A history of northwest Missouri, Volume III, Part 42

Author: Williams, Walter, 1864-1935 editor
Publication date: 1915
Publisher: Chicago, The Lewis publishing company
Number of Pages: 912

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Albert J. Loucks married Ethel Gibson, daughter of Theodore and Nancy J. (Hanks) Gibson, a family that has been identified with Holt County since the period of early settlement. Mr. and Mrs. Loucks have the following children: Edna, Franklin and Iris, all of whom were born in Holt County. Mr. Loucks several years ago bought his present farm, and it was already improved and equipped with buildings, but he has since modernized the entire place, and among other improvements has introduced a system of waterworks to supply the house and grounds with running water. Mr. Loucks is the owner of 160 acres of land, all of it cultivated, and he has made considerable success as a raiser of Red Duroc hogs and Shorthorn cattle. His wife is a member of the United Brethren Church. Mr. Loucks has served as justice of the peace and at the present time is a member of the school board.

JOSEPH HENRY. Liberal ideas, self-acquired independence, ambi- tions expressed in promoting agriculture, education and simplicity of living, as well as unquestioned public and private integrity, constitute the fundamentals upon which rest the enviable reputation of Joseph Henry, one of the substantial farmers and representative citizens of Clay Township. Mr. Henry is one of those who have been the architects of their own fortunes, for he entered upon his career as a renter and sub- sequently took up undeveloped land, which he has brought to a high state of cultivation through the labor of his own hands. He was born in Howard County, Indiana, March 10, 1855, and is a son of George and Maria (Gouldsberry) Henry.

The parents of Mr. Henry were natives of Ohio, where they were married, and shortly thereafter removed to the Hoosier State, where their children were born. In 1863 they again turned their faces toward

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the West, making their way to Missouri, where they located on the old Alexander farm of 100 acres, about one mile southwest of the court- house at Oregon. This tract was largely covered with timber, and the only improvement in the way of buildings was a small frame house, which is still to be seen standing on the property, one of the landmarks of the locality. The father did not live long to carry on operations on the new home, as he passed away in 1864, but the mother and children continued to reside there, and in some manner managed to keep her little family together. She survived her husband many years, and died in 1889, when eighty-seven years of age. There were eight children in the family, of whom but three now survive.

Joseph Henry was but eight years of age when he came to Missouri with his parents, and was nine years old when his father died. He secured his education in the district schools of the locality, but this was necessarily somewhat limited, as a large part of his time was expected to be devoted to work in assisting in the support of the family. How- ever, he made the most of his opportunities, and acquired a good, prac- tical training, which has since been supplemented by observation and reading, so that today he is well informed on important subjects. When he was ready to establish a home of his own, Mr. Henry was married to Miss Eliza A. Huiatt, daughter of Daniel Huiatt, and for the six years that followed rented his father-in-law's farm. Working faith- fully and perseveringly during this period, he was successful in accumu- lating enough means to purchase, in 1887, his present farm of eighty acres, to which he has since added an additional eighty to the north. When he located on this land it was destitute of improvements, but under his skilled and energetic management the property has grown and developed into one of the handsome country places of Clay Town- ship. He has devoted his attention chiefly to general farming, in which he has met with a satisfying measure of success, and his ability as a business man is evidenced by the profitable transactions which he carries on in the markets. His implements and general improvements have been selected with rare discretion, and suggest the man who is willing to profit by the experience of others, rather than one who recklessly bows to the novelty of invention.

Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Henry, all in Clay Township, where they have been educated : Mattie, Pansy and Pearl, twins, and Homer.

JOHN LONG. Holt County has no better-developed or more attractive agricultural property than that known as Pine Hill Farm, a tract of 320 acres lying in Clay Township. This tract has been developed under the supervision and capable management of John Long, who has spent nearly the entire period of his active career in developing its resources, and who is known as a thoroughly progressive and up-to-date agricul- turist. Mr. Long was born March 12, 1867, in Franklin County, Pennsyl- vania, and is a son of Adam and Mary Ellen (Bradley) Long.

Adam Long went to Iowa prior to the Civil war, and during the period of that struggle served in the capacity of postmaster at Bedford. He then returned to Pennsylvania for a time, but in 1871 came to Holt County, Missouri, and here purchased an improved farm of sixty acres, for which he paid $40 per acre. Subsequently, after some years, he dis- posed of this property and moved to Russell County, Kansas, and there continued to reside until his death in 1890. Mr. Long'was a democrat in his political views, and always took an active interest in the success of his party. He held various offices within the gift of the people and at one time was mayor of the town in which his last years were

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spent. While it is not remembered that he was a man of any professed religious faith, it is known that he was a firm believer in Christianity and that he was a generous supporter of movements making for morality, education and good citizenship. Mrs. Long died in 1909, the mother of nine children, of whom two are now deceased.

John Long received his education in the country schools and was brought up as a farmer's son, so that when he started upon his own career he chose the pursuits of the soil as his life's vocation. He was married in 1890 to Miss Capitola Artt, daughter of James Artt, and at that time settled on his present property, at that time a farm of 160 acres, which had been purchased by Mr. Artt from the original settler, one Hitchcock. To the original property Mr. Long has added from time to time, until he is now the owner of 400 acres, all under a good state of cultivation, and fully equipped with substantial buildings of Mr. Long's own erection. Because of the beautiful hills and groves of pine trees in this vicinity, Mr. Long has named this Pine Hill Farm, and the district school here has taken its name from this property. Mr. Long has devoted his energies to general farming, and has also been a successful breeder of livestock. He is an excellent agriculturist, and in business circles has won the reputation of being a man of strict integrity and honorable dealing.

In politics a democrat, Mr. Long has taken some active part in local affairs, and at the present time is serving capably as a member of the school board. His fraternal connection is with the Knights of Pythias. While not a member of any religious denomination, he has done his full share in supporting movements of the church. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Long: Helen and Lorene.

BERT E. PATTERSON. The most satisfying rewards of rural experience have compensated the untiring labors and well-directed efforts of Bert E. Patterson, who is known as one of Holt County's progressive and enterprising farmers, and the owner of 200 acres of well developed land. A resident of his present property since 1890, it has grown and developed under his management, and while he has been an extremely busy man with his private interests, he has still found the time and inclination to devote to community affairs, having thus gained the deserved reputa- tion of being a public-spirited, stirring and helpful citizen.

Mr. Patterson was born on a farm located east of Oregon, Andrew County, Missouri, December 16, 1875, and is a son of George T. and Lizzie (Brady) Patterson. Henry Patterson, the grandfather of Bert E. Patterson, was born in Ireland, and as a young man emigrated to the United States. After a short time passed in the East, he turned his face Missouriward, and became one of the first thirteen citizens to settle in this part of Northwest Missouri. He was a rugged, sturdy and ener- getic pioneer, capable of bearing his share of work in the wild, rough days of the frontier, and through a life of industry was able to accumu -. late a competency. He ontlived all of those who had accompanied him to Andrew County, and died at the ripe old age of eighty-three years. Mr. Patterson married Miss Canada Cobb, and among their children was George T. Patterson, who was born at Savannah, Andrew County, Missouri, July 6, 1848. He grew to manhood in his native community, and when he embarked upon his own career adopted the vocation of his father and became a farmer. For some years he was the owner of a property in Andrew County, east of Oregon, but in 1890 moved to Holt County, and here rounded out his long and industrious career. He was a skilled agriculturist, and as a citizen was held in the highest esteem in his community.

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Bert E. Patterson was educated in the district schools of his native locality, and was reared to agricultural pursuits, which he adopted as his life work when he entered upon his own career. He was about twenty- two years of age when he came to his present property in Holt County, to which he has added from time to time until at present he is the owner of 200 acres of land, the greater part of which is under cultivation and very productive. He has a fine set of buildings, uses modern machinery in his work, and is daily demonstrating his right to be known as a member of that class of farmers who maintain a high agricultural standard in any community. While general farming has received the greater part of his attention, he is also an excellent judge of cattle, and his yearly shipments are large. Mr. Patterson has been somewhat inter- ested in fraternal matters, being a member of the Woodmen of the World and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in the lodges of both of which orders he has numerous friends. With his family, he attends the United Brethren Church and heartily and generously supports its various movements. In political matters he is, like his father, a demo- crat, and has shown his ability as an official in the capacity of member of the school board, an office which he has held for a number of years.

Mr. Patterson married Miss Grace Limpp, daughter of John G. Limpp, and to this union there has been born one daughter : Marie.

H. A. ARMACK. Material prosperity has long been in the possession of H. A. Armack, whose home is a fine farm near Mound City. Mr. Armack has earned all that he has ever acquired. At the time of his marriage he possessed nothing more than courage and determination to give a good account of himself, and had many years of hard work before getting a foundation under his feet. He now owns what may be con- sidered a competence, in a first-class farm, improved with good dwelling house and barn, and the well cultivated fields, the well kept stock, all indicate thrifty and efficient character of the proprietor.

H. A. Armack was born in Butler County, Ohio, on August 24, 1857, a' son of August and Agnes (Holle) Armack. His parents were mar- ried in the State of Ohio, and their family comprised eleven children, two of whom are now deceased. From Ohio the family moved to Welch County, Indiana, and a number of years later made the journey by covered wagon across the states of Illinois and Missouri to the north- western section of this state, first settling at Nichols Grove. August Armack, though providing fairly well for his family, was a man of modest circumstances, and spent his years in Northwest Missouri as a renter. He died about ten years ago.

Mr. H. A. Armack got his early education in the Indiana public schools and also attended school for a time after coming to Missouri. He was about fourteen years of age when he arrived in Northwest Missouri. In 1884, in Bolt County, Mr. Armack married Alice Blair, daughter of Uriah and Evaline (Mackey) Blair. Her father died in 1907. Mrs. Armack was one of a family of seven brothers and sisters, of whom two are deceased. Her mother is now living at Mound City. Mr. Armack and wife are the parents of three children: Arthur, who died in infancy; Alfred, who was born March 17, 1886, and married Ida Clark, daughter of Worth Clark of Holt County; and Prudie, born in October, 1887, a graduate of the Mound City High School, and a successful and popular teacher for four years until her marriage to Frank Fleming, daughter of James and Margaret Fleming. There is one grandchild, Durbin Fleming.

Mr. Armack on coming to Northwest Missouri spent several years as a shoemaker, but finally drifted into farming, and after his mar-

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riage spent about eight or ten years as a renter before getting his present estate. He and his wife had only a team and a cow after their marriage, and worked hard to get the nucleus which they invested in their present place of eighty acres. At that time there were no improve- ments but a fence, and Mr. Armack has since placed good buildings, has cultivated the fields without impoverishing the soil, and is now in a position where he can take farm life somewhat leisurely, having a hired hand to do much of the labor. As to his relations with the community, Mr. Armack is a member of the Evangelical Church in which his father served as a trustee. He has himself served for a number of years as a director of the school board. Mr. Armack is affiliated with the Modern Woodmen of America.

Mrs. Armack represents one of the oldest families in Northwest Mis- souri. Her grandfather, John Blair, is usually credited as being the first white settler in Holt County. He came in 1839, and settled on a farm that is now owned by Jim Collins. . When the gold discoveries on the Pacific Coast started the California exodus of 1849, he joined in the rush for the fields, and died while on the journey across the plains. Mrs. Armack's father was also a California forty-niner, but returned to Holt County, and lived on a farm here until his removal to Kansas in 1885. Mrs. Armack's father was married in Pike County, Missouri. She and her brothers and sisters were all born in Holt County, and she is now the only one of her generation left in this section. Her father was a member of the Christian Church and one time served as school director.

W. M. GIBSON. A family that has been identified with Holt County since pioneer times is represented by W. M. Gibson, whose own career has been worked out in this county, and who is one of the substantial farmers and young men of influence who are carrying on the progres- sive movement which was initiated by their forefathers during pioneer times.

W. M. Gibson was born March 5, 1870, in Holt County. His parents were Theodore and Nancy J. (Hanks) Gibson. Theodore Gibson was born also in Holt County. It was the grandfather who established the family name and fortune in Holt County, and he was a man of unusual prominence and influence, and had the distinction of serving as the first . county judge in Holt County. Grandfather Gibson died in Missouri and was laid to rest in Holt County. Theodore Gibson also spent his career in this section of Northwest Missouri, and during the war was a soldier in the Thirty-third Missouri Regiment. He died November 21, 1888. He was an active member of the Christian Church. The farm now occupied by W. M. Gibson was largely improved and brought into its present condition by Theodore Gibson. The widow of Theodore Gibson is still living.

The children of these parents are named briefly as follows: W. M., born March 5, 1870; Frank E., born November 7, 1871; Edgar A., born December 26, 1873; James T., born September 25, 1878; Cora A., born July 27, 1881; and Lurthel, born January 11, 1886. All were born in Holt County. In politics the male members of the family have usually voted as republicans.

WILLIAM HUIATT. During the entire fifty years of his life, William Huiatt has been a resident of Holt County, and of that part of this prosperous community in the vicinity of Oregon and Maitland. He has witnessed its development from an uncultivated, unproductive and unat- tractive stretch of country into a fertile, prosperous and handsome farm-

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ing community, a center of agricultural activity and the home of some of the most substantial men in Northwest Missouri, and has borne his full share in the work of development which has brought this change about. Mr. Huiatt was born on a farm in Holt County, located south- east of Oregon, November 20, 1864, and is a son of Daniel and Martha (Ashworth) Huiatt.

The Huiatt family is one of the old and honored pioneer organiza- tions of Holt County, having been founded here some time during the early '40s by John Huiatt, the paternal grandfather of William, who brought his children, including Daniel, from the home in Kokomo, Indiana. The paternal grandfather, William Ashworth, came about this time with his family from Kentucky, settling in the same vicinity. Daniel Huiatt, who was born July 1, 1830, at Kokomo, Indiana, was still a lad when he accompanied his parents on the long overland journey, and here he has passed his entire life in the pursuits of the soil, and still survives at the advanced age of eighty-four years. Mrs. Huiatt died January 3, 1912, in Holt County, having been the mother of thirteen children, all born here. Mr. Huiatt was formerly a member of the Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows, but as he reached his later years resigned his membership.

William Huiatt grew up on the old homestead and received his education in the public schools. At the time of his marriage, in 1889, he settled on his present property, on which the buildings had all been erected, although the land to the north and east was all still unimproved and in prairie. The tract just to the north, a property of 120 acres in section 29, owned by Judge Leeper, was the last property to be pur- chased and improved. While he found a number of improvements here, Mr. Huiatt broke the greater part of this land, and from time to time has added to the equipment and buildings, so that he has today a thoroughly up-to-date farm in every respect. He owns in all about five hundred and twenty acres, all under cultivation, and devotes his land to the raising of general produce and the growing of stock. While new innovations appeal to him, as they do to every progressive, thinking man, he has a strain of practicality that causes him to be thoroughly assured of the value of a method before he adopts it. Mr. Huiatt is a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Modern Woodmen of America at Maitland, and has numerous friends in both orders. He has taken some interest in republican politics, and the high esteem in which he is . held by his fellow-citizens is evidenced by the fact that he has been fre- quently elected to offices of public trust, serving as a member of the school board for a number of years, and being clerk of his district for sixteen years.

On March 3, 1889, Mr. Huiatt was united in marriage with Miss Julia Noellsch, of Holt County, daughter of John and Anna (Damman) Noellsch, well known and highly esteemed residents of this county, where they have carried on agricultural pursuits for many years. To Mr. and Mrs. Huiatt there have come two children: Chauncey, born March 21, 1893; and Daniel, born April 5, 1897, both on the present farm. The sons have been well educated and thoroughly trained in farming, and are now capably assisting their father in his labors on the homestead place.

WILLIAM CAWOOD. The late William Cawood was for many years a resident of Andrew County, and when he died, May 18, 1912, the community lost one of the most charitable and honored of its citizens. During his long and busy life he had been successful in the accumulation of a large estate, being known as one of the most prominent farmers and

Zim Bawood

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heavy landowners of Northwest Missouri, but he left behind him also something more desirable-a name beyond reproach and to be remem- bered, as an inspiration, by his surviving children and widow.

William Cawood was born at Whitesville, Andrew County, Missouri, in October, 1842, and was a son of Berry and Lucy (Bailey) Cawood. His parents, natives of Kentucky, came to Northwest Missouri at an early date, settling in the vicinity of Whitesville, where the father was engaged in agricultural pursuits during the remainder of his life. Of the children of Berry and Lucy Cawood four grew to maturity: Mary, deceased, who was the wife of Young Howard; William, of this review ; John, who died young; and George, a resident of Nebraska.

The public schools of Whitesville furnished William Cawood with his education, and he grew up amid rural surroundings, remaining on the home farm until reaching the age of nineteen years. At that time he set forth on a journey across the plains to the West, a journey fraught with much danger, and spent eight or nine years in the moun- tain states, when he returned to the vicinity of his birth. The re- mainder of his life was devoted to farming and stockraising in Andrew County, he making a specialty of raising cattle and hogs. Through good business management, foresight and judgment, he was able to accumulate a large property, and at the time of his death owned 1,219 acres of good land, well cultivated, fertile, and boasting of modern improvements of the most substantial character. When the Great West- ern Railroad put its tracks through this section, they passed over sec- tion 5, Platte Township, where was located a part of Mr. Cawood's farm, and when the station was erected here it was named Cawood in his honor, this having been the start of what is now a thriving little village of 100 people. Mr. Cawood never received any money by inheritance, and what he accomplished was through his own efforts, aided by those of his faithful wife and children, to whom he was ever a kind and indul- gent husband and father. Among his neighbors and fellow-townsmen he was known as a generous-hearted wholesouled man, ever ready with his charity and always willing to contribute to the welfare of individual or community. His numerous friends mourned his loss, and he is still remembered as one whom the county could ill afford to spare. His political affiliations were with the democratic party. On Saturday even- ing, May 18, 1912, Mr. Cawood left home not feeling well, to drive an animal from his meadow, lying east of Cawood, that belonged to one of his neighbors. Some parties from Cawood were watching him from the stockyards, and presently saw him dismount, an unusual thing for him to do, as he was a splendid rider for a man of his age and seldom left the saddle even when conversing with friends. The parties from town, suspecting that something was wrong, waited for a reasonable time and then started for the spot, where they found Mr. Cawood dead, the physician who was called pronouncing the cause of death as hem- orrhage of the lungs.

Mr. Cawood was married January 25, 1872, to Miss Flora Hunt, who was born at Whitesville, Missouri, in 1854, a daughter of Orlando and Lettis (Poppliwell) Hunt. Mr. Hunt was born in Ohio and as a young man accompanied his parents to Missouri, the remainder of his life being passed on a farm in Gentry County, where he died in 1901, at the age of eighty years. Mrs. Hunt was born in Kentucky, and came to Missouri as a young woman, and still survives her husband, her home being at Stanbury, Missouri, where she still lives, hale and hearty at the age of eighty-one years. Mr. and Mrs. Hunt had three children: Flora, who is Mrs. Cawood; Cora, who is the widow of James Hamaker. of Stanbury; and Lyman, a resident of Oklahoma. To Mr. and Mrs.

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Cawood there were born ten children, namely: Franklin O., of Hull, Iowa; C. Alice, of Ravenswood, Missouri; Ovid L., who lives at Cawood, Missouri ; Annie, who is the wife of William House, of Cawood, Missouri ; Albia C., who is the wife of Thomas House, of Cawood, Missouri ; Minnie, who lives at home; Myrtle, who is the wife of V. C. Taylor, and lives with her mother, Myrtle and Minnie being twins; Clara, who is the wife of J. D. Hannah, of Cawood, Missouri; and twin sons, who died in infancy.

THOMAS KENNISH. The Kennish family has been well known in HIolt County for more than forty years, and in the old home in Liberty Township Thomas Kennish as a son of the original settlers still lives. Farming has been the chief line of business activity of this family, and in that community the name signifies material prosperity, honorable business and civic relations, and they are good neighbors and workers for the community welfare.

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A history of northwest Missouri, Volume III, Part 42

Author: Williams, Walter, 1864-1935 editor Publication date: 1915 Publisher: Chicago, The Lewis publishing company Number of Pages: 912

Author: Williams, Walter, 1864-1935 editor
Publication date: 1915
Publisher: Chicago, The Lewis publishing company
Number of Pages: 912