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elected without any opposition. He sold goods in Carrollton from 1856 till 1872, when he was again elected sheriff, and in 1874 he was re-elected. . Since the expiration of his last term of office he has been engaged in look- ing after his real estate interests, and 'settling estates. He was married October 16th, 1849, to Joanna P. Thomas, of Carroll county, Mo., but a native of Kentucky. They have four children living: James R., John H., Ruth C. and Frank; they have lost five children. Mr. Clinkscales is a man held in high esteem by all who know him; he is a member of the Christian church, and of the masonic fraternity; his wife is also a member of the Christian church.
DAVID COBB,
was born October 8th, 1838, near Valparaiso, Porter county, Indiana, of parents who had formerly lived in Pennsylvania. Mr. Cobb's young days were spent as the boyhood days of all pioneers' sons were spent, in clear- ing the forest; while for amusement he hunted the deer, and grew profi- cient in the search for the woodchuck and the porcupine. Soon after becoming of age he was married to Miss Mary J. Johnson, and moved to Carroll county, Mo., in 1866, locating four miles north-west of Carrollton. In 1879 Mr. Cobb's wife died, leaving him, with three children, to mourn her loss. Mr. Cobb was subsequently married to Miss Della Lane, daughter of Thomas Lane, of Carrollton,. Mr. Cobb deals extensively in live stock, and is a man of large views and liberal education, and is a strong supporter of good schools.
DAN. R. BRAND,
born in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, Sept. 9, 1831, is a son of Samuel Brand, a native of Frederick county, Va., and Catharine Brand, a native of Franklin county, Penn. His father was at the battle of Baltimore, . Maryland, and at Black Rock, N. Y., in the war of 1812. Dan. R. Brand's line of ancestry is traceable to Franco-Prussian Loraine on his father's side, and to Switzerland on his mother's side. In the fall of 1855, the sub- ject of this sketch located in Janesville, Wis., remaining until September, 1862, when he enlisted and served to. the close of the war in the 12th Wisconsin battery, an organization that Gen. Sherman pointed out as the battery that saved his army at Atlanta. · In 1865 he located in Carrollton, this county, where he still resides. In 1867 he took charge of the Carroll Fournal, as editor, and conducted it till 1869, when he bought out the Wakanda Record. The following year he sold out his interest and engaged in other business. In May 1879, he married Miss Nannie L., a daughter of John Miller, who was murdered during the war by bush- whackers. Mr: Brand by this marriage has one child, Harry W. Mr. Brand is the author of one of the most remarkable documents probably,
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that is on file in the U. S. war office. It was written while Sherman's army was in siege of Savannah, Georgia, and forwarded to President Lincoln, and will no doubt, some day see the light. It was returned to the author after being endorsed by Lincoln, Stanton, Grant and Sherman, and was re-delivered to the government through Captain Ide, of the reg- ular army, and is now on file among the archives of the war office. Mr. Brand is a member of several orders, being a Royal Arch Mason, a mem- ber of Vesta chapter, O. E. S., a Knight of Pythias, and executive officer . of Oriental Lodge, A. K. M. C.
ASA W. COTHRAN.
Among the old men of Carroll county is Mr. Asa W. Cothran, who should be named as one worthy to have his name associated with the old citizens of Carroll county; was born in the county of Henrico in the state - of Virginia, on the first day of January, 1792. Left the state with his parents when twelve years of age, and settled in Madison, Kentucky, enlisted to serve in the war of 1812, and was under Capt. Dudley Farris in 13th regiment, Kentucky volunteers, commanded by Col. William Dudley in Gen. Green Clay's division, and was at the battle of the River Raisin on the 5th day of May, 1812. He was to have served 15 months. After the battle, forty-nine prisoners were tomahawked by the Indians, and scalped; two hundred and seventy-nine taken prisoners, and sent to Quebec, and kept in close confinement for twelve months and ten days. Not a prisoner was dangerously ill or died during their close prison life. In June 1814, he returned home; and in 1815 was married to Miss Eliza Canole, of Madison county, and was a farmer until 1827, when he moved to the state of Missouri, near Boones Lick in Howard county. In 1846, he moved to Livingston county, near Bedford, and in 1850 came to Car- roll, where he has resided up to this date. Having followed the business of manufacturing chairs, nearly every family in Grand River and Wakanda townships have some of his work in their residences. In 1865, he lost the wife of his youth, by whom he raised a large family, the larger number being daughters, all of whom are married and are known to be most excellent wives, the pride of their husbands, honored by their children, and respected by their neighbors. In 1865, he married the widow of Capt. David Enyart, who fell in the bloody engagement of Wil- son's Creek, August 10, 1861. Mr. Cothran has been a consistent member of the Baptist church for near 56 years, a quiet and respected neighbor.
FRANK V. CROUCH,
born in April 1851, in Washington county Tennessee; son of Wm. S. and Martha Crouch, natives of Tennessee .. Frank took an active interest in his father's business soon after becoming of age, and continued with him
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until 1880, when he and his present partner, S. S. Cleveland bought the livery stable of Stearnes and Son. They have a large stable, 30 head of horses and a complete livery stock. Mr. Crouch was married February 26, 1874, to Miss Mollie E. Miller, a native of Kentucky, and daughter of O. J. Miller, of St. Joseph. They have two children living: Jessie and Charlie. Mr. Crouch is a member of the A. O. U. W.
JUDGE CHARLES ABNER CUNNINGHAM,
was born March 20, 1839, in Warren county, Missouri, but was raised in St. Charles, and educated at St. Charles college. He attended law school at Cambridge, Massachusetts, graduating in 1861. In 1862 he was admitted to the bar. His health having failed him he went to the moun- tains and spent five years. He returned to Carrollton, and was for about nine years magistrate of Carrollton township. In November, 1880, he was elected judge of the probate court, and is at this time faithfully and satisfactorily filling the office. Judge Cunningham is a son of Abner T. Cunningham, a native of Maryland. He was married March 17, 1868, to Miss Annie E. Cunningham, of Highland, Kansas, a native of Keokuk, Iowa.
JOHN J. CURTIS,
was born June 22, 1843, in Carroll county, Missouri, four miles northeast of Carrollton, son of Joel Curtis, native of North Carolina. His father moved to Caroll county, in 1835. John J. is the youngest of four children. He was raised on a farm, and has followed that avocation all his life. During the war he served with the militia, and at the time of the capture of Carrollton, he posted to Chillicothe, and prevented the capture of Shank- lin's men, who were camped at Coloma, and on' their road to assist at Car- rollton. Mr. Curtis was married October 28, 1868, to Miss Nancy E. James, daughter of John James, one of the early settlers of the county. Four children were born to them. One, a bright boy of eleven years, was killed by the falling of a school house window, which he was entering for his books. . He attempted to enter the window by standing on a stick, which leaned against the house. The stick slipped from under him, and the sash fell and caught his head. He could not reach the ground with his feet, nor help himself in any way. He was found by his father three hours afterward, when life had became extinct. This sad affair happened on February 26, 1881. In their sore affliction the family have the sym- pathy of the entire community.
GARRETT DARCY,
was born in 1837, in Kilkenny county, Ireland; son of Stephen and Mary Darcy. When 14 years old Garrett began learning the tailor's trade, and
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served an apprenticeship of five years. In 1855 he came to America and located in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he worked at his trade for two years, and then worked for a couple of years in St. Louis and St. Joe. He went to Vicks- burg, Mississippi, and worked until the war broke out, and he then enlisted in the union army, in Gov. Johnson's escort, where he served six months, and then enlisted in the 4th regular cavalry, and served two years, taking part in twelve battles, including the battles of Chickamauga, Murfrees- borough, and Nashville. He received his discharge in Texas, and worked at his trade in Texas, New Orleans, St. Louis, and Kansas City, and in 1874 came to Carrollton, and took charge of the tailoring department of the dry goods house of Baum, David & Co. Mr. Darcy is now engaged in the merchant tailoring business for himself, in Hale's new block. He was married in 1868 to Miss Minnie Bombeck, of Chillicothe, a native of Germany. They have four children: Ida M., Alice L., Minnie S., and Emma G.
WILLIAM H. DAY,
was born in August 1831, in Mason county, Kentucky. He is the oldest child of Morgan and Lucinda Day. When William H. was but eight years old, his parents moved to Lexington. William H. made a trip to Califor- nia in '1849; traveled with ox teams, was gone but one year and cleared over $3,000. He returned to Lexington, Missouri, and was engaged for awhile as clerk in a dry goods house. He was afterward admitted as a partner. When the war broke out he sold out his interest, and after the lapse of a short time, he commenced the business alone. During Price's last raid through Lafayette county he again sold out, and February, 1865, went to Chicago, and with others opened a wholesale fancy dry goods house, known as Day, Tilden & Co. In 1871 he was entirely burned out, losing. everything. He remained in Chicago until 1873, and then moved to. Carrollton, Missouri, where, in connection with his present partner, Mr. Clinkscales, he opened the store in which they have since been engaged. They have an extensive trade, and carry a very large stock of dry goods and clothing. Mr. Day was married, in 1858 to Miss Catharine Ward, a native of Kentucky .. They have four children: Annie Morgan, Katie Lucinda, Alice Belle, and Henry Ward. His first wife died in 1867, and: he was again married in February, 1869, to Miss Mattie Montgomery, of Louisville, Kentucky. By the second marriage he has four children: James: R. Montgomery, William Henry, Louis M., and Mattie M.
HERMAN DAVID,
was born in 1832 in the town of Geinshein, on the Rhine, between Worms and Meins. He is a son of Isaac David, a soldier under Napoleon. Her-
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man came to America in 1851, locating in Georgia. He moved to Ten- nessee in 1853 and in 1858 came to Carroll county where he has since resided. When he first came to this country he was a poor boy, and began peddling, carrying a " pack," on his back. In 1861 he commenced clerking for Mr. Baum, his present partner, and was admitted as a mem- ber of the firm in 1864. He was married in 1869 to Miss Caroline Levy, a native of France. They have four children living: Isaac L., Henri- etta, Helen and Eugene.
JOHN L. DEATHERAGE,
was born in 1831, in Rappahannock county, Virginia, where he grew to manhood. He is the fourth child'of John Deatherage, a Virginian. Mr. Deatherage was educated in the mercantile business. In 1855 he moved to St. Charles county, Missouri. In 1857 he came to. Carrollton and sold goods until 1861, when he closed on account of the war, and went to St. Louis and sold goods for three years. From. there he went to Kansas City and in 1869 he returned to Carroll county and commenced farming and dealing in live stock. He quit farming in 1874 and gave his whole attention to grain and stock. . In the fall of 1880 he was elected on the democratic ticket to represent Carroll county in the state legislature, a position which he has filled to the entire satisfaction of his constituents. He was for a short time, during the war, connected with the state militia. He is a member of the M. E. church, south. In 1846 he was married to Miss Ann Eliza Fant, a native of Virginia. He has nine children: Geo. W., Ann C. (wife of Dr. T. S. Floyd), Charles P., Mary J. (wife of A. M. Perkins), John D., Robert H., Buckner F., Elizabeth and Benjamin S. His wife died in 1869. His son, Buckner F., is a talented young attorney in Kansas City, and has a brilliant future before him. Mr. Deatherage is a man of high moral character and is honored with the respect and con- fidence of the entire community.
EDWARD DEVINE,
was born in 1851 in Jacksonville, Morgan county, Illinois. He is a son of Patrick Henry and Rosanna Devine, natives of Armagh county, Ire- land. Edward commenced learning the tinner's trade in Jacksonville, Illi- nois, when about ten years old. In 1865 he came to Carrollton and man- aged the business of Glick & Rairdon for two years. He and his brother afterwards engaged in the hardware business together. He has been engaged in that business in this town for more than fifteen years, and is one of the most successful business men of Carrollton. He carries a large and complete stock of everything usually found in such a store. Mr. Devine commenced life a poor boy, and has by industry, economy, .
and close attention to business acquired good property. . He is a member
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of the Catholic church. May 17, 1871 he married Miss Georgia Full, of Car- rollton. They have two children living: Mary Rose and Wm. Edward. His wife died September 16, 1878. The funeral services were conducted in the Catholic church in the presence of a large number of friends. Sol- emn high mass was celebrated by Father Ascheri, and the sermon was preached by Father O'Leary, of Mexico. The remains were buried in the cemetery, by the side of her little child, who died the winter previous.
JUDGE JAMES EDMOND DRAKE,
born May 1, 1827, in Adair county, Kentucky. He is a son of William Drake, a Virginian. When nine years old his father moved with the fam- ily to Carroll county and settled on the Wakanda, in the northeastern part of township 52, range 23. It was here that Judge Drake grew up. He married in December, 1851, Miss Nancy Cary. He was occupied in farm- ing till 1860. In this year he was elected probate judge of Carroll county and was the first chosen to that position after the establishment of the probate court. He held his office for four years and since then he has been engaged in various business enterprises about Carrollton. In 1878 he was elected county recorder and is now serving out his term of four years. His first wife died on the 14th of April, 1854; his second marriage was on the 9th of September, 1855, to. Mary E. Goodson. Her death occurred in November, 1861, and Margaret E. Goodson became his wife April 17, 1862. Like his second wife she was the daughter of Thomas O. Goodson. In 1876 he was elected mayor of Carrollton. He was raised an old line whig, but is now a leading democrat. Judge Drake has been prominently interested in the masonic fraternity, and for a number of years was master of Wakanda lodge, also high priest of George Washington chapter and has filled the distinguished position of grand king of grand royal arch chapter of Missouri.
ROBERT C. DUNKLE,
born in 1832, in Cabell county, West Virginia, son of William and Eliza- beth (Lee) Dunkle. His father is a native of Virginia and his mother of Maryland. Robert came to Carroll county, Mo., locating at Hill's land- ing and clerked for Hill and other merchants at different times. He after- wards sold goods for himself at Hill's landing-was steamboat agent for several years, and when the railroad was completed to Carrollton he re- moved to this place and entered into the mercantile business in partner- ship with John Guitar, in which he was engaged for six years; he then engaged in the grain and stock business for some years and in 1878 took. stock in the McDonald Lumber company and has ever since had charge of the yards at Carrollton. Mr. Dunkle was married in 1857, to Miss Virginia Ledom, a native of Ohio, who died in 1867 leaving two children
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now living, Charles W. and Ella B., and Mr. Dunkle was again married in 1878'to Mrs. Julia (Button) News, a native of Missouri, and daughter of Alfred Button of New York. To this union were born two children, James and Maud. Mr. Dunkle and wife are members of the M. E. church, south.
CAPT. WM. M. EADS,
born in Harrison county in the state of Kentucky, on the tenth day of May, 1834. His father, the Rev. Martin L. Eads, was born in Spotsyl- vania county, Virginia. His mother, Miss Elizabeth Collins, was from the adjoining county of Louisa. They moved to Kentucky in the year of 1824, and settled in Harrison county, where his family continued to reside until 1838, when they removed to Missouri and settled in the territory of Shelby, now Knox county, where he entered land, erected buildings, and opened a farm. He had belonged to the Kentucky conference a number of years, but as soon as his family were settled on his Missouri farm, he joined the Missouri conference, and was for nearly thirty years a travel- ing minister, until age and infirmity caused him to locate. The subject of this notice was raised on his fathers farm, doing the ordinary work incident to the times, attending the district schools in winter, until sixteen years of age. He then entered Central College at Fayette in 1848, paying his board by work of evenings and on Saturdays, and graduated in 1853, taught part of one session in Central College, after Prof. Davis was elected president of Masonic College, Lexington, Missouri, and with Edward W. Mitchell conducted a seminary in Brunswick, from September, 1853, until September, 1854. He came to Carrollton with Mr. David Ball, con- ducted a high school for three years, leaving said school in a flourishing condition. In 1858 was elected school commissioner of the county for two years, during his liesure hours was reading law and in the winter of 1859 was licensed to practice by the Hon. George W. Dunn, judge of the 5th judicial circuit. In the following year, was the nominee of the democratic party of Carroll county for the legislature, his opponent being Col. James A. Pritchard, an able and talented speaker. It was the warmest con- ducted canvass for many years, being elected by a handsome majority. He was appointed by Gov. R. M. Stewart, with Col. Charles H. Harden, since governor of Missouri, then state senator from Calloway county, and Doctor William Cloud, to examine the financial condition of the state treasurers and auditors books, and report their condition to the meeting of the legislature; and when the legislature met, was appointed on com- mittee of ways and means, an important committee. The legislature that winter had a number of men in their body, such as John W. Stevenson, Aikman W. Welch, G. G. Vest, present United States senator, Yelverton Peyton, afterward confederate senator, Aaron Conrow, member of con-
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federate congress, Thos. L. Price, and many others of ability. The senate was also ably represented by Gen. Monroe Parsons, of confederate notoriety, Samuel B. Churchill, late secretary of state of Kentucky, Thos. B. Reynolds, president of the senate, and others. The lines between the war and anti war parties began early in the session to be drawn, and especially after the Hon. Mr. Cooper, of Alabama, made a speech in the senate chamber to a crowded house, gave evidence of the caste of the senate and house of representatives. In these times of excitement, Mr. Eads was with the union party, and gave satisfaction to a majority of his constituents; violently opposed by those of southern proclivities. In the fall of 1861 he was elected a captain of a militia company that was organized in that year, and served for about a year, the same year became associated in the practice of law with Col. John B. Hale, which said asso- ciation became the most successful in this judicial circuit, both being versed in the law, took .a leading part at the bar in this county, and after the close of the war, their practice increased until their names were dock- eted on one side of every important case. This law firm soon became celebrated in criminal practice. They never failed to carry their point in every instance. Mr. Eads was well versed in the scriptures, and used it with such telling effect in an argument before a jury, that their decisions were fre- quently made up before the case was given to them. Their practice in civil cases, increased until it became the most lucrative of any in the judicial circuit, and both became independent men. This association continued for twenty years. Col. Hale had a son he wished to take in as a partner, and Captain Eads a son-in-law, so dissolution took place on the first of January, 1881, by mutual consent, one associating with a son, the other with a son-in-law. Mr. Eads has had a fondness for gathering together a large body of real estate by adding piece after piece, and adjoining Carrollton has a large farm finely improved, with all the conveniences and comforts of life. He has always been a man of remarkable energy, has taken an active part in politics, but has never had any desire for office. Has been a delegate to every state convention for twenty years past, and won a state notoriety in the speeches which he made in placing Major George Deigle in nomina- tion for register of lands, in 1878, and the Hon. Robert D. Ray, for supreme judge, in 1880. The papers all over the state spoke of his speech in nominating Judge Ray, as a masterly effort and contributed largely to the nomination of Mr. Ray.' In 1854 he was married to Miss Sarah F. Bayne, of Chariton county, who died in 1856, leaving an infant daughter. His second wife was a Miss Laura Blackwell, (married in 1857) by whom they have five living children, three daughters and two sons. They have two daughters married. Captain Eads has taken great pains in the edu- cation of his daughters. His two sons, the youngest of the family, are
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sprightly and intelligent, and he is shaping a course to give them a thorough education.
WILLIAM L. EARICKSON.
The subject of this notice, William Lewis Earickson, was born in Jef- ferson county, in the state of Kentucky, on the 10th day of May, 1816, and came to Missouri with his parents, Perry and Loraine Stuckey Ear- ickson, in the year 1819, who settled on the Bowlingreen Prairie in Char- iton county. In the spring of 1824 he removed to Howard county, in what is known as the Hurricane neighborhood, three miles south of the city of Glasgow, where he was raised and received a limited education, such as was given to farmers sons in the early settlements of Missouri. Here he reached his majority, and entered the dry goods store of Messrs. Ball & Swinney, in Glasgow, and was with them for two years and six months, and then with Messrs. Earickson & Turner, in the same place, . for nearly two years, when he purchased their interest, and continued the business in the name of William L. Earickson & Co. His partner was Richard P. Hannonkamp, now of St. Louis. He continued business till some time in the spring of 1842, and sold out to his partner and returned to his father's, and the same year made a large crop of tobacco. On the 10th day of November, 1842, he was married to Miss Martha L. Dick- ens, of Howard county; in the spring of 1843 moved to Carroll county, and settled two miles north of Carrollton, and remained on his farm till 1847, when he traded the same to A. C. Blackwell for one six miles north of Carrollton, upon which he resided until February, 1865. Owing to the unsettled condition of affairs, he, with his family, moved to Brown county, Illinois, where he resided for two years. While in the state of Illinois he sold his farm and lands in Carroll, and finally returned to Mis- souri, to Howard county, and bought a part of the farm of Capt. Dick- ens, on which his wife was raised. Mr. Earickson is a model man in every particular, industrious, a good manager, and delighted in his pro- fession, was a kind friend, was a pattern for his neighborhood in· morals. His christian walk and conversation were above reproach. His failure to return to this county, where he had lived so long and gained such a hold on all who knew him or made his acquaintance, is felt as a heavy loss to his old neighbors, one that is not easily regained. He is now in his new home, having all the comforts around him, with rapidly failing health will soon be removed to that home that he prepared for in the vigor of manhood, and from which no man returns. This tribute to his memory is from an old friend who has known him from youth to the present writing. Being no longer a citizen of Carroll, his memory is still fresh with his old friends, and deserves a place in the annals of the history Carroll county.
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