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To the union of William H. and Texa M. (Hash) Kerfoot, two chil- dren were born: Lily Virginia, born May 21, 1890, was married on Sept. 30, 1908, to Emmet E. Nicholson of Albany, and died, Oct. 24, 1912, leaving a daughter, Jennie Belle; and William Henry Fitzhugh Lee. born Aug. 30, 1894, now farming near Garden City, Kan. He was edu- cated in the district schools of Gentry County, and attended Gem City Business College at Quincy, Ill. On April 26, 1918, he enlisted for serv- ice in the World War, and was sent to Waco, Texas, for training. He was placed with Company L, 34th Infantry, 7th Division and was sent overseas in August, 1918, where he remained until May 15, 1919. He was at the front when the armistice was signed. He was mustered out of service at Camp Taylor, Kentucky, on June 26, 1919, and then bought
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his present farm of 160 acres of land in Finney County, Kansas. He is a member of the American Legion at Albany.
William H. Kerfoot is esteemed throughout his community as a substantial and reliable man.
Moses Mann, well known farmer and stockman of Harrison Township, was born July 13, 1864, in Marion Township, Daviess County, a son of Capt. Milton and Julia Ann (Luck) Mann, both natives of Kentucky.
Capt. Mann was born Oct. 10, 1829, in Taylor County, Ky., and was a son of Wm. and Rhoda (Tungat) Mann, natives of Kentucky and Tennes- see. William Mann died in Kentucky and his widow lived with her son, Capt. Mann, in Daviess County, until her death.
In 1850 Capt. Mann was married to Julia Ann Luck, who was born Aug. 22, 1828, in Kentucky, and died Jan. 9, 1908. Her father, Mr. Luck went west about 1830, but was never heard from, and it is believed he was killed by the Indians. The Luck family were natives of Virginia.
In 1853, Capt. Mann, father of the subject of this sketch, left Ken- tucky and settled near Civil Bend, Marion Township. He with his wife and one child made the trip with oxen and were on the road six weeks. They made their home near Civil Bend from November, 1853 to March, 1865, when they moved to Harrison Township where Captain Mann died Feb. 18, 1912. During the Civil War, Captain Mann was a soldier in the Union Army, being a member of Company C, 33rd Regiment, Missouri Militia, and was soon made a captain of Company C. He was in active service throughout the war.
Capt. and Mrs. Mann were the parents of nine children; George W., living near Keystone, Okla .; David, Hamilton, Mo., retired farmer; Susan Mary, died in infancy ; Jown W., deceased; Martha, deceased, was the wife of Samuel Cunningham; Moses, the subject of this sketch; Emma, widow of Miles Bays, of Hamilton, Mo., living with brother; William, deceased; Amanda, deceased, was the wife of Vader Cox.
Moses Mann was reared on a farm and received his education in the district schools. He has been a farmer almost his entire life, and is now the owner of 400 acres of land in Harrison Township, and also four acres in Monroe Township. In 1912, Mr. Mann moved to Gallatin, and engaged in the life insurance business. In 1914 he was made chairman of the Repubican County Committee, and served six years in this capacity. In 1916 he was elected County Treasurer and served in this office for four years. Mr. Mann is unmarried.
Capt. Mann was a member of the Christian church, and was a member of the Masonic lodge for more than 50 years. He was a Republican.
Moses Mann has in his possession the spindle head of the old spinning
MOSES MANN
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wheel used here in Daviess County by his mother. He also owns a chair, which is 150 years old and was used in a wagon on trips to and from church. It was made in Virginia and was used on the long trip to Daviess County.
Moses Mann is well educated and is one of the prominent citizens of Harrison Township.
Charles Ray, a well known farmer of Bogle Township, Gentry County, was born in the northeast part of Clay County, May 22, 1864, the son of Andrew Jackson and Rebecca Jane (Franklin) Ray.
Andrew J. Ray was born in Virgania in 1827, the son of Brice Ray, who moved his family to Kentucky in 1828, and to Missouri about 1848. He settled in Clay County, where he died. His wife died in Kentucky. Andrew J. Ray came to Gentry County before the Civil War, and during the war, returned to Clay County, where he entered the Missouri Militia. He came back to Gentry County in the spring of 1869, and settled in Bogle Township, where he died in 1910. His remains are buried in the New Friendship Cemetery. His wife died in 1914, and is also buried in the New Friendship Cemetery. Their children were: Benjamin P., died near Madison, Kan., in 1910, married the first time to Libbie Bigelow, and after her death, married Ella Mize of Gentry County ; Mary Ellen, married Mr. Terry, and died in 1905; William T., died in 1916; Nancy Elizabeth, now dead, was the wife of Robert Murphy; Martha Alice, keeping house for her brother, the subject of this review; Charles Ray, the subject of this sketch; John M., living at Gentry; and Dora L., the wife of T. W. Jones of Gentry.
Charles Ray attended the Shockley School in his boyhood. He owns 80 acres of land 34 miles east of Gentry, which he keeps in grass. He rents other land near by for general farming. He has improved his land, has built a good residence, and other farm buildings.
Charles Ray was married on March 21, 1888, to Cynthia Ann Hurst, a daughter of Thomas J. and Anna Hurst. Mrs. Hurst died in January, 1886, and Mr. Hurst died several years later. The remains of both are buried in the Knox Cemetery. Mrs. Ray died on June 11, 1889, and a daughter, Ora Ethel, died on Aug. 13, 1889. Since that time Mr. Ray's mother, and later his sister has kept house for him.
Mr. Ray served two years on the township board, and was the town- ship assessor and clerk for four years. He is a member of the Indepen- dent Order of Odd Fellows at Albany. Mr. Ray is a capable and ener- getic man. He made an excellent officer of his township, and is a man of high ideals for the community.
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E. E. Moore, a leading farmer and stockman of Wilson Township in Gentry County, and the owner of the Nobility Stock Farm, is a man who has achieved unusual success in his work. He was born in Harrison County, Ohio, Jan. 29, 1860, the son of William D. and Emiline Moore natives of Ohio, where they were married. They moved to Iowa, and there Mr. Moore died in Mills County. Mrs. Moore died in Worth, Mo. Their children were: Ellen Amanda, later Mrs. Martin, and now de- ceased; William G., deceased; Mary C., now Mrs. Abel of Winfield, Kan .; Emma R., now Mrs. Lewis; E. E., the subject of this sketch; and Frank, Worth.
E. E. Moore left his home when he was 16 years of age and began to work by the month in Ohio. The first year, his wages were $12.00 a month, but out of this he saved enough to come to Mills County, Iowa, and there he worked for another year and a half by the month on a farm. While in Iowa, Mr. Moore became connected with a Chicago com- mission company which bought cattle, and he worked for this firm in Texas, Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado and Iowa. He bought cattle in Texas, then drove them north. He kept them assorted in bunches, and bought stock fields, but the work was arduous because there were no wire fences in the states in which he worked. He learned the stock bus- iness from every angle during that period, and had his ideas of a stock farm fully developed before he began to operate a farm for himself.
In 1883 Mr. Moore began to operate the Nobility Stock Farm in Gentry County. At one time he owned 1,100 acres of land, and leased 1,280 acres near Stanberry, and 640 acres in Harrison County. He win- tered the stock on the Nobility Stock Farm. He was, for years, one of the prominent corn buyers in the county. At the time that Mr. Moore be- gan his work as a breeder, there was only one man in the county who bred Hereford cattle. The first Hereford male on the Nobility Stock Farm was imported by Mr. Morgan, and, when 13 months old, was bought by Mr. Moore for $500.00, in 1883. Mr. Moore was the first man in the county to dehorn his cattle, and the first year of his work on his new farm he dehorned 100 head of his own herd, and within the next three years, had dehorned more than 1,000 head for other stockmen in the community. About 1883 he began breeding the big type Poland China hogs, and for the next 14 years, followed this line of work.
Mr. Moore has disposed of part of his original land holdings, and now owns 545 acres of land. He keeps 30 acres of his farm in blue stem grass, probably the only raw prairie left in the county. After a cultiva- tion of ten years, the land will return to blue grass in two years' time.
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On the farm now he has 90 head of big type Poland China hogs, all either registered, or eligible for registry. He has also 160 head of White- face cattle, nearly all registered, and is feeding a car of Whiteface baby beeves. He buys most of the corn needed for feeding, and keeps the farm in pasture. J. M. Dannar is the present foreman of the farm. He is known for his interest in stockraising, and for his ownership of a span of Shire mares which took first premiums at the fairs at Worth, Gentry, and Parnell.
Mr. Moore was the second man in the county to have a telephone installed in his home. He has a good residence on his farm, and his barn, 40x52 feet, is one of the best ventilated barns in Gentry County. It is built on a model designed by Mr. Moore; all the doors roll back, there is room for from 15 to 50 cows, and above the feed boxes and mangers, there is an opening which allows the air to pass up, and out at the cupola. This arrangement makes the barn cool, even on the hot- test days. The farm is equipped with non-sag iron gates, and presents a thoroughly modern appearance. A grove of two acres, planted by Mr. Moore on the north side of his buildings, now provides an excellent wind break. Since 1915, Mr. and Mrs. Moore have lived in Worth, where their children are in school. They have a modern residence in the west part of the town.
Mr. Moore was married the first time in 1884 to Luella Salmon of Worth County. She died on Jan. 16, 1905, leaving one daughter, Mattie, now the wife of W. J. Adams of St. Joseph. Mr. Moore married Myrtle Poff, a daughter of William and Elizabeth Poff of Alanthus, on Dec. 3, 1906. Mrs. Moore was born, reared, and educated in Gentry County. To her union with E. E. Moore the following children were born: Hazel B., born March 15, 1908, now a student in the Worth High School; Edith, born Oct. 31, 1909; and Aletha G., born Oct. 18, 1912.
Mr. Moore was one of the organizers of the Worth Mutual Tele- phone Company, and of the Bank of Worth. This latter institution was founded in 1901, and Mr. Moore was a director in it for several years, and has been the president of the managing board for the past five years. Mr. Moore is a progressive farmer and stockman, a highly re- spected citizen, and is an asset to Gentry County.
C. E. Littlewood, well known druggist of Albany in Gentry County, conducts a drug store located on the south side of the Square, where he handles all of the merchandise unusually found in a store of that kind. and also runs a soda fountain. Mr. Littlewood has been connected with the drug business since his boyhood, when he worked under the direc-
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tion of his father, Dr. Littlewood, a prominent physician of Gentry County.
C. E. Littlewood was born at Gentryville, Sept. 7, 1877, the son of Dr. W. H. and Esther (Swetenham) Littlewood. Mrs. Littlewood was a native of Sheffield, England, born on Aug. 9, 1848. Dr. Littlewood was born in Manchester, England, in 1844, graduated from London Medical College, and located at Gentryville in 1874. He practiced his profession there for six years, and then located at Evona, where he was a practic- ing physician for 15 years. At the end of that time he moved to Albany and went into the drug business. He remained in this work until his death in 1909. His remains are buried in Grand View Cemetery. He was an active member of the Democratic party and was a man who was known for his staunch loyalty to his friends. As a pioneer physician in the county, he endured many hardships, but he never refused to minister to the afflicted. He had one of the first buggies ever used in the county, but in bad weather he was compelled to ride horseback, sometimes for miles over trails that were at best, but indistinct markings. Many times he set out for a 25-mile trip carrying his medicine case, and riding at night in response to calls for help. He was one of the best known and widely esteemed men of the day.
Dr. Littlewood's widow now lives in St. Joseph. Their children were: William, born, reared, and educated in England, now a resident of St. Joseph ; Edwin, born in England, now living at Concordia, Kan .; John, born in England, and died in infancy; and the following children all born in the United States: C. E., the subject of this sketch; Edith, living at St. Joseph ; Fred, living in Iowa ; George, a resident of McCook, Neb .; and Frank, died in 1918 at St. Joseph. His remains are buried in Grand View Cemetery. The youngest son, Clarence, now lives in Mc- Cook, Neb. He is a veteran of the World War, and served overseas for more than a year. He was born and reared at Evona, and enlisted in Nebraska at the beginning of the war.
C. E. Littlewood attended the school at Evona, and was a student in Christian College. Besides his interest in the drug business, he has oper- ated moving picture shows at Albany. He was one of the promoters of the Fair Association at Albany, and was the vice-president, and after- wards the president of that association. For seven years he was the man- ager of the fair and was in charge of the premium and concession work. The efficient work that he did is shown by the fact that in 1912 there were 11,000 paid admissions to the Fair Grounds, the largest crowd ever
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assembled there. One of the features of that fair was that all soldiers and their families were admitted free, as were also any indigent mem- bers of the community.
Mr. Littlewood was married Aug. 6, 1898, to Lora Adams, a daugh- ter of E. and Mahala J. (Lunsford) Adams. Mrs. Littlewood was born, reared, and educated in Albany. She was a student in the High School, and afterwards attended Northwest Missouri College and Christian Col- lege at Albany. Mr. and Mrs. Littlewood had three children : Doris. and Dorothy, both students in Palmer College, and both graduates of the Albany High School; and Esther, born April 18, 1905, and died Sept. 27, 1905. Her remains are buried in Highland Cemetery.
Mr. Littlewood is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Ma- sons at Albany, and of the Shrine at St. Joseph. He has served as a councilman of Albany, and also as a member of the Democratic Commit- tee of Gentry County. Mr. Littlewood has spent all of his life in Gentry County with the exception of three years when he was in Canada and Texas. He is therefore well known in the community, where he is highly esteemed as a man of progress, industry, and initiative.
James Robertson, a Confederate veteran of the Civil War, and for many years a resident of Wilson Township, Gentry County was born in Boone County, Missouri, Feb. 27, 1844. He was the son of Bryant and Louisa (Hand) Robertson, pioneer settlers of Missouri.
Bryant Robertson was born in Indiana, lived in Boone County, Mis- souri for 25 years, and died near Guthrie, Okla., at the age of 87 years. His wife was born in Indiana, and died in Boone County. They came to Missouri in the pioneer days. Mr. Robertson entered 160 acres of land in Boone County, which he improved. His wife spun the yarn, and wove the cloth out of which she fashioned her children's wearing apparel. Her son, James, the subject of this review, says that until he was six years old, he wore a tow shirt as his only garment. Besides James Rob- ertson of this sketch, Mr. and Mrs. Robertson had the following chil- dren : Eliza, now Mrs. Cardwell of St. Joseph; W. E., died at Rich Hill; Mary, later Mrs. Philippi, died in Andrew County in 1921; Ellen, was Mrs. Smith, died in Andrew County in 1876; and Jane, died in Boone County in 1860.
James Robertson attended the rural schools of Boone County, and enlisted for service in the Confederate Army in Boone County. He served under General Price for about eight months, and participated in several skirmishes. He settled in Andrew County in 1866, and lived
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there for 20 years. In 1887 he moved to Gentry County, where he bought the 87 acres of land eight miles northwest of Gentry that is his present home. The residence. barn, farm buildings and all other improvements were put on the place by Mr. Robertson. He does general farming and stockraising and is known as an energetic and capable man.
Mr. Robertson was married on July 19, 1868, to Emily Hall, a daughter of Charles and Permelia (Jackson) Hall. Charles Hall was born in Indiana in 1819, and died at Nebraska City, Neb., in 1865. He served in the Confederate Army under General Price, and was a partici- pant in the Battle of Lexington. He was a teacher as well as a farmer. He entered 80 acres of land in Andrew County. which he made his home. His wife was born in Kentucky in 1824, and died at her home in Andrew County in 1909. Mr. and Mrs. Hall's children were: Mary, now Mrs. Clizer of Barnard ; Emily, now Mrs. Robertson; David, living at Fillmore in Andrew County; John, died in infancy; Lucy, now Mrs. Turpin of Maryville ; Susan, now Mrs. Parker of Springfield; Mary, married Mr. Wright of Rosendale; Kate, now Mrs. Goodloe of Denver, Col .; William, a resident of Dale. Ore .; Eugenia, now Mrs. Hummon of Fillmore; and Elsie, was Mrs. Russell of St. Joseph, and is now dead.
To the union of James and Emily (Hall) Robertson the following children were born: Charles, married Sylvia Harris and lives on the home place ; William, married Myrtle Powers, and lives in Wilson Town- ship; Doyle, married Verdie Messick, and is a resident of South Dakota ; Ida Kate, married Mr. Liggett, died in Oklahoma and her remains arc buried in Enyart Cemetery; Viola, the wife of Charles Hicks of Wilson Township; and Julia, the wife of John Dye of Grant City. Mr. and Mrs. Robertson have the following grandchildren: Beuna and Uvon Robert- son ; Mrs. Florella Horton; Homer and Ralph Robertson; James, Ches- ter, and Velva Liggett; Paul, Clifford, Harold, Marjorie Robertson ; Elba, Elaine, and Varnell Dye; and two great grandchildren, Lena Wharton and Homer Robertson, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Robertson celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on July 19, 1918. Mr. Robertson, although nearly 80 years of age, is still hale and strong, and looks after the management of his farm. After the death of Mrs. Liggett, Mr. and Mrs. Robertson took Mrs. Liggett's children and reared them. Their house has therefore never ceased to be the home of young people. Mr. and Mrs. Robertson are highly respected in the community, where they are known by two generations.
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Earl Summa, proprietor of the Summa Poultry Farm near Gentry, Mo., is one of the well known poultry fanciers of this part of the state. During the past four years he has taken more than 300 ribbons at the various fairs and poultry shows where he has exhibited his fowls. He keeps 16 pens of poultry of various kinds, the Rhode Island Red, White Wyandotte, Barred Plymouth Rock, Anconas, Dark Cornish Games, and White Leghorns. One pen of 22 Anconas came from Michigan. All of these birds have trap nest records of more than 200 eggs, and the fowls are valued at $600.00. Mr. Summa has exhibited at Grant City, Albany, Easton, Pattonsburg, Chillicothe, and Bethany in Missouri, and at Troy, Kan.
Mr. Summa was born in Bogle Township, Aug. 3, 1892, the son of Ira and Kate (Funderburk) Summa. He was educated in the public schools, and graduated from the Chillicothe Business College in 1912. He was interested in raising poultry even in his boyhood, and for the past five years, has devoted his time to that business. He maintains five acres of land as a range for the fowls, and has his place equipped in a thoroughly modern fashion for the hatching of the chicks. He keeps an incubator capacity of 18,000 eggs, and during the year 1922 put out about 60,000 chicks. He sends the chicks to practically all parts of the United States using the parcel post as a means of transportation. The original enterprise has prospered until Mr. Summa now conducts one of the thriving businesses of the community. Mr. Summa handles the agency for the Newton Grant Incubator Company in addition to his other work.
Earl Summa was married on Jan. 4, 1912, to Kittie J. Chapin, a daughter of E. and Ola Chapin of Chillicothe. Mr. Chapin is dead, and his widow lives at Chillicothe, where she is an officer in the Girls Indus- trial School. Mrs. Summa was born, reared, and educated in Chillicothe. Mr. and Mrs. Summa have four children; Kenneth Wayne, Martha, Dorothy, and Ruby.
Mr. Summa is a life member of the American Poultry Association, and of the Missouri State Poultry Association. He is an industrious and capable young man who is attaining a marked success in his life work.
Ira Summa, the owner of a well improved farm of 120 acres of land near Gentry in Bogle Township, Gentry County, was born on the farm where he now lives, and which he later bought from the heirs. Mr. Summa has improved the farm, has built a good residence, and erected farm buildings, as his operation of the land made more farm facilities necessary.
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Mr. Summa was born on Feb. 11, 1861, the son of Frederick and Highley (Long) Summa. Frederick Summa was born in Indiana and came to Gentry County in 1840, and in 1846 "proved up" on the land which now makes the Summa farm. He died on this farm in 1866, and his remains are buried in the Murphy Cemetery. His wife was a native of Indiana. At the death of her husband she was left with 11 children to rear, and a farm to manage. She lived on the farm, and died in 1892. Her remains are buried in the Friendship Cemetery. Her children were: John, died in 1883; Lewis, died in October. 1912; Louisa, the wife of John Hurst of Gentry ; W. Riley, died in June, 1894; Philip, died in May, 1920; Peter, died in 1907; Elizabeth, the wife of John A. Best of Hug- gins Township; Francis M., of Bogle Township; Ira, the subject of this review; Lucinda, married to R. E. Canady of Albany ; and Frederick, living in Huggins Township.
Ira Summa was married on Sept. 10, 1891, to Martha Funderburk, a daughter of G. B. and Cynthia (Nelson) Funderburk. Both Mr. and Mrs. Funderburk died when Mrs. Summa was only a girl, and the re- mains of both are buried in the Enyart Cemetery. Mrs. Summa was reared by her uncle, B. H. Watkins, and attended the rural school, where her first teacher was Giles Canmon. Mrs. Summa has the following brothers and sisters: John, living in Wilson Township; Thomas, of Gen- try ; Sarah, the wife of Cassius Ardis, Cathay, Calif .; and George, Wil- liam, Henry, Buchanan, Eliza, Mrs. Huldah Rodgers, and Mary Magda- lene, all deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Summa have the following children : Edwin Earl, married Catherine Chapin, and lives on the home place; W. G., married Maggie Thompson, and lives at Newell, Iowa, where he is the agent for the Illinois Central Railway Company ; Herbert B., married Eloda Lewis, and lives in Huggins Township; Dale, died at the age of 19 months; Orville Clyde, married Beatrice Evelyn Johnson of Alta, Iowa, and is living at home; and Orville Truman, at home.
Mr. Summa has served on the township board, and as the township committeeman for the Democratic party in Gentry County. He is an effi- cient farmer, a capable man, and the Summa family are highly esteemed in the neighborhood.
William J. Sidens, well known and successful farmer and stockman of Athens Township, Gentry County, four miles northwest of the Court House on the Allendale Road. His land holdings comprise 627 acres lo- cated in Athens. Howard, Huggins, and Bogle townships. On the home place of 340 acres he has three sets of improvements, a house built in 1912, and excellent farm buildings.
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Mr. Siddens was born on March 14, 1868, on the farm where his father, W. T. Siddens was born. The land was entered by Joseph Sid- dens, grandfather of W. J. Siddens, the subject of this review, and is the present Siddens home place. W. T. Siddens died in Albany and his remains are buried in the Henton Cemetery. His widow, Julia A. (Par- man) Siddens, was born in Howard Township, a daughter of Giles Par- man, one of the early settlers of Gentry County. Mrs. Siddens now lives with her son, W. J. To her union with W. T. Siddens the following chil- dren were born: William J., the subject of this sketch; Sarah M., now Mrs. Madden; and John V., a resident of Albany.
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