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Mary Frances England was married to George England in 1855. The brothers and sisters of George England were: Lloyd England, Mrs. Jane Linville, Mrs. Nancy Miller, Mrs. Matilda Planck, and James England, all deceased.
Mr. and Mrs. George England moved to Martinsville on a farm shortly after their marriage and their children were born and reared on this place, which consisted of 200 acres. Their children are: Clayborn, of Geary, Oklahoma; David, who died in 1915; James, a farmer in Dallas Township; John, of Bethany, Missouri; Marcy C., who lives with her
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mother in Bethany, and who was educated in the schools of Dallas Town- ship; Joseph, of Phoenix, Arizona; Beffie, the wife of Jesse Frank, of Bethany, Missouri; Orley, of Bethany, Missouri, and an infant son, de- ceased.
Mrs. England has an excellent memory and recalls many of the old settlers, also interesting incidents of pioneer days. She attended her first school in a small pole or log house on Buck Run, and says that this house was so small that it looked like a children's playhouse. Miles Jennings was her first teacher and her next school was a log building just north of Allen Park. Meetings were held at the cabin home of David Buck and the first court that Mrs. England remembers was held here; was also held in his cabin. Her uncle, John S. Allen, was instrumental in starting religious meetings here.
Mrs. England has the following grandchildren: Lloyd and Doak Eng- land, Mrs. Altha Scott, Mrs. Abbie Burris, Muriel Nancy, Carl, James, David, Don, Alma, Alice, John, Cloyd, Shirley, Birley, Marie, Elaine and Lucille England, Mrs. Fay Shumate, Archie and George Frank.
The great grandchildren of Mrs. England are: Harold and Daryl England, Margaret and Henrietta Scott, Elizabeth Burris, Lucille Burris, deceased; Carl, Marvin Lee, and Martha Henrietta England, Nellie Shu- mate and Lloyd Layman.
Mrs. England says that when they began to survey the town site of Bethany, a large rattlesnake was killed in the brush and the town was called Rattlesnake Town for quite a while by the early settlers.
Mrs. England is an interesting lady and a highly respected and honored citizen.
Fred Tucker, the efficient and popular sheriff of Harrison County, was born in Madison Township, Harrison County, February 26, 1894, the son of U. G. and Laura (Thompson) Tucker, and the grandson of Joseph Tucker.
Joseph Tucker came to Madison Township in the early pioneer days, took up land and improved it. He died on the farm and was buried in Oak Lawn Cemetery. His son, U. G., was a carpenter by trade. He spent his life in Harrison County and for one term filled the office of pre- siding judge of the county court. He died in 1916 and is buried in Oak Lawn Cemetery. His wife, Laura (Thompson) Tucker lives now at Kingsville, Missouri.
To U. G. and Laura (Thompson) Tucker the following children were born: Roy, a salesman at Des Moines, Iowa; Gladys, deceased; Ernest, a
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farmer at Ravenna, Mercer County, Missouri; Horace, a salesman for an automobile firm at Kingsville, Missouri; Fred, the subject of this sketch; Lawton, now living in Iowa; Hazel, a teacher at Rockport, Missouri; and Opal, a student in the Kingsville High School.
Fred Tucker was educated in the public schools and graduated from the Kingsville High School. He learned the trade of mechanics and, at the time the World War began was working at his trade with Davis and Shaw at Kingsville, Missouri. He entered the United States army, Octo- ber 4, 1917 and was sent to Camp Funston, where he remained nine months with the 356th Infantry. He was sent then to New York and from there he went overseas with the 89th Division and was stationed at Lifall Le Grande, France, training for open warfare work and bayonet practice. In August, he was sent to the St. Mihiel front and on Septem- ber 12, 1918, he went over the top. He received a machine gun wound in the right foot on November 9, 1918, at the battle of Argonne Forest and was in Base Hospital No. 10 for two weeks. After his recovery from his wound, he was sent to Germany with the Army of Occupation and re- mained there from December, 1918, until the latter part of May, 1919. He was sent back to the United States in June, 1919, and went directly to Camp Funston where he was mustered out of service the latter part of June.
Fred Tucker made the race for the office of sheriff of Harrison County and was elected in November, 1920, taking office January 1, 1921. Mr. Tucker is a member of the Knights of Pythias Lodge at Bethany, Missouri, and of the American Legion, Wilson-Axline Post. Mr. Tucker is capable and energetic. He belongs among the group of young men of Harrison County who having received training in the World War and having proved their mettle, can be depended upon to uphold high standards of efficiency for their community.
James Madison Neville, ex-sheriff of Harrison County, was born in Hart County, Kentucky, May 22, 1847, the son of James Morgan and Lilly Ann (Brooks) Neville, both natives of Kentucky. In 1850, three brothers, James Morgan Neville, John R. Neville and Henry O. Neville came to Harrison County and took up land. J. M. Neville bought the squatters rights from John Simpson in Marion Township, four miles north of Ridgeway. Big Creek ran through the farm but most of the land was wild prairie. Henry O. Neville settled on the farm from which the
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present site of Blythedale was taken. J. M. Neville improved his farm of 240 acres and soon became prominent in the county. He was elected to the state legislature once before the Civil War and again after the close of the war. In 1858 he was a judge of the north district. His brother, Henry O., was also a member of the legislature.
The three Neville brothers married three sisters, daughters of George Brooks who lived in the Taylor Grove settlement. All three of the brothers served in the Civil War. James Morgan was colonel of the Home Guard Militia and captain of a company stationed at Gallatin, serving in the Union army. His brother, Henry O., was a lieutenant-colonel in the Union army, Third Missouri Cavalary. The third brother, John R., served three years in the Union army, enlisting in Illinois. The name of Neville appears also on the Confederate side of the Civil War. A younger brother of the three named above, George, came to Missouri in 1859, taught school that winter and returned to Kentucky in 1860. When war broke out he enlisted in the Confederate army and was a commissioned officer. His wife was a native of Tennessee whose father was a slave owner.
From this brief account, it will be seen that the Neville name has been well known in Harrison County since the pioneer days. In trans- forming the wild prairie land into well kept farms, in giving political service to the county and in serving the Union, the Nevilles have done their share ably. James Morgan Neville died in 1906; his first wife, Lilly Ann (Brooks) Neville died in 1865. The remains of both are buried in the Blythedale Cemetery.
To James Morgan and Lilly Ann (Brooks) Neville the following chil- dren were born: Martha, Mrs. J. A. Painter, died in 1914; George W., a retired farmer in Dighton, Kansas; Henry H., retired and living in Kan- sas City, Missouri; Loraine, Mrs. Baker, now deceased; Lavina, Mrs. Richardson, of Myers Falls, Washington; James M., the subject of this sketch; and John, now in Fort Morgan, Colorado. By a second marriage of James Morgan Neville to Mrs. Elizabeth Updyke, there were three chil- dren: C. W., of Portland, Oregon; Minnie, Mrs. Bridges, of Eagleville; and May, Mrs. Brown, of Ridgeway.
James Madison Neville was educated in the common schools of the county. The building was constructed of logs which had formerly been used in the making of his old pioneer home. Here he, with the other children of his day, suffered their share of the hardships of the early settlers and conned over their lessons amidst the discomforts of those
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days. At the age of seventeen, Mr. Neville enlisted in Company E, Forty- third Missouri for service in the Civil War and his regiment was in the battle at Glasgow. He returned home to farm and was married July 4, 1866 to Angeline Hall, a daughter of Joe and Martha Hall of Eagleville. The Hall family were early settlers of Harrison County. Mr. Hall, who was a merchant, died at Eagleville in 1883 at the age of sixty-one and his wife died at Bethany in 1898. The remains of both are buried in the Eaglesville Cemetery.
For two years after his marriage, Mr. Neville continued to farm. In 1868, however, he began to clerk for his father-in-law and, in 1881, he came to Bethany. He was the deputy sheriff under W. H. Gillespie for more than there years and, in 1890, was elected sheriff of Harrison County, serving for four years. Since the expiration of his term as sheriff he has lived at Bethany where he owns the half block upon which his residence is situated.
Mr. and Mrs. Neville have four children: Mrs. Myrtle White, died July 5, 1921; Lillian, who was county superintendent of schools for six years, now the wife of E. W. Prentiss, the postmaster of Bethany ; Maud, the wife of F. M. French, a merchant at Cainsville; and Clyde, a veteran of the Spanish American War, a veteran of the Philippine Insurrection, and of the World War in which he enlisted in the coast artillery from Portland, serving overseas. One grandson. George N. Allen, served in the coast artillery in the World War and was one year in France. There are two other living grandchildren, Kathleen C. White and Garland N. White. A granddaughter, Lucile Allen, died in 1907.
Mrs. Neville is a member of the Rebecca Lodge and all of the family are members of the Methodist Church. The Neville family has always given its services to the county and is well and favorably known in this part of Missouri.
Joseph F. Slinger, the capable superintendent of the Bethany Water and Light plant, was born in the town where he still lives on August 15, 1872. He is the son of John and Ruth (McClure) Slinger, both deceased.
John Slinger's father was an Englishman who left his native country and came to the United States in the early days. He settled in Sugar Creek Township, Harrison County. He is buried in Cat Creek Cemetery in Grundy County. John Slinger grew up in Harrison County and when the Civil War came he enlisted from his county and remained in service
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for three years, holding the rank of first lieutenant of Company E, Twenty-third Missouri. At the time of his death in 1873 he held the office of county clerk. His wife, Ruth (McClure) Slinger, died January 12, 1920, at the age of seventy-two. Both are buried in Bethany.
To John and Ruth (McClure) Slinger the following children were born: Oliver, living in Winnemucca, Nevada; Mollie, now Mrs. Hefner, living with her brother, Joseph F .; James William, now living in Medford, Oregon; and Joseph F., the subject of this sketch.
Joseph F. Slinger received his education in the public schools, gradu- ating from the school at Bethany. He was in the implement business in Bethany for a number of years. For the ten years just before the out- break of the Spanish American War, he served in the Missouri National Guards. When war was declared with Spain, he took a full company from Harrison County and, with his company and holding the commission of captain, he went into service on April 27, 1898. He was sent first to Washington, D. C. and from there to Middleton, Pennsylvania, then to Greenville, South Carolina, where he and his company were mustered out of service February 10, 1899.
Upon his return to his home, Captain Slinger was with the Bethany Mills for three years. He then accepted a position with the Bethany Light plant and, in 1902, he was elected superintendent of the Light and Water plant, which position he has filled most creditably ever since. The city owns both the plants and the efficiency of both has been increased to the highest capacity under the management of the present superin- tendent.
Captain Slinger is a member of the Knights of Pythias Lodge at Bethany and has filled the office of city collector for three terms. His continuous terms of service to his town are ample attestations to his qualifications as a citizen.
Chris E. Klindt, an energetic farmer and stockman of Cypress Town- ship, was born in Germany, December 8, 1865, the son of David and Christina Klindt. David Klindt now lives in northwestern Iowa at the age of eighty-five years and his wife died March 4, 1915, at the age of seventy-six years. David Klindt came to America in 1887 and settled in Sac County, Iowa.
Chris E. Klindt came to the United States in 1883, at the age of six- teen years and worked by the month for nine years at from $16.00 to $20.00 per month. He then rented land for eleven years and came to
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Harrison County, Missouri, in 1903 and bought 140 acres, his present home, for $35.00 per acre. Mr. Klindt has put all of the improvements on the place, including new residence built in 1920, three barns and other buildings. The farm has excellent stock water, which is pumped by a wind mill to three pastures. Mr. Klindt raises Shorthorn cattle and Spotted Poland China hogs and does general farming. The farm is located five and one-half miles southeast of Bethany on the Gallatin road and is one of the finest farms in the county, most of it being in clover and timothy.
Mr. Klindt was married in Sac County, Iowa, in 1892, to Kathrina Frank, a daughter of Christopher and Lena (Egnel) Frank, both deceased. Mrs. Klindt was born in Lee County, Illinois and educated in Iowa, where her parents settled in 1873.
Mr. and Mrs. Klindt have four children: Charles D., a farmer of Cypress Township, who married Esther Taggart; he also taught school in this county for ten years and was one of the best teachers in this part of the state; Ernest, who married Ollie Spence, is a farmer in Adams Township; Alma, the wife of Wiley Hall, of Bethany; and Frederick, who lives at home.
Mr. Klindt believes that rearing children without teaching them to do useful work is a grievous wrong. He is very much in favor of good schools and says that an industrious and educated boy or girl is the best type of citizenship. Mr. Klindt and family are highly respected citizens and stand high in Harrison County.
John Ballard, for three successive terms the efficient judge of the Second District County Court of Harrison County, was born in Cypress Township, May 15, 1859, the son of Boone and Caroline (Salmon) Ballard.
Boone Ballard was a native of Virginia where he was born in 1818. He came to Missouri in 1846 and took up land in Cypress Township, Har- rison County. At one time he owned over 300 acres of land and was a prominent farmer and stockraiser in the county. In the early days he filled the office of trustee of his township and he was a veteran of the Civil War, enlisting in 1861 and serving until the close of the war in a company known as "Merrill's Horse".
Boone Ballard was married twice, the first time to Sarah Brown. To Boone and Sarah (Brown) Ballard the following children were born: Eliza, now Mrs. Dart of Johnson County, Kansas; William, now a resident
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of Aspen, Colorado; Chloe, Mrs. Smith, who died in Hutchinson, Kansas; Jane, now Mrs. Johnson, of Johnson County, Kansas; Austin, who died in Johnson County, Kansas; and Chapman, now living in Touse, New Mexico. Mr. Ballard was married the second time to Caroline Salmon, a native of Ohio. To Boone and Caroline (Salmon) Ballard the following children were born: Newton J., now living in Hutchinson, Kansas; John, the sub- ject of this sketch; Boone, now a resident of Seattle, Washington; Anna, now Mrs. Joseph, of Colorado; Charles, of Stockton, California; Robert, now living in Ridgeway, Missouri; Henry, living in Bethany, Missouri ; and a daughter, Mrs. H. K. Barlow, of Bethany, Missouri.
Boone Ballard died in 1885 and is buried in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery. Caroline (Salmon) Ballard died in 1912 at the age of seventy-five.
John Ballard was educated in the rural schools of Harrison County and has followed the vocation of farming and stockraising all of his life. He bought his present farm of 171 acres in 1893 and 1914. It is in Cyp- ress Township, seven miles south of Bethany and is well improved with the house and barn recently rebuilt. The farm lies on upland prairie.
John Ballard was married November 9, 1887, to Lola Barlow, a daughter of James and Lucinda (Nally) Barlow, both deceased and are buried in Miriam Cemetery. Mr. Barlow was a native of Virginia and his wife of Ohio. They were married in Ohio and came to Missouri about 1868, settling on a farm in Cypress Township, Harrison County.
To John and Lola (Barlow) Ballard the following children have been born: Emma Hazel, now Mrs. Bert S. Allen, of Bethany; Lillian May, now Mrs. Leslie Porter of Bethany; Loumontie, now Mrs. Randall Wilson of Bethany; and John Russell, living on the home farm. Mr. and Mrs. Ballard also have three grandchildren as follows: Fredie Porter, Persh- ing Wilson and Herbert Allen.
Mr. Ballard is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Bethany. He filled the office of township collector for fourteen years and also filled an unexpired term as trustee of his township. He was elected judge of his district in 1916 and was reelected in 1918 and again in 1920. His return to office for two successive terms by the vote of his county is ample attestation to the regard which his county has for him. His record as an official has been excellent; he has been economical but efficient and has handled his work in a thoroughly competent fashion. Both he and his family stand well in the county.
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M. M. McQuery, one of the substantial citizens of Bethany, Missouri, was born in Indiana, the son of Cally McQuery and Priscilla (Mingle) McQuery.
Cally McQuery was born in Indiana in 1834. In 1865 he with his wife and family came to Missouri and settled in Mercer County where he became a highly respected farmer and stockman. He died at the home place in 1898 and is buried in Hamilton Cemetery. His wife, now eighty- four years of age, still lives on the farm upon which she and her husband settled when they came to Missouri.
M. M. McQuery received his education in the public schools and, in 1888, he began farming near Mount Moriah, Harrison County. He re- mained on the same farm for twelve years, when he moved to Bethany Township where, in 1900, he bought 159 acres of land. He kept this farm until 1918 when he sold it and moved to Bethany. For the next two years he engaged in the real estate business; since that time he has conducted a taxi business in which he has been very successful. He owns an acre of ground which he uses for pasture and also has four lots at Oakland and Alder streets. His residence was burned recently and he is now building a new home.
Mr. McQuery was married in the fall of 1886 to Martha Jane Miller, who was born and reared in Mercer County, Missouri. To M. M. McQuery and Martha Jane (Miller) McQuery the following children were born: Nettie, living at home; Genevive, now Mrs. Garten, living in Hutchinson, Kansas; James Madison, living in St. Joseph, Missouri; Charley, living at home; Harley, who lives in Cypress Township; Lois, living at home; and Cally, deceased. Mrs. McQuery and her son, Cally, a child of four, were killed in an accident at a railroad crossing close to Ridgeway, Missouri, in 1912. They are buried in Hamilton Cemetery.
Harley McQuery married Ruth Utterback who was born and reared in Cypress Township. They have one son, George Pershing, now two years old.
James and Charles McQuery both served in the World War. James was sent overseas with the Engineering Corps and made an excellent record. Charles was in training at Camp Funston for several months and was just ready to start overseas when the armistice was signed. The family is justly proud of the record of both boys.
Mr. McQuery was formerly a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is a reliable man who merits the esteem in which he is held by the community.
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James M. Walker, a well known citizen of Bethany and a member of the firm of Slemmons and Walker, was born in Andrew County, Missouri, June 25, 1873, the son of William S. and Catherine (Calvert) Walker. He was educated in the King City schools and entered business at Leon, Iowa at the age of nineteen years with Vernon Ruby and remained with him for two years. He then went to King City for awhile and from there came to Bethany and has been a member of this Slemmons and Walker mercantile establishment since 1898.
Mr. Walker was married November 6, 1902 to Nancy Clark, a daughter of W. P. and Sarah (Smith) Clark. W. P. Clark died in 1920 and is buried at Mt. Olive Church in Bethany Township. Mr. and Mrs. Walker have a son, James Clark, born August 14, 1902. He is now in his second year of the Bethany High School.
G. K. Joyce, one of Harrison County's efficient farmers, lives one and one-half miles east of the court house at Bethany on Rural Route No. 7. He is the son of Washington Warren Joyce and Sarah (McKibbon) Joyce, both deceased.
Washington Warren Joyce was born in South Carolina and died in Cypress Township, Harrison County, Missouri, February 15, 1894, at the age of sixty-seven. His wife, Sarah (McKibbon) Joyce was born in Columbus, Ohio, and died at Pattonsburg, Daviess County, Missouri, February 24, 1891, at the age of forty-seven. Mr. and Mrs. Joyce came to Harrison County in the early seventies where they bought 535 acres of land which they improved. Mr. Joyce was a prominent stockman and farmer in the county during his life here. To Washington Warren Joyce and Sarah (McKibbon) Joyce the following children were born: Corna, now Mrs. Barlow, of Springfield, Colorado; R. J., a farmer in Cypress Township, Harrison County; J. H., also a farmer in Cypress Township; Maud, now Mrs. Abbott, living in Uniontown, Kansas; and G. K., the sub- ject of this sketch.
G. K. Joyce was born in Cypress Township, September 15, 1874. He was educated in the public schools of Harrison County and has been a farmer all of his life. He has owned and improved five farms in Har- rison County. The last one of 280 acres was located in Cypress Town- ship. He sold this farm in 1919 and bought the place upon which he now lives. It is a farm of thirty-five acres on the Cole Valley Trail Road
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in Bethany Township. It is a part of the Bartlett farm and all the im- provements were put on the farm by James Bartlett. There is a good two story residence equipped with water and with electricity furnished from the Bethany plant. The barn and the yard buildings are all good as are also the fences around the place. Mr. Joyce keeps a few cattle, horses and sheep.
G. K. Joyce was married to Bertha Dunham, June 12, 1902. Mrs. Joyce is a daughter of W. O. and Nancy (Burton) Dunham, who live in Bethany. To Mr. and Mrs. Joyce four children have been born as fol- lows: Mabel Dott, who is a student in the Bethany High School; Loren D., also a student in the Bethany High School; Maretta Pauline, a student in the grammar school; and Sarah Helen, who died at the age of ten years.
Mr. Joyce is connected with the Bethany Trust Company as a stock holder, having held this connection since the organization of the company. He is one of the reliable and progressive citizens of the county, energetic and far sighted in his methods of business and dependable in his dealings.
William Bartlett, a prominent farmer of Harrison County, belongs to two of the pioneer families of this part of Missouri. His mother, Cath- erine F. (Buck) Bartlett was the daughter of David Buck who came to Missouri and entered the land, a part of which was later the Bartlett farm in early days. He died about 1900 and his remains are buried in Miriam Cemetery. William Bartlett's father, Joseph Bartlett, was the son of Daniel Bartlett, an old settler of the county, who during his life was a prominent farmer and a money lender. He died at his home near Mar- tinsville and his remains are buried there. Joseph Bartlett, father of the present subject, was an extensive land owner, holding about 800 acres of land from which he later gave each of his children eighty acres. He filled various offices of trust in the county of which he was a highly respected citizen. He died about 1912 and his remains are buried in the Pythian Cemetery. His wife, Catherine F. (Buck) Bartlett died in 1916. The children of Joseph and Catherine E. (Buck) Bartlett were: Eliza- beth, wife of W. H. Lewis, living on the old home place; Isabell. died at the age of four ; John, a resident of California; James, living at Bethany ; William, the subject of this sketch; David Crockett, of Bethany Town- ship; Joshua, of Clinton, Missouri; George, a resident of Bethany; and O. W., a clerk in the Bethany postoffice.
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