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Grand Army of the Republic, Lieutenant T. D. Neal Post, No. 124, was organized November 22, 1883, with the following charter members: C. H. Potter, A. W. Behee, Richard Goucher, A. J. Par- sons, Edward C. Mitchell, W. J. Taylor, Benjamin Sutton, F. M. Gillespie, M. C. Beeks, John H. Blessing, Pleasant Case, Henry M. Russ, Sylvester Smith, John H. Killough, C. C. Blessing, Philip S. Green, William Alder, Jackson Walker, James Van Meter, Elisha B.
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Heath, M. F. Clark, Emery Williams, A. M. Haney, John Williams, Jacob Noll, T. B. Sherer, W. H. Gale, J. W. Kenyon, W. H. Bail, W. C. Heaston, James W. Parman, Michael Allen, W. H. H. Gilles- pie, W. P. Robinson, W. P. Brown, Joseph C. Johnson, William Stinson, Lewis Justice, James Johnson, Edward B. Ward, Albert Reeves, R. D. Hook, F. T. Harvey, John T. Price, E. S. M. , Jackson Vail, S. B. Cross, W. L. Fruit, John A. Dryer, John Jen- nings, R. H. Wren, George D. Williams, A. J. Fuller, W. H. Skin- ner, B. F. Sperry, M. S. Gillidett, D. S. Alvord, Joseph Willcut, A. J. Davis, J. M. Bryant, John T. Rupe, John W. Smith and George W. Hall. The organization was effected by Maj. John Harnois, dep- uty mustering officer, and member of Custer Post, No. 7, of St. Joseph. First officers were W. P. Robinson, P. C .; J. Walker, S. V. C .; W. C. Heaston, J. V. C .; E. S. Miner, O. D .; A. J. Fuller, Adjt .; R. H. Wren, Q. M .; Clinton H. Potter, O. G .; W. H. Skinner, S. M .; J. W. Kenyon, Q. M. S. The second and third commanders of the post were R. H. Wren and W. H. Skinner, respectively. Present offi- cers are F. T. Harvey, P. C .; J. G. Henshaw, S. V. C .; Andrew McClure, J. V. C .; W. L. Fruit, O. D .; John W. Smith, Chaplain; J. Walker, Surgeon; Richard Goucher, O. G .; Richard Lovelace, Adjt .; J. M. Hampton, Q. M .; T. L. Sullivan, S. M .; A. D. Stubbs, Q. M. S. This is one of the most flourishing posts in Northern Mis- souri, numbering at this time over 200 members.
Lieutenant Jacob B. McClure Camp, No. 22, Sons of Veterans, was chartered June 26, 1886, with twenty-seven members, whose names are as follows: Joseph Newland, Joe W. Prentiss, E. R. Dur- ham, James F. Gale, R. T. Bedell, V. P. Rupe, F. M. Rupe, L. A. Harvey, Newt. Jennings, Edgar Skinner, William E. Hartshorn, Sparks McClure, Ashman H. Vandivert, H. E. Hampton, Clay Prentiss, William H. Shipley, Frank McClure, C. A. Axline, William O. Selby, Harry Fruit, Albert Parsons, Charles W. Gillidett, Gideon Gillidett, George W. Wymore, Ira W. Rice, John E. Stead and George W. Dodd. The camp was mustered April 23, 1886. The first officers were E. R. Durham, Capt .; Joseph Newland, 1st Lieut .; A. H. Van- divert, 2d Lieut .; R. T. Bedell, Chap .; Edgar Skinner, O. S .; Jo- seph Newland, Q. M. S .; T. N. Rupe, S. of G .; Newton Jennings, C. S .; Joseph T. Gale, C. of G .: W. E. Hartshorn, P. G .; J. W. Prentiss, P. M .; Sparks McClure, J. W. Prentiss and V. P. Rupe, C. C. Officers for 1887: E. R. Durham, Capt .; C. A. Axline, 1st Lieut .; M. A. Ford, 2d Lieut .; C. H. Corey, 1st Sergt .; H. R. Neeper, Q. M. S .; C. W. Gillidett, S. of G .; W. E. Hartshorn, C.
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S .; Gideon Gillidett, C. G .; Harry Fruit, C. G .; Frank Cross, P. G .; Clay Prentiss, P. M .; Sparks McClure, V. P. Rupe and Frank McClure, C. C. Present number of members is forty-eight.
Bethany is the headquarters of the division of Missouri Sons of Veterans, and at this time the following State officers of the organiza- tion reside in Harrison County: Ashman H. Vandivert, Com .; E. R. Durham, Sec .; Ezra H. Frisby, J. A., and Samuel F. Church, Adjt.
Temperance Organizations .- In January, 1862, a society of the Knights of Temperance was organized in Bethany, among the early members of which were the following: W. D. Stewart, G. W. New- man, Isabell Ramer, J. F. Collier, E. R. Martin, A. Templeman, Mrs. F. C. Collier, Mary Allen, J. H. Newman, C. A. Hedrick and E. A. Wayland. The society was well sustained for several years and did much toward checking the prevailing intemperance of the times. In January, 1864, Bethany Lodge, No. 491, Independent Order of Good Templars, was instituted by John J. Miller. It had a prosperous career for some time, and numbered among its members many of the leading citizens of the city and adjacent country.
Women's Christian Temperance Union, a society of the W. C. T. U., was organized in Bethany about the year 1881 or 1882. It bas at this time a membership of about fifty, and is accomplishing a good work in the cause of temperance. The place of meeting is a beautiful hall in the Cuddy block neatly furnished. The officers of the organi- zation are Mrs. Maude Allen, president; Mrs. Thompson, vice-president, and Miss Cora Heaston, secretary. Under the auspices of this society, a number of prominent lecturers have visited the city from time to time, among whom were Luther Benson, Col. George Woodward, C. J. Holt, Joseph Critchfield, Ansley Gray, Miss Frances Willard and Julia Bosworth.
Cainesville .- This flourishing town is situated in the northeast corner of Adams Township, on Grand River, within one mile of the Mer- cer County line, and dates its history proper from about the year 1854. The locality was selected in quite an early day, however, and among those who located farms within a radius of a few miles were Alfred Hickman, Joshua Moss, Philip Davis, Benjamin Grubb, "Bonny" Grubb, Thomas Aubery, Calvin Williams, E. Booth, A. Booth, and others whose names are not now remembered.
In about the year 1854 one Peter Cain, an early pioneer of Mercer County, in partnership with Isaac Waldrop and Henry Kennedy, erected a frame saw and flouring mill on Thompson's fork of Grand River, present site of the town, which soon became the nucleus of quite a flourishing settlement.
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This was the first manufacturing enterprise of any note attempted in the eastern part of the county, and so highly prized was it that people frequently came distances of thirty and forty miles to get their grinding done. Connected with the mill was a large shed or sleeping and cooking apartment for the accommodation of such customers as were compelled to wait several days for their grists. Such was the reputation of the mill that it was no uncommon sight to see fifteen and twenty teams hitched in close proximity to the buildings, the owners waiting for what the miller was pleased to call their "turns." The mill soon brought the locality into prominence, and within a short time after it was started Mr. Cain opened a small general store, which proved a great accommodation to his many customers and the neigh- borhood at large. He sold his goods in a small frame building which stood a short distance northeast of the mill site, and for some time carried on quite a successful business. In the meantime the advan- tages of the locality attracted others, and in April, 1855, Andrew Clark secured the services of T. J. Cast, county surveyor, and laid out a town on the southeast quarter and the southwest quarter of Section 12, Town- ship 65, Range 26, which he named Cainesville in compliment to Mr. Cain. The original plan of the town includes seven blocks subdivided into sixty-two lots traversed by the following streets: Elm and Lafayette, running east and west, and Washington and Vine, north and south. The lots were at once placed upon the market, and within a short time quite a number of them were purchased and improved. The following were among the early purchasers and residents of the town: John Oxford, John Restine, Joseph Catron, Marcellus Moss, John Hall, W. C. Chapman, Joseph Pierce, James F. Chambers, William R. King, Lewis R. Twedell, William C. Reeves, Adam Bowers, Dr. T. M. Ful- lerton, C. B. Adkins, William McElfish, William T. Browning, Jesse Myers, John Snyder and John Woodward, all of whom moved to the town during the first two years of its history.
After selling goods for a short time in the building first erected, Mr. Cain subsequently built the house occupied at this time by the Cainesville Bank, in which he carried on the mercantile business, from about 1857 until 1861. In the meantime other buildings were erected in the town, among the earliest of which was a frame structure on the corner of Lafayette and Washington Streets, in which Mr. Clark sold goods for a short time. This building is still standing, being used at this time for a stable. Jacob B. Oxford purchased a lot on the corner of Washington and Main Streets shortly after the town was surveyed, and erected thereon a frame building, which he opened for the accom-
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modation of such travelers and transient visitors as saw fit to pay for his hospitalities. This was the first hotel in Cainesville, and for several years the only stopping place in the town. It was removed some years ago, and replaced by the large business house of J. H. Burrows, which still occupies the lot. Another early building stood where the Com- mercial hotel now stands, and was used for hotel purposes in a later day by Henry Kennedy. It was destroyed by fire in 1882. The corner now occupied by the Bain House was first utilized as a build- ing place by John Hall, who erected thereon a frame structure, which was first used for the goods business. It was subsequently purchased by Frank George, who enlarged and otherwise improved the building and started a hotel, which was in operation several years. Dr. T. M. Fullerton, the first resident physician of the town, erected a residence on the corner of Main and Washington Streets as early as 1855, and for several years thereafter practiced his profession in the village and surrounding country. The building in which he resided is still stand- ing, and occupied at this time by James Pelican.
Business Men .- To go back to the founding of Cainesville and give a true detail of every branch of its business and industry, when it commenced and by whom, is a task extremely difficult to accomplish. Few persons reside in the village now who were here when it was founded, and those few have paid comparatively little attention to the various changes that have taken place from time to time during the last thirty-three years. As already stated, however, the first person to engage in the mercantile business in Cainesville was Peter Cain, and after him Andrew Clark, both of whom left their impress upon the early character of the struggling town. A little later came Joseph Catron, who opened a general store where J. M. Moss & Co.'s busi- ness house now stands, where for some years he conducted a fairly suc- cessful trade. Dr. James Burns was an early merchant also, and for some time carried on the general goods business on the lot now occupied by Wickersham & Co.'s store building. James M. and Mar- cellus Moss came to the village prior to 1862, and in the latter year Hon. J. H. Burrows became identified with its business interests, and has since been a prominent factor in promoting the material prosperity of the town. Mr. Burrows has displayed rare energy and liberality in his many business transactions, and to him more than to any other man is the town indebted for a large degree of its prosperity. Since 1862 Mr. Burrows has been engaged in the mercantile business, which he still carries on, besides having large interests in the Cainesville Bank and various other enterprises. At a later period in the history
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of the town there were the following merchants additional to those already mentioned: George W. Flint, Flint & Murphy, Flint & Noah, W. C. Reeves, Moss & Rogers, W. C. Frazee, Frazee & Montgomery, John Hall, Miles Bailey, Bailey & Flint, Joseph P. Bailey, J. P. and J. Bailey, Charles Scott, Dr. E. Blatchley, Burns & Son, John M. Sallee, Henry A. Harrison, David M. Cain, James H. Sallee, Henry Ristine and L. H. Craig.
Physicians. - Of the learned professions Cainesville has known some as able men as any town of its size in the county or State. Of the medical profession there was Dr. T. M. Fullerton, at this time the leading physician of Princeton, Mercer County. He came to the town when it was but a niche in the forest, and for a number of years prac- ticed his profession with the most gratifying success. Other medical men from time to time were Drs. James Burns, Edgar Blatchley, L. H. Perriman, - - Connell, Dr. Pitzell, I. B. Stafford, John D. Enloe, Sr., Dr. Collins, and 'Dr. Hisler, the majority of whom were well learned in the profession, and faithfully performed their duty to their fellow man.
At this time the medical profession is represented by the following physicians: S. D. Logan, Harvey Nally and W. D. Bryant.
Mechanics .- From the best local authority, the first mechanic in Cainesville appears to have been one Cyrus Hart, a blacksmith, who erected a small shop, near where the steam mill now stands, a short time after the town was surveyed. Joseph Pierce engaged in the blacksmithing business in an early day, and for a number of years operated a shop not far from the lot now occupied by the residence of M. F. Oxford. Both of these men were good mechanics, and found ample opportunities for the exercise of their skill as long as they remained in the village. John Purdun and John Snyder were among the early blacksmiths, and while the town was still in its infancy, Messrs. Browning & McFee began the manufacture of fanning mills which they conducted for several years in the building which formerly stood on the lot now occupied by the Wickersham store-room.
Postmasters. - It was a pathetic and strangely human expression of Dr. Johnson when he said "We shall receive no letters in the grave." There is no power in that silent domain to appoint postmas- ters; there is no communication open and no mail contracts can be made with the grim passenger boat to the unknown beyond. There were very little mail facilities or communication to Cainesville when the first postoffice was established over thirty years ago. We learn that a postoffice was opened in the town about the year 1855 with
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John Bailey as postmaster. He served several years, and was suc- ceeded by E. Prather, who in turn was followed in regular succession by the following gentlemen: William McElfish, R. L. Oxford, J. R. Hadly, and the present incumbent, C. M. Scott.
Manufactories .- As previously stated, the first manufacturing enterprise of Cainesville was the flouring and saw mill erected by Cain, Waldrop & Kennedy in the year 1855. The mill received its motive power from the waters of Grand River, and for a number of years was the chief attraction of the town. The original mill building was sub- sequently torn down and rebuilt by Messrs. Neal & Wilson, who moved it a short distance from where it at first stood. It has passed through a number of hands, and at this time is operated by S. H. Glaze & Co., who do a very good business. The building is a large, three-story frame structure with a basement, and is supplied with fair machinery.
The Cainesville Saw and Planing-Mill, the largest manufacturing enterprise of the kind in the county, was erected in 1882 by D. W. Wells. The main building is 24x77 feet, with shed and store-room 16x80 feet, and a dry house 17x26 feet in size. The building is sup- plied with latest improved machinery for the manufacture of lumber, broom handles, bedsteads and other articles, and a large planing- mill, which is kept constantly running in order to supply the demand of the town and neighborhood. Mr. Wells is sole manufacturer of the celebrated Ellis' Washing Machine, large numbers of which are sold throughout Northwest Missouri, Southern Iowa and other States. The mill represents a capital considerably in excess of $5,000, and is the most important enterprise of the town.
Incorporation .- In January, 1875, the citizens of Cainesville decided to assume the responsibility of establishing and maintaining a town corporation. Accordingly, a petition to that effect was presented to the county court, which took the necessary action on the 20th of the above month. The first board of trustees was composed of Joseph Pierce, John Bailey, R. B. Wilson, Joseph H. Ristine and James Bink- ley. They met and finally organized by electing R. B. Wilson, chair- man; and appointing C. B. Woodward, town clerk; E. A. Thompson, marshal; L. M. Wickersham, assessor; W. H. Bailey, collector; and W. H. Burns, treasurer. April, 1875, an election was held, resulting in the following board being chosen: James Moss, Joseph Pierce, Robert Wilson, Sr., William McElfish and O. H. Burns. Ed. Thompson was appointed marshal; W. H. Burns, treasurer; Victor D. Clark, clerk, and G. W. Hagan, street commissioner. The officers of 1876
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were as follows: William McElfish, M. H. Bailey, Thomas Addison, Thomas Tindall and William D. Bryant, trustees; G. W. Shaw, mar- shal; James Moss, treasurer; M. F. Oxford, clerk; William Riley, street commissioner. The municipal officers at this time are J. R. Hadley, G. W. Shaw, Harvey Nally, G. W. Case and Miles E. French, trustees; Dr. W. D. Bryant, clerk; G. R. Wilson, treasurer; S. D. Logan, assessor; John Skakal, street commissioner; and James Moss, Sr., collector.
Cainesville Bank was established July, 1883, by a joint stock com- pany, with a paid-up capital of $13,000. It has been conducted very successfully, and at this time is one of the best banking houses in Harrison County, the proprietors being among the town's most sub- stantial business men. The officers are S. H. Glaze, president, and C. B. Woodward, cashier. The following gentlemen are directors: S. H. Glaze, T. G. Rogers, M. F. Oxford, J. H. Burrows, Enos Pickens, W. J. Clamands and J. S. Taylor.
Secret Societies .- Cainesville Lodge, No. 328, A. F. & A. M., was organized under dispensation in the year 1868, the chief mover in bringing about the organization being Hon. J. H. Burrows. The fol- lowing are the names of original members so far as could be learned: John Woodward, J. H. Burrows, Conrad Mooter, A. B. Montgomery, W. C. Frazee, J. H. Baker and John D. Enloe. John Woodward was Worshipful Master; J. H. Burrows, Senior Warden; Conrad Mooter, Junior Warden; and A. B. Montgomery, Secretary. The lodge was granted a charter on the 13th of October, 1870, at which time, and for a few years thereafter, meetings were held in a hall over the Cainesville Bank. The meeting place was subsequently changed, and at this time the lodge holds its sessions in a hall belonging to Messrs. Rogers & Wilson. The organization has had a prosperous career, but is not so strong in numbers now as formerly, the present mem- bership being but thirty-two. The following are the officers for 1887: J. H. Burrows, Worshipful Master; T. G. Rogers, Senior Warden; J. C. Cain, Junior Warden; Dr. H. Nally, Secretary; G. A. Stigall, Senior Deacon; J. H. Sallee, Junior Deacon; E. F. Brower, Treasurer; and Ruffian Brown, Tyler.
An order of the Eastern Star, known as Riverside Chapter No. 116, was instituted in Cainesville a number of years ago, with the follow- ing charter members: Katie Woodward, Mary A. Hall, Charlotte A. Pickens, Julia A. Woodward, Amanda C. Harper, Angie Ristine, Laura Bailey, Mary F. Brower, Sarah S. Bailey, Eleanor Rogers, Margaret D. Chambers, Mary A. Burrows, Luenna Scott, Jane Small, Rebecca
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J. Price and Charlotte T. Harrison. For two or three years the organization grew and prospered, but at the end of that time internal dissensions arose, which finally caused the society to disband. The last meeting was held about the year 1880.
Cainesville Lodge, No. 199, I. O. O. F., is a flourishing society, though not so strong, numerically, as in years gone by. At one time the records contained the names of over forty members, among whom were many of the most prominent citizens of the town and surround- ing country. The date of its organization and facts pertaining to its early history were not learned. The officers at the present time are as follows: M. F. Oxford, N. G .; S. V. Rogers, V. G .; Isaac R. Hadley, R. S .; Dr. H. Nally, P. S .; J. W. Chambers, Treas. Meetings are held in Rogers & Wilson's hall. The organization is in the enjoy- ment of a reasonable degree of prosperity, and its future is prom- ising.
Temperance in Cainesville .- Not the least in the category of obstacles which interfered with the success of Cainesville in former years was the presence of several whisky shops, which gave the town a very unsavory reputation abroad. These places were the rendezvous of all the worthless characters in the village and sur- rounding country, and to their baleful influence is due the wreck and downfall of a number of young men, who but for their presence might have become reputable citizens and business men. Upon cer- tain days of the week the town presented hardly the appearance of a civilized village. It must not be understood that such con- duct was countenanced by the majority of the citizens, as such was far from being the case, but the presence of a rough and somewhat lawless element prevented for a time any and all attempts upon the part of the peaceably disposed people to inaugurate an era of quiet and order. As a means of checking the prevailing evil of intemperance, Hon. J. H. Burrows, in the fall of 1862, succeeded in organizing a Good Templar's lodge, with which many of the resi- dents of the town at that time became identified. Among some of the early members were John D. Chambers, Joseph Chambers, Sr., Elder John Woodward, A. F. Woodruff, James Burrows, J. N. Truax, A. B. Montgomery, George W. Randall and others, all of whom took an active part in the warfare against the saloons of the town. The organization was brought about in the face of much opposition, not the least of which was the disposition upon the part of a certain' class to break up the meetings of the lodge by violence. Nothing daunted, however, the temperance people inaugurated a vigorous
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campaign against the saloons, and not content with merely meeting in the lodge room, singing songs, passing resolutions, etc., they marched boldly through the streets in body, and held song service and other exercises in front of the rumseller's doors. For a while the efforts of the organization to check the evil seemed futile, but in time a good effect was produced, and before the lapse of many years the saloon keepers of Cainesville were compelled to close their doors or seek other and more favorable localities in which to ply their trade. The Templars named their organization Banner Lodge, and at one time it had a membership of over 400, nearly all of whom, be it said to their credit, remained faithful to the vow of total abstinence. Like other organizations of the past Banner Lodge had its day, but during the ten years of its history it accomplished a work the grand and beneficial effects of which it is difficult to estimate or enumerate.
A fit successor to the Good Templar's organization is the Women's Christian Temperance Union, a society of which was established in Cainesville about the year 1883. This organization has prospered with the most gratifying success, and at this time has a membership of about sixty, all of whom 'are fully alive to the interests of the temperance reform. In 1885 the society erected a beautiful hall, 20x30 feet and 13 foot story, at a cost of $650. The hall in which the meetings are held is tastefully furnished, supplied with an organ and bell, and is by far the finest hall in the town. At this time a move- ment to found a library and reading room is being pushed forward, and with the proper financial encouragement, which of course the citizens will cheerfully extend, the project will soon be successfully carried out. The present officers of the society are Mrs. J. H. Bur- rows, president; Mrs. J. H. Sallee, vice-president, and Louemma Clark, secretary.
Cainesville Post, No. 216, G. A. R., was organized October 17, 1884, by Maj. W. H. H. Skinner, of Bethany, with the following charter members: W. D. Bryant, Charles G. Baker, I. S. Stoner, Thomas J. Roberts, William Allman, Henry C. Potorf, John Posler, David E. Bain, S. H. Pierce, R. O. Woodward, John M. Brower, John G. Oder, Alexander Craig, Henry Ristine, I. R. Hadley, G. W. Shaw, W. I. Marriott, P. King, James M. Moss, George Glibbern, Nathan Graham, and A. D. Graham. The first Commander was W. D. Bryant. The First Senior Vice-Commander, J. M. Moss. The pres- ent membership of the post is fifty-five. Meetings are held twice each month, and the organization is reported in prosperous condition. The officers for 1887 are as follows: J. M. Moss, Commander; J. D.
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Oder, S. V. C .; W. I. Merriott, J. V. C .; C. E. Baker, O. G .; L. M. Wickersham, O. D .; T. J. Roberts, S. M .; O. H. Burns, Q. M. S .; W. C. Baker, Chaplain; S. H. Pierce, Surgeon. . Churches .- The Methodist, Baptist and Christian denominations are represented in Cainesville by flourishing organizations, and three neat and commodious temples of worship. The Methodist building was erected in 1871, at a cost of $1,400. The house in which the Christian Church meets stands near the central part of town, and represents a capital of about $1,200. The Baptist building in the southeast part of the town was erected in 1872 at a cost of about $1,300. The present school building, a large two-story frame struct- ure, was erected in 1872.
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