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The happy home of Mr. and Mrs. Hughes is lo- cated upon College Street, and is the abode of hospitality, the parents and their family possessing a host of friends tried and true. Our sabjeet and his wife are members of the Christian Church, and have ever been foremost in the support of that ie- ligious organization. and are known as generous contributors in behalf of benevolent work. Mr. Ilughes has always been a strong Democrat, and is a valued adviser in local affairs, and in all matters concerning the progress and improvement of his home and county is a ready and most efficient aid. and is widely known as a man of enterprise and a public-spirited and true citizen.
YATT CRAVEN. In the twilight of his honored and useful life, the subject of this sketch is passing his time quietly at his home m Ray County. For a long period he has been identified with the interests of the community where he resides, and during his more active years was widely known as one of the most enterprising and successful farmers of township 52, range 29. Through industry and good management. he be- came the owner of four hundred and fifty acres, most of which were placed under splendid improve-
ment, bur be has divided his property among his children and only retains sutticient to insure his comfortable support.
Mr. Crayon was born in Campbell County. Tenn., September 7, 1812. Ilis ancestors were among the carly settlers of North Carolina. where Joseph Craven, our subject's grandfather, was born. He was reared on a farm, receiving a meagre edu- cation, and in his early manhood married Miss Lydia. daughter of Joshua Hancock. In about 1808, he removed from Randolph County. N. C., to Missouri, and later located in Campbell County, Tenn .. with the early history of which he became identified. His death occurred in Overton County, Tenn., when he had reached an advanced age.
Richard Craven, the father of our subject, was born in Randolph County, N. C .. January 19, 1776, and spent his time in his boyhood principally in farming pursuits, his educational advantages being very limited. In 1797 he married Miss Elizabeth C. Rains, a native of the same county as himself, and born May 22. 1775. Unto them were born eleven children, nine sons and two daughters, all of whom reached mature years. Of the number. two alone survive, namely: Wyatt and Lydia, the latter being the wife of John L. Campbell. The others were Joseph; Joshua and John, twins; Bar- nabas; solomon and David. twins; Franklin ; Sarah, Mrs. James Kincaid; and Andrew J.
During the Indian outbreak of 1814 Richard Cra- ven enlisted for service and started for the field of battle, but before his arrival the trouble sub- sided and he was discharged without active ser- vice. In 1830, accompanied by his family, he came to Ray County. Mo., and purchased one hun- dred and sixty acres of land in the vicinity of the farm now owned by our subject. The journey was made with teams, and on their arrival here they found a small log cabin on the farm-almost the only improvement the place could boast of. for the land was wild and scarcely a furrow had been turned in the soil. The cabin was of the rudest and most primitive nature, but, such as it was, it served as a shelter for fourteen people during the winter of 1830-31. Their early experience in the new country, remote from other settlers, was not an enviable one. They subsisted on corn
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bread and such game as could be obtained, white on Sunday morning they enjoyed the great luxury of biscuits for breakfast. The father and mother had a bed made on rough poles inserted in the walls, and the others slept on the floor.
Amid many discouragements the family labored to secure the improvement of the farm, and in the end their efforts were rewarded with success. The property was increased to two hundred acres, of which forty acres were entered from the Govern- ment. The rude log cabin was replaced by a com- modious residence, in which the father closed his eyes in death in 1849. His wife survived him a few years, her demise occurring in 1856. They were highly respected throughout this community, where their memory still lives in the hearts of their descendants and of the other pioneers who have survived them. Politically. the father was a Jef- fersonian Demverat and at all times possessed the courage of his convictions.
In the district schools of Tennessee and Ray County our subject received his education, which was limited to the knowledge to be gained from a few textbooks of an inferior kind. The "temples of learning" in those early days were not massive structures of brick and stone, but were made of split logs and had puncheon floors. On one side of the room was the fireplace, built in a most un- gainly fashion, while light was admitted through an aperture between two logs. The pupils did not enjoy the luxury of desks, but sat on rude benches, and in the midst of these uncomfortable surround- ings gained their knowledge of the "three R's."
November 21. 1858, occurred the marriage of Mr. Craven to Mrs. Olivia C. Brooks, a daughter of Richard and Celia (Shelton) Nowlin, natives of Virginia, but early settlers of Kentucky. She was born in the Blue Grass State and in her young womanhood married Young D. Brooks, by that union becoming the mother of four children: Celia A., who married Wyatt Craven, a nephew of our subject; Mary S., deceased; Thomas J .: and Amanda C., the wife of James Hill. Mr. and Mrs. Craven have been the parents of three children, one of whom, Richard W., is deceased. The others are Olive %., wife of John Iley; and Bryan Ward. The wife and mother was called hence in East,
leaving a void in the hearts of those who held her dear that can never be filled.
At the time of our subject's marriage, he pur- chased seventy acres where he now lives, and to the original purchase he added until he became the owner of four hundred and fifty acres. Polit- ically, he is a Democrat. loyal to the principles of his party. During the Mormon War of 1838. Mr. Craven enlisted for service and was mustered into Capt. Beauregard's company. About twelve miles from home he was taken prisoner, after having been wounded by a gunshot. and was carried eight miles distant, then given his liberty. A man had been stationed to shoot hun and followed orders. but the bullet did not prove fatal. although it lodged in his hip and inflicted a painful wound. Take it all in all, Mr. Craven has met with many varied experiences during his eventful life, and de- serves the esteem in which he is held as a prom- inent citizen of Ray County.
C HARLES A. BURNS. A good judge of horses and an appreciative admirer of that noble animal, our subject has a peculiar fitness for the business in which he is engaged. that of conducting a first-class livery. feed and sale stable at Richmond. Mo. He was born in Lawrence County, Pa., September 6, 1857, being the eldest son of Agnew and Elizabeth (Ilezlep) Burns, both natives of Pennsylvania. His parents came to Ray County, Mo. in the fall of 1887. bringing him with them, and located on a farm three miles west of Richmond, where the father died in 1871. in the forty-fourth year of his age. The latter was of Scotch-Irish descent and was a man of industrious habits and a good farmer. The mother is still living, in the southwestern part of Kansas, and is a daughter of John lezlep. of Irish descent.
Our subject is one of nine children, five boy- and four girls, seven of whom are living. Ili- life was spent at home upon the farm until he was twenty-one years of age. His father having died
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when he was but fourteen, Charles remained with his mother, getting the benefit of instruction in the district schools from the time of his reaching the school age. I'pon attaining his majority he removed to Kansas, and settled at Blue Rapids, in Marshall County, where he owned a livery stable for four years, and then he shipped his stock to Richmond, where he opened a livery. feed and sale stable, which he has conducted ever since, and now has from sixteen to twenty horses cn- gaged in his business.
Mr. Burns was married in 1877 to Miss Nannie Smith, who was born and reared in Ray County, the daughter of Peyton T. and Luey Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Burns have had no children born to them. Mr. Burns owns a good farm of eighty acres, well improved and with fertile soil, in Richmond Township, and while living out upon it served twice as Supervisor. Hle is a member of Richmond Lodge No. 57, A. F. & A. M .: of Richmond Chapter No. 36, R. A. M .; and Richmond Com- mandery. K. T .: also a member of Richmond Lodge No. 208, 1. O. O. F. While not taking as promi- nent and active a part as many in politics, Mr. Burns is none the less interested in such matters, and holds strong opinions, being a straight Dem- ocrat.
Le EWIS B. DOUGHERTY, Cashier of the Commercial Savings Bank at Liberty. has been a resident of this place since child- hood and enjoys a wide acquaintance among the people of Western Missouri. The name of Dough- erty was a familiar one to the pioneers of this State, and its members wherever known are held in the highest esteem as people of resolute charac- ter and broad intelligence.
A brief mention of the father of our subject, Maj. Jolm Dougherty. will undoubtedly be of in- terest to our readers. He was born in Nelson County, Ky., April 12. 1791. On the second ex- pedition of Lewis and Clark to the Rocky Monn- tains in about 1808, he first came West from Ken- tucky. He was then about seventeen years old.
but notwithstanding his youth was one of the most resolute pioneers in the expedition. Reach- ing St. Louis, he at once entered the service of the American Fur Company. under the auspices of Sarpy, Chouteru, Picot and others of that city. I: 1808 he went to the mountains, where he re- mained for seven years before he returned to civilization. During that period he spent one winter on the Columbia River, and returned home via Salt Lake and the Big Platte.
At St. Louis Maj. Dougherty married Miss Mary llertzog, a native of that city, and soon after their marriage the young couple located at Leav- enworth, Kan., where Lewis B., of this sketch, was born December 7, 1828, and he is believed to have been the first white child born in Kansas, In 1820, Maj. . Dougherty was appointed an In- dian agent and continued to act in that capacity tatil 1810. In 1830 he returned to St. Louis, Mo. and three years later removed to Council Bluffs. Iowa, where he was stationed for some time as In- dian agent. Ile was afterward stationed at Ft. Leavenworth, later again resided in St. Louis, and thence returned to Leavenworth, where he had charge of the Indian Agency until 1837. About this time he removed to Liberty, making his home in Clay County during the residue of his life. He became a leading and influential citizen of this county, which he represented in the State Legis- lature, a colleague of Gen. Doniphan and Will- iam Wood. He was elected to that position in 1840 and served one term with distinction.
Maj. Dougherty was a magnificent specimen of the frontiersman and Indian-fighter, as well as the old-fashioned Missouri gentleman. Ile was a man of great influence among the tribes of the In- dians from the Missouri to the Columbia, and as- sisted in making many treaties with them. llis Indian name in its English interpretation was "Controller of Fire Water." ; He spoke the French language and seven of the leading Indian dialects of the Northwest Territory with perfect fluency. After locating in Clay County. he opened a large farm some six or seven miles from Liberty, and there he resided until his death, which took place December 28. 1860. Throughout Clay County, and, indeed, over a large region of country, he
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was highly esteemed by all, as he was well known. No one in the county stood higher in the opinion of the public or of his neighbors. He was a man of high character, courage and generosity, and withal of great kindness of heart.
The following tribute written at the time of the death of Maj. Dougherty by one of his personal friends and contemporaries, expressed the feelings of hundreds of his friends and acquaintances: "The death in our county of Maj. John Dough- erty should not be suffered to pass without every appropriate tribute to his memory; for, take him all in all, he was a man whose like we shall hardly ever look upon again in this world. We greatly fear the period has passed in our history when men of his firm nerve and solidity will be born. Ile was one of the most agreeable men in social life it has ever been my fortune to know; and how many thousands in this great State and all over our country whose hearts will be touched, as mine has been, by the news of his death; how many will remember fondly those pleasant hours they have passed in his company, whilst he re- counted the scenes and trials of his early life midst the regions of the Rocky Mountains and the far distant Oregon, winther he wended his way as a mountain trapper at the early age of eighteen years. I could go on, if this were the proper place and time permitted, to fill a volume in speaking of the life of Maj. Dougherty, but I forbear."
Energetie. and frugal in his manner of living, but never parsimonious, and a man of good busi- ness ability, Maj. Dougherty accumulated a com- fortable property, which he left intact to his chil- dren at his death. He had also been generous in providing them with the best means for mental culture, and otherwise within his power fitting them for the activities of life. A typical, good citizen, one whose industry and enterprise were not less valuable to the community than to him- self, and an exemplary man in his own family, his memory is revered by his children and all who knew him as that of one who-e example is worthy of all imitation. Of his children, three sons and a daughter lived to mature years. One of these, Jolin K., was killed at the battle of Franklin,
Tenn., a member of the Third Missouri Confeder- ate Infantry, in the company of the subject of this sketch. Another son, O. F., is a resident of Lib- erty, and the daughter is the wife of Gen. C. F. Ruff, of Philadelphia.
Lewis B. Dougherty, the subject of this sketch, was reared on his father's farm near Liberty and received his primary education in the school of the vicinity. The knowledge there obtained was supplemented by attendance at the State Univer- sity in Columbia. from which he graduated in 1847. Immediately after completing his literary studies, he went to Ft. Kearney, in what was then the Territory of Nebraska, where he engaged in the suttler's business for four years, meeting with con- siderable success in the enterprise. From Ft. Kearney he proceeded to Ft. Laramie, in Wyo- ming, in about 1852, and continued in the same business there for four or five years. He was ab- sent from Clay County in all about ten years, and after his return in 1857 he settled on a farm, where he continued to reside, occupied principally in agricultural pursuits, some twelve or fifteen years.
When the Commercial Savings Bank of Liberty was organized. Mr. Dougherty became a stock- holder. About six years afterward, in 1871, he was elected Cashier of the bank, a position he has continued to hold ever since. The bank has a capital stock of $50,000 and is well known as one of the most substantial and rehable institutions on the western border of the State, and for the enviable reputation it has made a large share of eredit is due to Mr. Dougherty. He is also still interested in farming and has three valuable farms. located respectively in Clay, Vernon and Douglas Counties. In 1871 he was elected Treasurer of the county and discharged the duties of that re- sponsible office with efficiency and fidelity. and to the general satisfaction of the public.
December 7. 1858. Mr. Dougherty was married to Miss Anna Carey, a daughter of the late Daniel Carey, one of the pioneer settlers and substantial citizens of Platte County. Mrs. Dougherty was educated at Liberty and in the Camden Female College and is a lady of culture. Mr. and Mrs. Dougherty have two children now living: Flora.
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wife of C. C. Courtney, of Kansas City; and John L. Mary died in 1880 at the age of eight years. In their religious connections, the members of the family belong to the Presbyterian Church. Soci- ally Mr. Dougherty is a prominent member of the Masonie order, belonging to the lodge, chapter and commandery.
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R. GEORGE E. HAMILTON. Few, per- haps none, save those who have trod the arduous paths of the profession, can pie- ture to themselves the array of attributes, -physical, mental and moral-the host of minor graces of manner and person essential to the making of a truly successful physician. Ifis con- stitution must needs be of the hardiest to withstand the constant shock of wind and weather, the wear- ing loss of sleep and rest, the ever-gathering load of care, and the insidious approach of every form of fell disease to which his daily round of duties momentarily expose fun. In Dr. George E. ilamil- ton these attributes could be found. except the essential bodily vigor necessary for the successful prosecution of this arduous calling. He was born April 25, 1861. at Crab Orchard, Ray County, Mo .. being a son of Thomas Hamilton, also of Crab Orchard.
Residing on a farm until he attamed his major- ity, he acquired a practical education in the com- mon schools in the vicinity of his home, after which he, in the fall of 1880. or when nineteen years of age, began attending school at Richmond, where he continued to pursue the paths of learning for a period of six months. In the spring of 1881 he went to De Kalb County, Mo., where he looked after a farm belonging to his father until the fol- lowing fall, when he matriculated at Stewartsville College, in which institution he remained ten months. In October of the following year he first began his medieal studies, which he continued to pursue for one year, at the end of which time he entered the Missouri Medical College at St. Louis. where he remained five months. He continued to
further extend his knowledge of medicine through- out the following summer, but lacking the required funds to complete his course, he began teaching a district school in the vicinity of Camden. Mo., and during the six months that he devoted to this occupation he made an excellent record for him- self. The following six months were again deve- ter to his studies, after which he went to De Kalb County and again resumed teaching. The succeed- ing spring he entered the office of Dr. Des Monde. and read medicine with that distinguished physi- cian antil October, during which time he returned home every night to stay with his step-mother, his father having died that spring.
in October, he became the assistant of Prof. S. F. Carpenter, who filled the Chair of Anatomy in the Northwestern Medical College, of St. Joseph. Mo., at the same time being a student in that insti- tution, and in the spring of 1857 he graduated as an M. D., with the sum of sixty-five cents in his pocket. However, he says, "I felt like a million- aire, for I had worked over four and a-half years to gain my diploma." His brother, J. R. Hamilton. of Richmond, kindly purchased him a ticket to Or- rick, and placed in his hands the sum of 810, which was sufficient to establish him modestly in Orrick. where his native ability and thorough knowledge of his profession soon became recognized, and were the means of winning for him a lucrative prac- tice. In addition to faithfully disharging his professional duties, he formed a partnership with W. G. Stapp in the drug business, but has closed out his interest in the same. as, owing to ill health. he found his duties too heavy. He is now a resi- dent of Richmond, where he purchased the interest of his brother's partner in the drug store.
October 11. 1888. he was married to Miss Lucy Taylor, a daughter of M. G. and Mollie Taylor. o? Ray County, where she was born. and their union has resulted in the birth of one child, Reuel. who-e birth occurred on the 26th of August, 1832. Mrs. Hamilton's grandfather was A. D. Brasher, whose sketch appears herein. Mrs. Hamilton is an intell- igent and well-educated lady and a model house- keeper, a consistent member of the Christian Church, and a teacher in the Sunday-school. Dr. Hamilton is a member of Orrick Lodge No. 56.
yours July G. H. Holland
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I. O. O. F. His career as a physician has been one of signal success, and should his health permit him to continue his professional duties, he will without doubt rise to eminence ..
HOMAS IL. WOLLARD, Vice-president of the Ray County Savings Bank, is one of the prosperous and representative agricul- turists and successful stock-raisers of this county, and is also numbered among the most prominent and influential citizens of Missouri. Mr. Wol- lard was born upon a farm, now a part of the town site of Richmond, October 14. 1827, and has therefore been intimately associated all his life with the upward growth and progress of his na- tive State.
The father of our subject was John Wollard, who was a native of North Carolina. His wife was Naney Lyste, a native of Tennessee and a daughi- ter of Malachi Lysle. When seventeen years of age John Wollard removed to what was then ealled Howard County, but is now known as Carroll County, Mo. There he married and soon after- ward came to Ray County, and pre-empted a claim where Richmond now stands. Ile successfully farmed the one hundred and sixty aeres he had taken from the Government. and lived an upright and conscientious life. He was a consistent mem- ber of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Po- litically, he was an old-line Whig. He died in his seventy-seventh year, in 1877. a man highly respected and esteemed for his many virtues.
The mother of our subject was, like her hus- band, a valued member of the Cumberland Pres- byterian Church. She passed away in 1870, after having become the mother of fourteen children. all of whom lived to adult age. Five sons and nine daughters composed the family who once gathered around the hospitable board, and of these two brothers and four sisters now survive. Thomas Il., our subjeet, attended the private schools in early boyhood, and later enjoyed the benefit of
the schools of Richmond. He assisted in the work of his father's farm and remained upon the fam- ily homestead until he was twenty-two years of age, when he began life for himself. By good management he secured a one hundred and twenty aere farm, which he industriously and prosper- ously cultivated, and, adding to his landed prop- erty as his means would permit, acquired about seventeen hundred aeres of excellent land. From the pursuit of general agriculture he branched out into extensive stock-raising, feeding large herds of cattle and at the same time buying and shipping mules and other live-stock. During the war and at the close of the struggle Mr. Wollard made money rapidly, and, a man of sagacity. invested it profitably. He was never vacillating in his business, but with intelligent decision bent all his energies to the accomplishment of his vell- devi-ed plans.
In 1850 our subjeet married Miss Narcissa Pritch- ard. a native of Ray County, Mo., and a daughter of Robert Pritchard. one of the pioneers of the county. Three daughters and two sons brightened the home, and all grew to aduit age. Fannie is the wife of Monroe Pugh. a farmer; Mary .I. mar- ried J. II. MeCuiston. who is engaged in farming pursuits; John M. died in 1885. at twenty-nine years of age; Laura I. is the wife of Robert Rust, a farmer; Thomas J., the youngest son. carries on a part of the old homestead. The mother of these children died in November. 1885. She was early in life a member of the Presbyterian Church. but in later years joined the Methodist Episcopal Church South. and was highly respected as a most excellent wife and mother. Mr. Wollard married his present wife in May, 1886. This estimable lady was Miss Augusta Berry, the daughter of William and Martha T. (Herndon) Berry, both na- tives of Kentucky, who married in Lexington. and thence journeyed to Ray County, where they were among the pioneers of the county.
Mr. Wollard divided his seventeen hundred acres of land among his children. retaining for his own use two hundred and eighty aeres, which he devotes to general farming and stock-raising. Aiding in the establishment of numerous worthy enterprises, our subject was one of the organizers
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of the Ray County Savings Bank, and for many years has been a stockholder and served as Vice- president for six years. He served with vator in the Mexican War, and draws a pension from the Government. Hle engaged in the battles of Brazito and Sacramento. Capt. Henley, of Richmond. hay- ing charge of the company. Honored and pros- pered, our subject has reached the early evening of his days, when with calm content he con review a well-spent life of useful toil. and enjoy the fruits of self-reliant industry. He has never been a politician in the ordinary acceptation of the term, but, in common with all true citizens, he takes an interest in the administration of public affairs and believes in the platform and principles of a strong and earnest Democracy.
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