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Mr. Schwien was married in 1893
college, but his father having lost heavily by the default of an official upon whose bond he was, the young man was disappointed. Having aided his father in recovering the home- stead our subject then purchased the Union Mills in Platte County, and this venture was successful. Desiring wid- er field, he sold the Union Mills and came to St. Joseph, purchasing an in- terest in the City Mills at Third and Antoine Streets, forming a partnership
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with Isaac Van Riley; in 1876 he be- came the sole proprietor. In 1883 the present large modern mill of the R. T. Davis Mills Company was built and Mr. Davis was at the head of this business until his death. Politically, Mr. Davis was a staunch Democrat. He was county collector in 1878-82, and was elected to the state senate in 1882, but resigned after serving in one session. He took great interest in the advancement of St. Joseph and
ilies of which Buchanan county is justly proud. He was born on a farm near DeKalb, September 19, 1883. His early education was in the schools of Buchanan county, and in 1901-2-3 he attended the Warrensburg State Nor- mal school. The following year he took up school teaching in Doniphan, Kans. Later he taught one year in Buchanan In 1905 he went with
county, Mo.
the DeKalb State Bank
as book- keeper, which position he held for one
WILLIAM E. THOMPSON
was a leader in movements for the public welfare. It was his ambition to be mayor, and he made unsuccess- ful efforts in 1888 and in 1890. He was married first in February, 1859, to Miss C. L. Bordston, who died in 1861, and again in 1863 to Miss Mary J. Bordston, his first wife's sister. He died Dec: 14, 1894.
WILLIAM E. THOMPSON, cashier of the Drovers and Merchants Bank, comes from one of those splendid fam.
year. In 1906 he was elected cashier of the Bank of Faucett, Faucett, Mo., in which capacity he served two years. In 1908, when the Drovers and Mer- chants Bank needed a careful, thor- ough and conservative man for cash- ier, Mr. Thompson was elected, and he has since filled the office to the entire satisfaction of all concerned. He was married to Miss Mary E. Albus of St. Joseph in 1910. They have one child, a son. Fraternally Mr. Thompson is
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a Mason, an Elk and Knight of Pyth- ias. Of the bank with which he is connected a recent publication said : "Guided and managed by citizens of sterling worth, character and integ- rity, properly describes the Drovers and Merchants Bank. This reliable financial institution has had a steady growth in strength and usefulness since its inception, and today is rec- ognized as one of the best banking institutions in our city.
vania, June 28, 1859. His father, Ellis Chandlee, was a school teacher and also a native of Pennsylvania. Mr. Chandlee was educated in the com- mon schools of York county, and learned the trade of paper hanger. He came to St. Joseph in 1877 and worked at his trade for a time. Later he en- gaged in business for himself. He is a Democrat, and his political experi- ence is confined to membership in the city council, where he once repre-
EDMUND G. CHANDLEE
"This bank does a general banking business and is equipped with every device and convenience for the accu- rate handling of all the business en- 1 ·
. trusted to its care, and enjoys the confidence of our citizens in every walk of life."
EDMUND G. CHANDLEE, proprie- tor of one of the largest and best wall paper and paint stores in the city, was born in York County, Pennsyl-
sented the Sixth ward.
Mr. Chandlee was married in 1883 to Miss Catherine Stern.
THEODORE STEINACKER, civil engineer, born May 4, 1853, at St. Louis; came to St. Joseph in 1858 and was educated in St. Joseph High school and Rensselaer Polytechnic In- stitute, Troy, N. Y., graduating from the latter in 1873. Mr. Steinacker was county surveyor from 1881 to 1888, and was again elected in 1896.
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MAX ANDRIANO was born at Mannheim, Germany, in 1855, and after obtaining his education, came directly to St. Joseph to live with his uncle, Albert Andriano. He remained here until 1874, when he moved to the East, and in 1875 he entered the United States army, where he spent five years on the northwestern fron- tier, then known as Dakota Territory. He served under General Otis at Standing Rock, Indian Agency, and at
(By Max Andriano)
God bless St. Joe, the Pearl of the West,
The Real City Worth While.
For of all kind hosts she has proved the best,
To extend the glad hand with a cheerful smile.
Her fame extends beyond her bounds By miles and miles of space.
No matter where man makes his rounds,
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MAX ANDRIANO.
Fort Abraham Lincoln as headquar- ters clerk, also as chief clerk in the quartermaster's department under General J. Franklin Bell; also at Fort Rice. After the terrible massacre of General Custer's command in 1876, he helped to disarm the Sioux Indians.
Mr. Andriano has been continually engaged in the banking business in St. Joseph since 1881, and is now con- nected with the First National Bank of this city in an official capacity.
He cannot find a better place. When nature planned for mother earth :
A glorious resting place to find- Where hope and faith might find its birth,
To bless the choice of human kind. The compass with Utopian guide Placed in Dame Fortune's hand, Pointed quickly with most gleeful
pride
Upon God's chosen land.
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For the God of the winds whispered to the Dame-
"Where the waves of the great Mis- souri flow,
The good, the brave and the faithful shall go
To dwell forever in glory and fame.'
Where the grass is green the whole year long,
The breezes on angel's wings bring health;
This cradle of heroes and princes of trade,
Of men fit for life's every station; And women, whom God, like lilies in beauty has made,
None better in all this great nation. Such is our great city, in short called St. Joe,
The best spot in all this great land; Where peace and plenty, good cheer and content,
Forever go hand in hand.
JOHN T. OVERBECK
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Where the heart is thrilled by the feathered tribes' song,
Where honest labor brings comfort and wealth.
Where the spirit of love is breathed in the air,
And friendship extends its brotherly hand
To the downtrodden races of every land,
And God's blessing hand is felt everywhere.
I have nów resolved forevermore
To keep my mind and heart content, To bask in the sun of Missouri's shore, Where kind Dame Fortune has pitched my tent.
December 18.
JOHN T. OVERBECK, dealer in fancy groceries at 901 Frederick Ave- nue, is a native of Platte County and was born November 17, 1875. He was educated in the schools of Platte County, and came to St. Joseph in
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1894. He was first engaged by the Schuster-Hax Bank, and later by the First National, as clerk. He held this position for four years, and in 1898 began railroading, which pursuit he followed for ten years. He engaged in his present business enterprise in 1914. Fraternally Mr. Overbeck be- longs to the Elks, Moose, Eagles and Knights of Pythias.
DR. LOUIS C. BAUMAN, with of- fices in the Lincoln Building, is a na-
cians of the city and as his success has come wholly through his own ef- forts, it is well deserved. He was in the drug trade here for twelve years, commencing in- 1889 with the Van Natta-Lynd Drug Company.
ELWOOD L. McDONALD, president of the Midland Printing Company, his literally grown up in the printing and publishing business. He was born in Holt County, Missouri, August 21, 1869, and was educated in a district
DR. LOUIS C. BAUMAN
tive Missourian, St. Joseph being his birthplace, and the date January 19, 1875. He was educated in the schools of St. Joseph and in 1896 graduated from the Northwestern University of Chicago, pharmacy department. In 1900 he entered the Central Medical College, from which institution he was graduated in 1904. He began the prac- tice of his profession in St. Joseph at once and has been here ever since. He is one of the rising young physi-
school. When but a lad he did odd jobs to earn enough money to buy a small hand-lever printing press, a crude little affair which he still re- tains as a souvenir as his early efforts. In 1889 he began a regular apprentice- ship in the office of the Holt County Sentinel, at Oregon, Mo. Later he came to St .. Joseph and worked in the principal shops in the city until 1895 when he changed to the news gather- ing and editorial branch of the busi-
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ness. His first reportorial work was done on the Daily News. Then he changed to the Gazette and partici- pated in the stirring campaign of 1896, when the late Col. Cochran, then edi- tor of that paper, was elected to con- gress. In 1899 he was made city edi- tor of the Gazette and later served as Sunday editor and managing editor. He was appointed deputy city clerk in 1901 and in 1911 engaged in the printing business as one of the pro-
116 South Sixth Street, is a native of Andrew County, Missouri. He came to St. Joseph in 1905 and began his business career with the Empire Trust Company the same year. He is one of the exceptionally successful young business men of St. Joseph and his future is full of promise.
FRANK W. BEACH was born in St. Joseph, June 8, 1869, his parents be- ing James T. and Harah H. (Foote) Beach. Mr. Beach was educated in
CHARLES E. WRIGHT
prietors of the Midland Printing Com- pany and has been active in the de- velopment of the concern since that date. From 1913 to 1915 he was also in the printing business in South St. Joseph. He was married November 17, 1896, to Miss Ida V. Kunkel of Oregon. Their family consists of a son, Daniel K., and two daughters, Mary Madeliene and Lillian Josephine.
CHARLES E. WRIGHT, vice-presi- dent of the Empire Trust Company,
St. Joseph, and has held several im- portant positions. He was deputy sheriff under Joseph Andriano, and in 1898 was nominated by the Republi- can party for representative from the Second district. He made a very cred- itable race in a strong Democratic district, being defeated by a very small majority. He was appointed city clerk by Mayor Combe in 1901 and served until 1905. He is now a resj- dent of Texas.
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GRAHAM G. LACY, vice-president of the Tootle-Lemon National Bank, was born in Spootsylvania county, Vir- ginia, August 8, 1858. He is the son of Major James Horace Lacy, and comes from one of the most representative and distinguished Virginia families. Mr. Lacy was reared on the old home- stead plantation, and his early educa- tion was received under the direction of private tutors. He attended the Virginia Military Institute at Lexing-
When the business was reorganized and incorporated as the Tootle-Lemon National Bank in 1912, he became vice- president, which position he still occu- pies. Mr. Lacy is also president and treasurer of the St. Joseph & Grand Island Railway Company, and a direc- tor in the St. Joseph & Savannah In- terurban Railway Company and the Aunt Jemima Milling Company, and president of the Westminister Im- provement Company of St. Joseph. He
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GRAHAM G. LACY
ton, and came to Missouri in 1880. He first located in Sedalia, where he read law and was admitted to the bar in 1882. He came to St. Joseph the same year and engaged in the practice of his profession. In 1889 he associated himself with the private banking house of Tootle, Lemon & Company, which was organized in July of that year. He was first assistant cashier, and the following year was advanced to the important position of cashier.
is a member of the Benton Club, the Country Club and the Highland Golf Club, and an elder in the First Pres- byterian Church. Mr. Lacy was mar- ried November 11, 1886, to Miss Ellen Bell Tootle, daughter of Thomas E. and Ellen (Bell) Tootle of St. Joseph. They have six children, Agnes Church- ill, wife of Ericc Moore of Rochester, N. Y .; Mary Graham, wife of George E. Porter of St. Louis, Mo .; Lucy L., Bibi E., Ellen Tootle and Graham Gor- don, Jr.
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CHARLES DILLON MORRIS, pub- lisher of the St. Joseph Gazette and a man of marked attainments and wide experience, has achieved success in his work and gained a position of note among his fellow men solely by his own efforts. He is a native of Ohio and was born at Buena Vista, Scioto county, where he spent his boyhood days. He attended the common schools of Ohio until fifteen years old, when . he came to Missouri and attended a
he published for thirteen years as a daily and weekly newspaper. In 1904 he once more sought a larger field of endeavor and in company with E. E. E. McJimsey and John E. Swanger bought the St. Joseph Gazette. He has since purchased nearly all of the stock of his former partners and is the sole manager and publisher of the paper. The Gazette has prospered un- der his management as has every other newspaper with which he has
CHARLES D. MORRIS
private school at Quitman, Nodaway County, earning his board by doing chores for August Johnson, with whom he made his home. He began teach- ing at the age of eighteen and after one term in a district school became principal of the Quitman schools, where he served two years. He then purchased the Quitman Record and published it for three years. Desiring a larger field, he sold the Record and bought the Trenton Tribune, which
been connected. Mr. Morris was mar- ried December, 1889, to Miss Mary Gladdice Cox, a daughter of Rev. John H. and Nannia Cox. Mr. and Mrs. Morris have two children, Earl D., and Edwin L. Mr. Morris cast his first presidential vote for James G. Blaine, and for many years has been active. in local, state and national politics. He has been chairman of the city, county, congressional and state Re -. publican committees. Missouri went
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Republican three times while Mr. Mor- ris was connected with the state com- mittee. He was appointed postmaster at Trenton by President Mckinley and re-appointed by President Roosevelt, but resigned before the end of his term in order to devote his time to his personal affairs. He has been president of the St. Joseph Commerce Club and has always been in the fore- front of any move calculated to ad- vance the interests of his chosen city.
Vegas, New Mexico, and engaged in the banking business. He remained there four years and was reckoned one of the most successful men in this field of endeavor in that part of the country. Desiring a change, however, he accepted a position as traveling salesman, which avocation claimed his attention and efforts until 1901, when he went to East St. Louis and again engaged in banking. He came to St. Joseph in 1911 to accept the office of
JAMES E. COMBS
· Fraternally Mr. Morris is an Elk, a Mason, an Odd Fellow and a Knight of Pythias.
JAS. E. COMBS, cashier of the First National bank, was born in Collins- ville, Ill., May 6, 1867. His early edu- cation was in the schools of his na- tive city and he was graduated from the Carbondale State Normal in 1887. After leaving college he went to Las
cashier in the First National Bank, the position he holds. He was mar- ried to Miss Nannie Powell, a daughter. of Dr. A. M. Powell, of Collinsville, Ill., April 30, 1891. They have an in- teresting family of three children, two sons and one daughter. Fraternally Mr. Combs has membership cards in the Masons, Elks, Royal Arcanum, Modern Woodmen, Red Men and Knights of Pythias.
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WILLIS H. SHERWOOD, insurance agent, at 402 Francis Street, is a na- tive of North Carolina. He was born at Wilmington. His parents were Wil- lis M. and Charles C. Sherwood. They were New Yorkers and removed with their family to St. Joseph in 1858. Here the subject of this sketch was educated. In 1864 he entered the tin shop of Jack Fraley, on the west side of Market Square, where Chase's
matic coffee and tea economizer and distiller. In 1877 he returned to St. Joseph and engaged in the manufac- ture and sale of his tea and coffee urn and afterwards placed the manufac- ture of the same with Manning & Bowman of Meriden, Conn., and with Duparquet & Hus of New York. He took a position as traveling salesman with Manning & Bowman. He re- mained on the road for ten years and
WILLIS H. SHERWOOD -Photo by Mulvane.
candy factory now is located. He served an apprenticeship as copper- smith, heavy sheet iron worker and tinner. In 1873 he was foreman for C. H. Schultz, afterwards Schultz & Hosea. In 1874 he went to Waco, Tex., and took charge of the large hard- ware and tin house of Fred Quarles, and remained two years. While there he patented the great Sherwood auto-
then returned to St. Joseph and took charge of the insurance business of his father, Willis M. Sherwood, which business has claimed his attention ever since. He was married Feb. 4,. 1912. He resides at 1822 Jones Street in a lovely home built on ground that. was originally a part of the old Sher- wood home place.
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EMORY M. PLATT, principal of Platt's Commercial College, in the Bartlett Building, was born in Man- hattan, Kans., November 4, 1865. He attended the State Agricultural Col- lege at Manhattan and later took a course in a college in Oberlin, Ohio. He removed to Topeka, where he re- mained until 1891, when he came to St. Joseph and engaged in the sale of typewriters, later establishing the
ly upon the success of these in later years for their reputation and stand- ing in the educational world. Such methods cannot help but leave a last- ing and pleasing. effect upon the people.
Every parent of our city should con- gratulate themselves because of being a resident in the vicinity of Platt's Commercial College, at which their boy or girl may be equipped for life's
EMORY M. PLATT
Platt Commercial College, of which he is president. He is a man of culture, fully competent to assume charge of the important position, and has served :in this capacity with ease and given :the utmost satisfaction to all con- cerned.
The Platt Commercial College has made it a policy to give the young people such a sound and thorough ed- ucation and training, depending large-
struggles.
In politics Mr. Platt is a Republican. He was married in St. Joseph, August 9, 1891, to Miss Elizabeth Landon Prescott, and they have two children, Emory Melzar Platte, Jr., and Evart Platt.
PHILLIP STROP is a native of Ohio. His father, Christopher Strop, a baker, was a native of Germany. His mother, whose maiden name was
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Margareth Klein, was a native of France. Mr. Strop was engaged in brickmaking here for many years, and has furnished the material for many of the best buildings in the city. He is the father of Hon. Charles F. Strop, ex-judge of the circuit court.
GEORGE ADNEY NELSON, cashier of the Burnes National Bank, is a na- tive of Missouri. He was born near Weston, in Platte County, April 3,
tail, he applied himself assiduously to every task given him, and the inevit- able result was a rapid rise to more important positions. As a result of this rigorous early training he is now reckoned one of the best men in the banking business, not only in St. Jo- seph but in the Middle West. So well was his ability recognized that when the Burnes National Bank was or- ganized in 1906 he was selected for
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GEORGE ADNEY NELSON
1871. His early education was re- ceived in the public schools of Platte county and later he attended the High school in St. Joseph and the Missouri : State University. In 1893 he began his business career, filling the meek and lowly position of messenger for the State Bank, which institution he served faithfully and well until it quit business. Determined to learn the business thoroughly in its every de-
the important position of cashier, and his efforts have been a material factor in the growth of this financial insti- tution. Mr. Nelson was married to Miss Lucy E. Merriam of St. Joseph, June 17, 1896. ‹ They have four chil- dren, Fred M., Emma E., Nora C., and Roy F. He is a Mason, an Elk and a Woodman. He is a member of the Benton Club, Country Club and Mon- roe Club.
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DR. GEORGE M. BOTELER, with offices at 825 Frederick Avenue, is a native of Missouri, and was born in St. Joseph June 10, 1887. In 1897 he went with his parents, Dr. and Mrs. William C. Boteler, to Frederick, Maryland, where he was educated. In 1906 he entered the Central Medical College and was graduated from that institution in 1910. He at once began practicing in St. Joseph, and in 1911- 12 was city physician. He was also
announcement that this industry is to revived after an idleness of several years, brings Mr. Buell's early activi- ties to the fore.
Mr. Buell's father was a manufac- turer of woolens and it was in his father's mill that he mastered the de- tails of the industry. He came to St. Joseph in 1848 and first started a small sawmill on the Blacksnake. Later he had a flour mill at Weston. This did not agree with his health and
DR. GEORGE M. BOTELER
physician for the Social Welfare Board for three years. He is a grand- son of George W. McCrary, who was secretary of war under President Hayes.
GEORGE W. BUELL, one of the men who have made St. Joseph indus- trially, was born in Rodman, Jeffer- son County, New York, and died in St. Joseph July 4, 1900. He was the founder of the Buell Woolen Mills on South Eleventh Street, and the recent
he returned to St. Joseph and started a woolen mill on the site of his old sawmill. It proved profitable from the beginning.
At the solicitation of John S. Lemon, who had acquired a woolen mill at Blue Rapids, Kans., and others, Mr. Buell incorporated the Buell Manu- facturing Company, of which he be- came president and held the office un- til his death. Though Mr. Buell was handicapped in many ways by the lack
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of experience on the part of the other directors, his skillful management proved equal to all emergencies and the company soon had a capital stock of $200,000. The products of this mill were sold in every part of the United States and Alaska. The plant used a million pounds of wool a year and gave employment to 175 men and women. A new plant costing a quar- ter of a million dollars was erected in 1882. It covers seventeen acres and
again, and there appears no reason why its prosperity of a few years ago should not be duplicated.
BERNARD MORAN, capitalist, 731 South Fifteenth street, is a native of Connecticut. He was born December 10, 1847. At the age of three years he went with his parents to Berlin, Wis., where he was educated. He was pilot on the Mississippi River from War- saw, Wis., to St. Louis, Mo., and Du- buque, Iowa, for ten years. He came
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for many years was one of the lead- ing industries of St. Joseph.
After the death of Mr. Buell the property fell into other hands, and owing to difficulty in securing raw material and for other reasons, its operation was discontinued. Recently a company, headed by some eastern men of experience, has been formed, with ample capital to start the mill
to Missouri in 1869, locating in Mary- ville. He first engaged in farming, in which he was more than ordi -. narily successful. He served as road- overseer for eight years, and in 1890 was elected sheriff of Nodaway
county for one term of two years. Mr. Moran was married to Laura E. Beck- ett of Maryville, October 16, 1867. To them has been born six children, five
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of whom are living. Mr. Moran is a Woodman of the World and is promi- nent in his activity in behalf of the Catholic church, of which he is a com- municant. Since coming to St. Joseph he has been one of the most enter- prising citizens here and has ever shown his interest in the growth and advancement of the city of his adop- tion.
EUGENE H. ZIMMERMAN, cashier of the Tootle-Lemon National Bank,
The Central Savings Bank was located on Edmond Street between Sixth and Seventh, and Mr. Zimmerman went to it its assistant cashier. He re. mained with this institution until it liquidated in 1898. The following year he accepted the position of assistant cashier of Tootle, Lemon & Company, private bankers, and when this busi- ness was nationalized in 1904 under the name of the Tootle-Lemon Nation- al Bank. Mr. Zimmerman was ap-
EUGENE H. ZIMMERMAN-
was born in St. Joseph, Missouri, June 12, 1871. He attended the public schools of this city and entered the banking businss with Schuster, Hax & Company, Bankers, at Third and Felix Streets, in 1887, as a messenger boy. He remained with this bank until 1890, then went with the Central Savings Bank, an institution affiliated with the Schuster-Hax National Bank, which had succeeded to the private banking business of Schuster, Hax & Company.
pointed' its cashier.
Mr. Zimmerman was married in February, 1901 to Miss Rufina Mic- Donald, of St. Joseph.
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