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The affairs of this bank have greatly prospered under the manage- ment of Mr. Trader, and it now stands firmly anchored among the strong and reliable fiscal institutions of the state. It has not, however, taken up the whole of his time and attention. His mind is active and could never rest contented upon a single line of enterprise, and he has given considerable of its activity to advancing lis fortunes in other direc- tions. He owns considerable farm land in Oklahoma and other prop- erty, and is treasurer and director of the New Cambria Fair Associa- tion. He is also an active member of the State and American Bank- ing Associations, and takes a zealous interest in their proceedings, occupying a rank of influence among their members and justifying the regard in which they hold him by valuable contributions to their deliberations and the discussions in which their views are expressed. He is a close and thoughtful student of financial matters, always bring- ing to their examination a mind alert and active and a determined purpose to learn the truth concerning them without regard to any previous opinions on the subject. The results of his studies are fre- quently published in contributions to fiscal and mercantile journals, and they often bring him high praise as a master of the subject, com- prehensive in his knowledge and clear and strong in the statement of it. One essay in particular on banking, his favorite theme, secured him national recognition. This was entitled "A Plan for a Sound, Uniform and Elastic Currency in the United States," and was highly commended by letters from United States Senators Stone, of Missouri, Burton, of Ohio, and Representative Burgess, of Texas, and other mem- bers of Congress, and other prominent men and published in the Sen- ate proceedings of the Congressional Record on July 8. 1909.
In political relations Mr. Trader is a Republican, but he is not a
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hide-bound partisan. While averse to official life, he at one time served three years as a member of the town board of trustees. His progres- siveness is shown by the fact that he was the first citizen of New Cam- bria, a very old town, to have a granitoid sidewalk laid in front of his premises, and was largely instrumental in having cement sidewalks generally used in the town. This is only one instance of his public spirit and breadth of view. In every way he has shown an earnest inter- est in the improvement of the town and in promoting the enduring welfare of its people. He was married in 1901 to Miss Agnes B. Par- rott, who also was born and reared in Missouri, and with whom he still lives.
HORACE R. SOUTHWICK.
Horace R. Southwick, of New Cambria, who is one of the most substantial and influential citizens of Macon county, came to his pres- ent estate and rank in public esteem through a variety of vicissitudes, over all of which he triumphed by his industry, capacity, frugality and great force of character.
To begin with, Mr. Southwick was left an orphan at the age of ten by the sudden and tragic death of his father while that gentle- man was still in the full vigor of his manhood and at the age of but fifty-nine years. This eut off a large part of the boy's opportunities and left him to make his own way in the world largely through his own endeavors. It was, however, a heroic age in the portion of the country in which he was living, and all his surroundings were of a character to develop and cultivate the virtues of self-reliance and independence and give him resources and readiness for any emergency.
Mr. Southwick was born at Shullsburg, Wisconsin, on August 16, 1849, and is a son of David and Angeline E. (Kneeland) Southwick, the former born in Pennsylvania in 1800, and the latter in the state of New York in 1810. The father moved to Wisconsin in early days, while the country was still wild and unpeopled, and the savage denizens of the forest were still unsubdued. He was a young man when he located in what was then the far Northwest, and soon afterward the Black Hawk Indian war broke out and terrorized the whole section of the country. The elder Southwick, father of Horace, promptly joined the forces sent into the contest, bearing a major's commission. He took an active part in the war, participating in most of its important engagements.
After the war he returned to the cultivation of the land he had become possessed of and for a time prospered in the pursuits of peace-
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ful industry. He was married in Wisconsin, after the Black Hawk war. to Miss Angeline E. Kneeland, a native of New York state, as has been noted, and they became the parents of six children. Two of these are living: Horace R., and Mary C., the wife of Jonathan Lane, of Milton, lowa. The father was killed in 1859 by a cave-in at a stone quarry near Shullsburg. He had, however, been successful in his undertaking's and owned at the time of his death a tract of more than 400 acres of land, but a great part of it was still undeveloped. His wife survived him twenty-nine years, dying on April 2, 1888. On the breaking out of the rebellion, two of his sons and three of his step-sons enlisted in Wisconsin regiments. One was killed at Dallas, Georgia, and two wounded. This left our subject and his mother to operate the farm.
Their son, Horace, obtained a limited education in the public schools in the neighborhood of his home, and after completing the course of instruction they afforded, studied telegraphy at Warren, Illinois. As soon as he became proficient in the art he was given a position as opera- tor at New Boston, in the same state, where he remained until 1869. He then became connected with the telegraph service on the Hannibal & St. Joseph railroad, and worked at Callao, Clarence, Bevier and other points along the line until March, 1871. In that year he became agent for the company at New Cambria, a position in which he served faith- fully for a period of fifteen years.
In 1872 he formed a partnership with George Goodale in the lumber business, the name and style of the firm being Southwick & Co. This partnership lasted until 1873. Mr. Southwick continued the hm- ber business alone and in 1882 he turned his attention to the creamery industry, associating himself in it with Lee Lingo, of whom he was a partner for five years. In 1893 he took as a partner in the lumber business T. B. Wright, who was associated with him ten years. At the end of that period Mr. Wright sold his interest in the business to John Bevan, who then became Mr. Southwick's partner, and the firm name was changed to Southwick & Bevan, which it still is.
These gentlemen deal extensively in lumber of all kinds suited to the market they have to supply, and carry on a very active trade. They also handle a complete line of first-class agricultural implements, and do an active business with them. But their operations are not lim- ited to the commodities named or to mercantile life. They own and operate the Macon & Chariton County Telephone Company, of which Mr. Southwick is the secretary. He is also vice-president of the New
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Cambria State Bank, and connected with various other financial and productive institutions.
A mind so energetic and comprehensive as Mr. Southwick's could not at any time be indifferent to public affairs, local and general. His interests have for years been so extensive and so various that the welfare of the communities in which they are located has been a matter of prime importance to him, and the policy of the state and national government has necessarily had an important bearing on his personal prosperity. But aside from all this he is eminently patriotic and earnestly devoted to the state and country in which he lives and has found his opportunities. He has therefore taken a deep and helpful interest in all matters pertaining to the development and improvement of the county and in all subjects connected with national affairs. He is a zealous Republican in political faith, and, while never desiring public office, gives his party cordial and loyal support at all times. At one time, overbearing his aversion to official life, his friends made him township collector, and he filled the office with great acceptability to the people for six years. Fraternally he is connected with the Masonic order, and has the rank of a Knight Templar. He was married in 1900 to Miss May Davidson, who was born in Virginia, but grew to womanhood in Missouri, where she has ever since resided. She came to Missouri with her parents as a child.
WILLARD M. ENGLAND.
Owning and farming vigorously and skillfully 165 acres of excel- lent land in Callao township, which he has transformed from a state of semi-wildness into one of the best, most productive and most valu- able farms in the county, and with fine herds of registered cattle and other live-stock and high grade poultry, in which he takes great delight, Willard M. England would seem to be one of the most fortunately situated of men and beyond the reach of adversity. And his safety in this respect is fortified and given additional assurance by the sterling qualities of head and heart which enabled him to win his estate and his exalted place in the esteem of all the people among whom he has lived and labored.
Mr. England was born at Callao on April 27, 1868, and is an older brother of John M. England, whose sketch in this work contains a more extended account of the family and a brief narrative of its history. He began his education in the district schools near his home and finished it, so far as mere book learning is concerned, at the Kirksville State Normal School. His schooling, however, has been supplemented and
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enlarged by the severe but thorough lessons of experience, and he has laid all the admonitions of this stern instructor and taskmaster to heart in the most practical way.
After leaving school he began the work in which he has ever since been engaged by assisting his father on the farm for about three years. At the end of that period he started farming for himself, and he has ever since held on to that line of productive usefulness. He keeps abreast with the latest thought and discovery in his business, reading attentively all the worthy publications on the subject that come to his hand and applying with good sense and excellent judgment the hints he gathers from them and the teachings of his own observation and experiments.
In addition to his regular farming operations, which he never on any account neglects, he is extensively engaged in raising fine reg- istered Angus cattle, Poland-China hogs and Plymouth Rock and Buff Orpington chickens. He has been very successful in this line of his enterprise, his stock and poultry having the highest rank in the markets and his farm being known far and wide as the home of live-stock whose grade and pedigrees ean be absolutely relied on. His sales are peri- odical and his offerings always bring high prices. But he does not sell his stock as fast as he raises it. He keeps for his own use and care an average of sixty head all the year round.
While Mr. England is sedulously attentive to his own interests and the work he has marked out for himself, he is by no means indifferent to the welfare of the community. On the contrary, he shows himself. both in sentiment and action, to be deeply interested in everything that per- tains to its enduring good and the development and improvement of the township and county. He is a Republican in political faith and is loyal and firm in the support of his party, and zealous and industrious in its service in every campaign. But he is not hide-bound or narrow, in reference to local affairs, and gives himself to the care of them without regard to party requirements or any other consideration except the public good. He has been a member of the local school board for ten years, and in the performance of the duties of the office has so borne himself that he has won only approval and commendation, and the peo- ple have rejoiced in the results of his fidelity to their interests and his zeal in behalf of a public institution in which they are all deeply and even vitally interested.
In January, 1892, he married with Miss Mary E. Williams, who was born and grew to maturity in Illinois. In fraternal relations he is allied with the Knights of Pythias and the Modern Woodmen of Amer-
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ica. He gives both orders a fair share of his time and attention. and in each his membership is valued because of the wisdom it brings in counse! and the energy it inspires in action in behalf of all that is worthy in the aspirations of the fraternity. Mr. England is one of the most progressive and broad-minded farmers in the county and one of its most esteemed and influential citizens. His advice is widely sought and his opinion is highly valued in reference to all matters of public import and many lines of private business. For he is a gentleman of fine intelligence and excellent judgment.
JOHN M. ENGLAND.
Although himself a man of peace and altogether averse to war, John M. England, of Callao, has inherited from his father a martial strain and shows it in the management of his affairs. His contests, however, are for supremacy in business and all his victories are won in that field of endeavor. In it he has proven himself a valiant sol- dier, resourceful in strategy and courageous in conflict, and his trimmphs have been signal and continuous.
John M. England was born in Callao township, this county. on June 12, 1870. His father, James G. England, was born in Randolph county, Missouri, on August 14, 1836, and came to Macon county to live when he was but two years old. Here he grew to manhood and made his preparation for the battle of life, obtaining his education in the public schools and serving a long apprenticeship in farm work, which, with raising live-stock, became his lifelong occupation. In 1866 he was nited in marriage with Miss Sarah C. Patrick, also a native of Missouri. Of their three children one died in infancy and two are living, their sons, Willard M. and the subject of these paragraphs.
The father served three years in the Union army during the Civil war, suffering all the hardships and privations of military life in camp and on the march, and facing death on many a well fought field. He was a member of Company F, Second Missouri Cavalry. In politics he was an active and zealous Republican, serving his party in the ranks and in posts of honor and responsibility, among them member- ship on the school board for many years. In the discharge of his official duties, however, only the public good was considered and parti- sanship was ignored. Throughout his manhood he was a devout and consistent member of the Christian church. His life ended on March 25, 1907. His widow died December 8, 1909. The father was very
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successful in business and had the respect of all who knew him, and that was almost everybody in the county.
John M. England, like his father, grew to manhood in this county and was educated in its public schools. He also attended a business college and took a course of special training at the Kirksville State Normal School. After returning from that institution he assisted his father in the work of the farm for a period of two years, and then assumed the management of the farm, and until 1905 he conducted it with great snecess and profit, winning high commendation for his skill and energy as a farmer and his breadth of view and progressive- ness as an advanced breeder of choice live-stock and poultry. He is the pioneer dairyman of Macon county, having shipped the first cream ever sent out of the county commercially. He also owned the first cream separator and the second herd of Jersey cattle in the county.
The dairying industry and the lines of business activity allied with it have interested him for many years. He has been the president of the Macon Creamery Company from the time it was founded. In 1905 he was appointed traveling representative of the Colonial Cream- ery Company of St. Louis, his duties being to promote the establishment of the agency system throughout Northern Missouri. During the same year he began breeding registered cattle, and from his large and grow- ing herd he has annual sales which are largely attended and well patronized, for his cattle stand at the head of the market and always command great and widespread attention. He is also a director of the ('allao Fair Association, owning a liberal share of the capital stock of this institution. In politics he has been very active as a Republican, zealons for the success of his party and the supremacy of its principles. At the same time he is earnestly alive to the enduring good of the com- munity around him without regard to partisan considerations or inter- ests, and as a member of the local school board during the past three years, he has rendered excellent service to the whole people and one of their most cherished institutions.
On January 7, 1895, Mr. England was united in marriage with Miss Etta H. Davis, all her life a resident of Macon county. They have three children living. their son, John Kenton, aged eleven, their danghter, Margaret S., aged nine, and their daughter, Mabel Lillian, aged two. The father is a member of the Christian church and belongs to the Knights of Pythias and the Modern Woodmen of America. He owns and farms 255 acres of land of which he has made a model farm in its cultivation and improvements, and which, as his home, is a rallying
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point of social and intellectual enjoyment for the host of friends he and his wife have throughout all the surrounding country.
Mr. England has neglected no opportunity that has presented itself to him to aid in the development and improvement of the county. He has always been foremost in all commendable undertakings for the good of the people and in helping to promote them he has shown excel- lent judgment, fine enterprise and an energy that has accomplished much by its own force and more by the potencies it has stimulated into activ- ity in others. He is universally regarded as one of the most useful and representative citizens of the county-one who, while advancing his personal fortunes, has never been unmindful of the general weal or indifferent to the comfort and convenience of the public. His life and achievements in the county are an inspiring example to others, and their recital should be of great benefit to poor but ambitious young men wherever they read it.
Mr. England was the Republican candidate for Recorder of Deeds in Macon county in 1906; although defeated, he ran ahead of the Repub- lican ticket. He was also the vice-president of the Missouri Dairy Association for many years.
JAMES W. LINDLEY.
James W. Lindley, of Callao, is one of the snecessful and progress- ive men of Macon county, by hard work, perseverance and good busi- ness capacity making every line of effort to which he puts his hand yield its tribute to his industry and zeal, and by his own success. helping to improve the county and enlarge its mercantile and commercial activ- ity and power. As a farmer he was one of the best and most progress- ive in the county; and as a merchant he ranks high in the business world, carrying on extensive operations and always to his own advan- tage and that of the community in which he operates.
Mr. Lindley is a native of Macon county and was born in 1856. His father, Pitman Lindley, was a native of Kentucky, and so was his mother, whose maiden name was Amanda Waddell. The father was born in 1808 and became a resident of Missouri in 1840. He passed the remainder of his days in this state, comfortably employed in the voca- tion of the old patriarchs, tilling the soil. He was married twice, his first wife being Miss Williams, who was, like himself, born and reared in Kentucky. They were the parents of six children, of whom four are living: Polly, the wife of Thomas Rodley, of Arkansas; Margaret, the wife of William P. Waddell, of Moberly; Nancy, the wife of W. J. Cooly, of Macon county, and Benjamin, also a resident of this county.
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By the second marriage Mr. Lindley became the father of three chil- dren, all sons, and all living. They are James W., John W. and Pit- man S. In politics the father was a Republican, but he was never an active partisan. He died in March, 1897, and his wife on April 29, 1907.
Their son, James W., grew to manhood in this county and obtained his education in its public schools. After leaving school he farmed with success until he reached the age of thirty-five. In 1901 he turned his attention to the general produce business in which he is still exten- sively engaged. In company with his sons, he carries on his establish- ment at Callao in this business and four other agencies, one at La Plata, in Macon county, one at Bucklin, in Linn county, one at Ethel, in Macon county, and one at Mendon, in Chariton county. In addition to his mercantile operations he is interested in other ventures of a financial and productive character. He is a director and the president of the Callao bank and connected with other enterprises which minister to the good of the community and the benefit of its people. In all of these he takes an earnest and helpful interest, aiding in their management and helping to make them the best the circumstances will allow, and they are all of high rank in their lines.
His political affiliation is with the Republican party, to which he is ardently attached and in whose service he is at all times active and effective, helping to bear its burdens of work and responsibility, both as a member of the rank and file and in public office. He served on the school board five years and as one of the trustees of the town four, win- ning golden opinions in boun offices by the upright, far-seeing and progressive manner in which he administered their affairs.
He was married in 1876 to Miss Josephine Varner, whose life from her birth has been passed in Macon county. They have five children : Orla F. and Drew M., who are associated with their father in the prod- uce business; Carrie M., who is living at home; Della, the wife of Charles Dunham, of Kern, in Callao township, and Annis, who also is living at home. The family stands well in the community, every mem- ber of it active in efforts to promote the welfare of the people and all held in the highest esteem.
IVES B. JONES.
Ives B. Jones, as his name indicates, is of Welsh ancestry on his father's side, and in his character and career he exemplifies all the sterling traits of that hardy, resourceful and all-enduring race. He has been very succesfull in many lines of endeavor, and in all has shown
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an elevated and upright manhood and a commendable and highly appre- ciated citizenship. As a merchant, a banker, a real estate dealer and broker, and in various other capacities, he has dignified and adorned the realm of business, and in all the relations of private life he has borne himself above reproach.
Mr. Jones was born in October, 1872, at Callao, in this county. He is a son of George MI. and Elsie A. (Williams) Jones, the former born in Wales in 1829, and the latter in the state of Ohio. The father came to the United States in 1853 and located in Portage county, Ohio. There he secured employment in a rolling mill for a number of years, and there, also, he met and married with the lady who was to share his trials and triumphs for more than a fifth of a century, the marriage occurring in 1862. They moved to Missouri in 1863, and, taking up their resi- dence in this county, devoted their energies to farming. The father was also a Congregational minister, with pastorates at Callao, New Cambria and Bevier. He founded the first Sunday-school in Callao, and, in addition to his local work in the ministry, did a considerable amount of missionary work in many places, among them Coalereek, in what is now the state of Colorado. He was a great advocate of the temperance movement and gave it strong impulses to greater activity wherever he talked on the subject. He died in July, 1882. His widow is still living and makes her home at Callao. They had five children, all of whom are living. They are: David R. and George S., residents of Macon; and Edwin T., Emlyn J. and Ives B., who lives at Callao.
Ives B. Jones was reared and educated in Macon county, receiving his academic training in the public schools. For some years after leav- ing school he was employed in various capacities, being only a youth and not as yet definitely interpreting the forces within him, which were calling him to better things in settled lines of action, especially adapted to his gifts and the bent of his mind. In 1890 he entered into a partner- ship with C. A. Poole and started a hardware business under the firm name of Jones & Poole. The enterprise flourished and made steady headway, but at the end of eighteen months Mr. Jones sold his interest in it and became assistant cashier of the Bank of Callao. In 1905 he was elected cashier and also became a stockholder and director of the bank. He served the institution faithfully in this triple capacity until June 12, 1909, when he disposed of his holdings in the bank and turned his attention to the real estate, loan and brokerage business. For this purpose he formed a partnership with E. E. Cramer, conducting the operations of the firm under the name of Jones & Cramer. The firm is still in active operation and doing a large and profitable business.
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