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Chris J. Brandes, one of the well-known and successful farmers and stockmen of Cooper County, was born in Clarks Fork township, July 6, 1866. He is a son of Charles and Margaret (Smith) Brandes, further mention of whom is made in this volume in connection with the sketch of Theodore L. Brandes.
Chris J. Brandes received his education in the Washington and the Lee School districts. He also attended the German school at Clarks Fork for a time. He remained at home with his parents until he was 21 years of age, when he engaged in farming for himself on rented land for about five years. In 1894 he purchased 160 acres of his present place. He has added to it until he now owns 380 acres of well-improved farm land with three sets of farm buildings. The home residence was built by Mr. Brandes shorty after he bought his first land. The family lived in a temporary building on the place while the residence was being erected. Mr. Brandes practically built his house alone, from excavating the cellar to doing the carpenter and mason work. His first barn on the place was a double log building, which he also built himself, and which cost him beside his own labor only $7.75. This old building is still standing. Mr. Brandes carries on general farming and stock raising, making a specialty of Gallaway cattle, Poland China hogs, and Shropshire sheep. The place is well adapted for both general farming and stock raising. The water supply is pumped by a gas engine from a well 207 feet deep. The Brandes place is one of the well improved farms of Cooper County.
Sept. 23, 1888, Chris Brandes was united in marriage with Miss Lee Long, a native of Cooper County, born in Kelly township, Aug. 22, 1868.
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She is a daughter of William H. and Mary (Dale) Long. W. H. Long was born in Bourbon County, Ky., in 1833, and died in Cooper County in 1909, and his remains are buried at Pisgah. He served as a captain in the Confederate army during the Civil War, under Gen. Sterling Price. When the war broke out he enlisted in Cedar County, Mo., and served through- out the war, and was wounded. His wife was a native of Indiana, born in 1835. They were married in Cedar County, and the following children were born to them: Mrs. Lizzie Salmons, Rockville; Josie died in infancy ; Florence married William E. Draffen and died at the age of 36 years, in 1903; Lee married Chris J. Brandes, the subject of this sketch ; Thomas lives in North Moniteau township; Charles M., North Moniteau township; W. R., San Antonio, Texas; Sterling Price died in infancy, and Wade Hampton, Jefferson City.
To Mr. and Mrs. Chris J. Brandes have been born the following chil- dren : Clara N., married William T. Martin; Edna M., died in infancy ; William Carl resides at home with his parents; Edgar resides at home. Six children died in infancy. William Carl is a veteran of the World War. He entered the United States service, Sept. 5. 1918, and was trained at Camp McArthur, Texas, until Nov. 4, 1918, when he transferred to Camp Merrit, N. J., and was aboard the English transport Cedric. which was preparing to start for France when the armistice was signed Nov. 11, 1918. He was then returned to Camp Merrit, and later to Camp Grant, Ill., where he was mustered out of service, Dec. 31, 1918. Mr. and Mrs. Brandes have three grandchildren: Mary Lee, Irma Gray, and Grace Lucille Martin, who live with their grandparents. Mr. Brandes is a member of the Masonic Lodge at Bunceton, and he and his wife are members of the Baptist Church at Pisgah.
William H. Turley, who died at his home in LaMine township in the fall of 1909 was one of the most substantial and progressive farmers of the county. He was born on the farm on which he died and had spent all his life there. His father also was born on that farm, a son of one of the real pioneers of this region, the Turleys having been represented in this community practically since the days of its beginning. Milton Turley, the father, married Louisa Ricks and to that union were born four children, three'sons and a daughter, all of whom are now deceased. Of these William H. Turley, born on March 8, 1856, was the eldest, the others being Harvey C., Stephen G. and Adelia. William H. Turley began operations there on his own account on reaching manhood and established his home there. He and his brother, Harvey C. Turley owned in partner-
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ship a tract of 340 acres of excellent land and did well in their operations. Their farm was well improved and they made a specialty of good live stock. William H. Turley was a democrat, a member of the Christian Church and was affiliated with the M. W. of A. He died Oct. 12, 1909, and his widow is still making her home on the home place, which is now owned and operated under the general direction of her elder son, John H. Turley.
Dec. 13, 1881, William H. Turley was united in marriage with Anna B. Herndon, who also was born in LaMine township, July 6, 1861, second in order of birth of the seven children born to George and Elizabeth (Pope) Herndon, the others being as follows: Benjamin T. Herndon, Saline County ; William, deceased; John M., deceased; Ella D., deceased, and Lester H. and James G. Herndon, of Saline County. George Herndon, also was born in LaMine township, about 1824, son of one of the earliest settlers in that section. a Virginian, who came to this county in 1811. George Herndon died at his home in this county in 1884. His wife died at the age of 35 years in 1872. She was born in Garrett County, Ky., a daughter of Thomas Pope and wife, the latter of whom was a Bland, who came to Cooper County about 1836, settled on a farm here and reared a family of three children.
To William H. and Anna B. (Herndon) Turley were born nine chil- dren, namely: Susan E., born on Oct. 17, 1882, died Oct. 30, 1883; John H., further mention of whom is made below; Mary D., born on May 11, 1885, married Wade Keuckelhan, Dundee, Texas; Harvey H., born Nov. 17, 1886, died on Dec. 2, 1909; Ethlyn M., June 16, 1888, died Sept. 5, 1908; William G., June 30, 1890, at LaMine, engaged in the building trade ; Harry and Hazel (twins), March 23, 1894, the latter died July 10, 1894, and the former is living in LaMine township, and Margaret. Nov. 12. 1898, died March 20, 1899.
John H. Turley was born Nov. 4, 1883, and has always lived on the farm which he now owns, except a few years during when he was en- gaged in railroad service. He supplemented the schooling received in the local schools by a course in Hill's Business College at Sedalia and from 1907 to 1911 was employed as a clerk for the Missouri Pacific Railroad, at Boonville and later at Marshall. He then returned to the home farm and operated the same for his widowed mother until in 1918, when he bought the place. Since taking possession of the farm Mr. Turley has made numerous improvements on the place and now has an excellent farm. That portion of the old Turley place which he bought consists of 100
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acres and in addition to his general farming he gives considerable atten- tion to the breeding of Poland-China hogs. Mr. Turley is a democrat and in the campaign of 1916 he was the nominee of his party for the legis- lature, but went down in the face of the republican majority of that year. Aug. 24, 1918, he married Ethel Clickner, who was born at Edina, Mo., was graduated from Fayette High School and attended Howard Payne College, also the Warrensburg Normal School, and is now the teacher at the Locust Grove school in LaMine township. Mr. Turley is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons and of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and he and his wife are members of the Christian Church.
Robert Thomas Draffen, a Civil War veteran, and a member of one of the pioneer families of Cooper County, was born in Kelly township, July 16, 1844. He is the son of William and Atlanta (Mccullough) Draf- fen, both natives of Virginia. William Draffen was born in 1820, and died in Moniteau township in 1906, on his home place, where he had lived since settling in Cooper County in the thirties. His wife died in 1907, and their remains are buried at Pisgah. William Draffen was a son of Robert Thomas Draffen, who settled at Boonville at a very early date. He was a cigar manufacturer and also bought and sold tobacco.
Robert T. Draffen was educated at Lee's School, and has always lived in Kelly and Moniteau townships, and has been engaged in farming and stock raising. He bought his present place, which consists of 84 acres, in 1885. This is one of the historic old places of Cooper County. A still was operated here during the Civil War and for some years afterwards.
When the Civil War broke out, Mr. Draffen enlisted in the Confed- erate army under General Marmaduke. He participated in a number of engagements, and was at the battle of Mine Creek, where General Mar- maduke was captured. Later, in 1862, Mr. Draffen was taken prisoner and held in the Boonville jail for a time, when he was paroled. He after- ward joined the army and was at Shreveport, La., when the Confederate army under General Price surrendered there. He then returned to Cooper County, where he has since been engaged in farming and stock raising.
Mr. Draffen was first married in 1870 to Miss Rebecca MeLcan, a daughter of James and Jennie (Bull) McLean, pioneers of Cooper County. Two children were born of this union, Sterling Price, who resides near McBain, Mo., and Laura, married Elmer Hedspeth, who resides in Ala- bama. The mother died in 1878, and on Dec. 15, 1881, Mr. Draffen was married to Miss Bettie Carpenter, a daughter of Robert L. and Priscille
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(Robinson) Carpenter, the former a native of Copper County, who died March 25, 1892, aged 61 years, and the latter a native of Kentucky, died Feb. 16, 1913, aged 83 years. Their remains are buried in the cemetery at Bunceton. They were the parents of the following children: James, Jefferson City ; Mrs. Helen Richey, Bunceton; Mrs. J. B. Scott, Bunceton ; William, Bunceton ; Robert, Bunceton; Emmett, married Maggie Rowles and is now deceased; Josie, died at the age of 50 years, and Bettie, wife of Robert T. Draffen, the subject of this sketch.
To Robert T. and Bettie (Carpenter) Draffen have been born the fol- lowing children: William Robert, residing at home; Gussie, married Andrew Snorgrass, Vermont, Mo .; Lynne Lee, a student at the State Normal School at Warrensburg, has been a teacher at Blackwater, Mo., for three years; Wallace, married Edith Embry, Moniteau township; Weight, a teacher; and Benjamin McCulloch, at home.
The land which constitutes Mr. Draffen's farm was entered from the Government by his grandfather, Robert Thomas McCulloch, who entered several hundred acres of land in this vicinity. William Chambers, great- grandfather of Mrs. Draffen, was one of the pioneers of Boonville, and his career was intimately associated with the early history of that town. Thus, both Mr. and Mrs. Draffen are descendents of the very earliest pioneers of this section, and rank among the leading people of Cooper County.
Berend Vieth, a Cooper County pioneer, who has been successfully engaged in farming and stock raising, is a native of Holstein, Germany. He was born Aug. 16, 1839, a son of Heinrich and Catherine (Behrens) Vieth. Berend Vieth was reared and educated in his native land, and came to America in 1865, locating in Cooper County. Here he worked as a farm laborer and in other lines of industry for a time, and later oper- ated rented land. He made the initial purchase of his present farm in 1880, which consisted of 160 acres and also of 80 acres of timber land. He bought more land later until he was the owner of 540 acres, which constitute the present Vieth farm. In the early days, Mr. Vieth was an extensive feeder of cattle and hogs, which he shipped to the St. Louis markets. He has been successful in his undertaking, and is one of the well-to-do men of the community. Due to an injury Mr. Vieth received 20 years ago, he has been practically an invalid for the past five years, and his son, H. C. Vieth, has carried on the farming operations.
Berend Vieth was united in marriage March 12, 1872, to Miss Eliza- beth Selek, a daughter of Carl and Christine Selek, pioneers of Cooper
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County. Mrs. Vieth was born in Germany, Sept. 10, 1848, and was brought to America by her parents when she was 4 years old. The fam- ily first settled in Rochester, N. Y., and 15 years later came to Cooper County, settling on a farm near Crawfords Bridge. To Berend Vieth and wife have been born the following children: Ida, married Henry Schnuck, Overton, Mo .; Emma resides at home; Tillie, married Charles Barta, Kansas City, Mo .; H. C., who is farming the home place, and Carries resides at home. The grand children are as follows: Lorine, Arthur and Lloyd Schnuck, and Raymond and Ralph Barta.
The Vieth farm is one of the valuable places of Cooper County. It is well improved with a good nine-room farm residence, and other high class improvements. H. C. Vieth, who conducts the home farm, is one of the progressive young men of Cooper County. He was born in Kelly Township, July 30, 1881, and received his education in the public schools and the parochial school at Clarks Fork, and later attended Hill's Busi- ness College at Sedalia. In addition to general farming, Mr. Vieth raises Shorthorn cattle and hogs extensively.
The Vieth family are prominent in the community and members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church at Lone Elm.
Thomas A. Harris, proprietor of "Sunnyside" farm in LaMine town- ship and progressive stockmen in Cooper County, former president of the American Berkshire Association, was born July 23, 1862, son of William J. . and Sarah (McMahan) Harris, both members of pioneer families.
William J. Harris was born on June 15, 1815, near Richmond, Va., and was but eight years of age when in 1823 he came with his mother, Nancy (Ferris) Harris, and the Turley and Herndon families to this part of Missouri. With him and his mother was his sister, who when 16 years of age married I. Majors, of Cass County, Mo., and who lived to celebrate the seventieth anniversay of her marriage. She was the mother of 16 children. In this region William J. Harris grew to manhood and was an influential factor in its development. He helped Mr. Turley, Mr. Hern- don and Thomas Mellor hew the logs for the first school house in the dis- trict and also helped to pay the wages of the first teacher. In 1849 he joined the great rush of gold seekers to California, driving an ox-team through, but did not find his expectations realized there and presently came back, returning by way of Cape Horn and the East. In 1853 he bought the farm on which his son, Thomas A. Harris, is now living, erected a log house and reared his family, where he died Nov. 12, 1881. William J. Harris was twice married. By his first wife, Sarah McMahan, who
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died in 1862, at the age of 27 years, he was the father of five children, namely : Mantie, wife of Judge John B. Harris, Fulton, Mo .; William P., deceased; Sterling P., of Pettis County; Leona, died in infancy, and Thomas A., who was but eight days old when his mother died. In 1869 William J. Harris married Lizzie Lake, who was born in Howard County, and to that union were born two children, Stella and Ada, both now de- ceased.
Thomas A. Harris was reared on the farm on which he was born and which he has owned since 1899, when he bought the interests of the other heirs in the place, which he has named "Sunnyside" farm. For years he has been extensively engaged in the breeding of Berkshire hogs and the raising of Shorthorn cattle, of the latter feeding two loads a year. Mr. Harris has a fine farm of 417 acres, his last purchase being 127 acres in Feb., 1919, and his place is well improved, including a modern house lighted with gas, and two silos and is otherwise well equipped. He began the breeding of Berkshire hogs in 1889, his first pair having been bought from N. H. Gentry, of Pettis County, and he ever since has made a specialty of Berkshires, holding semi-annual sales at "Sunnyside", a veteran ex- hibitor at state fairs, and has long been recognized as the most extensive breeder of Berkshires in Cooper County. He has received as high as $350 for a single hog and has bred hogs that have brought as much as $1,500. For years Mr. Harris has been one of the most active members of the American Berkshire Association and served as president of that associa- tion for one year. His three sons are partners in the operations at "Sunny- side". Mr. Harris and his sons are democrats and the family are mem- bers of the Christian Church.
Oct. 9, 1895, Thomas A. Harris was united in marriage with Margaret P. Wing, and to this union seven children have been born, namely: Mildred, deceased ; Wilbur M., who was graduated from the Boonville High School, and Robert P., Ella L., Sarah Lillian, Thomas A. and Margaret Leona. Robert P. is a graduate of Dunkle's Business School. Mrs. Harris also is a member of one of Missouri's pioneer families. She was born in Columbia, this state, Sept. 30, 1870, daughter of David W. and Ella (Parker) Wing, further mention of whom is made elsewhere in this volume.
Thomas J. Lovell, a Civil War veteran and a member of one of the very early pioneer families of Cooper County, was born in Prairie Home township, about a mile from where he now resides, Aug. 4, 1842. He is a son of Thomas J., Sr., and Ollie (Burrus) Lovell, the former a native of
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North Carolina, and the latter of Tennessee. They were among the pioneer settlers of Prairie Home township. The following children were born to them: Lucy Ann, married Fayette Carlos, and they are both now deceased; Armstead Franklin, deceased; John, deceased; Elizabeth, mar- ried William Burrus, and both are now deceased; Amanda, married John M. Burrus, and resides on the old home place; Sarah, deceased; Thomas J., the subject of this sketch ; and Olive Francis, married Squire Moore, and they are both deceased. The mother of these children died in 1847, and Thomas J. Lovell afterwards married Catherine Fry, and three chil- dren were born to this union: Martha Bell, deceased; Nevada, married Henry Summers, and both died in Denver, Col .; and Andrew Jackson, who resides in Denison, Texas. Thomas J. Lovell's second wife died about 1852, and he married Mrs. Telitha Timms, and to this union was born one daughter, Nannie, now the wife of Robert Kirkpatrick, Clinton, Mo. Thomas J. Lovell, Sr., died in 1855.
Thomas J. Lovell, whose name introduces this sketch, was reared in Cooper County, and attended the early day schools. The first school which he attended was a log building in the Pisgah district, and the school was taught by a Mr. Teeters. When the Civil War broke out, Mr. Lovell enlisted at Versailles, Mo., in the Confederate army, in Captain Butler's company. He served from 1861 until the close of the war. He was wounded three times, the first time at the battle of Dry Wood, Sept. 1, 1861, near Fort Scott, Kan. He was sent home from there, but returned to the army in 1862, and was again wounded at Jenkins Ferry, Ark. His company surrendered at the close of the war at Shreveport, La. He then returned to Cooper County, where he has since resided. He has been engaged in farming and stock raising, and has met with success. He owns 120 acres of well improved land in Prairie Home township, and is one of Cooper County's substantial and highly respected citizens.
Mr. Lovell was married in 1870 to Miss Hattie B. Kirkpatrick. One child was born to this union, Edward Franklin, who resides at Salem, Ill. The wife and mother died in 1893, and her remains are buried in Pisgah Cemetery. May 12, 1897, Mr. Lovell was united in marriage with Martha Gilbreath, a native of Macon, born in 1851. She is a daughter of Hugh F. and Catherine (Carpenter) Gilbreath, the former a native of Tennessee, born in 1826, and died Jan. 26, 1888, and the latter a native of Cooper County, born in 1828, and died in May, 1915. They were the parents of the following children: Mary Francis, deceased; Mrs. Laura Clawson, Vinita, Okla .; Martha, the wife of Thomas J. Lovell, the subject
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of this sketch; J. N., Tulsa, Okla .; Mrs. Flora Johnson, deceased ; Gilmer, deceased; Mrs. Victoria Floyd, deceased ; Anna, deceased ; Walter, Speed, Mo .; and two sons died in infancy. Mrs. Lovell is a member of New Salem Church in Prairie Home township. Mr. Lovell is a democrat, and is a member of Camp Harper, Confederate Veterans, Bunceton, Mo.
William J. Lacy, of Prairie Home township, belongs to a family of pioneers of this State of Revolutionary ancestors. William J. Lacy was born in Moniteau County, Nov. 29, 1847, a son of Dr. Archibald J. and Mary Letitia (Winston) Lacy, both natives of Stokes County, N. C. Dr. Archibald Lacy was born July 25, 1823, and died in Cooper County, Jan. 6, 1892. He was the son of Dr. William A. Lacy and Agnes (Johnson) Lacy, the former of whom was born in Virginia in 1802, and died in Cooper County, May 26, 1887. His wife was a native of North Carolina, and died in Cooper County, Sept. 23, 1888. Dr. William A. Lacy came to Missouri in 1836 and settled in Moniteau County, which was then a part of Cole County, and he later moved to Salem County, and then returned to Cooper County.
Mary Letitia (Winston) Lacy, mother of William J. Lacy, was born in Stokes County, N. C., March 10, 1827, and died Oct. 24, 1848. She was a daughter of Gen. Joseph W. Winston, who was a major general in the war of 1812, and his father was a colonel in the Revolutionary war under Washington.
William J. Lacy was the only child born to his parents. After the death of William J. Lacy's mother, his father married Julia Gale, a daughter of Dr. R. W. Gale, of Cooper County, and three children were born to this union: Robert A., deceased George G., now living in Okla- homa and Agnes G., deceased.
William J. Lacy was reared by his grandparents, who moved from Moniteau to Saline County in 1851. They later went to Vernor County, but in 1874 William J. returned to Cooper County, where he has since resided. Hc settled on his present place of 120 acres in 1912.
Mr. Lacy was married Sept. 5, 1872, to Nancy Elem Johnston, a daughter of Washington A. and Martha (Hunt) Johnston, the former a native of Prairie Home township, born Jan. 1, 1825, and died Feb. 15, 1908. His wife was born in 1829 and died Jan. 14, 1919. Robert B. Johnston, grandfather of Mrs. Lacy, and his wife were among the very early pioneers of Cooper County. Mrs. Lacy has a sister living, Jennic L., who is now the wife of E. B. Shannon, Clarks Fork township.
William Hunt, Mrs. Lacy's maternal grandfather, was born in Bun-
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conbe County, N. C., March 8, 1789, and his wife, Nancy Hunt, was born June 21, 1795, and died Aug. 20, 1876. They moved to Howard County, Mo., in 1816, and in 1825 settled on Salt Creek, near Pisgah, Cooper County. They reared 10 children. William Hunt was a son of Jonathan and Ailcy (Berry) Hunt, natives of Buncom County, N. C.
To William J. Lacy and wife have been born two sons, Archibald Johnston Lacy, born Jan. 4, 1876, and died Nov. 15, 1912, and Robert Winston Lacy, born June 21, 1880, married Elizabeth Jones, a daughter of David L. Jones, Jan. 16, 1907, and they have two children, Archibald Jones, born Nov. 8, 1909, and Robert Winston, born March 13, 1916. They live in Prairie Home township.
The Lacy family are well known and highly respected and rank among the first pioneer families of Cooper County.
George Washington Mellor, one of the substantial farmers and stock- men of LaMine township, was born on the farm on which he is now living, Jan. 10, 1856. He is the elder of the two sons born to Thomas and Mary Jane (Talbot) Mellor, the former of whom was of English birth and the latter a Virginian, whose last days were spent in Cooper County.
Thomas Mellor was born at Ashland, in Derbyshire, England, March 18, 1818, and was about 12 years of age when he came to this country with his parents, John and Martha (Barrett) Mellor, in 1830, the family locating in Oswego County, N. Y. John Mellor there engaged in farm- ing, but soon moved to Franklin, Delaware County, N. Y., where he bought a small dairy farm and where he and his wife spent the remainder of their lives. In 1838, he then being 20 years of age, Thomas Mellon decided to come West. He came by way of New Orleans, where he remained until 1844 when he came by boat to this section of Missouri and settled on land which he bought near Rankin's Mill, in Boonville township, where he re- mained until the California gold excitement in 1849 caused him to join the band of prospectors headed for the new Eldorado and he drove an ox-team through to the gold fields. He did not remain long, however, returning by way of the isthmus and New York. While East he visited with old home folks in New York state for a while and then returned to Cooper County, where about 1853 he bought a tract of land in LaMine township and created a home in which he spent the rest of his life, becon- ing the owner of a fine farm of 640 acres. He also was the proprietor of a freight warehouse on the river front at the mouth of the LaMine River. He died on May 28, 1904. Thomas Mellor was twice married. His first wife, Sarah Gadsby, died at the time of the birth of her first.
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