History of southeast Missouri : a narrative account of its historical progress, its people and its principal interests, Volume I, Part 78

Author: Douglass, Robert Sidney. 4n
Publication date: 1912
Publisher: Chicago : The Lewis Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 844

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On September 22, 1897, was solemnized the marriage of Professor Hendricks to Miss Dora Pence, of Ellijay, Gilmer county, Georgia. She is a daughter of L. B. and Lydia Pence, and was reared and educated in the Cracker state. Their marriage was celebrated in Dayton, Tennessee. Professor and Mrs. Hendricks have no children. Mrs. Hendricks has entire charge of Rosemont Hall, the students' dormitory.

Fraternally Professor Hendricks is affil- iated with the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, the Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows, the Knights of Pythias and the Modern Woodmen of America. Both he and his wife are devout members of the Baptist church.

HON. STERLING H. MCCARTY. Prominent among the representative lawyers and pub- lic men of southeastern Missouri stands Sterling H. McCarty, member of the law firm of Duncan & McCarty, of Caruthersville, Mis- souri, one of the strong combinations of legal talent in this section. He has also had an opportunity to "give a taste of his quality" as a legislator, having been elected to repre- sent Pemiscot county in the forty-sixth gen- eral assembly of the state of Missouri. He belongs not to the class of modern politicians whose sole aim seems to be self-advancement, but gives his time and energies for the good of his fellow men and for securing wise legis- lation that will benefit the entire state. In politics he is of stanch Democratic convic- tions and has ever proved ready to do any- thing, to go anywhere to support the cause of the party to which he pins his faith.

Mr. McCarty is a native of Kentucky, his birth having occurred in Henderson county, Jannary 8, 1876, the son of John and Belle (Hicks) McCarty. His identification with Missouri dates from 1889, when the family removed to this state. He was educated pri- marily in the common schools and subse- quently entered the normal school at Cape Girardeau. Later he was appointed a cadet at the United States Naval Academy at Ann- apolis, Maryland, where he had the advantage of its splendid discipline. In the meantime having come to the conclusion to adopt the law as his profession, he entered the law de- partment of Washington University at St. Louis, Missouri, and graduated with the de- gree of LL. B. When it came to engaging in the active practice of the profession for which he is so eminently well fitted, he de- cided upon Caruthersville and here his ca- reer has been of the most satisfactory char- acter.

The Hon. Mr. McCarty has had military experience, as well as naval, having enlisted and served as a volunteer during the Span- ish-American war, as a member of Company C, First Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers. He taught his first school when eighteen years of age, in Stoddard county, Missouri, and in 1901 was elected county school commissioner of Pemiscot county, being at the time super- intendent of the Hayti (Missouri) schools. He has been honored in his professional life and served as judge of the probate court of Pemiscot county from October, 1904, to

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January 1, 1911. His election to the state legislature from Pemiscot county occurred in November, 1910. He took an active part in the session, being chairman of the commit- tee on constitutional amendments and per- manent seat of government; served as house chairman of the committee to investigate the fislı and game department; as a member of the committee on elections; and the commit- tee on wills and probate law.

Mr. MeCarty is a popular and prominent lodge man, being a thirty-second degree Ma- son and a member of the Eastern Star, and a member of the Modern Woodmen of Amer- ica, of the Elks and the Redmen. He has not yet become a recruit to the Benedicts and maintains his residence in Caruthersville.

WILLIAM ARTHUR COOPER. One of the ris- ing young attorneys of Washington county is William Arthur Cooper, whose brilliant gifts and definite achievements thus early in life presage a career of more than usual usefulness and honor. He has for several years held the office of prosecuting attorney and is one of the leaders of local Republiean- ism, being one of the most loyal and un- swerving of the adherents of the "Grand Old Party." Mr. Cooper was born May 26, 1882, on a farm in the western part of Washing- ton county.

His father, William Cooper, was an Ohioan and was the son of Eugeneous W. Cooper, who was a fisherman and collier by trade, a Republican in politics and a member of the Baptist church. At about the time William reached his majority he left the parental roof-tree and came to Missouri, where he purchased a farm and took his place among the state's agriculturists. He was married April 16, 1881, to Miss Mary Elizabeth Crump, of Washington county, daughter of Fendall F. Crump and Margeline (nee San- ders) Crump, and their two sons are Wil- liam Arthur and Claude Fendall. He has continued engaged in farming throughout his life and also acted as postmaster at Brazil for a number of years, meeting the duties of the office with all faithfulness. He is Re- publican in politics and in his religious views he is of the Baptist persuasion. Although he is interested in public affairs and gives heart and hand to all measures likely to re- sult in general welfare, he is by no means an office seeker. He and his wife reside on

the old homestead farm in the vicinity of Brazil.

William A. Cooper, prosecuting attorney of Washington county received his early education in the common schools and sub- sequently attended the Steelville Normal School. He taught school for about four years. Meanwhile, however, he came to the decision to make the law his life work and studied for the profession under the tutor- ship of Judge E. M. Dearing, of Potosi, and Hon. A. L. Reeves, of Steelville. He was admitted to the bar in 1904 and shortly there- after hung up his professional shingle at Potosi and there entered upon his practice, in a short time winning the confidence and clientage of his fellow townsmen. He was recognized as of the proper material for of- fice and served one term as justice of the peace; he was also alderman and city clerk of Potosi and his services in those capacities made appropriate his appointment by Gov- ernor Hadley (October 1, 1909) to the office of prosecuting attorney to fill the unexpired term of S. G. Nipper, resigned. In the fol- lowing year he was elected to the same of- fice on the Republican ticket. In this office he has won remarkable distinction as an able lawyer and an efficient officer.

On October 23, 1904, Mr. Cooper was united in marriage to Miss Irene Blount, of Palmer, the lady of his choice. They have one daughter, Helen Mary. Mr. Cooper is not a member of any church, although a strong supporter of the cause of Christianity. His wife and child are members of the Meth- odist Episcopal church, South.

PROFESSOR FREDERICK ARTHUR CULMER. One of the valued members of the faculty of Marvin College is Professor Frederick Ar- thur Culmer, Ph. B., LL. B., A. M., who holds the chair of English and History in that institution of learning. He is looked upon as one of the most talented and en- lightened of the educators of this section of the state and he is also a clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal church, South. He first assumed his professorship in Marvin College in 1907, continued through that year; was again appointed in 1910, and has been but recently appointed for continued service.

Professor Culmer was born in the county of Kent, England, December 2, 1883, the son of George Culmer, gentleman. now retired

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for many years, and his wife, whose maiden name was Nellie Brenchley. The family is one of the oldest and most dignified in En- gland, its history having been traced back to 862 A. D. A part of the family, which is of Danish origin, removed to Holland in some political crisis and in that country the spelling of the name has been changed to Kulmer.

Professor Culmer received a high school edu- cation in his native country and at the age of twenty came to America, via Canada. In course of time he found his way to Knob Lick, Saint Francois county, Missouri, and there worked for a short time in a stone quarry. Although so young a man, he had already been active in church work as an exhorter and he now and then, after com- ing to the state, engaged in this. He was at first content with very humble positions and for some time drove a delivery wagon for the J. T. Evans department store at Elvins, Missouri. He continued thus em- ployed until the meeting of the district con- ference of the Methodist Episcopal church, at Oak Ridge, Missouri, when he was licensed to preach. He then filled the pulpit at Ar- cadia until the annual conference of the church at DeSoto, Missouri. Subsequent to that he accepted a home with Rev. T. W. Shannon, of Fredericktown, his duties in the household being to care for the conservatory and grounds. Meantime he attended Marvin College for two years, and his ability and character were so apparent that in the third year he was offered the position of assistant instructor of mathematics, while at the same time pursuing his studies. In 1907 he was graduated with the Ph. B. degree, and in the ensuing year was elected to the chair of mathematics. In the year subsequent he took a special course in theology at Vander- bilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, and the next year matriculated at Morrisville Col- lege, where he pursued studies and at the same time taught English. In 1909-10 he accepted a call as pastor of the Park Avenue Methodist Episcopal church, South, of Rich Hill, Missouri. His pastorate there was of the most successful and satisfactory char- acter, and during it the present beautiful church was erected at a cost of twenty thou- sand dollars. Desiring to resume his career as a college instructor, Professor Culmer was proffered and accepted the chair of English and History at Marvin College, and he is

at the present time the incumbent of the same. He is a thorough as well as an am- bitious student and from boyhood has ling- ered willingly at the "Pierian spring." Like so many other students he has found corre- spondence courses profitable and finished his incompleted studies by means of correspond- ence with Oskaloosa College, Oskaloosa, Iowa, his A. B. and A. M. degrees being obtained in this way. He received his LL. B. degree by correspondence work with the Illinois Col- lege of Law, and his Ph. B. degree from Marvin Collegiate Institute, now Marvin Col- lege. He is now pursuing his studies leading to the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

Professor Culmer established an independ- ent household by his union with Miss Allene Philips, of Higginsville, Missouri, daughter of the late Rev. Lamartine Philips, for thirty- three years pastor of the Methodist Episco- pal church, South, in the Southwestern Mis- souri Conference. The subject and his wife share their delightful home with a baby daughter, Fredonia Linnell, born December 7, 1910.

Rev. Lamartine Philips was a native of Roachport, Howard county, Missouri, and re- ceived his education in the Randolph-Macon College of Virginia. He prepared for both the law and the ministry, and he remained in the work of the latter until his death, on January 11, 1908, at the age of fifty-four years. This reverend gentleman, whose work was cut short when almost in the prime of life, is interred in Mt. Washington ceme- tery, Kansas City, Missouri. The Philips family is one of the oldest in Missouri. Mrs. Culmer's mother, whose maiden name was Verlinda Norfleet, was a native of Kentucky.

Mrs. Culmer was reared in southwestern Missouri and is a cultured and admirable young woman. She received her musical edu- cation at Sedalia College of Music, where she spent four years and at Independence, Mis- souri, where she pursued her studies for three years. She devoted seven years to advanced piano study and is an artiste.

EDWARD D. ANTHONY, whose name occu- pies a conspicuous place on the roll of Mis- souri's eminent lawyers, during some three decades' connection with the bar of the state has won and maintained a reputation for ability that has given him just preeminence among his professional brethren. In the law, as in every other walk of life, success is

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largely the outcome of resolute purpose and unfaltering industry,-qualities that are pos- sessed in a large degree by Mr. Anthony. The official headquarters of Mr. Edward D. An- thony are in the Telephone Exchange Build- ing, at Fredericktown, Missouri. He is at- torney for the Security Bank of this city and at one time was attorney for a number of mining companies in this section of the state, in addition to which he is also interested in the Citizens' Telephone Company at Fred- ericktown.

A native son of Missouri, Mr. Anthony was born in Madison county, this state, the date of his birth being the 8th of July, 1856, and he is a scion of a fine old pioneer family in this state. His parents, Joseph F. and Martha J. (Stevenson) Anthony, were like- wise born in Madison county, Missouri, the former in 1818 and the latter in 1835. The father was a son of William J. Anthony, a native of Tennessee, whence he removed to Missouri in the year 1816, locating on a farm three miles east of Fredericktown. The mother is a daughter of Hugh B. Stevenson, who came to Missouri from North Carolina in the year 1820. Mr. Stevenson was a farm- er and stockman by occupation and his fine old estate is still in the possession of his de- scendants. Mrs. Martha J. Anthony survives her honored husband and she is now residing, at the age of seventy-six years, at Frederick- town. Joseph F. Anthony was summoned to the life eternal in 1883, at the age of sixty- six years. IIe gained distinctive prestige as a farmer and stockman. In 1849 he made the overland trip to California and subsequently was a lieutenant in the Mexican war, in which he participated in a number of important en- gagements. During his life time he made three trips to California, where he owned considerable mining property and some val- uable real estate in San Francisco. He suf- fered a very heavy loss in the San Francisco fire of the early 50s. The various members of the Anthony family in Missouri are all de- vout members of the Christian church, and it is interesting to note at this juncture that pioneers of the name in Madison county, Missouri, established a church of that de- nomination as early as 1824. A beautiful new Christian church is now being built at Fredericktown. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. An- thony became the parents of five children, Eliza, the wife of Charles Remmert, of St. Louis, Missouri; Julia, Mrs. Theo. Underrine,

of Madison county, Missouri; Sterling P., a merchant at Webb City, Missouri; James F. maintains his home in Madison county, Mis- souri ; and Edward D., the immediate subject of this review.

Edward D. Anthony was reared to maturity in Madison county, where he has always re- sided, and his rudimentary educational train- ing consisted of such advantages as were afforded in the public schools of Frederick- town. Subsequently he attended the state normal school for two years and eventually he began to read law under the able precep- torship of B. B. Cahoon, of Fredericktown. He was admitted to practice at the Missouri bar in March, 1881, and since that time has won renown as a versatile trial lawyer and well fortified counselor at Fredericktown, where he has been engaged in the aetive prac- tice of his profession for fully a score of years. Mr. Anthony is a stockholder in the Security Bank, for which substantial mone- tary concern he is attorney, and he is gen- eral manager and principal owner of the Citizens' Telephone Company, at Frederick- town. He is a business man and lawyer of unusual ability and as such his services are in great demand in this section of the state. In a fraternal way he is affiliated with the time-honored Masonic order, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Modern Wood- men of America and the Modern Brotherhood of America. In religious matters he is a devout member of the Christian church, to whose philanthropical work he is a most liberal contributor. In politics he is a Democrat, warmly advocating party princi- ples, although he is not an active politician. He has devoted himself assiduously to his profession and has not sought political office. As a man he is thoroughly conscientious, of undoubted integrity, affable and courteous in manner and has a host of loyal and devoted friends.

Mr. Anthony was happily married in 1880, to Miss Laura Nifong, a native of Frederick- town, Missouri, and a daughter of J. T. and Amanda (Caruthers) Nifong, the former a general merchant and farmer. An unele of Mrs. Anthony's, Mr. Samuel Caruthers, was congressman from this district. Mr. and Mrs. Anthony have two daughters, namely : Edith, wife of S. S. Clarke, a mining engineer of Saint Francois county, Missouri; and Anna, wife of H. H. Martin, engaged in mining op- erations in Saint Francois county. Mr. Mar-

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tin has mined in British Columbia and many other districts. They have one son, Edgar Anthony Martin, born September 14, 1911.

CHARLES POPE POSTON, M. D. Other men's services to the people and state can be meas- ured by definite deeds, by dangers averted, by legislation secured, by institutions built, by commerce promoted. The work of a doc- tor is entirely estranged from these lines of enterprise and yet without his capable, health- giving assistance all other accomplishments would count for naught. Man's greatest prize on earth is physical health and vigor. Nothing deteriorates mental activity as quickly as prolonged sickness-hence the broad field for human helpfulness afforded in the medical profession. The successful doctor requires something more than mere technical training-he must be a man of broad human sympathy and genial kindli- ness, capable of inspiring hope and faith in the heart of his patient. Such a man is Dr. Charles Pope Postou, who for the last quar- ter of a century has enjoyed distinction and success as a skillful physician and surgeon of Bonne Terre and vicinity. The years have told the story of a useful career due to the possession of innate talent and ac- quired ability along the line of one of the most important professions to which a man may devote his energies,-the alleviation of pain and suffering and the restoration to health. The Poston family is one noted for its gifted physicians, the father of the sub- ject, Dr. Henry W. Poston, of Irondale, hav- ing been a well-known pioneer doctor, and one of his sons, Dr. Harry Poston, well maintaining the honored prestige of the name. As a citizen he is interested in the success of good government and aids in the promotion of business and social harmony by a straightforward course as a citizen ..

Dr. Poston is a native of the state, his birth having occurred at Irondale, Washing- ton county, on the 28th of September, 1854. He is a son of Dr. Henry W. and Casandria (Ashburn) Poston, natives of Missouri and Kentucky, respectively. Dr. Henry W. Pos- ton practiced at Irondale for about thirty- five years and was a credit to his profes- sion. He died when sixty-four years of age, and he was also a farmer, active Democrat and Presbyterian. Dr. Henry Poston was a native of St. Francois county, Missouri, and his father, Henry, was a native of North

Carolina and came to Missouri, St. Francois county, in 1806 .. He was a civil engineer and farmer, and owned quite a large tract of land, operating same with slaves. When it came to choosing a life work young Charles Pope Poston decided, with little difficulty, to follow in the paternal footsteps. He had received his preliminary education at Iron- dale and Westminster College at Fulton. Mis- souri, and took his medical course at Wash- ington University in St. Louis. Since his graduation he has practiced at Bonne Terre, and there and in the surrounding country he enjoys the highest general confidence. It is of such men as he that Alexander Pope penned his famous couplet, "A wise physi- cian, skill'd our wounds to heal, is more than armies to the public weal." Dr. Pos- ton specializes in gynecology and internal medicine and has been chief surgeon for the St. Joseph Lead Company, and for the Mis- sissippi River & Bonne Terre Railway Com- pany for thirty-five years. when he resigned, and his son Harry P. was appointed to that position.

Dr. Poston married on the 26th day of September 1883, the young woman to become his wife and congenial life companion be- ing Miss Mahala Cunningham, of Farming- ton. Their union has been blessed by the birth of nine children, seven of whom are living at the present time. They are as fol- lows: Harry P., M. D., of whom mention is found on other pages of this work), Marie Louise, Charles H., Florence N., Virgil, Frank D. and Stanly. The older children are all college graduates.

Dr. Poston subscribes to the articles of faith of the Democratic party, with which he has been affiliated since his earliest vot- ing days. He is a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity and emulates in his own living those fine ideals of moral and social justice and brotherly love for which the order stands.

ANDREW T. SCHULTZE. In these days of intensified farming agricultural reports tell ns that a comfortable living may be made from ten acres of good land, planted to ad- vantage. Whether our average farmer would agree to this we know not, but all will agree that a comfortable living, with some for lux- uries, can be obtained from several hundred acres of rich southeastern Missouri land, than which there is no better in the Union. The

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subject of this sketch, Andrew T. Schultze, is not only owner of a large farm three miles east of Washington, in Franklin county, Mis- souri, but he is closely allied with several other successful business enterprises.

The father of Andrew T. Schultze was An- drew Schultze, Sr., who was a native of Ger- many, his birth having occurred at Leun- burg in 1810. It was the wish of his par- ents that he enter the ministry, and accord- ingly he supplemented the education ob- tained at the common schools in his native laud by a course in the theological depart- ment of the University of Berlin, from which he was graduated. Being especially fond of the languages, he devoted all his spare time to mastering Greek, Latin, French and sev- eral other European tongues, all preparatory to his engaging in the ministry of the Evan- gelical church. However, "the best laid plans of mice and men gang aft agley," and Andrew Schultze decided to visit the United States and, if this new country pleased him, to settle here. Accordingly he immigrated to the United States, and in 1849 settled in Missouri, near the present homestead of his son, the aforementioned Andrew T. Schultzc. He immediately adapted himself to the new world methods and manners, and made him- self agreeable to all his neighbors, who es- teemed and respected him for his splendid educational equipment, and at the same time loved him for his manly character and strik- ing personality.

At the breaking out of hostilities in the Civil war period Mr. Schultze supported the flag of the Union, but, being too old to en- list in active service, he could do no more than enthuse those about him in the cause. He was thus strongly Republican in poli- tics, but veered off with the liberal element of that party during the Greeley campaign, later, however, coming back into the fold of his parent party. His extreme popular- ity and the confidence reposed in him by the citizens of Franklin county is best evi- denced by the fact that in November, 1872, Mr. Schultze was nominated for county judge by the Democratic party, and elected, chiefly upon the local issue of opposition to the payment of the road bonds which had been wrongfully saddled upon the county. He died the next month, however, December, 1872, before assuming his official position, and this sudden demise delayed for several years the final adjustment of the matter.

Though Mr. Schultze never entered religious work as had been originally planned, yet his interest in everything good continued un- abated, and he did much in a quiet way for the betterment of conditions in his immediate community, and was one to whom much credit is due in the building of the present Evan- gelical church in Washington. Mr. Schultze was married in Germany to Johanna Kaiser, born in 1830, and to them were born the fol- lowing children: Bertha, the widow of Wil- liam Daetweiler, of Franklin county; Andrew T., whose biography follows; Charles, of Ari- zona; Fredrick, who died at fourteen years of age; Adolph, who died at the age of forty ; Rudolph, now a resident of Union, Missouri; Otto, living on the old homestead in this county; Ernst, of Union; Louise, who died when fourteen years of age; and Anna, wife of George Hausmann, of Washington. Mrs. Andrew Schultze, Sr., is still living in Frank- lin county, Missouri.

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History of southeast Missouri : a narrative account of its historical progress, its people and its principal interests, Volume I, Part 78

Author: Douglass, Robert Sidney. 4n Publication date: 1912 Publisher: Chicago : The Lewis Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 844

Author: Douglass, Robert Sidney. 4n
Publication date: 1912
Publisher: Chicago : The Lewis Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 844