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Items of Genealogical Interest (Births, Deaths, Marriages, Divorces, etc.)
in the
SPRINGFIELD, GREENE COUNTY, MISSOURI, NEWSPAPERS
THE SPRINGFIELD LEADER and THE SPRINGFIELD DAILY NEWS
WITH INDEX
for
1928
Part 1 Pages 1 -- 692 (January 1 -- September 8) (Index is at end of Part 2)
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Wm. K. Hall 33 Westmoreland Place St. Louis, MO 63108-1227 November 12, 1998
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NOTE
There are photocopies of only some of the items mentioned in the typewritten part.
On the other hand there are some items and many names in the photocopies which are not mentioned in the typewritten part.
The index is to all the names in both parts.
The following issues are missing:
Daily News Friday, January 6, 1928 Wednesday, February 15, 1928 Sunday, July 8, 1928 Tuesday, August 7, 1928
Leader Monday, January 2, 1928 Sunday, January 29, 1928 Sunday, June 10, 1928 Thursday, July 5, 1928 Friday, July 6, 1928 Sunday, July 8, 1928 Tuesday, July 31, 1928 Wednesday, August 1, 1928 Monday, August 6, 1928 Monday, August 13, 1928
Monday, September 24, 1928
Monday, December 17, 1928
ERRORS AND OMISSIONS
The newspaper made errors: John Dutton was really John Hutton. Names are misspelled. Dates are wrong. Many events -- even deaths -- were not mentioned in the paper.
I made mistakes. Microfilm is often blurry and indistinct. Numbers particularly are difficult: 2s and 3s look alike; 6s and 8s look alike. Items were scattered about. Who would think of looking for a birth announcement among the want-ads? Items were overlooked because headline writers tend to be cutesy: "Prosecutor Jones Gets New Assistant" actually means his wife gave birth to a son. A marriage was reported under the headline: "To Consolidate." It is easy to overlook such whimsical items.
Many items deliberately omitted often mention family relationships. Before radio and television the almost universally practiced recreation was visiting -- usually relatives. There were thousands of items reporting such comings and goings: "Lucy Belle Smith returned to Ashtabula, Ohio, to visit her grandmother Violet Voles." Such items were not included in this index but nevertheless often reveal family relationships. The reader (if he has enough patience) might do well to read through such items.
The reader is strongly urged to CHECK EVERYTHING. He should check the microfilm himself. He should check with other sources: birth and death certificates, tombstone records, probate records, funeral home records, city directories, census records. Fortunately the Springfield-Greene County Library has many of these records.
The microfilm file of the Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, newspapers begins in 1844. Many of the early newspapers had only a brief existence. There are gaps in the files.
Almost all of the early newspapers have been indexed up through 1927. For many of the years there are abstracts as well. Each year has its own index and the index is to date of the newspaper item, so that a person with the index and access to the newspaper file could quickly locate the item for which he was searching.
From 1940 to date actual clippings from the newspaper have been included as well as indexes.
The Springfield -- Greene County Library, P. O. Box 760, Springfield, MO 65801, has the old newspapers on microfilm and also has all the abstracts, clippings, and indexes as hard bound books.
The library of the State Historical Society of Missouri, 1020 Lowry Street, Columbia, MO 65201 also has all the old newspapers on microfilm and also has most of the abstracts, clippings, and indexes -- some in book form and some on microfilm.
Other libraries which have most of the abstracts, clippings, and indexes (but not the full newspaper files) are the Family History Library, 35 N. West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 and the DAR Library, Memorial Continental Hall, 1776 D. Street NW, Washington, DC 20006-5392.
The Ozarks Genealogical Society, P. O. Box 3494, Springfield, MO 65808 has many of the abstracts and indexes for sale.
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INDEXING
To the casual and inexperienced person, indexing might appear to be a rather boring occupation. Actually it is filled with all sorts of fascinating challenges -- particularly when one is indexing microfilm.
Reporters are taught in journalism school never, NEVER to use first names -- always use initials instead. If the microfilm is even the least bit blurry the indexer is soon confronted with whether the letter is "J" or "I" or whether it is "B" of "P" and many similar uncertainties.
Of course any genealogist except for the lowest ranking beginner knows that if one is searching for Lindquist one also checks the index for Lendquist, Lundquist and even Landquist.
There are typographical errors and the ever helpful indexer tries to compensate by indexing the correct spelling as well as the way the name is actually printed. Unless the correct name is listed, the reader might miss a listing he is seeking. This requires judgment. If the name Gdeon appears the indexer also enters the name Gideon. But what if the name Poter appears? That is an unusual name for a Springfield person. Very likely it is Potter. Springfield is full of Potters. But wait -- maybe it is Porter. Is Mrs. Hary Helms really that or is she Mrs. Mary Helms or Mrs. Harry Helms?
Commas often do not show on microfilm. As a result the indexer may be confronted (as on page 1044) with the statement that Mr. Dennis was survived by six sons: James H. Emmet, William Carl Davis and Chester. Were there really seven sons? Or is William Carl just one son? Or is he Carl Davis?
Believe it or not, indexing does have its challenges.
VARIOUS SUBJECTS
Although this is primarily an index (along with some excerpts) of items of genealogical interest in the Springfield paper, now and then I made note of other items which interested me. Some of these I copied. Some I did not. Some -- like the one about the sinkholes and caves in Springfield -- I found quite fascinating. Only a few of such items were included and the selection was very arbitrary. In the event they might interest someone I have listed them here (with date of newspaper and page number):
Battle of Springfield: 1-1-28 (NIB) and 1-8-28 (L17) Herman Lenger farm of Lawrence county: 1-1-28 (N6B) Remembering Jackson at New Orleans: 1-8-28 (L1) First officer killed in the Civil War: 1-12-28 (L1) Civil War items:
As remembered by Mrs. M. F. Adkins: 1-12-28 (L1) About Capt. M. H. Ritchey: 5-10-28 (L7) Execution of Lt. Brownlee: 6-28-28 (L14) See also under Battle of Wilson Creek
Indian mounds on Drury campus: 1-13-28 (L6) and 2-12-28 (L25) Edwin Shook farm: 1-15-28 (N6B)
History of the public schools in Springfield: 1-22-28 (L1)
Oldest Catholic church in Ozarks (near Pine Bluff, AR): 1-29-28 (N8C) Drury students whose parents went to Drury: 1-30-28 (L1) History of North Springfield: 2-5-28 (L20) and 6-3-28 (L5) History of Springfield Planing Mill: 2-5-28 (L22)
History of and excerpts from the Springfield Mirror: 2-5-28 (L30) and 2-8-28 (L14) and 2-28-28 (L20) Military ball held in Springfield during Civil War: 2-11-28 (N4) Boonville avenue as it was in the early days: 2-11-28 (L10) Danforth cemetery: 2-18-28 (N1)
Aurora, MO: 2-19-28 (N1) History of the Springfield Wagon Company: 2-19-28 (L1)
History of the Presbyterian Church in Springfield: 2-26-28 (N10C) and 5-27-28 (N9C) History of the Greene County Court: 2-26-28 (L17) and 3-4-28 (L1)
A good article about the various "balds" in the Ozarks, such as Tater Bald, Old Dewey, Compton Ridge: 2-26-28 (L30) Springfield people born on February 29: 2-29-28 (L1) William Lumley, a Revolutionary War soldier: 3-2-28 (L8) and 3-13-28 (L16) Knox Shoe Company: 3-11-28 (NID)
Okino Dairy Farm: 3-11-28 (N11B)
John F. Meyer Milling Company: 3-18-28 (L19) Entertainment in the Old Days; man buried alive for a week: 3-29-28 (L16) History of churches in Springfield: 4-1-28 (N10A)
August Nelson farm: 4-2-28 (L6)
Explosion in the dance hall at West Plains -- many articles 4-14-28 and for days afterwards
History of West Plains: 4-15-28 (N7A)
Triplets born: 4-23-28 (L1) and 7-1-28 (N12A)
Marlow farm near Cassville, historic: 4-28-28 (L5) and 4-29-28 (N8B) Singleton house: 4-29-28 (N8B)
First railroad into Springfield: 4-29-28 (N1B) and 6-3-28 (L5) How the Spanish American war affected Springfield: 5-6-28 (L27)
Patton alley: 5-11-28 (N1) Hermann Brownlow Company: 5-13-28 (N9)
Reunion of high school class of 1876: 5-18-28 (N1)
Lebanon, MO, newspaper: 5-20-28 (L8) Battle of Wilson Creek as recalled by veterans at reunion: 5-27-28 (N1) Battle of Wilson Creek: 9-29-28 (N4B)
Reunion of Drury College class of 1878: 5-27-28 (NIB and L1)
Springfield soldiers who died in WW I: 5-27-28 (L17)
How some Springfield streets were named: 6-1-28 (N3) Phenix, MO: 6-17-28 (N1B) A. L. Smith farm near Republic: 6-17-28 (N13A)
Farm of C. W. and H. N. Brooks of North view in Webster county: 6-24-28 (N13A) Men condemned to death in Greene county: 6-24-28 (N1B)
Lt. Brownlee executed in Springfield during Civil War: 6-28-28 (L14) Kissee Mills: 7-7-28 (L8)
Charles Patterson farm west of Springfield: 7-15-28 (N7B)
Springs and sinkholes in Springfield: 7-19-28 (L12) -- I found this extremely interesting. Freistatt, MO: 7-29-28 (N3B)
Bald Knobbers: 8-7-28 (L12) and 5-25-28 (L22)
History of Webster county: 8-10-28 (N1)
Phelps house (corner Kimbrough and Cherry) to be demolished: 8-12-28 (N7D) Photos of four Drury college fraternity houses: 8-26-28 (NF) History of Springfield school superintendents: 8-26-28 (NH) Photo and account of the pre-Civil War Millsap cabin in Lebanon: 9-2-28 (N12A) Gen. U. S. Grant's secretary now living in Taney County: 9-6-28 (L1) and 9-7-28 (N5 and L1) and 12-29-28 (L)
Early days of Drury College: 9-16-28 (N2A) Early days of Frisco railroad in Springfield: 9-23-28 (N3C and N36) Real daughter of the American Revolution: 9-23-28 (N1) and 10-7-28 (NI) and 10-8-28 (NI) and 10-10-28 (N1 and L10)
Springfield people in Who's Who: 9-23-28 (N6A) History of Central Christian Church: 9-24-28 (N1) Old trail from Springfield to Harrison, AR: 9-25-28 (L14)
Photos of various Springfield buildings: 9-29-28 (N1B and L1B)
Battle of Wilson Creek: 9-29-28 (N4B)
Oldest house in Willow Springs, photo: 9-30-28 (N3C) and 10-7-28 (N2B) and 10-8-28 (L10) Naming of Forsyth, MO: 10-1-28 (L8) Mail to Springfield which came on the Graf Zeppelin: 10-21-28 (N9A) Historicl articles by A. M. Haswell:
on "Regulators" 10-21-28 (N5D) on North Springfield: 10-28-28 (N12A) on Springfield history: 11-4-28 (N2A) on early railroad history: 11-11-28 (N6A) on Civil War: 11-25-28 (N2A)
Recollections of court of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico: 11-9-28 (N1) An obituary which was cause of a libel suit: 11-23-28 (L24) First automobile driven in Springfield: 11-27-28 (L4)
Long time teachers in Springfield: 12-16-28 (NIC) Naming of Mansfield, MO: 12-20-28 (L14)
Turnback Creek: 12-21-28 (L22) History of hotels in Springfield: 12-25-28 (L14)
SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 1, 1928 -- DAILY NEWS
Page 1: Marriage licenses issued.
Page 3A: Ralph Osterloh died .**
Page 4A: David Guthrie Houston was born December 28 to Mr. and Mrs. DeVerne Houston of 6000 Grand avenue. Mrs. Houston was formerly Miss Jean Marks.
Page 1B: There is a long article about the Battle of Springfield in January 1863 .** Page 2B: Mr. Ben Evans and Miss Helen Totman of Newburg were married last Saturday.
Several people from Monett attended the funeral of Mrs. A. K. Jones of Joplin. J. A. Carmack of Monett died.
C. M. Myers, 81, died Monday in Monett and was buried in the Odd Fellows cemetery.
Miss Jimmie Dorris and William Kuykendall of Monett were married December 24 in Springfield. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dorris of Monett.
Page 6B: There is a long article about the Herman Lenger family and their farm of Lawrence county.
Page 8B: W. H. Lieruance died .**
Page 2C: Mr. Charles Morrow and Miss Dexter Thomas were married .**
Miss Margaret Elizabeth Bishop and Mr. Paul Robinson are engaged to marry .** Page 3C: Miss Leah Helen Logan and Mr. James Peacher Guthrie are engaged to marry .**
MORROW.THOMAS WEDDING
Mr. Charles Morrow of .Spring- deld. Mo., and Miss Dexter Thomas of Laslle, Ark .. were married la the parlor of the Broadway hotel at Monett Monday. Der. 26 At 7:30 p. m. by Reverend Lenox Crockett of the Presbyterian church. The parlor was decorated in keeping with the holiday season. holly be- ing used with large Illuminated Christmas bells and wreaths. Mr. ind Mrs. Jos T. Salazar acted as bridesmaid and best man. Mr Morrow le secretary of the Davis i ---.. Candy company of Springfield Mira. Morrow le the daughter af Mrs. May Thomas of Le-lle. Ar canmar. Among the friends of th couple who were present Included .he following: Mr and Mrs .lop r. Salazar. Mr. and Mrs. Tom lan- on. Br- Mr. and . Mrs. Bertalot, Mr. Harry S. Morelock. drs. Rachel Negre, and Mr Thoma- Janlon. Jr., who Is home for hi- -. racation from Hollywood Follow ing the ceremonies the party re Hired to the banquet room of the. sotel where the wedding dinner' was served. After which a theater party was held
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Miss Logan To Wed
Slr. and Mrs. C. E. Logan. 103" Fast Fim street. announce the ca- sagement of their daughter. Leah: Helen, to Mr. James Pracher Guth- . r.e. son of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Campbell. ssa Mt. Vernon strer :. The wedding will take place early 'in the spring.
YOUTH INJURED HERE DIES AT JOPLIN HOME
Injuries suffered in an automobile accident near here November 2. In which Miss Mary Belle Newman net death. proved fatal Friday to Ralph Osterloh. ?!- year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Osterloh of loplin.
Funeral services will be conduct- od at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow atter- Joon at &t. Philip's Episcopal church at Joplin. The youth was a ; graduate of the University of Penn - tylvania and attended the Uni- versity of Missouri one year. He : was a member of the Phi Gamnina
Delta fraternity at both collegee.
With another couple. young
- Osterloh and Miss Newman were starting the return trip to Joplin - after attending a Pathfinder club lance at Half-a-Hill teahouse here when the driver misjudged the turye at the National cemetery and gent their car crashing info a tree. Miss Newman died short time after the accident.
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Frederick Bishop, of Milan, Mo., Announce the engagement of their daughter Mar- garet Ellzaheth, to Mr. Paul Robin- son. son of D :. G. WIlse Robinson. of Kansas City. Miss Bishop le a granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. 1. N. Smith, 830 Benton avenue. (! this city.
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MARRIAGE LICENSES
Raymond I. Hallows, 16. of Jop- lin, and Margaret E. Kitchen. . 21. Holla. who were married by the Reverend A. J. McClung: Earnest W. Bischoff. 24. Springfield, and louise Crow. 21. Springfield: Samuel J. Owens, 43. Springfield. and I'ollie Fleetwood. 23. Spring- fleld: Janien P. Squibb, Rola D'Arc. :4. and Nor Redfern. : 3. Bola D'Arc: Floyd Ferrell. 32. St. Louis, and Alma. Pruett. 21. Springfield, married by the Reverend McClung: Clarence Tuck. 22. Brighton, and Veille Presnetl, .21. Willard. mar- ried by the Reverend E. C. Sechler: W. C. Stone. Wentworth, 56, and Cora E. Williams, 11. Morrisville married by Indze J. W. Tippin: Arthur F. Price. 24. Springfield. and Helen Thomas. 16. Springfield.
W. H. LIEURANCE.
W. H. Lieurabes, To yours old, . died
Grant Litranos, of Cabool, Mo., accord- ing to word received here. The body was forwarded to Boswell, N. M., for borla) beside the krava of his wife, who died
'QUININE ARMY'S' BOLD STAND HERE VIVIDLY RELATED
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Surgeon and Patients Manned Forgotten Fort and Saved Springfield, Ozark Historian Graphically Tells
WOUNDED LEFT HOSPITAL TO BATTLE SOUTHERNERS
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Just 65 Years Ago City's 'Paul Roveres' Summoned Farm- ers and Townsfolk to Balk Confederate Invasion
EXCITEMENT during the Battle of Springfield, which took place Just 65 years ago this week. Is graphically recalled in the fol- lowing Interesting account written hy AM Haswell, of Mansfield : former Springfield newspaper man.
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who has won' distinction as the "historian of the Ozarke."
This account Includes many de- talls not recorded In formal hla- tories, and little known. and is a valuable contribution to Spring- field history.
Mr. Haswell says:
The first 10 days of January. 1863. were probably the most ex- citing and critical In the history of Springfield. In the early days of the Civil War the little town had been held alternately by fed- - erals and confederates; but now. fo. nearly 18 months. the northern forces had had undisputed posses- | slon. They had built an elaborate system of defense, Including four forta connected by rifle pits: fraction of those pits may still be scen jost east of Burnham Hall on :he Drury college campus.
1 ELABORATE DEFENSES
Of these forts number one. the largest, mtood just west of the present ate of the pencil factor; weet of the town. Number tw. wan. at the top of the hill. wher College street atarta dowa toward. Wilson creek. Number three was went east on St. Louis atrest. This fort was unfinished at the time of the battle. Number four stood about at the crossing of Jefferson and Mount Vernon streets.
These defences would have la- tured the safety of the town. It held hy a sufficient force, but with a strange fatulty. the Springfield Karrison had been drawn on for re- Inforcementa for the socalled "Army of the Frontier." which at the time was in Northwestern Arkansas. su that when the time came that the entrenchments were sadly needed. there were not one-fourth enough men to man them' This too when Springfield was the only large de- pot of supplies for the U'nlon forces of the whole region
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"FIGHTING JOE" MARCHES!
Across the state line, woll to the south of White river, were "cone federate forces under wuch " leaders as Marmaduke and "Fighting Joo" Shelby and these alert soldiers soon learned of the millions of dollars worth of war .material "lored In Springfield, and the weak force guarding it. That enough to cause the rapid concen- tration of the scattered southern forces, and start them in a swift march for Springfield.
It was about midnight of Janu- Ary' altth that the confederate ad- lance, under Shelby, dropped down,
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dipltately, and the southerners stopped only long enough to parole their prisoners and destroy the Nachhouse and little fort, then post haste for Springfield.
These runaways from Ozark
'ished inte Springfield early on " morning of January i and ey brought the first reliable news the coming enemy. General F. Harun, of the enrolled Missour: ::: u. was in command in the ·wn. From all accounts, while a save and patriotle man. he had not rad much experience, and until the enemy was actually at the Gates. was unitrelied whether to run or fight. However, when it came to :he pinch he proved a galiant and ' (omricas fighter.
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"I'mbort article it to Import !!! to give In detin the story 'of that! fight: of "January . 8 .. 1863.":' That must be left to the more elaborate historien, but . there were come things, hardly mentioned, or not mentioned at all, in the many bis- tories extant, which are still wortla telling. ".It ja - especially worth knowing that the fight was won not by the trained soldiere of the Onion. but In a majority of three to one. by Springfield citizens. and Greene county farmers; nien of peace. fighting fur their homes.
When it became certain that the town would be attacked. "swift rid- ora were sent in every direction. calling the farmers to arms. Most of these mien belonged to the "an- rolled Dillitin." organization much like the Minute Men of the revolution, and like those men, they responded and poured Into Spring- field. There were two small regi- [ments of them-one commanded by Colonel Henry Sheppard, the other by Colonel Marcus Boyd; grand old Springfield ploncera, those two colonels' Juat as the battle be- gan. 45 more Springfield men ap- plied at the arsenal. (which was the St. Paul M. E. church. South, on the southwest corner of Walnut and South streets.) for arme, which they got, and it le of record that they fought with the best of them tu. the fight was won.
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SURGEON IS HERO
The name of one man stands out in bold rellet inany'true account of that' day. „Indeed. but for-bis coolness and common sense, it is almost certain that the town. would have fallen. .... This , was Dr. 8. H: Melcher. In the wild excitement of preparation Melcher noticed that. fort Number Four was left un-
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armed and unmanned, and called General Brown'a attention to it. He was told that there were nelth- er men nor equipment for the po- altion: then he asked and obtained permission to see what he could do towards preparing the place. He hunted up three old iron cannon. thrown away as worthless, and"re- posing in the ditch in front of the Calvary Presbyterian church. which afood about on the alte of the present Y. W. C. A. building. There were two 6-pounders, and one 12 - pounder. The doctor then took the front wheels from three army wagons: had carpenters bulld ' trails for them; lifted the old guna onto those wheels, fastened them with chains, and rolled them Into position in Fort Number Four.
There were the guns, but who was capable of serving them! Mel- cher was the Chlet aurgeon of the hospital In the town, and he has- tened there, told his 1560 patients of the state of affairs,' and' called for volunteer artillerymen; and at the word 45 of 'those sick and wounded boys crept out of their cots and marched . into that fort. Time and again: during the battle. It was only the hot fira of those old guna, rescued from the corap plie, that saved Springfield. Evl- dently the confederates had been Informed that at the southeast corner of the town the Rates were wide open, and it was a startling aurprise to them when the old Iron war dogs began to bark!
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| "THE QUININE BRIGADE"
But the surgeon's call for volun- 'teer " artillerymen had been heard by the other patients in the hos- pital, and 100 of those brave boye got out of bed, dressed and lined up for a part of the fight. Many of them paid for their gallantry with their lives that day, but years afterwarde General Brown left' on record his opinion that he would have lost Springfield If those brave wick and wounded from the hospital hind not come to the ald of the hard-pressed men of the town and county. This last 300 men from the hospital were quiokly christened "the quinine brigade," and they certainly shed honor on that queer titie.
There was another Springfield man besides Colonels Sheppard and Boyd who was one of the busiest and bravest that day. That was ' General C. B. Holland, and that statement Is trup. although you w.1:1 I look In vain for his name In any of the many elaborate historles of the Civil War. Late in the day ti. neral Brown was carried off the fle!d. severely wounded, and fiercral Holland stepped Into the
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vacant Hace and directed the clos- Ing hours of the fight.
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It Is probable that if all the men .n Springhold that day had been
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lect a leader to take Brown's placa' Colley B. Holland would have been the last man cliosen.
Of only medium stature, quiet-spoken, al- most meck looking, the very op- poslie in every particular of the typical fighting man. There aro hundrede In Springfield today who i can recall him as he sat behind his deak. In the bank which was the pride of hle henri, and none could conceive of him ao a leader In dendly battle. Yet he had In hlm a touch of Iron in his Tennessee blood. had been in the fight from the first. nud when called to lead he did not fail
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