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By his union with Miss Figgins, John Alvis had born to him ten children, eight sons and two
daughters. Their marriage was celebrated in this county in 1838. Of this large family we make the following mention: George W., is farming in the vicinity of St. Augustine, Tex .; Sarah J. and Henry are deceased; Spencer A., is farming near Vandalia, this State; Zachariah is running a saw- mill at St. Augustine, Texas; Amelia became the wife of Gilbert Neffler, a gardner of Bowling Green, this State; John W., was the next born; Chadwick is farming in Oregon; Frank is one of the substantial farmers of Phelps County, Mo., and one died unnamed.
The parents of our subject soon after their mar- riage removed to Illinois, and after spending three years in that State engaged in farming, re- turned to Missouri and located in Ralls County. In 1857 they came to this township, where they were living at the time of their decease. The father was a stone and brick mason by trade, but in the early days did not find much occasion to use his knowledge of this industry, and therefore gave his attention to cultivating the soil. He was self made in the matter of education and rose to a high position among the substantial residents of this county.
In the year 1881 the subject of this sketch was united in marriage with Miss Mattie E. Rose, who was born in this township December 21, 1854. She was the daughter of John and Elizabeth (Ayres) Rose, of whom an extended history will be found in the biography of Judge Rose, pre- sented on another page of this book. They were married in this county in 1853 and the four daugh- ters and two sons born to them were named re- spectively : Mattie E., Mrs. Alvis; Thomas M., a merchant in Lincoln County; Nancy J., married Joe Birkhead and lives in Winfield, where her husband is following the mercantile business; Lizzie became the wife of Frank Ball, a promi- nent farmer of Pike County, living in Spencer Township; Daniel L., also a farmer of worth in this county; Molly, the wife of Nathan Kindred, an agriculturist in this vicinity. The parents of this family endeared themselves to the hearts of the people in their community and were univer- sally respected and esteemed.
To John W. and Hattie Alvis there have been
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born a son and daughter, namely: Pearl R. and Paul D. Our subject had just attained his ma- jority when he started out in life to earn his own livelihood, and until this time had worked on his father's farm. His first employment was as a farm hand, at which he worked during the summer months and attended school in the winter until he was competent to teach a district school. This vocation he followed for some nineteen years and during that long period was employed in this township with the exception of a little over two years when he taught in some of the surrounding districts. This fact speaks well for his ability as an instructor and the able manner in which he managed the pupils.
In 1882 Mr. Alvis purchased a farm, which he worked upon after school hours were over. This embraces one hundred and fifty-five acres and in addition he owns five acres, comprising the grounds of his city home. He is a man of much practical business talent and financial ability and by the judicious investment of his money has ac-
quired a valuable property. Although his mother was well-to-do when he left home, he would not accept assistance from her as he desired to make for himself a name and a fortune, both of which ambitions he has accomplished entirely through his own efforts and the help of his estimable wife. He is a member of the Baptist Church and is foremost in every good work in his community. He was elected to his present responsible position as Mayor of Curryville in 1892. As Justice of the Peace on the Democratic ticket in 1888 he gives satisfaction and his rulings are very seldom car- ried to a higher tribunal.
J OHN B. CHILTON, who owns a valuable farm on Section 13, Township 59, Range 7, Marion County, has been a resident of Missouri for over half a century, and has been thoroughly identified with the development of this section. In 1842 he left Louisville, Ky., in company with his wife, descending the Ohio
River by boat. On November 13, the vessel struck a snag and grounded on a sand bar, re- maining there all night. Ice was forming in the Mississippi and it was six days before the boat had proceeded as far as St. Louis. There it was laid up for three weeks on account of ice, when the Captain, believing it safe to make the attempt as there had been a thaw, started up the river with two hundred passengers. At a point above Alton, they were forced to stop on account of the ice and for two days all of the able-bodied men on the boat were pressed into service endeavoring to free the boat. They sent a message to St. Louis for a stern-wheeler. When the new boat arrived it ran into the ice like a battering ram and the cabin was shaved off very neatly, re- maining on top of the ice while the hull went down and was lost. Fortunately there was no one drowned. The Captain of their vessel pro- posed to go back to St. Louis for the winter, and Mr. Chilton, with his wife, disembarked and hired a wagon to convey them on their journey, passing near the place where Blackhawk was captured in Lincoln County, Mo. They settled on a farm, which they rented for a few months, and in the fall returned to Kentucky. Joseph Chilton, the great-grandfather of our subject, was one of five brothers, the others being Mark, George, Thomas, and Stephen. Thomas was a Colonel in the war of the Revolution, under Washington, and was killed at the battle of Bun- ker Hill. Joseph was a resident of Fauquier County, Va., where his son, George, our sub- ject's grandfather, was born in 1760. The latter was a millwright by trade and, though he owned a farm which he operated, erected many mills in Virginia. He married Miss Mary Ball, of the same State, and in 1810 moved to Henry County, Ky., where he bought a large tract of land which was carried on by his slaves, and at the same time he was proprietor of a mill. He lived on this homestead until his death, which occurred in 1846. Of his large family, John B., our sub- ject's father, was the eldest, and was born in the Old Dominion in 1793. His brothers and sisters were Letitia, Jane, Charles, James, George, and Mary (twins), Lucy, and Susan, all of whom
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remained in Kentucky with the exception of one who became the wife of James McPike and emigrated to Missouri in 1836.
John B. Chilton was a youth of seventeen years when he moved with his parents to Ken- tucky, and a year later, in 1811, married Eleanor Stuart, also a native of Virginia, and who had gone to Kentucky with her parents. Mr. Chil- ton bought land and engaged in farming after his marriage, and became a prominent citizen, holding various important offices, such as justice of the peace, pension agent, etc. In religious faith he was Baptist. Our subject recalls hear- ing his father tell of entertaining Daniel Boone in the home of his childhood. To himself and wife were born nine children: George B. and Charles T., who are still in Kentucky; John B., of this sketch; James S., who has lived in Indiana many years; May, wife of James Stuart, of In- diana; Letitia, who married Duncan Ellis and moved to Lewis County, Mo., in 1866; William and Wilfred, twins, still living in Kentucky; and Joseph S., also of that State. After the death of his first wife John B. Chilton married Eveline Ransdall, a native of Virginia.
John B. Chilton of this sketch was born in Henry County, Ky., May 22, 1818, and was edu- cated in the primitive schools of his boyhood. On January 22, 1842, was celebrated his mar- riage with Elizabeth, daughter of Donald and Sarah (Magruder) Johnston, who died in 1863. In 1867 our subject married Sarah J. (Keith) Welch, whose death occurred in 1875. By his first marriage Mr. Chilton had six children, namely: Medley, of Knox County, Mo .; John, who operates a store in Hester; Sarah, wife of Samuel Hoke of Laclede County; James, a res- ident of Marion County; Mary E., wife of Mar- tin Sinclair, of Bates County, Mo .; and Robert, whose home is in Pike County, Mo. By his last marriage Mr. Chilton had one child, Christie B., who married Earl Waterman, of Lewis County.
In 1842 Mr. Chilton engaged in farming in Henry County, Ky., and also kept a grocery on his place for several years. In 1853 he went to Monroe County, Mo., in company with his father-in-law, who bought three hundred and
twenty acres of land in that locality, where our subject was engaged in agricultural pursuits about ten years. For four years after the death of his first wife he made his home with James McPike, and after his second marriage purchased the farm in Warren County now owned by George Kemp. When he again broke up house- keeping in 1875 he returned to Mr. McPike's, who was an uncle by marriage, and made his abode as a member of his household until 1890, since which time he has lived with his son, John W. In 1846 he volunteered in the Mexican War and proceeded as far as Lavaca, Tex., where, on account of sickness, he received an honorable discharge. He has been a member of the Bap- tist Church since 1839, all of these years being identified with Bethel congregation. He is a man who has always possessed the sincerest affection and respect of all with whom he comes in contact, and well deserves a place in this vol- ume. In his political relations he has always used his ballot in favor of the Democratic party.
W ILLIAM L. HEDRICK, one of the leading grain and stock-raisers in this portion of Marion County, is the own- er of a finely cultivated homestead, located on Section 3, Warren Township, containing two hundred acres. His birth occurred in Clarke County, Ohio, December 15, 1836. His parents were Isaac and Elizabeth (Patterson) Hedrick, the former of whom was born in Clarke County, in February, 1806, and the mother in Pittsburg, Pa., in 1814. They were united in marriage in Clarke County, Ohio, in the year 1825. Isaac Hedrick lived to a good old age, departing this life in January, 1894. His wife died at the age of forty-five years.
The brothers and sisters of our subject were six in number, namely: David was a farmer of Brown County, Ill., and died in 1888; Elizabeth married John Round, a retired farmer of Scot- land County, this State; Helen is the wife of
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John Cusack, an agriculturist of Clarke County, Ohio; Joseph J. is a painter by trade, following this occupation in Hutchinson, Kan .; John M., also makes that city his home; and Jennie, de- ceased wife of George Wolf, who is living on a fine estate near Hutchinson. John M. was for four terms sheriff of his county, and now makes a business of importing fine horses, being a fine judge of horseflesh.
After the death of his first wife, which oc- curred in 1848, Isaac Hedrick was married to Miss Catherine Patterson, a sister of his first companion. She, too, was born in Pittsburg, Pa., and is now living in South Charleston, Clarke County, Ohio. This union was blessed by the birth of three children: Isaac P. is a railroad conductor and makes his home in Springfield, Ohio; Alice is the wife of William Warrington, a farmer near South Charleston; and Milton M. is residing in Mount Sterling, Ill., where he is well known as a contractor and builder.
The father of our subject passed his entire life in his native county, where, during his active years, he extensively engaged in farming and stock-raising, and was one of the most prominent and influential residents of the community. He was very popular with his fellow-townsmen, and by them was elected Mayor of Charleston, which honored position he held for several years, dur- ing that time instituting many reforms and bringing about many changes in the government of the city. He also occupied various other offices of responsibility and trust, and in one and all gave perfect satisfaction to those most concerned. He was an active politician, first voting for Whig candidates, but after the organ- ization of the Republican party, joining its ranks. The Methodist Episcopal Church regarded him as one of its most valued members and workers, and in the support of the congregation which he attended he gave material aid.
The original of this sketch was married in March, 1878, to Miss Annie E. Perry, who was born in Shelby County, Ky., January 19, 1839. She was the daughter of Vardaman B. and Mary J. (Shannon) Perry, the former of whom was
born August II, 18II, in Shelby County, Ky., which portion of the Blue Grass State was also the birthplace of her mother, and the date thereof was February 7, 1820. Vardaman Perry died August 17, 1865, but his good wife, who is still living, makes her home in Scotland, Mo. They were married in their native county October 20, 1836, and to them were granted a family of thir- teen children, as follows: Addie E., now Mrs. Hedrick, was the eldest; Sarah R. is deceased; James L. is a farmer and stock-raiser of prom- inence in Scotland County, Mo .; Emma and Edward T. are at home with their mother; Cyn- thia J. and Marietta are deceased; and the other six children died in infancy. Mr. Perry was a wel-to-do farmer of Kentucky and there passed his entire life. He took an active part in politics and was elected to the office of Magistrate, which office he held for several terms. He was a Henry Clay Whig in politics and in the com- munity in which he lived was highly esteemed.
William L. Hedrick spent his boyhood days on his father's farm and was at home on the outbreak of the late war. In response to the call for more volunteers he went to Columbus, Ohio, and remained in camp for a few months, being drilled for life on the battle-field. In May he went with his regiment, the Thirteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, to Camp Dennison, where they remained until the latter part of June, 1861, when, their services not being needed just at that time, they were discharged, and they re- turned to their several homes. Our subject did not remain long at home, however, but enlisted in Company H, Twenty-sixth Ohio Infantry, and was in active service until December 22, 1863. During that time he participated in some of the noted battles of that period, among them being Stone River, in which conflict he was wounded. There being no hospital near he was taken to the home of a private citizen in the town of Lavergne, Tenn., where he was cared for until conveyed to Nashville. Later he went to Covington, Ky., and was thence ordered to Cin- cinnati, Ohio, where he remained from August, 1863, to July 24 of the following year, when he was honorably discharged and returned home.
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Mr. Hedrick stayed with his parents until the following spring, when he made a visit to Brown County, Ill., and while there purchased a tract of land. He then moved upon this purchase and lived until the fall of 1869, when he disposed of it and came to this State, settling in Scotland County. He was not engaged in any particular line of business here, but speculated to some extent in livestock. The next fall, in company with a friend, he took a drove of horses to Den- ver, Colo., and remained in that State for a year. On his return at the end of that time to Scot- land County he formed a partnership with his brother-in-law and dealt in live stock until the fall of 1879, in which year he became the propri- etor of the estate on which he is now living. It comprises two hundred acres of some of the finest land in the county and Mr. Hedrick val- ues it so highly that money could not purchase it from him at any price. He is a well-educated gentleman, gaining a useful fund of information in the schools of Clarke County. His plans for obtaining a higher education, however, were frustrated by the outbreak of the war, for at the time he was about ready to enter college the bugle notes were sounded that caused so many students to lay aside their books and take up the implements of war.
In politics Mr. Hedrick, although in no sense of the term an office-seeker, is actively in- terested in the success of the Republican party. Socially, he is a Mason of high standing.
M ADISON PAYNE. In order to attain success in business it is required of a man that he possess sound discretion, acute perception and good judgment. Men who possess these qualities put their character into every work they may enter upon, and are among the most powerful agents in the progress of their community. It is of such a man that we write, a man who, although commencing in life poor and without many friends, has become well-
to-do through the exercise of these traits of char- acter. He is at present the postmaster of the city of Warren, and in addition to transacting the duties of this position he is carrying on a general merchandise establishment.
Mr. Payne was born in Fauquier County, Va., July 27, 1827, to Daniel and Nancy (Hilleary) Payne, also natives of that State. The father was forty-five years of age at the time of his de- cease in June, 1839, while his wife, who lived until December, 1865, was sixty-three years old at the time of her death. They were married in the Old Dominion in 1819, and became the par- ents of seven children. Of these, Ransdall is deceased; John W. is a farmer of this township; Madison was the next born; Elizabeth A. mar- ried William C. Hilleary, whose sketch will ap- pear elsewhere in this volume; Mary J. is the widow of John C. Hilleary, also an agriculturist of this locality; Leonidas is the owner of a good estate in Warren Township; Basil G. is living in Monroe City.
The original of this sketch lived in his native county on his father's farm until fifteen years of age. His father having died in the meantime his mother decided to change her location, and accordingly came to Missouri, settling five miles west of Warren. There she purchased one hun- dred and twenty acres of land, which at her death had been increased to one hundred and forty acres. Madison lived with her until 1850, when he began working out by the month. The following year, however, in company with a cousin, William C. Hilleary, he put in operation the first circular saw mill used in this commun- ity. They ran the same from the fall of that year until the next spring, when they sold out, and our subject, accompanied by John and Thomas E. Hilleary, made the trip to California. They left home with a team of oxen April 12, 1852, and arrived at Diamond Springs, Cal., August 28 of the year. They at once entered the mines, and for a period of five years were engaged in seeking for gold. In 1857 Mr. Payne returned home and the next year found him en route for Texas, making the trip on horseback. He remained but a short time prospecting, and
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then, returning to the home farm, lived there until I861.
In the spring of the above year our subject enlisted in Price's army and under his command participated in several hard-fought battles and severe skirmishes. Owing to ill health, however, he received an honorable discharge after six months of service, and returning home remained until 1863, when he removed to Lincoln County, this State, and took charge of a large farm near that city for Thompson Coxe. He superintended it for two years, and again taking up his abode on the homestead of his mother, lived there until 1873. That year he again sought the Golden State, working on the ranch of his brother a part of the time and also found profitable em- ployment in the mines. In 1876 he made the journey homeward, and until 1880 was engaged in carpentering and farming. That year he went to Colorado in the employ of a milling and min- ing company who were engaged in prospecting. In the fall he returned home and spent Christ- mas, and then went back to his business in Colo- rado and remained there until the fall of 1885.
After a short visit to his family he went to Montana and there aided a friend in putting in operation a mining mill, and remained with him a few months. When again taking up his abode in Marion County he came to stay, and estab- lished himself in the general merchandise busi- ness, to which he gave his entire attention until being appointed postmaster under Cleveland in 1893.
While in the Golden State Mr. Payne was married to Miss Catherine E. Coates, in 1856. She was born in Wisconsin and died in the town of Warren, Mo., in 1888, aged forty-nine years. In 1890 Mr. Payne again married Mrs. Belle (Layton) Moore, the widow of W. W. Moore, who died in 1887, becoming his wife. Her union with that gentleman was productive of the birth of two children, David, who died in infancy, and Denny, who resides with our subject.
As we have indicated, Mr. Payne has traveled over the greater portion of the West, and on one of his trips home from California came by way of the isthmus and the West Indies, and being
landed at New Orleans, took a boat there and sailed up the Mississippi River to Hannibal. He was accompanied on this journey by his first wife, and the expense was over seven hundred dollars. As a matter of course he is a strong Democrat and in the discharge of his official duties gives satisfaction to all concerned.
C OL. DANIEL MAUPIN DULANY, President of the Bank of Hannibal, of Hannibal city, was born in Kentucky July 27, 1816. He is the son of Joseph S. and Sarah (Maupin) Dulany, the former born in Cul- peper County, Va., and the latter a native of Kentucky. The grandfather, who also bore the name of Joseph Dulany, was a Virginian and of French extraction.
In the fall of 1816 the parents of our subject removed from Kentucky and settled in what is now Howard County, Mo., where the father en- gaged in farming. He made that section his home until 1830, when he became a resident of Monroe County, the same State. There young Daniel attended school and helped in the farm work. In 1845, he together with his brother, William H., engaged in the tobacco business at Paris, Mo. The following year he was appointed Deputy Sheriff and Collector for Monroe Coun- ty, and in 1848 was elected by the Whig party as Sheriff of that county, and was re-elected on the expiration of his term, serving acceptably for another two years. He was then elected Justice of the county court, holding the office for a period of five years. On the outbreak of the war business was in such an unsettled condition and so uncertain, that Mr. Dulany moved to Quincy, Ill., with his brother, where they re- sumed their tobacco business.
In 1867 the Dulany brothers returned to Mis- souri, and in Hannibal established themselves in the lumber trade in company with J. H. Mc- Veigh, a partner in their business when in the Prairie State. They conducted a thriving busi-
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ness under the style of Dulany & McVeigh, and this connection existed until 1881, when the company was incorporated under the laws of Wisconsin with a capital stock of eight hundred thousand dollars, with O. H. Ingram, President; D. M. Dulany, Vice-President; W. H. Dulany, Treasurer; and Charles Horton, of Winona, Secretary. Their headquarters were at Eau Claire, Wis., where they carried on business under the style of the Empire Lumber Company. This company, of which Mr. Dulany is still a stockholder, owns a saw and planing mill at Eau Claire, where they also have extensive lum- ber lands, rafting logs down the river to Hanni- bal. Their sales amount to over five hundred thousand dollars each year. They have a branch saw mill and lumber yard at Winona, Minn. They formerly had three mills at Eau Claire, but at present only operate one.
Since the organization of the Empire Lumber Company our subject has become interested in other companies, and is connected with the Rice Lake Lumber Company of Wisconsin, the Chip- pewa Lumber and Boom Company at Chippewa Falls, and the Standard Lumber Company of Dubuque, Iowa. He is also President of the Gem City Saw Mill at Quincy, Ill. He is Director of the Hannibal Saw Mill Company of Hannibal, and a stockholder in the Missouri Lumber and Mining Company of Grandin, Mo., and is Pres- ident of the R. J. Hurley Lumber Company at Butler, this State, and President of the Hannibal Sash, Door and Blind Factory at Hannibal. He is a member and Director of the Elliott-Dulany Wholesale Grocery House of Hannibal.
Mr. Dulany was elected President of the Han- nibal Bank at the first annual meeting of the organization, and still holds this position. He was married in 1841 to Miss Carintha Maupin, at Paris, Mo. This lady died two years after her marriage, and our subject was married in 1846 to Mary Thompson, of Monroe County, Mo. Mrs. Dulany departed this life the same year of her marriage, and the lady whom our subject chose as his third companion in 1851 was Ann E. Craig, who died in 1853. In 1856 he married Mrs. Mary Williams, the daughter of Pleasant
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