USA > Missouri > Cedar County > History of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade, and Barton counties, Missouri > Part 42
USA > Missouri > Dade County > History of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade, and Barton counties, Missouri > Part 42
USA > Missouri > Barton County > History of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade, and Barton counties, Missouri > Part 42
USA > Missouri > Hickory County > History of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade, and Barton counties, Missouri > Part 42
USA > Missouri > Polk County > History of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade, and Barton counties, Missouri > Part 42
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Old 8 per cent bonds - 35 in number - principal. $ 35,000 New 6 per cent bonds-200 in number - principal 200,000 New 6 per cent bonds - 70 in number - principal. 35,000
Total. .$270,000
Railroads .- The Kansas City & Memphis Railroad, now known as the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis Railroad, was completed through the county in 1881, by way of the present towns of Everton, South Greenfield and Lockwood, thus leaving Greenfield, the county seat, by way of which it was promised to be constructed when the county court made the order to sub- scribe stock for its construction, over two miles north of its line. The length of this railroad within the county limits is about twenty-six miles.
The Branch Railroad leading from South Greenfield was completed in 1886. The length of this road is two and three- fourths miles. It was constructed by a local company organized at Greenfield. There is connected with it, in Greenfield, a pas- senger and freight depot, an engine house, and water tank. Its rolling-stock consists of one locomotive, one box car, and one combination car.
MUNICIPALITIES.
GREENFIELD.
Greenfield, the seat of justice of Dade County, was laid out in the spring of 1841. Its origin has been given in connection with the organization of the county. It is very pleasantly located near the center of the county, two miles west of Turn- back, on a commanding eminence 200 feet above the river, and two and a half miles north of the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis Railroad, with which it is connected at South Green-
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field by a branch railway. Eastward from Greenfield may be seen the hills and valleys of the timbered country, while to the westward are seen the broad prairie lands of the county. Aside from the original court house, the first business building in the town was erected in 1841, at the northwest corner of the public square, where the Dade County Bank is now located. It was erected by Maddison Campbell, of Polk County; and Caleb Jones & Co., also of Polk County, put in a stock of goods, which was managed and sold by John W. Wilson. The next merchants of the town were John Wells and Rufus Cates, each of whom opened stores. Then followed W. K. Latham and a Mr. Lindsey as merchants. The postoffice was established in 1841 or 1842, and W. K. Latham was the first postmaster.
Developments .- In 1847, when William L. Scroggs came to Greenfield, there were four little stores in the town, the combined stock of which would not equal that of one such as the town now affords. One of these stores was kept by W. K. Latham, at the southwest corner of the public square, where Dr. Lyngar's drug store is now located; another was kept by Rufus Cate, on the next corner south; another, where the Dade County Bank is located, by Mr. Lindsey, and the other by John Wells, on the corner east of the Delmonico Hotel. This hotel building was erected about the year 1853, by John Wells, and was the first brick building, aside from the court house, erected in the town. The town grew but slowly, so that, at the beginning of the Civil War, it contained only eleven small business houses; and all, except one in the Delmonico building, were in small wooden houses. Of these, only one -that of Mr. Jacobs -survived the war, and at one time the goods of his store were taken by Confederate raiders. The other merchants all went out of busi- ness on account of the ravages of the war. Mr. Jacobs, how- ever, managed to keep a small amount of goods during nearly all of the war period. At the beginning of the war, Greenfield contained about 300 inhabitants, and at its close, had a still less number. Its population is now estimated at 1, 500.
Then business soon revived - the old wooden shanties that remained began to be replaced with better buildings. Business men with moderate capital and much enterprise came in from
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abroad, and they and the old resident survivors of the town and surrounding country have built the town almost entirely anew since the war closed. There are now surrounding and facing the public square twelve brick blocks, containing altogether nineteen or twenty business rooms on the first floors, and preparations are being made for the construction of more brick blocks during the coming season. In addition to these are the Delmonico and Washington Hotels - both large brick houses. The town also contains the Ozark College and a large two-story public school- house - both brick structures; one brick and four frame church edifices; several fine brick residences, a large number of commo- dious frame, and many neat and beautiful cottage residences, all comparatively new, and generally of modern architectural style. The old, dilapidated wooden building standing on the commons on the west side of the street leading south from the southeast corner of the square, in which the noted lawyer and Southern sympathizer, John T. Coffee, once resided, is the only house that existed in the town in 1847, that has not been torn down or removed.
Present Interests .- The business of the town now consists of the Dade County Bank - opened in March, 1883, with a capital of $25,000; John M. Tarrant, president; G. W. Gilmore, vice- president; John Ready, cashier and Levin W. Shafer, bank attor- ney - the capital stock having since been increased to $50,000; the Jacobs Bank, by R. S. Jacobs, who has been a citizen of the town since its inception; five general, two hardware, two furni- ture, four drug, two millinery, one farm implement, and one har- ness and saddle stores; one book and stationery stand; five gro- ceries, two clock and jewelry shops, two restaurants, one bakery, two meat shops, two livery stables, four blacksmith shops, two tailor shops, one billard hall, three hotels -the Washington, Delmonico and Cottage Home; three woodwork shops, one wagon and carriage factory, two barber shops, and one boot and shoe shop; also the postoffice and a fine opera house. The town has also a complement of real estate, loan and insurance agents. In addition to the foregoing are the Challenge Roller Flouring Mills, by J. T. Hembree & Son, and the extensive lum- ber yard of the T. A. Miller Lumber Company The physicians
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are: J. F. Lyngar, William H. Jopes, James T. Wallace, R. H. Williams, Leon Morris and Z. T. Martin. C. A. Badgley is the only dentist in the town.
Societies .- Greenfield Post No. 75, G. A. R., was organized May 12, 1883, with ten charter members, and the whole number mustered up to this writing has been 121. Many have with- drawn to join other posts since organized, four have died, and some have been suspended, leaving about fifty as the present membership. Major C. W. Griffith was the first post com- mander, and of the present officers Capt. John W. Davis is commander, and C. Z. Russell, adjutant.
Greenfield Lodge No. 56, A. O. U. W., was organized in August, 1886, with twenty members, and, as yet, the membership has increased but slightly. The principal officers are: E. P. Mann, M. W .; Mason Talbutt, foreman; T. M. Thompson, over- seer; J. L. Wetzel, receiver; R. E. Hughes, financier; F. Grether, recorder.
Washington Lodge No. 87, A. F. & A. M., was organized in Greenfield, in 1847, with only a few charter members. There are now about sixty members, and the principal officers are: T. A. Miller, W. M .; Lewis Renfro, S. W .; S. A. Payne, J. W .; J. L. Wetzel, secretary; J. A. Ready, treasurer, and P. L. Mont- gomery, tyler. This lodge owns the Washington Hotel building.
Greenfield Lodge No. 446, A. F. & A. M., was organized in 1 873 with seven members, and the membership has since increased to forty. The officers now are: Seymour Hoyt, W. M .; H. H. Finley, S. W .; M. L. Young, J. W .; Mason Talbutt, secretary; L. W. Shafer, treasurer; P. L. Montgomery, tyler.
Greenfield Chapter No. 30, R. A. M., was organized in 1878, with about twelve members, and the membership is now sixty-five in number. W. R. Bowles is high priest, and J. W. McDowell, secretary.
Constantine Commandery No. 27, Knights Templar, was organized in 1874, with nine members. It has now fifty-five members. Dr. J. F. Lyngar is E. C .; W. R. Bowles, secretary.
Nelson Cole Camp No. 71, Sons of Veterans, was organized February 14, 1888, with about fourteen members, and the mem-
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bership has since increased to forty-seven. C. B. Howard, Jr., is captain; Elmer Pyle, first sergeant.
The Press .- In addition to the foregoing, Greenfield con- tains two weekly newspapers, the Vedette and Advocate. The former was established in August, 1866. It is an eight-column folio, and is now published by C. W. Griffith, its present editor. In politics it is Republican. The Advocate was established in 1873. It is a five-column quarto, and politically is Democratic. Its editor and publisher is Will. R. Bowles.
SOUTH GREENFIELD.
Historical .- South Greenfield, on the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis Railroad, two and a half miles south of the county seat, was laid out in April, 1881, by Levin M. Shafer, the proprietor of the town site. It is also at the junction of the branch railroad leading to Greenfield, and is the principal ship- ping-point in Dade County. D. E. Bowman built the first house in the town, and opened the first business therein - a saloon. Next, Doling and McCracken built a house near the railroad depot, and commenced general merchandising therein. Follow- ing these, in the same year (1881), many other buildings were erected, and several other businesshouses established. The town now has a population of from 300 to 400, and contains two gen- eral stores, one dry goods and grocery store, five grocery stores, two hotels, postoffice, two drug stores, one furniture store, one hardware and farm implement store, one harness and saddle store, one millinery store, one barber shop, two blacksmith shops, one marble shop, one meat market, one livery stable, a lumber yard, saw-mill, grain elevator, railroad depot, and other buildings; also the Merchant Roller Mills, of the Conrad Milling Company, erected in 1888 at a cost of $18,000. The semills have a capac- ity of 100 barrels of flour per day. The town also contains a public school house and two church edifices - Missionary Baptist and Methodist Episcopal, South. Dr. W. L. Bailey is the only physician in the place.
Societies .- South Greenfield Lodge No. 292, I. O. O. F., was chartered May 19, 1883, and has now about twenty mem- bers. The principal officers are M. L. Finley, N. G .; G. F.
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Adams, V. G .; F. M. Thompson, secretary; F. D. Findlay, treas- urer.
Limestone Assembly Knights of Labor was chartered July 12, 1888, and has now between 35 and 40 members.
Other Interests .- Scott, Hinckley & Hedges' stone quarry and lime kilns are situated on the line of the railroad, one mile west of South Greenfield. This company have a capital of $20,000 invested there, and employ from forty to sixty men to operate their works, which consists of an extensive stone quarry, a mill with two sets of saws for cutting the stones into slabs of any desired size, and a saw to square the ends thereof, a blacksmith shop, a stone crusher, two lime kilns, etc. They also have a general supply store and a boarding house. The company con- sume two thousand cords of wood per year, in burning lime, and the output for last year was 55,000 bushels. The stone quarried is of the best quality, and the supply seems inexhaus- tible. While it is not called marble, its surface can be dressed as smooth as marble, and it is being used also for tombstones and monuments. This quarry furnished the stone for the United States building at Fort Smith, Ark.
LOCKWOOD.
Growth and Development .- Lockwood, on the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis Railroad, six miles west of South Green- field, was laid out in March, 1881, by W. J. Davis, and has now a population of from 600 to Soo. J. W. Kennedy established the first business house in the place - a grocery - in the spring of 1881. About the same time, J. D. Smith erected the first dwelling house, and became the first station and express agent, and still holds the express office. The next enterprise was a livery stable, opened by Kennedy and Trafford. Following this a hotel building was erected by W. J. Davis, and S. J. Dailey opened the first hotel. Gale and Faulker started the pioneer general store, early in 1881. The place then began to grow rapidly, and now contains four general stores, one dry goods store, four grocery stores, three hotels, three drug stores, one furniture store, three millinery stores, two hardware stores, two harness and saddle stores, two tin shops or stores, two barber
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shops, postoffice, several blacksmith and repair shops, one meat market, one lumber yard, one livery stable, two grain elevators, one general produce store, one jewelry store, a boot and shoe shop, a large hay barn near the railroad depot, depot and ware- house, Heiser, McCleaf & Co.'s Roller Mills - the latter having been erected in 1888-and the Bank of Lockwood, which was established in 1883. It further contains one weekly newspaper, a two-story brick school-house, and five church edifices, Presby- terian, Methodist Episcopal, United Brethren, German Lutheran and Christian. There are here three physicians, and three law- yers. The town is the shipping point for the western portion of Dade County.
The Globe, a weekly newspaper, was established in 1882, by D. O. Bell, who continued its publication until 1884, and then sold it to J. B. Woods, who changed its name to the Leader, and published it for a time. Subsequently it passed into the hands of W. S. Wheeler, who, in July, 1888, changed its name to the Times. In the spring of 1889, Mr. Wheeler sold it to the pres- ent publisher, B. F. Boyd. It is an eight-column folio, neatly printed and well edited.
Fraternities .- Lockwood Lodge No. 521, A., F. & A. M., was organized about 1883, and now has near thirty members. The present officers are: G. H. Finley, W. M .; H. Elliott, S. W .; L. W. Mason, J. W .; G. W. Ernest, secretary; A. Weaver, treasurer; and H. Asher, tyler.
Lockwood Lodge No. 445, I. O. O. F., was organized about 1884, and has now a membership of from twenty to twenty-five. Officers: F. Zalf, N. G .; W. J. Davis, V. G .; J. M. Crow, secre- tary; and Lewis Crisner, treasurer.
The " Lockwood Union Agricultural, Mechanical and Stock Association of the County of Dade, " was organized at Lockwood, and incorporated in February, 1886. On the 2d day of August following, the association leased of W. J. Davis and wife, twenty acres of land adjoining the town, for a term of five years, and fitted the same up as a " fair ground," on which to hold annual exhibitions, and here these exhibitions have since been held. This is the only association of the kind within the county.
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EVERTON.
Origin and Advancement .- Everton, on the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis Railroad, eight miles east of South Greenfield, was laid out in February, 1881, by Ralph Walker, the owner of the town site. Messrs. Wilson and Mclemore built the first house in this town, and opened the first store early in 1881. A. F. Nixon put up the next building, and opened the next store- hardware. The third business house was established by Hughes, Clark & Co. The place now contains four general stores, two grocery stores, three hotels, postoffice, one barber shop, three drug stores, one furniture store, two millinery stores, two hardware stores, one harness and saddlery shop, two black- smith shops, one lumber yard, one livery stable, one restaurant, one photograph gallery, one produce and one jewelry store, railroad depot, a stone-crusher, and the Roller Flouring Mills - the latter having been erected in 1882. In addition, the White Lime Association has three lime-kilns, from which are shipped from one to two carloads per day ; and the Empire Furnishing Company has one lime-kiln, from which large quantities of lime are shipped.
Everton has a population of about 600, and is the principal shipping point for the southeastern portion of Dade County.
The Everton Eagle, a seven-column folio weekly newspaper, was established in 1888, by Benjamin Lippman; vol. I, No. 26, being dated February 23, 1889. . Everton also has three physicians, one church edifice - Cum- berland Presbyterian - a public school house, and Masonic lodge.
Societies. - Everton Lodge No. 405, A. F. & A. M., organized in 1886, has a membership of twenty-four. The present officers are: W. C. Holman, W. M .; J. A. Mason, S. W .; S. W. Adamson, J. W .; G. W. Wilson, secretary; J. S. Pem- berton, treasurer; and C. Edwards, tyler. This lodge owns a hall, which was built in 1883, at a cost of about $500.
Everton Post No. 369, G. A. R., was organized in December, 1887, with seventeen charter members; and the membership has since increased to about twenty-eight. Edgar Clark was the first
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post-commander. He was succeeded by Col. B. S. Jones, the present commander.
DADEVILLE.
Dadeville, formerly Mellville, is located on the western edge of Crisp Prairie, twelve miles northeast of Greenfield, and has a population of about 500. It is one of the old towns of the county, on the site of which the first residence, consisting of a log cabin, was built about 1840, by a Mr. Johnson. The next house in the place was a frame building, erected near the year 1845, by. Thomas Dale. The first merchants were Dale and Swissler, and Dr. Bender was the first druggist. The first black- smith shop was established by William Davidson, and the first shoe-shop by Frank Dickson. Thomas Dale was the first post- master, and his successors have been Robert Clark, James L. Withrow, J. W. Landers, and J. W. Tolliver. The first hotel was kept by Mrs. Lewis, a widow. Mellville, at the beginning of the Civil War, had reached the magnitude of a thriving country town, but was mostly destroyed during the war period. After that its name was changed to Dadeville, on account of there being another place in the State called Millville, too similar in orthography to Mellville.
The town has been rebuilt since the war, and it now contains five general stores, one harness and saddle store, one marble shop, one hotel, one, livery stable, one hardware store, one confectionery, one wagon and one blacksmith shop, one school- house, two church edifices, and a roller flouring mill. The first grist-mill and a saw-mill were built there about the year 1856, by Berry and Gaunt. A lodge of the Masonic fraternity was organized there before the war, and was reorganized about the year 1872, with some eighteen charter members, and has now a membership of about forty. An Odd Fellows' lodge was organized in 1878, with M. Ingraham, T. J. Door, W. H. Pem- berton, M. E. Smith, William Hill, Edgar Clark, R. M. Hughes and E. J. Morris, as charter or original members. The physicians of the place are Drs. Allder and O. V. Hembree. Dadeville is situated in an excellent agricultural district, and enjoys a large and lucrative local trade.
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OTHER VILLAGES.
Emmet is a post-village and station on the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis Railroad near the eastern boundary of the county. Arcola, a post-village of about 200 inhabitants, nine miles north of Greenfield, was laid out July 27, 1880, by Cyrus C. Bean. It contains four general stores, two drug stores, one grocery, two blacksmith shops, one hotel, one harness and saddle store, one hardware store, two churches and a school-house. The G. A. R. post at this point was organized in the spring of 1886, with 31 members. The present membership reaches nearly 50 in number. R. P. Underwood was the first, and is the present commander. Cedarville, in the northwestern part of the county, was laid out March 16, 1869, by Messrs. Stanley and Thurman. It contains one general store, one drug store, one blacksmith shop, one church and about 75 inhabitants. King's Point, a post- village six miles south and four miles west of Greenfield, was laid out in February, 1872, by Charles E. Hoel, the owner of the site. It contains a general store, blacksmith shop and a few dwellings. Pilgrim is a post-village and flag station on the rail- road three and a half miles east of South Greenfield. Seybert is a post-hamlet on Sac River, seven miles north and four east of Greenfield, and contains one general store, one grocery, a black- smith shop, and the Johnson Roller Flouring Mills, run by water- power. Sac River Post G. A. R. is located here. Sylvania is a post-village eight miles west and four north of Greenfield, and contains one general store, one blacksmith shop, and five dwelling houses. Turnback, a post-village on the creek of that name, eight miles south of Greenfield, contains Dilday's flouring and saw mills, run with water-power, a blacksmith shop and a few dwelling houses. Watkins is the name of the postoffice at South Greenfield.
Each of the places named has a postoffice. Corry and Pem- berton are small mining villages mentioned in connection with the county's mineral resources. A few other villages, containing a store, blacksmith shop, etc., exist within the county. The county has also a few " paper towns," which have been laid out by individuals anticipating a fortune. They exist on paper, but cannot be found on the grounds designated as their sites.
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MILITARY AFFAIRS.
Public Sentiment .- The great majority of the people of Dade County have always been loyal to the Government of the United States, notwithstanding the fact that many of them were reared under the influences of the institution of slavery. During the Mexican War the county furnished a company of soldiers under command of Capt. J. J. Clarkson, that did excellent service.
When the late Civil War began, in 1861, the people of the northern half of the county were generally loyal to the Union, while many in the southern half were in full sympathy with seces- sion and in favor of a Southern Confederacy; but, upon the whole, a great majority of the citizens of the county were loyal to the United States. Some of the recent immigrants from the Eastern States - especially Illinois - moved back, and there enlisted in the Union Army. Soon after the war began, John T. Coffee and other Southern sympathizers enlisted a number of men in Dade County, but, owing to the vigilance of the loyal citizens, who were forming organizations for the Union army, they were mostly taken beyond the limits of the county to be organized, and later a large number of men followed Price's army south- ward, and became Confederate soldiers, but there is no way of ascertaining their numbers.
Troops .- Several companies were organized within the county for the Union army, of which mention is made as follows: Com- panies A and D, of the Sixth Regiment Cavalry Missouri Vol- unteers, were raised almost wholly within the county of Dade - their organizations being completed July 4, 1861. About the same time Company E, of the same regiment, was organized, having been recruited equally from Dade and Cedar Counties. Clark Wright, the principal mover in the organization of Com- pany A, became its first captain, but was made colonel of the regiment upon its organization, and Thomas A. Switzler was mustered as captain of the company. John H. Paynter and Thomas Stockstill were mustered in as first and second lieuten- ants thereof. The first officers of Company D were: Captain, William H. Crockett; and lieutenants, Jesse C. Kirby and John C. Porter. The first officers of Company E were: Captain,
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Austin Hubbard; and lieutenants, Thomas Astley and Jasper Burris. Company L, also of the same regiment, was raised, in July, 1862, from Dade, Polk and Greene Counties - more than one-half of the company being from Dade. The first officers of this company were: Captain, Jesse C. Kirby, promoted from first lieutenant in Company D; and lieutenants, J. W. Cormack and Luther D. Porter.
The companies comprising this regiment were first formed into three battalions, commanded by Maj. Wright, Maj. Wood and Capt. Hawkins. Wright's battalion fought in the skirmishes of Copridge's Mills and Wet Glaize; Hawkins", in the battle of Frederickstown; and Wood's, in the battles of Salem and West Plains. These three battalions were organized as a regiment, February 14, 1862, Maj. Clark Wright being appointed colonel; Maj. S. N. Wood, lieutenant-colonel; and Capt. Hawkins, first major. The field of war occupied by this regiment was Southern Missouri, Arkansas and portions of Louisiana and Mississippi. It was often separated, the companies being detached and sent to many different points, and were often engaged with the enemy. The regiment fought in the battles of Champion's Hill, Black River and Bridgeport, in Mississippi; took part in the siege and capture of Vicksburg, also in the movement upon and capture of Jackson, and in many other movements. During the years 1864 and 1865, up to the time of muster out, it was stationed in the Department of the Gulf, where it partici- pated in several engagements. Companies B, C, F, G, H, I and K were mustered out at expiration of term, in the months of December, 1864, and January, 1865. The remaining companies, A, D, E and L, composed of the veterans and recruits of the regiment, were mustered out September 12, 1865.
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