History of Boone County, Missouri., Part 65

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Publication date: 1882
Publisher: St. Louis, Western Historical Company
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November 5, 1863, at Kansas City, Mr. Maupin married Miss Re- becca E. Wilson, of Lexington, Kentucky, daughter of an American officer who fell in the war with Mexico. To them have been born four children, two only of whom are now living. Mr. Maupin has been a member of the M. E. church, South, since 1854. He belongs to Twi- light Lodge, A. F. and A. M., of Columbia, and also to the Good Templars. He has been several times a delegate, and is now delegate elect, to the annual Methodist conference of Missouri. In 1871 he was licensed by his church as an exhorter. He was at one time superin- tendent of the Columbia Sabbath school, and is now superintendent of the Methodist Sunday school at Ashland.

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MRS. MARY M. MURRY.

The maiden name of Mrs. Murry was Glasgow. Her father, Nathan Glasgow, was one of the early pioneers of Missouri. Her mother's maiden name was Graham. Mrs. Murry was first married to Erastus King, of Callaway county, in 1848. Mr. King died in 1856, leaving three small children, all boys. In the spring of 1865 Mrs. Murry moved to the farm upon which she now resides, ten miles southeast of Columbia, containing 480 acres. Two of her sons, Nathan and John G. King, live with her. In 1874 she was married to Andrew Murry, who died in 1876. Mrs. Murry's sons were all educated at Westmin- ster college, Fulton, Missouri. One son died in infancy.

P. HENRY M'KENNA.

P. Henry McKenna was born in Jefferson county, New York, March 19, 1839. He is the son of James and Margaret (Bruton ) McKenna. His father was a farmer, and the son was brought up in that avocation. He joined the Union army at the breaking out of the war, becoming a member of Company C, First New York light artillery, with which he served through all the most prominent battles of the Army of the- Potomac. He took part in sixteen of the hardest-fought engagements of the war ; participated in the battles of Bull Run, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Falling Waters, Antietam, the battles of the Wilderness and around Richmond. He was married September 15, 1870, to Miss Julia, daughter of Otis and Rosette Legate. They have four children living - Charles Edwin, Laurena Henry, Fred .. and Bertha. The subject of this sketch was left an orphan at an early age, and commenced work for himself at three dollars a month. He ' not only had to care for himself, but for several younger members of the family. He owns about 400 acres of land near Claysville, and one of the finest views in the State. His house stands on a high bluff,. back from the river about one and a half miles. He is the postmas- ter at Claysville. He is a genial, whole-souled man, a kind neighbor, and worthy citizen. He has by his own labor accumulated a compe- tency, and enjoys it as a reasonable man should.

THOMAS GARLAND OLD.

Thomas Garland Old, blacksmith, is the son of S. M. and Elizabeth (Nichols) Old. His parents were Kentuckians, who emigrated to- Boone county, Missouri, where the subject of this sketch was born,.

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February 6th, 1844. The elder Old was a farmer, and the son was reared on a farm and worked at that business himself. Commenced working at the blacksmith's trade six or seven years ago. Settled at Claysville in November, 1881. Was married May 18th, 1876, to Vir- ginia, daughter of George Mack Hickam, of Boone county. They have two children, Hezekiah and Luvestie. Mrs. Old's father was born and raised in Boone county. Her mother came from North Car- olina.

REV. DAVID OTT.

David Ott, Sr., father of the subject of this sketch, was a native of Virginia. He emigrated first to Kentucky and then to Missouri, land- ing in Boone county in 1826. He first settled about six miles south- west of Columbia, where he remained two years. He then moved to Perche bottom, where he remained until 1844, when he removed to a place northeast of Columbia, remaining there two years, thence to a farm below Burlington, where he lived until his death, March 17th, 1857, aged sixty-three. He was a wheelright by trade. The subject of this sketch was born May 13th, 1830. His mother's maiden name was Susannah Perkins. She was a native of Virginia, moving first to Kentucky and then to Missouri. She was married to David Ott in Rock Castle county, Kentucky. David Ott, Jr., lived in Boone. county until 1859, when he removed to Carroll county, Missouri, where he resided until 1862, when he moved to Linn county, where, in 1870, he was ordained a minister of the Baptist church, and was engaged in the ministry until he came to Burlington. Went to Texas in 1877, where his first wife died in 1878. Was in Texas about a year and a half. Returned to Carroll county and engaged in the min- istry for a while as a missionary, then returned to Boone. While in Carroll county was pastor of Coloma and Bethlehem churches and supplied the church at DeWitt. After returning to Boone he preached for the Burlington church for one year. Was first married Septem- ber 21st, 1853, to Miss Matilda A., daughter of William and Mary Risk, natives of Kentucky. Have five living children by the first wife : Nathan B., A. L., J. B., M. F. and John P. The first four named are living in Carroll, the last mentioned is with his father. Mr. Ott was married the second time January 8th, 1878, to Mrs. Sarah (Nichols) Chase. Mr. Ott was in the Union army about twelve months, being a member of Company C, Forty-third regiment, Mis- souri Volunteers. He was for a while a lieutenant in the " Bobtail Militia " of Carroll county. He is a Mason and a Granger. Was

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a constable and a justice of the peace while a citizen of Carroll county. He is of German origin.

OTWAY P. PECK.

The subject of this sketch was a native of Maryland, but was reared in Virginia. After he grew to manhood, he emigrated to Mason county, Kentucky, where he was elected sheriff for two terms, discharg- ing the duties of that office satisfactorily. He then moved to Lexing- ton, Missouri, and was living there when the gold fever of "'49" took so many of Missouri's best citizens to California. While he was absent in California his family moved to St. Francois county, where they remained about a year, and then moved to Ste. Genevieve, where, after about a year, they were joined by Mr. Peck, who had come back from California. They then moved to Boone county in the fall of 1852, and settled in Columbia. He died in Johnson county, Mis- souri. He made considerable money in California, but was taken sick among strangers and his money melted away. He was married the first time to Miss Ann DeBell, of Kentucky, who died after being married five or six years. By this marriage they had one son, who died in California. He married the second time Miss Frances C., daughter of Edward Wood, Esq., of Fleming county, Kentucky, by whom he had eight children, only three of whom are living, E. H., born in Washington, Mason county, Ky., July 26th, 1841 ; F. W., born in Lexington, Ky., February 8th, 1850, and O. P., born January 1st, 1853. They were reared mostly in Boone county. E. H. and F. W. are in the drug business at Ashland under the firm name of Peck Bros., where they have been since March 19th, 1879. E. H. Peck learned the drug business in Columbia, and is considered a first-class pharmacist. He took quite a trip through Texas, Indian Territory and Kansas. After coming back to Columbia he was postmaster there, and then went into business for himself and succeeded admirably. He was educated at subscription schools and at the University. He was one of the charter members of the Knights of Pythias Lodge at Columbia, and has been city treasurer of Ashland for two years. His father and mother were strict members of the Old School Presby- terian church. The Pecks were all descendants from three brothers, who came over from Ireland, and upon the mother's side were of French and German extraction. Thomas Stone, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, was one of their mother's an- cestors.

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ELI PENTER

Is the son of Martin and Nancy A. (nee Tate) Penter, and was born on his father's farm in Independence county, Arkansas, February 7, 1836. When but thirteen years old he went to Oregon, where he attended the common schools, the Salem Institute and the Winchester Academy. From the spring of '62 till the fall of '65, he was engaged in trading in the mines of Oregon and Idaho, transferring supplies from the head of navigation to the interior mines, doing a wholesale and also a jobbing business. In the fall of '65 he sold out at Idaho City, and came via Salt Lake City and Denver to Omaha, and thence on to Quincy, Illinois, where he spent part of the succeeding winter, winding up with a visit to his old home in Arkansas. His coming to Boone county was in April, 1866. The three years succeeding he spent in farming and in teaching in this county. In the fall of 1867 he entered the University of Columbia, in the Sophomore class, grad- uating with honors in the class of 1870. During his last year at the University he was an instructor in that institution. After leaving the college he became the teacher of the public school at Ashland, which position he filled for three years, engaging in the study of law at the same time. June 6th, 1873, he was admitted to the bar at the session of the circuit court at Columbia. He has since been engaged in the practice of his profession, and in attending to his duties as a notary and in the business of conveyancer and real estate agent. April 1st, 1875, in connection with J. W. Johnson, he began the publication of the Ashland Bugle, and continued the same for two years. During the troubles with the Indians in Oregon, Mr. Penter served six months in the Oregon volunteers against the savages, and was in two regular engagements and a number of skirmishes with them.

November 9th, 1881, Mr. Penter was married to Miss Maggie B. Johnston, daughter of Rev. J. T. M. Johnston, of Boone county. Mr. P. is a member of the Masonic fraternity and of the Knights of Pythias. In politics he is a Democrat ; for a number of years he was a member of the county central committee, and has frequently been sent as a delegate to his party's county, senatorial and State conven- tions.

MICAJAH GIBSON PROCTOR

Is the son of Micajah and Nancy ( Sullins ) Proctor, and was born November 14th, 1819, in this county. His father and mother were both natives of Kentucky. His father died in 1819 and his mother

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in 1824, here in Boone. His father settled on the Big Bonne Femme, about four miles and a half south of where Mr. Proctor is now living. Upon the family's breaking up at the death of his parents he lived with a brother of his mother until he was sixteen years of age, when he went out to fight life's battles for himself. He was without means or education, the facilities for schooling being very poor in those early days. The first year he worked for wages, and received pay for every day with the exception of one half day which he worked upon the road. At the close of the year he had saved $120. He went to school nine months and again resumed work. He then taught two terms of three months each. He married on November 1st, 1844, Miss Julia Ann Ballinger, daughter of Elijah and Mary Ballinger. His wife is a native of South Carolina. They have had ten children, five of whom are now living - James E., Mary E., Micajah Gibson, Jasper Emmett and Charles Everett. Himself and wife are members of the Old School Baptist church. He was a volunteer in the Mormon war, but never saw service, as the trouble ceased before he arrived at the rendezvous. His father forted and farmed near Boonville when he first came here because of the hostile Indians near there. Mr. Proctor has been a school director for forty years, with the exception of a year or two. He has a splendid farm, nearly all acquired by his own industry and good management. He is one of Boone's substan- tial citizens and a clever gentleman.

DAVID RICE.

David Rice was born in Hardin county, Kentucky, September 4th, 1800. He is the son of John and Patsy (Johnson) Rice. When nineteen years of age, he came to Boone county. His father came a year later. They settled at Boone's Lick. In 1821 moved to the Bonne Femme, four miles southeast of McConathy's mill. He was a farmer, and his son, David, was brought up in the same occupation. Was married, March 22d, 1829, to Miss Sallie, daughter of Higgason and Nancy Harris. They have had nine children, five of whom are now living : Higgason H., Julina, John J., David Barton and Sarah E. Mr. and Mrs. Rice are both members of the Baptist church. Mr. Rice has been a communicant for sixty years. Mr. Rice had a con- tract for furnishing lumber for the capitol building at Jefferson City, and rafted to that city three hundred pieces of timber. Mrs. Rice has a counterpane which she spun and wove with her own hands sixty years ago.

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HIGGASON H. RICE

Is the son of David and Sarah ( Harris) Rice, and was born in Boone county, Missouri, June 6th, 1831, and has lived in the county ever since. He entered the land from the United States Gov- ernment upon which he lives. He married Miss Mary S. Cropper, daughter of Thomas and Nancy Anne ( Mitchell) Cropper, of Cooper county. By this marriage he had seven children, all living : David G., John R., Franklin D., Penelope W., Lelia B., Wm. F. and Mary S. His first wife died in June, 1874. His second wife was Miss Sarah E. Sappington, daughter of Wm. Sappington, by whom he had three children : Sarah E., Tyre H. and Palmer. His second wife died January 2d, 1882. Mr. Rice is a member of the Missionary Bap- tist church, and has been a deacon about 27 years. He is one of the oldest Masons of the county, having been at the institution of Twilight Lodge, at Columbia.

JOHN J. RICE.

John J. Rice is the son of David and Sarah Rice, natives of Ken- tucky, but among the first settlers of Boone county. Mr. Rice came to Missouri in 1818, and settled on the Bonne Femme creek. His wife, Sarah Harris, came with her parents, in 1819, settling in the same neighborhood. David Rice moved, in 1835, to a farm near Claysville, where he now resides. On this farm his son John was born March 17th, 1836. He grew to manhood on this farm, attend- ing the schools of the neighborhood. During the war he was in Illi- nois, where he engaged in various occupations. In the spring of 1865 he was married to Miss Isabelle Nichols, of near Ashland, daugh- ter of John F. Nichols. After his marriage Mr. Rice removed to a farm he had previously purchased, three miles from Claysville. Here he remained until the spring of 1872, when he moved to his present home, one mile north of Ashland, on the gravel road. His wife hav- ing died in 1879, he married Sallie Douglass, a native of Boone county and a descendant of the first pioneers. \ Mr. Rice has four children, three sons and one daughter. He has been a member of the Mt. Pleasant Baptist church since he was twenty-three years old. He is also a member of the Ashland Lodge A. F. and A. M., and a member of the Grange.

MRS. CORNELIA ANN ROBINSON

Was brought from Kentucky by her widowed mother, Sarah Bryan

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(afterwards McClelland), in 1827, and was partially educated at Bonne Femme Academy. In 1829 she was married to David M. Hickman, after whose decease in 1856, she remained a widow for fourteen years. She was then, in 1870, married to Elder J. M. Robinson. At an early age she had professed religion, and was bap- tized by Elder R. S. Thomas, and was ever afterwards an energetic member of the Baptist church. She united in an eminent degree the various qualities necessary to the supervision of any amount of work, regardless alike of former methods or extent. Each fall she had from six to eight of the better kinds of York carpets woven, and made with her own hands some eighty or more garments, besides entertaining a great number of visitors annually. On many occa- sions she has been known to entertain over night from thirty-five to forty persons !

For many years, later in life, she was in feeble health, and spent much of her time in visiting friends throughout the country, travel- ling over the greater part of the continent. She gave liberally of her means to the poor and needy, never stinting her purse where she thought she could do an act of real charity. This remarkable woman wrote her own last will and testament. A correspondent says of her in an obituary : "Mrs. Robinson was a lady universally beloved for her gentle, womanly nature and true, Christian charac-

ter. Amiable, unusually kind, charitable and affectionate in her feelings, she was beloved by hosts of friends." Another writer says: " Well do I remember her in my early boyhood when I played with her children as school-fellows and oftentimes visited her attractive, beautiful home, which was the seat of refinement and unsparing hospitality. Everything about her reflected neatness, or- der and gentility, and her devotion to her friends, her neighbors and her church was indeed remarkable. She was always first at the house of God and the last to leave the altar of prayer. She per- mitted nothing to interfere with what she conceived to be her duty, and was fearless in its performance. Her presence was never a restraint to the young, but, by her gentle manners, unselfish char- racter and kind words, she imparted joy and freedom to all."

R. A. RODDY, DECEASED.

R. A. Roddy, late a prominent business man of Providence and vicinity, was born in Tennessee, December 6th, 1831. Came to Boone county with his widowed mother in 1836. He was married

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MRS. CORNELIA A. ROBINSON.

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October 26th, 1852 to Miss Sallie G. Tuttle, daughter of Gilpin Tuttle, of Boone county, Missouri. His father and mother were natives of South Carolina. Mrs. Roddy's maiden name was Lewis. They were married in South Carolina in 1824 and removed to Tennessee the year following. The elder Roddy died in 1835. Mrs. Roddy came to Boone county, Missouri, the year following, and lived here until her her death in 1860, having previously married James Dunn. She brought four children with her to Missouri, Francis T., Robert A. and James H. Robert A. was born December 6th, 1831. Was reared on the farm five miles south of Providence and was educated in the com- mon schools of the county. When about twenty-one years of age he commenced farming and continued in this business until 1868. He was also largely engaged in the tobacco, hemp, and stock trade. In the spring of 1869 he bought the interest of Mr. George Haydon in a store at Providence, thereby becoming the partner of W. P. Tuttle, the firm's name being Roddy & Tuttle. Mr. Roddy was drowned, October the 5th, 1877, while on his way to St. Louis, on board a steamer, with hogs for that market. He was a member of the Nash- ville Baptist church, also of the Masonic lodge at Columbia. Seven children were born to him. James G., Robert A., Margaret A., Albert and Arthur are living. Two, Willie and Lucy, are dead, the former having been killed by a wagon, at the age of five years, the latter dy- ing in February, 1881. The family still live at Providence. Robert is in the mercantile business with Turner S. Riggs and T. R. Courts, under the firm name of R. A. Roddy &. Co. Mr. Courts left the firm in September, 1881.

DR. JOHN T. ROTHWELL.

Dr. Rothwell was born in Garrard county, Kentucky, July 11, 1840. His father, Fountain Rothwell, a native of Virginia, now resides in the above named county, where he has spent the greater part of his life, being a large farmer and stock-raiser. His mother, Jennie Roth- well, was a native of Kentucky, and a daughter of Naaman Robberts, an officer in the war of 1812. John was the fifth child and fourth son of a family of seven children. Of his brothers, Rev. W. A. Roth- well, M. D., now resides in Moberly ; James M. Rothwell was captain in the Federal army, and is now an extensive coal miner in Kentucky ; Samuel D. Rothwell was a lieutenant in the Federal army ; Gideon B. Rothwell is now living on the old homestead in Kentucky. His sister is the wife of Rev. W. A. Cravens, of Carthage, Missouri. The doc-

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tor received a liberal education in his native State, graduating at Dan- ville Central College in 1857.

He commenced the study of medicine in March, 1858, with Dr. W. A. Rothwell, who then lived in Callaway county, Missouri, and con- tinued with this gentleman until May, 1860, entering the St. Louis Medical College in the fall of the latter year. He was married in St. Louis to Miss Anna M. Cuthbert, daughter of Mrs. Cuthbert, princi- pal of Cuthbert Academy, St. Louis, Missouri. In March, 1861, he commenced the practice of his chosen profession in Boone county, Missouri. During a part of the years 1861 and 1862 he was surgeon in the Confederate army ; he then resumed the practice in this county, and continued it until the year 1874, when he went to Colorado with his invalid wife. Returning from that State two years later, he again commenced the practice in Ashland, this county, where he still lives. He was again married May 2, 1860, to Miss Savilla J. Ruffner, who was a daughter of Peter J. Ruffner, a large farmer and one of the early settlers of Boone county. Of this marriage one son and one daughter were born, of whom the son is still living. Dr. Rothwell is now practicing with Dr. W. T. Lemon ; is a member of the Metho- dist church and of the town council of Ashland ; an excellent phy- sician, and an estimable citizen.

LEWIS SHELNUTT.

John G. and Rachel Shelnutt, the parents of Lewis, were na- tives of Georgia. They came to Boone county, Missouri, in 1847. Lewis was born in Georgia, December 12, 1844. He is the second son and sixth child of a family of four boys and three girls, of whom two sons and three daughters are now living. He was reared in Cedar township, and educated at the district schools of the neighbor- hood and at Columbia. In 1863 he enlisted under Capt. Cook, in Company F, Ninth M. S. M. In February, 1865, he was transferred to Capt. James B. Decker's company, of same regiment, in which he served until the 13th of July following ; took part in several en- gagements, in one of which he had a horse shot under him. After his discharge he engaged in business at Columbia ; in 1868 went to farming, and in 1874 moved to the farm which he now occupies, three miles northwest of Ashland. Mr. Shelnutt was married April 2, 1869, to Miss Susan F., daughter of William Blackburn, of Boone county. They have four sons and three daughters.

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FELIX GRUNDY SITTON, M. D.

Dr. Sitton is the son of J. T. and Priscilla ( May ) Sitton, and was born on a farm two miles from Fulton, Callaway county, Mis- souri, March 8, 1822. His father was a native of Tennessee, and his mother of Kentucky, though they came to Missouri in an early day, where they became acquainted and were married. Dr. Felix G. was the eldest of a family of four sons and one daughter, the latter being deceased. One of the brothers resides at Ashland, in this county, and the other, Albert G. Sitton, is in the medical prac- tice at Claysville. The subject of this sketch attended the common schools of his native county, and acquired a knowledge of algebra, natural philosophy, etc., at the school of Mr. Woodsworth, near Wil- liamsburg. At that time he was eighteen years old. For the next two years he engaged in teaching, also continuing his studies in pri- vate. In the spring of 1845 he commenced the study of medicine under Dr. E. Rackliffe, of Portland, Callaway county, at the same time earning the means to prosecute his studies by his own industry. Two years later he went to St. Louis, where he finished his medi- cal course and received his diploma from the St. Louis Medical Col- lege. He began the practice four miles north of Ashland in 1849, boarding first in the family of Mr. Strode, and practicing in that part of the county. In 1855 he moved to Ashland, where he has since resided and practiced his profession. June 14, 1846, he en- listed in Capt. Rogers' company of Col. Doniphan's regiment, and served in the Mexican war in the "Army of the West," under Gen. Kearney. On account of failing health, however, he was discharged from service, and returned home in August. In the following May, his health being recovered, he went to St. Louis to continue his studies in the hospitals. Dr Sitton was first married January 4, 1853, to Miss Susan Strode, daughter of Jacob S. and Frances Strode. She died September 14, 1871, having borne four sons and two daughters, all living but one son. The doctor was again married February 4, 1877, to Miss Clara J. Roberts, daughter of John S. and Sallie Roberts, and granddaugh- ter of the Roberts who owned the land on which part of Ashland now stands. By the last marriage he had two girls. Dr. Sitton has been a member of the New Salem Baptist church since 1852, and twenty-two years of that time he has served as moderator. He is an active temperance man and a strong prohibitionist. The historians of this work are much indebted to Dr. Sitton for a de-

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History of Boone County, Missouri., Part 65

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