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On the 23d of February, 1559, Judge Howe and Miss Rachael S. Cupp were united in marriage. The lady is a native of Chariton County, and is a daughter of Isaac Cupp. now deceased, who was a soldier in the Mexican War, and one of the hon- ored old settlers of Chariton County. Mrs. Howe was born February 3. 1836, and by her marriage has become the mother of eight children. the fol- lowing-named now surviving: Louisa, the wife of Alonzo Slaughter, lives in Chariton County, and has three children; Laura, wife of S. D. Arbuckle, lives in Bucklin, and is the mother of one child: Isaac Simpson, who married Addie Hudson, by
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whom he has one child, is also a resident of this village, as is also Sarilda 1., wife of J. C. Lawson, and the mother of one child: and the youngest of the family, William Harvey, who is unmar- ried, is a printer in Brookfield. They have all been given good school privileges and are re- spected citizens of the communities in which they make their homes.
The Judge has always taken a very active in- terest in polities, and has been frequently made a delegate to the different conventions of the Demo- cratie party. He has held many of the most im- portant county and township offices, among which we here mention that he was Assessor, while a res- ident of Macon County, for four years, and was also Justice of the Peace there for four years. He has been Assessor of this township for two years and a member of the School Board a number of times. As stated at the beginning of this record. he served for six years as the Linn County Judge. In 1885 he was beaten by three votes in his raee for the Judgeship. He has been a member of the Masonie order sinec 1866. and has filled the offices of Junior and Senior Warden. Junior Deacon and Worshipful Master of Bucklin Lodge No. 233. Hle also is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Bucklin, and has been connected with the order of Good Templars. In the late Civil War he was for three months a member of Capt. Cunningham's company, Sixty-second Mis- souri Militia, serving for three months. The Judge and his wife are. members of the Cumber- land Presbyterian Church of Bucklin, and are zeal- ous workers in the same.
the respect and confidence of a wide circle of ac- quaintances. Mr. Dodge was born in Erie County. Pa., September 7, 1811. The father of our sub- ject, Edmund Dodge, is a prominent farmer of Linn County, and now resides about five miles east of Purdin, upon a valuable homestead, where he engages profitably in general agriculture and stock-raising. James W. is the eldest of the four children of his parents' family. George L. lives in Purdin and is engaged in managing the store and business of F. G. Craig: Mrs. Emma (Dodge) Adams, the eldest sister, resides about eight miles west of Purdin: and Mrs. Clara (Dodge) Ormis- ton makes her home in Kansas.
The Dodge family removed from Pennsylvania to La Salle County, Ill., when our subject was - about one and one-half years old, and he there grew to a sturdy and self-reliant manhood. In the excellent public school of his home locality he gained a good practical education and ambi- tiously improved every opportunity to increase his stock of knowledge. In 1867 James W. Dodge and Alice E. Trowbridge were united in marriage. Mrs. Dodge was the daughter of Henry Trow- bridge, a prominent merchant and agriculturist of Freeport. Ill. Mr. Trowbridge afterward removed to Linneus, Mo., where he successfully ran a gro- cery and general store until his death. After the marriage of our subject he remained one year in Illinois, and then came to Missouri, and located in Grant-ville. Linn County, upon the homestead where he resided for fifteen years, and which is still in his possession, although his home is now in Purdin. Mr. Dodge also owns a fine farm of one hundred acres, all under a high state of cultivation.
In 1892 our subject eame to Purdin and entered into the active duties of the business which he is now prosperously conducting, and which was for- merly in the hands of Mr. Riley. Mr. Dodge en- gaged in teaching at a very early age and made that vocation his constant pursuit for more than a quarter of a century. continuing as an instructor from his eighteenth year until he was forty-five years old. He taught at first four years in Illi- nois and then came to Linn County. where he
AMES W. DODGE. the enterprising and popular proprietor of the only hotel and restaurant in Purdin, Linn County, Mo .. devoted the earlier part of his life to teacht- ! ing, and, a most successful instructor, has also held various positions of trust. faithfully discharge- ing all duties entrusted to his care and winning ; found ready employment in the school. Our
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subject has but one child, Mrs. Anna Hate, whose . . motion of those days. His wife, Sarah (Patton) husband is in the butcher business near Purdin. Mrs. Hale is widely known and highly esteemed. and, with her parents. is foremost in aiding both the social and benevolent enterprises in Purdin.
Fraternally, Mr. Dodge is a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen. and is also connected with Lodge No. 168, 1. O. O. F., at Purdin. Politically. he is a strong Republican. and was Clerk of Grantville Township for several years, and for a long time was Assessor of the township, transacting the business of the position to the great satisfaction of the neighboring com- munities. Aside from his other duties, our subject is a Notary Public, and finds but little leisure at his command. Ile is. however, always ready to give his earnest attention and hearty support to matters of local progress and improvement. and is a thoroughly upright. conscientious and public- spirited citizen. In his capacity as landlord and manager of a restaurant his genial manners and : interest in the comfort of his guests are fast win- ! ning an increasing and valuable patronage.
OHN A. HAYNES. Descended from a worthy ancestry, and himself an industri- ous young man. our subject is highly re- spected by his neighbors. His residence is upon the old home farm in township 52, range 27. Ray County, where he was born February 1, 1857. Ilis grandfather. Joseph HI. Haynes, was born in North Carolina, in 1787. He there grew to man- hood. and it is believed he there married, and probably soon after emigrated to Bedford County, Tenn. He finally settled in Ray County. Mo., where he died in 1862; his wife survived him un- til 1882, dying at the age of eighty-nine years.
I'pon coming to Missouri. the grandfather took up land near the city of Richmond, before the town was laid out, and owned some three hundred acres. When he left Tennessee he had some means and made the journey in wagons as comfortably as was possible with the primitive means of loco-
Haynes, was a native of North Carolina, and was a woman well suited to endure the hardships of pioneer life and the long journey to the West. she riding twenty-five miles a day on horseback. car- rying her baby in her arms. Grandfather Haynes was an Elder in the Presbyterian Church at Elk- horn. Ray County, and a pions and good man.
James P. Haynes. the father of our subject, was born in Maury County, Tenn., August 20, 1816, He accompanied his parents to Ray County, and here attended school until he fitted himself for teaching, which profession he followed for several years. Afterward he entered a homestead claim of one hundred and sixty acres, which he improved and lived upon throughout the remainder of his life. Literally he began his life battle with no as- sistance, but by industry amassed a competency. November 1. 1811. he was married to Jane. daugh- ter of Nathan II. and Ann ( Mel'ristian ) Schooler, who was born in 1822, in Bedford County, Tenn., coming to Ray County with her parents when fif- teen years of age. Her father. Nathan Schooler, was an extensive farmer, who died in July. 1854. his wife having preceded him by one year. Mr. Schooler was a member of the Baptist Church from his youth, and his wife held her membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church South.
After his marriage, the father of our subject de- voted his attention exclusively to farming. In 1851 he was chosen Justice of the Peace and served eleven years, and in 1870 was made Public Administrator. holding the latter position for twelve years. Until the dismemberment of the Whig party after the defeat of Seott, in 1852, he was a member of that organization. and then joined the Democratic party. The actions of the Mormons in Missouri greatly exasperated him. and he took an active part in the war which re- sulted in their expulsion from Missouri. The doctrines of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church were in harmony with his own, and he was an earnest member of that body. His estimable wife. who survives him. is also a devout member of that church. Their long and happy wedded life was blessed with seven children, namely: Sarah, who died at the age of five years; Joseph II .; George
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R., who married Cora MeBee; James Il. married to Sophronia E. Mel'ristian, deceased: Rosabel J., wife of William F. Mi-emer; Mary E. M., wife of S. M. Meadows; and oursubject. The father passed peacefully away in 1886. Ile was a member of the Masonic fraternity, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the Grange.
Our subject began life for himself in 1883, soon thereafter engaging in the stock business on his father's farm, which he has never left, still residing there with his beloved mother. Ile received a fair education in the public schools of his distriet, alternating attendance upon them with work upon the farm. Ilis marriage occurred March 5, 1885, to Jossie B., daughter of Daniel and Sally ( Mayes) Shirley, a native of Carroll County. Mo., although her parents were natives of Kentucky and Ray County, Mo .. respectively. Her father came to the latter county and married here when quite a young man, engaging in school-teaching at that time but later becoming a farmer. One elnld has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Haynes. Rosa Ola. In polities, the Democratic party best expresses our subject's views and he uniformly supports that ticket. Upon the death of his father, who passed away while an incumbent of the office of Publie Administrator, he assumed the duties connected with the position. Besides an interest in the home farm he has bought and paid for forty acres of land earned by his own industry.
C. STEPHENSON. Our subject is a well- to-do farmer residing on section 9, town- ship 51. range 29. near Elmira, Ray County. He has gathered about him, by industry and economy, all that is needful to the enjoyment of life. This has been accomplished, too, without the making of enemies, but he has won for him- self any number of devoted friends, who place a proper estimate upon his worth as a man. He is the son of 1. C. and Mary (Crowley) Stephenson. the father being a native of Simpson County. Ky. The grandfather was John Stephenson. a farmer
and stock-raiser and the owner of one hundred and sixty acres of land in Simpson County.
L. C. Stephenson migrated to Clay County. Mo .. where he farmed for a time. Removing thence to Caldwell County, Mo .. he purchased two hundred and forty aeres, upon which he raised stock for eighteen years, or until his death. about thirty-tive years ago. Afterward his widow conducted the farm until her death, which occurred February 15, 1890. They were the parent- of nine children, as follows: Celia, Jonah, our subject, Sinia. J. II., Mary F., Eliza A., Thomas and William. The father of our subject fought in the Mormon War. the first engagement in which he participated he- ing at Crooked River, now known as Mormon Ford.
The first business venture of our subject was in Caldwell County, where he bought one hundred and sixty acre -. There he engaged in farming for twenty-five years, when he sold out and came to Ray County in 1865, buying one hundred and sixty aeres. Here. December 20, 1865. he married Miss Lucy Brown, one of twelve children in the family of B. F. and Alice Brown, her father being President of the Kingston Savings Bank. Mr. and Mrs. Stephenson had one child, born June 5, 1886, now living. Mrs. Stephenson died February 17. 1891. leaving the memory of a most worthy wife and good mother.
After his bereavement our subject left the farm and resided with his father-in-law until September 26. 1892, when he took charge of his sister's farm, living there with her. She was married January 8, 1861, to Wiley Mayes, who died May 31. 1ss0, leaving two hundred and fifteen acres, upon which he had carried on general farming and stock-rais- ing. Mr. Mayes was a Democrat and took quite an active interest in the political affairs of the county and State. Mr. and Mrs. Mayes were the parents of three children. viz .: Mary S .: Susan, who died in infancy; and Jewell, now attending college at Chillicothe. Mo .. and a member of the Class of '93.
Our subject is actively identified with the Farmers' Alliance, having been at one time Chap- lain of his lodge, and manifesting in the position the same pions seal displayed in his church, the
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Respectfully John D. Ssadel
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Methodist Episcopal South, where he is Class- leader and Superintendent. His wife was also very active in religion, affairs and was useful in the missionary society of that church. Mr. Steph- enson was in the militia in Kansas and Missouri, his sympathies having been with the South during the war. Politically. he is a Democrat, his con- victions being very strong, and he loses no oppor- tunity for advancing the interests of the party of his choice.
R EV. FATHER JOHN L. GADELL, Pastor of St. Joseph Catholic Church at Salis- bury, was born in St. Louis, Mo., Decem- ber 7, 1853. Ile is the son of Wenzel Gadell, who was born in Russia while his father was there in the army of Napoleon in the famous march to Moscow. The grandfather of our sub- ject was an officer in the French artillery. The father was reared in Bavaria, but when quite a young man he came to America and located in the city of New Orleans. Early in the '4Os he came to St. Louis, where he engaged in the manufacture of brick, and was well known as a successful busi- ness man until his death.
The mother of our subject was Anna Eva ( Eisel) , Gadell, and was born in Bavaria, Germany. She now resides in St. Louis, and has observed with a mother's fond pride the ever-increasing usefulness of her talented son. She became the mother of five children, four of whom grew to maturity, and three are now living. Our subject is the third eld- est in the family. He was reared in St. Louis, and there attended the parochial school. In 1868 he entered St. Joseph College. located at Teutop- olis, Effingham County. Ill., and was graduated from that institution in 1874. He then entered St. Francis Seminary at Milwaukee, Wis .. and after remaining there until 1877. he entered St. Mary's at Baltimore, Md. He had the gratification of be- ing ordained to the priesthood for the St. Louis
diocese by his Eminence, Cardinal Gibbons, Arch- bishop of Baltimore.
At the beginning of his professional career, Father Gadell served as assistant of St. Mary's Church in St. Louis for nearly a year. Later he was given work in different places in the St. Louis diocese. In March, 1891, he began attending to the congregations at Salisbury, Truesdail and Wentz- ville, and so continued until January, 1892. when he located at Salisbury permanently. The build- ing of St. Joseph's Church was commenced in 1871, but our subject succeeded in having it moved to its present desirable site, and has put upon it $1,600 in improvements. In 1890 St. Joseph School was organized through the efforts of Father Gadell, and there is an average daily attendance of sixty pu- pils. The school building is a substantial brick structure, 22x56 and 20x10, two stories in height. Father Gadell superintends the school person- ally, and the instruction is entirely in English, with the exception of one hour each day devoted to the study of German. The congregation of St. Joseph Church now numbers fifty families.
In his political opinions Father Gadell is Dem- ocratic, but his time is so thoroughly taken up with spiritual matters that he would smile if he were mentioned as a politician. He has already been permitted to enjoy the results of some of his la- bors, and as he is now only in the prime of life, he may be a very pillar of strength to his people for many years to come.
C. VANGIIN. This retired farmer of Richmond, Ray County, has won hosts of friends by his many excellent qualities. Modest and unassuming, there is about him a reserve force that makes him equal to any emer- geney that may arise, and he seeks to conform bis life to the highest requirements of the moral and Christian code. He was born in Lincoln County, Ky., in 1838, being the son of Thompson and Elizabeth (Stone) Vaughn, both natives of Ken- tucky. Thompson Vaughn lived with his par-
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ents until his majority. being reared upon the farm and receiving his education in the district schools. Wisely he applied himself to a trade in his youth and became a very good brick and stone mason, a vocation he plied in conjunction with farming.
The marriage of the parents of our subject took place when they were twenty and twenty-one years of age, respectively. The mother was a daughter of John and Sallie (Gaines) Stone. The father of our subject bought land, and in 1861 re- moved to Putnam County, Ind., where he again invested in real estate and remained until his death in the year 1889, at the age of seventy- three years. His wife still survives in the enjoy- ment of good health for one of her years. Ten : children were born to these parents. namely: William G .. who chied in infancy; Joseph L .: J. C .: S. P .; Sallie, wife of James Knight; Thomas; Naney, wife of John Boldback; Louis L .; Patty, wife of Thomas Bowen; and Benjamin B .. all of them residents of Indiana. except Louis, a resident of Illinois, and our subject. These parents were members of the Baptist Church. in which the father was a Deacon for many years. Three of their sons were good and brave soldiers in the Union army, our subject and Joseph in Company II, Nineteenth Kentucky Infantry, and S. P. in the One Hundred and Sixteenth Indiana Infantry.
Our subject remained at home until the out- break of the war, having received a good training in the subscription schools. Ile entered the army in 1861 in the command of Gen. Bard, and after- ward of Gen. George W. Morgan. participating in the battles of Cumberland Gap. Arkansas Post, in the siege of Vicksburg throughout, and in all the engagements around about. He was then trans- ferred to Bank's division in Louisiana and took part in the tight at Bean Cross Roads, where he was wounded by a minie-ball. which yet remains in his body. He lay upon the field of battle all night alone and without attention of any kind. Taken prisoner the following morning, he was borne to the Confederate hospital at Mansfield, where he remained two and one-half months, when he was transferred to the Marine Hospital at New Orleans. Ile reached his home in August, 1864, and as soon
as health would permit worked in a sawmill. Ilc was married in 1868 to Ella, daughter of John and Lydia (Jennings) Rodman, with whom he removed to Ray County, Mo., the following year, arriving there September 23.
Upon arrival in the State, Mr. Vaughn settled upon a farm of fifty-five acres, which was later increased to sixty-five acres, where he lived for thirteen years, and then bought a piece of prop- erty in Richmond, upon which he built a residence and removed to it. This has been the home of the family ever since. Mr. and Mrs. Vaughn are the parents of one son, Charles J .. who is a student in the High School of Richmond. They are mem- bers in good standing in the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which they are highly esteemed for their sincere and upright lives. Mr. Vaughn is a Master Mason, having been made one in Indiana. but now holds his membership in Lodge No. 57. at Richmond. His political affiliations are with the Republican party, he taking great interest in publie matters and having strong faith in the party with which he is allied.
12 ON. WILLIAM WALLACE MOSBY. M. D. the successful and talented physician and surgeon. made an enviable record of honor and exceptional ability in the State Senate in various sessions, and is widely known as one of the most liberal-minded and public-spirited citi- zens of Richmond, Ray County. Mo. He was born near Harrodsburg, Mercer County. Ky .. June 1, 1821. llis father. James Mosby, was a native of Virginia, but early removed to Kentucky, and in 1826 journeyed to Mississippi. from there depart- ing to Missouri, and finally locating in Callaway County. James Mosby was a man of courage and resolution, and was well adapted to pioncer life. Ile was an ardent friend of Henry Clay, and a strong adherent of his political views.
The mother of our subject was Elizabeth Rob- ards, a daughter of a Virginia planter who had settled in Kentucky prior to the birth of his
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daughter Elizabeth. Mrs. Mosby was a devoted Christian woman, and through her influence her It-band and children were brought to Christ, but James Mosby had passed middle hfe before he joined the church, of which he remained a consis- tent member until his death upon January 9. 1871. The sons and daughters were all led into the church by the prayers and exemplary conduct of the beloved mother, whose efforts in behalf of her children's everlasting happiness were richily re- warded. Our subject received excellent educa- tional advantages, and enjoyed the benefit of a thorough English education, and also gained a knowledge of Latin and Greek from private schools.
Having decided to enter a professional hfe. Dr. Mosby at the age of eighteen began the study of medicine under Dr. Franklin Dillard. and attended the medical department of Transylvania Univer- sity in the Class of 1841-45. and was a student in the Louisville Medical College in the succeeding sessions of 1845 and 1846. Dr. Mosby had but little means to assist him on his upward way. His father had eight children dependent upon him, and was unable to furnish his son with money to complete his education; he therefore worked dur- ing the planting and harvesting season and stud- ied in the winter. As soon as he was advanced enough to teach, he took a school and, managing most prudently, was enabled to attend one course of lectures. Finally, and after mature considera- tion, he borrowed money enough to defray the ex- penses of his course. and upon his graduation found himself without means and in debt. Naturally courageous and hopeful as to the future, our sub- ject began the practice of his profession in Rich- mond, and in a brief time engaged with Dr. Chew in a partnership, which was dissolved by mutual consent in eighteen months, Dr. Chew afterward residing in Kansas City, while Dr. Mosby remained in Richmond, and built up a large and lucrative practice.
Subsequently our subject formed a partnership with Dr. Henry C. Garner, and from 1866 until 1873 the two engaged in an extensive practice in Richmond and the surrounding country. When Dr. Garner accepted the position of Cashier in the
1 Richmond Savings Bank, Dr. Mosby bent all his energies to meet the requirements of his daily round of practice. Through storm or sunshine he went his way un veariedly and, skillful, well read and thoroughly experienced. and withal posse -- ing excellent judgment, was extremely successful in handling the various diseases which flesh is heir to. and soon established for himself a professional repu- tation which insured him the confidence of the general public. In 1817. Dr. Mosby first took an interest in a drug business with Marion F. Ball and Mordecai Oliver, the well-known drug store of Marion F. Ball & Company existing until our subject purchased the interest of his partners. With his sons he still continues the business, the firmi name being the Mosby Mercantile and Drug Company.
At the beginning of the Civil War, Dr. Mo-by was among the Enrolled Missouri Militia and was appointed Surgeon, in which capacity he served two years. When Col. John C. Hale organized the Fourth Provisional Regiment, Dr. Mosby was appointed Regimental Surgeon with the rank of Major, and remained with the regiment until it was disbanded in 1864. In the fall of 1861, our subject was elected 'to represent the district em- bracing the counties of Caldwell. Carroll, Clinton and Ray. in the State Senate. and. holding this honored position during the four darkest years in the history of the State, was ever a firm advocate of the union of the States, believing that in union alone was strength. Dr. Mosby made a strong and earnest speech against the constitu- tional convention that framed the celebrated Draconian Code, and opposed the registration law at its inception, doing all in his power to defeat the measure. True, steadfast and upright in char- acter, the wise course of Dr. Mosby was appreci- ated by the general pubhe. and in 1871. at which time the doctor stumped the field himself in behalf of the Democratic party, he was, after an exciting contest, returned by a majority of nine hundred votes to his old seat in the State Senate.
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