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RIGDE TOWNSHIP.
WILLIAM ADAMS.
Mr. Adams came from Indiana to Carroll county in 1869. He has a farm of four hundred and six acres all well improved. On his place he has the largest orchard in the township. He has an orchard of 700. apple trees, 1600 peach 100 cherry and other kinds of trees. Mr. Adams was married in 1855 to Miss Lucinda Huntsmeyer. They have seven children, James S., John F., Noah A., Alvilda, Hester Viola, Loutitia and Minnie Gertrude. Mr. Adams and wife are members of the Christian church. He is one of the leading men his neighborhood.
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JOHN A. BURBAGE,
born in 1855 in Brown county, Ohio, son of Thomas S. and Nancy Bur- bage, natives of Ohio. He moved in company with his parents to Iowa; he removed to Livingston county, Mo:, in 1874, and to Carroll county in 1878. He was married in 1879 to Miss Mollie Norton, daughter of George and Eliza Norton. They are the parents of one child-Ollie May. Mr. Burbage owns a farm of eighty acres of superior land. He votes the greenback ticket.
DR. T. J. BROWN,
born in 1828 in Washington county, Tennessee. Son of Gabriel and Sarah (Bayless) Brown. He was raised on a farm and had a poor chance. for obtaining an education. He studied medicine 3 years and then took a course of lectures in Cincinnati, Ohio. He came to Carroll county, Mis- souri in 1852, and began the practice of his profession. In 1855 he was married to Miss Sarah A. Collet. They have nine children, 5 sons and 4 daughters .. Dr. Brown and his wife are members of the M. E. Church, and he is a member of the I. O. O. F. In addition to his practice he has a farm of 620 acres of land, which with one exception is the largest farm in Ridge Township. Dr. Brown is one of the oldest physicians in his section of the county, and perhaps no man has taken greater interest in the progress and welfare of the county.
JABEZ CALVERT,
was born in 1829 in Cooper county, Missouri. Son of Noding and Jane (Bayles) Calvert. Jabez came to Carroll county in 1844. In 1852 he was married to Miss Nancy Mitchell, who died in 1861. Mr. Calvert was again married in 1862 to Miss P. Shinn. Six children have been born to this union, Love J., Stephen E., Hugh J., L. A., Ruth V. and Amy V. Mr. Calvert is pleasantly located on a nice little farm, on which are fine stone quarries of both sand and limestone, the two different kinds of stone being on the same 20 acres of land. He is a democrat and has been a member of the Baptist church since 1847.
JASPER N. CAULK,
was born in 1844, in Henry county, Iowa. He entered the federal army in 1862 and served 3 years. At the close of the war he returned to Iowa and remained until 1866 when he removed to Carroll county, Missouri, where he has since made his home. In 1866 he married Miss Margaret Plunket, daughter of Julius S. and Mary Plunket. Jasper N. Caulk is the sixth son of Henry and Lillie A. Caulk. Mr. Caulk is located on a farm. of 100 acres in Ridge township, and is a very successful farmer. His wife is a member of the Christian church, and he is a staunch democrat.
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JAMES B. LANCK,
was born in 1847 in Meigs county, Ohio. He came to Carroll county, Missouri in 1849, in company with his parents, Ezra and Rachel Lanck. He was raised on the farm. In 1871 he was married to Miss Martha Conner, daughter of Frank and Martha Conner. They are the parents of four children, Agnes J., Elizabeth, Maggie and Harriet V. Mr. Lanck and wife are members of the Baptist church. He owns a small well im- proved farm.
WILEY ROY,
was born in 1803, in King William county, Va. Son of Richard D. and Jane W. Roy. He moved to Harrison county, W. Va., in 1832, and was there engaged in teaching school for two years in Clarksburg. Mr. Roy was educated at Rumford College, Va., graduating there in 1821. In 1834 he moved to Georgetown, Ky., and began clerking for a dry goods firm. He remained in different parts of the state fourteen years, and then removed to Mississippi, and clerked for two years in Natchez. After traveling for three years he moved to Missouri, stopping at Hill's Land- ing, Carroll county, in November, 1853, and has spent the most of his time, while in this county, as teacher in schools, or as school commis- sioner. In June, 1871, he was married to Mrs. Mildred L. Gillispie, widow of Abram Gillispie, and daughter of James and Margaret Bow- ling. Mr. and Mrs. Roy have raised a family of six children, and are members of the Christian church. In the fall of 1870 Mr. Roy was elec- ted commissioner of public schools, and after filling this office for four years located on a beautiful farm on Big Creek in Ridge township, where he at present resides, known by his neighbors to be an honest and upright man. Politically, he is a staunch democrat; his great-grandfather and two great uncles served in the revolutionary war.
WILLIAM B. SINCLAIR,
was born in 1847, in Ohio county, Ky. Son of Isaac and Nancy Sin- clair. William B., learned harness making when sixteen years old, and worked in Danville, Ills., for four years. He afterwards learned the blacksmith trade and has followed that trade ever since. He was mar- ried in 1876, to Miss Hannah E. Cowger, daughter of Noah and Elizabeth Cowger. They have three children: Elmer J., Effie N. and Emma J. Mr. Sinclair and wife are members of the Methodist church; he is loca- ted at Bridge Creek, where he owns property and commands an exten- sive trade. Although a hard working man, he is crippled in one leg by a necrosis of the bone.
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B. C. WOODS,
was born in 1826, in Hardeman county, Tennessee; son of Sarshel and Elizabeth Woods. Sarshel Woods, Abbott Hancock, Bill Kavanaugh and Billy White, while living in Howard county, Mo., heard much talk about bears in Tennessee, and having built a flat-boat, "set sail" for the afore mentioned hunting grounds, going the whole trip by water, and taking their families with them. After arriving at their destination the families remained on the flat-boat, and it was at this time and on this boat that the subject of this sketch was born. Sarshel Woods moved with his family to Carroll county, Mo., in 1833, locating in what is now known as Combs township. The old log house in which they lived immediately after coming to the county, is still standing to-day, and is said to be the oldest house in Carroll county. The place is now owned by W. O. Squires. In 1846 B. C. Woods went to Mexico as a soldier, and served fourteen months; on his return he followed farming two years, and then went to California and roved over the far west for eighteen months; he returned in 1860, and after spending a short while in Texas, he entered the late civil war but did not go south until 1864. After the war he returned to Carroll county, Mo., where he has since remained, following the pursuit of farming. He was married May 18th, 1848, to Miss Nancy P. Callaway, daughter of Ambrose and Susan Callaway. They are the parents of nine children living: Susan E., Margaret P., James H., Jose- phine B., Sarshel C., H. Paddy, Martha J., Nancy A. and Charles B. Mrs. Woods had one uncle stolen by the Indians, and he lived and died with them.
J. A. YATES,
was reared and educated in Callaway.county, Mo. Has always followed the pursuit of farming. He came to Carroll county in 1873. Owns, in partnership with his brother, J. R. Yates, a well-improved farm of 220 acres. He takes great delight in, raised blooded cattle and hogs. He brought the first pure-blooded cows to Carroll county. . Mr. Yates was married in 1876 to Miss Lou E. Creel, daughter of W. R. and Margaret Creel. They have one child, Mary Dell. All are members of the Bap- tist church. Mr. Yates and his brother, Dr. Yates, are solid democrats.
J. R. YATES, M. D.,
born in Woodford county, Kentucky, son of John T. and Elizabeth Yates. He was raised on a farm, and received his education at Richland Acade- my, in Callaway county, Mo. James R. began the study of medicine when 17 years old and completed his course of lectures at the St. Louis medical College in 1863. He has been practicing for about 18 years in Missouri, in the counties of Callaway, Ray, Morgan and Carroll. He is
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a successful physician and has a full practice. He was married in 1861 to Miss Ellen Threlkeld, daughter of Hiram and Nancy Threlkeld. They have three children, W. Q., Mary and Joel.
HILL TOWNSHIP. GEORGE WILSON,
born August 12, 1822, in Lanarkshire, Scotland. He received a common school education at the burgh school, Biggar. His father, William Wilson was a farmer in Skirling, Peebleshire, where according to the statistical account of that parish his ancestors had lived for nearly 200 years. John Wilson and Barbara Stevenson, his grandparents lived to 91 and 100 years respectively. George, at the death of his father, in 1843, went to the city of Edinburgh, where he found employment in the publishing house of W. and R. Chambers, and held a subordinate position under them for 23 years. He was married June 3d, 1845, to Miss Barbara Yule, daughter of Thos. and Jane (Wilson) Yule. Ten children were born to them, eight of whom are still living. During his residence in Edinburgh he became familiar with the personal appearance of all the celebrities of the day, such as Francis Jeffrey, John Wilson, alias "Christopher Worth," George Combe, Hugh Miller, Dr. Thomas Chalmers, and others. Through a mutual friend he had frequently the pleasure of dining with Mackay, the actor. As a member of the Lanark and Biggar Clubs he had the friendship and acquaintance of Wm. Hunter, Esq., the historian of "Biggar and the House of Fleming," and the honer of being mentioned in the preface of that work, with other gentlemen who aided him in his researches. Was also personally acquainted with Alex. Manson, Esq., and Alex. Bertram, distinguished editors, Alex. McLogan, James . Smith, and Alex. Hume, poets of Scotland. It is not surprising, therefore, that, moving in such an environment, he also should have been seized with the "scribbler's itch," and about the year 1860, he was engaged to write a series of sketches and tales for the columns of the "Lanarkshire Advertiser," the first of these being rhe life of James Howe, a friend of Sir Walter Scott's and a cele- brated painter in his time. In the spring of 1867 Mr. Wilson landed in America and came to Carroll county Mo., in 1868, where he entered forty acres of railroad land in section 19, Hill township. This he sold in 1875, and bought eighty acres in section 29 where he is at present engaged in farming and stock raising. He became a citizen of the United States July 24th, 1877, and by the unanimous vote of . the people was elected township clerk and assessor.
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PRAIRIE TOWNSHIP.
WILLIAM H. ADAMS.
Wm. Hicks Adams was born in Dorchester county, Maryland, on the 8th day of April, 1830. He attended the schools of his native county, in his youth and finished his education at South Salem Institute, in Ohio. He obtained the means to attend this school by teaching, which profession he commenced following in his native state, at the age of seventeen years. He afterwards taught in Randolph and Montgomery counties, Indiana, for several years. Wm. H. Adams was married in Randolph county, Indiana, June 10, 1853, to Miss Martha Sands, daughter of Abijah Sands, of that county. After his marriage he was engaged in Crawfordsville, Indiana, at cabinet making, until the year 1867, when he came to this state and settled on a farm, in Greenton valley in Lafayette county. There he remained but one year and then moved to Morton, in Ray, where he farmed for five years. In 1873 he came to this county and located upon the same farm upon which he is at present living, in section 5, Prairie township. This place is well improved and in a prosperous con- dition. Mr. Adams was elected, in April, 1881, on the democratic ticket, to the office of justice of the peace, in his township. He has always been an ardent advocate and strong supportor of the democratic party. Nine children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Adams, six of whom still live: Mag. Dora, Effie, Delphus, Carlotta, Marshall and Buford. Mag. Dora is now the wife of James Spurlock of Lafayette county. Mr. and Mrs. Adams and their daughter Effie are members of Mt. Olive M. E. church, south.
DR. WINFIELD S. BRONSON,
was born September 17, 1849, in Hamilton, Buckner county, Ohio. He is the son of. George H. Bronson, a railroad contractor, who moved to St. Louis, when Winfield was but six years old. Winfield was raised in St. Louis and educated in the School of the Christian Brothers, a Catho- lic college in St. Louis. At the age of eighteen years he accepted a position in Parker's drug store on Broadway and Car streets, St. Louis, and held this position for four years. In 1867 he went to Ottawa, Kansas, and lived with his uncle for two years, and then engaged in various spec- ulations. He went to Chicago in 1869 and read medicine with Dr. Copp and then went to the University of New York and graduated in Physic and surgery, in 1875. He soon afterward opened a drug store on Thirty- second street and Tenth avenue, in New York city, and at the same time engaged in the practice of medicine. He sold out there in 1878 and after stopping in Kirkwood, Missouri, for a few months, came to Carroll county and commenced practicing medicine in Prairie township, located
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seven miles northwest of Norborne. He is now living in section 21, of that township, and is meeting with unusual success. He was married July 31, 1880, to Miss Margaret J. Jenkins, daughter of W. W. Jenkins, of Carroll county. Dr. Bronson and wife are both members of the M. E. church, south. He being a graduate of the best medical institutions in the United States, has before him a brilliant professional career in the county of his adoption.
WILLIAM W. BROWN,
was born December 24, 1843, in Ray county, Missouri; son of Thomas E. Brown, a native of Wilson county, Tennessee, one of the early settlers of Ray county. William lived with his parents until 1862, when he enlisted in company H, 11th Missouri regiment, in Parson's division. Was in battles of Prairie Grove, Helena, Arkansas; Pleasant Hill, Mans- field and Saline River. Was wounded at Helena, Arkansas, shot. through the head. Since the war has been following the pursuit of a farmer, and is one of Carroll county's best citizens. He was married October 19, 1865, to Miss Margaret R. Lents, a native of Tennessee, and daughter of Thomas and Lucinda Lents. They are the parents of five children liv- ing: Thomas J., William S., Nathan A., Ivennettia and Lucinda. Mr. Brown came to Carroll county in 1873.
SETH G. CARR,
born August 9, 1824, in Logan county, Kentucky. Son of David and Martha Carr, natives of Kentucky. `His father was a soldier in the war of 1812. Seth G. moved in company with his parents, in 1836, to Moul- trie county, Illinois, and there was raised on a farm. He was married April 20, 1847, to Miss Mary A. Siler, native of Tennessee, daughter of William and Jane Siler, natives of North Carolina. She is a relative of Gen. N. B. Forest, of the late war. . Mr. Carr moved to Carroll county, Missouri in 1872, and located on a farmi of 720 acres, in Prairie Town- ship. He has his farm well improved. He has four children-Albert M., Colbert N., Benjamin F. and Jennie. Albert and Benjamin are mar- ried and farming in Carroll county. Jennie, their only daughter, is a member of the Christian church. She attended school at Carrollton and completed her collegiate course at Columbia, Missouri. She has been a close student, and is a fine scholar. Mr. Carr and wife are members of the Christian church. He is a staunch democrat.
JAMES P'ERNAL DALE,
born January 8, 1838, in Ray county, Missouri. He was raised and edu- cated in the county of his birth. He commenced teaching when nineteen years old, and taught for five years. He was married March 14, 1860, to
JAMES B. EADS. SEE PAGE 48.]
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LUCAS MARKET. THE OLDEST MARKET IN ST. LOUIS.
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Miss Mary A. Routh, daughter of Mr. John Routh, of Leavenworth county, Kansas. He moved on his father's farm immediately after his marriage, and although he taught school the three following winters, he succeeded in raising a crop every year. In 1872 he moved to Carroll county and purchase a farm of 100 acres in section 30, of Prairie town- ship. He has since increased the farm to 160 acres. Mr. Dale has improved the farm and has one of the finest orchards in the county. In 1875 Mr. Dale traveled with his family through Nevada, Colorado and territories,' returning in 1878. In 1873 Mr. Dale was elected clerk of Prairie township, under the township organization, which was then in vogue. He served until 1875, when he resignad to take the above named trip. He was elected to the same office in 1881. Mr. and Mrs. Dale have had eight children, five sons and three daughters, all living, and named as follows: Edgar, Moses B., James F., Arthur S., Irvine G., Virginia F., Rosa Eureka and Lovina. Mr. Dale and wife are both members of the M. E. Church south. Their son, Moses G., belongs to the same church. Mr. Dale has lived in Prairie township for twenty years.
LEAKEN E. DORSEY,
born in 1824, in Fleming county, Kentucky. He is a son of John Dor- sey, a native of Maryland. In 1852 he moved to . Boone county, Mis- souri, where he remained six years, and then went to Pettis county. In 1877 he moved to Carroll county, where he has since resided. He now owns 340 acres in section 6, Prairie township, besides 560 acres across the county line in Ray county. Mr. Dorsey is a good farmer, and deals extensively in live stock. He feeds a great many cattle. In 1852 he was married to Henrietta Williams, a native of Kentucky. They have six children, John E., Oswell B., Edward L., Mary E., Charles A. and Eley B. Mr. and Mrs. Dorsey are members of the M. E. Church south. Mr. Dorsey is a free mason, and belongs to the Dresden lodge, No. 88, in Pet- tis county, Missouri.
FRANCIS A. ELLIOTT,
born February 18, 1834, in Darke county, Kentucky; son. of. Alexander and Lucy Elliott, natives of Kentucky. He was raised in the county of his birth until sixteen years old, when he moved to Missouri, stopping one year in Cooper county, and locating in Carroll county, in 1853. He was married January 13, 1861, to Miss Lenora W. Grow, native of Kentucky daughter of Annanias and Sallie Grow. During the war Mr. Elliott was in the home guards. He is now a successful farmer of Carroll county, and has his farm well improved. Mr. and Mrs. Grow are the parents of
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seven children, living: Fannie, William R., James J. Charlie P., L., Joseph and Ora B.
ANDREW J. GRAVES,
born in 1826, in Tennessee; he is the son of Henry Graves, a blacksmith by trade. Andrew J. came to Missouri in 1850, and in 1851 moved to Iowa, and remained until 1866 when he returned to Missouri, and located in Carroll county, where he has since remained. In 1854 he was married to Miss Isabella Wadkins of Iowa. They are the parents of four children: Robert, Eliza, Sarah and Alice. Mr. and Mrs. Graves are both mem- bers of the Methodist Episcopal Church south. They are now living on their farm in section 24, Prairie township. Mr Graves is justice of the peace in his township.
JOHN JOHNSON,
born August 23, 1822, in Denmark. In his early life he was employed by working on a farm, and hunting and fishing after he became a young man. He came to the United States in 1864 and located in Ottawa county, Ohio, where he remained four years, and then came to Carroll county, Missouri. He owns a farm of one hundred and forty acres in prairie township. Mr. Johnson was married in 1856 to Miss Anna Mates, who died in 1859, leaving one child, Nis H. Mr. Johnson was again married in 1860 to Miss Pragetti Paulsen. To this union were born three children: Ella C., August S. and one deceased. Mr. Johnson's oldest son, Nis H., was born in 1857 in Denmark, and was married May 8, 1881, to Miss Laura E. Knowles of Illinois, daughter of Wm. R. and Hannah L. Knowles. John Johnson and wife are members of the Lutheran church.
R. S. JUDD,
born in Duchess county, New York. He is a son of Dr. Stoddard Judd. He was raised and educated in the county of his birth. At the age of eighteen he emigrated with his parents to Wisconsin, and in 1870, he came to Carroll county, Mo., being then twenty-three years old. He has a farm of 500 acres, of fine improved land. He deals extensively in live stock. He was married in 1851, to Miss Maria Tompkins, a native of New York. They have seven children living, Samuel S., George L., Ida F., Mary E., Randall T., Anna M., and Hattie V. Mr. Judd is a member of the I. O. O. F. at Wanshard, Lodge No. 50, in Wisconsin.
JOSEPH E. LYON,
born January 25, 1842 in Darke county, Kentucky, son of Robert and Jane Lyon, natives of Kentucky.' Joseph was raised on the farm and grew to manhood in the county of his birth. He was married November
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12, 1863, to Miss Lou. A. Reynolds, daughter of James H. and Elizabeth Reynolds, Kentuckians. He removed to Carroll county, Mo., in 1869 where he has since made his home following the pursuit of farming. He is at present located.on section 12. Mr. and Mrs Lyon are members of the M. E. church, south, and are the parents of seven children living- Addie E., Frank W., Joseph H., Edward W., Bettie, Helen and Ida.
REV. THOMAS MINNIS,
born in Carroll county, Missouri. He is a son of John P. and Ann Minnis, who came to Carroll county in 1830 and are among the early set- lers of the county. . Tho nas was raised on the farm. He was married February 8, 1859, to Miss Emaline Templeman, daughter of Edward and Nancy Templeman. Mr. Minnis enlisted in the union army and served three years. Since then he has been engaged in farming and stock- raising. He owns 270 acres of land. Mr. Minnis and wife are members of the Baptist church. They have six children living: Leroy D., Rob- ert E., James L., Nannie E., Mertie E. and Effie May. Mr. Minnis has been an ordained minister for eight years, and at present preaches at Col- . oma, Chapel Hill and Mandeville.
GEORGE OSBORNE,
born January 20, 1845, in Cincinnati, Ohio, son of John and Mary A. (Rose) Osborne, natives of Sheffield, England. George spent his early days in Cincinnati and when fourteen years old went to Kentucky where he was engaged in farming. In 1869 he removed to Carroll county, Mo. He was married March 16, 1873 to Mrs. Susan E. (Poindexter) Crockett, daughter of Waddy and Sarah Poindexter, natives of Virginia. They are the parents of two children-Rosa D. and Joseph H. Since living in Missouri Mr. Osburn has followed the occupation of farming. He owns a farm of one hundred acres of land.
MORRIS OSBURN,
born December 30, 1839, in Licking county, Ohio, son of Richard and Mary Osburn. Morris was raised on a farm. When twenty-three years old he went to Iowa and remained eighteen months, moving from there to Ray county, Mo., where he purchased land and lived until 1872. His next move was to Carroll county where he bought a farm in section 30 of Prairie township and on which he still resides. He was married July 11, 1872 to Miss Mary A. McQuiston, of Ray county, who died March 2, 1873. Mrs. Osburn was a member of the Christian church. Mr. Osburn belongs to the same church. He has taught school a part of the time since twenty-one years old.
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WILLIAM RENZELMAN,
born March 10th, 1821 in Hannover, Germany. Son of Henry and Mary Renzelman. He spent his early life in the " old country " and came to America in 1848, settled in Carroll county, Missouri, in 1850, living the two years previous in Lafayette and Ray counties. He purchased at first but 40 acres, and by industry and economy has bought more land, now owning over 600 acres, Mr. Renzelman is an extensive dealer in live stock. He was married April 14th, 1844 to Miss Mary Schroeder of Hannover, Germany. They are the parents of seven children, Frederick W., Eliza- beth W., Lewis, Dora S., Henry A., August W. and William. Mr. Ren- zelman was in the Home Militia, during the war, but was taken sick and discharged. He and his wife are members of the Lutheran church.
ยท LEOPOLD SCHIES,
was born April 26th,. 1846, in Baden, Germany. Son of Simon and Josephine (Moore) Schies. The family came to America in 1851 and in the spring of 1852 located in Carroll county, entering 40 acres at first in Prairie township, and bought 120 acres of the county: Leopold now owns 246 acres of fine land. Mr. Schies was married June 11th, 1866 to Miss Agnes Williams, daughter of Shelton and Margaret Williams of Indiana. They are the parents of eight children, Elizabeth K., Caroline, . Sarah J., Simon, John L., Andrew F., Mary E., and Annie A. Mr. Schies was in the state militia during the war, served three years in company A. under Capt. Standley. He and his wife are members of the M. E. church, south. His father, Simon Schies is a catholic and said to be the oldest man in Prairie township. Was born in 1807.
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