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6 THOMAS R. LANDRUM, a leading business man and a well-known dealer in saddles. harness, and farming implements, enjoys an excellent and rapidly extending trade in Waverly and the surrounding country of La Fayette County. Mo. Our subject came to Waverly about a score of years ago, and with intelligent energy and ambition, identified himself with the growing and important interests of his home and county, and well merits the esteem and confidence be-
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stowed upon him by the residents of the flourish- ing city. Mr. Landrum is a native of Campbell County, Va., and was born in 1849. Ilis father, .1. J. Landrum, was also a native Virginian, and passed the entire early portion of his life in the Old Dominion, having received his education and formed his family ties there.
The mother of our subject was Mary C. Lan- drum, a daughter of Richard Landrum, also a resi- dlent of the Sunny South. The paternal grand- father, Burton Landrum, was widely known in Virginia, and was esteemed as an honorable and upright citizen. Our subject remained in his early home throughout his boyhood, and attended the common schools, and assisted his father in the daily round of duty. At the age of eighteen years he self-reliantly began to prepare himself for the active work of life, and learned the carriage- maker's trade, immediately receiving ready and profitable employment, in which he engaged for several succeeding years. In 1873 Mr. Landrum made his home in Waverly, and here worked in a wagon and carriage manufactory up to 1889.
In the latter year our subject devoted himself to his present business. and handles a complete line of farming implements, wagons, saddles and har- ness. Thoroughly understanding the details of his business, and carrying a fine stock, second to none in this locality, Mr. Landrum has succeeded beyond his most sanguine expectations, and is still further extending his trade into the adjoining neighborhoods of the county. In 1883 our sub- jeet was united in marriage with Miss Nannie Wakefield, a lady of worth, and highly esteemed by a widening circle of friends and acquaintances. The commodious and pleasant home of Mr. and Mrs. Landrum has been blessed by the birth of one son, Hugh C. Landrum, a boy of promise and ability, and one daughter, Mary Marguerite.
Mr. and Mrs. Landrum have long been members of the Christian Church, and are valned as earnest laborers in the work and benevolent enterprises of that religious organization, and are ever ready to assist in any good cause which presents itself to their notice. Fraternally our subject is a member - of Waverly Lodge No. 61, A. F. & A. M., and is also associated in active membership with Waverly
Lodge, A. O. U. W. In political atliliations Mr. Landrum is a prominent Democrat, deeply inter- ested in the success of his party and the manage- ment of national and local affairs, but he has never been an office-secker, and is content to do his duty, as an humble and faithful American citizen, at the polls. A man of sterling integrity of char- acter, public-spirited and progressive, our subject has materially aided in the best interests of Wav- erly, and in the city and throughout the county has a host of friends and well-wishers.
OHN B. BURBRIDGE, M. D. Residing in the town of Dover, La Fayette County, few are better known than our subject, who, having been a prominent physician of this locality, has now retired from the practice of his profession and gives himself up to the social en- joyment derived from meeting his old friends. Dr. Burbridge was born in Clarke County, Ky., March 10, 1826. 1Te is the son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Ferguson) Burbridge, the former of Virginia and the latter of Kentucky. The pater- nal grandsire was Litchfield Burbridge, a native of Spottsylvania, Va., and a soldier in the Revolu- tionary War. The maternal grandfather was Nathan Ferguson, a resident of Kentucky.
Dr. Burbridge passed his boyhood in his native State and county. Ile attended the public school and helped his father on the farm. At the age of sixteen he became a student in Bacon College, at Harrisburg, Va., and there pursued his studies for two years. He then entered Transylvania Col- lege, which was and is still located at Lexing- ton, Ky. There he remained four years and in 1847 completed the medical course and received his diploma. That same year he began the prac- tice of his profession in Garrard County, Ky., but continued it for only a year.
Preferring the life of a country gentleman, Dr. Burbridge took up farming in Shelby County, and remained there until 1860, at which time he re-
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moved to La Fayette County, Mo., and settled on a farm. Ile has carried on general farming until the present time. Ile has a good farm comprising two hundred acres, which is all under cultivation and well improved.
Our subject's first marriage took place May 11. 1818. the lady of his choice being Miss Emma Buchanan. She presented him with five daughters, four of whom are living. They are: Mart. Eliza- beth, Sallie and Emma. Mrs. Emma Burbridge died May 6, 1875, and September 19, 1876, the Doetor was united to his present wife, who was Miss Emma Ililyard, a resident of La Fayette but born in Kentucky. Dr. and Mrs. Burbridge are both devoted members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. They have a pleasant and com- fortable home in Dover. and, surrounded by con- genial friends, are passing in comfort their declin- ing years.
P IHILIP E. AYRES, a leading and representa- tive citizen of La Fayette County, occupies a pleasant home in township 49, range 26. There, upon a fine farm of four hundred and sixteen acres of land, which he has brought to its present state of perfect cultivation. he enjoys the life of a successful agriculturist of the great State of Missouri. The birth of Mr. Ayres took place in Jefferson County, Ky., December 27. 1836. and he is a son of Thomas Il. and Elizabeth (Ebert) Ayres, both of whom were natives of Virginia. Reared to agricultural pursuits in his native State. he early became acquainted with the different and best modes of cultivating the soil. which knowledge he has applied upon his own land.
The education of our subjeet was above the average of farmer boys, as he not only attended the private schools of the nearest village, but in addition studied for two years in the High School at Hardinsburgh, Ky. To the knowledge acquired
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in school he has added by general reading upon topics of public interest. When a boy he re- moved with his parents to Hancock County, Ky., and in that county grew to manhood, and re- mained until he came to La Fayette County, Mo., in 1869. and settled upon his present place. The marriage of Mr. Ayres took place March 7. 1859, with Miss Adalaide C. Brown. a native of .Jefferson County. Ky .. who was born in April, 1810, the daughter of James and Aun (Cannon) Brown. This union has been blessed with a family of four children, as follows: Annie E., the wife of W. W. Iliggins; Lulu; Katie, the wife of G. Twyman; and Ebert E.
The farm belonging to Mr. Ayres would excite admiration from any one, with its cultivated fields, its meadows and timber-land, its orehards and comfortable buildings. The line residence was erected several years since, and all the sur- roundings are in harmony with its modern style of architecture and appearance. Our subject is a prominent man in his county, and has served as .Justice of the Peace for no less than twelve years, taking part actively in the deliberations and councils of the Democratic party, and always per- forming his share in all public enterprises prom- ising advantage to county or State. Ile is actively identified with the Masonie fraternity and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In his relig- nous belief he is a member of the Methodist Epis- copal Church South, in which he has acceptably served as Steward for many years.
OIN WALTON. a prosperous and enterpris- ing general merchant of Waverly, La Fay- ette County, Mo .. has for the past thirty years successfully conducted his present business, which from small beginnings has extended its custom into the surrounding neighborhoods and farming localities. Our subject was born in Yorkshire. England, in the year 1815. His pa- rents were John and Betty ( Phistlewate) Walton,
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born and bred in the Queen's dominions, and sub- stantial members of the farming community of England. The father and mother thriftily trained their sons and daughters to habits of industry and self-reliance and thius well fitted them for the battle of life.
Mr. Walton spent his youthful days in his na- tive land, and attended a private school, and worked upon his father's farm. Arriving at ma- ture years, he began the battle of life for himself, and when able to make a home for another mar- ried. It was in 1841, that he married Miss Esther Allen, a daughter of John Allen, an Englishman by birth and education. Mrs. Walton was born in England and reared and educated in the home of her aneestors. Mr. and Mrs. Walton have been the parents of four children, three of whom now survive, John E .. Christopher and William J.
In the early part of 1849, Mr. Walton decided to leave behind him the pleasant associations of early life and try his fortunes in a new country. Ile therefore embarked with wife and children for America, and crossing the broad Atlantic, was landed with his worldly possessions safe and sound upon American shores. Reaching New York March 15, 1849, the family journeyed di- rect to La Fayette County, Mo., and here located upon a farm, where our subject industriously sowed, planted and reaped a harvest for a full half-seore of years. In 1860, he made a departure from the line of agricultural work and entered the mercantile field, where he still profitably remains. Engaged in merchandising, he has made an ex- tended acquaintance and many friends, who ap- preciate his fair dealing and kindly courtesy.
In politics our subject is a strong Democrat, and firmly advocates the principles of the party which receives liis vote. Appreciating a republican gov- erument, Mr. Walton is always interested in the outcome of local and national issues, and identify- ing himself with the growth and progress of our great republie, is a true American citizen. Our subject and his family are attendants at the South- ern Methodist Episcopal Church, and Mr. Walton has been an active member of the same for many years, liberally assisting in the benevolent, social and religious enterprises of the denomination.
For a number of terms Mr. Walton held the im- portant official position of City Treasurer, and dis- charged the duties of the office with marked abil- ity. A Christian gentleman of sterling integrity of character and more than ordinary business abil- ity and intelligence, he has been an important factor in the upbuilding of the progressive inter- ests of Waverly, where he is widely known and regarded with esteem and honor.
OHN T. TAYLOR. The city of Lexington affords plenty of employment for the taste and skill which our subject brings to bear in his chosen calling, which is that of a contracting painter, doing all kinds of both plain and ornamental work. Mr. Taylor was born in Lancashire, England, September 30, 1843, and spent his boyhood in the "tight little isle" until eleven years of age, when he emigrated with his parents to America. After a long voyage the family landed at New Orleans, and soon after pro- ceeded up the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers to Dover, then crossed the river and went on a farm for a while, when they came to Lexington, La Fayette County, Mo.
Mr. Taylor's parents were George and Elizabeth (Clark) Taylor, the latter of whom still survives, and resides in Lexington. George Taylor was a cotton spinner by trade, and was later interested in mining for coal, having little or no use for the first mentioned trade after coming to America. John T. attended school in Lexington until four- teen years of age, and then set himself to learn the painter's trade, to which he has been constant until the present time. He has finished some very large and difficult pieces of work in Lexington, and as a painter has no superior. Ile contracts for the painting of houses, churches and buildings of every description, and does a great deal of fancy and decorative sign painting.
+ In his political belief Mr. Taylor is a pro- nounced Democrat. Fraternally he is a member
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of Orion Lodge No. 15. of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and has been quite active in his lodge connection. January 28, 1869, he married Miss Mary B., a daughter of Jacob Neet, of Lex- ington. Mo. They have been the parents of live children. there being two sons and three daughters. who are as follows: Hettie M., who is the wife of William Cullem. of Lexington; George .1 .. Sarah E., Susan S., and John T., .I. These children have been carefully reared and educated, and have promising futures. Mr. Taylor is a member of the Epi-eopal Church, while his wife is a member of the Christian Church. The family residence is a very pleasant home on Third Street.
In 1861 Mr. Taylor enlisted in the Confederate army for six months, after which term of service he crossed the plains to Mexico. and from there went to Leavenworth. After his return home from there he made a trip to Salt Lake by way of Ft. Laramie, from there back to Nebraska City, then to Denver, where in 1864 he joined the Union army for one hundred days to fight Indians. Ile served as a member of the Third Colorado Cavalry.
T. SAVIOR'S ACADEMY, conducted by the Sisters of the Loretto Institute, is lo- cated on English Avenue and Jefferson Street, in the western part of Marshall. The school, designed for the education of girls and young ladies, was established mainly by the efforts of the Rev. M. J. O'Dwyer, a pioneer priest of the parish of St. Peter, at Marshall. Aided by the hearty co-operation of many of the best citizens of the town, the untiring and energetic Father O'Dwyer persevered until m September, 1881, this institution, now one of the largest of its kind in Central Missouri, was opened for the recep- tion of pupils.
Conducted by the Sisters of Loretto, the Acad- emy has from the very first day received excellent patronage, not only from the Catholics, but from
all, without distinction of creed; one positive rule of the institute being that as pupils are received without distinction of creed, no influence what- ever will be used to change their religious convie- tions. The course of study embraces all the ordin- ary and higher branches of a thorough literary and polite education. Especial attention is also paid to the arts of musie, drawing, and painting. the corps of teachers containing talent of the high- est order. The buildings are spacious and well ventilated, and in 1892 a large addition was made to the original building, which had not sufficient rooms to accommodate all the pupils who desired to enjoy the benefit offered by the course of this excellent school.
Boarders as well as day scholars are in constant attendance and parents living at a distance can thus secure a good home for their daughters, where their health and mental improvement will both be considered. Few cities of the size of Marshall possess an institution of the standing and real ex- cellence of character to which the Academy of St. Savior has attained. The buildings are substantial and most complete in their appointments. The first building is fifty feet long by sixty feet in width and is three stories high. The new and commodi- ous structure lately erected is 56x80 feet in dimen- sions. It contains a fine exhibition hall, with a seating capacity of five hundred, and has a large stage, the whole lighted by gas and heated by steam.
The pleasant location of the school and the at- traetive surroundings are the admiration of the passer-by, and have undoubtedly been factors in the assured success of the educational enterprise. From the opening day the attendance was over one hundred in number, and the roll of students has been constantly increasing. The Sisters of Loretto are widely known for their self-sacrifieing devotion to the cause of education and for the high order of their knowledge and attainments. The mother institute, in Marion County, Ky., has en- rolled upon the list of pupils many names now famous among the noble and gifted women of to- day. The Sisters in charge at Marshall are most energetic and efficient in the discharge of their duties.
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The First Sister Superior was Sister Dolores Jack- son, who retained the supervison of the work for two years, when her health failed and she was ap- pointed to a position where the duties were less se- vere and trying. This excellent woman and devout Christian was a native of St. Louis and died in Ken- tucky. The faculty of Sisters who began the work in this school were Sisters Mary Kevin, Annette, Mary Berchman, Alberta and Laura. The last three named remain in the institution, and are highly valued and beloved by their pupils. The students are required to dress in a neat uniform, and in all matters that pertain to the conduct of affairs the utmost decorum is rigidly enforced, but each pupil is at all times sure of a ready interest in her prosperity and happiness, and the utmost cordiality and good-will always prevail between the teachers and pupils of this celebrated institution of learning.
HIOMAS B. CAMPBELL, a prosperous and representative general agriculturist, and at one time a leading stock-raiser and breeder of Shorthorn cattle, now devotes much of his at- tention and capital to the breeding, care and man- agement of fine-blooded trotting horses, and han- dles the Ilambletonian, Mambrino, and American Star breeds. Born in Huntsville, Ala., on the 16th of June, 1829, our subject came with his par- ents to the State of Missouri, in the very early days of his boyhood, and has for many years been closely identified with the prominent business in- terests of Lexington Township, La Fayette County. llis highly improved farm of six hundred acres is pleasantly located upon section 3, township 50, range 26, and is one of the most productive and valuable agricultural properties in this section of the State.
The remote ancestors of Mr. Campbell were Scotch, but the immediate branches of his fam- ily, paternal and maternal, were American-born citizens. Ilis parents were James and Eliza A.
(Jennings) Campbell ; the father was a native Kentuckian, but removing when a little lad to Tennessee, was reared in the latter State and mar- ried, the marriage occurring in La Fayette County, Mo., his wife, who was the daughter of David .Jen- nings, also born in Tennessee. The father of our subject served bravely in the War of 1812, and engaged in the confliet in Florida, when the Semi- nole Indians were finally subdued. When a trifle more than four years of age, our subject removed from Alabama to his future lifetime home, lo- eating with his parents, in 1834, in La Fayette County, Mo., and while a little lad attended the private subscription schools, and assisted his father upon the old home farm.
In 1850 Mr. Campbell entered the University of Missouri, located at Columbia, and graduated with honor in 1852. llis studies ended, our subject applied himself to agricultural duties, and yet re- mains upon the farm where he first made his in- dividual start in life. Among the other stock eared for on the large aereage are a large number of excellent mules, a profitable investment, and an animal whose raising is well repaid by future gains. Many of the blooded horses on the place are Kentucky highbred trotters. Among the horses is "Billy Bolton," with a record of 2.24, a valu- able and handsome animal, and one of the finest in this part of the State. At the head of the stud is "Ingomar," No. 7872, by "Aberdeen," 27, dam "Princess," by "Mambrino Patchen," second dam, "Queen Vic," by " Mambrino Chief." He is a bean- tiful bay, sixteen hands high, and bids fair for a sire trotter. Next on the list is "Edinborough," No. 9821, by "Aberdeen," 27, dam "Allie Thomp- son," by "Almont," 33. Hle also has a lot of choice bred brood mares. In 1882 Mr. Campbell secured two deer, and has raised a large number of fawns now owning quite an extensive deer-park, a most attractive addition to the cultivated fields, and one that elicits much admiration from the passers- by.
Mr. Campbell was married in 1856 to Miss Sallie M. Ilix, a daughter of O. B. Ilix, a most estimable citizen. Mrs. Campbell is the mother of three children, two sons and one daughter. Frank W. is the eldest-born ; Bird II., the second child;
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Caltha, the youngest, and the daughter of the house and home. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell are de- voted members of the Christian Church, and are ever foremost in the good work of that religions organization, and are among the earnest support- ers of social, benevolent and religions enterprises. Our subject is a sturdy Democrat, and maintains the principles of the party, giving his vote and in- fluence in behalf of the platform reared by his American ancestry. As a true and faithful citizen of the United States, he is always in favor of the best man for the place, and believes that worth and merit should be ever considered in the selec- tion of local and national candidates for all public offices of trust.
ILLIAM II. PILKINGTON has for many years been prominently identified with the principal interests of La Fayette County as one of its most successful and enter- prising farmers. The highly improved estate which he owns and operates is located on section 9, township 48, range 26, and is embellished with all the buildings necessary for the successful prose- cution of agricultural work. The residence was erected by Mr. Pilkington at a cost of about $1, 400, and is substantial and complete in every detail. The barns are commodions. the wheat bins have a capacity of eight hundred bushels, and the corn- cribs, which are double, hold sixteen hundred bushels. The orchards contain a large number of trees bearing fine grades of fruit, and everything about the place shows careful oversight and pru- ‹lent management.
The father of our subject. William Pilkington, was born in Lancashire, England. in 1803, and in his native country was united in marriage with Miss Hannah Towers, a native of the same shire as himself, and born in 1806. In 1829 they came to America and settled at Lowell, Mass., whence they removed to Stockport, N. Y., and there re- sided for thirteen years. Afterward they removed
to the West and settled on a farm near Providence, Bureau County, Ill., the trip hither being made from Albany to Chicago via canal and the Lakes. William Pilkington commenced to clear and im- prove the raw prairie land which he had purchased, and, in order to erect a suitable structure for the abode of his family, was forced to haul lumber a distance of one hundred and eighteen miles.
After residing in Illinois for twenty-seven years, during which time he engaged as a tiller of the soil, William Pilkington came to Missouri in 1866 and settled in La Fayette County. For some time he owned and was proprietor of a store in town- ship 48, range 26, and, both as a business man and in a social way. he became well known throughout this section of country. Ilis death occurred in 1870. llis widow still survives, making her home in Bureau County, Ill. They were, in their re- ligious connections, members of the Episcopal Church, in which he was an active worker. In politics, he was a Whig until the formation of the Republican party, with which he afterward aflili- ated, and his fellow-citizens often called him to service in official capacities. By trade he was a calico weaver, but the most of his active life was spent in farming and merchandising.
The parental family ineluded ten children, of whom six now survive. Our subject, who is the only member of the family now residing in Mis- souri, was born in Lowell, Mass., November 25, 1830. llis childhood days were passed in New York State, and he accompanied his parents in their removal to Illinois, where he was for a time a pupil in the distriet schools of Burean County, and also attended a select school there. He re- mained at home until he was twenty-two years of age, meanwhile aiding his father in the work of breaking the soil and harvesting the grain on the home farm.
In 1852, Mr. Pilkington went to California by the Nicaragua route to San Francisco, and for one year worked for his uncle, who had a trading-post at the Third Crossing of the Calaveras River. Thence he removed to Santa Cruz, on the Bay of Monterey, where he engaged in farming pursuits for two years. Ile then returned to Ilinois and farmed a portion of the old homestead, which he
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