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First term of court held at Gallatin, Sept. 3, 1838.
First court of appeal for Daviess County, called at Gallatin, Aug. 4, 1839.
First census taken by Wm. P. Peniston and allowed $60 for same in 1840.
William H. Harrison, first free person of color found asking for a li- cense to reside in the state. Granted license "so long as he is of good be- havior." 1845.
First record of the action of a coroner. Jacob Stollings presented a bill to county court for holding an inquest, February, 1847.
One hundred dollars allowed to pay surveyors in Daviess County for the survey of the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad. First railway business transacted by the court in the county, 1851.
First telegraph line over the Chicago & Southwestern Railway route reached Gallatin at 12 m. Thursday, Aug. 17, 1871. A message was sent to Chicago and an answer received that afternoon.
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First rail laid within the county on the St. Louis, Chillicothe & Omaha line, April 5, 1871.
First excursion to celebrate the opening of the Chicago & Southwest- ern arrival, Sept. 26, 1871.
First term of circuit court held in the county, Austin A. King, judge, July 18, 1837, at the home of Elisha B. Creekmore.
First power of attorney recorded, Oct. 3, 1838.
First bridge built in the county by Adam Black across Muddy Creek on road from Diamon to Chillicothe, 1841.
First iron bridge contracted for, 1877.
First postoffice in Daviess County located at Millsport, 1835, moved to Gallatin in 1837.
First daily mails received at Gallatin, from Hamilton to Gallatin, April 1, 1870.
First daily mail train on Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad com- menced Feb. 1, 1873.
First appraisement on record, 1837.
James Miller commissioned first justice of the peace, Jan. 5, 1839.
The first deaths in the county were the two children of Stephen Rob- erts. Both died on the same day, in March, 1830.
Elizabeth Tarwater, daughter of John and Ruth Tarwater, was the first child born in Daviess County. The date of her birth was Jan. 8, 1832.
The first sermon was preached by James McMahon, a Methodist min- ister, under a tree near the place where Millport was later located, on April 25, 1830. The second preacher in the county was William Michaels of the Baptist church.
Dr. William P. Thompson was the first physician. He settled just over the line in Grundy County in 1833.
The first mill was owned by Robert P. Peniston. The work of putting it up was done by Milford Donaho and "Jake," a slave owned by Mr. Pen- iston.
The first cattle brand on record was filed May 8, 1837, by Robert P. Peniston, and his mark was "crop and hole in the right ear, swallow fork in the left ear." Among those who registered marks in 1838 were Evan and William Morgan, Vincent Smith, Thomas Edwards, Sarah Williams, Adam Black, John W. Freeman, Benedict Weldon, Elijah Foley, Silas Best, Will- iam Nation, Andrew McHaney and Nathan Price.
The first slave in the county was "Jake," owned by Robert P. Peniston. Mrs. Nancy Peniston wove the first cloth.
The first recorded literary attempt by a Daviess County women was a poem by Minnie Hammer.
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The first court house was completed in 1843.
The first buggy ever used in the county was built by Thomas Clingan in 1838.
The first cooking stove in the county was owned by a hotel in Pattons- burg. Elijah Hubbard was the first to own one for family use. Mrs. Lydia Smith Youtsey, in a letter to the Gallatin Democrat, on her 59th wedding anniversary, said, "My father sent my brother to St. Joseph to get a cooking stove. It was the first one brought into the neighborhood and most all our neighbors came to see us cook on it. Now we have more stoves than vituals."
The following is a portion of a letter written by Nathan Shriver in 1915: "I was a member of the first brass band that Gallatin had. It was organized in 1857 or 1858. We played at county fairs and on other noted occasions up to 1861. Then the war burst it all up to pieces. Some of the members went north, some south and some stayed at home. Some of your now honorable townsmen were members of that band, D. Harfield Davis, William Sheets. Others were Dr. Charles Hogan, William Osborn, Robert Owens, Capt. John Sheets and Elwood Lewis."
First mercantile licenses issued in the county in 1837 were as follows: April 7, John A. Williams, grocer, $5; April 8, John Wright, merchandise, $15; May 8, Thos. W. Jacobs, merchandise, $15; May 8, Jesse Adamson, grocer, $5; June 25, Worthington & Mckinney, merchandise, $15; James Hunter, ferry on Grand River, $2.50.
First case in the circuit court was John Ragland vs. Jacob B. and Will- iam Oxford, appeal. An entry of nonsuit was made.
First houses on the present site of Jamesport were two Mormon cabins, one of which was just south of the old M. E. church, the other was near the I. O. O. F. cemetery.
The first store in Jamesport was opened about 1855 by John and Isaac Faulkner, just north of the George B. Callison home.
January 13, 1838, is the date of the first deed on record. It was given by Francis C. Case and Mary, his wife, to Elisha Groves, and vonveyed land in Section 13, Township 58, Range 28.
Theodore Penniston, George W. Poag and G. W. Keene were the first attorneys admitted to the bar in the county. They were admitted in March 1855.
The first application for a dramshop to be refused was on Nov. 1, 1860.
The first newspaper printed in the county was the "Missouri Sun," established at Gallatin in 1853, published by Stearns and Mckean.
So far as can be learned the first school in the county was in Benton Township in the spring of 1837, with H. W. Enyhart as teacher. The term
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was three months and tuition was $2.00 a pupil, which might be paid in produce.
Early marriages: Enoch Riggs-Ann Littlefield, May, 1838, by Elisha H. Groves; Jonatha Hall-Matilda Roberts, February 13, 1838, by H. W. Enyhart, J. P .; Benjamin Crandle-Rebecca Simmons, April 29, 1838, by Lyman Wight; Josiah Summer-Betsey Ireland, June 13, 1838, by Nathan West; John McCrary-Lucinda Splawn, March 26, 1838, by James McMahon ; Robert Jobe-Margaret Splawn, March 26, 1838, by James McMahon ; Robert Jobe-Margaret Adkins, Feb. 11, 1838, by Christopher Nations; Andrew I. Williams-Rachel Heckman, Feb. 22, 1838, by James Miller, J. P .; Samuel H. O. Urvin-Specy L. G. Dunk, June 7, 1838, by Harvey Green; Benjamin I. Grubb-Eliza Ann Liggett, March 15, 1838, by James McMahon.
Elisha Trosper-Margaret Trosper, Nov. 17, 1837, by Elijah Foley, J. P.
CHAPTER XV.
OFFICIALS.
UNITED STATES OFFICIALS-STATE OFFICIALS-DAVIESS COUNTY REPRSENTA- TIVES-COUNTY TREASURERS-PROBATE JUDGES-COURT OF COMMON PLEAS- RECORDERS - SHERIFFS - PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS - CIRCUIT CLERKS- COUNTY CLERKS-COUNTY JUDGES.
United States Officials .- While Daviess County has not furnished Mis- souri with a Senator, two United States Senators from other states have been prior to their election, residents of the county-James Thompson Far- ley, Senator from California, 1879-1885, and Chester I. Long, from Kansas, 1903 to 1909. Two Daviess Countians have been members of the House of Representatives, Alexander M. Dockery and Joshua W. Alexander, both of Gallatin. Mr. Dockery was elected in 1882, and served for 16 years. Mr. Alexander was elected in 1906 and served until his resignation in December, 1919.
The same two men mentioned above have held other high positions in the Federal government. A. M. Dockery served as Assistant Postmaster General during the Wilson administration. On Dec. 3, 1919, Mr. Alexander was appointed Secretary of Commerce by President Wilson, and served un- til the close of Mr. Wilson's term of office. During the Mckinley adminis- tration Webster Davis, former Gallatin resident, and at one time mayor of Kansas City, was Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
State Officials .- One governor of the state has come from Daviess County, Alexander M. Dockery being elected in 1900, for a term of four years. The county had delegates in the 1861-1865 conventions. In the 1846 convention, delegates from other counties in the district were chosen.
Judge James McFerran of Gallatin, was one of the delegates to the convention elected in 1861, which was elected to determine the relations between Missouri and the Union. He was a Union man and later a Colonel of the First M. S. Cavalry. Judge McFerran had served as representative and State Senator and as Circuit Judge. He organized the first bank in the county. He later moved to Chillicothe and in 1873 to Colorado Springs,
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where he was engaged in the banking business, and was among the capital- ists who developed the Cripple Creek gold mines.
Dr. William H. Folmsbee was a delegate to the constitutional conven- tion of 1865. He located in Gallatin in 1859. He served during a part of the Civil War as captain of Company D, First Cavalry Regiment, M. S. M., resigning in 1862, when he was elected to the legislature. For many years he was a leader in the Republican party in the county and in the state.
None of the delegates to the 1875 convention were from Daviess County, although one of them, J. A. Holliday, subsequently lived in Gallatin for a short time.
In the election of delegates to the constitutional convention now in session, J. W. Alexander, one of the delegates-at-large, received a larger number of votes than any other candidate. The vote for Judge Alexander was 77,177, or more than 2,000 more than the next highest candidate, Stephen B. Hunter, of Cape Girardeau, who received 74,720 votes.
Major Joseph H. McGee was Register of Lands during the administra- tion of Joseph McClurg, being elected in 1868. Major McGee was also United States Marshal for the western district, besides holding various county offices. He was a staunch Union man.
Joseph A. Wickham, of Gallatin, was an Adjutant General of Missouri longer than any other holder of that office. He had served in Company C, 68th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War. He was mayor of Gallatin for two terms, and city treasurer for five years. In 1889, Gover- nor Francis appointed his Adjutant General and Governor Stone reappoint- ed him. He resigned in 1897, and soon afterwards removed to Kennett, Mo., where he died in 1911.
Ed E. Yates of Kansas City, but a native of Daviess County, was ap- pointed superintendent of insurance by Governor Dockery in June, 1902. He resigned in the latter part of the year, and his brother, Robert G. Yates, was appointed as his successor. This office the latter held until October 1905.
There have been only three state senators from Daviess County. James McFerran was elected in 1858, but resigned the following year. David L. Kost was senator for two years, being elected to fill a vacancy caused by the death of Joseph Truex. He served in the 33rd General Assembly. Mr. Kost was one of the founders of the North Missourian, and Superintendent of Registration and member of the Missouri House of Representatives in 1871. Henry L. Eads, a lawyer of Pattonsburg, was elected to the senate in 1906. He had served as postmaster at Pattonsburg.
James McFerran became circuit judge in 1859 and held the office until 1864. Upon the formation of the 28th judicial circuit in 1872, Samuel A.
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Rihardson was elected judge. He made the race as a non-partisan. He was re-elected to the same position in 1874 and served until 1881. J. W. Alex- ander was appointed judge by Governor Stephens in January, 1901, and served until his election to Congress in the fall of 1906.
Following is a list of Daviess County representatives in the state legis- lature:
10th G. A., 1838-John D. Williams. 31st G. A., 1881-Andrew L. Buzzard. 11th G. A., 1840-Benedict Weldon. 32nd G. A., 1883-J. W. Alexander. 12th G. A., 1842-John A. Williams. 33rd G. A., 1885-J. W. Alexander. 13th G. A., 1844-Benjamin Salmon. 34th G. A., 1887-J. W. Alexander. 14th G. A., 1846-Wiley Pool.
35th G. A., 1889-William Hickman . 15th G. A., 1848-George W. Poage. 36th G. A., 1891-William Hickman. 16th G. A., 1850-John D. Williams. 37th G. A., 1893-William E. Black. 17th G. A., 1852-John J. Ford. 38th G. A., 1895-P. R. DeFord. 18th G. A., 1854-John D. Williams. 39th G. A., 1897-Joseph Wood. 19th G. A., 1856-James McFerran. 40th G. A,. 1899-Wm. D. Hamilton. 20th G. A., 1858-Thomas McGauh. 41st G. A., 1901-Wm. D. Hamilton.
21st G. A., 1860-Robert C. Williams.42nd G. A., 1903-J. L. Davisson. 22nd G. A., 1862-W. H. Folmsbee. 23rd G. A., 1864-Thomas Sims. 24th G. A., 1867-J. A. Brown. 25th G. A., 1869-James L. Powell. 26th G. A., 1871-David L. Kost.
43rd G. A., 1905-W. E. Land. 44th G. A., 1907-S. W. Brandon. 45th G. A., 1909-Horace L. Johnson. 46th G. A., 1911-Floyd S. Tuggle. 47th G. A., 1913-Floyd S. Tuggle.
48th G. A., 1915-Floyd S. Tuggle.
27th G. A., 1873-Ebenezer West. 28th G. A., 1875-William B. Smith. 49th G. A., 1917-Floyd S. Tuggle. 29th G. A., 1877-E. Wiley Payne. 50th G. A., 1919-Fred L. Dunlap. 30th G. A., 1879-Elijah Hubbard. 51st G. A., 1921-Fred L. Dunlap.
County Treasurers.
1837-John A. Williams. 1880-Lewis P. DeHart.
1838-Elisha B. Creekmore.
1882-W. M. Givens.
1839-Adam Clendenen.
1884-W. M. Givens.
1856-Robert F. Owings.
1886-N. B. Brown.
1860-John Ballinger.
1888-N. B. Brown.
1862-David H. Davis.
1890-Gabriel Feurt.
1864-Owen H. McGee.
1868-Thomas J. Flint.
1892-George W. Henderson. -A. M. Irving. 1894-M. G. Netherton.
1870-Hadley Brown. 1872-Hadley Brown.
1896-Howard Poage.
1874-A. F. Barnett.
1898-Howard Poage.
1876-A. F. Barnett.
1900-Maro Thomas.
1878-Lewis P. DeHart.
1902-Maro Thomas.
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1904-C. H. Weldon.
1906-C. H. Weldon.
1908-W. D. McDonald.
1912-W. D. McDonald. 1916-Moses Mann. 1920-Lee R. Pierce.
Probate Judges.
1855-Robert Wilson.
1894-J. T. Day.
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1896-J. T. Day.
1872-Henry C. McDougal.
1898-Thomas R. Shaw.
1876-Thomas R. Shaw
1373-Thomas P. Shaw.
1902-Thomas R. Shaw.
1880-Thomas R. Shaw.
1904-Thomas R. Shaw.
1882 -- Frank Ewing.
1906-P. P. Doak.
1884-Frank Ewing.
1910-P. P. Doak.
1886-Frank Ewing.
1914-J. M. McClaskey.
1888-Frank Ewing.
1890-Frank Ewing.
Judges Court of Common Pleas ..
1866-Joseph H. McGee.
1868-R. L. Dodge.
Recorders.
1838-Robert Wilson. 1886-S. D. Stephens.
1844-Wm. P. Peniston.
1850-Thomas T. Frame.
1856-John W. Sheets.
1898-F. E. Clingan.
1862-S. P. Cox.
1865-R. H. Grantham.
1870-J. H. Frost.
1874-Wm. S. Abell.
1878-Wm. S. Abell.
1882-S. D. Stephens.
1837-William Bowman.
1838-Willam Morgan.
1840-William P. Peniston.
1839-John Pinkerton.
1870-Thomas J. Flint.
1872-James T. Dunn.
1844-Meriwether T. Green. 1848-John W. Sheets.
1852-Thomas S. McGaugh.
1856-Charles A. Cravens.
1858-James J. Minor.
1910-D. M. Cashman. -T. L. Cashman.
1914-D. O. Richardson. 1918-R. E. Stapleton.
Sheriffs.
1862-Andrew Shriver. 1866-John Ballinger.
1868-William F. Flint.
1874-James T. Dunn. 1876-A. L. Martin. 1878-A. L. Martin.
1880-George T. Crozier.
1892-Frank Ewing. 1856-Gabriel M. Keene. * * * *
1900-Thomas R. Shaw.
1918-Oliver O. Mettle.
1890 -- H. A. Pilcher.
1894-O. B. Price.
1902-A. R. Maffitt. 1906-W. E. Wampler.
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1882-George T. Crozier. 1902-R. D. McCray.
1884-James H. Witt.
1904-William T. Hutchinson.
1888-Gabe W. Cox. 1906-William T. Hutchinson.
1890-O. P. Walters.
1908-J. A. Blair.
1892-E. S. Lankford. 1912-Sam R. Surface.
1896-William A. Johnson.
1916-J. A. Blair.
1898-William A. Johnson.
1920-J. Frank Gildow.
1900-R. D. McCray.
Prosecuting Attorneys.
1855-James H. McFerran. 1894-R. J. Britton.
1859-Samuel A. Richardson. 1896-John C. Leopard.
1866-John Conover. 1898-John C. Leopard.
1868-William C. Gillihan. 1900-Harry K. Allen.
1872-William C. Gillihan. 1902-John C. Leopard.
1874-William M. Rush.
1904-Thomas H. Hicklin.
1876-William M. Rush.
1906-Thomas H. Hicklin.
1878-J. F. Hicklin.
1908-Fred Fair.
1880-J. F. Hicklin. 1910-George B. Padget.
1882-William D. Hamilton.
1912-George B. Padget.
1884-William D. Hamilton.
1914-Thomas H. Hicklin.
1886-Gus A. Chapman.
1916-Lewis B. Gillihan.
1888-Gus A. Chapman.
1918-Lewis B. Gillihan.
1890-J. A. Selby.
1920-M. E. Pangburn.
1892-William C. Gillihan.
Circuit Clerks.
1837-James B. Turner.
1886-W. H. McClung.
1838-Robert Wilson.
1890-W. H. McClung.
1844-Thomas T. Frame.
1894-James N. Netherton.
1856-Joseph H. McGee.
1898-I. J. Vogelgesang.
1856-John W. Sheets.
1902-I. J. Vogelgesang.
1862-Samuel P. Cox. 1906-A. B. Evans.
1864-Robert H. Grantham. 1870-A. M. Sweaney.
1910-A. B. Evans. 1914-W. C. Tague.
1874-A. F. McFarland.
1918-H. C. Scott; resigned 1921.
1878-A. F. McFarland. 1921-William Scott; appointed for unexpired term of H. C. Scott.
1882-A. F. McFarland.
County Clerks.
1856-Joseph H. McGee, Aug. 4.
1844-Thomas T. Frame.
1837-James B. Turner, March 15. 1838-Robert Wilson, Aug. 2nd. 1868-William M. Bostaph. 1874-John P. Smith.
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1876-John P. Smith. 1898-R. G. Yates.
1878-Pines R. Dunn. 1902-N. R. Barnett.
1880-Pines R. Dunn. 1906-H. F. Lawrence.
1882-J. W. Miller.
1910-S. L. McClure.
1886-Silas C. Rowland.
1914-Bert H. Tarwater.
1890-E. H. Tillery.
1918-Harley J. Harrah.
1894-O. P. Walter.
County Judges.
1837-John W. Freeman, presiding justice ; Vincent T. Smith, William Mor- gan, (succeeded by Josiah Morin.)
1838-Meriwether T. Green, presiding justice; James H. Wilson; Adam Black.
1842-John Cravens, presiding justice; Wiley Pool; Wm. M. Livcy.
1844-John Cravens, presiding justice, Thomas Greenwood, Nathaniel Mar- tin.
1846-John A. Tuggle, presiding justice; Robert Wilson; Tobias Miller, (succeeded by M. T. Green.)
1850-John Cravens, presiding justice, (succeeded by John A. Williams ;) Hadley Brown, John P. Lotz.
1852-Hadley Brown, presiding justice ; John Gillilan ; John P. Lotz.
1854-John D. Coulson, presiding justice, David Henderson ; John Hill.
1858-David Henderson, presiding justice; Bailey H. Coffey ; Peter Bear. 1860-David Henderson, presiding justice; John D. Coulson, Bailey H. Coffey.
1862-David Henderson, presiding justice; John D. Coulson, Bailey H. Coffey.
1864-Bailey H. Coffey, presiding justice ; John D. Coulson, Peter Bear.
1866-Bailey H. Coffey, presiding justice ; Peter Bear, Wm. Bristow.
1868-Peter Bear, presiding justice; William Bristow, G. M. Keene.
1870-M. Morris, presiding justice, G. M. Keen, Gabriel Feurt.
1872-Gabriel Feurt, chairman; Nathan E. Reed, Nathan Nichols, William Earl, John Haver, Benjamin G. Kimball, Robert C. Williams, William Smith, John D. Coulson, William Prewitt, Wesley Lee, S. R. Gurney, George E. Barkdoll, John A. Tuggle, Thomas W. Reed.
1873-B. H. Coffey, chairman; William Adams, Nathan Nichols, Henry Ramey, J. E. Grantham, B. G. Kimball, R. C. Williams, William Smith, B. F. Stout, William Prewitt, Wesley Lee, S. R. Gurney, George E. Barkdoll, John A. Tuggle, Thomas B. Tuggle, Gabriel Feurt, Moses Brown, Sr., four years, B. B. Perry, two years. 1874-George W. Henderson.
1875-A. E. Woodruff.
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1876-Gabriel Feurt, presiding justice; Moses Brown, Sr., Joh A. Tuggle, Aaron E. Woodruff, George W. Henderson.
1877-Gabriel Feurt, presiding justice; John A. Tuggle, A. M. Irving, Moses Brown, Sr., Aaron E. Woodruff.
1879-John A. Tuggle, presiding justice; John S. Graham, Gabriel L. Ball- inger.
1880-John A. Tuggle, presiding justice ; John D. Coulson, Henry F. Wynn. 1882-R. C. Williams, presiding judge; Jacob M. Poage ; William P. Heyser. 1884-R. C. Williams, presiding judge; Jacob M. Poage, William P. Heyser. 1886-R. C. Williams, presiding judge ; J. E. Grantham, William P. Heyesr. 1888-R. C. Williams, presiding judge; John H. Heath; Gerofie W. Cauthorn.
1890-John A. Dunn, presiding judge; William R. Cole; Jason Winburn. 1892-John A. Dunn, presiding judge ; William R. Cole; Jason Winburn.
1894-J. H. Carter, presiding judge; J. H. Heath ; T. B. Crowder.
1896-J. H. Carter, presiding judge; Philip Shaw; T. B. Crowder.
1898-T. B. Crowder, presiding judge; G. N. Gromer, W. E. Blackburn.
1900-T. B. Crowder, presiding judge; L. M. Best; Henry J. Lynch. 1902-N. B. Brown, presiding judge; L. M. Best; Daniel Blackburn. 1904-R. McGahey, presiding judge; W. J. Gromer, Daniel Blackburn.
1906-G. A. McWilliams, presiding judge; W. J. Gromer; James P. Tar- water.
1908-G. A. McWilliams, presiding judge; W. J. Gromer, Wm. E. Naylor. 1910-John W. Thompson, presiding judge; A. I. Pratt, E. S. Lankford.
1912-John W. Thompson, presiding judge; Frank P. Keplar, E. S. Lank- ford.
1914-John W. Thompson, presiding judge; Frank P. Keplar, E. S. Lank- ford.
1916-John W. Thompson, presiding judge; R. A. Daniels, M. N. Knight.
1920-Daniel Blackburn, presiding judge; (resigned, and R. O. Strong appointed to fill vacancy ;) R. A. Daniels, N. R. Barnett.
CHAPTER XVI.
THE WORLD WAR.
EARLEY ENTRANTS FROM DAVIESS COUNTY-FIRST REGISTRATION-DRAWING UNDER THE SELECTIVE DRAFT-EXEMPTION BOARD-FIRST GROUP OF MEN CHOSEN-LEAVING FOR CAMP-KILLED IN ACTION-DIED OF DISEASE- WOUNDED-DAVIESS COUNTY SOLDIERS-RETURN OF SOLDIERS-AUXILIARY WAR WORK-LIBERTY LOANS-UNITED WAR WORK CAMPAIGN-THRIFT STAMP CAMPAIGN-COUNCIL OF DEFENSE.
One Daviess Countian, Paul, Gillihan, was a member of the first con- tingent sent overseas in the World War. He had been in the Regular Army for several years. Others from the county in the Regular Army fol- lowed shortly thereafter.
R. L. Etter, Jr., L. T. Killam, Fred McFarland and Charles A. Shaw, attended the first officers training camp. As soon as war was declared a number of young men enlisted.
June 5th, was the day set aside for the registration of all men between the age of 21 and 30, made necessary by the National Universal Service Act. Complete registration returns showed 1288 men of military age in the county. Of this number 451 did not claim exemption, while 837 gave some reason for being excused. 14 colored men and two aliens registered.
The following account is given by the Gallatin Democrat of the draw- ing of the first ten Daviess County men :
"The first number was drawn by Secretary of War Baker at 9:30 o'clock a. m., and proved to be 258. This is the number of Leonard E. Pat- terson, who lives on Route 5, east of Gallatin, and to him is the honor of being the first Daviess County young man to be called to the service of his country. The second number, 458, also calls another Gallatin man, W. H. McGee, the popular Wabash agent. The third, 854, is held by a Jameson young man, Otto McCartney, and the fourth, 1095, is the number of George Reed Netherton, of Coffey. Another Jameson boy, Henry D. French, is the fifth, with 783, and Pattonsburg scored sixth with No. 1117, held by William P. Tunnell. Jameson also got seventh, with No. 837, held by Ira C. Robinson, and Gallatin scored again with number 337, held by James
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Henry Ramsbottom. Jamesport's first numbers were 676, held by Earl Goodbar, and 275, held by Sherman Wright Blakely.
On August 8th, the exemption board, consisting of Dr. L. R. Doolin, County Clerk, Bert H. Tarwater, and Sheriff, J. A. Blair, began the work of passing on the eligibility of those subject to the draft.
The first group of men chosen and called into the service from Daviess County were: Leonard Patterson, Ira C. Robinson, William P. Tunnell, James H. Ramsbottom, Ashford Bowman, Marshall L. Lowery, and Daniel Lewis Collier. This contingent left Gallatin for the training camp, Sept. 6, 1917. Before their departure, a luncheon was given for them at the Y. M. C. A. At 2:30 the school children carrying flags assembled and sang pa- triotic songs. Headed by the local band and accompanied by several Con- federate and Union soldiers, the school children and a large crowd of citi- zens, the boys marched to the Rock Island depot where they entrained for Ft. Riley.
On Sept. 19, 55 Daviess Countians left for camp, and on Oct. 3rd, a group of 14. From that time on to the close of the war, groups of men in varying numbers were called and sent to camps throughout the country for training. As each group left the county for camp some sort of recognition was given of the fact that they were entering the country's service and that the citizens appreciated the sacrifices they were making.
A large group of the younger registrants attended various Students Army Training Camps, located at the state university and certain colleges in the state.
Following is a list of those in the service whose home was in the county, or whose parents or guardians resided here. The list was compiled by the Daviess County Chapter, American Red Cross, and published in the Gallatin papers, May, 1919:
Killed in Action.
Francis V. Frazier William Seiler Wallace McAfee C. H. Roy John Tracy
Robert Adkinson Ray Noll
Charles Shaw Stanley Benard
John Whetstone
Died of Disease.
Daniel Collier Alexander Dowell
Francis McCray Virgil Utz Wilford Smith
William Robinson Joseph Linville
Emmitt Downs
Lloyd Biddle
Robert C. Holmes
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