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I. H. Morton migrated to Cooper County in 1844, landed at Boonville from a Missouri River steamboat, made his way to the Pilot Grove neigh- borhood and cleared a farm from the virgin forest upon which he resided until his death. His children were as follows: Adaline, wife of Capt. Lee Bohannon, who served in the Federal Army in command of a com- pany of volunteers and died in 1915; Andrew Jackson, deceased, was an extensive farmer and stock man of Prairie Lick; Jefferson Gaines died
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in Saline County, Mo .; Mrs. L. H. Moore, of this review; John D. lives in Oklahoma, a fine citizen and great religious student.
Lafayette Montgomery Moore was a fine citizen; content to lead a useful and studious existence in his home and attend to his duties around the farm and oversee the rearing and educating of his family. Inasmuch as he provided well for his family, gave his children the necessary ad- vantages to fit themselves properly for their individual careers, lived ac- cording to the teachings of the Great Preceptor as nearly as possible for mortal man to do, he was a success in this life. His widow is well in- formed, hospitable, kindly, with a mind stored with reminiscences of the old days. "Aunt Mattie," as she is affectionately known to her numerous relatives and hundreds of friends in Cooper County, is the last and most authentic authority to be consulted upon family history in her locality.
Charles R. Cartner, Union veteran and retired farmer, Clarks Fork township, has lived practically all of the 75 years of his life on the farm which he now owns. The Cartner farm consists of 153 acres, well im- proved, with a large house and farm buildings setting on a hill overlook- ing the rich meadow land which comprises the greater part of the tract. Mr. Cartner was born Jan. 19, 1845. William Cartner, his father, was born in this country and his father was a Scotchman, who was among the early pioneers of Cooper County. The grandfather of Charles Cartner entered the land which he now owns. Owing to the fact that a fire de- stroyed the Cartner home, its contents, the family and land records, in- formation concerning this pioneer grandfather is necessarily meager. William Cartner married Keziah Robinson, who bore him seven children: Mary, deceased; Charles R., of this review; Julia, deceased; John N., Boonville, Mo .; Mrs. Fannie Anderson, lives in Arkansas; Elizabeth, wife of T. Edward Bonn, lives in Virginia; Mrs. Laura Runkle lives in Boon- ville. William Cartner died in 1852 and his wife, Keziah, died in 1859.
Feb. 2, 1862, Charles R. Cartner enlisted in Co. B, 13th Missouri Infantry regiment, and served until 1865, under the Union flag. His war service was practically all in Missouri and his command was constantly waging war against the bushwhackers and guerillas which infested the state. He also participated in the rout of General Price's Army until it was driven out of Missouri. After the close of his war service, Mr. Cart- ner returned to the home place in Cooper County and settled down to the peaceful life of an agriculturist. Fire destroyed his old home in 1872 and he rebuilt the present large house which stands on the hillside overlook- ing the valley of the Petit Saline River.
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Mr. Cartner was married on Dec. 22, 1880, to Miss Annie Louise Haley, who was born April 13, 1858, and departed this life on Dec. 12, 1892. She was born and reared in Cooper County and was a daughter of Thomas Haley, a Cooper County pioneer. Mr. Cartner has an only daugh- ter, Emma Jane, born April 13, 1883, married James T. Case, and has children as follows: Bernice Miller, born Feb. 27, 1904; Charles Edmond, born March 1, 1905; Helen Frances, born Dec. 3, 1906; James Herbert, born Sept. 22, 1909; James Thornton, born Oct. 20, 1911; Robert Earl, born April 6, 1918. James T. Case is managing the home farm, in addi- tion to tilling his own acreage. He was born at Monroe, Wis., Dec. 23, 1860, is a son of Samuel and Bessie (Miller) Case, who came to Cooper County in 1870.
Mr. Cartner has been a lifelong republican. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and is affiliated with Col. John A. Hayne Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of Boonville.
Marion Stegner, owner of a fine farm of 138 acres in Palestine town- ship, was born on the place which he now owns, Feb. 18, 1876. His father, Nicholas Stegner, was born in Saxe-Coburg, Germany, March 17, 1840, and departed this life in Cooper County, Mo., June 27, 1918. He was a son of Paul and Catherine Stegner, who immigrated to America in 1853 and settled in Cooper County. Nicholas Stegner was reared to young manhood in Cooper County and was married in 1865 to Margaret Ellen Brown, who was born in Cooper County, Sept. 15, 1839, and died Feb. 25, 1914. The children born of this marriage were: Mollie Jane, living with her brother on the Stegner home place; John, a farmer in Moniteau County, Mo .; Sarah, wife of Charles C. Cook, a sketch of whom appears in this volume; Marion, proprietor of the home place; George Stegner, a farmer in Palestine township; and Mrs. Julia Girchner, living in Cooper County. During the Civil War, Nicholas Stegner served under the Union flag in the Missouri State Guards and did guard duty throughout the war.
The Stegner home place, owned and operated by Marion Stegner, for- merly belonged to his mother's parents, and is one of the old pioneer farms of Cooper County, upon which his mother was born and reared.
Mr. Stegner is a republican and is a member of the Baptist Church. He is a good, progressive citizen, a successful farmer, hospitable and is well informed.
Henry H. English .- Every man to his specialty. The individual who early in life begins to follow his natural inclination-which if it is along a productive and useful line of endeavor, is destined to success.
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H. H. English, when a boy, had a fondness for mules and horses ; he in- dulged his hobby in this direction; for years has followed horse breeding and mule dealing as a vocation; has made a pronounced success of his business and is known far and wide as the best mule man in central Mis- souri. He is also widely known as a breeder of fine horses. Mr. English first began as a mule dealer with Green Walker, one of the old settlers of Cooper County. His operations run to the handling of from 500 to 700 mules annually. Mr. English's business calls for the buying, handling, and shipping of this many mules each year. His custom is to buy, put the animals in first class condition and then sell them. He conditioned and exhibited the grand champion mule at the Missouri State Fair held in Sedalia in 1916. He has taken many ribbons, and first prizes won by the fine animals which he has exhibited, and is known as an expert mule man in Missouri. His son, Forrest English, is owned of a splendid show horse and he is also an exhibitor. Mr. English is the first mule fancier in central Missouri who ever paid as high as $150 for a mule and he has never been behind the prize money in any show ring where he has ex- hibited his stock. He is owner of 540 acres of rich Cooper County land, 380 acres of which is comprised in his home place, which is improved with a modern residence. He has an improved farm of 160 acres east of Bunceton. His home place is situated in Palestine township, northeast of Bunceton. Mr. English formerly owned more land, but sold 100 acres in 1918.
H. H. English was born Oct. 20, 1852, in Boone County, Mo. He is a son of Howard English (born Dec. 12, 1806-is now deceased) a native of Madison County, Ky. Howard English was reared in Kentucky and came to this county when a young man. He was here married to Martha Tucker, a native of Hampshire County, Va., born Dec. 1, 1814, and died June 6, 1897. She was a daughter of Josephus and Sarah Tucker of Virginia. Her father died in Virginia, and the widow came to Cooper County in about 1840 with her four sons and settled here. Four children were born to Howard and Martha English, as follows: Mrs. Emma Drecker, of Kansas City, Mo .; Mrs. Anna Day, living in Colorado; John T. English, somewhere in the West; and H. H., subject of this re- view. To a first marriage with a Miss Crockett, five children were born, only one of whom is living, Mrs. Mollie Hickman.
Mr. English was married on March 16, 1887, to Miss Kellie Virginia Henderson, børn and reared in Cooper County. Two children have blessed this union: E. Forrest, and Bernardine.
E. Forrest English was born March 18, 1890, and is operating his own farm. He is a horseman and a breeder of more than a local reputa-
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tion and is owner of "Rex McDonald," a famous saddle mare. "Rex Mc- Donald" has taken more prizes at the State and county fairs than any competitor. Forrest English's first animal was a white pony and he has taken a keen interest in fine horses since a boy. He has won many prizes and ribbons at the State and county stock shows. He is a breeder, also, of thoroughbred Duroc Jersey hogs.
Bernadine is the wife of Hillard D. Carlos, Jr., druggist, Bunceton, Mo.
Mrs. Kellie English is a daughter of James Newberry Henderson, who was born at Wittfield, Va., in 1837, and died in 1884. He was married in Cooper County, Mo., in 1863, to Miss Julia R. Chamberlin, who was born July 17, 1837, at Cabelltown, Jefferson County, Va. She was a daughter of John W. and Eliza (Headwalt) Chamberlin, who came to Cooper County in 1861. John W. Chamberlin was born in 1808 and died in 1883. Eliza, his wife, was born in 1808 and died in 1886. Their children were: Lucien C., deceased ; Alfred M., Eugene, and Frank, deceased ; Mrs. Anna Good lives at Pilot Grove ; Mrs. Margaret Chamberlin lives on the Bell Air road ; and Mrs. Julia R. Henderson. Five children were born to James N. and Julia R. Hen- derson, as follows: Mrs. Kellie Virginia English; Mrs. Eva Lee Grooms, Bunceton, Mo .; Mrs. R. W. Corum, Boonville; Mrs. O. C. Berry, near Speed, Mo .; John J., somewhere in the West.
At the time of Mr. Henderson's death, he was superintendent of the County Farm. After his death, Mrs. Henderson took up the duties of the position and conducted the County Farm from 1870 to March, 1892.
Mr. English is a democrat. He is one of the best known men of Cooper County, substantial, well liked, and enterprising.
Ernest W. Torbeck .- The career of Ernest W. Torbeck since he came to America from his boyhood home in Germany, 36 years ago, has been a successful one. Mr. Torbeck was eight years old when he accompanied his father, William Torbeck, to this country. All that he has and all that he owns has been earned in Cooper County. When he grew to manhood, he and his brother, Henry F. Torbeck, formed a partnership and worked harmoniously together for a number of years, with profit to themselves, until the marriage of Henry F. in 1910. Since that time he has added to his possessions until he owns a total of 182 acres, including the Torbeck home place of 82 acres, which he recently bought from his father. Mr. Torbeck moved from his other farm to the home place in Oct., 1918. He was born in Germany, Jan. 23, 1875.
Ernest W. Torbeck was married in 1901 to Miss Amelia Hasemcier, who was born in Cooper County, Mo., in 1886. She is a daughter of
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George and Dorothy Hasemeier, natives of Germany, the latter of whom is deceased.
Six children have been born to Ernest W. and Amelia Torbeck, as follows: Freddie W., aged 14 years; Dora, aged nine; Wilhelmina, seven years old; Marie, five years of age; Alice, aged three years; and Rosa, just a year old.
Mr. Torbeck is a republican. He is a member of the Evangelical Church of Billingsville and is fraternally allied with the Woodmen of the World Lodge of Boonville.
George Homer Wear, owner of the "Hazel Dell Farm" in Prairie Home township, is a native of Cooper County, born on the farm where he now resides Nov. 1, 1880, and is a descendant of one of the early pioneer fam- ilies of Missouri. He is a son of George N. Wear, who was also born in Cooper County, near Otterville, Aug. 21, 1842. George N. Wear is a son of George Finis Wear, a native of Tennessee, who came to Missouri at a very early date and first settled at St. Louis, and later came to Cooper County, settling near Otterville. He was twice married. His first wife bore the maiden name of Oglesby. She died while on a trip to Texas with her husband, who had large land holdings near Houston. They were the parents of the following children: Elizabeth, deceased; Mrs. Thomas Potter, deceased ; Mrs. Martin deceased; Mrs. Levina McFarland, Boonville, and George N. After the death of his first wife George Finis Wear mar- ried a Miss Burns. George Finis Wear was killed while crossing the plains in 1849.
George N. Wear was married Feb. 10, 1874, to Miss Francas Ophelia George, a daughter of Houston and Francis George, pioneer settlers of Prairie Home township. Mrs. Wear died Dec. 30, 1907, and her remains are buried in the Boonville cemetery. George N. Wear and wife were the parents. of the following children: Elmer Emmett, farmer Prairie Home township; Truman Clement died in 1904, aged 30 years; George H., the subject of this sketch.
George Homer Wear was educated in the public schools and Central College at Fayette, Mo. He has made farming and stock raising his life occupation and is meeting with more than ordinary success. He has established an extensive reputation as a successful breeder of Aberdeen Angus cattle, and at this writing has a herd of about 40 head of these cattle. He is also an extensive cattle feeder. "Hazel Dell Farm" consists of 435 acres, 190 of which belongs to George H. Wear. It is one of the nicely improved farms of Cooper County with a good residence, and barns
GEO. N. WEAR AND WIFE
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and also silo. The place has an ample supply of water and is well adapted to the stock business as well as general farming.
Oct. 9, 1905, George H. Wear was married to Eva Teel a daughter of Dr. S. N. and Nettie (Williams) Teel, the former a native of Virginia, born Jan. 4, 1846. He came to Missouri when he was about 25 years of age and located at Prairie Home, where he was engaged in the practice of medicine until his death. His widow now resides at Prairie Home. They were the parents of the following children: Agnes, married Dr. A. L. Meredith, Prairie Home; Polly, married L E. George, Prairie Home town- ship; Mrs. Logan Spahr Oakland, Cal .; Eva, wife of George H. Wear, sub- ject of this sketch; Willie, married Dr. Dorsey E. Hooper, Warsaw, Mo .; Kelly, married Roy Hanley, California, Mo .; Pearl, assistant cashier of Prairie Home Bank; Mrs. Newell Teel, Prairie Home; Burk now in U. S. navy, having enlisted in Aug., 1917, and has crossed the Atlantic ocean three times on the U. S. transport Huron; Garth, resides at home and Samuel Victor, died at the age of three years. To Mr. and Mrs. George Wear have been born four children as follows: Frances Annette; Eliza- beth, died at the age of three years; Mary Evaline and George H., Jr.
Mr. Wear is a member of the Masonic Lodge at Prairie Home and also holds membership in the Woodmen of the World. He is one of the pro- gressive citizens of Cooper County and the Wear family stand high in the community.
Benjamin Franklin Layne .- Eighty years have elapsed since the father of Benjamin F. Layne, retired farmer and stockman of Bunceton, Mo., came to Cooper County from Kentucky and made a home for his family in Lebanon township. The Laynes have been prominent in the affairs of Cooper County since 1840 and are among the honored and sub- stantial pioneer families of this section of Missouri. B. F. Layne was born on the Layne homestead in Lebanon township, March 9, 1867. He was the son of John Wilson and Catherine (Robinson) Layne.
John Wilson Layne was born in Buckingham, Va., April 9, 1810, and died in Cooper County, Feb. 27, 1905. He accompanied his parents to Kentucky in 1822, there grew to manhood and was married. In 1839 he made his first trip to Cooper County, acquired land and returned for his family whom he moved overland to the new home in the following year. His first trip was made on horseback, the second was made with wagons which carried his family and his movable possessions. He brought a number of slaves with him who tilled the soil of the new farm which he
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created from the undeveloped wilderness country in southern Cooper County. His retinue of slaves consisted of five males and one female slave. His first house was a cabin, built of logs hewn and trimmed from his land. This was in due time supplanted by a more pretentious struc- ture, built on the prairie. Mr. Layne took up a timber tract on the Lamine River from which he cut rails with which to fence his acreage. These rails were hauled a distance of five miles. He planted hedges which in time grew to be suitable for girding in the fields. He accumulated 920 acres of land and was quite wealthy at the time of the Civil War. Like many others who were slave owners at the time of the war he suffered misfortunes ; he was robbed of his money, his live stock was taken away and the premises were stipped of everything of value and he was impover- ished. In spite of the fact that he maintained a neturality during the war, his life was many times in danger and on one or two occasions he was saved only by the intereference of a girl whom he had reared as a daughter in his household. He spent his last days with his sons. To John Wilson and Catherine Layne were born nine children, five of whom were reared, as follows: Belle, wife of Nathan Harris, died in 1889; Dora, wife of Shaw Roe, lives at Oakland, Cal .; Alexander resides on a farm adjoining the home place in Lebanon township; Edward is engaged in the lumber business at Otterville, Mo .; Benjamin Franklin, subject of this review.
The family of which John Wilson Layne was a member, was a very large one, consisting of 13 sons and one daughter.
B. F. Layne attended the district school located one and three-fourths miles from the Layne homestead, and which was known as the West Fork School. When he became of age his father gave him a tract of 80 acres which he improved. He resided on this farm for four years and then traded it, eventually taking charge of the homestead. When the elder Layne died he and his brother purchased the interests of the other heirs and B. F. Layne made his home on this farm of 373 acres until June 17, 1916, when he removed to Bunceton. Mr. Layne served as president of the Syracuse Bank for four years and is now a director of the Clifton City Bank. He was one of the organizers of the Bank of Syracuse, Mo.
Nov. 28, 1886, B. F. Layne was married to Lottie Lander Bailey. This marriage has been blessed with the following children: William, John Wilson, Sarah Catherine, and Lottie Franklin. William is cashier of the bank at Clifton City. He married Emma Belle Graves and has
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one child, Dorothy. Dr. John Wilson Layne, was born Feb. 21, 1892, studied dentistry and was practicing his profession in Bunceton when he was inducted into the National Army in Sept .; 1918. He received a com- mission as first lieutenant in the dental corps of the army, Eighth Cavalry Regiment and was stationed at Camp Cody, Deming, N. M., and is at Marfa, Texas, at present. Sarah Catherine, aged 16 years, is a junior in Bunceton High School. Lottie Franklin, aged 11 years, is attending school.
Mr. Layne is a democrat. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias. He and Mrs. Layne are members of the Baptist Church and are pleasant, progressive, and hospitable people who have a host of friends in Cooper County.
Henry John Niebruegge .- When Henry John Niebruegge came to America from his native Germany in 1881, he was possessed of about $50 in cash. He hired out as farm laborer until 1886, when his marriage de- manded that he secure a home for himself and his wife. For the next five years he rented land in the neighborhood of Lone Elm and in 1891 he decided that it was time for him to begin to accumulate some prop- perty. He invested his savings in 114 acres of land, and naturally, be- cause he had not been able to save enough money to pay for this land he went in debt for the greater part of the amount of the value of the farm. An old log house on the place sufficed as the first home of Mr. and Mrs. Niebruegge for the next 10 years. In the meantime they scrimped and saved, worked from early morn till late at night so as to get out of debt and get the means wherewith to build a comfortable home. This they built in 1901-in fact, every rod of fence, every tree and shrub around the residence, every building, barn, outhouse, and shelter for stock, has been built by Mr. Niebruegge and the farm near Lone Elm is one of the best improved in Cooper County. Mr. Niebruegge is now the owner of 389.5 acres, in three tracts, one farm of which is at Lone Elm.
Henry John Niebruegge was born in Germany, Jan. 28, 1855, and is the son of Henry and Blanche Niebrugge who lived all of their days in Germany. Mr. Niebruegge emigrated from Germany in 1881 and came directly to Cooper County where he has become one of the prosperous citizens of the county. He was married Feb. 9, 1886 to Maria Katharina Schluetter, born in 1854, in Germany. The children born to this mar- riage are : William, Henry, Oscar, and Emma. One child died in infancy.
Oscar Niebruegge is the soldier of the family and his parents have
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good and just right to be proud of the fact that they sent one of their sons to fight in behalf of the principles of liberty for which America, their adopted country, joined in the great World War. Oscar Niebruegge was born July 27, 1892. He was inducted into the National Army, in Oct., 1917 and was trained at Camp Funston. He was then sent to Camp Doniphan and in April, 1918, crossed the Atlantic to fight on the Western front in France with the famous 35th Division, 139th Infantry, Company H. Private Niebruegge took part in the terrific fighting in the Argonne Forest. So great were the hardships that he endured that he lay sick in a hospital for 30 days after the fight and was then transferred to the Headquarters Company. He received his honorable discharge May 8, 1919 and is now at home.
Mr. Niebruegge is a republican. He and his family are members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Lone Elm and are liberal supporters of this denomination. Mr. and Mrs. Niebruegge are intelligent, hospitable folks and have a fine family.
Peter Smith, living retired at Lone Elm, Cooper County, is one of the highly respected 'old settlers' of this county whose advent into the county dates back over 50 years. Successful as a farmer, having reared a fine family, now in his old age, he is taking life easy. Mr. Smith formerly owned two farms, one of 126 acres and another of 170 acres, totalling 296 acres in all which he sold in 1917 and 1918 and has since made his home at Lone Elm.
He was born in Holstein, Germany, Jan. 1, 1846, and is a son of Claus and Margaret Smith, the latter of whom died in 1866. Claus Smith and his six children, Peter, Henry, Annie, Margaret, Joseph and John Heinrich, emigrated from Germany to America in 1868 and located in Cooper county where Claus Smith spent the remainder of his days. Henry Smith resides on a farm in Clarks Fork township. Mrs. Margaret Nauman lives in Clarks Fork township. John Smith resides in California. Heinrich is a resident of Petersburg, Mo.
Peter Smith of this review worked out as farm laborer for five years after coming to Cooper County. After his marriage in 1875 he bought 63 acres of land in Clarks Fork township ,agreed to pay $25 an acre for the land, improved it, added to it until it was 126 acres and disposed of this farm in 1917. This farm brought $100 an acre when sold. In the meantime he had purchased 170 acres near Bunceton, for $36 an acre. He placed all of the existing improvements on this farm and sold it for $100 an acre.
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Jan. 19, 1875, Peter Smith and Mrs. Polly Arnold Schmalfeld were united in marriage. Two children blessed this union: Maggie C., born Feb. 26, 1876, is wife of George Friedmeyer, of California, Mo .; Martin D., born June 19, 1878, is farming in Clarks Fork township.
· The mother of these children was born in Holmes County, Ohio, Dec. 18, 1850, and is a daughter of Daniel and Keziah (Williams) Arnold, natives of Pennsylvania and Tuscarawas County, Ohio, respectively. The Arnolds migrated to Missouri in 1867 and settled in Clarks Fork town- ship, Cooper County, near the Clarks Fork Evangelical Church. The par- ents spent the remainder of their lives here. Daniel and Keziah Arnold were parents of 12 children, 10 of whom came to Missouri: John died while serving in the Union army; Levi died in 1916; Margaret died in 1917; Sarah died in 1906; William died in 1915; Joseph resides on a farm six miles west of Sedalia; Mrs. Cynthia Kelly lives at Ozark, Mo .; Henry iives on a farm south of Pisgah, Mo. Polly Arnold was first married to Otto Schmalfeld in 1869. Mr. Schmalfeld died in December, 1873. To Otto and Polly Schmalfeld were born children as follows: John H., born Dec. 20, 1869, died April 1, 1905; William F., born Sept. 9, 1871, is a farmer living east of Clarks Fork Church ; Christena, born Aug. 26, 1873, is wife of George Frieling, and lives in Palestine township.
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