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About the year of 1900 Orville Brown went to Iowa and was engaged in farming about six miles from Leon. Before going there however, he
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went to Oklahoma where he owned a farn which he later sold. He lived in Oklahoma about one year. In 1919 he sold his farm near Leon, Iowa and in partnership with Mr. French, they bought their present place in Trail Creek Township. This is a valuable farm and they have made ex- tensive improvements upon it further mention of which is made in con- nection with the sketch of F. D. French in this volume.
Mr. Brown was married in 1902, to Miss Sarah Betherd, a native of Ohio and a sister of Mrs .. F. D. French and she is now deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Brown were born three children: Leslie, Ethlene, and Paul, all of whom make their home with Mr. and Mrs. French and their father.
Mr. Brown is a Democrat and one of the enterprising and dependable citizens of Harrison County.
W. F. Slaughter, a prominent citizen of Harrison County, Missouri, was born in Pike County, Ohio, March 7, 1861, the son of Milton B. and Martha (Hawk) Slaughter.
Milton B. Slaughter was born in Pike County, Ohio, December 13, 1834, and his wife was born in the same county, August 8, 1842. They came to Missouri in 1863 and settled in Bethany Township where they now live. Mr. Slaughter owns 305 acres of land which he has improved. He is a veteran of the Civil War, having served in the Missouri State Militia. To Milton B. and Martha (Hawk) Slaughter the following chil- dren were born: W. F., the subject of this sketch; Ida May, now Mrs. F. P. McDaniel, of Bethany, Missouri; Effie J., now Mrs. Silas Maize of Bethany, Missouri; and John M., who was accidentally drowned at the age of sixteen and who is buried in Mitchelville Cemetery.
W. F. Slaughter was educated in the public schools of Bethany and taught school for several years in Daviess and Harrison counties. He taught his first school at Jack Oaks district in Cypress Township. He bought an eighty-five acre farm in Bethany Township upon which he lived for three years, and which he later sold, buying another farm of 160 acres and then another eighty acre tract. He bought his present farm of 400 acres in 1900. It was formerly known as the Copeland farm. Mr. Slaughter has sold 250 acres off of it, leaving 150 acres in the present farm. This farm is of unusual historical interest. The first county court session ever convened in Harrison County was held under a basswood tree on the part of the farm now owned by Mr. Slaughter's son. Mr. Slaughter is now building a new home, located on the Jefferson Highway three miles
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south of the town of Bethany. The house has a ten room concrete base- ment, containing a laundry, cold storage room, furnace, wood room, fruit room and a glass covered play room. On the first floor of the house there are ten rooms and as many on the second floor. The house which is built of stucco, is modern in every way; on the west side is a large porch which makes an excellent resting place for the many friends of Mr. Slaughter when they come to visit him. In addition to the residence, Mr. Slaughter is building a 32x50 foot barn and two modern poultry houses in which to care for his White Wyandotte chickens.
W. F. Slaughter was married to Laura S. Williams, September 25, 1887. Mrs. Slaughter is a daughter of John and Phoebe A. (Harrison) Williams who came to Missouri from Ohio in 1885. Through her mother, Mrs. Slaughter is related to the family of ex-President Harrison and through her father, she is related to the Carson family of Kit Carson fame. Mrs. Slaughter's ancestry has been traced back for three hundred years to the Hollander, Jans Weber, of royal birth and born in the King's mansion in Holland.
To W. F. and Laura S. (Williams) Slaughter the following children were born: John M., married to Ruth Holt and living in Bethany Town- ship; Frona, now Mrs. Fred Daily, of White Oak Township; Irl, died in infancy; Frank Lee, died at the age of seventeen; Irlene, a graduate of Missouri State University at Columbia, Missouri, and now Mrs. J. H. Wright of Haigler, Nebraska; Ivan, a graduate of Missouri State Uni- versity, was on the dairy cows judging contest held at Columbus, Ohio, and his team won the gold medal there, and now living on the home place; Bina, who won the dairy scholarship at Missouri University in 1921; carried $500, a teacher in the Bethany Grammar School, who will gradu- ate from Missouri State University in 1922; Josie May, a graduate of the Bethany High School in 1921 and won the highest honors at the Bethany High School, carried a $50 scholarship; and Olin, a junior in the Bethany High School. Mr. and Mrs. Slaughter have ten grandchildren as follows: Anna, Amy, Fern and Naomi Slaughter; Lee, Glenn, Ross and Roberta Daily ; Billy Wright and Ivan Slaughter, Jr.
Ivan S. Slaughter, the sixth child of W. F. and Laura S. (Williams) Slaughter, was born in Cypress Township, January 1, 1896. He attended school in the Brady district and then went to the Bethany High School from which he graduated in 1914. He was a student in the Missouri State University when the United States entered the World War. He at once
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enlisted in the air service and was sent frst to Urbana, Illinois, and from there to Scott Field, Belleville, Illinois, for training. He was commissioned second lieutenant and was sent to Rockwell Field, Santiago. California, where he was kept until the armistice was signed. He was discharged January 7, 1919, and returned to the University from which he graduated in April, 1921. He was married to Jo Squires, April 20, 1920. She is a daughter of Mrs. Margaret Squires, of Springfield, Missouri and was born in Carrollton, Missouri, graduating from the Carrollton High School in the class of 1917 and from the Missouri State University in the class of 1920. Mr. and Mrs. Slaughter have a son, Ivan Stanton Slaughter, Jr., born February 12, 1920.
The Slaughter family has been one of the prominent families in the development of Harrison County. W. F. Slaughter is a progressive and public spirited man. One of his practical manifestations of good citizen- ship is a tourist camp which he has on his farm. He well merits his high standing in the county.
George W. Gibson, a member of an early pioneer family of Harrison County, who is a well known farmer and stock raiser, was born in Harri- son County, October 9, 1889, and is a son of Walker and Mary S. (Allen) Gibson.
Walker Gibson was a native of Indiana, and came to Harrison County, Missouri, with his parents at a very early date. He served for three years and six months, in the Union Army, during the Civil War and was severely wounded in battle and taken prisoner by the Confederates, was in prison six months and while a prisoner of war his leg was amputated as a result of his wounds. After the war he followed farming. He died in Union Township, November 18, 1910, aged sixty-seven years.
Mary S. (Allen) Gibson was born in Harrison County, in 1852. She is a daughter of Callaway Allen, a native of Tennessee, who came to Harrison County in pioneer days, and entered government land in Union Township.
To Walker and Mary S. (Allen) Gibson, were born the following children: James F., lives in Union Township; S. W., Union Township; John L., Union Township; Edna M., married W. E. Judd, Marion Town- ship; Rosa, married H. L. Graham, Marion Township; Walker E., Union Township; G. W., the subject of this sketch, and two who died in infancy.
WALKER AND MARY S. GIBSON
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G. W. Gibson was reared in Harrison County and educated in the public schools. He has made farming and stock raising his life's occupa- tion and is the owner of 120 acres of valuable land in Union Township.
G. W. Gibson was married in 1907 to Miss Matie Holmes, a native of Ringgold County, Iowa, and a daughter of Charles E. Holmes, who lives in Union Township. To them have been born four children: Gerald W., at home; Floy M., at home; Jaunita, died in 1919, in infancy, and is buried in Allen Cemetery, and Elvis Ray.
Mr. Gibson is a substantial and well known citizen of Harrison County and the Gibson family stands high in the community.
I. R. Chambers a leading farmer and stockman of Trail Creek Town- ship, is a native of Harrison County and a descendent of one of the early prominent pioneer families of this county. He was born in Trail Creek Township, near Mount Moriah, April 10, 1863, a son of John R. and Elizabeth (Cockran) Chambers.
John R. Chambers, came to Harrison County with his parents when he was about seven years old, about 1844. He grew to manhood in this county and followed farming and stock raising during his life time. At the time of the Civil War he served in the Home Guards. He was a Re- publican and always took an active part in local affairs and held various local offices. He died March 16, 1905, and his remains are buried in Mount Moriah Cemetery. Elizabeth (Cockran) Chambers was born in New York City in 1835. She is a daughter of John Cockran whose wife bore the maiden name of Forrest and they were both natives of Scotland. The Cockran family came to Trail Creek Township in 1856 and here the parents spent the remainder of their lives. Mrs. Chambers is now living at the ripe old age of eighty-six years and makes her home with her children. She is unusually active both mentally and physically for one of her advanced years.
I. R. Chambers is one of three children born to his parents that are now living. The others are James A., Coffey, Missouri, and Minnie S., married Millard Allen, Atchison County, Missouri. John' W., died at about the age of two years. I. R. Chambers was reared in Trail Creek Township and educated in the public schools. He began his independent career as a farmer and stockman at the age of twenty-two years and at that time bought a farm. He purchased his present place in 1900. It contains 170 acres and is located about five miles east of Ridgeway,
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on the Mount Moriah Road. His place is well improved with a fine residence which he built in 1906 and the other farm buildings on the place are of a substantial character. Mr. Chambers is a good farmer and his place presents an attractive and well kept appearance.
On March 8, 1885, I. R. Chambers was married to Miss Lorena Glaze. She was born at Princeton, Mercer County, Missouri and is the daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Riley) Glaze, the former a native of Ohio and the latter of Missouri. Thomas Glaze came to Harrison County when a young man and remained here until about 1909, when he went to Seattle, Washington where he died November 1, 1912, at the age of seventy- three years, eleven months and twenty days. His wife died September 20, 1898. They were the parents of three children: Charles died at the age of two years and six months; Lorena, the wife of I. R. Chambers of this sketch and Rosa, married Daniel Smothers, of Grant Township, a sketch of whom appears in this volume. To Mr. and Mrs. Chambers have been born two children: A. C., a farmer and stockman of Grant Township, and Daisy, married Ben Goodwin, of Trail Creek Township.
Mr. Chambers is a Republican and has held the office of justice of the peace and has also served on the township board of trustees. He is public spirited and a representative citizen of Harrison County, and the Chambers family stand high.
C. C. Miller, a Civil War veteran and a former member of the county court of Harrison County now living retired at Eagleville, is a native of Iowa. He was born in Muscatine, November 15, 1842, a son of John H. and Eliza (Walton) Miller.
John H. Miller, was born in Pennsylvania, in 1800. He was a son of Joseph Miller who was a soldier in the War of 1812, and was at the Battle of Lundy's Lane and a member of the "I'll Try, Sir," Regiment. Jacob Miller removed from Pennsylvania to Dayton, Ohio in 1805, when John H. Miller was five years old.
Eliza Walton Miller was a native of New Jersey and was a descend- ent of the Walton family which settled in Georgia in Colonial times. The Waltons were of English descent. Joseph Walton, father of Eliza Walton, was a brigadier general of militia under James K. Polk.
In May, 1836, John H. Miller and his wife came West to Iowa, from Indiana and settled in Muscatine County. The father engaged in farm- ing and spent his life there. He died in 1870, at the age of seventy
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years and the mother died in Union County, Iowa. They were the parents of the following children: Mary Ann, married John Cross, and she died in Jefferson County, Nebraska; John, died in St. Joseph, Missouri; B. F., was a prominent Methodist Minister and died in Des Moines, Iowa; Mrs. Catharine Gates, lives at Long Beach, California; Mrs. Adaline Crane, lives in Kansas; Joseph A., Union County, Iowa; Perry W., Ting- ley, Iowa; William, lives in Nebraska, and C. C., the subject of this sketch.
Judge C. C. Miller, was reared and educated in Muscatine, Iowa, and before he was ninteen years old he enlisted in August, 1861, at Musatine, Iowa, becoming a member of Company A, 11th Iowa Infantry. He re- ceived his baptismat fire at the Battle of Shiloh, and was at the Battle of Corinth, Mississippi and the Seige of Vicksburg, including a number of engagements in that vicinity, and reenlisted about that time. He then participated in the Battle of Kenesaw Mountain, and was with Sherman's Army in the famous March to the Sea. He was at the Seige of Atlanta, and was at Raleigh, North Carolina, when General Lee surrendered. He then marched with his command by way of Richmond, Virginia, to Wash- ington, D. C., and took part in the Grand Review. He was discharged at Louisville, Kentucky, and mustered out of the service at Camp McClelland, Davenport, Iowa.
After returning from the army, Mr. Miller went West for a short time when he returned to Muscatine, Iowa and was married. He followed farming there for a few years and in 1869 came to Harrison County, Missouri and bought a farm four miles northwest of Eagleville where he was engaged in farming and stock raising until 1900. He then bought a small place of five acres at Eagleville where he has since made his home and is now living retired.
Judge Miller was first married December 24 1868, to Miss Mary White and six children were born to them as follows: Mrs. Ida M. Hen- derson, Santa Cruze, California; George Franklin, died in Kansas; John W., Sprague, Missouri; Perry W., Cimarron, Kansas; Harry L., Kansas City, Kansas; and Essie, died in infancy. Some years after the death of his first wife, Judge Miller was married to Nancy Isabelle Taylor of Brooklyn, Missouri.
Judge Miller has been a life long Republican and has served two terms as county judge from the northern district of Harrison County, and was presiding judge during both terms. He has held other local
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offices and served as trustee of Hamilton Township for many years. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic and has been a Mason for a number of years. He is past master of the Eagleville Lodge and District Deputy Grand Master and Lecturer of the Fifth Missouri Dis- trict. He is also a member of the Knights of Pythias Lodge. In 1914, Judge Miller took an extensive trip visiting the Panama Canal Zone. He is a well posted and interesting gentleman and one of the substantial citizens of Harrison County.
Ollie V. Assel a progressive and enterprising young farmer and stockman of Trail Creek Township, is a native of Missouri. He was born at Weatherby, DeKalb County, February 28, 1898, and is a son of Lewis C. and Maud May (Weidemier) Assel, both natives of DeKalb County, Mis- souri.
Lewis C. Assel, is a son of Jacob J. Assel, a native of Prussia, who landed in New York, the night that President Lincoln wa sassassinated, April 14, 1865. He first settled in Michigan, and later removed to Mis- souri and settled in DeKalb County, where he spent the remainder of his life. He was an expert blacksmith, having learned that trade in his native land and worked at it during a period of service in the German Army. He also worked at his trade after settling in DeKalb County, Missouri. He died at Maysville, Missouri, March 1, 1916, at the age of sixty-nine years. His wife preceded him in death a number of years. She died in 1899. They were the parents of eight children all of whom grew to maturity.
Lewis C. Assel learened the blacksmith trade with his father in early life, but has devoted himself to farming and the stock business in which he has been very successful. He is one of the extensive and well- to-do farmers and stockmen of DeKalb County and is the owner of one of the best farms in that section. He specializes in raising pure bred Short- horn cattle and Duroc Jersey hogs.
T. Lewis C. Assel and wife have been born the following childern: Carl, who served in the United States Army during the World War, re- sides at home with his parents; Hazel, a teacher in the High School at Everest, Kansas; Ollie V., the subject of this sketch; Herbert, a student in the Kidder Institute; Gail, a student at Parkville, Missouri.
Ollie V. Assel, was reared on the home farm in DeKalb County, and educated in the public schools and the Kidder Institute, at Kidder, Mis-
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souri. He engaged in farming for himself in Trail Creek Township, Har- rison County, since 1918. His father purchased this place in 1917. It consists of 226 acres of valuable land upon which Mr. Assel has made numerous improvements since coming here. He carries on general farm- ing and stock raising and is meeting with well merited success. His place is well stocked with from twenty to forty head of cattle, forty hogs and he keeps seven head of horses.
On March 19, 1919, Ollie V. Assel was married to Miss Ethel Smith, a native of Caldwell County, Missouri. She is a daughter of Joseph Smith a Civil War veteran who now lives in Caldwell County. Shortly after the Ciivl War, he homesteaded government land in Kansas, and lived in that state for a number of years and returned to Missouri. To Ollie V. Assel and wife have been born two children: Josh and Phillip Homer.
Mr. Assel is perhaps the youngest man in Harrison County, who is carrying on farming and stock raising on such an extensive scale. Since coming here he has made many improvements on his place, including a corrugated all steel barn which is the first of the kind to be built in the county. Mr. Assel is a Democrat and is public spirited and one of the leading representative young men of Harrison County.
U. G. Eaton, of Eagleville, Missouri is a prominent farmer and stock- man and operates 400 acres of land and maintains his residence in Eagle- ville. Mr. Eaton was born in Marion County, Indiana, about eleven miles east of Indianapolis, May 7, 1869. He is a son of Wesley E. Eaton, and his mother bore the maiden name of Rice. They were the parents of three children, as follows: Sadie, married Fred Redinger, and they live at St. Joseph, Missouri; U. G., the subject of this sketch, and Emmà who married Charles Rupkuy, Palistine, Indiana. The parents were both na- tives of Indiana. The mother died in 1874, when U. G. Eaton was about five years old and her remains are buried in a cemetery which is located between Palistine, and Indianapolis, Indiana. After her death the father married Sarah Pittman a native of Indiana and five children were born to that union, as follows: Joseph, lives in Idaho; Buford, Ridgeway, Mis- souri ; John, Lakin, Kansas; Samuel, Kansas City, Missouri, and Mary, lives in Idaho.
The Eaton family moved from Marion to Shelby County, Indiana, when U. G. Eaton was five or six years old and in 1881 they came to Missouri and settled on a farm in Marion Township, Harrison County,
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about three miles south of Eagleville. The father remained here until about 1910, when his second wife died and he returned to Indiana, where he died in 1914. His remains are buried at Palestine, Indiana.
U. G. Eaton was educated in the public schools of Indiana and Mis- souri. He began life for himself as a farm hand when he was fifteen years old. He began farming rented land in the vicinity of Eagleville. Shortly afterward he rented 560 acres in Hamilton Township and now oper- ates 400 acres. He carries on general farming and stock raising on an extensive scale and has been on the same place for the past thirteen years. He raises hogs, cattle and mules and keeps a good grade of white- face cattle. He resides in Eagleville.
Mr. Eaton was married in 1887 to Miss Eva Long, a native of Iowa and a resident of Union Township, Harrison County, at the time of her mar- riage. To Mr. and Mrs. Eaton have been born six children, as follow: Blanche, married Noah Hoyt and they live in Kansas; Vaughn, who operates a 320 acre farm in Hamilton Township; Artis. married John Underwood, Union Township; Bee, married John Bogue, Hamilton Town- ship; Wesley, who operates the place with his father, married Carrie Derr; and Wade, who also assists his father, is unmarried.
Mr. Eaton is a member of the Knights of Pythias Lodge and is a Republican. He is an enterprising and public-spirited citizen and well known in Harrison County.
A. L. Hendren, one of the progressive farmers and stockmen of Jef- ferson Township, is a native of this township, and was born near the place where he now resides September 14, 1875. He is a son of Thomas C. and Elizabeth (Kelly) Hendren.
Thomas C. Hendren, who is now deceased was born in Henry County, Kentucky, and came to Missouri in 1856, first settling in Gentry County. After remaining there about one year he came to Harrison County and settled in Jefferson Township. Here he engaged in farming and stock raising and was one of the successful men of affairs of this county. He spent the remainder of his life on his home place in Jefferson Township. He died August 9, 1918. Elizabeth (Kelly) Hendren was born in Lafa- yette County, Indiana, in 1854, and when she was three years old, her parents came West, and the family settled in Jefferson Township, Harri- son County. She resides with her son A. L. Hendren.
Thomas C. Hendren and Elizabeth Kelly, were married in 1874, and the following children were born to them: A. L., the subject of this
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sketch; Walter E., born in 1878, lives in Union Township; James C., born in 1881, lives in Grant Township; George W., born in 1883, lives in Jefferson Township; Mabel, born in 1886, deceased, and her remains are buried at Morris Chapel; Lena, born in 1889, deceased, and is also buried at Morris Chapel; Mark Z., Ames, Iowa, was born in 1894.
A. L. Hendren was reared and educated in Jefferson Township. He was brought up on the farm and since boyhood has been familiar with farm life, and has made it his life occupation. He is now one of the owners of the old Hendren place, which is known as the Elm Stock Farm, and is located in the northeastern part of Jefferson Township. This place consists of 200 acres and is well improved and a very product- ive farm. He carries on general farming and stock raising. He is of the progressive kind of farmer, and keeps in mind the betterment and improvement in farming methods and conditions. He takes a keen interest in local affairs and has held the office of township trustee.
Mr. Hendren is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America and Brotherhood of American Yoemen, and is a Democrat.
O. C. Hendren, the owner and proprietor of Clear View Farm, which is located in Jefferson Township, north of Bethany, on the Jefferson High- way, is one of the prosperous and enterprising citizens of Harrison County. He was born in Jefferson Township about a mile from the place where he now lives, December 10, 1877, and is a son of George W., and Angeline (Kelly) Hendren.
George W. Hendren was born in Kentucky and came to Harrison County in 1857, and Angeline Kelly is a native of Tennessee, and came to Harrison County with her parents at a very early day. George W. Hendren removed to Kingman County, Kansas with his family in 1883, and remained there until 1889, when he returned to Jefferson Township, Harrison County, where he has since made his home.
About 1897, when O. C. Hendren was twenty years old, he went to Kansas again and remained in that state about six years. He then returned to Harrison County and operated rented land for some years. In 1911 he bought a part of his present place and later bought more land from time to time until he is now the owner of 237 acres of valuable and well improved land which is excelled by few of any farms in Harri- son County. He built a splendid modern residence in 1919 and the other buildings and improvements about the place are of a high type and in
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good condition. A part of this farm was owned by Mr. Hendren's grand- father, and he settled here in 1857. Mr. Hendren carries on general farming and stock raising. He raises large quantities of wheat and corn and is also extensively engaged in stock raising. He raises Jersey cattle and other breeds and although he keeps a good grade of stock, he makes no pretense of being a fancy stock breeder. He is a practical farmer and stockman and has had a very successful career. Mr. Hendren was married March 15, 1906, to Miss Elizabeth Hefner, a native of Jefferson Township, a daughter of S. H. Hefner, and to this union have been born five chil- dren as follows: Zelma, Garvin, Mary, Woodrow and Grace.
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