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John H. Sutton died at Bethany, Missouri, December 8, 1920, at the age of seventy-four years, and is buried in the Pythian Cemetery. Herb- ert D. served in Company G., 139th Infantry, 35th Division. He was sent to the Mexican border and was returned here and discharged March, 1917, and was again called to duty during the World War, in May, 1918,
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and was sent to France. He was in the battles of Argonne, St. Mihiel, Meuse and was returned to the United States, June, 1919, after three years of service. He lives in Bethany, Missouri.
J. Cowan, a nephew of Mr. Stockwell, was also in the World War and was on the boat ready to sail overseas when the armistice was signed.
Robert H. Stockwell, another nephew, enlisted in 1916 and was sent to the Mexican border. He was discharged and returned in 1917, and during the World War he was overseas with the 35th Division and was in service three years. He now resides in Bethany.
Mr. Samuel Bob Stockwell is a hustling and enterprising farmer and is known as one of the most successful stockmen of this section. He and his family are well known throughout the county.
Isaac H. Blessing, a prosperous farmer and pioneer citizen of Har- rison County, was born on the farm now owned by Roy Blessing in White Oak Township, December 25, 1864, the son of William C. and Mary C. (Ellis) Blessing. William C. Blessing was a Union soldier during the Civil War and died about 1890 and is buried at White Oak Cemetery, and his wife lives with a son, Roy Blessing, in New Hampton, Missouri.
Mr. and Mrs. William C. Blessing were the parents of the following children: Joseph E., of White Oak Township; Isaac H., the subject of this sketch; W. G., of Butler Township; Vodra, of White Oak Township; Mamie, the wife of Pen Oxford, of Broken Bow, Nebraska; Albert R., of Broken Bow, Nebraska; Stella, the wife of Herbert Wiley, of Broken Bow, Nebraska ; Roy, of New Hampton, and Calvin of White Oak Township.
Isaac H. Blessing was educated in Burton school district and has lived in Harrison County all of his life, fifty-three years of that time in White Oak Township. He bought sixty acres of his present place in 1893 and since that time has added ninety-five acres, making a total of 155 acres in the farm, which is located three miles southeast of New Hampton and was formerly the Wheeler farm. Mr. Blessing has a well improved place now, he having remodeled the residence, built two barns and poultry houses. He does general farming and stock raising.
Mr. Blessing was married April 4, 1887 to Martha E. Miller, a daughter of George and Eliza (Clevenger) Miller, the latter dying about 1911 and who is buried at Mt. Zion Cemetery. George Miller, who is eighty-five years of age, makes his home with his daughter.
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Mr. and Mrs. Miller were the parents of eleven children, as follows: Mrs. Rose Edgar, of New Hampton; John, of New Mexico; Mrs. Blessing ; Mrs. Ella Toombs, of Kansas; Grace, deceased; Mrs. Katie Clark, Albany, Missouri; Bell, deceased; William on the home place; Mrs. Dosia Toombs, of Bethany; Charles and Emily, deceased.
To Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Blessing have been born four children, as fol- lows : Edith, the wife of Gilbert Rogers of David City, Nebraska; Wil- liam Earl, who died in infancy; Evert Eber, who died when twelve years of age; and Herman on the home place with his parents.
Mr. Blessing is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Bethany and is justice of the peace and member of the township board. He was one of the organizers of the Bank of New Hampton and is now a stockholder. Mr. Blessing is an enterprising citizen and representative of the successful type of farmer and stock raiser of this county, and he and his family are highly esteemed in the community.
Charles A. Axline, a well known citizen of Bethany, who has resided here for the past thirty-nine years, and who has been a resident of Missouri for more than fifty years was born in Kentucky September 6, 1853, the son of Jacob and Mary C. (Edmonds) Axline both natives of Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Axline were married in Kentucky and settled in Jackson County, Missouri in 1855, near Hickman Mills. While there, Mr. Axline entered the United States Army as a Union soldier. He was killed near Hickman Mills in 1864, by bushwhackers. He was Captain of Company B, 6th Regiment Missouri Cavalry M. S. M., and was in the Battle at Independence, Missouri. He is buried in Independence, Missouri. His wife died about 1886, in Fairfield, Iowa, where she and her family moved in 1865.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Axline were the parents of the following chil- dren: Henry M., who died in infancy; John, who served in the Civil War; George, who was accidentally killed in Jackson County, Missouri; William D., who was drowned in Tiffin, Ohio, in the flood of 1913; Charles A., the subject of this sketch; Sanford and Thomas, deceased.
Charles A. Axline was educted at Fairfield, Iowa, where he learned the marble cutting business, which he has followed from July, 1868, to the present time. He is an expert in his line of work.
Mr. Axline was married in Cainsville, Missouri, February 15, 1879,
FIRST LIEUT. ARTHUR A. AXLINE
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to Melinda J. Chance, a daughter of John P. Chance. Mr. Chance was a member of Company F, of 23rd Missouri Infantry, during the Civil War. He was mustured out at St. Louis, Missouri and was in all probability murdered while on his way home. To Mr. and Mrs. Axline have been born three children: Myrtle M., the wife of George W. Marshall, a farmer in Saskatchewan, Canada; Maud C., the wife of Joseph A. Bene- dict, of Chicago, Illinois, and Arthur A., born October 27, 1889, at Beth- any, Missouri.
Arthur A. Axline, was educated in the schools of Bethany and was a carriage painter a few years prior to going into service during the World War. He was married at Camp Doniphan, Oklahoma to Leah A. Crouch, and went overseas as 1st lieutenant of Company G, of the 139th Infantry, 35th Division. He acted as Adjutant of the second Bat- talion while overseas, and was later transferred to Company E, and was in command of this company when killed September 28, 1918, in the Argonne Forest. His remains were shipped to Bethany, Missouri, the 23rd of September, 1921, and he was buried with military honors in the Pythian Cemetery at Bethany, Missouri. The Wilson-Axline Post of the American Legion at Bethany is named for Capt. Carlisle Wilson and Lieut. Arthur A. Axline. Arthur Axline was a man of excellent bearing and reputation and stood high among the men of this county.
Charles A. Axline was for eight years a member of the National guards and Captain of Company D, 4th Missouri Infantry. He is a progressive, enterprising and substantial citizen.
Martin V. Toombs, a leading farmer of White Oak Township and proprietor of Pine Grove Farm was born in Trimble County, Kentucky, August 22, 1838, the son of Thomas and Hannah (Bain) Toombs; his father was born May 1, 1813 and his mother was born April 10, 1819. They came to White Oak Township many years ago, driving through and Mr. Toombs walking most of the way. Both are dead and are buried in this county. Their children are: Martin V., the subject of this sketch; Mary E. Cummings, deceased; Emily Jane Rice, deceased; George W., of White Oak Township; Ann Eliza; and William L., deceased; all of the above were born in Trimble County, Kentucky, and three other children: Cornelia Dotson; Thomas, who died in infancy; and Thomas II, were born in Harrison County, Missouri. When the Toombs family located here the
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following old settlers were located in this vicinity: Jerry Youngs, Alfred Peet, John Virden and Hampton Cox. Thomas Toombs entered land here and owned at one time four hundred acres.
Martin V. Toombs grew to manhood on his father's farm and during the Civil War enlisted at Bethany, Missouri, with Company E, 43rd Regi- ment Missouri Volunteers in 1863, and was in service for eight months when he was sent home and in August, 1864, volunteered again and served until the war closed. He was taken prisoner at Glasgow, Missouri, and sent to St. Louis where he was paroled.
Mr. Tombs was married December 27, 1860, to Eliza Jane Foster, a daughter of John and Mary (Malony) Foster of White Oak Township; her parents came here October, 1850, and located on a farm which em- braces the Foster cemetery. Mrs. Toombs was born near Greenville, Tennessee, and was nine years old when they came here. The father was a farmer and spent his life here. The father and mother are buried in Foster Cemetery.
Mr. and Mrs. Toombs have the following children: Jefferson B., who was born October 29, 1861; Martin V., who was born December 13, 1863 and died May 1, 1921; Ann E., the wife of Eugene Swartz, of New Hampton; John J., born February 1, 1869 and died in infancy; Thomas and Mary, twins, the former living in Ridgeway, Missouri, and the latter the widow of James Foltz; Oscar F., born March 20, 1873 and died in infancy ; Oscar Lee, born November 14, 1875 and died at the age of thirteen years; William Franklin, born October 20, 1878 and died in infancy ; Winifred, deceased, born October 11, 1882 and Orpha May, born July 15, 1887 and died at the age of thirteen years; Martin V. Toombs was mar- ried to Bird Fenimore, of White Oak Township and they lived with his father and mother on the home place until his death.
Mr. and Mrs. Toombs have lived on their present farm of 170 acres since the spring of 1866, purchasing the place before the war, at which time it was raw prairie. The farm is well improved and gets its name from the many pine trees which were set out by Mr. Toombs. Mr. and Mrs. Toombs are fine people and have a host of friends throughout the county. Mrs. Toombs was seventy-nine years of age April 26, 1921 and is a very active woman for her age. as she does all of her housework and raises many chickens each year.
Mr. and Mrs. Toombs have seven grandchildren: Clarence Foltz ; Mrs. Grace Tucker, wife of Charles Tucker; Arlene Swartz, and Dorothy
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Swartz, both teachers in Ridgeway; Ruby Swartz, who is a graduate of the New Hampton High School of 1921 class; Thurston Swartz and Orphie May Toombs.
James A. Yates, a leading farmer and extensive land owner of White Oak Township, was born near Gallatin, Daviess County, Missouri, August 26, 1860, the son of Howard L. and Mary Margaret (Bird) Yates. His mother was a native of Daviess County and was reared an orphan. She died November 25, 1875 at the age of thirty-nine years and is buried at Everly Cemetery. Howard L. Yates was born in Rappahannock County, Virginia, November 6, 1836 and came to Missouri when eighteen years of age by boat, leaving the boat below St. Joseph near Weston where he worked for a few years and later he was married in Holt County, Missouri. He then moved to Daviess County, Missouri, and cleared and improved 200 acres of land. He lived there until his death in 1915 and is buried at the Brown Cemetery, at Gallatin, Missouri.
Mr. and Mrs. Yates were the parents of the following children: Mrs. Nancy Glasscock, of Gallatin, Missouri; James A., of this sketch; Mrs. Roma E. Hunter, of Gallatin; John E., deceased, who was a druggist at New Hampton, Missouri ; Mrs. Alpharetta Chamberlain, of Gallatin ; Charles G. on the home place ; and Howard, who is in the marble business at Gallatin.
James A. Yates was educated in the public schools near Gallatin and at the age of twenty began railroading and continued in this work for eleven years, seven years of which time he was conductor. He resigned from railroading at Bentonville, Arkansas, and came to Daviess County, Missouri, where he engaged in farming, purchasing 100 acres of land which he later sold when he came to Harrison County and settled in White Oak Township where he has since lived on his present farm of 160 acres ; this farm was the old home place of J. W. Corell who moved here in 1876.
Besides this land, Mr. Yates owns 485 acres in White Oak and Butler townships. There are three sets of improvements on his farms, and the residence on the home place is a fine old farm house with beautiful ever- green trees in the yard, and the name of the place is "Evergreen" which is derived from the trees that were set out in the yard about thirty-eight years ago, Mr. Corell planting them on account of his boyhood home in Virginia being among the evergreens. Mr. Yates is an extensive feeder of cattle and hogs and has fattened as many as four car loads each year.
Mr. Yates has a wide acquaintance and at one time was a candidate
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for judge of the southern district of Harrison County, running on the Democratic ticket, but was defeated. He is connected with the Farmers Bank of New Hampton.
January 19, 1898, Mr. Yates was married to Ada Virginia Corell, a daughter of J. W. and Mary (Sexton) Corell. Her father was born in Tazewell County, Virginia, September 19, 1831 and came to Missouri in the fall of 1876 and settled, first on the Polk Davis farm in White Oak Township, and eighteen months later on the place where Mr. and Mrs. Yates now live. He was one of the organizers of the Farmers Bank of New Hampton and was its president at the time of his death. He served three years in the Confederate army and was with Pickett's division in General Lee's army at the time of surrender. Mrs. Yates has the re- volver he used and a desk he made and carried while in service. Besides being a farmer, Mr. Corell was a carpenter and was an excellent mechanic. He died December 5, 1902 and his wife, who was born in Smith County, Virginia, October 17, 1858, died March 13, 1913 and both are buried in Shady Grove Cemetery. Their children were Amanda and Robert Lee, the latter dying in infancy. Mrs. Yates was born in Tazewell County, Vir- ginia, where she also received her education.
Mr. and Mrs. Yates have six children: Mary Margaret, the wife of Garland Arthur, of White Oak Township; James Carl, Iva Jean, Charles Bird and Georgia Clingan, all at home.
Mr. Yates and family are well known in this community, and are well respected, useful and substantial citizens.
Corp. Lemuel Alvin Parks, who was with the famous 35th Division during the World War and who is well known in this community, was born in Butler Township, May 8, 1894, the son of Marvin Elmer and Laura Bell (Stratton) Parks, who live on the home place in Butler Township. His mother was born in Butler Township and his father is a native of Gentry County. They are the parents of the following children: Lemuel Alvin, the subject of this sketch; Benjamin F., of Albany, Missouri; Elmer Olin, of Butler Township; Ina May, Irvin Roscoe and Freeman Earl, all at home.
Corp. Lemuel Alvin Parks was educated in the public schools and attended the New Hampton High School and after finishing his education he assisted in farming at home until he enlisted, May 20, 1917, and was
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sent to Camp Doniphan, Oklahoma. After seven months' training there, he went to Camp Mills, New York and was sent overseas April 14, 1918, landing at Liverpool, England, and going from there to Romsey, Eng- land, where he remained for about twenty days, and then sailed from South Hampton for La Havre, France. He spent two months at Monchey, France, and then was sent to the Alsace Lorraine sector, where they had the first engagement and he was in the trenches about sixty days at different times. He was taken prisoner at Meuse Argonne, September 29, 1918, while holding a brush thicket that was surrounded by Germans. Word had been sent to them to retreat but the messenger was killed. Corporal Parks was released December 8, 1918. In the Meuse-Argonne, only sixty-nine men out of 240 in Company G of the 139th Infantry were checked up.
Mr. Parks returned to the United States April 14, 1919, one year after going over and was mustered out at Camp Funston, May 8, 1919, after service of nearly two years. Since returning he was with the New Hampton Hardware Company for one year, but since July, 1920, he has been a mail carrier on R. F. D. No. 2 out of New Hampton.
Mr. Parks was married August 28, 1921 at Pattensburg, Missouri, to Mabel E. Clark. She was born in Washington Township, Harrison County, Missouri, and is the daughter of Alfred E. and Anna Clark, who reside on their farm on the western outskirts of New Hampton. Mrs. Parks received her education in the district schools and in 1919 she graduated from the New Hampton schools. Mrs. Parks then taught two years at Ricetown, Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. Parks are now residing at their home in White Oak Township one-fourth mile south of New Hampton.
Mr. Parks is a fine young man, who served his country well and who has a bright and promising future. He is energetic and progressive and will make a success in life.
W. Arthur Denny, the senior member of the firm of Denny and Jones of New Hampton, who conduct one of the leading stores of this city, is well known in the county, having been in business here for the past four- teen years. Mr. Denny is a graduate of Central Christian College, having finished in 1900, and, after graduation, he taught school in this county, prior to spending three years in Chicago in the general offices of the Burlington railroad. Following this work, he returned to New Hampton and entered the hardware and furniture business with a $4,200.00 stock, the firm being known as Magee & Denny at that time, but later was suc-
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ceeded by Denny and Hesseltine, and which is now known as Denny and Jones.
From the first the business was successful, trade grew, and now the department store is one of the most complete and large stocks in north Missouri, the firm having gradually added different departments until at the present time, complete lines are carried in twelve departments, con- sisting of dry goods, shoes, clothing, ladies' ready-to-wear, groceries, hard- ware, paints, queensware, gents' furnishings, rugs, carpets, etc. The store has a large frontage of 195 feet, the floor space comprising 19,800 feet, which includes basement, main floor and balcony. All of the depart- ments are thoroughly stocked, neatly kept and up-to-date.
W. Arthur Denny was married October 25, 1904, to Margaret Samp- son of Albany, Missouri, a daughter of Lewis Sampson and wife. Mrs. Denny was born, reared and educated in Albany. Mr. and Mrs. Denny have one child, Charles Lewis, aged eleven years. Mr. Denny takes an active part in the affairs of New Hampton and is a member of three lodges: Knights of Pythias, Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Masonic.
Charles W. Jones of this firm, who also has a wide acquaintance in this vicinity, was born near Martinsville, Missouri, but moved to Okla- homa with his parents, James Jones and wife, when a boy and was reared and educated there. After finishing college, he began his business career as a clerk in a hardware store, but soon returned to New Hampton, where he was engaged in the hardware business with his brother, Roe Jones, and C. G. Chipp, continuing with this firm for about three years, when the present firm of Denny and Jones was organized.
Mr. Jones married Minnie Jane Pierce of Lawton, Oklahoma, and they have one daughter, Mary Jane.
Mr. Jones belongs to the Knights of Pythias, Independent Order of Odd Fellows and is also a Mason and a Shriner.
By good management and fair dealing, Messrs. Denny and Jones have built up an extensive business, and have a host of friends throughout the county. Their ideas are progressive, both supporting every movement for the welfare of New Hampton.
Robert E. Maples, cashier of the Bank of New Hampton, at New Hampton, Missouri, is thoroughly qualified for the important and re- sponsible position which he holds. He has been a stockholder of this institution since its organization and is also a director at the present
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time. He was born near Bolton, Missouri, January 26, 1877, the son of John and Anna (Howerton) Maples; his father was a native of Indiana and his mother was born in Knox County, Missouri, and they were mar- ried near Bolton, Missouri, but came to this county about 1857 and settled in Fox Creek, later moving to Ridgeway, about 1882, where he engaged in farming until his death in August, 1918; his wife died two days later. They were the parents of the following children: Walter, of Ridgeway, Missouri, and Robert E., the subject of this sketch.
Robert E. Maples received his education in the Hunt school and fol- lowed farming until 1919 in White Oak Township, when he sold his farm and moved to New Hampton. He has filled the office of justice of the peace of this township and in 1919 was elected assistant cashier of the Bank of New Hampton and on August 1, 1921 he became cashier, an office which he very capably and efficiently fills.
August 8, 1900, Mr. Maples was married to Orpha C. Young, a daughter of F. B. Young, deceased, and Casandra (Magee) Young; her mother lives one mile south of New Hampton and is eighty-four years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Young were the parents of the following children: Jane, who lives with her mother on the home place; Colfax, of Wall Lake, Iowa; Harvey, of Oklahoma City; Reverend Chester, a minister of the M. E. church; Susie, the wife of L. D. Dailey; Garner, of New Hampton; and Asa, of Oklahoma City.
Mrs. Robert E. Maples died October 28, 1915 at the age of thirty- three at her home in White Oak Township and is buried at Foster Cemetery.
Mr. and Mrs. Maples were the parents of two children: Garland and Helen, who live with their grandmother, Mrs. F. B. Young.
Mr. Maples stands high in this community and has many friends. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Bethany, Missouri.
The Bank of New Hampton was established in 1909 with a capital stock of $10,000.00 and with J. W. Kavanaugh acting as the first president and John H. Ross the first cashier. The building in which the bank does business was constructed in 1909 and is owned by the bank. The capital stock has been increased to $15,000.00; the surplus is $5,000.00, and the deposits are $85,000.00. The present officers are N. D. Lindsey, presi- dent; Roy D. Lindsey, vice-president ; R. E. Maples, cashier ; H. G. Bloom- field, assistant cashier, and W. Johnson, W. J. Cooper, Frank Swartz, Albert Miles and J. F. Gibson, directors.
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Joseph Wright, a well known retired farmer and veteran of the Civil War, who lives in New Hampton, Missouri, was born in Puloski County, Virginia, August 1, 1845, the son of Lorenzo Dow and Margaret (Brook- man) Wright. Lorenzo Wright died in Indiana, August 1856, and his wife died one and one-half miles southwest of Eagleville, in 1878. Mr. and Mrs. Lorenzo Wright were the parents of the following children: John of Washington Center; Sebastia of Cheyenne, Wyoming; Joseph, the subject of this sketch; and Mrs. Julia Ann Becklehammer, Mrs. Ferbie Zimmerman, Mrs. Sarah Burnett, Emmaline A. Robbins, Melinda, and Mary Davis all deceased.
Joseph Wright was educated in the public schools of Indiana and in McFall district school in this county. During the Civil War he enlisted in August, 1864, in Company E of the 43rd Missouri Infantry under Captain Sutton, and was in the Battle at Glasgow, Missouri, where he was taken prisoner with six hundred others, including James Neville, ex-sheriff of this county, whose sketch also appears in this volume. Mr. Wright was paroled and sent to Brownsville, Missouri and then sent to St. Louis, Missouri, where he reentered service.
Joseph Wright was married in 1866, to Mary McHenry of Eagle- ville, who died in 1878. They were the parents of two children: Melissa May, the widow of John Sherrell of Washington Township; and Sarah Josephine, the wife of Ulysses Donaldson of St. Joseph, Missouri. Mr. Wright married a second time in 1880 to Mary Smith, a daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Jowett) Smith, who came to Harrison County from Johnstown, Pennsylvania in 1867, and engaged in farming here. Joseph Smith died about 1887, and his wife died in January, 1881, and both are buried at Wesley Chapel. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Smith were the parents of the following children: Skirrow, deceased; Abraham of Wash- ington Township; Samuel, deceased; all three of whom are veterans of the Civil War, enlisting from Indiana County, Pennsylvania, with Company F, of the 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry; Mrs. Wright, of this sketch; George of Washington Township; John of Washington Township; and Sarah E. Graham of Washington Township.
Mr. Wright has twelve grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
Mr. and Mrs. Wright moved to New Hampton in August, 1918, after farming in Washington Township for fifty-two years. They are well known and highly respected citizens of Harrison County.
MR. AND MRS. JOSEPH WRIGHT
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Elijah Albert Carter, an interesting pioneer of Gentry County, Mis- souri, who, for many years was prominently identified with the develop- ment of this county, and who is now living a retired life at New Hanipton, was born January 13, 1846, the son of Vineent and Patience (Glendenning) Carter.
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