BABB, M. G.
Roscoe Township, St. Clair County
born: Jan 2 1849, Keokuk Co, IA
Source:1883 History of St. Clair County MO, National Historical Co. Pg:1199
M. G. Babb, carpenter, was born in Keokuk County, Iowa, January 2, 1849, and was the son of James and Mary (Hefling) Babb, natives of Kentucky. M. G. was reared at his birthplace, and was there educated in the common schools. He was engaged in farming until 1866, when he came to Macon County, Missouri, and after following farming one year he worked at carpentering in Grundy County until 1869. Then he came to Roscoe. In November, 1882 he was elected justice of the peace. He is a member of the M. E. Church and belongs to the I. O. G. T. May 6, 1869, Mr. Babb was married to Miss M. Royce. His present wife's maiden name was Martha Dunkle, whom he married May 2, 1876. They have three children, Herbert, Rufus E. and Charles.

BAILEY, George W.
Walker Township, Henry County
born: Aug 4 1850, Edgar Co, IL
Source:1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co pg Pg:512
George W. Bailey - For over forty years, George W. Bailey has resided in Walker township and has accumulated a splendid farm of 281 acres. Three farm residences are located upon this large farm, two of which Mr. Bailey erected himself, and also placed all other buildings upon the land. For many years he has been an extensive breeder and feeder of Shorthorn cattle and has about fifty head of cattle on the place at the present time. Of late years, Mr. Bailey has been renting out the greater part of his land. George W. Bailey was born August 4, 1850, in Edgar County, Illinois, the son of George W. Bailey (born 1800, died 1861). Mr. Bailey, Sr., came to Missouri in 1857, and located upon a pioneer farm, three miles northwest of the present home of his son. He was shot down by guerrillas at the beginning of the Civil War because of his Union sympathies. He was taken from his home in company with his son James and shot down by a band of Southern men. Seven children were left fatherless: W. T., deceased; Mrs. Frances Holsten, deceased; John, deceased; Mrs. Amanda Paxton, Independence, Missouri; Mrs. Serena Lane, deceased; Mrs. Mary Laylock, Gentry County, Missouri; George W., youngest son of the family. The mother of these children was Julia Howard, prior to her marriage. She was born in 1814 and died in 1877. In 1863, she took her family and went to Cooper County, Missouri, and in the following spring they settled on a farm in Morgan County, where they resided until the spring of 1865. They then located on a farm southwest of Warrensburg in Johnson County. In the fall of that year they returned to the homestead in Henry County. George W. Bailey, subject of this review, remained at home until 1875 and then settled on a farm one mile east of his present home and resided there for three years. He then purchased his farm, buying it on time payments. He secured eighty acres of land from his father-in-law and later added forty acres to the original place. He bought an additional tract of land in 1910. Mr. Bailey was married in November, 1874, to Miss Margaret A. Long, who was born in Henry County, January 17, 1857, a daughter of Nicholas Long, a pioneer of this county who came from Miller County in 1854 and became owner of two thousand acres of land. Three children have been born to George W. and Margaret Bailey, two of whom died in infancy. Henry Bailey, their only son, is located on a farm, three miles southwest of his father's home. He was born October 1, 1875, and has been twice married. His first marriage was with Daisy Tinsley, who bore him five children. Frank, deceased; Roy, George Alexander, Joseph Haven, and Tina. His second marriage was with Miss Bettie Stone. Mrs. Bailey is a Republican and is a member of the Baptist Church. He is one of the substantial citizens of Henry County.

BAKER, James
Leesville Township, Henry County
born: Aug 31 1844, Monroe Co, MO
Source:1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co pg Pg:876
James Baker - Residing on his eighty-acre farm east of Leesville, almost in the heart of the timbered country which lies adjacent to the village, is James Baker, for years the "Blacksmith of Leesville." Mr. Baker is a native of Missouri and was born in Monroe County, August 31, 1844, the son of William and Ruth (Standiford) Baker, natives of Kentucky and Missouri, respectively. William Baker was a cabinet maker by trade, whose parents were pioneers of Monroe County. He settled at White Sulphur Springs, St. Clair County, Missouri, in 1845, and in 1861 came to Leesville, where he plied his trade of skilled cabinet maker until after the Civil War, when he located on a farm and followed agricultural pursuits until his death. He was father of four children: W. P., Mary, and Francis, deceased; James, subject of this sketch, is the only survivor of the family. The mother of these children departed this life in 1849. After her death, some time later, William Baker married Elizabeth Goff, and to this marriage were born children as follow: Louisa, deceased; John M., Garden City, Missouri; Thomas, Henry, and George, deceased; Mrs. Sarah Carlton, Colorado; Mrs. Nora Acock, Benton County, Missouri. On August 26, 1864, James Baker enlisted in Company A, 45th Missouri Infantry, and served for six months in Missouri. In 1873 Mr. Baker was married to Miss Margaret A. Hay, born in 1854, in Osage County, Missouri, the daughter of Benjamin and Jane Hay, who removed to Iowa in 1854 and resided in that territory until 1858, when they returned to Missouri, but later went again to Iowa in 1866. Mr. and Mrs. Baker are parents of three children: Mrs. Attelia Province, living near Warsaw, Benton County, Missouri; Lincoln, operates the Baker blacksmith and wagon shop in Leesville; George is at home with his parents. Mrs. Province has borne children as follow: Jacob died at the age of fourteen years; Florence and Elva, who died at the age of six years. Lincoln Baker has three children living. One died in infancy. The others are: Frieda, Norene and Olive. James Baker established a blacksmith shop and wagon shop in Leesville in 1865, which has become one of the old landmarks in eastern Henry County. He plied his trade for a period of thirty-five years and then retired to his farm, turning over the management of the shop to his son. He is living serenely content and well taken care of by his faithful and competent wife, who is one of the most intelligent and capable women in the county, as well as being a splendid cook and housekeeper. He is a Republican and he and Mrs. Baker are members of the Christian church. He is a member of Dan McCook Post, Grand Army of the Republic. The Baker home is a pleasant one and hospitality is the keynote of the home life of the Bakers.

BAKER, John
Windsor Township, Henry County
born: Feb 1811, Anderson Co, TN
Source:1883 History of Henry County Missouri, National Historical Co pg Pg:553
John Baker, farmer and stock raiser, was born in Anderson County, Tennessee, in February, 1811. His father, Christopher Baker, was born in 1799, in North Carolina, and married Miss Sally Kelly, who was born in 1802, in Virginia. They were married in 1820, in East Tennessee, and by this union had seven children, of whom John is the only surviving child. His mother died in Tennessee after having suffered intensely for fifteen years, and her husband died from the effects of a fall not long before the civil war. The subject of this sketch was married August 12, 1831, to Miss Eleanor Graves, of Knox County, Tennessee. To them were born eight daughters and four sons: Polly Ann (who married Adolph Pulaski, of Henry County, Missouri, and now a resident of Windsor); Louisa (who married Henry Pulaski, of Henry County); William Kelsaw (died in 1851); Sopha Jane (wife of John Carman, of Benton County, Missouri); Christopher A. (who married Miss Mary Hart, of Benton County; they have three daughters living; he is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church); John Jefferson (who married Miss Harriet Hunt, of Henry County); Harriet (now Mrs. Jacob Wright, of Bates County); Nancy F. (wife of William Allen, of Benton County); Sarah (who married Isaiah Swisher, of Pettis County), and Missouri (who married James Swisher, of this county. Mr. Baker emigrated from Tennessee to Henry County, Missouri, in 1835, entering at first 160 acres of land, and later 80 acres more. He then bought 160 acres, to which he soon added 100 acres, and subsequently he purchased another 40 acres. He and his son Christopher own jointly 200 acres on section 12. They are both Republicans politically.

BALDWIN, Thomas H.
Deepwater Township, Henry County
born: May 9 1836, Prince Edward Co, VA
Source:1883 History of Henry County Missouri, National Historical Co pg Pg:605
Thomas H. Baldwin was born in Prince Edward County, Virginia, May 9, 1836, being the son of Samuel and Susan Baldwin, also natives of Virginia. Thomas H. spent his youth in his native county on the farm, and upon reaching his majority he went to Kentucky, locating in Logan County, where he was married January 7, 1858, to Miss Mary E. Clark, of that county, and a daughter of John T. Clark. After his marriage Mr. B. continued his farming operations in Logan County, for about ten years. In the fall of 1868 he came to Missouri, bought land in Henry County and improved his present farm, which contains 132 acres, 117 in his home place on section 34, being well improved. His orchard consists of 100 apple and some budded peach trees, besides smaller fruits. Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin have eight children: Sarah Emma, Mary Ann, Samuel T., James H., Ervin B., Virginia F., Micagah T. and Cassie.

BANTA, Christopher C.
Bethlehem Township, Henry County
born: Jan 1 1833, Moniteau Co, MO
Source:1883 History of Henry County Missouri, National Historical Co pg Pg:783
C. C. Banta was born in Cole County, Missouri, (now Moniteau) January 1, 1833, and is the third in a family of twelve children of whom eight are now living. His father was Henry Banta, and his mother's maiden name was Fanny Don Carlos, of Spanish descent. Her father was a soldier of the revolutionary struggle, and fought in the battle of Cowpens. In 1848 his parents came to Henry County and settled on Tebo, where they lived until 1861, then emigrating to the Pacific Coast, where they are still living. In 1852 Mr. Banta went to California and remained there until 1857, engaged in mining and lumbering. On his return to Missouri he settled on a farm. During a portion of the war he served in the militia. In 1866 he settled on his present farm, which consists of 640 acres, in a good state of cultivation. He is largely engaged in stock raising. Mr. Banta was married in Cooper County June 28, 1859, to Miss Mary Smith, a native of Cole County. They have four children living: Christopher C., William Sherman, Mary Frances and Artie. His niece, Bettie Banta is also a member of his family. Mr. Banta is a man of liberal views and is much interested in education, showing his interest by giving his children the advantages of the best schools in the state. His wife is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

BARBER, Harry A.
Windsor Township, Henry County
born: Oct 21 1872, Windsor Twp, Henry Co, MO
Source:1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co pg Pg:840
Harry A. Barber, extensive landowner of Windsor township, is a progressive farmer and stockman who believes in the most advanced methods of agriculture and finds that it pays to follow the latest and most scientific methods of farming. His herd of pure bred Shorthorn cattle are famous over the State of Missouri and have been exhibited at the State Fairs and the American Royal Live Stock Shows and are sold in various parts of the country to discriminating buyers who desire to improve their herds with pure bred live stock. The Barber farm consists of 1,400 acres of land in one body, the imposing farm residence occupying an ideal spot in the center of the tract. Originally, the Barber place was an old time plantation, operated by slaves and owned by Doctor Thornton, a well known Henry County pioneer of ante-bellum days. Doctor Thornton was one of the largest slave owners of southwest Missouri and the great farm was modeled after a southern plantation. He owned over two hundred slaves. In 1900 Mr. Barber erected a thoroughly modern home of twelve rooms. The Barber estate was founded by the late Daniel Barber, father of Harry A. Barber. Daniel A. Barber was born in Pennsylvania in 1825 and died in Henry County, Missouri, in 1881. He was the son of Thomas Barber, a farmer of Pennsylvania. Daniel A. Barber left home in 1861 and went to Cook County, Illinois, where he engaged in the lumber business. For many years he was associated with his brother, Dr. James K. Barber. The brothers drove a large herd of cattle to Denver, Colorado, in 1864 and again drove cattle to the mountain country in 1865. They returned from the west in 1866, came to Henry County, Missouri, and purchased the Thornton plantation. The brothers farmed together as partners until death separated them. Dr. James K. Barber was a well educated physician but did not practice his profession after coming to Henry County. After his graduation from medical college in the East he had but ten cents in his pocket. He traded a silk vest for a bottle of quinine and began practice in the forest wilds of Wisconsin, where ague, fever and chills were the prevalent diseases. All that an early doctor needed in those days was quinine, whiskey, salts and ipecac and Doctor Barber began with the most important drug. Sarah E. (Martin) Barber, mother of the subject of this review, was born in Michigan in 1829 and died in 1912. Harry A. Barber was born October 21, 1872, on the Barber home place in Windsor township. He was educated in the public schools of Windsor, Missouri, and the Missouri State University at Columbia, Missouri. He pursued the medical course at the university but because of his large land holdings he found it necessary to abandon his plan for a professional career and to devote all of his attention to farming and stock raising. He has made an unqualified success as an agriculturist and stockman and breeder. In addition to the home place which Mr. Barber inherited he has been adding materially to the acreage of the farm and constantly improving the place. In February, 1897, Harry A. Barber and Miss Lula A. Ball were united in marriage. Mrs. Lula Barber was born in St. Charles County, Missouri, and is the daughter of John E. and Fannie (Bird) Ball, natives of Kentucky. To Harry A. and Lula Barber has been born one son, John Daniel Barber, born December 12, 1898, a graduate of the Windsor High School and now a student in the State University at Columbia. Mr. Barber is a Democrat in politics.

BARBER, James K. Dr.
Windsor Township, Henry County
born: Jun 20 1836, Montour Co, PA
Source:1883 History of Henry County Missouri, National Historical Co pg Pg:554
Dr. James K. Barber, farmer and stock raiser was born in Montour County, Pennsylvania, June 20, 1836, and was the son of Thomas and Mary (Henderson) Barber, both of whom were natives of Columbia County, Pennsylvania, where they also died. They were married in 1821, and by this union had eight children, of whom six are living - three sons and three daughters. For three years James K. Barber was a student at the McCowansville Academy, of Pennsylvania, his preceptor being S. S. Shadelin. Subsequently he entered the medical college of Jefferson, same state, the faculty being composed of R. M. Huston, professor of materia medica; Professor Charles Meigs, of obstetrics; Professor Thomas Mutter, of surgery; Professor J. Paneost, of anatomy; Professor Rolby Dungleson, of physiology, and Professor Charles Bache, of chemistry. He graduated in 1849, and in 1851, commenced practicing at Mansfield, Ohio. His younger brother, Daniel A. Barber was born in April 15, 1838, in Columbia County, Pennsylvania. He received a good common education and supplemented this with one year's attendance at the institution known as the Jersey Shore Academy. Upon leaving their native state these brothers emigrated first to Illinois, coming thence to Henry County, Missouri, about the year 1869, and for fourteen years they have been recognized as among the foremost men of the community. They jointly own 970 acres of land, well adapted to grazing and stock purposes, and their average product of corn, 120 acres, is fed to a large drove of cattle. They handle hogs and Cotswold sheep extensively, and are acknowledged leaders in the stock industry here. Their farm is undulating, well watered, and the buildings upon the place are not to be excelled. Dr. Barber had a lucrative practice in Mansfield, Ohio, and for fifteen years was a skilled practitioner of decided ability, but since residing in this county, has found but little time to follow this profession, his attention being devoted to his landed property. In politics he is republican. Daniel A. Barber was married October 10, 1870, to Miss Sarah E. Martin of Henry County. They have one child, a son. In his political preferences he is democratic.

BARKER, Benjamin E.
Shawnee Township, Henry County
born: Sep 21 1821, Kent Co, DE
Source:1883 History of Henry County Missouri, National Historical Co pg Pg:661
Benjamin Barker, farmer and stock raiser, section 9, was born in Kent County, Delaware, in 1820, and was the son of John and Marion (French) Barker, who were natives of Delaware. Benjamin grew to manhood in his native state, and received a common school education. In August, 1842, he came to Henry County, Missouri, where he has since resided, following farming as his occupation. His estate contains 700 acres of level land, in a high state of cultivation. July 31, 1851, Mr. Barker was married to Miss Mary Martin, originally from North Carolina. She died March 31, 1871, leaving one child, John R., who was born in Henry County, Missouri, April 10, 1852. John R. Barker was married November 27, 1879, to Miss Ella Casey, a daughter of George M. Casey. She was born January 7, 1860, in this county.

BARLOW, John N.
Clinton Township, Henry County
born: Oct 5 1842, Belmont Co, OH
Source:1883 History of Henry County Missouri, National Historical Co pg Pg:496
John N. Barlow, of the firm of Bolinger & Barlow, grocers, owes his nativity to Belmont County, Ohio, where he was born October 5, 1842. He there grew up and received his education, and at the age of seventeen years he moved to Warren County, Illinois, where he was engaged in mercantile pursuits at Berwick for about two years. He was subsequently interested in business at Burlington, Iowa, till the fall of 1862, when he came to Calhoun, Henry County, as sutler's clerk with the First Iowa Regiment. After remaining there a short time he was occupied in the same business at Clinton, Missouri, and also as clerk for Mr. Rogers till 1863, when he returned to Bloomington, Ohio. After remaining there eight months, he again came to Clinton, in April, 1864, and for the following eighteen months, gave his attention to mercantile pursuits. In April, 1866, he was appointed county clerk, and held that office by appointment and election till January, 1871, then serving as deputy county clerk till January, 1875. In 1876 he was elected constable of this township and served two years. In the fall of 1877, he with Mr. Flumer commenced in the grain business, and in February 1879, he became deputy postmaster, which position he held till September, 1880, then embarking in the grocery business. Mr. Barlow was united in marriage January 1, 1862, to Miss Ellen A. Whitenack, a native of Illinois. They have one child, Johanna P.

BARNETT, William
Butler Township, St. Clair County
born: May 15 1828, Lafayette Co, MO
Source:1883 History of St. Clair County MO, National Historical Co. Pg:1179
William Barnett, farmer and stock raiser, section 26, was born in Lafayette County, Missouri, May 15, 1828, his parents being Hugh and Mary (Cummins) Barnett, natives of North Carolina. In 1839 they came to St. Clair County, Missouri, and settled on section 23, in Butler Township. William here grew to manhood, receiving the advantages of a common school education. In 1850 he went to California where he followed mining two years, then returning to St. Clair County. He owns 240 acres of good land, well improved. In January, 1862, he enlisted in Company E, Fourth Missouri Infantry, was first lieutenant and participated in a number of important battles, among which were Pea Ridge, Port Hudson, and Corinth. At the latter battle he was wounded in the shoulder. In 1872 he was elected one of the judges of the county court and held the office until 1877. February 10, 1853, Mr. Barnett married Miss Elizabeth Ledbetter, a native of Tennessee. They have a family of ten children: Lucy, Ira J., William L., James, Mattie, Cora, Agnes, Bettie, Johnnie and Richard. They have lost one son, Hugh.

BARNETT, William F.
Big Creek Township, Henry County
born: Feb 21 1849, Johnson Co, MO
Source:1883 History of Henry County Missouri, National Historical Co pg Pg:698
William F. Barnett, section 6, is among the thrifty farmers of Big Creek Township. He is a native of Johnson County, Missouri, and was born February 21, 1849, being the son of George H. Barnett, a Kentuckian by birth, who came to Missouri when a young man and located in Johnson County, where he entered land and improved a farm. He married Miss Mary F. Strange, also originally from Kentucky, and there continued to reside on his farm until his death in 1859. William F. Barnett grew to manhood in the county of his birth, spending his youth on a farm. He was married there November 1, 1874, to Miss Anna E. Satterwhite, a daughter of John Satterwhite and a native of Virginia. Mrs. Barrett was born and reared in Johnson County. After his marriage Mr. B. farmed in that vicinity for about two and a half years, and in March, 1877, he came to Henry County and bought the farm where he now resides. He has over 227 acres of land in fair cultivation, with a young orchard, and is now feeding sixty head of cattle and 150 hogs. Mr. and Mrs. Barnett have four children: Dora May, Daniel E., John H. and William. Mr. B. is a member of the I. O. O. F. at Norris.

BARR, Bernice Barks Dr.
Clinton, Clinton Township, Henry County
born: Jan 4 1857, Benton Co, MO
Source:1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co pg Pg:308
Dr. Bernice B. Barr, with thorough preparatory training in the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Baltimore and the Bellevue Medical College of New York City, entered upon the practice of his profession well equipped for the onerous duties that have devolved upon him in this connection. He was born in Benton County, Missouri, January 4, 1857, and is a son of William T. and Elizabeth M. (Wilson) Barr, who were natives of Tennessee. The father, who made farming his life work, came to Missouri in 1850, settling in Benton County, where he lived for about six years. He then removed to Henry County, establishing his home near Montrose, where he resided until 1861, when he returned to his native State. He had a short time before entered the Confederate army under General Price and fearing to leave his family in Missouri he took them to Tennessee. There he joined the forces under Gen. John Morgan, with whom he served until Morgan was killed. Mr. Barr continued in the army until the close of the war and was never wounded, but was captured several times and released. After the war was over he engaged in farming in Tennessee until his death, which occurred in the year 1894. He had for five years survived his wife, who passed away in 1889. Dr. Barr was the third son and the third child in a family of six children. He attended school at Gallatin, Tennessee, and, having determined upon the practice of medicine as a life work, attended the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Baltimore. He graduated from the Bellevue Medical College at New York in March, 1880, and has since taken post-graduate work, while throughout his professional career he has remained a close student of the science of medicine. Following his graduation in 1880 he began practicing at Shawnee Mound, in Henry County, where he remained for five years. He then went to Montrose, in the same county, spending eight years there. On the expiration of that period he went to Clinton, where he has since practiced continuously, devoting his entire time to his profession, the duties of which he discharges with a sense of conscientious obligation that prompts him to put forth the best possible effort, not only to alleviate suffering, but also to promote his efficiency through further study and research. He is a member of the Henry County Medical Society, the State Medical Society and the American Medical Association, and through the meetings of those organizations keeps in touch with the trend of modern scientific thought in the field of medical and surgical practice. On the fifteenth of September, 1881, Dr. Barr was united in marriage to Miss Maggie Squires, who was born at Calhoun, Henry County, Missouri, a daughter of Jerome B. and Cynthia (McNealey) Squires, the former a native of Calhoun and the latter of Warsaw, Benton County, Missouri. In early life the father engaged in merchandising and continued in that business until a few years prior to his death, which occurred in 1901. His wife passed away in 1906. Dr. and Mrs. Barr became the parents of four children, one of whom died when one and one-half years old. The others are: Ella Bernice, Robert W. and Herbert M. Robert was graduated from the West Point Military Academy in 1910 and remained in the army for three years when he resigned in order to look after his wife's estate. He enlisted as a volunteer in the National Army in September, 1917, was commissioned as captain and went to Fort Benjamin Harrison. In November, 1917, he was commissioned as major of artillery in the Three Hundred Forty-second Field Artillery and sent to Fort Riley December 1, 1917. Major Barr became ill on December 14, 1917, and has been seriously ill since, and is now in Colorado for his health, although still a major. He is now the owner of large landed interests near Clinton. Herbert M., residing at Kansas City, is in the employ of the wholesale jewelry house of C. B. Norton. The twin brother of Herbert died at the age above mentioned, of pneumonia. Dr. Barr gives his political allegiance to the Democratic party and is active in its support. He has served as county coroner and for three terms has been alderman from his ward, exercising his official prerogatives in support of many progressive public measures. He belongs to the Modern Woodmen of America and the Woodmen of the World, and his religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Presbyterian Church. Nearly his entire life has been spent in Missouri and those who know him - and he has a wide acquaintance - entertain for him warm friendship, not only because of his high professional skill, but also by reason of his many excellent traits of character and those social qualities which make for personal popularity.

BARR, Bernice Barks Dr.
Shawnee Township, Henry County
born: Jan 4 1857, Henry Co, MO
Source:1883 History of Henry County Missouri, National Historical Co pg Pg:662
B. B. Barr is a prominent physician and surgeon at Shawnee Mound. The subject of this sketch was born in Henry County, Missouri, January 4, 1857. His father, William T. Barr, was a native of Tennessee and a son of Robert Barr, originally of the same state. His father, Patrick Barr, was a native of Ireland. When B. B. was four years old his father went to Tennessee, where he grew to manhood, being educated in the schools of Gallatin. When twenty years old he entered the office of Dr. J. B. Heard, of Gallatin, Tennessee, with whom he read medicine for three years. In 1878 he entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons, at Baltimore, and in 1880 was a student at the Bellevue Medical College, of New York, graduating from there in March, 1881. Since that time he has practiced his chosen profession at Shawnee Mound. He is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and also belongs to the I. O. O. F. order. September 15, 1881, the doctor was married to Miss Maggie Squires, of this county.

BARR, C. J. Rev.
Chalk Level Township, St. Clair County
born: Jan 8 1819, Simpson Co, KY
Source:1883 History of St. Clair County MO, National Historical Co. Pg:1142
Rev. C. J. Barr, minister and farmer, section 34, was born in Simpson County, Kentucky, January 8, 1819, being a son of Silas and Sarah (Headelston) Barr, natives of North Carolina. C. J. grew to manhood on his father's farm, and was educated in Withe College, Tennessee. He was ordained a minister of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in 1845, and then was engaged in preaching and school teaching in that state until 1856, when he came to St. Clair County, Missouri. Here he has since been occupied in the ministry and farming. His farm contains 245 acres, 200 of which are in a high state of cultivation. May 11, 1848, Mr. Barr was married to Miss Martha A. Scobey, of Tennessee. They have two children, Robert F. and Alice J.

BARTELS, Anton
Germantown, Deepwater Township, Henry County
born: Nov 1 1861, Deepwater Twp, Henry Co, MO
Source:1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co pg Pg:437
Anton Bartels, proprietor of a splendid farm of 322 acres located in the Germantown neighborhood in the northwest part of Deepwater township, was born in 1861 in a log cabin which stood on the farm which he now owns. He is the son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Kleine) Bartels, both of whom were born in Germany. Joseph Bartels made a settlement in Henry County as early as 1853, or thereabout, and departed this life in 1869. After the death of his parents, Anton Bartels lived with the neighbors and friends and worked out by the day at whatever he could get to do and earn an honest dollar. For over thirty years he was employed in Kansas City and returned to the old home farm in 1912. For sixteen years he served as baggageman in the union depot at Kansas City and for ten years he was in the employ of the William Voelker Wholesale Company of Kansas City. During the thirty years spent in steady, constant employment, he saved his money and invested it in the old home place of his father in Deepwater township and additional land. In 1912 he returned to his birthplace and is contented to live the life of an agriculturist and stockman, independent of the time clocks and the bosses for the rest of his natural life. Mr. Bartels was married July 16, 1912, to Miss Geraldine Black, an orphan girl, who was born May 9, 1892, and came to Missouri when three years of age, living first at Montrose and later at Germantown. Mr. and Mrs. Bartels have one child: Virgil Anton, born December 6, 1917. Mr. Bartels is an independent voter who is not held by the party fetish worship idea. He thinks and acts for himself and votes accordingly. He and Mrs. Bartels are members of the Catholic Church.

BARTH, David S.
White Oak Township, Henry County
born: Sep 16 1897, White Oak Twp, Henry Co, MO
Source:1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co pg Pg:528
David Barth, a progressive young farmer and stockman of White Oak township, is a native of Henry County, and a descendant of pioneer parents. He was born in White Oak township on the place where he now resides, September 16, 1897, and is a son of John Barth, a Henry County pioneer. John Barth, now deceased, was an early settler in Henry County, and one of its successful citizens. He was a native of Germany and settled in White Oak Township, Henry County, in 1868. He bought some land here for six dollars per acre, and paid fourteen dollars for other land. He bought considerable land and at the time of his death was one of the largest land owners in the county. He gave to each of his fourteen children one hundred sixty acres of land, and besides his real estate holdings he was the owner of over thirty thousand dollars worth of personal property. John Barth's success in life was the result of industry, coupled with keen foresight and business ability. When he was a boy he worked for fourteen cents per day, and his early life's experience taught him the value of a dollar. He was one of the promoters of the town of Urich and contributed land for the railroad there. He was twice married. Five children were born to his first marriage and ten to his second. He died June 6, 1917, and his second wife, who bore the maiden name of Sophia Rombold, died May 26, 1911. Sophia Rombold was born July 3, 1858, at Logansport, Md., and was a daughter of David and Frances Rombold, natives of Wittenberg, Germany, who moved to Henry County in 1867. His first wife bore the maiden name of Lebold. David Barth, who resides on the old home place with his sisters, Josie and Tressie, owns one hundred eighty acres. He carries on a stock-raising extensively and keeps registered Herford cattle and big bone Poland China hogs, and is one of the extensive breeders of registered hogs in Henry County. He is also interested in the breeding of Shropshire sheep. David Barth was reared on the place which he now owns, and he takes an active interest in everything pertaining to modern agricultural methods. While he was reared a practical farmer, he also regards the science as one involving a broad field of experiment and research, and the future agricultural industry of this country becomes more and more dependent upon the type of men of whom David Barth is a representative.

BARTH, Edward W.
White Oak Township, Henry County
born: 1892, Kansas City, MO
Source:1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co pg Pg:693
Edward W. Barth, a progressive young farmer and stockman of White Oak township, was born in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1892. He is the eldest son of John W. and Lena (Gretzinger) Barth, and a grandson of John Barth, a pioneer of White Oak township. A sketch of John Barth with more extended mention of the Barth family history appears in this volume. Edward Barth attended school in the district school and later the Urich High School and then took a course in Central College at Fayette, Missouri. He then taught school for two years, when he engaged in farming, which he has since followed. He has a farm of eighty acres of valuable land, which is located three and one-half miles south of Urich in White Oak township. Since owning this place Mr. Barth has made many improvements and now has one of the fine farms of western Henry County. Mr. Barth was married September 11, 1916, to Miss Alma Bradley, a daughter of J. L. and Anna (Eaton) Bradley of Walker township, Henry County. Mrs. Barth was one of four children born to her parents as follows: William, resides at Towanda, Kansas; Mrs. Effie Mehlhop, Dexter, New Mexico; Alma, the wife of Edward Barth, the subject of this sketch, and Earl, who resides at home with his parents. To Mr. and Mrs. Barth has been born one child, Dorothy Mae, born December 21, 1917. Mr. Barth is an industrious and hardworking young man and realizes that success is not an accident, and comes through diligence and honest toil. He is one of the young farmers and stockmen of Henry County who is making good.

BARTH, George R.
White Oak Township, Henry County
born: Apr 21 1886, Henry Co, MO
Source:1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co pg Pg:682
George Barth, a well-known farmer and stockman of White Oak township, is a descendant of one of the pioneer families of Henry County. He was born in Henry County, April 21, 1886, and is a son of John and Sophia (Rombold) Barth, pioneers of White Oak township. The former died June 6, 1917, and the latter departed this life May 26, 1911. They were the parents of the following children: Albert, Urich, Missouri; Maggie, died in childhood; Mrs. Clara Sevier, Urich, Missouri; Josie; George, the subject of this sketch; Tressie; Mrs. Ida Henny, Urich, Missouri; Robert, Urich, Missouri; Walter, and David, who lives on the old home place. Sophia Rombold was the second wife of John Barth. His first wife bore the maiden name of Mary Lebold and the following children were born to that union: John W., Urich, Missouri; Mrs. Dora Gretzinger, Urich, Missouri; Mrs. Helen Doll; Mrs. Lizzie Doll, and Jacob Barth. George Barth was reared on a farm and received his education in the district schools of White Oak township. He remained on the home farm with his father until he was twenty-five years of age; he then engaged in farming on his own account on the place where he now resides, which was originally a part of the John Barth estate. Mr. Barth is an extensive farmer and recognized as one of the successful stock raisers of Henry County. He raises Duroc Jersey hogs, Red Poll cattle and has some of the valuable pure-bred hogs and cattle of the county. Mr. Barth was united in marriage March 19, 1911, with Miss Floy Long, a daughter of William and Mollie Long of Walker township. The Long family reside in Walker township. To William and Mollie Long have been born the following: Mrs. Annie Carver, Deepwater, Missouri; Alonzo, Walker township; Mrs. Florence North, White Oak township; Stephen, lives in Walker township; Floy, the wife of George Barth, the subject of this sketch; Mrs. Nelia Hargrave, Walker township, and Ethel, at home. To Mr. and Mrs. Barth have been born two children, daughters, Frances and Roberta. Mr. Barth is one of the substantial citizens of Henry County, and he and his wife are prominent in the community.

BARTH, John
White Oak Township, Henry County
born: Jan 10 1838, Wurtemberg, Germany
Source:1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co pg Pg:504
John Barth - Few pioneer citizens have contributed more to the building up of Henry County than the late John Barth. To the credit of this worthy departed citizen of this county are many things which can be recorded in the annals of his adopted country. Besides the amassing of wealth, he was a creator and builder, who looked far into the future. Mr. Barth contributed to the commonwealth, one of the largest and best families in the community. The children of this pioneer, instead of leaving the locality of their births and rearing, chose to remain under the tutelage of a good and wise parent who thoughtfully provided for them a place in the community rather than to see them venture into fields unknown. He lived to see them comfortably situated and earning their way on excellent farms throughout the vicinity of their early home. His liberality to religious and civic works was a proverb; his kindliness was marked and his name will long be revered and respected among the people of Henry County as one who did well his work and who left behind him a record of which his descendants may well be proud. John Barth was born in Wertemberg, Germany, January 10, 1838, and died at his home near Lucas, Missouri, June 6, 1917. When a lad of fourteen years of age he came to America and was reared to young manhood in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. During his boyhood days he worked hard and often for a wage of fourteen cents per day. His early life's experiences taught him the value of a dollar. He was married in Ohio to Maria Lebold, on September 21, 1862. This marriage was blessed with five children, as follow: John W., Mrs. Dora Gretzinger, Mrs. Helen Doll, Mrs. Lizzie Doll, and Jacob S. Barth. Mrs. Maria Lebold Barth died January 12, 1874. On November 4, 1875, Mr. Barth was married to Sophia Rombold, who died May 27, 1911. Ten children were born of this marriage; nine of whom are living: Albert H., Maggie, deceased; Mrs. Clara Sevier, Josie, George, Tressie, Mrs. Ida Henny, Robert, Walter, and David. Mr. Barth left his Ohio home and came to Henry County in 1868, settling in this county. The beginning of the Barth family fortunes in Missouri was a gift of a tract of 487 acres of land which came from John Lebold, father of Mrs. Maria Lebold Barth. Mr. Lebold had previously invested in this land which was unimproved and was bought at a time when much of the area of northwestern Henry County was undeveloped prairie. Mr. and Mrs. Barth soon created a home in Henry County and prospered as the years passed, John Barth becoming one of the large land owners of western Missouri and a prominent and influential figure in the life of the county. Mr. Barth first settled in White Oak township and in later years erected a splendid farm home which is now owned by his youngest son, David Barth. During his long and active career he accumulated an estate of over 2,280 acres of land, all of which he divided among his fourteen children as they became of age and desired to make homes of their own. His estate was valued at over $100,000. Mr. Barth was one of the promoters of the town of Urich and gave land for a part of the Urich townsite. He was president of the Farmers Bank of Urich, and was always found in the forefront of all worthy movements tending to advance the interests of his home community and county. Mr. Barth was a Lutheran in his religious belief and he was known as an honest, dependable, and upright citizen. His place in the history of Henry County is assured for all time to come as one of the pioneers who had a broad and comprehensive vision of the development of this section of the Middle West and who profited through his confidence in the ultimate prosperity of the neighborhood in which he created his home.

BARTH, John William
Walker Township, Henry County
born: Sep 4 1866, near Zoar Station, Tuscarawas Co, OH
Source:1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co pg Pg:694
John W. Barth, successful farmer and stockman of Walker township, and a leader in his section of the county in both civic and political movements, is a native son of Henry County. Mr. Barth was born near Zoar Station, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, in 1866, and is the eldest son of John and Mary Lebold Barth, earlier pioneer settlers of Henry County. A complete biography of John Barth appears elsewhere in this volume. John Barth became one of Henry County's most successful and influential citizens, owner of a large tract of land, and was widely and favorably known throughout the county. John W. Barth accompanied his parents to Henry County in childhood and was here reared to manhood and educated in the district school of his home neighborhood in White Oak township. He began during his boyhood days to "follow the plow" and learned the vocation of agriculturist and stockman from his capable father. Re received as his share of the Lebold estate a tract of ninety-six acres, which was one-fifth of 487 acres which had been given to John and Mary Lebold Barth by the father of Mrs. Barth, who had invested in this land prior to the advent of the Barths in western Missouri. Mr. Barth improved this tract, which is located in Walker township and has added to his holdings until he now owns a total of two hundred and forty acres. He is extensively engaged in stock raising and is recognized as one of the successful citizens of Henry County. In 1891, John W. Barth and Miss Lena Gretzinger were united in marriage. This marriage has been blessed with the following children: Edward W., born December 5, 1892, residing on a farm in White Oak township; Amelia H., born April 7, 1894, and died in 1905; Mary M., born March 9, 1897; Clarence C., born June 11, 1899. Mrs. Lena (Gretzinger) Barth was born near Zoar Station, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, in 1866, and is the daughter of Jacob and Magdalena Gretzinger, who spent all of their days in Ohio. In addition to his farming interests, Mr. Barth is president of the Farmers' Bank of Urich, Missouri, and is active in public affairs. He is a Democrat and is leader in his township of all movements furthering America's cause in the World War. He is serving as bond sales director in Walker township. He and Mrs. Barth and the members of his family are affiliated with the White Oak Methodist Episcopal Church.

BARTH, Robert Lewis
White Oak Township, Henry County
born: Nov 28 1892, White Oak Twp, Henry Co, MO
Source:1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co pg Pg:692
Robert Barth, a successful young farmer and stockman of White Oak township, and a member of one of the pioneer families of Henry County, is a native of this county. He was born in White Oak township November 28, 1892, and is a son of John and Saphrona (Rombold) Barth. A sketch of John Barth and further mention of the history of the Barth family appears in this volume. Robert Barth was reared on the farm in White Oak township, and received his education in the district schools of Henry County. Farming and stock raising has been his occupation since boyhood, and he has a valuable farm of one hundred sixty acres, which is located about two and one-half miles southeast of Urich in White Oak township. This place was formerly known as the Henny place and is a well-improved farm and under a high state of cultivation. In addition to general farming. Mr. Barth is making a success of raising cattle and hogs. On March 3, 1915, Mr. Barth was united in marriage with Miss Mabel Goodman, a daughter of Benjamin and Bessie (Harris) Goodman. The Goodman family came from Ohio in 1888, and settled in Henry County. Mabel Barth is a native of Henry County, Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. Goodman now reside in White Oak township and the following children have been born to them: Mabel, wife of Robert Barth, the subject of this sketch; Myrtle, died at the age of two years; Georgia, Roy and Floyd reside at home with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Barth are well known in the community and popular with the young people of Henry County.

BARTH, Walter A.
White Oak Township, Henry County
born: Feb 18 1895, White Oak Twp, Henry Co, MO
Source:1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co pg Pg:682
Walter Barth, a progressive young farmer and stockman of White Oak township, is a native son of Henry County and a member of one of the pioneer families of this section. He was born in White Oak township February 18, 1895, a son of John and Sophia (Rombold) Barth. The parents were among the pioneer settlers of White Oak township and are both now deceased. They were the parents of the following children: Albert, Urich, Missouri; Mrs. Clara Sevier, Urich, Missouri; Josie, resides on the home place; George, farmer and stockman of White Oak township; Tressie, resides on the home place; Mrs. Ida Henny, White Oak township; Robert, Lucas, Missouri; Walter, the subject of this sketch, and David, who resides on the home place. Walter Barth was educated in the Lucas schools and remained at home with his parents until he was twenty-one years old. He located on his present place, one and one-half miles southwest of Lucas, in 1916. Here he has a valuable farm of one hundred sixty acres, with good improvements and well stocked. He specializes in Hereford cattle and Poland China hogs, and is making a success of his undertaking. Mr. Barth was married February 20, 1916, to Miss Elsie Gaines, daughter of Charles S. and Cora Hibler Gaines. Mrs. Barth's mother has been dead a number of years, and her father now resides at Urich. Mr. and Mrs. Barth are popular young people and have a broad acquaintance in Henry County. Mr. Barth is a Democrat in politics. He and Mrs. Barth are members of the Lucas Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

BASS, Edwin
Windsor Township, Henry County
born: Feb 23 1827, Boone Co, MO
Source:1883 History of Henry County Missouri, National Historical Co pg Pg:555
Edwin Bass, deceased, was born in Boone County, Missouri, February 23, 1827. His father, Lawrence Bass, originally from Baltimore, Maryland, moved to Tennessee and then to Boone County, Missouri. His mother was formerly Nancy Patten, of North Carolina. They were married in Nashville, Tennessee. Edwin was the twelfth of a family of thirteen children. After working faithfully on his father's farm until seventeen years of age, and attending school winters, he entered a store in Nashville, Missouri, where he acquired a knowledge of general trade, and after remaining here for three years or more he left and obtained a situation on a Missouri River boat as clerk, which position he held for one season. He then opened a store in Nashville, but soon sold out, and in the spring of 1850 started a store in Claysville, Boone County. His business was carried on very successfully until the fall of 1865, when he came to Windsor and before long he was a leading merchant and one of the most respected citizens here. He married Miss Mary Jane Spencer in January, 1856. She was the daughter of Perry Spencer, of Boone County, who was born in Maryland. Her mother's maiden name was Eliza Jane Wiseman, daughter of James Wiseman, of Virginia. She died in 1845. Edwin Bass, the subject of this sketch, died at his home October 15, 1882. Politically he was a Democrat, and an exemplary member of the M. E. Church, south. In 1865, upon removing his family to Windsor, he purchased the hotel property, now known as the Bass house, from Samuel Duncan. In the same year he opened a store under the firm name of Bass & Major, on the place where the present brick structure now stands. In 1866 or 1867, he purchased the entire stock and store and in 1868 he sold the stock to Aaron Saunders, who failed, and he was obliged to re-purchase it. In the fall of 1868 he disposed of the stock of goods to the Tryon Brothers, who occupied the house until 1869. During the seasons of 1868-9 he employed much of his time in improving a new farm, two miles east of Windsor, which he owned at the time of his death. In the spring of 1869 he again engaged in the mercantile business, under the firm name of A. J. Bass & Co. A. J. Bass sold his interest eighteen months later, and the new firm was formed by Edwin Bass and J. S. Kelly, Bass & Kelly. Under this new management business prospered, and in 1874 they erected the present two story brick store, 24x70, which is a fine building. Mr. Bass was a life long Christian, his membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church, south, commencing from his early boyhood. He was a zealous worker, always active in the local organizations, where he made his home, as church steward and Sunday School superintendent. He contributed liberally to all church work and the spread of the gospel. He was a friend to the poor and bestowed charity upon those in need, and in his death the county lost one of its most esteemed men, and Windsor one of its most valued citizens. Edward Spencer, brother of Mrs. Bass, came to Windsor in 1870, and has since made his home with his sister. He was born in Boone County in 1825. He learned the carpenter's trade in youth, and has ever done much in the building line. Since coming to this place he has spent much of his time in the store.

BASS, James Harvey
Windsor Township, Henry County
born: Jun 26 1834, Howard Co, MO
Source:1883 History of Henry County Missouri, National Historical Co pg Pg:556
James Harvey Bass, stock dealer and proprietor of the Bass House, was born in Howard County, Missouri, in June, 1834. His father, George P. Bass, who was born in Nashville, Tennessee, died in Howard County in, 1863. He came to Boone County as an early pioneer and established a tannery, which he carried on for many years. The mother of James, formerly Susanna M. Wiseman and a native of Kentucky, is now living in Boone County. The subject of this sketch was raised on a farm and received a common school education, and learned the plastering trade. He worked some on the farm and at plastering in the fall seasons, and in 1861 he became a member of the Home Guards. Coming to Henry County in 1867, he settled twelve miles west of Windsor on a farm, working the farm and also doing the plastering for the country around about. He married Mrs. Elizabeth (Woolfolk) Wall December 16, 1868. She had two sons by her first husband, Eugene E. and Julius F. Julius F. married Miss Katie Burress, of Windsor, July 8, 1882. Mrs. Bass' first husband, Julius F. Wall, was killed at the battle of Lone Jack August 16, 1862. He was with Colonel Cockrell's regiment. Her father, Charles T. Woolfolk, was born in Virginia, but was raised in Kentucky. His father was John Woolfolk, a Virginian by birth and of English descent and a soldier in the revolution. Her mother was originally Polly A. Payne, of Kentucky. Mr. and Mrs. Bass have four daughters: Katie Woolfolk, Sallie P., Mary Ella and Bessie Lewis. In 1869 Mr. Bass commenced the stock business and has made it his principal occupation since then. In 1876 he went to Texas with his family and started a sheep ranch in Comanche County with his brother, Lawrence. They continued it for four years. Selling out, he returned to his farm near Windsor, but soon disposed of this and moved into town. As the stock business was his favorite calling, he immediately commenced operations in company with Jacob Strauss, and since that time they have been the leading buyers in town. They are members of the Baptist Church and he belongs to the Masonic fraternity. Mr. Bass has been a very fortunate business man and accumulated a large property. He is liberal in the support of schools, churches and the different enterprises of the city. Mrs. Bass has charge of the hotel and is proving herself to be a most capable and energetic woman.

BATSCHELET, Frederick
Davis Township, Henry County
born: Jul 10 1842, Canton of Berne, Switzerland
Source:1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co pg Pg:586
Fred Batschelet - Fifty-six years ago, Fred Batschelet, pioneer settler and large land owner of Davis township, left the old home of his parents in Switzerland and crossed the ocean to America in search of fortune and a permanent home. After some years, he found what he was desiring in Henry County, Missouri, and besides having accumulated a fortune in land and money, he has contributed one of the largest families of the county to the land of his adoption. Were the fact that he has reared a large family of fourteen children to sturdy manhood and womanhood the only thing which he had accomplished, he would still be worthy of an honored place in the historical annals of his adopted county. This is not all, however. Before Mr. Batschelet had learned the language and customs of his adopted country, and before he had obtained a foothold here in the making of his own career, he offered his services in behalf of the preservation of the Union, and is one of the few remaining Union veterans in Henry County. Fred Batschelet was born July 10, 1842, in the Canton of Berne, Switzerland, and is the son of Benedict and Elizabeth (Weber) Batschelet, who were parents of five children. Benedict and Elizabeth Batschelet lived and died in the land of their nativity. Fred Batschelet was reared to the life of a farmer, but learned the baker's trade in his youth. In 1862 he immigrated to America and first settled in Illinois where he remained for three years. During the last year of the Civil War he served in the. Union Army in Company A of the 40th Missouri Volunteer Infantry Regiment. For a time he was detailed to provost guard duty in the South. While a citizen of Illinois, he was married and sometime later he located in St. Louis. In the year 1870 he, with his brother John, came to Henry County and invested in a tract of 106 acres. The brothers cultivated this tract in partnership for about four years and then each undertook to farm for himself. From this small beginning, Mr. Batschelet has accumulated an entire section of land, or 640 acres. Mr. Batschelet was married in 1866 at Highland, Illinois, to Miss Anna Pfister, who was born in Switzerland, April 30, 1848, and came to America when a child with her parents who settled at Highland, Illinois. Fourteen children have been born to this union, as follows: Fred and Godfred, twins, born in Illinois, are farmers in Davis township; John, a farmer, living near Lewis Station; Benedict, a farmer in Davis township; Minnie, wife of Daniel Dehn, Clinton township; Robert, lives in Oklahoma; Albert, a farmer in Bear Creek township; William, Davis township; Anna, wife of W. E. Hillebrand, Davis township; Mary, wife of Allen Mitchell, living on a farm near Montrose; Caroline, Bertha, Edward, and Rosa, at home with their parents. Mr. Batschelet is a Republican and has been active in civic affairs in his township during his long years of residence here. He assisted in the organization of School District No. 42 and is a valuable citizen. Three years ago he retired from active farm labor, advancing years compelling him to relinquish much of his activity which had brought him prosperity during the years in which he has been farming in Henry County. He is a member of the Reformed Church. Few men can look back over a lifetime of endeavor and point to a better record of achievement than can Mr. Batschelet.

BATSCHELET, John Owen
Deer Creek Township, Henry County
born: Nov 13 1870, Davis Twp, Henry Co, MO
Source:1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co pg Pg:594
John Batschelet, a successful and leading young farmer of Deer Creek township, Henry County, is following in the footsteps of his ancestors, who were tillers of the soil. They were among the early pioneer settlers of the township and John Batschelet is a native son of Henry County. He was born in Davis township, Henry County, November 13, 1870, a son of Frederick Batschelet, further mention of whom is made elsewhere in this volume. John Batschelet was reared on a farm and received his education in the Willow Branch district school. He then engaged in farming as his vocation. In 1912 he purchased 200 acres in Deer Creek township and has made his home upon it since. He carries on general farming and stock raising and has a well improved and valuable farm which bears testimony to his thrift and industry. In 1911 Mr. Batschelet was married to Mary Neil, a daughter of Alex Neil of La Due, Missouri. She was born on a farm near La Due, Missouri, in 1882. One child, John K., has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Batschelet. Mr. Batschelet is a stockholder in the Farmers Elevator of Clinton, Missouri, and he is one of Henry County's progressive, public spirited and substantial citizens. The success that he has attained is due to hard work and close attention to business.

BAUGH, John R.
Appleton Township, St. Clair County
born: Oct 23 1841, Tippecanoe Co, IN
Source:1883 History of St. Clair County MO, National Historical Co. Pg:1103
John R. Baugh, dealer in drugs and druggists' sundries, is a native of Tippecanoe County, Indiana, and was born October 23, 1841. He was reared on a farm and received his education in the schools of the county of his birth, being engaged in farming until October, 1866. He then came to Henry County, Missouri, and embarked in the drug business at Leesville where he remained until 1880, when he removed to Appleton City. In 1882 he again established himself in the drug business, having at that time built his present large brick business house. Mr. Baugh was married March 1, 1865, to Miss Eliza J. Campbell, of Ohio. They have two children: Mary F. and Frederick P. Mr. B. is a member of the Masonic fraternity. In 1882 he was one of the councilmen of Appleton City.

BAUM, Henry
Clinton, Clinton Township, Henry County
born: Apr 10 1853, Wurtemberg, Germany
Source:1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co pg Pg:356
Henry Baum, a well known hardware merchant of Clinton, Missouri, has been identified with the business development of Henry County for many years. He was born in Wittenberg, Germany, April 10, 1853, and is a son of Patrick and Mary Ann (Walter) Baum, and was the fifth child in the order of birth in a family of six boys. The father died in his native land when Henry was about three years old and in 1859 the mother and her six boys, Henry then being about six years of age, came to America and on Christmas Day, 1859, the family landed at New Orleans, Louisiana. They then came up the Mississippi River as far as Cairo, Illinois, by boat, and on January 1, 1860, reached St. Louis by rail. They then went to Lebanon, Illinois, where the boys grew to manhood and the mother spent the remainder of her life there. Of this family Henry, the subject of this sketch, is the only one living. Mr. Baum was educated in the public schools at Lebanon, Illinois, and in 1870, when he was seventeen years of age, he went to St. Louis to make his own way in the world. Here he learned the tinner's trade and worked at his trade in St. Louis about seven and one-half years. He then worked as a journeyman tinner in different places, including Kansas City. October 1, 1884, he came to Clinton and entered the employ of the Hasler Hardware Company, having charge of their tinshop for eighteen years and seven months. On June 19, 1902, he engaged in business for himself in Clinton. At first he engaged in the tinning business and gradually added a stock of hardware which he increased from time to time until today he has one of the most complete stocks of hardware to be found in Henry County, and is one of the leading hardware merchants of this section. Mr. Baum has but one rule in business and that is to give a square deal to everybody, which accounts for the rapid growth and development of his humble beginning sixteen years ago to a business of the present magnitude of Henry Baum's Hardware Store at Clinton. Mr. Baum employs five men in the store and tin shop. January 19, 1879, Henry Baum was united in marriage with Miss Melora Eleanora Bergmann, a native of St. Louis. She was reared in that city and received her education under the training of the nuns in St. Peter and Paul's Parish. To Mr. and Mrs. Baum were born three children, as follow: Catherine Eleanora, a graduate of the Clinton High School, the Missouri State University, and is now a teacher in the Clinton High School; Emil Henry, a sheet iron worker, Chicago, Illinois; and Edgar Walter, with his father at Clinton. Mrs. Baum departed this life March 30, 1918. She was a woman of noble character and led an exemplary Christian life, and no small part of her husband's success is due to the wisdom of her counsel and her sympathetic co-operation. She was a devout member of the Catholic Church and Mr. Baum and his children are communicants of the same denomination. He is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of Clinton and has been identified with that lodge for a number of years.

BAZZILL, George W.
Dallas Township, St. Clair County
born: Aug 3 1837, Delaware Co, IN
Source:1883 History of St. Clair County MO, National Historical Co. Pg:1166
George W. Bazzill, originally from Delaware County, Indiana, was born August 3, 1837. His father, Ezekiel Bazzill, was born in 1792 in Virginia, and in that state learned his trade of boot and shoe making. After following that occupation some time he married during the summer of 1816, Miss Tamor Massie, and to them were born eleven children, of whom George W. is the seventh. While he was a small boy his father removed to Cooper County, Missouri, thence to Johnson County, and finally to Colorado in 1859. Returning from that state Mr. B. stopped at Platte City, and until about the year 1865 was engaged in car building. In 1861 he was married to Miss Iona Buck, who subsequently died, leaving one child, Mary Iona. His second marriage occurred in 1869 to Miss Mary M. Nolan, and by this union there are two children now living: Sidney C. and Tamor E. She also died and Mr. B. was again married in 1880, the maiden name of his third wife being Malinda L. Duegan. They have one child, Lexey May. He is the owner of 160 acres of excellent land in section 5, and also a farm of eighty acres on section 6, of this township. His residence is situated on an elevation commanding an extensive view of the surrounding country. Mr. Brazzill is a member of Long Ridge Church.

BEACH, William C.
Monegaw Township, St. Clair County
born: Nov 8 1827, Ashland Co, OH
Source:1883 History of St. Clair County MO, National Historical Co. Pg:1127
William C. Beach, section 5, was born in Ashland County, Ohio, November 8, 1827, his parents being Daniel and Lorana Beach nee Sackett, both natives of Connecticut. The former, born in 1785, was a soldier in the war of 1812, and his father was killed in the Revolutionary war, eight balls having been shot through him. Daniel Beach died May 21, 1862. William C., the youngest of a family of seven children, grew to manhood in his native county on a farm, receiving a good common school education, supplemented with two years' attendance at the Ashland Academy. After finishing his studies he engaged in farming. In 1852 he went to California and spent two years in the gold mines, and upon returning worked the home farm in connection with his brother. Before settling in Missouri in 1869 he traveled extensively in Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin and Texas, but believing that Missouri had advantages over those states for farming and stock raising, he located where he now resides. Mr. Beach owns about 800 acres of land, all under fence and mostly with good hedge of which he has over twelve miles, and the farm is all in cultivation and pasture. He was married in Ashland County, Ohio, December 15, 1868, to Miss Marietta Long, a native of Pennsylvania, but reared and educated in Ohio, and a daughter of Abram P. Long. They have a family of four children: Emma C., Daniel B., Maud L. and Ettie L.

BEATY, Benjamin
Shawnee Township, Henry County
born: Mar 23 1839, Henry Co, MO
Source:1883 History of Henry County Missouri, National Historical Co pg Pg:662
Benjamin Beaty, farmer and stock raiser, section 17, is the son of Joseph R. Beaty, a Kentuckian by birth, who was born March 23, 1803. He married Mary Prigmore, also a native of Kentucky. They came to Henry County, Missouri, in 1836. Benjamin was born here April 26, 1839. he passed his younger days in the county of his birth, receiving a common school education. January 26, 1861, he enlisted in Company E, First Missouri Cavalry, and at the battle of Oak Hill received a wound in the foot. He remained in service until the close of the war, when he returned to this county. He owns 304 acres of good land and well improved, upon which is a barn built in 1881, at a cost of over $400. Mr. Beaty is a member of the Masonic fraternity. He was married to Miss Louisa Kimsey, a native of Henry County, March 26, 1868. She was born January 16, 1841. They have six children. Samuel, Joseph, Mary S., Jackson, Abner and Fannie A.

BEATY, Dick Thomas
Shawnee Township, Henry County
born: Sep 4 1870, Henry Co, MO
Source:1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co pg Pg:804
T. D. Beaty, better known as "Dick" Beaty, is a native son of Henry County, and was born September 4, 1870. The old log house in which Mr. Beaty was born is still standing and is one of the historic old landmarks of that section of the county. It was built in 1836. "Dick" Beaty is a son of Louis P., and Frances Gillett Beaty, more extensive mention of whom is made elsewhere in this volume. "Dick" Beaty was reared on the home place and attended school in Little Grant school district. Since boyhood he has been interested in farming and stock raising. In 1902 he purchased two hundred twenty acres, which was formerly known as the Taylor Walker place. Much of this farm was timber land when Mr. Beaty bought it and he proceeded to improve it and build a good six-room residence, 28x30 feet in dimension, and he has also erected other farm buildings until he has one of the well-improved farms of the county. He is engaged in general farming and also raises cattle, hogs and sheep. He became interested in sheep raising in 1917, and now has thirty-five head of high-grade Shropshires. His place is well watered and well adapted to stock raising as well as general farming, and he is one of the successful men of Henry County. Mr. Beaty was united in marriage January 9, 1901. to Miss Mary Paul, a daughter of George and Nannie (Best) Paul, both natives of Kentucky, which is also Mrs. Beaty's native State. They both spent their lives in Kentucky and died in Breckenridge county. Mrs. Beaty has two sisters: Mrs. E. L. Smith of Guston, Kentucky, who is the oldest member of the family and Mrs. O. N. Kasey, Irvington, Kentucky, who is the youngest. By a former marriage of George Paul the following children were born: Mrs. Nannie Moore, deceased; Mrs. Rachel Wood, deceased; Mrs. Alice Gilbert, deceased; Charles, whose address is unknown; Jack, whose address is also unknown; James, Chanute, Kansas; and George, who resides at Clinton, Missouri. To Mr. and Mrs. Beaty have been born the following children: Loraine, died at the age of eighteen months; Paul, Robert and Beulah.

BEATY, James Clark Judge
Shawnee Township, Henry County
born: Jan 16 1869, Shawnee Twp, Henry Co, MO
Source:1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co pg Pg:803
J. C. Beaty, one of the well-known and extensive farmers and stockmen of Shawnee township, is a native of this township and a descendant of one of the pioneer families of Henry County. He was born January 16, 1869, a son of L. P. and Frances (Gillett) Beaty. A more extensive sketch of L. P. Beaty appears in connection with a sketch of Dr. J. G. Beaty in this volume. J. C. Beaty was reared to manhood in Shawnee township and received his education in the district schools of the neighborhood, which has always been his home. Mr. Beaty was reared on a farm and has made farming and stock raising his life's work. He bought his present place which consists of a splendid farm of five hundred eighty acres, in 1908. The place is well improved, with a good residence and is located one and one-fourth miles north of Huntingdale. Mr. Beaty built a large barn in 1908, which is one of the valuable adjuncts to the place. This building is 40x52 feet in dimensions. The place is well watered and an ideal stock farm, one of the best places for general farming purposes in the county. Mr. Beaty raises cattle, hogs and horses, and is also recognized as an extensive feeder. On March 5, 1890, J. C. Beaty was united in marriage with Miss Louella Vance, a daughter of I. M. and Cyrena (Cain) Vance, who now reside at Chilhowee, Missouri. I. M. and Cyrena (Cain) Vance are the parents of the following children: Luella, married J. C. Beaty; Mrs. William Hampton, Warrensburg, Missouri; W. S. Warrensburg, Missouri; E. F., Big Creek township, Henry County; Dr. B. H., Concordia, Kansas; W. H., Kansas City, Missouri; Mrs. John W. Howerton, Big Creek, township, Henry County, and Mrs. B. E. Mothersead, Leadwood, Missouri. To J. C. Beaty and wife have been born two children: J. Carl, married Verlie Swart, daughter of W. S. and Chessie (Ross) Swart, resides on the home place, and Louis V., born March 6, 1893, who resided at home with his parents. He is the present township assessor of Shawnee township, now serving his fourth year. He was educated in the Huntingdale schools and the Norris High School, where he was graduated in class of 1914 and is now a private in the National Army stationed at Camp Funston. The Beaty family is well known and highly respected in Henry County, and rank among the leading pioneer families of this section. J. C. Beaty is one of the well-known and substantial citizens of Henry County. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

BEATY, Joseph George Dr.
Huntingdale, Shawnee Township, Henry County
born: Jul 21 1867, Shawnee Twp, Henry Co, MO
Source:1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co pg Pg:800
Dr. J. G. Beaty, a prominent physician and surgeon of Huntingdale, Shawnee township, is a descendant of one of the very early pioneer families of Henry County. He was born in Shawnee township July 21, 1867, a son of L. P. and Frances (Gillett) Beaty, both natives of Shawnee township, the former born October 16, 1837 and the latter in 1846. L. P. Beaty was a Confederate veteran of the Civil War, having served in Company F, 16th Missouri Infantry. After the close of the Civil War he returned to Henry County and was engaged in farming and stock raising for a number of years. He was prominently identified with Henry County in a political way during his lifetime and was perhaps one of the best known men in the county. He was appointed county judge in 1878 by Governor Boggs and re-elected to that office several times, serving seventeen years in all. He represented Henry County in the State Legislature in 1905-1906. He died in 1910. L. P. Beaty was a son of Joseph R. and Mary (Prigmore) Beaty. Joseph R. Beaty was a native of Kentucky and came to Missouri and settled in what is now Shawnee township, Henry County, in 1834. Here he entered four hundred acres of land from the Government, which is still owned by three of his grandsons. His wife, Mary (Prigmore) Beaty, was also a Kentuckian, born May 20, 1817. She came to Missouri with her parents in 1821. They settled at Sweet Springs, Pettis County. In 1836 she was united in marriage with Joseph R. Beaty and she died in 1896. To L. P. and Frances (Gillett) Beaty were born the following children: Dr. J. G. Beaty, the subject of this sketch; J. C., a sketch of whom appears in this volume; D. T., a sketch of whom also appears in this volume; W. L., who resides on the old home place; Albert and May, died in infancy. Dr. J. G. Beaty received a good common school education and entered the Missouri Medical College at St. Louis, Missouri, where he was graduated in 1893 with a degree of Doctor of Medicine. After completing his medical course, Doctor Beaty engaged in the practice of his profession at Shawnee Mound, and here remained for five years. He then located in Huntingdale, where for the past twenty years he has been continuously engaged in the practice of medicine. Doctor Beaty is one of the well qualified and successful physicians of Henry County. He is a close student of the ever advancing science of medicine and has a large practice. Doctor Beaty was commissioned captain in the Medical Corps of the United States Army June 24, 1918, and entered service July 23, 1918. He was sent to Ft. Riley for training and is now at Camp Funston, Kansas, assigned to duty with the 323rd Remount Depot Infirmary No.28. Doctor Beaty was united in marriage in 1896 to Miss Georgia Holcomb. To this union was born one son, Louis Holcomb. The wife and mother died in 1910 and her remains are interred in Colbern Cemetery. On December 9, 1910, Doctor Beaty was united in marriage with Miss Geneva Hibler of Clinton. Doctor Beaty has a pleasant home in Huntingdale and a valuable farm of seventy acres adjoining the townsite. Politically Doctor Beaty is a Democrat and takes a keen interest in matters concerning the public welfare. He is a member of the township board. He takes special interest in road improvement and has done much to make this movement popular in Henry County. He is one of the county's most valued citizens.

BEATY, Lewis Pickett Judge
Shawnee Township, Henry County
born: Oct 16 1837, Henry Co, MO
Source:1883 History of Henry County Missouri, National Historical Co pg Pg:662
Judge Lewis P. Beaty, farmer and stock raiser, section 16, is among the prominent men of this county, and none are more worthy of a representation in this work than he. He was born in Henry County, Missouri, October 16, 1837. His father, Joseph R. Beaty, was a native of Kentucky, and a son of Wilham Beaty, of the same state. Joseph R. was married December 1, 1836, to Miss Mary Prigmore. She was born in Allen County, Kentucky, May 22, 1816, and came to Missouri in 1818, and in 1836 to Henry County. Joseph Beaty died in Henry County May 17, 1843. Lewis P. grew to manhood on the farm upon which he now lives, and obtained his education in the common schools. July 20, 1862, he enlisted in Company F, Sixteenth Missouri Infantry of the Confederate army, and surrendered at Shreveport, Louisiana, June 5, 1865. After this he returned to Henry County, where. he has since followed his chosen occupation, that of a farmer. He owns a landed estate of 175 acres, well improved. September 2, 1873, he was elected judge of the county court, and was re-elected to that office every term until 1882, when he was elected presiding judge of the county court. He is a member of the Christian Church, and belongs to the Masonic fraternity. September 30, 1856, Judge Beaty was married to Miss Frances E. Prewitt, a native of this county, born September 3, 1840. She died June 10, 1876, leaving four children, Joseph G., James C., T. Dick and Walter L. Two children are deceased.

BEATY, William Travis
Deer Creek Township, Henry County
born: Oct 27 1804, Cumberland Co, KY
Source:1883 History of Henry County Missouri, National Historical Co pg Pg:794
William T. Beaty, a pioneer citizen of Henry County, was born in Cumberland County, Kentucky, October 27, 1804. His father, Alexander Beaty, was a native of Virginia, and his mother, whose maiden name was Catherine Travis, came originally from Maryland. The former served in the revolutionary war. He removed to Kentucky at an early day and was one of the first settlers of Cumberland County. William T. was reared on a farm, and while young learned the gunsmith's trade. In 1830 he came to Missouri and located first in Saline County, and worked at his trade five years. removing to Henry County in 1835. He was one of the first settlers here, and soon entered land and improved the farm where he now resides. Mr. Beaty was married in this county February 25, 1836, to Miss Sallie Pinnell, a native of Virginia and a daughter of F. A. Pinnell. They reared a family of three children, all of whom are married and reside in Henry County. Mrs. Beaty died May 23, 1876.

BEEDY, John Creighton
Windsor Township, Henry County
born: Jul 21 1834, Gilmanton, NH
Source:1883 History of Henry County Missouri, National Historical Co pg Pg:557
John Creighton Beedy. Mr. Beedy is of English extraction, the families of both his parents having emigrated to America from that country and settled in New Hampshire before the revolutionary war. Jeremiah Beedy, his grandfather, was born in New Hampshire and was a soldier during the revolution, and after that event continued his chosen avocation until his death. His son John was born in Gilmanton, New Hampshire, in 1800, and settled in Bolton, Vermont, while a young man, where he pursued the labors of an agriculturist until 1851. During this time he took an active part in local and state politics, filling various official positions and serving two years in the lower house of the state assembly. He then moved to Montpelier, Vermont, where, after a useful and honorable life, he died in 1873. He married Betsey L. Fifield, daughter of Samuel Fifield, who came from England and located upon a farm in New Hampshire. They had six children, all of whom are now living. Their son John C. was born in Bolton, Chittenden County, Vermont, July 21, 1834, and until his seventeenth year attended the public schools in Bolton. Upon his parents removing to Montpelier he was placed in the academy in that city, where he remained until he was twenty years of age. After working a year at home upon his father's farm he turned his steps toward the great west, and came to Janesville, Wisconsin, and taught school one year. For the next two and a half years he was engaged in the lumber business, first for his uncle and afterward for a Milwaukee firm. At the expiration of that period he went to St. Louis and was employed as traveling salesman for his uncle in the lumber trade, and going to Syracuse, Missouri, he continued it for two years. He then located in Sedalia, Missouri, and in two years sold out his lumber interests and commenced general trading and supplying government stores. In company with McKay, Hood and McAllister, of St. Louis, he contracted to supply the hospitals at Vicksburg and interior points with provisions and stores. In 1863, in company with Thomas McAllister, he established the wholesale grocery house of J. C. Beedy & Co. at New Orleans, engaging also in cotton and sugar growing, and in general speculation. He was with General Banks in 1864 on his memorable Red River expedition, buying and shipping cotton. In the spring of 1866 the grocery firm of J. C. Beedy & Co. disposed of their stock, and he devoted himself exclusively to cotton planting for two seasons. Returning to Missouri he embarked quite extensively in farming operations in Johnson County, which he continued until 1869, when resuming his old business, he opened a lumber yard in Knob Noster, which he closed after one year's trade. Then he established yards in Clinton and Windsor, soon disposing of the former, but continuing the latter until 1874, when he accepted the general management and agency of the Eau Claire Lumber Company, St. Louis. Remaining in charge only one year he returned to Windsor, where he is now engaged in the lumber trade. Since coming here he has taken large contracts for the United States mail service, in company with Morse & Hines, of Windsor. In 1877 he organized, together with Mr. C. C. Morse and others, the Windsor Savings Bank, with a capital of $50,000, and since that time he has been president of the bank corporation. Mr. Beedy is a Democrat, and takes quite an active part in local politics and in all municipal and educational affairs. He has been a member of the city council, and was one of the school board who built the school buildings which does the city so much credit. He has also served the city as its mayor. He married Miss Ellen Victoria, daughter of Joel and Charlotte (Colyer) Goldsburg, of Barre, Vermont, October 23, 1867. He has three children, Lula Annette, Nellie and John Goldsburg. Mr. Beedy has contributed generously to the building and support of the various churches erected in Windsor. In 1876 he went to the centennial and took an extended tour through the eastern states, visiting the principal cities and places of interest. He is a good financier, a man of progressive ideas, and liberal in devising for the interests of the community in which he lives, and has done much to develop the trade of his town and county. He is a man of fine physical appearance, social and pleasant in his address, is just in the prime of manhood, full of life and business energy, and has acquired a handsome property. He is one of the firm who built the fruit evaporator in Windsor in 1882. He is also associated with Mr. Gorham in developing a vein of coal on the latter's farm, equaling, if not surpassing, in quality any yet found in the county.

BELL, William E.
Osceola Township, St. Clair County
born: 1847, Polk Co, MO
Source:1883 History of St. Clair County MO, National Historical Co. Pg:1076
William E. Bell, M. D., was born in Polk County, Missouri, in 1847, and is the son of Robert H. Bell, M. D., a native of Lexington, Kentucky, born in 1819. He studied medicine in Lexington, and graduated at the Transylvania college in that city. Coming to Missouri, he settled in Polk County, practicing there and in Benton County for fifteen years, and then removed to Pettis County, where he is now a prominent physician. William's mother was formerly Sarah M. Ferguson, a Kentuckian by birth. He was the oldest of five children. While young, he fitted himself for the practice of medicine, studying with his father as percepter. He received a good academic education, and after a thorough preparation he practiced in Polk County two years, and for two years in Benton and Hickory Counties. He attended two full courses of lectures at the medical college in St. Louis, where he was graduated in 1879. In September, 1880, he came to Osceola, where he secured a good practice. He is making the diseases of women and children a specialty, and when not otherwise engaged, his time is taken up in the investigation of diseases, and keeping up with the new complications and their remedies. Few men of his age have made a more enviable reputation than Dr. Bell.

BELLINGHAUSEN, William
Montrose, Deepwater Township, Henry County
born: Mar 7 1855, Homerich, Germany
Source:1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co pg Pg:495
William Bellinghausen. The 160 acre farm of William Bellinghausen, just north of the town of Montrose in Deepwater township, is well improved with an imposing residence located almost in the center of the tract, excellent farm buildings and fencing kept in good repair, much of which is growing hedges. Since Mr. Bellinghausen took possession of this tract in 1902 he has added considerably to the value of the farm by making substantial improvements and increasing the productivity of the soil. The crops planted for the harvest of this year (1918) aggregate fifty-five acres of corn, thirty-five acres of wheat, which yielded twenty bushels to the acre, and thirty acres of oats, which gave a yield of twenty-two bushels to the acre. Mr. William Bellinghausen was born at Homerich, Germany, March 7, 1855, the son of Dominic and Helena (Eich) Bellinghausen, the former of whom died in Germany. His widow then married John Schmitz, who brought the family to America in 1881. The family located in Carroll County, Iowa, where both stepfather and mother died. Mr. Bellinghausen became a naturalized citizen in Iowa and has ever since been a thoroughly loyal citizen to the land of his adoption. To America he owes all that he possesses and the opportunity was presented to him here to accumulate and make an independent home for him and his for all time to come. He became owner of an Iowa farm in 1895 which he sold in 1901, and came to Henry County and invested in his present fine farm. In 1896 he was married to Mrs. Gertrude (Koenig) Bellinghausen, a widow who had three children by her former marriage: Lizzie, a Sister in the convent at Marie Stein, Ohio; Joseph, died in Henry County; Peter, born in April, 1894, a soldier in the National Army now on the battlefield of France fighting in defense of the liberties of the free peoples of the world. The following children have been born to William M. and Gertrude Bellinghausen: Lena, employed in St. Mary's Hospital at Kansas City; William, Annie, employed in St. Mary's Hospital; Margaret, Dominic and Leo, at home. Mr. Bellinghausen is a Democrat but has little time for political matters, his main interest in life being his fine farm and family to which he is very much devoted. He and his family worship at the Catholic Church of Montrose. He is fraternally affiliated with the Knights of Columbus and so are his sons, Peter and William.

BENNETT, James Edwin
Clinton, Clinton Township, Henry County
born: Jun 19 1850, KY
Source:1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co pg Pg:342
James E. Bennett, a former Henry County sheriff who has been prominently identified with the affairs of this county for a number of years, is a native of Kentucky. He was born June 19, 1850, and is a son of John and Martha (Ham) Bennett, both natives of Kentucky and descendants of Kentucky pioneer stock. James E. Bennett's parents moved to Bates County from Benton County, Missouri in 1856, when James was six years of age. They first settled in Benton County and after remaining a short time there went to the western part of Bates County and settled on a farm not farm from the Kansas State line. This section was in the heart of the Border War district. When the Civil War broke out the father joined the cause of Confederacy, serving under General Price. A few months after the outbreat of the war he returned to his Bates County home and removed his family to Henry County on what is known as the Lafe Cruse place, near where Cook's old mill stood on the Grand River. About a year later the family went to Pettis county. After the war the father bought a place in Pettis county on Flat Creek. Here he followed farming, meeting with a fair degree of success until his death. The mother survived him eight years. Both died on the old home place on Flat creek in Pettis County. James E. Bennett was one of a family of eleven children, ten of whom are now living: W. T., Orange California; G. L., Green Ridge, Missouri; James E., the subject of this sketch; H. L. Spokane, Washington; Susan, married Milton Durrell, lonia, Missouri; Martha J., married May Field, who is now deceased and she resides at Hot Springs, Arkansas; Walter L., Rockville, Missouri; Lillie, married Philip Snovall, a member of the board of county judges at Benton County, and resides at lonia, Missouri; John M., Brownington, Missouri; and Ed A., who resides on the old home place in Pettis County. Of the ten members of this family, the youngest is fifty-one years of age and the oldest about seventy-two. The boyhood days of James E. Bennett were spent amidst the scenes and hardships of the Border and Civil Wars, and he has a distinct recollection of many of the tragedies of that time. He witnessed a number of minor engagements between the contending factions and many of the events of those times left an indelible impression on his mind. He was reared on a farm and received his education in the schools which the early times afforded and began life as a farmer in the vicinity of Windsor, Missouri. About 1880 he was elected marshal of Windsor, serving in that capacity for six years, and during that time he also held the office as constable. He was then appointed deputy sheriff of Henry County under Sheriff W. J. Ellison, and had charge of the county jail during the latter part of Sheriff Ellison's administration. Sheriff Ellison was succeeded by Sheriff James H. Calloway, and Mr. Bennett was appointed deputy sheriff under Sheriff Calloway, continuing to have charge of the jail for four years more. He was then elected sheriff of Henry County, and at the expiration of his first term, was re-elected and served for four years. In going out of the office of sheriff, Mr. Bennett left a record as one of the capable and conscientious officers of Henry County. At the close of his official career, Mr. Bennett bought a farm, near Windsor, where he was engaged in farming and stock raising about eight years. In 1904 he came to Clinton and since that time has been engaged in buying and selling horses and mules, and he is one of the extensive dealers in that line in this section of the State. On June 17, 1873, James E. Bennett was united in marriage with Miss Catherine I. Hines, a daughter of Brantley and Elizabeth (Douglas) Hines. The father was a soldier in the Confederate Army and when the war ended he was in Texas in the service of the "lost cause." After the close of the war and while on his way home, on a transport on the Red River, the boat sank on account of overloading and he was drowned. To Mr. and Mrs. Bennett have been born four children, as follows: Mary Myrtle (oldest), married Charles Gray, and is now deceased; Walter, supervisor of the State Hospital at Nevada, Missouri; Wallace, who is engaged in the transfer business at Long Beach, California; Edwin, associated with his father in business in Clinton. Mr. Bennett has been identified with the Democratic party since boyhood, and it may be truly said of him that he is a staunch Democrat. He is a member of the Ancient Order of United Workman and the Modern Woodmen of America. He is a public spirited and progressive citizen and there are few, if any, men in Henry County who have more friends than "Jim" Bennett.

BENNETT, John Milton
Osage Township, Henry County
born: Dec 27 1855, Benton Co, MO
Source:1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co pg Pg:817
John M. Bennett, a prominent farmer and stock raiser of Osage township, was born December 27, 1855, in Benton County, Missouri, the son of John and Martha (Ham) Bennett. John Bennett, Sr., was born 1820 in Logan County, Kentucky, where with his parents he shared the pioneer hardships and experiences. In 1856 he moved to West Point, Bates County, and engaged in farming. While conducting his peaceful occupation of tilling the soil until the Civil War broke out. Mr. Bennett joined the Confederate Army, enlisting at West Point, Missouri, in Raines' Division of Price's Army. Four years of warfare brought many experiences to the men who fought under starry skies and the bright glaring sun, but soon, the dove of peace bad again spread her wings over our nation and the boys in blue and grey resumed their peaceful occupations. Mr. John Bennett, Sr., and Martha Ham were married and ten children were born to their union, all of whom are living. They are as follows: William F., residing at Orange, California; Green L., a merchant of Green Ridge, Missouri; James E., ex-sheriff of Henry County, now living at Clinton, Missouri; Susan, the wife of Judge Milton Rurrell of Pettis County, Missouri; John M., subject of this sketch; Martha J., wife of Robert Mayfield of Little Rock, Arkansas; Mrs. Lillie Schnabel, judge of Benton County Court; Harrison, Spokane, Washington; Walter L., Rockville, Missouri; Edward, operating the home farm in Pettis County, Missouri. In 1830, when the Ham family moved from Franklin, Howard County, the Indians were still among his native haunts and resented the coming of the white man upon his hunting grounds. Mr. Ham located near Windsor and for many years worked hard to reclaim the virgin soil to civilized fertility. His daughter, Martha (Ham) Bennett, was born in 1822 in Howard County and died in 1906. Her husband had been laid to rest in 1883. John M. Bennett, the subject of this sketch, received his education in Pettis County and until 1901, he followed farming pursuits in that county. In 1901 he came to Henry County and purchased the present farm and has successfully conducted his business here since then. He owns 342 acres of land and raises cattle and sheep, as well as carrying on general farming. March 15, 1863, John Bennett and Willie S. Hines were united in marriage. They are the parents of five children, as follows: Virgil, a soldier in the National Army now at Camp Funston; James R., Jewel Ruby, Grace, and Naomi, who continue to make their home with their parents. Mrs. Bennett was the daughter of Brantley and Margaret (Douglas) Hines. Brantley Hines was a member of the Confederate Army and upon returning to his home was drowned as the boat "Kentucky," sank in the Red River. Mrs. Hines lived to a good old age and is now laid to rest in the Windsor Cemetery. Mr. Bennett and his son Virgil are members of the Modern Woodmen of America, and Mrs. Bennett affiliates with the Royal Neighbors, also a member of the Christian Church.

BENSON, Sidney R.
Shawnee Township, Henry County
born: 1844, Jackson Co, IA
Source:1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co pg Pg:789
S. R. Benson - The family tree of the Benson family has its roots in the earliest history of our Nation, members of which have given their lives to evolve this great democratic Government. S. R. Benson was born in 1844 in Jackson County, Iowa, the son of John and Almeda (Green) Benson. John Benson and his wife were among the pioneers of Iowa, settling upon her broad prairies when men laughed at the mere possibility of it ever being an agricultural country. John Benson was born in 1796 in Cattaraugus County, New York, and his wife was born in Green County, New York, in 1810. Mrs. Almeda Green was the daughter of a Revolutionary soldier who was captured by the British and taken into Canada, a prisoner of war. He effected his escape and crossed the Niagara River back into his own country. For many days he was dependent upon nature for food, eating the berries and bark of the trees. Such privations were endured by the men who fought for liberty. John and Almeda (Green) Benson are both deceased and are buried in Grundy County, Iowa. They were the parents of twelve children: Ursula, married Edwin Parker in Hardin County, Iowa; Sylvia, wife of J. Linley, Bloomington, Illinois; Matilda, Bloomington, Illinois; Effie Swayne of Harding County, Iowa; Solon F., a banker of Pierson, Iowa; Horace J., lives in Kentucky, and S. R., the subject of this sketch. S. R. Benson was reared and educated in Delaware County, Iowa, where his parents lived for some time. In 1864, when only a lad of twenty and the fire of adventure burning high within his breast, he left the parental roof to explore the western lands. He crossed the Missouri at Omaha, Nebraska, and followed the Platte river until he reached his destination in Montana. The slow and steady ox team was his conveyance and the stars by night his shelter. S. R. Benson and his brother, Edwin, started on this trip across the plains together. The brother died on the plains and S. R. was left alone. He continued on alone, taking his brother's body with him until he came upon a party of campers who helped him make a rough coffin out of a wagon box and assisted in the burial. Leaving the lone grave of his brother by the side of the trail on the desert, Mr. Benson continued his journey westward until he reached Virginia City, Montana. Four years and eight months later he returned to Hardin County, Iowa, where he was married to Lucinda Griffith and again they left their home to visit the state of Colorado. His wife died in Colorado, leaving two sons: Lester S. and Charles W., who reside at Stewart, Wyoming. Mr. Benson remained in Colorado until 1884, when he went to Washington County, Kansas, and farmed until in 1903, when he came to Shawnee township, Henry County. September 29, 1886, S. R. Benson married Mary Catherine Woods, a native of Jewell County, Kansas, and a daughter of Richard and Mary J. Woods, both deceased. Her father died in 1860 in Iowa and her mother, who married Obed Hastings after her first husband died in Jewell County, Kansas. Mr. and Mrs. Benson have two sons, R. H. and Vernon B., both serving in the United States Army in the World War. Mr. Benson is the owner of four hundred forty acres of well improved land on which he has made wonderful improvements since his possession of same. A portion of his land is farmed by a tenant, who has a new home and buildings built for him. Mr. Benson is a Democrat and one of Henry County's foremost citizens.

BERRY, Robert Henley Courts
Tebo Township, Henry County
born: May 13 1827, Olham Co, KY
Source:1883 History of Henry County Missouri, National Historical Co pg Pg:630
Robert Henley Courts Berry was born May 13, 1827, in Olham County, Kentucky, being the son of Jonathan T. Berry, born in 1776, in Henry County, Kentucky. His mother, formerly Eleanor M. Taylor, was born in Jefferson County, of the same state. They were married in 1825, and to them were born eleven children. Of these only four are now living, three daughters and one son. They emigrated from Kentucky to Henry County, Missouri, in 1835, and in that year Mr. B. entered a tract of land of 740 acres, mostly in Windsor, but on the line of that and Tebo Townships. He remained a resident of the county until his death, June 6, 1872. He was for many years judge of this county, and was acting judge at the outbreak of the war, in 1861. Mrs. B. now resides with William R. Taylor, of Windsor Township. R. H. C. Berry, their only surviving son, married Miss Olivia N., daughter of Dr. William and Ann E. Taylor, of Olham County, Kentucky. By this union there were seven children, of whom six survive, four daughters and two sons. Eleanor C., born June 23, 1854, married William Hurt, February 6, 1883; Jonathan T., born May 22, 1856; Lawrence W., born November 11, 1857, now in New Mexico; Ann E., born October 5, 1859, married Benjamin Palmer, of Henry County, June 5, 1881; Virginia M., born July 2, 1862, died March 6, 1865; Olivia M., was born June 19, 1865; Lucy Alice was born January 13, 1868. In 1853 Mr. Berry purchased a farm of 160 acres in Windsor Township, and after his marriage he settled upon it, soon adding forty acres. Here he remained for nearly four years, then purchasing 353 acres. To this he has added thirty-nine acres, and he has steadily pursued farming since 1858. He deals in stock quite largely, and also raises it to some extent. Their daughters, Mrs. Hurt and Palmer, are members of the Baptist Church of Calhoun. His political sentiments are Democratic.

BETTELS, Bernard J. "Barney"
Deepwater Township, Henry County
born: Sep 1 1867, Germany
Source:1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co pg Pg:475
Barney Bettels. For the past twenty-five years, Bernard or Barney Bettels, has resided upon his fine farm of 195 acres in Deepwater township, and during this time he has been constantly improving his place, which includes seventy acres of timber and pasture land. The Bettels home sets far back from the road about half way across the farm land. The Bettels farm is in three tracts, 100 acres of which comprises the home place. Barney Bettels was born in Germany September 1, 1867, the son of Frank and Gertrude Bettels, who emigrated to America in April, 1871, and settled in St. Charles County, Missouri. In 1873 they went to St. Louis County, Missouri, the mother having died in St. Charles County. Mr. Bettels attended school in St. Louis and resided there until 1881. When he attained the age of thirteen years he came to Henry County and lived with his brother William for three years and finished his schooling at Germantown, after which he drew wages under Bernard Schmedding. He worked for two years for Joseph Cook and one year for Mr. Wincke, receiving $100 per year for three years. In August of 1889 he went to California and was employed on a large grain ranch in Tulare County for three and a half years, then returned to Henry County. His brother, Fred Bettels, dying, he purchased his brother's farm for $1,500. He has prospered and added to his acreage and laid away money during the years that he has been engaged in farming and is regarded as one of the substantial and enterprising' land owners of Henry County. June 21, 1893, Barney Bettels and Minnie Cook were united in marriage. Mrs. Minnie Bettels was born in Henry County, June 2, 1871, and is the daughter of John J. Cook of Germantown, a sketch of whom appears in this volume. To them have been born children as follows: Leo, born May 24, 1894, member of the Knights of Columbus and assisting his father on the farm, now a private in the National Army; Bernardine, born January 21, 1896; Clements, born October 3, 1898; Della Margaret, born December 3, 1901; Rosa Emma, born February 15, 1905; Magdalena Mary, born February 21, 1908; Elenora Anna, born February 4, 1911. Mr. Bettels is a Democrat, but he devotes little time to political matters outside of voting. He and his family are members of the Germantown Catholic Church.

BETTELS, William
Germantown, Deepwater Township, Henry County
born: 1851, Hanover, Germany
Source:1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co pg Pg:869
William Bettels - The Bettels family is one of the most substantial and respected in Henry County, every member of which has succeeded in accumulating a competence and are farm owners in the neighborhood of Germantown, in Deepwater township. Forty-eight years ago Frank and Gertrude Bettels left their old home in Hanover, Germany, and crossed the ocean with their family of six sons and four daughters, landing at New York City. They at once came to Missouri and settled in St. Charles County, residing there until 1876, at which time they came to Henry County, Missouri. The sons of the family had preceded the parents in the removal to Henry County. Frank Bettels died in 1905 at the age of 75 years. His wife, Gertrude, is deceased. The children of Frank and Gertrude Bettels are as follow: Joseph died in Henry County, in 1915; William, subject of this review; Frank, a resident of St. Louis; Ferdinand died in 1903; August, a prosperous farmer of Walker township; Bernard, a farmer in Deepwater township; Henry, a resident of Deepwater township; Sophia, deceased. William Bettels was born in Hanover, Germany, in 1851, and was nineteen years of age when he accompanied his parents to America. He came to Henry County from St. Charles County in 1874 and during the first two years of his residence in this county he worked at farm labor. During these two years he saved his earnings and then invested in his present farm, which he purchased in 1876. The Bettels farm consists of 140 acres and is located three miles southwest of Germantown in Deepwater township. The place is nicely improved with a good home and farm buildings, all of which have been erected by the proprietor, who has otherwise beautified the surroundings with shrubbery and evergreen, making the farm a very attractive one. Mr. Bettels was married in 1876 to Margaret Hoele (born 1851, died 1911), the daughter of Matthias Hoele, a pioneer settler of Henry County, of German extraction. Seven children were born to William and Margaret Bettels, as follow: Mrs. Kate Weisman, Walker township; Frank Bettels, born 1883, married in 1914 to Anna Tilling, and father of one child, Ida, born January 11, 1915, is tilling the home farm; Sophia is a teacher in the parochial schools of Belleville; Lena and Ida are teachers in the parochial schools of St. Louis. The Democratic party has always had the unqualified support of William Bettels, who is considered one of the best citizens of this county. He and his family are members of the Catholic Church.

BIFFER, Andrew
Clinton Township, Henry County
born: Oct 30 1841, Germany
Source:1883 History of Henry County Missouri, National Historical Co pg Pg:497
Andrew Biffer, dealer in furniture, etc., is a native of Germany and was born October 30, 1841. He was there reared and educated, and according to the laws of that country, enlisted when twenty years of age in the army for five years. In December, 1865, he emigrated to America, and after a residence in New York City of two months he went to Louisville. Kentucky, remaining for three months. Later he was a resident of Belleville, Illinois. for six months, and upon going to Quincy, Illinois, was engaged at the trade of cabinet making. After residing there nearly one year he came to Kirksville, Missouri, in February, 1871, and embarked in the furniture business, continuing with great success till June, 1880, when he established his present furniture store in Clinton. He carries a large stock of goods in his line, and is doing about the principal share of trade at this place. Mr. Biffer was married October 10, 1870, to Miss Katherine Frazier, a native of Missouri. They have two children, Anna and Mary. He is a member of the Odd Fellows' fraternity.

BIGGS, Samuel
Clinton, Clinton Township, Henry County
born: Oct 8 1875, near Alberta, Bethlehem Twp, Henry Co, MO
Source:1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co pg Pg:670
Samuel Biggs, a well known stock dealer of Clinton, Missouri, is a native of Henry County. He was born near Alberta in Bethlehem township, October 8, 1875. He is a son of John and Elizabeth (Arnold) Biggs, both natives of Kentucky. the former born in Rockcastle County, September 5, 1833, and the latter born in Warren County, December 24, 1840, and now reside in Clinton, Missouri. John Biggs left his native State in 1849 and went to Illinois and in 1868 came to Missouri. John and Elizabeth (Arnold) Biggs were married in Illinois March 22, 1857, and the following children were born to them: Mary, now the wife of Allen Faith, Clinton, Missouri; John; Jane, now the wife of John Ellis, Versailles; Ed B., Montrose, Missouri; James and Charles, twins, died in infancy; Laura, now the wife of Decatur Jennings, Kansas City, Missouri; S. D., lives at Buffalo, Kansas; Samuel, the subject of this sketch, and Minnie, married Horace Houtes. Samuel Biggs was reared on a farm in Henry County and educated in the district schools. He engaged in farming, which he made his principal occupation until 1911, when he came to Clinton, and since that time has been engaged in buying and selling mules and cattle, and today is one of the extensive live stock dealers of the county. His operations are by no means confined to Henry County. He is one of the well known buyers of southwestern Missouri. Mr. Biggs was united in marriage April 21, 1911, with Miss Oka McLane, a daughter of F. E. and Matilda F. (Wynn) McLane. The former was a native of Missouri and the latter of Indiana. The father died in 1909 and the mother now resides at Windsor. They were the parents of the following children: Stella, married R. E. Stiff, Boise City, Idaho; Pearl, married Jack Oaks, Bates County, Missouri; Oka, the wife of Samuel Biggs, the subject of this sketch; Bert, Kansas City, Missouri; Roy, Hot Springs, Arkansas; Finis, Kansas City, Missouri; Grover, Benton County, Missouri; Ida, married Fred Gray, Calhoun, Missouri; May, married Joe Brodley, Pleasant Hill, Missouri; Ethel, married Grover Stone, Marshall, Missouri, and Ruby, Kansas City, Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. Biggs reside at 811 East Ohio street and are among the leading people of Clinton.

BILDERBACK, Thomas Jefferson
Osage Township, Henry County
born: May 7 1855, Laclede Co, MO
Source:1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co pg Pg:736
Thomas J. Bilderback - The "Walnut Grove Stock Farm," located in Osage township, is owned and operated by Mr. T. J. Bilderback, a progressive farmer who realizes the opportunities of raising and feeding cattle in this section. The ideal conditions of living within a corn-growing district where feed of the right sort is plentiful and easy access to the large city markets offers unusual advantages to the stockman. Mr. Bilderback was born in Laclede County, Missouri, May 7, 1855, and is the son of Thomas B. and Sarah (Rimmers) Bilderback. Thomas Bilderback was born February 3, 1822, in Pennsylvania, the son of Daniel and Sarah (Castleman) Bilderback. His parents moved from Pennsylvania, to Ohio and from there to Illinois and to Laclede County, Missouri, in 1847. They were the first settlers in the vicinity when they settled, the closest neighbor being fifteen miles and the gristmill, twenty-five miles away. When the Civil War broke out Mr. Bilderback served in the Union Army for four years, and at its close returned to his farm in Laclede County and farmed until his death, May 19, 1894. Mrs. Sarah (Rimmers) Bilderback was born in November, 1825, a native of Tennessee. She died July 4, 1890 and was buried in Bilderback Cemetery, where her husband was later laid away. They were the parents of seven children: Elizabeth, deceased; Sarah J., deceased; Henry L., Judson, Stephen W., Thomas J., and Elzina. Thomas J. Bilderback was educated in Laclede County schools and previous to his coming to Henry County in 1885 he farmed there. In 1890 he purchased 120 acres and later added 200 more acres, making 320 acres that he is farming. A small two-room house was on the premises at the time he purchased it, which he replaced in 1894 by a seven-room home. He has two barns and a silo. The first barn used for his cattle is 40x100 feet with a silo. A car track conveys the ensilage from the silo to the feeding troughs. The second barn used for the horses is 60x80 feet. Mr. Bilderback ships three carloads of cattle and two carloads of hogs each year. On August 4, 1885, Thomas T. Bilderback and Nancy C. Stewart were united in marriage and have the following children: Earl C., married Clara Crabtree, Abbey, Canada; Pearl, wife of Claude Joplin, of Kansas City, Missouri; W. M., deceased; Ada, Katryne and Golson, at home. Mrs. Nancy Bilderback was born November 22, 1867, the daughter of Henry H. and Rebecca F. (Curd) Stewart, who were both born in Henry County, the former now living at Albion, Oklahoma, aged 76 years, and the latter died on December 5, 1876. They were the parents of the following: Ada, deceased; Nancy Katherine, wife of T. J. Bilderback; John H., Albion, Oklahoma; William, Deepwater, Missouri; Francis, Seattle, Washington. Henry H. Stewart was married the second time to Mrs. Lizzie (Rickett) Jackson, a widow, who bore him two sons: George, Romona, Oklahoma; and Earl, Albion, Oklahoma. The Walnut Grove Stock Farm is indeed a credit to the county and Mr. Bilderback and his family are valuable citizens.

BISHOP, Thomas V.
Taber Township, St. Clair County
born: Mar 28 1820, Crawford Co, PA
Source:1883 History of St. Clair County MO, National Historical Co. Pg:1211
Thomas V. Bishop, farmer, section 35, the son of James and Rachael (Van Winkle) Bishop, natives of New Jersey, was born in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, March 28, 1820. He was reared on his farm in his native county, and in 1850 he moved to Mercer County, Illinois, and in 1868 came to St. Clair County, Missouri. He has followed farming during life, and now has a farm of eighty-four acres. January 25, 1844, Mr. Bishop was married to Miss Elizabeth A. Gallop, of New York. They have had eleven children, eight of whom are living: Mary M., Martha A., Ruby S., Martin H., Julia L., James R., Elizabeth A. and Lee J. Mr. and Mrs. B. are members of the Christian Church.

BLACK, Taylor
Windsor, Windsor Township, Henry County
born: Mar 8 1871, Windsor, Henry Co, MO
Source:1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co pg Pg:539
Taylor Black, manager of the Livingston Elevator and Milling Company, Windsor, Missouri, was born March 8, 1871, in Windsor. He is the son of David D. and Eliza (Taylor) Black, who were parents of six children: Birdie, died in 1893; Taylor, subject of this sketch; John M., deceased; Bolyn F. and James R., living in Kansas City and has been for several years a member of the Kansas City police force; William, deceased. David D. Black was born in Boone County, Missouri, in 1839, dying in 1913. He was a farmer during his life, locating in Henry County in 1860. He was the son of William Black, a Baptist minister and a native of Kentucky and pioneer settler of Boone County, Missouri. Mrs. Eliza (Taylor) Black was born in Windsor township in 1843 and departed this life in 1915. She was the daughter of Richard F. and Ann (Fitzhugh) Taylor. Richard F. Taylor served as captain of cavalry in the Confederate army during the Civil War. He was one of the earliest settlers of Windsor and started the first general merchandise store in the town, coming to Henry County from his native state of Kentucky. Taylor Black was reared and educated in Windsor and engaged in the milling business in 1892 in the employ of the Windsor Milling Company. He remained with this concern until 1904. During 1900 and 1901 he was employed as traveling salesman for one of the leading Kansas mills. In 1904 he became manager of the Livingston Mill and Elevator Company at Windsor and is capably filling this position at the present time. Mr. Black was married on May 28, 1902, to Miss Fame Bibb, who was born in Warsaw, Missouri. Three children have been born of this marriage: Mary, Florence and Naomi. Mr. Black is a Democrat in politics and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. He is fraternally affiliated with the Knights of Pythias Lodge and occupies a leading place in the citizenship of his native city.

BLACKFORD, Albert J.
Clinton Township, Henry County
born: Aug 10 1844, Hancock Co, OH
Source:1883 History of Henry County Missouri, National Historical Co pg Pg:497
Albert J. Blackford, dealer in millinery and fancy dry goods. was born in Hancock County, Ohio, August 10, 1844. He made his home there till 1859. when he removed to Clinton, DeWitt County, Illinois, engaging in the printing trade in the Transcript office. He remained a " typo" oil that paper till 1862. Then he enlisted in the United States Army, Company F, 107th Regiment Illinois, and served through General Sherman's Atlanta campaign, and with General Thomas through his Tennessee campaign. and was mustered out as captain of his company, at Springfield, Illinois. in July, 1865 He then returned to Clinton, Illinois, and embarked in the dry goods business, the firm being Taylor & Blackford. They continued business until Mr. Blackford came to this city, in 1872. He has a large and well selected stock of goods and is enjoying a liberal patronage. He was united in marriage May 4, 1862, to Miss Mary E. Taylor, of Ohio birth. They have one child, Charlie T. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. and also of the Knights of Pythias.

BLACKMORE, Thomas Albert Dr.
Windsor, Windsor Township, Henry County
born: Jan 18 1873, Lincoln Co, MO
Source:1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co pg Pg:531
Dr. T. Albert Blackmore, M.D. - As a learned and competent physician, who has kept pace with the great developments in the science and art of healing, Dr. J. Albert Blackmore holds a place in the front rank of the medical profession in Henry County. During the years which he has been practicing in the city of Windsor, he has endeared himself to the people, and has made a distinct and unqualified success. Dr. Blackmore was born in Lincoln County, Missouri, January 18, 1873, and is the son of Thomas and Rebecca (Evans) Blackmore. Thomas Blackmore was the son of a Missouri pioneer, Samuel Blackmore, who first settled in this State in the late twenties, coming to Missouri from his native State, Kentucky. Thomas Blackmore was born in Lincoln County, Missouri, October 20, 1840, and followed farming and stock raising during his entire life. His wife, Rebecca Evans, prior to her marriage, was born near Shelbyville, Kentucky, left an orphan in infancy and came to Missouri when young. Thomas Blackmore was a soldier in the Civil War, having enlisted in a Union volunteer regiment at Calhoun, Illinois, and served for about seven months, receiving an honorable discharge from the service on account of sick disability incurred while on duty. Soon after his discharge, he returned to Missouri and settled on a farm in Lincoln County where he remained until his death, in 1886, peacefully and industriously engaged in tilling his acreage. Six children were born to Thomas and Rebecca (Evans) Blackmore as follows: Two sisters died in infancy; Mrs. Elizabeth Avery, Troy, Missouri; Belle, Troy, Missouri; Mrs. Ida Martin, Canada; and T. Albert, subject of this review. The care of this family devolved upon the widowed mother, after the death of Thomas Blackmore, when J. Albert was thirteen years of age. The situation naturally called for his assistance in the farm work and keeping the family together and he faithfully did his part in helping his mother. He attended the district schools and remained upon the home farm until he attained his majority. He then entered Buchanan College, at Troy, Missouri, and pursued a classical course in preparation for the study of medicine which he undertook in the St. Louis College of Medicine, graduating in 1898. Doctor Blackmore began the practice of his profession at Olney, Missouri, and remained there seven and a half years, then located in Windsor, where he has won a high place for himself not only in the ranks of his profession but as a citizen whose worth is recognized. Aside from his practice Doctor Blackmore is interested in various enterprises, locally and in Oklahoma and Arkansas. November 1, 1900, Dr. T. Albert Blackmore and Miss Lenora Thurman, the daughter of Thomas and Minnie (Powell) Thurman of Troy, Missouri, were united in marriage. Thomas Thurman was a native of Lincoln County, Missouri, who followed farming until he located in Troy, Missouri, where he engaged in the real estate business and also served as city marshal of Troy. Four children have been born to Doctor and Mrs. Blackmore, as follows: Thomas Ernest, born April 20, 1904; Thurman Evans, born December 12, 1905; Albert Hamilton, born September 20, 1908; and Charles Powell, born October 18, 1913. The Democratic party and Democratic principles of government have always had the warm support of Doctor Blackmore, who served as coroner of Lincoln County, Missouri, for two years. Doctor Blackmore is president of the Henry County Medical Society, and is a member of the Missouri State Medical Association, and the American Medical Association. He is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias, and the Modern Woodmen of America. Dr. Blackmore was commissioned a captain in the Officers' Medical Reserve Corps of the National Army on August 8, 1918.

BLACKWELL, James H.
Tebo Township, Henry County
born: Feb 19 1834, Macon Co, MO
Source:1883 History of Henry County Missouri, National Historical Co pg Pg:630
James H. Blackwell. The subject of this sketch was born in Macon County, Missouri, February 19, 1834, being the third son and the fifth child of a family of eight children, of William and Elizabeth Blackwell. William Blackwell was born in Madison County, Kentucky, January 13, 1797, and was married September 18, 1823, to Miss Elizabeth Lynch, a native of Virginia, and daughter of Henry Lynch, a Revolutionary veteran. William Blackwell immigrated to Missouri and settled in Boone County November 7, 1827, living there one year, when he went to Howard, where he resided three years. In 1831, he removed to the territory of what is now Macon County, then a portion of Randolph, where he. lived till his death, which occurred in July, 1882, in the eighty-sixth year of his age. His widow still lives on the same farm, being eighty-four years of age. Mr. Blackwell well remembers the time when the country in which he was born was almost a wilderness, when it was too remote from the settlements to have what would now be termed the necessaries of life. When the few inhabitants had to go from thirty to forty miles to mill, when they could not get shoes or boots, and in consequence wore moccasins, and the men wore a great deal of dressed buckskin clothing, when nearly every man laid. in his barrel of wild honey every fail from the woods, when deer, wildcats, catamounts, wolves and panthers were plentiful. He worked with his father on the farm till twenty-one years of age, receiving what education he could obtain in the common schools at odd times when he could be spared from the farm. From early boyhood he had serious religious impressions made upon his mind, to a great extent though the instrumentality of his mother, who was an earnest Methodist, and afterward by his father, who become a faithful Cumberland Presbyterian, and when about thirteen years old, at an old fashioned camp meeting, made a public profession of faith, and soon after joined the M. E. Church South, of which he has lived an humble member ever since. In 1855, he started in the world for himself by teaching his first school, near Lancaster, Schuyler County, in which he succeeded well. In 1856, he taught in Howard County, and in 1857, being ambitious for higher attainments in education, entered Central College at Fayette, remaining during two sessions. In 1858, he taught school in Randolph County, and in 1859 and 1861, in Chariton County. Although Mr. Blackwell had received an early Whig training, and cast his first vote for Millard Fillmore for president, yet he had been taught that ours was a federal union, and steadfastly believed in the doctrine of state sovereignty; hence, when the southern states began to secede he doubted not their constitutional right to do so, but thought it bad policy, that it would result badly, and when the war broke out in 1861 he went with his convictions of right, rather than those of policy, and entered the army as sergeant major of Bevier's regiment, M. S. G., August 8, 1861. In February 1862. being severely afflicted with chronic ophthalmia, he left the army for medical treatment, and came to the northern portion of Henry County, where he remained five months, during which time he resolved to make Henry County his home, if he should ever get through the war, where he had found such a rich, lime stone soil, so genial and healthful a climate, and last, but not least, such a kind hearted people, such as the Walls, the Fewells, the Averys, the Wilsons, the Wylies and the Garretts. In August, 1862, he assisted in raising a company of men, of which he was elected first lieutenant, and was sworn into the Confederate service proper at Sutliff's Mill in Bates County, by Colonel J. V. Cockrell August 14, 1862, and on the 16th commanded his company in the hard fought little battle of Lone Jack. Mr. B. then retreated with the Confederate forces to Arkansas, where he remained till July, 1865, (after the Confederate surrender) when he returned to his people in Macon County, broken down in health and in fortune. In 1866 he again resumed his old profession as teacher in Howard County, and so continued, receiving good wages, till October, 1867, when he returned to Henry. On the 17th of November he was married to Miss Fannie Gilbert, daughter of Samuel D. Gilbert, who had been a prominent minister of the Regular Baptist Church, and a granddaughter of Major William M. Wall. Mr. Blackwell has ever since his marriage, followed farming and teaching at intervals. His marriage relation was of the happiest type, his wife being a favorite of all, till in 1875 she became a victim to consumption, and died December 20, 1876, loved and regretted by all. Mr. Blackwell remained a widower four years, and settled the farm he now occupies in 1878. December 16, 1880, he was again married to Miss Alice Owen. He is very strongly devoted to his church, taking great interest in religion and good morals, and hates trickery and dishonesty. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and of the Patrons of Husbandry, and in politics a Democrat. Though modest and retiring, he sometimes takes the stump in advocacy of any doctrine he may espouse, and in 1880 canvassed his county for the nominee of his party for representative, but was defeated.

BLAKEMORE, George H.
Clinton Township, Henry County
born: Jul 22 1832, Augusta Co, VA
Source:1883 History of Henry County Missouri, National Historical Co pg Pg:498
George H. Blakemore, dealer in hardware and agricultural implements, a native of Augusta County, Virginia, was born July 22 1832. His father, William C. Blakemore, was also born in that county, as was his mother, Mary A. (Newman) Blakemore. They were reared and married there, the former dying in 1859, and the latter in 1848. George was brought up as a farmer; boy, and was educated in the schools of that period. When twenty-one years of age he emigrated to Pettis County, Missouri, and engaged in the tinner's trade, which he thoroughly learned, till the fall of 1859, when he came to Clinton, Missouri. Here he embarked in business, handling stoves and tinware, under the firm name of Blakemore & Co. In 1862, on account of the war, he went to Adams County, Illinois, and gave his attention to farming, going thence in a year to Idaho City, Idaho Territory. For a short time he was engaged there in mining, and later followed that business through Washington, Montana and Oregon Territories for twenty-eight months. In July, 1866, he returned to Clinton, and worked at his trade with Houx & Bigsby, for eight months, they closing out to Kimbrough & Bro. After that time he remained with this firm as a jour workman till 1871, then becoming a partner in the concern, which was known as Kimbrough & Co. They were in business together until September, 1878, when Mr. K. sold his interest to Mr. Blakemore, who has since continued the business. He was united in marriage January 15, 1861, to Miss Mary F. Ragland, a native of Missouri. They have three children: Nathaniel J., George O. and Jene A. Mr. B. is a member of the M. E. Church South.

BLATT, S.
Clinton Township, Henry County
born: Oct 13 1846, Henry Co, OH
Source:1883 History of Henry County Missouri, National Historical Co pg Pg:498
S. Blatt, proprietor of livery, feed and sale stable. The subject of this sketch was born in Henry County, Ohio, October 13, 1846. When he was nine years of age his father's family removed to Woods County, Ohio. Left an orphan in his fourteenth year, he was compelled to obtain a living for himself, which he did. Remaining in Woods County till 1867, he then went to Dubuque, Iowa, where he had relatives living, with whose assistance he was enabled to take a course of study at Bailey's Commercial College of that city, which he attended nine months. Previous to this time, however, while in Ohio he attended in 1866 the Spencer Commercial College at Cleveland. He was subsequently for a time engaged in school teaching, and in the fall of 1868 he returned to Ohio and resided there till the fall of 1869, when he located in Missouri and embarked in stock dealing. In the spring of 1870 he came to Clinton, Missouri, and established himself in the hotel business, in what was then the St. Stephens House, continuing therein till the fall of 1872. Then he was elected constable of what then included eight townships, the office at that time being a very profitable one. This position he filled having been re-elected several times, till resigning it in 1877. In July, 1875, he commenced the livery business on the south side of the square, where he remained till December, 1877. Then Mr. Hormeyer became a partner with him, and they conducted the establishment till March, 1878, when they bought the stock of the other stable then here, managing them both till the fall of 1881, at which time they disposed of their livery business. Mr. B. then built his large sale stable on Main Street, where he now buys and sells exclusively. He makes a specialty of mule buying and feeding for the market. Since December, 1882, he has been a partner with Mr. Duncan in the livery trade below the Jordan House, where they have a well equipped stable. In 1879 he was elected mayor of this city and was its first mayor under the new city charter. He discharged the duties of that office for two years. Mr. Blatt was married October 1, 1868, to Miss Frances J. Shaw, a native of Delaware County, Iowa. They have two children, Rufus E. and Henry S. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. fraternity and of the encampment of that order, and has held all the offices within the gift of the lodge.

BLECHER, Emanuel
White Oak Township, Henry County
born: Sep 22 1827, Columbia Co, PA
Source:1883 History of Henry County Missouri, National Historical Co pg Pg:714
Emanuel Blecher, farmer and stock raiser, was born September 22, 1827, in Columbia County, Pennsylvania. His father, Jacob Blecher, a farmer and weaver by occupation, was born in Pennsylvania in 1798, and died at the age of seventy-seven years in Columbia County, that state, in 1875. He married Miss Susanna Keller, of Columbia County, and they had seven children, three of whom are living, the subject of this sketch being the sixth. Emanuel spent his boyhood and youthful days at his birthplace, receiving but three months schooling. He was married October 25, 1855, to Miss Mary Ann Farwer, of Wayne County, Ohio. By this union they have had nine children, five sons and four daughters, all living, except one daughter. In 1855 Mr. Blecher removed from his native state to Wayne County, Ohio, where he remained for three years, going thence to Wells County, Indiana, where for eight years he followed farming and stock raising. Moving to Champaign County, Illinois, he continued to farm for fourteen years, and in March of 1881 he came to Henry County, Missouri, with a view to settling in the state as a permanent resident. He has as yet purchased no farm, but intends to invest his means in farming and stock raising as soon as a suitable location can be found. Politically, he is a Democrat.

BLEDSOE, Wilson H.
Clinton Township, Henry County
born: Feb 15 1841, Taylor Co, KY
Source:1883 History of Henry County Missouri, National Historical Co pg Pg:499
Wilson H. Bledsoe, of the firm of Bledsoe & Lane, grocers, came originally from Taylor County, Kentucky, where he was born February 15, 1844. He was reared in the counties of Washington and Marion, and in August, 1861, at the age of seventeen, he enlisted in Company A, Second Kentucky Cavalry, United States Army, and served till December 17, 1864, having participated in the battles of Stone River, Perryvale, Kentucky, Shiloh and Chickamauga. He was captured at the time of McCook and Stoneman's raid through Georgia, and was a prisoner at Andersonville for three months, and then while on the way to Charleston, made his escape when near the mouth of the Edisto River, and was taken aboard a man-of war in that vicinity. Finally he made his way to New York, and in a short time returned to his command; receiving his discharge at Nashville, Tennessee. He then went to Green County, Kentucky, where he remained one year, and from there to Jeffersonville, Indiana, where he remained till February, 1868. Coming to Clinton he was engaged in blacksmithing till May 1881, after which he embarked in the grocery business with his present partner. Mr. Bledsoe was married October 30, 1870, to Miss Emma Burton, a native of Missouri. They have three children: Inez, Iva, and an infant. Mr. B. is a member of the Masonic order and of the I. O. O. F. and has been a representative of the latter order to the grand lodge of the state. For one term he belonged to the city council.

BLEIL, Carl N.
Shawnee Township, Henry County
born: Feb 1 1872, Henry Co, MO
Source:1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co pg Pg:781
C. N. Bleil, a prominent citizen of Shawnee township and one of the progressive farmers and stockmen of this county, is a native of Henry County and a descendant of one of the honored pioneer families of this section. Mr. Bleil was born February 1, 1872, a son of Frederick W. and Charity A. (Drake) Bleil, natives of Ohio, who settled in Henry County in 1866. When Frederick Bleil settled in Shawnee township, he bought two hundred sixty acres of land and C. N., the subject of this sketch, still owns a part of the old place. Frederick Bleil was a successful farmer and stockman and a good citizen. He died March 19, 1896, and his wife departed this life May 1,1910, and their remains rest side by side in the Shawnee Mound Cemetery. To Frederick W. and Charity A. (Drake) Bleil were born the following children: Edgar, resides in Kansas City, Missouri; Dr. A. W., Kansas City, Missouri; Nettie C., Clinton, Missouri; John L., died at the age of one year; C. N., the subject of this sketch, and G. D., who lives on the old home place in Shawnee township. C. N. Bleil was reared in Shawnee township and educated in the district schools. He engaged in farming in early life and has successfully devoted himself to agricultural pursuits to the present time. He owns one of the valuable farms of Shawnee township, which consists of two hundred forty acres, eighty acres of which is a part of the old Bleil homestead. Mr. Bleil raises Duroc Jersey hogs and keeps quite a herd of Jersey cows. He is also interested in raising sheep and has a valuable flock of pure bred Shropshires. Mr. Bleil's place is well equipped for the stock business with large silo and other conveniences. December 9, 1894, C. N. Bleil was united in marriage with Miss Lillie Tillman, a daughter of A. M. Tillman of Clinton, Missouri. Mrs. Bleil's mother died a number of years ago and her father now resides in Clinton. Mrs. Bleil was one of a family of four children born to her parents as follow: James L., who resides in Colorado; Mrs. Bleil; Lloyd, Clinton, Missouri, and Mrs. Bessie Wade, who resides at Leeton, Missouri. To Mr. and Mrs. Bleil have been born the following children: Mrs. Edith Bozarth, now deceased; Howard, George, Louis, Arthur, Clarence, Paul, Mabel and Mildred, all of whom reside at home with their parents, except Edith and Arthur, who are deceased. Mr. Bleil is one of the directors of the Farmers Mutual Insurance Company of Henry County, which is one of the prosperous and well conducted insurance companies of the State. Mr. Bleil is a member of the time honored Masonic Lodge and is one of Henry County's most highly valued citizens. He is active in all patriotic work and has given his best endeavor to the furtherance of Red Cross and Liberty Loan work.

BLEVINS, Jeremiah
Davis Township, Henry County
born: Oct 24 1837, Johnson Co, MO
Source:1883 History of Henry County Missouri, National Historical Co pg Pg:730
Jeremiah Blevins was born in Johnson County, Missouri, October 24, 1837. A sketch of the life of his parents will be found in the biography of his brother, "Pres" Blevins. Jeremiah's early days were spent in hard work upon his father's farm, and in his twentieth year he was married, on September 28, 1857, to Miss Mary E. Dunn. His father giving him a small piece of land, and managing to enter another small tract, he engaged in farming, and in 1861 had acquired over 400 acres of land. When the call for arms was raised he enlisted at Lone Jack, at which place commenced his war record. Being in Colonel Cockrell's command he continued with him until the battle at Prairie Grove, Arkansas, where he and his brother Stephen were captured. He was confined at St. Louis, Alton and Chicago, and after being kept a prisoner for six months was exchanged at Petersburg, Virginia. He joined the forces again at Richmond and remained there for forty days, when he went south and rejoined his original commander at Meriden, Mississippi. He surrendered at Jackson, Mississippi, in 1865. He received but one serious wound, that being caused by a shell fracturing his left knee. When the war closed Mr. Blevins returned to Missouri and resumed his farming operations, after an interruption of five years. His wife had lived but a few years after their marriage, and on his return in the fall of 1865 he married Miss Emily H. Feris, daughter of Charles Feris, of Bates County. His first wife had left him one son, George W., who has married Miss Martha DeArman. By his present wife he has five children: Virginia Ann, Stephen E., Dullie, Lizzie and Robert E. Lee. Mr. Blevins has been quite successful in his business undertakings, and now owns over 800 acres of good land, and has also a good farm in Texas. He feeds a moderate number of cattle each year, having about 125 head of stock at present.

BLEVINS, Jonathan
White Oak Township, Henry County
born: Oct 13 1855, Honey Creek Twp, Henry Co, MO
Source:1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co pg Pg:544
Jonathan Blevins, a progressive farmer and stockman of White Oak township, is a Henry County pioneer. He was born in Honey Creek township, which was then known as Davis township, October 13, 1855, and is a son of Robert P. and Nancy (Crockett) Blevins. R. P. Blevins was born in what is now White Oak township, near the Clary place, December 23, 1833, and was the first white child born in what is now Henry County. He spent his life in this county and died near Marvin in Honey Creek township, March 6, 1889. He was a son of Ezekiel Blevins, a Kentuckian and one of the first settlers of Henry County. He died in Johnson County during the Civil War, about 1864. Nancy (Crockett) Blevins, mother of Jonathan Blevins, was a native of Indiana and came here with her parents when she was a child in arms. She died March 6, 1898. To R. P. and Nancy (Crockett) Blevins were born the following children: Jonathan, the subject of this sketch; Mary Theresa, now the wife of Judge W. B. Collins, one of the county judges of Henry County, a sketch of whom appears in this volume; Sarah J. married John B. Cornett, Big Creek township; Nancy Ann, married Robert DeArmond, Southwest City, Missouri; Julia Bell, married C. A. Davis, Independence, Missouri; Nora L. married Richard Hall, Clinton, Missouri; Irene married James T. Collins and is now deceased; Lottie married John Shaver, Sydney, Montana. Jonathan Blevins was reared and educated in Davis township, and remained at home with his parents until he was about twenty-five years of age. Farming and stock raising has been his chief occupation and he purchased his present place in 1898. He owns one hundred and sixty acres of land and carries on general farming and stock raising, and has met with uniform success in his undertakings. On January 15, 1880, Mr. Blevins was united in marriage with Miss Clara Belle Toalson, a daughter of George W. and Margaret E. (Cowden) Toalson, both now deceased. They were early settlers in White Oak township, locating there in 1867. Their children were: George, deceased; Clara Belle, wife of Jonathan Blevins, the subject of this sketch; Mattie, married Nichols Long, Hartwell, Missouri; Oscar B., Bartlesville, Oklahoma; and Omar A., Urich, Missouri. To Mr. and Mrs. Blevins has been born one daughter, Isa Merle. She married Parl Ewing, and is now deceased. She left one son, Fern W. Ewing, who now resides with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Blevins. The Blevins family experienced the real pioneer life of Henry County. When R. P. Blevins was a baby his mother left him in the cabin while she was at work in the garden. The cabin was only partially roofed. As the mother was at work she discovered a panther endeavoring to climb to the roof of the cabin by reaching through between the logs of the cabin, which had not yet been chinked, and reach the baby, who was lying on a pallet on the floor. She hastened to the cabin and as she reached the inside of the cabin the panther was still endeavoring to reach the baby with its claws. The mother struck one of the extending claws of the animal with a hoe that she still held in her hands and with a single blow severed the claws of the panther. Later the panther was tracked from the house and killed, by Ezekiel Blevins and the neighbors. Jonathan Blevins is truly a representative of a sturdy pioneer family of Henry County and is typical of that class of men who have made Henry County what it is today.

BLEVINS, Robert Preston
Davis Township, Henry County
born: Dec 22 1833, Henry Co, MO
Source:1883 History of Henry County Missouri, National Historical Co pg Pg:729
R. P. Blevins is probably the oldest person now living who was born in the present limits of Henry County. He was born October 20, 1831, in what is now Shawnee Township, on the Pleasant Walker farm. One child only was born in the county prior to his birth and that was the son of a colored woman in the family of Lang Avery, and that child is supposed to have died in infancy. "Pres.," as he is familiarly called, is the eldest of a family of five children, of whom all are living but Stephen, who died of small-pox at Bloody Island, St. Louis, in 1863. He had entered Price's command and was captured at Prairie Grove. His father, Ezekial Blevins, came from Kentucky to Missouri when a young man, and in Johnson County met Miss Theresa Young, to whom he was soon after married. They settled in Henry County in 1830, and after living three years in Shawnee he went to White Oak, where he secured a small farm and afterward entered 600 or 700 acres of land upon which he lived until his wife's death in 1861. Going to Johnson County he died there in the fall of 1865 at the age of fifty-three. When twenty-three years old R. P. borrowed $100 and entered eighty acres of land in section 23, and began to make a farm. January 14, 1854, he was married in Bates County to Miss Missouri Crockett, daughter of James Crockett, an early settler of that county. She was born in Indiana, May 16, 1831. Mr. B. soon built a little log cabin and began a life of hard work. His first dealing in stock was by trading a rifle for fourteen head of hogs. He raised hogs for quite a while, until able to sell at one time, and then buying a few heifers, he laid the foundation for a stock business unsurpassed by any man in Henry County. He now owns over 2,700 acres of land in the best part of the county, and during the past year raised 2,000 acres of corn, and fed 350 head of beef cattle, about an average number for him to feed. He has on hand also 450 stock cattle. He has 900 head of feeding hogs and nearly 1,000 pigs, together with a flock of 400 Cotswold sheep. He raises 400 acres of meadow, and has excellent success in cultivating the tame grasses. He was formerly one of the most extensive shippers from this section of the state, but for three years has not done much in this line. Mr. Blevins is Democratic in politics and takes quite an active interest in educational matters. He has acquired his splendid competency by adhering to strict business principles, and good judgment in his labors. Certainly no man in the county dispenses hospitality with a more liberal hand or is more sincerely liked by those with whom he has dealings than "Pres." Blevins. He has a family of seven children The eldest, John, has a farm of 640 acres, and is a thorough business man; his wife, was a Miss Belle Tolston. Mary is the wife of Benjamin Collins, Sarah Jane is the wife of John B. Cornett. Nancy Ann married Robert DeArman and lives in Bogard, Fred, Julia and Lottie Pearl are at home. Walter Reno, a lad of fourteen, has been in Mr. Blevins' family for four years.

BLIZZARD, William
Deepwater Township, Henry County
born: Aug 22 1809, Ross Co, OH
Source:1883 History of Henry County Missouri, National Historical Co pg Pg:606
William Blizzard, farmer and stock raiser, section 16, owes his nativity to Ross County, Ohio, where he was born August 22, 1809. Burton Blizzard, his father, was a native of Virginia, and his mother, formerly Millie Willoughby, was born in Maryland, her parents having come originally from Wales. The former settled in Ross County, Ohio, when a young man, and was one of the pioneers. William grew to manhood in his native county, his youth being spent on the farm, and he acquired a fair education, mostly by self application. He was married in Preble County, Ohio, in September, 1844, to Miss Eliza Smith, a Virginian by birth, who was reared and educated in Preble County, and a daughter of Joseph Smith. Mr. Blizzard was engaged in farming and stock raising in Ohio until 1866, when, selling his property in the fall of the same year, he came to Missouri and settled in Henry County on land he had purchased in 1856. This place formerly consisted of 600 acres, but now contains 480, he having given his son 120 acres. Four hundred and forty acres are under fence and fairly improved, upon it there being a good brick residence, and an orchard of 200 apple trees of select varieties. Coal is found in abundance, the vein running from twelve to thirty inches in thickness. This place is two miles west of Montrose, and is a very desirable property. Mr. Blizzard lost his wife by death in February, 1875. He was elected to several minor offices in Ohio, and is now identified with the Democratic party.

BOLINGER, William Perce
Clinton, Clinton Township, Henry County
born: Jun 3 1872, Clinton, Henry Co, MO
Source:1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co pg Pg:332
Perce Bolinger, senior member of the B. & S. Plumbing Company of Clinton, Missouri, is a native son of Henry County. He was born in Clinton, in the house where he now lives, at 301 North Washington street, June 3, 1872, and is a son of W. W. and Eulalia (Lowden) Bolinger, natives of Pennsylvania, the former born near Beech Creek, Clinton County, and the latter was born at Jersey Shore, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. W. W. Bolinger, the father of Perce Bolinger, was a jeweler by trade, and when the Civil War broke out he enlisted in a Pennsylvania regiment, and served in the Union Army until the close of the war. In 1867 he came to Missouri, his destination being Osceola. He came as far as Sedalia by rail, and at that time there was no railroad from that point to the Southwest, but transportation facilities from Sedalia to Osceola, consisted of a stage coach which carried the mail, making the round trip from Sedalia to Osceola twice a week. Mr. Bolinger reached Sedalia just as the stage had left on one of its weekly trips, and rather than wait until the following week, he proceeded to make the journey on foot. However, after reaching Clinton, he was so favorably impressed with the town that he decided to engage in business there and for thirty-five years he was actively engaged in the jewelry business. He spent his latter life in retirement, and died October 25, 1912. His wife preceded him in death a little over two years, having departed this life in January, 1910. They were the parents of three children, T. S., who died at Moberly, Missouri, in 1902, Perce, the subject of this sketch, and Blossom, now the wife of R. C. Woods, Sedalia, Missouri. Perce Bolinger was reared and educated in Clinton, attending the public schools and Lamkin's Academy. After leaving school, he learned the printer's trade, which he followed about sixteen years, after which he served as chief of the Clinton Fire Department for six years. He then engaged in the bottling business in Clinton in partnership with R. C. Woods, which they conducted for nine years, when Mr. Bolinger disposed of his interest in that enterprise and engaged in the plumbing business. Mr. Bolinger was united in marriage July 2, 1893, with Miss Etta Onwiler, and one child has been born to this union. John W., a member of 128th Machine Gun Company, 35th Division, National Army. He volunteered in the service early in the summer of 1917. Mr. Bolinger's first wife died in 1894. On June 20, 1896, he was married to Miss Alice Simmons of Clinton, Missouri, a native of Illinois. Mr. Bolinger is one of the progressive and enterprising business men of Clinton, and takes a just pride in his native city and county. He has been a lifelong Republican and has been active in politics since he was eighteen years old. He has served as city and county committeeman, and has been chairman of the Republican County Central Committee. Although he has taken a deep interest in politics and been identified with the local Republican organization, he has never been a candidate for office but once and was then elected councilman of the Second Ward of Clinton, and is now serving in that capacity with the same progressive spirit which characterizes his private business methods. He is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Knights of the Maccabees, and the Woodmen of the World. He is one of the widely-known and substantial citizens of Henry County.

BOLINGER, William W.
Clinton Township, Henry County
born: Oct 30 1834, Clinton Co, PA
Source:1883 History of Henry County Missouri, National Historical Co pg Pg:500
William W. Bolinger, jeweler, and a member of the grocery house of Bolinger & Barlow, was born in Clinton County, Pennsylvania, October 30th, 1834. He was reared in the occupation of farming, being educated in the schools of his native county. When 19 years of age he began the jewelry trade at Jersey Shore, and remained there for three years, then, in 1856, going to Kendall County, Illinois, where he stopped six mouths, and thence to Jackson, Michigan. After seven months time spent in that city he returned home and resided at his birthplace one year. Going again to Kendall County, Illinois, he stayed nine months, and after a short residence in Jersey County, went to Leavenworth, Kansas. Two months after he returned to Jerseyville, Illinois, and in one month went back home, where he stopped till the spring of 1865. Coming westward he stopped in Princeton, Illinois, for five months, and from there to Jerseyville, where he made his home till February, 1868. Then he came to Clinton, Missouri, and began the jewelry business, at which he has since been engaged. In September, 1880, he commenced in the grocery business with the present manager of the firm, Mr. Barlow. Mr. Bolinger was married August 15th, 1859, to Miss Lallie Loudou, a native of Pennsylvania. They have three children, Thaddeus S., William P. and an infant. Mr. B. is a member of the I. O. O. F. fraternity and of the encampment of that order. He also belongs to the Knights of Pythias and the A. O. U. W. orders. He has been a member of the city council for four years.

BOLLINGER, Henry G.
Jackson Township, St. Clair County
born: Mar 26 1836, Camden Co, MO
Source:1883 History of St. Clair County MO, National Historical Co. Pg:1151
Henry G. Bollinger was born March 26, 1836, in Camden County, Missouri, and was the son of Henry and Lucy J. Bollinger, nee Evans, the former a native of North Carolina, born in 1788, and the latter born May 2, 1800, in East Tennessee. They were married in 1821 and were the parents of eight children, all now deceased except Henry and Julia A., born February 16, 1839, wife of James B. Slavens, of Camden County, Missouri. In 1830, the family leaving Tennessee, moved to Camden County, Missouri, Mr. B. remaining there until his death, April 7, 1845, his widow dying October 3, 1861. Henry G. Bollinger married Miss Mary E. Eccleston, of the same county as himself, and to them were born eleven children, six of whom are living: Lucy J., born April 30, 1864; William A., born January 15, 1867; Julia M., born October 3, 1871; Mary A., born February 19, 1880; John Grant and Eleanor V., twins, born March 28, 1883. In March, 1880, Mr. Bollinger settled in this township and purchased 144 acres of land on section 6, having come from Camden County, where he had held the office of sheriff and collector for four years. He was also county judge there for a term of four years. During the war he held a commission as captain. He is very unassuming in his manner, but is a most successful farmer. Politically, he is a Republican. Himself and wife are members of the Baptist Church, Wright's Creek.

BOLTON, R. M.
Davis Township, Henry County
born: Jan 11 1846, Jefferson City, MO
Source:1883 History of Henry County Missouri, National Historical Co pg Pg:730
Dr. R. M. Bolton was born at Jefferson City, Missouri, on the eleventh of January, 1846, and is the seventh of a family of twelve children, seven boys and five girls. His parents were Meredith N. and Sarah Bolton, nee Hall. The former of North Carolina family and the latter of Virginia birth. They came to Missouri in 1828 and lived in and near Jefferson City until their deaths, Mr. B. dying in 1877 and his widow in the next year. R. M. received fair school advantages in youth, having attended the Lafayette high school, under that staunch old educator, Dr. Arnot. He began the study of medicine at home and continued studying under his brother, Rufus L., a physician of long practice at Holden. In 1871 he commenced his practice in Johnson County, and after a time removed to Lucas, in Henry County, where he remained two years, then coming to Ladue, in 1874, and purchasing a drug store. He has since been practicing his profession with good success. Dr. Bolton was married at Lucas, while engaged in his practice there, on October 15, 1872, to Miss Amelia K. Godwin, daughter of William Godwin. She is a native of Tennessee. They have two children, Howard and Roxana, and have also lost two, the eldest, Lewis, dying at three years, and the other in infancy. Mrs. Bolton is identified with the Methodist Church, South.

BONHAM, Marcus L.
Clinton Township, Henry County
born: Feb 20 1836, Blount Co, TN
Source:1883 History of Henry County Missouri, National Historical Co pg Pg:500
Marcus L. Bonham, proprietor of Oak Hill Nursery, was born in Blount County, Tennessee, February 20, 1836. At the age of four years he was taken by the family to Henry County, Indiana, where he was reared and received his education, following from his twentieth year the occupation of school teaching. This profession he continued for five years, and about the year 1860 he became engaged in the photographic business. For two years he gave his attention to this art, then resuming his farming operations, till March, 1866, at which time he moved to Carroll County, Missouri. After residing there for two years he went to Newton County, and in one year, or the spring of 1869, came to Henry County and established the present Oak Hill Nursery. He has twenty-one acres of land well adapted for his business, and he raises all varieties of trees, plants, etc., which thrive in this locality, and he supplies mostly our home market. Mr. Bonham was married November 23, 1862, to Miss Margaret Hendricks, a native of Indiana. They have five children : Franklin M., Lyton L., Josephine E., Maude and Margaret F.

BOONE, Banton G.
Henry County
born: Oct 23 1838, Callaway Co, MO
Source:1883 History of Henry County Missouri, National Historical Co pg Pg:351
Banton G. Boone was born in Callaway County, Mo., October 23d, 1838. His father, Banton G., was a native of Madison County, Kentucky, and his mother, Elizabeth Boone, was a native of the same state. He received such educational advantages as his own indomitable energies afforded. At the age of fourteen he entered a printing office in Troy, Lincoln County, to learn the printing business. In 1856 he became a resident of Clinton, Henry County, Mo., and soon after was appointed deputy circuit clerk, and held the position four years. He improved his leisure hours of day, with hours of night, fitting himself for the practice of law, and in 1859 he was admitted to the bar by Judge Foster P. Wright. His standing in the legal profession has been gained only by hard and unremitting study. A laborious student with a clear analytical mind, clearness and quickness of perception, and prompt in application he has every element which combine the lawyer and counselor. Mr. Boone has become prominently connected with the political history of the state. In 1874 he was nominated by the democrats as a candidate for the legislature, and elected by a handsome majority. He was declared the nominee of his party in the caucus for speaker, his opponents being General James Shields and M. V. L. McLelland. He was subsequently elected by a vote of ninety-six to twenty-four, J. L. Bittinger, of Buchanan, being his republican opponent. He proved to be a man well fitted for the position, and his impartiality and unpartisan conduct, together with his uniform fidelity to the public good won for him the regard of the entire general assembly. In 1872? he was a candidate before the convention for attorney general, and came within one-third of a vote of being the nominee. Politically he is a staunch democrat, and from boyhood he has taken an active interest in all political matters. He is a close student and fondly devoted to the profession of his choice, and his future eminence lies in the legal arena, where his natural and acquired qualifications opens up to him a nobler aspiration and more enduring fame. He was married June 4th, 1874, to Miss Irene C. Rogers, a daughter of the late Dr. John A. Rogers, a prominent physician and one of Clinton's early settlers. Their family consists of two children, Bessie and Britts Gorman.

BOOTH, Robert L.
Appleton Township, St. Clair County
born: Dec 13 1847, Ann Arbor, MI
Source:1883 History of St. Clair County MO, National Historical Co. Pg:1103
Robert L. Booth, of the firm of Sutmiller & Co., dealers in hardware, etc., was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, December 13, 1847. When nine years of age he removed with his family to Green County, Wisconsin, where he was brought up and educated. When eighteen years of age he began working at the tinners' trade at Monroe, Wisconsin, and was so occupied till August, 1869, when he went to Ottawa, Kansas. Three months later he located in Decatur, Illinois, and after remaining there six weeks he came to Appleton City and entered the employ of Luchinger & Streiff, with whom he continued till 1875. Then he became a partner in the firm of Butler & Booth, hardware dealers, this relation existing till October, 1876, when, with his present partner, he engaged in the hardware trade at Schell City, Missouri, in April, 1877. They carried on business there until removing their stock to Appleton City in 1880. Mr. Booth was married September 1, 1872, to Miss Maria J. Belt, of Missouri. They have one child, Henley C. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. and A. O. U. W. fraternities. He also belongs to the Christian Church.

BOOTH, Royal Wilbur
Clinton, Clinton Township, Henry County
born: Mar 31 1895, Cedar Springs, MI
Source:1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co pg Pg:678
Royal W. Booth - The Booth Hatchery, located at 807 North Fourth Street, Clinton, Missouri, is a very interesting and instructive business, showing what one can do with the initiative and ability of a business man in the poultry business. Mr. Booth opened his chicken hatchery in 1914 and he has an ever increasing demand for his small hatched chickens of various breeds, among which are the well-known White Leghorns, Plymouth Rock, Rhode Island Red and Buff Orpingtons. Mr. Booth has an incubator hatching capacity of 15,000 chickens. One building holds 10,000 and the other 5,000 in various small buildings, which has lately been replaced by a new building with better facilities for handling and caring for the young chicks. In the four years of his work Mr. Booth has shipped chickens all over the United States, his chickens being on sale from January to November. He specializes in the White Leghorn hens for their laying qualities and meat. In connection with his work of raising small chicks, Mr. Booth has also the agency for the Buckeye and Cyphers incubators. He deals extensively in eggs also. R. W. Booth was born at Cedar Springs, Michigan, in 1895 and is the son of F. D. and Ida J. (Gates) Booth, now residing at Clinton, Missouri. In 1906, Mr. and Mrs. Booth with their family moved to a farm near Clinton, where they remained until 1911, when they located in Clinton and where they are now making their home. They are the parents of four children: Rex, Clinton; Royal W., with whom this sketch deals; Eden and Mary E., at home with their parents. Royal W. Booth received his education in the public schools of Clinton and took a course of agriculture in his high school work, thus interesting him in his present work. He read every available bulletin on the subject and soon after leaving school he had his chicken hatchery going. The business is likely to be a very large one in extent as the years roll by as it has increased in leaps and bounds the past year. On July 15, 1918, Mr. Booth became a private soldier in the National Army and is now in training at Camp McArthur, Texas. His brother, Eden, immediately took charge of the business in his stead and is conducting it successfully.

BOOTS, Martin S.
Monegaw Township, St. Clair County
born: Jan 31 1841, Randolph Co, IN
Source:1883 History of St. Clair County MO, National Historical Co. Pg:1128
Martin S. Boots, section 24, a substantial farmer and stock feeder of this county was born in Randolph County, Indiana, January 31, 1841, being the son of Martin and Susanna (Shoemaker) Boots, both natives of Virginia. The former, a blacksmith by trade, removed to Missouri in 1853, and located in St. Clair County. Martin S. spent his youth on a farm in the county, and in the spring of 1861 he enlisted in the Confederate service under General Rice, and served six months in the mounted infantry, when he was discharged. He re-enlisted in July, 1862, in the Union army, in Company H., Thirty-ninth Iowa Infantry, and served till discharged in the spring of 1865. He was taken prisoner at Corinth,. July 7, 1863, and held as such for eight months and exchanged. While in the Confederate service he participated in the fights of Carthage, Springfield and Lexington, Missouri, and others. After the close of the war he returned to Iowa, where he spent one season, and in the fall of 1865, he again came to St. Clair County, where he has since been engaged in farming and the raising and feeding of stock. He has 729 acres of land mostly fenced, divided into three farms, upon which are three residences. He handles about 140 head of cattle annually, and the past season fed five carloads of cattle and one of hogs. He is one of the most successful citizens in this vicinity. Mr. Boots was married in the winter of 1861, to Miss Sarah Ann Lewellen, a daughter of Felix Lewellen. She is a native of Indiana, but was reared and educated in St. Clair County. They have a family of six children: Mary, Julia, Margaret, Marion F., Ollie and Samuel. Mr. and Mrs. Boots are members of the M. E. Church, South.

BOSTON, William Marvin
Big Creek Township, Henry County
born: Oct 11 1873, Rose Hill, Johnson Co, MO
Source:1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co pg Pg:726
William M. Boston, a successful and well known farmer and stockman of Big Creek township, is a native of Missouri. He was born in Rose Hill, Johnson County, October 11, 1873, a son of Isaac and Jane (Simmons) Boston, both natives of Missouri. The father was born in St. Louis County and the mother in Cole County. Isaac Boston is a son of David L. W. Boston, a Kentuckian, who came to Missouri in 1842 and settled in Johnson County, where he spent the remainder of his life. He entered Government land and also bought several hundred acres until he owned nine hundred acres in Rose Hill township, Johnson County. Isaac Boston was a child when his parents settled in Johnson County and here he grew to manhood and was engaged in farming and stock raising until 1907, when he went to Beaver County, Oklahoma, where he now resides. His wife died in 1909, aged sixty-three years. They were the parents of the following children: Albert W., Denver, Colorado; John C., Ft. Lupton, Colorado; William M., the subject of this sketch; Henry C., Ft. Lupton, Colorado; Stella M., married Dosse Potts, and is now deceased; Lawrence M., Ft. Logan, Colorado; Bessie M., married George Coburn, Ft. Lupton, Colorado, and Roy W., Ft. Lupton, Colorado. William M. Boston was reared in Rose Hill township, Johnson County, and received his education in the public schools of that vicinity. He began life for himself as a farmer and stock raiser in Johnson County, and in 1900 bought one hundred three acres of land in Big Creek township, which was known as the Thomas Davis place. Since that time he has met with uniform success and has added one hundred twenty acres to his original purchase, and is now the owner of a splendid farm of two hundred twenty-three acres. The place is well improved with a good residence, barns and other farm buildings Mr. Boston is extensively engaged in raising cattle and hogs, making a specialty of Poland China hogs, find his place is well adapted to stock raising as well as general farming. July 12, 1899, William M. Boston was united in marriage with Miss Myrtie Potts, a daughter of James R. and Sallie E. (Davis) Potts, who now reside at Blairstown, Missouri. Mrs. Boston was born in Big Creek township and her parents were early settlers of that township. Mrs. Boston has one brother, Dosse Potts, who resides at Iola, Kansas. To Mr. and Mrs. Boston have been born two daughters: Ruth O. and Gladys I., both of whom are students in the local school and reside at home. Mr. Boston is a student of men and affairs and an extensive reader. He gives special attention to the literature of agriculture and modern farming methods. His extensive reading coupled with years of experience along agricultural lines place him in the front ranks of modern farmers and stockmen. Mr. and Mrs. Boston are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Blairstown, Missouri.

BOTHWELL, S. H.
Taber Township, St. Clair County
born: Oct 29 1854, Vinton Co, OH
Source:1883 History of St. Clair County MO, National Historical Co. Pg:1211
S. H. Bothwell, stock dealer, section 22, is a native of Vinton County, Ohio, and was born on October 29, 1854, his parents being A. W. and Julia E. (Potter) Bothwell, the former of Ohio and the latter originally from Pennsylvania. When S. H. was ten years of age the family removed to Clay County, Illinois, where he grew to manhood. He received the advantages of the common schools of Illinois, after which he attended the normal school of Lebanon, Ohio. Mr. Bothwell has ever followed farming and dealing in stock during life. In the spring of 1880 he came to St. Clair County, Missouri. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. fraternity. He was married February 27, 1878, to Miss Bell West, of Clay County, Illinois. She was born June 22, 1857, her father, Joseph West, having been born in Pennsylvania. Her mother, formerly Mary Cameron, was also a native of Pennsylvania. They have one child, Jessie.

BOWEN, John "Jack"
Windsor, Windsor Township, Henry County
born: Dec 13 1858, Thornley, Durham Co, England
Source:1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co pg Pg:834
John Bowen - The Bowen Coal Company of Windsor and Henry County, Missouri, composed of Richard Bowen and his sons, John, Thomas R. and William S. Bowen, is one of the most important mining concerns in western Missouri. For several years since the organization of this company they have been mining coal in this section of Missouri and have been active developers of this important mining field. Richard Bowen, founder of the Bowen Coal Company, was born at Thornley, Durham County, England, May 17, 1839. He is the son of James and Elizabeth (Tulip) Bowen, the former of whom was a soldier in the British Armies, having fought in America during the War of 1812 and was a soldier in Wellington's army, which defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo. Richard Bowen was reared to young manhood in England and became a coal miner. He immigrated to America in 1863 and arrived here on May 9. He first settled in the coal mining country near Steubenville, Ohio, later going to the mining section of Allegheny County, Maryland, where he was employed in the mines for a year. He then went to Clarksburg, West Virginia, and was there employed for three years. From Clarksburg he went to Ritchie County, West Virginia, and had charge of coal mines at that place for four years as mine boss and superintendent. In 1876 he came to Henry County, Missouri, and took charge of the Bancroft and Company's mines. Later he was manager of the Osage mines. In 1882 he embarked in mining on his own account and became a member of the Tebo Mining Company. For twenty years thereafter he was interested actively in coal mining and organized the Bowen Mining Company of which he was the head until his retirement to a home in Clinton, Missouri. Mr. Bowen is now making his home in Kansas City, Missouri. He is still interested in mining. In February, 1858, Richard Bowen and Elizabeth Thompson were married in England. This marriage was blessed with nine children. Five of these children died in infancy. The others living are: John, William S., Thomas R., and Elizabeth, widow of Henry Peckinpaugh, of Clinton, Missouri. The late Mrs. Elizabeth Bowen was born August 4, 1838, and departed this life February 7, 1913. John Bowen, the immediate subject of this review, was born at Thornley, Durham County, England, December 13, 1858. He accompanied his parents to America in 1863 and was here reared to young manhood, following in his successful father's footsteps as miner and operator of coal mines. His public school education was obtained at Clarksburg, West Virginia, and not long afterward he became engaged with his father in coal mining. In 1882 he joined his father in the mining business and they operated coal mines at Lewis Station, Henry County, where the concern also conducted a general merchandise store, of which John Bowen had charge until 1902. He made his home in Clinton, Missouri, until 1901 and then came to Windsor. The Bowen brothers discovered a splendid vein of coal west of Windsor on the Henry-Johnson County line and they began developing it. With the opening of the mines a town sprang up in that vicinity which has been named Bowen. On January 25, 1881, John Bowen and Miss Mary A. Thompson were united in marriage. The children born of this marriage are: Elizabeth G., wife of Robert G. Frazer, Tallulah, Louisiana; Richard J., his father's assistant; John W., bookkeeper of the First National Bank of Windsor; Ralph T., engaged in the mining business. Mrs. Mary A. Bowen was born in England, the daughter of James A. and Grace (Nichol) Thompson, who emigrated from England in 1870 and settled at Laconing, Maryland, residing there until 1878, when they came to Missouri. James A. Thompson was a coal miner and was interested in the mines at Lewis, Henry County, where he resided until his death on December 9, 1880. His wife passed away at Windsor in 1906. Mr. Bowen is president of the First National Bank of Windsor and is a director of the Clinton National Bank of Clinton, Missouri. He was elected mayor of Windsor in 1911 and served for two years in this capacity. He is affiliated fraternally with the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, Clinton Lodge No.548, and Royal Arch Chapter No.73 of Clinton. Mr. Bowen is an energetic and public spirited citizen who has the best interests of his home city and county at heart.

BOWEN, Richard
Deer Creek Township, Henry County
born: May 17 1839, England
Source:1883 History of Henry County Missouri, National Historical Co pg Pg:795
Richard Bowen, mine inspector of Henry County, owes his nativity to England, where he was born May 17, 1839. His parents, James and Elizabeth Bowen, nee Tulip, were both natives of England. The former was a soldier in the English army, and was a Waterloo pensioner, and served also in the war of 1812. Richard Bowen grew to manhood in his native country, and at the age of eight years he commenced working in the mines. He immigrated to the United States in 1833, and located first in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and worked in the mines about one year, removing thence to Clarksburgh, West Virginia. Here he followed this occupation three years. They went to Ritchie County, and had charge of a coal mine four years. In 1871, he located in Allegheny County, Maryland, and six years later, or in 1877, came to Missouri and settled in Henry County, taking charge of a mine for Bancroft & Co. He then had charge of the mines of the Osage Mining Company, in Henry County, until June, 1882. Mr. Bowen was appointed county inspector of coal mines for Henry County in July, 1882. He was married in England in February, 1858, to Miss Elizabeth Thompson, of that country, and a daughter of Ralph Thompson. They have four children: John, Elizabeth, William S. and Robert T. Mr. Bowen has a farm of eighty acres, and he is devoting a portion of his time to farming.

BOWEN, Thomas Robert
Windsor, Windsor Township, Henry County
born: May 26 1875, Lonaconing, MD
Source:1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co pg Pg:521
Thomas R. Bowen - The mining industry has been an important one in Henry County for many years and received a pronounced impetus in the late seventies when Richard Bowen came to the county, an experienced coal miner who had spent the greater part of his life in the mining region of the Eastern States and who was skilled in the mining industry. Mines have been developed in many sections of Henry County with profit to the owners, and have brought wealth to the various communities. The Bowens, father and sons, John and Thomas R. Bowen, have for years been the leading figures in coal mining in this section of western Missouri and the mining town of Bowen, located west of Windsor, was founded and built up by this firm. It has mined and shipped thousands of tons of coal from the various fields in which they have been operating. Since the abnormal demands for coal, and more coal, which has taxed the mining resources of the country beyond their capacity and also overtaxed the railroads of the country to haul the fuel to the various centers in order to meet the great demand for fuel needed to keep the wheels of industry going for war needs, the Bowens have been doing their part in assisting the work of fuel supply. Thomas R. Bowen, coal mine operator and dealer, Windsor, Missouri, was born at Lonaconing, Maryland, May 26, 1875, the son of Richard and Elizabeth (Thompson) Bowen, concerning whom an account is given in connection with the sketch of John Bowen, in this volume. Thomas R. Bowen is the youngest of nine children, born to his parents. Richard Bowen came to Henry County, Missouri, in 1876 and engaged in coal mining. For years he was a successful coal operator in the vicinity of Windsor and now residing in Kansas City, Missouri. Thomas R. Bowen was educated in the Clinton Academy and naturally took up the vocation of his father and became a miner and operator of coal mines. He became interested in the business with his father and brother and has become well-to-do. He is the individual owner of land in Missouri and Kansas. On September 5, 1895, Thomas R. Bowen and Nellie Jennings were united in marriage. To this union has been born one child, Frances, born July 27, 1907. Mr. Bowen is a stockholder and a director of the First National Bank of Windsor and the Clinton National Bank of Clinton. Missouri, and is rated as one of the leading financial citizens of Henry County.

BOWEN, Thomas Robert
Windsor, Windsor Township, Henry County
born: May 26 1875, Lonaconing, MD
Source:1917 Missouri The Center State, selected bios reprinted by Clinton Democrat
Thomas R. Bowen is prominently connected with the coal mining industry in Windsor, Missouri, and has also other important interests, being a director in the First National Bank of that city and the owner of eight hundred acres of farm land which he rents out. Mr. Bowen is a son of Richard and Elizabeth (Thompson) Bowen, natives of England, of whom extended mention is made in connection with the biographical article of John Bowen, appearing in this work. Their son, Thomas, was born in Lonaconing, Maryland, May 26, 1875, but upon the removal of the family to Missouri, became a resident of this state and attended school in Clinton. He augmented his fundamental knowledge by a course at the Clinton Academy and when seventeen years of age left school and became associated with his father and brothers in their mining interests at Lewis Station. This partnership still continues and Thomas R. Bowen has been an important factor in the successful conduct of that business. From 1893 to 1898 Mr. Bowen lived in Savanna, Oklahoma, looking after the coal mining interests of the family there and also being at the head of a trading company operated by them. After disposing of these interests he returned to Lewis Station and two years later came to Windsor, where he has resided continuously since that time. He now is superintendent of the mines of the company and is highly efficient in this position, as he is thoroughly informed upon all the phases of operation and keeps in contact with the latest methods applied to mining. On September 5, 1895, Mr. Bowen married Miss Nellie Jennings, who was born at Bijou Basin, Colorado. She is a daughter of J. T. and Emma (Anderson) Jennings, the father a blacksmith and machinist in his earlier life. He was born at Chillicothe, Livingston County, Missouri, and was reared upon a farm. Later he went to Colorado, engaging in sawmilling, and subsequently continued his westward movement to California. He was a resident of several western states and went west after having served on the Confederate side in the Civil War. He returned to Missouri about 1877, locating at first in Livingston County and later in Henry County. After the death of his wife he married again and is now a resident of Leeton, Missouri. He lives retired in the enjoyment of a comfortable competence and is well known and highly respected in that city. He is a member of the Masonic Lodge, to the tenets and principles of which he is loyal. Mr. and Mrs. Jennings became the parents of two children: Eva, deceased; and Mrs. Bowen. The latter bore her husband one daughter, Frances Evelyn, born July 27, 1907. Mr. Bowen is interested in the progress of his section and always gives his support to worthy public enterprises. He is a Republican and votes for the party's issues and candidates, although he himself has never cared to enter public life. He is well thought of by his fellowmen and respected by his employees.

BOWLES, Ralph C.
Roscoe Township, St. Clair County
born: Apr 30 1827, ME
Source:1883 History of St. Clair County MO, National Historical Co. Pg:1199
Ralph C. Bowles, county surveyor, was born April 30, 1827, in the southern part of Maine. His father, John C. Bowles, was born January 1, 1800, and received an academic education. He early united with the Baptist Church and about the year 1820 commenced preaching. His ministerial duties calling him into New York state, he there met Miss Phoebe Wilson, to whom he was married September 4, 1825. She was a daughter of Captain Wilson, of revolutionary fame, a well known man who died at the Battle of Bridgewater, while in defense of his country. During the next year Mr. Bowles was actively engaged in preaching the gospel and in the following spring his son, Ralph, was born. It was the father's wish that his boy should become a minister and with that end in view Ralph was placed first in the public schools and later in Springdale Academy, and having during the meantime gone to Michigan, he entered the State University at Ann Arbor. Tiring of so close application he left that institution, but subsequently again became a student therein, this time for the purpose of qualifying himself for a civil engineer and land survevor. By great perseverance and hard study he made rapid progress, graduating in June, 1847, first in his class though but a little over twenty years old. He soon entered the employ of the government as a surveyor, and under this engagement visited Green Bay, Forts Sullivan and Mankato, and other points on the Upper Mississippi. He continued this calling until the year 1859 then locating in this county. In 1860 Mr. B. was married to Mrs. Elizabeth Brashears, widow of Waymack Brashears, and daughter of Gilbert Deer. To them have been born five children: John C., Anna F., Jessie A., Ervin T. and R. E. During the war Mr. Bowles enlisted in the Eighth Regiment, Missouri Volunteers, Colonel McClurg commanding, and was soon transferred to the position of topographical engineer. In 1872 he was nominated by his party and elected to the position of county surveyor. Politically he is a Democrat. He resides on section 18.

BOWMAN, Amos P. Dr.
Davis Township, Henry County
born: May 23 1819, Columbiana Co, OH
Source:1883 History of Henry County Missouri, National Historical Co pg Pg:731
Dr. A. P. Bowman was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, on the 23d of May, 1819. His parents were of New Jersey birth, and were named Nathaniel and Ann (Buffin) Bowman. They reared a family of six children, of whom A. P. is the fourth, and he has been a resident of this state since the age of twenty years. He began to practice medicine when about twenty-seven years old, and followed the profession for ten years in Clay County, having spent one year in California. He came to Henry County in 1861, from Bates County, where he lived for four years just previous, and continued the practice here under serious difficulties during the war, and since then until within the past three years, when he concluded to hand the practice to younger men. He has since devoted himself to the labors of the farm. Dr. Bowman was married October 28, 1846, to Miss Mariah M. Riley, daughter of Major A. M. Riley, of Clay County. They have five children: Lucy Ann, (wife of John Henkle) Carrie A., (wife of J. T. Parks, in Franklin County), Alla L., in school at Kansas City, and two boys, T. C. and A. R. T. C. Bowman was born June 2, 1855, in Platte County, Missouri. A. R., born in Bates County, May 8, 1851. They have received fair educational advantages, A. R. attending the Clinton public schools, and T. C. having spent one year at Warrensburg Normal School. The youngest was married October 14, 1880, to Miss Ella Adair, daughter of William Adair. She died September 16, 1881, having one child, Locke. The brothers are farming quite extensively, having over 400 acres of good land. They feed about fifty head of cattle and 100 hogs. The family are all identified with the Christian Church.

BOYD, John Franklin Judge
Brownington, Osage Township, Henry County
born: Mar 19 1860, St. Clair Co, MO
Source:1917 Missouri The Center State, selected bios reprinted by Clinton Democrat
John F. Boyd, associate judge of Henry County, engaged in general farming and stock raising near Brownington, Henry County, was born in St. Clair County, Missouri, March 19 1860, a son of John N. and Elizabeth G. (Lawler) Boyd, the former a native of North Carolina and the latter of Tennessee. In early life the father worked at the carpenter's trade and afterward followed the occupation of farming. When a young man he left North Carolina, going to Tennessee, and from that state made his way to Missouri about 1854, settling in St. Clair County, where he became a landowner. During the war he removed to Bates County, where he lived for a short time and there died. The mother afterward came to Henry County with the family, settling near Coal, and her death occurred in August 1910. She had long survived the husband and father, who had passed away in 1867. Judge Boyd, whose name introduces this review, attended the public schools of Henry County. His mother was left a widow when he was but a small boy and the responsibility of managing family affairs largely devolved upon him. He has earned his own way since childhood and is truly a self-made man, being dependent always upon his own resources. He was employed as a farm hand in his youth, working for others until he saved enough money to buy a team. He then engaged in farming on his own account on rented land and continued to cultivate leased property until about 1899, when he became a landowner, locating where he now resides, about two and a half miles from Brownington. He now has more than three hundred acres and carries on general farming and stock raising, handling horses, cattle and mules. He devotes his entire time to the farm aside from his official duties. Persistent and energetic, he deserves much credit for what he has accomplished, inasmuch as industry, determination and honest constitue the basis of his success. On the 16th of February, 1879, John F. Boyd was united in marriage to Miss Landona Wears, a native of Henry County and a daughter of George and Mattie (Emery) Wears, also natives of this state. The father was a farmer by occupation and was killed in battle while serving as a soldier in the Confederate Army. To Mr. and Mrs. Boyd have been born eight children: George Milton, at home; Myrtle Anna, the wife of George W. Poague, a farmer residing near her father's place; Mary E., the wife of Ira Wycoff, a farmer of South Dakota; William Merrill, a farmer living in the state of Washington; John Lee, who follows agricultural pursuits in Henry County; Ola Alice, at home; Clifton F., who carries on farming in this county; and Grace Truman, the wife of Christopher Dody, also a resident farmer of Henry County. Mr. Boyd holds membership with the Woodmen of the world and the Modern Woodmen of America, and his religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Baptist Church. In politics he is a Democrat, and his fellow townsmen, appreciative of his worth and ability, have several times called him to public office. He servied as justice of the peace and township commissioner, was a member of the township board and at the present writing is associate judge of the county court. His public duties have ever been discharged with promptness and fidelity, winning him the respect and confidence of the entire community. (Note: Della Maye Boyd Fowler of Windsor, has a copy of the divorce degree that John N. Boyd got in March 8, 1871, proving that he did not die in 1867. He was living in Bates County, but information on a death date or place has not been found.)

BOYD, John Wyeth
Tebo Township, Henry County
born: Sep 18 1873, Lafayette Co, MO
Source:1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co pg Pg:572
John W. Boyd, a successful farmer and stockman, owner of a splendid farm of 201 acres of land in sections 1, 11 and 12, Tebo township, is a native son of Missouri. He was born in Lafayette County, September 18, 1873, a son of James A. and Mary D. (Forsey) Boyd. James A. Boyd was born in Jackson, Alabama, June 28, 1826, and is now making his home in Windsor, one of the oldest residents of Henry County He was reared in the southland and became a plantation owner, using slaves to the number of 100 to perform the work of his plantation. During the Civil War he was engaged in the manufacture of saltpetre for the Confederate government, saltpetre being an important ingredient used in the making of gunpowder. At the close of the war he removed to Illinois and located near Jacksonville, where he remained until 1868. He then moved to Lafayette County, Missouri, where he was engaged in farming until 1894, when he came to Henry County, and after a few years spent in farming he located in Windsor and has resided there for the past twenty years. Mrs. Mary D. (Forsey) Boyd was born July 26, 1832, and departed this life January 5, 1910. To James A. and Mary D. Boyd were born eleven children, eight of whom are living, as follows: Mrs. Harriet Hurt, a widow living at Windsor, with her father; Eliza, lives with her father; Thomas K., lives in Kansas; William, deceased; James A., Jr., lives at Ault, Colorado; Mattie L., deceased; Mrs. Mary D. Jackson, a widow, lives in Idaho; David M. is a farmer in Tebo township; Forsey is deceased; Lindley lives at Wichita, Kansas; John W. is the youngest of the family. Reared upon the farm, John W. Boyd received his education in the district school and spent some months as a student in the State Normal School at Warrensburg. He accompanied his parents to Henry County in 1894 and purchased his present farm, consisting of 16l acres, which he bought on his own account and forty acres which his wife inherited. December 29, 1897, John W. Boyd and Miss Annie Allen were united in marriage. Two children have been born to this marriage: Julia and Helen. Mrs. Annie (Allen) Boyd was born in Tebo township, Henry County, January 13, 1876, a daughter of William M. and Julia (Harris) Allen, who were parents of seven children: William R., Ava, Missouri; Mrs. Esther Hurt, Aberdeen, Idaho; Mrs. John W. Boyd, of this review; Charles, deceased; twins died in infancy; John Allen, the youngest son of the family, makes his home with Mr. and Mrs. Boyd. William M. Allen was born in Tebo township December 10, 1838, and died February 15, 1914. He was the son of George J. Allen, a native of Buncombe County, North Carolina, who came to Henry County and settled here in 1835. George Allen was accompanied by his brother, Robert W. Allen, and their father, James Allen. The Allens were among the very earliest pioneers of Tebo township and assisted in the organization of the first schools and church in the township. They were among the founders of Salem Presbyterian Church, which was the first church of that denomination to be organized in Henry County. William M. Allen was married January 12, 1870, to Julia Harris, who was born in St. Clair County, Missouri, September 3, 1849, and departed this life May 28, 1885. To William M. and Julia Allen belong the credit and honor of having reared a splendid family of sons and daughters and who were among the earliest of the pioneer families of this county. The Democratic party has always had the allegiance of John W. Boyd and he has held the office of tax collector of his township for a period of four years. His time is fully occupied with his farming and live stock operations and he has little choice for political affairs. He and Mrs. Boyd are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and are highly esteemed as excellent and worthy citizens of Henry County.

BOYD, Joseph F. Judge
Clinton Township, Henry County
born: Dec 13 1836, Warren Co, MO
Source:1883 History of Henry County Missouri, National Historical Co pg Pg:501
Joseph F. Boyd, farmer, section 31. The subject of this sketch is a native of Warren County, Missouri, and was born December 13, 1836. His father, William Boyd, was born in Lincoln County, Missouri, November 18, 1809, and moved to Warren County in 1833; he married Nancy A. Jorney, originally of St. Charles County. They reared six children, Joseph being the eldest. William Boyd died in September, 1864, and his wife's death occurred in 1850. Young Boyd grew up and was educated in the county of his birth, and there followed farming till the spring of 1857. In that year he came to Henry County, Missouri, settling on the farm where he now lives. He has 240 acres of fine land and the improvements upon it are excellent. In 1862 he enlisted in a company of volunteers under Captain Bowen, and in September of 1862 the company was changed to Company K, Sixteenth Missouri Regiment; he served with that regiment till the battle of Helena, Arkansas, in July, 1863, when he was captured by the Federals and held a prisoner at Alton, Illinois, till exchanged near Richmond, Virginia, in February, 1865. He then obtained a furlough, and while in Arkansas peace was declared, and in May, 1865, he returned home. Mr. B. was united in marriage January 3, 1856, with Miss Elizabeth Adkins, a daughter of John W. Adkins. They have five children living: Nancy A., William F., Lucy E., Sallie E. and John N. Mr. B. is a member of the Masonic order. He held the office of justice of the peace of Clinton Township for one year, having then resigned the position.

BRADLEY, Horace Dr.
Springfield Township, Henry County
born: Apr 20 1872, Springfield Twp, Henry Co, MO
Source:1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co pg Pg:843
Dr. Horace Bradley, veterinarian and farmer and stockman, Springfield township, Henry County, is a native son of Henry County and was born on his father's farm in Springfield township April 20, 1872, the son of James R. and Martha (Ten Brook) Bradley, a sketch of whom appears in this volume in connection with the biography of Dr. Manuel E. Bradley of Windsor, Missouri. Horace Bradley was reared on his father's farm and when eighteen years of age he became a student in the Warrensburg Normal School, pursuing a general course of study. After completing his work at Warrensburg he entered the Ohio Veterinary College at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1893. After two years of thorough study in this institution he graduated as a veterinary surgeon. In 1895, upon his return to Windsor, he immediately began the practice of his chosen profession and has built up a reputation as a learned and proficient veterinarian who is second to none in this section of Missouri. Doctor Bradley practices over a wide range of territory embracing a section twenty miles in every direction. In 1902 he was appointed to the important post of deputy State veterinarian and still holds this position. In 1905 Doctor Bradley was appointed to a membership upon the Missouri State Board of Veterinary Examiners and filled the post of president of this board for two terms of two years each. On December 5, 1895, Doctor Bradley was married to Miss Gertrude Bell of Pettis County, Missouri, the daughter of John H. and Hannah (McDaniels) Bell, the former of whom was a native of Illinois and the latter of Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. Bell reside on a farm in Pettis County, Missouri. Two children have been born to Doctor and Mrs. Bradley, namely: Alvens T., a student in the medical department of Missouri State University; and Carl H., a student in the electrical engineering department of the State University. Doctor Bradley removed to his farm in Springfield township and is carrying on extensive farming operations in addition to his large practice. Doctor Bradley is a Democrat. He served as alderman in Windsor from 1906 to 1908. He and Mrs. Bradley are members of the Christian Church of Windsor. He is affiliated with the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, the Knights of Pythias, the Modern Woodmen of America and the Anti-Horse Thief Association. Doctor Bradley is a member of the Missouri Veterinary Association and is very active in the affairs of this organization, serving as secretary and trustee of the State association and has also filled the post of president, besides filling similar positions in the Missouri Valley Veterinary Association. He is a frequent contributor to the journals published in the interest of his profession and holds high rank among the veterinarians of the State of Missouri and the middle western States.

BRADLEY, Manuel Edgar Dr.
Windsor, Windsor Township, Henry County
born: Sep 4 1867, Sedalia, MO
Source:1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co pg Pg:541
Dr. Manuel E. Bradley, physician and surgeon, Windsor, Missouri, was born in Sedalia, Missouri, September 4, 1867, the son of James R. and Martha (Ten Brook) Bradley, who were parents of three children: Dr. Manuel E., subject of this review; Dr. Arthur H., a practicing physician, St. Louis, Missouri; and Horace Bradley, a veterinarian, Windsor, Missouri. James R. Bradley was born in Howard County, Missouri, September 27, 1836, and is now making his home in Los Angeles, California. During his earlier life he followed the vocation of carpenter but eventually became a farmer and stockman. He was married at Verdon, Illinois, to Martha Ten Brook in the spring of 1866 and then came to Sedalia, Missouri. He became actively engaged as a builder and contractor and erected the first large public school building in Sedalia. In 1868 he moved to Clinton, Missouri, and erected the school building in that city, and also built several of the churches in Clinton. In 1871 he purchased the Munn farm in Springfield township, Henry County, and improved the place until it became noted as the finest farm in the township. He remained actively engaged as a farmer and stock raiser until 1893, when he left the farm and located in Windsor. Here he became engaged in the drug and jewelry business and was thus engaged until 1897, when he retired from active business pursuits and removed to Clinton. He resided in the county seat until his removal to Los Angeles, California, on January 1, 1913. Mr. Bradley was one of the best known and influential citizens of Henry County and was prominent in the affairs of the Democratic party. He filled many local offices in Springfield township and served as road overseer and school director, taking a great interest in the cause of education, using his influence in favor of a longer school term for the youth and for better rural school houses. Henry County was the better in many ways for having Mr. Bradley as a citizen for so many years. Martha (Ten Brook) Bradley was born near Terre Haute, Indiana, September 28, 1839, and departed this life March 17, 1889, on the home farm in Springfield township. She was a good and faithful wife, a kind and wise mother to her children, and was deeply religious, being an active member of the Christian Church. Manuel E. Bradley was reared on the home farm of the family in Springfield township, and after receiving the rudiments of his education in the district school he studied in Professor Lamkin's Academy at Clinton. In 1885 he began teaching in the district school of Phelps County, Missouri, devoting three years, from 1885 to 1887, inclusive, to the teaching profession. January 1, 1888, he began the study of medicine with Dr. W. H. Gibbons, of Clinton, Missouri, and also pursued his studies at the Kansas City Medical University, graduating from that institution in May, 1890. After graduating from the Kansas City College he pursued a post-graduate course in medicine and surgery at St. Louis, Missouri. In 1890 he became affiliated with the Wabash Railroad Hospital at Springfield, Illinois, and remained with this hospital until 1891, when he located in Windsor, Missouri. He practiced his profession successfully in Windsor until his removal to St. Louis in October of 1897. He practiced in that city until July, 1913, when he returned to Windsor and is now permanently located in his home city, where he enjoys a large and lucrative practice. Doctor Bradley was married on December 24, 1891, to Miss Mattie E. Ellis, who was born in Benton County, Missouri, the daughter of James T. and Susan (Hughes) Ellis, natives of Missouri, who resided on a farm near Windsor in Benton County. Doctor Bradley is independent in his political views and votes as his conscience and his good judgment dictate. He is a member of the Christian Church and is affiliated fraternally with several lodges. Doctor and Mrs. Bradley have one of the most beautiful modern bungalow homes in Windsor and are popular among the people of their home city and county. Doctor Bradley is progressive as a physician and citizen. In 1906 he pursued a post-graduate course at the New York Polyclinic and also studied at the Post-Graduate Medical College of New York. He maintains his own dispensary and compounds his own medicines and constantly studies the developments in the healing science so as to keep abreast of the newest discoveries in his profession.

BRADLEY, William Perry Dr.
Henry County
born: Nov 22 1869
Source:1917 Missouri The Center State
Grave responsibilities rest upon the shoulders of Dr. Will P. Bradley, who ably fills the position of superintendent of the State Hospital for the Insane at Nevada, for he is called upon to use his professional knowledge, his executive ability and his business judgment as his position makes exacting demands upon him. Dr. Bradley was born near Windsor, Henry county, Missouri, on the 22nd of November, 1869, a son of Christopher C. and Mary (Venable) Bradley, natives of Howard county and Audrain county, this state, respectively. The father is a son of Nathaniel and Nancy (Stanford) Bradley, who were born in Kentucky, but came to Missouri about 1818. The paternal grandfather was a well-do-do planter, and a man of much influence in his community. He died when about sixty-five years of age and his wife was called to her reward at the early age of thirty-five. Christopher C. Bradley grew to manhood in Johnson and Henry counties, Missouri, and following his marriage removed to his farm, where he resided until 1907. In that year he retired from active business life and took up his abode in Windsor. During the Civil war he served in the Union army for three years, thus giving indisputable proof of his patriotism. In political affairs he is a stanch democrat and still takes a keen interest in the public welfare. He is now seventy-nine years of age, but is yet strong both in body and mind and is one of the most esteemed citizens of Windsor. His wife is a daughter of Lewis R. and Rebecca (Young) Venable, the former a native of Virginia, and the latter of Kentucky. They came west in 1837 and settled in Audrain county, Missouri, but when their daughter Mary was still a child the family removed to Henry county. Mr. Venable was a prosperous planter and slaveholder. He lived to the very advanced age of ninety-one years and his wife died when seventy-eight years of age. He was a democrat and active in politics, representing Audrain county in the state legislature in ante bellum days. His religious allegiance was given to the Primitive Baptist church and the integrity of his life commanded universal respect. Mrs. Christopher C. Bradley has reached the age of seventy-seven years and she, like her husband, is still active and interested in the different phases of community activities. Both are members of the Christian or Disciples church. They have five children, of whom the subject of this review is the fourth in order of birth. Dr. Will P. Bradley spent his boyhood upon the parental farm and acquired his early education in the public schools. He desired a broader training for life's work but it was necessary for him to meet his own expenses and he did so by teaching school. For three years he attended the State Normal School at Warrensburg, but this did not complete his education as he decided to devote his life to the field of medicine. He accordingly entered the Barnes Medical College at St. Louis, but before he could complete his course it was necessary for him to teach two more years and thus secure the needed funds. In 1898 he was graduated with the degree of M.D. and subsequently practiced for seven years in Benton county, this state. At the end of that time he returned to Windsor and soon gained a remunerative practice there. He also owned and operated the leading drug store in the town for five years. On the 17th of March, 1913, he received the appointment as superintendent of the State Hospital for the Insane at Nevada and has since held that position, discharging the difficult duties devolving upon him in such a manner as to reflect a great credit upon himself. The institution has attracted national attention because of its efficiency and some notable departures in the treatment of mental disease have won its management high praise, men in charge of similar institutions elsewhere considering the innovations of sufficient importance to warrant a careful study of them. The three things in the treatment of the patients that are insisted upon and that have proved most conducive to recovery are: proper feeding; the right kind of occupation; and kindness. The use of congenial occupation as a means of treating those mentally afflicted is proving especially valuable and is one of the distinctive features of the state hospital at Nevada. There is a diversional occupation department under the charge of an experienced teacher, who devotes her entire time to instructing the patients in basket-making, rug-making and similar work. All of the articles of clothing used by the patients are made in the industrial department and also quilts, carpets, rag rugs, brooms, mattresses, brushes and other useful articles. In addition to supplying the needs of the institution along those lines quite a little work of this kind has been sold. Patients work on the farm and in the garden and although seventy-six percent of those in the hospital are employed in some way. There is also a training school for nurses, which makes possible the very best attention for all of the patients and also offers an opportunity to young women to learn the profession. Since Dr. Bradley assumed charge of the institution in the spring of 1913 several reform measures have been instituted, including the discarding of restraints to a large extent. There are no lock seats, lock beds or other articles of a similar nature in the hospital now and Dr. Bradley is working on the theory that in time all restraints can be discarded. He remains a constant student of mental diseases and the agencies which effect their cure and keeps abreast of all the discoveries in this line of investigation, seeking always to give those under his care the best possible treatment. He is responsible for the management of the various departments of the institution and in successfully maintaining the hospital at a high rate of efficiency demonstrates the possession of executive ability and of practical judgment. Dr. Bradley was united in marriage, June 27, 1904, to Miss Daisy B. Gallaher, who was born in Missouri, and they have a son, William Perry Jr., who was born at the state hospital at Nevada on the 23rd of June 1913. The Doctor is a democrat and began to take an active interest in local affairs when a young man. For four years he served upon the town board at Windsor and in many other ways has concerned himself with the public welfare. He was a secretary of the Chautauqua Association of Windsor until he accepted his present appointment and has always been ready to cooperate in all measures seeking the community advancement. Along professional lines he belongs to the Henry County Medical Society, the Missouri State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. Fraternally he is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, the Knights of Pythias and the Modern Brotherhood of America. His achievements are due to his indefatigable energy and perseverance, since he taught school in order to earn money to continue his education and has been dependent upon his own ability and enterprise. The success that he has won in his chosen field is the best evidence of his capability.

BRAM, John C.
Deepwater Township, Henry County
born: Jan 30 1836, Wurtemburg, Germany
Source:1883 History of Henry County Missouri, National Historical Co pg Pg:606
John C. Bram. Among the prominent men of this county is the subject of this sketch, who was born in Wurtemburg, Germany, January 30, 1836. His parents, J. C. and Magdalina (Hays) Bram, were natives of the same locality. John C. spent his youth, from six to fourteen years, in the public schools of Wurtemburg, and obtained a good education in the common branches and is now as familiar with the French and English languages as with his own national tongue. After completing his studies he worked two years on a farm with his father. When sixteen years of age he commenced learning the machinist's and blacksmith's trades at which he served three years' apprenticeship. In 1854 he came to the United States, his parents having emigrated here two years previous, and located in Delaware, Ohio, where he was engaged at blacksmithing and carriage making for two years. In the spring of 1857 he came to Missouri and worked at his trade that year and the one following in St. Joseph. Going to Richmond, Missouri, he followed his trade until 1862, and in March, 1862, he enlisted in Company E., First Missouri Cavalry, and served three years in the Union army. Enlisting as a private he was soon promoted to first sergeant, and participated in numerous engagements, among the most important of which were the fights at Kirksville, Marshal, Jefferson City, Big Blue and at Pleasanton, Kansas, where his command took 1,000 prisoners and twelve pieces of artillery. After his discharge in April, 1865, he returned to Northern Missouri and located at Denver, in Worth County, where he worked until the fall of 1866. Selling his property there he moved to Henry County, bought land and improved a farm. He also continued the blacksmith business in connection with his farm for a number of years. Mr. Bram has a fine body of land of 400 acres, all in cultivation. Upon it is a fair house, an orchard of 1,000 apple trees of select varieties, with some peach, pear and cherry trees, and small fruits, located on section 22. He is extensively engaged in the stock business. Mr. Bram was married September 19, 1865, to Miss Anna B. Kadel, a native of Baden, but who was reared and educated in Henry County, and a daughter of John and Fredrica Kadel. He is identified with the Republican party and is well posted on the political issues of the day. He is president of the First National Bank, of Appleton City, in which he has a large interest. Mr. and Mrs. B. are members of the Presbyterian Church. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity and to the Grange, of which he was master for about eight years.

BRAME, John Baker Dr.
Windsor Township, Henry County
born: Sep 6 1840, Mecklenburg Co, VA
Source:1883 History of Henry County Missouri, National Historical Co pg Pg:558
John Baker Brame was born in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, September 6, 1840. His father, John Brame, was born in the same place and has lived there since. He married Miss Elizabeth Smith of that county, who died in 1874. The subject of this sketch educated himself especially for a profession. In the winter of 1860 he attended the dental college at Baltimore, Maryland, remaining there until the spring of 1861. The war cloud broke, studies were at an end, and he entered the Confederate army in May, joining the Third Virginia Cavalry under Colonel Owens, of Virginia. He served in the army of the Potomac and participated in all the memorable battles fought by General Lee, gaining distinction as a brave soldier. He went home on a furlough to get horses one week before Lee's surrender, so that the war closed while he was at home. He again took to his dental studies, and in September, 1865, he emigrated to Missouri, and settled in Windsor, where he opened a dental office in the town and for many years was the only one. His excellent training while at the college, together with his experience fitted him admirably for the duties of his profession. He commenced without means and with but a few dental tools, but, endeavoring to do the best he could, soon had the satisfaction of knowing that his work was appreciated, and he is now established in a very prosperous business. He married Miss Rettie F. Taylor, November 24, 1867. She was the daughter of Richard F. Taylor, of Windsor, and Ann (Fitz Hugh) Taylor, a Kentuckian by birth. They have two children : Frank Lee, aged fourteen, and Paul Hampton, aged four years. The doctor is a Democrat in his political views. He joined the Baptist Church when he was thirteen years old, and in 1867 preferring the Christian Church, he became connected with it, and is one of its zealous, devoted members. He belongs to the order of the A. O. U. W. and the Farmers and Mechanics Insurance Association. He is one of the aldermen of the city government.

BRAMNAN, Samuel
Chalk Level Township, St. Clair County
born: Jul 25 1850, TN
Source:1883 History of St. Clair County MO, National Historical Co. Pg:1143
Samuel Bramnan, blacksmith at Chalk Level, was born in Tennessee July 25, 1850, his parents being Samuel and Phebe (Killian) Bramnan, natives of Tennessee. When our subject was an infant the family moved to Arkansas, where he grew to manhood, receiving his education in the common schools. He worked in his father's blacksmith shop until the death of the senior Bramnan, which occurred in 1852. Since that time Samuel has followed his trade in Arkansas, Texas, Iowa and Missouri. In 1878 he moved to Chalk Level, where he now has a good shop and is doing a fair business. Mr. B. was married December 29, 1879, to Miss Hannah White, of Illinois. They have two children, Claud Lee and Sterling.

BRANDENBURG, Eugene Nelson
Clinton, Clinton Township, Henry County
born: Nov 24 1867, Pittwood, IL
Source:1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co pg Pg:758
Eugene N. Brandenburg, an efficient employee of the Clinton post-office, who serves in the capacity of money-order clerk, is a native of Illinois. He was born at Pittwood, Illinois, November 24, 1867, a son of A. Y. and Elizabeth (Layton) Brandenburg, the former a native of Indiana and the latter of Illinois. The Brandenburg family came to Missouri in 1869, and first settled in Polk County. The father was a Union veteran of the Civil War and served for four years in the capacity of first sergeant in the First Illinois Light Artillery. He died at San Monica, California, and his widow now resides in Clinton, Missouri. They were the parents of the following children: Gertrude, married W. Shipley and lives at Hamlet, Nebraska; Eugene N., the subject of this sketch; Jesse, married J. H. Hamilton, Springfield, Missouri; Fred, Hamlet, Nebraska; Sarah, married C. C. Canan, Clinton, Missouri; John, Clinton, Missouri; Mollie, married Charles. A. Morton, Kansas City, Missouri; Alonzo, deceased; and Lee, married F. L. Fellhauer, a sketch of whom appears in this volume. Eugene N. Brandenburg was educated in the public schools of Bolivar, Missouri, and when twelve years of age went to work in a printing office to learn the printer's trade, which he followed until he was thirty-one years of age. When the Spanish-American War broke out in 1898, he enlisted in Company F, Second Missouri Infantry, and was in camp with his command at Chickamauga Park and Lexington, Kentucky. He was mustered out of service and honorably discharged in October, 1898. He then returned to Clinton, where he was shortly afterwards appointed a mail carrier. He was later transferred to the St. Louis office, where he served for eighteen months. Later he returned to Clinton, where he was appointed a clerk in the post office, and has been connected with the Clinton post office since that time, having served as money order clerk since 1914. January 24, 1889, Mr. Brandenburg was united in marriage with Miss Lola Gray, daughter of C. W. and Anna (Graham) Gray of Clinton, Missouri, both of Mrs. Brandenburg's parents are now deceased, and their remains are interred in the Englewood Cemetery. They were the parents of four children: Mrs. Sarah Jessee, Kansas City, Missouri; Mrs. Blanche Holmes, Kansas City, Missouri; George, San Diego, California, and Lola, the wife of Eugene N. Brandenburg, the subject of this sketch. To Mr. and Mrs. Brandenburg have been born two children as follow: Harry Gray, born December 25, 1899, educated in the Clinton High School, enlisted in United States Navy in June, 1917, and is now serving in European waters; Carter Eugene, at home with his parents; and Grace, an adopted daughter, at home with her parents. Mr. Brandenburg is a member of the Masonic Lodge, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the Woodmen of the World.

BRANNUM, James
Clinton Township, Henry County
born: Aug 12 1833, St. Clair Co, IL
Source:1883 History of Henry County Missouri, National Historical Co pg Pg:501
James Brannum, proprietor of Tebo Mills, was born in St. Clair County, Illinois, August 12th, 1833, and was the son of William J. Brannum, a native of South Carolina, who came to Illinois in 1831. He married Miss Sarah Power, who was born in Wayne County, Missouri. James was reared on a farm in his native county, and received a good common school education. When seventeen years of age he began the milling trade with his father, who was then in that business, and continued it for five years. Subsequently he became interested in merchandising at Fayetteville, Illinois, where he remained for three and one-half years, then (1864) removing to Nashville, Illinois, where he conducted a general store under the firm name of Brannum & Elhannon. They did business together till 1868, and Mr. B. closing out his interests there came to Clinton, Missouri, and with Mr. Rehl as a partner, built a portion of his present mill. This partnership existed till 1879, when Mr. B. purchased Mr. Rehl's interest in the mill and has since managed the same. In 1878 he engaged in the dry goods business, the firm being Brannum & Son, and in 1879 disposed of it to J. M. Weidemeyer. They same year, 1879, he commenced buying grain, and has continued it when the seasons warrant him in so doing. He was one of the directors of the Henry County Bank, at the time of its organization, and in October, 1881, he was elected president, which position he now holds. He was united in marriage June 8th, 1854, with Miss Mary A. D. Pulliam, by which union he has one child, Jefferson D. Mrs. B. died May 9th, 1862. He was again married May 7th, 1863, to Miss Elizabeth Land, a native of Illinois. They have two children, James W. and Henry L. He was a member of the school board from 1875 to 1878, and in 1882 he was re-elected a member of the board. He belongs to the Masonic order. and he and his wife are connected with the M. E. Church.

BRANSON, Francis M.
Washington Township, St. Clair County
born: 1844, n/a
Source:1883 History of St. Clair County MO, National Historical Co. Pg:1196
Francis M. Branson, farmer, was born in 1844, and was the eldest of a family of nine children born to John and Julia Ann (Davenport) Branson. Francis M. was married in 1863 to Miss Nancy Hughes. They had six children: John, George W., Francis M., Martin, Anna, Julia Ann and William A. In 1877 Mr. B. was married a second time to Miss Lizzie Woody. They have one child, Sidney Margaret. He first came to St. Clair County, Missouri, in 1867, but has also been leading rather an unsettled life, having lived in Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky during this time.

BRAUN, John Frederick
Clinton, Clinton Township, Henry County
born: Apr 9 1859, Wittenburg, Germany
Source:1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co pg Pg:485
John Braun, of Clinton township, was born in Wittenburg, Germany, April 9, 1859, and was of high German stock, being a son of Jacob Braun, who came to America and located in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1876. John Braun learned the trade of cigar maker and followed his trade in Kansas City for a time. After his marriage in 1882 he located in Wyandotte County, Kansas, on a farm and then settled in Johnson County, Kansas, where he followed the pursuit of agriculture until his removal to Henry County, Missouri, in 1893. Mr. and Mrs. Braun bought eighty acres of land in Clinton township and their first home in this county was a log house which was later supplanted by a handsome residence. On account of the poor health from which Mr. Braun suffered for twenty-two years, he was unable to do much work of any consequence, the task of improving a farm and making a home for the family fell to Mrs. Braun. Mr. Braun was taken seriously ill in 1895, and it became necessary to remove him to a State institution. John Braun was married on March 4, 1882, to Kathrine Rentchler, who was born in Wittenburg, Germany, May 20, 1858, the daughter of George and Barbara (Lutz) Rentcheler, who spent all of their lives in the land of their nativity. Mrs. Braun came to America in 1880 and resided in Kansas City for two years prior to her marriage. To John and Kathrine Braun have been born children as follow: Benjamin, born July 11, 1885, a land owner of Clinton township, married Ella Hoppe, daughter of August Hoppe, and has two children, Mary Ellen and Bessie May; John F., born October 15, 1887, resides on a farm in Fairview township and owns a farm in Clinton township, married Minnie, daughter of William F. Standke, and has one son, John William; George, born November 27, 1889, married Lottie, daughter of William Dunning, and has three children, Frank, William and Clayton; Mary, born January 18, 1891, lives in Clinton township, married Estes Williams and has four children, Philip, Daisy, Ellen and Dorothy; Henry, born February 16, 1893, on the home farm, married Violet Mitchell, born July 2, 1895, daughter of W. S. Mitchell, and has one child, Mildred, born August 14, 1915. Many women would have been terrified and disheartened at the prospect of shouldering the burdens of both father and mother, but Mrs. Braun is made of the material which is never afraid to try to accomplish what is necessary. To her belongs the credit of rearing her fine family, of building up and improving a fine farm and her children and many friends take pride in speaking of what she did alone and unaided when her children were small. She is a capable and intelligent woman who is proud of her fine family and takes great pride in her home. She is a member of the Golden Gate Baptist Church and has led all of her children in the paths of true morality and religion, every child being a member of this church.

BRITELL, William S.
Clinton, Clinton Township, Henry County
born: 1881, Whiteside Co, IL
Source:1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co pg Pg:674
William S. Britell, senior member of the firm of Britell and VanWinkle, the leading harness dealers of Clinton, Missouri, is a native of Illinois He was born in Whiteside County in 1881, a son of Rufus H. and Katie M. (Trout) Britell, the former a native of Vermont and the latter of Kentucky, both now deceased. Rufus H. Britell served in the United States Navy during the Civil War and was wounded at the battle of Mobile Bay. He came to Clinton, Missouri, in 1903 and spent the remainder of his life here. He died in 1913 at the age of eighty-one years. His wife preceded him in death a number of years, having died in 1892. They were the parents of two children: William S., the subject of this sketch; and Frank L., who lives in Kansas City, Missouri. William S. Britell was reared and educated in Henry County and followed farming until 1904. He then came to Clinton and entered the employ of W. H. Bledsoe, who conducted a harness shop, and remained with him one year. Mr. Bledsoe was then succeeded by Mr. Kibbey and Mr. Britell remained in his employ until 1917, when he and Mr. VanWinkle bought the Kibbey harness department, and have conducted this business until the present time. Mr. Britell is an experienced harness man and a skilled mechanic in that field of work. William S. Britell was united in marriage October 19, 1904, to Lydia M. Stotts of Clinton, Missouri, daughter of John O. and Hannah (Campbell) Stotts of Clinton. The mother died in 1902 and the father now resides with Mrs. Britell. Mrs. Britell is one of a family of six children born to her parents as follow: William, Harrisonville, Missouri; Fred, Clinton, Missouri; Oscar, Harrisonville, Missouri; John, deceased; Lydia M., the wife of William S. Britell, the subject of this sketch, and Samuel, Clinton, Missouri. To Mr. and Mrs. Britell have been born four children: Katie, John, Lloyd and Iva May. Mr. Britell is one of the progressive and enterprising business men of Clinton. The firm handles stock harness and also manufactures especially for their customers, as well as doing a general line of repair work. They have a prosperous business and rank among the leading business institutions of Henry County. Mr. Britell is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America and also the Woodmen of the World.

BRITTS, George M. Dr.
Fields Creek Township, Henry County
born: Sep 11 1812, Botetourt Co, VA
Source:1883 History of Henry County Missouri, National Historical Co pg Pg:676
Dr. George M. Britts. At the beginning of the second quarter of the present century, the state of Indiana was a comparatively hew territory, and known as a part of the Great West, which, from its unsurpassed fertility and the advantages it offered for settlement, was attracting an immense emigration from the older states, especially from Virginia and Kentucky. Among those from the former states who sought a fortune in the new Eldorado, was John Britts, father of the subject of the present sketch. The home he left in Virginia was near Fincastle, Botetourt County, in the Roanoke Valley, where his father, Adam Britts, a native of Prussia had settled about the middle of the last century. John Britts family consisted of ten children, five boys and five girls: Elizabeth (married to John Myers), Samuel, Catherine (John Myers' second wife), Margaret, died young, Joel, John, David, George M., born September 11, 1812, Mary (married to James Foster), Sarah (married to Allen Harrison). From the oldest to the youngest in the order named, all came west with their parents in 1832, and settling near Ladoga, Montgomery County, Indiana, coming overland down the great Kanawha Valley to Gallipolis; thence through Dayton, Ohio, and on to their new home. About the same year, 1832, Dr. Henry Rogers, who was born February 9, 1792, and married June 5, 1817, to Elizabeth Mackey Reid, emigrated from near Winchester, Clark County, Kentucky, and settled in Montgomery County, Indiana. His family consisted of four sons and two daughters: John Alexander Rogers, born March 29, 1818; William Burgess Rogers, born March 29, 1819; Mary Jane Rogers, born November 27, 1820; Sophia Ann Rogers, born February 12, 1822; George Reid Rogers, born January 27, 1823, and Thomas Sydenham Rogers, born February 18, 1824. The heads of these two families were neighbors and friends at this early day, and the family were more closely united by the marriage of Geo. M. Britts and Mary J. Rogers, December 10, 1835. From this union there were six children, all living at this date. John Henry, born November 1, 1836, named after his two grandfathers. Susan Elizabeth, born February 5th, 1839, single, named for her two grandmothers. Sarah Jane, born January 19th, 1842, married to Elijah Reid, of Cass County, Missouri. Sophia Alice, born December 9th, 1844, married to Herman J. Huiskamp, Keokuk, Iowa. Mary Isabell, born December 20th, 1848, and married to Emerson Harris, Henry County, Missouri, and Georgie Ann Britts, born January 3d, 1855, married to Frank Taylor, of Henry County, Missouri. Immediately after his marriage George M. Britts began the study of medicine with his father-in-law, which calling he has followed continuously to the present day, though without the advantage of an education in a medical college. He, by virtue of native talent and ability, has obtained an honorable position in his profession, and enjoyed an extensive practice, and is now in his seventieth year and in vigorous health. In the fall of 1842 Dr. Henry Rogers' family, his son John A. Rogers, married to Catharine Gorman, Dr. George M. Britts, wife and his then two children, and two families by the name of Arnett, in all five families, emigrated from Indiana and settled in Henry County, Missouri, Dr. Henry Rogers locating in Clinton. Dr. John A. Rogers in the Parks neighborhood, twelve miles east of Clinton, and Dr. G. M. Britts at Calhoun, where he lived the remainder of 1842-3, and then in the summer of 1843 moved to Clinton. In a few months after their arrival in Missouri Dr. Henry Rogers lost his wife, who died at her brother's, John Reid's, house January 19th, 1843, and is buried in the family grounds, three miles southeast of Clinton. This misfortune and the idea that the climate was not healthy rendered Dr. Rogers dissatisfied. He remained at Clinton in the practice of medicine till August, 1843, when he determined to return to Indiana on a visit, taking with him his daughter Sophia and youngest son. After reaching his old home he was married September 26th, 1843, to Mrs. Jane Kirkpatrick, and decided never to return to Missouri. This was a great disappointment to the family as most of them desired to remain in Missouri and make it their future home, but rather than have the family separated, especially the two daughters, all in 1844, except Dr. John A. Rogers and family, returned to the old homestead in Indiana, where Dr. Britts lived until 1857, when he once more retraced his steps to Henry County, Missouri. Here he has since lived, following his chosen profession with a good degree of success.

BRITTS, John Henry Dr.
Clinton Township, Henry County
born: Nov 1 1836, Montgomery Co, IN
Source:1883 History of Henry County Missouri, National Historical Co pg Pg:502
J. H. Britts, M.D. The subject of this sketch came from a long and honorable line of ancestry. The sketch of his father, Dr. George Britts, a prominent physician of Henry County, appears elsewhere in this work. The maiden name of his mother was Mary Jane Rogers. The former was a native of Virginia, born September 4, 1812, and the latter was born in Winchester, Kentucky, November 27, 1820. Their marriage occurred December 10, 1835, at Montgomery County, Indiana. John Henry, their oldest child, was born November 1, 1836, and was named for his grandfather. In 1842 the family emigrated to Henry County, Missouri, and settled at first in Calhoun and lived there until the summer of 1843, then coming into Clinton. Here young John attended his first school, taught by a preacher named Turner in a house on the south side of Franklin Street and a short distance from the square, opposite W. Bozarth's blacksmith shop. At this time there was no school building and but few dwellings in Clinton, the open prairie coming up to the south side of the square and it was no unusual thing to see a drove of wild deer pass within sight of the court house. In 1843 the family returned to Indiana. It will be remembered that this was the year of the great overflow, and the journey from Missouri, as usual, was begun overland, but the high water rendered it impracticable, and a steamboat was taken at Rocheport, Missouri, for Evansville, Indiana. At the latter place whilst making the landing, young Britts reaped the reward of having learned to swim. Falling overboard, unobserved, he was enabled to get ashore unaided and alone, though much to his disgust in having spoiled a pair of new shoes purchased for him in St. Louis. After his return to his native state he spent the remainder of his boyhood days in attending the public schools of the state, working on the farm and in the shop in the interval between school terms. His father not considering himself able to send him to college, he was compelled to make the best use possible of the means within his reach. When nineteen years old he taught one term of a public school near Ladoga. Having already commenced the study of medicine with his grandfather, Dr. Henry Rogers, all his available spare time was given to this. In the year of 1857, with his father's family, he again emigrated to Missouri, and continued the study of medicine with his uncle, Dr. John A. Rogers, at Clinton, and in the winter of 1857-8 attended a course of lectures at St. Louis Medical College, and the following year, 1859, set up for himself at Austin, Cass County, Missouri, where two years of hard work were sacrificed, except the experience thus brought by the event that followed. The war broke out with all the fury that characterized it on the border. There was no middle ground for any person at all prominent, and he at once set about organizing a company for state service for six months enlistment and was commissioned captain by Governor C. F. Jackson, his company being Company B, of Edgar V. Hurst's Regiment, Captain Frank Cockrell commanding Company A in the same regiment. This regiment was in General Rain's Division, Missouri State Guards, and took part in the engagements at Carthage, Wilson Creek and Lexington. The six months term of service expiring, in connection with Colonel Hurst he at once commenced to recruit a new command in Cass and Bates Counties, with headquarters on Cove Creek. While on a visit from this point to his home Col. Hurst was captured by some Kansas troops and killed. Dr. Britts at once proceeded with part of his command, mostly them that were with him in the state service, to Springfield, Missouri, where, on the 10th day of February, 1862, a company of fifty-three men were organized for the Confederate army and he was chosen captain by acclamation; Philip W. Fulkerson was elected first lieutenant; Robert Rennick, second lieutenant; and Aaron Patton, third lieutenant; John Hamilton was appointed orderly. This company remained a part of Waldo P. Johnson's Battalion till 4th day of April, 1862, when the Fourth Regiment of Infantry was organized, McFarlane, colonel, and Waldo P. Johnson, lieutenant colonel, when Dr. Britts was offered the place of major, or that of surgeon. He chose the latter on account of the advantages it would offer in the line of his chosen profession, and from this on he in that capacity followed the fortunes of his regiment, afterwards consolidated with the First Missouri Infantry, Amos Riley colonel, through many bloody engagements east of the Mississippi River, up to the siege of Vicksburg. There he was promoted to brigade surgeon, which position he only filled a few days, till he was severely wounded on the night of the 9th of June, 1863, at the city hospital, whilst in the line of duty. A 15-inch shell from the Porter Mortar Fleet came through the building and exploded in the room occupied by the hospital staff. As it happened at the time, none were in the room except himself and a Dr. Taylor, who escaped unhurt through the door before the explosion. Dr. Britts, who was held down for a time by the lath and plaster torn loose from the ceiling, was not so fortunate, and did not escape in time. He lost his right leg, and was otherwise severely wounded in the lungs and left knee, and crushed by the explosion so that it seemed incredible that any one could escape alive. But a splendid constitution and the kind care of his comrades brought him through, so that he was enabled to again return to duty as hospital surgeon at Montgomery, Alabama, the 18th of November following, and finally surrendered with the last of the Confederates at Atlanta, Georgia, May 13, 1865. Early in August of the same year, 1865, he returned to Clinton, Missouri, coming by way of Mobile, New Orleans and St. Louis, and resumed the practice of medicine and surgery in co-partnership with Dr. P. S. Jennings, which firm has continued up to the present time. In 1866 he received a diploma and adeundem degree from the Missouri Medical College. As a surgeon Dr. Britts enjoys a good reputation. In the war he was a bold operator and an efficient officer; was noted for his mechanical skill in adopting the limited means within his reach to the requirements of his patients; would cut unsparingly when necessary, but was always conservative in the practice of his profession, and was the means of saving many a wounded soldier his limbs, which others less conservative might have sacrificed. As soon after his return to Clinton as he could establish himself in practice he married on the 1st day of November, 1865, Miss Annie E. F. Lewis, daughter of Robert Lewis. Mrs. Britts was born June 18, 1839, in St. Louis County, Missouri, her grandparents having settled in Bonhomme Bottom as early as 1811. Her family is related to familiar names in the early history of Missouri, many of which were among the first settlers of the Mississippi Valley, as the Bacons, Longs, Bates and Woodsons. Their union has been blessed with six children, all girls, five of whom are living: Mary Britts, born September 5, 1866; Lucy Britts, born November 1, 1867, died May 30, 1872, Eugene Salmon Britts, born September 18, 1870; Louisa Lewis Britts, born June 6, 1875; Annie Alice Britts, born September 15, 1876, and Edith Scott Britts, born September 13, 1878. In politics Dr. Britts is a Democrat; since his enfranchisement in 1872, he has been an active worker for the success of his party, though never an aspirant for any office till the present year, 1882, when he received the Democratic nomination for the office of state senator, Sixteenth District, composed of the counties of Bates, Cass and Henry. There were three candidates: Judge J. N. Ballard, of Bates; Mr. Charles W. Sloan, of Cass, and Dr. John H. Britts, of Henry. Each county had five delegates and cast the Hancock vote of 1880, for their choice: Bates, 2,929; Cass, 2,769; Henry, 2848. The convention was held at the city of Butler, August 1, 1882, and after a contest of three days and 375 ballots cast and no choice, Mr. Charles Sloan, of Cass County, withdrew, and on the 577th ballot, Dr. Britts was nominated, and at the following election in November defeated his opponent, a Republican, Mr. H. J. Doolay, 3,129 votes, and took his seat in the Thirty-Second General Assembly, at Jefferson City, January 3, 1883.

BRONAUGH, Christopher Columbus Judge
Deer Creek Township, Henry County
born: Jul 11 1805, Stafford Co, VA
Source:1883 History of Henry County Missouri, National Historical Co pg Pg:796
Judge C. C. Bronaugh, one of the early settlers of Henry County, was born in Stafford County, Virginia, July 11, 1805, and emigrated to Missouri in 1840, settling in the county, where he died July 9, 1876. He was a son of Captain William Bronaugh, also of Virginia, and was the first of a family of ten children: C. C., T. J., L. L., Addison, William, Mary, Jennie, Maria, and Catherine, and of them but four survive: T. J., L. L., Jennie and Catherine. Captain Bronaugh was also born in Stafford County, Virginia, and was married to Miss Mary C. Payton of the same county. Captain Bronaugh served in the war of 1812, and his father, was a soldier of the Revolution. In 1850, though far advanced in years he had the courage to face the trials and hardships of life in a new country, and removed to Missouri, where he settled in Cooper County, and lived until his death. Years afterwards there also his wife died. Had Captain Bronaugh been a man of less modesty than he was, the many eminent and excellent qualities which he possessed would doubtless have given him a higher place in the history of his times than not a few of wider fame but less merit enjoy. Descended from early colonial stock, from the splendid race of men who forced their way into the forests of an unknown continent and laid deep and broad the foundations of great states, he represented in his character all the sturdy virtues and inflexible courage that distinguished the founders of our civilization above the pioneers of any age. Devoted to law and order, and exact in the discharge of every duty, asking only the right to carve out his own fortune, by his own exertions, and brave enough to enforce it. True as a friend and kind and generous as a neighbor, he was a man that could be known but to be respected and admired. Coming of an excellent family and enjoying the advantages of a substantial education, he acquired an extensive knowledge of men of letters, and of the thought of the world by a wide range of reading. But it was in his family that he shone to the greatest advantage. A man of the strongest domestic effections, he was singularly fortunate in the choice of a partner for life. Mary C. Bronaugh was a woman of rare beauty of mind and person, and her whole object in life seems to have been to make home happy. With such a wife it was perhaps not difficult to lead the gentle, tender life the fireside of Captain Bronaugh revealed. But such was the equanimity of his nature, such the great generosity of his heart and the strength of his affections that under any circumstances he could not but have been loved as a husband and honored as a father, and his daily walks and talks in life were in keeping with the purity of his character and the culture of his mind. If, with these qualities as a man, he had been ambitious of promotion in public life, to what position might he not have attained. Related to the Lees, for whom one of his sons was named, and to the Paytons and many other eminent families of Virginia, his advancement would have been both certain and rapid. But he chose rather to remain to himself in the happier walks of private life, and this inclination, with the firm caste of his character, could not be overcome by the solicitation of friends. To him family was more than all the world and he devoted his whole life to his family. Except when called to the defense of his country and the common fireside of all, he was never known to accept an official trust of any kind. Modest, perhaps to a fault, he was the soul of honor and worth. Such was the mail of whom Judge C. C. Bronaugh of Henry County, was a son. To have known Captain Bronaugh and to judge of the son by the father would be to make a true estimate of the character of the latter, the subject of this sketch. If, perhaps, Judge Bronaugh was not so self-depreciating as his father, he was nevertheless a man of extreme modesty and was not less worthy of universal respect and esteem. The great force of character and close habits of thought of the father descended undiminished to the son and combined in his nature the profound piety that beautified his mother's life. In 1833 in Warrentown, Virginia, he married Miss Ann E. Waters, who still survives him. She is a daughter of William Waters, of that state, and a lady worthy in every. respect to have been the wife of such a man. Of this union ten children were born: Eugenia (widow of the late John A. Bushnell), F. P., W. C., Thomas C., William W., Carrie M., S. H., Frank W., Mollie C. and one that died in infancy. Mrs. Bushnell, with her two children, now resides with her mother and brothers at the old homestead. F. P. Bronaugh is a prominent stock dealer near Boonville, Missouri, and was a captain in the Confederate service under General Price. He married in 1866 Miss Helen Meyers, a lady of superior culture and refinement, and has a family of five children. W. C., S. H. and F. W. are also largely engaged in stock dealing ranking among the largest dealers in southwest Missouri. Frank W. and Carrie M. were educated at the state normal school, and graduated from that institution. Thomas C. Bronaugh died at his home in this county December 6, 1878, regretted by all who knew him. W. W. died in 1859, aged eleven years. Judge Bronaugh like his father had a quiet unobtrusive life and had no ambition to make himself prominent in public affairs. Being prevailed upon to accept the office of county judge he was continuously elected to that position each term for a period of ten years, when he refused to allow his name to be further used. The duties of his office, it is needless to say were discharged with singular fidelity and ability, and he retired from the position universally trusted and respected. Being a man of integrity, industry and of more than ordinary ability, as was to have been expected he accumulated a handsome competency for himself and family and although greatly damaged in his estate by the war he rapidly recuperated from its effects and when he died was considered one of the substantial property holders of a county of many wealthy men. He was an earnest and faithful member of the church, uniting many years ago with the Southern M. E. denomination, and his life was consistent with his professions. "His life was gentle; and the elements So mixed in him that nature might stand up And say to all the world, 'this was a man.'"

BRONAUGH, James H. Dr.
Tebo Township, Henry County
born: Oct 6 1839, Mason Co, VA
Source:1883 History of Henry County Missouri, National Historical Co pg Pg:632
James H. Bronaugh, physician and surgeon, was born in Mason County, Virginia, October 6, 1839, and was a son of Thomas J. and Nancy (Henderson) Bronaugh, who were also natives of Virginia. James was the third in a family of seven children. When he was about six years old his parents moved to Henry County, Missouri, where he was reared on a farm. At the age of twenty-one he began farming for himself and continued it till June, 1861, when he enlisted in the Windsor Guards in which he was third lieutenant, participating in a number of important battles. Among these were Lexington, Prairie Grove, Wilson Creek, Lone Jack and others. In May, 1865, he surrendered at Shreveport, Louisiana, and afterwards returned home. Subsequently he began the study of medicine with his brother, Dr. J. W. Bronaugh, of Calhoun, reading with him till 1867, when he entered the Missouri Medical College of St. Louis. From this institution he was graduated in March, 1870, after which he located at Colesburg for six months. Since that time he has continued his practice in Calhoun and is here known as one of the prominent physicians of Henry County. He is also a large land holder. Having returned from the war a penniless man, what he now owns he has accumulated by his energy and business tact. December 25, 1868, the doctor was married to Miss Leona C. Knox, a native of Henry County, Missouri. They have four children living: Bessie, Lillie M., John K. and Thomas, having lost one child. He and his wife are members of the Old School Presbyterian Church. He is also a leading constituent of the A. O. U. W. fraternity.

BRONAUGH, John W.
Shawnee Township, Henry County
born: Apr 28 1834, Mason Co, VA
Source:1883 History of Henry County Missouri, National Historical Co pg Pg:663
John W. Bronaugh, physician and surgeon, Shawnee Mound, was born in Mason County, Virginia, April 28, 1834, and is a son of Thomas and Nancy (Henderson) Bronaugh, natives of Virginia. The subject of this sketch was the oldest child in a family of seven children. In 1846 he moved with his parents to Henry County, Missouri, locating on a farm near Calhoun, where he grew to manhood. In 1856 he began the study of medicine under Dr. Sites, of Calhoun, with whom he remained till 1858, when, in the fall of that year he entered the St. Louis Medical College. He then began practicing at Germantown, Missouri, and continued it till the fall of 1860, when he again entered college. He was graduated in the following spring. In June, 1861, he enlisted in the Confederate army as assistant surgeon of Col. Owen's battalion, resigning in October of the same year. He then settled in Arkansas, where he practiced his profession till June, 1862. Returning to Henry County, he practiced in Calhoun and vicinity till 1879, since which time he has resided at his present location. He is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and belongs to the Masonic fraternity. July 10, 1862, Dr. Bronaugh was married to Miss Georgia Knox, a native of Henry County, Missouri, where she was born February, 1, 1844. They have four children, J. Frank, Marshal K., Percy and John F.

BROOKS, Daniel A.
Bethlehem Township, Henry County
born: Aug 7 1814, Hopkins Co, KY
Source:1883 History of Henry County Missouri, National Historical Co pg Pg:784
Daniel A. Brooks, farmer, section 25, came originally from Hopkins County, Kentucky, where he was born August 7, 1814. He was there reared and educated, following farming till eighteen years of age, when he commenced clerking at Belleville, Kentucky. After remaining there two years he clerked the succeeding two years at Princeton, Kentucky. In 1835 he engaged in the general merchandise business in his native county, continuing it till 1849. Removing to Caseyville, Kentucky, he was a merchant in that city till 1873. In the spring of 1874 he came to Henry County, Missouri, and settled on his present place, having entered the land in 1838. He now has 610 acres of fine land, 440 of which are under fence. Mr. Brooks was united in marriage November 30, 1836, with Miss Hannah W. Eckols, of Tennessee. They have nine children: Susan E., Nannie O., Daniel A., Martha V., Amelia A. W., Mary E., Georgia A., Augusta T. and Philip M. Mr. B. is a member of the Masonic fraternity and also belongs to the Episcopal Church.

BROWN, Charles D.
Walker Township, Henry County
born: Feb 15 1876, Deepwater Twp, Henry Co, MO
Source:1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co pg Pg:514
Charles D. Brown - The Brown farm, consisting of 500 acres of rich land on Deepwater Creek in the southeastern part of Walker township, is a very attractive place in which the proprietor takes a just and abiding pride in keeping in first class condition. The handsome residence is built against a background of forest and presents a pleasing view to the travelers moving along the highway which passes through the land. Charles D. Brown, progressive and successful farmer and stockman, was born on the old Brown homestead in Deepwater township, February 15, 1876, and is the son of Martin V. Brown, pioneer settler of Henry County, concerning whose career an extended account is given in this volume. Mr. Brown, after receiving such education as was afforded by the district school in his neighborhood, attended the Appleton City, Missouri, Academy. He has always been engaged in farming and learned his vocation from his successful parent. He came to his present location in 1902 and has been constantly engaged in farming and stock raising pursuits, keeping upon an average of forty-nine head of cattle upon the place. December 15, 1902, Charles D. Brown and Miss Edna J. Oliver were united in marriage. To this union have been born three children: Cecil, born August 31, 1904; Maude Rea, born December 6, 1906; Millard V., born January 13, 1912. Mrs. Edna J. Brown was born in Deepwater township December 22, 1874, the daughter of Henry and Mary (Martin) Oliver. The late Henry Oliver, one of the best known of the old time citizens of Henry County, was born in Morgan County, Ohio, March 9, 1838, the son of John and Martha Oliver. He came to Henry County and settled in Deepwater township in 1866, and died here June 3, 1917. He accumulated a fine farm and improved it with one of the most imposing farm residences in Henry County and became widely and favorably known. Mrs. Mary (Martin) Oliver was born September 2, 1840, and died September 5, 1900. Henry and Mary Oliver were parents of the following children: Millie, born July 8, 1863, and died March 28, 1912; Clara Belle, wife of J. R. Carter, born August 26, 1866, lives at Vinita, Oklahoma; Emma, died March 2, 1881; Martha Lea, wife of George Newberry, was born March 25, 1868, and lives in Chicago; Henry, born March 10, 1872, died February 25, 1877; Elmer, died at the age of five years; Mrs. Edna Jane Brown, of this review; Mary Maude, wife of C. W. Lampkin, was born July 8, 1877, and resides in Deepwater township in Bates County; Charles Omer, born April 13, 1879, lives at Webaugh, Montana; Lotta Dale, died October 1, 1886, aged two years. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver were members of the Christian Church. Mr. Brown is a Democrat and usually takes a good citizen's part in all civic and political matters affecting the general welfare of the people of his native county. Mr. Brown is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Montrose, Missouri.

BROWN, Ernie Cecil
Walker Township, Henry County
born: Aug 17 1874, Deepwater Twp, Henry Co, MO
Source:1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co pg Pg:388
Ernie C. Brown. The pretty farm residence of Ernest C. Brown, located in Walker township on a beautiful stretch of well kept State highway, is in the midst of one of the most fertile sections of Missouri. Mr. Brown is owner of 300 acres of land, but is farming a total of 400 acres in the vicinity of his home farm of 240 acres. Mr. Brown was born August 17, 1874, in Deepwater township, and is a son of M. V. (born March 4, 1837) and Helen M. Cecil (born August 7 1847) Brown. His mother was born in Leesville township, a daughter of Judge Wilson M. Cecil, a pioneer of Henry County who came to this county from Kentucky and was one of the first county judges of the county. M. V. Brown is a native of Sangamon County, Illinois, and is the son of R. D. Brown, a native of Pennsylvania. M. V. Brown came to Henry County in 1872. His father came to Missouri at a later date and died at Appleton City. Mr. Brown, Sr., is still residing at his home place in Deepwater township. The old Brown homestead is a splendid Colonial style house, built of hardwood lumber as early as 1857 and was used as a hospital and a fort during the Civil War when the residents of Bates County were ordered from the county as a result of General Ewing's Order No. 11. For further particulars regarding M. V. Brown the reader is referred to his biography given elsewhere in this volume. Ernie C. Brown was educated in the district schools and the Appleton City Academy. He has always followed the vocation of farmer. In the spring of 1896 he settled on the farm nearby where his brother Charles now lives and cultivated this large tract until 1904, when he went to Benton County, Missouri, and remained in that county for two years, returning to Henry County in 1906. He then settled on the Hackler place, which he has improved considerably. Mr. Brown was married on November 28, 1900, to Miss Mable C. Hackler, who was born in Benton County, Missouri, a daughter of J. R. and Nannie E. Hackler, the latter of whom died when Mrs. Brown was a child. J. R. Hackler was a native of Virginia who ran away from home at the age of fourteen years and enlisted in the Confederate Army. During one of the battles in which his regiment took an active part he was shot through the leg and ever afterward was a cripple. For a year after leaving the service he was forced to live on corn bread and milk. In 1866 he went to the mining region and remained for four years, during which time he accumulated a competence which he invested in land in Benton County. He also bought land in Henry County upon which he resided until 1898 and then returned to Benton County, where his death occurred on October 23, 1896. He was father of two children: Mrs. Mabel C. Brown and James E. Hackler, who is owner of the home place in Benton County. Mr. Brown is an independent Democrat who votes the National Democratic ticket as a rule but is inclined to independence of thought and action in local, county and township affairs. He has filled the office of treasurer of Walker township and is one of the best known of the younger generation of farmers in Henry County. - Additional Information from Karen P. Myers, granddaughter of James Edgar Hackler - John Randolph Hackler, the father of Mabel (Hackler) Brown was born 16 May 1846 Grayson Co, VA and died 23 October 1903 in Windsor, MO, not in 1896 as stated above. Nancy E. "Nannie" (Bailey) Hackler, b. 24 Sept. 1856 Benton Co, MO and d. 5 Apr 1891 Polk Co, MO, daughter of E. K. & Permelia Ann (Barlow) Bailey, the wife of J. R. Hackler and the mother of Mabel C. (Hackler) Brown who married Ernie C. Brown. Mabel and Ernie had no children and are both buried at Stones Chapel Cemetery in Henry County, MO.

BROWN, George P.
Roscoe Township, St. Clair County
born: Jan 3 1854, Carroll Co, MD
Source:1883 History of St. Clair County MO, National Historical Co. Pg:1200
George P. Brown, farmer and stock dealer and proprietor of Hoffman's Ferry, was born in Carroll County, Maryland, January 3, 1854. His parents were Lewis H. and Susan (Hudson) Brown, natives of Maryland. George was the youngest of a family of six children. In 1868 he came to Missouri, but the next year returned to Maryland, where he was employed in a commission house for two years and in the grocery business for one year. In 1872 he came to St. Clair County, Missouri. In March of the same year he went to Dallas, Texas, where he was interested in the queensware business one year. He was then employed as bookkeeper in a wholesale drug house for four years. In 1877 he returned to St. Clair County, Missouri, and in March of 1878 embarked in general merchandising at Roscoe. In January, 1879, he sold out and commenced dealing in stock. In June, 1881, he became proprietor of Hoffman's Ferry, one of the best on the river. He owns a farm of ninety-two acres, well improved. Mr. Brown is a member of the Masonic fraternity. January 18, 1882, he was married to Miss Lucy M. Baker, a native of St. Clair County, Missouri. They have one child, an infant.

BROWN, George W.
Jackson Township, St. Clair County
born: Apr 21 1853, Jackson Twp, St. Clair Co, MO
Source:1883 History of St. Clair County MO, National Historical Co. Pg:1152
George W. Brown was born April 21, 1853, in Jackson Township, St. Clair County, Missouri. His father, Benjamin Brown, a farmer by occupation, was born July 31, 1819, in Kentucky, and was married in 1847 to Miss Margaret Borland. They had ten children: George W.; John W., born December 16, 1854; Susan J. born December 11, 1856; Mary B. and Minerva (twins) born May 12, 1860, the latter died May 25, 1860; Myra, born July 29, 1862, died February 1, 1873; Benjamin, born May 20, 1866; James and Samuel (twins), born February 8, 1870; and Parker, born November 11, 1871. Mr. Benjamin Brown, Sr., died January 7, 1872, and his widow departed this life February 7, 1873. The subject of this sketch was married January 13, 1876, to Miss Margaret A. Green. By this union there are two children, a son and a daughter: Wilson, born April 20, 1877; and Florence, born December 27, 1879. Mr. Brown now owns 106 acres of excellent farming land, constituting a portion of his father's estate. He resides upon section 13. In his political preferences he is Democratic. Both himself and wife are identified with the Mt. Zion M. E. Church, South.

BROWN, John D.
Montrose, Deepwater Township, Henry County
born: Mar 1 1842, near Springfield, IL
Source:1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co pg Pg:360
John D. Brown. Fifty-one years ago John D. Brown, well-to-do retired farmer of the Montrose neighborhood in Deepwater township, came to Henry County from his old home in Illinois and purchased a large tract of unimproved prairie land at a cost of $13 an acre. He and his brother, M. V. Brown, bought together seven hundred acres of land. Mr. Brown erected his handsome and substantial farm residence in the fall of 1868 and has had the extreme satisfaction of developing his fine farm of four hundred acres from unbroken prairie. He has placed every shrub and tree upon the place and year after year has witnessed the growing of crops in succession upon the acreage which he reclaimed. As he has grown old he has likewise prospered and now in his old age is well content with what has come to him through his own endeavors and the assistance of his noble wife, who has gone to her reward. John D. Brown was born near Springfield, Illinois, on March 1, 1842. He is the son of Reason B. and Rachel (Ernest) Brown, both of whom were born and reared in Kentucky and were early settlers in Illinois. After their two sons had settled in Henry County the parents came to Missouri and settled upon a farm one mile south of John D. Brown's place. In old age they retired to a home in Appleton City, where both died and lie buried. In 1861 John D. Brown went to Idaho and worked in the gold and silver mines of that State and also served as a packer and freighter of merchandise between Walloolo and Bannock City and Placerville, all mining camps in the West. He returned to his home in Illinois in 1866 with his savings from five years of hard work. In 1867 he came to Missouri and purchased his farm. November 7, 1867, John D. Brown and Miss Louise Cecil were united in marriage and Mr. Brown says of this marriage: "It was the best thing I ever did." One child is the offspring of this happy marriage: Gertrude, wife of John Henry Holland, a farmer living near Hartwell, Henry County. Mrs. Louise (Cecil) Brown was descended from one of the oldest pioneer families of Henry County. She was born February 25, 1847, on a pioneer farm near old Leesville, in eastern Henry County, and was the daughter of Wilson and Henry Cecil, pioneer settlers of Henry County. Mrs. Brown died April 10, 1909. She was a good and faithful wife to her husband and the married life of this devoted couple was a most happy and congenial one. She was a true helpmeet and was a deeply religious woman, being active in the affairs of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, of which she was long a valued member. Mr. Brown has generally voted the Democratic ticket and is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Now living a comfortable retired life upon his place he varies the days with trips to the nearby town of Montrose, where he enjoys hob-nobbing with his old friends of many years standing. He recalls the days of old, when people were happy and hospitable and kind, when the neighbors would take turns in going to mill, their nearest grinding place being the Xenia mills, thirty-five miles away on a tributary emptying into the Osage River. They would take a very heavy load of grain and the trip to Xenia and return would require two days. Mr. Brown enjoyed hunting and fishing in the early days and his boon companion on many hunting trips was the late Bill Salmon of Germantown. He has killed many deer and prairie chickens. No man is more highly regarded in his section of Henry County nor more universally respected than John D. Brown, who is intelligent, well read and companionable.

BROWN, John D.
Deepwater Township, Henry County
born: Mar 1 1842, Sangamon Co, IL
Source:1883 History of Henry County Missouri, National Historical Co pg Pg:607
John D. Brown, a native of Illinois, was born in Sangamon County, near Springfield, March 1, 1842. His parents, R. D. Brown, and Rachel, nee Ernest, were Kentuckians. The former was one of the pioneer settlers of Sangamon County, where he entered land and improved a farm. John D. passed his youth on the home farm, and in attending the public schools, and in the spring of 1867, he came to Missouri and located in Henry County, purchased land and improved a farm in Deepwater Township. He now has a fine place of 360 acres in section 27, enclosed with a hedge fence and nearly all in cultivation. Upon it is a large two- story residence, finished in a neat and tasty manner, besides a good barn and convenient out buildings. An orchard of two hundred bearing apple and about seventy-five peach trees, is another feature of the place. Mr. Brown is quite extensively engaged in raising and feeding stock and handling and shipping mules. He is an enterprising farmer and one of the substantial men of this township. He was married in this county, November 7, 1867, to Miss Louisa Cecil, of Henry County, and a daughter of Wilson Cecil. They have one child, Gertrude, who was born July 12, 1870.

BROWN, John H.
Clinton Township, Henry County
born: Aug 18 1821, NH
Source:1883 History of Henry County Missouri, National Historical Co pg Pg:505
John H. Brown. The subject of this sketch is a native of New Hampshire, and was born August 18, 1821. At the age of six years he was taken by his parents to Franklin County, Massachusetts, and after two years to Berkshire County, where they remained till 1833. Then they removed to Hoosac Falls, New York, and two years later went to Cohoes Falls, here residing till 1839. After living in Columbus, Ohio, till 1845, they settled in Logan County, Ohio. John had followed from boyhood the carpenter' 5 trade, and at the age of twenty he began contracting and building. In 1857 he left Logan County, Ohio, and removed to Kansas, and in 1858 (May) he came to Henry County, Missouri, where he at once engaged in contracting and building. In the spring of 1862 he went to Edgar County, Illinois, but in 1866 returned to Clinton, Missouri, and was a prominent contractor here till 1872. Since that year he has followed the same business through different parts of Texas. In 1881 he built and managed the Lindsay House, at Gainsville, Texas, and also managed at that time the Laclede Hotel, of that city, closing it out after one year. From that time on he has been proprietor of the Buckley House, at Sherman, Texas. Mr. Brown was united in marriage October 7, 1845, to Miss Lucinda Weaver, of Ohio. They reared one child, Estella. Mrs. B. died in June, 1854. He was again married in November, 1857, to Miss Jane Boyd, a native of Licking County, Ohio. They have three children: Hattie, Jennie and Jesse, and an adopted daughter Ida M. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. fraternity and also belongs to the Christian Church.

BROWN, Jonathan W.
Davis Township, Henry County
born: May 31 1843, Kent Co, DE
Source:1883 History of Henry County Missouri, National Historical Co pg Pg:731
Jonathan W. Brown is a native of Delaware, having been born in Kent County May 31, 1843. His parents were F. C. and Ruth (Wyatt) Brown. J. W. is the eldest of fourteen children, eight of whom are now living in this county. The family came to Henry County in 1843 when he was but an infant, and his younger days were spent here. At the outbreak of the war he enlisted in the Sixtieth E. M. M. and was in the Forty-third Volunteer He was stationed for nearly two years at St. Louis, where he did general duty. When Colonel Hollis organized his command at Clinton Mr. Brown was chosen as second lieutenant in Captain Whitworth's company, in which capacity he served fourteen months. Upon peace being restored he engaged in farming operations, and on February 6, 1866, he was married to Miss Margaret Morgan, a native of Kentucky. She lived until October 20, 1874, when she died, leaving one child. On July 13 following Mr. Brown was married to Mrs. Eda A. Armstrong, widow of F. M. Armstrong. Mrs. Brown is the sister of R. P. Blevins. One child is living to bless this union, Josephine. In 1875 he moved upon his present farm, which contains eighty acres of excellent land. In politics he is Republican. He is a member of the A. O. U. W. fraternity and is identified with the Methodist Protestant Church. His wife is a Cumberland Presbyterian.

BROWN, Martin Vanburen "Van"
Deepwater Township, Henry County
born: Mar 4 1837, near Springfield, IL
Source:1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co pg Pg:468
Martin Vanburen Brown. For over the long period of fifty-one years, Martin Vanburen Brown, one of the old pioneers of Deepwater township, has resided on his splendid country place southwest of Montrose. The Brown homestead is a handsome, old style Colonial residence, built of the finest hardwood lumber, prior to the Civil War era. The home itself has a beautiful setting, being at the apex of a long gentle slope of green lawn which is dotted with a fine grove of shade trees. Mr. Brown is owner of 800 acres of rich farm lands, 320 acres of which is comprised in his home place. Martin V. Brown was born on a farm located eight miles west of Springfield, Illinois, on Spring Creek, March 4, 1837. He is the son of Reason D. Brown (born 1813, died 1885), who was the son of Joshua Brown, a native of Kentucky, and who was a pioneer settler in Illinois, locating there in the early twenties. Joshua Brown assisted in the raising of the first house in the city of Springfield, Illinois, and was prominent in the early history of Springfield and vicinity. Reason D. Brown was married to Rachel Ernest (born 1815, died 1905), a daughter of Illinois pioneer parents. Reason D. Brown spent the last year of his long life on a farm, situated east of Appleton City, Missouri, and died there in 1885. He was father of twelve children, only two of whom are living: Martin Vanburen, and John D. of Deepwater township. Martin V. Brown was reared in Illinois and enlisted in the ranks of hard workers when nineteen years of age. In 1861 he went to Idaho and was employed in the Salmon River mines for five years. During that time he earned and saved enough money to make a start on his own account. After a trip home to Illinois, he came to Henry County, Missouri, in the spring of 1867, and purchased 700 acres of land at a cost of $13 per acre. This land was already improved but Mr. Brown has succeeded in adding to this acreage another 100 acres. He has done exceedingly well but attributes a great part of his success to the assistance and counsel of his capable wife. On September 26, 1869, M. V. Brown and Miss Helen Cecil were united in marriage. Mrs. Helen (Cecil) Brown was born on a farm east of Clinton in Henry County in 1848, and is the daughter of Wilson and Henny Cecil, who came from Kentucky and settled in Henry County in 1837. This marriage has been blessed with five children: Allie, wife of Charles Campbell, a merchant at Montrose; Missouri; Ernie C., a well-known farmer of Walker township; Charles M., a farmer of Walker township, married Edna, daughter of Henry Oliver, and has three children, Cecil, Marie and Wilford; Helen, wife of J. Ed Dugan, Deepwater township, mother of two children, Wilfred and Martin Edward; Harry, living on the home place, married Clara, daughter of Robert Burns of Appleton City, Missouri, has a son, Robert Martin. During his entire life since attaining his majority, Mr. Brown has been a consistent and faithful Democrat. He and his family are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. As a man and citizen there is none better in Henry County, and Mr. Brown is a typical gentleman of the old school. He is kindly disposed to all mankind and is spending the last years of his long life in comfortable and happy retirement, well content to shift the burden of the cultivation of his farms to younger shoulders. He is popular and is universally esteemed throughout the countryside.

BROWN, Paris
Osceola Township, St. Clair County
born: Aug 12 1838, Washington Co, KY
Source:1883 History of St. Clair County MO, National Historical Co. Pg:1076
Paris Brown, farmer and stock raiser, section 27, was born in Washington County, Kentucky, August 12, 1838, and was the son of Wesley Brown, of Kentucky, who died in 1846. His mother, Elizabeth (Peters) Brown, with her family came to Washington County, Missouri, in 1848, and was there married to Thomas Calvird, who died in 1868, his widow dying in 1879. Of the first family of six children Paris was the third. By the second marriage there were five children. Paris was reared principally in this county, and with the habits of industry instilled in his youth he has been successful in securing a valuable farm of 480 acres, and he is recognized as one of St. Clair County's prominent farmers. Mr. Brown married Mary Jane Peebly July 11, 1855. She died June 10, 1862, leaving one child, James H. He afterward married Mary Ann Wilkerson. She died in 1868, and left one child, Mary Ida. Mr. B. married Mrs. Lucinda, widow of John Flemming, in 1870. They have five children: Wesley, Mary Ann, Silas H., and Charles and William, (twins). Politically he is a Republican. He belongs to the M. E. Church, South.

BROWNING, W. G.
Butler Township, St. Clair County
born: Apr 3 1851, St. Clair Co, MO
Source:1883 History of St. Clair County MO, National Historical Co. Pg:1179
W. G. Browning, druggist at Lowry City, was born in St. Clair County, Missouri, April 3, 1851, and is a son of C. G. and Susan (Barnett) Browning, the former a native of Tennessee and the latter of Missouri. They were among the early pioneers of this county. W. G. has been reared and educated in the county of his birth, making farming his occupation till 1876, when he began in the drug business at Appleton City. There he continued that business till 1878, when he located in Lowry City. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity. February 22, 1876, Mr. Browning married Sarah E. McCrary, a native of Indiana. She died July 28, 1880. He was again married November 12, 1882, to Miss Flora King, of Illinois.

BRUMFIELD, W. C.
Leesville Township, Henry County
born: May 16 1854, Putnam Co, IN
Source:1883 History of Henry County Missouri, National Historical Co pg Pg:774
W. C. Brumfield, M.D., is a native of Putnam County, Indiana, and was born May 16, 1854, being the son of Hon. James B. Brumfield, a Kentuckian by birth, who went to Indiana when a young man with his parents and located in Putnam County. James Brumfield was married in that county to Sophia Ann Rogers also of Kentucky. The former improved a farm and carried on a blacksmith shop in connection and afterward was also engaged in merchandising. He early took a prominent part in political matters; was nominated and elected to represent his county, and served two terms in the legislature. W. C. Brumfield passed his youth in his native county upon the farm, receiving his primary education at the public schools, supplemented with three years' attendance at the Green Castle College. He came west in November, 1873, settling at Clinton, Henry County, and commenced the study of medicine with Drs. Britts and Jennings as preceptors in the fall of the same year. He attended his first course of lectures at the St. Louis Medical College in the winter of 1874-75, and was graduated in the spring of 1877. He commenced the active practice of his profession at Colesburg where he has built up a successful and constantly increasing patronage. He is a close student and keeps well posted in the advanced theories of his profession.

BRYANT, James
Bethlehem Township, Henry County
born: Feb 22 1864, NJ
Source:1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co pg Pg:875
James Bryant, a progressive and enterprising farmer and stockman of Bethlehem township, proprietor of a splendidly improved farm of 240 acres, is a native of New Jersey. He was born February 22, 1864, and is the son of Henry and Martha (Long) Bryant, both of whom were born and reared in England, immigrated to the United States, settled in New Jersey, resided in that State until 1865, and then moved westward to Illinois. Two years' residence in Illinois were sufficient, however, and they came to western Missouri, settling in Henry County in 1867. Mr. Bryant purchased a farm near the city of Clinton and resided there during the remainder of his days. He died in 1910. Mrs. Martha Bryant departed this life in March, 1917. Henry and Martha Bryant were parents of eight children, six of whom are living: George, a resident of California; Mrs. Eliza Briggs, Kansas; James, subject of this sketch; Mrs. Florence Matter, Garden City, Missouri; Mrs. Martha Dando, Kansas City, Missouri; Henry lives at Hutchinson, Kansas. James Bryant was reared to manhood on the home place, which he now owns, and has the distinction of having lived for a period of forty years in the same house. He began his own career when twenty-one years of age, renting land for three years, after which he invested his savings in forty acres, and began farming on his own account on his own land after marriage. By hard work, and good financial management, he has attained to a position of competence. October 19, 1890, James Bryant and Miss Della P. Wright were united in marriage. They have two adopted children: Ellis, aged nineteen years, and Wilma, aged fourteen years. Ellis Bryant was born August 14, 1899, and enlisted in the National Army at Sedalia, Missouri, in August, 1917, pursued the regular course of training at Camp Doniphan and is now on the western battle front in France. He is a member of Company D, 140th United States Infantry. Mrs. Della P. (Wright) Bryant was born October 21, 1869, in northern Missouri, and is the daughter of Richard and Susie (Green) Wright, natives of old Missouri, and who located permanently in Henry County in 1872. The Wright home was located three miles east of Clinton where Mr. Wright died in 1874. Mrs. Wright died at the Bryant home in 1911. The following children were born to Richard and Susie Wright: Mrs. Rebecca Reid, Bethlehem township; Mrs. Ella Harrison, Colorado; Jonah Wright, Bethlehem township; Mrs. Della Bryant, of this review; Mrs. Betty Brown, living in Montana. Mr. Bryant is a Republican and he and Mrs. Wright are members of the Christian Church. They are worthy people who are well liked and highly respected in their neighborhood.

BUCKNER, Frank M.
Windsor Township, Henry County
born: Jan 16 1856, near ElDorado Springs, MO
Source:1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co pg Pg:553
Frank M. Buckner, successful farmer and stockman of Windsor township, proprietor of 102 acres of well improved land, was born on a farm near Eldorado Springs, Missouri, January 16, 1856. He is the son of Dr. Ansel and Elizabeth (Foster) Buckner, who were parents of four children: Frank M., subject of this sketch; Carrie, wife of D. R. Elliott, Green Ridge, Missouri; Anna, wife of James Hellons, Pettis County, Missouri; Jasper B., Windsor, Missouri. Dr. Ansel Buckner was born on a pioneer farm near Lexington, Missouri, in 1828. He was the son of Berry Buckner, a pioneer settler of Jackson County, Missouri, after whom the town of Buckner was named. Ansel Buckner became a physician and practiced medicine before the out-break of the Civil War. He served as a surgeon in the Confederate army during the struggle between the North and the South and after the close of the war also engaged in farming pursuits. He was killed by lightning in 1873. Elizabeth (Foster) Buckner was born near Greencastle, Indiana, in 1833, and died in 1914. After the close of the Civil War Ansel Buckner settled in Pettis County, and here in this county Frank M. Buckner was reared to young manhood. He came to Henry County in 1878 and bought a farm located south of Windsor which he improved and sold in 1902. He then purchased his present farm of 102 acres and has made nice improvements thereon. Mr. Buckner is engaged in general farming and the breeding of Duroc Jersey hogs for the markets. Mr. Buckner was married in 1877 to Miss Ellen Clayton, who was born in Illinois, the daughter of Ira B. Clayton, a native of Kentucky, who migrated to Pettis County, Missouri, in 1874. Ten children have been born to Frank W. and Ellen Buckner, as follow: Myrtle, wife of W. M. Nixon, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Earl and James, farmers in Howard County, Missouri; Carrie, wife of W. A. Christian, Pettis County, Missouri; Rose, wife of S. A. Pearce, Tebo township, Henry County; Flossie, wife of H. H. Gilliland, South Windsor, Henry County; Hattie, wife of R. C. Funk, living on a farm near Calhoun, Missouri; Blanche, wife of John Gordon, Montrose, Missouri; Everett and Margaret, at home with their parents. The Democratic party has always had the support of Mr. Buckner. He and Mrs. Buckner are members of the Christian Church. He is fraternally affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Modern Woodmen of America.

BURCH, B. F.
Speedwell Township, St. Clair County
born: Jul 4 1833, Hardy Co, VA
Source:1883 History of St. Clair County MO, National Historical Co. Pg:1206
B. F. Burch, farmer and stock dealer, section 4, is a native of Hardy County, Virginia, and was born July 4, 1833. His parents were Robert N. and Rebecca (Swisher) Burch, Virginians by birth. In 1842 this family moved to St. Clair County, Missouri, where B. F. has since resided. He has made farming and dealing in stock his occupation during life, and now owns a landed estate of over 1,000 acres. His home farm contains a fine orchard and is well improved. In 1850 he went to California, where he was engaged in mining till the spring of 1855. In August, 1856, Mr. Burch was married to Miss Martha A. Metcalf, originally from Virginia. They have eleven children: Emma, Lucy J., Missouri A., John T., James O., Mary E., Francis, Edna, Frances M. and Eddie.

BURCH, David L.
Deer Creek Township, Henry County
born: Oct 29 1833, Putnam Co, WV
Source:1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co pg Pg:595
David L. Burch, now deceased, was born in Putnam County, West Virginia, October 29, 1833, and came to Deer Creek township, Henry County, in 1851. He was only a lad of eighteen when he left the parental roof to homestead his land in this township. It was here that he met and married a daughter of one of the earliest pioneer families. She was Frances Finks, who was born February 15, 1832, and married David Burch December 18, 1856. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mark F. Finks, were natives of West Virginia and among the earliest of the brave pioneers of Henry County. Mr. and Mrs. Burch made their home upon the homestead the husband had acquired and prepared for his bride. They had two children, Thornton D. and George. Their lives after years of labor and joy in each others companionship were brought to a close upon their farm. Mr. Burch died February 21, 1915 and his wife June 7, 1896. Thornton D. Burch was born October 14, 1857, in Deer Creek township, Henry County, on the farm on which he now resides. He attended the rural school of his district and in 1892 opened up a general merchandise store at Lewis Station, Missouri, continuing in this until he took charge of the estate of his deceased parents in November, 1916. His brother, George Burch, was born January 18, 1859, in Deer Creek township and is now farming near Lewis Station. He married Bodicia I. Miller, born September 4, 1863. They are the parents of seven children, as follow: Rolla W., born September 23, 1883; Nannie E., born August 26, 1885, is the wife of Thomas Wiley, a farmer of Deer Creek township; Homer W., born April 10, 1888, farming the Miller farm in Deer Creek township; Lena, born February 6, 1890, died November 5, 1890; Marshall, born February 4, 1892, married Maude Carroll, at home with his parents; David A., born March 1, 1896, and Lyman are at home with their parents. Thornton Burch and his brother, George, are interested in the breeding and raising of a herd of Polled Angus cattle, which are of a high grade. The marriage of Thornton D. Burch and Nannie Spencer was solemnized February 27, 1883. Mrs. Burch was born October 27, 1855, in Perry County, Ohio, and with her parents, Francis M. and Martha (Wirick) Spencer, who were natives of Ohio, came to Henry County in 1868. They resided near Clinton for some time, but later made their home upon a farm in Deer Creek township, where their deaths occurred. Mr. and Mrs. Thornton Burch have no children. Politically Mr. Burch is a Democrat and he is a member of the Methodist Church, South. David Burch and his good wife, who spent so many years upon their farm in Deer Creek township, were loved and honored by their friends and acquaintances. Their sons, Thornton and George Burch, are also progressive citizens, tilling the soil and adding to the financial and moral uplift of the community.

BURCH, David L.
Deer Creek Township, Henry County
born: Oct 29 1833, Putnam Co, WV
Source:1883 History of Henry County Missouri, National Historical Co pg Pg:795
David L. Burch, farmer and stock raiser, section 20, was born in Putnam County, West Virginia, October 29, 1833, and was the son of Ziba Burch, a native of Connecticut. His mother's maiden name was Martha Wallace, and was a Virginian by birth. David L. was the oldest of a family of two sons and two daughters. He grew to maturity in his native county, his youth being spent at school and in learning the brick masons' trade. When in his twentieth year he came to Missouri and located in Henry County, in 1854. He entered land and worked a portion of his time in improving his farm, and has 160 acres in cultivation. He also owns 160 acres in another tract, and sixty acres in timber. Mr. B. was married in December, 1856 to Miss Frances Finks, of Virginia, and a daughter of Mark Finks, of this county. They have two children, Thornton D. and George M. Mrs. Burch is a member of the M. E. Church, South.

BURCH, Oliver H. P.
Speedwell Township, St. Clair County
born: Dec 17 1839, St. Clair Co, MO
Source:1883 History of St. Clair County MO, National Historical Co. Pg:1206
Oliver H. P. Burch, farmer and stock raiser, section 19, was born in St. Clair County, Missouri, December 17, 1839, and has made this his home during life. In 1861 he enlisted in the Confederate service in which he remained till the close of the war. March 10, 1869, Mr. B. was married to Miss Adeline McLain, a native of Tennessee. They have four children: Charles A., John P. Austin D., and Robert H.

BURCH, Rolla William
Clinton, Clinton Township, Henry County
born: Sep 23 1883, Lewis Station, Henry Co, MO
Source:1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co pg Pg:623
Rolla W. Burch, one of Clinton's leading merchants, is located on the corner of Fifth and Elm streets, and his merchandise is well known in Clinton and vicinity as "Quality Groceries." Mr. Burch is a native son of Henry County, born at Lewis Station, September 23, 1883, a son or George M. and Boadicia (Miller) Burch. George M. Burch was a son of David L. Burch, a Henry County pioneer, who came here in 1854 and entered Government land in Deer Creek township, near Calhoun, where he spent the remainder of his life. He died February 21, 1915, aged eighty-two years. He was prominent in the affairs of Henry County and a member of the Methodist Church, and devoted much of his time and talent to the up-building of the church in this county. He was prominent in Masonic circles, being a thirty-third degree Mason. David L. Burch was married to Frances E. Finks December 18, 1856 and the following children were born to this union: Thornton D. and George M. The mother of these children died June 7, 1895, and in 1899 David L. Burch married Jennie Finks, a sister of his first wife. George M. Burch has made general farming and stock raising the principal occupation of his life, but for some years has been an invalid. Boadicia (Miller) Burch is a daughter of Alexander and Eliza Jane (Gaskill) Miller. Alexander Miller was born in St. Clair County, Illinois, April 27, 1837, and died March 18, 1915. He married Jane Gaskill March 7, 1859, and the following children were born to this union: Dan W.; Boadicia, the wife of George M. Burch, and Mrs. W. P. Thornton. Alexander Miller came to Missouri in 1867 and settled on a farm in Henry County near Drake's Chapel. Rolla W. Burch is the eldest of six children born to his parents, as follow: Homer W., a farmer near Drakes Chapel; Marshal M., on the home place with his father; Arthur and Lyman, also at home with the father, and Mrs. Edith Wiley, Lewis Station. Rolla W. Burch received his education at Lewis Station in the public schools and remained on the home place until he was about twenty years of age. He then spent three or four years in the Dakotas, Montana and Colorado and when he returned to Clinton and bought out the Norman E. Peckstein store, which is his present location. Here he engaged in the grocery business and has built up one of the best trades in Clinton. His stock of goods are never below the standard in quality and his business slogan "Quality Groceries," means just exactly what the term implies. On March 3, 1910, Rolla W. Burch was united in marriage with Miss Fornia S. Julian, a daughter of W. G. Julian, of Clinton, who at one time was the largest produce dealer in Clinton. He died November 24, 1910, and his widow, who bore the maiden name of Alice Phillips, now resides at Langdon, Alberta, Canada. Mrs. Burch was educated in the public schools of Clinton and at one time was a pupil of Uel W. Lamkin, the editor of this work. At the time of her marriage she was a teacher in the Clinton public schools. She and Mr. Burch have a broad circle of acquaintances in Clinton and Henry County and are justly popular. Mr. Burch is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Woodmen of the World and Modern Woodmen of America.

BURCH, Thomas
Roscoe Township, St. Clair County
born: Jan 13 1861, St. Clair Co, MO
Source:1883 History of St. Clair County MO, National Historical Co. Pg:1200
Thomas Burch, of the firm of Metcalf and Burch, merchants, is a native of St. Clair County, Missouri, and was born January 13, 1861, being a son of Benjamin Burch, an old settler of this county, mention of whom is found elsewhere in this work. Thomas was reared on his father's farm and received his education from the schools of this county. In 1882 he became engaged in business with his present partner at Roscoe.

BURNS, James D.
Tebo Township, Henry County
born: Apr 10 1858, Benton Co, MO
Source:1883 History of Henry County Missouri, National Historical Co pg Pg:635
James D. Burns was born in Warsaw, Benton County, Missouri, April 10, 1858, and was the son of James Burns, who was a merchant of that town for a number of years. He was a native of Missouri and was killed at the battle of Jenkins' Ferry. The mother of James D., also a native of Missouri, was formerly Eliza McNeala. When the subject of this sketch was three years old his parents removed on a farm, where he was reared, being educated in the common schools. He remained on the farm until 1880, then went to Windsor and began to work at the tinner's trade, for Calbow & Lewis. After about six months they opened a branch house at Calhoun and he took charge of the business for them, and is now managing it to the entire satisfaction of his employers. Mr. Burns is a member of the M. E. Church, South. He is N. G. of the I. O. O. F. fraternity at this place.

BURNS, John
Appleton Township, St. Clair County
born: Dec 25 1826, Scotland
Source:1883 History of St. Clair County MO, National Historical Co. Pg:1103
John Burns, section 17, originally from Scotland, was born December 25, 1826. His father, James Burns, was a native of Banfshire, Scotland, and was a descendant of the family from which Robert Burns, the poet came. John's mother, formerly Isabella McKinzie, was also born in Scotland. They reared a family of ten children, of whom he was the youngest. James Burns died in 1833, and his widow's death occurred in 1834. John was thus left an orphan when in his ninth year. When but sixteen years of age he enlisted in the English army, and served three years and four months, during which time he was over a large portion of England, Ireland and his native country. After his service in the English army he returned to Scotland, and was engaged in tunnel minning till 1849, when he emigrated to America and located in DuPage County, Illinois, farming there till November, 1869. He then came to St. Clair County, Missouri, and settled on his present place which includes 214 acres of improved land. Mr. Burns was married December 7, 1848, to Miss Margaret Nesbit, also a native of Scotland. They have seven children: James, Robert, Jennie, William, Thomas, Carrie and Daisy. Three are deceased: Mary, Isabelle, and an infant. They are members of the Presbyterian Church.

BURRIS, Homer Thrall
Bethlehem Township, Henry County
born: May 31 1846, Knox Co, OH
Source:1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co pg Pg:500
Homer T. Burris - The Burris homestead east of Clinton in Bethlehem township is one of the finest and best improved in this section of Missouri. Fifty-one years ago the parents of the late Homer T. Burris came with him to the prairies of Henry County and the family settled upon partly improved land, which during the years that have passed has responded to the touch and care of capable hands and made to blossom as the rose in the desert. A beautiful home surrounded with splendid trees and shrubbery and flowers furnishes an attractive scene which pleases the eye of the traveler. The late Homer T. Burris was born in Knox County, Ohio, on a farm between the cities of Mt. Vernon and Newark May 31, 1846. He was the son of Dennis and Keziah (Wilcox) Burris. Dennis Burris was born near Boston, Massachusetts, and came to Ohio with his parents when eight years of age. Keziah Burris was born in Pennsylvania and came to Ohio with her parents when a child. She was a cousin of General Rosencranz, of Civil War fame. She was the daughter of Franklin Crandle Wilcox, who married a Miss Joanna Stark, a descendant of Col. John Stark, of Revolutionary fame. Homer T. Burris was reared in Knox County and served as a member of a one hundred day regiment of Union soldiers during the Civil War. He was in service with the "Squirrel Hunters," who were called out to protect the city of Cincinnati when that city was threatened by Gen. John Morgan during his famous raid through Ohio. September 26, 1867, Homer T. Burris and Miss Annabel Roberts were united in marriage. To this union were born six children: May, wife of F. B. Henry, Bethlehem township, mother of two children: Merle F. Henry, born June 10, 1897, enlisted in the National Army for overseas service in France in June, 1917, and Mildred, a teacher in the public schools; Mrs. Cora Massey, living on the adjoining farm, mother of two children, Rufus Homer and Ruth; John D., managing the Burris home place, married Florence Campbell and has one child, Irene; Grace Burris, at home with her mother; Walter, died at age of thirty-two years, and Homer Clyde, died in infancy. Mrs. Annabel Burris was born October 22, 1845, in Knox County, Ohio, and is the daughter of John and Elizabeth (Jones) Roberts, both natives of Ohio. John Roberts was the son of Abram Roberts, a pioneer of Knox County, Ohio. Elizabeth Roberts was the daughter of Nelson Jones, a native of Maryland. Following their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Homer T. Burris made the long trip to Henry County, Missouri, to build a permanent home on the prairies of western Missouri. They were accompanied by the parents of Mr. Burris and all lived together while building up their farm and creating a beautiful home, which is modeled after an old Buckeye farmstead. The Burris farm comprises 200 acres of fertile and well tilled land. Homer T. Burris departed this life July 11, 1904, sincerely mourned by a host of friends in Henry County. His death was a distinct loss to the community in which he had become such a useful citizen. He was progressive and enterprising in all things and was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Clinton, Missouri. Homer T. Burris was a man of kindly and loving disposition who was devoted to his family and children. He was a home man in all things and never allowed outside matters to distract his attention to what he rightly considered his paramount duty to his home and family interests. As a result he prospered and left his widow. in comfortable circumstances. Henry county is the better for citizens of the Burris type of manhood and progressiveness.

BURTON, Lyman
Windsor Township, Henry County
born: Mar 2 1832, Bethlehem, Litchfield Co, CT
Source:1883 History of Henry County Missouri, National Historical Co pg Pg:560
Lyman Burton, farmer and stock dealer was born March 2, 1832, in Bethlehem, Litchfield County, Connecticut, where he received a good practical English education. His father, Daniel B. Burton was a miller by occupation, but afterwards became a farmer. He was born April 14, 1787, in Connecticut, and on April 25. 1821, married Miss Zeririah H. Hayes, who was born October 6, 1792, in the same state. They had seven children, and all are living: Elam B., born September 20, 1822 ; Jesse B., born March 5, 1825; Hester E., born December 14, 1826 ; Mary Z., born August 5, 1828 ; Henrietta S., born September 25, 1830; Lyman, born March 2, 1832; Nathan B., born March 16, 1835. With the exception of two these children still reside in their native state, Hester E., who married S. M. Churchill, of Connecticut, lives in State Center, Marshall County, Iowa. Lyman Burton emigrated from the state of his birth in the spring of 1855, at the age of twenty-three, to Dunleith, Jo. Daviess County, Illinois. He was there engaged as section foreman on the Illinois Central Railroad, for twelve years. He married Miss Isabel H. McCallen, on November 28, 1860, and they have had five children: Ida E., born November 29, 1862, and died September 20, 1865, of typhoid fever; Ada S., born November 15, 1865; Ernest R., born March 22, 1867; Wilfred L., born June 13, 1869; Frank McCallen, born January 14, 1876. In the fall of 1872, Mr. B. removed from Tonica, LaSalle County, Illinois, to Moberly, Missouri, remaining there for nearly seven years, when he changed his locality to Henry County, on April 1, 1880. Here he purchased eighty-four acres of land and became occupied in agricultural pursuits. He enlisted April 6, 1865, in Company C, Sixty-Fourth Illinois Infantry Veteran Volunteers, Captain William Zuel, commanding, and served one year, when he was regularly discharged at North Louisville, Kentucky. He is a man of generous impulses, and genial in his manners. his political sentiments are strongly Republican.

BURTON, William H.
Windsor Township, Henry County
born: Nov 7 1853, Cooper Co, MO
Source:1883 History of Henry County Missouri, National Historical Co pg Pg:559
William H. Burton, of the firm of Burton & Collins, proprietors of livery, sale and feed stable, was born in Cooper County, Missouri, November 7, 1853. His father, Emerson Burton, was born in Kentucky. After living in Howard and Cooper Counties for many years, he moved in 1868, into Henry County and bought a farm. His mother's maiden name was Martha Reed, of Cooper County. They had nine children, of whom William is the third child. He bought a farm and worked it for several years, and November 16, 1879, he came to Windsor and started the livery business. He has a good stable with fine horses and carriages, and is doing a satisfactory business. He married Miss Amanda Collins in 1866. She was the daughter of Dillard Collins, of Cooper County, but who came originally from Montgomery County, Kentucky. Her mother was formerly Harriet Jones, born in Alabama. They have one child, Jessie Lee, born in 1878. Mr. Burton is a genial man, affable to those with whom he comes in contact, and is. making a success of his business.

BUSH, Owen M. Judge
Honey Creek Township, Henry County
born: Mar 4 1843, Clark Co, KY
Source:1883 History of Henry County Missouri, National Historical Co pg Pg:712
Owen M. Bush, farmer and stock raiser, section 24, was born March 4, 1843, in Clark County, Kentucky, and was the son of Phillip W. Bush, a farmer and stock raiser by occupation, born October 31, 1812, in Clark County, and Jane (Monroe) Bush, born April 12, 1823, in Jessamine County, Kentucky. They were married in December, 1841, and had six children, three sons and three daughters, all of whom are now living with the exception of one daughter. Owen accompanied his parents to Marion County in 1850, but remained there only one year, they then removing to Lafayette County, Missouri, and buying 240 acres of land. Here he obtained a common English education. In 1859 Mr. B. sold his farm and purchased 640 acres in Bates County, but never settled on it on account of the war. In 1868 he sold his land in Bates County, returning to Lafayette County in 1874. O. M. Bush was married January 4, 1866, to Miss Mary E. Noel. By this marriage they have two sons. He came to Henry County in March, 1873, and bought (on section 24) eighty-four acres of land, upon which he located. In April, 1881, he purchased ninety acres more, on section 28, making for himself a fine farm of 174 acres. Mr. Bush is a man of extensive observation, and has held the office of magistrate, for several years in the township, having been first appointed to fill a vacancy for one year, and afterward elected for the term of four years in 1877. Politically he is a Democrat.

BUSH, Phillip
Honey Creek Township, Henry County
born: Feb 14 1856, Lafayette Co, MO
Source:1883 History of Henry County Missouri, National Historical Co pg Pg:712
Phillip Bush, farmer and stock raiser, was born February 14th, 1856, in Lafayette County, Missouri. His father, Phillip W. Bush, was born October 31, 1812, in Clark County, Kentucky, and married in December, 1841, Miss Mary Jane Monroe, who was born April 26, 1823, in Jessamine County, Kentucky. By this union there were six children, three sons and three daughters, and all survive but one daughter. The subject of this sketch came to Henry County, Missouri, in November, 1880, and after remaining a few months, spending his time in farming and looking for a favorable opportunity to locate, he bought eighty acres of land on section 14. He resides with his mother, who lives near the farm he has recently purchased. He received in his boyhood a good English education, and although still a young man, is a practical farmer. He has a fair residence upon his farm, and everything about him denotes thrift and the successful agriculturist. In his political preferences he is a Democrat.

BUSH, William
Tebo Township, Henry County
born: Oct 10 1831, Tippecanoe Co, IN
Source:1883 History of Henry County Missouri, National Historical Co pg Pg:633
William Bush, city marshal of Calhoun, was born October 10, 1831, in Tippecanoe County Indiana, and was the son of Abraham and Mary B. (Tullis) Bush both natives of Ohio, the former having been born in Logan County in 1815, and the later in 1818. They were married in 1829, and had four children, of whom William is the only surviving child. The senior Bush died in Indiana in 1836, after having lived there six years. In 1837 his widow married Richard Bush, and by this marriage there were four sons and three daughters. Of these two sons and two daughters are living. Mrs. B. died in May, 1873; she had made her home with her son for two years previous to this date. Our subject started in life for himself at the age of fifteen years as a farm laborer, continuing that occupation until the opening of the war. In February, 1862, he enlisted as private in Company F., Eighth Missouri Cavalry, commanded by R. H. Melton, captain, and Joseph J. McClurg, colonel. He was appointed sergeant in March, 1862, and held this position until the close of the war, being mustered out of service March 35, 1865, and regularly discharged at Springfield, Missouri He received a wound in a battle at Warsaw. In 1843 Mr. Bush removed from Indiana to Illinois; in 1844 came to Missouri; in 1846 went to Iowa, and in 1851 returned to Missouri and has since resided in Henry and Benton Counties. In 1866 he was appointed deputy sheriff under Harrison Mitchell, and held that position for three years. In 1868, purchasing a farm in Lindsay Township, Benton County, he gave his attention to agricultural pursuits for four years, when, selling this property, he, in the spring of 1872, engaged in the construction of the Tebo & Neosho Railroad, now the Sedalia Branch (narrow guage). After four months, he entered the employ of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, and eighteen months later suspended work on account of failing health, then going to Brownville, Saline County. He remained there for six years. After his return to Calhoun he was appointed city marshal in the spring of 1880, and is now acceptably discharging the duties of that office. Mr. Bush was married January 17, 1856, to Miss Elizabeth Graham, of Benton County. They have had four sons: John W., born July 15, 1858, died September 25, following; James T., born July 22, 1859, married Miss Alice Motsinger; William N., born February 15, 1862; and Charles E., born April 1, 1866. Mr. B. is connected with the M. E. Church. in politics he is a Republican.

BUSHNELL, Emanuel
Tebo Township, Henry County
born: Jul 21 1827, Rockingham Co, VA
Source:1883 History of Henry County Missouri, National Historical Co pg Pg:634
Emanuel Bushnell was born in Rockingham County, Virginia, July 21, 1827. William Bushnell, his father, a carriage maker by trade, was born March 22, 1787, in Saybrook, Connecticut, and on May 29, 1817, married Miss Polly Harnsberger, daughter of Adam and Catherine Harnsberger. She was also born in Rockingham County, December 3, 1788. They had five children, four sons and one daughter, of whom Emanuel is the only surviving child. They both lived in Virginia until their deaths, Mr. B. dying February 20, 1845, and his widow August 8, 1851. Young Bushnell obtained a good practical schooling in youth, and at the age of fourteen years commenced life for himself. In 1854 he emigrated to Henry County, Missouri, landing at Calhoun on April 19, and with him came his sister, Mary Ann. They brought a colored family consisting of seven persons, and Mr. B. made his home for sometime with an older brother who had preceded him to Missouri in an early day. October 30, 1855 he was married to Miss Mary E. F. Watson, daughter of John and Ellen Watson, of Boston, Massachusetts, where she was born March 14 1836. They have had six children, three sons and three daughters: William Tupper, born August 12, 1856, died June 22, 1882, soon after having graduated from the Missouri Medical College, in the class of 1881-2; John Archibald; born April 17, 1859, and now in the mercantile establishment of J. W. Keyser, at Calhoun; Richard Ira, born March 25, 1861, and died in February following; Mary Ann, born March 28, 1863, married E. H. Fox, of Henry County; Eleanor L., born September 6, 1870; and Virginia A., born June 3, 1872. For nearly four years Mr. Bushnell was engaged with his brother J. A. as salesman. In the fall of 1857 he purchased a tract of 240 acres known as the Brummet farm, and continued farming until the outbreak of the war. Since then he has been a resident of Calhoun and for the last four years has acted as city collector. Since 1870 he has been more or less of the time a member of the school board. He belongs to Calhoun Lodge No. 409, I. O. O. F. His wife is connected with the Presbyterian Church. Politically he is a Democrat.

BUSHNELL, John A.
Deer Creek Township, Henry County
born: Apr 6 1821, Harrisonburg, Rockingham Co, VA
Source:1883 History of Henry County Missouri, National Historical Co pg Pg:796
John A. Bushnell, nephew of Horace Bushnell, of Hartford, Connecticut, and descendant of David Bushnell, distinguished in the revolutionary war for the invention of a submarine vessel designed to destroy the British fleet, was born in Harrisonburg, Rockingham County, Virginia, April 6, 1821, where he was reared and educated. Mr. Bushnell commenced merchandising in his native town when quite a young man, and his business was attended with marked success. But failing health caused him to undertake a trip to the West Indies, by which he believed he would be benefited, and there he also thought he would again engage in merchandising. Before embarking, however, he changed his purpose and came at once to Missouri, where he spent the remainder of his life. He first came to Boonville, then to Warsaw, and remaining only a short time at each of those places, he finally settled at Calhoun. Here he resumed merchandising and attended with even greater success in business than in Virginia, he soon accumulated what was considered at that time a comfortable fortune. On the breaking out of the war, in 1861, he became identified with the South, and in the vicissitudes of property as well as life incident to civil strife. Returning to Calhoun at the close of the war, he was married two years afterward, August 15, 1867, to Miss Eugenia Bronaugh, and removed to St. Louis, where he again engaged in business and where he died in 1874. He left two sons, Horace and John A., and their mother, Mrs. Bushnell, still survives him. John A. Bushnell was a man of upright character and pure motives. He had that characteristic, that undefinable something, about him that made all who came in contact with him like the man.

BUSHNELL, John A.
Tebo Township, Henry County
born: Apr 17 1859, Calhoun, Henry Co, MO
Source:1883 History of Henry County Missouri, National Historical Co pg Pg:635
John A. Bushnell. The subject of this sketch was born in Calhoun, Henry County. Missouri, April 17, 1859, and was the son of Emanuel and Mary (Watson) Bushnell. John A. was raised to manhood in this county, and received his education in the public schools. In 1872 he graduated at Eastman's Commercial College of New York, after which he acted as salesman in different stores in Calhoun until 1879. Then he embarked in the mercantile business with Mr. Squires, they doing a large and successful business until August, 1880, when they sold out to Mr. Keyser. Mr. Bushnell has since remained with him as head salesman. He is a member of the Old School Presbyterian Church. He is Past Grand of Calhoun Lodge, No. 409 of the I. O. O. F. fraternity.

BUSKIRK, Abram
Appleton Township, St. Clair County
born: Nov 9 1841, Tompkins Co, NY
Source:1883 History of St. Clair County MO, National Historical Co. Pg:1104
Abram Buskirk. Few men in this county are as prominently known in connection with the stock business and farming interests of this vicinity as the subject of this sketch. he is a native of Tompkins County, New York, and was born November 9, 1841. His parents, George and Anna (Brondyke) Buskirk, came originally from Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. The father died in 1849 and his mother died in 1811. Abram, left an orphan at the age of ten years, was subsequently reared in the family of Moses Barker of that county, till fifteen years old, when he went to Kendall County, Illinois, there working at farming for two years. In 1858 he took a trip to California, reaching that state in January, 1869, and was occupied in mining and logging till July, 1877. In November, 1877, he came to Henry County, Missouri, and in December, following, settled in St. Clair County on his present place. His landed estate consists of 1,000 acres of land, 220 of which are the home place and upon it he has one of the finest brick residences in the county. March 7, 1878, Mr. Buskirk was united in marriage with Miss Flora Moore, a native of New York. They have five children. Anna, Etta, Nellie, Ethel and Frank.

BUTCHER, Alexander M.
Big Creek Township, Henry County
born: Feb 5 1837, Licking Co, OH
Source:1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co pg Pg:728
Alexander M. Butcher, a Henry County pioneer who has contributed his part to the upbuilding of the county and State, is now living retired, after an active life of usefulness of over a half a century in this State. Mr. Butcher is a native of Ohio. He was born in Licking County, Ohio, February 5, 1837, and is a son of Nathan and Elizabeth (Sillin) Butcher, natives of Virginia, the former of Hampshire and the latter of Loudoun County. The father died in 1843 when Alexander M. was about six years of age. The mother afterwards married Samuel Crow. She died in Auglaize County, Ohio. To Nathan and Elizabeth (Sillin) Butcher were born the following children: Alexander M., the subject of this sketch: John, deceased; Mrs. Mary Ellen Crawford, Wapakoneta, Ohio; James, Wapakoneta, Ohio. Upon the death of his father, Alexander M. made his home with his grandfather, James Butcher, Sr., who moved to Montgomery County, Indiana, in 1849. Mr. Butcher was reared to manhood in his native State and Indiana, and received a common school education. When the Civil War broke out he lived in Indiana and served in the Home Guard, during the Morgan raid. In 1866, Mr. Butcher came to Missouri and settled in Big Creek township where he first bought eighty acres of land from James Webster. He added to his original holdings until he at one time owned six hundred acres. Later he disposed of some of his land and now owns four hundred and thirty-six acres in Henry County, which he now rents and is living retired in Warrensburg, Missouri. Alexander M. Butcher was united in marriage with Miss Margaret E. Waugh, a native of Montgomery County, Indiana, born in 1842. She died October 11, 1915. The following children were born to Alexander M. and Margaret E. (Waugh) Butcher: Martha Elizabeth, now Mrs. F. M. Engel, Warrensburg, Missouri; James Wallace, farmer, Bogard township; Frank S., Lawrence, Kansas; Paris P., deceased; Charlie W., Centerview; Mary Agnes, married Frank M. Gray, Big Creek township; Milton E., deceased; Clinton E., Big Creek township, and Harry E., deceased. When Mr. Butcher came to Henry County the ruin wrought by the Civil War was in evidence on every hand, and as he expresses it, the number of charred chimneys in view plainly indicated the wages of war. He soon found and made many new friends in the new country, and since first coming to Henry County he has never regretted his choice of a home. Mr. Butcher is a Republican and has always taken an active interest in politics, although he is a believer in men instead of parties. At one time he was the Republican candidate for county judge, but owing to the great normal Democratic majority, was defeated. He has held local township office and for a number of years in the early days was township clerk of Big Creek township. He is one of the substantial pioneer citizens, who has contributed his part to the development and upbuilding of Henry County.

BUTCHER, Alexander M.
Big Creek Township, Henry County
born: Feb 5 1837, Licking Co, OH
Source:1883 History of Henry County Missouri, National Historical Co pg Pg:698
A. M. Butcher, farmer and stock feeder, section 17, was born in Licking County, Ohio, February 5, 1837. His father, Nathan Butcher, was a native of Hampshire County, Virginia, but removed to Ohio with his parents when a youth and settled in Licking County, being among the pioneers there. He grew to manhood, and was married in that county to Elizabeth Sillin, originally of Loudoun County, Virginia. After his father's death in 1843, A. M. Butcher resided with James Butcher, his grandfather, and accompanied him to Indiana in 1849, locating in Montgomery County. His youth was spent on a farm there and in attending the common schools, where he received a fair education. He was married October 27, 1859 to Miss Margaret E. Waugh, a daughter of Milo and Elizabeth Waugh of Montgomery County, and after this continued to reside in Montgomery County, occupied in farming and stock raising, until coming to Missouri in February, 1866, when he settled in Henry County. He has 440 acres of improved land, upon which is a good residence, barn, outbuildings, etc. There are about 200 acres in cultivation, the remainder being pasture and timber. Mr. Butcher and his wife are members of the M. E. Church, South, and he belongs to the Masonic fraternity. He has held several local offices in his township, such as township clerk and treasurer. They have a family of nine children: Lizzie (wife of F. M. Engle, of Johnson County), James W., Parris P., Frank S., Charles W., Mary A., Milton E., Clinton E., and Harry E.

BUTCHER, Clinton E.
Big Creek Township, Henry County
born: Aug 24 1875, Big Creek Twp, Henry Co, MO
Source:1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co pg Pg:810
Clinton E. Butcher, farmer and stockman of Big Creek township, is a native son of Henry County, and was born on the Butcher homestead, located just two and one-fourth miles southwest of Norris, in Big Creek township. He was born August 24, 1875 and is the son of Alexander M. and Margaret (Waugh) Butcher, an extended biography of whom appears in this volume. Mr. C. E. Butcher is one of nine children born to his parents, as follow: Mrs. F. M. Engle, Warrensburg, Missouri; James Wallace, Urich, Missouri; P. P., deceased; Frank S., lives at Lawrence, Kansas; Charles W., Centerview, Missouri; Milton E. and Harry E., deceased; Mrs. Frank M. Gray, Big Creek township: Clinton E. Butcher was educated in the Norris public school and attended the Warrensburg State Normal School for two terms. He has always followed farming and has made a splendid success. For many years he has followed the practice of feeding considerable numbers of cattle and hogs each year and is widely known as a successful stock raiser. November 17, 1897, Clinton E. Butcher and Edith Bertha McQuitty were united in marriage. Mrs. Edith Butcher is the daughter of George W. and Martha M. McQuitty, both of whom are deceased, and a sketch of whom appears in this history. Mr. McQuitty was a native of Boone County, Missouri, and his wife was born near Frankfort, Kentucky. Mr. and Mrs. McQuitty were parents of children as follow: William T., Mrs. Edith Butcher, George N., Mrs. Alice McQuitty, Mrs. Mattie Crews; Mrs. Maude Maize. By a former marriage, Mr. McQuitty was father of two children. John R., Welch, Oklahoma; and Elizabeth A., deceased. To Clinton E. and Edith Butcher have been born children as follow: Marion J., a graduate of the Norris High School, class of 1917; Frank G., a student in the Norris High School; Elmer G., and Mary Alice. The residence of Mr. and Mrs. Butcher is a modern structure and was erected in 1910. It is a house of eleven rooms, with hot and cold running water, acetyline lighting system, and the farm buildings are in accord with the residence. The output of live stock from the Butcher farm will run from 100 to 150 head of cattle and from 200 to 300 head of hogs annually. The home farm consists of 320 acres and is situated one mile east of Norris. Mr. Butcher owns another tract of land consisting of 240 acres, situated one-half mile west of Norris. Both of these farms have good improvements. Mr. Butcher purchased his home farm in 1906 from T. S. B. Slaughter, who had bought it from Thomas Casey in 1901. Mr. Casey had previously purchased the tract from Robert B. Casey. The land was originally entered for settlement by Elizmond Basey and P. D. Lane and one other party. Mr. Butcher is a Republican and a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons at Chilhowee, the Chapter at Warrensburg, and he is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America of Blairstown. Mrs. Butcher is a member of the Baptist Church, and Mr. and Mrs. Butcher have a wide circle of friends and acquaintances throughout this section of Missouri.

BUTCHER, James Wallace
Bogard Township, Henry County
born: Apr 22 1862, Montgomery Co, IN
Source:1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co pg Pg:680
James Wallace Butcher, one of the leading farmers in Bogard township; was born in Montgomery County, Indiana, April 22, 1862, and is a son of Alexander M. and Margaret Elizabeth Butcher, a sketch of whom appears in this volume. James Wallace Butcher was about four years of age when he was brought to Henry County by his parents, who settled in Big Creek township. Here he was reared to manhood and educated in the district schools. He remained at home with his parents until 1884, when they went to Sumner County, Kansas. One year later he returned to Big Creek township, and since that time he has been engaged in farming and stock raising in Henry County. For a time he lived in Shawnee township. Mr. Butcher is a practical farmer and stockman and has a well improved farm of eighty acres, which is located three miles northwest of Urich. Mrs. Butcher has won a reputation as a successful poultry raiser. She specializes in brown Leghorns and has about six hundred of these chickens. She has installed all modern methods for carrying on the poultry business on a small scale and has been very successful in this line of endeavor. James Wallace Butcher was united in marriage September 23, 1909, with Mrs. Nannie L. Keiser of Bogard township and a native of Livingston County, Missouri. She is a daughter of William A. and Rachel Elizabeth (Munsey) Keiser, natives of Virginia, and both now deceased, and their remains are interred in the cemetery at Newtonia, Missouri. The father was a Confederate veteran, having enlisted in the Confederate Army in Virginia and served throughout the war. For eighteen months he was a Federal prisoner. Mrs. Butcher is one of a family of nine children born to her parents: Mrs. Mary Stansberry, Tacoma, Washington; Mrs. Jennie Zachary, Alexander, Illinois; William A., Adrian, Missouri; B. B., lives at Corsicana, Texas; Martha L., deceased; Sarah Catherine, deceased; Thomas C., deceased; Elbert W. To Mr. and Mrs. James Wallace Butcher have been born two children, Lois and Ruth Esther. The Butchers are one of the representative families of Henry County and Mr. Butcher is a progressive and enterprising citizen.

BUTCHER, Joseph P.
Collins Township, St. Clair County
born: May 16 1823, Murray Co, TN
Source:1883 History of St. Clair County MO, National Historical Co. Pg:1171
Joseph P. Butcher, a prominent member of the Greenback party in St. Clair County and an influential citizen of this township, was born in Murray County, Tennessee, May 16, 1823. His father, Isaac Butcher, who was born in 1784 in Loudoun County, Virginia, embraced the faith of Alexander Campbell and became a minister in the Christian. Church. In 1806 he married Miss Rebecca Renfro, daughter of Peter Renfro, well known in the early history of Kentucky. To them were born thirteen children, of whom Joseph P. was the tenth in number. He remained in his native state until six years old, when (1829) he went to Illinois, making it his home until 1869. At that time he came to this county. While residing in Illinois he took a prospecting tour to California in 1851, and returned with most satisfactory success in one year. In 1853 Mr. Butcher was married to Miss Emeline Wood, of Macoupin County, Illinois, a daughter of Abraham Wood and granddaughter of Edman Wood. They have had seven children: Mary E., A. W., Clara E., Francis L., Charles F., (who died August 25, 1863) Cora B. and Francis H. These children are well educated and possess a natural fondness for study. Mr. B. is a powerful advocate of the Greenback doctrine and a most agreeable conversationalist, while his hospitality is exceeded by few. He has repeatedly been offered the position of judge and twice has been asked to represent his county in the state legislature. His early education was obtained through his own efforts at night by the light of the tallow candle, and he afterwards fitted himself for entrance into the medical fraternity and studied medicine. This he discontinued and engaged in farming and stock raising. Mr. B. owns 280 acres of land in Coon Creek Valley, upon which he has a fine residence.

BUTCHER, Ralph E.
Big Creek Township, Henry County
born: Jan 21 1890, Big Creek Twp, Henry Co, MO
Source:1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co pg Pg:729
Ralph E. Butcher, an enterprising and leading. farmer and stockman of Big Creek township, is a native of Henry County. He was born in Big Creek township, January 21, 1890, and is a son of Paris P. and Edith L. (McFarland) Butcher. Paris P. Butcher was a son of A. M. Butcher, a sketch of whom appears in this volume. Paris P. Butcher was a native of Indiana and came to Henry County with his parents when a boy. He died in 1892 at the age of twenty-eight years. His wife departed this life in 1900, and their remains are buried in the Carpenter Cemetery. Edith L. (McFarland) Butcher was a native of Missouri and her mother, Mary Eliza McFarland, was a schoolmate of the mother of the author of this volume in Cooper County, Missouri. Ralph E. Butcher was reared in Big Creek township and educated in the public schools and the Norris High School. He has followed farming and stock raising all his life and has met with merited success. He purchased his present place of one hundred fifty-five acres in 1912. The place is well improved with a good farm residence, large barns and other suitable farm buildings. Mr. Butcher is extensively engaged in raising cattle and hogs as well as general farming. February 18, 1914, Ralph E. Butcher was united in marriage with Miss Mabel F. Park, a daughter of G. L. and Anna L. (Galt) Park, of Big Creek township. A sketch of G. L. Park appears in this volume. To Mr. and Mrs. Butcher have been born two daughters, Leona M. and Dorothy B. Mr. Butcher is a member of the Agricola Lodge No.343 Ancient Free and Accepted Masons and holds membership in the Methodist Church at Norris. He takes a keen interest in local affairs and is at present a member of the school board of consolidated district No.1.

BUTLER, William C.
Tebo Township, Henry County
born: Nov 4 1862, Calhoun, Henry Co, MO
Source:1883 History of Henry County Missouri, National Historical Co pg Pg:635
William C. Butler, dealer in furniture and hardware, is the son of John B. Butler, Esq., a native of Germany, and by occupation a shoemaker. His mother, whose maiden name was Eliza A. Short, was born in Missouri. William C. Butler was born in Calhoun, Henry County, Missouri, November 4, 1862. While he was but an infant his parents moved to Benton County, and he received his education in that county, and at Palmyra. After completing it he followed farming in Benton County till 1882, when he began business in Calhoun. Now he has one of the finest stores in the place, and is doing a thriving business. He is a member of the M. E. Church South. Mr. Butler was married June 22, 1882, to Emma E. McEntire, of Benton County, Missouri.

BYERS, John W. Dr.
Bogard Township, Henry County
born: Apr 5 1829, Sullivan Co, TN
Source:1883 History of Henry County Missouri, National Historical Co pg Pg:690
John W. Byers, physician and surgeon, section 17, was born in Sullivan County, Tennessee, April 5, 1829. His father, Benjamin Byers, a native of Maryland, was a cabinet maker by trade. He removed to Tennessee and was married there to Mary Owen. They raised a family of six children, the subject of this sketch being the third. His youth was spent in Tennessee, and he received his education in the schools of that state and Virginia. When nineteen years old he entered the office of Dr. A. C. Maxwell, of Washington County, Virginia, with whom he read medicine for about three years, when he began the practice of his chosen profession. In 1855 he went to Kentucky and practiced there until 1865, then becoming an attendant at the Bellevue Medical College. After one term, in June, 1866, he graduated at Long Island Medical College. Returning to Kentucky, he resided there until 1867, when he came to Missouri, stopped in Johnson County a short time and then removed to Henry County. In 1873 he went to Arkansas and stayed until 1876, when he returned to Henry County. Here he has since been having a successful practice. His farm contains eighty. acres of choice land well improved. The doctor is a member of the Presbyterian Church. June 23, 1859, he married Emila J. Bofferd, a native of Kentucky. She died February 6, 1863. They had lost two children. He was again married May 7, 1867, to Sarah J. Bankinship, also of Kentucky. They have three children: Herschel M., John M. and Benjamin Owen.