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W. E. Melton is a member of the Duroc Jersey Association of Peoria, Ill .; the American Shropshire Registry Association of Lafayette, Ind., and of the County Farm Bureau of Gentry County. He is one of the progressive men of the county, an able breeder, and a capable business man. His son and partner, W. A. Melton, is one of the efficient young stockmen of the county. To his natural ability has been added the train- ing which he received from his father, and these combine to make him a thoroughly competent business man.
D. P. Rice, veteran of the Civil War, and a member of a pioneer family of Gentry County, grew up in this county, where he was born in Athens Township, Aug. 27, 1843. His parents were William and Sarah (Pitchford) Rice.
William Rice was born in Maryland and his wife, in Allen County, Ky. They were married in Kentucky and came to Missouri in 1842. They settled first on the present site of Albany, but later moved to a different location. William Rice owned 160 acres of land in Athens Township and 40 acres in Howard Township at the time of his death in 1891. His wife died in 1871. The remains of both are buried in Henton Cemetery. Their children were: Helen, born in Allen County, Ky. in 1837, now living at Albany, the widow of J. H. Orr; Evaline, born in Allen County, Ky. in 1841, now makes her home in Albany, the widow of J. N. Shepherd ; and D. P., the subject of this review.
D. P. Rice attended the district schools of Athens Township, and grew up on the Rice home place, which he farmed until 1886, when he moved to his present farm of 160 acres, four and one-half miles north- east of Gentry. He has improved the place, but for the past 10 years, has preferred to rent the land instead of doing the active work on it himself. On March 22, 1862, Mr. Rice enlisted in Company E, 1st Mis- souri Cavalry and served for three years in the Civil War. Prior to that time, he had enlisted for six months' service. Most of his service was in guerrilla warfare, but he participated in several of the battles which
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were fought in Missouri, including those at Kirksville, Pea Ridge, Lex- ington, and Price's Raid.
D. P. Rice was married in Gentry County on June 25, 1866 to Elizabeth Green, a daughter of William and Mary (Rambeau) Green. Mr. and Mrs. Rice have a daughter, Beatrice, married to C. C. Jonagan; and a daughter, Dora, who died at the age of 11 years.
Mr. Rice and his two sisters are the three oldest living representa- tives of any pioneer family in Gentry County. He was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic at Albany as long as the organization was in existence. He is an interesting gentleman, whose reminisences of pioneer life in Gentry County are a fund of valuable information.
Henry P. Dills, pioneer of Gentry County, and a veteran of the Civil War, is a native of West Virginia, born in Tazewell County, March 22, 1840, the son of James R. and Mary P. Dills.
James R. Dills and his wife came to Missouri in 1859, and settled on a farm six miles north of Albany. They later moved to a farm four miles north of Albany, where they spent the remainder of their lives. Their remains are buried in the Henton Cemetery. Their children were : Nancy J., married B. F. Severson and died in Oct., 1920; Henry P., the subject of this review; Jefferson H., died in Feb., 1915; Joseph, died in Topeka, Kan. in 1905; Sarah, the widow of Robert Spanhower of Albany; and Robert, a farmer of Howard Township.
Henry P. Dills attended school in West Virginia and came with his parents to Missouri. He enlisted in the Union Army in April, 1862, and served for two years, 25 months and one day. He participated in the battles of Kirksville, Boonville, and in several skirmishes. In one of the minor battles, Mr. Dills was thrown from his horse and injured.
In 1867, Mr. Dills bought 80 acres of his present farm. To this he added until he now owns 335 acres of well improved land. When Mr. Dills bought the land it was unbroken prairie, and he broke the greater part of it with oxen. A log cabin which stood on the place was the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dills for many years. Neighbors were scarce, but in Bogle Township at that early time, were living some of the people whose names are connected with the development of the community. Among those remembered best by Mr. Dills were Beverly Mahoney, L. L. Skock- ley, Jene Martin, Henry Ross, and Noah and Alex Hise. Mr. and Mrs. Dills still live on their farm, six and one-half miles northwest of Albany, but Mr. Dills does no active work, preferring to rent the land to his children.
Henry P. Dills was married March 10, 1864 to Emily J. Gay, a
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daughter of Jesse and Mary (Hunter) Gay. Jesse Gay was born in Maine, was one of the first settlers of Gentry County, and died near Topeka, Kan. Mrs. Gay was born in Illinois, and died in Gentry County. Mrs. Dills has a sister, Sarah, living in southern Missouri.
To the union of Henry P. and Emily J. (Gay) Dills the following children were born: Mary M., now the widow of Newton Bentley of Bogle Township; J. W., farmer and stockman of Bogle Township; Sarah Z., married to W. H. Moody of Bogle Township ; and James F., deceased, was married to Lydia Todd, who now lives at Albany with one daughter, Gussie E. The other grandchildren of Mr. and Mrs. Dills are; Malcolm and Wade Moody; Frank, Dick, and Woodson Bentley; and Tressie, Otis, Ruth, Opal, and John Dills. There are also these great grand- children ; Doris, Garvin, and Russell Bentley.
Mr. Dills is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic at Albany.
James Perry Jolly, a prominent farmer and stockman of Miller Town- ship, is a Gentry County pioneer and a member of one of the very early pioneer families of this section of the state. He is a native of Kentucky, born, Sept. 27, 1894, in Breckenridge County, and is a son of Samuel and Malinda (Robertson) Jolly, both natives of Breckenridge County. The Jolly family came to Missouri in 1852 and here the father engaged in pioneer farming. They made the trip from their native state to their new home in the wilds of Gentry County, in a covered wagon drawn by horses which was the common method of transportation in those early days. They lived in a double log house after coming here. The father entered his first land from the Government and became the owner of 800 acres and was an extensive stockman. He worked hard, was a good manager, a progressive citizen and became well-to-do. He served in the Civil War as a first lieu- tenant. He started in life without funds in a new country and succeeded in his undertaking. He was a Republican and a member of the Methodist church and both he and his wife are now deceased and their remains are buried in Fairview Church Cemetery.
To Samuel Jolly and wife were born the following children: Carlos, one died in infancy ; Benjamin, Albert Newton and Mary, all of whom are deceased, Benjamin, having died with measels while a soldier in the Civil War; Sarah, married Lloyd Neil now deceased and she lives in Nebraska; H. C., a druggist in McFall; Mattie, married William Manring; and James Perry, the subject of this sketch.
James Perry Jolly attended such schools as the pioneer times afforded. He was reared on his fathers farm and in early life assisted in its opera- tion. Early in life he bought land and began his independent career as a farmer and stockman. He bought more land later and is now the owner
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MR. AND MRS. JAMES PERRY JOLLY
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of a well improved farm of 340 acres. He had 500 acres but has given some land to his children. For many years he successfully carried on gen- eral farming and stock raising and has also dealt extensively in cattle and has fed large quanities of cattle for the market. He is now living on his home place in Miller Township although practically retired.
Mr. Jolly was married in 1872 to May Shaffer, a native of Ohio and a daughter of John and Charlotte (Munson) Shaffer, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of Ohio. Mrs. Jolly was a private teacher be- fore her marriage. To Mr. and Mrs. Jolly have been born the following children: Eunice, William, and Lulu, infants, all of whom are deceased; and Maude, married Bemo Robertson and lives in Gentry County ; Anna, married Frank Tyler, lives in Miller Township; Frank, lives in Gentry County ; George, a farmer and stockman in Gentry County ; Blanche, was a teacher before her marriage, is now the wife of Frank Allenbrand and they live in Stoddard County, Mo .; Addie, married Ralph Jennings and lives in DeKalb County ; Scott, a farmer and stockman in Gentry County ; and John; who resides on the home place.
Mr. Jolly is a Republican and a member of the Freewill Baptist Church. He is one of the substantial and highly respected citizens of Gentry County. Mrs. Jolly died March 4, 1915, and her remains are buried in Fairview Church Cemetery. She was an estimable woman and beloved by all who knew her.
Lemuel Beauchamp, since 1889 a minister in the United Brethren Church, a veteran of the Civil War, and a well known farmer of Bogle Township, Gentry County, was born in Vermilion County, Ind., Nov. 2, 1837, the son of David A. and Dorothy (Juvenile) Beauchamp.
David A. Beauchamp was born in Delaware in 1799, and was an early settler of Indiana. He died at the age of 68 years. His wife was born in Ohio in 1798, and died at the age of 53 years. Their children were: John, died in Indiana; Andrew, died in Indiana; James, died at Chillicothe ; Elizabeth, later Mrs. Donavan, died in Illinois; Mary, Mrs. Sanders, died in Iowa ; Eliza Ann, Mrs. Doughty, died at Avalon; David A., died at the same place; William, a veteran of the Civil War, now 89 years old, and living at Topeka, Kan .; J. F., also a veteran of the Civil War, now a farmer living in Worth County; Harriet, Mrs. Edmunds, died at Chillicothe ; Lemuel, the subject of this sketch ; Lottie, Mrs. Chit- tendon, now dead, was the widow of J. T. Chittendon who was killed in the Civil War; Margaret, died at the age of two years; and George Washington, a Civil War veteran, now living in Long Beach, Calif.
Lemuel Beauchamp attended the schools in Indiana, and at the age
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of 24 years, enlisted for service in the Civil War. He was placed in Com- pany E, 115th Regiment Indiana Volunteers, and served for seven months until the war closed. He participated in the battles in Kentucky, Vir- ginia, Tennessee, North Carolina and Georgia. He was in eastern Ten- nessee at the end of the struggle, and was mustered out of service at In- diana in 1865. He remained in Illinois until 1866, when he came to Mis- souri and moved to his present farm in Gentry County. At that time, Mr. Beaucahmp says the place was a wilderness of brush, inhabited only by deer and wild turkeys. There was no house in sight and the nearest trad- ing post was Albany, 12 miles away. Mr. Beauchamp improved the land, and now owns 200 acres on which he does general farming.
Lemuel Beauchamp was married on Oct. 9, 1860, to Sarah C. Phene- ger, a daughter of Benjamin F. and Susan (Stauffer) Pheneger. Mr. Pheneger was born in Pennsylvania and died in Indiana. His wife was born in Virginia and died in Ohio. Mrs. Beauchamp, after a life of more than 80 years, died on May 27, 1921. Her remains are buried in the Prarie Chapel Cemetery. She was one of the courageous pioneer women who unfalteringly took up life in a new and unpeopled country. To the union of Lemuel and Sarah C. (Pheneger) Beauchamp the following children were born: John W., married Lottie Strait, and has charge of a Presbyterian Church in Ripley County ; Charles A., married Julia Blay- lock, and lives in Worth County; Eddie M., married Mary Glick, and is the pastor of the United Brethren Church at Manlius, Ill .; Dora Alice, the widow of Sampson Worth of Worth County; B. F., married Lulu Robertson, and lives in Worth County; and William O. and Mary D., twins, the former married to Grace Walker and living in Bogle Town- ship; and the latter now the wife of J. B. McComas of Worth County.
Reverend Beauchamp was a traveling minister in the United Bre- thren Church for eight years, and has also held several charges in north- west Missouri, where he is known as an able minister. Politically he is a prohibitionist, and was a friend and ardent supporter of ex-Governor J. P. St. John when he ran for president in 1884.
Edward W. Manion, farmer and stockman of Bogle Township in Gentry County, is the owner of 336 acres of well improved land located eight miles northwest of Albany on the Airline Trail. Mr. Manion has lived on this place since 1881. when he came to Missouri and bought 80 acres of land, for which he went into debt, but which became the nu- cleus of his present land holdings.
The parents of Edward W. Manion were R. P. and Eliza (Henry) Manion. The former was born in the south, and was an early settler of
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Fayette County, Indiana, where his son, Edward W., was born on Feb. 12, 1857. R. P. Manion was a veteran nshbe Civil War, in which he served in the 40th Illinois Infantry. He died in Illinois in 1884, and his widow afterwards moved to Gentry County, where she died in 1918. Their children were: B. F., a farmer of Bogle Township; Edward W., the subject of this review; Mary, now Mrs. Morris of Illinois; Margaret, now Mrs. Romack of Jennings, Okla .; Nancy, married Mr. Peyton, and died in Illinois; John, living in Oklahoma ; Isaac, died in Illinois; Sarah, now Mrs. Leach of Kansas City ; Emma, now Mrs. Leach of Washington ; Ella, now Mrs. Collins of Darlington; Joshua, living in Fayette County, Illinois; Ida, now Mrs. Wiley of Hepburn, Iowa; and Paradine and An- geline, twins, the first, now Mrs. Younger of Gentryville. and the latter now Mrs. Hise of Bogle Township.
Edward W. Manion attended the public schools of Illinois and grew up on his father's farm. At the age of 24 years, he began work on his present farm, and has made many improvements on the place. He has always been especially interested in raising corn which he has used for feeding cattle. hogs, and sheep for shipping. Mrs. Manion keeps more than 300 Black Plymouth Rock hens, and her work with poultry is one of the profitable phases of the farm. The Manion farm shows the effi- cient methods of farm mnaagement used by the owner.
Edward W. Manion was married the first time in 1879 to Sarah A. Perkins of Illinois, where she died leaving a daughter Belle, now the wife of James Henton of Bogle Township. Mr. Manion was married the second time to Mary A. Romack, now dead. To this union two children were born: Mae, married W. Hinton and lives in Bogle Township; and Fred, married Alta Jones, and lives on the home place. On Nov. 13, 1919, Mr. Manion married Tuleta (Grace) Grooms, a daughter of James and Arminta (Chittin) Grace, and the widow of Alva Grooms. Mr. Grace was an early settler of Missouri. He lived first in Ray County, then in Harrison County, and came to Gentry County in 1906. His wife died in 1911. and her remains are buried in the Lone Star Cemetery. Mr. Grace now lives at Albany. By her first marriage, Mrs. Manion had three daughters, Althea, Fern, and Alva Grooms. To her union with Mr. Manion a daughter, Hazel, was born.
Mr. Manion is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America. He is also a member of the township board for Bogle Township. Mr. Manion is an able and progressive farmer, esteemed for his integrity, and civic pride.
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Edgar L. Smith, a farmer of Huggins Township, Gentry County, has been a resident of theidiainty since 1897, when he came here from south Missouri, where he had lived near Springfield for three years. Mr. Smith was born in Jackson County, Iowa, Sept. 14, 1870, the son of W. H. and Emma (Randall) Smith, both natives of England.
W. H. Smith was born in London, and his wife, in Devonshire. They were married in Jersey City, N. J. Mr. Smith came to the United States when he was 18 years old. He was a blacksmith and settled in Lamotte, Iowa, where he lived for 47 years. When he went to Iowa, there were no railroads in the state, and Mr. Smith watched the development of the industries and commercial enterprises of his community through the long period of his life there. He died in 1890, and his remains are buried in the Lamotte Cemetery. His wife died at Bellevue, Iowa, in 1914, and her remains also, are buried at Lamotte. Their childern were: Sarah Ann, the wife of Samuel Davis of Jeannette, Pa .; Eva M., married Philip Young, and died at Shawnee, Okla .; Mary Ann, the wife of William Conger of Vinton, Iowa; Clara Belle, married G. W. Smith, and died at Pierson, Iowa, Feb. 7, 1921; George H., living at Maquoketa, Iowa; Ida B., died at the age of 14 years; Charles W., died at the age of 11 years ; Edgar L., the subject of this review; Angie May, the wife of Her- man Custer of Bellevue, Iowa; and Charles R., in the service of the United States navy at Honolulu.
Edgar L. Smith attended the schools of Iowa, and then began to work for himself. He worked for nine years for one man, H. McQueen of Marcus, Iowa. At the end of that time, he began to work indepen- dently, and for the next two years, farmed in Iowa. He came to Mis- souri, where he operated a farm in the southern part of the state, and then bought 80 acres of land in Huggins Township, to which he later added 160 acres in the same township. Mr. Smith moved to his present farm of 20 acres, five miles west of Albany, in April, 1920. He has re- built the residence, has erected a new barn, and garage, and now has one of the attractive places in the community. He also owns a residence in Albany, near Palmer College. Mr. Smith has his son, Elmer, and his son-in-law, Leo James, as his business partners in operating the home farm.
Edgar L. Smith was married on Feb. 8, 1893, to Zella C. Smith, a daughter of Jacob and Martha (Cline) Smith, early settlers of Dubuque County, Iowa. They both died in Cherokee County, Iowa. To the union of Edgar L. and Zella C. (Smith) Smith the following children were
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born : Elmer, in partnership with his father on the home farm; Viola, married Foster Wilson of Huggins Township; Lydia, the wife of Leo James, on the home place ; Carl, Mae, and Kenneth, at home; and Don- ald, died in infancy ; and Edna, died at the age of 2} years.
Mr. Smith is a Republican. He has served on the township board for two terms, and on the Board of Education for 20 years. He is a di- rector in the Bank of Albany, and also a director in the Albany Poultry House and he now owns the building. Mr. Smith is a man of business ability, keen intelligence, and high civic ideals. He is esteemed highly among his fellow citizens in his capacity as an officer of the township, as a business man, and as a citizen.
David Marshall Cottrill, known throughout Gentry County as a successful specialist in the raising of seed corn, is a native of Ohio, born in Vinton County, Aug. 3, 1869.
Mr. Cottrill's parents, Henry and Margaret (Reed) Cottrill, were both born in Vinton County, Ohio, and were married there. They came to Gentry in 1870, making the trip down the Ohio River by boat, and then up the Mississippi, to Quincy, Ill. From that point, they came by train to Lexington, Mo., and then overland to Gentry County. They set- tled on a farm in Howard Township, within a half mile of Henry Cot- trill's present home. Mrs. Cottrill died on March 21, 1885, Mr. Cottrill, now 76 years old, is still active. To the union of Henry and Margaret (Reed) Cottrill the following children were born: Ida, deceased; Da- vid M., the subject of this sketch; Edgar, living at Walthill, Neb .; and Addie, the wife of John Barbers of Howard Township. By a second mar- riage of Henry Cottrill to Percy Beck, he had two children: William, at home; and Woodson, a poultry dealer at Lone Star.
David M. Cottrill went to school at Lone Star, and has been a farmer all of his life. He worked by the month, and rented a farm for nine years, then married, and for the next four years, operated a farm near Pinhook Church. More than 20 years ago, he bought 110 acres of his present farm, later adding 95 acres to the first holding. The farm comprises rich bottom land, with the exception of ten acres, and is well improved. There are two residences, four barns, and excellent farm buidlings. Mr. Cottrill raised 90 acres of corn last year. He has estab- lished an enviable reputation in his successful work as a seed corn spe- cialist, and has a building specially constructed for the work of select- ing and curing the seed. He also raises stock in connection with his work as a general farmer.
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David M. Cottrill was married on Dec. 24, 1896, to Lydia J. Terry, a daughter of W. B. and Mary (Ray) Terry. Mrs. Cottrill died on Dec. 7, 1907, and her remains are buried in the New Friendship Cemetery. To her union with David M. Cottrill the following children were born: Edith, married to James Ray and living near Berlin; Emmett, married Myrtle Shafer, and lives on the home farm; Aubrey, at home; Georgia, living at home and keeping house for her father; and Paul, at home. Since the death of his wife, Mr. Cottrill has reared his family alone.
Mr. Cottrill is a Republican. He is one of the substantial citizens of his township.
William H. Kerfoot, well known in Bogle Township, Gentry County, is the owner of 240 acres of land, which he bought in 1885 and which has been his home since Nov. 26 of that same year. Mr. Kerfoot was born in Hardin County, Kentucky, May 25, 1858, the son of Albien and Elizabeth (Cecil) Kerfoot.
Albien Kerfoot was the son of George W. Kerfoot, a Kentucky pio- neer of the early days of that state. Albien Kerfoot was a well known farmer of Hardin County, Kentucky. His first wife, Elizabeth (Cecil) Kerfoot, died in 1863. To her union with Albien Kerfoot, the following children were born: Charlie, died at Hobart, Okla .; John, for many years a resident of Gentry County, where he owned a farm near Mount Pleasant, now living at Garden City, Kan .; Ezra, living in Oklahoma; Mollie, the widow of W. H. Cecil of Davis County, Kentucky; and Wil- liam H., the subject of this sketch. By a second marriage of Albien Ker- foot he had the following children: Luke, deceased; Lizzie, was Mrs. Keene, now dead; Owen, on the home farm in Kentucky; Eva, the wife of Silas Nall of Hardin County, Kentucky ; Andrew J., Kentucky; Allie, Kentucky; Noah, a resident of Grayson County, Texas; and Birdie, now Mrs. Bruner of Hardin County, Kentucky. Albien Kerfoot died on March 9, 1880, and is buried in the Kerfoot Cemetery, Hardin County, Kentucky.
William H. Kerfoot attended the rural schools of Kentucky and was a farmer there prior to his coming to Missouri in 1884. The next year he bought his present farm upon which he has put all of the im- provements. He built the residence in 1893, and has added excellent farm buildings. The place lies five miles northwest of Gentry, and is well adapted to the raising of stock. Mr. Kerfoot raises Angus cattle, and Spotted Poland China and Duroc Jersey hogs. He raised sheep for more than 20 years, but no longer engages in that line of work.
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Mr. Kerfoot was married on Oct. 8, 1885, to Texa M. Hash, born Nov. 13, 1866, in Tazewell County, Virginia, the daughter of C. B. and Nickettie (Claypool) Hash. C. B. Hash, Sr., was born in Grayson County, Virginia, and died at Gentry, Mo., Jan. 1, 1920. Mrs. Hash was born in Tazewell County, Virginia, Aug. 4, 1841, and died at the home of Mrs. Kerfoot, Sept. 29, 1918. The remains of both are buried in the Greenridge Cemetery. They were married in Virginia, Dec. 30, 1864, and came to Missouri in 1867. They located in Calloway County, where they remained for a year, and then moved to Audrain County. In 1868 they came to Gentry County, and the next year located near Gentry. Mr. Hash was one of the leading farmers and stockmen of his day in Gentry County. His herd of Shorthorn cattle was among the best in this part of the state. He also raised hogs, and bred English Shire horses, importing the stallions. He served his township and county in official capacities; he was the assessor during the years 1874-1876 ; was elected county treasurer in 1882; and was the census enumerator for Bogle Township in 1880. He was a man who was ambitious, not only for per- sonal success, but for the development of the community where he lived. C. B. Hash served in the 45th Infantry and later Company H, 8th Vir- ginia Cavalry, Confederate army, from beginning until the close of the war.
To the union of C. B. and Nickettie (Claypool) Hash the following children were born: Tera M., now Mrs. Kerfoot; Sallie, the wife of R. E. Bentley of Ft. Cobb, Okla .; Frank Lee, of Baxter Springs, Kan .; James M., died in 1871; George, died in Texas County, Missouri, Oct. 11, 1912; Jessie V., the wife of George M. Etter of Gentry; Clinton B., Jr., living at Gentry ; Rebecca Alice, died in infancy; Nannie, died in childhood ; and Grover C., a farmer in Harrison County.
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