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 46

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


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she resided in the home of her uncle, Steven Mc- Rea. Mrs. Baskett is a member of the Christian Church, while her husband, whose grandfather was a prominent Baptist preacher in Fluvanna County, Va., where he died, inclines toward the Baptist faith. He is a member of Palmyra Lodge No. 18, A. F. and A. M., and politically is a Dem- ocrat. He has wrought out his success by pérse- verance and strict attention to business in every detail. We are pleased to give him a place among the honored pioneers of Marion County.


C APT. JOHN W. MAHAFFEY. This gentleman, who is one of the substantial and enterprising farmers of Pike County, was born in Campbell County, Ky., May 21, 1827. He early in life learned the trade of a cooper, but later abandoned it in order to turn his attention to a more profitable vocation, that of farming.


The parents of our subject were John and Elizabeth (Black) Mahaffey, the former born in Pennsylvania about 1795. He in turn was the son of Andrew Mahaffey, a native of Scotland, who came to America when a young man, settling in Virginia, whence he afterward emigrated to the Keystone State. After his marriage with Eliza- beth Black he removed to Campbell County, Ky., where he entered two hundred acres of land and lived until his death, in 1836. The grandmother died some years later, aged one hundred and twelve years. There were born to them nine chil- dren: Moses, William, Stephen, Andrew, John, James H., Samuel, Mary and Barbara. The sons all followed the lives of farmers, with the excep- tion of John, who was a stone-mason, and Stephen, a traveling man.


The father of our subject lived at home with his parents until of age, when he started out to learn the stone-mason's trade, which he afterward followed. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. After his marriage he lived with his wife for a time in Brown County, Ohio, but soon removed to Campbell County, Ky., where he purchased a tract of one hundred acres of land, which he


operated, and at the same time worked at his trade, this means of livelihood bringing him in ready cash. His time on Sundays was occupied in the pulpit of the Methodist Episcopal Church in this locality. He, together with his wife and son Bascom, died in 1852 with the cholera. Their children, ten in number, were: Mary, Andrew, Barbara, Elizabeth, John W., Sarah, Gabriel B., Henry B., Joseph and James T. Mary married William Ashinghusk and moved to Illinois, where she died; Andrew married Margaret Herndon in Ohio, and with her also took up his residence in the Prairie State, where his death occurred; Bar- bara became the wife of William Tarvin in Ken- tucky, and on his death she married George Truesdale, and died in the Blue Grass State; Elizabeth, Mrs. Samuel Askren, moved to Illi- nois after her marriage and died in 1894; Sarah, Mrs. Edward Henderson, of Kentucky, on the death of her companion married Cook Porter, and they now live in Abingdon, Ill .; Gabriel B. was married in this county, and is now living in Chicago, engaged in carpenter work; Joseph moved to Illinois, and during the war volunteere 1 in an Illinois regiment which was under the com- mand of Gen. Grant. He was wounded in the battle of Shiloh, and while being conveyed front the field was a second time injured. His wounds were such that he was discharged, and returning home lived there until his removal to Iowa. James died while living in Texas.


Our subject, after learning the cooper's trade, worked at it for about ten years. He was mar- ried in 1849 to Miss Sophia Kercheval, of Ken- tucky, after which he removed to California, Ky., where he had a cooper shop for five years. His wife died about that time, and the Civil War breaking out, he enlisted in October, 1861, as a member of the Twenty-Third Kentucky Infantry and served in the Army of the Cumberland under Gen. "Pap" Thomas. He participated in the bat- tles of Stone River, Chickamauga, Tullahoma, Mission Ridge, Knoxville, Resaca, Cassville, New Hope Church, Lost Mountain, Kenesaw Mountain, Smithville, Peach Tree Creek, At- lanta, Franklin and Nashville. After these con- flicts he, with his regiment, was ordered to New


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Orleans, whence they went to Texas, and on their return to Louisville were discharged, as the war was at an end.


Mr. Mahaffey married for his second wife Miss Lizzie McLaughlin, also born in Kentucky. After their union they removed to Iowa, where they made their home for a year, and then came to Pike County, this State, where Mrs. Mahaffey died. Our subject then married Mrs. N. J. Vena- ble and, purchasing a farm in Hartford Township, is there residing at the present time. He is a men- ber of the Grand Army Post at Middletown, Mo., and is prominently identified with the Masonic order. In religious affairs he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is a Republi- can in politics, and has been President of that party's club at New Hartford.


Mrs. Nancy Mahaffey is the daughter of W. O. Blackmore, who was born in Tennessee March 19, 18II. When a young man he went to Vir- ginia, and there learned the tailor's trade, and was married to Laura A. C. Beardsley, a native of that State. They continued to reside there for one year, when they came to Lincoln County, this State, where Mr. Blackmore worked at his trade until 1838. That year he moved to Bowling Green, and after two years we find him engaged in farming near Middletown. In 1847 he moved to Louisiana, Mo., and soon after was elected Constable and Collector. He died there July 14, 1863. His seven children were Nancy J., George, William, Zith, Anna, Mary and Jeremiah E.


R EV. PETER L. BRANSTETTER, now deceased, was born in Pike County, Mo., February II, 1825, and died April 16, 1890. He was the son of Frederick and Susan Branstetter, the former of whom was born March 16, 1795, in Sullivan County, Tenn. His father, the grandfather of our subject, also bore the name of Peter L., and was of German descent. Frederick served one year in the war of 1812 un- der General Jackson.


The father of our subject emigrated to Illinois when quite young and in 1820 located in Pike County, this State, where he purchased the claim belonging to James Thair, situated in Cuivre Township. There he made his home for two years when he removed to Bourbon County, Ky., where his marriage with Susan Branstetter took place. The young couple then returned to their home in this county, in which locality they re- sided until their decease. Their household num- bered nine children, as follows: Mary E., now deceased, was the wife of Thomas Chamberlain, and on his death married Robert Willis, who now resides in Adair County, Mo .; Peter L., is our subject; Grundy A., is farming in Audrain County, this State; Simon M., is farming in Ar- kansas; Fred S., and Thomas B., are deceased; Benjamin F., makes his home in Kansas City, Mo .; J. Cynthia is the wife of Samuel Atckison, a farmer of Pike County; Louisa became Mrs. A. P. Morris, an agriculturist of this section.


On the death of his companion the father of our subject was married to Mrs. Sarah Vannoy. The three children born of their union were Cor- delia A., who is now the wife of Mr. McDonald, and resides at Vandalia, which place is also the home of Sarah F., the wife. of George Bell; Nathan, the only son, is deceased. The husband and father died April 10, 1873, and his widow only survived him until September of that year, when she too passed away. They were both members of the Regular Baptist Church.


The lady to whom our subject was married April 22, 1868, was known in her maidenhood as Miss Sarah F. Elmore. She was born in Lincoln County, this State, October 5, 1840, and was the daughter of John A. and Eliza (Roper) El- more. Her father was a native of North Caro- lina, born September 18, 1809, and died February 22, 1890. He was the son of Anderson and Mary (Farley) Elmore, also natives of North Carolina, where their entire lives were spent engaged in farm pursuits. . They were people of prominence in that section and had their large property cul- tivated by slave labor. Grandfather Elmore was married a second time, the lady on this occasion being Miss Oliver.


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John A. Elmore, father of Mrs. Branstetter, emigrated to St. Charles County, Mo., in 1838, and there lived for two years when he changed his location to Lincoln County, where he owned a good property and lived in comfort for the remainder of his life. His wife, who was also a native of North Carolina, was born August 10, 1814, and died March 12, 1862. Her parents were Henry H. and Rachel (Farley) Roper, born in the above State where they always lived. Like the parents of Mr. Branstetter they were agricul- turists and the owners of many slaves. Henry H. Roper was twice married, his second wife being Mary Elmore, the sister of Mrs. Branstetter's father. There was one child born to them, Caro- line, now the widow of Henry Thacker, and she is at present living on the old homestead in North Carolina where she was born.


John A. and Anna Eliza Elmore were married in their native State and to them was born a large family, comprising twelve children, as follows: William H. and John C., are deceased; Thomas L., is farming on the old homestead in Lincoln County, this State; James A., is engaged in the same vocation in Texas; Sarah F., now Mrs. Branstetter; Joseph E. and Pleasant Y., are de- ceased; Ann E., married William M. Martz, a farmer of Bates County, Mo .; Charles E. and Martha are deceased; Hezekiah is farming in Lincoln County and Alexander M., is living a bachelor's life on a farm in Bates County, Mo. On the death of his companion John A. Elmore married Amelia Thomas, who was a native of Lincoln County and the four children granted them are Lee, a farmer of Bates County; Joseph, who makes his home in St. Charles County, this State; Dean and Sidney, also residents of Bates County.


To our subject and his wife were given four sons and six daughters, of whom we make the following mention: Ida A., resides with her mother; Jeanette W., is deceased; Frank T., is farming in this township; Leona F., is the wife of George Waugh, engaged in cultivating a tract of land in Cuivre Township, this county; Ann Eliza resides at home and is the twin of Enochi H., who is deceased; Peoria L., and Louis P .; the


next in order of birth died unnamed and Nancy C., the youngest, is living at home.


Peter L. Branstetter was first married to Mis- souri A. Henderson, a native of this county, who was born July 12, 1826, and died August 28, 1867. By her union with our subject she became the mother of ten children, namely: Susan P., the wife of Marion Hamlet, a farmer who resides in this State; Frederick D., engaged in the same vocation in California; Sarah E. and Maude A., deceased; Charity L., now Mrs. Henry Hender- son; William P., deceased; Martha J., the wife of Thomas McMahon of California; Sterling P., also a resident of the Golden State; Mary L., who married Theodore McCann, lives in Audrain County, and Lonigon, who is deceased.


Our subject located on the homestead now oc- cupied by his widow, in 1852. He passed his youth on his father's farm and after coming to Pike County, in 1843, here made his home, with the exception of the time spent in mining in Cali- fornia, whither he went in 1850. On the return trip he was four months and four days en route, the journey being made very tedious by the slow motion of the mule which he was riding. Mr. Branstetter joined the Baptist Church in 1844 and in 1860 was granted a license to preach. He left at his death an estate of six hundred acres, which is to be divided among his children when they at- tain mature years. Mrs. Branstetter has the en- tire charge of the property and in looking after affairs manifests great business ability. She is a very pleasant and intelligent lady and occupies a warm place in the hearts of all who know her.


G EORGE A. SALLING, druggist, of New London, was born June 16, 1862, at Perry, Ralls County, Mo., and is the son of Peter A. and Georgia Ann (Tomlinson) Sal- ling. The father is a native of Virginia and was a son of John A. Salling, also a native of Vir- ginia, and of Scotch ancestry. John A. Salling moved from Virginia to Missouri in 1820, settling


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in the western part of Ralls County where he en- tered a farm in Salt River Township, and culti- vated the same until he was eighty years of age. . He then lived with his son until his death at the age of eighty-eight years. His wife was Elizabeth Hickman and they had nine children, of whom seven grew to maturity: Margaret, Peter A., Re- becca V., John A., Aurelia A., Susan A., and Samuel I. Of these, John A., Susan and Samuel I. are living; John A., at Perry, Mo .; Susan, now Mrs. Samuel I. Philips, in Forsyth County, Mo .; and Samuel I. in South Dakota.


Peter A. Salling, the father of our subject, grew to manhood near Perry, receiving his preliminary education in the common school. He studied for a physician, was graduated and opened an office for practice in the old neighborhood for a time, then gave it up and engaged in farming. Politi- cally, he was a Democrat and religiously, a mem- ber of the Presbyterian Church. He died in 1875. His wife was a native of Kentucky, and was a daughter of Benjamin F. and Mary Tomlinson, also natives of Kentucky. She died June 23, 1862, a few days after giving birth to the subject of this sketch, who was an only child. A devout Chris- tian woman, a member of the Presbyterian Church, she died in the faith in which she had lived.


The subject of this sketch spent his early life on the old farm until he was thirteen years of age when his father died, and he went to live with his grandfather, Tomlinson, in Mexico, Mo. He was there attentively cared for and attended the high school. He returned to Perry and went to the high school one season there, then again re- turned to his grandfather's, where he continued his studies. Later, he came back to his old home in Perry, and engaged in various kinds of work. He remained there, however, but a short time, going thence to Hannibal, where he clerked in a general merchandise store. In April, 1888, he moved to New London and purchased a drug- store of Dr. S. Maddox, where, in partnership with William Winn, he opened a full line of drugs, and conducted a business under the firm name of Winn & Salling. This partnership con- tinued until December 31, 1888, when Mr. Sal-


ling purchased his partner's interest and has since conducted the business under his own name. He carries a full line of drugs, drug sundries, paints, oils, wall paper, etc., and has built up a large and prosperous trade.


Mr. Salling and Maria L. Dodd were united in marriage September 9, 1891. She is the daugh- ter of Levi B. and Pauline A. (Gregory) Dodd, both of whom are natives of Virginia and are living in New London. Mrs. Salling is a native of Ralls County. They are blessed with two children, Rebecca A., born February 27, 1893, and George A., Jr., born January 27, 1895. Mrs. Salling is a member of the Presbyterian Church, while Mr. Salling is a member of the I. O. O. F. and the K. of P. In politics he is a Demo- crat. He is a stock-holder and director in the Ralls County Bank, and is the owner of two hun- dred and seventy-three acres of land in Saverton Township. Thus briefly is given the family his- tory and biography of one of the leading business men of New London. Mr. Salling is a man of fine appearance, pleasing address, a whole- souled, all-round good citizen, a credit to his an- cestry and to the city of his adoption.


A LEXANDER BURKHOLDER, whose sketch now claims attention, is one of the representative farmers of Pike County, and a gentleman highly esteemed alike for his good business qualifications and his upright character. He is a devoted member of the Cum- berland Presbyteran Church, with which he has been connected for over half a century.


Our subject was born in Powel Valley, Tenn., in May, 1828. He spent his early life in Knox- ville, that State, on a farm belonging to his father and when reaching mature years was engaged in teaming, from 1844 to 1847. The following year, however, he received the appointment of mail carrier, his route lying between Lynchburg and White Sulphur.


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married to Miss Harriet, daughter of Richardson and Lucinda (DeWitt) Penn. The ceremony, which occurred at Harper's Ferry, was performed on the bridge near that city on which over eight hundred couples had been married. After his marriage Mr. Burkholder was engaged in his old occupation as a teamster until 1856, in which year he came to Bowling Green, this State, and after being variously employed, purchased the old homestead in 1870.


In August, 1861, soon after the outbreak of the Civil War, Mr. Burkholder enlisted in Company G, of a cavalry regiment and participated in many battles, besides numerous skirmishes and minor engagements. His regiment did guard service mostly, being detailed to duty on the border line, in order to prevent the Confederates from raid- ing the country. In the fall of 1865 he received his honorable discharge and, returning to his home in this county, took up the peaceful pur- suits of farm life at which he has worked ever since. His estate embraces one hundred and seventy-five acres and is known in this locality as the Charlie Mount Farm.


The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Burkholder are as follows: Robert, born July 18, 1850; Sarah Jane, October 7, 1851; Lucinda P., May 8, 1853; John M., July 22, 1854; Elizabeth, October 16, 1855; Fannie A., January 21, 1857; Richardson P., September 22, 1859; Margaret A., March 15, 1861; William, May 24, 1862; Eliza N., Decem- ber 15, 1863,; Samuel Ellar, September 30, 1865; Ida Bell, January 12, 1868; Charles E., October 19, 1870. Robert, the eldest son, married Sarah A. Nunn and they have one child, Zuma. Sarah became the wife of Joseph Henderson and their six children are Robert E., Samuel, Elizabeth, Betty, Ethel and Alma. Lucinda married Robert McDaniel, a hardware merchant of Texas and their family include the following named: Charles, Catherine, Medora, James, Myrtie, Ernest and Virgil. John M., married Susan Hen- derson and to them were born five children-Har- riet E., Stephen A., Mary, Harry M. and Herbert E. Elizabeth became the wife of Aaron McPike Burks and died in 1881. Richardson P., married Betty A. Lindsay. Margaret A. became the wife


of Joseph H. Lindsay, living in Bowling Green. William took to wife Julia Nance of Bolivar, Tex., where her husband is engaged in farming and training horses; Elizabeth N., married William Burks, and their children are Robert C., Herbert and Opal. Samuel Ellar married Frank Biddel and their family comprise a son and daughter-Lois and Lloyd. Ida Bell is now Mrs. Clarence Smith and has a son, Raymond. George T. Lease, who was born in September, 1884, has lived with our subject since a boy of six years. He is a bright and intelligent lad and is being given good opportunities for obtaining an edu- cation.


To-day our subject ranks among the progres- sive and wide-awake agriculturists of Cuivre Township and is surrounded by all the comforts of life, proving the truth of the old assertion that "industry will win in the race for fortune and po- sition."


UDGE MARK T. BROWN. It gives the biographer pleasure to here present the life history of one of the most prominent resi- dents of Pike County, and one who has done much toward its upbuilding. In him we find an example of industry, sobriety and consistent hon- esty of purpose in life, which has had its influence upon the well-being of the community. He has been very prominent in public life, and for two terms was called upon to fill the office of County Judge, and declined to take the office the third term. He is now living in Hartford Township, in a comfortable residence which he erected in 1885.


Mr. Brown was born in the above township, February 18, 1830, and is the son of John and Elizabeth F. (Fielder) Brown, the former of whom was born in Fauquier County, Va., about the year 1785. Grandfather Brown cmigrated hither from England in an early day, and there- after made his home in the Old Dominion. John Brown was rearcd in his native State and was there married, March 14, 1810. He soon after


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located on a farm, on which he had made a pay- ment of eight hundred dollars, but in 1829 sold it and removed to this State, where he bought one hundred and sixty acres and entered two hundred and forty acres from the Government, a portion of which is now occupied by the town of Hartford. Here he lived until his death, November 6, 1858. He was a thorough Christian gentleman, inter- ested in all good works and in politics voted with the Democratic party. He had studied medicine to some extent, and there being no physician in the neighborhood of his home he was often called upon to administer medicine in cases of sickness. He was Postmaster of his section, and also keeper of an inn.


The mother of our subject was the daughter of Samuel C. Fielder. Her mother was a relative of Gen. John Tyler. Samuel Fielder was born in 1758, and during the Revolutionary War served as a soldier in that conflict. On leaving his na- tive State he went to North Carolina, later to Mis- souri, and finally to Tennessee, where he died in 1856, at the advanced age of ninety-eight years. His wife departed this life October 17, 1867. Our subject's father and mother were the parents of ten children, viz .: Benjamin F., William J., Frances Ann, Elizabeth F., John, Samuel F., Keturah J., Sarah Margaret, Mark T., and Mar- tha Ann.


The eldest son of the above family was mar- ried in this township to Harly Ann Kilby, July 28, 1826, whence he later moved to Lincoln County, where he lived for about five years, then took up his abode in Stoddard County, this State; William J. came to Missouri with his father, and was afterward married to Mary A. Gunn. He settled in this township, where he died about 1842. Frances A. married Alfred Oden, a farmer of Ashley Township; she departed this life in 1852. Elizabeth's first husband was Samuel C. Savage, who was a merchant and school teacher; after his death she became the wife of John Tully, also a merchant at Middletown, where she died September 25, 1893. John married Martha Gunn, and for about six years thereafter made his home west of Hartford, in Hartford Town- ship, Pike County; he afterward removed to Du-


buque, Iowa, where he was engaged in lead mining; on the death of his wife he married Mary A. Hayden and returning to this State purchased a farm in Lincoln County, upon which he was living at the time of his decease, in 1867. Samuel F. learned the plasterer's trade when young; he went to Iowa with his brother John, and return- ing later on to this locality married Martha J. Leach, and made his home on a tract of land one mile northwest of Hartford, where he died in 1887. Keturah J., the widow of William Butler, located with her husband in North Carolina; he volunteered during the late war in the Confeder- ate service, and on the establishment of peace be- gan raising tobacco, which industry he followed until his death in 1889. Margaret married Rich- ard Savage when fifteen years old, and they set- tled in Montgomery County, this State, where she died two years later. Martha was married to Virgil C. Davis, a farmer of the above county, where she passed away five years after her mar- riage.


The original of this sketch, at the age of twenty-two years, started across the plains for California, and after three months of suffering and hardship arrived in the Golden State. In company with Eleazer Laird he purchased a claim and for five years they farmed together. At the end of that time he sold his interest to his part- ner and returned to Missouri. His venture, how- ever, was a successful one, as he landed in Cali- fornia with but fifty cents, and on his return home was the possessor of $3,500, made in farming.


Mr. Brown was married in 1859 to Mary J. Moore, and the young couple at once located on a tract of four hundred and eighty acres which he purchased, going in debt therefor three thousand dollars. Later, the war breaking out, he volun- teered his services and in May, 1861, started with his company to join Gen. Price on the Missouri River, but finding that this General had gone south, they were ordered to return, and remained there for the winter. With the spring they again started to join Price, but meeting the enemy in Callaway County, Mo., they were routed and again returned home. In the spring of 1862 Mr. Brown went to New Florence, where he took the


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oath of allegiance, and giving a bond of ten thousand dollars never again to engage in war against the Government.


Our subject worked his farm until the close of the war, when he sold two hundred acres of the tract. In 1866 he parted with thirty-nine acres more, selling to Hays & Hayden, who erected a saw and grist mill on the tract. Finding that it would be a good opportunity to lay out the town, our subject, in company with M. E. Motley and Judge A. J. Davis, divided a portion of his farm into town lots and "boomed" the place. This thriving little village now contains two general stores, one drug store, a blacksmith shop, and about fifty inhabitants. In 1885 Mr. Brown sold one hundred and thirty-five acres of land to James Butler, retaining for his own use about eighty acres.




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