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A. W. Stearns, H. S. Force, Jack Bowlby, John Vallandigham, William L. Ferguson, Capt. E. C. Thomas, Virgil R. Porter, J. M. Lowe.
The first school taught was by that old pioneer, Richard R. Reese, who was the first county court and circuit clerk and the first lawyer in Plattsburg. The building in which he taught was a small cabin. This was as early as 1834, and at a period when there were but a few inhabitants. Mr. Reese left here about the year 1840.
The next regular school kept (by subscription) in the town of Platts- burg, was in 1841, in a log house, located east of the public square on the bluff. The teacher was Dr. Cyrus Hubbard, a graduate of the Uni- versity of Maine, and a brother of Governor Hubbard of that state. The doctor was not only a thorough physician, but a man of fine classical and literary attainments, and successful as a teacher. After teaching a term of five months, he married a Miss Ward, and thereafter devoted himself exclusively to the practice of medicine for several years, when he moved away. Among his pupils were: Charles C. Birch, James H. Birch, Jr., C. C. Jones, Brazelton A. Jones, William Quinn, Anthony Pal- mer, C. C. Palmer, Jane Palmer, Delia Randolph, Virginia Funkhouser, McDonald boys and E. S. Randolph.
The third teacher was, probably, Moses H. Simonds, from Ohio, a graduate of the Ohio University, and a man of excellent scholarship. He taught for some time after his arrival, and until the breaking out of the Mexican War, when he went to Gentry County, in 1846, where he raised a company of volunteers for the service. Then came John Cavenaugh, who was a graduate of the University of Oxford, England, and at one time a fellow of one of its colleges. He taught a short time, in Plattsburg, and also joined a company of volunteers, for the Mexican War, and lost his life at Chapultepec. The next teacher was William H. Pritchard, who was a graduate of the University of Virginia. After teaching one or two years, he returned to Virginia, and died there. After Pritchard, William E. Emory, a graduate of the Ohio University, was employed as a teacher for several years. He returned to Ohio. George W. Osborn, then taught several terms, was county surveyor for several years, and died near Cam- eron, Clinton County. Thomas D. W. Yonley, taught a number of years and was afterward attorney general of Arkansas. J. M. DeFrance also taught a private school in Plattsburg. Lavinus Transu and Moses Shoe-
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maker may be classed with the early teachers. Mr. Shoemaker was, at one time, clerk of the county and circuit courts.
Among the early women teachers were Miss Anna Patton, later the wife of Colonel Vance; Miss Cynthia Harris and Miss Frances Davis. Among the last to open a private school in the town were Miss Aletha A. and Yucy Pepper from Kenutcky. They were highly educated and taught with great success. After remaining here some length of time, they left for San Francisco, Cal., where they resumed teaching.
The M. E. Church, South, was organized at Plattsburg, in 1841, by Rev. Thompson Peera, at the residence of Thomas Palmer, with four lady members, viz: Mrs. Hannah McMichael, Mrs. Israel Johns, Mrs. Isabelle Palmer and Mrs. Barbara Palmer. Public worship was con- ducted sometimes at Mr. Palmer's residence, and often at the court house, until a small log church was built, in 1846, by Thomas McMichael. The first preacher in charge was Thompson Peera.
M. E. Church .- Rev. T. H. Haggerty, of St. Joseph, Mo., a represen- tative of the M. E. Church, preached the first sermon in Plattsburg in November, 1863. On the 20th day of February, 1865, he organized the first society of that church in the town after the division of 1844. Be- tween the date of his first sermon, and the organization of the society, he and Rev. E. Brookman held occasional services, but no regular services were maintained until after the conference of 1865. The names of the first persons organized into a class were J. Y. McAdams, L. P .; Mrs. Mc- Adams, N. L. Osborn, C. L .; Mrs. Osborn, George R. Shepherd, Letitia Shepherd, Samuel Shepherd, E. Shepherd, F. D. Phillips, Mary E. Phil- lis, Joe Funkhouser, Barbara Funkhouser, Harrison Funkhouser, Kate Funkhouser and Ann Funkhouser.
First Baptist Church was organized December 4, 1854.
The original members were Samuel H. Smith, Henrietta Smith, Wil- liam L. Ferguson, Frances A. Ferguson, James E. Young, Louisiana Young, Thomas J. Patton and Edith Patton.
In those days, the organization had no house of its own wherein to worship, and held their meetings at different places-in other churches and private residences, and often at the old court house, until after the war, when the subject of building a church edifice was dscussed. This was determined upon in 1868, when a brick building was commenced and finished, in 1869, at a cost of $3,000.
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The pastors of the church since the organization have been Rev. W. C. Batchelor, Rev. I. T. Williams, W. C. Barrett, W. A. Crouch, B. G. Manard, F. J. Leavitt, R. H. Jones, G. W. Rodgers, Lee Harrell, J. N. Bowling, W. L. Dorgan, T. M. S. Kenney, B. D. Weeks, W. F. Robbins, L. V. Edwards, C. H. Eyman, J. S. Cossairt, A. H. Webb.
The small building was torn down in 1902 and a splendid edifice of red brick erected in 1903, upon the same site. Some of the best musical talent of Plattsburg is found in this congregation, Mrs. Ingles James, Mrs. P. J. O'Malley, Mrs. R. L. Eberts. Rev. W. A. Crouch, the pastor in 1881, is living at Turney, still powerful in his mentality and dean of the Baptist preachers of the county.
Christian Church .- The first preacher of this denomination that labored in Plattsburg was Elder Duke Young, of Andrew County, Mo. He preached in 1842-3, and for several years afterward. The church was organized under his ministry in 1843 or 1844, with a membership of not more than twenty-five or thirty persons. Elder Young was an earnest and successful preacher, of good natural gifts, but without a liberal edu- cation. The early meetings of the church were held in the court house. After Elder Young, there was a succession of preachers, more or less gifted in ministerial power and usefulness. Among these we may name as especially worthy of mention, Elder S. S. Trice, Elder W. D. Jourdan, Elder G. R. Hand and Elder A. H. F. Payne.
The Presbyterian Church was organized April 5, 1861, with Mrs. C. M. Hooper, R. R. Turner, Mrs. Emily Turner, James W. Trimble, Esther E. Trimble, Mrs. M. Smith, Matilda Edgar, Mrs. R. S. Morgan, A. A. Morgan, W. P. Hooper, Mrs. L. L. Hooper, Mrs. Hughart, Ira Dunham, Mrs. H. E. Snowdon, Mrs. M. E. Smalley, Q. Q. Smalley, H. C. Smalley, N. H. Whitehead, James Burr, Mrs. J. L. Burr, and Cynthia Smalley. The minister officiating at its organization was the Rev. C. A. Wiley. The first house of worship, a frame building, was erected in 1871, on Locust street, at a cost of about three thousand dollars.
St. Mary's Protestant Episcopal Mission .- Bishop Hawks visited Plattsburg sometime in 1855, but there was no effort made to organize a church. In 1959, the Rev. Johnson preached in the district school house, but no effort was made at organization until the Rev. A. Batte came in 1870, and began to hold occasional services. The Right Rev. C. F. Robertson made his first visit in 1871, but there were no confirma-
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tions until his second visit, in 1872, when three persons came forward. The first person baptized by a clergyman of the church (the Rev. A. Batte) was Miss Florence May Turner, in 1872. In 1873, Rev. J. H. Water- man organized a mission, and called it St. Mary's, and held the first stated services in the Methodist Church, South, but removed in a few months to the residence of Col. James H. Birch.
In August, 1876, Rev. John Bennett held service in the Presbyterian Church, and arrangements were made with him for one service each month, and the Presbyterian Church was rented for one year. In 1877, the members built a church at a cost of about $1,500.
Catholic Church .- In 1866, Father Leonard Kemp, of St. Joseph, Mo., came to Plattsburg at regular intervals, and held services at private houses, until 1867, when a church edifice was built, a frame building, cost- ing about $2,000. Father Abell, another priest from St. Joseph, took charge of the church and remained one year, till 1868, at which time he was succeeded by Father O'Riley, who continued his pastoral relations with the church, until 1876, and then went to New York. Father Ahern succeeded Father O'Riley, remaining in charge for one year, when Father Hanley came.
Plattsburg Lodge No. 113, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons .- First meeting of the lodge, under dispensation, was held October 2, 1848. Offi- cers: George W. Culver, W. M .; Winslow Turner, S. W .; Bela M. Hughes, J. W .; Noah F. Essig, Treasurer; H. Whittington, Secretary; A. McClin- tock, S. D .; F. C. Hughes, J. D .; John Steel, Tyler. The first person ini- tiated in the lodge was Martin L. Embree, Nov. 6, 1848. The char- ter was granted May 9, 1850. The charter members were: Winslow Turner, Noah F. Essig, George W. Culver, A. McClintock, F. C. Hughes, John Steel, Bela M. Hughes, W. R. Powe, John Harsel.
Plattsburg Lodge No. 64, Independent Order of Odd Fellows .- Organized August 30, 1853, by Thomas McCarty, District Deputy Grand Master, of Liberty, Mo. The early records of the lodge were destroyed by fire, and no correct data could be obtained earlier than 1865, when the following were the officers: W. L. Ferguson, N. G .; John M. McMichael, V. G .; W. S. Jordan, Secretary ; W. P. Hooper, P. S .; B. O. Bean, Treasurer.
Star Lodge No. 93, Ancient Order of United Workmen, was instituted December 17, 1878, by District Deputy G. M. W., William R. Shaw. There were ten charter members whose names are as follows: Charles
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Ruch, William C. Martin, J. S. Baker, W. E. Steck, W. W. Scutt, George N. Harrison, Joseph H. Bennett, A. A. Bostick, J. O. K. Gant, and John Vallandingham. Charles Ruch was elected Master, and A. A. Bostick, Recorder.
Newspapers .- The pioneer newspaper in Plattsburg was established in 1859, by George W. Hendley, and called the Clinton County News. In 1860, this paper, a weekly, was changed to the Northwest Reporter, and continued its existence until the civil war, under the control of John Bourne. In 1861, Turner & Young, continued the publication of the same paper until 1862, when it was destroyed by fire. After Turner & Young, W. J. Marion started a newspaper, which lived about one year, the press and type being thrown into the street by soldiers. William L. Birney then commenced the publication of the New Constitution, Republican in politics, which was sold in 1866, at which time the Clinton County Register, Democratic, was established by Judge James H. Birch. In 1870, James A. Millan, started the Reflector, Democratic. In 1873, John M. McMichael began the publication of the Lever, Democratic. In 1878, M. P. Cassidy established the Defender, a Greenback paper, which lived through that campaign. In 1880, the Purifier came into existence, under the manage- ment of C. J. Nesbitt and Thomas G. Barton. During the summer of 1881, the Daily Evening Register was issued by Capt. E. C. Thomas. This was the first daily that was ever published in the town.
The first that did a banking business in the town of Plattsburg was the Clinton County Life and General Insurance Company in 1857, with a capital stock of $15,000. Its original stockholders were, H. Whittington, Isaac N. Hockaday and G. W. Culver. It continued to do business until 1861, or until the breaking out of the civil war, when the stockholders, deeming it unsafe, discontinued their business. In 1860, Charles W. Por- ter and Isaac Hockaday organized the Clinton County Savings Bank, and operated it until 1863, when the bank was incorporated under a law more general in its character. In November, 1864, the charter was transferred to Joel Funkhouser, who continued the business until January 1, 1878, when James M. Clay became a partner, the firm thereafter being called Clay & Funkhouser.
Lathrop .- Among the first pioneers to make their homes in the vicin- ity of the present town of Lathrop were I. N. Rogers, from Tennessee, who arrived in 1840. Samuel T. Brooking, who came from Woodford County,
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Ky., in 1845, Lewis Rogers, of North Carolina, who settled in 1848, Daniel Allnut, in 1854, Edward Brooking, in 1856. Among others were John Tillery, Abner Webber, John Bedford, Spencer Tuggle, Smith Pope, James Cheek, William Hobbs, John Combs, John Saint John, Samuel Tipton, Edward Parks, Ensley Cooper, of North Carolina, and Samuel Seaton. The first farm in the immediate neighborhood of what is now Lathrop city, was settled in 1857 by James Leake. In the following year, his brother, Edward, settled the adjacent quarter. The first school in Lathrop Town- ship was taught by Charles Ingles at the Brooking school house, five miles east of Lathrop city. This was in the fall and winter of 1856.
At the time of the building of the Cameron and Kansas City Branch of the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad, the present site of the town of Lathrop was designated as a station on the same, and the place laid out by J. S. Harris, land commissioner of the road. This was in the fall of 1867. At that period, the only sign of human occupancy in that wide expanse of waiving verdure was the smoke that arose from a primitive farm house, about a mile south of the prospective depot. This was the home of James Leake, to the northern limits of whose farm the southern boundary of the subsequent town of Lathrop afterwards extended. Deer abunded in the neighborhood, and frequently appeared in the tall grass that then grew on the town site. The first building erected in the imme- diate neighborhood, in consequence of the construction of the road, was a section house near the southern limits of the town site.
The first actual settler in what is now the town of Lathrop was J. O. Daniels. About November, 1867, he arrived, with James Murdock, who afterwards erected a frame building for a store house, and each purchased a lot. They came from Utica, Mo. Returning home on the 22nd of the same month, Mr. Daniels again arrived on the train, bringing a carload or two of pine lumber. He was accompanied by P. H. Brace, his clerk, after- wards the first postmaster and express agent of Lathrop, opening their offices in the lumber office of J. O. Daniels, which also was used as a rail- road depot before the company built one. Scarcely a visible stake in the rank prairie grass marked the location of the town when this lumber was unshipped. Before evening, however, a pedestrian, wading through the over-topping verdure, made his appearance at the new lumber yard. This was D. E. Main, a farmer of the neighborhood, and afterwards a merchant in the town, and to him the pioneer dealer made the first sale of mer-
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chandise ever effected within the limits of Lathrop. This consisted of four pine boards, price 84 cents.
James Murdock, in January, 1868, erected for a grocery store the first building ever put up in Lathrop. This was kept by Henry Murdock, his brother. It was on lot 12, in block 25, on the northwest corner of Oak and East streets. The first train of cars that ran through the town of Lathrop was conducted by Daniel L. Patch, a native of Vermont. The first railroad station agent at Lathrop was George A. Patch. He was for many years a railroad engineer, and afterwards kept a coal yard at Lath- rop. Shortly after the erection of Murdock's grocery house, Daniels put up his lumber office and residence, and others speedily followed.
Jan. 1, 1868, the first lots were sold by D. E. Main, agent for the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad Company. These were to J. O. Daniels, lot 14 in block 32, consideration $200; to James Murdock, lot 12 in block 25, $100; to Lamar Lee, lot 13 in block 25, consideration $125. Lots were also sold, on that day to Nathan Lee and to C. J. Stevens. Feb. 6, 1868, was sold to J. F. and J. M. Young, lot in block 25, on which the former immediately built the Lathrop House. It was the first hotel building erected in the place. Its first landlord was William Middaugh.
The first physician to locate in Lathrop was J. O. K. Gant, who settled there in February, 1868. A second physician, Dr. B. J. Burk, was induced to settle there in the following August. In March, 1868, John T. Beard opened, on E street, the first tin shop and hardware store in the place. The first man to sell agricultural implements in Lathrop was George Patch, the first appointed railroad station agent in the place. S. B. Miller, about the same period, opened the first drug store there. His place of business was in block 25, on Oak street, where he remained five or six years.
May 21, 1868, H. M. Freeman, of New York, purchased lot eleven, in block 24, on the same street, where he built and opened the first black- smith shop in Lathrop. In the same year, John R. Kirby, of St. Joseph, started a harness shop. Aaron Charles was the first carpenter to settle in Lathrop. August 3, 1868, P. H. Brace, above referred to as the first post master in the town, purchased a lot and commenced building. B. W. Skinner, formerly of Wisconsin, started the first cabinet shop opened in the town. The first sermon preached in Lathrop was delivered in this house in 1868, by Rev. W. W. Roberts, a Methodist minister from Illinois The first shoemaker to settle in the town was George Reiffert. The first
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tailor who worked at his trade in Lathrop was John Farnam. The first lawyer in the place, was D. B. Keeler. He only remained a few months, when he returned to the east. Jackson & Stevens, in the spring of 1869, opened the first livery stable in the place. The first negro to effect a per- manent settlement in the town was Henry Black. He was among the early settlers.
The first banking house in the town was the private organization of L. L. Stearns and Frederick Edwards, established in a building on the corner of Oaks and Centre streets, March 23, 1869. In 1871, Stearns died, and the business of the bank continued to be conducted by his partner up to the period of his death, in 1879, when the bank closed. The Lathrop Bank, the second establishment in the town, commenced business September 22, 1879, James M. and W. H. Bohart, both natives of Buchanan County, proprietors. In August, 1879, E. Dudley erected in the town, at .a cost of $7,000, the first elevator in the place. The first grist mill in Lathrop Township was built in the town of Lathrop, by McCumber, Good- man & Co., in 1871.
The first marrige in the town of Lathrop was in 1869. The parties were James Justice and Miss Margaret Keller. The first birth in the town occurred in 1868. The child was a son of John Hall, and only survived a few months.
The very first woman to settle in Lathrop was Mrs. J. O. Daniel, who came Nov. 1, 1867, lived here until 1919, when she removed to Kansas City, Mo., with her daughter, Mrs. Kate Courtwright. Mr. Daniel, her husband, passed away years ago, but Mrs. Daniel is still living.
Their daughter, May, afterward Mrs. Ed Scott, but now deceased, was the first child born in Lathrop to grow to mature life there.
Lathrop was organized Feb. 2, 1869, with James M. Young, John O. Daniels, George A. Patch, David E. Main, and Lamar W. Lee as a board of trustees. The first officers of the board chosen were David E. Main, president ; Lamar W. Lee, clerk; and H. C. Murdock, treasurer. This gov- ernment continued till April, 1881, when the town was chartered as a city of the fourth class, with A. J. Orem, Mayor. James M. Bohart, D. H. Maret, A. H. Logan and Dennis Whitford were nominated trustees. J. M. Bohart was appointed treasurer, Robert Chonstant was first appointed secretary. He was shortly after succeeded by J. R. Pope. J. A. Boring was appointed marshal. Not until the summer of 1871, that the first brick
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building was erected in the place. This was the structure of the public school. The first brick business block was put up in the summer of 1880 by Bohart & Fitzgerald, on the north side of Oak street, between East and Center streets.
Some time elapsed between the founding of the town of Lathrop and the period of the establishment of a public school in her midst. In the mean time, the first to open a private school in the place was Miss Thalia Smith. Professor Van Natta, assisted by Miss Louisa Peck and Miss Eva Styles, afterwards taught a private school in the town. They were succeeded by Professor Hill, assisted by his daughter, Miss Eleanor, Professors Hammond and Samuel Bay, and Mrs. Kinney.
A public school was afterwards instituted, but the same had no fixed location till the erection of the elegant structure of a graded school completed in the summer of 1871. This was the first brick building put up in the town. A more extensive history of the Lathrop schools will be found in another chapter.
The first church established in Lathrop was the Methodist Episcopal. It was organized in 1868, with eight members: A. W. Willard and wife, Dr. B. J. Burk and wife, James Stiles and wife and B. J. Logan and wife. The first pastor was the Rev. W. W. Roberts, who preached his first ser- mon as above stated, in Skinner's cabinet shop in 1868.
The First Presbyterian Church, of Lathrop, was organized by Rev. E. Sherwood, of Saint Joseph, April, 1868, with sixteen members: A. Monroe and wife, L. W. Lee, James Templeton and wife, Stewart Gil- christ and wife, Barber and wife, Mrs. Sarah Byers, T. H. McKee, Mrs. Jenny James, Mrs. Welch, Alexander Service and wife. The first min- ister of the congregation was Rev. J. E. Fisher, by whom the church was dedicated.
Dec. 7, 1869, the first steps towards the organization of the Plymouth Congregational Church, at Lathrop, were taken, the following persons meeting at the residence of H. C. Paige: Thatcher B. Dunn, Harlow M. Freeman and wife, Mrs. S. H. Macomber, Mrs. H. A. Jackson, Mrs. H. C. Paige, Mrs. Louisa Fish, Miss Dora Baker, W. W. Middaugh and wife, Charles C. Gustin.
The Christian Church of Lathrop was organized on the second Sun- day in June, 1870, by Elder Joseph Waller, with the following members: James T. Gordon, Miss Mittie Gordon, Miss Anna Winn, Miss Jennie Winn, A. W. Harsel, Elizabeth Harsell, Phebe Porter, H. H. Williamson,
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James P. Brock, J. P. Norris, William A. Miller, Evaline Miller, Lucy Williamson, Maggie Blankenship, Royana Smith, Thalia Smith, J. W. Tapp, H. P. Tapp, Taylor Hulm, James A. Chennoweth and Miss A. C. Chen- noweth. The permanent organization was effected in the spring of 1874, with Alexander Newby, William Miller and J. H. Chennoweth, elders. W. P. Brown, A. G. Rogers and D. W. Osborn were appointed deacons.
The Methodist Episcopal Church, South, was organized in the fall of 1875, with Rev. Jesse Bird, pastor in charge; Dr. O. D. Fitzgerald, class- leader; John L. Brooks, steward; Mrs. Julia Brooks, Mrs. Sarah B. Fitz- gerald, Miss Elizabeth M. Fitzgerald, Mrs. Mary Wilson, Miss Lizzie Wilson, Miss Lou Wilson, Mrs. Jane Kelsey, Miss Salle Maupin, Miss Mary V. Maupin, John Currell, Mrs. Elizabeth Currell, Mrs. Mary Smith and Mrs. Emmaline Waful. The Sunday School of this church was organized on the fourth Sunday in August, 1881, with Professor A. B. Carroll as superintendent, and H. E. Paige, secretary.
Lathrop Missionary Baptist Church .- The first minister of this church was Elder William T. Flenor. The first deacons recorded of the church are L. V. Smith, James Leach, James Burke, Charles Downey, Thomas Downey, Daniel Leabo, and R. B. Barrett, the first clerk of the congregation.
"Lovely Lathrop" was an expression used by Baxter Waters in a sermon on aspirations nobly set, and nobly struggled for, and in very many respects the propriety of the alliteration could not be questioned, for there are lovely people, lovely homes, lovely streets and trees and churches. She has had the towns share of the business of the greatest horse and mule market in the world, mentioned elsewhere.
She has had her share of disastrous fire, but still the inherent prin- cipals have never been vanquished.
There are but few really unlovely spots in the town, the approaches from each direction of the cardinal points of the compass is through clean farm land abutting clean outskirts of a clean town, and this by rail or by the country road.
The modern idea of oiling the streets was accepted about 1919, and put into practice, keeping down dust and mud. Electric lighting comes from Excelsior Springs by way of Plattsburg. Burlington park is a stretch of shaded ground two blocks in length and one in width, kept up by the city and is a lovely spot for camping, for picnics and other assemblies, where friends from great distances across country meet in the summer seasons and renew the pleasures of their relationship.
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