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In the veins of this branch of the Henderson family there flows both Scotch and Irish blood. for the grandfather. Stewart Henderson, although from the North of Ireland, traced his ance-try back to the "land of thistle, and oatmeal." Upon com- ing to America he settled in "Penn's Woodland." in Fayette County. Pa., in which State he died. although he had previously lived in Erie County, near Lake Erie. llis wife, Annie Hunt, was a Pennsylvanian, whose ancestors came to this coun- try from Holland, and in Fayette County she also passed away. Their children were: Nancy. de- eeased; Thomas, the father of the subject of this sketch; Stewart, Isaac, Alexander, Harvey (the last three residents of Fayette County, Pa.); David. of Knox County, III .; and Jacob, Joseph and Mary, deceased. Thomas Henderson, the father of Stewart, was born in Erie County, Pa., in 1809. and can well remember hearing, in his child- hood, the firing of Perry's guns on Lake Erie in his encounters with the British. Ile remained with his parents until his marriage, which occurred at about the age of thirty years. Miss Hannah Dun- lap. a daughter of Samuel and Hannah Dunlap. of Greene County, Pa., of Dutch de-cent, becoming his wife. Mr. Henderson purchased a tract of land in Fayette County, Pa., located thereon, and there his children were born. as follows: Ann. wife of Samuel Junk. a farmer of Knox County. Ill .; Hannah, wife of H. G. shin. a farmer of
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Henry County. Ill .; Mary, wife of Samuel Rankin, of Knox County, who died at the age of forty-four years, leaving four children; Stewart, the subject of this sketch; Martha, wife of Alexander Ritten- house, of Knox County; Ehzabeth, wife of Taylor Linn, of Knox County; and Cynthia, who died in infancy.
In 1855 Mr. Henderson sold his property in Fayette County and removed with his family to Knox County, Ill .. and settled on land in the vi- cinity of Henderson, where he remained until his death, in November, 1878, at which time he was in. good circumstances. He not only tilled the soil. but was also engaged in the purchase and sale of stock. His farm is still in the possession of the family. llis wife died in 1866.
Stewart Henderson was born in Fayette County, Pa., JJune 8. 1845, and there in the public schools and in Knox County, Il .. where he attended school during the winter months, he received a fair education. Ile left home at the age of twen- ty three years, and in 1868 was married to Miss Annie Henderson, daughter of Alex Henderson, of Fayette County. Pa., where she was reared. and after becoming the mother of the following chil- dren she was called from life: Ada E., wife of C. E. Lynn, a farmer of Fayette County; Phobe L .. wife of Alvin Clovis, a farmer of Chariton County. Mo .; and Annie, who lives with her aunt in Knox County, III. Miss Susan lliggins, a daughter of George Higgins. of Mercer County, Ill., became his second wife in February, 1881. and left two chil- dren, Eva and Belle, who are at home with their father. Mr Henderson was again married, in May. 1888, to Mrs. Adaline (Bradley) Bennett, she be- ing a daughter of John Bradley, a native of Mary- land, but a resident of Butler County. Ohio. Af- ter his first marriage Mr. Henderson lived for about seven years in Henry County, Ill .. where he had purchased land, then sold his property and purchased land in Mercer County, of the same State. but since February, 1889, has been a resident of Chariton County, Mo., where he owns one hun- dred and seventy acres of good farming land. which is also well adapted to the purposes of stock-raising, which occupation has for many years past received much attention at his hands.
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Ile has supported the principles of the Democracy on all occasions, as did his father before him, and socially, he is a member of the Ancient Free & Accepted Masons.
L. KIRKPATRICK. One of the first mer- cantile establishments of the town of Or- rick, Mo., is the tin shop of A. L. Kirk- patrick, which, under his push and enter- prise, has a satisfactory patronage. Ile is a man of experience in the business affairs of life, is thor- oughly conversant with the wants of the trade, and popular alike with his patrons and trade competi- tors. He was born in the Iloosier State. at Lock- port, April 13. 1861. hi- parents, Josepha- and Mary J. (Corneleson) Kirkpatrick, having also been born in that State, the birth of the former occurring November 22, 1823. He had four brothers, one half-brother and two sisters, the two sisters dying after they had married and reared families. He was exceptionally well educated for a man of his day and for a number of years successfully fol- lowed the calling of a "Hoosier Schoolmaster." but at the present time is devoting his attention to tilling the soil in the vicinity of Lockport. He was left a widower May 15, 1870, his wife dying at the age of forty years, four months and sixteen days. She had a wide circle of friends, who mourned her death but little less than her own immediate and sorrowing family. She was one of four daughters, only one of whom is now living.
In 1865, A. L. Kirkpatrick came with his parents from Indiana and with them settled in Ray County, Mo., where five years later his mother breathed her last; two years later his father married a second time and removed with his family to Parker County, Tex .. but three years later took up his residence in Ft. Smith. Ark .. and eventually re- turned to his old home at Lockport. Ind. In the spring of 1876, the subject of this sketch bound himself out to a full-blood Choctaw Indian, by the name of Cunningham Wade, for one year, his du- ties being to attend to the stock belonging to the
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latter, for which he was to receive as compensation two horses, a saddle and bridle and his clothing and board, the contract being fully complied with by both parties. During the ensuing year Mr. Kirkpatrick rented some land, on which he pro- ceeded to raise a erop of cotton, and after selling the same, together with his horses, and upon the payment of his few small debts, he found that he had the snug little sum of $385, the result of his two years' labor.
In February, 1878, he returned to Lockport. Ind., and throughout that summer worked on a farm, for which he received $15 per month, the succeeding winter being spent in attending the district schools in the neighborhood where he worked, at which time he was only capable of reading in the second reader, and knew little outside of that. The next spring he went to Rockfield and for three years thereafter attended the schools of the town and made his home with a widowed aunt. By close and earnest application to his books during this · period, he succeeded in acquiring a good practical education. In February, 1882, he returned to Ray County and the two succeeding summers were spent in farm labor, while his winters were devoted to clerking in the general store belonging to Den- nis Rhodes, where he learned many nice points of successful mercantile life.
February 17. 1884, Miss Ollie K. Taylor. a daugh- ter of M. G. Taylor. now a merchant of Orrick, be- came his wife. She is a bright, well-educated and energetic lady, and obtained her education at Lib- erty Christian College; she is an earnest Christian, is a model wife and an excellent and conscientious mother to her three children: Frank, born December 12, 1884; Mabel M .. born January 7. 1887; and George E., born August 19. 1889.
After his marriage. Mr. Kirkpatrick clerked in the store belonging to his father-in-law for two years; then with his brother as a partner purchased a stock of goods in Morton. Mo .. but not liking the location they moved their stock to Rawlins County, Kan., and opened up a store on the open prairie, sixteen miles from the nearest town, where they remained for two years. At the end of this time they disposed of their goods, and Mr. Kirk- patrick once more returned to his old stamping
ground in Ray County, Mo. On the 4th of De- cember, 1880. he patented a weather strip, of which he was the inventor, then traveled for one year selling territory for the same, which enterprise proved to be decidedly remunerative. Upon his return he invested his earnings in a tin shop, and ha> since been prosperously engaged in the manu- facture of all kinds of tinware. rooting, spouting. etc., at the same time doing an extensive business as a dealer in dry and mixed paints. oils. ete. Mr. Kirkpatrick is a universally popular man of busi- ness, for it is his aim to satisfy every customer, and it is upon this sure basis that he has developed his present large trade. In the spring of 1892 he was elected Mayor of Orrick and at the same time is serving in the capacity of a member of the School Board.
Ile is justly regarded as one of the leading men of the town, is a pronounced Democrat in politie -. and he and his wife are worthy members of the Christian Church.
ACOB R. HOUX is engaged in general mer- chandising in Hale, Carroll County. Hle was born in Logan County, Ky .. on the 2Ist of December. 1814, and was the sec- ond son of Frederick and Margaret ( Ware) Houx. His paternal grandfather, Mathias Houx, was a native of Germany, and emigrated to the I'nited States in the last century. Our subject's father was born in the Keystone State. while his mother was a native of Maryland.
As early as 1818 the parents of our subject re- moved to Cooper County, Mo., where he was reared to mature years. His educational advantages were limited. as the district school of those early days in the West were few and poorly conducted. When fourteen years of age he was apprenticed to the tanner's trade, at which he worked for many years. In 1851, removing to Livingston County. he settled upon a farm near Bedford. where he engaged in agricultural pursuits for some years. In 1867 Mr. Houx embarked in general merchan-
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dising in Bedford, which business he conducted , band for many years his wife also departed this successfully for fourteen years. In 1884 he lo- life, in 1889. They were devoted members of the Lutheran Church and were well educated both in their native tongue and in English. The father was a prominent man in St. Louis, and was sue- cessful in his business undertakings. cated in Hale, where he has since been engaged in the general merchandise business. As a business man he has ever shown himself to be honorable and upright. and has well merited the success he has achieved. He is one of the Directors of the People's Bank of Hale, and is held in respect as a man of ability by those in business circles of this vicinity.
In 1836 Mr. Houx took as his wife Miss Lu- cinda Simmons, of Kentucky. Seven children were born to them, but four of whom are living: Margaret E., William F .. Benjamin F. and George. The wife and mother departed this life in 1852, and the following year was celebrated our sub- jeet's marriage with Mrs. Margaret Langley. Three children grace their union, two of whom are living: Thomas G., Theodore F .. and Lucinda. decreased. Mrs. Houx was called from this lite in 1876. In ,
1880 Mr. Houx married Mrs. Brown, who is also now deceased.
Socially, Mr. Houx is a member of Hale Lodge No. 184, A. F. & A. M., and in his political views favors the men and measures of the Democratic party. He holds membership with the Methodist Episcopal Church South.
G EORGE MANEWAL, President of the Buck- lin Bank, and a leading merchant of Buck- lin, Linn County. has been a prominent factor in the growth and development of this place for the past twenty-three years. For the past five years he has been sole proprietor of his large gen- eral mercantile store, his trade amounting to $40,000 per annum. The birth of our subject occurred in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, on the 5th of August. 1851. Ilis parents were Jeremiah and Elizabeth (Kuchn) Manewal, both natives of the Fatherland. who emigrated to America in 1859, and settled in St. Louis, Mo., where the father engaged in the bakery business for ten years. lle was called to his linal rest in 1867, and after surviving her hus-
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Our subject is the youngest child of his father's family, which consisted of nine children, six of whom are now surviving. lle received a good education in a private school at St. Louis and at the age of sixteen years started out to make his own way in the world. He obtained employment as a elerk in a grocery store in Bucklin in 1870 and for five years worked faithfully at that post of duty. On the expiration of that time he entered into partnership with his brother-in-law, L. C. F. Stuenkle, and conducted a general dry-goods store until the spring of 1889. since which time he bas carried on the business alone. He has built up a large trade almost entirely through his own efforts and is interested in various other concerns in this locality. He is Treasurer of the Window-blind Factory, which was organized with a capital stock of $16,000. They employ from twenty-five to fifty men and are doing a thriving business. Our sub- ject is also a stockholder and President of the Bucklin Bank.
On the 5th of September, 1880, a wedding cere- mony was performed which united the destinies of Mr. Manewal and Miss Amalia Claus. Mrs. Manewal was born in St. Louis, May 18. 1860. and received her education in the St. Louis Lutheran schools. Her father, the Rev. A. C. Claus. was formerly pastor of the Lutheran Church in that city, and is now located at Utica, Mich., where he has charge of a Lutheran congregation. Our - worthy subject and wife have been the parents of six children. two of whom are deceased. Those liv- ing are Gustav. Lillie, Carrie and Emile. They are receiving good school privileges and with their mother attend the Lutheran Church. of which she is a member.
Mr. Manewal has always taken a decided interest in political matters and is a stanch Republican. He has been a delegate to county conventions and has served his fellow. townsinen as Alderman a number of times. He is a member of the School
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Board and is a thorough champion of the public schools and teachers of ability. He is num- bered among the prosperous and influential citizens of this county, and well deserves the high regard in which he is held by all.
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UDGE LINNEUS B. SUBLETT, an honored resident of Missouri City and for six years the efficient and popular County Judge of Clay County, Mo., is a genial man of ster- ling integrity of character, and. a resident of the State from early childhood, has for more than three- score years been actively identified with the np- ward progress and growing interests of his home locality. The father of our subject. Littleberry Sublett, was a native of Virginia, and a member of an old and highly respected family. The mother, Mary (Crouch) Sublett. was born in Green County. Ky., and reared, educated and married within the boundaries of her native State. but later moved to Woodford County and there spent the first happy years of her wedded life. Littleberry and Mary Sublett were blessed by the birth of seven chil- dren, of whoin Linneus B. was the third. Born in Versailles, Ky., February 3, 1820. he was but six years of age when his parents emigrated to the new State of Missouri. Arriving in Clay County in 1826, the family located upon a farm near Lib- erty, where Judge Sublett spent the years of his boyhood.
A farmer's son, our subject was early trained in the daily round of agricultural duty and oh- tained a rudimentary education in the neighbor- ing log schoolhouse. At the age of sixteen he self-reliantly began the battle of life, well armed with native energy. ambition and perseverance. For some length of time he worked for $15 per month, but in May, 1839. started upon an overland journey to the Rockies. traveling the entire distance with an ox and mule train, and arriving safely at his destination in September. For three years he, in company with the party with whom he had journeyed thither. traded with
the Indians and then went to the Black Ilil !- and built eight "buffalo boats," made from huf- falo hides. They launched these on the Cheyenne River, loaded with hides and furs, and thus they carried their cargo to the Missouri River, where they constructed a boat large enough to hold their cargo and themselves. By this method of convey- arce the party safely made their voyage home by water, landing at Mecks' Ferry, in Clay County. upou the Missouri River, after a pleasant return trip of sixty-two days, and arriving June 15. A. their "conveyance" was a private one, they diver- sified their boating by excursions upon the land. stopping to hunt buffalo, elk and other game, and living entirely upou fresh or dried meat, without bread or coffee.
The Judge served in the Mexican War for four- teen months under Col. Doniphan, and was one of vine hundred and fifty Missouri volunteers, who performed a prodigious march across the plain- and aided in taking the city of Chihuahua, after routing, February 28, about forty-five hundred Mexicans, who met them eighteen miles from the city. Our subject, who wasa Lieutenant in the First Regiment Missouri Cavalry, and engaged in hotly contested battles, was never wounded, but received some very close ealls. He was distinguished by gallant bearing upon the field of war and made an enviable record as a brave and patriotic citizen. Ile is one of the seven surviving pensioners of the Mexican War in Clay County, which has been his constant home. With the exception of his brother. William A., a resident of California. Judge Suh- lett is now the sole representative of the sons and daughters who once clustered about the fireside of the old Kentucky home so many years ago. Judge Sublett was married to Miss Carrie Hardwicke. September 15. 1867. Mrs. Sublett, a lady of cul- ture and refinement, was born and reared in Clay County, and has always enjoyed a prominent social position in the home of her nativity. She is a valued member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and prominently connected with the social and benevolent work of that religious organization. Before the Civil War. both our subject and his father were slave-holders, and some of the venera- ble "uneles" and "aunties," now freedmen, live
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near Judge Sublett, and regard their former owner with great respect and affection. Politically, our subject was in early manhood a Whig. afterward transferring his support to the Democratic party, whose principles he has since firmly maintained. Hle has ocenpied county offices with distinction, and discharged the various duties of County Judge with honor and ability. Although his health is not so robust as formerly, he finds mueb enjoyment in the society of a host of old-time friends. Guided always by the stern principles of right and justice, and faithful to every trust reposed in him, the career of Judge Sublett has been untarnished by dishon- est word or deed, and has been singularly free from the mistakes incidental to public life. Par- riotic, progressive and liberal in sentiment, he is a truly representative American citizen.
Judge Sublett, when only sixteen years old, went out in an Indian War, known as the Heath- erly War, but it turned out to be a frolic for the boys, and no blood was shed.
R ILEY E. BEVINS, a native Missourian and energetic and enterprising citizen, the President of the Kearney Land Improve- ment Company, was born near Kearney, Clay County, Mo., May 6, 1857. Our subject is the youngest of the twelve children of David M. and Hulda C. Bevins, who lost three of their little ones in infancy. The father, was born in Kentucky, on the 17th of January, 1805, and was the eld- est of twelve children. When he was seventeen years of age his father sent him to Missouri to enter land and begin improvements for a home. Father Bevins came on horseback, and after leay- ing the settlements in the eastern part of the State found the country so sparsely populated that for several days he rode from early dawn to sundown without seeing a solitary house. He finally lo- cated one hundred and sixty acres of timber land in what is now Gallatin Township, Clay County. The following winter he cleared eight acres, in the
spring pat out a small erop, and in the meantime erected a little log cabin. He also entered another one hundred and sixty acres, and in the following summer, 1822, his parents and family came from Kentucky and joined him in the then wilderne --.
Two years later. Father Bevins began to work for himself, sawing lumber with a whip-saw. and contiaved in this employment for a number of sears. Hle furnished the lumber for the first home ever erceted in Liberty, and as carpenter and con- tractor built the old arsenal building in Liberty. By his personal energy and hard work, he accumu- lated over five thousand acres of land after his marriage, in 1830. with Miss Hulda C., daughter of James Riley, who emigrated from Kentucky in 1828. Our subjeet's parents reared the following children : Harriet, Mary A .. Clive P .; David R., who was killed in the southern army: Thomas F., James. Alice and Riley E. Mr. Bevin, was a wealthy slave- owner, keeping slaves only for his own use; he provided good brick cottages for them and gave them plenty to eat and wear and was beloved by all the colored people. He amassed quite a large for- tune, mostly in real estate, and when he died. Janu- ary 22. 1890, aged eighty-four years and five day -. he left all his property to his children. He was a man of commanding appearance, of firm character but gentle in disposition. and in every sense of the word a true citizen. His wife had preceded him to the better land but a few months previous to his demise, and in death they were not long ·livided.
Our subject received a good common-school edu- cation and passed his youthful days in his birth- place. Having attained to manhood. he was mar- ried October 1, 1876. to Miss Mary R. Major. a twin of W. W. Major. and a daughter of Dr. Major. of Clay County. Mrs. Bevins was one of eight children, and in her parents' family there were two sets of twins. For two years after the mar- riage of Riley E. Bevins. he was in partnership with his father, jointly farming and stock-raising. Afterward he worked on his own farm for three years and then went to Kearney and engaged in the mercantile trade for the ensuing live years. In the spring. he in company with three other men went to Arkansas and formed a corporation called
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the " Kearney Land Improvement Company," of which our subject was made President. John S. Major, his wife's brother, was appointed Secretary and Treasurer, and G. S. Henderson received the responsible position of General Manager. The corporation purchased a tract of timber land in Central Arkansas, containing over twelve thou- sand acres, and at once proceeded to clear away a portion of the timber and plat out a town, which they named in affectionate remembrance of their native Missouri town of Kearney. They were obliged to at onee commence houses for their workmen and at the same time were building a large lumber mill. which soon developed an im- mense business and proved a great financial suc- eess.
In a comparatively brief time, the village. of Kearney became a flourishing little town and the demand for their mill products was so great the corporation was obliged to increase the manu- facturing capacity. For a twelvemonth all was well and then one night the people of the village awoke to find the mill in flames. The loss to the company was $14.000, but without delay they laid within twenty-four hours the foundations for a larger and better plant, which they soon completed and placed therein all new and improved machin- ery and were soon at work again. The mall manufactures all kinds of lumber and building material, employing over one hundred hands to run the business. No horses are used, the teaming being done by eighty-four yoke of oxen. The company have built a standard gange railway of eight miles, using all steel rails, and calling it the Kearney & Sheridan Railroad. The corporation own their engines and cars. and beside doing their own business have a large traffic in freight. also carrying numerous passengers. The company expect to soon extend this line some thirty miles farther. Kearney, Ark., is rapidly becoming a thriving business centre. where all kinds of in- terests are represented. The town ambitiously has its own telegraph and telephone lines, good schools and churches, and has from its inception constantly flourished. Mr. Bevin- purposes at no late day to make his home in Kearney, removing thither his wife and family, who are yet residents
of liberty, Clay County, where they are now re- maining upor account of Mrs. Bevins' health, she having been a great sufferer from muscular rheu- matism since 1881.
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