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Dr. Scott was married on April 10, 1894, to Miss Laura Bell, who is also a native of this county. They have three children, their daugh- ters May and Cora Bell and their son William B., Jr. In the fraternal life of the community the doctor has many connections, being a mem- ber of the Masonic Order, the Order of the Eastern Star, the Independ- ent Order of Odd Fellows, the Modern Woodmen of America and the
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Royal Neighbors of America. He takes an earnest interest and an ac- tive part in the work of each of these fraternities.
COL. THADDEUS J. STAUBER
(Deceased)
A minister of the gospel for many years until his voice failed him, and even after that disaster giving considerable time and attention to evangelical work in the locality of his home; a gallant and intrepid Union soldier during the Civil War, in which he rose to the rank of lieutenant-colonel by the value and fidelity of his services; a farmer in St. Charles county of this state for a time; a vigorous and prolific editor of an influential paper, and then, until the end of his life one of the leading farmers of Yellow Creek township in this county, the late Col. Thaddeus Stauber was a very useful man in many localities and in a variety of serviceable occupations, in all of which he was true to every duty.
Colonel Stauber was born in Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, on April 25, 1825, and was a son of Benjamin and Elizabeth (McCord) Stauber, also natives of that state. The father was a manufacturing hatter and carried on an enterprise in that line at Lewistown, Pennsylvania, for many years. He moved to Missouri in 1866 and located in this county on a farm one mile and a half north of St. Catharine, where he lived about fifteen years. At the end of that period he changed his residence to Topeka, Kansas, and there he died. His wife died in Scotland coun- ty, this state. They had four sons and four daughters who grew to maturity, but none of them resides in Linn county at this time (1912).
Thaddeus J. Stauber was reared in his native county and prepared himself for the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal church. For some years he was attached to the Baltimore conference of that denomina- tion and filled appointments under its assignment. In 1853 he went to the Berryville, Virginia, circuit, where he remained engaged in the ac- tive work of the ministry for one year, then lost his voice and was com- pelled to retire from the service of the church for a time. In 1858 he came to Missouri and took up his residence on a farm near Flint Hill in St. Charles county, which he cultivated two years, and at the same time rendered the community surrounding him good service as a local preacher.
In 1859 he took charge of the Troy Citizen in Troy, the county
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seat of the adjoining county of Lincoln, and this newspaper he edited and published until the beginning of the Civil War. He was ardently attached to the Union and when armed hostilities threatened its dis- memberment he felt it his duty to go to its defense. Accordingly, in the fall of 1861 he enlisted under Col. John B. Henderson and was stationed in Pike county. A short time afterward he was appointed provost marshal of Calloway county.
While performing the duties of this office he was taken prisoner by a company of bushwhackers, but made his escape from them and then determined to raise a regiment of his own. With this end in view he came to Linn county and recruited the Forty-sixth Missouri Volunteer Infantry, of which he was made lieutenant-colonel, and which he served in that position to the close of the war, when he was mustered out of the service with the rank that had been conferred upon him when he raised the regiment.
In 1865, after his discharge from the army, he returned to this county and bought 140 acres of land in Yellow Creek township, to which ' he moved his family the next year. He resided on this farm until his death on September 4, 1893, and raised it to a high state of improvement and productiveness, making it one of the best and most attractive farms of its size in the township of its location. For he farmed as he preached and fought with all his faculties alert and studious of his work and all his powers energetically employed in performing it.
Col. Stauber was married on October 24, 1854, to Miss Margaret Burwell, a native of Virginia. They had six children, four of whom are living: Ralph O., who is a lawyer in St. Joseph, Missouri; Edward B., who is a resident of the state of Idaho; Nannie B., who is now the wife of C. Maddox of this county ; and Thomas M., who is engaged in farm- ing in Linn county. The mother is still living and has her home at the old homestead.
Colonel Stauber was a firm and faithful Republican in his political faith and attachment, and an ardent and efficient worker for the good of his party. He was chosen as its candidate to represent Linn county in the state legislature in 1869, and made an excellent record for good service in that body. He always had the enduring welfare of Linn county and his state at heart, and suffered nothing to divert him from striving to promote that, without regard to personal or other consider- ations. He was a Freemason in fraternal relations and continued in the work of his church as a local preacher until a few years before his death. Throughout Linn county he was well and favorably known and
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everybody had the highest respect for him and warm admiration of his abilities and his worth and usefulness as a man and citizen.
GEORGE A. HALEY
Although not a native of Linn county or the state of Missouri, or even of the United States, George A. Haley, one of the leading farmers of Marceline township, has been a resident of the county for over forty- one years, and all of the time on the farm on which he now lives. He is one of the few and fast-fading old settlers of this locality who are left to tell the story of the early days, when he, with others, laid the foundations of the present civilization and industrial and mercantile development, as he came to this region soon after Marceline was laid out and started on its career of startling progress and rapid growth.
Mr. Haley was born in Ontario county, province of Ontario, Can- ada, on October 3, 1843. He is a brother of Dr. Robert Haley of Brook- field, in a sketch of whose life, to be found elsewhere in this volume, the family history is given. In his native country the young Canadian reached his maturity and obtained his education, finishing at first rate schools in Toronto, and after leaving school he farmed in Ontario until 1870. In that year he moved to this state and located on a tract of 190 acres of wild land in what is now Marceline township, which he bought.
His subsequent years in the county have been devoted to improving this land, bringing it to an advanced state of productiveness, equipping it with everything required for its best cultivation and enriching it with a comfortable dwelling, commodious barns and all the other structures needed for the proper use and development of its resources. He has ap- plied his energies to these demands in all their phases and features, and has thereby made his farm one of the most valuable and desirable in the township of its location, and one that is a fair representative of the best and most valuable in the county.
Mr. Haley was married on April 14, 1867, to Miss Hannah Mc- Kenzie, like himself, a native of Canada, where the nuptials were sol- emnized. They have had two children, their daughter Margaret, who is living at home with her parents, and their son Arthur M., who has died. He grew to manhood, and at the time of his death was the hus- band of an estimable lady, whose maiden name was Alice Swan. The mother of these children died in the year 1906.
In politics Mr. Haley is a loyal and devoted member of the Demo- cratic party, adhering to it under the conviction that its principles are
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the best for the country, and embody the best theory and the most satisfactory guarantee of good government. He has no political ambi- tion on his own part, and no desire whatever for public office of any kind. His religious affiliation is with the Methodist Episcopal church, and in all the good work it undertakes for the benefit of his community he has an earnest interest and an active part.
Mr. Haley has been earnest in his desire and sedulous in his efforts to aid in promoting the substantial and enduring welfare of his town- ship and county, and to this end has never stayed his hand when good work in their behalf was to be done. Whatever the project, if it in- volved advancement for the people, he has been at the front with good adice and ready assistance, and the other residents of the locality have witnessel his public spirit and have not withheld their commendation of it, and his generous devotion to the public weal in all respects. They look upon him as one of their most progressive, useful and representa- tive citizens, and they esteem him cordially in accordance with this estimate.
LAWRENCE MILLER
Not far beyond the full maturity of his manhood in years, but ripe in business training and experience, Lawrence Miller, one of the lead- ing merchants of Linn county, with a large and active general store in the town of St. Catharine, is a very useful, public spirited and pro- gressive citizen and one of the best known and most highly esteemed men in this part of the state of Missouri. While not a native of Linn county, he has lived in it from the time when he was four years old and been in business among its people continuously for nearly fifteen years. The strong regard felt for him is therefore based on a thorough knowledge of his worth, and the wide popularity he enjoys is due to his genial nature, his warm interest in the welfare of his township and county and his energy in striving to promote it.
Mr. Miller was born in Miami county, Indiana, on July 1, 1877. His parents, George B. and Nancy E. (Petty) Miller, are also natives of that state, the father having been born in Miami county in 1841 and the mother in Wabash county in 1847. The father grew to manhood in his native state and began life as a farmer there. In 1862 he enlisted as a soldier for the Union in Company H, Eighty-seventh Indiana Vol- unteer Infantry, in which he served to the end of the war and was then discharged with the rank of corporal, to which he was promoted
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for the excellence of his service and his strict fidelity to duty on all occasions, on the battlefield and off.
His regiment was in the very thick of the fight during almost all of the four years' conflict and he saw a great deal of active service. He saw and partook of all the horrors of the deluge of death at Gettys- burg, was with Sherman in his historic march to the sea, and partici- pated in many other renowned engagements of the momentous sec- tional strife which so nearly rent our stricken land asunder and cost so much in blood and treasure, but which settled forever some of the most troublesome problems of statecraft our country has ever known.
In 1867 he came to this county and engaged in farming until 1873. In that year he returned to Indiana, where he remained until 1881 and followed the same pursuit. In the year last mentioned he again became a resident of Linn county, and came to stay, as he bought a farm in Locust Creek township, which he lived on and farmed until 1897. In that year, in association with his son Lawrence, he started the mercan- tile enterprise at St. Catharine which the latter is now conducting on his own account, having bought the business from his father in 1901.
The father was postmaster of St. Catharine seven years, and always, from the time of his second arrival in the county, has been a man of prominence and influence in its affairs, political and material. He is a member of the Masonic order, and he and his wife belong to the Methodist Episcopal church. They are now living retired in Brookfield, with three sons and four daughters alive devoted to their welfare and zealous in doing them reverence and augmenting their happiness. The grandfather, Miller, was born and reared in Kentucky and moved from that state to Indiana at an early date, and there he died.
Lawrence Miller grew from the age of four years to manhood in Linn county and was educated in its public schools. He assisted his father on the home farm until 1897, when together they inaugurated the general merchandising enterprise at St. Catharine which is still in the family name. The father and son conducted the business together for six years. The son then bought the father's interest in the business, and since that time he has carried it on alone, as has been stated.
The progress of the firm in trade and the expansion of its business were such that in 1908 it was obliged to secure more commodious and convenient quarters, and in that year the present store building, which is 30 by 90 feet in dimensions, was erected to meet the requirements. Since then the growth in business has steadily continued, and it now
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amounts to over $30,000 a year. The territory covered by the trade has greatly enlarged, the reputation of the store in the mercantile world has risen to a high point, its popularity has extended widely and been considerably intensified, and the number of its patrons has increased by leaps and bounds from year to year. For it is conducted on an elevated plane of integrity, progressiveness and consideration for the wants of the purchasing public in every respect.
Mr. Miller was married on December 27, 1899, to Miss Cora E. Glasgow, a native of this county and the daughter of Thomas and Emma (Anderson) Glasgow, early settlers in the county, a sketch of whom will be found elsewhere in this volume. Mr. and Mrs. Miller have two children, their sons Thomas Ole and Lawrence E., who are now attending school. Politically the head of the house is a Democrat, firm in his convictions and true and loyal to his party. He has served six years as township trustee, and so widely cared for the interests of the township and its residents that his work in the office is held in the highest appreciation. His only affiliation in the fraternal life of the community is with the Modern Woodmen of America and the Yoemen. His rank as a merchant is high; his usefulness as a citizen is pronounced, and his life as a man is above reproach. The people of the whole county esteem him in accordance with this estimate, and know that he is worthy of it.
DR. JOHN C. SCOTT
(Deceased)
In the death of the late Dr. John C. Scott, who departed this life on March 14, 1905, at the age of sixty-five years, Linn county lost one of its leading physicians and most active and useful citizens. He had been a resident of the county for fifty-one years, and had practiced his profession among its residents for thirty-seven. He also owned a fine farm of 148 acres near the town of St. Catharine, and in that town he had a fine residence on one of the principal streets. In addition to his lucrative practice and profitable farming operations he was largely engaged in raising live stock for the general markets.
Dr. Scott was born on June 14, 1840, in Tazewell county, Virginia, and was a son of Bazwell and Marinda (Carter) Scott. He obtained his academic education at Mount Pleasant College, which is located at Huntsville in Randolph county, this state, and became a resident of Linn county in 1854. For a number of years after locating in this
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county he was engaged in farming. When he determined to study medicine and make the practice of that science his chief work for the rest of his life, he entered Keokuk (Iowa) University, and from that institution he was graduated with the degree of M. D. in 1868. He at once began the practice of his profession in this county, and here he continued it until his death.
Dr. Scott rose to prominence and influence in his work in the county, serving as the secretary of the Linn County Medical Society for a time and as county coroner for some years, being first elected to this office in 1880. He pursued a post graduate course in special training at Rush Medical College in Chicago and was always a diligent student of the best literature of his profession and a keen reasoner on its man- ifestations in his practical work, and in addition was ever willing to communicate the information he possessed to his professional brethren, although modest and unassuming in doing so. They esteemed him highly, as did the people of the whole county, both as a physician and as a man and citizen.
The doctor was a Freemason in fraternal life and a Democrat in politics. But while he was loyal to his party and at all times desirous of its success, he never sought any of its honors or emoluments for himself. His religious connection was with the Methodist Episcopal Church South, of which he was a devout and consistent member for many years. He also took a cordial and very helpful interest in the lodge in the Masonic order of which he was so long a valued member.
Dr. Scott was married on July 27, 1875, to Miss Eliza A. Williams, who was born in Chariton county, this state, on November 27, 1852. She is a daughter of Nathaniel L. and Clarinda (Vance) Williams, the former a native of Virginia and the latter of Missouri of German ances- try. Mrs. Scott's grandfather, William Williams, came to Old Char- iton in Chariton county among the first settlers in that locality. He died there in 1861. Dr. and Mrs. Scott were the parents of four chil- dren, all of whom are living: Florence A., who is now the wife of E. E. Rouse, of Kansas City, Missouri; Minnie M., who is now the wife of Mark Wigle and lives at Cameron in Clinton county, this state; and Everett E. and Grace M., who are still residing at home with their mother. She is one of the most esteemed matrons in the community of her home, in which she has always taken a lively and serviceable inter- est in connection with every department of its intellectual, moral, mate- rial and social life, giving a fine example of elevated womanhood and usefulness to the people living around her.
REV. PETER J. CULLEN
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REV. PETER J. CULLEN
Genial, whole-souled and companionable, with a hearty welcome and an open hand for all comers, whether of his faith or not; yet with a stern and unrelenting sense of duty in his sacred office and all that per- tains to it; always as ready to reprove error as he is to commend upright living, and as forceful in one as he is gracious and cordial in the other; with a high order of business capacity also, and great in- dustry in the use of it, Rev. Peter J. Cullen, pastor of the Catholic church in Marceline enjoys great and wide-spread popularity and is richly deserving of it. His place in the regard of the whole people of Linn county is an elevated one, and it is firmly established, for he is one of the best citizens of this section of the country and has shown that he is genuine in every way.
Father Cullen was born in County Cavan, Ireland, on January 9, 1856. He is a son of James and Ellen (Cullen) Cullen, also natives of County Cavan in the Emerald Isle, where the father was a farmer, carpenter and loom maker. They were the parents of four sons and five daughters, four of whom, two of the sons and two of the daughters, became residents of the United States.
Rev. Peter J. Cullen was reared in his native land and obtained his education there, both academic and clerical. He attended the National school of the country, then pursued a four year's course in Latin at St. Bernard's College, from which he was graduated with the honors of his class. After leaving this institution he located in Dublin, and during the next five years was a student at All Hallows College near that city, an institution devoted to foreign mission work, and to training students for the priesthood in that department of the church's undertakings. He was graduated from this college in 1879, and was ordained as a priest in June of that year. In the September following he came to this country and proceeded direct to St. Joseph, Missouri.
After passing a year in the cathedral in St. Joseph, and one at St. Patrick's church in that city, he worked six months in the counties to the north. At the end of that period he was assigned to the church at Weston, where he remained two years. From Weston he was trans- ferred to Liberty in Clay county, and there he was busily employed in his beneficent duties of looking after the spiritual welfare of his parish and building up its material interests for fourteen years. During this period he also built the church edifice at Excelsior Springs.
In November, 1897, Father Cullen was sent to Marceline as the successor of Rev. Thomas J. Burke, and he has been located in that city
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ever since. He also has charge of the church at Bucklin. During his pastorate at Marceline Father Cullen has vastly improved the church property at a cost of over $3,000, the improvements including new walks in the grounds and around them, electric lights and other modern requirements. Soon after his arrival he also bought land and laid it out for a cemetery, the first one in the city. Since coming to this city he has administered the rite of baptism to 267 persons and added to the church membership considerably. There are now over eighty families belonging to the church as regular communicants, and the progress is still going on at a healthy and gratifying rate, in both Marceline and Bucklin.
These are but logical results of Father Cullen's great industry and influence. He is an indefatigable worker, he understands human nature, and he is devoted to the interests he has in charge. He therefore suc- ceeds in what he undertakes, because he omits no effort necessary to success, and laughs at obstacles to his purposes, often turning them to his service by the force of his determined and unyielding will. He is also an accomplished and impressive speaker, with a thorough mastery of the teachings of the church and great power and eloquence in pre- senting and advocating them. Out of the sacred desk he is a lover of good-fellowship in the best sense of the term, and under all circum- stances he is a high-minded, progressive and deeply patriotic American citizen. These qualities of mind and heart have given him a strong hold on the confidence and regard of the people, without regard to creed or church connection, and been of great service to him in many ways. His church has nowhere a man better adapted to the situation in which it has placed him, and Linn county has no better citizen, as the united voice of its residents of all classes cheerfully and admiringly attests.
Father Cullen's pastoral duties have not been allowed to absorb the whole of his time and attention, although they are never neglected or slighed in the least degree, however great their exactions. But he has literary ability of a high order, and he has used it with great skill and decided benefit to thousands of people who have had the advantage of following his strong and fluent pen. He has written two forcible books of an argumentative character on subjects pertinent to his regular work, and they are considered by excellent judges very convincing in their logic, pleasing in their style and helpful in their effect.
One of these books is entitled "A Guide to the True Faith," and the other "Socialism and the Christian Religion." Each has been highly commended by the press and scholastics in many parts of the country. Some of the press notices of the first are as follows: Public
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Opinion says of it: "It is written with a good spirit and a clear, direct and fascinating style." Church News declares: "It is full of valuable information for Catholics as well as non-Catholics." The Baltimore American calls it: "A plain, practical exposition of the doctrines of the Catholic Church intended for all those who are desirous to know its true belief." The Philadelphia Ledger says: "The author speaks from the standpoint of a faithful parish priest rather than as a casuist. His arguments are such as will reach the understanding of open-minded Americans desirous of maintaining loyalty to their country and their church."
The work entitled "Socialism and the Christian Religion" has received many favorable notices, some of which follow. Father Lam- bert, in the New York Freeman Journal, says of it: "It is an excellent little book and most opportune. It is for the workingman, weary and dissatisfied, who is ready to give a willing ear to the delusive promises of Socialism that Father Cullen has written his book. And it is the book that the puzzled toiler needs." Ave Maria analyzes it in this language: "The author discusses, with admirable lucidity and force, the nature of Socialism; its aims and purposes; the banefulness of its teachings and doctrines on religion, morality and justice ; and the mani- fold evil consequences that would inevitably ensue from its adoption."
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