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Hugh Markey was married to Anna M. Reilly, of Daviess County, June 27, 1880. Mr. and Mrs. Markey have seven children, all of whom
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graduated from the Wichita, Kansas, High School and the Sisters' School of that place. The children are: Rose E., a teacher in the business college at Wichita, Kansas; Leo T., now with the Home Deposit Trust Company at Independence, Missouri; Bessie Elizabeth, married to A. F. Adams, an architect of unusual ability, working with a Chicago, Illinois, firm; Hugh F., a student for two years some time since in Kansas University, and now with the Exchange State Bank at Burns, Kansas, married Gladys Brady, of Independence, Kansas; Mary E., now Mrs. A. C. Gillespie, of Wichita, Kansas; John P., connected with the Exchange State Bank at Wichita, Kansas, married Regina Reilly, of Wichita, Kansas; and Irene, a graduate in domestic science from the Wichita College, and now doing laboratory work in Wichita.
Hugh F. Markey enlisted for service in the World War, but was re- jected because of his eyesight. After special effort he was accepted and, because of his excellent book work while in the army, was given a com- mission of second lieutenant.
Mr. and Mrs. Markey have three grandchildren: Mary C. Gillespie, Robert Hugh and Leo Thomas Markey and Dorothy Adams.
Mr. Markey has a home in Wichita, Kansas, where he spends the winters. He is justly esteemed both in his Kansas place of residence and in his Missouri home. He is one of the influential and reliable citizens of his community.
Benjamin S. Hagerty, proprietor of White Elm Stock Farm and prom !- nent farmer of Sugar Creek Township, was born in Sangamon County, Illinois, February 18, 1851, the son of H. L. and Elizabeth (Jordan) Hagerty.
H. L. Hagerty came to Missouri in 1855, driving overland to Harrison County, where he entered 320 acres of land and improved it. The Gilman City Cemetery is located on this land. Mr. Hagerty died on his farm in 1862 and is buried in Mitchell Cemetery. His wife, who died in 1891, is buried in the same cemetery.
To H. L. and Elizabeth (Jordan) Hagerty the following children were born: Martha, who married Thomas Elwood and died in Arkansas; Jonathan, who died in Vicksburg, Mississippi, while serving in the United States Army; J. A., who died on the home place; James, who died on the home place at the age of forty-seven; Nancy, who married William Taylor and died in Fremont, Nebraska; Benjamin S., the subject of this sketch;
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Susan, who died on the home place; Otis, a railroad man, who died in St. Joseph ; Charles, who died in Red Oak, Missouri; and Alice, who married J. T. Endicott and died in Fremont, Nebraska.
Benjamin S. Hagerty was educated in the public schools of Harrison County and has lived here all of his life. He bought the eighty acres of land one-half mile east of Gilman City where he now lives, and by inheri- tance received forty acres more. He has improved his land himself, build- ing his house in a millet patch. He has two barns and a large stock shed and other well kept farm buildings. He does general farming and stock- raising, in which vocations he has been very successful.
Mr. Hagerty was married to Ellen Knight, July 3, 1874. Mrs. Hagerty died in 1886, leaving two children: Maude, now the wife of Joe McGaffey, of Gordon, Nebraska ; and Charles Otis, who lives on the home place. Mr. Hagerty was married the second time to Mrs. Sarah Campbell, whose maiden name was Harper. She is a native of Kentucky. Mrs. Sarah H. (Campbell) Hagerty has three children: Joseph, who lives in Kansas City, Missouri ; Fred, now living in Scott's Bluff, Nebraska; and Clare, the wife of Artie Speedleburg, of Tacoma, Washington.
Mr. Hagerty is a substantial citizen and deservedly stands high in the estimation of his friends and acquaintances.
James H. Joyce, a leading and well known farmer of Cypress Town- ship and member of a pioneer family of Harrison County, was born on the farm where he now lives, October 2, 1870, the son of W. W. and Sarah (McKibbon) Joyce. W. W. Joyce came to Missouri from Ohio in 1856, but returned to Ohio and lived there until 1865, when he again came to Harrison County and settled in Cypress Township, where Mr. Joyce did general farming and dealt extensively in stock and at the time of his death in 1894, owned 500 acres of land. Mrs. Joyce died in 1891 and both she and her husband are buried in Burris Cemetery.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Joyce were the parents of the following chil- dren: Cornelia J. Barlow, of Springfield, Colorado; R. J., of Bridgeport, Missouri; James H., the subject of this sketch; George K., of Bethany, Missouri ; and Mary Maude Abbott, of Kansas.
James H. Joyce received his education in the district school of Cypress Township and attended the Pattonsburg High School two terms and has made his home in Cypress Township all of his life. He has owned the
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home farm of 120 acres since 1896, but has added land to his farm until he now owns 280 acres where he lives and he also owns forty-five acres east of Bridgeport and a farm near Coffey, Missouri, making a total of 361 acres in his possession. Mr. Joyce does general farming and raises cattle and hogs. He has a registered Shorthorn bull and keeps Poland China hogs. The farm is well improved with a good two-story, six room residence, two barns for stock and other buildings.
Mr. Joyce was married December 15, 1920 to Stella Skinner, a daughter of W. H. and Sarah Skinner. Mrs. Skinner lives in Bethany, but her husband died in 1914 and is buried in Bethany.
Mr. Joyce is a progressive and enterprising citizen and he is well and favorably known in Harrison County.
Willis O. Black, a prominent farmer of Sugar Creek Township, Har- rison County, was born in this township, February 9, 1869, the son of Albert R. and Cornelia (McCammon) Black.
Albert R. Black was born in Kentucky, but came to Missouri in the early days. He was a teamster in the Union Army during the Civil War, but was not listed. He died October 12, 1912, and is buried in Coon Creek Cemetery. His wife, Cornelia (McCammon) Black, died in October, 1869, and is also buried in Coon Creek Cemetery. Their only child was Willis O. Black, the subject of this sketch. Albert R. Black was married the second time to Elizabeth Turner, of Bethany, Missouri, and they had the following children: Lockey, Zula, Robert, Glenwood and Fines.
Cornelia (McCammon) Black was the daughter of the Rev. William McCammon, a pioneer Baptist preacher in northwest Missouri. He was born in Clay County, Kentucky, January 4, 1811, and came to Missouri in 1837, settling in Grundy County, then Livingston County, where he continued to live until his death, August 13, 1893. He entered the land upon which his grandson, the subject of this sketch, now lives, and at the time of his death owned land in Grundy, Daviess and Harrison Coun- ties. He organized the Mount Pleasant Baptist Church in Harrison County, helped organize the West Fork Association and was one of the moderators of the association for nine consecutive years. He was called upon often to preach the annual sermon, and throughout his life was one of the prominent men of the county both in religious and in civic affairs.
Willis O. Black was educated in the public schools of Harrison County, (24)
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his first teacher being Mrs. Melvin Buren at Hagerty School District. He has made his home on his present farm since 1897. He owns 2801/2 acres of land a mile east of Gilman City in Sugar Creek Township. He does general farming and stock raising. For the past three years he has done his plowing and run his binder with a Fordson tractor. His farm is well kept and shows the effect of his progressive methods.
Willis O. Black was married to Nettie L. Payne, a daughter of James and Laura (Devorss) Payne, October 25, 1896. Mrs. Black's father, James Payne, was born in Kokomo, Indiana, and now lives in Gilman City. Her mother, Laura (Devorss) Payne, was born in Daviess County and died at the age of thirty. She is buried in Antioch Cemetery, Daviess County. To James and Laura (Devorss) Payne the following children were born: Anna Alberta, deceased in infancy; Orville, deceased in in- fancy ; Nettie L., wife of the subject of this sketch; and Lura L., the wife of John Kern, of Gilman City.
To Willis O. and Nettie L. (Payne) Black the following children were born: Cliva, now on the home place with her husband, Roy Norris, who was in the United States Army from July, 1918, to February, 1919, sta- tioned at Camp Funston and at Baltimore, Maryland, with the Tenth Di- vision, Ambulance Company No. 237; Laura, now Mrs. Bernice Puls, of Sherman Township; Lucille, a teacher in the public schools at Gilman, Missouri; Virgil, a student in the Gilman City High School; Vincen, died at the age of nine months; and Maxine.
Mr. Black is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is one of the substantial citizens of Harrison County, standing high in the esteem of his community.
Otho Powell Nisbeth, reliable young proprietor of the Nisbeth Motor Company in Gilman City, Missouri, was born in Bevier, Missouri, April 30, 1899, the son of J. W. and Ora (Powell) Nisbeth.
Both J. W. Nisbeth and his wife were born and reared in Bevier. Mr. Nisbeth is at present in the real estate business, with which he has been connected for several years. Before he took up his present work he was an extensive dealer in hardware, conducting stores at Bevier, Stanberry, Callao, Brunswick and Noving, Missouri. In May, 1920, he and his son established the Nisbeth Motor Company in Gilman City. The company has a building 50x100 feet, which affords space for the excellent business.
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The firm has done a good business in the sale of Ford cars, Fordson trac- tors, and in the handling of all kinds of repair work.
Otho Powell Nisbeth received his education in Bevier, graduating from the Bevier High School in 1918. After his graduation he conducted a garage in Bevier, and received the training for his present position. He came to Gilman City and bought out the interest which his father held in the Nisbeth Motor Company in January, 1921.
Otho Powell Nisbeth is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons in Gilman City. He is a promising young man whose business success is fully established.
Dr. M. J. Quinlan, an able and prominent dentist of Gilman, Missouri, was born in Nodaway County, Missouri, October 3, 1881, the son of John and Margaret Quinlan. Mrs. Margaret Quinlan lives in Maryville, Mis- souri, and her husband is dead.
Dr. M. J. Quinlan was educated in the University of Illinois, and was graduated in 1905 in dentistry, and opened an office in Gilman, Missouri, the same year, where he has since practiced.
During the World War Doctor Quinlan enlisted July 30, 1917, and was in the Dental Corps, stationed at Oglethorpe, Georgia. He was mus- tered out at that place January 5, 1920, and returned to Gilman. He was promoted to captain in March, 1920, and is now in the Dental Reserve Corps.
Doctor Quinlan was married in 1906 to Myrtle Clayton, who has been in the War Risk Department service since March, 1920, and who will not be released until in July, 1921. She is stationed at Washington, District of Columbia. Doctor and Mrs. Quinlan have a daughter, Margaret.
Doctor Quinlan is a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He is a progressive type of man and has an excellent practice. He has always taken a commendable interest in the affairs of Gilman and has many friends here.
W. D. Haines, a progressive and well known merchant of Gilman, Missouri, who is in the furniture and undertaking business, was born in Sugar Creek Township, January 25, 1877, the son of Walker P. and Nancy Haines. Mrs. Nancy Haines died in 1878 and her husband is living at Gilman, Missouri, at the age of seventy-five years. He was born in In-
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diana and came to Missouri when twelve years of age, and during the Civil War was in the Missouri State Militia. He owned and improved a farm near Gilman, Missouri.
Mr. and Mrs. Walker P. Haines were the parents of the following children: Minerva, the wife of B. F. Dewitt, of Gilman; Moses E., of Winnipeg, Canada ; Thomas, deceased ; Hattie, the wife of W. G. Davisson, of Gilman ; W. D., the subject of this sketch.
By a later marriage of Mr. Haines he had the following children: Osa, the wife of Allen Bowen, of California; Carrie, deceased; Joseph W .. of Colorado; and James W., of Salt Lake City, Utah.
W. D. Haines was educated in the public schools and for the past twenty years has been in business in Gilman, Missouri. He was in the drug business for five years, and for fifteen years has conducted his present establishment, having purchased same from Haghson and Carter. He owns a corner building, 33x100 feet, and carries an extensive line of merchandise. He has a fine stock, well displayed and has a splendid trade. Mr. and Mrs. Haines are both licensed embalmers.
Mr. Haines was married September 2, 1912, to Minta B. Morris, a daughter of James F. and Irene Morris. Mr. Morris died in 1918 and Mrs. Morris is now living in Gilman. Mrs. Haines was born in Daviess County, Missouri, and received her education in the public schools there.
Mr. and Mrs. Haines conduct their business without any assistance, and they have an extensive acquaintance throughout the county.
Mr. Haines is a member of the Masonic Lodge, also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias lodges, and both Mr. and Mrs. Haines are members of the Order Eastern Star.
James L. Slatten, an excellent citizen and successful farmer of Sher- man Township, was born in this township, March 24, 1860, the son of Tyre and Julia (Coy) Slatten, both deceased. Tyre Slatten was a native of Kentucky, but located in Illinois for a few years and came here in 1856. He moved to Arkansas twenty years prior to his death in 1914. His wife died in Sherman Township in 1919 and both are buried in Miriam Cemetery, Bethany, Missouri. Lewis Coy, the grandfather of James L. Slatten, came to Harrison County from Indiana in the fifties and settled in Sherman Township, but later moved to Bethany Township, where he died.
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Mr. and Mrs. Tyre Slatten were parents of the following children: Mrs. Anna Hilliard, deceased; James L., the subject of this sketch; Mrs. Lizzie Low, of Texas; Charles, whose address is unknown; Mrs. Ruth Stout, of Colorado; and Amon, of Maryville, Missouri.
James L. Slatten was educated at Hickory School and his first teacher was Alice Goodell. He moved to his present farm, which he bought from his father, in 1887, and he also owns 180 acres of the home place. Mr. Slatten's farm is well improved with one and one-half story residence, good barn, silo, garage, poultry houses, and other buildings. When Mr. Slatten moved here, the farm was in hazel and buck brush, and hickory and oak trees and without fence, except the east eighty, which had been plowed. Mr. Slatten does general farming and stock raising and keeps a good grade of stock, which consists of registered males Hereford cattle and Duroc Jersey sows with Poland China male.
Mr. Slatten was married in February, 1883, to Rosetta Bartlett, a daughter of Nathan and Elizabeth Bartlett, of Ridgeway, Missouri, and died October, 1918, at the age of fifty-six years, and is buried at Bethany, Missouri. Mrs. Slatten was born near Bethany, Missouri. To Mr. and Mrs. Slatten were born seven children: Lizzie, the wife of Bert Guyman, of Bethany, Missouri; Nathan, of Cypress Township; Essie, the wife of Cliff Selby, of Bethany; Edith, the wife of Forest White, who lives in Kansas; Harlan, of Sherman Township; and Amon and Elva, who live at home. The following are the grandchildren: Deloris, Victor, Roscoe and Bedonna Guyman; Albert and William Slatten; Ellen and Gerald White, and Don Selby.
Mr. Slatten has filled the office on the township board of Sherman Township and is widely and favorably known in this part of the county.
Welcome E. Osborn, a successful farmer of Sherman Township, and proprietor of Shady Home Farm, was born in Decatur County, Indiana, May 3, 1857, the son of Joseph C. and Harriett (Hazen) Osborn. The latter was a cousin of Judge Hazen, of Topeka, Kansas. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Osborn located in Daviess County, near Bancroft, in 1870, where they both died, and are buried at Pilot Grove Baptist Church. Joseph Osborn died at the age of eighty-seven years and his wife when seventy years of age.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Osborn were the parents of the following chil-
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dren: Mrs. Caroline Henderson, of Gilman, Missouri; Corra, of Gilman. Missouri ; J. W., of Redding, Iowa ; Mrs. Tamson T. Hendricks, of Billings, Oklahoma; Welcome E., the subject of this sketch; Cyrus, of Texas; Mrs. Roletta Patterson, of Gilman, Missouri ; Mrs. Mary Barngrove, of Gilman, Missouri; John, of St. Joseph, Missouri; Mrs. Lizzie Guinn, of Gilman; Charles, of Gilman. Ira Osborn, the oldest child, died when thirteen years of age, and Rosetta, a twin of Mrs. Patterson, died when three years old.
Welcome E. Osborn was educated in the schools of Daviess County and lived there until 1882, when he bought eighty acres in Sherman Township, where his residence is now located. He later added 180 acres, and recently sold forty acres to his son, Paul V. Osborn. The residence is six miles east of Bethany, and is modern throughout. All of the improve- ments were put on the farm by Mr. Osborn, which cinsists of two barns and other good buildings, and the water is piped from a pond to the west pasture and there are five wills, including two on his son's place.
Welcome Osborn was married December 19, 1880, to Sylvia A. Moulin, a daughter of Peter and Isabell (Culp) Moulin, both early residents of Daviess County, Missouri. Mr. Moulin was in the Missouri State Militia during the Civil War. He died at the age of sixty-six years, his wife died when eighty-four years old, and both are buried at Hill Cemetery in Daviess County.
Mr. and Mrs. Moulin were the parents of the following children: Anderson, lives in Daviess County ; Louis, of Gilman, Missouri ; Mrs. Mary L. Dawson, deceased; Mrs. Martha J. Lierley, deceased; Mrs. Osborn ; Mrs. Lura A. Meek, of Blue Ridge, Missouri ; John F. : Sylvester P .; Charlie A., and Emera L., the last four named live in Daviess Count, and their postoffice is Gilman.
Mr. and Mrs. Osborn had two children: Lura Roletta, who was born November 12, 1881, and died February 27, 1911 ; and Paul V., born Novem- ber 7, 1892, and lives on the home farm. He married Alma J. Foster, a daughter of Green Foster, of Bethany Township, and they have a daugh- ter, Beula Lurola. Lura Loretta Osborn married George D. Gates, and they were the parents of a son, Daniel G., who lives with his father in Daviess County, Missouri.
Welcome E. Osborn is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America and the Woodmen of the World lodges. Mr. and Mrs. Osborn are mem- bers of the Missionary Baptist Church at Gilman, Missouri, also his son, Paul V., and wife, as was his daughter, Lura Loretta. The Osborn family
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have been identified with the Baptist Church for five generations and Welcome E. Osborn has always been active in church work.
Mr. Osborn has turned the active management of the place over to his son, Paul V., who carries on general farming and stock raising. He raises registered Durham cattle.
Vincent B. Brandom, a prominent farmer and breeder of Adams Town- ship and proprietor of Clover Crest Stock Farm, was born in Albany, Colorado, September 24, 1887, the son of S. W. and Etta Lura (Boyce) Brandom. Mrs. S. W. Brandom, who was a daughter of Daniel D. Boyce, died in Gallatin in May, 1918. Daniel D. Boyce was a pioneer of Sherman Township and entered land there, and at the time of his death, which occurred when he was sixty-four years of age, he owned 600 acres of land in Sherman and Adams townships. S. W. Bandom is now living at Gallatin, Missouri. He and his wife were the parents of the following children : Vincent B., Ralph W., of Jamesport, Missouri; Charles D., of Gallatin, Missouri; and Lena, of Gallatin, Missouri.
Vincent Brandom was educated at Grand River College at Gallatin, Missouri, and for the past twelve years has been engaged in farming. He owns eighty acres and operates 320 additional acres in Sherman Town- ship. He is a breeder of Duroc Jersey hogs, and the head of the herd, "Walt's Orion Colonel," came from Ira Jackson's herd in Ohio. He also has a sow by "Pathmaster" bred in Algona, Iowa .. Mr. Brandom has 200 head of registered hogs on his farm and twenty-four brood sows. He is one of the most successful breeders in the county, and conducts a yearly sale.
Mr. Brandom was married June 11, 1909, to Loie E. Jamison, a daugh- ter of J. T. and Emma L. (Palmer) Jamison, of St. Joseph, Missouri. J. T. Jamison is a retired farmer and well known in Buchanan County. Mrs. Brandom was born at Gower, Missouri, and educated at Hardin College at Mexico, Missouri, and finished a course of music and expression at Curry School in Boston, Massachusetts. Mr. and Mrs. Brandom have two sons : V. Boyce, Jr., and Allen J.
Mr. Brandom is a member of the Knights of Pythias at Bethany, Missouri, and is secretary of the Harrison Farm Bureau, having held this office since its organization in 1918.
Mrs. Brandom owns forty acres of land in Buchanan County, Mis-
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souri, and is a stockholder in Swift's Packing Company and the United Steel Corporation.
For the past three years Mr. Brandon has operated his farm with a Moline Universal tractor, plowing, planting and cultivating and harvest- ing with this tractor, which takes the place of six horses. Mr. Brandom is progressive and enterprising, and one of the substantial citizens of Harrison County.
John L. Youngs, of Cypress Township, one of the well known and de- pendable farmers of this section, was born in Hardin County, Ohio, July 7, 1845, the son of William H. and Love (Salmon) Youngs. William Youngs came to Harison County, Missouri, in 1847 and settled in Cypress Township on a farm which is now owned by J. W. Joyce. He died at the age of ninety-four years and is buried in Hatton Cemetery. His wife died when ninety-three years old.
Mr. and Mrs. William Youngs were the parents of the following chil- dren: Mrs. Hannah Hatton, deceased; Thomas, who died in California; William, deceased; John L., the subject of this sketch; Mrs. Susan Carter, deceased; Mary E. Vandevort, of Cypress Township; Mrs. Pauline Rice, deceased; Mrs. Sarah Ray and Ben L., of Cypress Township.
John L. Youngs was educated in Cypress Township in Young's dis- trict and the school house was built by his father. Mr. Youngs enlisted at St. Louis, Missouri, in 1862, in Company E of the 23rd Missouri In- fantry and served two years and eight months in the Civil War. He was only seventeen years old when he enlisted and ran away from home. He was shot in the right hand, three fingers being broken, in the battle of Atlanta, Georgia, and he was with Sherman on his March to the Sea. He saw service in many battles and skirmishes, and in fact was in all the battles of the 3rd Division of the 14th Army Corps. He was mustered out at St. Louis, Missouri, July 18, 1865 and returned home. In 1873, Mr. Youngs was married to Sarah Hatton, a native of Cypress Township and daughter of John J. and Mary (Hunt) Hatton. Mrs. Youngs died in 1907 and is buried in Hatton Cemetery.
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Youngs were the parents of the following chil- dren: George Edwards Hatton, on the home place, who married Dora Henry, of Cypress Township, and who has a son, John L. Youngs, Jr .; Mack Hatton, deceased, who married Anna Plymel, and who left two chil- dren, Vetrus and De Young; May, who died at the age of thirteen years;
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Clyde, of Cypress Township, who married Loren Hill and they have four children, Goldie, Lester, Donald L., and Luther R.
Mr. Youngs is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic at Coffey, Missouri, and is the only surviving Civil War veteran of Cypress Town- ship.
Mr. Youngs owns 150 acres, where he has made his home for the past forty-seven years and his present residence has been built for thirty years. Mr. Youngs is one of the substantial citizens of this county and has a host of friends.
Robinson H. Gale, now deceased, was a prominent and prosperous farmer of Sherman Township and was born in Lake County, Illinois, Au- gust 21, 1857, the son of E. W. and Olive Relief (Harrison) Gale. Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Gale came to Missouri in 1869 from Illinois and settled on the farm which was owned by Robinson H. Gale. The farm consists of 320 acres, and is located five miles east and one mile south of Bethany, Missouri. E. W. Gale died here in June, 1897, and his wife died March 16, 1911. Mr. Gale was postmaster at Thomas, a postoffice which was on his farm and which was established through his efforts.
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