History of Daviess and Gentry counties, Missouri, Part 66

Author: Leopard, John C
Publication date: 1922
Publisher: Topeka : Historical Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 1164

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James A. Manring was married on Jan. 8, 1882, to Alice Gamble, a daughter of M. W. and Elizabeth (Randolph) Gamble. Mrs. Manring was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and her parents moved to Daviess County, where they settled in Jefferson Township in 1866. Their home place is now owned by Mr. Manring. Mr. Gamble died in 1910 at the

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age of 84 years. His wife, who was born in Virginia in 1825, died in 1901. The remains of both are buried in the Alta Vista Cemetery.

Mr. and Mrs. Manring have four children : Earl, married Edna Buck and is the assistant cashier of the Winston Bank; Carl, married Ethel Norris of Centerville, Iowa, and is now a traveling salesman in Kansas City, Mo .; Glenn, married Inez Helms and lives on the home place ; and Irma L., the wife of Elda C. Williamson of Cameron. Mr. and Mrs. Man- ring have four grandchildren, Marvin W., Betty Jean, and James, Jr., Manring, and Irene Williamson.

All of Mr. Manring's sons were in service during the World War. Earl Manring enlisted at Gallatin on Aug. 17, 1918, was sent to Camp Funston, and remained there until the armistice was signed. Carl Man- ring enlisted at Dodge City, Kan., in August, 1917, and was sent over- seas with the 35th Division. He remained in Europe for a year, returned to the United States in 1919 and was mustered out of service after two years of duty. He took part in the Battle of the Argonne but was not wounded. Glenn Manring enlisted in August, 1918, was stationed at Camp Funston, Kan., and was discharged in February, 1919, after six months of service. Mr. and Mrs. Manring may well be proud of this rec- ord.

Mr. Manring is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, and has served as the trustee and treasurer of Jefferson Township for 14 years. He is one of the highly esteemed and prominent men of the community.

Jordan William Manring, successful farmer living near Weatherby in Jefferson Township, Daviess County, was born on a farm one-half mile from his present home on May 15, 1856, the son of Elisha and Ma- hulda (Owens) Manring. Further mention of Mr. and Mrs. Manring oc- curs in the review of the life of James A. Manring in this volume.

Jordan W. Manring attended the school at Alta Vista. When he was 12 years of age he went to Gentry County to live with his uncle, Jordan Manring. He remained there until he was 17 years old, when he returned to his home and worked by the month. He spent three years in Wyoming and later was in Colorado for a year. He returned to Mis- souri and went into business in Alta Vista in 1883. The next year his brother, James A., became a partner in the mercantile enterprise and the firm continued to do business until 1898 when the partners sold the store to James W. Daly. That same year, Mr. Manring bought 80 acres of his present farm. To the original holding, he later added 60 acres and then sold all except 100 acres. The residence on the farm is located

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three miles east of Weatherby on the old site of Alta Vista. Mr. Man- ring does general farming and stockraising and has been successful in his work.

Mr. Manring was married on Sept. 11, 1884, to Frances Wigles- worth, a daughter of John T. and Maria S. (Norman) Wiglesworth. Both the Norman and the Wiglesworth families came from Kentucky and were among the first settlers in Buchanan and Daviess Counties.

John T. Wiglesworth was born on June 18, 1825, and died in 1896 at the age of 71 years. His wife was born in Kentucky on Oct. 27, 1831, and died on June 9, 1895. The remains of both are buried in the Alta Vista Cemetery, one of the oldest graveyards in the county. Mr. Wig- lesworth and his wife crossed the plains to California during the gold rush of 1849, driving an ox team all of the way. Their oldest child, Na- poleon Bonapart, was born and died in California. Mr. Wiglesworth was a wagon-maker and both he and his wife had work at high wages when they reached California. They remained there two years and re- turned to Missouri by way of Panama. Mr. Wiglesworth was one of the first merchants of Alta Vista, and later was in the mercantile business at Winston. His store was burned there and he went back to Alta Vista in 1883. To his union with Maria S. (Norman) Wiglesworth the following children were born: Napoleon B., died in infancy; Oliver N., born on Dec. 3, 1851, married Emma Joy, and died, Jan. 25, 1918, leaving one child; Frances, now Mrs. Manring; Georgia Ann, married B. A. Man- ring, and died in Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 26, 1915, leaving four children ; Elizabeth, died at the age of 20 years in 1877; William, married Sturlie Minor and lives at Union, Ore., with three children; Laura Alice, mar- ried first to Dr. J. N. Robinson, and later to Albert Isaacs, and died in 1918 leaving one child ; Emma B., married Joseph Duncan of Weather- by, and has two children: Robert F., married Mary Howard, lives in Oregon, and has three children; Elvira, married W. Ellis of Centerville, Iowa, and has five children; Albert, married Hattie Heimbaugh and lives at Weatherby with eight children; O. M., married Ollie Ross and has two children; and Centennial, died in infancy.

Mr. Manring is a member fo the Modern Woodmen of America Lodge. The Manring family has been well known in the community for many years. Mr. Manring's grandfather, Jordan Manring, was the father of 19 children. He and his wife both lived to see the youngest child, Ruth, married at the age of 19 years to a Mr. Rigabaugh, now dead. Members of the Manring family have lived in and around Alta Vista for more than half a century, and have always been highly re-

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spected members of the community. Mr. Manring and his wife are both estimable and well liked people.

Ovelman Wiglesworth, a farmer of Jefferson Township, Daviess County, is a member of an old and well known New England family. He was born at Alta Vista, Jan. 12, 1874, the son of John T. and Mariah S. (Norman) Wiglesworth. Mrs. Wiglesworth's parents were Oliver and Elizabeth (Farr) Norman.

Oliver Norman was of Scotch descent and his wife of Irish extrac- tion. Mr. Norman was born in Indiana, moved to Fleming County, Ken- tucky, and from there to Missouri, where he located in Buchanan County in 1844. He traded a plantation in Kentucky for 1,100 acres of land in Buchanan and Daviess Counties. He brought a number of slaves with him to Missouri. He entered the land in Buchanan County which later became the site of DeKalb. The land had been laid out in town lots and several families were already occupying lots so Mr. Norman deeded to the occupants the lots upon which they lived. In about 1847 Mr. Nor- man moved to Daviess County and settled in Jefferson Township, where he died in 1852. His remains were taken back to Buchanan County and buried at DeKalb, the journey being made with ox teams. The remains of Mrs. Norman are buried at Alta Vista. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Norman were: Martha A., married first to Charles Rose, and after his death to John Webb, a merchant at Alta Vista; Evelyn, the wife of Hil- lory Joy ; Elizabeth, married Benjamin Downs; Joseph, married Phoebe Ann Frakes; and Mariah S., married John T. Wiglesworth.

The Wiglesworth family are of English descent and are descended from Thomas Wiglesworth of Yorkshire. Edward W. Wiglesworth, born in England in 1604, came to America on board the vessel, "James of Bristol," with his family in 1638. His son, Michael, was the famous clergyman, physician, and poet, known as the author of "The Day of Doom," a poem so popular in its day that 1800 copies were sold in New England within a year after its publication. It is said that the colonial children of New England memorized "The Day of Doom" along with their catechism. Michael Wiglesworth's son, Edward, was a professor of divinity at Harvard College, and a grandson was also a Harvard pro- fessor, while a great grandson was an editor of the Encyclopedia Ameri- cana. The famous John Quincy Adams lived in the Wiglesworth home while he was a student at Harvard. The Wiglesworth family trace their line of descent back to Abbot D. E. Wiglesworth who lived in England in 1100.

William Wiglesworth, the grandfather of Ovelman Wiglesworth,

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was born in 1774 and came to Buchanan County, Missouri, in 1840, from Clark County, Kentucky. In 1852 he returned to Kentucky on a business trip and the same year was on his way back to Missouri when he died with cholera on board a steamboat on the Missouri River. He was 77 years of age. He was buried on the river bank north of Kansas City. The family did not receive any of his belongings.

William Wiglesworth married Miss Frances Bush, born in 1789, in Clark County, Kentucky, and died in St. Joseph, Mo., in 1870. She was the daughter of Phillip Bush, Jr., a Virginia planter and Revolutionary soldier of Orange, Va. In 1774. Phillip Bush came to Kentucky with Daniel Boone. Sarah Bush, cousin of Frances Bush, was the second wife of Thomas Lincoln, the father of Abraham Lincoln; made his clothes and reared him, his mother, Nancy Hanks, having died when Lincoln was nine years old.

Ovelman Wiglesworth attended the school at Alta Vista and gradu- ated from the commercial course of Missouri Wesleyan College at Cam- eron in 1892. He spent one year as receiving clerk with the Wood Manu- facturing Company at St. Joseph. Since that time he has lived in Jeffer- son Township, Daviess County. In 1896 he moved to his present farm. He owns 36 acres of land in the home place and 80 acres in DeKalb County. He does general farming and raises cattle, hogs, sheep, and poultry.

Mr. Wiglesworth was married on March 18, 1894, to Ollie E. Ross, a daughter of Marcus and Rosa (Downs) Ross. Mrs. Ross was born in Bloomington, Mo., in 1849, and died at her home in the same place, November 20, 1913. Mr. Ross was born in Fountain County, Indiana, and died in Adams Township, De Kalb County, December 30, 1921. Mr. Ross was reared by James P. Drake and wife who settled in Colfax Township in 1844 with his foster parents. Here he grew to manhood and served in the Confederate army. Their daughter, Mrs. Wiglesworth, was born in DeKalb County, Dec. 17, 1875. Mr. and Mrs. Wiglesworth have two daughters: Ima, the wife of Arthur Wright of Maysville; and Vaddie, married to Claude J. Leard. Mr. and Mrs. Leard have a daughter, Maxie, born in 1915.

Mr. and Mrs. Wiglesworth are members of the Baptist Church. Mr. Wiglesworth belongs to the Modern Woodmen of America Lodge. Both he and his wife are highly esteemed residents of the community.

Lewis Allen Harris, a prominent farmer of Jefferson Township, Daviess County, lives near Weatherby and has extensive land holdings

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in DeKalb and Daviess Counties. Mr. Harris was born in Page County, Iowa, Dec. 31, 1874, the son of Alexander and Matilda (Spiker) Harris.

Alexander Harris was a native of Illinois, where he was born on Sept. 1, 1837. His parents were Alexander and Martha (Creal) Harris, both natives of Kentucky. Alexander Harris' maternal grandparents, Durham Creal and his wife, were born in Maryland; the paternal grand- parents were natives of Virginia. Alexander and Martha (Creal) Har- ris went to Illinois shortly after their marriage and lived there until their deaths. Their son, Alexander Harris, father of L. A. Harris, grew up in Illinois. He had meager school advantages, but was possessed of great natural aptitude for business and this capacity, added to the training which he gained through experience, made him one of the successful men of his day and community. Upon the outbreak of the Civil War, he enlisted for service in Company L, 17th Illinois Cavalry, but was sent home six weeks later because of illness. He later returned to the army, but was again attacked by illness and was discharged from the service in 1862. In 1869 he went to Page County, Iowa, where he located in Washington Township. He achieved a great success in his life there and at the time of his death was the owner of 920 acres of land. Besides this he had given to his children 600 acres. He died at Coin, Iowa, Nov. 14, 1921, one of the highly respected members of his community.

Alexander Harris married Matilda Spiker in 1872 and to this union the following children were born: Ruby, later Mrs. Gibson and now dead ; Lewis Allen, the subject of this sketch; Loy Elvin, living at Coin, Iowa ; Mrs. Melvin Turner of Coin, Iowa; Arthur Garfield, living at Illif, Col .; Eunice Etta, now Mrs. Frazier of Rockport; and Elmer Alexander, living at Coin, Iowa. Mrs. Harris died Aug. 9, 1921. Besides their own children, Mr. and Mrs. Harris reared and educated their granddaughter, Lura Gibson, now Mrs. Blythe of Bardolph, Ill. Mr. Harris was reared in the Presbyterian Church but became affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church in Iowa. He was a man of broad vision and marked attainments and was one of the influential factors in his part of Iowa. He acted as the vice president of the First National Bank of Northboro, Iowa, for several years, and was held in high regard by his associates in the business. The influence of such a character is far reaching, ex- tending beyond the limits of his own family and the environs of his im- mediate community.

L. A. Harris attended school in Page County, Iowa, and Tarkio, Mo., but says that the great source of his education was the farm. He owned 120 acres of land in Iowa, which he sold in order to come to Mis-

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souri. In 1905 he located on his present farm, buying 365 acres. The next year he bought 300 more acres later adding to his holdings until in his farm in Daviess County he has 920 acres. He also owns 800 acres of land in DeKalb County, making in all 1,720 acres in his holdings. He has a good modern residence on the home place. The house is equipped with acetylene lights and running water. Mr. Harris has three barns on the home farm and maintains an extensive set of farm buildings for the housing of stock. He usually has a herd of 1,000 hogs on the farm. At present the herd includes 65 brood sows. For many years Mr. Harris bought practically all of the corn raised in the vicinity, but for the last few months, his feed yards have been lighter than usual.

L. A. Harris was married on Jan. 1, 1896, to Cora Applegate, a daughter of LeRoy and Phoebe (Schofield) Applegate. Mrs. Applegate was a native of Indiana. She died on Aug. 14, 1915, and her remains are buried at Winston. Mr. Applegate was born in Ohio and now lives in Jones County, Iowa. Mrs. Harris was born in Jones County, Iowa, and was educated in Page County. To her union with L. A. Harris the fol- lowing children were born: Florence Mildred, the wife of Callie Bax- ter of Cameron; Russell, Alexander, at home; and Helen Melvina, also at home. Mrs. Harris has a sister, Mrs. Florence Cunningham, living in Adair County, Iowa.

Mr. Harris is a member of the Masons at Winston. He inherited the stability and genius of his father, and is one of the progressive and suc- cessful men of the county.

Everett M. Shoemaker, a well known citizen of Colfax Township, Daviess County, is a native of Iowa, where he was born at Riverton, March 2, 1880, the son of Albert and Mary (Maulsby) Shoemaker.

Albert Shoemaker was born in Holmes County, Iowa, and his wife was a native of Valparaiso, Ind. He enlisted for service in the Civil War, and was placed in Company E, 151st Regiment, Indiana Volunteer In- fantry. He was with General Thomas at Nashville, Tenn., where his regiment was left until Sept. 19, 1865. On that date Mr. Shoemaker was mustered out of service. He died at Riverton, Iowa, Sept. 30, 1915, and his wife died in 1904. Their children were: Orilla, a music teacher in Osawatomie, Kan .; Frank, died in Iowa at the age of 35 years; Viola, the wife of Wallace Dodd of Randolph, Iowa; Everett M., the subject of this sketch; and Roy, connected with a bank at Red Oak, Iowa.

Everett M. Shoemaker attended the public schools of Iowa and graduated from the Riverton High School in 1900. He taught school for four years in Iowa, then lived on a farm for three years, and came to

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Missouri in 1908. He located in Daviess County and bought 120 acres of land from Milton Duffy. He has improved this farm, building sev- eral farm buildings as they were needed in his work. The residence is located 12 miles from Altamont. Mr. Shoemaker does general farming ad raises Shorthorn cattle, Poland China hogs, and Buff Wyandotte poultry.

Everett M. Shoemaker was married on Feb. 16, 1905, to Hattie Downend, born in Osceola County, Iowa, the daughter of George and Lucy (Russell) Downend. George Downend was born on April 30, 1839, and died, Dec. 21, 1921, at Altamont. His remains are buried in Mount Ayr Cemetery. He enlisted for service in the Civil War in New York and was assigned to Company E, 117th Regiment, Volunteer Infantry. He went into service on Aug. 22, 1862, and served for three years. He was wounded during the battle at Chapin's Farm, and was left on the battlefield from two o'clock in the afternoon until ten o'clock the next morning. Four days passed before the wound received medical atten- tion, and Mr. Downend suffered the remainder of his life from the trou- ble caused by the wound. His wife, born in Atchison County on Feb. 23, 1850, now makes her home with her daughter, Mrs. Shoemaker. Mr. and Mrs. Downend had a daughter, Carrie, now the wife of Fred New- man of Maryville. Mrs. Shoemaker was educated at Sidney, Iowa, and graduated from the high school there in 1901. She taught two years be- fore her marriage. To her union with Everett M. Shoemaker there were born two daughters: Catherine and Mary, both students in the school at Winston.

Mr. Shoemaker is the vice president and a director in the Winston Bank. He is also a director of Consolidated School District, No. 3. This consolidation was voted on Dec. 24, 1920, and was carried three to one. The members of the board of education are : Clem Reed, Otis Johnson, V. E. Foxworthy, H. Garner, Earl Manring, and E. M. Shoemaker. The community has been engaged in a contest connecting the validity of a $35,000 bond issue and, for the time being, the school is being conducted for the six districts concerned in the Town Hall, the Methodist Church, and the public school building at Winston.

Henry C. Kelso, who for 50 years has lived on the same farm in Col- fax Township, Daviess County, was born in Liberty Township, Dec. 13, 1846, the son of Edgar C. and Nancy (Walker) Kelso.

Edgar C. Kelso was born in New Jersey. Soon after his birth, his parents moved to Tennessee, where Edgar C. Kelso grew up. He came to Missouri during the early pioneer days, and entered land at $1.25 an

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acre in Liberty Township, Daviess County, Mo. He died in 1879 and his remains are buried at Hamilton. His wife was born in Tennessee and died on the home farm in Missouri. Her remains are buried in the home cemetery.

Henry C. Kelso attended the rural schools, traveled for a year, and in 1868, entered a drug store at Hamilton. He remained in that position for five years, when he returned to Daviess County, where he has since lived. He lives on the farm which was entered by his father. His land holdings comprise the 240 acres of his home place, 40 acres in Section 13, and 40 acres in Section 24. The residence lies a mile south of Win- ston. The first house built on the place was a 16x26 feet story and a halt structure, now incorporated in the new house. Mr. Kelso came to the farm three years before his marriage and found the land mostly wild prairie. He has improved it until it is now one of the best farms in the county. The land is level prairie and the entire place is well kept.

Henry C. Kelso was married on Oct. 1, 1873, to America V. Ray, a daughter of W. E. and Elizabeth Ray. Mrs. Kelso was born near Roanoke City, Va., Jan. 31, 1849, and came to Missouri with her parents in 1856. They settled in Daviess County shortly after their arrival in Missouri and bought land in Colfax Township. Both Mr. and Mrs. Ray died at Gallatin and their remains are buried there. Their children were: Taylor, now living at Gallatin; Thomas, a traveling salesman; Emily, now Mrs. Wood of Cameron; America Virginia, now Mrs. Kelso; Docia, married Mr. Pennington and died in Colfax Township, Daviess County ; and Sarah, married Mr. Mallory and died in Kansas.

To the union of Henry C. and America V. (Ray) Kelso the following children were born : Lea, now the wife of D. E. Jones of Julesburg, Colo .; Cressie, married to Alva E. Deford of Winston; Tennie C., the wife of Fred Sudekum of Kansas City, Kan .; Anna D., born on May 2, 1878, and died on Nov. 27, 1879; and Thomas V., born on the home place on May 16, 1888. Thomas V. Kelso enlisted for service in the World War at Gallatin on Aug. 28, 1918 and was sent to Camp Funston, then to Raleigh, N. C., with the Tank Corps of Company C, 305th Battalion. He was later sent to Charlotte, N. C., and then to Camp Pike, Ark., where he was mustered out of service on Dec. 29, 1918. He is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons Lodge. Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Kelso have the following grandchildren: Lou Etta and Marie DeFord; and Jesse C. Jones, married to Eunice Schmidt and living at Julesburg, Colo.

Henry C. Kelso is a Democrat and is a member of the Masonic

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Lodge with which he has been affiliated for 45 years. He joined the lodge at Victoria and now belongs at Winston.

Roy T. Scott, proprietor of Sunny Ridge Stock Farm in Colfax Town- ship, Daviess County, was born in Liberty Township on March 29, 1883, the son of John C. and Mary Alice (Hughes) Scott.

John C. Scott was born in Lafayette, Ind., March 11, 1851. His par- ents came to Missouri in 1861 and located in Liberty Township, Daviess County. Three years later the father, Gustavus Hall Scott, died. The mother, Elizabeth Scott, died in 1890. The remains of both are buried in Creekmore Cemetery. John C. Scott attended school in Daviess County, where he farmed for many years. He died on Dec. 8, 1921. His remains are buried in Brown Cemetery at Gallatin. His wife, Mary Alice (Hughes) Scott, was born in Daviess County and her parents moved to Daviess from Boon County. She now lives at Gallatin. To her union with John C. Scott the following children were born: John C., Jr., died at the age of five years; Cora Lee, the wife of C. H. Galpin of Gallatin ; Gustavus Hall, died at the age of 16 years; Roy T., the subject of this review ; and Mary Ethel, now married to H. G. Vogler of San Francisco, Cal.

Roy T. Scott attended the rural schools of Daviess County and the Gallatin High School. After finishing his school work he went to Har- rison County and worked on his father's farm for three years. He re- turned to Daviess County and settled on his present farm in Sept., 1907. The farm comprises 160 acres of well improved land with a good resi- dence situated two and one-half miles southeast of Winston. The barn and other farm buildings are in excellent condition and the place pre- sents a well kept appearance and shows the care which Mr. Scott gives it. He raises Aberdeen Angus cattle and Duroc Jersey hogs, all eligible for registry.

Roy T. Scott was married on March 4, 1904, to Osta Place, a daughter of W. H. and Clemintine (McBrayer) Place. Mr. and Mrs. Place were natives of Missouri. Mr. Place died at Gallatin, Feb. 15, 1913 and Mrs. Place died in Gallatin in 1915. The remains of both are buried in Brown Cemetery. Their children were: A. J., living at Galla- tin, cashier First National Bank, a sketch appears in this volume; Osta, now Mrs. Scott; Mrs. W. J. Gann of Gallatin; and P. M., a resident of Julesburg, Colo. Mr. and Mrs. Scott have two sons: Raymond Voris, born on Feb. 26, 1905, now a sophomore in the Winston High School ; and Garland Thomas, born, March 5, 1913.

Mr. Scott is a farmer of practical experience and marked ability in his work.

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J. H. Kemp, retired, and one of the well known farmers of Gallatin, was born June 24, 1847, in Daviess County, four miles from where he now owns land. He is the son of John and Ellen (Hays) Kemp. John Kemp was born in Maryland in 1811, and came to Indiana when a young man, later removing to Daviess County, where he died in March, 1865. His wife was born in Virginia in 1818, and died in 1894. They moved to Mis- souri in 1838.

Mr. and Mrs. John Kemp were the parents of six children, as follows: David, Jameson, Mo .; J. H., the subject of this sketch ; Francis M., Henry County, Mo .; Mary J., deceased, was the wife of Joshua Scott; Martha E., deceased was the wife of Daniel Landes; Martin L., Pasedena, Calif.

J. H. Kemp was educated in the district schools, attending school in a log cabin with a fire place. Boards in the walls with pins to hold them for desks were used. He grew to manhood in this county and followed farming and stock raising during his entire life.

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History of Daviess and Gentry counties, Missouri, Part 66

Author: Leopard, John C Publication date: 1922 Publisher: Topeka : Historical Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 1164

Author: Leopard, John C
Publication date: 1922
Publisher: Topeka : Historical Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 1164