History of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade, and Barton counties, Missouri, Part 75

Author: Goodspeed, firm, publishers, Chicago (1886-1891, Goodspeed Publishing Co.)
Publication date: 1889
Publisher: Chicago, The Goodspeed publishing co.
Number of Pages: 998

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Church, he having been a member since 1866, and clerk in the same for twenty years.

Dr. Madison B. Wooldridge, physician and surgeon, of Payn- terville, Mo., was born in Christian County, Ky., on the 22d of December, 1832, and is a son of Edward and Margaret (Bra- sher) Wooldridge, natives respectively of Virginia and Tennessee. The father was of Irish descent, a farmer by occupation, and died in the State of Kentucky when his son, Madison B., was an infant. His wife was born in 1798, and died in 1886, having borne a family of seven children, three of whom survive. Madison B. Wooldridge made his home with his mother until twenty-three years of age, and received his education in the common schools of Kentucky. He then commenced the study of medicine under Dr. J. P. Bailey, in Christian County, and, after remaining with him about three years, entered the Medical College at Nashville, Tenn., from which he graduated March 2, 1857. He at once entered upon the practice of his profession in Kentucky, but the following year located in Cedar County, Mo., where he has since resided. He has become well known throughout the county as one of its able physicians, and his practice extends over a large area. In 1864 he enlisted in Company A, Fifteenth Missouri Vol- unteer Cavalry, and after serving eleven months, received his dis - charge and returned to Cedar County, where he married, in 1865, Missa Ann E. Morgan, a native of Tennessee, born in 1845, and a daughter of John and Sarah Morgan. The former died in 1868, but the latter is living. Edward W., Clara M., Lulu M. (deceased), Carrie Lee, John F. and Madison B. are the children born to Dr. Wooldridge. The Doctor has been a resident of Paynterville since 1880, where he has a one-acre lot, and besides this owns 116 acres of land near the village. He is a Mason, and in 1888 was elected to the office of county coroner by the Democrats, but has never qualified.

Dr. William H. H. Younger. Prominent among the leading physicians and surgeons of El Dorado Springs stands the name of the above-mentioned gentleman, who was born in Orange County, N. C., in 1815, being the son of Rev. Robert A. and Edith (Horn) Younger, natives of Baltimore, Md., and Orange County, N. C., respectively. They were married in the last named county, and in 1831 removed to Boone County, Mo., where they were among the earliest settlers. There Mrs. Younger died, and Mr. Younger afterward married Mrs. Wallace, of Char- iton County, and in that county spent the balance of his life. He died in 1867 or 1868. He was a Methodist minister of considera- ble ability, was also a life-long teacher, and was in the War of 1812, with Gen. Harrison. His father, Capt. Henry Younger, was a Scotchman, and was captain of the Navy Yard at Balti- more, Md., for many years. He died in Orange County, N. C.

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Dr. William Younger, the second of eight children, five sons and three daughters, received his education in the common schools until eighteen years of age, when he entered the State University at Columbia, remained there about two years, and then took up the study of medicine at Columbia under the State Medical Board. He has practiced in different parts of Missouri for over fifty-four years, and is one of the noted physicians of that State. In 1838 he removed to Springfield, where he continued his prac- tice until 1865, after which he removed to St. Louis, and there remained until 1866, when he returned to Southwestern Missouri. He settled in Lawrence County, where he remained until 1882, and then moved to El Dorado Springs. In 1840 he married Miss Julia Ann Hoshaw, daughter of Jacob M. and Jane Hoshaw, natives of Pennsylvania and Ohio, respectively. Mr. and Mrs. Hoshaw moved to Lawrence County, Mo., in 1839, and there Mr. Hoshaw died. Mrs. Younger died February 10, 1885. She was a consistent member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church for many years. August 25, 1885, the Doctor married Mrs. Sarah Lewis, daughter of Basil Lucas, and a native of Highland County, Ohio. The Doctor has reared several children but all are now deceased. He was a member of the Methodist Church from fourteen years of age until his return to Southwestern Missouri, when he became a Cumberland Presbyterian, but since his resi- dence in El Dorado he has again become a Methodist, and for many years has been an active Sunday-school worker. Mrs. Younger has been a member of the Methodist Church nearly all her life. Previous to the war Dr. Younger was a Democrat, but since then he has affiliated with the Republican party. He is a genial, social gentleman, a successful physician, and still has con- siderable and remunerative practice.

Charles S. Younger, blacksmith, and proprietor of a general repair shop in Stockton, Mo., was born in Williamson County, Tenn., in 1837, and is a son of Thomas and Sarah (Church) Younger, who were born in North Carolina in 1798 and 1813, respectively. They were taken to Tennessee by their parents when young, and were married in Williamson County. In Octo- ber, 1853, they removed to Missouri and located near Stockton, where they became the owners of a tract of land, on which they died in 1878 and 1873, respectively. Mr. Younger's brothers, Samuel and James, were soldiers in the War of 1812, and were at the battle of New Orleans under Jackson. Samuel died of disease, and James died in Cedar County. This branch of the Younger family was first represented in the United States by two brothers, who came from Scotland, and settled in Virginia and North Carolina, Thomas Younger, the grandfather of our sub- ject, being a descendant of the North Carolina pioneer. Polly Nauls was the grandmother's maiden name. Sarah (Church)

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Younger was a daughter of Thomas and Eliza (Culbertson) Church, and became the mother of thirteen children, nine of whom are living: Elizabeth, wife of William Pankey; William T., Henry N., James M., Margaret, wife of Jordan Pankey; Charles S., Robert A .; Martha, wife of John A. Haynes; and Onie E., wife of Sylvester Terrill. Charles S. Younger has resided on farms in Cedar County since sixteen years of age, making his home with his parents until twenty-two years of age, and since fifteen years old has also worked at the blacksmith's trade. In 1862 he enlisted in the Enrolled Militia, Company A, and in 1864 joined Mitchell's regiment. In 1865 he and G. R. Corbin erected a blacksmith shop in Stockton, and remained associated in busi- ness for twenty-one years, or until 1887, when they dissolved partnership, since which time Mr. Younger has been in business by himself, being the oldest blacksmith in Stockton. Previous to the war he was a Whig, and cast his first presidential vote for Bell and Everett, but after the war became a Democrat, and is now a Prohibitionist. He has filled the chairs in the Blue Lodge and Chapter of the Masonic order. August 12, 1869, he wedded Miss Amanda J. Montgomery, a daughter of William and Eliza- beth (Mitchell) Montgomery, who were born in Sevier County and Roane County, Tenn., in 1811 and 1812, and died in Cedar and Greene Counties, Mo., in 1886 and 1888, respectively. Mr. Younger has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, since he was twenty-four years of age, and his wife since ten or twelve years of age.

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William Allison, farmer and stock-raiser of Smith Township, was born in Bedford County, Tenn., in 1824, the son of James and Sarah (Lee) Allison, natives of South Carolina and Kentucky respectively. They married in Tennessee, where they lived till about 1830, when they removed to Ray County, Mo., remained seven years, and then came to Dade County, settling in the woods near where Greenfield now is, being among the first white settlers of the county, the inhabitants being mostly Indians, and the country abounding in wolves, bear, panther, wild-cat, deer, etc. The nearest market and postoffice was Springfield; the nearest mill twenty-five miles away, on Little Sac River. Mrs. Allison died in 1850 at the age of fifty-five, and Mr. Allison married for a second wife Mrs. Jane Bryant, by whom he had three children. He served in the War of 1812, having been with Jackson at New Orleans. He was also in the Black Hawk War, and was major

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of militia in Ray County. His father, Joseph Allison, born in America, of English and Irish descent, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and died in Tennessee. One of his sons, Hon. Samuel Allison, by his second wife, was congressman from Tennessee at one time. Mr. Allison died in Dade County in 1869 or 1870 at the age of 85. William Lee, grandfather of William Allison, was of Welsh descent, and died in Ray County, Mo. The subject of this sketch, the third child of three sons and four daughters, had but very little education. Remaining at home till he was twenty-one, he began farming for himself, and in 1847 enlisted in Company F, Third Missouri Mounted Volunteers, for five years, serving but eighteen months. He was in the battle of Vera Cruz, crossed the plains to New Mexico, returned by the same route, and was discharged at Independence, Mo., in the fall of 1848. In 1850 he crossed the plains to California with an ox-team, being four and a half months on the way, and remained there nearly twelve years engaged in mining. He spent one year in Idaho, and went to Montana Territory in 1863, where he lived till 1870, mining and furnishing water for the mines. In the meantime he returned to Dade County in 1866, and the next spring married Mary Ann, daughter of John and Matilda Taylor, natives of Tennessee. After coming to Dade County, Mrs. Tay- lor died, Mr. Taylor living to be about sixty-eight years of age. After his marriage, Mr. Allison returned to Montana by way of the Missouri River, being sixty days en route. In 1870 he returned to Dade County, and has since lived on his present farm of 160 acres, being the owner also of eighty acres of timber. After the war he also purchased a small farm for his father, who lost all his property during the war. He was elected county judge in Montana the year he left there, but did not serve. The family consists of one son and three daughters: Emma Louella (born in Montana, wife of John Parminter), Sarah Lee, George Walter and Ida Elizabeth. Mrs. Allison died February 17, 1889. Mr. Allison is a Democrat, having voted for Polk in 1844. He a member of the Baptist Church, as was also his wife. He is greatly interested in education, and is something of a poet.

Dr. Charles Aaron Badgley, doctor of dental surgery, of Greenfield, Mo., is a native of Auglaize County, Ohio, born in 1854, and is the son of George and Martha (Watkins) Badgley; grandson of George and Rebecca (Eddy) Badgley; great-grandson of Aaron and Joannah (Hedges) Badgley; great-great-grandson of George Badgley, and great-great-great-grandson of George Badgley, who was a native of England, born in the latter part of the sixteenth century, and a ship carpenter by trade. He was also one of the best swimmers known, yet he came to his death by drowning. George Badgley (great-great-grandfather) came to America about 1740 with his cousin, Anthony Badgley, and died here in

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I799. Aaron Badgley (great-grandfather) was born August 10, 1771, and married Miss Hedges, January 1, 1791. George Badgley (grandfather) was born in April, 1800, and married Miss Eddy in 1824. They became the parents of six sons and two daughters, George Badgley (father of the subject of this sketch) being the eldest son and second child. He was born November 27, 1828, in the State of Ohio, was a teacher by profession, but at the time of his death, which occurred in Auglaize County, Ohio, in 1860, he was a student of dentistry. His wife, Mrs. Martha (Watkins) Badgley, was a native of Ohio, born in 1833, and after the death of Mr. Badgley, she married Stephen Armstrong, who is also deceased. Mrs Armstrong now resides in Putnam County, Ill., and is the mother of six children, three living, two by her first mar- riage, and one by the second, viz .: Dr. Charles A .; Hester C., wife of H. C. Mills, of Putnam County, Ill .; and Willis, in Auglaize County, Ohio. Dr. Charles A. Badgley received his literary education in his native county, and in 187 I commenced the study of dentistry at Winona, Ill., with his uncle, Dr. A. E. Badgley, where he remained a student three years. He then commenced practicing with his uncle, which he continued until 1875, when he went to La Salle, Ill., and in 1879 came to Greenfield, Mo. September 14, 1879, he married Miss Georgia M. McDowell, a native of Dade County, Mo., and the daughter of W. G. and M. J. (Jones) McDowell, and only sister of Mrs. Addie (McDowell) Dixon, at this time of Trinidad, Colo. To this union were born four children: Irma, Edna, Charles (deceased) and George. Dr. Badgley is the only resident dentist in Dade County, is a skillful workman and gives good satisfaction, all his work being war- ranted. He has a large and increasing practice, is a man much respected, and is one of Greenfield's best citizens. He visits Golden City, Lockwood, Ash Grove and Everton at stated intervals each month. He is a Republican in politics. Dr. Badgley and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church.

Ex-Judge Orlando H. Barker, a prominent farmer and a suc- cessful breeder of Jersey cattle in Lockwood Township, was born in Delaware County, Ohio, in 1843, and is the son of Daniel B. and Rebecca (McCoy) Barker, both natives of Ohio, the former born in Delaware County, in 1818, and the latter in Franklin County, in 1824. After marriage the parents settled in Delaware County, where Mr. Barker died about 1850. He was a woolen manufacturer. Mrs. Barker married the second time, and died in Indiana in 1874, while visiting her sister. Her father, Robert McCoy, was born in North Ireland, and came to the United States when a young man. He was married in Pennsylvania, and was one of the early settlers of Franklin County, Ohio, where he spent the balance of his days. He was a farmer by occupation. The paternal grandfather, Orlando H. Barker, was

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born in Massachusetts, and, when a young man, learned the woolen manufacturer's trade, after which he went to Pittsburg, Pa., and then to Ohio. In that State he was a teamster in an Indian expedition, and when the War of 1812 broke out he joined Gen. Harrison's command, and served with him through that war. He afterward settled in Delaware County, Ohio, where he established a woolen manufactory, one of the first in the State, which he operated successfully until his death, which occurred about 1848. Great-grandfather Barker was of Scotch descent. He served through the Revolutionary War as a commis- sioned officer. Ex-Judge Orlando H. Barker was the eldest of four children, two sons and two daughters, only the subject of this sketch and Mary Delasmutt, of Ohio, now living. The brother, Robert M., died from exposure in the army. He was a sergeant. Orlando H. Barker attended five winters of public school, or until the war broke out. In April, 1861, he joined Company I, Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as private, and afterwards held all the offices to first lieutenant, which position he held with credit until he received his discharge, in October, 1865, at Columbus, Ohio. He served about three years and four months, three years of this time in the Army of the Potomac, and was in all the leading engagements. He was wounded Octo- ber 15, 1863, which disabled him for several months. In July of the same year he was placed on recruiting service, and spent the winter of 1864-65 in Ohio in that service. In March, 1865, he was made first lieutenant of Company C, One Hundred and Eighty-sixth Ohio Infantry, and again went to the front, where he was in active service until the close of the war. Afterward he spent one year in the Wesleyan University of Ohio, and, in the meantime, studied law, being admitted to the bar by the supreme court of Ohio in February, 1868. In June, 1867, he married Miss Alma, daughter of John E. Mills, Sr. Mr. Mills was born in Rockingham County, Va., and, when a boy, went to Ohio, where he married and lived until about 1880, when he came to Dade County, Mo., where he is now living. In early life he was a painter, but later, for many years, was a wealthy furniture manufacturer of Chillicothe, Ohio, where he lost two wives. To Mr. and Mrs. Barker were born six children, two sons and three daughters living. In 1868 Mr. Barker came to Greenfield, where he practiced law with success until after the panic of 1873, when he removed to Springfield, and there continued his practice until 1883. He then settled on a farm near Lockwood, where he has since been engaged in stock breeding and farming, and has a fine herd of Jerseys. He served as mayor of Greenfield in 1871 or 1872, and in 1873-74 was judge of the probate court of Dade County. He is a Republican in politics, was formerly a Green- backer, and his first presidential vote was cast for Lincoln, in

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1854. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., is also a member of Lockwood Post No. 325, G. A. R., and the Encampment at Springfield. Mrs. Barker is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

William R. Bowles, attorney-at-law and editor of the Dade County Advocate, of Greenfield, Mo., was born in that village in 1857, and is the son of Dr. Samuel B. and Elizabeth J. (Vaughan) Bowles. Dr. Samuel B. Bowles was born in Portsmouth, N. H., in 1805, and was of English descent. His father having died, Samuel was taken and reared by his uncle, Samuel Bowles, who lived in the city of Boston. It was in this city that Dr. Samuel B. Bowles was reared, and where he received his literary educa- tion. In 1847-48 he took a course of medical lectures, at the Med- ical College in Memphis, Tenn., and in the last-named year he grad- uated as an M. D. from the Missouri Medical College at St. Louis. About 1827 he married Miss Elizabeth Jones, and by her reared two daughters: Kate E., wife of Dr. William H. Jopes, of Greenfield, Mo .; and Almena C., wife of William Grigsby, of Jack County, Texas. After marriage, Dr. Bowles went to Raleigh, N. C., and about 1830 he moved to Middle Tennessee, where he remained for some six years, and then went to Utica, Miss. In 1838 he lost his wife and returned to Tennessee, locating at Murfreesboro, where he married Miss Elizabeth J. Vaughan in 1839. There are eight living children born to this union: Jane, wife of L. W. Shafer, attorney-at-law at Greenfield, Mo .; Mary, wife of Wash. Broyles, of Butte County, Cal .; Ella V., wife of James Curran, of Yolo County, Cal .; Stearns H., of Capay, Yolo County, Cal .; Laura, wife of Finis E. Garrett, Golden City, Mo .; Dr. Frank R., of Jack County, Texas; William R .; and Lina K., wife of J. L. Wetzel, a dry goods merchant, of Greenfield, Mo. In 1851 Dr. Bowles came to Greenfield, Mo., and there died August 1, 1887. For thirty years he was the leading physician of Dade County, and during all those years ran a drug store in connection with his practice. He was one of the most influential citizens of Dade County, was a Mason in good standing, being a member of the Blue Lodge, Chapter and Commandery. William R. Bowles was educated in Greenfield, and at the age of sixteen he commenced as an apprentice in a printing office. At the age of twenty-one he became a disciple of Blackstone, and in the fall of 1880 he was admitted to the bar. He then practiced law for six years, and in October, 1887, became editor of the Dade County Advocate, which he has since edited in an able and efficient manner. Mr. Bowles is a young man, and the Dade County Advocate, under his able management, has met with success. The paper is newsy, and sparkles with good editorials from his pen. In politics Mr. Bowles is a Democrat, and his paper upholds the principles of

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the party in an able and capable manner. He is a member of the Masonic order, Washington Lodge No. 87, Royal Arch Chapter No. 38, and Constantine Commandery No. 27. In August, 1885, he married Miss Cora Kimber, a native of Illinois, and the daughter of Joseph H. and Ellen Kimber. Two chil- dren, Samuel O., and John Herschel, were born to Mr. and Mrs. Bowles. Mrs. Bowles is a member of the Methodist Epis- copal Church. The paternal grandparents of our subject were William and Elizabeth Bowles, the grandfather being a captain in the United States Navy for a number of years.

Charles S. Cannady, dealer in harness and saddlery. Among all classes and in every circumstance of life are those who suc- ceed in whatever they undertake, whether of a professional, agri- cultural or commercial nature, and prominent among them stands the name of Mr. Cannady, who, although a young man, has the reputation of being a first-class business man. He was born in Bartholomew County, Ind., near Hartsville, May 6, 1867, and is the son of Henry H. and Louisa Cannady. The father was born in Harrison County, Ind., June 20, 1829, and was by occupation a farmer and wagon-maker. He moved to Dade County, Mo., in 1882, and is now a resident of Dadeville. He is of Irish descent. The mother was born in Coles County, Ill., January 6, 1838, and by marriage became the mother of six children, five now living. Of these children, Charles S. Cannady is the eldest. He moved with his parents from Indiana to Kansas in 1872, and there received his education, coming to Missouri in 1882. In August, 1887, he opened a harness and saddlery shop, and has success- fully conducted this business ever since. He has a stock of goods valued at about $800, and is prepared to please the public with the quality of his goods as well as his moderate prices. Politi- cally he is a Republican.

Franklin Carlock, undertaker, furniture dealer and proprietor of the " Ozark House," of Everton, is a native of McMinn County, Tenn., having been born in 1827, a son of Isaac and Sarah (Ruckman) Carlock, natives of South Carolina, Mr. Car- lock being of German descent; they came with their parents to Middle Tennessee, where they married, removing from East Ten- nessee to Dade County about 1839, where Mr. Carlock died just before, and Mrs. Carlock during the war. They were among the old settlers of Dade County, he being a Baptist and she a Cum- berland Presbyterian. Franklin Carlock, the youngest of four sons and seven daughters, was educated at the common country schools, reared on a farm, and at the age of twenty-three married Susan, daughter of James and Barbara Wheeler, of Tennessee, who came to Dade County about 1837 or 1838, where they died. Mrs. Carlock died in Dade County in April, 1887, leaving seven sons and one daughter. In October, 1887, Mr. Carlock married

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Mrs. Sarah Starr, daughter of Charles O'Kelly, an early settler of Southwest Missouri, where Mrs. Carlock was born, and where her father is still living with his third wife at the age of seventy- nine. Our subject lived in Polk Township and farmed till 1881, when he came to Everton and built the first dwelling, the Ever- ton House, of which he was proprietor till 1884, when he pur- chased his present residence, the Ozark House, the finest in town. In 1884 he erected a business house; and has since been engaged in the furniture and undertaking business. In politics he is a Republican, formerly a Whig. He is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, his wife being a Methodist. Mrs. Carlock has one son living, by her first husband.

James M. Carlock, farmer and stock-raiser of Morgan Town- ship, was born in Dade County, Mo., October 25, 1848, and is the son of Lemuel L. and Angeline. (Davidson) Carlock. Lemuel L. Carlock was born in Tennessee, in 1821, and is now living in Greene County, Mo. He came to Dade County, Mo., in about 1842, and was among the first settlers, and has followed agricultural pursuits the principal part of his life. He is now living with his second wife, Angeline (Davidson) Carlock, who was born in Ten- nessee, March 13, 1825, and who still survives. They are the parents of eleven children, four sons and seven daughters, all living. The father had one daughter by his first wife, and she is living in Polk County, Mo. James M. Carlock is the second child in order of birth, born to his parents. He remained at home until the latter part of the war, when he enlisted Sep- tember 13, 1864, in Company D, Fifteenth Regiment Missouri Calvary Volunteers, and was discharged from service June 30, 1865, at Springfield, Mo. He was at Sedalia at the time of Marma- duke's raid in Missouri. On June 6, 1869, Mr. Carlock mar- ried Miss Mary Tarrant, who was born in Dade County, Mo., November 11, 1853. She is a sister of William Tarrant, whose sketch appears in another part of this volume. To Mr. and Mrs. Carlock have been born two children : Harry L. and Virgil. After marriage Mr. Carlock located on a farm ten miles east of Greenfield, where he resided until 1879, and then moved to his present property, which consists of 160 acres of land, and about all under cultivation. He has a fine farm, a splendid orchard, and is one of the industrious farmers and highly respected citizens of the county. He and wife are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church; and he is a Democrat in his political views. His paternal grandfather's name was Isaac Carlock.

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History of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade, and Barton counties, Missouri, Part 75

Author: Goodspeed, firm, publishers, Chicago (1886-1891, Goodspeed Publishing Co.) Publication date: 1889 Publisher: Chicago, The Goodspeed publishing co. Number of Pages: 998

Author: Goodspeed, firm, publishers, Chicago (1886-1891, Goodspeed Publishing Co.)
Publication date: 1889
Publisher: Chicago, The Goodspeed publishing co.
Number of Pages: 998