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Judge W. E. Naylor, deceased, was a prominent farmer and business man of Jackson Township. He was born May 30, 1868, in Daviess County, a son of F. M. and Sarah A. (West) Naylor.
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F. M. Naylor was born in Bath County, Ky., Oct. 11, 1829, a son of Ignatius and Susan (Kerns) Naylor. Ignatius Naylor was a carpenter by trade. He died Feb. 10, 1875, in Platte County, Mo. F. M. Naylor died in 1900, and his wife died Oct. 15, 1908. To F. M. and Sarah A. (West) Naylor nine children were born, one of whom is now living: Mrs. Howard Pogue, Gallatin.
Judge W. E. Naylor was reared on a farm and received his education in the district school and attended school two years at Jamesport. He then became engaged in farming in Jackson Township. Later he purchased his father's farm and lived there until his death Feb. 14, 1918. At the time of his death he owned 336 acres of land, 160 acres in Jackson Township and 176 acres in Kansas.
Oct. 6, 1887, Judge Naylor was married to Mary Lee Sandidge, a daughter of Dabney and Rebecca (Hill) Sandidge. Mr. and Mrs. Sandidge were the parents of two children : Mrs. Naylor and Ruie A. Faulkner, now living in Harrison, Ark. Both Mr. and Mrs. Sandidge are now deceased. Mrs. Naylor was born two and one-half miles southeast of Jamesport, and received her education in the district schools. To Judge and Mrs. Naylor four children were born, as follows: Glenn, was killed by an acetylene gas explosion in 1915; Frankie, the wife of W. H. Etter, living near Jamesport ; Ross, living with his mother; Katherine, the wife of Corwin Miller, Gallatin.
In 1918 Mrs. Naylor sold the old home farm and purchased 95 acres of land west of the former home in Jackson Township. She has erected a new home and made other improvements.
Judge Naylor was a Democrat. He was elected county judge, which office he had held for two years. He was a member of the Christian church and was a deacon at the church at Carlow. In all the phases of his life, as a business man, as a citizen, and in his capacity as a judge, Judge Naylor was industrious and sincere. He merited the high regard in which he was held by the community. He is buried in Brown Cemetery, Gallatin.
J. B. Drummond, Sr., a prominent farmer and stockman of Jackson Township, was born Feb. 4, 1851, in Union Township, Daviess County, a son of Joshua L. and Mary (Rhea) Drummond.
Joshua L. Drummond was born June 20, 1818, in Monroe County, Va. He removed to Missouri in the early forties, locating on a farm in Union Township. He came to Missouri with his mother and step-father, J. B. Foster, who settled in Grand River Township, which was then known as Awbury Grove. Mary (Rhea) Drummond was born in Greenbrier County, Va., March 26, 1825. She died in Texas, Nov. 13, 1837. Joshua Drum- mond died Oct. 9, 1859, and is buried in the old Jordin Cemetery in Jackson
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Township. To Mr. and Mrs. Drummond six children were born, three of whom are now living: J. B., the subject of this sketch; Susan, the wife of William Douthit, Fayette County ; Elizabeth C., the wife of Warren Mur- ray, Gallatin.
J. B. Drummond was reared on a farm and educated in the district schools. He learned the blacksmith trade, which he worked at for about 15 years in Odessa, Jamesport and Carlow. He later owned a grocery and hardware store at Carlow, which was burned Sept. 14, 1909. Mr. Drummond then became engaged in farming and stock raising. He is a breeder of standard bred trotting horses. In the early days Mr. Drum- mond tells of using oxen to break up the prairie land. He has been very successful in his work and owns 138 acres of well improved land at the southeastern part of Carlow.
Mr. Drummond was married, first, Oct. 13, 1899, to Iva Bashford, a daughter of David and Sarah (Hodd) Bashford. She was born in Jack- son Township. To J. B. and Iva (Bashford) Drummond two children were born : one died in infancy, and William L., employed with the Morris Pack- ing Company, St. Joseph. Mrs. Drummond died April 7, 1919.
Dec. 19, 1920, Mr. Drummond was married to Frances (Tulley) Poe, a native of Hamilton County, Ind.
Mr. Drummond is an independent voter. He is a stockholder in the Peoples Bank of Carlow. Mr. Drummond is a reliable citizen who is highly esteemed by his fellow citizens in Jackson Township.
W. F. Burge, a prosperous farmer and stockman of Jackson Township, was born Feb. 17, 1876, in Daviess County, a son of George D. and Nannie E. (Knight) Burge.
George Burge was born in Patrick County, Va., April 28, 1844, and came to Jackson Township, Daviess County, with his father in 1851. Here he followed farming until 1908 when he moved to Oklahoma where he now lives at ElReno. His wife, Nannie E. Knight was born in Daviess County, and died in August, 1876. To this union was born one child, W. F., the sub- ject of this sketch. George D. Burge was later married to Martha J. Faulkner, a native of Daviess County, and to this union six children were born.
W. F. Burge was reared on his father's farm and received his education in the district school and high school of Gallatin. At 20 years of age he purchased 40 acres of land, on which he has since resided. He has added to his original land holdings until he now owns 200 acres in Jackson Town- ship. He also operates his father's farm of 280 acres, which is an exclusive stock farm. Mr. Burge specialized in registered Poland China hogs and
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also is a breeder of mules and sheep, in which work he has been very successful.
On April 2, 1896, W. F. Burge was married to Pearl E. Jenkins, a daughter of W. E. and Caroline (Drummond) Jenkins, now living in James- part. Mrs. Jenkins was born in Daviess County. To Mr. and Mrs. Burge have been born 13 children, as follows: Carrie F., teacher at ElReno, Okla .; Nina M., the wife of F. H. McMahan, living near Jamesport; Wilma R., teacher in Monroe Township district school; James Raymond, Jamesport ; and Fred F., Woody A., Garland L., Margaret, William F., Jr., Jesse W., Betty L., all living at home. The other two children died in infancy. All of the Burge children are very well educated.
Mr. Burge is a Democrat and a member of the Presbyterian church. He is an energetic man who stands well in the esteem of his neighbors and fellow citizens.
J. M. Snider, a well known farmer and stockman of Jackson Township, and owner of 388 acres of land, was born Aug. 5, 1846, in Pike County, Ohio, in the village of Cynthann, the son of Samuel and Martha (Vanzant) Snider.
Samuel Snider was born in Greenbrier County, Va. When a child he floated down the Ohio River with his parents in a boat which they had built themselves. They brought all of their furniture, live stock and clothing with them. During the day they floated with the current. They settled in Highland County, Ohio, where Mr. Snider was reared. He removed to Daviess County, Mo., in 1868, and settled in Jackson Township, where he lived until his death, March 15, 1886, aged 65 years. Martha (Vanzant) Snider was born Jan. 14, 1824, in Greenbrier County, Va., and died in Daviess County, Mo., Jan 15, 1876. They were both buried in Clear Creek Cemetery, Jackson Township. To Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Snider six children were born, of whom Stella L. is the youngest. She is the wife of E. J. Snyder, Los Angeles, Calif.
J. M. Snider was reared on a farm in Highland County, Ohio, and remained there until September, 1864, when he enlisted in the National Guard of Ohio. He served 63 days, when he was sent to Georgia and held in the Reserve Guards there. Mr. Snider lived in Ohio until 1868 when he removed to Missouri with his parents. His father was a carpenter by trade. Upon their arrival in Missouri they became engaged in farming, where they remained until Mrs. Snider's death, after which J. M. Snider went to Colorado, where he lived one year. He then returned to Missouri, married, and settled on the home place, which his father deeded to him in 1880. Mr. Snider has made extensive improvements on the farm, and has been very successful in general farming and stock raising.
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On Dec. 17, 1876, Mr. Snider was married to Phena L. Youtsey, a daughter of Archibald and Elizabeth (George) Youtsey. Mrs. Snider was born in 1858, in Daviess County. To Mr. and Mrs. Snider four child- ren have been born, as follows: Clauda M., the wife of William E. Jenkins, Jackson Township; Emma C., at home; Samuel A., at home, and Mahlon E., also at home.
In politics Mr. Snider is a Republican. He is a citizen who stands well in his community, both for his enterprising disposition and for his high standards of welfare.
Joseph M. Cox, a substantial farmer and stockman of Jackson Town- ship, and owner of 258 acres of land in Jackson Township and 58 acres in Livingston County, was born Feb. 25, 1853, across the road from where he now lives in Jackson Township, a son of Levi P. and Elizabeth (Stamper) Cox.
Levi P. Cox, Sr., was born Jan. 20, 1817, in Williamsburg, Ky., and came to Missouri the summer of 1840, settling on what is now known as part of the old L. P. Cox farm in Jackson Township. Mr. Cox was married Sept. 30, 1841, to Elizabeth Stamper. To Mr. and Mrs. Cox eight children were born, as follows: Larkin J., born Aug. 12, 1843, was shot during the Civil War in the Battle of Corinth, Miss. He died of his wounds; Lucy M., deceased, was the wife of Reuben Ketron; Emily, deceased, was the wife of I. F. Minnick ; Nathan T., Gainsville, Texas ; Maria A., deceased; Joseph M., the subject of this sketch ; Jess Cox, deceased; Levi P., Breckenridge; and John S., deceased.
Levi P. Cox died Jan. 20, 1886, at the age of 69 years, and his wife died May 18, 1864, at the age of 38 years. They both are buried in Clear Creek Cemetery.
Joseph M. Cox was reared on his father's farm and received his education in the public schools and the high school at Breckenridge. He later taught school for two terms. At his father's death, Mr. Cox inherited 200 acres of land in Jackson Township, upon which he has made many im- provements. He carries on general farming and stock raising and has been very successful.
On Nov. 10, 1877, Mr. Cox was married to Mattie Tye, a daughter of Joshua and Elizabeth (Miller) Tye, natives of Kentucky and early settlers of Missouri. Mrs. Cox was born in Livingston County. To Mr. and Mrs. Cox eight children have been born, as follows: Charlie, Jackson Township; Joshua, St. Joseph ; Effie, the wife of Fred B. Hurd, San Jose, Calif .; Levi Chester, deceased; Ernie, Oklahoma; Mabel, principal of Lock Springs high school; Manona, a bookkeeper in Kansas City ; John, at home.
Mr. Cox is a stockholder in the Farmers Co-operative Mercantile Com-
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pany of Lock Springs, and was one of the organizers of the Lock Springs Bank. He was its first vice president. He is a Democrat and a member of the Methodist church. He has been a trustee for 20 years. He is re- liable and an efficient member of the community.
C. E. Ernst, the prosecuting attorney of Gentry County, is a member of an old and well known pioneer family of the county. For three genera- tions the Ernst name has been connected with the development of Gentry County and the members of the family have been people of worth and merit in civic affairs.
C. E. Ernst was born in Mound City, June 23, 1871, the son of Rev. James Henry and Martha J. (McCurry) Ernst. Rev. Ernst was a native of Gentry County, where his father and uncle, Godfrey and Andrew Ernst, built the first frame house ever erected in their neighborhood. This house is on the Ernst farm six miles southeast of Albany. It was a favorite stopping place for travellers taking the route to the Pattonsburg Mills and to the Gentryville Mills in the old frontier days. The old house is thus of historical interest, not only in the story of the Ernst family, but also in connection with the trade growth of the county. At this house Godfrey Ernst died, and here, in 1871, his son, James Henry, also died. The re- mains of both are buried in the Ernst burying ground on the farm. This place is still used at a public graveyard. Rev. James Henry Ernst was a minister in the Methodist church to which he devoted years of earnest and tireless work. C. E. Ernest, the subject of this sketch, was the only child of the union of Rev. J. H. and Martha J. (McCurry) Ernst.
Martha J. (McCurry) Ernst was the daughter of James McCurry, who came from Green County, Tenn., with his father-in-law, William Duke, in 1868. They settled near Albany where they spent the remainder of their lives. They both died several years ago and their remains are buried in the City Cemetery at Albany. After the death of Rev. James Henry Ernst his widow married John M. Canaday, a son of Caleb Canaday, who was at one time probate judge of Gentry County. John M. Canaday is now dead his widow lives with her son, C. E. Ernst. She is 76 years old.
C. E. Ernst was educated in the public school of Albany and later at- tended Christian College at Albany. He then read law with W. F. Dalbey and was admitted to the bar in December, 1900, and has since practiced suc- cessfully. When former Governor Hadley was in office, he appointed Mr. Ernst the circuit clerk and recorder of deeds of Gentry County to fill out the unexpired term of Horace J. Peery. This was in April, 1910, and Mr. Ernst held the office for two years, working under Don Hawthorne. Mr. Ernst's success and popularity as an official of the county is shown by the
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fact that his county elected him to fill the office of prosecuting attorney in 1918 and reelected him in 1920.
C. E. Ernst was married in 1901, to Alice Sparks, a daughter of Col- W. P. Sparks of Grant City. Mrs. Ernst was born and reared in Grant City. To this union of C. E. and Alice (Sparks) Ernst two children have been born: Charles, a graduate of the Albany High School, now a student at Palmer College, and interested in electrical engineering; and Ernestine also a graduate of Albany High School, and at present student at Palmer College from which she was graduated in music in 1922.
Mr. Ernst is a member of the Baptist church and is identified with the following lodges: the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of which he is a Past Grand Master, the Yoeman, and the Woodmen of the World. Mr. Ernst is very fond of good horses and keeps four standard bred horses at his home. He uses them both for driv- ing and riding. He is a citizen of whom his community is proud. As a private citizen, he has been interested in the advancement of the town and the county, and as a public official he has been efficient, just and considerate.
W. T. McClure, a prominent banker of Jamesport, was born Nov. 13, 1879, in Jamesport Township, a son of Jonathan and Mary L. (Hamilton) McClure.
Jonathan McClure was born in Ohio. Before the Civil War he came to Grundy County, Mo., with his father and they started a flour mill on Hickory Creek. They had moved to Grundy County, Mo., from Van Buren County, Iowa. During the Civil War, Mr. McClure enlisted as a soldier from Missouri and served on the Union side. After the war he traded a horse for 160 acres of land in Jamesport Township, where he moved and made his home until his death, Feb. 5, 1917. At the time of his death he owned 640 acres of land. He helped organize the Commercial Bank of Jamesport, which was first known as the Farmers and Merchants Bank. He was a stock holder and director until his death. Mr. McClure was a member of the Methodist Church and a member of the Masonic lodge, being a charter member of No. 564 Jamesport. He was a progressive citi- zen who devoted much of his time and energy to public welfare. Mrs. McClure was born in Daviess County, and is now living on the old home farm near Jamesport.
To Jonathan and Mary L. (Hamilton) McClure seven children were born, as follows: Arthur, living with his mother; Alice, the wife of James W. Parker, Jamesport Township; Rose, the wife of Thomas Hamilton, Long Beach, Calif .; Nellie, the wife of R. D. McCray, Lincoln Township; Pinke, the wife of R. M. Cole, Lincoln Township; W. T., the subject of this sketch ; Harry, Jamesport Township.
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W. T. McClure was reared on a farm and received his education in the district schools and the Kirksville Normal School. After finishing school he taught in the district schools for about eight years. He was then en- gaged in farming for a number of years. Aug. 9, 1908, Mr. McClure be- came the bookkeeper in what was then known as the Farmers and Mer- chants Bank at Jamesport. An May 30, 1911, the bank consolidated with the First National Bank, and was then known as the Commercial Bank of Jamesport. For a short time, Mr. McClure was assistant cashier of the bank, and in September, 1912, he became cashier. On Jan. 1, 1920, he was elected president, which office he now holds.
On Jan. 9, 1916, Mr. McClure was married to Roberta Doty, a native of Daviess County, and daughter of William and Elizabeth Doty, both of whom are now deceased.
Mr. McClure is a Republican and a member of the Masonic lodge in all its branches. He is well and favorably known in Jamesport and takes an active interest in the affairs of his community.
The Commercial Bank of Jamesport, Mo., was organized in 1911 by the consolidation of the Farmers and Merchants Bank and the First National Bank. It has a capital of $80,000 and a surplus of $14,500.
The present officers of the Commercial Bank are as follows: W. T. McClure, president ; George Pogue, vice-president ; C. A. Lewis, cashier ; Kathleen Reed, assistant cashier; Mabel Martin, assistant cashier; C. R. May, assistant cashier.
The Commercial Bank of Jamesport is a member of the Missouri Asso- ciation and the American Association of Banks. It is located on the main thoroughfare of Jamesport and is modernly equipped in every respect.
The stockholders of the Commercial Bank are made up of citizens of Jamesport Township. The bank is well known throughout the state and is in high standing due to the efficiency of its officers.
Ivo W. Lively, the competent and well known cashier of the Bank of Jamesport, was born in Monroe, La., the son of Chapman H., and Ella (Humble) Lively, natives of Louisana.
Chapman H. Lively was born in 1863, and was a plantation owner during his life. He owned land in Louisana where he raised cotton, having many negroes working the plantation. He died in Monroe, La., in 1915, at the age of 52 years. Mrs. Lively is now living in Monroe, La. To Mr. and Mrs. Lively four children were born, as follows: Ivo W., subject of this sketch ; E. H., San Francisco, Calif .; Edith, the wife of August Swayze, Monroe, La .; the fourth child died in infancy.
Ivo W. Lively was reared in Monroe, La., being educated in the public schools there and later attending the business college at Chillicothe, Mo.
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When 18 years of age he was engaged as a messenger boy in the Ouachita National Bank, at Monroe, La. In two years he became bookkeeper in the same bank. In 1906, he went to Kansas City, where he was engaged as a bookkeeper in the Commerce Trust Company, later becoming teller. Six years later, Mr. Lively removed to Las Vegas, N. M., where he became the assistant secretary of the Peoples Bank and Trust Company. In 1914 he went to Santa Fe, N. M., where he became cashier of the Santa Fe Bank. He remained there until 1916, when he came to Jamesport and organized the Bank of Jamesport.
Mr. Lively was married Nov. 4, 1907, to Dorothy Stephenson, a native of Marceline. To this union one son has been born, Ivo W., Jr.
Mr. Lively is a Democrat. He is a member of the Baptist church and the Knights of Phythias. Mr. Lively is a good business man who possesses both capability and courtesy. He is well known in Daviess County, and merits the esteem with which he is held in his community.
The Bank of Jamesport, Jamesport, Mo., was organized in 1916 by Ivo W. Lively, with a capital stock of $10,000, which was increased in three years to $15,000.
While is it numerically the third bank in the town, it is truly the first in point of community spirit and development. Mr. Lively convinced his associates from the beginning that it was to be their bank, and they were to be, therefore, one body of boosters. They caught the spirit immediately and a really marvelous growth has resulted. One feature inaugurated by Mr. Lively was the annual stockholders' banquet, the first being held in 1919, at the time of the summer divident payment. This was such a suc- cess that all were heartily in favor of the plan for each year to follow.
The officers of the Bank of Jamesport are: I. C. Hill, farmer of Jackson Township, president ; W. L. Arnold, merchant of Jamesport, vice-president ; Ivo W. Lively, cashier; Miss Roberta Goodvin, assistant cashier; Lois Rayburn, second assistant cashier.
The deposits at present are $134,495.63, the total resources are $191,851.00. The stockholders of the bank are mainly farmers of James- port and vicinity.
The phenomenal growth of the bank of Jamesport is due in no small degree to co-operation, and the stockholders are to be congratulated upon having for their leader a man of Mr. Lively's business foresight.
Ralph Wiles, the popular and efficient postmaster of Jamesport, is a native of Jamesport Township, Daviess County, born Sept. 11, 1894.
Ralph was reared on his grandparents' farm. His grandparents are Thomas and Georgianna (Haines) Wiles. Mr. Wiles is now retired, living in Jamesport. Ralph Wiles was educated in the public schools and the high
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school of Jamesport. He then attended the Gem City Business College at Quincy, Ill. After completing his education, Mr. Wiles worked as a farm hand until the outbreak of the World War. He enlisted in December, 1917, and was sent to Fort Sill, Okla. He was stationed there until his discharge, being a member of Headquarters Company, 9th Field Artillery. On March 29, 1919, Mr. Wiles was mustered out of service and returned home, where he engaged in farming until Sept. 16, 1921, when he was appointed post- master at Jamesport.
Mr. Wiles is a member of the Masonic lodge and India Temple Shrine at Oklahoma City, and the Consistory at Guthrie, Okla. He also belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Eastern Star and Rebeccas. He is a member of the Methodist church. In politics Mr. Wiles is a Repub- lican. He is unmarried. He is one of Daviess County's public spirited and enterprising young citizens.
J. L. McCue, a successful and widely known business man of James- port, was born Oct. 1, 1855, in Grundy County, a son of Isaac M. and Martha J. (Livingston) McCue.
Isaac M. McCue was born in Greenbrier County, Va., April 6, 1830, and came to Missouri in 1844. He was a farmer during his entire life. He died July 3, 1905, in Jamesport. In politics Mr. McCue was a staunch Democrat and a member of the Methodist church. His wife was a daugh- ter of Dr. James and Eliza R. (Tootle) Livingston, natives of Ohio. After removing to Grundy County in 1838, Dr. Livingston practiced medicine from his farm, which was located on the Daviess, Grundy and Livingston County lines. To Isaac M. and Martha J. (Livingston) McCue three child- ren were born, as follows: J. L., the subject of this sketch; Milton T., deceased ; and P. S., Jackson Township, Daviess County.
Shortly after J. L. McCue was born his parents moved to Daviess County, and settled on a farm, where he grew up. He attended the dis- trict schools and the state university. After completing his education, he taught school for a number of years. In 1881 he came to Jamesport, where he was engaged in the general merchandise business with his brother, P. S. McCue, under the firm name of McCue Brothers. After one year Mr. McCue bought out his brothers' interest and took James Guerin, an uncle, into partnership. In 1887 Mr. McCue sold out his interest to Mr. Guerin, after which he taught school for four years.
Following the failure of the Citizens Bank in Jamesport, Mr. McCue purchased the building and improved it with a fine large building, cover- ing three lots. The building is modern in every respect and Mr. McCue carries a full line of dry goods, ready to wear garments, shoes, etc. From
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1894 until 1904 Mr. McCue led a retired life and in 1905 he was appointed county assessor by Joseph W. Folk. In 1906 he again became engaged in the general merchandise business with Hazelip Witten. In a few months Mr. McCue became the sole owner. In 1919 he took into partner- ship his son, Robert E., and the firm is now known as J. L. McCue & Son.
Mr. McCue was married the first time to Emma I. McClung in 1883. She was the daughter of John F., and Miriam (Bowen) McClung, natives of Jamesport Township, Daviess County. Mrs. McCue was born in James- port Township. To this union two children were born: Mabel L., the wife of S. W. Reed, Trenton, Mo .; and Robert E., married to Bessie I. McCray, a native of Daviess County. Robert E. McCue was born Nov. 24, 1885, in Jamesport, and received his education in the public schools of Jamesport, the Methodist school at Fayette, and the state university. He studied law for two and one-half years. He enlisted in the World War in Decem- ber, 1917, and was sent to Fort George Wright. Ten days later he went to Waco, Texas, where he trained in the aviation service for four months. He also was stationed at Fort Omaha four months, and sailed for overseas in November, 1918, a few days before the armistice was signed. He re- turned home in May, 1919, and became engaged with his father in the dry goods business.
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