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SAW AND GRIST MILL.
Messrs. Dysart & Henry have a very good mill near Brown's Sta- tion, eight miles north of Columbia. The building covers an area of 30x36 feet, and is two and a half stories high. The machinery is driven by an engine of 25-horse power. There are two run of burrs, and the grinding capacity of the mill is about 35 barrels of flour or 300 bushels of corn meal per day. The machinery is from Logans- port, Indiana, and is called the automatic grinding mill, the only one of the kind in the county except at Sturgeon. The saw-mill can turn off from 4,000 to 5,000 feet of hard lumber per day. The size of the engine house is 17x46 feet.
WAR INCIDENT - KILLING OF MAJ. WM. CAVE.
During the civil war, September 4, 1864, a squad from Capt. Carey's company of the Third M. S. M., rode out from Columbia and shot and killed Maj. Wm. Cave, who then lived a mile north of Columbia, on the farm now owned by Col. E. C. More. The look-out in the cu- pola of the court house reported that he saw a squad of bushwhackers ride up to Maj. Cave's residence about noon, and after remaining long enough to eat a hearty dinner, came out again, and rode away into the brush. The squad was immediately sent out, and soon returned, re- porting that the " old devil " would feed no more bushwhackers.
COUNTRY CHURCHES- BEAR CREEK CHURCH, NOW ANTIOCH.
Perhaps the first church organization in Columbia township was old Bear Creek, afterwards called Antioch, the church building of which stood on or near the section line between sections 23 and 24, in township 48, range 12. The organization was first effected north of Columbia, and for some time there was no regular place of meet- ing, services being held in the members' houses, chiefly at the dwell- ing house of Richard Cave. The following is a literal copy of the first church constitution, happily still in existence :
June the 6, 1824.
we the under name subscribers being calld upon to Examine in to the faith and abillity of Brethren living on and nea Bear Creek (n. of Columbia) desiring to be constituted -- we find them in our opinions sound in the faith and Possessing the abilitys of keeping in order the house of God. We therefore have Pronounced them a Church of Jesus Christ under no other dissiplin or Rule for faith and Practice but the old and new testemen professing at the same time to have Charity Enough as a Church to let Each other judge of the doctrines Contained in the scriptures for ourselves. given under our hands who are elders and have Constituted the undersigned names. Elders present --
THOS. MCBRIDE, WM. ROBERTS, JOHN M. THOMAS.
Assigned the day and date above named.
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The following were the first members: Asa Stone, Cumberland Snell, Wm. Lewis, Wm. Cave, Derritt Wills, Richard Cave, Francis Cave, Bennett Tilly, John Cave, Marcus Wills, Sarah Wills, Elizabeth Stone and Nancy Harris, who were admitted, as the record states, " on profession of faith." Two members, Stephen Bedford and Elizabeth Bedford were received as living " in Columbia."
The first communion service was held at the house of Richard Cave, that gentleman furnishing for the occasion "one bottle of wine, worth $1."
The following are extracts from the record book of the proceedings of the first meetings of the organization : -
July 3 (Saturday), 1824. - The Church of Christ at Bear Creek met, and, after divine service, chose Bro. Richard Cave moderator and proceeded to business. First, appointed Bro. Wm. Lewis church clerk; also chose Bro. Asa Stone to be our deacon. . Then ad- journed till our next meeting in course.
August 3, 1824. - Church met, and, after divine service, inquiry was made if all are in love. Nothing come forward and we was then dismisst in order.
January 3, 1825. - Church met, and, after divine worship, inquiry was made if all are in love. Nothing come forward and we was then dismisst in order.
March 3, 1825. - Church met, and, after divine worship, inquiry was made if all are in love. Nothing come forward and we was then dismisst in order.
May 3, 1825. - The church met, and, after divine worship, we had preaching, and then the church opened her doors for the reception of members, and Bennett Tilly joined by ex- perience. We then adjourned till our next meeting in course.
June 3, 1825. - The church met, and after divine worship, Bro. Richard Cave preached a sermon, and, after setting in order the things of the house, we was dismisst in order.
August 3, 1825. - Thos. McBride preached and John Cave was received into the church.
The first church building was a log house which stood somewhere on Bear creek. The second church site was selected in 1852, being four acres on the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of sec- tion 33, township 49, range 12. The church was built during the summer and fall of 1853, and the first regular services were held on the fourth Sunday in October, 1853. It was then named Antioch. The cost of the building was about $1,200. The early pastors of the church were Richard Cave, Thomas McBride, Joel Haden, - Mar- low, and perhaps others.
Recently services have been suspended at Antioch church, the men- bers being very few in number, and growing somewhat apathetic. Lest the denomination of Antioch church may not be clearly under- stood by what has been stated, it may be well to say that it belongs to the Christian church.
OAKLAND CHURCH - ( CHRISTIAN ).
Oakland church is situated seven miles from Columbia, on the
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southwest quarter of section 17, township 49, range 12, on three acres of land purchased from Wm. L. Parker and J. B. Orear. The con- gregation was organized in 1872, with forty-four members, among whom were J. F. Spence, Richard Phillips, Augustus Phillips and H. B. Jones and their wives, John C. and Francis Phillips, S. H. and Mary J. Prather, J. C. and Lula Prather, Jesse Prewitt and S. E. Prewitt.
The church building was erected in 1872, and dedicated December 14th, of that year. It is a frame, 34x52 in size, and cost $2,400. The dedication services were conducted by Elder L. B. Wilkes. The pastors have been Wm. Mason, J. H. Duncan, J. H. Headington, O. A. Carr and - Hoffman. The present number of members is one hundred and foriy-three.
In September, 1873, a protracted meeting, conducted by Elders D. M. Grantfield and Wm. Mason, was held at this church, resulting in fourteen additions. August 22, 1874, another meeting, conducted by Elders Wilkes and Duncan, and lasting eight or nine days, was held, which resulted in fifty-seven additions. Since its first organization, in 1872, the membership has increased from forty-four to 143. The church building is a very handsome and comfortable structure, and has a seating capacity of 350. There is a fine cemetery in connec- tion with the church.
OLIVET CHURCH - ( CHRISTIAN ).
This church is situated on section 24, township 48, range 12. It was organized January 17, 1874, with about thirty-five members, some of whom were Elizabeth, Mary and Amanda Chick ; Mollie C. and J. T. Dailey ; Patsey, Hettie and S. Dinwiddie ; Martha A., Cor- die V., R. S. and W. B. Estes ; Martha A., Elizabeth J., Sallie J., Annie M., Annie E. and Squire Turner ; Elizabeth White, J. R. and Margaret Boulton, Annie Bradford and .Wm. P. Berkebile.
The church building, a frame, was built in the spring of 1874, at a cost of $2,000. It was dedicated August 16, 1874, by Elder L. B. Wilkes. The pastors have been W. C. Ridgeway, G. H. Perkins, Dr. Newton Hockensmith, R. N. Davis, Philip Bruton and William Jar- rott.
The largest number of accessions to the church in any one season. was at a meeting which began October 18, and lasted until November 3, 1879. This meeting was conducted by Elder Kirk Baxter, and there were thirty-five converts.
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PRAIRIE GROVE CHURCH (M. E. SOUTH).
This church is located on section 6, township 48, range 11. The organization was effected about the year 1853. It has not been possi- ble to obtain the names of the original members. The present church building was erected in the years 1872 and 1873. It is a frame, and cost $1,500. It was dedicated in June, 1873, by Rev. John D. Vin- cil. The pastors have been B. H. Spencer, Wm. Penn, B. F. John- son, S. W. Cope, H. Brown, W. G. Miller, R. H. Gordon. J. W. Gordon, W. F. Bell, J. R. Taylor, W. M. Sutton, D. N. Epperson, J. F. Monroe, L. A. Smith, W. H. Lewis, W. T. Ellington, R. W. Collet, S. L. Woody, J. F. Shores and H. D. Graves. The present membership is thirty-five.
PRAIRIE GROVE CHURCH ( BAPTIST ).
Prairie Grove church was organized March 20, 1875, with thirty- eight members, some of whom were John M. and John O. Maupin, Thomas and Frank Wilcox, Martha R. Maupin, Amelia Lusk, Fannie Lusk, Mollie Devier, Rebecca Carpenter, Alice Wilhite, D. H. Wilhite, the Mosely family, and James and Amanda Northcutt. The church building stands on section 6, township 48, range 11. It is a frame, and was built in the fall of 1875 at a cost of $1,700. It was dedi- cated on the third Sunday in April following, by Rev. J. M. Robinson. The church has had for pastors Revs. J. M. Robinson, G. L. Black and B. B. Gentry. The present membership is forty-one.
Before the church was built services were held in the M. E. Church South. At one time a union meeting between the Methodists and Baptists was held which resulted in twenty additions to the church. March 20, 1875, the church received seven additions by letter from Bonne Femme church. Prairie Grove was originally a branch of the Baptist church at Millersburg, Callaway county.
GRANDVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH.
This church is situated at the head of the Two-mile prairie. The congregation was organized December 25, 1869. Some of the origi- nal members were Samuel and Rhoda Watkins, R. H. Wilcox, E. J. Wilcox, John James, Wm. and E. F. Norris, Aaron and Mary Thorn- ley, Mary James, A. G. and Eliza Shaefer, Noah Flood and John Howell. The church building, a frame, was erected in 1874, and ded- icated May 27, 1877, by Rev. J. M. Robinson. This church has had
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for pastors Revs. G. D. Tolle, Green Carey, John Parmer, J. M. Mc- Guire, and Joshua Pearce. The church has been greatly strengthened the present year under the ministrations of Rev. Pearce. Twenty- six additions have been made to the membership, and the church feels that it has also received many spiritual blessings, and hopes that in the future it may be as a city set on a hill, which " cannot be hid." The present membership is 101.
GILEAD GRANGE.
Gilead Grange No. 1657, Patrons of Husbandry, was instituted by W. T. Hickman under a charter dated February 14, 1874. The char- ter members were J. A. Stevenson, W. W. Hulet, Henry Palmer, A. Hunter, A. C. Turner, J. D. Williams, A. G. Robinson, Sallie Palmer, Josie Hulet, Eliza Williams, and others. The first officers were J. A. Stevenson, master; B. Crump, overseer; C. C. Turner, lecturer ; W. W. Hulet, treasurer ; T. Crump, chaplain ; L. G. Berry, secre- tary ; W. Roberts, steward; Mrs. Amanda G. Robinson, Ceres ; Crotia Haggard, Pomona ; Miss Josie Hulet, Flora ; Mrs. Martha J. Barrett, lady assistant steward. The present officers are: L. G. Berry, master : Silas Hogan, O .; J. W. Conley, L. ; Joseph Brown, C .; D. H. Orear, sec'y ; A. Conkling, steward ; Mrs. E. A. Berry, Ceres .; Mrs. Bettie Hogan, Pomona ; Miss Etta Berry, Flora ; Miss Maggie Conley, L. A. S. The present membership is about 50. The grange meets in a rented hall at Brown's Station.
BIOGRAPHIES.
LEE ANTHONY.
The subject of this notice was born in Morgan county, Missouri, in 1846. He is the son of Thomas and Cassandra (Sutton) Anthony. His father is a native of Tennessee, and was born February 28th, 1812. His parents came to Boone county, Missouri, when he, Thomas, was quite a small boy, and settled about five miles west of Columbia. He married Miss Cassandra Sutton, a daughter of Wm. Sutton. Miss Sutton, the mother of Lee Anthony, was born in Kentucky on the 7th of December, 1818, and came to Boone county with her parents when she was quite a child. One year after her marriage with Thomas An- thony they moved to Morgan county, where Lee was born. They lived there until 1862, when they returned to Boone. They had a
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family of fourteen children, seven of whom are now living. Thomas Anthony died in 1876, and is buried at the Wright graveyard, in Columbia township, where his first wife was buried in 1865. His second wife is still living. For the last few years of his life he lived in Audrain county. Lee Anthony, his son, came to Boone county with his parents when he was sixteen years of age, and has lived here continuously since. He was married February 12th, 1875, to Miss Lottie S. Tucker, a daughter of Warren W. and Martha B. Tucker, of this county. They have three children, two girls and one boy. Their names are Cora C., Allison Woods and Eva May. His farm upon which he lives is one mile east of Stephens' station and six miles northeast of Columbia. The home place contains three hundred acres, and his other farm on the prairie four miles to the southeast of him, has two hundred and sixty-five acres. Mr. Anthony is a farmer and stock feeder, standing in the front rank of enterprising stock men of Boone county. He is a genial, hospitable gentleman, dispensing hos- pitality in that hearty, whole-souled manner which is characteristic of the Southern man everywhere. He and his wife are members of the Christian church at Oakland.
DR. M. R. ARNOLD, DECEASED.
Dr. Matthew Read Arnold, son of Lewis and Margaret (Throck- morton ) Arnold, was born in Bourbon county, Kentucky, March 13th, 1805. He was educated in Kentucky. After coming to Boone county, he studied medicine and practiced his profession until his death, which occurred July 22d, 1868. He was married September 2d, 1828, to Melvina, daughter of Gen. R. S. Russell, of Bourbon county, Kentucky. By this union there were five children, Eliza B., Lewis H., Maria T., Robert E., and Thomas A. The first wife dying, he was married the second time, September 22d, 1853, to Eliza J., daughter of Joseph and Susan (Hill) Swanson. By this union there were two children, Matthew R. and Jas. P. Dr. Arnold was a member of the Christian church of Columbia. Mrs. Arnold is a member of the Columbia Methodist church. She is living on the farm purchased by her husband, four and one-half miles southeast of Columbia.
ELI BASS.
The subject of this sketch was born in Nashville, Tennessee, and died in Boone county, Missouri, 1865, in the fifty-ninth year of his age. His father, Peter Bass, was a native of Maryland, but for a
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number of years had lived at Nashville, when he moved with his family to Boone county, Missouri, in 1819, when Eli was quite a boy. He was a man of great energy and decision of character and amassed a very large fortune and at his death left his children large patrimonies. Eli, his son, instead of spending his fortune, as most young men do, who inherit great wealth, added greatly thereto, besides rearing and educating a large family. He was in the true sense of the word a gentleman, one of extensive information and fine practical sense, pos- sessing a magnificent physique. He was perhaps one of the largest owners of real estate in Central Missouri, living in princely style at his elegant country residence, where he dispensed hospitality in the true Southern style. He reared large herds of stock and carried on farming in a remunerative and practical manner. In 1861 he was elected to the Constitutional Convention to form a new Constitution for the State. He subscribed $3,000 to procure the location of the State University at Columbia, and was one of its first curators. His reputation for rectitude and reliability was of the highest order. He was for years a worthy and consistent member of the Baptist church. His children are among the most enterprising and intelligent citizens of Boone county, one son, J. L., representing the county in the General Assembly some years since, and no name has been held in higher es- teem in Boone county, than that of Bass. Eli's elder brother, John M., was a lawyer of distinction in St. Louis, a compeer of Bates, Gamble, Geyer and Lucas, and afterwards was, for twenty-five years, president of the Union Bank of Tennessee. Eli Bass married Miss Margaret, daughter of Capt. Wm. Johnson, of Boone county, who survives him. She is a noble, highly cultivated Christian lady, be- loved by all who know her.
CAPT. MONROE BATEMAN.
Captain Monroe Bateman is a native of Fleming county, Ken- tucky, where he was born February 13, 1831. Is the son of Newton and Margaret Bateman. He was educated in Mason county, Kentucky. In 1852 Mr. Bateman went to Stockton, California, where he re- mained five years. Returning to Mason county, he engaged in the mercantile business at Minerva until 1857. At the breaking out of the war Captain Bateman raised a company of cavalry for the Union army. His command was mustered in as company L, 2d Ken- tucky cavalry. At one time his company served as escort to General Sherman. He was captured by the enemy and was a prisoner until
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paroled, October 5, 1863. In the latter part of the war he went to Cincinnati where he engaged in the mercantile business with Ellis, McAlpin & Co. He did not remain in Cincinnati but one year, com- ing to Boone county, Missouri, in 1864. He was married, May 5, 1864 to Miss Mary A., daughter of Jesse and Mary Boulton. Their union has been blessed with eight children, four of whom are dead. The deceased children were Clarence M., born May 4, 1865, died May 28, 1870; Levi M., born December 2, 1867, died June 13, 1870; Ruth A., born August 8, 1875, died January 3, 1876, and an infant son, born and died May 3, 1871. The living children are Mary L., born August 15, 1869 ; Jesse C., born December 4, 1872 ; Clinton C,, born July 3, 1877, and Clark R., born November, 1879. Mr. Bate- man is a member of the Masonic lodge at Columbia, also a member of the Columbia Christian church. Mrs. Bateman is a member of the same church. Mr. Bateman is president of the Blackfoot and Colum- bia rock road, which position he has held for eight years. He is largely interested in agriculture. His farm of 217 acres is well im- proved. It is an excellent stock farm, the land being well set in blue- grass. It is situated three miles north of the court-house. He also owns 120 acres of land in section 18, township 49. He has been president, vice-president and director of the Boone County Agricul- tural and Mechanical Association, being for many years one of the most active and energetic workers in this corporation.
SAMUEL BEATTIE, DECEASED.
The old pioneer whose name heads this sketch was a native of Wash- ington county, Virginia, where he was reared and educated. He came to Boone county, Missouri, in company with his brother David, as early as 1818. He was married in this county, May 11, 1820, to Miss Mary Denny, and the young couple made their bridal tour to Garrard county, Kentucky, on horseback, the trip requiring some three weeks. He had settled on Thrall's Prairie some time in the year 1818. Two sons and three daughters were born to Mr. and Mrs. Beattie, named William N., David F., Sarah A., Mary E., and Elizabeth J. Samuel Beattie was the first constable of Perche township, having been ap- pointed to that office in 1821. He was always a farmer, and the place he settled is the one now occupied by his son, William N. Beattie. It lies one and a half miles north of Columbia court-house. He died in Boone county, January 31, 1831, and is buried by the side of his wife, on the old homestead, she having died September 29, 1856.
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WILLIAM N. BEATTIE.
William N. Beattie is a son of the deceased pair mentioned in the sketch of Samuel Beattie, and was born in Boone county, April 20, 1821. He seems to have been the oldest of five children, and was reared and educated in his native county, receiving his education at Columbia College. He was married September 20, 1849, to Miss Katharine, daughter of Samuel and Letitia (Hayes) Murrell. They have five children -three sons and two daughters. Mr. Beattie has always been a farmer, and is now residing on the old place settled by his father. He is a member of the Presbyterian church, of Columbia. He was quite young when his father died, though he was the oldest child ; and the work of the family maintenance and improvement of the farm devolved largely upon him. Since he has become solely possessed of the old farm, he has greatly improved and built up the place, till it is now, at this writing, one of the finest farms in Boone county.
JOHN W. BEAZLEY, DECEASED.
Mr. Beazley was the son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Woolfolk) Beazley, and was born in Boone county, seven miles southwest of Columbia. He received his education in this county, and in early life learned the cabinet-maker's trade, at which he worked for seven years. On the 20th of December, 1855, he was married to Miss Sarah Lynes, daughter of James M. and Hannah B. (Victor) Lynes. Soon after his marriage, Mr. Beazley quit the cabinet-making business, and moved on a farm three and a half miles southeast of Columbia, where he continued to reside till the time of his death, which occurred May 24th, 1864. Mrs. Beazley, his widow, is still living in Boone county at the time of this writing. She is a member of the Bonne Femme Baptist church, and has been for nineteen years.
JESSE A. BOULTON.
Judge Jesse Augustus Boulton is the son of Brice and Eliza (Pep- per) Boulton. He was born in Mason county, Kentucky, May 19, 1817, and came to this county in the fall of 1840. He was edu- cated at Bacon College, Georgetown, Kentucky, of which David S. Burnett was president. After completing his education, he taught school in Bracken county, Kentucky, afterwards at Woodlawn Sem- inary. He was married, October 17, 1839, to Miss Mary H., daughter of Levi Todd and Mary ( Emison) Smith. By this marriage they
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had two children, one son and one daughter. The son, David R., is now in Maysville, California. Mrs. Boulton, died February 26, 1846, and was buried on the farm formerly owned by her father, now the property of Capt. Monroe Bateman. Judge Boulton returned to Kentucky in the spring of 1847, and was married soon after to Miss Clara, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Payne (Loyd) Perine. By this union they have had five sons and one daughter. Jesse L. was born and died September 8, 1854. Robert Perine was born June 29th, 1854. He is now professor of English literature at the Christian University at Canton, Missouri, which position he has occupied for several years. Lillie Francis was born July 25, 1857 ; Walter E., April 6, 1861; Payne A., August 18, 1864, and John W., August 21, 1867. Judge Boulton was employed to teach the public school at Columbia in 1840, and was actively engaged in this business for several years. From 1847 to 1850 he taught at Woodlawn Seminary, Kentucky, as previously stated in this biography. He served two terms as judge of the Boone county court, first term by appointment from Gov. Hardin in 1875. The year following he was elected to the same office. Judge Boulton has followed teaching and farming all his life. He was president of the Boone county grange for two years, and has always been an active, zealous member of that organization. He is an official member of the Christian church, and his wife has been a communicant of that church for forty years. Since 1850, Judge Boulton has followed farming exclusively. He has a fine farm of 475 acres three and one-half miles northeast of Columbia, all of which is inclosed. One-half of the land is in grass, the remainder he devotes to the various crops usually grown on the farm. Mr. Boulton has a remarkable memory. He recollects every incident connected with his life from earliest childhood, and can name the date of each occurrence correctly. Rice Boulton, the father of Jesse, was born in Charlotte county, Virginia, December 23, 1787, and emigrated to Kentucky in 1813. The year following he was mar- ried to Eliza Pepper, of Mason county, Kentucky, a professional school teacher. The elder Boulton was for years sheriff of Mason county. Came to Boone county, Missouri, March 26, 1853, and lived with his son Jesse until his death, which occurred March 26, 1866. He was a member of the Christian church, and his wife, who is still living - having reached her eighty-fourth year - is also a member of the same church, and has been for seventy years.
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G. A. BRADFORD.
George Austin Bradford is the son of Austin and Levina Bradford, of Scott county, Kentucky, in which State he was born June 6, 1830. He came to Boone county in 1836, and was educated at the Bonne Femme Academy, six miles southeast of Columbia. Was married January 28, 1858, to Miss Annie, daughter of Joel and Dorcas T. Smith, of Randolph county, Missouri. Mr. Bradford was raised on the farm and has followed farming all his life. He owns twelve hundred and fifty acres of land. A body of four hundred acres con- stitutes the tract upon which he lives. This farm is well located and finely improved. He has a fine frame residence situated three miles southeast of Columbia, on the Columbia and Ashland gravel road. Mr. Bradford is largely engaged in stock-raising and has some fine thoroughbred Durham cattle. He is a member of the Christian church at Olivet, on the Two-Mile Prairie, and has been a mem- ber of this congregation for fifteen years.
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