Egypt Township (part 1 of 2)

Egypt Township

Egypt township embraces thirty-six full sections of six hundred and forty acres each. John Hall is supposed to have been the first settler in this part of Carroll county, and being a Kentuckian by birth he was prepared for the frontier life he expected to find. He remained in Carroll county until 1872; when he followed the tide of settlers for the great west and finally located in Oregon where he died in 1876, at an advanced age.

Among the earlier settlers were Geo. Cloudis of Virginia, Benedict Stemple of Germany, John Fuchs, - Wolfl', Michael Wagner and John Coleman, who settled here in 1836. Maj. George Diegel who represented this county in the lower house of the state assemblj% and was afterward elected state register of lands came in 1843. All the first settlers of Egypt township located along the bluff that skirts the bottom land on the west, about seven miles from the Missouri river, and opened farms in the prairie bottom. John Deiterich and John Fox located their farms in the spring of 1841 in a northwesterly direction from where Norborne now stands. Other settlers soon followed, among w'hom were Jack Dresber, Stotts, Knipschildt, Samuel Metcalf, Wm. Marlow from Kentucky, and John Lee. Few if any settlements were made on the bottom lands proper until after 1850, the settlers deeming the low-lands of little value for cultivation. Besides their means for building being limited, and the material being too heavy for transportation any distance, they wisely concluded to ereet their rude residences near the bluffy timber where the hewn logs were easy of access, and where, also, they would find protection from the storms from the west.

The first marriage solemnized in this township was that of John Stamm, of Germany, and Miss Edith Coleman, some time in the fall of 1843. Who performed the ceremony, whether pastor or priest, justice or judge, history or tradition sayeth not. But no doubt, at this early day, away on the frontier of civilization, and in a very sparsely settled community, the marriage bells rang as merrily as in the crowded parlors of the rich and great. Diligent enquiry fails to designate the first birth in Egypt township. If the laws of our state were as perfect as those of older countries, an important event like the first birth in a new settlement, would not now be lost to us.

The first death that occurred was that of John Hall, Jr., sometime during the year 1836, and was buried near Fairview school-house. Nothing remains to designate the exact spot, but from the memory of one who knew him, the consecrated locality remains fresh and green.

Dr. Thomas Dobbins was the first physician who permanently located in this township. He commenced practice about 1857, and in a few years left for California. Dr. Crutchly and one or two physicians from Carrollton, practiced in this township before Dr. Dobbins located.

The first religious service held in Egypt township was conducted by the Rev. Handcock, at what was then known as Cloudis' log school house, some time in 1845. The service was Baptist, and great interest was manifested among the few gathered there in the wilderness to offer their simple devotions lo deity.

The first school house was built of logs, by Geo. Cloudis, in 1845. Before its erection, Mr. Cloudis taught school at his residence. His pupils were few, and the branches taught were of the ordinary. After the log school house was ready, Mr. Cloudis continued as teacher, his school being, of course a subscription school, and from the limited number of pupils, it is safe to suppose that he made no fortune in the business.

All the domestic industrial labor, weaving cloths, carpets, etc., was performed by the good wives and obedient daughters of the settlers. Their simple tastes were satisfied with homespun dresses, and they cared Httle for the costly fabrics and furbelows of the present day.

How little can we appreciate the hardships and troubles of frontier life. Dur conception falls far short of the stern realities that are endured by the early settlers of a new country. Could the ups and downs of frontier life pass before us in panorama, how very few would have the courage to meet them, and endure the privations to which nearly all are subjected. Every new country is the same in this respect, and this was no exception. Thus, Maj. Geo. Diegel, to whom we are indebted for valuable information, relates that the family of John Coleman, on one occasion, in 1834 failed to get flour, and for several days lived on lye hominy. On another occasion one of the members of the family traveled over 100 miles, making two trips, before he got his corn ground.

As late as 1843, Mr. John Deitrich, in order to get a little flour for Christmas cakes, sent his two boys, aged respectfully twelve and sixteen, thirty-five miles up on Grand river. They were gone nearly two weeks, but got back in time to have the cakes, and, as the major expressed it, *'bust their Christmas bladders."

The following named persons have served as justices of the peace, for what is now Egypt township, since the organization of the township: 1844, Jacob Francis; 1870, Robt. W. Forrest; 1872, R. W. Forrest and M. W. Burton; 1873, M. W. Burton and R. W. Forrest; 1875, M. W. Burton and R. W. Forrest; 1877, M. W. Burton, J. A. Creasy, and Henry Giger; 1878, J. A. Creasy; 1879, J. H. Forbes; 1880, Ed P. Meehan; 1881, Cal. Minton and Ed. P. Meehan. *

New Winchester

The town of New Winchester was to be located on Section 6 or 7, Egypt township. One building was put up, a post office established, and stock of goods placed on^ sale. For' a few weeks at least, a magnificent city was looming up in the brains of the proposed founders, and comer lots were to reach fabulous prices. Broad avenues, driving parks, and all the necessaries and luxuries of the cities of the far east was to spring up as if by magic. The broad bottom lands were, in a few years, to teem with their tens of thousands of people all bent on building up this great city. But alas! at a moment when least expected and least prepared, the vision fades, and the city dwindles from the mind like a dream. New Winchester was not built, and is therefore one of the lost towns of Carroll county.

Norborae takes its name from Norborne B. Coats,' who wdth John Dietrich, the original owner of the land, on which the town is built, founded the' village in 1868. The first incorporation took place in 1874, when a full set of town officers was chosen. - The town is located on the east half of the northwest of section 23, and is ten miles west of Carrollton, on the Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railroad. The first dwelling house was built by Harvey McCoy, the first store was kept by January & Snoddy; the first school taught was by J. N. Cunningham, in the Lutheran church.

The first school house was built in 1{573. It was a frame structure, and cost about $1000. The number of pupils in the first school taught was 30, and the teacher's pay was $50 per month. E. P. Meehan is at present, and was the first, mayor of Norbome; chosen in 1874, at the first incorporation. No data can be had as to the first marriage, birth or death. The first physician who located in the town was C. D. Latimer, from Miami, Saline county, Missouri. He practiced several years successfully in and through Egypt township, and a few years ago left for California, where he now resides.

The first religious service held in Norborne was Catholic, and was in the section house of the railroad. Next was the German Lutheran by Rev. : Layman.

Among the first residents of the town now' living, are W. W. Burton, Esq., Robt. W. Forrest, now in Washington Territory, John A. Creasey, Esq., Dr. W. L. Brisbee, and .T C. Brown Norborne has, by the energy, push and public spirit of her business men, become a town of considerable reputation, being next to Carrollton, the county seat, in population, wealth and trade, and in some branches of shipping, exceeds the county seat in the quantity and quality of her freight. In May, 1878, the town was re-organized, and by virtue of the statute law of the State, it became a city of the fourth class, with E. P. Meehan, Mayor, Geo. W. Cummings, Marshal, J. Farrington, Treasurer, W. V. Carpenter, Clerk, and W. C. Palmer, Charles Beck, Wm. Hess, and H. H. Franken, Aldermen. At this time the population of the city numbered about 1000 souls.

It has five general merchandisers' houses, five groceries, four druggists, three hardware and farming implement establishments, two harness shops, one photographic gallery, one furniture aiid undertaking house, three milliners, two hotels, two restaurants, one merchant tailor, two saloons, two barber shops, one hay press company, one elevator, one mill, one livery stable, two blacksmith shops, one newspaper, one butcher, one lumber yard, one oculist, one dentist, six physicians and three lawyers.

Carroll Lodge^ A, F. <Sc A. M. No. 24^, - Carroll lodge. No. 249, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, was instituted by Past Grand Master John F. Houston, under dispensation issued by grand master, in 1865. It was organized at Miles Point, Cherry Valley township, the charter hearing date, October 19, 1867'. The charter members were M. F. Clark, David Evans, Arch Flint, William Leaky, Floyd Adams, J. F. Hudson, Green Scott and G. C. Crutchley, every one of whom were made officers at its first organization: M. F. Clark, W. M.;- David Evans in the west, and Arch Flint in the south. The others filling the positions of S. D., J. D., secretary, treasurer and tyler. The field to work in, not being wide enough, in 1871, by vote of lodge and permission of the grand master of the state, the lodge was moved to Norborne. Work has been resumed, and in a few years a large and efficient membership numbering over fifty was added. The present officers are: W. V. Carpenter, W. M.: D. P. Stroup, S. W.; J. F. Markle, J. W., J. N, Cunningham, E. P. Meehan, J. T. Marlow, J. H. Bryan and S. Burr, filling the other positions.

JVorborne Lodge^ JVo i6j, A. O. U. JF. - Norborne lodge. No. 163, Ancient Order'United Workmen was instituted by District Deputy Grand Master Workman Wm. R. Sheen, under dispensation, dated, November 18, 1879. The date of charter is same date as dispensation. The charter members were: C. J. J. Martyr, W. H. Clinton, Charles Beck, T. D. Maloney, Herman Hass, D. D. Bullock, C. M. Thomas, Louis Weil,

Norborne Catholic Church. - The Norborne Calholic church was organized Oct. 10, 1878, with jas. Cleary, H. H. Franken, John McAuliif, Geo. Schifferdecker, Patrick and John DeWan, Dennis O'Connell, and Joseph Lilly, original members. The church building is a neat and substantial brick, and was erected in 1878, but is not yet dedicated, and cost about $4,000. From the little band of eight members at its organization, it has grawn to a large congregation of one hundred and fifty, under the charge of Rev. Joseph Bail. It occupies an eligible place in the corporate limits of the city, and presents a neat and tasty appearance.

Christian Church. - This church was organized in the month of August, 1871, and embraced the following original membership: Thos. B. and Elizabeth A. White, Millie A. and Myra M. White, Wm. M. and Eliza J. Kelly,' May W. and Mattie *J. Burton, John W. and Jane Austin, Lucy S. Belt and Amanda M. Barbee. The first and only church building erected is a large and neat frame, and was completed in the winter of 1874, at a cost of $3,600. It was dedicated by Elder George Plattenburg in January, 1875. The few original members have grown into a congregation of about seventy-seven at the present time. Its influence for good is wide-spread and increasing, and bids fair to become one of the first, if not the first, in numbers and influence in the good city of Norborne. The following are the pastors, all of whom deserve credit for the labor done in the cause of Christianity: Elders H. C. Owen, Sam'l McDaniel, J. A. Berry, P. Aker, Jas. E. Dunn, and the present pastor, G. R. Hand.

Norborne Evangelical Lutheran Trinity Church. - The Lutheran Trinity Church of Norborne, was organized in 1869 with the following original members: Albert Ruester, Henry Wenzel, F. Heil, Henry Bucholtz, F. Meinking, Wm. Renzelman and B. Stemple. Their church building was erected in 1870 at a cost of $1,189. It is a frame structure, small but comfortable, and was dedicated the first Sunday after easier in 1870, by Rev. Bilz of Concordia, Mo., assisted by Rev. E. Lehmann, who were its founders. The present membership embraces twenty-eight souls and the following ministers have officiated at its altar: Revs. E. Lehmann, E* Walther, J. Griebel, and the present pastor Gustav A. Soudhaus. In connection with the church is a school, with about twenty-five pupils, taught by the minister. Eleven of these children were confirmed on Palm Sunday, 1881. Since August, 1880, six members have been added to the church, and the benign influences flowing from this church are being felt in the whole community.

Methodist E. Churchy South. - This denominational branch of Christians was organized in the year 1869, by the following original members: Jas. Young, Martha Young, Mary and Sarah Young, Martha Lee, Richard

Crutchly and Wm. Dunkle. Their church building is a beautiful frame, large and commodious, and was erected in 1872, and cost about $2500. In the fall of 1873, Bishop E. M. Marvin, in the presence of a large audience, dedicated the house to the worship of deity, the ceremony being impressive and solemn.

.Missionary Baptist. - The Missionary Baptist church was organized on the 25th of October, 1870, by C. D. Latimer, J. H. and E. J. Oatman Harvey Woolverton and Hannah E. Hayes. In July, 1870, their present church building, a tasty and convenient structure of frame, was erected at a cost of $1,800, and was dedicated January, 1872, by Rev. Duncan R. Selph, assisted by Rev. W. R. Rothwell. From those five original members, Christians in the faith of an aU-wise and merciful God, were sown the seed that in a few short 3>'ears ripened and bore fruit, and to-day seventy souls are enrolled on the church books. Revs. T. H. Graves, D. C. Bolton, G. W. Smith,nnd F. Meulfee, are the efficient pastors whose labors have been rewarded with so much good already accomplished, and the promise of the future brightens for the little flock, with the co-workers they can hope and expect yet to come.

Jesse T. J. Craig

Jesse T. J. Craig was bom on the 6th day of October, 1861, in Ray county, Missouri. His father, John Craig, was a leading farmer of that county, and our subject spent the earlier years of his life in such employment as is usual with the sons of farmers. At the age of nineteen, having completed the course of study at Richmond college with much credit to himself, Mr. Craig commenced the study of law in the office of Judge Nathaniel Bannister, at that time a leading member of the Richmond bar. After prosecuting his studies for two years he was admitted, in the year 1872, to the practice of his chosen profession, and followed that business for one yijar at Richmond, Missouri, and then removed to Norbome, Carroll county, where he continued the practice of law in connection with school teaching until the spring of 1881, when he purchased and assumed the management and editorial control of the Independent^ a weekly newspaper, founded at Norbornein the year of 1876, by Colonel J. T. Child, editor and proprietor of the Richmond Conservator. The Independent is 'Very ably conducted by Mr. Craig,, who meets with support and material encouragement from the intelligent and reading citizens of Norborne and vicinity. This paper, as its name indicates, is non-partisan in politics, and is published for the whole people of the county, and in their interests. In politics, Mr: Craig is a democrat, and a gentleman of comprehensive and liberal views upon the leading topics of the day. He is awake to the resources and advantages of Carroll county, and active in their advancement and development. Mr. Craig was married on the 24th day of August, 1880, to Miss Bettie K. Donahue, an estimable and accomplished lady of Norborne. Mr. Craig is a pleasant, genial and clever gentleman, and a leading and public spirited citizen of the thriving little city in which he resides.

C. James J. Martyr

The subject of this sketch was born in Madras, British India, on the fourth day of January, 1838. His father, Joseph Martyr, was a staff officer in the service of the British Crown in the East Indies, and died there soon after the birth of our subject. His mother returned to England with her infant son and was subsequently married to Rev. John Morgan, rector of parish Pyecombe in the county of Sussex, by whom James was reared. The foundation of James' education was laid in England where he attended an excellent academy and finished at Dieppe college, France, whither he went for the purpose of familiarizing himself with the French language. At the age of sixteen Y-ears he went to the island of Hayti in the West Indies, and clerked for some time in a large mercantile house there. In 1856 he returned to England and, having secured letters of recommendation and credit to parties in the city of New York, sailed for the United States in June''of the same year, 1856. He engaged as clerk in several establishments, at different times until 1865, when he went back to England and studied the art of photography in the city of London for two years. In June, 1867, he came again to America and worked at the avocation of a photographer in the States of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Missouri. He came to Carroll county in 1872 and located first at the city of Carrollton, where he remained two years and then removed to Norborne. He soon after went back to Carrollton and worked at his calling in that place until July, 1874, when he settled permanently at Nor-^ borne. He has built up a very good business at that place and is popular with all who know him on account of his polite and courteous manner and the fair and honorable way in which he treated all his patrons. He is a member of the Masonic Fraternity and also of the A. O. U. W. at Norborne.

Rodolph W. Backenstoe

Rodolph W, Backenstoe was born in Centreville, Indiana, on the 22d day of June, 1847. His father Levi Backenstoe was a tinner by trade' and a dealer in stoves and hardware, and as soon as Rodolph was old enough his father took him into the shop and taught him the business, in 1869 Mr. Backenstoe came to Missouri and settled at Cameron, where he worked at his trade during about three months and then came to this county and settled at Norborne, where he has since resided and worked at his calling of a tinner. In 1873 he opened a store on his own account and conducted the tinware business for one year, when he sold out and went to Arkansas for a few months. On his return to Norborne he bought his former store and again entered the merchandising business at that place. He built a large new store and enlarged his business. Mr. Backenstoe was married in 1871 to Miss Matilda Impey, daughter of Elijah Impey of Ray county, Missouri. Both he and his wife are members of the Missionary Baptist church, and he is also a member of the masonic fraternity and of the A. O. U. W. Mr. Backenstoe is one of the leading business men of Norborne, and has been an active worker for the advancement and improvement of the town.

- Corydon, Harrison county, Indiana, is the birthplace of George W. Booker. When he was four years old his father removed with the family to Missouri and stopped in Scotland county, where he remained during eight years, and then came to Carroll county and located on a farm on the Carrollton and Richmond road, six miles west of the former place. Upon this farm our subject grew to manhood, receiving his education in the district schools. In the year 1863, George W. Booker, then a youth of seventeen years, enlisted in Gen. Jo. O. Shelby's Brigade in Gen. Price's Division of the C. S. A., and served throughout the remainder of the Civil war. At the close of the war Mr. Booker came to Carroll county and has continued to live here ever since. He was first married in 1868, to Miss Delilah Clowdis, who lived only two years after her marriage, and Mr. Booker was, subsequently, married to Miss Nettie M. Hightower. Mr. Booker owns some valuable property in the town of Norborne and conducts the leading tonsorial establishment of that place.

Judge Josiah Farrington

Farrington is a native of the state of New Hampshire, and was born in June 1827. While he was a small boy his father removed with his family to Vermont and settled in Caledonia county, where the subject of this sketch recived the greater part of his education, and lived until he attained his majority. At the age of twenty-one years he went to Manchester, New Hampshire, and engaged in an extensive manufacturing establishment where he remained ten years. At the expiration of this time Judge Farrington removed to Ohio and began merchandising at White House, a village on the Toledo Wabash & Western Railway, not far from the city of Toledo. He continued store keeping during two years and then went to farming. When the late civil war began, our subject enlisted in the 14th Ohio Regiment of Volunteers and was elected 2d Lieutenant. After serving faithfully in the defense of the Union for two years he resigned and returned to Ohio. He was soon after commissioned a Captain in the Ohio Militia and subsequently became Colonel of a regiment. In 1868 Judge Farrington immigrated to Missouri and settled in Carroll county, where he has lived ever since. He was elected in 1873 one of the Justices of the County Court, and at the expiration of the term of office was appointed by the Governor for another term. He has always discharged the duties of the positions of trust which he has held to the entire satisfaction of the people and with credit to himself.

Elbert J. Harrison

is a son of William' Harrison of Tennessee, and was born in 1846, and when ten years of age came to this county. In 1866 he was married to Miss Emeline Peat. of Virginia, by whom there are five children, namely, Uriah, George, Katie, Robert and one other. His profession has been that of a farmer.

was born in Harrison county, Kentucky, in 1842, where he resided until seventeen years of age. In 1859 his father's family came to Shelby county, Missouri, remaining five years, when they again moved, going to Adams county. In 1873 they came to this county and located, w'here they have since remained. He is a son of Robt. Ranken who was born in 1800, and followed the business of buying and selling horses, mules and hogs, trading mostly in the south. The father of the subject of this notice was three times married, his first wife being Miss Matilda Redman, the second. Miss Elizabeth Beach, both of Kentucky, and the last. Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Peter Dawson. The subject of this notice has 80 acres of land on the Missouri river, and in connection with farming, tends a -warehouse on the river bank.

James H. Fuller

IS the eldest son of Alphonso Fuller, (whose biographical sketch will be found elsewhere) and owns 80 acres of excellent bottom lands which he keeps under the highest state of cultivation and improvement. In 1880 he married Miss Mollie, a daughter of John Archibald.

Isaac Shelby

IS a son of John E. Shelby, of Indiana, who was born in 1821, in that state, '''here he lived until he was twenty three years old, when he came to

Lafayette county, Missouri, remaining only two years and returned to his native state. While there he married a Miss Nancy Griffith, and returning to this state located in Ray county staying five years, then locating in this county, where he resided twenty one years, dying in 1877. Isaac Shelby, the subject of this notice was married in 1879 to Miss Francis, a daughter of Joel Sartain, by whom there is one child, James E.

Thos. A. Charlton

is the son of N. R. Charlton of Indiana, and was born in 1855. He married a daughter of Mr. J. J. Harbert, being in his twenty-sixth 3'ear when the union was consumated. His father was born in the same state in the 3'ear A. D. 1821. Mr. Charlton, the subject of this sketch is brim full of energy, and with constant and unflagging industry and economy will in the no distant future make his mark and be closely identified with the interests of this county.

Carter Braxton Dean was born in Harrison county^, Indiana, on the 14th day of August, 1841. His father, Alfred Dean, was a leading farmer and school teacher of the locality in which he lived, and our subject was reared upon the farm, and early received the advantages of instruction from his father, who was at that time teaching in the schools of that neighborhood. At the age of eighteen Carter commenced to learn the carpentering trade, and after he had finished his apprenticeship he worked at that calling until the outbreaking of the great civil war. in the summer of 1861 he was engaged on a steamboat, running on the Ohio and Tennessee rivers for some months, and then returned to Indiana and entered Hartsville University, where he spent six months. While attending the university he boarded with a cabinet maker for wffiom he w'orked mornings before going to school and evenings after returning, and thus defrayed a part of his expenses. When his scanty earnings w^ere exhausted he was compelled to leave college and returned to steamboating, and worked on , a government transport until the fall of 1862, when, having again saved a little money, he returned to the university^ at Hartsville, and remained there during the succeeding sholastic year, and then Engaged in teaching until the spring of 1864. He then enlisted in the 134th regiment of the Indiana volunteer infantry, commanded by Col. James M. Gavin, and went south to the seat of war. When the six months term of service for which he enlisted had expired he returned to his native state and taught school in Bartholomew county. It was during this time that he commenced the study of medicine under the preceptorship of Dr. H. C. Shorb, and when he had prosecuted his studies for three years he .attended the Eclectic Medical College at Cincinnati, and soon after began the practice of his profession at Hope, Indiana. After remaining there only about six months Dr. Dean came to Missouri, and settled in Carroll county in the month of September, 1869. He located first six miles north of Carrollton, but subsequently moved to Wakanda Station where he lived and practiced medicine about six years. In September, 1880, our subject went 'to Norborne and engaged in the drug business there, which he has since continued with good success. Dr. Dean was married at Columbus, Indiana, on the 30th day of August, 1869, to Miss Orpha Boyer. The issue of this union has been two children, Roscoe N. and Lynnetta, both now living. Dr. Dean is a leading member of Wakanda Lodge of A. F. & A. M. By his own unaided efforts, indomitable energy and pluck our subject secured a professional education and then worked himself into a lucrative practice, and gained the confidence and respect of the whole community.

Jacob T. Broadhurst

Jacob T. Broadhurst was bom in Platte county, Missouri, April 22, 1846. His father, John F. Broadhurst, was a leading farmer and one t>f the first settlers in the territory known as the " Platte purchase." Our subject was attending school in his native county at the commencement of the war between the states, and that put an end to all educational progress iind the further prosecution of his studies was thus prevented. In 1861, though but fifteen years of age, our subject, in company with his father and a number of others, started to join the confederate army under Gen. Sterling Price at Lexington, but while carrying a message from one squad of recruits to another, young Broadhurst was cut oft by union soldiers and forced to flee the state. He made his way to Leavenworth, Kansas, and from there went with a private wagon train across the plains to Fort Lyon, on the Arkansas river. This trip occupied four months and at the expiration of that time Mr. Broadhurst returned home and joined the " Home Guard " service. After the close of the war he engaged in furnishing ties to the Missouri Valley R. R. company for two years and found it so profitable that he was enabled to enter a more congenial business, Accordingly in company with Henry Wheeler, also of Platte county, he went to Pomeroy, Kansas, and there entered the general merchandise trade under the firm name of Wheeler & Broadhurst. They continued this business in Pomero}' during three years and then, in 1873, removed to Norborne, Carroll county, Missouri, and have since continued the same line of business in that town. Mr. Broadhurst was married on the 7th day of October, 1874, to Miss Lucy S. Belt, daughter of Joseph Belt, of Carroll county. The issue of this marriage has been three children: George, Sudie and an un-named daughter. Mr. Broadhurst is a member of the M. E. church south, and his wife of the Christian church, at Norborne. He is also a member of Egypt Lodge No. 360, 1. O. O.

Dr. Washington Ford is a native of Saratoga county. New York, and was born on the 21:th day of May, 1S48. His paternal ancestry were of English and his maternal of Dutch extraction. His great-grandfather emigrated from England to America and settled in Connecticut prior to the war of the revolution. Martin Van DeWarker, great-grandfather of our subject on his mother's side, came from Holland to New Amsterdam, (now New York) at a very early day, and was a soldier under Gen. Washington in the war for American independence. Lyman Ford, father of the subject of this article removed from New York to Illinois in 1857 and the next year came to this state, but Washington was left behind to complete his studies at Fort Edward Seminary, which school he was attending at the time of the removal of his father's family to the west. After leaving school our subject commenced the study of medicine, and while pursuing his studies engaged in teaching school to secure means to enable him to attend the best colleges and to secure the best advantages in mastering his chosen profession. He attended lectures, first at Belvue Medical College, New York City, in the year 1872, and three years later entered Rush Medical College, at Chicago, and in 1878 graduated therefrom with a diploma and a certificate from the faculty for proficiency in surgery. Dr. Ford came to Carroll county, Missouri, in 1873 and engaged here for a time in teaching before completing his medical education. He began to practice in March, 1878, and during the time until 1880, he was located at Miles Point, on the Missouri river, in the southwestern part of this county, where he engaged an extensive and paying practice. He then removed to Norborne and has since lived and kept an office in that town. During the civil war. Dr. Ford, then a boy of only fifteen years, was drummer of the 105th Illinois infantry, and was with Gen. Sherman in his famous " March to the sea." Dr. Ford is a leading member of Carroll Lodge, No. 249, A. F. and A. M., at Norborne. He is a pleasant, agreeable gentleman and a successful and popular physician.

Thomas C. Brown

The subject of this sketch was born in Ray county, Missouri, November 10th, 1840. His paternal ancestors were Scotch, and his maternal of English extraction. His father, Nathaniel BroWn, moved fromMaryland to Warren county, Missouri, in 1825, and five years later to Ray county, where he continued to reside until his death in 1877. The maiden name of our subject's mother was Catherine Clemens. Thomas C. Brown was educated in the district schools of his native county, and at the age of twenty-three years entered the drug store of D. D. Bullock, at Richmond, in the capacity of clerk. After remaining in this position during one year Mr. Brow'n quit and left the state, temporarily, to avoid troubles growing out of the civil war, w'hich was at that time raging fiercely. He went to New Mexico, but remaining there but a short lime he returned to Leavenworth, Kansas, and from there went in the autumn of 1864 to Colorado. While there he worked part of the time in the gold mines and a while in a drug store, and was occupied in all about two years, and then came back to his home in Ray county, where he farmed for one season, and then engaged as clerk in the drug store of Taylor & Donaldson, at Richmond, where he remained until July, 1869. While engaged with Messrs. Ta3'lor & Donaldson, Mr. Brown was married to Miss Mollie F. Morrison, daughter of William Morrison, of Ray county. Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Brown, two of whom, Luzon B. and Ona, are now living. In July, 1869, Mr. Brown removed to Norborne, in Carroll county, and in company with Henry C. Garner, opened a drug store in that town, which business they have jointl}' conducted with good success ever since. Both Mr. and Mrs. Brown are leading members of the Christian church. He is also a member of the masonic fraternity, and of the A. O. U. W., at Norborne. Mr. Brown is a courteous, affable gentleman and a successful business man.

Gideon B. Shirky

The subject of this sketch was born on the 20th day of November, 1844, in Rockingham county, Virginia. His parents aie also natives of that State, and are yet living in Rockingham county. Gideon B.Shirky grew up in his native county, and until the age of seventeen years assisted his father with work upon the farm. After completing the common school course, he attended the Academy of Newmarket and subsequently finished his education at Roanoke College. When the dark cloud of civil war burst over our' land in 1861, Mr. Shirkey joined his fortunes with the cause of the south, enlisting in the tenth Virginia Volunteer cavalry, and fought through all the terrible battles of the campaign in the old Dominion state. He was four times captured, but each time effected his escape and rejoined his command. After the surrender of the Army of Virginia, he returned to Rockingham county, and resumed the avocation of farming which business he continued until 1873 when he engaged with Messrs. Loenback & Co., of Baltimore, as traveling solicitor. At the expiration of his engagement with this firm, he came west and located on a farm <^'ghteen miles east of Richmond in Ray county, Missouri, where he remained but one year, and then came to Norborne, in this county, where he has been engaged in business ever since. Mr. Shirky is the only resident member of the firm of Shirky, Goodson & Co., and is business manager of their large general merchandise store at Norborne. In the month of May, 1874, our subject was married to Miss Eugenia Mansur, daughter of Isaiah Mansur, of Ray county, Missouri. One child, a bright little girl named Allie, has been born of this union. Mr. Shirky is a member of the Masonic fraternity, jvith membership in Carroll Lodge, at Norborne, and is an active enterprising business man and a leading citizen of that growing substantial town.

Andrew Jackson Hynds was born in Morgan county, Indiana, on the 9th da}' of July, 1846. He is of Irish origin, his father, John Hynds, having been a native of Ireland. His mother's maiden name was Permelia Richey. She was born in Ohio, but her ancestors were Irish. In 1855, the father of our subject emigrated with his family to this state and settled near Kirksville in Adair county, and here Dr. Hynds received the greater part of his education at the North Missouri Normal School, which institution he was attending at the beginning of the civil war. Dr. Hynds, then a youth, of sixteen years, enlisted in Company D, Capt. Greenstreet, of the Eleventh Missouri Volunteer Cavalry, commanded by Col. Lipscombe and served until the close of the war. He was the youngest member of the regiment. He was discharged at St. Louis in 1865, and at once returned to Adair county, and resumed his studies in the Normal school, from which he graduated, three years later, with the degree of Bachelor of Sciences. In 1870 he began the s.tudy of medicine in the office of Dr. Burton, at Kirksville, with whom he continued for three years attending lectures in the meantime at Rush Medical College at Chicago, from which institution he graduated in 1873, the faculty conferring upon him the title af Doctor of Medicine. He began practicing at Milan, Sullivan county, Missouri, but soon after removed to Norborne, iu this county where he now resides and practices his profession. Dr. Hynds was married in October, 1876, to Miss Mary F. Foncannon, of Adair county, Missouri. Two children, Mary and John, have been born to Dr. and Mrs. Hynds. Our subject is a member of Carrol lodge. No. 249, A. F. & A. M., at Norborne. He is an able and popular physician, and a pleasant genial gentleman.

Jasper N. Cunningham

Jasper N. Cunningham was born on the 18th day of December, 1844, near Morristown, Tennessee. His father, James Cunningham, was a native of Virginia but reared in Tennessee. Our subject attended the schools of his native county until the outbreaking of the great civil war which destroyed all educational advantages and closed the schools of the south. Since the war closed Mr. Cunningham resumed his studies and completed the Academic course, at Fall Branch, Tennessee. After finishing his education the subject of this sketch taught school for one year in his native state and then came to Missouri and located in Carrollton where he taught in the public school of that city for four years and in the district schools of the county for two years longer. In the month of February, 1876, Mr. Cunningham formed a co-partnership with W. S. Crouch of Carrollton and they jointly founded and have since conducted a. prosperous trade in Lumber and Farm machinery at Norborne. Mr. Cunningham Is resident partner and manager of this business. Mr. Cunningham was married at Carrollton, on the 31st day of December, 1874, to Miss Ella M. Wright, daughter of James Wright of Chillicothe. This union has been blest by the birth of three children, named as follows: James W., born October 9th 1875; Francis S., born June 3d, 1878; Willie Myrtle, born July 23d, 1880. Mr. and Mrs. Cunningham are both members of the Missionary Baptist Church at Norborne. Our subject is also a member of the Masonic Fraternity, Royal Arch Chapter. He is a stirring merchant, a popular jgentlemen arid a valuable member of the community in which he resides.

Joseph H. Oatman

Joseph H. Oatman is a Kentuckian. He was born in Garrard county on the 15th day of September 1839. His father died when Joseph was fifteen years old and the family soon after removed to Andrew county, Missouri. 'Our subject laid the foundation of his education at Harrodsburg before leaving Kentucky and finished it in this state. Mr. Oatman was among the earliest to respond when Governor Jackson made his first call for volunteers at the commencement of the late war. He served in the confederate army during two years. After his enlistment his mother Mrs. Lucinda Oatman was banished from Andrew county and she went to Illinois where she died in 1865. After the war Mr. Oatman removed to Lexington, Missouri, and was engaged in different business enterprises, there, until April 1869, when he came to Carroll countj^ and located at Norborne. Here he formed a co-partnership with other gentlemen and handled agricultural implements and hardware for a time and then dealt -n grain and produce until October 1879, when our subject entered the general merchandise business with G. C. Crutchley which he has since continued. Mr. Oatman was married on the 5th day of September, 1867, ^t Lexington, Missouri, to Miss Elizabeth J. Alford, daughter of Thomas Alford of that city. The issue of this union was two children, James A. and Mary E., both of whom died in infancy. Mr. Oatman was also called upon to suffer the loss of his wife Januar}' 29th, 1873. Mr. Oatman is a consistent member of the Missionary Baptist church and also belongs to

May W. Burton

May W. Burton was born in Howard county, Missouri, October 30, 1839. His father, Joseph Burton, was born in the state of Kentucky, but reared chiefly in Randolph county, Missouri. He was married in 1837, to Miss Orpha Brooks, of Randolph county, Missouri. The issue of this union was seven children, the eldest of whom is our subject. 'May W. Burton was reared on a farm in Randolph county, and attended during the winter term, the district schools of his father's neighborhood, completing his education at Silver Creek Academy, in his native county. After leaving school he engaged in clerking for Patton & Samuel, of Huntsville, who were, at that time, the leading dry goods merchants of that place, and continued in their employ until they quit the busineoS. Then for two years he clerked for N. B. Coates, and subsequently went to College Mound, in Macon county, and continued the same business there, with Messrs. Gorham. & Burton, until the commencement of the late civil war. On the 10th day of August, 1861, Mr. Burton enlisted at Marshal, in Saline county, in the confederate state guard, under call of Gov. Jackson. . At the expiration of one y'ear, the time for which he had enlisted, he joined the regular confederate army, company' A, lOlh Missouri infantry, commanded by Col. Stein. He was promoted to the position of 1st lieutenant, and served during the remainder of the war, participating in some of the hottest and most closely contested battles of the Trans-Mississippi department. He was captured at Helena, Arkansas, July 4, 1863, and held a prisoner in close confinement at Alton, Illinois, for a time, then at Johnson's Island, and again at Ft. Delaware, until January', 1865, when he was exchanged, and at once returned to his command and was placed in charge of the quartermaster's department, in which position he continued until his regiment surrendered at Shreveport, Louisiana, in June, 1855. Mr. Burton was married in October, 1865, to Miss Mattie McLean, daughter of Charles McLean, of Randolph county. They became the parents of five children, named in order of birth as follows: Mattie May, Orpha M., Charles M., Minnie and Pearl, all of whom are now living. In the month of November, 1865, Mr. Burton engaged in the dry goods business, in company with John N. Stewart, ut the town of Renick, in Randolph county, and continued in that avocacation three years, and then came to Carroll county and located at Norborne,, where he, in partnership with his brothers Benjamin W., and Speed, opened a dry goods store. They continued in partnership until 1872, and then his brothers retiring, Mr. Burton continued the business. He is still engaged in merchandising at Norborne under the firm name of Burton &

Co., and is doing a large and lucrative business. He is a leading member of the Christian church and also of the A. O. U. W., at Norborne. He is an experienced and popular business man and a highly respected citizen.

Robert Gillies

On the 4th day of February, 1857, Robert Gillies was born. in the city of Glasgow, Scotland. He lived in his native city umil he was nineteen years of age, and received his education and learned the jewelry trade there. To learn this business he served an apprenticeship of six and a half years. In 1877 the subject of this sketch left Scotland and came to the United States. After landing at New York he went to Maryland and spent a few months in that State, after which he came to St. Louis, Mo., and spent two years working at his trade in that city. He then went to Kansas City, and after spending a short time there came to Norborne, in this county, and established a watchmaker and jeweler's store, which proved a success, and which he has conducted very profitably ever since. Mr. Gillies is a very competent workman, and an agreeable and popular gentleman.

Herman Hass

Herman Hass was born near Nordon, inthe province of Hanover, Germany, on the 23d day of November, 1843, where he was educated and resided until his eighteenth year. He had the good fortune to receive exemption pardons from military duty both from the king of Hanover and the emperor of Germany, and was thus enabled to immigrate to America at the age mentioned above. Landing at New Orleans, he came up the Mississippi river to St. Louis, and thence direct to Carrollton, Carroll county, at which place he arrived November 12, 1860. He had learned the trade of a shoemaker in his native land, and at once began working at that business when he had settled here. He was employed at journey work for about a year, and then opened a shop on his own account in Carrollton, and remained there engaged in the manufacture of boots and shoes during four years, at the expiration of which time he removed to Miles Point, on the Missouri river, in this county, and worked at his' trade at that place for three years. In 1874 he went to Norborhe, and until 1877 conducted a boot and shoe shop in that town. He then formed a partnership with Chas. Smith, and entered the retail grocery trade, which business they have ever since conducted at Norborne under the firm name of Chas. Smith & Co. Mr. Hass was married in this county on the 15th day of April, 1867, to Miss Elizabeth Ranzelman, who has borne him four children, named as follows: Mary Katrina, Henrietta Wilhelmina, Dora and John. Mr. Hass is a member

Adolph J. Hannss

Adolph J. Hannss was born in Altenburg, Germany, in 1833. He was raised and educated in the province of his birth. He w'as the son of Christoph .Hannss, a farmer in Germany. The subject of this sketch learned the millwright's trade when quite young, and followed no other calling while in the "old country." He was but eighteen years old when he first came to America. He has made several trips across the ocean. He came to America to remain in 1854, stopped at Niagara Falls and helped to build the suspension bridge. "When he quit work on this bridge he returned to Germany and remained until the next spring, when he revisited America and located at Newburgh, Wisconsin, and followed the millright trade. He lived there about fifteen years. The following four years he spent in Minnesota and Wisconsin together, after which time he moved to Carroll county, Missouri, where he located, and he has lived in this county ever since. Having had enough military experience in Germany, he would not enter the late war, but paid qiSOO bounty to keep out of it. He now owns a farm of 160 acres in section 2, of Egypt township, and has it well improved. Mr. Hannss was first married in 1856, to Miss Augusta H. Jecke, who died in 1871. He was again married in 1873 to Miss Johanna Pauline Kristen, from Prussia. He has ten children, five sons and five daughters. Six children by his first wife and four by his last. One child by first wife dead. In religious belief Mr. Hannss is a Lutheran. He is an Odd Fellow^ and has belonged to lodges in Wisconsin, Carrollton and Norborne.

Peter C. Wilson

Peter C. Wilson was born in Cabell county, West Virginia, September 15th, 1840. He was raised and educated in the county of his birth. His father, Samuel Wilson, was a millwright by' trade, and died in West Virginia when Peter was quite small. At the age of 18, Peter moved to Carroll county', Missouri, and settled in Moss Creek township, where he lived for 17 years. He has been gradually adding to his first purchase of land until he has a tract of land of 333 acres, (300 acres of fine prairie bottom land, and 33 acres of timber). The latter lies in Sugar Tree township. The farm is well improved and but one-half mile from Norborne, on the Wabash and St. Louis R. R. Mr. Wilson deals pretty extensively in live stock. He was first married in Carroll county, November, 1863, to Miss Mary A. Morell, who only lived about three months, dying on the 23d day of February, 1864. He was subsequently married to Mrs. Clarinda M. Hudson widow of John Hudson and daughter of John Lee, of Carroll county. She also died in December, 1876. Mr. Wilson has a son and a daughter living: Cliffe Lee and Clarinda Margaret. One child died when but two weeks old. Mr. Wilson is a member of the M. E. church south. He is also a member of the Masonic fraternity and is in fellowship with Carroll Lodge No. 249. In 1861 Mr. Wilson enlisted as a volunteer in the cause of the "sunny south," under the first call of Gov. Jackson; served six months in the state service and then joined the regular service under Gen. Shelby and served until 1863. The battles in which he was engaged are given in the Soldiers Record of this work.' After the war Mr. Wilson returned to his farm near Norborne and is a popular and prominent citizen.

John P. Finly

John P. Finly was bom in Fleming county, Kentucky, in September, 1823; raised and educated in the same county, the county of his birth. His father, Samuel E. Finly, was a Kentucky farmer, and died when John was 18 years old. This left the management of the farm to John, which position he occupied until he was 24 years of age. He was first married in July, 1847, to Miss Catharine A. Callahan, who died a'bout four years afterward. Mr. Finly left Kentucky in the fall of 18.50, and moved to Ray county, Missouri, where he lived for ten years. He purchased a farm in Ray county near the Carroll county line in 1852. In 1860 he moved to Miles Point, Carroll county, and remained there for five years. He next moved to Livingston county, and resided there one year. In 1867 he moved back to Carroll county, and settled on the farm about six miles northwest of Norborne. He traded this place for the one on which he now resides, in section 28 of Prairie township. His farm has 180 acres of fine improved prairie land, on which is a good house and barn. Mr. Finly married his second wife. Miss Mary Rimmer, in Ray county. This wedding took place in the month of May, 1854. Mr, Finley has one son, Samuel, by his first wife, who is living in Colorado. His second marriage was blessed by ten children. Seven sons and three daughters, all now living. One of his daughters married James Donaldson, of Carroll county. Politically Mr. Finley is a democrat. He has always voted the democratic ticket. He tells of his having had his vote challenged by the registrars under the Drake code, after the war, and he in every case answered their questions as dictated to by his political principles, which were decidedly democratic.

Nathaniel M. White

M. White was bom on the 2d day of :March, 1846, in Pittsburg, Penhi His father, Joseph White, died while on a trip to Ohio, for his health, when Nathaniel was but eight years old. The subject of 'this sketch was educated in Pittsburg, and in Ohio.' He moved to Scioto, Ohio, when 12 years old, where he arrived at maturity. In 18615, he moved with the family to Ray county, Mo., where they resided until 1870. His mother died in November, 1869. In 1870, he came with his brother, T. D. White to Carroll county, and located on section 3, township 52, range 25. He owns in full partnership with his brother, about 1400 acres of land, nearly all well-improved land. The buildings on the place consist of a frame dwelling house, and two good barns. There are 3 good orchards on the place, two of which are fruit bearing. Mr. White Rnd his brother are extensive live stock dealers. They ship on an average 250 cars of live stock to the St. Louis and Chicago markets. Mr. White is a member of the Masonic fraternity and has been honsred with the degrees of master mason, "Royal Arch," "Red Cross," and "Knights .Templar.". .He*belongs tO;Carroll;LQdge, No* -249, at Norborne,' George Washington Chapter, No. 24, at Carrollton, and the Tancred Commandery. No. 25, at Moberly, Mo. Mr. White is active, energetic and full of vim, and enterprise, and may well be classed with the leading live stock dealers in the state.

Tho.Mas J. Mason

Thomas J. Mason, was born in Carroll county. Mo., luly 5th, 1830. He has been reared and educated in his native county, by his father Thomas Mason. His avocation through life has always been farming. In his early life, educational advantages were very limited. The school house of those days was such as only the woodman's axe and growing timber afforded. The entire building was made of logs, including the chimney, the benches, etc. The windows were made by leaving out the log the entire length of the house.. We may then conclude that the advantages offered for Mr. Mason's mental improvement in his youth were few and limited. In 1857, he purchased the farm upon which he now lives, in section 27, Egypt township. In the first purchase there wpre but 120 acres, which he paid for in three years. He has now 200 acres of prairie land, and 25 acres of timbered land. His farm adjoins the town of Norborne. Mr. Mason was first married to Miss Martha J. Snediger, in the spring of 1857. She was a daughter of Robert Snediger, of Ray county. She died in November, 1873, and Mr. Mason was again married in October, 1878, to Mrs. Maria J. Austin, widow of David Austin, and daughter of James Dawson, deceased. Mr. Mason is the father of seven children, all by his first wife. Four sons and three daughters; three sons and two daughters still living. Oldest daughter married. Wm. Barlow, who is now dead. Politically, Mr. Mason is a democrat. . He. says he voted for Breckenridge,;in I860,. for President, and his voting before and since that time has been in accordance with those sentiments.

History Of Carroi-L County James Payne

born in Knox county, August 26, 1804. He was reared and educated in the county of his birth. He is a son of Joseph and Polly Payne, of Kentucky. His mother's maiden name was Stewart and she was of Scotch descent. Joseph lived to reach the age of ninety-five. He was one of the Kentucky pioneers. James lived in Kentucky until 1855 when he moved to Ray county, Missouri. After staying there a year he moved to Carroll county, and purchased a farm about three miles north of the present town of Norborne. This was at that time the most unsettled part of the county. Mr. Payne lived on this place until he moved to Norborne, with the exception of about seven years he spent in making tours through California, his family, however, remaining at home. He made one trip to California in 3854 from Kentucky and the other in 1859. The last trip he made by water. He was in California when the late war broke out, and returned home in 1863 to find his family divided, two of his sons advocating the Federal cause and two the confederate cause. Mr. Payne himself was not disturbed by either side. As soon as the railroad extended as far west as Norborne he moved to that town, He has built two houses there, one of which he Is now living in. He married Miss Harriett Ridgell, of Kentucky, May 12, 1825. A large family of sixteen children, nine sons and seven daughters were born to them. Four daughters and two sons still survive, all married but one son. Mrs. Payne is a member of the Methodist church. He was, while a young may, a colonel in the old " muster roll " days of Kentucky. He was in Panama, on his return from one of his California trips, at the time Walker, the filibuster, was creating an excitement.

William H. Hess

bom June 29, 1845 in Lafayette county, Mo.- He is a son of Joseph and Margaret Hess. His father was a wagon-maker and of German descent. His mother's maiden name was Dunbar and of Scotch descent. When three years old his father moved to Richmond, Ray county. Mo. William was educated wholly in Richmond, completing his education in Richmond college. When he became of age he commenced farming in Ray county. In 1868 he bought out a restaurant in Richmond and ran that for two years. ' Subsequently he engaged in the hotel business at R. & L. Junction in Ray county. He remained there two years. In 1872 he went to Warren county, Kentucky and was engaged in farming for two 3'ears; he returned in 1874 and lived in Lexington, Missouri, for eighteen months. In the following year he spent a few months in Iowa and in the

William Payne

Wm. Payne was born in Knox county, Kentucky on the Pith day of January 1832. He was reared and educated in the county of his birth and remained there until the 25th year of his age. He moved to Ray county Mo., in December 1856; purchased land in the neighborhood of Millville and sold during the "Oil excitement" realizing a good profit. Ray county w'as the home of Mr. Payne for 16 years. He visited Colorado in 1861, in May 1863 went west to California, visited Oregon and Idaho and returned to Ray county Mo., in September 1865. He made a trip through Texas in 1867 looking for a suitable place to locate. Finding no country that pleased him better than Missouri tor farming, he returned the summer of the same year and purchased a farm in Ray county near his former home. After living on this place for five years he moved to Carroll county three miles north 'of Norborne. This place he has well improved. It consists of 120 acres of fine prairie land, and 10 acres of timbered land, on the place is a two-story frame residence, a barn and fine orchard. Mr. Payne and family have lived on this farm since 1872. He married on the 2d day of February 1854, Miss Mary Mayse of Knox county Kentucky. Nine children have been born of this union, of which number, threesonsandfour daughters are living. He has three daughters married and living in Carroll county. Mr. Payne is strong in the faith of Democracy, cast his first presidential vote for Bell in 1861, and has voted the Democratic ticket ever since. Mr. Payne is one of the prominent men of Carroll county and a much respected citizen.

Henry Wetherholt

born February 12th 1820, in Virginia. He was a son of John and Mary Wetherholt, and of German descent. Henry was raised and educated in Fayette county Pa. He moved with the family when about nineteen years of age to Bellmont county Ohio. He came to Missouri in 1840 and settled first in Lewis county, he lived there until 1857, when he moved to Carroll county Mo., and settled on a place two rniles south of Norborne. The farm consists of 240 acres, and it was his home until the time of his death, April 11th 1879. In his will he left his property to his wife in trust for all her children. Mrs. Wetherholt now lives in Norborne and rents out the old home place. Mr. Wetherholt's wife was a widow of Lemuel G. Hatcher. Her maiden name was Sarah D. Chambers, daughter of William and Mary Chambers of Kentucky. Four sons and One daughter were born of this marriage. Elizabeth C., Sarah M. (wife of Jonathan Shackleford,) Mary L., John Henry and Theodocia V. (wife of A.J. Shackleford.) Elizabeth C, Mary L. and John Henry have departed this life. Mrs. Wetherholt had five children by her marriage.

fall of 1875 he returned to Missouri arid settled down in Norborne, Carroll county, Mo., where he has^lived ever since, engaged in the livery business. Mr. Hess was married May 14, 1871, to Miss Ella Noell,,daughter of Nathaniel Noell, deceased, of Saline count\'. They have had five children bom to them. Only two are now living, Annie Pearl and Fannie Willie. Mr. Hess is a member of the Christian church, and expects to spend the remainder of his life in Norborne.

John A. Creasy

born December, 13, 1833 in Campbell county, Virginia. His father,' Fleming Creasy was a millwright and general mechanic. When six years old John A. came with his father to Carroll count}^ Missouri. He was reared and educated in Carroll county, receiving his schooling from the primary schools. He had but little opportunity to attend school, but being of a studious mind accomplished a great deal by private study; he is in fact a self-educated man, and is most proficient in branches that pertain to mechanical sciences. He first began life for himself as a wagon-maker in Carroll bottom, near Miles Point. He sold out there on account of bad health and moved to Russellville, Ray county, and engaged in the merchandising business; he remained there six years with good success. Indeed he may justly be considered the father of Russellville as he was the first one to start a store in that place. He was in Russellville during the war. In 1864 he moved to Macon, 111.; remained their nine months and then moved to Pike county. 111. In 1866 he moved to DeWitt, Carroll county. Mo. There he was engaged in the steamboat commission business until 1869, yvhen he moved to Norborne and started a lumber-yard and was at the same time ticket agent for the North Missouri railroad* Subsequently Mr. Creasy has had a varied business experience. In 1879 Mr. Creasy invented a wind pump for which he received a patent. The pump is called the " Iron Champion." It is manufactured in Norborne with the exception of the castings. The demand for the pump is rapidly increasing. Mr. Creasy was married in Carroll county. May 21st to Miss Frances A. Marlow, daughter of William Marlow, deceased. She died October 6, 1873 and Mr. Creasy was again married December 7, 1875, to Miss Louisa M. Carpenter, daughter of E. W. Carpenter, of Lexington, Mo. Mr. Creasy had six children by his first wife. Of these three sons and two daughters are still living. One of the daughters married George F* Crutchley, of Norborne. By his second wife he had five children; of these a son and a daughter are still living. Mr. Creasy is a member of the M. E. church south. Mrs. Creasy belongs to the missionary Baptists. His first wife was a member of the Methodist church. He is a member of the masonic fraternity and is in fellowship with Carroll lodge, No. 249. u .

at Norborne. Mr. Creasy is an enterprising man and takes a great interest in the county's welfare. He will continue with the company in the manufacture of the machines of which he is the inventor and patentee. Mr. Creasy has made several trips to California. He has one son, Charles William, who in his love for machinery imitates his father. He is at present telegraph operator at Missouri City.

Henry Wenzel

Was born in Germany, February 8, 1819. His father was a farmer in Germany. Henry served out his time as apprentice in learning the stone and brick mason trade. He served 4 years of the time required by law in the military service. He came to America in December, 1844, landed at New Orleans on Christmas day. He settled in St. Louis, and worked at his trade for three years. In 1848 he came to Carroll county, where he has been engaged in farming ever since. He first purchased 80 acres of land 4 miles east of Norborne. In 1866 he purchased the place on which he now lives. It contains 260 acres, and lies in section 21 of Egypt township. The farm is well improved. Mr. Wenzel owns altogether 540 acres in Carroll county, besides two houses and lots in Norborne. He was married March 4, 1855, to Miss Louiza Hecke, a German lady of Chariton county. She died August 16, 1880. They have had born to them seven children: Lena, born October 23, 1856; Louiza, born August 5, 1858; Frederick, born September 13, 1860; Katie, bo^n December 10,1862; Henrietta, born January 1st, 1865; Lewis, born August 26, 1866; Wilhelmina, July 25, 1869. Henrietta died September IT, 1866. Mr, Wenzel is a prominent member of the Evangelical Lutheran church at Norborne.. His wife was a member of the same church. Two of his daughters are now married. Lena married Henry Haurtman, of Lafayette county, and Katie married Wm. Coleman, of Carroll county. Mr. Wenzel is a thrifty farmer and a prominent citizen in his neighborhood.

Frank Schies

was born in the province of Baden, Germany, March 25, 183T. He is a son of Andrew Schies, a wagon-maker. He was educated in the national schools of Germany. He came to America with the family when 16 years old; landed at St. Louis wa New Orleans, in 1852. In 1853 the family moved to Carroll county, and settled on Turkey Creek. In course of time his father entered land, near the present site of Norborne. This was afterward exchanged for land where Norborne now stands. At his father's death, Frank fell heir to this tract of land, which he sold at the commencement of the building of the town of Norborne, and bought land one mile northeast of the town where he now resides. Mr. Schies was marriea August 13, 1862, to Miss Magdalena Reck, a native of Germany. They were the parents of five children: Eva, Mar)'', Frank, and Theresa. Sophia, the oldest, died in 1871. Mr. and Mrs. Schies belong to the German Methodist church. Mr. Schies is an old settler and a good and successful farmer.

was born November 12, 1835, in Cork county, Ireland, son of Timothy McAuliffe, a farmer, who died in December, 18'41. After his father's death the family moved to America, and landed in New York city. In 1843 they moved to Boston. Here Michael learned the carpenter's trade. At the time of the late war he was a member of an independent company of the Montgomery Union Association, but fortunately had no fighting to do.. After the war he came west, stopped at Chicago a year, and worked at his trade. In 1866 he went to St. Louis, and there worked on Jefferson barracks. He remained in St. Louis three years, and moved to Carroll county, Missouri, and improved a farm in Sugar Tree township, which he sold tw'O years afterward, and purchased and improved a place of 160 acres three miles west of Norborne, in section 20, of Egpyt township, and has ever since lived on it. Since Mr. McAuliffe's stay in Carroll county, he has worked considerably at his trade, both in the towns of Carrollton and Norborne. He was married in the city of Boston, October 25, 1863, to Miss Eliza B. Feely, daughter of Dan'l Feeley, of Ireland. They have been blessed with four children, 2 sons and 2 daughters: James Henry, born August 19, 1864; Mary Ann, born August 24, 1866; Daniel Joseph, born April 7, 1872; Eliza, born August 12, 1874. Daniel J. died January 12, 1873, with cerebro spinal meningitis. Mary Ann died April 9, 1873. Mr. and Mrs. McAuliffe are members of the Catholic church, and have had their children baptized in the same faith.

William B. Vest

Avas born May 2d, 1829, in Terre Haute, Indiana. He is a son of Little B. and Leah Vest. His father was a millwright by trade and he taught William the milling business. When William was three years old the family moved to Spencer, Owen county, and here William was chiefly educated. When 16 years of age he came to Franklin county, Missouri, and lived with his grandfather Vest, with whom he remained for three years and learned the blacksmith trade. In 1849 he went to Troy and was engaged in horseshoeing, etc., until 1854, when he opened a plow and wagon shop in Lexington, Illinois. He remained there but a year and then visited Iowa arid finally settled in Lexington, Missouri, in July, 1856. He was engaged with the firm of C. Carpenter & Co., in the manufacture of generaljarming implements. The firm was afterward changed to the style of Carpenter & Vest. He was in Lexington for three years.

From this time on he had a varied business experience. He sympathized with the south but was not engaged in war. After the war he went back to his farm that he owned near Buckner, Jackson county, Missouri. He moved to Nprborne, Carroll county, Missouri, in April, 1881, and leased the Bethel Mills in partnership with George Van Trump. Mr. Vest married Miss Susan McCulloch, December 26, 1850, she was from Lincoln county, and only lived about a year and a half after their marriage. He was again married in 1853, to Miss Elizabeth Williams of Lincoln county. She died June 16, 1859. He was a third time married in October, 1860, to Miss Amanda Rainey, of Jackson county. She died March 5, 1867: and Mr. Vest was a fourth time married on the 12th of October, 1869. His present wife was widow Carrie Taylor, whose maiden name was Griffith. He has had twelve children. By his first manage he had no children; by his second he had three; by the third he had four, and by his last marriage he has five. He has also raised one stepdaughter, a child of his present wife. Mr. Vest is a member of the Masonic Fraternity, and holds membership at Buckner, Jackson county, Missouri. He intends moving his family to Norborne to live.

John W. Edwards

was born April 18, 1831, in Bond county, Illinois; son of William Edwards an Illinois farmer, who moved to Prairie Bottom in Carroll county, Missouri, and died in this county in 1865. John was at home with his father until he was thirty-three years old, when he began farming on a place he had bought in 1856. He built some improvements on the place in 1868, and has made it his home ever since. The family lived in Ray county for eight years, with that exception they have made Carroll county their home since they have been in the state of Missouri. His present house is in section 7, Egypt township, three miles northwestof Norborne. Mr. Edwards enlisted in the late war in defense of the Union, under Col. Mulligan, but was captured at Lexington, Missouri, in the first fight he took part in. He was sworn outof service by the Confederates. He was married in April,

1865, to Miss Catharine Robinson of Carroll county ; one child only, a son, was born of this union, named Andrew Jackson. He was born in August,

1866. Mr. and Mrs. Edwards are both members of the Missionary Baptist Church., Mr. Edwards is one of the oldest settlers in his section of the county and has killed a great naany turkeys and deer in his section during the time of the early settlement of the county. In 1873 he had the misfortune to lose his left leg by getting it caught in a wagon wheel, the wagon being loaded with h ay at the time. He is still full of energ}' and does as much work as many men who are physically sound.

Henry C. Brenneman

was born in Fairfield county, Ohio. He is a son of John and Nancy Brenneman. Henry was the fifth child that was born to his father's third marriage. He was educated and raised in Fairfield and Allen counties, Ohio. He came to Missouri in Jime, 1869, and bought a farm in section 5, Egypt township. The farm contains 140 acres, all well fenced, three sides of the farm have fine hedge fences. There is a frame dwelling and barn on the place, and a fine peach and apple orchard. He was married in Ray county. Mo., November 25th, 1870, to Miss Elizabeth Wicher, daughter of Caleb Wicher. Three daughters and one son have been bom to them, all living, and named as follows: Maud, J. Ernest, Bertha V. and Leona A. Mr. Brenneman and wife are both members of the Christian church. Mr. Brenneman is one of the substantial farmers of his locality; he pays considerable attention to buying and feeding cattle.

Daniel Heiney

was born July 12th, 1842, in Wayne county, Indiana. His father, George Heiney, was a farmer, and Daniel was raised a farmer, which business he has since followed. He began farming for himself when 22 years of age; his father died in 1850, and he rented his mother a portion of the land and lived with her on the place. In 1870 lie moved to Carroll county. Mo., and purchased a farm of 80 acres in section 8, of Egypt township; he improved this, and by making subsequent purchases of adjacent lands has obtained in all, 320 acres. It is all well improved, and lies four miles north-west of Norbome; he has thrived well since coming to Missouri. Mr. Heiney was married September 12th, 1867, to Miss Mary C. Reade, daughter of George W. Reade, of Indiana. They have one son and one daughter, named Horace and Dottie. Mr. Heiney is a member of the A. O. U. W. order at Norborne, and also of the Patrons of Husbandry, Carroll Grange, No. 2060, which has its hall at Norbome. He has his property insured in the Continental Fire Insurance Co., and his life is insured in the A. O. U. W. fraternity. He is a very successful farmer.

Lewis W. Overholtz

born November 28th, 1830, in Preble county, Ohio, and raised and educated in the same county. He has been raised a farmer and has always been engaged in farming. He moved to Carroll county in 1869, and bought a piece of land in section 7, Egypt township, five miles north-west of Norborne; he has improyed his place, and lived on it since he purchased it. He married Miss Nancy Frum, daughter of David Frum, of Preble county, Ohio, February 1st, 1854; five chjfldren, four sons and one daughter, have been born to them: Andrew, Emily Ann, George Wash- ington, Francis Marion and Elmer Ellsworth. Emily and Francis are still living; Emily is now the wife of George W. Reed, of Ray county. Mo. Mr. and Mrs. Overholtz and both children are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Overholtz is also a member of the Patrons of Husbandry Grange at Norborne.

George W. Metcalf

George W. Metcalf was born on the 10th day of February, 1839, in White county, Ind., near the famous Tippecanoe battle ground. In 1845 he moved to Carroll county, Mo., with the family. His father, J. E. Metcalf, was formerly of New York; he ;died in 1865, with cholera, leaving George W., who was the oldest son, to look after the support of the family. ' At the beginning of the war he was in his 23d year, and enlisted in defense of the union, in the second regiment cavalry Missouri volunteers, under Capt. G. W. Marshall. He was engaged in a number of battles and skirmishes, as the soldiers' record of this work will show. He was discharged in St. Louis, and returned to Carroll county after the war; he lived upon the old homestead during three years after the war, and then purchased a farm for himself, in the same township, upon which he has ever since made his home, with the exception of three years he spent traveling through different western states. Mr. Metcalf was first married on the 21st day of May, 1868, to Miss Catherine Knippschild, of Carroll county. They became the parents of one child, John H., who died in infancy. Mrs. M. also died in about a year after her marriage, and our subject was afterwards married, October 22d, 1871 to Miss Eliza E. Davis, also of Carroll county. The issue of this union has been five children, three of whom, Mary E., Dora E. and Eliza J., are now living. Mr. Metcalf is a leading member of the Grange, and takes great interest in everything pertaining to agriculture.

Thomas D. White

The gentleman whose name heads this article is a native of Pennsylvania, and was born in the city of Pittsburg on the 22d day of March, 1842. He was educated in his native town, and lived there until he was fifteen years of age. His father had died three years before, and Thomas was obliged to go to work for his own support. He accordingly secured a position at the Union Stock Yards at* Alleghany City, and remained there one year, during which time he acquired a knowledge of the stock shipping business, which no doubt influenced his choice of a calling in after life. In 1857 the familv removed to Scioto county, Ohio, and our subject and his brother engaged in farming there. The care and management of the business devolved chiefly on. Thomas, who was the eldest son. After living in Ohio during nine years, our subject came with his mother's family to Missouri, and stopped at first in Ray county, where they rented a farm for one year, after which Mrs. White and her sons bought lands together, lying in both Ray and Garroll counties. After a residence of four years in Ray they came to this county and improved a farm in Egypt township (section 3), four miles northwest of Norbome. On this place the brothers have resided ever since. Their mother, Mrs. Elizabeth White, died in Ray county, November 18, 1869. Thomas D. White was married on the 25th day of March, 1880, to Miss Jennie F. Loyd, of Indiana. One son, Joseph EllsWorth, has been born to bless this union. The subject of this sketch and his brother are among the most extensive stock dealers in Carroll county, and ship more stock from Norbome than any other firm. During the year 1880 they shipped one hundred and seventy carloads of live stock out of this county. Mr. White is a leading member of Carroll Lodge No. 249, A. F. and A. M., and also of the grange at Norbome, and is a leading business man and prominent citizen of that community.

Josiah F. Hudson

The subject of this sketch was bom in Stokes county. North Carolina, on the 23d day of January, 1823. When he was about six years old, his father, David Hudson, removed with his family to Patrick county, Virginia, and there Josiah was educated and reared to the age of sixteen years on a farm. In 1839 the family immigrated to Illinois,iand settled in Clinton county, where our subject was engaged in farming until 1843, when he came to Carroll county Missouri, and .settled a short distance north of the city of Carrollton, and this county has been his home ever since. In September, 1859, Mr. Hudson bought the farm upon which he now resides. This place comprises one hundred and twenty-seven acres of fine prairie land, well improved, and enclosed by g{*od hedge fences. In addition to this prairie tract Mr. Hudson owns ten acres of good wood-land. He was married in March, 1860, to Miss Eda A. Clowdis, daughter of George W. Clowdis, of this county. Four children have been born of this union, three of whom are now living. Their names are as follows: Josiah, Jr., Mary. Catherine and David C. In the year 1847 Mr. Hudson went to the " Lone Star State " and joined the Texas rangers, with whom he served in the war against Mexico during fourteen months, and was in many fierce battles with Mexican banditti and freebooters on the frontier. The recital of all of his interesting experiences would make a book in itself. When the war ended he returned to Carroll county, Missouri, where he remained until the spring of 1850, and then went overland with a wagon train to California. There he engaged m mining for gold, but met with such poor success that in 1852 he returned to Missouri. Not satisfied with his first experience, he deter- mined to try his fortunes once more in the gold fields of the great new west, and ^accordingly went out again in the spring of 1853 to California. This time he remained in the mines until the fall of 1857, and made considerable money, which he invested in a store building and a slock of goods at Nevada City, only to lose it all by fire a few days later. He then spent about* two years in Sonoma county, California, engaged in farming. He came back to Carroll county Missouri, in July, 1859, and remained here until 1870, when he made another trip to the Golden State, and while there engaged in a variet}' of occupations. Upon this last trip his wife accompanied him, and when they returned they settled permanently upon the old homestead in this county, where they now reside. At the beginning of the civil war Mr. Hudson enlisted under Gov.' Jackson's first call for volunteers, and served faithfully throughout the war in the confederate arm}*. He is a member of the Baptist church and the Masonic fraternity at Norborne, and is well esteemed and respected by all his neighbors and acquaintances.

On the 29th day of August 1843, Henry C. Pile was bora in Adair county, Missouri. Six years after his birth, Milton K. Pile, his father, removed with the family to Carroll county, Missouri, and here the subject of this article received his education and has resided ever since. He was reared to farming and has always pursued that vocation. When the great Civil war began, in 1861, Mr. Pile enlisted for the defense of the' Union, in the 23d Regiment of Missouri Volunteer Infantry, and was in active service for three years. He participated in a number of hard fought battles and was once captured by the enemy. He was one of "Sherman's Yankee Boys" on the famous march "from Atlanta (Georgia) to the sea." When the war was over and peace once more restored, Mr. Pile returned home to Carroll county, and at once resumed the peacable vocation of farming, which he has steadily continued to the present time. Mr. Pile was first married, in 1870, to Miss Martha B. Markham,' daughter of Wm. C. Markham, deceased, formerly of Carroll county. The issue of this union was four girls, three of whom are still living. Mrs. Pile died in the month of February 1880, and our subject was subsequently married to Miss Nancy C. Payne, a native of this county. Mr. Pile is a member of the I. O. O, F. Lodge at Norborne.

Michael Wagner

The subject of this sketch was born in Baden, Germ'any, in the month of December 1810. He received his education in his native city and served an apprenticeship there, to the shoemaker's trade and worked at that occupation until 1836, when he came to America. In the year 1838, he settled in Lexington, Lafayette county, Missouri, and was married there, in 1842, to Miss Frances Meyer, a native of Germany, who came to the United States three years after the coming of her husband. Soon after his marriage, Mr. Wagner commenced a bakery business in Lexington, but at the end of one year quit it, and purchasing land in Carroll county, moved upon it with his famil}', and never afterwards engaged in any business but farming. He was 'disabled by severe rheumatism, from which he suffered greatly, during the last eighteen years of his life. Mr. Wagner died on the 12th day of April 1867, of pneumonia after a short illness. He was a leading member of the Roman 'Catholic Church, and much esteemed and respected by his friends and neighbors. Two sons, William and John, were born to Mr. and Mrs. Wagner. The first named, is living with his mother at Norbome, and John is married and resides upon the old homestead, just north of that town. Mrs. Wagner is now keeping the "Wagner House," a very excellent hotel, at Norbome.

Colonel Calvin Minton

Calvin Minton was born in Washington county, Virginia, June 25, 1821. His father, James Minton, a leading farmer of Washington county, sold his property and removed to Knox county, Tennessee when Calvin was in his ninth year. The Minton family is of Scotch origin, Ebenezer Minton, great grandfather of our subject having been a native of Scotland. Calvin Minton was chiefly educated in Tennessee, and lived there, engaged in farming for about twenty years. He was married in Roan county, that state, August 15, 1842, to Miss Rebecca . Thompson, daughter of Robert Thompson, and three years afterwards removed to Indiana, and farmed in Morgan county for about seven years and then went to Iowa and settled upon a farm he had improved near Osceola in Clark county. He lived there at the outbreaking of the civil, war. Mr. Minton enlisted in the Union army in July 1861, and was three years in active service. He was elected first lieutenant when his company was organized, and was soon' after promoted to the office of captain of company F, sixth Iowa, volunteer infantry. After quitting the regular service, in 1864, he was commissioned by Gov. Stone, Colonel of Iowa militia. During the time Col. Minton was on duty in the regular service he participated in a number of the chief engagements of the war. He was wounded at Jackson, at Mission Ridge, and also at Vicksburg. Col. Minton came to Carroll county from Iowa in the autumn of 1868, and settled in Egypt township upon the same farm that he now owns and occupies. Nine children have been bom to Col. and Mrs. Minton, seven of them, three sons and four daughters, are now living, and have their homes in this state. Col. Minton has a good farm, a pleasant home and is an agreeable and clever gentleman.

James Cleary

James Cleary was born in the county of Tipperary, Ireland, in the month of Juiie, 1833. His father died when James was quite young, and our subject was taken to Brooklyn, New York, and put in the family of his uncle. Rev. Wm. P. Hogan, pastor of St Paul's (Catholic) church, to be reared. Two of his brothers had come^ to the United States some time before, and were placed by their Unde in the university of Notre Dame, at South Bend, Indiana. As soon as James was old enough he was put to school at St. Paql's in Brooklyn and remained there during two years, and until his mother arrived from Ireland in 1850. Mr. Cleary, after leiaving school began to learn the carpentering trade in Philadelphia, but did not complete his aipprenticeship until after he joined his mother in St. Louis, whither she had gone and established her home. The family lived in St. Louis until 1854, and Mr. Cleary was steadily at his trade during the time they were there. In 1854, the subject of this article removed to Carrollton and engaged there as contractor and builder for three years, and then turned his attention to farming, which business he has ever since followed. He purchased the farm upon which he now resides, in Egypt township, in the year 1856 and began improving it the year following. The tract at that time consisted of only one hundred and sixty acres, but Mr. Cleary has added to it from time to time since, by purchase, until it now comprises six hundred acres of excellent farming land, well improved, and well stocked. He is also the owner of several other tracts of land in Carroll county. Mr. Cleary was first married in 1862 to Miss Catherine, Conway. They became the parents of three children: John Henry, William Thomas and James. Mrs. Cleary died five years after her marriage, and our subject was married to Miss Emma Jones, of Jackson count3S Missouri. The issue of this union has been three children named as follows: George Walter, Pierce Emmett, Charles Carroll. Mr Cleary is a leading member of the Catholic church at Norborne, and is a pleasant, agreeable gentleman, a kind neighbor and a valuable citizen.

Edward P. Meehan

On the 28th day of March 1844 Edward P. Meehan was born at Jersey City, New Jersey. His parents were both natives of Ireland. His father was a farmer in New Jersey' and in 1852 left that state and removed with his family to Peoria county. Ills., where our subject acquired the greater part of his education, and lived upon the farm until he was sixteen years of age. He learned the blacksmith trade in Brenfield, Illinois, and worked at his trade until 1869 when he came to Carroll county and located at Norborne. Here he built a shop and set up a forge. Mr. Meehan con- tinued blacksmithing for some time in Norborne. In 1873 Mr. Meehan was elected collector of the Revenue for Egypt township under the then existing law and discharged the duties so acceptably that he was three times re-elected to the same office. During the year 1876 he served as a member of the Norborne council and in 1878 was elected Mayor of that place which office he has ever since filled. He has also filled the office of Justice of the Peace since 1880. Mr. Meehan was married on the 23d day of May 1871 to Miss Mary A. Lininger, of this county. Four children have been born of this union all of whom are now living. Their names are as follows, viz: Edward P., Jennie E., George T. and Robert Emmett. Mr. Meehan is a member of Carroll Lodge, No. 249, A. F. & A. M., at Norborne. At present he is engaged in addition to his duties as mayor and Justice, in the real estate and insurance agency business. He has lately been elected president of the Farmers Bank in Norborne. The large number of times he has been elevated to positions of honor and trust bear ample testimony of the esteem and high regard in which he is held by his fellow townsmen.

George R. Ma-Gee

George R. Ma-Gee was born in Lewis county, Missouri in the month of April 1845. His father Thomas L. Ma-Gee was a prominent farmer of that county and our subject was reared on a farm and assisted his father in its management until the commencement of the great civil war. Mr. Ma-Gee, then a youth of seventeen years, enlisted first in the confederate army under Colonel Porter, but was subsequently forced by General McNeal - notorious on account of the wholesale massacre of defenceless prisoners at Palmyra, - to enter the federal army. Prior to this he had been kept in close confinement at Palmyra, Lagrange and Alton. He was in service altogether about three years. After the close of the war Mr. Ma-Gee came to Carroll county and located near Miles Point. He has been a resident of this county ever since. He was first married, in 1866 lo Miss Mary L. Weatherholt. The issue of this union is two children, Henry T. and George, H., both still living. Mrs. Ma-Gee died in October 1869 and our subject was afterward married to Miss Marj' A. Dawson. They became the parents of four children, two of whom, Edgar R. and Mabel G., are still living. In 1868 Mr. Ma-Gee entered the drug store of Brown & Garner at Norborne for the purpose of learning the business and after remaining with them for three years opened a drug store in the same town on his own account. He subsequently became interested in a dry goods and grocery store in addition to his drug trade and besides both of these enterprises he owns a good farm two miles south of the town of Norborne which he lets to tenants. Mr. Ma-Gee and his wife are both members of the M. E. church, south, and he is also connected with the Masonic Fraternity, the I. O. O. F. and the A. O. U. W. He is a prosperous merchant and an agreeable and affable gentleman.

William H. Barrett

On, the 5th day of March, 1837, Wm. H. Barrett was born in Oxford county, Maine. His father, John Barrett died when William was but three years old, and his maintenance and education devolved upon his mother, who never again married. He was educated wholly in Maine, though the family lived part of the time in Abington, Massachusetts. He attended Hebron academy at the age of nineteen years, and again after attaining his majority. While living at Abington, Massachusetts, our subjectjlearned the shoemaking trade. In 1858 he went to Mason county, Kentucky, and taught school at Sardis until his health failed. He then moved to Illinois and engaged in farming, which employment greatly improved his health, and after two years residence in Illinois he went to Washington county, Kansas, and engaged there in farming until 1862, and then sold out and went to New York city. He lived in that city three years, during the last two of which he served upon the' metropolitan police force. Mr. Barrett came to Carroll county in 1867 and bought a farm in the western part of the county, and resumed that business. In 1871 he exchanged this farm for one in Ray county, which he still owns, and moved upon it. He lived there until 1876 when became to Norborne and built a store house, and the succeeding fall moved his family to that town and opened a restaurant and fancy grocery store. . In 1880 he closed the restaurant department and Mrs. Barrett opened a millinery store instead. Mr. Barrett was married in Carroll county to Miss Margaret Coggburn, daughter of Rev. G. B. Coggburn, of the Missionary Baptist church. Mr. Barrett and his wife are both members of this chnrch.