A Biographical history of Nodaway and Atchison counties, Missouri : compendium of national biography, Part 62

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Publication date: 1901
Publisher: Chicago : Lewis Pub. Co.
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In 1852 Mr. Logan, the father of our subject, removed to Ilinois, residing for some time in Adams and Hancock counties. lle taught school at intervals for over twen- ty-five years. In 1872 the family came to Atchison county, Missouri, locating in Col- fax township, where the father carried on general farming until his life's labors were ended in death, in 1880, when he was sixty-

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seven years of age. He, too, was zealous and faithful in the cause of the Master and was a minister of the Methodist Protestant church, laboring earnestly to advance its canse and promulgate its principles among men. In local affairs he took a prominent part and served as postmaster and justice of the peace at London for fifteen years, being familiarly known as Squire Logan. His wife died in 1899, at the age of seventy- three. After her husband's death she stiper- intended the farm of two hundred acres which he left to her, and also conducted the postoffice to the satisfaction of all its patrons until her own death. She was an entertain- ing converser and an earnest, loyal Chris- tian woman, and passed away loved and es- teemed by all who knew her. Ten children were born unto Mr. and Mrs. Logan, of whom nine are yet living, namely: Mrs. Phebe Noble, of Carthage, Illinois; Will- iam, of Keokuk, Iowa; James F., Tarkio, Missouri, the subject of this review; Mrs. Hannah Sherman, also of Tarkio; Alfred, a resident of Glenwood, Missouri; Horace, who is living in Colfax township, Atchison county, Missouri, on the old homestead; Charles, a resident of Philadelphia, Penn- sylvania ; Mrs. Emma Colwell, of Colfax township : and Mrs. Clara Hull, of the same township. One child, Elsworth, died at the age of twenty-six, having preceded his fa- ther two years to the spirit world. The family has been one of prominence in the community in which most of the children have resided. Three of the family have been school teachers and others have been leaders in various useful walks of life.

Mr. Logan of this review spent the days of his youth upon a farm and in the public schools of the neighborhood acquired a good education. He afterward became a success-

ftil teacher and followed that profession for a number of years. He was converted and joined the Methodist Protestant church in the nineteenth year of his age and has ever since been a faithful member, taking a prominent part in the religious affairs of his vicinity, and frequently attends the annual conference as a delegate for the church. and once attended the general conference. He married Miss Rebecca Crossan, and in her family there were five teachers. three of whom became lawyers. She is a lady of in- telligence and culture who has proved to her husband a faithful companion and helpmeet on the journey of life. She was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, on the 2d of March, 1846, and gave her hand in marriage to Mr. Logan in Hancock county, Illinois, in 1870. She is a daughter of Edwin Crossan, a native of Chester county, Pennsylvania. and a granddaughter of Joseph Crossan, who was born in England, but both he and his wife, Mrs. Jane Crossan, spent their last days in Pennsylvania. Edwin Crossan married Rebecca Burton, a daughter of William Bur- ton, and in 1864 they removed to Illinois, subsequently coming to Kansas. The father was a farmer and stone-cutter and was a man of marked industry and enterprise. Ile aided in building Girard College, at Phila- delphia, and many of the substantial struc- tures in that part of the country stand as monuments to his thrift and labor. In pol- itics he was a Republican. He died in Paola, Kansas, in 1885, and his wife passed away in Nodaway county, Missouri, in 1899. She was a faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal church. In the family were eleven children, nine of whom reachedl maturity and seven are yet living, namely: Isaac, a resident of Nodaway county, Missouri ; Ed- win, who served as a soldier in the Civil

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war and is now living in Chicago: James. ing on agricultural pursuits and stock-rais- deceased, who was also one of the "boys in ing. making a specialty of the raising of red polled cattle, having over one hundred upon his farm at the present time. His farm is one of the best in the township. blue." and died in Newbern. North Caro- lina: Mrs. Rebecca Logan, the wife of the subject of this review; Minerva, who died in Ohio, at the age of fourteen years: Will- iam. of Paola, Kansas: George, of Mary- ville. Missouri: Mrs. Susan Matthes, of Norton, Kansas: John. of Nodaway county. Missouri: Sherman, who died in infancy ; and Mary Belle, who died at the age of eleven years.

In early life Mr. Logan of this review accompanied his parents on their removal westward and for twenty years was a resi- dent of Adams and Hancock counties, Illi- nois. In the early spring of 1872. accom- panied by his wife and little daughter. he came to the west. and after traveling over southern Nebraska in a covered wagon re- turned to Missouri, where he has since made his home. Writing to his father of the fa- vorable conditions of this country which he here found, the latter, with his family, came in the autumn of the same year. When J. F. Logan arrived in the county he found it a wild and unsettled region. He erected a house fourteen by eighteen feet, built of cottonwood lumber, and became the owner of eighty acres of rich land. To-day he is one of the most extensive agriculturists of his community, his landed possessions ag- gregating six hundred and forty acres, all of which is under a high state of cultivation and free from incumbrance. He has gool buildings, four bearing orchards, containing seven hundred and fifty apple trees, and fences that are ever kept in excellent repair. Everything is neat and thrifty in appearance and indicates the careful supervision of the owner. In his business affairs he has pros- pered, and to day he is successfully carry-

Unto Mr. and Mrs. Logan have been born two children : Zekla A., now the wife of John Woodhouse: and Millard F., who married Mande Carman, by whom he has one child, Millard C. Mr. Logan, whose name introduces this review. is a man of in- telligence, well informed on the issues of the day. In politics he is a stanch Republican. giving an unfaltering support to that party. He and his wife have many warm friends and enjoy the high regard of all who know them by reason of their well-directed efforts and honorable lives.

ALMOND A. STAPLES.

The subject of this personal narrative is one of the most prosperous, energetic and progressive agriculturists of northwestern Missouri. He has made his special field of industry an eminent success and is highly esteemed and respected by all with whom he has been brought into contact, either in busi- ness or social life. Ilis large farm lies partly in Nodaway and partly in Atchison county, while hi. residence is about one half mile over the line in Atchison county.

Mr. Staples was born January 10. 1848. in far-away New Hampshire, a son of Abial R. and Abigail Staples, natives of Vermont and New Hampshire. At an early day the father removed to New Hampshire, and when our subject was about two years old took his family to Wisconsin. In 1855 he came to Missouri and in 1876 look up his residence in Atchison county, where he spent the remainder of his life, dying there at the

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age of sixty-seven years. Throughout life he followed the occupation of farmer and commanded the respect and confidence of all who knew him. His estimable wife died in Kansas, while on a visit, at the age of sixty- seven years, but her remains were brought back to the old home in Missouri for inter- ment. She was a loving wife and a tender mother. In the family were six children,- all boys,-four of whom are still living and are recognized as leading agriculturists in this section of the state. They were quite a home-loving family.

Our subject remained under the parental roof until he was married, in 1872, to Miss Mary Jeffrie, who was born in Chester coun- ty, Pennsylvania, and they have become the parents of six children : Rodolph R., now twenty-six years of age. who married Miss May Whiff, a daughter of Charles and Grace Whiff, of a well respected family now resid- ing in Page county, Iowa. After his mar- riage Rodolph took up his abode on a farm in AAtchison county, Missouri. He is a young man of good habits. industrious and enter- prising, and if health is accorded him he will make a success in life. William M. Staples, the second of the family. is twenty-four years of age and resides on a farm in Nodaway county. He employs some one to care for his home and he devotes his attention to the operation of his farm. He, too, is an en- ergetic and capable young business man of high moral character and is well liked throughout the neighborhood. Ada M., the third child, an affectionate little daughter, passed away at the age of fifteen months and eight days. Henry S., now twenty years of age, is with his parents. At present he is pursuing his education in Amity College, in Page county, Iowa. His mild temper, good disposition and willingness to work in-

(licate that his business career will not prove an unprofitable one and that his friends will be many. Laury A., the next member of the family, is seventeen years of age. She is a bright, industrious and intelligent young lady and has many warm friends throughout the neighborhood. Emmie E., the youngest of the family, died at the age of eight months, deeply mourned by her parents.

After his marriage Mr. Staples located in Taylor county, Iowa, on a farm which he had purchased, but after living there for two years sold his property and purchased a tract of wild. raw prairie land, where he now resides. Success has crowned his well directed and energetic efforts, and he now owns nearly one thousand acres of land, which he has transformed into one of the finest farms of the state. His first home was a little shanty, fourteen by sixteen feet, but it has long since been replaced by a pleasant and commodious residence, sur- rounded by beautiful trees and flowers. He is engaged in general farming and fruit-rais- ing. and gives considerable attention to stock, principally cattle and hogs. He is a man of far more than ordinary business and ex- ecutive ability, and his success in life is chiefly dne to his sound judgment and keen discrimination. Since casting his first presi- dential vote for Ulysses Grant he has been a stanch supporter of the Republican party and its principles. Fraternally he is a Mas- ter Mason, a member of the lodge at Burling- ton Junetion.

WARREN H. ANDREWS.

Warren H. Andrews, who is carrying on general farming and stock dealing, con- ducts his business on an extensive scale and is now placed among the well-to-do residents

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of Colfax township. He came to Atchison county in 1876 when a youth of fifteen years and has since made his home in this locality. He was born in Hancock county, Illinois, near Carthage. His father. Charles W. AAndrews, was born in Chautauqua county, New York, near Jamestown, on the 26th of November. 1838. The grandfather, Merrill A. Andrews, as a native of the same county and was a son of Asel Andrews, who died in the Empire state. His son Merrill A. was a blacksmith by trade. When he arrived at the years of maturity he married Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, a native of Ohio. Her fa- ther. however, was born in New York and removed westward at the time of the Mor- mon emigration with Joseph Smith. That band of people located in Nauvoo, Illinois. and subsequently went overland to Salt Lake City, Utah. in 1849. Mr. Jacobs aiding in establishing the metropolis of Utah. In 1842 Merrill .A. Andrews, with his wife and chil- dren, also journeyed across the country with a one-horse wagon and became a resident of Hancock county, Hlinois, his home being near Carthage. He lived at that place until 1865 and witnessed the shooting of Joseph Smith. Subsequently he removed to Mount Pleasant, Henry county, Jowa, and later took up his abode in Page county, that state, where he erected a residence and spent his remaining days, passing away at an advanced age. His widow now resides in Denver. Colorado, at the age of eighty-six years. Merrill A. Andrews was a farmer by occu- pation in his later years, although he learned blacksmithing in early life. In politics he was a Whig until the organization of the Republican party, when he joined its ranks. supporting Abraham Lincoln. His wife was a member of the Congregational church. They had seven children, two of whom are

yet living, namely: Charles N., the father of our subject : and Asel MI., who served as a soldier in an Illinois regiment during the Civil war, and is now an attorney at law in Denver, Colorado. The five who have passed away are: Udna, who served for two years as a member of the Second Ilinois Cavalry in the war of the Rebellion and was then discharged on account of disability. after which he located in Minnesota, where his death occurred : Byron, who died in infancy: another son, also deceased: Florine, who ched in childhood: and Salmond, who died in boyhood.

Charles W. Andrews, the father of our subject, was a little lad of four summers when he accompanied his parents on their removal to Hlinois. He was reared amid the wild scenes of frontier life in Hancock c nin- ty. Ilinois, spending his youth upon a farm. . He worked in the fields following the plow from the time of early spring planting until the crops were garnered in the autumn. When the labors of the farm were practically ended for the season he entered the school of the neighborhood and pursued his edu- cation, in Illinois and in Jamestown, New York.

At the time of the Civil war his patriotic spirit was aroused by the attempt of the south to overthrow the Union and he enlisted in the One Hundred and Eighteenth Illinois Infantry, serving for three years under com- mand of Colonel John Finley and Major MeClary, the latter having been an officer in the Mexican war. Mr. Andrews was taken prisoner and incarcerated at Libby prison for some time. Finally, however, he was ex- changed and returned home on a furlongh. After visiting his family he rejoined his regiment at the front, taking an active part in the service in the south. He participated

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in the engagements at Baton Rouge an i Mobile, then returned to New Orleans by steamer and at Baton Rouge he received an honorable discharge, at the elose of the war. Ile was ever found at his post of duty, whether upon the picket line or on the firing line, and with a military record of which he has every reason to be proud he returned home.

The same year, 1865, Mr. Andrews re- moved to Henry county, Iowa, locating near Mount Pleasant. Ile had been married when about twenty-one years of age to Miss Angelina Aylshire, a native of Illinois and a daughter of William Aylshire. She died, leaving two sons: Warren H., a resident of Atchison county, Missouri; and George W., a resident of Nance county, Nebraska. In 1867 Mr. Andrews was again married, his second union being with Miss Mary S. Wells, who was born in Litchfield, Ohio, a daughter of John and Catherine Wells. Her father is now deceased, but her mother is yet living, at the age of ninety-two, and makes her home with her son, D. N. Wells, in Kearney, Nebraska. In the year 1876 Charles W. Andrews came with his family to Atchison county, taking up his abode in a small frame house sixteen by twenty-four feet, situated on a tract of land of one hun- dred and twenty acres. As the years have passed, however, he has added to his posses- sions until he now owns four hundred acres. He has also erected a fine residence, good barns and other necessary outbuildings and has the latest improved machinery upon his place, while a modern windmill is used for pumping water. There are good pastures and feed lots, and stock-raising is one of his principal sources of income. He is regarded as one of the progressive and enterprising

agriculturists of the community, and his- success is attributable entirely to his own well directed efforts.

Unto Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Andrews have been born nine children, eight of whom are living, namely : Marion, a carpenter by trade, residing in Blanchard, Iowa: Elsie, the wife of William Melntire, who resides in Brown county, Kansas: Charles M., who resides in Atchison county, near Blanchard, Iowa ; Wells, who is living on the homestead farm; Catherine, the wife of .1. 11. Rouse, of Nodaway county; Gertrude. Bessie and Florence, at home. There are also twenty- three grandchildren. In his political affilia- tions Mr. Andrews has been a stalwart Re- publican since voting for Abraham Lincoln. He is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America and maintains pleasant relations with his old army comrades through his as- sociation with the Grand Army of the Re- public.

Warren H. Andrews, whose name intro- duces this record, spent the first fifteen years of his life in Illinois and Iowa and then came to Atchison county, where he has re- sided since 1876. He was reared to the work of the farm and early became familiar with all the duties and labors that fall to the lot of the agriculturist. He owns three hun- dred and twenty acres of rich land, and in connection with his brother has five hundred and sixty acres in Colfax township. His barn is the largest in the county, its dimen- sions being sixty-four by fifty-eight feet. All the modern accessories and improvements are found upon the place, and there are ex- cellent facilities for carrying on stock-rais- ing. He feeds about five hundred head of cattle. He and his brother George also have a large cattle ranch in Nance county, Ne-

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braska, where they have large herds. These are shipped to the city markets, where they command good prices.

.At the age of twenty-three Mr. Andrews was united in marriage to Miss Emma Col- well. a representative of one of the well known and esteemed families of the county. Seven children grace this union, namely : Minnie, Frank, Charles, Roscoe. Inez, Nel- son and Mabel. In his social relations Mr. Andrews is a Knight of Pythias and also belongs to the Modern Woodmen of Amer- ica. He is widely recognized as one of the enterprising business men of the community. Ile possesses a strong determination, re- liable judgment and keen discrimination in business matters. lle is an excellent judge of stock and this has proved an important element in his successful career. He has a wide acquaintance throughout this portion of the country and is recognized as one of the leading stock dealers of Atchison county.

MICHAEL W. ROBERTS.

Among the prominent farmers of Colfax township is Michael W. Roberts, who was born in Atchison county, on the 5th of June, 1853. and is a representative of one of its oklest and most highly esteemed families. llis father. James Roberts, was a native of Kentucky and a son of William Roberts, who was born in the same state, of Scotch- Irish ancestry. The family has always been a patriotic and loyal one, and has been well represented in the early colonial wars as well as those of later years. James Roberts was reared on a farm near Indianapolis, In- diana, and on reaching manhood married Elizabeth Kime, who was born in North Carolina, but spent her early life in the

Hoosier state. Her father, David Kime, was a native of Germany.

In 1844 Mr. Roberts and his wife re- moved from Indiana to Missouri by teams, and were among the first to locate in Atchi- son county. At that time the Indians were far more numerous here than the white set- ilers, while wolves, deer and other wild game were plentiful. Mr. Roberts built a log cabin at Center Grove and began the improvement of a farm. During the Mex- ican war he entered the service, but while at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, hostilities ceased and he returned home. In 1849 he crossed the plains to California with ox teams, being four months upon the road, and was engaged in mining in that state for some time, re- turning home by way of the isthmus of Pan- ama. New Orleans and the Mississippi river.

lle then followed farming uninterrupted- ly until after the Civil war broke out, when he enlisted and remained in the service until his death, which occurred at Louisville, Ken- tucky, in January, 1865. Two of his broth- ers were also in the army, these being Cap- tain Newton Roberts, who belonged to a Missouri regiment and died in St. Joseph thirty years ago; and Captain John Roberts, who belonged to an Indiana regiment and died in 1867, in that state. Two of his sons also were numbered among the boys in blue, and one. like the father, was called upon to lay down his life on the altar of h's country. The father was fifty-two years of age at the time of his death, and was a mian of good physique, being six feet high and weighing one hundred and eighty-five pounds. He was courageous, brave and strong, making an excellent pioncer and sol- dier. Politically he was a Democrat, but supported Lincoln for the presidency, being a strong Union man. His wife survived

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him thirty-one years, dying on the old home farm in this county, in 1896, at the age of eighty-three years. She was an earnest member of the Christian church and a most estimable woman. In the family of this worthy couple were eight children, namely : Nancy A., the wife of David West; David, who was. a soldier of the Civil war and died while home on a furlough: Mrs. Je- mima Hough, deceased; William, who also was in the Civil war and is now a resident of Lincolni county, Nebraska ; Elizabeth, who married John Shepherdson, and both are now deceased; James, Jr., who died at Cen- ter Grove in 1897: Michael W., our subject; and Jessie L., a resident of southern Mis- souri.

During his boyhood and youth Michael W. Roberts pursued his studies in a log school house at Center Grove, and early be- came familiar with the work of field and meadow, remaining at his parental home until twenty-three years of age. In 1884 he was united in marriage with Miss Carrie Jacks, of Platte county, Missouri, a daugh- ter of Richard and Victoria Jacks. By this union were born two children,-James and Carrie. The wife and mother died February 3, 1890, and in August, 1892, Mr. Roberts was again married, his second union being with Miss Estella Laden, a native of Indiana and a daughter of James and Elizabeth Laden, members of the Society of Friends. Her father is now a resident of Anderson, Indiana, but her mother died, in that state, ir: 1885. Mrs. Roberts, also a faithful mem- ber of the Society of Friends, is the mother of four children: Frederick, Pearl, Alfred and David Ralph.

Like his father, Mr. Roberts also is a large man, being six feet high and weighing two hundred pounds. In his political affilia-

tions he is a Populist. A man of the strictest integrity and honor, he has won the respect and confidence of those with whom he has come in contact, and justly merits the high regard in which he is held by his fellow citizens.

FRANCIS M. BOWMAN.

Francis Marion Bowman, who served in the Confederate army during the Civil war, is an industrious farmer of Lincoln town- ship, Nodaway county, Missouri, where he owns about one hundred and sixty acres of land. He is one of the early settlers of this county, having come here when a boy. Upon the outbreak of the Civil war he became al- lied with the Confederacy, becoming a men- ber of Company B, under Captain T. J. Mc- Quitta. He saw very active service and fought with valor throughout the war. He was at the battle of Blue Mills, of Lexing- ton, Missouri, in the three-days fight when Colonel Mulligan surrendered, was a guard for General Price's commissary trains, Pea Ridge, Corinth and Inka, Mississippi, and numerous other engagements. On May 16, 1863, at Champion Hills, he was wounded ini the right leg by a bullet and was left lying on the battle-field for some time. He was taken captive by the federals, and the Con- federate surgeons came under a flag of truce and amputated his leg. He was returned to the Confederates, who took care of him and sent him to the hospital at Raymond, Missis- sippi, where he remained for four weeks, and was then taken to the hospital at Lauder- dale, on the Mobile & Ohio Railroad, where he remained until he was able to walk with crutches. There he met an old friend, A. P. Cravens, who induced him to go to his old home in Randolph county, North Caro-

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lina. After remaining there for a time he went to Richmond, Virginia, and then on to General Lee's army on the Rappahannock river for a time. He next went south to Uniontown, Perry county. Alabama, where he served as foreman or superintendent of a large plantation until 1865. after which he returned to Nodaway county, Missouri. For several years he was on the plains as drover. driving large herds of cattle north. from Texas. In 1873 he acquired one hundred and sixty acres of land in Lincoln township, Nodaway county, which he has greatly im- proved. He has an excellent house, well- furnished and suitably located, good barns and outbuildings and a good orchard and groves. The premises are well supplied with water, which is pumped by a windmill, and the entire farm is in excellent condition.

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A Biographical history of Nodaway and Atchison counties, Missouri : compendium of national biography, Part 62

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