A Biographical history of Nodaway and Atchison counties, Missouri : compendium of national biography, Part 50

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Publication date: 1901
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Mr. and Mrs. Hedrick lost three children, all of them dying in infancy. They are mem- bers of the Presbyterian church.

REV. FATHER ANSELM INEICHEN.

There are men who have powers for or- ganization and for executive work, innate. perhaps, but carefully weighed and culti- vated, that enable them to wring triumph out of threatened defeat and turn apparent fail- ure into brilliant success. The achievements. moral and material, of Rev. Father Anselm. the rector of St. Mary's church, at Mary- ville, Nodaway county, Missouri, have been so marked as to suggest that he is such a man.

Rev. Father Anselm, whose civil name is

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Anselm Ineichen, was born in the canton of Luzerne, Switzerland. May 25. 1853. one of the six children of John G. Ineichen. He helped his father work his Swiss farm until he was sixteen years okl, then began his pre- paration for the priesthood, at the Benedic- tine Monastery at Engleberg, Switzerland, where he remained until the course was completed. Upon concluding the work there. in 1873, he came to the United States and entered upon a five-year period of prepara- tion in the Catholic institution at Conception, Missouri, and upon its completion he was ordained a priest. From that time until the latter part of 1879 he remained in Concep- tion as an assistant, taking up his work in Maryville, regularly, in 1880.

Father Anselm's church is the oldest body of the Catholic faith in Maryville, and when he took charge of the parish it was at once apparent that there was much to be done to put it into a desirable condition. There was a foundation for a house of wor- ship, upon which he erected a brick church building, devising the ways and raising the means with which to do it. This became a serious problem to him, for soon after he was assigned there the membership of the church was divided. the American speaking people separating and forming a church by themselves. This division took out many of the more substantial members and the burden of the new building had to be borne chiefly In those who remained : but Father Anselm and his zealous supporters succeeded. and not only the church was built, but also the large parsonage, and later, under Father An- selin's vigorous but conservative manage- ment. St. Joseph's hospital took form and came into existence. The latter institution is one of the best of which Maryville boasts. It- capacity to accommodate and care for

thirty-five patients has already been found to be inadequate, a fact which speaks well for the appreciation of the citizens of Maryville.

It may be added that Father Anselm's successful work in the unbuilding of the local interests entrusted to him by his bishop i. duly appreciated and commended by the people of Maryville, irrespective of religious affiliation, and his influence toward the ad- vancement of many important public inter- ests is recognized by all.

MILTON H. GLADMAN.

Milton H. Gladman is now serving as the county judge of Nodaway county. To him has come the attainment of a distinguished position in connection with the leading ma- terial industries of his portion of the state. and his efforts have been so discerningly directed along well defined lines of labor that he seems to have realized at no one point of progress the full measure of his possi- bilities for accomplishment at that point. . man of distinguished and forceful person- ality, of broad mentality and mature judg- ment, he has left and is leaving his impress upon the industrial world, while his study of the economic questions and matters of public polity have been so close and comprehensive that his judgment is relied upon and his titterances have weight in those circles where the material progress of the county is con- corned. He has been most active in the improvement and upbuilding of Hopkins, his residence in that place dating from 1872. three years after his arrival in Nodaway

The Judge is essentially a western man by birth and training, and now by preference. He was born in Fulton county, Illinois. July 30, 1850, and is of Scotch lineage. llis

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paternal grandfather was a Scotchman who had three sons and a daughter, the former being Jonathan, Daniel and Washington Gladman. The last named became the father of our subject. He was born in Lick- ing county, Ohio, in 1816, and when he had arrived at years of maturity married Cath- erine Drumm, who emigrated from Virginia to the Buckeye state. Mr. Gladman passed away in 1854, and his wife, surviving him twenty years, was called to the home beyond in 1874. Their children were: Thomas Il .. of Hopkins, a veteran of the Civil war, who served in the Eighty-third and One Hun- dred and Third Illinois Regiments, and is a builder of Hopkins, having erected the first house-a hotel-in the city ; Lydia, the wife of Samuel Edwards, of Ellisville, Illinois ; John W., who makes his home in Topeka, Kansas; Amos, who died from disease con- tracted while in the Union army; William H., of New Windsor, Illinois; Mary, the widow of Philip Smith and a resident of Illi- nois ; Milton H., of this review ; and Mahlon B., who makes his home in Sheridan, Mis- souri.

The Judge acquired his educational ad- vantages in the common schools of Canton, Illinois, and at the age of eighteen began learning the carpenter's trade. When his term of apprenticeship was completed he came at once to Missouri, and, after spend- ing some time in Graham, established his home in Hopkins, where he immediately be- came identified with its building interests. In 1873 he began business on his own account as a general contractor, and it is in this capacity that he is most widely known. In 1882 he began the manufacture of brick and continued his dual enterprise until 1887, when he abandoned contracting in order to give his entire attention to his now extensive

brick-making industry, which he continued with success until 1898, when he retired from that line. Hardly a brick building in Hop- kins has been constructed from material that did not come from Judge Gladman's kilns, and thus many of the buildings of the city stand as monuments to his thrift and enter- prise, including the school building, for which he furnished the brick and also exe- cuted the work of construction. He also took contracts for the building of Wolfers & Son. Wooldridge & Son, the bank building, the Large building, the Pistole and White Brothers buildings, the Allen building and both the old and the new school buildings. He has also taken contracts for work at Grant City and Bedford, Iowa, and in the neighborhood of Stanbury, Missouri. The Judge is a man of broad business capacity whose efforts have not been confined to one line. He was one of the organizers of the Farmers' Mutual Insurance Company, which began business in 1891, and is now its treasurer and member of its board of directors.

In 1868 was celebrated the marriage of Judge Gladman and Isabel Whipple, the wedding ceremony being performed in Har- rison county, lowa. The lady was born in Columbus, Ohio, and has become the mother of eight children: Edward, a farmer re- siding near Hopkins, who married Mary B. Quigley : Charles B. : Nora ; Jay D., an at- torney at law at Maryville: Frank, who, like his brother Jay, is a graduate of the Hop- kins high school; and Bessie, Grace and James, who are still with their parents.

At an early age the Gladmans were ad- vocates of Whig principles, but on attaining his majority the Judge espoused the cause of Democracy. Later he joined the Greenback party, was afterward a Union Labor advo-

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cate and finally became identified with the Populist party, with strong Democratic preferences. For ten years he served on the school board of Hopkins, and the cause of education found in him a warm friend W hose labors resulted greatly to their benefit. In 1898 he was made a nominee on the Fusion ticket for the office of county judge and was elected by a majority of two hun- dred and ninety-one, carrying every precinct in the Ninth district except the one in which his opponent lived and won all but the town- ship of Monroe in the entire district. The Judge is a man of fine personal appearance. possessing a strong and deep voice, having many pleasant qualities and is an intelligent and entertaining converser, while on current questions there is no lack of his ability to make himself understood. He possesses the confidence of his fellow townsmen in an un- qualified degree and is looked upon to assume the leadership in every movement intended for public progress.

WASHINGTON DOWNING.

Washington Downing, deceased. 101 merly one of the prominent citizens of Nod- away county, was born in Washington coun- ty. Indiana, February 18. 1825. lle was a son of William and Mary Downing, who were the parents of three other sons besides him- self. viz. Abram, Philander and John, of Canton, Illinois. William Downing was a native of New York state, and his wife was a native of Pennsylvania. The latter died when Washington, the subject of this sketch. was about three years of age.

spent his boyhood days on a farm, and hay- ing by his own individual efforts obtained a fair common school education. In 1843, in company with a brother, he moved to the west. settling in Andrew county, Missouri, and being among the pioneer settlers of that portion of the state. He soon began work- ing on a farm, at which he continued some time, and then removed to Nodaway county, about 1850, which county he thereafter made his permanent home. In this county he began to improve a farm, and made ag- ricultural pursuits and the raising of stock his principal business. At that time the country was very thinly settled and the nearest postoffice was eighteen miles away.

During the war of the Rebellion Mr. Downing served about three months in the enrolled Missouri militia, and endured many hardships. Previous to coming to Hopkins he was engaged one year in mer- cantile business at Xenia, and upon remor- ing to Hopkins, Missouri, which place was then in its infancy, he began dealing in grain and stock, continuing in these lines until he became interested in the banking business, in July. 1877. In 1878 he was made the president of the Bank of Hopkins, which position he hekl for several years. In the later 'Sos, he purchased a one-half interest in the Hopkins roller mill, his partner in this business being the late Prof. D. L. Chaney, and the firm name being Downing & Chaney. This firm was dissolved in the spring of 1892. Prof. Chaney retiring. and later in the same year Mr. Downing sold the mill property, retiring from active busi- ness himself at that time on account of ill health. He was always numbered among the most successful and enterprising citi- zens of Nodaway county, and was always

At the age of nine years young Wash- ngton accompanied his father to Fulton county, Ilinois, where he remained until he was about eighteen years of age, having held in high esteem by his neighbors and

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friends : but he never enjoyed good health, as he suffered from a serious illness when eighteen years of age, the effects of which were ever present with him until the day of his death.

Mr. Downing was married in June, 1849, to Miss Martha A. Broyles, a native of middle Tennessee, who still survives. They reared two of Mrs. Downing's nieces, Mrs. Samuel Chaney and Mrs. Abram Mc- Masters. Mr. Downing was always a faith- ful and consistent member of the Mission- ary Baptist church and gave much of his means to the support of the gospel and for the relief of the sick and suffering of his community. He was a member of Xenia Lodge, No. 50, A. F. & A. M., and died at his home in Hopkins, Missouri, February 9. 1897, after an illness of nine days, being at the time nearly seventy-two years of age.

Mr. Downing was a Republican in poli- tics and worked hard for the benefit of the public schools of Hopkins, serving many years as a member of the board of education of that place. He is well remembered as an excellent and useful citizen in all respects.

FLETCHER JONES.

Fletcher Jones has passed the seventieth milestone of life's journey and receives the veneration and respect that should ever be accorded to one of his years whose career has been upright. In this country ambition and determination are not hampered by class or caste, and each man is surrounded by opportunities which encompass the whole human race and may work his way steadily upward and attain success if he but pos- sesses energy and sound business judgment. In this manner Mr. Jones has attained an enviable position among the representatives 24

of the farming interests of Nodaway county.

A native of Ohio, he was born in Ross county, on the 16th of May, 1827, and is a son of William Jones, a native of New Jer- sey. The great-grandfather, Henry Jones, was born in New England, which shows that the family for many generations has resided in America. The grandfather, Thomas Jones, was also a native of New Jersey, and there married Miss Cox, who likewise be- longed to one of the old families of that state. At an early day they arrived in Ohio and located in Ross county, where the grand- father died at the advanced age of eighty years or more. William Jones was only fourteen years of age at the time of his par- ents' removal to the Buckeye state. He was reared amid the wild scenes of the frontier life and when he had attained man's estate he married Miss Jane Corken, who was born in Pennsylvania and was a daughter of Robert and Grace (Mason) Corken, na tives of Maryland. They resided in Balti- more, but during the pioneer development of Ohio removed to that state and died in Ross county, when well advanced in years. One of the members of the Corken family served in the Colonial army in the war of the Revolution. William and Jane ( Corken ) Jones began their domestic life in Ohio, and there nine children were born to them, but only two are now living, Fletcher and his brother, D. W. Jones, the latter a resident of Oklahoma. The mother passed away in Ohio, at the age of fifty-five years, and in ISTI the father came to Nodaway county, Missouri, his death occurring on the farm where our subject now resides, when he had attained the age of eighty-four.

No event of special importance occurred to vary the routine of farm work for

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Fletcher Jones during the period of his boy- hood and youth. He was reared in his par- · ents' home, through the summer months he assisted in the work of the fields and meadows and in the winter season pursued his education in the district schools of the neighborhood. In Ohio, in October. 1852. he married Miss Mary A. Ring, who was born in Ross county in 1830. They began their domestic life in the Buckeye state, Mr. Jones there following farming operations until 1871, when, with his wife and eight children, he came to Missouri, locating on the farm which is now his place of abode. The house was in a most dilapidated condi- tion and there were few improvements and those of a very poor character. Of a very energetic nature. Mr. Jones at once began the work of developing the farm in accord- ance with the progressive ideas of the times. erected substantial and commodious build- ings, secured improved machinery, and by well kept fences divided his land into fiells of convenient size and placed them under a high state of cultivation. He also secured good stock and so had his farm in excellent condition.

In all his work Mr. Jones was ably as- sisted by his wife, who proved to him a faithful companion and helpmeet on life's journey. In 1900. however, they were sep- arated by death, the wife and mother being called to the home beyond on the 10th of March. For about forty-eight years they had traveled life's journey together, sharing each other's joys and sorrows, and the adversity and prosperity which came to them. Mrs. Jones was a noble woman who considered no sacrifice too great that would promote the welfare and happiness of her husband and children. She was devoted to her home and did all in her power to make it the dearest

place on earth to her family. Her loss was deeply mourned throughout the entire com- munity. She was a faithful friend and her many excellent qualities had gained her the warm regard of all with whom she came in contact. In the family were nine children. and eight of the number are living. The eld- est daughter died and left two children. There are also fourteen grandchildren.

Mr. Jones cast his first presidential vote in 1848. He was an old-line Whig and was identified with that party until 1856, when he supported Bell for the presidency. His first Republican vote was cast for Abraham Lincoln in 1860, and he was identified with that political organization until 1896, when lie exercised his right of franchise in sup- port of Bryan. He attends the Methodist Episcopal church, of which his wife was a devout and worthy member, and has ever given his co-operation and aid to the move- ments and measures which have contributed to the material, social. intellectual and moral upbuilding of the community. He has a wide acquaintance and through an honorable busi- ness career he has gained an enviable posi- tion.

JAMES JONES.

A successful farmer and prominent and popular public official of Atchison county. Missouri, is James Jones, the subject of this sketch. He is a native of Missouri, born in Jasper county, November 14. 1863. a son of James G. and Susan ( Hammer ) Jones, the former of whom was born in Tennessee, January 4, 1823, although he was reared and married in Jasper county, Missouri. llis father, John Jones, had come into this state in early days, had become a prominent farmer and miller, and before the war was

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a distiller and large slave-owner. He was an upholder of Democratic principles, filled many county offices with efficiency and was a valued member of the Baptist church. His children were: Jackson, Sarah, James G. ( father of our subject), Charlotte, Gran- berry, Joseph, Tennessee, Martha and John, all of the sons becoming soldiers in the Con- federate army during the Civil war.

James Jones, the father of our subject, served faithfully as a teamster in the Con- federate army, passing through the war without injury. He had previously married and was a farmer in Jasper county, where all of his children were born. In 1865 he left his farm in this state and engaged in the same business in Nebraska, where he re- mained until 1877, when he came to At- chison county and purchased a fine tract of land in Lincoln township. This farm was one of great value and Mr. Jones took much pleasure in developing and improving it, re- ceiving much in the way of production, as it is one of the most fertile in the county. He died in the fall of 1879, at the age of fifty-six, leaving behind him the record of a well spent life. lle was intelligent and a man of sterling integrity, and his memory is respected throughout the county. His po- litical opinions were those of the Demo- cratic party, but he was broad-minded and of a quiet and peaceful disposition, being particularly noted for his neighborliness and social qualities.

The maiden name of the mother of our subject was Susan Hammer. She was born in Pike county, Missouri, February 19, 1825, a daughter of Jacob and Polly Ham- mer, the former a native of Indiana and the latter of Ohio. From Ohio the Hammer family came as pioneers to Pike county, to- gether with five other families. the little

colony prospering together in the new home; but in 1841 Mr. Hammer decided to again become a pioneer and removed to Jasper county, where he improved a farm that is now very valuable, and there he spent his life. His family of children all be- came well known in the state and were as follows: Sally, William, Betsey, Mahala, Susan, the mother of our subject, David. George and John. Mrs. Jones is still liv- ing, bearing her seventy-three years with ease. The children of Mr. and. Mrs. Jones were Mrs. Sally Gentry, John D., Joseph G., George, Mrs. Martha Anderson, Adeline, Bluford, Warren P. and our subject, and all of them are living and well represent the best citizens of Atchison county.

Our subject was reared and educated while making his home under the parental roof, where he remained until he was twen- ty-three years old. He bought his present farm before marriage, settling upon it in 1889. since which time he has conducted a general farming business and has also raised a great deal of stock and cattle. Like his forefathers, Mr. Jones has been a stanchi Democrat and his value to his party was recognized in 1896 by his election to the office of sheriff of Atchison county, his ma- jority being the largest ever given one man, and in 1898 his efficiency was re-affirmed by his re-election. He has filled the difficult office with entire satisfaction to the county at large.

Mr. Jones was married to Miss Carrie Sutton, a native of this county, where she was born in 1875, daughter of John G. Sutton, one of the pioneer settlers of At- chison county. He is a prominent and suc- cessful minister of the Christian church and was among the first to commence the moral development of the county. His children

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! were: Mrs. Mary Cristy : Ervin, a physician living in Nebraska: Carrie, who is Mrs. Jones; Hattie, McGregor, Mrs. Sarah Me- Mahon, Richard, who is a physician of Kan- sas City, Della, Girta, and Platt. Both Mr. and Mrs. Sutton are enjoying a comfortable old age. The family born to Mr. and Mrs. Jones are as follows: James .A., deceased; Hattie, Susan, Flossie, Samuel and Louise. Mrs. Jones is a most estimable lady, a con- sistent member of the Christian church and is highly respected by all who have her ac- quaintance.

Mr. Jones is a very popular man both personally and politically. He is socially connected with the 1. O. O. F. and the Modern Woodmen, where he has taken ac- tive interest in matters pertaining to the orders.

JOSEPH 11. SAYLER.

Joseph 11. Sayler, lawyer and ex-county officer of Maryville, whose residence in Nod- away county dates from the year 1881, was born at Farmington, Illinois, October 9. 1846. His father, the venerable Jeremiah Sayler, of Hopkins, Missouri, was born on the Western Reserve in Ohio, in 1824, where moval from Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, early in the history of Ohio. The German ancestors of this minerous family settled in the state, it is believed, during the colonial period and among their descendants are men of prominence in many walks of life, two of them having been members of the national house of representatives.

vania family of Kirkendahl. Jeremiah and Priscilla ( Mason) Sayler had children as follows: Kate, the wife of Rev. G. E. Drew, of Savannah, Missouri : Joseph II .: William G., of Burlington Junction, Missouri : Ange- line, the wife of David 11. Michael, of Liber- ty, Missouri; Ida J., who married W. . 1. Holton, of Oakland, California; Jeremiah V., of Nodaway county; and Alma, Mrs. E. A. Clark, of Butler, Colorado.

Joseph HI. Sayler spent his early life on the farmn. In January, 1864, he enlisted in Company II. Eighty-third Regiment. Illi- nois Volunteer Infantry, and was soon trans- ferred to the Sixty-first Regiment. He served in the department of the Cumberland and his regiment was stationed at times at Fort Donelson, Clarksville. Nashville and Chattanooga and marched through Georgia and Alabama, doing scout and guard duty as circumstances required. The command was rendezvoused at Franklin, Tennessee, when the news of the surrender of Lee elec- trified the north. Mr. Sayler was mustered out of the army in October. 1865. still a school boy.

During the next two years he was a student at Abingdon College, Abingdon, Illi- nois, where he prepared himself for teach- his father. John Sayler, settled upon his re- . ing. He taught country schools in winter and tilled the soil in the summer for some years, being in the main a farmer. In 1881 he emigrated from Illinois and settled in Hopkins, Nodaway county, Missouri. He was elected to the office of justice of the peace of his township and while serving in that capacity conceived the idea of reading and preparing himself for the law. He was Jeremiah Sayler married Priscilla Mason, a daughter of Jeremiah Mason, also a pio- neer on the Western Reserve. Jeremiah Mason married a woman of the old Pennsyl- admitted to the bar in Maryville before Judge Kelley, in 1882, and his first case be- fore a jury was one wherein he defended a negro charged with assault.

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While a resident of Hopkins, Mr. Sayler was much of the time either mayor or city attorney. He was appointed postmaster of Hopkins in July, 1889. and served in that office more than five years. While postmaster he was nominated by the Republicans of Nodaway county for the office of probate judge of the county and was elected by a majority of two hundred and twenty-five. to succeed Judge J. B. Newman. He filled the office with credit four years and retired January 1, 1899, and resumed the practice of law. Mr. Sayler is a member of the Ma- sonic order and of the Grand Army of the Republic.

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A Biographical history of Nodaway and Atchison counties, Missouri : compendium of national biography, Part 50

Author: Publication date: 1901 Publisher: Chicago : Lewis Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 726

Author:
Publication date: 1901
Publisher: Chicago : Lewis Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 726