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In his political allegiance Dr. Bayliss is found arrayed as a staunch supporter of the cause of the Democratie party, and he and his wife hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal church, South. He is affiliated with the Masonic frater- nity, the Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks, and the Modern Woodmen of America.
On May 29, 1884, Dr. Bayliss was united in marriage to Miss Mary A. Not- tingham, who was born in Pennsylvania, and of their five children, four are liv- ing: Paul, Charles, Maurine and Lucille, all of whom remain at the parental home
and are popular figures in the social activities of the community. The doctor is local surgeon for the Chicago, Bur- lington & Quincy railroad for Clarence.
BURRELL MILLION.
(Deceased.)
The honored subject of this short men- tion was for many years one of Shelby county's most highly respected citizens, and we regret that a more extended men- tion eannot be made of him in this work, but for lack of data we embrace the fol- lowing brief notice, which appeared in the Clarence Courier at the time of his death, September 3, 1910 :
"The death of Uncle Burrell Million last Saturday was a sad shock and sur- prise to our community. Mr. Million had been on our streets only a couple of days before, and few knew of his sick- ness, and none realized the severity of his case.
"Mr. Million was one of our oldest and most substantial citizens. He was quiet in disposition, a man who loved his fellowman and was always ready and glad to extend the helping hand.
"He was born in Kentucky, in 1828, and moved to Missouri early in life. The greater part of his life was spent on his farm near Woodlawn. He moved to Clarence only a few years ago, and dur- ing his residence here lived a retired life.
"The deceased leaves a wife, three daughters - Mrs. Stoddard, Mrs. Far- rell and Mrs. Jackson-also two sons- John and William-to mourn his depar- ture. The funeral was conducted at the family residence yesterday at eleven
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o'clock, by Rev. J. H. Wood, of Shelbina, and the remains laid to rest in the A. O. U. W. cemetery.
"Mr. Million was a member of the Christian church, and a Mason."
JOHN R. MORGAN.
Whatever this leading business man and highly esteemed citizen of Shelbina is, he is all Shelbina's own. He was born in that city on June 20, 1873, and grew to manhood among its people. He obtained his education in its public schools, ae- quired his business training in active connection with its industries, learned his trade as a painter under the direc- tion of one of its leading mechanics, and has devoted all his energies in life so far to the promotion of its interests and the welfare of its people.
Mr. Morgan is a son of the late David and Mary E. (Williams) Morgan, a sketch of whose lives will be found else- where in this volume. At the age of seventeen he began learning the paint- ing trade, and after he mastered it he was made foreman in the painting de- partment of his father's wagon factory. Ile held this position with credit to him- self and benefit to the establishment un- til he became of age. On attaining his majority he bought a harness manufac- tory. This he operated successfully for a period of twelve years, and in connec- tion with it conducted a general hard- ware business of which he is still the proprietor. His trade is flourishing and profitable, and he has shown in its man- agement a high order of business capac- ity. In addition, he has other valuable interests in commercial and industrial
enterprises, being a stockholder and director of the Commercial Bank of Shelbina, and also a stockholder in the Trout Hardware Company of Chicago.
In politics Mr. Morgan is a true and tried member of the Democratic party, and is at all times active and effective in promoting its welfare. He is an ener- getic worker in all political campaigns. but does not aspire to public office for himself. He feels a deep and abiding interest in the welfare of his country. and believes that it will be best pro- moted by the supremacy of the political principles to which he gives his support. In fraternal life he holds membership in the Masonic order, its adjunct, the Order of the Eastern Star, and the Knights of Pythias. In these frater- nities he takes an active interest, helping to make them as widely and progres- sively useful to their members and the communities in which they operate as possible. Their social features also ap- peal to him strongly, and he finds a great deal of enjoyment in intercourse with his fellow members at the meetings of lis lodges.
Among the progressive and far-secing citizens of Shelbina Mr. Morgan holds a high rank as one of the leaders. He is studions and acquisitive in the line of mental development, and makes it one of his prime activities to secure the highest and broadest culture his opportunities will allow. He has traveled extensively in this and other countries, mingling freely with different people and obtain- ing a thorough knowledge of their man- ners, customs and pursuits. By this means and continuous and reflective reading he has gained a vast fund of
JOHN R. MORGAN
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general information, and is prepared to discuss with intelligence and profit to his hearers almost every topic of gen- eral interest, and many of which knowl- edge among the ordinary run of men is very limited. So general and varied, and at the same time so acenrate, is his knowledge of many topics of human thought and interest that he has become an authority on them and is looked to for light concerning them when his fel- low citizens are in need of it.
In business Mr. Morgan has been very successful. In local matters of moment he is widely useful, and in the social life of the community of his home he is a prime factor. On all sides he is held in the highest esteem, the regard the peo- ple have for him being based on well demonstrated merit, broad and fruitful publie spirit and clean and upright liv- ing. Shelbina has no better citizen, and mone who is more universally and de- servedly popular. And what is more to his credit, he is as modest and unas- suming as he is worthy and well es- teemed, being seemingly as unconscious of his superior attainments as he is serv- iceable in the use of them.
On October 8, 1895, Mr. Morgan was married to Miss Mary Laura Reed, who is, like himself, a native of Shelby coun- ty. She is an able second to all his aspirations and a valuable coadjutor in all his enterprises. And she, also, has a strong hold on the regard and good will of all classes of the people. The three children born of their union are all living and still members of the pa- rental family circle. They are: Nell Reed, Besse Irene and Mary Isabel, each of whom adds greatly to the brightness
and warmth of the household and is a strong element in its popularity as a social center and the seat of a refined and'gracions hospitality.
JOHN B. SHALE.
HIe whose name initiates this review has been a resident of Shelby county since his boyhood days, and now holds precedence as one of its representative and essentially wide-awake and progres- sive business men and as a citizen emi- nently entitled to the high esteem in which he is uniformly held. He has been prominently identified with the develop- ment of himbering interests in Arkansas and Oregon, with which line of enter- prise he is still largely concerned, and in his home town of Clarence he controls a large business as a buyer and shipper of live stock and grain, besides which he deals in lumber and operates a well equipped grist mill.
Mr. Shale claims the fine old Keystone state of the Union as the place of his nativity, having been born in Westmore- land connty, Pennsylvania. August 14, 1858. His father, William Shale, was born in England in 1828, and was a child at the time of his parents' immigration to America. The family settled in Penn- sylvania, where he was reared to matn- rity and where his marriage was solem- nized. He there devoted his attention principally to agrienltural pursuits until 1866, when he came with his family to Shelby county, Missouri, where he and his devoted wife have since maintained their home and where they are held in unqualified esteem by all who know them. William Shale seenred a traet of land in
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Jefferson township, where he developed one of the fine farm properties of the county, and where he continued actively concerned in farming and stock-growing until 1895, when he retired from active labors, having also built up a snecessful enterprise as a shipper of live stock. He is now living retired in the village of Clarence, and, though more than four score years of age, is well preserved in both mental and physical faculties. He is a staunch adherent of the Democratic party, is affiliated with the local lodge of Free & Accepted Masons, and both he and his wife hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal church. As before stated, his marriage was solemnized in the state of Pennsylvania, where his wife, whose maiden name was Susan Knox, was born and reared. Of their ten children, all are living except Sarah. who died at the age of thirty years. Con- cerning the other children the following brief data are consistently entered in this review: Samuel C. is a resident of San Diego, California; William B. is a well-known resident of Shelby county; John B., subject of this review, was the next in order of birth; Wesley T. resides in the city of Spokane, Wash- ington; Christina is the wife of Mr. Cur- tis, of Phoenix, Arizona: George resides at Black Rock, Arkansas; Anna is the wife of John D. Randall, of Salida, Colo- rado; May is the wife of Robert L. Jacobs, of Clarence; and Lawrence is a resident of Goldfield, Nevada.
John B. Shale, whose name introduces this article, was about eight years of age at the time of the family removal from Pennsylvania to Shelby county, Mis- souri, and here he was reared to matu-
rity on the home farm, early beginning to lend his aid in its work and in the meanwhile duly availing himself of the advantages of the district schools of the locality and period. He continued to be associated in the work and management of his father's farm until he had at- tained to the age of twenty-five years, when he took up his residence in the eity of Clarence, where he was engaged in the livery business for eighteen months, at the expiration of which, in 1885, he engaged in the buying and ship- ping of grain, in which connection he now operates a modern grist mill, and he is also engaged in the lumber business and in the buying and shipping of live stock. These varied and important in- terests place exacting demands upon his time and attention, but his vital energy, his keen business sagacity and his admin- istrative ability are adequate to meet all contingencies that may arise. He has directed his efforts in a splendid way along normal and legitimate lines of en- terprise, and his honest and straightfor- ward policy has gained to him the confi- dence of all with whom he has had deal- ings. He is one of the alert and re- sourceful business men who are uphold- ing the industrial prestige of Shelby county, and as such he is well entitled to this slight tribute of recognition in the history of the county which has so long represented his home. Mr. Shale is a stockholder in the Clarence Savings Bank, of which he is a director, and is also a stockholder of the Shelby County State Bank, of Clarence. He is the owner of 160 acres of valable farming land in Shelby county, and about one-half of this tract is under enltivation, the remainder
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being utilized for grazing purposes. He ciated in the milling, grain and live-stock and his partners own 2,250 acres in Missouri.
In polities Mr. Shale gives an unquali- fied allegiance to the Democratic party. He is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias and the Modern Woodmen of America, and both he and his wife hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal church, South. He has achieved pro- nouneed snecess in his business opera- tions, and especially in connection with lumbering enterprises in Oregon and Arkansas, where he has large interests at the present time.
In April, 1885, was celebrated the mar- riage of Mr. Shale to Miss Abbie George, a daughter of David George, a repre- sentative citizen of Granville, this state. Mr. and Mrs. Shale became the parents of seven children, all of whom are liv- ing, namely: Roger, who now resides in Washington, D. C .; Helen, George B., Corinne, Kathleen, Charles and Frances, all of whom remain at the parental home.
ELISHA A. CALLISON.
A scion of staunehi Scottish stock, this well-known business man and popular citizen of the city of Clarence well ex- emplified the sterling traits of character that have ever designated the sturdy raee from which he is sprung, his grand- father, Elisha F. Callison, having been a native of Scotland, and having taken np his residence in West Virginia upon coming to America. There he passed the residue of his long and useful life, West Virginia at that time having been still an integral portion of the Old Do- minion of Virginia. Mr. Callison is asso-
business with John B. Shale, a sketch of whose career appears on other pages of this work, and they control a large and sneeessful enterprise in the various de- partments of their business, being large shippers of stock in addition to condnet- ing successful operations in the other lines noted. This effective partnership alliance is maintained under the firm name of Callison & Shale.
Elisha A. Callison reverts with a due measure of satisfaction to the fact that he is a native son of the state in which his honored father and grandfather ac- quitted themselves so well as productive workers and loyal and worthy citizens. He was born in Greenbrier county, West Virginia, on October 28, 1860, and is a son of Osear and Margaret (Bright) Cal- lison, both of whom were likewise na- tives of that county, where their mar- riage was solemnized, and where they continued to maintain their home until their death. The father was born in 1836, devoted his entire active career to agricultural pursuits and stock-growing, and remained on his fine old homestead farm until his death, which occurred in 1877. His wife, who was born in 1838, died in 1888, their marriage having been solemnized in the year 1849. Oscar Cal- lison was a staunch adherent of the Democratic party, took an intelligent and loyal interest in public affairs of a local order, and served one year as sheriff oľ Greenbrier county, where he over com- manded the muqualified esteem of all who knew him. Both he and his devoted wife held membership in the Presbyterian elmreb, and their faith was well exempli- fied in their daily lives. They became
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the parents of five children. of whom four are now living, namely : Elisha A .. who is the immediate subject of this re- view: James C., who is a resident of Casper. Kansas: Mary, who is the wife of George E. Chinn. of Clarence. Shelby county. Missouri: aud Austin, who is a representative farmer of Barber county, Kansas.
Elisha A. Callison was reared to ma- turity under the grateful influences and sturdy lahors of the old homestead farm. and he was afforded the advantages of the excellent public schools of Lewisburg. West Virginia. At the age of sixteen years he went to Highland county, Vir- ginia. where he assisted in the work of the farm of his nnele. John W. Bird. for the ensning five years, He then. in 1SS1. when twenty-one years of age. came to Shelby county, Missouri, where he found employment by the month at farm work. being thus engaged for a period of three years, during which he was industrious and economical, carefully conserving his resources and formulating plans for an independent career. At the expiration of the interval noted. Mr. Callison en- gaged in farming and stock-raising on his own responsibility, renting a farm in Jefferson township. abont three miles distant from the city of Clarence. There he continued operations with all of en- ergy and with umremitting care and dis- erimination for about three years, and he then removed to Barber county. Kan- sas, where he continued in the same line of enterprise. and where he finally be- came the owner of a well improved farm of 2.250 acres. He remained in the Sun- flower state for a period of twelve years. at the expiration of which, in 1901. he
returned to Shelby county, Missouri, and purchased a farm of 320 acres near Clar- ence. in .Jefferson township, a property which he sold in 1903. In the autumn of 1902. however, he left the farm and took up his residence in Clarence, where he has since been successfully engaged in business in partnership with John B. Shale. as noted in the opening paragraph of this article. Mr. Callison is recog- nized as one of the essentially progres- sive and representative business men of the county, and his success is the more gratifying to contemplate by reason of the fact that it is the result of his own well directed etforts and good business judgment. No citizen of the community commands a larger measure of popular confidence and regard. and he is loyal and public-spirited in his attitude, ever ready to lend his influence and tangible aid in the support of measures and enter- prises tending to advance the general weal. His political allegiance is given to the Democratic party; he is affiliated with the local organizations of the Knights of Pythias, the Ancient Order of United Workmen, and the Modern Woodmen of America. and both he and his wife are members of the Presbyte- rian church.
February 14, 1883, recorded the mar- riage of Mr. Callison to Miss Anna Erwin, who was born and reared in Highland county, Virginia, whither he returned to claim his bride, who aceom- panied him to his new home in Missouri, and who has proved a worthy and effi- cient helpmeet. They are the parents of seven children, all of whom remain at the parental home, except the elder daughter. The names of the children.
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as here entered in respective order of birth, are: John O., Elizabeth, Edward A., Margaret, Harry, Charles and Anna. Elizabeth is now the wife of William Gillespie, and they reside in Miles City. Montana.
MINUS H. LEWIS.
On other pages of this publication is entered a brief review of the career of Aaron Lewis, the honored father of the subject of this sketch, and by reason of this fact it is not necessary to repeat the data in this article, as ready reference may be made to the sketeli mentioned. lle whose name heads this paragraph is a native of Shelby county and is now numbered among its enterprising and essentially representative business men, while as a citizen he holds the unquali- fied esteem and confidence of the people of the county in which his entire life has been passed.
Minns H. Lewis was born on the home- stead farm of the family, in Jefferson township. Shelby county, Missouri, May 29, 1872, and to the district schools of the locality he is indebted for his early educational training. After his school days were over he continued to be asso- ciated with his father in the work and management of the farm until 1900, when he took up his residence in the vil- lage of Clarence, where he erected a grain elevator of large capacity and modern facilities, thus showing a spirit of progressiveness and confidence that had not previously been manifested in a similar way by any other resident of the county, as this elevator was the first to be erected within the borders of Shel-
by connty. He conducted a successful grain business for the ensuing two years, at the expiration of which he disposed of the elevator and business. While thus engaged he was also associated with William F. Hirrlinger in the conducting of a well equipped hardware, furniture and undertaking establishment, under the firm name of Lewis & Hirrlinger. In 1904 he purchased his partner's interest in this enterprise, which he thereafter conducted in an individual way nntil 1907. when he disposed of all his business interests in the village and purchased stock in the Clarence Savings Bank. of which he was elected assistant cashier in January of that year. Of this posi- tion he has since continued incumbent, giving the major portion of his time and attention to his executive duties in con- nection with this substantial and popu- lar financial institution. He is the owner of an attractive residence and other im- proved realty in Clarenee and is one of the loyal and public-spirited citizens who are conserving the material and civic progress of his native county, where his circle of friends is limited only by that of his acquaintances. He is a stannch Democrat in his political proclivities and takes a lively interest in public affairs of a local order.
On October 11, 1896, Mr. Lewis was united in marriage to Miss Lou MeCarty, who was born in Selmiyler county, Illi- nois, and who is a danghter of Michael MeCarty. now a resident of Clarence.
AARON LEWIS.
Aaron Lewis has been a resident of Shelby connty for more than forty years, during the major portion of which he
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has been actively identified with the great basic industry of agriculture, in connec- tion with which he has gained success and independence through his well di- rected energies and indefatigable appli- cation. He is now living virtually re- tired in the village of Clarence, where he has an attractive home, and is enjoy- ing the generons rewards of former years of earnest endeavor and where he is known as a substantial citizen and as one well worthy of the unqualified es- teem in which he is held in the commu- nity that has so long represented home and been the scene of his productive activities.
Mr. Lewis was born in Dorchester county, Maryland, on November 13, 1843, and is of staunch Welsh and English lineage, the Lewis family having been founded in Maryland in the colonial era of our national history. He bears the full patronymie of his honored father, Aaron Lewis, who was born in Maryland in 1795, and who there passed his entire life, having been summoned' to eternal rest on September 23. 1843, about a month before the birth of the subject of this review. During the greater portion of his independent career he was identi- fied with agricultural pursuits, and for some time he was engaged in the general merchandise business at Federalsburg, Maryland. His wife, whose maiden name was Naney Adams, was likewise a native of Maryland, and she survived him by many years, having passed away in 1902. They became the parents of eight children and concerning the four now living the following data are entered : Charles is a resident of Knox county, Missouri; Abraham resides in the vil-
lage of Novelty, this state; Lovey is the wife of William Sullin, of Knox county ; and Aaron is the immediate subject of this review. In politics the father was a staunch supporter of the cause of the Whig party, and both he and his wife held membership in the Methodist Epis- copal church.
Aaron Lewis, subject of this sketch. was reared to the sturdy discipline of the farm and his early educational privi- leges were those offered in the common schools of the locality and period. After leaving school he continued to follow farm work for some time, and later was employed as clerk in a general store at Williamsburg, Maryland. He then be- came a sailor on a coasting vessel, and he continued to follow the seafaring life about two years. The merchantman on which he was engaged was chartered at intervals by the government during the progress of the Civil war and was lying at the mouth of the Appomattox river at the time of the evacuation of the city of Richmond, Virginia. Upon retiring from the maritime service, Mr. Lewis re- turned home and learned the trade of carpenter, to which he continued to de- vote his attention for a period of five years, during which he maintained his home at Federalsburg, Maryland.
In 1868 Mr. Lewis came to Missouri and took up his abode in Shelby county, where he has since maintained his home and where through his own efforts he has become a successful and representa- tive citizen. For two years he followed his trade in the village of Clarence, and during the remainder of his active career he gave his attention to farming and stock-raising, eventually becoming the
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owner of a fine landed estate of 240 acres near the village of Maud, in Jef- ferson township. He developed the property into one of the productive and valuable farms of the county, made ex- cellent improvements upon the place, and continued to reside on this home- stead until 1899, when he retired from active labors and removed to the village of Clarence, where he has since main- tained his home. He disposed of his farm several years ago. He is a stock- holder of the Clarence Savings Bank and has other substantial capitalistic invest- ments in his home county.
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