History of Jackson County, Missouri, Part 48

Author: Hickman, W. Z
Publication date: 1920
Publisher: Topeka : Historical Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 976


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and Mary Necessary. He purchased the old McGee homestead south of Buckner.


Eli Necessary was married Dec. 5, 1866, to Margaret Boland, who was born Dec. 29, 1839 and died March 23, 1918. She was a daughter of John and Rebecca Boland, the former of whom died in October, 1864, and the latter March 18, 1853. In 1869, Eli Necessary went to California and two years later he returned to Missouri and settled on part of the home place. In 1879 he moved to Buckner. In 1884 he sold out and made his home on the place now owned by his son Sater with whom he resided until his death. The children born to Eli and Margaret Necessary are: Sater, subject of this review; Henry, born May 6, 1870; Ader, born April 30, 1872; Eli, born Feb. 19, 1874; Morgan, born Jan. 18, 1877; Murtie, born Dec. 12, 1878.


Sater Necessary began accumulating land in 1886 when he pur- chased 80 acres of his present place, and he has added to his farm until he owns 185 acres of well improved farm land. He was married Feb. 25, 1891 to Miss Minnie A. Scott who has borne him children as follows: Hugh J., Gracie Evaline, Margaret Rebecca. Hugh J. Necessary was born Dec. 14, 1891, and is an electrician in Colorado. He was married at Colo- rado Springs. Sept. 20, 1919, to Helen G. Brady, of Butler, Pa. Gracie Eva- line was born Sept. 6, 1893, is the wife of James Robert Hedges, and is mother of two children, Alma Alpha and Robert Kenneth. Margaret Rebecca was born Feb. 25, 1897, is wife of Walter Durham, Independence, has one child, Alpha G.


The mother of these children was born July 15, 1869, on the old Chambers place and is a daughter of James G. Scott, who was born Nov. 7, 1836 in Jackson County, a son of pioneer parents. During the latter years of his life he resided in Bates County, Mo. He died Sept. 7, 1904. He married Evaline Stover Dec. 23, 1860. She was born Dec. 9, 1841, and died Aug. 7, 1876. Their children were: Nancy J. Cox, of LaCygne, Kan., born April 23, 1862; Martha E., Estes, Lone Jack, Mo., was born Dec. 29, 1863; Frances D., wife of Joseph Churchhill, Smithshire, Ill., born August 26, 1867 ; Lou A., wife of William Barton, Nevada, Mo., born Oct. 17, 1865; Mrs. Minnie A. Necessary ; Daniel W., born Jan. 14, 1871, lives in Bates County, Mo .; James E., born June 29, 1873, lives in Kansas City, Mo .; William D., born July 15, 1876, died Aug. 19, 1876.


Mr. Necessary is a Democrat. He and Mrs. Necessary are members of the Methodist Church South. He is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias.


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Edwin F. Borgman, cashier of the Bank of Levasy, Mo., is a native of Jackson County. He was born Dec. 12, 1887, on a farm one and a half miles south of Levasy. He is a son of Henry H. Borgman, Jr., now living retired in Levasy.


Henry H. Borgman, Jr., was born in Warren County, Mo., Jan. 15, 1854 and is a son of William and Malinda (Landwehr) Borgman, both of whom were of German descent. William Borgman was born in Germany 1826 and died in 1892. He immigrated to America in 1848, and settled in St. Charles County where he was married to Malinda Landwehr who died in 1910. The parents of Henry H. Borgman moved to Warren County, and he was there reared and married. Mr. Borgman came to Jackson County in 1878, and bought a farm of 117 acres on Bone Hill south of Levasy. He cleared the greater part of his farm of timber, and erected all of the buildings and improvements on the place.


Mr. H. H. Borgman was married Aug. 19, 1880 to Mary Drewel, who was born in Gasconade County, Mo., Sept. 30, 1857. She is a daughter of Rev. Frederick Drewel, a pioneer minister of the Evangelical church, who organized congregations at Lexington, Napoleon, Wellington and Levasay. He organized the church at Levasy in 1892. The children born to H. H. and Mary Borgman were: Annie, wife of Henry Twiehaus, Independence ; Mrs. Lucy Twiehaus, living near Levasy; Etta Woodrich, on the home place; Edwin Borgman, cashier of the Bank of Levasy ; William, a farmer ; and Theo. F., at home.


Edwin F. Borgman was educated in the district school on Bone Hill and the Central Business College, Kansas City, Mo. He followed farm- ing on the home place until he took the position of cashier of the Bank of Levasy in 1911. He was married in June, 1915 to Miss Alma Gross of Kansas City. They have one child: Edwin Henry, born in January, 1918.


Mr. Borgman is a Republican. He is a member of the Evangelical church and is a wide awake progressive young citizen who is making a success as a banker.


The bank of Levasy, Levasy, Mo., was chartered for business Jan. 23, 1907. The work of securing the subscription to the stock of the bank was done in the fall of 1906 by H. A. Meinershagen and G. A. Dieckmann. The stock of the bank is practically all held by neighboring farmers. The first president of the bank was S. H. Chiles. The first cashier was F. C. Harra. Mr. Chiles was succeeded as president by C. W. Ryan. Mr. Harra was succeeded as cashier by N. H. Landes. The present officers are John


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H. Schuster, president; G. S. Hawes, vice-president; E. F. Borgman, cashier; J. H. Schuster, G. S. Hawes, Edwin F. Borgman, S. H. Stock, Henry Weitkamp, Henry Stock and H. C. Gausman, directors. The cap- ital stock of the bank is $10,000. The deposits exceed $130,000 and the total resources are over $150,000.


Gillam Dalton, prosperous farmer, of Blue township, was born on a farm near Independence, Feb. 28, 1863. He is a son of Henry M. and Nancy Elizabeth (Johnson) Dalton, natives of Kentucky.


Henry M. Dalton was born Nov. 29, 1821, and died Feb. 16, 1896. His wife was born May 14, 1834 and died Jan. 26, 1880. They were parents of 14 children: Mary A. Hobbs, Colorado Springs, Colo., born Jan. 18, 1854; Mrs. Margaret A. Price, Olathe, Kan., born Feb. 20, 1855; Isabel Ketchum, California, born Sept. 17, 1856; Mrs. Henrietta Harris, Inde- pendence, born April 17, 1858; David R., Butler, Mo., born Nov. 26, 1858; Jesse, born Jan. 16, 1861, deceased; Gillam, subject of this sketch; Walter, Independence, Mo., born March 11, 1865; Nannie L., Kansas City, born Jan. 1, 1867; John M., Merrill, Mo., born Oct. 15, 1868; Lucy J., Independence, Mo., born Feb. 18, 1870; Sarah, deceased, born Feb. 1, 1872; James L., deceased, born Sept. 19, 1873; one child died in infancy. Henry M. Dalton came to Jackson County in the late thirties. He served under Col. James Doniphan in the Mexican War, as a teamster and returned home by way of New Orleans and was married in Jackson County. His wife was born in Jackson County.


Gillam Dalton was married June 23, 1889 to Miss Mary E. Bowlin. This marriage has been blessed with children as follows: Virgie Ann, Gladys Ora, Harley G., Rosa Emma, Marvin Gillam and Frances Claudine. Mrs. Virgie Ann Browning was born Feb. 1, 1890 and died in October, 1918, leaving two children, Viola May and Lawrence Edward. Mrs. Gladys Ora Darke, was born July 8, 1891, lives in Colorado and has two children, Willis and Lucille. Harley G., born Feb. 8, 1894, is a farmer, married Dec. 19, 1916, to Mary A. Russell and has one child, Mary Louise. Rosa Emma was born Jan. 18, 1897. Mrs. Mary Aline Conway was born Feb. 17, 1900, and is living on a farm one and a half miles north of the Dalton place in Blue township. Marvin Gillam was born Feb. 10, 1906. Frances Claudine was born March 24, 1909.


The mother of the foregoing children was born within one half mile of her present home, Aug. 15, 1867 and is a daughter of Jacob G. and Mary E. (Frans) Bowlin, natives, respectively, of Kentucky and Virginia. Jacob G. Bowlin was born May 24, 1837, and died Jan. 17, 1890. He ac-


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companied his parents to Missouri when but a child, and was a son of George Bowlin, one of the first pioneers of Jackson County. Mary E. (Frans) Bowlin was born April 29, 1840, and died Jan. 21, 1912. She was a daughter of William Frans who entered a considerable acreage of gov- ernment land, much of which is still owned by his descendants, Mrs. Dalton owning 59 acres of the original Frans land.


The children born to Jacob G. and Mary E. Bowlin are: George W. born Dec. 29, 1859, died Aug. 25, 1909; Nancy E., born Feb. 5, 1862, died in infancy ; Albert C., born June 26, 1864; Mary E., born Aug. 15, 1867; Lillie A., born Oct. 15, 1868, died July 8, 1898 ; married a Phelps; Lulu M., wife of Marion Phelps, Blue Springs, Mo., born Oct. 8, 1871; Mrs. Ella J. Turner, on a farm one mile east of the Dalton place, born May 14, 1873; Mrs. Agnes E. Ward, born April 8, 1875, Huntsville, Mo .; Nora, on the home place, born July 18, 1877; Sarah Emma, born Dec. 2, 1879; Leslie M., born June 17 1883, died in infancy ; Jacob Bowlin and his wife settled on the Frans land and there built their home and reared this large family. At the time of his death, Mr. Bowlin owned 1,100 acres of good farm land and was accounted one of the wealthiest citizens of Jackson County.


After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Gillam Dalton lived on rented land for some years and on April 28, 1892, they purchased their present place upon which they have placed all of the improvements. Their combined ownership of land will exceed 324 acres.


Mr. Dalton is a Democrat and the family are members of the Baptist church. Mr. and Mrs. Dalton have many warm friends among the old families of Jackson County and are prominent in the county.


Morton Perrin .- The late Mortin Perrin, of Fort Osage township, was a citizen of worth in the community. He was industrious, planned for the future, and at the time of his death, was developing a fine home- stead. The Perrin home is now one of the most attractive in Jackson County. Its location, at the head of a long slope, is ideal. The driveway to the residence is flanked by rows of walnut trees, five rows on each side of the lane, with clusters of hard wood or sugar maples which were planted by Mr. Perrin in 1876. The trees have grown to be tall and imposing and excite the wonder and admiration of travelers along the Lexington road.


Morton Perrin was born in 1845 and died in 1886. He was a native of Platte County, Mo., and was a son of Aytchmonde Lane and Julia (Morton) Perrin, who were natives of Crab Orchard, Ky. They were among the early pioneers of Platte County and there established a home and reared their family. Morton Perrin received a good education and was known


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as a well read man. During the War of the States he went to Montana and remained in the West until the close of the conflict. After his mar- riage, in 1875, he settled on what is now known as the Perrin place, but which he called "Valley View." This farm, a splendid property, consists of 290 acres and is one of the best in this section of Missouri.


Mr. Perrin was married to Miss Anna Chiles who was born in 1852, on the Frank Chiles homestead in Fort Osage township. She was a daugh- ter of Joel Franklin and Azubah (Skinner) Chiles, who were pioneer resi- dents of Jackson County. Full details of the history of the Chiles family in Missouri are given in this volume. Three children were born to this marriage: Aythchomonde Lane, Mary Margaret and Julia. Julia, the youngest, died in California where her parents had gone for the benefit of Mr. Perrin's health. Aythchomonde Lane Perrin resides in Osage County, Missouri. He married Georgia Robinson, and has one child, Mary Anna. Mary is the wife of Raymond Walker, and resides on the Perrin home place.


Mr. Perrin was a Democrat but took little active part in political mat- ters. Outside of his family circle he was most devoted to his church and Sunday school. From early manhood, he filled the post of deacon in the Christian church and was always active in furthering the church and Sunday school affairs. Although deeply religious and unusually moral, his was a cheerful, sunny disposition. One of his mottoes was, "It is better to wear out than to rust out," and while always physicaly rather frail, he consistenly lived up to this until the end.


Samuel Hamilton Chiles, president of the Farmers Bank of Buckner, former marshal of Jackson County, successful farmer and stock man, and member of an old and prominent pioneer family of Jackson County, now living retired in Buckner, Mo., was born on the Chiles homestead in the vicinity of Six Mile Baptist church Dec. 25, 1844.


Col. James Chiles, his father, was a native of Boyle County, Ky. During the Florida War he commanded a regiment of United States soldiers. While engaged in battle with the Seminoles during this war he was severely wounded and suffered from his wounds during the re- mainder of his life. He was married in Kentucky to Miss Ruth Hamilton, born in Clark County, Ky., a daughter of Andrew Hamilton. She died in Fort Osage township, in 1870, leaving children as follows: Mrs. Mary Erwin; Lt. Henry Chiles, veteran of the Mexican War; Elijah, who served in Colonel Doniphan's regiment during the Mexican War; Cornelius; James ; Croitia Ann; Mrs. Ruth Phelps; Mrs. Isabella Shortridge: Mrs.


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Susan Black; William, and Samuel H. of this review, the only survivor of the family. Col. James Chiles came to Jackson County, in 1832 and set- tled upon a large estate in Fort Osage township. He entered government land and purchased land which he developed with the labor of negro slaves whom he brought from Kentucky. He became prominent in Missouri and represented Jackson County in the State Legislature for several terms, serving one term as speaker of the House of Representatives. Col. Chiles removed to Gayson County, Texas during the Civil War, returning to this county after the close of the war. He died in March, 1883.


Samuel H. Chiles, of this review, enlisted in May, 1861, as a private soldier under Gen. Joe Shelby in Co. E, Second Missouri Cavalry and served for one year in this command. During the latter three years of the war he served with the Second Missouri Artillery. He took an active part in the following engagements: Rock Creek, Mo., Cowskin River, Mo., Lexington, Mo., Wilson's Creek, Pea Ridge, Ark., Prairie Grove and a number of skirmishes and Churchill's winter quarters on White River. He took part in General Price's retreat southward from Missouri, a retreat which was beset with continuous fighting. Another engagement was at Catfish Point, where they fought with the Federal gunboats on the Missis- sippi River above Gaines Landing, the next fight being at Gaines Landing. His last fight was at Jenkins Ferry, Ark., April 2, 1864. In this battle he was wounded in the right arm, taken prisoner, and confined in the govern- ment prison at Rock Island, Ill. He was exchanged and paroled and at the time of the regiment's surrender he went to Texas and joined his father, returning with the family to Jackson County in 1865. For the next two years he lived on the home place of the family. He then located on his present farm situated on the Santa Fe trail in Fort Osage township where he has a splendid farm of 320 acres. Mr. Chiles has bought and sold hundreds of acres of Jackson County farm land during his active years. In 1903, during the great flood Mr. Chiles suffered the loss of 1,200 acres of land which were obliterated by the flood waters of the Mis- souri River. In February of 1919 he removed to Buckner and purchased a handsome home in the north part of the town.


July 5, 1866, S. H. Chiles was married to Martha Steele Hughes, who was born in 1846 in Gallatin County, Ky., a daughter of William and Martha (Steele) Hughes. This marriage was blessed with ten children: Mrs. Mattie Hifner, near Lees Summit; Neal, a farmer living southeast of Buckner; H. W., deceased; Mrs. Anna Roth, of near Carter, Mo .; Mrs. Mary King, living near Cockrell, Mo .; Mrs. Emily S. Stapp, of Hardin,


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Mo .; Mrs. Ruth Van Allen, Cole Camp, Mo .; Carl B., Kansas City, Mo .; Chelsea, Kansas City; James, Sibley, Mo.


Mr. Chiles is a Democrat who has always taken an active part in the affairs of his party in Missouri. From 1896 to 1900 he was marshal of Jackson County. He has served as president of the Farmers Bank of Buckner for several years and was the first president of the Bank of Levasy, Mo.


Since 1872, Mr. Chiles has been a breeder of fox hounds and always has some fine animals at his home and on his place. He is a lover of the chase who has never grown too old to enjoy hunting and chasing the elusive fox.


Joel Franklin Chiles, late of Fort Osage township, a successful farmer and stockman, was a member of one of the most prominent pioneer fam- ilies in Jackson County, members of which have occupied high places in Jackson County for over 80 years. He was born on the old Chiles home- stead in Fort Osage township, July 18, 1848 and died Feb. 1, 1915. His father was Joel Franklin Chiles, who settled in Jackson County in 1831, reared a large family and accumulated a considerable estate. A sketch of the father appears in this volume.


Joel F. Chiles was reared to young manhood in Jackson County and received a good education in William Jewell College, Liberty, Mo. He became a farmer like his ancestors for generations and kept alive the traditions of the family by making a success of his life vocation. He farmed on his own account for several years on the Chiles home place in partnership with Caldwell Chiles, and in 1881 he purchased 160 acres of the old Joseph St. Clair farm where his family still resides. This farm was improved with a large brick house which Mr. Chiles remodeled and made into a comfortable and imposing home. He was one of the first breeders of pure bred Galaway cattle in the county and produced this breed of cattle for a number of years. In the course of years of good management, Mr. Chiles increased his acreage to 360 acres, 80 acres of which he later sold. The home farm now consists of 280 acres. In addi- tion to this the Chiles holdings embrace 80 acres in the Buckner bottoms and 236 acres in the Missouri River bottoms, all of which is located in Fort Osage township.


In 1881. Joel Franklin Chiles and Miss Lucy Thornton, a southern lady, were united in marriage. The children born to this marriage are: Elizabeth; P. C. Caldwell; Anna Azuba, born Dec. 31, 1885 and died in 1887; Margaret; Thornton; Franklin; Wallace and Mary Sue. Elizabeth


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is a graduate of the Baptist College, Lexington, Mo., married Vernon Mason and resides on the Chiles home place. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Mason, Lucy Vernon, who died in 1916, and Mary Margaret, aged one year. P. Caldwell Chiles was educated at William Jewell College and is living on a part of the old Chiles homestead. He married Olive Harrold, a former teacher, and has one daughter, Lutie Thornton, aged eight years. Mr. Chiles is a Mason. Margaret Chiles is at home with her mother. She attended the Kidd-Kee College, Sherman, Texas. Thornton Chiles is at home. He pursued a course at the Iowa State Agricultural College. He was inducted into the National army in 1918 and trained for six weeks at Camp Funston. Franklin Chiles is at home, studied at the Independence high school. Mary Sue Chiles is a student in the Eastern College, Manassas, Va.


Wallace Chiles, the soldier of the family, was born June 23, 1893, and was educated at Maryville, Tenn., and the State University at Columbia, Mo. He enlisted in the National Army in May, 1917, and was sent to El Paso, Texas, where he became a member of the Medical Corps. He left for overseas services in France, Sept. 9, 1917, and served with Base Hos- pital Section No. 1, located at St. Nazaire, as first sergeant in charge of a hospital supplies warehouse. He arrived home Sept. 6, 1919. Ma. Chiles is a Mason.


The mother of the foregoing children was born in Woodford County, Ky., April 8, 1857. She is a daughter of James and Sophia Elizabeth (Kidd) Thornton, the former of whom was born on site of Louisville, and the latter in Fayette County. James Thornton was born in 1800 and died in 1871. He was a son of James Thornton, a native of Culpeper County, Va., who became a pioneer settler in Kentucky and owned the site of the city of Louisville. He later settled on Bear Creek in Woodford County, purchasing land from Mr. Bullock. James, the elder, married a Miss Hawkins, whose mother was Sallie Strother, a sister of Susan Strother Taylor, mother of Gen. Zachary Taylor, who became president of the United States. Sophia Elizabeth (Kidd) Thornton was born in 1827 and died in 1895. She was the youngest daughter of Walker and Martha (Price) Kidd, of Caroline County, Va. To James and Sophia Thornton were born three children: Mrs. Z. T. Walker of Versailles, Ky .; J. M. Thornton, who died in Woodford County, Ky., November, 1914; and Mrs. Joel Franklin Chiles, of this review. Mrs. Chiles studied in the Baptist Col- lege in Lexington, Ky. Her first visit to Jackson County was in 1880, and she was married the following year.


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Mr. Chiles was a Democrat but took little active interest in political matters. His first thought in life was for his wife and family, for whom he cherished the fondest feeling. His next regard was for his church and he was an active church man during his entire matured life. For 35 years he served as clerk of Six Mile Baptist Church and lived his life ac- cording to the teachings of his religious belief. He was a man universally respected by all who knew him.


Alexander Eckles .- For 66 years Alexander Eckles, of Buckner, Mo., has resided upon his fine farm in Fort Osage township. He was born on this farm, reared there, and has reared his family on the place. William Conner entered the land in the early thirties and four generations of the same family have lived here. It consists of 256 acres, a part of which is the old Conner estate.


Mr. Eckles was born Nov. 15, 1853 and is a son of Robert C. Eckles who was born in Georgetown, Ky., in 1801 and died in Jackson County in 1875. He came to Jackson County in 1832, and in 1852 he married Jane Douglas Conner who was born in Kentucky in 1817 and died in 1872. She was a daughter of Thomas Douglas who came to Jackson County in 1833. She was first married to William Conner who entered the land comprising a part of the Eckles farm. Two children were born to this marriage: William Conner who enlisted in the Confederate army for service in the Civil War at the age of 17 years and died while in the service; Myra died in childhood. Alexander Eckles was the only child of his parents. He was educated in the common schools and William Jewell College and came into possession of the home farm through inheritance from his mother. He resided on the place until 1916 and then went to Buckner where he erected one of the handsomest homes in the town. Although, ostensibly, retired from active farm work Mr. Eckles mades the trip to his farm, practically every day, the shortage of farm labor having been such as to require his assistance during the past few years.


Mr. Eckles was married in 1880 to Miss Susan Hamilton, who was born on an adjoining farm in Jackson County, Feb. 19, 1854. She was a daughter of Christopher and Amanda (Thompson) Hamilton, natives of Kentucky, who were pioneer settlers in Jackson County. Christopher Hamilton was a soldier in the Mexican War, serving in Col. Doniphan's regiment. In 1849 he crossed the plains and mountains to California ac- companied by his negro helper and remained for several months. He was a son of Samuel Montgomery Hamilton, a pioneer. Christopher Hamilton died March 6, 1866. Amanda, his wife, was born in 1822 and died in


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1902. They had a large family of children, only three of whom are living : Mrs. Susan Eckles; William Hamilton, Buckner, Mo .; Lee, living one mile north of Buckner. One son was born to Alexander and Susan Eckles, Rob- ert Gilbert Eckles, born April 15, 1881, married Nell Parker of Warrens- burg, and they have two children: Parker, born Dec. 7, 1907, and Hollis, born Nov. 2, 1910.


Mr. Eckles is a Democrat and is a member of the Baptist church. He is mayor of Buckner having been elected in April, 1919. Since 1877 he has been a member of the Buckner Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and is one of the substantial and well respected citizens of Buck- ner and the vicinity. Mrs. Eckles is a member of the Eastern Star lodge.


Joseph Augustus Ucker, late prominent resident of Fort Osage town- ship, who built up a fine farm in the Six Mile neighborhood, was born Aug. 19, 1844 and died Nov. 15, 1910. He was born near Logan, Hocking County, Ohio, and came of a prominent Hocking County family. He was a son of George and Theresa (Koble) Ucker, the former a native of Baden- Baden, Germany and the latter of Alsace-Lorraine. Mr. Ucker was reared in Hocking County, and made his first trip to the west in 1868, locating in Cooper County, Mo., where he remained for two years and came to Jack- son County in 1870.




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