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DR. JOHN W. HAWKINS.
Among the prominent physicians of Howard county is Dr. J. W. Hawkins, of Glasgow, who has been engaged in the practice of his profession in this county over twenty-two years. His grandfather, Cap- tain Thomas Hawkins, was a soldier in the war of 1812. William G., the father of Dr. Hawkins, was born in Virginia in 1810, and in 1830
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was married to Miss Sarah A. C. Pulliam, of the same state. In 1836 they moved to St. Louis county, Missouri, and there the following year, on the 18th of August, Dr. Hawkins was born. Six years afterwards, in 1843, they moved to Randolph county, and thence in 1846 to Chariton county, where Dr. Hawkins' father died September 12, 1847. Mrs. Hawkins still survives her deceased husband. In early youth Dr. Hawkins attended the schools of Favette, and after- wards entered the state university in which he was a student in the senior class of 1856-7. The following year, in 1858, he began the study of medicine with Dr. I. P. Vanghan, of Glasgow, and in 1861 was graduated from the Jefferson medical college of Phila- delphia, Pennsylvania.
Returning to Missouri immediately after his graduation, he found the people of the state in a high degree of excitement over the condition of public affairs, and became himself one of the first 3,000 that assembled in Jefferson City under General Price, in obedience to the laws of the state. An agreement having been made between General Price on behalf of the state and General Harney for the United States government that matters should remain in statu quo in Missouri, so far as both sides were concerned, Dr. Hawkins came to Howard county and entered upon the practice of his profession in which he has since con- tinned. On the 7th of May, 1867, he was married to Miss Mary E. Callaway, of this county, and they now have three children, Wesley Romeo, aged fourteen years ; Homer Pulliam, aged twelve, and Mary Willie, aged five years. Dr. Hawkins is regarded as a superior physician, and in practice has achieved marked success.
M. F. HAYS.
Mr. Hays is of French descent, his grandfather, John, having come from the land of vines, of which he was a native, in the second quarter of the seventeenth century. In the struggle of 1755, he was under the immediate command of the then youthful Colonel Washing- ton, and was with him in the terrible disaster of the 8th of July, known in history as Braddock's defeat, when every British officer fell except Washington himself. He also served directly under Washing- ton during the seven years' struggle for independence, and after the conclusion of peace he married a cousin of his old commander's and made his home in North Carolina. He reared a large family, and his descendents have settled in many of the states of the union. Ben- jamin Hays, the father of M. F., immigrated to Kentucky in an early day and afterwards served under General Harrison during the war of 1812. When in his twenty-seventh year, he was married in Kentucky to Miss Elizabeth Bently and settled down in Madison county of that state. In 1820 he determined to move to Howard county, and he adopted the novel and adventurous plan of coming in a keel-boat. Accordingly, he built a boat and loaded his family and worldly posses- sions in it and came floating down the Ohio. It was plain sailing until the Mississippi was reached, then the tug of war began. For
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four hundred miles he had to battle against the currents of the Missis- sippi and Missouri rivers, but finally he landed at Old Franklin and subsequently became one of the most successful farmers of Howard county. At the time of his death, April 3d, 1864, he had a splended landed estate of over 2,000 acres. His son, M. F., now resides on and owns the old homestead farm. M. F. Hays was born in this county, January 13, 1827, and was reared here on his father's farm. His place now contains nearly a thousand acres. He is a prominent stock dealer and is a man of great industry and enterprise . January 16th, 1849, he was married to Miss Rebecca J., daughter of Henry Truit, of this county. They have four children, Laura, Ledo- cia, Maud and Ada.
JUDGE JOHN M. HICKERSON.
Judge Hickerson is another of that large class, fortunately, of substantial, well-to-do citizens of Howard county, whose residence is an honor to the community in which they live. He has lived here from boyhood, and has for years been one of the leading farmers of the county, and, widely known as he is, he is not less universally re- spected than he is well and widely known. For nine years, from 1872 to 1881, and until he resigned the position, he was a member of the county court, and no justice ever sat upon the bench who enjoyed more implicity than he, the confidence of the people in his uprightness and intelligence. The family in this county to which the judge be- longs is of French origin. Joseph Hickerson, whose father was from France, was a native of Virginia and was a soldier in the revolution- ary war, participating in most of the important battles of the struggle, including the battle of Yorktown. He reared a family in Virginia, where he subsequently died, and Hosea Hickerson, the father of the judge, was one of his sons. Hosea was reared in Madison county of his native state, and on reaching manhood was married to Miss Janet Dent, of the well-known Dent family of Virginia. Judge Hickerson was born of this marriage, May 15, 1823, and when a young man, eighteen years of age, came with his parents to Howard county, where he has since lived. His mother died here in 1841, and his father in 1864. In 1850 the judge returned to his native county and state, where, on the 15th of February, 1851, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Cropp of the same county, after which they returned to the home he had made in his adopted country. She is still his companion in life and has blessed him with five children, four of whom are living : Robert H., Andrew J., John W. and Miss Mary E. He has a neat, elegant farm of 360 acres, and it is one of the best kept and best man- aged farms in the county.
WILLIAM J. HUGHES.
The Hughes family, of which the subject of this sketch is a representative, have been pioneer settlers in four states of the union ;
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Maryland, Pennsylvania, Kentucky and Missouri. The founder of the family in this county was a Welshman, who came over to America and settled in Maryland, in the early days of the colonies. There William Hughes, the grandfather of William J., was born and reared. He was married, however, in Pennsylvania, Miss Martha, daughter of John Swan, of that state, becoming his wife. They were married in Fort Pitt, where Pittsburg now stands, at the time the people were " forted," or fortified, against the British and Indians. A short time afterwards, and after the birth of Joseph S., father of William J., he moved with his family to Pennsylvania. Remaining in that state for a short time, he then emigrated to Kentucky, and was among the first settlers of that state, having to take refuge frequently with his family in the forts for protection against the Indians. There, Joseph grew to manhood, and married his wife, Cassandra, who was a daughter of Colonel William Price, an old soldier of the revolutionary war, and for many years a state senator in Kentucky. In 1816, Joseph S. Hughes came to this state and selected a location about four miles west of Fayette, in Howard county, and the following year brought his family out to his new home. He opened a farm there of about 300 acres, but some years afterwards moved to a place about five miles east of Glasgow, where he also made a large farm. On this place he lived until his death, which occurred in 1863, his wife follow- ing him five years afterwards. They reared a family of eight chil- dren, of whom the subject of this sketch, who now resides on the old homestead of his father, was the seventh. Joseph S. Hughes was a successful farmer and was respected by all who knew him for his many sterling, manly qualities. William J., was born in this county, Jan- uary 5th, 1826, and was reared on the farm where he now lives. He received a good education in youth, and was brought up to habits of industry which have not forsaken him. He was married November 29, 1849, to Miss Lucy C., daughter of James Collins. They have ten chil- dren : Joseph S., May F. ( now Mrs. W. R. Painter ), Benjamin J., Will- iam C., James C., Overton L., Robert L., Harry B., Louisa F. and Ernest T. Mrs. Hughes is also a native of Howard county, having been born here April 2, 1832. Mr. H. has a fine farm of 450 acres, all well improved and in good condition. It is exceptionally adapted to stock raising, to which he gives a large share of his attention. He and several of his family are members of the Baptist church.
JOHN G. AND JOEL L. HUME,
farmers and stock raisers. The Hume brothers, who are extensively engaged in farming and stock raising in this county, are sons of Joel Hume, now deceased, for many years one of the leading farmers and stock raisers of the county, and as universally and highly respected as any man in it. Joel Hume's father, Reuben, a descendant of the Hume's of England, was originally of Virginia, but became one of the first settlers in Madison county, Kentucky, where he afterwards died, leaving his wife, formerly Miss Annie Finks, aunt of Captain Finks,
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of this county, and a family of seven sons. These, including the father of John G. and Joel L., subsequently came to Missouri, and all became wealthy and leading farmers of this section of the state. Joel, who was born before his parents left Virginia, married in Madi- son county, Kentucky, Miss Polly Ann, daughter of Yelverton Peyton, an old Virginian and a soldier of the revolution, becoming his wife. After the birth of eight children, the family immigrated to Howard county and settled in Chariton township. He was a man of great energy and industry, and he and his sons went to work with a resolu- tion that never fails to bring success. He soon made one of the finest farms in the county, and when he died, about the close of the late war, had an estate of over 2,000 acres of fine land, most of it im- proved, besides a large quantity of stock and other personal property. But it was not on account of his success alone, or mainly, that he was so universally and highly respected. It was because he was possessed of the true qualities of manhood to more than an ordinary degree that all who knew him admired and esteemed him. Frank, honorable, gen- ous, brave-hearted, and true in every relation of life, he was a pillar of integrity, a steadfast friend, a useful citizen, and a noble, Christian man. Such was the father of John G. and Joel Hume ; and these the sons are not unworthy of their name. Both are enterprising, upright, progressive citizens and intelligent farmers. John G. was born in Madison county, Kentucky, January 1, 1831, and Joel L. in the same county September 7, 1839. Both were brought up on their father's farm, where they still live, and which they now own, a place of about 1,000 acres, finely improved. Besides the usual farm interests, they give special attention to stock raising, in which they have had marked success. Both were in the Confederate army, and were fearless, faithful soldiers. Joel L. was married the 17th of April, 1872, to Miss Louisa Lee, of this county, but she was taken from him by death in 1881, leaving him three children - Eva L., Sarah F. and John O. Both brothers are members of the Christian church.
R. Y. HUME,
farmer and stock dealer. Mr. Hume is a son of Joel Hume and brother to John G. and Joel L., whose sketch precedes this, and, in keeping with the character and reputation of his family, is one of the leading farmers of the county. He was born in Madison county, Kentucky, October 3, 1826, and was therefore eighteen years of age when his father settled in Howard county, in 1844 - old enough to be a principal hand in clearing the forest and making the home that sheltered his parents and comforted them so many years. And he was not an unwilling hand in this work, for, reared by an industrious father, the bread of whose toil had given him the vigor and strength of youth and early manhood, and appreciating the fact that only in honest exertion is there an honest livelihood, he labored with a gener- ous spirit to repay the debt that every child owes the dutiful parent - the debt of gratitude - and to prepare himself for the active duties 30
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of life. As the years of his youth filed by, bringing him nearer and nearer to the age that he would have to rely on his own qualifications in business affairs, he improved every opportunity that presented-and they were none too frequent or favorable - to acquire an education ; and in the country schools, the log cabin, puncheon-floor school of early days, and by private study, he obtained a sufficient knowledge of the "Two R's and A. G.," reading, writing, arithmetic and grain- mar, to answer all practical purposes. When the time came that he should have a roof of his own, he shouldered his ax and went to the woods for the second time in life to open a farm, and, tree by tree, and acre by acre the timber was felled and cleared away, until now his place covers nearly a mile square, numbering 500 acres, all fine land and exceptionally well improved. Such is the reward of indus- try and honest, intelligent purpose ; such the effect of good bringing up. Mr. Hume, like his brother, makes a specialty of stock raising and dealing in cattle, and the fact that he is a Hume, a son of his father, speaks enough for the success he achieves. He, too, was a gallant soldier of the bright-barred but ill-starred banner of the south, that flashed through the heavens like a glorious meteor, and was gone forever. On the 26th of November, 1846, he was married to Miss Frances Peyton, of that honorable old Virginia family whose name is written in every chapter of the Old Dominion's history, and which has sent out brave pioneers wherever forests were to be cleared and com- fortable, happy homes to be made. She came of the Kentucky branch of the family, and was born in Madison county of that state Novem- ber 3, 1830. Her grandfather was one of the first settlers in her native county, and there her father, Yelverton Peyton, was born Decem- ber 17, 1793, and died in Randolph county, Missouri, April 10, 1858. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and his widow formerly, and over seventy-one years formerly at that, was a Miss Mildred White, of Kentucky. She is now living with another daughter of hers, Mrs. Mason, in Randolph county, Missouri, at the advanced age of eighty- eight ; is sound in mind and body, and as chirp in manners and con- versation as ladies ordinarily are at fifty. She has been a member of the Baptist church since 1800, and now draws a pension of $72 a year on account of her husband's service in the war of 1812. Mr. and Mrs. Hume have a family of five interesting children : Joel Y., John O., Henry D., Minnie and Reuben. The parents are both members of the Christian church.
LEWIS FRANKLIN HUME,
farmer. Mr. Hume was a son of Staunton Hume, a brother of Joel, mentioned in the sketch of John G. and Joel L. His father, Staun- ton, was born in Virginia but reared in Kentucky, and in 1816 canie to St. Louis county, Missouri, where he married and lived until his death in 1851. His wife, the mother of L. F. Hume, was formerly Miss Sarah A. Breckenridge, of the distinguished family in Kentucky of that name, and was born in Madison county, Kentucky, in 1804.
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Although the mother of twelve children, and now seventy-nine years of age, she still enjoys good health and is active in mind and body. Staunton Hume was a successful farmer in St. Louis county, and there reared his family. The son, Lewis Franklin, was born in that county, August 25, 1826, and in youth obtained a good ordinary education in the common schools. When in his twenty-first year, March 16, 1847, he was married to Miss Mary A., daughter of John Casin, one of the early settlers of this county. She was born in Fauquier county, Virginia, September 19, 1826. Mr. Hume having been reared on a farm adopted that occupation, which he has followed thus far through life, but for about three years in connection with the milling business, in which he was also engaged for that length of time. Five years after his marriage, in 1852, he moved with his family to Carroll county, Missouri, where he lived until 1864, and then returned to St. Louis county. During his residence in Carroll county, in 1861, he enlisted in the Confederate service, but in December, 1862, was captured at Black Water, and a month afterwards released on parole. In the spring of 1866, he moved from St. Louis county to his present place in Howard county. His farm numbers 160 acres, and the distinguishing feature about it is, that it is one of the neatest, best kept farms in the county. The farm itself reveals the fact that its owner is an intelligent, progressive, business-like farmer. As a citizen and neighbor Mr. Hume is respected and esteemed by all who know him. Mr. and Mrs. Hume have lost six children and have four living, viz. : Katic, Mattie, James and Staunton. Both parents are worthy and consistent members of the Christian church.
JOHN O. HUME.
That the events of the so-called late war are rapidly becoming matters only of tradition and pastime, is forcibly illustrated by a talk with Mr. Hume. He is one of the substantial, prominent farm- ers of the county ; yet, during the war, he was too young - being from seven to eleven years old - to take any interest in the stirring events of those times, and now, he only knows of its incidents by reading, and by fireside stories. He was born in this county April 10, 1854, and was brought up on his father's farm. In common with other youths of his neighborhood he received a good ordinary educa- tion. He began farming on his own account when quite a young man, which he has since followed. He now has a place of 220 acres, well improved and well stocked, and is an intelligent, industrious farmer and a well respected citizen. On the 16th of September, 1878, he was married to Miss Luella Snoddy, who was born in Howard county, September 16, 1859. They have one child, Leo. Mr. Hume is a son of Reuben J. Hume, whose sketch appears else- where. Mrs. Hume was a daughter of Samnel W. Snoddy and wife, whose maiden name was Susan T. Harvey. His parents, Walker and Narcissa Snoddy, immigrated to this county in an early day, and here Samuel W. was born February 18, 1828, and was a farmer by occu-
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pation, which he followed until his death, February 3, 1873. He and his wife reared three children, who are now living - George F., Luella and Jefferson D. Mrs. Snoddy was born in this county June 14, 1836, and was a daughter of William and Jane Snoddy, early settlers of the county. She now makes her home at the residence of Mr. Hume.
CAPTAIN A. R. JOHNSON,
architect, contractor and carpenter. Captain Johnson came from North Carolina in 1866, and in 1867 located in Glasgow, where he has since become one of the leading contractors and builders through- out a large region of the surrounding country. He was born in Chatham county, North Carolina, August 16, 1838. His parents, Matthias M. and Martha Crutchfield Johnson, were also natives of the same state. In youth Capt. Johnson acquired a good practical educa- tion in the ordinary schools of his neighborhood, and at the age of eighteen began to learn the carpenter trade, which he completed and followed until the breaking out of the war. In 1861, he went with his section in the four years' struggle, and followed the meteor-like flag of the south from Sumpter to Appomattox. He enlisted in company G, 26th North Carolina infantry, and two years afterwards was promoted for gallant service to the captainey of the company, which he held until the close of the war. Returning home after the general surrender he remained hardly a year, and then came to Missouri, locating a short time afterwards in Glasgow as noted above. Capt. Johnson is an intelligent, enterprising business man, and is- well respected by all who know him. On the 2d of June, 1863, he was married to Miss Affie Cattrane, in North Carolina, who still presides over his home.
GRISSOM LEE.
Mr. Lee's father, Thomas Lee, was one of the pioneer settlers of Howard county and helped to clear away the forests for some of the first farms in the county. He was a farmer by occupation and fol- lowed that until his death, in December, 1871. He came this county from Kentucky, but was married before leaving that state, to Miss Gabriella Herndon, and they reared a family of twelve children - Edmond R., John H., Elizabeth, Mary A., Amanda, Grissom, Nancy, James B., Sarah F., Louisa, now deceased, Noah and Lucy. Mrs. Lee preceded her husband in death many years. Grissom Lee was born in Howard county, Mo., March 28, 1833, and was reared in this county, receiving a good ordinary education in common schools. He was brought up on the farm and has always followed farming as his occupation. He now lives on the old parental homestead, which he owns and which he helped to improve. His place contains 140 acres and is an excellent farm. In 1862 he enlisted in the Confederate army under General Price, in which he served eight months, Mr. L. is a member of the Baptist church.
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SAMUEL LEFEVER.
Mr. Lefever was the seventh of a family of eight children, born to Samuel, Sr. and Mary Horshman Lefever, who were married in Pennsylvania and afterwards settled in Morgan county, Ohio, where the subject of this sketch grew to manhood. Samuel Lefever, Sr., was a native of Westmoreland county, Pa., and was by occupation a farmer and carpenter, to which calling the son, Samuel, Jr., was brought up. Mrs. Lefever, however, was originally from Virginia, but came to Pennsylvania in an early day. Samuel, Jr., was born in Armstrong county, Pa., November 16, 1830, and after growing up in Ohio, whither he had gone with his parents, he followed farming and carpentery until 1881, when he came to Howard county and pur- chased the farm on which he now lives, since which he has devoted his whole attention to farming. His place consists of 332 acres, most of which is well improved. He was married June 1, 1854, to Miss Mary Ferris, of Morgan county, Ohio. They have nine children - John F., Fletcher B., Joseph A., Dora J., Jacob, Mary C., Roena E., Martha V. and Samuel H. Mr. and Mrs. Lefever are both mem- bers of the M. E. church.
MONTE LEHMAN,
of Lehman & Miller, dry goods, clothing, furnishing goods, boots and shoes, etc. This establishment, of which Mr. Lehman is one of the proprietors, is one of the largest business houses in Howard county. Two large buildings, connecting with each other, are occupied - one filled with dry goods and clothing, the other with gents' furnishing goods and boots and shoes. Their custom extends for many miles throughout the surrounding country, and is steadily increasing. The business was originally established here many years before the war, on a small scale, by Joseph Lehman, the father of the subject of this sketch, and is another illustration of what a lifetime well spent may accomplish, and that a son properly reared may safely succeed to his father's business. Joseph Lehman, the father, was born in Bavaria, Germany, February 2, 1806, and was there reared and learned the tailor's trade, which he followed in his native country until 1838, when he came to America. He disembarked on this side of the Atlantic at Baltimore, where he worked at his trade about five years and then came west to Shawneetown, Indiana, and in 1844 came on and located in Glasgow. Here he worked for a time at his trade and then com- menced the mercantile business, which has grown to its present ex- tensive proportions. Before leaving his native country he was married to Miss Hannah Steiner, who died in Glasgow leaving him four child- ren - William, Monte, Frances and Rose. He was again married, in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, to Miss Lena Golman, also a native of Ba- varia, who still survives her husband and now lives in Glasgow, he having died December 23, 1881. One child is living by his last mar- riage - Henry. Monte Lehman, the subject of this sketch, was born
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while his father lived in Baltimore, April 2, 1840. When fifteen years of age he entered a printing office to learn the printer's trade, which he subsequently acquired, and at which he worked until the out- break of the war. Having come to Glasgow in the meantime with his father's family, he here, in 1862, enlisted in company H, 9th Mis- souri cavalry, Missouri state militia, in which he served until the close of the war, and was mustered out of service as lieutenant, having had, during most of the time, the command of the company. Determined to make a successful business man of himself, as he had been a good soldier, Mr. L., then still a young man, went to Philadelphia and took a thorough course in a commercial college, thus qualifying himself for mercantile pursuits. Returning to Glasgow, he then became a partner of his father ( which was succeeded by Lehman Brothers, then M. Lehman ), in his present business, and after his father's death be- came sole proprietor, since which, in 1881, Mr. Miller, an enterpris- ing and successful business man, was admitted to an equal partnership in the house, thus forming the firm of Lehman & Miller. November 9, 1875, Mr. L. was married to Miss Fannie Hessrich, an accomplished and attractive young lady of Boonville. They have three children - Charles W., Edna N. and Harry. He is a member of the K. of P. and of the A. O. U. W.
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