USA > Missouri > Cooper County > History of Howard and Cooper counties, Missouri : written and compiled from the most authentic official and private sources, including a history of its townships, towns, and villages : together with a condensed history of Missouri, a reliable and detailed history of Howard and Cooper counties-- its pioneer record, resources, biographical sketches of prominent citizens, general and local statistics of great value, incidents and reminiscences > Part 102
USA > Missouri > Howard County > History of Howard and Cooper counties, Missouri : written and compiled from the most authentic official and private sources, including a history of its townships, towns, and villages : together with a condensed history of Missouri, a reliable and detailed history of Howard and Cooper counties-- its pioneer record, resources, biographical sketches of prominent citizens, general and local statistics of great value, incidents and reminiscences > Part 102
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62 | Part 63 | Part 64 | Part 65 | Part 66 | Part 67 | Part 68 | Part 69 | Part 70 | Part 71 | Part 72 | Part 73 | Part 74 | Part 75 | Part 76 | Part 77 | Part 78 | Part 79 | Part 80 | Part 81 | Part 82 | Part 83 | Part 84 | Part 85 | Part 86 | Part 87 | Part 88 | Part 89 | Part 90 | Part 91 | Part 92 | Part 93 | Part 94 | Part 95 | Part 96 | Part 97 | Part 98 | Part 99 | Part 100 | Part 101 | Part 102 | Part 103 | Part 104 | Part 105 | Part 106 | Part 107 | Part 108 | Part 109 | Part 110 | Part 111 | Part 112 | Part 113 | Part 114 | Part 115 | Part 116
EDWIN R. MAXEY.
Mr. Maxey was the second of a family of nine children, of whom there are six still living : William G., Edwin R., Nancy A., Emily, James L., David A., the youngest. The father of these, Rev. John P. L. Maxey, was born in Cumberland county, Kentucky in 1817, and their mother, formerly Miss Tolitha C. Jones, was born in Cooper county, Missouri, in 1822. Rev. John Maxey came to this state in early life, and here subsequently met and married Miss Jones, their marriage occurring in 1841. She died in 1878, but her husband is still living, now a resident of this county. Edwin R., after he grew up, February 17th, 1864, was married to Miss Nancy A., daughter of Henry S. and Mary A. Guyer, of Cooper county. She was born July 30th, 1844. Four children blessed this union, one of whom, however, is now de- ceased. Those living were born as follows : May C., November 30th, 1864 ; John H., August 7th, 1866; George F. S., November 21st, 1879. Mr. Maxey came to Cooper county with his parents, who removed here in 1861 from Jasper county, this state, where they had settled, since which he has been a resident princip ally of Moniteau township. He settled on his present farm a number of years ago, and he now has his farm well improved. In 1882 he erected a new
1024
HISTORY OF HOWARD AND COOPER COUNTIES.
residence on his farm, which is a model of completeness and neatness. He and his entire family are members of the Cumberland Presbyter- ian church of Moniteau township.
HUGH G. ODNEAL,
farmer, was born on the 24th of January, 1837, and is a native of . Moniteau county, Missouri. His parents were Valentine and Daisy (Gilbreath ) Odneal, both originally from Tennessee, the former born February 5, 1812, and the latter December 25, 1815. They emigrated with their parents to Missouri at an early day, and subsequently, August 14, 1834, were married. The result of this union was eight children, as follows : William J., born August 21, 1835, died December 22, 1862, having been killed at Tipton by Federal troops ; Thomas B., born April 15, 1840, died in 1873, in Texas ; John W., born January 25, 1842, married Miss Wilmerth I. Yarnyard, who dying soon afterward, he again married, Miss Alice Barnes, of Texas, becoming his wife ; James Mason, born April 2, 1844; George C., born September 22, 1846, married Miss Jane Harris ; Nancy J., born July 17, 1850, married Arsenus Foster ; Madora R., born January 25, 1852, wife of Thomas Hanners, and Hugh G. The latter, the second child in the family, married Miss Narcissa Jeffress, of Cooper county, and they had one child, Valentine J. L., born December 22, 1860, died August 16, 1876. Mrs. Odneal died November 22, 1862. On December 21, 1865, Mr. O. married Miss Martha J. Devasher, of Cooper county. They are the parents of three sons and one daughter : Daniel M., born May 21, 1865 ; Jefferson D., born Angust 8, 1866 ; Nancy R., born April 28, 1873; and Thomas M., born April 14, 1879. Mr. Odneal's farm of 160 acres, in section 5, of this town- ship, is a fine one and he is cultivating it in an excellent manner, fully in keeping with the character of the man.
JOHN C. PEALER,
farmer and stock raiser. Mr. Pealer is a worthy representative of the distinguishing and sterling qualities of the German character -- industry, level-headedness and thrift. He was born in Bighenbauch, Darmstadt, Germany, June 13, 1833, but was reared in this country, being but five years old when his parents immigrated to America. He was married February 18, 1858, to Mary A., daughter of David Bittenger, of Richland county, Ohio, where he himself was brought up and started out in life after his marriage without a dollar. He rented a piece of ground for a year and went to work on it, farming,
1025
HISTORY OF HOWARD AND COOPER COUNTIES.
and kept it seven years. He had then accumulated enough to buy a farm of his own, which he did, purchasing a place in Kosciusko county, Indiana, in partnership with his former landlord. They sold it in five months at an advance of $1,000. He then went to Iowa and bought a farm there, and in two years sold that place at an advance of $900. He bought again and in a few years more sold a third time, with a clear profit of over $1,000. In the mean time he had been successful as a farmer as well as a land dealer. In 1873 he came to this county and bought a fine tract of 200 acres of land in Moniteau township, which has been increased to 280 acres, a part of which his sons own and they now have one of the best grain and stock farms in the county. They raise all kinds of stock and have fine grades of almost every class. Mr. and Mrs. Pealer have six children : John M., Milton A., Luetta M., wife of William Mun ; Eleanor C., wife of James Stephens ; Zella and R. F. Mr. Pealer was the fourth of a family of ten children, six of whom are living, born to John C. and Margaret Pealer, both of whom are still living in Ohio, and both are nearly eighty years of age, yet both are hale and vigorous.
EUGENE L. PRIEST, M. D.
One of the most thoroughly educated and capable physicians of Cooper county is the gentleman whose name heads this sketch. He is a son of George L. Priest, a leading and worthy farmer of Pettis county, and was born in that county, September 5, 1859. His father is a native of Kentucky, born in Logan county, June 25, 1803. His mother was originally of North Carolina, but came to Kentucky with her parents in early life, and there became the wife of George L. Priest, November 25, 1823. She is two years her husband's junior. Eleven children were born of this union, of whom four sons and four daughters are living, the doctor being the youngest of the family. Eugene L., after taking the usual course in the common schools in Pettis county, at the age of fifteen went to MeLain county, Kentucky, and there entered the high school of Calhoun, where he continued as a student three years. He then entered the widely and favorably known Bethel college, of Russellville, Logan county, that state, where he had the benefit of an advanced course of study. Shortly after the conclusion of his college career, he began the study of medicine, under Dr. J. F. Hedges, a prominent physician of Pettis county, Missouri, and for three years applied himself to the preparatory cur- riculum of medical works, with untiring industry and diligence. In 1874 he became a matriculate in the medical college of Louisville,
1026
HISTORY OF HOWARD AND COOPER COUNTIES.
Kentucky, and remained there for two years, graduating with marked honor in the centennial class of that institution. Immediately after his graduation he entered actively and vigorously upon the practice of his profession. He has been at his present location since 1878, and by his skill and ability as a physician, as well as the excellent success that has attended his professional labors, he has built up a wide and lucrative practice. Prior to 1878 he practised mainly in Pettis county. The doctor is a member of the M. E. church, and of the I. O. O. F.
JAMES V. STEWART,
farmer. Mr. Stewart is a Pennsylvanian by birth, who came here since the war, in 1868, with but little else to make his way in the world than an upright character, a good education and industrious, economical habits. He taught school for some time, and when not teaching gave his attention to farming. Finally he became able to buy a farm, and purchased an excellent place of 100 acres, on which he is now living. November 25, 1872, then twenty-four years of age, he was married, in this county, to Miss Margaret Douglass. Their union has been blessed with five children : Adella J., born December 16, 1873 ; Katie, born November 22, 1875 ; the third child died in infancy ; Thomas S., born June 16, 1879; and Cora, born December 27, 1882. Mr. Stewart was the seventh of a family of eight children, of Wm. and Eliza J. (Gibson ) Stewart, of Butler county, Pennsylvania, and was born March 4, 1848. His parents are now both deceased, and but five of their children are living. James V. was educated in West Sunbury academy, Pennsylvania, and since his academic course followed school teaching about thirteen years, after which he turned his attention exclusively to farming. Still a young man, and having already made a good start in life, he has the prospect before him of becoming one of the leading farmers and prominent citizens of the county.
CHRISTIAN CARL TREIBER,
farmer and stock raiser, section 4. Among all the immigrants who flock to the shores of this country, none are more welcome or make better or more valuable citizens than those of the German agricultural class. Industrious, intelligent and perfectly reliable, they are al- most invariably prosperous farmers and law-abiding, useful citizens. Prominent among this class in Cooper county is the gentleman whose name heads the sketch. It is no disparagement to others to say that he is one of the best farmers of the county and that his farm is one of
1027
HISTORY OF HOWARD AND COOPER COUNTIES.
the finest in the surrounding country. It contains 552 acres, or nearly a whole section, which would make it a mile in every direction in the form of a square, and is exceptionally well improved in every particular ; his residence, barns and other buildings are of a very superior class, and his fences and general improvements are of the first quality. His place is kept in excellent, business-like condition, and is well arranged with regard to fields, pastures, etc., for a first- class grain and stock farm. By the industry and enterprise of citizens like Mr. Treiber, Cooper has been made one of the foremost counties of the state, and by them it is still being carried forward to greater wealth and prosperity. Christian Carl Treiber was born in Bona, Saxony, Germany, November 2, 1827, and was reared and educated in his native country, receiving in youth more than an average educa- tion. He is the only surviving one of a family of four sons, born to his parents, Christian Frederick Treiber and wife, formerly Miss Christine Elizabeth Harold. His father was born in Groitzsh, Saxony, May 5, 1795, and his mother in Bona, of the same kingdom, May 6, 1805. They were married in that country January 11, 1824, and there reared their family. The father died in Saxony February 28, 1878, but the mother is still living there, a widow at the age of seventy-eight years. Christian Carl Treiber, after reaching man- hood, was married in his twenty-fourth year, June 6, 1854, to Miss Theresia Pauline Showmann, of Saxony, and of their union six chil- dren have been born, five of whom are living : Christian Carl, Jr., born December 27, 1855, married Miss Emma Hobrecht and is now a clothier in California, Missouri ; Minnie Mary, born November 30, 1859, now in Germany ; Christian Frederick, born December 20, 1861 ; Anna Mary, born May 29, 1863, still in Germany, and Ernest Emil, born October 7, 1866, now in Chicago preparing for the whole- sale clothing business. Christian William, the second child, born March 27, 1857, died November 28, 1873. Emigrating to this country some time afterwards, in 1879, Mr. Treiber bought his present farm in Monitean township, and has since given his whole attention to his farm interests. Besides grain he raises cattle, mules and hogs for the market, and is highly successful in all these interests. As citizen he is upright and unvaryingly law-abiding, and as a neighbor, kind, ac- commodating and hospitable. He is a member of the German Lul- theran church at Clark's Fork.
JOHN B. WHITE,
farmer and stock raiser and dealer. In a comparatively early day the parents of Mr. White emigrated from Kentucky and settled in Moniteau
1028
HISTORY OF HOWARD AND COOPER COUNTIES.
county, this state, where they reared their family and lived until their death. His father, John White, was originally from Alabama, and was born in 1815. His mother, formerly Miss Mary Stinson, was a native of Kentucky, born in 1817. They were married in 1829, and the mother died in 1858, the father two years afterwards. Of their family of twelve children but seven are now living: Stephen H., of Moniteau county ; Martha, wife of S. P. Claybrooks, of Macon county ; Robert M. ; Marimna A., wife of J. G. Claybrooks, of Macon county ; Edward S., of Gainsville, Texas; Ellis G. of Monitean county, and John B., the subject of this sketch, born in Monitean county April 2, 1838. In 1864 John B. White became a citizen of Cooper county. That year he bought a tract of land in Moniteau township, this county, and engaged in farming, having followed that occupation previously in his native county. He has been highly suc- cessful as a farmer, and now owns several hundred acres of fine land and has his farm well improved. He gives his attention to raising both grain and live stock, and for a number of years has been buying and shipping stock to the general wholesale markets. Wheat is his principal crop in grain, of which he produces annually the usual yield of a hundred aeres. However, he always raises large quantities of corn. Mr. White was married February, 1864, to Miss Louisa J., daughter of Joshua and Elizabeth E. Martin. Five children have been born to them : Charles H., born December 14, 1865, died June 13, 1870 ; Emma L., born June 1, 1870 ; Thompson D., born Decem- ber 1, 1872 ; Willie A., born March 21, 1875, and Walter E., born March 25, 1879. Mr. and Mrs. White are members of the Baptist church at Mount Pleasant, and Mr. White himself is a member of the A. F. & A. M.
BENJAMIN D. WILSON,
farmer and stock raiser. Among the substantial and well-to-do farmers and stock raisers of Monitean township, the subject of this sketch is worthy of special mention. He was born in this township October 23, 1848, and was a son of Joseph A. and Mary J. ( Dearing) Wilson who immigrated to this state from North Carolina in 1838, and settled in what is now Monitean county. They had a family of nine children, seven of whom are living: Nancy M., born October 16, 1834 ; James P., born July 31, 1836; John W., born February 14, 1838 ; Susan I., born June 25, 1842; Martha L., born August 9, 1844 ; Benjamin D., born October 23, 1848, and Joseph E., born March 3, 1851. The mother of these died March 25, 1852, and their father married, November 17, 1855, Miss Marilda Wood. Two
1029
HISTORY OF HOWARD AND COOPER COUNTIES.
daughters were born of this union: Alomanza, born February 20, 1856, and Prudence, born November 6, 1865. Their father died March 16, 1870. Benjamin, the subject of this sketch, after he grew np, was married to Mary J., daughter of John M. Lawson, May 25, 1871. She was born September 22, 1851. Four children have blessed this marriage : Georgia A., born March 22, 1872, Mary M., born August 14, 1875 ; Elbert M., born November 7, 1879, and John B., born January 31, 1882. Mr. Wilson's farm contains 160 acres of fine land in the Moniteau bottom and extending over some of the up- lands. He raises large quantities of grain and also cattle, hogs and mules for the markets. He has a fine flock of sheep, consisting of Cotswolds and Southdowns. He is an enterprising, progressive farmer.
OTTERVILLE TOWNSHIP.
FRANK J. ARNI,
proprietor of blacksmith, wagon and general repair shop, owes his nativity to Switzerland, he having been born there in 1842. Christian Arni, his father was born in the same country and was there married and had five children, of whom three survive. His wife died while our subject was very small. The senior Arni, emigrating to America, took up his location in southern Illinois, at a point where the Illinois Central railway was in process of construction. Two years afterward he removed to St. Louis, and from there to Jefferson City, where he died in 1861. Frank J. Arni, learning the trade of blacksmith in that locality, remained there until 1864, when he went to Pettis county. He soon came to Otterville, working in the employ of Henry Waggonish, until, in 1867 he started a shop of his own. In 1867, Mr. Arni was married to Miss Eliza Smith, whose father was George W. Smith. By this union there were five children : George C., Maggie, Virginia, Katie and Lloyd Saunders, Mr. Arni is enjoying an excellent trade, having constantly employed four or five men. Politically he is a Democrat, and he is a member of the school board, and is one of the town trustees.
HENRY BENTE,
originally from Germany, was born in 1822. His father, Andy Bente, also a native of that country, was born about 1792, and took for his
1030
HISTORY OF HOWARD AND COOPER COUNTIES.
wife Miss Amelia Toke, who bore him ten children, of whom Henry is the third child. Emigrating to the United States in 1853, he settled in Ohio, and on December 6, 1857, was married to Miss Dorate Copp, whose parents died when she was but a child. They have had eight children : Christopher H., born July 4th, 1858; W. Abner, born October 10th, 1860 ; John M., born November 10th, 1862 ; Jeremiah, born September 20th, 1864 ; Henry, born July 8th, 1866 ; George, born November 12, 1870; Minnie, born January 12th, 1873, and Charlie born in 1876. In 1858, Mr. Bente came to Missouri and settled in Pettis county, removing thence to Cooper county, in 1863, and here he has since lived. He is now actively engaged in farming, and stock raising, and has under his control about 200 acres of land. He is a democrat. His eldest son, Christopher, is attending the Cum- berland Presbyterian college, at Wadesburgli, Pennsylvania, prepar- ing himself for the ministry.
WILLIAM M. BLYTHE,
a Kentuckian by birth, was born April 1st, 1822, his parents being John B. and Sarah Blythe, nee McCall, both natives of Kentucky, the former born about the year 1800. William M., the oldest of nine children, leaving home when twenty-one years of age, went to Cyn- thiana, Harrison county, Kentucky, to learn the blacksmith's trade, at which he worked three years, then going to Milford, Bracken county. After laboring there some time, he came to Missouri in 1855, living a short period in Morgan county, after which he pur- chased the farm now occupied by himself. This has since been his home, and here he has since followed blacksmithing and farming. Mr. Blythe was married in 1846 to Miss Nancy W. James, of Kentucky, and a daughter of Nathan James. She was born in December, 1824. To them were born ten children : John J., born in the year 1847 ; Benjamin F., September 16, 1848 ; W. J., May 16, 1850 ; Henry A., April 30, 1852 ; Eliza E., April 16, 1854 ; Emaline, April 19, 1856; James N., April 20, 1858 ; Margaret A., April 12, 1860 ; Mary, June 5, 1862, and Nancy, January 11, 1864. Mr. Blythe was married the second time September 5, 1864, to Miss Mary E. Fink, who was born April 29, 1837, she being the daughter of Joseph Fink, of Jefferson City. They are the parents of seven children : Daniel W., born in 1867 ; Charles R., 1869 ; Cordelia E., July, 1870; Ada I., Novem- ber, 1872; Bertha S., July 20, 1875 ; Francis L., November 2, 1878, and Jennie, March 26, 1880. Mr. Blythe was one of the earliest set- tlers in this portion of the county. He now owns 192 acres of land
1031
HISTORY OF HOWARD AND COOPER COUNTIES.
in sections 5, 6, and 7, his house, barn and shop being in section 5. This farm is well improved and is one of the best in the neighbor- hood, upon which is a fine residence. In politics he is a democrat. He still devotes some attention to his trade, working in both wood and iron.
JOSEPH H. BRIDGES
was born in Wayne county, Indiana, November 15, 1825, being the son of Joseph Bridges, a Virginian by birth, born in 1789. He went to Kentucky when a small boy and was there married to Miss Nancy Fitch in 1810. Joseph, the seventh child of a family of ten children, and one of six now surviving, remained with his father until thirty years old. January 1, 1854, he was married to Miss Sarah Bowman, the eldest daughter of a family of ten children of Jacob and Mary (Gudgel ) Bowman, who were married May 26th 1831. The former was born in 1806, and the latter in 1810. To Mr. and Mrs. Bridges have been born eight children : Lulu, born November 12, 1855, wife of Milton McCarty ; Cyrus, born September 28, 1857, married Miss Maggie Thompson ; Eva, born April 19,1860, now Mrs. George Riss- ler ; William, born August 21, 1862 ; Charles J., born August 1, 1865 ; Ollie, born August 3, 1869 ; James, born May 15, 1872, and Lizzie M., born September 15, 1874, and now deceased. In the fall of 1858 Mr. Bridges, leaving Indiana, located in Bureau county, Illinois, with his family, where he lived for seventeen years. Then he came to Missouri and settled at his present location. His estate embraces 153 acres in section 17, one-quarter of a mile from Clifton City, bor- dering on the railroad. His residence is surrounded with the finest of walnut timber, and commands a good view of the adjacent country. In politics he is a democrat, and religiously a Methodist, belonging to the M. E. church south, at Clifton.
ISAAC BROOKS,
a native of Maryland, was born January 30th, 1830, and was the son of Joseph Brooks, born in the year 1802. On the 9th of September, 1827, he was married in Washington county, Maryland, near Harper's Ferry, to Miss Catharine Miller, also of Maryland, born April 26, 1810. They had eight children : Sarah E., born September 12, 1828 ; Isaac, born January 30, 1830; Thomas, born December 6, 1832 ; John W., born November 22, 1834 ; Mary, born October 27, 1835 ; Joseph F., born December 30, 1838 ; Daniel A., born February 12, 1840 ; Louisa, born November 12, 1842. All these children but one are now living. When nineteen years old, Isaac, leaving home in
1032
HISTORY OF HOWARD AND COOPER COUNTIES.
company with his brother, Thomas, went to California ( 1850), return- ing in 1851. He then lived with his father (who had moved to Mis- souri in 1844), for two years, and then about a year elsewhere, in St. Louis county, Missouri. On September 6, 1855, he was married to Miss Amanda C. West, of St. Louis county, and a daughter of Thomas West, now of Pleasant Green, Cooper county. They have been blessed with seven children : Martha W., born August 13, 1856, married Washington Gillum on October 4, 1876 ; Thomas H., born June 10, 1858, married December 25, 1881, Eliza P. Chambers ; Sallie W., born February 20, 1860, married Thomas K. Godbey March 13, 1879 ; Joseph L., born February 14, 1862, died April 11, 1863 ; Kitty A., born September 10, 1864 ; Mary S., born Nevember 7, 1766, and John W., born June 28, 1869. Mr. Brooks is independ- ent in his political preferences. He owns sixty-two acres of land on section 31, his residence being in the central portion of it.
GEORGE T. BUTLER,
a native of Ste. Genevieve county, Missouri, was born in 1844, his parents being David S. and Frances J. (Dugar ) Butler, who were mar- ried November 27, 1823. The former was born near Richmond, in King William county, Virginia, March 5, 1795, and the latter was born February 17, 1804. To them were born eight children, of whom six are living. David Butler dying when George T. was but three years old, the latter went to live with an uncle, Judge Butler, with whom he remained until eighteen years of age. Entering the United States army, he served in company A, 33d regiment, Missouri volun- teer infantry, serving for eighteen months, when he was discharged on account of disability. On March 31, 1869, he was married to Miss Annie Phillips, a daughter of Abraham Phillips. They have two chil- dren : George A. and Willie H. Mr. Butler commenced business at his present place as general merchant in 1875, though previously hav- ing been occupied as a confectioner. His business is constantly in- creasing, and his store is well stocked with goods in his line.
TOM C. CRANMER
was born in Cooper county, Missouri, near Clifton City, on February 10, 1836, his birth place being included in the present farm of J. H. Bridges. His parents were George and Catharine F. Cranmer, nee Winters, who were married in 1822 or 1823. The former was born in Kent county, Delaware, in 1801, and while a small boy was taken to Frankfort, Kentucky, where he served an apprenticeship as a cabinet-
1033
HISTORY OF HOWARD AND COOPER COUNTIES.
maker. In 1826 he came to Boonville, Missouri, and shortly after- wards moved to a place near where Clifton now stands, immediately, in 1829, commeneing to build the first flour and grist mill in the county. This was located where the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad crosses Lamine river, and was the central mill for a large population of people, many coming from far distant points, among others from Maysville, Arkansas. It also had a saw mill in connee- tion with the flouring mill. Mr. Cranmer, in 1842, disposed of it to Mr. Eli Corum, and it was afterwards known as " Corum's mill." In 1850 he emigrated to California and died at Michigan Bluffs in 1855. His wife had died in this county in 1844. Tom C. was one
of a family of ten children, only three of whom survive. In 1853 he made his first trip to California, remained there three years, and then returned, and from that time up to 1866 he had made twenty-four different trips across the plains to various places, such as Salt Lake, Santa Fe and other freighting points. In 1861 he enlisted at Osceola in the Confed- erate service, and served until surrendering, July 4, 1865. After continuing the freighting business for two years, he conducted a hotel at Otterville, and then, purchasing a farm, has since given his atten- tion to agricultural pursuits. Mr. Cranmer was the chosen represen- tative of the people for the 31st and 32d general assembly, and is now holding the same position. He is chairman of the committee on roads and highways, and a member of the committee on a perma- nent seat of government, which has for its duty the responsibility of guarding and looking after all public property. In polities he is a staunch democrat. On the 1st day of March, 1860, Mr. C. was mar- ried to Miss Luey M. Taylor, of Otterville, and a daughter of Robert M. Taylor. They have been blessed with six children : George R., now deceased ; Pauline F., Wade Hampton, now deceased ; Mary E., Thomas R. and Catharine F. Miss Pauline is now attending Pilot Grove Collegiate Institute, which, under the able management of Professor Johnson, has become one of the leading schools of the state. Mr. Cranmer is a member of the Masonie fraternity.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.