Columbia Township (part 1 of 7)

Topography

The greater portion of the land in Columbia is of a rolling character, and in many parts it is rough and hilly. Along the Hinkson and the other streams, the soil is very stony. Some very fine and picturesque bluffs are to be seen along the Hinkson, and there is some magnificent scenery of this character on the Cedars.

In the eastern part of the township is the famed Two-mile prairie, a body of prairie land some miles in extent from north to south, and of about an average width of two miles, from which circumstance it takes its name. There are a few^ other tracts of prairie in the township . /

Cedar and Little Cedar creeks in the eastern part, the Hinkson in the center, and numerous branches of Bonne Femme in the western part of the township, besides numberless springs, furnish abundant water. Stone of the best quality can be had in abundance. Coal abounds in the north and is mined very successfully. There are natural exposures of this mineral in other parts of the township.

Fine Farms

Some of the finest farms in the State of Missouri, or in the West, are to be found in Columbia township. On them are to be found not only fertile fields but fruitful orchards, pleasant pastures, lovely lawns, and handsome, commodious and elesjant residences. Some of the farmhouses in the township present the appearance of the mansion of an English landlord, and the estates are in the highest state of cultivation and improvement. The farms on the Two-mile prairie have an extended reputation, but a majority of the timber farms produce on an average fully as well, albeit a great deal of the soil in the timber is so poor as to be practically worthless for the purposes of ordinary cultivation.

Early Settlers

It will not be expected by the readers of this volume that the names of all of the first settlers of this township can now be correctly given in their proper order and arrangement, with the details and date of their settlement accurately set forth. The best has been done to meet public expectation in the historical sketch of not only this township, but of every other in the county, and it is hoped that the result will be fairly satisfactory.

It is known that among the first white men who came to the country now comprised within Columbia township were old Robert Hinkson, whose cabin stood near where the St. Charles road crossed the creek that afterward bore and now bears his name. Near Hinkson came Thos. and John Kennon, Dennis Callahan, James W. Fowler, Samuel Johnson, Robert Houston and Joseph Persinger, the latter -the famous old hunter and pioneer, who was reared by the Indians. Peyton Mahan settled two miles north of Columbia in 1824.

Mr. Ed. Stephens, in his historical sketch in the Boone County Atlas, in 1875, says that in the early days land cost the settlers from two to six dollars per acre. During the years 1816, 1817 and 1818, the land in Boone county was surveyed into ranges, townships and sections, under William Rector, surveyor-general, and Angus L. Langham, William L. May and John C. Sullivan, deputies.

A description of these early pioneers, their habits of life, traits of character and experiences would be of great interest did space permit, or were the facts wholly known. That they possessed, energy, integrity, industry and dauntless courage is a familiar fact to those who have the honor to claim them as ancestry. Children of revolutionary heroes, the best blood of Virginia and Kentucky, brave, determined and nurtured in the noblest precepts of Christianity, they were embodiments of manhood that would have honored any country.

The homes of these pioneers were simple but comfortable. Log cabins daubed with mud and covered with boards, secured to the roof by poles, laid lengthwise, nails being too expensive - the whole usually built by the occupant - comprised a majority of their abodes. The floors of many of these cabins were dirt, while the chimneys were of wood, stone rarely being used at all. Farms ranged in size from ten to thirty acres. A farmer, though entering a thousand acres, would generally only cultivate fifteen or twenty acres in corn, perhaps one ill hemp or flax, and some little tobacco and a few acres of cotton. Cotton gins were common and Avere better patronized tlian carding machines.

Corn sold at twenty cents a bushel, pork brought a cent a pound, and whisky from twenty to twenty-five cents a gallon. Horses brought from twenty to forty dollars, and a cow was by no means a bargain at nine dollars. An estate worth five hundred dollars was a good competence, and one thousand was rich ; wants were few and the necessaries of life cheap.

Men were imprisoned for debt, a barbarism that has happily yielded to our advancing civilization. The " whipping post," another cruelty, has likewise passed away. The people of those times were eminentl}'^ social. " Shooting matches," " log rollings," frolics of nearly every conceivable nature were in vogue, and everybody would go ; some would get drunk ; all would have a good time. Patriotism was at fever heat, and the people had still the mania for the " military " created by the revolution. Musters were of constant occurrence,* which would be attended by a vast concourse, and Fourth of July and General Jackson celebrations aroused an enthusiasm that knew no bounds.

The First Mills

The first mill in the township was a horse mill brought in a wagon from Virginia by William Wright, in the year 1816. It was setup on the northeast quarter of section 13, township 49, range 12, and was run for a great many years. Mr. Wright was one of the first settlers of Boone county. Richard Cave's mill was on the farm now owned by Capt. David Guitar. It was put up about 18'21 or 1822, and was a horse mill. The Fulkerson mill stood on the Hinkson, in Missouri township, and was built in 1819.

Killed By A Falling Tree

In 1825 a little nine-year-old boy named AVilliam R. Wright, whose parents lived in this township, was killed at a point in Missouri township, on what is now known as the Hume farm. He was buried where is now a garden, on the farm of Sidne}^ Hume. The Indians had set the woods on fire and the boy, with his father and some others of the settlers, was out fighting the flames, and a burning tree fell on him and killed him instantly. The tragic incident was long remembered by those who lived in the county at the time.

A Pioneer Burial

Ill 1820 a young man whose name cannot be recalled sickened and died at the home of Isom Winnegan, three miles northwest of Columbia and was buried in a very singular manner, and his grave is yet to be seen on the old James King farm. At that early day there were no professional undertakers in the country and ver}^ scanty means of making coffins. Having no planks out of which to construct a coffin and determined that the young man should not be simply interred in his clothes it was agreed by some of the neighbors - Newberry Stockton, William and Alex. Douglass and Arch Mayo - that they would aid Mat Douglass, a negro man belonging to William Douglass, in cutting down a large walnut tree, splitting it and making two troughs of sufficient capacity when joined together to contain the body. The purpose was accomplished and the young man buried in this rude coffin.

Old Boonesborough

About the year 1836, a Mr. W^oods laid off a town on section 3, township 48, range 11, on the east end of the township line, adjoining Callaway county, which he called Boonesborough. The place came to be one of some trade and importance. The first merchants were Felix Bryan and W. H. Robertson. The first grocery store was built and kept by Thomas Turley, who was succeeded Iw Lewis Reed, Peter Keniiey and J. Taylor. A store-house was also built by Newman & Kimbrough, and another by Broyles & Taylor. The latter building w\as afterward occupied by Carr & Kempinsky. There were also at Boonesborough a horse-mill, built and run by Wm. James ; one blacksmith shop by Durnell Bros., and another by Walter James ; a carpenter shop, by Wm. James and Lon Levi ; a carding machine built and run by James Turner, and a grocery store built and kept by Arthur McLane. There w^as also a select school, the "Boonesborough Academy," which had for teachers, from time to time, Robert

Boonesborough was in existence for about twenty years, or until 1857, when it died, or "played out," as we in the West express it. Nothing is now left to mark the site and the former glory of the town but two buildings, one of which was the residence of Mr. Woods, and the other the old store house built by Bryant & Robertson.

Organization Boundaries

Columbia is one of the original townships of Boone county. At the session of the county court, May, 1821, the county was divided into municipal townships. Saith the record : -

The court then proceeded to lay off the county into townships, and do establish the following as the several and respective boundaries thereof, viz. : * * * Second township, To be denominated Colmnbia township : Beginning on the township line between townships 47 and 48 and one mile west of the range line between ranges Nos. 13 and 12 ; thence north with the sectional line to the southeast corner of section 2, township 49, range 13 ; thence east with the sectional line to the eastern boundary of the county ; thence southwardly with the said boundary line to the northeast corner of Cedar township ; thence west with the northern boundary of said township to the place of beginning.

The metes and bounds of the township as fixed by the early fathers are the same at this day, no subsequent court caring to remove the ancient landmarks. Sundry efforts have been made, from time to time, to create a new civil township out of the territory embraced in Columbia and of some of the other contiguous townships of the county, but to all petitions for a change the court has always turned a deaf ear.

First Officers

After the location of the town of Smithton and prior to the organization of Boone county, when this territory composed a part of Howard county, where the greater portion of Columbia township now is the township of Smithton was created by the county court of Howard July 12, 1820. The first constable of Smithton township wasWallace A. Estill. No record is to be found containing the name of the justice of the peace of the township - perhaps, and indeed probably, none was ever appointed.

At the first term of the Boone county court. May, 1821, a number of petitions were presented praying for the appointment of justices of the peace, but these petitions being irregular, were rejected, and none others offered. On the last day of the term this court, on its own motion, recommended certain persons to the Governor for commissions. Referring to this township, the record stated: "A justice of the peace being much wanting in the township of Columbia, Boone county, and none having been petitioned for as the law directs, this court, on the last day of the term, do nominate to His Excellency Alexander McNair, Governor of the State of Missouri, Richard Cave as a suitable person to fill the office of justice of the peace in the said township of Columbia." Accordingly Richard Cave was duly com- missioned, and shortly stood up in all the glory of his robes magisteterialjthe pioneer justice of Columbia township. A few days previous, Nicholas Kavanaugh had been appointed constable of the township, giving $1,000 bond.

The hamlet known as Brown's Station is situated on the northwest quarter of section 10, township 49, range 12, and is quite a shippingpoint - the leading one, in fact, on the Columbia branch of the Wabash railway between Centralia and Columbia. Its founders were Reese, Goodding and Hubbard, the proprietors of the coal mine.

The first house wasbniltby John W. Hubbard, and A. E. Burnam, and the first store was owned by these gentlemen. The post-office was established in 1876, and A. E. Burnam was the first postmaster. The first marriage was that of Ralph Hay worth and Miss Lizzie Goodding, by Stephen J. Bush. The first death was that of Chas. Hockry, who was buried in Gilead cemetery, three miles north of Brown's Station. The first physician was Dr. L. B. Brown, who is still actively engaged in the practice of his profession. The first religious services were held in Burnam's warehouse, by Rev. Stephens, a Baptist.

Leading Industkies

The Boone County Coal and Mining Company was organized in the year 1875, by Alfred Rees, W. A. Goodding, Allen E. Burnam and John F. Burnam, for the purpose of mining coal in the northern part of Columbia township. Previously, in 1872, a mine had been opened at Brown's Station by J. W. Hubbard, Alfred Rees and W. A. Goodding. This mine is now the property of the Boone County Coal and Mining Company. Its shaft is about 177 feet in depth. The vein averages about forty-two inches in thickness, and the coal is of excellent quality. The first shaft was practically abandoned in February, 1882, after producing nearly 2,000,000 bushels.

The company's mine at Persinger station was opened in May, 1881.^ The shaft is 80 feet deep ; depth of vein, 42 inches ; average number of men employed, thirty-five. The mine is located in section 28, township 49, range 12, on land leased for twenty-five years, the lease expiring in 1906. Altogether, the company is in possession by lease of 290 acres of land, in sections 28, 29 and 33, in township 49, range 12. The present capacit}^ of the mine is 1,200 bushels per day. The coal is shipped to the gas company at Columbia, also to the mill company, and to various points on the Wabash railroad, notably to Warrenton. It bears an excellent reputation as to quality, and the mine itself, generally speaking, is the best in this section of Missouri. At present it is in a highly prosperous condition. The firm is nowcomposed of Alfred Rees and W. A. Goodding, the firm name being Rees & Goodding.

Mine Disaster At Brown' S Station

In connection with the history of the mines of the Boone County Coal Company it is proper to note the terrible accident in the Brown's Station mine, Friday, April 21, 1876. On the morning of that day the miners began to descend the shaft to go to work. Twenty-one of them had gone down in safety by means of the tub, such as is ordinaril}^ used in coal shafts, and four more stepped in to make the descent. The names of those in the tub were Charles C. Stewart, W. H. Cannon, Joseph Mclntyre, and Robert L. Palmore. When the men were about forty feet from the top, the post on the outside that supported the apparatus by which the tub was raised and lowered broke and fell. This caused the rope by which the tub was suspended to fly ofl" the drum wheel through which the post passed and it (the rope) was cut in two. The tub with its inmates fell a distance of about 135 feet, alighting on the solid rock. Palmore, an eleven-year-old boy, was killed instantly. His throat was cut, and his teeth were knocked out. Cannon exclaimed, " Tell my wife ' farewell ' forme," and died in a few moments. He was a young married man aged 25. Mclntyre died in 24 hours. Stewart lived nineteen days, suflering intensely all the while. J. H. Truby, who was in the mine was slightly injured. The scene a few moments after the dreadful fall was terrible. The screams of women and children, the wives and other relatives of the poor miners, were heartrending. Men ran wildly to and fro and the wildest rumors and conjectures as to the numbei- killed and injured were prevalent for a time. Burnam Bros, generousl}^ opened their store and told those engaged in caring for the victims of the accident to take anything they wanted. The first three that died were buried in Mt. Gilead cemetery, the next day. No blame for the disaster attached to any one. The post broke because it was badly worm eaten.

Saw And Grist Mill

Messrs. Dysart & Henry have a very good mill near Brown's Station, eiffht miles north of Cohinibia. The biiildino- covers an area of 30x36 feet, and is two and a half stories high. The machinery is driven by an engine of 25-horse power. There are two run of burrs, and the grinding capacity of the mill is about 35 barrels of flour or 300 bushels of corn meal per day. The machinery is from Logansport, Indiana, and is called the automatic grinding mill, the only one of the kind in the county except at Sturgeon. The saw-mill can turn oft* from 4,000 to 5,000 feet of hard lumber per day. The size of the engine house is 17x46 feet.

War Incident Killing Of Ma J. Wm. Cave

During the civil war, September 4, 1864, a squad from Capt. Carey's company of the Third M. S. M., rode out from Columbia and shot and killed Maj. Wm. Cave, who then lived a mile north of Columbia, on the farm now owned by Col. E. C. More. The look-out in the cupola of the court house reported that he saw a squad of bushwhackers ride up to Maj. Cave's residence about noon, and after remaining long enough to eat a hearty dinner, came out again, and rode away into the brush. The squad was immediately sent out, and soon returned, reporting that the " old devil " would feed no more Taushwhackers.

Country Churches Bear Creek Church, Now Antioch

Perhaps the first church organization in Columbia township was old Bear Creek, afterwards called Antioch, the church building of which stood on or near the section line between sections 23 and 24, in township 48, range 12. The organization was first effected north of Columbia, and for some time there was no regular place of meeting, services being held in the members' houses, chiefly at the dwelling house of Richard Cave. The following is a literal copy of the first church constitution, happily still in existence : - we the under name subscribers being callcl upon to Examine in to the faith and abillity of Brethren living on and nea Bear Creek (n. of Columbia) desiring to be constituted - we find them in our opinions sound in the faith and Possessing the abilitys of keeping in order the house of God. We therefore have Pronounced them a Church of Jesus Christ under noothei" dissiplin or Eule for faith and Practice but the old and new testemen profe&sing at the same time to have Charity Enough as a Church to let Each other judge of the doctrines Contained in the scriptures for ourselves, given under our hands who are elders and have Constituted the undersigned names. Elders present - Thos. McBride,

The following were the first members : Asa Stone, Cumberland Snell, Wm. Lewis, Wm. Cav^e, Derritt Wills, Richard Cave, Francis Cave, Bennett Tilly, John Cave, Marcus Wills, Sarah Wills, Elizabeth Stone and Nancy Harris, who were admitted, as the record states, " on profession of faith." Two members, Stephen Bedford and Elizabeth Bedford were received as livino- " in Columbia."

The first communion service was held at the house of Richard Cave, that gentleman furnishing for the occasion "one bottle of wine, worth $1."

July 3 {Saturday), 1824. - The Church of Christ at Bear Creek met, and, after divine service, chose Bro. Richard Cave moderator and proceeded to business. First, appointed Bro. Wm. Lewis church clerk ; also chose Bro. Asa Stone to be our deacon. Then adjourned till our next meeting in course.

August 3, 1824- - Church met, and, after divine service, inquiry was made if alb,are in love. Nothing come forward and we was then dismisst in order.

January 3, 1825. - Church met, and, after divine worship, inquiry was made if all are in love. Nothing come forward and we was then dismisst in order.

March 3, 1825. - Church met, and, after divine worship, inquiry was made if all are in love. Nothing come forward and we was then dismisst in order.

May 3, 1825. - The church met, and, after divine worship, we had preaching, and then the church opened her doors for the reception of members, and Bennett Tilly joined by experience. We then adjourned till our next meeting in course.

June 3, 1825. - The church met, and after divine worship, Bro. Richard Cave preached a sermon, and, after setting in order the things of the house, we was dismisst in order.

The first church building was a log house which stood somewhere on Bear creek. The second church site was selected in 1852, beins" four acres on the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section 33, township 49, range 12, The church was built during the summer and fiill of 1853, and the first regular services were held on the fourth Sunday in October, 1853. It was then named Antioch. The cost of the building was about $1,200. The early pastors of the church were Richard Cave, Thomas McBride, Joel Haden, Marlow, and perhaps others.

Recentl}^ services have been suspended at Antioch church, the members being very few in number, and -growing somewhat apathetic. Lest the denomination of Antioch church may not be clearly understood by what has been stated, it may be well to say that it belongs to the Christian church.

southwest quarter of section 17, township 49, range 12, on three acres of land purchased from Wm. L. Parker and J, B. Orear. The congregation was organized in 1872, with fortj-four members, among whom were J. F. Spence, Richard Phillips, Augustus Phillips and H. B. Jones and their wives, John C. and Francis Phillips, S. H. and Marj J. Prather, J. C. and Lula Prather, Jesse Prewitt and S. E. Prewitt.

The church building was erected in 1872, and dedicated December 14th, of that year. It is a frame, 34x52 in size, and cost $2,400. The dedication services were conducted by Elder L. B. Wilkes. The pastors have been Wm. Mason, J. H. Duncan, J. H. Headington, O.

In September, 1873, a protracted meeting, conducted by Elders D. M. Grantfield and Wm. Mason, was held at this church, resulting in fourteen additions. August 22, 1874, another meeting, conducted by Elders Wilkes and Duncan, and lasting eight or nine days, was held, which resulted in fifty-seven additions. Since its first organization, in 1872, the membership has increased from forty-four to 143. The church building is a very handsome and comfortable structure, and has a seating capacity of 350. There is a line cemetery in connection with the church.

This church is situated on section 24, township 48, range 12. It was organized January 17, 1874, with about thirty-five members, some of whom were Elizabeth, Mary and Amanda Chick ; Mollie C. and J. T. Dailey ; Patsey, Hettie and S. Dinwiddle ; Martha A., Cordie v., E. S. and W. B. Estes ; Martha A., Elizabeth J., Sallie J., Annie M., Annie E. and Squire Turner; Elizabeth White, J. R. and Margaret Boulton, Annie Bradford and Wm. P. Berkebile.

The church building, a frame, was built in the spring of 1874, at a cost of $2,000. It was dedicated August 16, 1874, by Elder L. B. Wilkes. The pastors have been W. C. Ridgeway, G. H. Perkins, Dr. Newton Hockensmith, R. N. Davis, Philip Bruton and William Jarrott.

The largest number of accessions to the church in any one season was at a meeting which began October 18, and lasted until November 3, 1879. This meeting was conducted by Elder Kirk Baxter, and there were thirty-five converts. ^

Prairie Grove church v^^as organized March 20, 1875, with thirtyeight members, some of whom were John M. and John O. Maupin, Thomas and Frank Wilcox, Martha R. Maupin, Amelia Lusk, Fannie Lusk, Mollie Devier, Rebecca Carpenter, Alice Wilhite, D. H. Wilhite, the Mosely family, and James and Amanda Northcutt. The church building stands on section 6, township 48, range 11. It is a frame, and was built in the fall of 1875 at a cost of $1,700. It was dedicated on the third Sunday in April following, by Rev. J. M. Robinson. The church has had for pastors Revs. J. M. Robinson, G. L. Black and B. B. Gentry. The present membership is forty-one.

Before the church was built services were held in the M. E. Church South. At one time a union meeting between the Methodists and Baptists was held which resulted in twenty additions to the church. March 20, 1875, the church received seven additions by letter from Bonne Femme church. Prairie Grove was originally a branch of the Baptist church at Millersburg, Callaway county.

Grand View Baptist Church. '

This church is situated at the head of the Two-mile prairie. The conoTesration was oro;anized December 25, 1869. Some of the original members were Samuel and Rhoda Watkins, R. H. Wilcox, E. J. Wilcox, John James, Wm. and E. F. Norris, Aaron and Mary Thornley, Mary James, A. G. and Eliza Shaefer, Noah Flood and John Howell. The church building, a frame, was erected in 1874, and dedicated May 27, 1877, by Rev. J. M. Robinson. This church has had for pastors Eevs. G. D. Tolle, Green Carey, John Parmer, J. M. Mc- Guire, and Joshua Pearce. The church has been greatly strengthened the present year under the ministrations ot Rev. Pearce. Twentysix additions have been made to the membership, and the church feels that it has also received many spiritual blessings, and hopes that in the future it may be as a city set on a hill, which " cannot be hid." The present membership is 101.

Gilead Grange

Gilead Grange No. 1657, Patrons of Husbandry, was instituted by W. T. Hickman under a charter dated February 14, 1874. The charter members were J. A. Stevenson, W. W. Hulet, Henry Palmer, A. Hunter, A. C. Turner, J. D. Williams, A. G. Robinson, Sallie Palmer, Josie Hulet, Eliza Williams, and others. The first officers were J. A. Stevenson, master ; B. Crump, overseer ; C. C. Turner, lecturer ; W. W. Hulet, treasurer; T. Crump, chaplain, L. G. Berry, secretary ; W. Roberts, steward ; Mrs. Amanda G. Robinson, Ceres ; Crotia Haggard, Pomona; Miss Josie Hulet, Flora; Mrs. Martha J. Barrett, lady assistant steward. The present officers are : L. G. Berry, master: Silas Hogan, O. ; J. W. Conley, L. ; Joseph Brown, C. ; D. H. Orear, sec'y ; A. Conkling, steward; Mrs. E. A. Berry, Ceres ; Mrs. Bettie Hogan, Pomona ; Miss Etta Berry, Flora ; Miss Maggie Conley, L. A. S. The present membei'ship is about 50. The i>:range meets in a rented hall at Brown's Station.

Lee Anthony

The subject of this notice was born in Morgan county, Missouri, in 1846. He is the son of Thomas and Cassandra (Sutton) Anthony. His father is a native of Tennessee, and was born February 28th, 1812. His parents came to Boone county, Missouri, when he, Thomas, was quite a small boy, and settled about five miles west of Columbia. He marrit;d Miss Cassandra Sutton, a daughter of Wm. Sutton. Miss Sutton, the mother of Lee Anthony, was born in Kentucky on the 7th of December, 1818, and came to Boone county with her parents when she was quite a child. One year after her marriage with Thomas Anthony they moved to Morgan county, where Lee was born. They lived there until 1862, when they returned to Boone. They had a family of fourteen children, seven of whom are now living-, Thomas Anthony died in 1876, and is buried at the Wright graveyard, in Columbia township, where his first wife was buried in 1865. His second wife is still living. For the last few years of his life he lived in Audrain county. Lee Anthony, his son, came to Boone county with his parents when he was sixteen years of age, and has lived here continuously since. He was married February 12th, 1875, to Miss Lottie S. Tucker, a daughter of Warren W. and Martha B. Tucker, of this county. They have three children, two girls and one boy. Their names are Cora C, Allison Woods and Eva May. His farm upon which he lives is one mile east of Stephens' station and six miles northeast of Columbia. The home place contains three hundred acres, and his other farm on the prairie four miles to the southeast of him, has two hundred and sixty-live acres. Mr. Anthony is a farmer and stock feeder, standing in the front rank of enterprising stock men of Boone county. He is a genial, hospitable gentleman, dispensing hospitality in that hearty, whole-souled manner which is characteristic of the Southern man everywhere. He and his wife are members of the Christian church at Oakland.

Dr. M. R. Arnold, Deceased

Dr. Matthew Read Arnold, son of Lewis and Margaret (Throckmorton) Arnold, was born in Bourbon county, Kentucky, March 13th, 1805. He was educated in Kentucky. After coming to Boone county, he studied medicine and practiced his profession until his death, which occurred July 22d, 1868. He was married September 2d, 1828, to Melvina, daughter of Gen. R. S. Russell, of Bourbon county, Kentucky. By this union there were five children, Eliza B., Lewis H., Maria T., Robert E., and Thomas A. The first wife dying, he was married the second time, September 22d, 1853, to Eliza J., daughter of Joseph and Susan (Hill) Swanson. By this union there were two children, Matthew R. and Jas. P. Dr. Arnold was a member of the Christian church of Columbia. Mrs. Arnold is a member of the Columbia Methodist church. She is living on the farm purchased by her husband, four and one-half miles southeast of Columbia.

Eli Bass

The subject of this sketch was born in Nashville, Tennessee, and died in Boone county, Missouri, 1865, in the fifty-ninth year of his age. His father, Peter Bass, was a native of Mainland, but for a number of years had lived at Nashville, when he moved with his family to Boone county, Missouri, in 1819, when Eli was quite a boy. He was a man of great energy and decision of character and amassed a very large fortune and at his death left his children large patrimonies. Eli, his son, instead of spending his fortune, as most young men do, who inherit great wealth, added greatly thereto, besides rearing and educating a large family. He was in the true sense of the word a gentleman, one of extensive information and fine practical sense, possessing a magnificent physique. He was perhaps one of the largest owners of real estate in Central Missouri, living in princely style at his elegant country residence, where he dispensed hospitality in the true Southern style. He reared large herds of stock and carried on farming in a remunerative and practical manner. In 1861 he was elected to the Constitutional Convention to form a new Constitution for the State. He subscribed $3,000 to procure the location of the State University at Columbia, and was one of its first curators. His reputation for rectitude and reliability was of the highest order. He was for years a worthy and consistent member of the Baptist church. His children are among the most enterprising and intelligent citizens of Boone county, one son, J. L., representing the county in the General Assembly some years since, and no name has been held in higher esteem in Boone county, than that of Bass. Eli's eld^r brother, John M., was a lawyer of distinction in St. Louis, a compeer of Bates, Gamble, Geyer and Lucas, and afterwards was, for twenty-five years, president of the Union Bank of Tennessee. Eli Bass married Miss Margaret, daughter of Capt. Wra. Johnson, of Boone county, who survives him. She is a noble, highly cultivated Christian lady, beloved by all who know her.

Capt. Monroe Bateman

Captain Monroe Bateman is a native of Fleming county, Kentucky, where he was born February 13, 1831. Is the son of Newton and Margaret Bateman. He was educated in Mason county, Kentucky. In 1852 Mr. Bateman went to Stockton, California, where he remained five years. Returning to Mason county, he engaged in the mercantile business at Minerva until 1857. At the breaking out of the war Captain Bateman raised a company of cavalry for the Union army. His command was mustered in as company L, 2d Kentucky cavalry. At one time his company served as escort to General Sherman. He was captured by the enemy and was a prisoner until paroled, October 5, 1863. In the hitter part of the war he went to Cincinnati where he engaged in the mercantile business with Ellis, McAlpin & Co. He did not remain in Cincinnati but one year, coming to Boone county, Missouri, in 1864. He was married. May 5, 1864 to Miss Mary A., daughter of Jesse and Mary Boulton. Their union has been blessed with eight children, four of whom are dead. The deceased children were Clarence M., born May 4, 1865, died May 28,1870; Levi M., born December 2, 1867, died June 13, 1870; Ruth A., born August 8, 1875, died January 3, 1876, and an infant son, born and died May 3, 1871. The living children are Mary L., born August 15, 1869 ; Jesse C, born December 4, 1872 ; Clinton C,, born July 3, 1877, and Clark R., born November, 1879. Mr. Bateman is a member of the Masonic lodge at Columbia, also a member of the Columbia Christian church. Mrs. Bateman is a member of the same church. Mr. Bateman is president of the Blackfoot and Columbia rock road, which position he has held for eight years. He is largely interested in agriculture. His farm of 217 acres is well improved. It is an excellent stock farm, the land being well set in bluegrass. It is situated three miles north of the court-house. He also owns 120 acres of land in sec-tion 18, township 49. - He has been president, vice-president and director of the Boone County Agricultural and Mechanical Association, being for many years one of the most active and energetic workers in this corporation.

Samuel Beattie, Deceased

The old pioneer whose name heads this sketch was a native of Washington county, Virginia, where he was reared and educated. He came to Boone county, Missouri, in company with his brother David, as early as 1818. He was married in this county, May 11, 1820, to Miss Mary Denny, and the young couple made their bridal tour to Garrard county, Kentucky, on horseback, the trip requiring some three weeks. He had settled on Thrall's Prairie some time in the year 1818. Two sons and three daughters were born to Mr. and Mrs. Beuttie, named William N., David F., Sarah A., Mary E., and Elizabeth J. Samuel Beattie was the first constable of Perche township, having been appointed to that office in 1821. He was always a farmer, and the place he settled is the one now occupied by his son, William N. Beattie. It lies one and a half miles north of Columbia court-house. He died in Boone county, January 31, 1831, and is buried by the side of his wife, on the old homestead, she having died September 29, 1856.

William N. Beattie

William N. Beattie is a son of the deceased pair mentioned in the sketch of Samuel Beattie, and was born in Boone county, April 20, 1821. He seems to have been the oldest of five children, and was reared and educated in his native county, receiving his education at Columbia College. He was married September 20, 1849, to Miss Katharine, daughter of Samuel and Letitia (Hayes) Murrell. They have five children - three sons and two daughters. Mr. Beattie has always been a farmer, and is now residing on the old place settled by his father. He is a member of the Presbyterian church, of Columbia. He was quite young when his father died, though he was the oldest child ; and the work of the family maintenance and improvement of the farm devolved largely upon him. Since he has become solely possessed of the old farm, he has greatl}^ improved and built up the place, till it is now, at this writing, one of the finest farms in Boone county.

John W. Beazley, Decea8Ed

Mr. Beazley was the son of Thomas and Elizaljeth (Woolfolk) Beazley, and was born in Boone county, seven miles southwest of Columbia. He received his education in this county, and in early life learned the cabinet-maker's trade, at which he worked for seven years. On the 20th of December, 1855, he was married to Miss Sarah Lynes, daughter of James M. and Hannah B. (Victor) Lynes. Soon after his marriage, Mr. Beazley quit the cabinet-making business, and moved on a farm three and a half miles southeast of Columbia, where he continued to reside till the time of his death, which occurred May 24th, 1864. Mrs. Beazley, his widow, is still living in Boone county at the time of this writing. She is a member of the Bonne Femme Baptist church, and has been for nineteen years.

Jesse A. Boulton

Judge Jesse A.ugustus Boulton is the son of Brice and Eliza (Pepper) Boulton. He was born in Mason county, Kentucky, May 19, 1817, and came to this county in the fall of 1840. He was educated at Bacon College, Georgetown, Kentucky, of which David S. Burnett was president. After completing his education, he taught school in Bracken county, Kentucky, afterwards at Woodlawn Seminary. He was married, October 17, 1839, to Miss Mary H., daughter of Levi Todd and Mary (Eniison) Smith. By this marriage they had two children, one son and one daughter. The son, David R., is now in Maysville, California. Mrs. Boulton, died February 26, 1846, and was buried on the farm formerly owned by her father, now the property of Capt. Monroe Bateman. Judge Boulton returned to Kentucky in the spring of 1847, and was married soon after to Miss Clara, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Payne (Loyd) Ferine. By this union they have had five sons and one daughter. Jesse L. was born June 29th, 1854. He is now professor of English literature at the Christian University at Canton, Missouri, which position he has occupied for several years. Lillie Francis was born July 25, 1857 ; Walter E., April 6, 1861 ; Fayne A., August 18, 1864, and John W., August 21, 1867. Judge Boulton was employed to teach the public school at Columbia in 1840, and was actively engaged in this business for several years. From 1847 to 1850 he taught at Woodlawn Seminary, Kentucky, as previously stated in this biography. He served two terms as judge of the Boone county court, first term by appointment from Gov. Hardin in 1875. The year following, he was elected to the same office. Judge Boulton has followed teaching and farming all his life. He was president of the Boone county grange for two years, and has always been an active, zealous member of that organization. He is an official member of the Christian church, and his wife has been a communicant of that church for forty years. Since 1850, Judge Boulton has followed farming exclusively. He has a fine farm of 475 acres three and one-half miles northeast of Columbia, all of which is inclosed. One-half of the land is in grass; the remainder he devotes to the various crops usually grown on the farm. Mr. Boulton has a remarkable memory. He recollects every incident connected with his life from earliest childhood, and can name the date of each occurrence correctly. Rice Boulton, the father of Jesse, was born in Charlotte county, Virginia, December 23, 1787, and emigrated to Kentucky in 1813. The year following he Avas married to Eliza Fepper, of Mason county, Kentucky, a professional school teacher. The elder Boulton was for years sheriff of Mason county. Came to Boone county, Missouri, March 26, 1853, and lived with his son Jesse until his death, which occurred March 26, 1866. He was a member of the Christian church, and his wife, who is still living - having reached her eighty-fourth year - is also a member of the same church, and has been for seventy years.

G. A. Bradford

George Austin Bradford is the son of Austin and Levina Bradford, of Scott county, Kentucky, in which State he was born June 6, 1830. He came to Boone county in 1836, and was educated at the Bonne Femme Academy, six miles southeast of Columbia. Was married January 28, 1858, to Miss Annie, daughter of Joel and Dorcas T. Smith, of Randolph county, Missouri. Mr. Bradford was raised on the farm and has followed farming all his life. He owns twelve hundred and fifty acres of land. A body of four hundred acres constitutes the tract upon which he lives. This farm is well located and finely improved. He has a fine frame residence situated three miles southeast of Columbia, on the Columbia and Ashland gravel road. Mr. Bradford is largely engaged in stock-raising and has some fine thoroughbred Durham cattle. He is a member of the Christian church at Olivet, on the Two-Mile Prairie, and has been a member of this congregation for fifteen years.

Michael Bright

Michael Bright is the son of Michael and Jane (McClung) Bright, and was born in Callaway county, Missouri, May 20th, 1848. His father was from Greenbrier county. West Virginia, and emigrated to Missouri in 1834. The grandfather of our subject was also Michael Bright, and his wife was Sarah Price, all Virginians. The father of Michael, our subject, settled in Callaway county, Missouri, near Stephens' store, and lived upon the farm until his death, in 1881. He is buried at Cedar church, in Callaway county. The present Michae was reared upon the farm and lived with his parents until he was twenty-four years old, when he went to Wyoming Territory, and stayed two years. He was married on the 28th of May, 1874, to Miss Adelia A., ds^ughter of John C. and Elizabeth McKinney, of Boone county. Mrs. Bright's father is dead, but her mother is yet living. Her father died in 1875, and is buried at Walnut Grove church. Mr. and Mrs. Bright lived one year after their marriage in Callaway county, and then sold their farm and bought and improved the place here in Boone where they are now living. The farm contains 240 acres, well improved. The house is upon the southwest quarter of section 20, township 49, range 11. Mr. Bright handles stock considerably, mostly cattle. His wife is a member of the Baptist church at Prairie Grove. They have one son, John McKinney Bright.

Beerywick J. Brown

Berry wick Johnson Brown is a native of Boone county. He is the son, and only surviving child of James and Sarah Ann (Davis) Brown, who were among the early settlers of Boone county. Berrywick was born four and one-half miles northwest of Columbia, November 3, 1848. He was educated at the district schools, completing his studies at the Missouri State University. Was married November 29, 1877, to Miss Lula, daughter of Philip and George Ann (Nichols), Prather. By this marriage they have had two sons. Mr. Brown was raised on the farm, and has followed agriculture exclusively until recently, when he added the business of brick-making, forming for this purpose a partnership under the firm name of Brown & Berry. This is the largest firm of the kind ever established in Columbia. They employ over twenty hands. They have all the modern machinery for making pressed brick, such as our people were formerly compelled to ship from a distance. They find ready sale for all their brick. Though the enterprise is yet in its infancy, Messrs. Brown & Berry have every reason to feel encouraged, and the people of Columbia are fortunate in thus securing good material for the many excellent buildings that are being added to the town every year. Mr. Brown has a farm of 500 acres, situated two miles north of Columbia, on the Columbia and Blackfoot rock road. He is a member of the Columbia lodge of K. of P. His wife is a member of the Christian church, James Brown, the father of B. J., was born July 27, 1798, and came to Boone county in 1832, emigrating from Madison county, Kentucky. He was married March 5, 1840, to Sarah A. Davis, of Scott county, Kentucky. By this union they had seven children, six sons and one daughter, Berrywick being the fifth child born of this marriage. He is the only child now living. James Brown, the father of Berrywick, died in 1865, and was buried on the farm now owned by his son. Mrs. Brown died July 18, 1873, aged fifty-nine years. She was buried by the side of her husband. The elder Brown was banished from Missouri in 1862, on account of his Southern proclivities. He spent most of his exile at Greencastle, Indiana. *

Dr. Leonidas B. Brown is the son of James and Dorcas (McCalla)- Brown, of Scott county, Kentucky, where he was born May 13, 1828. The family came to Boone county, Missouri, in the spring of 1835.

He was educated at Georgetown College, Kentucky. Studied medicine in the office of Greig & Rankin, Georgetown, Kentucky, afterwards graduating at the University of Louisville, in the twenty-fourth year of his age. He next attended a course of lectures at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, graduating in the spring of 1852. He then came to Boone county, Missouri, where he practiced his profession for two years, returning to Philadelphia for another course of lectures. Completing his medical studies, he returned to Boone county and resumed his former practice at Brown's Station. He moved his family to the farm, formerly owned by his father, one-half mile east of Stephens' station, but still keeps his office at Brown's Station, which derives its name from him. The village, consisting of some eight or ten houses, is built on his land. He has an extensive practice, visiting in his rounds some three hundred families. He has at his home farm 170 acres, and at Brown's station about 40 acres. Dr. Brown was married December 19, 1854, to Miss Thompson, daughter of Richard and Ann (Swan) Thompson. By this marriage they had one son and one daughter. The first wife died in 1856. In 1858 he was married to Miss Nannie, daughter of Hugh and Mary Wright. By this union they have four sons and one daughter. Dr. Brown's father was a carpenter, but carried on a farm while working at his trade. He built a great many houses in Columbia. He was quartermaster in the Mormon war, under General Thomas D. Grant. He died in 1845, and is buried at the old Hinkson church. Mrs. Brown died in 1869, and is buried by the side of her husband. Their family consisted of nine children, five sons and four daughters, of whom three sons and two daughters are now living. Dr. Brown being the oldest. F. C. Brown is a practicing physician at Hickory Grove church, Boone county. C. C. Brown is in the mercantile business, St. Louis ; Isabella married Jesse Hart; Miriam married Samuel Crockett, all of Boone count}^. Mrs. Dr. Brown is a member of the Methodist church.

Arthur Payne Clarkson is the son of Dr. Henry Mt and Mariam (Payne) Clarkson. Dr. Clarkson was a graduate of the old Medical College at Philadelphia, but never practiced his profession. He owaied a large plantation in Fauquier county, Virginia, which required all of his attention. His wife's father was also one of the largest planters in their section of Virginia. Arthur P. Clarkson came to Missouri in 1841 and settled in Columbia, where he remained for six or seven years. He then moved to the farm upon which he now resides, five miles east of Columbia, on the gravel road. He Avas educated at Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri. Was married April 26th, 1859, to Miss Emily A., daughter of William H. and Harriet (Holley) Brand, of Lexington, Kentucky. Dr. Holley, grandfather of Mrs. Clarkson, was four years president of Transylvania College, Lexington, Kentucky. Mr. Clarkson has alw&ys followed farming. He owns a fine farm one and a half miles east of Columbia, on the St. Charles road. From 1867 to 1873 Mr. Clarkson was chairman of the Boone County Democratic Central Committee. He has always taken a lively interest in political matters. While not a partisan, strictly speaking, he is yet sincere and positive in his political convictions and unwavering in his support of party men and measures.

John Connelly

The above is the original spelling of the name of an old pioneer family, though the orthography has been changed by the descendants and younger generation, who spell the name C-o-n-l-e-y, dropping out one " n " and one " 1 '" and placing the " e " between the " 1 " and the"y." John Connelly, the subject of this sketch, was born in Maryland in the year 1755, and came to Boone county, Missouri, in 1827. He married Elizabeth Turner of Madison county, Kentucky, and became the ancestor of many of the generations in Boone county, who bear the name, and the altered name as mentioned above. Mr. Connelly served under Gen. Greene in the Revolutionary War, and was present at Yorktown when Lord Cornwallis handed over his sword to Gen. Washington. This worthy old pioneer died at the home of his son-in-law, James Turner, in 1849, on what is known as the Two-mile Prairie, and was laid by his friends and relatives in his last resting place.

Sanfoiid Connelly

Is a son of John and Elizabeth (Turner) Connelly, and was born in Madison county, Kentucky, January 8th, 1815, and was partially educated in his native county. He completed his education in Boone county, Missouri, whither his parents removed in 1827. When 22 years old he enlisted, in 1837, for service in the " Florida War." He served three mouths under command of Col. Richard Gentry, and with credit to himself. Mr. Connelly was married in Boone county, December 23d, 1840, to Jane Le Force, daughter of William andMar}^ (Martin) Le Force, a fiimih' of French descent. Mr. Con- nelly was engaged in business in Columbia, keeping a general merchandise store from 1858 to 1862. He then sold his stock of goods to his nephew, John C. Connelly, and moved to the comitry on a farm of 280 acres, four miles northwest of Columbia, where he lived till 1879. On leaving tliat place, he moved to his present place of residence, two and a half miles south of Columbia. Mr. Connelly is one of Boone county's most substantial farmers, and owns some 570 acres of as good land as is in the county. He is a member of the " Olivet " Christian church.

Andrew May Conway

Andrew M. Conway, son of Gen. Frederick Hector and Martha (Collins) Conway, was born in St. Louis, Missouri, October 8, 1842. Came to Boone county in 1849. Was educated at the Bonne Femme Academy, and at Elm Ridge Academy, Howard county, completing his literary education at the Missouri State University in 1864. Completing his medical course in 1874 at St. Louis. Returning to Boone county, he opened an ofBce at Midway, seven miles west of Columbia. In Oct. 1875, he married Miss Susan, daughter of Isaac and Susan (Anderson) Hays. In the spring of 1876, Dr. Conway went to Texas with the view of locating, but came back to Boone county in 1878 and settled at Stephens' stationv>wlieref;he: is now practicing his profession and rapidly building up a good business. They have two children : Frederick R., born September 14, 1876, and Julia, born April 10, 1881. The doctor is not a member of any church. Mrs. Conway is a member of the Methodist Church South. Gen. Frederick R. Conway, the father of the subject of this sketch, was a man of considerable prominence. He was born in Green county, Tennessee, July 4, 1799. He was a grandson of Col. Henry Conway, of the Revolutionary war, and the son of Judge Thomas Conway, who moved to Howard county, Missouri, in 1818, where he remained until his death in 1836. In early manhood Gen. Conwaj^ served as clerk in the office of his uncle, William Rector, surveyor-general of Missouri and Illinois, also deputy LTnited States surveyor of public lands. In 1830 he w^as appointed United States recorder of land titles in St. Louis, an office created by Congress for the purpose of settling claims under French and Spanish grants in the territory of Louisiana. He moved to Boone county in 1849. He was one of seven brothers, two of whom, James S. and Elias N. , were governors of the same State ( Arkansas), an incident without a parallel in the history of this country. Henry W., the eldest brother, was an officer in the United States army. While stationed in Arkau- sas territory he resigned and was elected a delegate to Congress. Pending a subsequent election, he was killed in a duel. Dr. John E., another brother, was a surveyor of public lands and commissioner to define the boundary line between Texas and Arkansas. William, the fifth brother, was supreme judge of Arkansas. Thomas, the sixth brother, was a merchant. He died at Huntsville, Missouri, when quite a young man. Ex-Governor Elias Conway is the only surviving brother. He is now living at Little Rock, Arkansas. There were three sisters. One became the wife of William Shields, another married a man named Runkle. The third is Mrs. Gen. William Pelham, living near Austin, Texas. Gen. Conway first married a widow named Smith. By this union they had one son. She dying a short time after her marriage, he wedded Martha Collins. There were five children by this union: Lucy A., Thomas F., a lawyer in Santa Fe, New Mexico; Andrew M., Mary E., deceased, and Francis H., who is now running a cotton plantation on the Arkansas river, near Little Rock.

James William Conley

James William Conley, son of John and Belila (Weldon) Conley, was born in Boone county, Missouri, May 11, 1835. He was brought up on the farm and educated at the common schools of the country. Married, November 5, 1857, Miss Anna E., daughter of Orastus and Mary (Summers) Reid. By this union they have nine children, one son aud eight daughters, all of whom are living: Mollie B., born December 22, 1858 ; Maggie Lee, born September 3, 1861 ; Mattie and Minnie, born December 16, 1863; Alva N., born April 19, 1867; Alvin, born July 15, 1870 ; Rosa, B., born November 20, 1873 ; Genie, born January 21, 1877 ; Roy, born December 13, 1879. Mr. Conley taught school in Boone county, beginning in the spring of 1855 and continuing until 1862. In 1870-71, run a saw-mill on the old Prather farm, seven and one-half miles northeast of Columbia, on Clay's Fork. Since 1871 he has followed farming continuously up to the present time. He owns a fine farm of 300 acres, seven miles northeast of Columbia, on the Middletown road. The farm is well watered and timbered. He has lived on this farm since 1858. He has improved the place to the very best advantage. A large portion of the land is in grass and woodland pasture. He devotes about one hundred acres to corn, wheat and oats. He has two of the finest sugar orchards in the county. Has a good coal mine, the vein being from three to four feet in thickness. It was opened some time in 1850. Mr. Conley is a member of the Masonic order, also a Patron of Husbandry. He is a member of the Oakland Christian church. Four of his daughters are members of the same church.

Hugh Devier

Is a son of Allen and Nancy (Turley) Devier ; was born May 17, 1818, in Rockingham county, Virginia. He is the third of a family of ten children. His father, Allen Devier, was born in Rockingham county, Virginia, in the year 1787, and died August, 1850. His mother was also a native of the same county and died in 1861, They are buried in the county in which they were born, married and died. Hugh received his education in Augusta and Rockingham counties, Virginia. He lived at home with his parents until he was thirty years of age, when, in the spring of 1848, he came to Boone county, Missouri, and settled on the farm that was bought by his grandfather, Wm. Devier, of Christian county, Kentucky, in 1818, for $2.50 per acre. When Hugh took charge of the place it was a wild timbered tract, never having heard the ring of the ax, or felt the glebe of the plow. By hard work and skilful management it has been transformed into one of the best farms in the county, containing 428 acres, six miles northeast of Columbia, on the range line road. Mr. Devier was a large dealer in cattle and hogs from 1861 to 1880. He was married March 2, 1847, to Miss Alcinda E., daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Keller) Miller, from Strasburg, Virginia. By this union they have eight children, five boys and three girls: James William, Sarah V., Jacob A., Hugh J., Mary E., Hiram K., Stonewall J., and Nancy T., and are all living at home except James William, who lives in Denton county, Texas. Himself, wife and four of their children are members of the Missionary Baptist church. His brother, Giles Devier, is editor of the Rockingham Register, of Rockingham county, Virginia, established in 1832.

Samuel Dinwiddie

The subject of this sketch is the son of Samuel and Patsy (McBride) Dinwiddie. He was born in Boone county, Missouri, October 25th, 1845. He was educated at the district schools, attending the old brick school house, four miles east of Columbia, and what was known as the Old White school house, four miles southeast of Columbia. Mr.. Dinwiddie was married November 11th, 1868, to Hettie, daughter of Wm. H. and Missouri Hickam Garrett, of Linn county, Missouri. He is a farmer, and has followed agricultural pursuits all his life. He resides on the old farm bought by his father in 1840, situated on the Columbia and Cedar creek rock road. He is a member of the Olivet Christian church. His wife, who died May 21st, 1882, was a member of the same church.

The subject of this sketch is the son of Samuel and Patsy (McBride) Dinwiddle, and was born in Lincoln county, Kentucky, Ma}' 11th, 1839. His parents were natives of Kentucky, and emigrated to Boone county, Missouri, when James was about a year old, and settled the place upon which his son Samuel is now living, about four miles east of Columbia. Samuel Dinwiddle was a tanner by trade, but followed farmino: after he came to Missouri until his death in 1865. His wife, our subject's mother, died in 1868, and they are buried upon the old homestead. They had nine children. James McBride has lived in Boone county all his life, save one year spent in Illinois during the war. He was educated in the country schools principally, going one term to the University. He was married May 11th, 1862, to Miss Kate, daughter of William Moseley. By this union they have had nine children: William S., Mary Irene, Clara Moseley, John, Julia, Ella, James, Charles and Thomas. Mr. and Mrs. Dinwiddie are members of the Christian church, and he is a member of the Knights of Honor at Columbia. He is of Scotch-Irish descent, and a life-long Democrat. Has farmed all his life, and been quite successful. He has a fine farm, and is accounted one of the substantial citizens of the county.

James C. Dysart

James C. Dysart, son of Madison and Maria (Cowan) Dysart, was born in Callaway county, Missouri, September 21st, 1836. He came to Booue county with his parents in 1838. He was educated at the common schools of the county, and worked on the farm until 1857, when he was engaged as a salesman at Burlington by J. C. Thompson. The business was afterwards moved to Sturgeon, and he continued with Thompson for a while. Then he formed a partnership with a man named Cros white, in the dry goods business. He continued with Croswhite until 1861, when the partnership was dissolved, and he continued the business alone until 1864, when he sold out and removed to Helena, Montana Territory, where he opened a grocery store. He went by steamer from St. Louis. On the way the vessel sunk near Omaha, His famil}' then returned home, while he continued his journey on board another steamer. He landed at Helena City July 12th, 1865, and opened a grocery store which he ran until September of that year. He also engaged in mining, having an interest in a quartz mill. Leaving Helena in September, he went to Fort Benton. There he took passage on a flat-boat for Sioux City, Iowa, and from there to St. Joseph, Missouri, travelled by stage. Returning to Boone county, he engaged in farmingnear Hallsville in 1867. He continued in the business for about a year, when he came to Brown's Station and engaged in the general mercantile business under the firm name of Dysart & Turner. One year later the firm was dissolved, Mr. Dysart buying Turner's interest in the business. He ran the store alone for one year, when he took W. A. Goodding in partnership, the firm name being Dysart & Goodding. Two years later Mr. Dysart bought out Mr. Goodding' s interest, and has since conducted the business alone. He has a good trade, and is doing well. In connection with the store he is running a saw and grist mill, in partnership with James L. Henry. Mr. Dysart was married January 4th, 1849, to Miss Mary E., daughter of Lewis and Sallie (Barnes) Reid, daughter of Elder James Barnes. By this union they have eight children, five sons and three daughters, six of whom are living. One of the sons, George R., received severe injuries while raking hay, August 5th, 1882, from which he died the day following.

This gentleman, though now numbered with the dead, will be remembered by many as an old settler of Boone county. Mr, Estes was the son of Richard Estes, of Virginia, and was born in Spottsylvania county, of that State, in 1797, and resided in his native State during youth. He came to this State and county in 1827, having been reared and educated in Virginia, where he was also married. On February 5th, 1826, he was married to Miss Malinda Estes, and on her death, was a second time married to Miss Mary Smith, April 24th, 1839. He was by trade a brick-layer, though he farmed for many years after coming to Missouri. He bought a farm in this county, three miles southeast of Columbia, on the Cedar Creek road. When the " War of '12 " came on, Mr. Estes was just of the suitable age to take part in that brief struggle against England, and he served his country faithfully under Commodore Barry. By ftis first wife he had five children, four daughters and a son, of whom only one - Margaret E., wife of John R. Boulton - is living at this writing. By the second marriage, Mr. Estes was the father of three boys and one girl, of whom William B., and R. S. Estes still survive. Mr. Estes departed this life, July 29th, 1869, and he and his wife are both buried in the family burying ground on the old homestead.

Richard Samuel Estes '

Is the son of Berkley Estes, deceased, and was born in Boone county May 27, 1847. He was educated in his native county, and was married, April 6th, 1869, to Cordelia, daughter of John and Margaret Carlisle. He has followed farming and stock raising, and is living on the old homestead. The farm contains 257 acres, mostly in grass. Mr. and Mrs. Estes have six children, three boys and three girls, all living at this writing. He and wife are both members of the Olivet Christian church. There is a splendid coal bank on his farm of a good quality, which will of course be fully worked at some future time. A stream of clear water, called Limestone Creek, runs through his place, and affords abundant water for his stock.

Archibald Turner Garth

Mr. Garth is the son of John E. and Kate M. (Turner) Garth and was born in Boone county, Missouri, February 24th, 1852. His father John Robert Garth, was born in Fayette county, Kentucky, November 10th, 1827. He was married in Boone county, Missouri, in January, 1851, to Miss Catherine M. Turner. He was one of Columbia's most enterprising merchants and best citizens. He died suddenly on the 23d of July, 1877, at the residence of his son, A. T. Garth, and is buried at the Columbia cemeter3^ Our subject, A. Turner Garth, was educated at the State University and at Bryant & Stratton's Commercial College, of St. Louis. In 1873 and 1874 he was engaged in the boot and shoe business in Columbia, and in 1877 and 1878 he was with R. H. Clinkscales in the grocery business. In the spring of 1880 he went back upon the farm and has dealt largely in stock ever since. He handles none but the best blood, and has shipped many young cattle to Kansas and other Western States. He is interested in a very large herd of cattle in Dickerson county, Kansas, and in the spring of 1881 he shipped an extra large lot of stock to the West. He and his brother, S. T. Garth, have a very large farm, well appointed in all modern improvements and well stocked with thoroughbreds. The home farm is called the Rose-Bud Herd Farm, and is one of the best upon the celebrated Two-mile prairie. Mr. Garth was mar- ried October the 8tli, 1872 to Miss Ella M., daughter of I. W. and A. B. McDonald, of Kansas City. They are blest with one child, Roberta B. Mr. and Mrs. Garth are members of the Christian church and he is a member of the A. O. U. W. society.

R. Brown Gans

R. B. Gans, the celebrated optician and telescope maker, was born in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, July 2d, 1819. He was educated at the common schools of the county, and among other things learned the cabinet-maker's trade from his father, who was a skilful mechanic. He followed this business until the war. About the year 1847, and while yet a citizen of Pennsylvania, he commenced work as an optician. He made some twelve telescopes, one of which he sold to Waynesburg College, Green county, Pennsylvania. After comiugto Boone county he resumed the business. / He made the one now in use at the Christian Female College, Columbia, worth $1,000. He has one now in course of construction which will, when finished, be worth $2,000. It will be an equatorial instrument, worked by a clockwork governor, ten feet focal length, and seven inches clear aperture. It will be provided with fifteen eye pieces of various kinds, together with a pull-rising eye-piece and micrometer. It will be mounted on a heavy iron column of a half-ton weight, with right ascension and declination circle to five seconds. He also has a small instrument already complete. It is fifty-seven inches focal length and three and one-fourth inches aperture. It is mounted in brass on a heavy try -rod, together with finder and four eye-pieces, possessing a magnifying power of from sixty to two hundred times. It is adjusted by rack and pivot and endless screw. This instrument is valued at two hundred dollars. Mr. Gans imports his glass from the same firm that supplies Clark & Son, of Cambridgeport, Massachussetts. He furnished one telescope to Dr. Isaac Ridge, of Kansas City, in 1881, for which he received two hundred dollars. He has an invention of his own for grinding and polishing his glasses and lenses. The old method of grinding by hand took the time and trouble to grind one glass that he would devote to five, and his process is more accurate and better. He has a machine lathe, made by Sheppard, of Cincinnati, which cost him two hundred dollars.

Robert Parks Glenn

Kentucky. His father, Moses Glenn, was born March 26th, 1791, in Fleming county, Kentucky, and died in March, 1866. His mother Avas born in Nicholas county, Kentucky, May 15th, 1795 ; died in 1879, and is buried by the side of her husband in the county of her birth. They had eight children, six boys and two girls. Sarah P., born March 24th, 1825; Robert P., born May 24th, 1826; Nancy A., born November 24th, 1827 ; Thos. J., born May 5th, 1829 ; John H., born February 11th, 1831 ; Archibald M., born February 8th, 1833, and died at Memphis in 1867 ; Moses A., born December 15, 1834 ; and James M., born January 12th, 1837. EobertP., the second of the eight children, was educated in his native county. He lived upon the farm with his father, and took the general management of the farm, which was a very large one, being composed of just one thousand acres. He lived at home till he was twenty years of age, then, in 1855, he ran a saw and grist mill in Nicholas county, Kentucky, on Fleming creek, known as the Pleasant Valley mills. After running the mills satisfactorily for three 3^ears, he came to Audrain county, Missouri, and rented a farm upon which he raised one crop. He then bought a farm in Boone county, ten miles northeast of Colnmbia, between the old St. Charles and Mexico roads, known as the Fuller Allen farm, where he still resides. The farm contains four hundred and eighty acres, and is one of the best improved farms in Boone county, being regarded as the model farm of the Two-mile prairie. He has five miles of hedge upon the place, making an impassable barrier for unruly stock. He has a fine house, and his fields are all well-watered. His stock consists of pedigreed short-horn cattle, Cots wold sheep and Berkshire hogs. He is a dealer in mules, handling, on an average, eighty head per year. He was married. May 1st, 1856, to Miss Amanda F., daughter of John and Kitty (Squires) Hall, of Nicholas county, Kentucky. They have four children ; John H., Moses F., Sallie and Robert B., all living. Himself, wife and danghter are members of the Christian church. Mrs. Glenn's father, John Hall, was born in Nicholas county, Kentucky, May 8th, 1801. Her mother, Kitty Squires, was born in Fauquier county, Virginia, March 15th, 1808. Their children were: Margaret Elizabeth, born December 30th, 1829 ; Cynthia Ealin, born January 16th, 1832; Mary Catharine, born July 27th, 1834; Amanda Frances, born July 26th, 1836; Mildred Ann, born June 23d, 1838; Harriet Stout, born April 18th, 1840; Caroline Amelia, born April 25th, 1842 ; Judith Ann, born July 1st, 1844 ; Laura, born September

20th, 1846, and died January 29th, 1849 ; Sarah Jane, born January 4th, 1849; Robert Henry, born January 6th, 1855. Mrs. Glenn's grandfather was James Hall, born in Ireland, May 5th, 1753, and died February 7th, 1835. His wife, Elizabeth (Johnson) Hall, was born December 28th, 1759, and died July 7th, 1839. Her grandfather upon her mother's side was Micajah Squires, born February 4th, 1770, and was murdered near St. Louis in 1819. His wife, Margaret Turley, was born October 3d, 1775, and died in August, 1858. They were both born in Virginia.

B. Gordon

Boyle Gordon is a native of Madison county, Kentucky, the home of many of our best citizens, and the native county of the parents or many more. There is scarcely a neighborhood in Boone but has representatives from this good old county, which gave so liberally of her best citizens to people Boone and other counties of Missouri. It seems strange that so many people could have left one county without in a great measure depopulating it. Visitors from that portion of Kentucky are forcibly impressed with the similarity of the people of Boone as compared with their own. The reason is obvious: Centi'al Kentucky is virtually the parent of Boone county, and the resem- })lance is the natural result of a natural cause. Mr. Gordon was born December 8th, 1825, and came to Boone county in the fall of 1826. He remained in Columbia until 1840, when he returned to Kentucky, where he remained for three years attending school. He returned to Boone, j^nd entered the old Columbia Seminary, finishing his education at the State At the age of twenty-five he commenced the study of law in the office of his father, John Boyle Gordon, then a prominent attorney at the Columbia bar. Was admitted to the practice of law Avhen twenty-seven 3^ears of age, and followed the profession without intermission until he retired from practice in 1872. He was appointed assistant professor of law in the State University, which position he holds at this writing. Mr. Gordon was first married, in 1863, to Miss Susan Watson, of Ralls county, Missouri. She did not survive their marriage but one year, dying in 1864 He was elected to the Legislature from Columbia district in 1864, serving two sessions. In 1875, Governor Hardin appointed him judge of the Boone county court, which office he declined. Mr Gordon has been quite successful in the practice of law. From 1856 to 1862, he was in partnership with General Guitar, the firm commanding all the practice they could vvell attend to. July 10th, 1867, Mr. Gordon was married to Ann Gentry, daughter of Col. Richard Gentry, who was killed in the Florida war, Mr. Gordon owns a nice farm one and one half miles southeast of Columbia on the Columbia and Ashland gravel road. The farm contains three hundred acres well improved and pleasantly situated. During the war Mr. Gordon was a consistent Union man, but took no part in the struggle. Since the war he has voted the Democratic ticket. He is a member of the Presbyterian church, having united with that denomination more than forty years ago. Mr. Gordon has had two children by his second wife. His daughter Annie, died April 5th, 1879. His son Marshall, born April 6th, 1869, is still living. The remains of the old Black mill, one of the first water mills ever erected in Boone county, is situated on Mr. Gordon's place. It was built as fiir back as 1839. It is situated on the Hinkson Creek. Mr. Gordon has a fine collection of Indian pottery, arrow-heads and stone axes, and takes much interest in those relics. He is an afiable gentleman, firm in his opinions and resolute in maintaining them.

Capt. David Guitar

The subject of this sketch was born in Richmond, Madison county, Kentucky, May 1st, 1827, and came to Boone county, Missouri, in the fall of 1829. His parents were John and Emily (Gordon) Guitar. John Guitar was born in Agen, France, and emigrated to the United States in 1819, landing first in New York, where he remained for two years. From New York he went to Richmond, Kentucky, where he was married, in 1824, to Miss Emily Gordon, daughter of David and Mary Jane (Boyle) Gordon. The mother of Mrs. Guitar was a native of Madison county, Kentucky, and a sister of Judge Boyle, of Danville, Kentucky. John Guitar was engaged in the mercantile business previous to coming to Columbia, Missouri. On his arrival here, he resumed his former occupation, selling dry goods and jewelry. He was actively engaged in this business from 1829 up to the time of his death, which occurred in 1848, He is buried at the old family burying ground on what is known as the Old Widow Gordon farm, east of Columbia. Mrs. Guitar died in 1847, and is buried by the side of her husband. Capt. Guitar was educated partly at the old Columbia College, finishing his studies at the Missouri State University, being one among the first students of that institution. In 1847 he enlisted in the Mexican war, serving for one year.

In 1849 he went overland to California, where he remained for three years. Returning to Cohimbia, he engaged in the mercantile business under the firm name of Baker & Guitar. He followed this business for seven years, when he sold out to his partner, G. F. Baker. In the spring of 1860 he removed to the farm he now occupies, two miles northeast of Columbia, During the war he was captain of a militia company under Gen. Douglass, After the war, he continued farming until 1869, when he entered the firm of Anderson, Conly & Co., proprietors of the Columbia Mills. He followed this business for eight years, returning to his farm in 1876. Capt. Guitar was married, October 25th, 1854, to Miss Harriet, daughter of Ferdinand and Martha (Bradley) Herndon, of Nashville, Tennessee. The father of Mrs. Guitar was an officer in the war of 1812. He was born in Fredricksburg, Virginia. By this union they have had ten children, eight of whom, five sons and three daughters, are still living. Their names are: James G., David G., Elizabeth, William, Martha H., John, Harriet and Eddie.

Isaac Loyd Haden

The subject of this notice is the son of Turner R. and Sarah Ann (Loyd) Haden, and was born August 11th, 1854, in Boone county, Missouri. His father came from Scott county, Kentucky, to Boone county, Missouri, about 1825 or 1826, and settled on what is now known as the Bedfot'd farm. He was a farmer, and died in January, 1879. Mrs. Haden, the mother ot Isaac Loyd Haden, is still living, aged fifty-seven. They reared a family of nine children, three boys and six girls. Our subject, Isaac, is the fourth child and second son. Isaac was born four miles northeast of Columbia. He was educated in his native county at what is known as the Kennan school house. He lived at home until he was twenty-one years of age, when he married Miss Myra Gillespie, daughter of Robert and Sophia (Barnes) Gillespie. By this union they have two children, a boy and girl, Wm. Porter and Sallie. He and his wife are members of the Christian church at Hickory Grove, Callaway county, Missouri. He has a good farm upon the Columbia and Concord road, ten miles northeast of Columbia. The soil is a black loam, and raises the very finest wheat and corn in the vicinity.

Joel Harris Haden

the son of Turner R, and Rebecca Haden, and was born in Scott county, Kentucky, September 12tli, 1811. He came to Boone countj^ in the fall of 1828, and rented a farm two and a half miles northeast of Columbia, now known as the Lenoir farm. He was first married to Miss Sarah Cave, daughter of Richard and Martha (Cave) Talbott. By this marriage they have one child, Margaret, who is the wife of John W. Carter, of Boone county. Mr. Haden's first wife died May 15tli, 1835. He was again married July 4th, 1838, to Miss Zerelda, daughter of James and Maria Kirtley. Two sons were born of this union, James W. and Turner R, S. The second wife having died November 3d, 1870, Mr. Haden was married September 28th, 1872, to Sarah, sister of the second wife. Mr. Haden has always followed farming. His farm is one of the best in the county. He has a fine residence, beautifully situated on the Columbia and Blackfoot rock road, one and a half miles north of the city. Mr. Haden is in every sense of the word a self-made man, having accumulated a large fortune by his individual eftbrt. His home place contains 900 acres. In addition to this he owns 600 acres elsewhere, besides much other valuable property, all of which he accumulated by hard labor and good management. Mr. Haden is at this writing seventy-one years old, but looks to be not over fifty.

Edward D. Henry

The subject of this sketch is the son of John Todd and Sarah (Keene) Henry. He was born in Scott count}^ Kentucky, March 14,^ 1812. Was educated in the common district schools of the country. Came to Boone county, Missouri, with his mother, in the fall of 1826, and settled on a farm five and one-half miles northeast of Columbia, where he remained until he was twenty-two years old. Then went from home to learn the trade of brick-laying under J. G. Keene and David Neal. In 1837 returned to Kentucky, in company with his brother, where he remained for one year. When work was commenced on the Missouri State University he was employed to lay brick, building the front wall of that institution. He helped to lay the first brick that were placed in the University. In 1841 he, in company with Henry Keene, formed a partnership for making and laying brick. He continued in this business for about six years. He was married July 7th, 1852, to Miss Susan, daughter of Gabriel and Elizabeth Parker. By this union they have had three sons and tw^o daughters. Lizzie L., born May 2d, 1853 ; Mary, born October 15th,

1856; Edward P., born September 7th, 1860; William Todd, born March 11th, 1867, died October 15th, 1877 ; Robert, born May 10th, 1862, died May 11th, 1864. In 1849 Mr, Henry bought the farm upon which he now lives, containing 216 acres. This farm is well watered and timbered, and is in every respect finely improved. Mr. Henry is an official member of the Presbyterian church and has been for thirty-three years. Mrs. Henry is also a member of the same. Her father, Gabriel Parker, died February 24th, 1880, at the advanced age of eighty-eight years. Her mother, Mrs. Parker, died March 1st, 1864.

John Todd Henry, Jr., Deceased

John Todd Henry, Jr., deceased, Avas the son of John Todd Henrv, Sr., and Sarah (Keene) Henry. John Todd Henry, Sr., was a native of Charlotte county, Virginia, and was born in 1762. He graduated at Prince Edward College, Virginia, now Hampden Sidney. He emigrated to Scott county, Kentucky, and was president of a college in Georgetown, where he died, Februarj^ 23d, 1822. His wife was born in Maryland, in 1782, and moved to Scott county, Kentucky, with her parents, when a child. She came to Boone county, Missouri, in 1826, where she died in 1860. They had four sons and four daughters. Two children, one son and one daughter, are dead. The living have all resided in Boone for fifty-six years, and in the same neighborhood. The oldest member of the family is Samuel L. Henry, who is now in his eighty-second year. John Todd Plenry, Jr., was born in Scott county, Kentucky, August 5th, 1803, and was educated at the common schools of his native county. In early manhood he was constable of his township, and from 1826 to 1828, was deputy sherifi" of Scott county, Kentucky. He was married, February 25tli, 1834, to Miss Harriet, daughter of Capt. Francis and Elizabeth (Gordon) Coleman. The father of Mrs. Henry was a captain in the Revolutionary army. She was born December 21st, 1811. She is the only one living of a family of seven children. Mr. and Mrs. Henry have had seven children, two of whom died in infancy. The names of the living are John T., Samuel W., Sarah E., Robert E., and Emma. Mr. Henry came to Boone county in 1834, and settled on the farm upon which he died, August 5th, 1882. The farm is situated six miles northeast of Columbia, and consists of 440 acres, finely improved. When he settled this place there were but twelve acres of cleared land, the rest of the farm being in the woods. Mr.

James Lawrence Henry

James Lawrence Henry, Jr., son of Dr. James L. and Mary A. (Barnard) Henry, was born in Easton, WasMngton county, New York, September 22d, 1839, and was educated at Greenwich, which is also in Washington county. In 1856 he left his native State, going first to Farmington, Iowa, where he worked one year in the machine shops, then to Knox county, Missouri, where he worked in the milling business eighteen months under the firm name of Hill & Henry. Selling out his interest in the mill he went to Macon City, Missouri, where he acted as superintendent of a livery stable owned by Harry Wortz. He remained in this business until 1859, when he came to Boone county and drove the Columbia and Sturgeon stage for Leonard & Burks until the spring of 1860, when he engaged in the steam sawmill business. He removed the mill from near Centralia to Hinkson creek, ten miles northeast of Columbia. He ran this mill until March, 1861, when he went to farming one mile east of Brown's Station. He ^vas married March 10th, 1861, to Frances S., daughter of James and Louisa (Eidgway) Lampton. By this union they had seven children, two sons and five daughters. Mary L., born February 5th, 1862, died August 23d, 1866 ; Eunice B., born November 12th, 1868 ; John L.,born April 13th, 1871 ; Susan G., born July 6th, 1873 : James C, born July 19th, 1876, died May 11th, 1878; Marion L., born February 7th, 1879, and Elizabeth R., born February 23d, 1881. Mr. Henry enlisted in the Confederate army in 1861 under Capt. Robert L. Maupin, then again under Capt. Amos Hulett. After several attempts to reach the army, he was captured in the summer of 1862, and confined in prison at St. Louis, Alton and Washington City. In the spring of 1863 he was exchanged and sent to City Point, Virginia. From there he went West and joined Capt. Harvey G. McKinney's company, of which he was made first sergeant. Was ordered to Boonia station, near Vicksburg, where he was attached to company H, of the Fifth regiment, commanded by Col. James McCown. Was in the battle near Vicksburg, May 15th, 1863. May 18th, 1864, joined Johnston's army at Kingston, and participated in the battle of New Hope church. He also took part in Hood's raid on Nashville. Was wounded at Altoona station. His brigade was captured at the siege of Fort Blakely and sent to Ship Island, in the Gulf of Mexico.

They were afterwards taken to Vicksburg and exchanged. He surrendered under Gen. Dick Taylor, May 12th, 1865. In 1873 he built the mill called by his name, situated on Rocky Fork, six miles north of Columbia. Since returning: from the war he has followed milling: and farming. He is now engaged in the milling business at Brown's Station, in partnership with J. C. Dysart. In 1878 he made the race for assessor, but was beaten seventy-nine votes by M. G. Quinn. He was a candidate in 1880 before the primary election, but was again defeated. He is master of the Hallsville Grange, also a member of the Hallsville Masonic lodge, and of the K. P. lodge, Columbia. He and his wife are members of the Christian church. His father died in Troy, New York in 1843. His mother is now living at Fox Lake, Wisconsin.

Lycurgns P. Hickam's parents, Ezekiel and Nancy (Sims) Hickam, were natives of the " Old Dominion," but emigrated to Missouri in. an early day. L. P. Hickam was born in Boone county, February 26th, 1830. He was raised on the farm, and is himself a well-to-do farmer. His farm, consisting of 430 acres, is situated three miles southwest of Columbia, on the old Providence and Columbia plank road. His land is all under fence, and is well watered and timbered. The homestead is conveniently situated and is esteemed one of the most desirable in that vicinity. Mr. Hickam is a member of the Masonic order and a communicant of the Baptist church. He has been a church member for fifteen years, and at this writing is a deacon of the Bethel church.

Judge Joseph W. Hickam

Judge Joseph W. Hickam has probably spent more years in public life than any other man now living in Boone county. From early manhood to old age he has served his county in almost every capacity. He is the son of John and Christian Hickam, and was born in Washington county, Virginia. When about twelve years old he came to the territory of Missouri, and to what was then called Howard county, the Territory being then divided into four or five grand divisions, of which Howard county was one of the subdivisions. All of Boone county was then included in Howard. Judge Hickam landed at Head's Fort in the fall of 1816, and the spring following came to Boone county, and settled on the farm now owned by Birch Hunt, situated in the river bottom. He remained on this place until the spring of

1819, when he moved to a phice four miles south of Columbia. This farm, consisting of 320 acres, was bought from the government by Judge Hickam's father. The elder Hickam had five sons and four daughters. Of this family, only four are now living. John Hickam was one of the earliest settlers of Boone county, and was an industrious enterprising citizen, a man possessed of many strong points of character. He left his children about ten thousand acres of land. Judge Hickam's opportunities for securing an education were quite limited, from the fact that he left Virginia at an early age, and there were no schools in Missouri at the time he came to this State. He attended a subscription school for six months. Was afterwards for twelve months a pupil of a school taught by Elijah Hart, an uncle of Thomas H. Benton. He next attended Washington College at Jonesborough, Tennessee, for a few months. His public life commenced at the age of sixteen, when he was elected captain of a militia company. He cast his first vote for Andrew Jackson, and has always been a Democrat. Was commissioned a justice of the peace by Gov. Miller in 1827, and served in that capacity for many years. In 1832 he was elected county court judge, and was presiding justice during a portion of the term. Was engrossing clerk of the lower house of the Missouri legislature from 1834 to 1839. From 1839 to 1858 he was superintendent of bridge building in Boone county. He also held the office of school commissioner until 1859, when he was appointed assessor by the county court. During the war he held no position but that of justice of the peace. Judge Hickam was first married to Miss Turley, of Madison county, Kentucky. By this union they had one daughter, Emeline, now the widow of Cornelius Maupiu. The first wife having died in 18(55, he was again married, July 4, 1867, to Malinda J., daughter of Maj. John and Temperance (Wright) Barclay, of Boone count3^ They have no children. Judge Hickam is not a member of any church nor of any secret society. His recollections of border life are of the most interesting and thrillmcr nature. Since retirins: from the active duties of life he has lived quietly on his fine farm of 600 acres, one mile west of Columbia and one-fourth mile south of the gravel road, which has been his home for fifty-four years. He has been a prominent man all his life and is widely known and universally respected, as he deserves to be. Nearly the whole of his busy life has been spent in the service of his fellow-men, and his labors will survive him. Such men cannot be forirotten.

David A. Jacobs

Was born in Boone countjs Missouri, July 29, 1856, on tlie old homestend settled by his father, Dr. G. R. Jacobs, whose biography is also published in this volume. David was educated at the Virginia Military Institute and at the St. Louis University. He also attended school at Lexington, Kentucky. He was married on the 14th- of March, 1878, to Miss Belle Rollins, daughter of John C. Rollins (deceased), and niece of the Hon. J. S. Rollins, of Columbia. They have two children - Wayne R. and Louisa M. Jacobs ; has always been a farmer, and owns a large farm of 520 acres six miles east of Columbia, most of which is sown in blue-grass. At this writing Mr. Jacobs is giving his attention to raising live stock, both sheep and cattle. He is a meml)er of the Catholic church, and Mrs. Jacobs belongs to the Episcopal church, of Columbia.

Dr. George Rodney Jacobs, Deceased

The eminent gentleman - now numbered with the dead - whose name heads this sketch was a native of Nelson county, Virginia, and was born February 20, 1802. He was educated at New Glasgow Academy, Amherst county, Virginia, and studied medicine in the office of an eminent pl\ysician of that State. After a two years' course of reading, he attended the medical college at Philadelphia for two years; he received the degree of M. D. from the University of Pennsylvania, and returned to his old home to begin the practice. He quit the medical practice in 1832 and emigrated to Missouri. Dr. Jacobs was married in 1835, in Hampshire county, Virginia, to Miss Louisa Parsons. In 1845 he moved to Louisiana and located twenty miles from New Orleans, where he remained seven years. Returning then to Missouri, he settled in Boone county, where he resided till the time of his death, which occurred February 24, 1877.

Rol)ert Thomas Johnston is the son of Robert and Ann Johnston, and was born in Howard county, Missouri, January 10, 1829. In 1831 he came to Boone county, where he remained until he was fifteen years old ; he returned to Howard county and clerked for two years in his brother Joel's store, at Fayette. He then returned to his home in Boone county, where he was married, December, 1851, to Julia, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Johnston. Mr. Johnston has lived on his present farm, three miles south of Columbia, for thirty-one years. He is a member of the Bonne Femme Missionary Baptist church. Mrs. Johnston is also a member of the same church.