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Alexander Greenwell, widely known in his community as the oldest man living in Gentry County, has his home on a farm of 80 acres, which he retained after dividing his original land holdings of 400 acres near Darlington among his children. He was born in Hardin County, Ky., Nov. 19, 1827, the son of Robert and Dorcas (Gathage) Greenwell, early settlers of Missouri.
Robert Greenwell and his family came to Missouri in 1840, making the trip to St. Joseph by wagon. Mr. Greenwell entered the land where his son now lives. The Greenwells traded at St. Joseph and the trip, re- quiring four or five days to make, meant driving through with oxen. Mr. Greenwell rived the walnut shingles used to roof the old Robidoux Store, the first store building ever built at St. Joseph. All of the land on Mr. Greenwell's farm was unbroken prairie bottom land and it was all broken by ox teams and the old fashioned wooden mouldboard plows. Robert Greenwell was a veteran of the War of 1812. He served under Jackson and made the trip down the Mississippi River to New Orleans by boat ; but later had to walk back to his home in Kentucky. Robert Greenwell's wife died in Cowley County, Kans., in the eighties, and Mr. Greenwell returned to Schuyler County, Ill., where he died. He was one of the men of pluck and hardihood who helped materially to start Gentry County toward its present remarkable development.
Alexander Greenwell came to Missouri with his father, later returning to Illinois with him. After his fathers' death, he bought out the interest of the heirs in the Gentry County land and, in 1856, came back and located on the home farm. For the next 22 years, he ran a ferry at Greenwell's Ford on Grand River, a ford located on the land entered by Robert Green- well and known to all the residents of Northwest Missouri at that time as Greenwell's Ford. For many years Mr. Greenwell was a well known stock-
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man and for the past 25 years he has raised pure bred Hereford cattle. Last year, on Oct. 23rd, he held his final stock sale and at that time dis- posed of 110 head of Herfords. Since that time, Mr. Greenwell has retir- ed from active business life.
Alexander Greenwell was married the first time in 1845 to Bethana Gothage, who died in 1859. The children of this union were: three died in infancy ; John was killed May 27, 1880; Mary P., now Mrs. Stone, living with her father; and Stephen, living with his father. Mr. Greenwell was married the second time Aug. 14, 1862 to Mary Jane Matney, who died in June, 1918. The children of this union were: Jasper C., living at home; Allie, deceased; Thomas J., decased; S. A., living at home; Charlie, a resi- dent of Grand Island, Neb .; and Nellie, now Mrs. Johnson of Albany.
Mr. Greenwell is one of the popular men of the county. He owns a gold headed cane presented to him as a token of respect as the oldest living citizen of the county at the Denver Old Settlers Meeting in 1900. He is a man who reminiscences are interesting ; he has been an integral part of the growth of the county. He votes the Democratic ticket, and is a member of the Christian church. He was a charter member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons at Gentryville, and has been identified with that order ever since. Mr. Greenwell is still active and maintains his interest in the affairs of the community. He says that his success in life is due to being honest with people.
Patrick Henry McMillen, a well known farmer and stockman living near New Hampton, Mo., was born on a farm three miles northwest of Gentryville, Oct. 13, 1857, the son of Jonathan and Sarah (Vest) Mc- Millen.
Jonathan McMillen was born in Kentucky and came to Missouri in 1852, making the journey with an ox team which he drove all the way. He bought the farm where his son, Patrick Henry, was born but later on, bought a tract of 240 acres of land near Darlington. Mr. McMillen was married twice. By his first marriage he had the following children: Miles, died in Washington; William, died in Kentucky; Nancy, later Mrs. Grable, died in Indiana; Phoebe, married Mr. Allen and died in Nebraska; and George B., died at Darlington in March, 1921. Mr. Mc- Millen was married the second time to Sarah Vest, a daughter of John Vest, and a niece of Senator James G. Vest. Mrs. McMillen died in May, 1869, and Mr. McMillen died on his farm at Darlington, March, 1870. The Remains of both are buried in Gribble Cemetery. Their children were: John D., a farmer who died at Columbia; Thomas, died in Cedar County at the age of 22; P. H., the subject of this review; and Albert, murdered on Sept. 4, 1893, while on his way home from his store at
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night. For the ten years prior to this time he was in business with his brother, P. H. McMillen. He married Iva Yocum, now Mrs. John Foster of New Hampton.
Patrick Henry McMillen was reared by Rev. David Heath of Da- viess County with whom he remained until he reached the age of 21 years. He attended the public schools during his boyhood. He farmed one year with T. Jeffries and in 1882 went to Montana where he worked as a sheepherder near Deer Lodge. It was a lonely life; Mr. McMillen often passed six weeks at his work without seeing another person. He was industrious, however, and saved enough money to return to New Hampton and enter the mercantile business with his brother, Albert, who had learned the business methods with I. N. Carson. For the next 15 years, Mr. McMillen remained in business. At the end of that time he traded his store for 90 acres of land. This was in 1897 and since that time, Mr. McMillen has bought another 80 acres, located 12 miles west of New Hampton. The farm is well improved, with the residence, re- built by the present owner, situated on the Jefferson Highway. Mr. Mc- Millen has a good barn and other farm buildings.
Patrick Henry McMillen was married March 20, 1895, to Mannie Williamson, a daughter of John and Mariah (McCuen) Williamson. John Williamson was born in Addison County, Vermont, Jan. 15, 1838. He served in the Civil War as a Federal soldier for three years and mar- ried Mariah McCuen at New Haven, Vt., Feb. 29, 1864. She was born near Castlebar, Ireland, Dec. 25, 1837. Mr. and Mrs. Williamson spent most of their lives at New Hampton, Harrison County, where they came as pioneer settlers and where, during their long lives, they established friendly relations with the entire community. Mr. Williamson died at New Hampton, Oct. 3, 1899, and Mrs. Williamson died on May 6, 1907. The remains of both are buried in Foster Cemetery. Their children were : Lottie, the wife of J. V. Newton living on the home place ; Arthur, living at Albany; Mannie, now Mrs. McMillen; C. N., a physician in Gentry County ; Jeannette, wife of Harry Davis of Casper, Wyo .; Alex- ander J., living on part of the home place ; and J. R., died Sept. 25, 1913. Mr. and Mrs. McMillen had a daughter, born July 1, 1896, now dead; and a son, John R., born Aug. 6, 1898, now assisting his father in oper- ating the home farm.
Mr. McMillan is a member of the Presbyterian Church and is a Re- publican. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias at New Hampton. Mr. McMillen is a capable man, energetic and progressive in his under- takings.
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E. P. Green, proprietor of the Sunny Slope Farm in Athens Town- ship, was born one-half mile from his present home on Aug. 18, 1870, the son of John and Sarah J. (Glendenning) Green.
John Green was born in Richland County, Ohio, Sept. 2, 1822. His parents were William Green, a native of Massachusetts and Martha (Stanton) Green, born in Connecticutt. John Green grew to manhood on his father's farm, and followed the vocation of farming until 1849 when he came to Missouri. He settled in Gentry County, and that same season was employed by the government to work on the plains. In the spring of 1850 he went to California and engaged in mining for three years. At the end of that time, he returned to Gentry County and lived on his farm of 240 acres until his death, Jan. 2, 1882. He owned about 705 acres of land in the county. His wife was born in Gentry County, Jan. 16, 1843. She was a daughter of John and Elizabeth Glendenning, the former a native of Ohio, and the latter born in Tennessee. Mrs. Green now lives at Albany, and the home place is still in the hands of the heirs. To the union of John and Sarah J. (Glendenning) Green the following children were born : W. H., a farmer of Albany ; J. F., died at the age of 47 years, had married Phoebe Burgess who still lives on the home place; E. P., the subject of this review; Clara A., died at the age of 50 years; and Effie, the wife of William Abarr, living near Denver, Mo.
E. P. Green attended school in the Dorsey District and has lived in this vicinity all of his life. For the past eight years he has lived on his present farm of 308 acres, two miles north of Albany. The farm is well watered, with good improvements and Mr. Green is doing successful work as a general farmer.
E. P. Green was married Aug. 31, 1913, to Rachel Ebersole, born in Gentry County, and educated in the public schools here. Her mother, Alice (Burns) Ebersole, now lives at Albany. Mrs. Green is deeply in- terested in the raising of poultry, and handles Light Brahma chickens.
Mr. Green is a capable, industrious, and progressive farmer, known as an efficient operator of his land.
Lewis C. Hulet is a pioneer of Howard Township, Gentry County. He and Baxter Campbell are the only two men living who were in the township in 1845. For 77 years Mr. Hulet has been an integral part of the development of the county, and has rejoiced at the rapid growth of this part of the state. He was born in Daviess County, April 5, 1842, the son of Ira S. and Martha (Lane) Hulet.
Mr. and Mrs. Hulet were married near Youngstown, Portage County, Ohio. Before her marriage Mrs. Hulet was known as Martha
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Dyson, that being the family name of her adopted parents. Mr. and Mrs. Hulet came to Missouri in the very early days; they settled first in How- ard County, then moved to Daviess County, and came to Gentry County in 1845. Mr. Hulet bought the land formerly entered by Arch Ross, now owned by William Hulet. The Hulet family experienced all of the pri- vations and inconveniences of the pioneer days. The home was a log cabin for a while, and the first school that the children attended was built in the forties, constructed of logs, with holes sawed out and greased paper put over the openings thus made in lieu of windows. Life was very primitive, and the work on the new land was done only by dint of patience and hard labor. The grain was reaped with a cradle, hay was cut with a scythe which was constructed by Mr. Hulet, and the wheat was tramped out by horses, with the occasional use of a flail. In spite of the hardships entailed by life in the new land, the life provided many compensations. There were not many neighbors, but a neighborly spirit prevailed among the settlers who were roundabouts. William Bentley, James Ross, Sampson Csrter, Hugh Ross, and several members of the Csrter family were already in Howard Township when the Hulet family came. Ira S. Hulet died, April 14, 1869, and his widow died several years later. The remains of both are buried in Carter Cemetery.
The children of Ira S. and Martha (Lane) Huelt were: A. L., a vet- eran of the Civil War in which he was a member of the 18th Missouri In- fantry, now dead; C. A., now dead, was a member of the 51st Missouri Infantry during the Civil War; Henry, dead, was in service during the Civil War in Company E, 1st Missouri Cavalry ; Lewis C., the subject of this review; William, served in the Civil War in Company E, 1st Mis- souri Infantry ; Edwin C., now dead, was a member of the 15th Missouri Infantry during the Civil War; Hattie, the wife of Samuel Steinman of Albany; Eclecta, married James Davis, and both are now dead; and Lucy, the wife of Calvin Gett of Tulsa, Okla.
Lewis C. Hulet attended the rural and subscription schools in the county. He located on his present farm in March, 1869. To this farm of 80 acres he later added 200 acres which he bought in Howard Township. He has made all the improvements on the land and has been successful as a general farmer for many years. For the first three years after he married, Mr. Hulet lived in a log house ; the lumber used for the building of the present house was hauled from St. Joseph, and the frame work of the house is of native sawed lumber. Mr. Hulet says that he has made many rails for 50 cents a hundred, and on his farm there are still to be found between 3,000 and 4,000 rails used in fencing. Mr. Hulet, in spite
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of his 79 years, is hale and strong, and maintains an active interest in all his affairs.
Lewis C. Hulet was married the first time, Oct. 25, 1868, to Amanda Csrter, a daughter of Sampson Csrter, and to this union the following children were born: Ola, now the wife of Donald McRuer of Phoenix, Ariz .; Adda, now Mrs. M. Jones of Picher, Okla .; Walter N., died in his youth ; Virgil, deceased; Erban, living in Athens Township. Mrs. Hulet died, Aug. 11, 1882, and Mr. Hulet was married the second time on Oct. 25, 1884, to Emma Richards, a daughter of Henry and Mary Richards. Mrs. Hulet died Feb. 16, 1920. To her union with Lewis C. Hulet the fol- lowing children were born : James, joint owner with his brother, Charles M., of 200 acres of land which they farm in connection with the home place, a breeder of Duroc hogs and White Faced cattle, a member of the Board of Education for School District No. 14; Charles M., mention of whom appears later in this sketch; Amanda, died in infancy; and Maggie, married David McCrary of Worth County and has two children, Delbert, and Loveda.
For generations the Hulet family has furnished soldiers when the country needed them. Samuel Hulet, grandfather of Lewis C., was a soldier in the American Revolution. Ira S. Hulet served in the Mexican War, and his sons were veterans of the Civil War. During the World War, Lewis C. Hulet's son and grandson were in service. His son, Charles M., enlisted Sept. 19, 1917, was sent to Camp Funston for train- ing, and overseas in the 89th Division with Company B, 356th Infantry, sailing from New York, June 4, 1918. He participated in the St. Mihiel Drive, and was on active duty until June 6, 1919, when he returned to the United States and was mustered out of service at Camp Taylor, Ken- tucky, June 17, 1919. He married Edith Needles, and they have a son, Lewis C., born Jan. 25, 1921. Mr. Hulet is now on the home place. Lewis C. Hulet's grandson, Clinton Jones, enlisted for service in Colorado and was sent overseas. Mr. Hulet himself is a veteran of the Civil War in which he enlisted in 1861, re-enlisting in 1862 in Company E, 1st Mis- souri Cavalry. He was mustered out of service at St. Louis, March 31, 1865. Thus for five generations the Hulet name has appeared in the war records of the country.
A. B. Campbell, justice of the peace of Howard Township, Gentry County, and the proprietor of Elm Home farm, is a native of Indiana where he was born April 28, 1844, in Shelby County. The next year his parents, Alfred and Mariah (Blades) Campbell, came to Gentry County, where they settled on the farm now owned by A. B. Campbell. Alfred
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Campbell entered the land, and built a log cabin of one room which con- stituted the first residence in the new land. In the yard by the cabin stood a fair sized, and very beautiful elm tree which later gave the name to the farm.
In 1849, Alfred Campbell started overland to California and died on the way near Ft. Larimie, Wyo. His remains are buried there. His widow died on the home farm, March 25, 1914, at the age of 92 years. Her remains are buried in the Lone Star Cemetery. The children of Al- fred and Mariah (Blades) Campbell were: W. H., a retired farmer liv- ing at Grant City, was the circuit clerk of Worth County for eight years, and is now the vice-president of the First National Bank ; Charlotte, born in 1842, married Mr. Colvin, and died in Carroll County, Illinois, in 1881 ; A. B., the subject of this review; Virginia, now Mrs. Wiley of Grant City ; and Alfred, died in infancy.
A. B. Campbell attended the subscription schools. His first teacher was his father who taught in a log cabin about one-fourth mile from the Campbell home. Mr. Campbell has followed farming and stockraising here since his boyhood and now owns 147 acres of land six miles south- east of Denver. He raises Duroc Jersey hogs and mixed Jersey and White Faced cattle.
A B. Campbell was married Sept. 15, 1867, to Nancy Matilda Peery, a daughter of R. D. and Jane (Williams) Peery. Mrs. Campbell was born in Cyprus Township, Harrison County, July 8, 1844, and died in Gentry County, May 1, 1917. Her remains are buried in the Lone Star Cemetery. To the union of A. B. and Nancy Matilda (Peery) Campbell the following children were born: Charles, living in Oklahoma; Mary Louisa, married John Williams and died in 1907 leaving a daughter, Margaret, who lives with her grandfather; Virginia, the wife of R. G. Parman of Hatfield, Harrison County; Logan, a farmer in Howard Township; Robert Lee, farming on the home place; and Porter, married Ruth Parman of Howard Township. The grandchildren are: Hobart Williams, Elva Hartchen, Jacob Parman, Cora Sandage, Mattie May and Albert V. Parman, Orville Campbell, deceased, Mildred Campbell, de- ceased, and Homer, Herbert, and Edith Campbell. The great grandchil- dren are: Gerald, Oscar, and Donald Hartchen, Loraine and Carl Par- man, and Violet Louise Williams.
Mr. Campbell is a Democrat and a member of the Baptist Church. He was a member of the Missouri State Militia during the Civil War. He joined the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons Lodge in 1867 at Lone Star, and now belongs at Albany. He recalls many interesting stories of
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the early Missouri days. He taught a term of school in the Colvin Dis- trict in the winter of 1861-62, receiving $10.00 a month salary. He had 40 pupils in the little log school house, but they managed very nicely. The next winter he taught in the Miller District. In 1921 a famous old pear tree that had stood in Mr. Campbell's yard for 60 years died. Mr. Campbell says that the tree never failed during its life of more than half a century to bear fruit. Mr. Campbell is one of the well known men of his community.
W. D. Ralph, a well known and successful merchant of Lone Star, Gentry County, has been in the mercantile business here since 1915 when he built a store building and established a business with a stock of gen- eral merchandise. A year later, so popular had the store become, Mr. Ralph increased the size of his building, and the next year, he added a basement, and built a warehouse for his constantly increasing business. He now carries a line of groceries, dry goods, hardware, farm imple- ments, and wagons, and also deals in poultry, butter, eggs, and cream. He maintains a force of five clerks in the store all the time, with addi- tional help at poultry seasons. All of the hauling has to be done from Albany, ten miles away, and for this Mr. Ralph uses both teams and trucks. The small establishment of 1915 was the nucleus of Mr. Ralph's present thriving business, in which he handles a stock of more than $25,- 000.00 worth of goods.
W. D. Ralph was born near Lone Star, Oct. 1. 1887, the son of Rob- ert and Ella (Clevenger) Ralph, both now living on the home place in Howard Township. Robert Ralph was born in Platte County, and was the son of George and Jane Ralph who settled near Lone Star in the early days of the state. They both died near Lone Star and their re- mains are buried in the Lone Star Cemetery. The children of Robert and Ella (Clevenger) Ralph were: W. D., the subject of this sketch; and Mary, married Andy Mount, and died in March, 1920.
W. D. Ralph attended the rural schools, farmed for a while, fol- lowed the trade of a carpenter for four years, and was with J. B. Guess of Lone Star for seven years. The varied and practical training that he received during those years has stood him in excellent stead since he has been operating a business for himself.
Mr. Ralph was married Nov. 30, 1911, to Etta M. Ross, a daughter of James and Selma (Lomax) Ross; the latter died in September, 1921, and her remains are buried in the Liberty Cemetery. James Ross lives on the home farm in Howard Township. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph have had the following children : Vivian, died at the age of 33 years ; Ross H., died
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at the age of five years ; Sanford ; Jean ; and June and Joyce, twins. June Ralph is deceased.
Mr. Ralph is a member of the Masonic Lodge. He has filled the of- * fice of treasurer of his township for two terms, making a record of effi- ciency. He is a capable and progressive young man.
Larkin Francis Hadley, a prominent pioneer citizen of Gentry County and owner and proprietor of Chautauqua Farm, who is engaged in farming and stock raising in Miller Township, was born in Cherry Creek Township, Chautauqua County, N. Y., Dec. 7, 1841. He is a son of Niles and Orpha (Lawrence) Hadley. Niles Hadley was born at Tunbridge, Vt., in 1793 and his wife was born near Mount Holly, Vt., in 1801, and went to Chautauqua County, N. Y., in 1816. Niles Hadley was a farmer and a pioneer of western New York. He lived in a log cabin and endured all the hardships and inconveniences incident to pioneer life in that section of the country over a century ago. Simon Lawrence, an uncle of Mr. Hadley, was the first white child born in Cherry Creek Township, Chautauqua County, N. Y. The marriage of Rena Hadley an aunt of his and Rufus Hitchcock was the first marriage performed in Cherry Creek Township.
Niles Hadley and wife were the parents of the following children: Hannah, Noah, Daniel, Azilpha, Varnum, Simon, Harrison, Evelyn and Zeruah, all of whom are deceased; Hiram, lives in Chautauqua County, N. Y., and is now retired; Joseph, who is also a retired farmer and stock raiser in Montana; and Larkin F., the subject of this sketch.
Larkin F. Hadley came to Gentry County in 1869 and bought 80 acres of land which is a part of his present place of 120 acres in Miller Township. This place has been his home for 53 years. When Mr. and Mrs. Hadley came here there were no railroads nearer than Stewartsville. He has carried on general farming and stock raising and was the first man to bring pure blood Aberdeen Angus cattle to Gentry County. He raised that breed of cattle for 25 years. He also raised Berkshire hogs and Gray Eagle draft horses. He has made all the improvements on his place, in- cluding the residence, barn and other buildings.
Mr. Hadley married Levina Wicks March 15, 1866, a native of Chau- tauqua County, N. Y., and a daughter of James H. and Sophia (Ward) Wicks, the former a native of Prince Edward Island and the latter of Albany, N. Y. James H. Wicks was brought to Chautauqua County by his parents when he was one year old. This was an early day in the history of that section of the country and everything was in a primitive pioneer state. The postage on a letter at that time was 25 cents, payable on deliv- ery. They lived 65 miles from Buffalo, N. Y., which was then a small trad- ing post. They experienced all the trials of real pioneer life in the wilder-
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ness of the frontier. James H. Wicks was prominent in that pioneer com- munity and was known as Squire Wicks, having served as justice of the peace for a number of years.
Mrs. Hadley was one of the following children born to her parents: Parmelia Jane, and John, deceased; A. W., a real estate man and overseer of the State Highway, lives near Jamestown, N. Y .; C. H., a real estate dealer in Chautauqua County, who is a prominent Republican of Chau- tauqua County, and has served as chairman of the Republican County com- mittee for 20 years and has been Assembly clerk in New York state for many years, and was school commissioner of Chautauqua County 12 years ; and Mrs. Hadley of this review After the death of the mother of the above children the father married Asenath Corl, and two children were born to that union ; Effie, deceased, and Mary, married to Francis Rose, a retired merchant of Jamestown, N. Y.
To Mr. and Mrs. Hadley have been born the following children: Willie Earl, deceased; Edith, married P. T. Quisenberry, postmaster at Ford City ; and A. W., graduated from high school and attended the Stanberry Normal and the Chillicothe Normal Schools, was a teacher for eight years and for the past 16 years has been engaged in the wholesale business at El Paso, Texas.
Mr. Hadley has been a factor in the betterment and upbuilding of Gentry County for over 50 years and has seen this country transformed from a primitive pioneer condition to its present state. The old St. Joseph trail passed his place and he has seen as many as 100 wagons camped here. He is a member of the Methodist church and has been active in the work of that denomination practically all his life and has acted as trustee and steward tor 50 years. During that time he had to do with the building of three churches on the same ground, and one other. He has served as school director for 25 years and for 36 years he has been a trustee of the Ford City Cemetery Association. He is a director in the Ford City State Bank. He is a man of unusual mental and physical vigor and although past 80 years of age he reads without glasses. However, he wore glasses for a period of 40 years. He is one of the substantial citizens of Gentry County.
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