Lexington Township (part 2 of 3)

Col. George Solon Rathbun

The subject of this sketch was born at Newbugh, Ohio, on the 27th day of February, 1829. His parents' names were George Steward Raihbun and Harriet (Warren) Rathbun. His mother died when he was thirteen years of age. His father, a farmer, still lives near East Cleveland. After having received a fair academical education and graduating at Bacon's commercial college, at Cincinnati, he entered upon the study of law in the office of Bishop & Baccus, attorneys at Cleveland, Ohio. Previous to completing his studies at the age of nineteen, he removed to the state of Missouri residing for several years in St Louis county, when he removed to the county of Lafayette, and for a time engaged in teaching, having charge of the Wellington academy. On the 25th of May, 1857 was duly licensed by Judge Russell Hicks, of the sixth judicial circuit, as a practicing attorney and enrolled as a member of the Lexington bar. At the November election, 1860, as a candidate of the Whig party upon the Bell and Everett ticket, he was elected to represent his county in the state legislature. Col. Rathbun received his commission from Gov. Jackson as lieutenant colonel and judge advocate of the eighth military district, including the border counties south of the Missouri river, and immediately repaired to Lexington to organize forces for the coming struggle. He actively participated in the siege and battle of Lexington, and rendered efficient service in the reorganization of the army at Boston Mountains, and in the advance to Pea Ridge and at Elkhorn Tavern was present upon the field and participated with the Missouri troops in all the vicissitudes of that memorable engagement. He commanded the advance at the battle of Prairie Grove: was present at Lone Jack. He participated in the fight at Granby and Xewtonia, and also upon the expedition to Cape Girardeau, commanding the rear from Bloomfield to the crossing of the St Francis river, repulsing repeated attacks made upon it; participated in the unfortunate and ill-timed expedition to Helena. In August, 1SG4, it having been determined to invade Missouri, a company of officers and men, numbering about one hundred, wer esent into the state in advance of Price's command to penetrate to the western border and concentrate all the irregular troops and volunteers to join the regular forces upon their arrival. Of this company, Col. Rathbun was chosen commander, and starting out upon the march from Batesville, Arkansas, entered the state near West Plains, and passing through Texas county entered Laclede. Passing on. without interruption, through Henry and Johnson counties, Lafayette county was reached, Lexington menaced, the Federal forces there stationed crossed the river, and the city- formally surrendered and was occupied by the confederates some three weeks before Price's arrival. Then followed the battle of Westport and the retreat southward which, after leaving Missouri, became the march of a disorganized rabble, without order, without commissary stores and without any fixed purpose, except to get through the wild Indian country, if possible, into southern Arkansas and Texas. He remained at Arkadelphia until the year following the close of the war, when he returned with his family (bringing with him a young Arkansian) to Lexingtan and, as soon as permitted by the iron-clad oath, resumed his profession of the law. As attorney and director of the Lexington & St. Louis railroad company he aided materially in the successful completion of that road, and secured its first lease in the Missouri Pacific. He is an Odd Fellow in good standing and a member of the Christian church. He was married July 4, 1858, to Miss Dicie Jennie Dean, daughter of Jesse Dean, of Lafayette county, formerly of Carrollton, Ky., by whom he has had six children, all living; the four oldest being sons and the two others little girls, six and nine, respectively, all born in Lafayette, except one son, Willie, in Arkansas.

William Walker

Mr. Walker is a native of Dearborn county, Indiana; born September 1, 1822. In 1836 his parents moved with him to Mason county, Illinois, and located on a farm, where William grew to manhood - meanwhile, receiving a fair education in the historical " log school house " of the day. In 1842 he began the study of the law at Springfield, Illinois, with Col. Ed. Baker, who was afterwards U. S. senator irom California, and who eventually received his death wound at the battle of Ball's Bluff, during the late war. Their office was next door to that of Abraham Lincoln, of whom he became an intimate personal friend. He was admitted to the bar in 1844, and began the practice of the law at Havana, Illinois, where he remained until 1865, ultimately acquiring a large and lucrative practice, extending over several counties. He then removed to Lexington, Missouri, where he has since resided engaged in the practice of his profession. He has the reputation of being at the head of it in criminal practice. In 1867 he was appointed judge of the court of common pleas, by Gov. Fletcher, and in 1868 was elected to the same for a period of four years. This office being abolished in 1872, he returned to the practice of the law. Is attorney for the Chicago & Alton railroad. The judge has always been a staunch republican in politics, and was a delegate to the first republican state convention held in Illinois, in 1854. He has been married three times; first to Miss Kate Wheeler, of Logan county, Illinois, in 1844, who died in 1863. Seven children were born to them, three of whom are now living: John W., Elizabeth, and William F., all living in Illinois. In 1865 he was again united in marriage to Miss Rachel Wilson, of Mason county, Illinois, who died in 1871, at Lexington, leaving three children: Alice, Arthur, and Robert. He married his third wife in 1872, leading to the altar Mrs. Maggie L. Downing, daughter of Gen. Combs of Lexington, Kentucky. An excellent lawyer and an upright judge, his standing among the members of his profession is an enviable one.

Hon. Henry C. Wallace

daughter of George Carlyle, a soldier of the revolution, of Woodford county, Kentucky. He is a descendant of the oldest and most honored families of the " dark and blood)- ground." His ancestors are traced back to Scotland, but in this country they settled first in Virginia. The father of Henry C. Wallace, Capt. Henry Wallace, was born in Kentucky, in March, 1792, soon after the admission of the state, and is supposed to have been the first male child born in the state after its admission into the union. He was a soldier of the war with England in 1812, under Gen. William H. Harrison, and served with that officer in the north, then known as the Northwestern Territory, against the hostile Indians. He removed to Missouri and settled in Lexington in the spring of 1841, where, in the vicinity, he resided until his death in 1875. He was a man of high moral character and unspotted integrity, a useful member of society and of the Baptist church. He lived to the advanced age of eighty-three years, honored and respected by his fellow-citizens and revered by his numerous children and grand-children. Hon. Caleb B. Wallace, eldest brother of the subject of this sketch, was a member of the senate of Kentucky, in 1850-51, from Boyle county. Henry C. Wallace enjoyed the advantages of Sinking Spring academy in his native county, and was attending Center college, at Danville, Kentucky, when his father emgirated to Missouri; but was forced by impaired health, resulting from a long and severe attack of typhoid fever, to leave college in 1844. Though his health gradually improved after removing to Missouri, it did not permit of his resuming his collegiate course, and he continued to prosecute his studies during several years with such assistance as he could then secure at Lexington. He then taught school in that town for a year and a half, when he commenced the study of law with F. C. Sharp, Esq., his brother-in-law, afterward a prominent lawyer of the St. Louis bar. He was admitted to practice in 1849, and after practicing for eighteen months with good success, he attended the law school at Louisville, Kentucky, and graduated in 1851. He then returned to Lexington, and has ever since been assiduously engaged in the study and practice of the law. Besides holding the office of justice of the peace and that of city attorney, each from 1849 to 1853, he has never until his election to the constitutional convention, which met in 1875, held or desired to hold official position. He was elected to the constitutional convention from the three counties composing the 17th senatorial district - Lafayette, Pettis and Saline, by a large and nattering majority. In religion he is a Baptist, and member of the first Baptist church of Lexington. He is also a Mason and a Knight Templar. Politically, he was an old line whig, but since the dissolution of that party he has affiliated with, and is a warm supporter of the democratic party. He was married Junel, 1863, to Miss Lizzie Sharp, sister of F. C. Sharp, above mentioned and daughter of Absalom Sharp, of Christian county, Kentucky. By her he has five

Thomas Bates Wallace

P. O. Lexington. Was born March 31, 1813, near Richmond, Kentucky. He is the son of John Wallace and Elizabeth Wallace. His father was a native of Albemarle county, Virginia, and born February 17, 1783; his grandfather, Josiah Wallace, was born in the same county, in 1739; his great-grandfather was born in the same, county, in 1700. The father of the latter was from Scotland. Elizabeth Walker was born in Buckingham county, Virginia, in 1784. Her father, Asaph Walker, was born in the same county, 1735; her grandfather was born in the same county, in 1695; the father of the latter was from England. The mother of Elizabeth Walker was Judith Watkins, born in 1738; her grandmother was a Dupuy, and a decendant of the Huguenots. Thomas B. Wallace came, with his parents, to Missouri in 1819, and his father settled in Lafayette county, five miles southeast of Lexington, when Missouri was only a territory. The educational advantages of young Wallace were such as might be expected in Missouri at that early day - crude teachers, rude schoolhouses, and wretched equipments. He remained on the farm with his father until seventeen years of age, when he began to learn the trade of joiner and carpenter. This avocation he followed five years. During that time he built the first house erected in Clinton, Henry county, Missouri, and in 1836, in company with his brother, B. F. Wallace, there began the mercantile business, which he successfully prosecuted for twelve years. In 1848, the firm moved to Lexington, and continued the business of general merchandising. They continued in partnership until 1856, when he purchased the interest of B. F. Wallace, and continued to sell goods till November, 1860, when he disposed of his stock. In 1861, soon after the war began, during the battle of Lexington, he lost property to the value of $50,000, consisting of buildings, goods, notes, and other effects. In 1862, was appointed United States marshal for the western district of Missouri, an office he held for three years. In June, 1865, he opened a house in St. Louis, for the transaction of a general commission business, but in July, 1866, having been appointed, by President Johnson, marshal of the western district of Missouri, he returned to Lexington, and discharged the duties of that office until 1869. Since 1871, he has been engaged n the insurance business. In 1861, at the battle of Lexington, Col. Mulligan, commanding the federal forces, ordered the house of Mr. Wallace burned, as a military necessity. By this destruction he lost nearly all his effects. In 1872, congress passed an act to re-imburse him for his loss, but, on some account, it met the disapprobation of President Grant, and the bill was vetoed. During his residence in Henry county, he was deputy county clerk for two years, and county treasurer for eight years. He is a licensed lawyer, and authorized to practice in any court in Missouri. Mr. Wallace has been twice married. His first wife was Miss Ann Elliott, a native of Howard county, Missouri, born January 4, 1825, and daughter of John Elliott, a native of Virginia. The mother of Miss Elliott was Mary Glassgow, of Virginia. Mr. Elliott and she were married in 1809, in Madison county, Kentucky, and soon after emigrated to Missouri, locating near Old Franklin, nearly opposite the present site of Boonville, on the Missouri river. By this marriage with Miss Elliott, Mr. Wallace had five children, three of whom died in infancy. John Wallace was drowned in the Missouri river, at thirteen years of age, and William, the other son, died at the age of twenty-two. Their mother died February 25, 1853. His second marriage was with Mrs. Lucy B. Gains, formerly Miss Briscoe, born November 14, 1825, a daughter of James Briscoe. Her father was born in Frederick county, Maryland, in 1770; her grandfather, Ralph Briscoe, was born in the same county, about 1756. Thomas B. Wallace and Mrs. Lucy B. Gains were married March 28, 1854. By this marriage there were three children: Nettie Briscoe, born October 17, 1855; Thomas Bates, born November 25, 1858; Hugh Campbell, born February 10, 1863. In religious belief, Mr. Wallace is a Cumberland Presbyterian. Mrs. Wallace is a member of the Christian Church. Politically, he held the doctrines of the whig party, and voted with that party while it existed; since its demise, he has acted with the democrats, but has always been a liberal and conservative man.

George Wilson

was born on the old Sac & Fox Reservation on the Des Moines river, Iowa, (now Wapello countv) his grandfather, Gen. Street, being agent for the Indians, and his father sub-agent. His father removed to Lexington in 1851. In 1862 Mr. Wilson went to the Rocky Mountain country and spent a number of years there as a merchant, miner, contractor for railroad and government supplies, and banker. Was during this time made Judge of Probate in Laramie county, Dakota Territory, and Senator in the Legislature of Wyoming. Whilst residing in the territories he frequently returned to Lexington and remained for considerable periods. Returned and became a permanent resident again in 1877, being chosen cashier of the Lafayette County Bank (then called the Aull Savings Bank). Succeeded to the presidency of the bank on the death of his father March, 1880. Is author of four financial pamphlets: "The Bank Notes of the Future "; "The Greenbackers and their Doctrines "; " How to abolish the National Bank Systeem"; " National Banking Examined"; and has taken an active part in the newspaper controversies on the subject, opposing Federal banking and monometalism. Was candidate for

United States Senator from Missouri in 1SS1. His father, born in Ohio, was a graduate of West Point and an officer in the old army; resigning and engaging in banking in. Lexington thirty years. His grandfather, Peter Miller Wilson, was receiver of public moneys at Steubenville, Ohio, under President Jackson. His great-grandfather, Geo. Wilson, was born on shipboard, his parents dying on the same voyage. The wife of the latter was daughter of Peter Miller, of Philadelphia, a native of Mannheim, Germany, a scrivener by profession; and Miss Richardson a descendant of Sir Joseph Richardson, of England. Mr. Wilson's paternal grandmother was a daughter of Col. Thos. Stokely of North Carolina, afterwards of Pennsylvania, a man of great wealth and patriotism. Mr. Wilson's mother was daughter of Gen. Joseph Montfort Street of Lunenburg county, Virginia, who was grandson of Governor Montfort Stokes of North Carolina. Street edited the second paper in Kentucky, and for his attacks on Aaron Burr was dangerously wounded in a duel. Street's mother was daughter of Thomas Posey, who was colonel in the Virginia line in the revolution, General in 1812, lieutenant governor of Kentucky, second governor of Indiana, and senator from Louisiana. Mrs. Posey was Mary Alexander of Alexandria, Virginia; her first husband was Major George Thornton, a cousin of Gen. Washington. Mr. Wilson is about 30 years of age ; a Democrat of the old Jefferson type, and a progressive in politics. He is the founder of the Missouri Bankers' Association.

Robert Young, the father of George W., was born in Hockins county, Tenn., and was the eldest of 12 children. The subject of this sketch is a native of the same state and county; born June 4th, 1821. In 1S34, his parents and family moved to Missouri, and located on a farm in Lafayette countv, situated five miles south of Lexington, where George W. grew to manhood. Being in somewhat straitened circumstances and also desirous of obtaining an education, at the age of 20 he joined a corps of government survevors, for the two-fold purpose of learning practical surveying and to obtain money for the prosecution of his studies. He remained with this corps for one year and afterwards alternately taught and attended school until 1848, when he commenced the study of medicine by attending a course of lectures at the Missouri Medical College at St. Louis. He afterwards entered the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, one of the most noted medical schools of the United States, from which he graduated with high honor in the spring of 1851. Returned to Lafayette countv and immediately began the practice of his profession in Lexington, where, bv his ability and steady application he has rapidly advanced to the front rank in the profession. At the breaking out of the war he had the leading practice of the city. Although losing considerable prop- erty during the progress of the war, the Dr. has succeeded in accumulating considerable wealth by devoting himself to his practice. During the last three years he has given considerable attention to bee culture, having 135 stands of the Italian species. In 1862 he was united in marriage to Miss Martha A. Barnett, of this countv, a daughter of Joseph Barnett, of Madison county, Ky., and a double niece of Judge John F. Rvland, deceased. Nine children were born to them, six of whom are living, viz.: Mary L., Elizabeth, Rose \V., Albert G.Juliet and Joseph B.

Stephen G. Wentworth

Mr. Wentworth, president of Morrison & Wentworth's bank, of Lexington, is a native of Williamstown, Mass., born October 11, 1811. The Wentworth family is of English origin, and one of prominence in both England and America, three of Mr. W.'s ancestor's having occupied the gubernatorial chair in the United States. His father was a veteran of 1S12, and a soldier whose record is above reproach. At the earl}- age of 14 years, and with what education could be obtained bv an attendance upon the common schools in that early day, the subject of this brief sketch started out to carve for himself a place among the successful devotees of the fickle goddess of fortune. His capital was Youth, health and energy, an incomplete education, and one dollar and a half. In 1S31 he went to Monroe county, Va., and engaged in clerking. Remained there until 1S37. when he removed to Saline county, Mo., and located where the town of Brownsville - of which he is the founder - now stands. Was engaged in the mercantile trade. In 1840 he came to Lexington and engaged in clerking, collecting and the real estate business. In 1851 he was appointed administrator of public affairs for this countv, which office he held until 1864. In 1863 he was elected president of the Farmers' bank, which position he held until the institution wound up in 1S69. In 1865 he became connected with the banking firm of Morrison, Mitchell & Co. In 1S6S the firm became known as '; Wm. Morrison & Co.," and in 1S75 it was again changed to " Morrison & Wentworth." Mr. Wentworth has been its president since 1S»3S. He has been a member of the Presbvterian church since 1S44, of which he has also been a deacon for twentv-six years, and an elder for eight years. He has been a trustee of the Aull female seminarv for twenty-one years, and president of its board for four Years. Is founder of the Wentworth male academy, and president of its board. Has been a Mason for twenty-five years. Mr. Wentworth is a man of strict integrity and business enterprise, and in all his dealings in public affairs - and their name is legion - naught can be said but to his credit. Has always been a strong supporter of the union. April IS, 1838, he was united in marriage to Miss Eliza Jane Kincaid, formerly of Union county, Va. She died Oct. 9, 1S64, at Lexington, Mo. Twelve children were born to them, only two of whom are now living, viz.: James and Frances J. James Wentworth is a graduate of Central college, Danville, Ky., and also of the law department of Harvard university, Cambridge, Mass. Was U. S. consul at Moscow, Russia. Frances J. is the wife of Richard Field, attorney at law, of Lexington. Jan. 21, 1868, Mr. W. was again united in marriage to Mrs. Rebecca Bird, nee Gay, of Kentucky.

attorney at law. Mr. Duling was born in Kanawha county, West Virginia, May 25, 1857. In 1865 he came with his parents to Lafayette county, Mo., and settled on a farm, where he grew to manhood. Was educated at the state university, at Columbia, Mo., graduating from the academical department in 1878. He then entered the office of Geo. S. Rathburn and Shewalter, of Lexington, as a law-student, and was admitted to the bar in 1879. Since then he has been engaged in the practice of that profession, in Lexington. Mr. Duling is a young man of talent and energy, and will undoubtedly acquit himself with credit in his future practice.

Alexander Graves

attorney at law, of the firm of Graves & Shewalter, is a native of Jefferson county, Mississippi, born August 29, 1846. He attended school at Danville, Ky., and when the civil war broke out he left school and enlisted, in January, 1862, at the age of 15. He entered the 1st Missouri cavalry and was engaged in the battles of Mississippi City, Baton Rouge and Harrisburg. His regiment was subsequently transferred to the command of Gen. Forest, with whom he fought in numerous engagements. At the close of the war he returned home and entered Oakland college, of Mississippi, from which he graduated in 1867. He then entered the law department of the university of Virginia, from which he graduated in 1869. He then came to Lexington Lafayette county, and engaged in the practice of the law, to which he has since given his best energies, the result of which has been his taking high rank among the leaders in a profession in which it requires the highest of intellectual talent to insure success. Was prosecuting attorney of Lafayette county from 1874 to 1876. In 1874 he was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Aull, daughter of John Aull, of Lexington, Mo. Three children were born to them, named as follows: Alexander, John and Mary M.

Theodore Gosewisch

Germany. In 1834 he emigrated to the United States, stopping one season at Baltimore, and then went to Pittsburg, Penn., where he was engaged in the mercantile business for three years, after which he went to Louisville, Kentucky, where he was so unfortunate as to engage in the confectionary trade and lose all his property. Having learned the art of oil painting while in Europe, after losing his wealth he engaged in portrait painting with a considerable degree of success. Becoming acquainted with a major who was engaged in an emigration scheme, organized ostensibly for. the purpose of settling Texas, he united his fortunes with the major's and started for the Lone Star state. On arriving at New Orleans and learning that his passage money, which the major had assumed to pay, had not been paid, he became convinced from that fact, in connection with other things which had came under his observation, that the whole thing was a fraud and the major a swindler. He accordingly withdrew from the enterprise, pawned his baggage for the purpose of paying his passage down, and traded three barrels of crackers (which he had brought along, expecting to find a scarcity of bread) for a passage up the Red river, to a town where he again engaged in portrait painting, at which he was quite successful. He subsequently returned to St. Louis, where he remained one season, and then came to Lexington, Missouri and re-engaged in the confectionary business, from which he retired with considerable wealth at the end of a period ot fifteen years. During the war he lost heavily, and soon felt the necessity of again embarking in business. This time he engaged in the drug trade, and from 1863 to 1875 he had the leading trade in that line, and again built up his exhausted fortune. In 1848 he was married to Miss Cathrine Moore, of Lexington, Mo. By this union they have four children, living, viz.: Charles T., who has graduated in medicine from St. Louis, and is now traveling in Europe; Mary Ida, married and living in Germany; Walter R. druggist; and Katie. Mr. Gosewisch has been a member of the Masonic order for thirty years.

Gen. J. H. Graham

Gen. Graham was born in Orange county, N. Y., December 5, 1798. At the age of five, his parents moved to Logan county Ky., where he was raised to manhood. When twenty-two he learned the hatter's trade. At the age of twenty-four he was united in marriage to Miss Melinda Harrelson, daughter of Jeremiah Harrelson, who died in Jackson county, this state, some twenty years ago. He carried on the manufacture of hats and farming in Logan county, and then moved to Missouri and settled in Lexington in 1830, where he followed his trade some ten years longer, after which he moved to his farm, three miles south of town. He lived there five years and then moved to his present home in the southern part of

Lexington. Gen. Graham has been one of the county's most active business men and one of its most useful citizens. He was an acting magistrate a number of years, and filled that office with ability and credit. He was elected captain of the state militia about 1831. In 1837 he was promoted and made colonel of a regiment, and commanded in an expedition against the Osage Indians. In 1838 he was made a brigadier general, and commanded a brigade in the expulsion of the Mormons from the state. Most of his time has been spent in this county in farming, though for several years he was known as one of the early successful merchants of Lexington. He has been a consistent and devoted member of the Baptist church for a third of a century, and has lived in all good conscience before his Creator and fellow men. He lost heavily as a consequence of the late war, but has still a competency. Though a Union man he did not take an active part in the late war, being averse to bloodshed, and especially so in regard to the southern people, with whom he has always been identified in feelings and interests. His first wife dying, he was again married, the second lady being Miss Elizabeth Harrelson, who died about fifteen years ago. He has raised in all eleven children, and all the survivors reside in this county, save a daughter who resides in Jackson county. There were three of the Graham brothers who came from Scotland to the United States some time before the Revolutionary war. One went to the Carolinas, one to Virginia, and one, the general's great-grandfather, to the State of New York. Andrew, Mr. Graham's grandfather, lived and died in Orange county, and was judge of the circuit court twenty years in succession. He was three times married. His first wife was a Miss Cain, an English lady, and the last a Miss Hetty Hardenbrook, sister to one of the early mayors of New York. Charles the General's father, was by the first wife. He was married in Orange county, to Miss Jane Beatty, of a prominent New York family. He also raised a large and respectable family, only one of whom, the General, settled in Missouri.

Henry William Turner

Postmaster, Lexington. Was born at Wilton, England, August 2, 1841. His parents were Henry and Mary Whitlock Turner. Young Henry came with his parents to America in 1849. They came direct from England to Lexington, Missouri, and first settled in Ray county, where the lad received his education in the public schools of Richmond, the county seat. In 1854 the family removed to Lexington, and have resided here ever since. In 1862 Mr. Turner enlisted in the Lafayette county enrolled militia, and in 1863 he went into company I, 11th Kansas mounted infantry volunteers, Col. Thomas Ewing's regiment. This command was sent out in pursuit of hostile Indians and had some pretty hot work. July 26, 1865, company I, numbering about 90 men, started out from the stockade at

Platte river, in Montana, in pursuit of a band of Sioux Indians and fell into an ambuscade; then in a fight of thirty minutes, the company lost 25 killed and 11 wounded, before they could get back into the enclosure. They were in several other fights with the Indians, but this was the worst one. They were mustered out at Fort Leavenworth, September 25, 1865, at the close of the southern rebellion, and Mr. Turner returned to Lexington. In 1867-68 he served as deputy city marshal, and was elected marshal in June, 1869. April 30, 1874, he was appointed agent for Lafayette county, to represent its interest in the Lexington & St. Louis railroad company - a position at that time of grave responsibility and difficulty, as any one may see by reading the " Railroad History," of the county, in another part of this volume In May, 1874, he bought a half interest in the Lexington Register newspaper, which he owns yet. July 3, 1866, he was commissioned 2d lieutenant, company C, 58th regiment Missouri militia, and was afterward commissioned as 1st lieutenant, and adjutant of the regiment by Governor Fletcher. In March, 1877, he was appointed postmaster of the city of Lexington, by President Hayes, and was re-appointed by President Garfield, in June, 1881. He has always been a republican, and is also a member of the I. O. O. F. Mr. Turner was married June 16, 1868, to Miss Fleta Carroll, daughter of C. C. Carroll, Esq. She was born in Lexington, January 17, 1843. The following children have been born to them: Paul Harry, born June 21, 1869, died same day; Mark Carroll, born October 6, 1872; Robert Isaac, born February 25, 1875 ; Mary Willie, born July 28, 1878; Margaret Fleta, born September 3, 1879.

editor of the Leixngton Intelligencer ^ was born in 1842. Was a member of Capt. George W. West's company of infantry, on the southwest expedition, in the fall of 1860. May 8, 1861, he enlisted as a private in Kelly's company of infantry (confederate), of St. Louis, commanded by Jos. Kelly, afterwards promoted, then by Stephen Coleman, who was killed at Wilson's creek; then by Capt. CanifF. Mr. Lesueur was promoted to sergeant major of Kelly's battalion, consisting of Kelly's and Rock Champion's old companies, and was with them in battles of Boonville, Carthage, Wilson's Creek and Lexington. In November or December, 1861, he was made 2d lieutenant of Gorham's battery, previously known as Guibor's. In a few months Gorham resigned, Tilden became captain and Lesueur, 1st lieutenant; and at the battle of Helena, July 4, 1863, he (Lesueur) took the men into action with muskets, losing just one-half of the men in the terrible fight on " Grave-yard Hill," in which Brig. Gen. L. M. Lewis (successor of Gen. Parsons,) lost half of his own regiment and of the brigade. In consequence of his steady and heroic action in this day's fight, Lesueur was soon made captain of the battery, and so remained until the final surrender at Shreveport in 1865. This battery was always with M. M. Parson's brigade of infantry, and was in the battle of Pea Ridge, the skirmishes and fights about Shiloh, between Beauregard and Buell; the battle of Prairie Grove, skrimishes on the retreat from Fort Smith to Little Rock and Helena; was at battles of Mansfield and Pleasant Hill, Louisiana; it opened the attack on Camden, when Gen. Steele was occupying the place; was in the battle of Saline river; fought against Steele, and in a number of minor engagements. Capt. Lesueur is the present member of the legislature from Lafayette county; is president of the State Press Association; and secretary of the Confederate Soldiers' Reunion Association of Missouri. He is a member of the Episcopal church. The captain is prompt, decisive, energetic and untiring in whatever he undertakes - is thoroughly devoted to his party, his county and his state, and always stands up square to the fight for what he believes in.

Henry Turner

was born near Sallisbury, in Wiltshire, England, August 25, 1810. Married Miss Mary Whitlock at Wilton Parish, May 21, 1833. Miss Whitlock was born March 22, 1806. Mr. Turner's business in England was keeping an ale brewery and hostlery, (hotel). He was a member of the Anti Corn Law League, and was associated with Richard Cobden, John Bright, and others, in that memorable agitation which forms a waymark in modern English history. From about 1846 onward, England was flooded with emigration pamphlets, newspapers, circulars, etc., offering great inducements for everybody to emigrate to America. He cannot tell why, but for some reason, he picked out Lexington, Missouri, as the place he would go to and try his fortune in the new world. Seventeen families of them clubbed together and chartered a ship in 1849 to carry them to Canada, as they wished to avoid the United States seaports, from fear of cholera. They came by way of Quebec, Montreal, Buffalo, and the lakes, arriving at Chicago in June, 1849. He went from Chicago to La Salle by railroad, thence to St. Louis, by steamboat, and thence to Lexington, hv same means, arriving here in July, a total stranger to every living soul and to the ways of the people. Two or three others of the English families came here also, but did not find things agreeble, and in a few months went back to their native Isle. Mr. Turner determined to stay and " tough it through." In 1858, he was elected a member of the city council and continued there eight years; then was mayor one year, then city attorney one year, and subsequently served nine years as city treasurer, from 1872 to 1881. March 14, 1865, he was commissioned captain and assistant quartermaster of state militia, by Gov. Fletcher. July 19, 1865, he was commissioned by President Andrew Johnson as assistant

United States assessor, 2d division of 6th district of Missouri, and was in this service about six years, or until the internal revenue tax was abolished. During this time he received a letter from his superior officer which speaks volumes for his integrity, efficiency and success as a public officer. The letter is here given:

Dear Sir: - Please accept my thanks for the excellent manner in which you have gotten up your annual list for 1870. It is perfect in every respect, is the first to reach this office, represents every town in your division, and is within a fraction of double in amount that for the year 1869. With such officers, the government cannot long remain in debt. I hope that you may return many more such favors to the government. I have the honor, sir, to remain, Yours, etc.,

Joshua Thorne

Mr. Turner naturally feels proud of this, and many other evidences which prove that he has been faithful and true in every public trust. Mrs. Turner died at Lexington, May 21, 1880, aged 74 years and two months. Their children were the following: Isabella and Phebe, (twins), born at Wilton, England, March 14, 1834. Isabella married Washington Zingling, of Lexington, Mo., now deceased. Phebe married Henry Switzer, of Lexington, now of Kansas City. She died in 1865. Mary Jane, born April 22, 1838; married George Matthew, of Dover township, Lafayette county. Emma Elizabeth, born Oct. 24, 1839; married Henry Taubman, of Lexington, deceased. Henry William, born August 2, 1841 ; married Miss Fleta Carroll, of Lexington, and is now serving his second term as postmaster. Edwin, born Nov. 9, 1843; not married. Anna, born March 14, 1846; married S. S. Earle, of Lexington. All of the above children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Turner, at Wilton, in England. Josephene was born at Richmond, in Ray county, August 19, 1849. She married Mr. Switzer, of Kansas City, former husband of her deceased sister Phebe ; and he died in April, 1880. Mr. Turner has 32 grandchildren now living, and four have died.

James S. Price

postoffice, Lexington, Mo., son of John and Jane Price, who moved from Warrensburg, Johnson county, Mo., to St. Louis county, in 1861; then to St. Charles county, Ills.; then back to Warrensburg, Mo., in 1866, and in

1872, to this county, living near Dover for several years, and then settled in the suburbs of Lexington, Mo. James S. Price was born in Warrensburg, Mo., May 31, 1852. He entered the Jerseyville, Ills., College at 17 years of age, remaining three years, and at the age of 20, studied medicine one year at Jerseyville; then read law four years in Warrensburg, Mo., feeling that he had not the necessary nerve for dissections. While reading law, he felt that he was called to preach the gospel. In 1874 he concluded to preach, and in Dec. 1878, preached his first sermon, and was ordained the third Sunday in August, 1879. He was called to Long Branch church, where he has been preaching three years, and has built up a good congregaiion. He belongs to the Baptist persuasion, and has charge of two other congregations.

Upton Wilson

Mr. Wilson, a prominent farmer and stock raiser, of Lexington township: was born in Bullitt county, Kentucky. Was educated at Hanover College, Indiana. He came to Missouri in 1837, and settled in Johnson county, where he remained until 1877, when he moved to Lafayette county, where he has since resided. Mr. Wilson was united in marriage in 1855, to Miss Catherine D. Neill, of Lafayette county. They have five children, named as follows: Stephen N., Lee F., Charles M., Mathew, and Mary. Postoffice, Lexington.

Judge B. D. Weedin

P. O. Lexington, Missouri. The subject of this sketch was born in Glasgow, Kentucky, September 24, 1831. His father, Caleb Weedin, is of English, and his mother; Eliza S. Moore, of Welsh descent. His father was a minister of the Cumberland Presbyterian church, and died near Danville, Kentucky, March 16, 1864. Judge Weedin was raised principally in Logan county, Kentucky, when he removed with his parents to Danville, Kentucky, where he was chiefly educated, graduating at Center College in 1853. Immediately after leaving college, at the early age of twenty-two, he was elected county surveyor, which office he resigned to move to Missouri, which he did in 1855, and settled in this county, where he has lived ever since. He first located in Lexington, and was soon after appointed deputy surveyor. He served as deputy one year, was then appointed surveyor to fill a vacancy, and was then elected to fill unexpired term. The war coming on, his office was vacated by the Gamble government. In 1861 he volunteered in the M. S. G. for three months, and then joined the confederate army, and was in the artillery service to the end of the war. He was in most of the principal battles; as Lone Jack, Pine Bluff, Jenkins Ferry, Prairie Grove, Little Rock, etc., etc. He was never wounded or captured. At the close of the war he returned to this county, and settled down on a farm, to begin life anew. In the fall of 1874 he was elected by the Democracy as associate judge of the county court, but resigned, with the whole bench, before his term expired, rather than levy an obnoxious tax upon the people. He continued upon his farm until 1880, when he was again elected county surveyor on the Democratic ticket. On the 31st of August, 1865, he was married to Miss Martha A. Lankford, also of this county. This lady died January 19, 1879, having borne seven children, three of whom are now living, two sons and one daughter. Since his wife's death, his sister, Miss Anna E. Weedin, has lived with him, leaving her home in Kentucky for that purpose. He is a member of the C. P. church, and also a member of the Masonic order. His grandfather, Samuel S. Moore, was born at Louisville, Kentucky, when that city was only a frontier fort.

P. O. Lexington, Missouri; son of Robert and Elizabeth Ewing, was born in this county September 24, 1830, and here he was also raised and educated. His calling is that of a farmer, and all his life has been spent on a Lafayette county farm. His parents were natives of Logan county, Kentucky, his father first coming to this county in 1818 or 1819. After remaining here a short time, he returned to Kentucky, and married in 1821. He then moved to Missouri and settled in this county, where he resided until his death. The subject of this sketch was married April 17, 1856, to Miss Catherine W. Wilcoxen, of this county, formerly of Frederick county, Maryland. By this union he had four children, three of them living: Anna H., Joel H., and Young. He and his family are members of the C. P. church, of which he is a deacon. He is a successful farmer and a public spirited citizen.

Ferdinand D. Smith

P. O. Lexington, Missouri; was born in Buford county, Virginia, August 14, 1832. His father Jno. W. Smith, was an extensive southern trader, and died in 1846 in North Carolina, on his way home from a southern tour. In 1847 his widowed mother moved with her family to Missouri, and settled in Pettis county, where the subject of this sketch lived, with her until 1850. In 1850 he went to California, where he remained seven years, engaged in mining, and made some money. He returned to Missouri and settled at Wellington, in this county, where his mother and sisters were then living. In 1858 he went to Salt Lake City on a freighting expedition of Russell & Waddell, as wagon master, in which he was absent eighteen months. He then returned to this county, and settled on a farm on Texas Prairie. December 13, 1859, he was married to Miss Mary E. Van Camp, daughter of William Van Camp, of Lexington, now deceased. In 1863 he moved to Pettis county, and remained there lintil the war closed. In 1867 his wife died, and in 1869 he married again, this time to Miss Matilda H. Young, daughter of Ex-Gov. James Young, who was acting governor of Missouri, in 1844. In 1870 he sold his farm in Pettis county and returned to this county, where he has since resided, on a fine farm, six miles southeast of Lexington. By his first marriage he had three children, two now living, Leslie and Ada Mary. By his second wife he has one child, Sallie Leftwich. Both he and his wife are members of the Methodist Church South, his first wife was a member of the Christian church. He also belongs to the Masonic order.

deceased. The subject of this sketch, though no longer among the living, will long be remembered as among the prominent old settlers of this county. He was born in Cumberland county, Ky., in 1798. The exact day of his birth is not now known, the record in the old family bible having been destroyed by fire in 1865. - The family is of English origin on the paternal, and Irish on the maternal side. When a boy they moved to Bourbon county Ky., where he grew to manhood on a farm, and was educated. When still quite a young man he was elected sheriff of Bourbon county, and continued to fill that office for many years, and subsequently represented the county in the Kentucky legislature. In 1832, he moved to this county, and entered an extensive tract of land in this and Cass counties. After coming to Missouri, he withdrew from politics, and turned his attention more particularly to religion and theological subjects. Having been raised in the Christian church, he became a minister of that denomination, and has organized many churches in this portion of the state. All the latter years of his life were devoted to this work; yet he was a successful business man, and managed his large farm admirably. When about twenty-one years of age he married Miss Susan T. Hughes, of Paris Ky., and became the father of seven children, five sons and two daughters, five of whom are now living: - Hiram M. Jr., Joseph, Agnes E., wife of Thomas Ingle, of Cass county, Carrie F., wife of E. A. Eddy, also of Cass county, and Robert Davis, which last now represents the family on the old homestead in this county. Robert D. Bledsoe was married in Nov. 1868, to Miss Ottie Perrie, of Lexington, Mo., and has two children living. He served four years in the C. S. A., first in his brother Hiram's famous battery, and afterwards in a battery commanded by his brother Joseph, and was in the battles of Lexington, Prairie Grove, Newtonia, Pea Ridge, and in many skirmishes. Hiram Bledsoe, Sr., closed his useful and eventful life at his home in this county in November 1878, at the age of eighty years.

John P. Bear

P. O. Lexington Mo. Was born in Rockingham county Va., June 8, 1834, and is the son of John and Elizabeth Bear. In his tenth year he moved with his parents to this county and settled on a farm, where he was then raised and educated. Soon after he was grown, he and his brother William took the management of their father's farm, he being disabled by rheumatism. By natural inclination he took up the carpenter's trade, and he still does his own work in that line. In the fall of 1861, he enlisted in the state guard for three months. In 1862, he was taken prisoner at home by the federals, just as he was starting south. He made a run for it, but they caught him, and sent him to St. Louis; held him one week, and then released him on a bond of one thousand dollars, to secure his loyalty. He returned home and remained quiet until he was drafted, when he fled to Nebraska, and continued there to the end of the war, and then returned to his farm in this county. On the 11th day of Nov. 1864, he was married to Miss Mary Ann Gray, daughter of Rev. F. R. Gray, and has six living children. Thev are both members of the Presbyterian church. He is also a member of the Grange.

William J. Bear

P. O. Lexington, Mo. Son of John and Elizabeth Bear. Was born in Rockingham county Va., March 5, 1821, and having come to this county as early as 1844, may be counted as one of the old settlers. Having been raised on a farm, on coming to this county he engaged in farming. His father was earlv disabled by rheumatism, and he with his younger brother took charge of the farm. His father died in 1870. The two brothers have bought out most of the heirs, and they both reside on the original farm, nine miles southeast of Lexington. In 1861, after the battle of Lexington he went south with Gen. Price, and was enrolled in Co. B., 6th regiment Missouri volunteers C. S. A., and served in the west until the winter of 1863, when he was discharged. He was in the battles of Lexington, Pea Ridge, and a number of lesser note. He then went to Va., and enlisted in a company of exchanged prisoners, mostly Missourians, in 62d Va. regiment of mounted infantry. In the battle of New Market, his company was cut to pieces, and the fragments joined a company of independent rangers, and served to the end of the war. He then returned to his home in this county. January 6, 1871, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Rice, daughter of Augustus Rice, a native of Va., now deceased. They have only one child living: William. He is a member of the Presbyterian church.

Lewis P. Green

P. O. Lexington, Missouri. Is son of Col. Levi Green, who died in this county, April, 1875, and who will long be remembered for the prominent part he played in the county. He was once president of the Farmers' bank of Lexington, and always took an active part in the politics of the county, though he held no political offices. Louis P. Green was born in Sumner county, Tennessee, November 3, 1831. His father, Col. Green, was married to Miss Betty P. Guerrant, November 22, 1829, she being his second wife. When Lewis was about six years old he came with his father to this county, and settled on a tract of land seven miles southeast of Lexington, where he was raised and educated, partly in Lexington and partly by Rev. G. L. Yantis, at Sweet Springs. After quitting school he returned to his home and managed his father's farm, until his father's death. He now owns 250 acres, including the old homestead. November 22, 1853, he was married to Miss Mary Murrell, daughter of the late Samuel Murrell, of Lexington, Missouri. Burdened with his own family, his aged parents, and many slaves, he could not enter the southern army, but participated in the battle of Lexington. He remained quietly on his farm during the war. One of his brothers died in the army. Since the war he has given his attention to the management of his farm, and has taken an active part in politics. His family are members of the Presbyterian church, of which his father was a zealous member. He belongs to no secret order, unless the Patrons of Husbandry may be called such. He has had seven children of whom six are now living.

George. B. Gordon

P. O. Lexington, Missouri, is a native of this county, and was born on the old Fulkerson homestead, now known as the Ramey farm, six miles southeast of Lexington, January 25, 1848. He was raised and educated in this county. During the war he was at school, and hence took no part in the bloody struggle. He was raised a farmer and pursued no other calling. His father, Linn B. Gordon, lives in this county, was a farmer before him, and has raised his sons to agricultural pursuits. At the age of twenty George began to farm on the farm where he now lives, known as the Joseph Shelby place. On the 24th day of December, 1869, he was married to Miss Mary Ann Shelby, daughter of Joseph B. Shelby, a cousin of Gen. Joe O. Shelby, whose fame in the war was so great, and so well known to all Missourians. They have four children, all living. He belongs to the Christian church at Dover, as does also his wife. He is a mason, and politically, a democrat. For so young a man, he has already established an eminent character for integrity, sagacity, and industry, and has proven himself a successful farmer.

Linn B.Shelby

LINN B.SHELBY, P. O. Lexington, Missouri. The subject of this sketch is a cousin of Gen. Joe Shelby, whose name so frequently occurs in the history of the war, and was born on the old Thomas Shelby homestead, six miles east of Lexington, on the Dover. road, April 13, 1859. He is the son of Thomas and Nancy Shelby - his mother's maiden name being Gordon; her father having emigrated here at a very early day. Mr. Shelby was raised and educated in this county; and on the 17th day of October, 1879, was married to Miss Lillie M. Kelley, daughter of Mr. James E. Kelley, also of this county. They have one child, a son, named Mark Hughes Shelby. Both he and his wife are members of the Christian church, membership at Lexington. He is now living on a farm three miles from Page City, and has a bright future before him.

Thomas B. Campbell

P. O. Dover, Mo. Was born in Huntsville, Ala., June 16, 1824. His parents, James and Ann Eliza Campbell, came to this county at an early day, and his father died here in Dover in 1872, and his mother is still living in this county. The maiden name of the latter was Jennings, daughter of David Jennings, one of the pioneer settlers of this county. When Thomas was about two years of age he moved with his parents to this county, settling on the place where he now resides, where he was raised. He was educated in the county and at the State University in Columbia, Mo., where he graduated in the class of 1851. Leaving college, he returned home and went to farming in this county. In the war he was in hearty sympathy with the South, but took no active part in the war. He remained quietly and was never so much as arrested during the entire war. Jan. 15, 1856, he was married to Miss Sallie M. Hicks, daughter of A. B. Hicks, of Fayette, Howard county, Mo. They have had five children, four of whom are now living - three sons and one daughter. He is a member of the Christian church and also his wife. He is a Mason, with fellowship at Dover. He has a fine farm of six hundred acres in the best part of the county, and takes great interest in the stock business. He stands high as a man of integrity and honor, and is an enterprising and public-spirited citizen.

Robert Jackson Smith

P. O. Lexington, Mo. The subject of this sketch is one of the old citizens of this county; was born in Caldwell county, Ky., April 14, 1815. He is the son of Robert and Lucy Smith, his mother's maiden name being Gordon. He lived in Caldwell county, Ky., until he was about sixteen years of age, and was principally educated there. In the fall of 1831 he moved with his widowed mother to this county, and in 1833 he settled on the farm on which he now resides, seven miles southeast of Lexington. His father died shortly before his birth, and his mother never remarried. In January, 185S, she died in this county. On the 12th of Feb., 1844, he was married, for the first time, to Miss Susan C. Thornbrugh, a native of Virginia, who had recently moved to Missouri. She lived about five years and died Jan. 21, 1849. Subsequently he married Miss Mary C. Nowlin, of Ray county, Mo. There was only one child, a son, by the first marriage, who died in infancy. By the second marriage he has six children living - five daughters and one son - Lucy C, wife of John P. Ardinger, of Aullville, Mo.; Susan E., wife of Chas. W. Ford, of this county; Mary Alice, wife of Berry Hughes, of Ray county, Mo.; Thomas B., Sallie C. and Fannie B. Though he sympathized with the South, Mr. Smith remained quietly on his farm during the war. By keeping silence he managed to get along without much disturbance save some loss of personal property. Except two years spent in Jackson county, he has always lived in this country since 1831. He is a Presb}-terian, and his wife a Missionary Baptist. Mr. Smith stands high as a citizen and as a Granger, and has taken an active part in politics. He is a Democrat.

P. O. Lexington. The subject of this sketch is a native of Maryland, where he was born in Montgomery county, Feb. 18, 1821. His father^ Abraham Hayes, deceased, moved to this county in 1849, and died here in 1861. His mother, Elizabeth E. Hayes, was a daughter of Col. Wm. Tillord, a French Huguenot, who settled on a plantation on Chesapeake Bay and worked a large number of slaves. He was a colonel in the Revolutionary war and gave liberally of his means to the cause of the colonies. Mr. Hayes' grandfather on the paternal side was from Wales. He was raised and educated in his native county, and came with his father to this county in 1849; and this has been his home ever since. When of age he began clerking in Georgetown, D. C, in a dry goods store. He then went to merchandising in Monocacy on the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal. When he came to this county he went to trading. He then purchased a farm, which he has increased to 560 acres of splendid land, about 2 miles east of Lexington. His residence commands a fine view of the river, and of Ray and Carroll counties. For several years he was engaged in freighting for Russell, Waddell & Majors to 1862. From then to the end of the war he was employed in freighting and in cattle trading for himself. He therefore took no part in the war, though his sympathies were all with the lost cause. After the waf he returned to this county and devoted himself to farming. He was married July 18, 1865, to Miss Alice Belle Ward, daughter of Allen D. Ward, formerly of Mason county, Ky. They have three children, all sons, living: William T., Franklin Ward and Karl

Ausburn S. Mullenix

AUSBURN S. MULLENIX, postoffice Lexington, Mo. Was born in Pendleton District, S. C, April 21, 1808. His parents, Joseph and Sallie Mullenix, moved to Tennessee when he was three years old, and there he was raised and educated. He was raised on a farm, and has followed that calling all his life. December, 1842, he moved to this county, where he has lived since, and owns 530 acres of land. He took no part in the war, but had two sons in the confederate army. One of them - Henry - died from disease contracted in camp. He was married, the first time, in 1822, to Mrs. Nancy Bratton, who lived only four years thereafter, and died in 1826. He again married in 1829, to Miss Tirzah Dale, daughter of Rev. Wm. Dale, of Tennessee. He had three children by his first marriage and seven by his last. Of these, six children, one son and five daughters, are now living. He is a member of the Baptist church in Lexington. His wife belongs to the same. Before the war he served as justice of the peace for four years- He expects to live in this county the rest of his life.

John R. Ford

was born at Danville, Ky., May 8, 1801. He is the son of Charles and Elizabeth Ford, natives of Virginia. His father died when he was but 11 years old. He was raised by his mother, who never again married, receiving his education at Danville. He remained there until 18 years old. He then went to Natchez and engaged in raising cotton. He lived there until 1835, being married Dec. 1, 1831, to Caroline, daughter of Col. Jas. Foster, who died in 1833. They had nine children, six sons and three daughters, all living at this time except one son, who was killed during the war. His name was John R., Jr., being 23 years old at the time he enlisted. He received a gun-shot wound near Corinth, from which he died. There were two other sons in the confedrate army, one of whom, James Foster, was severely wounded at Gettysburg, from which he recovered. Charles W., the youngest, enlisted in '63, being at the time only 16 years old, serving under Gen. Shelby. On leaving Natchez, Mr. Ford returned to Danville, and engaged in farming until 1858. He then moved to Pettis county, Mo., and there settled. He was living there at the time the war broke out. Before the close of the war Mr. Ford removed to Lexington, and remained three years with his son-in-law, the Rev. L. G. Barbour, who was president of the Elizabeth Aull college,, and now of Central university, of Richmond, Ky. In '65 Mr. Ford bought the homestead of Gen. Shields. They have one married daughter still residing in Lexington - Carrie, wife of Xenophon Ryland ; also one in St. Louis, wife of E. L. Breding. Mr. Ford and wife are both members of the Presbyterian church, and have lived together in married state for over half a century. 'Politically Mr. Ford is a life-long democrat of Andrew Jackson school, and cast his first presidential vote for that old battle-scarred hero.

Maj. A. G. Young

The subject of this sketch was born in Hawkins county, east Tennessee, Sept. 26, 1794, remaining in the county of his birth until 1830, when he moved to Missouri, settling in Lafayette county, where he now resides. Maj. Young served in the war of 1812, under Gen. Cook. Maj. Young acquired his title from having been a major of the 1st battalion of the 4th regiment of Tennessee militia. He also held the rank of captain in the Black Hawk war, but was never called out. He served in the Mormon war, in 1838. Mr. Young was too old to take part in the last war, but he had two sons in the confederate army; he also had one son in the Mexican war under Gen. Doniphan. Mr. Young was first marritd on the 22nd of July, 1824, to Miss Elizabeth McChesney, of Virginia. Ten children were born of this marriage, seven sons and three daughters, five of whom are now living. His first wife died Dec. 30, 1845, and he was again married on Dec. 7, 1874, to Miss Sarah A. Hogan, daughter of Gen. David Hogan. Maj. Young and wife are members of the Presbyterian church, as are all his children.

John Catron

was born in White county, Tenn., Feb. 29, 1812. At the age of seven his parents moved to Saline county, Mo. Remaining there a short while they moved to Lafayette county and settled on the farm now occupied by Gen. Jo. Shelby. Mr. Catron learned the trade of brickmaking and followed it for some thirty years. The farm on which he now resides consists of 530 acres, and is located about four miles from Lexington. Mr. Catron was in the Mormon war in 1838, and was present when Smith, the prophet, surrendered. Mr. Catron took no part in the civil war of '61-'65, but had one son, Thomas, who served the entire four years in the confederate army. Mr. Catron, being southern in sentiment, lost heavily in slaves. Mr. C. was married to Miss Mary Fletcher, Feb. 3, 1833, nine children being the result of this marriage, five sons and four daughters, all living at this writing except two. Mr. Catron is one of the oldest settlers in the county, having lived here for 63 years. He is honored and respected by all, and has proved himself a good and valuable citizen.

James C. Kelly

Cooper county, and there James was raised and educated. During the war he remained in Cooper county, and engaged in the livestock trade, at which he was very successful. In 1867 he moved to Lafayette county, and in 1875 he purchased what is known as the Lightner farm, three miles south of Lexington, where he resides at the present time, it being one of the best improved farms in the county. Mr. Kelly was married to Miss Maria L. Duncan, April 3, 1851. They have eleven children, five sons and six daughters, all living, except one daughter who died in 1859. Mr. K. and wife are members of the Christian church; he also belongs to the Masonic fraternity. Mr. K. is a good neighbor, an industrious citizen and has well earned his success.

Henry C. Branch

HENRY C. BRANCH, P. O. Lexington, Missouri. Son of Henry B. and Susan C. Branch. Was born in Buckingham county, Virginia, February 15, 1827, where he was raised and educated, to the age of fifteen years, when he came with his parents to this state. His father died in Carrollton, Missouri, July 17, 1842. His mother then moved to this county, but after living here two years returned to Carroll county. Mr. Branch spent several years, first in Platte county, Missouri, and then in Leavenworth county, Kansas, and eleven years in Saline county, Missouri. In 1877 he returned to this county, and settled about five miles from Lexington, where he has a splendid farm of 180 acres. In 1851 he married Miss Dorothy Perry, of Platte county, Missouri, by whom he has six children, living. March 11, 1872, his wife died. He wras married again December 20, 1873, to Miss Emma Wilcoxen, of this county, by which marriage he has three children. He is a member of the C. P. church.

Charles H. Barron

P. O. Lexington, Missouri. Was born in the state of Georgia, in 1835. While Charles was quite young his father, Gustavus Barron, moved from Georgia to Carroll county, Missouri, and settled in what is known as the " sugar tree bottom," in 1847, where Charles was raised and educated. In 1871 he began the grocery business at Hardin, Ray county, Missouri, and continued there until 1874. He had, previous to this, learned the drug business in the drug store of Dr. Moseby, at Richmond, Missouri. Leaving Hardin he came to this county and engaged in farming for several years. In 1877 he quit farming and entered into the drug business in Lexington, on a small capital, and succeeded so well that in 1880 he purchased property on Franklin street, and is now engaged in both the drug and grocery business. He was married on the 6th of June, 1871, to Miss Hattie Pritchard, and to this union have been born six children, all living. He belongs to the Methodist church, south, and his wife to the Christian church. He is also a mason.

Stewart Summers

P. O. Lexington, Missouri. A native of Kentucky. Was born in Montgomery county, Kentucky, January 27, 1827. His father, Caleb Summers, who died in the summer of 1880, moved to this county in 1836. He had been a farmer in Kentucky, and Stewart was raised to a farmer's life. The family settled in Washington township, in this county, where he was mostly educated. Early in life he learned the value of money, and habits of economy, and when he became of age, he had already saved several hundred dollars in money. Every cent of this was expended in aiding his father, who had become involved; and when he started out in life he had just seventy-five cents and a horse. He then went to Wyandotte, sold his horse for seventy-five dollars, and obtained a permit to trade with the Wyandotte Indians. In 1S51 he bought land in this county and began farming, which he continued until 1863, when he began the grocery business in Lexington. In 1868 he moved into the new store he had built on Franklin street, where he now is. In 1850 he married Miss Rachel A. Reed. Has no children living. Both he and his wife belong to the Christia church. His farm lies near Odessa. Few men can show a better record than the subject of this sketch.

George F. King

P. O. Lexington, Missouri. Was born in St. Charles county, Missouri, October 23, 1842. When he was quite young his parents moved to St. Joseph, Missouri, but after a short residence there, moved to this county, where George was raised and educated in Lexington. At the age of thirteen he was apprenticed to Mr. John A. Graham, of Lexington, to learn the tinner's trade, where he remained three years, and then one year with Wm. Morrison. He enlisted in company F, 10th Missouri volunteer cavalry, U. S. A., and served during the war. He was in many battles, fights and skirmishes, but was never either wounded or taken prironer. After the war Mr. King returned to Lexington and began working at his trade. In 1868 he entered into the stove and tinware business upon his own account, on Franklin street, Lexington, Missouri, where he now is, and has a full stock, a first class trade, and is well insured. In 1875 he was married to Miss Caroline Leichenring, of Lexington, by whom he has two children living. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity, to the Knights of Honor and to the A. O. U. W.

Henry Wikler

Post office, Lexington, Mo. Is a native of Saxony, Germany where he was born July, 15, 1829; was raised and educated in Leipsig, and there learned his trade of furniture making. In 1849 he came to America and first stopped in New York, where he worked at his trade for several years, then spent a year or so in St Louis, and then, in 1853, he came to this county and settled in Lexington where he has since lived. Here, with his younger brother, who followed him to this country, he engaged in the manufacture of furniture. They have gone on steadily enlarging their trade and facilities, until now they have an extensive establishment for the manufacture of all kinds of furniture, in which they employ about fortyfivt men. He was married August 3, 1854 to Miss Eliza Wilker, who has borne him six children, all living, and the oldest daughter married to Mr. John Daehler. Mr. Wikler belongs to the Lutheran church and is also a mason.

Gustav Gruber

Post office Lexington, Mo.; one of the few business men in Lexington who can boast of that city as his birthplace. He was born in Lexington Sept. 24, 1S54, where he was raised and educated. He was reared to the grocery business, his father having for years been engaged in that business. After he was grown he spent two years clerking in the wholesale grocery house of Young & Jones, St. Louis, and for a time was with the wholesale house of Bargon & Brockoff. He then returned to Lexington and embarked in the grocery line with a younger brother, under style of G. Gruber & Bro., which continued four years. In 1878 Gustav bought out his brother, and since then has been alone. He moved to Franklin street soon after dissolving with his brother, and has now a large and steadily growing trade. He is one of the most enterprising merchants in the city, and has a business standing unusual for so young a man.

John Powell

Post office Lexington, Mo.; is a native of Ireland and was born in Tipperary county, in 1836, where he was raised and edcucated. He was reared to the grocery business, though his father, George Powell, was a farmer in Ireland. In 1863 he left Ireland and came to the United States. He landed in New York, where he was in the grocery trade for about one year. He then went to Canada and engaged in the same business. In 1871 he came to Lexington in this county, and entered at once in the grocery business and has continued it ever since - indeed was never engaged in any thing else. He is located on Franklin street and is doing a heavy business, and carries about $10,000 in stock. In 1871 he was married in Lexington to Miss Mary Powell, a lady of the same name, but no relation. They have one child, a daughter, named Mattie P. Both he and his wife are members of the Episcopal church. He belongs to no secret order and is one of the substantial and reliable business men in the city.

Garland C. Graham

Post office Lexington, Mo. ; was born in Lexington, in this county, on the 19th of February, 1839. He is a son of J. H. Graham, whose biography appears elsewhere in this work. He was raised and educated in the city of Lexington. He learned the trade of tinner with his brother who carried on a shop in Lexington. He then went to Kansas City and worked journey work - then traveled in several states, He then opened a shop in the tin and stove business in Richmond, Mo., soon after taking J. B. Nichols into partnership. He then sold out to his partner and returned to Lexington, where he worked until 1873, and then went to Colorado. In 1873 he returned to Lexington and opened a tin and stove shop on Main street on a small capital. In one year he took into partnership Geo. F. King, which continued over four years. The firm then dissolved and he moved to Franklin street, where he now carries a large stock and does a remunerative business. He was married in this county, Dec. 10, 1870 to Miss F. Smarr, daughter of Wm. T. Smarr, of this county, and by which union he has two children living - Lee C and Maud. He is a member of the Baptist church.

John Goehner

P. O. Lexington, Missouri; was born in Wittenburg, Germany, June 28 1833, where he was raised and educated. He learned the trade of Marble cutter under his father, Jacob Goehner, who carried on a shop in the City of Tuebinger, Wittenburg. At the age of twenty he came to this country, landing in New York in 1853. The first five years he spent in working at his trade in different parts of the union. In 1859 he came to this county, and settled in Lexington, where, after working journey work for a year or more, he set up shop for himself in 1860. He worried through all the depression and hard times of the war, and since that time has done a good, and constantly increasing business. He now owns a good property in the city of Lexington; has a neat building on Franklin street, and is doing a thriving business. May 4, 1865, he was married, in Lexington, to Miss Margaret Soellner, daughter of John Soellner, by which union they have three children living, two sons and one daughter. He is a member of the Lutheran church, and also of the Odd Fellows.

Charles W. Loomis

postoffice, Lexington, Mo. The subject of this sketch is one of the enterprising business men of Lexington; was born in the city of Madison, Wisconsin, Oct. 1, 1853. His father, Alexander Loomis, moved to S Joe, Mo. in 1856, and after a short stay there moved to Lexington, in this county, which has been the home of the family ever since; both father and son, at this time, being engaged in business in Lexington. Charles was raised here, and also received his education here.. At the age of fifteen, he entered as clerk in the drug house of W. B. Tevis, where he remained five years. In 1874 he began business for himself under style of J. A. Quarles & Co., which firm had a successful business career of five years, and then sold out, and Mr. Loomis started in the drug business alone, on Franklin street, where he is at present, and keeps constantly on hand a full and complete stock of first-class drugs, etc. Mr. Loomis has been a success so far, and there is no fair way to judge the future except by the past and present.

Edward T. Nicholson

postoffice, Lexington, Mo. The subject of this sketch has been identified with the manufacturing interests of Lexington for many years, and still ranks among the leading business men of the city. He was born in Lexington, North Carolina, Jan. 25, 1837, but was raised in Lexington, Mo. His father, Edward Nicholson, had been an overseer in North Carolina, but died when Edward T. was but five years old. After his father's death, his mother, whose maiden name was Margaret Trotter, married again to a Mr. Garrett Freeland ; and the whole family moved to Lexington, Mo., in 1846, where the subject of this sketch has lived ever since. Here helwas chiefly raised, educated, and learned his trade, that of wagon and plow making. In 1863 he volunteered and raised a company which he commanded; company E, of Rathbun's regiment, C. S. A. This company being fractional, was soon consolidated with another. He surrendered in 1865. He returned to Lexington, and set earnestly to work to recover his broken fortunes. He worked as he could until 1868, when he entered into partnership with Mr. Chas. Bartels, in the manufacture of wagons, plows, etc., in a building which they erected on Cedar street, Lexington. Their business has grown rapidly with the growth of agricultural interests in this county. They soon found their building too small and purchased the large brick on Franklin street, which is well suited to their wants. Since 1880, they have handled a large stock of wagons and farm machinery, in addition to their own work. He was married in July 1867, to Miss Clara Fall, daughter of John C. Fall, of Lexington. They have five children living; He is a member of the Methodist church, south, and a Mason, and his wife is a member the Baptist church.

William George Eggleston

of Eggleston & Co., P. O. Lexington, Missouri; one of the prominent business men of the city of Lexington, Missouri; was born in Loudon county, Virginia, December 10, 1849. His father, Rev. Wm. G. Eggleston, is a minister of the Methodist Church. He was born and raised in

Baltimore, Maryland, and is now living, at Shepherdstown, West Virginia, and is still employed in his ministerial labors. The subject of this sketch, being the son of a Methodist minister, did not live very long at any one place, being subject to frequent removals. He was chiefly reared, however, in Winchester, Virginia, and educated at Prince George's, Maryland. The war broke out just in time to cut his education short. By reading, and observation he has done much to make up that of which the war deprived him. He came to Lexington, in this county, in 1873, and began clerking in the dry goods house of Wilson & Hutchinson, where he continued about four years. He then clerked for Davis & Allstadt, in the boot and shoe trade, for a year or more. Having then established his character and acquaintance, he purchased the boot and shoe business of W. J. Eckle, deceased, and engaged in business upon his own account, in 1877. Since then, by strict integrity and business habits, he has built up a large and growing trade. At the present time, the house carries an average stock of about $10,000. In 1880, Mr. Eggleston took into partnership Mr. Robert E. Smith, of Lexington, who had formerly clerked for him. Messrs. Eggleston & Smith are young men, and comparatively new to Lexington. They stand now among the foremost firms in the city.

Thomas H. Bayless

P. O. Lexington, Missouri. Was born in Rappahannock county, Virginia, August 27, 1827. In 1835, he moved with his parents to Garrett county, Kentucky, where they lived until 1843. When he was fourteen years old, his father died. In consequence of ill health, he received but a limited education. In 1843, he moved, with his mother and family, to this county, where he entered some land, and farmed it until 1847. He then clerked in a store in Lexington one year, and in 1848, engaged in merchandising at Utica, Livingston county, Missouri, where he continued until 1851, and then went to Richmond, Missouri, where he carried on a store, and at the same time, one in Camden, and dealt largely in tobacco, and feeding stock - some years feeding as high as 200 cattle. In 1869, he closed out his extensive business, and came to Lexington, in this county where he engaged in the hotel business - purchasing the well-known City Hotel, of which he is now sole proprietor. Beginning life with a very smal* capital, by energy and management he has accumulated a fortune of $30,- 000. In 1869, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Hudgens, daughter of Judge William Hudgens, of Lexington, Missouri, formerly of Virginia. They have had ten children, six of them living: John H., Fannie P., Bessie, Daisie B., Samuel, and Blanche. He has been a Mason for twenty-two years, and a member of the Methodist Church, South, since 1865.

John S. Blackwell

JOHN S. BLACKWELL, P. O. Lexington, Missouri. Was born in Anderson county, state of New York, January 8, 1832. When he was only two years old his parents both died, and he was raised by his sisters. On settlement of his father's estate, it was found insolvent, he having lost heavily, by having to pay security debts. He was thus left to make his own way in the world. In 1850, at the age of eighteen, he went to California, and engaged in mining, trading, etc., and at the same time commenced reading law, until 1862, when he was admitted to the bar, at Placerville, California. Then went to Nevada, then to New Mexico, then to Mexico, and, in 1865, came to this county, and located in Wellington, In 1878, he was elected prosecuting attorney for Lafayette county, and in 1880, was re-elected to the same office. Since 1878, he has resided in Lexington, the county seat. This office, of prosecuting attorney, he has filled with honor to himself, and credit to his constituency. In 1872, he was married to Miss Bettie M. Rogers, of this county, daughter of Elisha Rogers, one of the old settlers of this county. By this union he has had five children, four of them now living: Horace. F., George P., Mary K., and Prentice P.

Dr. James G. Russell

P. O. Lexington, Mo. Was born in New York in 1824, where he was raised, and received both his literary and his professional education. In 1852 he moved to this county and settled in the city of Lexington, where he has continued for thirty years in the practice of his chosen profession, always holding a front rank with the physicians of Lafayette county. In 1861 he joined the state troops, and was appointed surgeon of Shelbv's command. After the battle of Carthage he was assigned to Clarkson's regiment in Raines' devision, then brigade surgeon August, 1861, and then appointed by Gen. Price medical director of the hospitals of the department of Springfield. In 1862 he was made medical director of the Indian Territory, and changed to different departments to the close of the war. All of which positions he held with honor to himself, and discharged his duties to the satisfaction of his superior officers. In 1852 he was married to Miss Sarah M. Fish back, of this county, formerly of Kentucky, and has two children living - Charles J., and James G., Jr.

F. R. Neet

P. O. Lexington, Mo. Was born in Jessamine county, Ky., August, 1833, where he was raised and educated. At the age of fifteen, in Lexington, Ky., he learned the carpenter's trade. In 1851 he came to St. Louis and worked at his trade; and the next year, 1852, came to Lexington, in this county, where he has since lived, and worked at his trade until 1861, when he was ordered to leave on account of his union sentiments. He went. In April, 1861, he enlisted in Company " K," 1st Missouri Volunteers, Col. Frank Blair, for three months. Before his time was out he had a captain's commission to recruit a company for three years. He came to Lexington to raise his company, but was cut off from St. Louis, and assigned to 14th Regiment Missouri Volunteers, was at the battle of Lexington, and captured, was reorganized and sent to New Mexico to fight Indians. Being exchanged, they were ordered back from Fort Riley to fight rebels, and assigned to the 8th Kansas Regiment, and sent to Pittsburg Landing, and arrived there the morning of the battle of Shiloh. They were cut to pieces in the battle, having eight captains killed. In 1862 he was ordered to raise a company for the 10th Missouri Cavalry, as senior captain of the regiment. In 1863 he was promoted to the rank of major of the regiment, and was in the battles of Iuka, Corinth, 2d, with Grant at Vicksburg, and under Gen. Grierson until December, 1863, then transferred to the army of the Potomac, then to Alabama, to Gen. Wilson's command, where he continued to the end of war. Twice wounded. Returned to Lexington, and was deputy sheriff for several years, and has since followed gardening. September 6, 1868, he was married to Miss Ella Bethel, of Lexington, Mo., and has one child - Alva.

C. M. Pirner

P. O. Lexington, Mo. Was born in Saxony, Germany, May 6, 1829, where he was raised and educated (especially in chemistry). In 1852 he came to the United States and landed in New Orleans. The same year he settled in St. Louis and worked four years in a wholesale drug house. In 1856 he came to Lexington, in this county, and engaged in his present business of druggist and apothecary, and is now the oldest drug house in Lexington, and doing a good business. In 1861 he enlisted in Company " E," 14th Regiment Missouri Volunteers, and was in the battle of Lexington, where he was wounded and taken prisoner. By his wound he was disabled from further service. In 1860 he was married to Miss Mary Meyer, daughter of Francis Meyer of Lexington, and who was the first child born in Lexington of German parents. He has four children, Morris E., Addeline, Caroline, and Lydia. Mrs. Pirner died September 25, 1873.

John W. Meng

P. O. Lexington, Mo. Was born in Callaway county, Mo., October 6, 1847. In 1852 he moved with his parents to this county, where he was educated in a private academy. In 1864, at the age of sixteen, he enlisted in Company " B," Gordon's regiment of Shelby's command, and served to the end of the war. Was in the battles of Big and Little Blue, Mine Creek, Newtonia, and many other fights. After the war he took a thor- ough course of dentistry, and graduated at the Baltimore college of dentistry in 1870. He then located in Lexington, in this county, and has practiced ever since. In 1874 he was married to Miss Annie Carter, of this county, and has one child, Warren Douglas.

John E. Quandt

P. O. Lexington, Mo. Was born in Prussia, April 13, 1832, where he was raised and educated, and lived until he was twenty-eight years old. He there learned his trade of wagon-making. In 1860 he came to the United States, and located in Lexington, in this county, where he has since lived and carried on his trade. In 1861 he enlisted in the 14th regiment, Missouri Volunteers, and participated in the battle of Lexington, where he was badly wounded in the right arm, by which he was disabled from further service. In 1863 he was married to Miss Mehl, of Lexington, Mo., and has two children - Mary and Lillie. He is now engaged in blacksmith and wagon-making.

R. T. Jesse

P. O. Lexington, Mo. Was born in Caroline Co.,Va.,Jan. 26, 1S38, where he was raised on a farm and was educated in the University of Virginia. When the war broke out he enlisted May 1, 1861, in Co. F., 30th Virginia Infantry, Pickett's division C. S. A., and continued in service to the end of the war. Was engaged in the battles of Manassas, Bull Run, Seven Days' Fight, Seven Pines, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, the Wilderness, and others too numerous to mention. He surrendered with Gen. Lee. He then returned home and followed teaching. Taught one year in Virginia, two years in Alabama and six years in Kentucky. In 1874 he came to this county and engaged in farming for several years. In 1878 he moved to Lexington and clerked two years, and in December, 1880, entered into the grocery business, in which he is at present engaged, and is doing a flourishing business. He is a Mason and is secretary of the Lodge. He is also N. G. of the Lodge I. O. O. F. In November, 1874, he was married to Mrs. S. C. Perkins, formerly Miss Early, of Kentucky. They are both members of the Baptist church.

John E. Bascom

P. O. Lexington, Mo. Was born in Brown county, Ohio, April 7, 1818, where he lived until fifteen years old on a farm and was educated at Augusta College, Kentucky. From 1837 to 1847 he was engaged in merchandising in different towns in Kentucky. In 1847 he came to Missouri and located in Lexington, this county, and engaged in the drug business, which he continued to carry on until 1864, having accumulated a handsome competency. In 1866 to 1868 he was deputy sheriff' and collector of Lafayette county. Since then he has been engaged in farming.

In 1844 he was married to Miss Osee T. Chinn,of Mason county, Ky., by whom he has had four children, three living: Eli C, John L. and Henry B. Both he and his wife have been members of the Christian church for many years.

P. O. Lexington, Mo. Was born in Boonville, Cooper county, Mo., Oct. 21, 1834, where he was reared on a farm and educated at the Masonic College, Lexington, Mo. In 1859 he set out to seek his fortune and landed at Lexington, this county, and went clerking in the drug store of Chapman & Home, where he continued until 1864, when he bought out the firm and entered upon the business alone, which he has continued to the present time. He now carries a large stock of drugs, &c, and has a flourishing trade, and has a fine farm of 160 acres. He was twice county assessor, in 1862 and in 1864. In 1863 he married Miss Julia Waddell of Lexington. Has had four children - two living: Susan and Simeon J.

Fayette Patterson

P. O. Lexington, Mo. Was born in Rochester, N. Y., Nov. 26, 1826, where he grew to manhood and was educated. His father being a brickmason, he learned that trade under him. In 1847 he engaged with his father in merchandising at Tonawanda, near Niagara Falls, where he continued in business for ten years. In ]860 he came to St. Louis, where he remained four years speculating. In 1865 he came to Lexington, in this county, and entered into his present business, and for years has had a large and flourishing trade, selling goods to the amount of $75,000 per annum, and has made all he has by his own energy and good management. He has been an Odd Fellow for twenty-five years. He has been a church member since he was a small boy. In 1865 he was married to Miss Phoebe Johnson, of Schuyler county, N. Y., and has had four children, three of them now living: Robert B, Mary E. and Oliver H.

Col. Joseph Davis

P. O. Lexington, Missouri. The subject of this sketch has been prominent in this county for years, and is well known in the state. Was born in Surry county, North Carolina, May 5, 1819. The family is of Welsh descent - his great-grandfather, Mathew Davis, having emigrated to this country, direct from Wales. The father of the Colonel was also named Mathew, and was born in North Carolina. On the maternal side the family name was Fields, the maiden name of his mother being Polly Fields. Col. Davis was born on his father's plantation in North Carolina, but in his seventh year moved with his parents to Roane county, Tennessee - in 1834 to McMinn county - and in 1837 to Henry county, Missouri, where his father died in 1855 - his mother died in 1843. Col. Davis was thus raised in three different states. His school education was limited - but close observation, and a happy faculty of applying his observation and experience, have in a great measure obviated his lack of scholastic education. The school of experience is after all the best school. In 1841 he was married to Miss Rebecca Nave, daughter of John and Elizabeth Nave, of Henry county, Missouri, and soon after began keeping the hotel in Clinton, Missouri, which he continued until 1855, and in the meantime, 1852-53, he was deputy receiver of lands, under Thomas Allison, which gave him the opportunity of extending his acquaintance to all parts of the state. When the war broke out, in 1861, he was still living in Clinton, and of course he espoused the cause of the south. He joined the M. S. G. under Gen. Price, in 1861, and after the fight at Boonville was commissioned quartermaster, with rank of major, on Price's staff. In 1862 he resigned and went to Fayetteville, Ark., where he had previously moved his family and slaves. From that time to the close of the war, he was burdened with the care of a large family, consisting of his own immediate family, the family of one married daughter, whose husband had been killed, of one sister-in-law whose husband was in the confederate army. His widowed mother-in-law was also with him, which, with a large number of slaves, prevented his return to the army. The close of the war found him at Austin, Texas, his slaves gone, and with life to begin anew. In 1865 he returned to Missouri, and settled in this county upon a farm he had previously purchased, five miles southeast of Lexington, which has been his home ever since. He has never been a candidate for office* but has lived the life of a quiet and independent citizen upon his own farm. Col. and Mrs. Davis have had ten children: 3 sons and 7 daughters; only five of whom are now living, all daughters and all married. The widowed daughter, Mrs. Wamsley, whose husband was killed in the war, was re-married in 1868 to Dr. T. E. Owens, formerly of this county, now of Colorado. Another son-in-law, Firman Desloge, is one of the proprietors and the manager of the well known Desloge mines, at St. Joseph, Missouri. Another son-in-law, Z. B. Clardy, is prosecuting attorney of St. Francois county, Missouri, and another, Mr. McWilliams, is now engaged in the cattle business in Colorado, on the Texas Pacific railroad. Col. Davis has twelve grandchildren. He and all his family are members of the Christian church. He, himself, joined the masonic order, but never took but one degree, and has not attended a lodge for years. Politically, he is a strong democrat, though formerly a whig, and still hopes to live to see the government of the people restored to its former purity, cc