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Chariton silt loam, second bottom, 10 per cent. This lies on the north side of Blackwater in the northeast corner of the county and is the largest area of this second bottom soil in the county.
Bates silt loam, dark gray-brown soil, 10 per cent. This lies scat- tered over the south two-fifths of the township.
Osage silt loam, ordinary bottom, 30 per cent. This lies in strips of one-eighth to two miles wide along Blackwater and one-quarter to half a mile wide along Walnut creek.
Of the foregoing, the Summit silt loam is ranked as one of the best upland soils in the county, with the Bates silt loam next. The Chariton silt loam occurs in such small amounts in the county that it appears not to have been ranked by the soil survey. Apparently, however, from the descriptive matter it was ranked with or above the Summit silt loam.
For further soil details see chapters in this book on Agriculture and Soils.
Early Settlements .- The permanent settlement of this section of Johnson county began about 1830. although there were a few here prior to that time. John Leeper. William Cheek and William Marshall came here between 1828 and 1830. William Marshall settled here in 1830 and it is probable that John Leeper came here in 1828. although if he did so he did not make permanent settlement that year. He was a hunter and had a cabin on Walnut creek probably as early as 1828. but did not make his home here until a year or so later.
William Thornton, a native of Virginia, came here in 1830 and Thomas Marshall, also a Virginian, settled here in 1832. Charles Thornton and his son-in-law, Larkin Hocker, settled in this township in 1835. They brought slaves with them and were well to do.
Charles M. Oglesby came here from Kentucky in 1834. His native state was Virginia, where he was born, August 17, 1801. He died here September 23. 1861, and was one of the respected pioneers of Grover township. Charles M. Oglesby's mother-in-law. Mrs. Jane Gilbert, came here with Mr. Oglesby's family and was one of the honored pioneer women of this section. She died in 1836. Talton W. Oglesby came here in 1834 and entered land.
William Gillum came about 1834.
Jacob Cox located in what is now Grover township in March, 1833. He was a Virginian and came here from Cooper county, to which place he had moved in 1831. He was married here January 13. 1845. to
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Melinda Senior. He was a blacksmith and brought a blacksmithing outfit with him and opened a shop here which is said to have been the first blacksmith shop within a radius of fifty miles. At that time Salt Fork in Saline county was the nearest grist mill. This was forty miles distant.
James Rothwell came here in the fall of 1839. He was a Virginian and spent the remainder of his life here where he was a useful citizen and became very well to do. Another pioneer who came here among the first was a Mr. Lewis, who came from Saline county in 1829. He entered land from the government but his wife soon afterward became dissatisfied with the country of howling wolves, deer and Indians, and they sold their farm to William Cheek, taking in exchange for it a cow.
Early Physicians .- Dr. Grandison Thornton, son of Charles Thorn- ton, was perhaps the first physician in this section. He also kept a small drug store at an early day. He left here during the Civil War and died near Fort Scott, Kansas, while on his way to the southern part of Missouri.
Dr. B. F. Dunkley settled here in 1846 and is numbered among the early-day physicians. His practice extended over a large scope of sparsely settled country at a time when travel was difficult, there being no roads. He frequently drove an entire day to visit a single patient and make the return trip. Speaking of his practice and the condition of the country in the early days, Doctor Dunkley is quoted as saying: "I found malarial fever very prevalent, from the simplest chill to the most violent congestive forms of fever. As the country settled up. malarial fever became milder. I used to keep two good horses, fat and in trim, for the malarial season, which generally began with August and lasted through September and October. I would ride to see my patients on one side. of the creek one day and visit those on the other side the next day." Doctor Dunkley was a capable physician, a good citizen, and became very well to do.
The first wagon road laid out in the township was from Knob Noster to Kirkpatrick's mill in 1852.
Postoffice .- The first postoffice was established near the Pettis county line and part of the time was kept in the adjoining county. It was known as Bee Branch, named from a little creek nearby and Benja- min Prigmore was the first postmaster. The first postal route, was
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secured through the influence of Dr. B. F. Dunkley, from Georgetown to Lexington. In 1858 the postoffice was changed to Dunksburg, later it was changed to Siegel. However, that name never became popular and it was known as Dunksburg.
Dr. B. F. Dunkley was the second postmaster, and other early postmasters were L. S. Taylor. John Carmach. Joseph Bobbitt and James Bobbitt.
Dunksburg is the only village in Grover township. It is located on the Pettis county line on section 1. Doctor Dunkley opened a store here in 1858 and the village was named for him.
Early Churches .- Like other sections of Johnson county, the cause of religion was given early attention in the pioneer days.
Mount Zion Church of Christ was the first religious society estab- lished in the township. It was organized May 31, 1840, with the fol- lowing members: Charles Thornton, George Thornton, James W. Jones .. Grandison Thornton, Larkin Hocker, Mary Thornton, Martha G. Thorn- ton, Amanda W. Huff, Eliza Jane Hocker, Theodocia Thornton, Nancy L. Thornton, Lucy B. Fugua, Ann Eastham, Sarah Eastham, Nancy Vigus, Margaret Jones and Elizabeth Tebbs. Colored members of this organization were: Charles Thornton's Andrew Shepherd and James W. Jones' Joseph. The church was organized at the residence of L. Hocker and for several years services were held in private residences and in the groves. Thomas Mulkey was the first pastor and he visited the congregation monthly. The first church which this congregation erected was a log structure eighteen by twenty feet. As early as 1845. this church had a membership of one hundred. About 1850. the old log church became dilapidated and a suitable frame building was erected. This building was replaced in 1859 by a more commodious structure. Among some of the early pastors of this denomination, who filled the pulpit here were. Thomas Mulkey. Dr. Thomas McBride. Duke Young, Elder Price. Allen Wright, Thomas Hancock, James Randall. Joseph Wright, C. A. Hedrick. B. C. Stephens and Samuel McDaniel.
Calvary Methodist Episcopal church in Dunksburg was built in the fall of 1873 and was dedicated by J. K. Tuttle. Rev. T. S. Benfield organized the church with the following membership: John Current. Martha Current, S. A. Current, Annie A. Current, Albert Current. . \. L. Porter, J. S. Porter, Ruth Porter, S. P. Porter, Nannie E. Porter, Lou E. Carter, Lewis Hayworth, Elizabeth Hayworth. J. P. Hughes.
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Mollie Hughes, Mattie Hughes, William Hughes, Noah Briles, Mary Briles, Martha Briles, Ann Lear, Mary Lear. Robert Lear. W. W. Sit- ton, Jane Sitton, Philip Wheeler, Frances Wheeler. Sarah Wheeler, Riley Wheeler, James Taylor, L. T. Current, Sallie Current. Delia Cur- rent and A. M. Current. In 1874 a Sunday school was organized at Calvary church with Lewis Hayworth, superintendent. Among the early pastors who served this church were: T. S. Benfield. J. S. Porter, J. M. Kelly, S. Jones, J. C. W. Jones and S. Ing.
Union Chapel, Methodist Episcopal church was organized in 1870 by Rev. Stanford Ing. The church was built in 1876 and dedicated four years later by Rev. J. N. Pierce. Among the early pastors here were Stanford Ing, P. S. Benefield, J. S. Porter, S. W. Jones, C. J. W. Jones and the first members were A. Fisher, Martha Fisher, D. T. Fisher, Polly A. Fisher, Nathan Fisher, Elizabeth Fisher. John Maddox. Mahala Maddox, H. Brant and Lydia Brant.
The German Baptist or Dunkard church was located on section 32. a large brick structure. .
Early Cemeteries .- There are numerous cemeteries in Grover township. Tebbs' cemetery is located in the western part of the town- ship. John M. Tebbs was the first to be buried here. March 4, 1848 Hocker cemetery is located on what was the old Hocker farm. The first person buried here was Harrison Hocker, May 1, 1840, and the second was Thomas Huff. Robinson cemetery is located in the southern part of the township near Walnut creek and is located on an eminence or knoll. Joseph Robinson selected this spot for a burial ground and his remains were laid to rest here in 1839. "Old Dick," a colored slave who lived to be a hundred years old, also sleeps beneath the stars here.
Oglesby cemetery is a small burial ground and the graves herein are mostly those of the family whose name the cemetery bears. Swope cemetery is another small burying ground. Marshall cemetery is located east of Walnut creek. There are several graves here, the first one being that of Mrs. William Cheek, who was buried about 1840.
Mount Zion cemetery, which was laid out in close proximity to Mount Zion church, was used mostly for members of that denomination. The cemetery was opened coincident with the building of the church. Wampler cemetery was quite a large burying ground and is located in the western part of the township. The child of Isaac McCoy was the first to be buried here.
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Payne cemetery bears the name of the original owner of the land where it is located. Miss Martha Grice was the first to be interred here in 1857. The Rothwell cemetery is a family burying ground located on section 10. The infant son of J. C. Rothwell was the first to be buried here in 1854.
Early Schools .- The early schools of Grover township were not unlike other pioneer settlements, the first schools were of the "sub- scription" type. Highland school was the first to be built. The build- ing was a little log hut which stood on an elevation. Later, another log cabin was built in the western part of the township. Then a school house was built on Blackwater which was known as the Lowland school. Other school districts were organized and school buildings of a better type were erected from time to time, and kept pace with the general development of education.
Teachers .- Early teachers were poorly paid, although many of them possessed qualifications far beyond the measure of pay which they received. Among the early teachers were. Mary Wingfield, Mary A. Ferrell, Jesse Trapp, Frank Payne, A. B. Harrison, L. Delihonte. George Furs, Andrew Ramsey. Lucy Tate. Rev. M. Scruggs. Doc Moore, .I. Featherman, J. Rogers, Miss L. D. Hull. Thomas Jones, N. Lowrey William Bothwell. J. Sparrowhawk, L. Hocker, Jr., J. P. Walker, R. W. Wade, Mary Hocker. J. F. Robinson, Joe Wheeler, J. C. Wheeler. H. F. Triplett. Jennie Stringfield. R. S. Tyler, L. D. Wilson, Amanda Wheeler, Thomas J. Wheeler, Mrs. E. D. McCormack, James W. Selby. J. Buckmaster. D. Burch. W. H. James, David Goode. F. Martin. G. W. Couch. two terms: A. J. Sparks. S. N. Wheeler. Dolly Stringfield. Jenny Leake. W. S. Wheeler, Alice Langston. W. L. Nelson, Henry Park. Joseph Terrington, Miss Mercer, Mrs. Lesh, W. L. Dixon. C. M. McGirk. Mary Budd. I. F. Tanner, Miss Josie Shryack, T. P. Reid. J. W. Branch, William Ploger, T. J. Wheeler, S. Flory, Erastus Porter. Mrs. S. Bobbitt, J. R. Wade. R. A. S. Wade, William Park, Henry Park. Miss McFarland. R. Ward, E. Ross, W. Bobbitt. Mrs. Sislef, and Miss Julia Lutz.
Official Records, Statistics, Justices .- The justices of the peace of Grover township, as far back as the records go, with the dates of their election, are: 1870, Anthony Fisher; 1878. C. G. Oglesby, Johnson Wheeler: 1882. J. W. Rowlett. J. M. Harter: 1886, George Amick, G. W. Harter: 1890, John Dittmer. Nathan Fisher: 1894, John Dittmer.
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J. M. Kinman ; 1898, W. H. Petering, J. M. Kinman ; 1902, W. H. Peter- ing. J. M. Kinman : 1906, J. E. Foster, D. A. Borgstadt ; 1908, Fred W. Tebbencamp: 1910, Fred W. Tebbencamp, J. E. Foster; 1914, Fred W. Tebbencamp, J. E. Foster.
No county officers were elected from this township since 1882.
Personal Property, Products .- Agriculture and personal property statistics for Grover township, as given by Missouri State Reports for 1877, and Johnson county assessors' lists for 1896 and 1916, are :
1877
1877
1896
1916
Wheat, bushels
50,548
Horses
669
856
720
Corn, bushels
223,680
Mules
250
333
310
Oats, bushels
9,263
Cattle
1,365
1,177
1,579
Barley. bushels
none
Sheep
1,050
482
134
Rye, bushels
532
Hogs
3,433
2,643
2,060
Tobacco, pounds
6,064
Asses
none
111/2
5
Wool, pounds
2,621
Hay, tons
801
Molasses, gallons
2,775
Wine, gallons
100
1896
1916
Notes and money
$27,180
$ 37.485
Other personalty
13,607
18,965
All personalty
95,180
132,015
Road Improvements .-- County road improvements made by the township, since this system was established in 1911, were up to Janu- ary 1, 1918, twenty-four in number and aggregated $1,515, furnished by the citizens of the township, and $1.350 furnished by the county. In amount of this work Grover ranks first among the townships of the county.
Population .- Population of Grover township, by United States Census, was:
White.
-1870 --- Colored. Total.
1880
1890
1900
1910
1,204
29
1,233
1,188
1,026
1,060
1.004
Organizations .- Complete list of all organizations in the township. Details of all these are in this book in chapters on the separate organi- zations.
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Churches-Christian, Mt. Zion: Cumberland Presbyterian, Bethel : German Lutheran : German Lutheran, Dunksburg.
Fraternal Organizations-Modern Woodmen. Dunksburg: Royal Neighbors, Dunksburg.
Miscellaneous-Farmers Club : Homemakers Club, Hepsidam.
Total number of organizations in township is eight.
There is one village. Dunksburg, in the township, and also a store at the German Lutheran church.
See chapters on Organizations and Families for much township his- tory.
CHAPTER XXIII .- ROSE HILL TOWNSHIP.
LOCATION, ORGANIZATION, NAMING-GEOGRAPHY-SOILS-EARLY SETTLEMENTS -FIRST MILLS-FIRST ENTERPRISES-FIRST SETTLEMENT-FIRST POST- OFFICE -EARLY TOWNS-EARLY CHURCHES -EARLY CEMETERIES - EARLY SCHOOLS-JUSTICES-COUNTY OFFICERS-POPULATION-PERSONAL PROPERTY AND PRODUCTS -COUNTY ROAD IMPROVEMENTS - ORGANIZA- TIONS.
Rose Hill township, located in the southwestern corner of Johnson county, was originally a part of Madison township when that subdivision was organized in 1835 and subsequently was part of Chilliowee town- ship, and was organized August 17, 1869, from Chilhowee township. It was named from Rose Hill village, and the village is said to have been named from the abundance of wild roses that grew on the little hillsides of what came to be called Rose hill, and greeted the first set- tlers in the spring of 1832. In 1842 the town was laid out by Garrett J. Wood and named Rose Hill.
Geography .- Area, about 72 square miles, or 46,080 acres. Geo- graphically, Rose Hill township is intersected by Big creek running from the northwest corner to the southeast corner and by Bear creek, a tributary of Big creek, running south on the east side.
Soils .- According to the Department of Agriculture's Soil Sur- vey of 1914, the bulk of the township is composed of a good body of "black limestone" soil (Summit silt loam), draining to these creeks, with some patches of a square mile or more of "mulatto" soil (Pettis silt loam) and "red limestone" soil ( Crawford silt loam) in the southwest half of the township.
In detail, these soils are:
Summit silt loam, upland, comprises about 321/2 square miles or 45 per cent. of the township, and is found in a large body between the two creeks and elsewhere in patches all over the township.
Bates silt loam, upland, dark, gray-brown soil, about 714 square miles or 10 per cent. of the township. This lies chiefly in irregu- lar strips one-eighth to one-quarter mile wide immediately adjoining the Boone silt loan along Bear creek and Big creek, north of Latour.
Crawford silt loam, upland, about five square miles or 7 per cent.
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This lies in irregular patches over the south three-fourths of the town- ship. The largest areas are of about one square mile ; one lies encircling old Rose Hill on the southwest and about one-quarter mile from it (one mile east of Latour) ; the other lies about one mile east and one mile north of the southwest corner of the county.
Boone silt loam, upland, sandy soil, about five square miles or 7 per cent. It lies in one-eighth to half a mile wide strips along most of Bear creek bottom and the bottom of the east branch of Big creek.
Pettis silt loam, upland, about two square miles or 3 per cent. This lies in a patch about one mile wide and nearly three miles long, begin- ning about three-quarters of a mile east and one-eighth mile north of the southwest corner of the township, and extending east about two miles and thence northeast one mile.
Osage silt loam, the common bottom soil, about nine and a quarter square miles or 13 per cent. This lies chiefly immediately along the two creeks.
Osage silty clay loam, bottom soil, about five square miles; has less silt and sand and more clay than the Osage silt loam; lies lower, farther from the creek, and is not so well drained : 7 per cent. This lies chiefly in an irregular body about one mile wide and five miles long along the south side of the Frisco railroad beginning about one and a half miles northwest of Quick City and extending southeast. Another patch about half a mile wide extends from about a quarter of a mile east of Latour, south for about two miles.
Osage clay, bottom soil, about three square miles or 4 per cent .; has less silt and sand and still more clay than the Osage silty clay loam, lies lower and next to the upland. The chief body of this extends from the upland or second bottom to Big creek stream, is about one and a half miles long and lies immediately northwest and upstream from the main body of the Osage silty clay loam, just before described north- west of Quick City.
Chariton silt loam, second bottom, about three square miles or 4 per cent. The chief body of this lies in an irregular strip, about one-quarter to half a mile wide just southwest of the Osage clay just described, and is about two miles long. Quick City is also on an irregu- lar shaped patch of this soil, and there are other small patches on Bear creek and Big creek.
Of the foregoing soils, the Summit silt loam. Crawford silt loam
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and Pettis silt loam, are ranked as the best three common upland soils in the county, with the Bates silt loam next.
For further soil details, see chapters on Agriculture and Soils.
Early Settlements .- The first settlements made in what is now Rose Hill township were in 1832. There were two distinct settle- ments made in this vicinity at about the same time, one of which was known as the Rose Hill settlement and the other the Bear Creek settle- ment.
The following is said to be a complete list of all the settlers before 1850. Some names are doubtless misspelled :
Among the early settlers here were Nicholas Turner, Col. Henry McCarty and sons, Hiram Helm, Jonas Turner, Daniel Quick, Mr. Brumfield, Chesley Quinlan, John, George and James Bradshaw, Wat- son Lynch, Obadiah, James and O. W. Strange, Frank and Richard Jackson, Aikin, William, Nicholas and John Doak, J. G. Cocke, George Burnett, Isaac A. Hanna, William Bigham, Samuel Reid, Arch. Beard, Richard Anderson, John S. Anderson, James Dolan, John Scaggs, Daniel Scaggs, and Joseph Scaggs, their father; Albert Hall, William Hill, Moses, William and Morris Hodges, John Hunt, Samuel Hunt, George Hammer, Ike Dunaway, James Ross, John Oldham, James Oldham, Henry Gray, Smith and William Phroffit, William Horner, Thomas Anderson, R. Scott, Judge Umstadt, Garrett J. Wood, Letch Brooks, Sidney and Leonard Scott, Daniel Fisher, Benjamin Derrit, Ike Hines, Squire Thompson, Berry Summers, Hansel Green, William Crattic, Jesse Dixon, Martin Foster, Perry Foster, James Cox, Squire John Baker, Peter and Wilson A. Campbell, Coleman F. Shamlin, John and Watson Ham, William Payne, Squire Ashby, George Gilliland, Sloan, Jones and Kavanaugh Gilliland, Berry Strange, Maj. William Wood, Alfred White, Benjamin McVey, Elder Abraham Stout, William T. Hulse, John and Martin Orr, Julius. David, James, Garrett and Wilson Daven- port, Z. Moore, Daniel Ramey, John Priestly, Marion, Hannah and John Bailey, Harry and Nat Baker, and Elijah Gates. In 1854, C. L. Farnsworth came from Tennessee, where he was born May 1, 1829. Henry Pemberton, a Virginian, came here in 1843. He had several sons, viz: Jerome B., L. W., William A., Thomas H. and John H. James Harris, from Tennessee, was also an early settler.
First Mills .- The first mill within the present borders of what
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is now Rose Hill township, was owned by Enoch Fedit and located on Scaly Bark creek. This was a horse mill. Welcome Scott built the first water-power mill. This was located in the western part of the township. John Baker purchased this mill from its owner in 1849. The mill stood near the old bridge which crossed Big creek about a mile west of old Rose Hill. The mill and the bridge were both burned by the militia in the Civil War.
First Enterprises .- Arch H. Gilkerson operated a carding machine here at an early day and John Tygert kept a distillery and furnished the old settlers with their whiskey without the intervention of the middleman. James Bones was the first blacksmith in the vicinity.
First Settlement .- The old town or Rose Hill, which was one of the first settlements in this section, was laid out by Garrett J. Wood, who was also one of the first business men in the place. The little town grew and prospered until the Civil War. Farmers came from a radius of many miles here to mill and also to do their shopping. After the war the Pacific railroad was built through Holden, and the rapid development of that new railroad town drew the trade from the southwestern part of the county and from Rose Hill. In 1881 there were only J. D. Plum, mer- hcant ; Henry Fort, blacksmith, and J. A. Haller, physician. It is now the site of an excellent school and church, but no business buildings are there at all.
First Postoffice .- The first postoffice within the present borders of Rose Hill township was established about 1840 under the official title of Big Creek. In 1860, the name was changed to Rose Hill and the first office was kept on Scaly Bark creek and Garrett J. Wood was the first postmaster. Other early-day postmasters were Henry F. Baker, N. Baker, E. R. Ashby, Dr. Charles Thornton, George Hodges, Lon Hunt, W. M. Shepherd, James O. George and Mrs. Etta Plum.
Early Towns .- Rose Hill bears the distinction of having three rail- roads, the Missouri, Kansas & Texas: Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific; and the St. Louis & San Francisco railroad. The Missouri, Kansas & Texas was built across the northwestern corner of the township in 1872. The Rock Island, which was constructed under the name of the St. Louis, Kansas City & Colorado railroad, was built in 1905. It enters the town- ship on the eastern side and runs in a northwesterly direction and out of the township about a mile east of the northwestern corner. The St.
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Louis & San Francisco railroad enters the township near the south- eastern corner and runs in a northwesterly direction, into Cass county about three miles south of the northwestern corner of the township. It was built in 1885.
When the Missouri, Kansas & Texas road was built a little town was started on this line in section 35, in the northwestern part of the county. The town was named Benton City and the postoffice was named McClurg in honor of ex-Governor McClurg. It had several stores, but in a few years was abandoned.
When the Rock Island railroad was constructed, the town of Med- ford was established on this line on section 34, township 45, and range 28. This town was platted by M. R. Snyder and the original plat recorded January 31, 1905.
Latour, a prosperous village on the St. Louis & San Francisco railroad, was laid out when that road was built in 1885. This town is located on section 3, township 44, range 29. The original site was owned by Howard and Emily Stitt and the town plat was recorded July 21, 1885. Latour is a prosperous village with one bank, good school, church and several stores.
Quick City, another station on the St. Louis & San Francisco railroad, located about a mile from the Henry county line, south of the center of the township, was platted by Morris Quick, from whom it takes its name and the plat was recorded February 3, 1886. It has a postoffice, store, school house, two churches and several residences.
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