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Lewis and Marion County men, Pindell's Sharp- shooters, Infantry Battalion, Gen. M. M. Parson's Brigade C. S. A. Actions at Helena, July 4, 1863, and at Little Rock, September 10, 1863. Judge Advocate Division Court Martial October, 1863, performing both line and judicial duties. Feb- ruary 3, 1864, First Lieutenant Artillery for Ord- nance. October 1, 1864, Captain Artillery for Ordnance. July 10, 1865, returned to law studies at Hannibal, Mo.
Licensed at Missouri Bar by Judge John I. Campbell, Hannibal, Mo., December II, 1865, and by United States Circuit Court at St. Louis, Mo., May 17, 1875. Author of Monograph on Township Bonds, 1877. President Mt. Olivet Cemetery Association, benevolent. Co-author January I, 1883, of Constitutional Judiciary Amendment of 1884. Director Free Public Li- brary.
Elected November, 1886, Judge Sixteenth Ju- dicial Circuit and served six years to end of the term and of the circuit, after which he returned to practice. Author of many statutes in the people's cause.
On November 30, 1876, at McVeytown, Pa., Thomas H. Bacon was married to Miss Jean Walters and of this marirage one child, Ethel Bacon, survives. The father of Mrs. Jean W. Bacon was John Walters (January 3, 1800-Sep- tember 30, 1861) and her mother was Ann McClellan (December 5, 1801-September 27, 1880). The Walters branch still holds in Kishaco- quillas Valley some farm land which for military service in the Revolutionary War was patented to Capt. Hugh McClellan, the maternal grand- father of Mrs. Jean W. Bacon.
Her father's maternal grandfather was Capt. Caspar Dull of the Revolutionary Army. See rolls of the Revolution, Vols. 10, 11, 13 and 14, Pennsylvania Records.
Judge Bacon's mind was peculiarly formed for the legal profession, for which he has eminently fitted himself by deep study, research and thought. His analytical powers enable him to solve intricate law problems with unerring re- sults. He goes about his legal work with great care and is painstaking in the presentation of his
cases and in the preparation of his briefs. So thorough has he been in this regard that the Su- preme Court of the State has stepped aside from its usual course to pay him a compliment in this particular branch of his practice. He has always confined himself to the civil branch of the pro- fession and his business has been that of law only. Before he went upon the bench he had estab- lished the reputation of an able, sound and suc- cessful lawyer. He made an able and conscien- tious Judge and his trial of causes was generally satisfactory and his decisions rarely reversed. Few Judges have left the ermine more spotless than he, and few have laid aside the judicial robes standing higher in the esteem and confidence of the bar and the people.
Judge Bacon is not only deeply versed in law but has found time to step outside of this branch of science, and travel in the various walks of knowledge. He is a most interesting conversa- tionalist and can talk learnedly on most all sub- jects. Should the specialist in any branch of science enter into a discussion with the Judge on his pet subject, he would think he had made that his special study. The student of history, botany, geology, archeology, ethnology, philology, theology, etc., in discussing with Judge Bacon would find in him a close listener and an able critic. The Judge is yet in the prime and vigor of life and many years of usefulness are yet before him.
M USCOE P. DRUMMOND is the sole proprietor of the Palmyra (Marion Coun- ty, Mo.) "Herald." This bright and new- sy paper was established in 1883 by Mr. Drum- mond and Philip Gausz, who together conducted the journal until New Year's Day, 1890, when our subject, having bought out his partner, became the owner.
Mr. Drummond was born September 4, 1858, in this city, and received his education in a private school here. One of his teachers was Dr. Will- iam B. Corbyn, now of Quincy, who for more than thirty years was President of St. Paul's Col-
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lege. Young Drummond's higher education was obtained at this well-known institution, from which he graduated at the age of nineteen years; he then engaged in teaching at his alma mater for three years.
The parents of M. P. Drummond are H. J. and Martha (Bonner) Drummond, natives of Vir- ginia and Pennsylvania respectively. The for- mer is a highly respected citizen and leading member of the bar of Palmyra.
September 6, 1893, M. P. Drummond led to the marriage altar Katherine, daughter of Alex- ander and Mary Gillespie, natives of Kentucky; the former is dead, and the latter is now living near Palmyra. The union of our subject and wife has been blessed by one child, a daughter, whom they have named Madeline.
In 1881 Mr. Drummond entered the news- paper field as a reporter on the Palmyra "Demo- crat," and since that time has devoted all of his time to journalistic work, in which he has been very successful. "The Herald," a six-column quarto, is conducted in the interest of this com- munity, is ably edited, gives a concentrated review of current events and enjoys a widespread circu- lation. The proprietor is a Democrat on politi- cal questions and is a good worker in his party. He is a member of the Sons of Temperance, be- longing to the only lodge of that order in the State, which has been established for upward of half a century.
J AMES CURD has made his home in the vicinity of Palmyra, Marion County, since he arrived at man's estate and is now en- gaged in cultivating his fine homestead situated in Liberty Township. His farm is well adapted for pasturage and of late years Mr. Curd has given his principal attention to berrying, finding a market for buttermilk and cream in the city. He and his family have a very pleasant home and are blessed with many comforts and luxuries. For fourteen years Mr. Curd was Public Administra- tor, at the end of that period resigning his office, and is now a member of the City Council. He
was formerly a supporter of the Democracy, but is now affiliated with the Prohibition party.
A native of Lewis County, Mo., our subject was born January II, 1838, to Benjamin P. and Mary A. (Bryan) Curd, natives of Kentucky. The father was born April 10, 1810, being the youngest of ten children, all of whom are now deceased. He spent his boyhood on a farm, attending the neighboring schools for a few months in the win- ter seasons, and in the fall of 1829 emigrated to Lewis County, Mo. In a short time he returned to his native State and was there married Septem- ber 18, 1832. The young couple began house- keeping in Lewis County, where Mr. Curd had purchased a small farm, on which he built the first saw and grist-mill in this portion of the State and operated the same until 1843, when he sold out and removed to Marion County. Taking up a tract of about three hundred acres of timber land, he energetically set to work to clear away the forest and built a comfortable home, barns, etc. He also bought other tracts of land and at one time owned and platted the town of Mont- gomery, Montgomery County, Mo. He con- tinued actively employed in farming until 1888, when he went to visit his son in Hannibal, where he was taken sick and died. His wife had preceded him to the grave, her death occurred December 22, 1883, at the ripe old age of seventy-five years.
James Curd is the fourth in a family of seven children, the others being as follows: Louis B., born in June, 1833, and a farmer by occupation, died February 2, 1867, in Palmyra; Nancy P., born September 9, 1834, died November 4 of the following year; Mary, born September 1, 1835, died November 14, 1845; Eliza B., born March 15, 1839, is the wife of Dr. H. K. Hine of Colum- bia, Mo .; Thomas E., born April 5, 1844, lives in Palmyra; William B., born December 3, 1847, is a resident of Hannibal.
Our subject was only six years of age when his parents settled in Marion County, Mo., and up to his nineteenth year he continued to live at home, going to the district school in the winter. He then took a thorough course of study in St. Paul's College, after which he taught for a num- ber of terms and was ultimately elected Principal of the Montgomery High School. At the end
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of three years of successful teaching in that capac- ity he returned to Palmyra, where he has since made his home. He is a member of the A. O. U. W. and formerly belonged to the Masonic fra- ternity.
Mrs. Curd's father was born May 28, 1815, and her mother on September 28, 1826; they were married May 28, 1846. The father died July 30, 1887, and the mother January 1, 1889.
September 20, 1866, Mr. Curd married Mar- garet, daughter of William and Mary E. (Bright) Feagan, natives of Kentucky. She was born in this county March 10, 1849, being one of three children. Her sister Russella is the wife of J. L. Tuley, a farmer, and her only brother, William H., resides in New York. The home of our sub- ject and his wife is blessed by three children, two sons having been called to the better land. Mary Lillian, born August 17, 1868, resides with her parents; Maggie R., born July 14, 1870, is the wife of P. Moore and lives on the old home- stead belonging to her father; Maria A., born August 30, 1871, is at home; William B., born September 27, 1873, died December 22, 1885; James G., born November 28, 1878, died July 26, 1881. The family are all members of the Christian Church and enjoy the friendship of all who have the pleasure of their acquaintance.
J AMES W. SHELBURNE, one of the lead- ing farmers and stockraisers of Ralls County, is a native of Kentucky, born in Spencer County, September 1, 1847. He was the last of nine children born to James and Paulina (Ashby) Shelburne, of whom six still survive. James Shelburne was born in Kentucky February 2, 1806. Here he grew to manhood, reared his family, and spent a peaceful and happy life. He followed farming for an occupation up to within a few years of his death, when he gave up an ac- tive life, and quietly awaited the end. He lived to a good old age, dying in 1888, in his eighty- second year. The mother was a daughter of Robert Ashby and was born in Kentucky in 1808,
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and died in 1878. She was a devout Christian all her life and her death was a loss to the commun- ity in which she lived. Zachariah Ashby, the grandfather of our subject, was also a native Ken- tuckian and, when a child was captured by the Indians and for seven years held captive; one brother and his mother were killed at that time, his father and another brother escaping in the timber without clothing and wandering about three days ere they reached the fort, and all the time without food.
The subject of our sketch grew to manhood under the parental roof, and acquired his educa- tion in a district school. Reaching that period in life when he must choose an occupation, he determined to follow the calling of a farmer, but first chose a life partner, and on the sixteenth of May, 1869, was married to Miss Susan E. Howser and shortly after, with his young wife, he emi- grated to Missouri and settled in Ralls County, where for five years he farmed as a renter. At the expiration of this time, through his good manage- ment and unceasing toil, he was in a position to own a place of his own and his purchase of sixty- six acres followed. Here he erected some build- ings and moved to his newly acquired farm. Later he added to his purchase another sixty-four acres, and for some twenty years made this his home.
In 1892 he purchased his present home farm of one hundred and seven acres, and one year later he moved on to it. Shortly after his re- moval he remodeled the old house and has now a cozy residence. His present home is only re- moved one-fourth of a mile from his old farm which, with the assistance of his sons, he con - tinues to cultivate. Mrs. Shelburne is a na- tive of Kentucky and was also born in Spencer County, March 24, 1847. She is the daughter of Braxton and Sarah (Clarke) Howser. Her father was of German and English descent, her grand- father, Jacob Howser, being a German, while her grandmother came of English ancestors. Her father was born in Jessamine County in 1813. Her mother was also of both English and Ger- man descent, her father, William Clarke, being an Englishman and her mother a German. She too
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was born in Spencer County and is still living with her husband, each being past eighty years old. By the union of Mr. and Mrs. Shelburne there have been born six children, all of whom are living : Paulina A., born April 9, 1870; William B., February 9, 1877; Mary C., January 15, 1880; Archie P., September 24, 1883; Shelby T., June 2, 1887; and Bradford, December 9, 1890. The children are all single and, with the exception of Pauline, who is temporarily residing in Georgia, are living at home.
Mr. Shelburne is an intelligent and genial man. His progressive spirit has placed him in the front rank of the farmers of Ralls County. In his political affiliations, he is a staunch sup- porter of the Democratic party, and in his reli- gion he is a member of the Primitive Baptist Church, and a liberal supporter of all worthy charitable movements.
H ON. JAMES D. KINCAID is now serv- ing his third term as Mayor of Bowling Green, which fact alone is a striking proof of his efficiency as an officer and his popularity as a citizen. He has frequently been honored with this responsible position, having been Mayor of Clarksville from 1853 to 1855, and Mayor of Frankford for two terms, or from 1875 to 1880. Of late years, when not occupied in a public ca- pacity, he has been successfully engaged in the practice of law, attorney for pensions, and has (lealt to some extent in real estate.
John Kincaid, the father of our subject, was born in South Carolina in 1806, but his father, whose Christian name was James, was a native of Scotland. He emigrated to America in Colo- nial days and took part in the War for Inde- pendence, a part of the time being stationed at Fort Charleston. His death occurred in South Carolina during the first decade of the century. His wife was a Miss Henry, daughter of Captain Malcom Henry, who was also in the Revolution- ary War. Capt. Malcom Henry came west at the close of the war and built a fort for protec-
tion from the Indians at Troy, Lincoln County, Mo., this being about 1806. John Kincaid at- tended a military school in South Carolina and graduated from that institution. About 1822 he came to this State, locating in Troy, and for some time lived with Capt. Henry, his grandfather. Later he purchased a plantation on Big Creek, but sold out at the end of three years, and moving to Pike County, purchased a farm in Cuivre Township, about four miles from this city. Still later he embarked in the mercantile business in Bowling Green and carried on a large trade until 1835, when he sold out and, with several of his family and a number of recruits whom he had gathered, started to join Sam Houston in his war with the Mexicans. Owing to various causes they were delayed and did not reach Texas until the fall of 1836, thus not being in time to assist Gen. Houston in his great battle, which Mr. Kin- caid had fondly hoped to be able to do. Gen. Houston gave his little party forty of his soldiers for protection as far as Bartrap, where a stockade and block-house were built, for there were seven tribes of troublesome Indians in the vicinity. When peace had been restored Mr. Kincaid bought a plantation, which he cultivated until his death, in 1840. He was a Jackson Democrat, and became as popular with the people of the Lone Star State as he had been in Missouri. His wife, our subject's mother, whose name was Caro- line Campbell, was born in 1810 in Kentucky, be- ing a daughter of William and Jane (Gooch) Camp- bell, of Scotch descent. Her father first settled in Virginia, where he conducted a large plantation. He was a military man, and served under Gen. Wayne in the war with the Indians, and later went to Kentucky with Daniel Boone. He was a relative of Alexander Campbell.
After her husband's death in Texas, Mrs. Kin- caid returned to Pike County with the other mem- bers of the family. In those days the journey was not an easy one, for they went by wagon to Houston, from there to Galveston by steamboat, and then embarked in a sail boat for New Orleans. The vessel drifted in the stormy weather which ensued nearly as far as Cuba, but finally man- aged to gain the Delta, and were towed to New
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Orleans, from whence the little party took a steamer up the Mississippi River. Mrs. Kincaid afterwards married Samuel Sox, and passed her last years on a farm in Audrain County, Mo., where she died in October, 1885. During her life in Texas she did not desire to live in the block- house at the fort, but persuaded her husband 10 build one on their plantation, and thither she and her children would retire when the father was out fighting the Indians. Both she and her chil- dren were provided with guns and ammunition, and were skillful in the use of them. For many years she was a faithful member of the Presby- terian Church.
J. D. Kincaid is one of six children, the others being: William, of Bowling Green; Francis M., deceased; Jane, Mrs. Julius Myers, of Middle- town, Mo .; Eliza, wife of William Price, of Van- dalia, Mo .; and Sophia, deceased, formerly the wife of George Spheres. The birth of our sub- ject occurred in Lincoln County, Mo., April 30, 1830, and part of his early life, as previously men- tioned, was passed on the frontiers of Texas among the Indians. Upon his return to Missouri he was placed in the old Pike Academy, and upon completing the course there he studied law, being admitted to the bar in Louisiana in 1865. Before this, however, he had espoused the Confederate cause, and in 1861 enlisted in a company, being mustered into Hardee's Brigade with the rank of Captain. He continued with Mr. Hardee, who was an old friend of his father, until after the bat- tle of Shiloh, being principally on detached duty. Then he fought in the cavalry under Gen. Jack- son in Tennessee and Kentucky, and in the en- gagement of Dresden was taken prisoner. Through the influence of a cousin he was paroled at Paducah, and went to visit friends in Illinois.
Upon his return from the army Mr. Kincaid engaged in the stock business and in merchandis- ing for a few years, but about 1885 gave up all other pursuits in order to give his full attention to his law practice. On October 20, 1849, was celebrated his marriage with Martha A. Martier. Her father, Judge James M. Martier, of Bowling Green, was a native of Virginia, and for many years was Clerk of the Circuit Court. Mr. and
Mrs. Kincaid have four children, as follows: Alice, who is the wife of George W. Adams, of Audrain County, this State; James, a physician of Bowling Green; Ella M., wife of Alexander Owens, of Louisiana; and Julia, wife of William F. Mayhall, editor of the Bowling Green Times. Mr. and Mrs. Kincaid are both members of the Christian Church, and are numbered among the best citizens of this place.
J AMES E. LINDSAY is a native-born citi- zen of Pike County, and since attaining manhood has identified himself with its ex- tensive agricultural and stock-raising interests, and for some time prosperously carried on this vocation on the old homestead in Buffalo Town- ship. Since 1888, however, he has been estab- lished on his one hundred and twenty acre farm in the same township, which he is placing under excellent tillage.
The father of our subject bore the name of Ben- jamin C. Lindsay and was born in Pike County. When establishing a home of his own he married Mildred, a daughter of Benjamin Benning.
James E., of this sketch, was born September 21, 1861, in Pike County, Mo., and was the re- cipient of a good common school education. He was married November 24, 1889, to Miss Cora E., daughter of Noah and Jane E. (Yarnell) Spears, who was born February 18, 1866. Their only son bears the name of Emmet R., and was born March 20, 1892. Mr. Lindsay was about seven- teen years of age when he began working on the railroad near New Mexico. He was employed there for six months, after which he went to Illi- nois and was similarly employed for one summer. He then returned to New Mexico in 1879 and for eight months worked in the mica mines. His next employment was in the Good Hope mine, where he received excellent wages. He then went to Colorado and worked on the railroad near Veta Pass, which is elevated fourteen hundred feet above the level of the sea. While in charge of the section hands at this place he received $65
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per month, and paid for his board only $5 per month.
In 1882 Mr. Lindsay returned to Pike County, and for some time thereafter lived on the old homestead. On purchasing the Grimmitt farın of forty acres, he made it his home until 1888, when he sold out and became the owner of his present estate of one hundred and twenty acres, eighty of which is under excellent tillage. This farm is pleasantly located on the Bowling Green and Clarksville road, and is one of the most at- tractive in the vicinity. He has carved out his own fortune, and has been successful in a finan- cial sense, and has also secured for himself the good will of those about him. He is a devoted member of the Baptist Church.
H ON. LUZERNE BULKLEY, who won the title of Captain in the late Civil War. is one of the prominent citizens of Han- nibal. He gallantly fought in defense of the Union, with which his sympathies were strongly enlisted, and took part in many important battles. In 1866 he was honored by being elected to the House of Representatives and again in 1870, be- ing a member of the Twenty-fourth and Twenty- sixth General Assemblies of Missouri. A stanch friend to education, he has ever held up the pub- lic schools and assisted in passing the law which has been of untold benefit to the common schools of this State. He was also a member of the Com- mittee on Banks and Corporations and of the Co- mittee on Militia. For a number of years he has been actively engaged in business in Hannibal and in 1894 was elected Justice of the Peace, his time being occupied in performing the duties of that office and in looking after his real estate.
Mr. Bulkley was born May 25, 1837, in Boone County, Ind. His grandfather, Asahel Bulkley, whose birth occurred in 1782, died in Macon County, Mo., in 1846, aged sixty-four years. At one time he was part owner of the Salina Salt Works, in the vicinity of Syracuse, N. Y., and was a man of considerable business ability. His wife was Miss Margaret O. Stevens and of their
union three children were born, namely: Charles G., Winfield S. and Margaret O., who married Russell Babcock. In 1830 the family removed to Boone County, Ind., where they remained about nine years engaged in farming, but in 1839 they came to Missouri, settling in Macon County, each of the brothers buying a quarter section of land. The family traditions relate that two Bulkley brothers came from England in colonial days, set- tling near New London, Conn., and that one was killed in the French and Indian War which was brought to a close in 1763, and that from the other are descended many persons of the name now residents of New England and other parts of the United States.
Charles G. Bulkley, father of our subject, was born near Syracuse, N. Y., in 1813 and as pre- viously mentioned moved to Indiana with his parents in 1830 and subsequently came to Mis- souri. In 1847 he settled in the vicinity of Hannibal, buying a farm of two hundred acres, situate two and a-half miles south of the city, and here he continued to dwell until his death, which occurred April 20, 1894. On the outbreak of the war he espoused the Union cause, enlisting in Company E, Eleventh Missouri State Cavalry, be- ing made First Lieutenant. He fought in the engagement at Pierce's Mill, Scotland County, Mo., July 18, 1862, and there received two severe wounds, on account of which he was obliged to resign in the following October. In 1835 he mar- ried Mary W., daughter of Alfred and Mary (Williams) Copeland, all natives of Massachusetts. Mrs. Bulkley was born May 19, 1816, and died November 7, 1890. Of her three sons and three daughters who lived to grow up, Luzerne is the eldest, Alfred. W. of this city is the next and then follows Susan W. (Mrs. Thomas Rollo), since de- ceased; Mary L. (Mrs. Hodge Conner) of Kansas City; Margaret O., unmarried and living at home with our subject; Calvin F., a business man of Hannibal.
For three months during the winters of each year Luzerne Bulkley attended the district schools during his boyhood and at last entered the Hanni- bal City Institute. When in his twenty-first year he commenced teaching in the schools of Adair and Ralls Counties; he was thus employed for
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