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In 1878 Mr. Faulhaber was elected Mayor of Sedalia on the Republican ticket, and the follow- ing year was re-elected, holding the office for two terms to the satisfaction of all. He became a member of the School Board in 1882, serving for the first year as President, but he preferred the office of Secretary, which he filled for the two suc- ceeding years. He was made City Treasurer in April, 1888, and remained in office for two years. Public affairs always receive his hearty recogni- tion, and he encourages all enterprises for the city's advancement. He was in Sedalia in 1864, at the time when Jeff Thompson was captured there, and during the war served in a company of Citizens' Guard as Sergeant. He takes consider- able interest in civic societies, being a member of Sedalia Lodge No. 236, A. F. & A. M., in which he served for five consecutive years as Master, and for eight years as Secretary, from which office he resigned; he is also a member of Sedalia Chapter No. 18, R. A. M., where he was also Secretary for fifteen years; and St. Omar Commandery No. 1I, K. T., in which he filled the same office for seven years, but some three years ago resigned all of those offices, though he is now serving as Ein- inent Commander. He has been a member of the Masonic Board of Relief since 1885; and also be-
longed to Fern Leaf Chapter of the Eastern Star until it gave up its charter, and in that order filled the chairs of Worthy Patron and Grand Marshal. For two years he was Grand Junior Deacon of the State Lodge, and Treasurer of both the Royal Tribe of Joseph and the Royal Arca- num. With the Calvary Episcopal Church he holds membership, and is Vestryman and Clerk of the Board. In politics he is a stanch support- er of the Republican party, and has served as del- egate to the county and state conventions. No man in Sedalia is more widely or favorably known, and the name of George L. Faulhaber deserves an honored place in this volume.
DWARD HOUGH, a very popular and clever young citizen of Sedalia, is serving in the responsible position of City Clerk, hav- ing been appointed to the office September 7, 1892, by Mayor Stevens, and the appointment being confirmed by the Council. In 1893 he was re-appointed, and again in 1894, giving full sat- isfaction to all. He is quite prominent in the ranks of the local Democracy, with which he has been identified since becoming a voter, and has served as a Committeeman from the Second Ward.
The father of the gentleman above mentioned, Michael Hough, was born in Ireland, and upon coming to the United States landed at New Or- leans. About 1850 he went to St. Louis by way of the Mississippi River. Later he entered the employ of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, working in their car departments in St. Louis, Jefferson City and Sedalia for thirteen years. He died in the faith of the Catholic Church, to which he had been reared in this city, in the year 1883. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Elizabeth Gaffney, was a native of the Emerald Isle. She survived him a few years, passing away in 1888.
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By her marriage she became the mother of four children, of whom Edward is the eldest. Marga- ret is living with her brother and sister. Mathew works for the Dexter Book and Paper Company of this place; and Eliza lives with our subject.
Edward Hough was born January 18, 1868, in Jefferson City, Mo., during his parents' residence there, but from the time he was five years of age he lived in Sedalia. He received a good educa- tion and was a student in Professor VanPatten's school for some time. When he was eighteen years of age he entered the employ of the Mis- souri Pacific Railroad Company, with which his father was connected, and was a machinist in their shops until the strike of 1886. Thence he went to St. Joseph, Mo., and for six months was in the machine-shop and foundry of H. C. Burkes. Preferring Sedalia, however, he returned, and obtained a clerkship in a grocery owned by Mr. McGinly, and there he continued for three years. At the end of that time he resumed rail- roading, being made fireman on the Ft. Scott & Wichita Railroad, in which capacity lie served for several years.
As a public official Mr. Hough is making a good record, being very systematic and exact in his methods, and faithful to the demands and best interests of the public. He is a member of the Catholic Benevolent Society, and in the Legion of Honor occupies an official position. He ad- heres to the faith of the Catholic Church, holding · membership with the congregation of St. Vincent de Paul.
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OHN CHRISTIAN GAUSS, JR., is one of the representative farmers of Johnson County, his home being on section 4, township 45, range 27. His residence in this county covers a period of over a quarter of a century, as he located within its boundaries in August, 1869, and has since lived here. In everything relating to the development of this portion of the state he takes the most lively interest, and has been an import- ant factor in its present prosperity.
The father, John C. Gauss, is a native of Ger- many, born in the province of Wurtemberg, De- cember 20, 1815. He received a good education, and when twenty-three years of age decided to seek a home in the New World and landed in New York after a long and tedious journey. He at once proceeded to Massillon, Ohio, reaching there April 11, 1839. For some four years lie worked as a hostler, laying aside a large share of his earnings, with which he purchased forty acres of land in Noble County, Ind., in 1843. Settling on the property, he was soon on the high road to success; and as time passed he added more land to his original farm, until it contained altogether three hundred and eiglity acres. When he had secured an ample competence for his declining years, he moved to the village of La Otto, and two years since was honored by being made Postmas- ter of the place. His wife was born in Bavaria, December 16, 1816, and came to the United States in1 1837, locating in Ohio, where she met her fu- ture husband. They were married August 22, 1843, and lead a peaceful and happy life in con- panionship until they were severed by death, Mrs. Gauss being called to the home beyond April 14, 1887.
J. C. Gauss, Jr., was born November 12, 1847, in Noble County, and learned at an early age the duties of farm life. March 21, 1869, lie married Selinda Rupert and a few months later came to Missouri. He had previously entered into an agreement with his father to manage the old farm for a year, but the matter was not satisfactorily arranged. As he had no capital, he worked by the month or day for the next two years, and at last purchased a team and a few necessities. He then rented a farm and endeavored more earnestly than ever to make a success in life. In 1873 he invested his savings in forty-seven acres, and as the years rolled by extended his possessions until he now owns one hundred and sixty-seven acres.
Our subject was fortunate in his choice of a wife, and to her is due a share of the credit of his success in life. She is a daughter of Daniel and Christina (Eby) Rupert, natives of Ohio. Six children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Ganss. The two eldest, Mary E. and Selinda, are accom-
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plished young ladies; Charles M. and Edgar P. are twins, and the two youngest, Annie and Alva, are also twins. Mary has attended the State Normal for two terms, and Selinda has been a student there one term. The latter also formerly attended McPherson (Kan.) College.
Mr. Gauss is affiliated with the Republican party. Religiously he is of the German Baptist faith, and strives to follow the teachings of the Gospel in all his dealings with his fellows. He has gained the entire confidence of his many neighbors and acquaintances, who speak of him in the highest terms.
r HARLES T. OGLESBY, a wealthy citizen of Warrensburg, started out in his business career a poor man, and in legitimate lines of farming and stock dealing acquired his fortune. He naturally possessed good business ability, sound judgment and perseverance in whatever he undertook, and these in time brought him pros- perity. In 1882 he moved from his farm to Warrensburg, and soon afterwards opened the livery which he has since conducted, keeping a full line of carriages and a high grade of horses.
The birth of Mr. Oglesby took place in Cooper County, Mo., April 23, 1834. His father, Talton Oglesby, was born in Albemarle County, Va., January 13, 1793. The grandfather, Pleasant Oglesby, moved from the Old Dominion to Ken- tucky, and subsequently to Cooper County, Mo. Our subject's mother, who bore the maiden name of Antoinette Rooker, was born March 29, 1802, and was married in Kentucky, May 8, 1817, when she was only fifteen years of age. Several of her children were born in the Blue Grass State. Susan T., the eldest, was born July 14, 1818, and died in Cooper County, Mo., in childhood. Julia Ann, born September 25, 1820, married Jehu Robinson, by whom she had six children. Emily, born February 7, 1823, died while young. Margaret E., born June 9, 1825, married Oliver
Maxwell, now of Jackson County, and had six children; she is now deceased. Amanda J., whose birth occurred August 25, 1827, married Judge Robert Wonick, of Warrensburg, and died in November, 1892, leaving four children. Jeremiah, born May 6, 1831, served in the Confederate army, and had his collar bone broken by being thrown from a horse; he died in September, 1890, leaving four children. William T. was born Oc- tober 25, 1832, in Cooper County, Mo., and died in 1862. Charles T., a native of the same coun- ty, is the subject of this narrative; and Lovisa Henrietta, born July 7, 1836, completes the fam- ily. The latter has been twice married; by her first union she had three children, and by her marriage with Tipton Huff has three children. The father of our subject was at first a poor man, but before his death owned between six and seven hundred acres of land. In early days he was a Whig, but later became a Democrat. For a num- ber of years he was a Deacon in the Missionary Baptist Church, and he was called to his final re- ward September 1, 1863.
On starting out in life for himself, Charles T. Oglesby was early obliged to "hoe his own row," and received but little education. With the pro- ceeds of the sale of a mule he had raised from a colt, he purchased forty acres of land, which he still owns. As he was prospered he increased his possessions until he was the owner of several hundred acres, and although he has sold several farms he is still the owner of three hundred acres. For short periods he has rented his farm and giv- en his attention solely to buying and selling horses and cattle, in which business he has been espe- cially successful.
December 23, 1854, Mr. Oglesby married Miss Mary J. Thornton Jones, who was born February 10, 1839, and to them were born two children, both now deceased. The mother departed this life in November, 1862. April 23, 1865, Mr. Oglesby married Ella Ruby, whose birth occurred in Pettis County in July, 1850. Her parents are Judge Henry and Mary A. (Carson) Ruby, the for- mer a native of Kentucky, where he lived for many years. Later he moved with his parents to Stark County, Mo., and then to Cooper County, where
HON. J. D. CRAWFORD.
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he met the lady who subsequently became his wife. She was a sister of Kit Carson, the famous Indian hunter and trapper. Mrs. Ruby was born in Howard County, Mo., in Cooper's Fort, Sep- tember 15, 1813. Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Oglesby: Fannie Lee, in Sep- tember, 1870; Charles, in November, 1871; and Henry Ruby, June 22, 1873, all in this county.
As Mr. Oglesby sometimes laughingly says, his entire worldly possessions at the time of his first marriage consisted of $2.50 in money, a small unimproved homestead, a team of horses and one or two cows. With a sturdy constitution and a willing heart, he soon was on the high road to success, and has rarely seen the time when he could not assist others less fortunate than himself. Politically he is a Democrat and cast his first Pres- idential ballot for James Buchanan in 1856.
ON. JOHN D. CRAWFORD, who served as Mayor of Sedalia from 1888 until 1890, has been Vice-President of the Citizens' National Bank for over sixteen years, and is one of the most prominent men of Pettis County. During his term at the head of the city governi- ment, the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad headquarters were moved here, an electric street railway system inaugurated, and street paving and electric lighting introduced.
The Crawford family date their origin back to Ardlock or Crawford-land, in Ayrshire, Scotland. The old Crawford castle, built in a remote period of antiquity, still stands on the right bank of the river Clyde. Our subject's ancestors were na- tives of Scotland and descendants of Col. John Crawford, who came from Ayrshire to Pennsylva- nia. His grandfather, John, who was born in Cumberland County, Pa., removed to Kentucky, where he was one of the very earliest settlers, having located in the wilderness in 1790. While on an expedition prospecting for mines in the
Northwest Territory, he met his death. Our subject's father, Jolın E., was born in Cumber- land County, Ky., and inherited the same ad- venturous spirit. In 1827 he went on horseback to St. Louis, from there came to Pettis County, and then went to the lead mines of Galena, I11., remaining there some two years, but in 1829 re- turned to this county and participated in the In- dian troubles and in the Mormon War. He set- tled on a farm on Spring Fork Creek, six miles soutlı of Sedalia, and in time became the owner of eight hundred acres. For one term lie served as a member of the General Assembly, having been elected on the Whig ticket, but after the forma- tion of the Republican party he adhered to its teachings. He made a specialty of raising high- grade stock, and was very successful in his vent- ures. His death occurred in the old brick house which he had built in 1844 on his farm, at the age of eighty-nine years, in 1891.
The maternal ancestors of our subject were of Scotch-Irish origin. His mother, Sarilda J., was born in Clark County, Ky., and died February 2, 1895, aged seventy-six years. Her grandpar- ents were among the first settlers of Ste. Gene- vieve, Mo .; in fact, they settled there at a time when the surrounding country was so wild as to be illy fitted for a home, and they therefore re- turned to Kentucky. Daniel Donnohue, our sub- ject's grandfather, was born in Ste. Genevieve, Mo., but was reared principally in Kentucky, and at a very early period in the history of Pet- tis County settled on a farm in Dresden Town- ship.
The marriage of John E. Crawford and Saril- da J. Donnohue, which was solemnized in 1836, was blessed by six children, namely: John D .; James H., who was Lieutenant of Company E, Seventh Missouri State Cavalry, and who located and settled Steamboat Springs, Colo., in 1873; Henry A., who died in Colorado in 1882; Grant, who is Assistant Cashier of the Citizens' National Bank, of Sedalia; Ann E., Mrs. J. J. Ferguson, who lives in Texas; and Cynthia M., wife of Rev. B. T. Thomas, of Lafayette County, Mo. The first marriage of John E. Crawford united him with Miss McFarland, of Cooper Coun-
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ty, Mo., and they became the parents of two sons, namely: Christopher C., who was a Lieutenant in the Forty-fifth Missouri Infantry, and died in Pettis County in 1891; and William O., who was a member of the Fortieth Missouri Militia during the late war, and is now engaged in farming in Pettis County.
Upon his father's farm, five miles northwest of Sedalia, March 1, 1838, occurred the birth of the subject of this notice. With the exception of the first two years, he resided on a farm south of Se- dalia until he was twenty-one. His studies were conducted in William Jewell College, at Liberty, Mo., and on completing his education he taught school until the outbreak of the war. In Au- gust, 1862, he enlisted in Company C, Fortieth Missouri Militia, and was elected Captain of the company. The following year he was made Cap- tain of Company K, Fifth Provisional Regiment of Missouri Troops, and in 1864 was commis- sioned Colonel of the Fortieth Regiment by Gov- ernor Gamble, and served as such till the close of the war. His regiment was central, and on duty in southwestern Missouri. At the time of Price's last raid, he was in command of the post at Seda- lia, which was evacuated temporarily by order of Gen. E. B. Brown, who was in command.
In June, 1865, Mr. Crawford married Annie E. Parberry, who was born in this county. Her father, N. N. Parberry, came from Virginia to this section and settled on a farm four miles south of Sedalia. Mr. and Mrs. Crawford are mem- bers of the First Baptist Church of Sedalia, of which the former has been a Trustee for many years. Since 1875 they have spent ten summers in the Rocky Mountains, and have thoroughly enjoyed this recreation.
In the fall of 1870 Mr. Crawford was elected County Recorder of Deeds on the Republican ticket, was re-elected four years later, and did not retire from the office until January, 1879. Subsequently he has been engaged in the abstract, title and real-estate business, the firm with which he is connected being known as Morey & Craw- ford, and he is giving his principal attention to real-estate and loan transactions. In company with Ira Hinsdale, he laid out West Broadway
Addition, now the finest residence part of the city. He owns a part of the old Spring Fork Farm, besides land in other sections of the count- ty. His residence is situated at the corner of Sixteenth Street and Kentucky Avenue, one of the highest points in the city. He has been interested in all public enterprises, and has many friends in central Missouri. Fraternally he has held many offices in the Masonic order, and has been a delegate to county and state conventions of the Republican party. It is within his recollec- tion when Sedalia was not yet in existence and this region was all wild land. As he was reared in this section, he has been a witness of its devel- opment, and claims it as the garden spot of earth. Both he and his family deserve more than passing mention.
M OSES A. PHILLIPS. The history of Johnson County is best told in the lives of its citizens, and it therefore gives us pleas- ure to place on the pages of this volume an out- line of the life of an old soldier and a prominent and successful farmer of township 46, range 28. He is the owner altogether of a tract of two hun- dred and thirty acres on sections 25, 26 and 27, which bears evidence of the care which has been bestowed upon it and also of the thrift of the owner. Mr. Phillips located upon this tract in 1870, and is therefore widely known throughout this locality, in whose development he has taken a prominent part.
William Phillips, the father of our subject, was a native of New Jersey, whence he emigrated to Guernsey County, Ohio, where he was residing at the time of his decease, when threescore years and ten. He was married in his native state to Miss Sarah Acre, who also passed away in the Buckeye State, being at that time eighty-four years of age. To them was granted a family of eleven sons and daughters, of whom Elizabeth was the eldest; she married Peter Dennis, and
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lives in Cambridge, Ohio. Mary J., who is also a resident of that city, is the wife of John Moffatt; William H. lives in Osage County, Kan .; Louisa married George Vansickle, and is now deceased; Sarah is the wife of Moses Ogg, a resident of Zanesville, Ohio; Moses, of this sketch, was the sixth in order of birth; Evaline is now Mrs. John Dixon, of Cambridge; Cora L. is living in that city, and the other members of the family died in infancy.
Moses A. Phillips was born in or near Cam- bridge, Ohio, March 7, 1844. He worked very hard when a boy and had very limited privileges for obtaining an education. Just when he should and could have been in school, the war broke out and most of the schoolhouses were closed. Young Phillips was an enthusiastic patriot, and although not of age, enlisted, October 15, 1861, in the Sixty-second Ohio Infantry, joining Company G. His regiment went into camp at Columbus, whence they were ordered to report for duty at Camp Goddard, Zanesville. Two months later they were sent, by way of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, to Virginia, from which state they made their way to Cumberland, Md., and then took up the line of march south under Colonel Pond.
Early in 1862 the Sixty-second Ohio was or- dered by David Todd, the Governor of Ohio, to report to General Rosecrans, then Commmander of the Army of West Virginia. That same day they broke camp and went, via the Central Ohio Road, to Bellaire, and January 18 took transpor- tation on the Baltimore & Ohio Road, arriving at Cumberland, Md., the next afternoon. Janu- ary 20 they joined forces with Brigadier-General Lander, then went into camp on Patterson Creek. February 3 they went by the way of the Balti- more &. Ohio Road to Paw Paw Tunnel, and subsequently to Cacapon Creek, where they re- mained in camp until March 10, when they were ordered to Martin's Ferry. The regiment started the succeeding day for Winchester, Va., arriving there on the 15th, and on the 18th were at Stras- burg. They bivouaced there one night, then returned to Winchester.
March 22 the regiment to which our subject belonged were placed on picket duty on the march
from Winchester to Charleston, but on the 23d were relieved and ordered to the front, where they were attacked by Stonewall Jackson. They were then under the command of General Shields, and the Ohio regiment, together with an Illinois brig- ade, held the center, and after severe fighting they were ordered to support a battery. The con- flict was a victory for the Union forces, for when the regiment was ordered forward on the "double quick," they found the enemy flying toward the Shenandoah, leaving on the field large numbers of their dead and wounded. By this time our hero had become accustomed to the whizz of the bullets and the shriek of shot and shell, and on the next morning resumed march with his regiment. They bivouaced while passing Strasburg, and on the 25th moved forward, meeting and skirmishing with some of Jackson's troops, and causing them, as on previous occasions, to retreat.
Mr. Phillips' regiment returned to Edenburg and were in camp there until April 17, when they moved forward to New Market. Leaving that section of country May 12, they started out on what proved to be a very bold march. They crossed the range of Shenandoah Mountain, via Swift's Gap, and on the 13th marched to Ft. Royal, the next day to Chester Gap, and on the 15th to Great Cross Roads, on the following day having a skirmish with the enemy. Marching on again to Warrenton, they arrived there on the 19th, and the following day found them at Catlett Station. On the 2 1st they arrived at Falmouth. The regiment had at this time participated in seven battles and extended marches, and on the 23d were reviewed by President Lincoln and Gen- erals Shields and McDowell. On the 24th they received orders to return to the Shenandoah, reaching Catlett the next day; they went thence to Haymarket, and arrived at Ft. Royal May 30. They left the following day and were kept on the march until June 4, experiencing during that time the usual hardships incident to army life. They reached Columbia Bridge that date, and, pressing forward, by a forced march reached a point three miles from Port Republic. The Ohio regiment was in advance, and on meeting with Stonewall Jackson's troops were repulsed with heavy loss.
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They returned to Columbia Bridge, thence to Ft. Royal, where they went in camp and remained until June 20. They then crossed the mountains, and June 24 arrived at Whire River, later arriv- ing, on the 28th of the month, at Bristol Station, on the Orange & Alexandria Railroad. The same day they left by steamer for Fortress Monroe, Va., thence went to Harrison's Landing, on the James River, arriving July 2, where they were stationed doing scouting and picket duty. In July they had several skirmishes with the enemy, and on the 24th were assigned to a position on the extreme left, under General MacClellan, being in active service from July 30 to August 5.
On the 16th of August began the famous retreat down the peninsula to Yorktown and Fortress Monroe. September 2 they were at Suffolk, and on the 21st at Blackwater, whence they returned to camp at Suffolk. They made another march on the 24th of October, and after a severe encounter with the Confederates returned to Suffolk without accomplishing much. December 1 occurred an- other engagement, in which several soldiers of the enemy were killed. On the 4th another attack was made, and on the 31st of December they were at Norfolk, on the United States Military Rail- road.
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