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Mr. Burton has always been interested in the betterment of agricul- tural conditions through the efforts of organization. He was a charter member of the first Grange organized in Randolph County. That was in 1872 and he is now a member of Sweet Springs Grange and is the chaplain of the County Pomona Grange which was organized April 24, 1920. Mr. Burton has been a member of the First Baptist church at Huntsville since 1880. The site of the Sweet Springs church was donated by Henry and Mary Burton. That church was built in 1880. Mr. Burton is a liberal and progressive citizen.
I. B. Jackson, who is prominently identified with the business affairs of Huntsville, where he conducts a grocery store and meat market and is also a coal operator, is a native of Randolph County. He was born in Huntsville and is a son of Henry Jackson. A more complete sketch of the Jackson family appears in connection with the sketch of G. H. Jack- son which will be found elsewhere in this volume.
I. B. Jackson was educated in the public schools and in 1904 became a clerk for G. H. Jackson at Thomas Hill. He remained there two years, and a year later engaged in business at Mt. Airy. He established his present grocery business at Huntsville in 1910 and has built up a large
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business in the grocery line and has also a meat market in connection. He employs four clerks in the store, besides two deliverymen. He also owns a farm in partnership with George H. Jackson and is interested in the Busy Bee Coal Company. This is one of the prosperous industrial concerns in the vicinity of Huntsville. They are working a four and one- half foot vein of coal and employ about 20 men. The daily output of their mine is from 75 to 100 tons of coal and they have plans under way for increasing their production and enlarging the plant. Mr. Jackson is also a stockholder and director of the J. M. Hammett Banking Company of Huntsville and of the Huntsville Building and Loan Company.
I. B. Jackson was united in marriage in June, 1907 with Miss Norma Barnes, a native of Randolph County and a daughter of Walker W. Barnes. To Mr. and Mrs. Jackson have been born one child, William B., born March 16, 1908.
Mr. Jackson is a Democrat and is a member of the Huntsville school board and takes a commendable interest in public affairs. He is a mem- ber of the Methodist church and a superintendent of the Sunday school. He holds membership in the Masonic Lodge, the Order of the Eastern Star, Knights of Pythias and the Modern Woodmen of America. He is one of the substantial citizens of Huntsville and Randolph County.
Dr. General Grant Bragg, a prominent physician of Huntsville, Mo., who has practiced his profession for nearly 30 years in Randolph County, is a native of Missouri. He was born in Adair County, March 25, 1866 and is the son of Benjamin S. and Ara Ann (Vaughn) Bragg. Benjamin S. Bragg was born in Adair County, Ky., in 1824 and died in 1892. He was a son of Ezekiel Bragg who was a native of Virginia, a relative of General Bragg and a member of an old Colonial family. Benjamin S. Bragg came to Missouri when a young man and was here married to Ara Ann Vaughn, a native of North Carolina, who was born in 1830 and died in 1892. Benjamin S. Bragg was a successful farmer and stockman and also bought and shipped stock extensively in Adair County, Mo. Later he removed to La Plata, Macon County and resided there until his death. Benjamin S. and Ara Ann (Vaughn) Bragg were the parents of the fol- lowing children: George, was killed by Bill Anderson at Centralia, Mo., during the Civil War; D. Lafayette, lives in Oklahoma; W. B., La Plata. Mo .; Sarah N., deceased; A. D., La Plata, Mo .; Tabitha, deceased ; John Thomas, deceased; Dr. G. G., the subject of this sketch; H. P., La Plata, Mo. and Thomas M., La Plata, Mo.
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Doctor Bragg received his preparatory education in the public school of La Plata and a private college and then entered the Missouri Medical College at St. Louis, Mo., where he was graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1889. He then engaged in the practice at Jackson- ville and La Plata, Mo. for two years and in 1891 came to Huntsville where he has since been successfully engaged in the practice of his pro- fession. During the World War, Dr. Bragg volunteered and was commis- sioned first lieutenant in the Medical Corps in the United States army and at first was stationed at Camp Greenlief, Chickamauga Park, Ga. and later was sent to Base Hospital, Camp Devens, Ayer, Mass. He received his discharge Dec. 6, 1918 and reenlisted in the Medical Reserve Corps with the rank of captain and is subject to call from the government at any time.
Dr. Bragg was married in June, 1889, to Miss Martha F. Summers, a native of Randolph County, born near Huntsville. She is a daughter of William P. and Anna (Gunn) Summers, early settlers in this county and both now deceased. To Dr. and Mrs. Bragg have been born one son, Herman Summers, who was born Dec. 14, 1890 and is now operating his farm near Huntsville. He married Xena Y. Kingsbury of Howard County. She is a daughter of Horace M. Kingsbury who resides near New Frank- lin, Mo. To Herman S. Bragg and wife have been born one child, Dorothy Dalice.
Doctor Bragg has built up an extensive practice and has met with uniform success in his professional work and ranks as one of the leading physicians not only of Randolph County but of central Missouri. He has also been an extensive farmer since coming to Huntsville and at the present time operates and owns about 600 acres of land in Clifton and Salt Spring townships.
William C. Smith, president of the One Price Mercantile Company, has been identified with the commercial interests of Huntsville for the past 20 years and is one of the progressive business men of this city and is at the head of one of its leading institutions. He was born at Quincy, Ill. in 1866 and is the son of William H. and Diana E. (Curd) Smith.
William H. Smith was born in Callaway County, Mo., in 1833. He was engaged in the wholesale business at Quincy, Ill., for some years and in 1868 returned to his native county where he was engaged in farming · and stock raising and later went to St. Louis where he was engaged in business until 1909 when he retired and came to Huntsville. His wife
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died in Huntsville in 1919. They were the parents of the following chil- dren: F. M., deceased; F. C., a Pullman car inspector at St. Louis, Mo. and William C., the subject of this sketch.
William C. Smith attended the public schools and Central College at Fayette, Mo. He began his business career in the grocery business at Fayette, Mo. and in 1897 he came to Huntsville. Here he was employed by John Breckenridge, a coal operator and had charge of the company store until 1899; he was then employed by G. W. Taylor until 1903. In 1903, Mr. Smith incorporated the One Price Mercantile Company. This is one of the leading mercantile companies, not only of Huntsville, but of Randolph County and has built up a large patronage in Huntsville and the surrounding territory. The One Price Mercantile Company was in- corporated with a capital stock of $6,400.00 and they now have a surplus and undivided profits of $23,000.00, and about $35,000.00 worth of goods in stock. The business occupies two full floors in a building 40x120 feet. The stock is arranged on the department store plan and includes complete lines of dry goods, clothing, ladies ready-to-wear garments and shoes. Seven sales people are employed and few cities the size of Huntsville, can boast of such a complete mercantile establishment as this. The present officers of the company are: William C. Smith, president; G. E. Green, vice-president and Guy R. Smith, secretary and treasurer.
In June, 1893, William C. Smith was united in marriage with Miss Anna Depper, daughter of John Depper of Huntsville. She died in 1917, leaving one son, Guy R. Smith, who is now secretary and treasurer of the One Price Mercantile Company and one of the live young business men of Huntsville. During the World War he served in the aviation corps in the United States army and was stationed at Waco, Texas and Arcadia, Fla.
In June, 1918, Guy R. Smith was married to Miss Lyle Sutliff, daugh- ter of E. P. Sutliff, of Huntsville. Mr. Smith is a Democrat and a mem- ber of the Christian church. He holds membership in the Modern Wood- men of America.
Lee Smith Harlan, president of the Clifton Hill Banking Company at Clifton Hill, Mo. is a native of Randolph County and for many years has been prominently identified with the business and banking interests . of western Randolph County. Mr. Harlan was born near Thomas Hill," March 26, 1863 and is a son of Lee Smith and Sinia (Doke) Harlan, both natives of Randolph County.
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Lee Smith Harlan, the father, was born in Lincoln County, Tenn., Sept. 11, 1825, and died in Randolph County, Mo., in 1889 and is buried in Eldad Camp Grounds. He was the son of Isaac Harlan who was a native of Lincoln County, Tenn. and one of the very earliest pioneers of Randolph County. Isaac Harlan was married to Elizabeth Smith, of Lin- coln County, Tenn. She died in Randolph County, Mo. In early life Isaac Harlan was a cabinet maker and after coming to Randolph County was a school teacher and farmer. He died in Randolph County and is buried in Eldad Camp Ground. Lee Smith Harlan, Sr., was a farmer and stockman all of his life and ranked among the average successful citizens of his time in Randolph County. To Lee Smith Harlan, Jr. and wife were born the following children: Mrs. Eva Gideons, deceased; Mrs. Susan Sanders resides at Salisbury, Mo .; Mrs. Martha James Bradley, deceased; John T., Clifton Hill, Mo .; W. E., Salisbury, Mo .; Mrs. Mollie Malone, Broken Arrow, Okla .; Isaac L., Salisbury, Mo. and Lee Smith, the subject of this sketch.
Lee Smith Harlan, whose name introduces this sketch, was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools in Randolph County. When he was 17 years of age he began clerking in a general store at Thomas Hill and was thus engaged for seven years. In 1888 he engaged in the general mercantile business and successfully conducted that business for 12 years. In 1900 he was one of the leading spirits in the organization of the Clifton Hill Banking Company and since that time has been inter- ested in that well known and successful financial institution. At the organization of that bank Mr. Harlan was elected president and has served in that capacity to the present time, a period of 20 years of suc- cessful banking. In addition to his other enterprises, Mr. Harlan has generally been invested extensively in farm properties. Only recently he sold three farms which aggregated 400 acres and still owns two farms of 120 acres and 150 acres each. He also owns an appartment house in Kan- sas City, Mo., as well as business and residence property at Clifton Hill, Missouri.
Mr. Harlan was married in 1886 to Miss Mary A. Ficklin, a daughter of H. B. Ficklin. Mrs. Harlan died Jan. 1, 1914, leaving the following children: Mrs. Margaret S. Shores of Dearborn, Mo. and she has one son, James Harlan Shores ; Bernice, married F. L. Robinson, of Kansas City, Mo., and she has one son, Joseph Lee Robinson ; and Mrs. Helen G. Tisue, Indianapolis, Ind. Mr. Harlan married for his second wife Mrs.
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Anna E. Duggan, of Huntsville, Mo. No children have been born to this union. Mrs. Harlan has one son, Frank Duggan, by her former marriage.
Mr. Harlan is a Democrat and always takes a commendable interest in local public affairs. He is a member of the Methodist church and is one of the well known substantial men of Randolph County.
Clifton Hill Banking Company, of Clifton Hill, Mo., is one of the substantial and well managed banking institutions, not only of Randolph County, but of central Missouri. It was organized Sept. 2, 1900 and the following are the names of the original stock holders: L. S. Harlan, E. D. Lea. J. Blair, J. F. Rogers, T. B. Stamper, C. V. Lambeth, J. H. Sum- mers, C. C. Brown, J. D. Richerson, Thomas Mayo, S. J. McCully, F. H. Skillen, George Knox, Thomas J. Green, W. H. Sears, J. D. Bradsher, George L. Johnson, W. G. Lea, W. F. Fidler, D. S. Benton, J. K. McLean, J. S. Gorham, J. F. Lay, N. P. Hurt, D. M. Alexander, L. B. Ficklin, J. M. Holman, W. L. Beard, W. Z. Farris, E. E. Hurt, E. H. Hurt, Thomas J. Lowry, Dr. J. A. Lowry, M. B. Sears, Y. Scott, and J. G. Brockman.
The first officers of the Clifton Hill Banking Company at its organ- ization were: L. S. Harlan, president; W. F. Fidler, vice-president; E. D. Lea, cashier ; and E. E. Hurt, assistant cashier. The first directors were : L. S. Harlan, W. F. Fidler, George Knox, C. C. Brown, George L. Johnson, J. M. Holman, J. F. Rodgers, J. K. McLain and E. D. Lea.
There has been no change in the personnel of the officers of this bank during their 20 years of successful banking. L. S. Harlan is still the president and E. D. Lea has remained cashier and E. E. Hurt assistant cashier since the organization. The present board of directors is as fol- lows: L. S. Harlan, E. D. Lea, W. F. Fidler, J. K. McLain, George L. Johnson. C. C. Brown, George Knox, J. Blair, and E. E. Hurt.
The capital stock of the bank is $20,000; earned surplus, $16,000 and the deposits on Jan. 30, 1920 was $240,000 and the total resources at that date were $280,000.
At the organization of the bank, a brick structure was erected which has been the home of this institution for 20 years. The Clifton Hill Banking Company has had a substantial and gradual growth in its busi- ness and has been under capable management as is evinced by the fact that they have never lost but one loan and that was a note for only $30 which is an astonishing record in view of the vast amount of business that this bank has handled since its organization 20 years ago.
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Elbert D. Lea, who has been cashier of the Clifton Hill Banking Com- pany since its organization 20 years ago, is one of the well known and capable financiers of Randolph County. He was born three-fourths of a mile northeast of Clifton Hill, May 25, 1858 and is a son of J. M. and Sarah F. (Henderson) Lea. The mother was born in Randolph County in 1840 and died in 1914. She was a daughter of John A. and Frances (Graves) Henderson, natives of Virginia and very early pioneer settlers of Randolph County. They came here some time in the 30's.
J. M. Lea was born in North Carolina in 1833. He was a son of Ashley G. and Mary (Matlock) Lea, natives of North Carolina who came to Missouri and settled in Randolph County in 1839 when J. M. Lea was six years old. J. M. Lea spent practically his entire life in Randolph County and died in 1907. He served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War under Gen. Sterling Price. He followed farming and stock raising throughout his active career and met with success.
To J. M. and Sarah F. (Henderson) Lea were born the following chil- dren: E. D., the subject of this sketch ; Mrs. Carrie P. Lambreth ; Jennie died at the age of two years; Ashley G., a farmer and stockman near Clifton Hill; Mrs. Eva Starke, Kansas City, Mo .; Mrs. Mamie Gunn, lives in Oklahoma and Mrs. Fannie Baker, died Nov. 8, 1919.
Elbert D. Lea was educated in the public schools and Mt. Pleasant College. In early life he engaged in teaching and for 11 years followed that vocation in connection with farming. In 1896, he was elected judge of the county court of Randolph County and resigned that position after having been re-elected to a second term. He resigned to accept the posi- tion of cashier of the Clifton Hill Banking Company upon the organization of the bank in 1900 and since that time he has served in that capacity. His vast experience in banking as well as his natural adaptitude to this important field of enterprise qualifies him as one of the leading financiers of central Missouri. Mr. Lea maintains his interest in farming and is the owner of a valuable farm of 170 acres which adjoins the place where he was born.
In 1883, Mr. Lea was married to Miss Maggie Mayo, a daughter of Thomas Mayo and a granddaughter of "Uncle Allen" Mayo who was the first pioneer settler of Randolph County, coming here in 1816. Mrs. Lea's mother was Sarah Mathis before her marriage and was a schoolmate of Mr. Lea's mother. To Mr. and Mrs. Lea have been born four children : Mrs. Jennie Maude Griffin, on the home farm in Clifton township and
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Mrs. Sarah Blanche Brockman has one son. Wilfred Lee Brockman, and resides at Fayette, Mo .; James Mayo, the second in order of birth, died at 4 years of age in 1891 and the third child died in infancy.
Mr. Lea is well known in Randolph County and stands high in the community.
William August Esry, the present county collector of Randolph County is a native of this county and since his boyhood has been identified with the interests of Randolph County. He was born July 26, 1871 and is a son of John Logan and Sarah F. (Baily) Esry, the former a native of Chariton township, Randolph County and the latter of Macon County, Mo.
John Logan Esry was a son of Nimrod Esry, a native of Kentucky who was one of the first pioneer settlers of Chariton County. His wife was a daughter of August Baily, a native of Kentucky and a very early settler of Missouri. Mrs. Esry was born in 1850 and now resides at Hig- bee. John Logan Esry moved to Moberly with his family in 1881. Here he was employed by the Simmons Milling Company and the Millbank- Scampton Milling Company for a number of years. He is now deceased. To John Logan and Sarah F. (Baily) Esry were born seven children, five of whom are living: Mrs. Amanda Holbrooks, who resides near Moberly ; William A., the subject of this sketch; John T., a farmer near Huntsville; G. M., Omaha, Neb .; and Pearl Hall, Kansas City, Mo.
William A. Esry was educated in the public schools, attending the dis- trict schools and also the Moberly schools. He began his career as an office boy for the Simmons Milling Company in Moberly and later entered the employ of a grocery and bakery and after a time went with the Wabash Railroad Company as car inspector and after holding that posi- tion for six years, he resigned and engaged in the grocery business at Moberly and for 15 years and seven months successfully conducted that business and sold out Sept. 2, 1914. In 1914, he was elected collector of Randolph County and entered upon the duties of his office in March, 1915. At the expiration of his first term of office, he was reelected without opposition and is now serving his second term which expires in March, 1923. He is a capable and conscientious public official and devotes his best efforts to the duties of his office. He owns 182 acres of valuable land adjacent to the city limits of Huntsville on the north.
Mr. Esry was married Dec. 24, 1898 to Miss Louisa Fletcher of Sturgeon, Mo. and a daughter of E. S. Fletcher and to this union have been born five children: Mrs. Margaret Flemmings, of Huntsville; Gladys, Mildred, Olga, and W. A., Jr., all of whom are at home with their parents.
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Mr. Esry and the other members of his family belong to the Christian church. He is a prominent Mason being a member of the Masonic Lodge A. F. and A. M. No. 344, Moberly, Mo .; Royal Arch Masons, Moberly Chapter No. 79; Knights Templar, Tancred Commandery No. 25; R. and S. M., Centralia Council and the Order of the Eastern Star, Randolph Chapter No. 150. He is a member of the Missouri Association of Past Commanders, Knights Templar. He has been a member of the Knights of Pythias for 25 years and is Past Chancellor Commander. He is also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Moberly, Knights of the Maccabees of Moberly, National Union, Woodmen of the World, Knights and Ladies of Security and Brotherhood of American Yeomen.
Porter Mayo, now living retired at Clifton Hill, Mo., is one of the substantial citizens of Randolph County and a representative of one of its earliest prominent pioneer families. He was born about five miles south of Clifton Hill, Nov. 18, 1837, in a pioneer log cabin which was built by his father in the early days. He is a son of Allen and Martha (Finnell) Mayo.
Allen Mayo was born in Virginia. July 14, 1802. His parents were Thomas and Mary (Blair) Mayo. Thomas Mayo served in the Revolu- tionary War under Washington. About 1805, he removed from Vir- ginia to Tennessee and was engaged in farming in Campbell County until 1817 when he came to Missouri. In the spring of 1818 he came to Ran- dolph County and here built a log cabin and cleared a piece of land and spent the remainder of his days in this county.
Allen Mayo came to Randolph County with his parents and they were practically the first settlers in this section. Wild game at that time was plentiful and Allen Mayo, at one time killed three deer before breakfast. Wild hogs were commonly found in the woods and it is related that he killed twelve wild hogs in one day. He was a real frontiersman and was familiar with all the buffalo trails and every detail and condition of this country in the pioneer days, for a radius of miles around. He dis- covered Randolph Springs, having followed a bualffo trail to that point and frequently shot deer in that vicinity and later salt was manufactured there. He died Feb. 16, 1894. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Martha Finnell, was a daughter of Charles and Lucy Finnell who were also pioneer settlers of Randolph County and came from Garrard County, Ky., where Mrs. Mayo was born June 28, 1804. She died July 5, 1890.
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To Allen and Martha (Finnell) Mayo were born the following chil- dren: Morgan, born Oct. 18, 1824 and died Dec. 29, 1847; William, born May 10, 1826 and died in February, 1914; Mrs. Eliza J. Dameron, born Dec. 22, 1827 and died April 26, 1898; Nancy M., born Nov. 25, 1830 and died Oct. 30, 1851; Thomas J., born April 17, 1832 and died Jan. 1, 1914; Charles F., born Nov. 13, 1833 and died April 13, 1912; Mrs. Lucy Mc- Cully, born Oct. 18, 1835, and died May 7, 1901; Porter, the subject of this sketch; Mary A., married Rev. F. M. Stark, was born Nov. 8, 1839 and now resides in Silver Creek township; John A., born Nov. 8, 1839, Clifton Hill, Mo .; and James P., born Sept. 11, 1845 and now resides on a part of the old Allen Mayo homestead in Silver Creek township.
Porter Mayo was reared amidst the pioneer surroundings of the early days in Randolph County and attended such schools as were avail- able in those early times. The school house which he attended was of the primitive pioneer type, built of logs with a fire place in one end of the building, built of sticks and mud and the furniture was of the crude variety made by the pioneer's axe. The schools were conducted on the subscription plan, common to the early day and the school year consisted of about three months. Mr. Mayo saw this section of the country prac- tically in its primitive state and in his boyhood days he was something of a hunter himself. He has killed many wild turkeys and geese and now has in his possession a rifle of the style that was used in the pioneer days which was made by J. F. Riley of Huntsville.
Porter Mayo was married to Miss Maggie C. Stark, March 19, 1863. She was born in Randolph County, Sept. 6, 1838, a daughter of William and Catherine (Goodman) Stark, the former a native of Shelby County, Ky., born Nov. 9, 1795, and died April 7, 1874 and the latter born in Washington, Albemarle County, Va., Nov. 1, 1803. Mrs. Mayo is one of the following children born to her parents: Mary Jane, born in Murray County, Tenn., May 4, 1825; Elizabeth A., born in Chariton County, Mo., March 20, 1827 and died May 26, 1876; Jacob, born June 29, 1829; Francis Marion, born in Chariton County, July 18, 1830 and died Feb. 18, 1905; James M., born in Randolph County, July 29, 1833 and died Aug. 2, 1909; Nancy and William H., twins, born Nov. 5, 1835; Maggie C., born Sept. 6. 1838 and is now the wife of Porter Mayo; Louis A., born July 15, 1840 and died Feb. 4, 1919 and Samantha C., born Aug. 11, 1846.
After his marriage, Mr. Mayo settled on a farm two miles and a half south of Clifton Hill. Here he built a log house which consisted of one
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room and adjoining shed and a loft. Later he built a more substantial six room residence which is still standing. He began his career on an SO acre farm and increased his land holdings until he became the owner of 280 acres. He followed farming and stock raising and was successful in his undertakings. He remained on the farm until 1910 when he moved to Clifton Hill where he has since been living retired.
To Mr. and Mrs. Mayo have been born the following children: Mary Ann, born Jan. 8, 1864 and died Sept. 2, 1865; Minnie Florence, born Feb. 12, 1866, married J. B. Frisbie, Kansas City, Mo .; Thomas Rector, born April 10, 1868, lives at Clifton Hill, Mo .; Martin Edgar, born Dec. 11, 1869, lives three miles northeast of Clifton Hill; Lewis Allen, born Nov. 27, 1871, lives in California and William Porter, born Aug. 14, 1873 and died Jan. 13, 1910. Mr. and Mrs. Mayo have six grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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