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tice long before he had taken any instruction from a regular veterinary school. When he was about twenty-five years old he purchased the best text books obtainable and after a rigid course of self-instruction he was able to pass examination given by the Veterinary Science Association of Ontario, Canada, and was granted a diploma by that institution on May 1, 1906. On April 3, 1909, he received a diploma and the degree of Doctor of Veterinary Dentistry from the Veterinary Dental College of Detroit, Michigan.
Dr. Van Hoy was married September 4, 1887, to Luty Dell, a daugh- ter of Major and Mrs. Lysander West. Mrs. Van Hoy's father is now deceased and her mother lives at the home of a son-in-law, B. E. Hol- comb, Liberty, Missouri. Dr. and Mrs. Van Hoy are the parents of four children, as follows: James Harold of Moberly, Missouri; Forestine, married Harry King, Moline, Illinois; Eugene Herbert, Douglas, Wyom- ing; and Mrs. George Lieber, also of Douglas, Wyoming. Dr. Van Hoy and his wife are prominent in the community and are of the representa- tive Cass County pioneer families.
George A. Talbot, a prosperous farmer of Dayton township, is a native son of Cass County, having been born in Dayton township in 1872. He is a son of William E. and Mary E. (Kennedy) Talbot, natives of Kentucky, sketch of whom appears in this volume. George A. Talbot was reared on a farm and educated in District Number 5, Dayton town- ship, and also attended school in Bourbon County, Kansas, and Butler, Missouri.
George Talbot's father died when George was about six years old and the boy began life for himself at a very early age. He began farm- ing for himself on the home place when he was sixteen years old, and general farming and stock raising has been his occupation since that time. He owns a well-improved farm with a good residence and other farm buildings. Mr. Talbot specializes in raising Durham cattle and Poland China hogs, in which he has met with a very satisfactory degree of success.
Mr. Talbot was united in marriage in 1892 with Miss Mattie Cole- man, of Index township, a daughter of D. C. and Sarah Gardner Coleman, natives of Virginia. The Coleman family came to Cass County in 1886, locating in Dayton township. D. C. Coleman is now deceased and his widow resides with her son, Joseph Coleman, in Sherman township. To
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Mr. and Mrs. Talbot have been born two children, as follows: Thaddeus, who was educated in the Garden City public schools, the Central Business College, Sedalia, Missouri, and the State Normal School at Warrensburg, Missouri. He married Miss Florence Kelly. The younger son, Ralph, is a student in the Garden City High School and holds a certificate of honor from the County Superintendent for four years attendance at school without missing a single day or being tardy.
Mr. Talbot is a Republican and takes an active interest in local politics, and in 1907 was elected assessor of Index township and elected collector in 1909. He is one of the substantial citizens of Cass County, where the Talbot family is well and favorably known.
William E. Talbot, now deceased, was a Cass County pioneer. He was born in Kentucky in 1830, and when three years old was brought to Missouri by his parents. He was a son of Dr. Patrick Talbot, who began the practice of medicine at Pleasant Hill, Missouri, upon coming to this section of the state in 1833. He was also an attorney. He built the first house, which was a log structure, in the northern part of the present town of Pleasant Hill. He was also one of the founders of the town of Dayton and owned the townsite, and at one time owned a store there.
William E. Talbot was united in marriage with Miss Mary E. Ken- nedy December 31, 1856. She was a native of Kentucky, but at the time of her marriage resided at Pleasant Hill. She is a daughter of S. F. and Catherine Willis (Talbot), natives of Kentucky. Her mother died in her native state and the father afterward married Keturah Mullins, who accompanied him to Missouri. Mrs. Talbot was born in 1840 and came to Missouri with her father and stepmother, locating at Pleasant Hill in 1855. The family remained at Pleasant Hill until the Civil War broke out, when they removed to northern Missouri. Later they returned to Ray County where the father died at the age of seventy-six. Mrs. Talbot was one of the following children born to her parents: Sterling, Mary E., now is Mrs. William E. Talbot; Frances ; David ; and Samuel, of whom Mary E. is the only surviving member. William E. Talbot died at the age of forty-eight years, in 1878, and is buried in the Dayton Cemetery.
To William E. and Mary E. Talbot were born the following children : Anna M., married Otho Agee, Denver, Colorado; Leonard H., Hiattville; Izora, married George Blaincoe, Fort Scott, Kansas; Ethelbert, married Minnie Coles, and is now deceased; George, a farmer and stockman,
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Dayton township; Ida, deceased; and a daughter who died in infancy. Mrs. Talbot is a member of the Christian Church and an exemplary Christian woman. She represents that type of pioneer women who did their part nobly and well toward transforming the west from an unin- habited plain to a land of progress and plenty.
George S. McCulloh, well known as a leading farmer and stockman of Dayton township, was born in Miami County, Kansas, October 11, 1861. His father, William G. McCulloh, was a native of Pennsylvania, born in 1828, and died September 8, 1915, and is buried at Dayton, Missouri. He was a pioneer of Miami County, Kansas, locating there in 1857. When Order No. 11 was issued he went to Johnson county, Kansas. He came to Cass County, Missouri, May 3, 1866, and settled in Dayton township, where he spent the remainder of his life. George S. McCulloh's mother was Matilda Souders before her marriage. She was born in Pennsyl- vania May 6, 1828, and died August 8, 1911. William G. McCulloh and wife were the parents of nine children, as follows: Archibald S., deceased ; James Henry, Garden City, Missouri; Mary Ellen Gaylord, deceased; Sarah Emma Clements, decease; George S., the subject of this sketch; Clara Belle Talbot, deceased; Louisa Jane Morlan, Garden City; Ulysses Grant, Creighton, Missouri; and O. B., engaged in the real estate busi- ness at Garden City.
George S. McCulloh received his schooling at the "Choctaw School House," Dayton township. At the age of twenty-two he began life for himself, buying one hundred twenty acres of the present home place of Mr. Kelly. The land was originally part of the Wilhite estate. It was unimproved, except for a small old house that stood thereon. That house still stands. It was built by Ben Rogers nearly fifty years ago. It was Mr. McCulloh's residence until his present home was built in 1901. The new house has eight rooms and is cozy and cheerful. Mr. McCulloh's present farm contains three hundred sixty acres and is a very valuable stock farm as well as an excellent grain farm. It is well improved, having on it, in all, eleven suitable buildings, and is well equipped for stock and grain raising. Mr. McCulloh has raised Shorthorn cattle until recently, but now handles grade stock in horses and cattle, shipping about two car loads of each every year. He has also until lately, handled Percheron horses, in partnership with his brother James. He raises pure bred Barred Plymouth Rock chickens and at present has one hundred fifty of these fowls on hand.
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Mr. McCulloh was married November 22, 1884, to Miss Martha A. Dunham, of Dayton township. She is the daughter of A. R. and Julia M. (Beavin) Dunham, pioneers of Dayton township. They came here in the fifties, and remained until Order No. 11 was issued, when they went to Johnson County. Mr. Dunham was a native of North Carolina, born February 24, 1816, and died in Cass County in March, 1865, and is buried in Bayler cemetery. Mrs. Dunham was born in Fulton County, Missouri, April 7, 1832, and died in March, 1907, and is also buried in Baylor Cem- etery.
To Mr. and Mrs. George S. McCulloh have been born three children, as follows: Beverly M., married Beulah Cantrell of Bates County, resides on the home place; Bessie S., married Sherman V. Leslie, and they live on the old McCulloh homestead; and Harold Mckinley, unmarried, re- sides with his parents. The McCullohs are among Cass County's most substantial citizens.
G. B. Weaver, a progressive farmer residing two miles east of Harri- sonville, has probably done more than any other one man in Cass County to advance agricultural interests. He was born in Wayne County, Ken- tucky, in 1853, son of John S. and Louisa Margaret Weaver. John S. Weaver was born in 1819 and died in 1896. He is buried on the home place in Wayne County, Kentucky. Louisa Margaret Weaver died in Wayne County, Kentucky, in 1897. John S. and Louisa Margaret Weaver were the parents of the following children: J. H., Lincoln County, Ken- tucky; Simeon, who died at the age of two years; E. F., who died at the age of thirty years; D. W., who died at the age of twenty-five years; Mrs. Bellzora Tate, Wayne County, Kentucky; G. B., subject of this review; Mrs. Susan Morris, Harrisonville, Missouri; John W., Cameron, Missouri; B. C., who died in Liberty, Missouri; Mattie, who is married and resides in Independence, Missouri; and R. L., Broadway, New York. All the children were reared on the farm where the mother, Louisa Margaret, was born.
G. B. Weaver left his home in Kentucky at the age of nineteen years for Texas, where he became a cattle puncher. Riding bronchoes, Mr. Weaver herded cattle for six years at Waco. He purchased three hundred twenty acres of land near Corsicana and for many years operat- ed a cotton plantation in the sunny south.
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In 1878 G. B. Weaver and Jennie A. Meader, of Corsicana, Texas, daughter of a schoolmate of Mr. Weaver's mother, were united in mar- riage. Mrs. Meader and Louisa Margaret Weaver were playmates and friends in the days of their girlhood in Wayne County, Kentucky. The parents of Mrs. G. B. Weaver are deceased and she has no living brothers or sisters.
Mr. Weaver sold his plantation in Texas and came to Cass County in 1899 where he bought eighty acres, two and a half miles north of Harrisonville, for fifty dollars. He improved this place and seven years later sold it for eighty-seven and a half dollars per acre, the highest price paid for land in that vicinity at that time. Mr. Weaver then pur- chased his present home place of eighty acres from E. F. Garrett. Part of the present residence and a hay barn were upon the place at the time of the purchase, but Mr. Weaver has rebuilt both, installing a light plant and piping water to both the residence and barn, making them strictly modern throughout. He has in addition erected a 12 x 26 silo and an excellent hog and cattle bran 32 x 32 feet in dimensions. He handles registered Shorthorn cattle and Duroc Jersey hogs and has been very successful raising jacks.
G. B. Weaver has spent most of his, life clearing, cultivating and improving the land. Five different farms he has improved. Two of these farms were prairie land and one a place in Texas which he grubbed out. His ideas of farm arrangement and improvement are splendid and those who know Mr. Weaver say that he is never satisfied with a farm until he has made it one of the very best, that he will have none but a good place. Cochleburs never thrive upon the Weaver place. Farming has drawn out the best efforts of some of the leading men in Cass County and developed their abilities, and through their efforts along agricultural lines they have become well-to-do and prominent in their communities. G. B. Weaver is one of these substantial farmer citizens of Cass County whose intelligent knowledge of soils and the most profitable uses to which particular lands may be devoted is advancing the agricultural im- portance of this community.
Samuel Wright Wade, of Sherman township, comes of noble pioneer lineage. He was born August 1, 1869, in Old Wadesburg, son of Wood- son A. and Ellen F. (Wright) Wade. Woodson A. Wade, a Virginian, was born December 26, 1825. He came to Missouri in 1854 or 1855 and
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entered the land on which he later founded the town of Wadesburg. In his honor the town was named. Ellen F. (Wright) Wade was born in Kentucky, May 17, 1829. The Wade family left the county when Order No. 11 was issued and for some time resided in Sedalia, later in Warrens- burg and Pleasant Hill. Woodson A. Wade enlisted in the federal service at Sedalia, Missouri, and served throughout the war. When he was serving as provost marshal at Sedalia his revolvers were stolen and some time later his son, James W., saw them in the possession of a big, husky fellow at Warrensburg. James stepped up to the thief and demanded of him what right he had to his father's revolvers. The thief tried to bluff the lad but friendly onlookers assisted, and the weapons were restored to him. Woodson A. Wade was a prominent and leading man of his day in Cass County. He was a member of the committee appointed to revise the constitution in the seventies. He was appointed collector of internal revenue for this district, and in 1888 assisted in organizing the Farmers and Merchants Bank and was its first president. He was very successful in life also in a material way and at the time of his death, May 24, 1908, was owner of nine hundred acres of good land. He was a worthy member of the Baptist Church and was affiliated with the Ancient Free and Ac- cepted Masons and the Grand Army of the Republic. Woodson A. Wade was a man of excellent parts, stern morality, generous impulses, and kindly heart. Honest and upright himself, he would not tolerate any- thing low or underhanded in others. His loss was a source of universal regret in the community. Mrs. Wade followed her husband in death in March, 1911, and both are interred in Wadesburg Cemetery.
Samuel Wright Wade received his elementary education in Wades- burg, Missouri. He graduated from Spalding's Commercial School in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1892, and for the ensuing six years was assist- ant cashier of the Farmers Deposit Bank of Creighton. The bank liqui- dated about six years after starting and paid one hundred six cents on the dollar, an unusual proceeding. Young Wade then went to Kansas City and for six years was engaged in railroading and street car work, after which he returned to Cass County to make his home on the farm, where he has since resided. Mr. Wade owns one hundred ninety-five acres of his father's old home place and upon which his parents are buried. April 7, 1915, the house on the home place burned and Mr. Wade moved to his present home.
August 7, 1894, Samuel Wright Wade and Alice N. Gaitskill, Monroe
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City, Missouri, were united in marriage, and to this union were born two children; Mrs. Della M. Wilds, with whom Mr. Wade now makes his home; and Minetta Belle, at home attending school. Mrs. Wade died March 13, 1913.
Mr. Wade has taken an active and interested part in the political affairs of his township and county. He was twice candidate for circuit clerk on the republican ticket, in 1892 and four years later. For two years he was mayor of Creighton at the time he was in the bank there, and for many years he has been justice of the peace. His has had an active and influential career.
Mr. Wade possesses a splendid mind of literary turn and he has found time from the manifold duties of his busy life to inform himself by wide reading upon countless subjects and is thoroughly posted upon current events. But better than being a well informed reader and an excellent conversationalist, Mr. Wade is a noble man, a truly valuable citizen of Cass County.
Adelbert Leadbetter, a prominent farmer of Index township, is a native of Cass County. He was born in Index township May 29, 1871, and is a son of E. G. and Frances Leadbetter, both natives of Maine. The father was born August 15, 1845, and the mother July 24, 1852. E. G. Leadbetter came to Cass County in 1869, and settled in Index town- ship, on the place now owned by Mrs. Alice Randall. He broke part of this farm and improved it. The place consisted of one hundred twenty acres. E. G. Leadbetter followed farming and stock raising in Index township for a number of years and was unusually successful in that line of industry. In addition to his farming and stock raising he was an extensive feeder and shipper of cattle for many years. He now owns twelve hundred acres of land, all of which are in Index township except ten acres. He now resides in Garden City.
Adelbert Leadbetter was one of a family of four children born to his parents, as follows : Adelbert, the subject of this sketch; Mrs. Ella Anderson, Garden City, Missouri; Jasper, Mangum, Oklahoma; and Everett, Index township. Adelbert Leadbetter was educated in the public schools, the State Normal School at Warrensburg, and the Central Busi- ness College, Sedalia, Missouri. When he was twenty-one years of age, he entered the employ of the Walter A. Wood Harvester Company at Sedalia, Missouri, as assistant general agent. He returned to Index
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township, Cass County, where he has since been successfully engaged in farming and stock raising. He has a well improved farm of three hun- dred acres with good farm buildings, including large barns. The farm residence, which consists of ten rooms, was built in 1907 and is modern throughout, Mr. Leadbetter having installed his own light plant and water system. He is a successful raiser of cattle and hogs, keeping his stock up to a high grade standard, and by his system of thorough farm- ing he usually gets good results and seldom has crop failures. For in- stance, in 1916 he raised very good crops of corn and potatoes which was unusual during that year.
Mr. Leadbetter was united in marriage in 1891 to Miss Frances Bennett. The following children were born to this union: Earl, died in infancy; Wilbur, Garden City, Missouri; Eugene, died at the age of seventeen; Martha, a member of the Senior Class of the Garden City High School; Zola, Grover and Pansy, students in the Garden City schools. The mother of these children died in November, 1907. In August, 1909, Mr. Leadbetter was married to Miss Fern Headington, of Garden City, Missouri. She was born July 11, 1885, and is a daughter of Lemoyn and Naomi (Friend) Headington, of Harrisonville, Missouri. To Mr. and Mrs. Leadbetter have been born four children: Homer, died in infancy ; Emerson, George and Isaac.
Mr. Leadbetter is a Republican and takes an active interest in local affairs. He has served as trustee of Index township for the past eight years and has been school director twelve years and clerk of the school board for thirteen years. The Leadbetter family are a representative Cass County pioneer family.
Eugene Anderson, a progressive farmer and stock raiser of Index township, is a native of Michigan. He was born in that state December 20, 1870, and is a son of Marvin and Adelaide (Godfrey) Anderson, both natives of Michigan, who spent their lives in that state. Their remains are buried in Draper's Cemetery in Jackson County, Michigan. They were the parents of the following children: Guy, resides in Jackson County, Michigan; Mrs. Edith Shaw, Jackson County, Michigan; Mrs. Adelaide Chappell, Jackson County, Michigan; and Eugene, the subject of this sketch.
Eugene Anderson was educated in the public schools of Michigan and in 1890 came to Garden City, Missouri. Here he worked by the month for
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two years and later engaged in farming for himself. Recently Mr. Anderson purchased a farm of eighty acres from Gideon Yoder adjoining the townsite of Garden City. Mr. Anderson's place is well improved with a good residence and suitable farm buildings and everything about the place bespeaks the progress and industry of its owner. Mr. Anderson carries on general grain farming and stock raising and is meeting with well-merited success.
Mr. Anderson was united in marriage in 1892 with Miss Ella Lead- better, of Garden City. She is a Cass County girl, born in Index town- ship in 1873, a daughter of E. G. and Frances (Brown) Leadbetter, of Garden City. Mrs. Anderson is one of a family of four children born to her parents, the others being as follows: Adelbert, Garden City, Mis- souri; Jasper, Mangum, Oklahoma; and Everett, a farmer in Index town- ship. To Mr. and Mrs. Anderson have been born three children, as fol- lows: Edmund Dewey, Frances Adelaide and Jasper Marvin.
Eugene Anderson came to Cass County with very little means and by industry and economy he succeeded in getting a start and has become one of the substantial men of the county and is recognized as one of Cass County's solid citizens.
Garland M. West is a native of Dayton township, Cass County, born September 11, 1880. He is a son of R. A. and Nannie (Byler) West. They were the parents of two children, Garland M., the subject of this sketch, and Etta, who resides in Garden City. When R. A. West came to Missouri he located in Bates County, where he remained for a few years, when he came to Cass County, settling in Dayton township. Here he was engaged in farming and stock raising and handled cattle extensively until 1904, when he removed to Garden City, where he and his wife now reside.
Garland M. West was educated in the public schools of Cass County, and at the age of twenty-four engaged in farming and stock raising on the place where he now resides, three miles south of Garden City. He is one of the well known pure blood stock breeders in Cass County, and has handled registered Shorthorn cattle since 1904 and has always found a ready demand for his cattle. He is also well known as a Percheron horse breeder, and his stallion "Homer M." is one of the finest Percheron horses to be found in western Missouri. Mr. West is also the owner of "Big Wonder," a valuable Kentucky jack which he has recently pur-
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chased. Mr. West also raises registered white faced cattle as well as Shorthorns. His place is well adapted to the stock business and equipped with modern improvements for conveniently and successfully handling stock. The West home is an attractive farm residence.
Mr. West was married Otcober 19, 1904, to Miss Josephine Mc- Culloh, a daughter of J. H. McCulloh, a well known pioneer of Dayton township, further mention of whom is made elsewhere in this volume.
Mr. West takes an active interest in local affairs and has served as collector of Dayton township for two years, and is well known as a pro- gressive and enterprising citizen of Cass County.
David H. Kirk, a prominent pioneer stockman of Cass County, is a native of Indiana. He was born near Martinsville, Morgan County, Indi- ana, July 17, 1857, and is a son of Beverly and Ann (Allen) Kirk. The father was born in Kentucky October 4, 1830, and is now living in Cass County. He is a son of David H. Kirk. The mother, Ann Allen, was a native of Edinburgh, Scotland, and came to America with her brothers when she was sixteen years of age, her parents remaining in their native land. She died near Harrisonville, Missouri, about 1882. Beverly and Ann (Allen) Kirk were the parents of the following children: J. W., Lamar, Missouri; David H., the subject of this sketch; J. A., Pueblo, Colorado; George B., Alva, Oklahoma; and Maggie, married Theodore Fletcher, Martinsville, Indiana.
David H. Kirk was reared and educated in Cass County, having located here with his parents in 1868. He began life as a farmer and stockman and has since devoted himself to that industry. He first bought a farm four miles northeast of Harrisonville where he remained until 1893. He then bought property in the vicinity of Garden City, Missouri. In 1903 he located on his present place in Dayton township, where he has a splendid farm of four hundred acres, located one and one-fourth miles south of Garden City. This is a well improved and valuable farm and in addition to this Mr. Kirk owns five hundred seventy-two acres of land in Dayton township. Mr. Kirk is not only an extensive farmer and stock raiser, but buys and sells cattle on a large scale. He is one of the largest shippers of cattle and hogs in the southeastern part of Cass County and through his activity in this line the stock raisers of that section always have a ready market for their stock at the highest market prices.
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Mr. Kirk was united in marriage May 3, 1893, with Miss Clara Bishop, daughter of Charles and Flora (Ensworth) Bishop. The Bishop family came to Cass County about 1869. The father died about twelve years ago and his remains are buried in Garden City. His widow now resides with Mrs. Kirk and is eighty-one years of age. To Mr. and Mrs. Kirk have been born three children, as follows: Ray, Perry and Rena Belle, all residing at home with their parents. Rena Belle is a student in the Female Seminary at Mexico, Missouri.
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