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one of a family of twelve sons and daughters. Mr. and Mrs. Sauman became the parents of six children, mentioned as follows: Stella, unmar- ried; Lelia Clyde; Emma V., who married Albert L. Walkup; Bessie G., who married Lester Griffith, and has one child, Roseland Virginia; C. Victor, unmarried; Hiram Elmer, who married Blanche Conner, and has two children, Robert Sheldon and B. Louise. The children are all still living, and all of them were born in Virginia, except the two youngest, one of whom was born in Holt County and the other in Atchison County.
Mr. and Mrs. Nauman brought their family to Holt County in 1881, and he began here as a renter. Subsequently he bought a farm in Atchi- son County but sold that and secured the 200 acre farm in Liberty Township from David Kelly. This was the nucleus of his enterprise, which before his death had accumulated a large estate comprising 600 acres. During that time he also erected a substantial residence now occupied by Mrs. Nauman and her unmarried children, and perfected many other improvements about the farm.
The late Mr. Nauman was a member of the Presbyterian Church, while Mrs. Nauman belongs to the old school Baptist. Politically he was a democrat. Mrs. Nauman and her children now have the active management of the farm, and are people who enjoy the highest regard of the community.
HON. JOHN E. CARTER. Now in the seventy-eighth year of his life, Mr. Carter is one of the oldest and best known citizens of Trenton in Grundy County, and with firm step and unclouded mind still walks the streets and attends to his daily routine of affairs, and only recently retired from his active duties as county treasurer. Mr. Carter was in business in Trenton before the Civil war, served on the Union side in the great struggle between the states, and during the past forty years has given much of his time to official duties. He still manifests a keen and intelligent interest in all that effects the welfare of his home county and city, and is known as a man of progress and public spirit.
John E. Carter was born in the one-time Village of Cleveland in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, December 21, 1836. His father was Dr. Benjamin Carter, who was born in Whitefield, Lincoln County, Maine, and the grandfather was Joseph Carter, of an old English family and a farmer in Lincoln County, Maine. Dr. Carter acquired a good educa- tion as a young man, and studied medicine in Bowdoin College, where he was graduated with his degree and went west to take up practice. He lived in Indiana for a time, and taught school as well as looked after his patients. From Indiana he moved to Kentucky, later went to Arkansas, but without making a permanent home in either state he returned to Indiana and settled in the Town of Monroe, Tippecanoe County, where he died at the age of fifty years. Doctor Carter, Sr., married Elizabeth Eddy, who was born in Dearborn County, Indiana, in 1818. Her father, John Eddy, a native of New York State, was one of the early settlers of Dearborn County, a few years later moved to Tippecanoe County and from there to Lawrence County in Arkansas, where his last years were spent. Mrs. Carter, after the death of Doctor Carter, married James LaCount, and spent her last years in the City of Trenton. By her first marriage there were three children: John E., Martha and Frances. The second union resulted in two sons, Benjamin and Fred.
John E. Carter was reared neither in affluence nor in poverty, but in a time and among circumstances which forced him early into the struggle of life, and what he has accomplished is almost entirely the
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result of his well directed efforts. The Indiana schools which he at- tended as a boy were conducted on the subscription plan and the teacher boarded around among the families of his patrons. This school, such as it was, afforded him the rudiments of training, but at the age of twelve he became self-supporting and earned his living at various kinds of work for several years. When he was seventeen he apprenticed himself to the blacksmith's trade, and at the end of one year was given twenty-five dollars for the twelve months' work. Mr. Carter came to Trenton, Missouri, at the age of nineteen, nearly fifty-nine years ago. At that time the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railway was in process of con- struction, but not yet completed entirely across the state. His trip west, from Indiana to Trenton, with all his belongings, was performed in the old "prairie schooner," and was not very eventful, except the loss of a horse which somewhat delayed the journey, until a horse could be bought, and the journey westward could be resumed. The country was new and untamed, and many were the times they enjoyed the luxury of camping out, and the game which came in the way of his riffe. They reached Trenton at last, a hamlet of 800 inhabitants, peculiarly char- acteristic of southern life, "niggers" and the "divine" institution. After two years of work as a journeyman, he opened a shop of his own and did a good business until the breaking out of the war.
In 1861 Mr. Carter enlisted in the Missouri State Militia, and spent six months with the Grundy County Battalion. He then served with a regiment of state troops, all of whose service was in Missouri. At the close of the war he resumed his business at Trenton and directed it per- sonally until 1870. Since that time much of his energies have been absorbed by official duties.
On January 30, 1860, Mr. Carter married Mary E. Wethered. She was born near Pontiac, Michigan, a daughter of George Wethered. The happy married companionship of Mr. and Mrs. Carter has continued for fifty-three years, and they are one of the most venerable couples in Northwest Missouri. They have reared six children, named Minnie, Elizabeth, Frances, Luther, Mattie and Myrtle. Minnie married William Marden, and has one daughter, Carrie. Elizabeth married J. L. Marden, and their one daughter is Edna. Frances married John Rose, and has a son named John Conrad. Luther married Maude Hall, and has a son, Dale. Mattie married John R. Brazelton, and has a daughter, Frances. Myrtle is the wife of P. R. Durdy. Both Mr. and Mrs. Carter have been members of the Christian Church for more than half a century.
Mr. Carter cast his first presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln, and was one of sixteen republicans in all Grundy County in the year 1860. He has been one of the wheel-horses of the party in Grundy County for half a century. In 1881 he was elected a member of the State Legis- lature, and was three times re-elected. During his four terms at the state capital he did much for his home district, was a student and a worker for progressive legislature affecting the entire Commonwealth, and gave suitable service on various committees. In 1904 came his election to the office of county treasurer, and by re-election his minis- tration was continued until January, 1913. Mr. Carter belongs to the Jacob Smith Camp No. 72, G. A. R., and he also affiliates with the Grand River Lodge No. 52, I. O. O. F.
JACOB F. PHILLIPS. With the passing years the descendants of the old soldiers of the Civil war will prize more and more the gallant records made by their forefathers who fought in the campaigns of the South which brought about a united country. There are many families now which take special pride in referring to their Revolutionary ancestors,
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and in course of time even greater respect will be paid to those who fought for the integrity of the Union during the dark days of the '60s. One of the fine old soldiers who still survive from that dark and stormy time of civil strife is Jacob F. Phillips, a prominent citizen and farmer of Davis Township in Caldwell County.
Jacob F. Phillips was born in Washington County, Indiana, February 27, 1840. His birthplace was a log cabin, located on an early farm in that section of Indiana. His father was Andrew Phillips, who came from North Carolina and was one of the first settlers in Indiana. Grand- father Phillips died in Caldwell County, Missouri, in about 1870. An- drew Phillips was reared in Indiana, and was married there to Jemima Ratts, who died in Illinois in about 1901. She was born in North Caro- lina, a daughter of Rinehart Ratts, who died in Indiana. Andrew Phillips in 1854 moved to Logan County, Illinois, settling on a farm near Atlanta, and he died there in 1856, at the age of thirty-seven, leav- ing his widow with seven sons, whose names are: Jacob F .; Rinehart, who was a soldier of the Twenty-eighth Illinois Infantry, died in 1863, in Mississippi, and was buried at Oxford, that state; Ransom, who was also a soldier, now lives at Atlanta, Illinois; Abraham, who died at King- fisher, Oklahoma; John M., who died at Atlanta, Illinois; Thomas F., whose home is in Kingfisher, Oklahoma, and who was also a soldier; and George A., who died in Illinois when but five months old.
Jacob F. Phillips was reared in Illinois and was educated in the schools of Logan County. He was twenty-one years of age when the war came on, and in August of 1861 he enlisted for service in Company F, Thirty-eighth Illinois Infantry. He went with the regiment to Mis- souri, took part in some operations around Pilot Knob, and at different times was under the command of General Scofield, General Grant, Gell- eral Rosecrans and others of the great leaders of the Union Army. He fought at Murfreesboro, Tennessee, at Rome, Georgia, in the various battles and skirmishes about Chickamauga, and during that campaign was taken prisoner. He endured all the hardships and sufferings of life in the Southern prisons, was confined in the notorious. Libby Prison at Richmond, Virginia, and then the no less famous Andersonville, and was confined at five different places before his exchange. When he went into prison he weighed 190 pounds and about one hundred and twenty- five when he came out. He was exchanged in December, 1864. In one of his battles, that of Chickamauga, he was wounded in the left leg. He served in the Missouri Militia in 1866, as a non-commissioned officer, with the rank of orderly sergeant.
As a Missouri farmer Mr. Phillips has been unusually successful and owns a fine place of 320 acres, a part of which is bottom land well situated for alfalfa. His industry has been largely stock raising, and he keeps about one hundred and fifty hogs and horses, mules and cattle.
Mr. Phillips married, February 21, 1867, Martha Rathbun, a sister of Samuel Rathbun, a prominent Caldwell County farmer whose his- tory will be found on other pages of this work. Her father was Allen Rathbun, one of the early pioneers of Caldwell County. Mrs. Phillips died March 11, 1909, at the age of sixty-three. She was a member of the Church of Christ. They became the parents of nine children, three of whom died in infancy, and five are now living. Mary M., who is living in Kansas, is married and has two children ; James A., who is on the old homestead farm, married and has three children ; Edgar L., Effie and Eva May, all at home. Dora A. died at the age of twenty-eight years. Since the death of his wife Mr. Phillips has lived with his children and grandchildren. Politically he is a republican, and has supported that party since war times. He is also active in the Grand Army of Vol. III-40
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the Republic, and is a member of and an elder in the Church of Christ. He is devoted to his home and family, but is also a man of popular character in the community, and has hosts of friends in this section of Northwest Missouri.
CYRUS JASPER PATTISSON. One of the most beautiful properties in Andrew County is that of Cyrus J. Pattisson, a tract of 125 acres and 20 acres of timber land, lying in section 19, Platte Township. "The Evergreens," as this farm is known, has been developed under the supervision of Mr. Pattisson, who has resided here since 1870, and is known as one of the township's substantial men. While the property is equipped with every modern appliance for practical farming and stock raising, it has been so beautified by the planting of shade and orna- mental trees, shrubs, roses, etc., and occupies such a notable position on a ridge that it is one of the show-places of this part of Northwest Missouri.
Cyrus J. Pattisson was born in Jefferson County, Indiana, April 4, 1843, and is a son of John and Leah (Walker) Pattisson, the former a native of Indiana and the latter of Maryland. His grandfather, John C. Pattisson, was born in London, England, within 200 feet of the north end of the historic London bridge over the Thames. He was twice mar- ried, and by both unions reared families. The grandmother of Cyrus J. Pattisson was the second wife, formerly Mary Bloor, a native of Eng- land, but of a family said to have been of Holland origin. John C. Pattisson was a physician and early settler of Indiana, in which state he located after his emigration to the United States. His pill bag, which he carried on his saddle, is one of his grandson's highly prized posses- sions. He died in Jefferson County, Indiana, in 1837, the grandmother surviving him many years, and passing away in September, 1876, at the home of one of her daughters (Josephine Snider) in Nodaway County, Missouri, near Barnard and is buried in the Lower Neely Grove Cemetery near Rosendale in Andrew County.
John Pattisson grew up in Jefferson County, Indiana, and was there married June 16, 1842, to Leah Walker, who had been brought from her native Maryland by her parents as a child. In May, 1858, the family came to Nodaway County, Missouri, where John Pattisson engaged in farming until 1859, then going to St. Joseph, where he was engaged in merchandising during that and the following year. In the spring of 1861 he returned to his farm in Nodaway County, and after- wards came to Andrew County, and died on his farm there June 27, 1875, aged fifty-eight years eight months and seventeen days, having been born October 10, 1816. His widow survived until March 17, 1896, being eighty-five years of age at the time of her demise. John Pattisson was a strong and unswerving Union man and one of the 410 Lincoln voters in St. Joseph in 1860. Because of his outspoken views in be- half of a free state, he made numerous enemies, and June 19, 1861, was the night set as the date upon which he was to have been hanged by Southern sympathizers. However, some information as to the plot leaked out, and on the night set for the tragic work the plotters were met by a much superior force of armed men and completely foiled and defeated. Having escaped this fate John Pattisson subsequently for a time served in the Home Guard during the war. While not a member of any church John Pattisson's religious views and sentiments inclined him to Universalism, and his wife did not take up with any particular creed of religion. John Pattisson and wife were the parents of seven children, of whom three died in infancy, the others being : Cyrus J .; Mary C., who became the wife of Thomas Pettigrew, a sketch of whose career will be
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found in this work; Hannah Thirsa, who is the widow of George Boharm of Rosendale, Missouri; William Bonaparte, deceased, who was a sol- dier in the Fifty-first Regiment, Missouri Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil war, died May 13, 1871. The three children who died in infancy were : John, who died December 6, 1849, aged eleven days; Solomon, who died January 10, 1852, aged one year, one month and fifteen days; and Worcester Daniel, who died May 28, 1858, aged two years, ten months and fifteen days.
Cyrus J. Pattisson received his education in the public schools of Jefferson County, Indiana, and was a lad of fifteen when, in May, 1858, he came to Missouri with his parents. He then lived in Nodaway County a year, in the City of St. Joseph two years, and again for about nine years in Nodaway County, and with these exceptions has spent the rest of his life in Andrew County, and since March, 1870, has lived on the farm which he now owns. He was successful in his agricultural ven- tures from the start and succeeded in the accumulation of 240 acres, but has since sold or deeded some land to his son, and his farm now consists of 125 acres, on which he resides. This he has appropriately named "The Evergreens" from the large number of evergreen trees growing about the property. In 1871 he brought from Indiana and set out a number of red cedar trees and later secured more, which were placed in rows, resembling an orchard. Here also are found numbers of American Arbor Vitae trees, used as a shelter belt, with Austrian pine and blue spruce, giving the estate a most pleasing appearance. Mr. Pattisson takes great pleasure in anything that grows and has a small greenhouse, in which he cultivates tropical plants. That he is a practical man, however, is shown by his well cultivated fields and large herds of well-fed, ยท contented stock. He is a natural mechanic, and when a young man, from 1860 to 1864, manufactured four violins, two of which are of especially fine tone. In his little workshop on the farm he is able to make all the repairs necessary on his farming equipment, and has studied invention quite a little and has perfected several devices with some success. Mr. Pattisson leads a quiet, home life, taking his greatest interest in his farm, and not caring to mix in public matters, although he has always been ready to cooperate with his fellow citizens in movements for the general public welfare. While not a member of any church denomina- tion, or any order, he has been a steadfast upholder of right and morality, is tolerant of the creeds and beliefs of others, and carries out his prin- ciples into practice in his everyday life and in his politics. He has the esteem of his community because of a life of straightforward dealing, and during his long residence in Platte Township has attracted to him- self a wide circle of friends.
Mr. Pattisson was married December 26, 1867, to Miss Mary Eliza- beth Atkinson, who was born in New Jersey, May 20, 1851, and who came to Andrew County in 1857 with her parents, Hugh M. and Eliza (Petti- grew) Atkinson, natives of Armagh, Ireland. Eight children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Pattisson: Laura, born February 9, 1869, is the wife of Newton Hershberger, of Bolckow, Missouri; one daughter, Helen Honor, died in infancy; Amanda May, born August 9, 1873, died March 17, 1907, as Mrs. Claude Rea, leaving two children, Ruth and Clifford; John William, born April 3, 1876, lives at Savannah, and by his marriage to Eva Cooper has two sons, aged four and two years; Daniel Edwin, who now lives in Platte Township, was born November 2, 1878, and married Miss Emma Rea; Cyrus Chester, born June 15, 1880, lives in Nodaway County, and by his marriage to Miss Ada Stewart has one boy, Lawrence, aged eleven years. Estella Ethel, born April 19,
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1886, is the wife of Charles Hauensteine of Grand River, Iowa; Mary Etta, born December 25, 1870, died at the age of one year, three months.
FREDERICK W. KORNEMANN. One of the valuable farms of Andrew County which represent German thrift and industry is the Kornemann homestead, near the Village of Clarksdale, on section 13 of Monroe Township. Its proprietor, Frederick W. Kornemann, has lived on this one place and has been a factor in community affairs more than thirty years and his name is familiar to many stockmen in various parts of Northwest Missouri.
Frederick W. Kornemann was born in Hesse Cassel, Germany, November 17, 1850. His parents were Franz and Mary Christina (Kase- burg) Kornemann. In 1868 all the family left Germany, went first to St. Louis, and soon afterwards located in Clinton County, Missouri, near Cameron. There Franz Kornemann followed the vocation of farming until his death in 1871, when about fifty-nine years of age. His widow lived with her son Frederick until her death May 17, 1901, at the age of seventy-four. Franz Kornemann spent all his life as a farmer, and before leaving Germany served three years in the army. The children were: Frederick W .; Mary, wife of Fred Krull of Monroe Township; Henry, who lives near Walla Walla, Washington; George, whose home is near Warrensburg, Missouri; and Minnie, deceased, who married Con- rad Neth.
Frederick W. Kornemann was about seventeen years of age when the family came to America, and his education had been acquired in German schools. He learned the English language after coming to Amer- ica, and for several years was a substantial farmer in Clinton County. In 1879 he and his mother bought the Andrew County farm from Thomas Aston, and took possession in 1880. Since then for a period of thirty-four years Mr. Kornemann lived in Andrew County, has pros- pered in the general lines of agricultural activity, and has stood well in his civic relations and as a helpful member of the community. At the present time he is owner of 240 acres, the homestead comprising 160 acres. Much of his revenue as a farmer comes from live stock. At the time of the Spanish-American war he and his brother George rode all over this section of Missouri buying mules for the Government, and this established an extensive acquaintance among stockmen over several counties and proved an experience subsequently valuable to him as an individual stock raiser. Mr. Kornemann is a director in the Platte Valley Bank at Cosby, having been identified with that institution since its organiza- tion. Politically he is a republican and is a member of the German Metho- dist Church. Mr. Kornemann is unmarried.
GEORGE L. HOBSON. A good citizen, a prosperous business man, and an honor to his family name and community was the late George L. Hobson, who died at his home in Empire Township, Andrew County, February 11, 1915. He left an estate which illustrated Northwest Mis- souri farm enterprise at its best. A part of his property in that town- ship was entered by his grandfather many years ago direct from the Government. Mr. Hobson was no man to hide his talents in a napkin. The inheritance he received from his family has been multiplied and in- creased, and his energy, sound judgment and alert ability enabled him to build up a fine business and accumulate property which in extent and value would do credit to a most successful manufacturer or merchant.
George L. Hobson was born on a part of his present farm, 21/2 miles southeast of Rea on August 17, 1854. He represented two old and sub- stantial families of Northwest Missouri. His parents were John M. and
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Martha (Colburn) Hobson. The paternal grandfather George Hobson was a native of North Carolina, left that state and became a pioneer in Indiana, and some years later came to Northwest Missouri and entered Government land, a part of which is now included in the estate of his grandson. The Hobsons were English Quakers, and the first Americans of the name came over to this country with William Penn. Grand- father George Hobson was born June 5, 1791, and died near Oregon, Holt County, Missouri, December 29, 1865. He married Deborah Marshall, who died September 15, 1862, at the age of sixty-nine years, one month, twenty-three days. John M. Hobson, the father, was born near Newcastle, Indiana, January 17, 1826, and was about twenty-two years of age when he came to Northwest Missouri. He was a farmer and acquired about one hundred and forty acres, now included in the farm of George L. Hobson. John M. Hobson was reared a Quaker but married outside that church. He was a republican in politics, and during the Civil war served in the Missouri State Militia for a time and was a soldier in the regular army during the last six months of the war. He died on the old homestead April 28, 1902. He was married on the Colburn farm to Martha Colburn, who was also born near Newcastle, Indiana, June 28, 1829. Miss Colburn came to Andrew County when thirteen years of age with her parents, John R. and Elizabeth (Petty) Colburn. Her father located four miles northeast of Savannah, enter- ing land from the Government, and spent the rest of his life on that farm. John R. Colburn was a circuit rider of the Methodist Church, and combined preaching and farming. There were eight children in the Colburn family. Mrs. Martha Hobson died December 15, 1900. Their four children were: Esther, who died at the age of sixteen years; Margaret, wife of Isaac Silvers of Savannah; George L .; and John F., who lives near El Reno, Oklahoma.
George L. Hobson grew up on the old home farm, received his educa- tion in the local schools, and from early boyhood manifested those traits of industry and enterprise which carried him so far in a business way. During his early childhood his parents removed to Oregon in Holt County, where his father for 41/2 years operated a mill. With that exception his home was in Andrew County practically all his life. As a farmer he was careful, methodical, and practiced the rule of keeping all his land in productive use and at the same time conserving and up- building his resources. The surplus from his business was reinvested in more land, and the old home place has gradually been extended until at his death he was owner of 745 acres of the fertile soil of Empire Township. His home place is situated in section 7. All of this land is in one body, and there are three sets of farm buildings. After acquir- ing the land Mr. Hobson put up two sets of buildings, and these are used by his tenant operators, who in this case are his own children. One of the best country homes in Andrew County is found on his old home site, and he built the residence in 1900. Mr. Hobson lived on one spot for thirty-eight years, and it is interesting to recall that his first building was a double log cabin. His well ordered enterprise is shown in the substantial character of his farm buildings, comprising large barns, silos and all other equipment needed for the sheltering of his crops and stock. His success came from combined grain and stock farming and he keeps a large number of high grade stock. Mrs. Hobson has also interested herself in the poultry department of farming, and takes much pride in her chickens, geese, ducks and canary birds. Mr. Hobson was a republican, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Wyatt.
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