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7, 1877. Mr. Frazer came to Ray county, Missouri, in the year 1849, and settled upon a farm in township 51, range 29. He lived here and con- tinued the business of farming, (except during the war) until 1873, when he removed to the town of Albany and engaged in gardening for market. At the beginning of the civil war, he enlisted in the Confederate army, company B., under Captain Parker, and participated in the battles of Sugar Creek, Pea Ridge, Iuka, Corinth, Grand Gulf and Farmington. He was discharged at Laurel Dale Springs, June 12, 1863, and reached home on the 19th of July following.
W. R. BLYTHE.
William R. Blythe was born on the 18th day of January, 1803. At the age of twenty years he came to Ray county, Missouri, and after staying here for a time, went back to Tennessee, where he had been reared. In the year 1826 he came again to Ray county, and entering a part of the homestead upon which he now resides, settled here permanently. Hehas since entered and bought other lands, and now possesses in all, about thirteen hundred acres of excellent land. His homestead is well improved with a handsome and convenient residence, good substantial barns, sheds and other buildings, well watered and enclosed by good fences and stocked with fine breeds of horses, cattle, hogs and sheep. Mr. Blythe was first married in 1830, to Miss Didama Fletcher, daughter of David and Rebecca Fletcher, of Indiana. She was born June 9, 1811. They became the par- ents of five children, only two of whom are now living: Thomas, born November 30, 1836; married and living upon the farm his father first entered; Rebecca J., born in March, 1832, married C. W. Stokes, and is living near her father. Mrs. Blythe died November 3, 1845, and January 5, 1848, Mr. Blythe was married to Miss Leanah Riffe, daughter of John and Polly A. Riffe, natives of the state of Kentucky. Mrs. Blythe was born in Casey county, Kentucky, in February, 1823. The issue of this marriage was nine children: John L., born July 29, 1849; married and living on a farm, section fifteen, township fifty-one, range twenty-nine; James W., born September 1, 1850; killed by a runaway team, April 14, 1880; infant, born in September and died in October, 1853; Elizabeth A., born October 10, 1854; married C. R. Kirkham, and is living on a farm, section fourteen, township fifty-one, range twenty-nine; Robert D., born June 2, 1857; Franklin R., born September 1, 1859, and died August 8, 1860; Sarah E., born May 16, 1863; Martha H., born December 8, 1865; Laura, born April 25, 1869. Our subject was first lieutenant of Captain Clark's company in the Black Hawk war. Mr. Blythe represented Ray county in the general assembly from 1840 to 1842, and was state senator from 1842 to 1846. He discharged the duties of these high offices with credit and honor to himself, and to the full and entire satisfaction of his
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constituency. Mr. Blythe is a leading, very prosperous and highly respected farmer. He has worked himself up by his own efforts, from a poor, friendless boy, to a position of distinction among his fellowmen, and acquired sufficient wealth to end his days in comfort and ease, and to leave a handsome patrimony to his children.
JOHN MASON.
The subject of this sketch was born in Lincoln county, Kentucky, November 27, 1814. He received a classical education and remained in his native state attending to the management of his father's estate until the year 1836, when he immigrated to Missouri, where he engaged in business at various places successfully. First, at Middletown, Montgomery county, then at Louisville, Lincoln county. From Louisville he went to Clarksville, Pike county, and from there came to Ray county, where he only stopped a short time, and then returned to Kentucky, and remained there one year longer. He then returned to Ray county, and setting at the town of Albany, engaged extensively in merchandising, and also dealing in live stock. He was appointed notary public March 20, 1873, and has ever since held that office. Mr. Mason was admitted to the bar as an attorney at law, August 26, 1865, and has been very successfully engaged in the practice of his profession in the courts of this and other counties, and also in the supreme court of the state. He was married July 24, 1845, to Miss Mary H. Davis, daughter of William D., and Mary A. Davis, natives of Mississippi. She was born May 1, 1828. Her mother was a cousin of Jefferson Davis, president of the Southern Confederacy. Mr. and Mrs. Mason became the. parents of eight children, five of whom are now living: Laura, born December 5, 1846, was twice married, first to William Nelson, who was killed by the accidental discharge of a gun, in 1867; second, to Frank Rhodes, in 1870. She died in 1874. John W., born January 23, 1848; Thomas, born March 24, 1850; Oscar, born October 13, 1852; George born May 16, 1855; died December 4, 1874; Belle, born February 4, 1858, died March 26, 1875; Mattie L., born October 15, 1864; Frank, born January 25, 1868. Mr. Mason was again married December 17, 1877, to Mrs. Letitia S. Williams, daughter of Doctor R., and Catharine Coffey, natives of Lincoln county, Kentucky. Mr. Mason is a member of the Masonic fraternity.
ISAAC M. RIFFE.
Isaac M. Riffe is the son of Jacob and Rutha Riffe, natives of the state of Kentucky. He was born in Ray county, Missouri, May 23, 1823. Our subject was reared upon a farm, and he learned his trade, carpenter- ing in the winter season, and worked on the farm during summer. Mr.
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Riffe was married to Miss Martha Good, March 11, 1865, by Rev. Thomas Brown, of the Baptist Church. The issue of this union was five children, now living: Lulu, born March 5, 1868; Katie R., born January 6, 1870; William W., born December 30, 1871; Elizabeth, born May 20, 1875; Susie, born April 5, 1878. Mrs. Riffe died October 6, 1880, greatly lamented by her numerous friends. At the commencement of the civil war, Mr. Riffe enlisted in company A, 4th Missouri volunteer infantry, Confederate army, and was engaged in the battles of Carthage, Dry Wood, Wilson's Creek, Lexington, Pea Ridge, first and second Corinth, and numerous skirmishes. He was discharged in the month of April, 1864, and returned home to Albany, Ray county, Missouri, where he has ever since resided. Mr. Riffe is an excellent carpenter, and has a wide patronage.
J. J. HANNAH.
Joseph J. Hannah was born in Clarke county, Ohio, August 11, 1826. He is the son of David and Jane Hannah. His father was a native of Virginia, and his mother of the state of Ohio. He received a common school education, and at the age of twenty-one years, left home and went to Illinois, where he remained for three years, engaged in farming. He then returned to Ohio. Mr. Hannah was married August 22, 1850, to Miss Mary Calley, daughter of Nicholas and Nancy Calley. She was born February 24, 1832. Soon after his marriage, Mr. Hannah moved to Champaign county, Illinois, and purchasing a farm, resided there for about fifteen years. Then in the year 1865, he emigrated to Ray county, Missouri. and settled upon the beautiful place he now owns, over- looking the Missouri river, (section thirteen, township fifty-one, range twenty-nine.) This farm contains three hundred and thirty acres of very rich and productive land, well fenced and improved, and stocked with the best varieties of horses, cattle, hogs and sheep. Mr. and Mrs. Han- nah became the parents of ten children, all but two of whom are now living: James S., born August 9, 1851, died August 26, 1851; Nancy J., born July 12, 1853, married J. T. Conyers, and is now living in this county; Sarah M., born May 27, 1856; Charlotte, born May 12, 1858, married J. W. Rector, and lives in Caldwell county, Missouri; William A., born April 11, 1860, now in Colorado; John W., born February 10, 1862, died November 1, 1862; Livona Isabella, born April 5, 1863, mar- ried Charles McGaugh, now living in this county: Joseph C., born May 19, 1867; Lily, born October 18, 1869; Riley N., born June 18, 1870. Mr. Hannah is a prosperous, well to do farmer, and a valuable citizen of the county.
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THORNTON ANDERSON.
Thornton Anderson was born in the city of Louisville in the state of Kentucky, March 10, 1851. He is the son of William and Amanda Anderson, natives of Vicksville, Virginia. The family emigrated to Missouri when our subject was nine years of age, and located first in Callaway county, where they lived four years, then went to Jackson county, and from there to Lafayette county, Missouri, whence they came, in the year 1874, to Ray county, and located upon the farm (section eigh- teen, township fifty-one, range twenty-eight,) where our subject now resides. Mr. Anderson was married April 7, 1878, to Miss Belle Craig, by the Rev. William Leake, of the Baptist Church. Mrs. Anderson was born April 8, 1850, in Danville, Kentucky. She is the daughter of William and Sarah Craig, natives, also, of the state of Kentucky. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson have two children: William H., born April 16, 1879, and Nellie Gertrude, born February 24, 1881. Mr. Anderson is a well to do farmer and a good citizen.
WILLIAM RIMMER.
William Rimmer was born in East Tennessee, March 17, 1848. He is the son of Jesse and Winnie Rimmer, also natives of East Tennessee. The family emigrated to Missouri when William was but three years old, and after stopping for one year in Warren county, came to Ray county and settled here permanently. Our subject received a common schoo education, and worked at home on the farm until his marriage. He was married December 30, 1868, to Miss Martha E. White, daughter of William and Eliza White. Her father was a native of Virginia, and her mother, of Clay county, Missouri. She was born June 13, 1853, in this county. Mr. and Mrs. Rimmer became the parents of six children: George A., born October 18, 1871; Franklin L., born May 1, 1875; Dallas, born July 21, 1877; Ira N., born September 1, 1879; Harvey, born Octo- ber 28, 1869, died November 18, 1869; Julian, born December 6, 1872, died February 21, 1876. Mr. Rimmer is a member of the Farmers' Club, and has a neat, well improved and well cultivated farm of eighty acres of rich land. He is a good citizen.
S. W. COLLIER.
S. W. Collier was born in Oswego county, New York, on the 18th day of July, 1827. His parents were Stephen and Hannah Collier, natives of New York. Our subject received only limited educational advantages, and at the age of eighteen years began working on his own account. He engaged upon railroads and other public works in various states, and also 41
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in Canada. Mr. Collier was married in the year 1845, to Miss Ellen Patton, in Canada. The next year afterwards he returned to the state of New York, and after remaining there for about five years, he went to Pennsylvania and resided there until 1856. From Pennsylvania, Mr. Collier emigrated to St. Louis, Missouri, and after living there until the autumn of 1863, removed with his family to Knox county, Illinois. He enlisted in the Union army and was chief of transportation in a quarter- master's department with the commission of captain. He served in this position during four years. At the close of the war he returned to his home, and soon after, having been employed on a railroad in Iowa, went thither with his family. He has ever since been engaged in railroad busi- ness either in Iowa or Missouri. He is now engaged superintending a party of men who are making railroad ties. He is located at Vibbard. Mr. and Mrs. Collier have one daughter, Helen M., born November 19, 1848. She is a school teacher.
J. S. ASBURY.
James S. Asbury was born in Ray county, Missouri, November 21, 1847. His parents, Stephen and Nettie Asbury, emigrated to Missouri in the year 1843, first locating in the southern part of the state until 1847, and then coming to Ray county. Our subject attended the common schools of this county, and remained at home until he was sixteen years of age. He then went to Leavenworth, Kansas, and obtaining work, remained there during eighteen months. While in the city of Leaven- worth, he attended night school, and thus finished his education. He clerked in a dry goods store at Plattsburg, Missouri, after leaving Leaven- worth, and also at Dover in Lafayette county. He opened a store on his own account at Hainesville, Missouri, in the year 1869, and remained there for two years. He then kept store for eleven years at Lawson, in this county. At present, April, 1881, Mr. Asbury is conducting a large dry goods and grocery store at the town of Vibbard. He is also post- master at that place. He was married April 8, 1875, to Miss Lottie C. Barrett, daughter of Rev W. C. and Nancy Barrett, natives of Williams- port, Virginia. The marriage ceremony was performed by the bride's father, who is a minister of the Baptist Church. Mrs. Asbury was born in Virginia, September 9, 1850. They have two children living: Louis J., born January 15, 1877; Herbert, born April 2, 1880. Mr. Asbury is a successful, popular merchant, and an accommodating and efficient post- master.
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ADAM HAUSER.
Adam Hauser was born in Ray county, Missouri, May 13, 1849. He is the son of Thomas and Susan Hauser. His father was born in Surry county, North Carolina, November 18, 1809, and died April 21, 1881. His mother was born in the state of Indiana, September 20, 1822, and is yet living. Our subject after finishing the course of study in the district schools, attended William Jewell College, at Liberty, Missouri, and at the age of seventeen years, entered upon the duties of a teacher in the schools of his native county. Mr. Hauser was married December 15, 1870, to Miss Margaret M. Odell, daughter of Henry and Anna Odell. Her father was a native of South Carolina, and her mother of Indiana. She was born in Ray county, July 18, 1853. Mr. and Mrs. Hauser have three children: Kate L., born November 1, 1871; Cleopatra A., born Novem- ber 3, 1874; Virgil M., born February 27, 1878. Mr. Hauser owns seventy-four acres of land in township fifty-two, range twenty-nine, and also two houses and lots in the town of Vibbard. He is assessor of the town and also a member of its council. He and his wife are members of the Christian Union religious denomination. He is a popular and suc- cessful teacher and a valuable and leading citizen.
REV. ALLEN SISK.
Allen Sisk was born in Cocke county, Tennessee, December 9, 1833. He is the son of Lawson and Sarah Sisk. His father was born in Cul- pepper county, Virginia, his mother in Cocke county, Tennessee. She is dead. His father is yet living in Tennessee at the advanced age of eighty years. His grandfather, Bartlett Sisk, was a soldier in the war for American Independence. Our subject came to Ray county in 1853, and has since resided here. He was married May 13, 1856, to Miss Nancy A. Smart, daughter of Samuel and Mary J. Smart, natives of Cocke county, Tennessee. She was born in Ray county December 2, 1839. Mr. and Mrs. Sisk have six children living: Mary E., born June 21, 1857; John, born October 18, 1861; Dorothea A., born January 29, 1864; Sarah E., born July 21, 1866; James H., born July 21, 1873; William C., born August 19, 1867. Mr. Sisk united with the regular Baptist Church in the month of August, 1860, and soon after commenced the study of the ministry. He was ordained in the year 1866, and has since been diligently working in the Lord's vineyard, and his labors have been blessed with great success. He is a devout Christian and much beloved by his con- gregations.
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J. R. JONES
John R. Jones was born in Harrison county, Kentucky, July 10, 1842. He is the son of Richard S. and Verlinda Jones, natives of Kentucky. He was educated in his native state, and grew to manhood on the farm of his father. At the age of nineteen years, in the fall of 1861, he enlisted in company D, 23d Kentucky regiment of Union volunteer infantry, army of the Cumberland, and participated in the following named battles of the civil war: Mission Ridge, Chickamauga, Franklin and Nashville, besides numerous skirmishes. He was discharged in Jan- uary, 1865, and returned to his home in Kentucky. He came to Ray county, in the month of August, 1872. March 6, 1873, Mr. Jones was married to Miss Margaret F. Shelton, daughter of L. L. and Cath- erine Shelton. Her father was born in Kentucky, and her mother in Missouri. Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Jones, only two of whom are now living: Viola C., born June 18, 1877; Verlinda S., born March 6, 1881. Mr. Jones is a thrifty, enterprising farmer and stock-dealer, a leading citizen, and a much respected member of the community in which he lives.
JOHN E. WEBER.
John E. Weber was born in Louisa county, Iowa, August 1, 1857. His parents are Henry and Mary Weber. His father is a native of Ger- many, and his mother of the state of Ohio. John attended the district schools of his native state, and obtained a fair English education, and as soon as old enough he began to learn the blacksmithing trade in his father's shop. He continued working for his father until he was twenty- two years of age, and then left home, and began blacksmithing on his own account, in the town of Swanwick, then at Lawson, and is now doing a good business at Vibbard, this county. In the year 1858 his parents removed from Iowa to Kentucky, and after living there during twelve years, they emigrated to Missouri, and located, for two years, at the city of St. Joseph. From there they came to Ray county, and settled at the town of Elkhorn. Our subject is a good blacksmith, and very industrious. He is popular and receives a large patronage.
JOHN J. McGAUGH.
Was born in St. Charles county, Missouri, October 6, 1846. His parents were Thomas H. and Sarah E. McGaugh. His father was a native of Tennessee and his mother of the state of Virginia. At the age of sixteen years our subject enlisted and served about eighteen months; he was in the affray, when the noted desperado, Bill Anderson, was killed, near Albany, this county, in the year 1864. January 20, 1867, Mr.
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McGaugh was married to Miss Nancy C. Coffer, daughter of William and Miranda Coffer, natives of North Carolina. Mrs. McGaugh was born in the year 1849, in North Carolina. Three children, now living, have been the result of this union: Ida M., born October 26, 1867; Lottie Lee, born April, 1873; Homer H., born April, 1877. Mr. McGaugh is now engaged very successfully in business, at the town of Orrick.
LEWIS H. WOOD.
Lewis H. Wood is a native of Albemarle county, Virginia, and was born December 25, 1832. He is the son of Henry and Rutha Wood, also natives of the state of Virginia. At the age of eighteen years, our sub- ject went to California, and remained there during five years, engaged in mining. He then returned to his home in Virginia, but remaining there only a short time, emigrated to Missouri: He first stopped for about a year in Jackson county, and then came to Ray county, in 1857, and has ever since made his home here, though he has often been in Kansas and other states while working at his trade, which is that of a plasterer. Mr. Wood was married May 10, 1859, to Miss E. L. Rothrick, daughter of Alexander and Ellen Rothrick, natives of the state of New York. Mr. and Mrs. Wood have six children: Mamie, born March 7, 1860; William L., born April 9, 1862; Lilly P., born June 2, 1871; Andrew B., born April 15, 18-, Effie born May 14, 1876, Emmett, born January 16, 1881; Mr. Wood is an excellent plasterer and his services are much in demand.
RIAL CREASON.
Rial Creason was born in Ray county, Missouri, on the 3d day of March, 1835. His parents were Willaim and Mary Creason. His father was a native of Kentucky, and his mother of the state of Tennessee. The family emigrated to this county at an early day, and were compelled, by fear of Indians, to live in a block house on first coming. Our subject was married on the 31st day of August, 1854, to Miss Mary D. Hall, by Rev- erend T. N. O'Brien, of the Baptist Church. Mrs. Creason was born in Ray county, March 29, 1839. Her parents were T. and Zilpha Hall, natives of North Carolina, who came to this county about the year 1833. Mr. and Mrs. Creason became the parents of thirteen children, all but four of whom are now living: Martha E., born February 28, 1827; Cyrus W., born May 15, 1858; Thomas W., born February 3, 1863; Sarah F., born January 3, 1865; Meda, born February 10, 1866; Wiley B., born Septem- ber 15, 1869; Robert E., born June 11, 1871; Daisy, born June 15, 1875; Lena, born December 27, 1877; Emma, born April 3, 1860, and died in the fall of 1862; Susie, born April 5, 1865, and died in 1866; Furney, born in 1867, and died in 1868; Rosa, born May 16, 1872, and died in October, 1874. Mr. Creason has served seven years as justice of the peace, and is
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at present occupying that office. He owns about six hundred acres of Ray county's best bottom land, and is a successful and prosperous farmer and a good citizen. He is treasurer of Albany Grange, No. 520, P. of H., and a leading member of Ada Lodge, No. 444, A. F. & A. M., at Albany.
OSCAR MASON.
Oscar Mason was born in Ray county, Missouri, October 13, 1852. He is the son of John and Mary H. Mason. His father was born in Ken- tucky, and his mother in Mississippi. His opportunities for education were very limited, on account of the war, but he made the best use he could of such time as he spent at school, and has a fair common school education. He began farming for himself at the age of seventeen years and continued in that business in this county for about three years, and then went to Texas, where he engaged in herding cattle for two years and then returned to this county. He then engaged as clerk for one year in the dry goods store of Dorton & Pigg, since which time he has been engaged at Orrick, in business for himself.
DANIEL H. TUCKER, SEN.
Daniel H. Tucker, Sen., was born in Marion county, Kentucky, Octo- ber 21, 1816. His parents removed to Ray county, Missouri, in the spring of 1835, and our subject has ever since lived here. He was married, November 10, 1836, to Miss Milly Ellioth, daughter of John and Susanna Ellioth, natives of North Carolina. She was born November 21, 1820, in Ray county. They have eleven children living: Mary E., James L., Martha, Sarena, Benjamin F., Milly, Andrew E., Daniel H., Eliza, Sallie, William. Susannah, Kitty A. and John E. are dead. Ten of these are now married, and nine of them living near their father. (Mary E. lives in Cedar county, Missouri). Mr. Tucker owns two hundred acres of excel- lent land in Fishing River bottom and is a well-to-do farmer, and a respected member of the community. He belongs to Ada Lodge, No. 444, A. F. & A. M., at Albany.
JOHN BOGART.
John Bogart is a native of Ray county, Missouri, and was born on the 24th day of April, 1825. His father, Alexander Bogart, was a native of Tennessee, and his mother, Mary, was born in Indiana. They emi- grated to this county in the year 1819, and settled near where our sub- ject now resides. John Bogart was married September 7, 1845, to Miss Elizabeth A. Hogue, daughter of James and Elizabeth Hogue, natives of South Carolina, who came to this county about the year 1838. Mrs. Bogart was born in South Carolina, November 10, 1827. The issue of this
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marriage was ten children, six of whom are yet living: Alexander, born October 6, 1846; Elizabeth, born August 20, 1849; Janette, born June 6, 1853; James W., born November 21, 1855; Sarah C., born March 15, 1858; John R., born January 15, 1868; Mary Jane, born September 2, 1848, died October 4, 1848; Nancy, born November 7, 1851, died July 27, 1852; Mary E., born April 12, 1863, died May 8, 1864. Mr. Bogart served as justice of the peace for ten years. He is a prosperous farmer and a good citizen.
JAMES L. TUCKER.
James L. Tucker was born in Ray county, Missouri, April 17, 1843. His parents were Daniel H. and Milly Tucker, natives of the state of North Carolina. At the commencement of the civil war, Mr. Tucker enlisted in the home guard militia, and served for about six months, when he joined company B, 3d Missouri cavalry, under Captain A. Allen, and served for three years. He participated in the battles of Springfield, Monia, Cane Hill, and Neosho. At the close of the war he returned to Ray county, and went from here to Dakota territory as a teamster; was gone about a year. Soon after his return here from Dakota he was mar- ried May 29, 1866, to Miss Sarah S. Wholf, daughter of John Wholf, a native of Ohio. She was born in Ray county, Missouri, September 22, 1843. In the year 1870, Mr. Tucker located on the southeast quarter of section six, town fifty-one, range twenty-nine, where he has since resided. He owns eighty acres of excellent, well-improved land, and is prospering well. Mr. and Mrs. Tucker have four children living, and three dead: Hannah, born August 7, 1868; Milly, born October 30, 1869; Michael W., born September 7, 1874; Fannie L., born October 28, 1880; Kitty A., born April 30, 1871; died Sepember 15, 1872; Daniel H., born Decem- ber 14, 1872; died October 10, 1873; Mary E., born October 2, 1876; died October 29, 1879. Mr. Tucker is a good citizen, and highly esteemed by his neighbors.
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