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Alexander C. Thompson remained with his father on the home farm until he was twenty-four years old, and he received a limited education. He was married on January 30, 1873. to Josephine Campbell, daughter of William and Nancy C. Campbell, old settlers of this county, the father a native of Tennessee and the mother of Indiana.
Mr. and Mrs. Thompson began their married life in Nodaway county on forty acres which he purchased, and to which he later added eighty acres and lived here for a period of nineteen years, farming and stock raising. He sold this farm and bought one hundred and eighty acres in White Cloud township in 1892. living there eleven years. In 1903 he bought the farm where he now resides consisting of one hundred and twenty acres and which is one of the choicest in the community, having remodeled the buildings thereon. erecting a good barn. In 1906 one of his barns was destroyed by fire. He has this farm under a fine system of cultivation and it is regarded as one of the best kept farms in the county.
Politically, Mr. Thompson is a Democrat, and while he has had no time to mingle much in political matters or hold public office, he is well known in political and all other circles, and is highly respected by all who know him.
Six children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Thompson, named as fol- ยท lows: William E. married Ida Goff and they have three children, Ross, Margaret and Russell: he is cashier of the bank at Nashua, Clay county, Missouri. Leotus married Lilian Shoote: after teaching school four years in this county, he went to Portland, Oregon, where he is engaged in the real
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estate business. Margaret A. married Charles Armstrong and is the mother of three children. Mamie, Mildred and James. Stella married George W. Cole and has one child, Mary L. Mr. Cole, who taught school in this locality for four years, is now assistant cashier of the Barnard State Bank. Golda married Brice Wilson and she is now teaching in the public schools, while Mr. Wilson engages in farming. Gladys, who lives at home, is a teacher in the public schools ; she completed the teacher's course at the normal at Mary- ville.
OREN M. AND GEORGE L. DYSART.
Two of the progressive young farmers of Grant township, Nodaway county, who are being amply rewarded for their close application and wise economy are Oren M. and George L. Dysart, natives of Andrew county, Missouri, the former born in 1877 and the latter in 1879. They are the sons of William S. and Mary E. ( Mongomery) Dysart and grandsons of Wil- liam L. and Permelia J. (Evans) Dysart. Their paternal grandfather was born September 9. 1809, a native of Kentucky, and he died February 6, 1886. His wife was born January 1, 1812, in Pennsylvania, and died January 12. 1884. They were married on September 9, 1883. The grandparents came to Andrew county. Missouri, in 1849 and entered land, which they improved. Mr. Dysart becoming the owner of more than one thousand acres, and there he lived the remainder of his days, becoming one of the substantial and influ- ential men of the county. Both he and his wife are buried in the Dysart graveyard on his land. They were the parents of ten children, of whom two are living, James L., who owns and lives on a portion of the Dysart home- stead, and William S. The last named began his married life on a farm given him by his father, in Andrew county. His wife was the daughter of George K. and Rosanna Mongomery, of Andrew county, where Mr. Mongomery was regarded as a leading citizen, owning a fine farm of fifteen hundred acres. known as the "Maple Grove" farm. He was the father of twelve children. an equal number of boys and girls ; of this number eight are living.
William S. Dysart, after making his residence in Andrew county until 1887. sold his property and moved to Colorado, but in 1903 the family re- turned to Nodaway county, Missouri, and bought two hundred acres of land in section 27, formerly owned by John Merrill. This is one of the choice bottom farms of the county, but it was bought for the very reasonable figure of fifty dollars per acre, eight years ago; the present value would be a gain of
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over one hundred per cent. The place is well improved and under a high state of cultivation.
The gentlemen whose names form the introduction to this sketch deserve a great deal of credit for what they have accomplished, and for being instru- mental in selecting this for a home and taking the responsibility and manage- ment of the farm. Besides carrying on general and diversified farming in a modern and scientific manner, the quantity and quality of the different kinds of livestock kept by these two young men would do credit to any county. They are breeders of the Percheron horse, also of saddle horses, keeping the best of imported horses. Their four stallions and two jacks have given the Dysart boys a wide prestige in this locality and they are patronized exten- sively from adjoining counties as well as from all parts of this county. their fine stock being greatly admired by all. They are excellent judges of horses and believe in keeping the best, and they constantly keep on their farm many young colts of much promise. They also give much attention to the raising of cattle and hogs. Both are hard workers, men of keen foresight; good busi- ness judgment and courteous and straightforward in their business and social relations. This popular family consists of the two sons, Oren M. and George L., a daughter, Rose Pearl, an accomplished young lady who takes a great deal of interest in the affairs of her brothers, and the mother who resides with the boys. O. M. and G. L. Dysart are both members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Modern Woodmen of America.
JOHN BARE.
Perhaps Andrew county, lying to the south of Nodaway, has furnished more citizens to the latter than any other county in the state or United States. It seems to have been generally settled at a much earlier date and her citizens were not slow to realize the vast opportunities that were to be found in her sister county to the north, which is one of the best in this or any other state. Among the large number of enterprising citizens who have profited by coming to Nodaway county should be mentioned John Bare, whose birth occurred in Andrew county, Missouri, on October 9, 1850. He is the son of David and Mary (Rhodes) Bare. Jacob Bare, grandfather of John, spent his life in Illinois and died there. His son, David, was born in that state. reared and educated there, and from his native community he came to Mis- souri, locating in Andrew county in 1848, buying eighty acres of land, which
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he sold and in 1867 came to Nodaway county and purchased one hundred and sixty acres in section 13. Grant township. He was a very successful farmer. a good and useful man, who was highly respected by all his neighbors and acquaintances. His death occurred here and he was buried in Andrew county. Politically, he was a Republican. His family consisted of ten children, named as follows : Jacob. John. Mary. Sarah, Adaline. Isabella, Emma J., Owen S .. Andrew F. and William H.
John Bare. of this review. remained with his father on the home farm until he was twenty-five years old, assisting with the general work and attend- ing the common schools in his neighborhood. He married Maggie E. Go- forth. daughter of Edward and Lavina Goforth, who were among the old set- tlers in this county, having come from Indiana.
Mr. and Mrs. Bare began their married life on rented land. After get- ting a start, he purchased, in a short time, one hundred and ten acres in sec- tions 25 and 26. Grant township. going in debt for all except five hundred dol- lars. In due course of time this debt was paid, and he bought one hundred and sixty acres more. and he built a good house and barn and made other sub- stantial improvements, until today no better improved farm could be found in Grant township and none more desirable. He has devoted his attention exclusively to farming and stock raising and the large success that has at- tended his efforts would indicate that he is fully abreast of the times. He and his wife are members of the Church of Christ. Politically, he is a Repub- lican. He has always been known as a peaceable man. having never sued anyone or been sued and he was never a witness in court.
Mr. and Mrs. Bare are the parents of six children, namely : Eddie B. married Frank Tompkins and they are the parents of six children. Glen, Wil- lie. John, Orvill. Everett and Sissie; William F. Bare married Elsie Dreer and they have one child. Bessie : Mary C. Bare married Wayne Davidson and they have two children. Elvet and Bula ; Frankie Bare married Frances Lin- coln and they have one child, Clarence : Bula married Elvet McBride; Lula Bare married James Hornbuckle.
EMIL M. CULVER.
While yet a young man. Emil M. Culver, one of the most progressive of the farmers of Grant township. Nodaway county, has shown that success may be achieved early if the right principles are employed and persisted in. He was born May 18. 1876. in Andrew county, Missouri, the son of Truman
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and Frances ( Murden) Culver. His paternal grandfather. Eliphlet Culver, was born in 1804, and his wife was born in 1810: the former died in 1874 and the latter in 1847. They were natives of Vermont and died in the state of New York. Truman Culver was born in New York in 1834, and his wife first saw the light of day in Andrew county, Missouri, in 1845; they were married in 1869. Frances Murden was the daughter of William Murden, of Andrew county. Truman Culver bought a farm in Andrew county, which he worked and on which he also raised stock, giving special attention to the breeding of Angus cattle. He carried on both very extensively and was very successful, becoming widely known in this county, where he was regarded as one of the wealthy and influential men of the county. He sold his farm there and bought property in King City, Gentry county, Missouri, where he and his wife are now living retired.
Truman Culver was a soldier in the Union army during the Civil war, having enlisted in 1861 and gave four years to the service. He is a Repub- lican in politics. He and his wife are the parents of four sons, namely : Elmer L., who lives in Gentry county ; Theron R., of Kansas ; Oris T., of Nod- away county, where he is farming. his place adjoining that of his brother, Emil M., of this review.
Emil M. Culver was reared on the home farm, where he was put to work when of proper age, and he received a good common school education. When twenty-one years of age, on December 29, 1898, he married Malissa Harless, daughter of Henry C. and Mary Harless, of Nebraska. He had his home already furnished. his father having given him a farm in section 26, Grant township. This he sold after a residence of five years, and later bought a tract of land three-fourths of a mile west of Barnard, in partnership with his brother, Oris. This they have divided and no better or more desirable land is to be found in Nodaway county. It lays well, is under a high state of cultivation and is exceptionally well tilled, Mr. Culver being a young man of push and energy. He has been engaged for some time in breeding Angus cattle : however. he is now temporarily out of this line, but it is his intention to follow the footsteps of his father in breeding fine stock, at which his father succeeded so admirably and under whose able guidance he was instructed. which accounts in no small degree for his large success so early in life. He at present has a small dairy. He has just completed a power house with pulley and shafts, where the family washing, cream separating, churning. grinding feed. pumping water, etc .. is successfully and expeditiously done, all by gasoline engine power. Such progressive young men as Mr. Culver have pushed this country to the front and they constitute our best citizenship.
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Mr. and Mrs. Culver are members of the Christian church at Barnard, and Mr. Culver is a Republican, but does not find time to take an extensive interest in political matters.
To Mr. and Mrs. Culver three interesting children have been born, named as follows: Don P., born January 19. 1901 : Dealdo, born September 29. 1905 : Hal F., born January 14. 1907.
Mr. and Mrs. Culver's attractive and cozy home is often visited by their many friends and here they find a hospitable welcome.
CASSIUS C. EVANS.
A highly respected farmer of Independence township. Nodaway county. who has lived to see and take part in the large development of the same and who has had an interesting and busy career from his early youth is Cassius C. Evans, who was born January 22. 1842, in Howard county, Missouri. the son of John and Mary E. (Dunham) Evans. The father was born in Ohio in 1790, and died in 1854. and the mother was born in Kentucky in 1801. and died in 1858. They came to Missouri when young and were married here in an early day, moving to Howard county in 1840: in 1843 they located in Boone county, remaining there until 1853. when they moved to Livingston county and there purchased a farm of two hundred and eighty acres. While on a business trip to Iowa in 1874 Mr. Evans was taken ill, died and was buried there. The elder Evans devoted his life to farming and stock raising and the breeding of good horses, and he was well known and highly respected wherever he lived. He and his wife were members of the Christian church. They were the parents of three children, namely: Martha is the wife of Thomas B. Vest : Sarah E. is the wife of Lawson Allnutt : Cassius C., of this review.
In his boyhood days Cassius C. Evans received a good education in the public schools of his community, and when nineteen years of age he went to California where he remained four years, his experiences in the far West at that early age being of great benefit to him in an educational way. Return- ing to Missouri, he located in Clinton county, and on September 28, 1865. he was married to Emily M. Rogers, daughter of Newton and Jane ( Todd) Rogers. They began their married life on a farm which Mr. Evans pur- chased in Grundy county, this state. After residing there two years they sold out and moved to Clinton county, where they purchased a farm on which
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they lived for ten years. Selling out there, they moved to Nodaway county and purchased a farm of one hundred and sixty acres, two miles south of Parnell, and here was their home for twenty-two years. During this time Mr. Evans bought three hundred and twenty acres in sections 32 and 33. He later bought some excellent property in Parnell where he moved his family and conducts his farm from there. He handles a great deal of stock, feeding large numbers for the market ; he has been a very successful farmer and busi- ness man, and he holds the respect and confidence of all who know him.
Mr. and Mrs. Evans are the parents of ten children, all of whom are living, namely : William E., of Idaho ; George L., of Maryville, was elected sheriff of his county in 1904 and re-elected in 1906, is now engaged in the real estate business : James W. is an auctioneer at Sheridan, Missouri, and he is deputy sheriff of his county ; Charles C., of Parnell, has won a reputation as a successful auctioneer far beyond the limits of Nodaway county ; he is deputy sheriff and owns and lives on a small farm adjoining Parnell: Archibald M. is an attorney, employed by the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company as adjuster of claims, with headquarters at Kansas City; John N. lives in Ward county, North Dakota, is a farmer and auctioneer ; Homer C. owns a fruit farm in the state of Washington : Celeste E. is the wife of Roy Conrad, of Parnell : Orville E. is a conductor on the Union Pacific railroad, with headquarters at Platte, Nebraska : Port is assisting his father on the home place.
Mr. and Mrs. Evans have the following grandchildren: Everett L., Georgia, Mabel. Clark, Morton. Carl, Mattie F., Ethel, Francis and Dolores Evans, and Lloyd Conrad.
Mr. Evans is a distant relative of Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, and the city of Evansville, Indiana, was named after his grandfather, who owned the land on which the city was built.
Newton Rogers, father of Mrs. Evans, was a native of Tennessee, and was a farmer and stock raiser. In 1843 he moved to Missouri, locating in Platte county. In 1847 he moved to Clinton county, where he died on June 22. 1872. He was a soldier in the Mexican war. He married Jane Todd, a native of Kentucky, and they became the parents of eleven children, six of whom are living. Mrs. Rogers, who was born in 1819. died in 1898, at the age of seventy-nine years. She was a devoted Methodist in religious faith. Mrs. Evans' paternal grandparents were English and on the maternal side. German and English. Grandfather David Rogers served a term in Congress from Tennessee and was twice a member of its state Legislature. He lived to be ninety-eight years old and his wife lived to one hundred years and six weeks old.
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WILLIAM AND JOHN STEINHAUSER.
Two of the successful and public-spirited citizens of Washington town- ship. Nodaway county, are William and John Steinhauser, the former born on January 8. 1869, and the latter on December 7, 1871, Ohio being their native state. They are the sons of Anthony S. and Bernadine Steinhauser, natives of Germany, born in 1836. They came to this country about the same year, 1866, and were married in Ohio, where they engaged in farming on land belonging to Mr. Steinhauser's brother. There they remained until 1870 and then located in DeKalb county, Missouri, and were there six years. when the father died. Then the mother married Henry D. Wulf and in the spring of 1882 they came to Nodaway county, Missouri, and bought one hundred and sixty acres in Washington township, on which they built a frame house and engaged in farming for twelve years. Then they returned to Brussels, Belgium, where they remained ten years, educating their chil- dren there. William and John Steinhauser, of this review, were given forty acres each and remained in this country engaged in farming. The parents returned to America and six years later sold out here and went to California on a visit, where they remained six months, then went to Detroit. Michigan, where they now reside.
William and John Steinhauser were educated in the common schools and at once turned their attention to farming, doing their own housekeeping until November 4, 1891, when William was married to Mary Bloomeke, daughter of John and Elizabeth Bloomeke. Her father, who was born in New York city, had made arrangements to come to Nodaway county, Mis- souri, to make his future home, when he was seriously hurt by a circular saw breaking and striking him on the head, from which injury he died soon after his arrival here.
William Steinhauser began his married life on the eighty acres owned by himself and brother John, going in debt for livestock and necessary imple- ments to begin with, and by good management and hard work he has suc- ceeded in establishing a very comfortable home and is now the owner of four hundred and eighty acres of well improved land, in the successful manage- ment of which John is an important factor, owning an equal share of this, one of the best farms in the township. They are up-to-date farmers and they keep an excellent grade of livestock, being extensive dealers in all kinds of stock. Although misfortune has overtaken them in various ways, their residence being destroyed twice in one year by cyclones, their last house being
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just completed when destroyed, they have not permitted any disaster or obstacle to stand in their way and have continued to reap the rewards that always come to the persistent and the deserving.
Ten children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. William Steinhauser, seven of whom are living, named as follows: Margaret, born March 21, 1893; Anthony J., born February 26, 1895: Michael W., born January 3. 1897; William J., born February 1, 1901; Stephnie M., born April 2, 1904; Marie E., born April 23, 1906; Leonard G., born July 16, 1908. They are living at home.
JOHN P. McGEORGE.
A Pennsylvanian by birth, but now one of the most loyal of Nodaway county's citizens, John P. McGeorge, of Washington township, is carrying on the various departments of his farm with that energy and discretion that bring ultimate success. His birth occurred in the old Keystone state on October 19, 1851, and he is the son of Samuel, Jr., and Mariah (Davis) McGeorge, both natives of Pennsylvania. The father of the former, Samuel McGeorge, Sr., came to America from Scotland and located in Pennsylvania, where he spent the remainder of his life. John P.'s parents grew to matur- ity and were married in Pennsylvania, and from there they came to Andrew county, Missouri, in 1860 and bought one hundred and sixty acres of land and made their home here for several years. They finally sold out and moved to Harrison county, Missouri, and there Mr. McGeorge died in his seventy- third year, his wife dying when seventy-four years old. The father spent his life engaged in farming. He was a member of the Free and Accepted Masons. In his family were twelve children, namely: Joshua, Orlando, William D., Mary E., Samuel B., Cassius C., Joana J., Laura, Lena. Ida Maggy and John P. of this review.
The last named, who was the eldest in the family, spent his boyhood days on his father's farm and received a common school education. On August 16, 1874, he married Rosella M., daughter of Chesley and Saphrona (Maxwell) Leake. Her father was a soldier in the Civil war and died while in the service.
Mr. and Mrs. McGeorge began their married life in Andrew county, soon afterwards removing to this county, locating on the farm where they now live, having resided here for the past twenty-six years. Mr. McGeorge
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is successfully engaged in general farming and stock raising. In early life he learned the carpenter's trade and has done his own work in this line and also much for his neighbors. Fraternally, he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
Eleven children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. McGeorge, named as follows: Monroe A., born July 26, 1875, married Maud Lemnon and they have one child. Loyd: Homer B., born December 3. 1878. married Martha Bates and they have four children, Florence R., Grace E., Anna P. and Mary : Charles A., born March 25, 1881 : Marion F., born October 25, 1882. married Anna R. Thier and they have three children, Raymond. Lena and Alda R .: Mary E., who was born November 29, 1885, is the wife of Roy Kidd and has one child, Charles C .; Charles O., born August 13, 1888, married Bessie Bell: Emmett L., born September 7, 1890, is at home ; Amy L., born in October. 1892: Alda V., born February 17, 1894: Floyd L., born October 8. 1897: Ethel L., born March 22. 1904.
WILLIAM W. R. T. OLIVER.
One of the progressive young farmers of Washington township, Noda- way county, is William W. R. T. Oliver, a native of the Hawkeye state, hav- ing been born in Adams county, Iowa, November 8, 1883, the son of Walter J. and Mary A. (Powell) Oliver, both natives of Kent. England. The father came to America when quite young with his grandparents, the mother making the trip across the great Atlantic with an uncle, all coming about the same time and locating at Graysville, Illinois, where they engaged in the manufacture of brick and tile. After dissolving partnership the uncle moved to Pana. Illinois, and engaged in manufacturing and mining. He educated his niece. Mary A. Powell, who became a teacher in the schools of Pana and there taught for a number of years, and there, on July 6. 1875, she mar- ried Walter J. Oliver. Soon afterwards they visited her parents in England. spending one year there. Returning to America, they located at Graysville. Illinois, and there Mr. Oliver engaged in the manufacture of brick with his grandfather. Two years later he removed to Iowa and purchased one hun- dred and twenty acres of land. unimproved, and lived there until the spring of 1899: Mrs. Oliver died in 1893. On the former date Mr. Oliver came to Washington township. Nodaway county, Missouri, and settled on eighty acres of improved land which he purchased. Five years later he married
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Charlotte Swaggart, of Boone, Iowa, and since then has made this 'ais home. Walter J. Oliver received a good common school education, graduating from the high school at Graysville, Illinois. He is a graduate of medicine. also of a veterinary college. For some time he was a teacher in vocal music. He joined the Methodist Episcopal church at the age of fourteen years and his life ever afterwards was a model of right living. Politically, he is a Democrat. His family consists of five children, Caroline, Charles, Marion. William and Mary F.
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