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Mr. Schwitzky is a republican. He is a member of the Evangelical Church and the Woodmen of the World lodge at Speed, Mo.
John Hein .- The John Hein farm of 294 acres, in Palestine township, is one of the finest improved prairie farms in Cooper County. The hand- some residence painted white, with red roofs, situated far back from the roadway, consists of ten rooms, all modern, eqipped with electric lights, hot and cold running water-an ideal country place. A cellar runs entirely underneath this fine home and every convenience for comfortable living is arranged in the home. Other farm buildings are in keeping with the Hein residence. Mr. Hein raises pure bred Duroc Jersey swine and has a herd of Shorthorn cattle. Mrs. Hein has a large flock of pure bred white Leghorn poultry.
John Hein was born on a farm near Boonville, Jan. 28, 1866, and is a son of Henry Hein, who was born in 1826 and died in 1903. His mother was Catherine Titkens prior to her marriage, and she was born in 1838 and died in 1897.
Henry Hein was a native of Holstein, Germany, and came to America in 1856. He served under the Union flag during the Civil War and settled in the Lone Elm neighborhood in Cooper County, where he owned 120 acres, upon which he settled in about 1874. He reared a family of eight children: Mrs. Mary Cotterman, living north of Speed, Mo .; John, sub- ject of this review; William lives near Appleton City, Mo .; Christ lives on the farm adjoining that of John Hein; Peter, a farmer, north of Lone Elm ; Sophia, Lone Elm; J. W. Henry lives on the home place.
John Hein attended the old Clarks Fork School and the Lone Grove School and learned to till the soil under his father. When he attained the age of 21 years, he began his own career. He rented land in the neighborhood until 1900, and then made his first purchase of 177 acres at a cost of $44 an acre. In 1911 he bought 116 acres, plus a fraction, at a cost of $85 an acre. This fine farm of nearly 294 acres is easily worth from $125 to $150 an acre.
Feb. 15, 1900, Mr. Hein was married to Miss Minnie Toellner, a daughter of Herman Toellner. The children born to John and Minnie
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Hein are as follows: Herman, deceased; Lydia, Harry, Albert, and Ella.
Mr. Hein is a republican, but has little time for political matters. When he has a few hours free from his farming duties, he can usually be found doing something to add to the attractiveness or convenience of his splendid country estate. He and his family worship at the Evangel- ical Lutheran Church at Lone Elm, and he is a liberal supporter of this church.
John H. Smith is a native of Cooper County and a descendant of very early Missouri pioneers. He was born in Prairie Home township, where he has since resided, Jan. 12, 1862, and is a son of Jeremiah and Lutetia C (George) Smith. The former was a native of Tennessee, born May 16, 1810, and the latter born March 1, 1823 and died July 16, 1905. Jeremiah died Dec. 21, 1903. Jeremiah Smith was a son of Thomas Smith, a native of Virginia, and his wife was from North Carolina.
In 1817 Thomas Smith came to Missouri from Tennessee with his family and settled at Boonslick, where he remained about a year and removed to Old Franklin. Some years later he came to Cooper County, settling in Prairie Home township, where he entered 160 acres of land; which is now the Fred Sullivan place. Jeremiah Smith also entered 80 acres of government land about the same time, or a little later. John H. Smith, the subject of this sketch, now owns this property. Jeremiah Smith became an extensive land owner and at one time owned about 1,000 acres, which he divided among his eight children. He was a Presbyterian and a democrat, and cast his first vote for Andrew Jackson for president.
Jeremiah and Lutetia C. (George) Smith, were the parents of the following children: Margaret Ann, born March 31, 1846, and died June 20, 1856; Thomas Richard, born April 5, 1848, and resides at Pleasant Hill, Mo .; George Almond, born April 3, 1850 and died in Cass County, Mo., Jan. 23, 1912; Martha Ellen, born April 30. 1854, married Joseph Franklin and resides at Hume, Mo .; Robert Boone, born Oct. 24, 1855, and resides in Prairie Home; Mary Alice, born May 17, 1858, married Dr. G. W. Stiffler, Stirling, Colo .; William A., born April 24, 1860, Prairie Home; John H., the subject of this sketch, and Josie Lee, born April 24, 1864, married E. L. Koontz, Fulton, Mo.
John H. Smith was reared and educated in Prairie Home township and has made farming and stock raising his life occupation, and has met with a very satisfactory degree of success in his undertaking. He was married Nov. 30, 1887, to Elizabeth Ann Mitchell, a native of Pennsyl- vania, born June 27, 1867. She is a daughter of W. H. and Margaret J. (Harmon) Mitchell, both natives of Pennsylvania. W. H. Mitchell was
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born in Jackson township, Huntington County, June 8, 1845, and his wife was born in Union township, Mifflin County, Dec. 4, 1845. They were married in Mifflin County, July 4, 1866. They came to Missouri in 1880 and settled at East Lynn. In 1900 they removed to Oklahoma, where they now reside. The following children were born to W. H. Mitchell and wife: Elizabeth Ann, wife of John H. Smith, the subject of this sketch; John Irvin C., born July 2, 1868, now resides at Arnett, Okla .; Laura Wil- liamson, born Dec. 19, 1869 and died near East Lynn, Mo., in 1886; Porter Davis, born June 19, 1871, resides in Prairie Home; James Solomon, born Nov. 29, 1872, and died at East Lynn, Nov. 26, 1889 ; William Nelson, born Sept. 10, 1874, resides at Arnett Okla .; Rebecca Jane, born March 7, 1876, and died Sept. 13, 1889 at East Lynn; Sarah Emma, born Nov. 20, 1878, and died June 12, 1896, at East Lynn ; Margaret Bailey, born Sept. 4, 1879 now resides at Boundbrook, N. J .; Thomas Hope, born Jan. 11, 1882, re- sides at Kansas City, Mo .; Dora Viola, born May 24, 1883, lives at Arnett, Okla .; Lawrence Earl, born April 7, 1885, and died May 9, 1887; Bertha May, born Jan. 28, 1887, resides at Arnett, Okla., and Joseph Hastings, born May 26, 1889, lives at Arnett, Okla. All of the above named chil- . dren were born in Mifflin County, Pa., except the last five mentioned, who were born in Cass County, Mo.
To John H. Smith and wife have been born the following children: Lottie Bell, born Sept. 20, 1888, died May 1, 1901; Jessie Lee, born Feb. 5, 1890, married John Knorp, Prairie Home; Lutitia Nadine, born Feb. 8, 1893, married Cornelius Keil, Spring Valley, Canada; Laura Jane, born Jan. 15, 1895, married A. C. Dishion, Prairie Home; Lonnie Stevens, born Oct. 2, 1897, married Martin Odneal, Prairie Home; Grace Pearl, born March 2, 1899, married John Schaaf, Cedron, Mo .; Jerry William, born July 17, 1900, died Dec. 31, 1900; Margaret Barnett, born Nov. 20, 1901 and died July 21 1902; Mina Eugenia, born June 8, 1904 and died May 18, 1909, and Ida E., born May 15, 1901, and a daughter born Sept. 5, 1891, died in infancy.
John H. Smith is one of Cooper County's substantial citizens and the Smith family has ever ranked high in this section of Missouri.
John Parsons Glazier, one of Cooper County's most prominent citizens, is a native of Clarks Fork township. Mr. Glazier was born on Lone Elm Prairie, July 1, 1858, a son of Charles and Frances Ann (Parsons) Glazier, the former, a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of Virginia.
Charles Glazier was born in 1811 in Huntington, Pa., came to Missouri in 1830 and was a cabinet maker in Boonville until 1833, when he (38)
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located in Clarks Fork township, where he purchased a farm, comprising 320 acres of land, which he spent his life cultivating and improving, and there died in 1900. His remains rest in the cemetery at Salem Church. Frances Ann Glazier was born in Albemarle County, Va. In 1836, she came to Missouri and she was then 14 years of age. Mrs. Glazier died in 1911 and she was laid to rest beside her husband in the cemetery at Salem Church. John Parsons Glazier is one of six children born to Charles and Frances Ann Glazier, as follow: James, deceased; Hattie, deceased ; Laura, deceased; Martha, the wife of Dr. John Cowden, both of whom are now deceased; Mary Ella, deceased; John Parsons, the subject of this review; and Charles Ernest, deceased.
John Parsons Glazier attended the public schools of Cooper County. Since attaining maturity, he has followed farming in Clarks Fork and Boonville townships. In 1903, he purchased his present homeplace, a farm comprising 881/2 acres, located four miles southeast of Boonville, on the state highway. The residence, a brick structure, is one of the old- est in the county. It was built by Alex Tucker perhaps 90 years ago and is still in good condition. Mr. Glazier raises Jersey cattle and Duroc Jersey hogs. both eligible for registry.
April 25, 1883, John Parsons Glazier and Nannie Washington Weight were united in marriage. Mrs. Glazier is a daughter of Oscar and Cor- nelia B. (O'Brien) Weight a great-great-grandniece of George Washing- ton. Oscar Weight was a native of Clark's Fork township. He was burn on Saturday, Jan. 27, 1821 and his wife was born on Sunday, June 29, 1829. When a young man, 17 years of age, Oscar Weight made the trip across the plains, journeying into Old Mexico with the famous Santa Fe pioneers, the Houcks. Mr. and Mrs. Weight were the parents of the fol- lowing children: Mrs. Mary Catherine Finley, born in 1847 resides in Saline township; Emily Gibson, died at the age of two years ; James Reed, born in 1851, deceased; Elizabeth, born in 1854, deceased; Laura E., born in 1856; Louisa H., born in 1860, married Reginald Walker, Nov. 20, 1877, died July 30, 1884 ; Nannie Washington and Julia Taylor, twins, the former, the wife of the subject of this review and the latter, the wife of W. A. Chambers, died May 13, 1916; George Washington, born Feb. 23, 1864, died in 1865 ; Cornelia, born Nov. 4, 1870, deceased ; John L. O'Brien, born Oct. 23, 1873, resides in Blackwell, Okla. John L. O'Brien Weight mar- ried Frances Roberta Don Carlo's in 1896. She is now deceased and he has remarried. To John Parsons and Nannie Washington Glazier have
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been born three children: A son, died in infancy, was born Feb. 17, 1885; John Taylor, born Feb. 11, 1897 and died in infancy ; and Annie Laura, born Feb. 19, 1900. Miss Annie Laura is a graduate of the Boonville High School, a member of the class of 1916. She took the post-graduate course in the high school in 1917 and is teaching her second school in Bethlehem district. Both parents of Mrs. Glazier are deceased. The father died Jan. 23, 1874 and his remains were interred in O'Brien ceme- tery. The mother died Jan. 24, 1897 and she was laid to rest in Wal- nut Grove cemetery.
Jordan O'Brien, a soldier of the War of 1812, battle of New Orleans, grandfather of Mrs. Glazier, came from Kentucky to southeastern Mis- souri about 1816, at the time of the earthquake. He located in Boonville township on the farm now owned by Mrs. Herman Erhardt. Jordan O'Brien was one of Missouri's most conspicuous characters of pioneers days. He was in public life for 20 years, a member of the Legislature when Missouri was still a territory, a charter members of the First Bap- tist Church at Boonville, one of the organizers and promoters of William Jewell College at Liberty, Mo. Jordan O'Brien and William Jewell were close, personal friends, both leaders of their day. George Washington Weight, grandfather of Mrs. Glazier, was educated at William & Mary's College in Virginia and he was one of the first county surveyors of Cooper County and was prominent in all educational movements and works. Mary E. Hampton Taylor, wife of Jordan O'Brien, grandmother of Mrs. Glazier, was a cousin of Zachariah Taylor and of Wade Hampton. Thus Mrs. Glazier is a descendant of one of the best colonial families and a daughter of one of Missouri's leading pioneer families, a family directly connected with two presidents of the United States, George Washington and Zach- ariah Taylor. A. J. Wright, a great-uncle of Mrs. Glazier, was governor of Missouri in 1825, completing an unexpired term. Mrs. Glazier is well known throughout the county, as much for her own abilities and worth as for the untarnished name of her ancestors. She has established a reputation during the past 16 years for raising the best Barred Plymouth Rock chickens and at the present time she has a splendid flock of 170. Mr. and Mrs. Glazier are held in the highest respect in this section of Missouri and are valued highly in their community.
John F. Viertel, a highly respected citizen of Boonville township, was born in Baltimore, Md., Oct. 28. 1851, a son of John and Maria (Schnuck) Viertel, the eldest of the following children born to this parents: John
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F., the subject of this review; George, of Boonville township; Anna, de- ceased; Elizabeth, of Boonville; William, of Boonville; and Paul P., of Boonville.
John Viertel, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Ger- many. He came to America, when he was 18 years of age and, in 1869, located in Boonville township, Cooper County, on a farm comprising 170 acres of land owned formerly by Mr. Vivian. Mr. Viertel died on his farm about 1906 and 18 days later he was joined in death by his wife and both father and mother were interred in Walnut Grove cemetery.
In the public schools of Maryland, John F. Viertel obtained his edu- cation. He came with his parents to Missouri in 1869 and in 1881 pur- chased his present country place. Mr. Viertels farm comprises 254 acres of valuable land located six miles southeast of Boonville. He has placed all the improvements on the farm, except an old, brick house which was built in pioneer days. The residence was built in 1893, in addition to which he has two good barns, a machine shed and a granary. There is an excellent spring on the land, which is well adapted for stock raising, and the Viertel farm is considered one of the best stock farms in the township. Mr. Viertel formerly raised hogs, cattle, mules and sheep ex- tensively.
In 1883, John F. Viertel and Elizabeth Langfort were united in mar- riage. To Mr. and Mrs. Viertel have been born two sons: Jesse P., who is at home, his father's assistant in the work of the farm; and Charles Henry, who died at the age of five years.
Mr. Viertel is a democrat. He has served as school director in his district and takes a good citizens interest in public affairs of general inter- est. He is well and favorably known in Cooper County.
Harry C. Morgan, proprietor of "Riverview Farm" in Boonville town- ship, is one of Cooper County's self-made men and most respected and valued citizens. Mr. Morgan was born in 1866 near Wellsburg, W. Va., son of William and Ellen (Reynolds) Morgan.
William Morgan, father of the subject of this sketch, was killed in the Civil War. His widow and two-year-old son left Virginia and came to Missouri in 1868 and Mrs. Morgan located in Cooper County. She later married Jacob Reed and now resides near Otterville. Her children, be- sides Harry C. Morgan, are Leslie, Charles, and Emmet Reed, of Syra- cuse; Maggie, who married Commodore Fairfax and Belle, who married Frank Robinson, both of Seattle, Wash.
Harry C. Morgan attended school in Cooper County. When still a lad, he was employed at hard labor for the small remuneration of $10 a
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month. Later, he was paid $14 and $15 a month. for his labor and he saved money. In 1910, Mr. Morgan purchased his present country place, a farm of 170 acres of excellent land, and has since then fenced and in- proved it. He raises hogs, calves and grain and during the years has prospered. The soil of this farm is of the best and most productive qual- ity. Last year, 1918, the wheat averaged 25 bushels an acre on 105 acres. "Riverview Farm" is appropriately named for one can obtain a wonder- ful view of the Missouri river and can with the eye locate many historic spots of the early days, among them the sites of Old Franklin and Fort Cole, for one can from the farm see for miles up and down the river.
In 1889, Harry C. Morgan and Nellie Brown were united in marriage. Nellie (Brown) Morgan is a daughter of R. D. and Rebecca (Hurt) Brown. R. D. Brown was a native of England. He came to America, when he was a lad 13 years of age, and located in Wisconsin. From Wisconsin, Mr. Brown came to Missouri and located in Moniteau County, coming thence to Cooper County, where he purchased a farm in Boonville township and there he and his wife reared their family of five children, who are, as follow: Henry C., of Pilot Grove; Bettie J., the wife of William Mc- Cubbin, of Los Angeles, Cal .; James H., of Pisgah; Julia A., the wife of Allen Bates, of Otterville; and Mrs. Harry C. Morgan, the wife of the sub- ject of this review. Mrs. Brown was a native of Cooper County and her parents were among the first settlers of the county. Her brother, Wil- liam Hurt, was the first white child born in Cooper County. He was born in Old Fort Cole. R. D. Brown died Feb. 20, 1905 and his wife followed him in death in April, 1915. The remains of both father and mother rest in the cemetery at Boonville. To Harry C. and Nellie Morgan have been born three children: Florence, the wife of Leonard Sampson, of Los Angeles, Cal .; Lizzie, who died March 12, 1899, at the age of five years; and Grace S., a graduate of the Boonville High School, a member of the class of 1918, now a student in Gem City Business College at Quincy, III.
More than a half century ago, Harry C. Morgan came to Cooper County and he was then a fatherless babe-in-arms. By his own persist- ent endeavors and honest industry, he has earned for himself an honored and respected place among the successful men of the county and for his family a name untarnished.
James T. Hickam, one of the best-known farmers and stockmen of Cooper County, is a member of one of Missouri's most highly respected pioneer families. Mr. Hickam was born Sept. 7, 1861, in Moniteau County,
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a son of Joseph Hickam and Susan (Teeter) Hickam, the former, a native of Washington county, Va., and the latter, of Boone County.
Joseph Hickam was born in 1816, a son of William Hickam, a native of Washington County, Va. William Hickam was a son of Joseph Hickam, Sr., a native of Ireland, one of the early settlers of colonial days in Vir- ginia. In 1813, William Hickam, with his wife and children, left Virginia and located in Illinois, whence he came to Missouri in 1824 and located in Boone County. From Boone County, the family moved to Cole County, where the father died.
When a child, eight years of age, Joseph Hickam came with his par- ents from Illinois to Missouri and with them located in Boone county. In young manhood, he served in the war with the Seminoles in 1836 and he was with Colonel Gentry when the colonel was killed. After the war had closed, Mr. Hickam returned to Boone County, where he was married in 1838 to Susan Teeter. Joseph Hickam and wife were the parents of the following children: Samuel L., of Boonville; Shelby H., Lupus, Moni- teau County; James T., the subject of this sketch; and 14 children, who are now deceased. The Hickam family moved from Boone County to Moniteau County in 1851 and there remained until 1876, when they set- tled in Cooper County, where the father died Feb. 23, 1889 and the mother died two days later. Interment for both parents was made in the Hickam cemetery in Moniteau County.
James T. Hickam attended the public schools of Moniteau and Cooper Counties. Practically his entire life, Mr. Hickam has been interested in farming and stockraising. He is now the owner of 100 acres of land in Saline township and 205 acres of land in Boonville township. He pur- chased his home place in 1901 from the Elliot heirs and has since rebuilt the residence. The Hickam farm is unusually well kept and the improve- ments reckoned among the best in the county.
In 1884, James T. Hickam and Belle Powell were united in marriage. Mrs. Hickam is a native of Moniteau County, a daughter of Irvin and Bettie Powell. To James T. and Belle Hickam have been born eight chil- dren: Joseph W., of Boonville; James B. and Samuel H., twins, Cooper County ; Mrs. Virgie Elizabeth Groom, of Overton; Speed S., of Clarks Fork township; Jessie B., Owen P. and Russell Roy, all at home.
In connection with the history of Missouri in pioneer days, Mr. Hickam relates that his father did his first plowing in Moniteau County, using a blind horse and a cow for a team. For some time, the Hickam family lived in a crib, thatched with straw and several of the children first
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saw the light of day when this was the family's home. The record of this family in our country's wars is in itself a story of interest. Capt. Silas Hickam, an uncle of James T. Hickam, was killed in the war against the Indians in Florida. Two brothers of James T. Hickam, Squire W. and John, served with the Confederates in the Civil War for three years and six months and John was killed in the battle at Mine Creek. Squire W. Hickam was captured by the Union men in the same battle and was held prisoner until the close of the war. He was sentenced to be shot, but the father fortunately was able to secure the boy's release, from the prison at Jefferson City. Capt. John B. Hickam, a cousin of James T., was with Company I, 138th Division of the American Expeditionary Forces. Cap- tain Hickam enlisted as a private in 1917, served on the Western front in France and has returned to America.
James T. Hickam is an earnest adherent to the principles of the Demo- crat party. He is a man of marked individuality and strong personality and is well known in business circles as one possessing exceptionally good judgment. The Hickam family has for many years been numbered among the best in Cooper County.
Sam T. Mauck, former county superintendent of schools and at pres- ent a successful real estate and loan dealer at Bunceton, Mo., is a native of northern Missouri. Mr. Mauck was born in Mercer County, Mo., Nov. 27, 1887 and is a son of Edgar and Angeline (Fitzgerald) Mauck, who were natives of Indiana. Edgard Mauck settled in Missouri in 1884 but returned to Indiana and located at Princeton in 1900.
Sam T. Mauck was educated in the public schools and the State Normal College at Kirksville. He graduated from this institution in 1909. Two years prior to this he had begun his teaching career. In 1908 and 1909, he served as principal of the Boonville High School. The next three years were spent on his father's farm in Indiana. His next position was that of superintendent of the Bunceton, Mo., public schools during the years 1913, 1914 and 1915. His work was recognized as that of a school man of ability and he became well acquainted in Cooper County. Making the race for the county superintendency in the spring of 1915, he was elected to the office and served for four years. His administration of the public school system of Cooper County was a distinct success.
Mindful of the fact that the teaching profession offers no permanent future for an ambitious man and that the monetary returns from the profession are meager, and the future status of a teacher is subject to the whims and caprices of a fickle multitude, Mr. Mauck pursued the
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wiser course and firmly established himself in the real estate and loan business at Bunceton. He was married in 1909 to Miss Fay E. Million, daughter of W. R. Million, proprietor of the Frederick Hotel, Boonville, Mo. Three children have blessed this union: William, Martha A. and Ona M. Mauck.
Mr. Mauck is a democrat. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church and is affiliated with the Masons and the Knights of Pythias.
John A. Brandes, owner of a well kept farm of 137 acres in North Moniteau township, is one of the wideawake and progressive farmers of that neighborhood. He was born on a farm in Clarks Fork township in 1877, son of Charles and Margaret (Schmidt) Brandes, the latter of whom is living with the family of her son, Albert, on the old home farm in North Moniteau township. Charles Brandes, who died at his home there in 1912, was a native of Germany, as is his widow, and was but a boy when he came to this country with his parents, the family coming into Missouri by way of Iowa, in which latter state they resided for a while. and settling in this county before the Civil War. Charles Brandes served for three years as a soldier of the Union, married some time after his return from the army and spent the rest of his life farming in this county. This veteran and his wife were the parents of nine children, of whom the sub- ject of this sketch was the sixth in order of birth. By a prior marriage his wife was the mother of two children. All her children are living and she has 40 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
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