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no means confined to Henry County. He is one of the well known buyers of southwestern Missouri.
Mr. Biggs was united in marriage April 21, 1911, with Miss Oka McLane, a daughter of F. E. and Matilda F. (Wynn) McLane. The former was a native of Missouri and the latter of Indiana. The father died in 1909 and the mother now resides at Windsor. They were the parents of the following children: Stella, married R. E. Stiff, Boise City, Idaho; Pearl, married Jack Oaks, Bates County, Missouri ; Oka, the wife of Samuel Biggs, the subject of this sketch ; Bert, Kansas City, Missouri ; Roy, Hot Springs, Arkansas; Finis, Kansas City, Missouri; Grover, Benton County, Missouri ; Ida, married Fred Gray, Calhoun, Missouri; May, married Joe Brodley, Pleasant Hill, Missouri; Ethel, married Grover Stone, Marshall, Missouri, and Ruby, Kansas City, Missouri.
Mr. and Mrs. Biggs reside at 811 East Ohio street and are among the leading people of Clinton.
Calvin Luallen, of the firm of Luallen & Tally, well known automobile dealers of Clinton, Missouri, is a native of Laclede County, Missouri. He was born in 1869, a son of Alex and Mary (Bilderbeck) Laullen, the former a native of Virginia and the latter of Ohio, both now deceased. The mother died in 1869 and the father departed this life in 1915. Calvin was the only child born to his father's first marriage. By a second marriage of Alex Luallen the following children were born: Henry P., Laclede County, Mis- souri ; Foster and Homer, deceased, and Elmer, who lives in Kansas City, Missouri; and Lucy, now the wife of Garrett Scheer, Deepwater, Missouri.
Calvin Luallen was reared in Laclede County and educated in the public schools. He followed farming and stock raising and also bought and sold stock there until 1893, when he came to Henry County, locating near Mt. Zion. In 1913 he bought 170 acres three miles southeast of Clinton, and also owns 300 acres near Mt. Zion. Both places are well improved and are two of the valuable farms of Henry County. In 1916 Mr. Luallen engaged in the automobile business in Clinton in partnership with Mr. Tally. They specialize in handling the Buick car and also operate an auto- mobile repair shop in connection with their sales garage.
Mr. Luallen was married in 1898 to Miss Emma Marsh of Mt. Zion, Henry County, a daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Sutmiller) Marsh, both of whom are now deceased. The Marsh family were early settlers in the vicinity of Mt. Zion. Mrs. Luallen was one of the following chil- dren born to her parents: Henry, Kansas City, Missouri; John, Bushy-
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head, Oklahoma; Mary, the wife of Garrett Scheer, Mt. Zion, Missouri; Mrs. Caroline Hillegas, Twin Falls, Oklahoma, who is now deceased; and Emma, the wife of Calvin Luallen. To Mr. and Mrs. Luallen have been born three children: Fay, now a student at William Woods College, Fulton, Missouri; Clifford, and Dorris, at home.
Mr. and Mrs. Luallen reside on the home farm near Clinton. He holds membership in the Masonic Lodge and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He is one of the progressive and substantial business men of Henry County.
Joshua Carney of White Oak township is one of the pioneers of Henry County, who has done his part in reclaiming this county from an un- broken plain and making of it one of the leading political subdivisions of the state of Missouri.
Mr. Carney was born in Pendleton County, Kentucky, April 4, 1832, a son of Thomas and Mary (Hunt) Carney, the former a native of Ken- tucky and the latter of Virginia. Joshua Carney and his mother left their Kentucky home in 1850 and went to Illinois. After spending two years in that State they came to Missouri, settling in Scotland County. Here they remained until the Civil War broke out. Joshua Carney being a Southern man, his sympathies were with the South and he enlisted in the Confederate Army, and after about a year of active campaign in behalf of the lost cause, in which he participated in five important battles in Missouri, he returned to civil life. In 1862 he went to Platte County, where he remained four years. He then settled in Johnson County, near Holden, and in 1869 came to Henry County. He settled on a farm in White Oak township, and for forty-nine years this place has been his home, and he has added acreage from time to time until he owned five hundred thirty-five acres, half of which is owned by his son, Robert, who owns three hundred acres of the home place. This is said to be one of the most productive farms in Henry County and Mr. Carney raises large quantities of corn, wheat and oats, and he is also one of the important cattle raisers of the county. Mr. Carney now owns two hundred acres. Robert and George W. own twenty acres in partnership.
Mr. Carney was united in marriage in 1854 to Miss Margaret Cline, a daughter of Peter and Katherine Cline of Scotland County. Mrs. Carney was born in Kentucky and died in White Oak township September 10, 1910. To Joshua Carney and wife were born the following children: Mrs. Eleanor Bell Godwin, deceased; Mrs. Anna Hill, lives in Bates County ;
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Jack S., lives at Urich, Missouri; Mrs. Sarah C. Gilbert, lives in Okla- homa; Mrs. Virginia Connor, Bates County; Dr. Ira, Blairstown, Mis- souri; Mary Elizabeth, resides at home; Robert Lee, at home; Emma, at home; George W., Walker township; and William L., Bates County.
Mr. Carney has observed many changes in Henry County during the forty-nine years of his residence here. When he came here all kinds of wild game, including deer, turkey, geese and ducks, were plentiful. There were no roads and the country was unfenced, wire fences being unheard of at that time. Transportation in the county depended upon the freighter who hauled goods from Warrensburg or Sedalia. The present towns, the most important ones of today, were mere hamlets or settlements and others were not thought of. There were no railroads in the county. He has lived to see all this change, and when he reflects on all the develop- ment and progress that has been made in the short period of less than half a century, he marvels at the wonders of the accomplishment of man.
Mr. Carney has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, for over forty-five years, and it may be truthfully said of him that he is living a Christian life and is one of Henry County's most valuable citizens.
H. N. Kibbey, a prominent merchant of Clinton, Missouri, is a native of Illinois. He was born in Abington in 1869, a son of W. H. and Mary (Briggs) Kibbey, both natives of Clinton County, Ohio. W. H. Kibbey served in the 17th Ohio Infantry for three and one-half years during the Civil War. He was engaged in the mercantile business in Illinois after the war and later went to Nebraska, and in 1894 came to Clinton, Mis- souri, where he was engaged in the restaurant business for nine years. He died at Clinton in 1906 and his wife departed this life in 1916, and their remains were buried in the Englewood Cemetery. They were the parents of the following children: H. N., the subject of this sketch ; H. W., an engineer, lives at Kearney, Nebraska; and Etta, now the wife of Will- iam Smith, Omaha, Nebraska.
H. N. Kibbey received his education in the public schools of Illinois and when a boy worked in his father's store, and when the family moved to Nebraska he went with them. In 1894 when they came to Clinton he also came here. Shortly after coming to Clinton he entered the employ of W. H. Bledsoe, who conducted a harness store on North Main street. He remained with Mr. Bledsoe for nine years, and in 1906 purchased Mr. Bledsoe's business and moved to his present location on the northeast
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corner of the square. In addition to the harness business Mr. Kibbey also carries a complete stock of shoes and trunks and leather goods. In Octo- ber, 1917, Mr. Kibbey sold his harness department to Bristell & Van- Winkle, and since that time has devoted his attention to shoes, trunks and leather goods, and is the leading dealer in Clinton in these general lines. He is a progressive merchant and has built up an extensive trade. His policy is square dealing. He believes in the time honored precept of the mercantile businss that a satisfied customer is the best advertisement.
Mr. Kibbey was united in marriage January 8, 1900, with Miss Bine. Strain of Carney, Nebraska. Her mother, Mrs. Sarah Strain, now resides at Clinton, Missouri, at the age of eighty-four. Mrs. Kibbey is one of the following children born to her parents : R. C., Baton Rouge, Louisiana ;. Edward, Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Lizzie, now the wife of Herbert San- burn, Ft. Scott, Kansas, and Bine, the wife of H. N. Kibbey. To Mr. and Mrs. Kibbey have been born two children: Fay, now the wife of W. A. Snell, Florence, Louisiana; Nannie, now the wife of Rollen Blakemore, Clinton, Missouri.
Mr. Kibbey is one of the substantial business men of Clinton, and the Kibbey family are prominent in the community.
William S. Britell, senior member of the firm of Britell and VanWinkle, the leading harness dealers of Clinton, Missouri, is a native of Illinois. He was born in Whiteside County in 1881, a son of Rufus H. and Katie M. (Trout) Britell, the former a native of Vermont and the latter of Ken- tucky, both now deceased. Rufus H. Britell served in the United States Navy during the Civil War and was wounded at the battle of Mobile Bay. He came to Clinton, Missouri, in 1903 and spent the remainder of his life. here. He died in 1913 at the age of eighty-one years. His wife preceded him in death a number of years, having died in 1892. They were the par- ents of two children: William S., the subject of this sketch; and Frank L., who lives in Kansas City, Missouri.
William S. Britell was reared and educated in Henry County and fol- lowed farming until 1904. He then came to Clinton and entered the em- ploy of W. H. Bledsoe, who conducted a harness shop, and remained with him one year. Mr. Bledsoe was then succeeded by Mr. Kibbey and Mr .. Britell remained in his employ until 1917, when he and Mr. VanWinkle bought the Kibbey harness department, and have conducted this business until the present time. Mr. Britell is an experienced harness man and a. skilled mechanic in that field of work.
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William S. Britell was united in marriage October 19, 1904, to Lydia M. Stotts of Clinton, Missouri, daughter of John O. and Hannah (Camp- bell) Stotts of Clinton. The mother died in 1902 and the father now re- sides with Mrs. Britell. Mrs. Britell is one of a family of six children born to her parents as follow: William, Harrisonville, Missouri; Fred, Clin- ton, Missouri; Oscar, Harrisonville, Missouri; John, deceased; Lydia M., the wife of William S. Britell, the subject of this sketch, and Samuel, Clin- ton, Missouri. To Mr. and Mrs. Britell have been born four children : Katie, John, Lloyd and Iva May.
Mr. Britell is one of the progressive and enterprising business men of Clinton. The firm handles stock harness and also manufactures especially for their customers, as well as doing a general line of repair work. They have a prosperous business and rank among the leading business institu- tions of Henry County. Mr. Britell is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America and also the Woodmen of the World.
J. F. VanWinkle, of the firm of Britell & VanWinkle of Clinton, is a native of Henry County. He was born in Leesville township in 1871 and is a son of M. C. and Marie J. (Biggs) VanWinkle, both natives of Illinois. The father served in the Union Army with an Illinois regiment during the Civil War. After the war he came to Henry County, about 1870. Here he followed farming and stock raising until his death in 1880. His widow now lives in Clinton. Maria Biggs was a daughter of James R. Biggs, who settled in Henry County about the year 1870. His widow now lives in Clinton, aged eighty-nine years. There are five generations of the Biggs family now living in Henry County.
J. F. VanWinkle was reared in Henry County and educated in the public schools and was engaged in farming until 1917, when he, in partner- ship with W. S. Britell, purchased the Kibbey stock of harness, and since that time they have been engaged in the harness business at the Kibbey old stand.
Mr. VanWinkle has been twice married. His first wife, to whom he was married in 1893, bore the maiden name of Minnie Fowler, who was a daughter of George and Esther Fowler of Deepwater, Missouri. She died in 1907, leaving the following children: Jene Clyde, La Due, Missouri; Irene, the wife of Bennie Dunning, Appleton City, Missouri; Ruth, now the wife of Jesse McGintis, Clinton, Missouri; Noma, Mary and Florence. Mr. VanWinkle was united in marriage in 1910 with Miss Erma Johnson of Clinton, Missouri. She is a daughter of Alvin and Ruth Johnson, the
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former now deceased and the latter lives at Deepwater, Missouri. To Mr. and Mrs. VanWinkle have been born the following children: Darwin and Dorothy Jean, twins.
Mr. VanWinkle is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Clinton and takes a commendable interest in local affairs.
Robert H. Piper, proprietor of the Piper Brothers Department Store of Clinton, is one of the pioneer merchants of Henry County. Mr. Piper was born in Saline County, Missouri, in 1855, and is a son of Garrett W. and Sophia J. (Farrar) Piper, both natives of Virginia, now deceased. They were the parents of the following children: John W., deceased; F. R., now deceased; Sarah, deceased, and Robert H., the subject of this sketch. The eldest son, John W., served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. He married Lutie Lindsey, who now lives in New York City. F. R. Piper married Sallie McMann, and they are both now deceased and their remains are buried in Englewood Cemetery. F. R. Piper, the second oldest brother, came to Clinton in 1870 and engaged in the mercantile business in partnership with E. Allison. This was the beginning of the present Piper Brothers mercantile business. Mr. Allison retired from the firm in 1886 and was afterwards killed while serving as a guard at the peniten- tiary at Jefferson City. In 1878 Robert H. Piper became a member of the firm which consisted of the two brothers, F. R. and Robert H., and they continued the business in partnership until the death of F. R. Piper, May 2, 1917, and since that time Robert H. has continued the business under the old firm name of Piper Brothers, which is perhaps the best known business house in Henry County, having been in existence continually for over forty years, and during all this time has ranked as the leading busi- ness enterprise in Henry County.
Robert H. Piper received his education in the public schools of Saline County, Missouri, and the Jones Commercial College of St. Louis, Missouri. Mr. Piper became a member of the firm when he was twenty-two years of age, and has devoted his life to the mercantile business.
In 1884, Mr. Piper was united in marriage with Miss Bertie Lee Mona- fee of Miami, Missouri. She is a daughter of Robert and Jennie Monafee, natives of Missouri. Of their children now living are, Prof. Flournory Monafee of Washington University, Washington, D. C .; Amelia, married Flournory Snelling; Richard, an employe of the Government, Washington, D. C .; Walter, a prominent farmer and stockman of Henry County. To Robert H. Piper and wife have been born the following children: Juanita,
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died in infancy; Helen, died at the age of twelve; John William, now serving in the United States Army, having enlisted January 26, 1917.
Mr. Piper takes an interest in local political affairs and served as col- lector of Henry County for one term, and has served for several years at different times as a member of the city council at Clinton. He has been a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Clinton for forty-two years and is one of Henry County's substantial and highly respected citizens.
Jesse D. Cook, of the firm of Cook & Kincaid, well-known grocers of Clinton, was born in Gower, Missouri, December 22, 1880. He is a son of J. H. Cook and Lydia B. (Johnson) Cook. J. H. Cook was a native of Kentucky and came to Missouri when he was nineteen years of age, and bought a farm near Gower, where he spent his life engaged in farming and stock raising. He died at the age of seventy-four years. Lydia B. Johnson came to Missouri with her parents when she was eleven years of age and died at the age of fifty-five years, and her remains rest by the side of those of her husband, in New Harmony Cemetery at Gower, Missouri. They were the parents of the following children: Dr. Emmet F. Cook, a prominent physician and surgeon of St. Joseph, Missouri, who is now serving in the Medical Corps of the United States Army with the rank of Captain and was the first surgeon called to the service from St. Joseph; Ambie, now the wife of S. P. Hering, an electrician of Ft. Smith, Arkansas; Jesse D., the subject of this sketch, and James K., an employee of the Burlington railway at St. Joseph, Missouri.
Jesse .D. Cook was educated in the public schools of Missouri and the St. Joseph High School. After leaving school he engaged in farming, which he continued until 1914, when he engaged in the grocery busi- ness at Clinton in partnership with Mr. Kincaid. They succeeded to the business of O. A. Peckstein. The Cook & Kincaid firm is recognized as one of the live, up-to-date and substantial retail grocery houses of Clinton. Their store is located at 908 North Second street.
Jesse D. Cook was married in 1902 to Miss Nellie Jones of Gower, Missouri. She is a daughter of W. H. and Lucy Jones of that place. Mrs. Jesse D. Cook is one of the following children born to her parents: Walter L., a traveling salesman, Kansas City, Missouri; Ed, farmer, Gower, Mis- souri; L. R., an electrician, Kansas City, Missouri; Lela, married Claud Kincaid of Clinton, Missouri; Mrs. Jesse D. Cook, wife of the subject of this sketch; Lotta, married Wyatt Kincaid of Gower, Missouri.
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Mr. Cook is one of the progressive business men of Clinton, and is rapidly making a business reputation that might well be envied by men who have been in business here for years.
Royal W. Booth .- The Booth Hatchery, located at 807 North Fourth street, Clinton, Missouri, is a very interesting and instructive business, showing what one can do with the initiative and ability of a business man in the poultry business. Mr. Booth opened his chicken hatchery in 1914 and he has an ever increasing demand for his small hatched chickens of various breeds, among which are the well-known White Leghorns, Plymouth Rock, Rhode Island Red and Buff Orpingtons.
Mr. Booth has an incubator hatching capacity of 15,000 chickens. One building holds 10,000 and the other 5,000 in various small buildings, which has lately been replaced by a new building with better facilities for handling and caring for the young chicks. In the four years of his work Mr. Booth has shipped chickens all over the United States, his chickens being on sale from January to November. He specializes in the White Leghorn hens for their laying qualities and meat.
In connection with his work of raising small chicks, Mr. Booth has also the agency for the Buckeye and Cyphers incubators. He deals ex- tensively in eggs also.
R. W. Booth was born at Cedar Springs, Michigan, in 1895 and is the son of F. D. and Ida J. (Gates) Booth, now residing at Clinton, Mis- souri. In 1906, Mr. and Mrs. Booth with their family moved to a farm near Clinton, where they remained until 1911, when they located in Clinton and where they are now making their home. They are the parents of four children : Rex, Clinton; Royal W., with whom this sketch deals; Eden and Mary E., at home with their parents.
Royal W. Booth received his education in the public schools of Clinton and took a course of agriculture in his high school work, thus interesting him in his present work. He read every available bulletin on the sub- ject and soon after leaving school he had his chicken hatchery going. The business is likely to be a very large one in extent as the years roll by as it has increased in leaps and bounds the past year. On July 15, 1918, Mr. Booth became a private soldier in the National Army and is now in training at Camp McArthur, Texas. His brother, Eden, imme- diately took charge of the business in his stead and is conducting it suc- cessfully.
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John Doll, a prominent farmer and stock man of White Oak town- ship, is a native of Ohio, born in Tuscarawas County, September 9, 1862; he is a son of John and Mary (Wesner) Doll, natives of Germany, who settled in Ohio upon immigrating to this country. Later they moved to Illinois, where they remained until 1867. They then came to Mis- souri and settled in White Oak township, Henry County, where the father first bought eighty acres of land. He prospered in his undertaking and bought more land from time to time, and when he died, September 1, 1907, he was the owner of over four hundred acres. He was an indus- trious man and a good citizen, and is one of the pioneers who is entitled to a share of credit for making Henry County what it is today. His widow resides on the old home place in White Oak township. They were the parents of the following children: John, who lives in Walker town- ship; Jacob, the subject of this sketch; William, lives in Walker town- ship; Effie, resides on the home place with her mother, and Lizzie, a stenographer in Kansas City, Missouri.
Jacob Doll was reared on a farm and attended school at Maple Grove and Lucas districts. He has made farming and stock raising the principal- occupation of his life, and is the owner of a valuable farm, well improved and well stocked, located in White Oak township. His farm consists of two hundred forty-two acres of productive land located about a half mile west of Lucas.
Mr. Doll was united in marriage January 3, 1889, to Miss Alpha M. Webb, a daughter of Isaac and Hettie Webb. Mrs. Doll was born in Illi- nois December 4, 1868, and her father died in that State when she was a child. After the death of the father, the mother came to Missouri with her family in 1880 and died here the following year. Mrs. Doll has one brother, Orville, who now resides in California.
To Mr. and Mrs. Doll have been born the following children: Lula Mabel, at home; Arthur C., Quay, Oklahoma; Mary, married M. Q. Her- rell, Urich, Missouri; Alpha H., married C. R. Henny ; Albert H., at home; Elmer T. J., at home; Frances Lillian, died at the age of eight years; and Alice Lucile; and Etta Lois, born June 7, 1918.
Mr. Doll is comparatively a young man as ages are reckoned nowadays, but he is also what might be considered an early settler of Henry County, when the development, which has taken place, since he came here, is taken into consideration. He recalls the time when a great deal of their supplies, such as lumber and other building material, were hauled from
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Holden, and it has not been very long ago that his nearest postoffice was at Clinton, a distance of twenty miles, and his mail waited for him to go after it. He says that his first spring buggy was a Ford-that up to the time of the introduction of automobiles he used a lumber wagon for all the joy riding in which he indulged. Mr. Doll relates many incidents of early life in Henry County. They had their grinding done at Cook's Mill and the early settlers, many of them, had to come a long distance to mill, and there were no roads nor bridges. He relates an instance in which he and his brother went to mill with twenty bushels of corn, and while there a sudden rainstorm raised White Oak Creek to the flood stage and when they crossed it on their return home, they put poles across the wagon-bed and placed their meal sacks over the poles and thus succeeded in fording the creek without getting their meal wet. This is one of the hundreds of his early-day experiences. Mr. and Mrs. Doll are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
James Wallace Butcher, one of the leading farmers in Bogard town- ship, was born in Montgomery County, Indiana, April 22, 1862, and is a son of Alexander M. and Margaret Elizabeth Butcher, a sketch of whom appears in this volume. James Wallace Butcher was about four years of age when he was brought to Henry County by his parents, who settled in Big Creek township. Here he was reared to manhood and educated in the district schools. He remained at home with his parents until 1884, when they went to Sumner County, Kansas. One year later he returned to Big Creek township, and since that time he has been engaged in farm- ing and stock raising in Henry County. For a time he lived in Shawnee township. Mr. Butcher is a practical farmer and stockman and has a well improved farm of eighty acres, which is located three miles north- west of Urich. Mrs. Butcher has won a reputation as a successful poul- try raiser. She specializes in brown Leghorns and has about six hundred of these chickens. She has installed all modern methods for carrying on the poultry business on a small scale and has been very successful in this line of endeavor.
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