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ANIEL II. TUCKER, now deceased, form- erly residing on section 16. township 51, range 29. is numbered among the honored and worthy pioneers of Ray County. Hle was born October 21. 1816. in Kentucky. and was a son of .James L., also of that State, who emigrated o Ray County in 1834, where in addition to car- rying on a farm he engaged more or less in black- smithing. The educational advantages of our sub- ject were very limited, for his school days were passed in a new country, almost totally devoid of school privileges. Ile spent but a few weeks each year in one of the old-fashioned subscription schools. By his wise powers of reading and observa- tion he gained a practical knowledge. as was proven by his successful career in after life. When twenty- one years of age he wedded Mi-s Millie Elliott. who was born November 21, 1820. Her father. John E. Elliott, a native of Louisiana, born March 19, 1791, emigrated to this county in 1-18, where he engaged in farming. His name is placed among the worthy pioneers and early settlers of this re-
gion. th political faith he was a Whig, and later a Republican. The marriage of Mr. and Mr -. Tucker was celebrated November 10. 1836. and they at once commenced housekeeping in Orrick Township. in a log cabin near the present home- stead. This locality was then almost an unbroken wilderness, but is now one of the finest in the coanty. Their union was blessed with fourteen children, oleven of whom are living, married and respected citizens of Ray County. They are as follows: Mary E., now Mrs. Stokes: James L .: Mar- tha E .. wife of W. T. Gryder; Benjamin F .; Rena. wife of William Bryan; Millie, wife of John Pigg: Andrew E .; Daniel H !.: Eliza A., wife of MI. Wolf: Sarah Jane, wife of W. A. Hall; and William. In the possession of the family is an old photograph of the log cabin and the entire family. including an old colored man. recently deceased. and hi- aged mother, also now deceased, who were slave- of Mr. Theker's father and remained on the old homestead after gaining their freedom.
Many of the privations and hardships of frontier life came to Mr. and Mrs. Tucker. but with indom- itable will, pluck and energy they overcame all obstacles, and their old age was crowned with happiness. Mr. Tucker was a stanch Republican. loyal and true to its principles. Hle attiliated with the Christian Church. in whose faith he lived and died. Ile was called to his final rest February 1. 1892. and was buried under the auspices of Ada Lodge No. 411. A. F. & A. M .. of Orrick. of which he was a member. His many friends and neigh- bors who had known him from the early days of his residence in this county deeply regret his los- and will ever hold him in loving remembrance and respect.
Mrs. Tucker is vet quite active for one of her years and still makes her home on the old farm .. residing with her youngest son. William, who, with Ins brother Daniel IL., carries on the home farm. Mrs. Tucker has many interesting reminiscent ... of her life in the new West of other year-, and is an interesting conversationalist. She relate- how she formerly prepared. Spun and wove the cloth for the garments of her entire family. both of wool and hemp. She also speak of the times when her husband need to go to mill, taking a day of
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two for the journey. and waiting for the slow grinding of his grain by horse power. They re- moved from the old log cabin to the present sub- stantial residence in 1819.
The youngest son of our subject. William, has been twice married. his first union being celebrated May 27. 1885, with Miss Mollie Turner, whose death occurred September 27, 1889. He wedded Miss Maude E. Miller February 27. 1892. who now assists her husband in his filial care and love for his aged mother, who has eleven living children, fifty-six grandchildren and thirteen great-grand- children. William Tucker is a member of Ada Lodge No. 411. of which he is now Senior Warden. His brother Daniel II. is also a member of the same lodge of the Free & Accepted Masons and is its present Master. He is also interested in working the old farm but resides in his own home. February 12. 1880, he married Cora 1 .. Hull. whose father, Milton Hull, was formerly from Kentucky. Of their three children, but one, Elmer. is now liv- ing. Both of the brothers, William and Daniel. are members of the Christian Union Church, but the wife of the latter holds membership with the Bap- tist denomination. The families occupy a well-de- served place in the estimation of their many friends and neighbors who have known them from their childhood days.
S TERLING P. GALLE is the proprietor of the handsomely fitted up tonsorial parlors on Front Street. Orlick. Mo., where he has the patronage of the elite of the place and is doing a fine business in his line, paying partieu- lar attention to the comfort of his customers, as well as to the quality of his work. A ladies' and children's department is not the least of his at- tractions, and owing to the fact that it is in the hands of polite and gentlemanly artists it is lib- orally patronized. After starting this paying business, he soon saw the necessity of keeping a place where good short-order meals could be oh- tained, and on the 6th of May. 1892. he opened
his well-known chop-house, over which his amia- ble wife presides, and where she can at all times be found to cater to the wants of the hungry traveler, as well as to the resident of the place. The cuisine is excellent and the best and freshest of everything in the market can be found upon the tables. Os- ters are prepared in every style, delicacies of all kinds are to be found in their season, in fact. everything that the most fastidious appetite can demand is prepared to order. Mrs. Galle is ad- mirably fitted to be at the head of this department. for she is not only an excellent cook herself. but she possesses exceptionally good managerial abil- ity and is not only courteous, kind and accommo- dating to her guests, but exercises the same traits among her domesties, with whom she is well liked and popular.
Mr. Galle is a native of Ray County, Mo .. hi- birth occurring November 3. 1860. Ile is a son of Peter and Susan (Batson) Galle, the former of whom was born in Maryland in 1826, his wife being his junior by a few years. The Galles and Batsons originally came from Pennsylvania. The union of Peter Galle resulted in the birth of the follow- ing children: Alice. Mrs. George Thomas: Ameri- eus, a resident of Lexington, Mo., who married Kate Duck; M. Filmore, who married Mollie Line- bach; Franeis M., of Camden, Mo., who married Rosa Brown; Sterling P., the subject of this sketch; Mary Jane, wife of T. L. Cooper, of Camden. Mo .: and Adelbert, who is unmarried and a resident of Camden.
The early opportunities for Sterling P. Galle to acquire an education were very meagre indeed and at the early age of sixteen years he became self- supporting. He was of an ambitious and enter- prising temperament and was ready and willing to work at any honorable employment that he could find, and for some time he was employed in a coal mine, where he turned many an honest penny. On the 9th of February, 1888. he was married to Miss Sarah. daughter of John and Mary Gee, of Cam- den, Mo., the former of whom was a Virginian. born May 10, 1832. He was killed by a runaway team when Mrs. Galle was but six weeks old. since which time Mrs. five has remained a widow. She is now residing in Kansas City. Mrs. Galle is the
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youngest of the following children that were born to this worthy couple: Warren is a resident of Ful- ton, Mo .; James HI. is deceased; Ann; Nancy, Mrs. W. Corden, lives at Liberty Landing, Mo .; Robert resides in Camden; John also lives there; and Mis- souri, Mrs. Gibony, lives at Fulton.
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During an interval of leisure while working in the coal mine, Mr. Galle learned the trade of a barber and after his marriage he settled at Cam- den and began following that occupation; he later pursued the same in Kansas City and at a still later period in Omaha, Neb .. during which time he had every opportunity to become a skillful artist. and it can truly be said of him that he has not his super- ior in Ray County. After coming to this section he worked fora short time for a Mr. Akers, then opened an establishment of his own. which he has conducted in a highly satisfactory manner ever since and has built up a patronage that is in every way deserved. By his untiring energy and close attention to bus- iness, he has placed himself among the successful business men of the town and is now reaping the reward of his efforts to please those who enter his establishment. Ile and his wife have one bright little daughter, Anna Lovica, who was born Feb- ruary 20, 1890. Politically, Mr. Galle is a Demo- crat.
R OBERT HUGH MILLER. The subject of our sketch is a gentleman of a wide range of information and extended experience, whose life for nearly forty years was de- voted to chronieling the events of the world for the instruction and advancement of the people. Mr. Miller was the founder of the Liberty Tribune. which he established in 1846 and edited continu- ously until 1886. He was born in Richmond, Va .. November 27, 1826, being a son of John E. Miller. a planter of Scotch de-cent. The mother of our subject was Mary A. T. (Rogers) Miller, born in Albemarle County. Va., daughter of Achilles and Mary Rogers, and who died in 1865. in Pike County, Mo .. in her seventy-first year. After her marriage and the death of her husband in Virginia.
she removed with her family to Southern Ken- tucky and thence to Missouri in 1838, locating in Pike County. They were the parents of two chil- dren, Robert H. and Edmund, the latter of whom ched in 1859, in Boone County, Mo.
Robert HI., our subject, passed his youth at Col- umbia, Mo., where he attended school. Going from the schoolroom to the printing-office. he ac- quired a practical knowledge of the art in the office of the Columbia Patriot, now the Matesinan. Completing his trade, he came to Liberty in 1816. and with John B. Williams started the Tribune. the latter retiring at the end of a year. leaving Mr. Miller sole proprietor. The Tribune was started as a Whig paper, but after the extinction of that party drifted into the Democratic party and continued as such as long as he conducted it. Under his faithful management it attained a wide circula- tion and was noted for its plain statement of frets and its fearless vindication of the right, as well as for its denunciation of wrong.
Mr. Miller was married Inne 27. 1846. to Miss Enna F. Peters, of Liberty. Mo., a daughter of John R. Peters, a noted pioneer of Missouri. born in Kentucky. and who died in July, 1860, in the sixty - first year of his age. The father of Mrs. Miller set- tled in Clay County upon a quarter-section of land near Liberty, and there he passed most of his days. dispensing a generous hospitality and winning the esteem of his fellow-citizens. He was a devout member of the Old Baptist Church, and in that early day of no church buildings had stated preaching at his house until proper houses were prepared.
Our subject married Miss Frances, daughter of Richard Simms, an old Revolutionary soldier who lived for many years in Clay County and finally died at the advanced age of one hundred and four years. This old gentleman was processed of a kindly nature and a gentle courtesy that are not so often seen as in former times, when there was less rush for place and fortune. He finally died of cancer.
Mr. and Mrs. Miller have had four children born to them, namely: Belle. wife of J. J. Stoogdale: Julia, wife of Edwin Withers: Hugh. living at Kansas City: and Irving, living at Pleasant Hill.
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Cass County, Mo. Mrs. Miller died December 3. 1867: and Mr. Miller married again on the 3rd of May, 1871. the second wife being Louise Wilson, daughter of John Wilson, of Platte City. Mo. The fruits of this union were five children, viz .. Roy, Bessie, Ida, Clark and May. Mr. Miller's home place, a plat of twenty-two acres, lies within the city limits, the residence upon it being a sub- stantial brick, standing upon an eminence over- looking the city, the broad lawn being shaded by large, spreading forest trees. The location of the house is a very sightly one and its shelter affords a charming retreat and a happy resting-place for one, who. like Mr. Miller, has spent so many years in busy activity.
ILLIAM O'NEILL. SR .. an enterprising citi- zen and for a long time a leading business man of Linn County, Mo .. has now retired from the active duties which formerly claimed his attention, and having amassed a comfortable com- petence, is quietly enjoying the fruits of a busy career and allowing himself the rest which he has well earned by many years of euergette thrift and un varying industry. Our subject was born in County Monaghan, Ulster. Ireland, December 21, 18. 0, and is the direct descendant of the famous ('Neills who once reigned as kings in this portion of the Emerald Iste. It was many a decade before the power of the early chieftains was destroyed in Ireland, and the title was never merged m the crown of England until Edward the Fourth ascen- ded the throne. The parents of William O'Neill were highly esteemed in their native land, where the father. also William ('Neill, passed away when our subject was but one year okt. His mother. Catherine (Comiskey) O'Neill, surviving, he grew up under her care and was reared upon a farm and received a good common-school education in the excellent schools of his early home.
At seventeen years of age Mr. O'Neill joined the Royal Irish Constabulary. in which he served
three years. Shortly before attaining his majority our subject decided to try his fortune in the land beyond the sea, and in 185! embarked for America. Arriving safe and sound in the United States, he spent a brief time in New York City, and from there went direct to Indiana, where he was en- ployed in the construction department of the New Albany & Salem Raihoad. Mr. O'Neill also engaged in the construction of the Wabash Railroad, and later worked on the Illinois Central Railroad, making his home successively at Kanka- kee, Pana and La Salle. In July, 186t, he located in Linn County, and settled at St. Catharine, where he has since continued to reside. During the first few years our subjeet made his home here he was employed on the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad. but in 1866 erected a hotel, which he successfully conducted until 1879, when the house was de- stroyed by fire. For some time succeeding this calamity, he profitably engaged in the handling of live stock. and it was but a few years ago that he entirely relinquished his daily business cares.
The excellent farm of two hundred acres owned by Mr. O'Neill is rented to tenants, and the in- vestments he has made in village property will later yield him large returns. Our subject was a young man when he entered into the bonds of wedlock. having upon February 11, 1851. been united in marriage with Miss Sophia Mitchell, an estimable lady and a devoted wife and mother. who after thirty-seven years of happy married life passed away February 25, 1858. Since her death Mr. O'Neilt resides with the family of his son. William, Jr. The one sister and seven brothers who clustered in the old homestead were, Thomas, now operator, station and expressagent in st. Cathi- arine; William, residing at St. Catharine: Patsey, train despatcher at Brookfiekl; John, a telegraph operator at St. Louis; Michael. also an operator in St. Louis; Edward. a station agent at Meadville. Mo. James, deceased, was formerly operator at Ma- con. Mo .; and Sophia passed away in early infancy. The surviving sons, who are all settled within easy distance of their father's home, were trained to habits of industry, and are self-reliant and enterprising citizens, widely known and lughly respected. The O'Neills are all of the Roadm
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Catholic faith, and ably assist in the various good works and benevolent enterprises of that denomination. Oui subject made a large acquaint- ance while in the hotel business and as a shipper of live stock, and was familiarly quoted as a man whose word was as good as his bond. In political affiliation, Mr. O'Neill has been for forty years a Democrat, and an ardent believer in the princi- ples and platform of the party founded by the emi- nent statesman, Thomas Jefferson. Prosperity speedily crowned the efforts of our subject in his adopted land, with all of whose institutions he is in full sympathy, and where for more than two-score years he has been numbered among the true and loyal citizens of the great American nation.
E NOCH II. MILLER, M. D .. an able physi- cian and skillful surgeon. thoroughly versed in the knowledge and duties of his arduous profession. enjoys an extended and'snecessful prac- tice in Liberty, Clay County, Mo., where he was born August 8, 1861. His parents, Madison and Ann (Arthur) Miller, settled in Liberty when it was yet but a frontier town. The father. a native of Berkeley County. Va., and an energetic and en- terprising business man. was a merchant. first hand- ling dry goods upon his own account in his store .n Wheeling, W. Va. He afterward engaged in the same business in Louisville. Ky., and later in connection with Mr. Middleton opened a dry- goods store where the Liberty Savings Associa- tion Building now stands. Father Miller was the first Mayor of Liberty and gave to the duties of the office earnest consideration, discharging the trust imposed in him with able efficiency, but af- terward positively refused to ever again accept of public office. He was one of the founders of William Jewell College and was officially identi- fied with the management of this excellent insti- tution of learning until his death.
Madison Miller was one of the organizers of the Liberty Savings Association Bank, of which he became President. He was a charter member
of Liberty Lodge, I. O. O. F .. and rose step by step and occupied with honor and distinguished ability all the official positions from the subordi- nate to the Grand Lodge. Financially he was prospered and ranked among the capitalists of the State, and at his death in 1871 left to his wife and children a handsome inheritance. worthily won by intelligent industry and wise investments. Father Miller was a man of sterling integrity of character and in the early days before the establishment of the bank received from the surrounding commun- ity thousands of dollars wrapped in packages. which he deposited in a vault built in his store. and safely kept until called for by their several owners. His death was mourned as a public los- by the entire communities of Clay County. His wife, to whom he was married in 1841, was a na- tive of Lexington, Ky., and a daughter of Michael and Amanda Arthur, well-known residents of the latter State. Mrs. Miller survives her husband and is a most estimable lady, devoted to her chil- dren and beloved by all who know her.
Eight children blessed the home of the parents. but two little ones died in infancy, one having been drowned by a slave girl in the absence of the family. Six sons and daughters survived to adult age. Mary M .. shortly after her marriage to Mr. Anderson, of New Orleans, became a widow and married Gen. Thomas Anderson, a brother of the first husband: but within six months Mrs. Anderson was a second time widowed. Michael A. Miller, an energetic and prosperous merchant of Kansas. has but recently died. James M. is now Lieutenant- Commander in the United States Navy. stationed at Shanghai, China. and in charge of that post. He spent six years of his life in the Military School at Annapolis. Md., and his wife was the daughter of a Paymaster of the United States Navy. Mat- tir Miller is the wife of Rev. W. S. Peace. a Bap- tist divine. located at Quiney. Il. Dora B. is the wife of John M. Newlee, a prominent druggist of Liberty. Our subject is a proficient and thorough scholar in the English. French, German, Latin and Greek language- and graduated with honor from William lowell College. He began the study of medicine in 1871 with Dr. J. M. Allen. a lead- ing and highly successful medical practitioner of
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Liberty, and in 1871 graduated from the Missouri Medical College, of St. Louis, winning honors in both the classes of chemistry and surgery.
Owing to the death of his father Dr. Miller de- 1 cided to locate near his widowed mother, and at the earnest solicitation of Dr. Allen, his early pre- ceptor, became an office associate. Later engaging in practice for himself he has won a reputation for professional knowledge and skill second to none in the country. He modestly ascribes his success to Dr. Allen, his preceptor and friend, under whose guidance he has achieved prosperity, and grate- fully says, "to Dr. Allen I owe my success finan- cially and socially. He has been more than a fa- ther -- when I had not a dollar, buying me a home. and giving me time in which to pay for it." No opportunity to improve himself and keep fully abreast of the times has been lost by our subjeet. who graduated in Isst from the Polyelinte Col- lege of New York, and attended courses of lec- tures in the New York Medical College in 1888 and 1891. October 9, 1876. Dr Miller was united in marriage with Miss Belle Wymore. daughter of William W. Wymore, an accomplished and cul- tured lady, but who for ten years after her mar- riage was an invalid, patient, uncomplaining, yet constantly suffering. Her husband carried her from one resort to another but without perceptible benefit, and not until she endured a surgical oper- ation, performed by Dr. T. G. Thomas, of New York, did she fully recover her health. She is I w one of the brightest and most attractive ladies of Liberty and is a valued member of the Christian Church and an earnest worker in social and benevolent enterprises.
Two children have blessed the pleasant home. James Allen, named in honor of the family friend. Dr. Allen, was born August 11, 1878, and is a tal- ented lad. winning the first medal as a youthful orator in the Class of '92. The daughter Katie, born July 25. 1882. inherits the graces of her mother and is a winsome little lass. After the death of Father Miller the sons and daughters by agreement turned over to their mother the whole interest in the large estate left by their father, for her sole use during her lifetime. She educated two daughters and they reside together, Dr. Miller
managing the property. The mother has lived since the death of her husband a very retired life in the old homestead, a handsome brick house in the city of Liberty. She owns the Arthur home- stead, which contains four hundred acres of excel- lent farming and stock land. Dr. Miller personally owns an attractive city residence and a fine fruit farm of forty aeres near Randolph, Clay County. Ile has never desired political promotion but stands firm to the principles of true Democracy. llis father was a "Union Democrat" and both father and son agreed in loyalty to their country. Our subject is an honored member of County, State, District and National Medical AAssociations but belongs to no secret society. Devoted to his family and the duties of his profession, he goes his rounds day and night in storm and sunshine. and in ministering to the physical wants and suffer- ings of humanity is fulfilling the duties of a ca- reer distinguished by faithful fidelity and effi- eieney in his chosen work in life. As the family physician he has endeared himself to many a household and with his wife is held in high regard and loving remembrance by a host of friends.
ARVEY MARENESS is a leading farmer of Fishing River Township. Clay County, residing on seetion 36, where he owns one hundred and ninety-seven acres of land . and is at present feeding nearly two hundred head of cattle. He buys and sells stock of all kinds. having dealt in the same very extensively during the last year.
Our subject is a son of Abraham Milton and Ann Mareness, the former a native of Ohio, but the latter born, reared and educated in Louisiana. The father was a man who was held in the highest regard by all with whom he came in contact. The mother was brought up in the doctrines of the Mis- sionary Baptist Church, to the principles of which she adheres strictly. Our subject is one of five children, of whom he is the youngest but one, hi- birth having occurred January 8. 1852. He grew to manhood on his father's farm, engaged in the
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usnal occupations of farmer lads, and obtained a common-school education.
Our subject remained at home with his parents until in 1879, when he was united in marriage with Miss Olive Ann Pigg, of Ray County. On Oc- tober 3, 1888, after a short illness. the faithful wife and tender mother was called to the home beyond. She was a lady of Christian womanhood and of a lovable character, one who was supremely devoted to her home and children. By her marriage she became the mother of three sons: Lemar G .. Will- iam Roy and George Harvey.
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