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Mr. Harrison is a member of the Methodist Church at Ridgeway, and has held membership in the Modern Woodmen of America Lodge for the past twenty years. He is a Democrat and one of the substantial citizens of Marion Township and Harrison County.
Joseph Neff, a progressive and enterprising farmer of Sherman and Fox Creek townships, and proprietor of Glendale Farm, is a native of Fox Creek Township, born March 13, 1874, the son of Daniel B. and Nancy E. (Wiley) Neff, both deceased.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Neff were natives of Indiana, but settled in Harrison County in 1858, and Mr. Neff was one of the prominent stock men and farmers of this county for many years. He died May 4, 1919, and his wife died November 4, 1911; both are buried in Miriam Ceme- tery. Mr. and Mrs. Neff were the parents of the following children: George T., of Bethany; Landa T., who died when twenty-seven years of age; Minta O., the wife of Robert Kincade of Coffey, Missouri; Mrs. Emma Springer, deceased; Joseph S., the subject of this sketch; Addie, the wife of W. R. Kinkade of Montana; Eva, the wife of Frank Miller of Peculiar, Missouri; Essie, of Los Angeles, California; and Ona Ree, the wife of J. R. Tilley of Idaho.
Joseph S. Neff was educated in the public schools and at Chillicothe Business College, and taught in this college for one year. After finishing his education, he farmed the home place in Fox Creek Township until in 1919, when he moved to his present place, which consists of 504 acres. He farms more than 200 acres and the remainder of the land is pasture (31)
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and meadow. Mr. Neff has ten acres of soy beans, and also raises corn, oats, and wheat, and feeds cattle and hogs, raising the Jersey cattle and Poland-China hogs. The farm is well improved with two sets of im- provements suitable for farm and stock use.
Joseph Neff was married in December, 1900, to Ella Bebermeyer, a daughter of H. C. and Lucy (Ulmer) Bebermeyer, who now live in Em- poria, Kansas. Mrs. Neff was born in Warren County, Missouri, and received her education there, later attending the Chillicothe State Teach- ers College, where she taught a few years.
Mr. and Mrs. Neff are the parents of the following children: Howard W., a graduate of Bethany High School of class 1920; Garland D., now in the third year of the high school; Maurine, who is in her third year in high school; Nadine, who is in the sixth grade.
Mr. Neff has filled membership on the township board. He is well known throughout the county for his progressive ideas and he and his family are highly respected citizens.
George R. Burris, an enterprising and wide-awake young farmer of Fox Creek Township, was born in Cypress Township, the son of Frank P. and Emma C. (Barlow) Burris, a sketch of whom appears in this book.
George R. Burris was educated in the Bethany, Missouri, High School ; Cameron, Missouri, Wesleyan College, and at the State University at Columbia, Missouri. After finishing his education, he clerked in the gen- eral store of R. H. Wren and son at Bethany, and then went to Cainsville, Missouri, and is in business for himself. He then returned to Bethany and engaged in the implement business for two years, and, since 1911, has farmed on his present place in Fox Creek Township; this was formerly the Oliver B. Clinkenbeard farm. This place consists of 320 acres of land and is well improved. Mr. Burris is a very successful farmer and besides his agricultural pursuits he takes an active interest in politics and affairs of the county. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias lodge at Bethany.
Mr. Burris was married June 2, 1909 to Etta Clinkenbeard, a daugh- ter of Oliver B. and Mary A. (Brown) Clinkenbeard, the latter a daugh- ter of William Brown, a pioneer of Fox Creek Township, and a sketch of whom appears in connection with that of L. S. Brown. Mrs. Clinken- beard lives in Bethany, Missouri, and her husband died in February,
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1919 and is buried at Bethany, Missouri. Mr. Clinkenbeard's father, George W. Clinkenbeard, entered the farm on which Mr. and Mrs. Burris live, and the improvements were put on by Oliver B. Clinkenbeard, de- ceased.
Mrs. Burris was educated in the public schools of Bethany. Mr. and Mrs. Burris have a son, George Roscoe, who was born April 17, 1915.
Mr. and Mrs. Burris are well known in Bethany and Harrison County and have many friends.
Francis M. McLey, a well known and highly respected citizen of Har- rison County, is a native of Sugar Creek Township, this county, and born December 14, 1853, the son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Watts) McLey, both deceased. Joseph McLey was a native of West Virginia, born in 1827, and who died here September 22, 1915, and is buried in Union Cemetery. His wife was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, and died July 5, 1895. Joseph McLey came to Missouri from Virginia with his father in pioneer days, and entered land in 1848, when twenty-one years of age. His father, mother, two brothers and a sister came with him, making the trip by boat from Point Pleasant, West Virginia, to Brunswick, Missouri, and drove overland to Grundy County. Joseph McLey was in the Missouri State Militia on the Union side, during the Civil War.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph McLey were the parents of the following chil- dren: Francis M., the subject of this sketch; Henry Franklin of Bridge- port, Missouri ; Mrs. Louisa Clutter of St. Clair, Missouri; J. B., who died in 1864; Joseph Lincoln, who died in 1864; and Rachel, who died when sixteen years of age.
Francis M. McLey was educated in the schools of the county and married when twenty years of age. He has lived on his present farm of 120 acres, four and one-half miles northwest of Melbourne, since December, 1900. This place is well improved, with good residence, barns, and other buildings, and Mr. McLey does general farming.
February 15, 1874, Mr. McLey was married to Sarah Ninemyers, who died October 1, 1881, leaving three children: Extine Felix, of Beth- any, Joseph S., of Sugar Creek Township, and Cora Alice, the wife of Will Curtiss of St. Joseph, Missouri.
Mr. McLey married his present wife, Miranda E. Hiatt, a daughter of William J. and Sarah Joseph Hiatt, September 24, 1884, at Union
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Church. Mrs. McLey was born in Boone County, Indiana, and came to Harrison County in 1865.
Mr. and Mrs. McLey are the parents of the following children: Nancy Elizabeth, who died when thirteen months old; Sarah May, the wife of Arthur Terhune of Melbourne, Missouri; Roy H., who married Katie E. Miller, who died, and who married the second time Ula Gard; Myrtle Ellen, the wife of Jacob Hutchinson of Bethany, Missouri; Tressie O., the wife of John Harrison of Melbourne, Missouri; Catherine, the wife of Charles King of Jamesport, Missouri; and Arthur D., who lives at home.
Roy H. McLey was in the United States Army during the World War, enlisting April 1, 1918, and was sent to Camp Funston, and two months later, went overseas with the 89th Division. He was under shell fire at the front for twenty-three hours prior to the signing of the armistice.
The grandchildren of Mr. and Mrs. Francis McLey are: Ruth Miller; Othal and Harmon McLey; Alice Hudson; Cassia and Laberta McLey ; Mrs. Lorine Ridgeway of Kansas City, Missouri; Francis Turner, now in the United States Army at Camp Upton, New York; Paul Turner, now with the army of occupation at Coblenz, Germany; Truman King; Mil- dred, Ralph, Wilfreda, Ellen, Ethel, Roy Clinton, Howard and Loretta Terhune; Marion, Marvel and Cecil Hutchinson; and the following who are deceased : Amy, Leta, Cecil, Deloris, Alath, Frederick K., Flora Olive, Francis Dale McLey, and Volney, Jr., Harrison, Ruby Terhune.
Francis M. McLevy has an extensive acquaintance in Harrison County and stands high in the community.
Frank Murphy, the efficient and well known cashier of the Bank of Melbourne, was born in Grundy County, Missouri, March 11, 1897, the son of James E. and Edna (Dunlap) Murphy, who reside near Laredo, Missouri, on a farm. Mrs. Edna Murphy was born in Grundy County, Missouri, and James E. Murphy is a native of Ohio, but came to Grundy County in 1883.
Frank Murphy was graduated from the Laredo High School in 1914, and after finishing school, taught for two years, and then worked in the bank of Laredo for one year. During the World War, he enlisted in the United States army, June 10, 1918, at Trenton, Missouri, and was first sent to Jefferson Barracks, then to Camp Humphreys, Virginia, Camp
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Forest, Georgia, Camp Meade, Maryland, and back to Camp Taylor, Ken- tucky, where he was discharged February 10, 1919. He was with the 211th Engineers, 11th Division. He is a member of the Major Dale Stepp Post of the American Legion at Trenton, Missouri, also a member of the Masonic Lodge at Gilman and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Melbourne.
Philip Schwenk, a well known and highly respected citizen of Bethany, and who is now living a retired life, was born in Germany, February 23, 1854, the son of John and Philipine (Rus) Schwenk, but who came to America when seventeen years of age, and engaged in the bakery busi- ness which he had learned in Germany. He located first at Charleston, Indiana, then went to St. Louis, Missouri, from there to Ottumwa, Iowa, and then came to Princeton, Missouri, but eventually located in Bethany in 1881, and first worked for Mr. Robinson and Aufricht Bros. In 1884, he bought the William Heaston bakery, which he operated until Septem- ber, 1920, when he sold out to Fred Wheeler. Philip Schwenk has resided in Bethany for forty years, during which time he has made many friends.
Mr. Schwenk was married December 4, 1884 to Amelia Mainwaring, a daughter of Josiah and Elizabeth (Henry) Mainwaring, both natives of England, where they were married. Mr. and Mrs. Mainwaring came to America in 1840 and settled in Jefferson Township, where Mrs. Schwenk was born in a cabin. Mr. Mainwaring died April 7, 1907, and his wife died September, 1907, and both are buried in Spruce Cemetery.
Mr and Mrs. Schwenk are the parents of the following children: Elizabeth, born February 14, 1886, who was graduated from Bethany High School and Gem City Business College at Quincy, Illinois and who is a stenographer at the naval ordinance plant; John C., born December 20, 1888, who attended high school here, and who is now a baker at Spokane, Washington; Clara E., born November 27, 1891 and who died at the age of twenty years, and who was also a graduate of Bethany High School and Gem City Business College, and was a stenographer ; Gay and May twins, born December 28, 1894, the former died January 15, 1895 and the latter February 15, 1895; Paul Lewis, born November 2, 1902 and died February 2, 1903; Loren Dockery born September 4, 1903 and died February 1, 1904.
Mr. Schwenk is a member of the Knights of Pythias and Yeoman Lodges. Mr. and Mrs. Schwenk have lived in their present home about
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twenty years. They bought this house, which was built by Samuel Frazier, from Gay Aufrecht. Mr. and Mrs. Schwenk are enjoying the fruits of their well spent life, in their modern home, which has a com- fortable porch, and which is surrounded by a well kept lawn with shade trees. This lawn together with a garden gives Mr. Schwenk just enough labor in its care to keep him healthy.
In 1900 Mr. Schwenk took a trip to his old home in Germany; after visiting there he took a trip by boat down the Rhine, seeing all the old castles. He then went to Paris and took in the Worlds Fair. Mr. and Mrs. Schwenk are members of the First Christian Church of Bethany, Mis- souri.
James W. Arney, a prosperous and wide-awake farmer of Fox Creek Township, was born one mile south of his present home, December 10, 1878 the son of George and Hannah (Hughes) Arney. The latter died in 1918 and is buried at Sharon Chapel, and the former lives in Bethany, Missouri.
John Wesley Arney, grandfather of James W. Arney, entered land in Fox Creek Township, where he died, and is buried in Springer Cemetery.
Mr. and Mrs. George Arney were the parents of the following chil- dren: Thomas A. of Bethany, Missouri; J. D., Bakersfield, California ; Mrs. Lummie Hogan of Fox Creek Township; Floyd J. of Fox Creek Town- ship; O. R. of Fox Creek Township; Mrs. B. L. Neff of Sherman Town- ship; Mrs. Ree Dickover of Marshall County, Iowa; Mrs. Rue Butcher of St. Joseph, Missouri; and James W., the subject of this sketch.
James W. Arney was educated in the schools of this district, and at the age of twenty-three years, went to Grant County, Oklahoma where he engaged in farming and stock raising. He was there for ten years and then returned to Fox Creek Township, where he has lived since. He owns 240 acres of land on the home place and 285 acres one mile north. He does general farming and raises the registered whitefaced Hereford cattle and the pure bred Duroc Jersey hogs, and is one of the most successful farmers of the county.
March 12, 1899, Mr. Arney was married to Amanda E. Wooderson, a daughter of James A. and Catherine (Stotts) Wooderson, both de- ceased.
Mr. and Mrs. Arney have the following children: Ray W., Maude, Fern, Loris, deceased, Nadine and Gerald.
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Mr. Arney is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Bethany. He is a very energetic, and enterprising farmer, and besides his agricultural pursuits, finds time to take an interest in the affairs of the county.
Alfred C. Bonser, a substantial citizen of Bethany, who has been in the painting business here for the past twenty-five years, was born January 19, 1864, in Illinois, the son of Joseph W. and Priscilla J. (Cave) Bonser. Priscilla Bonser was a daughter of the Rev. A. N. Cave, Sr., who was born April 25, 1814, and who came here in the fifties, and died November 24, 1888. For many years, he was a minister of the Methodist Church of Bethany. Priscilla J. Bonser died January 23, 1864 and her husband, Joseph W. Bonser died November 15, 1898.
Rev. A. N. Cave, Sr., grandfather of Alfred C. Bonser, was a veteran of the Civil War and was treasure of Harrison County for two terms, and at one time, in pioneer days, he had twenty-two appointments in this and other counties and was instrumental in establishing a number of churches in this part of Missouri. He was a popular minister and officiated at eighty weddings in one winter, and the bad weather never kept him from his services, although he rode horseback, and often fed his horse on potatoes.
The Bonser family records begins in Hesse Castle, Germany, where John Bonser, the great grandfather of Alfred C. Bonser, was born. He came to America during the Revolutionary War, and was married in Vir- ginia to Elizabeth Bensyl, a native of Virginia. They located in Chilli- cothe, Ohio, where John Bonser died. His son, John Bonser, Jr., was born in Pennsylvania and died April 19, 1865. He married Rebecca Work, a. native of Indiana, who was born in 1804 and died September 13, 1836. Joseph W. Bonser, the father of Alfred Bonser, was the second son of his parents, born March 31, 1831 and who died November 5, 1898.
Alfred C. Bonser was educated in the schools at Bethany, Missouri, and, when sixteen years of age, began to learn the painting trade. For eight years, he was coroner of Harrison County, and was in the under- taking business, but has followed his painting trade for twenty-five years, and is still engaged in this work, with a shop, thirty feet square, which is located near his residence. Mr. Bonser does fancy sign painting and specializes in automobile painting as well, and is an expert in this line of work.
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December 30, 1886, Mr. Bonser was married to Hattie M. Branham, a daughter of Jonathan and Sarah J. Branham of Albany, Missouri. Jon- athan Branham, who was a veteran of the Civil War, died October 1, 1883 in Albany, Missouri, and his wife, who is eighty-six years of age, lives with Mrs. Bonser.
Mr. and Mrs. Bonser have a daughter Hazel M., the wife of Dr. Glenn H. Broyles of Kansas City, Missouri, and they have a son Llyod Bonser Broyles.
Mr. Bonser is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Modern Woodmen of America and Yeoman Lodges, and is a highly re- spected citizen of Bethany.
S. D. Rardin, Jr .. of the firm of S. D. Rardin, Jr. and Company, Ridge- way, Missouri, is one of the extensive general produce dealers of northern Missouri. Mr. Rardin was born in Laville, Iowa, December 3, 1869, a son of S. D. and Alice (Moore) Rardin.
S. D. Rardin, Sr., was a native of Indiana. Early in life he removed to Iowa which was some time in the fifties. About 1870, he came to Missouri and engaged in the mercantile business at Cainsville, Harrison County. He remained there until 1880 when he located on the present site of Ridgeway. This was before the railroad was built here and before there was any settlement except a few farm houses in this vicinity. He erected a crude building about where the telephone office is now located and there engaged in the general mercantile business. This was the first store in Ridgeway. The town was platted the following fall after Mr. Rardin located here and shortly afterwards he built a more commodious and substantial store building where Ollie Bennett's store is now located. He was engaged in the general mercantile business here for a number of years but spent the latter part of his life in retirement. He died De- cember 2, 1918. His first wife died about the time that S. D. Rardin, Jr. was born, leaving the following children: Caroline Drew, now de- ceased; Mrs. Mary Nelson, Texas ; Mrs. Alice Lincoln, Cainsville, Missouri ; Charles Rardin, who now lives in Kansas; Ida, married Ben Reeves, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere; and S. D. Rardin, the subject of this sketch. After the death of his first wife, Mr. Rardin married the widow of William Reeves. (See sketch of Ben Reeves in this volume).
S. D. Rardin, Jr., was reared in Ridgeway and educated in the public schools. He worked in his father's store when a young man and on
S. D. RARDIN, JR.
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April 27, 1894, he engaged in the produce business at Ridgeway and with the exception of a few months he has been engaged in that business up to the present time. He handles poultry, eggs and cream and does an extensive business. His business covers a broad scope of territory and he has branch stations at Brooklyn, Mount Moriah and Blue Ridge and at the present time has nine men in his employ. He ships eggs and dressed poultry in car load lots to the principal markets of the middle west and east and live poultry is generally shipped in smaller lots.
The business is housed by a building 47x120 feet which is divided into various departments, including packing, picking and shipping and storage rooms. He has installed the most complete refrigerator system in Harrison County at a cost of $10,000. It is operated by a fifteen-horse power gas engine and the refrigerator has a storage capacity of three car loads. This is one of the important industrial institutions of Har- rison County and Mr. Rardin is deserving of much credit for providing such an extensive market for the producers of this section.
On February 19, 1891, Mr. Rardin was married to Miss Dolly Walker of Mercer County, Missouri. To Mr. and Mrs. Rardin have been born three children as follows: Paul, who is with his father in the produce business ; Daisy, lives in California; and Dorothy, at home.
Mr. Rardin is a member of the Brotherhood of American Yeoman, the Modern Woodmen of America and the Christian Church. He is a pro- gressive and enterprising citizen and one of the leading business men of Harrison County.
Simon R. King, a well known citizen of Bethany, Missouri, better known as "Dick" King, was born in Dallas Township, October 14, 1881, the son of William J. and Carlottie J. (Lovelace) King. Mrs. King was a daughter of Richard Lovelace and wife, early settlers of Dallas Town- ship. They died in Bethany, Missouri, and are buried here. William J. King died in January, 1898 and is buried in Oakland Cemetery, and his wife is now living in Bethany, Missouri.
William J. King and wife were the parents of the following children: Samuel E. of Bethany ; Bell, the wife of E. W. Kelly; Myrtle, the widow of Charles Hocker of Bethany; Alice, the wife of J. H. Hogan of Bethany ; Simon R., the subject of this sketch; Elsie Ann, the wife of Frank Elli- ott of Hemingford, Nebraska; Charles H. of Genoa, Platte County, Ne- braska; Margaret, the wife of Harry Sawyer of Bethany; Bessie E., the
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wife of Rolls Bartlett of Jefferson Township; and Sherman W. of Broken Bow, Nebraska.
Simon R. King was married, March 11, 1903, to Bessie A. Hogan, of Gentry County, Missouri, a daughter of S. M. and Lydia C. (Ward) Hogan, both of whom live in Gentry County. Mrs. King was born, reared and educated in Athens Township.
Mr. and Mrs. King have a son, Garland R., born August 1, 1914. The family reside at the corner of South Fifteenth Street and Vandvert Avenue, and prior to moving to Bethany in March, 1921. Mr. King was engaged in farming in Dallas Township.
Mr. King is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and is a well known and highly respected citizen of this county.
Isaac Allen Edson, an enterprising and successful dealer in country produce and feed of Bethany, Missouri, is a native of Harrison County, born in Jefferson Township, January 14, 1860, the son of Timothy and Caroline (Bridges) Edson. Timothy Edson was born in Illinois, Septem- ber 18, 1841, and came to Harrison County in the 50's. During the Civil War, he enlisted with Company B of Merrill's Horse 2nd Missouri Cavalry, and died at St. Louis in 1863, while on his way home on a furlough and is buried at Jefferson Barracks. Mrs. Timothy Edson is living at Mar- tinsville. Mr. and Mrs. Edson were the parents of two children; Janie, who died in infancy, and Isaac Allen, the subject of this sketch.
Isaac Allen Edson was educated in the Jefferson Township and Union schools, and has been engaged in farming and shipping stock ever since young manhood until November, 1915, when he moved to Bethany, and started his present business June, 10, 1918. He buys and sells poultry, eggs, cream, etc., and sells feeds of all kinds, and has been very success- ful. Besides his business affairs. Mr. Edson has also filled the office of justice of the peace and trustee of Jefferson Township.
September 21, 1879, Mr. Edson was married to Alice Stanton, a daughter of Morris H. and Serena J. (Blakeman) Stanton, both deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Morris Stanton were early settlers of Washington Township, coming here about 1860, and Mrs. Isaac Edson was born in that township in 1860.
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Allen Edson were the parents of the following children: Arthur of St. Joseph, Missouri; Charles H., proprietor of Edson
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Battery Station of Bethany ; Alma E., deceased, the wife of John Wyant; Edwin F., a farmer of Jefferson Township; Acta O., the widow of Lee Morris of Bethany, Missouri; M. C. of Baca County, Colorado; R. M. of Baca County, Colorado, and Edith S., the wife of Ellis Lawrence of Wash- ington Township. A son died in infancy.
Mr. Edson is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Martinsville, Missouri. He takes a commendable interest in local affairs and is public spirited and progressive.
Dr. George Edgar Hendren, a well known and efficient veterinary of Bethany, Missouri, was born in Jefferson Township, August 26, 1872, the son of George W. and Isabelle A. (Kelly) Hendren. Mrs. Hendren is a daughter of George W. and Elizabeth (Alexander) Kelly who came to Harrison County about 1857 and located in Jefferson Township, where they both died and are buried at Morris Chapel. George W. Hendren still lives on the Kelly farm which was entered by George W. Kelly. William Hendren, grandfather of Dr. Hendren, was a native of Kentucky, but settled in Daviess County in 1856, and a year later, came to Harrison County and bought land in Jefferson Township. J. L. Hendren, a son, bought the home . place, and O. C. Hendren, a son of George Hendren, bought the farm from him and is living there now.
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Hendren are the parents of the following children : Lewis of Jefferson Township; G. E., the subject of this sketch ; Della, the wife of Call Wyatt of Topeka, Kansas; Oliver C. of Jefferson Township; Rosa, the wife of Jacob Jennings of Bethany ; Walter, who lives at home; and Abigail, who died in girlhood.
G. E. Hendren was educated in the public schools and attended a veterinary college of Kansas City, Missouri, from which he was graduated in the class of 1914. He then located in Bethany, Missouri, where he has since enjoyed an excellent practice.
Dr. Hendren was married December 25, 1900 to Rosa D. Ragland, a daughter of Thomas and Minnie (Parker) Ragland, who reside in Lan- caster, Kansas. Mrs. Hendren was born near Highland, Kansas, in Doniphan County and educated in the public schools there.
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