History of Boone County, Missouri., Part 88

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Publication date: 1882
Publisher: St. Louis, Western Historical Company
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W. T. MAUPIN, M. D.

Dr. Maupin is a native of Boone county, born April 17, 1839. His father, Wm. Maupin, was one of the first settlers of Missouri, coming here from Madison county, Kentucky, in 1816, settling first at Old Franklin, in Howard county. In 1819 he removed to Boone, when there were but a very few habitations, or inhabitants either. He settled in Columbia, and was a wheelwright and housebuilder.

W. T. Maupin was educated in the common schools of Boone county, and at William Jewell College, Liberty. In the summer of 1861 he joined Captain Peacher's company, Col. M. G. Singleton's battalion, Missouri State Guards, and served as commissary of the battalion. He was in the engagements at Boonville, Drywood and Lexington. After the capture of Lexington, while General Price's army was retreating toward Southwest Missouri, he was taken sick in Johnson county and lay ill for about two months. Upon his recovery he returned to this county and spent the remainder of the fall of 1861, and the winter of 1861-2 in dodging " Merrill's

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Horse " and other detachments of Federal troops, March 6, 1862, while on his way to Price's army, he was captured in Cooper county by some soldiers belonging to the command of Col. Eppstein, of Boon- ville. He was held a prisoner for thirteen months, the greater portion of the time in McDowell College, St. Louis, and at Alton, Ill. Upon his release on parole, his weight was reduced to eighty-seven and a half pounds. He returned home and took no further part in the war. Previous to his service with the Missouri army under General Price he took part in the affair at Fulton, known as the " Fulton races." His brother, Robert L. Maupin, a graduate of the law school at Lebanon, Tenn., was a gallant Confederate officer, and served on the staff of General (now U. S. Senator) Cockerill, although he had but one arm, the other having been lost before the. war.

In 1863-4 Dr. Maupin attended the St. Louis Medical College. In 1864-5 he was at Jefferson College, Philadelphia, and graduated from that famed institution in the class of 1865. He located in the . practice of his profession at Columbia, where he has since resided, making occasional trips to the far West for recreation, etc. The doctor has been very successful as a practitioner. He has devoted considerable attention to gynæcology, and is renowned for his skill in and knowledge of that particular branch of medical science. He. is medical examiner of all the insurance organizations connected with the secret orders of Columbia, and is examiner for the Good Templars' Mutual Benefit Association of America, of which organiza- tion he is one of the founders.

Dr. Maupin married Miss Mary A. Matthews, a daughter of J. L. Matthews, Esq., an old citizen of this county. They are the parents. of four children, Lulu Bell, James Lawrence, Bettie and Mary Waugh. The doctor is a member of the Baptist, and Mrs. M. of the Methodist Church. He has taken all the degrees of Masonry up to and including the commandery; is an Odd Fellow, a K. of P., K. of H., United Workman, and a Good Templar. Of his connection with the latter order he feels especially proud. He has held the position of W. C. T. in the Columbia lodge. '

Dr. Maupin is a member of the great family of Maupins whose branches are to be found throughout Missouri, and whose ancestors were the DeMaupins of France, who settled in Virginia more than a century ago. He is a nephew of Thos. C. Maupin, the pioneer sheriff of Boone county. One of the doctor's sisters married Gov -.

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ernor Leslie, of Kentucky ; another is the wife of Travis Cockerill, a renowned lawyer of Glasgow, Ky. Two of his sisters reside in Colorado, and his brother is now a resident of Mobile, Alabama.

WILLIAM D. MAUPIN.

William D. Maupin was born in Albemarle county, Virginia, June 6th, 1840. He is the son of Silas B. and Mary (Norris) Maupin. He left Virginia in October, 1854, and came to Montgomery county, Missouri, where he lived until 1859. His father sold his farm in Montgomery and moved to Truxton, Lincoln county, Missouri, where the subject of this sketch was educated, attending the seminary of that place, under the instructions of Professor F. T. Williams. Was a pupil of this school during two sessions. In the spring of 1862 he went to Loutre Island, as an overseer for William I. Talbott, and re- mained there until fall, having charge of thirty-eight slaves and five hundred acres of land. He next went to Pike county, Missouri, where he took charge of the Tinsley plantation of some forty slaves and four hundred acres of land. Stayed on this farm until the fall of 1863, when he crossed the river and engaged in the tobacco trade dur- ing the winter following. In the spring of 1864 he crossed the plains to Nevada, making his home at Empire City, three miles from Car- son. Followed mule trading and teaming while in Nevada. Re- mained there until the summer of 1870, when he returned to Missouri and bought a farm ten miles southwest of Chillicothe. Was married December, 1870, to Miss Nancy A: Cochran, of Wentzville, St. Charles county, Missouri. They have one daughter, Effie. After his marriage Mr. Maupin went to work on a farm in St. Charles county,. and remained there until February, 1882, when he came to Columbia, Boone county, and went into the firm of Maupin, Smith & Co., known as the " Farmer's Mills." [See city history. ] Mr. and Mrs. Mau- pin are both members of the Methodist Church. They have a nice new house on Price Avenue, and are well pleased with their new home, and with their future prospects generally.

GEORGE HENRY MATTHEWS, DECEASED.

The outlines of the biography of this gentleman could not be obtained very fully nor very accurately. The date of his birth could not be learned. He was married November 23, 1858, to Miss Olivia, daughter of Warren and Elizabeth (McClelland) Woodson. Four children were born of this marriage, all daughters, two of whom died

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in infancy. The deceased children were Lucretia B. and Lizzie, while the two surviving ones are Mary G. and Jessie O. Prof. Mat- thews came from Kentucky to Boone county, Missouri, in 1848 or '49. For about seventeen years he was professor of ancient and modern languages in the State University at Columbia. He always engaged in teaching as a vocation, and died in September 13, 1869. He lies buried in the Columbia Cemetery.

JAMES L. MATTHEWS, DECEASED.

James L. Matthews, deceased, was the son of Robert and Eliza (Glascock) Matthews. He was born August 29, 1813, in Richmond county, Virginia, and was reared and educated in his native county. In early youth he learned the trade of carriage-maker, and followed the business while yet a citizen of the Old Dominion. In 1836 he came to Columbia, Missouri, where he established and operated a carriage factory up to the year 1860, when he sold out and went into the hardware business, which he followed until his death, May 22, 1880. He was married in 1833 to Miss Louisa, daughter of Hilkiah Ball, of Lancaster county, Virginia. They had five children born to them, two sons and three daughters. Mary A., wife of Dr. W. T. Maupin, of Columbia ; James B. (deceased) ; Bettie S., wife of Maj. D. D. Berry, a prominent business man of Columbia, and Milton S. (deceased). The first wife dying July 8, 1852, Mr. Matthews was again married, October 26, 1853, to Miss Mary, daughter of James and Margaret Bowling. Three children were born of this marriage, two sons and one daughter. Louisa married A. R. Berry. Charles is a partner in the hardware business established by James L. Mat- thews, and now conducted by Berry & Matthews. Lawrence is dead. The elder Matthews commenced life without means and with but little education. His father perished at sea while en route to England to settle an estate. The subject of this sketch was the oldest son and second child of the family, and the burden of the household fell mainly upon his shoulders, but he proved equal to the task, and while yet a mere boy assumed the duties and responsibilities of a full-grown man. His brother, Milton S., died in June, 1875. His sister is liv- ing in Oregon, the wife of Mr. Faucett. James L. Matthews was a successful business man in the strictest sense of the word. Com- mencing life with nothing but his trade, he accumulated a large estate, and was enabled to do much good, for his hand was ever opened to alleviate the sorrows of honest and virtuous poverty, and those who

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merited relief never applied to him in vain. Mrs. Matthews is a mem- ber of the Baptist Church. Mrs. Eliza (Glascock ) Matthews, mother of the subject of this sketch, died in Columbia, April 17, 1851, and is buried in the Columbia Cemetery.

JOHN MACHIR.

John Machir, the subject of this sketch, was born in Mason county, Kentucky, May 10th, 1820. He is the son of Henry A. and Martha A. (Woodson) Machir. He was raised in Kentucky and educated in. Maysville, Mason county. In 1837 he came to St. Louis with his brother-in-law, Thomas T. January, and for the next six years clerked in the wholesale grocery house of January, Stetinins & Brother. The firm having failed in 1843, Mr. Machir went into business the follow- ing year, under the firm name of January & Machir, wholesale dealers in groceries, and so continued until 1852, when he came to Boone county and settled on the west side of the Two-mile prairie. His farm of 600 acres is situated six miles southeast of Columbia. In 1869 he moved to Columbia, but did not sell his farm. He has lived in Columbia ever since. He has been trustee of Christian College for about eighteen years. Was one of the directors of the school board for about five years. Mr. Machir was married, December 25th, 1847, to Miss Mary E., daughter of John M. and Mary (Taylor) January, of Cynthiana, Harrison county, Kentucky. They have had six children. Two sons died in their infancy. Mary T., wife of James H. Parker, died in the spring of 1880. Mattie is the wife of R. W. Dorsey, of Bunker Hill, Illinois. Tiny B. and Maria J. are at home with their parents. They are all graduates of Christian College, Columbia, Missouri. Mr. Machir and family are members of the Christian church.

CHARLES A. MILLER.

The subject of this sketch was born in St. Louis, Missouri, May 22d, 1848. The year following his parents moved to Portland, Cal- laway county, where they lived for the next five years, removing in 1854 to Rocheport, Boone county. In 1864 he entered the store of Clayton, Miller & Co., and clerked for that firm until July, 1868, when he commenced the livery business with David Bishop, the firm being Bishop & Miller. Remained with Bishop one year, when J. W. Skinner bought his interest, thus changing the firm to Miller & Skin- ner. The business was thus conducted for three years, when Mr. Miller bought his partner's interest and continued the business alone

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until 1875, when the stable, with fourteen head of horses and all the rolling stock belonging thereto, was burned ; loss two thousand dol- lars. While in the livery business Mr. Miller ran a hack line between Columbia and Rocheport, and between Rocheport and Boonville. In 1875 he came to Columbia, and the year following went into the tobacco business with John M. Samuel and was with him for one year, when the firm changed to Conley, Samuel & Miller, and so continued until 1878. In the spring of that year Mr. Miller went into the liv- ery business with D. G. Clark, under the firm name of Clark & Miller. J. H. Guitar afterwards took an interest in the business, and the firm name was changed to Clark, Miller & Co., and so continued until the death of Mr. Clark in 1880, when Guitar bought his interest and the firm became Miller & Guitar, and has remained such ever since. The stable is called the Planters', and is one hundred by sixty-four feet, fronting University street. They have twenty-five horses and their vehicles are of the finest and best quality. In connection with the livery business they buy and sell mules, shipping them to the West and South. Mr. Miller was married February 13th, 1872, to Miss Corney J., daughter of James C. and Mary J. (Thornton ) Orr. They have four children, James R., Albert, Mary, and a younger son yet unmarried. Mr. Miller is a member of the Christian church. He is also an Odd Fellow and a member of the Order of United Workmen. Mrs. Miller is a member of the Methodist church.

DR. GEORGE S. MORSE.

Dr. Morse is the son of Dennis and Sallie (Whitcomb) Morse, and was born October 6th, 1828, in Madison, Madison county, New York. He was educated at Hamilton College. In the spring of 1854 he graduated from the medical school at Philadelphia, and commenced the practice of medicine at Oriskany Falls, Oneida county, New York. In the fall of 1855 he moved to Wisconsin and practiced his profession for three years at Ebadan, Dodge county. Then, in 1858, he moved to Boonville, Cooper county, Missouri. While in Boonville he studied dentistry and practiced it there three years. In December, 1864, he removed to Columbia, Boone county, and has practiced dentistry ever since. He has built up a large and lucrative practice, and is deservedly popular socially and professionally. He was mar- ried, April 5th, 1855, to Miss Hattie N., daughter of Frederick and Mary A. (Nelson) Brooks. By this union they have had six children, four boys and two girls ; only two are now living, George M., mer-

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chandising at Round Rock, Williamson county, Texas, and Fred. H., a prominent artist of St. Louis, Missouri.

Dr. Morse's father was born November 28th, 1800, in Steventown, Renssalaer county, N. Y., and went with his parents to Madison, New York, in March, 1806, and was reared a farmer. He married, August 28th, 1820, Miss Sarah, daughter of Calvin and Sarah ( Brownell) Whitcomb. They had five children, three boys and two girls : Elea- nor (deceased), Joseph H. (deceased), Asa W. (deceased, died in Denver, Colorado, ) and Sarah, Our subject, is the third child. Dr. Morse is a descendant of Samuel Morse, of England, who was born in 1585, and emigrated to New England in 1635, and settled in Ded- ham, Massachusetts, in 1637, and died April 5th, 1654. The subject of this sketch, Dr. George S. Morse, is of the eighth generation from Samuel Morse.

JOSEPH SAMUEL MOSS.

J. S. Moss, a prominent merchant and capitalist of Columbia, Mis- souri, was born in Logan county, Kentucky, January 31st, 1831. At the age of seven, came to Greene county, Missouri, where he was raised on a farm. He was educated at the old country log school house. When fifteen years old went to Springfield and entered the store .of Sheppard & Jaggard, dry goods merchants, where he re- mained for five years, when he became a member of the firm, and so continued for five years, when he commenced business under the firm name of J. S. Moss & Co. Conducted this business until the close of the war. During the war did a liberal business. Confeder- ates and Federals took what they wanted and gave vouchers in return. Some of the vouchers were afterwards honored, many were not. He was in Springfield when the battle was fought at Wilson Creek, and saw the body of Gen. Lyon. In February, 1862, he went South into Arkansas and Tennessee. In June, 1863, went to St. Louis and from there to Columbia, Missouri, where he has resided ever since. Was married August 10, 1854, to Miss Clara, daughter of D. D. Berry, a native of Springfield, Missouri. Have had seven children, five of whom are living : Daniel Dorsey, J. S., Jr., Laura, Clara and Wil- liam. Mr. and Mrs. Moss are members of the Christian Church. Mr. Moss is also a member of A. O. U. W.

DAVID R. M'ANALLY, JR.

The subject of this sketch, who has for five years been professor of English literature in the State University, is a son of the eminent

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Dr. David R. McAnally, well known to all as the editor for many years of the St. Louis Christian Advocate. His mother's maiden name was Maria Thompson, a lady of refined sensibilities and de- voted to the care and happiness of her family. David was born at Knoxville, Tennessee, November 21, 1847. Owing to the great war which began when he was in his fourteenth year, he never entered college, but remained home under the tutorage of his distinguished father, which probably gave him greater thoroughness than he could have obtained at the schools. He has, however, received honorary degrees from different institutions, including that of A. M., conferred by the Arcadia (Missouri) College. When only four years old, his father moved his family to St. Louis, and that city has been the home of David R., Jr., ever since ; though he has travelled extensively in the United States, especially in the West, his last vacation having been spent in Colorado.

Prof. McAnally's first efforts in teaching were made at Carondelet High School, where he taught three years as subordinate teacher and two years as principal. In 1872, he took charge of Arcadia College and remained two years. From that time till he took his present position in the University, he was engaged in newspaper work. He wrote a great deal for his father's paper, both before and during the time he was teaching, and for two years was " leader writer " on the Globe-Democrat. His newspaper connection gave him quite a trav- elled experience, and he was frequently " on the move " before he came to Columbia. Prof. M. comes of a family of strong South- ern proclivities. His father is a native of Tennessee and his mother of Virginia, which makes decidedly a Southern combination. They are a Southern Methodist family, though at the beginning of the war Dr. D. R. McAnally, Sr., was a staunch Union man and opposed to slavery. Young David early developed a decided taste for music, and has given much time to its systematic study. While connected with the newspapers, he was regarded as a fine musical critic ; and has been much engaged in writing articles on that subject. He has printed several songs and musical compositions, and still has on hand a number of unpublished musical productions. The first course of lectures on English language and literature ever given in the Univer- sity was delivered by Prof. M. in 1879-80, and were as well at- tended as any course of the institution. Since then, he has continued to give annual courses, and is now connected with the president and others of the faculty in the publication of the University Review.

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His services are in frequent demand in lecturing before the State Teachers' Association, and no young gentleman of his age has greater educational prominence in Missouri. His articles on the " Turco- Russian War," while working for the Globe-Democrat, created a favorable impression all over the country, and brought forth many complimentary comments from press and public.

DR. A. W. M'ALESTER.

Dr. Andrew Walker McAlester was born in Rocheport, Boone county, Missouri, January 1, 1841. He is the son of B. McAlester, a lumber merchant of Columbia. Dr. McAlester was partly educated at the common schools, completing his literary studies at the State University, where he graduated in 1864. He then read medicine under Dr. Norwood and attended the St. Louis Medical College where he received his degree in 1866. He also attended Rush Medical College, Chicago, and Bellevue, New York. In 1873, he visited Europe and attended the medical colleges at London' and Paris. He also visited the schools of Germany. In 1872 was given the chair of surgery and obstetrics in the State University, which position he still holds. Is president of the Linton Medical Association. Has been a member of the American Medical Association. Is a Mason. Has been twice married. First in 1869 to Miss Iza Bell, of Springfield, Missouri. She died in 1870. He was again married in 1873 to Miss Sallie McConathy, of Boone county. They have three sons : Andrew W., Berry, and an infant. Dr. McAlester is a member of the Meth- odist Church.

BRIGHTBERRY M'ALESTER.

Brightberry McAlester, the subject of this sketch, is the son of James G. and Tempest (Jackson ) McAlester. He was born in Simp- son county, Kentucky, October 26, 1809. He was partly reared and educated in his native county, attending a school taught in a rude log house during the winter months of the year. The Commonwealth of Kentucky was then in its infancy, and the resident population were the first settlers and their children. The first families who ventured into the wilds of Kentucky had all they could do to protect their lives, and of course gave little time or attention to education. Mrs. Mc- Alester, the mother of the subject of this sketch, spent much of her early youth in the forts, while the fierce Indian wars threatened ex- termination to the few whites who had dared to invade their hunting grounds. Mrs. McAlester saw Daniel Boone many times, having oc-

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cupied the fort in which the pioneer chieftain was an inmate during those memorable days which gave to Kentucky the name of " the Dark and Bloody Ground." The family emigrated to Howard county, Missouri, in 1828, stopping near Glasgow. Mr. McAlester had pre- viously learned the carpenter's trade in Kentucky, and, leaving his widowed mother at Glasgow, he sought employment at New Frank- lin, Howard county. In 1830 Mr. McAlester went to St. Louis, where he worked at his trade for eighteen months, mainly for the purpose of perfecting himself in the business. He returned to New Franklin, and went to work contracting and building. He also man- aged a steam saw-mill. In 1837 he came to Rocheport, Boone county, where he worked at his trade from 1839 to 1846, being the principal contractor and builder in that section of country. In the spring of 1846 he came to Columbia to build the court-house, being one of the building firm of Richardson, McAlester & Keene. In 1856 he built the county jail, and in 1865 the president's mansion in connection with the State University, that building having been destroyed by fire during the war, and in 1872 had the contract for building the scien- tific building, also in connection with the State University. He has been actively identified with the building interests of the county ever since becoming a citizen of Boone. He has also dealt extensively in lumber and all kinds of building material. In the spring of 1870, James D. Bowling bought out the interest of James B. Ruckel, Mr. McAlester's partner, and since that time the firm has been McAlester, Bowling & Co. In addition to their lumber yard, they handle all kinds of farm machinery, buggies, wagons, and the like. They are doing a large business. Mr. McAlester was married in October, 1832, to Miss Mary A. Walker, of New Franklin, Missouri. They have had five children : James N. (who was lost on a Missouri river boat at Lexington landing) ; Mary F., Sarah B. (deceased), Martha T., wife of James D. Bowling, and Andrew W., who is a professor at the State University, and a practicing physician of Columbia. Mr. McAlester is a Mason and a member of the Methodist church. His wife is also a Methodist. Mr. McAlester's mother died in 1834, and is buriedj near Glasgow. His father died in Kentucky when the sub- ject of this sketch was but a small boy.

GEORGE M. M' CONAUGHEY

Is a son of David and Sarah (Mitcheltree) McConaughey, and was born June 17, 1844, in Jefferson county, Ohio. He left his native

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county when a mere child and went to Belmont county, Ohio. In his twelfth year he went to Wheeling, West Virginia, and in 1859 went to Burning Springs, same State, and worked in the oil wells. In 1861 he enlisted in the Federal army in the Eighteenth Ohio Vol- unteer regiment, but only served three months. 'In 1864 he reënlisted under Capt. Frank Buell, in what was known as Buell's Pierpont Battery, Virginia artillery. He was honorably discharged in 1865. The battery was in twenty-three battles and skirmishes. He was wounded while on a scout and taken prisoner by Col. Mosby, but es- caped the second night. In the winter of 1865-6, he went on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad as fireman for three or four years, then as engineer for one year. When making his run near Moundsville, Virginia, the engine jumped the track and he barely escaped with his life. In December, 1870, he came to St. Louis and worked upon the third pier of the great bridge for six months. In August, 1871, he came to Columbia, Boone county, Missouri, and clerked in the hard- ware store of C. C. Newman until May, 1875. He then went back to Belmont, Ohio, and married Miss R. J., daughter of Alexander and Rebecca Crossan. They have had four children, two boys and two girls, Minnie M., David B. (dead ), Anna B. and Sylvester W. Upon returning from Ohio, he obtained his old position as clerk in the store of Newman & Garth until the fall of 1875, when he went into the sewing machine business for about a year. He then went to firing for the Columbia Gas Company, which position he held until 1878, when he was appointed superintendent, and has been there until the present time. He sold and set up the first gas engine ever used in the county, viz. : the one used in the Columbia elevator. He does all the steam and gas fitting for the city, and is engineer and superin- tendent of the Columbia Gaslight and Coke Company. The works , were built in 1875 by a stock company, with a capital stock of $15,- 000. The enterprise was put on foot by Sylvester Watts. Mr. Mc- Conaughey is agent for the Otto Silent Gas Engine. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias, Knights of Honor, and Ancient Order of United Workmen. He and his wife are members of the Presbyterian church.

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History of Boone County, Missouri., Part 88

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