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Mr. Brickner was reared on the home farm in Cooper County and in October, 1884, he located on a farm one mile south of the home place from his father. He purchased a tract of 135 acres to begin with and erected all buildings and improvements on the place. He continued to accumulate land as he prospered in his farming operations until he be-
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came owner of 380 acres. Mr. Brickner then rightly decided that he had earned a rest and he removed to Boonville in October, 1914.
Oct. 28, 1884, William L. Brickner and Mary Williams were united in marriage. The following children have been born to them: Walter is operating the home farm, married Nellie Johnmeyer and has three children, William W., Margaret, and Earl; Mrs. Birdie Rasmussen also lives on part of the home place and is mother of one child, Dorsey, born Sept. 23, 1918; Lloyd and Beulah Brickner, twins, born July 7, 1898.
The mother of these children was born Feb. 6, 1868, on a farm within one-half mile of the Brickner home place. She is a daughter of Walter and Virginia (Payne) Williams, the latter of whom was born and reared in Cooper County, the daughter of Cooper County pioneers. Walter Wil- liams was born in 1826 and died March 1, 1895. He was a native of Wales and immigrated to America in the early forties. He crossed the Plains to the gold fields of the Pacific Slope in 1849 and was engaged in mining gold for some months. Virginia (Payne) Williams was born July 28, 1847, and died Feb. 7, 1918. She was a daughter of James R. and Lucy Payne, natives of Virginia, who were pioneer settlers in Cooper County. The children of the Williams family are as follows: Mrs. Mary Brickner, of this review; James R., Walter, and William C. Williams, who reside on the Williams home place, west of Boonville.
Mr. Brickner is a republican. He and his family worship at the Evangelical Church.
Samuel Cerly, proprietor of "Walnut Grove Farm" in Saline town- ship, is one of the leading agriculturists and stockmen of Cooper County. Mr. Oerly is a native of Moniteau County, Mo. He was born in 1858, a son of Ulrich and Margaret (Gatchet) Oerly, natives of Switzerland.
Ulrich Oerly was born in 1827. He immigrated to America in 1847 and located first in Ohio, coming thence two years later to Missouri, locat- ing in Moniteau County, whence he came to Cooper County in 1865 and settled on a farm three miles south of Wooldridge. During the Civil War he served in the state militia one year. He died in 1909 and is buried in Methodist Episcopal Church cemetery at Pleasant Ridge. Margaret (Gatchet) Oerly came to America from Switzerland with her parents, when she was a child eight years of age, in 1834. Her father, John Gatchet, located first in Ohio, also, and from Ohio he came to Missouri in 1849 and settled on a farm in Moniteau County. Mrs. Oerly died in 1911. The children of Ulrich and Margaret Oerly are: John, deceased; Emanuel, a farmer, of Overton, Mo .; Samuel, the subject of this sketch; Mary, the wife of Adam Schilb, Wooldridge, Mo .; William, of Spice Creek, Mo .;
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Ferdinand, whose address is unknown; Charles, Moniteau County, Mo .; and Fred, of Pilot Grove, Mo.
Samuel Oerly attended Oakland school in Moniteau County and Lib- erty school in Cooper County. He recalls the log cabin home of his child- hood, with its mortar-filled cracks and puncheon floor, and the old-style trundle bed in which he slept, when a lad Since attaining maturity, Mr. Oerly has engaged in farming and stockraising. He purchased his pres- ent farm in 1881, from James Q. Ragland, a place comprising 204 acres of land, named "Walnut Grove Farm" because of the splendid walnut trees growing thereon. Excepting the residence and a barn, Mr. Oerly has added all the improvements now on his farm. The land is well watered by eight springs, three of which are never failing. He raises registered Big Bone Poland China hogs and Shorthorn cattle, Cotswold sheep and Rhode Island Red chickens. Mr. Oerly does general farming and feeds extensively hogs and cattle.
June 16, 1881, Samuel Oerly and Mary Adaline Schnuck were united in marriage. Mrs. Oerly is a daughter of John G. and Catherina E. (Meyer) Schnuck. Mr. Schnuck died Aug. 2, 1880, and the widowed mother now makes her home with a son in Boonville township. Mr. and Mrs. Oerly are the parents of the following children: Henry W., born April 7, 1882, the postmaster and merchant at Overton, Mo .; Herman H., born March 4, 1884, at home ; Frank J., born Nov. 19, 1886, now with Com- pany L, 356th Infantry, 89th Division, at Bordeaux, France, when last heard from at the time of this writing; Florence M., at home; and Dora E., the wife of Herman Frederick, of Saline township. Frank J. Oerly, the soldier enlisted in the U. S. army Sept. 19, 1917, and was trained for service at Camp Funston; became a member of Company L, 356th In- fantry, 89th Division. He sailed for France, June 30, 1918, and from Aug. 5, 1918 to Oct. 19, 1918, was at the front, Verdun and Argonne For- est. He was taken sick and sent back to Base Hospital No. 22, Bordeaux. Arrived in America March 28, 1919; honorably discharged April 21. 1919, and now at home.
Mr. and Mrs. Oerly are highly respected in their community. They are worthy and consistent members of the Boonville Evangelical Church. Mr. Oerly is a republican.
Herman B. Friedrich, Mr. Oerly's son-in-law, served in the National Army and was on his way to France when the armistice was signed.
Mr. and Mrs. Oerly have two grandchildren: Laura Marie and Ewing Joseph, the former, the daughter of Henry W. Oerly and the latter, the son of Mrs. Herman Frederick.
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John M. Haller, proprietor and manager of the Boonville Coal Com- pany, is a native of Boonville. Mr. Haller is successor to Burger & Son, and purchased this thriving business on Dec. 1, 1918. The yards of the Boonville Coal Company are located at 602 East Spring Street and cover one-half block. Wood, coal, cement, sewer pipe, etc., are sold at retail and three teams are operating continually, and five men are employed in car- ing for the activities of the yard. John M. Haller was born in Boonville June 22, 1888.
Martin J. Haller, his father, was born in Wurtemburg, Germany, in 1859, learned the printer's trade, and emigrating from his native land. located in Boonville in 1872. For the past 15 years, Mr. Haller has been foreman of the "Advertiser" publishing and printing plant in Boonville. He was married to Anna Bach in 1869. Mrs. Anna (Bach) Haller was born in Boonville and is a daughter of Peter Bach, a Cooper County pioneer. The children born to Martin and Anna Haller are: John M., the subject of this review; Mrs. Minnie Cramer, Boonville; Louise, at home with her parents; Ernest, a sailor, enlisted man in United States Navy, enlisted in 1917 as a pharmacist and is located at Naval Base No. 29; Gilbert enlisted in the United States Navy in 1918, and is attached to U Submarine Boat, No. 3.
John M. Haller was educated in the Boonville public and high schools. For 15 years after leaving high school he was a trusted and capable em- ploye of the Sauter Mercantile Company of Boonville. The business ex- perience gained with this old time established concern, which has lately dissolved, has stood him in good stead since he has engaged in business on his own account, and Mr. Haller is making a decided success of his business venture.
He was married, Aug. 11, 1913, to Miss Nina Demarest of New York City, a daughter of Stephen and Evelyn (Vreeland) Demarest, who now reside in Chariton County, Mo. Mr. and Mrs. John M. Haller have two children: John Haller, Jr., born Oct. 6, 1916; Helen Louise Haller, born Aug. 18. 1914.
Mr. Haller is a republican, but is an independent voter. He is a member of the Evangelical Church and is affiliated fraternally with the Knights of Pythias Lodge.
Martin Tucker, sheriff of Cooper County, was born in Louisville, Ky., Jan. 23, 1864. His parents were Joseph Albert and Mary Magdalena (Huber) Tucker, the former a native of England and the latter a native
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of Germany. Joseph A. Tucker was born in 1825 and died in 1880. He emigrated from England to America in 1860 and fought in the Union army throughout the Civil War, as sergeant of his company in a Ken- tucky Union regiment of volunteers. Magdalena (Huber) Tucker was born in 1842 and accompanied her mother to America in 1845. Her father died while serving as a soldier in the German army. She now resides in St. Louis. In 1870 the Tuckers left Kentucky and after one year in St. Louis, they settled at Tipton. The children born to Joseph A. and Mary Magdalena Tucker are: Mrs. Priscilla Belle Hamilton, a widow, residing with her mother in St. Louis; Albert Edward, St. Louis, and Martin Tucker of this review.
Martin Tucker learned the trade of painter and decorator in St. Louis and first followed his trade at Tipton, Mo., where he resided until Sept. 7, 1884, when he located in Boonville. He was employed by Spahr Brothers of this city for a few months and then engaged in business for himself. Mr. Tucker was appointed to a membership on the city police force in 1899 and served as city policeman for six years and seven months. He was then elected city marshal and served for eight years as marshal and chief of police, from 1906 to 1914. The next step in his official career was his election to the office of sheriff of the county in November of 1916 for a term of four years.
Sheriff Tucker was married on Feb. 12, 1885, to Miss Margaret Kirchner, who was born at Belleville, Ill., April 18, 1864, and is a daughter of John C. and Anna B. (Knoch) Kirchner, natives of Germany who im- migrated to America in 1854. In about 1854 the Kirchners settled in Boonville, later moved to Belleville, Ill., in 1862, and returned to Boon- ville in the spring of 1866. Mr. Kirchner was employed in the coal mines near Boonville and was a farmer and grape grower who conducted a vine- yard near Boonville. John C. Kirchner was born Aug. 19, 1833, and died Aug. 8. 1900. His wife, Anna B. Kirchner, was born Jan. 29, 1830, and died Aug. 23, 1907. Two children of theirs are living out of 11 born to them: Lizzie is the wife of John G. Bauer, Boonville, Mo., and Mrs. Martin Tucker.
Eight children have been born to Martin and Margaret Tucker, as follows: Two died in infancy; John, Ramsey, Ill., a member of the Ma- sonic order: Charles lives at St. Louis, Mo .; Barbara, at home; Edna Jane, her father's office assistant, member of the Eastern Star; Pauline, a teacher in the public schools near Otterville, Mo .; James, graduate of
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the Boonville High School, class of 1919. Pauline Tucker was married April 17, 1918, to Carl Anthony Watts, a soldier in the National Army, landed in France in August, 1918, member of Company F, 313th Engi- neers, 88th Division.
Sheriff Tucker is a republican, but is a sheriff of all the people, faith- ful and conscientious and honest to the last degree in the performance of his official duties-one of the best and most capable sheriffs who ever held this high office in Cooper County. He is a member of the Evangelical Church and is fraternally affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Independent Order of Red Men, the Fraternal Order of Eagles, the Woodmen of the World, the Degree of Pocahontas, and the Woodmen Auxiliary Order. Mrs. Tucker is a member of the Ladies' Auxiliary to the Woodmen of the World and the Degree of Pocahontas.
John M. Burrus, now deceased, was one of the honored and highly valued pioneers of Cooper County, who contributed his part to the better- ment and upbuilding of his community and county. He was a native of Tennessee, horn Aug. 23, 1819, and departed this life March 30, 1888, and his remains now rest in the Harris cemetery. He was a son of Hawkey and Frances (Martin) Burrus, who were married May 19, 1817. They settled in Cooper County 21/2 miles south of Pisgah, on a farm now owned by George Class, and were among the very earliest pioneers of this sec- tion. They came from Tennessee. Their children, all of whom are dead, were as follows: John M., the subject of this sketch; Jacob, born Jan. 22, 1823 ; Sarah, born Feb. 24, 1825; William, born March 9, 1827 ; James, born April 16, 1828, was a Confederate soldier, and was killed at the bat- tle of Gettysburg; and Valentine, born Aug. 28, 1830.
John M. Burrus was united in marriage April 2, 1857 with Miss Amanda Lovell, the marriage ceremony taking place on the farm where Mrs. Burrus now lives, Rev. Robert Harris being the officiating minister. Mrs. Burrus was born Feb. 3. 1837, on the farm where she now lives and is a daughter of Thomas J. and Olive (Burrus) Lovell.
To John M. and Amanda F. (Lovell) Burrus were born four children as follows: Jacob, born June 29, 1858; Hawkey, born May 3, 1860; T. J., born April 15, 1870. and Martin Nolan, born June 7, 1867.
T. J. Burrus who is engaged in farming in Prairie Home township was married Sept. 4, 1895, to Miss Alpha McDow, a daughter of Milton and Keziah (Kirkpatrick) McDow. Seven children have been born to this union. as follows: Bernice married L. B. Morris and has two chil-
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dren: Thomas J. and Clara Louise; John M., Prairie Home; Porter Valen- tine; Emil Thomas; Charles Edward ; Mary Margaret and Joe MeDow, all residing at home with their parents.
The Burrus homestead, the home of Mrs. Burrus, is one of the valu- able home farms of Prairie Home township. It contains 215 acres and is well located 21/2 miles southwest of Prairie Home. This land was entered from the government by Mrs. Burrus' father, T. J. Lovell.
Mrs. Burrus is one of the noble pioneer women of Cooper County. She has an extensive acquaintance throughout southeastern Cooper County and her friends are legion. She is a member of the Baptist Church at Pisgah. She is the oldest native born pioneer woman in Cooper County.
Joseph M. Green, proprietor of the European Hotel, one of the oldest established and best known hostelries in Boonville, which Mr. Green has been conducting since 1883, was born May 23, 1850, in Green County, near Greensburg, on Green River, Ky. The hotel which Mr. Green owns and operates was used as the official building of the county during the process of construction of the new court house a few years ago. For years, until Mr. Green purposely curtailed his activities as a landlord so as to cut down to a minimum the amount of work involved in conducting the house, this hotel was a popular place for visitors to Boonville, and was prosperous.
David D. Green, father of Joseph M. Green, was a native of New Jersey, migrated to Ohio in the thirties, thence to Kentucky, where he was engaged in business for 15 years, and then came to Arrow Rock, Mo., in 1852. Here he operated a general store and also conducted a saddlery and a hardware business. As age came upon him, the elder Green turned over the store to his eldest son, who changed the business plant to that of a general merchandist store; later, Joseph M. Green took charge of the business, succeeding his elder brother in the saddlery and harness busi- ness, and conducted it for a number of years.
David D. Green was born in 1801 and died in 1875. When a young man he married Nancy C. Phillips, who was born in Kentucky in 1816 and died in 1884. To this marriage were born three children; Sarah, deceased; Joseph M., of this review; and John, who died at the age of five years. By a former marriage, David D. Green was father of a son, William P., who died in Texas.
Joseph M. Green operated the general store at Arrow Rock, Mo., until 1883. He then came to Boonville and took charge of the hotel. Mr. Green, in past years, has built four additions to the hotel and has modern-
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ized the building throughout. It now consists of 22 rooms fitted with every comfort for the convenience of guests. He has lived continuously in Boonville for the past 36 years, with the exception of three years spent in Arkansas, from 1911 to 1914, looking after some land which he owns in that state.
Mr. Green was married on Jan. 14, 1870, to Miss Willa A. Mahan, who has borne him children as follows: Mrs. Ida Gale Stewart, born May 20, 1871, died at Little Rock, Ark., Jan. 12, 1919; Will Ella, born April 19, 1873, died Oct. 30, 1883; Leeta Kate, born Feb. 3, 1875, died Dec. 26, 1883; William David, born Jan. 19, 1877, died Feb. 6, 1879; Mabel Lenore, born April 3, 1881, died Dec. 28, 1883; Jessie, born Feb. 24, 1885, is wife of George R. Whittaker, Raton, N. M .; Dorothy, born Feb. 24, 1885, wife of George Barnes, Boonville, Mo., and mother of two children, George Marshall Barnes, born June 19, 1916, and Selma Anita, born Dec. 10, 1917.
The mother of the foregoing children was born in Cooper County, Mo., in 1853. She is a daughter of the late Rev. William D. Mahan, pioneer Cumberland Presbyterian minister of Central Missouri. Reverend Mahan was born in Virginia July 27, 1824, and died Oct. 19, 1906. He was married on July 27, 1850, to Martha R. Johnston, who bore him the following children: Eleanor B., deceased wife of Frank Stewart; and Mrs. Willa A. Green of this review. Reverend Mahan was born in Pitts- burg County, Va., and accompanied his parents to Missouri in 1837. He came to Cooper County in 1845 and preached the gospel according to the Cumberland Presbyterian faith for over half a century. He was a son of Thomas Jefferson Mahan, who was a son of William Pope and Permelia Mahan of Pittsylvania County, Va. Thomas Mahan served in Capt. Henry Garnett's Company or the Captain John Douglas Company, Sec- ond Virginia State Militia, under Colonel Gregory, during the War of 1812. Mrs. Green is a niece by marriage of Judge McFarland, who mar- ried Mary B. Johnston, a daughter of Robert Johnston, a Cooper County pioneer, and is a second cousin of Col. Thomas A. Johnston of Boonville. An ancestor was Thomas Mahan, whose name appears on the roster of exchanged prisoners sent from Quebec in November, 1779, during the American Revolution. Another ancestor, named Smith, served in the Revolution. He enlisted Feb. 12, 1778, and served until February, 1779.
Rev. W. D. Mahan was widely known as an author and writer of religious books. He published "Archaeological Writings of the Sanhedrim and Talmuds of the Jews," which were afterwards combined in the Archko
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Library. He based his deductions and decisions upon the results of ex- tensive personal research and study in the ruins and libraries of Rome and Constantinople, gathering at first hand the information necessary from archaeological inscriptions and had the translations duly made by scholars so that he could incorporate the matter in his books. He wrote and published "Caesar's Court," in 1895. The Archko Library, which originally consisted of five volumes, was afterwards combined and pub- lished in its entirety by the Archko Book Company of Boonville. He wrote "History on Baptism" and other pamphlets. Rev. Mahan devoted the best years of his life to the production of "Acta Pilate," his first book.
Joseph M. Green is a democrat of the straight, and true variety, which recognizes no deviation from democratic principles of government. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Mr. Green is fraternally affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of the Maccabees. He has been an Odd Fellow since May, 1871.
John J. Walther, contractor and builder, residing at 406 East High street, Boonville, Mo., has been engaged in the contracting business since 1880. During his career as contractor and builder, Mr. Walther has built a large number of Missouri River steamboats; erected the large elevator for the milling company ; built many new store fronts in Boonville; erected a large number of residences in Boonville and Cooper County, and has employed from three to 10 men during his busy seasons.
John J. Walther was born in Saxony, Germany, Jan. 23, 1854 and is a son of Peter and Carolina (Englehardt) Walther who were born and reared in Germany. Mr. Walther's grandfather was a carpenter and gov- ernment official in Germany. Peter Walther, his father, was an expert willow worker.
Peter Walther immigrated to America leaving Bremen and landing at New Orleans from a sailing vessel when John J. Walther was six weeks old. Walther, Sr .. settled on a farm west of Boonville and here spent the remainder of his days. He was born in 1832 and died in 1909. His wife was born in 1833 and died in 1873. The children of the Walther family were: John J., of this review; Louis, Emma, Louise, and Bertha. de- ceased : and Mrs. Anna Labbo, San Francisco.
At the age of 21 years, Mr. Walther began to follow his trade of carpenter. When a boy he chopped wood on his father's farm, helped to build the parental home from timber cut on the place, drove oxen and did the hardest kind of farm labor. Having a natural aptitude for car- penter work he indulged his lobby and has made a success of his life work.
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For many years he was a skilled steamboat builder. He built the "Dorothy" a local ferry boat, the "Edna", "Elta" and many other boats and barges. Mr. Walther is owner of a half block of valuable city prop- erty, upon which are three brick residence buildings, including his own large house which is a double structure, and his shop which is built upon the same block.
Mr. Walther was married in 1880 to Miss Elizabeth Weber, who was born in '1857 and departed this life in 1900. She was born in Boonville, a daughter of John and Margaret Weber. To this marriage have been born two sons and two daughters: William, Carl and Odell. William Walther is a carpenter and contractor, married Nettie Becker and has a daughter, Elizabeth Walther. Carl Walther is a carpenter and contractor now in Texas, married Donell Woods who died leaving one child, Carl Jacob. Odell Walther is at home. One child died in infancy.
Mr. Walther is a republican but spends little time with political affairs. He is a member of the Evangelical church and has been an Odd Fellow since 1884. He is a substantial well informed, industrious and progressive citizen who has won a high place in the citizenship of Boon- ville and Cooper County.
Mark Jacobs, proprietor and manager of the Jacobs Brothers Dry Goods Store, is a progressive and enterprising citizen and merchant of Boonville, who is ever found in the forefront of all movements for the advancement of his home city. Jacobs Bros. store was founded in May, 1894, by David W. and Mark Jacobs. After the accidental death of David W. Jacobs as a result of injuries received from a boiler explosion in Seattle, Mark Jacobs purchased the business. The store room is 140 feet in depth to which has been added two rooms on Spring street facing to the south and 40x90 feet in size. In 1916, Mr. Jacobs purchased the three buildings now occupied by his large establishment and remodeled the floor space and uses the lower floors of the buildings. The Jacobs store has the largest floor space and the most extensive stock of ladies' wearing apparel, cloaks and suits, in central Missouri and the trade is the best in this sec- tion of the state. Mr. Jacobs employs fourteen sales people, has a secre- tary, Miss Mollie Jones, who has been in his employ for the past 21 years, and he has kept the same porter for 17 years. During the 25 years in which he has been engaged in business he has never discharged an em- ploye, although many young ladies have left his employ for the duties of wife and housekeeper in past years. Four of his salespeople have been
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in his employ since the beginning of the business. This record speaks volumes for the kindness, fairness and diplomatic management of Mr. Jacobs.
Mark Jacobs was born in Quincy, Ill., Aug. 2, 1869. He is a son of A. Jacobs and Flora (Levy) Jacobs, both of whom were natives of Berlin, Germany. When A. Jacobs was a child his parents removed from Berlin to England and he was there reared. He was born in 1836 and died in 1900, in Boonville. He came to America in 1848 with his parents, and was brought up in the shoe business in Quincy, Ill. He was a merchant in Quincy, Ill. until 1884 when he went to the Osage Mission, Kan., and was engaged in business there until he came to Boonville in 1894. Mrs. Jacobs died in 1904 at the age of 64 years. Seven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Jacobs, as follows: David W., deceased; Mark, subject of this review; Mrs. Belle Mendheim, Chicago, Ill .; Mrs. Rose Wolfson, Pilot Grove, Mo .; Dr. A. C. Jacobs, Boonville, Mo., who died July 24, 1918, as the result of injuries received in an accident at Choteau Springs, Mo .; Mrs. Adelaide Klein, Keokuk, Iowa, died April 14, 1919; Burt Jacobs, traveling salesman for the Hirschfield Skirt Company.
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