Jackson Township (part 1 of 2)

Jackson Township

There is one hotel, a mill, a store or two, and a store and post-office kept by Mr. Patrick. There is still plenty of mineral about the site of the town, and should it attract the attention of miners, Scotland may yet even surpass her former self.

Diamond City, named for the grove near by, which is of diamond shape. There seems to be no recorded plat of the town, but it was surveyed and laid out by Franklin Sides in an early day. Like Fidelity it was most prominent just before the war. It is located in a fine farming community, but was started off from the regular line of travel, and has died a natural death. One blacksmith shop remains to mark the former business, and the residence of Franklin Sides, who hauled the lumber from Sedalia to build the house in an early day.

Incidents in Early History. - The most reliable anecdotes and incidents are often given by the participants of an act or event. We append this from one who experienced all contained in Csesar's expression, Veni, vidi, vici. The writer arrived with his father in Oct., 1838, and was eleven years old at the time. The early immigrants had many hardships to endure that the persons who arrive at the present time know but little about. All the dry goods and groceries had to be brought by wagons from St. Louis. Everything was very dear, and many times could not be had at any price. There was plenty of wild game to be found, such as deer, turkeys, prairie hens, wolves, and occasionally a panther; men who loved the sport of hunting could enjoy themselves. It was not an uncommon thing to see forty or fifty deer at one time; wolves would come almost to the door of the immigrant's cabin.

Mills and milling facillities were scarce; there was but one small mill that ground corn, called "Jones Mill," on the creek of the same name; the next nearest was at Sarcoxie, it grinding both corn and wheat; the flour was bolted by hand. In summer time the horse-flies were very bad - so bad that it was almost impossible to use horses or oxen in the day-time. The farmers had to plow their corn after night, by the moonshine, on account of them. And when we went to mill or town, if in the day-time, we went on foot, or by night with the horse and wagon. In 1840, and for several years afterwards, times were very hard, and money very scarce. Horses were worth $25 to $40; cows $6 to $10, and other live-stock in proportion; wheat was worth from 25 to 50 cents per bushel; corn 10 to 20 cents in trade.

There was no fruit except peaches, and some wild plums, and berries for several years. Nearly every family manufactured their own cloth and clothing at home. It was very uncommon to see a man wear any other than home-made clotliing, and many of the women wore no dresses except homemade cotton or linsey goods. The people were nearly all poor, but they were very social and friendly. Man}' times they would go eight to ten miles to help each other build their cabins. The people were generally happy and contented, friendly and obliging. There were few places of amusements, DO theaters, and but few great shows. Schools were not kept regular, many settlements had no schools. The farmers did not farm very extensively, as there was not much demand for their products. About 1848-49 times got some brisker and money more jflenty. There was some demand for horses and mules to drive to the south; cattle increased in value. When the California gold excitement began, there was a good demand and trade, at good prices for cattle. Taxes were comparatively light, and money was easier, for there was not so much required as now.

HIEAM BARDOE, farmer, was born in Lycoming county, Fa., Dec. 9, 1839, and there raised. His father, Reuben, was a carpenter by trade, and died in Pennsylvania. Hiram Bardoe enlisted in Company F, Fifth Fennsylvania Reserve Corps, serving three years. He was first married on March 11th, 1866, to Mary Koch, who was born in Fennsylvania, and died in August, 1871. Mr, Bardoe was again married Aug. 31, 1872, to Mary E. Whittaker, a native of Fennsylvania. Their children are Efiie J., Emma B., and Clara M. He is a member of the Odd Fellows order. By trade he is a blacksmith, and works some at his trade. He immigrated to Dickinson county, Kan., in 1870, and came to Jasper county in 1881, and now lives on a new farm seven miles south of Carthage, in section 10, township 27, range 31, in Jackson township. This farm formerly belonged to the Rail-

AMOS BAETLEY and BENJAMIN BARTLEY, farmers and stockraisers. Benj. Bartley was born in Pickaway county, Ohio, in February , 1811, and there raised. In 1860 he removed to Piatt county, 111., and came to Jasper county. Mo., in 1867. Mr. Benj. Bartley was married July 5, 1835, to Mary Newhouse, who was born in Ohio, Feb. 26, 1818. Their children are Amos, Abraham, Henry, James, and George. Amos Bartley was married Feb. 4, 1 864, to Julia Sutherland, who was born in Cass county, Ind. Their children are: Lemuel and Maud. He came to Jasper county in 1867. Both he and his wife are members of the M.E. (3hurch. He and his father own a farm of 220 acres, about 140 of it well improved, having a good orchard of 100 trees. This farm is located in section 12, township 27, range 31, in Jackson township, and is finely located at the edge of Diamond Grove.

JAMES L. BARTLEY, engineer and farmer, was born in Pickaway county, Ohio, June 20, 1845, where he was raised until sixteen years of age, when he came to Piatt county, 111. The subject of this sketch was married to Mary A. Burch, Jan. 20, 1872, who was born in Hardy county, Ya., in 1855. Their children are June F., Claud, and William. Mrs. Bartley is a member of the M. E. Church (South). She is the daughter of Covington Burch, the late proprietor and discover of the Burch mines, in which she is heir to one-fifth. Mr. Bartley is also engaged in farming, but devotes his attention to engineering and interests in the Burch mines, leased to the Phoenix Lead and Zinc Company. These mines are very valuable, and great quantities of the finest ore has been extracted from them.

SAMUEL S. BICE, superintendent and engineer of the Phoenix Lead and Zinc Works, was born in Devonshire, England, Nov. 22, 1840, and raised in Cornwall. His father, William Bice, was agent of mines and a miner for forty years in England, and died in England in 1880. S. S. Bice came to America in 1865, and settled at various times in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Missouri, also Georgia, Virginia, and Mexico. The subject of this sketch was married in June, 1863, to Harriet Peake, who was born in Cornwall, England, in 1843. They have one daughter living, Fannie, and six children dead. Both Mr. and Mrs. Bice are members of the Episcopal Church. Mr. Bice is a member of the Odd Fellows, Independent Order of Red Men, Sons of St. George, Knights of Honor, and Mystic Band of Brothers. Mr. Bice has been for years engaged in mining interests, since a boy, even before coming to this country, and is therefore abundantly qualified to manage successfully such an enterprise as the

Phoenix Lead and Zinc Mines. He resumed this responsibility in October, 1882, and is also interested as a stock owner, holding one-fifth share., Mr. Bice is a man of great energy, and will undoubtedly make this enterprise succeed. A full description of the mines will be found on page 756.

OWEN L. BIRD, fancier and stock-ralsor, residence four miles south of the city of Carthage, Jackson township, was born in Kalamazoo county, Mich., Nov. 24, 1839. When eleven years of age he immigrated with his father. Friend Bird, to Kankakee county, 111., where his father, who was a prosperous farmer, died in 1855. In the year 1866 the subject of this sketch came to Jasper county, Mo., and two years later, Nov. 30, 1868, he was united in matrimony to Martha Maginnis, who was born in Jasper county in 1840. The names of the children are as follows: Morris C, Mary E., Oliver C, and Frederick I. Mr. and Mrs. Bird are both members of the Center Creek Church, in good and regular standing. The farm comprises eighty acres of the best bottom-lands of Center Creek, about forty-acres improved; twenty-seven acres of corn averaged forty bushels; five acres of oats averaged fifty-two and a half bushels per acre. He owns a fine flock of 260 sheep, besides other kinds of stock. The father of Mrs. Bird, Mr. Maginnis, was one of the earliest settlers of Jasper county. Her mother was left a widow with a large family of daughters, and saw some of the border incidents. When Price made his raid through southwest Missouri the country was sadly used. Two soldiers were found hung on a peach tree, on what is known as the Dale farm, now owned by Judge Geo. Cormine, and were buried under an apple tree near by. They were left hanging on the tree when the soldiers left, and Mrs. Bird and a sister were preparing to bury them, having cut them down, when some men appeared on the scene and interred them. One gave his name as Foster and said his home was at Pilot Knob. Such incidents of the war, although abounding in stern realities, rival the most highly colored tales of fiction.

GEORGE BROWN, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Howard county, Ind., July 23, 1849. In 1846 his father, William, went to Wabasha county, Minn., where he resided for a number of years. In 1870 he removed to Jasper county. Mo., and now resides in Carthage. The subject of this sketch was married to Miss Mary 11. Hubbard in June, 1875; she was born in Bond county, III, March 2, 1852. They have one little girl, Ethel. Mrs. Brown is a member of the Presbyterian Church of Carthage. Mr. Brown has a fine farm of 280 acres; raising 525 bushels of wheat, 1,200 bushels of corn, and 120 bushels of oats; he has also a fine young orchard. Mr. Brown has been a justice of the peace for some time in this township. The farm is located in sections 20 and 29, township 28, and range 31 of

Jackson township. Mr. Brown has a fine flock of sheep, and deals also in stock. He is a man of systematic business principles, industrious, and generally respected and esteemed.

DR. JAMES W. BROCK, physician and surgeon, Jackson township, was born in Hopkins county, Ky., May 22, 1827, where he was raised. His father, James Brock, was born in North Carolina in 1788, and came to Cooper county, Mo., when it was a territory, and was one of the pioneers of Jasper county, having come there in 1844, and died in June of the same year. Dr. Brock was married Feb. 5, 1847, to Nancy F. Hickey, who was born in Overton county, Tenn., and died Feb. 27, 1877. She left two children: Wm. L., and an infant. Mr. B. married again in 1878 to Mrs. Eliza A. Hickey. They have five children: Wm. J., Nancy J., Charlotte, John, and Permele Hickey. Mr. and Mrs. Brock are both members of the Christian Church, and he is also a member of the Masonic order. Dr. Brock owns a fine farm of 180 acres, well improved, with good residence, and 1,000 bearing trees, raising 1,500 bushels of apples each season. The farm is located in section 7, township 27, range 31, and seven miles southwest from Carthage. Dr. Brock has diplomas from the Cincinnati Eclectic College of Physicians and Surgeons, and also the Joplin Medical College, and has practiced some twenty-five years. He enlisted in Company G, Fifteenth Missouri Cavalry, and also had charge of a hospital during the late war. In 1878-79 he operated a drug store in Carterville and practiced medicine, and also owned mines in Joplin. He was one of the first settlers of the county and has seen much of the pioneer life and the great development of the country. He at one time killed a panther near where he now resides, with a pack of hounds. Dr. Brock enjoys a good practice, is a good citizen, highly respected and a genial gentleman.

HENRY BUCHER, farmer, was born in Switzerland, in 1826. His father, Ulrick, was a farmer and died in Indiana, in 1858. He came to America in 1833, and went to California in 1859, as well as Oregon, Montana, and several other states. He was engaged in mining while in Idaho. He became a citizen of Jasper county. Mo., in 1870. Mr. Bucher owns one of the best farms in Jackson township. His farm comprises 121^ acres, about 80 of it improved. There were good crops the past season ; there are one hundred bearing trees, and everything has the appearance of thrift and prosperity. Mr. Bucher is a single man and one of a family of seven. By trade he is a tanner, having engaged in this business in Indiana and Michigan. His farm is located in section 16, township 27, range 31.

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his son was raised. Mr. James Clow was a member of the Kansas State Militia, Douglass county, in 1862, He was married in April, 184:1, to Lucy Triplett, who was born in Pike county. Mo., in 1829. Their children are Mary F., Anna E., John D., Thomas A., Sallie P., James A., and Lucy P., and all are now married. Both Mr. and Mrs. Clow are members of the Christian Church. He came when quite young with his father to Pike county, Mo., and settled near the south county line of Jasper county, in 1848, being obliged to leave during the war. He owns a fine farm of 282 acres, about 150 of which is well improved, grows good crops, and supports a fine orchard of apples, peaches, cherries, and plums. He is a blacksmith by trade, and has worked a good deal at mining in Wisconsin, Newton and Jasper counties. Mr. Clow's farm is located in sections 15, 10, 11, and 14, of township 27, range 31, of Jackson township; sections 11 and 14 are in Union township Mr. Clow is one of the early settlers, and experienced the toils and hardships of early life, and has also seen the rapid development of the towns and country.

JOSEPH COLLINGS, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Piatt county. 111., Aug. 16, 1848, where he was raised. His father, Abraliam, was a farmer, and died in August, 1870. He came to Jasper county in 1870, and settled one mile west of Diamond City, owning a tract of 633 acres. The subject of this sketch was married in December, 1881, to Abbie Keeler, who was born in Clearfield county, Penn. Their child is Stella May. Mr. Collings has a farm of 100 acres, his share of the estate, forty acres improved and two and one-half of orchard. He raises some of the best crops in this section of the county. There is almost a settlement of the Collings brothers, and their farms are finely located. This farm is situated in section 18, township 27, range 31, in Jackson township.

JOSEPH FLECK, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Huntington county, Penn., June 7, 1832, where he was reared and educated. His father, David, was a farmer and also a minister of the United Brethren Church, and deceased since 1841. The subject of this sketch was married in March, 1866, to Kebecca A. Beers, who was born in the same county in Pennsylvania, in 1836. Their children are Nannie M., Ward, and Cary. Mrs. Fleck is a member of the United Brethren Church. Mr. Fleck came to Jasper county, Mo., in 1866, and settled upon his farm two miles east of Scotland. He owns a farm of 200 acres, about 100 improved, containing 200 bearing trees, and producing good crops the past season. His farm has been in cultivation some forty years, and under the present good management, will last many more. It is located in section 8, township 27, range

MARCELLUS T. FULLER, farmer, was born in Tippecanoe county, Ind., Nov. 8, 1849, where he was raised. His father, Levi, was a farmer in Indiana, who died in 1851. The subject of this sketch was married Sept. 1, 1875, to Harriet Q. Wilson, who was born in Montgomery county, Ind., in March, 1857. Their children are Bertie K., Wm., R. S., David, and Levi. Mr. Fuller came to Jasper county in September, 1877, and now resides upon his farm south of Carthage. The farm comprises 110 acres and 19 acres of timber, and 100 bearing trees. It is near the bottom-land of Center Creek and produces abundant crops of grain. Both Mr, and Mrs. Fuller are members of the Christian Church. Mr. Fuller was formerly engaged in mercantile pursuits and was a partner in the building of the City Hotel. Mr. Fuller's farm is located in section 28, township 28, range 31, and 19 acres in section 29 of Jackson township. He is a man of great energy, enterprise, and thrift, and is respected in the community as a good neighbor and genial gentleman.

MRS. ESTHER M. FURGESON. The subject is considered as one of the pioneer settlers of Jasper county, and came to this southwest country with her father, William Scott, in 1836, a native of Virginia, who died in 1855. Mrs. Furgeson was born in Tennessee, July 2, 1820. She was married to John Furgeson before the war. Their children are Mary and Phelps. Her father, Mr. Scott, entered a large tract of land, but it has been divided up among the family, and now Mrs. Furgeson has a fine tract of 360 acres, and holds a government patent on the land. In these early times Sarcoxie was the nearest post-otfice and trading point, and Boonville the post for supplies. She remembers well the incidents of the battle of Carthage. Before the war she owned five slaves; one of them, Alfred Scott, has an interesting history. The writer of this article had the pleasure of meeting this colored boy, who said a cord was put around his neck to force him to make a confession of the whereabouts of bushwhackers belonging to the Federal force. Cocked revolvers, strangulation, and threats failed to make him divulge. He was left on the public square at Carthage for dead. A comrade, Cranshaw, ran himself to death from frio-ht. Alfred wandered down into Texas and remained until the close of the war, when he sought his old mistress, with whom he now lives, and enjoys all the privileges of a son. It is hardly necessary to add that Alfred Scott was named after the family name of her father, Mr. Scott. He is a smart, intelligent, coal black negro, but he cannot read or write. He says his mother lives in Whiteborough, Texas. Mrs. Furgeson is

JOHN K. GLASSFOED, horticulturist, farmer, and fruit-grower, was born in Butler county, Ohio, in the town of Hamilton, in May, 1826. His father, Henry, was a farmer, and died in 1873. The subject of this sketch was married in August, 1848, to Augusta Lucas, who was born in Pickaway county, Ohio, in 1825. Their children are William A., Ann Eliza, and four not living. His son is in the signal service of the United States. Mr. Glassford is an ordained minister of the United Brethren Church, and his wife is a member. He is an anti- Mason, both in theory and practice, and has renounced all its teachings and beliefs. He went to Indiana in 1836, and Iowa, Bremer county, in 1855. He migrated south in 1865 and settled two miles south of Carthage. His farm comprises 290 acres. Mr. Glassford has probably the finest fruit farm in Jasper county, having sixty acres set out to bearing trees, 3,000 apple trees, 1,500 peach trees, 500 pear trees, 500 cherry trees, 30 quince, five acres of blackberries, five of raspberries, one-half acre strawberries, one-half acre gooseberries, and 2,000 grape vines. In the season of 1882 he raised 6,000 bushels of a23ples, 200 of peaches, 250 of pears, 100 of blackberries, and 45 bushels of cherries. When we consider that his farm was wild land a few years since we are surprised at its wonderful productions, and that his hand has turned every furrow, trimmed and set every tree and shrub, we can form some conception of the work he has performed. He markets most of his fruit at Monterey, Mexico, Wichita, Jian., San Antonia, Texas, and his small fruits in Carthage and Joplin. For a time, in the early history of Carthage, Mr. Glassford was interested in selling groceries and furniture, and built a good residence in Carthage. Mr. Glassford is authority on fruit-growing in southwest Missouri, and is to be commended for his success and enterprise.

MRS. JANE GIBSON. It is half a century this fall, 1883, since Mrs. Gibson first landed within the borders of Jasper county, Mo., where she has lived almost uninterruptedly for fifty years. She is, therefore, almost the first white settler who came to this county, and one of a very few who still survive. Mrs.'Gibson was born in St. Charles county, Mo., Oct. 28, 1817, where she was raised until quite a young woman. Mrs. Gibson was married July 23, 1835, to John W. Gibson, who was born in Tennessee, Nov. 10, 1815. Their children are Wesley, Benjamin F., John W., Isaac N., T. W., Rebecca A., Martha J., Eljza M., Mahala E., Mary A., and Sarah E. Mr. John Gibson, her husband, died in December, 1869, and with several of the family is buried near the house he built in an early day, in 1835, in which his widow still resides. Mrs. Gibson survives ail her family but three children, and is still smart and enjoys good health. Mr. John Gibson entered nearly a section of land on the banks of Center Creek, and it is unexcelled for fertility and location. The estate has been mostly divided up among the children and heirs. Only a small homestead is reserved by the widow during her life. Her father and father-in-law used to own slaves previous to the war, and they took them to Texas for protection. Mrs. Gibson has experienced the hardships and privations of pioneer settlement. She has planted corn in the sod with an ax, and the only bread the first season was made from corn pounded up into coarse meal. Indians, wild game of all kinds, and distant neighbors were the rule, with Springfield and Boonville their trading points. She has ridden to Sarcoxie horseback, about twenty-five miles, and paid fifty cents a yard for calico, and one dollar a yard for muslin for her wedding dress. Incidents in her life might be given indefinitely, illustrating the joys as well as toils of her early history, were there space. Mrs. Gibson is conceded to be among the oldest living settlers of the county, and its history were incomplete without a sketch of her life. She is a lady of great force of character, decided opinions, she dares to express, whose life is an open book, historic, yet ever new.

ISAAC HANDCOCK, farmer and stock- raiser, was born in Campbell county, Tenn., April 9, 1820, and there reared and educated. Mr. Handcock emigrated to Holt county. Mo., in 1855, where he farmed ten years. In 1865 he again migrated to Nemaha county, Neb. His father, whose given name was William, was a farmer in Tennessee, The subject of this sketch was married Dec, 5, 1845, to Mary A. Norton, who was born in Anderson county, Tenn., in 1821. Their children are Nancy L,, Keziah John, Sarah E., William H., and James P. Mrs. Handcock is a member of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Handcock was a member of the state militia. He became a citizen of Jasper county. Mo., in 1867. He owns a farm of eighty acres, and nine of timber. About sixty-five are under the plow, producing fine crops the past season, and there is a good orchard of 100 bearing trees. There are good buildings and general improvements. It is located three and a half miles southwest of Carthage, in section 28, township 28, range 31, in Jackson township. Mr. Handcock is a man of wide experience, a good farmer, and one of the substantial men of the county.

JOHN W. HxlRRISON, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Greenville District, South Carolina, Jan. 9, 1833, coming to Marion county, Mo., when two years old. His father lives with him and is now, although quite hale and hearty, over eighty years of age. Mr. John Harrison enlisted from Marion county in the Second Missouri Infantry, serving two years. He was married July 15, 1855, to Mary Allen, who was born in Ralls county, Mo., Dec. 29, 1837. Their children are Alice, John, Mary, Eliza beth, and Yincent. Both Mr. and Mrs. Harrison are members of the Missionary Baptist Church in good and regular standing, Mr. Harrison became a citizen of Jasper county in 1876, and owns a fine farm of 135 acres on the bottom-lands of Pleasant Valley Creek. He raised good crops of grain and corn the past season and has a good orchard of 300 trees. Mr. Harrison is a stirring, industrious farmer, full of enterprise and thrift, and withal genial and courteous. He resides three miles southwest of Carthage, and his farm is in section 28, township 28, range 31, of Jackson township.

JAMES M. HICKEY. Mrs. Lou Hickey, the wife of Mr. James M. Hickey, who is doing business in California, was born in Overton county, Tenn., Jan. 31, 1833. Her father. Dr. Bolen, came to Missouri when she was ten years old, and practiced medicine from 1850 to 1873, when he died at Granby; he was the first physician to return to Carthage after the war, building a boarding house and drug store. Her maiden name was Lou Bolen, and was married Sept. 7, 1857, and born in Cooper county. Mo., March 2, 1833, but raised in Jasper county. Their children are Wm. B,, John J., Mary Lou, James M., Middletou, and Murray. Both Mr. and Mrs. Hickey are members of the Christian Church; Mr. Hickey is also a Mason. For some years he was engaged in the grocery business in Fidelity. Has a farm of 160 acres, 100 acres of it improved, and six acres of orchard, Mrs. Hickey operated very successfully the Webb City Hotel and boarding house, some seven years with her son. Mrs. Hickey was previously married to Benjamin Murray, Oct. 7, 1850, who was born in 1826, March 5. They have a son Charles, a civil engineer in California. Mr. Murray was an early settler of Jasper county. Mo., and died on his farm Oct. 17, 1856. The farm is located in sections 9 and 16, township 27, range 31 of Jackson township.

JUDGE JOHN HORN BACK, judge of county court, pioneer settler, and farmer of Jasper county, is widely known as one of the early inhabitants of Jasper county, as was his father before him. He was born in Champaign county, Ohio, Aug. 24, 1827. At the age of four years his father, James, removed to Tippacanoe county, Ind., and in Oct., 1838, arrived at the then almost unknown Southwest, settling where his son Judge Hornback now lives in Jackson township, southwest of Carthage. James Hornback entered this land before the county was surveyed, which comprised a tract of 556 acres, and died on his estate, at the home of his son, July 29, 1877, at the age of eighty-one. The subject of this sketch was about eleven years of age when he came to this county, and has therefore been chiefly raised and educated in this county. He was united in the holy bonds of matrimony, Jan. 24, 1850, with Eleanor Walker, who was born in Highland county,

Ohio, in 1831, and lias been deceased since May 2, 1877; she left eight children, whose names are as follows: James F., Mary I., William W., Malinda E., George D., John G., Eleanor S., Ira W". Mr. Hornback is a member of the Masonic order; he was a member of the Kansas Militiamen, with rank of first lieutenant. In 1862 he left Jasper county and settled in Douglas county, Kas,, during the war, returning to Jasper county in 1866. Judge Hornback ownes a good farm of 320 acres, raising 700 bushels of wheat, 1,500 bushels of corn, 500 bushels of oats, and a fine orchard producing quantities of fruit. Judge Hornback, in the earlier history of the county, was a judge of the county court, and has always been quite prominently identified with its public enterprises and improvements. He shared the peculiar experiences of pioneer life, so mingled with hardships and joys; as long and tedious journeys, by the slow ox team, to distant markets; and then the house-raising for a neighbor, ten miles distant; the hunting of game then so plenty, and the welcoming of the "tenderfoot," etc. Judge Hornback lives in the quiet of his rural home in sections 19 and 30, township 28, range 31 of Jackson township. He is quite prominently known as a Greenbacker, and commands the respect of all men and all parties.

SAMUEL HORNBACK, one of the early pioneers of Jasper county, was born in Ohio, April 5, 1838. His father (James) came to Jasper county when Samuel was a mere babe, and he has therefore been reared and educated here. The schools of this early day were very primitive, and held in log school-houses, having none of the modern conveniences; and for the most part the schools were select, where each paid a monthly tuition. His instructor was Peter Copelan, who had about thirty -five pupils, and charged $1 a month for each scholar. At the outbreak of the civil war Samuel Hornback enlisted in the Missouri State Militia, actins- as a scout. He was married March 18, 1866, to Rebecca Criss, who was born in Marion county, West Va., March 1, 1848. Their, children are Benjamin, Leroy, William S., Albert A., and Ellery E. Mr. Hornback owns a fine farm of 100 acres, well improved, raising good crops of wheat, corn, and 1,500 bushels of apples, having four acres of the finest orchards in the county, besides an abundance of small fruit. This farm is located in section 19, township 28, range 31, of Jackson township, four and one-half miles soutiiwest of Carthage.

BENJAMIN F. KESSLER, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in the Shenandoah Yalley, Ya., Feb. 12, 1832, and there raised. His father (John) was a farmer by occupation, and died in 1872. The subject of this sketch was married in Dec, 1S60, to Amanda T. Wing, who was born in La Salle county, 111., in 1844. The oldest child is dead. The names of the others are as follows: Julia E., Josephine Y., Lydda J., Alfretta, Lnella G., Effie, Ivy, and George F. Mrs. Kessler is a member of the M. E. Church. She went to Illinois in 1856, to La Salle county, and immigrated to Jasper county, Mo., in 1867. Mr. Kessler owns a fine farm of 200 acres, with about 150 acres improved, and five acres of fine orchard, bearing some 200 bushels the past season. The farm is one mile south of Fidelity. This is one of the best kepi farms and the finest soil in the county, and is located in section 16, township 27, range 31, of Jackson township. Mr. Kessler is one of the hard-working, industrious, and thrifty farmers of Jasper county. Mo., and brings the boys and girls up to work; is also a genial man and commands the respect of all.

JAMES H. KYTE, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Washington county, Ind., Jan. 22, 1838, and there raised. At the age of fifteen he removed to Clarke county, Iowa, and in 1866 came to Jasper county. Mo. His father (Lewis) was a prosperous farmer in Indiana. James H. Kyte was united in marriage July 24, 1862, with Mary Orr, who was born in Ohio, Sept. 10, 1842 Their children are Louisa B., Thomas S., John L., William E. and Henry O. (twins), Allen S., Myrtie L., and Francis. Mr. Kyte is one of the early settlers of the second epoch in Jasper county's history, or immediately after the war. He owns a fine farm of eighty acres, bordering on the south line of the county, and overlooking for miles some of the finest land of Newton county. There are about sixty acres of well improved land, growing immense crops the past season, and producing some of the finest fruit from 300 bearing trees. This farm is nine and one-half miles south of Carthage, in section 15, township 27, range 31, of Jackson township, and everything indicates good farming, systematic industry, and real thrift.

GEORGE H. MoCARTY, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Lewis county, N. Y., Sept. 19, 1838. The subjeci of this sketch removed to Michigan when a young man and there engaged in teaching school, but subsequently returned to New York. Mr. McCarty was married June 18, 1867, to Eliza Yale, who was also a native of Lewis county, and born April 24, 1841. The names of their children are Mary, Nellie B., George E., and Kate R. Both Mr. and Mrs. McCarty are members of the M. E. Church of Carthage, and he is a member of the Masonic order. Mr. McCarty came to Carthage in the spring of 1871, where he has since resided. He owns a farm near town of 120 acres, which has an orchard, raises good crops, and is near the Pleasant Yalley Mining Lands, and there is every reason to be-* lieve that there are quantities of mineral under his. farm. Mr. McCarty was engaged in tanning and the grocery business for fifteen years in Michi- gan and New York. He was a very successful teacher for a number of years, and is a refined and genial gentleman, (;ommanding universal respect. His farm is located in section 17, township 28, range 31, of Jackson township, two and one-half miles southwest of Carthage.

WILLIAM McGOWAN, engineer and superintendent of Pleasant Yalley Lead and Zinc Mines, was born in Licking county, Ohio, April 15, 1839. Llis father, Archibald, is a blacksmith by trade, and still lives in Indiana. He enlisted from Indiana in the Twenty-fifch Indiana Infantry, serving three years. The subject of this sketch was married Oct. 20, 1864, to Mary T. Jones, who was born in Jackson county, Ind., in October, 1843. Mrs. McGowan is a member of the Christian Church. Mr. McGowan camo to Jasper county in 1869 and has been engaged in mining at different places in various capacities; he is by trade a machinist and engineer, and now is superintendent of mines. He was formerly engaged in superintending the construction of railroads in Jasper county, with marked success. Under his directions and supervision these mines are being profitably worked and rapidly developed. Mr. McGowan is a genial accommodating aian, and possesses a faculty of dealing with men.

ELD. MIDDLETOX H. PATRICK was born in Jasper county, Mo., abont two miles northeast of Scotland, March 5, 1847, where he has been raised and educated. His father, Wallace J. Patrick, is one of the pioneers of Jasper county, and is now one of the substantial farmers of the county. The subject of this sketch enlisted in October, 1864, from Boonville, Mo., in Shelby's command, serving until the close of the war. He was married July 2, 1874, to Mary W. Scott, who was born in Overton county, Tenn., Dec. 25, 1855. Their children are Yirgil L., Justin E., John T., Jane E.., and Allen S. Both are members of the Christian Chnrch. Mr. Patrick is the acting elder of the Christian Church at Scotland, and devotes much of his time to ecclesiastical reading and work. He owns an interest in a farm and the valuable mining lands at Scotland, comprising some 145 acres. He operates the only hotel in Scotland. The farm and mining lands are in sections 1 and 13, of township 27, range 31, of Jackson township. Mr. Patrick is also engaged with his brother-in-law, Mr. Scott, in blacksmi thing. Mr. Patrick is a man of considerable versatility and is widely known in this section of the county.

J. H. RALSTON was born in McDonough county. 111., Feb. 20, 1839, and tliere for the most part raised. Enlisting from his native county he joined the Sixteenth Illinois Infantry, the first to enlist from that county. Married March 1, 1865, to Malisa Garrott, who was born in Greenca'stle, Ind., Oct. 14, 1840, coming to Illinois when ten years of age. Mr. Ralston came to

Jasper county, Mo,, in 1872, and lived on his farm until he accepted the superintendency of the poor-farm of Jasper county, located two and one half miles south of Carthage. As a testimonial of the acceptability of his services as superintendent of the county poor farm, the county court increased his salary $100 per year, and this is the fourth term of his administration, filled with such acceptability to the county and credit to himself

HENRY J. ROOS, farmer and fruit-grower. He was born in Bavaria, Germany, Oct. 21, 1823. His father, Henry, came to America in 1836, and settled in Monroe county, Ohio, where he still lives on a farm, and is a man eighty-seven years of age. The subject of this sketch enlisted from Jackson county, Mo., in a volunteer company, serving two years, and was taken prisoner. Mr. Roos moved to Jackson county in 1859, from Ohio, and to Jasper county in 1869. He was married to Catharine Seebach Oct. 28, 1845, in Monroe county, Mo. She was also born in Germany in JSTovember, 1858. The children are, Jacob, William (deceased, in Arizona), Withemena, and Christian. Both are members of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Roos owns a fine farm of 160 acres, about 75 improved. Mr. Roos has one of the finest of orchards, comprising three and one-halfacresof apple, peach, and pear trees and a vineyard of 300 vines, from which he makes quantities of wine. He also raises considerable stock, and has a fine residence. This farm is nicely located three and one-half miles southwest of Carthage in section 19, township 28, range 31, of Jackson township. Mr. Roos is very industrious, generous, and hospitable.

THOMA.S B. ROSS, born in Wayne county, Tenn., July 6, 1849, but principally raised in Jasper county. Mo. He was united in marriage to Isabella F. Fullerton, Dec. 23, 1869, a daughter of Mrs. Fullerton and sister of Mrs, Bird. The children of this union are Horace C, deceased, Frank F,, Lena G., and Thomas M. Mrs. Ross is a member of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Ross came to the county in 1859; his father, Charles A,, joined the Confederate army and died in the service. Thomas B. has a farm of eighty-five acres; thirty-three acres in wheat averaged twenty-nine bushels to the acre; corn, eight acres, averaged fifty; has an orchard of one and one-half acres; also has some sheep and other stock. He resides about four miles south of Carthage on part of the Fullerton homestead, and is an enterprising and industrious farmer.

WILLIAM W. RUSK, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Montgomery county, Ind,, Aug. 29, 1833, and came to Jasper county when five years old. His father, John Rusk, was among the first settlers of the county, settling upon a claim in 1838, located two miles north of Joplin, for which he paid a horse and $100. He was a native of Brown county, Ohio, and died April 23, 1873. He was solicited to assume the honors of office, but always refused, preferring the care of his large stock interests. William W. Rusk, our subject, enlisted in the Seventy-sixth Missouri Regiment, and served nearly three years, being commissioned as first lieutenant of his company, C, and was with Ritchey's scouting party, and was for a time prisoner at Little Rock, Ark. He was married June 9, 1859, to Elizabeth J. Stevenson, who was born in Illinois, and daughter of the late J. G. Stevenson, so well known. Their children are Amanda, William, Ida E., Clinton, and Hiram. Mrs. Rusk is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. The farm is three miles southwest of Carthage, in section 14, township 28, range 32. Mr. Rusk is interested in Joplin mines.

WASHrnGTON L. SCOTT, merchant and farmer, of Scotland, was born in Overton county, Tenn., Feb. 12, 1839, where he was reared and educated until eighteen years of age, when he came to Jasper county. Allen Scott, his father, immigrated to Dade county. Mo., in 1859, and to Jasper county in 1866, and is. now deceased. The subject of this sketch was married in November, 1860, to Eliza J. Maberry, who was born in Dade county in 1843. Their children are as follows: Thomas L., Minnie B., Cory D., Early E., Arlington Y., and George F. Both are members of the Christian Church. Mr. Scott enlisted in the Confederate army in Brown's Regiment of Missouri Rangers under Livingston. Mr. Scott is interested in the mining land at Scotland, and proprietor of a store at the same place, where he began business in 1872, and is the acting postmaster. The mining lands, more fully described elsewhere, are located in sections 1 and 12, of township 27, range 31, of Jackson township. Mr. W. L. Scott is one of a large family of children, whose mother is still living with them. He is one of the early settlers of Jasper county.

HENRY C. SHIYELY, farmer, wag born in Columbia county. Pa., Sept. 22, 1847, and was there raised. His father, George, is a farmer, and and is still living in Pennsylvania. The subject of this sketch was married in April, 1868, to Emma Greninger, who was born and raised in Clinton county, Pa. She died in September, 1872. Mr. Shively was married again Jan. 1, 1874, to Minerva J. Spencer, who was born in Jasper county March 31, 1844. Their children are Rachel C, George A., Effie M., and one not living. Mr. Shively is a member of the Evangelical Church and Mrs. S. ^ of the Christian. Mr. Shively came to Jasper county in 1868. He lived for a time in Oregon, and in California until within the last six years. He owns a good farm of eighty acres and raises good crops; also has a small young orchard; he has devoted some time to mining at Joplin. Mrs. Shive- ley, being born and raised in the county, has seen some of its hardsliips and the stirring scenes of the war. She has carried meals to the men concealed in the brush during the war, and her father's house was burned down, and they were compelled to leave at night. This farm is in section 15, township 27, range 31, Jackson township.

FRANK SIDES. The subject of this sketch was born in Brown county, 111., Feb. 2, 1835, where he was raised until eighteen. His father, John, was a merchant and traveling salesman, who died in 1860. Frank Sides was married in June, 1868, to Sarah E. Hoffman, who was born in the Buckeye State in 1842. The children's names are Cora E., Minnie, Guy L., William H., Frank, and two not living. Mr. Sides has been a member of the Masonic order. He came to Jasper county in June, 1866, stopping first at Fidelity, where he engaged in mercantile pursuits, carrying a stock of $7,000. In 1868 he came to Diamond City, and built a house from lumber hauled 160 miles, costing $1,200. For a number of years he was postmaster, and enjoyed a good mercantile business. He owns a good farm of eighty-two acres, mostly improved, at the old site of Diamond City. This place was laid out by him and Mr. Phillips, and named after the grove bearing that name. He dealt quite extensively in cattle in former years. Mr. Sides's farm is located in section 18, township 27, range 31, of Jackson township. Mr. Sides has seen the rise and fall of several towns, is a man of wide experience, and given to social intercourse and good will.

JSELSON M. SMITH. The acts of some men tell more than volumes of eulogy or biography. The subject of this sketch impresses us as one of those men whom Homer describes a strong and sturdy Ajax, able to cope with any foe or brave any danger. Born in Luzerne county, N. Y., in the town of Warren, Oct. 30, 1816, he spent his early life in his native state. His father, Horace Smith, was for many years a prosperous farmer in the Old Empire State, but spent the evening of life with his son, Nelson M. Smith, in Carthage, Mo., where he died in July, 1871. Nelson M. Smith was united in the holy bonds of matrimony, February 18, 1841, with Liza Lewis, who was born in Otsego county, N. Y., but married in Ohio. The children are Ulrick M., Lorinda G., and three not living. Mr. Smith is a member of the Masonic order. Was one of the pioneers of three states, immigrating to Illinois in 1843, and soon to Iowa, and to Jasper county. Mo., in 1866. During the war he held the responsible position of provost marshal, it being attended with many dangers; was county sheriff of Bremer count}^ Iowa, for a series of years, an office which he filled with great credit both to himself and the county. His farm, joining the corporation of Carthage, in sections 18 and 1, township 31, range 28, comprises a tract of 140 acres, and is therefore both desirable and profitable. Mr. Smith spent some four j^ears in Texas, where he laid out a town, besides traveling extensively in Oregon, California, and other states. Mr. Smith has been a hard-working man in his younger days, and although upwards of seventy has the vigor and sinew of forty years ago. He takes his annual hunting tour in the fall of the year, a sport in which he greatly delights. His genial, frank, and hale manner must render him a boon companion.

WALTER D. SMITH, farmer, was born in Cass county, Mich., July 8, 1841, and raised in St. Joseph county, Ind., where his father still lives. He enlisted from Niles, Mich., in the Second Michigan Cavalry, in which he served his country faithfully. Mr. Smith was married Oct. 27, 1869, to Martha Longley, who was born in St. Joseph county, Ind., Sept. 2, 1845, and died April 7, 1879. The children she left are named Havilah E., Wilfred N., and Thomas J. Mrs. Smith was a member of the Dunkard Church, and Mr. Smith of the Christian Church. The subject of this sketch came to Jasper county in 1870, and settled on a farm a mile south of Fidelity. The farm comprises eighty acres of fine plow-land; about fifty improved. Mr. Smith's health was injured in the war. He was in some eight engagements, and had a horse killed under him. He belonged to the Army of the Cumberland, in Sherman's command. Mr. Smith is a thrifty farmer, a genial gentleman of good habits, and commands the general respect of the community.

CURRAN SWAIM, farmer and carpenter, was born in Randolph county, N. C, Feb. 3, 1826, where he was reared and educated. His father, Moses, was born in North Carolina in 1788, and immigrated to Indiana in 1843. He was a lawyer by profession, though formerly engaged in farming; he died in 1870. The subject of this sketch was married in November, 1854, to Miss Mary Waite, who was born in Lewis county, N. Y., in 1830. Their children are as follows: Lucy, David, and Mary. Mr. Swaim removed to McHenry county, 111., in 1870, and came to Jasper county, Mo., in the fall of 1878. His farm, comprising one hundred acres, is located within one mile of Fidelity; about sixty acres are improved, which produced good crops of grain and fruit the past season. Mr. Swaim is a cabinet-maker, wagon-maker, and carpenter, and a man of general versatility; at times devoting his attention to art. He has a daughter who is quite gifted as an artist, and most of the family are musicians. The farm is located in sections 9 and 16 of township 27, range 31, of Jackson township, on the Joplin and Sarcoxie road.

Pike counties, and came to Jasper county, Mo., in 1870. Craven, his father, was a carpenter. The subject of this sketch was married April 23, 1846, to Elizabeth D. Shade, who was born in Huntington county, Penn., Sept. 9, 1827. The children are Wilbur P., Henry C, Luther M., deceased, and Warren Y., deceased. Both have been members of the M. E. Church since they were eleven years old, in which they are exemplary Christians. Mr. Walker has a farm of 120 acres, with good orchard and small fruits. By trade, Mr. Walker has been a cooper. His farm is located on the bottomlands of Center Creek, and is unsurpassed for fertility. There is one of the largest and finest springs in Jasper county upon this farm. Mr. Walker and lady are of the genial and thoroughly good style of people and their house is open to all. The farm is in sections 27 and 29, township 28, range 31, Jackson township.

LEYI WALLS, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Edgar county, 111., Feb., 14, 1835, where he was raised. His father, James Walls, was a farmer in Illinois, who died in 1877, and was born in Sciota county, Ohio, in 1806. Mr. Walls was married March 15, 1871, to Mary J. Collings, who was born in Piatt county. 111., in 1839. Their children are Isaiah, Rosa L., Anna M., and Ada M. The subject of this sketch came to Jasper county, Mo., in 1869, and settled on his farm in 1870. This farm belonged to his wife, one of the Collings family, and comprises 100 acres; he has also an interest in an estate of 120 acres. There are eighty-four acres improved, with four acres of orchard, bearing some four hundred bushels of apples. Mr. Walls is quite an extensive stock-dealer. His farm is located in section 18, township 27, range 31, Jackson township. Mr. Walls is a good business man, genial and sociable, and commands the respect of the community.

CHRISTIAN WEGENER, farmer, was born in Hanover, Germany, Sept. 1, 1826, where he was raised and educated. Upon coming to America he settled in Illinois and Iowa, and was married April 14, 1858, to Miss Mary Ann Howell, who was born in Piatt county. 111., Nov. 27, 1838. Their children's names are William, John, and Charles. Mr. Wegener was formerly a member of the Lutheran Church, and was one of the early settlers after the war, becoming a citizen of Jasper county. Mo., in 1867, His farm is three miles southwest of Carthage, and comprises forty acres, and ten acres of timber. There were good crops on his farm this last season, and there is also a good orchard on the farm. Mr. Wegener is an industrious, thrifty farmer, and commands the respect of the community. The farm is in section 20, township 28, range 31, Jackson township.

the sons of Solomon W. Wilson, formerly largely engaged in stock-raising in Jasper county, and now a resident of Washington Territory. Robert Wilson was born July 1, 1854:, in Moniteau county. Mo., and liis brother, Thomas, Nov. 4, 1850. They came to Jasper county with their father in 1867, nnd have therefore been Largely raised and educated in this county. Robert Wilson was married Jan. 14, 1881, to Cora Hill, who was born Nov. 15, 1860, in Indiana. They have one child, Bessie B. The Wilson Brothers have been engaged in livery business in Carthage for some time, but are now giving their attention to stock-raising, the shipping of cattle, and feeding of horses and mules for market. They operate the old home farm of 400 acres, about 280 of it being under cultivation, raising 2,500 bushels of wheat, 2,000 bushels of corn, and 500 bushels of oats, becides 700 bushels of apples, five acres of orchard, a quarter of an acre of grapes, and all kinds of small fruit. They turn off" each season seventy-five fat cattle, twentyfive horses and mules, and some hogs. The farm is located four miles south of Carthage, with good buildings that stood during the war. It is in sections 28 and 30, in township 28, range 31, Jackson township. The Wilson Brothers are young men of good business tact, good habits, industrious and thrifty, and command" universal respect.

ISOM J. WOOD was born in Cherokee county, Ga., March 5, 1854. His father, Manley M., was a farmer in Greorgia. The subject of shis sketch was married Nov. 9, 1877, to Mrs. Eliza J. Alexander, who was born in Jasper county. Their children's names are Alice S., Florence J., Thos. M., Mary F., Alexander, Effie, and Oscar D. Mrs. Wood is a member of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Wood has a farm of one hundred and fifteen acres, about fifteen acres improved, raising the past season some 400 bushels of wheat, 750 bushels of corn, and 300 bushels of oats; there is also a small young orchard on the place. This farm is located in sections 13, 14, and 23, township 28, range 32, Jackson township. Mr. Wood's father, previous to the war, was a large slave owner and stock-raiser in Alabama, and died in 1862. Mr. Wood is a j^oung man, energetic, industrious and prosperous.

Pkobably no county in southwest Missouri is more widely or more favorably known than Jasper county, and likewise Marion township in the county. Being the township which contains the seat of justice, of neccessity then, more people have come within its bounds than that of any other. Fortunately for the equal rights of all her citizens, Carthage was chosen in 1841 as the most fitting place for the county seat, probably because of its nearly geographical center as well as the attractions of its fine location. Marion township combines every quality of any other in the county, so far as we have been able to judge, in timber, streams, fine water-power, springs, fertile soil, mineral recources, and picturesque scenery. This is not claimed for Marion by way of any invidious comparison, but, as a picture, the salient points are brought in relief by contrast as well as unity of conception. In some other townships there is doubtless greater mineral wealth developed, and that is their main industry and dependence; while agriculture and general farming may be said to be the chief occupation of Marion township as a whole, and the rural districts surrounding the Queen City are second to none in the county.

Organization. - Marion township, which had been a part of Spring River and Center Creek, in November, 1841, was set apart and named Marion township. Previous to this time the whole county had been divided into three townships. North Fork, Spring River, and Center Creek. Wm. S. McGinnis, John Pennington, and Marmaduke Orsborn were appointed judges of election. By referring to the county records we find the following order respecting the naming of Carthage: 'Ordered that the seat of justice in and for Jasper county should be known and designated by the name of Carthage. March 28, 1842." Marion township, as it is now known, is bounded as follows: On the north by Preston, east by Madison, south by Jackson, and west by Mineral townships.

Physical Features. - This township may be said to be composed of broken prarie and gently rolling; broken by streams and their timbered banks, the greater portion comprising tillable land and some of the best bottomlands of the country line the river banks within her borders. The character of her soil is that of a light loam underlaid with a sandy and rocky subsoil peculiar to this section of country. Indications that would suggest sterility to other parts of the Union are true signs of good wheat-growing soil in this locality. One forms the best and truest idea of the land, seeing it in its natural state, covered with igneous or volcanic rocks, and then witness the high rock fences surrounding a wheat field, where they have soil yielding from twenty to thirty-five bushels of fine wheat to the acre. Some of the finest springs of the country, as the Myers Springs in north Carthage, which furnishes the water for the city water-wagons, and the Hubbard Springs, just east of the town, located in one of the most picturesque spots in the country. There is plenty of good timber along the streams of the varieties common in the "Western and Southern states. The pecan nut, the persimmon, the sassafras, and sycamore trees, are rather peculiar to this latitude, and are abundant in this locality. There is plenty of mineral in Marion township, and there has been some coal found a foot in thickness within twenty feet of the surface.

The Early Settlers. - Among the early settlers of Marion township was Henry Piercy, who located on Spring River in 1833, at the springs near the corner of the present Carthage Woolen Mills, where Mr. Wm. Myers now lives, and the beautiful spring he has made invaluable as an attraction to the city. In the fall of 1842 or 184:3 William and JamesSnodgrass settled on Spring River, about a mile and a half below the lower bridge. James "Walker located on the river a mile below Snodgrass; C. A. Smith came to the county and settled in section 30, from Blount county, Tenn., in 1838; J. D. Kendrick became a citizen of Jasper county in 1837, and was a native of Kentucky; G. G. Gresham came in 1845; Elizabeth Hauby settled in 1849 in section 31.

Early Land Entries. - Among the first tracts entered and deeded by the government in a patent, were the following described portions of land: The southeast quarter of section 31, in 1849, by John S. Motley; the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section 32, by Elizabeth Pennington, Jan. 27, 1854; Elizabeth Cagle entered the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter and the south half of the northeast quarter of section 34, in 1847, and in February, 1857. Part of her entry and that of Sennet Rankin, which was the south half of section 33, is the tract occupied by the northern portion of the City of Carthage, Sennet Rankin and Jacob Rankin also entered in 1846 the south half of the northeast quarter and the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section 33. Samuel B. LaForce entered the east half of the northeast quarter of section 27, and the northwest quarter and the north half and the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section 26, in 1837.

Quaker Church. - The Fairview meeting house belonging to the society of the Friends is in the northwestern part of the township, erected in 1870.

This society has recently divided or split, aud the new organization is called the "Progressionists," and the old portion the Quakers or Radicals. The Friends as a sect combine usually what is good in any other church, but we speak the unvarnished truth when we say that some of the internal dissensions of their church have not been the most creditable. The history of the churches of Carthage will be found under a chapter by themselves, also the schools.

SILAS ALEXANDER was born in Mifflin county, Penn., Nov. 16, 1831, where he was reared and educated. His parents are both deceased, his father, Silas, having died Sept. 19, 1878, and his mother, Elizabeth, died when he was small. Having attained the age of manhood he enlisted at Darlington, Lafayette county, Wis., in the Third Wisconsin Infantry, serving more than four years. In 1869 he went to Pike's Peak. He was married in Montgomery county, 111., Oct. 21r, 1869, to Elizabeth Irving, who was born in Montgomery county, 111., July 14, 1843. He became a citizen of Illinois in lb68 and of Jasper county. Mo., in 1880. Both Mr. and Mrs. Alexander are members of the M. E. Church. Farm comprises eighty acres, about forty-seven of which is improved, having raised, during the season of 1882, some 400 bushels of wheat and 500 bushels of corn. There are about 200 apple trees, 200 peach trees, grape vines and all kinds of small fruits. There are good buildings and general improvements on the farm, which is located in section 20 township 29, range 31, of Marion township.

MRS. LEYINA REAMER was born in Louis county, Ky., July 16, 1814. Her father removed to Green county, Ohio, when she was quite young, where she was reared and educated. She was married April 13, 1837, to Samuel Reamer, who was born in Frederick county, Virginia, May 19, 1813. Their children are as follows: Levi A., Sarah E., Fred G., not living, Samuel L., Milo, Mary A., Nancy A., and Olive E., deceased. Mr. Samuel Reamer has been dead since Dec. 18, 1881. He was a carpenter by trade, and was also engaged in milling, and in later life in farming. Mr. Reamer was raised after the good old discipline of Quaker morals, and was a citizen held in high esteem. Mrs. Reamer is a member of the M. E. Church. The farm comprises eighty-six and one-half acres, and there was raised in 1882, 200 bushels of wheat and 800 of corn. There is a good orchard on the place. The farm is in section 12, township 28, range 31, of Marion township.*

WILLIAM ROWMAN was born in Columbia county, Penn., April 24, 1833, and raised there, wliere his father still lives, whose name is Thomas. The subject of this sketch came to Jasper county in the spring of 1878, and settled five and one-half miles northwest of Carthage, in township 29, range 31, and section 8, Mr. Bowman was married March 18, 1858, to Edith Holmes, who was born Oct. 18, 1833, in the same county with her husband. The children are Frank, not living; Cora, Josephine, who died in September, 1865; Willie, who died in the same month and year; Chester, Harry, and Clarence. There are about seventy acres, of the farm of ninety-four, cultivated; thirty-three acres in wheat, averaging twenty-eight bushels; twenty-two in corn, averaging twenty-five bushels, and seven in oats, averaging thirty bushels. There is an orchard of 100 trees. Mr. Bowman is a member of the M. E. Church and his wife of the Presbyterian. Mr. Bowman worked at the trade of wheelwright for fourteen years in Bloomsburg, Penn., but is at present a prosperous farmer. There are good improvements, good buildings, and the whole farm bespeaks an air of comfort and general good management. Mr. Bowman is a man who believes in good society and public enterprise of all kinds,

WALTER BUCHANAN, farmer, was born in Alleghany county, Penn., Sept. 14, 1828. His father, Gilbert, went to Mahoning county, Ohio, where he died Oct. 8, 1864. The subject of this sketch received his education in Ohio, and was married June 23, 1869, to Mary A. Moore, who was born in Mahoning county, Ohio, May 3, 1837. Their children are James and Pose. Mr. Buchanan came to Jasper county. Mo., in 1876, and has a nice farm of forty acres, with good young orchard, fair improvements, and well located in section 32, township 28, range 31, of Marion township. Mr. Buchanan is a man of industry and enterprise, and is well acquainted with hard work and its results.

POBERT N. CHESTER, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Linn county, low^a, Feb. 28, 1853, but raised and educated in Jefi'erson county, Iowa. His father, Joseph Chester, is now a resident of Jasper county, formerly of Iowa. The subject of this sketch was married Feb. 8, 1872, to Ellen Hartzerman, who was born in Fulton county, 111., April 7, 1857. Their children are Minnie, Cora, and May. Mrs. Chester is a member of the M. E. Church, and Mr. Chester is a member of the Odd Fellows. Mr. Chester owns a fine farm of eighty acres, about forty of it improved, and raised good crops in 1882. It is located in section 29, township 29, range 31, of Marion township. Mr. Chester is a young man of energy and enterprise, and is making one of the best farms of this section.

JACOB F. ELLISON, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Sullivan county, N. Y., Nov. 8, 1833. His father, Ira, still lives in New York. Mr. Ellison came to La Porte county, Ind., when young, where he received his education. He enlisted from La Porte, Ind., in the Fifth Indiana Artil- levy. The subject of this sketch was married to Anna Everhart in December, 1863, who was born in May, 1841. Their children are as follows: Ira, and James. Mrs. Ellison is a member of the Presbyterian Church. The farm, which is one of the best in the county, comprises 240 acres, about 170 improved, raising 2,000 bushels of wheat, 2,000 of corn, and 300 of oats, and besides an orchard of 100 bearing trees. Mr. Ellison deals considerably in stock, and is a very successful farmer. Previous to the war Mr. Ellison practiced in the profession of the law, and subsequently was engaged in mercantile pursuits. This is one of the finest located farms in the county, situated on an elevation near the banks of Spring River, four miles southwest of Carthage, in sections 25 and 36, township 28, range 32, of Marion township.

DR. J. C. ELLSTON, veterinary surgeon, post-office Carthage, was born at Navarre, Stark, county, Ohio, Jan. 17, 1850. His father was a heavy horse dealer, and for many years bought horses in the state of Ohio for the Eastern markets; was also owner of somt' tine blooded animals, trotters and runners. Our subject early in life acquired a knowledge of that noblest of man's servants, the horse, and soon developed an almost extraordinary genius in the management of vicious animals. At the age of eighteen he engaged with the veterinary surgeon, Dr. George O. Harlan, of Fremont, Ohio, in the study of veterinary science, taking a thorough course of anatomical lectures; also read and took a course of lectures under the tutorage of Dr. Marshal, of the Philadelphia, Penn., Yeterinary Institute. Traveled three years in Ohio, Michigan, and Texas, training and treating horses. Kept a training, sale, livery, and treating stable at Will's Point, Texas, which he sold out in 1881, when he became a citizen of Jasper county, Mo., and located at Carthage, where he engaged in the practice of his profession. Treats all diseases of the horse and has met with almost unparalleled success. Also has remakarble success in the training and management of vicious animals. Will guarantee to break and make perfectly tractable the worst and most unmanagable, vicious, or baulky horse, by a system peculiarly his ovrn. Will not throw or injure the animal. Will be found accommodating and pleasant in his intercourse and gentlemanly in his deportment. The only man truly up in veterinary science in the county, and properly should receive the patronage and support of the people.

JAMES M. HICKMAN, stock-raiser and farmer, was born in Allen county, Ky., Oct. 7, 1841. Mr. Hickman removed to Moniteau county, Mo., where he was reared and educated. His father, Anthony, was a farmer, who died in Missouri, in 1881. The subject of this sketch enlisted in the militia and served in the Thirty-second Missouri, Company H. Mr. Hickman was married in January, 1864, to Robinett Langley, who was born in Jasper county, in 18i5. Her father, Jas N. Langley, came to Jasper countv in 1840, settlin": on what is known as the Peterfish farm. Their children are James M., Liney, Grace, Maud, George, Pearl, andMacie. Mr. Hickman came to Jasper county in 1866, and is a large land owner, having 186 acres in section 26, 140 in section 35, 54 in section 22. He raised 2,100 bushels of wheat, 3,500 of corn, and 400 of oats. He turns off about eighty head of cattle, besides raising horses and mules. His farm is in Marion township, five miles northwest of Carthage, and is well located both for grain and stock. Mr. Hickman is a prominent Democrat and is held in general esteem for industry and good nature.

JESSE HITCHCOCK, was born in Clark county, Ohio, March 8, 1846, and there raised and educated. When twenty-one years of age Mr. Hitchcock removed to Pike county, 111. He enlisted in the Forty-fourth Ohio Infantry, serving two years and eight months. The subject of this sketch was married in September, 1868, to Lucinda Bradbury, who was born in Brown county, Ohio, Jan. 27, 1842. Their children are Lewis E., Minnie A., Mary J., and Murray. Mr. Hitchcock came to Jasper county Mo., in April, 1881, and owns a well improved farm of 40 acres, raising 160 bushels of wheat, 250 of corn, and has a fine orchard of 225 apple trees, and 400 peach trees. He is an engineer by profession. This farm is located in section 29, township 29, range 31, in Marion township. Mr. Hitchcock is an industrious farmer and commands the respect of the community.

HUGH VINCENT HUGHES, born in Harrison county, Ya., March 31, 1825, removing with his father to Muskingum county, Ohio. His grandfather, Elias, went to Ohio in 1796, settling on a grant of 1,000 acres given for services in the Revolutionary War, in which he participated, as well as the Indian wars. He died in 1844 and was buried with the honors of war. He was the father of fourteen children and known to be one hundred and fifteen years old at his death, having voted for every president up to 1844. Jonathan, the father of Hugh, is ninety years old and in good health. The subject of this sketch was married first in Franklin county. Mo., in March, 1854, to Matilda Everett, who died in April, 1855, leaving one child, Hugh. He was married again in the same county, in April, 1866, to Mrs. Mary Mansfield, who was born in Kentucky and raised in Mississippi. Her children are Edward, James, and William, by her first husband, and Jonathan and Clarinda by Mr. Hughes. Mr. Hughes came to St. Louis in 1850, engaging in bridge building for the Missouri Pacific R. R. In 1859 he came to Granby, Mo., from California, and enlisted in the One Hundred and Sev- enty-eighth Ohio Infantry. After the war he came to St. Louis and re-engaged in bridge building, coming to Jasper county in 1876. He owns a nice farm on Spring River, with a young orchard started. He was at the battle of Carthage, and to many of the early scenes of the county he was an eye witness. Mr. Hughes resides three miles northwest of Carthage, and is improving his farm and establishing a good home.

JACOB JOHNSOJN", farmer, stock-raiser, and fruit-grower, was born in Warren county, N. J., April 7, 1829. His father, James, was a farmer, who died in January, 1843. The subject of this sketch was married in Auo-ust, 1850, to Rebecca Mitchell, who was born in Northampton county, Penn., in 1828. Their children are Harold, Willis, and Williard, the three oldest being deceased. Both Mr. and Mrs. Johnson are members of the Methodist Church. Mr. Johnson is a member of the Masonic order and a Knisrht Templar. In 1854 Mr. Johnson removed from Pennsylvania to Michigan. Mrs. Johnson died in September, 1870, in Michigan. Mr. Johnson was married the second time in January, 1872, to Rose Laraway, who was born in New York. Mrs. Johnson died in 1872. He was aerain married in January, 1873, to Sallie Major, a native of Pennsylvania. Mr. Johnson became a native of Jasper county in 1878, settling on a farm three and one-half miles north of Carthage, comprising 484 acres, about 220 of it improved. In 1882 he raised 3,500 bushels of wheat, 1,500 of corn, and 700 of oats. There is a tine orchard of 250 trees, besides many peach trees. This farm has good substantial buildings, and is tinely located, being situated in sections 16, 17, and 21, township 29, range 31; also section 5, in township 28, range 31, of Marion township. Mr. Johnson during his earlier life worked at the cooper trade until he came to Jasper county. He is a good farmer, industrious and thrifty, and commands the respect of all.

WILLIS H. KILGORE, judge of the probate court. Judge Kilgore was born March 18, 1839, in the state of Georgia. His father (Willis) was a native of Georgia; his mother, whose maiden name was Isabella Lindsey, was a native of South Carolina. His parents moved to Texas in 1846, where the subject of our sketch was reared. The judge began his business career as a clerk, making that his occupation until the spring of 1861, when he entered the Confederate army and served three years. While in the service, on April 30th, 1864, in the Saline River battle, he was wounded by a ball. After the close of the war he resumed his occupation of clerking in Texas, remaining there until 1868, when he came to Missouri and was engaged in clerking and teaching school until 1872. In 1872 he relocated in Joplin, and devoted his attention to mining and selling goods until 1878, when lie was elected judge of the probate court of Jasper county, and has since that time been serving the people in that office. While living in Joplin he served several years as a member of the city council, also as collector of Joplin township. He was married March 4, 1881, to Mrs. Alice B. Mariotte, a native of Ohio. She has one child by her former husband. Judge Kilgore is evidently a self-made man, and owes much of his success to his own efforts. He is attentive to business, ever courteous and obliging to those with whom he deals, the possessor of more than an ordinary business qiralilication, one of Jasper county's faithful officers, and a highly respected and valuable citizen of Carthage.

WILLIAM J. Kj^IGHT, farmer, was born in Spottsylvania county, Ya., Dec. 7, 1828, removing to Ohio with his father, Eeuben L. Knight, in 1831, where he was reared and educated. In 1862 he enlisted at Toledo, Iowa, in the Twenty-fourth Iowa Infantry, Company E, serving three years, having settled in Tama county, Iowa, in 1859. The subject of this sketch was married Oct. 5, 1854, to Dorcas Hockrett, who was born in Clinton county Dec. 10, 1832. Their children are Reuben J., Nathan, Elizabeth, Oscar, Lewis, and Charles. Both Mr. and Mrs. Knight are members of the Quaker Church. In 1870 Mr. Knight returned to Ohio, and in 1871 immigrated to Nebraska, becoming a citizen of Jasper county. Mo., in 1873, settling four miles northwest of Carthage. On his farm of eighty acres he raised the past season 1,250 bushels of wheat, 300 bushels of corn, and other grain. He has a fine young orchard started. His farm is in section 19, township 29, range 31, of Marion township. Two of his children are teachers in the county, and Mr. Knight is thrifty, industrious, and prosperous.

WILLIAM B. LEWIS was born in Nelson county, Ky., Jan. 11, 1842, and raised in the land of bine-grass and line horses. His father's name was Amos, who died in 1875. The subject of our sketch enlisted in the Confederate army in 1862, in the Eighth Kentucky Cavalry, serving during the war. He had served under Gen. Bragg, and was a prisoner at Camp Douglas, 111., for a time. He married in April, 1872, Susan Wale, who was born in Hardin count}', Ky., in July, 1850. The children's names are Arthur, Fannie, and a babe of the sterner sex. The farm comprises a tract of 200 acres, about eighty-five being cultivated; forty acres in wheat, averaging twentyfive bushels; twenty in corn, averaging fifty bushels; and ten in oats, averaging thirty bushels. There is a young orchard of 100 trees. This farm is situated in township 29, range 31; 120 acres in section 9, and eighty acres in section 4, besides an individual interest in 300 acres. This farm is finely located about three-fourths of a mile south of the new town of Gary on

MES. CAN DACE LINDEMOODE was born in Stoddard county, Mo., Jan. 26, 1843, and raised in this state. She was married May 22, 1862, to George Lindemoode, who was born in Virginia, Oct. 22, 1830. He enlisted as a surgeon in the Confederate army, and died Jan. 22, 1874. Their children are William, Sallie, Emma, Hallie, and Curtis. Mrs. Lindemoode came to Jasper county in 1875, and lives on a farm of forty acres, three miles north of Carthage, comprising a good orchard and fertile soil. J5lr. Lindemoode was by profession a physician and surgeon, practicing thirtyeight years, mostly in east Tennessee. He was a Mason and an Odd Fellow. This farm is located in section 22, township 29, range 31.

THOMAS McCABE was born in County Moneghau, Ireland, in Feb., 1822. His father (Matthew) was a stone-mason, who came to America in 1843, and settled in Canada. The subject of this sketch was married July 14, 1855, to Mary A. Cunningham, who was born in Kentucky, April 21, 1831. Their children are Lizzie and Nettie. Both Mr. and Mrs. McCabe are members of the Episcopal Church. The eldest daughter has taught school a number of terms with good success. In 1848 Mr. McCabe came to New York, and subsequently engaged in the copper mines of Lake Superior, and became a citizen of Jasper county. Mo., in 1871. Mr. McCabe owns a farm of 128 acres, raising 1,000 bushels of wheat, and a good crop of flax. Tbe farm is located in section 6, township 28, range 31, of Marion township, and he has two acres just west of Carthage, where he resides. Mr. McCabe is a stone-mason by trade, and has done some very fine work; he has been greatly afliicted with rheumatism at times, and is thereby deprived of the privilege of work.

JAMES MANKER, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Clinton county, Ind., Jan. 8, 1833, where he was reared and edncated. The subject of this sketch was married April 1, 1855, to Mary E. Gibson, who was born in Brown county, Ohio, July 18, 1834, and raised in Indiana. Their children are John A., Celestine, Samuel, Andrew J., and two deceased. Mrs. Manker is a member of the Christian Church. Mx. Manker came to Jasper county. Mo., in 1867, and lives on a farm of 176 acres, raising in 1882 3,200 bushels of wheat, 1,600 of corn, besides he is growing a tine young orchard. There are found upon this farm, which has remains of breastworks, the skeletons of some unfortunate soldiers, and marks of bullets and shells iipon^the trees and old log huts. This farm if situated on the fertile bottom-lands of the river, and is in section 34, township 29, range 31, of Marion

ALYS MOORMAN, farmer, was born in Orange county, Ind., Dec. 16, 1839, where he was reared and educated. Zacliariah, his father, died in Indiana when Alys was quite young. Having come to years of discretion he enlisted at Camp Noble in Company E of the Sixty-sixth Indiana Infantry, serving three years. Mr. Moorman came to Jasper county. Mo., in 1868, and settled on his farm seven miles northwest of Carthage, in Marion township. He raised in the season of 1882, 400 bushels of wheat, 400 of corn, 280 of oats, besides some fruit, from his farm of 80 acres. Mr. and Mrs. Moorman are members of the Protestant M. E. Church, in good and regular standing. He was married to Mrs. Moorman Oct. 10, 1865. Her maiden name was Fannie E. Bowman. She was born in Tennessee, in 1842. Their children are Robert E., Luella R., Annie, and Courtland. Mr. Moorman was formerly engaged in mercantile pursuits in Morgan county, Ind. The farm is located in section 12, township 29, range 32.

JAMES ORNDUFF, farmer and stock-raiser, born in Coles county, 111., June 22, 1839, and at six years of age went to Jefferson county, Iowa, with his father, John, where he still lives, having settled therein 1846. In 1862 he went to I-daho and engaged in mining, returning to Iowa and soon migrated to Lafayette county, Mo., in 1870. The subject of this sketch was married in January, 1860, to Mary McBurney, who was born in Guernsey county, Ohio, Oct. 2, 1838, where she was raised, and, is of Irish descent. The children are Ida C, Samuel W., Charles William, James R., Maggie H., and an infant. Both Mr. and Mrs. Ornduff are members of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Ornduff became a citizen of Jasper county, Mo., iu March, 1882. His farm comprises 245 acres, about 100 acres improved, raising in 1882 some 2,600 bushels of corn, 600 of oats, besides an orchard of apples and peaches. This is one of the finest farms and best farm-houses in the county, and is located in section 33, township 29, range 31, in Marion township, just outside the corporation, near the iron bridge on the west road. Mr. Ornduff is a practical farmer and is a good citizen, generous and obliging.

PLEASANT PIERCY, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Guilford county, N. C, Sept. 13, 1825, where he was raised and educated. At the age of nineteen he removed to Ray county, Mo. His father, Bryant, was a carpenter by trade, and died in Clinton county. Mo., in 1847; his wife, Lydia, having died two months previous to her husband. Mr. Piercy was in the Ray county militia for a short time. He was married in March, 1848, to Virginia Taylor, who was born in September, 1831. Their child- ren are as follows: Mary A., John, Monroe, Augustine, Abraham K., Thos. B., Sarah, Ziepha, and Daniel. The subject of this sketch became a citizen of Jasper count}^ Mo., in 1866, and settled where he now lives, four miles north of Carthage, in sections 22 and 15, in township 29, range 31, of Marion township. His farm comprises 320 acres, raising the past season, in 1882, 2,000 bushels of wheat, 1,000 of corn, and 250 of oats, besides 500 of apples. Mr. Piercy was among the early settlers after the war when things were dear and markets distant. He is a good business man and commands the respect of the community.

DAVID POTTER, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Center county, Penn., July 1, 1838, where he was raised and educated until he was nineteen years of age. Subsequently he removed to Lafayette county. Wis., where he enlisted in 1861 in Company H, Third Wisconsin Yolunteer Infantry, from which he was discharged because of disability in 1862. The subject of this sketch was married March 5, 1865, to Madore E. Budlong, who was born in Jeiferson county, N. Y., May 14, 1847, and raised in Wisconsin. The names of their children are James, Fannie, and Laura. Both Mr. and Mrs. Potter have been members of the M. E. Church. His father, James, was a farmer in Pennsylvania, and died in April, 1855. His mother, Hannah, still lives with her children. Mr. Potte.r became a citizen of Jasper county soon after the war, in 1866, and is now one of her most prosperous farmers. His farm is situated in section 17, township 29, range 31, and contains one hundred and twenty acres, eighty acres of which is improved. He has forty acres in wheat averaging twenty-five bushels, seven hundred bushels of corn, also a fine orchard of one hundred and twenty-five bearing apple trees, and fifty peach trees. This farm is well located, and has good out-buildings and general improvements. Mr. Potter deals quite extensively in stock, and is a good neighbor, and withal a genial gentleman.

ROBT. D. ROSS, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Center county, Penn., Nov. 1, 1858, and removed to Montgomery county. 111., when quite young. In the year 1881 he became a citizen of Marion township, Jasper county. Mo. His father, Robert, died in 1863, and his mother in 1870. On the death of his parents there were eleven children in the family, who were left orphans and wholly dependent upon him, and he only a mere boy. Mr. Ross is a young man of unusual energy, tact, and judgment, and isdestined to become both wealthy and prominent in the community. He owns a fine farm of 160 acres in the northwest part of the township, with 120 acres improved, raising 1,500 bushels of wheat, 1,000 bushels of corn, and 600 bushels of oats, besides having a fine orchard. He is by trade a tanner, though now giving most of his attention to sheep and stock-raising. He is

JEREMIAH SANDT, born in Northampton county. Pa., Jan. 17, 1802, where he was raised. His father, Leonard, who was born in the same county, died in 1858. He went to St. Joseph county, Mich., in 1868, and came to Jasper county in Oct., 1880; was married May 25, IS-li, to Susana Kline, who was born in Northampton county, Peun., Feb. 28, 1811, and there raised. His^nly child is a son named Frank; four are dead. He lives with his father, and married in Dec, 1864, Matilda Todshank, who was born in the same county. The children are Elizabeth S., Mary E., "Victor I., Emma C, and Dottie. The farm comprises fifty acres, about thirty-six being improved; twelve acres in wheat averages twenty-five bushels, eleven and a lialf acres of corn averages sixty bushels, and 100 bushels of oats; there is also a small orchard on the farm. They have been members of the Lutheran Church. The farm is in section 17, township 29, range 31, five and a half miles northwest of Carthage. Mr. Sandt is of German descent, and of that hardy class of farmers who always merit universal esteem.

MRS. SUSAN N. SHEHANE, born in Wilks county, Ga., Nov. 17, 1820, where she was raised. She was united in the holy bonds of matrimony with Chas. Shehane, Jan. 7, 1837; he was born in North Carolina, Mecklinburg county, Nov. 25, 1805, but raised chiefly in Murray county, Tenn. Mr. Shebane died May 18, 1857, in Macon county, Ala., leaving Mrs. Shehane a widow, with quite a family of children to support; their names from the oldest are as follows: James, William, Fannie, Eliza, Annette, and Charles. At his death Mr. Shehane was the editor of the Progressionist^ a paper free and outspoken in politics, and an advocate of the Universalist faith. He was for many years a minister of the Universalist Church, and later a member of the bar. From all the facts we have been able to gather he was a man of scholarly attainments, extensive learning, great research, and a man greatly esteemed for hi? acts of kindness and great usefulness in a wide circle of friends. Both he and his wife were members of the Universalist Church, in which he died a firm believer, saying as his last benediction: " The world will be saved." He was also a member of the secret order of Odd Fellows. In 1840 Mr. Shehane edited the Morning Watoh^ and later the Herald. Mrs. Shehane bought 160 acres of land in Jasper county, township 29, range 31, section 10, at the close of the war, and came upon the farm some years later. There are eighty-five acres under cultivation; forty acres in wheat the past season averaged twenty-nine bushels; thirty acres of corn averaged fifty bushels. There is an orchard and some small fruit on the farm. Mrs. Shehane lived in Alabama during the war, and saw some soul-stirring^ scenes of noise of battle and war alarm. Mrs. Shehane has survived her husband many long years, and raised to manhood a large family, but cherishes fondly the memory of him who shared in former years her joys as well as sorrows, and now believes that " the good men do lives after them."

WILLIAM J. SIEBER, fruitgrower, was born in Juniata county, Pa., Sept. 11, 1836, where his father was raised and educated. His father, whose given name was Jonas, was a farmer. In 1866 he removed to«Carey, Ohio, and subsequently to Mt. Sterling, 111,, in Brown county. He enlisted for three months in the Twentieth Pennsylvania Infantry, and in the year 1865, Dec. 18, he was married to Josephine Yeredenburg, who was born in Oneida county, N. Y., in 1842. The children are William E., Lenore, and Stella. Mr. Seiber became a citizen of Jasper county, Mo., in 1868, and lived three years in Carthage. He was principal of the Carthage schools, and was also county superintendent of schools. Mr. Seiber owns a farm of forty acres, all improved; about thirty acres is set out to apple, peach, pear, plum, and cherry trees, besides great quantities of small fruit, raising 1,000 bushels of apples, 100 bushels of cherries, and 100 bushels of raspberries. This farm is located in section 1, township 28, range 31 of Marion township. This farm is nicely located, and is one of the best fruit farms. Mr. Seiber has been prominently identified with the earlier educational interests of the county; he prefers a farm as beneficial to his health.

AARON A. STEWARD, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Mahoning county, Ohio, Jan. 31, 1833, and there raised. He removed to Cedar county, Iowa, in 1857, where he enlisted in the Twelfth Iowa Infantry, Company D, serving four years and four months. He was an unfortunate prisoner of war three months. Mr. Steward was married in Jasper county, Mo., in 1870 to Mrs. Rachel Smith, who was born in Yermillion county, 111., Jan. 29, 1834. Her children are Edgar C, William G., Zach. M., and Samuel H. by her present husband. He came to Jasper county. Mo., in 1867, and now lives six miles northwest of Carthage, on a farm of 120 acres. He raised in 1882, 800 bushels of wheat, 1,000 bushels of corn, and 200 bushels of oats, besides plenty of fruit from four acres of orchard and onehalf an acre of berries. Both Mr. and Mrs. Steward are members of the Quaker Church. He is by trade a baker. The farm is located in sections 7 and 8 in township 29, range 31, of Marion township. Mr. Steward is a hard-working and prosperous farmer, is making money, and has the respect of his neighbors.

Chillicotbe, Mo., in 1862, in the Twenty-seventh Missouri; was wounded at Resaca during the war. He became a citizen of Grundy countj^, Mo., in 1855. His father, John B., formerly engaged in farming, and is now a resident of Webbville. The subject of this sketch was married in February, 1866, in Livingston county, Mo., to Jane Crooks, who was born in Hancock county, 111., Jan. 12, 1843. Their children are Harvey, Wilber, Edgar, Olive, Lydda, Cornelia, Elma, Stella, and James. His first wife has been dead since Jan, 28, 1869. Mr. Thomas was again married Dec. 19, 1881, to Martha Stalcup, who was born in Indiana in 1852, in January. Mrs. Stalcup had one daugliter, Dora. Mr. Thomas's farm comprises 120 acres; he raised in 1882, 900 bushels of wheat and 1,000 bushels of corn, besides having a fine orchard. This farm is located in section 32, township 29, range 31, of Marion township. Mr. Thomas is a great lover of education, and his children are well advanced for their age.

ADDISON D. TUCKER, proprietor of Wild Wood Park, raiser of horse-radish and vegetables; has drawn aside from the beaten track of humdrum farming, and began an innovation in the Southwest, of fitting up a park for a pleasure resort. He has inaugurated a new enterprise, which has surpassed even his most sanguine expectations, in raising horse-radish ia wholesale quantities, manufacturing it for the trade and dealers, besides culitvating quite extensively the growth of garden vegetables. In all these ventures Mr. Tucker has been rewarded with great success, and is certainly not only to be commended but warmly congratulated. Addison D. Tucker the subject of this sketch, was born in Chenango county, N. Y., Oct. 19, 1843. At the age of fifteen he immigrated to Pawnee county, Neb. His father Charles, was a boot and shoe manufacturer, and died in Sept., 1875- Mr. Tucker enlisted from Buchanan county, Missouri, in the Jackson Guards, and subsequently in the First Missouri Cavalry, Confederate, serving four years. Mr. Tucker was married in Cole county, Mo., Oct. 19, 1865, to Matilda A, Kinser, who was born in Cole county. Mo., in 1837. Their children are Mary E., Cora, Joseph, Pearle, Albert, and Ollie. Mr. Tucker came to Jasper county, in 1866, and now lives on a farm on the banks of Spring River, three and one-half miles northwest of Carthage, comprising fifty-six acres, raising 400 bushels of wheat, 550 bushels of corn, besides plenty of small fruit, and quantities of vegetables; selling 500 quarts of berries. He makes a specialty of a business, novel in southwest Missouri, that of cultivating horse-radish, having three and one-half acres, from which he sells annually $500 worth in Kansas and southwest Missouri. Mr. Tucker was the pioneer lime burner of Jasper county, and is always in the van of any new enterprise. Wild Wood Park which he has fitted up is a picturesque spot, which is more fully described on pa^e 300, where Mr. Tucker is a genius in his way, full of zeal, enterprise, and witlial a genial and obliging gentleman.

PETER WAKEFIELD, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Lawrence county, Ohio, March 1, 1838, and raised there, where he was educated. His father, Winchester, is still living on his farm in Ohio. The subject of this sketch enlisted from Ohio in the Ironton Artillery, and subsequently in the Seventh Virginia Cavalry, Mr. Wakefield has been twice married; first Jan. 1, 1868, to Mary Skelton, who was born in June, 1844, in Cincinnati, Ohio, and has been deceased since May, 1872. He was again married to Anna Wolf, Feb. 26, 1879, who was born in Park county, Ind, Feb. 27, 1858. They have one child, Nellie by name. Mr. Wakefield came to St. Charles county, Mo., and to Pettis in 1865. In 1869 he became a citizen of Jasper county. He owns a finely located farm of eighty acres, about three miles northwest of Carthage, in section 30, township 29, range 31 of Marion township. Both Mr. and Mrs. Wakefield are earnest workers in the M. E. Church, and respected members of society. Mr. Wakfield raises good crops, has one of the finest orchards in this section and is a genial obliging gentleman.