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Thomas H. Killam and Lida C. Clark were married in Illinois and came to Harrison County, Mo., in 1882, where they bought a farm in Washington Township, and where they continued to live until the fall of 1898, when they moved to Grant City. There Mr. Killam went into the grain and stock business which he continued to conduct until the spring of 1902, when he came to Albany and bought the Graves Hardware store. He re- mained the in the hardware business until 1909. He is now located in Duluth, Minn. To the union of Thomas H., and Lida C. (Clark) Killam the following children were born: Samuel C., the subject of this review; Edith L., a teacher in Duluth, Minn .; Lawrence T., a resident of McMinn- ville, Ore .; and John W., now working for the United States Steel Corpor- ation in Duluth, Minn.
Samuel C. Killam graduated from the Grant City High School in 1901, and then spent one year as a student in William Jewell College at Liberty. He later entered the hardware business with his father and remained in this work until 1909. The next three years he was with E. K. Williams. In 1914 he engaged in the furniture business at Mt. Ayr, Iowa. In the spring of 1916, Mr. Killam went into the insurance business and opened his present office, where he handles the work in connection with fire, tornado, hail, and automobile insurance. From August, 1918, until July, 1921, Mr. Killam clerked in the Gentry County Bank.
The Chamber of Commerce of Albany was organized on Feb. 8, 1921, as an outgrowth of the former Commercial Club. At the first meeting of the new organization there were 30 men present, at the second meeting, two weeks later, there were 75 men present. The membership of the organization is now 267 and the work of the members is already felt as a strong integrating force in the town. Mr. Killam was elected president of
SAM C. KHI.LAM
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the new club and was reelected for 1922. Mr. Killam has proved himself admirably fitted to the position. In April, 1922, Mr. Killam was appointed acting postmaster of Albany.
Sam C. Killam was married June 7, 1911, to Linnie N. Lainhart, a daughter of Robert P. and Melcenia (Sampson) Lainhart. Mr. Lainhart was a grocer in Albany for almost 35 years. He retired from active busi- ness life a few years before his death which occurred in February, 1920. His remains are buried in Highland Cemetery. His widow now lives at Albany. Mr. and Mrs. Killam have one daughter, Merilee.
Mr. Killam is a member of Athens Lodge No. 127, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons and the Royal Arch Chapter at Albany, also the Josephus Council Albany Commandry, and the Order of the Eastern Star. He is a past officer in all of these lodges except the Council. He belongs also to the Yoeman Lodge and to the Knights of Constantine at St. Joseph. Mr. Killam is the chairman of the Republican Central Committee of Gentry County and has held this position for the past four years. He is a pro- gressive man, one who manifests foresight in his business affairs and high ideals in the community in his political views, and in his direction of the work of the Albany Chamber of Commerce. He is a member of the Chris- tian church, being an active worker in that church, and is now a deacon.
W. R. Handy, who operates a real estate, farm loans and abstract office in Gallatin, was born near Horse Cave, Ky., Jan. 18, 1865. His parents were David W. and Mary (Cook) Handy to whom eight children were born. Six of them are still living: J. B., a merchant and banker at Coffey ; A. H., in the mercantile business in Kansas City ; Ida, married A. H. Thompson of Sioux City, Iowa; W. R., the subject of this review ; Ollie, the Wife of J. P. Stanley of Topeka, Kans. ; and C. P., a resident of Rocky Ford, Colorado.
David W. Handy was born in Virginia in 1830. He married Mary Cook in Kentucky. She was born in Pennsylvania. They came to Daviess County in the late spring of 1865, and for 12 years lived on a farm. At the end of that time they moved to Coffey, where Mr. Handy engaged in the mercantile business. He was a successful man, and at one time owned 790 acres of land adjoining the site of Coffey. He was one of the well known stock feeders of the community, and a man highly esteemed throughout the county. His wife died at Coffey in 1910, at the age of 76 years, and he died at the same town in 1914. The remains of both are buried in the Masonic Cemetery there. They were members of the Baptist church, and Mr. Handy was a Democrat in his political views.
W. R. Handy grew up at Coffey and attended the schools there. In
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1883 he entered Grand River College at Edinburg, and remained for a year taking the commercial course. He then became a student in the Gem City Business College at Quincy, Ill., and then became connected with his fathers' business. He conducted a store for his father and G. B. Duke, at McFall in 1886. The next year he went back to Coffey, where he again entered the mercantile business, and remained in it until Fbruary, 1889, when he accepted a position as clerk for Irving Brothers. In 1891, he with J. H. Townsend, W. T. Osborn, C. A. Stout, J. H. Gilchrist became the organizers of the Gallatin Dry Goods and Grocery Company, and Mr. Handy was placed in charge of the dry goods department, and was also the sec- retary of the company. In 1892 he was forced to resign from his work because of his health, and a year later he became associated with S. D. Stephens in the real estate and loan business. In 1896 this enterprise was incorporated as the Stephens Farm Loan Company, and in 1914, the firm went into the hands of a receiver. Following this Mr. Handy began mak- ing loans for himself, and has now established an excellent business.
Mr. Handy was married on Sept. 5, 1889 to Lillian Dugger, born in Madison County, Ill., in April, 1869, the daughter of Cornelius Dugger. Mr. Dugger spent all of his life in Illinois, where he died. Mr. and Mrs. Handy had six children born to their union: Vada I., married to Charles Blizzard of St. Joseph; Dean E., Beggs, Okla .; Glenn D., living at Rocky Ford, Colo .; Giles K., a resident of St. Joseph; and Dorothy and Mary, both at home.
Mr. Handy was elected mayor of Gallatin in 1902 and held that office until 1906. A few years before that time he was appointed a member of the advisory committee to put water and lights in the city. He served as chairman of the central county committee and was the congressional com- mitteeman for the Third District for his political party. During the World War, Mr. Handy served on the Council of Defense, the Food Admin- istration Board, Agricultural Extension, and was the sale director for the Third and Fourth Liberty Loans for Daviess County. He also had charge of all overseas Christmas packages for the soldiers. In 1916 he was asked by the council to take the city clerkship and was assigned to the work of helping plan the rebuilding and extension of the old water plant. He also served on the building committee for the Y. M. C. A. building. On March 15, 1921, Mr. Handy was presented with a silver medal from the Home Insurance Company of New York City, in recognition of 25 years of continuous service with that company, during which time he had been their fire adjustor for his district.
Mr. Handy is a Democrat and is identified with the Baptist church.
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He is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, the Modern Woodmen of America, the Woodmen of the World and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is one of the well known men of the county, a reliable and substantial citizen who has always manifested keen discerning interest in everything that pertains to the improvement and growth of his community.
W. T. Cooper, deceased, was one of the well known men of Gallatin, and of the northwestern part of Missouri. He was born at Gallatin Dec. 8, 1857, the son of John and Maria (Trotter) Cooper.
John Cooper and his wife were early settlers of Daviess County. He was born on April 8, 1825. He was a well known farmer and stockman. During the Civil War he enlisted for service and was assigned to Company M. 4th Regiment, Missouri Militia. When the rush to Oklahoma began, Mr. Cooper went west, and staked a claim on the present site of the town of Enid. He improved this land, and later moved to Hennesy, Okla., where he engaged in the grocery business. He died at Hennesy, April 8, 1889. His wife, Marie (Trotter) Cooper, was born, May 12, 1834, and died in August, 1908. Two of the children born to John Cooper and his wife grew to maturity : W. T., the subject of this review; and Nannie, married G. P. Rush, and is now dead.
W. T. Cooper was reared at Gallatin, and attended the Gallatin school. Early in his life he became interested in mercantile pursuits. He clerked in Etter's store, and later became interested in the jewelry business. He disposed of his interest in the jewelry store and became a traveling sales- man for the Tom Ray Cutlery Company of Kansas City. He continued in that work for 15 years, and then accepted a similar position with the Quincy Stove Company of Quincy, Ill. He remained in that work until his death, June 18, 1921.
W. T. Cooper was married, May 28, 1885, to Leona Casey at Gallatin. Mrs. Cooper was born at Richmond, Feb. 18, 1865, the daughter of Thomas and Martha (Mann) Casey. Both Mr. and Mrs. Casey died when their dughter was 13 years old, and the little girl was taken to Gallatin, where she grew up in the homes of her uncle, E. M. Mann, and her aunt, Mrs. Belle Sheets. Mrs. Cooper attended the school at Gallatin, and later was a student in Christian College at Columbia. To the union of W. T. and Leona (Casey) Cooper the following children were born: Maybelle, married Dr. W. L. Howard, a member of the faculty of the Horticulture department of Berkeley College, and spent the summer of 1921 in Europe; Mattie, the wife of J. M. Evvard, an instructor in the Animal Husbandry Department of the Agricultural College at Ames, Iowa; T. E., a physician, a sketch of
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whose life appears in a later paragraph ; and Nannie Rush, a successful teacher at Pattonsburg. Mrs. Cooper has the following grandchildren: Thomas, Robert, Edwin and Walter, Jr., Howard; Margaret, John C., and Martha J. Evvard; and Clarence Casey Cooper.
W. T. Cooper was a Democrat, and a member of the Methodist church to the support of which he always contributed most liberally. He belonged to the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows lodges. At the time of his death, he was the oldest member of the latter lodge in Gallatin. He was a firm believer in good educational advantages, and it was his plan for all his children to receive college degrees. For 13 consecutive terms, one of his children, and part of the time two of them, were students in the Missouri state university. Mr. Cooper always felt, however, that an investment in an education meant more for his children, than any accumulation of property could ever mean later on. He was a man whose friends were numbered by the scores. His business called him into many towns, and various parts of the state. Wherever he went he made staunch friends. As a business man, he was alert and energetic, and his customers always had the greatest respect for his judgment. As a citizen, he held ideals of civic progress and believed most thoroughly in city government. He was the kind of man whose presence in the community is an asset, and whose death is a real loss.
Thomas E. Cooper, a progressive physician and surgeon of Gallatin, was born Nov. 6, 1890, the son of W. T. Cooper, the subject of this sketch. Dr. Cooper grew up in Gallatin and in 1908, he entered the Missouri State University. He graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1912; entered the Medical College of St. Louis University at St. Louis, and in 1914 received the degree of Doctor of Medicine there. For the next three and one-half years he was an intern in the St. Louis City Hospital, where he received training that was both practical and scientific.
In January, 1918, Dr. Cooper received a commission as a medical officer for service in the World War. He served in several camps, and was then sent overseas with No. 227 Aero Squadron. In July, 1919, he was discharged from service, and returned to Gallatin, where he began the practice of his profession. He attained the rank of captain before receiv- ing his discharge.
Dr. Cooper was married in August, 1916, to Flora Kreis, and to this union one child, Clarence Casey, was born. Mrs. Cooper died in October, 1917, at the age of 22 years. On March 20, 1921, Dr. Cooper was married to Alleyne Yates, a daughter of Howard and Lulu Yates of Gallatin.
Dr. Cooper is a Democrat, a member of the Methodist church and
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belongs to the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. He is a young man of keen intellectual and professional ability, and has established an excellent practice in Gallatin.
The Cooper family is one of the well and favorably known families of Daviess County.
Shannon Adkison, a prominent farmer and stockman of Monroe Township, was born June 6, 1868, in Madison County, Ky., a son of Thomas and Nancy Belle (Broaddus) Adkison.
Thomas Adkison was born Dec. 24, 1832, in Kentucky. He was a farmer during his entire life. In 1879 he came to Missouri from Moultrie County, Ill., and settled on a farm in Clinton County. In 1884 he moved to Daviess County. During the Civil War, he enlisted in Company G, United States First Kentucky, Volunteer Cavalry. He enlisted Aug. 20, 1861, and was discharged Dec. 31, 1864. Mr. Adkison was a Republican and a member of the Baptist church at Gallatin. His wife, Nancy Belle Broaddus was born in Madison County, Ky., Oct. 10, 1846, and died July 2, 1920. Mr. Adkison died Dec. 19, 1921, at the home of his son in Monroe Township.
Thomas Adkison and wife were the parents of six children: Cora, the wife of George Rea, Clinton County ; Shannon, the subject of this sketch ; Mary, the wife of W. P. Stone, Drumright, Okla .; Lukette, Lathrop; Anna, deceased ; Bertha, deceased, was the wife of J. W. Allsup.
Shannon Adkison was reared on a farm in Daviess County, and was educated in the district schools of Monroe Township. When he became of age he rented a farm from his father. In 1892 Mr. Adkison was married to Emma Lynch, a native of Monroe Township, and a daughter of Thomas and Mary A. (Moore) Lynch, natives of Ohio. Mrs. Adkison taught school several years before her marriage.
In 1902 Mr. Adkison purchased the Taylor farm in Section 8, Monroe Township. He improved it and sold it in 1910. He then purchased a farm in Sheridan Township, after which he again moved to Union Town- ship. After owning several farms, Mr. Adkison bought the farm which he now occupies in Monroe Township. In 1913 he built a modern residence.
To Mr. and Mrs. Adkison ten children have been born, two of whom died in infancy. The others are as follows: Thomas R., Monroe Town- ship; Robert, deceased, was inducted into service during the World War, and assigned to Company D, 138th Infantry, 35th Division, sailed for overseas May 3, 1918, and was killed in the Battle of the Argonne Forest, Sept. 27, 1918, and his body was buried in Brown Cemetery at Gallatin, Aug. 14, 1921; Rosa, the wife of Samuel D. Halcomb, Union Township;
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Ross, Monroe Township; Mary, teacher in Union Township; Reva, at home ; Frances, at home; Rayburn, at home.
Mr. Adkison is a Republican. He owns 150 acres of land in Monroe Township, which is well improved. Mr. Adkison has put much energy, thought and time into his business of farming and stockraising, and merits the marked success which he has made.
Levi P. Cox, one of Caldwell County's efficient farmers, and owner of 930 acres of land in Harrison and Jacksan Townships, was born Dec. 23, 1857, a son of Levi P. Cox, Sr .. 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 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 battle of Corinth, Miss., which caused his death Nov. 1, 1862, aged 19 years; Lucy M., was born Sept. 26, 1844, married Reuben Ketron, Edinburg, and she died at the age of 26 years; Emily Cox, born Nov. 22, 1845, was the wife of I. T. Minnick, now deceased, and she is now living in St. Joseph, Mo .; Nathan T. Cox, born Nov. 12, 1847, now living in Gainesville, Texas, and the owner of 500 acres of land there on which he raises wheat, oats, etc .; Maria A. Cox, born April 11, 1851, died Sept. 24, 1864, at the age of 13 years ; Joseph M. Cox, born Feb. 25, 1853, living on his farm in Jackson Township; Jess Cox, born April 6, 1860, died in infancy ; Levi P., the sub- ject of this sketch; John S. Cox, born May 13, 1861, died March 22, 1905, aged 43 years, at his home in Breckenridge, Mo.
Levi P. Cox, Sr., died Jan. 20, 1886, at the age of 69 years, and his wife died May 18, 1864, at the age of 38 years. Mr. Cox died at Brecken- ridge, and his wife in Jackson Township, Daviess County.
Levi P. Cox, Jr., was six years old at the time of his mother's death. He was reared on his father's farm, and received his education in the dis- trict schools and the high school of Breckenridge. After completing his education, Mr. Cox began farming in Jackson Township. In 1896 he moved to Breckenridge, where he has since resided.
Mr. Cox was married for the first time Sept. 10, 1879, to Sarah F. Mauzey, of Platt County. To this union five daughters were born, as fol- lows: Mollie E., the wife of G. B. Grumbine of Oklahoma City, Okla., was born Sept. 27, 1880, and has four children: Lucy J., Born Sept. 3, 1882, is the wife of F. N. Campbell of Cameron, and they have two children ; Minnie May, born Nov. 15, 1884, married F. L. Runkle, of Denver, Colo., and died Dec. 11, 1918, at the age of 34 years, leaving three small children; Clarrisa
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D., was born Aug. 27, 1888, and was the wife of John H. Benney, of Breck- enridge, and died June 21, 1915, at the age of 26 years, leaving a small daughter; Mattie Lee, a twin sister of Clarissa, now the wife of Richard M. Hicks, living on the old homestead, Daviess County, and they have three children. Mrs. Cox died June 22, 1894, at the age of 34 years.
Mr. Cox was married the second time to Mary Bell Wood, of Macon, July 1, 1896. To this union one son was born who died in infancy, and a daughter, Vivian I. Cox, now the wife of Jess B. McClure of Kansas City. Mrs. McClure was born Aug. 5, 1899. They have one daughter. Mrs. Cox died March 15, 1911, at the age of 53 years.
Mr. Cox was married Nov. 26, 1914 to Mrs. Laura A. Brogan, of Macon, and they now reside in Breckenridge, where he erected a modern residence.
Mr. Cox is a Democrat and a member of the Methodist church. He is also a member of the Masonic Lodge, Modern Woodmen of America, Eastern Star, Yoeman lodge, and the Knights and Ladies of Security. He has served on the Breckenridge School Board and also on the council. Mr. Cox has been successful because of his energy and perserverance. He is one of the dependable citizens of Caldwell County and is widely and favor- ably known.
Dr. J. T. Nugent, a successful physician and surgeon of Winston, Mo., was born May 31, 1884, on a farm in Audrian County, the son of George and Melissa (McGee) Nugent.
George Nugent was born near Frankfort, Ky., and his wife was born near Greencastle, Va. They were the parents of four children, of whom two are now living: William, hardware merchant of St. Joseph; and Dr. J. T., the subject of this sketch.
Dr. J. T. Nugent was reared in Monroe County, and lived with an aunt Mrs. Tom Adams, his mother having died when he was three months old. He was graduated from the Paris, Mo., high school and spent two years at the state university in the medical department. He then attended the Washington University of St. Louis, from which he was graduated in June 1919, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. Dr. Nugent was then appointed house physician of the Martha Parsons Hospital, where he re- mained for one year. He then practiced at Centralia, where he remained until May, 1921. At that time Dr. Nugent began practicing medicine and surgery in Jamesport, where he established a good practice, and remained there until June, 1922, when he began practice at Winston.
On June 24, 1913, Dr. Nugent was married to Anna Harris, a native of Audrian County. While growing up in practically the same neighbor- hood with Dr. Nugent, they did not become acquainted with each other
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until a year before their marriage. Mrs. Nugent is a graduate of Columbia College and taught school for two years. She is the daughter of Robert G. and Mary E. (Proctor) Harris, natives of Boone County. Mr. Harris is now deceased and his widow resides in Centralia.
To Dr. J. T. and Anna (Harris) Nugent one child has been born Thomas Harris Nugent, born June 17, 1914.
Dr. Nugent is a Democrat in politics. He belongs to the Masonic lodge and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is a member of the Chris- tian church, and of the Knights of Phythias. Dr. Nugent is a substantial citizen of Daviess County and a progressive man in his profession.
John Francis Green, deceased, was born in Gentry County in the house where his widow now lives, July 20, 1868. His parents were John and Sarah J. Green, the latter now living at Albany at the age of 79 years.
John Green, the father of John Francis Green, was born in Richland County, Ohio, Sept. 5, 1822, the son of William Green, native of Massa- chusetts, and Martha (Stanton) Green, born in Connecticut. John Green came to Gentry County in 1849, and that same year was employed by the government to work on the western plains. In the spring of 1850 he went to California where he remained for three years engaged in mining. At. the end of that time he returned to Gentry County, where he lived until his death, Jan. 2, 1882. His remains are buried in the Carter Cemetery. He was a large land holder, owning at the time of his death, 705 acres. On Dec. 8, 1864, John Green married Sarah J. Glendenning, and to this union the following children were born : Wliliam H., a farmer in Bogle Township; John Francis, the subject of this sketch; Edwin P., of Athens Township; Clara A., deceased ; and Effie, now Mrs. Abarr of Bogle Township.
John Francis Green attended the rural schools of Gentry County, and followed farming all of his life. At the time of his death, he owned 264 acres of land, and was a man of prominence in his lines of work. He died, Sept. 7, 1915, and his remains are buried in the Highland Cemetery. His son, John Ervin, now runs the home farm.
John Francis Green was married Jan. 10, 1892 to Phoebe E. Burgess, a daughter of Thomas E. and Nancy J. (Mahoney) Burgess. Thomas E. Burgess was born in Gascanade County, Jan 23, 1838, and died in Gentry County, June 9, 1915. His remains are buried in Grand View Cemetery. He served in the Union Army for three years and nine months during the Civil War. His wife was born in Ripley County, Ind., March 28, 1844, was married in Bogle Township in 1866, and lived in Gentry County ever since. Her children were: Orlando Ransom, deceased; Phoebe, now Mrs. Green; Emma, the wife of J. W. Siddens; Cora, the wife of George Goode, of Merino, Col .; G. E., a resident of Albany ; Flora, married to Charles Redd,
MR. AND MRS. J. F. GREEN AND CHILDREN. JOHN E., AND VESTA
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and living on the Burgess farm in Bogle Township; Perry, living in Boone, Col .; and Almina, the wife of W. DeWitt of California.
To the union of John Francis and Phoebe E. (Burgess) Green the fol- lowing children were born: John Erwin, born Nov. 17, 1892; Vesta, living at home; and Verna J., died at the age of three years.
In 1912 the members of the Green family held a family reunion at the home of John Francis Green, and more than 100 were present. Among the cherished possessions of Mrs. Green is the collection of photographs made on the day of the Green reunion. The guests were all descendents of either William, Daniel, John, Julia or Caroline Green.
John Francis Green was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Albany. He was a man esteemed in his community for his integrity, and spirit of cooperation in all civic affairs.
George B. Koch, a prominent business man and president of the Peoples Exchange Bank of Jamesport, was born in Clinton County, Mo., Oct. 22, 1885, a son of J. A. and Mary (Ward) Koch.
J. A. Koch was a native of Pennsylvania and mary Ward Koch a native of Illinois. To this union was born three children, the eldest of whom died in infancy, Geo. B., being the second child.
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