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triet have thus given positive and em- phatic endorsement of his course and services in congress, where he has shown naught of the elements of obscurity or apathy, but has ably and forcefully championed causes which he believed right and where he has also been influen- tial in the councils of the committee room. His effective labors in congress have been a matter of newspaper and official record, and it is not necessary to enter into details concerning the same in this article. Mr. Lloyd served as prose- cuting attorney of Shelby county from January, 1889. until January, 1893, and in this office he greatly heightened his fame as a successful trial lawyer. He is aligned as a staunch supporter of the cause of the Democratic party and has been an effective exponent of its princi- ples and policies, especially as a cam- paign speaker, in which connection his services have been much in requisition. He has shown loyal interest in all that had touched the civic and material wel- fare of his home city, county and state, and is a progressive, liberal and public- spirited citizen. He was one of the or- ganizers and incoporators of the Citi- zens' Bank of Shelbyville, was its first vice-president and is still a member of its directorate. A brief sketch concerning the bank is given on other pages of this work. He was also one of the original stockholders of the Shelby Connty Rail- road company.
Mr. Lloyd is affiliated with the Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Modern Woodmen of America ; he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
with which he has thus been identified from his boyhood days. He was a dele- gate to the general conference of that church in 1894.
On the 1st of March, 1881, was solemn- ized the marriage of Mr. Lloyd to Miss Mary B. Graves, who was born and reared in Lewis county, Missouri, and who is a daughter of Thomas A. Graves, an honored and influential citizen of that county. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd became the parents of four children, of whom three are living. There names are here en- tered in order of their birth: Oliver .J., Thomas L. and Ethel Lee.
ANDREW .J. SMITH.
Fifty-five of the eighty-one years of life already vouchsafed to this venerable "Father in Israel" have been passed in Missouri and forty-four of them in Shelby county, in the productive indus- tries of which he was engaged as an im- portant factor for more than thirty years. He is now living retired in Hun- newell, universally respected and es- teemed and enjoying in vigor and the full activity of his faculties the rest he has so richly earned. While his years have been ocenpied almost wholly in peaceful and improving pursuits, such as minister to the comfort, convenience and general welfare of the people, he has not hesitated to bear his portion of the hardships and face his share of the dangers of war whenever duty called him to the field of conflict.
Mr. Smith was born on August 1, 1828, in Oswego county, New York, where his parents were then living. They were Abel and Veneria (Parker) Smith, also
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natives of the state of New York, within whose borders they passed the whole of their lives. The father learned the trade of a cabinet maker in his youth, and at this nsefnl craft, which is productive of many of the convenient and some of the most beautiful and artistic articles of furniture in household and office use, he wrought diligently and with fair profit until his death in 1853. Of the seven children born in the household the in- teresting subject of these brief para- graphs of biographical notice is the only one now living. The father was a Demo- erat in political allegiance and a Baptist in religions faith.
Andrew J. Smith had no facilities for advanced education. He was born. at a time when every agency of the home was required to keep it going, and was there- fore obliged to take his place among the workers of the family as soon as he was old enough. He did, however, obtain a good common school education, and on this basis he built up, by subsequent reading and observation throughout his long and fruitful experience, a consider- able superstructure of general informa- tion. In the time of his school days the family was living in Chautanqna county, New York, and it was in the distriet schools of that now famous source of in- telleetual inspiration that he acquired his scholastic training.
After leaving school he became ap- prenticed to a carriage and wagon maker, and he gave attention to his trade of a kind and for a length of time that made him a thorough master of it. In 1854, following the course of empire wostward, he came to Missouri and lo- cated in Marion county, where he oper-
ated a saw mill until 1861. When the elond of civil war that had been hovering so long in the American political sky burst with all its fury upon our unhappy country, he promptly obeyed the call for volunteers to defend the integrity of the Union and enlisted in the Northern army as a member of Company K, Sec- ond Missouri Cavalry, the regiment be- coming later a part of the division of the army commanded by General McNeill.
Mr. Smith was assigned to scout duty, one of the most hazardous and trying de- partments of military service and one requiring tireless energy, quickness of perception and good judgment. In this department he passed the greater part of his time during the war, but he also participated in a number of important engagements, among them the battles of Springfield, Cape Girardeau, Chalk Bluff and Bloomfield. He was mustered out of the service in 1866 at Fort Leav- enworth, Kansas. He also saw much service in fighting the Indians in Colo- rado, New Mexico, Kansas and Ne- braska. He made a good record in the Civil war, as he did in his other military service, and as he has done in everything he has undertaken.
On his return from the army in 1866 he engaged in farming for one year, then again turned his attention to his former oeeupation of milling, taking up his resi- denee in Shelby county for the purpose, and carrying it on extensively here until he retired from all active pursuits in 1907. In the public affairs of the com- munity of his home Mr. Smith has al- ways taken an active and intelligent in- terest and a prominent part. Every worthy enterprise for advancement and
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improvement has commanded his zeal- ous aid, every local interest his close and careful attention. He served efficiently and acceptably as mayor of Hunnewell for four years, although he had never before sought or desired public office. For this position he seemed so well qual- ified that he was chosen against his will, but did a good citizen's part in yielding to the desire of the people by accepting it and discharging his official duties to the best of his ability.
In national politics Mr. Smith is a Re- publican and in religious attachment he was reared a Baptist. But he now leans to the Christian church, which is the one his wife belongs to. She was born on August 14, 1829, and is still living in vig- orous health. They were married on February 22, 1850, and have had four children. Two of these are living: Del- ma, the wife of Robert Dunlap, of Hun- newell, and Pearl, the wife of J. J. John- son, of Victoria, Texas. Mrs. Smith, whose maiden name was Susan Salmon, was born and reared in Pennsylvania, where her ancestors were long resident, and in various ways contributed to the growth, development and general wel- fare of the commonwealth.
Mr. Smith, by the products of his mills, has been of great service to the general improvement of the county and state in aiding in the work of constructing many public utilities of great value, chief among them, perhaps, the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad, for which he sawed a large part of the lumber required for cars, ties, bridges and turn tables. By the same means he has helped materially to promote the convenience, prosperity and comfort of the people, providing ma-
terials for their dwellings and other structures of necessity, in the towns and on the farms. And by his sterling in- tegrity and elevated citizenship, he has also aided in the general advancement through his own activity the forces he has put in motion in others, and the in- fluence of his excellent example, which has been effective both as a stimulus and a restraint among this people. In times of peace his industry has been produc- tive. When war called men to arms in defense of their convictions he became a valiant soldier, and did his whole duty to the side he espoused, shirking no claim upon his services and shrinking from no danger. Wielding the sword effectually when duty placed it in his hands, he has still ever been a man of peace, and during the whole of his long life has never been a party to any law suit, complainant or defendant. He and his estimable wife stand high in the re- gard of the whole people and deserve the universal esteem in which they are held.
ROBERT H. DUNLAP.
Born, reared and educated in that hive of industry, Pennsylvania, in whose mul- tiform activities almost every occupa- tion that engages the energies of men is embraced, Robert H. Dunlap, of Hunne- well, has well illustrated on the soil of Missouri the sterling qualities of enter- prise, resourcefulness and all command- ing potency that distinguish the people of that mighty commonwealth and have made it one of the leading states of the country. His life began in Butler coun- ty. of that state, on September 20, 1849, and he represents the third generation
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of his family living in that section of the state. His grandfather, John Dunlap, came over from Ireland and located there in his early manhood, and there the family has dwelt ever since, aiding in the development of the state's re- sources in various lines of life, living ae- ceptably, working industriously and in every way doing the best they could to advance their own interests and promote those of the people dwelling around them.
Robert H. Dunlap was reared in his native county and obtained his education in its district schools. His life as a boy and youth were passed on his father's farm, and after completing his education and assisting his father in the farm work until he was eighteen, he left his native heath and turned his face to the great West as the scene of his future activity and achievements. He arrived in Mis- souri in July, 1869, and during the next two years worked with his cousins on their farm in this county. On October 10, 1871, he was married to Miss Delma (. Smith, of Hunnewell, a daughter of Andrew J. and Susan (Salmon) Smith, an account of whose lives will be found on other pages of this work. He then took up his residence in Hunnewell, and here he has been living ever since, except during two years, when he resided in Hannibal and worked in a saw mill.
After locating in Humewell Mr. Dun- lap turned his attention to milling. This has been his occupation during the whole of his subsequent years, and he has earned his success and prominence as a mill man by close attention to his busi- ness, a thorough knowledge of all its re- quirements and a masterful energy in
conducting its operations. His contribu- tions to the industrial and commercial development of this section of the state have been extensive and are highly ap- preciated, and his aid in promoting the buikling of homes and other improve- ments for the enjoyment of domestic life has also been considerable and is valued by the people to whose welfare it has ministered.
In the public affairs of the community he has long been one of the prime movers and most esteemed leaders, giving help- ful attention to every publie need and directing provision for all with judicious liberality, wise counsel and the stimulus of his excellent example. In religious faith he was reared as a Presbyterian. but for a number of years he has not taken a prominent part in the affairs of the church. His fraternal connection is with the Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows. In this excellent benevolent so- ciety he has been very active and holds deserved eminence, having passed through all the offices in his lodge, shown earnestness and zeal in behalf of the higher bodies of the order, and looked after its welfare in every way. His off- spring numbers five, four of whom are living. They are: Charles Arthur, of Macon City, Missouri; A. B., of Hunne- well (see sketch of him elsewhere in this volume) ; Ernest C., of Cameron June- tion, Missouri; and Goldie V., the wife of James Howe, of this county. In their several stations and localities they are all doing well and showing in their daily lives all the domestic, social and public virtues that dignify and adorn American citizenship of the sterling and most serv- iceable kind.
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Robert H. Dunlap is a son of Robert and Isabella (Hutchinson) Dunlap, both born, reared and educated in Pennsyl- vania, and passing the whole of their lives among its people. They were use- ful and esteemed citizens of the state, in- dustrious and frugal, and helpful in all that aided in the promotion of the sub- stantial good of the community in which they lived. And when they passed over to the activities that know no weariness, their remains were laid to rest in the soil their lahors had hallowed. The father was born and reared in Mercer county and followed farming all his life. He found a deposit of coal on his farm and became interested in coal mining in connection with his farming operations, making both profitable by industry and good business capacity. He and his wife were the parents of six children, four of whom are living: William P., of Butler county, Pennsylvania : Martha Jane, the wife of J. W. Everett, of Parker's Land- ing, in that state; and Robert H., the widely popular subject of this memoir, and Lewis M., of Grove City. Pennsyl- vania.
MATTHEW M. COX.
For a full quarter of a century Mat- thew M. Cox, of ITunnewell, has been connected with the mercantile life of that city, and during that period has risen from a very subordinate position in his line of effort to one of leadership, making the ascent by sheer merit and business capacity. He was born in our sister county of Monroe on March 15, 1861, and is a son of Samuel II. and Mary F. (Lasley) Cox, both of whom were born in Virginia, where their an-
cestors had lived and contributed to the welfare of the commonwealth for gener- ations, the paternal grandfather, James A. Cox, having been an extensive planter and leading citizen in his part of the state, and later having followed the same pursuit and occupied a similar social and political rank of influence in Missouri.
The father of Mr. Cox came with his parents to this state in 1834, when he was but eight years old. He took his place in the wild life of the frontier as it was then and grew to manhood on his fath- er's farm, which he helped to redeem from the wilderness and build up into fruitfulness and beauty, and secured what education he could in the district schools of the neighborhood. This was limited at the best, for the schools were primitive in appointments and course of instruction, and even such as they were he was able to attend them only during the winter months and then irregularly. After leaving school he turned his atten- tion to farming and raising stock, in which he was engaged until 1888. He then quit farming and entered mercan- tile life in Hunnewell in partnership with his son, the firm name being S. H. Cox & Son. As a member of this firm he continned merchandising until his death, on February 19, 1898.
The father was married on November 7, 1857, to Miss Mary F. Lasley. They had five children, all of whom are living: James W., of Quincy, Illinois; Willie C., the wife of the late W. C. Blackburn, of Shelbina ; Charles T. and Matthew M., of Innnewell; and Alwilda, the wife of W. A. Vance, of Shelbina. In politics the father was a pronounced and nuwaver- ing Democrat, and in church relations
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was allied with the Southern Methodists. He was serviceable to his party and took a warm and helpful interest in all the good works of his church. In all the re- lations of life he bore himself with man- liness and uprightness, and on all sides he was esteemed as an excellent citizen, a good business man and a worthy repre- sentative of the best elements of the pop- ulation of the county.
Matthew M. Cox grew to manhood on his father's farm in Monroe county, and, like most of the offspring of the plains, obtained his education in the public schools. After leaving school he re- mained with his parents and assisted them in the work of the farm until 1884, when he took a position as a clerk in a Hunnewell dry goods store belonging to an older brother. In November, 1885, he formed a partnership with W. C. Blackburn and together they started a grocery and grain business under the firm name of Blackburn & Cox. Mr. Cox has remained with this establishment through many changes in the firm and has at length become a stockholder in the co-operative concern known as the Hun- newell Mercantile Company, with which lie is still actively connected.
From the dawn of his manhood he has taken an active and serviceable part in all matters of publie improvement and helped to promote the usefulness of all moral and intellectual agencies at work in the community. He served as a mem- ber of the school board four years, and in many other ways has given the people around him the benefit of his enterprise and public spirit and the stimulus of his excellent example as a citizen. In poli- ties he is a firm and faithful Democrat,
loyal to his party and serviceable in all its campaigns. For many years he has been a leading member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and taken an active part in its work.
Mr. Cox was married in 1888 to Miss Anna M. Balliet, of Hunnewell. All of their six children are living. They are: Callie L., Pauline, Willie M., Henry Hol- lis, Pearl V. and Thomas Jay. They all live at home and contribute greatly toward making the household a popular resort for their hosts of friends and one of the social centers of the city. The father has helped to elevate and keep up the standard of the business life of the community by fair dealing and strict in- tegrity in all his transactions. He has given light, animation and proper stim- ulus to its social activities, and he has been one of the prime factors in pro- moting its publie interests and giving the spirit of improvement among its people proper trend and restraint. He stands high in the esteem of the whole county and well deserves the regard and good will bestowed upon him by all classes of its citizens.
CHARLES T. COX.
This leading business man and emi- nent citizen of Hunnewell is a brother of Matthew M. Cox, a sketch of whom, con- taining the family history, will be found elsewhere in this work. He was born in Monroe county, Missouri, on June 20. 1859, and is a son of Samuel H. and Mary F. (Lasley) Cox, natives of Virginia and early settlers in Missouri. His educa- tion was obtained in the public schools in the neighborhood of his father's farm in
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Monroe county, on which he lived until 1879. He was then twenty years old, but felt impelled by a strong sense of duty to take up the battles of life for himself, and in obedience to this feeling he took up his residence in Hunnewell, deter- mined to make his own way in the world without waiting for fortune to smile on him or circumstances to favor his aspi- ration.
For eight years thereafter he hauled lumber in connection with W. C. Black- burn, encountering the rage of the ele- ments on many occasions and cheerfully enduring all the hardships incident to his occupation. He made the business pay and took good care of his earnings, showing then, as he has shown ever since, a commendable frugality and thrift in connection with his admirable industry. In 1887 he gave up the line of effort in which he had been successfully engaged for eight years and returned to the fam- ily homestead, on which he carried on ex- tensive operations in farming and rais- ing live stock during the next nine years.
Neither teaming nor farming was ex- actly suited to his taste, however, and so, in 1898, he gave the impulses within him free rein and followed their demands by moving to Hunnewell and engaging in mercantile life. To this end he bought the interest of C. L. Landrum in the gro- cery business of which his brother Mat- thew was a partner. They conducted the business together until 1902, when their establishment became a part of the co- operative concern known to the world as the Hunnewell Mercantile Company, in which he is still one of the leading fac- tors. His business life among this peo- ple has been successful in a material way,
but it has been more. It has helped to hold up the good name of the mercantile interests of the city to credit and high standing in the business world all around the town and throughout a large extent of the surrounding country, and has given an example in mercantile life worthy of all imitation because of its up- rightness, enterprise and real manliness without regard to circumstances.
Mr. Cox has also been active and ser- viceable in the public affairs of the com- munity. He has ever shown a cordial and intelligent interest in the welfare of the community and intense activity in promoting it. No move for the substan- tial and enduring good of the city has lacked the aid of his energetic mind or the directing force of his skillful hand, and the people appreciate his services in their behalf as those of one of their leading and most intelligent citizens. He is now serving them well as one of the aldermen of the city, a position in which his loyalty to the community and devo- tion to its lasting good have full scope for exercise to the advantage of the municipality and all the people living within its limits.
On December 20, 1879, Mr. Cox was joined in marriage with Miss Lillie Jane Davis, of Hunnewell. They have had six children and all of them are living. They are: Nellie Leone, the wife of Thomas Hawkins, of Shelbina ; Ethel, the wife of Samnel Haskett, of this county; Samuel C., a resident of Hunnewell ; Elizabeth, now Mrs. J. C. Maupin, of Enterprise, Shelby county; John H. and Edward, both living at home. In politics the father is a Democrat. In fraternal life he is connected with the Modern Wood-
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men of America and in religions affilia- tion he is allied with the Methodist Epis- copal Church, South, in which he is an active and zealons worker.
On the soil of Missouri and amid its mercantile interests Mr. Cox has exem- plitied the traits of character and ele- ments of elevated manhood that gave his ancestors prominence and influence in the "Old Dominion" for generations. He has been sedulons in industry, upright in conduct and enterprising in all per- sonal and public affairs. And as no ex- ample of worth and potency is ever lost on the American people, he is esteemed in the community which has witnessed and had the benefits of his earnestness and zeal as one of its best and most ser- viceable citizens. In business, in social relations and in domestic life he has met every requirement of upright and ser- viceable living, and in public affairs he has been both a stimulus and a sedative, inciting his fellow citizens to all good works for the advantage of the com- munity and restraining them from all excesses in the exercise of their enter- prise. The community is indebted to him for wise connsel and productive energy, and also for prudent guidance and con- servative force, and it esteems him ac- cordingly.
CHARLES A. HICKMAN.
A scion of valiant ancestry and filled with the spirit of American patriotism, Charles A. Hickman, of Hunnewell, has exploited in the pursuits of peaceful in- dustry the attributes of exalted manhood that have distinguished other members of his family on the field of carnage and helped to give American citizenship its
standing in the estimation of the world. His grandfather, William A. Hickman, fought under Andrew Jackson at New Orleans in one of the decisive battles of the world's history, where native cour- age and love of liberty were matched and won against splendid discipline and the heroism of ten thousand sanguinary conflicts.
Mr. Hickman was born in Shelby county on December 7, 1873, and began his education in the public schools of Ifunnewell, which he completed at the Christian University at Canton, Mis- sonri, where he was a student in 1892 and 1893. He is a son of Joseph H. and Fannie (Reid) Hickman, the former a native of Alabama and the latter of Shel- by county. A brief account of their lives will be found elsewhere in this volume. After leaving school the son entered the employ of W. Stoddard, a railway con- tractor of St. Paul, Minnesota, with whom he worked until 1905. He then passed one year in Chicago, and since that time has been continuously con- nected with the contracting firm of C. H. Sharp & Co. Construction work has en- gaged his attention from the dawn of his manhood until the present time except for two years, when he was engaged in farming in the Indian Territory. It will be easily inferred from the story of his life as outlined above that he has had a great variety of experiences and has mingled with men under vastly differing circumstances. His opportunities of ob- servation have been extensive and have presented a wide expanse in phases of human life. He has profited hy them to his own advantage and that of the com- munity in which he has so long lived and
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