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HISTORY OF CALDWELL COUNTY.
21 years of age his determination to do for himself led him to leave home and he came westward to Missouri, in 1860, but subsequently returned as far as Illinois, from whence he went to Kansas. In 1865 he became located permanently in Caldwell county, and his long resi- dence here has proven to the residents of the county their good fortune in receiving such a man into the community. Mr. W. has done much in a quiet way for the advancement of all matters tending to the public good, especially in the field of agriculture. He now owns 160 acres of improved land, two acres of which are devoted to an orchard, and surrounding the place are two miles of hedge. One excel- lent dwelling house is upon the farm, and a fine barn, and with- out doubt the farm is the very best hereabouts. It is located seven miles and a half from Kingston. Mr. Wonsetler was married to Miss Sarah L. Morrow, January 7, 1869. She was the daughter of William Morrow, deceased. They have two children : William W., born De- cember 25, 1873, and Arthur C., born September 22, 1875. Clifford O., born August 15, 1880, and Herbert E., born August 7, 1883, both died in 1885. Mr. W.'s parents were Mathias and Mary ( Eden- burn ) Wonsetler, the former of whom was born in Ohio on March 4, 1804, and died in Indiana in 1853. The mother died April 22, 1870. Of their ten children eight are living, four sons and four daughters. Jacob Wonsetler has a one-third interest in a half section of land in Kansas, on which he is feeding a number of head of cattle. His wife was born in Nicholas county, Ky. Her father died in April, 1871, but her mother, Mary F. Morrow, lives in this county, aged 58 years. She has two daughters and one son alive at this time.
SAMUEL Q. WONSETLER
(Farmer and Stock-raiser, Section 8, Post-office, Bonanza).
The estate which is owned by the subject of this sketch is one of the finest in Lincoln township, and, indeed, in this portion of Caldwell county, and it is but the repetition of a truth well known to say that no man is more deserving of the possessions which he enjoys than Mr. Wonsetler. His land covers 320 acres, so located that mainly ~ traveled roads run on the east, west and south sides of it. The place is situated seven miles from Kingston, twelve miles from Hamilton, and is all under improvement, his residence especially being worthy of mention, as it is hardly surpassed by any. An abundance of water furnishes a supply for stock. Mr. Wonsetler is not yet even a middle-aged man, for he was born August 10, 1850, the place of his birth being in Fayette county, Pa. When he was but two years old his father removed with his family to Boone county, Ind., from whence, in 1860, they came to Missouri, settling in Cass county. The father departed this life in 1855. Samuel was 17 years old when he began in life for himself. In 1864 he settled in this county and at first worked for Boland Brown by the month, then remaining in the employ of John McBride for two years. Subsequently he rented the James Cox farm on Shoal for some seven years, and was finally enabled to purchase a
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farm in New York township, which he di posed of in about two years to remove into Hamilton. There he engaged in buying and selling horses and also in the lumber business for four years. In 1879 he bought his present farm and moved upon it in 1882. Such has been a brief outline of his life history and its perusal may well give encour- agement to other young men who are desirous of starting out for themselves. Mr. Wonsetler was married December 21, 1875, to Miss Rutha J. Edwards, a daughter of Isaac B. Edwards, a Virginian by birth. She was born May 24, 1852. They have two children : Ollie J., boru January 22, 1876, and Samuel L., born November 22, 1878. Isaac B. Edwards was a farmer by occupation and was killed by falling from a load of hay January 15, 1873. His wife, formerly Nancy Moore, is still living. Their three sons survive, Solomon, Amos and Hayward, and their daughters, Rosemand Bowers, Ollie Peabody and Matilda Hawks; one sister, Celia, died in infancy.
ROBERT YOAKUM
(Farmer and Stock-raiser, Section 5, Post-office, Bonanza).
The principal events of Mr. Yoakum's life might be separated into three divisions or periods - from his birth until his marriage ; from that time to his removal to this State ; and the last from that date to the present time, and doubtless ali would be willing to concede that the last period has been by far the most enjoyable one, as he himself would admit. From an early age he has closely applied himself to the occupation which he naturally follows - farming - and to-day is the owner of a landed estate numbering 200 acres, all under improve- ment. To the cultivation of this place he gives his personal attention, and his thoroughness and skill in its management is seen on every hand. It is divided between the raising of grain and the growing of grass for stock purposes. Two houses are upon the farm for renters, on the road running north and south. Mr. Yoakum was born in Ten- nessee in 1835, and continued to make his home in that State until com- ing to Missouri in 1872. Some years before that, May 10, 1860, he was united in marriage with Miss Mary M. Rogers, and they now have 8 children : Aaron F., born June 29, 1861, married in this township; Newton Harrison, born January 26, 1864 ; Lucinda E., born April 2, 1866, wife of Harmon Rotzlaff, of Davis township; Minerva A., born February 17, 1869 ; George M., born March 1, 1872 ; Mary Florence, born September 19, 1874; Thomas A., born February 9, 1877; and Rhoda L., born April 24, 1880. Mr. Yoakum's father, Aaron Yoakum, was also born in Tennessee and was a farmer by occupation. He died in 1883 at the age of 80 years. His mother, formerly Lucinda Duke, also of Tennessee, departed this life in 1859.
CHAPTER XVIII.
KIDDER TOWNSHIP.
Description - First Settlements- First Land Entries -- The Yankees - Organiza- tion - Sketch of M. E. Church at Barwick Chapel -The Town of Kidder -- Congregational Church - Historical Sketch of Kidder Institute - Biographical.
Kidder township is the northwest corner township of Caldwell county, and comprises township 57, range 29. It surface is rolling or broken, partaking of the general character of that of other por- tions of the county. There is considerable timber along Brushy creek and the Steer creeks, and on their tributaries.
Some very beautiful lands are in this township, and some excellent farms. Much of the land in the northern part of the township has been but recently opened to cultivation.
Brushy creek, with its north or northeastern tributary, called Long branch, flows through the western part of the township from north to south, emptying into Shoal creek in the northern part of Mirabile. The Steer creeks, East and West, drain the eastern portion of the town- ship, uniting in the southeastern corner and emptying into Shoal creek, a mile or more below.
FIRST SETTLEMENTS.
The first settlements were made in the lower part of this township by the Mormons in the fall of 1836 and during 1837. Col. Lyman Wight settled on section 28, on lower Brushy creek, in August, 1836. Anthony Head located on west Steer creek, in section 26, about the same time. A few other Mormons made settlements in the summer or fall of 1836, but a majority came in 1837. In 1840 there was still standing a shanty on the ne. 1/4 of section 14 which was built by Joseph Clark in the fall of 1836.
During the Mormon war some of the men of this community, being ordered to repair to Far West to assist in repelling the Gentiles, built a number of shanties in the northern part of section 27, half way between Brushy and Steer creeks, and into these they removed their
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families while at the front. For a long time the locality was known as " Shantytown."
Following is a list of entries of land in this township made before the year 1840 : --
Name.
Description.
Date.
Philo Dibble
sw. ¿ sec. 3 & e .¿ se. sec. 4
Feb. 15, 1837
Owen D. Stout
e. { sw.& nw. sw. scc. 4
Feb. 21, 1837
Samuel Egbert
se. sw. sec. 7
Jan. 17, 1837
James Annis
sw. ne. sec. 9
Feb. 17, 1837
Justus Morse
e .¿ ne. sec. 10
Nov. 16, 1837
Freeborn Demill
se. se. sec. 13
Feb. 13, 1837
Granville M. Jones Joseph Clark
e. ¿ nc. & n1. ¿ se. sec. 14
Jan. 11, 1837 Aug. 8, 1837
Wm. G. McDaniel
w. ¿ sw. sec. 18
May 12, 1836
George W. Parker
w .¿ nw. & e. & sw. scc. 18
Nov. 17, 1836
John Patton
e .¿ nw. sec. 18
Nov. 11, 1836 Sept. 6, 1836
Wm. H. Carson
sw. ne. sec. 18
Mar. 18, 1837
Benj. Middaugh
nw. se. sec. 18 .
April 9, 1839
Wm. Egbert
sw. sw. sec. 20 .
Feb. 17, 1837
John Killion
w. ¿ nw. & w. }sw. sec. 21
Sept. 5, 1836
John McDaniel, Jr
e. ¿ se. sec. 21
May 12, 1836
Andrew Morse .
sw. se. sec. 21
Mar. 6, 1837
Norvil Head.
sw. sw. sec. 22
Feb. 8, 1837
Joseph Peck.
sw. ne. sec. 23 .
Feb. 21, 1837
Samuel Billings
nw. ne. sec. 24
Feb. 13, 1837
Titus Billings
e. ¿ ne. sec. 24
Feb. 13, 1837
John Pea .
se. ne. sec. 25
May 22, 1837
Anthony Head .
ne. sw. sec. 26
Oct. 26, 1836
Wm. Timberman
e. ¿ se. sec. 27 .
April 3, 1839
Lyman Wight .
nw. nw. sec.27, w. ¿ ne. sec. 28, ne. sw. sec. 28 .
Aug. 23, 1836
Elias Higby .
sw. nw. sec. 27
Jan. 13, 1837
Asa Barton .
ne. sw. sec. 29 .
May 22, 1837
Loren Babbitt .
ne. sw. sec. 29
Sept. 21, 1837
David Trampton
se. sw. sec. 29
Feb. 7, 1837
David Jones
sw. sw. sec. 31
Jan. 3, 1837
Charles W. Patton
se. sw. sec. 31 .
Mar. 10, 1837 Jan. 25, 1837
Jacob Whitmer
nw. sw. sec. 34
June 14, 1837
Peter H. Burnett .
e. ¿ se. sec. 28
Feb. 2, 1837
John McDaniel, Sr.
e. ¿ ne. sec. 28 .
May 23, 1836
Edward Laskey
sw. sw. sec. 34 .
Aug. 20, 1836
John S. Owen .
e. ¿ sw. sec. 34
Feb. 4, 1837
Jeremiah Mackley
w. ¿ se. sec. 36 .
June 23, 1837
John Lytle
¿ se. sec. 36
June 23, 1837
Saml. Shepherd
e. ¿ nw. sec. 35
Jan. 11, 1837
Wm. Campbell.
se. sw. sec. 26
Jan. 2, 1838
Uriah B. Powell
ne. se. sec. 35
Aug. 14, 1837
John Egbert
sw. nw. sec. 20 & se. ne. sec. 19
Mar. 17, 1836
George Carson .
nw. ne. sec. 18
w. ¿ nw. sec. 13
Mar. 13, 1837
John Archer
se. sw. sec. 17
Wm. W. Patton
se. se. sec. 32
AFTER THE MORMONS.
In 1839 Judge Henry Parker and his brother-in-law settled in an abandoned Mormon shanty in the southwest corner of the township, section 31. Hugh Venable came from Kentucky in 1830 and bought a number of Mormon claims in section 32 and improved them. Some
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of these lands were subsequently owned by Ezra Munson, Esq. Mr. Venable was a prominent citizen of the county and a leading man in his community at one time, but finally met with financial reverses and removed to Oregon in about 1853.
Charles McCrea came from Ohio to Saline county in 1839, and the following year came to section 27, in this township, and improved a place. J. J. Reed came from Kentucky in 1844, to the northwest quarter of section 29, in the southwest part of the township, west of Brushy creek and nearly six miles southwest of Kidder. The Knoch brothers came from Pennsylvania to the southeast quarter of section 23, in 1845.
In 1859-60 the Kidder Land Company, a New England corporation, organized not merely as an emigrant aid society, but chiefly for specu- lative purposes, purchased and entered large tracts of land along the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad, and soon thereafter there came a num- ber of colonists from Massachusetts and settled in the northeastern por- tion of the township. These " Yankees " were given a dubious sort of reception by their neighbors, but in time their enterprise, intelligence, and general worth were recognized, and their services in building up the county are now duly appreciated. On the other hand some of the Yankees were even more clannish and exclusive than the " natives," and held all Missourians in complete contempt as heathens and barbarians, and seemed to commiserate everybody who was not born in New England.
ORGANIZATION .
Kidder was first organized as a municipal township in May, 1867, and then comprised all the territory in range 29, north of Shoal creek ; but in May, 1870, it was reduced to its present limits. Up to 1867 it comprised a part of Rockford. It was named for the town of Kidder. Since the recent township organization the township officers have been as follows: -
1881 - Trustee, Silas Munsell : clerk, C. R. Parker ; collector, J. R. McDaniel ; justices of the peace, James Wilson, Elias Brown ; con- stable, James Waers.
1883-Trustee, Silas Munsell ; clerk, Theo. P. Allen ; collector, A. D. Stafford ; justices of the peace, James Wilson, Elias Brown ; constable, James Waers.
1885 - Trustee, Silas H. Munsel ; clerk, C. R. Parker ; collector, Adam Ream ; justices of the peace, Joseph Myers, S. C. Fisher ; con- stable, James Waers.
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HISTORY OF CALDWELL COUNTY.
METHODIST CHURCH - BARWICK CHAPEL.
The following extract from a letter of Rev. Wm. A. O. Munsell, the founder of this church, gives something of a sketch of its history, and as this is all the data concerning the church that has been obtained, it is proper to insert it as written by the reverend gentle- man :
* I came to Caldwell county, April 10, 1867 ; held meet- ings as a local preacher at the school-house known as Plumb's school- house occasionally, and partly organized the society by collecting the Methodists of the neighborhood, who were W. A. O. Munsell and wife, S. H. Munsell, Enoch Plummer and wife, old Mrs. McCrea, Mrs. Tygart and Stephen Frank and wife. In December, 1870, and January, 1871, I held a protracted meeting, assisted by Bro. Frank Feltus. Rev. E. Rozell, the then traveling minister on the circuit, was with us at his regular appointments. More than twenty persons united with the church at this time, some of whom were Maj. Wm. Plumb and wife, Charles Baker and wife, Mrs. Lorinda McCrea, Mrs. Hunter and Mrs. Maria Burket. . Afterward there was regular preaching at the school-house until the chapel was built in the summer of 1879. This cost something over $1,200. The society now num- bers about 100 members.
THE TOWN OF KIDDER.
The town of Kidder is situated in the northeastern corner of the township, on section 1, the plat extending even across the line into Daviess county. The town site is really almost a mile square, and there is plenty of room for a large city, which, to judge from the fine situation and the size of the plat, its founders intended it should become.
Prior to 1860 the only railroad station in this neighborhood wag at the residence of Hon. P. S. Kenney a mile or more west of the present town site. Here was a post-office called Emmett, and a store, both presided over by Judge Kenney. Trains often stopped and pas- sengers and freight were taken on and discharged. Mr. Kenney offic- iated as station agent.
Kidder was laid out August 3, 1860, by Geo. S. Harris, for F. W. Hunnewell and Ed. L. Baker, trustees of the Kidder Land Company of Boston, and named for H. P. Kidder. It is said that the first house was built a few weeks later by a Mr. Richardson, but early in September A. W. Rice, who was the local agent of the land company, built and opened a hotel called the Kidder House, and it is claimed
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that this was the first building of any kind, except the depot, and that Mr. Rice's was the first family in the place. The nearest house to Rice's was Judge Kenney's nearly two miles away. Mr. Rice's hotel is even yet remembered for its excellence and popularity. Its good cheer was as noted, and well nigh as extensive as the good nature of its landlord.
The railroad depot was built in August, 1860, soon after the laying out of the town, and the first railroad and express agent was James Beaumont. The post-office was removed from Kenney's and the name changed from Emmett to Kidder, about this time. It is claimed that Simeon Miller opened the first grocery store in the fall of 1860, but Charles Kennedy and James Drummond were the first general mer- chants. Drummond opened in February, 1861. Mr. Kennedy sold to P. S. Kenney afterwards, and the hall above the store was often used for public meetings. This building was burned some years since. Judge Kenney states that his sales amounted to $30,000 annually.
In April, 1861, when the Civil War broke out, Kidder contained a dozen houses, but during the war its progress was not much impeded. The village was loyal, and was never raided. The public school-house was built in 1862, at a cost of $800, the money being furnished by the land company. After the war there were additional improvements. In 1869 the building of Thayer College was begun. In 1870 the Con- gregational and Methodist Churches were built, or begun. The Catho- lics held services in Kenney's Hall. Since then the progress of the town has not been remarkable, and there are few incidents in its his- tory not already mentioned that are especially noteworthy.
The present population of Kidder is about 250. It has one large general store, a steam grist mill, shops, etc. It would perhaps be difficult to find a more intelligent, enlightened, and cultivated com- munity than the village and its environs, taken as a whole, and the location and advantages of the place being considered. Good schools and churches and a healthy moral sentiment exist, and good order and an admirable state of society prevail.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
The First Congregational Church of Kidder was organized in 1865, three of the constituent members being A. W. Rice, Ed. Allen and D. S. Richardson. Its present membership is 65. The church, a frame, was built in 1882, costing $1,700. The pastors have been Revs. Geo. G. Perkins, Saml. D. Cochran, D.D., O. H. Harrington and H.
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C. Brown. What was formerly Thayer College, now Kidder Insti- tute, is an outgrowth or offspring of this church, whose influence has always been for good, and whose efforts in that direction have uni- formly been effective and successful. The Sabbath-school, which has about 80 scholars in regular attendance, is superintended by C. L. Shaw.
G. A. R. POST.
John A. Dix Post No. 76, Grand Army of the Republic, was organ- ized in May, 1882, with 44 members ; John Burns, post commander. The past year the post completed a good hall, 24x70 feet in size, costing $1,500. Recently it has established a Grand Army Literary Club, before which it is proposed to have monthly lectures. The post now has a healthy organization, a good strong membership, is in first rate financial condition, and is located in a community whose members sympathize with its objects and admire its character.
KIDDER INSTITUTE.
The institution now known as Kidder Institute was founded, and formerly known as Thayer College, and was so conducted for five years, from 1871 to 1876.
In 1860, Mr. George S. Harris, superintendent of the New England Land Company, while passing through this section of the State, con- ceived the idea of founding a Christian institution of learning. On his return to the East, he was assisted and encouraged in this plan by other Eastern Congregationalists. Through Mr. Nathaniel Thayer, of Boston, a conditional offer of 636 acres of land was obtained from the New England Land Company. The condition to obtain this offer was that a corporation of trustees would raise $35,000, and erect a build- ing for its uses with a portion of it. Kidder, on account of its natural advantages and healthfulness, was chosen as the seat of this enterprise. This offer was accepted, a charter secured, a board of trustees organ- ized, composed of influential citizens here and able men abroad, and the enterprise undertaken. The Civil War beginning at this time delayed the work for some years.
In 1868 the matter was again agitated, and the result from this agi- tation was that the necessary money was subscribed and the land obtained to go on and complete the work as originally intended. In 1869 the Rev. S. D. Cochran, of Grinnell, Ia., was elected president of Thayer College. He held this position for five years, and was
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the only president the institution has ever had. On June 9, 1869, the ground was broken and the foundation of the present building begun. The contracts were given to different firms, but amounted in all to $28,000 ; this amount augmented to $40,000 before the building was completed. In January, 1872, the college was opened and had regu- lar sessions until June, 1876.
In 1874 Rev. O. Brown was given charge of the institution, and continued to manage it until 1876, when its doors were closed, to remain so for eight years. One class graduated from the college, and good work was done in all the classes, many of the students going to other colleges, where they completed their courses, and now hold hon- orable positions in different parts of our land.
By financial mismanagement the college became involved, and the Franklin Savings Bank, of Pawtucket, R. I., having a heavy mort- gage, finally foreclosed it, and the building passed into its hands and was owned by the bank until September 25, 1885, when it once more passed into the hands of the Congregationalists.
During the eight years the Thayer College building was idle various attempts were made to secure the building and begin a school, but none were successful. In 1883, Rev. A. M. Brown, of Kidder, began this agitation again, and the result was that in January, 1884, ten of the most influential men of Kidder and the surrounding country secured a lease of the property for three years, on condition that they would pay the taxes and insurance on the property and sustain a school in the building during that time. The bank also made them a special offer of the building for a limited time.
In March, 1884, the institution was named Kidder Institute, a charter was secured, and the board of trustees organized and incor- porated. By the articles of incorporation the Institute is under the control of the Congregational churches of Missouri, but it is in no sense sectarian, but emphatically Christian. In April, 1884, G. S. Ramsay was engaged as principal, and began his work July 1, 1884. The building having been idle so long had become somewhat dilapi- dated, and the first work of the principal and executive committee was to have it repaired and refurnished. The money for this pur- pose had to be raised by subscription. The trustees, executive com- mittee and citizens joined heartily in the work and subscribed liberally to aid in this emergency. It is but simple justice to mention here the valuable services of Mr. A. Metz, chairman of the executive commit- tee and treasurer of the board of trustees, rendered to the Institute at
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that time. By his untiring energy and work the subscriptions were secured and the building properly repaired and furnished. He has spared neither his time nor money in aiding and assisting the Insti- tute; and it is due largely to his efficient services that the Institute is on as good a financial basis as it is to-day.
KIDDER INSTITUTE.
September 3, 1884, Kidder Institute was opened with an attendance of 70 pupils, which number increased to nearly 90 by the close of the first term. The total enrollment of pupils for the year was 150. The second term of the second year is now in session, with an attendance of 100 pupils.
There are four courses open to the pupils of the Institute, viz. : The college preparatory, which embraces three years of Latin and two years of Greek, with a good course in mathematics, which prepares students for the freshman classes of the best colleges East or West. The English and Normal course embraces studies required for a State certificate, and takes three years to complete it. This is especially adapted to meet the wants of teachers in this and adjoining counties. The commercial course embraces book-keeping, commercial arithmetic
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and commercial law, besides a part of the English and Normal course. The conservatory of music is ably conducted by Prof. and Mrs. Bur- meister, both excellent musicians, who can give as thorough a course in music as can be obtained anywhere else in the State.
The faculty consists of six members, and it is expected to add to this number as the requirements of the Institute increase. The insti- tution has a fair library and good apparatus for chemical and natural philosophy experiments. Tuition per term is $6, $8 and $10, with $1 additional for incidental fee. Other expenses are low, and the means of obtaining a higher education is within the reach of all if they wish to take advantage of it.
The Institute is purchased and the money subscribed to pay for it. There is no doubt now but that it will be permanent and go on and do the work its founders intended it should, viz .: furnish a Christian education for the young people of this part of the State.
BIOGRAPHICAL.
THEODORE PARKER ALLEN
(Farmer and Raiser of Thoroughbred Cattle, Section 3, Post-office, Kidder).
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