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Thomas J. Ball attended the public school, and was a student for one term in Albany. He is the owner of 160 acres of land six miles northwest of Albany where he does general farming and stock raising. He raises Shorthorn cattle and Duroc Jersey hogs, and is making a marked success of his work.
Thomas J. Ball was married Feb. 23, 1897, to Sarah Summa, a daughter of J. W. and Mary Summa; the former dead, and the latter now living in Bogle Township. The children of J. W. and Mary Summa were: Noah, of Hartford, Kan .; Ann, now Mrs. Smith of Conway, Iowa; Samuel A., of Bogle Township; Lester, deceased ; Sarah, now Mrs. Ball; J. W., of Huggins Township; Harvey, living at Hartford, Kan .; Mrs. Hiley Hulett of Bogle Township; and Lewis B., a barber at Gentry. Mr. and and Mrs. Ball have three children: Beatrice May, the wife of Carl Floyd of Bogle Township; Hobart D., on the home place; and Dorothy Pearl, at home.
Mr. Ball is a Democrat and is identified with the Christian Church. He is a member of the Yeoman Lodge. Mr. Ball is a capable and relia- ble citizen of his township.
John Lemuel Ball, a retired minister of the Christian Church, now living in Huggins Township, Gentry County, was born on a farm one mile west of his present home, May 3, 1854. His parents were William M. and Frances A. (Lisle) Ball, sketches of whose lives appear in con- nection with the life of Thomas J. Ball.
Reverend Ball's maternal grandmother, Mrs. Vasser, was one of the old settlers of the county. Her brother, Peter, was an Indian inter- preter here when Liberty was the county seat of all this part of Missouri.
John L. Ball went to school in a log cabin on the Jefferson Canaday farm, the land now owned by the Peery heirs. His first teacher was Mary Gale, and his second was Mr. Oats. Mr. Ball was a minister in the Christian Church for more than 30 years but retired from active minis- terial work about seven years ago because of poor health. He has since that time lived on his farm in Huggins Township, 43 miles northwest of Albany. He is now an elder of the Old Brick Church, organized in the early forties. Reverend Ball's father helped organize the first church and was an elder in it at the time of his death, although by that time the new building had been erected. The old building of brick was blown
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down in a storm and on July 13, 1883, the present church was organized. The present building is frame, but the members of the congregation cling to the historical name of the first church, the Old Brick Church.
John L. Ball was married Jan. 2, 1876, to Mary Jane Rodgers, a daughter of Hesikiah and Matilda (Lewis) Rodgers who came from Ohio, and settled near Higgins, Mo. They both died in Gentry County. Their children were: Mary Jane, now Mrs. Ball; Amanda, now Mrs. Ames of Idaho; Elizabeth, now Mrs. Walker of Huggins Township; Eva- line, now Mrs. Huff of Bogle Township; Angeline, now Mrs. Klintworth of Tulsa, Okla .; Martha Alice, deceased; Emma, now Mrs. Timmins of Quitman; T. S., of Kearney, Neb .; W. L., of Unadelli, Neb .; G. W., of Syracuse, Neb .; and Leroy, deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Ball have the fol- lowing children: W. Elmer, a farmer of Bogle Township, married Le- titia Dean, now dead; Frances Matilda, the wife of J. W. Summa of Huggins Township; Martha Alice, married to W. S. Walls of Neb .; and Emma Adilla, at home.
Reverend Ball is a Democrat and is a member of the Woodmen of the World at Albany.
Jonathan McClure, deceased, was one of the well known and depend- able citizens of this section. He was born Oct. 20, 1835, in Logan County, Ohio, the son of William and Mary Jane (Martin) McClure.
Mr. and Mrs. William McClure were natives of Pennsylvania who re- moved from Iowa to Daviess County about 1853, gaining possession of land at $2.50 per acre. Mr. McClure built and operated a flour, grist and saw mill in Grundy County, on Hickory Creek. He was very successful and people came for miles around to purchase flour, which was the best in that section of the country. It was the first steam mill in the country, and was run day and night. The pepole employed by Mr. McClure in the mill lived right there, there being six houses built in the neighborhood by Mr. McClure. It was here that Mrs. McClure died. Mr. and Mrs. McClure were the parents of nine children, Jonathan being the oldest.
After the death of his father, Jonathan McClure operated the mill for his mother until she sold it sometime later. She died at Civil Bend, and is buried in the Methodist Episcopal Cemetery in Marion Township. Jonathan McClure became heir to the home, now owned by his widow, containing 160 acres. Mr. McClure was a prosperous farmer and stock- man of Jamesport Township, and at the time of his death, Feb. 5, 1916, he was the owner of 680 acres of well improved land. He was a prominent breeder of Shorthorn cattle.
On July 8, 1869, Mr. McClure was married to Mary L. Hamilton, a
JONATHAN MCCLURE
MRS. JONATHAN MCCLURE
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daughter of Thomas Jefferson and Mary (Baucher) Hamilton, natives of near Nashville, Tenn. Mrs. McClure was born March 4, 1844, in Daviess County, on the east line.
Thomas J. Hamilton came to Missouri when a very young man. He was educated in Nashville, Tenn., and was a college graduate. He was one of the very few pioneers of Missouri who were educated. During the Civil War, Mr. Hamilton enlisted, as did Mr. McClure. During the Mor- mon trouble, about 100 men came to Daviess County from Ray County to help quell the riots. Among those were Mr. Hamilton, and his brother- in-law, Samuel Kee Glover, and a brother, James Hamilton. Mr. Hamil- ton, in looking over the land here, decided he would like to live in Daviess County. He then moved here, where he lived until his death. He became a wealthy man, owning at his death 1000 acres of beautiful prairie land. Mr. Hamilton was a squire for 40 years, and people came from all over the county to have their difficulties straightened out, there being no court house then at Gallatin or Trenton. The dinners for the lawyers and jury- men were always served at the Hamilton home.
To Jonathan and Mary (Hamilton) McClure seven children were born, as follows: Arthur, unmarried, living with his mother; Alice, the wife of James Parker, Jamesport Township; Rose, the wife of Thomas J. Hamil- ton, Long Beach, Calif .; Nellie, the wife of Robert McCray, Jamesport Township; Pinkie, the wife of Raymus Cole, Jamesport; W. T., banker, Jamesport ; Harry, farmer, Jamesport Township.
Mrs. McClure now resides on the old home place in Jamesport Town- ship, which is farmed by her son Arthur. They have one of the best im- proved farms in the township.
Mr. McClure was a Republican and a member of the Masonic lodge. He was highly respected and one of the substantial citizens of Daviess County.
O. G. Cousins of Albany is one of the four Cousins brothers connected with the Cousins Lumber Company, and is a member of a family, known in Missouri's history since the time of his grandfather, William Cousins, who came from his native state, Kentucky, in the pioneer days of Missouri, and settled in Mercer County. There his son, J. M. Cousins, was born in 1855. William Cousins died at Ravanna about 1909. He was one of the early and fearless men to whose labor and courage the county owes much of its later development.
J. M. Cousins grew to manhood in the midst of pioneer surroundings. He married Buna Owen, also a member of a pioneer family. Her father, William Owen, brought his family from Kentucky and settled in Missouri, while the state was still counted frontier land. To his union with Buna
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(Owen) Cousins the following children were born: C. H., R. L., O. G., and J. R., the four brothers who are connected with the Cousins Lumber Company ; Anna, now Mrs. McCully of Princeton; Merle, now Mrs. Coker of Princeton; Opal, a teacher in Mercer County; Joseph, a student in the Princeton High School; and Ruby, at home.
O. G. Cousins was educated in the public schools of the county and attended the Gem City Business College at Quincy, Ill., for a while. Later . he was a student in the State Teachers College at Kirksville. He taught school in Mercer County for four years and then entered the mercantile world. He conducted a lumber business at Harris during 1914, and came to Albany in 1915, to take a position in the Cousins Lumber Yard, where he has been ever since with the exception of one and one-half years he spent as manager of a lumber yard at Helna, and the time he was in camp during the World War.
The Cousins Lumber Company of Albany was incorporated in 1914, by C. H. Cousins, R. L. Cousins and Mary E. Cousins. C. H., president ; R. L., vice-president; Mary E. Cousins, treasurer. In 1919, the company was incorporated the second time with George Pogue of Gallatin as secre- tary and O. G. Cousins, treasurer. The Company has yards at Albany, Helena, Cosby, Weatherby, Cameron, Laredo and Trenton and a wholesale office at St. Joseph with C. H. Cousins in charge. The yard at Albany was opened in March, 1914, with C. H. Cousins in charge. In 1919, O. G. Cousins was elected manager and has operated the yard since that time. The Cousins Lumber Company is one of the well known and successful business ventures of the county.
O. G. Cousins was married July 22, 1917 to Henrietta Patton, a daughter of I. G. and Nancy (Quigley) Patton of Albany. Mrs. Cousins was born in Gentry County and is a graduate of the Albany High School.
O. G. Cousins entered the United States Army on November 8, 1918, at Columbia, Mo., and on Dec. 16, the company was demobilized. Mr. Cousins is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons and a Knight Templar. He is an enterprising and progressive young man.
Frank W. Duncan, a successful farmer and stockman, living near New Hampton in Gentry County, comes of an old Kentucky family. Both his paternal grandfather, Stephen C. Duncan, and his maternal grandfather, Isaac Wood, were natives of Kentucky, who came to Clay County in the very early days of the nineteenth century. Stephen C. Duncan settled near Liberty and Isaac Wood bought land close to Smithville. The two families were connected through the marriage of Stephen C. Duncan's
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son,, James W., born in Clay County in 1826, and Mary A. Wood, the daughter of Isaac Wood, born in Clay County also.
James W. Duncan was a veteran of the Mexican War, and bought land in Gentry County, where he became a well known farmer. He died in Albany in 1911. His wife died at the age of 56 years. The remains of both are buried in Duncan Cemetery. Their children were: John, killed in Denver, Colo .; Lucy C., married to I. N. Carson of St. Joseph ; Isaac, died in infancy ; Stephen C., a resident of St. Joseph ; Frank W., the subject of this sketch; Emma, now the wife of A. B. Price, a merchant of Albany ; R. P., an attorney at Stanberry ; Leona, the wife of C. T. Atkinson, a mer- chant at St. Joseph; George, died in infancy; Mollie, died in infancy : James, now living in California; Rosa, married to W. A. Brown of the police force in St. Joseph ; and Beryl, a farmer in Gentry County.
Frank W. Duncan attended the rural schools and, in 1884, bought his present farm from A. J. Stotts. Before the Civil War, 160 acres of the land had belonged to Mr. Duncan's father. Mr. Duncan has made all the improvements on the place. The farm is well watered, with wind mills used for pumping water for the stock. The residence is located two miles southwest of New Hampton, and there are also excellent farm buildings on the place. For the past 35 years, Mr. Duncan has been interested in raising shorthorn cattle, Poland China hogs, Bronze turkeys and Barred Rock poultry, and has been very successful in this line of work.
Frank W. Duncan was married on Sept. 3, 1884, to Almyra F. Banie, born in Licking County, Ohio, the daughter of J. W. and Dorinda (Beards- ley) Banie, the latter now dead, and the former living at Albany. To the union of Frank W. and Almyra F. (Banie) Duncan the following children were born: Luva, died in infancy ; Earl C., a sketch of whose life appears elsewhere in this volume; Edith, at home; Avnes, formerly a well known teacher in Gentry County, now a bookkeeper in Kansas City; Frank Wil- bur, a review of whose life appears in connection with the sketch of the life of Earl C. Duncan; Lucile, a successful teacher in the New Hampton High School; and Wave, graduated from the New Hampton High School where she won a scholarship, now a student in Northwest Missouri State Teacher's College at Maryville.
Mr. Duncan is a Democrat in politics and is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America and the Knights of Phythias lodges. He is a man known for his business efficiency, his capable management of his farm, and his loyalty to the civil ideals of his community.
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Earl Clifford Duncan, the superintendent of public schools in Gentry County, and a well known school man of the state, is a member of an old pioneer family of Missouri. He was born in Athens Township, Jan. 25, 1887, the son of Frank W., and Almyra F. (Banie) Duncan, both now living on their farm six miles east of Albany.
Frank W. Duncan is a native of Gentry County where he was born, July 23, 1859. His grandfather was one of the intrepid and adventurous Kentuckians who came to the state when Missouri was still wild frontier land. To such men is due much of the credit for the rapid development of the Middle West. Almyra F. (Banie) Duncan was born in Xenia, Ohio, and came to Missouri with her parents, James W. Banie and his wife. Mr. Banie is a veteran of the Civil War, having enlisted in Ohio at the age of 18. He now lives at Albany. Both of the sons of Frank W. and Almyra F. (Banie) Duncan enlisted for service in the World War. On both sides of their family there had been soldiers who fought for the country, thus both by family tradition and by their own spirit of loyalty they were impelled into the struggle.
Frank Wilbur Duncan, the fifth child of his parents, a brother of Earl C., the subject of this review, graduated from the Albany High School, and later was a successful teacher. He went to Colorado, where he entered land, but enlisted for service when the United States entered the World War, and was sent to Camp Funston, Kans., for training. From there he went to Camp Kearney, Calif., and was sent overseas in June, 1918, with the replacement troops. There he was assigned to the 28th Division, (Pennsylvania), or the "Iron Division." He participated in the battle of Chateau Thierry, Courmont, Vesle, and was killed in action, Sept. 5, 1918, near Fisnes, France. His body was buried in France, but was later returned to the U. S. and is now buried in Grandview Cemetery, Albany. Mr. Duncan was 21 years old at the time he enlisted, he was therefore but little past boyhood when he made the supreme sacrifice for his country.
Earl C. Duncan was educated in the schools of Gentry County, and at- tended the New Hampton High School. Later he was a student in the Normal School at Stanberry, the State Teachers College at Maryville, and Missouri State University at Columbia. He began his professional career as a teacher in the Linden School of Gentry County, now a part of Consoli- dated District No. 1. He taught several terms in the rural schools, and then was made the principal of the schools at Darlington, later accepting positions as superintendent at Ravenwood, at New Hampton, and at Seneca. His wide experience in these various positions gave him the train- ing that made the basis for his success as a county official. He was elected
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Superintendent of Public Schools of Gentry County in April, 1919, for a term of four years, and has served in a most efficient manner. While he was the superintendent of the schools at New Hampton, the U. S. declared war on the Central Powers, and Mr. Duncan entered the army May, 1918, at Bethany, Mo. He was sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa, for training and was assigned to Company K, 351st Infantry. In June of that year he was trans- ferred to the Officers Training School, Camp Pike, Little Rock, Ark., and was later commissioned second lieutenant. He was afterwards sent to Camp Funston where he remained until he received his discharge from service in December, 1918.
Mr. Duncan is a member of the Knights of Pythias lodge, and is a Royal Arch Mason, and a Knights Templar. He was a charter member of the Donald Holden Post No. 106 of the American Legion at Albany and is the Post Commander. He also holds membership in the Missouri State Teachers Association and the National Educational Association. At the time he entered the army he was the president of the Northwest Missouri High School Association comprising the high schools in 19 counties, and had held that position for two years.
David Amos Wharton, well known farmer and stockman of Wilson Township, Gentry County, was born on July 1, 1873, on the farm where he now lives. The log cabin, which was Mr. Wharton's birthplace, still stands on the farm, and is now used for the storage of corn.
Mark Wharton, the father of D. A. Wharton, was born in Ohio, April 5, 1832. He went to Illinois in his youth, and later located in Iowa. He came to Missouri and settled in Gentry County in 1865. At the time of his death he owned 270 acres of land in Wilson Township, 120 acres of which is now owned by D. A. Wharton. Mark Wharton became a well known farmer and stockman in this community. He married Nancy Jane Gabriel, who was born in Carroll County, and came with her parents to Wilson Township, Gentry County, in her childhood. Her father was one of the early settlers of the township, where he located before the Civil War. Mark Wharton died on July 15, 1911, and Mrs. Wharton died on April 5, 1920. The remains of both are buried in Jennings Cemetery. Their children were: Hannah Mary, the wife of Gabriel Nelson of Mankato, Kans .; D. A., the subject of this sketch; L. A., a farmer in Wilson Town- ship; Katie A., the wife of O. H. Lawrence of Turlock, Calif .; M. E., farm- ing in Wilson Township; Martha J., married to Leonard Pool of Golden, Colo .; and J. E., now living in Colorado.
D. A. Wharton attended school in the Jennings district, and with the exception of a few years, has lived on his present farm all of his life.
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Besides the 120 acres of the home farm, Mr. Wharton owns 50 acres of land in Wilson Township. The farm is located five miles west of Gentry and is well improved, has a good residence, excellent farm buildings, and fine facilities for caring for the stock. Mr. Wharton raises hogs, cattle, horses and mules for sale.
D. A. Wharton was married Jan. 31, 1895 to Zora Armilda Coffey. a daughter of M. H. and Cynthia Jane (Nichols) Coffey. Mr. Coffey was born in Indiana, and served for three years and six month in the Union Army during the Civil War. He married in De Kalb County, Mo., and his wife was a native of that county. Mrs. Coffey died in June, 1910, and her husband died in May, 1915. The remains of both are buried in Jennings Cemetery. Their children were: James M., a farmer in Bogle Township; Ulysses Egbert, living at Alantus Grove; Cora A., the wife of O. F. Gun- ter of Alantus Grove; Dora May, married to Lee Miller of Alantus Grove; Nora Irene, the wife of Albert Redmund of Wilson Township; Zora Armil- da, now Mrs. Wharton; and Ora Belle, married to H. B. Rainey of St. Joseph.
Mrs. Wharton was born and raised in Wilson Township, and attended the schools at Alantus Grove and the Black Oak District. To her union with D. A. Wharton the following children were born: Chester A., married Rosa Pyatt and lives at Alanthus Grove; M. R., married Inez Jennings, and is manager of the Cooperative Poultry House at Alanthus Grove; Lola Jane, the wife of Alva Jennings of Alanthus Grove ; Florella Pearl, married to Ross Erickson of Bogle Township; Milton Mark, married to Rosa Erick- son of Bogle Township; Milton Mark, married Hazel Summa, and lived in Wilson Township; Theodore Roosevelt, Raymond Wayne, John Dale, Char- lie Clifford, and Vera Dorleen, all at home. Mr. and Mrs. Wharton have the following grandchildren: Alethea, Donald, Robert and Virgil Wharton ; Ross Jr., and Wilma Doris Erickson; Gazelle Dorleen and Givanola Jane Jennings ; and Uva May Wharton.
Mr. Wharton has served as a member of the township board for two years, and has been the road overseer for the same time. He is a Repub- lican. Mr. Wharton and his wife are highly esteemed in their community.
Joseph Thomas, now living at Neola, Iowa, is well and favorably known in Stanberry, and is a member of a family that has lived in Gentry County since the early days. Mr. Thomas was born in Shelby County, Iowa, in June, 1885. His parents are William and Elizabeth (Roth) Thomas. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas now live at Stanberry, but formerly resid- ed at Portsmouth, Iowa, for many years.
Joseph Thomas attended school at Portsmouth, Iowa, and began farm-
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ing when he was a young man. He located first in Gentry County, where he operated a farm for more than 20 years. He returned to Iowa in 1917. He is now following the carpenter trade.
Mr. Thomas was married at Stanberry on June 4, 1912, to Dora Heyde, a daughter of Maximilian Heyde, a sketch of whose life appears elsewhere in this volume. Mrs. Thomas was born in Plymouth, Ind., and was educat- ed at Stanberry.
Mr. Thomas is a Democrat in his political views. He is an industrious and capable man, and has the esteem of his fellow citizens at Neola, as well as his old acquaintenances in Gentry County.
George W. Harris, who has been a resident of Gentry County all of his life, was born in Huggins Township Jan. 16, 1871, the son of William and Minerva Jane (Dragoo) Harris.
William Harris was born in Virginia, and came to Missouri about 1865 with his parents, Jonas and Zerelda Harris, both of whom lived to be more than 80 years of age, and died in Gentry County. William W. Harris served in the Comstock Company during the Civil War. He died on his farm in Huggins Township, March 11, 1921, at the age of 78 years. His wife, who was born in Mercer County, now lives in Darlington. Their children were: John, died at the age of five years; Eliza, the wife of James Spainhower of Darlington; Ada, married to Amos Taylor of Merino, Col .; Sarah, married to Charles Pierce; G. W., the subject of this review; Andrew J., living in Huggins Township; W. Albert, residing at Princeton, Mo .; and Frank Edward, living in Bogle Township.
George W. Harris attended the Carmack School in his childhood, and grew up on his father's farm. He moved to his present farm of 145 acres, two miles south of Gentry in Bogle Township, in March, 1902. He has built a new residence, barn, and other farm buildings since he became the owner of the land. He maintains an orchard where he has an excellent variety of fruit, and raises cattle, hogs and sheep.
George W. Harris was married Sept. 25, 1898, to Clara D. Carlock, a daughter of Henry and Susan (Collins) Carlock. Mrs. Carlock died in 1878, and her remains are buried in the Brick Church Cemetery. Mr. Car- lock, now 70 years of age, lives in Huggins Township. Their children were: Clara D., now Mrs. Harris; and Mary, married Frank Harris of Bogle Township. Mr. Carlock was married a second time to Sarah F. Collins. To the union of George W. and Clara D. (Carlock) Harris, the following children were born: Ethel, married George Walker of Bogle Township, and has two children, Arlie and Clifton; Edith married Onis Walker of Huggins Township and has a daughter, Dorris; Henry, now a
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student in the Gentry County High School; and Vernon, died at the age of four years.
Mr. Harris is a capable and industrious man, who is highly esteemed in his neighborhood.
James Gay, deceased, was born in Greenbrier County, W. Va., Dec. 3, 1838. His parents were Andrew and Mary (Gillilan) Gay.
Andrew Gay was a native of Greenbrier County, W. Va., and was born in 1809. When a young man he brought his family to Missouri, set- tling in Jamesport Township, Daviess County, where he became a success- ful farmer and stockman. At the time of his death, Mr. Gay owned 700 acres of land. Upon his arrival in Daviess County, he built a log cabin. Mr. Gay was one of the very early settlers of Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. Gay are both deceased, and are buried in Hill Cemetery, Daviess County. They were the parents of the following children: John, deceased; James, deceased, the subject of this sketch; Samuel, deceased; Robert, deceased ; George, retired farmer, Jamesport; Virginia, deceased.
James Gay was reared on a farm and attended the district schools. He was a farmer and stockman all his life, and one of the leading stock- men of Missouri. Mr. Gay owned 720 acres of well improved land in Daviess County. During the Civil War he enlisted in the Missouri Volun- teer Cavalry and served for one and one-half years.
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