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USA > Missouri > Saline County > Portrait and biographical record of Lafayette and Saline counties, Missouri : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, together with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the United States > Part 48
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In the public schools near his home, the sub- ject of this sketch received his education. At the age of twenty-one he went to Gunnison City, Colo., where he was employed in a warehouse for one year. He had gone thither hoping to rid himself of the malaria with which he suffered, and returned home in December of 1882 fully recovered. Ile then entered the employ of the Chicago & Alton Railroad as fireman. February 8, 1884, and in May, 1887, took a position as engineer, which he has since held. Ile runs a freight train between Kan- sas City and Roodhouse, and his engine number is 158. He has gained the confidence of the com- pany as a reliable and capable engineer, and dur- ing his entire service has never had a serious acci- dent.
Near Forest, Canada, November 4, 1890, Mr. Rawlings married Miss Lillie O. Whyte. They are the parents of one child, Verna W. Mrs. Rawlings is the daughter of Hugh and Levenia (Rawlings) Whyte, natives of Scotland and England respec- tively. Her father was a school teacher in an early
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day, but eventually became a farmer, and was thus engaged at the time of his death. The mother afterward married Simon Bhuinden, and now re- sides near Forest, Ontario. Of the first marriage. Mrs. Rawlings is the only child; six children were born to the second union, namely: Sandford ()., Alinda Levenia, Bertie A .. Alma, Florence L. and Lena A., all of whom live in Ontario, Alinda Levenia being the wife of William Hill, of Plymp- ton, Ontario, Canada.
In the Brotherhood of Engineers, of which Mr. Rawlings is a member, he is serving as an officer in Division 8. Ile also belongs to the Knights of the Maccabees and is one of the Trustees of Finance. He is a member of the Slater Building & Loan Association and of a like association at Se- dalia. Besides his comfortable residence in Slater, he is the owner of a fine farm of one hundred and sixty acres in Rawlins County, Kan. Mrs Raw- lings is the owner of a farm of one hundred aeres near Forest, Ontario. In his religious connection, our subject is a member of the Baptist Church, and is active in the support of all measures which are for the benefit of the people. Politically he is a Demoerat.
b ARRISON LUTTRELL. Ardent love of country, and an honest pride in its grand achievements, are characteristics of our subject, who also exerts himself to lift men above the degradation of drink, and place them upon the plane of virtuous citizenship. He resides upon his farm on section 2, township 18, range 26, in La Fayette County, Mo., and was born Feb- ruary 3, 1839, in Clinton County, Ohio. His father was Richard Luttrell, a native of Virginia, and his mother was Polly (Groves) Luttrell, also born in Virginia, where they were married, near Winches- ter, and whence they went to Ohio, about the year. 1830. They settled in Clinton County, upon a raw farm, covered with timber, but energetic work cleared the land, and in time produced a nicely
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improved place. Eleven children came to them, six of whom are living. Death removed the mother in 1812, and the father in 1851, both dy- ing as they had lived, earnest members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Our subject remained at home with his parents until the time of his enlistment, October 10, 1861, when he joined Company D, Forty-eighth Ohio Infantry, and was made Corporal. After drilling at Camp Dennison. he joined Sherman's army at Paducah. The following is a summary of his ser- vices in the army: Ile took part in the battle of Shiloh under Gen. Grant; was in all the battles of the siege of Corinth and aided in the building of seven lines of breastworks; marched to Memphis, and there did provost duty, beside helping to throw up breastworks; then to Vicksburg under Sherman; fought in the battles of White River, Arkansas River and Kansas Post; was wounded in the shoulder at the latter place, and was sent to Lawson Hospital, St. Louis, remaining until the following fall, when he was placed in Company A, Fifth Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps, and sta- tioned at Indianapolis; was mustered out in Octo- ber, 1864, after serving three full years, and re- turned home to settle upon the old farm.
Mr. Luttrell was married October 26. 1866, to Margaretta Smith, a native of Fayette County, Ohio, born in 1841, and a daughter of Evan Smith and wife, Quakerz. After marriage he removed to Johnson County, Mo., near Warrensburgh, in 1867; three years later he came to La Fayette County, and settled upon a rented farm for'one year, when he bought the farm where he now lives, taking possession in 1871.
Mr. and Mrs. Luttrell are the parents of five children, as follows: Leoni, Anna, Georgiana, Katie and Euphemia. Leoni is the wife of F. W. MeClure, of Oklahoma, having one child; and Georgiana is the wife of W. B. Wheatley, living at Oklahoma, having one child. Our subject has one hundred and sixty-five aeres of land, and car- ries on general farming, growing grain and raising stock, taking especial interest in the raising of fine horses. Ile appreciates the benefits of education, having served as a member of the School Board, and has given his children excellent schooling,
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supplementing that in the home district by an at- tendance at the Higginsville public schools. As are most old Union soldiers, he is attached to the Grand Army, of which he is a member. Ilis Pro- hibition views are widely known, his voice and his vote being with that party.
W ILLIAM L. ISH, a representative pioneer and honored resident of Slater, Saline County, Mo., was born in this State, and has resided here almost his entire lifetime. Active, energetic and ambitious, always extending his aid in behalf of educational advancement and general public progress, our subject commands the respeet and confidence of the general public. Born January 4, 1819, in Cambridge Township, on the Big Bottom, over three score and ten years have passed since Mr. Ish began to be an eye- witness of the wonderful growth and improve- ments in the State of his birth.
John Ish, the paternal grandfather of our sub- jeet, was born in Germany, but early immigrated to America. and settled in White County, Tenn., where he made for himself and family a home. Jacob, the father of our subject, was born upon the farm in White County, Tenn., and when he was but a lad his father was killed by the Indians, while he was engaged in plowing in the field. Jacob Ish was raised in Tennessee, and fought bravely in the War of 1812. Like his father before him, he pursued the peaceful avocation of farming. He was an ambitious man, and with his wife and children traveled from Tennessee by team to Missouri, and settled permanently in the Big Bottom. They crossed the La Mine River by cutting a cottonwood tree and making a raft.
Jacob Ish was one of the first persons to cross the La Mine River. and lived in the Big Bottom as a squatter until the land offices opened at Frank- lin, Howard County, January 4, 1819, when he located. A log house sheltered the family at first,
and the surroundings were rude, but the land returned a rich harvest and they were happy. The father was the first Justice of the Peace appointed here, and the only one in the county. He served in this capacity, giving great satisfaction to the general public for a score of years, and was three times Assessor of the county. In 1832 Mr. Ish located on the Bluffs, in the same township, then after a time removed to Miami Township, and finally settled in Holt County with his son, JJudge John B. Ish, where he died, aged seventy-four years. Ile was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and a true Christian citizen.
The first wife of Jacob Ish died in the early part of 1817. and he married again. The mother of our subject was Mrs. Hinch, a widow, formerly Parthenia Gibb. who was a native of Kentucky, and a daughter of Samuel Gibb, also born in Kentucky, but an early farmer of Howard County, Mo., and for a short time of Pettis County. at Cold Neck, where he died. The mother married first in Kentucky, came to New Madrid, and after the earthquake there settled in this county, where she subsequently was united in marriage with Jacob Ish. She had two children by her first marriage, and, a good and loving mother, passed to her rest, in April. 1872, aged seventy-five years. The children of the father's first marriage were five in number, all of whom are dead. Of the four chil- dren of the second wife, two survive. William was raised upon the farm, and early was called upon to assist in the daily round of agricultural work.
The district schoolhouse which he attended was built of logs, and there were slabs for writing- desks. Three or four months a year was the length of time the boys of those pioneer days could attend school. In June, 1838, our subjeet married Miss Mary L. Wilhite. a native of the Big Bottom, and a daughter of lames Wilhite, born in White County. Tenn., and who served in the War of 1812. Mr. Wilhite married in his native State, but came to Missouri in 1815, and drove the entire way by team. Hle settled first in Howard County, but afterward lived in Big Bottom. In 1832, he located on the Bluffs, and after farming some time, died there. The maternal grandfather,
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Reuben, was born and died in Tennessee. The mother, Charity Hayes, was also a native of Tennessee. and a daughter of William Hayes, born in Tennessee, and a very early settler here. They dug a well at the foot of the bluff. and it is still in use. Mrs. Ish is the second of eight children, and was educated in the distriet schools.
After his marriage Mr. Ish bought a farm of one hundred and sixty acres, four miles south of Slater. and first farmed with oxen, and hauled rails nine miles to fence in his land. Ile also put up a log house and lived there until 1844, when he sold out and entered land south of Slater, one hundred and sixty acres, and improved it. Our subject farmed this land many years, being exceedingly successful in agricultural work, which demands the energy, industry and careful judg- ment liberally possessed by Mr. Ish. In 1863, he forsook the peaceful farm for the battlefield, and enlisted in the Confederate army, at the first call, and was in the Robinson Regiment. At the battle of Black Water, upon December 10, he was captured and sent to St. Louis, and eamped at McDowell College; he was then sent to Alton, and kept until March, 1861, when, by taking the oath of allegiance, he was allowed to return home. Our subject then began trading in stock, and continued shipping to St. Louis by boat until the close of the war. He sometimes drove the cattle through to St. Louis himself, and succeeded in making his ventures profitable.
Our subject then began to buy more land, pay- ing as high as $20 an acre. He owned some four hundred acres, and farmed upon it, until he retired from farming duties. In 1889, Mr. Ish located in Slater, where he now resides. He owns other valuable real estate, among the rest one hundred and fifty-two acres one mile north of the city. improved with substantial buildings. on which he has raised as high as twenty mules and sixty head of fine cattle a year. Mr. Ish gave $100 to the Chicago & Alton Railroad. He is a Director in the Savings Bank and a stockholder in the Citizens' Stock Bank. He and his wife are the parents of three children: Thomas H. B., a farmer of this township, and a graduated phy- sician from McDowell College; Margery, Mrs.
Willis, resides in Clay Township; and J. C. B., a graduate of MeDowell College. a traveling man. living in Springfield, Mo. Mr. Ish belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows here, Lodge No. 319. Ile also belongs to the Old Settlers' Society, of which he is Second Vice-President. He is the oldest settler in this locality, and is possessed of a host of warm friends here. He is an Elder in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and was when that organization built the Missouri Valley Col- lege. Our subject is in political alliliation an ardent Democrat. and is at all times and on all occasions a thoroughly upright and true American citizen.
ARVEY S. TUCKER, whose genealogy will be found to a fuller extent in the sketch of I .. HI. Tucker. is a good. strong citizen of Saline County, a man who has sense to back all his actions, and who takes a practical view of life, and does well the work that he finds to do. Just such men are needed everywhere- men who can go forward calmly and steadily, without excitement and without ehimerical fan- cies.
Mr. Tucker's birthplace was a short distance from his present home, and his natal day came in the year 1848. His parents were Joshua G. and Henrietta A. (Harper) Tucker. He is a true son of the county, having grown up here and received his earlier education in our common schools, al- though later he attended the Central College, of Howard County.
In 1875 Mr. Tucker married Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Fieldin Shaw, whose biography is given in these pages, and who was so well and fa- vorably known in the county. Mr. and Mrs. Tucker have been the parents of seven children, but have suffered the loss of three of them. Those who are still living are : Bettie M., Luther L., Claudia I. and Floy B,
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Mr. Tucker was reared a Democrat, and up to the time of the inauguration of the People's party endorsed the principles of Democraey. He still believes in the Jeffersonian Democracy, but not that of the present day. He is now an adher- ent and active advocate of the doctrines of the People's party, believing them to come nearest to the needs of the many who look to the Govern- ment of the United States for protection, both to themselves personally and their interests, financial and otherwise. Mr. Tucker is not rabid in his de- fense of the principles of his party,-he has too much sense for that, but he is in earnest and fully believes what he advocates, while he has the good of all at heart.
The gentleman whose name heads this sketch is an extensive farmer and stock dealer, feeding and shipping cattle each year. Ile owns a beau- tiful home, situated on the same place where his father resided from 1850 till the time of his death, his post office being Fairville. Mr. Tucker is prae- tical in his farming as in all else, and the fruits of his industry and good judgment are plainly seen all around him, attesting far more than words ean the truth of what we have said of him in this brief sketch.
OHN FRANKLIN PENNOCK, an engineer on the Chicago & Alton Railroad, Kansas City Division, is a very agreeable and eom- panionable man, well educated and fully abreast of the times. He is a man of wonderfully good judgment and great presence of mind. Un- der the most exciting and trying ordeals, he was never known to be lacking in cither respect. Ile takes in the situation, makes a decision, and aets upon it at once. Ilis quickness of perception has brought him safely through many a danger, for he has had more than one narrow escape.
There has been a sad tragedy in the life of Mr. Pennoek, his father having been murdered in cold blood while returning with his wife from a visit to
Canada, June 20, 1890. Mr. Pennock, Sr., whose christian name was William, was the descendant of an Eastern family, and was born in New York State. He remained on a farm there until he was a young man, when he went lo Ontario, Canada, and located in London; he ran the old Mont- gomery House in the latter place for a while and afterward engaged in farming, the two hundred acres of his farm now being in the city of Toronto. In 1870, he came to Missouri and located in Clay Township, Saline County, where he bought one hundred and forty acres of land from Capt. W. S. Ish, about half a mile south of the present city of Slater. and was engaged in farming up to the time of his death. Ile was a well-educated and well- posted man, a member of the Presbyterian Church and a Democrat. Ile was a Magistrate for years while he lived in Canada. On the occasion of his first visit to Canada, with his wife, in 1890, the tragedy above mentioned occurred. They were returning from the visit and were on the bridge at Louisiana. The train had stopped at the draw- bridge to let a steamboat pass through, and Mr. Pennock left the coach and never returned. He was murdered and robbed and his body thrown into the river. The murderer has not been appre- hended to this day.
Mr. J. F. Pennock was in Kansas City and was telegraphed for at once, responding immediately. Hle instituted a search which lasted from Saturday until Monday night, at which time a message came from forty-three miles below Louisiana, saying that the body of a man was there awaiting identi- fication. The son proceeded to the point named and found the body of his father. At this time there was but sixty-five cents in the pockets of the murdered man; this the robbers had probably overlooked in their haste. The head and face were bruised, as though a blow had been struck with a link or coupling-pin. The son had gone down from Louisiana in a skiff with two men, and after finding his father's body he telegraphed for a tug from the city and also sent orders for a cof- fin. An inquest was held before the removal and the verdict was to the effect that the murder had been committed in cold blood and the body thrown into the river, as stated above. The body was
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brought back to Louisiana, thence to Slater, where the funeral was held. Deceased was seventy-nine years, eleven months and sixteen days okl at the time of his death.
The lady who was so cruelly widowed was be- fore her marriage Miss Eliza Montgomery, of Can- ada. She was of Scotch descent, her father having been born in Scotland. Ile removed to Canada and was the owner of a large farm there. and also the keeper of an extensive hotel, the Montgom- ery, near London. Ile was a Mckenzie man and took part in the Canadian Rebellion, the first gun being lired at his hotel, for which he was obliged to go into hiding. Ile was a Magistrate in Canada up to the time of his death. His great-great- grandfather was Lord Montgomery, of the lligh- lands of Scotland, so that he was directly descended from the nobility. The mother of our subject still resides at the old home in Slater. at the advanced age of seventy-six.
Mr. Pennock was the fifth in order of birth of six children, five of whom are now living. He was born in Toronto, Canada. October 31, 1852. When he was two years of age, the family moved to near London. where he was educated in part, finishing his studies at the colleges at llamilton and St. Thomas and the Commercial College in London.
In 1870, the young man came with his parents to this vicinity, remaining at home and assisting his father until he reached the age of twenty-two. when he engaged in farming for himself. After a time. he went into the meat-market business here, keeping this up until 1881. when he was engaged by the Chicago & Alton Railroad as fireman on this division, where he has worked ever since. In 1887, he became engineer, and is the oldest freight engineer on the division west of Kansas City. He has never had an accident and has never laid off a clay. He has engine No. 115, a six-wheel Mogul, which he has run for four years. lle has had some hair-breadth escapes, but his carefulness and clear-headedness have stood him and others in good part.
Mr. Pennock was married in Marshall in 1876, taking for his bride Miss Ella Jenkins, who was born in Cooper County. Mo .. and was reared in Marshall. They have one child, Lottie. The gen-
tleman whom this sketch but poorly portrays is a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engin- eers. Branch 8, and politically is a Democrat; he is a very popular man and everyone likes him and speaks well of him. He has been here in Slater a long time, and has made for himself a warm place in the hearts of many friends, as well as a high position in the respect and esteem of all who know him.
W ILLIAM H. HOLLIDAY. an honored and representative citizen, and President of the Slater Savings Bank. Saline County, Mo., is one of the very early pioneers of the State. and to his enterprise and personal exertions many of its prominent improvements are mainly due. lle was one of the leading factors in the early growth of Monroe County, and platted out and literally founded the town of Holliday, named in his honor. The paternal grandfather of Mr. Hol- liday was a North of Ireland man and emigrated to America in the latter part of the last century and settled in Kentucky, where he pursued the peaceful avocation of farming.
The father of our subject was born in Kentucky in 1792, and was, like his father, a farmer. Ile was a brave and patriotic citizen, and served the Government of his country in the War of 1812, and fought under the victorious command of Gen. Harrison. In 1817 this veteran of the war came to Pike County, Mo., traveling all the way by team. and located near Clarksville. In 1818 he bought land and settled at Elk Springs, in the same county. Ile farmed there seventeen years, and then removed to Monroe County, near Paris, where Holliday now stands, and engaged in ex- tensive and profitable agriculture. lle was an Elder in the Presbyterian Church, and was up- right in character, and when he died in 1870 he was lamented as a good man and honest citizen.
The mother of our subject, Naney MeCune, was a native of Kentucky and a daughter of a farmer of the same State. Her father came to Missouri
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in 1817, and located in Pike County, and farmed there until his death at MeC'une Station; he was over eighty years of age when he passed away. Mrs. Naney (McCune) Holliday died in 1834. She was the mother of eight children, of whom our subjeet was the eldest. W. II. Holliday was born August 9, 1817, near Paris, Ky. Ile assisted on his father's large farm and attended the little log schoolhouse, and afterward went one year to the Masonic College, one of the best in the State. Mr. Holliday spent one year in this institution of learning, and then returned home, and remained there until twenty-two years of age, when he came into possession of three hundred and twenty acres of land in Jackson Township, Monroe County, and improved the farm, on which be raised grain and stock. lle also raised a fine large quality of mules and took them South to the number of one hundred, and disposed of them in the Red River country.
This stock-raising enterprise was a successful venture, but it was an expensive trip and required considerable capital. In 1868, when the branch from Moberly to Hannibal was built, our subject became a Director and stockholder in the line called the Missouri Central Railroad. This road was completed and business started upon its line in the spring, and then it was handed over to the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad, to make it a through line. On this road a station was built near the farm of our subject, and was named in his honor Holliday.
In 1876, Mr. Ilolliday engaged in general mer- chandise in the town of Holliday, and was pros- pered. Hle owned all the land when the depot was located there, but devoted forty acres to starting a town, and built the first houses and store, and established a lumber yard; he was Post- master, express agent, and manager of a general store, and after a successful termination of his ef- forts to found a town. retired from active busi- ness and came to Slater in 1882. In 1885 he was one of the organizers of the Slater Savings Bank, and has been its President ever since. Mr. Holli- day built a handsome residence m Slater, and also owns other valuable real estate in this city, and has property in Holliday.
In 1849, our subject was married, in Monroe County, to Miss Jennie Harper, a native of Wood- ford County, Ky. She was reared in Monroe County, Mo., and is a most estimable and excellent lady. Our subject is a member of, and a ruling Elder in, the Presbyterian Church, and has always been especially active in forwarding its religious interests. He has always been a Democrat, and has frequently represented his party at State and county conventions. In all the relations of life, whether social or business, Mr. Holliday is always the same consistent and upright man, and com- mands the confidence and esteem of all who know him.
G EORGE W. DEAL was one of the repre- sentative men of Saline County while liv- ing, and the memory of his just and honest life still remains with his family and friends. He was born in Augusta County, Va., in 1812, and was the first-born in his father's family. He was afforded the advantages of a very liberal educa- tion in the common schools and academy of his native place, and in 1833 he chose Miss Rebecca Coyner to be his wife. To them were born eight children in Virginia, and one after coming to this State in 1857. Mr. Deal had learned the trade of saddle and harness maker and this employment he industriously followed at Waynesboro, Va., where he owned an extensive establishment and manu- factured his own goods.
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