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OHN 11. ACHAMIRE, of section 35, Salt Pond Township, half a mile north of Sweet Springs, Saline County, is another enter- prising and successful farmer, whose fine piece of property and pleasant home may well excite the envy of people less comfortably situated. He owns one hundred and eighty-six and a-half acres of land, mostly in Salt Pond Township. This land he has improved and brought to a line state of cultivation, He started here with about $400,
which he had saved from his salary as a soldier in the Civil War, and with that nucleus has made for himself an independence.
Mr. Achamire was born in Holmes County, Ohio. September 21, 1810. His father was Michael Ach- amire. born in Harrisburg. Pa., in 1815, and his grandfather, John Achamire, was also a native of Pennsylvania. The great-grandfather emigrated from Germany, and settled in Pennsylvania, where he followed the occupation of a miller. He took part in the Revolutionary War. The grandfather was also a miller, but subsequently became a far- mer, emigrating to Holmes County, Ohio, in early times, and taking a farm in its wild state, clearing and improving it, and living upon it until his death at a ripe old age.
The father of our subject was also a farmer, buy- ing heavily of timbered land in Holmes County, Ohio. After clearing and improving it, he sold out and moved to Knox County, Mo., in 1880, and bought there. He died in 1891, at the age of seventy-six years. His wife was Miss Anna Bixler, of Maryland. and her demise occurred in 1870. John Il. is the eldest of their family of eight chil- dren, four sons and four daughters, four of whom are in Missouri, two in Ohio, and the youngest sis- ter is deceased. Ile was educated in the common distriet schools, which were of the old-time style, -log schoolhouses. with slab seats, etc.
Mr. Achamire remained at home until the day that he was twenty-one, September 21. 1861, on which day he enlisted in Company B, Sixteenth Ohio Infantry, under Col. DeCorse, for three years' service in the Federal army. December 17. the regiment went to Lexington, Ky., and June 18, 1862, took possession of Cumberland Gap. Au- gust 6 occurred the battle of Tazewell, Tenn., the first in which our subject was engaged, and where he was captured, being held ten days. September 8. they began a march from Manchester, Ky., reach- ing the Ohio River on the 3d of October, fighting their way through, and having little to eat and al- most nothing to wear. October 21. they started for Charleston. In November, they returned to the Ohio River and embarked to join Sherman's army at Memphis. In December. they re-embarked for Vicksburg. December 27, 28 and 29, they en-
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gaged in the battle of Chickasaw Bayou, where Mr. Achamire was wounded in the thigh, necessitating a stay of three months in the hospital. Ile rejoined his regiment just after the capture of Vicksburg, joining in the pursuit of Johnston. At Vicksburg. he was detailed by the Division Surgeon, and placed in charge of about one hundred siek. Ile took them subsequently to New Orleans and reported to head- quarters. After this he did a good deal of march- ing and suffered many hardships. In the latter part of 1863, he was sent down to Texas, and later joined Gen. Bank's army on the Red River expedition. lle was one of those who helped to construct the famous Red River dam at Alexan- dria. May 13, 1864, he began the retreat from Alexandria. The last fight was Morganzia Bend, from which place the regiment was sent home. They were mustered out at Camp Dennison. Ohio, October 31, 1864, making his term of service a little over three years.
Mr. Achamire remained at home until February, 1865, when he came to Missouri on a prospeeting tour, returning home the following summer. March 15, 1866, he married Miss Phoebe Hall, of Holmes County, Ohio, daughter of George W. and Eliza- beth (Gilham) Hall, both of Ohio. The father was a farmer in Tuscarawas and Holmes Counties. Both parents died years ago. Mrs. Achamire's paternal grandfather was from Kentucky, while her grand- father on the other side was from Virginia.
Mr. Achamire was engaged in farming in llolmes County for ten years, coming to Saline County, this State, in March, 1875, and settling in Salt Pond Township, where he had purchased land two years before. At this time the county was largely unimproved, and Mr. Achamire has done a great deal of work on his land to bring it to its present flourishing condition ; but he has persevered, and now owns one of the good farms of the county.
Mr. and Mrs. Achamire have one child. Carlton Edgar, born April 29, 1867. lle received a good education, standing at the head of his class at the Sweet Springs High School at the time of his graduation, and subsequently attending an acad- emy for one year. He afterward became Cashier in a Kansas City bank, and later head hook-keeper in a large establishment, He is now in the West.
Mr. Achamire is a Republican politically, but is no office-seeker. He is a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen and of the Grand Army of the Republic. In Ohio, both Mr. and Mrs. Achamire were English Lutherans, to which church belonged also the parents of our subject. Mr. Achamire owns. beside the land mentioned above, a farm in section 34. lle has reason to be well satisfied with what he has done for himself and family, and with his home, which is graced by the presence of a cultured and refined wife.
G EORGE A. ALBIN, a member of the firm of Horner & Albin, druggists of Alma, La Fayette County, Mo .. is the subject of this brief notice. This gentleman was born in Frederick County, Va., in 1847, a son of J. T. and Margaret (Brent) Albin, natives of Virginia, who located in Missouri in 1860. llis happy boyhood, free from care, was spent in his native county, attending the common schools until the age of twelve years. when he accompanied his parents to the new home in the State of Missouri.
In October, 1889, our subject entered into part- nership with a well-known gentleman of this sec- tion, Dr. J. W. Horner, and together they opened up a business in drugs, which has been continued until the present time. The business is one which tills a want in this vicinity, they carrying not only a full line of drugs, but also of paints, oils, and other articles usually found in the first-class places of business in this line the country over. The partnership has resulted in a very prosperous trade, both gentlemen possessing the confidence and esteem of the citizens.
The Alma Creamery Company is the name of one of the important organizations of the town, and our subject holds a large share of the stock in this busmess. In his political belief Mr. Albin is a stanch Democrat, believing firmly in the tenets of the Democratie party. Ilis marriage was cele- brated in 1889, with Miss Florence, daughter of
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11. B. Harris, a native of England, and two bright little boys have blessed this union, namely : Thomas Field and Stanley. The handsome resi- dence of our subject is in the pleasant little town of Alma, Mo.
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E RNEST D. MARTIN, the popular and enter- prising Mayor of Marshall, Saline County, Mo., is a prominent attorney-at-law and one of the most successful legal practitioners of the State. A true and independent American citizen, he has acquired an excellent education and won his way steadily upward through the ambitious energy which has distinguished him in the conduct of business matters and public affairs. Ardent for right and justice, his judgment is well tempered with liberality of sentiment, and, ever foremost in all enterprises tending to progress and local im- provement, he has earned and holds the confidence and esteem of the general public.
The llon. Ernest D. Martin was born in Ver- sailles, Woodford County, Ky., June 28, 1865. Ilis grandfather was born in Virginia, of English de- scent, but carly became one of the pioneers of Kentucky and fought bravely in the War of 1812. A loyal and patriotic citizen, he bequeathed to his descendants a love of country and an indomitable will and strength of character.
In 1883, Mr. Martin began his studies in the University of Missouri, at Columbia, and took the scientific course of two years, and then, in 1885, began the study of law under C. Peebles, now Comptroller of Currency in the Treasury Depart- ment at Washington, D. C. Our subject afterward pursued his legal reading under the Hon. Mr. Dug- gins, and in 1889 was admitted to the Bar of Mis- souri, and entering into practice in Marshall has here continued it ever since.
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The father of our subject was a native of the Blue Grass region of Kentucky and was born in Woodford County. He was a graduate of the Transylvania Medical College at Lexington, and
engaged in the practice of the medical profession for a score of years. Dr. Martin was a skillful physician and extremely successful in practice and was much regretted both in Georgetown and Ver- sailles when in 1856 he made a change of location, and came to Missouri and settled in Grand Pass, where he built up a prosperous practice. A brave and fearless man, he entered the Confederate army, and enlisting as a private aided to form a company and acted as Surgeon, but was captured and sent to prison. Ile then took the oath of allegiance, was released and returned to Kentucky and again practiced medicine at Versailles. In 1869, Dr. Martin journeyed once more to Missoun and took up the practice of medicine in Sedalia. In 1879 he permanently located in Marshall and has a most excellent practice. Ile is a consistent member of the Christian Church.
The mother of our subject was Miss Catherine Pinkerton, a native of Virginia and a daughter of the Rev. William Pinkerton, a minister of the Christian Church in the Old Dominion. The Pinkerton family is noted in the church here, seven brothers being ministers of the Christian Church. The maternal grandfather of Ernest D). Martin was a native of Virginia and died in the Old Dominion. Dr. Martin and his estimable wife are the parents of eleven children, of whom three daughters and four sons yet survive. Onr subject is ninth in order of birth, but the fifth of those now living. In 1869, when he was but four years old, he came with his parents to Sedalia and there attended the common and High Schools.
Our subject devoted his time to his legal busi- ness, which was extremely successful, until 1892, when he was elected to his present prominent and responsible public position. Ile was elected on the Democratie ticket and was victorious in a most exciting campaign. Ile has also received other official trusts and is ex-officio Police Judge, and has actively engaged in an energetic and able con- duct of the administration, exerting a constant influence in behalf of pubhe progress and local improvements.
The lon. Ernest Martin is a member of the In- dependent Order of Odd Fellows and is a Knight of Pythias and a member of the Uniformed Rank.
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Hle is a member of the Christian Church. Always a strong and ardent Democrat, he has frequently represented his friends and neighbors in State and county conventions and has never failed to do his duty in a faithful and elficient manner.
W. HAMISFAR, M. D., a highly success- ful, energetic and talented physician and surgeon of the . school of homeopathy, is numbered among the most prominent citizens of Higginsville. Although he has resided here a comparatively brief period, his affiliations with leading benevolent, social and religious organiza- tions, and his manifest interest in the progress of local enterprise, together with his acknowledged professional skill, have secured for him a foremost position in the community.
Dr. Hamisfar is a native of Ohio and was born in Perry County, near Somerset, May 26, 1829. His paternal grandfather, Abraham Hamisfar, was born in Germany, and, appreciative of the advan- tages offered by the United States, emigrated from his native land to America, where he first located in Maryland, and afterward became a pioneer of Ohio, in which State he died. The father of our subject, C. W. Hamisfar, was born in Prussia, and came to America when only eight years of age. He was reared upon a farm in Ohio, and during the War of 1812 served his adopted country as a teamster. His large farm was mostly unimproved when it came into his possession, but he resolutely began to clear the place and brought the land to a fine state of cultivation. He also kept a gen- eral store. After long years of industry he died in 1855, aged sixty-seven years.
The mother of our subject, a most estimable and worthy woman, was a native of Uniontown, Pa., and bore the maiden name of Mary C. Miller. Her father, David Miller, was born in the Quaker State, of English descent, and was an early settler in Perry County, Ohio, later residing in Coshoc- |
ton County. Ile was a molder by trade, and was the inventor, patentee and manufacturer of the "Franklin Fireplace," and also made various other useful articles. A patriotic man, he engaged val- iantly in the War of 1812. The mother of Dr. Hamisfar died in Sedalia, Mo., in 1879, aged seventy-five years. Of her six sons, our subject was the youngest, and is the only one now living.
The subject of this notice was reared on a farm and was early trained in agricultural duties, also assisting in his father's store. He attended the common schools of his home, later completed a course of study in the academy of Somerset, and when a mere boy studied medieine under his unele, a botanic doctor. Undecided which profession to choose for his future life work, our subject com- menced to read law in 1853 at Circleville, with the well-known legal firm of Page & Renick, and for two years he continued the study of law. But not liking the practice of that profession, he resumed the study of medicine under Drs. McEl- wee and Adams, allopathic physicians of Somerset. For five and a-half years he continued in the office of these physicians, practicing under them, and became thoroughly acquainted with the details of this school of medicine. Not being satisfied with the harsh and baneful practice of the allo- pathie sehool, he began to investigate the teach- ings of Hahnemann, and finally read for twelve months in the office of Dr. Wilson Stanley, a cele- brated homeopathic physician of Somerset, after which he read and practiced for some time with Dr. D. Il. Beckwith in Zanesville, also a homeo- pathic physician. Dr. Hamisfar then began honeo- pathie practice in Perry County. Afterward he located in Auglaize County, Ohio, and engaged in professional duties with great success. Having decided upon a still more extended course of study, he entered the Cleveland Homeopathie Col- lege, being graduated from this institution in 1870 with the degree of M. D.
Locating at St. Mary's, Dr. Hamisfar soon estab- lished a most successful practice there. In 1879, he came to Sedalia, Mo., and entered into practice. After a time he went to Oswego, Kan., and was busily engaged there in professional work until the spring of 1886, when he settled in Jackson,
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Tenn. During the eighteen months that he re- mained there he had a large practice, but cir- cumstances induced him to return to Oswego, Kan. In 1891. he came to Higginsville, and al- ready has an excellent practice.
Our subject was married near Somerset, Ohio, in 1855. to Miss Mary E. Ritchey, a native of the Buckeye State, and a nicee of the late ex-Congress- man. Thomas Ritchey. Dr. and Mrs. Hamisfar be- came the parents of seven children, of whom six are now living. Florence N., a graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Boston. received the degree of M. D. from the medical department of that widely known institution, and is now prac- tiemg medicine at Lexington: C. W. died in 1888; Anna G., Mrs. Russell, resides in Higginsville; Leroy B., Inez E., Madie R. and Edward E. are at home.
Our subject and his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and are among the valued workers of that religious organization. Dr. Hamisfar is a Mason and Knight Templar. lle is a member of the American Institute of Homeopathy, and is also connected with the Ohio State Medical Society of Homeopathy. In polit- ical afliliations he is independent and votes for the best man regardless of party, considering only his fitness for the position.
b S. HOPKINS. The Hopkins family is of English descent, and was first represented in America in 1703. by ancestors who lo- cated in Maryland. Joseph Hopkins, an English ancestor, married a Miss Fox, the daugh- ter of an English ollicer. He was a farmer, living on an estate which remained in the family until the death of the grandfather of our subject. Great-grandfather Joseph Hopkins had but one son, Rigby, who lived and died in Talbot County, on the eastern shore of Maryland, on a point of land extending into Chesapeake Bay, known as Riy's Point, where the first ,Joseph Hopkins settled,
Grandfather Rigby Hopkins married Miss Mary Brown, December 16, 1798, and the children re- sulting from this marriage consisted of five daugh- ters and five sons, of whom we record the fol- lowing: Joseph Hopkins, the fourth of that name, born February 19, 1801. died in 1820; Solomon S., the father of our subject; Eliza. Margaret, Susan, Annie and Mary, all of whom died in Maryland. The death of the grandfather of our subjeet occurred in the same State in 1843.
The list of the family to leave Maryland was a son of the second Joseph Hopkins, and he directed his steps toward the South. The first Joseph Hop- kins of whom we have record in America was born in 1680, at Ray's Point, on Broad Creek Neck, near the town of St. Michael's. Talbot County, Md., Inne 26, 1704. A son was born to Joseph llopkins, who in 1724 married Elizabeth Skinner, and they had a family of sixteen chil- dren. Andrew S. Hopkins, a son of Joseph, emi- grated to North Carolina. Joseph Hopkins, the third, married Eleanor Rigby, January 26, 1760, and died May 28, 1800. This last-named gentle- man had a family of seven children, one of whom was Rigby Hopkins, the grandfather of our sub- ject, born December 3, 1775.
The father of our subject. Solomon Sharpe Hop- kins, born September 4, 1807, was the second child in the family, and married Hester Ann Seth, March 18, 1834, a daughter of James Seth, of Talbot, Md., and a family of eight children re- sulted, as follows: Joseph, the lifth of the name, died in June, 1892. on the old farm; James, a mer- chant in Baltimore; Henry S., our subject; Edwin W., a resident of Talbot County, Md .; Alexander R., of Talbot County, born in 1842, killed May 3, 1863, at Fredericksburg, in the same battle in which his beloved commander, Stonewall Jackson, lost his life; Sarah, wife of William H. Seth, of Talbot County; Hester Ann, wife of J. C. Kemp, of Talbot County; and Mary C., deceased, who married James MeDaniel, of Talbot County.
The mother of our subject died October 14, 1856. The father died in April, 1889, in his na- tive county, having there bought a farm after marriage and always lived upon it. In politics he was a stanch supporter of the Democratic princi-
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ples. As his father was one of the founders of the Methodist Protestant Church in Maryland, he very naturally became connected with that religi- ons denomination. His death occurred at the age of eighty-three years, he being at that time pos- sessed of property amounting to some $150,000. The subject of this sketch, H. S. Hopkins, was born January 22, 1829, in Talbot County, Md. In October, 1867, he came to Missouri, buying and locating where he now lives. His place contains one hundred and sixty-eight acres of fine land, which he devotes principally to grain-growing. Formerly our subject belonged to the Democratic party, but later he has become interested in and a member of the Farmers' Alliance. Ilis religious connection is with the Christian Church, which al- ways finds in him a liberal supporter.
The marriage of our subject took place in Octo- ber, 1870, to Miss Mary R. Martin, daughter of Dr. S. D. Martin, of Missouri, and the children who have been added to this household have been as follows: lester Ann; Jennie May, now a student in Missouri Valley College, at Marshall; Ilarry H .; Lula L. M. and Willie R. The Martin family is of Scotch descent. The father of Mrs. Hopkins was born in Scott County, Ky., and was graduated from a medical college, at George- town, Ky. Ile married Miss Kate Pinkerton, a daughter of William Pinkerton, of Kentucky, of Irish descent. Dr. Martin practiced medicine in Kentucky, but in the year 1853 removed to Missouri. During the war, while on his way to join Gen. Price, he was captured at Black Water, sent a prisoner to St. Louis, later to Alton, Ill .. but was released the following March. In 1861 he returned to Kentucky, remained there for three years, and in the fall of 1867 he returned to Mis- souri, locating three miles east of Sedalia. In October, 1891, he moved into the city of Mar- shall, where he is now engaged in the practice of his profession. Dr. and Mrs. Martin were the parents of the following children: Mary, Mrs. Hopkins; Elizabeth, Mrs. William Hurt, of Mar- shall; Jennie, deceased; William, a resident of Kansas; Annie, Mrs. D. B. Allen, of Carrollton, Mo .; Fannie, deceased; Ernest, a resident of Mar- shall; Samuel, a resident of Chicago; and Solon,
in Texas. As a reminiscence of the days before the war, we may mention that Grandfather Rigby Ilopkins was the man to whom Frederick Douglass was hired when he ran away to the North.
NDREW OLSON, a thorough and enter- prising business man and stone contractor of Marshall, Saline County, Mo., has done more to beautify and improve the ex- ternal appearance of the city and surrounding neighborhood, than any other citizen in the county. Understanding every detail in the requirements of his business, our subject has not only built sub- stantially, but, handling skillfully a variety of stone, produces harmonious and artistic outlines and effects. Thus identified with the advance- ment and rapid growth of city, county and State, Mr. Olson has also become a prominent and effi- cient factor in the development of the leading re- ligious, benevolent and social organizations of his adopted home.
Our subject is a native of Sweden, and was born on the 27th of December, 1846, in Orebro Laen. His paternal grandfather, Olle Olesen, was a worker in wood, and, possessing fine mechanical genius, was a foreman. He was a Lutheran, and after a life of usefulness, died in his native land. Olive Lar- son, his son, the father of Andrew, was a skilled me- chanic. His wife was Bettie Pearson, daughter of Ole Pearson, a farmer and miller of Sweden. Mrs. Larson lived and died in her native land. She was the mother of eight children, of whom seven grew up to years of maturity. Five of the sons and daughters are now living, and of these Mr. Ol- son is next to the youngest.
Our subject went to the good common schools of his native land, and, much in the company of his father, learned rapidly the details of the iron, wood, brick and stone trade, and under the skill- ful training of his parent's master hand gained a thorough knowledge of stone-masonry. At first Mr. Olson was undecided as to which branch of the
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building business to engage in permanently, but finally determined upon his present work, in which he has been most successful. Ile carly resolved to try his fortunes in the broader and better paid field of labor in America, and in 1869 left Gotten- burg on the steamer "Victoria." and landed in New York after twelve days upon the broad At- lantic. He went first to Will County, Ill., stop- ping at Cherrywing. and later at Momence, in Will County, and in the fall of 1869 came to Missouri. lle located in Georgetown, and assisted in build- ing the bridge across the Muddy at Lexington, which work was being done for the Missouri Pa- citic Railroad.
Mr. Olson also worked as stone-mason at La Mine, in Cooper County, and found employment in the building of several bridges. In the spring of 1871, he settled in Marshall, and was soon busily working for Contractor Thompson. During this time he worked under skilled railroad engineers and mechanics, and for two years worked with bosses in railroad contracting, and then began business for himself, contracting for the building of bridges, culverts, and the foundation of houses. lle contracted for the building of the bridge of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, and the Keokuk & Kansas City Railroad, which latter road was never finished. le successfully did the stone work of the Chicago & Alton Railroad for eight miles. and had a large contract with the Missouri Pacific Railroad, and contracted in various localities and different counties with great success. Hle now owns and operates the Sand Rock Quarry, two miles east of Marshall, which quarry he himself opened. Our subject built all the fine stone work now to be seen in Marshall, and has been pros- pered from the first day of his arrival in the South- west.
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