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USA > Missouri > Warren County > History of St. Charles, Montgomery, and Warren counties, Missouri, written and comp. from the most authentic official and private sources, including a history of their townships, towns and villages, together with a condensed history of Missouri > Part 74
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CHRISTOPHER PEARSON, M. D. (DECEASED )
(Middletown).
For 30 years and more Dr. Pearson's name was well-known in Middletown and throughout the surrounding country as that of a con- scientious and successful physician and useful and highly esteemed citizen. He was a man of wonderful energy and of great versatility of mind and diversity of aptitudes. The high estimate placed upon
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his mission in life, even from boyhood, united with his unconquerable will, his sterling, natural ability and his untiring industry, enabled him to overcome difficulties that would have appalled one of not more than ordinary force of character. From the station in life of a poor boy, brought up without educational advantages and to the carpen- ter's trade, he arose, by the exercise of his own resources, to a posi- tion of marked prominence in the community where he lived, and was a successful merchant, a well-to-do farmer, and a leading, highly respected citizen. He was born at Boston, England, March 31, 1819, and at the age of 10 years was brought over to this country by his parents, Christopher Pearson, Sr., and wife, nee Martha Adkins, who located at Buffalo, N. Y. He was the eldest of the family of children, and his father, a cabinet maker by trade, brought young Christopher up to the carpenter's trade, though the son early displayed a genius for the science of medicine and a fixed resolution to ultimately devote himself to the medical profession. In 1843 he came West to St, Louis, and now entered Kemper's Medical College, since known as the Missouri Medical College, where he took a regular course of two terms, working at his trade during vacations to obtain money to de- fray his expenses. In 1844 he was graduated with high honor, and at once came to Montgomery county, where he located and engaged in the practice of his profession. Having accumulated some means by 1854 he also interested himself in merchandising at Middletown, which business he had carried on with success for over 15 years. He also dealt largely in tobacco, buying, putting up and shipping to the wholesale markets, and became the owner of a fine farm of some 200 acres. The war coming on in 1861, however, his fortune was seriously impaired by the vicissitudes of that unfortunate trouble. He was a Union man throughout, but took no active part in the war. In 1845 he was married to Miss Martha Paxton, a daughter of James Paxton, formerly of Shelby county, Ky., but an early settler of Lincoln county, Mo. Three of their family of children are living : Mary, wife of M. C. Patterson, of Nevada, Mo .; Mattie, wife of H. B. Livingsburger, of Denver, Co !. , and Christopher, fils, now editor of the Middletown Chips, a sprightly weekly newspaper published at this place. In 1874 Dr. Pearson removed to Louisiana, Mo., where he practiced medicine about five years, and then went to Georgetown, Col., where he died in 1882. His remains were brought back to Middletown, and now rest side by side with those of his parents in the cemetery at that place. His parents removed here in 1860, and made this their home until their deaths. Mrs. Dr. Pearson is still living, a lady of great personal worth and highly esteemed by all her neighbors. Christopher Pearson, the editor of the Chips, was edu- cated in the district schools of Middletown and at Danville College. . He started his paper in August, 1882, and its success thus far has been quite up to his expectations.
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CHARLES H. RIGG, M. D.
(Physician and Surgeon, Middletown).
Dr. Rigg is a native of Missouri, born in Montgomery county, February 14, 1851. On his father's side his grandparents, Lane P. and Elizabeth Rigg, came from Virginia, and settled in Montgomery county as early as 1832. His mother's parents, Robert and Eliza- beth Hunter, came from North Carolina to this country in 1818. The Rigg family was originally from England and the grandfather of the Doctor's father came direct from that country to Virginia. His mother was from Scotland. The Doctor's mother's grandfather, Peter Hunter, a Virginian by nativity, was of Dutch descent. His wife, however, was of English ancestry. Dr. Rigg's father, Law- rence H. Rigg, was a native of Virginia, but was only 10 years of age when his parents came to Montgomery county. The Doctor's mother, nee Margaret J. Hunter, was born and reared in this county. She died here in 1866. The family resided on a farm eight miles south of Danville until 1864, when they removed to Danville. In 1872 the father moved to Indiana, where he now resides. He was elected treasurer of Montgomery county in 1866 and re-elected in 1868. He was an energetic farmer while engaged in agriculture and afterwards proved an excellent business man. His wife was a most pious-hearted Christian lady. They had a family of nine children, of whom Dr. Rigg was the fifth. He was partly reared at Danville and brought up in the milling business, in which his father was engaged at that place. He attended the common school and high school for two years. He then studied medicine for about four years and grad- uated at the American Medical College at St. Louis, May 16, 1878. Since then he has been actively engaged in the practice of his profes- sion and has been occupied with no other pursuit. His experience thus far has been one of satisfactory success and he has built up a good practice. September 18, 1883, he was married to Miss Jeannie D. Slack, of Middletown. Politically, Dr. Rigg votes with the Democratic party, and in religious matters he is an ardent believer in Bible holiness, or entire sanctification. Though comparatively a young man, yet Dr. Rigg, even before he began the practice of medi- cine, made two trips to California, principally engaged in teaching, and has made one trip to that State since he began the practice of medicine.
JOHN HAYNES ROBINSON .
(Potter, Middletown).
Mr. Robinson's grandparents, John Robinson and wife, came from England to Massachusetts in an early dav and afterwards, in about 1812, removed to Chillicothe, Ohio. His paternal grandparents, Henry and Priscilla Haynes, came from Virginia and settled at Chillicothe about the same time. His father was Minott Robinson
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and his mother's maiden name, Sophia Haynes. Both were reared at Chillicothe though his father was eight years of age when his parents left Massachusetts. Minott Robinson and wife lived at Chil- licothe until 1866, when they removed to Highland county, Ohio, where they resided until their deaths. Both parents were favored with good common-school educations and the father became a suc- cessful farmer, and a man of great industry and energy. He died March 11, 1876, and his wife in 1873, both at their homestead in Highland county. Both were church members and she was noted for her strict piety and close observance of the Sabbath. They had a family of 12 children, of whom John H. was the seventh. He was born in Ross county, September 10, 1839. He was principally reared on a farm and had the advantages of the common and normal schools. He then commenced as a school teacher and taught school continu- ously and successfully for 17 years, establishing a wide and enviable reputation as a capable and faithful educator. Afterwards Mr. Rob- inson engaged in farming. His principal places of residence have been Ross and Highland counties, Ohio, Beardstown, Ill., Macon county, Mo., and Montgomery county, Mo. He came to this county in 1870 and was farming near Middletown until he came to this place in February of the present year. Here he is engaged quite exten- sively in the pottery business. He also still owns his farm near Middletown. During the war he was a member of the One Hundred and Sixty-eighth Ohio volunteer infantry. June 23, 1867, he was married to Miss Delia Caley, of Highland county, Ohio. She was a daughter of John Caley, a United Brethren minister of the Gospel. They have four children: Orville A., Mettie B., Henry and John P. Another, Allen G., the youngest, died at a tender age. Mr. Robin- son is a man of very domestic disposition and spends all his leisure time at home in the society of his family.
THEODORE F. SANDERS
(Farmer and Stock-raiser, Post-office, Middletown).
Mr. Sanders came to Montgomery county in the fall of 1880, and bought the farm where he now resides. His tract of land contains 240 acres, 180 acres of which are in cultivation and the balance in timbered land, nearly all in pasturage. He has a good orchard of about 150 trees of different varieties of fruit. On both sides of his family, his paternal and maternal ancestry, he is of ancient New Jersey descent, his father, Barnaba Sanders. His grandfather, and his great grandfather were natives of that State, and descended from a German colonist of their name who settled in New Jersey, prior to the Revo- lution. His mother, Sophia Anderson before her marriage, was also from an old New Jersey family. Theodore F. was born near Trenton, September 25, 1845, and when he was two years of age the family removed to Columbiana county, Ohio, and resided there and in Will- iams county until Theodore F. was grown to manhood. In 1866, they removed to Henry county, near Rock Island, where the father
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died in 1880. Theodore F. was married in Williams county, Ohio, March 17, 1865, to Miss Margaret Weiker, a daughter of Adam Weiker of the vicinity of Wooster, in Wayne county, Ohio. He then removed to Alliance, in Stark county, where he learned the machin- ist's trade and worked at it for about twelve years. In 1877 he re- turned to Columbiana county, where he resided and engaged in farming, and then moved to Wooster, in Wayne county, where he continued until he came to Montgomery county, Mo, in the fall of 1880. Mr. and Mrs. Sanders have five children : Lilian, Olive, Walter W., Theodore W. and Erma E. Mrs. S. is a member of the United Brethren, and Mr. S. is a member of the Ancient Order of Odd Fellows.
CORTEZ STEWART
(Farmer and Stock-raiser, Post-office, Montgomery City).
Mr. Stewart, an energetic and progressive young agriculturist of this part of the county, was a son of Maj. Osborn Stewart, and one of the old and highly respected citizens of this county. The Stewart family early came from Virginia, and settled in Montgomery county. Maj. Stewart is still a resident of Montgomery City. His wife, still living, was a Miss Elizabeth Glenn before her marriage. They had a family of five children, of whom the subject of this sketch is the third, and three of their family of children are living. Cortez Stewart was born in this county, December 29, 1852. His higher education was received in the State University, in Columbia, from whence he graduated. After this he was engaged in the livery busi- ness at Montgomery City for a time. Having married in the mean- time, he settled on a farm where he now resides, and here has a fine stock farm of 360 acres, one of the best farms in Prairie township. In 1876 Mr. Stewart was married to Miss Lettie Bruner, a young lady of rare personal charms, a refined and accomplished daughter of 'Squire David Bruner of Montgomery City. Mr. and Mrs. S. have had three children, one of whom, however, an infant, was taken from them by death. The other two are Ledena and Rachel. Both pa- rents are members of the M. E. Church South.
WILLIAM B. THOMPSON
(Farmer and Stock-raiser, Post-office, Middletown).
In the veins of the subject of the present sketch is mingled the blood of several old Revolutionary families whose names are written with honor on the pages of their country's history. Mr. Thompson's grandfather, Fulton Thompson, was of Irish descent. His ancestor came originally from Donegal county, Ireland, and served as express or news carrier under that intrepid commander, "Mad Anthony Wayne," in the war against the Indians of the North-west. He was present at the building of Fort Defiance, and partially lost his hear- ing in a battle fought with the Indians near that place on the banks of the Maumee. He cast his first vote for Gen. Washington, and his
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last one for Bell and Everett in 1860. Born in Chambersburg, Pa., he came with his father's family to Kentucky when only seven years of age, the family settling at a fort now known as the City of Lex- ington. Subsequently he returned to Pennsylvania, and was married there to Miss Martha Lindsey, of a family of early Scotch settlers, living near Chambersburg. They came immediately to Kentucky, and settled on and improved a farm five miles from Lexington, Fay- ette county, at a place then called Thompson's Station. In 1829 they removed with their family to Lincoln county, Mo. Mrs. Thomp- son died there in 1852, in the seventy-fourth year of her age. Four years later he removed to Montgomery county. He died here May 2, 1868, at the advanced age of 96 years and six months. They had a family of 12 children, four of whom died, however, before the re- moval of the family to Missouri. Only one is now living. In their family of children was Robert W. Thompson, the fourth son, who be- came the father of the subject of the present sketch. He was born June 10, 1807, in Fayette county, Ky. Reared to farm life, which occupation his father followed, he remained with the family and in the year 1844 was married in Lincoln county, Mo., to Miss Sarah T. Baird, a daughter of William and Elizabeth (Findly) Baird. She was born in and reared in Lincoln county, Ky. William Baird was of Scotch descent, was born in Virginia, and came with his father's family to Kentucky when quite a small boy. His father served throughout the War for Independence, and finally saw the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown. He himself served under Gen. Harrison in the War of 1812. He lived to a good old age, and died in Montgomery county, Mo., in his eighty-ninth year. Robert W. Thompson, after his marriage to Miss Baird, remained in Lincoln county until 1857, when he removed to Montgomery county, and bought land in Prairie township. Here he made a large farm and lived a respected and prosperous farmer until his death, which oc- curred April 12, 1875, at the age of 68. His wife is still living in widowhood on the family homestead. They reared a family of six children, namely : Martha E., William B., Judith A.,, Mary A., Sarah R. and Samuel F., now of Texas. William B. Thompson, the subject of this sketch, was born before his parents removed from Lin- coln county, Mo. He was therefore principally reared on the family homestead in Montgomery county, where the family removed when he was quite a small boy. He still resides with his mother on the old homestead, a large and valuable farm containing 440 acres. He is engaged in managing the place, and is having good success and is one of the prominent farmers of this township. Mr. T. is not married.
HENRY TROWER
(Farmer and Stock-raiser, and of Trower & Son, Dealers in Hardware, Etc., Middletown). -
Mr. Trower was principally reared in the vicinity of New Hartford, Pike county, where his parents removed from Kentucky, away back in 1830. His father was Wesley B. Trower, and his mother's maiden
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name Elizabeth Jones. They are well remembered in the southern part of Pike county as esteemed neighbors and members of their com- munity. The father was an energetic, substantial farmer, and was highly respected. Henry, the subject of this sketch, was the third of their family of children, and was born in Mercer county, Ky., May 22, 1825. Reared on the farm, near New Hartford, he continued the life of a farmer after he grew up, and about the time of attaining his majority engaged in farming in that vicinity for himself. This he con- tinued without interruption and with good success until he engaged in his present business with his son a short time ago. He still owns, however, in Pike county, a good farm of 360 acres, the carrying on of which he superintends. January 12, 1851, Mr. Trower was married to Miss Margaret D. Butler, a daughter of an early settler of Pike county. The fruits of this union are: Nancy E. (deceased ), Martha D. (deceased), Sarah E., now the wife of Jasper Lovelace ; Jeanette F., the wife of William Atkinson ; Daniel, Emily, consort of William Swagget ; John W., George T., Fannie C., Kittie, Samuel P. (de- ceased ), and James H. (deceased ). Daniel is his father's partner in the hardware business. They carry a full line of shelf and heavy hardware, and are building up a good trade. Mr. and Mrs. Trower are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Mr. T. is a Republican in politics.
JOHN TULLY
(Retired Farmer, Middletown).
Over forty years ago Mr. Tully came to Middletown, a place then barely more than a post-office, blacksmith shop and the like, and the country around about an almost uninhabited wild. He bought a tract of land near Middletown for $15 an acre, where he improved a farm and lived for many years, or until his retirement from farm life. This same land he sold for $62.50 an acre. He is a native of Vir- ginia, born in Amherst county, February 5, 1808. Mr. Tully was partly reared, however, in West Virginia, at or near Charlestown. His father, Andy Tully, removed to Charlestown in an early day. Mr. T.'s mother was a Miss Sallie Taylor before her marriage. They reared a family of children, as follows : James, who died at Charles- town at the age of 22; Martha, the wife of a Mr. Hall, of Virginia ; Alfred, a minister of the gospel in Virginia; Powhatan, also of Virginia ; Loudoun (deceased ), Jasper (deceased ), Ely, a carpenter of Virginia ; Adeline, married and living in Virginia ; Sarah, the wife of a Mr. Beaver of Virginia ; William, of St. Louis ; Andy, of Lynn county, Va., and John, the subject of this sketch. John Tully, after he grew up in West Virginia, where he was married to Miss Nancy Hoge in 1832, removed to Kentucky and settled in Washington county, continuing to reside there for a period of some seven years, when he came to Missouri in 1840. In this State he located in Van Buren county, now known as Cass county, where he lived for some 15 years. From there he came to Montgomery county and settled at
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Middletown in the spring of 1863. Mr. Tully has reared a family of nine children, namely : James, Matthew, Lucinda, William, Paris, John Wesley, Monford, Tedford and Silas. He relates many inter- esting anecdotes of his early years, his school experience in Virginia and the primitive condition and circumstances of life at that time. He went to school before the day of glass window panes, and his part of the country being in advance of the practice of cutting a log out and leaving the space open to admit the light, they adopted the oiled transparent paper window panes, those being the best for the purpose then to be had. Mr. Tully is one of the old-time citizens, now nearly four-score years of age, but his mind is unimpaired by the flight of years, and his memory and conversation are remarkable for one of his age. It is extremely interesting to hear him speak of the early times of the country, and an hour or so can be no more profitably spent than in conversation with him about the early events and inci- dents he has witnessed.
JAMES W. WELDON
(Dealer in General Merchandise and Postmaster, Gamma P. O.).
Mr. Weldon engaged in business at this place in 1880, and has since had a successful business experience here - quite up to his expecta- tions - and his future in business seems only one of promise for a .successful career. Mr. Weldon comes of two families highly re- spected in one of the best communities of the State, the people in and around Lexington, Ky. He was born at that place May 20, 1851, and was a son of Dr. James Weldon and wife, formerly a Miss Mar- garet W. McConnell. His father was a native of Lancaster county, Pa., but his mother was born and reared in Lexington. Dr. Weldon was a gentleman of fine culture and a physician of a high order of abil- ity and attainments. For many years he was successfully engaged in the practice at Lexington, and afterwards he practiced at New Orleans, La. He died at Saratoga Springs, August 26, 1876. His wife is now living with her son, the subject of this sketch. The family came to this county in 1859. James W. Weldon was the younger of two children and was given an advanced education. He studied in the high schools and military institute of Lexington, Ky., and in Wy- man's University ; he also studied at St. Louis, and in the schools of New York and Philadelphia. On the 7th of October, 1880, he was married in this county to Miss Cornelia A. Hogsett, a daugh- ter of William A. and Sarah E. (Pugh) Hogsett. Mrs. W. com- pleted her education at the schools in Moberly. Mr. and Mrs. W. have two children, Sarah M. and Margaret. Mr. Weldon came to Montgomery county with his parents in 1859, but remained only a year, after which he traveled extensively in the United States, and from time to time resided at different points, including some of the leading cities of the Union. His wife is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and he is a member of the A. O. U. W.
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WILLIAM P. M. WELLS
(Farmer, Post-office, Olney).
Mr. Wells' parents, William E. and Mary (Triplet ) Wells, came from North Carolina and located in Lincoln county, Mo., in 1829. The following year, however, they came to Montgomery county, where they made their permanent home. His father was an energetic farmer and died here December 23, 1843. The mother is still living, a resi- dent of this county and is aged 75 years. William P. M. Wells was the sixth in their family of seven children, and was born on the home- stead in this county March 11, 1841. He received a common-school education as he grew up on the farm, and remained at home with the family until his marriage, which occurred September 6, 1866. His wife was a Miss Celia C. J. Ogelvie, a daughter of Lorenzo D. and Sophronia (Cottle) Ogelvie, of Lincoln county, this State. Mr. and Mrs. Wells have two children : Mary S. and Julia E. Mr. W. is the only one of his father's family of children now living, and he still re- sides on the family homestead, which he has long owned, a good farm of nearly a quarter section of land. In 1870 he was elected justice of the peace of Prairie township, an office he still holds, having been re-elected two years ago. His parents were both members of the Presbyterian Church, and his mother is still of that denomination. 'Squire W. is a member of no church, but his wife; who died March 28, 1883, was a member of the Primitive Baptist Church. He is a member of the A. O. U. W. and the A. F. and A. M.
MORGAN B. WHITE
(Farmer and Stock-raiser and Short-horn Cattle Breeder, Post-office, Middletown).
Prominent among the self-made, successful agriculturists and highly- respected, influential citizens of the north-eastern part of the county is the subject of the present sketch. The Whites, or the branch of the family to which our subject belongs, is of Irish ancestry, but early settled in Virginia, probably during the first half of the last cen- tury. John White, from Ireland, was the founder of the family in this country. He reared a family in Virginia, and among his sons was Archibald White, who married Dorcas Simpson. They removed to Kentucky after their marriage and settled in Shelby county, where they made their permanent home. Among their children Morgan B. White, Sr., who became the father of the subject of this sketch, was the first. He was reared in Kentucky to the occupation of a farmer, but in early manhood also learned the silversmith's trade, at which he worked in that State for a time. On his mother's side, Morgan B. White, Sr., came of the well known Simpson family, of Virginia, branches of which are now found in Kentucky, Indiana, Missouri, and several other States. His mother was a lady of refinement and many estimable qualities of head and heart. Coming of such parents as these, whatever his early circumstances might be, it could not have
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been doubted for a moment by those of any forecast who knew him that Morgan B. White, Sr., was destined to become a man of some consideration. He was married in Kentucky, in 1822, to Miss Mary A. Marmaduke, of a branch of the original family of Virginia from which Gov. Marmaduke, of Missouri, came, and whose son, Gen. Marmaduke, will also be Governor of this State. Mary A. Marmaduke was in every way a worthy representative of her family, and was one of those true, gentle wives and devoted, loving mothers whose whole object in life seemed to be to make home happy. The same year-that he married, Morgan B. White, Sr., removed to Missouri with his young wife and settled in Callaway county, which was then but little more than a wilderness. After he left Kentucky he directed his whole time and energy to farming up to his final retirement from the activi- ties of life. In 1827 he removed to Montgomery county and settled on a farm about seven miles from Danville, where he lived for a period of over 30 years. He was not a man whose highest conception of life was to accumulate a fortune. A pleasure greater than some men feel in seeing their possessions gradually enlarged and other property steadily gathering about them, he felt in a higher sphere of life - in mental improvement, in storing his mind with useful knowledge. His favorite studies were civil government, history and the Scriptures. He also kept well up in current events, and few men of this part of the country were better informed in politics, history and religion than he. Added to this, he was a fine conversationalist, a smooth, even talker. He was extremely fond of society, and nothing afforded him greater pleasure than to have a circle of friends around him and talk with them on any of his favorite topics. In politics he was a consist- ent, unswerving Democrat ; and in religion, an earnest believer in the doctrines of the Christian Church. In both, however, he was a man of the greatest liberality. In Montgomery county Morgan B. White, Sr. soon became recognized as one of its most worthy and representative citizens. In 1836 he was elected a member of the Legislature, and repre- sented his county with marked ability and unswerving integrity. He was not a man, however, who sought political advancement, and he accepted a position to which he was elected only at the urgent and repeated solicitations of the leading men of the county. As a . farmer he was only fairly successful. He had a comfortable home and lived well, always with an abundance for himself and family, and the many good friends who delighted to enjoy his hospitality. On October 29, 1856, his first wife, Mary A. (Marmaduke) White, one of the truest and best of women, one whose noble and excellent qualities illustrated to more than an ordinary degree the better side of humanity - the pure, the gentle and the good - wrapped the mantle of her last rest about her and fell to sleep in death. She passed away, sustained in her last moments by an abiding faith in the promise of her Redeemer. From an early age she had been a devoted, consistent member of the Chris- tian Church, and by all she is remembered as one who made those around her better and happier by her having lived. She was the mother of 13 children, 10 of whom lived to reach mature years. To
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