Missouri Township (part 3 of 3)

Judge David Pipes

Was born in Washington (now Boyle) county, Kentucky, near the city of Danville, March 31, 1811. His parents moved to Missouri when he was six years old, and settled in Boone county, then a part of Howard. [See chapter on early boundaries.] Here he resided with his father's family and worked on the farm till he was 18 years old. Then he began learning the gunsmith's trade with John G. Phillips, in the locality of his father's residence, and worked with his " boss " for three years. He then established a shop of his own in Howard county, in 1831. The Black Hawk war broke out soon afterwards, and Mr. Pipes enlisted for its suppression and served till the close in the battalion under Maj. John B. Clark. Returning to Howard county, he resumed his trade, and also purchased a small farm which he operated in addition to his shop work. When the Mormon war came on, he again volunteered for service, and was in a short time ^ ' orderly " in the company commanded by Capt. Jared Robinson. Returning once more to his shop and farm, he drove those peaceful vocations till the gold fever seized him in 1850. He crossed the plains to California, where after miniiiga short time at Placerville, he proceeded to Stockton, where he purchased a team and engaged in the then lucrative vocation of freighting until March, 1851, when he came home. He sold his property in Howard in 1852, and moved into Boone county and purchased the farm where he now resides, in Missouri township. His homestead contains 350 acres, and he also owns another 2V2 miles distant from the former. Judge Pipes was married, December 23, 1832, to Mrs. Mary Williams, a widow lady of Howard county. They have three children, George, Charles, and Julia A., wife of George W. Drake, of Howard county. Judge Pipes has always been a successful manager in his private affairs, insomuch that his neighbors and the public were constrained to demand his services officially. He was appointed justice of the peace by the county court in 1840, and elected subsequently and retained 9 years. In 1876, he was elected associate justice of the county court, and in 1878 was elected presiding justice, Avhich position he still holds. Judge Pipes and all his family are members of the Christian church, he being one of the elders of Big Spring church, in Howard county.

John Hughes Sampson

John H. Sampson, farmer and stock raiser, was born in Richmond, Madison county, Kentucky, April 6, 1818. His parents were Richard and Mary (Watkins) Sampson. He was educated at the Richmond Seminary. When eighteen years of age his parents removed to Missouri and settled near Rocheport, arriving at their destination in the fall of 1839. The elder Sampson purchased a tract of land containing 360 acres, now known as the Sampson homestead. The son remained with his parents until 1842, when he married Miss Martha A., daughter of Michael and Martha E. Woods, pioneer settlers of Boone county, having emigrated from Kentucky to Missouri in 1816. After his marriage, Mr. Sampson removed to a farm of 126 acres given him by his father. This was the nucleus of his present estate, to which he has added 361 acres, making in all 487 acres. He has devoted most of his life to agricultural pursuits, allowing nothing to interfere with or impede^his eflbrts in that direction. He has ten children : Richard Henry, Michael Woods, Mary Watkins, Martha Denney, Margaret Francis, Sarah Caroline, John Thomas, Julia Elizabeth, William Arthur, and Walter Irvin, all under the parental roof. They lost one son, James D., who died in 1863, aged two years and six months. Mr. Sampson, wife and four children are members of the Walnut

Grove Baptist church, of which he has been a deacon for fifteen years, and clerk for twenty-four years. In 1868 he and seven other enterprising citizens of Boone county bought up the stock of the Columbia and Eocheport turnpike, assuming a debt of $7,000, which they have since paid, and have maintained the road ever since.

Thomas Watkins Sampson

The subject of this sketch was born in Eichmond, Madison county, Kentucky, October 6, 1815. He is the son of Eichard and Mary (Watkins) Sampson. His father was born in Baltimore county, Maryland, July 20, 1780. Mary, daughter of Absalom Watkins, and mother of Thomas Watkins Sampson, was born in Albemarle county, Virginia, March 15, 1789. Eichard Sampson and Mary Watkins were married in Eichmond, Madison county, Kentucky, March 14th, 1811. The subject of this sketch was in rather feeble health in early manhood, and spent several years travelling in the Southern States. He spent several winters in New Orleans and Mobile, and in the fall of 1848 was stricken down with the yellow fever while in New Orleans. In the spring of 1849, in company with the distinguished mountaineer, guide, and Indian fighter, Capt. Jim Kirker, and two Delaware Indian scouts and hunters, he crossed the plains to Santa Fe, New Mexico, passing through Colorado. From Santa Fe, they passed through the State of Sonora, old] Mexico, and Arizona Territory, by way of the Pima Indian villages and Tucson ; then across the desert to San Diego, and thence to San Francisco by sea, returning home in the spring of 1852, after an absence of three years. This trip proved very beneficial to Mr. Sampson, his health having been fully restored by the journey. In the spring of 1846 he assisted in raising a company of volunteer cavalry to join Gen. Price's army which was to cross the plains from Fort Leavenworth to New Mexico, at the beginning of the Mexican war. Mr. Sampson was elected second lieutenant of this company. Owing to the large number of volunteer companies offering their services at the time, his company was too late to be accepted. Mr. Sampson, however, accepted a situation in the quartermaster's department, atFort Leavenworth, and remained there until the close of the season, forwarding trains across the plains with supplies for Price's army. He then went to New Orleans, and was in that city when our troops returned from Mexico. Mr. Sampson seems to have manifested a fondness for military life at quite an early age. He was commissioned a captain of militia when but nineteen years old, by Governor James Clark, of Kentucky. At the age of twenty he received a major's commission in the same regiment, signed by Governor James Morehead. He cast his first vote for Cassius M. Clay for member of the Legislature in 1847. After coming to Missouri he voted with the Whig party until 1856, when he voted for James Buchanan for President. He was a member of the Democratic Sta,te Convention at Jefferson City in 1860, and voted for C. F. Jackson for Governor ; has been a Democrat ever since, but did not vote for Horace Greeley for President ; voted for Gen. Grant each time he was elected President. Mr. Sampson was married in Rocheport, November 2, 1848, b}^ Rev. David Coulter, of the Presbyterian church, to Miss Lessie B., daughter of G. W. C. and Jane Melody. Mr. Sampson is a member of the Episcopal church at Columbia, Missouri ; Mrs. Sampson is a member of the Presbyterian church. Richard Sampson, father of the subject of this sketch, was baptized in the Episcopalian church, in Baltimore county, Maryland. Mary Watkins was baptized in the Protestant Episcopal church, in Virghiia, in 1830. She afterwards united with the Presbyterian church, at Richmond, Kentucky, there being no Episcopal church in that place. Richard Sampson never united with any other church, but remained as a baptized member of the Episcopal church to the day of his death. Thomas Watkins Sampson is a farmer, having a comfortable home near Rocheport. He has a large collection of books, and derives his greatest pleasure from intellectual pursuits. He is a great reader, and spends much of his time with his books.

Robert Evans Scott

Robert Evans Scott was born in Orange county, New York, November 20th, 1809. When he was two years old his parents removed to Monongahela county, Virginia, where he lived with his mother until 1833, his father having died when he was nine years old. Although making his home with his mother, he began work for himself when about sixteen years of age. In 1833 he went to Ligonier, Pennsylvania, where he followed the occupation of a mill-wright. When not engaged in this business he worked at the cabinet maker's trade. In the spring of 1836 he returned to Virginia, going thence to Elkhart, Indiana, where he worked at the cabinet maker's trade until 1839, wrhen he came to Missouri. He stopped for a short time at St. Louis, going from there to Palestine, Cooper county, where he remained until 1840. In June of that year he removed to Boone county and settled at Columbia where he and his brother, George W. Scott, followed the trade of mill-wrights. In 1840 they built a grist-mill for Reuben Black on Hinkson creek, one and one-half miles south of Columbia. In 1841 thej built a mill for Northcup & McCarty on Perche creek, the site being where the Gillaspy bridge now stands. The same year they built a mill for Hersh & Stapleton on Callaham creek, seven miles west of Columbia, on what is now known as the Gen. Hatton place. In the spring of 1842, Mr. Scott went to Farmington, Van Buren county, low^a, where he lived two years. While there he built a lock on the Des Moines river, near Farmington, for the Plymouth Mill Company. On leaving Iowa he returned to Boone county and resumed farming, working, also, at his trade, until 1849, when he went over land to California. While there he was engaged in trading, mining and freighting. He also built a hotel for Col. P. W. Noble and Archie Stephenson, at French Camp, near Stockton. In 1851 he returned home by way of Panama and New Orleans. On arriving in Boone county he purchased the farm on which he now lives, consisting of seven hundred acres, three miles west of Columbia. During the civil war he \yas arrested and imprisoned at Columbia for about two months on account of his Southern proclivities. He o;ave bond and was allowed to return to his home. Mr. Scott was married in the winter of 1841 to Miss Ann H. Oldham, of Boone county. Seven children were born of this marriage, six of whom are now living. Warwick M. is a prosperous merchant of Columbia, Missouri. Eugene is a farmer, and lives in Boone county. Adolphus G. is a clerk in a store at Marshall, Missouri ; Frank P., Wallace W. and Robert Emmett are still living with their parents. One son^ Lawrence, was killed in the Confederate army, near Springfield, Missouri, in 1864.

Charles E. Sexton

The subject of this sketch is the son of George and Sarah Sexton and was born[on the old Sexton farm, eight miles northwest of Columbia, February 3d, 1819. His father was one of the most active and enterprising citizens of the county, and was widely known throughout this and the western portion of the State, being for twenty-four years the sole^contractor for carrying the mails west of St. Louis. Thia was a large business for one man, but George Sexton was always equal to all his undertakings. He came to Missouri in 1817 and settled on the farm where the subject of this sketch was born twa years later. When ten years old Charles was put on a mail route » carrying between way stations on horseback. He carried the first mail-bag ever delivered at the post-office in Rocheport, Missouri. As he grew older he was intrusted with much of his father's business, and travelled extensively over the various routes between St. Louis and Leavenworth. Li 1835, when but sixteen years old, he was married to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Nicholas Gentry, of Boone county. In 1839 he began to work in his father's carriage and repairing shops, situated on the old home place. He remained in the shops nntil 1845, when he engaged in the milling business, which he has followed, with slight intermissions, ever since. Li 1850 he engaged in the mule trade with Moses U. Payne, buying in Missouri and selling in the South. He followed this business, in connection with wagon and carriage-making, for ten years. His shops were on Thrall's Prairie, now known as the Model Farm, a portion of which he owned for fifteen years. In 1860 he resumed saw-milling, which he has followed at various pUices in Boone county ever since. He settled at Midway in the fall of 1880. He has been twice married. His first wife dying in 1839, he was married, in 1840, to Miss Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Peter McDonald, of Howard county, by whopi he has three children ; Gesse Green and Millard Payne, of Millersburg, Callaway county, Missouri, and Sallie J., wife of T. C. Scruggs, of Columbia. By the first marriage there were two children, William, of Columbia, and George S., killed in the Confederate army in 1864. From 1840 to 1850, Mr. Sexton was a justice of the peace. Mr. and Mrs. Sexton are members of the Methodist church at Columbia. He has been an active member since 1835, part of the time acting as steward and class-leader. He is a member of Twilight lodge, No. 114, A. F. and A. M. of Columbia..

William Slade, Deceased

The deceased gentleman, whose name heads this sketch, was one of the old settlers of Boone county. He was born in the State of Vermont, March 15th, 1810. His parents moved with him to New York, when he was quite young, where he lived with them until reaching manhood. In about 1840 he came to Missouri, and located in Columbia, Boone county, where he operated as a mechanic, and assisted in the building of the University. In 1842, he went to Kocheport, and there engaged in the grocery business for, probably, two years. He then sold out, and was for one year engaged in superintending the erection of a tobacco factory for J. A. Hadwin. Next he was associated with a man named Collins in the mercantile business, continuing thus for three years, when Collins retired from the firm. T. M. Smith and Fayette Kirby next came in as partners, and they remamed together till 1850, when Mr. Slade sold out to go to California. He spent two years in the gold mines of that State, and on his return was elected justice of the peace, in which capacity he served several years. During the war, he was postmaster at Rocheport till 1863, when he was elected (or appointed) representative in the State legislature. After this, he was again elected justice and also commissioned notary public, which he held to the time of his death, on the 10th of May, 1869. His works go to show that he was a very ingenious and industrious man ; and the macadamizing, guttering and crossings made by him in Eocheport are models of artistic skill. In the fall of 1869, his widow, Mrs. S. M. Slade, was appointed postmistress to succeed her husband, which position she still holds, transacting the business connected therewith by the aid of her son, William, who is her deputy. Mrs. Slade received her appointment from Gen. U. S. Grant, then President.

Warren A. Smith

Warren A. Smith was born in Boone county, Missouri, June 8th, 1837. He is a son of the late Capt. Wm. Smith, a sketch of whose life may be found in the biography of his youngest son, Fielding W. Smith. Capt. Smith was the father of nine children, five of whom are now living. The eldest son is in business in San Francisco, California ; William, the next youngest, lives in St. Louis. Oliver, lives in Mexico, Missouri. He is tiie son-in-law of Elder James Barnes, whose biography may be found in this volume. Two sons. Fielding W., and the subject of this sketch, are citizens of Boone county. Warren A. Smith has spent most of his life on the farm. During the late war he was engaged in the mercantile business at Quincy, Illinois. Subsequent to this, from 1855 to 1859, he was engaged in the same business at Columbia, Missouri. He was married in 1863 to Miss Mary McKiuney, daughter of John C. McKinney. They have three children. Mr. Smith purchased a portion of the " Model Farm " in 1882, and has made many improvements since getting possession of his new home. His farm contains about one thousand acres. In his home place - the " Model Farm " - he has about three hundred and forty acres. A large portion of his land is in grass. He makes a specialty of short-horn cattle. Mr. Smith is a man of excellent taste and culture and delights in the beautiful as well as the useful. He is surrounded with almost every comfort a man could wish for. He is a farmer from choice, and takes the greatest pleasure in all that pertains to his chosen avocation. He is a member of the Methodist church at Everett, and contributes liberally to the support of the Gospel.

Henry Tumy

Was born in Harrodsburg, Mercer county, Kentucky, August 10, 1819. When he was three years old his parents moved to Petersburg, Kentucky, and from there to Cincinnati, Ohio, when he was six years old. A year later his father died of yellow fever at New Orleans, and Henry went with his mother to Dayton, Ohio, where she died, leaving him alone in the world at the early age of eight years. He was bound to a tanner named John Kuntz, with whom he lived six years, learning something of the tanning business. At fourteen years of age he set in to learn the saddle and harness maker's trades, at which he has worked ever since. In September, 1842, Mr. Tumy came to this county and set up in the saddlery and harness business at Rocheport, and has continued so ever since, except the interruptions he was subjected to during the war. At the burning of Rocheport, so frequently mentioned in this volume, he lost heavily in buildings and goods. Besides, he was, on another occasion, forced to raise $400 by Bill Anderson and his " bushwackers," which he borrowed of his neighbors and gave| up in ransom for his life. On the return of peace he resumed his business, and by close attention thereto has regained his losses, conducting a tannery also in connection with his other business. On October 24, 1844, Mr. Tumy married Miss Georgia Evans, of Rocheport. They have eight children : Laura, Sarah, Nannie, Deborah, James, John, Henry and Frank. The girls are all married. The last named reside at home with their father at this writing. Mr. Tumy is a member of the Rocheport lodge. No. 67, A. F. and A. M., and of lodge No. 147, I. O. G. T.

Rev. Meriweather L. A. Via

Rev. Meriweather Lewis Arlington Via, farmer and minister, was born near Charlottesville, Albemarle county, Virginia, August 27th, 1813. He is the son of Pleasant and Margaret E. Via. He remained with his parents until nineteen years of age, when he began doing for himself as a farm overseer, following this occupation until he was twenty-four years old. In 1837 he engaged in blacksmithing, following this business until 1842, when he sold out and removed to Missouri. In 1845 he purchased a farm near Everett, in Boone county, where he remained until 1865, when he sold out and removed to Callaway county, Missouri. He remained there four years, returning to Boone in 1869, settling on the farm where he now lives, near Columbia. In addition to farming Mr. Via is a local minister of the Methodist Church South. He was licensed to preach in 1851, and was subsequently ordained a deacon, at Louisiana, Missouri, by Bishop Pierce, and was made an elder by Bishop Marvin, at Fulton, Missouri. He was married January 3d, 1832, to Miss Mary Ann Watson, of Albemarle county, Virginia, by whom he has four children : William, a prosperous physician, whose biography appears elsewhere in this volume ; John U., who is now superintending his father's farm ; Margaret v., wife of Wingfield Conley, a farmer, of Missouri township, and Meriweather Benjamin, also a practicing physician. He was born in Albemarle county, Virginia, December, 1839. When he was three years old his parents came to Missouri and settled in Boone county, where he was raised and educated. He remained with his parents until he attained his majority, when he commenced teaching in the common schools of Boone county. He also taught penmanship in Boone and the surrounding counties. In 1873 he began the study of medicine, under his brother, W. P. Via. From 1874 to 1875, inclusive, he attended the lectures at the Missouri State University. In 1876 he attended a course of lectures at the Medical College in St. Louis, iinally graduating from Keokuk, Iowa, in 1881, when he began the practice of medicine in Missouri township, making his home with his father three and one-half miles southwest of Columbia.

William Pleasant Via

William Pleasant Via, M. D., was born in Albermarle county, Virginia, August 12th, 1842. His parents removed to Boone county, Missouri, in 1845. He was raised on a farm, attending the common schools until 1864, when he commenced the study of medicine under Dr. John M. Shock, of Everett, Boone county, Missouri. In 1866-67 he attended lectures at the Ohio Medical College, Cincinnati. In 1870-71, he attended medical lectures at Pope's College, St. Louis, graduating from that institution in March, 1871. After practicing his profession in various places, and making a tour through the Western and Northwestern States, he returned to Boone county in 1877 and resumed his former practice in the vicinity of Midway, at which place he is permanently located. He has the patronage of a fine district of country, getting all the practice he can attend to. In addi- tion to his regular practice, he is county physician, having the care of all patients at the county prison and infirmary. He was married June 9th, 1877, to Miss Emma E., daughter of J. H. Ravenscraff, of Boone county. They have two children, Hugh Breinerd and Guy Forrest. Dr. Via is a member of Twilight lodge, No. 144, A. F. and A. M., Columbia, Missouri. He was a Confederate soldier during the civil war, having enlisted under Col, Harvey McKinney in 1861, serving until the winter of 1864,

Joshua F. White

This gentleman, an old settler of Boone county, was born in Winchester, Frederick county, Virginia, March 27th, 1813. When he was nine years old his parents came to Missouri, and settled one mile north of Head's Fort, in Howard county. Joshua lived with the family on the farm, even after he became of age ; and when his father and mother became old and infirm, he, like a dutiful son, cared for their comfort and support till the time of their death. His mother died first, at the age of eighty, in 1851, and his father died in 1858, ao-ed eio-hty-six. Mr. White fell heir to the homestead, which he owned till 1860, when he sold it and moved to Rocheport, this county. Besides being a farmer, his father was master of the cooper's trade, which Joshua learned also. On coming to Rocheport he set up in that business, and has continued in it ever since, Mr, White served in the Black Hawk war, in 1832, as scout under command of Captains Canowl and Pollard, In 1837 he volunteered for service in the Florida war under Col, Richard Gentry, and was commissioned captain of his company. He, howevej.% fell sick with a fever, and could not move with his command, Lieut. Jackson taking command of the company. On the 25th of October, 1838, he was married to Miss Mary Hern, of Boone county, by whom he has at this writing five living children: Susan F., George W,, Ann, Josephine, and Mary. Mrs, White died June 30th, 1856, Not many of these old pioneers are left, and the time must speedily come when all that we know of them will be in vague tradition, unless, indeed, their names should be mentioned in history. But it is to them that the generations of this day owe their comfort and prosperity in this land of peace and plenty.

Thomas Whittle

he has worked the greater portion of his life, or until 1869. When he had attained his majority, or in the year 1846, he made a tour of England, visiting some of the principal cities. October 7, 1847, he came to America, landing in New York City. This was the first trip of the vessel in which he sailed ; on her second she was lost. After travelling through various States of the Union, Mr. Whittle landed in Columbia, June 6, 1852. He found it very difficult to obtain a house in which to do business, owing to the indisposition of the landlords at that day to rent to newcomers, but in time, he found himself firmly established, and became one of the countj'^'s best and most respected citizens.

Mr. Whittle engaged in the boot and shoe business, upon his first settling in Columbia, and steadily pursued his calling, making a full hand either on the bench, or behind the counter. He always kept himself employed, and never found time to "loaf." By industry, economy, and good management, in time he acquired the handsome competence which he now possesses. He has owned one of the best farms in BooneJ county for fourteen years, and on this stands one of the most handsome and comfortable residences in Central Missouri. In May, 1882, Mr. Whittle began the erection, on the corner of Ninth and Broadway, Columbia, of the fine structure known as Whittle' & block, probably the best building of the kind in the city. Mr. Whittle's possessions are the product of his own labor and honest enterprise. He inherited nothing from his father's estate, being the eighth child of a family of twelve children. In October, 1857, Mr. Whittle married Miss Mary Hulen, daughter of John A. Hulen, Esq., of Boone county. They are the parents of four children, Hannah L., John E., Francis L. and Thomas William, all of whom have been educated in Columbia, at the Christian College and the State University. Mr. and Mrs. Whittle are both members of the Christian church, and Mr. Whittle is a member of the Masonic fraternity.

In 1865 Mr. Whittle made a trip to Europe. He crossed the Atlantic in the ill-fated steamer City of Boston, which was lost on her next trip, and never heard of. He has made several narrow escapes from violent deaths by ships and steamboats, very remarkable in their nature, and worthy of recording. Besides the two already noted, in 1849 he accidently missed a steamer at Pittsburg Pa., which blew up on the same trip. Afterward, at New Orleans, he missed taking passage for California on the steamship Louisiana, which blew up while in port. While in Europe, in 1865, Mr. Whittle made the tour of

Mr. Whittle has much to be proud of. A well-spent life ; a competence of this world's goods ; an elegant, tasty home ; an intelligent, cultivated family, ajjpreciative of the valuable and beautiful in life, and hosts of merited friends are things of which any man may be proud, and beyond which nothing need be desired.

Benton White

Was born near Rocheport, Boone county, Missouri, January 10, 1842. When he was ten years old, his parents moved over into Howard county, settling near the Boone line, five miles northwest of Rocheport. Here Benton was reared, and learned the trade of blacksmith under his father, who was a votary of that craft. At nineteen years old, he began to do business for himself as a blacksmith and farmer, which he continued until 1867. He then opened a general store at what is known as White's Store, on the old road leading from Rocheport to Fayette, where he is still in business. In March, 1862, he took in, as a partner, his younger brother, George H., who had been clerking for Benton since he was a small boy. At this time they opened a store in Rocheport, one brother taking charge of it, while the other remained at the old stand. In 1872 a post-office was established at White's Store, and Benton was appointed postmaster, which position he still holds. Their business now amounts to $20,000 in sales, annually, though they began on a capital of only $600. On September 1, 1862, Mr. White was married to Miss Susan, daughter of Ephraim Turner, of Howard county. They have five children : John, Nannie, Bettie, Samuel R., and May T. Mr. White is a careful and successful business man, and is held in high esteem by the business men of Boone and Howard counties, being ever found at his post, and gradually rising in business prosperity.

Joseph Williamson

The subject of this sketch is one of the oldest living pioneers of Boone county. He came to this county with his father, John Williamson, from Virginia, in 1828, and settled near the Missouri river, eight miles southeast of Rocheport. The first year after their arrival he farmed with his father, but the year following bought a farm of 184 acres, his father assisting him in the purchase. He was married December 23, 1829, to Miss Shelin Brushwood, and commenced the improvement of the farm upon which he lived until 1851, when he removed to the farm he now occupies, in the near vicinity of the first purchase. During the great overflow in 1844 his farm was entirely flooded, and he lost all that he possessed except the land. Mr. Williamson has, by industry and frugality, accumulated valuable property, ownins: about 500 acres of land. He was once the laro;est tobacco grower in the country, having produced as much as 10,000 pounds in one season. At first he shipped to New Orleans, but afterwards sold at Rocheport. In 1832 he, in company with L. B. Hunt, built a flatboat at Rocheport, which they loaded with cattle, tobacco and hemp for the New Orleans market. While making the voyage down the Mississippi river, which had overflown its banks, four of the crew, who had landed from the boat in an efi'ort to fasten the cable, were left on the shore. Mr. Williamson went to their rescue in a canoe which was overturned near the shore. He escaped, but the men on the flat, supposing he was lost, went on with the boat. Mr. Williamson was compelled to work his passage to St. Louis, where he was afterwards joined by his friends, who had made a successful voyage and had plenty of money. Mr. Williamson, before coming to Missouri, travelled extensively over the South, and has visited Texas since settling in Missouri. He has six living children and thirty-one grandchildren. Himself, wife and children are all members of the Methodist church.

John S. Wilhite

This is another subject who was " to the manner born." Mr. Wilhite is the son of William and Priscilla Wilhite, and was born on Thrall's prairie, July 26, 1819. His parents were Kentuckians, who came here in the pioneer days of Boone county - 1818. John was reared a farmer in the neighborhood of his birth, and received his education in the subscription schools of the proverbial " old log school-house." On Gomins: of age, he beo;an to work his father's farm " on shares," which he continued to do some three years. He then began improving for himself, on a piece of wild land belonging to his father, and which the latter subsequently deeded to John. He resided on that place till 1849, when he purchased the farm where he now resides, in Missouri township. In February, 1849, he was married to Miss Nancy B., daughter of Andrew and Mary C. McQuitty, also pioneers of old Boone county. The subject of this sketch is decidedly a home man, as he was never out of the State but four times in his life, and then only for short periods. Mr. Wilhite owns a good farm of 320 acres, which he devotes to general agriculture, but especially to stock growing. He owned some valuable slaves, which the war freed, and which were his sole dependence as farm hands. The negroes never left him, however, and continued with their old master, all but two (who are still with him) being dead. After the war, Mr. W. either paid them wages, or gave them a share of the crop, at their own option. He and wife are both members of the Walnut Grove Baptist church, of which he has been a member since 1853, and she since 1842. Over thirty years a member of the same church ! What a subject is this for the pastoral poet,, who might show them now, as serenely waiting the time when they shall be called home, to remain forever in a glad, unbroken congregation, where all joy is worship and all happiness is praise I

Andrew Jackson Wood

Andrew J. Wood is the son of James R. and Jane (Ogan) Wood, pioneer settlers of Boone county, who came from North Carolina in an early day, and settled on a farm in Missouri township, seven miles southwest of Columbia, where the subject of this sketch was born, October 17, 1833. His father having died in 1849, Mr. Wood took charge of the farm, which, at the death of his mother in 1863, became his property. The farm contains 230 acres. He was married June 24, 1877, to Miss Susan A. Vanlandingham, of Boone county. She died May 4, 1879, leaving one child, Addie.P.

Source changes here: from The Bench and Bar of Boone County, Missouri; Including the History of Judges, Lawyers, and Courts, and an Account of Noted Cases, Slavery Litigation, Lawyers in War Times, Public Addresses, Political Notes, Etc, by Gentry, North Todd, published 1916; 22 words in this source stream.

Times, Public Addresses

INCLUDING THE HISTORY OF JUDGES, LAWYERS AND COURTS, AND AN ACCOUNT OF NOTED CASES, SLAVERY LITIGATION, LAWYERS IN WAR TIMES, PUBLIC ADDRESSES,