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 21
USA > Missouri > Pike 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 21
USA > Missouri > Ralls 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 21
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62 | Part 63 | Part 64 | Part 65 | Part 66 | Part 67 | Part 68 | Part 69 | Part 70 | Part 71 | Part 72 | Part 73 | Part 74 | Part 75 | Part 76 | Part 77 | Part 78 | Part 79 | Part 80 | Part 81 | Part 82 | Part 83 | Part 84 | Part 85 | Part 86 | Part 87 | Part 88 | Part 89 | Part 90 | Part 91 | Part 92 | Part 93 | Part 94 | Part 95 | Part 96 | Part 97 | Part 98 | Part 99 | Part 100 | Part 101 | Part 102 | Part 103 | Part 104 | Part 105 | Part 106 | Part 107
Collins, all of whom are living. Her father was a native of Kentucky, and when but a child, with his parents, emigrated to Adams County, Ill., and there grew to manhood and married. In 1870 he moved to Missouri and settled in Audrain County, since which time his years have been spent in Audrain, Boone, Ralls and Pike Counties, his present home being in the latter county. He is a farmer, and has followed this occupation since coming into manhood. His wife is a native of Nashville, Tenn. She is a devoted Christian, having in early life united with the Baptist Church, and has since been one of its most active members.
To Mr. and Mrs. Keith have been born five children, all of whom are yet living: Gertie E., born September 25, 1883; Goldie M., May 25, 1886; Gracie P., March 4, 1888; James D., June II, 1892; Samuel G., November 30, 1894. Mr. Keith, though comparatively a young man, is well and favorably known in his vicinity, and his industry and progressiveness are gradually bring- ing him to the front as an agriculturist. Politi- cally he is a Democrat.
1 SRAEL W. HERMAN, one of the progres- sive citizens of Macon County, is living at La Plata, where he is engaged as contractor and builder. He is 'a native of Pennsylvania, having been born in Tioga County July 2, 1835. His parents were William and Elizabeth (Sheffer) Herman, also natives of the Keystone State, where the father was a well-to-do agriculturist. Our subject had six brothers and sisters, two of whom died in infancy and one after attaining ina- ture years. Those now living are: John S., a farmer of Washington; Elizabeth, wife of Judson Mulnix, a farmer of Iowa; Charles Wesley, an agriculturist living near Hastings, Neb.
The father of Israel W. left his native State in 1847, moving to Illinois, where he located in Stephenson County. Here he lived until July, 1888, when our subject brought him to La Plata, where his death occurred on October 17, of that
year, at the age of eighty-eight years; his wife died in Stephenson County a few days prior to the removal of her husband to Missouri. They were both members of the Mennonite Church.
Our subject lived at home, working on the farm until reaching his seventeenth year. He then apprenticed himself to a good workman in order to learn the carpenter's trade, but remained with him only six months, when he broke the con- tract and went to Freeport, where he continued to serve as an apprentice and at the same time was given five dollars per month; he was in that city for about six months, when he returned home. The following spring he started out as a journey- man, working for a dollar and twenty-five cents per day. The year that he attained his majority he contracted for and built his first house. In those days the contractor was supposed to cut . and prepare the lumber and on this occasion our subject felled the trees and sawed the logs into timber with which the house was to be built. In the spring of 1892 our subject erected his steam planing mill, the only one that was ever built in this city.
.
November 7, 1856, after voting for John C. Fremont for President, our subject went to Still- water, Minn., in order to visit his prospective wife. The weather being so cold that he could not re- turn for a time, he concluded to sojourn in that place and being married remained there for two years. The lady of his choice was Miss Jane Ann Ellis and their wedding took place July 2, 1857. To them were born four children. One is now deceased; Ida C., wife of Stephen M. Gibson, telegraph operator and agent at Mer Rouge, La .; Ada A., married to J. E. Griffith, a carpenter living in Randolph, Neb., Wesley Sylvanus, ticket agent for the Wabash R. R. at Macon.
On his return from Minnesota our subject con- tinued to reside in Illinois for the following seven years; then came to La Plata, Mo., arriving here in 1867. He at once began working at his trade and for many years has been the leading con- tractor in the city. He has erected many of the largest public buildings in the city, among them being the Opera House, Methodist Episcopal Church and the Methodist Church South, besides
204
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.
numerous residences and stores. Socially he is an Odd Fellow in good standing and in politics as we have already intimated, is a stanch sup- porter of Republican principles. He has held many honored positions in the city, for some time serving as a member of the City Council, and has rendered efficient service on the School Board, places which he filled most acceptably.
H ENRY MILLER, Assistant Superintend- ent of the St. L., K. & N .- W. R. R. and the C., B. & K. C. Ry., Hannibal, is one of the most trusted and valuable employés of these companies. The rapid rise of Mr. Miller from one position to another and finally to his present responsible place is evidence of his pe- culiar fitness for railroad management, and his earnest desire is ever to do his duty in the most efficient way. His fidelity is recognized by his superiors, who are advancing him as rapidly as possible.
Mr. Miller is still a young man, as he was born February 24, 1863, and yet has manifested much greater ability than his comparatively brief ex- perience in railroading would warrant one to ex- pect. He is a son of Philip H. and Catherine (Filer) Miller, the former of whom was born in Canton Schaffhausen, Switzerland, March 23, '1831, and died January 24, 1874. He was a stone- mason by occupation and plied that trade in his native land until 1854, when he concluded to seek fortune in the United States. Settling in Peoria, he continued to dwell there for about two years, thence moving to Hannibal. He entered the employ of the H. & St. Jo. R. R. as foreman of masonry, and was with the company for about twelve years, when he resigned his position in order to accept that of Street Commissioner of the city, a place which he held acceptably up to the time of his death. He was a Republican in politics and was highly respected, not only by those of his own political faith, but even by those of the opposite party. He was reared in the Lutheran belief and adhered to it in his later
years. His wife became acquainted with him in Peoria, Ill., and in that place they were married. She was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, June 21, 1837, and is a daughter of John G. and Regina K. (Klinkel) Filer. To Mr. and Mrs Miller were born the following children, namely: Philip, fore- man of the brass foundry of the H. & St. Jo. R. R., and a resident of that city; George, living in Springfield, Mo., and boiler inspector for the St. L. & S. F. R. R .; Catherine (deceased); Hen- ry William, foreman of the boiler department of the same road with which his brother George is connected and having his headquarters at Spring- field, Mo .; Charles, who is in business in Han- nibal.
Henry Miller was reared and educated at Han- nibal and in 1874 commenced serving an appren- ticeship to a painter, but at the end of a year he entered the employ of the Hannibal Sawmill Com- pany, with which he was connected for two years. In 1877 he began an apprenticeship in the boiler- making works of the H. & St. Jo. R. R. and at the end of one and a half years (August 20, 1880) was transferred to the operating department, be- coming for nine months a switchman on night duty. He was then promoted to be Night Yard- master, and when a year had elapsed was made General Yardmaster. As such he served from 1886 until June 1, 1890, when he was made Train- master of the St. L., K. & N .- W. R. R., and eighteen months later his jurisdiction was ex- tended to the H. & St. Jo. R. R. as well; in June, 1892, he assumed the duties of his present place, and now has jurisdiction over five hun- dred miles of track. Since 1879, therefore, he has been in the service of the Burlington system, and judging by his past record it is little wonder that he is in high favor with the company.
November 28, 1886, Mr. Miller and Margaret, daughter of Patrick and Mary Brady, were mar- ried in Hannibal. Mrs. Miller was born in this city and has become the mother of five children: Gertrude, Catherine, Joseph H., Genevieve and William J. Mrs. Miller's father is deceased, but her mother is living, a resident of Hannibal. She was brought up in the Catholic faith and is a member of the Immaculate Church. Politically Mr. Miller is an ally of the Republican party.
JAMES V. ROGERS.
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.
207
JAMES V. ROGERS.
J AMES V. ROGERS is one of the honored old pioneers of South River Township, and for nearly a quarter of a century has resided on his homestead, which is located on Section 14. On this place stands the old log cabin in which he was born over sixty years ago, for his father had purchased this farm in 1829, and here passed his declining years. Our subject now owns about eight hundred acres in this township, and fourteen hundred acres in Carroll County, Mo. His home place is one of the finest to be found in the county and has many modern improvements, including a large and handsome brick house.
Clifton R. Rogers, the father of our subject, was born October 26, 1804, in Fayette County, Ky., and was a son of James Rogers, a native of the same county, and owner at one time of a large plantation and many slaves: Clifton R. was one of six children, the others being Sarah, Mrs. Robert Dudley, deceased; Mrs. Lorenzo W. Rhodes, also deceased; Fleming, who died on the old homestead in Kentucky; Mrs. Adeline Early, and Mary, the deceased wife of John Ellis, also dead. In 1829 Clifton R. Rogers emigrated to Marion County, and for a year rented a farm after which he purchased one hundred and sixty acres on Section 14. At the time of his death his estate numbered seven hundred acres. In 1839 he put up a brick house at an expense of $2,800, a large sum of money in those days, and in 1851 he added five more rooms to the original structure. In his political belief he was an old line Whig. His wife, whose maiden name was Eliza A. Vaughn. was born in November, 1808, in Fayette County, Ky. Her parents, James and Mary Vaughan, were natives of Virginia and prominent people of Fayette County, where they owned a large farm and a number of slaves. They had six children,
of whom John S., a physician, died in California; Wiliam died in New Orleans; Mary died un- married; Dyonycia became the wife of James Ware, a retired Kentucky farmer, and Narcissa became the wife of James T. Lewis; and James, Robert and Martha Ferguson are deceased. The marriage of Clifton R. and Eliza Rogers occurred in Kentucky in March, 1830, and to their union were born three children: James V., our subject; Mary M., whose birth occurred in June, 1835, and who is now the wife of Daniel Abel, Harbor Commissioner at St. Louis; and Sarah V., who was born in March, 1838, and is now the wife of Charles Scudder, City Treasurer of St. Louis, Mo. The father of these children departed this life June 17, 1871.
James V. Rogers was born August 22, 1831, and was brought up in a practical manner, be- fitting a farmer's boy. In March, 1857, he went to Carroll County, 'Mo., where he purchased a farm and continued to engage in its management until January, 1865. Then going to St. Louis, Mo., he embarked in the live stock business, to which he gave his entire attention for the next seven years. Since 1872 he has carried on the old homestead which he now owns. During the war he served six months under Gen, Slack, of Price's army, and in Reeve's Brigade. On ac- count of illness he was left behind at the battle of Lexington, and was finally honorably discharged. In 1852 he went to the State University of Co- lumbia, where he completed his education, re- turning home in 1854. He is a member of the Masonic Order, the K. of P., and the A. O. U. W. Though never desirous of political office, he uscs his ballot on behalf of the Democratic party.
In November, 1855. J. V. Rogers and Lizzie Guitar were united in marriage at Columbia,
6
208
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.
Mo. She died two years later, at the age of twenty-eight years, leaving one son, Clifton R., who was born in September, 1857, and is now engaged in farming in Carroll County, Mo. In 1866 Mr. Rogers married Leanora Austin, by whom he had one son, James A., born in Janu- ary, 1868, and now Messenger in the Pacific Ex- press Company in Chicago. The mother died in 1869, then in her twenty-seventh year. The lady who subsequently became the wife of our subject was Mrs. Mary Emerson, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Emerson) Shields. Mrs. Rogers was born in Pike County, Mo., in June, 1839, and died June 10, 1895. She was one of five children. Her eldest brother, Thomas, is deceased, and her only surviving brother, James H., is an attorney at Dubuque, Iowa. A sister, Lizzie, is the wife of Thomas Gillian, a hardware merchant of St. Paul, Mo., and Helen is the wife of James N. Hill, a broker at Pittsburg, Pa. The parents of these children were natives of Virginia but at an early day settled in Pike County, Mo., from whence they afterwards moved to Dubuque, Iowa, where Mr. Shields conducted a inercantile business. Mrs. Rogers had one child by her first marriage, but it died in infancy. By her union with Mr. Rogers she became the mother of two sons --- Odon S., born in June, 1871, and John S., born in January, 1874, both still living on the home farm. They are bright and enterpris- ing young business men, have received good educations and bid fair to have a brilliant future.
T HOMAS F. M'ILROY. This gentleman, who is one of the oldest and most highly esteemed residents of Pike County, makes his home in Louisiana. He was born in Fayette County, Ky., July 13, 1820, and is the son of Daniel and Jane (Wiseley) McIlroy, the former of whom was a native of County Derry, Ireland, his birth occurring September 10, 1786; he was the son of Patrick McIlroy, a farmer in the Emer- ald Isle. Daniel was by trade a linen weaver, and in 1819 left his native land and emigrated to the
United States; he had been married one year pre- vious to this to Miss Wiseley, whose birth also occurred in Ireland.
The parents of our subject, on coming to America, located in Fayette County, Ky., where they engaged in farming until 1831, in which year they came to Missouri, making their home in Cuivre Township. There the father purchased a tract of land and was engaged in its improvement and cultivation until his decease, September 10, 1836. In politics he was a Whig, and in religions affairs connected by membership with the Presby- terian Church. The parents of Mrs. McIlroy set sail for the United States in May, 1818, and were never heard of again; they were John and Mar- garet (Paul) Wiseley, natives of Ireland. The grandmother of our subject on his father's side was Mary Mitchell.
To Mr. and Mrs. Patrick McIlroy there were born two sons and two daughters: Robert, Daniel, Mary and Margaret; of these the father of our subject was the only member to make his home in the United States. Mrs. Jane McIlroy died near Bowling Green, July 27, 1865. By Daniel McIlroy's union with Miss Wiseley were born seven children, of whom Thomas, of this sketch, was the oldest; Mary married John Ben- ning (both deceased); Margaret is the wife of Henry L. Pettibone, and makes her home in Lou- isiana, Mo .; Jane became the wife of Marion Mc- Kay and is now deceased; Robert is also dc- ceased; Elizabeth married D. B. McClure, of Audrain County, and died in 1892; John is living at Bowling Green.
The early life of our subject was passed in Fay- ette County, Ky., and when a lad of eleven years of age he accompanied his parents on their re- moval to Pike County, Mo. He secured such an education as could be gleaned in the private school and January 22, 1846, began farming on his own account. His farm consisted of seventy acres, lying on Section 22, Calumet Township, which was a gift from his wife's father; he culti- vated this land for a period of forty-five years, adding to the tract from time to time until he became the possessor of two hundred and sixty broad and well-tilled acres. He was successful
209
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.
as a general farmer, and also in fruit growing, of which he made a specialty. In 1891 he re- moved to Louisiana, where he has a comfortable home and is prepared to spend the remainder of his life in ease and comfort.
Mr. McIlroy and Miss Letitia Henry were united in marriage November 18, 1845; the lady was the daughter of Alexander and Margaret (Al- lison) Henry, natives of North Carolina and Pike County respectively. To our subject and his wife have been born the following-named sons and daughters: John W., a resident of Calumet, is County Judge, and also cultivates a fine farm he owns in that locality; Edna A., widow of S. Frank McKay; George C., living west of Clarksville, in Calumet Township. Mrs. McIlroy departed this life August 3, 1853. Her husband was married the second time, on this occasion to Lucretia Henry, daughter of Josiah and Jane (Jordon) Henry; she died May 30, 1855. Mr. McIlroy was next married March 2, 1857, to Miss Jane Mar- tin, daughter of Judge James Martin, of Peno Township, Pike County; she died January 10, 1858. February 3, 1859, our subject chose for his fourth wife Margaret J., daughter of John W. and Elizabeth (Fry) Stark, natives of Pike County. Mrs. Stark is still living and makes lier home with her daughter; she became the mother of nine other children, all of whom are living ex- cept one. Mary E. married B. F. Barton, of Lin- coln County, Mo .; Helen is the widow of Walker Stewart, of Monroe County; Edwin E. is living at Colorado Springs, Col .; Susan E., who was married to John Stark and is deceased; Henry W. makes his home on a farm in Calumet Town- ship, Pike County; Eliza L. is now Mrs. Austin T. Smith, of Colorado Springs; Marion F. is like- wise a resident of that place; Sarah A. is the wife of A. H. Norton and lives in Calumet Township; Luella F. was married to Richard Smith, and is a resident of Colorado Springs.
By his union with Margaret J. Stark, Mr. Mc- Ilroy became the father of four children: Henry T., a farmer of Buffalo Township; Ella A., wife of Robert B. Fry, of Monroe County; William S., engaged in carrying on the home farm; Eliza- beth L., wife of Dr. W. T. Hope, of Chattanooga,
Tenn. Mr. and Mrs. McIlroy are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. In poli- tics he is a Democrat, and during his residence on the farm was elected on that ticket to the posi- tion of Road Overseer.
Mr. McIlroy is the owner of much valuable real estate within the city of Louisiana and the limits of this county. When moving to Louisiana he purchased a fine location and erected thereon a good residence. He has been a very success- ful business man, rearing and providing for a large family of children. He has aided largely in the development of the agricultural interests of the county, has dealt honestly and uprightly with his fellow men, and as a consequence has their entire confidence and high regard.
D OWLER B. NEWBERRY. This pub- lic-spirited and prominent resident of Hannibal is a native of the Buckeye State, having been born in Belpre Township, Washing- ton County, June 28, 1831. He was therefore a lad of eleven years when his parents moved to Schuyler County, Ill., in 1842. He was trained to farm life and worked in cultivating the soil un- til eighteen years of age, when he engaged in the manufacture of brooms in Rushville, this State. He lived there thus employed until 1851, when he took up the business of painting, in which he continued for a period of eight years.
In 1859 Mr. Newberry came to Hannibal and accepted a situation as reporter on the Hannibal "Daily Messenger," which was subsequently merged into the "Courier," holding a position on that paper for eleven years. He established four papers in Hannibal, which are now extinct, name- ly: the "Plaindealer," the "Dramatic Bulletin," the "Clipper" and the "Tidal Wave." During the late war our subject enlisted (1862) in the Federal Army, his name being fifth on the first muster roll. He was immediately appointed Orderly Sergeant, holding this position and that of Drill- master of Cavalry for about three years. In the spring of 1865 he was elected Captain, but, the war soon closing, the company was mustered out.
210
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.
In January, 1864, Mr. Newberry was initiated into Hannibal Lodge No. 188, A. F. and A. M., since which time he has held nearly every office within the gift of the lodge. He served one year in Hannibal Chapter No. 7, R. A. M., as Principal Sojourner and was afterward elected High Priest, filling that position four consecutive terms. As a Mason he has attained considerable distinction, having taken the York Rite degrees, the Egyp- tian, Grecian, Hindoostan, Persian, Bacchic, Celt- ic, British, Mexican, Gothic and Druidical mys- teries, together with numerous side degrees- about one hundred and fifty in all. As a zealous worker he stands without a parallel, having missed attending but one meeting in ten years in the Blue Lodge and Chapter, and then was prevented from being present on account of illness. He is the author of several Masonic works, all of which have sales running up into the thousands and are sold cheap.
Dowler B. Newberry was married January 19, 1856, to Miss Mary C. Denison, who died in 1858; two years later he was joined in marriage to Miss Minerva A. Dick of Hannibal, Mo. He is the father of six children, namely: Florence E., Jen- nie B., Gillia M., Fred B., Kate E. and Effie M., all of whom are grown up.
B ENJAMIN A. JAUDON, M. D., of Pal- myra has been longer engaged in practice here than any other physician. For many years he felt it a duty to respond, if it were possi- ble, every call for his services, and he not only had many patients in a general family practice in various parts of the county but attended to nearly all the surgical cases comprised within a much larger area. Of late years he has given up his work to some extent, taking time to travel, and for two winters has lived among the flowers and orange groves of Southern California.
Soon after the Massacre of St. Bartholomew, two Jaudon brothers of the Huguenot faitli left France to seek a home in the land of freedom; one settled in South Carolina and the other ill Philadelphia. From the latter was descended
Samuel Jaudon, an eminent banker of the Quaker City, who under Presidential appointment was financial representative of the United States in England (about 1840). The doctor owns as his ancestor the brother who located in South Caro- lina.
Our subject's father, Benjamin, Sr., was born in that State in 1795 and died in 1873, and the mother, Sarah, daughter of Thomas Polhill, was . born in 1805 and died in 1863. Although she also was a native of South Carolina, she was principally reared at New Rochelle, N. Y. Benja- min Jaudon, Sr., was a merchant of Robertsville. S. C., and was the proprietor of six or eight hun- dred acres of land and sixty or seventy slaves. In 1858 he moved with his family to Kansas City, where he spent his remaining years, having retired from business. In 1863 the famous Order No. II compelled all southern sympathizers to remove from the western tier of counties in Missouri, near Kansas City, and Mr. Jaudon with his family was obliged to obey. His wife died in Quincy, Ill., of pneumonia, contracted by ex- posure consequent on this removal.
Nine children who grew to adult years were born to Benjamin Jaudon, Sr., and his wife Sarah, namely: Narroway, who married the Rev. John M. Ashburn, a Baptist minister; Ellen, wife of William J. Stafford, a farmer; Adelaide, who married B. F. Smith, a Charleston (S. C.) mer- chant; Annie, who wedded the Rev. John H. Luther, founder of the "Central Baptist," a paper which was first published at Palmyra but later removed to St. Louis; Alice (Mrs. N. J. Smith), now of Kansas City; Benjamin, the subject of this article: Thomas P., a business man of Kansas City: James A. and George, farmers near Belton, Cass County, Mo. Three of the sons, Benjamin A., Thomas P. and James A., served in the Con- federate Army.
The doctor was born June 11, 1832, in Beaufort County, S. C., and received a good training in the fundamental branches of learning by private teachers. When fourteen years of age he went to Lewisburg, Pa., and for two years was a student in the university of that city, completing the Sophomore year. Following that he read medicine with Dr. B. W. Lawton, a well-known physician
·
211
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.
of Barnwell District, S. C., and attended lectures at the Charleston Medical College in 1850-51. In March, 1853, he graduated from the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia with the degree of Doctor of Medicine; soon afterward he started on horseback to make a tour of Florida and southern points, proceeding a part of the way by boat. He visited, among other places, Monticello, Tallahassee and Pensacola, riding sometimes over thirty miles without seeing a habitation, and fre- quently came across large herds of deer and great flocks of wild fowl. He thoroughly enjoyed this sort of life for a year and returned home on horse- back through Georgia. Then until 1856 he was engaged in practice in Barnwell County, S. C., but in the year mentioned joined a colonization party and went to Lecompton, Kan., where he practiced medicine for two years. In those troublous times the North and the South were struggling for the supremacy in Kansas and the doctor was among the eleven hundred men who went with Sheriff Jones to arrest Jim Lane and attack the Town of Lawrence. From 1858 until 1861 our subject practiced in Kansas City. Deem- ing it his duty to espouse the Southern cause he took a double-barreled shot-gun, slipped through the Federal posts and in June, 1861, enlisted as a private in Capt. Henry Brooking's Company. At Carthage he fought in the ranks and again at Lexington. After the last-named battle he was commissioned as Surgeon of Gen. Rains' Divis- ion of the Missouri State Guard. Upon the re- treat of Gen. Price into Arkansas from Spring- field, Dr. 'Jaudon was left in charge of the six hundred sick and wounded Confederate soldiers, having six assistants, one of whom was Dr. Charles O. Curtman, now Professor of Chemistry in the Missouri Medical College, St. Louis. At this time (February, 1862) the doctor met Gens. Siegel and Curtis and for two months was within the Federal lines; he was finally sent under escort to Yellville, Ark., to join his comrades, and from there went to Little Rock, where he was made surgeon of Nelson's Texas Brigade. He was afterward transferred to an Arkansas Brigade, and was wounded in the leg by a minie ball in a skir- mish with Col. Jim Lane's forces, near Fort Smith. Later he was present at the battle of Prairie Grove
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.