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Daniel Muntzel, father of Herman P. Muntzel, who now resides at or near Washington schoolhouse on his farm, where he has resided for over a half century, was born in 1835, and accompanied his father, Peter Munt- zel, from Germany to America when but a child. Peter Muntzel settled
ROBERT J. MUNTZEL
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in this county, reared a family and lived to be over 90 years of age. Daniel Muntzel married Minnie Kauns, born in Germany, and died in Cooper County in 1914. There were eight children born to Daniel and Minnie Muntzel, as follows: Christ died in infancy; Mrs. Sophia Prigge lives in St. Louis; Mary, wife of Charles Schubert, lives near Washington School; Lavina, wife of Martin Meyer, is deceased; August lives with his father; Herman P., of this review.
Herman P. Muntzel was born Aug. 25, 1861. He attended the Wash- ington School, and at the age of 18 years he began to earn his own way in the world. In 1887, he bought a farm in the Washington School neigh- borhood, improved it and sold it at a profit in 1905. His present farm, purchased in 1904, cost him $51 an acre. Mr. Muntzel's first farm cost him $46 an acre, and he disposed of it for $57 an acre, making a profit of $2,000. The Muntzel farm is noted for its thoroughbred live stock. Mr. Muntzel has a herd of 75 or more pure-bred Poland China and Duroc Jer- sey hogs. Mrs. Muntzel has a flock of fine Barred Plymouth Rock chick- ens. She sells eggs for hatching at good prices, and cockerels to fanciers.
Sept. 7, 1887, Herman P. Muntzel and Miss Minnie A. E. Steigleder were united in marriage in the Evangelical Lutheran Trinity Church of Clarks Fork by Rev. August Rehwaldt. The following children have been born to Herman P. and Minnie A. E. Muntzel: Ilda Iola Esther, Andrew Daniel and Robert John.
Ilda Iola Esther Muntzel was born Nov. 9, 1888, near Boonville, was baptized in the Evangelical Lutheran Trinity Church by Rev. August Rehwaldt, Dec. 12, 1882. She was educated in Washington and Concord Schools, spent two years in the parochial school, was instructed and con- firmed April, 1903, by Rev. J. Hoenes. She was married to Albert E. H. Klekamp, April 30, 1916, at 4 o'clock in Trinity Church, Clarks Fork. Mr. and Mrs. Klekamp are now living on their fine farm near Lone Elm, and are communicants of the Zion Church of .Lone Elm. Mo. Their postoffice address is Boonvile, Mo., R. F. D. No. 1. They have one child, Irene Wil- helmina Klekamp, born Feb. 27, 1918, and baptized March, 1918, by Rev. John Mueller.
Andrew Daniel Muntzel was born Feb. 3, 1891, near Boonville, was baptized March 15, 1891, in Trinity Church, Clarks Fork, by Rev. August Rehwaldt. He was educated in Washington and Concord Schools, and studied for one year at the Columbia Normal, and studied for two years in the parochial school. He was instructed and confirmed April 16, 1905,
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by Rev. J. Hoeness. He is now a member of Trinity Church, Clarks Fork. He is now a partner with his father in the operation of Pleasant Valley Farm.
Robert John Muntzel was born Oct 18, 1898, and was baptized Nov. 20, 1898, by Rev. J. H. Rupprecht. He attended the Concord School, and after receiving his diploma on May 14, 1912, attended the parochial school for one year. He was instructed and confirmed March 16, 1913, by Rev. K. F. Lohrman. He is a communicant of Trinity Church, Clarks Fork, On Sept. 1, 1914, he entered Boonville High School, and the last two years of his course was spent in Laura Speed Elliot High School, from which he graduated on May 17, 1917. On Jan. 2, 1918, he entered the employ of the N. K. Fairbanks Company as junior salesman, selling the trade, and after three months' service he was promoted to a position which placed him charge of an advertising display and specialty salesman of soap products. While in Kansas City he joined the unit of the army and enrolled as a member of the S. A. T. C. at Columbia, Mo. He received his honorable discharge from the service on Dec. 16, 1918, and again resumed his work with the N. K. Fairbanks Co., on Jan. 6, 1919. He was pro- moted to the post of propriety edible salesman on Feb. 1, 1919. His ter- ritory requires that he travel out of the St. Louis branch, and his city address is at 5063 Delmar Avenue, St. Louis, Mo.
The mother of the foregoing children was born Feb 2, 1860, in Oska- loosa, Iowa, and is a daughter of George Frederick Andrew and Mary Elizabeth (Hochstetler) Steigleder, the former of whom was a native of Germany, and the latter a native of Holmes County, Ohio. Mrs. Minnie A. E. Muntzel (nee Steigleder) came to Cooper County, Mo., with her parents in 1866.
Mr. Muntzel is a republican and is road overseer of his district. For the past four years he has been an elder of Evangelical Lutheran Trinity Church of Clarks Fork. Mr. and Mrs. Muntzel are intelligent, well-in- formed people, who are progressive and enterprising and believe in keep- ing fully abreast of the times. They are prominent socially and are among the leaders in their community.
Robert Thomas Byler, justice of the peace in and for Clarks Fork township and one of the best known and most substantial farmers in that section of Cooper County, owner of a fine farm of 160 acres ten miles southeast of Boonville (rural mail route No. 1 out of Boonville), was born in Prairie Home township, a member of one of the real pioneer families of Cooper County, and has lived in the county all his life. He was born
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Dec. 8, 1867, son of Joel Woodard and Susan Esther (Harris) Byler, both of whom also were born in this county and the former of whom is still living, being now past 85 years of age.
Joel Woodard Byler was born on a pioneer farm in Boonville town- ship Feb. 18, 1834, son of Thomas Dillard Byler, who was a son of Thomas Byler, who had come here in territorial days and had entered a tract of land in what is now Clarks Fork township and had there spent the re- mainder of his life and at his death was buried on his farm there. Thomas Dillard Byler, grandfather of 'Squire Byler, made his home on the farm now owned by Henry Muntzel and died there in 1876, being then 76 years of age. His son, Joel Woodard Byler, father of 'Squire Byler, grew up on that farm and became a farmer on his own account. June 8, 1865, he married Susan Esther Harris, a member of one of the pioneer families of this county, and after his marriage established his home on a farm in Clarks Fork township, where he continued actively engaged in farming until his retirement. He is now living in Moniteau township, over the line in the county of that name. His wife died on June 8, 1915, the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage. They were the parents of eight children, of whom the subject of this sketch was the second in order of birth, the others being as follows: Fannie Jane, wife of Robert Horn- beck, of Prairie Home; William Henry Byler, a hardware merchant at Prairie Home; Tyra Emmet, also of Prairie Home; Joel Albert, of Kansas City; Jesse Dillard, a farmer of the neighboring county of Moniteau, and Walter Lawrence and Harris Byler, who continue to make their home on the old home place.
Reared on the home farm in Clarks Fork township, Robert Thomas Byler received his early schooling in the local district school and sup- plemented the same by a course of two years at the old Prairie Home College. From the days of his boyhood he was helpful on the home place and after his marriage when 21 years of age began farming on his own account, a vocation he ever since has continued. In Jan., 1909, he bought the farm on which he is now living, the old Peter Wehmeyer place of 160 acres in Clarks Fork township, and since taking possession of the same has made numerous substantial improvements, bringing the farm plant up to an excellent standard. One half of the farm is Clarks creek bot- tom land and the place is admirably adapted to the raising of live stock. Mr. Byler giving considerable attention to the raising of Shorthorn cattle and Duroc Jersey hogs. Mr. Byler has always given proper attention to local civic affairs and is now serving as justice of the peace in and for his
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home township. He also for the past nine years has served as director in the Washington school district. He and his wife are members of the Prairie Home Baptist Church. He is a member of the local lodge of the Modern Woodmen of America at Prairie Home and Mrs. Byler is a mem- ber of the auxiliary order of the Royal Neighbors of America.
Feb. 20, 1889, that Robert T. Byler was united in marriage to Leonore Hurt, who also was born in this county, and to this union six children have been born, namely: Joel Fleming Byler, who married Addie Doug- las and lives in Saline township; Flora Esther, wife of Arthur White, of Prairie Home; Robna Frances, wife of John Woodhouse, of Boonville ; Stella Teel, wife of Adolph Hoerl, of Boonville, and Jessie Gibson and Virginia Florence, at home. Mr. and Mrs. Byler have three grand- children, Charles Robert Woodhouse, Arthur Lewis White and Norma Jeannette Byler. Mrs. Byler was born in Boonville township on March 21, 1871, daughter of Fleming and Flora (Davis) Hurt, both members of pioneer families in Cooper County and both now deceased. Fleming Hurt died in July, 1909, and his widow did not long survive him, her death occurring in Jan., 1912. They were the parents of four children, those besides Mrs. Byler being H. G. Hurt, of Boonville, Mrs. Florence Davis, living east of Boonville, and Mrs. Dollie Adair, deceased.
James Lymer, one of the progressive and substantial farmers of Clarks Fork township, was born on a farm in Boonville township, March 20, 1865, son of William and Ellen Lymer, both deceased.
William Lymer was a native of England, born about 1802, who came to this country and settled in Cooper County, residing on a farm in Boon- ville township until his death, about 1872. His widow died in 1884 and was 50 years of age. They were the parents of seven children as follows: Richard, Boonville township; William, Boonville township; John, St. Louis: Robert, Boonville; James; Margaret, wife of Casper Langlotz, Boonville, and Sarah Jane, wife of Isaac Hurd, Boonville.
James Lymer was reared on the home farm and received his school- ing at the Hail Ridge School and at the Clear Spring School. Upon en- gaging in farming on his own account years ago, he bought a farm six miles west of Boonville, but soon sold that place to advantage and bought another farm near Pilot Grove, although he did not reside on the farm. This latter place he also sold when the opportunity to better himself pre- sented, and in 1910 bought from William Solomon the farm on which he is no living in Clarks Fork township, the place formerly belonging to
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the Berry estate, where he has 138 acres, all lying in Clarks Fork township, save 20 acres in Boonville township. The two-story farm house on the place Mr. Lymer rebuilt in 1912, the house being one of eight rooms with a hall 10x28 feet, well fitted and furnished. The bricks from which the house was built were burned on the place. The farm buildings are in keeping with the house, and include good barns, a 12x30 silo, and a wind- mill, the latter drawing an ample supply of water for stock purposes from a drilled well 150 feet deep. This water supply is supplemented by sev- eral excellent springs on the farm. Mr. Lymer has for years given considerable attention to the raising of live stock, has a fine drove of Duroc Jersey hogs, a herd of eight dairy cows, and a flock of 175 chickens, pure-bred Rhode Island Reds.
Dec. 18, 1894, James Lymer was united in marriage to Dena Langlotz, who also was born in this county, daughter of John and Mary Langlotz, natives of Germany, and for many years well-known residents of the neighborhood west of Boonville John Langlotz came to this country in the fifties, and was working in Missouri when the Civil War broke out. He served as a soldier of the Union, and after the war sent for other members of the family to come over from Germany, married and settled down on a farm which he bought, a little more than six miles west of Boonville. He and his wife were the parents of nine children, of whom Mrs. Lymer was the eighth in order of birth, the others being as follows: Casper, Boonville; Sophia, wife of George Lang, Boonville; Rosa, who married Benjamin Schroeder, and is now deceased; Caroline, who married George Krammel, and lives in Oklahoma; Henry, married Carrie Kulow, and is living at Blackwater; John, deceased, and whose widow (who was Minnie Schubert before her marriage), now lives at Boonville; Mary, wife of Henry Simmons, Boonville; and Minnie, wife of William Woolery, Otterville. To James and Dena (Langlotz) Lymer six children have been born: James William, died in infancy ; Herman Earl, at home, a valued assistant to his father; Edgar, died in infancy; and Robert Henry, Mar- garet Catherine and Wilbur Lee. The Lymers are members of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church (South), and take a proper part in church work as well as in the general social activities of the neighborhood in which they live.
Charles P. Tutt, of Kelly township, is a native of Cooper County and has been prominently identified with the affairs of this county all his life. He was born on the farm where he now resides, Oct. 29, 1858, of pioneer
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parents and is a descendant of colonial ancestors. Charles P. Tutt is the son of James H. and Harriet E. (Hickox) Tutt, early settlers of Cooper County. James H. Tutt was a native of Virginia; he was born in Fau- quier County, Jan. 21, 1830, and died in March, 1898. He came to Mis- souri with his parents, Phillip A. and Catherine (Ashby) Tutt, in 1835. The family first settled in Calloway County and in 1836 came to Cooper County, and settled in Kelly township on the farm that is now owned by Charles P. Tutt. Phillip A. Tutt bought this place from Thomas Best for $5 per acre. At that time there was a log cabin on the place and a few acres of land were cleared. Here Phillip Tutt and his wife spent the remainder of their lives. Phillip Tutt was a surveyor, and for a number of years served as surveyor of Cooper County. He also held the office of judge of the County Court. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, and his father, John Tutt, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, serving with the Virginian troops. Phillip Tutt was one of four brothers who came to Missouri together, the others being Dr. Gabriel, Col. John, and Col. Richard J. They came down the Kanawha River to the Ohio in a boat, and from there the younger men of the families and the negro slaves drove across the country to St. Louis with a wagon train, while the women and the older men came by steamboat down the Ohio and up the Mississippi Rivers to St. Louis. When the Tutt family came to Missouri they brought with them a mare which was a descendant of the famous running horse, "Imported Whip," and Charles P. Tutt still has on his place descendants of that animal.
Harriet E. (Hickox) Tutt, mother of Charles P. Tutt, was born in Cooper County, April 9, 1836, and died May 21, 1898. She was a de- scendant of one of the very early New England families. Judith Clark, who landed at Plymouth Rock with the Pilgrims in 1620, was a direct ancestor of Charles P. Tutt's mother. To James H. and Harriet E. (Hickox) Tutt were born five children, three of whom died in infancy, and the others were George, who died at the age of 27 years, and Charles P., the subject of this sketch.
Charles P. Tutt was educated in the public schools and Cully and Simpson Academy, and Paris Institute. He then attended William Jewell College at Liberty, Mo., from 1881 to 1883. In early life he taught school for a number of years, but has practically devoted his entire attention to farming and stock raising. He is making a specialty of breeding pure blood Shorthorn cattle, Berkshire hogs, and Cotswold sheep, and has been successfully engaged in this work for the past 25 years. His stock
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has recently been awarded premiums at state fairs and stock shows, and he is regarded as one of the successful breeders of the state. His father before him was a successful stock breeder.
Charles P. Tutt was married in 1892 to Miss Mary L. Grantham, of Mexico, Mo. She is a daughter of Samuel A. and Mary (Ford) Grant- ham, early settlers of St. Charles County, Mo., both of whom are now deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Tutt have been born seven children, as fol- lows: Mary E., married Dr. Silas Barnes, of Pilot Grove, Mo .; George A., Bunceton, Mo., married Blanche White; Henry was in an officers' training school during the World War and is now residing at home; Claire, a teacher in the Pilot Grove school; Frank E., at home; Harriet, at home; and Virginia, at home.
Mr. and Mrs. Tutt are members of the Baptist Church at Bunceton. Mr. Tutt is one of Cooper County's leading citizens and the Tutt family is prominent in this county.
B. F. Hurt, a prominent hardware merchant of Bunceton, Mo., is a native son of Cooper County. He was born in Clarks Fork township, Dec. 19, 1868, and is a son of Andrew C. and Celeste Ann (Holstein) Hurt. The Hurt family are Cooper County pioneers. Andrew C. Hurt was born in Clarks Fork township in 1844. He was a son of Benijah Hurt, who was a very early settler in that section of the county. Benijah Hurt and his wife are buried in the Concord Cemetery. Celeste Ann (Holstein) Hurt is a native of Illinois.
Andrew C. Hurt and his wife now reside on their home farm in Clarks Fork township. He is 76 years old and his wife is 66 years of age. Andrew C. Hurt served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, under "Fighting Joe Shelby."
To Andrew C. and Celesta Ann (Holstein) Burt were born the fol- lowing children: B. F., the subject of this sketch; James A., North Moniteau township; William, Clarks Fork township; Dolphin O., Clarks Fork township, and Orbra F., Hustonia, Mo.
B. F. Hurt was reared in Clarks Fork township and educated in the public schools. He remained on the home place with his parents until he was 21 years of age. He then engaged in the carpenter trade, and fol- lowed building for 24 years. In 1912 he bought the Couchman interest in the Moorc & Couchman Hardware Store at Bunceton, Mo. He con- tinued this business until 1916, when he sold his interest to the Hawkins Hardware Company. In March, 1917, he bought the Hunt & Co. Hard- ware Store in Bunceton and has since successfully conducted that busi-
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ness. He carries a complete line of hardware, stoves and everything usually found in a modern hardware store. He also sells farming imple- ments, carrying the Rock Island farm implements. He is a progressive business man and his methods are modern and up to date, and by his fair dealing and reliable representations has built up a profitable business.
Mr. Hurt was married in August, 1916, to Miss Matilda M. Langkop, a daughter of Ferdinand Langkop, a Clarks Fork township pioneer, who is now deceased, as is also his wife. To Mr. and Mrs. Hurt have been born two daughters, Leona Lois, and Clotilda Margaret.
Mr. Hurt is a member of the Masonic Lodge, having been made a Mason in December, 1895, at Prairie Home Lodge. While he does not take an active part in political matters, he has always supported the poli- cies and principles of the democrat party.
Henry O. King .- An inspection of the splendid farm of Henry O. King, of Lone Elm Prairie in Clarks Fork township, will disclose the fact that Mr. King is a real farmer, who is rarely worried about the success or non-success of his crops. The richness of the soil of his tract of 80 acres and the additional 40 acres which he is tilling will attest to the care which he has bestowed upon the land, and through the years which he has owned this farm, he has carefully conserved and increased the fer- tility of the land. During the season of 1918, when the corn was almost a total failure in Missouri, Mr. King harvested a good crop. His father, the late John King, who was the first of the farmers of German birth to settle on Lone Elm Prairie, was a very successful farmer, who had a keen and discerning knowledge of how best to get the maximum yield from Missouri soil.
Henry O. King is a native born citizen of Cooper County, and is proud of the fact that his 54 years have all been spent within sight and sound of his birthplace. He was born on April 11, 1865, on the Captain Fricke place, and is a son of John and Sophia King, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this work. He attended the Lone Elm School, and when but a boy he assisted his father in the farm work. After his marriage in 1890, Mr. King settled on the fine farm where he now resides and reared his family. He was married on Jan. 28, 1890, to Miss Maggie Brandes, a daughter of Charles and Margaret Brandes, former old residents of this county. Mrs. Maggie King was born on Aug. 26, 1868, in Cooper County. Five children have blessed this marriage: Clarence, who is assisting his father in the farm work; Stella, wife of Walter Turner, of the Lone Elm neighborhood ; Myrtle, Martin, and Carl, at home. Mr. King is a repub-
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lican, and he and the members of his family worship at the Lone Elm Evangelical Lutheran Church.
John W. King, proprietor of "Valley View Farm" in Clarks Fork township, nine miles southeast of Boonville, president of the Clarks Fork Fire, Lightning and Tornado Insurance Company, formerly and for years director of the Washington school district and in other ways prominently identified with the best interests of his home community, one of the most substantial farmers in that neighborhood, was born on the farm on which he is now living and has lived there all his life. He was born on Oct. 13, 1869, son of Jacob and Anna (Nohrenberg) "Koenke" now King, both of European birth, who were married in this county, established their home on the farm now owned by their son, John, and there spent the remainder of their lives.
Jacob King was born July 18, 1817 and was a native of Schleswig- Holstein, which at the time of his birth was a province of Denmark but which later was taken over by Germany. He came to America in 1857 and proceeded on out to Missouri, locating in Cooper County, where in 1867 he became the owner of the farm now owned by his son John and known as "Valley View". The year previous (1866) in this county he married Anna Nohrenberg, who also was born 1851 in Schleswig-Holstein and who had come here in 1865 with her brother, Peter Nohrenberg. After his marriage he settled on the farm he had bought and proceeded to develop the same. For some time his brother-in-law, Peter Nohren- berg, also made his home there, but later moved over into Nebraska, where he is now living retired. Jacob King died on his farm in Feb. 23, 1878 and his widow survived him for nearly 15 years, her death occurring in Jan. 10, 1891, and both are buried in the Clarks Fork Lutheran ceme- tery. They were the parents of three sons, of whom the subject of this sketch was the first born, the others being Christ F. King, of Clarks Fork township, and Henry M. King, also of Clarks Fork.
Reared on the home farm, John W. King received his schooling in the Washington district school and has ever maintained the heartiest possible interest in the affairs of that school district, for 19 years serving as director of the same, occupying that position in 1904 when the present admirable school building was erected there, a structure to which he gave his most thoughtful care. Mr. King has always advocated the employ- ment of the best teachers available and during his long term of service as director of the Washington district experienced the satisfaction of
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seeing that school brought up to the highest standard of efficiency. Indeed, in 1916 this school was declared by the public school survey to be the highest type of country school in Cooper County, this approval being based both on architectural features and curriculum, and as Mr. King was one of the most consistent and unwearying advocates of the improve- ments on which this high approval was based he not unnaturally experi- enced a very proper feeling of gratification. After his marriage in 1898 Mr. King continued to make his home on the home place, to which he has given the name of "Valley View Farm", suggestive of the fine view up and down the beautiful valley of Clarks Creek, and he and his family are very pleasantly situated there. In addition to his general farming Mr. King has long given considerable attention to the raising of live stock at "Valley View" and is doing well in his operations. He also gives his earnest attention to the general business affairs of the community and is president of the Clarks Fork Fire, Lightning and Tornado Insurance Com- pany, in the affairs of which he has for years been actively interested and the growth of which concern he has done much to promote. This com- pany was organized Nov. 15, 1892, was incorporated on Feb. 15, 1915, and now has $1,500,000 of insurance covering Cooper County farm property, besides $50,000 of live-stock insurance and has a widely established repu- tation for prudence of management and promptness and fairness of set- tlements. Mr. King is a Republican and in 1914 was the nominee of his party for judge of the County Court, his candidacy being opposed to that of Judge Moore, who was elected to succeed himself on the bench in that year. Mr. and Mrs. King are members of the Clarks Fork Lutheran Church and have ever given proper attention to church affairs, as well as to the general social activities of the community in which both have spent all their lives and to the best interests of which both are earnestly devoted.
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