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DONALD ROSS, proprietor of the the study of medicine with his father Commercial hotel, Sixth and Angel- as preceptor. In 1891 he graduated ique streets, was born on Prince Ed- from the Ensworth Medical College, ward's Island, and went to Boston St. Joseph, and afterwards attended Mass., in 1858. He enlisted in com- pany A, Ninth Massachusetts volun-
medical schools in New York one year. He entered upon the practice teer infantry, May 16, 1861, and served here with his father in 1893 and is suc- till July 4, 1864, after being in all the cessful, especially in surgery. In .1896 hard battles of the east, including An- he was elected county coroner. and in tietum, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, 1898 was re-elected. Chancellorsville and the Wilderness, where he was wounded; was pro-
J. W. ATWILL, miner of and dealer moted on the field at Fredericksburg. in coal, was born in Boston, Mass., in He came to St. Joseph in 1871 and fol- February, 1844, where he was well ed- ucated and fitted for a business career. lowed railroading for twelve years, after which he engaged in the hotel At the beginning of the civil war, business. Mr. Ross is prominent in though very young, Mr. Atwill enlist- the Knights of Pythias, Odd Fellows ed in the Twenty-fourth Massachusets and Free Masons. He was married volunteers. For meritorious conduct July 4, 1876, in Kansas City to Miss he was promoted to a lieutenancy and Annie McCrory, and she has borne transferred to the N. C. Union volun- him one daughter, Neta, now thirteen years old.
JOHN M. NICHOLS, general gaged in mercantile pursuits in St. agent of the Wells-Fargo Express Company, was born at Webster, Ind., November II, 1849. He came to and ticket agent of the St. Joseph & St. Joseph in 1870, and was em- Denver railroad, and then engaged in ployed by the Wells-Fargo Express Company for seven years. Then he the Hyatt Coal Company. Mr. Atwill is a Republican in politics and repre- sented the old Fourth ward in the city council in 1880-82. He has also been a member of the board of managers of the free public library.
teer regiment, of which he soon be- came lieutenant colonel, being mus- tered out as such in 1865. He then en- Louis until 1870, when he came here. He was for eight years general freight
was for a year with the American Ex- press Company, and from 1888 till 1895 served the Pacific Company. In 1895 he was appointed general agent at St. Joseph for the Wells-Fargo Com- pany, the position he now holds. Mr. Nichols was married in Hiawatha, JOSHUA P. BENNET, boots and Kan., in December, 1872, to Miss shoes, was born in Gallatin county, Esther J. Olds, and they have three Kentucky, Dec. 19, 1848. When only children. a boy he enlisted and was sergeant of company E, One Hunderdth and For- the coal business. He is a member of.
DR. SPIER RICHMOND, coron- tieth Indiana volunteers. He came to er of Buchanan county, was born in St. Joseph in 1869 and has since been South Carolina in 1867 and is a son of engaged in the boot and shoe busi- Dr. J. M. Richmond. He came to St. ness. Mr. Bennett was married in Joseph at the age of six years; Peoria, Ill., Sept. 2, 1878, to Miss May Barclay and they have two boys, aged graduated from St. Joseph high school at the age of 17, and at 19 commenced eighteen and fifteen years respectively.
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DR. JAMES K. GRAHAM is a
WILLIAM BOYD TULLAR, native of East Tennessee, born at horseshoer, was born March 3, 1842, Tazewell, Claiborne county, January 6, at Point Pleasant, W. Va., the son of 1859. He came to Missouri in 1880, Valencourt and Sarah (Jones) Tullar. locating at Camden Point; began the study of medicine, attended the College of Physicians and Surgeons at St. Joseph, from which he graduated in 1882. He subsequently attended
The family came to St. Joseph in 1844. Our subject learned the blacksmith's trade, was in the Confederate army, spent some years in the mountains and then located permanently in St. Jo-
L. E. CARTER.
the University of Maryland, at Balti- seph. He is a Democrat and has held more. He began the practice of medi- the positions of chief of police of St. cine in Lee county, Virginia, but soon Joseph, constable of Washington township and deputy sheriff. He was married in this city in 1884. Mrs. Tullar's maiden name was Ellen B. Hunt, born in Lexington, Mo. They
returned to Buchanan county and opened an office at Halleck, where he remained several years. Dr. Graham is now health officer of St. Joseph. He was married in Halleck April 30, have had two children, James N. 1884, to Miss Mary Robinson and one boy and four girls have been born to five months, and Mary, now aged two them.
- Burnes Tullar, who died at the age of
years.
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WILLIAM BURTON PISTOLE, attorney at law, 313 German-Ameri- can Bank building, was born July 29, 1873, near Hopkins, Mo. His father, Stephen C., settled in Nodaway coun- ty, in 1843. Our subject attended school in his native county and was part owner and teacher in the North- western Normal at Stanberry. He graduated from the law school of Har- vard University in 1898, after reading law with Hon. W. C. Ellison of Mary- ville. He located in St. Joseph July 12, 1898, forming a partnership with R. L. Nichols. Mr. Pistole was mar- ried at Stanberry Jan. 21, 1894, to Miss Nora Brooks.
CHARLES F. ENRIGHT, agent of John J. Tootle, was born in St. Jo- seph Oct. 23, 1866. After attending school he entered the Burnes bank in cashier, which position he held till 1898, when he resigned to take charge of the financial affairs of Mr. John J. Tootle, the position he now holds. Mr. Enright was married Jan. 25, 1893, to Miss Jennie Fairleigh, and two boys were born to them, one of whom, Charles F., jr., died recently at the age of seven months.
PALMER L. CLARK, the well known promoter and manager of rac- ing events and the old fashioned fair, is a native of Wisconsin, born March 30, 1858. He lived for many years at Chi- cago and is a thorough business man. He has successfully managed many en- terprises and is known throughout the nation as a man of affairs. He was married at Chicago in 1891. Mrs. Clark, whose maiden name was Sadie E. Merryman, is a native of Virginia.
GEORGE H. WYATT, of the firm of Brady & Wyatt, feed and fuel deal- ers, was born in St. Joseph, Nov. 14, 1864, and is a son of Elder Joseph J. Wyatt, whose name figures conspicu- ously in the political and religious history of this community. Mr. Wyatt has been engaged in his present line for many years. Politically he is a Democrat and he held the position of coal oil inspector during 1895-97. In 1890 he was married to Miss Ensworth Herndon, a native of St. Joseph, and two children-girls-bless their home.
JOHN H. CAREY, farmer and ex- sheriff, Agency township, was born in Ireland, June 12, 1836, the son of Pat- rick and Mary (Hartwell) Carey. He
DAVID H. HATFIELD, constable came with his parents to St. Louis in of Washington Township, was born in 1848. In 1855 he came to Buchanan Ross County, Ohio, Feb. 12, 1847. He county and engaged in farming. He attended school in Ohio, and Sept. 3, was elected judge of the county court 1861, enlisted in the Thirty-first Ohio and served two years, 1878-80. In Infantry, serving until July 20, 1865. 1884 he was elected sheriff and served two years. Judge Carey has been, and and during the campaign of 1898 did telling and effective work as chairman He was in twenty-one general engage- ments, among them the battle of is, an active and influential Democrat, Chickamauga. He came to St. Joseph March 17, 1872, and was in the livery and horse dealing business till 1890. of the Democratic county central com- He then acted as special police till mittee. He was married in 1869 to 1897. In the fall of 1898 he was elect- Miss Nancy Gilmore, born in Clay ed constable on the Republican ticket. county, and they have three children -- He was married to Miss Susan Epper- all girls. Judge Carey has been highly son Oct. 3, 1873, and they have three successful as a farmer and breeder of children, two sons and a daughter. fine stock.
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JAMES M. JOHNSON of the law Mr. Craighill was engaged in dairying firm of Johnson, Rusk and Stringfel- up to the time he was appointed city low, is a native of St. Joseph, where license inspector, April 17, 1899. He he was born in July, 1862. Graduated is a Democrat. from the St. Joseph high school, then read law with Crosby & Rusk and was
LOUIS STRECKEBEIN, SR., re- admitted to the bar in January, 1884. tired, was born in Germany May I, After a short association with W. K. 1839. He was educated and learned James, he formed a partnership with the tailor's trade in the old country; J. M. Wilson, and in 1893 joined the in 1857 he came to America. During firm of Dowe, Johnson & Rusk, the the war he fought on the Union side,
JAMES M. JOHNSON.
predecessors of the present firm. Mr. and after being discharged came to St. Johnson is successful as a financial Joseph. He engaged in the saloon agent and collector, and enjoys the business and then opened New Ulm patronage of a large number of prom- inent business houses and corpora- tions. park, which he developed and where he lived for sixteen years. In 1882 he built Streckebein's hall, at Eighth and Charles streets, where he conducted a saloon and garden until 1895, when he retired. He was married in 1865, and his wife died in 1889, leaving him two
CHARLES L. CRAIGHILL, li- cense inspector, was born in Doniphan county, Kansas, March 28, 1861, the son of Samuel J. and Sarah (Barrow) Craighill. His father was born in Vir- children-Louis, jr., now local agent ginia and his mother in Maryland. of the Heim Brewing Company, and The family came to St. Joseph in 1862. Mrs. L. C. Lange, of this city.
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WILLIAM WEHRMAN, tinner,
BENJAMIN L. HELSLEY, depu- 119 North Second street, was born in ty county collector, was born in St. Jo- Germany July 15, 1858. In 1870 he seph Feb. 12, 1871, and is the son of the came to America, locating at once at late Captain Phil W. Helsley, a native St. Joseph, where he learned his trade of Shenandoah count, Virginia, and a and where he has since made his home. May 20, 1880, Mr. Wehrman was united in marriage to Miss Rosa Anna Knapp and two boys and four girls, all living, have been born to them.
contractor and leading Democrat in St. Joseph. Our subject attended the Steinacker, Washington and high schools. and then engaged in street paving and general contracting, in connection with his brothers. He is a Democrat and high in the party coun- ERNEST L. SMITH, machinist, was born in Charlottsville, Va., Au- gust 12, 1869. When a youth he came to Missouri and attended the Pilot Grove (Mo.) Collegiate Institute, from which he graduated in 1887. A cils; was secretary of the county cen- tral committee four years. July 28, 1892, he was married to Miss Lena Roberts, born near DeKalb, this coun- ty, and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Roberts. They have one child, year later he came to St. Joseph and a girl. Mr. Helsley was recently elect- learned the machinist trade. He has ed Grand Sachem by the State Council for many years been bookkeeper for of Red Men. the Bielhen Foundry and Machine Company. Mr. Smith was married April 18, 1890, to Miss Mary Salmon, who has borne him two children, a girl and a boy.
DAVID L. KNIGHT was born in Dayton, O., November 24, 1854, and came to St. Joseph in 1886, engaging in the newspaper business as traveler for the St. Joseph Herald. He is at present salesman for a large stove and range manufactory. Mr. Knight was married in St. Joseph November 27, 1892, to Miss Flora Johns and one child, a boy, has been born to them.
GEORGE O. RICHARDSON, wholesale dealer in .nachinery, 310-312 South Fourth street, was born in Ohio, September 13, 1839, and came to St. Joseph in 1868. His name is promi- nent throughout the country and he is one of the most extensive dealers in machinery in the West. He was mar- ried at Indianapolis in 1878, to Mrs. Emma L. Sherwood, who died in 1896, leaving him a daughter.
FRANK M. LEMMON, special deputy surveyor of customs, was born at Cincinnati, O., Jan. 4, 1858, the son of Alexander H. and Caroline (Rey- nolds) Lemmon. His father was a na- tive of New London, Pa., and his mother was born at Cincinnati. Mr. Lemmon came to St. Joseph in Octo- ber, 1882. He is a Republican. In 1896 he was elected to the council from the Third ward, and served as president of that body.
HOMER H. CARR of the firm of Filt & Carr, architects, is a native of Greenfield, Ind., born March 21, 1875. He was educated in Indianapolis, graduating from the high school in 1891. Acquiring the profession of an architect he came to St. Joseph in 1897, forming the present partnership, and locating in the Ballinger building. Mr. Carr was married January 8, 1896, at Grenfield, his bride being Miss Rose L. Smith. He resides at 1126 Henry street.
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FATHER POWER-The Rev. Jas. ception. He erected the building Power was a pioneer Catholic priest in wherein the Christian Brothers con- the wilderness of Northwest Missouri, ducted their first school in St. Joseph, who laid the foundation for a great and which is now a part of the present work, and who lived to see it unfold imposing structure. He founded the and expand far beyond his expecta- convent of Perpetual Adoration at tions. Father Power was born in Conception and also St. James Indus- County Waterford, Ireland, May 13, trial school for boys, and also endowed 1815, and died at the Christian Broth- several perpetual scholarships in the ers' College in St. Joseph May 5, 1899. Christian Brothers' College for the He was ordained in Philadelphia, and benefit of the poor youths. His last was a zealous and successful priest of years were spent in retirement, as the Catholic church. In 1856 he en- chaplain at the Christian Brothers'
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REV. JAMES POWER.
tered a large body of land in Nodaway College. Quiet and unassuming, this and Gentry counties in the interest of man lifted many a burden. He a colonization society which he had es- never neglected an opportunity to do tablished among the working classes good, nor did he confine his works to at Reading, Pa. He brought out a any locality or class. The poor were colony in 1858 and established them at his flock and he was their devoted Conception, Nodaway county, where shepherd.
he erected the first Catholic church in Northwest Missouri. He was also lo- FRANK O. MARTIN, foreman of the Combe Printing Company's typo- cated in St. Joseph for a time, in 1857, and was a pioneer missionary. He in- graphical department, was born at Bloomfield, Iowa, March 31, 1854;
duced a colony of Benedictine monks to come from Switzerland and to attended the public schools and found what is now the abbey at Con- began to learn the printer's trade
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in 1869. He came to St. Jo- attended the Bethel Military Academy seph in December, 1882, from Deca- of Virginia and the University of Vir- tur, Ill., and engaged with the Steam ginia, and was then admitted to the Printing Co. In April of 1885 he, in bar of Buchanan County. He was company with O. M. Gilmer, began elected major of the Fourth Regiment, the publication of the Evening Jour- N. G. M., Jan. 1, 1892, and served till nal, which continued to February, the close of the war. While in service 1887., He then became foreman in he was judge advocate on the staff of the Combe Printing Company's plant, Brigadier-General George W. Davis. continning until 1894, when the print- ing firm of Ford, Martin & Graham
ALFRED MEIER, architect, was was formed. Subsequently he was born in Switzerland June 26, 1850, again associated with O. M. Gilmer in the job printing business and then, three years ago, again took his present position. Mr. Martin was married first at Litchfield, Ill., in November, He went to Atchison in 1874, where he 1877, to Miss Lizzie Boxberger, who died in August, 1881, leaving a daugh- ter, Pearl Elizabetlı; was married again at St. Joseph June 15, 1882, to Miss Lillie B. French, by whom he has a son, William Henry, now in the high school. and attended school in his native country. In 1868 he came to America and located in St. Joseph, where he worked as an architect for six years. lived until February, 1898, when he again came to St. Joseph and opened an office in the Ballinger building. Mr. Meier was married in St. Joseph in 1873 to Miss Carolina Wildberger, and they have twelve children.
JACOB S. BERGER, manager Tootle, Wheeler & Motter's Shirt and Overall factory, was born in New York city Oct. 22,1860. He was edu- cated in the public schools, and began as a cutter in 1875, afterwards working in Boston. He came to St. Joseph in 1888 and began as a cutter with his present employers, finally working up to his present position of manager.
JOHN H. FELT, architect, was born in Hancock county, Indiana, August 6, 1868. He learned the pro- fession of architect in his native state and was located at Greenfield until 1897, when he came to St. Joseph, formed the partnership of Felt & Carr and opened an office in the Ballinger building. Mr. Felt was married in In- diana in 1891, to Miss Kate M. Stal- with from 450 to 600 people working lard, and one child has been born to under him. Mr. Berger is known as a them.
most competent man, a fact which is attested by the responsible position he occupies.
FRANK A. TULLAR, livery sta- ble, 307 South Fourth street, was born in Virginia, Oct. 1, 1858, his parents MAJOR WILLIAM E. STRING- having been Valencourt and Sarah W. Tullar. He came to St. Joseph with
FELLOW, an officer of the Fourth Missouri Volunteer Infantry prior to them in 1861, and attended school and during the Spanish-American war, here. Mr. Tullar is very popular with was born in Richmond, Va., Sept. I, his many patrons. He was married in 1868, and came with his father, Dr. J. St. Joseph in 1891 to Miss Nellie H. Stringfellow, to St. Joseph, where Ready, a native of St. Joseph. In he attended the high school. He also politics Mr. Tullar is a Democrat.
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ROBERT STEWART, a pioneer patronage, and he is among the lead- cigar dealer, and father of the Stewart ing plumbers in the city. He was brothers. leading wholesale cigar mer- married May 15, 1895, to Miss Mary chants, was born in Pennsylvania Jan. Connaughton, of which union there 18, 1817, and came to St. Joseph in are two boys. 1868, founding the business made fa- mous by his sons. He was married at EUGENE F. SCOTT, fire insur- ance, Rock Island building, was born March 10, 1865, in Kentucky. His Miamiburg. O., in 1844, to Miss Mary A. Stevens, born in Ohio in 1827. They had three boys-Charles O., father, Marshall B. Scott, was a con- Robert S., and Thomas J., all of whom tractor. Our subject came to St. Joseph
ROBERT STEWART.
are living. Mr. Stewart died in this from Kansas City in October, 1897, city Dec. II, 1898. His wife survives .
him.
MICHAEL J. DONEGAN, plum- ber, Fourth and Felix streets, was born in Ireland July 12, 1855, and came to this country in 1884, locating in St. Joseph, where he worked for some years as a journeyman, and then set up in business for himself. His close attention to business and strict integ- rity have brought him a very lucrative
where he had been educated and where he was for several years cashier of the Emery-Bird-Thayer Company's de- partment store, and for two years with the Doggett Dry Goods Company. Mr. Scott was married in April, 1891, at Kansas City, to Miss Lucie M. Smith, a native of Eminence, Ky. He has made many friends in St. Joseph and has established a lucrative busi- ness.
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MICHAEL GLEASON, retail becca (Rose) Lane, the former of liquor dealer, 726 Edmond street, was Hanover, N. H., and the latter a na- born in County Galway, Ireland, Sep- tive of Orange county, New York. tember 23, 1834, and came to St. Jo- seph July 1, 1863. He was live stock
After serving as an able seaman in the United States navy during the civ- dealer, city weighmaster and superin- il war and then seeing a good deal of tendent of county poor farm. He the country Mr. Lane came to St. Jo- married Bridget Ryan at St. Joseph seph in 1887. The real estate "boom" June 10, 1869, who died January 31, was then at its height and Mr. Lane
MICHAEL J. GLEASON.
1888. By this marriage there were engaged in the real estate business. eight children, six of whom are living. When the excitement died away many June 3, 1889, he married Rose Cole at who had gone into the business Warrensburg, Mo., of which union abandoned it, but not so with our sub- there are two daughters, Theresa and ject. His energy, good judgment and Isabelle. fair dealing had placed him well at the front and he has since continued to J. M. S. LANE, dealer in real es- handle real estate with success. Per- tate, office at 501 Francis street, was haps no man is better known, and few, born in Meigs county, Ohio, Dec. 7, if any, have a more satisfactory busi- 1845. He is the son of B. R. and Re- ness than Mr. Lane.
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DAVID C. WALDRON, contract- cating at Wathena, Kan. In 1875 he or, is one of the old settlers, having came to St. Joseph and worked in a come to St. Joseph in 1859. He was brewery for some time. Subsequently lived at Atchison, where he was in the saloon business, and then returned to St. Joseph. Mr. Kley has been highly successful and has friends without number. October, 1894, he was mar- ried to Josephine, the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Egid Wagner of this city. born in Ann Arbor, Mich., Sept. 22, 1833, where he attended school and learned the carpenter's trade, and where he was united in marriage, Nov. 9, 1856, to Miss Margaret McGahen. He enlisted in Company A, First Kan- sas Volunteer Infantry, May 30, 1861, and served in the Southwest till 1864. He was in all the big engagements of that regiment. He has three sons, all grown to manhood.
THOMAS J. PORTER, attorney at law, was born in Greenville, Ohio,. December 18, 1842. He attended
CYRIL F. WILSON is one of the school at Sidney, Ohio, and came to best known carriage painters in the Plattsburg, Mo., in 1865, where he west and very prominent in secret so- commenced to practice his profession. ciety circles, especially among K. of He was judge of the local court of P. He was born in LaGrange Clinton county. Judge Porter came to county, Indiana, in 1852 and educated St. Joseph in 1888 ,and has gained dis- at Sturgis, Mich. He came to St. Jo- tinction at the Buchanan county bar. seph in 1873. For several years he He was married in Oskaloosa, Iowa, was foreman for Studebaker Bros.' in in 1866 to Miss Sarah E. Shepherd, this city, but since 1875 has conducted and they have five children, all girls. a business of his own and leads the trade in his line.
JAMES W. LEHR, contractor and builder, is a native of Indiana, where he was born Dec. 21, 1855. His father, Samuel, was a contractor, and after at- tending school our subject learned the carpenter's trade. He came west in 1880 and located at Bethany, Mo., where he remained till 1886, when he came to St. Joseph. He has done a great deal of work here and has a first- class reputation in his line. He was married March 1, 1880, in McPherson, Kan., to Miss Helen L. Sharp, who has borne him two children, a boy and a girl.
HERMAN KLEY, saloon, 1811 Frederick avenue, was born in Ger- many Oct. 26, 1857, the son of Gotlieb Kley, a railroad man. He came with his parents to America in 1870, lo- Mary E. Root.
WILLIAM H. MENDENHALL, manager grocery department Sixth Street Department store, was born. in Berlin, Ill., August 21, 1869. He grad- uated from the Jacksonville, Ill., Busi- ness College in 1884 and located in Indianapolis; after three years came to St. Joseph, where he has since been a successful grocer. He was married in Weston, Mo., in 1887 to Miss Eleanor T. Rixey and one boy and three girls have been born to them.
DR. GEORGE C. POTTER, phy- sician and surgeon, office in Carbry block, was born in DeKalb county, Missouri, in 1853, and came to St. Jo- seph in 1892. He graduated from the Northwestern Medical College in 1882 and has had a very successful profes- sional career. Dr. Potter was married at Fayette, Mo., Nov. 16, 1883, to Miss
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CHARLES M. HOWE, Christian seph and remained. He is a member Scientist, rooms 15 and 16 Commer- of the Church of Christ, Scientist, and cial Bank building, is a native of New one of its leaders in the west. Mr. York state, born at Portville in 1854. Howe is unmarried. His father, Willis M. Howe, a lumber- merchant, was born at Lancing, N. Y. His mother, Jane McLouth Howe, was born at Franklinville, N. Y. In 1874 the family moved to Central City, Neb., and in 1882 went to Omaha.
JAMES C. DAVIS, attorney at law, was born at Jefferson City, Mo., April 29, 1863, and is a son of the late Judge Alex Davis, formerly of St. Joseph, but later of St. Louis. Our
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