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MR. AND MRS. WASHINGTON HOSHOR
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Virginia, the family being closely related to that of the martyr President. Of the children born to Washington and Annie Hoshor the following brief mention is made : John L., who now operates the old homestead and cares for his mother, is also the owner of a farm of one hundred and sixty acres of rich bottom land. He spent five years in Montana and six years in Colo- rado, but is now permanently located on the home farm. George W., a farmer, who has spent his life on the home farm. Otis lives in Texas. Eva is the wife of Joseph Stock and resides near Topeka, Kansas. Ina is the wife of Guy Gray, a noted horse trainer and driver of race horses.
Washington Hoshor was a man of sterling integrity and marked busi- ness ability. Though distinctively a farmer, he took an interest in the com- munity generally and was the owner of a good business block in Maryville. His influence could always be counted upon in support of every movement which had for its object the advancement of the interests of the community along any line and he was rightfully numbered among its representative citi- zens. A man of strong convictions and high ideals, his life was an honor to the community and example to his children. Probably no man in his section of Nodaway was better known and among all he enjoyed the highest respect and confidence.
JOHN A. BURCH.
It is found, in studying the life record of John A. Burch, that many of the elements that make for success in all lives have dominated him, and that his career has been of more than ordinary service to his fellow men. He was born in Page county, Iowa, in 1863, the son of Abner and Stacy (Carmichael) Burch, both natives of Indiana, who came to Nodaway county, Missouri, in 1861, and in 1862 moved to Page county, Iowa: in 1865 they returned to Nodaway county where they spent the remainder of their lives. The father was a farmer, but spent his last days with his sons, retired. Politically he was a Democrat and was always active in the party. For many years he was a member of the Baptist church, being very active in the same, helping to organize the early church here, and he frequently referred to the first religious services which were held in the county, in a grove, by the Rev. Mr. Hanson, who came here driving an ox team; he held many meetings roundabout, and many were converted under his preach-
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ing. His work led partly to the establishment of the Baptist church at Clearmont. He was often assisted financially and otherwise by Abner Burch, both being very active and influential men in this community.
John A. Burch was reared in District No. 4, of which school board his father was the president. To Mr. and Mrs. Abner Burch thirteen children were born, nine of whom are still living.
John A. Burch was educated in the early schools of the county and grew to maturity on the home farm. When twenty years of age he began life for himself, first east of Maryville on the Grimes farm; the following winter he worked for twelve dollars and fifty cents per month, and the next summer farmed with his father. The following year he rented one-fourth section north of Clearmont; later purchased that place, in 1891, and still owns the same. He has been a good manager and has bought additional land from time to time, now owning seven hundred and twenty acres of as choice land as the county affords. It is well improved and has been skill- fully tilled. He has a very attractively located residence and substantial outbuildings. His fine modern residence is located in the northeast corner of Clearmont, and is often the gathering place for the many friends of the family who find here free hospitality. This splendid home was completed in March, 1909.
Mr. Burch carries on general farming and feeds a great deal of stock, keeping an excellent grade of cattle, and all kinds of stock, in fact, giving all his attention to farming and stock raising and trading. and his efforts have met with well-deserved success in all lines.
Mr. Burch was married on December 10, 1885, to Emma F. Moore, of Nodaway county, where she was reared and educated. She is the daugh- ter of one of the best known and influential families in this part of the county. Her father. B. L. Moore, was born in Tennessee, the son of James and Franky (Ray) Moore. B. L. Moore married Mildred Carpenter, daugh- ter of George Carpenter. This family came to this part of Nodaway county in 1856 and began life in a "half-faced" cabin, but they eventually became well situated and influential here.
The following children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Burch: Charles B., deceased : George A., Alva J., Mark E .. deceased; Clara M., Ross M .. Nelson M. : Loraine and Norine are twins ; Emma M. is deceased.
Mrs. Burch is a member of the Baptist church. Politically Mr. Burch is a Democrat and a member of Lodge No. 507. Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, at Clearmont.
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WILLIAM JEFFERSON LINEBAUGH.
Among the successful farmers of Atchison township, Nodaway county. who has led a quiet life and whose integrity has always been unassailable is William Jefferson Linebaugh, being one of the worthy representatives of his community, with no ambition for anything but the sphere of a private citizen. and his many friends bear willing testimony of his amiable qualities and ster- ling characteristics. He was born in Page county, Iowa, in October, 1862, the son of Jacob and Mary Ann (Gray) Linebaugh, a full sketch of whom appears on another page of this work.
The gentleman whose name heads this review received his education in the public schools of his community, working on his father's farm during the crop season. He grew to maturity in Nodaway county, having been but four years old whon his parents came here in 1866. He has always followed farm- ing and has been very successful in his chosen line of endeavor. carrying on general farming on his place, which consists of one hundred and sixty acres. which he has improved in a very substantial way since purchasing it. and he now has one of the best farms in the community, his place being well adapted for the work he desires to carry on. He has a very neat home and good outbuildings, orchard, garden and whatsover goes to make a modern farm life desirable and pleasant.
Mr. Linebaugh was married on November 2, 1885, to Nancy E. Hardin and this union has resulted in the birth of one child, William Warden.
Mrs. Linebaugh is a member of the Baptist church, and fraternally Mr. Linebaugh is prominent as a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Ma- sons, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and the Modern Woodmen of America. Politically he is a Democrat.
JOHN W. GRAY.
Another one of the enterprising and successful agriculturists of Atchison township who ranks as one of the representative citizens of Nodaway county is John W. Gray, who was born in Noble county, Ohio, August 27, 1852. and in 1857, when five years of age, he came with his parents to Nodaway county. Missouri, settling two and one-half miles east of Clearmont. He is the son of James and Rachel (Haines) Gray. The father brought some good teams from Ohio. having made the trip in wagons, and upon arriving here entered
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one hundred and sixty acres of land, later disposing of part of it until he had but one hundred and twenty acres, on which he remained until his death, at an advanced age. in October, 1908, having put all the improvements on this place and having made rails himself with which the place was fenced. He and his wife were the parents of thirteen children, nine of whom are living. James Gray was born in Pennsylvania, January 11, 1818, having come to Ohio with his parents when small. He was a member of the Missouri militia, being in the field during the last three months of the war. Two of the cousins of John W. Gray also served in the army, one now being deceased. McClain Gray, uncle of John W., served through the entire struggle ; he was a pioneer of this section of Nodaway county. James Gray was an active Republican. He was one of the best known and most popular men of his vicinity, a man whom everybody liked, and he was familiarly known as "Uncle Jim" or "Good Fellow Jim." He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, while his wife was a Presbyterian. He died October 21, 1907.
John W. Gray was educated in the public schools of Nodaway county, to attend which he walked about three miles. During the Civil war, about 1862 or 1863. the family and many others in this neighborhood fled to Iowa, upon learning of a rumor that a band of rebels were approaching and killing all in their path. They lived in a school house for a time, later rented land in Iowa, and their children attended school there, but in a short time the family returned to their home here and lived in Nodaway county until 1886 when John W. Gray moved to South Dakota where they remained twelve years or more. He owned a half section of land in South Dakota, also leased a sec- tion and raised cattle and horses. When they closed out there they owned one hundred and sixty-five head of cattle and thirty-two horses. They sold out everything, household goods, implements, etc., and drove away from their home after a noonday meal as if they were going visiting, but never returned. They came back to Nodaway county and farmed the old place for one year, then bought one hundred and fifty-five acres, known as the John Johnson place, six miles east of Clearmont and this has since been the home of John W. Gray. He has prospered and has since purchased one hundred and ten acres, the Walter Pollock place, and the Charles Miller place, consisting of eighty acres. which joins Mr. Gray's original purchase on the west. He now has one of the best farms in the township and successfully carries on general farming and stock raising, handling a fine grade of Poland-China hogs and other good stock. favoring Shorthorn cattle.
Mr. Gray was married in 1876 to Rachel France, a native of Guthrie county, Iowa, and this union resulted in the birth of one son, Charles Wesley.
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Mrs. Gray passed away in May. 1879, and in the fall of 1883 Mr. Gray was married to Julia A. Bennett, of near Hopkins, this county, where her father farmed for many years, having moved there from Iowa. To this union four children were born. David Clark. James Walter. John Edward and Harry Merlin.
Mr. and Mrs. Gray are supporters of the Methodist Episcopal church, and politically Mr. Gray is a Republican, having long taken more or less interest in party affairs, especially while living in South Dakota. Although he has never aspired to public office, he has served on the school board, both in South Dakota and in this community.
G. M. INGRAM.
In going over the list of the influential and eligible citizens of Nodaway county of a past generation, whose names should be mentioned in a local his- tory, that of G. M. Ingram is soon met with, and we herewith append his biography. He was born in Virginia in 1826, the son of Silas and Sarah (Spears) Ingram, the latter born in North Carolina. Silas Ingram, when thirteen years old, moved to Indiana with his parents and resided there until he was eighteen, then came to Buchanan county. Missouri, where he remained until 1851. but finally died in Indiana.
G. M. Ingram was one of the adventurous gold hunters that made the toilsome trip across the plains to California where he remained six years, re- turning in :857 and locating in Nodaway county, Missouri. The following year. 1858, he married Sarah Elizabeth Johnson, who was born in Indiana in 1839, and who, in 1841, came with her parents to Nodaway county, Missouri. locating in Atchison township, Nodaway county, there being only one house between the place on which they settled and Maryville, and they had only three neighbors. The parents of Mrs. Ingram, Ephraim and Margaret (Allen) Johnson, entered land and became the owners of two hundred and eighty acres. in prairie, which they "broke," fenced and erected buildings on. Dur- ing the winter months Mr. Johnson worked in the packing houses at St. Joseph at fifty cents per day. He made his home in this county until his death. His wife knew many of the old-time ways of making cloth, etc .. and she often wove garments for the neighbors, who broke the prairie for Mr. Johnson while he worked in St. Joseph. His children attended the first subscription school in this community at the rate of one dollar per child. There were eleven children in the Johnson family.
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G. M. Ingram bought land where his widow now lives, upon his return from California, he and his wife starting their married life on forty acres ; they worked hard. economized and managed well, adding to their original pur- chase from time to time, until the place now consists of four hundred and forty acres. Mr. Ingram put up good buildings, set out an excellent orchard and carried on general farming and stock raising, being very successful. Dur- ing the Civil war he was a member of the state militia. In politics he was a Democrat.
The following children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Ingram: Merritt died in infancy: Willie, Thomas, Minerva Ann, J. D., Rhoda Hilbert, Grant, Sherman. Jacob Lee, Jesse. Cleburn. Francis Dale, Maggie Bertha, George Venton. Ollie May, Minnie Belle. Edna Pearl. Ida Mahala. All but the first born are living.
G. M. Ingram was called to his rest in November, 1899, honored and respected by all who knew him, for he was an honest, kind and neighborly man, good to his family and charitable to all. Mrs. Ingram, who also numbers scores of friends in this community, still lives on the old home place, which is one of the best in this part of the township.
JACOB LEE INGRAM.
As fine farms and as up-to-date farmers are to be found in Atchison town- ship. Nodaway county, as anywhere in the great empire state of the West. or, in fact, anywhere else, the traveler through this section being delighted with the general appearance of the country, well-kept fields and neat and comfort- able homes. One of these contented citizens is Jacob Lee Ingram, who is a native of this community, having been perfectly contented to spend his life here. His birth occurred in 1869 and he is the son of G. M. and Elizabeth ( Johnson) Ingram, who are mentioned at length in another part of this work.
Jacob L. Ingram was reared on his father's farm in Atchison township where he began working in the fields early in life. thus learning the primary lessons of agriculture when his mind was plastic and retentive, this causing him to be a success at his work later in life. He received a fairly good education in the common schools of his community. He remained with his father on the home place until his marriage.
Mr. Ingram has always been a farmer: he now owns fifty acres of the old homestead and ninety acres in all. being a general farmer, and he so ro-
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tates his crops and manages his land as to reap abundant harvests from his fields from year to year. He does not keep a large amount of livestock, but tries to keep a good grade.
Mr. Ingram was married in 1901 to Florence Thompson, who was born in Nebraska and reared in Iowa, where she was educated and where she lived until her marriage. This union has resulted in the birth of two children, Vergil Leroy and Ralph, the latter dying in infancy. Mr. Ingram is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and politically he is a Democrat, but has never aspired to public offices.
RANDALL ADKINS.
A well known and highly respected resident of Burlington Junction, Nod- away county, is Randall Adkins, who was born in eastern Tennessee, in 1842, the son of Richard and Margaret ( Adkins) Adkins, both natives of Virginia, the mother having reached the remarkable age of one hundred and five years. Mr. Adkins was a farmer in Tennessee. He came to Missouri and on May 27, 1866, reached Lincoln township, Nodaway county, coming direct from Tennessee. Both he and his wife were born in 1800. They settled on a farm, Mr. Adkins buying the place of a man who had received a Mexican war land warrant, Mr. Adkins having bought the land without coming to see it, the man who sold him the place having been an old neighbor. The home place of Richard Adkins consisted of one hundred and sixty acres; he cleared this, erected good buildings and broke the primitive sod. He became very well-to- do and bought three hundred and twenty acres in Holt county and one hun- dred and sixty acres in Harrison county, this state. He died on the home place. He and his son, Randall of this review, offered their services to the Union army, but were not accepted on account of disability ; they narrowly escaped service in the Confederate army, it being necessary for them to leave Tennessee on this account. Richard Adkins was a Republican and a member of the Baptist church. His family consisted of six children.
Randall Adkins was married in Tennessee, in 1862. During the war he and his father went to Kentucky and he became a recruiting officer for the Union army. Soon after his arrival in Nodaway county, Randall Adkins bought the farm on which he still lives, south of Elmo, Lincoln township, his original purchase being forty acres ; he has prospered and is now the owner of three hundred and twenty acres on which he carries on general farming very
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successfully. He has a good orchard, barns, etc .. and a pleasant home, hav- ing erected all the buildings on the place himself. He is deserving of a great deal of credit for what he has accomplished, owing to the fact that he has been practically unaided all along the line, and he has at the same time educated himself, having had opportunity to attend school but one week-that a sub- scription school. for which he paid one dollar. He is a member of the Bap- tist church and is a Republican.
Mrs. Adkins was known in her maidenhood as Catherine Quenner, and to this union the following children have been born : John, Florence T .. Thomas. James, Molly. Edmon. Luke E., Mark : Joseph and Ernest are deceased.
LUKE E. ADKINS.
While yet young in years, Luke E. Adkins has succeeded in his chosen vocation and is very comfortably located on a farm in Lincoln township. Nod- away county, in which he was born on September 25, 1881, the son of Randall and Catherine (Quenner) Adkins, both natives of Tennessee and who are men- tioned on another page of this work. Luke E. Adkins was the seventh child in a family of ten children. He was reared on his father's farm in this town- ship and received a very good education in the common schools. He has al- ways devoted his attention to farming and now has an excellent place of one hundred and forty-seven and one-fourth acres. He has added various im- provements to his place from time to time until it ranks with any in the com- munity. He has operated considerable land besides what he owns, and usually has under his immediate management from three hundred and twenty to five hundred and seventy-five acres. He has not only been very successful as a general farmer, but also as a raiser of cattle and hogs.
Mr. Adkins was at one time manager of the coal yards at Elmo. this township, and for a period of three years did a thriving business in this line. It was he who brought the price of coal down from twenty-two to fifteen cents per bushel. He now prepares to farm on a still larger scale and does not find time to engage in any other line of business, this taking most of his time. for he is a very close observer and looks carefully to details.
Mr. Adkins was married on October 18. 1899. to Della Sallee, who was born in Atchison county. this state, her family being well established there. This union has resulted in the birth of one child. Gladys Arceil. Politically Mr. Adkins is a Republican.
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WILLIAM HENRY.
A man who believes in the motto. "Live and let live." is William Henry. a farmer of Atchison township. Nodaway county, a man who believes in honest emulation and fair dealing and is willing to march side by side with his fellow creatures and take his chances with the rest, giving them their dues and taking his own. . He was born three miles northwest of Bradyville, in 1862, and is the son of Thomas and Rachel Elizabeth (Mackentosh) Henry, the father born in county Down. Ireland, the mother having been born in Boone county. In- diana. The elder Henry grew to maturity and was educated in his native country, coming to America when young and here married and devoted his life to farming. In 1861 he and Mrs. Henry came to the vicinity of Brady- ville, Nodaway county, Missouri, and after buying several places finally lo- cated three miles northeast of that town on a farm consisting of two hundred and fifteen acres, which they placed under excellent improvements and had a very comfortable home. Thomas Henry was not only a successful farmer along general lines, but he was an extensive breeder of Shorthorn-Durham cattle, and Berkshire and Poland-China hogs. He took considerable interest in politics. At one time there were but two other Democrats in the township. He was in religious matters a Seventh-Day Adventist, and was known as a good and useful man.
Thirteen children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Henry, nine of whom grew to maturity.
William Henry grew to maturity on the home farm and was educated in the home schools. He quite naturally turned his attention to farming. part of the time on rented ground. He came to Atchison township, in 1901. and bought eighty acres of fertile land on which he carries on general farming and stock raising.
Mr. Henry married Mrs. Bertha Bell Russell, in February, 1884. and this union has resulted in the birth of seven children, namely : Maggie May. Allen J., Beulah B., Willis N., living : Emma. Charles and Georgie, deceased.
Mr. Henry is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, and po- litically he is a Democrat : he has served as school director in his district. also as road overseer.
AMON WALTER.
Although not favored by inherited wealth or assisted by influential friends, Amon Walter, by industry, wise economy and perseverance, has acquired a valuable property in Lincoln township and has a very comfortable
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home, being one of the worthy sons of Nodaway county, where he was born in 1861, near Wilcox. He is the son of Levi and Liza Ann ( Heady) Walter, natives of Boone county, Indiana. About 1859 they came to Nodaway county, Missouri, and located near Wilcox where they bought a farm which they improved from the wild prairie, their house being the only one between Wilcox and Maryville. In those days the latter town had no railroad and contained only a small population. The settlers here were supplied with what they needed from St. Joseph and Savannah. Levi Walter bought seventy-four acres and developed it and lived on the same until about 1878, when he moved east of Pickering and bought a farm of thirty acres where he lived until his death. He was a Democrat and a member of the Methodist church. His family constituted nine children.
Amon Walter lived on the home farm and helped his father with the work thereon when not attending the district schools. When seventeen years of age his mother died and he started out in life for himself, working out for six years, then began farming for himself in Nodaway county on rented land; but he was a hard worker and soon had a good start.
In 1908 Mr. Walter bought the farm where he now resides in Lincoln township. It is well improved and consists of two hundred acres on which he carries on general farming in a most successful manner, also keeps some excellent stock : he feeds a great deal of stock. He formerly raised driving horses, which were eagerly sought after, also excellent draft horses. He likes a good horse and knows one when he sees it.
Mr. Walter was married in 1883 to Ella Miller, of Nodaway county and the daughter of a highly respected family here. This union has resulted in the birth of the following children :. Clyde is married and is farming in Lincoln township; Ora and Leslie are living at home; Frank is deceased; Edna is at home, as are also Pearl. Esther and Mary.
Mr. Walter is a Democrat, politically, and he belongs to the Modern Woodmen of America and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
S. L. COCHRAN.
The early agriculturists of Nodaway county, Missouri, will ever be held in the grateful memory of the present generation and of the active young farmers of today, and the husbandman who came here several decades ago and hewed out a breathing place and erected for himself and family a pioneer
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home, and opened the country, then roadless, for the advance of a higher civilization, well deserves the respect which is accorded him. Of such as these was the subject of this biographical notice.
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