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William S. Harden is a member of the United Commercial Travelers, the Yeoman, and the Woodmen of the World lodges. He is a man whose suc- cess in life proves that young men who have ambition and perservance will achieve the aims which they establish for themselves. Mr. Harden says that one of his early ideals was to obtain an education, and this he did, even though it meant a hard struggle. He borrowed money to go to school, and, when he obtained his first certificate to teach at the age of 19 years, was in debt. His pluck and industry were rewarded however, and he soon began to accomplish the things that have made him a prominent man in the county. He has served as a member of the Stanberry Board of Educa- tion, as an alderman of the town, as the mayor for one term, and is now a member of the board of the Missouri Wesleyan Institute at Cameron.
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For years he was an efficient member of the board of the Farmers and Mechanics Bank. He helped to organize the Gentry County Trust Com- pany, and is now a member of the managing board of that institution.
In November, 1920 election Mr. Harden was elected representative of Gentry County, and his record in the General Assembly of that year proved the wisdom of his constituents. He devoted much time to the sub- ject of taxation, one of the vivtal issues of that legislature. He served on the committees of Agriculture, Bank and Banking, Redistricting, Town- ship Organization, and County Boundaries. Mr. Harden is a Republican. He is a man who has been an asset to his community. He has high civic ideals and is esteemed one of the progressive citizens of Stanberry, and the county.
D. C. Wilmore, an efficient mechanics helper with the Wabash Rail- way Company at Stanberry, Gentry County, has held his present position since 1890, during which time he has established a reputation for integ- rity and loyalty.
Mr. Wilmore was born in Jessamine County, Ky., Oct. 27, 1846, the son of Jacob W. and Mary J. (Walter) Wilmore. Mr. and Mrs. Wilmore came to Missouri, and settled in Grundy County in 1879. Mr. Wilmore died at Trenton in 1888, and Mrs. Wilmore died at the same place in 1890. Their children were: D. C., the subject of this sketch; Sarah C., now Mrs. Crutcher of Mill Grove; Mollie, now Mrs. George of Trenton; Nannie, now Mrs. Dunn; and Hettie, now living in Ohio; and John, deceased.
D. C. Wilmore attended the public schools in Kentucky, and farmed in that state until 1869. At that time he came to Saline County, Mo., and spent seven years farming near Marshall. He then moved to Trenton, where he worked for a year and a half for the Rock Island Railway. Mr. Wilmore's brother, John, was killed near Gallatin, where he was braking on the railway. In 1886 Mr. Wilmore came to Stanberry, and for two years, ran a dray. For another two years, he worked with Mr. Norman in a Dry Goods and Grocery Store. He began work for the Wabash Railway as the caller at the depot at Stanberry. In 1890 he went to the round- house, and has held his present position since that time.
Mr. Wilmore was married Feb. 3, 1883, to Josie Martin, the daughter of Thomas and Caroline (Rasher) Martin of Trenton. Mr. and Mrs. Martin were married in Indiana, and later settled on a farm eight miles north of Trenton. Mr. Martin was a prominent farmer, and, at the time of his death, owned 320 acres of land. He was a veteran of the Civil War. Both Mr. and Mrs. Martin died near Trenton. Their children were: Josie, now Mrs. Wilmore; Mrs. L. E. Proctor of Galt; Mrs. Frankie Green of Galt; Mrs. T. C. Marshall, living in Wyoming; Iva Belle, now Mrs. Proctor of
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Eugene, Ore .; A. B., died at Trenton; and W. T., was an engineer on the Rock Island Railway, and died at St. Joseph, September, 1921; Elmira, was Mrs. Banta, and died at Trenton; and Hannah A., died at the age of 16 years.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilmore have one daughter, Beulah, married to Fred Milburn, a foreman for the Midland Terminal Railway at Colorado Springs,. Colo. Mrs. Milburn was educated at Stanberry and graduated from the high school there. She was married in 1900, and has one daughter, Ruth May.
Mr. Wilmore served as the constable of Cooper Township, Gentry County, for two years. He is a member of the Fraternal Home Society. Since 1887 he has owned a pretty cottage at Stanberry. He is an excel- lent citizen, one of the reliable and trustworthy men in his line of work.
Maximilian Heyde, a citizen of Stanberry, Gentry County, highly esteemed for his integrity and industry, is a native of Germany, where he was born, Feb. 6, 1845, son of Philip and Elizabeth Heyde. Philip Heyde and his wife both died at Castle, Germany, he at the age of 78 years, and she at the age of 97 years.
Maximilian Heyde came to the United States first in 1868. He had served in the Holstein War in 1864, and in the Austrian War in 1866, and he returned to Germany in 1870 to serve for the remainder of that year and part of 1871 in the Franco-Prussian War. He came back to the United States in September, 1871, and settled first at Marion, Ohio, later going to Plymouth, Ind., and then to Stanberry, Mo., in February, 1893. Since locating at Stanberry he has sold patent medicines, household specialties, and has farmed. He has been a resident of Stanberry since 1893. Mr. Heyde has a sister and four brothers: George, a resident of Plymouth, Ind .; Conrad, lived at Plymouth, Ind., and died in 1921; Gustav, Marion, Ohio; Edward, died in California in September, 1921; and Anna, now Mrs. Young, living in Germany.
Mr. Heyde was married on Feb. 6, 1873 to Sophia Fischer of Marion, Ohio. Their children were Philip, died in Ohio in October, 1874; Conrad Gustav Alfred, married Clara Sager, and is an engineer with the Wabash Railway at Stanberry; John Frederick William, killed in a wreck on the Wabash at Huntsville in 1912; Godfred Maximilian, at home; Paulina Christina Eliza, at home; Annie Wilhelmina, married to Frank Thomas of Stanberry; Adolph Henry, married Catherine Moncrieff, and is a farmer near Byers, Colo .; Christina Dora Johanna, the wife of Joseph Thomas, a carpenter of Neola, Iowa, and a sketch of whose life appears in this vol- ume; Frederick Wilhelm, married Mazie Hall, and lives at Stanberry ; Frederick Levi Henry, married Nina Joey Smith, and is a resident of
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Byers, Colo .; and George Edward, a farmer living at Byers, Colo. All of the boys have worked for the Wabash Railway, and Godfrey Heyde learned the boiler makers trade in the Wabash shops here. Mr. and Mrs. Heyde have eight grandchildren: William Edward Levi, Godfred Austin, Henry Delmar, Harlin Adolph, and Edith Grandlin Heyde; Carl Frederick Thomas ; and Max Wilbur and Dorothy Catherine Heyde.
Mr. Heyde and Mrs. Heyde are capable people, still active in their daily routine of work, and well merit the respect in which they are held in their community.
Amos B. Croy, one of the dependable and loyal engineers connected with the Wabash Railway at Stanberry, was born on Aug. 15, 1862, in Morgan County, Ohio. His parents were Dexter G. and Melissa M. (Tibbles) Croy.
Dexter G. Croy was born in Morgan County, Ohio, and enlisted for service in the Civil War in Company K, 161st Ohio Infantry, serving un- til the close of the War. He was married in Ohio, and came to Missouri in 1865. He settled first in Andrew County, and came to Gentry County in March, 1892. He bought and shipped stock from Stanberry for a few years, and died at Stanberry in February, 1911. His remain are buried in High Ridge Cemetery. His widow, now 83 years old, was born in Athens County, Ohio, and now lives at Stanberry. To Dexter G. Croy and his wife were born these children: Lewis W., deceased; A. B., the subject of this sketch ; Lola, deceased ; Ernest, deceased ; Otis, deceased ; Ollie, now Mrs. Sweitzer of Arcola; E. W., a Methodist minister at Cainsville ; and Ella, at home.
A. B. Croy attended the schools of Nodaway County, and has been connected with the railway since 1891. In August of that year he began work on the section at Wilcox, and for the past 15 years, has operated a switch engine at Council Bluffs, Iowa, Moberly, and Stanberry. He moved to his present residence on North Alanthus Avenue in Stanberry in March, 1893.
Mr. Croy was married in March, 1892, to Mary E. Robison, a daugh- ter of John T. and Inues A. (Severn) Robison of Wilcox. Mrs. Robison died in 1888, and Mr. Robison now lives in Oklahoma City, Okla. Mrs. Croy has two sisters : Hattie, now Mrs. Layton of Oklahoma City, Okla .; and Anna, now Mrs. Jones of Burlington. Mrs. Layton and Mrs. Jones are twins. Mr. and Mrs. Croy have two children : Hazel B., at home ; and Dale.
Dale Croy was working with the Wabash Railway when the United States entered the World War. He enlisted for service in the United
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States Navy at Omaha on April 12, 1917, and was sent to the Great Lakes Training Station, and then to the Navy Yard at Bremerton, Wash. He was discharged from service on Dec. 18, 1919, and was married that same month to Minnie Brown of Los Animas, Col. He now lives in Den- ver, Col., where he is connected with the general office of the Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company.
A. B. Croy is a member of the Woodmen of the World and the Bro- therhood of Locomotive Engineers. He is a thoroughly competent engi- neer, and a citizen who has the esteem of his community.
W. G. Cline, well known as the president of the Daviess County Mill- ing Company at Gallatin, is a native of Pennsylvania, born in Lycoming County, Oct. 12, 1855. He has been actively engaged in the milling busi- ness for all of his life having learned the business from his father, K. D. Cline.
K. D. Cline was born in Pennsylvania in 1820. He was a miller by trade, and came to Missouri, where he located on a farm in Clinton County, in 1868. He later bought a partnership in the Lingle & Lingle Flour Mill at Cameron, and retained his connection with that enterprise until his death at Cameron in 1881. Mr. Cline was married twice, the first time, to Caro- line Seiple, a native of Pennsylvania, born in 1830. To this union 11 child- ren were born: George W., deceased; Peter P., deceased; William G., the subject of this review; Joseph H., a resident of Paulson, Mont .; Clara, deceased ; Ellen, now Mrs. Heltzapple of Cameron; Mary, now Mrs. Lingle of Bethany; Agnes, deceased; Ida, Mrs. Munsell of Kansas City; Amelia, the wife of Frank Feurt, a farmer north of Jameson ; and Minnie, now Mrs. McKinzie of Quincy, Ill. Mrs. Cline died at Williamsport, Pa., in 1866. After coming to Missouri, Mr. Cline married a Miss Sears.
W. G. Cline, who was a boy of six years of age at the time of his mother's death, grew up in Cameron, and attended the schools there. He learned the milling business under the efficient instruction of his father. In 1881 he left Cameron, and joined his brother, Peter P. Cline, at Gallatin. Peter P. Cline had spent his boyhood in Missouri, but returned to Pennsyl- vania later on. He and W. G. Cline were the founders of the present mill at Gallatin and the present success of the company may be traced to the excellent work done by the two brothers in the early days of the enterprise. The industry was operated under the firm name of Cline and Cline, until the death of Peter P. Cline in 1912. The Cline brothers started with a buhr mill, and for six years, used three run of buhrs. Then they put in rolls, and in 1913 the present mill was built, and equipped with three double rolls, two Buckleys, and one high corn mill. An oil engine is used.
The business was incorporated in 1913 with Mr. Cline as president;
DAVIESS COUNTY MILLING COMPANY. GALLATIN
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Homer Feurt, vice president ; and Dr. R. V. Thompson as secretary. Two men are employed, and the business is one of the successfully managed commercial ventures of the county. During the World War the company had a contract with the government, and the mill was conducted as a part of the government machinery. The trade marks of the mill products are "Sunbeam" and "Old Dutch," and these names are now to be found in all parts of Missouri.
W. G. Cline was married in 1879 to Mary Munsell, born in Ohio in 1858. Her parents were D. A. Munsell, born in Ohio in 1825, and died at Cameron, Mo., in 1888, and Hope (Skidmore) Munsell, born in Ohio in 1830, and died at Gallatin in 1914. Mr. and Mrs. Cline had three children : Gertrude deceased; Fayetta, married to C. T. Mills, an assistant in the Daviess County Mill; and Helen at home.
Mr. Cline is a Republican, and is a member of the Methodist church South, of which he is a steward. He was a member of the city council, and served as mayor of Gallatin for two years. He is a keenly observant business man, an excellent citizen, and an asset to his community.
Charles Embree, now deceased, was for many years prominently identified with the business interests of Albany, Mo. He was a native of Ohio, born in Guernsey County. Upon coming to Missouri when a young man he engaged in the grocery business at Albany, Mo., which he con- ducted for several years. Mr. Embree enlisted in the Union army while yet under age and served through the Civil War in the 15th Ohio Volun- teer Infantry. He died in 1887 aged 40 years. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge. He was reared a Quaker and Mrs. Embree was reared a Presbyterian.
Charles Embree was united in marriage with Mary E. Hundley, a daugther of William Langston Hundley, and to them were born the fol- lowing children: George Hundley Embree, born in Albany, Mo., and is now a member of an amusement company; Charles is a farmer and stock raiser in Gentry County; Jennie, deceased ; and J. W., is a mem- ber of the firm of Price and Company, dealers in ladies and gents ready- to-wear garments at Albany.
Mrs. Embree, widow of Charles Embree resides at Albany where she has an extensive acquaintance and is held in the highest esteem.
T. M. Humphrey, now deceased, was a prominent member of the Gentry County bar who for over a quarter of a century was engaged in the practice of law at Albany. He was not only widely known as a cap- able lawyer, but was recognized as a man of the highest standard of in- tegrity and an unimpeachable character. He was a native of Missouri, born in Platte County in 1850. He was reared in his native county and
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after receiving a good preliminary education he entered the University of Missouri. After graduating from that institution, and being admitted to the bar, he came to Gentry County in 1880 where he was engaged in this practice until his death, Feb. 2, 1906.
On July 21, 1887, T. M. Humphrey was united in marriage with Miss Flora E. Hunter. Two children, both of whom died in infancy, were born to Mr. and Mrs. Humphrey. Mrs. Humphrey is a daughter of James B. and Jane B. (Gale) Hunter.
James B. Hunter was born in Saratoga County, N. Y., June 2, 1838. He was a true pioneer of the West and was also a soldier in the Mexican War, participating in the battle of Palo Alto. During the gold excite- ment he went to California. However, he remained on the coast but a short time when he returned to Missouri. He was one of the very earliest settlers in the vicinity of Albany, having settled here when this section was little settled or developed. In the early pioneer days he often drove to Liberty, Mo., with an ox team to do his trading; Liberty, at that time being the nearest trading point.
To James B. Hunter and Jane B. (Gale) Hunter were born three children as follows: Flora, who married T. M. Humphrey, the subject of this sketch; Dora Crockett and Phoebe G. Marrs. By a former mar- riage of James B. Hunter the following children were born : Andrew, de- ceased ; George W. resides at Albany ; T. J. and Mrs. Mary Jane Furge- son, Albany.
Since the death of T. M. Humphrey, Mrs. Humphrey has resided at her present home in Albany where she is widely known as one of Gen- try County's estimable ladies.
T. M. Humphrey was a Royal Arch Mason and a member of the Knights of Pythias. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church and was a generous contributor to that church. He was a successful man of affairs and during the course of his career accumulated a competence.
Gustave Spaht, a successful farmer and stockman of Athens Town- ship Gentry County, is a native of Nebraska. He was born in Richardson County, Aug. 25, 1873, a son of Charles and Catherine (Kline) Spaht.
Charles Spaht was born in Baden, Germany, Sept. 11, 1830. He was reared in his native land and when 18 years of age came to America. He had learned the cooper's trade when a young man and after coming to America worked at his trade for a time in Newark, N. J. He then went to South Bend, Ind. He was manager for the South Bend Cooper- age Works for a number of years. He was there married to Catherine Kline, April 6, 1858. In 1860 they went to Nebraska Territory where the
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father bought a claim of 160 acres and engaged in farming and stock raising.
To Charles and Catherine (Kline) Spaht were born the following children : C. F., a carpenter, Shenandoah, Iowa; Anna, died at the age of five years; John, died at the age of three years; Otto, a carpenter, Stan- berry; Edward, who now conducts a cattle ranch in Wilson County, Kansas; Charles, a carpenter Shenandoah, Iowa; Gustave, the subject of this sketch ; and A. W., an electrical engineer who was for three years employed by the General Electric Company at Schenectady, N. Y., and who is now in the employ of the Big Ben Corporation in Illinois; Henry, who is engaged in farming and stock raising in DeKalb County, and Ida, married Homer Boyd, now deceased and she lives at Albany.
Gustave Spaht was reared in Nebraska and educated in the public school and Mount Taber Academy. He worked as a telegraph operator in early life and has also followed farming.
Mr. Spaht was married Dec. 10, 1902, to Miss Flora E. Holden, a daughter of John and Mary (Williams) Holden, natives of Raleigh, S. C. The Holden family came to Gentry County, about 1892 and settled near King City where the father engaged in farming and stock raising. Mrs. Spaht is one of the following children born to her parents: Flora E. married Gustave Spaht; Luther, Kansas City; John A., lives near King City ; Robert E., a veteran of the world War who saw much service in France was disabled in service, is now collector of taxes of King City ; Charles B., lives in Wyoming; Isaac B., a farmer near King City; Wil- liam Ray, enlisted for service for war from Colorado and is supposed to have been lost off the coast of Ireland when an army transport was torpedoed by a German submarine; Ethel died at the age of 21 years and Frank, a rancher in Texas.
To Gustave Spaht and wife have been born six children as follows: Velma Mary, deceased; Carlos G., a student in high school; Leona, a student in the public schools; J. F .; Alma ; and Homer, all of whom are attending the pubic schools.
Mr. Spaht is a Democrat, a member of the Presbyterian Church and a member of the Masonic Lodge; he is a progressive farmer and stock- man and was the first man in Gentry County, to introduce Holstein cat- tle and he owned the first silo in Gentry County.
He owned the land where the Burlington depot now is and sold it to the Burlington Railroad Company. He now owns 40 acres adjoining the depot property and 853 acres southwest of town. He raises pure bred Holstein cattle.
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Eugene L. Bethel, who is extensively engaged in automobile paint- ing and trimming at Albany, is one of the widely known and dependable citizens of Gentry County. He is a native of Missouri, born in Caldwell County in 1884, a son of John and Charlotte (Dustin) Bethel natives of Kentucky who settled in Caldwell County at an early date where the father was engaged in farming and stock raising.
To John and Charlotte (Dustin) Bethel were born the following children : Maude, died in infancy ; Robert A., a farmer and stockman in Caldwell County, married Autie Brewer; Eugene L., the subject of this sketch; Etta, was educated in the Synodical College, Fulton, Mo., and is a teacher in North Dakota, married Leroy Baney; Pearl, married Hard- ing Baker and lives in Caldwell County; John who is engaged in farm- ing and stock raising in Caldwell County, married May Orr; Lynd, who is engaged in farming and stock raising in Caldwell County, Mo., Le- nora, married Carl Bennett, Kingston, Mo.
Eugene L. Bethel was enducated in the public schools, receiving a high school education and began life as a farmer and stock raiser. Later he learned the painter's trade, becoming very proficient in sign painting. Later he engaged in automobile painting in which he has specialized for years. He is a skilled worker and is widely known over a large scope of territory for the excellency of his workmanship. He has built up a large and profitable business in comparatively a short time.
Mr. Bethel was married to Goldie Hardy of King City. She is a daughter of Thomas L. and Katurah (Mendenhall) Hardy. Mrs. Bethel is one of the following children born to her parents: Thomas Howard, born May 1, 1883, an electrician in the employ of the Western Electrical Company, married Mabel Jeffries ; Sylvia, born Feb. 7, 1893, was edu- cated in high school and the State Teachers College at Maryville, taught in Harrison, Worth and Gentry Counties, married Ruby Voyles, a min- ing engineer at Superior, Wyo .; Arta L., born Dec. 15, 1886, died in 1900 and is buried at Winslow, Mo.
Thomas L. Hardy was born in Indiana in 1864 and his wife is a na- tive of Ohio. He is a Mason, a member of the Yeoman Lodge. A Repub- lican and a member of the Presbyterian Church.
To Eugene Bethel and wife have been born the following children: Wayne, born March 30, 1909 ; Maxine, born July 1, 1913; John Thomas, born Aug. 8, 1915; Jewell Leon, born Nov. 6, 1918; Orpha Charlotte, born May 25, 1920, and Ruth Keturah, born Jan. 16, 1911, died in in- fancy.
Mr. Bethel is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
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Yoeman, and is a Republican. He is a member of the Christian Church.
W. B. Sampson, a veteran of the World War, who is a member of the firm of Sampson & Frazee who are engaged in the garage and auto- mobile business at Albany, is one of the progressive and enterprising young men of Albany and Gentry County. He is a native son of Gentry County and was born June 18, 1897, the son of Thomas and Nancy (Thompson) Sampson. Thomas Sampson was born in Gentry County and belongs to an old pioneer family of this section of the state.
To Thomas and Nancy (Thompson) Sampson were born the follow- ing children : Bash, was born in Gentry County and married A. G. Goff, a farmer and stockman of Browning; Harry, was born in Gentry County and now is engaged in farming and stock raising near Albany ; Ola, born in Gentry County, married Kenneth Murrell, a farmer and stockman near Albany; and W. B., the subject of this sketch.
W. B. Sampson was reared in Gentry County and received his edu- cation in the public schools and attended high school. When the United States declared war against Germany he came within the selected draft service and was assigned to the Mechanical Corps and was sent to St. Louis where he remained in the service and devoted to automobile me- chanics until after the armistice was signed. He received his honorable discharge from the service Dec. 19, 1918.
After receiving his discharge from the army Mr. Sampson returned to Albany and engaged in the garage business. He is an expert me- chanic and thoroughly master of his business. He has built up a large trade and is one of the dependable young men of Gentry County.
W. P. Graves, a Civil War veteran who for the past 20 years has served as Justice of the Peace and is also engaged in the real estate and insurance business at King City is one of the widely known and highly re- spected citizens of Gentry County. He is a native of Missouri, born in An- drew County, Oct. 2, 1848, a son of Abner and Catherine (Henderson) Graves, the former a native of Tennessee and the latter of Ohio. They were the parents of the following children: Nelson, a blacksmith, in Andrew County ; Francis, deceased ; Sarah, deceased; Lillian Fay, de- ceased ; Abner, deceased; Joshua, Civil War veteran, deceased ; W. P., the subject of this sketch; Barbara, married Elias Wright, Savannah, Mo .; Lydia F., married Amos Hoffman, and is now a widow residing in St. Joseph, Mo .; Parthena Jane, married John Curlick, Portland, Ore .; William, a farmer, Washington State; Catherine, also lives In Washing- ton; Newton, a Spanish-American War veteran, now engaged in farm-
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ing in the state of Washington ; Rose A. G. Fraser, a widow who is en- gaged in chicken raising, Sacramento, Calif.
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