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In his official capacity Mr. Toel proved Himself well adapted to all requirements and demands and did his duty promptly and Icarlessly, fulfilling the edicts of the law. David Woodard was born in North Car- whether it was in the execution of con- bolina November 26, 1832, a son of Braxton
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and Hannah (Drullinger) Woodard. The , with adequate buildings of all kinds and Woodards are of English ancestry, the all necessary to successful farming. Drullingers of German extraction. Besides the subject of this notice, Mr. and Mrs. Braxton Woodard had six children: Mary Ann, Delphie, Angeline and another daugh- ter, who are dead, Lavina and Rebecca. The father died in Fountain county, Indiana, at the age of sixty years, the mother in Coffey county, Kansas, at the same age, both honored and respected by all who knew them. David was reared on a pioneer farm in Fountain county, Indiana, and attended school as opportunity offered, in a log school house near his father's home.
At nineteen he went to Coles county, Illinois, and soon afterward married Ellen Clark, a daughter of Solomon and Mary Clark. During the succeeding ten or eleven years he lived the quiet but industrious life of a prairie citizen of that time, devoting himself assiduously to an attempt to "get on in the world." In 1862 he enlisted in Company A, One Hundred and Twenty- third Illinois Volunteer Infantry, under the command of Captain James B. Hill. After some preliminary fighting in Kentucky, he was in the engagements at Chickamauga, Murfreesboro and Ringgold, on the march to Atlanta, and was in the movement against Hood. At all times he proved himself a brave and devoted soldier, equally to be de- pended upon in the field, on the march or in the camp. On receiving his discharge he returned to Illinois and took up the less ex- citing routine of civil life.
In 1867 he emigrated to Nodaway county, Missouri, where he secured land and began the work of developing a good farm. So well did he succeed in that undertaking that he now has a valuable homestead prop- erty, including good plow and pasture lands,
Mr. Woodard is a Populist and is not without a recognized local political in- fluence of his follow townsmen, among whom he has lived on terms of neighborly friendship for a third of a century. Mr. and Mrs. Woodard have seven children, who will be mentioned in the order of their na- tivity: Miranda, who married J. H. Liven- good, an ex-soldier and well known citizen of Lincoln township ; Allison, of Elmo, Nod- away county; Arison, of Clark county, Iowa; Ira, a prominent citizen of Lincoln township. now holding the office of justice of the peace; Angeline, who married Aaron Faulknor and lives at Valley, Nebraska : Ro- zella, who is the wife of William Rose- brough, of Loveland, Colorado; and James, of Coles county, Illinois.
EDWARD E. JOHNSTON.
Edward E. Johnston, a general mer- chant of Quitman, Missouri. and one of best known and most popular citizens of the place, came to the city in 1890, to go into business with his brother, Augustus John- ston. This arrangement lasted until 1897. when he established himself in business un- der his own name, Ed. E. Johnston. He is well located in the center of the business por- tion of the town, in a large, two-story brick building, 24x70 feet, with an addition in the rear extending back thirty-four feet, making the total length and breadth of the building 104x24 feet, extending from the main street back to an alley. He has succeeded in build- ing up an extensive business for the time he has been engaged, and carries a large stock of general merchandise, such as dry goods, clothing, boots and shoes. staple and
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fancy groceries, and in fact everything gen- erally found in a first-class general store. Ile has had ten years' experience in business, during which time he has succeeded in making himself esteemed by all classes of the people, honesty and careful attention being the foundation of his success. "Uncle Ed." as he is generally called, from the youngster five years of age to the gray-haired grand- father, has always been well known all over the county as an upright, honorable citizen.
Mr. Johnston was born in Green town- ship, this county, April 21, 1865, and comes of a most excellent family, one well known throughout this country. He is a son of Ephraim Johnston, whose biographical sketch appears on another page in this vol- ume. The subject of this sketch was the youngest son, and was reared on the oldl homestead in Green township. His youth was passed at hard farm work, which was especially valuable to him in developing those qualities for which he has always and everywhere been distinguished-honesty and intebrity in all his transactions and relations. His primary education was obtained in the public schools and afterward he attended the college at College Springs, Iowa. Having finished his education he was engaged in teaching for two years, with unusual suc- cess, and in 18go, as previously stated, he removed to Quitman, where he engaged as a clerk in the store of his brother, Augustus Johnston, still later purchasing the business and conducting it in his own interest, with mest gratifying success .
Mr. Johnston was marrie l February 19. Jon, at Maitland, Missouri, to Miss Mystic Boring, a lady of excellent family, highly elicated, cultured and refined. She is a daughter of Cyrus Boring, of Maitland. It's. Johnston received her education in the
public schools and at Stanberry in this state, and by her marriage to Mr. Johnston is the mother of one son, Cyrus. Mr. Johns- ton is in politics a Republican and is a mem- ber of the Methodist Episcopal church. Ile has always done his share toward the sup- port of religious and educational institut- tions, as well as every other institution cal- culated to develop and improve the material and moral condition of society. He is yet Hir the prime of life. is of an excellent repu- tation, and is generally looked upon as a man of good repute, to be trusted and relied on in every way, and is one of the genuine representative men of Quitman.
He is a close student and has devoted much time to the study of literature and the acquirement of general information, and is one of the best informed men in this part of Nodaway county. Thus far, "Uncle Ed" has made a success of life.
CILAS. HYSLOP.
A man who has lived among any people for more than a quarter of a century, whose life during that long period has been as an open book, and who is not only an honored citizen but a trusted adviser, possesses not alone the elements of good fellowship but also the greater element of benevolence and something of leadership. Such a man is Chas. Hyslop, of Maryville, Nodaway com- 1. Missouri, a pioneer in business enterprise which benefits the public, a veteran of the war for the Union and an ex-official with a record for efficiency and integrity of which any man might well be proud.
Chas. Hyslop was born at Penn Yan, Yates county, New York, July 21, 1843. the only child of William and Mary (Mc- Adam) Hyslop, who had then but recently
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come over from Dumfriesshire, Scotland, where they were both born, the latter at Castle Douglass. William Ilyslop died some time in the early 'Jos, and his widow married James Baird, another Scotchman. Chas. Hyslop was reared and educated at Carthage, Illinois, and there, in 1861, when often been honored by his party associates with election to public office. His first election was to the office of justice of the peace, and his second to that of public ad- ministrator of the county, in which capacity he served a term of four years, and in 1888 was elected for a second term of four years, scarcely eighteen, enlisted in Company G, ; being the only candidate elected on the Re- publican ticket that year. Ile has attended Missouri state conventions on two different occasions and was commissioned by Gov- ernor Crittenden a captain in the Missouri National Guards.
of the Blackhawk Cavalry, which was con- solidated with the Seventh Regiment, Mis- souri Volunteer Cavalry, and brigaded un- der General Curtis for frontier service. He was in the fights at Peach Tree creek, Lone Jack and Prairie Grove, and his last active service was under General Banks in the Red River campaign. He was discharged from the service before the term of his en- listment had expired, on account of disabil- ity, and went back to the farm which he had left in response to the president's call tor troops. He continued his farming op- erations with varying success until 1874. when, being urged by a brother-in-law to do so, he removed to Nodaway county. Missouri. He had a little capital, and this he invested in a stock of boots and shoes in Maryville, Missouri. He later turned his attention to an exclusive real-estate and loan business. This he has continued and for a period of twenty years has enjoyed pros- perity. For some years he was associated with the late Henry Graves in the abstract business, but this feature was lately dis- posed of, and real estate, together with af- fairs of public concern to Maryville and Nodaway county are the larger matters claiming his time and attention.
Mr. Hyslop has been for many years identified prominently with the political history of Nodaway county. His Republi- can proclivities are well known and he has 23
Mr. Hyslop owns a general store at Elmo, Nodaway county, and is one of the largest stockholders of the Hanamo Tele- phone Company and is its president. This company was organized in 1897 and took its name from the initials of the counties of Ilolt, Andrew. Nodaway and Atchison, concluding with the abbreviation "mo," for Missouri, making the word "H-a-n-a-mo." This is an ingenious invention in the way of a name, and will always enable any one knowing its import to locate the territory in which the line is operated.
Mr. Hyslop is a Mason, a member of lodge. chapter and commandery. a Knight of l'ythias and a comrade in the Grand Army of the Republic. He married, while a resi- dent of Hancock county, Illinois, Delia M. Mann, a daughter of Miles B. Mann, who was a second cousin to Horace Mann, the great educator. Mr. and Mrs. Hyslop are Baptists.
WALTER S. WOOD, M. D.
The family physician occupies a position of peculiar confidence in every community. " He comes closely into touch with the family
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histories, having a more intimate knowledge of the private life of the individual than any other one person. If he be a man of fine honor-as he usually is-he occupies a high place in the esteem of a large class of his fellow citizens. If. like Dr. Wood. he has indescribable personal force which at- tracts friendship, combined with a love of scientific research and broad humanitarian principles, his career is certain to be a suc- cessful one, profitable not only to himself but also to the people among whom he lives and practices his profession as a means of prolonging life and restoring health.
The Doctor was born in Maryville, Nod- away county. April 7. 1871, a son of John S. Wood and a grandson of Rev. Joel M. Wood. He is descended from a family long prominent in Kentucky and Virginia. The original American ancestor came from Eng- land and located in Virginia before the Rev- olution. He served the cause of freedom by fighting in the colonial army for American independence. Every generation of the fam- ily since that time has been represented in the learned professions, among its members being numbered several eminent physicians. lawyers and clergymen. They have been men of strong mentality, of well developed intellectual forces and of sterling worth, and they manifested their patriotism as conspic- nously as any of the old families of Virginia and Kentucky. Rev. Fel M. Wood, the Doctor's grandfather, was a noted minister of the pioneer days, a devout and earnest man who strove against the obstacles of the time for the salvation of his fellow men : and. as the establishment and growth of the churches prince, he was successful in his 1.hors.
well known throughout Nodaway county in connection with journalistic interests. He was born in Pulaski county, Kentucky. June 8. 1845. and in in 1850 accompanied his parents on their removal to Missouri, the family locating on the part of the Platte purchase in what is now Andrew county. He was reared and educated in different parts of northwestern Missouri, and in 1864 came to Nodaway county, taking up his abode in Maryville in 1865. Here be followed va- rious pursuits, including clerking and book- keeping, and in the fall of 1869 was made deputy assessor. The following year he was appointed county assessor, to fill the va- cancy caused by the death of Spencer Stark, and in that position he served until the office was abolished in 1871. In 1872 he was elected the administrator of the county and served in that capacity in the most satis- factory manner for nearly four years. In 1880 he went to Dawson and began buy- ing grain with William B. Dougherty. He was married November 8, 1868, to Miss Cas- sie Clelland, who was born in Nodaway county, in 1848, and died July 10. 1875. at the early age of twenty-seven years. Ther had two children .- Albert M. and Wal- ter S.
Dr. Wood was educated in the public schools of Nodaway county, and in the Maryville high school, and entered upon the study of medicine in 1802, under the pre- ceptorship of Dr. S. W. Aiken, of Oregon. Missouri, and was graduated at Marion Sims Medical College at St. Louis, Missouri, in 1800, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine, standing third in line of honors in a class of seventy six. He at once entered upon what soon developed into a large and suc- His son, John S. Wood, the father of cessful practice, including a fine patronage 'elheter is a prominent resident of Elo, at Elmo and the surrounding country. He is
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a diligent student and an enthusiastic med- ical scholar, and by constant study and read- ing keeps abreast of the continuous advance in professional knowledge. He is a Mason. being a member of Kennedy Lodge, No. 329. A. F. & A. M. ; a member of Elmo Lodge. No. 6, of the Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows, and is a past grand of his lodge of the order last mentioned. He is a man of fine personal appearance, six feet and four inches in height. well proportioned, of dignified bearing, and yet genial and friendly. He is widely recognized as a leading citizen whose public spirit has prompted him to co-operate in many movements for the good of the community.
HENRY BULLERDIEK.
.A prominent German-American citizen and public official of Westboro, Atchison county, Missouri, is Henry Bullerdiek, the subject of this sketch, who has been the pop- ular and efficient postmaster of the town since 1897. He was born in Hanover, Ger- many, February 27, 1861, a son of Fredrick and Anna ( Weinbroer ) Bullerdiek, both na- tives of Ilanover, where the latter died and the former still lives engaged in farm- ing. The parents of our subject reared these children : Henry, who is our subject ; Gerry, who lives at Rockport, this county. and Engel Elisa and Adam, who remain in Germany.
Our subject was reared on the farm where he was taught that honest work brings its own reward. He received a very good edu- cation in the German language, remaining in school until he was fourteen, following this by four years of work as a shoemaker. In 1883 Mr. Bullerdiek came to America. landing at New York, later going to Wash-
ington county, Wisconsin, where he engaged in farming at Kewaskum, and spent six months in Milwaukee working at his trade, then coming to Atchison county, in 1885.
Since coming to this county he has been engaged in the farm implement business, and by honest dealing has built up a fine trade, and is well worthy of it. For many years he has been active in the ranks of the Republican party and his appointment was but a just reward for his untiring services.
Our subject has filled many of the local offices very efficiently and for some time was a justice of the peace. Socially he is con- nected with the I. O. O. F., No. 262, and Woodmen of the World, and his religious connection is with the Lutheran church, in which he was reared. Mr. Bullerdiek is one of the most popular citizens of that town- ship where he is well-known and highly es- teemed not only in his business but as a public official.
Mr. Bullerdiek was married at Rockport. Missouri, to Miss Louisa Vohl, who was the daughter of Godfrey Vohl. a farmer of Clay township. Three children have been born of this union : Lulu T., who was born March 7. 1889: Harry W. F., who was born May 17. 1891; and Eda M., who was born July 18. 1893. One daughter, Myrtle, was born January 4. 1895. but died March 31. of the same year.
WILLIAM H. HUDSON.
Some day one of the pioneers at Mary- ville may take it upon himself to write a more complete history of the public "square" of that enterprising city than is likely ever to be written by any one who was not there at the beginning and has not been in a posi- tion to chronicle changes and events since.
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If such a history is ever written it will in a measure le a history of the town and of the county, reaching out and embracing many events far beyond the "square." either in in- ception or climax, but with which the "square" has been in some way identified.
It has been suggested that the subject of this notice could write such a history, but possibly Be would consider such work out of his line.
William Henry Hudson, of the firm of J. E. and W. 11. Hudson, leading hardware merchants of Maryville, was a pioneer, whose business career in that city has extend- ed over a period of more than thirty years. and he is one of the trio of men well known to the citizenship of Nodaway county and prominent each in his line: Hudson, the hardware man; Sisson, the abstracter; and Jackson, the banker.
Mr. Judson was born in Cleveland, Ohio. January 17. 1842. His father, the late George Hudson, of that city, was one of its pioneer business men, having settled there about 1837. and became well known in the bakery, grocery and provision trade. He was born in England, and there married Lyd- ia Ellaway. He was a son of George Und- > m. who came with his family to the United States and passed his life near Elyria, Ohio. where he lived to an advanced age. and whose posterity have been chiefly farmers.
working at it when the Civil war began. Ile enlisted in 1801. in Company 11. Second Regiment of Illinois Volunteer Cavalry. and his regiment was assigned to Grant's army and remained a part of it until after the sur- render of Vicksburg.
Mr. Hudson experienced all the service incident to the campaign which had for its object the reduction of Vicksburg. The See- and Illinois Cavalry was transferred to Gen- eral Banks' army for the Red River expedi- tion and participated in the battles of Vex- andria, Sabine Cross Roads, Yellow Bayou and the other fighting that occurred along the Atchafalaya and Red rivers. Mr. Hudson had been for some time bugler and clerk of his company when it was mustered out at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in 1864.
Upon his return home, Mr. Hudson took up his old work: but the next year decided to go west and accordingly emigrated to Missouri and located in Savannah. At that point he worked at his trade for three years and in 1868 he first settled in Maryville. Ile decided to embark in business here with others, purchased a small stock and opened a store at 115 the square. That was the second store of that character established in the town, the first one having been owned by Garrett & Robinson. Mr. Hudson's firm was known under the name of Beard. Hud- son & Company, and its original investment was about one-third of what the present firm carries in stock. Hudson Brothers, as the firm is now known, succeeded the old firm and the Messrs. Hudson have done business under that name for fifteen years.
George Hudson died in Cleveland in 1868, at the age of fifty-seven, but his widow. she was born in 1810, still survives. Their family consisted of the following : John F. Hudson: Mrs. 11. A. Turriff. of Cleveland : William Henry Hudson : and Edward Hud son, the master mechanic for the "Big Four" The development of a large business in the hardware line has claimed Mr. Hudson's constant and undivided attention. The growth of his enterprise has been steady and r:may me at Cleveland. Henry Hudson lett ( le eland. Ohio, at the youthful age of fifteen and located in Macomb, Illinois. where he learned the tinner's trade and was constant and the reputation of his house ex-
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tends beyond the limits of the county. He has permitted politics to absorb but little of his attention, but has filled the offices of city councilman and member of the board of edu- cation. In the latter capacity he is now serv- ing in his seventh year. He is a Republican, a member of the Masonic lodge, chapter and commandery, an Odd Fellow and a member of the Grand Army of the Republic and of the Union Veteran Legion. In 1870 he mar- ried Miss Lizzie E. Wood. Their children are Charles E., Harry and Nellie. The sons are prominent young business men.
W. H. LARUE.
A prominent citizen and veteran of the Civil war, who makes his home in Dothan, Atchison county, Missouri, is W. H. La Rue, the subject of this sketch. He was born in Morrow county, Ohio, December 27. 1837, and was a son of Aaron and Asenath ( Harris ) La Rue, the former of whom was a son of Isaac La Rue, who came of Revolu- tionary ancestors residing in Virginia, one of whom, John La Rue, had the honor of hay- ing La Rue county, Kentucky, named for him. Aaron La Rue grew up in Virginia on a farm and there married the daughter of Jesse and Sarah ( Davis) Harris, and there , became the father of ten children, the sur- vivors being Mrs. Sarag Beatty, of Blairs- town, Iowa : Mrs. Harriet McCluer, of Mor- rison, Illinois; Rev. C. C., of the Christian church, of Benton county, lowa: William H., our subject : Isaac, a well-known blind teacher, of Blairstown, Iowa: Thomas P., the president of the Cherokee County Bank, at Columbus, Kansas ; Dr. L. B., of Arkan- sas; Lewis, an extensive stock owner of lowa, and mayor of his town; and Edward, who lives in Benton county, lowa.
Mr. La Rue located in Morrow county, Ohio, and later went to Benton, Iowa, being one of the first settlers in Vinton. This was before any railroads were built in this local- ity, where he improved land, and died at the age of eighty-six. Ile had been a stanch Republican and both he and wife had been members of the Presbyterian church, this belief being inherited from the old church in Scotland. The mother died at the age of eighty-four and she was honored and re- spected by all who knew her.
Our subject was reared on a farm in Ohio, where he lived until he was sixteen, when he accompanied the family to Iowa. He received his education in the common schools and for several succeeding years was engaged in driving stock, going from Ben- ton, lowa, to Bureau county, Illinois. In : 1861 he enlisted in the Twelfth Illinois In- fantry, for three months, later re-enlisting in Company G, in the Thirteenth lowa Infan- tiy, and took part in the battles of Shiloh, 1 Corinth, Vicksburg, and other engagements, being discharged at Chattanooga, Tennes- see, when he returned home to lowa and for three succeeding years was employed in the railroad shops.
Our subject was married to Miss Lo- venia Hollander, a native of Lynn county, lowa, and a daughter of John and Pris- cilla (Cox) Hollander, formerly of Tennes- see. Of the children of this union, Willie J. Sunnery, born in Gentry county, married Jessie Friend, and they live in Perry, Okla- homa ; C. C. lives in Stuart, California : Bert lives in British Columbia, where he is em- ployed on a large ranch ; and several children have died, two boys in childhood, Gertrude at the age of seven years, and an infant who was a twin sister of Bert. The devoted mother of these children died in 1887, hav-
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ing been a good and worthy woman. Our subject was again married, his present wife having been Mrs. - Elizabeth Davis, the widow of Andrew Davis, a daughter of John and Melissa ( Overton ) Myers. By her first husband Mrs. LaRue was the mother of several children. By his second marriage our subject has two children, -William II. and Paul Aaron,- both bright, intelligent children.
In politics Mr. La Rue is a Populist and one of the best informed men of his party in the county, and has been called upon to do much political work, his judgment being highly esteemed. He has long been connect- ed with the Masonic order and is a firm be- liever in religious teaching. He is also a geologist, owning one of the finest private collections in the state. He understands the subject and is an interesting entertainer upon scientific subjects. For many years he has been an advocate of everything looking to the development of his section, and is con- sidered a representative citizen of Dale township.
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