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Thomas Henry Smith, a former well known merchant at Prairie Home, now deceased, was born on a ranch in Guadaloupe County. Texas. March 4, 1857, a son of George P. and Mary Louisa (Miller) Smith, natives of Kentucky, and parents of four other children, namely: George P. Smith, of Kingville, Texas; Mrs. R. S. Burges, of Sequin, Texas; Mrs. R. S. Thomas, of Blue Springs, Mo .; and W. E. Smith, of San Antonio, Texas. By a prior marriage George P. Smith had a daughter, Mrs. J. P. Jefferson, of Sequin, Texas.
Reared on a farm in Texas, Thomas Henry Smith early engaged in the raising of cattle, and so continued carrying on his operations on a ranch in western Texas until 1890, when he removed to Kansas City, and from there to Prairie Home, and engaged in the mercantile business, con- tinuing this for about 10 years ; he bought a farm and engaged in cattle feeding until his retirement in March, 1919, and returned to Prairie Home. where he died on April 9, 1919. The Smith home is prettily situated on
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North Broadway, Prairie Home, and may be regarded as of historic in- terest from the fact that a part of the material entering into its construc- tion had many years before been used in the erection of the old Prairie Home College. And in that pleasant home, Mr. Smith's widow and her son and daughter are now living, and Mrs. Smith's mother, Mrs. Martha Gray Thomas, is making her home with them.
Oct. 14, 1885, at Greenwood, Mo., Thomas Henry Smith was married to Anna Gray Thomas, who was born near Pisgah, Cooper County. She is a daughter of the late Dr. James Bennett Thomas and Martha Gray (Ellis) Thomas. Mrs. Thomas was born on Sept. 9, 1834, daughter of William and Mary (Dickinson) Ellis. Mrs. Thomas and her sister, Ann M. Ellis, were the original promoters of the movement to create a fund for the erection of the Prairie Home Baptist Church about 1894, and were among the most active solicitors. The late Dr. James Bennett Thomas was born in Kentucky and was a son of the Rev. Robert Stewart Thomas, A. M., first president of William Jewell College, and one of the first pro- fessors of Missouri State University. The Rev. Robert Stewart Thomas was born in Scott County, Ky., June 25, 1805, and was married on July 16, 1824, to Elvira Johnston, of Bourbon County, Ky. His father, John P. Thomas, came to Missouri in 1827 and settled in Boone County, where he spent the remainder of his life, one of the honored pioneers of that sec- tion of the State. The Thomases are of Virginia Colonial stock, and are related to the Madisons, the Pendletons and the Barbours. The Rev. Robert Stewart Thomas was taken into the Baptist Church at Paris, Ky., when 16 years of age, and his life thereafter was devoted to the church. At 18 years of age he was licensed to preach, and it was not long until he became recognized as one of the most forceful pulpit orators of his day. He accompanied his father into Missouri in 1827, and his talents soon won for him a foremost position among the educators and ministers of his generation in this State. He received his Master of Arts degree from Yale, and his devotion to the cause of education was second only to his devotion to the cause of the church. He died at Fulton on June 12, 1859, and the Baptists of Missouri have preserved something of the rec- ord of his life's work in a memorial volume.
To Thomas Henry and Anna Gray (Thomas) Smith were born three children, Lula Gray Smith, who completed her schooling at Lexington College and is at home with her mother; Ellis Thomas Smith, deceased ; and William Robert Smith, at home. Mr. and Mrs. Smith also reared
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Lalla Rookh Fowler, taking her into their home when she was an infant. On Dec. 25, 1915, Miss Fowler married W. R. Wilson, and is now living at St. Louis, where Mr. Wilson is engaged as advertising manager for an . extensive dry goods establishment.
August R. Schuster, a well-known and substantial farmer and stock- man of LaMine township, was born on that farm and has been a resident of LaMine township all his life. He was born on Sept. 23, 1883, a son of . Moritz and Rachel (Hildebrant) Schuster, both of whom spent their last days on the farm here mentioned.
Moritz Schuster was born in Germany in 1844 and was but five years of age when his parents came with their family to this country in 1849 and came to Missouri, Boonville being their objective point. Not long after coming to this county the father of Moritz Schuster bought the farm in LaMine township now owned and occupied by his grandson, August, and in time had a very well developed place. Moritz Schuster grew to manhood there and was living there when the Civil War broke out. He enlisted and went to the front as a member of same company and regiment, that Charles Bell was with. He served until mustered out at the close of the war. He returned to the home farm and after his mar- riage established his home there and he and his wife spent the remainder of their days on that place. He died in March, 1915, less than one month after the death of his wife which occurred on Feb. 28. She was born in Virginia, March 18, 1845, and was a daughter of one of the pioneers of Cooper County. Moritz Schuster and wife were the parents of nine chil- dren, of whom the subject of this sketch was the eighth in order of birth and of whom seven are still living.
August R. Schuster received his schooling in the district schools and has devoted himself to agricultural pursuits. He bought his first farm in 1904, and after setting out trees and otherwise improving it, in 1910, sold it to his brother, Benjamin Schuster. He then bought the old home place and since taking possession of the same has made many improve- ments, crowning the same by the erection in the summer of 1919 of a handsome 10-room dwelling house of the modern bungalow type. Mr. Schuster has 318 acres of excellent land and in addition to his general farming giving considerable attention to the raising of live stock. He is a stockholder in the Boonville National Bank and Trust Company of Boon- ville. He is a republican and he and his family are members of the Christian Church.
Dec. 23. 1903, August R. Schuster was married to Minne O'Neil, who
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also was born in LaMine township, a daughter of Ballard and Lillie (Rhoden) O'Neil, natives of Missouri, both of whom are now deceased, and to this union five children have been born, namely: Mabel, deceased ; Agnes R, Virginia, Elnora and a son who died in infancy.
Clarence Levi Eager, one of Cooper County's progressive young farmers and proprietor of a fine farm of 175 acres near Gooch's Mill in Saline township, is a member of one of the county's pioneer families, a great-grandson of the founder of Gooch's Mill. He was born at Gooch's Mill, Aug. 4, 1890, son of Charles L. and Rebecca (Shepherd) Eager, resi- dents of "Elmwood" farm in Saline township. Charles L. Eager is a son of Lewis and Cynthia A. (Gooch) Eager, the latter of whom was a daughter of William D. Gooch, a Virginia who founded Gooch's Mill and was succeded by his son-in-law, Lewis Eeager, also a Virginian. Rebecca Shepherd Eager is a daughter of Levi and Joanna (Campbell) Shepherd, former residents of Saline townships.
Clarence L. Eager received his schooling in the old Liberty School in Saline township, in the Boonville High School and Kemper School, and upon completing his schooling began farming on his own account. In 1914, not long after his marriage, he established his home on his present farm, the old Judge Hall place, in Saline township, and has since resided. there. When Mr. Eager took possession of that place it was but slightly improved, and he has worked wonders in bringing it "out of the kinks;" included in the improvements he has made being the erection of a hand- some modern bungalow of seven rooms, a stock barn, 48x56, with metal roof and sides, and other essential outbuildings, and has secured an un- failing water supply from a well 230 feet deep.
Clarence L. Eager was united in marriage in 1913 to Emma Louise Catherine Effinger, of this county, and to this union one child has been born, Hazel Louise. Mrs. Eager is a daughter of Henry and Louise Cath- erine (Brockman) Effinger, of Boonville township, and is a graduate of Cottey College at Nevada. Mr. and Mrs. Eager have a very pleasant home. Mr. Eager is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons at Prairie Home.
O. M. & C. E. Hale, proprietors of the Prairie Home Garage, are two of the live young business men of this thriving town. O. M. Hale con- ducted this business alone until Feb. 7, 1919, when he sold a half interest to his brother, C. E. This garage was established in 1911, having been built by Brooks & Fischer. It is a well equipped garage, 40x60 feet. The Hale Brothers do all kind of automobile repair work, and their repair
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department is equipped with special machinery for automobile work. They have the agency for the Mitchell cars and a sub-agency for the Maxwell, and are doing a very satisfactory business in their sales department.
The Hale family is one of the pioneer families of this section of Mis- souri. O. M. Hale, the senior member of the firm, was born Aug. 28, 1890, a son of T. F. and Sallie B. (Carey) Hale. T. F. Hale was born in Cooper County in 1851, a son of Meade Hale, a Missouri pioneer, who settled near Big Lick, Saline township, at a very early date. Sallie B. (Carey) Hale is a daughter of George Carey, a pioneer of Prairie Home township, who is now 80 years old. T. F. Hale and wife now reside at California, Mo. Their children are as follows George, deceased; John, a farmer in Moni- teau County ; O. M., senior member of the Hale Brothers; Frank, resides on the home place in Prairie Home township; Charles E., junior member of the firm of Hale Brothers; Isaac C., California, Mo .; Allie, married R. L. Simmons, California, Mo .; Bertha, married Arthur Bottoms, Prairie Home; Edna, married Alvin Carpenter, Prairie Home township.
O. M. Hale was married to Miss Lillie Klockner, of California, Mo. She is a daughter of Louis and Rosa (Moss) Klockner. The Klockner family were very early settlers in Cooper County. Louis Klockner's father was reared in Boonville, Mo. Mrs. Hale was one of four children born to her parents, the others being as follows Dora, married Joseph Graff, Prairie Home; Clara, resides in Kansas City, Mo., and Louis O. is a druggist in St. Louis, Mo. To Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Hale have been born two children: Courtney and Kinneth.
The Hale family is well known in Cooper and Moniteau Counties, and O. M. and C. E. Hale are two of the substantial business men of Prairie Home.
Gilman W. Jewett, proprietor of "Sugar Tree Farm," in Saline town- ship, one of the substantial farmers of that neighborhood, was born at Jewett's Mill, in Clarks Fork township, Jan. 20, 1865, son of Samuel L. and Martha M. (Dorsey) Jewett, both of whom spent their last days in this county and are buried in Walnut Grove Cemetery.
Samuel L. Jewett, who for many years was engaged in the milling business in this county, and whose old mill in the Clarks Fork neighbor- hood is still standing, was born near Waterloo, Ill., in 1834. His father and mother both died when he was about five years of age, and he was cared for by William Cropper, with whom he came to Missouri in 1840, the family settling near the present town of Overton. There, Samuel L. Jewett grew up and received his early schooling. At the age of 17 he
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began working in Conner's mill, and was thus engaged for two years, when he entered college at Alton, Ill., and after a course there left for Calfornia, going by way of the isthmus. That was about 1854 and he was absent for five or six years, mining and milling in California. He returned by way of Cape Horn and New York to Cooper County and bought Davis & Barker's mill in the vicinity of Clarks Fork and resumed the milling business. For five years he operated this mill and then sold it and in 1865 returned to Illinois and became engaged in farming in Madi- son County, that State, but shortly afterwards returned here, buying back his old mill, which by that time had come into the ownership of James Armstrong, and here spent the remainder of his life. He died in February, 1917, he then being 83 years of age. His wife died in May, 1893. To Samuel L. Jewett and wife were born six children, as follows: Judge Benjamin D. Jewett, living on the home place at Clarks Fork, an ex-judge of the eastern district of Cooper County; Mrs. Walter B. Wind- sor, living near Clarks Fork; Gilman W .; Edward M., died at Boonville, Dec., 1918; Halbert A., Clarks Fork; and Theodore B., on the home place with Judge Jewett.
Reared in Clarks Fork, Gilman Jewett received his early schooling in the local schools and the Pilot Grove School. In 1898, he bought a farm southeast of Bunceton with his brothers and a few months later estab- lished his home there. A few years later, however, he sold that place, and in March, 1903, bought from John Malone the farm on which he is now living, the old Hammond place in Saline township, and has since made that his home, developing there a fine piece of property, "Sugar Tree Farm." Since taking possession of "Sugar Tree Farm," Mr. Jewett has made numerous improvements, including the remodeling the fine old brick farm house which was erected there by Samuel Hammond in 1850 with brick burned on the place, the building of two fine barns and a tile silo, two tenant houses and other buildings. Of the 443 acres in "Sugar Tree Farm" about half is bottom land, the remainder being what is known as "second bottom," and all is productive. The place is well watered, and 200 acres of meadow land afford admirable faclities for extensive live- stock operations. There also is an excellent orchard on the place.
March 22, 1899, G. W. Jewett was married to Myrtle A. Mills, of Clarks Fork township, and to this union two children have been born, Samuel L., a student at Missouri State University, and who, during the World War was a member of the S. A. T. C. there, receiving his discharge in December, 1918, and Martha W., who was graduated from the Boon-
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ville High School with the class of 1919. Mrs. Jewett was born in Den- ver, Colo., Nov. 11, 1872, only child of J. T. and Leona (Maxwell) Mills, the latter of whom died at the age of 23 years, when her daughter was an infant. J. T. Mills was a native of this county, born in Clarks Fork township in 1845, and nearly all his life was spent on a farm there. He retired and moved to Kansas City, where he died at the age of 67. After the death of his first wife, J. T. Mills married Bettie L. Tucker, and to that union were born seven chlidern: J. Turril Mills, Boonville; Anna, wife of C. E. Conner, Boonville; William H. Mills, Kansas City ; Pauline, wife of Lawrence Meyer, Boonville; Thomas W. Mills, who served in the United States Army in the World War as a member of the Hospital Corps at Camp Eustice, Va .; Miss Gladys Mills, Kansas City; and Mrs. Helen Hale, Kansas City. Mr. Jewett is a member of the local lodge of the Woodmen of the World at Gooch's Mill.
Benjamin E. Schuster, one of LaMine township's best known and most progressive young farmers and hog breeders and the proprietor of a well-improved farm in that township, was born in LaMine township and has lived there all his life. He was born Sept. 23, 1888, a son of Moritz and Rachel (Hildebrant) Schuster, further mention of whom is made in this volume.
Benjamin E. Schuster received his schooling in the public schools of that neighborhood and high school at Marshall, Mo., where he was gradu- ated in the class of 1908. As a young man began to turn his attention to farming on his own account and soon became a landowner. In 1907 he purchased the place that was owned by his father and after his mar- riage in the fall of 1908 established his home on the place known as "Silver- crest" farm and has since been residing there. Since taking possession of that farm Mr. Schuster has made extensive improvements on the place and now has one of the best farms in the neighborhood. He is the owner of 100 acres of excellent land and is doing well in general farming and hog raising. Mr. Schuster makes a specialty of breeding pure bred Poland China hogs and during the year disposes of 200 head or more for breeding purposes at prices considerably above the market price. He ranks among the successful breeders of pure blood Poland China hogs in the country and the product of his pens are shipped all over the United States. He holds two sales annually. His pens are well arranged and the place shows every evidence of modern methods.
Nov. 18, 1908, Benjamin E. Schuster was united in marriage to Ethel Davis. who also was born in LaMine township, daughter of Jasper A.
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Davis and wife. Mr. Schuster is a member of the Christian Church and his wife is a Baptist. Mr. Schuster is a republican and is a stockholder in the Boonville National Bank and in the Citizens Trust Company of Boonville, as well as in the Bank of Blackwater at Blackwater.
William Karm, station agent at Overton, for more than 23 years an employe of the Missouri Pacific, is a native of Indiana. He was born in Lawrenceburg, Ind., July 28, 1865, son of James C. and Teresa (Rudolph) Karm, who came to Cooper County more than 40 years ago, and whose last days were spent near Chateau Springs.
James C. Karm and his wife were natives of Germany, and after their marriage came to America, locating at Lawrenceburg, Ind., where Mr. Karm followed his profession as a school teacher. In 1877 they moved to Missouri and settled in the vicinity of Chateau Springs, where he opened a private school and became one of the influential factors in the educational and social development of that section. He and his wife died in 1882, the former in January of that year and the latter in July, and are buried in the Martinsville Cemetery. James C. Karm and wife were the parents of seven children: Mrs. Katie Ehlen, St. Louis; Mrs. Mary Martin, La Mine; Mrs. Teresa Ludwig, Helena, Mont .; Mrs. Annie Rogers, Helena; Josephine, Helena; William; and James C., who died at the age of 50 years at Redlands, Calif.
In 1882, William Karm went to Helena, Mont., and was employed there until 1887. Upon his return he followed farming near Chateau Springs. March 1, 1896, he was appointed agent for the Missouri Pacific Railway Company at the station at La Mine and continued thus engaged there for nine years, when he was transferred to Overton, where he since has been located. During the more than 23 years he has been employed by the company he has lost but one week of time, which is a record of which any railroad man might be proud. Mr. Karm owns a comfortable home at Overton. He is a member of the Woodmen of the World at Gooch's Mill and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
July 28, 1892, William Karm was united in marriage at the Martins- ville Church near Chateau Springs, to Mary Ann Ryan, who was born in Missouri, and to this union four children have been born: Margaret, wife of Carl Fisher, Prairie Home; John R., with the bridge department of the Missouri Pacific Railway Company; and William, Jr., and Henry R., at home. Mrs. Karm was born at Billingsville, Mo., daughter of Thomas and Mary Ryan, and was but two days old when her mother died. Her father, who was a soldier of the Union during the Civil War, was killed
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in service in 1865, and she was reared in the household of John McVay and wife at Chateau Springs.
Arthur F. White, of the well known blacksmithing firm of White & Sells, is one of the progressive citizens of Prairie Home, Mo. He is a native son of Cooper County and was born in Clarks Fork township, July 16, 1888. He is a son of Millard F. and Sarah (Darberry) White, who now reside in Prairie Home. The former is a native of Missouri and the latter of Arkansas.
Arthur F. White is one of five children born to his parents, the others being as follows: Pearl, married Andy Shirley, Boonville; Maggie, mar- ried Elmer Shirley ; Ethel, married Dean Deuel, Sedalia; and Walter, who served with the 89th Division during the World War. He was a member of Company L, 356th Infantry. He enlisted Sept. 5, 1917, and was trained at Camp Funston, and on June 16, 1918, was sent to France. He partici- pated in much of the severe fighting. He was at the front and through the battle of Argonne and other engagements, and with his division as a part of the army of occupation in Germany. Arthur White was reared and educated in Cooper County, and learned the blacksmith trade with Frank Rodell. He has been engaged in blacksmithing at his present loca- tion in Prairie Home for five years. On Feb. 11, 1919, he formed a part- nership with Joseph Sells, and they are doing an extensive business. They have a well equipped shop for doing a general line of blacksmithing and woodwork. The place is furnished with power from a gas engine, by which their saws, disc sharpeners, emery wheels and other mechanical devices are operated.
Mr. White was married Feb. 14, 1912, to Miss Esther Byler, a daughter of Robert and Nora Byler. To Mr. and Mrs. White have been born one son, Arthur Lewis, born Dec. 26, 1918.
During the World War, Mr. White was in the U. S. Army about 60 days. He went to Camp Funston, Sept. 19, 1918, and was discharged Nov. 20, 1918. He is a member of the Woodmen of the World and the Royal Neighbors. He is an enterprising young man, and a Cooper County citizen worth while.
Robert Kaempfer, now living retired at Prairie Home, is one of the best known men in the eastern part of the county. He was born on the old Kaempfer place, part of which he still owns, two miles east of Prairie Home, June 2, 1846, son of John Godfrey and Mary (Schiele) Kaempfer.
John Godfrey Kaempfer was born in Germany about the year 1813, and came to Cooper County about 1835. He was a blacksmith in the old
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country. Upon coming here, he settled in what then was known as Mid- way, bought a "40" from William Snodgrass established his home and set up on his place a blacksmith shop, the first in this part of the country. At that time, long before Prairie Home had found a place on the map, Midway was regarded as the half-way place between Jefferson City and Boonville, and was a stage stop and postoffice site, the postoffice being "kept" by Albert Tompkins at his home on the present site of the W. F. Carpenter residence a short distance southeast of Prairie Home. Albert Tompkins "entered" that place from the Government in 1833, and he and his wife and sister are buried there. John G. Kaempfer's home and blacksmith shop were about two miles from the Midway station, and this necessitated quite a walk for him when called on to shoe the stage horses at Midway, which he often was called on to do. He was the first smith in this part of the country to make a steel mold-board plow, and his ser- vices were in wide demand. Later, however, he gave more attention to farming, becoming a considerable land owner. His wife died in 1852, and he died October 7, 1887, and both are buried on the home farm. Of the children born to them two survive, Mr. Kaempfer having a sister, Mrs. Mary Schnuck, who makes her home with him at Prairie Home. Mrs. Schnuck is the widow of Henry Schnuck, Sr., one of the pioneers of Saline township, who came here with his parents when about 12 years of age, and died June 2, 1909.
Robert Kaempfer received his schooling in the Hornbeck School, and among his teachers he recalls particularly Robert Carlos, who was a half- brother of Frank and Carter Carlos.
Mr. Kaempfer has always followed farming, becoming a part owner of the home place, and there resided until his recent retirement and re- moval to Prairie Home, where he and his. wife now reside. March 1, 1919, Mr. Kaempfer moved to town, buying there the William Byler prop- erty. Mr. Kaempfer still owns 156 acres of the old home place. Not long ago he sold to B. L. Morris a tract of something more than 52 acres. He is in a position to "take things easy" in the pleasant "evening time" of his life. Mr. Kaempfer is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Gooch's Mill.
Sept. 10, 1873, Robert Kaempfer was united in marriage to Catherine Alice Graff, who was born in Indiana. a daughter of Joseph and Margaret Graff, old settlers of Saline township. Mr. and Mrs. Kaempfer have nine children, one son and eight daughters, and these daughters at the Prairie Home Fair in 1918 brought to their mother quite a unique distinction,
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Mrs. Kaempfer having been awarded the premium for the largest family of girls reared in Cooper County. The only son, John Kaempfer, the fourth child in order of birth, married Anna Hertsick, and lives in Cedar County. He and his wife have two children, Homer and Mary Bernice. The daughters are as follows: Margaret, wife of William H. Kuhn, Prairie Home; Mary, wife of Millard Pipkin, Russellville; Emma, wife of William Oerly, Wooldridge; Elizabeth, wife of Jesse Byler, Moniteau County ; Anna, wife of Walter Byler, same county ; Nora, wife of B. L. Morris, who owns a part of the old Kaempfer farm in Prairie Home township; Louisa, wife of Otto Wallenmeier, Moniteau County, and Meta, wife of Clarence Hornbeck, Prairie Home township. Besides the two grandchildren, Homer and Mary Bernice Kaempfer, mentioned above, Mr. and Mrs. Kaempfer have 22 other grandchildren, namely: Lawrence, Herbert, Floyd, Elmer, Blanche and Alice Kuhn; Newell Pipkin; Lester, Curtis, Raymond, Oliver and Alvin Oerly; Garland, Roger, Joseph, Charles, Ar- thur and Ruth Byler; Kenneth Hornbeck, and Gerine, Ruby and Fern Morris.
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