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MONROE CRAWFORD,
a native of Ohio, was born in 1837, and was the son of Thomas H. Crawford, of the same state, born in 1814. His wife was formerly Maria Teresa Barr, and they had one child - A. J. Crawford. Mr. Crawford, Sr., was married the second time to Elizabeth Dunington, and to them were born five children : Monroe, R. H., E. T., Violet
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M., Minerva A. Mrs. Crawford dying in 1844, Mr. Crawford was subsequently married to Catharine Gardner, who bore him one child - Catharine C. His fourth marriage was to a Mrs. Sharrom, a widow. They had seven children. The senior Crawford was the father of fourteen children, of whom ten were raised to manhood and woman- hood. When sixteen years of age, Monroe Crawford, our subject, commenced learning his trade with Murray S. Chase, at Newton, Wis- consin, and after remaining with him two years became occupied in harness making at La Crosse. Three years later he was working at the carpenter trade in Ohio, and continued in this one year, going thence to Illinois. He labored at his trade there for one year, moved to Wisconsin and stayed until the fall of 1861, when he enlisted in the 1st Wisconsin battery, serving for three years and then returning to Wisconsin. In 1861 he was married to Miss Mary A. Williams, a daughter of George Williams. They are the parents of two chil- dren : Ada F., born July 28, 1865, and Ida R., born December 29, 1867. Leaving Wisconsin in the spring of 1865 Mr. Crawford went to Illinois and remained until the fall of 1875, when he came to Otter- ville, Cooper county, Missouri. In a year he embarked in the under- taking business, also conducting a general furniture store. His stock is complete in necessities and is very valuable. Politically he is a democrat. He is a member of Lodge No. 102 I. O. O. F. at Otter- ville, and also belongs to the Christian church.
P. F. CREAGAN
owes his nativity to St. Lawrence county, New York, where he was born in 1836. His father, William Creagan, originally from county Meath, Ireland, was married in St. Lawrence county, New York, to Elizabeth Scullin, and to them were born seven girls and two boys, of which number P. F. was the fifth. In 1850 the senior Creagan died, his widow departing this life soon after. Our subject then spent about nine years in travelling through the east, and in 1859 he emigrated to Missouri and settled at St. Louis, living there for seven years. He was subsequently engaged in railroading in different capacities on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad, and in 1876 he located in Cooper county. Here he purchased a farm of 280 acres of good land, and is now occupied in improving it, having in process of erection a fine resi- dence, barn and outbuildings. Politically he is a democrat. He is a member of the Catholic church at Sedalia, and, owing to the fact that this denomination has no church building in Otterville, mass is often said at Mr. Creagan's house. In 1863 he was married to Miss Fannie
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Keenan, of St. Lonis, and a daughter of Daniel Keenan, of New York. They have had nine children : Fannie E. - known as Daisy - William J., Eva, Matt, Frank, Charles, Maggie, Leo and Henry. They are all living.
REV. WILLIAM T. GILL
was born in Marshall county, Tennessee, in 1836, and was the son of Joseph J. S. Gill, born in North Carolina in June, 1816, who, on December 11, 1834, was united in marriage with Miss Angelina Moore, born in May, 1818. They were the parents of nine children : William T., Robert L., Alpha M., Mary Y., James A., Henry B., Joseph, Sallie H. and Olive F. Three of these children are deceased. When twenty years of age William Gill commenced merchandising, continuing it until the late war. December 13, 1859, he was married to Miss Mary F. Lloyd, who was born in Huntsville, Alabama, in June, 1842. She was the daughter of William B. and M. P. Lloyd, both of Petersburg, Virginia. They have had eight children : Anna, born September 5, 1860, died the 6th of the same month ; Joseph Lloyd, born September 27, 1861, died November 7, 1861 ; Lnln Belle, born November 17, 1862 ; Mattie J., born January 10, 1865 ; Fannie M., born October 15, 1867, died September 15, 1869 ; Suella, born July 6, 1870 ; Mary A., born April 22, 1873, and Tommie L., born July 13, 1881. In 1862 Mr. Gill enlisted in Stone's regiment, Dysart's company of Forest's brigade, of the Confederate service, and served two months, when, on account of disability, he was honorably discharged. Then he engaged in tanning during the war, and upon the termination of hostilities became occupied in preaching, farming and merchandising, following these occupations until 1870. Then he became an itinerant minister in the southern conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, and has been actively engaged in preaching ever since. In November, 1881, he emigrated to Missouri, located at California and travelled the California circuit. At present he holds an appointment from the sowthwestern Missouri conference to preach on the Sedalia circuit, and is therefore located at Otterville.
JOHN J. GILLUM
was born in Cooper county, Missouri, in 1852, and was the son of Smith and Ann ( Rice) Gillum, who were married in 1840. The former was born in 1812, near Louisa Court-House, Louisa county, Virginia. The latter was the daughter of Charles E. Rice, Esq. They were the parents of five children : Edward, Thomas, Charles M., G. W. and J. J. When the latter was but a year old his father died,
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his mother departing this life about a year later. Then he resided with his grandfather Rice for fifteen years, at the expiration of which time he went to New Mexico. He remained there for eighteen months, spending the time in travelling and looking over the country, and, in 1869, he returned to Cooper county, becoming occupied in farming. This has since been his home, and heis now the owner of 120 acres of well improved land in section 5, a school-house being situated upon his property. March 26, 1873, Mr. Gillum was married to Miss Lucy Hogan, a daughter of William Hogan. She was born in 1854. They have two children : Wade, born in 1876, and Ada, born in 1880. In his political preferences he has ever, been democratic. He is a member of the Christian church at Otterville.
REV. JOSIAH GODBEY,
originally from Pulaski county, Kentucky, was born June 30, 1817, and was the son of William Godbey, a native of Caroline county, Virginia, born in 1781. He married Miss Sarah Smith, also a Vir- ginian by birth, and to them were born thirteen children : John, Jacob, Fannie, Nancy, Iby, Matilda, Sarah, William, Harrison H., Josiah L., Josiah and Josephine (twins ), and Melissa. Of this num- ber, twelve grew up, but only six are now living, and three of the boys have been Methodist ministers. The subject of this sketch spent his youth at home until twenty years of age, when he was married in 1837 to Miss Sena Kelly, a daughter of Samuel and Nancy Kelly. By this union they have had ten children : William C., John E., Martha J., Sarah H., Milton, Samuel M., Josiah, Maggie, Thomas and Seua Alice. In 1833, Mr. Godbey having been converted, commenced studying for the ministry, though by his own efforts. In 1841 he entered the ministry of the M. E. church, by joining the Kentucky conference as an itinerant, being ordained two years later, in Louis- ville, by Bishop Morris. He continued to preach the gospel in Ken- tucky, with great success, for eleven years, when, in September, 1852, he came to Missouri. For over thirty years he has been oc- cupied in the ministry in this state.
J. B. GOLLADAY
was born in Callaway county, Missouri, on the 7th of March, 1837, his father being John W. Golladay, a Virginian by birth, born in 1805, who married Miss Mary Bell. By this union there were three chil- dren : Francis M., George and J. B. Our subject remained with his father until twenty-five years of age, and March 6, 1863, he was mar-
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ried in this county to Miss Elvina Bidstraup, whose father, Doctor Bidstraup, died in Dade county when she was quite small She was born December 20, 1843. To them were born six children : Mollie, horn November 29, 1864; Cora, born June 20, 1867; Ruth, born October 20, 1870 ; Jud, born January 11, 1872, and Joe, born May 30, 1877, are living, and one son, Frank, is deceased. Soon after his birth, Mr. Galloway was taken to Tennessee by his father, and lived there until he was ten years of age, then again coming to this county, where he has since resided, most of the time living in Otter- ville. His father was the first one to drive an omnibus into Boonville, it being an old-fashioned four-horse coach. By trade, Mr. Golladay is a painter, and is considered one of the best workmen in this part of the country. He was a member of the town council for five years, from 1875 to 1880 ; and during 1883, the people recognizing his pop- ularity and ability, elected him their mayor. He is now actively en- gaged in working at his trade. In politics he is a democrat.
JERRY HARLAN,
farmer and stock raiser, section 20, was born in Boyle county, Ken- tucky, July 24, 1826, his parents being Henry and Bertha Harlan, nee Bryant. The former, also a native of Boyle county, was born in 1798, and the latter was probably born about the year 1803. They were the parents of fourteen children, of whom the subject of this sketch was the seventh. When twenty-one years of age he com- menced working on a farm in his native county, and at the age of twenty-two he was married to Miss Isabella Robinson, who was born about the year 1827, and a daughter of Thomas Robinson. They had two children : William B., who died in February, 1881, and Elizabeth, now living. Mr. H. was again married in 1854 to America Myres, a daughter of Henry Myres. Her birth place was Stanford, Lincoln county, Kentucky. In 1865 Mr. Harlan took for his third wife Miss Sallie Hutchings, a daughter of Alamander Hutchings. They have three children : Louisa, born May 11, 1867 ; Ollie L., born December 25, 1871, and Alamander, born March 4, 1874. In 1855 Mr. H. first came to Cooper county, Missouri, locating at his present place of resi- dence, and, with the exception of two years and a half spent in Boyle county, Kentucky, has since made this his home. His present landed estate embraces 200 acres, though he formerly owned about 500 acres. He has given good farms to his children. He is now a demo- crat in his political preferences, but was raised a whig. He is a member of the M. E. church south at Clifton.
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ANSON HEMENWAY
was born in Hardwick, Worcester county, Massachusetts, on Decem- ber 30, 1817, and was the son of James and Nancy ( Graham ) Hemen- way, the former of Birmingham, Massachusetts. They were the parents of three children : Sarah E., Anson and William A. Mr. H. died in 1826, but his widow still survives. After the death of his father, Anson lived with a cousin for a short time, then returned to his mother, and worked at various occupations during the summer, attending the schools in the winter, though the greater part of his education was obtained by self-application. Before twenty-one years of age, he commenced teaching school at Shelburne, Massachusetts, and taught one term. Going to Rockville, Connecticut, he worked in a paper mill for about a year, when, owing to ill health, he was obliged for two years to forego business of any kind. As soon as able, he devoted his energies to farming for a while, and subsequently travelled for the Boston cultivator for one year. The railroad business next attracting his attention, he began work, and in 1858 came to Missouri, and was engaged by the Missouri Pacific railroad as section foreman. Later, he was promoted to station agent at Otterville, acting in that capacity for five years. He is at present engineer of tanks on this railroad. He owns a comfortable residence and ten acres of land adjoining the town of Otterville. In 1848 Mr. Hemenway married Miss Laura Lawrence, a danghter of Josephus Lawrence, of Massachusetts, and they have one child, Cora O., now Mrs. Randolph Brewster. They have a little daughter, Laura N.
HUPP BROTHERS,
dealers in groceries and hardware, is a firm among the more recent acquisitions to the business interests of Otterville, but one which has already taken a front rank in the commercial industry of the place. It was established in 1883 by J. H. & I. W. Hnpp. Their father, a Virginian by birth, born in 1815, accompanied his father to Ohio while a boy, spending his life in that state until 1845, when he emi- grated to Missouri, settling in Morgan county, near the line of Cooper county, his present residence. His wife was formerly Miss Mary Homen, and they had three sons and one daughter : Joseph Harrison, Isaac W., Charlie H. and A. Bettie. J. H. Hupp was born in Mor- gan county, Missouri, in 1854. The principal part of his education was obtained during three months of schooling at the state normal at Warrensburg, Missouri, where he fitted himself for teaching. This he commenced in 1874, and has continued it for fifteen or sixteen
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terms, acquiring quite a reputation. His brother, Isaac W. Hupp, who was born about two miles south of Otterville, in Morgan county, on February 7, 1856, received his education in the common schools. He began teaching in the public schools in 1873, and has taught in winter every year since that time. These brothers are now living with their father. They are enjoying a lucrative patronage, and are more than ordinarily successful.
THOMAS R. JAMES,
owner and proprietor of saw and grist mill at Otterville, was born in England, May 20, 1833, his parents being Richard and Catherine James, nee Sackett, both natives of England, the former having been born in 1792. They had three children, who are all now living : Hen- rietta, Richard and Thomas R. The latter, leaving his father in 1855, came to the United States, and first was located in New York for six months, going thence to Canada. After remaining there one year he returned to New York, settled in Oswego, and, upon a residence there of one year, moved direct to St. Louis. This was his home from 1857 to 1870, and in 1871 he came to Otterville. In 1858 he was married to Mrs. Eliza P. Condon, a widow, and a daughter of a Mr. Maddox. They have seven children : Henry A., Richard E., William P., Charlie J., Katie W., Josie and Lizzie. Mr. James is the owner of twenty- one acres of very valuable land, one-quarter mile west of the railroad depot of Otterville. His mill is furnished with all the latest improve- ments for milling purposes, and, besides doing a custom business, he buys large quantities of grain. Mention of this mill is made elsewhere in this work.
WILLIAM KNAUS,
a native of Howard county, Missouri, was born March 2, 1823. His father, Henry Knans, a Kentuckian by birth, born in 1797, married Miss Elizabeth Monroe. They had four children : the eldest died in infancy, William, Henry and Elizabeth. Henry Knans came to How- ard county in 1817, with his family, they spending the winter in Old Franklin, and part of the family lived in the keel-boat by which they had ascended the river. The following spring, going down the river to Bonne Femme, they ascended again by means of a keel-boat, and established what is now known as New Franklin. When in his nine- teenth year William Knaus, leaving home, went to Henry county and completed his trade of blacksmith. Two years later he returned to Howard county, and on March 6, 1843, he located in Cooper county. October 26th, of the same year, he was married to Miss Melvina
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Frances Oglesby, a daughter of John B. Oglesby, and a resident of Cooper county. From this union there are five children living : Eliz- abeth C., Martha E., Henry Walter, Nancy Margaret and Amanda Frances. Two died in infancy, and Mary Eliza died at the age of five years. Mrs. Knaus died in 1856, and Mr. Knaus was again married in 1857 to Elizabeth Ann Harris, a daughter of J. J. Harris, of this county. They have four children living : James M., Sallie H., George T. and Rosa A. One infant is deceased. Mr. Knaus is a blacksmith by trade, and now conducts quite a general machine shop, gunsmith work, etc., and he is also a wagonmaker of no ordinary ability. He deals in farming utensils, and is the agent for the widely celebrated and justly renowned Champion reaper and mower. His political views are democratic, though he was raised a whig. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. lodge at Otterville, having joined the order in 1856.
CHARLES L. MCCARTY
is a native of Cooper county, Missouri, having been born seven miles from Boonville in 1848. William S. MeCarty, his father, was born in Culpepper county, Virginia, in 1822, and upon leaving there with his grandfather, Dennis McCarty, came to this state when a boy, about the year 1830, locating in Boonville, where he followed the livery bus- iness for about twenty years. In 1842 he was married to Miss Mary Ferguson, a daughter of Joshua Ferguson, of this county. Of their original family of children, five are living : William E., Charles L., Milton, Sallie and Mollie. Those deceased were named Nellie, Flor- ence, John and Douglas. Mr. McCarty died in Boonville in 1869. After his death our subject, together with his brother, continued the livery business for several years, and then, in 1870, C. L. McCarty purchased the family interest in the home farm, and the same year moved upon it and has since remained there. This contains ninety- one acres of well watered and improved land, and will compare favor- ably with any in the county. Mr. McCarty was married in 1877 to Miss Ann Gebhard, of Pettis county, Missouri, and a danghter of Louis Gebhard. They have two sons : Claudie L. and Frank. Mr. McCarty is a member of the M. E. church south, at Clifton City, while his wife is connected with the Christian church.
JOSEPH MINTER,
one of the most progressive farmers in Otterville township, and the owner of an excellently well improved farm of 240 acres, located in section 5, township 45, range 19, was born in Harrison county, West
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Virginia, in 1846. He is the youngest child of a family of three boys and three girls, born to Jacob and Nannie Clarissa ( Neely ) Minter. The father of the subject of this sketch was born in Virginia in 1800, and continuing principally in that state and West Virginia all of his life, engaged in the peaceful pursuit of farming, died in the latter state in 1869. His bosom companion, who departed this life a few years after his death, or in 1872, was a native of West Virginia, born there in 1803. In 1875 Miss Fannie Ross, a native of Benton county, Missouri, born there in 1801, became his wife. Her father, a native of Kentucky, came to Missouri in 1835, and settled in Benton county. Her mother, born in Boston, Massachusetts, came to Benton county, this state, in 1845, and after becoming a wife, in 1853, came with her husband to Cooper county. Mr. Minter left the place of his birth in 1870, and emigrating to Kansas, spent a few weeks in that state, and subsequently came to Cooper county, Missouri. He pur- chased his farm in 1874, of the heirs of William Sloan, and since that time has taken every pains to "grass" it, so that he might have pas- turage for the fine herds of stock of which he is the possessor.
CHARLES B. NEAL,
farmer and stock raiser, section 7, is a Kentuckian by birth, and was born in 1827, being the son of Charles Neal, originally from Virginia, born in 1763. He lived in that state until grown, and upon going to Ken- tucky, settled in Logan county, where he was married in 1823. He and his wife had seven children, three of whom are living. In 1833 Mr. N. came to Cooper county, Missouri, and located on the farm which his son now occupies. Charles B., the third child of the family, lived at home until twenty-one years of age, when, in 1848, he took a trip to New Mexico, only remaining a short time. Returning to Cooper county, he stayed until the spring of 1852, when he went to California, leaving there upon his return, in the fall of 1856. In 1857 Mr. Neal was married to Mrs. Mary F. Bentley, of this county, and the widow of George Bentley, and daughter of Henry Harlan, of Boyle county, Kentucky. They have two children, William H., and Sallie Johnson. Mr. Neal is the owner of eighty acres of fine land, the improvements of which are very good. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church south. Politically he is a democrat.
GEORGE NEELY
was born in Harrison county, Virginia (now in West Virginia ), on on the 29th of June, 1830, being the son of Matthew Neely, of the
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same county, born in 1793. The latter spent his life until about twenty years of age in the vicinity of his birthplace, and there attended the common schools. In 1818 he married Miss Maria Newlon, a daughter of Elijah and Mary Newlon,. To them were born twelve children, five girls and seven boys, and of this family nine survive. Mr. N., senior, was quite active in public life, first acting as justice, then assessor, and afterwards sheriff, each of the offices being held under the old law of seniority of Virginia. He died June 11th, 1857, his wife having preceded him on February 24th, 1851. George, the fifth child in the family, remained at home until October, 1855, when he came to Missouri. In Angust, 1857, he went to Illi- nois, remaining there until September, 1860, when he returned to Missouri and located in Pettis county. This was his home until 1870, when he became a citizen of Cooper county. In March, 1858, Mr. Neely was married to Miss Anna Murray, of Virginia City, Cass county, Illinois. She was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, June 30th, 1834, and was a daughter of William and Grace Murray, of that county. They have had eight children : Julia Adelaide, Maria Grace, Mary, Charles William, John, George A., Flora and Bettie. Of these five are now living, one boy and four girls. Mr. N. has been acting as a railroad contractor and builder ever since 1856, building roads in various parts of the United States. He has recently completed a contract for the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern road.
J. E. POTTER,
the leading merchant of Clifton City, and a representative business man of the county, was born September 13, 1844, in Cooper county, Missouri. His father, J. H. Potter, was also a native of this county born in 1816, but his grand-parents both died in Kentucky. J. H. Potter was married in 1843 to Miss Susan Winders, a daughter of Daniel Winders, of Cooper county and to them were born eight children : J. E., Nancy, S. W., Ellen, Mary, George, J. H. and Robert. Our subject remained at home until 1866, when, owing to his father's removal to Morgan county, he went to Pettis county, coming to Clifton City in June, 1877. He soon established the store which he now conducts, and has at this time as complete a stock of general merchandise, including dry goods, groceries, queensware, etc., as can be found in any place of the size of Clifton. He owns consid- erable property in Clifton City, and is also the owner of 1045 acres of land, the principal part of which is in Pettis county. Besides his mercantile enterprise he is engaged in handling stoek. In 1882 Mr.
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Potter was married to Miss Edna McGuire, who was born in Pettis county in 1865, she being a daughter of A. J. McGuire.
DR. S. H. SAUNDERS
was born on the 1st of August, 1813, in Kentucky, and was the son of S. S. Saunders, a Virginian by birth, born February 14, 1783, who married Miss Eliza White Davidson. By this union there were four children : S. H., Ann E., Jane L. and Robert D. The senior Saunders married for his second wife Miss Eliza Derieonx. He was for a long time an extensive tobacco merchant. In 1833 the subject of this sketch entered college at Georgetown, Kentucky, graduating in civil engineering in 1834, and receiving the highest honors of his class. He followed civil engineering until 1838. In 1837 he was married to Miss Sallie A. Feris, a daughter of Dr. M. A. Feris. They had two children, Eliza McK. and Shields A., but one is deceased. The doctor's second marriage occurred in 1844, to Mrs. Sarah A. Ken- erly, widow of S. N. Kenerly and a daughter of John B. Otey, of Bedford county, Virginia. They had six children : A. R., B. O., S. H., T. E., E. L. and Eva C. All but one child survive. In 1847 Dr. S. commenced the practice of medicine and has continued it to the present, though for the last three years he has confined himself to a few of his oldest patrons. He previously enjoyed a most Incrative practice, but has retired from the profession with the exception of the cases above mentioned. He was the first master of Pleasant Grove Lodge No. 142, of the Masonic order, and at this time is its master, and he was grand master of the State Lodge of Missouri, during the years 1858 and 1859. In his political preferences he is a Democrat.
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