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R OBERT R. SHANDS is prominent in local circles near his home, which is on see- tion 21, township 55. range 18. Chariton County. His farm comprises forty acre -. which is all under good cultivation and is wel! improved, with a good residence and other sub- stantial farm buildings. Mr. chauds was born in Virginia September 22, 1857, and made his home under the parental roof until reaching manhood.
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Ilis father, William, was born in Virginia in 1812 and resided in that State until the year 1861, when he removed Westward to Missouri, locating on land in Chariton County, where after residing for over twenty years he was called from this life in 1883, at the good old age of seventy-one. In his native State he wedded Missouri Heath, who was also a native of the Old Dominion. The wife sur- vived her husband a few years. being called to the home beyond in 1888.
Robert R., of this sketch, is the youngest in a family of eight children: Eliza is now Mrs. Egbert; Puss is now Mrs. L. Kabler; Emeline died in her girlhood; Fannie is the wife of William Morman; Willie W. is now Mrs. Benjamin Morman; Thomas J. died in November, 1892, in this county, where he had been engaged successfully in teaching school; and Alice is the wife of La Fayette Ilen- derson.
Our subject was educated m the county schools and on attaining his majority started out to make his fortune. Ile worked for a time in the sawmill, following that calling until his marriage, in 1883, to Miss Katie E. Nutter, the ceremony being cele- brated in Linn County. Until 1888 Mr. Shauds lived on his father's homestead. when he purchased and removed to his present farm. He has one child, Lorenzo W .. now six years of age. Hle and his wife are both active in the work of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church south. For several years our subject has been Road Overseer in his town- ship, which position he is still holding. He is al- ways found an earnest advocate of all reforms and of all local enterprises.
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L OUIS E. BRAUN, the cordial and accom- modating agent of the Wabash Road, has been a resident of Salisbury since the ad of March, 1883. Mr. Braun was born in St. Louis, Mo., April 3. 1862. His father, a native of Hesse- Darmstadt, Germany, emigrated to America when a young man and settled in St. Louis, where he married. He engaged in teaming for a time, and
afterward bought a farm in St. Louis County. eighteen miles west of St. Louis. As a result of his energy and industry, he succeeded in placing over one hundred acres of the place in a fine -tate of cultivation. The father still resides on the old homestead and is engaged in general farming. Some time ago he served in the State militia. In his political views he is a Republican. The Evangelical Church has in him a faithful and con- sistent member.
The maiden name of the mother of our subject was Elizabeth Heller. She was born in one of the eantons of Switzerland, and came to the United States in a sailing-vessel. While en route to Amer- ica the vessel was wrecked off the coast of Africa. and the crew was forced to remain on the Cape Verde Islands while the ship was being rebuilt. Afterward sixty-three days were consumed in reaching Baltimore. Grandfather Heller was a drummer in the German army. Mrs. Braun died March 20, 1890, at the age of fifty-three. Of her ten children, five are still living, namely: JJoseph L., who was born in St. Louis, and is now a com- mission merchant in that city under the firm name of Ballard. Messmore & Braun; Louis E .: Charles F., a resident of Salisbury; John J .. who is a farmer in St. Louis County; and Anna C., now Mrs. G. F. Miller, a resident of St. Louis County.
Our subject was reared on the home farm and attended the common schools of his district until twelve years of age, after which he engaged for two years as a elerk in a grocery store in St. Louis. Hle then lilled out an unexpired term of a school in the vicinity of his old home, and was successful in that profession. After teaching at Orrville for one year he entered the Sedalia school of teleg- raphy, and after four months spent in study he obtained a position with the Wabash Road at Bridgeton, where he remained for eighteen months.
The next position occupied by Mr. Braun was in the St. Louis yards, where he remained for a few months as operator. He then was promoted to the position of night operator at Centralia. Mo .. and remained there until March 3. 1ss3. when he became night operator at Salisbury. On January 2 of the following year. he was appointed agent on the main line of the Wabash Road at Salisbury.
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Since his advent into the town. business has in- creased for the road and Mr. Braun has entire charge of affair -. When he located here the chief export was tobacco, but that has been superseded by grain and stock. Since 1883 the city has trebled its population, so that all kinds of business are improved, and this has had an effect on the trade of the road and added responsibility to Mr. Braun. He is one of the oldest agents on the line and has remained at Salisbury since 1883.
It was in Salisbury, in 1886. that the marriage of Mr. Braun and Miss May Banning occurred. This lady was born in College Mound, this county, and is a daughter of Dr. T. J. Banning, of Salis- bury. She was educated at Stephens' College and is an intelligent lady. One child has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Braun, Hazel L. Mr. Braun is a Knight of Pythias and a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, being Post Recorder in both orders. He was for a time a member of the Evangelical Church, but is now identified with the Methodist Church, in which he is prominent. In politics, he is a Republican of the most pro- nounced type, always supporting the colors of his party right loyally. The Wabash Road has few men better calculated to carry on the business of the company and please all patrons than Mr. Braun.
AMES TOOEY. A tall. slender. keen-eyed gentleman, with a handsome, smooth-shaven face. and hair which time has sprinkled with gray, may be seen almost any pleasant day upon the streets of Brookfield, Mo. Inquire of anybody who he is, for everybody knows and honors him, and the answer will be, "James Tovey, good-natured, kind-hearted James Tooey." Among all his neighbors he bears the reputation of an honest. plain-spoken. just and benevolent man. In the Catholic Church he is a firm pillar -- a sure support-cheerfully bearing his portion of the burden, only that he would resent the intimation that anything he does for the church is or pos- sibly could be a burden.
Our subject was born in County Mayo, Ireland. in March, 1832, being the son of Augustine Tooey. He emigrated to the United States in 1839, and remained in Allegany County. N. Y .. for six years. After remaining for the same num- ber of years in Canada, he returned to New York and stayed there until 1852, when he came to Missouri, stopping at St. Louis. While living in New York he worked three years as a towboy oh the Erie Canal. In the years 1852-51 he wa- with his brother engaged in railroad contract work on the Ohio and Mississippi, and in Illinois, and in the latter year built a coal road at Cote Sans De-sein. in Callaway County. Upon its completion in 1856. they came to Linn County. Mo .. as contractor- on the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad, with head- quarters at a place called Thayer. seven miles ca-t of Brookfield.
The work last named consisted of a contract for ten miles of grade east of St. Catharine to Lingo: this and the road were completed in Isas. In the following year Mr. Tooey began to farm upon land he had secured when Brookfield was laid out, in the same year, 1859. In 1860 he lo- cated in Brookfield, where he built the first store ever erected in that place and put in a stock of goods, embracing a varied assortment of merchan- dise. lle was one of the organizers of the town. and has been connected with it in one capacity or another ever since. He continued his store. which really grew into two, until 1872, when he was burned out, suffering a loss of 845,000, parti- ally covered by insurance. He then sold the ground upon which the building stood and rented for some time, continuing in business until 1876, when he disposed of it. He had been one of the original stockholders in the mill erected in 1863. and also in the fair grounds. The shipping of cattle, hogs, mules, grain. tobacco, etc., engaged his attention for some time, while he retained hi- farm near Marceline. The mercantile business again attracted him, and in 1882 he opened :. grocery business in a rented store. continuing in it until 1887. when he retired.
Mr. Tooey was married November 26, 159. .. Hannibal. Mo., to Miss Catherine MeCommies. Br ceremony being performed by Rev. Father Ja. .
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Murphy .. Mrs. Tooey is a native of County An- trim, Ireland, and came to the United States at the age of fourteen. The children she has borne hor husband are eight in number, as follows; John, who is in a whole-ale house at Butte, Mont .; Maggie. wife of M. J. Murphy, a conductor on the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad. residing at Hannibal; Char- lie, who is engaged in the dry-goods business at Brookfield; Kittie, a graduate of St. Mary's, who is especially gifted in music, and is living at home; William. a clerk in Hartman's store; Clara, who is a student in St. Mary's College; Salle and Mary, both of whom died when quite young. Mr. Tooey has built a number of dwelling houses in Brook- field and has handled a large amount of farm land. Ile has always taken an active part in pol- ities as a Democrat, and has served for years as a member of the School Board and the Town Board. In 1877 he was appointed County Collector by the Governor. and was elected to that office in 1878 and again in 1880.
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M ILTON L. HURT, one of the oldest set- tlers of Chariton County, Mo .. and one of the well-to-do citizens of the county. has been a resident here for so many years that he has seen almost all of the improvement that has taken place in this part of the State since it was rescued from its primitive state.
Our subjeet was born in Madison County, Ky., January 25. 1819, and was the son of Payton L. llurt, a native of Virginia, who went to Ken- tucky when but ten years of age with his father. and engaged in farming there until the fall of 1819. At that time he brought his family to Mis- souri on an old keel boat, landing at Old Franklin. where he resided for two years. At the end of this time he bought a farm within two miles of Glas- gow, containing one hundred and sixty acres. He worked it some time, and then sold the place, lo- cating on one of three hundred aeres near Fay- ette, where he resided until his death. at the age of eighty-seven years. In his religions faith he was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
and in his political faith was a member of the Democratic party.
The mother of our subject. who in her maiden- hood was Jemima Winn, was born in Madison County. Ky., and was permitted to live to be a blessing to her family until she reached the age of eighty-seven years. She became the mother of ten children. all of whom grew up, but only four are living. Our subject is the eldest of the -. and was the third child in the family. Ile wa- reared on a pioneer farm, and that has a compre- hensive meaning. as the lessons of privation and self-denial practiced by the youths of those day- no doubt exerted an influence that did much to give a stability to their character.
The father of our subject began life in a log house and this home is well remembered by our subject. He also remembers well the first log house erected in the town of Glasgow. The school tartlith- were very limited. not more than three months in the year being given to the teaching of the rudi- ments, and it was no uncommon thing to find children almost grown up with scarcely any knowl- edge of books. Game was plentiful, and our sub- ject has killed many deer. Ile grew up to work upon the farm and became expert in the proper raising and curing of tobacco.
In 1840 Mr. Ilurt located in Chariton County. in what is now known as Salisbury Township. 1- he was known to be an expert in the tobacco bu-i- ness, he was immediately engaged as an overseer by the firm of llayes & Corson, and they paid him a salary of $100 per month, which wa- enor- mous wages for those times. This busmes- he followed for three years, and also had a farm of his own. On the Ist of May, 1813, he was united in marriage with Mis- Sarah A. Parks, who was born in this county, and until her death he carried on his farm of one hundredand ninety acres. Fwo years later he sold out here and removed to another farm of one hundred and twenty den -. which he planted in tobacco, and upon this he raised ten thousand pounds a year.
During the war Mr. Hurt sold this tine farif. and bought one somewhat larger. containing one hundred and eighty-two acres, one and one-half miles from Salisbury on the west, where he co ;-
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tinted the raising of tobacco and general farming. "> come to America with an unele. Joseph Zehirpe. and on this place had some full-blooded Durham cattle, fine hogs and Shropshire sheep. He con- tinued the raising of tobacco for shippers, and for two years during the war he remained at Keytesville and put up tobacco for Lewis & Co. In 1882 he sold this place and located in Salisbury. where he has a nice residence with two acres of land, and here he lives in pleasant retirement.
The second marriage of our subject took place in Salisbury to Miss Sarah A. Harel, a native of this county. and three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Hurt, but one of whom grew up. This is Miss Emma J., who resides at home. On the death of the second Mrs. Hurt our subject married in Lino County Mrs. Fannie War- ren, a native of Howard County and a daughter of Robert Lampkin, who was a farmer of Linn County. Since 1832 our subject has been a mem- ber of the Baptist Church, to which he has always been a generous giver, and, indeed, has been liberal to all the churches in this vicinity. In his political belief he is a Democrat. strong in the faith. as becomes a Missourian, and has been a delegate to the county and State conventions. Thus is briefly portrayed the life of one of the early and prominent pioneers, who has been a factor in the growth of the city, and now lives in the enjoyment of its progress. -
E DWARD C. HAYSLER. Among the most flourishing enterprises of Salisbury i-the wholesale and retail meat market of Baier & Haysler, the latter of whom is the subject of this brief sketch. Mr. Haysler was born in Leip- sic, Saxony, Germany. September 18, 1853. His father died when he was young, and he remained with his mother on a farm near Leipsic, where he was reared to agricultural pursuits and at- tended the common -chools. The mother died ou the old place in fas9, in the faith of the Lutheran Church.
. In 1865, when our subject had reached his fif- teenth year, he left the home of his childhood to
They set sail from Hamburg on the steamer "Eleanor," and landed in New York. From that eity our subject came to Boonville. and lived there for one year, working with his brother. Ilaving removed to St. Louis, he there apprenticed himself to the firm of Myer & Banermann to learn the trade of a saddler, and after three years' ap- prenticeship he worked for them six years at a salary of $25 per week.
In 1878, Mr. Haysler located in Sedalia. Mo .. where he opened a saddler shop, and for years carried on a very successful business. In 1882 he sold out and located in Salisbury, where he formed his present partnership with Mr. Baier. These gen- tlemen have been unfortunate, in that they have twice suffered loss from fire, but, with character- istie vim and energy. they each time set about to repair damages. and now have the best met- market in Salisbury. This market is 25x80 feet. and in addition they have an ice house and cold storage. In addition to the retail department. the firm carries on a large wholesale trade. and all the cattle they use are fed on their own farmn. The large slaughter house is furnished with all modern appliances for the work.
Mr. Haysler was largely interested in the plat- ting of the Baier & Haysler five-acre addition to the city, every lot of which is sold. Our subject. was married in Sedaha, in 1879. to Miss Anna the daughter of Gustavius Snare, an old resident of this city and a highly respected business man. Mr. and Mrs. Haysler have two children. The family home is a pleasant- and comfortably fur- nished residence on Hutchinson Street. Socially. Mr. Haysler is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Politically, he is a Republican. and takes a pride in voting the straight ticket. He is a man of influence in the city and is highly esteemed for his many good qualities, both of mind and heart.
When our subject left his Fatherland so many years ago, even in his wildest dreams he did not anticipate such good fortune as has befallen hin. Ile had always been used to hardships. as the youngest in a family of eight children. and the prospect of occupying hi- present position would
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have seemed too good to be ever realized, yet it has all been attained by his own industry, and great eredit is due him for his perseverance. econ- omy and thrift. as well as good management.
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D. GOW, a veteran of the late war. and a farmer and stoek-raiser who makes a spe- cialty of growing fruit, has a farm of one hundred and twenty acres on section 5. township 33. range 30. Clay County. In his fine orchard, comprising some sixteen hundred trees. two hundred are fine varieties of peach, and the remainder are principally apple trees. Mr. Gow also grows small fruits and grapes extensively. Our subject is one of ten children, whose parents were Arthur and Susan (McGinness) Gow. The father, who has been a resident of Missouri for sixty-two years, has forty-five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. His own family com- prised six sons and four daughters. he was himself one m a family of six sons and four daughters. and it is a singular coincidence that our subject, like his father and grandfather, has also been blessed with six sons and four daughters.
During the late civil conflict, our subject enlisted among the first in 1861 in the Missouri State Guards under Capt. Thomas MeCarty. J. H. Hughes' regiment and Slack's brigade. Hle took part in the battle of Carthage. July 5, 1861. in the battle of Wilson Creek, of the same year. and in the battle of Corinth. He was taken prisoner February 12. 1862. at Springfield. but made his escape on the 17th of the following March, joining Price's army in Arkansas. Beside his valiant service in the Confederate army. Mr. Gow was in the war with Mexico in 1847. being a member of Company I. Magruder's battery. First Artillery. On his re- turn from Mexico, the yellow fever broke out on the vessel, from the effects of which there were sixteen deaths. Our subject's grandfather was also a soldier, serving under Gen. Harri-on in the War of 1812. and lost his life at Ft. Meigs, Ohio.
Mr. Gow was born in Clay County. December 23, 1831, and was married in 1865. He has the
following children: L. D., who resides with his grandfather. and is a general farmer: Viola, who lives at home; C. W., who is attending college: Kate, residing with her grandparents: Abram E .. who is in the same business with his father: Col- lie, also an attendant at college at Lawson; Roy and three others remaining at home. Alexa Marsh- all, a stepdaughter. is teaching school and has been successful in that line for the past ten year -. her education having been obtained at some of the best institutions of learning in Missouri.
For four years Mr. Gow served his fellow-eiti- zens as Justice of the Peace, was School Director for sixteen years, and School Clerk for ten years. Ile is greatly interested in the success of the Demo- cratie party. for the nominees of which he deposits his ballot, and is a member of the Christian Church. Mrs. Gow belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church South.
OSEPHU'S W. HERSHEY, a prominent and successful general agriculturist . and exten- sive grower of tobacco, owns a fine farm of three hundred and forty-nine aeres. pleas- antly located upon section 29. township 55, range 18, Chariton County. Mo. Our subject was born in Washington County. Md .. January 21, 1833. but ever since he was ten years of age has lived in Missouri, and has been one of the most impor- tant factors in the rapid upbuilding of the best in- terests of the State and county. His father. for' many years one of the well-known citizens of Maryland, emigrated to Missouri in 1813, and set- tled in Iloward County, where he remained for four years. afterward removing to Chariton County. and there dying upon the farm of his son Ezra.
The father of our subject passed away in Au- gust. 1859. deeply mourned by a multitude of old friends and neighbors, who esteemed him as an earnest. true and upright citizen, worthy of trust and confidence. Ile had survived his wife for fully eight years, she having died September 12. 1851. The old homestead had sheltered a happy family of eight children, three daughter- and five
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sons. Barbara Ann was the eldest of the brothers and sisters. Ezra D. was the first-born son; then came Christina. Elizabeth and Andrew, both deceased; Josephus, our subject; Isaac, and John T., deceased.
Josephus W. Hershey received his schooling in Howard County, Mo .. and aided his father in the daily cares of the farm until he had at- tained manhood. when he received an interest in the homestead. At twenty-one years of age he was united in marriage with Miss Virginia E. Gath- eridge, a daughter of one of the early and honored residents of Chariton County.
Mrs. Hershey's parents were native Virginians. who, after a long residence in the Old Dominion. removed to Missouri, locating in 1852 in the almost un broken wilderness of Chariton County. where ker mother passed away in 1837. leaving two children, Amanda and Virginia. The father, who survived more than half a century, later married again, and unto him was born of the second marriage a daugh- ter, Missouri Ann Gutheridge. After a long life cf busy usefulness John Gutheridge died in 1888. lamented as an energetic and publie-spirited citi- zen.
Mr. and Mrs. Hershey have been blessed with the presence of a large family of children. The nine brothers and sisters who gathered in the home were John David; Thomas W .: Elizabeth M .. now Mrs. Edward Beahel. living in Kansas: Andrew Scott, married and a citizen of Chariton County; Josephus L .. making his home with his wife and family in Marceline. Linn County; Bar- bara Ann, now Mrs. Frank D. Clark, reading in Kansas: George S. and Christina E (twins). both deceased; and Ora, living at home with her par- ents. Our subject and his estimable family are members of the Christian Church. and both in this religions organization and among the general pub- lie they have a host of warm, devoted friends.
Mr. Hershey was a member of the Grange, and is now connected with the Farmers' Union. He served in the Civil War for eighteen months, but was forced to do so against his will. and never took an active part. His life has been spent mostly in the peaceful pursuit of agriculture, to which avocation he has devoted himself unweariedly.
Much of his homestead was unimproved when the land come into the possession of our subject. who has brought a large portion of the acres up to a hiel: state of cultivation. and uses the remainder as pastarage for his excellent stock. For many years Mr. Hershey has profitably and almost ex- clusively engaged in the culture of tobacco, the erop annually yielding him satisfactory returns. Prospered as a tiller of the soil and interesting himself in the local issues of the day. Mr. Hershey also worthily does his part in the advancement of his home locality, and is numbered among the sub- stantial citizens, ever ready to aid in all good work and meritorious enterprises.
E M. ENDSLEY. This intelligent and pro- gressive farmer resides upon his tine tract on section 19, township 31, range 28. in Ray County. Ile was born in this county in 1831. being the son of John and Hannah ( Wells) End -- ley. The father was a native of Guilford County. N. C., where he was born in 1796. and the mother was a native of Kentucky, but the record of her birth has been lost.
John Endsley was reared on a plamation in his native county, where his father was a well-known planter and miller. His education was thorough for that varly period and he became a man of broad information. At the age of twenty-two years, with his younger brother dames, He went with the Smith and Ashley company, a party of trappers, to the Rocky Mountains, and remained in the distant West about two years. Each man of the party had a rifle and three pack animais to take care of. They were obliged to rely upon their ride- to furnish them with food and subsisted exclusively upon game. Many times they were on the verge of starvation and were forced to kill their mult. for food. On one occasion Mr. End-ley actually boiled his moccasins and made a meal of them. The party traveled as far as the Great Salt Lake and returned via what is now the State of Mon- tana,
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