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One chapter in the life of the subject should receive specific mention. The outbreak of the rebellion in the Southland had awakened his patriotic impulses, and on May 27, 1862, he enlisted for the three-months service in the Fifty-fifth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, most of his service being in Kentucky and as guard of prisoners at Indianapolis, Indiana. In 1864 he again enlisted, becoming a member of the Thirty-third Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, joining his command at Goldsboro, North Caro- lina. Subsequently, with this command he marched to Washington, D. C., a distance of four hundred miles, averaging thirty-eight miles a day on this trip. On reaching Washington he took part in the Grand Review, one of the grandest military pageants in the world's history. Mr. Glaze was prevented from taking part in Sherman's victorious march to the sea only by a railroad wreck that prevented the transportation of part of the regiment. After the Grand Review the command was sent by the way of Cincinnati to join Sher- man, and took part in the march up through the Carolinas. He received his honorable discharge at Louisville, Kentucky, July 3, 1865, and at once re- turned to his farm work. Mr. Glaze thus put in about thirteen months of actual field service, and at the battle of Nashville his regiment was assigned to the skirmish line, which inaugurated that important battle. Mr. Glaze was a faithful and valiant soldier and performed his full part in the sup- pression of the rebellion and the maintenance of the national integrity and honor. Because of his military service he is now an honored member of Sedgwick Post, Grand Army of the Republic, at Maryville.
On March 1. 1860, in Jefferson county, Indiana, Mr. Glaze was united in marriage with Nancy S. Warfield, a native of that county, and they be-
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came the parents of the following children: Lydia Sophia, who died at the age of twenty years : John Thomas died at the age of nineteen years ; Benja- min Francis died at the age of fourteen years; James William died at the age of four years : George E. is a successful dentist at Craig, Holt county, Missouri ; Mary Ann is the wife of Samuel Fisher, a farmer in Polk town- ship. this county.
Public spirited and large hearted, Mr. Glaze has given his earnest sup- port to every movement which has promised to benefit the people generally, morally, educationally or materially, and because of his sterling qualities and upright life he enjoys the respect of all who know him. He and his wife are faithful and consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal church.
WILLIAM SHARP.
The general public has ever taken pleasure in tracing the history of a man who started on life's career handicapped in many ways, but who, not- withstanding innumerable obstacles. pushed forward manfully and finally reached the goal of success. Mr. Sharp is too well known in Monroe town- ship to need a formal introduction to the people of that locality. Eminently a self-made man, having carved his own way in the world, honestly earning every dollar in his possession, he is now numbered with the respected citizens of the township. and is eminently deserving of representation in a work of this character.
William Sharp was born in Clinton county. Missouri, on March 25, 1853. and is a son of Daniel and Melinda (Keck) Sharp. These parents were natives of North Carolina, who came to Clinton county, Missouri, in an early day, and here followed farming. When the subject of this sketch was a mere lad. the family came to Nodaway county, locating in the south- east part of Green township, where the father bought a farm. A few years later he sold this farm and moved to the north part of Monroe township, locating on the farm adjoining that on which stood the Albright school house. There the parents spent the remainder of their years. They became the parents of eleven children, of which number three died in childhood. the living children being briefly mentioned as follows: Isaac lives near Hub- bard, Nebraska: George lives near Quitman, Green township, this county; Monroe has resided in Nebraska, but expects soon to locate at Maryville,
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this county ; Elizabeth is the wife of J. T. Linville, of Green township: Eliza Missouri is the wife of Clark Harris, of Quitman, this county; Henry Powell lives near Hubbard, Nebraska; Evan is the wife of Fremont Smith and lives in Canada.
William Sharp was reared by his parents and received a limited edu- cation in the common schools. He started early in life on his own account, working out by the day. Though his wages were not large, he was wisely economical, and eventually he started farming operations on a rented farm. He followed this plan about four years, meeting with fair success, and then he and his oldest brother bought forty acres of land in partnership and farmed together during the following two years. At the end of that period Mr. Sharp bought his brother's interest in the place and farmed it on his own account about five years longer. He was industrious and a good manager, so that when he sold that place he was enabled to buy eighty acres of land in the northeast corner of section 36, in Monroe township. He located at once on this place and devoted himself to its cultivation, with a gratifying measure of success until in March, 1908, when he bought a good residence property in Skidmore and moved to that town. He retains his land, and from it receives a good annual income. Mr. Sharp is a thoroughly practical farmer and shrewd business man, and, though not favored with a thorough education, his deficiency in this line has been more than made up by a large fund of good common sense, and he has at all times enjoyed a good reputation as a reliable and intelligent man of affairs. His property is free of all incum- brance and his credit is the very best. The Golden Rule has been his guide as to his dealings with others, and he has gotten along amicably with all with whom he has dealt.
On January 1, 1890, Mr. Sharp was united in marriage with Laura Lee Patton, a native of Nodaway county, and the daughter of Thomas Patton. To this union has been born a son, Clarence Henry, who is now living on and operating his father's farm.
Politically, Mr. Sharp has been a lifelong Democrat, but, though he is deeply interested in public affairs, he is no politician, nor has he any longings for public office. In 1895 Mr. Sharp embraced the Christian faith, and since that time has been an earnest, consistent Christian, one of his chief enjoy- ments being the reading of God's word. He and his wife are earnest mem- bers of the Methodist Episcopal church South. Sterling qualities of man- hood have earned for Mr. Sharp the good opinion of all who know him, and he has many warm friends.
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CHARLES WESLEY BARRETT.
Among the many successful agriculturists for which Monroe township, Nodaway county, Missouri, is noted, none stands higher in general public esteem than the gentleman whose name appears at the head of this sketch, and as a representative citizen of his community he is eminently deserving of mention in a work of this character.
Charles W. Barrett was born in Warren county, Pennsylvania, in 1854, and is a son of Edmund and Matilda (Taylor) Barrett. These parents were natives of England, having lived in a small town four miles from Steeple Ashton, Lincolnshire. The subject's paternal grandfather, John Barrett, was a farmer and gardener there and in that locality he spent his entire life, having owned several houses in the village. His children were John, Robert, William, Eli. Michael. James. Edmund and Susan, the wife of T. Watts. Of these, Eli, Michael, Edmund and Ann came to the United States. The subject's mother was first the wife of his father's brother, Michael Barrett, who died soon after coming to the United States, and she subsequently became the wife of Edmund Barrett, their marriage occurring in Warren county, Pennsyl- vania. By the first marriage, she became the mother of five children, namely : Reuben, who died at the age of nine years ; Mary, the wife of H. Marsh, died in about 1898: William, who resides in Pennsylvania; Rhoda, the wife of John Howells, died in the fall of 1909; Simeon, who died in the fall of 1908. To Edmund and Matilda Barrett were born the following children : Ellen, who lives at Sugar Grove, Warren county, Pennsylvania, is the widow of A. D. Russell; Sarah, of Monroe township, Nodaway county, is the widow of R. Russell: Reuben, of this county ; John, James E., Henry T. and Robert are successful farmers in this county ; Rose, the wife of E. Abbott, of Penn- sylvania, and Charles Wesley, the immediate subject of this sketch. In 1832 Edmund Barrett emigrated to the United States and during his first year here he was employed in a hotel at Utica, New York. He then located in Warren county, Pennsylvania, where he purchased a tract of heavily timbered land and improved a farm. He erected a commodious residence and three large barns, making of the place one of the finest homesteads in that locality. Here his family were reared to habits of industry and honesty under the strict direction and influence of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which for many years the parents were active and faithful members, the father having served as a class leader. Matilda Barrett died on this homestead on October 10. 1889, at the age of seventy-nine years, and at her funeral six of her sons acted as pall bearers. tenderly and lovingly bearing her body to its last resting place.
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After the death of his devoted companion and helpmeet, Edmund Barrett sold the farm and about 1892 he came to Nodaway county, and thereafter made his home with his children until his death, which occurred on February 26, 1896, at the age of eighty-eight years and two months. It is worthy of note that one of his brothers, John, lived to attain the remarkable age of one hundred years and four months. while another brother, Eli, was ninety-nine years old at the time of his death, other members of this family having also attained to advanced ages.
Charles W. Barrett was reared on the old homestead in Warren county, Pennsylvania, and in the schools of that neighborhood he secured a good, practical education. In about 1879 he came to Nodaway county, Missouri. and located in the western part of Monroe township. Two years later he bought a farm of one hundred and sixty acres, which he improved and sold it about a year later. He then went to Atchison county, this state, and bought a farm about nine miles west of Skidmore, to which he devoted his attention until 1892, when he came to Green township, Nodaway county, where he bought a farm and lived during the following fifteen years. In the spring of 1907 he sold that place and bought one hundred and sixty acres in the northwest quarter of section 7 and eighty acres in the southwest quarter of section 5. Later he sold forty acres of the last tract, so that he now owns two hundred acres of fine land west of Skidmore. He is a thoroughly prac- tical farmer and has maintained his several properties at the highest standard of agricultural excellence, earning a high reputation because of his success in his line. He has not confined his efforts to any particular line, but has raised all the crops common to this section of the country, and he has also given due attention to the raising of livestock, in which also he has met with success. Because of his ability and personal worth, he has at all times enjoyed the full- est confidence of the people with whom he has been associated.
On March 13, 1890, while residing in Atchison county, this state, Mr. Barrett was married to Jennie Elizabeth Parrish. the daughter of Joseph Parrish, and to them have been born six children, Amy, Alma, Alta, Archie, Agnes and Alice. all of whom are at home with their parents. Fraternally. Mr. Barrett is an appreciative member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, belonging to the lodge at Skidmore, and, religiously, he and his wife are earnest members of the Methodist Episcopal church.
Joseph. V. Parrish, father of Mrs. Barrett, is a native of Kirklin. Boone county, Indiana, where he was born on June 10. 1839. His father was a native of Nicholas county, Kentucky, born in 1818, and died September 29, 1856. His mother, Ann Ary ( Vogan) Parrish, was born in 1819 in Fleming county. Kentucky. They were married in Kentucky, and then settled in Boone county.
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Indiana, where they remained until 1841. In that year they removed to Knox county, Illinois, and in 1844 to Fulton county, that state, in 1847 to Fulton county, in 1850 to Stark county, in 1851 to Montgomery county, and in 1854 they returned to Indiana, locating in Brown county. From there they went to Tippecanoe county, that state, in 1855, and there the father's death occurred. With an older brother, Joseph V. Parrish worked at the black- smith's trade and thus supported his widowed mother and the younger chil- dren. In 1857 the mother married John Hobbs. Subsequently, Joseph V. Parrish moved to Harrison county, Missouri, remaining on a farm there until 1859, when he went to Stark county, Illinois. A short time afterwards, how- ever, he returned to Harrison county. In 1860 he went to Tippecanoe county, Indiana, where he was employed at his trade. In May, 1861, he enlisted in Company G, Twenty-sixth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and took part in the battles of Prairie Grove, Vicksburg. Port Hudson, New Orleans and others. He received his honorable discharge in 1863. In 1867 he began working at his trade at Mt. Moriah, Harrison county, Missouri, continuing until 1870, when he came to Nodaway county and settled on a farm south of Maryville. In 1872 he moved to Union Valley and in September. 1880, he built a shop at Skidmore, in which he worked until September of the follow- ing year, when he entered the employ of J. P. Dike, general merchant. Sub- sequently, he erected another shop, which he ran until the latter part of 1890. when he turned it over to his son and retired from active business, living at Skidmore since that time excepting two years when he lived in the country.
On July 27, 1864, Mr. Parrish was married to A. E. Hobbs, a native of Indiana, and to them were born nine children, namely: Arabelle, Jennie E., Lydia E., James F., Watie A., Thomas J., Mollie, Grace, Martha and Flor- ence. Arabelle married Hamilton K. Deffenbaugh and lives at Wathena. Kansas, being the parents of two children, Zula and Burman ; Lydia Ellen married George Manchester, a hardware dealer at Skidmore: Mary E. mar- ried Alfred Ross Parshall and they live in Nebraska : Grace Leon, who mar- ried Howard C. Lyle and lives in Montana, has two children ; Martha married Alfred R. Gill, of Sheridan. Wyoming, and they have four children, Chloe. Thelma, Glenn and Don : Ruth lives in Skidmore with her parents : J. H., who was born in Harrison county. Missouri, on January 28, 1870. He learned the blacksmith trade under his father, beginning at the age of thirteen and worked with his father about five years, from which time he was engaged in the busi- ness on his own account at Skidmore. He was married in 1892 to Maggie E. Gale, the daughter of James and Christena (White) Gale, and they have four children, Alpha Fay. James Alfred, Bertha Ann and Artie Lee. Fraternally. he is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America.
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JAMES E. PIERPOINT, M. D.
The physician who would succeed in his profession must possess many qualities of head and heart not included in the curriculum of the schools and colleges he may have attended. In analyzing the career of the successful practitioner of the healing art it will invariably be found to be true that a broad-minded sympathy with the sick and suffering and an honest, earnest desire to aid his afflicted fellow-men have gone hand in hand with skill and able judgment. The gentleman to whom this brief tribute is given fortunately embodies these necessary qualifications in a marked degree and by energy and application to his professional duties is building up an enviable reputation and drawing to himself a large and remunerative practice.
J. E. Pierpoint was born at Sistersville, West Virginia, on May 1, 1869, and is a son of D. C. and Ellen E. (Mckay) Pierpoint. The Pierpoints were an old Virginia family, a number of generations having resided in the Old Dominion. On the maternal side the subject is descended from Scotch ancestry. Doctor Pierpoint was reared on the home farm until he was twenty years old and received his elementary education in the common schools, completing his classical course in the normal college at Stansberry, Missouri, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Science at his graduation in 1894. In the early seventies the family moved to Nodaway county, Missouri, locating near what was then called Sweet Home, afterwards Ravenwood. There his father bought a farm of one hundred and eighty acres, which he still owns, though, in 1898, he and his wife' moved to Maryville, where they now reside. After completing his classical education, the subject was for two years engaged in teaching school, having served as principal of the schools at Ravenwood. Having determined to make the practice of medicine his life work, he entered the Ensworth Medical College, at St. Joseph, Missouri. where he was graduated in 1899 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. He immediately entered upon the active practice of his profession at Skidmore, and during the subsequent years he has built up a large and lucrative prac- tice. In 1906 he bought the drug store formerly owned by Doctor Shepard and has since conducted this business with considerable success. He has in- vested his surplus from time to time and now owns several business and res- idence properties in Skidmore. The Doctor is a careful reader of the best professional literature and keeps himself in close touch with the age in the latest discoveries pertaining to the healing art and has met with marked suc- cess in the treatment of diseases. He keeps in touch with his professional brethren through his membership in the county. state and national medical associations.
James & Perform And
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In the spring of 1891 Doctor Pierpoint married Jessie Bentley, of Con- cordia, Kansas, and they became the parents of two children. Clara and James E. Pierpoint, Jr. In the fall of 1904 Mrs. Pierpoint met with a tragic death, being killed in a street car accident. In the fall of 1906 the Doctor married Mrs. Fannie B. Haynes, widow of the late T. E. Haynes, formerly a suc- cessful attorney at Skidmore. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Albright, an old and well known family of this county, and is a popular woman in the social circles in which she moves.
Doctor Pierpoint is an appreciative member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, belonging to the blue lodge at Skidmore. He has also taken the Scottish rite degrees up to and including the thirty-second, holding membership in the consistory at St. Joseph, Missouri. He is also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, belonging to the subordinate lodge at Skidmore, and the encampment of Patriarchs Militant at Burlington Junction, while he has membership with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks at Maryville. Large hearted and companionable. the Doctor enjoys a large circle of warm and loyal friends, who esteem him highly because of his genuine worth.
TURLEY HENDERSON COOK.
In one of the most exacting of all callings the subject of this sketch has attained distinction, being recognized as one of the most successful teach- ers in the county of Nodaway. He is a well-educated, symmetrically devel- oped man, his work as an educator having brought him prominently to the notice of the public. the result of which is a demand for his services where a high standard of professional excellence is required. He is a gentleman of scholarly tastes and studious habits, keeps abreast the times in advanced edu- cational methods. and his general knowledge is broad and comprehensive.
Turley H. Cook was born at Bedford, Iowa, on October 9, 1870, and is a son of Elder L. D. and Mary J. (Dunigan) Cook. At the age of two years he was brought by his parents to Maryville, and shortly afterwards they located on a farm in Green township, this county, and there he grew to manhood. His father devoted thirty years of his life to the ministry, his labors ceasing only with his death, which occurred on August II, 1894. at the age of sixty-one years. He was born October 5. 1832, in Greene county,
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Tennessee, and on May 17, 1862, in Iowa, across the river from Platts- mouth, Nebraska, he was married to Mary J. Dunigan, who was born on April 15, 1839, in Missouri. At the age of about thirty years he began his active labors in the ministry. his work being confined largely to northwestern Missouri and southern Iowa. He was pastor at Maryville two years, during which time he accomplished much for the upbuilding of the church and the advancement of the best moral interests of the community. He was a force- ful and effective public speaker, and because of his high character, eminent ability and earnest efforts he won the highest respect from all who knew him. Though he later retired to a farm for residence, he never relinquished his efforts for the advancement of his Master's kingdom on earth, and was ever a potent influence for good wherever he went. Elder L. D. and Mary J. Cook were the parents of nine children, seven sons and two daughters, one daughter dying in infancy, he and his wife also having had children by for- mer marriages: Of the children, the following brief mention is made: L. C. is a successful attorney at Maryville : Ellis G. is an attorney and is now serving as principal of the schools at Elmo, this county; E. Ova, who taught for a number of years in the schools of Nodaway county, is now principal of a school in Boise City. Idaho; Walter G. is a teacher in the schools of this county : Andrew P. is a barber at Maitland, Missouri ; Ella is the wife of S. A. Cordell, of Boise City. Idaho; Barton R., a former teacher, now an em- ploye of the McNeal & Parcher Lumber Company. of Maryville : Franklin G., a half-brother, is a mechanic at Nebraska City, Nebraska : William F., also a half-brother, is engaged in railroading at Grand Junction. Colorado; the sub- ject has also two half-sisters, Mrs. Mattie A. McNeff. of Chicago, and Lizzie, the wife of Allen Cates, of Chicago.
Turley H. Cook remained on the home farm during his boyhood years and received his elementary education in the common schools. He then at- tended one year in the public schools of Omaha, Nebraska, after which fol- lowed a course in the high school at Quitman. this county. Then, at the age of nineteen years, he began teaching school. first in the rural and village schools, meeting with splendid success as a pedagogue. and during the ten years he was so engaged he served as principal of the schools at Skidmore. Quitman, Clearmont and Elmo. Feeling the need of higher training. he entered the Stanberry Normal School, where he graduated with the class of 1904. He made a splendid record and upon his graduation he was offered and accepted the chairs of history and science in that school, retaining these positions during the following three years. In 1907 he was induced to join the faculty of the Fifth District Normal School at Maryville, where he is
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now giving effective and appreciated service as an instructor. During his first year there he was assigned to the science department, but since that time he has held the chair of American history. Professor Cook has for many years been generally recognized as an educator of superior ability and while teaching in the common schools was a member of the county board of educa- tion, being also a popular instructor in summer institutes.
On August 8, 1893. Professor Cook was united in marriage to Mary J. McKnight, of Quitman, who had formerly been a successful teacher and who, after their marriage, taught with him for a time in the Quitman schools and also at Skidmore. They are the parents of three children living and one dead. namely : Cleo Dow. Mabel Grace and Inez Roberta ; Leona Ruth died at the age of five months.
Fraternally, Professor Cook is an appreciative member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. while his religious connection is with the Christian church, with the various interests of which he is actively identified, being a teacher in the Sunday school. He is a man of strong social qualities, which have gained for him many warm friends, and by all who know him he is highly respected because of his sterling worth and high character.
WILLIAM R. LINVILLE.
The importance that attaches to the lives, character and work of the early settlers of Nodaway county and the influence they have exerted upon the cause of humanity and civilization is one of the most absorbing themes that can possibly attract the attention of the local historian. If great and beneficent results-results that endure and bless mankind-are the proper measure of the good men do, then who is there in the world's history that may take their place above the hardy pioneer? To point out the way. to make possible our present advancing civilization, its happy homes, its arts and sciences, its discoveries and inventions, its education, literature, culture, re- finement and social life and joy. is to be the truly great benefactors of man- kind for all time. This was the great work accomplished by the early set- tlers and it is granted by all that they builded wiser than they knew. Though in many instances they realized but little the great results that were to ulti- mately crown their efforts, yet, with a patient energy, resolution and self- sacrifice that stands alone and unparalleled. they worked out their allotted tasks, accomplishing their destinies and today their descendants and others
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