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Thomas Stanley, was a native of Virginia. From there he went to Kentucky and thence to Tennessee, where he married Miss Alcie Wells, and then came to Howard county in 1817, where they made their permanent home. Here Aaron W.'s mother died when he was still a child, but his father lived until 1855, - nearly forty years after his arrival in this county. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley are consistent mem- bers of the M. E. church south, and his father and mother were also earnest Christian people, and both families have been and are highly esteemed by all acquainted with them.
JOSEPH STETTMUND,
of Joseph Stettmund & Co., pork packers, butchers, etc. Mr. Stett- mund is another of that large class of Germans who have come to this country, and by intelligent industry and good management have ac- cumulated handsome fortunes. He is now one of the solid business men of Howard county, is a large stockholder and director of the Howard county bank, and is respected by all as an enterprising public- spirited citizen. He was born at Hohenzollern, Germany, April 6, 1826, and was married in his native country, where he learned the butcher's trade and lived until 1848. He then came to America, landing at New Orleans, whence he came to Cincinnati, where he re- mained a year, and then located in St. Louis. In 1852 he came up the river to Glasgow, and that year began his career in this place in the butcher business. He went to work with the energy that never fails to bring success when directed by good sound sense and accom- panied by frugal habits, and the result has been as we have noted above. While some were idling and taking their pleasure in early manhood, he was at work and economizing. Now he is able to have all the comforts he desires, while they in their old age are forced to work, and are often without the necessaries of life. There is a lesson in this well worth study. He was married February 26, 1855, to Miss Wilhelmine Rushhause, of Germany. They have seven children ; Julia A., Joseph R., Emma C., Edward H., Louis J., Ernest and Varney.
JAMES O. SWEARINGEN,
farmer and stock raiser. Mr. Swearingen is another of the many honest and worthy citizens of Howard county, who are the sons of the early settlers, and were born and raised in the county, and, true to the noblest instinct of man -love of country - have always made this their home. Mr. S. was one of a family of seven children born to Joseph and Nancy Short Swearingen, who came to this county from Kentucky among the early pioneers. James O. was born in this county on the 6th of September, 1840, and was reared on a farm, which occupation he has followed from youth. He acquired a good ordinary education in the common schools of the times, and on reach- ing manhood engaged in farming on his own account. When General
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Price, " full high advanced " the blood and tear-bathed standard of the south upon the plains and heights of old Missouri in 1864, he be- came a plighted soldier to the southern banner, and followed it to its Calvary, and until the door of its sepulchre was sealed forever. Ou the 14th of March, 1861, Mr. S. was married to Miss Nancy E. Way- land, of this county. They have a family of eight children: Elime- lech, Obed C., Joseph W., Mary B., Mattie J., James K., Dollie A. and Addie S. Mr. S. is a member of the A. O. U. W.
JOHN TATUM,
farmer. Mr. Tatum's grandfather, Isham Tatum, whose father was from England, came from North Carolina to Virginia where he settled and reared a family, Isham Jr., the father of the subject of this sketch being one of his sons. Isham Jr., on reaching manhood was married in his native state to Miss Mary Hume, and of this union fourteen children were born, John, our subject, being the eldest. He was born in Madison county, Virginia, February 12, 1819. When about seventeen years of age, he in company with four other young men-his father, A. C., David Garnett and Frederick and William Kemper, the last two brothers of Governor Kemper, of Virginia, and Frederick, afterwards of the well-known Kemper school, of Boon- ville, came to Missouri in 1836, making the trip as far as Burl- ington, Kentucky, in a wagon, thence coming by stage to the Ohio river and thence by boat to St. Louis. At the last named point the company separated, the Kempers and Garnett going to Marion college, and John and A. C. Tatum coming to their uncle's, in St. Charles connty. John remained in St. Charles until 1838, when he came up the river to Glasgow, but a year later returned to St. Charles county. In 1841 he came again to Howard county and entered the Fayette college, in which he continued as a student about a year. He then began teaching, which he followed until 1846. On the 12th of Febril- ary of that year he was married to Miss Nancy Wilhoit, of this county, and then engaged in farming which he has since followed. He now has a good farm of 278 acres in an excellent state of improvement. Mr. Tatum has led an industrious and useful life, and he is respected by all who know him as an intelligent, upright citizen. He has held the office of justice of the peace for fourteen years. His first wife, who was born in 1821, lived to bless his home twenty-two years after their marriage, but in 1868 was taken from him by death. Three children of this union are now living - William H., John R. and Joseph. Mr. T. was again married, June 2, 1874, to Miss Helen A. Hume, who was born in Madison county, Virginia, in 1841. By his last marriage four children are now living - Edward T., Henry E., Mertis and Lee. On the mother's side Mr. Tatum is of Scotch de- scent, Lloyd Hume, the great grandfather of his mother, having come over to this country from Scotland in the pioneer days of the col- onies. His grandmother was formerly a Miss Ann Clark, of Virginia.
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HENRY TILLMAN,
a leading grocer and dealer in queensware, etc., in Glasgow, is a na- tive of Germany, and was born. in that country December 19, 1830. Ile there learned the baker's trade, which he followed principally until 1853, when he immigrated to America, landing in New Orleans, but pushing on shortly to St. Louis. He remained in the last-named city until 1856, when he came on up the river to Glasgow and located permanently in this place, where he has since lived. Here he was employed in different kinds of labor until 1857, when he engaged in the saloon business, in which he continned for sixteen years. In 1873 he began his present business, and now he has one of the largest grocery houses in Howard county, and is doing an excellent and rap- idly increasing business. In 1855 he was married in St. Louis to Miss Anna M. Kneuven, a young lady of German birth. They have six children - Lizzie, Mary, Ella and Nellia, twins, Litta and Vincent.
JOHN H. TURNER, JR.,
farmer and stock raiser. Mr. Turner, who is a life-long resident of Howard county, and has a splendid grain and stock farm of 800 acres, besides giving his attention to the ordinary farm interests, is now making a specialty of raising and handling short-horn, high-grade cattle, of which he has some of the finest quality in the county. He has been engaged in this line for the past five years, but is constantly adding to his stock by purchase of the best breeds that can be had, and the present year bought several, including both sexes, of the cel- ebrated Pole-Angus breed, imported direct from Scotland. Besides his large farm in this county, which is exceptionably well improved, he owns real estate also in Chariton and Macon counties, and is in every sense of the word a thorough-going, enterprising, educated farmer and stockman. He was born in Howard county, Missouri, June 9, 1837, and was reared in this county, where he has since lived. In youth he attended the ordinary schools of the county, and after his common school course had the benefit of two years' tuition in the State university at Columbia. Returning home after his university course, he engaged in farming, and his career as a farmer has been marked by the most gratifying success. On the 11th of May, 1860, he was married to Miss Bettie Jackson, a refined and accomplished young lady of this county, daughter of Thomas Jackson and niece of Governor Claiborne F. Jackson. Mr. and Mrs. Turner have an inter- esting family of five children-Thomas J., Henry A., Lee, Lucile and Richard E. Mr. T. is a brother to William Turner, another leading farmer and stock raiser, and both are sons of Talton Turner, one of the old and highly respected citizens of the county.
ISAAC P. VAUGHAN, M. D.
Dr. Vaughan was born in Goochland county, Virginia, thirty miles above Richmond, on the James river, on the 27th day of Feb-
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ruary, 1816. His father was Dr. Nicholas Meriweather Vaughan, of the same county, and was a first cousin to Captain Meriweather Lewis, commander of the expedition of Lewis and Clark, sent by President Jefferson, in 1804, to explore the territory newly acquired from France, from the western boundary of Missouri to the mouth of the Columbia river. Dr. I. P. Vaughan's mother was a daughter of Isaac Pleas- ants, Esq., of the doctor's native county. Mr. Pleasants, although belonging to the denomination of Quakers, became a gallant soldier of the Continental army on the breaking out of the revolutionary war. He was a man of strong character, great resolution and of undoubted patriotism. When it became known that he had enlisted for the war, he was cited before his church, the laws of which prohibit its mem- bers from becoming soldiers on any account, for breach of its ordi- nances ; but he sent his brethren word that they might go to - wher- ever the spirit moved them - but for him, he would go to the front and fight for his country. This message, of course, placed him out- side of the Quaker denomination, but it was enthusiastically approved by the public, and made him something of a hero among the Virginia volunteers. He bravely followed the flag of the infant republic through the entire war, and was with Washington at the siege of Boston and at the battles of Camden and Princeton. He also crossed the Dela- ware with his old commander on that eventful, stormy night ; partici- pated in the campaign through the Jerseys ; was in the battles of Germantown and Brandywine ; passed through the trials and hard- ships of the winter at Valley Forge ; and wound up his career at the glorious triumph of Yorktown. Dr. Isaac P. Vaughan graduated in the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia, in March, 1837. In 1839 he located in Glasgow, Missouri, where he remained engaged in the practice of his profession until 1864, when he went to St. Louis. But in 1866, his health hav- ing broken down, he went to Europe, and was absent from this coun- try about six months. He returned to Glasgow in 1868, where he has since lived and has practised continuously since in the various branches of his profession. It is the least that the plain, modest truth allows, to say that Dr. Vaughan is a scientific, successful physician, a useful citizen and a good man. But this is said advisedty and with a proper appreciation of the full significance of the words used. Before the war he had accumulated a handsome compe- tence, but the war swept most of it away. Since then he has ma- terially mended his fortune.
JOHN WACHTER,
gunsmith, and dealer in fire-arms, glassware, queensware, etc. Over thirty-two years ago, Mr. Wachter came from Switzerland to Glas- gow, and went to work at his trade, that of gunsmithing, which he had learned in the old country, and which he has ever since followed. For many years, however, he has had an establishment of his own, and about three years ago he also engaged in the glassware and
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queensware mercantile business. He was born in Switzerland, Janu- ary 7, 1833. He had good school advantages in his youth, and ac- quired more than an average common school education. As is wisely the custom in that country, that every boy shall learn some occupa- tion, either trade, profession, or other certain means of support, Mr. W. was apprenticed to the gunsmith's trade, which he learned thor- oughly, as is there required. His father, Justice, having come over to this country and located in Glasgow, in 1849, two years later he came over, since which he has lived almost continuously where he is now engaged in business. On the 8th of January, 1854, he was married to Miss Margaret Taylor, a native of Indiana, whose parents were also of that state, but were of German descent. They have four children - Martha, Alice, John and Fletcher. Mr. and Mrs. Wachter are both members of the church, he of the Methodist de- nomination, and she of the Presbyterian.
S. F. WALLACE.
Mr. Wallace was the youngest of a family of ten children - five sons and five daughters -and was born in this county, August 15, 1822. His father, Samnel Wallace, immigrated to this county from Kentucky, in 1819, and was then forty-eight years of age, having been born in Virginia, January 29, 1771. When a young man, he immi- grated from Virginia to Kentucky, and was there, afterwards, on the 14th of June, 1798, married to Miss Anna Snoddy, who was born in North Carolina, October 19, 1778. Twenty-one years afterwards, as stated above, they came to Howard county and here he died, in 1852, and Mrs. Wallace about ten years subsequent, March 4, 1862. On coming to this county, Mr. W. improved the farm on which his son, S. F., now lives and helped to improve. Mr. S. F. was married December 18, 1845, to Miss Galey, daughter of Robert and Anna James, both of Kentucky, but early settlers in this county. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace have three children - John C., Hickman J. and Lizzie, (now Mrs. Tindall). Mrs. Wallace was born December 22, 1823, in Howard county. Mr. Wallace has an excellent farm of 246 acres. He has been, and is now one of the successful farmers of the county. He is an intelligent, energetic farmer, and a highly respected citizen, and he and wife are both members of the Baptist church.
DR. JAMES M. WALKER,
physician and farmer. Dr. Walker was principally reared in Ran- dolph county, although a native of Kentucky, his father, who was also a physician, having come from that state to Misssouri, when the son was a small boy. Dr. W. W. Walker, the father, was of a South Carolina family, but was himself born in Kentucky, his parents hav- ing settled in that state in a comparatively early day. Mrs. Walker, Dr. J. M.'s mother, was before her marriage a Miss Susan Anna Schooling, and was born and reared in her husband's native state.
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On coming to this state, Dr. W. W. Walker first located in Boone county, but remained there only about two years, and then located in Randolph county, where he moved his family and practised his pro- fession for many years. However, his health failing him, he was compelled to retire from practice in 1854, and died subsequently at his son's residence, at the age of seventy-five years. Dr. James M. Walker was the eldest of a family of seven children (all sons), and was born in Harrodsburg, Mercer county, Ky., August 25, 1824. His parents having come to Randolph county, Mo., he there attended the schools of the neighborhood, and, by close application to his books, acquired a good ordinary English education early in youth. But when in boyhood, he showed a decided preference for medical studies, and commenced reading the works in his father's library at an early age, which he kept up until he was old enough to attend medical school. Thus, his reading having extended through a long series of years, and with the advantage of constant instruction from his father, who took a deep interest in his progress, and supplied him with all the best medical works, when he entered the medical department of the Uni- versity of Louisville, in 1848, he was unusually well qualified to be- gin his medical course. After his medical course, he at onee entered actively into the practice of his profession with his father, in Ran- dolph county, which he continued for some years; but anxious to keep up, not only in the latest knowledge to be found in books, but also in that afforded by the schools, he took another regular course in a medical college in St. Louis also, where he graduated with marked distinction, in 1855. Then resuming his practice, he followed it with great success, professionally and otherwise, until 1860, when, in order to retire from practice, he settled in this county on a farm, in 1845, which he had previously acquired. His farm contains 320 acres, and is substantially improved, and well stocked. He was married on the 31st of March, 1850, to Miss Susan V., daughter of Robert James. They have three children - Fannie P., William W. and Robert .I. The doctor and his wife are both members of the Christian church, and he is a prominent member of the Masonic order.
CAPT. W. E. WARDEN.
When the magic words, " Gold discovered in California," passed from lip to lip throughout the world, in 1850, and the following spring and summer, the subject of this sketch was then a young man twenty-five years of age, pursuing the even tenor of his way in Chari- ton county, whence he had gone from this county, in 1845, where he was born and reared. But coming of an ancestry of pioneers and enterprising men, he could not remain quietly while the tread of thousands to the promised land was constantly echoing in his ear. Accordingly, like another soldier of the crusades, he joined the march- ing column of the westward bound pioneers, and made the journey across the plains to the golden coast of California. He remained in the far off regions of the west, digging, patiently digging, for what the
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" Merchant ploughs the main And the farmer plows the manor,"
until 1851, when he returned to his home in Chariton county. He had then been married four years, having married April 16, 1846, when Miss Martha S. Ballew became his wife. She was born in June, 1827, and he August 4, 1824, both natives of Howard county. Up to that time he had followed the occupation of a farmer, which he has since pursued, except for a term during the war, when he did service in the Confederate army. He joined General Price's command during the latter's raid in this state, and served as captain of company C, 2d Missouri battalion sharp shooters, until the general surrender, in 1865. After the conclusion of the war, he came from Chariton county to this county with his family, where he has since lived. They have four children - Vinnie F., wife of Thomas A. Cason, of this county, William D., Walter H. and Stonewall J. Mr. and Mrs. Warden are both members of the Christian church. Mr. W.'s parents, Elijah and Frances Jackson Warden, were natives of Kentucky - the former came to Missouri to view the country in 1814 - but immigrated to the state in 1818, settling in Howard county later, where the mother died in 1852, and the father in 1856. His wife's parents, Hiram and Dorcas Ballew, came to Howard county in 1818. Mr. B. was a native of North Carolina, and his wife was born in Kentucky.
E. N. WAUGH,
farmer. Mr. Waugh was a youth sixteen years of age when his parents emigrated from Virginia and settled in Pike county, Missouri, in 1838, where they both subsequently lived until their death. His father, Thomas Waugh, was of Scotch descent, and was born and reared in the Old Dominion. His mother's maiden name was Elizabeth Reynolds. E. N., the subject of this sketch, was born in Bedford county, Virginia, January 22, 1822. He received the ele- ments of an ordinary education in the neighborhood schools of his early home. After reaching manhood he adopted farming as bis oc- cupation to which he had been brought up. He remained in Pike county, Missouri, until 1855, when he moved to Lincoln county, whence, two years afterwards, he came to this county, where he has since lived. He has a good farm of 233 acres. On the 25th of De- cember, 1845, he was married to Miss Mary Graves, originally from Nelson county, Virginia, where she was born, October 11, 1826. They have two children, Minerva and Fame. Mr. and Mrs. W. are both members of the Christian church.
JOHN H. WAYLAND,
of Lewis & Wayland, grain merchants. Among the prominent busi- ness men of Glasgow, who were born and reared in Howard county, may be mentioned John H. Wayland, now extensively engaged with Mr. Lewis as his partner in the grain business. His father,
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William Wayland, was a native of Virginia, having been born in Osage county, of that state, January 13, 1816 ; but when only about ten years of age, he was brought by his parents to Missouri who immi- grated to Howard county in 1826, where William was afterwards brought up. During the last thirty years of his life he was engaged in merchandising in Roanoke, where he died, August 2, 1879, leaving his wife, who still survives him, and six children - Aria, John H., James, Cecil, Roland and Elizabeth. He was an upright business man and enjoyed the respect and confidence of all who knew him. For many years he was a leading and exemplary member of the Cum- berland Presbyterian church. John H. Wayland was born February 6, 1849, and was reared in Roanoke, where he attended the common schools, but received more of a practical education in his father's store, in which most of his youth and early manhood were spent. His training was such as to make him a first-class business man, and the result has shown that his opportunities were not thrown away. In 1872, he came to Glasgow and engaged in selling goods, which he continued until 1876, when he formed his present partnership and began the grain business. He was married March 31, 1875, to Miss Virginia L. Iglehart, of this county. ' They have three children - Virlea, Elizabeth and William. Mr. W. is a member of Livingston lodge No. 51, of the A. F. and A. M.
N. B. WEAVER,
engaged in the agricultural implement business and in the manufac- ture of wagons in Glasgow, is of German parentage on his father's side, but is himself a native of Ohio. His father, John Weaver, came to America when a young man and married in Ohio a young lady born and raised in that state. When the subject of this sketch was six years old his father came with the family to Boonville, Mo., where N. B. was reared and educated. He there learned the blacksmith's trade, and in 1869, came to Glasgow, where he has since carried on his present business. He has a large trade in agricultural imple- ments and his wagons are extensively used throughout the surround- ing country. He was married February 26, 1872, to Miss Mary A. Nivert, of Glasgow. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., and has been a member of the town council for three years. He is an intelli- gent, progressive business man, and as a citizen he is deservedly popular.
WILLIAM WENGLER & SONS,
manufacturers of and dealers in furniture. These gentlemen have a furniture establishment that is a credit to the place in which they do business and speaks a great deal for their own enterprise and business ability. Mr. William Wengler began business in Glasgow, in 1867, on a small capital, and by industry and good management increased his trade and enlarged his establishment until it became one of the
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solid business institutions of the city. They have just put in a plant of machinery for the manufacture of furniture on a more extensive scale than ever, and they reasonably look forward for a more rapid growth of their business than they have heretofore experienced. Mr. Wengler, the father, was born in Prussia, October 11, 1820. In youth, he had the benefit of the excellent public school system in his native country, and, as it is the rule in that country, for every boy to learn some useful occupation, he learned the cabinet maker's trade, and learned it thoroughly, which he has since followed. In 1851, he came to America, landing in New York, where he remained for a time, and afterwards settled in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. He continued working at his trade there until 1865, when he came to Hannibal, Mis- souri, where he remained until the following year, locating theu at Glasgow. He married before leaving Prussia, February 15, 1850, Miss Augusta Froelich then becoming his wife. She was born in that country, November 25, 1832. They have four children - Hermann W., born in New York City, June 13, 1852, and a member of the above firm ; Edward A., also a member of the firm, born in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, February 24, 1857, and married to Miss Rose Erdle, of this county, December 21, 1879 ; Bertha, also born in Ft. Wayne, January 9, 1859, and Adolph, born in Ft. Wayne, February 21, 1861. Edward A. and wife have one child - Edgar.
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