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USA > Missouri > Andrew County > History of Andrew and De Kalb counties, Missouri : from earliest time to the present; together with sundry personal, business and professional sketches and family records. besides a condensed history of the state of Missouri, etc > Part 65
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sisting of 80 and 160 acres, respectively. On January 4, 1880, he was united in marriage with Emma E. Gebhart, daughter of Josiah and Mary Ann (Kootz) Gebhart. She is a native of Henry County, Ind., born June 3, 1861. They have had two sons and two daughters. The eldest, a daughter named Ora Audra, is dead. Those living are Elsie Ladora, Audra and Joseph. Mr. Manning is a public-spirited man, and aids all laudable improvements. He and wife are members of the Christian Church.
John R. McDermott, a leading citizen of Andrew County, Mo., and proprietor of the Savannah Marble Works, was born in Frederick City, Md., March 4, 1841. He is the son of John and Mary (McGee) McDer- mott. His father was born in Moville, County Donegal, Ireland, in 1791, and immigrated to America in 1819. Landing in New York, he soon afterward made an extensive southern tour to Cuba and South America. Upon his return he settled in Frederick, Md., and engaged in the marble business, being for a time proprietor of the well-known Maryland and Virginia Marble Works. He was known as a thorough mathematician and good scholar. He died June 20, 1878. His mother was born in North Ireland, and was the daughter of John McGee. She died in Baltimore in 1879. John R. was reared in Frederick City, Md., and received a good education at St. Johns College in that city. He removed to Baltimore in 1863, and engaged in the marble business. Here his health failed him, and for several years he was an invalid. Upon recovering his health in 1869 he went to Boston, Mass., and from that city to Adrian, Mich. He next removed to Indiana, where he spent dif- ferent periods of time in various cities, and in 1872 came to Missouri, and engaged in his present business at Savannah, Andrew County. He has one of the largest marble trades in Northwest Missouri. He is a pleasant and affable gentleman, social and accommodating, and is full of enterprise and public spirit.
H. B. McDonald, a farmer in Nodaway Township, Andrew County, Mo., was born in Mercer County, Ky., May 23, 1844, and is the son of Daniel and Martha (McMurtry) McDonald, both of whom were natives of Washington County, Ky. The former was born in 1803, and was the son of Alexander McDonald, a native of the " Old Dominion;" the latter was born in 1807, and was the daughter of John McMurtry and Cather- ine (Rose) McMurtry. They immigrated to Missouri in 1865, locating in Andrew County on a farm. The father was a member of the Method- ist Church, and died in 1876. The mother was a member of the Presby- terian Church; she died in 1873. To them nine children were born, of whom our subject was the eighth.
He lived on the farm while young, and received a good education at the Kentucky University. After fin- ishing his education he returned to the farm, but in 1863 immigrated to St. Joseph, Mo., where he remained until the spring of 1864, when he went to California, and spent the following winter. His father having removed to Andrew County in the meantime, he returned from the West,
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and resided with him. He engaged in farming in this county until the spring of 1880, when he went to Montana, where he lived until he returned to Missouri in 1885, and settled in the southern part of Andrew County. In August, 1887, he purchased his present farm, and removed his family thereto in the following December. The farm embraces 160 acres of fine land, and has upon it a handsome brick residence. June 20, 1877, he was united in marriage with Emma Rogers, a native of Mercer County, Ky., who was born in 1853, and is a daughter of E. P. Rogers. They have six children. Mr. McDonald is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and his wife is a member of the Christian Church.
John McLain, president of the Savannah (Missouri) Savings Bank, and one of the prominent citizens of Andrew County, was born in Mor- gan County, Ohio, on August 2, 1817. He attended the schools of that neighborhood, acquiring the rudiments of an education, which he after- ward improved by his own exertions and experience. His first venture in life was cutting cord wood at the salt works in Ohio for 25 cents per cord, when but sixteen years of age, camping out while at work. In 1836 he engaged in the grocery business in his native county, with a capital of $75. After continuing business for eighteen months he sold his stock, realizing the sum of $1,800. He next located at Pennsville, Ohio, and engaged in the grocery and hotel business for about three months, and then removed to McConnellsville, Ohio, and continued the same business in partnership with Jacob Goodlive. In 1838 he and partner established a bank in connection with their grocery and hotel business, the bank being under the charge and management of Mr. McLain. His attention having been attracted to the Platte Purchase by the passage of a bill by Congress attaching those lands to the State of Missouri, and by the speech of Thomas H. Benton delivered in the United States Senate, thank- ing Congress for its action, in 1853 he made a trip to the West to inspect those lands. He continued to visit the lands once each year, making land entries each trip until 1858, when he and partner closed out their business in Ohio and removed to Missouri. Up to that time he had entered for himself and others over 60,000 acres of land, at an aver- age cost of 70 cents per acre. On June 16, 1858, he settled in Savan- nah, and has resided at that place and on his farm, three miles south of town, till the present. The first business venture after settling in Mis- souri was in the wholesale and retail grocery business, in partnership with Goodlive & Bell, for which they erected a large business house in 1859. Near the breaking out of the late war he sold out his business in St. Joseph, and retired to his farm. In May, 1862, he was appointed judge of Andrew County, and the following year was elected to that office, which position he held for ten years and six months. In 1865 he secured a charter from the Legislature incorporating the Savannah Sav- ings Bank for twenty-five years, with an authorized capital of $100,000. During that year he purchased the Banking House of Savannah, of the Southern Bank of St. Louis, and in the following May opened the pres-
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ent banking house of which he is president. He was married June 16, 1840, to Sarah A. Shannon, of Belmont County, Ohio, born in 1820, and daughter of John Shannon. Five children have blessed this union, four of whom are living.
William Meritt, the subject of the following sketch, was born in West Virginia, Cabell County, October 29, 1837. He is the son of Thomas J. and Margaret L. (Hite) Meritt, both natives of West Virginia. The father was born on May 25, 1812, the mother on January 16, 1818. They had five'sons and three daughters. William was the second child, and when he was seventeen years old they removed from their native State to Missouri, where they lived until 1860. Then they went to Indiana where they resided until the death of the husband, January 3, 1886; the wife died in January, 1887. William was reared on a farm, and educated in the country schools of West Virginia and Missouri. He enlisted in the Confederate army in 1861, and served until the close of the war, after which he remained in Louisiana nearly three years. While in that State, on December 25, 1865, he was united in marriage with Elizabeth Ann Daniels, daughter of Greenberry and Mary Elizabeth (Thompson) Daniels. She was born in Clarke County, Ala., April 11, 1839. They have two daughters and one son born as follows: Charles Henry, February 26, 1867; Maggie Lee, November 8, 1869; and Sarah Francis, February 6, 1871. Mr. Meritt removed to Indiana, April 13, 1867, but in the fall of 1871 he returned to Missouri, and, although he began business life with very little capital, he is now a prosperous farmer of Andrew County. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and in politics is Democratic.
William T. Miller, a farmer and stock raiser of Jackson Township, was born in Hancock County, Ind., August 16, 1835. He is the seventh of nine children born to Abram and Mary (Thompson) Miller; the former was a native of New Jersey, and the latter of North Carolina. In early life the father worked in the shipyard of Rich Girard in Philadelphia, but later engaged in farming in Ohio, Indiana and Missouri. He set- tled in Andrew County in the summer of 1846, and died there in 1861, seventy-six years of age. He had been married twice: first, to Miss Sarah Porch, of New Jersey; she died in Ohio. He married the mother of our subject in Indiana; she died in Andrew County on March 20, 1870. The father was a Republican, and he and wife died members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. William T. came with his parents to Missouri when ten years of age, and there received a common-school education. He grew to manhood on his father's farm, and has ever since followed agricultural pursuits. In January, 1859, he wedded Miss Charity Burns, of Morgan County, Ind. At the death of his father, he and brother, Thomas, came in possession of the home place, but he bought his brother's share about 1864. He owns 300 acres of land, upon which is a good residence, built in 1875. He is a progressive man, and enjoys the comforts of a good home. He has never sought or filled any public
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office except that of magistrate, which office he filled awhile in a satisfac- tory manner. He and wife are worthy members of the Methodist Epis- copal Church.
Rev. Lorren T. Minturn, rector of the Episcopal Church at Amazo- nia, was born in Mason County, W. Va., October 13, 1819. He is the son of William W. and Tirzah (Fellows) Minturn. The father was born in Dutchess County, N. Y., and the mother was a native of Connecticut. In May, 1816, they were married at Point Pleasant, W. Va., where they located and died, the father about 1876, at eighty-five years of age, and the mother about 1870, when seventy-six years old. They were both members of the Episcopal Church. The father was a mechanic and a miller. Our subject is one of eleven children. He received a liberal education in his youth, and began business life as a miller, learning it under his father's direction. He worked in his native town until 1857, when he came to St. Joseph, Mo., where he worked at his occupation twelve years. In 1869 he removed to Amazonia, and bought the Junc- tion Mill property, but lost it in 1876, since which time he has superin- tended the mill. On April 7, 1842, he was united in marriage with Miss Catherine Knopp, of Mason County, W. Va. Nine children have been born to them-two sons and seven daughters-of whom two daughters are dead. In January, 1884, he was ordained deacon of the Episcopal Church by Rt. Rev. Bishop C. F. Robertson, and was licensed a preacher of the gospel at the same time. In 1859 he joined the Odd Fellows at St. Joseph, in what was known as King Hill Lodge, No. 19. He advanced in Odd Fellowship rapidly; in 1874 was made Grand Master of the State, and in 1875-76 he represented the State at the Sovereign Grand Lodge at Indianapolis and Philadelphia, the latter place during the Cen- tennial. In 1877 he was made Grand Patriarch of the State; represented the State at the Sovereign Lodge at Baltimore in 1878-79, and in 1880 at Toronto, Canada. For three years he has been Grand Chaplain of the Grand Lodge. In politics he is a Democrat.
George K. Montgomery, a prominent citizen of Andrew County, Mo., residing in Benton Township, two miles west from Bolckow, was born in Virginia near the Pennsylvania line on May 7, 1825. He is the eldest son of eight children born to John and Eve (Keck) Montgomery. The former was born in Ireland in 1781, and came with his father to Amer- ica when fourteen years of age; the latter was born in Pennsylvania, but removed to Monroe County, Ohio, and thence to Indiana. The father learned the cabinet-maker's trade, which he followed a considerable part of his life. In 1857 he removed to Andrew County, Mo., where he engaged in farming until his death. He was a moral and high minded man, a good citizen and neighbor, and universally beloved and esteemed. George K. acquired a good education in the public schools, principally in Ohio. He began business life as a farmer in Indiana in 1847. He removed to Andrew County, Mo., in 1857, where he has since resided, en- gaged extensively in farming, stock raising and trading. He owns a large
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farm, upon which he has a beautiful residence and other buildings. He is also interested in other property, and is one of the successful and pro- gressive men of Andrew County, and a fair representative of the typical western farmer. December 29, 1849, he was united in marriage with Rose Neumeyer, a native of Berks County, Penn., born July 31, 1831, and is the daughter of Charles and Elizabeth (Wagner) Neumeyer, both natives of Pennsylvania, the former born in Berks, and the latter in Lehigh County. They have had twelve children as follows: Mary E., born in 1851; Franklin P., born in 1853; Lucinda, born in 1854; John N., born in 1857; Susan E., born in 1858; George D., born in 1860; William McClellan, born in 1862, died in 1874; Rosa, born in 1864; Emma A., born in 1866; Bingham, born in 1868; Belle M., born in 1870; Leon, born in 1872. Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery are members of the M. E. Church. The Montgomery family is one of the largest and best con- nected families of the United States, and trace their genealogy not only to the hero of Quebec, Gen. Montgomery, but also to the blue-blooded royalty of England. The great-great-grandfather of the Andrew County (Mo. ) Montgomerys was Joseph Montgomery, who was born in Ayrshire, Eng- land, about 1680. He was a near relative of Sir James Montgomery, of Skelmorlie, the founder of that branch of the family who was the second son of the first Lord Montgomery, distinguished on account of loyalty to King James I. Prompted by the very liberal inducements to Protestants to settle in Ireland at that time, Joseph crossed the channel, and purchased a handsome estate near Armagh, about 1700, which is to- day known as the "Town Land of Killecopple." Here he resided until his death in 1750. He left three sons: Joseph, Hugh and Samuel. Joseph, the eldest son, was the great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch. He was born in Ireland about 1703, and upon his father's death, succeeded to the estate. He died in 1774, leaving two sons: Joseph and William; the latter, our subject's grandfather, was born in Ireland in 1745, and came to America about 1774, but immediately returned to his native land. After his brother's death, in 1805, he dis- posed of his property, and again came to America to reside permanently. He purchased a large tract of land in Ohio County, Va., upon which he resided until his death in 1812. He left three sons and three daughters.
Joseph Montgomery, the subject of this sketch, is one of the promi- nent farmers of Benton Township, Andrew County, Mo. He is the son of John and Eve (Keck ) Montgomery [ see sketch of Montgomery family ]. He was born July 23, 1830, in Western Virginia, but reared principally in Ohio, and was given a good education in the schools of the latter State. He began business as a carriage-maker in 1852, in Terre Haute, Ind., where he remained until 1854, when he removed to Kansas. In 1857 he came to Andrew County, Mo., and worked at his trade for about two years, when he began farming, his present vocation, but also working at his trade occasionally. He owns and cultivates a fine farm of 238 acres in Andrew County and a farm in Nodaway County. May
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12, 1859, he was married to Margaret Atkinson, a native of Ireland, born in June, 1836. She is the daughter of Robert Atkinson, who immigrated to America from Ireland, and located in Andrew County, where he resided until his death. Our subject and wife have had nine children born to them, as follows: William F., March 17, 1860; Mary E., October 20, 1861; Jane A., February 20, 1863; Matilda A., November 30, 1864, died October 12, 1865; Rosa B., March 26, 1866, died September 26, 1869; John W., October 20, 1867; Florence S., March 4, 1869; Joseph L., October 29, 1871; Robert F., February 25, 1873. Mr. and Mrs. Mont- gomery are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
F. P. Montgomery, son of George K. Montgomery [see sketch ], is a leading and prosperous young farmer of Benton Township, Andrew County, Mo. He was born in Owen County, Ind., on June 13, 1853, and in 1837 came to Missouri, where he received a liberal education in the district schools. He began business life as a farmer in the spring of 1878, and by good management and close application to business has acquired considerable property. He owns and cultivates a fine farm of 440 acres on One-Hundred-and-Two River, upon which he has a hand- some residence, situated about one mile west from Bolckow. He was married, January 1, 1878, to Belle Russell, born in 1859, and the daugh- ter of D. T. Russell. They had two daughters born as follows: Lula B., November 18, 1878, died June 12, 1879; Lena G., February 9, 1880, died seven months later. The wife died February 18, 1880, and on June 12, 1881, he chose for his second wife, Mettie M. Thompson, who was born in Ohio in 1862, and is the daughter of Henry Thompson. To this union three children have been born, two of whom are living. They are Rosana M., born July 15, 1884; Thomas F., born March 14, 1887; the other child died in infancy.
A. Mullinix, a physician of Rosendale, Andrew County, Mo., was born one and a half miles south from Rosendale in 1840. He is the second of four children born to G. W. and Rhoda (Hurst) Mullinix. The father was born in Putnam County, Ind., in 1821, and is the son of Elisha Mul- linix, a native of South Carolina. He was one of the pioneers of Andrew County, Mo., having immigrated here in 1838. In 1871 he removed to Kansas, where he practices law at present. The mother was also born in Putnam County, Ind., in 1819, and was the daughter of Abram Hurst, who removed to Andrew County, Mo., and left a large family. Our sub- ject spent his youth on the farm, and acquired a limited education in the country schools. He began the study of medicine in 1867, at New Hart- ford, Ill., under Dr. J. W. Slade. In 1868-69 he attended the Iowa State University at Keokuk, graduating in 1874, in both medicine and surgery. He then returned to Andrew County, Mo., since which time he has prac- ticed his profession. In 1861 he enlisted in the Federal army, joining the Eighth Regiment of Illinois Infantry, with which he served three months. In September of the same year he re-enlisted in the Fifth Regiment of Missouri Infantry and served six months, but in August,
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1862, joined the Ninety-ninth Regiment of Illinois Infantry, and served until the close of the war, being mustered out in August, 1865, having been engaged in nineteen hard-fought battles. He was wounded four different times. In the spring of 1866 he crossed the plains to Montana, where he remained eighteen months. He was married in 1868 to Geor- gina Scott, who was born in Brown County, Ill., in 1849, and is the daughter of G. W. Scott. They have three children living, and one dead.
David Newburn was born in Preble County, Ohio, January 22, 1829. He is the son of David Newburn, who was born in Pennsylvania, July 27, 1792. He was married in Ohio to Beulah Brown, who was born in New Jersey, February 17, 1787. He removed from Pennsylvania to Ohio, and in 1844 located in Illinois, where he lived until his death, March 28, 1855. He was a farmer by vocation, and lived a consistent Christian life, beloved by all who knew him. The paternal grandfather was born on January 18, 1756. He was an early immigrant to America, and settled in Pennsylvania. The subject of this sketch was educated in the common schools of Ohio, and served an apprenticeship at the blacksmith's trade, which he followed from the age of sixteen to thirty inclusive, since which he has followed agricultural pursuits. In Ohio, in 1852, he wedded Mary Jane Reddick, who died in 1854. They had one daughter, who died in 1878. In 1860 Mr. Newburn married his second wife, Lucinda Van Winkle, a native of Preble County, Ohio, born Novem- ber 24, 1827. They have three children, Charles B., born April 19, 1861; Warner L., born January 25, 1864, and Sarah Belle, born August 5, 1866. Mr. Newburn came to his present location from Illinois in 1872. He is a stanch Republican, and in Marshall County, Ill., held the office of county collector for one term.
O. E. Paul, editor and proprietor of the Savannah, (Mo.) Reporter, the organ of the Republican party in Andrew County, was born in Dayton, Ohio, on October 17, 1843, and is the son of Henry R. and Mary L. (Evans) Paul, both natives of Pennsylvania, the former born in 1815, and the latter in 1816. In 1861 the parents removed to Indiana, Pulaski County, where the father is engaged in farming. Our subject received a good education in the public schools, and in 1860 began an apprentice- ship at the printer's trade in the office of the Perrysburg (Ohio) Journal. While serving his apprenticeship he published the Maumee Express, the work being done in the Journal office. He enlisted in the army in July, 1862, joining Company A, One Hundredth Regiment Ohio Volunteer In- fantry, and served until the close of the war, his resignation being accepted in May, 1865, as first lieutenant. He then worked at his trade in various places until 1869, when he began the publication of the Frank- lin ( Ohio) Gazette. He removed to Savannah, Mo., in March, 1872, and took charge of the Andrew County Republican, which about two years later he sold, and removed to Corning, Iowa, where he published the Union. The next fall, however, he sold this office, and returning to
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Savannah, Mo., established his present paper in April, 1876. He was married, January 31, 1865, to Anna Bailey, of Newport, Ky., who was born in 1844, and is the daughter of W. S. Bailey. To them ten chil- dren have been born, seven of whom are living.
William Parker, a farmer and stock raiser of Monroe Township, Andrew Co., Mo., was born in Bartholomew County, Ind., March 12, 1836. He is the son of Daniel K. and Sarah (Davis) Parker. The father was born in a fort in Brown County, Ind., in 1813. At that time the Indians of the State were hostile, and the inhabitants had to fortify against them. He is the son of John Parker, of English lineage. He has followed farming as a vocation. In 1837 he removed with his family to Platte County, Mo., but later settled in Andrew County, where he now resides. His life has been identified with the history of that county, being one of the very early settlers, and a citizen of it for more than half a century. The mother is also of English descent, and was born in Bartholomew County, Ind., in 1817. They have two children- a son and a daughter: our subject, and Elizabeth, wife of J. F. Wright, of
Andrew County, Mo. William was reared on a farm, and received a dis- trict school education. He began business life with a limited capital, but is now a prosperous man. He is an ardent Republican, and is an advocate of free education and public improvements. On May 1, 1862, he was united in marriage with Rachel Esslingler. She was born in Andrew County, Mo., September 20, 1843. They have two sons and four daughters, born as follows: Sarah E., July 17, 1863; Francis A., Sep- tember 17, 1865; Jennie, November 6, 1867; Daniel E., January 3, 1870; May, May 1, 1874, and Stella, May 21, 1876.
Thomas Pettigrew, a leading citizen of Benton Township, Andrew Co., Mo., and residing one mile east from Rosendale, was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, on December 22, 1831. He is the son of William Pettigrew and Margaret (Aiken). The former was born in Ire- land in 1793, and immigrated to America in about 1849, locating in Milburn, N. J., where he died in 1853; the latter was born in Ireland, where she died while Thomas was a boy. Eight children were born to the parents of whom our subject was the fifth. He immigrated to America in 1852, and joined his father at Milburn, N. J., where he bound himself to his eldest brother, William, to learn the hatter's trade. He remained here for about six years, when he removed to Brooklyn, N. Y., where he served as conductor on horse cars for three years. Returning to New Jersey in 1861, he enlisted in the Federal army, join- ing Company K of the Second Regiment of New Jersey Volunteer Infantry, with which he served until he was mustered out in July, 1863. He was wounded on the 27th of June, 1862, in the battle of the Wilder- ness, and was confined in the hospital at Fort Monroe until his discharge. In the latter part of 1863 he immigrated to Missouri, and located in Nod- away County, where he remained for a while, then removed to St. Joseph, where he resided three years, and then returned to Nodaway County. A
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