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Will S. Gould attended the rural schools of Illinois, and went to Lin- coln County, Kans., in 1878. He was a farmer and stockraiser there until 1902, when he came to Jefferson Township, Daviess County. He bought 225 acres of his present home from J. S. Stevens. The 80 acres, where the house now stands, was entered in 1839 by Mr. Dunning, who sold it in 1843 to Olden Cole, for $165. The farm has had a historical interest since the exploits of the James Boys in 1880. They had their horses tied on the Gould farm, ready for flight. They boarded the train at Winston, stopped it just out of town, and after the killing of Conductor Westfall, the robbers escaped on the horses, which were hidden in the woods on the Gould farm. The Rock Island Railway runs through the farm. The place is well watered. Mr. Gould keeps 115 acres in pasture, and raises Percheron horses, Shorthorn cattle, and Duroc Jersey hogs.
Will S. Gould was married in 1885 to Mattie E. Hayden, a daughter of Eli and Mary (Poor) Hayden. Both Mr. and Mrs. Hayden died in Lane County, Oregon. Mrs. Gould was born in Kosciusko County, Ind., and was educated in Ellsworth County, Kans. Besides Mrs. Gould, Mr. and Mrs. Hayden had the following children: Angeline, now Mrs. Chapman of
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Washington; Ella, living in Lane County, Ore .; Huldah, now Mrs. Conley, of Lane County, Ore .; and C. C., also a resident of Lane County, Ore.
To the union of Will S. and Mattie E. (Hayden) Gould the following children were born: Oda, a graduate of the Kansas City Veterinary Col- lege, now living in St. Joseph; Glenn, living in DeKalb County ; Floy, a graduate of Baker University, Baldwin, Kans., now a teacher of home economics at Alta Vista, Kans .; Effie, a graduate nurse of Kansas City ; Clem on the home farm; Veva, the wife of Arthur Pyle of Nebraska City, Neb .; Wirt, a student in Kidder Institute; and Esther, a student in the Winston High School. She has not been tardy or absent in the seven years that she has attended school. Mr. and Mrs. Gould have six grandchildren, Willie, Wilhelmina, Ruth, Emery, Hazel Gould, and Keith Pyle.
Mr. Gould is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. He held the offices of trustee, clerk and treasurer of Golden Belt Township, in Lincoln County, Kans., where he also served as justice of the peace. He is now a member of the township board of Jefferson Township, having been appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of H. L. Johnson. Mr. Gould is a progressive farmer and a citizen of material worth to the community. The Gould family is highly respected in the county.
George P. Watkins, deceased, who was one of the successful and enterprising farmers of Jamesport Township, was born in Illinois, Nov. 4, 1870, a son of George and Laura Ann (Lashley) Watkins.
George Watkins, Sr., was a native of Indiana. He moved to Illinois and several years later came to Missouri, where he settled in Lincoln Township, Daviess County. Mr. Watkins became a prominent farmer and stockman of Missouri, and owned 120 acres of well improved land. For a number of years he served as a constable in Illinois. Both George Sr., and his wife are deceased and are buried in Grundy County. They were the parents of 12 children, as follows: Lorton, deceased; J. P., deceased ; Lucy, deceased; Cynthia, the wife of Charles E. Howard, a farmer in Kansas; George P., the subject of this sketch; Sarah May, the wife of Frank P. Wells, retired farmer, Cameron; Walter Scott, a farmer near Melborn; Mary Elizabeth, the wife of Earnest Worley, Jamesport; William Jasper, deceased; James Garfield, a farmer, resides in Fish- trap, Wash .; Bessie Jane, the wife of W. O. Rosenbaum, Henry County ; and one child died in infancy.
George P. Watkins was educated in the district schools, and spent his entire life on a farm. He was the owner of 160 acres of land in Daviess County, and a breeder of Shorthorn cattle, Shropshire sheep,
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and hogs. During the last 10 years of his life he operated a threshing machine. He died Dec. 14, 1917, and is buried in Grundy County.
George P. Watkins married Alice Knight Jan. 31, 1894. She is a daughter of William A. and Angelina (Nipper) Knight, natives of West Virginia and Illinois. . To this union six children were born, as follows: O. V., deceased ; Laura Angeline, the wife of James C. Critten, a farmer ; George A., farmer and stockman, residing on the old home place, Lincoln Township; Thelma, living with her mother; Hugh Palmer, at home; one child died in infancy. Mrs. Watkins is now living on a farm of 80 acres in Jamesport Township, and owns 80 acres in Lincoln Township. She raises Shorthorn cattle and other high grade stock. Mrs. Watkins is a Republican and a member of the Baptist Church.
George P. Watkins served as school director for a number of years. He belonged to the Modern Woodmen of America. Mr. Watkins was a Republican. He was an industrious, energetic man, who held the high esteem of his neighbors.
Charles L. Scott is an enterprising and practical farmer and stock- man, living in Lincoln Township. He was born in Crawfordsville, Ind., Dec. 22, 1852, a son of Gustavus and Elizabeth (Daniels) Scott.
Gustavus Scott was a native of Culpeper County, Va. In 1840 he came to Ohio, and five years later moved to Indiana. In 1866 Mr. Scott moved to Missouri, settling in Daviess County, five miles west of Gal- latin. Mr. Scott was an attorney, and practiced law in Ohio, Indiana and Missouri, where he owned 480 acres of good farm land. Mr. Scott died in 1867 and his wife died May 2, 1889. They are buried in Creekmore Cemetery, Gallatin. Mr. and Mrs. Scott were the parents of seven children, as follows: William, deceased; Anna, resides with Mrs. J. F. Henderson, Gallatin; John, deceased; Charles L., the subject of this sketch; William, resides in Oklahoma; Henry, deceased; George, deceased.
Charles L. Scott was reared on a farm and attended the district schools. He began farming on the home farm, west of Gallatin, but later rented land with his brother, John C., south of Winston. He re- mained there for four years, after which he purchased his present farm of 360 acres in Lincoln Township. Mr. Scott has been located on this farm for the past 35 years. He is a widely known breeder of Hereford cattle and black Poland China hogs. His farm is well improved with a fine residence and other modern buildings.
On Sept. 24, 1879, Mr. Scott married Mary Witten, a daughter of William and Permelia (Gillespie) Witten, pioneer settlers of Lincoln
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Township, Daviess County. To Charles L. and Mary (Witten) Scott the following children were born: William, Spokane, Wash .; Charles H., farmer, Daviess County ; Thomas, railway postal clerk, Spokane, Wash .; Gustavus, ranchman, Idaho; Elizabeth, the wife of Bert Fulkerson, farmer, Edinburgh; Rena, the wife of Boyle Fulkerson, farmer, Brimson; James, who was inducted into the army from Gallatin during the World War, and sent to Camp Funston, Kan. He was in service for six months, serving with a machine gun company in the 10th Division. He was dis- charged after the armistice was signed and is now engaged in farming and stock raising with his father.
Charles L. Scott is a Democrat and is a member of the Methodist Church.
James M. Ray, a substantial farmer and stockman of Lincoln Town- ship, and the owner of 155 acres of well improved land, is a native of Illinois. He was born April 30, 1863, a son of John and Cornelia (Moore) Ray.
John Ray was born in Illinois and came to Missouri in 1867, settling in Lincoln Township, where he became a leading farmer and stockman. Mr. Ray owned 160 acres of land and was a breeder of cattle, sheep and hogs. He was a Republican. Mr. and Mrs. John Ray were the parents of 11 children, as follows: John. retired farmer, Gilman City; Charles, deceased; Lizzie, deceased, was the wife of Joseph Witt; Docia, the wife of Volina Mote, farmer, Oklahoma; George, farmer, Harrison County ; James M., the subject of this sketch; William, deceased; Katie married George Hull, farmer, in Arkansas ; Frank, when last heard of he had started for the Alaska gold fields; Lena, the wife of Frank Boyer, farmer, re- sides in Kansas; Esther, was the wife of John McGown, deceased. John Ray died in 1916, and his wife died in 1892 and they are buried in Oklahoma.
James M. Ray was reared on a farm and has been connected with farm affairs all of his life. He obtained his education in the rural schools. In 1900, Mr. Ray bought his present farm and has made ex- tensive improvements. He has been interested in the breeding of Short- horn and Red Pole cattle, and has been very successful.
Mr. Ray was married on Nov. 4, 1886, to Nellie Sheetz, born in Freeport, Ill., a daughter of William and Roxie (Snyder) Sheetz. Mr. Sheetz was a prominent stockman of Washington Township. To James M. and Nellie (Sheetz) Ray four children were born, as follows: Ivan, further mention of whom is made below; Mabel, the wife of Vilas Dale, farmer, Washington Township; Ruth, attending college; Bessie, who
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graduated from Gilman City High School in May, 1922, and will teach in Boyd School in the fall term of 1922. During the World War, Ivan Ray entered the army from Gallatin and was sent to Camp Funston. He served in France for 22 months with Company H, 139 Infantry, 35th Division and was wounded during the Argonne Drive. He also took part in other important battles and was discharged May 8, 1919. He is now engaged in farming and stock raising with his father and also teaches school.
James M. Ray is a Republican and has served as a member of the school board for 13 years.
W. D. Smith, farmer and stockman of Lincoln Township, is the owner of 280 acres of well improved land and is well known in the town- ship as a man of integrity and industry. He was born in Gentry County Nov. 4, 1863, a son of R. L. and Martha J. (Vincent) Smith.
R. L. Smith was born in Kentucky, Feb. 15, 1838, and came to Missouri with his parents when a small boy. They settled first in Harri- son County and later went to Gentry County. Mr. Smith became a prominent farmer and stockman of Gentry County, where he owned 120 acres of land. To R. L. and Martha J. (Vincent) Smith six children were born, as follows: Bryan, farmer and stockman, Gentry County; W. D., the subject of this sketch; Edward, deceased; Tena, the wife of James Gribble, both deceased; Charles, resides in Kansas; and Frank, farmer and stockman, Gentry County. R. L. Smith died June 2, 1895, and his wife died Oct. 2, 1921. They are buried in Gentry County.
W. D. Smith was reared on a farm and attended the district schools. He started farming on rented land, where he remained for two years, after which he purchased his present farm in Lincoln Township, Daviess County. Mr. Smith is well known as a successful breeder of high grade stock.
Mr. Smith was married on Dec. 25, 1883, to Marjorie Butrick, a native of Daviess County, and a daughter of George W. and Elizabeth (Castor) Butrick. Mr. Butrick was a veteran of the Civil War, having served with Company D, Missouri Volunteer Infantry. Both Mr. and Mrs. Butrick are deceased, having died in 1919. They are buried in Shepherd Cemetery, Gentry County. To W. D. and Marjorie (Butrick) Smith eight children have been born, as follows: Ella Pearl, the wife of James Stith, Coffey; Edward Earl, further mention of whom is made below; Anna Dell, the wife of R. Cole, farmer and stockman, Jamesport; George Lee, farmer and stockman, resides in Lincoln Township, Daviess County ; Jesse Frank, farmer and stockman, Jamesport; Mary Ruth, the
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wife of L. Ward, farmer and stockman, Gilman City; and William L., farmer, living at home with his parents.
Edward Earl Smith entered the army during the World War and was sent to Camp Funston, becoming a member of Company D, 356th Infantry. He was later transferred to Company L, 4th Infantry, and April 1918 sailed for overseas and served for 22 months. Mr. Smith was on the firing line for 23 days at one time. He took part in many impor- tant battles and drives. He was gassed five times and shell shocked. He was in a hospital for six weeks in France and later went to Germany with the Army of Occupation, where he remained for six months. Mr. Smith has been awarded the Distinguished Service Medal by the United States for his service during the war. He is now living at home with his parents.
W. D. Smith is a Democrat and his wife is a Republican. She is a member of Royal Neighbors. They are members of the Baptist Church. Mr. Smith belongs to the Modern Woodmen of America and has served as school director for a number of years.
George W. Reed, a resident of Albany, has been well known in Gentry County for many years as a successful farmer, a county official, and the postmaster of Albany. Mr. Reed was born in Logan County, Ill., Dec. 10, 1862, the son of George and Hannah (Devlin) Reed, both of whom died in Andrew County.
George and Hannah (Devlin) Reed came to Fillmore, Andrew County when their son, George W., the subject of this review was only a lad. Their children were: Frank, now living at Lindsborg, Kan., with his son who is the cashier of a bank; Ida, married C. F. Dodge and died in Andrew County, leaving a daughter, Lulu B. who married Wardey Marsteller, and after his death, married Doctor W. H. Gundrum of Owensmonth, Calif .; George W., the subject of this sketch; Thomas Sherman, is now assistant tax commissioner for the Missouri Pacific Railway at St Louis; John, volunteered when only a boy for service in the Union Army during the Civil War and died two weeks after his return from service. His remains are buried at Savannah, Mo. Another son, Henry, also volunteered for service in the Union Army and died at Baton Rouge, La.
George W. Reed was reared in Andrew County and at the age of 13 years began to work on a farm for $10 a month. He retained this place for six years and at the time he left, was drawing a wage of $20 a month, the highest wage paid a farm hand in the county at that time. He was married and moved to his farm on his return form New Orleans.
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Mr. Reed moved to his farm eight miles east of Albany in the spring of 1885. He continued to live on this farm for ten years. In the fall of 1894, Mr. Reed was elected the sheriff of Gentry County on the Repub- lican ticket, the first person to be elected to this office on that ticket for 25 years. He was re-elected to the same office in 1896, although W. J. Bryan carried the county by more than 900 majority. At the expiration of his term of office in 1898, Mr. Reed built a nice home at Albany where he and his wife have made their residence ever since. The house is lo- cated at the corner of Clay and College avenues and is one of the pret- tiest places in Albany. From 1900 to 1906, Mr. Reed served on the Board of Education at Albany and in 1906 he was appointed Postmaster of Al- bany by President Roosevelt. He was reappointed to his office by Pres- dent Taft, serving in all nine years. During all of the time of his public service, Mr. Reed continued to operate his farm of 200 acres but in the fall of 1916 he sold the stock from his farm and rented the land. As a farmer his interest was especially in the breeding of Hereford cattle in which enterprise he was very successful.
Mr. Reed was married on Feb. 4, 1885, to Mary E. Miller and that winter they visited the Cotton Exposition at New Orelans.
On January 1, 1915, Mr. Reed began working for C. G. Comstock and Son as the superintendent of their farms and he continued this work after the death of C. G. Comstock in St. Joseph in May, 1917. Mr. Reed was with A. W. Hutchinson in the marble and granite business for sev- eral years and he has been a director of the Gentry County Bank for the past 12 years.
Mr. Reed has made a marked success in his various lines of work. He was an excellent official and has always manifested a keen interest in the welfare of his community.
John F. Patton, now deceased, had been the capable postmaster of Albany since May 8, 1915. He was a native Missourian. Born at Rich- mond in Ray County, July 14, 1860, and has spent all of his life in this state.
Mr. Patton's parents were R. W. and Lucetta Jane (Hale) Patton, both deceased. They were natives of Tennessee and were married in Ray County, Missouri. R. W. Patton's father, James E. Patton, was a na- tive of Tennessee and came to Missouri in 1844. He entered land in Ray County and lived on his farm there until his death in 1872 at the age of 78 years. Lucetta Jane (Hale) Patton's father, Isaac Hale, was also a Tennesseean who came to Missouri about 1844 and entered land. His farm was near the Patton homestead. Mr. Hale did general farming and
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raised stock. He died at Richmond, Ray County, at the age of 80 years.
R. W. Patton was a veteran of the Mexican War in which he served under Colonel Doniphan. Mr. Patton was a successful farmer and stock- raiser of the county. He died at his farm north of Richmond in 1892 at the age of 67 years. His wife died in 1869. The remains of both are buried in the Patton family cemetery. Their children were: W. C., a farmer at Weston. He spent 40 years in the drug and book business at Richmond, Mo .; W. R., now serving his third term as the presiding judge of Ray County and living at Richmond; John F., the subject of this sketch ; Ben R., living on the Patton farm in Ray County ; E. W., operat ing a drug and book store at Richmond; a daughter, now Mrs. C. C. Powell of Richmond; and Jennie B., for 20 years a well known teacher of English in the Richmond High School, for three years a teacher at Albany, and now conducting a dry goods and ladies' furnishing store at Richmond.
John F. Patton was educated in the schools at Richmond and at the age of 21 began clerking in the first drug store ever opened at Excelsior Springs. Later he clerked at Odessa and in 1883 went to Andrews County and opened a drug store at Savannah. He operated this business successfully until 1890 when he came to Albany and opened a drug and book store there. He ran this store with marked success for more than 20 years and at the end of that time sold the business to W. D. O'Neal who had been a clerk in the store for some time.
On May 8, 1915, Mr. Patton was appointed postmaster at Albany and was reappointed on Jan. 23, 1920. Mr. Patton made an accommo- dating and efficient official in the postoffice.
John F. Patton and Ophelia S. Hutchison of Savannah were mar- ried on Dec. 30, 1886. Mrs. Patton is a daughter of Brazil and Keziah Hutchison. To the union of John F. and Ophelia S. (Hutchison) Patton the following children were born: Jean B., married to Captain Boyd L. Smith, in the regular army; and a dental surgeon in charge of the hospi- tal at Camp Eustis, Va .; Virgil C., a brief sketch of whom appears below; Lloyd H., in the S. A. T. C. at St. Louis for a while, and now the clerk in the postoffice at Albany ; and John F., Jr., a graduate of the Al- bany High School in 1920 and now a student in Palmer College.
Virgil C. Patton enlisted for service in the World War at Kansas City, Mo., and was sent to the Great Lakes Naval Training Station. He was in Sousa's Great Lakes Band. He remained at the Training Station for eight months and then went with the band on a six weeks' tour for the Fourth Liberty Loan, visiting 85 towns during the tour. He was
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then sent to New York and was at Bay Ridge for five months, then made eight round trips on the United States Steamship, America, between Ho- boken, New Jersey, and Brest, France. On one trip the ship made Bos- ton, also. On one of the trips Mr. Patton was given a leave for a two weeks' sight-seeing trip to Paris. He was in service more than 17 months and during that time traveled more than 5,500 miles on water. Since re- turning to his home, Mr. Patton has been made the assistant postmaster and is the leader of the Albany Band. Young men of his stamina are the best assets of a town and community.
John F. Patton was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, having joined that lodge at Alton, Kan., 35 years ago when he owned a branch drug store at that town for two years. For 20 years he was the secretary of the lodge at Albany. Mr. Patton was a citizen of high ideals for his community, a man of energy and decision in his busi- ness relations.
John F. Patton died March 19, 1922, survived by his widow, four children, four brothers and two sisters, mentioned above. Interment was in the Grandview Cemetery at Albany, Mo. At the time of his death, he was 61 years and eight months old. He died of bronchial pneumonia.
He was a man worthy to be called a man. He possessed a sterling character and was loved by everyone who knew him.
Frank L. Smith, for the past five years the lessee of the O. T. An- derson farm of 400 acres in Wilson Township, Gentry County and the owner of 40 acres of land in Athens Township which he rents out, is a member of a pioneer family of the county, the Smiths having settled here in the early frontier days of the state. Mr. Smith was born at New Hampton, Mo. Jan. 26, 1874, the son of Richard Lee and Martha J. (Vincent) Smith.
Richard Lee Smith was born in Kentucky in 1838. His father, G. W. Smith, moved his family to Gentry County in 1843 and entered 160 acres of land in Athens Township. He died in 1886 and his remains are buried in Bulla Cemetery. Richard Lee Smith grew up in Gentry County and became well known. He died in 1895. His wife, Martha J. (Vin- cent) Smith, was born in Kentucky, June 27, 1835, and died at the home of John G. Vincent near Girard, Kan., Oct. 1, 1921. The remains of both Mr. and Mrs. Smith are buried in Shepherd Cemetery, a graveyard lo- cated on the old Smith homestead. To the union of Richard Lee and Martha J. (Vincent) Smith the following children were born : Bryan V., a farmer near Gentryville; W. D., a farmer near Gilman City ; Eddie C., died in 1885; Tenie, died in 1894; Charlie F., address unknown; Frank
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L., the subject of this review. By a former marriage of Martha J. Vin- cent to David Ploughman she had one daughter, Mary, now Mrs. Grib- ble of Arkansas City, Kan.
Frank L. Smith received his education in the school at Evona and remained at home with his parents until he was 23 years old when he went to Albany where he lived for seven years. Since that time he has been engaged in the occupation of farming and stock raising. He raises approximately 150 Duroc Jersey hogs each year and also raises and feeds at least two car loads of cattle during the same time. Mr. Smith is operating the farm he leases, and also looking after his own land.
Frank L. Smith was married, April 11, 1897, to Nannie J. Thomp- son, a daughter of Alex Thompson of Athens Township. Her father is dead and her mother lives at Evona. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have six chil- dren as follows: Victor V., married Julia Linthacum of Wilson Town- ship, and lives in that community on a farm ; Harry, clerk in J. P. Fergu- son's store at Evona; Claude R., at home; Grace M., Eddie Carl, and Charles Marvin all at home.
Mr. Smith is a Democrat in politics. He is a man of a wide acquain- tance in Gentry County where his family has been well and favorably known for many years.
Silas Edgar Quigley, proprietor of Fairview Farm in Athens Town- ship, is a native of Gentry County, born near Mt. Zion Church in Miller Township, Nov. 6, 1868, the son of William and Nancy (Price) Quigley.
Peter Price, the maternal grandfather of S. E. Quigley, was a Vir- ginian who was in service during the War of 1812. He was one of the first settlers in the Platte Purchase where he located in Buchanan County in the early days and where he became a prominent citizen, serving as a justice of the peace and also as a member of the county court. He moved to Gentry County in 1846 and settled in Athens Town- ship. Here, too, he was a well known man in his community. He mar- ried Nancy Rector in Vigo County, Ind., in 1816. She was born in Claiborne County, Tenn., June 14, 1796, and died Oct. 25, 1872. Her husband died Nov. 5, 1872. The remains of both are buried in Brushy Cemetery. Their daughter, Nancy, was the mother of S. E. Quig- ley
William Quigley, father of S. E. Quigley, was born in Morgan County, Ind., Dec. 26, 1838. His father was John Quigley, a native of Ireland, and his mother was Mariah Rice of French descent. William Quigley came to Gentry County in 1858 and taught school for several years, farming at the same time. He owned a farm of 400 acres in
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Athens Township. He enlisted for service during the Civil War and was placed in Company I, 21st Missouri Infantry in 1864. He served one year and at the close of the war returned to his farm. He married Nancy Price, who was born in Vigo County, Ind., March 29, 1834, in October, 1861, and to this union the following children were born: Hen- rietta, now the wife of R. H. Nicholson of Albany ; John F., married Rosa Albin, daughter of John N. Albin, and died on the home place where his widow still lives on May 8, 1915, at the age of 48 years; Silas E., the subject of this sketch; Laura, wife of William Rigney of Albany; Nancy M., now the wife of Isaac G. Patton of Miller Township; and W. H., a graduate of the Department of Journalism of the Missouri State Univer- sity at Columbia, and now the editor-in-chief of the St. Louis Post Dis- patch at St. Louis.
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