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Ernest Louis Moehle was reared in Cooper County and worked in his father's saw mill and assisted in the boat building when a boy. In 1885 he traded for the Friess mill property and operated it as a flour and saw mill until 1899. Returning to the family homestead, he rented the tract
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THE MOEHLE SISTERS
E. L. MOEHLE
MRS. E. L. MOEHLE
THE MOEHLE BROTHERS
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until 1900. He then bought his present homestead of 129 acres in Boon- ville township, west of the city, and moved to the place March 4, 1901. Mr. Moehle has rebuilt the residence, built barns, and all fences, and has a concrete cellar in rear of the house. The Moehle place is one of the most attractive along the highway.
Ernest Louis Moehle was born in Perry County, Ind. His father, Louis Moehle, was concerned in the uprising of the German people against the Kaiser in the '40s, met with defeat with his fellow patriots in 1848 and fled to America to escape the vengeance of the military masters in 1849. He first located in Indiana and thence to Iowa, thence to Missouri.
E. L. Moehle was married on Nov. 4, 1879, to Miss Amelia Neff, who has borne him the following children: Arthur, Paul, Nora, Harry, George, Matilda, Bertha, Ernest L., Martha. Arthur is owner of 145 acres in Boonville township, purchased for him by his father, married Elizabeth Frederick, and has three children: Herbert, Pauline and Irene. Paul is in the employ of an oil company in Oklahoma, and has a home near Boonville. He married Elgie Lahman, and has three children: Ed- win, Melvin, and Vivian. Nora is the wife of Ernest Jaeger, of Boonville township, mother of two children: Clara and Martha. Harry is em- ployed in the Boonville postoffice, married Mena Bamman, and has two children, Martha Jane and Marie. George Ernest, the soldier of the fam- ily, was inducted into the National Army, July 26, 1918, spent six months in training as a private in the first class, Battery A, 29th Field Artillery, at Camp Funston, and was honorably discharged from the service, Jan. 29, 1919. Matilda is at home with her parents. Bertha is the wife of Charles Jaeger, Boonville township, and is mother of a son, Charles. Ernest Louis, Jr., and Martha are at home. The mother of these chil- dren was born April 24, 1855, a daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Neff, natives of Germany, who immigrated to America in June, 1848, arriving here June 15. They left Germany in March, 1848.
Mr. Moehle is a republican and is a member of the Evangelical Church.
Frank George .- The George and Goodman furniture and undertak- ing establishment on south Main street, Boonville, Mo., is the largest and finest concern of its kind in Central Missouri. Mr. George, the senior member of the firm, has been engaged in business since 1899, but the present firm of George and Goodman was organized in 1911. In 1915 the stock and fixtures were moved to the present location. A large build- ing, 50x120 feet, is occupied by the two floors filled with the immense stock
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of furniture of the latest and best makes. The undertaking department is in charge of Mr. Goodman, the junior member of this enterprising and successful business house.
Frank George is a member of one of the oldest and best known of the Missouri pioneer families. He was born in Cooper county, on a farm twelve miles south of Boonville, Jan. 27, 1857.
Thomas L. George, his father, was born in 1824 and died in 1898. His mother, Lucy (McCullough) George, was born in 1826 and died in 1893. She was a sister of Col. Robert Mccullough, of Confederate army and Civil War fame. Thomas L. George was a native of Cooper County and was a son of Reuben George, born in Tennessee, reared there, and rode to Cooper County on horseback from his Tennessee home, made a location on the Petit Saline creek and married Sallie McFarland. daugh- ter of another pioneer family. Lucy (Mccullough) George was a daugh- ter of Robert Mccullough, of Virginia, who settled in Cooper County in 1835. During the Civil War, Thomas L. George commanded a company of Home Guards and bore the title of captain. He developed a splendid farm south of Boonville and reared a family of six children: Charles L. George, Boonville; Mrs. Ada Rudolph, deceased; Frank George, of this review; Elmer George, judge of the County Court, resides on a farm near Bunceton; Albert, living at Rock Island, Texas; Margaret, a teacher in the public schools of Cooper County.
Robert McCulloch, grandfather of this subject, was born in Albemarle County, Va., Dec. 2, 1781, and died in Cooper County, Mo., June 12, 1853. He served his country as captain in the War of 1812, and moved to this county in the year of 1835 and settled in Clarks Fork township on the Lone Elm prairie and built the first house erected on prairie land in the county.
Robert McColloch, great grandfather of subject, was born in Antrim, Ireland, Sept. 4, 1743; died in Albemarle County, Va., March 20, 1820. He emigrated to America; he first went to Pennsylvania and afterwards to Virginia. He had a brother killed in battle at Kings Mountain. He was married in Ireland to Miss Sarah Wherry, who died in Albemarle County, Va., Jan. 27, 1826, aged 80 years, six months and 18 days.
John McCulloch, great great grandfather of our subject, lived and died in Ireland.
Patsy Mills McCulloch, grandmother of subject on the maternal side, was married to Robert McCulloch, subject's grandfather, in Albemarle County, Va., Sept. 18, 1806, and died in Cooper County, Mo., May 25, 1878.
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Joseph Mills, the maternal great grandfather of our subject, was a native of England and emigrated to America. He married Miss Mary Blackwell, of Virginia. Joseph Mills died in Aug., 1843, at an advanced age. His wife died aged 81 years, three months and 28 days.
Reuben George, father of T. L. George, born Feb. 23, 1792, came to the state from Tennessee in the year 1816 and settled on a farm 4 miles south . of Boonville, on the Petit Saline creek. He married Sarah MeFar- land, April 1, 1821. Thomas L. George was born on the said farm, Janu- ary 5, 1824, had two sisters and one brother, viz: Mrs. Nancy (George) Aseltyne, Ellen George and Jacob L. George, all now dead.
Thomas L. George was married to Lucy McCulloch, June 11, 1850. Of this union the following children were born: C. L. George, residing in Boonville, Mo .; Ada (George) Rudolph, wife of Judge Adam Rudolph, now deceased; Albert, now residing in Rock Island, Texas; Elmer, present judge of the County Court from the eastern district of this county, and Maggie, teaching in the rural schools of the county.
Jacob MeFarland, great grandfather, was born Feb. 21, 1772. Nancy (Cathy) McFarland, his wife, was born Jan. 18, 1780, and came to this state from North Carolina in the year 1816, and settled on a farm four miles south of Boonville, Mo., near the Petit Saline creek. They were the parents of Sallie George, wife of Reuben George; Sarah (MeFarland) George was born in the state of North Carolina in 1802, Jan. 13th.
Reuben George died in this county, Jan. 13, 1862, and Sarah, his wife, Nov. 6, 1873.
Thomas L. George died in this county, Oct., 1898. Luey McCulloch George, his wife, died May 27, 1893, and was buried in the McCulloch cemetery in this county.
Frank George was reared on his father's farm and engaged in farm- ing for himself when he attained maturity. He developed a fine farm near Clarks Fork, Mo., and in 1899 moved to Boonville, where he has been successfully engaged in business for the past 20 years. He first ventured into the implement and grocery business but sold out and has ever since been engaged in the furniture business.
Mr. George was married in 1883 to Virginia, the daughter of George and Cornelia (Bear) Shirley, early settlers in Cooper County. Mr. and Mrs. George have three children: Edna George, a teacher in the public schools at Durant, Okla .; Ila, wife of George R. Johnson, Webster Groves, Mo .; Mrs. Alma Drury, living at home with her parents.
A few words regarding the Mccullough family would be timely here.
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Robert Mccullough was born Dec. 2, 1781, in Albemarle County, Va., and died in Cooper County, Mo., June 12, 1853. He served as captain of a company of volunteers during the War of 1812. In 1835 he came to Cooper County and settled in Clarks Fork township. He erected the first house built upon the Upland prairie in Cooper County. He was a son of Robert Mccullough, a native of County Antrim, Ireland, born Sept. 4, 1743, and died in Albemarle County, Va., March 30, 1820. He became very wealthy. A brother of Robert Mccullough was killed at the battle of King's Mountain during the Revolutionary War. Robert Mccullough was a son of John McCullough. The wife of Robert Mccullough (I) was Sarah Wherry, who died Jan. 27, 1826, at the age of 80 years. Patsey (Mills) Mccullough, wife of Capt. Robert Mccullough (II) died May 25, 1878. She was a daughter of Joseph Mills, a native of England, who was a famous Greek and Latin scholar. Joseph Mills died in August, 1843. He had married Mary Blackwell.
Frank George has been a life long republican. He has served two terms as sheriff of Cooper County, being first elected in 1902 and was re-elected in 1904. Mr. George was elected mayor of Boonville in 1914 and held the office for one term. He is a member of the Baptist church and is an excellent citizen as well as successful business man.
Joseph Lieber, farmer and Union veteran, owner of a fine tract of land in Boonville township, embracing 177 acres, was born in Switzerland, July 31, 1843. His parents, Peter and Mary Anna (Fuerer) Lieber, left their country in Dec., 1850, and came to America, landing from a sailing vessel at New Orleans, La., after a voyage of 33 days. Six days more were consumed in making the river trip by boat from New Orleans to Jefferson City, arriving there in Feb., 1851. In 1854 the family came to Boonville. Peter Lieber had been a charcoal burner in his native country, but his skill in this respect not being in demand in Boonville, he worked as a laborer.
The Civil War having broken out, Joseph Lieber, May 10, 1861, ac- companied by John Hirth and another young man, named Diringer, boarded a row boat and made their way to St. Louis, down the Missouri River, a distance of 220 miles. He there joined the First Missouri Light Artillery, Union Army, went to Rolla with his company and thence to Springfield, soon afterward taking part in the battle of Wilson's Creek. He was there taken prisoner and held for five days, released on parole, promised not to again take up arms against the Confederacy and then settled down in St. Louis, where he worked at his trade of tinner. He
JOSEPH LIEBER
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returned to Boonville in 1866 and in 1867 he established a tin shop in the city, which he operated until 1883. He then went to Franklin county, Ark., and farmed in that county until 1893. Returning to Boonville, he again engaged in business, working at his trade until 1916, when he re- moved to his farm just south of Boonville. In 1905, Mr. Lieber had pur- chased the old Greenlease place of 53.5 acres and has added to this tract until he owns 177 acres.
Mr. Lieber was married in Jan., 1868, to Margaret Fessler, who was born in Baden, Germany, in 1843, and came to America, with her parents in 1855. Her parents were Franz and Geneva Fessler, who settled in Boonville. Mrs. Lieber died in Oct., 1890. She was mother of nine chil- dren : Frank, Joseph, John, James, William, Cecilia, George, Roman, and Charles. Frank Lieber lives in Dallas, Texas. Joseph Lieber is buried at Fort Smith, Ark, his death occurring in 1895. John Lieber lives at Mus- cogee, Okla. James Lieber resides in Tennessee. William Lieber lives in Boonville. Cecelia Lieber is deceased. George Lieber lives at Parsons, Kan. Roman Lieber lives at Muscogee, Okla. Licut. Charles Lieber, of the National Army, A. E. F., in France, was born in 1889. He is one of the brightest and most ambitious of Cooper County's young men. While a student at Washington University, St. Louis, Mo., he enlisted in the Na- tional Army, with the 12th Engineers Battalion, Company C, in May, 1917. He first went to England with his .command in June, 1917, thence to France, where he participated in the memorable campaigns with the A. E. F. He was connected with the motor department of the American Army in France. He was honorably discharged from the army June 1, 1919, and is now at home.
The father of Joseph Lieber was well to do in Baden, Germany, and came of a family of charcoal burners, whose business it was to supply the big iron works near the Black Forest. Wishing to be free and indepen- dent and settle in a country where his children would have fuller and better opportunities to make careers of their own, he came to America. His children received every advantage that he could give them in the way of training and education, Joseph Lieber, of this review, having been cdu- cated in Prof. Alkison's private school in Boonville.
Although nominally republican, Joseph Lieber is an independent voter who does his own thinking along political lines. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, John A. Hayne Post, No. 240, and has been the Colonel Commanding this Post for the past eight years.
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Maximilian E. Schmidt .- The jewelry establishment of Gmelich & Schmidt, owned and operated by M. E. Schmidt, of this review, is the oldest and best known jewelry store of central Missouri. It is one of the most complete and best stocked and compares most favorably and equals in its appointments and arrangements any concern of the same character in the larger cities of Missouri. For nearly 60 years this store has been conducted in Boonville and was founded in 1860 by the late Hon. Jacob F. Gmelich, who was joined by Maximilian E. Schmidt, his son-in- law, in 1893. For some years it was known as the Gmelich and Huber Jewelry Company until Mr. E. G. Huber retired from the business in 1905. The firm then became Gmelich & Schmidt and is at present oper- ated under that name with Mr. Schmidt as manager. Since Mr. Gmelich's death in February, 1914, Mr. Schmidt has been sole proprietor.
M. E. Schmidt was born in Peru, Ill., April 19, 1865. He is a son of Albin and Caroline (Conrad) Schmidt, both natives of Germany. Albin Schmidt was a revolutionist in his native land and in 1848 took part in the ill fated revolt against the grandfather of the present deposed Kaiser of Germany. He was placed under arrest and, eventually exiled from his native country. He fled to America with hundreds and thousands of his compatriots who sought free homes in this country. He first located at Louisville, Ky., where he followed his trade of baker. In 1850 he removed to Peru, Ill., there spending the remainder of his days, dying in 1895 at the age of 74 years. His wife, Caroline, was born in 1825 and died in 1885. There were six children born to Albin and Caroline Schmidt, as follow: Mrs. Josephine Gmelich, widow of Gottlab Gmelich, Peru, Ill., who was a brother of the late J. F. Gmelich; Fredrick Schmidt, died in Detroit, Mich .; Mrs. Bertha Weberling, lives at Peru, Ill .; Mrs. Eliza- beth Wagenknecht, Peru, Ill .; Hermine, lives at Peru, Ill .; and Maxi- milian E. Schmidt, of this review.
M. E. Schmidt was reared and educated in Peru, Ill. At the age of 14 years, he went. to La Salle, Ill., and there learned the trade of jeweler and watchmaker. After a two years' apprenticeship in La Salle, he went to St. Paul, Minn., and thence to Stillwater, where he completed his studentship and began working at the trade of watchmaker. He spent one year at Fond du Lac, Wis., after which he followed his trade for three years at Chillicothe, Mo. In 1893 he came to Boonville and asso- ciated himself with Mr. J. F. Gmelich.
Mr. Schmidt was married in 1889 to Miss Louise Gmelich, a daughter of Jacob F. Gmelich. Three children have blessed this marriage: Albin Jacob, Doris Eugenie and Maximilian.
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Albin Jacob Schmidt is his father's assistant in the business, mar- ried Beulah Randolph, and has one child, Randolph Schmidt, born Feb. 27, 1918.
Doris Eugenie is the wife of Alexander H. Stephens, Jr., a grandson of Col. Joseph L. Stephens, and resides in Boonville.
Maximilian Gmelich Schmidt was born March 20, 1909, and is at- tending school.
Mr. Schmidt is a Reupblican and has long been prominent in the affairs of his party. He has been a member of the Boonville School Board for the past six years and he has served four years as treasurer of the Missouri Training School. He is a member of the Episcopalian Church and is affiliated with the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. Mr. Schmidt is a Knights Templar, and is a member of Ararat Temple of Mystic Shriners of Kansas City. He is a member of the Woodmen of the World and is one of the leading, progressive and influential citizens of Boonville.
Harry T. Manion .- The clothing and mens' furnishing store owned and operated by Manion and Muntzel is a gem of its kind and is one of the most attractive and handsomest stores in Central Missouri. Equipped and furnished with up-to-the-minute fixtures of the latest design it pre- sents an attractive appearance both from the front and the interior. This store was established in Sept. 21, 1918, and has enjoyed an ever increas- ing patronage from the more discerning and particular class of purchas- ers since its inception. The arrangements of the store are the result of planning and study on the part of Mr. Manion who spent several weeks in traveling and making a thorough study of the methods followed by stores in other modern cities in the country before opening his own con- cern. The Manion and Muntzel store carries a stock valued at $60,000 and a room 80x25 feet is filled with the Hirsch-Wickwire goods and lines of the very best men's furnishing goods.
Harry T. Manion was born April 4, 1889, across the Missouri River in Howard County. He is a son of John W. Manion, a native of Howard County, whose father was Amos Manion, one of the carly pioneers of this section of Missouri. John W. Manion was born in 1855 and died in 1893. His wife was Mattie Fielding and she was a daughter of J. W. Fielding of Howard County. Mrs. Manion was born in 1867 and now resides in Boonville. John W. and Mattie Manion were parents of three children: Walter Manion, a merchant of Sedalia, Mo .; Mrs. Lorena Capito, living in Howard County; Harry Manion, of this review.
Harry T. Manion resided on the home farm until 1900. He was edu- cated in the Sedalia public schools of Sedalia and Central Business Col-
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lege of that city. He then returned to the home farm in Howard County and remained there operating the farm until 1906. He was then employed in Victor's store in Boonville until June, 1918. Until the opening of the Manion and Muntzel store he spent several months in visiting eastern cities, laying in his stock of goods and getting ideas for the store altera- tions and furnishing-a study which has resulted in the creation of the handsomest store in central Missouri.
Mr. Manion was married in 1911 to Miss Elsa Schnack, a daughter of Herman and Minnie Schnack of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Manion have one child, a daughter, Wilhelmina Marie, aged six years.
Mr. Manion is a republican. He is a member of the Evangelical Lutheran church and is a fine type of young, successful merchant who has taken his place among the nustling business men of Boonville.
John W. Rudolph, pioneer farmer and Union veteran, has one of the finest prairie farms, consisting of 170 acres, in Cooper County. The Rudolph acreage is located in Palestine township and is well improved. Mr. Rudolph was born in Hampshire County, Va., Jan. 19, 1844, and is a son of Jacob and Rachel (Cooper) Rudolph, who made the trip by steam- boat from Virginia to Boonville in 1854. They arrived at Boonville in the fall of 1854 and in the spring of 1855 the family located on the Squire Bear farm. Jacob Rudolph died the next year, 1856, and the widow was left to rear her family of three children, as follows: Adam Rudolph is deceased ; John W. Rudolph, subject of this review; and George Rudolph, living in Clarks Fork township. Mrs. Rachel Rudolph died in 1888, at the age of 86 years.
In the spring of 1863, John W. Rudolph enlisted in Company I, Ninth Missouri Cavalry, and served under the Union flag in northern Missouri, and other parts of the Southwest, in fighting raiding bands of Confed- erates, bushwhackers and guerillas. He took part in the chase after General Price's army of invasion and assisted in driving the rebel army to Red River. Mr. Rudolph was a captain of artillery. His company fought a battle in Cooper County, near Boonville. He participated in the battle of Independence, Mo., and they had another engagement with Price at Pilot Knob. At the battle of the Blue, near Independence, the fighting was fierce during the day, but at five o'clock in the evening. Price started his memorable retreat with Gen. Joe Shelby guarding his rear. Mr. Ru- dolph also took part in the battle at Houstonia, Mo., and the battle of the Meries De Cygne, both of which actions took place during Price's retreat to the south.
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In 1875, Mr. Rudolph settled on his pretty country place in Palestine township and has lived there contentedly and prosperously for the past 44 years. Of late years he is taking life easy, as befits a man of his age, and has turned over the cultivation of his land to younger and stronger arms.
Mr. Rudolph was married in March, 1869, to Mary Susan Duncan, who was born in 1849, near Rocheport, Cooper County, Mo., a daughter of Granville Duncan. The children born to this marriage are: Mrs. Ida Wells, Fort Gibson, Okla .; Patrick Henry Rudolph, an employe of the Frisco Railroad, Kansas City, Mo .; Mrs. Jessie Hagelberger living on the home place. Mr. Rudolph has five grandchildren. Mrs. Ida Wells has one child, Rudolph Wells; Patrick Henry has one child, Lottie Rudolph. Mr. Rudolph has four great-grandchildren: Rudolph Wells married Sallie E. Effort, of Fort Gibson, Okla., and has four daughters, Mary Elizabeth, Doris, Pattie Nadine, and Ida Mary.
The first vote cast by Mr. Rudolph was for Abraham Lincoln while on the march after General Price, and he has continued to vote the repub- lican ticket for the past 55 years. He is a member of Col. John A. Hayne Post, No. 244, Grand Army of the Republic, Boonville, Mo.
William M. Johnson .- The greater number of the sturdy citizens who were pioneers in the business, industrial and professional life of Cooper County have passed away. They have gone to their eternal re- wards ; memory remains, and their children and descendants are keeping it green. One of the best known, successful and highly regarded merch- ants of the city was the late William M. Johnson of Boonville. His life was so lived that the story of his success will prove an insipration to the rising generation.
William M. Johnson was born in Harrisonburg, Va., July 12. 1828. He departed this life in Boonville, Mo., June 29, 1918. His parents were Isaac and Mary Johnson. His father was a native of England, came to America when young and located in Richmond, Va. He there married Mary Cootes and was engaged, in connection with Jacob Cootes, in the manufacture of tobacco for a number of years. He later went to Harri- sonburg, where he taught school until his death in 1836. Jacob Cootes, grandfather of W. M. Johnson on the maternal side, was of Holland de- scent. After the death of his parents, W. M. Johnson was reared in the home of his uncle, Samuel Cootes, of "Oakland" plantation, situated about 14 miles from Harrisonburg.
In 1855 he left Virginia and came to Missouri. St. Joseph, Mo., was
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his destination. When the steamboat on which he was traveling stopped at Boonville for a few hours, he made his way uptown. Not expecting to see anybody that he knew, he was very much surprised when an acquaintance, John Keiser, called out, "Hello, Billy Johnson, where are you . going ? I'll get you a job." He at once changed his mind about going on to St. Joseph, got a job and remained in Boonville. Mr. John- son's first employment was with the firm of B. and W. W. Jones, whole- salers, with whom he remained for three years. He was a trusted em- ploye of this firm and was sent on collection trips throughout the south- west. On many occasions he would return with large amounts of money, as high as $10,000 in his saddle bags. He was afterward employed in the dry goods house of George T. Hardcastle until 1860, when he became a member of the firm of William H. Trigg Mercantile Company. He re- mained with this firm until 1886, when with his two sons he established the shoe business which was continued under the firm name of W. M. Johnson and Sons until 1907 when the business was closed out by the Johnsons and Mr. Johnson retiring from active business. Prior to en- gaging in the shoe business he was connected with the banking business established by William H. Trigg, who had the first bank in Boonville. For a number of years he was connected with the William H. Trigg Dry Goods Company, previous to embarking in the shoe business.
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