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On the 22nd day of December, 1895, Oliver H. Hol- man was married to Laura Graham, born March 1st, 1874, daughter of Thomas B. and Ann Eliza ( Harris) Graham, her father being born March 1st, 1832, and her mother February 27th, 1843, and were married October 6th, 1870. Iler father was born in Ray County, Missouri, but came to Cedar County with his father when 9 months old. He still owns the old home place settled by his father in 1832. Mrs. Holman was the second of a family of three chil- dren. One brother, James H. Graham, is a business man and postmaster at Centralia, Okla. He married Joie Hart- ley of Cedar County, and now owns about 200 acres of valuable land in Oklahoma. Her sister, Sallie Graham, died single at the age of 35 years.
Mr. and Mrs. Hohan have a family of five children, all at home:
(1) Thomas V., born November 6th, 1896.
(2) Dwight, born October 16th, 1898.
(3) Olive Berniece, born May 10th, 1901.
(4) Rollo Oliver, born January 14th, 1904.
(5) Laura Eunice, born February 26th, 1910.
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Mrs. Holamn is a member of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Hohnan is a Democrat, a wide-awake, progressive, publie-spirited man, and a booster for good roads. Has been a member of the school board for three years.
W. C. HOWELL.
Was born in Dade County, Missouri, August 4th, 1880, a son of W. E. and Maggie ( Jordan) Howell, both of whom are living. W. E. Howell was a native of Ohio and Maggie Jordan was a native of Tennessee. Both came to Dade County at about the close of the Civil war and were married here. He is a farmer of Washington Township. They raised a family of three children:
(1) W. C. Howell is the oldest.
(2) John D. married Hottie M. Staggs of Clay County, Missouri. They have two living children, Lena and Lucile.
(3) Bertha, now Mrs. Ernest Russell. They reside in Greene County, Missouri, and have one living child. Myrtle. Mr. Russell is a farmer.
W. C. Howell received his education in the common schools of Dade County, and remained at home until 1898. working out for six years, and in 1904 bought his first tract of 80 acres of land in Washington Township. He still owns this land. It was fairly well improved at the time he bought it. He was living as a tenant on the G. S. Mitchell farm at the time of his marriage to Jeanette Mitchell April 3rd. 1904. She was born in Dade County May 27th, 1877, daughter of Gorham S. and Lonisa (Babb) Mitchell. Mr. Mitchell was a native of Maine, as also was his wife. They were married in Maine in 1863 and came to Cook County, Illinois, and bought 80 acres of land. which now joins the city of Chicago. He kept this land for two or three years and then sold ont and came to Dade County. This land has since become immensely valuable. On his arrival he purchased 200 acres of land where his danghter resides. He carried on general farm. ing and stock raising and erected a substantial residence
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and log out-buildings. He died on this farm March 3rd, 1907 and is buried at Pennsboro. His widow is still living on the old homestead at the age of 74 years. Mr. Mitchell was a Republican in politics, a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church and the father of three children :
(1) Fannie, now Mrs. S. W. Cox.
(2) Flora L., unmarried, lives on the old homestead with her mother.
(3) Jeanette, now Mrs. W. C. Howell. W. C. Howell and wife are the parents of two children:
(1) Edrie, born January 9th, 1906.
(2) Chalmers, born December 8th, 1913.
Mr. Howell is engaged in general farming and has bought out the Mitchell heirs until he now owns 160 acres of the original Mitchell homestead and an adjoining 80 acres making 320 acres in Dade county. He has built a fine barn, cleared out over half the place, built a silo of 110 tons capacity. His place is well fenced, all hog-tight, cross-fenced, well watered with springs, well and wind- mill. In addition to general farming, Mr. Howell handles a large amount of stock, being a breeder of white-face cattle of which two males and six females are registered. He has a herd of 15 grade cows and feeds and keeps all told about 50 head. He also raises a number of mules for market each year, keeping a fine jack and raises about 14 colts and tries to market two or three span of fine mules each year. Mr. Howell also finds sheep raising profitable and has a small flock on the farm. His machinery is mod- ern and up-to-date. In fact Mr. Howell is a first class farmer and stock man in every respect. He is a Repub- lican in politics, a member of the Baptist church and be- longs to the W. O. W. No better man can be found in Washington Township than Mr. Howell, and he and his family enjoy the confidence and respect of the community.
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TAYLOR H. HUNT.
For forty-seven years Taylor H. Hunt has been a citizen of Dade county and during all this time he has been
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considered one of our foremost progressive men. Tennes- see has given us many of her very best sons and Mr. Hunt is no exception to the rule. He was born in East Tennes- see, February 6, 1847, a son of Washington and Polly Car- oline (Wilson) Hunt. Mr. Hunt's paternal grand parents were Wm. and Margaret (Finley) Hunt and were natives of the state of Georgia where they were married and came to Tennessee at an early day where he bought a large portion of the Tellico Plains. In Georgia he was the owner of a large gold mining property which he sold for a vast sum of money which was considered a fortune in those early days. Here on this tract of fine land in Tennessee Wm. Hunt and his wife passed away leaving to their eight boys and two girls this large acreage which made each of them a fine home and here Washington Hunt, father of Taylor Hunt, was married and made his home until his death. Taylor Hunt received 100 acres from his father and upon this land he lived for eight years having been married in the mean time to Sarah Lucinda Farmer, on February 6th, 1867. To this union were born three children as follows: Jesse E., born November 27, 1870 and married Eva Kirby and they reside in Texas; Lou T., born May 28, 1872, married Mary Hunt and he is de- ceased; Laguarda L., born October 6th, 1874, married Hat- tie Lake and they live in Fair Play, Polk county, Missouri where he is a prominent physician. Mr. Hunt married again on February 21, 1886, Miss Alice Wilson, a native of Greene County, Mo., where she was born April 6th, 1860. Her father was a pioneer settler of Greene county. To this second union six children were born and in order of birth they are as follows: Norma D., born June 14th, 1888, has received a fine education, having finished high school at Dadeville and spent some time at the Springfield Normal. She was awarded a life certificate in 1913 and started teaching, first she taught one year at Bona then two years at Pennsboro, two at Everton and two at Richland high while at the present she is teaching in the high school at Bishop, Texas; Ira A., born September 21, 1889, received fine education having spent three years at Drury
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college and three years in Washington University at St. Louis where he graduated and was admitted to the bar and is now a prominent attorney of Bishop and Kingsville, Texas; Wm. A., born September 27, 1891, well educated and is farming in Cedar county. He married Bernice Thomason and have a daughter, Irene; Lillie P., born June 12, 1893, received her education in Dadeville high and Springfield Normal and was given a life certificate in 1913 and is now teaching in the high school at Mount Vernon, Lawrence County, Missouri; Finley C., born July 19th, 1895, graduate of Everton High School, is at home running the home place; Lena G., born July 16th, 1897, also finished her education at Everton and Springfield Normal and is now teaching in the public schools near Mount Vernon, Mo. Well may Taylor H. Hunt and his estimable wife be proud of their fine family for they are a credit to our county and we are proud to own them as native sons and daughters. Taylor H. Hunt came to us in 1880 and for six years rented land and farmed, then bought himself a fine farm of 110 acres although unim- proved he soon made it so for he built a small house in 1890 and shortly after enlarged it and has continued to improve his home until he now has one of the really at- tractive residences in the county. Mr. Hunt has been a successful farmer and has added to his land until at the present writing, he has 140 acres of as fine land as there is in the county and all of it in cultivation but about ten acres. He has all modern machinery and conveniences in- cluding acetylene gas for lighting. Mr. Hunt has made a practice of keeping good stock and has made a specialty of mules now owning one very fine jack named "Sampson." Mr. Hunt is a democrat in politics and he and his wife belong to the Baptist church of which he is a deacon and also director of building. We always find Mr. Hunt's influence on the side of right and progress, he is a firm be- liever in good roads, free public schools, and temperance. A fine broad minded gentleman is Mr. Hunt, ever ready with his time and means to further any cause for the
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good of the county, he is a credit to our county and state, may he live long among us.
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R. S. JACOBS BANKING COMPANY.
The Articles of Association of the R. S. Jacobs Bank- ing Company are dated May 9th, 1892, and the Certificate of Incorporation from the Secretary of State is dated May 12th, 1892, and was filed for record in Dade county, May 14th, 1892. The five directors named in the Articles of Association for the first year were : R. S. Jacobs, John H. Howard, Thomas J. Van Osdell, J. L. Wetzel and Lewis Renfro.
It was expected to commence business on June 1st, 1892, but Thomas J. Van Osdell, who was a director and had been agreed upon for the position of Cashier was seriously sick on that day, and died on June 3rd. 1892.
The first meeting of the Board of Directors was held June 10th, 1892, and at that time Mason Talbutt was elected a director to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Thomas J. Van Osdell.
The second meeting of the Board of Directors was held June 13th, 1892, and at that meeting J. L. Wetzel was elected cashier-which position he has held to this date- and at this meeting the Board of Directors bought of R. S. Jacobs & Co. (a firm composed of R. S. Jacobs and Thom. J. VanOsdell, who had been engaged in the Private Bank- ing business for several years) the bank building, safe and other fixtures for the sum of twelve thousand dollars.
R. S. Jacobs was a director and president of the bank from the time of organization to the date of his death, Jan- uary 31st, 1899, and Capt. John H. Howard was then elected president (having been vice president from the beginning) and served until June 16th, 1906, when he resigned. Capt. John H. Howard died September 23rd, 1906.
Mason Talbutt was elected a director June 10th, 1892, and has been on the board since that date; was vice presi- dent while Capt. Howard was President, and has been president since June 16th, 1906.
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The dividends paid on each share of stock amount to $237 and were paid semi-annually, and in the meantime the stock has more than doubled in value.
The present Board of Directors are: Robert S. Long, David Higgings, J. C. Shouse, Ben M. Neale, R. H. Merrill, J. L. Wetzel and Mason Talbutt. The present officers are Mason Talbutt, president; Robert S. Long, vice president; J. L. Wetzel, cashier; R. H. Merrill, asst. cashier and Leon Hall, clerk.
The last official statement of this bank, under a call from the state bank commissioner, is dated March 5th, 1917, and is as follows :
No. 828.
OFFICIAL STATEMENT.
Of the financial condition of the R. S. Jacobs Banking Co., at Greenfield, state of Missouri, at the close of business on the 5th day of March, 1917, published in The Vedette, a newspaper printed and published at Greenfield, state of Missouri, on the 15th day of March, 1917.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts, undoubtedly good on per- sonal or collateral .$152,840.47
Loans, real estate. 25,322.93
Overdrafts 4,689.07
Bonds and stocks.
3,154.06
Real estate (banking house) .
8,500.00
Furniture and fixtures.
2,000.00
Due from other banks and bankers, subject to check
17,038.30
Cash items
827.76
Currency
2,748 00
Specie
6,030.85
Total $223,151.44
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in. $ 25,000.00 Surplus fund 25,000.00
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Undivided profits, net. 3,621.45
Due to banks and bankers, subject to check. 1,468.49
Individual deposit subject to check. 109,181.19
Time certificates of deposit. 58,880.31
Total
. $223,151.44
B. FRANK JOHNSON.
Born in Cedar County, Missouri, March 31st, 1872, son of John Fletcher and Ellen Amanda (Ridall) Johnson, both now deceased. John Fletcher was a native son of Luzerne county, Penn., born March 10th, 1834 and his father was born in England, coming to this country many years ago. John F. Johnson came to Cedar County, Mo., in 1866 and bought 460 acres of land near Cane Hill. He returned to Pennsylvania and married Miss Ellen Amanda Ridall, Feb- ruary 1st, 1869. She was of English ancestry. This newly married couple came to the Cedar County farm when Se- dalia was the nearest railroad point. When this farm was first purchased the dwelling house consisted of a log cabin, but Mr. Johnson erected a more pretentious domicile be- fore going to Pennsylvania for his bride. The farm was mostly timber land which Mr. Johnson cleared out and im- proved.
Seeing the possibilities of a good flouring mill with everlasting water power, Mr. Johnson erected and com- pleted a splendid mill at Seybert and started its operation January 1st, 1872, and continued to operate it with suc- cess until 1887.
His mother, who was formerly Miss Mary Ann Sey- bert was brought to the farm in Cedar county and resided with her son until 1890. About the year 1887 Mr. Johnson sold the Seybert mill to C. W. Montgomery and moved to Greenfield to live. He was one of the organizers of the Dade County Bank and was its first vice president. He was elected its president in 1890 and held that position un- til his death. He died in Greenfield April 6th, 1893 and his wife survived him a few years, departing this life in
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Greenfield March 30th, 1916. At one time Mr. Johnson owned more than 2,000 acres of land in Dade and Cedar counties. He was a man of large affairs and owned a large estate in Pennsylvania at the time of his death.
John F. Johnson was raised in Pennsylvania, quit school at the age of 17 years and entered the mercantile business at Beach Haven and continued therein until 1865. He was a man of wide information and practically self educated.
His first vote in Missouri was cast at Madison town- ship in Cedar county and it was one of but two democratic votes cast. In the erection of the Seybert mill the pine lumber was hauled by ox-teams from Fort Scott. Nearly all the machinery was hauled from Boonville. The original wheel that operated the corn burr was made by Marion Swingle. Just a few days before the final touches were put on the mill a flood came and washed out most of the dam. It had to be re-built. Mr. Johnson remodeled the mill in 1881, put in what is known as a combination mill, and afterward took this out and put in a full modern roller plant. This last transformation required about three years.
In after years Mr. Johnson erected many buildings in Greenfield and remodeled others, among the most im- portant being the old Delmonico Hotel building.
John F. Johnson was a member of the Baptist church while his wife was a Presbyterian. He was a democrat in politics, served as Presiding Judge of the county court one term.
Mr. Johnson and wife were the parents of seven children :
(1) Lottie E., died in 1874 at the age of 4 years.
(2) B. Frank Johnson.
(3) Walter P.
(4) May, married Floyd Van Osdell.
(5) Carrie, married Phil S. Griffith.
(6) Capitola, married Lynville D. Higgins.
(7) Ira.
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B. Frank Johnson was educated in the common schools of Dade county and Ozark college at Greenfield. From 1893 to 1897 he was engaged in the milling business at the old Hoyle water mill, two miles east of Greenfield. In 1897 he moved to a farm in Cedar County consisting of 320 acres North of Cane Hill. In 1900 he built a fine modern residence and is extensively engaged in general farming and stock raising.
On the 11th day of May, 1893 he was married to Martha Young, a native of Dade county who was born September 18th, 1870, daughter of Marshall Young, Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson are the parents of four child- ren :
(1) Phyllis, born March 23rd, 1896, in Dade county. She was married to Lawrence Rountree in September, 1915, a farmer of Cedar county. They have one child, John Franklin, born September 17th, 1916.
(2) John Fletcher, born December 7th, 1903.
(3) Byron, born September 7th, 1909.
(4) Dorothy, born August 9th, 1914.
B. Frank Johnson is a democrat in politics, is a pro- gressive citizen and a good roads booster, drives an Overland car and is the owner of the old Marshall Young homestead of 140 acres in Sac Township.
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IRA H. JOHNSON.
Son of J. F. Jolinson, (deceased) a native of Pennsyl- vania, who came to Dade County in an early day and en- gaged in the milling business at Seybert. He was an ex- tensive farmer, stock raiser and feeder and spent the latter part of his life in the city of Greenfield, being President of the Dade County Bank and presiding Judge of the County Court. He was a man of large means and left a valuable estate both in Dade County and in his native state Penn- sylvania.
Ira H. Johnson was born in Dade County October 17th, 1885, was married November 1st, 1908 to Dena Montgomery, born July 13th, 1885, a daughter ofBenjamin Montgomery
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who resides near Cane Hill in Cedar County, To this union were born three children:
(1) Edna, born September 7th, 1909, is now attending school.
(2) Beatrice, born August 19, 1912.
(3) Ira Harold, born June 28, 1914.
Mr. Johnson is a farmer and owns a farm of 360 acres in Ernest Township, all finely improved, where he resides, and a farm of 260 acres in Center Township west of Green- fleld. He devotes his entire time to his farming and stock feeding enterprises although he is a large stockholder in the Dade County Bank at Greenfield. He has erected a splendid 8-room dwelling house on his farm and surrounded the same with good out-buildings and many other improve- ments. It is decidedly the best improved farm in the Township. The farm water supply is obtained from a never failing well 300 feet deep. Mr. Johnson handles from 4 to 6 car loads of cattle and liogs each year.
Politically Mr. Johnson has always voted the Democrat ticket. He supports and attends the Christian church, drives a Ford car and is a booster for good roads. His farm reflects the energy and industry of its proprietor, and his home is one of happiness, contentment and pros- perity.
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JOHN HARRISON. Deeased.
Among the noted pioneers of Greenfield few were better known and none more highly esteemed and re- spected than the subject of this sketch. John Harrison was born in Boone County, Missouri, May 22nd, 1825, and died at the home of his son, Edwin Harrison, in Green- field, Mo., in November, 1916. He was the son of George and Malinda (Lynes) Harrison, and the grandson of John and Elizabeth (Harris) Harrison. George Harrison was born in Alexander, Va., September 3rd, 1800, and was Jeft an orphan when but a small boy. After the death of his parents he was taken by his uncle, a Mr. Dennis, who
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removed to Woodford County, Kentucky, and here George learned the saddler's trade. When a young man he went to Old Franklin, Howard County, Missouri, and shortly afterward to Columbia, Boone County, Missouri, where he was married March 24th, 1824, to Miss Malinda Lynes. Mr. Harrison died in Hempstead County, Arkansas, Sep- tember 22nd, 1859. His wife was born in Madison County, Kentucky, August 12th, 1803, and when 5 years of age her parents, Joseph and Mary Lynes, moved to St. Louis, and from thence to Boone County, Missouri, being among the early pioneers to that part of the state. For a number of years since 1851 Mrs. Harrison made her home with her daughter, Elmira Meng, at Dover, Mo. Mr. and Mrs. Harrison were the parents of four children. John Harri- son grew to maturity in Boone County and obtained a fair education in the common schools of that county. Shortly after leaving home he commenced working at the harness-maker's trade, but a few years later took up merchandising at Walnut Grove, Greene County, Missouri. On the 18th day of May, 1853, he was married to Miss Mary E. Foushee, daughter of William and Narcissa (Hunt) Foushee of St. Charles County, Missouri, and a native of Clayborne County, Tennessee, born in 1883. William Foushee was a native Virginian. To Mr. and Mrs. Harrison were born nine children:
(1) Roger H., now deceased, for a number of years a prominent physician at Gainesville, Tex.
(2) Charles, a harness-maker in Greenfield, un- married.
(3) Mark E., a dentist by profession, formerly of Nevada, Mo.
(4) Edwin, cashier of the Dade County Bank, mar- ried, and lives in Greenfield. Has one son, Roger, who is now a captain in the United States Army.
(5) Ralph, now a major in the United States Army.
(6) William, for a number of years engaged in manufacturing in New Mexico.
(7) Ruth, now deceased.
(8) Elmira.
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(9) Hugh, business manager of the firm of Harrison Bros., furniture and undertaking, in Greenfield, Mo.
After his marriage John Harrison located in Bolivar, Mo., where he established a saddlery and harness shop, and where he remained until after the war. In 1866 he became a citizen of Greenfield and established a harness shop, in which business he remained until the time of his death. In May, 1885, he was appointed postmaster of Greenfield. He held this office four years, to the entire satisfaction of the community. In politics Mr. Harrison was always a Democrat, casting his first vote in 1848 for General Taylor. Mr. Harrison was an active man in local affairs, serving a number of years on the school board and in the city council. He was a member of the Chris- tian church. Mr. Harrison was one of those quiet, un- assuming sort of men, frugal and industrious in his own business and carefully avoiding any entanglements in the affairs of other men. He died at a ripe old age, honored and esteemed by all who knew him.
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JOHN M. JONES.
Among the largest and most successful farmers of Eastern Dade County we must mention John M. Jones of Rock Prairie Township. He was born April 30th, 1864, in Lawrence County, Arkansas, a son of John M and Mary E. (Rector) Jones.
John M. Jones Sr. was born in middle Tennessee, near Nashville, January 3rd, 1836, and died August 30th, 1863. His wife, Mary Rector, was born in Warren County, Kon- theky, May 12th, 1841. She is now living in Rock Prairie Township, widow of William C. Jones, whom she married after her first husband's death. John M. Jones Sr. and William C. Jones were brothers. Mrs. Mary E. Jones has every reason to remember vividly the Civil war time in Dade County. Her first husband, John M. Jones, met a tragic death at the hands of an assassin. He enlisted in the Missouri State Militia at Dadeville and had re- turned to his home for a few days to arrange his business
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matters, when he was killed from ambush the day before he was to take up his duties in the Militia. He left one son, William M. Jones, while John M. Jones, the subject of this sketch, was born a few months after his father's murder. As stated before, Mrs. Jones married for her second husband William C. Jones, a brother of John M., and by him she had two children, Julia A., now Mrs. Henry Bullington of Rock Prairie Township, and George A. Jones, who lives in Arizona. Both the paternal and maternal gandparents of Jolin M. Jones Jr. were pioneers of Dade County. Samuel Jones and Rodha Butler, his wife, grandparents of John M. Jones Jr., were married in Tennessee and came to Dade County overland in wagons in 1851. He entered some three or four hundred acres of land and carried on a large business in horses. He was considered a very wealthy man in his day. He owned many slaves. He would accumulate large droves of horses and drive them into different parts of the south for sale. At the time the Civil war broke out he and his son, John Sr., father of the subject of this sketch, were in the mer- cantile business in Dade County. They opened one store at Cross Roads and had another at Dilday's Mill. War conditions here made it so dangerous for his property and business that he went to Texas, taking his slaves and considerable money. He was accidentally killed, being kicked by a mule. His wife died in about 1878.
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