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Joseph C. Parry, one of the oldest settlers of Lamar, Barton County, Mo., was born in Wales on the 25th of February,. 1833, being a son of Thomas O. and Margaret Parry, the former a na- tive of England, and the latter of Wales. They were married and resided in the latter country until 1839, when they came to Amer- ica, and after living in New York for some time moved to Canada, where they both died at about the age of eighty-four years. The father was a woolen manufacturer, but failed in that business, and during the latter part of his life turned his attention to mer- chandising. Joseph C. Parry is the second of their nine children, and in his youth did not receive very good educational advan- tages. He attended night-schools and read newspapers until he became an exceptionally well informed man. At the age of fif- teen years he began learning the blacksmith's trade, serving an apprenticeship of five years, and later learned the machinist's trade, at which he worked four years. He became a master work- man, and followed this trade in Canada until about 1850, when he
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went to Louisiana and worked in several different places in that State. While there he married Josephine Ward, a sister of Ed- ward G. Ward, whose sketch appears in this work, Judge Ward and himself at a time subsequent carrying on the dry goods and grocery trade. In July, 1852, they came to Jasper (now Barton) County, Mo., and located on a half section of land where Lamar now stands, buying from the Government, but under the Swamp Land Act it was given to the county, so Mr. Parry had to buy it again. He built the first blacksmith shop in the town, and was the first postmaster of Lamar, and the first assessor of the county. In 1861 he had a large store in Carthage. When the town of Lamar was laid off he gave fifty acres for a town site. In 1863-64 he served as County Treasurer and in 1873 was appointed by Governor Woodson as probate judge, and was also presiding judge of the county court. During the war he went to Kansas, where he served a short time in the State Militia as second lieu- tenant, and was offered a captaincy, but declined it. After the cessation of hostilities he returned to Lamar, where he now owns 190 acres of land and a number of town lots. The first saw-mill was erected by him in 1857. He is a Mason and a Democrat, and by his first wife, who died in 1860, he became the father of four children, two sons and two daughters. In 1863 he wedded Miss Nancy Oldham, by whom he became the father of ten children, four sons and three daughters now living. In an early day Mr. Parry ran the stage line from Sedalia to Neosho by way of Lamar and Carthage, carrying the mail for $3,000 per year. This he continued about two years, afterward selling the line to Parker & Smith, of Springfield, Mo., for $7,000.
Oscar A. Pelton, of Barton County, Mo., was born in Chit- tenden County, Vt., in the town of Shelburne, on the 17th of February, 1832, being a son of Daniel and Lovina (Benson) Pel- ton, who were also born in that county, the former's birth occur- ring in 1805, and the latter's in 1802. . They were married in their native State, and, about 1835, moved to Syracuse, N. Y., where the father died in May, three years later, the mother's death occurring in Chicago, Ill., in 1874. The paternal grand- father was born in Vermont, was a cooper by trade, and was killed, in 1805, by a falling tree. Oscar A. Pelton is the eldest of two surviving members of a family of four children, and, after his father's death, returned, with his mother, to Vermont. Here he remained, attending the district schools and working at farm labor until nineteen years of age, when he went to Leyden, Cook County, Ill., and there made his home until September 18, 1861, at which date he enlisted in Company D, Eighth Illinois Cavalry, and remained in the service just three years. He participated in the battles of Williamsburg, Second Bull Run, Antietam, Gettys- burg, Fredericksburg and the Wilderness. After receiving his
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discharge he returned to Cook County, Ill., and began peddling milk in Chicago, continuing this occupation until 1870, when he married Miss Helen Webster, who was born in Geauga County, Ohio, November 3, 1840, a daughter of Andrew and Lorissa Webster, who were born in Canada and Massachusetts, respect- ively, the former's birth occurring in 1812. To. Mr. and Mrs. Pelton the following children have been born: Maud, born on the 23d of June, 1871, and is now deceased; Addie, born July 8, 1872; Bertha, born July 23, 1873; Grace, born August 6, 1874; Oscar, born March 15, 1879, and is now dead; Harry, born August 29, 1881 (deceased); and Helen, born January 26, 1884. On the 11th of April, 1882, Mr. Pelton and family arrived in Barton County, Mo., where he soon after purchased 220 acres of land, and also had 320 acres in Oregon County. He has since been actively engaged in tilling the soil, and is considered one of the first farmers of the county. He is a Republican in his polit- ical views, and is a member of the Masonic fraternity.
A. D. and A. C. Pittenger, two prominent men of Barton County, Mo., were born in Wayne County, Ohio, in 1835 and 1845, respectively. Their father, Peter Pittenger, was of German descent, and was born in 1801. He was married to Miss Elizabeth McMillen, who was born in 1802, and their deaths occurred in Ohio, in 1850 and 1882, respectively. The grand- father, Henry Pittenger, was born in Prussia. A. D. Pittenger is the sixth in his father's family. He received his education in . the common schools of Ohio. In 1855 he went to Northern Illinois, and, at the end of two years, removed to Pike County, Ill., and remained there until the spring of 1859, when he went to Pike's Peak, in search of gold. When the war broke out he enlisted in Company I, Eighth Illinois Infantry, and, after remaining in the service three months, was discharged, and returned to Pike County, Ill. In November, 1861, he enlisted in Company G, Fifth Illinois Cavalry, and was in active service three years and eleven months. He was mustered out as first lieutenant. He came to Barton County, Mo., in 1870, and engaged in school teaching, which occupation he followed six years, and then opened a drug store in Nashville, Mo. In 1885 he was married to Mary E. Ennis, who died in 1886. Three years later he wedded Miss Emma Sensney, a native of Illinois, born in 1860. He has always been a Republican in politics, and was elected on that ticket in 1872 to the office of county super- intendent of schools. He cast his first presidential vote for John C. Fremont. He was appointed postmaster at Nashville, in June, 1889. He is a member of the Masonic lodge at Lamar, and, in his relations with the public, has commanded the respect and esteem of all with whom he has come in contact. A. C. Pittenger, his brother, is the youngest of his father's
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family, and when the war broke out, like his brother he espoused the Union cause, and enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and Second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for the term of three years, and was discharged after serving ten months, on account of disability contracted in the service. He returned to Ohio, where he remained until February, 1870, when he came to Barton County, Mo., and taught the first school ever taught in the village of Nashville. In July, 1872, on account of poor health, he returned to Ohio, where he was married in October, 1874, to Miss S. A. Forster, who was born in Erie County, Ohio, in 1850. In 1882 he returned to Barton County, Mo., and was appointed notary public during the administration of Gov. T. T. Crittenden, and, in the spring of 1883, he was elected to the office of justice of the peace, and has served in both these capacities ever since. He is also a Republican in his political views, and cast his first presidential vote for U. S. Grant.
John A. Pool & Sons, brokers of Lamar, Mo. Mr. Pool was born in Morgantown, West Va., December 12, 1820, and is a son of Reverend Asby and Valinda (Lanham) Pool, who were of Ger- man and Irish descent, and were born in Virginia and West Vir- ginia, respectively. They were married in Morgantown, W. Va., and the father's useful days were spent in preaching the gos- pel, being an expounder of the Methodist doctrine, but later in life he gave his attention to farming, and died at the age of eighty years. His wife died while in the prime of life. John A. is the second of their nine children, and was educated in an academy at Morgantown. At the age of twenty-one he began working by the day at fifty cents per day, and afterward turned his attention to farming, and then became a Baptist minister. After moving to Somerset County, Penn., he took charge of the Turkey Foot Baptist Church, one of the oldest churches in that State. Some years later he moved to Monroe, Greene County, Wis., where he spent ten years, and organized the First Baptist Church in that city. He next went to Indianola, Iowa, where he also organized the first church, and remained seven years. He next located at Warrensburg, Mo., remaining three or four years, then went to Neosho, where he remained about the same length of time, and then came to the First Missionary Baptist Church of Lamar. He now belongs to the Free Will Baptist Church, at Barton Center, and has retired from his ministerial duties, and has taken up his present business. He has been a successful financier, and is one of the largest landholders of Barton County, being the owner of twenty-one good farms, besides considerable town property. In the fall of 1862 he enlisted in Company I, Twenty-seventh Iowa Infantry, United States Army, and after serving one year, was discharged on account of disability. He
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is now a Republican in politics, and is a member of the G. A. R. In 1842 he was married to Miss Cassanda Brumage, a native of Middleton, W. Va., and by her became the father of five chil- dren, two of whom are living: Ephraim, a real estate dealer and money broker, and Cassanda. After this wife's death in Penn- sylvania, he married Miss Rebecca Spangler, of Maryland, and by her has four children: George W., a jeweler at Lamar; Kate E., wife of Rev. A. K. Wray; Charles, a harness-maker, of Lamar; and Frank, at home.
Herbert L. Reed, a prominent merchant of Irwin, Mo., was born in Stark County, Ill., on the 16th of October, 1848, being a son of Isaac C. and Luna (Pomeroy) Reed, who were born in Litchfield County, Conn., and Vermont, in 1821 and 1824, respectively, and are yet living, enjoying fairly good health. Isaac C. learned the shoemaker's trade of his father, and in 1841 left Connecticut for Illinois. He worked at his calling until 1868, when he went to California, residing there eighteen months, and then came to Barton County in 1871, where he still resides. He has been engaged in farming since 1868, in which occupation he has met with well-deserved success. He is a Chapter Mason and a Democrat. His parents, William A. and Amy Reed, were born in the " Nutmeg State,"and moved to Illinois about 1841, where they died in 1882 and 1874, respectively. The former was of Scotch descent, a shoemaker by trade, and during the War of 1812 was an active participant in a number of engagements. Herbert L. Reed is the eldest of the following children: Herbert L .; Miles A., an engineer in Colorado, but whose home is in Weeping Water, Neb .; Sewell S., who is foreman of the Weep- ing Water Stone Company, and superintends 365 hands ; and Ernest A., who is an employé of the Denver Street Railroad Company. Herbert L. Reed received his education in the com- mon schools of Stark County, Ill., and at the age of nineteen years began doing for himself, having previously learned the har- ness-maker's trade. In the year 1870 he came to Barton County and located in Union Township, where he engaged in farming and stock trading, and since 1885 has given his attention to the mercantile trade in Irwin. The same year he built a mill on his farm, which he has since operated. He is a member of the A. F. & A. M., in his political views is a Democrat, and in 1886 was appointed postmaster of Irwin. November 3, 1872, he married Amanda O. Bickford, who was born in Fulton County, Ill., in 1852, and by her has these children : Edwin P., Laura, Pearl and Grover. Mrs. Reed is a daughter of John Bickford.
Cecil B. Rhodes, real estate, loan and insurance agent, at Lamar, Mo., was born in Fort Wayne, Ind., January 3, 1858, being a son of Marcus L. and Sarah E. (Harmony) Rhodes, who were born in Ohio and Pennsylvania, respectively. They were both
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taken to Indiana when young, and were there reared and married, the father being engaged in mercantile pursuits. When the war broke out he went out as captain of Company A, One Hundredth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and was afterward promoted to the rank of colonel of his regiment. Shortly after being promoted he took the measles and died, at Memphis, Tenn., being only about thirty years of age. His widow is residing with her father in Barton County. Cecil B. Rhodes is the only surviving one of two children, and received his early education in the schools of Fort Wayne. When only fourteen years old he began clerking in a store, continuing five years, and then opened a store of his own at Concord, Ind., and later at Auburn, Ind., but was burned out at the latter place, losing everything. After traveling a year for a New York boot and shoe house, he resigned and came to Lamar, and in 1883 established his present business, in which he is doing well. He was $1,500 in debt on coming to the county, but is now the owner of 1,200 acres of land, besides town property. August 27, 1884, he was married to Miss Sallie B. Finney, a native of St. Louis and a daughter of Capt. William H. Finney, and by her has one child: Charley. Mrs. Rhodes is a member of the Episcopal Church. He is a Democrat, and a K. of P.
Frederick Richards, deceased, a well-to-do farmer and stone- mason, was born in Germany in 1829, and in 185 1 left his native land and came to the United States, locating in Decatur, Ill., where he resided until 1867, when he came to Barton County, Mo., and here died in February, 1884. He was an industrious, intelligent and successful farmer, and was quite fortunate in the accumulation of worldly goods. He was a member of the I. O. O. F., and served one term as collector of Barton County. He was married in Decatur, Ill., in 1855, to Miss Louisa Koehler, whose native birthplace was New York City, her birth taking place in 1837. Her parents, John W. and Martha Koehler, were both Germans, who came to the United States in 1836, and resided in New York City one year. They afterward moved to Decatur, Ill., and, in 1868, came to Barton County, where Mr. Koehler died in 1869. His wife is yet living. To Mr. and Mrs. Richards were born the following children: A. L., John W., Clara O., Emma; Sophia, wife of Newton Black; Christopher C., Charles, Frederick and Ollie. In 1884 Mrs. Richards moved to her present farm, about fourteen miles west of Lamar. It con- tains 460 acres, and is in Central and Ozark Townships.
Alpheus Richards is a well-to-do farmer residing in Newport Township, and is the owner of 190 acres of well improved and fertile land. His native birthplace is Erie County, N. Y., and he is the son of John M. and Fannie (Moffet) Richards, who were born in Vermont and Connecticut, respectively. They moved to York State in 1818, and there the father was engaged in tilling
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the soil. His father, Daniel Richards, was a soldier in the Revo- lutionary War, and the great-grandfather was Humphrey Richards, a native of Wales. Alpheus was reared on a farm and had but a limited education. At the age of twenty years he left New York and went to Erie County, Penn., where he worked as a farm-hand for about five years, and was there married to Miss Abigail Perry in 1857. She held a first-class certificate in Erie County as a teacher, and had taught nine terms of school. He afterward purchased fifty acres of land in Erie County, and was engaged in tilling the soil on his own account there until 1868, when he emigrated to Whiteside County, Ill., and a year later to Polk County, Iowa, improving a farm and remaining in the latter place for five years. From that time until 1879 he resided in Crawford County, Kan., and at the lat- ter date became a resident of Barton County, and bought the farm on which he is now residing. He and wife have six chil- dren: Emma, wife of Dr. A. F. Huntoon, of Girard, Kan .; A. L., a farmer of the county; Della, Harlie A., Alma E. and Mattie E. Mr. Richards and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he is a Republican in his political views, and has held the office of justice of the peace in Iowa as well as in Mis- souri. He was a candidate, in 1882, for county judge. He and wife have been taking the Chautauqua course (C. L. S. C.) of studies, and will receive diplomas next year, 1890.
The Golden Gate Herald was first established in 1881, by J. A. Zook, as the Golden City News, but was run only a few weeks when it was discontinued. The plant was afterward purchased by Thomas Galliger, who changed the name to the Herald. After running it awhile Mr. Galliger transferred it to J. H. Heath, and he in turn transferred it to T. G. Robison, who is running it at the present time. It is published every Thursday, and is a five-column quarto, with a circulation of 750. T. G. Robison, the editor, is a native of Piatt County, Ill., and a son of William C. and Catherine (Dresback) Robison, natives of Ohio. The family came to Missouri in 1871, settling in Golden City Town - ship, where the father bought a farm, and, with the help of his children, improved it. Here T. G. Robison was reared, and here he received a fair education in the common schools, but later took a four years' course at Lane University, at Lecompton, Kan., graduating in 1885. He then engaged in the newspaper business, established the Lecompton Monitor, which he ran one year, after which he transferred it to Little River, Rice County, Kan., and ran it at that place over two years. He then sold out, and went to Garnett, Kan., where he engaged in the job depart- ment of the Garnett Eagle for a time, and then came to this place, where he is successfully running the Herald. Mr. Robison was married December 20, 1885, to Miss Olive A. Watson, a native
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of Indiana, who bore him two children: Albert Oliver and Thomas W. He is a member of the United Brethren Church.
Clayton Rogers, a druggist and farmer of Milford, Mo., was born in Fayette County, Penn., in 1842, and has been a resident of Barton County, Mo., since 1874. His parents, George P. and Eliza (Clayton) Rogers, were also born in the " Keystone State," the former in 1802, and the latter in 1814. When Southern Ohio was almost a wilderness, George P. Rogers moved there, and was one of the men who established the first iron furnace in the State, at Brush Creek, called the Brush Creek Furnace. He was an active politician, and, previous to the late war, was a stanch Whig. In 1862 he enlisted in the Union Army, but was too old for active service, and soon returned home, having merely joined in order to induce others to do so. In his political views he then became a Republican, and so remained until his death, in 1885. He was a great admirer of James G. Blaine. His wife is still living and enjoys good health. Clayton Rogers commenced business for himself in 1861, and then enlisted in the Thirty-third Ohio as a private, and was mustered out in 1865 as first lieuten- ant, having participated in the following battles: Perryville, Mur- freesboro, Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, Resaca, Pumpkin Vine, Kenesaw Mountain, Atlanta and Jones- boro, besides many minor combats and skirmishes, but was never wounded or taken prisoner. After the war he returned to Ohio, and entered a commercial college, at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and afterward spent some time as a clerk in a clothing store. In 1868 he came to Missouri, and located at Bolivar, being engaged in teaching there, and then came to Stockton, where he was occupied in the photograph business and clerked in a drug store until 1874. Since that time he has resided in Barton County, engaged in his present business. He was married in Stockton, on the 17th of June, 1871, to Miss M. E. Brazier, a native of Missouri, and by her is the father of three children, two living: Lily Dell, who died December 11, 1874; Maud, born June 17, 1874; and Ethel Lee, born April 13, 1879. Mrs. Rogers is a member of the Christian Church. Mr. Rogers has been town- ship treasurer and trustee two terms, being elected on the Repub- lican ticket, of which he is a member, and has been postmaster of Milford for nine years. He is very public-spirited, and gives lib- erally to all worthy enterprises. He owns 120 acres of good farming land. His brothers and sisters are as follows: S. J., married, and living in Ohio; A. I., who is in the Pension Department, at Washington, D. C .; W. P., residing in Kansas; Hattie C., wife of F. L. Johnson, residing in Ohio; George P., a painter, of Cincinnati, Ohio; Mary C., wife of F. L. Lepage, of Ohio; Libbie C .; and J. A., a boot and shoe merchant of Ironton, Ohio.
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George W. Rouse, a farmer of LeRoy Township, was born in Shelby County, Ind., in 1836, and is a son of William and Anna (Tanner) Rouse, who were born, reared, and married in Ken- tucky, afterward removing to Indiana, where Mrs. Rouse died in 1841. Mr. Rouse afterward married again, and died in Johnson County, Ind., in 1883, having been a farmer through life. His father, Samuel Rouse, was of German descent, a Virginian, and died in Shelby County, Ind. George W. Rouse received but little schooling in his youth. He was married, in 1861, to Miss Martha, a daughter of Elias and Sarah Yoke, who were born in Kentucky, and died in Indiana. . To Mr. and Mrs. Rouse nine children were born, four of whom are living: Leslie, Bert, Oscar, and Laura B. Their children that are dead are buried in Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri. In 1878 Mr. Rouse moved, with his family, to Barton County, Mo., and now owns an excellent farm of eighty acres, on which is a fine house and good buildings. In 1862 Mr. Rouse joined Company K, One Hundredth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, for three years, or until the close of the war, in the Army of the Tennessee, and was with Sherman in the battles of Jackson, Mission Ridge, the Georgia and Atlanta campaigns, and was present at the grand review, in Washington, D. C. He received his discharge at Indianapolis, Ind., and returned to farm life. One of his broth- ers, Christopher C., served throughout the entire war, in the Twenty-sixth Indiana Infantry, Rifle Corps; and, another, David, was in the Thirty-third Indiana Volunteer Infantry. Mr. Rouse was reared a Democrat, but is now a Republican politically.
John E. Rundell, county court clerk of Barton County, Mo., is a native of Macoupin County, Ill., born November 22, 1853, being the son of John E. and Roxanna (Fay) Rundell, natives, respectively, of New York and Illinois. When a young man, John E. Rundell, Sr., came to Illinois, and was here married to Miss Fay. He built the first house in Plainview, Ill., and there established himself in mercantile business. He died in the prime of life, and the mother afterward married John Loper, with whom she came to this county in 1873, and where she is still living. John E. Rundell is the only child living born to the first marriage. He received his education in the common school, and a course at Blackburn University, Carlinville, Ill. In 1874 he came to this county, served a year as deputy county court clerk, then, having clerked for a time in a store, he opened a grocery store on an extensive scale, doing an annual business of $25,000. After following this business for about six years, he found himself about $10,000 in debt, and of course thought it best to abandon the business. He was fortunate in liquidating all the debts, and afterward engaged in the loan, insurance and real estate business. In 1886 he was elected county court clerk, which position he is
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holding at the present time, and is one of the foremost men of the county. In his politics he affiliates with the Democrats. In 1878 Mr. Rundell married Miss Florence Smith, a native of Iowa, who bore him two children, a son and a daughter. Mr. Rundell has a fine poultry farm near Lamar, and takes great pride in his blooded fowls.
Milas Russel, farmer and stockman, was born in Tennessee, June 6, 1831, and is the seventh of eleven children born to the marriage of Thomas J. Russel and Mary Mone, who were born in South Carolina and Tennessee in 1789 and 1799, and died in Tennessee and Johnson County, Mo., in 1854 and 1879, respect- ively. At an early day the father removed to Tennessee, and was there married and engaged in farming. His father, who also bore the name of Thomas, was of Irish descent (his father having been born in Ireland), and at the early age of sixteen he joined the patriot army and served in the Revolutionary War. Milas Russel received his education and rearing in Tennessee, and in 1858 left home and located in Jackson County, Mo., where he lived until 1867, then removing to Johnson County of the same State, and in 1884 came to where he now lives. He owns 240 acres of fine land in Barton County, and sixty-six acres in John- son County. In 1861 he enlisted in the Confederate Army, serving one year, and was a participant in the battles of Pea Ridge and Springfield. He was married in 1856 to Miss Lucinda H. Shook, who was born in Tennessee in 1831, and died in Ala- bama in 1857, and in 1867 he took for his second wife Miss Martha J. Givins, who was born on Kentucky soil in 1835, and died in Johnson County, Mo., in 1877, having become the mother of the following children: Ella D., Robert A., Samuel C., John W., Nettie L. and Mattie M. Mr. Russel is a Democrat in politics, a strong temperance man, and since fifteen years of age has been a member of the Christian Church, his wives being also members of the same.
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