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Mr. Smith is a republican. He and Mrs. Smith are members of the Evangelical Church and are excellent, honest, well to do citizens of Cooper County.
Dan G. Davis, dairyman, Boonville, Mo., was born May 8, 1843, in Cooper County and is a son of pioneer parents in this county. His father was Daniel G. Davis and his mother was Ruth Breredon, prior to her marriage. Further and more extended mention of this pioneer couple will be found in the sketch of Jeff L. Davis, of Boonville.
After receiving his education in the public schools of Boonville, Dan G. Davis engaged in farming. For the past 11 years he has been engaged in the dairy business upon a farm of 95 acres just on the south edge of Boonville. In addition to the dairy farm, Mr. Davis has a tract ot 140 acres one mile west of the home place. He has 50 head of pure bred Jersey cows and two splendid registered males. Mr. Davis sells the out- put of his dairy to the local ice cream factory and is making a success of his business. He erected one of the first silos in Cooper County in 1912.
Mr. Davis was married in 1906 to Mabel M. Gallagher, of Tipton, Mo., who is a daughter of Peyton Gallagher. Five children were born
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to this union of whom four are living: Elizabeth, Louise, Jefferson Lee, Kathryn, deceased, and Daniel Grosvenor.
Mr. Davis is a democrat. He was reared in the Episcopalian faith. Personally, he is a likable, genial and whole hearted citizen who takes life as he finds it and is liked by those who know him best.
Thomas Alpheus Nelson, is one of the oldest of the native born pioneers of Cooper County, now living, retired, in Bunceton, Mo., and owner of "Eminence Stock Farm," situated a few miles northeast of Bunceton. Mr. Nelson was born Aug. 23, 1848, on a farm four miles northeast of Bunceton, and resided for 70 years within sight of his birth- place. He is a son of James O. Nelson, one of the early pioneers of this section of Missouri.
James O. Nelson was born in Virginia in 1802 and died in Cooper County, Mo., in 1861. He immigrated to Cooper County in about 1833, entered government land and improved a farm, upon which he reared · his family of 11 children, as follows: A. M. Nelson, Boonville, Mo .; E. D., deceased; Mrs. T. B. Stephens, deceased; Mrs. Nora Reavis, deceased; John Albert, and T. A. Nelson, twins, the former deceased; Addie died at the age of 21 years; two children, Henrietta and Maryetta, died young; James O. Nelson resides in Bunceton. The mother of these children was Mary E. (Hirst) Nelson, who was born in 1809 and departed this life Dec. 25, 1891.
In the beginning there were seven Nelson brothers who located in Cooper County in pioneer days. Of these, Thomas W. Nelson became a merchant in Boonville. James O. and John B. Nelson were farmers, the former becoming a large land owner. Henry and Addison Nelson were bachelors. Alexander Nelson located in California, Mo., and George Nelson.
Thomas A. Nelson was married Dec. 24, 1868, to Sarah A. Tucker, who bore him children as follows: Walter died in infancy ; Louis O. Nel- son lives in Bunceton, Mo .; W. L. Nelson is the present member of Con- gress from this district and resides in Columbia, Mo .; Albert J. and Al- pheus J. are farmers in Cooper County ; Edgar C. editor and publisher of the Bunceton Eagle; Clyde T. Nelson is managing "Eminence Stock Farm.
The mother of the foregoing children was born in Cooper County, April 6, 1849, within sight of "Eminence Stock Farm." She is a daughter of Thomas and Mary B. (Taliaferro) Tucker, natives of Virginia and Kentucky, respectively. Mrs. Mary B. Tucker was a daughter of William and Nancy Taliaferro, who came From Kentucky to Cooper County, Mo.,
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in 1834. Thomas Tucker was a son of Josephus and Sarah Tucker. He was born in 1812 and died in 1893. He came to Cooper County in 1841, was married in 1847 and built up a splendid farm. He was father of the following children: Mrs. Sarah A. Nelson, of this review; W. J. Tucker of Kansas City, Mo .; John R. Tucker of Oklahoma City, Okla .; Mrs. Mary Bohling, Medford, Ore. William and Nancy Taliaferro were par- ents of six children: James, Robert, Johnson, Lucy, wife of James H. Baker, and Elizabeth, who attained the great age of 90 years. Thomas Tucker was one of the best known of the pioneer citizens of Cooper county.
When Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Nelson began their wedded life, they purchased a tract of undeveloped prairie land which adjoined the old Tucker homestead. In order to fence this tract, Mr. Nelson hauled rails with ox teams from Moniteau. Every tree, shrub, vine, and plant which now adorns the grounds of their fine estate was planted by Mr. and Mrs. Nelson. "Eminence Stock Farm" consisted of 364 acres, well improved with a large, handsome residence, good farm buildings, and is devoted to the breeding and raising of fine live stock. Mr. Nelson has always been an extensive feeder and producer of live stock. In 1882, Mrs. Nelson began breeding and raising fine poultry, mostly Barred Rocks and other varieties. She was the first woman to make a specialty of producing poultry of the better breeds and of pure strain. Mr. Nelson achieved a great reputation as a breeder of Duroc Jersey swine.
Dec. 24, 1918, Thomas A. and Sarah A. Nelson celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. When Mr. Nelson was purchasing live stock for the State Institutions some years ago, Mrs. Nelson managed the farm during his frequent periods of absence and weighed the corn and did a man's work on the place. They are both members of the Baptist Church, as are all of their children. Mr. Nelson has been a deacon in the Baptist Church for 40 years and his son Louis O. Nelson is also a deacon. They are among the most highly respected and best loved pioneer couples in Cooper County, and Mrs. Nelson is the source of authority in her neighborhood for facts concerning family history and is the last recourse for information concerning the early history of the Bunceton neighbor- hood. In September of 1918, Mr. and Mrs. Nelson made their first move in a half century. They came to Bunceton, after turning over the home farm to their son, Clyde Nelson, who is now managing it. Now, in the eventide of a long and useful life, they are enjoying well earned repose, serene in the consciousness that theirs has been a life well spent.
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Emmett E. Wear, a progressive farmer and stockman of Prairie Home township, is a descendant of one of the pioneer families of this state. He was born in Prairie Home township Dec. 15, 1874, and is a son of George N. and Ophelia F. (George) Wear.
Emmett E. Wear was educated in the public schools, Clarksburg Col- lege and Prairie Home College. He engaged in farming and stock raising in early life, and has been successful from the start. He purchased his present farm of 180 acres, which is a part of "Hazel Dell Farm", in 1919. This land was entered from the government by Thomas Byler, the original land patent being granted in the 20's, and signed by John Quincy Adams, nearly 100 years ago. The brick residence which now stands on the place was built in 1844, the bricks being manufactured on the place. John Burrus did the carpenter work. This old residence, notwithstanding its 75 years of service, is still in a good state of preservation.
Jan. 23, 1915, Elmer E. Wear was united in marriage with Miss Pansy Hemphill, a daughter of Charles W. and Elizabeth (Clark) Hemphill, who reside at Lawrence, Kan., where the father is engaged in the real estate business. Mrs. Wear was reared and educated in Lawrence, Kan., and also attended Baker University, Baldwin, Kan. She is a graduate nurse, having received her training at the Research Hospital at Kansas City, Mo. Mrs. Wear is one of the following children born to her parents: Lynn, whose present address is unknown; Anna, married Charles Cham- pion ; Margarette, married John Klevinger, Lawrence, Kan .; Joseph, Law- rence, Kan .; Ruth, Lawrence, Kan., and Pansy H., wife of Emmett E. Wear, the subject of this sketch. To Mr. and Mrs. Wear has been born one child, Ophelia Wear.
William Schleuter .- From laborer to prosperous farmer, owning one of the best prairie farms in Cooper County during 37 years of endeavor in this country, is the reward of William Schlueter of Clarks Fork town- ship, for industry, thrift and good management. He came to America from his native Germany, ignorant of our customs and language and has made good in the land of his adoption. Mr. Schlueter owns a fine place of 180 acres, upon which he has resided since 1903. His home place con- sists of 100 acres, and includes the first 80 which he bought, to which he has added 20 acres. He then bought his other 80, situated just across the highway, in 1916. The Schlueter farm is well improved and presents an attractive and prosperous appearance.
William Schlueter was born in Germany, May 7, 1863, and is a son of Henry and Louise Schlueter, who spent their lives in their native land.
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William immigrated to America in 1881, and worked as a laborer in St. Louis for two years. In 1883, he came to Cooper County, having been employed in a creamery and dairy establishment in St. Louis. He worked as farm laborer in Cooper County for $15 per month. All the capital he had in the world when he set foot in this country was $13. He agreed to pay $42 an acre for his first 80, and went in debt for nearly all of the purchase price. He erected all of the buildings on the tract and fenced it. His next purchase of 20 acres cost him $70 an acre. His last pur- chase of 80 acres cost him $92.75 an acre. The Schlueter land is easily worth . $150 an acre. Mr. Schlueter handles Angus cattle, his favorite breed of live stock. He was married in 1888 to Miss Minnie Langkop, who was born in Clarks Fork township, Oct. 15, 1867, a daughter of Henry and Philippina Langkop, natives of Germany, who immigrated to America and made a permanent settlement in Cooper County in about 1855. Henry Langkop was born Sept. 28, 1837, and died July 23, 1897. Phillipina, his wife, was born Feb. 21, 1846, and died July 16, 1915. Henry was a native of Hanover, while his wife was a native of Saxony. Henry Langkop was a son of William Henry, who first settled in Dubuque, Iowa, settled in Clarks Fork township in 1855 and died here in 1857. In 1894, Mr. Lang- kop sold his Clarks Fork township farm and moved to Moniteau township, where he died. He reared a family of 12 children: Mrs. Minnie Schlue- ter, of this review; William, Lone Elm, Mo .; Henry, Boonville; Caroline, died at the age of 25 years; Herman, Elliston, Mo .; Mrs. Sophia House- man, St. Louis, Mo .; Theodore, on the home place, south of Lone Elm; Mrs. Lucy Gruner, San Francisco; Emma, living at Lone Elm, Mo .; John, Moniteau township; George, Montana; Clara, Los Angeles, Calif.
Four children have been born to William and Minnie Schlueter, as follows: Emma, Ida, Henry, and Herman, all at home with their parents.
Mr. Schlueter is a republican and he and his family are members of the Lone Elm Evangelical Church.
William W. Trigg, former merchant, now engaged in the real estate and loan business in Boonville, is a native of Boonville, and a son of the late Dr. William Hodge Trigg, pioneer physician and banker, and widely known merchant of this city.
The Trigg family is one of the oldest of the American families, and the name of "Trigg" is one of the oldest in recorded history. The name is derived from the Gothic-"Tryggve," through the course of years changed to "Trygg," thence to the English name of "Trigg." The family is of Norse origin and the earliest trace of the family is found as begin-
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ning with the 11th century, when the Norse conquered a portion of the British Islands and left their imprint and racial characteristics upon the Islanders.
The history of the Trigg family in America begins with (I) Abraham Trigg, who was born in England in 1690 and immigrated to America in 1715. He made a settlement in Spottsylvania County, Va. (II) William Trigg, his son, the direct ancestor of W. W. Trigg, served as judge of Bedford County, Va. His children were: Abraham, Stephen, John, (III) William, Daniel, Nancy, wife of Arthur Moseley, and Lockey, wife of Captain Henderson.
(III) William Trigg was a colonel in the Bedford County Militia in 1781. He had children as follows: Alanson, William (IV), Daniel, Haden, Nancy, and Elizabeth. Daniel Trigg was born in 1776 in Bedford County, Va.
(IV) Daniel Trigg was a farmer in Wilson County, Tenn. He was an elder of the Presbyterian Church. He married Nancy Hodge, who bore him the following children: Mrs. Juliet Hannah, (V) William Hodge, John H., Haden S., Daniel, Abraham and Stephen (twins), Charity A., Nancy Bell and Alanson (twins), and Samuel L.
(V) Dr. William Hodge Trigg was born Jan. 24, 1808, and died in Boonville, Mo., Feb. 20, 1895. He was reared to young manhood in Tennessee and received his early education in the common schools of the neighborhood. After leaving school, he studied medicine in the office of Dr. Hodge, a physician of Gallatin, Tenn. He began the practice of his profession in his native state and practiced there until he came West in 1834. Dr. Trigg made the trip through Missouri from St. Louis on horse- back and recorded his impressions of this new and undeveloped country in a diary which makes interesting reading. He arrived in Cooper County in Feb., 1834, and so favorably impressed was he with the beauty of the country and the apparent richness of the soil, and the attractive appear- ance of Boonville, that he decided to locate here. He opened an office in this city and was soon embarked in the successful practice of his profes- sion. Opportunities were plentiful in those days for business enterprises and Dr. Trigg decided to take advantage of this fact and he embarked in the mercantile business in partnership with two young friends from Tennessee, under the firm name of Boyers, Blythe and Trigg. This part- nership continued for two years, and Dr. Trigg then formed a partner- ship with his father-in-law, Jacob F. Wyan, the first merchant in Boon- ville. The firm was known as Wyan and Trigg, and continued until the
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death of Mr. Wyan in 1842. Dr. Trigg continued in business for several years after the death of Mr. Wyan. In 1847 he established the first bank in Boonville, doing a strictly banking business in his own name until 1858. He then established a banking concern under the firm name of W. H. Trigg and Company. When the troubles incident to the ravages of Civil War caused a business depression in this vicinity, the affairs of this bank were wound up. During the Civil War, Dr. Trigg opened a mercantile house in Boonville with his son, W. W. Trigg. Associated with him were also his sons-in-law, John T. Pigott and William M. Johnson, under the firm name of William H. Trigg and Company. This firm did business in Boonville until 1864. Conditions had, meanwhile, become more and more unsettled and the firm removed to Courtland, N. Y., where they remained until the fall of 1865. Returning to Boonville, in 1866, they erected the largest business house in central Missouri and the partnership was main- tained until 1892. It was then dissolved and the business was closed out. For over half a century, Dr. Trigg was the most prominent merchant in central Missouri. When he retired from business he could not be content. He had been so long actively engaged in mercantile and banking pursuits that he desired again to have something to occupy his mind. At the age of 86 years, he proposed to his son, W. W. Trigg, that they establish a loan and brokerage busiess. Since the death of Dr. W. H. Trigg, his son, W. W. Trigg, has carried on the business under the name of Wm. H. Trigg and Company.
April 14, 1835, Dr. Trigg was married to Miss Sarah Gaines Wyan, a daughter of Jacob and Naney Wyan, a sketch of whom appears in this volume in connection with that of Robert F. Wyan of Bunceton. Mrs. Sarah G. Trigg was born Dec. 30, 1817, and departed this life July 11, 1884. The following children were born to this marriage: Josephine H., Juliet A., Annie M., William Wyan. Josephine H, decased, was the wife of the late John T. Pigott. Juliet A., born Aug. 5, 1838, became the wife of the late William M. Johnson of Boonville. Annie M., born Aug. 17, 1842, married William Mann Lionberger of Boonville. William Wyan Trigg, of this review, was born July 10, 1845.
Dr. William Hodge Trigg was one of the prime movers in every enter- prise tending to develop the resources of his city and county. He was connected with establishment of the first ferry across the Missouri River, at Boonville. He was one of the organizers of the Central District Agricultural Society, and he was interested in the promotion of the rail- roads, manufactures, schools and churches of the city. He was exten-
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sively engaged in the handling of real estate and during his career he handled thousands of acres in this section of Missouri. During the Civil War, he took a determined stand for the Union and allied himself with the democratic party after the close of the war. He was a gentleman of the old school, high minded, never profane, eschewed liquor and tobacco, and was temperate in all things.
William Wyan Trigg was educated in the Kemper School of Boon- ville, entering in 1861, and studying there until the closing of the school in 1864, on account of war conditions. For a period of thirty years, he was connected with the Wm. H. Trigg Mercantile Company, and was one of the active partners in this concern until 1894. Since that time he has been engaged in the real estate and loan business in Boonville.
Oct. 13, 1869, W. W. Trigg was married to Miss Louise Friend Hall, a daughter of Dr. M. W. Hall, formerly a physician of Saline County, Mo. Four children blessed this marriage, namely : William Hall, Walton Wyan, Louise, and Ewing Lester.
William Hall Trigg was born Aug. 2, 1870. He was educated in the Kemper Military School, and Columbia University, New York, graduating from the law department. For 10 years he practiced his profession in St. Louis and then came to Boonville, where he practiced law and was asso- ciated with his father in business. In May, 1918, Mr. Trigg was appointed to a law position in the State Tax Division of the Internal Revenue De- · partment at Washington, D. C. He married Miss Julia Young.
Walton Wyann Trigg was born Dec. 31, 1873. He was educated in Kemper Military School, and is now engaged in the oil business at Mel- vern, Kan.
Louise, wife of E. T. Dutcher, died in 1911.
Ewing Lester Trigg was born April 17, 1888, and was educated in Kemper Military School.
Mr. Trigg is an independent democrat. He is a Knights Templar Mason. For 25 years he was a deacon of the Boonville Presbyterian Church and for the past 20 years he has been an elder of the local church.
William A. Hurt, owner of "Forest Grove" stock farm is an honored pioneer of Cooper County and one of the most highly valued and respected citizens of Boonville township. Mr. Hurt is a native son of this county, a member of one of Missouri's first families. He was born May 16, 1850, in Clarks Fork township, a son of William Hurt, Sr. and Catherine (Rob- ertson) Hurt.
William Hurt, Sr., father of William A. Hurt, was born March 7, 1816 at Old Cole's Fort in Cooper County, a son of Colonel Clayton and
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Mary (Dillard) Hurt, the former, a native of Kentucky and the latter, a daughter of James Dillard. Colonel Clayton Hurt was born Jan. 15, 1790, in Bedford County, Ky. He came to Cooper County, Mo., about 1815 and settled at Old Cole's Fort. Colonel Clayton Hurt was in charge of the settlers' military organization, which for many years was maintained as a protection against the Indians. He died in 1862 and his remains rest in Hail Ridge cemetery. Mrs. Hurt died in 1867. Two children of Colonel Clayton and Mary (Dillard) Hurt are now living in Cooper County, namely : J. T. Hurt and Mrs. Julia (Hurt) Shannon.
Sept. 6, 1837, William Hurt, Sr. and Catherine Robertson, daughter of Capt. Andrew Robertson, one of the leading pioneers of Cooper County, were united in marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Hurt were true-hearted, sturdy pioneers and spent their lives in rearing their family and improving their farm in Clarks Fork township. To them were born the following chil- dren: Mrs. Mary Catherine McFarland, of Clarks Fork township; Mrs. Nancy Emmeline Davis, who died Jan. 6, 1912; Jenkin D., deceased ; Beniga, who died Dec. 15, 1914; William Andrew, the subject of this sketch; and James M., a prosperous farmer of Clarks Fork township. The mother died May 28, 1882 and the father died Jan. 11, 1894. The remains of both parents rest in Walnut Grove cemetery.
William A. Hurt attended the public schools of Cooper County. Prac- tically his entire life has been devoted to the pursuits of farming and stockraising in Boonville and Clarks Fork townships. His farm comprises 585 acres of excellent land, all of Section 6 in Boonville township. The Hurt residence is one of the finest in the country and is well placed in the center of the farm on the state highway, which traverses the Hurt land. Noble, old shade trees, planted before the Civil War, surround the resi- dence. On this farm, Mr. Hurt has made his home for 35 years. In the raising of hogs, mules and registered Hereford cattle, he has been very successful.
July 31, 1878, William A. Hurt and Elizabeth Johnston, a native of Cooper County and daughter of John B. and Margaret Johnston, were united in marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Johnston were pioneers of Prairie Home township, in which township they reared a splendid family of ten children, five boys and five girls, as follow: Mrs. Mary Margaret Par- sons, deceased ; Mrs. Rachel J. Miller, deceased ; Mrs. Sallie Ann Simmons, deceased ; Susan Ellen, deceased ; Robert B., deceased ; Colonel T. A. Johns- ton, of Boonville, Mo .; William F., of Warrensburg, Mo .; Mrs. William A. Hurt, the wife of the subject of this review; George W., deceased; and
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James E., of Denver, Col. Both parents of Mrs. Hurt are now deceased and she is one of the four surviving children. To William A. and Eliza- beth (Johnston) Hurt have been born four children: Sidney J., at home; William B., deceased; Margaret Catherine, at home; and Mrs. Mary Far- ris, of Boonville. Miss Margaret possesses unusual artistic ability and her paintings, which decorate the walls of the Hurt home, show exceptional skill and taste. Mr. and Mrs. Hurt are proud of their only grandson, James William Farris, now four years of age.
More than a century has passed since the Hurt name became a familiar one in this state and now, as then, it is the synonym of upright manhood and noble womanhood. There is no family in this section of Missouri more highly regarded or more worthy of respect and affection. Mr. Hurt is a stanch democrat. He was a director of the Farmers Bank of Boonville and he is likewise a director of the Commercial Bank of Boonville.
Robert Schwitzky .- In 35 years of endeavor as a tiller of the soil, Robert Schwitzky of Palestine township, has achieved what can rightly be called a success. Mr. Schwitzky has a large farm of 300 acres upon which are two sets of handsome improvements. He has a pretty, modern cottage erected in 1914, a large bank barn which he built him self and everything about his home place gives evidence of thrift, pride, and enter- prise.
Robert Schwitzky was born in Saxony, Germany, Feb. 17, 1863, and is a son of Herman and Amelia (Temple) Schwitzky, who immigrated to America in 1882 and settled in Indiana. One year later, Robert Schwitzky came to Cooper County. Herman, his father, was born in April, 1836, and makes his home with his son, Robert. Amalie Schwitzky died in 1882 shortly after her arrival in this country.
During his first summer in Indiana, Robert Schwitzky worked as a farm hand for $8 per month. After he came to Cooper County he re- ceived $12 per month for three years. He rented land for the next three years and then bought 52 acres in 1888 near Boonville upon which he re- sided for seven years. In 1895 he purchased 140 acres of his present homestead. This land had no improvements worthy of the name and it has been built up to its present fine condition by the owner who is one of the best agriculturists in Cooper County.
Mr. Schwitzky was married in 1885 to Minnie Johnmeyer, a sister of William F. Johnmeyer, whose biography appears in this history. Mrs. Schwitzky was born in Westphalia, Germany, Aug. 11, 1865. The chil-
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dren born to this union are: Herman, Boonville, Mo .; Ida, wife of Henry Hein, Lone Elm Prairie, Mo .; Anna, wife of Henry Torbeck, Boonville township; Rosa, wife of Henry Kahle, Lone Elm Prairie; William, Minnie and Robert on the home farm; Freda, at home. William and Herman are engaged in the automobile business in Boonville and are owners of the Schwitzky Auto Sales Co.
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