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George P. Adams, attorney-at-law at Albany, and the probate judge of Gentry County, is a native of this county. He was born at King City, June 26, 1875, the son of Philip M. and Hattie A. (Winchester) Adams. His parents were both members of families whose names were well known in this part of Missouri.
Philip M. Adams was born in Park County, Ind., in 1841, and came to Missouri with a brother, James Adams, in 1869. They settled in Gentry
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County where they bought a farm near Island City. Philip M. Adams was an attorney and practiced law in the county afterwards locating at King City. He represented the county in the State Legislatures of 1870 and 1871, serving Gentry County efficiently and satisfactorily. He was a vet- eran of the Civil War in which he served as a member of Company B, 115th Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He was in service for three years and later kept up his connection with his former comrades as a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, Post at King City.
Philip M. Adams was married in 1872 at King City to Hattie A. Win- chester. She was born in Connecticut in 1852, the daughter of Edwin G. and Laura P. (Davis) Winchester. Her parents came to Missouri in 1856 and settled near King City. They both died at this home farm and their remains are buried in the King City Cemetery. To the union of Philip M. and Hattie A. (Winchester) Adams the following children were born: two infants deceased; George P., the subject of this sketch ; and Maud, now the wife of Paul M. Culver, a farmer and stockman of Plattsburg. Philip M. Adams died in 1889 and his widow now lives in Colorado Springs, Colo.
George P. Adams was educated in the public schools of King City, later attending the Northwest Missouri College at Albany for two years. He completed his college work in Missouri State University from which he graduated in the class of 1898. For the three years following his grad- uation from the University, he ran the Mountain Grove Journal with marked success. In 1902 he went into the hardware business at King City and remained in this work until 1914. In the fall of that year he was elected to the office of probate judge of the county on the republican ticket. He was admitted to the bar on Dec. 31, 1917 and was re-elected probate judge in 1918. He is now serving his seventh year in that capacity. That his service has been upright and acceptable to the county is shown by his reelection. On Jan. 1, 1922, Mr. Adams became a partner in the insurance business with Mr. Sam C. Killam.
On Dec. 10, 1902, Mr. Adams was married to Leta Vincent, a native of Marshaltown, Iowa, and the daughter of O. K. and Sophia (Arnold) Vincent, both of whom died at Mountain Grove where their remains are buried. Mrs. Adams was educated in Iowa and Missouri. She studied music for some time at Drury College in Springfield. To her union with George P. Adams three daughters were born : Ruth, Harriett, and Dorothy. Ruth and Harriett are both students in the Albany High School.
Mr. Adams is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons and of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows lodges. As a private citizen and in his official capacity, Mr. Adams is a man of integrity, enterprise, and high ideals. He has served his county in the office to which his fellow
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citizens called him with honesty and fairness, meriting and receiving the good will of his community. Mr. Adams and family are members of the Presbyterian church, and Mr. Adams is an elder.
Dale S. Flowers, cashier of the Gentry County Bank, a past officer of Gentry County, and the vice president of the Missouri Bankers Association, was born in Henry County, Iowa, Nov. 9, 1867, the son of William A. and Elizabeth (Stockton) Flowers.
William A. Flowers was born in Ohio and settled near the present site of Stanberry in Gentry County in 1871. He became a prominent farmer and stockman there. He served in the Missouri State Militia under Cap- tain Comstock and was a leader in public affairs until his death at Stan- berry. His widow, a native of Platte County, still lives at Stanberry at the age of 78 years. Besides their son, Dale S., the subject of this review, Mr. and Mrs. Flowers had a daughter, now Mrs. Samuel M. Jordan of Keytes- ville.
Samuel M. Jordan was born in Gentry County and was the first man ever appointed to the position of county farm agent in the United States. He held this position at Sedalia in Pettis County and so successfully was the experiment made by Mr. Jordan that the plan of county agent work has now spread to every state in the union. Much of the popularity of this rural movement is due to the initial effort of Mr. Jordan. Mr. Jordan is now the head of the State Agricultural Department where he is doing work that is proving invaluable to the state. He is a brother to Minnie (Jordan) Flowers, wife of Dale S. Flowers. The other Jordan children are: James H., Louis P., and John M., all living in Los Angeles, Calif.
Dale S. Flowers was educated in the public schools of Stanberry and the Stanberry Normal. He was a clerk in the postoffice at Stanberry and then for three years was a clerk in the railroad mail service. He then ac- cepted the position of deputy county clerk of Gentry County and remained in this work for four years when he was elected circuit clerk and recorder of the county for two successive terms, serving in all eight years in that capacity. On Jan. 1, 1903 he accepted a position with the Gentry County Bank, and has been an efficient and popular member of the official force of that institution ever since.
The Gentry County Bank has one of the most interesting histories among financial institutions in this part of the state. It had its beginnings in the work of Charles G. Comstock who came from Albany, New York in 1859. He located in Albany in this county and became the pioneer banker of the community, operating a bank by himself from January, 1870 to July of the same year, when the Exchange Bank of Comstock and Millen was established by C. G. Comstock and M. L. Millen. This firm continued to do
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business until July 24, 1876 when it was succeeded by the Gentry County Bank, organized with a capital stock of $100,000, thirty per cent of which was paid in at the time of organization. The amount of capital stock was afterwards reduced to $20,000 in order to comply with the banking laws of the state. The officers of the bank in 1881 were: H. L. Peery, President ; and M. L. Millen, Cashier ; with L. H. Peery, C. G. Comstock, G. S. Hundley, M. M. Campbell, J. H. Degginger, R. M. McCammon, W. C. Porter, R. L. Wheley, and M. L. Millen, Directors. The bank had a surplus of $9,000 at that time and was located at the present site on the corner of Polk and Wood streets at the southeast side of the Public Square.
The bank has proved itself to be a safe institution and since the date of its establishment has made a remarkable growth. It is in the hands of men of business acumen and commermial ability and is influential in the county. The present capital stock is $50,000; the surplus and undivided profits, $71,000; and the deposits on June 30, 1921, $323,614.32 with no bills payable nor money borrowed in any form. The present officers are: C. N. Comstock, President ; James O'Mara, Vice President ; Dale S. Flowers, Cashier; J. D. Smith, Assistant Cashier; and C. N. Comstock, Dale S. Flowers, James O'Mara, G. W. Reed, I. G. Patton, J. H. Degginger, and E. Ray Murphy, Directors. C. N. Comstock, J. H. Degginger, and E. Ray Murphy are all sons of men who were connected with the development of this bank.
Dale S. Flowers was married on May 4, 1890, to Minnie Jordan, a daughter of Samuel and Ann (Puterbough) Jordan. To this union the following children were born: Aletha, married to Wallace Applegate of Keytesville; Bernice, the wife of J. H. Degginger of Albany ; and Cleo J., a bookkeeper in the Gentry County Bank.
Mr. Flowers is one of the leading citizens of the community, a man who, as a county officer was unprejudiced and efficient, as an officer in the bank is competent and reliable, and as a citizen of Albany and Gentry County is deservedly held in high esteem.
James D. Smith, the assistant cashier of the Gentry County Bank and a well known citizen of Albany, is a native of this county. He was born at Albany, Sept. 23, 1871, the son of Milton and Mary (Lainhart) Smith, both now deceased.
Milton Smith was born in Athens Township in Gentry County. His wife, Mary (Lainhart) Smith, was born in Kentucky, the daughter of Wil- liam and Nancy (Smith) Lainhart who came to Gentry County when their daughter was but a small child and settled on a farm in Athens Township. They both died on this farm and their remains are buried in the Bulla Cemetery. About 1875, Milton Smith went to Utah where he engaged in
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the mining business and where he died. His widow later married William T. Madden and to this union two sons were born: H. T., now living at Al- bany ; and John L., of Manhattan, Kan., who is a veteran of the World War; he served in the 35th Division. Mrs. Madden died in 1915 and her remains are buried in Highland Cemetery.
James D. Smith was educated in the rural schools, later attending the Albany High School from which he graduated. He then entered the Stan- berry Normal and was enrolled for a while in the Northwest Missouri Col- lege at Albany. He taught one term of school at the Burton District in Harrison County, then entered a bank at New Hampton where he remained for a short time. In October, 1895, he began work as the bookkeeper in the Gentry County Bank at Albany and has been the assistant cashier of that institution for the past eighteen years.
James D. Smith was married on March 29, 1896 to Rosa E. Dillon. Her parents were Reverend S. R. Dillon, a Baptist minister, and Joicy M. (Dotson) Dillon. They are both now living. Mrs. Smith was born near Lone Star and grew up in Gentry County. To the union of James D. and Rosa E. (Dillon) Smith two daughters were born: Grace, now the wife of C. O. Lane, a carpenter of Albany ; and Mae Pauline, a student in the Albany High School.
All of the Smith family belong to the Baptist church. Mr. Smith's long service of 26 years with the Gentry County Bank attests to his busi- ness integrity and his efficiency. His careful work and his commercial acumen have been invaluable assets to the institution with which he has been so long connected.
H. W. Bare, the well known senior member of the firm of H. W. Bare and Son of Albany, was born in Jefferson County, Ind., Feb. 18, 1847, the son of David and Margaret (Jones) Bare.
David Bare was the son of Henry Bare, a native of Pennsylvania who moved to Jefferson County, Ind., where he died. David Bare died in the same county in August, 1847. His wife, Margaret (Jones) Bare was a daughter of John W. and Nancy Jones of Jefferson County, Ind. Mrs. Bare and her parents moved to Kentucky when her son, H. W. Bare, was only an infant and there Mrs. Bare contracted a second marriage with Israel Umenseter and to this union two children were born: Nancy, now Mrs. Varble living in Oldham County, Ky .; and David, dead, who married in Kentucky but left no children. Margaret (Bare) Umenseter died in Ken- tucky in 1896. Her father, John Wesley Jones was a Methodist minister in Oldham County. His wife was Nancy Saunders who was reared near Lexington. They were the parents of 14 children. They died in Oldham County at the age of 84 years.
H. W. Bare was educated in public and private schools but the out-
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break of the Civil War interferred with his school work. He made his own way in the world ever since he was a lad of 14 years. He worked on a farm drove cattle, and then learned the carpenter trade in Indiana where he lived for a while. He came to Gentry County in September, 1868 and work- ed as a contractor and carpenter for several years. In December, 1883, he opened the H. W. Bare, Furniture and Undertaking business. The firm has remained in business for 38 years. The present location, which has housed the business since 1898, is a building 40x90 feet with a storage basement the same size. Here the company carries a complete line of furniture and undertaking. Mr. Bare had done embalming since the open- ing of his commercial enterprise but in August, 1895, there was granted to him the first state embalmer's license ever issued in Gentry County.
H. W. Bare was married on Oct. 6, 1866 in Trimble County, Kentucky to Julia A. Rouner, a daughter of Jackson and Nancy (Sampson) Rouner, both natives of Kentucky who later came to Gentry County and died here. Their remains are buried in the Brick Church Cemetery. To H. W. and Julia A. (Rouner) Bare the following children were born: Margaret, the wife of George Smith of McFall; Katy Belle, wife of John Murphy of War- rensburg; Lavena, married to Francis M. Bray of Chillicothe; Ida, living at home; John W., married to Alma Sheets and living at Woodbine, Iowa; Hattie, wife of T. L. Collins, of St. Joseph; Charles E., in the furniture and undertaking business at New Hampton; Allen T., a member of the firm of H. W. Bare and Son, married first in July, 1906 to Clara Higdon who died in October, 1919 leaving four children, Henry, Maurice, Julia, and Lovett, married the second time in April, 1920 to Pearl Putman, the widow of Bart Putman; Gussie, wife of J. E. Ruhl, a physician at St. Joseph ; Thurman, died in 1892 at the age of four years; and Lewis W., a resident of Albany, married to Elma Allen of Albany and with one child, Catherine Louise.
Lewis W. Bare is a veteran of the World War. He enlisted for service at St. Louis on July 15, 1918 and went to Fort Houston, Texas, then to Camp Merritt, N. J., and overseas in November, 1918. He left the United States on Nov. 12, the day after the armistice was signed, landed at Brest, and was sent to Bordeaux. He was placed in motor service in southern France and remained until Oct. 6, 1919 when he started home. He was mustered out of service at Camp Dodge, Iowa, Oct. 18, 1918 having been in service more than 15 months. Mr. Bare is a member of the American Legion at Albany.
Both H. W. Bare and his son, Allen T. Bare, are members of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, Royal Arch, the Council, and the Com- mandery. They are enterprising and far sighted business men who have
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achieved commercial success by virtue of hard work and integrity. H. W. Bare has been known as a successful business man in the county for many years. He is one of the men who have made their own way in the world, whose assets were pluck, courage, and ambition. Mr. Bare is an exponent of all these traits.
Levi Todd, deceased, was born in Madison County, Ky., April 26, 1836. His wife, Nancy (Vaughn) Todd, was born in the same county, Aug. 26, 1839. They came to Missouri in 1869, and bought 300 acres of land in Bogle Township, Gentry County, from Judge Lewis, for $10,00 an acre. Of the old Todd farm, 212 acres are still owned by John L., and Mary E. Todd, children of Levi Todd and his wife.
Levi Todd became a prominet farmer and stockman. He helped organize the New Friendship church in 1889, and gave the land that is now the cemetery of that church. When Mr. and Mrs. Todd came to their farm in Gentry County, they found only a cabin of two rooms on it. This they used as a dwelling for many years, and is was the birthplace of most of their children. The old cabin was torn down about 10 years ago. The present residence was built about 34 years ago, and the barn was erected in 1877. Levi Todd died on his farm on April 14, 1908, and Mrs. Todd died on April 4, 1914. The remains of both are buried in the New Friendship Cemetery.
To the union of Levi and Nancy (Vaughn) Todd the following child- ren were born: Celia, now the wife of J. W. Dills of Bogle Township; Mary, Barbara, born on April 2, 1870, and died in infancy ; Florence, the wife of A. B. Pierce of Huggins Township; Mary E., known to her family as Betty, now keeping house for her brother, John L .; John L., born May 10, 1877, now living on the home place ; and Levi, born Aug. 16, 1881, died in infancy.
John L., and Mary E. Todd were both educated in the Shockley School, where James Hinton was their first teacher. They now own most of the original land holdings of their father, and operate the farm in a suc- cessful way. The place is well improved, and John L. Todd raises cattle in addition to the work of general farming. His sister keeps house.
Both John L. and Mary Todd are known throughout their community as energetic, ambitious and successful people. They both inherited from their parents the same spirit of courageous independence, and industry, and like their parents they have developed business success, and civic pride.
Emert Akes, the popular circuit clerk and ex-officio recorder of Gentry County, was born near McFall on Feb. 3, 1890. He is the son of A. B. and Matilda Jane (Osborn) Akes. Mr. Akes was formerly a merchant at McFall and he and his wife now live at Stanberry. Their children are: Ellis, a resident of Manitau, Okla .; Permilia, now the wife of W. E. Teel of Stanberry ; and Ernest, the subject of this review.
MR. AND MRS. LEVI TODD
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Emert Akes was educated in McFall and is a graduate of the McFall High School. He later attended the Gem City Business College at Quincy, Ill. After leaving Quincy, he served as the deputy county clerk of Gentry County under W. E. Teel. He held this position for four years at the end of which time he accepted a position with E. M. Harbor in the Internal Revenue Collector's office at Kansas City. While he was working in Kansas City, the United States entered the World War and Mr. Akes enlisted for service in the army on July 6, 1918. He was sent to Camp McArthur, Texas for training and was placed in Company B, 64th Infantry, 7th Divi- sion. Mr. Akes sailed for overseas Aug. 13, 1918. He was in the Pruve- nelle Sector of the Moselle River from Oct. 10, to Nov. 11, 1918 and then was with his division until March 20, 1919 when he was transferred to the central records office at Bourges, France. He remained there until Aug. 6, 1919 when he left for Brest. He sailed for the United States from there and arrived in New York July 23, 1919, and was mustered out of service at Camp Taylor in Kentucky, Sept. 4, 1919. Since his return home, Mr. Akes has been an efficient officer of the county.
Emert Akes was married on May 9, 1920 to Bonnie Opal Peery, a daughter of Thomas L. and Fannie (Cook) Peery of Albany. Mrs Akes was born and reared in Missouri. She graduated from the Albany High School and later was a student at Stephens College at Columbia.
Mr. Akes is a member and past commander of the Donald Holden Post, No. 106, of the American Legion at Albany. Mr. Akes is a young man of whom the county is justly proud. His service was given to the country in its most trying days and since his return to this county, he has served in an official capacity with the same readiness and in the same capable way that he served when he was needed in the army.
Andrew C. Gartin, a resident of Albany, who for four years was the judge of the county court for the South District, was born in Buchanan County, March 20, 1844, the son of Nathaniel and Clamentina B. (Steel) Gartin.
Nathanial Gartin was born in Kentucky, the son of Griffy Gartin who was a native of Kentucky, born in 1808. Nathaniel Gartin came to Missouri when he was a young man. He settled first in Cooper County, later in Buchanan County, and came to Gentry County in 1854 where he entered land around Darlington. He owned at one time more than 2000 acres of land. He died at Gentryville, June 22, 1882, at the age of 74 years. His wife also died at Gentryville. Their children were: Mary Jane, married Mr. Graves and died in Buchanan County ; Frances, later Mrs. Morgan, who died in California; Cynthia, died when a young woman in Buchanan County; W. P., died in Gentry County ; Tippie, married Mr.
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Gist and is dead; Didamia, later Mrs. Jameson, dead; William, died in Washington; Andrew C., the subject of this sketch; Lindsey J., died in Gentry County ; John R., a resident of Darlington; N. K., living in Port- land, Ore .; Miranda, now Mrs. Clark of Gentry County; James G., living at Darlington ; and Marion P., a resident of Los Angeles, Cal.
Andrew C. Gartin was educated in the public and subscription schools. He came to Gentry County in 1867 and bought 150 acres of land to which he added later until he owned 440 acres. He has since sold all but 200 acres which constitutes his home place 12 miles southwest of Albany. This farm he is now renting out. It is the place where Mr. Gartin lived for more than 50 years. The story of this old farm constitutes the history of that part of Gentry County. Mr. Gartin moved to Albany, March 1, 1918, and now lives on North Hundley street.
Andrew C. Gartin was married on Feb. 19, 1867, to Cassie F. Ray, a daughter of Mark and Mary Ray of Buchanan County. Mr. and Mrs. Ray came from North Carolina and settled in Missouri in the forties. Mrs. Gartin was reared in Buchanan County. To the union of Andrew C., and Cassie F. (Ray) Gartin five children were born: Hattie, dead, was the wife of T. A. Cummins of Maryville, Mo., and left four children, Lawrence, Andy Chris, who is dead, Frank, and Marguerite; Minnie married to William Salisbury of Pharr, Texas; Mitchell, a resident of Cheney, Kans .; Lulu Ellen, wife of Samuel Ferguson of San Bernadino, Cal .; and Ray Steel, a farmer in Gentry County. Mr. and Mrs. Gartin have five grand- children; T. A., Inez, and Andy Chris Cummins; Georgianna Fink, and a son of Frank Cummins.
Judge Gartin comes af a family that has been connected with pioneer farming for several generations. His great-grandfather, Griffy Gartin, was a native of Scotland and came many years ago to Kentucky where he was one of the earliest settlers. Mr. Gartin has served his community as an able official as well as in the private capacity of a citizen. He was elect- ed judge of the South District in 1900 and was tendered the same office again two years later, serving in all four years during which time he was an able officer, capable and earnest in his work. Mr. Gartin is a member of the Masonic lodge, the Eastern Star and the Cumberland Presbyterian church.
William Carson Elder, connected for more than 43 years with the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, was born in Warren County, Ill., Dec. 18, 1860, the son of A. Alonzo and Sarah (Hogue) Elder. Both the Elder and Hogue names appear in the early annals of the United States and both names are associated with the development of the Middle West.
A. Alonzo Elder was born in Canton, Ohio, in 1838. He came to
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Illinois in early childhood and later followed the occupation of farming there. In Illinois he married Sarah Hogue, a daughter of John Hogue and granddanghter of James Hogue. To this union the following children were born : William C., the subject of this review ; and Margaret I., now the wife of Clark McConnell of Fairfax; and Anna Lee, married to W. H. Kendall of Tarkio. A. Alonzo Elder came to Albany a few years before his death and was in business with his son in a coal and grain distributing establish- ment. Mr. Elder died in Albany, Dec. 31, 1895, at the age of 57 years. His wife died at Tarkio.
James Hogue, mentioned above, was born in Ireland in 1754, and came to the United States when he was 15 years old. A year later he found work at Carlisle, Pa., but later enlisted for service in the Colonial Army in Captain's Herrick's Rifle Company and three days after his enlistment was on his way to Boston. There his company was assigned to duty in the Quebec Expedition under General Benedict Arnold. Mr. Hogue was in the arduous campaign to the St. Lawrence River, participated in the storming of the Heights of Quebec, and was taken prisoner after Gen. Montgomery was killed. A threat was made of sending back to England to be hanged as traitors all of the captured Irish, Scotch and British unless the men agreed to join the forces fighting against the colonies. Before such a plan could be carried out James Hogue, and a comrade, Thomas Walker, escaped. They were recaptured but again escaped. They went to stay for awhile among the French and there James Hogue was again taken prisoner by the British who sent him back to England. Here he escaped from his captors while on the way to prison, hid in a cellar for days, and finally reached London. On the way, he and his companions were accosted by the Duke of Gloucester, brother to the king, and asked the name of their ship. They escaped further questioning by saying that they had permis- sion to go overland to London. In London they were once more taken into custody. Again they escaped and at last James Hogue was placed on board a British ship bound for Halifax. He was sent from there to Charleston, South Carolina, and then back to Halifax where he was put on an English privateer which fell in with an American vessel, and in the fight that ensued, the British ship was captured. Mr. Hogue at once made friends with the captain of the American ship, was taken to Baltimore and there was reassigned to service in the American frigate, Trumball. After five and one-half years of the vicissitudes incident to his adventures, Mr. Hogue reached Philadelphia where he was granted payment for his work in the patriot cause. The payment was a ticket for 40 shillings. In 1784, Mr. Hogue moved to Kentucky, and in 1788, he went to Butler County, Ohio, where he lived until 1826.
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