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On March 11, 1886, Mr. Lyons was united in marriage with Miss Mary E. Skinner, who was born in Woodford county, Illi- nois, May 22, 1861, to James and Ruth (Sunderland) Skinner, natives of Ohio. Mrs. Skinner died in Illinois and Mr. Skinner moved to Kansas in 1876, thence to Stockton, Mo., in 1877, and in 1882 settled at Eldorado Springs, Mo., where he died. Mr. and Mrs. Lyons have three children, viz., Bessie, born September 3, 1887, and married to Mr. Lawrence Mitchell, of Fort Scott, Kan .; Beulah, born March 23, 1890, the wife of Mr. Ernest E. Sample, of Osage township, and Edwin Clay Lyons, who was born June 4, 1902, and lives with his parents.
Mr. Lyons is a Republican in political opinions, and has served as township trustee three terms. He is a man of high ideals, a Baptist in religious belief and an ardent advocate of temperance. He is a member of Rich Hill Lodge No. 479, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and also belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Grand Army of the Republic.
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Benjamin F. Mabry,* who was born in Sumner county, Ten- nessee, October 3, 1862, is a son of Benjamin and Sarah (Marken) Mabry, who were born and married in that state. They moved with their family to Green county, and after a residence of six months the father went back to Tennessee and died there. The mother and her children moved from Green county to Vernon county in 1882 and settled in Moundville township, on forty acres of land which Benjamin F. and his brother purchased and where they lived seven years, the mother passing away here in 1888. Disposing of his interest in this place, our subject culti- vated leased land five years and then bought his present farm, being eighty acres in section ten, Moundville township, where he has carried on general farming with gratifying results.
Mr. Mabry is well thought of among his neighbors, and as an upright and worthy man and citizen has the confidence and esteem of all who know him. He is identified with the Baptist denomination in religious faith and fellowship, belongs to the Modern Woodmen of the World, and in political opinion adheres to Democratic principles as propounded by William Jennings Bryan.
On April 11, 1894, Mr. Mabry was united in marriage with Miss Inez Richardson, and they have had four children born to them. Of these the three survivors are: Blanche, who was born August 16, 1896; Paul, born February 9, 1901, and Viola, who was born November 2, 1907.
Oscar A. Mackey is rightly classed with the prosperous and progressive business men of Nevada, Mo., where he has lived more than thirty years. He was born in Muskingum county, Ohio, August 26, 1860, and there acquired his preliminary educa- tion in the public schools and later attended the Muskingum College, where he was graduated with the class of 1880. During the year of graduation Mr. Mackey settled in Nevada and engaged in mercantile business. Later he served as assistant postmaster of Nevada, and following that filled the office of city clerk one term. In 1907 Mr. Mackey associated with other enter- prising business men and incorporated the Nevada Candy Com- pany, whose plant is located at Nos. 303-5 East Cherry street, occupying a building 40 by 100 feet in dimensions and two stories in height.
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This business was established in 1893 and prior to the incor- poration of the present company was known as the A. C. Dempsey Candy Company, and was conducted by Mr. A. C. Dempsey. The officers of the company are: W. E. Clark, presi- dent; J. H. Calloway, vice-president; O. A. Mackey, secretary and manager, and A. L. Johnson, treasurer. It is the only con- fectionery manufacturing concern within a wide range of terri- tory and employs in its various departments a force of from forty to fifty skilled assistants, traveling salesmen, etc., and its- annual output of products amounts to more than $100,000. This company is sole manufacturer of the celebrated "Dempsey's Candies," "Yankee Crisp" and "Little Japs," and among its other favorite products is a complete line of chocolates in all the various styles and flavors. All these products are known through- out the trade for their purity and are guaranteed under pure food and drugs act as free from adulteration or misbranding, and this, combined with the high character of the men interested in the company's affairs, has gained for it the splendid reputation it enjoys, both at home and also throughout the wide extent of territory where its products are distributed and consumed. It is but just to say that to Mr. Mackey, as secretary and manager of this company, is due much of its richly deserved success. In 1881 Mr. Mackey married Miss Sadie H. Minckler, daughter of Mr. John Minckler, of Nevada, and they have two children, named, respectively, W. Burrill and Ernest E. Mackey.
Dennis T. Maddox, a prosperous farmer of Metz township, Vernon county, Missouri, was born in Shelby county, Kentucky, March 18, 1844. He is next to the eldest child of Jesse and Polly (Magruder) Maddox, who were natives of Culpepper county, Virginia, and Shelby county, Kentucky, respectively, and who passed their lives on a farm in Shelby county. Dennis T. acquired his education in his native state and grew up on his father's farm. In October, 1862, he enlisted in Company C, Eighth regiment, Kentucky cavalry, commanded by Colonel Cluke, and served in the Confederate army under Gen. John Morgan till the close of the war. He was at Richmond at the time of the final surrender of the Confederate forces, and walked from there over the mountains to his home in Kentucky. Here he resumed farming and remained till 1870, when he settled at
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Metz, in Vernon county. During the first eight years he culti- vated leased land, but in 1878 bought 160 acres in section 27, where he has since lived and established the family home.
Mr. Maddox has given his attention closely to his farming operations with eminent success, and has found little time for other things. He has always adhered to the principles of the Democratic party, but has never sought or cared for political office. When a young man in Kentucky he joined the Masonic order, but there being no lodge near when he settled in Missouri he has never resumed his relations with the order.
He is a man of strong character, upright and honorable in his dealings and in religious fellowship is affiliated with the Metho- dist Church at Metz.
On November 12, 1872, Mr. Maddox was united in marriage with Miss Mary A. Charles, who was born in Metz township, April 8, 1857, a daughter of Joseph H. and Elizabeth A. (Charles). Charles, who moved from Pennsylvania, their native state, to Vernon county, Missouri, in 1852, and settled on a farm in section 22, Metz township, where the father died in January, 1877, at the age of sixty-five years, the mother surviving till 1895, when she passed away at the age of sixty-nine. Of nine children born to Mr. and Mrs. Maddox, Mollie E., born in August, 1874, is married to Mr. F. I. Rucker and resides at Metz; Jessie W., born April 2, 1876, died September 15, 1876; Boyd D., born December 13, 1877, lives at home; Joseph T., born April 5, 1880, lives in Iola, Kan .; Ollie M., born November 15, 1881, is the wife of Mr. J. O. Matson and lives at Metz ; Eva E., born August 28, 1884, is the wife of Mr. E. F. Thompson, of Bushong, Kan .; Bernice L., born September 4, 1889, the wife of R. L. Ellder, resides in Kansas City, Kan .; Callie Mae, born April 28, 1894, lives with her parents, and William Jennings Bryan Maddox, born November 25, 1896, passed away January 6, 1898.
Morris Mann was born in Nicholas county, Kentucky, April 12, 1832, to Jacob and Elizabeth E. (Peyton) Mann, both born in Kentucky, the former March 12, 1802, and the latter May 18, 1804. They were married February 9, 1828, and had three chil- dren, viz., Peter J., Phoebe, and our subject. The mother died in Kentucky, March 11, 1834, and on April 22, 1835, the father
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married her sister, Mary Peyton, and they had six children, named, respectively, Amanda, Jessie, Thomas J., Columbus, Mary and John J.
In 1845 the family settled in Cooper county, Missouri, and the father died there in 1853.
In 1852 Morris left home and traveled overland to Cali- fornia, driving an ox team from Nebraska City and arriving at the mouth of Nelson's creek, on the Feather river, California, at the end of an eventful three months' trip. He worked in the mines there till late that fall and then went to the mines in- Placer county. He remained in California till 1859, and on May 5 of that year was united in marriage, at Todd's Valley, with Mrs. Nancy J. (McKinney) Orr, who was born in Adams county, Illinois, April 20, 1833. She was married to Mr. Orr in Illinois, and made the journey across the plains to Oregon and thence to California, Mr. Orr dying on the way.
Mr. Mann returned home via the Isthmus of Panama and by boat to New York.
In the fall of 1864 he sought to join Price's army, with which he went to the Arkansas river, but was neither armed nor sworn in, and returned home in April, 1865.
In 1868 Mr. Mann settled at Richards, in Vernon county, and lived there till 1889, when he moved onto his present farm of 160 acres in sections 2 and 11 in Walker township. He has always been a farmer and stock raiser and has been successful in his operations. He stands well in the community as a man and citizen and has served on the township board, both in Rich- land and Walker townships. In politics he is a staunch Demo- crat and in religious faith and fellowship is affiliated with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. In California he joined Cov- enant Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and still holds his demit, which he took on leaving there.
Mr. and Mrs. Mann have had seven children, viz., Ida P., who was born December 31, 1860, was married to Mr. J. K. Sublett, and died May 13, 1901; Mrs. Charles C. Sublett, who was born November 3, 1863; Mrs. Albert M. Smock, born February 27, 1865; Andrew Jackson Mann, born October 6, 1867; Mrs. Lewis Armstrong, who was born April 12, 1870; William Mann, who was born July 22, 1872, and Mrs. S. J. Glover, who was born January 8, 1874.
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John C. Marquis, a substantial citizen of Walker, Vernon county, Missouri, comes of French lineage on the paternal side. His great-grandfather, William Marquis, a native of France, came to this country in Colonial days and was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He was a planter and was one of the youngest men who paid for his wife's passage from England to this country in tobacco. His son, William K. Marquis, our sub- ject's grandfather, was a soldier in the War of 1812.
John C. was born in Drake county, Ohio, March 9, 1840, the eldest child and one of a family of eight children, all of whom grew to mature years, born to G. W. and Sallie (Crumine), Marquis, the former a native of Hardy county, Virginia, born July 2, 1819, and the latter born in Pennsylvania, October 10, 1822. Their other children, besides our subject, who grew up were named, respectively, Barbara E., Pollie J., Catherine, Isaac, who is now a practicing physician at Rich Hill, Bates county, Chattie, Ida and May.
The father settled with his family in Cedar county, Missouri, in 1858, and passed the remainder of his life there, his death occurring in February, 1905, and was preceded by that of his wife, who passed away in her young womanhood, in 1847.
John C. grew up in his father's home and came to Missouri with the family. On January 24, 1861, he was united in mar- riage with Miss Clarrissa A. Mc Williams, who was born in Cedar county, Missouri, May 11, 1842, to Alexander and Fannie (Estell) Mc Williams, who were natives of Pennsylvania and Mansfield, Ohio, respectively, and who settled in Missouri about 1840.
On April 1, 1863, Mr. Marquis enlisted in Company E, Six- teenth regiment, regular state militia. On July 3 following he was transferred to Company H, Fifth provisional cavalry, and served through the Civil War. Returning to his farm in St. Clair county after the close of the war he continued there till 1880. Then coming to Vernon county he was engaged in the lumber trade at Schell City three years and in 1883 sold his business and turned his attention to ranching and cattle raising, which he carried on in Vernon county with success twenty-one years.
Mr. Marquis served many years as township committeeman, and in 1905 was appointed by President Roosevelt postmaster at Walker, which office he still fills.
In politics he is a staunch Republican. He is a member of
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Osage Lodge No. 303, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, at Nevada. and in religious faith and fellowship is affiliated with the Methodist Church.
Mr. and Mrs. Marquis have two children, viz., A. C. Marquis, born January 13, 1862, and I. L. Marquis, who was born April 2, 1872.
Jacob H. Maus, who comes of German parentage, was born in Jefferson City, Mo., November 18, 1845. His parents, Jacob P. and Dorothy (Stillman) Maus, both natives of Germany, were born, the former in the province of Hesse in 1811 and the latter in Hanover in 1807. The father came to this country when about twelve years old and lived in Ohio till 1837, when he moved to Jefferson City, Mo. There he and our subject's mother were married in 1841. They had two children who grew to maturity, viz., Jacob H. and his brother, Almon A., who lived in Vernon county and passed away October 18, 1910. The parents settled in Vernon county in 1868 and the father bought 120 acres of land and afterwards sold to the Schell Land Company 110 acres of it, which is now the site of Schell City. He also acquired other lands in the vicinity. Here they made their home till their decease, the mother passing away in 1882 and the father in 1895. Jacob H. came to Vernon county with his parents. During the years 1869 and 1870 he conducted a store at Belvoir, then moved his business to Schell City and continued it there till 1885. In the meantime, in 1882, he established a private banking business and after closing his store continued the other branch of his business till 1900 as the Schell City Bank, himself being its president. Mr. Maus owns 500 acres of land and besides has an interest in some 600 acres in connection with his deceased brother's estate, and for many years has given particular atten- tion to farming operations and stock raising, feeding on the average about 150 head of cattle each season. He is an influen- tial man in his community, a Democrat in political opinion but has never sought political office.
On January 1, 1911, he organized and was made president of the Farmers' State Bank of Schell City, with a capital stock of $10,000, Mr. W. L. Pepper being vice-president and Almon H. Maus cashier. On October 18, 1872, Mr. Maus was united in marriage with Miss Nellie Bougham, who was born in Vernon
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county and is a daughter of Col. R. A. Bougham. Of six chil- dren born to them, the eldest married Dr. Haire and lives in Clinton, Mo. The second is the wife of Mr. R. L. Hays, of Muskogee, Okla. The third married S. J. Thompson and lives in Kansas City. William B. is a resident of Schell City. Fred A. lives in Sioux Falls, S. D., and Richard H., the youngest child, lives in Muskogee, Okla.
William H. May, a native of Kentucky, was born November 14, 1844, the elder of two children born to Horace and Burnetta (VanAsdall) May, both natives of Kentucky, the former born in 1819 and the latter in 1826. Their other child, Anna, married Mr. Clasby and moved to Kansas. The parents moved from Kentucky, first to Jackson county, Missouri, and thence came to Vernon county in 1870 and settled on a farm in Clear Creek township. On October 8, 1892, the mother died while visiting her daughter in Kansas, and the following year the father moved to Harwood, where he passed away, April 7, 1894.
William H. grew up in his parent's home and remained at home till he came to Vernon county with the family in 1870. On September 20 of that year he was united in marriage with Miss Anna M. Allen, who was born in Calloway county, Missouri, March 17, 1846, to John C. and Martha E. (Hunter) Allen, the former born in St. Clair county, Illinois, August 1, 1821, and the latter in Augusta county, Virginia, June 5, 1826. They were married in Monroe county, Missouri, February 25, 1845, and had, besides Mrs. May, one child, Ellen H. by name, who died in infancy. The mother passed away May 23, 1848, and the father afterwards married. Of three children born of the second mar- riage, one died in infancy and the others are Mrs. John H. Haver- field, of Tulsa, Okla., and Thomas A. Allen, also of that state. The father passed away at his daughter's home in Harwood, October 26, 1907.
Mr. May cultivated his farm in Clear Creek township till the spring of 1892, when he moved into Harwood and opened a hard- ware store which he conducted two years. In 1895 he helped organize the Bank of Harwood, and served as its first cashier a number of years. Having in the meantime exchanged his Clear Creek farm for one a mile and a half southeast of Harwood, he moved thither, but after a residence of some six years sold the
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place, retired from active business and purchased a home in Harwood, where he lived till his decease, January 7, 1907. Mr. May was an honored member of the Presbyterian Church, and in political opinion held to Democratic principles.
There were born to Mr. and Mrs. May three children, viz. : Nettie and Sallie, twins, born May 19, 1871, and Martha Ellen, born December 18, 1874, and died January 19, 1875. Nettie was married to Mr. Robert L. Kinkead, December 10, 1890, and has three children, named respectively, William B., John P. and Ida May Kinkead.
Sallie was married to Mr. J. W. Sharp, March 5, 1890, and has three children living, viz. : Earl S., Clyde H. and Anna May Sharp. Their other child, Clarence Ross, was born March 10, 1902, and died October 12, 1902.
Robert E. McAllister is an energetic business man and one of the wide-awake citizens of Milo, Vernon county, Missouri. He was born in Spencer county, Kentucky, July 2, 1889, and is the fourth child of a family of nine children, eight of whom are now living-1911-born to Alexander and Sarah (Whitehouse) McAllister, natives of Kentucky. The father was a finely edu- cated man, a farmer by occupation, and a leading and influential citizen. He was known for his sound judgment and financial and executive ability, as evidenced by the masterly manner in which he managed his affairs, carrying on a large and profitable dairy business in connection with his farming operations. Robert E. attended the common schools in his native place till he was four- teen years old, and supplemented this by a thorough course of study under the private tutelage of his father, many of whose admirable traits he has inherited. Mr. McAllister lived in his native state till he was nineteen years of age and for a time was assistant cashier of the Farmers' Bank at Cane Valley. Coming to Vernon county, Missouri in 1909, he was for a short time cashier of a bank at Moundville, and on January 3, 1910, was elected cashier of the Bank of Milo. This is an incorporated banking institution organized January 31, 1908 with a capital stock of $10,000. It now has a surplus of $800 and pays an annual dividend. It is one of the sound financial institutions of Vernon county, as shown by the report of the bank examiner who recently investigated its affairs. The officers of the bank
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are : I. F. Dale, president; A. L. Earl, vice-president, and Mr. McAllister, cashier, all substantial and thoroughly trained busi- ness men. Mr. McAllister is the principal stockholder of the bank, and under his management as cashier the dividends have increased from 3 per cent before his connection with it to 16 per cent.
Though a young man Mr. McAllister has shown in the several positions he has filled remarkable executive and financial abili- ties, and his conservative, business-like and progressive methods give promise of a useful and successful career.
Jasper Mccrary was born in Howard county, Missouri, October 2, 1845, to Gillead and Fannie (Hackley) Mccrary, na- tives of Tennessee and Kentucky, respectively. They were mar- ried in Howard county, Missouri. Six children were born to them of whom the first died in infancy. The second, William B. McCrary lives at Eldorado, Mo. John C. and Elizabeth are deceased, as is also Sterling P., the youngest of the family.
After the mother's death, in 1850, the father married Cynthia Sears and they had two children, viz. : Benjamin P., of Eldorado Springs, and Laura. who is married to Mr. William Fawks, of Salisbury, Mo. The father, who came to Howard county, Mis- souri, when a young lad, grew up and lived there till about 1850; and then moved to Randolph county, where he lived till his decease, in 1867. Jasper grew up in his father's home and re- mained there till he was twenty years old. In May, 1864, he enlisted in Company "B" of Perkin's Battalion, and served till the end of the war, being at Shreveport at its close. Returning home, he lived in Randolph county till 1869 when he bought and settled on a farm in Clear Creek township, Vernon county, where he established his home and gave his attention to farming and stock raising till 1910, when he moved into Harwood. He has always been more or less active in affairs, and been a man of considerable influence in his community. In 1898 he was elected associate county judge, and served two terms of two years each. He was many years justice of the peace, and also a member of the township board. In political opinion he is a Democrat, and in religious faith is a Baptist. He has been a director of the Bank of Harwood since its organization, and though practically retired from active affairs, still keeps an oversight of his farm interest.
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On February 2, 1872, Mr. Mccrary was united in marriage with Miss Martha C. Keeney, who was born in Osage county, Missouri, in October, 1855, to O. H. and Jane (Laughlin) Keeney.
Mrs. McCrary died May 7, 1891. Of the seven children born to them, three are now deceased. Lillie B. died July 1, 1898, Nellie M. died July 4, 1902, William C. died June 6, 1910. Of the four now living, Ira B. lives at Dewey, Okla .; Mollie E. married John C. Fisher and lives at Cleveland, Okla .; Perry B. lives at Syracuse, Kan., and Amy Lee, lives at Albuquerque, N. M.
On December 28, 1909, Mr. McCrary married Mrs. Martha Dalton, a daughter of Mr. Jonathan Dalton, who was an early settler of Vernon county. They have one child Willard D. born September 28, 1910.
Lowry H. McDaniel, active in the business life of Nevada, Mo., was born in Camden county, Missouri, September 24, 1861, and is a son of John P. and Susan (Russell) McDaniel. Both parents were native Missourians and spent their active lives in Camden county, where the father died in 1866. In 1879 the mother and children went to Webster county, and thence, in 1883, to Nevada, where our subject has since been continuously engaged in the printing business as employe and employer.
The paternal grandfather, Pemberton McDaniel, moved from Tennessee, his native state, to Kentucky, and thence to Missouri. The maternal grandfather, William Russell, married Nancy Revis in Cooper county, Missouri, and they afterward moved to Camden county, Missouri. The paternal. ancestors were of Scotch and English, and the maternal, of English and Irish lineage.
Lowry H. acquired his early education in the public schools and lived on the farm till he reached manhood. On attaining his majority he turned his attention to learning the printer's trade in the office of Mr. W. R. Crockett, who published the "Vernon County Democrat," which later became the "Evening Post." Later, he was associated with Mr. Harvey W. Isbell in the publica- tion of "The Noticer," and after that, spent two years in connec- tion with the "Southwest Mail."
In 1896 Mr. McDaniel established himself in the printing business on his own account, and since that time, under the name of the L. H. McDaniel Printing Company, he being sole owner and
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proprietor, has built up the largest plant of its kind in or near Nevada.
Mr. McDaniel is a hard worker and his success is the result of persistent effort, good management and fair and honorable business methods and dealing.
Mr. McDaniel has always adhered to the principles of the, Democratic party and has been active in its affairs. He served three years as city clerk (1897 to 1900), and one term as collector. He is actively identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knight of Pythias, the Modern Woodmen of America and the Woodmen of the World.
On June 15, 1898, Mr. McDaniel was united in marriage with Miss Edna Sterett, daughter of S. A. and Tillie (Laswell) Sterett, of Nevada. Mr. and Mrs. McDaniel have one child, Ruth Adele McDaniel.
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