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Mr. Potter was married to Lillie Mann, a native of Gentry County and a daughter of James and Matilda (Burge) Mann and is one of the following children born to them : Byron, Riverside, Calif .; Alva, resides on the old homestead in Gentry County and is well known as a breeder of Reed's Yellow Dent seed corn having taken second prize at the World's Fair at Chicago; Francis, married Hiram Reiny, a farmer and stockman in Gentry County; and Mrs. Potter of this review. Mrs. Pot- ter's parents are both deceased.
To Mr. and Mrs. Charles Potter have been born the following chil- dren : Alvie, born Jan. 15, 1893, lives in Wyoming ; John, born Sept. 13, 1895, Gentry County ; Laura, married Claude Weese and lives in Gentry
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County; James, who is associated with his father on the home farm; Mary, resides at home; Bessie, at home; Mabel at home; Herbert, and Marvin.
The Potter farm was located on the old St. Joseph trail and is one of the old historic places in that section. Mr. Potter is a Republican and a member of the Baptist Church and one of the progressive and enter- prising citizens of Gentry County.
W. A. Temple, a Gentry County pioneer and an extensive land owner who for many years has been successfuly engaged in farming and stock raising in Gentry County is now living retired at Stanberry. He was born in Allegheny, Pa., Sept. 29, 1859, a son of William and Mary Elizabeth (Clingingsmith) Temple, both natives of Pennsylviana, the former of Allegheny and the latter of Pittsburg. During the Civil War William Temple was engaged in making wagons for the Government. In 1874 he came to Gentry County with his family where he was engaged in farming and stock raising and was the owner of 460 acres of land. He was a Demo- crat and a member of the Baptist Church. William Temple and wife were the parents of the following children: Mary, deceased; Emma, deceased ; George, lives in Gentry County ; Ella, married Len Foxworthy and they live in Nebraska; Benjamin, lives in Gentry County ; Joseph; Maggie, married W. S. Waldon, St. Joseph; Harry, a physician at Wichita Falls, Texas; and W. A., the subject of this sketch.
W. A. Temple came to Gentry County with his parents in 1874. At the begining of his career he bought 20 acres of land and engaged in farming and stock raising. He bought more land from time to time and is now the owner of 607 acres in Wilson Township. His place is well improved and his farm residence is one of the finest farm homes in Gentry County. He is retired from the farm and now lives in Stanberry.
Mr. Temple married Evelin Campbell a native of Nodaway County. She is a daughter of E. P. and Sarah (See) Campbell, both natives of Mis- souri, the former of Clinton County and the latter of Monroe County. Mrs. Temple was one of five children born to her parents three of whom are living : William, state farm director of Texas ; Benjamin, lives in Missouri ; and Mrs. Temple of this review. E. P. Campbell was a Gentry County pioneer and owned 300acres of land here. He was a Democrat, a member of the Christian Church and belonged to the Masonic Lodge. He died Nov. 12, 1909 and his wife died Feb. 3, 1916.
To W. A. Temple and wife have been born the following children : Bertha, born May 15, 1873, married Grant Lewis and is now deceased, leaving two children, Erman and Vandevere; Nevada, born Feb. 22, 1883,
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married Archie Good and they live near Stanberry ; Gertrude, born Feb. 2, 1885 married Hazelwood Porter and they live in Gentry County; Edward, born April 3, 1888, lives near Stanberry.
Mr. Temple is a Democrat and is one of the widely known and sub- stantial citizens of Gentry County. Mrs. Temple has in her possession a watch which is an interesting family heirlom. It belonged to her mother's father and is over 100 years old.
Ed E. Birge, the efficient and popular circuit clerk and ex-officio recorder of deeds of Gentry County, is a native of Illinois, born in St. Clair County, Jan. 31, 1860. His parents were David and Jane (Mundis) Birge, both now deceased.
David Birge was born in Vermont. As a young man he came to Madison County, Ill., where he died in 1861. His wife, Jane (Mundis) Birge. was born in Madison County, Ill., where she was also married. From 1880 she lived in Stanberry until her death in 1894. To the union of David and Jane (Mundis) Birge two children were born; Ida, living with her brother; and Ed E., the subject of this review.
Ed E. Birge was educated in Greenville, Ill. and at the age of 20 years, began work for the Wabash Railroad as a lineman. In 1879 he settled at Stanberry where he continued his work for the Wabash Railroad during a period of 36 years. He had charge of the telegraph lines between Brunswick, Mo. and Omaha, Neb. He had many interesting experiences at times of floods or fires. The great flood of 1909 destroyed more than 60 miles of the wiring and Mr. Birge had charge of the reconstruction work, The Pattonsburg fire was disastrous in another way. The practically com- plete destruction of the town including the razing of the Wabash depot. This meant another important piece of work for Mr. Birge.
In 1914 Mr. Birge resigned from his position with the Wabash Rail- road and accepted the position of circuit clerk and recorder of Gentry County to which office he was elected on the Democratic ticket in 1914. He was reelected in 1918 and is now serving his seventh year. His reelection to an office which he had already filled is a very definite indication of his success in handling the work.
Ed E. Birge was married in 1893 to Mollie Norman, a daughter of Joshua and Miriam Norman of Stanberry. Mrs. Birge was born and edu- cated in Indiana. To her union with Mr. Birge two children were born: Savilla, died in infancy ; and Lewellyn, a graduate of the Stanberry High School, and now the wife of Loyd L. Welch, a brief sketch of whom appears in this review.
Loyd L. Welch was one of the volunteers from Stanberry for service
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in the World War. He enlisted Aug. 18, 1917 and was sent to Waco, Texas for training in the Aviation Corps. He was later sent to Scotland for train- ing, was made a sergent, and was assigned to 25th Areo Squadron, the United States Army. He was in active service in the Toul Sector from Sept. 18, to Oct. 24, 1918; at the Meuse Argonne from Oct. 24 to Nov. 11, 1918; and with the Army of Occupation from Oct. 26 to the time of his return to the United States. He served in both England and France. Mr. Welch received his discharge from the army at Camp Dodge, Iowa, June 16, 1919.
Mr. Birge is a member of the Woodmen of the World and of the Knights of Pythias lodges. He is a man of marked public spirit. Since the war closed, Mr. Birge has recorded more than 170 discharge papers for veterans of the World War and has never made any charges for his work. As a private individual and a citizen serving in an official capacity, Mr. Birge has been enterprising and efficient.
Granville Butler, who was prominently identified with Gentry County, was a native of this county and a son of Madison Butler and Eliza (Payne) Butler, both natives of Virgina and early settlers in Mis- souri. Madison Butler was engaged in farming and stock raising and was the owner of 140 acres of land. He was a Democrat and a member of the Presbyterian Church. Both he and his wife are now deceased and their remains are buried in Friendship Cemetery.
Granville Butler was one of the following children born to his par- ents : Atwell, a farmer and stockman in Gentry County ; Mary, married Peter Price who is now deceased and she resides at Albany; John, an engineer, lives in Nebraska; William, a farmer and stockman, lives in Gentry County ; and Granville, whose name introduces this review.
Granville Butler was educated in the public schools and the Uni- versity of Missouri at Columbia where he was graduated in the Civil En- gineering course. At the time of his death, Aug. 30, 1912, he was en- gaged in farming and stock raising in Miller Township where he was the owner of 440 acres of land which is now being operated by Mrs. Butler. He was a Democrat and a member of the Masonic Lodge and the Knights of Pythias. He was a progressive and enterprising citizen and one of the public spirited men of Gentry County.
Mr. Butler married Inzer M. Havens, a daughter of Gordon and Gross (Cloose) Havens, natives of Virginia and Mrs. Butler. was also born in Virginia. Gordon Havens and wife were the parents of the fol- lowing children: Eli, a farmer and stockman, lives at Madison, Kan .; Oliver, lives at McFall; Mary Elizabeth, married James Thompson of
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Albany; Fayette, a farmer and stockman at McFall; Eliza, married Daniel Patterson, Albany; and Mrs. Butler, of this review. To Gran- ville Butler and wife was born one child, William Granville Butler, born June 8, 1905, who is now a student in high school.
Charles H. Kent, for nearly 50 years a well known stock buyer and shipper of Gentry County, is a member of a pioneer family of the county. His recollections carry him back to the days of 1857 when he came here as a child, and his reminiscences of Albany in those days are very interesting, both because of their flavor of the romance of frontier times and because of their historical significance.
Charles H. Kent was born in Edgar County, Ill., Sept. 6, 1845, the son of David and Nancy (Williams) Kent. Mrs. Kent was born in Ohio in 1814 and died in Edgar County, Ill. in 1856. Mr. Kent was married the second time to Mary McCamrey who died in Worth County, Missouri at the age of 92 years. David Kent died on his farm in Worth County in 1882 at the age of 78 years. The only one of his children now living is Charles H., the sub- ject of this review. The children were: Charles H., mentioned above; Squire, died in Worth County in 1859; Albert, died in California ; Turzy, died in Illinois at the age of 22 years; Nancy, died in Illinois in 1854; Louisa, died in Illinois in 1854; and Mary, died in 1856. Two other children died in infancy.
David Kent, with his family, drove through from Illinois to Missouri. reaching Gentry County on Sep. 12, 1857. He settled in Bogle Township where he entered 120 acres of land. This land is now incorporated within the precincts of Worth County. The family grew up in the midst of the hardships of the pioneer times, but it was in these surroundings that Charles H. Kent says that he acquired the elements of thrift and industry which have contributed in no small degree to his success in life. David Kent huckstered in Albany in the fifties, later selling his products in St. Joseph. He made 23 trips to St. Joseph in a sled, taking his farm products each time. During the winter of 1864 to 1865, snow fell in November and from that time until March first the ground was covered with snow.
Charles H. Kent attended school at Dawson and in the Dawson Dis- trict. He began trading at the age of 22 years and has followed the business of buying and selling stock ever since. He raised and fed hogs on an exten- sive scale and has been successful in his business largely because of his close application to the details of his work. Mr. Kent has large land hold- ings. He owns 720 acres of land in Gentry County, adjoining the Worth County line ; 261 acres near Greenwell Ford south of Albany ; and 120 acres
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near Stanberry. The first named farm is operated by Mr. Kent's son, Homer.
Mr. Kent has been twice married. His first marriage was to Sarah Dawson in 1867. She died eight years later leaving one son, Luther, now in the commission business in St. Joseph. Mr. Kent was married the second time in 1877 to Angeline Ross and to this union four sons were born : Elmer A., a farmer and shipper of Albany; D. O., a farmer in Gentry County ; Charles Homer operating the home farm; and Frank, in the commission with his brother, Luther, in St. Joseph where they have their company.
Mr. Kent joined the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Denver, Mo. in 1868. He helped organize the lodge at Denver and was an active mem- ber in it for 25 years. For the past 20 years, Mr. Kent has lived at Albany where he is well known as a man of intergrity.
W. E. Hartsock, a well known Doctor of Osteopathy of Albany, is a graduate of the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Kansas City, Mo., of Central College of Osteopathy at Kansas City, Mo. and of the Needles Optical College at Kansas City, Mo. Dr Hartsock has also done post grad- uate work in the College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Dr. Hartsock is a native of Missouri. He was born in Adair County, Sept. 26, 1890, the son of J. N. and Nettie (Ginn) Hartsock. J. N. Hart- sock was born in Knox County and his wife was born in Marion County near Palmyra. J. N. Hartsock's father, John Hartsock, was a native of Pennsylvania who left his native state and came to Missouri in the early days of the state. He followed farming near Brashear, Adair County until his death several years ago. He was a veteran of the Civil War, having served as a Federal soldier. His son, J. N. Hartsock, now lives on a farm near Brashear. Mr. and Mrs. Hartsock have three children: W. E., the subject of this sketch; a daughter, now Mrs. C. J. Winn of Kansas City, Mo .; and J. R., living at home.
W. E. Hartsock attended the public schools in Adair County and did his high school work at the Kansas City Polytechnic School. In 1912 he began the study of osteopathy and in 1916 he graduated from the Central College of Osteopathy. He began practicing his profession at Kansas City but came to Albany, Jan. 1, 1918 and opened an office over the Gentry County Bank. Here he has built up an excellent practice. His thorough knowledge of his profession added to his high professional ideas make him an invaluable asset to the community.
Dr. Hartsock was married in 1916 to Ruby Smith, born in Sedalia, and educated in Kansas City, Mo. where her marriage to Dr. Hartsock
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took place. To this union three children have been born ; James, Margaret, and Donald.
Dr. Hartsock is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons and of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is a capable and ener- getic young man, one whose success in life is assured by virtue of his in- dustry and training.
Frank Wooderson, an enterprising farmer of Miller Township in Gentry County and the owner of well improved land which he operates as a general farm in the same township, was born one mile south of his present home, June 13, 1886.
Mr. Wooderson's parents are D. H. and Sarah (Patton) Wooderson. D. H. Wooderson is a native of Daviess County and his wife was born in Gentry County. For several years they lived on a farm near the present home of their son, Frank, but for the past 25 years they have lived in their present home in Miller Township. Their children are: Audra, who was a student at Grand River Business College, now married to A. W. Elam of McFall; Frank, the subject of this review; Eliza, a graduate of the Albany High School and of the State Teachers College at Warrens- burg, now teaching in St. Joseph where she has been successful in her profession for seven years; and Frances, for the past two years a ste- nographer and bookkeeper in Watkins Music Store, Independence, Mo.
Frank Wooderson attended the public schools and later the North- west Missouri College at Albany. After three years of work in the lat- ter institution he went to South Dakota, and in 1910 homesteaded 160 acres of land there. This land in Tripp County is still owned by Mr. Wooderson. During his sojourn in South Dakota, Mr. Wooderson served a term as deputy county clerk of Tripp County and one term as deputy sheriff. While holding this latter office, Mr. Wooderson inet some in- teresting but hazardous experiences with cattle rustlers. He returned to Gentry County in the fall of 1913 and located on his present farm where he has made many improvements and has been successful.
Frank Wooderson was married Sept. 10, 1913, to Iva Lewis, a na- tive of De Kalb County, Mo., who had homesteaded 160 acres of land in Tripp County, S. D., adjoining the land taken up by Mr. Wooderson. Mr. and Mrs. Wooderson were married in South Dakota. To their union four children have been born; Irene, Grace, Dale, and Tom.
Mr. Wooderson is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons and of the Modern Woodmen of America Lodges. He is a relia- ble and substantial man, upright in business, and a good citizen of his community.
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William A. Patton, prominent farmer of Miller Township in Gentry County, was born on the farm where he now lives, June 3, 1864, the son of William A. Patton, Sr., and Eliza C. (Owen) Patton, mention of whose lives appear in this volume in connection with the sketches of the lives of David H. Wooderson, and his wife, Sarah A. (Patton) Wooderson.
William A. Patton, Sr., and his wife were both born in Tennessee, the former in 1819 and the latter in 1825. They came to Missouri in 1845, Mr. Patton having come in 1841 and returned four years later to be married in Tennessee. He entered 260 acres of land in Gentry County and he brought his bride to the log house which was their first home on the farm. In 1878, Mr. Patton built a two-story frame house, hauling the lumber for it from St. Joseph. This house, the frame of native oak hewed out on the farm, is still in excellent condition and with its 11 rooms presents a colonial appearance to the passerby. Mr. Patton be- came a well known farmer and stockman of the county. He died in 1900 and his wife died in 1907. Their children are named in the sketch of David R. Wooderson, reference to which has been made above.
William A. Patton was a pupil in the rural schools of Gentry County, later attending the Albany High School. He was a student in the Mis- souri State University for a while and then went to Park College at Parkville. He was a successful teacher in Gentry County for ten years, then bought his first farm 24 miles southeast of his present home and be- gan to improve the land. He sold the farm later and then bought 160 acres of the home place of which he later sold 40 acres and bought 200 acres differently situated, making holdings of 320 acres in one tract. The west 160 acres of Mr. Patton's farm was entered by Hugh Patton, an uncle, in the pioneer days when the Patton name first became known in Gentry County. Mr. Patton does general farming and stockraising.
William A. Patton was married April 10, 1890, to Lou E. Crawford, a daughter of George W. and Elizabeth (Wheeler) Crawford. Mrs. Crawford was born in Kentucky in 1833, the daughter of Benjamin Wheeler, a Baptist minister of the pioneer days who would never accept a stated salary for preaching. He was a well known man of his time. Mrs. Crawford is now living in Miller Township at the age of 88 years. George W. Crawford, an early settler of Miller Township, owned 260 acres of land at the time of his death in 1889. His remains are buried in Old Friendship Cemetery. To the union of George W. and Elizabeth (Wheeler) Crawford the following children were born: Sophia, married William Pryor and died in 1882; Martha, deceased, was married to
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Lewis Shultz; Benjamin, died at the age of 24 years; James A., now liv- ing in Oklahoma; I. N., living in California; Miriam, deceassed, was the wife of F. D. Gist; Elsie, the widow of G. W. Gist of Miller Township; Cenia, married to A. W. Garton of Miller Township; Pou E., now Mrs. Patton ; and U. S., living in Miller Township.
Mr. and Mrs. Patton have 11 children, as follows: Edith I., the wife of V. C. Humphrey of Defiance, Okla .; Walter V., mentioned later; Jen- nie, lives in Columbia where she is married to Paul E. Turner, a World War veteran who served overseas and was wounded while in service; Anna C., the wife of Marion Christie of Harrison County ; Homer C., now living in Montana; W. A., at home; Ruth, a teacher at McFall; Rose, was a student in the King City High School for three years, graduated at Palmer College, and is now at home; Hugh, a student in the McFall High School; Louise, at home; and Charles, at home. Walter V. Patton enlisted for service in the World War in September, 1917, and was com- missioned second lieutenant at Camp Taylor, Aug. 1, 1918. He helped train the recruits at Fort Sill and remained there until he was mustered out of service, Dec. 20, 1918. He is now living in Montana.
Mr. Patton and his family are highly esteemed members of their community. The Patton name has stood for high ideals and progress in civic matters ever since the pioneer days when the name was first known in this part of Missouri.
Standish E. Jones, a well known citizen of Albany who has served four terms as an alderman of the town, was born in Watertown, Wis., Aug. 12, 1857, the son of Edward H. and Mary E. (Bryant) Jones.
Edward Jones was born in Utica, N. Y., of Welch descent. He was one of the pioneers of Dodge County, Wis., moving there after his mar- riage in New York to Mary E. Bryant, a native of Connecticut where she was reared. Mrs. Jones was a first cousin of William Cullen Bryant and in her girlhood she visited the famous man of letters. Mrs. Jones' mother was a Standish, one of the decendants of the great Miles Standish of colonial fame. Mrs. Jones died in Wisconsin in 1900 and her husband died in Wisconsin in 1901. Their children were; Martha, living at Mari- onette, Wis., married James A. Davis, died in 1919, leaving one son and a daughter, the son, Alvin Davis, is a circuit judge in Wisconsin and the daughter, Ella, is a prominent teacher; Calvin, died in Billings, Okla., when more than 70 years of age, settled in Gentry County, shortly after the Civil War and lived for many years on a farm in Maple Grove Dis- trict, ten miles southwest of Albany; and Standish E., the subject of this review.
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Standish E. Jones was educated in the Wisconsin schools. In 1879 he decided to move toward the west. He shipped his goods to Pawnee County, Kan., but after unloading the goods and surveying the prospects there he decided that the conditions in Kansas were too discouraging for a newcomer and drove back over the Santa Fe Trail until he struck the St. Joseph road. From there he came on to Gentry County and, in 1879 he settled on a farm of 400 acres 12 miles southwest of Albany. He borrowed all of the money with which to pay for this tract of land, but the investment was a profitable one and Mr. Jones has bought and sold several farms since his initial venture. He still owns 320 acres of land in Kansas and a section of LaClede County, Mo. For the past 20 years he has lived in a house which he owns in Albany.
Standish E. Jones was married, in October, 1875, to Frances A. Hopkins, born in Dodge County, Wis., a daughter of John Hopkins of that place. Her mother was a member of the Matthews family of Wis- consin, and died when Mrs. Jones was an infant. Mr. and Mrs. Jones have the following children: Anna, the wife of Joseph W. Boley near Maple Grove; Calvin R., was robbed and murdered at Butte, Mont., when he was 36 years old; Mary, the widow of Charles Fabyonach, for nine years a policeman at Pueblo, Col., and for several years a court in- terpreter at the same place; William K., a merchant and ranchman at Yeso, N. M .; Bernice and Blanche, twins, the former now married to Fred Elder, a railroad operator at Aurora, Neb., and the latter died at the age of 11 months ; Jennie, the widow of Bert Graham of Kansas City, Mo .; and Maude A., a teacher for the past five years in the Albany school. Mr. and Mrs. Jones have also the following grandchildren ; Joe, Maude, Frances, Yvon, and an infant Boley ; Standish Hamilton, a son of Mary (Jones) Fabyonach by her first marriage; Charley and Ray- mond Graham; an infant daughter of William Jones; and Donald and Kathlyn Elder.
Mr. Jones is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America and the members of the Jones family are identified with the Christian Church. Mr. Jones has made an efficient and conscientious officer for Albany. He has recently taken the contract to furnish the town with its water supply and sunk the fourth well from which he obtained water of an excellent quality. Mr. Jones is one of the substantial citizens of Albany.
J. H. Degginger, deceased, was for many years a prominent busi- ness man and financier in Gentry County. He was born in Bavaria, Ger- many, April 15, 1842, the son of Nathan and Sarah Degginger whose children were: J. H., deceased, the subject of this review; Jacob, de-
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ceased, whose widow and family now live in Kansas City, Mo .; and Ber- tha, the widow of Isaac Isaacs of St. Joseph.
J. H. Degginger left his native country in 1857 when he was a lad of 15 years and came to Missouri. Although unable at that time to speak the English language he set to work to make his living and his pluck and energy soon produced results. He opened a little store at Allendale and later entered the mercantile business at Gentryville. He disposed of his store there and went to Albany where he established a cattle and land business that soon developed into one of the prosperous enterprises of the community. At the time of his death he owned 3,600 acres of land in Gentry County. His widow still owns this land and has added 100 acres to the holdings since the death of Mr. Degginger. Mr. and Mrs. Degginger moved into a house on the site of the present Degginger home in Albany 38 years ago. They built their first home in 1895. It was destroyed by fire in January, 1920, and Mrs. Degginger rebuilt on the same site.
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