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December 17, 1868, Dr. Day married Laura A. Glancy, of Licking County, Ohio, one of his childhood's playmates. They have had three children. Clara E., born in Ohio, married Gor- don Batsell, of San Angelo, Tex. She is a grad- uate of Holden College and has been the mother of two children. Alice V., a well educated young lady, born at Pittsville, Mo., February 7, 1872, departed this life at her home in Holden, May 1,
1895. Herman H., the only son, who was born in Pittsville in 1876, has a decided talent for music.
In the Odd Fellows' society Dr. Day holds several offices, and is now Examining Physician in the Lodge of Woodmen of the World. Heisin favor of good schools and teachers, and has served as a member of the School Board. In company with his good wife, he holds membership in the Baptist Church.
AMUEL G. KINDER, one of the represent- ative farmers of Johnson County, resides in a substantial brick dwelling, which is located on his well improved and valuable farm. This homestead is on section 18, township 44, range 28, and is one of the best to be found in this sec- tion. He has been the architect of his own fort- unes and has steadily advanced in prosperity, owing to his indefatigable industry and persever- ance.
Peter Kinder, the father of our subject, was born in Kentucky, and on reaching man's estate conducted a farm and distillery. His wife, for- merly Miss Jennie Kane, was summoned to the silent land about 1843, leaving seven children. The father, having lost his property about this time, was in straitened circumstances, and was obliged to rent land for a few years after coming to Johnson County, which journey he made in 1857. Later in life he purchased a small farm in Bates County, and there his death occurred in 1875. His son William served in the Union army for two and a-half years, as did also another son, Smith W.
Samuel G. Kinder is the only survivor of his father's family. He was born in Wayne County, Ky., in 1837, and was deprived of his mother's love and care when in his seventh year. When he reached his majority he engaged in working for farmers by the month, and was thus employed until after the war broke out. In the winter of
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1862 he enlisted in the First Missouri State Mili- tia and served for a year and a-half in the light artillery. In 1863 he enlisted in Battery L, Sec- ond Missouri Artillery, and took part in the bat- tle of Big Blue, near Independence, Mo., and in one on Mine Creek, Kan., besides many other skir- mishes. He was neither wounded nor captured, but was sick in the hospital for several weeks, being honorably discharged at Benton Barracks, St. Louis, in November, 1865. He had managed to save a portion of his wages, but after buying a team embarked in farming in this county.
April 7, 1867, Mr. Kinder married Phœbe Wade, a native of this county, born about 1848. Her parents were Henry and Phœbe (Rudd) Wade, the former of whom departed this life in 1872, and the latter when Mrs. Kinder was but four years of age. Prior to his marriage our sub- ject had purchased eighty acres of land in the eastern part of Johnson County, and soon bought sixty acres in Rose Hill Township. After resid- ing there for a short time he sold out and in- vested in forty acres of land in the same town- ship, cultivating the farm for the succeeding six- teen years. In 1882 he became the owner of a quarter-section of land, a part of his present homestead, which now comprises two hundred and forty acres. He has built a good barn and a substantial brick house on the farm, besides mak- ing other valuable improvements.
Of the twelve children born to Mr. and Mrs. Kinder all but one are still living, and all of the number were born in this county. They are as follows: William, born March 9, 1868; George, May 22, 1869; James W., November 9, 1871; Flora N., February 22, 1874; Edward F., Janu- ary 18, 1876; Charles, June 25, 1879; Luther, May 19, 1881; Ode, September 22, 1884; Alice, July 26, 1887; Thomas C., March 15, 1891; Otto, December 14, 1893; and Samuel, who died when about a month old. George married Effie Delley, on Christmas Day, 1891, and has two children. Flora is the wife of Jerome Wood, whom she married March 11, 1890. They reside in Cass County, Mo., and have two children. In addi- tion to their own large family, Mr. and Mrs. Kinder reared two children until their maturity,
Francis M. Corder and Henry Wade. The for- mer is freighting in Washington State, and the latter is farming in Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. Kinder are faithful members of the Baptist Church and possess the esteem and good-will of all who have the pleasure of their acquaintance. Mr. Kinder cast his first Presi- dential ballot for Lincoln in 1860, and has always adhered to the tenets of the Republican party. He has frequently served as a delegate to conven- tions and takes interest in the success of his party.
ILLIAM SHARP is one of the most suc- cessful business men in Sedalia, and com- mands an extensive trade in pianos, organs and musical instruments in this portion of the state. It is now just ten years since he opened a store in this place at No. 112 East Fifth Street, where he remained for nine years, then moving to his present location, No. 406 South Ohio Street. For more than twenty years he has been an agent for the Kimball pianos, and now keeps a full line of Kimball, Hale, Hinze, Mehlin and other stand- ard makes. Having learned piano-tuning in his early manhood in Bourne, England, he has fol- lowed that calling to some extent, and possesses a thorough knowledge of the mechanism of vari- ous musical instruments, thus making him an authority on the subject.
William Sharp was born in Bourne, Lincoln- shire, England, in 1835. His grandfather, who bore the same Christian name, was a farmer, but the father, also William, was a watch and clock- maker by trade. The latter moved to the United States in 1851 with his wife and children. Going to Port Washington, Wis., he engaged in farming for a short time, then resumed his trade in Mil- waukee. His last years were spent at Crystal Lake, where his death occurred at the age of eighty-seven. In religious faith he was a Method- ist. His wife, formerly Anne Stokes, was like- wise a native of Bourne, and died in Chicago at
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the age of fifty-five years. She was a daughter of William Stokes, a contractor on stone-work. Of Mrs. Sharp's six children, three sons and two daughters still survive. Josiah was burned to death before leaving England. Thomas was Or- derly-Sergeant in a Wisconsin regiment during the Civil War, and John also enlisted from the same state.
Our subject was reared in his native land until he was fourteen years old, and attended the public schools until two years previous to that time, when he was apprenticed to learn the grocer's trade, serving two years. In 1849 he carried out his long cherished wish to come to the United States. Leaving Liverpool on the "New Con- stitution," he landed in New York City just three weeks to a day later. As his uncle, Thomas Stokes, was in Toledo, he proceeded thither, and became a printer on the old Toledo Democrat. A few months later he went to Cincinnati, and for a year was clerk in a commission office. Going back to Toledo, he next took a wagon train through the Maumee Swamps to Wisconsin. Forty miles over corduroy roads were traveled, he passing but one house during this time. Then for eight months he worked on a farm near Osh- kosh, and afterwards on one near Port Washing- ton. In the winter of 1856-57 he was Principal of the Port Washington schools, and for a short time he took contracts for cordwood, which he had chopped, and which he delivered with his own team. In the summer of 1858 he sailed on the schooner "Honest John," and then resumed teaming for eight months, after which he became bookkeeper and collector for a wood and coal company.
November 8, 1860 (the day on which Lincoln was elected), Mr. Sharp and Marguerette E. Roberts were united in marriage. The lady is a native of Buckingham, England, and by her mar- riage has become the mother of nine children, as follows: William J., now traveling for his father; Emily L., Mrs. Warren, of St. Louis; Mrs. Anna S. Mais, of St. Louis, Mo .; Alice M., Mrs. S. H. Thomson, Secretary of the Colorado Hu- mane Society, and a resident of Denver; Louisa J., wife of Dr. Fred Jones, of Dresden; Lillian, a
teacher in the Broadway School; Florence E., de- ceased; Frederick, who is in business with his father; and Clarence.
Soon after his marriage Mr. Sharp engaged in farming near Bloomington, McLean County, and at the end of two years bought two hundred and forty acres of railroad land in Champaign County, Il1. This place he improved and carried on until 1865, when he sold out and settled on a farm near Paxton, Ill. In 1867 he came to Missouri, and for eight years operated a farm near Tipton, Mon- iteau County. Afterwards he embarked in busi- ness in Tipton, as a dealer in musical instruments and sewing-machines, and on the expiration of that time came to this city. He was the first man in central Missouri energetic enough to send out agents into the surrounding country for the pur- pose of obtaining orders for musical instruments. He now keeps in stock a full line of sheet music and all appliances usually found in a well equip- ped store of the kind.
While a resident of Tipton, Mr. Sharp was a School Director for four years. He has been a Republican since 1856, and helped to elect Fre- mont and Lincoln. He is a charter member of the Royal Tribe of Joseph. In his early man- hood he became a member of the Methodist Epis- copal Church, and for over twenty years was a local preacher. He has filled nearly every posi- tion in the church, was Superintendent of Sunday- schools in Wisconsin, Illinois, and in Tipton, and is now Treasurer of the Board of Stewards.
UDGE HARDIN LONG. Perhaps none of the residents of Johnson County have a wider circle of acquaintances than has Judge Long, who, coming here from Alabama in 1868, has since made his home in township 46, range 29. His home, which is situated on section 1, is among the attractive rural abodes of the locality, and is surrounded by a finely improved tract of farming land, numbering three hundred and six
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acres. At the time of purchase the land was al- most wholly unimproved, but through the skill- ful management of Judge Long it has been trans- formed into a valuable farm .
As far back as the history of the family in America can be traced, they have been residents of the South, possessing the chivalry, courage and refinement characteristic of the people of that part of the United States. The parents of our subject were Arthur and Jennie (Williams) Long, natives of Kentucky, both of whom died at about sixty-eight years of age. The father, who was reared to manhood in Alabama, engaged in farm- ing and stock-raising in that state, and thence removed to Tennessee, where he remained until his death.
The subject of this sketch is the second in a family of ten children, the others being named as follows: Elizabeth, who died in Texas; Ke- ziah, John and Lemuel, deceased; Margaret, who resides in Johnson County; William and Peter, deceased; Paralee, whose home is in Alabama; and Thomas, deceased. When the Civil War broke out the six sons, with that devotion to the fair South so frequently seen during the dark days of the early '6os, enlisted for service under the Stars and Bars, and went forth to fight for home and loved ones. Five fell on Southern bat- tlefields, Hardin being the only one of the six to return home. His son, though a lad of but six- teen, also served in the army, with a gallantry not always seen among men much his senior in years. Intensely loyal to Southern principles, these brave men fought to the last, proving to the Federal troops that they had enemies worthy of their steel.
Born in Jackson County, Ala., October 6, 1820, our subject was reared upon his father's farm, and much of his time was devoted to its cultivation, his opportunities for acquiring an education being very limited. From childhood his has been a busy life, and industry and perse- verance have contributed to his success. At the age of twenty-four he became a land-owner, and in the management of his property he has met with success from the first. Shortly after the close of the war he removed from Alabama to Missouri and settled in Johnson County, where
he purchased two hundred and forty acres. He had but commenced the cultivation of this place when the hostilities between the North and South culminated in the sanguinary struggle that marks an epoch in the history of our country.
Enlisting in the Forty-second Tennessee Infan- try, our subject served for some time in that reg- iment, and later was with the Third Confederate Cavalry, his period of service being from August, 1861, until August, 1865. Many times bullets pierced his clothing, and often he was in so great peril that his escape from death seemed miracu- lous. For a time he was Captain, commanding a company of the Forty-second Tennessee. In every engagement in which he participated he made a record for valor and fearlessness. His fa- ther, who was too old to enter the service, but who stanchly upheld the Confederacy, was placed un- der arrest on account of his political belief, and excitement and suffering incident to his imprison- ment hastened his deathı.
In Alabama, February 12, 1846, occurred the marriage of Judge Long and Miss Amanda M. McFarland, a native of that state, where her par- ents lived and died. Judge Long's eldest son, William, who served in the Confederate army and is now a resident of Johnson County, married Miss E. G. Clouers, and they have three chil- dren: Hardin, Robert Lee (named in honor of the great general), and Jacob. Washington, who married Mary Mills, also lives in this county. Susan F. is the wife of William J. Hughes, and the mother of eight children, namely: Amanda Ellen, Hardin, Sallie, May, Jennie, Washington, Bessie and Pearl. Thomas, deceased, married Martha Ball, and they had one son, Walter. James P., of this county, married Lizzie Hogan, who bore him two children, Beulah and Willie A. Arthur, whose home is in township 46, range 29, married Miss Lou Bell, and has one child, Brutus. Alexander, a farmer of this county, married Mary Connell, and their children are George and Nellie. Jennie, the youngest of the family and an accomplished young lady, is at home with her parents.
As he was a brave soldier in time of war, so 'Judge Long has been a good citizen in time of
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peace. Politically he always votes the Demo- .cratic ticket, though not fully satisfied with the stand the party has taken upon a number of im- portant subjects, yet he knows of no other party nearly as good as it is, and so remains within its ranks. Though never seeking political pref- erment, he has twice been elected Judge of the County Court, serving two terms acceptably. Socially he is a Mason, and in his religious con- nections is identified with the Christian Church. In the county he is a man of influence and his opinions carry weight.
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ATHEW W. THOMPSON is a well-to- do farmer and stock-raiser residing on sec- tion 13, township 44, range 27, Johnson County. He is a self-made and self-educated man, having risen through his own individual ef- forts, with such assistance as was afforded by his good wife, who has been a true helpmate.
' The birth of our subject occurred in Monroe County, Tenn., January 27, 1832, his parents being Robert and Elizabeth (Berry) Thompson, both natives of Virginia. They removed to Ten- nessee in childhood with their parents, and were married in that state. The father, who was born May 14, 1794, emigrated to Missouri in 1834, when our subject was only two years of age, and settled in what was then Lafayette, but is now Johnson, County. After farming there for one summer, he removed to Post Oak Township, where he rented land for two years. Then, en- tering a tract in Chilhowee Township, a mile east of the village of that name, he tliere passed the remainder of his days, his death occurring Feb- ruary 3, 1867. During the war he adhered to the Union cause, and on account of his sentiments was obliged to leave home at one time. His wife died before the war had been many months in progress, September 8, 1861. Of the nine chil-
dren born to their union, one, Thomas B., died when about twelve years of age. The eldest, George B., learned the printer's trade, and was an assistant editor on the Lexington Express; his death occurred in February, 1842. Samuel E. was a soldier in the Fifteenth Kansas Regiment, and died at Ft. Leavenworth, leaving a wife and three children. Joanna married Samuel I. Har- ris, is the mother of four children, and is a resi- dent of Rose Bud, Falls County, Tex. Sarah died in Chilhowee Township. Thomas B. was the next in order of birth. William C., who is married and has a large family, is now a resident of War- rensburg. Gideon B., of this township, is mar- ried and has three children. Mary, wife of James Davis, lives on the old homestead in this town- ship.
Mathew W. Thompson lived with his father until the war came on, up to which time his schooling comprised only about ten months, all told, and in order to receive these meager ad- vantages he was obliged to walk five miles daily. On reaching his majority, he started forth to make his own living, but also contributed to the support of his parents. July 19, 1862, he became a member of the Fortieth Enrolled Missouri Mil- itia, participated in several skirmishes, and served some eighteen months under Captains Cunning- ham and Marr. He was also a member of the Provisional Militia for some seven months, in 1863, and took part in two engagements. After the command was disbanded he went into the enrolled militia and served for three months, and in 1864 took part in the raid against Price.
October 1, 1865, Mr. Thompson married Mrs. Elizabeth M. Goff, of Henry County, Mo. Her parents were Ransom and Nancy (Wilson) Faith, natives of Indiana and Tennessee, respectively. They were married in Henry County, Mo., and Mrs. Thompson was born in Calhoun, September 1, 1844. Eight children have come to bless the home of our subject and his wife. Logan W., born July 9, 1866, is married, has three children, and is now a resident of Clinton, Mo .; James R., unmarried, was born September 28, 1868, and resides in this township; Leroy was born Febru- ary 27, 1871; Jesse O., November 11, 1874; Buell
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H., February 26, 1876; William A., November 16, 1878; Ora E., July 26, 1882; and Walter W., October 5, 1889.
In 1854 Mr. Thompson bought one hundred and forty acres of land and made a few improve- ments on the place, but during the war it lay idle and the fences and such crops as were on the farm were burned. Before his marriage he built a small house, and has since made his home within its walls. He has forty acres of timber- land, and cultivates as much of his farm as he is well able to attend to. He has been very suc- cessful, has provided nicely for his family, and has laid aside a certain sum each year for emergen- cies. His father was a Whig and voted for Hugh L. White in Tennessee, for Harrison in 1840, and for Bell and Everett in 1860. In 1856 Mathew W. cast his first Presidential ballot for Fillmore, supported Bell in 1860, MacClellan four years later, and has since voted the straight Dem- ocratic ticket.
VERETT E. DURAND. A man's life work is the measure of his success, and he is truly the most successful man who, turning his abilities into the channel of an honorable purpose, accomplishes the object of his endeavor; he who, commencing in life without means or friends, clings to the loftiest principles of honor and up- rightness, and, pushing forward, lays the founda- tion of a successful life. Such a one is the sub- ject of this article, well known in this locality as the efficient Cashier of the Farmers and Mer- chants' Bank of Green Ridge.
Our subject was born near Corning, Iowa, in 1858. He is the eldest son of Lucian B. and Louisa (Whipple) Durand, natives of Ohio and Connecticut, respectively, but who came when quite young with their parents to Iowa, in which state they were reared and married. The father was by occupation a farmer and a stock-raiser, engaging in this business until the time of his de-
cease, in 1864. His good wife, mother of Everett E., moved with her family to Missouri in 1874, locating at Sedalia. She is still living, at the age of fifty-five years.
The subject of this sketch passed his boyhood days in attendance at the schools held in his dis- trict in Iowa, and when eighteen years old became a student in the Sedalia Collegiate Institute of Sedalia, Mo., which he attended for some time. He later entered the Sedalia Seminary, where he took a four-years course, graduating in 1882. He then began teaching school, and in the fall of 1882 took charge of the schools of Green Ridge, which he successfully conducted for nine years, making in the mean time many improvements on the old system. During the summers of 1888 to 1890,inclusive, he was engaged in sub-contracting Star Route mail service, during which time he traveled extensively over the United States.
In 1891 Mr. Durand retired from school life and entered the bank of which he is now the popular Cashier. He has made his home in Pettis County since the age of sixteen years, and, being at all times public-spirited and enterprising, has been closely identified with its growth and develop- ment. He was married, in 1891, to Miss Mamie, daughter of Dr. W. H. and Catherine Flesher, natives of the Old Dominion. Mrs Durand was born in Noble, Ill., November 15, 1869. Their union has been blessed by the birth of a son and daughter, Paul and Esteline. Both parents are members of the Congregational Church, in which the former is Treasurer and Superintendent of the Sunday-school. Socially he is connected with Green Ridge Lodge No. 300, I. O. O. F., being Past Grand of the order, and is also a member of Prairie Queen Lodge No. 83, K. of P., of Wind- sor, this state. He is likewise a Trustee and member of the Supreme Lodge of the new and popular beneficiary order known as the Royal Tribe of Joseph, which has its headquarters at Sedalia, Mo., besides being interested in other orders. In 1891 he was appointed Treasurer of Green Ridge, being the incumbent of that posi- tion at the present time (1895), and served as Postmaster of this place during the presidency of Chester A, Arthur. He is a Director in the Citi-
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zens' Building and Loan Association, of Green Ridge, and gives his aid to all public measures having for their object the promotion of the wel- fare of the people. Politically he is a true-blue Republican.
ERMAN J. BATES, a well known citizen of Latour, Johnson County, is a retired con- tractor and merchant. He possesses a val- uable estate and lias ample means whereby to pass in comfort his declining years, his fortune having been acquired by his own well directed efforts and business ability. He is a native of Oneida, N. Y., his birth having occurred December 8, 1829, and since 1868 he has been a resident of Missouri.
Elias Bates, father of our subject, was a painter by trade and for five years dwelt in the town of Oriskany Falls. In 1844 he removed to Wauke- sha, Wis., and a few years later settled on a farm in Fond du Lac County, that state. His wife, Alice (Vickery) Bates, was a native of Oneida County, N. Y., and by their union were born five children.
Until he was nine years old, Herman J. Bates resided in Oneida County, N. Y., and thence he removed to Jefferson County, where he received a good education in the district schools. Still later he attended an academy in Waukesha, Wis., there completing his education. At the age of abont eighteen he accompanied his parents to Wisconsin and settled with them on a farm. Two years later, in company with his brother Augustus, he rented the homestead and planted a crop of wheat, which unfortunately proved a failure. Afterward he worked in the pineries of Wisconsin, cutting saw- logs, and this business he followed during the winter time for three or four years, the remainder of his time being occupied as foreman in a flour and saw mill. In this way he managed to lay up some money and with his brother embarked in a mercantile business on a small scale at Menasha,
Wis. A year and a-half later he went to Weyau- wega, and in partnership with a Mr. Puffer en- gaged in business for some four years. In 1857 he sold out and went to Lawrence, Kan., and from there to Burlington, in the same state. When a year or two had elapsed he returned to Wiscon- sin, and for three years operated the farm which he had previously purchased in Waupaca County. Not liking the business, or not succeeding as well as he desired, he then sold out and began clerk- ing for his brother in Menasha, Wis., remaining there for some six months. His next venture was to buy out a furniture manufacturing estab- lishment, the management of which kept him em- ployed until 1868.
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