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JOHN V. H. BOLTER (Wheeling).
To attempt to give a detailed and comprehensive account of the many travels undergone by the subject of this sketch would be an un- dertaking of greater magnitude than the limits of this work would allow. His travels have proved of much benefit to him, for, being a man of close observation and deep thought, he has stored his mind with almost everything of value to be secured by such experiences as have fallen to his lot, and has improved every opportunity afforded him. He has visited the Sandwich Islands, made the Isthmian and
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San Juan routes while Walker was filibustering in Nicaragua, and has crossed the plains a number of times, as we shall soon see. Mr. Bolter is of French and Irish descent. His father, Hiram Bolter, was a blacksmith by occupation and died at the age of 63 in 1864. His wife, formerly Sarah Percival, the mother of John, died in 1859, when 59 years old. They had 7 children : Samnel P., Hiram R., John V. H., Amphelia M., Ruth, Sarah and William. Only two of these are living. John was born in Augusta, Oneida county, N. Y., June 18, 1826, and when old enough, was a student at the district schools, later on attending the academy at Augusta. At the age of 20 hc removed to .Athens, Clark county, Mo., taught school there six months, read law for three years, and was next employed by Ensign & Thayer, of New York, to travel through Canada and the entire West. In 1850 he went overland to California, first stopping at Placerville, and thence to Nevada City, where he remained 9. months, then returning to his father's in Farmington, Ia., on account of ill health. In the fall of 1851 he married Miss Mary J. French, of Farmington, and afterwards attended to blacksmithing until going to California in 1854. In the fall of 1855 he went back to Farmington, and after about 4 years removed to his farm in Clark county, Mo., where he followed farming and practiced law some years. In the fall of 1869 he came to this county, and settled on a farm near Wheeling, which he cultivated most of the time until within the past three years. Since then he has been steadily occupied in blacksmithing, and he now has one of the finest shops in this portion of the State, the upper story being used as a public hall. During the war Mr. B. served in Co. B, 69th regiment M. S. M., as orderly, participating in several skirmishes. He belongs to the Congregational Church at Meadville, and has been a member of the Masonic Order since 1849, being one of the charter members of the lodge at Wheeling. He has filled differ- ent official positions very acceptably. In November, 1863, he was elected treasurer of Clark county, was justice of the peace from 1860 to 1863, member of the district school board for many years and county road commissioner, and he also attended as a member the State Constitutional Convention. Mr. and Mrs. Bolter have had 4 children, 3 of whom are living : Amphelia M., Mrs. Oleson, living in Lake county, Cal. ; Elliott J., in the shop with his father; Ida M., married Chas. H. Foreman, of Linn county, and they have one child, a daughter. Elbert G., a twin brother to Elliott, was killed by the cars November 6, 1873.
JOHN B. BUCKNER
(Deceased).
'Tis ever wrong to say a good man dies.
- Callimachus.
And this, written by the philosophic cultured poet of Cyrene over 2,000 years ago, is as true now as then - true at all times and in all countries ; the good man never dies ! The influence of his life is
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imperishable. During his short career John B. Buckner lived a life that has left " tender memory behind. He was born on January 7, 1851, near Meredosia, Morgan county, Ill., the son of Watson Buck- ner, a native of LaRue county, Kv., who died in 1870, at the age of 51. Miss Ollie Hodges was the maiden name of John's mother, and she was born in Hart county, of the Blue Grass State. John B. was the seventh child in a family of 8 children, 4 of whom survive. He was a member of the celebrated family whose name he bore, well known to all Virginians and Kentuckians, and the Confederate gen- eral, S. B. Buckner, was a second cousin of his. Until his fifteenth year Mr. B. attended school after becoming old enough, in Illinois, then accompanying his parents to Missouri in 1865 and settling in this county one mile south of Eversonville. In March, 1880, he moved to the home which he occupied until his death, January 2, 1886. His illness was of a short duration, an attack of pneumonia, so fatal in its results, having seized him December 27, 1885. He had always fol- lowed farming, was extensively engaged in stock raising and feeding, and was esteemed one of the most progressive, intelligent and ener- getic agriculturists of this community. His friends were legion. He belonged to the Masonic fraternity, and was also a member of the Anti-Horse-Thief Association. Mr. Buckner was married March 7, 1876, to Miss Jennie Burch, of Indiana, though at that time a resident of Linn county, Mo. Her parents were Capt. John and Elizabeth (Nixon ) Burch, the former of New York and the latter of Kentucky birth. Mrs. Buckner was the second child of 8 children, three of whom were girls. Mr. and Mrs. B. had born to them two boys, John Herbert, born May 26, 1881, and Jay Burch, born March 8, 1883.
AUGUSTUS E. BURRIS
(Farmer and Stock-raiser, Section 32, Post-office, Wheeling).
At this time there is living within the limits of Livingston county a man well and favorably known - John Burris, the father of the subject of this sketch, mention of whom is made elsewhere in these pages. His son Augustus E. was born April 9, 1852, near Keystone Furnace, Jackson county, O., and is now numbered among the lead- ing representatives of the younger agriculturists of this county. When comparatively young he was brought to Missouri and in this State he enjoyed excellent educational advantages, his rudimentary schooling having been obtained in Ohio. In 1863, upon his father's removal to this locality, he entered the district schools first and after- wards the High School at Chillicothe, from which later on he became a student at the State University at Columbia. Thus equipped with an advanced education and prepared to enter actively into business affairs, he began farming on the home tract of land, consisting of a section of land, and in 1873 he purchased and moved to his present farm, erecting a residence, etc., and to the original improvements which had been made he hasadded from time to time numerous others, until this now consti- tutes one of the best places in the township. September 15, 1881. Mr.
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Burris was united in marriage with Miss Emma Sidebottom, who was born in Linn county, Mo. Her father, a Kentuckian by birth, was for 50 years a minister of the gospel in the Methodist denomination, and also a farmer. He died on his farm north of Meadville, Linn county, in 1879, aged 69 years. Mr. and Mrs. Burris have been blessed with three children: Donie, born October 3, 1882 ; Lucretia, born Novem- ber 29, 1883, and Dwight, born April 8, 1885. Mr. and Mrs. Burris are members of the M. E. Church at Wheeling.
GEORGE W. DAVIS
(Farmer and Raiser of Fine Sheep and Short-Horn Cattle, Post-office, Wheeling).
The subject of this sketch was born near Mound Station, in Brown county, Ill., being the son of J. C. Davis, originally from Tennessee. He gave his attention principally to farming, though possessed of nat- ural mechanical ability and skilled in several trades. He died in December, 1879, aged 63 years. The maiden name of the mother of George was Rhoda Ausmus, also of Tennessee. Her father was of German descent and a farmer and manufacturer of weaving machin- ery. George W. was the oldest of 9 children, 5 of whom survive. His three sisters are Nancy Kinderd, living in Illinois ; Lydia Phillips, of Linn county, Mo., and Orpha, of the same county. His two brothers are Richard, of St. Clair county, this state, a stock dealer, and Buchanan, in Kingman county, Kansas. George W. has four uncles on his mother's side who are Baptist ministers, and one who is a Christian preacher ; he has also six maternal aunts. After receiv- ing his education in the district school of Illinois and growing up there he began farming, continuing it for some thirty years, when he came to Missouri. Upon spending a few months in Livingston county he purchased and moved upon a farm in Linn county, where he remained for 15 years; but after several trips to and from Illinois he finally located permanently in this county, on his present farm, where he devotes himself assiduously to the raising of fine sheep and short-horn cattle. In this he is meeting with encouraging success. During the war Mr. Davis enlisted in Co. I, 119th Illinois infantry, un- der the captaincy of Capt. John May, a veteran of the Mexican War, but on account of physical disability was discharged ; on arriving in Missouri he became a member of the E. M. M., in which he remained until the close of the war. In 1855 Mr. Davis was married to Miss Sarah Amen, her father, who is still living in Illinois at the age of 73, having been a native of Germany. Mrs. Davis has four brothers: Philip, of Brown county, Ill., Francis M., of Oregon, William R. in Salt Lake City, and Peter, in Kansas; she also has a sister living in Linn county, Mo., Anna Smith. They have had 11 children, whose names and dates of birth are : Kate, 1857, wife of Thomas Merain, and mother of 3 children ; James, 1861, married Miss Lou Shirtzer, and has one child ; Ann, 1863, married Al. McKane, and has 2 children ; Ettie, 1864, wife of Abe. Corzette, and they have 2 children ; Julia,
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1867 ; John, 1868 ; Will, 1871 ; Talinda, 1872 ; Minnie, 1874 ; George, 1877, and Freddie, born in 1882.
JASPER B. FELL
(Farmer and Stock-feeder, Section 8, Post-office, Wheeling).
Jasper P. Fell, a successful farmer of Wheeling township, has proved himself a worthy son of an honored and respected settler of this county, John R. Fell, a native of Pennsylvania, who died here in 1872 at the age of 56. His wife was also originally from the Keystone State - Miss Sarah Rathbuth, and she is still living at the age of 68 years. Jasper's parents removed to Trumbull county, O., when he was but a child, there remaining for about nine years, after which they came to Livingston county, Mo. Young Fell grew up principally in Ohio and Missouri, attending the district schools in each of these States, where he received a practical education, suffi- cient for all necessary purposes of every-day life. Subsequently he became occupied with farming interests and to this he has since given his attention. The perseverance and industry displayed in the man- agement of his farm have not been without substantial results and nothing is left undone which will improve or promote the interests of this county, and the community in which he resides. He is a large feeder of cattle and hogs, taking great interest in all stock matters, and, indeed, he is a leader in this branch of agriculture in this part of Livingston county. November 17, 1872, Mr. Fell was married to a most estimable young lady, Miss Elsie Johnson, a native of New York State, but at the time of her marriage a resident of Missouri. Her father was a native of Connecticut, Gile Johnson, though he was reared in the Empire State, whither his father had removed when the son was but five years of age. Mrs. Fell was the eighth child. She is a lady whose good judgment and refinement and attractive disposition have endeared her to a host of friends and acquaintances. In their family have been two children, but both are now deceased. Mrs. F. is a member of the Methodist Church, while her husband belongs to the A. H. T. A. of Missouri.
SAMUEL FORRESTER
(Dealer in General Merchandise, Wheeling).
He whose name heads this brief sketch is one of Wheeling's most active and enterprising business men, alive to all current issues and public-spirited and progressive in all matters tending to benefit the community. He is a Kentuckian by birth, born October 30, 1826, in Glasgow, Barren county. His parents were John and Mary ( Willis ) Forrester, and in their family were three children, of whom Samuel was the youngest and the only one now living. John Forrester was an agriculturist by occupation ; he died at the age of 75 in 1845. His first wife was formerely a Miss Quissenberry. As young Samuel grew towards youth and early manhood he attended school in
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the neighborhood of his home, afterwards working on the farm until he left Kentucky for Missouri, in the spring of 1856. Immediately he settled in this county on a farm north of Chillicothe, remaining there until July, 1879, when he removed to Wheeling, embarking at once in mercantile pursuits, which he has since successfully carried on. His stock of goods is complete in all particulars, and his patronage is such as one would most desire, and is steadily on the increase. While on the farm Mr. Forrester made several trips across the plains by wagon, freighting goods up the South Platte road to Julesburg, but, fortunately, upon these excursions he escaped any harm from Indians, then so numerous in that portion of the country. In October, 1865, he discontinued his freighting operations. In 1849, Mr. Forrester was married to Miss Caroline Jenkins, who became the mother of two children : John Henry died at the age of 16, and Ellen, the daughter, married William T. Harper, of Missouri ; she died in 1873, leaving a little girl, Elizabeth, who still survives. Mrs. F. died in November, 1866. Mr. F. was again married in 1869, Miss Sarah Ann Gist, daughter of John Gist, one of Livingston's most substantial farmers, becoming his wife. Mr. Forrester is a member of Union Baptist Church, north of Chillicothe. He also belongs to Friendship Lodge, No. 89, A. F. and A. M.
SILAS WRIGHT HAYNES (Contractor and Builder, Wheeling).
Silas W. Haynes, whose life has been an active one, and who has by his own industry and intelligent management secured a substantial footing among the citizens of this community, was born in Baldwins- ville, Onondaga county, N. Y., October 12, 1844, of English origin. His father, Horace Haynes; is now a resident of Reading, Hillsdale county, Mich., where he follows the pursuit of agriculture. Silas' mother's maiden name was Adaline Sweet. They were married in New York and subsequently had a family of five children: Delia Jane, Silas Wright, Martha Ann, Arthur Edwin and Albert Willis, who is at present a resident of Punta Arenas, Cal. Arthur E. Haynes is a professor of mathematics at Hillsdale College, Mich., and a man of superior learning and refined culture, and of recognized intellectual ability. Recently he has been elected a member of the London Math- ematical Society, only four other professors in this country having been similarly honored. Silas W. Haynes commenced to attend school in New York, but his education was principally obtained in Michigan, at the common schools. After leaving school he gave his attention to agricultural pursuits for six years, then learning the trade of carpenter, at which he worked some before coming of age. In August, 1864, he entered the army and was a member of the 4th army corps in the 4th Michigan infantry, under Gen. Thomas, participating in the battles of Decatur, Murfreesboro, Nashville and others. He was honorably discharged in 1866 with the rank of corporal. Follow- ing this Mr. H. farmed five years, and then settled at Wheeling, Mo.,
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where he has been principally occupied in building since that time. In politics ba has been a life-long Democrat, and August 29, 1885, he was appointed postmaster at this place. In 1868 Mr. Haynes married Mrs. Sylvia Ferris, of Reading, Mich., daughter of Capt. John Reed, who sailed the great lakes for 18 years. They have two children liv- ing, Arthur Willis, born August 7, 1870, and Bertha Beatrice, born June 7, 1873. Mr. H. is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and belongs to H. C. Gilbert Post of the G. A. R. He was the chief organizer of the Masonic lodge at this place, two previous attempts having been ineffectually made. For six years he has held the posi- sition of worshipful master. He is also adjutant in the G. A. R. He is connected with the Baptist Church, of which he is clerk, and has served as a member of the school board for several years. In all the walks of life Mr. Haynes is a man of more than ordinary prominence, straightforward and honorable in all things, and of universal popularity.
MICHAEL ADAM INDERWIESEN
(Farmer and Stock-raiser, Section 17, Post-office, Wheeling).
There are many citizens of foreign birth represented within the pages of this volume, but none are more deserving of mention than Michael Inderwiesen, who was born September 18, 1848, in the village of Rupertshutte, Bavaria, Gerniany. His father was John I. Inder- wiesen, a farmer by occupation and successful in his calling. His family numbered seven children, of whom Michael was the eldest. He was educated in the excellent schools of his native country - schools noted for their thoroughness, and subsequently became possessed of a desire to emigrate to a new country, where a young man had superior oppor- tunities for bettering his condition in life. In 1861 he accompanied his parents to this country, some of their relatives having previously located in Clark county, Mo., where also Mr. Inderwiesen and family now became settled. Michael at once began to attend to farm duties about the home place and in 1872 he went to Morgan county, Ill., where for two years he worked upon a farm, handling and feeding cat- tle, etc. While in that county he took unto himself a wife in the person of Miss Balbena Feger, to whom he was married September 26, 1874. Her father was a substantial agriculturist of that county, having moved originally from Baden, Germany. In 1875 Mr. Inder- weisen returned to Clark county, Mo., and resumed his farming oper- ations there, continuing that occupation for two seasons, when he came to this county. In 1880 he purchased his present farm, moved upon it and has since added greatly to its improvement. He raises a number of short-horn cattle, wisely believing that it pays far better in the end to feed good graded stock than a poor quality. Mr. and Mrs. I. have three children : Carl W., born August 27, 1875 ; Bertha A., born July 13, 1879, and Frank H., born October 7, 1885. Mr. Inderwiesen and wife are members of the Catholic Church.
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ELI KENDALL
(Farmer and Stock-raiser, Section 4, Post-office, Wheeling).
A lifetime devoted with perseverance and energy to the pursuits of agriculture have contributed very materially to the success which has attended the efforts of Mr. Kendall, a man of substantial and estab- lished worth. Like many of the residents of this county, he is a Ken- tuckian by birth, having been born May 8, 1835, near Brandenburg, Meade county. His parents were James and Eliza Kendall, the former of Nelson county, of the Blue Grass State, who died February 5, 1884, at the age of 80 years ; the mother departed this life in 1882, when 69 years old. Their family consisted of three children, two of whom were boys, and of these Eli was the eldest child and is the only one now living. He was brought up in his native State, receiving a com- mon school education and entering actively upon farming at the age of 21, and this occupation he continued to follow in Kentucky until 1869, when he removed to this county. For seven years he lived in Wheel- ing, carrying on his farming operations just west of the town, but in 1877 he purchased his present place, consisting of 80 acres of well improved land, admirably adapted to the purposes of general farming. This has continued to be his home, and here he raises principally short-horn cattle, deeming that the best breed for ordinary stock busi- ness. His thoroughness as a man and good taste and industry as an agriculturist are to be seen in the surroundings of his home place, and he deserves the position in which he is held by so many in the com- munity. Mr. Kendall married May 29, 1856, Miss E. R. Van Meter, whose cousin, William Van Meter (son of Abram Van Meter, of Illinois ), is a noted philanthropist of New York. They have two daughters : Susan E., born June 5, 1857, is the wife of Joseph Bar- rett, and they have a daughter, Stella May, five years old ; Nannie B., was born March 31, 1860, and is now Mrs. John Wright, of Ken- tucky; she has a son two years old, James Floyd. Mr. and Mrs. K. are members of the Baptist Church at Wheeling. He has been hon- ored by the people with the position of township clerk.
BENJAMIN F. LAKE -
(Dealer in Grain, Wheeling).
On the first of September, 1849, near Palmyra, Marion county, Mo., there was born to Levi and Elizabeth Lake, née Haley, a son, whom we now take as the subject of this sketch. His father was a native of that county, and is now engaged in farming near Everson- ville, Linn county ; he is 58 years of age. The mother came origin- ally from Lincoln county, Ky., her father during life having been a farmer there ; her mother still survives at the age of 82. Benjamin F. was the eldest of 10 children, 8 of whom are now living. In grow- ing up, he had to contend with many obstacles in the way of acquiring an education and was obliged to overcome many difficulties, and he-
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surely deserves much credit for his perseverance in study. Upon leaving his father's farm, at the age of 18, he served a three years' apprenticeship at the blacksmith's trade; previous to this he had managed the home farm for some time, his father having been nearly assassinated by an infamous wretch whom he had benefited in various ways. At the expiration of three years he left Linneus and went to Coatesville, Ia., where he worked a while and subsequently acquired an interest in the business of his employers. This argued rare merit and capacity, for, as he says, he had entered the town " not without a dollar but without a cent." A year later Mr. Lake removed to Eversonville, Linn county, Mo., and remained there until December, 1871, when he located in Hicks City, Jackson county, Mo. From that time until the spring of 1873 he conducted a blacksmith shop there, soon returned to Eversonville, and was an invalid for some time. He continued to follow his trade, however, attending besides to a farm, until coming to Wheeling in 1875, and here he also carried on a shop. His partner in business was a Mr. Way, whose interest he purchased in 1877, and finally he discontinued the business entirely in the spring of 1881. During this time he had erected the store now occupied as a drug store, and the building in which Mr. Nunnelly now is, the upper story being used as a Masonic hall. Mr. Lake has been identi- fied with the business interests of this place in other capacities, build- ing up a sound reputation in each and all of them. He was a dealer in agricultural implements, and transfer agent for an Auburn, N. Y., manufactory, and was also occupied in the hardware and grocery trade, but subsequently he began buying grain, dealing in stock, etc., and he has recently built an elevator here, run by steam machinery; his grain transactions are very large, for he handles immense quantities of all kinds of this product. Mr. Lake was married July 23, 1871, to Miss Margaret E. Ring, of Davis county, Ia., but at that time liv- ing in Johnson county, Mo. They have five children : William Walter, born August 14, 1872; Edward Arthur, born January 5, 1875 ; Levi Truman, born June 26, 1877; Willis Lloyd, born Octo- ber 27, 1879, and Alta Maude, born July 15, 1883. Mr. L. belongs to the Masonic and K. of L. orders at this place, and also to the A. H. T. A., being a delegate to the State convention held at Kirksville in 1885.
JUDGE WILLIAM J. LITTRELL (Section 29, Post-office, Wheeling.)
On this page of the History of Livingston county is found the life- record of a man, briefly and but poorly written indeed, whose career has been as honorable in the honesty of manhood, as worthy in so far as duty well and faithfully performed goes, and as untarnished by reproach as that of any man mentioned in the history of this commu- nity. He is one of the native-born citizens of Missouri, his birth having occurred near Glasgow, Howard county, April 4, 1838. James Litt- rell, his father, a Kentuckian by nativity, became located in Howard county as early as 1820. His death, however, occurred in Linn county
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March 6, 1884. William J., the fourth of seven children in the family, as he grew up received instruction in the district schools of the State and immediately after completing his course commenced to apply himself closely to agricultural pursuits, and from that time to the present this has been his chief occupation. However, for two years he was engaged in the construction of the Hannibal and St. Joseph Rail- road. His first farming operations for himself were in Livingston county, the scene of his labors at that time being south of Wheeling. In 1866 he moved to his present farm all of which, save 30 acres, was wild land, and there were but three other homesteads on the prairie at that time. This he has since improved from time to time, until its surroundings and conveniences in the way of improvements are of a high order. September 20, 1866, Mr. Littrell was married to Miss Emma Gish, then of Livingston county but formerly from Indiana. Her father, Joel Gish, died March 3, 1885, at the residence of Judge L. in this county. Mr. Littrell was once elected by the people to the judicial bench of the county, his duties in this capacity being discharged with singular care and fidelity. For several years he has served as justice of the peace in this township. At this time he resides on his farm of 80 acres. For seven successive years he acted as school director and it is largely owing to his judgment and interest that schools in this vicinity have been so advanced intellectually. He has been instrumental in securing only the best teachers, believing it of far more benefit to expend more in this direction than to have inferior teaching at limited wages. The stock upon his farm are principally of the short-horn grade. Judge and Mrs. Littrell have eight children : James Gish, born June 21, 1867; Sarah E., born July 3, 1869 ; William Virgil, born October 1, 1871 ; Joseph E., born February 6, 1874 ; Ida May, born July 9, 1876 ; Mary Maude, born April 22, 1879 ; Flavius Seymour, born February 11, 1882; and Iva Etta, born July 23, 1885. The Judge and his wife are members of the Baptist Church at Prison Creek, in Linn county. He belongs to the A. F. A. and M. at Wheel- ing, was also a member of the Grange during its existence, and is now connected with the A. H. T. A.
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