History of Boone County, Missouri., Part 110

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Publication date: 1882
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from profanity are remarked by all who know them, and not one of them has ever been called upon to answer for any violation of church discipline, all of which should make Mr. Roberts feel honored, both as a parent and a citizen.

WILLIAM P. ROBINSON.

William P. Robinson is a native of Boone county, having been born in Columbia township in 1839. His father, Michael Robinson, was a native of Virginia, born July 1, 1786. He was twice married. He was first married to Mary Magee, July. 4, 1809. Eight children were born of this marriage : Robert B., Hugh Magee, Walter, Virginia, Hugh Myms, Lucy, Michael M. and John. Michael M. and John are the only children of the first wife now living. Mrs. Mary (Magee) Robinson was born June 22, 1785, and died November 3, 1837. Mi- chael Robinson was again married April 5, 1838, to Miss Mary C. Phillips. Three children were born of this marriage : William P. (subject of this sketch), Henry T. and Addison A. They are all liv- ing. Michael Robinson died July 5, 1847, and. was buried in Colum- bia township. Mrs. Mary C. Robinson died October 20, 1878. She is buried at Mt. Zion church. William P. Robinson was married, April 16, 1861, to Miss Sallie A., daughter of Mordecai and Arethusa Turner, of Boone county. Five children were born of this marriage : George W., Mary J., Lucy E., Mordecai T. and William L., all liv- ing. Mrs. Robinson died September 3, 1877, and is buried at Mount Zion church. The eldest daughter, Mary, is the wife of J. F. Ed- wards, of Audrain county, Missouri. The other children are at home with their parents. 'Mr. Robinson was again, married, September 23, 1880, to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of John and Elizabeth King, of Boone county, formerly of Jasper county, Missouri. Mr. Robinson · is a practical farmer, and owns a fine farm of 200 acres on the Cen- tralia and Jefferson City road, seven and one-fourth miles south of Centralia and four and a half miles west of Hallsville. He took no part in the late civil war. The battle of Mount Zion, between Gen. Prentiss and Col. Dorsey, began at his house, where a party of Con- federates were eating their breakfast. Mr. Robinson was greatly ex- posed, and was shot through the clothing, but escaped unhurt. He is not a church member. Mrs. Robinson is a member of the Method- ist church.

SAMUEL MILTON STEVINSON

Was born in Clark county, Kentucky, January 30, 1826. His

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parents, Isaac and Lucinda Stevinson, were natives of the same (Clark) county,fand moved to Boone county, this State, in 1858, settling in Rocky Fork township, where the father died, and the mother still resides at the advanced age of eighty-seven years. Samuel was reared on a farm, receiving his education in the common schools of the country. He was married in Montgomery county,. Kentucky, June 19, 1849, to Miss Edith Britton, daughter of David and Rebecca Britton, and moved to Missouri in 1852, locating on the farm on which he still resides in Rocky Fork. Here his chief voca- tion has beengthat of farming and stock raising. Mr. and Mrs. Ste- vinson are the parents of thirteen children - ten boys and three girls - of whom eight sons and two daughters are still living, one son mar- ried and farming in California, and two sons in business at Seligman, near Eureka Springs. Both parents and three of the children are members of the Christian church. Mr. S. was baptized about thirty years ago by Samuel Rogers, and received into the church by him. Mrs. S. has been a member about the same length of time, " Rac- coon " John Smith, of Kentucky, administering baptism in her case. These people have lived thirty years on their farm, and there reared their large family. Mr. S. was not in the civil war, but gave his at- tention to farming, in which he has been successful as a raiser of grain and other produce, besides horses, mules, sheep, etc., those- staples which mark the successful producer in this latitude.

WILLIAM THOMAS SUMMERS

Is a native of Clarke county, Kentucky, born May the 4th, 1829. His parents, William and Sallie Summers, were also born in Ken- tucky, but came to this State and county in 1851, and settled near Middletown, where they lived till 1865. They then moved to John Summers's, their son, and lived with him till their death, the father . dying in 1875 and the mother in 1876. The subject of this sketch did not come to Missouri till 1853, two years after his parents came. He was married in Boone county, April 10, 1855, to Miss Sallie A. Hulen, a daughter of John C. and Sallie Hulen, and born in Ken- tucky, September 10, 1837. Her parents were likewise Kentuckians, and came to this State in 1843. Mr. S. and wife were reared on a farm, and have mostly resided on the farm. In 1855 he sold goods. in Hallsville, but since that time has been farming and dealing in live stock. Four boys and five girls have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Summers, all of whom survive except one son. The oldest daughter,

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Mary B., was educated at Camden Point, Mo., and since then has taught successfully in the schools of Boone county for six years. She is now the wife of a thrifty farmer living on Grand prairie, east of Hallsville. The second daughter, Nettie B., graduated from the normal department of the University in 1879, and has also been teaching in. the schools of Boone county for four years. Still another daughter attended Christian Col- lege for one year, and George R., the oldest son, graduated from Jones's Commercial College, in St. Louis, and is now in the mercantile business at Hallsville, all of which shows the appreciation of the Summers family for education and learning. Mr. Summers, wife and three daughters are members of the Christian church, the former having been a member for twenty-one years and Mrs. S. for over thirty years. Mr. S. was in the late civil war about one year, and served under Gen. Price, participating in the battles of Lexing- ton, Dry Wood and Pea Ridge. His grandfather was also a soldier, and did service in the war of 1812, under Gen. Harrison. . Mr. Sum- mers owns 240 acres of land, about 170 of which he has improved into a comfortable home. He is a gentleman of the old school in point of liberality and charity, and his many generous acts are re- membered in grateful recognition by the recipients.

JOHN TOALSON.

This gentleman is a native of old Boone, born December 18, 1816, when Boone formed a part of Howard county. John is the son of William and Mary Toalson, the former a native of Virginia, but both reared in Kentucky. After his marriage, the father moved to Mis- souri, first locating near Fayette, in Howard county, and then re- moving to what is now Boone in 1816, settling one mile south of where William Toalson now lives. After several other removals, all in Boone county, the father finally settled four miles north of Colum- bia, where he died in 1841. At the time of the first coming of the Toalsons, Boone county, then almost an unsettled wilderness, abounded in wild game and Indians. John remembers well the time when his father used to hunt with the red men of the forest, who were for a long time perfectly friendly till they were driven out by the uprising of the settlers, after having committed some outrages that the pale-faces would not brook. Though it can not be said that " locusts and wild honey " were the " ineat " of those early settlers, it can be truthfully said that bear's meat and wild honey were the

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chief food on which they for a time subsisted. The subject of this sketch, after receiving a common school education, was united in mat- rimony, in 1844, to Nancy Allen, a native of Madison county, Ken- tucky, born July 4, 1827, and a daughter of Temple and Polly Allen, who came to Missouri in 1831. Twelve children were born to bless this union, seven sons and five daughters, five of the former and three of the latter still surviving. One son and one daughter are married and living in the southern part of the State. A son and a daughter were educated at Sweet Springs, Mo., and still another son is tele- graph operator at Plattsburg, Mo. The entire family, except two of the children, are members of the Christian church. Mr. T. and wife have been members of the Red Top church for upwards of forty years. Two sons belong to the Masonic fraternity, one at Centralia and one at Hallsville. During the civil war, Mr. Toalson was for a short time in the Confederate service, and participated in the fights at Dry Wood and Lexington. He owns 217 acres of land, 160 acres improved, and well adapted to. producing all the cereals of this cli- mate. Mr. T. is now nearly sixty-five years old, having spent the most of his time right here in Boone. He has four children still liv- ing with him to comfort and to cheer the declining years of that father who has endured toil and hardship that they, his children, might enjoy the fruits of his labor.

JOHN DODRIDGE WILLIAMS

Was born in Boone county, Missouri, March 30th, 1830. His father, Isaac, and his mother, Dorcas Williams, were natives of Pennsylva- nia, but came to this State at an early day and settled in Rocky Fork township, this county, two miles from where John D. now lives. His father and uncle were in the war of 1812, under Com. Perry, serving till their discharge at the close of hostilities. It was by " laying " the land warrant given his father by government, that Mr. Williams got possession of the farm on which he first settled, on Young's creek. John was reared on a farm, and, in 1850, married Miss Eliza Williams, daughter of Elder James Williams. She was born in this county, July 6th, 1831. They have three children, and two deceased. Samuel L. Williams, their son, was educated at the University in Columbia. Soon after his marriage, Mr. Williams located on a farm two miles east of Columbia, where he lived till 1862, when he moved to the place of his present residence, in Rocky Fork. Mr. W. and wife have been members of the Christian church for many years, and he

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has served as deacon. They saw some exciting scenes during the war, among which was the killing of Dr. Angell by the Federals, right at Mr. Williams's gate. Mr. W. owns a farm of 142 acres, well im- proved, and in a good state of cultivation.

CHAPTER XXIII.

BOONE COUNTY LIVE STOCK INTERESTS.

Cattle. Fielding W. Smith's Herd - Forest Park Herd -Estes' Greenwood Farm - Glenwood Farm - Eagle Park Herd - Horses. The Kinloch Stud of J. Lucas Turner- J. C. Stice's Stud -J. S. Croswhite - C. B. Hulen - Sheep. McQuitty's Flock-Bass's Flock.

By special request of some of the citizens of the county interested in stock growing and breeding, the subjoined department on the stock interests is added to the history, for the information and benefit of any and all persons who take an interest in or derive a profit from this great department of Western production. It is the purpose in the following article to give names and location of breeders, the kind of stock han- dled, with pedigree, etc., of the finer class of animals ; it being un- necessary in this department to give adaptability of climate and surroundings to the breeding of particular kinds of stock, that having been generally set forth in the general history department. Boone as a stock county and Boone county men as stock-men are perhaps as widely known as any in this State, the agricultural fairs in Central Missouri being never without a creditable representation from Boone.

CATTLE.

F. W. Smith's Herd. - Foremost among the most successful im- porters and breeders of fine cattle is Mr. Fielding W. Smith, of Perche township, near Woodlandville. Previous to 1879 Mr. Smith was a breeder of short-horns, but having heard of the merit of the Herefords over other breeds, he determined to test the matter for himself. Ac- cordingly, at the St. Louis Fair, of 1879, he purchased of T. L. Miller the Hereford bull calf, Dictator, 1989, then ten months old. The offspring of this bull from short-horn and high-grade cows proved to be of the most thrifty and satisfactory kind, both as to proportions and rapid and healthy growth ; and Mr. Smith readily found sale for his

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bull calves from Dictator at eighty dollars each. In the spring of 1881 Mr. Smith went to Beecher, Illinois, to view the Hereford herd of Mr. Miller, just after the arrival of his large importation from Eng- land. He was much pleased with the herd, and purchased three cows ( with calf) and one heifer calf for $2,000. The same year he had an increase from them of two heifers and one bull calf. There will be a further increase this year (1882), all of which will be from sire Dic- tator. This proves the Hereford cows to be good breeders, and the manner in which calves thrive shows them to be excellent nursers .. They are easy feeders, laying on flesh rapidly, and when slaughtered their beef is very choice. They have thick hides, protecting them well in both winter and summer. Dictator is a red bull with white face, calved November, 22, 1878 ; bred by T. L. Miller, Beecher, Illi- nois. His sire was Seventy-six ( American Herd Book, 1093), and his dam was Victoria ( American Herd Book, 1053).

Mr. Smith's fine Hereford cow, Countess 9th, is a red, with white face, animal, calved May 2, 1877, bred by T. Middleton, Shropshire, England. . She was sired by Baron 4th ( English Herd Book, 4326), . and her dam was Countess 6th (Eng. H. B.). A further pedigree of these superior animals may be found in the American and English Herd Books.

Mr. Smith sold one bull calf at a good price in the summer of 1882, leaving his herd of Herefords numbering eight. He has of short- horns and grades about fifty head of as fine cattle as any in the West. Besides his cattle interests, Mr. S. is also a breeder of fine Cotswold sheep, but no pedigrees or other particulars have been furnished.

Forest Park Herd. - This famous herd is owned by H. T. Curtright & Sons, who are located on Forest Park farm, six miles southeast of Columbia, near Bonne Femme church, on the gravel road to Ashland. Mr. Curtright moved there in 1855, and brought with him from Bour- bon county, Kentucky, fourteen head of short-horn cattle, including Bolingbroke, 7596, bred by Abe Renick, of Kentucky, and also the imported cow Amazon, by New Market (10563), perhaps the finest imported cow ever brought to the State. She was a noble animal, and produced four bulls before becoming barren. Mr. C. sold her to Maj. Jenkins for $1,000. He continued to breed on a limited scale till re- cently, when he associated his sons with him and enlarged his herd with some fine breeds, among which are Rose of Sharons, Young Marys, Belinas, Red Roses, Rubies and other noted families. These are being bred to Grand Duke of Sharon, owned by Parker & Co.,

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and one of the best bulls ever bred by the famous old breeder, Abe Renick. For thirty years Mr. C. has been breeding Cotswold sheep, and for eight years has been importing from Canada, the largest num- ber for any one year being 223 head. Mr. Curtright is wholly enrapt in the business of breeding, and will doubtless live and die a producer of short-horns and long wool, preferring that to any other vocation.

Joseph Estes's Greenwood Farm. - This stock-farm is located four miles east of Columbia, and its energetic proprietor has done his full share towards improving the stock of the county. , Mr. Estes has been a breeder of short-horn cattle and Berkshire hogs for twenty years, bringing some choice breeders of the former from Kentucky, in 1853, '55 and '56. Also again in 1869, and as late as 1874, he made importations of such animals as the bull, Duke of Stoner, ' A. H. B., 6691, sired by Clifton Duke, 3760, dam Bride Third, by imported Duke of Airdrie, E. H. B., 12730, tracing to imported Rose by Skipton. His Fourteenth Duke of Goodness, A. H. B., 13949, was sired by that noted 'Duke bull, Fourteenth Duke of Thorndale, A. H. B., 8031; dam, Seventh Duchess of Goodness, by Duke of Airdrie, 2743, tracing to imported Goodness by Orontes, E. H. B., 4623 ; also Col. Cook, bred by W. A. Cook, and sired by im- ported John O'Gaunt, A. H. B., 11621 ; dam Magnolia. Among Mr. Estes' fine cows were Lady Franklin Third, by Grand Duke, A. H. B., 2933; Fourth Duchess of Goodness, by imported Duke of Airdrie (12730) ; Goodness Fifth, sired by Duncan's Duke of Airdrie, A. H. B., 2743, dam Goodness Fourth, by Orontes, A. H. B., 4210. Mr. Estes has had several other fine pedigreed animals in his importa- tions, from which his present Greenwood herd is descended. At this time, his herd numbers twenty-five, at the head of which is Phil Chew (A. H. B. 44551, S. H. R. 7779) are among the finest sires in the State. Mr. Estes has raised and sold one hundred head of these fine breeders, and his chief pride is in his superb live stock.

Glennwood Farm. - This, one of the finest stock farms in Boone, is located at the head of Two-mile prairie, ten miles from Columbia, and is owned by Mr. R. P. Glenn. It is to be regretted that informa- tion from his herds has been so meagerly supplied. Mr. Glenn keeps about thirty head of fine short-horn breeders, besides a flock of the finest Cotswold sheep, and a supply of pure Berkshire hogs. In 1871 he imported five cows and a bull from Mason county, Kentucky, bought of Robert Page, and he purchased of A. Beich cows got by Duke of Mason and bred by Mr. Abe Renick. They are of the Cambria and

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Harriet families. The last bull Mr. Glenn has used in his herd is- Pearl Duke, sired by Lord of the Manor, bred by Hall & Taylor, of Paris, Kentucky. Mr. Glenn raises and feeds from fifty to one hun- dred head of mules every year. He keeps always on hand a lot of high grade cows. 1

"Eagle Park" Herd of Jerseys-Is a prominent feature in the live stock interests of Boone county. This herd, the property of Gen. O. Guitar, is located on his stock and dairy farm, " Eagle Park," one mile south of Columbia, and adjoining the State Agricultural farm, and consists of forty females and five bulls. The foundation of this collection is the prize herd of imported cows exhibited by Messrs. Churcham & Jackson, of Indianapolis, at the St. Louis Fair,. in 1878, where, in competition with nine other selected herds- from six different States, they bore off the great herd prize, although there was not a cow in the lot above three years old. These animals were selected on the Island of Jersey, by Mr. Jackson, aided by the superior judgment of Mr. Mackie, president, and Mr. Waring, sec- retary of the American Jersey Cattle Club, and no care or expense was spared in securing the finest specimens of the breed that Island could afford. To this herd Gen. Guitar has added from time to time fifteen other females, drawn from the best herds in the country, and of the most noted strains of blood, and some of these cows were in the . prize herd at St. Louis in 1877. These animals and their produce constitute the present herd. Among the great prize cows may be men- tioned Valentine of Trinity, dam Milkmaid 3d, No. 4, J. H. B .; sire Duke 76, being half-sister to Grey King, sire of Farmer's Glory, being the granddaughter of Milkmaid 95, J. H. B., she being the g. g. dam of Coomassie. This cow is a 16-pound cow, and is be- lieved to combine a richer admixture of blood than any other cow on the continent. This cow can hardly be called exceptional in the herd, as there are many others of blood and lineage almost as rich. There is imported Princess 2d, dam Princess, sire Noble, 104, J. H. B. The same blood of Princess sold recently for $4,800, the highest price ever paid for a Jersey cow. This cow has a daughter now three years old, by Lebrony's Prize, a very gem, making twelve pounds of butter at three years old. In addition, there are three other im- ported cows, tracing to Neptune and other distinguished sires, and six cows descended from Corona, 1796, by Potomac, 153, all of them solid calvers, and of the highest butter qualities. The bulls now used in the herd are the prize bulls imported Knight of St. Louis,

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sired by a grandson of Coomassie, his sons Crown Prince, out of Princess by Noble, and Alphero, tracing through his grandsire Polo- nius to Alphea, and through his granddam Couch's Lily to Pansy. It is admitted, on all hands that three such specimens of their race, combining such rare and varied blood, are not to be found on the con- tinent. In addition to the prizes already referred to, Gen. Guitar took the great herd prize at the St. Louis Fair in 1880, the herd being headed by the Knight of St. Louis. There were many very fine herds in competition from different States, and among them one gotten up expressly for show and advertising purposes by H. S. Cooper, of Pennsylvania, headed by the bull Chelton Duke. This victory was won at the hands of a unanimous committee. Gen. Guitar's. arrange- ments for breeding and dairy purposes are all modern, and his butter . brings the highest prices in the market. He has offered no females for sale yet, desirous to breed his herd up to fifty productive cows. He is breeding bulls, however, of the highest type of their breed. His herd is an honor to the county, and a most valuable acquisition to the "Great West " and its results will be found interwoven with the future history of the great dairy interests of the West.

HORSES.

The Kinloch Stud. - The Kinloch stud is located near Columbia, and is the property of Mr. J. Lucas Turner, whose imported Athlete is the lord of the harem. He is a chesnut horse, 15.2 hands high, was foaled in 1872, is by Gladiateur, dam Rose of Kent, by Kingston, second dam England's Beauty (dam of Silver Hair, the dam of Silvio, who won both Derby and St. Leger in 1877), by Irish Birdcatcher out of Prairie Bird, by Touchstone, etc. Gladiateur the sire of Athlete, is the only horse that ever won the Two Thousand Guineas, Derby, St. Leger and Grand Prix de Paris. Athlete was bred by the great Blenkiron at the Middle Park stud, Eltham, Kent, England. He is a fine horse, of good shape, and from his breeding his colts ought to be winners, and should make a mark in Missouri, for which its future citizens will owe an eternal debt of gratitude to the enterprise shown by Mr. Turner in his purchase.

The matrons of the Kinloch stud cannot be excelled in blood and racing lineage. Barbary (dam of Robert Bruce, a prominent candi- date for the Kentucky Derby in 1882) is a brown mare, foaled in 1874, by imp. Bonnie Scotland, dam Tallulah, by Planet; second dam Mazurka (dam of Zoo-Zoo), by Lexington out of Miss Morgan,

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by imp. Yorkshire, etc. Barbary foaled March 8, 1882, a brown filly, by Rhadamanthus, and has stinted to imp. Athlete. Bryonia, dam of. Bessie Belle, is a bay mare, foaled in 1873, by Jack Malone, dam Arnica, by Asteroid ; second dam Iodine (own sister to Martha Dunn), by imp. Sovereign ; third dam by Stockholder, son of Sir Archy. Bryonia, has stinted to imp. Athlete. Engenia is a chestnut mare, foaled in 1869, by Jack Malone ; first dam, a Shark mare, by Tilghman (son of Hannibal by imp. Priam and Prunella by imp. Priam ) ; second dam, Fleet, by Shark (son of Am. Eclipse) out of Ariadne, by Bertrand. Eugenia foaled a chestnut filly April 22, 1882, by Bold Tom, son of Tom Bowling, and has stinted to imp. Athlete.

Eurydice is a brown mare, foaled in 1876, by imp. Leamington, sire of Iroquois, who won the English Derby in 1881; dam Maud, by imp. Australian, second dam Martha Buford, by Wagner out of Cub, by Modoc, etc. Eurydice has stinted to imp. Athlete. Sally Edwards is a bay mare, foaled in 1874, by Panic (son of imp. Glencoe), dam Optima (dam of Peru), by imp. Knight of St. George ; second dam Glenluce, by imp. Glencoe ; third dam by Am. Eclipse, etc. Sally Edwards is with foal by Eland (son of Jack Malone). She will be put to imp. Athlete. Volante is a brown mare, foaled in 1872, by Vandal, dam Belladonna, by Brown Dick; second dam Anodyne, by imp. Albion, out of Ann Chase (sister to Sarah Bladen, Jennie Breeze, and others ), by imp. Leviathan, etc. Volante foaled, April 10, 1882, a bay filly, by Rhadamanthus, and has been put to imp. Athlete. Arcadia is a chestnut mare, foaled in 1876, by John Morgan, dam Sally Crow, by imp. Albion ; second dam Ann Chase (sister to Sarah Bladen, Jennie Breeze and others), by imp. Leviathan, out of Morgiana (sister to.Jennie), by Pacolet, etc. Arcadia is with foal by Eland (son of Jack Malone). She will be covered by imp. Athlete. Bazique is a chestnut filly, foaled in 1880, by imp. Bonnie Scotland, dam Minerva, by John Morgan ; second dam, Mary Gowen (dam of John A. Norton), by Childe Harold ; third dam, by imp. Priam, etc.

Mr. Turner is exercising sound discretion in not commencing with toc large a number of mares. To obtain the best results procurable from a stallion such as Athlete, great care has to be taken, in selecting mares of such strains as will nick with his blood. Athlete as a foal at foot of Rose of Kent, in the Eltham paddock, displayed every promise. Like West Australian, and many others of the best horses of modern times, Gladiateur has been no great success at the stud, but it is believed, that with a careful choice of his mares, he is yet destined

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to shine through Athlete in the same way that West Australian has in the United States done through Australian, Faugh-a-Ballagh through Leamington, and King Tom through his son, Phaeton.

John C. Stice-Located on his farm near Dripping Spring, in Per- che township, has paid considerable attention to draft-stock breeding. In about 1874 he purchased a fine two year old stallion from John Pollard, of Randolph county. The horse was one of great power and muscle, of the Sampson-Arabian stock, and stood sixteen hands high at two years old. The dam was a Whip and Morgan, brought from Kentucky. About a year later he bought a fine Illinois jack, which proved to be a fine breeder, and was sire to some of the best mules in the county. After thoroughly testing the breeding qualities of these animals to the satisfaction of every one, he disposed of them and pur- chased a coal-black stallion sixteen and a half hands high, and four years old, weighing sixteen hundred pounds. The horse had a fine carriage and style generally. He was sired by Rattler Morgan, and he by Green Mountain Black Hawk, his dam by Old Highlander, and her dam by Messenger Grand Duke, and he by Cherokee, also having some Norman blood in him. This was one of the finest colts ever brought to Missouri. Mr. Stice also purchased of A. Winn, of Boone county, a fine young jack, bred by Mr. Winn from stock that has never been surpassed for style, bone and muscle. He shows fine colts, some of which are premium stock. Mr. Stice has always made a practice of giving premiums on the best colts sired by his animals, in order to stimulate breeders to take good care of stock, thereby im- proving the grade and quality. Mr. Stice's book for the season of 1882, shows $1,250 booked from this source. He has his farm well stocked with good grades of cattle, hogs and sheep, and never fails to concern himself actively in behalf of stock improvement.

I. S. Croswhite - Of the vicinity of Sturgeon, owns one of the best saddle stallions ever brought from Kentucky. Montrose is a mahog- any bay, sixteen hands high, and pretty as a picture. He is of fine blood, being sired by Gay's Denmark, and he by Gaines's Denmark, son of the famous racer Denmark; 1st dam by Hill's Glencoe ; 2d . dam by Postboy ; 3d dam by Jenkins' Sir William; 4th dam by im- ported Diomede ; 5th dam by imported St. George ; 6th dam by im- ported Fearnaught. Montrose is a premium stallion, and took the sweep-stakes prize at Paris in 1880, as the best saddle stallion of any age, and has also taken the premium at the St. Louis Fair, as best saddle stallion.

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C. B. Hulen1- Of Sturgeon, owns a fine jet-black stallion, Blackbird, sixteen and a half hands high, bred and raised in Montgomery county, Kentucky, and of the best " all purpose " horses to be found anywhere. He is of the old Cannon Whip and Calk's Halcorn stock. Mr. Hulen is also a great stock trader, buyer and shipper. Sturgeon is one of the most famous stock-shipping points of its size in this State, and Mr. Hulen and numerous other dealers there contribute, by their liberal purchases, to make it one of the best markets on that line of road.

SHEEP.

McQuitty's Flock. - Mr. D. W. McQuitty, of Missouri township, began to breed sheep in 1874. He imported his first flock of Span- ish-Merinos from Ohio in 1877, which were of the Atwood & Robin- son blood, of Vermont. In 1882, he imported a flock of the same blood from Vermont, the pedigrees of which are entered in the Vermont Sheep Register. His stock buck, Eureka, whose sire was imported direct from Spain, was purchased by Mr. McQuitty from J. James, of Middlebury, Vermont, and the rest from S. James and W. W. Peet, both of whom were breeders of Spanish-Merino sheep. Mr. McQuitty makes a specialty of these breeds, first, for size ; second, for constitution ; third, for length and fourth for weight of wool.

Bass's Flock. - William H. Bass, of Cedar township (now of Columbia), brought the first Southdown sheep to Boone county in 1855. This was, perhaps, the first importation of Southdown into this State.

It is not pretended that this brief chapter is anything like a full statement of the live-stock interests of this county ; but it embodies such an outline as could be gleaned from the meagre notes furnished. Many persons were written to in various parts of the county who did not respond, consequently they cannot complain because no mention is made of their stock. Boone is one of the best stocked counties in Missouri, and comes more nearly up to " old Kentucky " realizations than any of her sisters.

1 Since deceased.

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LIST OF BOONE COUNTY OFFICIALS FROM 1822 TO 1882.

LEGISLATURE. State Senators.

1822-26. A, J. Williams.

1850-54. Samuel A. Young.

1826-30. Richard Gentry.

1856-60. L. W. Robinson.

1830-34. Wm. Jewell.

1860-62.

Charles H. Hardin.

1834-38. A. M. Robinson.

1862-66. Jas. M. Gordon.

1838-40. T. C. Maupin.

1866-68. Paul Hubbard.

1838-40. A. W. Turner.

1868-72. Jas. S. Rollins.

1840-42. Sinclair Kirtley.

1872-74. Chas. H. Hardin.

1840-42. Hiram Philips.

1874-76. D. H. McIntyre.

1842-46. Tyrc Harris.

1876-78. John A. Flood.

1846-50. Jas. S. Rollins.

1878-80. J. A. Hockaday.

1880-82. Jas. L. Stephens.

Representatives in Legislature.

1822-24. Peter Wright, James M. Moss, David C. Westerfield.

1824-26.

Peter Wright, John Slack, Thomas W. Conyers.

1826-28.

Tyre Harris, Thomas W. Conyers.

1828-30.

Sinclair Kirtley, Wm. S. Burch.

1830-32.

John B. Gordon, Wm. S. Burch, D. P. Wilcox.

1832-34.

John B. Gordon, Tyre Harris, Oliver Parker.

1834-36.

John B. Gordon, Thomas C. Maupin, Sinclair Kirtley.

1836-38.

John B. Gordon, T. C. Maupin, Michael Woods, A. W. Turner.

1840-42.

D. M. Hickman, J. S. Rollins, Alex. Persinger, George Knox, Tyre Harris .. Wm. Smith, M. R. Arnold, Wm. Rowland.

1844-46.

George Knox, Sinclair Kirtley, Wm. Jewell.

1846-50. Wm. F. Switzler.

1850-52.

Absalom Hicks, L. W. Robinson, S. B. Hatton.

1852-54.

James M. Gordon, Stephen Wilhite, D. H. Hickman.

1854-56. Jas. S. Rollins, Odon Guitar.

1856-58. W. F. Switzler, Joseph B. Douglass.

1858-60. Odon Guitar, James Harris.

1860-62. John M. Harris, J. M. Gordon.

1862-64. Wm. Slade, Wm. W. Dodd.

1864-66. John W. Harris, J. M. Gordon.

1866-68. Jas. S. Rollins, Rollin Lyman.

1868-70.

F. T. Russell, Tyre Harris.

1870-72.

A. G. Newman, John L. Bass.

1872-74.

Squire Turner.

1874-78. W. R. Wilhite.

1878-82.

J. W. Kneisley.

JUDICIAL.

County Court Judges.

1821-22. Anderson Woods, Lazarus Wilcox, Peter Wright.

1822-26. Wm. Lientz, Lawrence Bass.

1826-28. Tyre Harris, Wm. Shields, John Henderson.

1828-29. Priestly H. McBride, Joseph Marshall, Wm. Lientz.

1829-30. James McClelland, James W. Moss, Wm. Lientz.

1830-32. James McClelland, Tyre Harris, J. W. Hickam.

1832-33. James McClelland, J. W. Hickam, Michael Woods.

1838-40.

John B. Gordon, D. M. Hickman, J. S. Rollins, Alex. Persinger.

1842-44.

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HISTORY OF BOONE COUNTY.

1833-34. Joseph W. Hickam, J. W. Moss, Michael Woods.

1834-35. Michael Woods, J. M. Gordon, Jesse Hart.

1835-36. James M. Gordon, Michael Woods, Hiram Phillips.

1836-38. James M. Gordon, Alex. Persinger, Hiram Phillips.

1838-40. Hiram Phillips, Matthew R. Arnold, Overton Harris

1840-42. M. R. Arnold, J. W. Daly, Overton Harris.

1842-46. Alex. Persinger, J. W. Daly, Gilpin S. Tuttle.

1846-58. Alex Persinger, J. W. Daly, John Vaughan.

1858-60. Alex. Persinger, J. W. Daly, John W. Hall.

1860-62. J. W. Daly, J. W. Hall, James Arnold.

1862-63. J. W. Daly, James Arnold, Hiram Phillips.

1863-65. J. W. Daly, James Arnold, David Gordon.

1865-66. J. W. Daly, David Gordon, John Berkebile.

1866-70. James Arnold, John W. Hall, James Harris.

1870-72. James Arnold, James Harris, David Gordon.

1872-74. James Harris, David Gordon, J. Y. Batterton.

1874-76. J. Y. Batterton, Hail T. Wright, Jesse A. Boulton.

1876-78. James Harris, J. Y. Batterton, David Pipes.

1878-80. David Pipes, James Harris, W. F. Roberts.

1880-82. David Pipes, W. F. Roberts, W. P. Tuttle.

County Clerks.

1821-60. Warren Woodson.

1860-67. J. B. Douglass.

1867-69. Warren Woodson. 1869-74. Henry N. Cook.

1874 to - W. W. Batterton (present incumbent).

Circuit Judges.

1819-37. David Todd.

1840-47. John D. Leland.

1837-40. Thomas Reynolds.

1847-62. Wm. A. Hall.

1862 to present, George H. Burckhardt.

Circuit Attorneys.

1821-24. H. R. Gamble.

1852-56. R. T. Prewitt.

1824-26. Abiel Leonard.

1856-60. John F. Williams.

1826-27. Charles French.

1860-62. H. M. Porter.

1827-28. John Wilson.

1862-64.

A. J. Harbison.

1828-36. Robert W. Wells.

1864-68.

W. C. Barr.

1836-37. W. B. Napton. -

1868-72. John H. Overall.

1837-38. Samuel N. Bay.

1872-74. Wellington Gordon.

1838-48. J. M. Gordon.

1874-80. Shannon C. Douglass.

1848-52.

C. H. Hardin.

1880-82. J. De W. Robinson.

Circuit Clerks.

1821-47. Roger North Todd.

1866-74. John M. Samuel.

1847-66. Robert L. Todd.

1874-83. W. W. Garth.

1821-22. Overton Harris.

1850-54. J. B. Douglass.

1822-26. James Barnes.

1854-58. Jere Orear.

1826-30. H. Jamison.

1858-62. John M. Samuel.

1830-32.

T. C. Maupin.

1862-64. J. H. Waugh.

1832-36. Wm. S. Burch.

1864-66.

J. F. Baker.

1836-40. John S. Martin.

1866-68.

J. C. Orr.

1840-44. F. A. Hamilton.

1868-70. F. D. Evans.

1844-48. T. C. Maupin.

1870-72. J. C. Orr.

1848-50. W. T. Hickman.

1872-76. J. C. Gillaspy.

1876-82. Josiah W. Stone.

Sheriff's.

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History of Boone County, Missouri., Part 110

Author: Publication date: 1882 Publisher: St. Louis, Western Historical Company Number of Pages: 1220

Author:
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: St. Louis, Western Historical Company
Number of Pages: 1220