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JAMES F. LARKIN,
P. O. Waverly, Mo. Was born in County Galway, Ireland, April, 1812, where he was raised and educated. He came to the United States in 1836 and spent nine years traveling over the States. He was married in Page county, Va., June 3d, 1845, to Miss Mary J. Poisal. Her grand- father served seven years in the Revolutionary war. In 1853 he moved to Missouri and settled in this county, where he has since lived, and now owns 440 acres of land and devotes his attention to farming and raising stock. He has ten children: Thomas S., John F., Edward K., James F., Annie, now Mrs. W. T. Maddox, of Corder; Michael, Francis P., Patrick Henry, Joseph and Peter. He is a member of the Catholic church. He took no active part in the war; called himself a Union man, but was not molested by anybody.
J. POLK CORDER,
postoffice Alma, Mo. Was born in Rappahanock Co., Va., April 1, 1843. His father, Elias Corder, and his mother, Sarah (Jeffries) Corder, were also natives of Virginia, his father holding the office of justice of the peace for a number of years, and died in 1879. His mother still lives in Virginia. The subject of this sketch was raised and educated in his native county, and lived there until the beginning of the war. Two days after the bat- tle of Bull Run he enlisted in Co. G, 49th Va. Inft., and served under Gen. Lee until the close of the war, and was in the battles of Seven Pines, Fair Oaks-where he was wounded and captured and was in prison four months at Fort Delaware; was then exchanged, and was in the battles of Fredericksburg, Wilderness, Gettysburg, Cold Harbor-where he was again wounded in the leg and arm both. When able for duty he again joined his regiment, and was at the seige of Petersburg, and was with Gen. Early's brigade at the time of the surrender at Appomattox. After
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the war he came to Missouri and settled in this county, where he now lives, owning 460 acres of land. He was married April 17, 1870, to Miss Sarah F. Corder, daughter of John Corder, a native of Virginia, who came to this county in 1838. They have three children-Willie J., Mary L. and Blanche.
CHARLES J. LEWIS,
P. O. Alma, Mo. Was born in Wood county, Va., June 25, 1834, and is the son of George B. Lewis, a native of Loudon county, Va., and for several years sheriff of Wood county, Va. He moved to this county in 1850, settled in Middleton township, and for some years was one of the judges of the County Court. He died Oct. 26, 1864. Charles was raised on his father's farm. August, 1862, he enlisted in Co. " B" 1st Mo. Cav., under Gen. Shelby, and served to the end of the war. He was wounded at Westport. After the war he came home and turned his whole atten- tion to farming, and now has 430 acres of land. He was married Nov. 28, 1872, to Miss Lillian H. Lake, daughter of Thomas M. and Almira H. Lake, of Fauquier county, Va., and by this union has three children: Charles M., George V. and Leon H. He is a member of the Grange.
COL. JOHN DONALDSON,
postoffice Waverly, Mo. Was born in Newry, County Down, Ireland, Oct. 17, 1822. His father was also John Donaldson. He was raised and educated in his native county and lived there until twenty-four years old, engaged in the mercantile business. In 1846 he came to this country and lived in Tennessee for some time. For a number of years he was engaged in the mercantile business in Lexington. In 1861 he enlisted in one of the first companies of the state guard, and remained in the confederate army to the end. He was married July 30, 1857, to Miss Bettie M. Webb, daughter of Capt. John Webb, of this county. She died March 8, 1878, leaving two children-Pinkie, now Mrs. McGrew, of St. Louis, and Willie W. He has a magnificent farm of 1,000 acres near Waverly.
CHRISTOPHER C. CATRON,
postoffice Waverly, Mo. Was born near Lexington, in this county, June 30, 1837. His father, Stephen Catron, came to Missouri in 1820, and set- tled in this county in 1822, and married Elizabeth Smith, a native of Ken- tucky. They had six children, five boys and one girl, of whom the sub- ject of this sketch is the second son. He was raised and educated in this county. At the age of twenty years he went to Kansas, and engaged in merchandising for several years. In 1862 he enlisted in the 1st Mo. Cav. under Gen. Shelby, and served to the end of the war, surrendering in the last organized confederate command. After the war he reterned home,
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and turned his attention to farming, which he has followed ever since. He has now a splendid farm of 340 acres. He was married Nov. 6, 1860, to Miss Eliza E. Shroyer, daughter of Wm. W. and Jane V. Shroyer, of this county, natives of Kentucky. By this union he has three children --- Lucy M., Fannie E. and Jessie. He is a member of the Waverly lodge of Masons, and also a member of the Grange, and master of the county Grange.
SNIABAR TOWNSHIP.
JAMES F. WOOD,
physician and surgeon, P. O. Odessa. The doctor was born and bred in this state and county. Was educated in St. Louis; graduating from the St. Louis medical college in 1878. He began the practice of medicine at Pink Hill, Jackson county, and in 1879 came to Odessa, where he has since resided, engaged in a lucrative practice. The doctor is genial in disposition, affable in manners and skilled in his profession, qualities which are sure to win for him an exalted place in the medical fraternity. He is a member of the A. F. and A. M., and also of the M. E. Church, South.
AYRES C. M. BIRD,
sewing machine dealer, Odessa. Our subject was born in this state and county in 1845; lived on a farm until 1873 when he commenced handling sewing machines. In 1864, October, he enlisted in the confederate service, Col. Gordon's regiment. He participated in the battle of Westport and other skirmishes. Was paroled at Alexandria, in June, 1865. His father was a native of Virginia, and his mother of Maryland. They moved to this county in 1835. October 9, 1870, he was married to Miss Linda E. Baxter, of this county, by whom he has three children: Covington M., Leslie H., Katie A. In 1879 he came to Odessa, where he has since resided, engaged in handling machines, and doing a good business.
M. C. RYLAND,
livery, sale and feed stable, P. O. Odessa; son of John F. and Gabriella Ryland, was born in this state and county, in 1847. The greater part of his life was spent in farming. During the past six years he has been engaged in the grain business, in connection with his other occupation. In 1867 he married Miss Virginia Beall, of Lafayette county. They have three children: Elizabeth, Bell, and John Samuel. In 1878 Mr. Ryland came to Odessa and embarked in the livery business, which has occupied his attention the greater part of the time since. In 1879 he was elected city assessor, which office he filled acceptably to all concerned. Mr. R.
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has been identified with the interests of the county from his birth and has watched the development of her abundant resources with a great deal of pleasure, contributing largely to the same.
HENRY BROWN,
butcher, P. O. Odessa; is an Englishman by birth, a native of Bedford- shire. His early life was passed in England, engaged in the grain busi- ness. In 1871 he came to the U. S. and settled in Mississippi, where he remained for two years. He then came to Missouri and located in John- son county, where he lived until 1879, when he moved to this county and engaged in butchering at Odessa. He has a good trade. In 1868 he was united in marriage to Miss Sarah A. Ellis, of Uxbridge, England. They have three children: Bessie, Florence, and Henry.
DR. O. BEARDSLEE,
druggist, Odessa post office. The doctor is a native of Virginia. At an early age he went with his parents to New York, where he was reared and educated, graduating with honor from the medical college at Geneva, New York. Having complete faith in the then unexpressed injunction of that veteran journalist, Horace Greeley, of "Go west, young man, " in 1847 he turned his face towards the setting sun. For several years he turned his attention principally to railroading. In 1878 he moved to Odessa and engaged in the drug business. By industry and close attention to the wants of his customers he has succeeded in establishing himself in a good business. In 1879 he was united in marriage to Miss Rachel R. Beard, daughter of Samuel Beard, of this county. Mr. Beardslee is a member in good standing of the A. F. & A. M.
WM. F. McKINNEY,
retired druggist, Odessa. Was born in Wayne county, Kentucky, Sep- tember 19, 1833. In the spring of 1849 he came with his parents to Andrew county, of this state, where he remained until October, 1857, when he went to Bolivar, Polk county, and engaged in the drug business. In June, of 1861, he enlisted in the 19th Louisiana infantry, of which he was shortly afterward appointed druggist, and in which capacity he served until the close of the war. In the fall of 1866, he settled in Clay county, where he engaged in the drug business and in teaching. In October, * 1878, he moved to Odessa, resumed the sale of drugs and in the following year sold out his entire stock and retired from business. On the 13th of December, 1868, he was united in marriage to Miss S. E. Rupe, by whom he has two children: Mary A. and Phœbe. Mr. Mckinney is a member . in good standing of the A. F. & A. M., and also an active and consistent member of the Christian church. Although his citizenship of this county ,
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is of recent date, his enterprise and intelligence have very closely allied him with its interests.
JOSEPH A. RYLAND,
blaeksmith, Odessa. The subject of this sketch was born in Lafayette county, Mo., April 19, 1856. He is the son of John F. and Gabrielle Ry- land. At the age of sixteen he learned the blacksmith trade at Lexing- ton, this county, which occupation he has since followed with but slight intermissions. He was married in October 1876 to Miss Rebecca Beall, a native of this county, by whom he has two children, Samuel C. and Mary Bell. In the fall of 1879 Mr. Ryland moved to Odessa and engaged in his trade. In March, 1881, he entered into partnership with Mr. Bum- garner, the firm being styled Bumgarner & Ryland. Mr. R. is a man of energy and enterprise, skilled in his occupation, and not only possesses the confidence of his neighbors, but their patronage as well.
GEORGE L. TOWNSEND,
furniture-dealer, Odessa, is a native of New York, born in Washington county, June 11, 1848. Was raised and educated in his native state, and at the age of eighteen learned the carpennter's trade, which he followed until 1868 when he went to Kansas and engaged in railoading. He fol- lowed this occupation for eight years in Kansas and fwo years in Sedalia, this state. December 24, 1874, he was married to Miss Lizzie Cryder- man, of Solomon City, Kansas. They have two children: Bertha and Roy. March 4, 1879, he moved to Odessa, where he has since resided engaged in the furniture business, in the pursuit of which he has a full share of patronage. He is a member of the I. O. O. F.
ROBERT T. RUSSELL,
farmer, Odessa. The subject of the following is a Kentuckian, born in Bourbon county, in 1830. In 1836 the family moved to Callaway county, this state, where his father died in 1840. What was left of the family then returned to Kentucky. At the age of twenty-three he went to Cal- ifornia, where he married in May, 1856, Mrs. Rebecca Cox. In 1859 he returned to Davis county, Missouri, where he engaged in farming. In 1865 he moved to Covington, Kentucky, where he remained for a short time engaged in merchandising. In the same year he came to this county and purchased land, upon a portion of which Odessa now stands. Mr. Russell is a public spirited, influential citizen and has contributed largely in various ways, towards the growth and welfare of Odessa. He is a member of A. F. & A. M. Has served for a number of years as master of the lodge at Odessa. He and his wife are members of the M. E. church, south, of which he is steward.
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S. T. CORBITT,
furniture and undertaking, P. O. Odessa. Was born October 18, 1848, in Wood county, West Virginia. Came to Missouri in 1871, settled in Lafayette county, and engaged in the occupation of contractor and builder, in the vicinity of Mt. Hope. October 19, 1876, he was married to Miss Cena McBurney, of this county. They have one child, Mary Myrtle. In the spring of 1879 he moved to Odessa, where he contracted for and built the first hotel in the place. Mr. Corbitt is a worthy member of the Presbyterian church, and a ruling elder of the same. He is a man of genius and enterprise; whole souled and wide awake. Has an excel- lent trade since engaging in his present "undertaking."
EDWARD D. RAWLINGS,
mayor of Odessa; postoffice, Odessa; son of Jonathan and Nancy Row- lings; born April 6, 1823, in Mason county, Ky. In March of 1843, he came to this state and settled in Johnson county, where he was engaged in farming, with the exception of the time spent in the army, until April, 1879, when he moved to Odessa. In the fall of the same year he was elected Mayor of Odessa, and in April of 1881, was re-elected, which fact is, of itself, a sufficient testimony of his ability to administer the affairs of the corporation. In 1844, he was married to Miss L. A. Bateman, of Fleming county, Ky., by whom he had seven children, all of whom are living. His wife died, January 2, 1880. In 1861, he enlisted in the con- federate service, Col. Cockrell's regiment. Participated in the battles of Lexington, Wilson's Creek, Lone Jack, and several other skirmishes. He entered the service with the commission of 1st lieutenant; was shortly afterwards elected captain of the company. He was taken prisoner at Lexington and parolled, after being held in durance for five months. Mr. R. in his religious views, conforms to the creed of the M. E. church, south, of which he is an honored member. Is a genial, large hearted man, to whom a worthy appeal for charity is never made in vain.
W. T. ANDERSON,
livery and sale stable, postoffice, Odessa; son of J. E. and Elizabeth Ander- son, was born in Campbell county, Va., July 28, 1831. Came to Missouri with his father in 1837, his mother having died at the home place. The greater part of his early life was passed on a farm. . In 1853, April 28th, he was united in marriage to Miss Anna Lee, of this county. Their union is blessed with five children: Mrs. P. M. Armstrong, Anna, Katie, Nellie and Jennie. In 1874, he was elected justice of the peace of Smiabar town- ship, and re-elected in 1878, showing conclusively the estimation of his fellow-citizens, with reference to his ability to administer justice. In 1879
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he moved to Odessa, where he has since resided, engaged in the livery business. He has established a reputation of square and honorable deal- ing, and enjoys his full share of public patronage. Mr. Anderson is a member of the A. F. & A. M., and also of the Presbyterian church.
W. B. ROBERTS,
harness and saddlery ; postoffice, Odessa. Was born in North Carolina, and moved to Tennessee, with his parents, when a child. He has been engaged in the saddlery business since 1845. In 1854, he was married to Miss O. C. Keene, of Tenn., who died May 3, 1867, leaving him with one child: Samuel T., to mourn her loss. Mr. R. enlisted in the confederate service August, 1861, in the 28th Tennessee regiment. Was engaged in the following battles: Fishers Creek, Shiloh, first seige of Vicksburg, Baton Rouge, Murfreesborough, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Peach Tree; where he was severely wounded. Was mustered out in Macon, Georgia, May 5, 1865. In 1869, he came to Missouri, and spent one year in Laclede county and two years in Johnson county. In 1872, he came to this county, and began business in Mt. Hope, where he remained until the spring of 1879, when he moved to Odessa, where he now resides in the operation of quite a lucrative business in his line. Owns the only business house, of the kind, in the place. Is a member of the A. F. & A. M .; also of the Missionary Baptist church.
WM. K. McCHESNEY.
Mr. McChesney is a native of Washington county, Virginia; born in 1837, where he was reared and educated. Came to Missouri in 1859, and settled atMt. Hope, in Lafayette county, where he was engaged in mer- chandising and dealing in live stock, grain, etc. In 1878 he went to Odessa and opened a hotel, which he is operating at the present time, enjoying a liberal share of the public patronage. In 1859 he was married to Miss Fannie Latham, of Virginia. This union is blessed with seven children. During the war Mr. McChesney served for three months in the Missouri State Guards. He is a member of the Presbyterian church, O. S. Deals quite largely in real estate. Postoffice is Odessa.
DAVID M. REED,
P. O. Odessa, Missouri; son of Charles and Margaret Reed; was born June 24, 1816, in Grainger county, Tennessee, and moved to Missouri with his parents in the spring of 1839. They first settled near Blue Mills, in Jackson county, and from there moved to Cass county, and then to this county in 1843. In the fall of 1843 he married Miss Eliza Summers, by whom he had seven children, and raised six: A. V. C. H., Mary M., Sidney E., Daniel C., Caleb S. Mr. Reed married again to M. Cynthia
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Turner, widow of C. Turner who came to this county in 1866. His sons are energetic, thrifty farmers, and all settled near him.
OLIVER E. GANN,
P. O. Odessa, Missouri, son of Issac and Anna Gann, nce Clark, of Wash- ington county, Tennessee, was born in 1806, and moved to this county in 1834. In 1836 he married Miss Susannah Green, also a native of Wash- ington county, Tennessee. He has had eleven children, of whom seven are now living: Mary J., Elbert S., Amanda, Caroline, Oliver, Sally and Harriet.
JOHN W. BLEDSOE,
P. O. Bates City, Missouri; son of George and Martha Ann Bledsoe, nee Lauderdale, both natives of Tennessee, was born in 1838, and came with his parents to this county in 1839. He married Miss Susan Ann Kelley, daughter of John Kelley of Cooper county, who came to this state from Alabama. He has five children: George W., Jane J., Corah H., Katie I., and John Early. He served under Shelby during the war, and partic- ipated in most of the battles in which Shelby was engaged.
R. P. TABB,
P. O. Chapel Hill, Missouri. Was born in Berkley county, Virginia in 1839. In 1869 was married to Miss Vandiver, of Hampshire, now Mineral county, Virginia, and in the spring of 1879 moved to this county, pur- chasing the farm of Joyner. He has always been a farmer and a stock raiser. He has five children: Ella May, George B., Fanny P., Annie S., and Charles A. Mr. Tabb was educated in Huntsville, Virginia, and in Romney, Virginia. He served during the war in McNeill's battalion of Partizan Rangers.
G. B. SATTERFIELD,
P. O. Odessa, Missouri. Was born in 1825 in Sumner county, Tennessee. In 1838 he moved with his parents to this county. His father was James Satterfield, and his mother's name was Frances Day-both of them were natives of North Carolina. In February, 1857, he married Nancy Joyce, of Patrick county, Virginia, by whom he has five children: Sarah, Virginia F., J. Alexander, Mollie, and Jessie. Mr. Satterfield is a surveyor and farmer, and was educated at Chapel Hill, in this county.
T. G. WILKINSON,
P. O. Ohapel Hill. Son of James and Mary Wilkinson, of Carroll county, Va., was born February 16, 1836. In March, 1854, he came to Missouri, and Aug. 5, 1857, he was married to Miss Lulu C. Parish, by whom he
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has had thirteen children, eleven of whom are now living: James T., Ben- jamin M., Charles A., Earnest, Anna P., Arthur T., Henry F., Frank H., Rosa C., Clarence O., and Lydia A. In December, 1861, he joined the Missouri state guards, company I, First regiment, Slack's division. In December, 1861, he was captured at the Blackwater capture, confined in Lexington a short time, and then released. In August, 1862, he enlisted in the confederate service, and was at Lone Jack and Columbus. In Sep- tember, First regiment Missouri cavalry was organized, and S. Bullard was commissioned captain of his company and Wilkinson first lieutenant. In 1863 Capt. Bullard joined the guerrillas, and he was promoted to the captaincy. As private and officer he was in many battles, as Carthage, Drywood, Wilson's Creek, Lexington, Newtonia, Cane Hill, Springfield, Hartsville, Helena, and numberless skirmishes. He, with Capt. Thorn- ton, assisted in capturing Liberty Arsenal. He was with his regiment in the last raid through Missouri, and was in the battles and skirmishes of the raid, as Sedalia, Jefferson City, Lexington, Blues, and Westport. At the surrender at Shreveport, June, 1865, Capt. Wilkinson's command surren- dered to the Ninth Illinois, the same regiment that he had assisted in cap- turing the year before on Red river, and being old acquaintances, they had a grand jollification at the surrender.
A. R. PATTERSON,
P. O. Odessa. Was born in the state of Kentucky in 1836, and came to this state in 1849 with his parents, and has lived in this county ever since. Has never married. In 1862 he enlisted in the confederate army, and was discharged in 1865. He fought in a number of battles and was captured at Vicksburg and exchanged and rejoined his command, and served to the end. The city of Odessa is located partly on his land, and he has 100 acres adjoining.
JAMES P. PROCTOR,
P. O. Odessa. Son of Thomas and Polly Proctor. Was born in Ken- tucky, and came with his parents to this state in 1838. In 1867 he mar- ried Mrs. Rachel Helm, widow of James Helm and daughter of Charles Glover. In 1861 he enlisted under Gen Shelby in the confederate army, and fought in several battles. Was captured near Lexington, and con- find until the end of the war.
STEPHEN S. WHITE,
P. O. Odessa. Son of Joseph and Susan White, who moved to this county from Tennessee in 1832, was born in Green county, East Tennessee, April 5, 1817, and now lives within one mile and a half from where his parents first settled. He married Miss Mary C. Ferguson, of Pettis
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county, and has three sons, who now live with their father or near him. He owns a very fertile farm of 220 acres at the head of the Greenton valley, one mile from the town of Odessa; His father, Joseph White, and Mr. Fristoe, one a new and the other an old school Baptist, were among the first preachers in that region.
NOAH P. ADAMS,
P. O. Odessa. Was born in this county in 1844, and was married to Miss Mary E. Muir, December 1, 1870. In 1861 he enlisted in the Missouri state guard, then in the confederate army and served to the end of the war. Was in the battles of Lexington, Lone Jack, Westport, and Dry- wood, where he was captured and confined at Rock Island to the close of war. He now resides on the Muir farm, and is an industrious and suc- cessful farmer.
WASHINGTON BARDSLEY,
postoffice Odessa. Son of Daniel B. Bardsley, of Connecticut, who moved to Missouri about the year 1833, and was married in 1838, to Miss Lydia Seagraves, a native of Kentucky. Washington was born July 7, 1840, and was married in September, 1866, to Miss Catherine Cox, daughter of Joseph Cox. In 1861 he enlisted in the confederate army, and was in a number of battles, as Springfield, Oak Hill, Pt. Gibson, and Vicksburg, where he was captured, held a prisoner until January 1864, then released. He returned to the service, and served to the end of the war. He owns 106 acres of fine land bordering Odessa on the south.
WILLIAM H. EDWARDS,
P. O. Odessa, Missouri, son of Feilding and Jane Edwards. Was born in Woodford county, Kentucky, in 1838. In 1868 he was married to Miss Rebecca Henry, of this county. In 1861 he enlisted in company A, 5th Kentucky cavalry. Afterwards was in Gen. Morgan's command. Was in numerous battles. Was taken prisoner and confined in Fort Delaware, from which place he managed to escape, by "falling in " with the car- penters, and marching out with them.
THOMAS McCHESNEY,
P. O. Odessa. Was born February 17, 1816, in Washington county, Va. His father, also Thomas McChesney, served in the war of 1812, and both of his grandfathers served in the revolutionary war under Gen. Camp- bell. Mr. McChesney came to this state in 1837 and entered land, and then returned to Virgina. August 13, 1840, he was married to Miss Mary E. King, daughter of Maj. Wm. King. He then, in 1842, moved to this county, and the next year, 1843, settled upon his present home-
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stead, and is one of the large land owners of the county. He has seven chil- dren; his oldest son died while in the confederate army. His grandmother was Susan Berry and his mother's name was Susan Sharpe, daughter of John Sharpe, a revolutionary soldier.
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