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Mr. Frederick was born in Shenandoah County, Va., in 1812. He was the son of John and Lilly (Earhart) Frederick, also natives of the Old Do- minion, where the former worked at his trade of a miller until his death. The mother also spent her entire life in that State. In the fall of 1857 the original of this sketch moved to Marion Coun- ty, Ohio, where he engaged in the milling busi- ness, in which he had been thoroughly trained by his father. He also taught school there for sev- eral years, then on account of poor health changed his location to Winnebago County, Ill. There he likewise followed the combined vocations of farmer and teacher until the year (1863) in which he moved to the State of Iowa. He was taken ill shortly after making that State his home, and the farm work was therefore carried on by his sons.
In 1865 Mr. Frederick came with his family to this State and county, purchasing at once the land which is now owned and occupied by his sons. It was at that time one hundred and fifty acres in extent, but has been added to until now the estate comprises two hundred and thirty-three acres. On this place our subject lived and worked until his death, July 4, 1878. His wife survived him until August, 1885.
John F. Frederick was twice wedded, his first marriage occurring in Ohio, when Miss Mary Loughfer became his wife. She died while they were living in the Buckeye State, and he then married Sarah McCoy, who was his companion until his decease. By his first marriage there were born five children, of whom Alfred and John are deceased. The others are: Lydia, Mary and William. By his union with Miss McCoy he became the parent of eight children. Of these Emily is the widow of Dr. A. A. Tompkins, and makes her home in Jacksonville, 111 .; Isaac mar- ried Katie Cotton and their home is in Shelby County, Mo .; Scott has always lived on the home place; Frank is an agriculturist of good standing in Scott County, Ill .; Ella married James Green and is a resident of Jacksonville, Ill .: Charles is in partnership with his brother Scott in conduct- ing the home place; Loretta married Vernon Davis and is living in Warren; Katie married Richard Thomas, and their home is in Shelby
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County, this State. The sons and daughters have all been well educated, some of them being grad- uates of the college at Kirksville, Mo.
Charles and Scott Frederick are enterprising and business-like young men, and in the manage- ment of their large estate are meeting with suc- cess. Corn and wheat are the principal products raised on their farm, but they also keep constantly on land a large number of fine horses, cattle and hogs. They are Republican in politics and Charles is a member of the Baptist Church. Their home is in a desirable neighborhood with attract- ive surroundings, and the young men take a commendable interest in all measures set on foot for the advancement of their community.
L EONIDAS L. LEACH is one of the enter- prising young farmers of Marion County, his well-improved farm being situated in Township 59, Range 7. This homestead he has owned less than nine years, but has made many improvements in this time, which have materially added to its value and desirability. Whatever he possesses has been made through his own efforts, for lie started out in life without capital and has risen through energetic and unwearying labor.
The parents of Mr. Leach, Elias and Jane Frances (Rose) Leach, were natives of Virginia and were married in the State of Virginia June 20, 1839. The father was a farmer and also a carpenter by trade. About 1844 he moved west- ward, believing that better opportunities were here afforded and settled in the Town of Emerson, this county. For several years he devoted him- self to working at his trade, but finally purchased a farm near the village; this place he afterward sold and rented one near our subject's home, just over the line in Lewis County. There he resided for three years and then settled on another place in Lewis County, where he remained for a year.
Returning to this county he rented a farm four miles west of Benbow and dwelt thereon for nine years. Afterward he became a resident of Rip- ley, Brown County, Ill., and about this time com- menced preaching in the Methodist Episcopal Church South. He was called to his final rest December 7, 1875, and his widow is now making her home with our subject. Four of their chil- dien have been summoned to the better land, namely: William H., Milton, James and Susan. The last, who died February 16, 1879, was the wife of William F. Yarbrough; Deames, the eld- est of the family, married Mattie Whitaker and lives in this township; Benjamin married Sedate. Randall (deceased) and lives in Iowa; Hiram, now of Lowell, Ill., married Clara Stover; Iven, a resident of Lewis County, wedded Elizabeth Van- arsdall.
L. L. Leach was born in Emerson, Marion County, Mo., November 27, 1859, and when he was fifteen years of age began learning the pot- ter's trade in Ripley, Ill. He was also employed in this calling at Ottawa and Lowell, Ill., Boone- ville, Mo., and Louisville, Neb. In 1886 he re- sumed farming in this county and purchased sixty-six acres, his present farm, in addition to which he rents property near by as occasion re- quires. He received good school advantages in this county, has held several township offices and has always been an ally of the Democracy.
January 25. 1894, Mr. Leach married Annie Hurst, who was born in Marion County, July 7, 1876, and is a daughter of Albert G. and Rebecca V. (Coons) Hurst, whose history appears else- where in this work. Mr. and Mrs. Leach have one child, namely: Otis Elliott, who was born August 25, 1894. Mr. and Mrs. Leach are men- bers of Bostwick Chapel of the Methodist Epis- copal Church South. The church building is lo- cated near their home and they are always present to assist in the services, as well as being ever willing and ready to help in every other possible way.
Very Truly yours John & Towards
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COLONEL JOHN LEWIS. ROBARDS.
C OL. JOHN LEWIS ROBARDS, a lead .. ing practitioner of Hannibal, Mo., is par- ticularly successful in pleading civil cases and appears before the Local, State and Federal Courts. He is well versed in the fundamental principles of law, statutory enactments and de- cisions, and is a fine general advocate. His strict integrity and high character are known to all, for he has been before the public for many years, and by common consent is considered one of the representative men of this region.
Col. RoBards was born at Houstonville, Lin- coln County, Ky., May 8, 1838, being a son of Capt. Archibald Sampson RoBards, a native of Mercer County, Ky., born December 25, 1787. The latter's father, Capt. George RoBards, testa- tor, was born August 5, 1760, in Goochland County, Va., and was christened August 31. Hc died in 1833 in Mercer County, Ky. When but sixteen years of age he enlisted in the Fourteenth Virginia Regiment in the Colonial struggle for independence. For a service of three years he was promoted to be sergeant, and during that period took part in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth and Stony Point, and passed the winters of 1776 and 1778 at Valley Forge. .
Col. RoBards was appointed Lieutenant by Governor Thomas Jefferson, and afterwards was promoted to the rank of Captain, in August, 1781. He had four brothers who fought with him for liberty, namely: John, William, Jr., Lewis and Jesse. In the last years of his army life he went with General Lafayette in his suc- cessful campaign against Lord Cornwallis, which culminated in the surrender of Yorktown. He was also in the battle of Camden. Capt. George RoBards married (1785) Elizabeth Barbara Sampson, born 1769, daughter of Charles Samp-
son, whose wife was Mrs. Ann Sampson, nee Porter, of Huguenot ancestry, who died in 1836. The gallant Captain was a son of William RoBards, Sr., testator, also a native of the Old Dominion, whose death occurred in December, 1783: his wife, Elizabeth, was a daughter of Joseph Lewis, Sr., testator, also of Virginia. Joseph was the second son of William Lewis, testator, born in 1661, and died in 1708. The latter was the only son of John Lewis, who emi- grated from Wales, settling in Henrico County, Va., where he died in 1687, his estate being set- tled in 1689. William RoBards, Sr.'s, father was John RoBards, testator, a native of Wales and a planter of Goochland County, Va., who died in May, 1755. His wife in her maiden- hood bore the name of Sarah Hill, and was a daughter of John Hill of Virginia.
Archibald S. RoBards, father of our subject, was reared in Kentucky and owned a plantation besides engaging in commercial pursuits. May 3, 1843, he came to Missouri and engaged in the milling business at Hannibal and was awarded the premium on flour which was exhibited at the first World's Fair at New York. In 1846, and again in 1854, he was elected Mayor of the City on the Whig ticket. Before leaving his native State he was commissioned as Captain and served in the Fifth Kentucky Regiment under Governor Desha. In 1849, Mr. RoBards took a company of fifteen men overland to California at his own expense. Among these was a negro, Greene, a slave of Captain RoBards, who was emancipated by his master on reaching Sacra- mento City, in 1850, and was the first slave ever freed on the Pacific Coast. Our subject attended his father on his trip and with him endured the privations and dangers of the journey. At one time the little party was surrounded by the Pima
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Indians and was saved only by the heroism and bravery of the senior RoBards. In the fall of 1851 the father and son returned home, the for- mer having been quite successful in his ventures, and resumed the milling business. He was one of the first elders of the Christian Church of Hall- nibal, and died at Fayetteville, Ark., June 21, 1862, where he was temporarily sojourning, in the liope of a glorious immortality. He was very liberal in his support of religious work, and was eminently charitable, a number of orphans having been educated through his generosity. He was ever alert to the best interests of Hannibal and was connected with many of her industries. His remains were brought from Arkansas and now repose in the family lot on the crest of beautiful Mt. Olivet Cemetery. In Lincoln County, Ky., Captain Archibald S. RoBards and Amanda Carpenter were united in marriage, June 13, 1832. Her parents, George and Jane (Logan) Carpen - ter, who were married July 4, 1803, were natives of Kentucky.
George Carpenter, testator, was a son of John Carpenter, of Virginia, a soldier of the Revolu- tionary War, who located at Carpenter Station, Ky., in 1782. His wife was the daughter of Gen- eral Hugh and Sarah (Woods) Logan, of Lincoln County, Ky., who were united in marriage March 10, 1780. Tlie General was an officer in the Revo- lutionary War, and was a State Senator from Lin- coln County, from 1800 to 1806. He was a brother of Gen. Benjamin, Col. John and Col. Nathaniel Logan, whose parents were David and Jane Logan, of Augusta County, Va., and of Scotcli-Irish descent. David Logan participated in the French and Indian wars and became a resi- dent of Augusta County as early as 1740. Gen. Hugli Logan was with Gen. George Rogers Clarke in his Western Army in 1779. Mrs. Amanda RoBards was also a faitliful member of the Christian Church. She departed this life July 14, 1865, at Hannibal and was placed to rest by the side of lier husband. Not far distant lic the remains of three of hier sons, George, who served throughout the war in the Confederate Army with the rank of Major, and died in Sep- tember, 1878; Henry Clay, who was also on the
Southern side and held the rank of Captain, and who died in Columbia, Mo., February 18, 1885, and Archibald S., Jr., who died April 25, 1879. The two daughters were Jennie, now the widow of President J. K. Rogers, of Columbia, Mo, and Sallie, who married Capt. Barton S. Bowe:, and as his widow married the Rev. H. H. Haley (since deceased) and is a resident of Webster Grove, Mo.
Col. J. L. RoBards' boyhood passed unevent- fully up to the time that he started with his father on the trip across the plains. On his return he resumed his studies for a time, and in 1857 en- tered the State University at Columbia, Mo., re- maining two years. Then he entered the law office of Judge Gilchrist Porter at Hannibal, and in 1860 was graduated from the Louisville Uni- versity in the law department. Opening an office in Hannibal, he has since continued uninterrupt- edly in practice, with the exception of about one year, when he declined to take the Drake ironclad oath on the grounds of its unconstitutionality, hence that year's omission.
April 4, 1861, Col. RoBards married Miss Sallie, the accomplished daughter of the late Judge John B. and Mary A. (Crump) Helm. The former's parents, John and Saliie (Brown) Helm, were married March 22, 1787, in Haycraft's Fort, Elizabethtown, Ky. The father died April 3, 1840, while his wife departed this life January 19, 1853. She was then in her eighty-first year, and had been a member of the Methodist Church for sixty - five years. John Helm, who had fought in the War of the Revolution and in the Indian wars of 1791, and who took part in the St. Clair Indian campaign, was born November 29, 1761, andi moved to Kentucky in 1779. He was the eldest son of Thomas Helm, of Prince William County, Va., and Miss Jane Pope. Thomas was a Cap- tain in the Continental Army and was a pioneer in Elizabethtown, Ky., whither he removed with his family in 1780.
Three children have been born to Col. RoBards and liis wife: Mary L., is the wife of Elislia A. Richardson, a wholesale clothier of Louisville, Ky., one child has been born to them, Sarah Ellen; Archie C., was elected Alderman in 1893.
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from the Second Ward, but resigned to accept the position of United States Deputy Revenue Collector, which he now holds. He graduated from the Hannibal High School and later entered the Vanderbilt University, of Nashville, Tenn., and subsequently took the course at Eastman's Business College, in Poughkeepsie, N. Y .; re- turning home he was book-keeper for the First National Bank some two years. He is a Royal Arch Mason and a member of the Sons of the American Revolution; Mabel Helm, an acconi- plished young lady, resides at home. The Colonel and wife and children are members of the Park Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The an- cestors of Col. RoBards in Virginia and Ken- tucky were of the prominent, substantial class. The same may be said of the Helm family. They were all people of good standing in society and well thought of.
For several years our subject has been Treas- urer of Hannibal Lodge, No. 188, A. F. & A. M., and of Chapter No. 7, R. A. M. He also belongs to Excalibar Commandery, No. 5, K. T., of which he is Past Eminent Commander. When the Na- tional Congress of the Sons of the American Revolution, of which he is a member, was held in Washington, D. C., April 30, 1894, he was sent as a delegate, also to the Congress in Boston, in April, 1895. He is one of the Vice-Presidents of the Missouri society of this order. In 1868 he went as a delegate to the Mississippi River Con- vention which convened at Louisville, and in February, 1884, was sent to Washington, D. C. For five consecutive years he was President of the Hannibal Bible Auxiliary to the American Bible Society, and is one of the Directors of the Home of the Friendless. Col. RoBards is a man of literary taste and has a fine private library which he enjoys. When the Free Public Library of this city was organized, he became a charter member and was made Vice-President. For a quarter of a century he has been Secretary and Treasurer for the Mount Olivet Cemetery Asso- ciation. This Association is an incorporated be- nevolence under the statutes of the State, and all receipts are used for the improvement of the grounds. The articles of the Association were
prepared by Col. RoBards. He is a member of the Missouri Bar Association, and was honored with the position of Vice-President of the same.
A man of attractive personality, Col. RoBards has long held a high place in the esteem of his fellows and is justly entitled to a place among the chronicles of the representative men of the community.
H ON. THOMAS MARION CARROLL, one of the best-known and most promi- nent citizens of Pike County, and a branch of one of its oldest and most esteemed families, was born in that county, December 17, 1823. He was the eighth in order of birth of a household of eleven children born to Joseph and Isabella (Henry) Carroll, of whom six still sur- vive.
Joseph Carroll, the father of our subject, was born in York District, S. C., September 25, 1781. He there grew to mature years and learned the trade of a blacksmith, which occupation he fol- lowed for a livelihood until advanced in years, abandoning it in 1840, from which time until 185-1 he lived a retired life on his valuable farm. In the year 1817 Joseph Carroll decided to try his fortunes in Missouri, and on his arrival here lo- cated on a tract of land some four miles south of the present site of Louisiana; there he made his home until 1854, when he removed into the city, where his demise took place about six years later -August 18, 1860. His father also bore the name of Joseph. He was born in Chester County, Pa., January 15, 1746, and served as a soldier in the Revolutionary War under Gen. Sumpter from 1779 until the close of that conflict; his death oc- curred February 17, 1803.
The great-grandfather of our subject, Joseph Carroll, was a native of Ireland, and born in County Tyrone, September 15, 1699. He was the elder son of his father, John Carroll, who was made the recipient of a land grant in South Caro- lina of five thousand six hundred and forty acres.
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This was in 1749, and was given him by the Brit- isli Crown on account of the services rendered by ltis father in the espousal of the cause of the Pro- testant Dissenters. He was a personal friend of the Duke of Schoemiburg, serving under his ban- ner, and was present when the Duke fell on the battlefield of the Boyne, July 1, 1690. The great- great-grandfather, John Carroll, the historic char- acter, was born in the Lowlands of Scotland in the year 1664. Early in life he embraced the prin- ciples of the Dissenters or Covenanters, set on foot by Martin Luther, Melancthon and Wyckliff. Later, settling in Ireland, lie joined the forces of Willianı, Prince of Orange, under the Duke of Schoemburg, and took part in the great battle be- tween the forces of King James and those of Will- iam on July 1, 1690, which decided the character of Europe, civilly and ecclesiastically, in favor of civil and religious liberty. Soon after this mem- orable battle he married an Irish lady in Ulster County, whose nante is not known; they aided in the organization of the Ulster Presbyterian Church, and from this Scotch-Irish union the fani- ily descended.
The mother of our subject, formerly Miss Isa- bella Henry, was the daughter of Maj. Willian Henry, and was born in Lincoln County, N. C., July 5, 1788. She grew to a noble womanhood under the careful training of loving parents, aud February 15, 1810, was married to Josepli Car- roll: lier death occurred at the old homestead in Pike County, November 17, 1840. Maj. William Henry was born in South Carolina in 1753. He, together with three brothers, served in the Revo- lutionary War under Gen. Morgan, and during that time participated in the memorable battle of the Cow Pens January 17, 1781. Maj. Henry's death occurred September 12, 1807.
Grandmother Ilenry, formerly Miss Rosanna Moore, was born in Chester County, Pa., and died January 24, 1813. Her father and brothers were murdered by the Indians in the massacre at Me- Cord's Fort in 1764. One of hier brothers, Gen. Jolin Moore, was a soldier in the Revolutionary Army. Great-grandfather William Henry lived to a remarkable age; he was born in County Down, Ireland, in 1715, and died October 22,
1819, having passed his one hundred and fourth birthday.
On August 30, 1883, the children, grandchil- dren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grand- children of Isabella Henry Carroll met with Mother Carroll's ouly sister, Mrs. Jane Byers, of Louisiana, Mo., there being present that day five generations.
The subject of our sketch grew to manhood under the parental roof and acquired at that time a limited education in the old pioneer log school- house. Until fourteen years of age lie assisted in the duties of the farm, when he turned his at- tention to mastering the blacksmith's trade, serv- ing his apprenticeship under the instruction of his father. He worked for him until attaining his majority, when on August 22, 1844, he was united in marriage with Miss Martha W. Bryson, after which event the young couple began life for themselves under a cloudless sky. Mr. Carroll then opened a shop of his own and continued to ply his trade until 1860, when his name was placed in nomination on the Democratic ticket for the office of County Assessor. His election follow- ing, he abandoned his trade and devoted his time and attention entirely to transacting the duties of the position, serving four years with honor to liimself and satisfaction to all concerned.
In November, 1868, Mr. Carroll was chosen by the Democratic party to represent the Eleventh Senatorial District in the State Senate, where he served for four years. The measure which occu- pied the most of his tinie while a member of that body was to have the Legislature pass a bill al- lowing the voters the right of saying whether the restriction against men voting because of their attitude toward the Government during the war should or should not be removed. Through the efforts of himself, together with Judge Caldwell and the Hon. R. A. Campbell, members of the House, the bill was passed and became a law, not- . withstanding the fact that there were but eight Democratic members, against twenty-six Repub- licans, to work for the passage of the measure.
In1 1871, at the organization of the second ses- sion, he was appointed Chairman of the Commit- tee on the Lunatic Asylum. At that time the
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management had become so corrupt that revolu- tionary action had become a necessity. While this committee did not succeed in their intentions during their term of office, they brought the mat- ter so conspicuously before the Senate, the House and the people that the officers and management were compelled to resign. In 1862 the Govern- ment granted to the State of Missouri three huli- dred and thirty thousand acres of land on condi- tion of its being used to found an agricultural college and school of mining. In 1870 the meas- ure came before the Legislature and received the support of Mr. Carroll. The bill was passed, and the college erected at Columbia and the school of mines at Rolla. Another measure for which our subject worked hard was to have the Legislature pass a bill to reorganize the penitentiary in such
a way as to permit the classification and separa- tion of confirmed criminals from the younger con- victs, whose conviction many times was the result of youthful error rather than of criminal intention.
After the close of his official career Hon. Thomas M. Carroll returned to his farm, where he has resided for forty-three years. He has been a member of the Presbyterian Church since 1845 and was elected and ordained to the Eldership in 1864, since which time he has served efficiently and faithfully. He is an unusually observant man, and living in an eventful age his mind is a store- house of knowledge, from which comes forth an inexhaustible supply of interesting historic events. He has passed through the exciting times of the Civil War, the emancipation of the slaves and has witnessed the advent into Missouri of the tele- graph, railroads, telephone and electric lights. In his travels he recalls having been in Montana, where he could jump the distance from the head- waters of the Missouri River to the source of the Columbia River, the one emptying its waters into the Gulf of Mexico and the other into the Pacific Ocean thousands of miles away. On this trip, while at Butte City, himself and wife and son-in- law, Col. P. R. Dolman and his family, visited the bottom of the Alice mine, one thousand and thirty feet below the surface of the earth, and with can- dles in their hands traversed a tunnel some half- mile in length, from which they returned to terra
firma with rich specimens of the product of the mine-silver ore.
Mr. Carroll was a great admirer of Col. Benton, and, to use his own words, "he was one of our greatest statesmen." He was present when that gentleman made his famous speech in October, 1849, at Bowling Green, in which he advocated the opening up of the western country and the building of a railroad through to the Pacific Coast, predicting great things for the West. He was ridiculed, however, by those who were less gifted in speech. The Colonel then stated that the country west of the Mississippi was sufficient to lay out seventeen States the size of New York, and our subject has lived to see the statement verified. In his admiration for the Government under which he lives he expresses himself in the following words: "I have an abiding faith in the perpetuity of our Government, and look upon it as the blue and starry vault above us, which will neither fall nor decay, but live commensurate with time, and will only perish with dissolving nature itself."
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