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Knights of Phythias .- Banner Lodge No. 88, at Jamesport had, ac- cording t othe 1920 report, 126 members During the year five new mem- bers had been added and two lost. The property of the lodge is valued at $848.96, and its assets amount to $1230.02. J. F. Jackson was the deputy in 1920, and Robert McCue, keeper of the records and seal.
. Jameson Lodge No. 255, had in 1920, 84 members, 11 more than in 1919. The lodge property was valued at $300, and its total assets amount- ed to $1626.42. A. E. Geisbert was deputy and J. C. McDonald, keeper of the records and seal.
On page 27 of the 1920 report, under the title "Charters Arrested," appears the following :
"Pattonsburg Lodge No. 247, Pattonsburg, April 3rd, 1919, by S. D. G. C. W. F. Drummond, who after paying all bills remitted $178.95 in cash and a note for $351.20 secured by deed of trust on real estate, 21 members paying dues and retaining membership in the Home State Lodge."
I. O. O. F .- Gallatin Lodge No. 167, was organized May 22, 1867, with W. H. Folmsbee, N. G .; S. A. Black, V. G .; Pines R. Dunn, R. S .; R. L. Dodge, F. S. The order now has 225 members. The officers are: J. E. Swafford, N. G .; Lewis Smith, V. G .; A. R. Maffitt, R. S .; Fred Weiser, F. S .; Homer Feurt, Treas.
Jamesport Lodge No. 339, was organized May 19, 1876, with P. R. Dunn, N. G .; W. F. Boyd, V. G .; W. A. Wynn, Secy .; and S. T. Haynes, Treas. There are now 73 members of the chapter.
Wilbur Lodge No. 403 at Pattonsburg was organized Feb. 23, 1881. It has a membership of 117.
Winston Lodge No. 371 was organized March 5, 1877, with F. B. H. Brown as N. G .; Joseph Swike, V. G .; John T. Shaw, Secy .; and M. J. Ben- son, Treasurer. The chapter now has a membership of 37, with the follow- ing officers: W. H. Kauffman, N. G .; John Walp, V. G .; and R. J. Kimber- ling, Secy. .
Civil Bend Lodge No. 203 was instituted Feb. 15, 1869, with A. M.
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Swaney, N. G .; W. S. Mallory, V. G .; J. H. Frost, R. S .; John Easter, P. S .; T. J. Swaney, P. S. The chapter now has 41 members.
Lock Springs Lodge No. 380 has a membership of 43. Coffeyburg No. 520, has a membership of 117. Altamont Lodge No. 607 has a mem- bership of 66. The hall was destroyed by fire in 1921, and plans are being made to rebuild.
There are about 725 members of the I. O. O. F. in the county.
Rebekahs .- Sarah Rebekah Lodge was organized at Pattonsburg about 1890. The officers are Mrs. Ione Bloom, N. G .; Mrs. Etta Crump, V. G .; Mrs. Minnie McElfresh, Secy .; and H. D. Milstead, Treas.
The first officers of the New Hope Rebekah Lodge at Lock Springs were, Mrs. T. A. Abbott, N. G .; I. L. Wade, V. G .; Brumett Bowersock, Treasurer. The present officers are Mrs. Ora Trosper, N. G .; Mrs. May Eads, V. G .; Mrs. Mary Eads, R. S .; Mrs. Anna Garr, F. S .; Mrs. Brumett Bowersox, Treas.
Altamont Rebekah Lodge No. 525, was organized at Altamont about 1908 with 60 members. Mrs. Dan Fisher was the first Noble Grand and Mrs. Abe Wills, the first Vice Grand. The other officers are not known as the records were destroyed by fire. The present officers are Pearl Roberts, N. G .; Jessie Snyder, V. G .; Cena Curtis, Secy .; Georgia Burns, Treas. There are 53 members of the chapter.
A Rebekah lodge was organized at Civil Bend, but was disbanded about 15 years ago. Another chapter was organized April 1, 1921, and is known as Augusta Rebekah Lodge No. 741. The officers are Mrs. Pearl Smith, N. G .; Mrs. Lillie Faiber, V. G .; Mrs. Bettie Brown, F. S .; John Field, C. S .; Clyde Frost, Treas. There are 24 members.
Coffey Rebekah Lodge No. 287 was organized in May, 1901 with 28 members. Miss Emma Hendrix, N. G .; Mrs. Fannie Dryer, V. G .; Miss Mollie Armstrong, C. S .; Miss Phena Everly, F. S .; Mrs. Lou Witten, Treas. There are now 89 members of the chapter with the following officers : Mrs. Kattie Miller, N. G .; Mrs. Lillian Weldon, V. G .; Mrs. Frankie Wright, R. S .; Mrs. Merle Williams, F. S .; Mrs. Hattie Glaze, Treas.
One of the most flourishing chapters of the order is found at James- port. Two state presidents have come from this organization, Mrs. Mary Buren and Miss Ethel Langford.
The Gallatin Rebekah Lodge was organized about 1893. The present officers are, Mrs. Maude Galpin, N. G .; Mrs. Ada Witten, V. G .; Miss Ber- nice Ramsbottom, R. S .; Mrs. Stella Hunt, F. S.
American Legion .- The first chapter of the American Legion was organized in Gallatin, Sept. 2, 1919, with a charter membership of 30. It
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was decided that the organization should be known as the Wallace McAfee Post. The following officers were elected: Post Commander, Dr. M. A. Smith; Vice Commander, Dean H. Leopard; Adjutant, H. C. Venable; Finance Officer, Harley Morris; Historian, Fred M. Harrison. Harley Morris is now Post Commander. There are about 90 members.
The Ray Noll Post No. 79 was organized at Jamesport, Sept. 18, 1919, with 30 members. Neal O. McCollum was the first Post Commander ; Viwell Lankford, Vice Commander; Charles Evans, Sergeant at Arms; O. L. Gildow, Finance Officer; J. Frank Gildow, Historian; Lee Goodbar, Ad- jutant. The post now has 55 paid up members. A hall is owned by the organization. There is a Women's Auxiliary with a membership of 47. Charles Evans is Post Commander ; Clarence Wells, Vice Post Commander ; J. R. Wiles, Adjutant ; O. L. Gildow, Finance Officer ; Leslie Lankford, His- torian.
The Shaw-Whetstone Post No. 227, at Pattonsburg, has a membership of about 90. E. U. Shackelford is commander, and T. L. Smart, Vice Com- mander. W. L. Moody is the Adjutant.
COURT HOUSE. ALBANY. MO
GENTRY COUNTY COURT HOUSE, ALBANY
HIGH SCHOOL. ALBANY. MO.
HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING, ALBANY
PART II. History of Gentry County.
CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCTORY.
THE AUTHOR'S OBSERVATION OF SIXTY-FIVE YEARS IN GENTRY COUNTY-HIGH POINTS OF HISTORY-PROGRESS OF GENTRY COUNTY-ADHERENCE TO FACTS- "HARKING BACK"
With a commendable lack of confidence the writer undertakes the preparation of his county's history. At the impressionable age of 14 years the author arrived in Gentry County in 1856, 22 years after the earliest white settlers. At that date all leading facts of local history were still distinct in the general consciousness. Sixty-five years resi- dence have given the writer personal acquaintance and friendship with many of the county fathers.
There must of necessity be high points in any history. The most interesting feature of local county history is the usual, every day life of the people. Pioneer life, because of its vast difference from that which comes later, is of highest interest to posterity.
History should reveal the advancement, the obstacles, and the man- ner of their overcoming. More than this, history should indicate the rate of progress. Posterity will ask, "How far did Gentry County travel in the way of progress and development?" The best answer to this ques- tion is a vivid picture of out activities today, material, social and benevo- lent. For instance, agriculture and allied interest will be one of the high points ; education will be one and response to the World's War crisis will be another. With a rigid adherence to facts, every effort is made to preserve the high lights, and to give due proportion to larger things.
Those readers who held acquaintance with the author will gener- ously indulge him in the following literary extravagance.
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HARKING BACK
In the Grand River Valley, I'm contented to dwell. The allotment of Providence pleases me well. I'm walking with industry, day in and day out, And collecting the comforts she's never without. Like a deep rooted tree in the midst of the grove, I am firmly attached in the bondage of love, To my friends and the scenes that environ my home, Untempted by specious allurements to roam.
Though storms overhead at intervals beat, And hindering meshes entangle my feet, With heaven above and Missouri beneath, Not a shade of distrust ever wavers my faith. Content with the blessings, I've had in the past, And the promise that seed time and harvest shall last, I'll continue to plod in the fields I have known, Ever generous to wield where faithfully sown.
No envious yearnings for the rich and the great, Whose cares grow apace with increasing estate, In the furrows of plenty, unburdened by wealth, My life ripples onward in the sunshine of health. Now the time is far spent ; my day is at close ; The sunset invites me to final repose,
And I'll find it secure in a higher-up Land. While my body decays on the banks of the Grand.
CHAPTER II.
TERRITORIAL HISTORY.
CLAIMED BY RIGHT OF DISCOVERY-INDIANS' RIGHTS SWEPT ASIDE-LOUISIANA PURCHASE-TERRITORY OF MISSOURI ORGANIZED-HOWARD COUNTY ESTAB- LISHED-"THE MOTHER OF COUNTIES"-GENTRY COUNTY ORGANIZED IN 1845- NAMED IN HONOR OF COLONEL GENTRY-LOCATION.
Gentry County in Northwest Missouri is a parcel of territory from that vast domain in the New World west of the Mississippi River, claimed by right of discovery, in the name of Louis XIV, for the king- dom of France.
The Indians, the original inhabitants, being almost entirely no- madic, were adjudged uncivilized, and their rights were swept aside with more or less promptitude, by the great powers of Europe. Under the name of "the Province of Louisiana," France maintained undisputed control until the close of the old French War in 1763, when this large region was ceded to Spain.
After 37 years control, Spain, in 1800, ceded to France this great possession. In April 1803 Napoleon sold and ceded the entire realm to the United States for $15,000,000.00. In October of the same year, President Madison was authorized by Congress to take possession and provide provisional government.
In March 1804 the division of the Louisianna Purchase was author- ized, this was effected a month later when the southern portion was named the Territory of Orleans, and the northern portion was set apart as the District of Upper Louisiana, under the temporary jurisdiction of Indiana Territory, the 33rd parallel North latitude being the dividing line. The present state of Missouri was embraced in the District of Upper Louisiana.
In 1805 the District of Upper Louisiana, coming under its own Ter- ritorial government on July 4th of the same year. In 1812 this terri- tory was organized, or reorganized, as the Territory of Missouri under act of congress approved June 4th. In 1819, a portion of the Territory
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of Missouri was set apart and organized as the Territory of Arkansas.
In 1816, Howard County was established out of portions of St. Louis and St. Charles Counties. This county, known as "Mother of Counties," comprised the whole northwest portion of the territory. Howard County was named in honor of General Benjamin Howard, acting governor of the territory, which was established in 1816. Settlements were begun as early as 1807 by Daniel Boone, Benjamin Cooper, and others. In 1820 Ray County was formed from the western part of Howard County. In 1821 the territory was admitted into the Union as the State of Mis- souri. In 1822 Clay County was formed from the west half of Ray County. In 1833 Clinton County was formed from the northern portion of Clay County.
In 1841 the present counties of Gentry and Worth were set apart from Clinton County, located and named Gentry County but was not organized till 1845. In 1861 Worth County was detached from Gentry County, leaving the County its present dimensions, 24 miles long, north and south, and 203 miles wide, east and west. Located specifically, as townships, 61,62,63,64, in ranges 30, 31 and 32 and 23 miles on the east side of the same townships in range 33. The western boundary being the old state line, definitely fixed by act of 1845.
Colonel Richard Gentry, whose honored name is borne by the county, was probably a native of Missouri and of Boone County, where he was living in 1836, at the outbreak of the Florida War. He raised a volunteer regiment for service in that war and led them with devotion and honor to the field of Okeechobee, where at the moment of promised victory, he received a mortal wound, but for an hour, in the face of death, he directed and cheered his troops to final triumph. The same night his brave spirit passed to a hero's reward. In 1842 his regimental flag was presented by the state with all appropriate honors to his widow.
Gentry County is bounded on the north by Worth County, on the east by Harrison and Daviess Counties, on the south by DeKalb County, and on the west by Andrew and Nodaway Counties, and lies just above the 40th degree of North latitude, and in Longitude 17 degrees west from Washington. Most of the county is watered by Grand River- East, West and Middle forks and tributaries. In the extreme southwest begins the Platte River slope.
CHAPTER III.
NATURAL RESOURCES AND TOPOGRAPHY.
WHAT CONSTITUTES NATURAL RESOURCES-AVAILABLE AND POTENTIAL-MIN- ERAL SPRINGS-RAINFALL-PHYSICAL FEATURES-SCENERY AND SOIL-"A LAND OF PROMISE".
The natural resources of an undeveloped country include not only what the first settlers saw, but also whatever they found-whatever proved to their benefit or assistance in their struggle with the wilder- ness, the location of groves for shelter, the quality and use of timber, for fuel, building and implements, the abundant native grasses for grazing and forage, such game as was native to the country, the fish of its streams and the natural sources of good water, the stone for foundation work, the temperature, the rain fall and the quality of the soil. For none of these things did the pioneers bring with them. Gentry County with 60,000 acres of scattered groves and forests, was hospitable to the and abundance of fuel, with excellent oak for building, walnut for fur- niture and hickory for implements. Gentry County was also rich in grass land for pasture and hay stack. The early settler could have his wood lot at one hand and his cow lot at the other. As to game, if the earliest comers had the greater loneliness and the more privations, they also had more venison, more turkeys, grouse and pheasants, and possibly more time for fishing. They also found a well watered country, rivers, creeks, and springs, enough for all, distributed over the entire county. They found limestone for all necessary uses. They found a growing cli- mate, a sufficient rainfall and a responsive soil. Live stock throve and crops were abundant. Food for man and beast became plentiful.
Thus it will be seen that Gentry County, in common with all North- west Missouri, was rich in resources quickly available to the early set- tler, while the potential resources native to the county, were beyond any power of estimation possible to the first residents. What could they know of timothy, of red clover, of blue grass, of high class stock, of creamery and poultry shipments? To those natural resources which
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aided the settlers in their plans for permanent occupation, should be added some that tended to relieve pioneer life from monotony and to im- part to it a sporting flavor, as the locating of her trees, the gathering of wild fruits and nuts, and the hunting and trapping of fur bearing ani- mals. Though this phase of life has little to do with permanent civiliza- tion, it was probably very interesting and profitable, since it seems a trustworthy conclusion that the region was early relieved of any inroads from Indian hunters.
While not of interest to early settlers, Gentry County possesses fine mineral and medicinal springs.
The average yearly rainfall and melted snow is 36.62 inches, dis- tributed by seasons as follows: winter 5.25 inches, spring 9.25 inches, summer 14.50, autumn 7.62.
The physical features of Gentry County are pleasing to the eye, and very favorable to all agricultural pursuits. There are three classes of land; river bottoms, the breaks or broken hills, and back of the broken lands are large areas of higher undulating prairie-ideal land for gen- eral farming.
At many points of elevation the views are far reaching and unsur- passed in their blending of streams, timber and rolling hills, in all their native beauty. The slopes are usually long and moderate and the nat- ural drainage is everywhere so sufficient that but a negligible part of Gentry County could ever have been classed as water or swamp lands. The soil is everywhere, a rich black loam with excellent clay subsoil. The prairie carried a heavier covering of rich top soil than did the tim- bered lands.
This is what the early settlers beheld ; a rich soil, an open country, ready for subjection, and promising both speedy and enduring rewards to the labor and intelligence of civilized man. The native woods and for- ests covered the fifth part of the county's extent-so well distributed that no part seemed naked. To the pioneers of vision it probably appeared a land of promise, a place of splendid possibilities, an empire of opportunities, where one could work in hope, and where dreams might come true. With all its natural resources it was still a wilderness, producing nothing for the comfort and progress of humanity.
CHAPTER IV.
EARLY SETTLEMENTS.
NONE OF THE FIRST SETTLERS NOW LIVING-CONQUEST OF THE NINETEENTHI CENTURY-WHAT THE PIONEERS BROUGHT-THEIR AMBITIONS-SETTLEMENT BEGAN IN 1834-FIRST SETTLERS-OTHER SETTLERS-FIRST SCHOOL-FIRST POSTOFFICE-FIRST WHITE CHILD BORN IN COUNTY-FIRST CHURCH-EARLY PREACHERS.
After 88 years, it is naturally impossible that any of the first set- tlers should still be living-The History of 1882 was prepared while Isaac Miller, one of the first four was still a resident of the county. At that time the leading facts could easily be verified. Logically the His- tory of 1882 is the basis of authentic first things.
From the dawn of history, families, tribes, communities, and nations have taken keen delight in all facts and traditions concerning their ori- gin, and early development.
In the larger sense the settlement and growth of Gentry County is part and parcel of that great immigration and conquest of the 19th cen- tury which followed as a natural result of the independence of the United States. The strong and resolute swarmed westward to subdue and occupy the Valley of the Mississippi and its tributaries. Gladstone declared it, "The greatest peaceful monument of Civilized Man, to the greatest tract of fertile land on the face of the Earth."
The present generation is close enough to this great beginning to have interests, many and varied and often personal, apart from that which is merly historical. It is possible to know whence we came, how we were derived, why we are what we are. It is possible, in considering the beginning of things less than 90 years ago in the wilds of Gentry County, to trace the influence of Virginia, Tennessee and Kentucky. Other influences are as easily and definitely traced. If the pioneers came with empty hands, they came with sound minds and strong hearts. They brought the experience of ages of struggle and progress and mental and moral attainments that go to explain their speedy and mar- velous successes.
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Each pioneer held one personal ambition-to win a home and the means of its maintenance, of this he was conscious. But in the mass the pioneers were part of something great, something racial and something national. They were empire builders.
The county is divided at the present time into eight municipal town- ships, as follows: Miller, Athens, Howard, Bogle, Wilson, Huggins, Cooper and Jackson. Settlement began in the spring of 1834, 11 years before the organization of the county. In this year came four men, Isaac and Tobias Miller, William Marton and John Roberts, natives of Kentucky and Tennessee, locating in what is now known as Miller Township at Greenwell Ford. With them this same year are associated the names of two others, David Henderson and Robert Ready. They raised a crop of corn on the north bank of Grand River.
In 1835 the second settlement was made, also in Miller Township near what is now known as Gentryville, when John Culp, Benjamin Culp and Elisha Cameron from Tennessee and Milton Foster from Kentucky, with some others from the same states located in the township.
In 1838, the first store was opened by a Mr. Stevenson, three miles northeast of Gentryville. Also in 1838, the first mill in the county was erected by Taylor McCully, four miles east of Gentryville.
In 1836 Daniel Saunders from North Carolina settled in Athens Township, two miles south of Albany, at Sandsville.
The first settlers usually selected timber land for homes and for cul- tivation. Most of them came from old forest regions, and all traditions were in favor of cleared land in preference to prairie.
As early as 1836, settlers began to arrive in ever increasing num- bers, and by the time of county organization, in 1845, over two hundred prominent names-heads of families-were added to the few forerun- ners of 1834-35-36.
In 1838 the first school house was built, east of Gentryville, in the neighborhood of John D. Burbon and Jacob Jones. John Githius taught the first school during the winter of 1838-39. It was a log building 20 feet square with puncheon floor and roofed with clapboards; in place of a window a log was left out on one side, and the space covered with greased paper.
In 1838 the first postoffice was established at Sandsville, two miles south of Albany. Daniel Saunders was postmaster and the mail was car- ried from Sandsville to Plattsburg, Clinton County by Levi Baldock, con- tractor.
In 1939 the first white child was born in the county, named Nancy
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M. Miller, daughter of Isaac Miller. She became the wife of W. P. Gartin.
In 1840 the first water mill was built at Gentryville by Charles Gay and John T. Hunter. It was a log house with one run of buhr stones. The mill stones were chipped from native "Nigger Head" rocks by Joshua Potter, a pioneer citizen. This location was first called Gay's mill. The oldest town of the county grew up around it, and was for a time called Columbus. In 1850 the Legislature changed the name to the present name, Gentryville.
In 1842, four miles east of Gentryville, the first church house was built by James C. Patton and others. The denomination was New School Presbyterian (Mount Zion, or Brushy), but the building was free to all denominations, and was used by Methodists, Baptists and Christians.
The earliest preachers were John Udell and Hiram Wariner, Chris- tians; Lorenzo D. Waugh, Methodist; and Timothy Morgan, Pres- byterian.
In 1845 the county was organized and the first court house built.
April 3rd, 1845-first marriage, Abraham Popples and Barbara Rhudy.
CHAPTER V.
PIONEER LIFE.
REMINISCENT AND TRADITIONAL - THE PIONEER'S HOME - IMPLEMENTS - HIS TRIALS AND PRIVATIONS-SCARCITY OF NECESSITIES-BUILDING THE LOG CABIN-THE CRUDE FURNITURE-COMMUNITY SPIRIT-PASTIMES-GAME AND FISH-THE BLACKSMITH-GRISTMILL AND TRADING POST.
Pioneer life when fairly treated is of deepest interest to all who come after. Direct history records what they did and its results. This chapter, somewhat different, should tell how they did it. It should intimately and sympathetically enter into their daily life with its labor, patience, self-denial, handicaps, sufferings, its successes, its personal gladness, its neighborhood pleasures and its community achievements.
There is a sort of cumulative glamour attached to the reminiscen- ces and traditions of the first year of pioneer experience. The personal triumphs are recalled and related, the anniversaries and various assem- blings are in a manner relived again and again. All that was fine, joy- ous, successful, is preserved ; much that was otherwise is dropped if not forgotten. It is therefore highly proper that the actual should be placed side by side with the more pleasurable traditional.
The pioneer, at his winter fireside, with his family about him is indeed a cheerful prospect. The cheeriness of the picture contrasts agreeably with the crudeness of his cabin and its meagre furniture. However, but little of his life was spent at that cheerful fireside. His labor was heavy, and often vexatious. His days were slow and lonely. The immediate results were so slender that he was often discouraged. His implements were clumsy makeshifts, his motive power limited. He could only dream of the tools and teams he would like to have. The "good time coming" seemed very far off. If he had a journey to make, it was a ser- ious matter. The imperfect trail would stretch itself, the hours would drag and the team would weary. He felt the discomfort of cold or heat, and the pangs of hunger. If a bridge were out, or a ford swollen, the delay would take his thoughts to the folks at home. Gloomy question-
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ings would beset his mind and heart. When could he reach home? What were the folks thinking? Would they be afraid? Would they worry? Were they safe? Reaching home at last, he might be weather- worn and fatigued, until exhaustion rendered enjoyment impossible.
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