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Dr. Bickett is a member of Post No. 473. G. A. R., department of Missouri. He has resided in Nodaway county for forty years and is one of the most upright and loyal citizens in the town in which he makes his home. He is well known throughout the county and is highly respected by both the young and okl.
JOSEPH JACKSON.
The life of any honest and successful man is interesting to the people of the community in which he lives. The life of a patriotic man is doubly so. The writer comes now to the consideration of the career of one who has not only proven himself an honest of- ficial and a successful man of affairs, but has risked his life and been partially shot away for love of the stars and stripes and the human liberty which they mean to all who look upon them. The recital of the leading incidents of his useful career may serve to bring to the mind of the reader of this gen- eration something of the kindly and helpful admiration which the loyal people of the porth felt for the disabled or invalid sol- dier after the war of the Rebellion, and in- volver a reference to an act of disinterest friendship which might be made the text of a lesson in brotherly love and kindness.
Joseph Jackson was born in Jefferson county, Ohio. September 20, 1842, a son of the late John Jackson, who in October, 1843, located in Nodaway county, Missouri, a mile and a half north of the site of Maryville. Is Mr. Jackson was brought to Nadaway coun- ty an infart in arms and has had an unin- terrupted residence at and near Maryville of fifty seven years, he is regarded as practic- ally, if not really a son of the soil. The well remembered and venerable pioneer, John
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Jackson, who was born in Jefferson county, Ohio, October 10, 1810, lived out his days where he settled in 1843, dying January 27, 1875. His father, also named John, was of Scotch-Irish ancestry and went into Ohio from Greenbrier county, Virginia, at a time when Ohio was a frontier state, and many of the inconveniences of his youth were en- countered again by John Jackson during the early years of his residence in Missouri. He was a poor man, able only to buy a claim, which he entered later, and provided for his family while gaining a foothold as a farmer in his new home. Ilis early experiences helped him to meet the trials and emergencies as they came, and he possessed a faculty for inventing a way of doing things in which he had not had previous experience and which could not be accomplished by means at hand in a manner creditable, if crude and primitive, and he had a great force which lay in his physical strength and a strong men- tality. Had he had the advantage of educa- tion and the opportunities of a later day he would have been a man of more than or- dinary ability. He was a Democrat and the first treasurer of Nodaway county. His wife was Harriet Dunn, a daughter of Joseph Dunn, of Jefferson county, Ohio, who died aged seventy-three years, in July, 1892. The children of John and Harriet (Dunn) Jack- son were: Sarah, the wife of Logan Holt, of Maryville, Missouri ; Joseph; Louisa, the wife of William E. Trueblood, of Maryville, Missouri ; Rachel, now Mrs. James 11. Bent- ley, of Osceola, Missouri; Benton, of Nel- son, Nebraska; Phrona, the wife of W. H. Hawkins, of Maryville, Missouri ; Ada, who married Charles Manning and resides at Hermitage, Missouri ; and Oliver, of Olney, Colorado.
Joseph Jackson was purely a country
youth prior to the outbreak of the Civil war. He acquired little knowledge of books that he did not get from the country schools, but possessed an active mind and a perfect physical organization, just the equipment re- quired for a good and efficient soldier. In 1861 he joined Kemble's regiment of Mis- souri troops for six months, and served his entire time of enlistment in the state. He re-enlisted in the Thirty-sixth Regiment, Missouri state militia, and in October, 1863, entered the volunteer service of the United States by enlistment in the Twelfth Regi- ment of Missouri Cavalry, which was at- tached to Hatch's brigade in the Sixteenth Army Corps, and in 1864 was in the com- mand of General James H. Wilson, under General George H. Thomas, at Gravel Springs, Alabama. Mr. Jackson was in the battles of Franklin and Nashville, and in the last mentioned famous engagement he was twice wounded while charging a Confederate battery at Spring Hill, receiving a shot in the right arm and losing his right leg. He was sent to the Franklin hospital and re- moved, when occasion was presented, to. Nashville, Tennessee, to Louisville, Ken- tucky, and to Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, Missouri, in turn. From the last named place he was furloughed and permitted to go home to regain his health if possible. He reported at the hospital again for duty in May, 1865, and was discharged from the service as orderly sergeant of Company F, Twelfth Regiment, Missouri Volunteer In- fantry, July 3, following, and mustered out with that rank.
Upon his return home Mr. Jackson's dis- ability incapacitated him from the work to which he was reared, and he was for a short time without employment. As an act of friendship for him Dr. G. B. Ford, the coun-
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ty clerk of Nodaway county, resigned that Mr. Jackson might be appointed to the office. The county board acted in accordance with the arrangement and Mr. Jackson entered upon his duties September 1. 1865. In No- vember of that year a special election was hield to fill the unexpired term, and Mr. Jack- son was chosen for the office. After serving through the remainder of that term he served for three full terms, of four years each. be- ing elected in 1866. 1870 and 1874. his last term expiring in January, 1899. During his incumbency of the clerk's office. namely. July. 1873. he bought a third interest in the private bank of Fisher & French, and thus his connection with the financial matters of Vodaway county began. In 1876 Mr. Fisher disposed of his interest to his partners and the Farmers' Bank was organized and took the place of the original institution. In 1884 the First National Bank of Maryville came into existence and superseded the Farmers' Bank. It was capitalized at one hundred thousand dollars and officered as follows: Joseph Jackson, president: J. C. Terhune. cashier : and William Perdew. J. W. Lamar. Charles E. Carr and the president and cash- ier as the board of directors. The business of the First National Bank and of its pred- censors has been of great volume. The personnel of its officers and directors has been a guarantee of its stability and a justi- fication of the universal confidence in it. Its deposits have increased in a ratio commen- surate with the business of the county and amount to three hundred and sixty thousand de llars, while it- surplus is twenty thousand de Hars.
Mr. Jackson was married, in Nordaway . mty. April 20, 1866, to Amanda, a daugh- ter of William and Sarah ( Murphy ) Broyles, formerly of Tennessee. The chil-
dren of this union are: Lola, the wife of James F. Colby, of Maryville; Mary, who married Paul Ream. of Maryville: Laura. now Mrs. Miles G. Saunders, of Pueblo. Colorado: Miss Nellie Jackson and Joseph FF. Jackson.
The Civil war had much to do with shap- ing the politics of Mr. Jackson. He learned something of Democracy from his father, but the events of later years convinced him that the party of Fremont was the one he should esponse. He cast his first vote for the Republican ticket and has remained steadfast to the Republican faith. Since his retire- ment from the office of county clerk he has had no active connection with politics. His time is devoted to his bank and its affairs. and no other interests command his atten- tion.
JAMES H. WORKMAN.
There is no man in Nodaway county more deserving of a place in such a record as this, than the prominent citizen whose name is above, an account of whose career will be read with interest and profit. He is one of the most progressive and enterprising of the farmers and stockmen of Nodaway town- ship, his postoffice being Maryville.
Mr. Workman was born in the Hoosier state, forty eight years ago, a son of John Workman, who came to Nodaway county more than forty years ago. John Workman was born in North Carolina. December 12. 1815, a son of Philip Workman, who also was born in North Carolina and had a brother in the Revolutionary war. Their grandfather was born in Germany, of Ger- man stock. John Workman was reared in North Carolina at farm work as found on a North Carolina farm, and was taught the
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capital value of honesty and industry. He
much profit to him in his maturer years. was married September 21, 1834, to Elza- | Educational advantages in Nodaway coun- beth Motley, a woman of good family. She was a good wife and helpmeet to him for over half a century. She was born and reared in North Carolina and died at the age of seventy-seven years. ty were very limited in the pioneer days. Mr. Workman attended school as he could find time from work, in an old log schoolhouse with a stone fire-place and stick chimney and slab benches. The teachers were scarcely Soon after his marriage, John Workman removed to Lee county, Virginia, where he lived for a year, then went to Monroe coun- ty, Indiana. There he engaged in farming until 1859, when, with teams and covered wagons, he removed his wife, children. household goods and stock to Nodaway county, Missouri, and settled on the farm where he now lives. The children of John and Elizabeth ( Motley ) Workman were : William, of Nodaway township; John, of Bates county, Missouri; David, of Noda- way county ; James H., the subject of this sketch: George, of Nodaway township; Francis, of Nodaway county, and Joseph Thomas, of Maryville. Their daughters who have died were: Nancy Oliphant, who died in Indiana and left two children,-Sa- rah Montague and Parthenia Griffin,-the latter having a home with her paternal grandfather, John Workman; Mrs. Mar- garet Burch, who died in this township and left three children : and Mrs. Celia Carmich- ael, who died in Union township and left ten children. ' more creditable than the building, judged by modern standards, yet they were well meaning and faithful and did much good in their day and generation. Mr. Workman's education, obtained under such disadvan- tages, was necessarily limited, but he has found it very useful and has added to it by practical experience and by reading and ob- servation until he is a very well informed man. He continued with his father until he was twenty-two years old and then took up the work of improving the farm on which lie now lives. It is located near a stream and presents the diversified features of bot- tom land and upland, timber land and prairie land, and it includes fields well adapted to raising grain of all kinds and blue grass and other pasture land : it is provided with good buildings and all necessary appliances for profitable operation, and is, altogether, a valuable property, of which Mr. Workman has reason to be proud when he remembers that he redeemed it from a state of nature. Besides raising and marketing, at top prices, about every kind of produce usually grown in this vicinity, he keeps a large number of horses, cattle and hogs and makes a marked success of that branch of his enterprise.
James H. Workman was only six years old when he was brought by his parents from Monroe county, Indiana, to the Work- man homestead in Nodaway county. There he was brought up to manhood, plowing and seeding and cultivating and harvesting and caring for stock. He seems to have been a born stockman, for he cannot remember when he did not like stock and enjoy attend- ing to it. This liking has been a source of
On the 6th of July, 1881, Mr. Workman was married to Miss Amelia Griffith by Rev. H. C. Bolen, a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church well known to the old fam- ilies of Nodaway county. Mrs. Workman's father, Washington H. Griffith, was a native of Bourbon county, Kentucky, who made a
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home in Missouri and there married Miss Bethlimite Kine. a native of North Caro- lina, who was reared in Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. Griffith had seven children : Amanda. Australia. Baxter, Bascom, George W .. Thomas J. and Warren M. Mrs. Griffith died when Mrs. Workman was a girl of fourteen, and Mr. Griffith survived until 1899. dying at the ripe okdl age of eighty-three. He was a farmer, a Methodist and a Democrat. Mr. and Mrs. Workman have two sons: Charles O., born June 16, 1885, and Eugene, born February 11, 1888. Mrs. Workman is a member of the Methodist church. Mr. Workman is a Democrat. influential in local politics and devoted to the principles of his party. He is public-spirited to an unusual degree and is no less useful as a citizen than successful as a man of affairs.
BALEY 11. KINDER.
Baley Il. Kinder, who owns two him- dred and twenty acres of valuable farm land in Atchison township, Nodaway county, is one of the most highly respected residents of that portion of the state. He is a public- spirited citizen, well informed on the topics of current interest and lends his active sup- port to all worthy objects having in view the development of his country.
Mr. Kinder was born in Wayne county, Kentucky, June 17, 1837. and is a son of James F. and Kittie .A. ( Hudgens ) Kinder. The father was of German descent, but was reared in Kentucky and resided in that state until after his marriage, when, with an os team, he traveled to Missouri. For three years he was a resident of Johnson county, being one of the first settlers in that portion of the state, locating there when wild ani- mals were numerous and the huntsman had
ample opportunity of indulging his love in the sport of the chase. Subsequently Mr. Kinder removed to the Platte purchase in Andrew county, where he remained until 1865, when he became a resident of Noda- way county, here spending his remaining days, his death occurring when he was sev- enty-two years of age. In his political affil- iations he was a Whig. His widow survived him until March 30, 1892, and she passed away at the ripe old age of eighty-thre. years. They were the parents of three chil- (Iren, as follows: Letitia, who married D). B. Ferguson, of Nodaway county; Talitha. the wife of Robert Patterson, of Holt coun- ty, Missouri; and Baley H., of this review.
Mr. Kinder, whose name introduces this record, came with his parents to Missouri in 1837, and his early life was a highly inter- esting one. When he was not herding cattle he spent his time hunting and fishing and in roaming through the woods or over the prairies. He acquired his education in the primitive schools of that day and by home reading. He was a very industrious and ambitious young lad, and at the age of six- teen he was placed in charge of a herd of sheep and cattle. He lived for a number of years with his brother-in-law, and in 1861 lie entered the Confederate army, under the command of Sterling Price, remaining with the southern troops until the war was ended. lle saw much hard fighting, being engaged in the battles of Blue Mills, Lexington, Hel ena, Cane Ilill, Little Rock, Pleasant Ilill. l'ea Ridge and Shreveport. After leaving the service he returned to his home and has has since resided in Nodaway county. Hav- ing not always enjoyed good health, he has spent much of his time in traveling over .\r- kansas, Kansas, the Indian Territory, Okla- homa and Texas. All his acreage is well
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improved and in excellent condition. It is devoted to general farming, and in his busi- ness affairs Mr. Kinder has prospered.
In 1868 he was united in marriage to Miss Isabelle Gray, a lady of intellect and good family, who was born July 31, 1848. in Noble county, Ohio, and is a daughter of James Gray. Her father was a well known citizen of that county. His birth occurred in Washington county, Pennsylvania, Jan- uary 11, 1819, and he married Rachel Ilaines, who was born in Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Gray were the parents of the following children : Mrs. Sarah J. Jolinson, Mrs. Isabelle Kinder, Mrs. Elizabeth A. Shanklin, Mrs. Louisa Shaw, John W., Mrs. Mary Patterson, David, Clark, Charles M., Mrs. Rachel Mor- rell, Mrs. Dora E. Snoderly and Mrs. Ida Pollock. Mrs. Gray died at the age of for- ty-one years, but Mr. Gray is still living, a member of the Methodist church. His grandparents, Robert and Aun Murdock, re- sided in Pennsylvania at the time of the Rev- olutionary war, and on horseback his grand- mother swam the Monongahela river with two of her children, one in her lap and one behind her, in order to get away from the Indians. She reached the block-house in safety and there aided in running bullets for the men who were engaged in protecting the fort.
Unto Mr. and Mrs. Kinder have been born seven children: Cora A., who was born November 30, 1868, and is the wife of D. Garrett; Emma L., who was born March 22, 1870, and is the wife of George McDer- mott ; James F., who was born December 2, 1871, and is now deceased; Kitty M., who was born August 3, 1877, and is the deceased wife of William Ross; an infant who was born December 3, 1881, and has also passed away; Mabel, born June 30,
1884; and Oakley E., born June 24, 1886. The living children are all residents of Atch- ison township, Nodaway county. There is but one grandchild, Everett N. Garrett, who is now four years of age. Mrs. Kinder is a member of the Christian church. In his political affiliations Mr. Kinder is a Demo- crat and is a very popular man in Atch- ison township.
STEPHEN H. KEMP.
In the business circles of Maryville Stephen H. Kemp occupies a position of prominence, being the cashier of the First National Bank. His father, Matthew Kemp, was a pioneer of Keokuk, lowa, removing to that state from Clayton, Adams county. Illinois. Ile spent the remainder of his days in Iowa, following the occupation of farm- ing up to the time of his death, which oc- curred in 1871. He was twice married, his second union being with Mrs. Rhoda ( Ham) Smith, and by their union were born the following named: Elizabeth, the wife of Harvey Miller, of Maryville; and Stephen H. Kemp, of this review. The children of the first marriage were David, who is living in Hancock county, Illinois; Samuel, of Hutch- inson, Kansas; and Mrs. Ella Carter, of Allegheny county, Pennsylvania.
Stephen Il. Kemp was born at Clayton, Illinois, on the 20th of June, 1860, but spent his' boyhood days on an Iowa farm. In the springtime he took his place in the fields and aided in the plowing. When crops were ripe he assisted in the harvest fields and thus his time passed through the summer months, while in the winter season he pursued' his ed- ucation in the public schools. His business experience aside from the farm was begun at Camp Point, Illinois, where he served as
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a salesman in the store of George W. Cyrus. Subsequently he accepted a clerkship for the firm of Pratt & Blood in the dry-goods busi- ness at Camp Point. remaining with that house until the year 1884. when he came to Nodaway county. He had a brother-in-law Living here and this induced him to seek a home in northwestern Missouri. He en- gaged in farming southwest of Maryville. entering into partnership with O. E. Ross. for his financial resources were limited, and this enabled him to gain the necessary ma- chinery and other equipments for the farm. Ilis labors, however, brought him some cap- ital and he purchased a team and eventu ally became the owner of a farm, for which he paid on the installment plan. He con- tinued his farming operations there for three years and then decided to abandon the business, locating in Maryville, where he was first employed in the bank store of Fred Hastings, acting as clerk there for a year. On the expiration of that period he was of- fered the position of bookkeeper in the First National Bank, and on the 1st of July, 1893. he was promoted as cashier of the institution. as successor to Horace Richmond, and early in 1894 became a member of the board of directors. He is a popular bank official and his efforts have contributed in no small de- gree to the prosperity of the institution. lle is very careful and reliable in the conduct of the busines intrusted to, him as cashier. and his safe, conservative policy has com- mended him to the confidence and good will of all with whom he is associated.
Mr. Kemp has been twice married. In Carthage, Illinois, on the 20 of September. 1882, he welded Miss Anna Ross, who died July 27, 1888. leaving a daughter. Jean. On Christmas day of 18go. he was again married, his second union Icing with Lillian.
a daughter of George R. Epperson, of Gra- ham, Missouri. Five children grace this union, namely: Larue, George, Hene. Greta and Joseph. In his political views Mr. Kemp is a Republican and has served for one term in the city council of Maryville. but has never been an aspirant for public office, his business affairs claiming his entire attention.
EDWARD IL. WIRITE.
This gentleman, largely interested in and identified with several branches of business. is considered the leading business man of Atchison county. A prominent merchant. lanker, farmer and stock raiser, he has he- come known throughout the county as a man of great keenness of perception and business ability. He was born in Henry county, Illinois, October 22, 1848, a son of Abraham and Martha ( Hubbard ) White.
Isaac White, the grandfather of our sub- ject, was a native of New York. He mar- ried a lady of the same state and it was there they passed all of their lives. They were the parents of the following children, namely : William: Ellen : Eunice, first mar- ried to Mr. Rogers and later to a Mr. Bak]- win : Abraham C., the father of our subject : Egbert and Isaac B. They were attendants of the Methodist church. Abraham White. cur subject's father, remained in New York until 1840, when he voted for William Hlen- ry Harrison. He then moved west, locating in Henry county, Ilinois, where he bought a farm, which he successfully conducted. While the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad was being constructed he furnished some timber and did some teaming for the company. In 1860 he made some prospect- ing trips west and bought some land in
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southern Missouri. In 1868 he bought some land in Atchison county, and while he did not move to this state for a number of years he made many trips back and forth and spent considerable time in Missouri looking after his property. After his wife's death, Mr. White sold the old homestead and made Atchison county his permanent home. He bought large tracts of land and at one time owned sixteen hundred acres. Mr. White did not lend his money but always made good, careful investments and' became a very suc- cessful farmer and stock-raiser. He helped organize banks at Tarkio, Westboro and the Farmers' Bank at Fairfax. and was a large stockholder in all of them. In his de- clining years Mr. White was a great traveler, visiting the Paris Exposition in 1878, Mexico and other southern places on his return from Paris, and in 1894 made a trip to California, where he invested in a large tract of land. He spent the remainder of his winters in that state, and later visited the Sandwich Islands, including Honolulu. He died in California, April 15, 1898. Politically he was a Re- publican, but never sought political prefer- ment.
Mr. White married Martha Hubbard, a daughter of Judathan Hubbard, a descend- ant of an honored and old New England family and residents of Connecticut for many years. Mr. Hubbard was a tanner by trade, and in 1838 went to Illinois, where he bought land and became a prosperous farmer. He died in that state, in December, 1860, and his wife later moved to Missouri, where she lived up to the time of her death, which occurred in May, 1880. They were members of the Congregational church. Their children were Martha, the mother of our subject ; and Harriet, who died at the age of nineteen years. Mr. and Mrs. . 1. C. 33
White had two children: E. H., the subject of this sketch; and James R., a farmer of lowa and Missouri, who spends a great deal of time in California.
Edward II. White, whose name heads this sketch, received his education in the public schools and the high school of Ke- wanee, Illinois. In the year 1869 he moved tc Missouri, and after taking an interest in his father's business engaged in farming and stock-raising. In 1872 he married, but continued in business with his father until 1883, when he received his share and began business for himself. He owns over a sec- tion of land. all of which is in a high state of cultivation. The house, barns and out- buildings are large, with all modern conven- iences, and his farm is one of the finest in the state. He became interested in a creamery at Tarkio, of which he was a large stock- holder and succeeded in establishing it on his own farm. It is conducted by himself and son-in-law, R. L. Dills. They milk as many as seventy head of cows, and, with the milk bought from other farmers, carry on a large and lucrative business. In 1884 Mr. White helped organize the Farmers' Bank of Fair- fax, in which he is a large stockholder and of which he is the vice-president. They started with a capital of fifteen thousand dol- lars, but have since increased it to twenty- five thousand dollars. They have undivided profits of twenty thousand dollars and the bank is considered one of the most solid institutions in the county. In 1897 Mr. White bought a large brick block and started a store of general merchandise, 111- der the firm name of Hayes, Rhoades & White. In 1899 the firm name read Rhoades & White. and now Mr. White is the sole owner. He carries a large stock of general merchandise and the store is well
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