History of Cooper County, Missouri, Part 41

Author: Johnson, William Foreman, b. 1861
Publication date: 1919
Publisher: Topeka : Historical Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 1464

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Edward Derendinger, a late prominent agriculturist and stockman of Saline township, was born in Germany in 1868. Mr. Derendinger immi- grated to America in 1885 and located in Moniteau County, Mo., where he was employed in farm work, laboring by the month for three or four years, when he, with his parents, Rudolph and Louise Derendinger, moved to Cooper County and settled on the farm where his parents died. The remains of both father and mother were laid to rest in the cemetery at Pleasant Grove.

. In 1901, Edward Derendinger purchased the country place now owned by his widow, a farm comprising 207 acres of land, located seven miles east of Boonville. Mr. Derendinger improved the farm, and it is now considered one of the best in the county. He was successfully en- gaged in general farming until the time of his death, June 9, 1912, and he had made a name for himself in the county as an honest, industrious, hard-working citizen.

In 1906, Edward Derendinger and Magdalena Stauffer were united in marriage. Mrs. Derendinger is a daughter of John and Anna Stauffer, of Jimtown, both of whom were natives of Germany, and both are now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Stauffer were the parents of the following chil- dren: Henry of Lupus, Mo .; Annie Elizabeth, the wife of Ulrich Biere, residing near Moniteau Church; Rosada, the wife of Gotfried Zurcher, of Jimtown, Mo .: John, of Sandy Hook, Mo .; Magdalena. the widow of Edward Derendinger, the subject of this review; Frederick, who resides in Wisconsin; Annie, the wife of Rudolph Derendinger, of Sandy Hook, Mo .; and Emil, of Lupus, Mo. To Mr. and Mrs. Edward Derendinger were born six children, four of whom are now living: Emma, Johnnie, Edwin, Louis, all at home with their widowed mother. Frank and Lydia died in infancy.

Edward Derendinger was one of the following children born to his parents: Emil, of Pleasant Grove Mo .; Louis, of Elgin, Ill .; Louisa, de- ceased; Edward, the subject of this sketch; Alica, the wife of Louis Hei- sick, residing in Germany; Rudolph, of Sandy Hook, Mo .; and Fritz, of Big Lick, Mo.

At the time of their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Derendinger began life under discouraging financial conditions. They had little money and were

MR. AND MRS. S. C. ROSSEN

MR. AND MRS. EDWARD DERENDINGER

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in debt for their farm, but by practicing economy and thrift they soon began to prosper, and since the death of her husband, Mrs. Derendinger has continued the farm work with success. She deserves much credit for the admirable manner in which she has managed the business affairs and is rearing her fatherless children.

Mr. Derendinger was a valued member of the Woodmen of the World and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He was a member of the Evangelical Church at Pleasant Grove, as is Mrs. Derendinger. He was laid to rest in the cemetery at Pleasant Grove, and the loss to the good citizenship of Cooper County has long been lamented by those who knew him.

Sonneck Christiansen Rossen .- The splendid new county home for the poor, destitute and unfortunates of Cooper County, is under excellent and capable management. Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Rossen, who have charge of the home and the inmates, seem to have found their niche in life and are filling it to the satisfaction of the county authorities, and the people of Cooper County. Mr. S. C. Rossen, superintendent of the Cooper County Home, is a native of Denmark, born April 3, 1849. His parents, Christian and Bridgetta (Hansen) Rossen spent their lives in Denmark.

When 19 years of age, S. C. Rossen left his home in Denmark and came to America, arriving here in September, 1868. His first work was on railroad construction at Effingham, Ill., where he remained for three months. Going from Illinois to Vicksburg, Miss., he worked in the swamp region of the Mississippi River Valley, during the winter season of 1869 and 1870. He contracted malaria in the South and returned to Illinois. From 1870 to 1871 he was employed at farm labor and in the spring of the year worked in the lime kilns of the neighborhood. He saved some money, then went to Kansas, farmed for 12 months, sold out and came to Boonville, Cooper County in 1873. Mr. Rossen was located cast .of Boonville on farms for 18 years and finally bought a farm of 50 acres, west of Boonville. He later bought another tract of 73 acres, upon which he lived for 20 years, reared his family to be grown, then sold out and came to Boonville. For five years, Mr. Rossen was road overseer of the special road district. In February, 1917, he took up his duties as super- intendent of the county home, with Mrs. Rossen as matron of the home. They have the care of from 20 to 25 indigent poor of the county and no group of unfortunates could receive better care than that given them by Mr. and Mrs. Rossen.

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In the spring of 1873, S. C. Rossen and Martha Evans were mar- ried. Mrs. Martha Rossen died in 1881. Three children were born to this marriage, all of whom are deceased. In the fall of 1882, Mr. Rossen was married to Elizabeth Frances Robertson, born in Arkansas, June 5, 1861, She is a daughter of Shelton Eliphus and Rebecca Serena (Hill) Robertson, natives, respectively, of Illinois and Arkansas. Shelton E. Rob- ertson died in the Union service during the Civil War. He and a brother- in-law, named Evans, went to the North from Arkansas to enlist in the Union Army. Mr. Robertson never returned. His widow and children went to Illinois and from there to Washington County, Mo. The widow married Charles Baker and the family moved to Cooper County in 1880. Mrs. Baker now lives at Crane, Stone County, Mo. She was born March 17, 1837.

Three sons and a daughter were born to S. C. and Elizabeth F. Ros- sen, as follows: Josephine Christina, Shelton, Carl Frederick, William Edward. Josephine Christina is the wife of John H. Schnuck, a pros- perous farmer living east of Boonville. Shelton is an expert automobile mechanic and is employed in St. Louis. He married Grace Seals, Pacific, Mo. Carl Frederick Rossen is manager of an automobile garage in St. Louis, Mo. William Edward, the soldier of the family, was born Sept. 8, 1892, and enlisted for service in the National Army in June, 1917. He was first stationed at Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, then Nevada, Mo., and thence to Fort Sill, Okla., where he was trained for duty across the seas. He left for France as a member of the 110th Auto Supply Train on May 2, 1918, and saw much active service with the American Army in France. He returned to America, and received his honorable discharge from the service May 7, 1919. Mr. Rossen is a republican. He is a mem- ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church. For 15 years he served as road overseer in his district while living on the farm and has always been interested in good road building. Mrs. Rossen is a member of the Women's Circle and the Degree of Pocahontas. They are kind hearted, yet firm in their management of the County Home and are loved and respected by the inmates.

John Henry Goodman, member of the prosperous and important furniture and undertaking firm of George and Goodman, Boonville, Mo., is a native of Cooper County. He was born Feb. 28, 1884, and is a son of Thomas W. Goodman, a member of one of the oldest of the Missouri pioncer families.

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Johnson Goodman great grandfather of J. H. Goodman of this review, was born Aug. 7, 1797, in Kentucky, and in '1817 he settled on Clarks Fork, twelve miles south of Boonville. He was descended from English forebears. His wife, Lucy Goodman, was born July 6, 1795. Benjamin Goodman, grandfather of J. H. Goodman, was born in Cooper County in 1836 and died Jan. 7, 1917. He married Eliza Dunavant of Cooper County, who was born March 2, 1839, and died Feb. 3, 1883. This marriage took place Oct. 8, 1856. Benjamin Goodman served in the Union army during the Civil War, and after his war service he settled down to the peaceful pursuits of agriculture.

Thomas W. Goodman, son of Benjamin Goodman, was born in Cooper County, July 24, 1857. He was married on July 24, 1878, to Amelia Thoma who was born Nov. 28, 1859, in Cooper County, and was a daugh- ter of Lawrence and Margaret (Walther) Thoma. Lawrence Thoma was born in Germany, reared and married there and immigrated to America. He made a home in Cooper county where he died Jan. 11, 1881. Margaret (Walther) Thoma, his wife, was born Feb. 21, 1824, and died Sept. 23, 1916.

Thomas W. Goodman was engaged in the pottery business prior to taking the position of sexton of Walnut Grove cemetery, the duties of which place he performed for a period of 21 years. Mr. Goodman is now working at the trade of cabinet maker and is connected with the firm of George & Goodman in this capacity.

The children born to Thomas W. and Amelia Goodman are as follows: Mrs. A. C. Duncan, Cleveland Heights, Ohio; Thomas W. Goodman. Jr., an undertaker at Holden, Mo .; John Henry Goodman, of this review; Clara, wife of Gus F. Bohler, Boonville, Mo.

. John Henry Goodman received his early education in the public schools of Boonville. His first employment was with a hardware and furniture store in Boonville and he has followed the furniture and under- taking business since his boyhood days. Besides having had considerable practical experience as an undertaker, Mr. Goodman pursued a course of study to further fit himself for his profession in St. Louis for six months. The George and Goodman furniture and undertaking establishment. be- sides conducting the leading furniture business in this section of Missouri, are the leading undertakers in a considerable extent of territory. this department of the business being in charge of Mr. Goodman.

Feb. 2, 1909, Mr. Goodman was united in marriage with Miss

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Bertha Vollrath, of Boonville. She was born May 31, 1884, and is a daughter of Charles L. Vollrath, a well known citizen of Boonville.

Mr. Goodman is independent in his political views. He is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, the Knights of Pythias the Woodmen of the World and the Ancient Order of United Workmen. Mr. and Mrs. Goodman are popular among Boonville people and have many warm and steadfast friends who wish them well. Both are hard working and are interested in the success of the business and co-operate to that end in view. Mr. Goodman is a good and loyal citizen who has the best inter- ests of Boonville at heart and responds readily to calls made upon him for the building of a greater and better Boonville.

W. L. Cordry, manager of "Chasnoff's", has been in charge of this widely known Boonville store since Feb. 15, 1916. The Chasnoff Store in Boonville was established by M. Chasnoff in March, 1915, and is one of a number of stores owned and operated by Mr. Chasnoff. The store is situ- ated at the corner of Main and Morgan streets and occupies a floor space of 50x125 feet. A general stock of dry goods and ladies wearing apparel of the latest models and designs is carried. From 12 to 15 people are employed to care for the extensive trade which the store enjoys under Mr. Cordry's efficient and capable management.

W. L. Cordry is a native of Cooper County, born on a farm near Arrow Rock, Dec. 16, 1878. James W. Cordry, his father, was born in 1844 and followed farming until 1897 when he settled in Nelson, Mo. He was born in Cooper County, on a farm north of Syracuse, Mo., and was a son of John B. Cordry, a native of Kentucky who was a Cooper County pioneer. James W. Cordry was a soldier in the Civil War, fighting with the Union forces, entering the service at the age of 18 years. He married Miss Lucy Windsor, who was born near Otterville, Mo., in 1847. Of six chil dren born to James W. and Lucy Cordry, two are living, three died in infancy: Arthur died at the age of 17 years; Mrs. Myrtle Dodson lives at Nelson, Mo., and W. L. Cordry, of this review.

W. L. Cordry was reared on the home farm and received his educa- tion in the Nelson public schools. His first store experience was at Nel- son, where he was employed for three years. He then traveled for Swift & Company for one and a half years. Following this he was again em- ployed in stores for five years. In 1909 he went to western Oklahoma and was there for a short time. Returning to Missouri he had charge of a shoe store at Monett for two and a half years. He had charge of a

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department in a large store at Nowata, Okla., the next five years and then came to Boonville to take charge of the Chasnoff Store.

Mr. Cordry has been twice married. His first marriage occurred on Nov. 12, 1902, with Miss Lillian McAllister of Nelson, who died Feb. 14, 1915, leaving four children : Eugene, James Thomas or "J. T.," Helen and Arthur. His second marriage took place June 5, 1917, with Miss Leona Hyde of Warren, Ind. One child has blessed this union: Mary Cath- erine, born Jan. 10, 1919.

While adhering to the principles of the republican party, Mr. Cordry is inclined to independence in voting and believes that the cause of good government can best be advanced by individual thinking and decision along the lines of qualifications of candidates and the principles involved. He is a member of the Christian church, is affiliated with the Modern Woodmen of America and is a progressive citizen.

John N. Gott .- For over half a century the late John N. Gott was a resident of Boonville, and became in the course of his long sojourn in Cooper County, one of the leading, influential and successful figures in the business and manufacturing world of this city. His successful career placed him in the front rank of a galaxy of noted Boonville men who were the outstanding figures of the past decade in Boonville. John N. Gott was born in Portland, Mich., Dec. 25, 1833, and died in Boonville, Mo., Nov. 2, 1912.

He was a member of one of the oldest of the American Colonial fam- ilies of French and English descent. Mr. Gott was of the eighth genera- tion in direct line from Charles Gott, the founder of the family in America. Charles Gott (I) was born in France in 1598. He married Thankful Palmer and they with their two daughters, Thankful and Bertha, sailed from Weymouth, England, June 20, 1628, on the ship, Abigail, and landed at Salem, Mass. Three children were born to them in Salem: Deborah, born in 1636; Charles in 1639, and Daniel in 1646, all of whom were bap- tized in the first church erected in America.

Charles Gott (II) was married Dec. 5, 1660, to Lydia Clarke, daugh- ter of William Clarke, of Lynn, Mass. Their children were Charles, Sarah, Lydia, John, Deborah, Mary, Bethah, Samuel and Nathaniel .

Lieut. John Gott (III) of the Colonial Army, was born Nov. 8, 1668, and died Jan. 25, 1722. He married Rebecca Tarbox, who bore him three children: John, born Jan. 6, 1694, and Samuel and Benjamin.

John Gott (IV) married Elizabeth Badger, Dec. 15, 1751. Their children were John, born July 20, 1752; Martha, born Sept. 19, 1753; and Nathaniel born March 12, 1755 ,and who died Sept. 14, 1828.

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Nathaniel (V) Gott was a surgeon in the American Revolution, serv- ing on the staff of General LaFayette. He married Sarah Bugham, who was born Jan. 22, 1755, and died Dec. 20, 1797. Their children were: Benjamin, born Dec. 6, 1783; John, born Jan. 2, 1785; and Nathaniel, born Feb. 6, 1786, dying in 1858.

Nathaniel Gott (VI) married Elizabeth Butterfield, at Hartneck, Otsego County, N. Y. She was born Oct. 20, 1787, and died May 19, 1866. Their children were: Charles, born Jan. 29, 1809, and died Aug. 15, 1863, and John Nathaniel, born Feb. 4, 1811, and died Sept. 10, 1882; James Butterfield, born Aug. 31, 1818, died Dec. 17, 1882; and Sarah, born Nov. 18, 1812, died in April. 1883.

Charles Gott (VII), father of John N. Gott, of this review, was born and reared in New York, and migrated to Michigan. He married Maria Moe, at Ann Arbor, Mich., Jan. 11, 1832. Marie Moe Gott was born Jan. 31, 1811, and died Nov. 12, 1892. The children born to this marriage were: John Nathaniel Gott of this review; Sarah Maria, born Aug. 17, 1845, died Sept. 3, 1875, and Martha, who died in infancy.

John N. Gott was reared and educated in Michigan. He studied in Ann Arbor, Mich., and spent two years at Wesleyan Seminary, afterwards taking a partial course at the University of Michigan. He began his business experience in a mercantile store at East Saginaw, Mich., and was located in that city until 1856, when he went to St. Louis, Mo. He was employed as clerk in a hardware store in St. Louis until the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861.

When the president talled for volunteers with which to quell the re- bellion of the Southern states he responded to the call and enlisted in the first year of the war in the 33rd Missouri Regiment. In 1862 he was promoted to the post of quartermaster sergeant of his regiment. After the battle of Helena, Ark., he was again promoted for conspicuous bravery in the face of enemy fire and was advanced to the post of sergeant major. He was a brave soldier and while the battle of Helena was raging among the hills, he performed a feat which brought him well merited recognition and promotion. Under his charge a wagon load of water and whiskey was being transported to the Federal soldiers. He rolled up the barrels to the men engaged in battle and thus saved the day.

In December, 1863, he was appointed by President Lincoln to the post of first lieutenant, regimental quartermaster, and he filled this important post satisfactorily and well. When peace was concluded he was breveted a captain.

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In May, 1866, Mr. Gott removed with his family to Boonville. He engaged in the manufacture of brick in partnership with Constantine Heim until 1868. Mr. Gott was then appointed deputy county clerk, and was afterward appointed receiver in the United States Land Office in Boonville, holding this position from 1868 to 1876. He next served as bookkeeper of the old Central National Bank and remained in this posi- tion until 1878. He then became associated with Brewster and Hilliard. tobacco manufacturers, and was bookkeeper for this concern until 1883, when he purchased the business. He operated the tobacco manufacturing business successfully for a number of years, being joined by his sons and the business being conducted unti! 1910 under the name of John N. Gott and Son. .

John N. Gott was married in St. Louis, Nov. 13, 1859, to Miss Angeline Lawton, a daughter of the late Dr. Edward Lawton. Mrs. Angeline Gott was born Sept. 16, 1836, and died Oct. 15, 1910. The children born to this marriage who are of the ninth generation of the Gott family in America are: Charles P. and Henry H. Gott. Henry H. Gott married Kittie Genslinger, now deceased, of Piqua, Ohio, June 18, 1896, and is practicing dentistry in St. Louis.

Charles P. Gott was educated in Cooper Institute, of Boonville. For a period of four years he was connected with the mercantile firm of Sauter Brothers and was a partner in this concern for one year. He then joined his father in the tobacco manufacturing business and was engaged in this enterprise until 1900, beginning in 1883. The business was then disposed of and Mr. Gott removed to his farm of 370 acres south of Bunce- ton in this county where he remained engaged in farming and stock rais- ing for five years. He is a large land owner and owns 700 acres of land in Howard County, 500 acres of which is very rich Missouri River bottom land. Mr. Gott conducts a farm loan business in Boonville. Charles P. Gott was married on Nov. 5, 1885, to Miss Tillie Wertheimer, of Boonville, born and reared in this city, a daughter of Morris J. Wertheimer, a pioncer clothing merchant of this city. Two children blessed this union: John Morris and William Wertheimer Gott of the tenth generation of the Gott family.

John Morris Gott is an emplove of the J. E. Hutt Construction Com- pany of Kansas City, Mo.

William Wertheimer Gott in the employ of the General Motors Corp- oration, married Mildred Buchanan of New Franklin. Mrs. Mildred Gott

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is deceased, and left one child, Mildred Dorothy Gott of the eleventh generation.

C. P. Gott is an independent republican. He has served his home city as a member of the school board and as city councilman. When his father died he succeeded him as vestryman of the Episcopal church and is treasurer of this congregation.

The late Capt. John N. Gott was a stanch republican throughout his entire matured life. He took an interest in political matters and served as a member of the school board and as a member of the city council. For several years he was a vestryman of the Episcopalian church and was highly regarded as a worthy and upright citizen whose handsome home in Boonville was often opened for social and literary gatherings. He was honored and respected by all who knew him.

F. Joseph Mann .- The late F. Joseph Mann, of Palestine township, was a Cooper County citizen of industry and ambition whose sole desire · in life was to provide a comfortable and prosperous home for his family. In this he succeeded by the exercise of industry, diligence and wise man- agement and in the space of 20 years created one of the most attractive farm houses in his section of Missouri. No sooner than he had arrived at the point where he could look into the future in the anticipation of com- fortable living during the remainder of his days, than the grim reaper called him. The Mann estate is a productive tract of land, a good part of which is . Petit Saline River bottom land, the residence and buildings situated upon a high hill from which the surrounding country for many miles can be seen. Mrs. Josephine Mann, his widow, has kept the place in excellent repair, added a tenant house and other buildings until the farm is a valuable piece of property. F. Joseph Mann was born in Ed- wardsville, Ill., April 25, 1857 and died May 24, 1910.

'F. Joseph Mann, Sr., his father, was born in Bavaria, Germany, in 1829 and died June 28, 1893. He was a son of Joseph Mann, a native of Alsace and a Frenchman by birth who came to America in 1850. F. Joseph Mann, Sr., immigrated to this country in 1850, married here and served in the Union army, enlisting in 1863 for a period of 16 months. He was a cabinet maker and during the Civil War he made coffins for the deceased soldiers. In 1866 he came to Cooper County and settled at Pilot Grove. During that same year he bought a 40 acre farm upon which he resided for a number of years. He followed his trade to some extent in this country and was a skilled cabinet maker as is attested by several

MRS. E. E. DRENNEN

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fine pieces of his handicraft which can be seen in the Mann home. He died at the home of his son, F. Joseph Mann.

F. Joseph Mann, of this sketch, was married June 23, 1885, in Clear Creek Catholic Church, by Father John, to Miss Josephine Marie Dietrich, who bore him the following children: Nina Marie, Alma, Josephine, Mabel Bernardine. Nina Marie was born March 22, 1886 and is the wife of E. Humphreyville, living on the adjoining farm. He was born July 12, 1885. They have one child, Helen Louise, born Oct. 7, 1907. Alma Josephine, born Feb. 28, 1893, married Edward Cleary, Feb. 24, 1916, who died in Feb., 1918. Mrs. Alma Cleary is office assistant to Probate Judge Davis. Mabel Bernardine, born June 12, 1896, is the wife of Charles L. Schuck, of Fredericksburg, Texas, and has one child, Francis Joseph, born March 8, 1918. Mr. Schuck was born Dec. 2, 1897.

F. Joseph Mann was a republican, but was distinctly a home man who cared more for his home and fireside than for any outside attractions. His death was a distinct loss to the community in which he had become a valuable and worthy citizen. He was a member of the Catholic Church and was highly regarded by all who knew him.

Mrs. Josephine Marie (Dietrich) Mann was born in the French province of Alsace, April 16, 1855 and is a daughter of Herman and Mary (Hoffstetter) Dietrich, the latter of whom died in 1871. Herman Dietrich came to America before the Civil War, and having had military training in his native land he offered his services to the Union. He was commis- sioned a lieutenant in the Union army and died of fever in a government hospital at New Orleans. Four children were left fatherless: E. C., who died in 1871, and had served five years in the French army; Cecilia, de- ceased ; Henrietta, deceased; and Mrs. Josephine Mann of this review.

Josephine Dietrich came to America in 1881 and made her home with her uncle, Jacob Dietrich who owned the old Bunce place. She went to Colorado in 1885 and was married to Mr. Mann upon her return to Mis- souri in 1885. Prior to purchasing their present place Mr. and Mrs. Mann lived at Pilot Grove until 1891. The Mann place was recently sold to her son-in-law, E. Humphreyville, May 19, 1919, and Mrs. Mann is making her home in Boonville with her daughter, Mrs. Edward Cleary.

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History of Cooper County, Missouri, Part 41

Author: Johnson, William Foreman, b. 1861 Publication date: 1919 Publisher: Topeka : Historical Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 1464

Author: Johnson, William Foreman, b. 1861
Publication date: 1919
Publisher: Topeka : Historical Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 1464