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Mr. Hasenbach attended Woodland District School in Saline town- ship. Practically all his life he has been interested in farming and stock- raising, and for the past six years he has resided on the farm where he now lives. He is the owner of a farm of 56 acres of valuable land in Saline township. He is an industrious, honest citizen, respected by all with whom he comes in contact.
In 1907, Edward Hasenbach was united in marriage with Alma Hobrecht, a daughter of H. A. and Nancy Hobrecht, of Saline township. The great-grandparents of Mrs. Hasenbach, on the paternal side of the family, died and were buried in Schmidt Cemetery in Saline township in 1844. The Schmidt Cemetery is one of the first burial grounds estab- lished in Cooper County, and is located on the farm of Otto Schmidt.
To Mr. and Mrs. Hasenbach have been born two sons: Harold and Carl. The Hasenbachs are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and Mr. Hasenbach is affiliated with the Odd Fellows:
Mr. and Mrs. Hasenbach are well known in Cooper County, and they are numbered among the county's good, substantial citizens.
Acrey B. Hurt, of Clarks Fork township, is a native of Cooper County, and a niember of a pioneer family of this section of the State. He was born in Clarks Fork township, Sept. 27, 1864, a son of Acrey and Matilda (Rackard) Hurt, both natives of Virginia. They were married in Vir-
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ginia and came to Cooper County in 1855, settling on the farm where Acrey B., the subject of this sketch, now lives. The father served in the Home Guards during the Civil War, and followed farming and stock rais- ing throughout his life. He met with success, and at the time of his death was the owner of 160 acres of land. He died in 1882, and was sur- vived by his widow a number of years. She died in 1898. They were the parents of the following children: Mrs. Jeanette Arnold, Boonville ; Andrew W., Clarks Fork township; Benjamin F., Clinton; Arbell, Moni- teau County ; Mrs. Annie E. Copas, Jefferson City; Newton J., deceased ; Acrey B., the subject of this sketch; Silas, Boonville; and William T., Pilot Grove.
Acrey B. Hurt was reared on the home farm in Clarks Fork town- ship, and was educated in the district school. The first school house in his district was a log structure, which stood on the Hurt farm. The seats were made of split logs, and it was a typical school building of pioneer days. It was abandoned for school purposes, however, before Mr. Hurt was old enough to attend school. Acrey Hurt has always fol- lowed farming and stock raising. However, during the last year, on account of poor health, he has rented his place, but still retains his resi- dence there.
A number of Mr. Hurt's uncles were among the early settlers of Cooper County. Theodore Hurt came here in 1855, and another uncle, Joseph Hurt, came prior to that date. Another uncle, Osmus Hurt, set- tled in Pettis County at an early date.
Mr. Hurt is a constant reader, and keeps himself well posted on the world's current events. He is one of the intelligent and substantial citi- zens of Cooper County.
Commodore P. Fairfax, proprietor of a fine farm of 333 acres in Lebanon township, and one of the best known and most successful breed- ers of horses and mules in this section of Missouri, is a native of Virginia. He was born in Wirt County, Va. (now W. Va.), May 1, 1852, son of William and Elizabeth Fairfax, who were the parents of 10 children, five sons and five daughters, of whom four are still living. Of these but two are living in Cooper County, the subject of this sketch having a sister, Mrs. Melissa Arnold, who lives in the vicinity of Vermont. In 1865, William Fairfax came to Missouri with his family, and settled on a farm in this county, where he died a month later. He was born in Virginia in 1803, and was thus 73 years of age at his death. His widow died in 1866.
Commodore P. Fairfax was about 13 years old when he came to
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Cooper County with his parents in 1865. He grew to manhood on the farm which his father had bought upon coming to this county, completed his schooling in the local schools and engaged in farming, which he has followed all his life, and with gratifying success. He married when 21 years of age, and then bought a farm near Lebanon. Sometime later he sold that farm and bought one of 300 acres south of Lebanon, where he made his home for many years, in 1917 he trading that place for the farm of 333 acres on which he now lives. This place, in 1865, when Mr. Fairfax came to Cooper County, was owned by Jack Newman, whose son at that time was sheriff of Cooper County, and it has long been regarded as one of the best farms in that vicinity. Mr. Fairfax has made numerous im- provements, and is contemplating more. He for years has been engaged in the breeding of horses and mules, his stable including both saddle and and draught horses and jacks of notable strain. One of the latest addi- tions to his stable is a French coach stallion. Mr. Fairfax is a democrat, and has ever given attention to local civic affairs. He and his family are members of the Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Fairfax has been twice married. In 1873, he was married to Emma Kemp, who was born in this county, and who in 1891 met her death by being thrown from a horse she was riding, her foot being caught in the stirrup. To that union were born seven children, one of whom died in infancy, the others being as follows: Lester, now a well- to-do banker at Kansas City; Willard, who is farming in Morgan County ; June, wife of T. G. Lewis, Kansas City; Thomas L., head of the schools at Clifton City ; Forester, living in western Kansas; and Elmer, deceased. June 24, 1893, Mr. Fairfax married Margaret Reed, who was born in this county, a member of one of the old families of this section of the State, and to this union seven children have been born, namely: Homer, who is at home assisting his father; Lon S., who died while serving in his coun- try's army in Europe during the late World War; and Edith, Jack, Hugh, Nola, and Leta May, at home.
Lon Stephens Fairfax, the soldier son, whose death while serving as a member of the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe has put a gold star in the service flag of the Fairfax family, was born in this county Feb. 2, 1896, and here grew to promising young manhood. Early in the course of this country's war against Germany in 1917, he was inducted into the National Army, and was assigned to Camp Dodge, Iowa, for preliminary training. There he was attached to Company H, 351st In- fantry (Pioneer Regiment), 56th Division, and with that command in
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August, 1918, sailed for France, his division arriving just at the time of preparations for the terrific push which was destined to bring the war to an end. With his command he took part in the desperate and decisive battle in the Argonne Forest in September, went "over the top" without receiving a scratch, marched then with the victorious army to Coblentz, and was on the front when the armistice was signed in November. His division then was assigned to the Army of Occupation in the Rhine coun- try, and he was there serving, when on Jan. 11, 1919, he was stricken with pneumonia. His condition was regarded as critical from the start, and eight days later, Jan. 11, 1919, he died, a true American soldier and a loyal and valiant defender of his country's cause. The body was buried in Coblentz, Germany, where many other American soldiers sleep amid the poppies, and his sorrowing comrades erected a stone over his grave, and there devoted a wreath to his memory-to the memory of a gallant lad who relinquished all thought of self when his country called.
Dr. Hugo H. Buescher, a successful dentist of Boonville, is a native of Warren County, Mo. Mr. Buescher was born Oct. 28, 1896, a son of Rudolph and Wilhelmina (Hasenjager) Buescher, natives of Warren County.
Rudolph Buescher was born in 1852, a son of one of Warren County's most honored pioneers. The senior Buescher was one of the first settlers near Hopewell, Mo. Wilhelmina Buescher was born in 1853. Mr. and Mrs. Buescher now reside in Hartsburg, in Boone County, where they moved in 1896. They are the parents of the following children: Louis, deceased; Josephine, the wife of Henry Kluesmeyer, of New Franklin, Mo .; John, a minister of the Burlington Evangelical Church, Burlington, Iowa; Herman and Robert, who died in infancy; Edward, a prosperous farmer near Hartsburg, Mo .; Meta, the wife of Frank Backhorst, of Hartsburg; Alina, the wife of Frank Osterloh, a farmer, near Harts- burg; Otto, who is engaged in farming near Hartburg; Oscar, who en- listed in the service of the United States in May, 1918, and reached France in August, 1918, was at the front when the armistice was signed, has been in active service for many months, and has escaped unharmed, and is now with his company, Company F, 349th Infantry, in France, at the time of this writing, in 1919; Hugo H., the subject of this sketch; Levonia, the wife of Julius Meyer, a well-known farmer near Hartsburg, Mo.
Dr. Buescher obtained his elementary education in the public schools of Hartsburg. He later attended the high school at Columbia and the
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University at St. Louis, and of the latter institution he is a graduate, a member of the class of June 3, 1918. He opened a dental office at Galla- tin, Mo., in June, 1918, and in August of the same year he was called into service, as he had enlisted for duty, Dec. 21, 1917, and was awaiting call. Dr. Buescher was sent to Camp Pike, where he was kept on duty until he was honorably discharged in December, 1918. While in service, he was engaged in the practice of his profession. He located in Boonville, Jan. 1, 1919, coming thence from Camp Pike, and he has thus far established a splendid reputation, and is meeting with exceptional success. Dr. Buescher is a capable practitioner and a young man in very way worthy of all the success which will attend his efforts.
July 31, 1918, Dr. Huga H. Buescher was united in marriage with Susie Woodward, of Gallatin, Mo., a native of McFall, Mo. Mr. and Mrs. Buescher have made many friends in Boonville and Cooper County since their recent coming to this locality, and they are highly regarded by all who know them. Dr. Buescher is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias of Boonville.
Archie L. Farris, a prominent farmer and stockman of Saline town- ship, is a member of one of the oldest and best pioneer familier of Cooper County. Mr. Farris was born March 10, 1876, at the Farris homestead in Saline township, on the farm a part of which is the present home of the subject of this sketch. He is a son of William P. and Almeda S. (Grubbs) Farris, natives of Cooper County.
Eri Mosley Farris, great-grandfather of Archie L. Faris, was one of the earliest settlers of Cooper County. He settled on the farm known as the Farris home place, and he and his wife are interred in the family burial ground on this farm. Eri Farris, Jr., an uncle of Archie L. Farris, now resides in Pettis County, and he, at the advanced age of 90 years, is still active and alert, mentally and physically. William P. Farris, father of the subject of this review, was born in Cooper County in 1842. He was a Confederate veteran of the Civil War. He served under Gen. Ster- ling Price, and was twice imprisoned at Jefferson City. After the war ended, Mr. Farris returned to the farm and engaged in general farming and stock raising the remainder of his life. He died in 1914, and his remains are interred in Clayton Cemetery. Almeda S. (Grubbs) Farris was born in 1844 and died in 1901. She was laid to rest in Clayton Cem- etery. The children of William P. and Almeda S. Farris are as follows : Emmet, who died in infancy ; Lena and Nela, who died in infancy ; James E., who was born in 1874 and died in 1901; Archie L., the subject of this
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review; William A., an auto repairman of Boonville; Nellie, the wife of Waite Finley, of Saline township; Lydia M., who died in infancy ; Edna E., the wife of Layton T. Mills, of Boonville; and Annie M., the wife of George Brueckner, of Boonville.
Archie L. Farris attended the public schools of Cooper County. He was a student for one year at Harper Institute at Clarksburg, Mo., when he returned to the home place and has ever since been engaged in farm- ing and stock raising. Mr. Farris raises Poland China hogs and pure-bred Plymouth Rock chickens, having of the latter a flock of 150 hens. Mr. Farris's farm comprises 128 acres of land located eight miles southeast of Boonville, and is known as the "Maple Dale Farm." On this place are two good barns, an excellent chicken house, a machine shed, and a com- fortable residence, built in 1898, all improvements placed there by Mr. Farris.
Oct. 19, 1898, Archie L. Farris was married to Sadie M. Hobrecht, a daughter of H. A. and Nancy J. Hobrecht, both of whom are residents of Saline township. Mrs. Farris has one brother and one sister living: Frank Elmer, who resides on the Hobrecht home place in Saline township; and Mrs. Alma B. Hasenbach, of Boonville. To Mr. and Mrs. Farris have been born three children: Wilbur S., Hargrove, and Raymond E. Mr. and Mrs. Farris are worthy and consistent members of the Baptist. Church, and Mr. Farris is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
For nine years, Mr. Farris has been a valued member of the School Bcard of his district. He takes a good citizen's interest in educational matters and in affairs of public import. He and Mrs. Farris are highly regarded among the best families of Cooper County.
John C. Lohse, a prosperous farmer and stockman of Clarks Fork township, is a native of Cooper County, and a descendent of pioneer parents. He was born in Prairie Home, March 31, 1876, a son of Fred and Anna (Smith) Lohse, both natives of Germany, who settled in Prairie Home township some years prior to the Civil War. When Fred Lohse first came to this county he worked out by the month, and continued to do so for several years before he was able to invest in a farm of his own. He spent his life here and was successfully engaged in farming and stock raising, and now resides on the old home place at the age of 76 years. His wife died about 20 years ago, and her remains are buried in the Lutheran Church Cemetery at Clarks Fork. They were the parents of the following children: Mrs. Maggie Kaiser, deceased; John C., the sub-
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ject of this sketch; Henry, a farmer in Clarks Fork township; Lena, de- ceased; Martin, a farmer in Clarks Fork township; Ernest, who resides on the old home place; Walter, lives at Lone Elm, and Willie died at the age of 14 years.
John C. Lohse was reared on the home farm in Prairie Home town- ship, and educated in the public schools. His farm consists of 160 acres, and is one of the nicely improved and well kept places of Clarks Fork township. It was formerly the Dorsey place, and Mr. Lohse purchased it in 1899. He has just completed the erection of a 10-room brick resi- dence with all modern improvements, including electric lights, hot and cold water system, with furnace heat. This is one of the fine residents of this section of the county. There are three barns on the Lohse place, all of which are commodious and conveniently arranged. Mr. Lohse car- ries on general farming and raises hogs and cattle extensively.
John C. Lohse was united in marriage with Miss Nora Fricke, of Clarks Fork township. She is a daughter of William and Minnie Fricke. The father is now deceased, and the mother lives in Carks Fork town- ship. Mrs. Lohse is one of three children born to her parents, the others being William, who resides on the home place, and Emma, who married William Smith, of Bunceton. To Mr. and Mrs. Lohse have been born the following children: Arthur, died at the age of seven years ; Wilbur, Grace Marie, Bernice. Mr. and Mrs. Lohse reared a nephew, Raymond Kaiser, who now resides with the Lohse family.
Mr. and Mrs. Lohse are members of the Clarks Fork Lutheran Church. The Lohse family are well known and highly respected, and Mr. Lohse is a citizen of genuine worth to the community.
Robert A. Shannon, a prominent farmer and stockman of Clarks Fork township, is a native son of Cooper County. He was born in the township where he now resides, April 26, 1881, and is a son of Elza and Mary (Miller) Shannon.
Robert A. Shannon is one of two children born to his parents, the other one being Eliza Miller Shannon. The mother died in 1884. and to the father's second marriage the following children were born: Martha. married Vivian Mills; George, Noye, Louis Minnie, died in infancy, and Maggie, died at the age of three years.
Mr. Shannon was educated in the public schools of Cooper County and the State Normal School at Chillicothe, Mo. He engaged in farming and stock raising, and in 1901 bought the Joel Hurt place. Later he sold that farm and bought his present place of 160 acres in 1916. This is a well
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improved place, with a good two-story, 10-room, modern residence. The place is equipped with an acetylene lighting system, and is modern in every particular. There is one large barn, 40x40 feet on the place and other farm buildings. The place is well watered aand nicely adapted to stock raising as well as general farming. Mr. Shannon raises Duroc Jersey hogs extensively, and has also made a success of breeding Galloway cattle. He also raises pure-bred Rhode Island chickens.
In 1901, Robert A. Shannon was married to Miss Anna Eldredge, a daughter of Charles C. Eldredge, of Prairie Home township. Mrs. Shan- non is one of the following children born of her parents: Dr. James El- dredge, Kansas City, Mo .; Lucy, married Newton Cunningham, and resides in Texas; Bessie, married Milton Cunningham, Boonville; Olive, married Leslie Laws, they reside in Oklahoma; Charles C., Jr., Boonville; Anna, wife of Robert A. Shannon, the subject of this sketch; Dorothy, married Fred Bear, Vernon County ; Sarah, married Asa Williams, Santa Fe, N. M .; Louisa, married David Hurt, Boonville. To Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Shan- non have been born four children as follows: Norman Laura, Mary and Gilbert.
Mr. and Mrs. Shannon are members of the Walnut Grove Christian Church. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and is a progressive and public spirited citizen. He is for good schools, good roads, and stands ever ready to give his support to any movement which has for its object the betterment of the community.
One of the historic landmarks of Cooper County is an old building which stands on the Shannon farm. It was built nearly 100 years ago. Colonel McCulloch owned it at one time, and he sold it to Steigleder, and here all the Steigleder children were reared. Louis Earhart bought it later, and he sold it to Jennie Portner, who sold it to Mr. Shannon. It is a log structure and in later years was clapboarded. It is now used for a corn crib.
Robert William Mills. a descendent of one of Cooper County's honored pioneer families, is a native son of this county. He was born on the place where he now resides in Saline township, Oct. 18, 1881, the son of Hunter N. and Mary E. (Thomas) Mills. Hunter N. Mills was also born in Cooper County, and was a son of Henry W. Mills, a native of Virginia, born July 27, 1815, and died Feb. 12, 1898. He was a prominent pioneer of Cooper County and became prosperous.
Hunter N. Mills was reared in Saline township, and was successfully engaged in farming and stock raising, and at the time of his death was the
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owner of 500 acres of land. He married Mary E. Thomas, a native of Moniteau township, Cooper County. She was a daughter of James and Martha G. (Ellis) Thomas, natives of Virginia, and early settlers in Cooper County. Hunter N. Mills died in 1915, and his wife died in 1912. They were the parents of the following children: Mabel, married D. L. Rogers, Boonville; Irene, married J. P. Kaiser, Clarks Fork township; Robert W., the subject of this sketch; Garland, died at the age of one year; Vivian H., resides in Saline township; Vera, Axil, Colo .; and Elvira, married Louis James, Axil, Colo.
Robert W. Mills was educated in the Fairview School District and the Boonville High School. He has made farming and stock raising his life's business, and has been very successful in his undertakings. His farm, which is known as "Edge Hill Farm," consists of 350 acres of well improved land in Saline township. He had a fine residence, two large stock barns, which are complete in detail, and also a silo with a capacity of 150 tons. Mr. Mills is an extensive feeder, and feeds about two and a half carloads of cattle annually, and about three carloads of hogs and sheep. He car- ries on general farming and stock raising, and is a practical farmer, as well as a student of modern progressive farming methods.
Mr. Mills was married Oct. 19, 1905, to Miss Margaret E. Logan, a daughter of Hugh and Nancy (Davis) Logan, of Prairie Home township. Her father died May 17, 1903, and her mother now resides on the Logan home farm in Prairie Home township. Mrs. Mils is one of the following children born to her parents: John, who resides on the home place; Sallie, married Aubrey Mills, Clarks Fork township; Katie, married T. B. Jewett, Clarks Fork township; Katie, married T. B. Jewett, Clarks Fork township; Margaret E., the wife of Robert W. Mills, the subject of this sketch, and Lucy, married William Hunt, North Moniteau township. To Mr. and Mrs. Mills has been born one child, Robert William, born Nov. 27, 1916.
Mr. Mills is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, and is a democrat. He is one of Cooper County's progressive citizens.
H. C. Honerbrink, a well known and successful farmer and stock raiser of Prairie Home township, is a native of Ohio. He was born in Cleveland, Jan. 13, 1865, a son of Earnest F. and Barbara (Eisle) Honerbrink. They were early settlers in Cooper County, and the father now resides in Prairie Home township, at the age of 78 years. The mother died April 20, 1914, and her remains are interred in the cemetery at Boonville. They were the parents of the following children: H. C., the subject of this sketch; Fred, who resides in Saline township; Lucy, Saline township; Anna, married
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Christ Olendorf ; Mary, married James Crane; George, lives in Saline town- ship; Sophia, married Hogan Freeman, Saline township; Earnest, resides on the home place, and Herman, died in infancy.
H. C. Honerbrink was reared in Cooper County, and received his edu- cation in the public schools, attending the school in the Providence district. He has made farming and stock raising the chief occupation of his life. He purchased his present place in Prairie Home township in 1889, and has made many improvements, and brought this farm up to a high state of cultivation. The place contains 140 acres, and is regarded as one of the valuable farms of that neighborhood. Mr. Honerbrink is extensively en- gaged in raising cattle and hogs and makes a specialty of Poland China hogs.
Mr. Honerbring was united in marriage, June 5, 1892, with Miss Sophia Wehmeyer, a daughter of Peter and Lena (Fiedler) Wehmeyer, early pioneer settlers of Cooper County, both of whom are deceased. Mrs. Honerbrink was born in Clarks Fork township, Feb. 21, 1862. Her father, Peter Wehmeyer, was a Civil War veteran, having served in the Union Army for three years. To Mr. and Mrs. Honerbrink have been born three children, as follows: Barbara, married Fred Ohlendorf, of Boonville; Ida, resides at home with her parents, and Martha, died at the age of 15 years.
Mr. Honerbrink takes a keen interest in the public welfare and stands ever ready to do his duty as a citizen and neighbor. He has served as a member of the local School Board for a number of years and is recognized as one of Cooper County's progressive citizens.
Henry Schuster, a prominent farmer and stockman of LaMine town- ship and owner of "Longview" Farm, is a native son of Cooper County, and belongs to a pioneer family of this section of Missouri. He was born in the township where he now resides April 5, 1867, and is a son of Mortiz and Rachel (Hildebrant) Schuster, a more extensive review of whom is given elsewhere in this volume.
Henry Schuster was the second child born of a family of nine chil- dren. He was reared on his father's farm in LaMine township, and attended the district schools. He was brought up to the life of a farmer and in 1888 engaged in farming and stockraising on his own account on his father's farm. Two years later he settled on the place where he now resides, which he rented for seven years, when he bought it. "Longview" Farm consists of 120 acres of well improved, productive and valuable land, and here Mr. Schuster has been successfully carrying
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