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February 28, 1839, the Rev. Mr. Moore married Miss Melissa E., daughter of Col. John Stapp, who was one of the first judges of this county and held the office as long as he lived, being a very popular and widely-known man. Mrs. Moore was born March 5, 1817, in Kentucky, and died July 19,
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1880. She was the mother of four children, three living. namely: Mary Harriet; Milton, and John A., both of Kansas City, the last-named a real- estate agent.
Rev. Mr. Moore resigned his active work in the ministry in 1886. after fifty-five years of earnest work. However. he still preaches occasionally, to the satisfaction and instruction of his hearers. He is a Democrat, cast his first vote for Andrew Jackson in 1832, and has voted that ticket ever since. When he came to Missouri he brought his mother and two younger brothers with him, and cared for them afterward. Ile represented his Presbytery at the General Assembly of the church. From the date of his first evangelistic work in the mountains of Tennessee until his retirement, he was a great worker and accomplished muel good. Now, living retired, his daughter keeping house for him, his hours pass tranquilly and he is happy in the love and respect of his neighbors.
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OIN HENRY BOLLMAN. for many years a successful farmer and upright. energetic citizen of Saline County, resided for a half- score of years upon section 34, township 52, range 20, near Slater. Known to all the com- munity as a man of undoubted integrity and real worth of character, his death, Jannary 7, 1891, was deeply lamented by the general public as well as by his family and large circle of friends. Born in Hanover, Germany, in 1831. he was educated in his native land, and there was early taught those habits of thrift and industry which so ma- terially aided him in his upward progress in life.
Our subjeet was the son of August Bollman. and one of a family of five sons and three daughi- ters. One sister and two brothers are at present living. John Henry came to America m 1852, and settled in St. Louis, where he worked as a day laborer. He married in this Southern city Miss Caroline Prasse, a native of Germany, a most ex- cellent and worthy helpmate. Mr. and Mrs. Boll-
man resided in St. Louis for three years after their marriage, when they removed to St. Clair County, Ill., and there rented land, working upon this farm for six years. At the expiration of that time, Mr. Bollman returned to St. Louis with his family and engaged in business as a teamster.
Finally, our subject located upon one hundred and sixty aeres of land in Saline County, and paid for this homestead $55 an acre. For the next nine years he devoted his time to the pur- snit of general agricultural duties, and remained upon the farm until his death. Ilis marriage was blessed with ten children. Six of the sons and daughters yet survive, and are widely known and highly respected. Lizzie, who was born in St. Louis, was married to Mr. Fishbeek, of that city, and passed away in April, 1891. Henry was a native of St. Clair County, Ill., and married and afterward engaged in farming; Charles, born in St. Clair County, Ill., is unmarried and resides at home, working as a carpenter; Johanna is a native of St. Louis, was united in marriage with Fred Cline, and lives in Slater, where Mr. Cline follows the occupation of a railroad fireman; Jolm was also born in St. Louis, is still single, and makes his home in Slater, where he is engaged in the railroad employ: Otto, a native of St. Louis and the youngest son, remains at home with his widowed mother, and is actively engaged in farm- ing duties; Elenora, born in St. Louis, is unmar- ried and resides at home.
Our subject began life a poor boy and owed all the wealth he accumulated to his industry, excel- lent judgment, thrift, and good habits. He was implicitly an honest man, paying full value for all goods and benefits received. He was a most worthy and valued member of the German Luth- eran Church. and was numbered among the gen- erons supporters of that religious organization. In his political affiliations he was an ardent Re- publican, but had no political aspirations, and was far from a politician, simply taking an interest in the national and local affairs, which interest is shared by all good citizens.
The home of our subject, a modest but sub- stantial house of six rooms. erected at a cost of about 8700, was soon filled with mourning
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friends and relatives when it was known that this good man had passed to his rest. At the funeral services conducted at the family residence grief was written upon the countenances of the many citizens who had gathered to pay the last respects to the departed. Honored and esteemed, his memory is preserved in the hearts of all who knew him, and as a loving husband and father he will ever be remembered by those of his house- hold who shared his loving care and miss his daily presence.
W ILLIAM II. LAND, a leading and prosper- ous merchant, and enterprising and up- right citizen of Gilliam, Saline County, Mo., is widely interested in all social and benevo- lent organizations of his home, and has for over forty years been a valued member and promi- nently connected with the Methodist Episcopal Church, a faithful and most important factor in the extension of its good work and religious influ- ence. Our subject is a native of the Sunny South and was born in the year 1827, in Buckingham County, in the good old State of Virginia, famed . in history as the home of our bravest ancestors and the most patriotic defenders of our nation's liberty.
The paternal grandfather of William H. Land was one of the heroes of 1776, and fought bravely in the War of the Revolution. The father and mother of our subject were Robert and America Land, both native Virginians. The father came to Saline County in 1836, and served the people of his county for many years as an able and wise magistrate. Mrs. America Land was blessed by the birth of six intelligent and energetic children; of the family of five brothers and one sister, four survive. Stephen Land was born in Virginia, in 1829, and died in California in 1850. Harriette Land, also a native of the Old Dominion, was born in 1831. She married J. B. Smith, and at
present they are residents of Saline County, where Mr. Smith prosperously engages in farming. Pe- ter Land was also born in Virginia, married Miss Virginia Ayers, and with his wife makes his home in Gilliam. Robert Land, a native of the same State, was united in marriage with Miss Josephine Ayers, and is located with his family in Cam- bridge Township, Saline County, Mo. John Land, born in the Virginia home, died in Texas, after he had been an active participant in the late Civil War.
Our subject was educated in the common schools of his home neighborhood, but as he was early obliged to aid his father in the support of the fam- ily, his opportunities for an education were ex- tremely limited. llis parents assisted him in keeping up with his class at school, and he im- proved every leisure moment in study. At the age of twenty-one years Mr. Land engaged in ag- ricultural pursuits, but after three years of farm- ing, accepted employment as a clerk with J. H. Grove, and, giving faithful and efficient service, was retained by the firm for eight years. At the expiration of this length of time, Mr. Land, hav- ing acquired a thorough knowledge of the busi- ness, opened a mercantile establishment in Cam- bridge, where he conducted a well-stocked store.
Mr. Land remained in Cambridge until the break- ing out of the war, when he removed to the coun- try, and once again resumed agricultural work. Af- ter four years of busy industry and hard work upon the farm, our subject honorably paid all debts con- tracted in former financial difficulties by the firm, and then went back to Cambridge, and there con- tinued his former mercantile life for several years. 1n 1883 he established his present store in Gilliam. moving his stock from Cambridge, and carries an excellent stock of goods, valued at $12,000.
Our subjeet was married, in 1853, to Miss Mary, a daughter of A. W. Gilliam, and a native of Vir- ginia. This estimable lady was the mother of six children, all of whom survive to bless the later years of their father, who, after the death of his first wife, married, in 1878, Miss Georgia Hagey. Robert Land, the eldest son of our subject, was born in Saline County, Mo., in 1855, married Miss Ida Richardson, and is engaged with his father
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in business. Woodson G. married Miss Fannie Bourner, and is a farmer in Nebraska. Mary F., also a native of Saline County, was united in mar- riage with Ed Davison, and with her husband en- joys a pleasant home in Gilliam. John B .. born in Saline County, Mo., married Miss Chloris Spen- eer, and is a druggist in the flourishing city of Slater. America. the youngest daughter, married E. J. Dunlap, a druggist of Gilliam. Charles W. Land, a native of Saline County, is at present en- gaged in business with his father.
The sons and daughters were mainly educated in the excellent public schools of their early home, but two of their number received a thor- ough course of instruction in the State College at Booneville, while John attended Columbia College, and later the School of Pharmacy, in Philadelphia. Residing in various portions of our country, but mostly adjacent to the home of their father. all the sons and daughters take a high position in their homes, and are numbered among the progressive and enterprising citizens. Mr. Land, who has al- ways been active in religious work, was Steward in the Church, and was the valued Superintendent of the Sunday-school. until his health forbade his continuing in the discharge of the many duties involved. He is a member of the Slater lodge of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and has long been connected with this ancient and hon- ored order. Our subjeet is a Democrat, and while never aspiring to fill a political office, is greatly interested in the management of public affairs. and believes firmly in the principles and platform of the party with which he has affiliated all his life.
J. VANMETER, one of the wealthiest and most popular farmers of Saline County, is the subject of this sketch. He was born in Virginia in 1834, and was the son of Abraham and Elizabeth (Parsons) Vanmeter. The mother was born in Hampshire County, Va., and died at her home in the year 1863. The ,
father of our subject was born in Hardy County, Va., in 1785. Grandfather Joseph Van Meter was a soldier under Washington, and with his son, the father of our subject, served through the War of 1812. The name of the grandmother was Hannah Inskip.
The father of our subject came to Saline County in 1835, and located in the southern part. where he rented a small tract of land. lle remained on this but a short time, and then removed to Miami Township, where he remained up to the time of his death. After coming to this State, he was obliged to make a home in a dugout until he could build a log cabin. Hle was a successful farmer and ac- cumulated a large amount of land. In religious belief. he was a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, which he jomed in Vir- ginia. In his political faith, he was a strong sup- porter of Democracy. His death occurred in 1866.
Our subject is one of a family of five children, but only two of these are now living. David P. was born in Hardy County. Va., married Miss M. F. Nye, and resided in Saline County until the time of his death, which occurred in 1881; he had been a successful farmer. MaryC., who was born in Hampshire County, Va., married .I. P. Henning, and resided in Missouri until 1850. when she and her husband removed to California, where he engaged in the fruit business. Rebecca A., a native of the Old Dominion, married Joseph D. Proper, and they resided in Saline County until the time of his death in 1865.
At Lexington University. our subjeet carried on his literary studies for a time, and since leaving school has by close observation and reading at- tained an extended knowledge and broad culture. At the end of sixteen years, he commenced farm- ing. his first efforts being upon eighty acres of land obtained from the Government. This was located in Miami Township, which was at that time in a wild condition. In 1874. Mr. Vanmeter married Miss Christina A. Nye, a native of Ohio and a danghter of George Nye. She died in 1883. and in 1886 our subject married Miss Anna M .. daughter of Charles Pittman.
Working hard, our subject soon saw the results in his cultivated land, fenced and planted with
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trees, and in the neat buildings which soon arose on the prairie. Before long he was able to add to his farm one hundred and sixty acres on seetion 33, for which he paid 818 per acre, and he has contin- med to add to this until he has now a fine farm of twenty-six hundred acres, which is valued at about $20 per acre. The home of Mr. Vanmeter is a modern two-story house of eleven rooms, which cost him $1,600, and his fine outbuildings, almost all built by himself, cost $5,000. The gross re- ceipts from his farm amount to $6,000 per year. The erops which he finds most profitable are wheat and corn.
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Mr. Vanmeter has made a success of breeding fine cattle, particularly Durhams. He also has some fine horses, among them an" Almont" stallion worth 8500, and also a sorrel five-year-old, which he values at $500. Politically, Mr. Vanmeter is a Democrat and has always been very actively inter- ested in the affairs of his party, although he has never aspired to any official position. Ele is one of the wealthiest men in Saline County, has hosts of friends and is universally esteemed.
AMES A. EMISON. It is a slander upon the American people to say that this is a na- tion of office-seekers. There are thousands and hundreds of thousands of worthy men in this land of ours who could not be induced to take a public position. Such an one is our subject, a worthy farmer living on section 3, township 49, range 28, La Fayette County, the son of Benja- min Emison, a native of Scott County, Ky. The latter, who was born November 18, 1800, was a son of Ash Emison, a native of Ireland, whose wife was Mary (Mitchell) Emison, a Scotch-bred woman. Ash Emison was a soldier in the War of 1812, and left for his children the record of a worthy and brave man.
The mother of our subjeet was Catharine ( Bris- coe) Emison, a daughter of James M. and Mary (Brunaugh) Briscoe, and a native of Maryland, born
in 1802. She was married in Kentucky in 1818, and died May 6, 18-16. After her death the hus- band again married, in 1818, taking as his second wife Mrs. Bethany Elgin. In the year 1850 Ben- jamin Emison removed to Missouri, and settled in La Fayette County, at Wellington, where he resided for thirty-five years, when his wife died. lIe then made his home with our subject until his death, which occurred November 18, 1886, the an- niversary of his birth. By his first marriage he was the father of eleven children, three of whom are living, namely: our subject, Martha A. Mc- Hatton and Joseph W .; his second wife bore him no children.
The parents of our subject were both members of the Christian Church, the father having been a most efficient Elder in that body for sixty years, being known as one of the earliest proselytes to Alexander Campbell's doctrines in Kentucky. The confidence of his neighbors led them to make him a Justice of the Peace, which office he filled for eighteen years. Possessed of a good common- school education, he applied it to the study of the Bible, of which book he was very fond.
Our subject was born January 15, 1824, in Scott County, Ky., where he received a good com- mon-school education and grew up to manhood on a farm, remaining at home until he took to himself a wife. This latter event transpired Oc- tober 2. 1851. his choice falling upon Rheubena S., daughter of Lawrence and Mary Triplett, na- tives of Kentucky, her father being a farmer. She was born September 2, 1831, in Fleming County, Ky., and was the mother of three children, two of whom are living, namely: Mary Cathar- ine, wife of Charles Ragland, having two children; and Fannie R., wife of James Bumgarner, having six children. This good woman died January 3, 1860, and our subject married again, April 11, 1861, the bride being Miss Anna Mary, daughter of Dr. O. 11. P. and Mary (Van Camp) Stone, both natives of Kentucky. Dr. Stone was born June 12, 1817, and his wife June 20, 1820. The Doctor was a man of superior education and a graduate of Transylvania Medical College. Dr. and Mrs. Stone were married at Lexington, Mo., whither they had come in 1832, and spent the remainder
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of their days there, her death having occurred in 1868, and his two years later. They were charter members of the Christian Church at Lexington. and the Doctor was Superintendent of the Sun- day-school. Of their six children, three are living, namely: Mrs. Emison, William D. and Iva Mas- terson.
Our subject's wife was born October 19. 1842, at Lexington. and was educated there, first in the common schools and then in the Baptist College. She is the mother of one child, William B. Mr. Emison came to Missouri in 1850, and settled upon his present farm, which he bought of Judge Na- 1 thaniel Price, and upon which he has lived for forty-two years. It contains two hundred and lifty acres, well improved and all under cultivation. He has suffered nothing to interfere with his chosen avocation, farming. Highly esteemed by his brethren of the Christian Church, they have retained him in office as Elder at Wellington and Odessa for fifty years. An earnest advocate of education, he has filled the office of School Trus- tee and has carefully watched the instruction of his children. William has been a student at the Warrensburgh Normal School, and his daughters have also been students at college. Our subject be- longs to the Masonic fraternity, and evidently tries to follow the precepts and teachings of that ancient organization. lle takes an interest in politics and supports the Democratic ticket, but has always resisted the repeated attempts of his friends to in- duce him to hold office. Two of his brothers served in the Civil War, and one of them, John B., was killed at Westport, leaving a widow and two children.
James A. Mellatton, the husband of our sub- jeet's sister, was a minister of the Christian Church for fifty-seven years. A native of Bourbon County, Ky., he came to Missouri in 1848, and settled in Greenton Valley, but preached as an evangelist all over the State. Born May 7, 1804, he died June 30. 1887. having lived a useful and spotless life. By the sister of Mr. Emison he had no children, but a former wife gave him five, four of whom are living, namely: William D., James HI., Sarah A. Chinn and Mary Lamkin. Mr. Mellatton's re- mains lie buried in Greenton Cemetery. The
grandparents of Mrs. Emison, Levi and Phoebe (Shotwell) Van Camp, were the first settlers of Lexington, and the first-mentioned assisted in the organization of the first Christian Church in that place.
1. CARTER. M. D. Our subject is one of the grand army of men who have conse- crated their lives and abilities to alleviate the sufferings of their fellow-creatures. He is a native of La Fayette County, and at present is practicing in the city of Dover. Ile was born October 19, 1856, and is a son of Joseph and Anna F. (Spears) Carter, the former a native of Vir- ginia, who came to Missouri in 1846, and the latter a native of Kentucky, who came with her father, Jacob Spears, to this State.
Our subject's paternal grandsire, Curtis Carter, was a native of Virginia, but the family originally came from England. Dr. Carter spent his boy- hood in this county, and here attended the com- mon schools. He early conceived an ambition to distinguish himself in the medical profession, and, with this end in view, entered the medical college at St. Louis, Mo., in 1877. Ile pursued his studies there for two years, and in the fall of 1879 en- tered the Ohio School of Medicine. located at Cin- cinnati, from which he was graduated in 1880. That same spring he hung out his shingle in Hig- ginsville, this State, remaining there for two years, with as much success as such a young physician usually enjoys.
In 1882 the original of this sketch moved to Dover, where he has conducted a general practice up to the present time. Ile has met with gratify- ing success in his professional career, and has a large clientage with a wide country practice. Ile is a member of the State Medical Association. In polities he votes with the Democratic party.
In 1882 our subject was married to Miss Mary, a daughter of F. C. Vivian. of this place, but a native of Kentucky, having moved to Missouri in
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1830. Mr. and Mrs. Carter are the parents of two danghters, whose names are Mary L. and Vivian. Mrs. Carter is a member of the Christian Church, and is a refined and lovely woman. The family residence is a favorite resort for the best people of the town.
ENRY C. TERRELL is a representative citizen of Saline County. Ile is prominent and influential among the farmers in the State, and is deeply interested in local mat- ters of import to the community. as well as those of more extended scope; altogether he is a man that the county does not wish to part with. Ile owns two hundred and eighty acres of well-tilled land, which is embellished by a large, substantial residence, equipped with all modern improvements and with outhouses exceptionally convenient and far superior in arrangement to those usually found on farms, together with a most complete water system, and, in fact, everything necessary to the thorough enjoyment of rural hfe. Ile is engaged in general farming and stock-raising, making of both a decided success. His home is situated near Elmwood in the township of that name.
Mr. Terrell's birth occurred near Belleville, St. Clair County, III., November 18, 1814. His father. Isaac L. Terrell, was born in Bourbon County, Ky., October 11, 1820, and his grandfather, JJeremiah Terrell, of Cumberland County, N. J., was born in 1773. The latter was a weaver by trade and emigrated to Kentucky at an early date, there marrying a Mrs. Davis. To them were born three sons, two of whom are living. From Kentucky the grandfather came to St. Clair County, Ill., in 1829, engaged in farming, and died there in his eighty-third year.
Isaac L. Terrell became a farmer and owned a fine piece of land in St. Clair County, Ill. During the war, he was so patriotic that, although beyond the stipulated age, he enlisted in the one hundred days' service and remained with the famous Gray-
beards for six months, or until the close of the war. Ile sold his old farm and moved to where he now lives in Saline County in the fall of 1883. The mother of our subject was, before her marriage, Nancy J. Woods, of St. Clair County, Il .. where she was born in 1825. Her father was John Woods, of Pennsylvania. There is an interesting tradition in the family, which has the additional merit of being believed to be true. The tradition is this: A paternal ancestor of the lady of whom we have been speaking, whose name was Patrick Walker, came over with the British in Revolu- tionary times, but after a while chose to leave them. Ile was halted by a British lieutenant while attempting to pass through the lines, and his passport was demanded. Patrick promptly knocked the ollicer down, took his passport and also adopted his name (Woods), which has been the family name ever since.
Nine children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Terrell, eight of whom lived to maturity. All are in this county except one. The mother died July 5, 1889. Henry C. is the eldest of the chil- dren and until eighteen years of age attended the common district schools. At that age he entered the Commercial College at St. Louis, from which institution he was graduated. He remained at home until twenty-four years old, after which he engaged in farming on the old homestead for twelve years. In 1871 he bought eighty acres in St. Clair County. In 1883 he sold his property in Illinois at an advance upon what he paid for it and came to Saline County, Mo., purchasing the valuable tract of land near Elmwood where he now resides, and which he has brought to the high state of improvement mentioned above.
In 1869, Mr. Terrell married Miss Nancy Carr, of St. Clair County, Ill., daughter of Jacob Carr. The lady lost her parents when a small child and was reared by a grandmother. Mr. and Mrs Ter- rell have been the parents of nine children, as fol- lows: Marian L., Sarah J., George T .; Edith, John A., Henry C. and an infant, deceased; Grant C., and Mary V. Mr. Terrell is giving his children good edneational advantages. Our subject is a candidate for the position of Judge of the Second Distriet, brought forward by the Alliance party.
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