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JOHN E. BASCOM,
P. O. Lexington, Mo. Was born in Brown county, Ohio, April 7, 1818, where he lived until fifteen years old on a farm and was educated at Augusta College, Kentucky. From 1837 to 1847 he was engaged in merchandising in different towns in Kentucky. In 1847 he came to Mis- souri and located in Lexington, this county, and engaged in the drug busi- ness, which he continued to carry on until 1864, having accumulated a handsome competency. In 1866 to 1868 he was deputy sheriff and col- lector of Lafayette county. Since then he has been engaged in farming.
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In 1844 he was married to Miss Osee T. Chinn, of Mason county, Ky., by whom he has had four children, three living: Eli C., John L. and Henry B. Both he and his wife have been members of the Christian church for many years.
D. W. B. TEVIS,
P. O. Lexington, Mo. Was born in Boonville, Cooper county, Mo., Oct. 21, 1834, where he was reared on a farm and educated at the Masonic College, Lexington, Mo. In 1859 he set out to seek his fortune and landed at Lexington, this county, and went clerking in the drug store of Chapman & Horne, where he continued until 1864, when he bought out the firm and entered upon the business alone, which he has continued to the present time. He now carries a large stock of drugs, &c., and has a flourishing trade, and has a fine farm of 160 acres. He was twice county assessor, in 1862 and in 1864. In 1863 he married Miss Julia Waddell of Lexington. Has had four children-two living: Susan and Simeon J.
FAYETTE PATTERSON,
P. O. Lexington, Mo. Was born in Rochester, N. Y., Nov. 26, 1826, where he grew to manhood and was educated. His father being a brick- mason, he learned that trade under him. In 1847 he engaged with his father in merchandising at Tonawanda, near Niagara Falls, where he continued in business for ten years. In 1860 he came to St. Louis, where he remained four years speculating. In 1865 he came to Lexington, in this county, and entered into his present business, and for years has had a large and flourishing trade, selling goods to the amount of $75,000 per annum, and has made all he has by his own energy and good manage- ment. He has been an Odd Fellow for twenty-five years. He has been a church member since he was a small boy. In 1865 he was married to Miss Phœbe Johnson, of Schuyler county, N. Y., and has had four child- ren, three of them now living: Robert B, Mary E. and Oliver H.
COL. JOSEPH DAVIS,
P. O. Lexington, Missouri. The subject of this sketch has been promi- nent in this county for years, and is well known in the state. Was born in Surry county, North Carolina, May 5, 1819. The family is of Welsh descent-his great-grandfather, Mathew Davis, having emigrated to this country, direct from Wales. The father of the Colonel was also named Mathew, and was born in North Carolina. On the maternal side the family name was Fields, the maiden name of his mother being Polly Fields. Col. Davis was born on his father's plantation in North Carolina, but in his seventh year moved with his parents to Roane county, Tennessee-in 1834 to McMinn county-and in 1837 to Henry county, Missouri, where
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his father died in 1855-his mother died in 1843. Col. Davis was thus raised in three different states. His school education was limited-but close observation, and a happy faculty of applying his observation and experience, have in a great measure obviated his lack of scholastic educa- tion. The school of experience is after all the best school. In 1841 he was married to Miss Rebecca Nave, daughter of John and Elizabeth Nave, of Henry county, Missouri, and soon after began keeping the hotel in Clinton, Missouri, which he continued until 1855, and in the meantime, 1852-53, he was deputy receiver of lands, under Thomas Allison, which gave him the opportunity of extending his acquaintance to all parts of the state. When the war broke out, in 1861, he was still living in Clinton, and of course he espoused the cause of the south. He joined the M. S. G. under Gen. Price, in 1861, and after the fight at Boonville was commis- sioned quartermaster, with rank of major, on Price's staff. In 1862 he resigned and went to Fayetteville, Ark., where he had previously moved his family and slaves. From that time to the close of the war, he was burdened with the care of a large family, consisting of his own immediate family, the family of one married daughter, whose husband had been killed, of one sister-in-law whose husband was in the confederate army. His widowed mother-in-law was also with him, which, with a large num- ber of slaves, prevented his return to the army. The close of the war found him at Austin, Texas, his slaves gone, and with life to begin anew. In 1865 he returned to Missouri, and settled in this county upon a farm he had previously purchased, five miles southeast of Lexington, which has been his home ever since. He has never been a candidate for office, but has lived the life of a quiet and independent citizen upon his own farm. Col. and Mrs. Davis have had ten children: 3 sons and 7 daughters; only five of whom are now living, all daughters and all married. The widowed daughter, Mrs. Wamsley, whose husband was killed in the war, was re-married in 1868 to Dr. T. E. Owens, formerly of this county, now of Colorado. Another son-in-law, Firman Desloge, is one of the proprietors and the manager of the well known Desloge mines, at St. Joseph, Mis- souri. Another son-in-law, Z. B. Clardy, is prosecuting attorney of St. Francois county, Missouri, and another, Mr. Mc Williams, is now engaged in the cattle business in Colorado, on the Texas Pacific railroad. Col. Davis has twelve grandchildren. He and all his family are members of the Christian church. He, himself, joined the masonic order, but never took but one degree, and has not attended a lodge for years. Politically, he is a strong democrat, though formerly a whig, and still hopes to live to see the government of the people restored to its former purity.
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MIDDLETON TOWNSHIP. DR. J. B WOOD.
The subject of this sketch, a highly respected citizen and honored phy- sician of Waverly, is the son of Wm. F. and Sarah E. Wood, who were among the early settlers of Lafayette county, formerly of Ten- nessee. The doctor was born in Lafayette county, Feb. 25, 1839. He received his education at Lexington and Chapel Hill College. Com- menced the study of medicine when sixteen years old under Dr. S. W. Brown. Afterwards attended St. Louis medical college where he gradu- ated in class of 1859-60. Began practice of medicine in Waverly. When the war came on, he enlisted in the southern cause, and left Waverly with Gen. Shelby's company, as assistant surgeon of his regiment, and after- wards was promoted to surgeon. He was with Shelby through the entire war. Was in the battles of Lexington, Newtonia, Prairie Grove, Spring- field, Harstville, Helena, Little Rock, Jenkins Ferry and every raid made in Missouri. After the surrender of Shreveport, he returned to his home in Waverly and to the practice of his profession in partnership with Dr. Spencer Brown, who retired in 1871. Jan. 10, 1867, he was married to Miss Willie Demass, of Saline county. At the organization of the Lafay- ette county medical association, in November, 1879, was elected president, which position he now holds. He is also a member of the masonic order and for many years has been worshipful master.
CAPT. WM. A. REDD.
The subject of this sketch is a son of Walter and Rebecca Redd, of Fayette county, Ky., where he was born and lived until grown to man- hood. Received his education at Locust Grove academy, Kentucky. After completing his education, he engaged in the mercantile business at Lexington. In 1856 he moved to Chicago and there he continued in the mercantile trade. From Chicago he removed to Lafayette county where he remained until the war broke out. He then enlisted in the confederacy, and was captain and adjutant of Shelby's regiment, in which he remained throughout the war. In 1866 he was a planter in Alabama. In 1867 he returned to Lafayette county where he has since lived engaged in general merchandise. In May, 1859, he was married to Miss Mildred Taylor, of Dover, Lafayette county. By this marriage he has three children, Jan- ette M., Hubbard F. and Mary W. Capt Redd is one of Lafayette county's most enterprising men. In addition to his merchandise business, he is carrying on a farm near Waverly in partnership with his brother, also has 1,000 head of cattle in Texas.
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JAMES M. HOPKINS,
land-holder and stock-dealer; is a native of Maryland, the son of Rigby and Mary (Aull) Hopkins. Mr. Hopkins was born April 7, 1815, and lived in his native state until the year 1845. He then came to Boone county, Missouri, where he settled upon a farm until 1854; he then came to Saline county, and in 1857 came to Lafayette county, Mo., here has engaged in merchandising for twenty years. He is the owner of 800 acres of Lafayette county's best land. In 1857 he was married to Miss Ann Corrin, an English lady, who died Nov. 9, 1876. Mr. Hopkins is a public- spirited man and a strong man in the M. E church, south, of which he is a devout member.
JOHN J. HALL.
The subject of this sketch is a native of Kentucky, the son of Braxton P. and Catherine Hall, natives of the same state. He was born Nov, 26, 1814. At the age of seventeen his parents moved to Missouri, and settled in Saline county' where he and his parents lived upon the farm for several years. In 1834 run a store in Henry county, Mo., on the frontier. Thence to Miami where he engaged in merchandise for several years, then moved to Dover, in this county, where he was associated with Fletcher in the manufacture of rope. In 1845 he came to Waverly where he built a flouring mill. Afterwards resumed his favorite pursuit of merchandising until the war broke out. During the war he took his family of girls to Shelbyville, Kentucky, to college and remained with them. In 1866 he returned to Waverly, Mo., where he was elected mayor and justice of the peace, which position he held till 1881, when he resigned both offices. In 1840 he was married to Miss Lucretia M. Craig, daughter of Dr. Robert Craig, natives of Virginia. By this marriage he had seven children, five of whom are now living: Blanche (Corder), Mary E. (Deartherage), J. E. (Mrs. Dr. Chin), Dixie L. (Andrew Francisco), Katie, (Dr. Bell.)
SENATOR E. M. EDWARDS,
is a native of Cabell county, W. Va., the eldest son of Joseph and Sarah (McConnas) Edwards, who came to Johnson county in 1839, where they settled upon a farm for two years. They moved to Platte county, then to Marshall, Saline county, in 1847. In 1848 he came to Waverly and engaged in the mercantile business, and was elected justice of the peace; during this time he studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1861. His practice was chiefly in Lafayette and Saline counties. In 1876 he was elected to the state senate, and made chairman of the committee on permanent seat of government. Was re-elected in the year 1880, over Col. Henry Chiles, C. C. Tevis, and W. C. Smith, republicans. He
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received the nomination over the democrats and defeated the republican nominee by 1,345 votes in Lafayette county. The second official term he was made a member of the committe on internal improvements, and chair- man of the committee on claims. His chief attention has been directed towards correcting the defects and inconsistencies of the law. He was the first master of the lodge of A. F. & A. M. Was married March 19, 1843, to Miss Mary B. Lyon, of Logon county, Ky., and by her he had eleven children, three of whom are now living: G. W. H., Joseph L. and Wm. S. Mrs. Edwards died in August, 1870. He was again married, to Mrs. Fannie R., relict of Wm. Berriman, of Henry county, Ky. By this marriage he had two children, Frank and James E. R.
JOHN E. CORDER,
farmer and merchant, and senior member of the firm of Corder & Redd, leading merchants of Waverly. Mr. Corder is a native of Rappahanock county, Virginia, and was born Aug 1, 1836, the third son of a family of eight children of Eliza and Sarah (Jeffres) Corder, who were natives of the same state. He spent his early life with his parents in Virginia, where he received his education. When at the age of twenty years he came west and located in Lafayette county, Mo. In the fall of 1856 he went to Kansas, and during her troubles was body guard for John M. Reid. When relieved he then returned to Lafayette county, and was employed by Corder & Co. In 1860 he was married; then left his bride for the field of battle. Was in Gen. Shelby's command, and fought in the battle of Newtonia, Prairie Grove, Helena, Prairie de Ann, Little Rock, West- port, Marshall, Springfield, Jenkins Ferry, and with Shelby in all his raids. After the war he returned to his wife, who was Rebecca Heaton daughter of Col. D. Heaton, a soldier of the war of 1812. He now became engaged in the cultivation of the soil, which he followed in con- nection with his mercantile business. Mr. Corder is a very enterprising man and is the possessor of about 1,000 acres of extra good land. His mariage was blessed with three children: Katie E., Leslie, and Frank Gordon. Mr. Corder holds the office of Justice of the peace of his town- ship, also mayor of his town. These offices he holds with satisfaction to the people and credit to himself.
THOMAS A. GROVES,
farmer and junior partner of the firm, owners of Lafayette county star mills, and is a native of this county. His parents were David and Eliza (Hutchings) Groves, they were from Tennessee and Kentucky, and came to this county in 1838. Thomas spent his early life with his parents, and received his education in the Masonic college at Lexington, and graduated in the years 1856-57. After graduating he merchandised for a short
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time, but abandoned that and went on to the farm. When the war came on he joined Gates' regiment, with which he remained till the fall of Vicksburg; he then joined Shelby's command, with whom he remained through the war. After the war he returned to farm life. In November, 1866, he was marred to Miss Mary C., daughter of Col. G. B. Warren, of Dover; by this marriage he has two children: George Warren and David.
H. C. FRANCISCO,
stock and grain dealer, is a native of Saline county, Mo., born March 1st, 1845; the son of Andrew and Joann (Christie) Francisco, who were natives of Woodford county, Ky., and emigrated to Saline county, Mo., at an early day. H. C. was educated in Saline county, and at Chapel Hill college. When the war broke out he joined Taylor's company, and served in the trans-Mississippi department, serving through the war. Then he returned to Saline county, where he lived for two years, then moved to Waverly. In March, 1875, he was married to Miss Emma Thomas, daughter of Oscar and Serelda Thomas. By this marriage he has two children.
JOHN S. CALLOWAY.
The subject of this sketch is a native of Missouri, born in Harrison- ville, December 31st, 1844; educated in Bates county, where he was when the war broke out. He then enlisted in Peyton's regiment, and was with Price most of the time, serving under Holmes, E. K. Smith and Beaureguard; is the son of James H. and Mary (Martin) Calloway, of Tennessee.
J. W. TUCKER,
druggist, is a native of Maryland, the son of Walter and Nancy Tucker, natives of eastern Maryland. J. W. was born May 8th, 1816; educated at Brookville, Indiana; received his medical education in the Cincinnati medical college, of Ohio. After leaving college he practiced medicine in Livingston county, Mo., until the Mexican war broke out when he and Captain Slack raised a company of men, and the doctor was made First Lieutenant of that company, L, second regiment Missouri volunteers command by Gen. Sterling Price; was in the battle of Canada, and was discharged at Ft. Leavenworth in 1847; then returned home and engaged in the drug business, first at Carrollton, and then at Brunswick, and lastly at Waverly, in the year 1866.
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REV. J. M. SCOTT,
pastor of O. S. Presbyterian church of the U. S. The subject of this sketch is a native of Hardy county, W. Va .; was born January 18, 1830. The son of Rev. W. M. and Nancy (Daniel) Scott, who lived and died in the old state of Virginia. Joseph M. received his collegiate education in Hampden, Sidney college, and graduated in the class of 1851-52. His theological instructions were receieved in the Union theological seminary and at the Danville theological seminary, of Kentucky. His first charge was Winchester, Ky., and afterwards he supplied the churches of Clear Creek and Green Springs, Ky. In 1865 he had a charge at Carlisle until 1871, when he moved to Carrollton, Mo., and lived three years. Then he moved to Jerseyville, Ills., where he was pastor of the second Presby- terian church for six years. He then came to Waverly where he has since resided. On the fifth Sabbath of July, 1881, he was installed pastor of the O. S. Presbyterian church. In 1857 he was married to Miss Jose- phine Coon, of Nicholasville, Ky., by whom he has one daughter, Anna M. (Guinn). In 1860 Mrs. Scott died, and in 1861 he was again married to Miss Nannie Parks, daughter of Col. T. S. Parks, of Nicholas county, Ky. This marriage was blessed with six children: Mabel, Lydia H., Lizzie D., Mattie P., Wm. S. and Thompson P.
CHARLES KRAUS,
dealer in hardware, tinware, and furniture. The subject of this sketch was born in Germany, September 10, 1848. His parents were John and Anna D. Kraus, who moved to America in the year 1850. His father was a soldier in the French revolution, and died in Lafayette county, Mis- souri, in the year 1874. Charles received his education in this county. Was occupied upon the farm for ten years. In 1870, he purchased the hardware store of S. W. Campbell, also the hardware of Mr. T. Patter- son. The fact that Mr. Kraus, in his commencement of business, had nothing, speaks well for his energy and enterprise, and has become one of Waverly's most influential men. In 1878, he was married to Miss Anna M. Boof, who lived but a short time.
LANDRUM BROTHERS,
William H. and Thomas R., carriage and buggy manufacturers, at Wav- erly. They are natives of Campbell county, Virginia. Their parents were John J. and Mary C. Landrum, and were to the manor born, and now reside in their native state. The brothers were educated in old Vir- ginia, and came to Missouri in the year 1873, and settled in Waverly, where they have since lived. The oldest brother, William H., was mar- ried to Miss Laura Dinwiddie, by whom he has one child, Clayton.
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JAMES ROLLINS,
city marshal. The subject of this sketch was one of Price's best soldiers, and is now a citizen of Waverly. He was born in the year 1840, the son of B. F. and Elizabeth Rollins, natives of Henry county, Kentucky. He came to Missouri in the year 1856, and located in Saline county, where he lived till the war came on. He then enlisted in Price's army, in 1861, and was with him until he returned to the trans-Mississippi department, then went into the flying artillery for a while, then with Jackson a short time, then under Forest. In 1870, was married to Miss Nannie Kaine, of Saline county. By her he has four children: Lizzie, John W., Anna M., and Essie Belle.
THOMAS J. FLETCHER,
druggist. A native of Lafayette county, Missouri. Born September 19, 1838. His parents, George C. and Mary (Hall) Fletcher, were natives of Mason county, Kentucky, and moved to Saline county, Missouri, in 1832, where they resided for a short time, and then moved to Lafayette county. Thomas is one of four sons that lived to be grown to manhood. His chief business in life has been of a mercantile nature. In 1861, he opened a drug store in Lexington, which he continued for eight years. In 1869, he came to Waverly, built a store building, and has been in the drug busi- ness ever since, in that town. In 1859, was married to Miss Fannie Whittlesey, daughter of P. R. and Salutia (Stone) Whittlesey, of New York. By this marriage he has seven children: Mary (Corder), George R., Christopher E., Henry W., Thomas J., Fannie W., and Willie K. Mr. Fletcher was a student of Shelby college four years. A graduate of Jones College, at St. Louis, in the close of the year 1869.
R. C. BOOTON,
insurance agent, and senior member of the firm of Booton & Graves, pro- prietors of Lafayette County Star Mills. Mr. Booton was born October 1, 1835, in Culpepper county, Virginia, the son of William and Jane (Wood) Booton, who were also natives of Virginia. Mr. Booton spent his early life with his parents upon the farm. Received his education at the Missouri State University, where he graduated in the class of 1857. He came to Lafayette county in 1843, with his widowed mother, who died in 1854. After that time, he was engaged farming till 1872. He then engaged in merchandising, in Waverly, for two years, when he bought out the Starr Mills. November, 1865, he was married to Miss Sallie Neale, daughter of William Neale, formerly of Parkersburg, West Vir- ginia. By this marriage Mr. Booton has one child, Southwood.
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DR. J. WARREN.
The subject of this sketch was a native of Lincoln county, Kentucky, and born October 12, 1816, the son of William and Lucretia (Taylor) Warren. His father a native of Virginia. His mother a native of Ken- tucky. She died in her native state in the year 1819. The doctor received his education at Central College, Danville and Transylvania College, Lex- ington, Kentucky, where he graduated in the year 1845. He then emi- grated to Dover, Lafayette county, Mo., and engaged in the practice of medicine, until 1853. He then bought a farm in Cass county, Mo., which he cultivated with his servants until the war. came on, he then came to Lafayette county, Mo. Thence with his servants to Boone county, where he was when the slaves were made free. In June, 1865, he located at Columbia, where he practiced the medical profession five years. He then returned to Lafayette county, locating at Waverly, where he now resides. In September, 1849, he was married to Miss Isabelle Dickson, daughter of Rev. Wm. Dickson. By this marriage he has three living children: Anna C., (Shindler), Amanda Lee, and Lucy. Belle, (Dr. Trogan). The War- rens are of English decendants, and came to America in 1781, under act of the House of Burgesses, to settle land.
H. J. GALBRAITH,
farmer, born November 20, 1796, in Lincoln county, Kentucky, and the son of Alexander Galbraith. In 1817, his parents emigrated to Howard county, Mo., where they resided for seven years, they then moved to Saline county, and from there to Lafayette county. Here Henry · was married to Miss Elizabeth Thomas. She died in 1867.
DR. SPENCER W. BROWN.
The subject of this sketch is one of a family of eight children, his parents, James and Mary, (Palmore), who came to Missouri in 1831, from Buchanan county, Va. Spencer was educated at Fayette Central Col- lege, and received his diploma from the Jefferson Medical College, at Philadelphia, Pa. In the year 1850, he came to Waverly from college and practiced the medical profession till the war broke out, he then joined the confederate army, under Shelby till he (Shelby), was made General, then he (Dr. Brown), was promoted surgeon of his regiment, afterwards brig- ade surgeon. At the close of the war he returned to Waverly and took up the practice of medicine in that place. This he abandoned in the year 1870 for a more retired life. In June 1856, he was married to Miss Eliza- beth A. Houston, daughter of Col. David Houston, formerly of Virginia. By this marriage he has four children: Mary E., Spencer Lee, Benjamin H., and Wm. Palmore.
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PROF. J. W. CARTER,
The subject of this sketch, is an old teacher, of considerable reputation. His parents, Curtis and Letitia, (Woodward) Carter, were Virginians by birth, of Henry county, where the Professor was born and raised to man- hood. He was educated under Alexander Campbell at Bethany College, where he graduated A. B., in 1850, and after five years teaching, the degree of A. M. was conferred. For three years following his gradua- tion he taught school at Dover. In March, 1855, was called to Paris, Mo., to take charge of the Paris Female Seminary, which he did for three years. In 1857 he came to Waverly, where he taught school for six years, he then was recalled to Paris, where he remained for five years, and then came back to Waverly in 1868, where he has since been teaching. Nov. 12, 1850, he was married to Miss Margaret B. Campbell, niece of Alex- ander Campbell; daughter of Archibald and Elenor Campbell, natives of Ireland. By this marriage he has four children now living: J. Lee, Mari- an D., (N H. Gentry), Wm. H. and Joseph W. Prof. Carter is a true Christian man, having been a devoted member of the Christian church since his youth.
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