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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 78
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D. KIMBLE
(Farmer, Post-office, Jonesburg).
Mr. Kimble was a mere lad when the war broke out in 1861, but the following year, although only 13 years of age, he offered himself
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as a volunteer in the Southern service. He entered the Tennessee cavalry regiment and served with courage and fidelity until the close of the war. Among other engagements of note in which he took part were the battles of Nashville and Franklin, Tennessee. He had been born and reared in Kentucky, and after the close of the war re- turned to his native county, Warren. He remained in Warren county, Ky., until coming to Missouri, when he settled in Montgomery county. On the 24th of December, 1874, he was married to Miss Martha Brown, a daughter of A. E. Brown, of this county. Three children have been born to them : Mary J., Forest, and one now de- ceased. Mr. Kimble has followed farming from boyhood and is still actively engaged in that pursuit. He has a place of 80 acres, well improved. Mr. Kimble was born in Warren county, Ky., July 18, 1849, and was a son of A. C. and Miss A. (Moore) Kimble. Both parents are natives of Kentucky. Mr. Kimble in 1881 was elected a justice of the peace and is still an incumbent of that office.
FELIX G. LOGAN
(Of Logan & Goodrich, Proprietors of Jonesburg Flouring, Grist and Saw Mills).
Mr. Logan's father, William Logan, was a contemporary with the Boones, Cooper, Callaways and others, in the early settlement of Mis- souri. He came to this State in 1816 and settled in Warren county, when there were hardly more than a dozen counties in the State, and several of those were greater in extent than some of the New England States. The country was, indeed, a wilderness, and while the settlers usually endeavored to live in groups for mutual help and protection, these settlements were generally miles and miles apart, often a day's journey or two. From such a condition as this, two generations, father and son, have lived to see the country transformed into one of the fairest and most prosperous commonweaths in the galaxy of Ameri- can States. The father, who had been a gallant soldier in the War of 1812, lived to a ripe old age in Warren county, and was at last laid to rest in 1852. He was originally from Fleming county, Ky., where also, his wife, who was a Miss Nancy Hobbs, was born and reared. She died in 1880. They had a family of 12 children, of whom six are living. Felix G. was born on the family homestead in Warren county, May 2, 1831, and was reared to the occupation of a farmer. He engaged in the milling business, however, about the close of the war in 1865. On the 21st of August, 1862, he was married to Miss Emma Maloy, a daughter of Wm. Maloy, of New York State. The milling business has constituted Mr. Logan's principal occupation for a number of years past. He has for some time been engaged in this branch of business at Jonesburg, and is now a member of the firm of Logan & Goodrich, proprietors of the Jonesburg flouring, grist and saw mills. In 1873 Mr. Logan had the misfortune to lose his first wife. She had borne him four children, two of whom pre- ceded her in death ; the others are : Abner B. and Mary C. Mr. Logan's present wife was a Miss Eva Logan before her marriage, a
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daughter of Christopher Logan. They have three children, two of whom are dead and one is living, Romie F. Mr. L. has a neat tract of land in section 23, township 47, range 5 ; he also has some valuable town property at this place.
JOHN W. MASON
(Farmer and County Assessor, Post-office, Belleville) .
Mr. Mason, one of the well known and popular citizens of the county, is a native Missourian, born in Warren county, February 28, 1853. His father was Albert G. Mason, an old and respected citizen of that county, but now long since deceased. Mr. Mason's mother before her marriage was a Miss Sarah. A. Dyer, and of the well known Dyer family of North-east Missouri. She was originally from Virginia, but his father was from Kentucky. John W. was reared in Warren county and brought up a farmer .. He received a good common school education, also had the benefit of a term at the Warrenton Academy and of a nine months' course at McGee College. He then engaged in teaching and taught for about eight years. Meanwhile he had also been farming during cropping seasons and on the 3d of September, 1872, he was married to Miss Jennie, the youngest daughter of George W. Owens, an early settler of Warren county from Kentucky. Mr. Mason continued farming in that county until 1877, when, having bought land in Montgomery county he removed to this county, where he has ever since resided. Here he has a neat farm substantially and comfortably improved. In 1882 he was nominated for, and elected to the office of county assessor, and he is now making his second assess- ment of the county. Mr. Mason has made an efficient and capable assessor and is universally popular both in his own party and among Republicans. Mr. and Mrs. M. have four children : Mary M., Effie C., Dora B. and John W. Albert, a promising boy aged 7 years, and the eldest in the family of children, died September 24, 1881. Mr. and Mrs. Mason are members of the Baptist Church, and he is a member of the I. O.O. F.
JOHN G. MILLER
(Farmer, Post-office, Montgomery City).
September 3, 1838, was the date of Mr. Miller's birth, and St. Charles county, Mo., the situs accouchement. His parents were Fleming and Susan (McKay ) Miller, his father originally of Virginia, as was also his mother. They had a family of nine children, four of whom are living. The father came to St. Charles county in an early day. John G. Miller was reared on his father's farm, and continued to re- side in St. Charles county until 1883, when, having married in the meantime, he removed with his family to Montgomery county, and settled on the place where he now resides, which is stocked with a good grade of cattle and other farm animals. In 1880, Mr. Miller was married to Miss Orlena S. Cottle, a daughter of Ora and Eliza-
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beth Cottle, of St. Charles county. Mr. and Mrs. Miller have two children : Fleming E. and Enoch M. Mr. M. is a member of the M. E. Church and his wife of the Christian Church.
WILLIAM B. MILLIKAN
(Farmer and Stock-raiser, Post-office, High Hill).
Mr. Millikan, an energetic farmer and respected citizen of Bear Creek township, came from Kentucky to this State, but is a native of Tennessee. He was born in Grainger county, Tenn., January 19, 1825. His parents, George and Elizabeth ( Coffman ) Millikan, were both born and reared in Tennessee, where they were married and lived until their death. They had nine children, four of whom are living, and both parents were members of the Baptist Church. The father was a farmer by occupation, and William B. was reared in Tennessee to that calling. In 1847 he was married in Jefferson county, Tenn., to Miss Emilie Walker, a daughter of James Walker, and four years later he removed to Crittenden county, Ky. He resided in. that county for over 20 years, and came thence to Missouri in 1870. Here he located in Montgomery county, but in 1871 went to St. Clair county, this State, returning, however, the same year. He has been residing on the farm where he now lives since 1872. His place con- tains 314 acres, and is substantially improved. Mr. and Mrs. Millikan have had 11 children. Seven of their children are living, namely : John A., Sarah A., George R., Jehu T., Theodrick R., James H., Matilda J. and Isham W. Both parents are members of the Baptist Church.
HENRY MORGAN
(Farmer, Post-office, Jonesburg).
Mr. Morgan is a native of Wales, born near Neath, Gleamorganshire, on March 27, 1850, and a son of William and Mary (Williams) Mor- gan, the ancestry of both of whom were settled in that country for unknown generations. Mr. Morgan's parents became converts to the faith of the Church of the Latter Day Saints, otherwise known as the Mormon Church, and when he was quite a youth they came to America. Whatever may be thought of this sect or its creed by the generality of men of the present generation, it is certainly held in no greater disfavor than was the religion of Jesus Christ in His day. So far as testimony that would be received in any ordinary court of justice is concerned, the Book of Mormon stands on a good footing. David Whitmer, a venerable and highly esteemed citizen of Richmond, in Ray county, Mo., a man whose word would be as readily received and believed in any court of justice as that of any living man, and who is as far from a polygamist in faith and practice as was Joseph Smith himself, is a living witness to the genuineness and divine inspiration of the Book of Mormon. The following is the sworn testimony of this venerable and honest old man, given half a century ago, which he
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confirmed only a few days since in the most. solemn manner in the presence of witnesses, tottering on the brink of the grave, as it were, almost in the very presence of death, and knowing that he has but a little while longer to live :-
TESTIMONY.
" Be it known unto all nations, kindreds, tongues and people unto whom this work shall come, that we, through the grace of God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, have seen the plates which contain this record, which is a record of the people of Nephi; and also of the Canaanites, their brethren; and also of the people of Jared, who came from the towns of which hath been spoken; and we also know that they have been translated by the gift and power of God, for His voice hath declared it unto us; wherefore we know of a surety that the work is true; and He also testifies that we have seen the engravings which are upon the plates, and they have been shown unto us by the power of God, and not of man. And we declare with words of sober- ness thit an angel of God came down from heaven, and he brought and laid before our eyes, that we beheld and saw the plates and the engravings thereon; and we know that it is by the grace of God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ that we beheld and bear record that these things are true, and it is marvelous in our eyes. Nevertheless, the voice of the Lord commanded us that we should bear record of it; wherefore, to be obedient under the commandments of God, we bear testimony of these things, and we know that if we are faithful in Christ we shall rid our garments of the blood of all men and be found spotless before the judgment seat of Christ and dwell with Him eternally in the heavens; and the honor be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost, which is one God. Amen !
. (Signed)
"OLIVER COWDERY, " DAVID WHITMER,
" MARTIN HARRIS."
The plates, or hieroglyphics, themselves, were submitted to both Profs. Mitchell and Anthon, of New York, eminent Oriental scholars, who pronounced them genuine reformed Egyptian and Hebrew charac-, ters, and the original manuscripts from these Mr. Whitmer still holds in his possession, and always open for inspection. Certainly these testimonies combined will compare favorably with that of any of the early Christian councils that passed on the genuineness of the original Scriptures. Mr. Morgan's parents accepted the evidence of the genuineness of the Book of Mormon, and in the face of the testi- mony above given who can be surprised? Mr. Morgan himself,
however, is a member of no church; but nevertheless he is a man of sterling character, and one whose disposition and effort is to do right among his fellow-men the nearest he can. Mr. Morgan grew to manhood in this county, having come to Montgomery when still young, where his father now resides. Farming has been his occupa- tion from an early age, and he and his brother Phillip have a good place of 160 acres. He is one of the industrious farmers and well respected citizens of Bear Creek township.
GEORGE T. MUNS AND GEORGE E. MUNS, M. D.
(Post-office, Montgomery City).
Mr. Muns, Sr. (George T.), is a native of New York, born in Niagara county, July 16, 1834. He was a son of Hard and Elizabeth (Botting) Muns, both originally from England. The father came to America in 1830 and settled in New York State, where he still re-
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sides at an advanced age, but, nevertheless, well preserved and active. He is an iron founder by trade and followed that in New York for many years, and up to the time of his retirement from the active labors of life. George T. Muns, the father of Dr. George E., was reared in New York State, and in youth learned the wagon-maker's trade, which he followed for some seven years. In 1854 he was mar- ried to Miss Alta Doolittle, a daughter of Samuel Doolittle, and of an old and respected New York family. In 1861, on the outbreak of the war, Mr. Muns (George T. ) promptly enlisted for the service of his country in the Union army. He was out for three years, under Gen. McClellan most of the time, and during his term of service took part in some 27 battles, principally those in Virginia. After the expira- tion of his term of enlistment he was honorably discharged and returned home to New York. While in the army, however, by his merits and bravery as a soldier, he was promoted from time to time until he rose to the position of second lieutenant. Mr. Muns continued to reside in New York State after the war until 1868, when he came to Missouri and settled on the farm where he now resides. Here he has a neat place and is pleasantly situated. Mr. and Mrs. Muns have had five children : George E., Elizabeth, who died in girl- hood, Virginia E., Florence L. and Charles H. He and wife are members of the M. E. Church.
DR. GEORGE E. MUNS, the eldest in his father's family of five chil- dren, was born in Wyoming county, N. Y., on the 20th of February, 1856, and was therefore 12 years of age when the family removed to Missouri. He was educated at the high school of Prichett's Institute, in Glasgow, Mo., and subsequently read medicine under Dr. McLelan, a leading physician of this county. In 1878 he entered the medical department of the State University, at Columbia, where he took a thorough course of two terms and graduated with distinction in 1880. He then located at Gamma and engaged in the practice of medicine, where he has ever since been occupied with his profession and with excellent success. He has built up a good practice and has an envia- ble and steadily increasing reputation as a physician. In 1882 he was married to Miss Sallie Clare, an estimable and refined daugh- ter of Walden G. Clare, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this volume. One child has been born to them, a son. As a student at medical college, it is worthy to be remarked, Dr. Muns stood at the head of his class, and was awarded its highest honor, the delivery of the valedictory.
MARTIN D. PUCKETT
(Farmer and Stock-raiser, Post-office, High Hill).
For over 19 years Mr. Puckett has been a resident of Montgomery county, contributing by his industry and intelligence to its growth and development, and to its general advancement. Mr. Puckett was a former well known and popular citizen of Highland county, O., where he was born and reared. He held the offices of assessor and deputy
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sheriff, and some other positions of local consideration. £ Mr. Puckett was born in Highland county, O., November 4, 1817. He was a son of Nathan G. and Anna Bell Puckett, his father originally of Ken- tucky, but his mother formerly of Maryland. They came to Highland county, O., in 1802, and were among the pioneers of that county. Martin D. Puckett was reared a farmer, and also learned the carpen- ter's trade. February 4, 1860, he was married to Miss Nannie Flor- ence, a daughter of Thomas Florence. This union has been blessed with four children, three of whom are living: Albie, Mary H. and William. Richard O. died October 22, 1882. After his marriage in Ohio, Mr. Puckett continued to reside in Highland county until 1865 when he removed to Missouri and settled in Montgomery county. Here he bought land and engaged in farming, and his homestead now contains 200 acres and is substantially improved. He also has over 200 acres of good land in other tracts, about 120 acres being in War- ren county. Mrs. P. is a member of the Christian Church.
TAYLOR PURL
(Farmer and Stock-raiser, Post-office, Jonesburg).
For some 13 years consecutively preceding 1883, Mr. Purl was en- gaged in merchandising at Jonesburg, and with excellent success. But in 1883 he found it convenient and advantageous to gratify an inclination long had for engaging in farming and stock-raising. Having previously bought a fine farm near Jonesburg, he retired from merchandising and located on his farm. There he has ever since been actively engaged in carrying on his place. Mr. Purl' has 420 acres of land, all well improved and. especially well adapted to stock raising, which branch of industry he is making his leading interest, and therefore is stocking his farm with a good grade of cattle and other farm animals. He is a native of Indiana, born in Wayne county, near Centreville, October 1, 1848. He was reared to the occupation of a farmer in that county, and near Carrollton, Ill., and also had some experience in mercantile life. In 1867 he came to Missouri, and has since made his permanent home in this State. On the 10th of March, 1869, he was married to Miss Mattie Ella Camp, a daughter of Hiram H. Camp, of this county. The next year after his marriage Mr. Purl engaged in merchandising at Jonesburg, which he continued until 1883. He and wife have had a family of three children, but only one is living. Mrs. Purl is a member of the Christian Church. Mr. Purl has some valuable town property in Jonesburg, and is highly respected in the community as an upright man and valued citizen. His father, Thomas C. Purl, who was orig- inally from Pennsylvania, now resides at Carrollton, Ill. He has been twice married. His first wife (Mr. Purl's mother) died in 1851. He was married to his second wife in 1854. She was a Miss Jones, also of Indiana.
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NIRVIM RICHARDS
(Farmer, Post-office, Belleville).
Mr. Richards' farms contains 116 acres, and he has been residing on his present place for a long time. He is an energetic farmer, and contributes his full share to the agricultural development of this part of the county. Mr. Richards came originally from Pennsylvania, but resided for a number of years in Ohio, where he was married. He was born in Lancaster county, Pa., October 30, 1830, and his father was Godfrey Richards, who was by trade a blacksmith, and also fol- lowed the occupation of farming. He finally removed to Williams county, O., where he died in 1854. Mr. Richard's mother was named Beshebe Adams before her marriage, and was born and reared in Pennsylvania. They had a family of 10 children. Both parents were members of the Presbyterian Church. Nirvim Richards came out to Ohio with the family in 1854, and in 1865 came to Missouri, locat- ing first in Warren county. Three years later he came to Montgom- ery county, where he has since resided and been engaged in farming. In 1863 he was married in Ohio to Miss Jane Bagley, a daughter of Alexander Bagley, of Williams county. Mr. and Mrs. R. have five children : Frank M., Viola L., Ada L., Walter W. and Arthur H. He and wife are members of the M. E. Church. .
WILLIAM J. RIXEY
(Dealer in General Merchandise, Jonesburg).
Mr. Rixey came to Jonesburg and engaged in his present line of business at this place in 1870, and has since met with good success. He has increased his stock from time to time, as his increase of trade justified, until he now has one of the representative business houses of this part of the county, and being accommodating and obliging and perfectly fair in all his dealings, he has the qualities and charac- teristics of a successful business career. Mr. Rixey is a native of the Old Dominion, born in Culpeper county, September 28, 1848. His parents were Charles W. and Fannie (Settles) Rixey, both also natives of Virginia. William J. was the eldest in their family of ten children, and was reared in Culpeper county. In 1869 he came to Missouri and engaged in mercantile business in Audrain county. While there he was married May 25, 1870, to Miss Mary C. Harper, a daughter of William and Martha A. Harper, of that county. Mr. Rixey continued in mercantile life in Audrain county until he came to Jonesburg. He and his wife have three children : Amy H., Fannie C. and William H. Mr. and Mrs. R. are members of the Baptist Church.
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PARKER AND JAMES K. RODGERS.
(Farmers and Stock-raisers, Post-office, Montgomery City).
The branch of the Rodgers family of which the subjects of the present sketch are representatives, settled originally from England in Maryland. Parker Rodgers' parents, William R. and Pearlie ( Har- ness) Rodgers, were both natives of the Chesapeake Bay State, and during the latter part of the seventeenth century removed to Pennsylva- nia. Parker Rodgers was born in the latter State, September 22, 1807. Later along the family removed to Indiana, where the father died in 1847, and the mother in 1856. They settled in Indiana in 1817, where they reared a family of ten children, or rather, but two of their family of ten children are living. Parker Rodgers, the sixth in the family, was reared in Indiana, and was married there to Miss Hannah Blue. In 1854 he came to Missouri and located in Mont- gomery county. Here he bought the farm where he now resides, an
excellent place of 700 acres. Mr. Rodgers is one of the leading farmers and stock-raisers of this part of the county, and one of the highly respected citizens of the community. His wife died in 1875. She had borne him thirteen children, of whom three died in infancy, and only six are now living.
JAMES K. RODGERS, the tenth in his father's family of children, was born in Indiana, January 1, 1845. He was eight years of age when his parents came to Missouri, in 1853. In 1858 he went to Colorado and was engaged in mining out there for three years. Re- turning, he was engaged in farming at home until 1864, when he enlisted in the Union service under Gen. Ward, and served until the close of the war. He was in the battle of Spanish Fort, in Alabama, and in some other engagements of less importance. He resumed farming on his return home, and has followed it ever since with good success. In 1873 he was married to Miss Elizabeth Hall, a daughter of Benjamin Hall, formerly of Indiana. They have four children : Parker B., Ettie, Mabel and an infant. Mr. Rodgers has a place of 260 acres, all but 20 of which are in his home tract, and his farm is well improved.
MAHLON ROHRER
(Famer and Stock-raiser, Post-office, Price's Branch),
Mr. Rohrer was fifth in a family of 14 children, seven now living, of John R. and Susan Rohrer, his father of German extraction and his mother of Irish parentage. The father was a successful manufac- turer of woolen goods, and Mahlon was brought up to that occupa- tion, learning the trade thoroughly in his father's woolen factory. In 1847 he was married to Miss Mahala Lesueur, a young lady of Ger- man descent. Five years after his marriage Mr. Rohrer removed to Ohio, in which State he resided some seventeen years. In 1869 he
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came to Missouri and settled in Montgomery county. Mr. Rohrer has made farming his occupation for many years, and owns a good farm of 380 acres in this county, besides some other real estate. Mr. and Mrs. R. have had nine children : Mary M., wife of Joseph Early ; Susie, wife of Ely Younce; Laura, wife of W. Cope; Katie, wife of B. Ball, and Charley. The others are deceased. Mr. Rohrer is highly respected in the neighborhood where he resides. He is a kind and accommodating neighbor, and a generous, hospitable man, and still holds fast to the old-fashioned ideas of keeping open house to his friends and to all who pass his way. Humanity, the deeds of neighborly kindness and the generous help of our fellow-creatures - all to assist each other along whenever and wherever we can, these he believes to be most worthy of a good man's thought and effort. In the language of Dr. Knox, one of the greatest theologians of En- gland, he believes that : " The idea which Christianity has suggested of the relation in which men stand to each other, is wonderfully adapted to promote universal hospitality." * He is a Uni- versalist by faith, believing that Christ accomplished what he came for. He was one of the first Abolitionists in the country.
JOHN W. SCHOWENGERDT
(Farmer and Stock-raiser, Post-office, Montgomery City).
Mr. Schowengerdt, one of the leading agriculturists of Bear Creek township, and one of its most progressive and prominent citizens, is a son of Ernst Schowengerdt, an old and wealthy citizen of Warren county, a large land holder in that county and Montgomery, and a leading merchant at Warrenton. John W. Schowengerdt, the subject of this sketch, was born on the old family homestead, on Dry Fork . creek, September 6, 1845. He was reared on the farm and given a good common school education in the neighborhood schools. After he had grown up, in about 1867, his father having engaged in mer- chandising at Warrenton, he became his father's partner in business, and so continued for a period of fourteen years. But the close con- finement necessary in retail merchandising proved seriously detrimen- tal to his health, and he was compelled to quit the business on that account. He therefore resumed farming, locating in Montgomery county, on his present farm. Here he has been very successful, and for some years has held a prominent position among the leading farmers of the county. He has a fine prairie farm of 480 acres, and besides this he also runs his father's large farm in Montgomery county of 500 acres. In caring for his large crops he runs two binders and two mowers through the harvesting season and requires a large amount of other farm machinery on the two places. His mercantile experi- ence made him a thorough business man, and having been reared on a farm, which he has followed successfully in later years, he com- bines in his character and qualifications the requisites to more than an ordinary degree of a successful business farmer. In 1873 Mr. Schow-
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