Encyclopedia of the history of Missouri, a compendium of history and biography for ready reference, Vol. I, Part 93

Author: Conard, Howard Louis, ed. 1n
Publication date: 1901
Publisher: New York, Louisville [etc.] The Southern history company, Haldeman, Conard & co., proprietors
Number of Pages: 856

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Carthage Collegiate Institute .- A co-educational classical school at Car- thage, fitting students for entrance to the best colleges and universities, and for active duty in ordinary business pur- suits. It is nominally under Presbyterian control, but while christian principles are in- culcated, it is entirely free from sectarian influences. It occupies a spacious and hand- some brick building, completed in 1888, at an expense of $30,000. January 8, 1900, its roll

of students numbered one hundred and fifty. In 1885 Ozark Presbytery determined to found a college within its boundaries, and Carthage was selected as the location, largely through the influence of the Rev. W. S. Knight, D. D., who was acting president at the opening, in September, 1886, in the lec- ture room of the Presbyterian Church. The following year the college building was occu- pied, though not completed. Dr. Knight withdrew, desiring to devote his entire effort to ministerial work, and was succeeded by J. G. Reaser, D. D. Succeeding presidents have been Dwight S. Hanna, Professor Salem G. Pattison, the Rev. H. S. Halleck and Pro- fessor L. E. Robinson. Professor Robinson resigned January 1, 1900, to accept a position in Monmouth (Illinois) College, and was suc- ceeded by the first president, Dr. Knight.

Carthage Female Seminary .- See "Carthage."

Carthage Light Guard .- See "Jasper County Military Companies."

Caruth .- A village in Clay Township, Dunklin County, eight miles south of Ken- nett. It has a Baptist Church, a cotton gin and two stores. Population, 1899 (esti- mated), 200.

Caruthers, Sammel, lawyer and con- gressman, was born in Madison County, Mis- souri, October 13, 1820, and died at Cape Girardeau, July 20, 1860. Fle was educated at Cumberland University, at Lebanon, Ten- nessee, where he also studied law under the direction of his uncle, Judge Robert L. Caruthers, afterward judge of the Supreme Court of Tennessee. He began the practice of his profession in Fredericktown, but soon entered public life and was elected to Con- gress in 1852, and re-elected twice in succession, serving in the Thirty-third, Thirty-fourth and Thirty-fifth Congresses.

Caruthersville .- A city of the fourth class in Little Prairie Township, Pemiscot County, six miles southeast of Gayoso. It occupies a site near the old town of Little Prairie, of which it was the successor, and for many years was called Lost Village. In 1857 a town site was laid out by Colonel John H. Walker and George W. Bushey, and

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called Caruthersville, in honor of Honorable Samuel Caruthers. Its growth was slow until the building of the St. Louis, Kennett & Southern Railway, of which it is the east- ern terminal. It has Baptist, Catholic and Methodist Episcopal Churches, a graded school, two banks, four sawmills, stave fac- tory and woodwork factory, two newspapers. the "Democrat" and the "Press," and an elec- tric lighting plant. The population in 1900 was 2,315.

Cascade .- A beautiful falls in Iron County, ten miles west of Ironton. The water falls down the perpendicular side of Cascade Mountains two hundred feet, to the bottom of a narrow gorge. Opposite, and a short distance off, rises another mountain three hundred feet high and nearly perpen- dicular. The falls have worn large reservoirs, or cisterns, which are always full of water.

Case, James B., manufacturer and financier, was born March 6, 1843, in the town of Sodus, Wayne County, New York, and died September 11, 1900. Mr. Case was reared on his father's farm in the town of his birth, and obtained his early education in the public schools and in the academies of Sodus and Red Creek, and assisted in the expense of his education by teaching country schools. His eighteenth year found him a student in Genesee College, at Lima, New York, which institution he left in the midst of his collegiate course in 1861 to enlist in the Civil War as a private soldier in the ranks of the Forty-fourth New York Volunteers, pop- ularly known as the Ellsworth Zouaves. This regiment was attached to the Fifth Corps of the Army of the Potomac. Aside from many minor engagements he participated in the notable battles of Hanover Junction, Gaines' Mills, Malvern Hill, and Second Bull Run ; in the latter of which battles, on August 31, 1862, he was severely wounded in the right arm, and as a result of his wounds was dis- charged from the service on November 25. 1862. For a short time after his discharge from the service he again engaged in school- teaching. From the autumn of 1863 to the spring of 1865 he was engaged in cotton- planting on the Sea Islands, near the city of Beaufort, in South Carolina. In the spring of 1865 he removed to Parkersburg, West Virginia, and was there engaged in the oil

and mercantile business until 1868, when he removed to the city of St. Louis. His first employment in the city of St. Louis was in the office of city comptroller, where he was soon advanced to the position of deputy comptroller; for a period thereafter he was employed in the building of the city water- works, at Bissell's Point. Soon after the completion of the waterworks he became associated in the interests which led to the formation of the N. O. Nelson Manufactur- ing Company, and as an officer and director of that corporation was prominently identi- fied with the manufacturing interests of the city of St. Louis for many years. He with- drew from this company to organize The Lincoln Trust Company, now one of the most important financial institutions of St. Louis, of which he was president.

On Christmas day, 1805. in the city of St. Louis, he married Miss Emma L. Kroeger. Their only child is now Mrs. Kent Jarvis. Mr. Case's wife, Emma Kroeger Case, was born January 23, 1840, in Denmark, daughter of Rev. Jacob and Julia (Meyer) Kroeger ; her father being a Lutheran clergyman and a graduate of Berlin University.

Case, Theodore Spencer, who, as a physician, journalist, soldier and man of affairs, lived a life of peculiar usefulness in Kansas City, was born January 26, 1832, in Butts County, Georgia. His parents were Ermine and Mary A. (Cowles) Case, both natives of Connecticut, who resided for some vears in Georgia, thence removing to Colum- bus, Ohio. Their son, Theodore S., was graduated from Marietta (Ohio) College in 1851 : some years afterward he received from his alma mater the degree of master of arts. For several years he was a teacher in an academy at Dublin, Ohio, and afterward pro- fessor of mathematics in the Esther Institute at Columbus, Ohio. Meantime. he was a student in the Starling Medical College, from which he was graduated in 1853. The same vear he located in Kansas City, Missouri, and was a successful practitioner of medicine until the outbreak of the Civil War, when necessity called him to other pursuits, to the practical abandonment of his profession. In 1861 he became a private in Company C of Van Horn's Battalion ; he was promoted to second lieutenant, and assigned to duty as acting quartermaster and commissary at Kansas

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City. In June, 1862, President Lincoln com- missioned him captain and assistant quarter- master of United States Volunteers. In 1863 he served as chief quartermaster of the mili- tary district of the border, and in 1864, in the same capacity in the District of Central Missouri. His services during the entire war were important, and his duties were always faithfully discharged. At the close of the war he resigned from the volunteer service, having received the warmest commendation of the various commanders under whom he had served, including Brigadier Generals Ewing, Brown and Fisk, and Major Generals Pleasanton, Blunt and Rosecrans. He was immediately appointed by Governor Fletcher to the position of quartermaster general of Missouri, and served as such until July, 1866, when he resigned. the affairs of his depart- ment having been practically settled. From this time his best effort was given to advanc- ing the interests of Kansas City, in every line of commercial, financial and educational enterprise. Between 1867 and 1872 he erected more than a score of buildings there, and in 1869, with his brother Oliver, lie established a plow and implement factory which was successfully operated for several years. In 1870 he assisted in organizing the Commercial Bank, and was made its presi- dent. He was an organizer of the Merchants' and Manufacturers' Bureau in 1886, and as its secretary performed much valuable ser- vice. He was an early member of the Board of Trade, and was the first president of the Real Estate and Stock Exchange. He was among the founders of the Provident Asso- ciation, of the Art Association, and of the Young Men's Christian Association ; in brief, there was not a laudable cause with which he was not usefully identified. His literary and scientific attainments were of marked excellence. In 1860 he was an able con- tributor to the "Post" (German), and to the "Free State Republican." the only Republican journals in western Missouri. In 1861 his pen was an influential agent in securing the election of Colonel Van Horn to the mayor- alty, and in uniting the Union elements, giving Kansas City a firm status as a loyal community. During the war he warmly advocated the most strenuous effort by the government, but denounced all excesses. In 1860. with Dr. G. M. B. Maughs, he estab- lished the Kansas City "Medical and Surgical

Review," the first medical journal in the Mis- souri Valley, which was successfully con- ducted for a year. From 1877 to 1885 he edited the Kansas City "Review of Science and Industry," a rarely able publication of his own creation. While in the military service, he wrote and published a "Quartermaster's Guide," a manual for the use of officers in the quartermaster's and commissary depart- ments, which received the commendation of the highest authorities. From his coming to Kansas City, almost to the moment of his death, he contributed to various scientific and other publications. His last work of local interest was a chronological sketch of Kan- sas City, written for the "Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri." In 1883 the Uni- versity of Kansas City, in recognition of his scholarly abilities, conferred upon him the degree of doctor of philosophy. In 1885 he was called to the chair of chemistry in the Kansas City Medical College, which he assisted in founding, and he occupied the position until about a year before his death.

A Republican in politics, he was ever con- spicuous as an exponent of the principles of his party, which he held as the embodiment of all patriotism and good citizenship. Rather in recognition of his ability and usefulness than in reward of political services, he was repeatedly called to important public posi- tions. In 1866 he was appointed a railroad commissioner by Governor Fletcher, and in 1867 he was made a member of the Board of Curators of the Missouri State University, and occupied the position for two years. In 1885 he was appointed by Governor Critten- den as commissioner to the World's Centen- nial Exposition at New Orleans. In 1873 he was appointed postmaster of Kansas City by President Grant, and his term of service was extended to thirteen years under successive reappointments by President Hayes and President Arthur. This long period was a most important one in the growth and development of the city, and his innovations in postal affairs were highly advantageous to its business interests. During the busiest years of his life, immediately following the war period, he rendered capable service at Jefferson City and elsewhere in securing legislation for the furtherance of railway and other interests. In 1891 he was chosen to the position of city treasurer, to fill a vacancy, and he was elected to succeed himself the

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year following. He served as justice of the peace from 1894 10 1898. Ile then devoted his attention to real estate matters and liter- ary work during the remainder of his active days. He was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and commander of one of the first posts in the State: a member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion, and vice commander of the Missouri Command- ery; and a member of the Baptist Church. In 1858 he married Miss Julia McCoy Lykins, daughter of Dr. Johnston Lykins. She died in 1872, leaving three children. Lilah is the wife of George Coles, a civil engineer ; Johnston L. is a civil engineer con- nected with the Stilwell railway lines, and Ermine C. is teacher of geology and chem- istry in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In 1874 Colonel Case married Miss Fidelia (). Wright, who is yet living. He died February 16, 1900, deeply regretted by all classes. He was, without doubt, one of the most useful men who ever served the community. With varied accomplishments, and a master of many pursuits, he was equally fertile and energetic as a scientist, a litterateur, and a man of affairs. In all, he was supremely unselfish, holding his talents at the service of the public, yet without vain self-assertion or assumption of superiority. Unlike most men of varied capabilities, his was a remark- ably evenly-balanced character. lle was a model gentleman, almost feminine in his gen- tleness and consideration for others. yet tenacious of a once-formed opinion. almost to the point of stubbornness. One of his most intimate friends, Colonel Van Horn. completes the enumeration of his virtues with the assertion that he never saw him in ill temper, or knew him to be guilty of a single act inconsistent with the strictest rule of morality.

F. V. HEDLEY.

Case, Zophar, physician and surgeon, and regarded by his professional contempo- raries as one of the most learned and suc- cessful practitioners in central Missouri, was born in Carlyle, Illinois, January 22, 1847. son of Zophar and Mary Ellen (Halstead) Case. His father, who was a native of War- ren, Ohio, began his career as a civil engineer under his brother, Leonard Case, of Cleve- land, Ohio. Subsequently he was admitted to the bar and practiced many years at Vandalia and Carlyle, Illinois. ultimately en-

gaging in mercantile pursuits in Carlyle. In ISSo he removed to Cleveland, Ohio, where his death occurred in 1884. The Halstead family, of which Dr. Case's mother is a de- ascendant, were prominently identified with the carly settlement of Long Island. New York, and were represented in the Revolu- tionary Army. She was also descended from the Sprongs, of English and Dutch ancestry. The Case family has been for many years one of the most prominent and influential in Cleveland. Leonard Case, Jr., established and endowed the Case School of Applied Sciences in that city, of which Eckstein Case, brother of Dr. Case, is now one of the cor- porators and secretary and treasurer. The early education of Dr. Case was obtained in the public schools of Illinois. After reading medicine in Carlyle, he took his doctor's degree from the St. Louis Medical College in 1875. Ile has since taken postgraduate courses in New York City in 1800 and 1897. Immediately after graduation he located in Johnson County, but a few years later re- moved to St. Louis, Since 1890 he has been engaged in general practice in Warrensburg. and has been very successful. He is a men- ber of the Johnson County Medical Society, and affiliates with fraternal organizations as a member of the Legion of Honor, of St. Louis. Ile is a Methodist Episcopal church- man and is a member of the official board of that church. He was married in June, 1884. 10 Laura E. Gallaher, of St. Joseph. Missouri. Hler death occurred in 1885. In May, 1804. he married Anna B. Beegle, a native of Pleasant Hill, Missouri, and a daughter of D. F. Beegle. Dr. Case has always been deeply devoted to his profes- sion, is a close student, keeping fully abreast of the best thought and research in the science of medicine, and is a frequent con- tributor to current medical literature. He is highly regarded. not only by members of the profession, but by the laity, for his upright- ness and integrity and his public spirit.

Casey, Thomas Marion, lawyer and banker, was born in Henry County, Mis- souri. April 25. 1858. son of George M. and Lucy Ann (Croswhite) Casey. George M. Casey was born in Kentucky in April. 1836. and at the age of six years accompanied his father. John S. Casey, to Missouri, the latter locating on a farm in Henry Coumy, in 1842.

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He served with distinction in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, and at its close returned to his old home in Missouri. He has since been engaged in farming and stock- raising and now conducts his business from Kansas City. Thomas M. Casey was reared on his father's farm, which was located about ten miles north of Clinton. Until his twen- tieth year he attended the public schools. In 1878 he entered Cumberland University at Lebanon, Tennessee, and he was graduated from the literary and law departments of that institution in 1882, with the degrees of bachelor of arts and bachelor of laws. The year following the completion of his college course, he was admitted to the bar by Judge James B. Gantt-at the present time (1900) chief justice of Missouri- and immediately thereafter entered into a partnership with Honorable Banton G. Boone, of Clinton, one of the most distinguished members of the Missouri bar. This relation was sustained until the election of General Boone to the office of attorney general of Missouri. Dur- ing the succeeding three years Mr. Casey devoted himself to the active practice of his profession, as the partner of Judge Gantt at Clinton. Subsequently he formed a part- nership with Walter E. Owen, which con- tinned until Mr. Casey abandoned the practice of law. to turn his attention to the manage- ment of the banking interests of Salmon & Salmon, of Clinton, a business which has occupied his time since 1896. Mr. Casey has always shown a deep interest in the welfare of the Democratic party, and since 1894 has been chairman of the Henry County Demo- cratic Committee. He has never been ambi- tious for public office, though he has always been a zealous worker and liberal contributor of his means to advance political principles in which he believes. In the Cumberland Pres- byterian Church he holds the office of deacon. He was married May 30. 1883, to Miss Kate M. Salmon, daughter of Dr. G. Y. Salmon, of Clinton. Their only child is a son, Robert Prince Casey.

Cass, Amos Armstrong, building contractor and mine operator, was born November 29, 1841, in Walker County, Georgia. His parents were James M. and · Martha J. (Ryan) Cass, both natives of Ten- nessee. The family removed to east Ten- nessee, where the son, Amos Armstrong,

attended the common schools, and during one winter an academy. He then assisted his father, who was a farmer and stock-dealer, until the war conditions practically suspended all civil pursuits. He was a staunch Unionist, and succeeded in evading service in the Con- federate Army. When the United States forces secured east Tennessee, after Sher- man had captured Missionary Ridge and relieved General Burnside at Knoxville, Mr. Cass accompanied the troops to Chattanooga, and thence to Nashville. He soon went to Lebanon, Missouri, returning from there to Nashville, where he engaged in the govern- ment service. Upon his discharge from the latter employment he returned to east Ten- nessee, narrowly escaping capture by guer- rillas. He had been taken prisoner some monthis before, but had been held only a few hours. At another time he was arrested by United States troops, but was personally released by Andrew Johnson, then military Governor of Tennessee, who was familiarly acquainted with the Unionists of east Ten- nessee, and held them in sincere regard for their intense loyalty and sympathized with them on account of the cruelties imposed upon them. Prior to this he had been arrested by the Confederate forces, and was held for a day and night. when he was re- leased through the intervention of his old- time friend and neighbor, W. A. Daugherty, now of Carterville. Years later, Mr. Cass found a quiet and harmless revenge. For three years he was engaged as deputy sheriff during the reconstruction period, and in the discharge of his duty he had occasion to arrest the Confederate captain who had once held him in custody. After the close of the war Mr. Cass engaged as contractor and builder, in which he continued until 1886, when he came to Missouri, locating at Car- terville. Here he followed the same busi- ness, meanwhile carefully investigating mines and mining interests, until these concerns claimed his attention to such a degree that he invested in properties at Oronogo, Carter- ville and Webb City. Among his present holdings are interests in the Belle C., the Ella, M. B., the Myrtle D., and the Cass, Moore & Co. mines; the Gray Goose mine, on ten acres of the Perry land : and the May- flower and Argo mines at Carterville. He has recently sold four productive mines, the Klondike, at Oronogo; the Beulah C., on the

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Missouri zinc fields, and the Cass, Moore & Co., and the Alpha, on the Richland prop- erty. His sons, Walter and Carl Cass, are associated with him in the Belle C. and the Cass, Moore & Co. mines, on the Cornfield tract ; and his daughters, Belle, Beulah and Lillie, are stockholders in the Gray Goose mines. Recently Mr. Cass has given more attention to mining operations than to build- ing, and finds capable assistance in his sons. In politics he is a Democrat, and in religion a Southern Methodist. In his personal life he has always been remarkably exemplary. He is ignorant of the taste of liquors, and has never indulged in the use of tobacco, or made use of profane language. For eight consecu- tive years he was secretary of the Carterville Board of Education, and during this term assisted in the erection of two commodious brick school buildings, and an addition to the Central School building. In these under- takings his professional knowledge as a builder, and conscientious interest in the ends sought, have been greatly to the advantage of the public, who have been afforded the best of school accommodations at a minimum cost. Mr. Cass is a member of the Masonic fraternity and has attained to the Chapter degrees. He was married September 26. 1867, to Miss Sarah A. Hunt, daughter of Louis and Emily Hunt, of Monroe County, east Tennessee. Six children were born of this marriage. The oldest, Ollie E., became the wife of M. V. James, a merchant and min- ing proprietor. She died in 1807. Walter W., an expert miner, is associated in business with his father ; Belle Beatrice was educated in the Carterville school; Lillian A. is the wife of O. II. Schoenhrr. a mining proprietor ; Carl Clayton, who finished his education in 1900, is a capable miner, and will engage in business with his father : Beulah, the young- est, was attending Webb City College in 1900. Mr. Cass is a man of broad informa- tion, derived from close reading and careful investigation. In his business affairs he is prudent and conservative. His knowledge of mining affairs is thorough and practical, and there are few whose judgment upon such matters is more to be depended upon.

Cass County .- A county in the western part of the State, twenty-five miles south of Kansas City, bounded on the north by Jack- son County, on the east by Johnson and

Henry Counties, on the south by Bates County, and on the west by Kansas. lis area is six hundred and eighty-eight square miles, of which about three-fourths is under cultivation. The surface is mainly undulating high prairie, bearing a rich, black loam. North, south and west of Harrisonville, viewed from that point, the country appears almost unbroken, but it contains several nar- row deep streams. Numerous natural eleva- tions are known as "the Knobs;" one, Brookhart's Hill, is one mile south of Har- risonville ; another is Brushy Knob, eight miles east of Pleasant Hill; others are Belle Plains, and the mounds southwest of Har- risonville. All command views of a beautiful expanse of highly productive and well im- proved country. The county is abundantly watered. Grand River heads in the central west and flows southwardly, forming the east- ern half of the southern boundary, and drains three-fourths of its territory. Among its many affluents, the most important are Lick Branch, the South, Middle and East Forks, in the eastern part; in the central north, Camp Branch, Big Creek and Crawford's Fork : in the west, Big Creek and Alexander Branch, and in the south. Pony Creek and other feeders of Grand River. In the ex- treme northeast, and the central south, are several small lakes. About one-sixth of the county, fringing the streams, is set with hard woods, principally hickory, oak, walnut and elm. Coal has been found in small quantities. Railways traversing the county are the Mis- souri Pacific, the Missouri, Kansas & Texas, the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Guli, the Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf, and the Kan- sas City, Osceola & Southern. The principal towns are Ilarrisonville, the county seat ; Archie, Freeman, West Line, East Lynne, Gunn City, Strasburg, Pleasant Hill, Belton and Raymore. In ISOS the principal surplus products were : Wheat, 62,091 bushels ; oats, 30,052 bushels; corn, 10,733 bushels; flax, 122,733 bushels ; hay, 9.476,700 pounds ; flour, 977.950 pounds ; corn meal, 42,105 pounds ; shipstuff, 273,400 pounds ; grass seed, 459.600 pounds ; lumber, logs and ties, 216.254 ivet : wool. 28.727 pounds ; poultry, 5,017.853 pounds: eggs, 442,745 dozen; butter and cheese, 157,949 pounds ; hides, 64,570 pounds ; apples, 3.792 barrels; fresh and dried fruit, 14,617 pounds : vegetables, 33,309 pounds ; linseed oil. 5.846 gallons; oil meal, 67.335

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Encyclopedia of the history of Missouri, a compendium of history and biography for ready reference, Vol. I, Part 93

Author: Conard, Howard Louis, ed. 1n Publication date: 1901 Publisher: New York, Louisville [etc.] The Southern history company, Haldeman, Conard & co., proprietors Number of Pages: 856

Author: Conard, Howard Louis, ed. 1n
Publication date: 1901
Publisher: New York, Louisville [etc.] The Southern history company, Haldeman, Conard & co., proprietors
Number of Pages: 856