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In 1864 Mr. Whelan was united in marriage with Miss Catherine Glenn, who was born in Ireland about seventy years ago. Of this union five children were born, four of whom are living, namely: Andrew, Mary, Bernard and Katie. The deceased is Timothy.
Mr. Whelan and family were members of the Catholic church at Watson. Mary, Bernard and Katie were educated in the convent at Nebraska City, Neb. Politically, Mr. Whelan favored the Democratic party. He had served his school district in the capacity of director.
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RESIDENCES ON THE TIMOTHY WHELAN FARM.
W. C. WADE.
W ILLIAM C. WADE, son of David and Francis E. (McCollum) Wade, was born in Andrew county, Missouri, Oct. 4th, 1869, and is the second of four children. Until in his sixteenth year he was on his father's farm. He then worked on the farm, for others and himself, until in February, 1899, when he located at Phelps City, Mo., and engaged in the business of dealing in general merchandise, in partnership with Moody Bartholomew and James M. Scamman, the name of the firm being Bartholomew, Wade & Co.
Mr. Wade is a member of three fraternal orders-the Masonic and Knights of Pythias lodges and the M. W. A. camp at Bolckow, Mo. He has held all the chairs of the K. of P. lodge and has been Venerable Counsel in the Woodmen camp. "At the time of taking this sketch lie was a member of the Democratic Central Committee of Atchison county, and he is an earnest supporter of the Democratic party. He served on the town board during nearly the whole of his residence in Phelps City. In fact, Mr. Wade is a useful citizen for both the town and county,
On Jan. 29, 1893, Mr. Wade was unlted in marriage with Miss Lulu M. Bartholomew, daughter of Frank B. and Maggie Bartholomew. She was born on March 20th, 1872, the second of three children.
Mr. Wade owns a farm in Andrew county, Missouri. His family are pioneers of that county, his grandfather having located there in 1844. However, the father of the subject of this sketch was born in Ohio; his mother in Missouri.
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FORMER HOME OF W. C. WADE.
E. H. WHITE.
E DWARD HUBBARD WHITE was born in Henry county, Illinois, on Oct. 22nd, 1848. . His parents were Abraham Cline White, a native of New York, and Martha Talcott (Hubbard) White, whose native state was Connecticut. Mr. White worked on his father's farm until in his twenty-first year, when he commenced farming in partnership with his father. He continued farming exclusively until in 1898, when he became interest- ed in the mercantile firm of Hays, Rhoades & White, at Fairfax, Mo. Mr. Hays retiring from the firm it became known as Rhoades & White, and later as E. H. White & Co., which is the style of the firm at present. They own and occupy a brick store building, 24x120 feet in size, which is filled with a stock of general merchandise second to none ill the county in quantity or quality. For about ten years Mr. White also operated a cream- ery at Pine Hill Farm, which farm Mr. White owns and which comprises 640 acres, in sec- tions 11 and 12, township 64, range 40. . The farm is located three and one-half miles northeast of Fairfax. Here Mr. White resides, and it is one of the beautiful homes of the county. The house has eight rooms besides the halls and closets. There is a complete system of water-works throughout the premises. There is a spacious and well-kept lawn, studded with beautiful shade trees, and the location of the residence commands a view of the country for miles about. The size of the barn is 48x76 feet and 48x72 feet, and there are sheds, cribs and scales. Also the creamery; two tenant houses, and an orchard for family use.
On Dec. 21, 1872, Mr. White and Miss Adeline Muinch were united in marriage. Mrs. White is a daughter of Gottlieb F. and Matilda Muinch, who reside near Rock Port, and is the second of eight children. She was born in Germany on July 20th, 1851. To Mr. and Mrs. White have been born ten children, all of whom are living, namely: Olive H., Augusta E., Stella, Orvil J., Elmer M .; Austin C. and Agnes-twins; Welker, Elsie, Edward.
Mr. White was educated principally at the Kewana (Ill.) high school. His daugh- ters, Olive and Augusta, attended Tarkio College and his son Orvil was attending that institution at the time this sketch was taken.
In politics Mr. White is a Republican, and he has served on the County Central Com- mittee. He has served as school director time and again, and at the time of taking this sketch was Vice-President of the Farmers' Bank of Fairfax, and also a Director of that bank. Since the organization of the bank he had been on its directory, and since 1886 he had held the office of Vice-President.
Mr. White's father was one of the early settlers of southeast Atchison county, and at one time he owned 1,680 acres of land in that locality. Much of this land he sold cheap and on easy terms, and not a few men owe their start, in a financial way, to him. During his last years he traveled extensively over Europe and Mexico, and to the Hawaiian Islands. The last three winters he passed in California. He died on April 14, 1898. His wife preceded him to the great beyond in 1874.
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COUNTRY HOME OF E. H. WHITE.
H. E. WYATT.
H LARRY E. WYATT, son of Archibald E. and Caroline Wyatt, was born in Rock Port, Mo., on May 1st, 1869, and is third in a family of seven children. His whole life has been passed in Rock Port. After completing the course in the school here he was employed as clerk in H. G. Waltner's store, which position he held several months. He was then employed in the office of the Probate Judge of Atchison county about eight months, after which he was engaged in the Bank of Atchison County as book-keeper and Assistant Cashier. He continued in that capacity about four years, when he was elected Cashier of that bank, which position he holds at present.
He is a member of the Rock Port K. of P. lodge and has held several of the chairs in that lodge, among them that of Chancellor Commander. In politics he is a Republican. He was formerly Director and Treasurer of the Rock Port Canning Co .; is at present Treasurer of the Rock Port Lecture Congress and Chautauqua and a member of its Board of Managers; is Secretary and Auditor of the Rock Port, Langdon & Northern Railway Co .; is Treasurer and Director of the Stapel Mutual Insurance Building Co.
On June 24, 1891, Mr. Wyatt and Miss Mary Sly were united in marriage. Mrs. Wyatt is a daughter of John F. and Nancy Jane Sly, and was born in Atchison county, Missouri, on Jan. 3, 1872. To Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt three children have been born, namely: Agnes Sly, born Aug. 20, 1893, died Dec. 16, 1899; Donald Dean, born April 3, 1902; Harry E., born Jan. 28, 1904.
Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt are members of the Rock Port M. E. church. Mr. Wyatt is a Trustee of the church and Superintendent of the Sunday school. Mrs. Wyatt is a teacher in the Sunday school. Both are graduates from Rock Port High School.
Mr. Wyatt owns a nice residence in Rock Port of the following dimensions: 24x32 feet, two stories, and 18x30 feet, one story. The premises are supplied with water-works - and with all necessary outbuildings.
Mr. Wyatt is a member of the firm of R. E. Miller & Co., dealers in general mer- chandise, at Langdon, Mo.
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MR. AND MRS. H. E. WYATT AND THEIR BABIES.
W. C. WHITE.
W ILLIAM C. WHITE was born in Atchison county, Missouri, on Nov. 8th, 1851, the son of Lawrence and Sarah (McDonald) White, and the youngest in a family of ten children. His whole life, with the exception of four years in Colorado, has been passed in Atchison county. He started out on his own account in his twenty-first year, and at the time of taking this sketch he was renting G. M. Beal's splendid farm of 250 acres, in Polk township, the accompanying views showing the elegant buildings on said farm. Mr. White owns a farm of 640 acres, in Boone county, Nebraska, which is conducted by his son. He also owns a farm of 27 acres in that county, near the town of Cedar Rapids, to which;he expected to move in the year 1906. On his Nebraska farm he feeds about 100 head of cattle and 125 head of hogs annually.
Mr. White and Miss Lucretia Klaus, daughter of George and Margaret (Hall) Klaus; were united in marriage on Dec. 31, 1874. Mrs. White is a native of Atchison county, and was born on Oct. 27, 1857. Her father located here in his twenty-first year, and here he resided until in 1881, when he located in California, where he died on April 27th, 1905. Her parents were born in Germany. Mr. White's parents were natives of Ohio and they located in Atchison county sixty-four years ago.
To Mr. and Mrs. White four children have been born, two of whom are living, namely: William Lloyd, born June 14, 1882; Albert Lewis, born Aug. 3, 1884. Charles Lawrence, born Jan. 1, 1876, died April 4, 1880; John Lee, born Oct. 28, 1880, died July 20, 1881. Lloyd was united in marriage, on March 11th, 1903, with Miss Effie Garst, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Garst, who reside near Watson. They have one child, John William, born April 29, 1904. Albert was united in marriage, on Aug. 2, 1905, with Miss Stella Finnell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Finnell, who reside in Polk township.
Mr. and Mrs. White are members of Mt. Carmel Cumberland Presbyterian church, of which organization Mr. White is an Elder. In politics Mr. White is a Republican. His first schooling was in a log cabin on what is known as the John Stoner farm. Mrs. White attended the school at Linden. Their son Lloyd attended college at Shenandoah, Ia.
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G. HENRY OSWALD.
G. HENRY OSWALD was born on May 4th, 1836, in Pliezhausen, Weerttemberg, Ger- many. From the sixth to the fourteenth year of his age he attended school and obtained a good cominon education. He became a member of the Lutheran church in his fourteenth year. At the age of fifteen he began to learn the shoemaker trade. Three years later, after sixty days of very stormy and disagreeable weather on the ocean, he came to America, landing at New York. From there he went to Columbiana, Ohio, where he worked on the farm in the summer, during the fall and winter working at his trade. The next year he went to Logansport and Peru, Indiana, and continued at his trade for two years, after which he went to St. Louis, remaining there for some time. He then, with his employer, sailed up the Missouri river and landed at Weston, Mo. In Platte City, Mo., he worked for one man, for good wages, but he could not collect same on account of hard times and the war trouble. Therefore, in the spring of 1860, he entered into a partnership with another gentleman and they bought a shop, wherein they worked for four years. In 1862 he was in the home guard militia for nine months.
On April 20th, 1863, he was united in marriage with Miss Francis Unmissig, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Johannas Unmissig, of near Platte City, Mo. She is a native of Ger- many and is a member of the Lutheran church. They have twelve children, namely: Ernest E., Albert, Frances H., Anna M., Minnie, Henry L., Charles F., Willie G., Louisa K., Rosa M., Pauline F., Johannas,-all living.
In 1865 Mr. and Mrs. Oswald came to Rock Port, where Mr. Oswald owned a shop and worked at his trade for four years. He then moved to the farm which he at present owns and lives upon. Later he bought the Livingston and Purdum farms, north of Rock Port. He now owns 560 acres of fine land in Atchison county, well improved.
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A. E. WYATT.
TTONORABLE ARCHIBALD E. WYATT, truly a self-made man with only a few months of school- ing, has, so far as our information shows, held more important positions than any man in Atchison county, and he has held them, too, with distinction and honor to himself, as he has ever. in all places of trust and in all his undertakings, performed his duty thoroughly and conscientiously. A long acquaintance with Mr. Wyatt leads us to believe, in fact, that thoroughness is his predominat- ing trait and the foundation of his eminent success in life.
To many the statement in regard to his limited schooling will come as a surprise, as he educated himself so thoroughly in the "big" school of experience and by beneficial reading that he is regarded as a polished scholar. As a public speaker he is second to none in the county, and his language, com- position and penmanship are well nigh perfect. Fact of the matter is, he was ambitious and set his mark high, and, with his indomitable will and admirable judgment, he distinguished himself as a success, both as a useful citizen and in a business way. Mr. Wyatt is connected with nearly every progressive and commendable movement of his town and county ..
He was born in the state of Indiana on April 28th, 1833, the son of Edmond S. and Sarah Wyatt. and the second of four children. When he was quite 'a small boy his father's death occurred, and he began work as soon as he was able. When he was eighteen years old he was apprenticed to learn the plane-maker's trade, at which he worked until in his twenty-second year, when he engaged in the business of building circular saw-mills. He followed that business until he went West. He came from Chicago, Ill., to Atchison county, Missouri, and located at the town of Sonora, where he worked at the carpenter's trade until in the spring of 1859, when he went to Pike's Peak, in Colorado, and remained several months. Returning to Atchison county he worked at carpentering. At the begin- ning of the war, in 1861, he was active in organizing the militia in the county and was made captain of a company, in which position he was serving when elected to the office of Sheriff and Collector of the Revenue of the county, on the Union ticket, in 1862. In 1864 he was re-elected to the same office, as a Republican, without opposition. His first business venture of importance was when he engaged in the lumber business at Rock Port, Mo., and Phelps City, Mo., in 1868, in which business he contin- ued until 1870. The style of the firm was John McNeal & Co., being composed of John MeNeal, A. E." Wyatt and Jesse Cross. In 1870 the banking firm of Durfee, McKillop & Co. was organized in Rock Port, and the first bank in the county was started. The firm was composed of A. B. Durfee, M. McKillop, J. D. Dopf and A E. Wyatt. Later Messrs. McKillop and Dopf retired from the firm and the business was conducted by Durfee & Wyatt until in 1884, when the Bank of Atchison County was organized, with A. E. Wyatt as President, which position he has held ever since. He is active in the work of the fraternal societies with which he is connected; has held all the chairs in the A. O. U. W. lodge of Rock Port and has been Receiver of that lodge several years. In the lodge of the A. F. & A. M. he has held nearly all the offices, and he is a member of Chapter, Council and Order of the Eastern Star. Politieally he is an ardent Republican, and his advice has been sought in the councils of the party in Northwest Missouri for more than a quarter of a century. He was Chairman of the County Central Committee several years and also a member of the Congressional committee; has been a dele- gate to several state conventions and was a delegate to the National convention at Cincinnati, O., at which Hays was nominated for President. In 1866 he was elected to represent Atchison county in (Continued on page 626)
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A. E. WYATT.
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the State Legislature and in 1872 was elected to represent the Senatorial distriet in the State Senate. In 1SSO he was the Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for this Congressional district. He has had the honor of voting for every Republican candidate for President of the United States, com- inencing with John C. Fremont, and all the votes were cast in Atchison county except the first. For sixteen years he was a member of the school board of the Rock Port distriet, and was Treasurer thereof; had charge of the construction of the public school building at Rock Port: was Justice of the Peace of Nishnabotna township when elected Sheriff and Collector of Atchison county; has been a director of the Bank of Atchison County since its organization; was formerly a director of the Atchi- son County Agricultural and Mechanical Association, or Rock Port Fair; was a stockholder in the Rock Port Canning Co .: is interested in mines in the Black Hills; was connected with the Wyatt Park Land Co. and the Wyatt Park Electric Line Co., at St. Joseph, Mo. In fact, those companies were named in his honor.
On Oct. 24, 1861, Mr. Wyatt and Miss Caroline H. Trimble were united in marriage. Mrs. Wyatt was born in the state of Kentucky on April 29th, 1844, and is a daughter of Henry and Nancy Trim- ble, natives of Kentucky, and the third in a family of four children. With her parents she came to Atchison county in 1-56. She is of quite a noted family, her grandfather having been a judge of the United States Supreme Court. Her father was the first School Commissioner of Atchison county. Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt are members of the M. E. church at Rock Port and Mr. Wyatt has been an officer of that church several years. He was a delegate to the Quadrennial Conference which was held at Philadelphia, Pa., in 1884. Mrs. Wyatt is a member of the Order of the Eastern Star at Rock Port.
Mr. Wyatt's parents were natives of Virginia. His mother made her home with him and died in 1898, aged S7 years. Besides her own children she raised a boy, James McNickel, until he grew to manhood.
Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt have seven children, namely: Grant; Mary, wife of R. E. Miller; Harry E., Marcus W., Dean T., Gertrude, Austin. All are graduates from Rock Port High School. Grant is a graduate from the lowa State University and he also attended Cornell College. He is at present in the railway contracting business. Mary attended the Convent of the Sacred Heart, at St. Joseph, Mo. Harry E. attended college at Shenandoah, Ia .; he is Cashier of the Bank of Atchison County. Marcus attended the Missouri State University; he is at present with a live stock commission firm at South St. Joseph, Mo. Dean attended the public schools at Duluth, Minn .; he is at present Assistant Cashier of the Bank of Atchison County. Gertrude is a graduate from the musical department of Morning Side College, at Sioux City, Ia.
Mr. Wyatt's home place, adjoining Rock Port, comprises 98 acres. The residence, in size, is 32x48 feet, 11% stories, and contains eleven rooms. The barn is 34x40 feet in size, with 16-foot posts. There are all necessary outbuildings and the place is fenced hog tight; a beautiful lawn, a complete system of water-works from the city plant, an orchard of 400 trees and a vineyard. Mr. Wyatt has owned and lived on this place since 1868. He was also formerly engaged at farming on a large scale. He owned a fine farm, comprising a section of land, about three miles east of Rock Port; also 360 acres of land about one mile west of Tarkio. While farming he annually marketed large numbers of cattle and hogs.
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MATHIAS WEISENBARGER.
M ATHIAS WEISENBARGER was born in Baden, Germany, on April 12, 1840. He was raised on a farm in Germany and in the thirtieth year of his age came to America, locating in Illinois. Three years later he came to Atchison county, Missouri, where he worked one year by the month; then returning to Illinois, where he worked two years, after which he located permanently in Atchison county.
His home farm comprises 120 acres, in sections 2 and 11, township 66, range 41, twelve miles north of Rock Port. He also has a farm of 108 acres in section 35, township 67, range 41, and a farm of 53 acres in Fremont county, Iowa. The house on his farm is of 11% stories, in size 16x28 feet and 28x28 feet, containing ten rooms. The barn is 30x32 feet in size, with 12-foot posts. There is also a house of 11% stories, 18x30 feet in size, and one story 12x18 feet; hay barn, cribs, granary, scales, two orchards and other improve- ments.
On Oct. 6, 1875, Mr. Weisenbarger was united in marriage with Mrs. Elizabeth Harris, widow of Matt. Harris. Her maiden name was Dankoff. She was born in Prussia on Oct. 4th, 1846, the daughter of John an.l Theresa Dankoff. Mr. and Mrs. Weisenbarger have six children, namely: Lizzie, wife of Henry Hartman, born Feb. 9, 1877; Mary, born Dec. 29, 1878; Joseph, born Nov. 28, 1880; Michael, born Jan. 18, 1883; Matilda, born Feb. 25, 1885; Frankie, born Aug. 9, 1887.
By her first marriage Mrs. Weisenbarger has four children, three of whom are living, namely: Peter Harris, born Dec. 1, 1869; Rosa, wife of John Swaybach, born Dec. 5, 1870: Margaret, wife of J. F. Gubser, born Feb. 17, 1872. William is the name of the deceased child.
Mr. Weisenbarger and family are members of the Catholic church at Hamburg, Ia. In politics he is a Democrat.
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C. C. WHITE.
C HARLES CRAWFORD WHITE, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Atchison county, Missouri, on March 23rd, 1881. His parents were Samuel and Sarah Margaret White. His father died on June 4th, 1905. He was a native of the state of Pennsylvania and was born on Nov. 25th, 1831; his mother, a native of Kentucky, was born May 23rd, 1843. They were married in Atchison county, Missouri, on Oct. 17th, 1864. To Mr. and Mrs. White were born six children, five of whom are living, namely: Nellie, John, Mary, Charles, Altha and Carrie. Willie is the name of their deceased child. Mrs. White is a member of the Presbyterian church, as was also Mr. White.
At the time of taking this sketch the subject hereof conducted his father's farm, com- prising 298 acres, in section 33, township 66, range 41, in Atchison county, Missouri, and 819 acres across the state line, in Fremont county, Iowa. He also made a specialty of breeding thoroughbred Poland-China hogs. In fact, the "Sunny Slope" herd had a wide reputation. He also fed stock extensively, marketing about 300 head of fat cattle and 600 head of fat hogs annually.
The farm is well improved with buildings and otherwise. The house, in size, is 18x36 feet and 14x16 feet, with seven rooms. The barn is 30x42 feet in size, with 20-foot posts; scale house, 16x24 feet; hog house, 20x60 feet; also other buildings and sheds, and an orchard covering six acres.
Besides attending the home schools Mr. White attended the State Normal at Peru, Neb. Politically he is a Republican.
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J. T. WELLS.
JOHN T. WELLS, of Rock Port, Mo., was born in Fleming county, Kentucky, on Oct. 9th, 1829, the son of Jeremiah and Harriett Wells and the third in a family of nine children. He was on the farm of his parents, in Kentucky, until in his thirty-second year. Leaving his native state he located in Holt county, Missouri. His parents located at Mound City, Mo., one year later, where they remained about a year, when they bought what is now known as the Bungenstock farm, near Nishna Station. After remaining there about four years the subject of this sketch went to Montana, where he engaged in the occupations of mining, freighting and farming. He returned to Atchison county in the year 1869 and two years later located on a farm of 215 acres, two miles south of Phelps City, in sections 1 and 2, township 64, range 42, where he resided until in 1902, when he sold his farm and moved to Rock Port. The house on the farm is a two-story structure, in size 30x32 feet; barn, 32x32 feet, with 14-foot posts, and shed, 10x32 feet. He now owns and lives in the handsome and commodious residence in Rock Port shown in the accompanying view.
On Feb. 12, 1877, Mr. Wells was united in marriage with Miss Alice F. Payne, daughter of Louis and Louisa Payne. She was born in Bath county, Virginia, on Sept. 8th, 1851. To Mr. and Mrs. Wells were born eleven children, ten of whom are living, namely: Charles A .; Hallie L. and Sallie B .- twins: Elbridge Harvey, Louis P., John, Harris, Peck, Alice, Helen. The deceased child is Paul.
Mr. and Mrs. Wells are members of the Christian church, as are also several of their children. Although Mr. Wells' education was obtained in the primitive common schools, he has done much reading and is unusually well informed. Mrs. Wells' education was finished at the female college at Stanton, Va. Their son Charles was educated in the high school at Adel, Ia., and later was a leading school teacher of the county, having been principal of the Phelps City and Westboro schools. At the regular elections in 1902 and 1906 he was elected to the office of County Clerk of Atchison county. Misses Hallie and Sallie graduated from the Rock Port high school and are teachers in Atchison county. John and Harris are also graduates from Rock Port high school.
Mr. Wells stands high in the councils of the Democratic party of the county, and has served the party in many important capacities, such as County Central Committeeman and delegate to various conventions-state, district and county. In 1878 he was elected Presiding Judge of the County Court. At the expiration of that term of four years he was elected to the State Legislature, and he was again elected to serve Atchison county in that capacity in the 36th General Assembly.
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