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The Fifteenth Missouri Cavalry contained many former
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members of the Twenty-sixth Enrolled Militia Regiment. Among them were Benjamin D. Smith, who was commissioned lieutenant-colonel, to rank from November 1, 1863; Maj. William B. Mitchell, commissioned to rank from the same date; Dr. John W. Farmer, commissioned assistant surgeon, to rank from September 1, 1864; Thomas B. Hopper, commissioned second lieutenant of Company D, to rank from July 3, 1864; L. F. Mitchell, commissioned captain of Company F, to rank from July 19, 1864; B. H. Bond, commissioned first lieutenant of Company F, to rank from November 1, 1863; George L. Tuck, commissioned second lieutenant of Company F, to rank from April 5, 1854; James W. Burnes, commissioned captain of Company L, to rank from November 1, 1863; James B. Burros, commissioned first lieutenant of Company L, to rank from November 1, 1863; and E. P. S. Roberts, commissioned second lieutenant of Company L, to rank from November 1, 1863. This regiment was organized, chiefly from the Seventh Regiment Enrolled Missouri Militia (provisional regiment), and mustered into the service for a period of twenty months from November I, 1863, and did excellent service. In protecting the southwestern border, the local knowledge of its officers and men eminently fitted them to keep the country clear of bushwhackers; and their services were repeatedly acknowledged by General John B. Sanborn, who commanded the Southwest District, under whom the regiment served in the campaign against Price, receiving many compliments for gallantry under fire in several severely contested engagements.
Confederate Organizations .- Two companies which eventu- ally became a part of the Confederate army, and a portion of another company, were recruited in Polk County. The first of these was attached to Maj. Gibbons' battalion. Its captain was Asbury Bradford, and its first, second and third lieutenants were James R. Mitchell, Wayne Simpson and James L. Mitchell, respectively. The second was commanded by Capt. A. C. Lem- mon, with Luke Herrendon as first, James Bryant as second, and I. T. Davis as third lieutenant, and formed a part of the Fifth Regiment, C. S. A. (infantry). The portion of a company comprised seventeen men, who became a part of Company D, of
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Samuels' battalion of the Third Missouri Confederate Cavalry. Alexander Burns was the captain of this company. Samuels' battalion was later consolidated with Gates' Third Missouri Con- federate Cavalry. These organizations were all attached to one command, were at the Pea Ridge engagement, later saw service at Corinth, and participated in all the battles in which their com- mand was engaged, inclusive of the siege of Vicksburg, and the campaign through Georgia against Sherman, until the close of the war. These men, who did such valiant service on the losing side of the great conflict, were in Gen. Bowen's command until that gallant officer died after the fall of Vicksburg, and was suc- ceeded by Gen. French.
Guerrilla Warfare .- During the war, a number of men were killed in Polk County by guerrillas and bushwhackers. Some of them were Northern and some of them Southern sympathizers. In some cases their murders were clearly attributable to political animosity, and in some they seemed to partake largely of rob- bery, or the satisfaction of private grudges. Such troublous times permit the greatest freedom to vengeful and desperate men, and it is probable that guerrillas and bushwhackers were charged with slaying men who were the victims of covetous villains or murderous enemies. The truth about such crimes can never be known. "Fred " Hall, Noah Long, Dr. Weaver, George Will- iams, Rev. Mr. Grider, one Goff, and others died during the war in irregular warfare, or at the hands of assassins whose crimes were covered by the turbulence of the times. This feature of the great conflict, both North and South, is one which brings sadness to every true soldier, Unionist or Confederate. The story of the death of Dr. Weaver is a sanguinary one. He had been South with his negroes and stock, and had returned with considerable money. On the night of August 13, 1863, a body of armed men appeared, and shot him as he lay in bed. Seven balls entered his body, the first, near the heart, being sufficient to cause instant death. Robbery is believed to have been the motive for this cowardly assassination. The tales of the taking off of some of the others mentioned are scarcely less tragic, but at this time details concerning this class of crimes are so uncertain that it is
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impossible to present anything approaching connected and relia- ble narratives of them.
/ TOWNS AND VILLAGES.
Following are sketches of the several towns and villages in the county :
BOLIVAR.
Location, Incorporation, Etc .- Bolivar, the county seat of Polk County, is situated very nearly in the county's geographical center. It was located by the county court in 1835, soon after the organization of the county. The site was purchased from the Federal Government, and was the first land entered for cash in the county. As is shown by the following entry in the records of the county court, the town was originally incorporated Febru- ary. 15, 1840;
Whereas, a petition has this day been filed, signed by two-thirds of the taxable inhabitants of the town of Bolivar, praying to be incorporated and a police established for their local government, therefore said town of Bolivar is hereby declared to be incor- porated, and the following designated bounds, to wit: The southwest quarter of the south- west quarter of Section No. I, in Township No. 33, Range No. 23, shall be and continue a body politic and corporate by the name of Bolivar, and that Caleb Jones, John T. Will- iams, John H. Smallman, John Hartman and A. P. Faiser be and they are hereby appointed a board of trustees for said incorporation.
During the session of 1855-56, the State Legislature passed an act incorporating Bolivar and defining its boundaries. In 1861, by a subsequent act, this act was amended so that the cor- porate limits of Bolivar were extended to include all that terri- tory measuring, with the cardinal points of the compass, one mile square, having the center of the court house as the center of the square. During the troublous period of the Civil War little attention was given to municipal affairs and the town became dis- incorporated. The incorporation was revived in 1876 however, and continued unchanged until 1881, when Bolivar was organized as a city of the fourth class. Numerous additions to its site have been platted as necessity seemed to warrant, viz .: Hendricks' addition, Clark's addition, Elmwood Park addition, Knox addi- tion, Burros addition, Nelson addition, and Hendrickson's addi-
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tion, making (with the original plat) 568 acres, all platted, with broad streets and alleys, which are under the direct jurisdiction of the street commissioner, and are kept in a fairly good condition.
The Past and Present .- The first building within the pres- ent limits of the city, erected in 1832, by Gustavus Gunter, stood near the site of the residence of A. J. Hunter. There remains little doubt as to who was the first merchant in Boli- var. By some that distinction is accorded to Thomas J. Shannon, whose store is said to have been located on the south side of the square, near the southeast corner. William Jamieson early had a store a few miles from where Bolivar now is and by some, he and his brother are claimed to have had a store southeast of the center of the town plat before the loca- tion of the county seat. The town grew slowly for a number of years, and it was in the period immediately preceding the opening of the Civil War that it attained its greatest ante- bellum development. Among the prominent merchants doing business here before the war, were: W. G. Devin, Neil Mc- Kenzie, John W. Wilson & Brother, J. E. Rains & Co., Ahab Bowen & Co., William Akard, Looney & West, Pitton & Saunders, and Leachman & Price. About the close of the war, the leading merchants were: J. C. Clark, John E. Rains, W. R. Devin, and Gordon & Millegan; and these, with Nelson Acuff, E. G. Lunceford, and R. D. Viles, who began business soon afterward, did the bulk of the local trade for some years. During the struggle for State supremacy, business here, as else- where in this section, was almost utterly prostrated, and, though they did not stop entirely, the wheels of progress moved but tardily. At this time, Bolivar is the recognized distributing and shipping point for Polk and a large portion of Dallas, Hickory and Cedar Counties, covering an area of forty or fifty miles, northeast and west, and, next to Springfield, it is the largest city in this section, having an estimated population of 2,000. Its business interests are represented by five solid banking insti- tutions, two weekly newspapers, four dry goods houses, two clothing houses, two general stores, six groceries, one boot and shoe house, five hardware and implement houses, two lumber yards, two furniture houses, four drug stores, and several book
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and music, jewelry, stove and tinware, millinery and other stores, and the usual number of carriage, blacksmith, carpenter and repair shops. Its mercantile interests are well diversified, but not overdone, and more live stock and farm produce are shipped annually from this point than from any other point on the 'Frisco system. The town also has a roller flouring-mill, a corn-mill, a feed-mill, a saw-mill, two brick yards, and a cream- ery and cheese factory. Many cigars are made.
Financial .- In the spring of 1889 the Bolivar Loan and Trust Company was organized at Bolivar. It is a substantial institution, incorporated with a capital of $50,000, and has already attained a permanent footing in this section. The offi- cers of the company are: J. N. Sperry, president; W. R. Spoon, vice-president; W. H. Smith, treasurer; and A. F. Shriner, secretary.
The Polk County Bank was founded in June, 1872, by Messrs. T. H. B. Dunnegan, J. E. Tolfree and J. B. Kelsey, under the name of Tolfree, Dunnegan & Co. Mr. Kelsey retired in 1874, and Mr. Tolfree in 1876. Mr. C. E. Bushnell succeeded Mr. Tolfree in 1877, and the bank was reorganized under the above name, and Mr. Dunnegan became its president, and Mr. Bushnell its . cashier. W. B. Dunnegan became assistant cashier in January, 1888.
The Bank of Bolivar was organized March II, 1886, with Mr. D. W. Faulkner as president, and Mr. W. L. Snodgrass as cashier. N. C. Faulkner is assistant cashier. This bank has a capital of $10,000 and a surplus of $5,000. It does a general banking business, and gives considerable attention to loans on real estate, personal property and other approved security.
The Bolivar Creamery is a new enterprise. Its building was completed March 23, 1889, at a cost of $7,500. It is a com- plete butter and cheese factory, containing an outfit of the best improved machinery and implements. It is owned mostly by the enterprising farmers in the immediate vicinity of the city, who expect to furnish the raw material (milk) for its consumption, organized as a stock company, the directors being Elias Walts, president; H. C. Sea, P. C. Roberts, R. B. Beck and James G. Simpson, secretary. Frank Wilcox, an expert butter and cheese
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maker, has charge of the factory as superintendent. There is a mill-room, with " Diamond " grinders, attached to this establish- ment, for grinding cow-feed for the patrons, who can bring their grain when they make their regular visits to the creamery, and carry away their feed without inconvenience.
The Press .- The Bolivar Weekly Courier was issued first in June, 1856, by L. B. Ritchey and A. B. Cory. Early in 1860 J. F. Snyder was at the helm, and in the summer A. B. Cory became sole proprietor. In July, that year, the paper passed into the proprietorship of Cory & Crabtree. In the succeeding October Mr. Cory again became sole owner of the paper, and in December sold it to M. J. Hughes. In March, 1861, it passed into the hands of M. J. Hughes and W. M. Smith. This was an able and fairly well patronized paper for the period, and passed out of existence early in war times. In July; 1865, the Bolivar Weekly Sentinel was issued by Thomas M. Garland, and was published with more or less success about two years. In 1866, R. B. Viles began the publication of a paper called the Union, which was bought in 1867 and taken to Carthage by Thomas M. Garland, and merged into the Carthage Banner, which he there established. The Bolivar Dispatch was started upon a brief existence by John Molloy in 1867. The Bolivar Free Press was established by a company in 1868, and subsequently was owned early in its history by James Dumars and H. B. Knight suc- cessively. June 17, 1878, it passed into the hands of James M. Stevens. Later owners were, successively, T. J. Poage, A. R. Miller, A. R. & C. W. Miller, A. R. Miller. The present pro- prietor, Mr. H. Z. Williams, bought it in May, 1883. The Free Press is a newsy local paper, Republican in politics, devoted to the upbuilding of Bolivar and vicinity. The Bolivar Herald was issued May 1, 1871, by Potter & Barton, and passed into the ownership of Theodore Brower May 29, 1873, and from his to that of L. B. Ritchey, December 18, 1873. July 16, 1874, it was purchased by Mr. C. D. Lyman, its since proprietor, who has made it one of the best local Democratic papers in South- west Missouri. The Polk County Review was started in Sep- tember, 1874, by L. J. Ritchey, who removed it to Humans- ville in January, 1875, and thence to Springfield, where it passed
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out of existence. Two Greenback campaign papers have been published in Bolivar - the first in 1878 by W. J. Evans, and the- last in 1882, by J. N. Sperry. The Polk County Leader was- issued by A. R. Miller in 1885, and soon passed to the owner- ship of A. R. & C. R. Miller. It was later owned, successively, by Miller & Shellenberger, C. W .. Miller and A. H. Schofield, and in the spring of 1887 was removed to Humansville and con- solidated with the Star of that place, under the name of Star- Leader.
Bolivar Board of Trade .- The Bolivar Board of Trade was organized in May, 1887, and includes in its membership a majority of the best business men of the city. Its objects are to encour -- age immigration, establish manufactures, locate railroads and generally to work for the advancement of the material interests of Bolivar and vicinity. The officers are: T. H. B. Dunnegan, president; D. W. Faulkner, treasurer; R. W. Richardson, secre- tary.
Societies .- Bolivar Lodge No. 175, A. O. U. W., a flourish- ing organization, was formed December 22, 1879, with twelve charter members. The list of the first officers is as follows: J. W. Ross, M. W .; J. R. Maupin, P. M. W .; J. B. Upton, G. F. ; T. G. Rechow, O .; J. A. Nichols, G .; C. L. Russell, R .; A. C .. Lemmon, F .; M. W. Cary, Re .; James O'Neel, I. W .; S. H. Howell, O. W .; W. G. Weaver, Med. Ex. The succeeding master workmen were J. A. Nichols, J. B. Upton, T. G. Rechow,. W. M. Delaplain, A. H. Lewis, J. B. Hatler, G . H. Affleck, M. A. Brenner and R. M. Dysart, the present incumbent. The other officers at present are: M. A. Brenner, P. M. W .; George. F. Rohring, G. F .; J. B. Drake, O .; W. S. Odor, G. and Med. Ex .; John W. Ross, R .; C. D. Lyman, F .; D. R. Stallings, R .; W. M. Holland, I. W .; M. Greer, O. W.
Osage Lodge No. 61, I. O. O. F., was organized April II, 1853, with James E. Barkley, James Dunn, John B. Staley, S. C. Bennett and James A. Atkinson (from Warsaw), and P. G. Thomas and -J. Bishop as charter members. It was called Osage. Lodge, in deference to the wishes of the five charter members from Warsaw, above named. The first noble grand was James E. Barkley; the first vice-grand, S. A. Williams; the first
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-secretary, John E. Rains; the first treasurer, B. M. Jewett. The present officers are: J. B. Leopard, N. G .; W. S. Lovelace, V.G .; J. W. Rains, P. G .; C. L. Allen, secretary; H. M. Lyman, P. S .; J. T. Stanley, treasurer. This lodge is conspicuous among the lodges of the order in Southwest Missouri for the good work it has accomplished. It is the mother lodge of the Humansville, Sac River and Polk Lodges, all of which were organized by members of Osage Lodge.
J. J. Gravely Post No. 149, Grand Army of the Republic, was mustered April 19, 1884, with the following members: James A. Mathers, P. C .; William J. Owen, William Simpson, Leander Shahan, Henry Shellenberger, J.V .; James N. Hyde, A. Y. Bran- denburg, A .; Thomas Greer, J. W. Raney, Q. M .; Thomas H. Russell, C .; F. A. Clark, S. T. Harrison, O. D .; C. S. Allen, S. V .; J. P. Coates, S. H. Oldfield, John W. Carmon, G. W. Solgers, A. Nihart, Emri Built, James McMahon, O. G .; Joseph Ammerman, B. W. Mendenhall. The successive Post Command- ers have been James A. Mathers, S. T. Harrison, H. Shellen- berger, J. D. Abbe, C. S. Allen, S. A. Hoover (present com- mander). The other officers at this time are Thomas Greer, S. V .; Samuel Hadlock, J. V .; James McMahon, O. D .; R. M. Parrish, O. G .; Elias Watts, Q. M .; R. H. Frizzell, A .; D. R. Stallings, C .; C. S. Allen, S. M.
Elsworth Camp No. 27, Sons of Veterans, was mustered in September, 1886. J. C. Burros, J. D. Raney, A. H. Poage, A. P. Mitchell, J. A. Delaplain, H. K. Schofield and C. E. Greer were the charter members. The first captain was James T. Neville; the first lieutenant, A. A. Mitchell; the first second lieutenant, J. A. Delaplain. The present officers are J. H. Gravely, captain; J. B. Drake, lieutenant; W. S. Moore, second lieutenant.
Bolivar Lodge No. 41, A. F. & A. M., was organized in the ante-bellum days, and surrendered its charter during the war.
Bolivar Lodge No. 195, A. F. & A. M., was chartered in October, 1867. Its first officers were Washington Galland, W. M .; E. P. S. Roberts, S. W .; James B. Burros, J. W .; John E. Rains, treasurer; John D. Abbe, secretary; John W. Farmer, S. D .; Aaron G. Devin, Jr. D .; James M. Jones, T. The
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present officers are A. P. Mitchell, W. M .; J. C. Heydon, S. W .; J. M. Leavitt, J. W .; T. H. B. Dunnegan, treasurer; J. G. Simpson, secretary; Rev. J. Sinclair, chaplain; J. T. Neville, S. D .; R. P. Fuqua, S. D .; J. C. Weaver and J. J. Akard, stewards; A. A. Lovelace, T.
Bolivar Chapter No. 5, Royal Arch Masons was chartered October 5, 1877. Its first officers were John D. Abbe, H. P .; S. A. Edmonson, K .; John E. Rains, S .; John Watson, treas- urer; Robert Greer, secretary; H. J. McClure, R. A. Capt .; R. B. Viles, M. 3d V .; M. V. Mitchell, M. 2d V .; M. L. Rey- nolds, M. Ist V .; A. A. Lovelace, G. The officers for 1889 are: T. H. B. Dunnegan, H. P .; S. A. Hoover, K .; P. C. Roberts, S .; H. L. Cary, treasurer; J. G. Simpson, secretary; Dan C. Farrar, C. H .; J. T. Neville, P. S .; A. P. Mitchell, R. A. Capt .; C. E. Bushnell, G. M. 3d V .; J. F. Roberts, G. M. 2d V .; R. M. Howe, G. M. Ist V .; A. A. Lovelace, guard.
St. Elmo Commandery No. 43, K. T., was chartered May 6, 1884. Its officers for that year were the following: John W. Abbe, E. C .; O. W. Fisher, Gen .; R. B. Viles, C. G .; J. G. Simpson, Prel .; J. J. Akard, S. W .; C. W. Freeman, J. W .; T. H. B. Dunnegan, treasurer; F. A. Affleck, Rec .; W. G. Weaver, St. B .; John E. Rains, Sw. B .; Dan C. Farrar, W .;. A. A. Lovelace, G. The officers for the present year are: F. A. Affleck, E. C .; A. H. Lewis, Gen .; H. L. Cary, C. G .; J. D .- Abbe, Prel .; J. J. Akard, S. W .; A. P. Mitchell, J. W .; T. H. B. Dunnegan, treasurer, J. G. Simpson, Rec .; Thomas Greer, St. B .; C. E. Bushnell, Sw. B .; J. T. Neville, W .; A. A. Love- lace, G.
Bolivar's Mayors .- The following-named gentlemen have been elected mayors of Bolivar since its incorporation as a city of the fourth class, in the years mentioned, each to serve two years: John W. Ross, 1881; I. P. Warren, 1883; J. B. Upton, 1885; J. G. Simpson, 1887; John W. Ross, 1889.
The Southwest Baptist College .- Eleven years ago, under the auspices of the Southwest Missouri Baptist Convention, this insti- tution started on its mission of usefulness. The need was felt of a center of intellectual light, where the sons and daughters of Baptists and others could be trained in the paths of virtue and
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knowledge. At the regular session of the meeting, held at Lebanon, Mo., November 8, 1878, a board of trustees were elected, and they began at once to found an institution of learning. Rev. Jehu Robinson was elected president of the board, and Rev. T. S. Lewis secretary. Rev. J. R. Maupin, A. M., was elected president of the college faculty. A meeting of the board was held at Strafford, Greene County, January 30, 1879. Committees from competing points in the Southwest were there. In the morning session the committee from Bolivar, consisting of Hon. T. G. Rechow, Maj. A. C. Lemmon, and A. J. Hunter, made a report, urging good reasons for the location of the college at that point, and submitting a large subscription. Other points also presented their claims, but finally the location was decided on by ballot in favor of Bolivar. The name, Southwest Baptist College, was settled. The charter prepared by Pres. J. R. Maupin was discussed and adopted. A building committee was appointed, consisting of A. J. Hunter, H. Boone, Pres. J. R. Maupin, T. H. B. Dunnegan, and Rev. Jehu Robinson.
At a meeting of the board, held at Tatum Chapel, June 25, 1879, all committees reported progress. A site of six and one- half acres of land, donated by J. C. Clark, had been decided on, and the building was partly done. At the next meeting encouraging success was reported, a building 26x65 feet, two stories high, with twelve rooms, being about completed; the school had made excellent progress, and eighty students were then enrolled, many of them from abroad.
At Bolivar Church, June 10, 1880, Rev. B. McCord Roberts was chosen president, and A. J. Hunter, secretary. The differ- ent committees reported that the contractor had finished the building, and the school was rapidly filling with students; that 138 had been enrolled; that the standard of the school had been raised, and that the library had increased.
The first class graduated in 1882. Prof. W. A. Wilson, A. M., was elected vice-president of the college faculty. The college now had an able faculty, an alumni, and the desires of the found- ers were begining to be realized. At the board meeting, in June, 1883, Rev. J. R. Maupin was unanimously re-elected president. In 1884 a reading-room was established, and the
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library was augmented. Prof. J. M. Leavitt, A. M., was elected vice-president. At the close of the year Pres. Maupin re- signed, and was elected a member of the board of trustees. In May, 1885, Rev. A. S. Ingram was elected president of the faculty, but on account of ill health resigned the following March, when Prof. J. M. Leavitt, A. M., who had been profes- sor of mathematics since 1883, and vice-president since 1884, was elected president, March 1, 1886. At this time, on account of the many changes that had been made, the school was small, and darkness seemed to overshadow it. Nevertheless, the largest class the institution had ever graduated went out into the world to try its realities. The next year a great many new features were introduced into the school. The courses were enlarged; the methods of examination were made better; new teachers were brought into the institution from the best Eastern univer- sities and colleges. The board of trustees came in closer com- munication with the faculty, by means of reports made to them, and the school increased in membership. Mr. William Cary was appointed financial agent. He improved the buildings and
grounds, and, with generous aid, succeeded in raising the debt from the institution. The class that graduated in 1887 was the largest in the history of the college. The enrollment in 1888 exceeded that of any previous year since 1883. The result of the year was fairly satisfactory, but financial difficulties arose, which a strenuous effort is being made to overcome. In the board, R. W. Richardson resigned the presidency, and was succeeded by William Cary. A new business system has been introduced, which relieves the president of much care, which formerly pre- vented his giving his undivided attention to the purely educa- tional interests of the college. About 1, 500 students have been enrolled since the college opened. Three classes have been graduated under Prof. Maupin's administration, and three under Dr. Leavitt's. About forty ministerial students have received free tuition and other help.
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The faculty at this time includes Rev. Dr. Burnham, presi- dent; Rev. Dr. Downer, professor natural science, and assistant in mathematics; Rev. Robert E. L. Burks, professor Latin and Greek; J. R. Lightfoot, tutor.
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