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Five daughters have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Andrews, named as follows: Mabel N., Frances L., Mary G., Eunice C. and Mildred L. A son. Harry G., died in infancy.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrews takes a great deal of interest in religious affairs, he belonging to the Presbyterian church and she to the Methodist Episcopal.
EDWARD R. GOODPASTURE.
One of the enterprising farmers of Hughes township whose labors have resulted in the establishment of a comfortable home and the improvement of a good farm is Edward R. Goodpasture, who, like many of the residents of Nodaway county, is a native of the Prairie state, his birth having occurred in
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Menard county, Illinois, on July 26, 1869, and he comes of one of the best known and influential families of that county. He is the son of Judge J. Dillard and Frances (O'Bannon) Goodpasture, the father a Tennessean by birth and the mother a native of Morgan county, Illinois. In the fall of 1869 they came to Missouri and settled in Holt county, settling on a farm where Judge Goodpasture lived for about twenty-five years, becoming a leader of public affairs in his community; he finally moved to Maitland, Missouri, where his death occurred on January 27. 1904, when nearly sixty years of age. He was a successful farmer and highly respected by all who knew him, being a man who loved an honest life and took a deep interest in public affairs. He and his wife were the parents of seven children, of whom Edward W. of this review was the oldest. He grew to maturity in Holt county, where he attended the public schools and worked on the home place, remaining there until February, 1902, when he came to Nodaway county and settled on the farm where he now lives in Hughes township, where he owns an excellent place of one hundred and sixty acres, all improved, and which he is manag- ing in such a manner as to reap bounteous harvests.
Mr. Goodpasture was married near Maitland, Holt county, Missouri. September 20, 1893. to Cora B. Shields, who was born in that county, January 17. 1870. She is the daughter of William and Elizabeth (Goodson) Shields, who were natives of Indiana, from which state they came, in 1860, to Holt county, Missouri, having lived on a farm in Washington county, in the for- mer state. Mrs. Shields died in Holt county. November 30, 1907. at the age of sixty-six years. They were the parents of ten children, of whom Mrs. Goodpasture was the fifth in order of birth. She is a sister to Mrs. Homer S. Medsker, mentioned on another page of this work. Mrs. Goodpasture was reared in Holt county and educated in the common schools. Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Goodpasture. named Clyde M., Lois E. and Charles E.
Mr. Goodpasture is a member of the township board of Hughes town- ship, and he has long manifested considerable interest in all matters pertain- ing to his community. Mrs. Goodpasture is a member of the Methodist Epis- copal church.
BENJAMIN A. WILLHOYTE.
Although his life chapter has been closed by the hand of death, the late Benjamin A. Willhoyte will long be remembered by a wide circle of friends and acquaintances in Polk township. Nodaway county, where the latter part
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of his exemplary life was spent : for he was a man of high standing, to whom was not denied a fair measure of success, having been long recognized as a factor of importance in connection with the agricultural interests of his com- munity.
Mr. Willhoyte was born in Bartholomew county, Indiana, in 1842, and he was quite young when his grandparents brought him to Platte county. Missouri, his mother having died in Indiana when he was quite young, and he was reared by his grandparents, growing to manhood in Platte county, Missouri, from which place he came to Nodaway county when a single man. He received his education in the common schools of Platte county.
On October 29. 1866. Mr. Willhoyte married. in Polk township, Noda- way county. Mary J. Kennedy, who was born in this township, on June 8. 1851. She is the daughter of Samuel J. and Lucretia (Smith) Kennedy. the father a native of Indiana and the mother of Missouri. They settled in the west part of Polk township, being among the early pioneers of Nodaway county. They developed a good farm from the rough country they found, and became very comfortably located. Leaving the farm about 1897. they moved to Maryville, where Mr. Kennedy died. September 4. 1909. when nearly seventy-nine years of age. They were the parents of ten children. namely : Mary J., John W., Henry N .. Alice. Dora. Henrietta, Belle, and three who died in infancy.
Mrs. B. A. Willhoyte is the mother of ten children. Three died in in- fancy. The living are named as follows: Cora, who married Charles W. Carr: Emma is the wife of Elmer Walker, of Polk township; Orville J. is a farmer in Green township: Maud L .: Arch K. is a farmer in Green township; Ernest is living at home ; Bertha.
Mr. Willhoyte was very successful as a farmer and stock raiser, always kept his place in a neat appearing condition, understanding thoroughly all the phases of agricultural work, and he became the owner of over three hundred acres of land, which he left his family at his death. He provided them an excellent home. and was in every way a good husband, neighbor and friend. and was liked and respected by all who knew him. He was kind, generous. and took a delight in assisting others to carry out their plans. His death occurred on March 7. 1901.
Mrs. Willhoyte is the owner of a valuable farm of eighty-seven and one- half acres. She is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and a woman who enjoys the friendship of a large acquaintance and well known in her community.
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GEORGE BASIL BAKER.
Although a young man, George Basil Baker has attained pronounced prestige by reason of native and acquired ability, and because of his promi- nence in business circles and in the domain of private citizenship he deserves to be ranked as one of the representative men of Nodaway county, having been for some years past prominently identified with the industrial life of Maryville and the agricultural interests of various parts of the county. He manifests a deep and abiding concern in everything pertaining to the material advancement of the town and county, and every enterprise intended to pro- mote the general good is sure to receive his hearty support.
Mr. Baker is the scion of one of the old and honored families of this locality, his birth having occurred in Maryville on February 19. 1871 ; he is the son of George Saunders and Margaret Ellen ( Prather) Baker. The father was born in Madison county, Kentucky, June 19, 1836. the son of Charles and Fanny (Saunders) Baker. Charles Baker, who is remembered as a very genteel representative of the Blue Grass state in the old days. was born in Madison county, Kentucky, about 1800, and there he spent the major portion of his life, coming to Nodaway county, Missouri, in March, 1851, and settled near what is known as the Conklin bridge, about six miles north of Maryville on the One Hundred and Two river, and there he im- proved a good farm and spent the rest of his life, dying in August, 1853. He was a Democrat and a member of the Christian church. He and Fanny Saunders were married in Kentucky, and four children were born to them. The mother's birth occurred in Virginia; she reached the age of eighty, dying in Kansas City, Missouri, in January, 1880.
George S. Baker, long a prominent citizen here, came to Nodaway county with his parents in 1851, and here grew to maturity, working on the home farm and attending the local schools in the winter-time. He began the struggle of life at the age of fifteen against such odds as would have crushed many of a less courageous spirit, but, being of a family of sterling mettle that knew no bending, he pushed forward and, in due course of time, won over all obstacles. He tried, in turn, farming, buying and selling live stock, and operating a country store, in all of which he won a fair measure of success. His sympathies being with the South during the war between the states, he enlisted in the Confederate service in August, 1861, under General Price and became quartermaster of the regiment, with the rank of captain, and he performed his duties in a very faithful and creditable manner and received an honorable discharge.
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After the war Mr. Baker resumed farming and stock trading. In De- cember, 1868. he turned his attention to banking, and organized the first bank in the county, the firm being George S. Baker & Company. Bankers, now the Nodaway Valley Bank, and he was successful in this venture from the first. On October 26, 1874, he organized another bank, known as Baker, Saunders & Company, now the Maryville National Bank. On September 7, 1896, he organized the Real Estate Bank, located on East Fourth street, which enjoys the distinction of being the only bank of that name in the United States. He is a director in this bank, and his judicious counsel has been very largely responsible for its great success, as was the case with the other institutions with which he has been connected. He is still in harness, his years weighing lightly upon him. He is a master of details, with keen discernment and good judgment, making few mistakes in his calculations and transactions, and he has a natural genius for organization and promotion and he has managed his affairs in a manner that has not only brought success to himself and family but to those associated with him and to the general good of the community. being recognized today as one of the greatest bene- factors of Nodaway county, always liberal in the support of worthy move- ments looking to the general uplift of the locality in a material, civic or moral way, and he is eminently deserving of the high esteem which is accorded him by all classes and of the wide friendship which he enjoys. He is well known in Masonic circles and is a member of the Episcopalian church.
On April 14, 1863, George S. Baker married Margaret Ellen Prather, daughter of Col. Isaac N. and Maria ( Prater) Prather. Colonel Prather was born in 1803, near Harrisburg, Kentucky. He came to Nodaway county in the early forties and entered three thousand acres of land in White Cloud township. He was a large slave owner, and one of his former slaves is now living in Maryville. He farmed on an extensive scale, and became one of the well-to-do men of the county in those days. He was a great lover of good horses and he probably brought the first racing horses to Missouri. having some fine runners in his collection. He was a man of strong charac- teristics, and he served in one of our principal Indian wars, becoming colonel of a regiment. He married Martha Prater in 1833: she was a native of Kentucky, and her death occurred on January 9. 1883. having survived her husband twenty-three years, the Colonel having died in September, 1860. He was a Democrat and a Presbyterian. He and his wife were the parents of nine children, two of whom are living. Mrs. Cynthia Ann Mulholland and Mrs. Mary Vance McMillan, both of Maryville.
Mrs. George S. Baker was born on August 11. 1843. on the old Prather
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plantation in White Cloud township, and her death occurred in Maryville on September 4, 1878. She was the mother of five children, three of whom died in infancy, and two are living at this writing, Maud E., the wife of M. G. Tate, a well-known attorney and ex-probate judge, of Maryville; and George Basil, of this review.
George B. Baker grew to maturity in Maryville and received his educa- tion in the public schools here. Early in his youth he turned his attention to banking, deciding upon this line of endeavor as a life work, and the success he has attained in the same shows that he was wise in coming to such a conclusion. He began as bookkeeper in the Maryville National Bank, where he remained until 1896, familiarizing himself with general banking business. In that year he became cashier of the Real Estate Bank, and has very worthily discharged the duties of this position ever since. He is the owner of nine hundred acres of valuable land in various parts of Nodaway and Jackson counties.
Mr. Baker is a Democrat in his political relations, and he belongs to the Methodist church; he is a Mason, having attained the fourteenth degree, and is treasurer of the blue lodge; he also belongs to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
On October 12, 1892, Mr. Baker married Sarah Scott Campbell, daugh- ter of Dr. Smith Vawter and Caroline S. (Davis) Campbell, natives of Indiana, who came to Nodaway county, Missouri, in 1878. Doctor Camp- bell, who became a man of influence here, died on July 2, 1896. Mrs. Baker was born November 25, 1872, in Adell, Iowa; she received a good educa- tion and is popular with a large circle of friends in Maryville, as are all the members of the Baker household.
One child, Carrie Margaret, who is now attending school in Maryville, has added sunshine to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Baker.
Mr. Baker is rated as one of the progressive citizens of the community in which he lives, and the high respect in which he is held by all classes of people is a deserving compliment of an intelligent, broad-minded and most worthy man.
MOSES EARL NALLY.
While yet young in years. Moses Earl Nally, of near Sheridan, Inde- pendence township. Nodaway county, has proven his ability to cope with the problems of agriculture successfully and has a good start in life. He
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was born in Harrison county, Missouri. December 20, 1881, and is the son of O. H. and Samantha Jane ( Burris) Nally, both natives of Jackson county, Ohio. The former came to Harrison county, Missouri, in an early day. accompanied by his parents, and he is still living there. His wife died on December 6, 1896. They were the parents of nine children, seven of whom are living. O. H. Nally is an extensive farmer, owning three hundred and forty acres of valuable land. Politically he is a Republican, and has been justice of the peace. He is a member of the Woodmen of the World. His wife belonged to the Christian church. The maternal grandparents of Moses E. Nally were early settlers of Harrison county, Missouri.
Mr. Nally, of this review, was reared on the home farm and there learned the many phases of general agricultural work. He attended the common schools, and when only fifteen years of age began life for himself. working out by the month, later rented land, and in 1906 he came to Inde- pendence township. Nodaway county. Missouri, and bought two hundred acres of land, and has since devoted his attention to general farming and stock raising. He is a very progressive farmer, and his place shows good management. He has a comfortable home and good outbuildings.
Mr. Nally was married in 1904 to Willa F. Knowles, a native of Atchi- son county, Missouri, and the daughter of Francis M. and Fannie E. (Sutton) Knowles, who came to Atchison county from Illinois in 1885. and here they still reside, Mr. Knowles being a farmer. They have four daughters, all living. To Mr. and Mrs. Moses E. Nally one child. Ethel V .. has been born. Politically, Mr. Nally is a Republican.
PERRY CHAPPELL
Although young in years, Perry Chappell is one of Nodaway county's well-known and popular citizens, one of the most promising auctioneers of this section of the state, having already frequently demonstrated his unmis- takable ability in this line of endeavor. He is the possessor of keen perceptive faculties, sound judgment and quick to grasp and utilize a situation, and he is upright in his dealings with his fellow-men. He is a native of Missouri, having been born fifteen miles west of Maryville, on a farm in Atchison county, October 18, 1891, and he is the son of George Feelding and Sarah (Stephenson) Chappell, the father having been born in Grundy county, this state, on a farm. February 27. 1859, and he was the son of John D. and Mary Chappell. John D. owned a flourishing plantation in Virginia in the palmy
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days of the Old Dominion, and from that state he came to Missouri in the early fifties. He bought a large tract of land in Grundy county and there he farmed until his death, in 1902, his wife dying a year before. He was a well-to-do farmer and-highly respected by his neighbors, and the excellent example of citizenship he set has been carefully followed by succeeding generations.
George F. Chappell worked on his father's farm and attended school in his neighborhood. When eighteen years of age he moved to Atchison county, this state, and began farming on eighty acres. In 1894 he sold this and came to Nodaway county and is now located on J. B. Robinson's farm of six hundred and forty acres west of Maryville. He is interested in stock breeding, keeping the famous Aberdeen-Angus cattle. He has a sale every year of these cattle, at which time he disposes of hundreds at fancy prices. He is widely known as a successful stock man. Politically, he is a Democrat and is a member of the Christian church, and is a man whom everybody respects for his clean life.
Mr. Chappell was married on April 16, 1883. to Sarah Stephenson. daughter of Lindsay and Margaret Stephenson, natives of Kentucky. Their daughter, Sarah, was born October 5. 1861, nine miles south of Maryville. Lindsay died February 21, 1898, and Margaret October 26, 1896. To Mr. and Mrs. Chappell eight children, all living, have been born.
Perry Chappell grew to maturity in Atchison and Nodaway counties and received a good practical education in the common schools and the high school. He evinced a natural talent for auctioneering when quite young and he decided to make this his life work, consequently attended the Missouri Auction School at Trenton, this state, where he made a most excellent record and from which institution he was graduated on January 29, 1910, and is now successfully engaged in his profession at Maryville. He has conducted a large number of sales for farmers here and in the country round-about and has proven his worth, and it is not too much to predict that he will continue to be a very important factor in a great many future sales in this county. Politi- cally, he is a Democrat and a member of the Christian church.
RICHARD HAMLIN.
Although the state of Pennsylvania is an empire within itself and there remains even to this day much unimproved land within its borders and vast stretches of mountain and plain that are sparsely settled and which would, no
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doubt, yield the toiler a fair return for his labor; vet. instead of battling with a resisting nature in the old Keystone state, a vast horde of her native sons have sought their fortunes in the Middle West and West where the land is easier tilled and opportunities, in the main, greater. Of this number of enterprising men, mention should be made of Richard Hamlin, a farmer of Polk township. Nodaway county, who was born in Wayne county, Pennsyl- vania, April 27. 1867. He is the son of George N. and Lydia (Hembly) Hamlin, the father a native of Connecticut and the mother of England. The latter came across the Atlantic when young, met and married Mr. Hamlin in this country. They came to Nodaway county, Missouri, in 1871 and settled north of Maryville, where he bought one hundred and twenty acres of land that was comparatively rough. However, Mr. Hamlin went to work and improved it and erected good buildings on the same and there he re- mained until his death, which occurred on July 10. 1907. in the seventy- seventh year of his age. Mrs. Hamlin and three children survive, Edward F .. Ida and Richard.
Richard Hamlin, of this review, came to Nodaway county with his parents and he has made his home in Polk township ever since, devoting his attention to farming and stock raising. He is the owner of forty acres and operates one hundred and sixty acres. He has a neat little place and keeps it in good condition.
Mr. Hamlin was married in Maryville, Missouri, November 17, 1901. to Edith Ashford. daughter of William D. and Elizabeth (Bond) Ashford. Mrs. Ashford died in Maryville about 1897. She was the mother of five children, named as follows: William R., Charles W .. Eva, Edith and Elizabeth. Mrs. Hamlin was born in Maryville, Missouri, October 20, 1875. and was educated in the local schools. She is a member of the Episcopal church.
Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Hamlin, named as fol- lows: Richard W .. Robert C., Mildred E. and Imogene E.
WILLIAM E. CRAWFORD.
The gentleman whose name initiates this sketch is numbered among the successful and representative agriculturists of Nodaway county, his attractive home being now located at Graham, his farm property being located in Hughes township. In all the relations of life he has ever been found faithful
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and true, performing his duty at all times unflinchingly, and, while advanc- ing his own interests. he has also had the good of the entire community at heart.
Mr. Crawford was born in Greene county, Pennsylvania, on October 3, 1842, the son of Israel G. and Elizabeth (Johnson) Crawford, who also were natives of the old Keystone state. Some time after the birth of the subject, the family removed to Pickaway county, Ohio, where they estab- lished their home and resided until 1868, when they came to Nodaway county, Missouri, settling on a farm in Hughes township, which was their home up to the time of their deaths, with the exception of a period of six years, when they lived at Maitland, this state. Their deaths occurred in Hughes township, dying at the ages of eighty-eight and seventy-six years respectively. Of the eight children born to them, four survive, namely : Sarah A .: William E., the immediate subject of this sketch: Joseph, of tl.is county, and Hiram, of Hughes township.
William E. Crawford was about two years old when his parents removed from Pennsylvania to Ohio, where he was reared to manhood and received his education, which was such as could be secured in the common schools. He was reared to the life of a farmer, and this, combined with stock raising, has been his life occupation. Since 1868 he has continuously been a resi- dent of Hughes township and has materially assisted in the splendid work of development which has characterized this section of the county. His farm, which contains three hundred and twenty acres, is highly improved in every respect and is numbered among the best farms of Hughes township. Here are raised all the crops common to this section of the country, in addi- tion to which Mr. Crawford met with considerable success in the handling of livestock. Practical and progressive in his methods, and energetic and industrious in his habits, he allowed nothing to swerve him from his chosen line of effort. and his labors were rewarded with a due meed of success, so that in 1906 Mr. Crawford was able to relinquish the strenuous work of the farm and retire to a comfortable home in the town of Graham, where he now resides, his farm being operated by tenants.
Mr. Crawford has been married three times, his first marriage having occurred in Pickaway county, Ohio, to Rebecca A. Hanks. to which union were born four children, John H., Charles A., Elizabeth, the wife of Abraham Lantz. of Andrew county, this state, and Mary, the wife of Edward Bell. Mrs. Rebecca Crawford died in Hughes township, and Mr. Crawford mar- ried Prudence Campbell, by whom he had two children, Josie, the wife of B. N. McGrew, and Edna, the wife of Charles Goff. of White Cloud town-
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ship, this county. After the death of Mrs. Prudence Crawford, Mr. Craw- ford married Ida M. Tryon, and to this union have come five children, Fred F .. Lloyd, Lela, Ermil and Emmett. The members of this family belong to the best social circles of the communities where they live and all are held in the highest esteem.
Politically, Mr. Crawford is a stanch supporter of the Republican party and has always taken a zealous and commendable interest in public affairs, especially as affecting the welfare of the community. Public spirited and enterprising, he has given his support to everything which has tended to benefit the community in any way, and he is numbered among its strong and influential citizens. Religiously, he and his wife are faithful members of the Christian church, to which they give an earnest support. Because of his upright life and genial manners, Mr. Crawford is deservedly popular with all who know him.
JOHN W. DOUGHERTY.
The true western spirit of progress and enterprise is strikingly exem- plified in the lives of such men as John W. Dougherty, men whose energetic nature and laudable ambition have enabled them to conquer many adverse circumstances and advance steadily to leading positions in business life. The subject is a worthy representative of his class, and is now a prominent figure in the business circles of Nodaway county, having been successfully engaged in the mercantile business in the town of Graham for several years, in which time he has earned a splendid reputation for business ability and sterling qualities of character which have commended him to the good opinion of the community.
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