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Guy Forrest Grissinger attended the public schools of Platte County, and for the past 15 years has followed the profession of photography. He started with home portraits and commercial photographs, and from that beginning has developed his present thriving business. He had a studio at DeKalb for two years, and for the past two years has been located at Stanberry. Mr. Gressinger has one of the best studios in Northwest Missouri and his work shows the skill of the true artist. His is progressive in his methods, and has received the hearty support of the entire com- munity.
Guy Forrest Gressinger was married on Sept. 29, 1918, to Charlotte Mallary, a daughter of Alexander and Charlotte (Pugh) Mallary. Mrs. Mallary was a native of Indiana, and died in Daviess County, in 1896. Her remains are buried in Old Union Cemetery. Mr. Mallary now lives at De- Kalb. He was a teacher in Daviess County for 14 years, and since that time has been farming. Mrs. Grissinger has two brothers: Omer, an attorney at Ft. Morgan, Colo .; and Ray, a farmer at Rushville. Mrs. Gres-
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singer attended the DeKalb High School and the Northwest Missouri State Teachers College at Maryville. She was a successful teacher in Buchanan County before her marriage.
Mr. Grissinger is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellow's, and Mrs. Grissinger is a member of the Rebecca Lodge. Mr. Grissinger is an exceptional man in his line of work; a man of energy, ambition and progressive ideals.
Charles Henry Runyon, a locomotive engineer on the Wabash Rail- way since January, 1888, has lived in Stanberry, since that time. He was born in Highland County, Ohio, June 30, 1862, the son of Eli and Lydia (Shoemaker) Runyon. Eli Runyon died at Stanberry in 1916. Their children were: Charles Henry, the subject of this review; Nellie M., now Mrs. Madison of Seattle, Wash .; Laura, now Mrs. Harter of Everette, Wash .; W. C., Everette, Wash .; Anna E., now Mrs. Wilson of Los Angeles, Calif .; Edward, with the Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Rail- way Company, at Council Bluffs, Iowa; and Daniel, with the Union Pacific Railway Company at Council Bluffs, Iowa.
C. H. Runyon attended school in Ohio and at Council Bluffs, Iowa, and began working for the railroad when he was 13 years old. His first posi- tion was with the Kansas City, St. Joseph, and Council Bluffs Road at Council Bluffs, Iowa. He later became connected with the Burlington Rail- way at the same place; and in 1884, accepted a position with the Wabash Railway Company. He later returned to the Burlington Road, but since 1888 has been with the Wabash Company. For the past 22 years he has been in passenger service, and for 16 years has made the night run from Stanberry to Moberly. He makes this trip seven days each week. His record of accidents is the minimum and he has always escaped with only slight injuries. The story of the careful, guiding hand of the locomotive engineer has been told in story and song many times. Mr. Runyon, with 45 years of active work to his credit, is the type that has provided inspir- ation to writers.
C. H. Runyon was married in September, 1886 to Nora Elmira Rodgers of Council Bluffs, Iowa. Her parents were both natives of Iowa, and died before the marriage of their daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Runyon have the following children: Fay E., married Grace Plymale, and is a locomotive engineer running out of Stanberry; Lottie M., now Mrs. Collier of Stan- berry; Charles E., connected with the Wabash Railway at Moberly ; Fred H., at home and Vivian, at home.
Mr. Runyon is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and the Knights of Pythias. He served as the chairman of the grievance committee of the Brotherhood
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of Locomotive Engineers, and has been the secretary of that lodge of which he has been a member since 1891. Mr. Runyon is a man well known in his business capacity for his level head and sure hand. He is capable, ener- getic, and, during his long period of service with the Wabash Company and his residence in Stanberry, has etablished an excellent reputation.
D. L. Collier, a well known locomotive engineer with the Wabash Rail- way at Stanberry, Gentry County, was born in Upshire County, W. Va., April 23, 1854, the son of John and Emmaranda (Banackman) Collier. They settled in Indiana, later moving to Iowa, and in 1874, to Missouri, where they located in Moniteau County. John Collier was a farmer. He died in Pennsylvania at the age of 74 years and Mrs. Collier died at Monett, Mo., at the age of 56 years. Their children were: Frank, an engi- neer at Pacoso, Wash .; Owen, a conductor on the Wabash Railway at Stan- berry ; Lewis, operating a hotel at Tacoma, Wash .; Harriett, now Mrs. Torey of Calif .; Anna, now Mrs. Mitchell of Bozeman, Mont .; and D. L., the subject of this sketch.
D. L. Collier, second child of his parents, was educated in Indiana, and Iowa. When he was 20 years old, he began work for the Missouri Pacific Railway Company out of Tipton. He later went to Burlington, Iowa, and worked for the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railway Company ; then to Moberly, where he again became connected with the Wabash Company, in whose service he has remained ever since. For the past 15 years, he has operated a passenger engine. Mr. Collier has never wrecked a pilot nor an engine, nor has he had an accident or wreck in his life, although he says that such a thing might happen any time. Mr. Collier makes the run be- tween Stanberry and Brunswick, leaving Stanberry one day and returning the next. In 1897 Mr. Collier moved to Stanberry. Several years prior to that time, he had lived in Stanberry for a while.
D. L. Collier was married on Oct. 1, 1876 to Sonora Jones, a daughter of Wilson K. and Harriet A. (Fisher) Jones. Mr. Jones was born in Ohio, and his wife, in Virginia. He was a Civil War veteran, enlisting from Morgan County, Mo., and died while in service. Mrs. Jones died in Oregon, at the age of 83 years. Mrs. Collier has a sister and three brothers living: William Henry, living in California ; Geogre W. and Joseph W., twins, both living in Oregon; and Mary, now Mrs. Smith of Lakeview, Orgeon. Mrs. Collier was educated in the Morgan County schools, and was living in that county at the time of her marriage. To her union with D. L. Collier the following children were born: Nettie F., married to David Turner of Ogden, Utah ; Rosa L. and Daisy D., twins, the former married to Howard Graham of Stanberry, and the latter the wife of C. H. Parrish of McClennan, Canada; Margaret, married to Ward Boston of Moberly; and Blanche O.,
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married to C. E. Wray of Council Bluffs, Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Collier have also these grandchildren: David L., Wesley, Hazel May, and Clarence Turner, Pauline, Marjorie Madeline, and Virginia Arlene Wray, and Loren Howard Graham.
Mr. Collier is a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and his wife belongs to the Auxiliary of that order. Mr. Collier is a compe- tent man in his business, a man highly esteemed for his integrity and in- dustry.
J. J. Smith, who has operated a locomotive out of Stanberry, Gentry County, since 1888, was born in Indiana, Feb. 8, 1857, the son of Ebenezar and Jane {Wiley) Smith. Mrs. Smith died in Stark County, Ill., in Feb- ruary, 1859; and Mr. Smith died in Harper County, Kansas in 1902. Their children were: Julius F., living at Breckenridge, Texas; Joseph J., the sub- ject of this review; James M., living in Iowa; and Mary E., married Mr. Houser and is now dead.
J. J. Smith attended the school of Illinois, and followed farming until he came to Missouri. He located at Stanberry in 1880, and worked as the foreman of the car repair shops for several years. In November, 1884, he began firing and served in that capacity until 1888. In 1888 he was made an engineer, and for the past 25 years, has been on a passenger engine, run- ning between Stanberry and Omaha. Mr. Smith has a photograph of the first engine he ever ran in 1884. It is a Baldwin Mogul type. He has had two accidents by derailment, one in 1912, and one in 1913, but such things are to be expected occasionally.
Mr. Smith was married, June 20, 1877 to Alice Richardson, born in Pennsylvania, a daughter of Andrew and Jane E. (Houser) Richardson. Andrew Richardson was a veteran of the Civil War; he was wounded in the right shoulder during the Battle of Fredericksburg, and died from the effects of the wound. His remains are buried near McConnellsburg, Pa. His widow came west in 1865, and later moved to Harper County, Kan., where she died in 1903. Her children were: Flora, married S. Reed, and they are both dead; Lillie, married James Dusenberry, and died in Feb- ruary, 1917; Alice, now Mrs. Smith ; and Mazy, married Frank Patton, and died in 1901.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith have four children: Clarence, married Frances Gallagher, and lives at Stanberry, where he is a conductor for the Wabash Railway; Mabel, married to James L. Miller, the assistant cashier of the Commercial Bank and Stansberry; Flora the wife of Ray Murray, a fire- man on the Wabash Railway at Stanberry ; and Harry R., living at home, a brakeman of the Wabash Railway. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have four grand- children: Gaylord, Clarence, and Alice Mary Miller, and Forest Murray.
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Mr. Smith is a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. He has won the esteem of his community by his integrity, and has made a successful record in his work by his strict adherence to the work at hand. He is a thoroughly competent and capable man.
Thomas H. Sanford, who has been connected with the Wabash Rail- way Company at Stanberry, Gentry County, since 1889, is a native of Ohio, where he was born in Noble County, Aug. 18, 1862. His father, Thomas H. Sanford, Sr., was born in 1835, and was a veteran of the Civil War in which he served as First Corporal in the 92nd Ohio Regiment. He was with Sherman on his March to the Sea, and served under General Thomas. He married Elvira Blake, born in 1835, and to their union the following children were born : Thomas H., the subject of this sketch ; W. I., connected with the Hewitt Brothers Wholesale Grocery Company at Des Moines, Ia .; Rosalie, died at the age of two years ; Flora, died at the age of one and one- half years; Laura Isabell, married Mr. Caverly, and is now dead; and Robert Edgar, married Nellie Fox, and died in Iowa. Thomas H. Sanford, Sr., died at Chariton, Iowa in 1884; and Mr. Sanford died at Stanberry in 1905. Her remains are buried in the High Ridge Cemetery.
Thomas H. Sanford was educated in the schools of Iowa and began work for the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railway when he was 18 years old. He progressed from the positions of wiper, boiler washer, and machanist to his present position of engineer. On Nov. 24, 1889 he came to Stanberry, and took a position with the Wabash, Omaha, and St. Louis Railway, but later remained with this road when it became the Wabash. For the past 23 years, Mr. Sanford has operated the engine on the pas- senger between Stanberry and Omaha, and from Stanberry to Moberly. Mr. Sanford had one wreck in 1898 caused by his engine striking a cow near Elmore. The cab was torn from the engine, but no other damage resulted.
· Mr. Sanford was married, Nov. 4, 1884 to Adele Barrow, a daughter of Andrew J. and Mary Jane (Young) Barrow of Chariton, Iowa. Both Mr. and Mrs. Barrow are dead, and the remains of both are buried at Char- iton, Iowa, their home. Mr. and Mrs. Sanford have three children: Earl Edwin, married Flossie Lightle of Stanberry, and is mentioned later in this sketch; Genevieve, graduated from the Stanberry High School and Platte Business College at St. Joseph, now in civil service work in the postoffice at South St. Joseph ; and Gaylord Goss, graduated from the Stan- berry High School, and from the Chicago Musical College in the class of 1921, now doing advanced piano work in the Chicago Musical College, and teaching in Municipal Hospital under the direction of the Chicago school board; Earl Edwin Sanford graduated from the Stanberry Normal School,
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where he took the scientific course. He later became a student in mechan- ical engineering at Missouri State University, and then was made fore- man of the shops at Stanberry, later going to Decatur, Ill., as assistant mechanic for the Illinois Division of the Wabash. He is now located at Moberly, general foreman of the roundhouse. He and his wife have two children ; Marjorie Lee, and Robert Eugene.
Thomas H. Sanford is a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive En- gineers, and has been the insurance secretary of that order. Mr. Sanford is an efficient engineer, esteemed for his competence and loyalty. He has educated his children along the lines of their interests, and is justly proud of his family.
Salathiel Carter, an enterprising and reliable farmer of Union Town- ship, Daviess County, was born July 21, 1863, in Daviess County, and is a son of E. C. and Lucy A. (George) Carter.
E. C. Carter was born in Franklin County, Ind., April 18, 1833. Dur- ing the Civil War he served in the militia. When a young man, Mr. Carter came to Missouri and settled on a farm in Union Township, Daviess County, where he carried on general farming and stock raising until the time of his death, July, 1896. He is buried in Centenary Cemetery. Mrs. Carter was a native of Daviess County. She died March 2, 1876, and is also buried in Centenary Cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Carter were the parents of seven children, as follows: Maggie, deceased, Salathiel, the subject of this sketch ; Viola May, the wife of W. R. Grady, who is engaged in the orchard and truck business in Colorado; Willie G., married Anne B. McCoy, Galla- tin; Edgar, farmer, married Iona Vandike, Union Township, Daviess County ; Ola E., the wife of Mr. Knepper, living in Sharp County, Ark .; Festus, married Maud Harrison, Daviess County.
Salathiel Carter was reared in Daviess County, and received his educa- tion in the district schools. He then engaged in farming in Union Town- ship, where he rented 13 acres of land. He later rented 160 acres and farmed for 25 years. Mr. Carter then purchased his present place in the southwestern part of Gallatin, which he operates. Mr. Carter moved to his present home in March, 1914. Mr. and Mrs. Carter raises turkeys and have won three prize cups at the Gallatin Poultry Shows in 1911, 1912, 1913. Their turkeys were awarded first prizes ; one weighed 44 pounds.
On Feb. 28, 1893, Mr. Carter was married to Laura Herndon, a daugh- ter of Joseph and Caroline (Branick) Herndon, natives of Shelby County, Ky., and early settlers of Daviess County. They were the parents of ten children, as follows: Sarah L., deceased, was the wife of Arthur Cravens ; Mary Frances, married Charles Brayton; Nancy Elizabeth, the widow of John Holmes, Gallatin; Mrs. Salathiel Carter; John Henry, a carpenter,
MR. AND MRS. SALATHIEL CARTER
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married Grace Fenton, Wichita Falls, Texas ; George Washington, a farmer married Emma Woods, Stratton, Colo .; Joseph Sherman, married Etta Belveal, Lucas, Kans .; William Grant, deceased; James Robert, married Elvira Carter, Blythdale, Mo., Annie Belle, married L. C. Hawkins, Carlo, Mo.
Mr. Carter is a Republican and has been a member of the school board for several years. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows, Rebekah lodge, and the Modern Woodmen of America. Mr. and Mrs. Carter are members of the Baptist church.
Dr. Malcom Monroe Campbell, a prominent pioneer physician of Gentry County who is now deceased, was a native of Canada. He was born in Lanark, Province of Ontario in 1838. He remained in Canada until he was about 21 years of age and received an excellent preliminary education. He followed teaching for eight years and then entered the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor Mich., where he was graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. He then took a special course in Bellevue Hospital in New York City. Thus equipped with a thorough medical education he came to Gentry County in 1887 and located in Al- bany where he engaged in the practice of his profession. He was an able physician and had a large practice which he continued to within a few years before his death, he having retired and was living on his farm near Albany at the time of his death, Feb. 10, 1920, at the age of 82 years.
Dr. Campbell was not only prominent in the medical profession, but he was a conspicuous figure in the field of politics. He was a Republican and one of the leaders of his party in this section of the state. He at- tended three national conventions and served as postmaster of Albany for eight years and in that capacity directed the affairs of the office with the high standard of efficiency which was characteristic of all his business and professional undertakings. He was chairman of the Gen- try County Republican Central Committee several terms. He was a member of the County, State and American Medical Association.
Dr. Campbell was an extensive land owner in Gentry County, own- ing 1,400 acres of valuable farm land, besides city property in Albany. He won a wide reputation as a successful stockman and breeder. He introduced pure bred Aberdeen Angus cattle in Gentry County.
Dr. Malcolm Monroe Campbell married Mrs. Laura B. Graham, a native of Albany and a daughter of Israel Crouse, a Civil War veteran now living in Albany. One child was born to Mrs. Campbell's first mar- riage, F. L. Graham, a farmer and stockman, living near Darlington. To
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Dr. Campbell and wife were born three children, as follows: Malcolm Monroe, Jr., farther mention of whom is made below; Mary Catherine, a student in the Albany schools; and Duncan, who is also a student in the Albany public schools.
Malcolm Monroe Campbell, Jr., was reared in Albany and educated in the public schools, attending high school and Palmer College. He is engaged in buying and shipping stock on an extensive scale and also owns and operates his farm of 120 acres one mile north of Albany where he raises Duroc Jersey hogs and is meeting with success, and he also owns 270 acres 2} miles southwest of Albany which he rents.
On June 30, 1920, Malcolm M. Campbell was married to Dorothy Spangler, a daughter of Frank Spangler of Stanberry. Mr. Spangler died in Washington, D. C., about a year ago.
Mr. Campbell is one of the progressive young business men of Al- bany and Gentry County and has a wide acquaintance.
J. E. Newcomb, living on West Second street, in Stanberry, Gentry County, is an engineer connected with the Wabash Railway Company. He was born at Pana, Ill., Dec. 3, 1867, the son of Charles H. and Sarah E. (Dewitt) Newcomb.
Charles H. Newcomb came to Stanberry in 1884. He was an engineer for the Wabash Railway, and was a veteran of the Civil War. He served in Company H, 9th Illinois Volunteer Infantry for three years, and was wounded during the Battle of Shiloh. The ball, which he carried the re- mainder of his life, probably caused his death, which occurred at Stan- berry, in September, 1895. His wife, Sarah E. (Dewitt) Newcomb, died at Stanberry in February, 1916. The remains of both are buried in High Ridge Cemetery.
J. E. Newcomb attended the public schools of Illinois, and for a short time was a student in the Stanberry school. In 1886 he started working at the Wabash roundhouse as a caller. He later became a brakeman on the Omaha and St. Louis, now a part of the Wabash system, and in 1900 went into engine service, first as a fireman, and, since 1906, as an engineer. His run is between Stanberry and Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Mr. Newcomb was married on Oct. 23, 1901, to Elsie V. Smith of Whites- ville. Mrs. Newcomb was born on Nov. 26, 1880, and died, May 29, 1915. She was a member of the Baptist church, a woman of culture and refine- ment. Mr. and Mrs. Newcomb had three children: Marion E., graduated from the Stanberry high school at the age of 16 year, is now connected with the San Joaquin Light and Power Company at Bakersfield, Calif .;.
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Donald S., now a student in the grammar school; and Eugene Charles, died Sept. 3, 1910, when an infant. Since the death of Mrs. Newcomb, her mother, Mrs. Emelia Smith, has kept house for Mr. Newcomb. Mrs. Smith is a native of Iowa, and came to Missouri, when she was a child of six years. She was married on Jan. 4, 1880 in Andrew County to Dr. G. W. Smith. Dr. Smith died at Whitesville, Dec. 8, 1886, and his remains are buried there.
Mr. Newcomb is a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive En- gineers. He is highly esteemed in the community, both as a man who is able and industrious in his business relationships, and as a citizen of high ideals.
Hon. William S. Harden, the representative of Gentry County, was born in Adams County, Illinois, in a log cabin in 1866. His parents were Peter and Amanda (Hecox) Harden. Peter Harden died in Illinois, and his widow afterwards married J. W. DeMoss. They came to Andrew County, Mo., in 1870, and Mrs. DeMoss died in Stanberry in 1916. William S. Harden was the only child born to her first marriage, but by her second marriage she had four children : Fred T., living in Gentry County ; Charles W., of Andrew County ; Oliver H., of Clay County ; and Lessie May, now Mrs. Black of Andrew County.
William S. Harden was reared by his grandfather until he was nine years old. Since that time he has lived in Missouri all of his life with the exception of 18 months spent in Oklahoma. He attended the rural schools of Illinois and Missouri in his childhood, and later was a student in the Stanberry Normal and Gem City Business College at Quincy, Ill. He taught school and farmed for 12 years and then entered the mercantile busi- ness in Oklahoma. In 1904 he opened a mercantlle enterprise at Stan- berry, but in 1907 he sold his business and began the manufacturing of copper cable lightening rods. He has conducted this business as both a wholesale and retail business ever since, and has achieved a marked suc- cess in the work. Mr. Harden has also continued the active management of his farm of 297 acres of land in Gentry County and 160 acres in Nod- away County. Up to the year 1919 he bred Aberdeen Angus cattle, but discontinued that line of work because of the appearance of tuberculosis in the herd. He maintains however an active interest in everything that pertains to his farm. His factory is located northwest of the Wabash Depot at Stanberry, and is thoroughly equipped for the handling of the volume of business which has resulted from the success of Mr. Harden's labor. He sells the product in practically all the states west of the Mis- sissippi river, and in many eastern states.
W. S. Harden was married, Aug. 12, 1891 to Imogene Hall, a daughter
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of John J. and Jeanette (Racey) Hall. £ Mrs. Hall was born in DeKalb County, and was educated in the Missouri rural schools. Mr. and Mrs. Harden had the following children: Faye now the wife of Alva B. Hughes of Stanberry ; W. Guy, a sketch of whom appears later; Alta M., married to Homer J. Wiseley of Stanberry, a veteran of the World War, stationed with the Medical Department at Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga. ; and Cleo E. O., a page in the 51st General Assembly of the Missouri Legislature, designated in the "Blue Book" as the "Page Poet", now a student in the Stanberry High School.
W. Guy Harden was born, July 1, 1895. He attended the public school at Stanberry, and later was a student in Baker University at Baldwin, Kan., and in the University of Chicago. He was inducted into the United States Army on April 26, 1918, and was sent to Camp Funston for two weeks, and then overseas in June, 1918. He was in the training sector with the 89th Division, 356th Infantry until August. His regiment was sent first to the Toule Sector, then to St. Mihiel, and over the Meuse river on the night of Nov. 10th with the First Battalion. The battalion was commanded by a first lieutenant and the forces went through the Ger- man line. When the fog lifted the next morning at ten-thirty o'clock, the battalion was moving forward with the German artillery behind it and the German infantry in front. From Company A of this force came three medals of honor men, a record unsurpassed by any company overseas. After the armistice, Mr. Harden was with the Army of Occupation. He served as observer, scout battalion runner, and acted as interpreter in Germany. He returned to the United States in 1919, and was mustered out of service at Camp Funston, June 10th. On July 10th of the same year, he married Bertha Elizabeth Wilson, daughter of John Wilson, of Stan- berry. Mr. and Mrs. Harden have two sons, Kenneth Eugene, and W. Guy, Jr.
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