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Washington Hoshor began his education in the subscription schools of his native state. and when grown attended a seminary for eight months. He remained with his par- ents on the old homestead throughout their lives. The estate was then divided among the heirs and their interests became individ- val. Subsequently our subject purchased a Mexican war land warrant, with which, in 1856, he'secured fourteen hundred acres of land in Nodaway county, Missouri, the pur- chase price being about seventy-five cents per acre. A portion of this traet now adjoins . the corporation of Maryville. Returning to Ohio, he sold his property there, and after
settling up his business he joined his brother John, in Andrew county, Missouri, in 1860. There he bought land, improved a farm, and successfully engaged in the stock business as a dealer in cattle and hogs.
In that county Mr. Hoshor was married, in 1866, to Miss Anna Lincoln, who was born on Lincoln creek, Andrew county, and belongs to one of its honored pioneer fam- ilies. Her father, John Lincoln, was a native of Kentucky, and a first cousin of Abraham Lincoln. At an early day he moved to An- drew county, Missouri, where in the midst of the wilderness he developed a good farm, becoming one of its substantial farmers and slave-owners. There he died in 1890, at the ripe old age of eighty-four years. He was well and favorably known, and justly merited the high regard in which he was held. His children were Anna, the wife of our sub- ject : Mrs. William Walker; John; George; David : and Clara, now Mrs. Mead. Mr. and Mrs. Hoshor have five children, namely : John L., a resident of Colorado ; George W. and Otis, both at home; Eva, the wife of Joseph Stock; Ina, the wife of Guy Gray.
After residing in Andrew county for about ten years, Mr. Hoshor sold his prop- erty there and settled on his large farm in Nodaway county, where he has since made his home. He has sold a portion of the tract adjoining Maryville, and gave one acre for a school lot, but still retains nine hundred and ninety-nine acres of valuable land, running from the highland to the valley of the 102 river. This is well adapted for the raising of both grain and stock, and he has placed it under a high state of cultivation. It is well improved with good and substantial build- ings, which he has erected, including a com- modions residence built on an elevation, which makes a lovely building site. He has
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also planted an orchard and forest trees and otherwise improved that place, making it a most attractive home. He raises, buys and ich stock. Success has attended his well- directed efforts through life, as he is a man of -mm | business judgment and good execu- the ability, and he has accumulated a large estate. Besides his valuable farm he owns property in Maryvil'e. Politically Mr. Ilo- Vier is an uncompromising Democrat. but has never cared for the honors of emolu- ments of public office.
ISAAC BARGER.
1 prominent and successful agriculturist of Atchison county, Missouri, is Isaac Bar- ger, the subject of this sketch. He was born in Snyder county, Pennsylvania. November 24. 1844, at som of Joseph and Eve (for- jacher ) Barger, both natives of the Key- Stone state, Di Dutch descent. Mr. Barger. senior, was a tanner by trade and moved into " Ilmois m 1815, where he remained eight Years engaged in farming. Ite then went in lowa, where he bought and improved a Large tract of land and still resides upon it, enjoying the fruits of honest toil. at the age use my right, being still hale and hearty. M -. Birga was removed by death, March 28, 1900, -be having been, like her husband, , devoted member of the Methodist church. The family name is well known ; one brother "i Joseph Barger, named William Barger. La Jote -Keeper at West Side, Crawford county, Lova, Having engaged formerly at fung 1 hova and at merchandising in He brothers and sister of Mis. Parepare. Anna now Mrs. Manback: Da- No. & farmer in Imon; and Joseph, a half Brother, who is a minister in the Methodist church. Our subject was the oldest of the
children of his parents, the others being Mrs. Mary Vaughn, William, of lowa. anl Lu- cinda, now Mrs. T. Fleming.
The subject of this sketch was reared and educated until his ninth year, in Illinois, and then removed with his parents to the new home in lowa, where he remained until he was twenty seven years old. He had thoroughly learned the science of farming, and at the time of his marriage was prepared to begin life for himself with assurance of success. Coming to Missouri he bought the farm upon which he now resides, and ha- ever since devoted his time and attention to its cultivation and improvement. The grove of forest and ornamental trees, orchards, fencing and commodious and comfortable buildings testify to his industry and energy.
The marriage of Mr. Barger took place January 0, 1873, to Miss Lucy Evans, who was born February 14, 1852, in Wisconsin, She was the daughter of Jacob and Eliza- beth ( Teagarden) Evans, natives of Ohio and Illinois, respectively. Mr. Evans was formerly a lead miner, later a carpenter, but after the removal to Missouri, in 185 ;. he en- gaged in farming, transforming in twenty years a tract of prairie and timber land into a profitable, well cultivated farm. Ile died in 1876, his wife surviving him until 189y. Both were consistent members of the Chris- tian church, where their many virtures were known and appreciated. Mr. and Mrs. Evans had the following children: Mrs. Miriam Kinney, Mrs. Mary Brown. Joseph, a resident of Nebraska, Mrs. Barger, Mrs. Susan Woolsey, Daniel, of Nebraska, John. of the same state, Mrs. Lonisa Davis, and Ulysses, who is not living. Mr. and Mrs. Bar- ger have the following children : Mrs. Iva Chambers, Mrs. Susie Bentley, William, the homestead farmer, Lillia and Pansy L.
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Politically Mr. Barger is now an inde- pendent, although formerly he voted with the Democratic party. Ilis excellent wife is a highly esteemed member of the Christian church, living up to its teachings in her fam- ily and neighborhood. Mr. Barger is prom- inently identified with the I. O. O. F. organ- ization and the family is most respected in the community.
HAMILIN C. BAILEY.
This is the age of the young man,-the young man in politics, the young man in the professions, and, most important of all. the young man in business. It is an era of young and virile blood and of the "strenuous life." Men of thirty-five to forty-five years of life and of twenty to thirty years' of business experience now ably bear the financial and commercial burdens which a few years ago fell more heavily on the shoulders of men in advancing years, and they bear them ably and with a degree of success that is assuring to the solicitous student of affairs.
Hamlin C. Bailey, the cashier of the Bil- by Bank, of Quitman, Nodaway county, is one of the representative younger business men of northwestern Missouri. He located in Atchison county in 1887, and removed to Quitman in 1890. Ile was born near the Muskingum river, in Morgan county, Ohio, July 12. 1860, a son of John P. and Mary J. ( Barr ) Bailey. His father, a native son of Ohio, served during three years of the re- bellion period as a member of the Sixty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry. From the date of the organization of the Grand Army of the Republic until his death, in his sixty-third year, he was a member of that body. Ile took up his residence at Tarkio, Atchison county, Missouri, in 1885, and there he died
as the result of an accident, leaving a widow and five sons and two daughters : Mack F. ; Hamlin C .; Emma, who married F. A. Woodford ; Effie, the wife of Chris Jacobs : James R., Charlie L., and Frank. The sub- ject of this notice received his education in the public schools while living in Henry county, Iowa, near the city of Mount Pleas- ant. In 1882 he began to clerk in a general merchandise store, where he was employed for five years. In 1887 he came to Tarkio, Atchison county, Missouri, and entered the employ of Emmert & Neal, as a bookkeeper of the general merchandise business, a posi- tion which he held about seven years. He then accepted a position in the employ of Rankin & Travis, another general merchan- dising firm of prominence in Tarkio, which he held until he came to Quitman, as the cashier of the Bilby Bank.
Mr. Bailey was married in Tarkio, July 12, 1887. to Miss Edith Bailey, a daughter of Eli Bailey, of that place. They have three sons,-Dean, Halbert and Harry. Political- ly Hamlin C. Bailey is a Republican, a man of alert intelligence and frank and cordial manner, altogether a manly type of the self- made American and successful man of af- fairs. Mrs. Bailey is a member of the Meth- odist Episcopal church.
WILLIAM E. SCOTT.
The gentleman named above is one of the prominent business men, Masons and Repub- licans of Nodaway county, who was called to a public office of importance because of his popularity and recognized worth. Mr. Scott was appointed postmaster at Elino, Nodaway county, Missouri, in February. 1899. He has been a resident of this coun- ty since 1881.
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Born in Lee county, Iowa, May 20. 1861. Mr. Scott is a son of James and Margaret ( Finley ) Scott. James Scott was born near Washington, the seat of justice of Washing- ton county, Pennsylvania, and, when a mere boy was taken to Marion county. Indiana. where he grew to manhood. He learned the trade of blacksmith, but in early man- hood removed to lowa and was an early set - tier in Lee county, where he became a far- mer. There he met his future wife, whose father was a pioneer in the same locality. He lived out his days there and died at the age of sixty-two in 1886. His widow is living near their son William E., at Elmo. Mr. Scott was a Republican and a man of force- ful character and considerable local influence. This worthy couple, lifelong Baptists and
William E. Scott passed the years of his childhood and boyhood on a farm and was duly initiated, by the usual hard and tire- some process, into all the mysteries of agri- cultural activity. Having acquired a fail education in the public schools and by study at odd times, and having a natural bent for business, he early embraced a commercial career and soon became a general merchant. a calling which for years has demanded his best abilities and has yielded him fairly suc ceriul returns for the devotion to it. The postoffice having been located in his store for some years before his appointment as post master, he had gained a practical knowledge of the details of the office by acting as deputy postmaster.
In 1883 Mr. Scott married Henrietta La Mar, a daughter of John M. La Mar.
( a prominent citizen of Elo ). an estimable and cultivated woman who was educated at the female seminary at Lexington, Missouri. William E. and Henrietta ( La Mar) Scott have four children, named as follows in the order of their birth: John Ernest, Stella. Ethel and Lowell La Mar. Mr. and Mrs. Scott are active members and Mr. Scott is a trustee and steward of the Methodist Epis copal church of Elmo, Mr. Scott is a mem. ber and for three years the worshipful master of Elmo Lodge. No. 320. Free and Accepted Masons, and has an extensive acquaintance among Masons in northwest Missouri.
GEORGE R. SHROCK.
There are numerous fine farms in Noda- ardent believers in the tenets of their church. " way county which will compare favorably had three children : Elizabeth, who married Byron C. Mitchell and lives at Topeka. Kansas: William E., the immediate subject of this sketch, and John, deceased. with any others in the state, and many of these are owned by men who started out in life in limited circumstances and have had to overcome many hardships and difficulties but have come out conquerers in the end. A worthy representative of this class is George R. Shrock, who owns and operates a good farm of two hundred and eighty acres two miles north of Maryville.
He was born in Indiana county, Penn sylvania. February 2, 1835. a son of John and Mary ( Shoup) Shrock, both natives ot Pennsylvania and representatives of old colonial families of German origin, who have long been prominently identified with the development of that state. His paternal grandfather, John Shrock, a soklier of the war of 1812, was a pioneer of Indiana conn- ty and built the first hotel in Blairsville. which is still standing. His last days were spent in Zanesville, Ohio. He and his wife were members of the Methodist church and the parents of eight children-George. John.
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Michael. Lawson. James, Sanson, Jane and Anna. Our subject's maternal grandfather was Henry Shoup, son of Henry Shoup, Sr., both natives of Pennsylvania. The latter was a soldier of the Revolutionary war, under the command of George Washington and Anthony Wayne, and was with the army at Valley Forge and Stony Point, where the courage and true manhood of the soldiers were put to a severe test. He saw many of them fighting barefooted and almost naked. and bloody footprints marked their progress through the snow. He had two children- Henry and John. The former followed farm- ing and also conducted a tavern on the Phila- delphia turnpike running between that city and Pittsburg. His was a commodious house and well patronized in early days. In religious belief he and his wife were Cath- olics. They died in Pennsylvania. Their children were Mary, the mother of our sub- ject : George : Abram : James ; Samuel ; Mrs. Parmelia Bacon, whose husband was a Bap- tist minister : Nancy, the wife of J. O'Con- nor: Delila, the wife of B. Trimble: Hen- rietta, the wife of J. Duffield ; Bridget, the wife of a Mr. Matchett; and Margie, the wife of a Mr. Hartman.
The parents of our subject were life- long residents of Pennsylvania. The father, who was a farmer and stone-mason, died on his homestead in 1892, at the age of sey- enty-eight years ; his wife in 1865, at the age of sixty-nine. They were consistent mem- bers of the Methodist church and most es- timable people. George R. is the oldest of their children, the others being Mary A .. the wife of F. Boyer: Delila J .. the wife of S. Swarts; Samuel, who took part in thirty- five battles during the Civil war and is now living in southern Missouri : and James, who died unmarried.
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On the home farm George R. Shrock grew to manhood, and in the common schools of that locality he acquired his edu- cation. On leaving the parental roof in 1859 he went to Kansas, and the following year, during the gold excitement in Colo- rado, he went to that state, where he fol- lowed mining for some time. In 1863 we find him in Idaho and Montana, and later in California, where he was employed by the government as a teamster, hauling pro- visions to the Indians. In the spring of 1864 he returned to Colorado and enlisted in Company B, Third Colorado Cavalry, which was assigned to the western army and did duty in southern Colorado and New Mexico. He took part in several battles with the Indians, including the hotly contest- ed engagement at Sand creek, where over forty soldiers were killed and wounded and over six hundred Indians were killed. Later he was stationed on the Arkansas river. Ile was mustered out and honorably discharged at Denver, in January, 1865.
Mr. Shrock then bought a farm in Ilir- rison county, Missouri, but shortly after re- turned to Colorado, where he spent three years in mining, making a total of eight years spent in the mountains. In the spring of 1868 he located again upon his farm in Harrison county. Returning to Pennsyl- vania, he was there married to Miss Mary Coy, who was born in Indiana county, in 1844, a daughter of Adam and Rachel Lydia Coy, also natives of Pennsylvania. where the father engaged in farming and conducted a hotel for many years. Her maternal ancestors were among the Puritans who came to this country in the Mayflower. In 1870 her parents moved to Worth coun- ty, Missouri, where the father followed farm- ing for some years, but spent his last days
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in: retirement from active labor at Sheridan. where he died in December. 1899, at the age of eighty-three years. His wife survived him only ten days. In religious belief they were Lutherans. For fifty-eight years they had traveled life's journey together, and their union was blessed by two children: Jonathan, who still resides upon the home- stead in Worth county; and Mary, the wife of our subject. To Mr. and Mrs. Shrock were born the following children: Idona. the wife of E. Ruth, a farmer of Colorado; Herbert. a farmer of Nodaway county: Earl W., a dentist of Pueblo, Colorado; and Miranda, Essa, Goal and Rolland, all at home. The wife and mother, who was a consistent member of the Baptist church, died April 22. 1804.
After his marriage Mr. Shrock engaged in farming in Harrison county for a time. and then soll his place and purchased another in Worth county, where he made his home six years. He then sold out and went on : prospecting tour to Oregon. On his re- turn to Missouri, he bought a farm in Noda way county, which he disposed of six years later on his removal to southern Kansas. Ile remained in that state but one year, though he owned his farm there nine years. At the end of a year he returned to this county. she has Since made his homme, and now 0or - a valuable farm of two hundred and eighty acres two miles north of Maryville, yluch is well improved and under a high tate of cultivation. In May, 1800, his linklings were all destroyed by a cyclone. sonje of his stock was killed, and members of 1- family were severely injured, though they caped death. He was unconscious twenty lom, and prostrate for some time. His loss vas Heavy, as he carried but little insurance, lut with characteristic energy he at once re-
placed his buildings, and now has a well improved place. He raises and also buys and feeds stack for market, and in all his undertaking's is meeting with good success, being a man of more than ordinary business ability and sound judgment. Politically he is an uncompromising Republican, and re- ligiously is an active member of the Baptist church.
CHIARLES S. NE.AL.
Among the honored early settlers of Nod- away county none stands higher in public es- teem than Charles S. Neal, a prosperous farmer living near Maryville. He was born in Perry township, Gallia county, Ohio, October 1, 1825, and was there reared on a farm and educated in the common schools. His father. Henry Neal, was born in Mon- roe county. Virginia, a son of Charles Neal, who at an early day removed from that state to Gallia county, Ohio, where he died at the advanced age of nearly one hundred years. By occupation he was a farmer and in religious belief both he and his wife were Methodists. Their children were Will- iam: Henry: John; Charles; Jacob; Mrs. Betsy Armstrong: Mrs. Nancy Maddy : Mrs. Patsy Colter : Mrs. Rebecca Null : Mrs. Sally Stewart : Eliza, who died unmarried ; and Mrs. Mary Smith.
In the county of his nativity Henry Neal grew to manhood and married Sally Maddy, who was born in the same place. Her fa- ther, John Maddy, also a native of Virginia, engaged in the manufacture of powder for the Continental army during the Revolu- tionary war and hanled it to the front. lle died in his native state. Mrs. Neal was the oldest of his children, the others being Mrs.
MR. AND MRS. CHARLES S. NEAL
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Ellen Hinton, Mrs. Ann McNeal, James. Jacob, John and Charles.
l11 1820 Henry Neal moved to Ohio and purchased a farm in Gallia county, where he made his home until coming to Nodaway county, Missouri, in 1853, the remainder of his life being spent near where our sub- ject now lives. Together they bought a farm and later entered some land, which was operated by the sons. Being a well educated man, he successfully engaged in school-teaching during the greater part of his life, and devoted considerable attention to the business of a civil engineer, survey- ing this county and platting a portion of Maryville, besides the towns of Quitman and Nenia. He surveyed many public roads and took an active and prominent part in the development of the county. In early days he served as a colonel in the state militia of Ohio, and as a Democrat took quite an influential part in public affairs, serving as justice of the peace both in that state and Missouri, and county judge of Nodaway county. He died in 1867, honored and re- spected by all who knew him. The mother of our subject, who was an earnest member of the Methodist church, died in this county. in 1858. Her children were Enos, a resi- dent of Kansas; Charles S .; Martha, who died unmarried ; Mrs. Elizabeth Jones ; Mrs. Jane Hanna; Mrs. Amanda Pistote, and Jolin M., who owns and operates a part of the old homestead. For his second wife the father married Mrs. Charlotte Campbell. who is still living, and they had five chil- dren, of whom James L., William A., Joshua L. and Henry are living.
Charles S. Neal accompanied his par- ents on their removal to Missouri, and en- gaged in farming with his father in Noda- way county until he was married, in 1860.
to Miss Sarah E. Hawkins. She was born in Peoria county, Illinois, in 1838, a daugh- ter of John and Eliza (Bush) Hawkins, who were natives of North Carolina and New York, respectively, and were married in Illinois, where the father served as a soldier of the Black Hawk war. In 1856 he brought his family to Missouri and bought a large tract of land in Nodaway county, where he improved a fine farm, he- coming one of its substantial agriculturists. Politically he was first a Whig and later a Democrat, and religiously both he and his wife were members of the Cumberland Presbyterian church. He died on his home- stead in 1866, and she departed this life in 1888. Their children were Sarah E., the wife of our subject ; Mrs. Frances Howard ; Andrew, who died at the age of twenty- three years ; \bram, who died in West Vir- ginia : and John P., a resident of Mary- ville. Mr. and Mrs. Neal have seven chil- dren, namely : Nettie, the wife of L. Birken- holz; Alice J., the wife of W. Whitnack : John H. and Abram T., both farmers of this county; William B., a resident of Cedar Rapids, lowa: Fannie, at home; and Lottie B., the wife of C. Holt, a farmer.
AAfter his marriage Mr. Neal began the struggle of life in earnest, and as a farmer and stock raiser has met with marked suc- cess. Besides his homestead of two liun- dred acres, he now has two other farms, aggregating four hundred acres, of well improved and valuable land. As a pioneer of this region he endured many hardships and privations incident to such a life. When lie located here deer and wild turkeys were plentiful, the country was sparsely settled, and as there were no roads the settlers drove straight across the prairies to their destination. Mr. Neal lived many miles
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from a mill or market. He has watched with interest the wonderful advancement made in this section, and has ever borne his part in the work of development and prog- ress. By his ballot he supports the men and measures of the Democratic party. and both he and his estimable wife hold membership in the Methodist church South.
JACOB S. LIVENGOOD.
Jacob S. Livengood, a veteran of the Civil war. is a prosperous farmer of Lincoln township, Nodaway county. He is one of the pioneers of the county, having come here when a boy in 1854.
Mr. Livengood was born in Fountain county, Indiana, near the Wabash, March 28, 1844, and is a son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Stearns ) Livengood. His father was born and reared in North Carolina and in 1854 moved west to Missouri with ox teams and wagons. After a long and tedious journey, in which they experienced many hardships and privations, they arrived at their destination, locating in Lincoln township. Nodaway county. Ilere Mrs. Livengood died at the age of forty-five years, and her husband at the age of fifty-four years. They were par- ents of the following children, of whom five sons served in the Civil war. Their names are as follows: Levi, who served in the Civil war, being a member of the Second Regi- ment, Nebraska Cavalry, now lives near Quitman, Green township: Henry : Andrew J. deceased, who served in the Second Regi- ment, Nebraska Cavalry, and resided at Burlington Function, Missouri: George W .. who was a member of the Second Nebraska Cavalry and later a member of the Forty- eighth Missourt Volunteer Infantry, lives at Elmo Missouri: Jacob S .: Catherine
Foster, of Oklahoma: Solomon, who served in the Fifty-first Regiment. Missouri Vol- unteer Infantry : Sarah Sloan, Thomas and Marion. Mr. Livengood was a farmer by occupation, and in politics was a Douglas Democrat. Religiously, his wife was a mem- her of the Lutheran church.
Jacob S. Livengood was a boy of ten years when his parents moved to Missouri. and he walked the entire distance, as the wagons were all heavily loaded with house- holl goods and the women and small chil- dren in the party. Here he was reared and attended school in the little old country school house. He was a very industrious and ambitious youth and from an early date worked upon his father's farm. In 1864 he enlisted in Company HI, Fifty-first Mis- souri Volunteer Infantry, and was in active service until the close of the war, being hon- orably discharged at Benton Barracks, St. Louis, Missouri, where he was stationed most of the time, also at Girard, this state. Ile then returned home. where he has since been engaged in general farming. He works a fine rented farm of eighty acres in Lincoln township, which he keeps in as good condi- tion as any farm in the community. lle is a successful manager and his untiring ci- forts have brought forth good results. lle is a man of unimpeachable character and he stands high in the community in which he lives.
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