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After the war, Dr. Allen returned to Clay County, and located at Liberty. where he has ever since engaged in the active practice of his profes- sion. As early as 1856, he took an active part in the organization of the Clay County Medical So- eiety, and from time to time after that was its President. In 1858. he became a member of the National Medical Association. and has ever since continued to be honorably identified with that of- ganization. Later he helped to organize the Kan- sas City District Medical Society, and in recogni- tion of his high standing in the profession, and of the great value of his services in the organization of the society, he was made its first President. Ile was elected President of the Medical Association of the State of Missouri in 1880. In his retiring address as President, he urged thorough education in our medical schools, as the legitimate mode of elevating the medical profession. He was one of the first physicians of the State to insist on its be- ing the duty of the State to protect the citizens from the ravages of disease by establishing State and County Boards of Public Health, and of the appropriation of money by the State to make them efficient. He has been a frequent contributor of medical essays to the-e societies as well as to medical
journals. br. s. S. Law, President of the I'niver- city of Missouri, selected him in 1877 to deliver annvaily a course of lectures on the disease of the gastro-intestinal canal before the advanced student- of the medical department of the University of Missouri. This position he resigned in 1882. to ac- cept the chair of the Theory and Practice of Medi- cine of the University Medical College of Kan-a- City, Mo. He was selected President of this insti- tution in 1889.
Dr. Allen represented Clay County in' the Mis- souti Legislature in the years 1884-85. He intro- duced and aided the passage of the pre-ent law regulating the sale of State bonds, which has re- sulted in saving the State many thousands of dol- lars. He also introduced a bill to establish an Ine- briate Asylum at Excelsior springs, in Clay County. Mo .. claiming first that it was a grand charity. - e- ond, that it would increase two-fold the wealth .: the State, and give back to society many valuable and useful citizens, and it would deerease insanity. crime and panperism, three of the heaviest burdens of the State. Hle has been an active Trustee of William Jewell College for the past fifteen year -.
Being a man of culture and decided literary tastes, Dr. Allen takes a marked interest in the cause of education and literary matters. For many years he has been an active member of the Liberty Literary Club, a society of gentlemen at that place organized nearly thirty-eight years ago for the promotion of literature and social culture. and which contains among its member- the profes- sional men and literati of the place. He is at-on strong advocate of temperance, and has been con- nected with all the temperance movements in this county since 1818, at which time he joined the Cadets of Temperance. He never signed a peti- tion for a dram-shop license in his life. but by his individual efforts and numerous addresse- and ler- tures has contributed in no small degree to the procent advanced position of the people of Clay County on the temperance question.
On the 15th of November, 1866. Dr. Allen mar- ried Miss Agne- MeAlpine, at Port Gibson. Mi -. Mrs. Allen was a daughter of the late Willam R. MeAlpine, of that place, who was for twenty-five Jear- Treasurer of Claiborne County. Miss. Mis.
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Allen was educated in Baltimore, Md .. being a graduate of Archer's Female Seminary, and is a lady of marked culture and refinement. They are the parents of three children: Shubeal W., Marshall M. and Melvina.
As a citizen, Dr. Allen is publie spirited, and readily appreciates those crises when the union of the intellect and energy of a community for action becomes necessary to secure results beneficial to all, and is at all times willing to bear his proportion of the burden of labor and expenditure needed to atlain them.
The Doctor is a stanch Democrat, and while not a politician, takes quite an active part in cam- paigns, and is a forcible, earnest and logical speaker., At all times he is able to hold the at- tention of his audience to a remarkable degree, and has had invitations to speak in different parts of the State during campaigns. He has been a Ma- son since twenty-one years of age, and is a mem- ber of Blue Lodge No. 31. Liberty Chapter and Liberty Commandery, having held all leading offices in the same.
NDREW JACKSON RILEY, a prosperous agriculturist located upon the old home- stead, in section 33, township 54, range 19, Chariton County, Mo., tills the land which so many years ago yielded to the cultivation of his father's hand and echoed to the voices of the large family of children who gathered there. Oursubject was born near Brunswick September 26. 1812. and was one of the eight manly sons who compo-ed the family of John and Arra (Noland) Riley, the worthy father and mother who came to Missouri in 1825, when a young, ambitious and energetic couple, and earnestly strove to make their upward way in the world. John Riley. a native of Bour- bon County. Ky., was born in 1799. There were four children in the family of the paternal grand- parents, two sons and two daughters. The grand- father, Leven Riley, had married carly in life a charming young lady, who the himself was a na-
tive of Maryland. The Rileys were of Irish de- scent, but this branch of the family became citizens of the I'nited States at a very carly time in the history of our country.
Elizabeth ( Parish) Riley, the paternal grand- mother, was of sturdy Welsh descent, and both on the side of the husband and wife the longevity of their forefathers was remarkable. John Riley's brother William came to Missouri when the State was yet in its infancy, and settled in Platte County. but the sisters did not make their home within the boundaries of the State until after their mar- riage. when they located in Chariton County. Of the William Riley branch no descendants are left to transmit the name to posterity. his children hay- ing been daughters; the stalwart sons of John Riley have, therefore, the sole honor of worthily hand- ing down to coming generation- the name which their revered ancestors kept unstained by crime or dishonor. Of the eight sons born to JJohn Riley four are yet living, Jolin. Jesse. Andrew Jackson and George Washington, all residents of Chariton County. Arra (Noland) Riley, the mother of our subject. was born in Kentucky, but her father's family were among the early pioneers of North Carolina and ably assisted in the upward growth and progress of their home locality.
Our subject. Andrew Jackson Riley, was early trained in the labor of the farm and received a limited education in the winter schools of the dis- trict. Arriving at manhood, he was married Jan- uary 23. 1878. to Miss Frances Victoria Oxley. a daughter of Aquilla and Mary (Ranor) Oxley, born and reared in North Carolina, where they died some years ago. Father and Mother Oxley were the parents of thirteen children. three of whom died in their native State, but the other ten. leav- ing North Carolina, came to Missouri, and Mrs. Riley was a resident of Chariton County at the time of her marriage. The Oxley family were of distinguished English ancestry. and with the Fleet- wood family, with whom they intermarried, where among the first settlers of the Carolinas and widely known for their ability. intelligence and excellent citizenship. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew I. Riley have no children but are deeply interested in the welfare and advancement of the youth of to-day and are
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liberal givers in every worthy cause presented to their notice. Mr. Riley is not an active politician but is thoroughly posted in local and national issues, and. an important factor in benevolent, social and business enterprise. is one of the sub- stantial men of Chariton County, and as such highly respected by the entire community. many of whom have known him from his youthful days. Devoting hi- time mainly to the cultivation of the old homestead. one of the productive farms in this section of the country, our subject has been finan- cially prospered, and. a kind friend and good neighbor, has been wont to lend a helping hand to those less fortunate than himself. Earnest in por- pose, upright in character. the even tenor of his days is filled with pleasant recollections of the past. ITis life has not been an eventful one, but in all the practical duties of life, both public and private. he has ever been a true and loyal Amer- ican citizen, contributing to the success and un- bounded prosperity of our great Republic. 4
ILLIAM R. BALLINGER. our subject, a resident of Richmond Township. Ray County, has a large farm on section 5, township 52, range 27. A man of intelligence, well informed. honest and neighborly. he is much respected by all his acquaintances. Ile was born in Kentucky. August 1. 1816. the son of llenry and Lney (Jeffer-) Ballinger. his father being a son of Archibald Ballinger, a native of Amherst County, Va. The latter was reared upon a farm, but learned the trade of a blacksmith. He married Miss Nelle Hudson, after which he removed to Kentucky, where he bought four hundred aeres of land. At the home there established he resided many years, but finally sold the property, and went to Marion County. Mo., where he died. Tobacco culture was his specialty. and he raised large crops of the product annually. For several years he was tobacco inspector at the mouth of Sugar Creek. The Baptist Church was very dear to him, and he died as he had lived, a firm believer in its doctrines.
The old-line Whig party, with it- leaders. Chy. Webster. Mangum and others, had a great fascina- tion for him, and he ardently supported its candi- dates.
The father of our subject was born in Amherst County, Va .. and when about ten years of age accompanied his parents to Kentucky, where he received instruction in the district schools. His home continued to be with his parents until his marriage with Nancy Jeffers, when he bought land adjoining his father's farm. and later. it is believed. purchased his father's estate, at one time having in his posession as much as three hundred and sixty acres of land. Ile and his wife had eight children. seven of whom grew to maturity. namely: Paulina, Joseph and Nancy, all deceased; our sub- ject: Achilles. deceased: N. S., who resides in Montana; and Martha. wife of Henry Burriss. of Saline County, Mo. The father was a member of the Baptist Church, in which he was first a Deacon. but after his removal to Greene County, Ill .. he was made Elder in the church at Carrollton, where he subsequently died in 1867. He was a Whig. and never forgot his affection for that party, although he survived its extinction nearly fourteen years.
Our subject began life for himself at the age of eighteen upon a farm of his father's. Eighteen years later he married Agnes, daughter of Richard and Louisa ( Fletcher) Bibb, who bore him ten chil- dren. Eight are living. namely: Louisa: Paulina A., wife of Jackson Botts: Martha. wife of Charles Holland. of Denver. Colo .: Jennie. Mrs. Samuel Kennedy: Harry: Benjamin: Allen and William R., Jr. Our subject went to Macon County, III .. in 1856, and entered land. which he subsequently sold. Thence be removed to Greene County, where he resided for a number of year -. In 1877. he came to Missouri, and settled in Richmond in order to give his children the benefit of the su- perior school of that place. For one year he held the office of Elder in the Christian Church. in which he is an active member. He is a member of Richmond Lodge No. 57. F. & A. M. Prior to the war. he was a Whig. but since the extinction of that party has attiliated with the Democrats, The schoolhouse in which he was a pupil was made of newed beech logs, with one log cut out for a win-
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dow, and six of them for a fireplace. The build- ing had a plank and puncheon floor, with split planks for seats and desks. The farm when he bought it was only partly improved, but it is now nearly all cleared, and is all under fence. The place comprises three hundred and sixty actes, and is one of the best tracts of land in the country.
ILLIAM E. RINGO. The people of Ray County have honored Mr. Ringo with po- sitions of publie trust, and the universal verdict is that he has not been wanting in any par- tieular. During his incumbency of the office of County Clerk he displayed a measure of fidelity and skill which won him the deserved commenda- tion of all interested in the success of the county. He was born in Richmond, Ray County, Mo., where he has resided ever since, March 30, 1841, being the eldest son of Andrew H. and Margaret S. ( Wirt ) Ringo. Ilis father was a native of Kentucky, as was also the mother, who accompanied her parents from that State to Clay County, Mo .. where she was married. Her father, John Wirt, was one of the earliest settlers of Clay County.
The father of our subject was a merchant, and in partnership with his brother. Samuel A. Ringo. opened a store in old Liberty. under the firm name of S. & A. H. Ringo. After continuing there for a few years they established a branch store at Rich- mond. Later a store was opened at Gallatin, Davis County, Mo., when Philip Il. Wirt was taken into partnership. under the firm name of Ringo, Wirt & Ringo. This connection continued until the death of Samuel Ringo, when the store was closed out. After this Andrew Il. was in business alone for a few years, but later sold out to W. 1). Rice and A. W. Nuckol- and sons-in-law. and re- tired from business. His death occurred in March. 1879, in the seventy-third year of his age. Ilis wife had died five years previously, in 1871.
Our subject was educated in the city of Rich- mond, and in 1859 entered the drug store of D. D.
Bullock and learned that business. In INGI he entered the State service under Gen. Price, and af- ter serving six months was discharged. In Deerin- ber of the same year he enlisted in Company C. Third Missouri Infantry, Col. Reeves commanding. and saw service on the northern side of the Mis- sonri River until April. 1862, when the command was transferred to the other side, remaining until the spring of 1863. Mr. Ringo was in the Trans- Mississippi department until the close of the war, his service as a soldier terminating in Louisiana.
Returning home, our subject engaged in the drug business, and remained thus occupied until 1875, when he retired on account of ill health. In 1879 he accepted the position of Deputy to George W. Trigg. County Clerk, and continued in that place for eight years, when he was elected County Clerk. serving the full term of four year -. He then conducted a retailgrocery business at West Plans. Mo., for one year, after which he returned to Rich- mond. November 7, 1867, he married Miss Emma. daughter of W. C. Price, of Carroll County. Mo., but originally from Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Ringo have five children, namely: James L., Edward L ... Charles A. ( who is at West Plains. Mo.). Bertha and Thomas Austin. In polities Mr. Ringo is a stanch Democrat. Ile and his wife are members of the Methodist Church South
UCIUS N. GOODALE is head of the Mead- ville Bank, of Linn County. the only bank in the county which is not incorporated. It was started in 1884. with a capital of $5,000, by Mr. Goodale, in company with Bargar & Co. The father of our subject, who was a farmer by occu- pation, bore the name of Austin Goodale. He was a native of Connecticut. where his birth occurred .fune 27. 1806. Ilis father was a sollier in the Revolutionary War. On the Ist of August. 1>12. was born Miranda Twining, who, by her mar- ringe on September 5. 1833, became the mother of our subject. About the year 1531. Austin Good- ale removed to Ohio. settling on the Western Re-
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serve, where he made a permanent home, and! where he was called to the home beyond on April i, 1862. Ile was much interested in politie-, and in early life was a Whig, later a strong Abolitionist, and finally a Republican. Of his family of eight children, three only now survive: Ebenezer T., a resident of Meadville; Lucius N., our subject; and Austin D., who restdes at Bevier. Mo. The Rile and mother died on the With of May, 1860, in the faith of the Presbyterian Church, of which she had been a consistent member for many years. Mr. Goodale, our subject, was born July 8, 1840, in Ashtabula County, Ohio, and passed his boyhood days on a farm. He received a common-school education and later attended an academy. He re- mained with his parent- until twenty-seven years of age, but supported himself from the time he was seventeen as a school teacher. In the intervals between terms. he assisted his father in the work of the farm. In 1865, he started toward the set- ting sun, making a settlement in Chillicothe, Mo .. where he remained about a year. In March, 1866. he located at Meadville as an agent and operator in the employ of the Hannibal & St. Joe Railroad. remaining in their service for eleven years. He engaged in the lumber business, also farming and dealing in stock. In 1885. he sold out his lumber business and since that time has been engaged in operating the bank of which we spoke at the be- ginning of this sketch. He owns two hundred acres of farm land, eighty of which are finely im- proved.
On the 20th of February. 1869, Mr. Goodale was married to Miss Mary Billington, who was born September 8. 1844. Her father. Lorenzo Billington, now deceased. a former resident of In- diana, was one of the early settlers of Southern Kansas. Mr. and Mrs. Goodale have three chil- chen: Clinton Lorenzo, born February 25, 1871; Stella Maitland, March 9, 1878; and Martha Rose, July 12, 1883. The family are all active workers in the Congregational Church and Sunday-school. Mr. Goodale being one of the Deacons, and for several years has been Superintendent and a teacher in the Sunday-school. He is President of this township in the County Sunday-School Asse- ciation His wife is also actively engaged in
church work, is a teacher in the Sunday-school, a member of the Ladies ' Society, and President of the Foreign Missionary Society. She is also Presi- dent of the local union of the Woman'> Christian Temperance Union, having done much good in that connection.
In politics, Mr. Goodale is affiliated with the Prohibition party, in which he has taken a promi- nent part for the past eight years. In Isss. he was the Prohibition candidate for Representative in this county, and has served as a delegate to numerous conventions. Some years ago he served as Trustee of the township, and has been a Di- reetor of schools. Ile is a Good Templar, being Financial Secretary of the lodge at the present time. He is also a member and Financial Secre- tary of the Anti-Horse Thief Association.
RS. SARAH C. PRICE. The estimable lady whose name heads this sketch bears with resignation the many affictions that have been visited upon .her, setting an example in her cheerful godliness for others to follow. A woman of good common-sense and business qualities, the interests of her estate do not suffer; full of good purposes and endowed with a womanly heart, she has made a host of friends in her passage through the world. She now resides in her comfortable home in township 51. range 28. Ray County, Mo.
Our subject was born within three miles of her present home in 1829, a daughter of Abraham and Elizabeth (Sherron) Endsley. both natives of North Carolina, born in tsof and Isog, respec- tively. Immediately after marriage the parents removed to Missouri with a two-team wagon. The mother was one of three children, and in early life was obliged to run away from home, a- her relations there were not pleasant, she having lost both parents when she was yet an infant. The first settlement of these two was in Ray County Mo .. within a few miles of the present home of our subject. where the father entered eighty acres of Govern-
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ment land. In a few years they removed to Har- rison County. the same State, where they purchased one hundred and twenty acres of land and ie- mained until the death of the father. Both par- ents were devout members of the Christian Church. in which they occupied a prominent place. Ten children were born to them, whom they reared to maturity, and our subject is the eldest of the live children yet living. In 1831 the father of our subject made a trip to North Carolina to try and recover some of the money due his wife from her parents' estate, but only obtained 8900. and the remainder has never been paid.
Our subject remained with her parents until eleven years of age. when she removed to Har- rison County and there resided until her marriage. which occurred February 8. 1849. to Walter T. Price, who was born June 18. 1827, a son of Peter and Hannah (Turner) Price. natives of Ohio, who came to Illinois when Walter Price was only a child. Ilannah Turner was of English descent, her parents coming to the I'nited States early in life. Her fa- ther had a large amount of money bequeathed him by relatives in England that came to his descen- dants. Her grandfather came to the United States during the Revolutionary War and served as a Cap- tain in the Colonial army. and also served in the War of 1812. He was a tailor and was highly respected and esteemed by all who knew him. When Walter was sixteen years of age he removed to Harrison County. Mo .. where he met and mar- ried the subject of this sketch. His education was quite limited. but after his marriage he studied and obtained a good practical knowledge of his own language. Six children were the fruit of the union of Mr. and Mrs. Price, namely: Nancy, wife of Henry Glover; Andrew J .. Thomas B., John II .. Robert E., and an infant that died. Two years after their marriage the young couple came to Ray County, where they rented for sixteen years. and then purchased one hundred acres, to which they added one hundred more. and here it is that our subjeet still resales. Our subject and her hus- band began life without even the bare necessities of life and accumulated all their property by their own efforts. Mrs. Price is a member of the Mis- sionary Baptist Church, as was ako her husband.
In politics the latter was a stanch Democrat and was very loyal to his party. In 1890 the death of Mr. Price occurred as the result of a kick from a young colt.
HOMAS BATHGATE. Our subject is a Brit- ish-American of Ray County. residing near Knoxville, and owning a fine farm on sce- tion 33, township 51. range 28. He enjoys the friendship and esteem of a large circle of people. because of his worth as a man and his excellent judgment. He was born in Westmoreland County. England. December 5. 1828. and emigrated to this country in 1851. first locating in New York State. His father was named Thomas, and had -ix cii'- dren, namely: Robert. Ellen. Stephen, our subject. Margaret and Mary. The mother of our subject was Rachel ( Washington ) Bathgate, a cousin of George Washington. She passed away in las6. and her husband died in June. 1850.
The wife of our subject was Rachel Sharpnack. a daughter of Hiram and Lydia B. Sharpnack. and was one of seven children. Mrs. Bathgate was born March 19, 1838. in Ritchie County. W. Va .. and died April 4, 1887, having been the mother of eight children. namely: Robert Milton. born JJuly 15, 1866, and who died September 15. 1867: Hiram T., born August 27. 1867; William S .. JJanuary 5. 1869; James B., September 17, 1871: Mary N .. January 7, 1875: Charles A., October 15, IST7: Ly- man. November 17. 1879; and Walter, born Sep- tember 7. 1881. and who died June 11. 1882. Hiram T. married. in October, 1887. Miss Mary Maye. daughter of William Mayes. The young couple spent the honeymoon in Kansas City and st. Louis. and then settled down to farm life in Caldwell County, four miles from Hamilton. the county seat: William and James have lately built at Polo a large business house and are engaged in the hardware business.
Our subject is a very large land-owner. having one thousand nine hundred acres in Ray County. two hundred of which are timbered. He devotes
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his attention to farming and stock-raising. and dis- plays thorough understanding of his business, which he manages to decided profit. Beside the property named, he has an interest in the bank at Polo, Caldwell County, Mo. When he landed in New York he had but two British soverigns, and he be- gan life here by hiring ont to a farmer. By his own persevering labor- he has acquired his present large holdings, hard work and good management yielding him the increase. He became a land-owner first in West Virginia, acquiring two hundred acres, which he sold in 1865. and coming to Ray County, bought eight hundred and fifty-five acres from William 11. Stone. He had resided on his West Virginia farm for eight years. In his religious convictions he is a Presbyterian, and is a prominent and active worker in the church of that denomina- tion, in which he holds membership, and where he is held in highest esteem.
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