A history of northeast Missouri, Vol. 2 pt 2, Part 40

Author: Williams, Walter, 1864- , ed
Publication date: 1913
Publisher: Chicago, New York, The Lewis publishing company
Number of Pages: 912

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of the best in the county. In 1855 he removed to another farm, four miles east of the village of Auxvasse, and this continued to be his place of abode during the residue of his active career. He was known in his day as one of the most progressive, energetic and extensive farmers and stock growers of Callaway county, where his landed estate comprised six hundred and forty acres. He made the best of improvements on his land and both his first and second homesteads were known as models of thrift and attractiveness, so that they gained admiring attention from all sides. Mr. Jameson was the owner of a considerable number of slaves prior to the Civil war and looked carefully and kindly to their needs, the while he profited duly from their services. He was one of the prominent and successful cattle and mule breeders of this section of the state and was a business man of great perspicacity and mature judg- ment. He was not self-centered, but was ever ready to give his influence and support to measures projected for the general good of the com- munity, and while he was eminently eligible for positions of public trust he invariably refused to become a candidate for office, in which connection he frequently stated that his brother John was sufficiently active in public affairs to give due prestige to the family name in such connection. Both he and his wife were zealous members of the Chris- tian church, and the latter was a charter member of the church of this denomination at Fulton, the county seat. Mr. Jameson's homestead farm lay contiguous to that of his son-in-law, Col. Jefferson Jones. During the early period of his residence in Missouri Mr. Jameson made two or three trading trips to old Mexico. On pack horses he transported to Mexico merchandise of varied order, making the journeys by way of the old Santa Fe trail, and bringing in livestock on his return trips. His wife preceded him to eternal rest by several years and the remains of both are interred in the family cemetery on the old home farm of his son-in-law, Col. Jefferson Jones. Concerning the children of Mr. and Mrs. Jameson brief record is given in the concluding paragraph of this review.

Sally became the wife of Col. Jefferson Jones, and both are buried in the family cemetery previously mentioned; Harriet Jaily was the wife of William Harrison, of McCredie, Callaway county; Tyre Harris Jameson died soon after his return from serving as a soldier of the Confederacy under General Price and was thirty-seven years of age at the time; he was a lawyer by profession and had gained prestige as one of the representative members of the Callaway county bar, with resi- dence in Fulton, his training having included a course in Westminster College, at that place, in which institution he was graduated, as was he also in the law school of Harvard University ; James Thomas served as a Confederate soldier during the war between the states, after which he located in Kentucky, where both he and his wife passed the residue of their lives; Samuel, Jr., was a soldier under General Price and died while in service in behalf of the Confederate cause; Minerva is the widow of Joseph Boyd and now resides in the home of her nephew, Tyre P. Harrison, of McCredie, concerning whom specific mention is made on other pages of this volume; Susan is the wife of John Ferrell, of Fulton ; and Mary is the wife of Dr. T. J. Boskett, of Fulton; Dr. Boskett's father, Judge James Boskett, who was a prominent farmer near Fulton, was an influential figure in public affairs in the county, where he served on the bench of the county court and where he was a member of the com- mission which located and erected the state hospital for the insane at Fulton.

PIERRE SOULEE QUINN, surveyor and civil engineer, prominent in public affairs in Columbia and Boone county, is, as are many other

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influential Missourians, of Scotch-Irish descent. In his ancestral line is found the name of the gifted poet, Thomas Moore. Mr. Quinn's grand- mother came to America from Scotland and his grandfather from Ire- land, locating in Virginia in 1780 and later making removal to the then new state of Kentucky. In the same county, that of Madison, in Ken- tucky, both parents of Mr. Quinn were born. His father, Thomas Walker Quinn, married Miss Zerelda Tomlinson and the young couple moved to Missouri in 1837, making their first home in Howard county. More than thirty years afterward, with the spirit of the pioneer characteristic of the family, Mr. Quinn moved to the new territory of Wyoming and subse- quently served a term as a member of the Wyoming legislature. While the family resided near Roanoke in Howard county, Missouri, P. S. Quinn was born June 19, 1853.

Mr. Quinn's life has been largely spent in Boone county, where he has served for a period of ten years as county surveyor. In political matters he is a Democrat, and he has ever been active and earnest in the support of the principles and policies of his party. His religious faith is that of the Baptist church, in which he has served for some time as deacon, and where he has liberally supported all movements of a religious and charitable nature. As a citizen, he takes a forceful and important part in the public affairs of Columbia and Boone county. Of high integrity and wide information, his influence has been potent for good on civic questions, and his life has been conspicuously useful in the community.

On May 4, 1881, Mr. Quinn was married to Miss Addie Dozier Turner, of Boone county, Missouri, daughter of Abraham and Nancy (O'Neal) Turner. To this union there have been born seven daughters and one son. A daughter, Cannie R., assisted largely and helpfully in the collection and preparation of material for the historical sections of the History of Northeast Missouri.

HENRY AUGUSTUS LIBBY. It has been the privilege of some to help to develop the country, to shape their surroundings according to their needs, and thus to assist in the growth and development of modern civilization. Those who act as pioneers are generally brave, uncom- plaining men, who have asked nothing better than a raw prairie to work upon, confident that their perseverance and enterprise will conquer the wilderness. Many of these have won honor and material success as a reward for their efforts, and in this connection it will not be inappropri- ate to briefly review the career of Henry Augustus Libby, who has developed a farm of two hundred acres from the Prairie land of Pike county. Mr. Libby has been a resident of Missouri for nearly half a century, and belongs to a family that has been represented here since 1840, and on both his father's and his mother's sides he is eligible for membership in the Sons of the American Revolution.

About a century before the first of the name emigrated to America, various men named Libby or Libbye were living in different parts of Cornwall, England, while in Devon the name Lybb or Libbe is traced back as far as 1371. The first Libby to come to America was one, John Libby, who sailed from Plymouth, England, on the Hercules, Chapples master, ship's letters dated November 30, 1636, and arrived at Rich- mond's Island, off Cape Elizabeth, February 13. A few years later he sent for his wife and young son, and lived some forty years in Scar- boro. The great-great-grandson of this progenitor, Daniel Libby, was born in Falmouth, Maine, in 1742, and married Sarah Doughty, also of that place. He was a large property owner, was a consistent church member, was prominent in the civic and military life of his community,

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and died advanced in years and respected by all who knew him. A descendant of this Daniel Libby, John Libby, the great-uncle of Henry Augustus Libby, was a preacher in Maine, from which state he came to Missouri in 1840. He married a Miss Williams, who had come from Vir- ginia with her parents in 1835, and they had three children: Charles, Melvin, and a daughter who died young.

Joseph C. Libby, the father of Henry Augustus, was born in York county, Maine, and was there married to Abbie Jane Ripley, of Saco, Maine, a descendant on both her father's and mother's (Lane) sides of Revolutionary ancestors. Mr. Libby was engaged in a general mer- chandise business in his native. place until 1853, in which year he left for St. Louis, Missouri, with his wife, the children being left in the East. In St. Louis he opened a general store, which he conducted up to the outbreak of the Civil war, at which time he became forage inspector for the government and continued as such until the close of hostilities. He subsequently became city weigher of St. Louis, but in 1873 removed to Macoupin county, Illinois. He and his wife had a family of six children, as follows : Henry Augustus; Clara, the wife of Joseph Boyer, of Detroit; Joseph, who has been twice married and lives in St. Augustine, Florida ; Wallace, a resident of Vandalia, Missouri; Anna Belle, who married Robert Thompson, and has three children,-Quitman, Clara and Abbie; and William, who makes his home at Pine Bluff, Missouri. Joseph C. Libby was a Democrat until the nomination of William McKinley for president, and from that time on voted the Republican ticket. He took a great deal of interest in fraternal work, and was a valued member of the Masonic blue lodge in St. Louis.

Henry Augustus Libby was born in York county, Maine, January . 29, 1852, and there received his education in the public schools. During the next year his parents removed to Missouri, and he went to live with his grandparents, Abner and Clara Elmira Libby, with whom he con- tinued to reside until 1865. In that year he came to Missouri alone, and there became an orderly, although he was still but a lad, and continued to work for the government for seven years. During his connection with the United States he was thrown in contact with and personally knew Gen. U. S. Grant, W. T. Sherman and Generals Harney, Sheridan and Thomas and he also knew Price, Marmaduke and Jeff Davis of the Confederacy. He was well acquainted with Frank Brownell, who killed Jackson who killed Ellsworth, which was the first legal bloodshed of the war between the states, 1861. Mr. Libby resided at the home of his parents until 1873, when they moved to Macoupin county, Illinois, and he continued to reside in St. Louis for two more years. He then moved to Pike county, right on the Audrain county line, but in 1878 came to his present location, which he leased for five years. At the end of this period he purchased 200 acres of prairie land for $16.25 per acre, and that he has succeeded in accumulating a handsome and valuable prop- erty is shown by the fact that he recently refused $20,000 for his land. General farming has occupied the greater part of his attention, but he has also had some success in the breeding of mules. He has made every improvement on the land himself, and has ample reason to take a pardon- able degree of pride in what he has accomplished. In politics, Mr. Libby is a Republican, and has served as deputy sheriff of Pike county for two years. Fraternally, he is connected with the Modern Woodmen of America, and with his family he attends the Congregational church. Mr. Libby is known as a good farmer and a public-spirited citizen, and as such has the full respect and esteem of a wide circle of acquaintances and appreciative friends. He was one of the first ball players that went from St. Louis in a team to play ball in 1869. The Atlantics went to

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New Orleans and James Stensin of the Missouri Democrat, now Globe Democrat, was manager of the team. Mr. Libby has taken an interest in the national game from its infancy to the present time.

In August, 1879, in Ralls county, Missouri, Mr. Libby was united in marriage with Miss Mary G. Lamberth, who was born December 14, 1861, the daughter of James and Mary (Irvine) Lamberth. Of their children, nine are living, namely: James A., residing at the home of his parents; Florence, who became the wife of Perry Wheeler and lives in Vandalia, Missouri, having three children; Grace, who became the wife of Ivan Woodson, living near Mr. Libby's home; and Della, Lena, William McKinley, Mark Hanna, Pearl and Minnie, all living at home.

J. W. BROWN. The great advance in agricultural methods during the past several decades, has been brought about through the growing realization of the fact that agriculture is well adapted to build up true American citizenship, not only awakening interest and giving pur- pose, but teaching industry and self-reliance. No other human occupa- tion opens so wide a field for the profitable and agreeable combination of labor with cultivated thought, and the art of obtaining the most com- fortable livelihood from the smallest area of soil is one which has not been confined to the attention of farmers, but has also enlisted the inter- est and activities of scientists the world over. Science is revolutionizing farming as it has revolutionized every other ·modern business, and the agrienlturist who would keep abreast of the times and realize the full measure of success from his land, must be on the alert for new methods, new ideas and new machinery. Among the progressive agriculturists of Northeastern Missouri, one who has shown himself ready to adopt innova- tions which have been shown beneficial, is J. W. Brown, of Randolph county. Mr. Brown is a native of Randolph county, having been born on the farm which he is now operating, October 28, 1851, a son of B. C. and Rachel (Weldon) Brown. His parents, who were also born here, spent their entire lives within the confines of the state, where both died. They were the parents of seven children, as follows: J. W .; S. B., also living in Randolph county; Milla K., wife of James Garvis, of Ran- dolph county ; and Janara, who married Thomas Syokes, of Randolph county, and three children who are deceased.

J. W. Brown remained at home, receiving his education in the district schools and assisting his father in the work on the home farm until he was twenty-one years of age, at which time he started farming in part- nership with his father. He thus became thoroughly acquainted with soil and climatic conditions in this section, and at the time of his father's death, in 1884 purchased the home property from the other heirs. Leav- ing the old home place of 327 acres, 1 mile and a quarter from Jackson- ville, east, he bought 226 acres, joining the incorporation of Jacksonville, and there he lives at present. He now owns in all 553 acres, all in a high state of cultivation, and has made numerous improvements, including the erection of buildings and the installing of new machinery and appliances. He has carried on modern intensive farming along scien- tific lines, and engaged in stock and hog raising, and is generally recog- nized as a successful farmer and excellent judge of thoroughbred live. stock.

In 1898 Mr. Brown was united in marriage with Miss Olive Moore White, who was born in Kentucky, daughter of D. V. and Sarah A (Arvin) White. natives of Kentucky who came to Missouri in 1881 and died here. They had a family of seven children, all of whom survive. Mr. and Mrs. Brown have had three children, namely : John White, born March 12, 1902, who died in 1904; Emma Jane; and the twin of Emma

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Jane who died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Brown are members of the Christian church, which they attend at Jacksonville. Mr. Brown has been a member of the Masonic fraternity for some years, and in his polit- ical views is a Democrat, although he has never sought public office. An exemplary citizen, he has the unqualified respect and esteem of his fellow men, while his progressive ideas and methods give him a place among Randolph county's representative agriculturists.

CHARLES E. MARTIN. Not only is Mr. Martin one of the representa- tive agriculturists of Callaway county, where he owns a fine landed estate, but he is also a successful merchant, conducting a well equipped general store in the village of Williamsburg. He has been a resident of Callaway county from the time of his nativity and is a scion of one of the old and honored families of this section of the state. He is a man of marked energy and progressiveness, loyal and public-spirited as a citizen, and the unqualified esteem in which he is held indicates the sterling attributes of his character.

Charles Ernest Martin was born on the old Martin homestead farm in Nine Mile township, about two miles southeast of Williamsburg, Calla- way county, and the date of his nativity was October 19, 1871. He is a son of James W. and Martha (Everhart) Martin, who still reside on the homestead mentioned and who are numbered among the honored citizens of the county, within whose gracious borders both have lived from the time of their birth. James William Martin was born on the farm which is his present place of abode, and the date of his birth was May 31, 1832, his wife having been born on a farm just east of Williamsburg, on the 8th of February, 1838, and being a daughter of Joseph Everhart, one of the earl settlers of Callaway county. James W. Martin has always resided on the old homestead and has long been known as one of the leading representatives of the agricultural and live-stock industries in the county of his birth. He has carried on farming operations on an extensive scale, is one of the substantial capitalists of Callaway county and for many years has given considerable attention to the extending of financial loans on approved real-estate security. He is a member of the directorate of the Union Savings Bank at Montgomery City, Mont- gomery county.

James W. Martin is a son of John P. Martin, who was born and reared in the state of Kentucky and who came to Missouri in 1817. He became one of the early settlers of Callaway county and his old home- stead farm is that now owned and occupied by his son James W., the area of the farm being four hundred acres. John P. Martin returned to Kentucky after securing this tract of government land and he estab- lished his permanent home on the farm in 1819. He was a prominent figure in connection with the development of Callaway county and was a man whose high character gained and retained to him the unqualified esteem of his fellow men. His wife, whose maiden name was Sallie Hatcher, was likewise a native of Kentucky and she attained to not a little celebrity in the pioneer days by reason of having invented a flax- breaker, the device being largely used through this section. John and Sallie (Hatcher) Martin became the parents of three children,-Polly Ann, who was the second white child born in Callaway county; James William, father of him whose name initiates this review ; and Permelia, James W. and Martha (Everhart) Martin became the parents of eleven children, whose names are here entered in respective order of birth : Sallie Ann, Henry D., William P., John C., Joseph B., Susan A., Charles E., Mary C., Jennie B., Rose May, and Thomas C. Sallie Ann died at the age of three years; Susan A. is the wife of George Crane; Mary C.

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died in 1889; Jennie B. is the wife of Albert Y. Harrison; and Rose May died in 1901.

Charles E. Martin was reared to the sturdy discipline of the farni and has never severed his allegiance to the great basic art of agriculture. His educational advantages were those afforded in the public schools and he continued to be associated with the work and management of his father's farm until he was thirty years of age, when he initiated inde- pendent operations along the same line of enterprise. He is the owner of a fine farm of three hundred and twelve acres, situated about a mile east of Williamsburg, and upon the farm he continued to maintain his residence until December, 1905, when he removed to the village of Williamsburg, where he has since conducted a prosperous general mer- chandise business. In the year last mentioned he erected his substantial store building, which is sixty-four by forty-four feet in dimensions, and through fair and honorable dealings and effective service he has built up a large and lucrative business. Mr. Martin is a staunch adherent of the Democratic party and is liberal and public-spirited, though never a seeker of political office of any order. He holds membership in the Mutual Protective League, and both he and his wife are carnest and active members of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, in which he is serving as trustee of the church at Williamsburg.

On the 21st of January, 1903, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Martin to Miss Mary Lee Hobson, who was born on her father's farm, near Williamsburg, on the 25th of September, 1871, and who is a daugh- ter of Thomas R. and Elifiabeth M. (Jones) Hobson. Mr. and Mrs. Mar- tin have three children,-William T., Pamelia, and Albert E.

ARMIN F. ORTHWEIN. The family whom Armin F. Orthwein, of Louisiana, represents, is a conspicuous one in the commercial and business world of St. Louis, where its distinguished founder, Charles F. Orthwein, passed his life and achieved his success. Charles D. Orthwein was the father of Armin F. and was born near Stuttgart, Germany, in 1839, where he lived until sixteen years of age, and as a youth without capital he began his ascent of the commercial ladder as an employee in a grocery store and later as clerk with a grain and elevator firm in St. Louis. Later he was an employee of Haenschen and subsequently engaged in business with Mr. Haenschen, as junior member of the firm. From 1862 to 1870 this firm was doing an active grain and commission business, but in 1870 the firm of Orthwein and Mersman was formed, and in 1879 his brother, W. D. Orthwein replaced Mr. Mersman, and the new firm of C. E. and W. D. Orthwein became one of the strongest grain dealers and export concerns of St. Louis. In 1893 Mr. Orthwein's sons entered the business with him, and he passed the few remaining years of his active life, as the head of C. F. Orthwein & Sons, with offices in the Laclede building.

His export trade was the chief feature of his vast interests as a grain man. He established correspondents throughout the principal points of Europe and nursed this business by annually visiting his houses and strengthening his hold upon their confidence.

Mr. Orthwein, Sr., entered actively into the transportation business in St. Louis, during the later years of his life, and purchased several of the many independent lines of street railways, which he consolidated into one integral and economic management and originated the scheme for the formation of the United Railways, which company now controls the street railway franchise of the city. Death claimed Mr. Orthwein before his plans were completed but his sons were a great factor in bringing about this desirable and meritorious merger of transportation interests.

Chas. F. Orthwein married Miss Caroline Nulsen, a daughter of

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John E. Nulsen of the Missouri Malleable Iron Works, whose lineage traced directly back to the German courts. Mr. Orthwein died Decem- ber 23, 1897, leaving a widow and nine children,-Wm. J. of St. Moritz, Switzerland, where they are residing due to the ill health of Mrs. Orth- wein ; Charles C. of Kansas City, who is now senior member of the book firm of Orthwein-Machett; Max R. of St. Louis; Fannie, who married W. S. T. Smith of Kansas City ; Ralph H. of St. Louis; Ruth, now Mrs. Arthur Feuerbacher of St. Louis, and Armin F. of Louisiana, Missouri. Mrs. Orthwein passed away eleven years after the death of her husband.

Armin F. Orthwein was born in St. Louis, June 15, 1883, and was educated in Smith Academy. He had acquired very little business train- ing, however, beyond that derived from his connection with his father's estate, when he began his business career. Owning some stock in the Bank of Louisiana, he took a clerical position with that institution, where he remained for five years. Later he entered the automobile business and built a garage, but the estate demanded his attention, so he disposed of the garage business a year later.

In September, 1902, Mr. Orthwein was married to Miss Jessie Noble Tinsley, daughter of Wm. Nelson Tinsley, manager of a St. Louis tobacco concern. Mr. and Mrs. Orthwein are now living with their two daugh- ters, Francis Louise, eight years old and Marjorie, six years old, in the Orthwein home in Louisiana, which was erected on a plot of a few acres facing Georgia street. This is a handsome brick residence with wide lawns, ornamental fence, curb and lawn decorations and with a miniature country plot in the rear for dairy and horticultural efforts for the household.

In his fraternal relations Mr. Orthwein is a member of the Masonic blue lodge and of the Elks.

DR. WILLIAM T. BELL is a practicing physician at Stoutsville and a son of the late Judge James W. Bell, of Monroe city, whose family person- nel has been one of much professional and industrial prominence in Ralls and Monroe counties, since the Civil war period.

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A history of northeast Missouri, Vol. 2 pt 2, Part 40

Author: Williams, Walter, 1864- , ed Publication date: 1913 Publisher: Chicago, New York, The Lewis publishing company Number of Pages: 912

Author: Williams, Walter, 1864- , ed
Publication date: 1913
Publisher: Chicago, New York, The Lewis publishing company
Number of Pages: 912