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Dan Bolton was educated in the country and city schools. When he was a young boy he showed decided mechanical taste. He tinkered with the simple pieces of machinery on his father's farm, taking great delight in pulling the machinery all apart and putting it together again. It was an inevitable consequence that he should desire to follow the business that would call into play the natural abilities which he pos- sessed. He, therefore, learned the trade of machinist and also plumbing. He traveled about the country for a time, working at both branches of his trade. Then for some years he was employed by different railroads as machinist. gaining thereby considerable experience. IIe worked in this way for the Santa Fe Railroad, the Colorado & Southern Railroad, the Colorado & Wyoming Railroad, Rock Island Railroad and the Chicago & Alton Railroad. Then for three years he was employed by the Missouri Pacific Railroad, working in their shops at Joplin, Mis- souri. During the last year of his connection with this company he was foreman of their shops. In June, 1907, he came to Webb City and opened a plumbing business on East Daugherty street ; he stayed there for three years, when his increasing trade demanded other quarters. In 1910 he removed to his present location on West Daugherty street, and there he has built up a very fine business. He is thoroughly up to date in both his stock and his methods. He carries the newest stock that he can ob- tain and is always on the lookout for improvements in every particular. In September, 1910, Mr. Bolton decided to take a partner into his busi- ness and C. M. Stark was admitted into the firm. The company is now doing business under the title of the Bolton Plumbing Company and the new corporation has all the work it can well handle. Mr. Bolton is a member of the Master Plumbers Association and in 1910 was second vice president for the state of Missouri.
In September, 1897, Mr. Bolton was married to Margaret McCarty, a young Missouri girl. One child was born to this union. their daughter Lonise, whose birth occurred October 8, 1900. She is now attending the public schools in Webb City.
Mr. Bolton is a Mason, being a member of the Blue Lodge No. 89,
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Trinidad, Colorado, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. He is also a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and of the Woodmen of the World. His fraternal life means a great deal to Mr. Bolton and he attends the meetings of these different organizations when he can do so without neglecting his business or home duties. The people of Webb City trade with the Bolton Plumbing Company because they know they can always get the best work, but not only that, they receive the best of treatment.
GEORGE W. FUGITT .- Noteworthy for his good citizenship, and for the active service which he rendered his country as a brave soldier dur- ing the Civil war, George W. Fugitt, of Carthage, Jasper county, is eminently deserving of representation in a work of this character. A son of Benjamin Fugitt, he was born, April 8, 1844, in Pike county, Missouri, coming from honored ancestry, on the maternal side being of Revolutionary stock.
The fifth child in a large family of children, Benjamin Fugitt was born, in 1812, in Brown county, Missouri, where his parents settled in early pioneer days, going there from Virginia. He, too, belonged to a family noted for its patriotism, some of its members having fought in the Mexican war. He married Mary Rafferty, a native of Kentucky, being a daughter of Richard Rafferty, whose father, a native of Ireland, was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. Of their union six children were born, and of this number three sons served in the Civil war, Reuben, Thomas and George W. Reuben Fugitt, who served four years in the Sixty-sixth Missouri Volunteer Infantry, was severely wounded in battle. Thomas, now deceased, was a member of the same regiment.
George W. Fugitt received his elementary education in the schools of his native district, subsequently attending school for awhile in Jack- sonville, Illinois. In September, 1861, he enlisted in the Tenth Illi- nois Cavalry, under Captain T. V. Wilson, the regiment being first commanded by Colonel Barrett, and later by Colonel Wickersham. With his comrades he was first encamped at Camp Butler, Illinois, and after- wards at Bent Park, St. Louis. He first saw active service at Forsyth, Arkansas, and was afterwards in a skirmish in Jasper county, Missouri, not far from Sarcoxie. He was with his command in the engagements at Pea Ridge, Arkansas, Camden, Little Rock, and at Salina River, later going to New Orleans, thence up the Red River, and on to San Antonio, Texas. In 1866, after the close of the conflict. Mr. Fugitt was honorably discharged from the service at Springfield. Illinois. He is now num- bered among the more highly esteemed and respected citizens of Car- thage, Missouri, where, on South Maple street, he has a pleasant and at- tractive home. Mr. Fugitt belongs to Stanton Post, No. 16, G. A. R., of Carthage, being one of its most active and valued members, and is also a faithful member of the Presbyterian church.
Mr. Fugitt married, October 1, 1868, Eliza Haycraft, a native of Pike county, Illinois. Her father, Edward Haycraft, was born at Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, and as a young man immigrated to the United States, he married Sarah Mier, a native of New Jersey, and settled in Pike county, Illinois, where both he and his wife spent their remaining years, his death occurring in 1873, and hers in 1893. Into the house- hold of Mr. and Mrs. Fugitt the flolowing children have been born, namely : Stella, wife of H. G. Forkin, of Kansas City : Edward, engaged in the drug business at Webb City : Gertrude, an instructor in the Cen- tral School, Carthage; Oliver K., a teacher in Kansas City; R. W., one of the leading druggists of Springfield, Missouri ; Ina B., living at home ; George B., a druggist at Carl Junction. R. W. Fugitt, the second son
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of Mr. and Mrs. Fugitt, in common with his brothers and sisters, re- ceived excellent educational advantages when young, entered the Uni- versity of Missouri as a cadet, and served in the State Militia as an officer for three years, and was in service in the Philippines for two years.
HENRY C. SUTTON .- Among the highly respected representative business men of Webb City, Missouri, is Henry C. Sutton, retail grocer, 116 Daugherty street. Mr. Sutton is a Kentuckian by birth, but has been a resident of Missouri since 1873. He was born in Georgetown, Ken- tucky, March 1, 1848, son of Dr. William Sutton and Anna (Tibbs) Sutton, both natives of Virginia and of English ancestry. Dr. Sutton was one of the pioneer physicians and surgeons of Kentucky, where he died July 2, 1863. His widow survived him until 1893, dying at the age of eighty-four years.
Henry S. Sutton, the youngest of a large family of children, was sent to Georgetown College, a private institute, where he was a student up to the time he was thirteen years of age. Then he entered the retail drug store of his brother, John Sutton, at Midway, Kentucky, where he. learned the apothecary's trade, and for ten years he applied himself closely to the drug business. About this time the mining "fever" struck him, and he came to Missouri, arriving at Joplin in the spring of 1873, and at once engaged in mining. He followed mining success- fully until 1880. That year he engaged in the retail grocery business, which he has since continued, his first location being in Joplin, on Main street, between Third and Fourth streets, and he conducted a store at that place until September, 1906. In January of the following year he came to Webb City and bought the store of M. T. Creech. A year later he moved to his present location, 116 Daugherty street, where he is now doing a prosperous business, and ranks with the leading retail grocers of the city.
Mr. Sutton is a member of the Webb City Commercial Club and also retains membership in the Commercial Club at Joplin. Politically, he is a Democrat, though he has never been active in polities; fraternally, he is identified with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and his religious creed is that of the Presbyterian church.
November 28, 1876, at Baxter Springs, Missouri, Mr. Sutton married Miss Amanda Katherine Brown, a native of Pennsylvania and a daughter of Miles and Amanda Brown. Her father, now deceased, was one of the early settlers of Joplin. Her mother, now seventy-nine years of age, in a resident of Columbus, Kansas. Mr. and Mrs. Sutton have had six children, three of whom are deceased, namely: John, Guy and William. Those living are Carrol, Katie and Anna. Mr. Sutton and his family reside at 108 West John St.
FREDERICK E. BUTCHER .- In other articles appearing in this work frequent mention has been made of the astounding growth Jasper county has undergone during the past few years, and of the many successful innovations of every nature that have been established by the progres- sively-inclined citizens of this section. Not the least among these have been the great engineering projects that have been and are being put through, and all, or nearly all, of the contracts that have been let for these have been placed with the home contractors and engineers, one of the most prominent of whom is Frederick E. Buteher, of Carthage and Joplin. Mr. Butcher was born January 16, 1877, at Wapakoneta, Auglaize county, Ohio, and is a son of James and Florence Nightingale Hamilton) Butcher.
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The Butcher family in this country is traced back to Mr. Butcher's great-great-great-grandfather, James Butcher, a native of England who came to the American Colonies as a young man, accompanied by his brother, and settled in Virginia, where the brother met death soon there- after at the hands of the Indians. James located in Prince William county, and as far as is known spent the remainder of his life there. He reared one son, John, who was born in Prince William county but re- moved to Hampshire county, Virginia, where he engaged in the lumber business and there spent the remainder of his life. He married Sarah Connard, who was born May 22, 1750, and who, like himself, had been reared in the Quaker faith, and their children were also brought up in that belief. They had four sons and two daughters, and the sons con- tinued in the lumber business, having a sawmill on the Little Capon river. on which they rafted their lumber down to the Potomac and thence to the shipbuilding yards at Harpers Ferry, two cousins named Mathias being their head raftsmen. They were the first to raft spar timbers through the Potomac Rapids, and the day of the experiment was made notable by the great concourse of people who gathered on the banks to watch the trial. After sixteen years in this business the brothers moved to Ohio. James Butcher, the great-grandfather of Frederick E., was born in Hampshire county, Virginia, March 20, 1777, and on going to Ohio purchased timbered land in Licking county, after which he devoted his time to clearing and farming his land until 1849. In that year he sold out and moved further West to Montgomery county, Indiana, where he purchased a farm, and there resided until his death. He married Mary Caldwell, who was born March 15, 1778. and among their children was a son Nathan, who was born January 28. 1810, in Hampshire county, Virginia. Nathan Butcher was reared and educated in Licking county, Ohio, and like his father adopted farm- ing as his calling. and followed that occupation throughout his life, his death occurring November 7, 1843, when he was but thirty-three years of age. He married Elizabeth Sillin, who survived her husband many years and died in Auglaize county, Ohio, in 1885. They had four children, as follows: Marion, who is an extensive farmer and stock raiser of Henry county, Missouri; John, a former owner and operator of a large farm in Auglaize county, where he was also prominent in business affairs, and who died in March, 1910; Ellen, the wife of William H. Crawford. of Wapakoneta, where she now resides; and James.
James Butcher, father of Frederick E .. was born at Utica, Licking county, Ohio. May 9, 1839, and at the age of seventeen years left home and went on horseback to Auglaize county, where he entered the employ of John Gochenaur, a wealthy farmer who had come from Vir- ginia, in whose employ he continued as foreman for about two years. He then commenced his career as an independent farmer, renting land in Moulton township and being successful from the start. Practicing economy and industry. he was soon able to purchase eighty acres of land, from which he eleared the timber, building the log house in which Frederick E. was born. After clearing and cultivating his first pur- chase he bought other land and cleared it, and kept up this practice until he was the owner of three hundred and twenty acres, the greater part of which was under cultivation, while he had three sets of good buildings. He continued to reside on his farm and follow agricultural pursuits until 1909. when he removed to Wapakoneta, and he is now living in quiet retirement, in his modern house which is equipped with all modern improvements, enjoying the fruits of a well-spent life. Mr. Butcher married Miss Florence Nightingale Hamilton, who was born in
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Auglaize county, Ohio, daughter of David H. and Mary (Caldwell) Hamilton. Mr. Hamilton was one of a family of seven sons, five of whom served in the Union army during the Civil war, of whom three were killed in battle, while one son served in the Confederate army, and Mr. Butcher's grandfather himself would have probably gone to the front had he not been compelled to remain at home to care for his parents. Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Butcher, namely : Frederick E .: Gertrude, who is the wife of John T. Reagan, of Spen- cerville; J. Claude, who is engaged in the stone business at Lima, Ohio; Harry, who is in the employ of the Diamond Rubber Company, of Akron, Ohio; and Lutie, who lives at home with her parents.
Frederick E. Butcher received his early education in the public schools, supplementing this with attendance at Antioch College, Yel- low Springs, Ohio. Subsequently he took a course in civil engineering and philosophy at the Ohio State University, Columbus, graduating therefrom with the degree of Ph. B. in the class of 1901. He was then appointed to the fellowship of history in that institution, but soon re- signed to enter the employ of Kilbourne & Jacobs, the large Columbus manufacturers, and rose to the head of the foreign sales department. After being with that company for six years Mr. Butcher resigned his position and located in Joplin to engage in designing and building special mining construction work, a vocation which he has followed to the present time. Mr. Butcher has gained an enviable reputation in his chosen field, and although he has been engaged in this line but a comparatively short time he is already recognized as a man of com- prehensive knowledge of his subject and the ability to solve the most difficult problems in a satisfactory manner.
On January 18, 1905, Mr. Buteher was married to Miss Medora Schneider, who was born in Columbus, Ohio, daughter of John and Amelia (Yeakle) Schneider, the former born in Bucyrus county, Ohio, son of Rev. John Schneider. a native of Germany, who on coming to America settled in Ohio and became the founder of the German Metho- dist church. Mrs. Butcher's mother was born in Columbus, and her father, a native of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, fled from that country as a Revolutionist with Carl Sehurz in 1848, and on shipboard first met the lady who afterward became his wife. He engaged in business in Columbus, and there spent the remainder of his life, and Mrs. Butcher's parents still reside in that city. Mr. and Mrs. Butcher have had two children : Mary Elizabeth and Martha Hamilton. Mr. Butcher is a Democrat, but his business activities have demanded too much of his time and attention for him to think of entering public life at present. HIe and his wife are consistent members of the Presbyterian church, of which he is a trustee and superintendent of the Sunday-school, and fraternally he is connected with Humboldt Lodge of Columbus, F. & A. M., and Jasper Lodge No. 501, B. P. O. E.
JOEL THOMAS LIVINGSTON, vice president of Cunningham National Bank, Joplin, was born at Lawrence, Kansas, August 30, 1867. His father, Chancellor Livingston, was a native of the Empire state, but during his young manhood days had moved to the west to grow up with the then much talked of Sunflower state. Mr. Livingston was shot dur- ing the Quantrell raid at Lawrence, Kansas, but recovered. He moved to Joplin with his family, in 1876, and took a prominent part in the public affairs of the rapidly growing city, serving as a member of the city council from the first ward in 1885-6 and as mayor of the city in 1887-8. Chancellor Livingston died March 12, 1892.
Mary ( Lutes) Livingston was born at Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania, and
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was the daughter of a Methodist minister. Before her marriage to Chancellor Livingston, she was a teacher. She was a great lover of books and was an especially well informed woman. Mrs. Livingston died March 11, 1903.
Joel T. Livingston came with his parents to Joplin in 1876 and here grew up amidst the excitement and many changing vicissitudes of the young mining metropolis of the middle west. As a boy he saw Joplin as a red-hot mining camp; as a young man he saw it transformed front a mining town to an energetic wide-awake growing city.
Mr. Livingston was educated in the public schools of Joplin, at Drury College, Springfield, and at the Columbian, now the George Washington University, at Washington, D. C.
Mr. Livingston's boyhood days were spent much as other boys around the town-going to school in winter, and in the summer trying to earn something for pocket money and to help buy clothing and books for the school year. In summer he worked in a blacksmith shop, and during the winter months carried papers after school, having a route on the old Joplin Daily News and also handling the Kansas City and St. Louis papers. His young manhood days were spent in the school room as a teacher.
On returning from the University at Washington, Mr. Livingston was admitted to the bar, his license as an attorney dating June 24, 1896. At the spring election of 1897 he was elected city attorney of Joplin and was reelected in 1899. In September, 1902, a vacancy occurred in the office of county superintendent of schools and Governor Alex M. Dock- ery offered the appointment to Mr. Livingston, who accepted the office and returned to school work. On the completion of his term as county superintendent of schools he was elected a member of the Board of Edu- cation at Joplin, and was identified with the schools in an administra- tive capacity until July, 1906.
On August 20, 1906, Mr. Livingston was elected chairman of the Democratic County Central Committee and served in that capacity until 1908. In April, 1907, Mr. Livingston accepted a position in the bank of Joplin and when that institution nationalized as the Cunning- ham National Bank, in November of that year, he became one of the directors and vice president of that institution, in which capacity he still is serving.
Mr. Livingston descends from a long line of ancestors who have, as volunteer soldiers, responded to their country's call and did deeds of valor for the cause of freedom. His great-grandfather was a colonial volunteer in the French and Indian war and was with Wolfe at the capture of Quebec, and later, as a continental soldier, served with dis- tinction in the Revolutionary war. His grandfather took part in the War of 1812 and his father passed through the troublous scenes which were enacted in the building up of the state of Kansas, where he helped to organize the Second Kansas United States Volunteers and was elected a lieutenant in that organization.
It is but natural that the son should be a lover of military ma- noeuvres. As a member of the National Guard of Missouri, he served through the several grades from captain to colonel. He was elected captain of Company G, Second Infantry, N. G. M., in July, 1893, and was connected with the Guard, excepting the time he was away at Washington University, until 1907, completing his tour of duty with the state soldiery as an aid-de-camp on the military staff of Gov. A. M. Dockery. He also filled numerous positions in the Knights of Pythias, serving as brigadier general commanding the Missouri brigade, U. R. K. P., from October, 1903, to January, 1908.
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Mr. Livingston is a member of the Masonic and Pythian fraternities, and has filled the chair in both of these societies. He is also a member of the Woodmen, the Royal Arcanum and Brotherhood of American Yeomen.
Mr. Livingston was married June 4, 1901, to Miss Lenora Henley, who, like Mr. Livingston's mother, is a book lover and a woman of de- cidedly literary tastes. The friendship between Mr. and Mrs. Living- ston, which later ripened into love, grew up in the First Presbyterian church of Joplin, where each took a prominent part in the young peo- ple's societies of that great organization. Mrs. Livingston, like her husband, is a native of the Sunflower state, having been born at Galena, Kansas. September 16, 1880.
Mr. and Mrs. Livingston are blessed with two sturdy young sons- Joel Chancellor and Lee Shepherd Livingston.
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