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Eight years afterward, in 1852, the father settled on a farm in Grape Grove Township, where he spent the remainder of his days, dying in 1879. in the seventy-third year of his age; the mother hav- ing died in Richmond Township, on the farm where they had first settled, passing away July 3, 1815. Our subject passed his boyhood on the farm, attending the district schools until his six- teenth year, when he began to learn the trade of a saddle and harness maker.
In 1861 our subject enlisted in Company C. Third Missouri Infantry. Col. B. F. Reeves com- manding. in Gen. Little's brigade, Price's division. C. S. A., and took part in the following battles; Lexington. Corinth. luka. siege of Vicksburg.
Altoona Mountain. Franklin, Mobile, Big Black, Baker's Creek, Dig and Little Kenesaw Mountain. and a number of minor engagements. He was mustered out at the close of the war, and returned to Richmond. where he conducted a farm until August, 199i, when he bought the business of W. W. Brown, and bes since continued in the same place, carrying on the manufacturing and selling of saddles and harness.
Our subjeer was married February 20, 1873. to Miss Kate Forbes, of Ray County. Mo., daughter of J. II. Forbes. She was a native of Kentucky. and came with her parents to Missouri when a little girl. Mr. and Mrs. Duvall are the parents of three children, namely: Isaac, who is in his father's store; Fannie and Bettie, both students in the High School. Mr. Duvall has been a member of the school Board. and has held the office of Road Overseer for twelve years. Politically he bell- fast to the teachings of the Democratic party. and is always ready to follow it to defeat or vietory. Ile is a member of Richmond Lodge No. 57, A. F. & A. M .; Cyrus Chapter No. 36. R. A. M .: and Richmond Commandery No. 17, K. T. Mr. and Mrs. Duvall are members of the Methodist Epi-co- pal Church South. They have a very pleasant home on Thornton Avenue, where they welcome their friends with genuine and hearty hospitality.
G EORGE M. LEAN, M. D. The profession of the physician is one of the most arduous in the field of science. and while still in the zenith of the succes> which has attended his efforts in a professional way, Dr. MeLean has given abun- dant evidence in the past of the ability which qual- ities him for a high place in the medical profession. He has been truly ambitious, but his ambition has been in every way laudable and for the divine purpose of bettering mankind. and by reason of his unquestioned ability he has had full scope in re- lieving the pains and ailments to which a suffering world is heir. He is a product of "bonnie sout- land." his birth occurring in Rossshire. May 29,
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1831. his father having been a veterinary surgeon of world-wide reputation, and a man whose name was typical of all that was honorable and upright. Hle and his wife became the parents of three sons and two daughters, the eldest son being now a col- leetor of internal revenue in his native country. and the youngest son a noted Doctor of Divinity on the Isle of Arran, in the northwestern part of Seotland.
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At the time he had attained his tenth year. Dr. George MeLean was left an orphan by the death of his parents, and thus at an early day the bur- den of making his own way in the world fell upon his youthful shoulders, but found him equal to the task. Ile soon succeeded in obtaining em- ployment with a lady of wealth and rank in Eng- land, who in the natural kindness of her heart took a motherly interest in the orphan lad who had been thrown upon her care. and she generously sent him to school in Scotland for two years, where he showed that he possessed a bright mind and a strong desire to pursue the paths of learning. l'pon his return to England, at the end of the two years. he continued to earnestly pursue his studies and became a very proficient scholar both in Latin and Greek. At the early age of sixteen years his naturally generous and kindly di-posi- tion turned to that broad field for the alleviation of human suffering, the practice of medicine, for his life's work, and he entered earnestly upon the study of that science, as well as of practical surgery, and applied himself so earnestly, and complied so rigidly with all the rules. conformities and rigid regularities and examinations for which English and Scotch schools are noted, that he graduated with the highest degree of proficiency in his pro- fession to which a man can attain. He did not content himself with graduating from merely one medical institution, but holds diplomas from three colleges, and besides is a graduate from the Apoth- ecaries' Society of England, the College of Mid- wifery of Glasgow. Scotland, and is a licensed sur- goon and pharmacist of the State of Missouri.
On the 10th of December. 1865. in the city of London, England, the Doctor was married to Miss Naney Large, a daughter of James Large, general superintendent of a large estate in England. Mrs.
Mclean was born in Misley, England, was given excellent advantages in her youth, and, poste-sing good parts, became an accomplished lady and an exceptionally skillful musician. Three children were given to this marriage: Annie, born in Deto- ber. 1866; JJames A., in October, 1868; and one that died in infancy. The two eldest children were born in England. In 1869 the Doctor decided to make America the scene of his future operations and accordingly came to this country, being joined the following year at Junction City, Kan., by his wife and two little children. After remaining in the Sunflower State for a short time, they took up their abode in Lexington. Mo .. where he soon gained the confidence of the best citizens of the community and won the regard of the members of his own profession. While living at that place his daughter Nina B. was born. but she only lived a short time and was buried at Camden.
In the spring of 1877, the Doctor decided to pitch his tent at Orrick, Mo., and here he found himself located for the practice of his profession on the 10th of September of the same year. At this place his wife died after an illness of only two weeks, leaving besides her sorrowing family a host of warm friends to mourn her untimely death. She died as she had lived. a faithful and consistent Christian. clinging faithfully to the doctrine of the Church of England. in which she had been reared and of which she was a member. The Doctor immediately began devoting himself to the care and education of his children, sparing neither time nor money to fit them for the duties of life, but when this had been accomplished hi- home was again visited by the hand of death and his son James. a brilliant and promising young man in his nineteenth year. was taken from him.
In October the Doctor opened a drug store in Orriek, where he also does a large office practice. In the fall of 1886 Anna, his only remaining child. was married to Samuel C. Woods, an intelligent and prosperous farmer of Ray County, by whom she has two children, of whom the Doctor is justly fond and proud. Dr. MeLean devotes his atten- tion to his business. and being a great lover of science and history. reads a great deal on the subject and write- many clever articles on surgery
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and therapeutics for several well-known medical monthlies. Ile is frank, honest. open and warm hearted, an agreeable and entertaining companion to both old and young, and is highly honored and respected by his brother physicians, who cannot fail to recognize his worth and ability.
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OSEPHI E. HULL. The poet who found "his warmest welcome at an inn," must have had in mind one of those hostelries in which the conveniences of a home are for- ever present, without the exacting and disagreeable duties that make home life domestic slavery. Such a place is the Cottage Hotel. of which Mr. Hull is at once the host and proprietor. Ile is as-isted in its conduct by his three grown daughters, and the whole aspeet of the house and the interior arrange- ments, as close acquaintance will testify, are sug- gestive of comfort, the best word of all to those who seek a home. Mr. Ilull is a man of varied experience, and a master of the difficult art of hotel-keeping, and it need not be said that the honse has a large patronage, for the conditions are those which command succe-s.
Mr. Hull claims Pendleton County. Va., as the scene of his birth. which occurred March 26. 1830. his parents being William and Irene M. (Scott) Hull, the former having been born in Pendleton County. Va., January 29. 1802. and the latter in Culpeper County, Va .. in the year 1814. The mother was of Scotch-Irish descent. her father having been a relative of the well-known Scot- tish bard, Sir Walter Scott. William Hull fol- lowed the calling of a farmer throughout life, but being a man of much intelligence and finely edn- cated, a considerable portion of his time was also given to teaching school, in which he ac- quired an enviable reputation. He was Sheriff of his native county for six years and was well and favorably known there. In November, 1836, he with his family settled in Missouri, but after a residence of three years in Montgomery County, he took up his residence in Ray County on the
10th of May, residing in the southwest portion of the same until his death, which occurred in Janu- ary, 1861, when. being a well-known member of the honorable order of Masons, he was buried with Masonic honors. Ihis wife died in November. 1818, at which time her eight children, six sons and two daughters, survived her, but all are now deceased with the exception of the subject of this sketch and his brother George. who lives in Jack- son County, Mo.
On the 21th of september, 1819, Wilham Hull took for his second wife Mrs. Eliza Allen. and al- though their union did not result in the birth of children she reared Mr. Hull's three youngest chil- dren with the care of a mother, and was always kind and considerate in her management of them. She died September 7, 1892. at the extreme old age of ninety years.
Joseph E. Hull remained with his parents until he was seventeen years of age, when he contracted to go across the plains as a Government teamster to New Mexico, the journey there occupying about six months. On the 17th of October. 1849, he married Miss Melissa S. Stokes, and to their union six children were given, four of whom died in infancy. Those living are Mrs. Mary F. Allen. of Ray County, and Mrs. Elizabeth A. Looney. of Pueblo, Colo. The mother of these children was called from life October 12, 1858, and on the 11th of September. 1859. Mr. Hull was again married. Miss Mary E. Allen. daughter of his step-mother, becoming his wife and eventually the mother of his six children. the following being the surviving members of the family: Alice 1., born October 16. 1861: Emma A .. October 1. 1863; and Estella. De- cember 30. 1870. The three sons died in infancy and early youth. Mr. Hull was called upon to mourn the death of his second wife February 9. 1891. af- ter a lingering illness of one and a-half years. She had been to him a true helpmate and a model wife and mother in every particular and her death was a source of much sorrow, not only to her im- mediate family, but to the numerous friends whom her natural kindness of heart and amiable disposi- tion had gathered about her.
Prior to the war. Mr. Hull was a Whig in poli- tie, but during that time he was a Southern
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sympathizer and white a member of the Missouri State Guards he fought on the Confederate side in the battles of Lexington and l'ea Ridge. Later he joined the Eighth Missouri Confederate Cavalry. being a member of Gen. Shelby's division. in which he held the rank of Lieutenant, serving about eighteen months. fle surrendered at Shreve- port, La., June 18, 1865. and still helds his kon- orable discharge from the service. Although Mi. Hull's life has been marked by hard labor, he is a well-preserved man for his years and is exception- ally well posted on the current topics of the day. He has ever been an active man of affairs and has been connected with various mercantile interests throughout life, as well as at one time being a suc- cessful railroad-contractor. Ile has ably filled the office of Mayor of Orrick, and is now a Notary Public and pension claim agent, as well as an ex- ceptionally successful hotel-keeper.
UDGE JACOB G. BARGAR. who owns and operates a farm on section 14, township 57, range 22. has for over a quarter of a cen- tury been prominently connected with the prosperity and advancement of Linn County. Com- ing here at the close of the war, he settled upon a wild and unimproved tract of land. where he still makes his home. The passing years have witnessed great improvement in this vicinity. until it almost seems as though an enchanted wand had trans- formed the wilderness into its present condition of cultivated fields, thickly dotted with modern farm houses.
John Bargar, our subject's father. who was born in 1806 in Pennsylvania, was a blacksmith in early years, and later became a farmer. He was descended from an old Pennsylvania Dutch family ; his father, Jacob Bargar, removed to Ohio in 1812. settling on a farm near Cadiz. Harrison County, where he was among the early pioneers. The mother of our subject bore the maiden name of Eliza A. Gatchell. She was born in tsto in Chester County. Paxand with her father removed to Harrison County in its
early history. There she was married, Mr. Bargar remaining in that vicinity for a number of years. In 1816 he located in Tuscarawas County. settling upon a partly improved farm. His death occurred in November, 1877, while his wife did not long survive him, being called to her final rest in the fol- lowing year. Of their eight children, seven are living. They are as follows: Mary, Mrs. John Crom, living in Ohio; Jacob G .: Lydia, Mrs. I. R. Ripley, a resident of Ohio; Henry C., who lives in Linn County; Hiram K., also of this county ; Jennie, Mrs. Irwin Wood, living in Idaho; and William 1 .. of Colorado. A daughter Ann, wife of Thomas Latto, died many years ago. The parents were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. and the father unti! 1840 was a Democrat. He then became affiliated with the Whig party and on the organization of the Republican party became its supporter. He wasa successful farmer. his property comprising two hundred and forty acres, and to each of his children lie gave $1,000 in casb.
On December 11, 1837. in Harrison County, Ohio, occurred the birth of Judge Bargar, who was reared on a farm. He received a common-school education and learned the carpenter's trade about 1856, continuing in that line of occupation until the late war. On October 18. 1861, he enlisted as a private in the Sixth Light Battery of Ohio. He was soon after appointed an Artificer, with rank of a non-commissioned officer. The battery was organ- ized at Mansfield. Ohio, by Senator John Sherman as recruiting officer. They were placed under com- mand of Cullen Bradley, who is living at the present time in Clay County, Ind. The battery wa- known a> Bradley's and was sent to Kentucky, where at Louisville they went into camp for a short time. They were then sent to the Cumberland River to intercept Gen. Zollicoffer at Horseshoe Bend, and remained there that winter.
In the spring of the following year they pro- ceeded by transport boats to Nashville. Tenn. be- ing placed as reserve artillery in Buell's army. They marched to Shiloh to the assistance of Gen. Grant and were soon assigned to Wood's division in Buell's army. They were present at the siege of Corinth. from where they went to Stephenson. Ala., there remaining until Bragg's invasion of
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Kentucky. By hard, enforced marches they started for Louis ville, through Kentucky, and were present at the close of the battle of Perryville. Thenco. they went to Nashville and took a prominent part in the battle of Stone River, on which battlefield our subject was appointed Corporal for valiant service. The engagement began December 30, 1862, and was not closed until January 3, 1863. In April, 1861. Mr. Bargar was detailed on the recruiting service and sent to Ohio. In November of that year he was relieved, joining his battery at Chattanooga about the 22d of that month. lle was present at the important battles of Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge, which occurred December 12. After a thirty-days furlough he re- enlisted as a veteran and returned to Chattanooga, where the battery was reorganized and he was ap- pointed Sergeant, serving as such through the At- lanta campaign under Gen. Thomas, in which he took part in the following battles: Buzzard's Roost, Resaca, Adairsville, Dallas, Kenesaw Mountain, siege of Atlanta, JJonesboro and Lovejoy Station. The battery was a part of the Fourth Army Corps under Gen. O. O. Howard, but after Atlanta it was under command of Gen. Stanley. At Pulaski, Tel.n., our subject was mustered out of the Sixth Ohio Battery Light Artillery on November 16. 1864, the reason being his promotion to the rank of Second Lieutenant in the Ninth Regiment I'nited States Heavy Artillery. Ile had successfully passed an examination before the examining board . at Nashville, Tenn., March 30, receiving his appointment and assignment after he had been mustered ont. He reported to the commanding officer at Nashville and was assigned to duty there in Company C. February 3, 1865. he was sent on recruiting duty, in which he was em- ployed for three months. then returning to his regiment at Nashville. was there finally mustered out August 2, 1865.
In a circular letter issued from the office of the Adjutant-General at Columbus, Ohio, dated June 1, 1866, which was directed to our subject.was en- closed a bronze medal with the following inscrip- tion: "State of Ohio to Jacob G. Bargar. Veteran Sixth Independent Battery, Ohio Volunteer Artil- lery." . On the reverse side is a relief figure of the
Goddess of Victory placing a wreath upon the head of a soldier, and the dates "1861-1865." In his possession are also the following testimonials to his valiant service and personal worth, which were to be used in connection with his application for a commission :
CHATTANOOGA. Tenn., March 7, 64. Headquarters Sixth Ohio Light Battery.
Approved and most respectfully forwarded.
Sergeant Jacob (. Bargar has served in the Bat- tery ever since it- organization. A. D. 1861, most of the time in the capacity of a non-commissioned officer. always performing his duty well and to the entire satisfaction of his superior officers. Ile is a perfectly temperate man and worthy of any position he may be favored with. I therefore cheerfully recommend him to your consideration.
O. IT. P. AY -. First-Lieutenant Sixth Ohio Battery.
Headquarters office of Chief of Artillery. Third Division, Fourth Army Corps.
Another letter of the same date is as follows:
I have known Sergeant Bargar for over two years and during that time he has served as a non- commissioned officer in this battery. and from my own personal knowledge can fully endorse all that Lieut. Ayres say -. The application is made in his own hand writing. He is as good a man as can be found in the service, and will fill any position in which he may be placed with credit to himself and his country. ! therefore earnestly recommend him to the Board of Examiners.
CULLEN BRADLLY. Captain and Chief of AArtillery, Third Division. Fourth AArmy Corp -.
In 1861 JJudge Bargar married Miss Harriet M. Va-binder, a native of Tuscarawas County. Ohio. her birth occurring in May, 1837. They have three children, Stella. Adda and William Hayes. The last-named when but three years of age named himself llaves. Some time after, our subject meet- ing President Hayes told him of this and the Presi- dent laughingly offered to exchange photos with the young man. which was done.
The Judge is a charter member of C. G. Harper Post No. 88. of Meadville, and was its first Com- mander. Politically, he is a firm though liberal Republican. and for many years has been Clerk of School District No. 6. In 1892 he was elected County Judge of the Western District of Lam County, to which he was nominated without
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his knowledge. Ile was elected in a district which has usually a Democratic majority of one hundred and twenty. As a farmer he has been more than ordinarily successful. now owning two hundred and eighty-one acres, on which he built a fine resi- dence in 1876 at a cost of $1,500. He keeps a good grade of Shorthorn cattle and has a number of line Norman horses.
C OL. B. F. NORTHCOTT, a brave officer and patriotie citizen, was one of the early pioneer preachers of Illinois and Missouri. and. speaking the word of God with eloquent and convincing sincerity has occupied also various of- ficial positions of trust. over di-charging the duties reposed in him with ability and fidelity. In 1817. our subject enjoyed the distinguished honor of being a member of the convention which framed the Constitution of Illinois. In 1867 Col. North- cott received a touching proof of the high esteem in which his fellow-citizens held him. he then being elected to the Mayoral Chair of Linneus without one opposing vote or dissenting voice. Our sub- jeet is a native of Ihillsboro. Fleming County, Ky., and was born May 29. 1817. llis paternal great- grandfather, Hosen Northcott, was born and reared in South Carolina. and was a farmer and fisher- man, owning a large seine, which would catch at one haul one hundred thousand herrings.
William Northcott, the grandfather, was born in South Carolina, but moved into North Caro- lina in early manhood, and there married Miss Sarah Williams. Grandfather Northcott was a practical farmer and stock-raiser, and was also a patriotic man, and, for-aking the peaceful pur- suits of agriculture, served bravely in the War of the Revolution. He and his good wife were the parents of four manly sons: Benjamin, William. Hosca and John. Benjamin Northeott. the father of our subject, was opposed to slavery, and at twenty- one years of age left his father's estate and with his most precious possession-, Ins ritle and liddle, went to Kentucky and settled a few miles north-
cast of Lexington, and began preaching in the Methodist Episcopal Church, where he remained for three years. He then removed to Maysville. in Mason County, and there continued his minis- terial work. Ilis next location was in Flemings- burgh, where he married Miss Jane Armstrong. With his wife, he settled upon a farm in Fleming County, and devoted himself to the tilling of the soil and teaching school. By his first marriage Father Northeott became the father of three chil- dren. The second wife of Benjamin Northcott was Miss Martha. the daughter of William Odell. at one time a Southern slave-holder, but who. free- ing his negroes. fourteen in number. went to Ohio and located in Adams County, near West I'nion.
Mrs. Martha (Odell) Northcott was a native of Greenbrier County, W. Va., but was a resident of Ohio when she was married to the father of our subject. Twelve children gathered around the faut- ily hearth, and with their cheerful presence blessed the home. Of the sisters and brothers Col. North- cott was the ninth in order of birth. Four of the once large family still survive. The eldest. Eleanor Pettijohn. lives in Noblesville. Ind .; Mrs. Sophia Dewley, of Fleming County, Ky .; Col. Northcott and Henry Clay Northcott. Father Northcott. who was a man of energy, courage and resolution. served ably as Sheriff of Fleming County, and was also an efficient Justice of the Peace. In Fleming County he occupied the responsible position of Justice of the County Court. From the time he attained his majority until he passed away at eighty-four years of age. Benjamin Northcott spent a life of honored usefulness and devoted his time mostly to the duties of agriculture and preach- ing the Word that "all might know the truth and be saved." The mother. a helpmate indeed and a fitting companion to her revered husband. lived to the good old age of eighty-two. Father Northeott was one of the most eloquent and con- vincing of the circuit riders of those early days. and it was not uncommon for dozens of hardened people at one time to yield to conviction under his exhortation -.
Col. Northcott was educated in the public schools of Kentucky. and trained m the daily round of duty upon the farm. When about
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twenty-three years old he went to Illinois, and in . the latter part of 1839 settled in Menard County, about eight miles east of Petersburgh, where he rented land and engaged in farming and stock- raising for ten years. In the fall ot 1810 our subject returned to Fleming County, Ky., where he married Miss Elizabeth A. Christy, who was reared in Kentucky, and was a daughter of Joseph Christy, a prominent general agriculturist and stock-raiser of the State.
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