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Mr. Felton is a democrat, a member of the Catholic Church and the Knights of Columbus.
Balthasar Lang .- The really remarkable success achieved by Balt- hasar Lang of the Prairie Lick neighborhood in the space of 33 years, could only have been accomplished by a man of energy, industry and of decided financial ability. Mr. Lang came to Cooper County in 1885, pur- chased his first land in 1891, went in debt for it, and is now the owner of 418 acres of good land, besides owning a half interest in 220 acres in Howard County. Mr. Langs home place of 132 acres is splendidly im- proved with a large, handsome frame house, and big barns with the fencing in excellent repair. Mr. Lang is a keen and shrewd farmer who knows how to retain and restore the fertility of soil. He favors the Here- ford breed of cattle for his farms.
Balthasar Lang was born in Germany in 1857 and is the son of George and Ottilior Lang, the former of whom died in Germany. Mr. Lang came to America in Dec., 1881 and was first employed in Lake County, Ind., where he remained for three years and then had occasion to make a visit to Germany on account of the death of his father. He then came to
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Cooper County, having just located here when he was called home to Germany. When he returned to America he was accompanied by his mother, his brother, George, and his sisters, Elizabeth, now deceased, Ortillia, Marguerite, and Anna, now deceased. At once he and his brother George established themselves and the family upon a farm which they bought. Mr. Lang's mother died at his home. His sister Ortillia, now Mrs. Day, lives at Pilot Grove, Mo. Marguerite Lang married Jos. F. Esser of Pilot Grove, Mo.
Mr. Lang moved to his present home farm in 1891 and for some years lived in a log and box house. In 1900 he built his large six room house. He was married in 1890 to Miss Annie Day, born in the Rhine Province, Germany, and came to America in 1886. The children born to Balthasar and Annie Lang, are Mrs. Mary, wife of Frank Gross, living on the Lang farm land; George at home; Annie, wife of Fred Martin, Lamine town- ship; Rosa, wife of Joseph Lang, Boonville township; Bertha, twin of Rosa, Joseph, Henry, William, Magdalena and Frank, are at home.
While Mr. Lang is a republican, he is inclined to vote independently for those candidates whom he deems best fitted. He and his family wor- ship at the Martinsville Catholic Church. Joseph and George are mem- bers of the Knights of Columbus. Mr. Lang is a good, all round Amer- ican citizen.
Everett Hilden, late of Billingsville, was one of the successful citizens of Cooper County who not only made a success of his life in a material sense, but whose life as he lived it furnishes a lesson in good citizenship. Mr. Hilden was born Sept. 8, 1848, and died March 6, 1907. He was a native of Germany and came to America in 1853 with his parents, Adolph and Ursula (Reinfeldt) Hilden, who emigrated from the seat of the fam- ily at Ludrich, Cologne. They landed at New Orleans, after a long trip in a sailing vessel, and on Dec. 17, 1853, they arrived in St. Louis, Mo. In May, 1854, the family came to Boonville and then removed to a farm near Jewett's Mills. Later the father settled on a farm one-half mile north of Billingsville.
Mr. Hilden conducted the general merchandise store at Billingsville for five years, but was primarily a farmer and stockman during his entire life. He became owner of a large estate of 400 acres, which is improved with substantial farm, home and other good buildings.
He was married Sept. 9, 1879, to Miss Lena Esser, who bore him nine children: Henry died in 1895; Mrs. Annie Moore, Cape Girardeau, Mo .; Julia, Adolph, Bertram L., Evelyn, at home; Patrick, William, and Barbara.
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Patrick Hilden, the soldier of the Hilden family, was born May 3, 1894, and enlisted in the National Army in June, 1918. He was trained for overseas service at Camp Pike, Ark., and in Aug., 1918, went to France as a member of General Headquarters Company No. 2, Co. G, Provisional Infantry Regiment.
Mrs. Lena Esser Hilden was born in Cooper County, Mo., Jan. 25, 1859, and is a daughter of Bertram and Agnes (Felton) Esser, natives of Germany, the latter of whom was a sister of the late Hubert Felton. Bertram Esser died in Cooper County in 1877. Mrs. Agnes Esser died in March, 1897. There were eight children born to Bertram and Agnes Esser, of whom seven are living: Mrs. Elizabeth Weitz, Marshall, Mo .; Joseph, Pilot Grove, Mo .; Lawrence, Boonville, Mo .; Mrs. Mary Brooks, Kansas City, Mo .; Mrs. Margaret Martin, deceased; Mrs. Catherine Dumalty, Billingsville, Mo .; and Mrs. Lena Hilden, of this sketch; John lives at Pilot Grove, Mo.
The late Mr. Hilden was a member of Sts. Peter and Paul's Catholic Church of Boonville, as are all the members of his family. He was affili- ated fraternally with the Woodmen of the World, Boonville Camp No. 40, and the Catholic Knights of America. He was widely and favorably known and for a long period was closely identified with live stock and farming in Cooper County.
H. D. Carlos and H. D. Carlos, Jr .- The Carlos family is one of the old pioneer families of Cooper County. H. D. Carlos, Jr., druggist of Bunceton, Mo., is descended from a Spanish immigrant, Don Carlos, who fought in the American Revolution in behalf of the American colonies. His son, C. M. Don Carlos, settled in Cooper County about 1825, and built up what was formerly known as the old Carlos homestead near Prairie Home.
H. D. Carlos, father of H. D Carlos, Jr., was born on the Carlos home- stead in 1842, and was reared to maturity near Prairie Home. He fol- lowed agricultural pursuits for a number of years and established the first drug store at Prairie Home in 1882. Later, he removed to Boon- ville and served as assessor of Cooper County for two terms. He went to Texas in 1902 and located in Rock Island County, where he invested in a large tract of land. Eventually he engaged in the drug business in Dallas. In 1905, the Carlos Drug Store was established in Bunceton, in which both father and son are interested.
H. D. Carlos was married to Elnora Simms who was born in 1855,
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and died in 1909. She was a sister of Clay Simms of Gooch's Mill, and was born in Cooper County, a daughter of pioneer parents. Eight chil- dren were born to H. D. and Elnora Carlos, as follows: Nellie, wife of T. H. Eayde, Tulsa, Okla .; Anna, deceased wife of E. E. Carey; Porter, deceased wife of A. H. Moore; Clay, wife of R. E. Maze, Rock Island, Texas ; Hattige, Kansas City ; Nora, wife of L. G. Smith, Kansas City, Mo .; Fannie, deceased wife of John Waite.
Hillard D. Carlos, Jr., was educated in the Bunceton public schools, and in the St. Louis Colloge of Pharmacy. He graduated in pharmacy in 1914, and immediately engaged in the business at Bunceton. Mr. Carlos has been practically reared in the drug business and is familiar with every phase of it. He is operating one of the neatest, best stocked and best equipped drug stores in central Missouri.
Hillard D. Carlos, Jr., was married Sept. 25, 1918, to Miss Bernardine English, born in Cooper County, a daughter of H. H. English, widely known stockman of Cooper County.
H. D. Carlos and his son are stanch democrats. H. D. Carlos, Jr., served as lieutenant in the Bunceton Home Guards during the World War. He is a member of the Baptist Church and is a past master of the Bunce- ton Lodge of Free Masons, and is a member of the Knights of Pythias. H. D. Carlos, Sr., is one of the oldest Masons in Cooper County, having become a member of the order when he was 21 years of age.
Samuel Walker Roberts .- The late Samuel Walker Roberts was one of those citizens who, gifted beyond ordinary attainments, made a repu- tation as a scientific breeder of fine cattle that extended far beyond the borders of his home county. He was born in Camden County, Mo., June 1, 1860, and died in Boonville, Sept. 25, 1916. At the time of his death, he held the post of farmer at the Missouri Training School. His parents were Hon. James Green and Ailcy (Walker) Roberts, the latter of whom was a member of an old and honored pioneer family of Cooper County.
Hon. James Green Roberts was born in Knoxville, Tenn., Dec. 6, 1826, and died in Cooper County, June 28, 1901. He settled in Camden County, Mo., in 1844. In 1849, James Green Roberts made the overland trip to the gold fields of California. He remained there for two years, and then went to Lima, Penn., where he remained for one year. He made the trip home to Missouri via Cape Horn and New York City. During the Civil War he made his home in Vernon County, Mo. Mr. Roberts en- listed in 1862, in Company I, under Capt. Jesse McCaliph, Colonel Bain-
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bridge's regiment, which was attached to General Marmaduke's Division. He was later made a member of General Marmaduke's staff and was cap- tured at Nine Mile Creek, Kansas, and kept a prisoner by the Federals until the close of the war. Mr. Roberts had six brothers who fought in the Civil War.
After the close of the war, James Green Roberts came to Cooper County, where he became a prominent and influential figure. He pur- chased the old Walker home place at Pleasant Glenn and became well to do as a farmer and stockman. In 1874 he was elected representative from Cooper County and served two terms in the Missouri Assembly of 1874 and 1876. He was the father of five children, four of whom died in infancy: Samuel Walker Roberts, of this review, being the only child of his parents who grew to maturity. J. L. Roberts was married in 1856 to Ailcy (Walker) Roberts, mother of the subject of this review. She was born in 1828 and departed this life in 1902. She was a daughter of Samuel Walker, who was one of the first pioneers of Cooper County, set- tling at what has since been known as Walker in this county. The wife of Samuel Walker was Miss Nancy Cockrell, a native of Virginia, whose father was a soldier of the Revolution.
Samuel W. Roberts was reared to young manhood in Cooper County. He received an excellent education, graduating from Central College at Fayette, Mo., and the State University at Columbia. It had been Mr. Roberts' intention to prepare himself for the practice of law, but he be- came interested in the science of raising pure bred live stock and achieved a signal success in this departure. The advancing age of his parents caused him to relinquish his early ambitions and the care for the large farm and his parents. He was owner of nearly 400 acres of land, which was principally devoted to the breeding and raising of pure bred Short- horn cattle. His herd became widely known as the "Clear Creek Short- horn Herd," and won many ribbons and prizes when exhibited at the Royal and the principal live stock shows of the country. He resided on his farm until 1910, when he removed, with his family, to Boonville and took charge of the farming operations carried on in connection with the Missouri Training School. He was residing on the State Farm at the Training School and capably managing this farm when his death occurred.
April 28, 1891, Samuel W. Roberts and Miss Frances Lyon Myrtle Rogers were united in marriage. One child was born to this union,- Ferda, wife of Dr. John R. Hall, a surgeon in the Regular Army, on duty
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in France. Dr. Hall is a graduate of the State University, from which institution he received the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and received his Medical Degree from Washington University. He enlisted in the Regular Army, was promoted to a captaincy and is now a major. Dr. Hall was married to Miss Ferda Roberts on Feb. 11, 1912. Two children were born to this marriage: John Randolph Hall, born June 20, 1913; and Sarah Hall, born Feb. 11, 1915.
Mrs. Frances Lyon Myrtle (Rogers) Roberts was born in Bunceton, Mo., Jan. 23, 1871. She is a daughter of Capt. Ferdinand A. and Sallie (Lionberger) Rogers, the latter of whom was born in 1847 and died in 1915, and was a daughter of Isaac H. Lionberger, a pioneer of Cooper County. Captain Rogers was born in 1832 and died in 1879. He had the honor of being the first sheriff of Cooper County elected on the democratic ticket after the close of the Civil War. He served in the Confederate Army as captain of a company, was made prisoner and confined on John- son's Island. He was married after the close of the war to Sallie Lion- berger, as stated in a preceding paragraph. Mrs. Sallie (Lionberger) Rogers was a descendant on the maternal side from Captain John Ashby, grandfather of her mother, Mary (Ashby) Lionberger, who served in the Revolution. The children born to Capt. F. A. and Sallie Rogers were as follows: Mrs. Frances L. M. Roberts, of this review; Mary died at the age of 18 years; and Chatte, wife of Frank Waltz, station agent of the M. K. and T. R. R. at Boonville. Captain Rogers was born in Ohio and descended from Virginian ancestry. After the close of the Civil War. he located in Bunceton, Mo., and served six years as sheriff of the county. He was filling the duties of this official position at the time of his death. Captain Rogers was an influential and commanding figure in Cooper County for many years.
Samuel W. Roberts was a versatile and accomplished citizen, who was well educated, a great reader and student who kept himself well in- formed upon the events of the day. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and was prominent in Masonic circles. His father, James Green Roberts, was also a Mason, as were his six brothers. Samuel W. Roberts was a member of the Blue Lodge of Pilot Grove, a member of Olivet Commandery Knight Templars of Boonville, a Royal Arch Mason and a member of Centralia Council. In his day he was one of the best known and influential and useful citizens of Cooper County.
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Charles C. Eldredge, a prominent and highly respected citizen of Boonville, is a native of Rhode Island. Mr. Eldredge was born Sept. 29, 1839, in East Greenwich, Kent County, a son of Charles C and Sarah P. (Pierce) Eldredge, natives of Rhode Island. Charles C. Eldredge, Sr., was a son of Dr. Charles Eldredge, a leading practitioner in Rhode Island, who spent his life in that State. To Charles C., Sr., and Sarah P. El- dredge were born the following children: Ellen, of Providence, R. I .; James, who came to Cooper County in the fifties and joined the forces of the Confederates when they passed through Cooper County during the Civil War, took an important part in the battle of Lexington, resided in Cooper County for many years, and in his later years moved to Johnson County and died at Holden, Mo .; Charles C., the subject of this review ; Lucy, of East Greenwich, R. I .; and Henry, deceased. The father of Charles C. Eldredge died when his son was still a child.
In private and public schools Charles C. Eldredge received his ele- mentary education. He mastered the machinist's trade at Beloit, Wis., and worked at his trade until the beginning of the Civil War in 1861, when he enlisted in Providence, R. I., with Company C, Marine Artillery, and served 90 days. He returned home at that time and re-enlisted later for three years. Mr. Eldredge was promoted to the rank of first lieu- tenant in the Rhode Island Infantry. He was wounded in the shoulder at the battle of Petersburg, Va., when he was forming his men for a charge. He recovered slowly from the wound, but he did not return to the army after his recovery. Mr. Eldredge had served three and one- half years. After the war had ended, he again took up his trade and fol- lowed it until he came to Missouri and settled in Cooper County in the late sixties. Mr. Eldredge, at first, rented a farm in Prairie Home township, and, later, purchased a country place, comprising 300 acres of the best land in the county, which was his residence until his removal to Boonville in 1904.
In 1868, Charles C. Eldredge and Martha Ann Davis were united in marriage. Mrs. Eldredge was a daughter of N. E. and Martha (Johnson) Davis, honored pioneers of Missouri. To this union were born 10 chil- dren: Dr. James Shelton, of Kansas City, Mo .; Lucy, the wife of Rever- end Cunningham, of Texas; Elizabeth Dean, the wife of "Min" Cunning- ham, of Cooper County; Margaret Olive, the wife of Leslie Laws, of Camargo, Okla .; Charles C., Jr., of Boonville; Anna Martha, the wife of Al Shannon, of Boonville township; Dorothy, the wife of Fred Bair, of
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Vernon County, near Walker, Mo .; Sarah Pierce, the wife of W. Williams, of Santa Fe, N. M .; Laura, the wife of David Hurt; and Henry P., who died in infancy. The mother died in 1897 and her remains are interred in Walnut Grove Cemetery in Clark's Monument.
Oct. 14, 1908, Charles C. Eldredge and Roberta Ella (Harris) Howlett were united in marriage. Mrs. Eldredge is a daughter of Robert and Nancy (Burger) Harris. She was born at Prairie Home in 1845, and her father and mother were natives of Boone and Cooper Counties, re- spectively. Robert Harris died when the overflow of the Missouri River occurred in the early forties (1844). His death was due to exposure from working in the overflow, attempting to save the lives of people and stock. At the time of his death, Mr. Harris operated a tannery. Mrs. Eldredge was first married to James Archie Howlett in 1862, and by her first mar- riage she is the mother of six children: James A., deceased ; Mrs. Harriet Elizabeth Stemmons, deceased; Logie Josephine, the wife of Edward Nance, of San Francisco, Calif .; Lillian, the wife of Will Sperry, of St. Louis; Athalena, the wife of Robert Fleming, of California; and Robert Hatcher, of St. Louis. Mrs. Eldredge recalls that, in connection with the history of the early days in the county, her uncle and aunt, Joseph and Betsy Jane Burger, frequently rode on horseback to Boonville, a distance of 14 miles from their home, and carried to the market a large bucket of butter and a basket of eggs. The Burger family came from Holland, and Joseph Burger settled in Cooper County. Mr. and Mrs. Eldredge reside in a comfortable home south of the Kemper Military School.
Mr. Eldredge has been a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons for 50 years. He and Mrs. Eldredge are valued and consistent members of the Christian Church. They stand high in the respect and esteem of their fellow citizens and they are numbered among the county's best families.
William George Robien, farmer and live stock dealer, residing at Prairie Lick, Mo., has a splendid farm of 245 acres, upon which he has resided since 1912. Mr. Robien was born in Cooper County Feb. 24, 1870.
His father, Henry Robien, was born March 9, 1836, and died June 11, 1872. He was a native of Germany, who immigrated to America in 1859, married Marie Hoflander, who was born May 16, 1834, and died Jan. 15, 1917. She, Marie Robien, was born in Sachsen-Coburg, Germany, village of Grosgornstadt, and came to America, May 19, 1853. She was (35)
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first married to Christian Krohn Aug. 14, 1861. Mr. Krohn was killed by guerillas Aug. 31, 1863. Her next marriage was with Henry Robien, on Feb. 2, 1865, and to this marriage were born three children: William George Robien, of this review; Lena Robien resides with the other son, Henry P. Robien, who lives on a farm just south of Boonville. Henry Robien, the elder, served in the Union Army during the Civil War, with a Missouri regiment. He was badly wounded at the Battle of Arrow Rock, nine buckshot being taken from his body. He took part in the memorable chase after General Price's rebel army through Missouri and Arkansas, followed farming pursuits after the close of the war and died of pneumonia in 1872.
May 11, 1876, Mrs. Marie Robien was married to Henry Zimmerman, who was born April 30, 1831, in Wertumburg, Germany, came to America in 1852 and died in Cooper County, Mo., July 22, 1913. Two children of Henry Zimmerman survive: Mary, wife of John E. Kirchner, near Boon- ville; Katie, deceased wife of Henry Wendleton, near Speed, Mo.
W. G. Robień was reared in Cooper County and has always been a farmer and live stock man. He purchased his first farm in 1897. For the past 22 years he has been a large buyer and shipper of live stock and his shipments will aggregate many carloads yearly. The past season of 1918 and 1919 has been exceptionally unfavorable to the live stock buyers and shippers, who, in many cases, have been merely turning over their money or losing on their deals because of the scarcity and high price of feed for the stock, and poor condition of the stock.
Feb. 10, 1897, W. G. Robien and Miss Lizzie Oswald, a daughter of the late Herman Oswald, were united in marriage. The children born to this union are: Florence, Elmer, Frances, Mary, and Mabel.
Mr. Robien is a member of the Martinsville Catholic Church and the Knights of Columbus. 'He is a well informed and progressive citizen who is usually found in the forefront of good movements for the betterment and progress of things in his native county. Genial and kindly disposed, he has many friends in Cooper County.
John E. Kirchner, owner of 600 acres of fertile and productive Cooper County land began with a small tract of 12 acres when 23 years of age. At the time of his marriage he had 120 acres and has carefully followed out his well defined plan of continually adding to his acreage as he was able. Mr. Kirchner never had things easy in his life until of late years. If one were to ask how he came to be so well fixed he would answer, "by
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hard work, planning ahead and making the earnings of the farm count for the best, and not being extravagant". He began to work when he was nine years old, because necessity demanded that he go to work and help support his widowed mother and family. At the age of 10 he was doing the work of a plowman, cutting wood, and doing the hardest kind of work around the farm. When he was 22 years old he began renting land. Soon thereafter he purchased his first farm a modest 12 acres. Anyhow, it was a beginning, and there is no telling when this ambitious citizen will stop accumulating farms. Of the acreage held by the Kirch- ners, Mrs. Kirchner has 250 acres which came to her by inheritance.
John E. Kirchner was born in Germany, Dec. 18, 1852. He was three weeks old when his parents, Nicholas and Eva Kirchner, emigrated from their native land to seek a home in America. Nicholas Kirchner located in Cooper County, Mo., in Jan., 1853, lived for two years in Boonville, and then bought a small farm of 20 acres just southeast of the city. He died of pneumonia in 1863. Four children were left fatherless and another child was born after the father's death. The children are: John E., sub- ject of this review; Mrs. Mary Lowe, living southwest of Vermont, Mo .; Frank, a farmer southeast of Vermont, Mo .; Louise, deceased; Annie, the wife of Ed Melkelrsman, Boonville, Mo. The mother of these children nobly shouldered the task of rearing her family to maturity. She de- parted this life in 1907.
Mr. Kirchner's home place, whereon he has resided for the past 12 years, is well improved, with a handsome farm residence, which sets on an elevation overlooking the surrounding country. The greater part of the Kirchner land cost $20 an acre at the time of purchase, and it is now easily worth from $150 to $200 an acre.
John E. Kirchner was married in 1884 to Mary B. Zimmerman, a daughter of Henry and Sophie (Beck) Zimmerman, Mrs. Mary B. Kirch- ner was born in Ohio, in April, 1857, and one month later her parents came to Cooper County, where she was reared. Her mother was born in · 1830 and died in 1874. She had a sister, Mrs. Henry Wendleton, deceased.
The children born to John E. and Mary B. Kirchner are as follows: Emery Korchner, born Jan. 29, 1886, owner of a farm of 100 acres; Katie is the wife of William Boggemeier, near Boonville, Mo .; Flora, at home with her parents.
Mr. Kirchner is a republican and is a member of the Evangelical Church.
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Dr. O. W. Cochran, one of Cooper County's most prominent and best- known citizens, is a native of Boone County. Dr. Cochran was born March 5, 1860, near Rocheport, a son of Samuel D. and Amanda (Boggs) Cochran, honored pioneers of Missouri.
Samuel D. Cochran was a son of John Cochran, an early settler of Boone County, who came west in 1811. Amanda (Boggs) Cochran was a daughter of John Boggs, who came to Missouri in 1812. Both the Coch- ran and the Boggs families came from Kentucky. Mrs. Cochran died in 1880, at the age of 50 years. Samuel D. Cochran died in 1915, at the age of 82 years. Both mother and father are interred in Sugar Creek Ceme- tery in Boone County. The children of Samuel D. and Amanda Cochran are as follows: Mrs. Mary D. Baldwin, who died in 1916; Mrs. Thomas T. Lowrey, Perkins, Okla .; Mrs. George L. Williamson, Columbia, Mo .; and Dr. O. W., the subject of this sketch.
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