Portrait and biographical record of Clay, Ray, Carroll, Chariton, and Linn Counties, Missouri, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, Part 9

Author: Chapman Brothers (Chicago), pub
Publication date: 1893
Publisher: Chicago, Chapman bros.
Number of Pages: 1316


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Clay, Ray, Carroll, Chariton


and Linn Counties,


MISSOURI.


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INTRODUCTORY.


HE time has arrived when it becomes the duty of the people of this county to per- petuate the names of their pioneers, to furnish a record of their early settlement, and relate the story of their progress. The civilization of our - 1 day, the enlightenment of the age and the duty that men of the pres- ent time owe to their ancestors, to themselves and to their posterity, demand that a record of their lives and deeds should be made. In bio- graphical history is found a power to instruct man by precedent, to enliven the mental faculties, and to waft down the river of time a safe vessel in which the names and actions of the people who contributed to raise this country from its primitive state may be preserved. Surely and rapidly the great and aged men, who in their prime entered the wilderness and claimed the virgin soil as their heritage, are passing to their graves. The number re- maining who can relate the incidents of the first days of settlement is becoming small indeed, so that an actual necessity exists for the collection and preser- vation of events without delay, before all the early settlers are cut down by the scythe of Time.


To be forgotten has been the great dread of mankind from remotest ages. All will be forgotten soon enough, in spite of their best works and the most earnest efforts of their friends to perserve the memory of their lives. The means employed to prevent oblivion and to perpetuate their memory has been in propor- tion to the amount of intelhgence they possessed. Th : pyramids of Egypt were built to perpetuate the names and deeds of their great rulers. The exhu- mations made by the archeologists of Egypt, from buried Memphis indicate a desire of those people


to perpetuate the memory of their achievements. The erection of the great obelisks were for the same purpose. Coming down to a later period, we find the Greeks and Romans erecting mausoleums and monu- ments, and carving out statues to chronicle their great achievements and carry them down the ages. It is also evident that the Mound-builders, in 'iling up their great mounds of earth, had but this idea- to leave something to show that they had lived. All these works, though many of them costly in the ex- treme, give but a faint idea of the lives and charac- ters of those whose memory they were intended to perpetuate, and scarcely anything of the masses of the people that then lived. The great pyramids and some of the obelisks remain objects only of curiosity; the mausoleums, monuments and statues are crum- bling into dust.


It was left to modern ages to establish an intelli- gent, undecaying, immutable method of perpetuating a full history-immutable in that it is almost un- limited in extent and perpetual in its action ; and this is through the art of printing.


To the present generation, however, we are in- debted for the introduction of the admirable system of local biography. By this system every man, though- he has not achieved what the world calls greatness, has the means to perpetuate his life, his history, through the coming ages.


The scythe of Time cuts down all ; nothing of the physical man is left. The monument which his chil- dren or friends may erect to his memory in the ceme. tery will crumble into dust and pass away; but his life, his achievements, the work he has accomplished. which otherwise would be forgotten, is perpetuated by a record of this kind.


To preserve the lineaments of our companions we engrave their portraits, for the same reason we col- lect the attainable facts of their history. Nor do we think it necessary, as we speak only truth of them, to wait until they are dead, or until those who know them are gone: to do this we are ashamed only to publish to the world the history of those whose lives are unwerthy of public record.


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BIOGRAPHICAL.


ON. C. T. GARNER, SR., a prominent law- yer, able advocate and enterprising citizen of Richmond, Ray County, is a native of Missouri, and from his earliest manhood has been an important factor in the upbuilding of his locality, and has also materially aided in the advancement of educational interests. Born in Howard County, upon March 25, 1825. our sub- jeet is descended from distinguished parentage. Ilis father. Jesse W. Garner, was a natural leader among men. Energetie, enterprising. brave and resolute, he came to the Territory of Missouri in 1818, and was a pioneer citizen of the highest type. The mother of our subject was the daugh- ter of Gen. Stephen Trigg, a prominent figure in the early history of Missouri, and who held many high positions of trust, civil and military.


Our subject remained with his parents until he had reached mature years. His opportunities for an education were extremely limited, but his early training in habits of industry and self-reliance well fitted him to cope with all disadvantages. In 1816 Mr. Garner commenced the study of law un- der the direction of the lon. George W. Dunn, and two years later received his diploma from the llon. Austin A. King, then Judge of the Judicial Circuit, being licen-ed to practice in all the courts of Missouri. Without loss of time, the ambitions and energetic young advocate at once opened an office, and, surrounded by formidable competitors, calmly and hopefully awaited results. His patient waiting was no loss. In a comparatively brief time client- began to make their appearance in the


office of the young attorney-at-law. From the first the success of Mr. Garner was an assured fact.


Equally at home in exciting criminal cases or in the examination- of the civil courts. our subject proved an eloquent and convincing advocate, and became noted for his success in apparently desper- ate enses. No client of his was ever convicted of murder in the first degree. nor has he ever lost a (Ise of vital importance. Strong in argument and eloquent in address, he has swayed judge and jury by ever enlisting their sympathies in behalf of the prisoner at the Bar. In 1850 Mr. Garner was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth B. Mosby, a daughter of Maj. James Mosby, of Callaway County. Mo. Seven children have blessed this union: James W. is a lawyer in Kansas City; C. T. is in partnership with his father in the practice of law; W. II. is in the life insurance business and resides in Richmond: Elizabeth B. is the wife of Dr. J. O. K. Gant, hving in Plattsburgh. Mo .: Mary is the wife of President G. M. Neale, of the Com- mercial College at Ft. Smith. Ark .; Sallie and Jessie Garner both live at home.


In 1852 Mr. Garner was elected Circuit Attorney for the Fifth JJudicial Circuit. composed then of the counties of Ray, Carroll, Caldwell. De Kalb. Har- rison. Davis. Clinton and Clay. Our subject was elected over formidable competitor -. and dis- charged the duties of the office with ability. honor and rare efficiency. Elected to the Legislature in 1862. he ably sustained the wishes of his constitu- ents, and when placed upon important committee


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distinguished himself by excellent suggestions and wise judgment. He was recognized by his co-lab- orers in the House as a citizen adapted to the needs of any office within the gift of his friends and neighbors.


Always occupied with the demands of profes- sional duties, our subject vet finds time to assist in the promotion of worthy enterprise and counts time well lost when it is given in behalf of gent- ine need and really deserving objects. Public- spirited, earnest and progressive in word and ac- tion, he commands the high esteem and thorough confidence of the general public. In politics, he was first a Whig. and of late years has been a Democrat. He is very conservative in his politi- cal views, and during the war was a Union man. Without political aspirations he has been asked to accept from the hands of the people official posi- tions of honor and responsibility, and in their ac- ceptance nobly discharged the obligation which rests upon each true American citizen, whose na- tional boast is that as a people we are equal to the needs of the hour.


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M RS. MARIA A. M. REMELIES, the sub- jest of this sketch, is the estinalle widow of a worthy husband, who-e life is cher- ished in her inner heart because of his many noble qualities, best known to her, vet felt and appreciated by his neighbors. She resides upon a farm in town-hip 52. range 27. Ray County, Mo., two miles north of the city of Richmond, in a large and beautiful home, standing on an emin- ence that commands a view of the picturesque landscape for many miles around. as well as of the strikingly hand-ome residences in Ray County and challenges the admiration of all passer-by. The credit of the structure belongs to the husband, who was not only the architect. but also superin- tended the carpenter work.


near city. It is beyond question one of the most " in which service he had many narrow escapes.


Our subject was born in Kurhessen. Germany. in 1837. the daughter of Cartel and Maria ( Mantz)


Bube. her father having been born in Saxony in 1806, and her mother in Kurhessen in 1815. The father lived the greater part of his life in Steinbach- Hallenberg, and was a cabinet-maker by trade, be- ginning his apprenticeship at the age of fifteen years, and terminating it at eighteen. His educa- tion had been received previously in the common schools of his native country. In religion. he was a Lutheran and piously attached to the church of his fathers. He died in 1857, in the village where he had peacefully passed so many of his days, his wife yet surviving and spending her closing life on the old homestead in Germany.


Our subject came to this country with an uncle, landing in New York August 16. 1854. remaining in that city for seven months, and then going to Ver- mont, where she stayed two years: she later lived in Mas-achusetts one year and then returned to New York. all of which time she was working for other people in order to earn a livelihood. In the fall of 1858, she went to Springfield, Mo., where in De- cember of that year she married Frank J. C. Re- melius, who was born in Frankdahl, Bavaria, in 1836. Hle had remained with his parents until his sixteenth year, receiving a good education in the common schools and also serving an apprentice- ship at the trade of a furrier. At the age stated lie came to New York, his parents remaining in the Old Country, and he resided several years in that great city, where he learned the carpenter's trade, subsequently traveling in several of the States. working at his trade. and finally, in the spring of 1858, reaching Springfield, Mo. Here he worked at his trade until the outbreak of the war, when he enlisted in the Union army, entering Company MI. Fourth Missouri State Cavalry. He was never severely wounded not taken prisoner. In the see- ond battle of Springfield, he took part. but almost all of his fighting was agamst the bushwhackers, After the war, he located with his family at Lex- ington. Mo,, where he worked at In- trade six years and then settled in Ray County. In 1871, he bought five hundred and sixty acres of land where our subject now lives. She has sold a part of her land and now has two hundred aeres. Mr. Rome- lins was a Republican and a very active one. parti-


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cipating effectively in every campaign. While living in Lexington. he was Marshal of the city for one year. Our subject's husband died in the year 1889.


The home of our subject has been blessed with the following living children: Louis C .; Eugene; J. P., married to Sallie Gist; Frank E., Emma .A. and Pauline. Two children died young.


E. M. TRIPLETT. This family, which is so well and favorably known throughout Chariton County. Mo .. is of Irish descent. and it was during the Colonial history of this country that the family tree first took root on American soil. The paternal grandfather of the subject of this sketch. Hedgeman Triplett. attained the rank of Major in the Revolutionary War, be- ing a member of Thomas' regiment of Virginia volunteers. He emigrated from Culpeper County. Va., to Franklin County, Ky., with his wife, whose maiden name was Naney Popham. and there pur- chased a tract of land, on which he made his home intil 1833, when he paid the last debt of nature. at the advanced age of ninety-nine years and eight months. His family consisted of five sons and five daughters. the following of whom are especially worthy of mention, owing to the extreme old age to which they attained: Elizabeth died in Ken- tucky at the age of one hundred and four years; Mildred passed from life in Morgan Country, Ill .. at one hundred and two years of age: William died in Platte County, Mo., when one hundred and one years old; and George W. was called from life in Davis County. Ky .. at the age of ninety-one years. The latter served as Quartermaster and was a Representative from Kentucky . to the Con- federate Congress. He was also a member of the Kentucky Legislature, and at one time held the rank of Adjutant-General. One of his brothers was Hedgeman Triplett, Jr., the father of J. E. M. Triplett.


Hedgeman Triplett was born in Culpeper County. Va., but when a boy removed to Kentucky with


his parents, and located at Briant Station with Boone and others. He was brought up in Frank- lin County, which was then almost wholly in a state of nature, and upon reaching man's estate he mar- ried Margaret Eddins. a daughter of Joseph Ed- dins, a Virginian. He eventually became a wealthy farmer and was highly respected by all who knew him. He and his wife became the parent- of five sons and two daughters, the latter dying in infancy. The sons were: Harrison, who died in Kentucky; John E. M., whose name heads this sketch: George, who died in Kentucky: Alexander, who died in San Francisco. Cal .; and Thomas, who died in July. 1892. at Austin, Nev .. where he founded the town. and there operated a quartz mill. being also inter- ested in silver mining. The father of these children attained the age of fifty-six years, dying in Ken- tucky in 1845, his wife's death occurring in Mis- souri about one year later. They were a worthy couple and had many warm friends.


J. E. M. Triplett is a native of Franklin County. Ky., where he was born December 2, 1818. Here- ceived a practical education in the school of that county, becoming sufficiently well qualified to be- come a teacher, an occupation which received con- siderable of his attention during his early man- hood. After the death of the head of the family he. with his widowed mother and brothers. came to Carroll County. Mo., but owing to the death of his mother the same year (1846). his brothers re- turned to Kentucky. Thomas and Alexander did not remain there long, however, but soon returned to Missouri, and from there went West to ( alifor- nia. J. E. M. Triplett purchased land in Carroll County. Mo., which he continued to till until 1817. when he sold his property and once more returned to the State of his birth, where the death of his wife occurred March 19. 1817. After a very short time he went to Chicago, Ill., but in ISID once more took up his residence in the State of Mi- somri and has since been a resident of Chariton County and one of her active, industrious and leading citizens.


In 1852 our subject purchased a tract of land. to which he subsequently added by purchase ad- joining lands, upon which, at a later date, was laid out the village of Triplett. Here for many


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years he carried on farming and stock-rai-ing, or until about eight years ago, when advancing years and infirmities warned him to cease from his ia- bors, and he has since been a resident of the vil- lage of Triplett, where he has a comfortable home and enjoys a competency which his early efforts won for him. lle still continues to manage sev- ty-five acres of land adjoining the village on the east, and he and his son William own one hundred and sixty aeres in Idaho, and in the village of Triplett a brick store building, five houses and forty vacant lots. Although he at one time owned about two thousand acres of land, he has sold some and divided a large portion among his chil- dren. The township of Triplett was named in his . honor, and in 1868, when the present village of Triplett was laid off on a portion of his land, be- ing surveyed by himself and L. A. Cunningham. it also received his name. Our subject has con- tributed more to the upbuilding of the town and surroundings than anyone else.


Before coming to Missouri Mr. Triplett held the ofliee of County Judge of Franklin County. Ky .. and for thirty-two years he discharged the duties of Justice of the Peace in the locality where he is now living. Having a taste for law, he was ad- mitted to the Bar, after some preparation. in 1865, and has since practiced in the Court of Common l'leas and the justice courts of the vicinity ever since. Until 1862 he was a Whig in polities, but later became a Democrat, and was an active worker in that party's conventions until 1876, when he joined the Weaver party. since which time he has not taken a very active part in polities. In 1816 he was initiated into the mysteries of Ma- sonry in Kentucky. joining Owen Lodge No. 328, of Owen County, Ky .. but he is now a member of Dagon Lodge No. 371, of Mendon, Mo.


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He was first married in Kentucky, in 1813, to Miss Selina Eddins, who died in March. 1817, and his second wife was Miss Frances Littrell. daughter of John W. D. Littrell. of Chariton County, Mo., whom he married in May, 1819. She ched in 1852, leaving one child. Georgia .A., wife of D. L. Wood, of Triplett. He married his present wife June 26, 1853. in Carroll County. Mo., her maiden name being Nancy Cawthron. She isa daughter of


Asa Cawturon, and is a Kentuckian by birth. The cliildrea of this last marriage are: George W .. of Texas; William. of Idaho, married; Martha, wife of S. F. Powell, of Texas; Emma: Benjamin F .. mar- ried; and John A., married. The last two men- tioned live on the old home farm near Triplett. The Cawthron family were from Virginia and of Scotch-Irish descent. the grandfather of Mrs. Trip- lett being Charles Cawthron, who died in Ken- weky. Her father. Asa W. Cawthron, was born in the Old Dominion, January 1. 1796, but spent his boyhood days in Clark County. near Lexington, Ky. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. and at the time of Dudley's defeat was captured in Ohio by the British. and sent as a prisoner to Canada, where he was kept in captivity for over a year. lle was exchanged at Quebec and sent home. He was soon afterward married to Miss Eliza Canote. of Kentucky. a German by de-cent. and in 1825 moved with his family to Howard County. Mo., where he engaged in tilling the soil. Three of the ten children born to him are now living. Alexander R. resides in Triplett; Har- riet, wife of James Smart. resides in Carroll County, Mo .; and Nancy, Mrs. Triplett. Tyre died in Livingston County, in 1891, aged seventy- three years; the others were Martha, Elizabeth. Matilda. Eliza Ann. Emily and Araminta, all of whom were married. Mr. Cawthron was a Whig, but later became a Democrat, and was a member of the Baptist Church. in which faith he died in 1881, his wife having passed from life in 1861.


Our subject has held office for fifty-four years of his life, and has never been under arrest nor has ever paid one cent of costs in a law suit.


E DWAARD TEAGARDEN. The family of which our subject is an honored represent- ative is characterized by remarkable longer- ity, and he himself gives every promise of attain- ing to an exceptional age, although he was di- abled during the war and is somewhat of an in-


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valid in consequence of that fact and from ex- ceptionally hard work in his younger days, De- spite his physical condition. he takes good care of himself and inherits a tendency to long life, so that his friends believe and hope that his life will be continued in health and happiness for many years to come.


Our subjeet is the son of Aaron Teagarden, who lived to be one hundred and one years old, and of Frances (MeCown) Teagarden. This worthy couple had a family of eleven children, namely: Moses, Samuel. William, Lneinda. David. Mary. our subject, John. Job. Francis and Phobe. The family removed from Pennsylvania to Ohio, and from that State came to Missouri. Our subject bouglit one hundred and twenty aeres of land. upon which he carried on general farming and stock-raising for many years, but finally retired. having grown somewhat incapacitated for active employment, because of overwork and disability during the war.


Mr. Teagarden was married in December, 1846, to Rhoda J. Cummins, who bore him the following children: John, born October 22, 1850; Samantha E., October 26, 1855; Edward. November 3. 1856; Austin, December 7, 1857; Lneinda, March 11, 1861; Alwilda, December 25. 1863; and Cinderella, September 5. 1865. Only three of the number are living-Samantha, Cinderella and Austin. Mrs. Teegarden was a member of the Christian Church, in which she set an example to all in her pious walk and conversation


At one time since he came to Missouri, Mr. Tea- garden owned one hundred and seventy-tive aeres of land, but subsequently sold a portion of it. Ile was a very careful and painstaking farmer during his active days and whatever he had to do did not postpone it for any cause, and if he erred at all, it was in doing too much work, strong and active as he was. Ile did not easily get discouraged, but had confidence that willing hands could overcome most obstacles. Mr. Tea- garden has ever taken much interest in politics and has great faith in the Republican party, whose ticket he always votes. He is not one to "blow hot and blow cold," nor is he oue to drop a eanse when he thinks it is losing ground; but whether


the Republicans lose or win he remains true to his convietions. His honest purpose and firm adher- ence to principle are qualities which have won for him many strong friends.


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RANK D. JOHNSON, M. D., is one of the latest comers of his professional brethren to Ilale, Carroll County, but has already made many friends and is developing a fine practice. llis father. William Johnson, was also a doctor and surgeon and was born in Baltimore. Md. In that eity he married the lady who after- ward became the mother of our subject, who before her marriage was known as Susan Evans, daughter of Job Evans, one of the respected residents of Baltimore. After their marriage the Doctor and his wife removed to Dubuque, Iowa, in which city our subject was born August 13, 1846. Ile was one of six children, who received their education in the Dubuque common and High Schools. When fifteen years of age our subject entered the Upper Iowa University, located at Fayette, where he con- tinued his studies for two years, after which he took one year's course in Cornell College, at MIt. Vernon, lowa.


Upon the completion of his collegiate course Dr. Johnson concluded to adopt the profession to which his father had devoted his best years, and in pursuance of that decision commenced studying under Dr. Maxwell. a prominent physician of Davenport, lowa. lle then became a student at Rush Medieal College of Chicago, which he attended for two years. He completed the required years of study in the Ainsworth Medical College in st. Joseph. Mo .. graduating therefrom in 1878. Desir- ing practical experience, the Doctor for two year- was City Physician in the Atchison ( Kan.) City Hospital. In the spring of 1881, going to Cunning- ham, Chariton County. in this State, he conducted a general practice in that vicinity for the succeed- ing eight years. In 1890 he finally located in Hale. where he is doing very well and is rapidly enlarg- ing his practice.


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In the year 1867, the marriage ceremony of Dr. Johnson and Miss Kate E. Sawyer was solemnized. Mrs. Johnson is a daughter of Calvin Sawyer, of Mt. Vernon, Iowa, and by her marriage has become the mother of one daughter, Bertha E., a young lady of good education and social attributes.


The Doctor and his wife are devoted members of the Methodist Episcopal Church North. in which they are active workers Politically. he is an ar- dent Republican and one who has the welfare of his country and fellow-citizens at heart. He is a member of Hale Lodge No. 361. I. O. O. F., and of the Knights of Pythias in Hale.


OSEPH F. DEVALL, a manufacturer of and dealer in harness and saddlery at Rich- mond. Ray County, is a man of probity, held in high esteem by his fellow-citizens for his many manly qualities. He was born near Culpeper C. II., Culpeper County, Va .. on the 20th of February, 1840, being the second son and child in the family of three children of Isaac and Sally (Jeffries) Duvall. both of Virginia, the father a farmer, and the mother a daughter of Col. Jeffries, of Culpeper. They removed to Ray County, Mo., in the year 1844, and later settled on a farm near Richmond, where the father car- ried on stock-raising.




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