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Christian woman, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. She died in May, 1884. Ten children were born to the parents, of whom nine survive. Our subject was the fifth child. He was reared on the farm, and was given such an education as the frontier schools afforded. He came with his father to Andrew County in the fall of 1857, and on March 29, 1860, his marriage with Sarah E. Richards was celebrated. Mrs. Wells was born in Illinois on May 13, 1838. She is the daughter of Zachariah W. and Mary (Field) Richards, natives of West Tennessee and Alabama, respectively. They came to Andrew County in 1841. The father is still living in Empire Township, but the mother died in the fall of 1863. After his marriage our subject located on the south side of "Lower Neely Grove. " On January 21, 1862, he enlisted in H. B. Johnson's Battery Light Artillery, Missouri State Troops. He was at the battle of Kirksville, Whaley's Mills and other engagements. On December 30, 1862, he was discharged on account of physical disability. Since that time he has twice exchanged farms, first in 1863, with his brother-in-law in Putnam County, Mo., where he resided ten years with his brother, and in 1873 he again traded his Putnam County land for a farm in Ben- ton Township, Andrew County. His farm consists of 170 acres of good land, upon which he has a handsome residence. He has held various township offices, both in Putnam and Andrew Counties, and in 1886 was elected county judge. He is a member of Valley Lodge, No. 413, F. & A. M., and of the Missionary Baptist Church, in which he is a deacon and clerk. His wife and all the children are members of the same church. They have had six children born to them-four girls and two boys-as follows: Maggie E. (Mrs. Israel Knappenberger), born June 18, 1861; Louvina J. (Mrs. John M. Townsend), born February 18, 1863; Samuel C., born February 3, 1864, and died April 25, 1864; Alzina A., born June 19, 1865; William H., born February 17, 1867, and died January 5, 1868; Emma J., born June 29, 1869. Judge Wells is a strong sup- porter of the public school system, and has taken great pride in educat- ing his children.
W. S. Wells, of the firm of T. J. & W. S. Wells, lumber dealers of Savannah and Bolckow, was born in Andrew County, Mo., and is the son of W. B. and Nancy (Griffith) Wells. The father was born in Ohio in 1817, and removed to Andrew County, Mo., in 1839, locating in Jackson Township and engaging in farming. In 1872 he removed to Savannah, where he now resides. He has always occupied a high position in the esteem of his fellow citizens, and has served as mayor of Savannah for two years. Nancy Griffith, his wife, was born in Bourbon County, Ky., in 1818. She was a pious, Christian lady, and a member of the Methodist Church. She died in 1871. To them five children were born-three sons and two daughters-all of whom are living, as follows: Martha E., now Mrs. C. W. Bramel, of Laramie City, Wyo., born in 1842; W. S., born October 16, 1843; Susan C., now Mrs. John Conner, of Savannah, born in 1845; George W., a merchant of Bolckow, born in 1848; Thomas
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J., a member of the above-named firm, born in 1850. All of the chil- dren were reared on the farm, and educated in the schools of Andrew County and St. Joseph. W. S. left the farm in 1860, going to Colorado, where he remained five years, when he returned to Savannah, and en- gaged in merchandising. In 1878, in partnership with his brother, George W., he established a store at Bolckow, in which he retains an interest at present. During the same year he and brother, T. J., opened their lumber business in Savannah, and in 1883 a similar business at Bolckow. They own the only lumber yards in those places, and control a large trade. He was married in 1877 to Mattie Bedford, who was born in Andrew County, Mo., in 1859. She is the daughter of Alex- ander Bedford, one of the wealthy and influential farmers of Empire Township, Andrew County. To this union three children have been born, two of whom are living. Mr. Wells was elected county collector of An- drew County in 1882, as a Democrat (though the county is Republican), by a majority of from 150 to 200. He was one of the founders of the State Bank of Savannah in 1887, and is the present cashier. Mr. Wells' Masonic career is one of no inconsiderable importance. May 13, 1886, he was duly anointed, consecrated and set apart to the holy order of High Priesthood in grand convention at St. Louis, Mo., and at this time is High Priest of Savannah Royal Arch Chapter, No. 83. He is also Treasurer of Savannah Lodge No. 71, A. F. and A. M., and a member of St. Joseph Council No. 9, Royal and Select Masters.
Z. T. Wells, the subject of this sketch, is a progressive citizen and farmer of Benton Township, Andrew Co., Mo., and is the youngest child of Jonathan and Letitia (Way) Wells. [See sketch of F. M. Wells.] He was born in Monroe County, Iowa, on January 19, 1849, and received a fair education in the public schools. He has followed farm- ing as a vocation, and now resides on the old homestead near Rosendale. On April 23, 1872, he was united in marriage with' Caroline Lewellen, who was born in Preble County, Ohio, on December 23, 1847, and is the daughter of Bafford and Nancy Lewellen, both of whom are living. The former is a native of Ohio, and the latter, of Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Wells have three children born as follows: Ella R., January 21, 1873; Andrew J., January 4, 1874; Nannie B., September 3, 1879.
James Westcott, a prominent farmer and live stock trader, was born in Somerset County, England, August 28, 1843. He is the son of James and Mary A. (Stevens) Westcott. The father is eighty-four years of age, and is a farmer and cattle buyer. The mother was born in 1805, and died in 1877. James received a good education in his youth. While at the home of his father, he assisted him in butchering and shipping stock. In the spring of 1867 he came to America, landing at New York, came immediately to Missouri. After 'stopping a few months in Buchanan County, he came to Andrew County, and engaged in the butchering business at Savannah with William Hancock, continuing about one year. In the spring of 1869 he visited England but returned to Savannah the
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following July, and began trading in live stock. During the winter of 1870 he and William Riddell engaged in feeding cattle on a farm. Mr. Riddell returned to England, and Mr. Westcott remained on that farm for eleven years. On May 19, 1872, he was united in marriage with Miss Sarah E. Riggin, a native of Andrew County, and the daughter of James Riggin, who at one time was sheriff of Andrew County. In the spring of 1882 he located where he now resides, and in 1884 built his neat residence. He is the father of four children, viz .: George H., Maud E., Lottie J., and James T. Mr. Westcott belongs to the church of England. In politics he is a Democrat.
John White, the subject of the following sketch, is one of the old- est and most highly respected citizens of Empire Township, Andrew Co., Mo. He is a native of Muskingum County, Ohio, and was born August 30, 1817. His father, Robert White, was born in Virginia in 1787, and died in 1858. He was the son of Charles White, a native of England, who immigrated at an early day to America. Robert was a farmer by vocation. He was united in marriage in 1805 with Elizabeth Brannon, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1787. She died in 1824, leaving a family of six sons and two daughters, of whom John is the fifth. His father having removed from Pennsylvania to Ohio in 1817, he was reared on a farm in that State, and received a limited education in the country schools. He has since engaged some in private study, and is an intelligent man, being conversant on general subjects. In 1839 he wedded Asenath H. Farrington, of Iowa, daughter of James and Elizabeth ( Morton ) Farrington. She was born in North Carolina, March 22, 1822. They have three sons. One fact connected with their history is that no death has ever occurred in their family (1887). In 1840 Mr. White removed from Iowa to Andrew County, Mo., where he later en- tered land, and has since been very successful in accumulating property. He is a member of the Baptist Church, and in politics he is a Repub- lican.
James H. Wilkerson, school commissioner of Andrew County, and a prominent farmer of Benton Township, living three miles southwest from Rosendale, was born in Clinton County, Ohio, in 1847. He is the son of John and Ann (Conner) Wilkerson. The father was born in Ohio in 1820, and is the son of John, who was born in Boone's Fort, Ky., and whose parents were among the pioneers of Kentucky. Our subject's father removed to Missouri in 1865, and settled in Rochester Township, Andrew County, where he has since resided, engaged in farm- ing. The mother was born in Delaware in 1820, and is the daughter of J. Conner. They are the parents of twelve children, all of whom are living, the youngest being twenty-three years of age. James H. was reared at home, and received his education in the public schools of Ohio, the Stewartsville Seminary, and the State Normal, at Kirksville, Mo. He began teaching school in Andrew County in 1868, and, with the ex- ception of two years, has continued in that profession. Since 1884 he
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has served as principal of the Rosendale public schools. In 1880 he was elected, as a Republican, to the office of county assessor of Andrew County, which he held for two years. In 1885 he was elected county school commissioner, and re-elected in 1887. He also owns and manages a farm of 119 acres. He was united in marriage in 1874 to Lettie Petree, a native of Andrew County, Mo., born in 1853. They have four children.
Isaac R. Williams, one of the prominent members of the Andrew County bar, was born on a farm in De Kalb County, Mo., on October 1, 1852, and is the son of Thomas and Carlista (Reece) Williams. The father was born in North Carolina on February 11, 1824, and is the son of Isaac, also a native of the old "North State." His father was a native of Wales, and immigrated to America before the Revolutionary War, in which he was a soldier. Thomas, the father, immigrated to Buchanan County, Mo., in 1849, and from there removed to Gentry County, Mo., and remained one year. In 1850 he returned to his native State, where he married. His wife, who was born in North Carolina, was the daughter of Jonathan Reece. Returning to Missouri he located in De Kalb County, where he now resides, and of which he was one of the pioneers. He was appointed county judge in 1851, and served at intervals in that capacity until 1886. Our subject was reared on the farm, and began his education in the common schools. At the age of eighteen years he entered McGhee College, in Macon County, Mo., which he attended one year. He then taught school for two years, and on September 16, 1873, came to Savannah and entered the law office of David Rea, where he studied until April 10, 1874, when he was ad- mitted to the bar. He continued in Mr. Rea's office, reading and prac- ticing until January 1, 1876, when he formed a partnership with Judge Joseph Rea, with whom he practiced until May 1, 1879. He was mar- ried December 24, 1876, to Emma Francis, who was born in De Kalb County, Mo., on August 14, 1858, and is the daughter of Thomas Fran- cis. To this union two children have been born, one of whom is dead.
Vincent Wilson, the subject of the following sketch is one of the old- est citizens of Andrew County, Mo., and was born in Henry County, Va., January 24, 1818. He is the son of Rice and Milly (Kelley) Wilson, both natives of Henry County, Va., the former born January 1, 1797, the latter in 1803. Vincent's paternal grandfather was Thomas Wilson, a native of England, and a worthy citizen and farmer. The father was also a farmer by vocation. He married when about twenty-two years of age, and Vincent was the first child of a family of three sons and five daughters, of whom he and two of the daughters are living. When he was eighteen months of age, his father with many relatives removed to Russell County, Ky., where he lived until his death in 1881. The mother died in 1875. Our subject was reared on his father's farm, and received a limited education in the schools of Russell County, Ky. He worked on the farm until he reached his majority, and then spent one year in 35 A
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parts of Illinois and Missouri, when he returned to his father's home. He, however, had learned of the productive soil in Missouri, and believed that agricultural pursuits could be more effectively carried on there than in Kentucky, where farming was not very lucrative. Accordingly, in the fall of 1841, together with a company of emigrants, he removed to Platte County, Mo., where he engaged in farming. In 1844 he removed to Andrew County, where he has since resided. He owns two fertile and well-improved farms in Platte Township, consisting of 160 and 174 acres, respectively. He has held several positions of honor and trust. For twenty-two years he was a justice in Platte Township, and for twelve years a notary public. He is a member of the Christian Church, and is a Master Mason. In politics he is Democratic. On September 1, 1842, he was united in marriage with Irena Popplewell, daughter of Capt. John Popplewell. She was born in Russell County, Ky., April 10, 1827. Three children have blessed their union, of whom one is living, Minerva, born in Andrew County, Mo., February 14, 1847, and was married Octo- ber 4, 1863, to A. J. Agee, a citizen of Andrew County, Mo.
J. F. Wright was born in Marion County, Ind., on August 23, 1834, and is the son of Jordan Wright, a native of North Carolina, born in 1796. He followed farming as an occupation, but was a wagon-maker by trade. In 1818 he was united in marriage with Barbara Fox, of North Carolina, but a native of Vermont, born in 1790. Soon after his marriage he removed to Indiana, but later, in 1845, to Andrew County, Mo., where he resided until his death in 1865. His wife died in 1878. He was an early settler in Indiana, where he established a good reputa- tion. He was a well-respected man, and has held many positions of honor and trust. He was an ardent preacher of the gospel, and an elder in the Christian Church at Long Branch, Andrew Co., Mo., for twenty years. They had three sons and two daughters. Jesse F. was reared on a farm, and received a practical education, chiefly in the schools of Savan- nah, Mo. He has devoted the most of his life to agricultural pursuits, at which he has been very successful. He now resides at Helena, Andrew County, a dealer in lumber and agricultural implements. In 1858 he was united in marriage with Elizabeth Parker, daughter of Daniel K. and Sarah (Davis) Parker, of Andrew. County. Of nine children who have been born unto the marriage, only three are living; one son, Emil Evert, and two daughters, Ollie F. and Celia A. Mr. Wright was a member of the Enrolled Missouri State Militia, and the Missouri State Militia during the Civil War. He has never taken an active part in poli- tics; but is a progressive, enterprising man. He is an elder in the Christian Church at Long Branch, having been ordained immediately after the death of his father.
Joseph Younger, a farmer and stock raiser of Platte Township, Andrew Co., Mo., is a native of England. He was born in the county of Northum- berland, June 18, 1821, and is the son of Joseph and Jane (Oliver) Young- er, both natives of England. The father was a mechanic. They had three
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children, but Joseph is the only one living. He was reared in the village of Bedlington, England, where he received a fair education. He learned the carpenter's trade, and when twenty-four years of age he came to America. Landing at Boston he spent a short time there, and at Pitts- burgh, Penn., when he went to Wisconsin, where he engaged in farm- ing, which occupation he has since followed. In July of 1866 he came to Andrew County, where he has since resided. At Milwaukee, in 1848, he was united in marriage with Dorothy Dunn, who died in 1855, and in the same year he chose for his second wife, Jane Wilson. To them five sons and four daughters have been born. Mr. Younger commenced with no capital, but by energy has become a very prosperous farmer, and owns 260 acres of land in his township. He is a highly respected citi- zen, and a member of the Baptist Church.
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G. B. Atterbury, of the firm of Meek & Atterbury, general merchants, was born in Howard County, Mo., on September 10, 1839. His father, G. B., was born in South Carolina in 1799, and was the son of James Atterbury. About 1803 he removed with his parents to Kentucky, where he resided until 1817, when he immigrated to Missouri. For three years he lived in Cooper County. He then crossed the river into Howard County, which was his home until 1844, when he came to De Kalb County ; he died in 1883. His wife, Elizabeth Butler, was born in Georgia in 1802, and was the daughter of William Butler, who im- migrated to Kentucky, and thence to Missouri. He arrived in the latter State in 1822, and located in Howard County. The subject of this sketch was reared on the farm, and received such an education as could be obtained in the frontier schools. He was engaged in farming in De Kalb County until the beginning of the Civil War. On March 2, 1862, he enlisted in the Federal army, joining Company H, of the First Regiment, Missouri State Militia (Cavalry), with the rank of orderly sergeant. Near the close of the war he became adjutant of the regiment with the rank of first lieutenant, and after his return home he reorganized the militia of De Kalb County. He followed farming until 1885, since which he has been engaged in merchandising. In 1859 he married Elizabeth Dalton, who was born in Illinois in 1841, and died in August, 1863. She was the mother of two children, one of whom is living. Mr. Atter- bury chose for his second wife, Catherine Deppen, a native of Ohio, to whom he was married in 1867. They have three children. Both he and wife are members of the Christian Church.
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I. F. Atterbury, a prominent young attorney, abstracter and loan agent, was born in De Kalb County, on November 14, 1858. He is the elder of two children born to G. B. and Elizabeth (Dalton) Atterbury. The father was born in Howard County, Mo., in 1839. He was the son of G. B. Atterbury, Sr., and is now engaged in merchandising in the town of Maysville. The mother was born in Missouri in 1840, and died in 1863. I. F. was reared on a farm, and in Maysville. His education was begun in the public schools, but completed in the Kirksville Normal School, from which he graduated with the degree of A. M. in 1881. After grad- uating he entered the law department of the St. Louis University, attending one session, and taking an irregular course. He then located at St. Joseph, Mo., where he was admitted to the bar in the fall of 1882. In March, 1883, he located in Maysville, where he has since practiced his profession. He is a member of Integrity Lodge, No. 204, I. O. O. F., and was a member of the Good Templars Lodge. In June, 1885, he was united in marriage with Miss Ida Lancaster, who was born in De Kalb County, in 1861. She is the daughter of Judge Manfred Lancas- ter. One son was born to them-Lloyd, born in April, 1886, died July, 1887, in Boulder, Colo., where he was buried.
Samuel T. Blair, M. D., a well-known physician of Osborne, was born in what is now Loudon County, Tenn., on May 3, 1838. He is the son of Rev. James and Jane G. (Blair) Blair, both of Scotch descent, and natives of what was afterward Washington County, Tenn. After their marriage in Monroe County they located on a farm on the Tennessee River, where they resided till their deaths. The father died in March, 1871, in his fifty-eighth year, and the mother in the spring of 1859, in her fifty-third year. The father was a minister in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church for nearly forty years, and served as pastor of different charges in Monroe and adjoining counties. Samuel T. is the third of seven children. He grew to manhood on his father's farm, and his education, begun in the country schools, was finished at Ewing and Jefferson College, in which college he afterward served as professor for a short time. In the fall of 1861 he entered the Confederate States army, enlisting in the First East Tennessee Artillery. He participated in the battles of Shiloh, Chickamauga and numerous lesser engagements. After the battle of Shiloh he was transferred from artillery to cavalry, and served subsequently in the Second Tennessee Cavalry, under Col. H. M. Ashby. He received a serious wound on the Dalton and Atlanta retreat, and was never able to re-enter the service. After his return home in 1865 he began the study of medicine under Dr. Benjamin Franklin, now of Cameron, Mo. He graduated from the medical department of the Nashville University in March, 1867, and the next May began to practice at Lenoir's Station, Loudon County. The following fall he entered the Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia, and graduated the next March. In the spring of 1870 he removed to Loudon, Tenn., where he continued the practice of his profession until May, 1881, when he im-
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migrated to Missouri and located at Osborne. After coming to Osborne, Dr. Blair filled the chair of obstetrics for four consecutive years in the Northwestern Medical College of St. Joseph, Mo. He is now a member of the Northwestern Medical Society of St. Joseph. On October 11, 1870, he wedded Miss Louisa M. Osborne, a native of Loudon County. They have had eight children-two sons and six daughters-of whom one son and three daughters are dead. Dr. Blair is a Democrat. Himself, wife, son and daughter are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
Stephen N. Bradford, proprietor and owner of the Bradford Hotel in Stewartsville, is a native of Jersey Shore, Lycoming Co., Penn., born in April, 1823. His father, Samuel Bradford, was a native of New Hamp- shire, and a brother to Gov. Bradford. At the age of fourteen, Stephen N. was sent to Belvidere, Warren Co., N. J., to learn the printer's trade, but the confinement of the office. being distasteful to him he was per- mitted to leave his trade. Taking his little bundle of clothes and a few days' rations, he started from his New Jersey home to the Wyoming Val- ley. He labored there in different capacities for about a year, then left for Sag Harbor, N. Y., for a whaling voyage. He left on the " Manhat- tan " in August, 1838, for the Cape of Good Hope. After seven years on the ocean he returned to the Wyoming Valley, Penn., where he remained until the call was made for troops to go in the Mexican army. He was the first to enlist in Maj. Bowman's company of volunteers, but was taken sick, and could not muster in. As soon as health permitted, he went to Baltimore, and enlisted in the Valtiguers as a private, but returned a lieutenant, having been promoted for meritorious conduct. Thus in eleven years he had sailed around the world, being wrecked three times, and once cast away on an unknown island in the Pacific Ocean for seven months. Here he built a ship out of the fragments of the wreck, and assisted in taking thousands of barrels of oil, but lost nearly all by ship- wrecks. He had also taken an active part in the wars of his country, which was honorably acknowledged by the Government, and returned to his native State at the age of twenty-four years. Remaining at home a short time, the cry of gold in California soon aroused the bold advent- urer, and the year 1849 found him on board the whaler "Huntress" as ship- carpenter. The ship was wrecked on the coast of Kamschatka. He shipped again on a sperm whaler from Honolulu, and landed on the island Juan Fernandez. At the first opportunity he took a ship for San Fran- cisco, Cal., where he arrived in January, without either hat or coat, and only $3.50 in his pocket. He went to Sacramento City, where he was employed as house carpenter at $7 per day. He soon formed a partner- ship, and made a large sum of money, with which he and his partner pur- chased a drove of cattle and more than doubled their money, but after pur- chasing the second and much larger drove, a stampede caused the loss of nearly all, leaving them their saddle horses and $30 apiece. He then spent eight months in the mountains, during which time he enlisted in a
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company fighting the Indians. Returning to Sacramento, he and his old partner went to " Yankee Jim's Dry Diggings" where they purchased property, upon which they built a hotel and sold it. Again returning to Sacramento City, they took 150 acres of land, and started a stock market, which was sold in a short time for $30,000. Mr. Bradford left for home with $15,000. Upon reaching home he bought a farm and hotel, which he sold in two years, and returned to California, but remained a short time when he again returned home. When President Lincoln called for troops he opened a recruiting office in Scranton, Penn., and soon raised a company of men, with himself as captain, but upon the organization of the regiment (Fifteenth Pennsylvania Infantry) he was elected major. At the expiration of three months' service he raised another company, which was assigned to the Seventy-seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers, of which he afterward became major. He did gallant service at the battle of Shiloh, and many others, and at the head of his regiment received the surrender of Col. Battle, of the Twentieth Tennessee. The day after the battle of Perryville, Ky., he was captured, and after being kept pris- oner about four months, was exchanged, but rheumatism prevented him from returning to the war. He was appointed provost-marshal of the Twelfth Congressional District of Pennsylvania, which office he filled in a satisfactory manner. In 1841 he was united in marriage with Miss Adelia Wedeman. Three sons and one daughter are the survivors of this union. His wife died in Waymart, Penn., in 1854. On June 20, 1865, he chose for his second wife Miss Sarah Fisher. She died on May 12, 1874, leaving him two sons. On April 12, 1879, he was united in marriage with Miss Jane S. Berry. In 1865 he engaged in the livery business in Scranton, Penn., where he remained about two years. He then bought the National Hotel at Great Bend, Penn., for $25,000, and after running it two years sold it for $30,000. In 1869 he came to De Kalb County, Mo., and bought 240 acres of land, upon which he built an ele- gant residence, but at the expiration of two years he rented his farm, and went to Grand Rapids, Mich. After spending eight years in the real estate business, he returned to De Kalb County, and built another nice residence, but in two years purchased his present hotel. He has given four of his children good farms. In the last ten years he has traveled considerably in the West. Politically he is a Republican.
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