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Mrs. Elizabeth (Moloan) Meyer is one of the estimable pioneer women of Cooper County. Her home has been within the confines of this county since 1857, and she has resided on her present home place for over 42 years. She has seen Cooper County grow up, as it were. The Meyer family are highly valued citizens of Cooper County, and are all members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Clarks Fork.
J. L. Hosford, conducting the best equipped and most modern shoe repair shop in Boonville which he established Aug. 17, 1904, is a versa- tile and well informed citizen. The Hosford shop is equipped with the latest improved shoe machinery. Only recently Mr. Hosford has added an adjunct to his many activities in the way of a second hand store.
J. L. Hosford was born in Pike County, Ill., Jan. 1, 1869. He is a son of J. L. and Rowena (Hatch) Hosford, the former of whom was a native of Connecticut and the latter of New York State. J. L. Hosford the elder was an engineer and carpenter but he engaged in farming when he came west and located in Pike County. He followed farming pursuits for a period of 40 years and died on March 15, 1917, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. M. H. Riley, living near Greenridge, Mo., at the ripe age of 84 years. In 1845 J. L. Hosford, grandfather of the subject of this review, settled at Versailles, Brown County, Ill., and later went to Pike County, where he reared a large family of 12 children. Mrs. J. L. Hosford died in 1881. The other children of the family besides the subject of this review are: Mrs. M. H. Riley, living near Greenridge, Mo., and Mrs. D. C. Riley, of Windsor, Mo.
When still a boy in his teens, J. L. Hosford learned the trade of shoemaker and has followed his trade successfully for over 30 years. At the age of 14 years he located in St. Louis and learned his trade in
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that city. After his marriage in 1895 he operated a shop in Keokuk, lowa, from 1900 to 1903. He came to Boonville in 1903 and for the first 14 months he was employed as teacher of shoe repair and shoemaking at the Missouri Training School for Boys. He then established his pres- ent business.
Mr. Hosford was married on June 30, 1895, to Miss Florence Collison, of near Bluffs City, Ill. Six children have been born to this marriage: John L. Hosford, aged 24 years, a shoemaker in St. Louis; Floyd B., is his fathers assistant; Glenn is deceased; J. D., aged 11 years; Rosa, aged nine years ; Jessie, aged six, and Nadine, aged three years.
Mr. Hosford is an independent voter. He is an extensive reader and student of history, law and instructive texts. He is one of the best in- formed men of his age in Boonville. Mr. Hosford is a member of the ‘ Presbyterian Church and is fraternally affiliated with the Knights of Pythias, the Fraternal Order of Eagles, the Modern Woodmen of America and the Woodmen of the World.
Edward G. Scott, officer at the Missouri Training School in charge of the laundry, has held his present position for 19 years and is one of the most trustworthy and capable officials of the State Training School. Mr. Scott is a member of an old pioneer family in Missouri and was born in Boonville March 21, 1862.
Adam Scott, his father, was born in Cooper County in 1819 and died in 1908. He was a son of Robert Scott, a Virginian, who was the son of Adam Scott, a soldier of the Revolution who was one of the early pion- eers of this section of Missouri. The Scotts came to Cooper County in 1819. Adam Scott (III) married Kate Gentry. She was born in 1839 and died in 1915. She was a daughter of Benjamin Gentry a pioneer of Pettis County, Mo., and a native of Kentucky. For some years Adam Scott conducted a merchandise store at Boonville and then bought a farm one and a half miles south of the city, where he lived until he retired to a home in Boonville about 1890. The children born to Adam and Kate Scott are: Mrs. Robert Snyder, living south of Boonville; Edward G. Scott, of this review; Mrs. Joseph Combs, deceased; Charles Scott, Kan- sas City, Mo .; Jessie, wife of Joseph Combs, Boonville; Lola Scott, Boonville.
When Edward G. Scott was 18 years of age he went to New Mexico and engaged in the cattle business for three years. In 1883 he returned to Boonville and farmed on the Scott home place south of the Boonville until he took up his duties as one of the officers at the Missouri Training
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School in 1900. Mr. Scott is owner of 40 acres of valuable land adjoin- ing the Scott home place. He was married in 1903 to Miss Kate Dwyer, a daughter of William Dwyer of Pilot Grove, Mo. He is a Democrat. Per- sonally, Ed Scott is a genial, whole souled, capable citizen who has many friends.
Dr. Robert L. Evans .- The 28 years of medical practice which Dr. Robert L. Evans has had in Cooper County have been replete with suc- cess and his career has been such as to place him in the front rank of the Cooper County physicians. During all these years he has enjoyed a large practice and is well liked and highly respected by the people of the county. Doctor Evans was born on a farm in Boon County, Mo., Oct. 13, 1865.
His father, Willis J. Evans, was born in 1817 and died in 1868. He was a native of Kentucky who came to Missouri when a young man and eventually created a fine farm in Boone County. He married Jane Mor- gan Vanhorn, who was born in Maryland, Jan. 29, 1826, and died Sept. 23, 1914. Her parents moved from Maryland to Virginia and came to Missouri in 1838. Her father founded the famous Van Horn Tavern, situated on the highway between Rocheport and Columbia, which for years was the midway point between these two towns and was the stopping place for the stages which plied from town to town over the Old Trails road. Willis J. Evans, prior to his marriage, drove a stage coach between Columbia and Lexington and made his headquarters in Boonville. After he had begun farming he operated a stage line. He was married in 1843 and had a family of 13 children, only six of whom are now living: Mrs. Ella Angell, living on a farm two and a half miles east of Rocheport, Mo .; John G., Columbia, Mo .; I. V. Evans, Rocheport, Mo .; Mrs. J. N. Darby, Burnett, Texas; L. L. Evans, Fairland, Okla .; and Dr. Robert L. Evans, of this review.
After attending the State University, Robert L. Evans entered the Missouri Medical College at St. Louis and graduated therefrom in 1891. He immediately began the practice of his profession and has practiced continuously in Cooper County, four years of which was at Pilot Grove, the rest of the time being in Boonville. He returned to Boonville in 1898.
In October, 1896, Doctor Evans was married to Miss Grace Simmons, of Pilot Grove, Mo., a daughter of A. N. and Martha Simmons, the former of whom is deceased and the latter lives at Pilot Grove.
Doctor Evans is a member of the Cooper County Medical Society, the Missouri State and the American Medical Associations. He is a spe-
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cial physician for the Missouri Training School of Boonville. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South and is fraternally affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. Doctor Evans is past master of the Boon- ville Masonic Lodge, a Knight Templar and member of the Ararat Tem- ple of Mystic Shriners.
Henry Fricke, owner and proprietor of the "Prairie Home Stock Farm," one of the notable country places of Cooper County, is a native of Missouri. He was born in St. Louis County, Jan. 18, 1852, and is a son of Henry and Wilhelmina (Lindeman) Fricke, both natives of Germany. Henry Fricke, the father, settled in St. Louis upon coming to this country from his native land. Here he worked at his trade, which was that of a stone mason. He met with an accidental death while digging a well. After his death, his widow came to Cooper County, about 1855, and here married Ferdinand Ohlendorf. Mrs. Wilhelmina (Fricke) Ohlendorf died March 30, 1904, and her remains are buried in the Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery of Clarks Fork.
Henry Fricke, the subject of this sketch, was educated in the public schools of the Washington School District, and the German school at Pleasant Grove. He began life as a farmer and stockman, and has met with considerable more than ordinary success. He is known and recog- nized as one of the leading breeders of Cooper County, and for the past 20 years has given special attention to breeding Hereford cattle. He is also an extensive feeder, and has shipped stock on a large scale and has been very successful in all his undertakings. Mr. Fricke bought his present farm of 320 acres in 1881, at $23.50 per acre. This land was originally entered from the Government by Henry Berger at the regulation Govern- ment price of 25 cents per acre. It is located 12 miles from Boonville and three miles northwest of Prairie Home, on Jefferson Highway. In striking contrast to the modern improvement on this place, stands an old log cabin, which was built by Mrs. E. P. Adams, at a very early date. The Fricke residence is one of the attractive places in this part of the county. It is surrounded by a picturesque grove of maple trees, which Mr. Fricke, himself, planted. At one time, Mr. Fricke was the owner of 500 acres of land, but he sold 180 acres. The Fricke place is one of the historic old landmarks of the early days. The Fricke residence occupies the site of the old stage station, where the stage horses were changed enroute from Boonville to Jefferson City, and here is where Ely P. Adams conducted an old-time tavern in connection with the stage station.
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Feb. 14, 1873, Henry Fricke was united in marriage, in Clarks Fork township, with Miss Caroline Kostedt, a daughter of Christian and Chris- tina (Hasenjoger) Kostedt, both natives of Germany. Mrs. Fricke was born in St. Louis County, Sept. 13, 1853, and came to Cooper County with her parents March 26, 1869. They settled in Clarks Fork township, where the parents spent the remainder of their lives, and their remains are now interred in Lutheran Cemetery of Clarks Fork. They were the parents of the following children: William, Peoria, Ill .; Mrs. Christine Poese, Lone Elm; Herman, Fairland, Okla .; Caroline, the wife of Henry Fricke, the subject of this sketch; Fred, who was accidentally killed in St. Louis; and Charles, died in Clarks Fork township at the age of 21 years.
To Mr. and Mrs. Fricke have been born the following children: Sophia, married Peter Hein, Clarks Fork township; Mary, married Walter Hoerl, Prairie Home township; Henry F., Sedalia, Mo .; Christ F., Prairie Home; Clara, married Martin Smith, Lone Elm; Martha, resides at home; Anna, died at the age of 24 years; Minnie, married Harry Muntzel, Clarks Fork township; and George H., Sedalia.
In addition to his extensive farming and stock interest, Mr. Fricke has taken an active part in the development of other important enter- prises in the county. He took a prominent part in the organization of both the Bunceton and Prairie Home fairs, and is at present a member of the board of directors of the Prairie Home Fair. He was one of the or- ganizers of Clarks Fork Farmers Mutual Fire, Lightning and Tornado Insurance Co. of Cooper County. This company was organized in Nov., 1892. and was incorporated Feb. 25, 1915. Mr. Fricke is now the only charter member on the board of directors of this company. This is one of the substantial institutions of its kind, and the following gentlemen constitute its present board of directors and officers: John King, presi- dent: C. H. Toellner, secretary; P. G. Meisenheimer, treasurer; Conrad Greibold, Emil Bittner, John Brandes, Henry Fricke, and Emil Derend- inger, directors.
Mr. Fricke is also interested in the Cooper County Bank, of which he is a member of the board of directors. He is also a stockholder in the grain elevator at Bunceton.
Mr. Fricke is prominently identified with the republican party, and was his party candidate for county judge of the eastern district of Cooper County, and while the opposition party has a normal majority of about (30)
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600 in this district, Mr. Fricke lacked but a few votes of being elected. Mr. Fricke is one of Cooper County's most substantial citizens, and he and his family are members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Clarks Fork.
John F. Hack, baker at the Missouri Reformatory since 1891, and for the past 15 years in charge of the commissary at the school, has had 40 years' experience at his trade. He was born in Henderson County, Ky., Jan. 27, 1859, and is a son of Andrew Hack (born 1822, died 1891), a native of Bavaria, Germany.
Andrew Hack emigrated from his native country when a young man and operated a tailor shop and clothing business at Henderson, Ky., until 1863. In that year he went to Jeffersonville and was employed as a journeyman tailor until his death. His wife, prior to her marriage, was Mary Weisenberger (born 1834, died 1869), a native of Baden, Germany. Andrew Hack was father of five children, namely: Emil, a druggist at Sewickley, Pa .; George, died in 1915; John F., of this review; Edward, a candymaker in St. Louis, Mo .; Rosa Hack, a trained nurse at Jeffer- sonville, Ind.
John F. Hack was reared and educated in Jeffersonville, Ind., and learned his trade at New Albany, Ind. In 1883 he located at Washing- ton, Ind., and was employed at his trade for two years. In 1888 he went to Pana, Ill., and remained in that city for two years. In 1890 he was baker at the Indiana Reformatory for seven months. After six months spent in St. Louis he came to Boonville and took charge of the bakery and commissary at the Missouri Training School.
Mr. Hack is a Democrat of the old school of Democracy. He was reared in the Catholic faith but has no church ties, believing in the brotherhood of man in so far as he can practice it and live rightly and sanely. He is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and is a citizen who keeps abreast of the times and is an expert in his profession.
John S. Underwood, office assistant to the superintendent of the Missouri Reformatory, Boonville, was born at Pleasant Hill, Mo., Oct. 29, 1884.
John S. Underwood, his father, was born in October, 1844, in the neighborhood of the Cass-Johnson County line, and was the son of Jack- son County pioneer parents. He was reared on the farm and for 25 years was engaged in the buying and shipping of live stock at Pleasant Hill, Mo. He removed to Boonville in August, 1918, and is living a re-
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tired life. A brother, Fletcher Underwood, was killed while serving in the Southern Army during the Civil War. His wife was Miss Josephine Winters prior to her marriage and she was born at Port Gibson, Miss., in 1856. Soon after her birth her parents located in Missouri and some time later located in Louisiana and again came to Missouri after the Civil War. John S. and Josephine (Winters) Underwood were parents of the following children: Mrs. Elizabeth Wilson, Lamar, Colo .; Tessie, wife of Newton H. Johnson,. Boonville; Mrs. Hazel Shortridge, Pleasant Hill, Mo .; Harry W. is in the live stock commission business at Kansas City ; John S., subject of this sketch.
After completing the courses of study in the public and high schools of Pleasant Hill, Mr. Underwood attended the Central Business College at Kansas City, Mo. For two years he was then employed in the stock yards of Kansas City. Jan. 1, 1905, Mr. Underwood came to Boonville and was employed in the law office of William F. Johnson as stenographer and also by the late Judge W. M. Williams for several years. He studied law under the tutelage of these gentlemen and was admitted to the bar in 1907. He began the practice of his profession in Boonville and served as assistant prosecuting attorney under W. F. Johnson. Mr. Underwood was elected county treasurer of Cooper County in 1912 and served for four years, then resumed the practice of his profession. He filled the post of secretary of the Boonville Commercial Club from 1905 to 1917 and was for three years secretary and treasurer of the Cooper County Building and Loan Association. He was secretary of the Cooper County Automobile Association and served as secretary of the County Council of Defense during the World War.
Mr. Underwood was married on Aug. 6, 1907, to Miss Dora Brewster of Boonville and to this marriage have been born three children: Dorothy, born June 19, 1910; Josephine, born Sept. 16, 1912; and Elizabeth, born Feb. 7, 1919. Mrs. Dora (Brewster) Underwood is a daughter of Harry and Willis (Trent) Brewster, both of whom died when Mrs. Underwood was but a child. Mrs. Willis (Trent) Brewster was a daughter of W. W. Trent.
The Democratic party has always had the steadfast allegiance of Mr. Underwood. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church and is affil- iated with the Knights of Pythias, the Modern Woodmen of America and the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, in all of which fraternal societies he takes an active interest.
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Fred Lohse, one of the best known and most substantial of the "old- time" residents of Clarks Fork township, was born in Germany in 1843, a son of Hans and Katrina (Schlater) Lohse, both of whom also were born in that country and who spent all their lives there. M. Lohse, a well- known grocer at Boonville, is a brother of Fred Lohse. Another brother, Martin, was living at Hamburg at the time communication between this country and Germany was interrupted during the World War and no word has been received regarding him by the brothers here since that time.
Reared in Germany Fred Lohse received his schooling there and re- mained in that country until after attaining his majority when, in 1866, he came to this country, locating in Cooper County. Here he has made his home ever since. Upon his arrival here, Mr. Lohse for a time worked for John King, then took employment on the James Martin farm and was for six years thus engaged, for $14 a month. He then transferred his services to the Daniels farm and for seven years was employed there, re- ceiving from $18 to $20 a month. He then rented the George Adams farm for five years, when he bought from Doctor Potter a quarter section of the farm where he since has made his home. Mr. Lohse later bought from John Hedgepath 50 acres and has a fine place of 210 acres, which he has well improved. Mr. Lohse's farm is four miles west of Prairie Home. Among the improvements are a substantial farm house, two barns, 48x50 and 30x40, a 12x30 silo and other buildings. The place is well adapted to the raising of live stock. Of late years, he has been con- tent to "take things easy" in the pleasant "evening time" of his life and some time ago turned over the active management of the farm to his son, Ernest Lohse. Mr. Lohse has always been interested in church work and was one of the organizers of the first church erected at Clarks Fork and helped build the same, there being at that time about twenty members of the congregation, under the ministration of the Reverend Lauger. He also contributed substantially to the erection of the later church, built about 10 years ago.
In 1872, Fred Lohse was united in marriage to Annie Schmidt, a daughter of Claus Schmidt, one of the old settler's of Clarks Fork town- ship. Mrs. Lohse died in 1896 and is buried in Clarks Fork cemetery. To her union with Fred Lohse, eight children were born: Margaret, mar- ried August Kaiser and is now deceased; John, a farmer and stockman, of Clarks Fork township; Henry, of same township; Lena, deceased; Wil- liam, deceased; Martin, a farmer and stockman, of Clarks Fork town-
MRS. ANNIE (SCHMIDT) LOHSE
FRED LOHSE
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ship; Ernest, on the home farm for his father; Sophia, wife of William Fricke, Clarks Fork township; and Walter, now farming on Lone Elm Prairie, who was but an infant when his mother died and was reared in the family of a kinsman, Morris Naumann. Mr. Lohse has 14 grand- children, and in them he takes much delight. These grandchildren are Wilbur, Grace Marie and Bernice Lohse; Raymond, Roy and Anna Kai- ser; Lorine, Clara, Edna and Roy Lohse; Frances Elaine Lohse; Norbert and Lucille Fricke, and Laura Naumann.
Ernest Lohse was reared on the farm of which he now has practical charge, relieving his father of the burden of management, and has from his boyhood devoted his attention to the cultivation of the place. June 19, 1912, he was united in marriage to Emma Natalie Weller, who was born and educated in California, Mo. To this union one child has been born, a daughter, Frances Elaine. Mrs. Lohse is a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Holzer) Weller, who are now living in California, Mo. John Weller was born in Ohio and his wife in Iowa. They have four daughters, of whom Mrs. Lohse is the third in order of birth, the others being Otillie Pearl, Flora Rosetta and Alma Ursula.
Dr. Walter L. Dugan .- The 14 years in the practice of his profession in Cooper County have established Dr. W. L. Dugan firmly in the esteem and regard of a large number of patients. His career as a physician has been a successful and useful one which has merited just recognition of his capabilities. Doctor Dugan is a native Missourian and was born March 19, 1860 on a farm in Webster County, not far from Springfield.
George W. Dugan, his father, was born in 1810 and died in 1885. He was born in Kentucky and was a son of Kentucky pioneer parents who in turn were early settlers in Tennessee. George W. Dugan was reared in Tennessee and made a permanent settlement in Webster County, Mo., in 1843. He developed a fine farm in that county and was twice married. His second wife was Rebecca Renshaw, who was born in 'Ten- nessee in 1825 and departed this life in 1906. She was of English descent. By a former marriage George W. Dugan was father of 13 children. His second marriage resulted in the birth of three sons: Milton, killed in a railroad accident at Parsons, Kan., in 1917; Dr. Walter L., of this review ; Addison Watts Dugan, lives at Wendling, Ore.
Walter L. Dugan was educated at the Mountain Dale Seminary in Webster County and the Henderson Academy. For eight years he suc- cessfully taught school in his native county and in 1888 he began the study of medicine in a physicians office. In 1889 he entered the College
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of Physicians and Surgeons at St. Louis, Mo., and graduated from this college with the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1891. For the next 10 years he practiced medicine in Laclede County, Mo. In 1901 he located in Barton County, Mo., and remained there for four years. On Dec. 3. 1904, he located in Cooper County and has practiced his profession with offices at Clarks Fork and at Boonville continuously since that time. Sept. 25, 1918, Doctor Dugan came to Boonville, the advent and universal use of the automobile, and the continuous betterment of the highways of the county enabling him to care for his large country practice from this city with convenience.
On Sunday, July 31, 1881, Dr. Walter L. Dugan and Miss Addie Josephine Derry of Mercer County were married at Long Lane, Dallas County, Mo. Mrs. Addie Dugan is a daughter of Abraham Derry, who is descended from Pennsylvania ancestry. Doctor and Mrs. Dugan have four children: Eugenie, Beatrice, Myrtle and Gertrude. Mrs. Eugenie Kissel lives in Barton County, Mo., and has there children: Alma, Lloyd, and Edwin. Beatrice Dugan is a teacher in the Mt. Sinai School, Cooper County ; Mrs. Myrtle Sharp lives at Independence, Mo., where her hus- band is employed as telegraph operator. She is mother of two children: Edward and George. Gertrude Dugan is a teacher in the Cooper County schools.
Doctor Dugan is a Democrat and a member of the Baptist Church. He is fraternally affiliated with the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons.
Dr. George A. Russell, city physician, Boonville, with offices at the corner of Spring and Sixth streets, is one of the best known among the successful physicians of central Missouri. Doctor Russell was born near Darlington, Lafayette County, Wis., Oct. 22, 1860.
His father, John B. Russell, was born in Waterloo. N. Y., and died in 1914 at the age of 86 years. He was a son of Dr. George W. Russell, a native of New York, and descended from a Massachusetts family of English origin. Dr. George W. Russell practiced his profession in New York until his removal to Gratiot, Wis., where he died at the age of 70 years. He followed farming in Wisconsin in connection with his medical practice. John B. Russell was married to Elona Abell, of Brad- ford, Pa., daughter of Capt. Daniel Abell. She died at the age of 43 years After his marriage, John B. Russell settled upon a tract of land in Lafayette County, Wis., and developed a fine farm from land which cost him a few dollars an acre. In old age he retired to a home in Platteville, Wis. His children are: Dr. George A. Russell, of this review;
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