Portrait and biographical record of Marion, Ralls and Pike counties, Missouri, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the counties; together with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the Unted States, Part 17

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Publication date: 1895
Publisher: Chicago, C. O. Owen & Co.
Number of Pages: 820


USA > Missouri > Marion County > Portrait and biographical record of Marion, Ralls and Pike counties, Missouri, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the counties; together with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the Unted States > Part 17
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J OSEPH EDGAR BOHON was born on the old Bohon Homestead, Township 59, Range 8, Marion County, and has passed nearly his entire life in this locality. After his father's death he settled on forty acres of the old homestead, which had been willed to him, and to this tract he afterward added forty acres; at an- other time he purchased twenty acres on South Fabius Creek and therefore owns altogether one


hundred acres in this county. He has made various improvements since coming into posses- sion of this place, which is considered one of the best in the township. He has always been a good citizen and according to his convictions has sup- ported the Republican party at all times. He was formerly a member of the Farmers' Alliance, but is not now connected with any society.


A son of Reuben L. and Mary Ann (Thrail- keld) Bohon, our subject is the fifth of their ten children. The parents were natives of Mercer County, Ky., and always followed an agricultural life. In 1843 they came by boat to Missouri and took up their abode on Section 16, where the father purchased one hundred and sixty acres. At one time he owned six hundred acres, which were divided among his heirs at his demise. He made all the improvements on the old homestead, clearing the same, as it was originally almost cov- ered with timber. His death occurred March 17, 1894, his good wife preceding him to the silent land on April 13, 1888. Their ten children, all of whom are living, are named as follows: Mattie E., Mary R., Georgia Ann, John William, Joseph E., Marcella P., Merrill W., Marion L., Reuben D. and Ella D. Three of the children received high-school educations, while the others attended the common schools.


Joseph E. Bohon was born December 29, 1846, and passed his boyhood in the usual manner of country youths, giving such assistance to his father as was in his power. He remained under the parental roof until he reached his majority, when he went to Cheyenne, Wy., and worked on the U. P. R. R. for about five months; then he returned home and until 1869 found em- ployment in Benbow, Marion County. Next go- ing to Cass County, Ill., he engaged in farming there for some ten months, after which he came again to this county, where he has since been en- gaged in managing his farm.


December 21, 1871, occurred the marriage of our subject and Susan May, daughter of Abraham and Sarah E. Bohon, the former deceased, and the latter a resident of Lewis County, Mo. Mrs. Joseph E. Bohon was born in Marion County and died here February 24, 1877, leaving a daughter, Eva L., who married William Broughton and re-


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sides in Stearns County, Minn. Another child born of this union died in infancy. April 3, 1879, Mr. Bohon married Josephine Virginia Evans, who was born in Knox County, Mo., May 10, 1857. Her parents, George M. and Charlotte (Meeker) Evans, are natives of Virginia and Columbus, Ohio, respectively, but at an early day they settled in Knox County, Mo., and are still living there. By his second marriage Mr. Bohon has had five children, namely: Birdie Bell, born September 23, 1883; Lottie Lee, born January 15, 1886; Warren Eddy, born November 22, 1890; Estella Maude, born February 19, 1892; one that died in infancy (unnamed). Mr. and Mrs. Bohon are members of the Presbyterian Church and are always glad to aid the poor and needy in any possible way.


W ILLIAM CLARK is one of the old residents of Township 58, Range 8, Marion County, and was born in War- ren Township, January 7, 1832. He erected the house in which he now dwells in 1886 and has made many substantial improvements on his farm. In former years he raised stock extensively, but now he has given up to his sons most of the active duties of the farm management.


The parents of our subject were James and Mary (Van Skike) Clark, natives of Mason Coun- ty, Ky. The father owned a farm there which he cultivated until 1831, when he moved to Missouri with his father-in-law. Mr. Clark settled near Woodland, where he bought land and remained for five years; then selling out he purchased another tract of one hundred and sixty acres northwest of Woodland, where he passed the re- mainder of his life, dying in 1875. His wife pre- ceded him to the grave by two years. Their fam- ily comprised nine children, as follows: Samuel, who married Margaret Anderson (since deceased) and now lives about a mile south of Palmyra; Robert M., who married Jane Gosney and resides near Honeywell, this county; John, who died in his fifth year; William, subject of this sketch; Mary E. (deceased), wife of William Vannoy (also


deceased); Elizabeth (deceased), formerly wife of Thomas Garner; Sarah (Mrs. Elias Tuley) of Monroe City; James D., whose wife was former- ly Jessie Valliant, is a graduate of the St. Louis Medical College, and is engaged in practice in Palmyra; Marion, who died in infancy.


The boyhood of William Clark was passed un- der his father's roof, his time being spent in ac- quiring an education and in lending such assist- ance to his seniors as he was able to give. At twenty-three years of age he went to Mercer County, Mo., where he entered a tract of ninety acres, one of his brothers following his example. For seven years he lived on his land and improved the farm, then he returned to this county and rented a farm for a year, after which he purchased one hundred and sixty acres of his present farm; a portion of this is covered with timber, but one hundred and twenty acres are under cultivation. Mr. Clark has used practical methods in the man- agement of his place and has been very success- ful. He has never held township offices, with one or two exceptions, and has given his entire atten- tion to his business interests. His right of fran- chise has always been used in favor of the Democ- racy.


While a resident of Mercer County, Mo., Mr. Clark married Paulina, daughter of Elias and Julia (Flinn) Tuley. She was born February 14, 1837, in Franklin County, Ky. Her parents were likewise natives of Kentucky and moved to this county in 1861; the mother has since died and Mr. Tuley married our subject's sister Sarah. Mrs. Paulina Clark died in this county October 6, 1877. March 8, 1880, our subject married Mrs. Sarah Smith, who was born in Tennessee and whose father, Mitchell Frogge, settled in Scot- land County, Mo., in 1856, where he devoted him- self to farming during the balance of his life. By his first marriage Mr. Clark had five children, as follows: James W., born November 7, 1860, mar- ried Maggie Gast and lives on a farm near his father's homestead; Charles, born July 21, 1863, married Ella Coons and is a farmer of this neigh- borhood; Julia A., born September 2, 1865, mar- ried Samuel Pepper and resides on a farm five miles northwest of her father's estate; Lewis E., born April 22, 1870, and Robert E. L., born July


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17, 1874, are assisting in the operation of the home farm. Mr. Clark is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, but his wife belongs to the Baptist denomination. They are worthy peo- ple and possess the confidence of all who have the pleasure of their acquaintance.


J AMES A. B. MCELROY, JR. Numbered among the enterprising and wealthy agri- culturists of Ralls County, is this worthy citizen, whose place of abode is on Section 18, Saline Township. He received fine educational advantages and is a man of wide reading and general information. Politically, he is a Demo- crat, but has never been desirous of holding public positions.


The father of the above named gentleman, James A. B. McElroy, Sr., was born in Christian County, Ky,, February 28, 1828. His father, Abraham, was born in Washington County, that State, and died in December, 1852, aged sixty- nine years. In Marion County, Ky., his marriage with Mary Radford of Virginia was celebrated. She died in 1831, aged forty years. Our subject's grandfather moved to Marion County, Mo., in 1835, settling near West Ely and continued to dwell in that locality the rest of his life. In addi- tion to operating a farm he was employed to some extent in building bridges. By his marriage he had the following children: John L., a farmer of this township; Saphria A., widow of John Muldrow, now living with her son, John Jr., in this county ; Emily J., deceased; Mary T., deceased, formerly wife of Rev. I. S. Tommely of Cincinnati, Ohio; Areaminta and Marion J., de- ceased; Benjamin N., a farmer of this section; James A. B .; Elizabeth, deceased, formerly wife of the Rev. B. E. S. Ely, of Washington, Iowa; Cisley, wife of William Randford, a farmer of Christian County, Ky.


In 1858 J. A. B. McElroy, Sr., married Cordelia Finley, who was born in Oldham County, Ky., December 27, 1831, being a daughter of Warren and Elizabeth (Grimes) Finley. This couple


had born to them two sons and three daughters, the eldest of whom is the subject of this narra- tive. Elizabeth A., married John C. West who owns a farm in Clay Township, Ralls County; Mary E., married George Turner, a thrifty farmer of this section; Warren F., is superintendent of the Hamilton Brown Shoe Company of St. Louis; Cordelia F., is the wife of Shelton M. Hornback, who is a farmer of Ralls County. The father of these children went to California in 1849 and for three years was engaged in mining enter- prises. On his return he spent the summer of 1852 visiting relatives in Kentucky. After man- aging his father's old homestead for a few years he brought it under good cultivation and in a condition to sell for a good price. In 1855 he became a resident of this township, and in March, 1867, moved to his present home in Clay Town- ship. He now owns five hundred and fifteen and a half acres, and is well off in this world's goods. In his youth he received good educational ad- vantages for the times and finished his higher studies in the academy at West Ely. For years he has been a faithful member of the Presbyterian Church and now holds the office of Elder. Po- litically he affiliates with the Democratic party.


Mr. McElroy, Jr., whose name heads this sketch, was born June 10, 1860, in Saline Town- ship, and from his earliest years was trained in the proper management of a farm. He is a young man of practical ability and has been very suc- cessful in his undertakings. In 1889 he purchased the farm of one hundred and sixty acres on which he has since resided. His higher education was obtained at Van Rensselaer College.


On December 26, 1888, Mr. McElroy was mar- ried at the home of the bride's parents, James P. and Sarah (Davis) Moore, to Miss Minnie E., who was born in Saline Township in October, 1867. Her parents were married in Marion. County, Mo., and were among the first settlers of Ralls County. The father was born in Virginia but the mother was a native of Kentucky. At one time she was a school teacher in this State. They were the parents of three sons and three daughters, namely: Laura, wife of Robert McGowan, a veterinary surgeon of this county;


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Annie, widow of R. E. Shaw, and now living at the home of our subject; John R., who is in the office of the Wabash Railroad in St. Louis; Thomas C., engaged in the harness business in Hannibal; James P., a boot and shoe merchant of Monroe City, Mo., and Mrs. McElroy. Our subject and wife have but one child, Geraldine, born October 16, 1892. They are members of the Presbyterian Church, in which Mr. McElroy is a Deacon.


Mr. James P. Moore, the father of Mrs. McElroy, was born in Jesamine County, Ky., January 23, 1823. He was a son of John and Ann Priscilla (Owens) Moore, who were born in Ken- tucky. Mrs. McElroy's great grandparents, John and Nancy (Priestly) Moore, lived and died in Kentucky.


H ENRY L. HART, Mayor of Louisiana, Pike County, is making a capable official and is doing much toward the upbuilding and beautifying of the city. He has been very prominent in political matters of the local Demo- cracy, and for several years has been Chairman of the County Executive Committee. He lias at- tended the various conventions of his party as a delegate, and was present at the National Con- vention which first nominated Cleveland for the Presidency. In a business way he is very pros- perous, and is the owner of valuable farm land to the extent of nearly twelve hundred acres, this being located in Calumet Township, Pike County, in addition to which he owns property in St. Louis and other places.


Mr. Hart was born April 15, 1843, in Soetern, Germany, being a son of Elias Hart, who was a stock-dealer by occupation. He emigrated to the United States in 1852, and for some eight years was successfully engaged in business in New York State; he then returned to the Fatherland, where his death occurred in 1862. His wife, who before her marriage was Gertrude Sterne, was born near the boundary of Switzerland (in France) and died in Germany on the old home-


stead in 1874. Her five children were: Maria, Lewis (deceased); Theresa, wife of E. Wolf, and still in Germany; Simon E., a resident of St. Jo- seph, Mo .; 'our subject.


Henry L: Hart was nine years of age when he first landed on the shores of the New World, and after his father returned to Europe he remained in New York, attending school in the metropolis. In 1861 he went to St. Louis and enlisted, in de- fense of the Union, in the Second Missouri In- fantry for three months' service, under Col. Mc- Neal. Afterward he became and remained a member of Gen. Fremont's bodyguard until that General was superseded by Gen. Hunter. Mr. Hart participated in the battle of Springfield, under Maj. Zegonia, having the rank of Orderly Sergeant; he was promoted to be Second Lieu- tenant of the Cavalry Battalion and was honor- ably discharged in 1863.


Returning to the peaceful vocations of life Mr. Hart opened a drug store in Rolla, Mo., in con- nection with Dr. Spaun; at the end of the year he sold out to his partner and, going to Macon, Mo., engaged in the mercantile business there for two years. After living in Illinois for a short time he settled in Louisiana in 1865, then for three years he conducted a dry goods business in Bowl- ing Green, when he sold out and opened a gro- cery in Louisiana, which he conducted until 1873. For one year he was interested in the life insur- ance business in St. Louis, and after the com- pany became insolvent carried on a drug store in Vandalia, Mo., for about a year.


In 1876 Mr. Hart was elected Constable and Deputy Collector of Pike County, serving as such for four years. He then entered the real estate business and became interested in a box factory, which he operated for two years, then selling out. He was elected Mayor in 1887, serv- ing for two years, and in the spring of 1895 was again elected to the office on the Democratic ticket.


In 1878 Mr. Hart commenced to quarry stone and take contracts for the same. He has about one hundred acres in the hills surrounding Lou- isiana, which contain a high grade of limestone, and for cutting the same he has a steam sawmill.


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He ships the product of the quarry to various parts of the country and furnished the stone for the wings of the Capitol at Jefferson City. The C. & A. R. R. bridge across the Mississippi at Louisiana was supplied with stone from this quarry in the construction of the piers, and many of the local churches and depots, as well as other public buildings, have been made of this particu- lar stone. Mr. Hart furnishes many carloads each year for Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City and intermediate places, and for seventeen years has supplied the C. & A. R. R. He has also car- ried out contracts with the Government for pub- lic buildings, bridges, etc. Five hundred acres of his Calumet Township farm are devoted to the raising of grain, and on the same homestead he makes a specialty of raising Berkshire and Ches- ter hogs in large numbers.


June 8, 1865, Mr. Hart married Sarah J., daughter of George W. Foster, a native of Mis- souri. Mrs. Hart died in 1885, leaving one child, Stella, now the wife of A. W. Moore. December 30, 1886, Mr. Hart wedded Sarah E. Pitt, who died in 1889, leaving one son, Henry L., Jr. Mr. Hart was married again June 25, 1890, to Mrs. Sarah C. Conlon, daughter of Robert Statts. Mrs. Hart is a member of the Presbyterian Church. Our subject is a member of Persever- ance Lodge No. 92, A. F. and A. M .; Evening Star Lodge No. 28, I. O. O. F .; Anchor Lodge No. 67, K. of P., and also is identified with the Druids Order of St. Louis.


B ENJAMIN BOWER is engaged in general farming and stock-raising in Township 58, Range 8, Marion County. He has been a resident of this district for the past twenty-eight years, during which time he has cultivated the farm on which he is living. He first bought a tract of eighty acres in the fall of 1857 and after- ward purchased sixty acres more. His homestead of one hundred and forty acres is well improved and one of the best to be found in the county.


Our subject is one of twelve children, his broth-


ers and sisters being named as follows: Moses, Ann, Joel, Elizabeth, Andrew, Hannah, Leah, Reuben, Jacob, Harriet and Philip; the brothers are deceased, but three of the sisters-Hannalı, Elizabeth and Harriet-survive. The parents of these children were Jacob and Elizabeth (Haynes) Bower, both natives of Adams County, Pa. The father was long an agriculturist in the county of his birth and in another Pennsylvania county where he lived several years. In 1830 he moved to Trumbull County, Ohio, where his death oc- curred some twelve years later. His wife sur- vived him about a decade, being called to her final rest in 1852. His father, Andrew Bower, lived and died in Adams County, Pa., the latter event occurring when he had attained the good old age of eighty-five years.


Benjamin Bower was born in Adams County, Pa., November 17, 1811. When he was twenty- four years of age he started out to make his own way in the world, and as a companion and help- meet chose Miss Ruby Branch, a native of Ver- mont. She died in Trumbull County, Ohio, in 1850, leaving six children. The eldest, Sylvia (deceased), married William Philips, who is a resi- dent of Dakota; Cornelius died in his fifteenth year; Henrietta married a Mr. Giltson, and after his death became the wife of John Wilson, now of Wisconsin; Henry died while in the army dur- ing the late war; Ellen was twice married, first to a Mr. Patchen and after his death to a Mr. Camp- bell (since deceased) and now resides in Kansas; Eby married J. Housmere and is living in Ohio.


In 1854 Mr. Bower sold out his farm in the Buckeye State and going to Jefferson County, WVis., bought a homestead, whereon he resided until 1867. Two years previously (1865) he mar- ried Annie Hurst, a native of Germany, who at an early age had come to the United States with her parents and settled in Lockport, N. Y. The father was a tailor by trade and both he and his wife died in Lockport many years ago. After his marriage Mr. Bower lived in the Badger State. for about two years and then moved to Marion County, Mo., where he at once purchased the farm which he has since been engaged in improv- ing. He has never given much attention to out- side affairs and has attended strictly to his own


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business interests, and in this way has won suc- cess.


The union of Mr. Bower and his present wife was graced by seven children: Julia, born on Christmas Day, 1865, married Charles Gregory and lives in Sacramento, Cal .; the next child died in infancy (unnamed); Clarissa, born March 17, 1869, married John Lafoe of this township; Sam- uel, born September 15, 1871, has full charge of his father's farm; Edward, born April 16, 1874, lives near Sacramento, Cal .; August, born De- cember 13, 1876, is at home; Daisy died when two years of age. The children were given good common-school educations and Julia was a school-teacher for some time in this county.


Although Mr. Bower did not enlist in the serv- ice, he sent his son Henry, who became a mem- ber of the Casswell Guards, Company D, Twenty- ninth Wisconsin Regiment, and his life was of- fered as a sacrifice to his country at Vicksburg. The first Presidential ballot of our subject was cast for Andrew Jackson, and since that time he has always given his allegiance to the Democratic party.


J ACKSON ROUSE, who has been success- fully engaged in farming and stock-raising in Saline Township, Ralls County, is one of the early settlers of this region and is entitled to credit as one of the founders of its present prosperity and prominence. For over twenty years he has owned and cultivated his homestead on Section 32, having brought it into a fine con- dition. In his carly business career he was en- gaged in general merchandising but since the war has given his sole attention to agricultural enterprises. At one time, while conducting a store at Crigler's Mill in this township, he was Postmaster of the place and on several occasions has been called upon to settle up estates. Those who know him best have the utmost confidence in his ability and integrity.


Born October 9, 1832, in Boone County, Ky., Mr. Rouse is a son of Lovel and Eliza (Barlow) Rouse. The father was born in Madison County,


Va., March 4, 1802, while the mother, likewise a Virginian by birth, was born in November, 1806. With their separate families they moved at an early day to Boone County and were there joined in marriage. June 21, 1834, they started, with wagons loaded with their household effects, for Missouri, one of their teams being driven by Nimrod Morris, who afterward returned to Ken- tucky. The family of Lovel Rouse comprised his wife, four children, his parents, and widowed aunt with her two children, and an uncle and aunt with one child. They all settled near New- port, on the Salt River, and became prominent pioneers. In November, 1856, Mr. Rouse moved to the edge of Township 56, Range 7, and in the spring of 1872 went to Monroe City, where he resided until his death, April 11, 1884. His widow broke up housekeeping and lived with her children from that time onward until her death, which event occurred at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ely, in this township, in February, 1894. The father was a wealthy man and owned upward of a thousand acres of land besides slaves and other valuable property. He was a leader in his home neighborhood and was held in the high- est respect by a large circle of friends and ac- quaintances. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South and in his political re- lations was a Democrat.


The marriage of Lovel and Eliza Rouse was blessed with seven sons and five daughters in order of birth as follows: Frances, wife of Jacob Wilson, a retired farmer of this township; Henry, who died in infancy; Polly, deceased, wife of Jacob Rouse, also deceased; Robert, a retired agriculturist of this vicinity; Jackson, the sub- ject of this sketch; Jacob, a retired farmer and resident of Monroe City; Martin L., deceased; Sarah A., who died in infancy; Mary H., wife of H. W. Ely, a farmer and stock-raiser of Saline Township; John W., a banker of Bucklin, Mo .; Annie E. and Louisa V., who have long since passed away.


To all intents and purposes Mr. Rouse is one of the native sons of Saline Township, as he was but two years of age when he came to dwell here. He resided with his parents until reaching his ma-


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jority, when he started forth to paddle his own canoe and for three months worked in a sawmill. He then moved to the farm which had been given him by his father for services rendered, and two years subsequently, finding a good purchaser, sold out. He invested the sum which he realized in a farm adjoining his present homestead and after cultivating the place for six years sold that one also. From that time until the close of the war he was engaged in carrying on a store at Crig- ler's Mill, meeting with fair success for those days of interrupted trade. In 1865 he purchased a farm on Indian Creek, Saline Township, and in 1872 was a clerk in a merchandise store in Mon- roe City for about twelve months. He then de- cided to settle down permanently as an agricul- turist and bought the farm which he has since managed, at present owning one hundred and forty-one acres.


The marriage of Jackson Rouse and Susan F. Jones took place November 22, 1852. Mrs. Rouse was born in Madison County, Va., May 20, 1835, being a daughter of Robert and Eliza- beth W. (Willheight) Jones, both natives of Vir- ginia. The former died in 1837 when only twenty-seven years of age and the latter in 1872 when in her sixty-ninth year. They were married in Madison County, Va., and came to Missouri in 1836, settling at Newport, Saline Township. Mr. Jones, who was a blacksmith by trade, built the first shop in Newport, but did not long survive his coming West. Mrs. Rouse has one brother, William A., who is in Texas, and her only sister, Elizabeth A., is the wife of Richard O'Bryan, who owns a farm near Perry, Ralls County. In 1847 Mrs. Elizabeth Jones was again married, becom- ing the wife of George Suttle, who was born in Kentucky and who died in 1864 aged seventy- eight years. They had two children, George T., a resident of Monroe City, and Martha W., who married Manning Elliott and is now deceased. George Suttle was a wheelwright by trade and was also interested in the manufacture of chairs. He owned a farm which he managed with fair success and died while living in Saline Township.




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