Joplin Township (part 4 of 6)

A. p. HOYT, of Hoy t & Chickering, contractors and builders, was born in East Weare, N. H., Oct. 26, 1847. His parents, Plnmmer and Enrisline (Cliftbrd) Hoyt, were also natives of the Granite State; his father was born about the year 1823, and died at Shrevesport, La., April 19, 1852; his mother was born in 1824. During infoncy our subject was taken to Winnebago county, Wis., where for a time his father was engaged in farming; he then started to Texas for the purpose of looking up a location, taking our subject with him. While going up E.ed River by steamer he was taken sick, and, landing at Shrevesport, died shortly after. Young Hoyt, a mere child, was left among strangers. In the fall of 1857 he returned to Wisconsin, and soon after the family went back to New Hampshire. When eighteen years of age our subject went to Manchester, N. H., and began the carpenter's trade. A half decade later he returned to Wisconsin, and in 1873 came to Missouri, stopping first in Dade county, then at Springfield, Green county. He came to Joplin in the spring of 1875, and worked for a time at his trade; then wenttoOshkosh, Wis., but in March, 1877, returned, and has since made this his home. In March, 1880, he engaged with Mr. Chickering, under the firm name of Hoyt & Chickering, and has since continued. Mr. Hoyt was married in Manchester, IS". H., Jan. 18, 1868, to- Miss Georgia Nelson, of Sullivan county, that state. They had one child, Cora B., born May 22, 1869. Mrs. Hoyt died Dec. 26, 1870. Mr. H. was again married Oct. 14, 1876, to Mrs. Anna Merrick, nee Conkling, a relative of ex Senator Conkling, of New York. Mrs. H. was born in New York City, June 15, 1847. This union has been blessed with one child, Herbert W., born Jan. 12, 1879.

C. J. JOHNSON, proprietor Joplin Boiler Works. He was born in Richmond, Ya., Sept. 15, 1834. His father Johnnie Johnson, was born in Virginia, in 1810 and died in Dec, 1857. His mother, Mary (Sharp) Johnson, was also a native of the Old Dominion, born in 1805, died in Feb., 1861. When ten years of age, subject moved with his parents to St. Louis. Soon after he commenced to learn the trade of boiler maker with Mr. Cady, of the Femium Boiler Shops and continued with him about seven years, then worked for a half decade in the Rhone Machine and Boiler Works of St. Louis. He then crossed the plains to Colorado, and engaged in trading for a time. He returned to the states in the fall of 1859, and embarked in the grocery business at Galena, Ark. At the breaking out of the war he entered the Confederate service under Gen. Chetam, and served about eighteen months. He participated at Hollow Springs, Memphis, and Columbus, Tenn., and others of importance. Having served out the time for

Chillicotbe, Ohio, where his father worked at his trade, that of shoemaker; In the spring of 1869 our subject commenced to learn cigar making, and continued there about ten years. He then came west to Fort Scott, Kansas, and engaged in trade for two years. In February, 1882, he came to Joplin,. and established his present business. Mr. K. was married in Chillicotbe, Ohio, in April, 1875, to Miss Mary A., daughter of Aaron and Mary Schmidt, of Chillicotbe. Mrs. K. was born in that city, Feb. 14, 1858. They havetwo children: Mary Elizabeth, born Dec. 3, 1876, and Charles, born July 28, 1878. He manufactures the celebrated " Joplin Belle," "Genuine Havana," '' LaCriolla" and " Board of Health," etc. See page 483.

GEORGE W. KOEHLER, proprietor of the Joplin City Bakery, was born in Wurtemburg, Germany, April 23, 1854. Our subject remained in the "old country " until about thirteen years of age, and acquired a liberal education, not only in the German, but in the Latin and French languages. He immigrated to America in 1867, sailing from Havre, France, in March of that year, and after a voyage of twenty- one days arrived at New York harbor. He remained in New York City about one year, and" then engaged on the N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. for two years. After this he traveled for a time, going from New York to Galveston, Texas, by water, and thence through the Southwest. He came to Joplin in the spring of 1871, and engaged in mining for about four years. In 1874 he commenced clerking for Mr. G. W. Keller in the bakery and confectionery business, and remained with him three j^ears. On Aug. 1, 1881, he, with Mr. Bierrig, purchased the interest of his employer and continued the business under the firm name of Koehler & Bierrig. Five months later our subject purchased the entire interest and has since conducted the business alone. Mr. K. was married in this city, April 23, 1879, to Miss Paulina, daughter of L. and Emily Geier, of Crawford county, Kansas. Mrs. K. was born in Germany, Dec. 28, 1858. They have one child, Emily, born in May, 1882. They are both members of the Lutheran Church.

C. F. KRAUCH, dealer in boots and shoes, was born in Augusta, Ga.^ Jan. 14, 1852. His parents, Charles and Mary E. Krauch, were natives of Germany; father, born March 14, 1816, in Lahr Grand Dukedom, Baden; mother, boru same place in 1812, and died June 24, 1863. When about twelve years of age our subject came west with his parents to Saint Genevieve county Mo., and the father engaged in mercantile business at New OfFenburgh for a time; they then moved to Farmington, San Francoise county, and for four years subject engaged at shoemaking; they then went from there to Murphysborough, Jackson county. 111., and engaged in the same business for nearly two years, and came to Joplin in January, 1878, and engaged for four years at his trade. He established his present business in March, 1881, and has since continued. Mr. Krouch was married in Joplin June 24, 1878, to Miss Lydia, daughter of Henry and Lydia (James) Lampson of this city, but natives of England. Mrs. Krauch was born in Cornwall, England, June 7, 1858. From this union there are two children: Luella Edith, born Dec. 19, 1880, and Henry Kasper, born Jan. 13, 1883. Mr. Krauch is a number one business man, energetic and obliging, and we have no hesitancy in predicting for him abundant success. He carries a full line -of boots and shoes, leather findings etc.

S. LANDAUER, wholesale dealer nn liquors, was born in the Kingdom of Bavaria, April 24, 1836. His parents, Benedict and Hanna (Goodman) Landauer, were natives of the same state. During his youth our subject attended Bavarian schools. When thirteen years of age he went to Stut-* gardt and entered the Polytechnic school at that place, and continued there three years, graduating in the fall of 1853. After quitting college he engaged in merchandising four years; emigrated to America in 1857, sailing from Liverpool on the City of Baltimore^ and after a voyage of eleven days arrived at New York July 1st. He then came immediately west to Cincinnati and there engaged until 1861, and then enlisted in Company C, Ninth Ohio German Turners Regiment, Infantry, and served until the close of the war. He participated in the battles of Rich Mountain, Phillips, Mills Spring, where Gen. Zollicotfer was killed, Chickamagua, Missionary Ridge, Perryville, Ky., Pittsburg Landing, and others of considerable consequence. In 1862 he was promoted to first sergeant. Company C. ; mustered out at Camp Dennison, Ohio. He then went to Chattanooga, Tennessee, and engaged in business about three years; then he went to Nashville, same state, and continued in same business until the fall of 1876 when he came to Joplin and established his present business. Mr. Landauer was married in Cincinnati, Ohio, May 1, 1865, to Miss Bertha, daughter of Joseph and Rebecca Hill of that city. Mrs. L. was born in Cincinnati. From this union there are three children: Benedict, born Feb. 7, 1866, in Nashville; Dora, born July, 1869, also in Nashville ; and Hannah, born in 1871 in same city. Mr. Landauer is a member of the city council, and has been for a considerable time a director of the Joplin Exposition Association. He has membership in the order Knights of Pythias and the Germania Society.

G. R. LAYERY is a native of Iowa, born in Taylor county, Nov. 1, 1855. His parents, H. and Elizabeth E. (Walker) Lavery, were natives of Pennsylvania and Maryland. Subject remained in county of nativity until about six years old, then moved with parents to DeKalb county, Mo., and shortly afterward to Jeflerson county, Kan., where he was raised on a farm and attended the common school. Came to Joplin in spring of 1876 and engaged in smelting for nearh^ six years. Embarked in present business Dec. 19, 1882, with Mr. T. J. Gofer, nnder firm name of Gofer & Lavery, and has since continued. Mr. L. is a member of the I. O. O. F. They carry a line of good goods and merit the liberal patronage which they now receive.

E. B. LEONAKD, of E. B, Leonard & Son, dry goods and clothing, Joplin, was born near Jacksonville, 111., March 26, 1826. His parents, Joseph T. and Gatharine G. (Bergen) Leonard, were natives of New Jersey. Father was born Aug. 8, 1786, and died at Rusiiville, 111., Nov. 1, 1841. Mother born July 8, 1792, died Feb. 2, 1883, at Beardstown, 111. His father left Maryland in 1818; went to Kentucky, remained about two years; thence to Indiana, remained about two years; and in 1822 moved to Illinois, settling near the present city of Jacksonville, where our subject was born, in 1826. In 1828 his father sold his land near Jacksonville and moved to Eock Spring Seminary, the principal then being an intimate friend. He remained there and at Belleville about two years, moving to Pekiu, 111., thence to BuslnillCj 111., in April, 1833. There young Leonard attended school, receiving a liberal education. When about fifteen years of age he engaged with Wil son & Greer, in Rushville, 111., as clerk in a general store. After the death, of his father, and dissatisfied with the monotony of a salesman's life, he determined to learn a trade, to have something to fall back upon, and on the 5th of July, 1842, went into the cooper shop of Sam McGreary, in Ilnshville, to learn the trade, remaining there until November, 1843, when he left the shop and went to Beardstown, 111., and commenced clerking for B.. W. Schneider & Go. In December, 1845, he went to Bath, Mason county, and embarked in the mercantile business for himself. Continued about eighteen months, then disposed of interest and returning to Beardstown reengaged in the capacity of salesman with Horace Billings, in the spring of 1846, remaining there until in the fall of 1852, when he went into the employ of D. Kreigh & Go. In the summer of 1854, in company with Mr. Kreigh and others, engaged in steamboating for a short time, subject having charge of office. In December, 1854, he sold his interest in the boat and again embarked in the mercantile business, this time at Ghandlersville, Cass county. Two years thereafter he returned to Beardstown and in February, 1856, opened up a general store and engaged in the buying and shipment of grain. Was thus employed until the spring of 1868. Then disposed of store and continued for a time at shipping grain. In the spring of 1869 he accepted the position of general agent for R., R. I. & St. L., now C.J B. & Q. Railroad, to work up subsidies and secure the right of way.

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Continued thns employed three years, then went into tlie laud department of what is now the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad. Came to Joplin in the spring of 1876 and embarked in present business. Mr. Leonard was married at Beardstown, Cass county, 111., May 23, 1848, to Miss Mary R., daughter of Arthur S. and Elizabeth (Stipp) Miller, natives respectively of Connecticut and the Old Dominion. Mrs. Leonard was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 41, 1827. She was educated in the Covington, Ky., and the Cincinnati schools. From this union there have been seven children: Anna, born Jan. 27, 1850; she is now the wife of H. P. Grurd, of Girard, Kan.; James M., born Feb. 22, 1852, now of the above firm ; Joseph T., born Jan. 12, 1854, now cashier Citizens' Bank, Girard; Maria, born Feb. 9,1857,. now the wife of Charles M. Spring, of Beardstown, 111.; Lizzie, born Feb. 11, 1859, now the wife of E.D.Porter, of this city; Arthur E., born Dec. 4, 1860, now with E. B. Leonard & Son; and Susie C, born Jan. 31, 1863, at home in this city. All were born in Beardstown, 111. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard are members of the M. E. Church. They have a beautiful residence on the corner of Wall and Fifth streets. Business on Main Street, between Third and Fourth. Store room, lower floor, 25x110, is well stocked with all kinds of dry goods, ladies' and gents' furnishing goods, shoes, etc. The upper, 25x90, is devoted exclusively to clothing, trunks, etc.

WILLIAM M. LEOKIE. proprietor Joplin Machine Works, was born in Forfair county, Scotland. His parents, James and Margaret (Millne) Leckie were also natives of Scotland. Subject was raised principally on a farm and was educated in the Scotch schools. When about fifteen years old he commenced to learn the trade of mill-wright and served nearly five years. He then continued as draughtsman two years, after which he worked at his regular trade for a time. In the fall of 1870 he attended the School of Arts at Dundee, taking a full course. At the same time he engaged at the Black j^ess Foundry, Dundee. Immigrated to America in 1872, sailingfrom Liverpool on the Cify of Neio York^ arriving at New York May 20th of that year. He proceeded at once to Faterson, ]^. J., and engaged as a machinist at the Rogers Locomotive Works, of that place. A few months later he went to work in tiie Hezekiah Bradford Machine Works, and continued three years. Came to Joplin in 1877, and the fall following established present works. Mr. Leckie was married in Kirsiemuir, Scotland, Dec. 31, 1866, to Miss Catharine C, daughter of James and Betsy Murray, of Forfair county. From this union there are four children: Sophia, James, Catharine, and William H. For history of works see page 480.

shoemaker by trade, and during the greater portion of his business life carried on the business of a boot and shoe merchant. His mother's maiden name was Jane Caroline Sanders, who descended from a line of distinguished oTew Englanders. In 1845 he removed with his parents to the town of Petersburg, 111. Poor health and reverses in fortune compelled his father to return with his family to Vermont in the year 1851. Young Lewis was almost entirely deprived of early school advantages, so much so that at the age of fifteen he had not been taught even the*rudiments of the English branches. At the age of sixteen he began to realize the necessity of a suitable education, and accordingly, in the fall of 1856, entered the People's Academy, at Morrisville, Yt., penniless and almost shabbily dressed, but determined to acquire a fair business education, though dependent upon his own exertions for his support. At the close of the first term he appeared before the school conimissioners and successfully passed an examination, and received a certificate of qualification as a teacher in the common schools. Armed with this authority he engaged and taught the winter term of a back district school, building the fires and sweeping the school-room himself, and " boarding round," receiving as compensation the sum of twelve dollars per month. By teaching winter terms, and working for farmers during vacations, he maintained himself at the academy until the summer term of 1860, when he graduated, and in the fall of that year entered Middlebury College, of Middlebury, Yt., as a freshman. In the fall of 1862, in his sophomore year, he left the college and enlisted in the Eleventh Yermont Regiment of Yolunteers (First Regiment of Heavy Artillery), which he assisted in organizing. In the formation of Battery D, of that regiment, he was appointed a second lieutenant, and was mustered into the service with that rank. He served until the close of the war, being present at the surrender of Lee. He was mustered out as csfptain on the fifteenth day of May, 1865, considerably broken down in health from the effects of chronic diarrhoea, which the exposure and fatigue of the last campaign produced. He participated in a great number of the important battles in which the Army of the Potomac were engaged; viz.. Wilderness, Cold Harbor, Spottsylvania, Petersburg, Charlestown, Winchester, Cedar Creek, Bald Hill, Opequan Creek, Five Forks, and Sailors' Run, besides numerous engagements of lesser consequence. During his school days he had been preparing himself for the legal profession, devoting what time he could to that end. At the close of the war he at once resumed these studies, aTid at the December term of the Lamoille county court (1866) he was admitted to practice in the courts of the State of Yermont, and at once opened a law office at Morrisville, Yt. He was married Feb. 1, 1866, to Maria L.

Slocnin, a refined and educated lady, who had been his schoolmate while at the academy. One child, a boy, was born to tliera, who died in his infancy, and was bnried in Lawrence, Kan. Capt. Lewis was prosecuting attorney of Lamoille county, Vt., for two terms; was also superintendent of for one term. In 1868 he moved west and located at Lawrence, Kan., where in the spring of 1870 he was elected judge of the city court. In 1875 he became interested in the construction of gas-works, and in April of that year moved to Sherman, Tex., where he constructed the city gasworks for a St. Louis firm. In the fall of 1876 he moved to Joplin, Mo., where he still resides. He constructed the gas-works of that city, of which he still has charge. In 1878 he built the gas-works at Carthage, Mo., with wliich he still holds the position of consulting engineer. Dec. 1, 1881, he was appointed b}'' the stockholders of the Joplin Water Company as their superintendent and general manager. This appointment very greatly increased his already very long line of duties, but the different institutions nnder his charge have all prospered to the full expectation and satisfaction of the owners. Capt. Lewis is a fifth degree member of the I. O. O. F., and a member of the Encampment; he is also a Mason of the degree of Knight Templar. In politics he is a Democrat of the anti-Bourbon school, but does not take an active part- in their management. In religious belief he is a free-thinker.

CHAS. LOWENSTEIN, grocer. East Joplin, was born near Frankforton-the-Main, March 12, 1864. His parents Solomon and Carrie Lowenstein were born in Langenbergheim, Province of Oberhessen, Germany. Subject ^rew to manhood in the "old country," and was liberally educated in the Oerman schools. Emigrated to America in the fall of 1866, sailing from Breraan, and after a voyage of 16 days arrived at ISTew York. Went almost immediately to Ilarrisburg, Pa., but soon after to Kashville Tenn., where he engaged in the mercantile business for a number of years. Came to Joplin in 1875, and embarked in present business. Mr. Lowenstein was married in Carthage, Mo., April 30, 1879, to Miss Henrietta daughter of Michael and Minnie Strass natives of Frei-Laubersheim, Province Rhunheuen, Germany, where they now reside, aged respectively 70 and 68 years. Mrs. Lowenstein is a native of Frei-Iiaubersheim, born July 14, 1854. This union has been blessed with one child, Otto, born in Joplin, July 20, 1880. Mr. and Mrs. L. have a very pleasant home in East Joplin.

CHANCELLOR LIYINGSTON, blacksmith, was born in Onondaga county, N. Y., April 19, 1830. His parents Alexander and Luella (Cykes) Livingston, were natives of x^ew York and Connecticut; father was born July 6, 1794, and died near Plattsmouth, Neb., in the fall of 1870; mother born in Hartford, Conn., in 1800, died in the fall of 1840. During infancy our subject was taken to Ohio, locating in what is now Lake county. When fifteen years of age he commenced to learn the blacksmith's trade, and sometime after came to Iowa, locating at Winterset, Madison county, and remained two years, then went to Lawrence, Kan., where for eighteen years he engaged in the livery business and in buying and selling horses. Came to Joplin in the fall of 1876, and engaged in present business. Mr. Livingstone was married in Henry county, 111., Dec. 25, 1856, to Miss Mary A., daughter of Peter and Mary A. Luter of Kewanee, Illinois. Mrs. L. was born in the Keystone State in Jan., 1838. From this union there are two children: Mildred, born July o, 1863; and Joel T., born Aug. 30, 1867. Mr. and Mrs. Livingston liave a comfortable home on Eighth Street, near Virginia Avenue. Our subject takes great interest in affairs educational and political, and is counted among Joplin's most reliable business men.

J. W. McANTIKE, attorney at law, was born in Hardin county, Ky.,. Oct. 13, 1848. His parents, Aaron B. and Sarah (Hills) McAntire were also natives of the IJlue-grass State. Father was born in Washington county, Oct. 10, 1816, and died March 3, 1882, at Memphis, Mo.; mother born Dec. 20, 1820, now living at Memphis. During infancy subject came with parents to Missouri, locating in Scotland county on a farm. In the spring of 1857 the family njoved to Memphis, where, his father being a mechanic, engaged at his trade. In 1860 he was elected county treasurer and took charge of that office one year, when he with all the other officials were ousted because of political affiliations, they being Democrats. Remained there for a time, then removed to the countr}' and engaged in farming and teaching until 1872. In the fall of that year he was again elected county treasurer and continued in that position until the time of his death. While living at Memphis, our subject attended the city schools. In the fall of 1869 he entered the Lagrange College, Lagrange, Mo., which he attended one year. He then commenced the study of law with Messrs. Cramer & Peters, of Memphis, and on Sept. 23, 1872 was admitted to the bar in that city. Shortly after he came to Joplin and engaged in the practice of his profession. Mr McAntire was married in Joplin, June 18, 1873, to Miss Mary E., daughter of William and Cinthia (Callohan) Lamkin of this city. From this union there are two children: Clarence A., born March 8, 1874, and Bertha M., boru March 13, 1877. Mrs. McAntire is a member of the Christian Church. They have a pleasant home on the corner of Joplin and Eighth streets. Although comparatively a young man, Mr. McAntire possesses excellent business qualifications, and having been a close student has acquired a fund of legal knowledge, which, together with his large experience and continued read- ing, cannot fail to win him a reasonable degree of success. He has taken great interest in affairs political and otherwise; was elected in 1873 attorney for the city of Joplin, and in 1878 was chosen prosecuting attorney for Jasper county.

"W. B. McANTIRE, attorney at law, was born in Elizabethtown, Hardin county, Ky., Oct. 14, 1848. His parents, W. S. and Elizabeth E. (Van Meter) McAntire, were natives of Virginia. His father was born Oct. 10, 1816, and died July 8, 1871; his mother was born July 13, 1823, and died April 11, 1859. In 1849 his parents came west to Missouri, locating at Memphis, Scotland county, where they engaged in agricultural pursuits for about eight years. They then sold their farm, and moving to Memphis, made that city their home until the spring of 186'/^. While there our subject attended the city schools, acquiring a liberal education. When about eighteen years of age he entered the Memphis High School, principal Prof. L. D. White, and attended some two 3'ear. At twenty years of age he entered the Memphis Academy, and one year thereafter the Lagrange College, Lagrange, Mo., taking a course in the latter institution. After quitting college he engaged at teacliing in the Memphis graded schools for about two years, and during thai time studied law. He then continued his studies in the office of Messrs. Cramer & Peters, and in September, 1872, was admitted to the bar at Memphis. He commenced the practice of his profession in that city with Mr. J. M. Knott, a nephew of the Hon. Proctor Knott, of Kentucky. He came to Joplin in May, 1873, and engaged in practice with J. W. McAntire, under the firm name of McAntire & McAntire, and continued with his partner for five years. In October, 1875, he was elected police judge for the city of Joplin, and continued in that position for six years, being re-elected in the falls of 1877-79. He then commenced practice by himself, and has since so remained, having a good business. Judge McAntire was married in Joplin, Mo., Feb. 14, 1876, to Miss Charlotte, daughter of Ankrim and Marion Martin, of this city, her father a native of Ireland, and her mother of Scotland. Mrs. McA. was born in Scotland. From this union there are two children: William Edwin, born June 28. 1877, and Arthur Beuford, born Oct. 25, 1880. Our subject and Mrs. Mc- Antire have a pleasant home on the corner of Fifth Street and Moffit's Avenue, and are well circumstanced to enjoy the comforts of life.

THOMAS A. McClelland was bom in Callaway county, this state, April 10, 1842. His father, Elisha McClelland, was a native of Kentucky, born March 19, 1809, and died Dec. 5, 1859. His mother, Elizabeth (West) McClelland, was born in Callaway county, Mo., Feb. 23, 1817, and died on Sept. 27, 1854. When our subject was about six years of age his parents moved to Howard county, this state, locating on a farm. His father engaged in farming and milling. Our subject aided in the mill and attended the cojnraon schools. In the fall of 1860 he entered the Walnut Grove Academy and completed a course under the tutorship of J. F. Martin, now representative from Jasper county in the Missouri State Assembly. After quitting school he engaged in farming and teaching for about seven years. He then discontinued the latter, and for nearly a decade engaged in farming arid shipping stock. He went to the Indian Territory in 1871 and continued in the stock business one year. He came to Joplin in the spring of 1872 and engaged for a time in mining, but soon after embarked in the mercantile business in East Joplin, in connection with other operations. He was thus employed nearly three years, and then disposed of his mercantile interests to Mr. T. J. Maupin, a former partner, and devoted his entire attention to mining and real estate. One year thereafter he engaged also in the packing business with Col. W. H. Fairbanks, of this city. He subsequently engaged in the smelting business, and as one of the organizers of the Joplin Zinc Company was elected secretary and treasurer. He is also interested in the Short Creek Lead and Zinc Company, the Miners' Bank, Joplin, and other enterprises. He was first married to Miss Elizabeth Angell, of Boone county, Mo., April 30, 1867, who died Feb. 7, 1868. Mr. McClelland was again married in Cooper county. Mo., Jan. 1, 1876, to Miss Maria L. Reavis, of that county. They had one child, born June 27, 1875, and died Nov. 14, 1875. Mrs. McC. died in Joplin, June 29, 1875. Mr. McC. was again married in Joplin, Oct. 5, 1882, to Miss Mary S., daughter of Warren and Sarah Norton, of Bushnell, 111. She was born in Bucyrus, Ohio, Oct. 23, 1852. Our subject and his amiable wife are members of the Baptist Church. Our subject survives three sisters and a brother: Elizabeth, wife of Dr. H. B. Rodman, born Oct. 9, 1839, died Oct. 23, 1859; Louisa, died Oct. 26, 1859, aged 15 years, 7 months and 16 days; Martha A., died Nov. 6, 1859, aged 13 years, 6 months and 8 days; James H., died Nov. 2, 1859, aged 6 years; and his father died Dec. 5, 1859, all with typhoid pneumonia. He has one brother living. Dr. R. W. McClelland, practicing medicine in Saline county. Mo.; and two sisters living, Mrs. Cassie A. D'Mass, of Chariton county, this state, and Mrs. S. E. Wiseman, of Boone county. Mo.

D. C. McCONEY. Prominent among the enterprising business men of Joplin is the subject of this sketch. He was born in Portage county, Ohio, Sept. 30, 1847. His parents, John and Mary E. (Henderson) McConey, were also natives of the Buckeye State. His father was born Sept. 30, 1827; Lis mother was born in 1829, and died in 1852. Our subject grew to man- hood in Portage county, engaged in agricultural pursuits, and attended the common schools. When about seventeen years of" age he entered the Mt, Union College, Mt. Union, Ohio, graduating from that institution in June^ 1868. During the last year in college he took a course in the commercial department. Immediately after quitting college he was engaged on the road for Coats, Gray & Co., manufacturers, of Alliance, Ohio, and continued in their employ several months. He then came west to Kansas, locating at Chetopa^ where for two years he engaged in various occupations. He came to Joplin in Jan., 1871, and commenced the butcher business. In 1879 he engaged in packing, and has since continued it on an extensive scale. Mr. McConey was married in Joplin Sept. 6, 1875. His place of business is on Main Street, between Second and Third streets, where he does a general beef and pork-packing business. Mr. McConey now occupies a line new brick, which he recently erected. It has two stories and a basement, and twentyfive feet front by 100 feet deep. He also has a branch house on Main Street, between Fifth and Sixth streets. Our subject is a man of good business qualifications, and certainly is worthy the general support accorded him. Mr. McConey is now engaged extensively in the manufacture of brick, and does a general contracting business in brick-work.

KEY. WILLIAM McCORMACK, pastor of St. Peter's Catholic Church, Joplin. He was born in New Haven, Conn., Oct. 4, 1856. His parents, Timothy and Rosanna (McGovern) McCormack, were natives of Ireland; his father was born in County Clare, and his mother was born in County Waterford. They are now living in New Haven, Conn. Our subject was raised in that city, and until sixteen years of age attended the city schools. In the fall of 1872 he entered the College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Mass., continuing two years; he then went to Suspension Bridge, N. Y,, and entered the Seminary of Our Lady of Angels, completing a course there in Jan., 1878. He then went to Allegheny, N. Y., and took a philosophical and theological course in the Bonaventure Seminary, remaining there four years, and graduating in June, 1882. He was ordained in the same year at the last named place, then came west to Kansas City, and one month thereafter came to Joplin. He took charge Sept. 17, 1882, and at once opened up the Catholic school of this city. For further particulars concerning church and school see page 428.

CHARLES P. MALLETT, liveryman, was born in Providence, R. I., Dec. 20, 1824. His parents, Edward J. and Sarah (Fenner) Mallet, were also natives of Rhode Island. His mother was a daughter of Gov. James Fenner, and granddaughter of Gov. Arthur Fenner, of that state. Our subject remained in Providence until twelve years of age, attending the city schools; he then went to Jamaica Plain, Mass., and entered Prof. Stephen M. Wells's High School. He pursued his studies there four years, and then returned to Providence, but shortly after went to Baltimore, Md., and enxjaged with Messrs. Sellman & Crook as clerk in a mercantile house. He then visited his old home, and came west to Illinois, stopping in Whiteside county, where he engaged in different occupations for several years. He then went to Dixon, 111., and followed the livery business and staging for three years, after which he moved to a farm in Whiteside county and engaged in agricultural pursuits; then toCorao, same county, stock trading, two years; thence to Morrison, in the livery business, fonr years; thence to Rockford, 111., same business, three years; thence to Oshkosh, Wis., same business, nearly five years; then came to Joplin and established his present business. Our subject was married in Como, Whiteside county. 111 , Jan. 26, 1847, to Miss Georgiana, daughter of Henry B. and Nancy Sampson, formerl}' of Duxbury, Mass. Mrs. H. was born February 1, 1829. This union has been blessed with four children: Edward J., born Nov. 14, 1847, died July 22, 1848; Ellen M. DeB., born May 20, 1850, now wife of Geo. T. Elliott, of Sterling, 111.; Arthur Earner, born May 20, 1853, died Oct. 3, 1854; and Charles Pierce, born April 2G. 1857. Mrs. M. is a member of the Episcopal Church.

JOSEPH CLARK MASON was born in the town of Marlborough, county of Cheshire, State of New Hampshire. March 13, 1837. His parents were Clark and Almira Mason, the maiden name of the latter being Almira Towns. Both parents were born in the above-named state. Joseph C. re' ceived a liberal education in the public schools and higher educational institutions of New England and New York. After eighteen years of age it become necessary for him to spend a portion of each year in teaching in order to obtain means to prosecute his studies. Although this somewhat retarded his progress in point of time, yet it enabled him to render practical all that was learned. He taught common schools in the towns of Langdon, Westmorland, and Peterborough, in New Hamphshire, and Northfield and Winchendon, Mass., and the public high schools in Montague, Mass., and Wilton and Mason, N. H., and select high schools in Readsborough and Vernon, Yt., and near Hackensack, N. J. In 1861, in the early part of September, he commenced the study of law under the instruction of W. H. Follett, at Readsborough, Yt. In 1862 he became a student at the Law University of Albany, N. Y. At that time Hon. Ira Harris, U. S. Senator from New York, was connected with the university, and gave regular lectures on law before the students. After leaving this institution Mr. Mason entered the office of Dearborn & Scott, prominent atci'n' OP .lOPLiN. 559 torneys of Peterborough, N. H., as a student at law. He remained with this iirm, having the experience that usually falls to New England law students, until Sept. 8, 1864, when, after three years' study, the time then required in that state, and atter an examination, he was admitted to the bar by the Supreme Judicial Court of New Hampshire, which was then sitting at Nashua, N. H., Judge William H. Bartlett presiding. Immediately afterward he opened a law office at Mason Tillage (now Greenville), Hillsborough county, N. H. Here he practiced his profession for three years, until September, 1867, attending court regularly at Nashua, Manchester, and Amherst, the three shire towns of Hillsborough county. While residing in Mason Village he was elected to the office of tax collector and superintending school committee, and was also honored by an appointment by his Excellency, Governor Frederick Smith, to the office of school commissioner for Hillsborough county, and ex officio member of the State Board of Education. The law requires the commissioner to visit once a year each of the thirty towns and cities (including Nashua and Manchester) of Hillsborough county, confer with teachers and school officers, and make an annual report to the legislature, as well as to attend the stated meetings of the State Board of Education, of which he was a member, at the capital. In addition to this he must deliver in each town or city visited an address upon the subject of education. These addresses took place in the evening, and during the winter months, and were occasions of great local interest, the best element of New England's cultured circles being represented in the large audiences that nightly met in consultation to promote the interest dearer than any other to the New England heart. Mr. Mason remembers, after the lapse of man}' years, these gatherings with pleasure, and to the inspiration then and there begotten attributes much of the success that has waited on his subsequent efforts to disseminate education in this western country. He held these three positions until September, 1867, when he resigned them and came to Missouri. After arriving in this state, instead of entering at once into the active practice of law, he was induced by the unusual demand for such educational service as he was eminently fitted to render, coupled with the exceptional inducement held out in the way of salaries, to take a hand in organizing public schools in this state. There was much need for such work, and but few who could do it well. The war had just closed, leaving society with the liberated slaves thrown helpless and ignorant upon it, and public education in a disordered condition. To bring order out of chaos, to create where nothing existed, was the work on hand. Mr, Mason first accepted the superintendency of public schools at Booneville. Mo., where, after three years' service, he left the schools so well orga- nized, and with fine, new buildings, that to this day he is referred to as the " model instructor." He closed his labors then at a salary of |2,050 per year. No other man ever received more than $1,500 in Booneville. Histhree published reports to the board of education of that city discussed educational topics in such a way as to gain for them a wide reading in this and other states. His second position in Missouri was that of principal of the Washington public school in St. Louis; also holding the principalship of the Madison night public school at the same time; salary, $2,200 per year. W. T. Harris, late superintendent of the St. Louis public schools, in recommending Mr. Mason as the proper person to organize the public schools of Yicksburg, Miss., speaks of him as one of the ablest educators of the Mississippi Valley. He obtained the position, went down to Mississippi, and spent about two years in putting the schools of Vicksburg and Columbus on a firm basis. In September, 1874, Mr. Mason was appointed to the superintendency of the public schools of Carthage, Mo., at a salary of $2,000 per year, this being $500 more than has been received by any other before or since. He remained at the head of these schools for nearly three years, during which they enjoyed great prosperity. His report to the Carthage board of education, issued in the Centennial year, is well worth a perusah In April, 1877, he resigned in Carthage and accepted the first superintendency at Joplin at a salary of $1,500 per year, the same being $600 more than that paid to any other. After serving here between two and three years he resigned to engage in other business, but was re-appointed after one year, and again resigned in March, 1881, and immediately re-entered the active practice of law in Joplin, Mo., in which business he is still engaged. In October, 1881, he was elected a member of the council of the city of Joplin from the fourth ward to fill out an unexpired term of one year. In October, 1882, he was re-elected to the city council for the full term of two years, and is still in office. In April, 1882, he was elected to the oflSce of school director of West Joplin for a term of three years, and shortly after appointed by the school board as district clerk, which two last positions he still holds. In September, 1882, he was nominated by the Republicans of the western district of Jasper county for the oflace of judge of the county court, but though coming within a few votes of election, he shared the fortune of his party and was defeated. During the war Mr. Mason did his utmost to promote the cause of the Union. His voice was heard in the public hall of many a New England town for the purpose of raising men and means for the support of the government of the United States, and it may be added that these appeals were not in vain. For several years after coming to this state he contributed considerable literature to the press and has often beeu heard on educational subjects in national and state educational associations. He has resigned quite a number of lucrative positions voluntarily rather than hold them for mere profit, when duty seemed to indicate the course pursued. Mr. Mason is a member of the order known as the Knights of Honor, and holds an honorable position in the same. In 1866, Dec. 2, he was married in Mason Tillage, N". H., to Miss Mattie J. Kingsbury, who was born in Boston, June 29, 1848, Rev. George F. Marion oflBciating at the wedding ceremony. From this union there have been born three cliildren, who are now living, named Hortense Mary, born July 31, 1868; Ernest Clifton, born Oct. 20, 1871, and Paul Joseph, born June 3, 1881. Mr. Mason is a member of the Congregational Church.

FRED MATHEWS, proprietor of the Pacific Hotel, was born in Worcestershire, Mass., Dec. 11, 1836. His parents, John and Mary B. (Converse) Mathews, were also natives of the Bay State. Subject grew to manhood in his native state, receiving a liberal education. When twenty-three years old he came west to Sandusky City, Ohio, and shortly afterward engaged in railroading. Some years later he came farther west to Topeka, Kan., thence to Atchison, same state, and continued in the occupation last given. He next returned to Topeka and commenced keeping hotel in which business he continued at that place four years. He came to Joplin in the spring of 1882 and took charge of the Pacific Hotel. Mr. Mathews was married in Cincinnati, Ohio, March 22, 18.55, to Miss Martha, daughter of Absalom and Nancy (Lacy) Lyons. Mrs. Mathews is a member of the First Baptist Church. Under the management of Mr. Mathews the Pacific Hotel merits and has received a liberal patronage. See page 479.

T. R. MAY, of May & Gill, grocers. He was born in Montgomery county, 111., March 20, 1832. His parents, John and Jane (Sands) May, were natives of Tennessee. His father was born in 1802, and died in 1842, in Illinois. His mother was born in 1810 and died in 1868, also in Illinois. Subject grew to manhood in his native state and was educated in the common schools. In October, 3853, he came to Missouri and engaged in agricultural pursuits. In the fall of 1861 he enlisted in Company E, Missouri State Militia, and subsequently in Company K, Fourteenth Kansas Cavalry, Colonel Blair commanding, and served until the close of the war. He was mustered out at Ft. Gibson, in August, 1865, and discharged at Lawrence, Kan., shortly after. He returned to north Missouri and engaged at farming in Atchison county until the fall of 1867; he then went to Cherokee county, Kan., and continued farming eight years. He came to Joplin in the spring of 1875, and embarked in his present business. Mr. May was of Jonathan Murray, of Kentucky. Mrs. May was born in the Blue-grass State in 1823, and died in this city, Jan. 20, 1883. She was a consistent member of the Christian Church.

WM. D. MAXWELL, grocer, was born in Harlan county, Tenn., Sept. 25, 1838. His parents, Wm. D. and Nancy (Reed) Maxwell, were also natives of Tennessee. Subject was raised on a farm and educated liberally in the schools of his native state. In the spring of 1863 he went to Illinois, locating in Franklin county, near Benton, and engaged in fanning. Seven years thereafter he came to this county and in the fall of 1872 came to Joplin. Since he came here he has followed' various occupations, sometimes farming, again teaming or mining. He embarked in his present business Dec. 9, 1882, and has since continued. Mr. Maxwell was married in Franklin county. 111., Oct. 1, 1866, to Miss Sarah C. Bristow, a native of that county. She was born Jan. 6, 1851. From this union there have been seven children: Ollie, born Oct. 7, 1867, died in April, 1868; Mary Augeline, born Jan. 25, 1869; Rosanna Y., born March 23, 1872; Melvin K., born Feb. 15, 1874; Capitola L., born Dec. 13, 1876; Willard G., born Dec. 28, 1878; and Florence N., born June 26, 1881. Mrs. Maxwell is a member of the Christian Church.

TED MOLYNEUX, book-keeper. Sergeant Milling Co., was born in London, Eng., Sept., 17, 1848. Plis father, Richard Molyneux, was a native of St. Albans, Eng., and was born in 1800, and died in Australia in 1862; his mother, Elizabeth (Seamen) Molyneux, was born near Rouen, France, in 1807, and died in London, Eng., in 1879. Their family consisted of seven children; viz., Elizabeth, June, Joseph, Sophia, Ted, and Francis. Mr. Molyneux remained in the city of London until he was eighteen years of age and acquired a fair education in the schools of the great metropolis. At fourteen he engaged as clerk for a wholesale foreign fruit house of that city. Immigrated to America in 1866, sailing from London on the Plymoutli Rook in April of that year and landed at New York after a voyage of over seven weeks. He then engaged for two years as a sailor, then went to Ft. Clinch, Fla., and shortly after to southern part of state where he taught school. He then engaged in various occupations at Savannah, Ga.; Patterson, N. Y.; New York City and Halifax. He returned to England on the last successful trip of the City of Boston, which went down on her return voyage. He returned to America in the year following, and after traveling for a few months in Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Indian Territory, Texas, and other Southern states, came to Joplin in April, 1871. Shortly after coming here he engaged as book-keeper for Messrs. Moffet & Sergeant, then went to Colorado and New Mexico in the spring of 1876 and mined for a time, but returned to Joplin and commenced smelting for MofFet & Sergeant, who in the fall of that year sent him to Pittsburg, Kan., as foreman of their mines. He continued there three years, then came again to Joplin and did business for a time, and then went to Gunnison, Col., thence to Girard, Kan., worked in the Girard Bank, and then visited Springfield, Mo.; accepted present position in Jan., 1882. Mr. M. was married in Barton county, Mo., April 18, 1878, to Miss E. K Rathburn, who was born in Ohio, June 10, 1860. They have two children: Joseph Henry, born Jan. 29, 1879, and Salome Maud, born July 10, 1880. Mr. and Mrs. Molyneux have a comfortable home and are surrounded with a large circle of friends.

DR. J. B. MORGAN, druggist, was born in Spartansburg, S. C, Sept. 26, 1825. His father, Spencer Morgan, was a native of Virginia, and his mother was born in Souths Carolina. He remained in his native county until about twenty-four years of age, and was educated quite liberally in the city schools of Spartansburg. He commenced the study of medicine when sixteen years old and two years later entered the Jefi'erson Medical College, Philadelphia, from which institution he graduated in the spring of 1846. After graduating he returned to his native state and engaged in the practice of his profession in Union county, where he remained about two years, and then went to Greenville, Tenn., and continued at practice several months; returned to South Carolina, and for three years engaged in medical practice and the drug business. After this he came west to Arkansas, and located in Wilsonville, Washington county, where he practiced his profession and embarked in the mercantile business. Three years later he moved to Johnson county, Kan., locating at Shawnee, where he remained for several years, after which he went to California via New York and the Isthmus of Panama, One year later he returned to Texas, overland, where he remained until the close of the war. In 1866 he came to Missouri, locating at Kansas City, where he gained an excellent practice. In the fall of 1868, however, he returned to Johnson county Kan., and engaged in practice and the drug business, which he continued until coming here in 1873, since when he has devoted his entire time to the drug business. Dr. Morgan was married in Greensville, Tenn., to Miss Sarah J. Woods, daughter of Richard M.Woods, at that time United States Marshal for the southern district of Tennessee. Mrs. Morgan is, and has been for years, a consistent member of the M. E. Church (South). The doctor has now two drug stores in the city. He is a man of practical experience in the drug business and is enjoying a liberal trade.

were natives of New Jersey. Father was born in Burlington county, that state, Dec. 21, 1T93. He is now living in Morrow county, Ohio. Mother was born in sanne county Nov. 14, 1794, and died in Morrow county, Ohio, in June, 1856. Subject was reared principally on a farm and educated liberally in a Quaker school of his native county. When about eighteen years of age he commenced the study of medicine under Dr. Grinnell, of Mount Gilead, same county, continuing under his preceptorship three years. In spring of 1851 young Morris came west to Iowa, locating in Cedar county, where for two years he engaged in farming. He then moved to Marshall county, same state, and located on a farm. Two years thereafter he moved to Benton county, Iowa, and opened a farm on which now stands the beautitiful village of Blairstown. Mr. Morris there engaged in business for a number of years. Established a stage line between Blairstown and Marengo, and carried the first mails between those points. In spring of 1872 Game to Missouri, locating near Rockbridge, Ozark county. Came to Joplin in June, 1874, and has since made this his home. Opened a Turkish bath Sept. 24, 1875, and has since successfully treated many cases. Married in Morrow county, Ohio, Jan. 5, 1848, to Miss Mary A., daughter of James and Rhoda Yaughan, of that county. This union was blessed with three children: Byron, born Oct. 4, 1848; Harriet L., born Jan. 20, 1850, and died Sept. 11, 1860; William P., born May 11, 1853, died Oct. 2, 1867. Mrs. H. died Oct. 22, 1856, in Morrow county, Ohio, although her home was in Iowa. Mr. Morris was again married in the Buckeye State March 26, 1858, to Miss Celina H., daughter of William W. and Susannah Pleald, of Morrow county, but natives of Pennsylvania. Mrs. M. was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, April 30, 1832. From this union there have been four children: Oliver B., born July 1, 1859; Charles S., born March 14, 1861, died March 29, 1861; Adora, born Nov. 7, 1862, died Oct. 7, 1864; Harry A., born July 29, 1866, died Aug. 29, 1866. Dr. Morris resides on Mineral Street, East Joplin, and he and his amiable lady enjoy the confidence and esteem of all with whom they are associated, socially and otherwise,

PATRICK MURPHY, president Miners' Bank, Joplin Zinc Co., and Joplin Woolen Mills, was born in county Moneghan, Ireland, Jan. 6, 1839. His parents, Michael and Margaret Murphy, were also natives of the Emeraid Isle. When about ten years of age our subject immigrated with parents to America, arriving at Philadelphia after a voyage of six weeks. The family located on a farm in Bucks county, Penn. There young Murphy engaged in agricultural pursuits and attended the common schools. His education has largely been acquired from experience and hence is of a practical nature. In 1859 he crossed the plains to Denver, Col., and engaged in prospecting for a time. In August of that year he struck a very rich lead and after several months successful operations returned to the states. Proceded to Philadelpliia, but shortly after came west again, to Leavenworth, Kan., purchased a number of mule teams, and engaged, with a partner, for about five years, in freighting across the plains, with headquarters at Plrtttsmouth, Neb. His operations extended through Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah. In 1865, under government contract, he transferred goods from Plattsmonth to Fort Halleck, acting as wagon-master for his own train. Crossed the plains in all thirty-one times. On quitting the frontier in 1866 he came to Jasper county and engaged in the mercantile business at Carthage. A half decade later his attention was attracted by mineral developments in this vicinity and in the fall of 1871 he came here, laid out Miirphysburg, and established a store on what is now corner First and Main streets. Shortly after engaged in mining on North Main Street, having few conveniences for the work. At first the air furnace was constructed. In 1875, however, the blast furnace displaced the former, and has. since been exclusively used. In 1880 the Joplin Water-works were constructed, our subject being chosen vice-president and treasurer. In Decrmber, 1881, the present zinc works were established and Mr. Murphy was chosen president of the company. He was also instrumental in organizing and incorporating the Miners' Bank, of this city, of which he is president and one of the heaviest stockholders. At the organization of the Joplin Woolen Mills Company, in 1882, he was chosen president. In fact few enter[)ri6es of considerable importance have ever been carried to a successful com}>letion in Joplin without Patrick Murphy at the helm. He was married in this county Nov. 19, 1868, to Miss Belle, daughter of John S. and Ann Workizer. Mrs. M. was born in Chester county, Penn., in 1846. From this union there are six children: Ida L., Howard C, Frank, Lulu, Minnie, and Nettie. Mr. and Mrs. Murphy have a fine residence on the corner of Fourth and Wall streets. Subject is a man of extraordinary business qualifications. Energetic and enterprising, he is ever awake in public as well as individual matters, and ready to give aid financially and otherwise to every worthy enterprise calculated to promote the interests of state, county, and especially of Joplin.

COL. GE(JRGE OREAR, attorney and justice of the peace, was born in Fayette county, Ky., June 5, 1828. His parents, Jeremiah and Lydia (Westbrook) Orear, were natives of Virginia. His father was born April 20, 1778, and died in the spring of 1862. His mother was born about the year 1783, and died in March, 1862. Our subject grew to manhood in the county of his nativity. He was educated in the common schools and the Transylvania University, at Lexington, Ky., where he graduated in the spring of 184-7. He then commenced the study of medicine with Drs. Ethelhert & Dudley, of Lexington, and at the same time took a course of lectures in the department of medicine in the Transylvania University. After graduating from that school he commenced the study of law with Judge A. K. Woly, also of Lexington, and was admitted to the bar in June, 1850. He commenced the practice of his profession in that city, but shortly after came west to Missouri and engaged in practice at Kansas City. In the spring of 1853 he went to Texas, locating at Galveston, where he practiced in federal and state courts until the breaking out of the war. In March, 1861, he enlisted in Company A, Seventeenth Alabama Infantry Yolunteers, Colonel Ord commanding, and served until the close of the war. He enlisted as captain and assisted in organizing his regiment. He participated in the battles of Bull Run, Antietam, Harper's Ferry, Winchester, Seven Pines, and numerous others. After the battle of Bull Run he was promoted to a colonelcy, and on the third day thereafter was breveted brigadier-general of Jackson's Division of the Third Army Corps. He was wounded at Winchester, again while crossing the Rapidan, and again at the Wilderness. He surrendered with Lee at Appomattox Courthouse. After the army disbanded our subject went to the Island of Cuba and wag engaged on the waters several months between Havana and Panama, and then crossed the Isthmus and sailed to San Francisco, and from there to the City of Mexico, and again to Galveston, Texas. He re-engaged in the practice of law in that city until 1871. In the fall of 1873 he came to Joplin and has since made it his home. Colonel Orear was married in Joplin, Dec. 18, 1876, to Miss Laura A. Davidson, a native of Tennessee. Mrs. O. was born May 5, 1846. In the spring of 1875 our subject was elected justice of the peace, and served in that capacity until 1877. In the fall of 1881 he was elected city attorney, and in November, 1881, he was appointed justice of the peace by the county court. In the fall following he was re-elected to that office, which he now holds. The Colonel is a member of the Masonic fraternity.

WILLIAM P. OWEN, dealer in musical instruments and jewelry, is a native of the Empire State, born in Orange county, April 2, 1838. His parents, Horace and Mary (Mulloch) Owen, were also natives of New York. His father was born in Orange county, March 18, 1808, and died at Hoodville. Rock county, Wis., March 17, 1877; and his mother was born in the same county, and died in April, 1845, in Orange county, N. Y. Our subject was reared on a farm and liberally educated in the common schools. When thirteen years of age his father came west, locating in Wisconsin.

There young Owen engaged in agricultural pursuits. In November, 1867, he came to Missouri, locating in Neosho, Newton county, and engaged in the mercantile business with Mr. J. H. Herms, under the firm name of Owen & Herms. In November, 1882, he came to Joplin, and soon after embarked in his present business. Mr. Owen was married in Rock county, Wis., Jan. 1, 1863, to Miss Emily J., daughter of Dr. Weston and Ruth (Brown) Miller, of that county, and natives of New York. Mrs. Owen was born in Pulaski county, N. Y., in July, 1843, and died at Neosho, Newton county, Feb. 25, 1868. They were blessed with two children: Charlie Newton, born Nov. 16, 1863, and one which died in infancy. Our subject was again married in Joplin, Nov. 2, 1881, to Miss Jessie Asplin, daughter of J. B. and Pluma J. (Richards) Sergeant, of this city. They have one child, born Jan. 19, 1883. Mr. and Mrs. Owen are both consistent church members, the former a Congregationalist, and the latter Methodist Episcopal. Our subject has taken a great interest in matters secular and educational, having held every office in the gift of the church as a layman. He was chosen president of the Lay Electoral Conference which met at Sedalia, in 1876, and held the same position at Neosho. He deals in pianos, organs, watches, clocks, jewelry, silverware, music, sewing machines, etc.

SAMUEL A. PARKS, engineer of tire-pressure, Joplin water-works, was born in Effingham county. 111., Aug. 19, 1842. His parents, S. B. and Rebecca (Young) Parks, were natives of North Carolina and Tennessee. His father was born Sept. 8, 1804. He was a farmer, and for twelve years sher ifl" of Effingham county. 111., and died March 1, 1881, in Benton county, Ark. His mother was born in 1811, and is now living in Arkansas. Subject was raised principally on a farm and educated in the schools of Illinois. When about twelve years of age he commenced to learn the trade of engineer and continued thus three years. At the breaking out of the war he enlisted in Company G, Eleventh Illinois Infantry Yolunteers for three months, served his time out, and re-enlisted in Company L, Fifth Illinois Cavalry Volunteers, Colonel Updegrafi' commanding, who was succeeded by Colonel Wilson, previous to leaving camp Butler. He participated in the siege of Yicksburg, at Cotton Plant, Clarendon, and others. He was mustered out at Yicksburg, in December, 1864 and returned to Illinois where he engaged for a time in a woolen factory, and then fired for several months on the Yandalia Railroad. He came to Joplin in March, 1874, and for six years engaged in mining. He took charge of the engine of fire-pressure, Joplin water- works, June 19, 1882, and has since continued. Mr. Parks was married in Effingham county, 111., Sept. 22, 1865, to Miss Ellen J., daughter of Pressly and Nancy (Bishop) Funkhouser, natives of Kentucky.

Mrs. Parks was born in Effingham connty, 111., July 27, 1849. From this union there are seven children, Alice Bell, Nannie O., Carrie Lee, Chas. Wilson, William, Samuel Benj., and John Rex.

W. S. PAUL, dealer in agricultural implements. He was born in Andrew county. Mo., Dec. 2, 1846. His father, Samuel Paul, was born in Pennsylvania, Sept. 8, 1813. He now resides at Leavenworth, Kan. His mother, Elmina (Mitchell) Paul, was born July 4, 1820, in L)diana, and died in August, 1868, in Leavenworth. When subject was two years of age his parents moved to St. Joseph, Mo., and about seven years later to Kansas, locating near Ft. Leavenworth. He was raised on a farm and during his early years attended the common schools. At the age of sixteen he entered the Ohio State University at Athens, and pursued his studies until the end of the junior year. He then returned to Kansas and soon after engaged in freighting from Ft. Leavenworth to Sante Fe and Ft. Union, New Mexico, and continued two years; he then engaged with a government surveying party with which he remained nearly twelve years. He came to Joplin in 1875 and mined for a half decade. He embarked in his present business in 1880, with J. P. Newell, under firm naine of Paul & Newell. In February, 1883, subject purchased his partner's interest and has since conducted the business alone. Mr. Paul was married in Leavenworth, Kan., Jan. 31, 1877, to Miss Julia, daughter of J. W. and Eliza (Stryker) English, of that city. Mrs. Paul was born in Jackson county, 111., Aug. 2, 1854. They have two children, Clara Louisa, born Dec. 3, 1878, and Jennie May, born March 31, 1879. Mrs. Paul is a member of the Episcopal Church. Mr. P. is a Knight of Honor. His business is on corner ot Main and Sixth streets, and he keeps a full line of agricultural implements, wagons, plows, harrows, planters, mills, etc.

GEO. W. PAYTON, grocer, was born in Harrisonville, Cass county, Mo., Sept. 8, 1844. His parents, Greenberry and Amelia (Hayden) Payton, were natives of Virginia and Kentucky. His father was born in 1808, now deceased. His mother was born about the year 1822 and died in 1845. Subject grew to manhood in Cass county and was educated principally at Harrisonville. At the age of sixteen he enlisted in Company C, Hurst's Regiment, Missouri State Guards, for six months; then re-enlisted in Third Missouri Cavalry under Maj. Brown, and served until the fall of 1864. He participated in the battles of Carthage, Wilson's Creek, Pea Ridge, Farmington, Corinth, and a number of others. After the war he engaged in farming and the mercantile business for a decade. He came to Joplin in the spring of 1874 and engaged at first in mining for about eighteen months and then embarked in the grocery business until 1878, then accepted the position of deputy sherift" of Jasper county, under John S. McBride. He served two years and then re-embarked in the grocery business. Mr. Payton was married in Scotland county, Mo., Oct. 9, 1867, to Miss Anna M., daughter of Judge J. V. Headen, of that county. Mrs. Payton was born in Scotland county, Mo. From this union there have been five cliildren: Lewis and Elizabeth, now deceased; Eugene, Annie Pearl, and Geo. W., Jr. Mrs Payton is a mem.ber of the Christian Church, Mr. Payton is a man of good business qualifications and takes great interest in public matters.

ISRAEL K. PEKRY, proprietor of the New York Store, was born in South Manchester, Hartford county, Conn., March 4, 1815, His parents, Joseph and Lydia (Kellogg) Perry, were natives of Massachusetts and C'lnnecticut. His father was born about the year 1784, and died in Aug., 1819; his mother was born in 1785 and died in 1871. Onr subject grew to maturity in the county of his nativity, and acquired a good education in the common and higher schools. When sixteen years of age he commenced to learn the trade of carriage-making; at twenty-one he engaged at his trade, working in different cities for several years. In April, 1838, he came to Illinois, engaging at his trade and in the grocery business at Jacksonville for some time. He returned east, and for sixteen years worked at his trade in Hartford and Manchester, Conn,, New York City, and other cities. In 1856 lie came west again to Illinois, and some months after to Kansas, locating near Topeka, where he commenced farming and raising stock. Continuing for a time, he went to Waubansee county, same state, and farmed five years; thence to Manhattan, where he engaged at trade for three years. He came to Joplin in June, 1877, and mined for a time. In Sept., 1881. he embarked in the mercantile business, and has since continued it. Mr. Perry was married in Connecticut May 10, 1837, to Miss Jane Walker, of the same state. Mrs. Perry was born Oct. 5, 1817, and died Jan, 6, 1876. There were four children from this union: Eliza J., born Feb. 29, 1840; Isabella, born in March, 1848; Elizabeth, born Oct. 2, 1853; and one died in infancy. Our subject was again married in Manhattan, Kan., May 31, 1877, to Mrs. Harriet Y. Werden, daughter of Wm, Jackson, formerly of New York. They have one child, Helen G,, born Dec, 25, 1878. Mrs. P. is a member of the M, E. Church,

DAYID C. PETTY, engineer, fire-pressure, Joplin water-works, was born in Rappahannock county, Ya., Jan. 13, 1849. His parents, Coleman and Eliza (Dowden) Petty, were also natives of Yirginia, His father was born in 1817, and his mother in 1819; they are now living at Cedar Postoffice, Lafayette county. Mo. Their family consisted of twelve children: Fannie, David C, Elizabeth, Emma, Sarah, William, John, Charles, and

Anna, now living; three, Lucy, Allie, and Belle, died in infancy. Our subject was educated in the conAmon schools, and wlien seventeen years of age he crossed the plains to Wyoming and engaged for three years with a saw-mill, and while there he learned the trade of engineer. In 1870 he returned to Missouri, and engaged at his trade in Lafayette county. He came to Joplin in April, 1881, and continued at his trade, working for the Granby Company. He accepted his present position jSTov. 28, 1881. Mr. Petty was married in Carroll county. Mo., April 23, 1874, to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel and Esther (Brookhouser) Elderkin, of that county, but natives of Pennsylvania, Mrs, P. was born in Jackson county, Ohio, Jan. 9, 1856, They have had three children: Esther E., born March 14, 1875, died July 31, 1877; Franklin A, C, born Jan. 9, 1878; and Dot, born Oct, 9, 1880.

SAMUEL PHILLIPS, proprietor of the California Clothing Store, was born near Sacramento, Cal., Dec. 22, 1849, His parents, Barney and Rebecca (Hodlerman) Phillips, were natives of Germany. When about six years of age he was sent to Germany to attend the German schools and was there educated, !Nine years thereafter he returned to America, sailing first from Hamburg to Hull, Eng., thence by rail to Liverpool, and from that city on the Isaac Webb to New York, He proceeded at once to California, via the Isthmus, reaching home in the summer of 1862. Shortly after he accepted a clerkship in a mercantile establishment in San Francisco, and continued there about eighteen months, and then traveled for a time, after which he returned to San Francisco and engaged in business for nine years. In 1876 he visited the old country, returning in the spring following, and went to St, Louis in the fall of 1881, and there engaged in the furniture business. He came to Joplin, August 12, 1882, and established his present business. Mr. Phillips was married in St, Louis, Sept. 4, 1881, to ,Miss Mary, daughter of Amos and Elizabeth (Middleton) Dowdy. Mrs. P, was born in the city of St, Louis, Aug, 18, 1865, Our subject is a member of the Masonic order. Knights of Pythias, A, O, U, W,, Benjamins of Israel, and a C, B. He is a man of undoubted business qualifications.

OLIVER H. PICHER, president of the S, W. L. & Z, Co,, also the Picher L, & Z, Co,, was born in Madison, Jefferson county, Ind,, April 18, 1845, His father, Oliver S. Picher, was a native of the Bay State; his mother was a native of Maryland, When our subject was about ten years of age he came with his parents to Galesburg, III, where his father engaged in the practice of his profession, the law. Young Picher entered the preparatory department of Knox College, Galesburg, in the fall of 1856, and continued until June, 1864, when he graduated from the college proper, having completed a thorough classical course. In April, 1864-, he enlisted in Company C, One Hundred and Thirty-seventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry, Gen. John Wood commanding, and served six months. He was at Memphis at the time of Forrest's raid. He was first lieutenant of Company C, and was mustered out at Camp Butler, 111., in Dec, 1864. He returned to Galesburg and accepted a position as tutor of the Greek and Latin languages and algebra in his Alma Mater, and continued in that position until April, 1866. He then came to Springfield, Mo., and shortly after commenced the study of law, and was admitted to the bar in that city in the spring of 1867, and shortly after came to Carthage and engaged in the practice of his profession with M. G. McGregor, now circuit judge of Jasper county. In April, 1869, our subject was appointed judge of the court of common pleas, the position having been created by act of the legislature, and in the fall of 1870 was elected to that position. He resigned the judgeship in Feb., 1874-, and went to Chicago, III., where he entered into partnership, the firm being Wilson, McDaid & Picher. He returned to Carthage in the following fall, and Jan. 1, 1875, went to Joplin where he engaged with his brother, Wm. H. Picher, in mining and smelting, under the firm name of Picher Bros. On Jan. 1, 1876, the firm name was changed to Picher L. & Z. Co. Judge Picher was married at Springfield, Mo., May Y, 1874, to Miss Mary, daughter of Henry Sheppard, of that city. They had one child, Oliver S., born June 30, 1875. Mrs. P. died Sept. 5, 1875. Our subject was again married in Joplin, Oct. 27, 1880, to Miss Harriet Grace, daughter of the Rev. Henry W. and Harriet Woods, then of this city. From this union there is one child, Harriet W., born Aug. 27, 1881. Mrs. Picher is a member of the Presbyterian Church. Judge Picher takes great interest in afi^airs educational and political, and especially in matters of public improvement. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, also a Knight Templar.

JULIUS C. PeTIT, M. D., was born in the town of New Hope, Lincoln county. Mo., July 2, 184L His father was born in Paris, France, and came to this country when he was eight years of age, and was raised and educated as a physician in New York City. After he became of age he immigrated to Carlton, Illinois, where he married Miss Julia Reynolds. After a few years he immigrated still further west and settled in Lincoln county, Mo. After the subject of this sketch, who was their second child, reached the age of two years, they removed to Carlton, Illinois, where he received his early education jn the pioneer schools of the county. When fourteen years of age he was apprenticed to the trade of ornamental painting, and served a full apprenticeship, but never worked at it after his time was up.

During all the time of his apprenticeship he was studying medicine, against the opposition of a'l liis friends, save his mother. At the breaking out of the war, when he was twenty years of age, he went to Ft. Scott, Kan., and enlisted in Company G, Sixth Kansas Cavah-y, as a private. At the time of his enlistment, the stewardship of the regimental Held hospital was unfilled, and the lieutenant-colonel in command of the regiment learning that he had been engaged in the study of medicine, had him detailed for the place. This position he retained for a year, during which time the regiment was engaged in thirteen hard-fonght battles. At the end of the year he was sent before the army medical examining board at Ft. Scott, and passed the examination, and was commissioned as compounding and dispensing druggist in the army laboratory at that place, which position he retained until the close of the war. On the twenty-fifth day of October, 1863, while stationed at Ft. Scott, he was united in marriage to Miss Annie Frederick of Fort Scott. This lady bore him three children, only one of whom is now living. Mrs. PeTit died at Denver, Col., in 1870. After being discharged from the service he went to Linn county, Kan., and began the practice of medicine. After remaining there a year and a half, he was commissioned by Gov. Crawford as special count}' clerk to organize the county government of Cherokee county, Kan., and to locate and lay ofi" a county seat. After the conclusion of this work he spent the winter with his mother in Illinois, and in the spring located in Morgan county. Mo., and engaged in the practice of medicine; he remained there two years, and in 1869 went to Ft. Smith, where he engaged in the cotton trade and amassed a fortune of S4:0,000 in two years time. In the spring of 1872, by the sinking of the steamer Consternation and a disastrous fire in Ft. Smith, he lost his whole fortune, and after settling all claims against him, went into Crawford county, Kan., and laid out the town of Walnut Station, and in the fall he went to Keokuk and graduated there from the College of Physicians and Surgeons. He then returned to his home in Crawford county, Kan., and on the twentieth of April, 1875, he was united in marriage to Miss Esther A. Archer, his present wife. By her he had three children two of whom died in infancy. In the spring of 1878 he moved to Osage Mission, and in Sept., 1879, came to Joplin. At the time of his coming to Joplin he was involved in debt to the amount of $3,000, brought upon him by the exigencies of opening up a new country. He opened an ofiice here for the practice of medicine and attempted to build up a business according to the old routine of practice. But the town was full of doctors and they received him coldly and with all the discourtesy which only the old settled doctors of southwest Missouri can show to new coiners. Practice did not come in, and starva- tion stared him in the face; something must be done. At this time a man came into Joplin and by advertising carried away a large sum of money. Here was an indicatiun of the way to secure the practice that was necessary to a livelihood, and in the winter of 1879 Dr. PeTit established, and advertised extensively, an infirmary for the treatment of chronic diseases. Thio course brought upon him the outspoken condemnation of the medical fraternity, but at the same time gave him business and the means to pay his debts. The following summer he bought and remodeled the building then known as the Grand Yiew Hotel. In the fall of that year he was induced by Dr. Jno. H. Lowe to establish a medical college in that building. As soon as this institution was fairly started he ceased advertising and devoted himself to managing the affairs of the college, and the hospital in connection with it. His success in business only added to the hatred of the doctors who were opposing him, and they did not hesitate to employ every means in their power to break him down; and in the fall of 18S1 he was shot at three times through a window while sitting at his desk in his office by a man on the opposite side of the street, and various circumstances gave evidence that this attempt at assassination was made at the instigation of sev. eral doctors in Joplin.

COL. D. A. PRESTON, secretary Southwest Lead & Zinc Association, was born in Beverly, Mass., Aug. 5, 184:6. His parents, Richard J., and Esther R. (Andrews) Preston, were also natives of the Bay State; the former was born in 1810, the latter in 1813. They now reside at Beverly. Our subject was raised principally in his native state, receiving a very liberal education. When fourteen years of age he entered the Pierce Accademy at Middlebury. In 1861 he entered the U. S. Marine service and passed through successive stages from a cabin boy up to the first officer of a ship, remaining on the sea about seven years. In the summer of 1868 he returned to Mass., and engaged with his father in ship building; in 1871 was chosen one of the board of city assessors, in which position he served four years; in the fall of 1875 he was chosen to represent the Fifth Essex District in the General Assembly of Mass., and served one term ; came to Joplin in February, 1877, and engaged in mining. In November, 1880, he was elected to represent Jasper county in the thirty-first General Assembly of Mo. In Sept., 1881, he entered the employ of tlie Southwest Lead & Zinc Co., which had just been organized, and shortly after was chosen secretary of the Southwest Lead & Zinc Association, composed of all the mining and smelting companies in southwest Missouri and southeast Kansas. Col. Preston was married in Beverlj^ Mass., in Dec, 1867, to Miss Lydia S., daughter of Andrew and Abbie (LeFavour) Larcon of that city. Mrs.

Preston was born in 1849, and is a descendent of the French refiiojees from Acadia. Col. Jr*. is a desendant of Diniel Preston, who came from England in 1629 and settled in the colony of Massachnsetts Bay. From this union there have been three children. One died in infancy, not named; David LeFavour, born in Jefferson City, Mo., in February, 1881, died in August, 1881; Richard J., born in Joplin Sept. 16, 1882. Col. and Mrs. Preston are members of the Baptist Church, and are highly esteemed by all with whom they are engaged in social and business relations. Col. P. has membership in the Masonic and I. O. O. F. fraternities.

B. PE.IBBENOW, Dumars&Co., insurance, was born in Slettin, Prussia, Aug. 20, 184:3. His parents, Carl and Christiana (Weinrich) Pribbenow, were also natives of Prussia. When ten years of age subject immigrated with his parents to America, sailing from Hamburg, and after a*oyage of nine weeks arrived at New Yoi'k City. Came directly west to Wisconsin, locating on a farm in Dane county. Subject was raised on a farm and educated in the schools of Germany and America. He clerked for a time in a general store at Sun Prairie, then went to Cleveland, and engaged as salesman in a mercantile house of that city; remaimed there eighteen months, after which he went on the road as a veterinary surgeon and followed that about three years; subsequently he engaged in farming in Wisconsin; in farming and the mercantile business in Kansas; then with Tisdale & Co.'s Mercantile Agency, Kansas City. (Jame to Joplin in Aug., 1874, and for four years engaged as a veterinary surgeon and hotel keeper. Went into insurance in 1878, clerking for Messrs. Lord & Howell one year. In Sept., 1879, he formed a partnership with Mr. B. F. Partridge and continred in same business under firm name of Pribbenow & Partridjfe until Dec, 1882. Then Mr. W. A. Dnmars purchased junior partner's interest, and since have continued doing a large business. Mr. Pribbnow was married in Wisconsin, Jan. 6, 1867, to Miss Mary Becker. They have two children: Addie, born Nov. 22, 1867; and Arthur, born Nov. 28, 1869. Mr. and Mrs. P. are members of the Germania Society.

S. C. PRICE, M. D., physician and surgeon, was born in Hamilton count}^, Ohio, April 8, 1839. His parents, John B. and Eliza (Earhart) Price, were also natives of the Buckeye State. Father was born in 1808 and died in February, 1874. He was the son of Clarkson Price, and grandson of Hon. Hczekiah Price, a member of the legislature, which met and organized the State of Ohio. Mother born in 1811, now living near Hawthorne, Fla. Subject grew to manhood on a farm in Hamilton county, and received a liberal education in the common and high schools of Ohio. Commenced the study of medicine in the winter of 1859-60. In August, 1862, he enlisted in Company B, Eighty-third Ohio Infantry Volunteers, Colonel Fred Moore commandi[)g, and served until the close of the war, most of the time as a phj^sician. Was mustered out at Camp Chase, near Columbus, Ohio, and returning to Cincinnati resumed his studies with Dr. John A. Mclntjre; also took a course of lectures in the Ohio Medical College, Cincinnati. In the spring of 1868 he came west to Illinois and commenced the practice of his professon in Marion county; also engaged there in the drug business. In 1869 he came to Kansas City, this statu, and in the fall of that year entered the Kansas City College of Physicians and Surgeons, graduating in May, 1870. Came to Joplin in February, 1872, and engaged in practice. Dr. Price was married in Kansas City, Mo., May 11, 1871. Mrs. Price was born at St. Anthony's Post, Minn., in June, 1850, They have two children: Clara Evangeline, born April 13, 1873, and Mabel Priscilla, horn November 26, 1877. The Doctor is a member of the Masonic fraternity; also an A. O. LT. W. He has membership in the county, district, and state medical associations. He has always taken great interest in public matters; is now president of the board of education of Joplin, and enjoj'S a large, increasing, and remunerative practice.

PATRICK QUINN, grocer, was burn in the province of Ontario, (^anada, Feb. 8, 1828. His parents, Micht.ei and Almira (Boyce) Quinn, were natives of County Limerick, Ireland, and New York. Father was born in 1785, and died in December, 1863. Mother was born in 1808, died Nov. 15, 1848. During infancy our subject was taken witii parents to Watertown, N. Y., where his father engaged in the mercantile business. Four years later parents moved to Piiiladelphia, Penn., where for eight years subject attended the city schools, acquiring a liberal education. Then to Mt, Holly, and young Quinn engaged as clerk in father's store. Three years thereafter he went to Burlington, Yt., and continued for a time in same business. Then to Plattsburgh, same state, and later to Ohio, locating in Newark, Licking county. There subject engaged iti the mercantile business. Returned to Canada in 1850 and continued in same business at Oakville, province of Ontario. Subsequently he engac^ed as a merchant in Columbus, Ohio, Rock Island, III, Detroit, Mich., Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Denver, Col. Returned to the states in the spring of 1866 and commenced freighting goods across the plains from Rock Island, III., to Salt Lake City. After thirt he followed different occupations for a number of years. In the spring of 1870 he returned again to the states, having crossed the plains nearly thirty times. Came to Joplin in 1873. Was married at Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 9, 1849, to Miss Mary L. Baylis, of that state. She was born in England in 1833, and died Jan. 25, 1875, in Joplin, Mo. From this union there were seven children: Albert M., born Sept, 21, 1850; Almira, born in October, 1852, now wife of P. L. Swartz, of this city; George W., born Ajjril 6, 1855; Minnie S., born July 9, 1857, now wife of E. B. llobson, of Eureka Springs; Alice L., born Sept. 18, 1859; Ed. P., born April 9, 1863, and one died in infanc3\ Subject was again married at Wellington, Kan., Dec. 11, 1882, to M. P. Oatman, of that city.

FRANCIS M. REDBURN, attorney at law, was born in Gibson county, Ind., Oct. 31, 1836. His father, William Redburn, was a native of Maryland, born in ISO-l; his mother, Jane (Hossack) Redburn, was from the Old Dominion, and born about the same year. Our subject was raised principally on a farm, receiving a liberal education in the common schools. When about twenty years of age he entered the Princeton (Ind.) Academy and attended two years. He then commenced the study of law in the office of Col. James T. Embree, of that city, and continued under his instruction two years. In July, 1861, he enlisted in Corapanj' K, Twenty-fourth Indiana Infantry Volunteers as first lieutenant of his company, and served three years, participating in the battles of Shiloh, Corinth, Champion's Hill, Ft. Gibson, siege of Vicksburg, Jackson, and many others. After the battle of Shiloh he was promoted to captain of Company K, and after the siege of Vicksburg was promoted to major of his regiment. He was mustered out at New Orleans in October, 186J:, and shortly after returned to Princeton, Ind., where he resumed his law studies, but soon came to Missouri, and was admitted to the bar at Keytsville, Chariton count}', in May, 1865, and there engaged in the practice of his profession. In the fall of 1866 he was elected clerk of the circuit court and recorder of that county, and served in that capacity eight years. He came to Joplin in the spring of 1877 and engaged for a time in mining operations, and then resumed the practice of law. Judge Redburn was married in Brunswick, Chariton county. Mo., May 17, 1866, to Miss Mary J., daughter of R. G. and Martha, J. Breazley, of that county. Mrs. R. was born Sept. 20, 1846. They have two children: Francis M., born Nov. 22, 1869, and Mary Ida, born June 19, 1872. Mrs. R. is a member of the Baptist Church. In October, 1879, our subject was elected attorney for the city of Joplin, and in the fall of 1881 was elected police judge.

LEVI RISELING, merchant, was born in Bedford county. Pa., Dec. 18, 1837. His father, Henry Riseling, was a native of Germany, born Nov. 16, 1800; his mother, Elizabeth (Sibbets) Riseling, was a native of the Keystone State, born in Somerset county, in March, 1812. Our subject was raised principally on a farm, receiving a liberal education in the common schools. When nineteen years of age he went to De Soto, Jackson county,

111., and engaged to learn the trade of cabinet-maker, serving an apprenticeship of two years. In Angust, 1862, be enlisted in Company K, Seventythird Illinois Infantry Volunteers, serving three months; was discharged because of physical disabilities at Louisville, Ky., and, returning home, engaged in the manufacture of furniture for five years, carrying on at that time a wholesale and retail business in that line. He disposed of his interests there and returned to Pennsylvania, remaining but a short time. He came west in 1868, locating in Baxter Springs, Kan., in April of that year, and in June following engaged in the furniture and house-furnishing business in partnership with Mr. Joseph Benoist, under tlie firm name of Benoist & Riseling. In June, 1873, the firm moved their entire stock of goods to Joplin and engaged in business here two years, when our subject purchased the entire interest, paying therefor $10,000 cash, and has since conducted the business alone. Mr. Riseling was married in De Soto, 111., May 15, 1861, to Miss Mary, daughter of John Farner, a prominent farmer of Jackson county. From this union there are three children: Rebecca E., born Jan. 1, 1862; Joseph Henry, born in July, 1864, and John L., born in May, 1866^ Mrs. R. died in April, 1869. Our subject was again married in Cherokee county, Kan., to Miss Mattie, daughter of John Hybarger, of that county. Mrs. K. was born in thellawkeye State. They have three children: Lizzie, Willie, and Eddie. Mrs. R. is a member of the Presbyterian Church. Our subject is a member of the Masonic fraternity, Joplin Royal Arch Chapter; also of the Germania Chib. Mr. and Mrs. Riseling have a pleasant home on the corner of Sixth and Joplin streets, and are surrounded with an interesting family. Mr. Riseling is a man of extraordinary business qualifications. Active, energetic, and enterprising, he is deserving of the liberal patronage accorded him. His place of business is on the corner of Main and Third streets, a two-story brick, fifty feet front by two hundred feet deep, besides a warehouse in rear of main building 30x50 feet, two

Stories, the upper one being connected with main building by a bridge. The lower room of warehouse is used as a depository for heavy sheet-iron and other wares, the upper for coffins and undertaking goods. The second story of main building is used principally for furniture, carpets, etc.; the lower one contains a general assortment of shelf and heavy hardware, stoves, glass and queensware, etc., etc. The establishment is by far the largest in the Southwest.

JOHN ROESCH. Prominent among the influential business men of Joplin, is the subject of this sketch. Mr. Roescli was born in Reutlingen, Kingdom of Wurtemburg, Germany, March 7, 1834. His parents, J. M. and Mary (Sommer) Roesch, were also of Wurtemburg. His father was born Feb. 9, 1796, and died Dec. 24, 1855. His life was principally spent in agricultural pursuits. His mother was born Dec. 11, 1811, and died May 22, 1866. Subject was raised in the old country, receiving a very liberal education in the high schools. When fourteen years of age he engaged to learn the trade of tanner, continuing in that business until 1865. He then traveled for a time in France, Spain, and other European countries, and in the fall of that jear immigrated to America, sailing from Hamburg in the Allemania and arriving at New York City November 25. He came west immediately and engaged first at Allegheny City, Penn., then at St. Louis; afterward at Neosho, Newton county, and in the spring of 1871 came to Joplin. Shortly after coming here he engaged in the mercantile business, but discontinued in that line and has since been in various occupations, being largely interested in real estate. Mr. Roesch was married in Germany, July 19, 1860 to Miss Fredericke Lutz, who died July 16, 1863. They had one child, Mary L., born April 21, 1861. Subject was again married in Reutlingen, April 15, 1864, to Miss Mary Muhlerson, of Eningen. She died at Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. 3, 1860. Mr. Roesch was again married in St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 8, 1869, to Miss Mary Pop, of Bohemia, Austria. Mrs. Roesch was born Sept. 5, 1845. From this union there are three children, Mary R., born Sept. 11, 1870; Laura, born Nov. 30, 1872; and Emma, born March 27, 1875.

CHAS. SCHIFFERDECKER, wholesale and retail dealer in beer and ice. He was born in Baden, Germany, Aug. 28, 1851. His parents, Andrew and Philipina (Bueler) SchifFerdecker, were also natives of Germany. Subject was raised on a farm and educated liberally in the German schools. He immigrated to America when eighteen years of age, sailing from Bremen Sept. 4, 1869, in the steamer Wesser, and after a voyage of sixteen days arrived at New York. He came west immediately to Keokuk, lo^va, and engaged there four years; then went to Quincy, 111., and engaged in the brewery for a time, thence to St. Louis, engaging in the sanie business for several months. In the spring of 1875 he went to Baxter Springs, Kan., and was similarly employed for nine months, and in December of that year came to Joplin and established his present business. Mr. ShifFerdecker was married in Joplin, Sept. 24, 1877, to Miss Wilhelmina, daughter of William and Fredericka Martins, of Lee county, Iowa. Mrs. ShiflFerdecker was born in Mecklinburgh, Germany, Feb. 16, 1853. They have had one child, Charles, born Aug. 21, 1878, and died Oct. 9, 1879. Mr. and Mrs. Schifferdecker have a very pleasant home on the corner of Fifth and Joplin streets, their residence being one of the finest in the city. They are members of the German ia Society. Subject is also a member of the Masonic fraternity. He has a large beer warehouse, ice houses, etc., constructed at an enormous expense, which adds materially to the wealth of the city. He isal*5o agent for the celebrated Anhauser-Busch beer.