia who had the nerve to proclaim their principles :at all times and under all circumstances. Gen. Odon Guitar was the possessor of one of these hats. He avowed himself to be, at all haz- :}>rds, on the side of the Federal Government, against which he declared it would be treason to fight. A petition was presented to the county court to appropriate $10,000 to arm the militia of the county to defend the sacred soil of old Boone from Federal invasion. Guitar was county attorney at the time. The court-room was crowded with the friends of the petition, whose attorney made a strong speech, airging the court to make the appropriation. Guitar denounced the scheme as treasonable in the highest degree, mincing no words and polishing no phrases. His speech is declared to have been a most hold and eloquent effort, and one that tended to make many a half-way Union man fully confirmed in his faith. The court refused to make t he appropriation .

The merchants of the city kept their powder in a magazine near the The secessionists concluded to capture it. The majority of the merchants were quite willing that their powder should be captured by the friends of the Confederacy, but one or two Union men were opposed to this. Odon Guitar and a few others interviewed one merchant and obtained his permission to guard his powder in the magazine. They posted themselves, well armed, one night, resolved to fire Upon any squad that might approach the magazine. Guitar was called up town at one time, being about half-an-hour away. While he was gone the Secessionists came up to the magazine, opened it, and bore away some dozen kegs of the powder, in triumph and in safety. The Union men had their guns trained on the Secessionists, l:)ut would not fire without orders from Guitar, who was absent. It was lucky that no collision did take place. Had one Secessionist been killed the fight would have opened between fellow-citizens, and, dreadful as the war turned out to be, in such an event it would have been :still more dreadful.

When the Confederates raided the town in 1862, one Southern lady liung out a Confederate flag and stood in her door-w^ay and waved a handkerchief. In a few minutes the Confederates had retreated, and Merrill's cavalry were in the town. Then the lady's husband hauled in the rebel flag and ran out the stars and stripes. This was not the only Columbia family equal to every emergency during the war.

Very many of the Confederate sympathizers were forced by Col. Merrill and Col. Shaffer to feed rebel prisoners and sick confined in the University and the hospital at Columbia. The unfortunate " rebels " were thus sure of a good meal, and the Federals obeyed the mjunction of the Duke of Wellington, to " forage off of the enemy in every way you can."

The upper rooms of the University were used as prisons for the confinement of Confederate prisoners. On one occasion they sought to break out. The attempt was a failure. Two or three made their way into the garret, where they were discovered and assaulted by their guards, and desperately wounded.

The Federals used the cupola of the court-house as a look-out. Here two or three sentinels were kept on the watch continually, a& the point commanded a view of all the roads leading into the town. The cupola of the University was also used as a watch-tower.

Just after the invasion of the county by Todd's and Anderson's guerrillas, and the massacre and battle of Centralia, Columbia was jjlaced under martial law. The able-bodied male citizens, irrespective of party or political sympathy, formed a company to defend the town against an expected and much-dreaded raid of the bushwhackers. A block house was built in the middle of the street, at the corner of Eighth and Broadway, to be used as a tower of refuge and of strength in the day of battle and of raid. The military company was called by the terror-inspiring name of " Tigers," the cognomen beingsupposed to indicate the fierce and desperate nature of the members, and giving fair warning to all bushwhackers to keep away from their lair and to beware of their cruel fangs, as it were. Really, however, the company might with propriety have been called the " Snow- White Lambs," so harmless were they, and so gentle, and withal with such an aversion to the smell of " villainous saltpetre." They could hardly be called " tigers," having in view the fitness of terms.

The "Tigers" had barrels of fun all the same. It was such jolly sport to shirk duty, such as standing picket, patroling the streets, or mounting guard. The penalties for any infractions of duty were not very severe. Capt. Rollins was of a kindly nature, and when such fierce warriors as J. S. Dorsey, J. Th. Fyfer, John Samuel and George "\^!=! Trimble, were brought before him for breaches of military discipline, it may be imagined that the severity of his sentences was not very extraordinary.

business was kept up and transacted in Columbia with almost usual regularity. The town was often under military occupation, with Federal pickets out on every road, but citizens were permitted to pass in and out freely for the purposes of trade and commerce. Goods advanced rapidly in price as the war progressed and greenbacks depreciated, and all of the merchants made money.

On the first of January, 1860, after a continued service of nearly thirty-nine years as county clerk, Warren Woodson retired from that office, giving place to Joseph B. Douglass, his worthy successor, and delivered to the court a most appropriate valedictory which was spread upon the records and ordered to be published.

In April, 1860, Prof. Sterling Price, Jr., projected an enterprise of no small moment to Columbia, namely, the purchase of William Y. Hitt of 165 acres of land adjoining the town and lying immediately southeast of it, and laying it oiF into streets, avenues and town lots. It was known as " Price's addition."

After the close of the war, the town began to build up very substantially. Broadway and other streets were macadamized and put in first-class order, and from year to year new and substantial brick business houses were built along Broadway and other streets, until now, as previously stated, there is not a handsomer town in Missouri than Columbia, There is a good system of sewerage and the town is lighted with gas.

Its three colleges, all of the highest order, attract hundreds of people to the place from year to yeav and cause it to be well and favorably known abroad. Students attend these institutions from States and Territories hundreds of miles away. Recently there have been graduated from the female colleges, Indian maidens, whose standing in their classes was high, and whose orations merited and received , the heartiest applause. The college commencements uniformly attract many visitors from different parts of the country. In this connection, historical sketches of the two female colleges of Columbia, the Christian and the Stephens, will be given. The University has its history, full and elaborate to exhaustion, in other chapters of this volume.

Stephens College

This school, like all similar institutions of modern learniiPC*, has had a growth and development from one of smaller pretensions, to its present status of importance among the colleges of the State. The nucleus of Stephens College, was the old " Columbia Female

Academy," which was organized in 1833, and was the outgrowth of the first demands of the times for a school of more extended culture than Columbia and vicinity had yet had. Miss Lucy Wales first had charge of the academy after its organization, and she was succeeded in turn by Prof. Eleazar [not Edward] Root, Oliver Cunningham, D. Ferryman and Tyre C. Harris. While the school was thus in operation, some denominational difierences sprang up, which resulted in changing the academy from a non-sectarian to a Baptist school, under the name of the "Baptist Female College." The same course gave rise to the establishment of " Christian College," a history of wliich is given in this work. The academy passed out of existence in 1853, and was succeeded by tlie denominational school above named, which was organized in 1856, and chartered in 1857. Several thousand dollars was subscribed towards purchasing buildings, etc., and several thousand more was donated to pay off an old mortgage debt on the property and to improve the buildings and grounds. Among the more liberal contributors of the early days of the school were James L. Stephens, Noah Flood, J. M. Robinson, Warren Woodson, John Moss, David Hickman, William Hickman, Thomas Hickman, Judge James Harris, Moss Prewitt, Robt. T. Prewitt, Eli Bass, and others. The first board of curators were David fl^. Hickman, Warren Woodson, James Harris, Eli E. Bass, William T. Hickman, R. C. Branham and Moss Prewitt. D. H. Hickman was president of the board, and Warren Woodson secretar}^ Rev. W. R. Rothwell was the first president of the Baptist Female College, but retired in 1857, and was succeeded by Rev. X. X. Buckner, who presided till 1859. Rev. Mr. Pendleton, of Illinois, was president from 1859 till 1860, and Rev. J. T. Williams from 1860 to 1866, who was succeeded by Rev. J. H. Hollis, who held the position till his death, in 1869, when he was suc- "ceeded by E. S. Dulin, who presided during the transition period below mentioned.

In 1870, the school was changed from one local in its nature to a college, under control of the Baptist General Association of Missouri. The history of the adoption by the association is as follows : - " At a meeting of the Baptist General Association of Missouri, in 1869, the necessity of establishing a denominational school for the higher education of our daughters was made the subject of earnest consideration. A committee was appointed to report upon this subject at the next meeting of the General Association. In 1870 this committee reported in favor of establishino- such a college, and it was decided bv the dele- gates then in session to take immediate steps toward accomplishing this end. At this jmicture the curators of the Baptist Femal^ College at Columbia, Mo., offered their buildings and grounds, valued at

000, to the association for this purpose. In addition to this oifer, and with the provision that the Baptist College was accepted as the State school. Brother James L. Stephens, of Columbia, munificently offered to start an endowment fund by giving $20,000 to the college. The offers were accepted, and the Female College became the property of the General Association." The name was changed in October, 1870, to that of " Stephens Female College," in honor of the liberal gentleman, James L. Stephens, whogave.it its largest endowment. Eev. Dulin was succeeded, in 1879, by Prof. E. P. Rider, who continues to preside at the present writing. The college is beautifully located in the suburbs of Columbia on East Broadway, and with ils wide lawn and majestic forest trees, is in itself an educating medium. The buildings are spacious and convenient, lighted throughout with gas, and sufficiently commodious to furnish ample room for a hundred boarders. The "Home Department " is under supervision of the president and his wife, and so conducted as to render it truly a home to those consigned to its care.

The following departments into which the school is organized, show it to be an institution meeting all the requirements of modern culture : 1st, School of English, leading to degree of Baccalaurea Literarum ; 2d, School of History and Literature, leading to the same degree ; 3d, School of Natural Science, leading to degree of Baccalaurea Scientarum; 4th, School of Mathematics, degree B. S. ; 5th, School^of Languages, degree B. L; 6th, School of Philosophy, degree B. L. ; 7th, School of Biblical History, degree B. L. ; 8th, School of Genenil Culture, degree Baccalaurea Artiuvi. In addition to these is the Post-Graduate School, for a course still in advance of the college course, and School of Didactics, for special benefit of those desirous of becoming teachers. The schools of music, art and elocution, are up to the standard of any of the rival institutions of the State. The daughters of ministers who have died in the service of the Baptist church, and of those living ministers who devote their entire time to ministerial labors, are here permitted to enjoy special advantages, and are educated at a nominal cost. All things considered, this college takes rank with the best institutions of general culture in the West ; and few schools, if anv, can offer better advantages to those desirinof a thorough education and Christian training for their daughters.

Christian Female College

On the resignation, in 1849, of the presidency of the State University by John H. Lathrop, the board of curators elected to that position James Shannon, LL. D., of Bacon College, Harrodsburg, Kentuckj'. In November of the same year Samuel Hatch and H. H. White of

Harrodsburg, who, with President Shannon, were members of the Christian church, proposed on certain conditions to establish in Columbia a "Female College Institute" of the highest grade, and Dr. Hatch visited Columbia with a view of inaugurating the enterprise. Much general public interest was awakened on the subject, and several meetings of our citizens of all parties and denominations were held to consider the proposition. Irreconcilable differences as to details were disclosed, especially among members of the several churches, and the result was that the enterprise, on the conditions proposed by Hatch and White, was abandoned.

Christian Female College, Columbia, Mo

differences arose, on the part of the members of the Christian Church, a commendable determination to establish a female college under the special patronage of that church, and a like determination on the part of members of other churches to resuscitate and reorganize the old Columbia Female Academy.

Rev. Tyre C. Harris, a Baptist minister, was called to the presidency of the latter institution, and out of it grew the Baptist College? called afterwards, and now, Stephens Female College.

Christian College w^as chartered by the Legislature, January 18, 1851, with the following corporators; James Shannon, T. N. H. Smith, Thomas M. Allen, D. P. Henderson, W. W. Hudson, Kobt. S. Barr, Thomas D. Grant, Levi T. Smith, Dr. William McClure, Flavil Vivion, John Jamison, Weston F. Birch, J. J. Allen, J. C. Fox, Lewis Bryan, Elijah Patterson, John S. Phelps, WaymanCrow, S. S. Church and Moses E. Lard, all of whom are dead except four.

The first meeting of the corporators or trustees was held in Columbia, February 3d, 1851. T. M. Allen was elected president, and D. P. Henderson, secretary, and T. P. H. Smith treasurer of the board. John Augustus Williams, of Harrodsburg, Kentucky, was elected president, and Miss Rebecca Jane Galbraith, of Jacksonville, 111., principal of the department of mathematics and natural science.