A Biographical history of Nodaway and Atchison counties, Missouri : compendium of national biography, Part 63

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Publication date: 1901
Publisher: Chicago : Lewis Pub. Co.
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In 1873 Mr. Bowman was united in mar- riage with Georgia Graham, a daughter of M. W. and Emily ( House ) Graham, and they became the parents of the following chil- dren : Elsie, wife of Alvin Abbott, of Lin- coln township: Marim W., who lives on one of our subject's farms in Atchison coun- ty : and Francis E., Cora Emily and Charles E., who are also living at home.

Politically Mr. Bowman is a Democrat of the Jacksonian type. and has held nu- merous township offices, such as assessor. clerk and member of the township board. He is upright and honest, well informed on all subjects of general interest, and stands high in the community in which he lives.

ADOLPH LIPPMAN.

The value of doing efficiently and cheer- fully what the hands find to do and of seiz- ing opportunities as they appear has been well illustrated in the career of Adolph Lipp-

man, a man well known at Maryville. Mis- souri. He has passed a quarter of a century within the borders of Nodaway county and has established a reputation for fairness and integrity which contributes in no small de- gree to his prosperity and popularity.

Mr. Lippman was born in Osnabruck, Hanover, Germany, February 27, 1855. Ilis father. George Lippman. was actively en- gaged in business at the above named city for nearly fifty years, retiring about 1890. and died there in 1900, at the age of eighty- four years. His children are Mrs. William Minzlaff, of Bremen, Germany; Mrs. Ber- nard Hull. of Osnabruck. Germany : Charles Lippman, of Maryville: Mrs. Fred Bock, of Cincinnati, Ohio: Adolph Lippman, of Mary- ville : Mrs. Gustave Fisher, of Ohrbeck, Ger- many; August Lippman, of Brineville, Ore- gon.

Adolph Lippman arrived in Cincinnati when about twelve years of age and his earliest employment was on the boats on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers as knife and fork shiner, in which capacity he aided the cook in many ways and performed menial service of different kinds. He was so employed for two years and made many trips from Par- kersburg and Wheeling to Cairo and on south to New Orleans. He then learned the trade of wood-carver and cabinetmaker in the employ of the Mitchell & Remmelsberg Furniture Company, of Cincinnati, and was with that concern three years. From Cin- cinnati he went to New Orleans and worked there at his trade for several years. Hle followed that employment in a tour of the south, stopping to work and "see the sights." then going on to the next place to do the same things. In that way he saw much of Texas and the southwest and earned good wages all the time. He came to Maryville

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from Austin, Texas, and went to work with Stephan Brothers, furniture dealers and man- ufacturers. His last employment as a me- chanie was in the service of Stephan & Lipp- man, his brother Charles being the junior member of the firm.

In ISSo he opened a small resort on North Main street. He decided, on enter- ing the business, to maintain a quiet and orderly resort and have surrounding it all the elements of respectability. This he has accomplished, and as a result his establislı- ment has been the popular place of the city and "The Oak" a profitable investment for its proprietor. In 1893 he was interested in the construction of "The New Oak," one of the handsome brick buildings of the city. He is connected also with the agricultural and stock interests of the county. He owns a large farm in Jackson township, upon which he feeds some ten car-loads of cattle annually.

Mr. Lippman is a Democrat. In 1886 he was appointed a government inspector of customs aboard one of the Alaskan steamers, and during a two-years absence from Mary- ville made nineteen trips to that frozen conn- tiy. In November, 1894. he married Emma Deutschel, a daughter of Michael Deutschel. who was born in Brooklyn, New York, April 5, 1862.

DAVID R. DUNLAP.

Among the representative business men of Atchison county is the subject of this re- view, who is now successfully conducting a general store in Westboro. A native of Pennsylvania. Mr. Dunlap was born in ' Huntingdon county June 7, 1837, and be- longs to a family of Scotch descent which is noted for industry and honesty. His fa-

ther. James Dunlap, was also a Pennsyl- vanian by birth, and by occupation was a mechanic, working in both wood and iron. He married Nancy Chaney, a native of the Keystone state and a representative of an old Pennsylvanian family of German origin. In 1849 they came west by team and located near Fairfield, Jefferson county, Iowa, being among its early settlers. There the father followed his trade, and both he and his wife died near Fairfield. at the age of sixty-five years. In their family were twelve children, -seven sons and five daughters,-namely : Washington, a resident of Pennsylvania ; Levi, of Crawford county. Kansas ; John W., of Ketchum, Idaho; David R., our subject : Joshua B., of Wilcox, Missouri : James, who was a soldier of the Civil war and died in the south : Lewis, of California ; Mrs. Lovina Bailey, deceased; Mrs. Delilah Whistler, of Ransom, Ness county, Kansas ; Mrs. Nancy Monson, who died in Jefferson county, Iowa; Rose Ann, the widow of Dudley Kelley; and Joseph Henry, who died at Rome, Iowa, in 1895. Politically the father was a Dem- ocrat, and religiously was a member of the United Brethren church.

The early education of David R. Dunlap was acquired in an old log school house and has been supplemented by extensive experi- ence in business. He was reared upon the old home farm, and in his father's shop gained a good knowledge of the blacksmith's trade. In 1862 he made an overland trip. with ox teams to Oregon, by way of Omaha, North Platte, Fort Bridger and Salt Lake City. being four months upon the way. He spent three years in prospecting and mining. camping out most of the time. In 1865 he returned to Iowa, on horseback all of the way, being in the saddle seventy-four days.

In 1868 Mr. Dunlap was united in mar-

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riage to Miss Caroline Snyder, a native of Columbus, Ohio, and a daughter of John Snyder, who died in Westboro, Missouri. By this union four children were born, namely: Lena Perl, deceased : Ada Anna, now the wife of Daniel Snyder, depot agent at Westboro; John Franklin, a resident of Atchison county ; and Chester Arthur. The wife and mother, who was a consistent men- ber of the Methodist Episcopal church, died in 1894, and in 1898 Mr. Dunlap married Mrs. Lizzie (Clement ) Cradit, a daughter of M. B. Clement, of Westboro. By this marriage has been born a son, David R., Jr., a bright boy, now fifteen months okl.

Coming to Westboro in the fall of 1880. Mr. Dunlap purchased a corner lot and erected a large store building, where he has since carried on business as a general mer- chant. His stock of goods is large and well selected, and by fair and honorable dealing he has built up an excellent trade. Keen dis- crimination, unflagging industry and reso- lute purpose are numbered among his salient characteristics and thus he has won that prosperity which is the merited reward of honest effort. In his political affiliations he i .: a Democrat.

JOHN M. ANDERSON.

That sturdy, honest Scotch ancestry which has leavened our American citizen- ship in nearly all parts of the country pro- duced the subject of this sketch, John MI. Anderson, of Rockport, Missouri, who was elected county treasurer of Atchison county in November, 1900, and whose personal pop- ularity was attested by the fact that as a Republican he had a majority of twenty-nine Votes over a Democratic-Populist fusion ticket of a majority of one hundred and ser-

enty-one, all except two of the candidates on which were elected.

Mr. Anderson was born August 26, 1853. in Brown county. Ohio, near Gretna Green, a favorite resort of marriageable peo- ple from Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio. Will- iam Anderson, his father. also a native of Brown county, Ohio), did three years gallant service as a soldier in the Civil war in Com- pany F. Seventieth Regiment. Ohio Volun- teer Infantry. He married Miss Albertine Dragoo, who was born, reared and educated in Ohio and is descended from an old and honorable family from that state. In 1865 they removed with their family to Atchison county. Missouri, and they are still living near Fairfax, successful in life and respected by all who knew them. Their son. John M., was educated to some extent in the pub- lie schools, but may be said to have acquired his education chiefly in the school of experi- ence, for he has always been a devoted reader and a close observer of men and measures. Two valuable lessons were taught him by his parents, and they were that he should work and be honest, and they have been in- fluential upon his success in life. He was during his early years a farmer, but found las real business success as a druggist at Phelps City, where his geniality and fair dealing won him many friends and perma- nent patrons.

As a Republican Mr. Anderson has long taken an interest in political affairs, and he has been one of the most active, faithful and zealous workers for the success of his party in Atchison county, in all parts of which he is well known and popular. He has served as a delegate to state and county conventions and has always wielded an ap- preciable influence in local Republican pol- ities. In 18944 and 1895 he served the county

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with much ability and credit in the office of assessor, and in 1900, when candidates were needed whose personal popularity made it possible for them to win over great opposi- tion, he was nominated on the Republican ticket for the office of treasurer of Atchi- son county, a responsible position which those who know him best, whether they are Republicans, Democrats or Populists, believe he will fill to the entire satisfaction of the great mass of his fellow citizens without re- regard to political affiliation. He was elect- ed by a majority of twenty-nine, while the county gave a majority of one hundred and seventy-one on the state and national Dem- ocratic ticket.

Mr. Anderson has been a resident of Atchison county for thirty-six years and lo- cated at Phelps City in 1896, since which time he has been prominent in business cir- cles there. He has long been well known as a Knight of Pythias and is a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen and of the Methodist Episcopal church. He was married, in 1880, to Miss Nancy Robinson, who was of a good family and possessed many virtues and accomplishments, and who died in 1882. His present wife, whom he married in 1890, was Miss Sarah Cheesman, of Atchison county, a daughter of M. E. Cheesman, a representative of an old and honorable family. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson have an adopted daughter, Mrs. Anderson's niece, a bright girl, known as Fay Cheesman Anderson.

JOHN MCELROY.

As long as memory remains to the Amer- ican people and the Republic stands as one of the great powers of the world, the nation will ever feel a debt of gratitude to those 30

who preserved the Union at the time when its stability was threatened by rebellion in the south. Among the loyal sons who "wore the blue" is numbered Jolin McElroy, whose patriotic spirit prompted his enlistment, and at the seat of war he won for himself an honorable military record. He is now well known as a valned and honorable citizen of Atchison county, where he located in 1870. Ile was born in Lee county, Virginia, April 11, 1829. and is a representative of one of the good families of that state. His father was George McElroy, a native of the sanie county, and his grandfather was Archibald McElroy. The latter was of Scotch parent- age and the family was founded in Lee county, Virginia, at an early day. Having arrived at years of maturity the grandfather married a Miss Smith, also of Lee county, and upon a farm they made their home and reared their large family. They were Baptist people in religious belief and their lives were in harmony with their professions. Both died in Virginia, the grandfather when seven- ty years of age, the grandmother at the age of eighty years. Residing in the south, their descendants became supporters of southern principles, and the family was represented by many members in the Confederate army.

George McElroy was reared in Lee county, Virginia, spending his youth upon the old family homestead. He wedded Niss Polly Noe, a representative of a re- spected family of the Old Dominion, and a daughter of Charles Noe, who was of Dutch descent. The parents of our subject had four children who reached mature years, namely : Archibald, who died in Lee county, Virginia ; Nimrod, now living in Lincoln township, Atchison county, Missouri, at the age of seventy-five; Betsey, who died in Indiana ; and Emily, who died in early life.

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I: 1831 the parents left their home in the Old Dominion and by team traveled to Washington county, Indiana. In 1832 the father went south to seek a location. Ile was on a steamer when taken ill, his sick- ness terminating his life. This left the widow and children alone in a new country and with little to provide for their support. The mother, however. long survived him and passed away in Burlington. Coffey county. Kansas, in 1859. at the age of fifty-six years. She had carefully, reared her chil- dren, keeping them together and providing for them to the best of her ability. AAfter the death of her first husband she was again married, becoming the wife of Joseph Dur- nil. and had three children, of whom one is now living. James, a resident of Illi- nois. The father of our subject was a Whig in his early political affiliations, and though reared in the south he became an AAbolition- ist. Ile held membership in the Reformed church and lived an upright and consistent life.

John MeElroy was reared on the okl homestead farm in Washington county, In- diana, and acquired his education in a log school house of the neighborhood. Al- though his school privileges were limited, his training at farm labor was not meager. for he early gained a practical knowledge of the best methods of improving the land and cul- tivating the fieldls. He assisted in the work of the home farm until the commencement of the Civil war. He had been deeply inter- este in the questions which led to that strug- gle and resolved that if the south attempted to secede he would strike a blow in defense of the Union. Accordingly, at President Lincoln's first call for three hundred thou- sand men. he offered his services to the gov- ernment and was assigned to Company B.

of the Sixty-sixth Indiana Infantry, under Captain J. N. Rodman and Colonel Roger Martin. Ile served for three years, winning a very creditable record and participating in thirteen battles from Chattanooga to .At- lanta and on to the sea. He was under the command of General John A. Logan and General Sherman, participating in the Georgia campaign and in the campaign in the Carolinas, proceeding to Richmond and afterward to Washington, where he took part in the grand review, the most celebrated military pageant ever seen on the western hemisphere, wave after wave of bayonet- crested blue rolling by the stand on which stood the president watching the return of the victorious host. He received an honor- able discharge in Indianapolis, Indiana, and then returned to his home to resume again the pursuits of civil life.

Mr. McElroy was connected with agri- cultural pursuits in Indiana until September. 1860. when he came to Missouri, and here he purchased six hundred and forty acres of land. He has since sold a part of this. retaining possession of three hundred acres. which constitutes one of the best farms in Lincoln township. He has here a good resi- (lence, which stands on an eminence and commands an excellent view of the surround- ing country. An orchard yields its fruits in season and the fields bring to him a good return for the care and labor he bestows upon them. The buildings and fences are kept in good repair and the farm is as a monument to the enterprise, skill and busi- ness ability of the owner.

As a companion and helpmate on life's journey Mr. MeElroy chose Miss Nancy Gilstrap, their marriage being celebrated in Washington county, Indiana, when he was twenty-two years of age. The lady was born

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and reared in that county, a daughter of John and Abagail (Colclazier) Gilstrap, of North Carolina. Both of her parents died in Washington county, Indiana. Mrs. Mc- Elroy has indeed been a valued companion and helpmate to her husband and by her mar- riage she has become the motlier of seven children, of whom three are now living : John P., who married Lizzie Kern and has three children .- John K., Maud and Loalı ; Polly A., the wife of R. M. Vanvalkinberg. of Nodaway county, by whom she has two children,-Eva and Nellie: and George E .. who is living on the old homestead. The last mentioned married Miss Melissa Lutz and they have one son, John. The other member of the family was Nancy Jane, who became the wife of William McMillan, of Lincoln township, and had three children,- . Bert, O. P. and Cora.

In his political affiliations Mr. McElroy is a stalwart Republican, unswerving in his allegiance to the party and its principles. He holds membership in the Christian church, to which his wife also belongs, and is a member of Blanchard Post, G. A. R. Although he is now seventy-two years of age, lie is still actively interested in all the questions concerning the welfare of the coun- try and is yet conducting his own business, Ilis active labors have brought to him a very desirable competence and he is now numbered among the substantial residents of huis county. He is to-day as loyal and true to his duties of citizenship as when he fol- lowed the stars and stripes upon the battle- fields of the south.

MALCOLM McKILLOP.

Malcolm McKillop, now deceased, was an able lawyer, honored citizen and cultured gentleman residing in Rockport, and was a

man among men, prominent in the business and public affairs of Atchison county for more than thirty years. So conspicuous was liis service as a private citizen and a public officer that a history of this locality would be incomplete without mention of him. He was of foreign birth, being a subject of the English crown. His birth occurred in In- verness, Megantic county, in the province of Quebec, Canada, April 17. 1837. His par- ents, Donald and Flora ( McEchran) Mc- Killop, were Scotch people who emigrated to America about the year 1830, the father following the occupation of farming. In his youth the subject of this review enjoyed the vigorous life of free air and the liberty of the country, and his first years in school were spent in such institutions as the gov- ernment provided for Canadian citizens at that time. He was ambitious, however, to secure a higher education and his ambition does not seem to have been satisfied until he was graduated in the University of Ver- mont. with the class of 1861. He passed many months in the schoolroom in teaching and study while preparing for college and while pursuing his collegiate course, and thus served the double purpose of establishing self-confidence and of securing him a fund with which to defray his public expenses. and as a teacher he firmly fixed the knowl- edge that he had already acquired by im- parting it to others.

During the first year after his gradua- tion Mr. McKillop was principal of the Mor- risville Academy at Morrisville, Vermont. but in 1863 he left that position in order to accept a similar situation in the Sandwich grammar schools at Windsor, Canada West. While teaching in the foregoing institution he was also preparing himself for the pro- fession of law by a systematic course of

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reading, with a view of an early admission to the bar. He passed his legal examination in Windsor, in 1865, and was then admitted to practice. The same year he came to the United States, locating in Dixon, Lee coun ty, Illinois, where he entered the law office of Judge P. Goodwin, serving as clerk and also continuing his studies under the direc- tion of that jurist. Hle applied himself dil- igently for a year to the mastery of the prin- ciples of jurisprudence, and in February, 1866, was admitted to the Illinois bar by the supreme court of that state. lle be- lieved that the west furnishe 1 better oppor- tunities to young men entering the profes- sion, and he accordingly came to Missouri, locating in Rockport, in April, 1867. His qualifications for practice were of a high or- der. His training and his knowledge of the law and of human nature enabled him to determine the motives and meet the cun- ning and thwart the strategy of opposing counsel, and with the able exposition of the merits of his cause he readily rose to prom- inence and gained a leading place at the bar of Atchison county. He had the strongest regard for the ethical and professional code. was courteous in his treatment of court and counsel and fair to witnesses. On many an occasion his superior learning and ready re- partee, which never failed him, won him honors.

In public life Mr. MeKillop was also distinguished. Although he was a member of the minority party in politics, such was the confidence of the public in his integrity and ability that his nomination meant his election. A leading citizen of Rockport said of him, "He was the best county surveyor we have had. As county school commis- sioner we have not had his superior, and as. mayor of Rockport he was so valuable that

for many years he was burdened with the office against his own inclinations. He was elected state senator from the first district, anıl the senate never had a more valuable member. He went to the memorable constitu- tional convention of 1875 as a Republican and proved, although the body was Demo- cratic, to be one of its valuable members. He never permitted his politics nor his re- hgion to interfere with the performance of duty nor to mar the harmony of his inter- course among men."

On the 19th of November, 1868, in Whiteside county, Illinois, Mr. Mckillop wedded Miss Carrie L. Thurber, and to them were born four daughters and two sons. The wife and daughters are still living. In fraternal circles Mr. MeKillop was widely known and enjoyed the high regard of his brethren. He was made a Mason in Mor- risville, Vermont, and afterward took the degrees of the chapter, council and com- mandery. He was ever a close student of Masonry, thoroughly understanding its un- derlying principles and became an earnest worker and distinguished representative of the Masonic body with which he was identi- fied. He held the position of district deputy grand lecturer of the fifteenth Masonic dis- triet for a number of years. He was a prom- inent member of the Ancient Orderof United Workmen, was honored with high positions in that organization, inchuling that of grand commander for Missouri and Arkansas, and i1: 1881, at St. Joseph, he was elected grand commander for Missouri and Kansas, while in September of the same year he was chosen vice supreme commander of the supreme legion at Chicago. He died September 8. 1899. and thus there passed from life one who had long been an important factor in professional, political and social interests in

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Atchison county. He left his impress for good upon public advancement and was a leading promoter of the material progress of his section of the state. He had many qualities which endeared him to his fellow men, commanded their respect and awakened their admiration, and his life record formed an integral part in the history of his com- munity.

JAMES A. WILEY.

Well known in agricultural, political and church circles, James A. Wiley is recognized as one of the leading, influential and valued residents of Nodaway county. He has a very wide acquaintance and his history can- not fail to prove of interest to many of our readers. He was born in Noble county. Ohio. October 7, 1838. His father, Jacob Wiley, was also born in the Buckeye state and was a farmer by occupation. He wedded Miss Mary Woodford, a native of Connecti- cut. They located upon an Ohio farm, where their son James spent his boyhood and youth, working in the fields from the time of early spring planting until the crops were harvested in the autumn. He also attended the common schools until fifteen years of age, when he became a resident of Warren county, Iowa, the family removing to the latter state. At the time of the Civil war, aroused by the spirit of patriotism, he offered his services to the government, enlisting as a member of Company HI, Thirty-fourth Iowa Infantry. He participated in Sher- man's raid on Vicksburg and in the battle of Arkansas Post, together with many en- gagements of lesser importance. He was al- ways found at his duty, whether upon the picket line or the fire line. When the war was over he received an honorable discharge

and with a creditable military record re- turned to his home.

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A Biographical history of Nodaway and Atchison counties, Missouri : compendium of national biography, Part 63

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