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On October 22, 1902, W. C. Thompson and Grace Isabelle Aird of St. Louis, Missouri, were united in marriage. This marriage has been blessed with two children: Gladys and Esther Thompson. Mr. Thompson is an independent Democratic voter, and he and Mrs. Thompson are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Benjamin F. Thompson, junior member of the Windsor Manufactur- ing Company, Windsor, Missouri, was born in St, Louis, Missouri, May 7, 1885, and is the son of Hezekiah Thompson, a successful broom manufac- turer, a sketch of whose career appears in this volume in connection with that of Walter C. Thompson.
After receiving a good common school education in the public schools of St. Louis, Benjamin F. Thompson entered his father's factory and thoroughly learned the making of brooms and the various phases of manufacturing and selling of brooms. He accompanied his father to Jef- ferson City, Missouri, and came to Windsor in 1904 and has since been associated with his brother in the management and operation of the Windsor Manufacturing Company.
On June 25, 1906, Benjamin F. Thompson and Miss Grace E. Tuckley were united in marriage. Mrs. Grace E. Thompson was born in Jefferson City, Missouri, and is the daughter of Richard and Elizabeth (Kielman)
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Tuckley, well known residents of Jefferson City. One child has been born to Benjamin F. and Grace E. Thompson, namely, Tuckley.
Mr. Thompson is an independent Democrat who prefers to do his own thinking along political lines and votes for the office seeker who seems best fitted to perform the duties of the office sought. He and Mrs. Thomp- son are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. He is fra- ternally affiliated with the Modern Woodmen of America.
Frank Elbert, farmer and stockman, owner of a well improved farm of ninety-five acres in section 14 of Windsor township, Henry County, was born in Windsor township October 20, 1865, and is the son of Benja- min N. and Hannah (Robinson) Elbert.
Benjamin N. Elbert was born in Benton County, Missouri, in 1837 and has followed farming pursuits during his entire life prior to retiring to a home in Windsor. Mrs. Hannah Elbert was born in 1840. The chil- dren born to this worthy couple are: William F., a farmer in Benton County, Missouri; Frank, of this review; Walter G., Warrensburg, Mis- souri; Mrs. Nettie Wesner, Windsor, Missouri; Minnie, wife of Ed Hus- ton, Leeton, Missouri. The Elberts are among the oldest of the Missouri families and their advent into Missouri dates back to the very beginning of things in this State.
Frank Elbert was reared on his father's farm and left home when twenty years of age to take employment as a shopman in the railroad car shops of Kansas City and later in Chicago, Illinois. Learning the barber's trade he opened a shop at Green Ridge in Pettis County in 1894 and followed this vocation until 1907, when he again engaged in farming in Pettis County. In 1910 Mr. Elbert purchased his present home place in Windsor township.
On July 20, 1889, Frank Elbert and Miss Rosa Sena Marti were united in the bonds of matrimony. Mrs. Rosa Elbert was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, the daughter of Benjamin and Mary (Corman) Marti, na- tives of Switzerland, who came from Ohio to Benton County, Missouri, in 1866 when the present Mrs. Elbert was but one year old.
Mr. Elbert is a Democrat in politics and is affiliated with the Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows and the Modern Woodmen of America. He and Mrs. Elbert are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Harry A. Barber, extensive landowner of Windsor township, is a progressive farmer and stockman who believes in the most advanced methods of agriculture and finds that it pays to follow the latest and most scientific methods of farming. His herd of pure bred Shorthorn
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cattle are famous over the State of Missouri and have been exhibited at the State Fairs and the American Royal Live Stock Shows and are sold in various parts of the country to discriminating buyers who desire to improve their herds with pure bred live stock. The Barber farm con- sists of 1,400 acres of land in one body, the imposing farm residence oc- cupying an ideal spot in the center of the tract. Originally, the Barber place was an old time plantation, operated by slaves and owned by Doctor Thornton, a well known Henry County pioneer of ante-bellum days. Doc- tor Thornton was one of the largest slave owners of southwest Missouri and the great farm was modeled after a southern plantation. He owned over two hundred slaves. In 1900 Mr. Barber erected a thoroughly mod- ern home of twelve rooms.
The Barber estate was founded by the late Daniel Barber, father of Harry A. Barber. Daniel A. Barber was born in Pennsylvania in 1825 and died in Henry County, Missouri, in 1881. He was the son of Thomas Barber, a farmer of Pennsylvania. Daniel A. Barber left home in 1861 and went to Cook County, Illinois, where he engaged in the lumber busi- ness. For many years he was associated with his brother, Dr. James K. Barber. The brothers drove a large herd of cattle to Denver, Colorado, in 1864 and again drove cattle to the mountain country in 1865. They returned from the west in 1866, came to Henry County, Missouri, and purchased the Thornton plantation. The brothers farmed together as partners until death separated them. Dr. James K. Barber was a well educated physician but did not practice his profession after coming to Henry County. After his graduation from medical college in the East he had but ten cents in his pocket. He traded a silk vest for a bottle of quinine and began practice in the forest wilds of Wisconsin, where ague, fever and chills were the prevalent diseases. All that an early doctor needed in those days was quinine, whiskey, salts and ipecac and Doctor Barber began with the most important drug. Sarah E. (Martin) Barber, mother of the subject of this review, was born in Michigan in 1829 and died in 1912.
Harry A. Barber was born October 21, 1872, on the Barber home place in Windsor township. He was educated in the public schools of Windsor, Missouri, and the Missouri State University at Columbia, Mis- souri. He pursued the medical course at the university but because of . his large land holdings he found it necessary to abandon his plan for a professional career and to devote all of his attention to farming and stock
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raising. He has made an unqualified success as an agriculturist and stock- man and breeder. In addition to the home place which Mr. Barber in- herited he has been adding materially to the acreage of the farm and constantly improving the place.
In February, 1897, Harry A. Barber and Miss Lula A. Ball were united in marriage. Mrs. Lula Barber was born in St. Charles County, Missouri, and is the daughter of John E. and Fannie (Bird) Ball, natives of Kentucky. To Harry A. and Lula Barber has been born one son, John Daniel Barber, born December 12, 1898, a graduate of the Windsor High School and now a student in the State University at Columbia. Mr. Barber is a Democrat in politics.
Hubert T. Dannett .- The rich and fertile state of Iowa has fur- nished several enterprising and successful farmers to Henry County dur- ing the past decade. Hubert T. Dannett, owner of two hundred forty- six acres of land in Windsor and Springfield townships, upon which he is carrying on regular farming and stock raising and is also breeding horses and jacks, is a welcome addition to the great body of farmer citizens who make up the population of one of the best counties in the state of Mis- souri. Mr. Dannett was born in Low Moor, Iowa, April 27, 1870, the son of Robert J. and Elizabeth (Bower) Dannett, natives of England and now residents of Iowa.
Robert J. Dannett, the father, was born in Loncolnshire, England, May 6, 1848. He is the son of Thomas and Harriet (Berkenshaw) Dan- nett, the former of whom was a butcher in his native England. In 1850 the Dannetts left their ancestral county in England and came to America, becoming pioneer settlers of Clinton County, Iowa. Here they engaged in farming, and as Robert J. Dannett attained manhood, he, too, became a farmer and has lived a prosperous and contented life. Robert J. and Elizabeth Dannett were parents of seven children, of whom the subject of this sketch is the eldest. Mrs. Elizabeth Dannett was born in Lincoln- shire, England, October 16, 1850. Both Mr. and Mrs. Dannett are living in Iowa.
Reared near Low Moor, Iowa, Hubert T. Dannett became a farmer and eventually owned one hundred sixty acres of splendid Iowa land, which he sold in 1902, preparatory to locating in Nebraska. He purchased a farm near Whitman, Nebraska, but conditions there not being exactly to his liking, he sold out in 1904 and came to Henry County, where he has a splendid producing farm in Windsor and Springfield townships, con-
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sisting of two hundred forty-six acres. Mr. Dannett is constantly im- proving his place and making the surroundings more attractive and the farm more productive.
On September 9, 1891, Hubert T. Dannett and Miss Eva Hazen were united in marriage. Mrs. Eva Dannett was born at Happy Hollow, Illi- nois, October 19, 1869, the daughter of Robert and Harriet (Farrar) Hazen, natives of Iowa. Seven children have been born of this union: Mabel, wife of L. Farmer, Calhoun, Missouri; Clifford, Nowata, Oklahoma; Ruby, wife of H. Farmer, Calhoun, Tebo township; Lyle, Nowata, Oklahoma; Edith, Elmer and Hattie, at home with their parents.
Mr. Dannett is a Republican. He is a member of the Christian Church and is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Modern Woodmen of America and the Anti-Horse Thief Association.
Dr. Horace Bradley, veterinarian and farmer and stockman, Spring- field township, Henry County, is a native son of Henry County and was born on his father's farm in Springfield township April 20, 1872, the son of James R. and Martha (Ten Brook) Bradley, a sketch of whom appears in this volume in connection with the biography of Dr. Manuel E. Bradley of Windsor, Missouri.
Horace Bradley was reared on his father's farm and when eighteen years of age he became a student in the Warrensburg Normal School, pursuing a general course of study. After completing his work at War- rensburg he entered the Ohio Veterinary College at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1893. After two years of thorough study in this institution he graduated as a veterinary surgeon. In 1895, upon his return to Windsor, he im- mediately began the practice of his chosen profession and has built up a reputation as a learned and proficient veterinarian who is second to none in this section of Missouri. Doctor Bradley practices over a wide range of territory embracing a section twenty miles in every direction. In 1902 he was appointed to the important post of deputy State veterin- arian and still holds this position. In 1905 Doctor Bradley was appointed to a membership upon the Missouri State Board of Veterinary Examin- ers and filled the post of president of this board for two terms of two years each.
On December 5, 1895, Doctor Bradley was married to Miss Gertrude Bell of Pettis County, Missouri, the daughter of John H. and Hannah (McDaniels) Bell, the former of whom was a native of Illinois and the latter of Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. Bell reside on a farm in Pettis County,
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Missouri. Two children have been born to Doctor and Mrs. Bradley, namely: Alvens T., a student in the medical department of Missouri State University ; and Carl H., a student in the electrical engineering depart- ment of the State University. Doctor Bradley removed to his farm in Springfield township and is carrying on extensive farming operations in addition to his large practice.
Doctor Bradley is a Democrat. He served as alderman in Windsor from 1906 to 1908. He and Mrs. Bradley are members of the Christian Church of Windsor. He is affiliated with the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, the Knights of Pythias, the Modern Woodmen of America and the Anti-Horse Thief Association. Doctor Bradley is a member of the Missouri Veterinary Association and is very active in the affairs of this organization, serving as secretary and trustee of the State association and has also filled the post of president, besides filling similar positions in the Missouri Valley Veterinary Association. He is a frequent con- tributor to the journals published in the interest of his profession and holds high rank among the veterinarians of the State of Missouri and the middle western States.
James W. Duvall .- Sixty years of the life of James W. Duvall, re- tired carpenter and farmer of Windsor, Missouri, have been well and profitably spent in Henry County. Only recently, on January 30, 1918, Mr. and Mrs. Duvall celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. James W. Duvall was born April 22, 1846, in Lincoln County, Missouri, the son of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Roberst) Duvall, who were parents of three daughters and two sons, only two of whom are living.
Jonathan Duvall was born in Woodford County, Kentucky, July 16, 1803, and died in Henry County, Missouri, November 23, 1891. During his younger days he learned the trade of stone mason and followed this trade during the active years of his long life. He came to Missouri in 1834 and settled in Lincoln County, where he resided until 1858, when he settled in Henry County. Mr. Duvall purchased a large tract of land four miles south of Windsor, where he made his home while following his trade. He was married on January 19, 1834, to Elizabeth Roberst, who was born in Woodford County, Kentucky, in 1811, and departed this life in 1903.
James W. Duvall was reared upon his father's farm and learned the carpenter's trade in his youth. During his entire life he has followed his trade in season and has also been engaged in agricultural pursuits.
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He owned a good farm located four miles south of Windsor, of which he disposed in 1895, taking his town property in Windsor in exchange and has since made his home in Windsor.
On January 30, 1868, James W. Duvall and Mary T. Minter were united in marriage. Ten children have been born of this union: Buford, living at Weatherford, Oklahoma; Elsie, living at Crowley, Louisiana; Mrs. Elizabeth Funk, of Pettis County, Missouri; James S., living in Louisiana ; Jennie, a trained nurse, Windsor, Missouri; Mrs. Ola Neff, St. Joseph, Missouri; Lillian, wife of W. W. Dunn, Greeley, Colorado. Mrs. Mary T. Duvall was born December 2, 1845, in Highland County, Ohio, the daughter of Richard and Elizabeth (Macoupin) Minter, the former of whom was a native of Virginia and the latter of Ohio. The Minters came to Missouri in 1857 and settled near Windsor, in Benton County.
It is worthy of note that Mr. Duvall served for six months with the Union forces during the Civil War under General Thomas. He is a Re- publican but is inclined to vote independently. He and Mrs. Duvall are members of the Baptist Church and are worthy and valued citizens of Windsor, where they have many warm and steadfast friends made dur- ing their long years of residence in this vicinity.
Woodford M. Hines, rural mail carrier for route number sixteen, Windsor, Missouri, is a native of Kentucky and was born in Warren County, that State, June 23, 1849. He is the son of Vincent K. and Maria (Stone) Hines, who were parents of ten children. Both parents were born and reared in Kentucky and Vincent Hines came to Henry County, Missouri, in 1866. He engaged in farming in the vicinity of Windsor and also loaned money to the surrounding farmers. He made his home in Windsor from 1875 until his death in February, 1901, at the age of eighty- six years. Mrs. Maria Hines died on June 17, 1901, at the age of seventy- six years.
The early schooling of Woodford M. Hines was obtained in a log school house in his native State of Kentucky. Coming to Henry County with his parents when fourteen years of age, he took up the life of a farmer and after he attained his majority he inherited a tract of one hundred twenty acres which he cultivated for fifteen years. He then sold out and bought land in St. Clair County, which he farmed for about seven years. For a time he was then engaged in the grocery business at Appleton City, Missouri, and also clerked in a dry goods and notions store. In 1900 he removed to Clinton and conducted a grocery store in
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that city until 1901. He came to Windsor in that year for the purpose of looking after his deceased father's estate. For some years he operated a grocery and meat market in Windsor, and in January, 1918, he began his duties as mail carrier on rural route sixteen, succeeding his son, Vin- cent K., who enlisted in the quartermaster's department of the National Army.
Mr. Hines was married on February 23, 1873, to Melissa M. Stiles, a native of Johnson County, Missouri, and daughter of David and Mary (Geary) Stiles, who were natives of Kentucky and who settled in John- son County, Missouri, as early as 1854. To Woodford M. and Melissa M. Hines have been born five children: Edward, deceased; one child died in infancy ; Lottie, wife of Doctor Wall, Windsor, Missouri; Vincent K., now in the National Army service; Woodford C., an enlisted man in the United States Navy.
Mr. Hines is a Democrat and he and Mrs. Hines are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Mr. Hines is owner of two hundred acres of good farm land, one hundred sixty acres of which is in Henry County and forty acres in Johnson County.
William Hill Cannon, a progressive farmer of Springfield township, farming two hundred sixty-seven and one-half acres, is a native of Spring- field township, Henry County. He was born July 8, 1874, the son of Lemuel D. and Laura (Reavis) Cannon, who were the parents of four children : Gussie, wife of C. C. Hartle, Roseland; William H .; Alice, wife of James Jordan, manager of elevator, Windsor, Missouri, and Jessie, wife of Lloyd Thomas of Springfield township.
Lemuel D. Cannon was born November 25, 1844, in Benton County, Missouri, the son of John R. and Feribs (Farmer) Cannon. John R. Can- non was born in Alabama in 1814 and came to Kentucky in early man- hood. He married Feribs Farmer, who was born in Virginia, and came to Kentucky with her parents. Three children were born to this couple before they came to Missouri. It was in 1838 that they settled in Benton County, Missouri. Six more children came to bless this couple, making nine children. They are as follow: James, in the Confederate Soldiers Home in Houston, Texas; Henry, met his death by accident on the home farm; William, deceased; Anna, deceased, was the wife of Silas A. Jen- kins, Leavenworth, Kansas; Lemuel D., father of the subject of this sketch; Napoleon, farming the home place in Springfield township, Henry County ; Lafayette, deceased; Arthur C. and Almira, twins, the former.
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with his brother, Napoleon, and the latter is deceased. Mr. and Mrs. John R. Cannon lived within the radius of three counties, Benton, Henry and Johnson, at different times. On January 1, 1854, John R. Cannon died. During the Civil War the older brothers being in the army the care of the mother devolved upon the son, Lemuel Cannon, and many were the hardships the young son and mother endured during those trying times. Mrs. Cannon, who had married at the age of thirteen and reared her family, lived to be over eighty years of age. She died in 1910.
Lemuel Cannon was married August 1, 1869, to Laura Reavis, born in Henry County August 19, 1865, the daughter of Drewey Reavis. He was born in Tennessee and first settled in Cooper County, Missouri, later making their home in Henry County, and is now retired. Mr. and Mrs. Lemuel Cannon farmed in Springfield township for many years, owning one hundred forty acres of well improved land.
William Hill Cannon, the son of these early pioneers, received his education in Henry County and has always farmed. He purchased his first land in 1889-one hundred acres in Springfield township. He is now the owner of two hundred sixty-seven and one-half acres of land. He is a stockholder in the Windsor elevator and also of the People's Bank of Calhoun.
September 5, 1901, William Cannon and Ida Plecker were united in marriage. She is the daughter of James and Millie (Wetford) Plecker. One child, Orville, has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Cannon and is now at- tending the district school.
Mr. Cannon is a Democrat and has been school director of Oakland school district. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows and belongs to the Baptist Church.
William W. Moore, farmer and stockman, Springfield township, pro- prietor of one hundred sixty acres in sections 20 and 21, is a native of Cooper County, Missouri. He was born May 13, 1879, the son of William H. and Alcinda (Harris) Moore, who were parents of five children, the first born of whom died in infancy, the others being: Charles W., a farmer of Pettis County; Mrs. Elizabeth S. Kendrick, living near Knob Noster, Missouri; William W., of this review; Essie P., wife of George Kendrick, living near Green Ridge, Missouri.
William H. Moore was born August 13, 1844, in Cooper County, the son of William Moore, a native of North Carolina and an early pioneer of Missouri. William H. Moore's mother bore the maiden name of Jen-
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kins. In 1880 William H. Moore located in Pettis County and followed agricultural pursuits until his retirement to a home in Leeton, Missouri, in 1908. His death occurred there on May 20, 1913. Mrs. Alcinda Moore was born May 24, 1846, in West Virginia and now resides in Leeton.
Reared in Pettis County, William W. Moore attended the district schools of his neighborhood, afterward attending the Windsor High School, from which he graduated in the class of 1901. For three years thereafter he taught school and then began farming in Pettis County. He rented land from his father until 1911 and then bought his present farm, the old Bob Bradley place. This old farm was in a run down condition, the buildings being in a state of disrepair and the soil worn out to a con- siderable degree, owing to indifferent cultivation in past years. Mr. Moore has rebuilt all the fencing, erected new buildings and restored the fer- tility of his acreage and now has one of the best farms in this section of Henry County. In addition to his farming interests he is a share holder in the Calhoun Elevator Company.
On May 3, 1911, he was united in marriage with Miss Cassie Letitia Long, who was born in Henry County, the daughter of Henry P. and Cordelia (Koontz) Long, residents of the western part of Henry County. Mr. and Mrs. Moore have one child, Earl Russell.
Mr. Moore is a Democrat. He and Mrs. Moore are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
William P. Davis, rural carrier of rural mail route number fourteen, Windsor, Missouri, is a native of Ohio. He was born in Morgan County, Ohio, November 30, 1847, and is the son of Simeon and Nancy (Craig) Davis.
Simeon Davis was born near Williamsport, Maryland, January 19, 1810, and died January 17, 1884. He was a farmer and stockman during his entire life. Mr. Davis migrated to Ohio in 1830 and was married there in 1837. In 1865 he came west to Cooper County, Missouri, and purchased a farm near Pilot Grove, where he died. He was the son of James C. and Ann (Parrott) Davis, both of whom were natives of Maryland. Ann Parrott was a descendant of Gen. James C. Parrott, who was a soldier of the Mexican War. He afterwards settled at Keokuk, Iowa, where he was a well known merchant and served as postmaster of the city. Mrs. Nancy (Craig) Davis was born August 22, 1820, and departed this life in January, 1900.
William P. Davis enlisted in the 9th Regiment Ohio Cavalry in 1863
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and saw much active and dangerous war service in Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia and North Carolina during the Civil War. He accompanied Gen- eral Sherman's victorious army on its famous march from Atlanta to the sea. His greatest battle was at Jonesboro. He received his honor- able hischarge from the service at Lexington, North Carolina, July 20, 1865, and then came to Cooper County, Missouri, in 1866. Five years later he made a trip to Morgan County, Ohio, but returned to Cooper County and engaged in farming. In 1890 Mr. Davis located in Pettis County and in 1898 he located on a farm about five miles east of Windsor. January 1, 1902, having received the appointment of Government mail carrier on rural route fourteen he moved to Windsor and for the past sixteen years has faithfully carried the mail on this route through sun- shine and storm, through the heat of summer and the bitter cold of winter. He has become one of the familiar figures of this section of the county and is widely and favorably known.
April 21, 1868, Mr. Davis was married to Rachel Phillips, who was born January 22, 1846, in Morgan County, Ohio, and who departed this life October 15, 1902. Nine children were born of this marriage: James, Jasper, Missouri; Howard, deceased; Mary, at home with her father; Frank, address unknown; Simeon J., Cherryvale, Kansas; Florence N., at home; Mrs. Lesta Julian, Clinton, Missouri; Mrs. Stella Phillips, Otter- ville, Missouri; Mrs. Rachel Clark, Chetopa, Kansas.
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