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Henry H. Higginbotham, merchant of Louisville, is the son of Rufus A. and Sarah E. (Hargrove) Higginbotham, both of whom were natives of Virginia. The Higginbotham family came from Scotland in an early day, and settled on the James River, where they owned great possessions. The mother's people were connected with the Randolph family of Virginia. The father was an extensive planter, was a Whig in politics, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. He died in Virginia, where the mother is now living. In their family were eleven children, eight of whom still survive, five sons and three daugh- ters. Three of the sons were in the Confederate service, and one of them, Pitt A., was killed in the skirmishing around Rich- mond, Va. Henry H. was the second child born to his parents, his birth occurring in Amherst County, Va., February 25, 1841. He was reared on a farm and received an academic education.
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At the age of seventeen he began merchandising as salesman, and in 1861 he enlisted in the Confederate army, Stewart's Cav- alry, where he served until the close of the war, participating in many of the leading battles. After the war he returned home, where he remained a year, and in 1866 he came to Clarksville, Mo. Here he clerked until the following year, when he moved to Louisville, Lincoln Co., Mo., opened a store, and, with the ex- ception of three years, has been engaged in the mercantile busi- ness in that town. Several times the firm has changed hands, but he has always been the senior member, except the three years from October, 1882, to October, 1885. In 1885 he and his brother, Thomas J., bought out their brother J. W. They have one of the largest stocks in the county, and are now occupying three rooms with a fifty-two foot front, besides rear rooms and upstairs. In connection with this he owns about 800 acres of land. As a business man he has been quite successful, having landed in Missouri with $1.50 in his pocket. He is now one of the heavy tax payers of Waverly Township. In 1875 he married Miss Mary F. Bilbro, a native of Lincoln County, Mo., though she was reared in Pike County, and is a daughter of James C. Bilbro, a Vir- ginian by birth. Mr. Higginbotham is a Democrat in politics, and is a K. T. in the Masonic Lodge. He has been a resident of this county for twenty-one years. Mrs. Higginbotham is a mem- ber of the Christian Church.
Israel R. Hinds was born in Wayne County, W. Va., in 1847. and is a son of William L. and Catherine Ann (Brumfield) IIinds, who were born in the same county and State. The former's birth occurred in 1821 and the latter's in 1824. They were married in 1841, and about 1857 removed to Platte County, Mo. After the close of the war they resided in their native State for about eighteen months, but then returned to Missouri, where they afterward made their home. Here the father still lives. In his younger days he was for some years a pilot and engineer of a steamer, plying on the Ohio River, but the most of his life has been spent in farming. His father, Elias Hinds, was born in New Jersey and died in Wayne County, W. Va. He was a farmer and millwright. Mrs. Hinds died soon after her return to Missouri. Her father, William Brumfield, was a captain in
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one of the early wars. Israel R. Hinds is the third of eight children. His early education was limited to a few months, and what education he has has been acquired by his own efforts. He came to Missouri with his parents, and was married in Lincoln County to Elizabeth, a daughter of Ephraim and Nancy Cannon, and by her became the father of seven children: William Ezra, Helen A., Walter E., Edgar F., Gracie, Alva and Cleveland. Since 1883 Mr. Hinds has lived on his farm of 238 acres of land one mile and a half from Auburn. When young he spent about eighteen months rafting on the Ohio River, but of late years has given his attention to farming. He is a Democrat in politics, and is a member of the Triple Alliance, and his wife belongs to the Baptist Church.
Louis H. Hisey is one of twelve children born to Philip and Nancy (Pine) Hisey, who were born in Pennsylvania and Vir- ginia, respectively. The father was a steamboat captain, and in 1838 he and family moved to St. Louis, where he operated a mill, and ten years later came to Lincoln County and farmed the rest of his days. Both lived to a ripe old age, and both were church members. Louis H., their son and the subject of this sketch, was born September 14, 1844, and was reared on a farm in Lin- coln County. His father died when he was eleven years old, and he was obliged to assist in maintaining the family, consequently his educational advantages were few and far between. He cared for his mother until her death, and in 1873 was married to Eliz- abeth Reed, a daughter of James A. Reed. She was born on the farm of 180 acres where she and Mr. Hisey reside, May 8, 1853. Their family consists of two sons and two daughters. Mr. Hisey is a Democrat, a member of the A. O. U. W., and he and wife belong to the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
George W. Huff, farmer and stock raiser, of Lincoln County, is the fourth of eleven children in the family of Calvin and Lavina (Raines) Huff, and was born in Arkansas, February 14, 1844. The father and mother were born in Kentucky and Indi- ana, respectively, and were married in the latter State. About 1844 they moved to Arkansas and five years later to Missouri, and are still residents of Lincoln County, he being seventy-eight years of age and she sixty-eight. The former is a blacksmith
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and farmer, and both are members of the Presbyterian Church. George W. Huff received but little early education, but has since acquired a good practical education through his own earnest endeavors. He has followed the occupation of farming through life, and although $120 in debt at the time of his marriage (1863) he has now a well located and fertile farm of 329 acres and is out of debt. His wife's maiden name was Nancy E. Morris. She is A native of the county, and became the mother of eleven children, six of whom are living, all daughters. Mrs. Huff is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church, and Mr. Huff's political ideas coincide with the Democratic party.
William H. Hutchison, senior member of the firm of Hutch- ison & Perkins, dealers in drugs and medicines, was born in War- ren County, Mo., October 29, 1862, and is the son of John and Lydia J. (Yeater) Hutchison, both natives of this State. The father was a farmer by occupation, a Democrat in politics, and his wife was a member of the Christian Church. He died in 1866, but the mother is still living and is sixty-four years of age. Their only child, William H., received his education in Watson Seminary, Pike County, Mo., and afterward clerked for four years in a drug store. He then went to Troy and engaged in the drug business with Dr. A. H. Chenoweth, and later with R. S. Shelton, and in 1888 H. W. Perkins bought Mr. Shelton's interest. They have a good stock and an excellent trade. In 1882 Mr. Hutchison married Miss Carrie E. Logan, a native of Virginia, who bore him two children, William H., Jr., and Lulu S. Mr. Hutchison began business on a small capital, and is now ranked among the wide-awake business men of Troy. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and is a Democrat in politics. His wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Jarot Ingram, of the firm of J. Ingram & Son, dealers in gen- eral merchandise at Truxton, Mo., was born in Warren County, Mo., in 1833, and is a son of John and Huldah (Oden) Ingram. The former was born in Logan County, Ky., in 1811, and in 1818 came with his father, Jarot Ingram, to Pike County, Mo., he being one of the first white settlers of Northeast Missouri, where he was one of the first teachers of that district. John married and
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settled in Warren County, where he lived until 1853, with the exception of a short time spent in Lincoln County. He then removed to Montgomery County, where he died in 1888. He was a soldier in the Black Hawk War, and from 1864 to 1868 was assessor of Montgomery County, and was a well-to-do farmer. His wife was born in St. Charles County, and died in 1855. Mr. Ingram was married twice. Jarot Ingram is the eldest of nine children, and was educated in the common schools of Lincoln and Warren counties. He was married in 1859 to Sarah A., a daugh- ter of H. R. and Mary Sitton, who were formerly of Tennessee, but were early settlers of Lincoln County. Four children were born to their union, three of whom are living. Mr. Ingram farmed in Montgomery County until 1880, when he removed to Truxton and engaged in the merchandise business in connection with William T. Aydelott and William Owings, but at the end of three years Mr. Owings retired, and in March, 1888, Mr. Ingram became the sole proprietor, and the firm became known as Ingram & Son. Since the war Mr. Ingram has been a Republican in his political views, and while in Montgomery County served for some time as justice of the peace. During the war he served in Capt. William Colbert's Company of Enrolled Missouri Militia. Mrs. Ingram has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church since her youth.
Theron Ives, druggist at Olney, Mo., was born in Westfield, Mass., January 13, 1834, and when some eight years of age was taken to Rochester, N. Y., where he received a fair education. At the age of sixteen years he engaged as salesman in a wholesale house at Rochester, but at the end of three years took charge of his father's business. The latter was a manufacturer of gloves, mittens and whips, and Theron remained in the store until 1854, when he came to Pike County, Mo., and began running the en- gine of a saw-mill, and after a short time bought an interest in the same, which he continued until 1860. When the war broke out he took a strong stand for the Union, and after doing some service in his home neighborhood he enlisted in Company K, Col. Fagg's Regiment, Missouri State Guards, serving until 1862, when he took a trip to Idaho, where he remained (mining) until 1868. He then returned to Missouri and opened a drug store at
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New Harmony two years later. Since 1874 he has resided in Ol- ney. In 1871 he was married to Julia A. Branstetter, who died in 1880, having borne three children, two living. In 1882 Mr. Ives married Theresa Stephenson. She was reared by a Method- ist minister, and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Mr. Ives is a Unitarian in faith, and in his polit- ical views is independent. He is a Mason and has been secre- tary of his lodge for ten years. He also belongs to the K. of H., A. O. U. W. and Triple Alliance, and has been postmaster of Olney for thirteen years. His father, Theron Ives, was born in Massachusetts, and was of English and Scotch descent. His father was a prominent lawyer of Massachusetts and served sev- eral times in the State Legislature. Mary A. (King) Ives, the mother of our subject, was also born in Massachusetts, and was of English descent. She and the father made their home prin- cipally in the East, although they spent a few years in Missouri. The father died at the age of sixty years in Springfield, Mass., but the mother is still residing there, aged seventy-four.
James A. Jackson, dealer in general merchandise at Troy, Lincoln Co., Mo., was born in that county September 10, 1844, and is the son of Early and Isabella A. (Irven) Jackson. The father was born in Kentucky in 1814, and the mother in North Carolina in 1814 also. When a boy Early Jackson moved to Missouri with his father, and, after living in Cape Girardeau County for some time, moved to Lincoln County. The mother came to Lincoln County, Mo., when a child, and after her mar- riage to Mr. Jackson they settled near Troy. He was a stirring farmer and a highly respected citizen. He died in 1876, but she is still living and is seventy-four years of age. Their family consisted of seven children, five now living. James A. was reared a farmer boy, receiving a limited education, not attending school after he was sixteen years of age. Upon reaching years of maturity he engaged in agricultural pursuits, but abandoned this to engage in merchandising, under the firm title of Hand & Jackson. Three years later he purchased his partner's interest and is now engaged in business by himself. He does business in a large, two-story brick, 100x25, with both stories filled to the ceiling. In connection with this Mr. Jackson handles a great
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deal of grain. In 1878 he married Miss Fredonia Dyer, a native of Warren County, and to them was born one child-Floy. Both Mr. and Mrs. Jackson are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Jackson is a Mason, a Democrat in politics, and as a business man has been quite successful.
John W. Jameson, a representative farmer and stock raiser, is the son of William and Mahala (Bruce) Jameson. The father was born in a fort where Mount Sterling, Montgomery Co., Ky., is now situated, in 1789. About 1620 the Jameson family emi- grated from Scotland to America, and settled in Culpeper County, Va. From there they found their way to Kentucky, and built the above mentioned fort. The mother was born in 1804, in Garrard County, Ky. The Bruce family were descendants of Robert Bruce, and emigrated from Scotland about 1820. They settled in Albemarle County, Va., and from there a branch of the family became the pioneers of Kentucky. The father of our subject was a soldier in the War of 1812; after that struggle he followed contracting and building, largely building up Mount Sterling. For two years he was engaged in dredging the Ohio, taking out sawyers, planters and snags. For ten years he assisted Grandfather Bruce, who was very wealthy, in running Kinnica- nick Salt Works, in Lewis County, Ky., and while there nearly all his negroes ran away into Ohio. He here failed in business, but being proud in spirit, he refused to stay and see his property sold. So, with his family, he boarded an emigrant boat and moved to Clarksville, Pike Co., Mo., in 1831, with $65 in his pocket. The same year they settled near the Northern line of this county. For about ten years he was justice of the peace in Lincoln County, and was assessor for four years. Having gone back to Kentucky, to serve as a witness, he took cold, and died in 1846, leaving a wife and ten children, of whom John W. was the eldest, and twenty-three years of age. The mother died in 1876. The father was an Old School Baptist in early life, but upon hearing Alexander Campbell, he planted his faith in the Christian Church, and assisted in organizing the first Christian Church in Northeast Missouri (1832) at the house of Cumber- land Kilbey, in Pike County. He was a Jacksonian Democrat in politics. His son, John W., was born November 19, 1823, at the
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old Kinnicanick Salt Works. Owing to the scarcity of schools when his parents first moved to Missouri, he received a very limited education, and at the age of twenty-one he could not write his name. He afterward attended school a sufficient length of time to be enabled to transact all common business. In 1847 he married Miss Levicy Stephens, and two years later went to California, leaving his wife, who died in June of the same year, though he heard nothing of this until February, 1850. He returned in 1852, came by water, and while in the harbor at Acapulco, Mexico, the ship went down with 900 passengers, none being lost, however. After returning he attended school, and there met and married Miss Susan Clare, to whom he was. married in 1853. She died in 1859, leaving two children, as did his first wife. At the same school was a little girl of about twelve, who afterward became the wife of Mr. Jameson. She was Miss Mary E. Fentem, and her father, Richard Fentem, came from England. By her he became the father of five chil- dren, four daughters and a son. Mr. and Mrs. Jameson are members of the Christian Church, as was also his second wife,. but not his first wife, who was a member of the Missionary Bap- tist Church. He has been justice of the peace of Millwood. Township for about twenty-four years, and has often been solicited. to run for important offices, but does not seek public notice. Since 1852 he has lived on his present farm, which consists of 230 acres. He has practiced law to a limited degree, having been admitted to the bar about fourteen years ago.
William Wesley Jamison, farmer, stock raiser and a native of Lincoln County, was born in 1838, and is a son of Joseph and. Catherine Jamison, who were natives of Cabarrus County, N. C .. The father came with his parents to Pike County, Mo., in 1820,. and was married about 1833. After living for a short time in. Wisconsin, they came to Lincoln County, and located on the farm now owned by F. L. Dawson, where the father farmed and. operated a saw-mill until 1843, after which he returned to the. lead mines of Wisconsin, where he was engaged in mining until his death, which occurred in December, 1845. His wife died in. 1859. William W. Jamison is the third of five children, and re- ceived a good common school education. As a means of earning
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a livelihood he taught school for several years in Pike and Lin- coln Counties, and was a successful pedagogue. He also worked at the carpenter's trade to some extent. At the breaking out of the war he was enrolled in Company C, Forty-ninth Enrolled Missouri Militia, and served as scout.
He was married in 1862 to Harriet E., daughter of William and Susannah (Steele) Jam- ison, and by her is the father of the following children: Joseph Lee, a graduate of Paynesville Institute; Luetta, a teacher in Texas and a graduate of Paynesville Institute; Maud and Del- phine. Mr. Jamison has a good farm of 180 acres, and is an energetic and successful farmer. He was a Union man during the war, and is a Democrat in politics. He is a member of a temperance organization and is a member of the Triple Alliance, and he and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Mrs. Jamison's parents were born in North Carolina, and the father died in Lincoln County in 1881.
Joseph Jones, farmer, of Lincoln County, Mo., was born in Hali- fax County, Va., in 1816, and is a son of Absalom and Polly ( Adams) Jones, who were also born in Halifax County, Va., where the mother died when Joseph was quite small. The father was married a second time and spent his entire life in his native county. Joseph Jones is the fourth of six children, and never received any school- ing. He remained with his father until 1836, when he came with an old gentlemen, Tommy Sydnor, to Lincoln County, Mo., and worked as a farm hand, or at such work as could be obtained, until 1842, when he married Lucinda J. Highsmith, a daughter of Will- ¿am Highsmith, who was a Georgian. Mrs. Jones came with her parents to Missouri and located in Lincoln County, being among the first white settlers. Out of a family of nine children born to Mr. Jones, only three are living: John William, Joseph Absa- lom and George W. By industry and good management Mr. Jones has become the owner of a fine farm of 205 acres, and is an honest and industrious citizen. Feeling the need of an edu- cation himself, he has spared no pains to give his children good educations. He has been a life-long Democrat, and has been a member of the Masonic fraternity for over twenty years.
James R. Kabler, of the firm of Kabler & Shumate, was born in Franklin County, Mo., May 28, 1846, though reared principally
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in St. Charles County, and is the son of William A. and Jane (Pen- dleton ) Kabler, both natives of Virginia. They both moved to Missouri when young, were married in Warren County of this State, and both were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The father was agent for the Wabash Railroad for about ten or twelve years, and previous to this he was engaged in merchan- dising for some time. The mother died in 1880 at the age of fifty-three, but the father is still living and is sixty-five years of age; he is a Democrat in politics. The oldest child now living of the six born to their union, James R., received a limited educa- tion, and when about fourteen years of age hired out to assist in supporting the family. On reaching manhood he engaged in agricultural pursuits. In 1870 he married Miss Louisa Igo, who was born June 24, 1847, in Pike County, Mo., and who bore him one child, a daughter named Oro. In 1877 Mr. Kabler started a freighting line from Wright City to Troy, and continued until the railroad was built to Troy. In 1881 he came to that city and began the feed and transfer business. The firm had changed hands several times, when, in 1886, Mr. Shumate joined him; they run from four to six teams, doing a good business. Mr. Kabler is a member of the I. O. O. F., being the Noble Grand of his lodge. He is a Democrat in politics. Besides the above business this firm also handles considerable timber.
Henry W. Kemper, the only furniture dealer in Troy, was born in Prussia, Germany, May 25, 1835, and while growing up learned the cabinet-maker's trade, at which he worked until 1854, when he came to America. He then worked at different places until 1869, when he came to Troy, and opened a furniture store in a little wooden building that is still standing on Main Street. In 1876 he built a large two-story brick building, 62x22, where he now does business. In 1886 he added another brick, three stories high, 75x24. His stock fills the first building and the second and third stories of the second, being the largest store of the kind in the county. In 1857 he married Miss Louisa Wint- ker, also a native of Germany. To this marriage were born thir- teen children, seven sons and six daughters. Mr. Kemper is a Republican in politics, and during the late war served a short time in the militia. He and wife are members of the Methodist
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Episcopal Church. His father, Henry Kemper, was also a cabinet-maker, and his mother was Mary (Brinkhof ) Kemper. Both were born in Prussia, and came to America about five or six years after our subject. They brought seven children with them ; two of the boys were cabinet-makers, as are also two of his sons. Mr. Kemper is one of the board of directors of the Farmers' and Mechanics' Savings Bank.
Alexander Kennedy, merchant at Hawk Point, Mo., is one of five sons and five daughters born to the marriage of Armstrong Kennedy and Mary Richey, who were of Irish and Scotch lin- eage. The former was born in Sumner County, Tenn., in 1786, and after his marriage made his home in Tennessee, in 1816, when they moved to St. Charles County, Mo., and four years later to Lincoln County, where the father followed farming and gunsmithing. He was gunsmith for the army during the Florida War, and in his political views affiliated with the Demo- cratic party. He died in 1856, and his wife in 1853. Their son Alexander, who is the third child, was born September 13, 1824, in Lincoln County. He received such education as the district schools afforded and, like a dutiful son, assisted his mother on the farm until twenty-four years of age. In 1848 he married Sarah Howell, a native of Lincoln County, and by her became the father of seven children, who lived to be grown, only one of whom is now living. His wife died in 1866, at the age of thirty-eight years. The following year he married Mary Howell, a sister of his first wife, who died in 1882, having borne one son and two daughters. After living two years a widower he wedded Mrs. Rhoda (Devis) Williams. The family are members of the Christian Church. Mr. Kennedy gave his exclusive attention to farming until 1860, when he began merchandising at Hawk Point, and has followed both occupations up to the present time. He has been postmaster at the latter place for twenty-eight years. He is a Democrat and held the office of justice of the peace for three years, He ran on the Independent ticket for representa- tive, but was defeated, though he made a strong race.
Armstrong L. Kennedy, retired farmer, a native of the county, was born March 11, 1827, and was reared on a farm and educated in the old subscription schools. He remained with his mother
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until her death, and in 1853 went to Oregon, where he mined gold successfully for two years. After his return home he betook him- self to farming, and after his marriage, which occurred in 1861, he located on the old homestead near Hawk Point, where he lived until September, 1887, when he moved to Olney to educate his children and secure rest after a life of toil. He owns 786 acres of land which he has earned by his industry and good manage- ment. Farming and stock raising have been his chief occupa- tions through life, although he also followed merchandising for about four years. He has always been a Democrat in politics, and during the war was a strong Union man. He served for some time in the militia, and after another call for troops was made he sent a substitute and moved to Illinois, where he spent the remaining years of the war. His wife's maiden name was Mildred Garret. She was born in Virginia in 1833, and was brought to Missouri when two years old by her parents, Jesse and Z. (Jones) Garret. Three of her four children are living, one son and two daughters. Mr. Kennedy's parents were Arm- strong and Mary (Richey ) Kennedy.
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