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PHILIP HEFFLEFINGER,
farmer and stock raiser, section 12, post office Keystone, was born June 1, 1838, in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, and there was reared, spending his boyhood days on a farm, and attending school. At the age of sixteen, he commenced to learn the tanner trade, and followed it three years. He then turned his attention to agricultural pursuits. He emigrated to Missouri in March, 1869, and settled at Plattsburg, and thence to the farm on which he now resides, in 1870. He owns eighty acres of land. It was unbroken prairie, and all the improvements have been made since that date. He has a good orchard and a never failing spring and good cattle. He commenced life a poor boy, and has advanced gradually, but sure, through life. He takes an active interest in educational matters, and holds the position of school director. He was married during the winter of 1858, to Miss Margaret J. Wagner, an estimable lady, also a native of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, born in 1837. They have a family of six children living : Ida J., Annie C., Josephine McClellan, William W., Cora K., and Flossy B. Himself, wife, and three eldest children, are active members of the Church of God, of Keystone, in which he holds the office of elder, and is one of its most liberal contributors and active church workers. He has always been an old time Democrat, and cast his first presidential vote for John C. Breckenridge.
GEORGE HEINZ,
carpenter and contractor, is a native of Germany, and was born in Wur- temberg, May 25, 1849. He was reared in his native country and received a fair education. When thirteen years of age he began to learn the trade of cabinet making, working as an apprentice for three years. In 1867, he came to America, landing in New York May 22d, and soon after settled in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, remaining a short time, when he came to Cameron. Here he worked at his trade, and was engaged in other occupations. He was burned out, and then visited many localities seeking a new place of abode, but found no place like Cameron. He has now purchased a farm near this city, where he expects to locate some- time in the near future, having erected on this farm a fine residence. Mr. H. was married June 3, 1869, to Miss Paulina Kresse. She was born in Prussia in 1851. They have four children : Charley, Anna, George, and Olive. Mr. and Mrs. H. are members of the German M. E. Church.
W. HOLLINGTON, M. D.,
was born in Westshire, England, August 16, 1830. In 1835 his parents, Joseph and Mary (Perry) emigrated to America, and were two months
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on the water. They landed at New York and soon located in Wood County, Ohio, where the subject of this sketch was reared and educated. The school houses at that time were of the oldest style, having been built without a nail. His father was the first man to build a house in that locality by using nails. After receiving his primary education, he attended a higher school, known as Baldwin's Institute. In 1849 he began the study of medicine at Bowling Green, and graduated from the Medical College at Ann Arbor, Michigan, in the spring of 1852. He soon began the practice of medicine in Morena, Lenawee County, Michigan, and continued in this locality till the winter of 1857, when he moved to Danville, Vermillion County, Illinois. There he was success- fully engaged in the practice of his profession till the summer of 1867. In 1861 he was appointed as Assistant Surgeon of the Twenty- fifth Illinois Infantry, and served as such until October, when he was promoted to Major Surgeon, which position he filled till the fall of 1864. He was then taken home in very feeble health. In 1867, Dr. H. came to Cameron, Missouri, and opened a drug store, in which business he was engaged till the fall of 1875, when he disposed of his store, and has since been leading a retired life, except in looking after his landed and finan- cial interests. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. and a charter member of Star of Hope Lodge No. 182. He was married in October, 1853, to Miss Mary Whitehead. She was born in Newark, New Jersey, Septem- ber 13, 1835. They have had three children, two of whom are living : Ella E., born July 31, 1855, and Louis F., born June 11, 1863.
J. T. HOUSE,
grain dealer, is a native of Morrow County, Ohio, and was born April 29, 1842. He came to Cameron in 1867, and has for several years been engaged in the grain business, and is now one of the leading grain deal- ers in the county. His business is large and on the increase, and besides making Cameron one of his principal business points, is successfully carrying on the same at Osborn and Lathrop.
WILLIAM HOUGER,
farmer and stock raiser, section 10, postoffice Cameron, is a native of Pennsylvania, and was born on the 25th day of July, 1810, on a farm. At the age of thirteen years, he moved, with his parents, to Holmes County, Ohio, in 1823, and remained there thirty-five years, his occupa- tion being farming. In 1858, he came to Clinton County, Missouri, and purchased the farm on which he now resides, consisting of 190 acres of fine land under good improvements. Mr. H. was united in marriage with Miss Christina Bartlett, a native of Pennsylvania. Their family consists
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of A. L., William H., Amanda J., Louisa A., I. L., Andrew D., R. A., and J. W.
G. C. HOWENSTEIN,
manufacturer and dealer in furniture, is a native of Ohio, and was born January 4, 1845, in the town of Bucyrus, Crawford County. He received his education in his native town, and when only seventeen years of age, or in 1861, he enlisted in Company K., Sixty-fourth Ohio, and remained in service for three years and three months. He participated in a num- ber of important battles, and was mustered out as sergeant. He was taken prisoner at Fort Mission Ridge, October 30, 1863, and held for thirteen months, spending most of the time in Andersonville prison. After he was mustered out, he returned home, and having learned the trade of cabinet maker, he began in the furniture business, which he con- tinued in this locality for two years, then went to Omaha, Nebraska, and was there in the employ of the Union Pacific car shops, till January, 1869, when he came to Cameron, and began in his present business. This is not only located in Cameron, but he has a fine store in Hamilton, Mis- souri. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and belongs to Vincil Lodge No. 62. Mr H. was married January 4, 1870, to Miss Lou. Lewis, of Ohio. They have had three children, two of whom are now living, Grace E. and George G.
L. S. HURD,
general real estate agent, and, also, agent for the McCormick reapers and mowers, was born in Portage County, Ohio, April 9, 1849, and grew to manhood in his native county, where he attended school. He enjoyed excellent educational advantages, always improving his time and talents. In December, 1868, he came to Cameron, where he has since resided. Previous to this he made farming his occupation, but since then has been engaged in different branches of business. He is, at present, engaged in the real estate business, and is competent and reliable, attending to any transactions in his line of business. His father, Freedom, was born in Colebrook, Connecticut, and emigrated to Ohio, when nine years of age, and has made farming his occupation during life ; his father, G. F., was also a native of Connecticut, and of English descent. The mother of L. S., whose maiden name was Hannah Moore, is a native of Ohio ; her father, Nathaniel Moore, was born in Ireland.
IKNER & SCHNEIDERMYER,
produce dealers and shippers. The senior partner of this firm, J. J. Ikner, is a native of Germany, and was born in Wardenberg April 17, 1841. When thirteen years of age, he emigrated to America with his
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parents, landing in New York, and soon after he located in Holland, New York. After residing in different parts of that state till 1864, he went to Iowa, and in 1866, took a trip to Montana, where he remained till 1869. He returned to Iowa, having been engaged in various busi- ness in the different states. For several years Mr. I. has been dealing in produce. He located in Cameron March, 1880. He was married September 7, 1872, to Miss Alice F. Flemming. She was born in Har- rison County, Missouri, October 16, 1852. They have three children : Mary M., born May 18, 1871; Ira, born February 18, 1875 ; Pearl, born . April 10, 1881. The junior partner of the firm, Herman Schneidermyer, was born in Western Prussia, January 1, 1847, and came to America when a child. He lived near St. Louis, on a farm, for about five years, when his parents moved to Fort Madison, Iowa, where they now reside. He received a fair education, both in the English and German schools, and while in Fort Madison, learned the cooper trade, which he followed, at various places, till a short time before locating in Cameron.
THOMAS P. JONES,
farmer and stock raiser, section 12, post office Cameron, was born in Wooster, Wayne County, Ohio, on the 6th day of January, 1833, and when four years of age, with his parents, he moved to Holmes County, Ohio, and was there raised and received a common school education. He made his home there till 1856, and in 1857 came to Missouri, living in Caldwell County for two years. In the spring of 1858 he came to Clin- ton County and settled where he now resides, his farm containing 660 acres of well improved land. Mr. J. was married in March, 1861, to Miss Nannie Parker, a native of Caldwell County, Missouri, and by this mar- riage they have eight children : William M., Zellette V., Susie B., John H., James L., Kerrins C., Harrison N. and Ellsworth T.
JAMES F. JONES,
is a native of Holmes County, Ohio, and in 1857, with his parents, moved to Caldwell County, Missouri, remaining there until 1858, when he came to this county and settled some three miles south of Cameron. He enjoyed good educational advantages in his youth, and after becom- ing of age, he manifested a fancy for the stock business, and his excel- lent judgment in the selection of fine animals, commended him to the notice of older heads. His genial nature, courteous manners, and wise sagacious management, have made him one of the best, as he is one of the most popular, stock men of the county. Of late years, he has given much attention in making selections from among the best herds of Mis- souri, and in 1880, made quite a purchase from a noted breeder of Ken-
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tucky. His farm consists of five hundred acres of land, well improved and watered. He was united in marriage, December, 1879, with Miss Effie Wardell, a native of Canada Falls. Their family consists of two children, Orra and Garfield.
WILLIAM KEESAMAN,
farmer and stock raiser, section 12, post office Raytown, was born Octo- ber 6, 1819, in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. He was reared at his birthplace, spending his boyhood days on a farm and receiving a com- mon school education. At the age of fifteen he commenced to learn the blacksmith trade. He served a five years' apprenticeship and afterward followed it fifteen years. He then turned his attention to farming, which he followed until he came west in the spring of 1868. He stopped about six months in Illinois, then came west to Missouri, and settled in Clin- ton County near Lathrop, thence to the place on which he now resides in the spring of 1870. His landed estate now consists of 166 acres of improved land and ten acres of timber. His farm is well watered, he has a young orchard, a comfortable residence, etc. He gives his atten- tion principally to stock raising. In his business transactions he is upright and reliable, and has the respect and esteem of a large circle of friends. He was married in August, 1844, to Miss Sarah Mouray, a native of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. They have six children : John A., Nicolas M., Mary C. (now Mrs. Geo. Bond), William A., George WV. and Annie M. They have lost three. They have also raised three adopted children : Nancy B. Finkinbiner, David Lacklan and Bertha E. Evans. In their religious preference they are in sympathy with the German Reformed church, of which they were members while residents of Pennsylvania.
SAMUEL KENDIG,
farmer and stock raiser, section I, post office Keystone, was born June 20, 1828, in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. He was reared in his native state and spent his boyhood days on a farm in the vicinity of Green Spring. He received his education in the old log school houses and subscription schools of the vicinity. He has always followed farm- ing as an occupation. During the late war he assisted in organizing a company for active service, but the quota was full and they disbanded ; his brothers afterward enlisted and he remained at home to take care of his aged parents. He emigrated to Illinois, in the fall of 1868, and lived there one year, then came to Clinton County, Missouri, and settled where he now resides. He now owns 120 acres of well improved farm land and ten acres of timber. He has a handsome residence, a good orchard, and his farm is well stocked. He has filled the position of
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school director several terms and superintended the building of the school house at Keystone. He was married, in 1854, to Miss Sarah J. Weaver, a native of the same place as her husband, born in 1834. They have seven children : Lizzie B. (now Mrs. Alonzo Bryant), S. Abner, Barbara J. (now Mrs. M. Hoffman), Harry, J. Weaver, Clinton C., and Willis. Himself, wife, and four of the children, are active members of the Church of God, in which he holds the position of elder.
J. B. KESTER,
tinner, Cameron, is a native of Holmes County, Ohio, and was born April 28, 1849. In 1865, he accompanied his parents to Clinton County, Missouri. His education was acquired in his native county, and, until 1866, he resided on a farm. He then commenced work at the carpenter's trade for three years, and then learned his present trade, which he has since followed, having worked in different parts of Missouri, Kansas and in San Francisco. In 1880, he began as one of the present firm, Kestor, Shirts & Co., doing all kinds of job work, steam fitting, etc. He was mar- ried December 24, 1876, to Miss Jessie Corn, who was born in Holmes County, Ohio, September 14, 1865. They have one child, Nellie, born December 24, 1878.
JOHN F. KING, M. D.,
was born in Williamson County, Tennessee, September 21, 1831, and was raised and educated in his native county. He made choice of the practice of medicine as a profession, and, after a thorough preparation, in May, 1854, he was graduated from the medical department of the University of Nashville, and began as a practitioner at Allen Springs, Allen County, Kentucky, where he remained one year. In May, 1855, he came to what is now Cameron, Missouri, before the town had attracted attention, being only a prairie. He was the first physician that located at this point, and also one of the first citizens. He is a Mason, and member of Vincil Lodge, No. 62. His father, James, was a native of North Carolina, and his mother, Elizabeth, of Virginia. They were both of English descent. He was married in Kentucky, Sep- tember, 1854, to Miss Elizabeth D. Hare, of Kentucky. They have had seven children, three now living : Ersten A., James E., and Mary E.
P. C. KISHPAUGH, M. D.,
was born in New Jersey, February 15, 1830. When five years of age he, with his parents, Henry and Sarah (Chisler), moved to Lodi, Seneca County, New York, where he was educated. After receiving his primary education he attended the Academy of Ovid, in the same county, for
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two years, when he then began the study of medicine, graduating in the Albany Medical College of New York, and he began his practice in Clyde, Sandusky County, Ohio, where he continued five years and then moved to Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio. He continued the practice of medicine in this locality till 1869, when he came to Cameron, Missouri, where he has since pursued his chosen calling. His homestead contains forty acres of land, finely improved and well supplied with both large and small fruit. He has four acres of vineyard, three acres of raspber- ries, one hundred pear trees, seventy-five cherry trees, two thousand apple trees and other small fruit. His house and location are unusually pleasant and inviting. He was married on April 2, 1855, to Miss Sarah Culver. She was born December 25, 1835, and is a native of Seneca County, Ohio. They have one child, Mettie M., born December 11, 1860,
J. H. KITTRIDGE,
liveryman and real estate agent, was born in Charleston, Maine, April 9, 1832. When three years of age his parents moved to Waterville, and when five years of age, moved to Milo, where he remained till eighteen years of age. He was educated in Milo, and in 1850, he went to Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, where he lived for a short time, and then went to Amherst, New Hampshire, where he learned the moulder's trade, and followed the same in that locality, for five years. He then worked in different parts of New York, Pennsylvania and Georgia, and in the spring of 1857, he returned to his native home, and was there engaged in the saw mill business till the breaking out of the war, when he enlisted in Company D, Second Maine Infantry, their company being the first to leave the state. He remained in service two years, acting as orderly sergeant most of the time, and participated in a number of the most important battles. After leaving the army, he returned home, and resumed his business at milling. In 1865, he moved to Clarence, Iowa, where he located on a farm till 1868, when he moved to DeKalb County, Missouri, and in 1875, he made his home in Cameron, engaging in his pres- ent business. He is a member of Vincil Lodge No 62, A., F. & A. M., also of A. O. U. W., No. 38, and Royal Temple No. 1. He was married in 1857, to Miss Ella Thomas. She was born in Brownville, Maine, in 1835, and died in 1877, leaving three children : Dalbert S., Lillie and Bertie. He was married, September 10, 1877, to Miss Emma Brant. She was born in 1857, and is a native of Ohio. They have by this marriage, two children, May and Roy.
M. G. LEACH,
agent for the United States and American Express Companies, was born in Plympton, Massachusetts, November 9, 1838. He received his educa-
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tion in his native town, and, while a boy, worked in a boot and shoe manufactory. In 1854, he, with his parents, moved to Howard County, Iowa. His parents returned to Massachusetts, while he remained and entered a tract of land in the same county, and, for some time, followed the occupation of driving stage and clerking in a store. In 1859, he returned to Massachusetts and worked in a boot and shoe manufac- tory till the firing on Fort Sumpter, when he enlisted in Company H. Third Massachusetts Infantry, for three months. He had belonged to the state militia for six years previous. At the expiration of three months, he re-enlisted in Company H, Eighteenth Massachusetts, and remained in active service three years, participating in a number of the historical battles of the war, numbering, in all, twenty-eight. He received a serious wound, which disabled him for duty for some time. In November, 1864, he came west, to Quincy, and accepted a position as express messenger from Quincy to St. Joseph, and continued for eigh- teen months, when he then accepted the agency for the same, and was stationed at Chillicothe. He also bought the stage line between this city and Princeton, which he operated for two years. He then accepted the same route as express messenger, which he continued six months, and then purchased a farm near Chillicothe, where he located and was engaged in agricultural pursuits till 1875, when he, the third time, accepted the same route as express messenger, which he continued till February, 1881, when he located in Cameron and took charge of the office at this point. He was married, November 7, 1866, to Miss Kate Jennings, of Chillicothe. They have six children : Jessie, Effie B., Charles G., Mamie, Laura, and Melvin.
O. B. LINGLE,
of the firm of Lingle, Middaugh & Co., grocers, is a native of Crawford County, Ohio, and was born November 13, 1844. In the fall of 1861, although not seventeen years of age, he enlisted in Company E, Sixty- eighth Ohio Infantry, re-enlisted in July, 1863, and was mustered out in July, 1865. He was with Sherman on his march to the sea, and par- ticipated in thirty-six general engagements, and, also, in a number of skirmishes. He then returned to Ohio, and was engaged in different occupations till 1867, when he moved to Cameron, Missouri, and was, for seven years, engaged in the milling business. In 1879, he began in his present business. Mr. L. was married December 5, 1866, to Miss Mary Packard, of Medina County, Ohio. They have one child Elmer L.
E. V. LINGLE,
the subject of this sketch, is a native of Ohio, and was born in Fulton County, January 7, 1847. He was reared on a farm in his native county,
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and was educated in the common schools. In February, 1865, he enlisted in Company E, Sixty-eighth Ohio, and was mustered out at the close of the war, 'after which, he returned to his native home and was engaged in tilling the soil till the spring of 1866, when he located in Cameron. He then began work in the mill of which he is now a partner. Mr. I .. was married December 8, 1872, to Miss Mary C. Cline, a native of Penn- sylvania. They have one child : Walter T., born June 13, 1877.
L. C. LIVENGOOD,
farmer and stock raiser, section 30, post office Cameron, was born June 22, 1839, in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. He was raised in Allegheny, Fayette and Westmoreland Counties. He spent his boy- hood days on a farm and received the benefits of a common school edu- cation. He worked some four years at the cooper trade. During the late war he enlisted in Company B, Twenty-eighth Pennsylvania Infantry, and served until the close of the war, taking part in many of the hardest fought battles, among which may be named Antietam, Chancellorsville, Lookout Mountain, Gettysburg, and with General Sherman, on his famous march to the sea. He held the position of sergeant most of the time. At the close of the war he returned to Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and engaged in boating on the Ohio River. He emigrated west in the spring of 1871, and settled in Clinton County, and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He now owns two fine farms of 160 acres each. He has held the office of school director almost continuously since he has been a resident of the county. He was mar- ried, in the fall of 1866, to Miss Annie Mayer, a native of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. They have had six children : Maggie, Harry, Minnie, Leon, Mary and Bert ; deceased, two. Mrs. L. is a member of the Presbyterian Church.
WILLIAM McCALLUM,
Roadmaster on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad, was born in Clinton, New York, August 7, 1837, and when nine years of age his parents moved to Michigan, remaining in that state till 1859, when they moved to Illinois. Since that time he has been in the employ of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Company, it being the only regular business in which he has been engaged. He is a Mason and member of Cameron Lodge No. 296, also of Royal Arch Chapter No. 62 and Kadosh Commandery No. 21. He was married in October, 1868, to Miss Mary E. Harroun. She was born in New York in 1842, and died in 1879, leaving three children : Charles D., William H. and George D).
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JOHN P. MCCARTNEY,
farmer and stock raiser, section 1, post office Cameron, is a native of Harrisonburgh, Rockingham County, Virginia, and was born in 1819. He obtained a common school education, and, in 1834, with his parents, moved to Knox County, Ohio, near Mount Vernon, settling on a farm there remaining until 1842. Like many others, he decided to go west, and consequently came to Missouri, settling in Caldwell County, near Mirabile, there making his home until 1843. He went to Gainesville, Missouri, where he did a general merchandise business, and soon after returned to Clinton and devoted his time to the nursery business, he having owned the first one in Clinton County. By close application and constant work, he soon built up an excellent trade, although having commenced with but limited means. He has always been prudent in his expenditures, and richly merits the success which has attended his career. Into whatever he has undertaken he has thrown his whole energy. He was clerk at the first sale of lots sold in Cameron, and has taken an active interest in the prosperity of the town. He is now owner of about 700 acres of fine land. In 1861, he found a wife in the person of Miss Angeline Thomas, a daughter of William Thomas.
THOMAS McCOMB,
farmer and stock raiser, section 28, also proprietor Union House, Cam- cron, was born December 12, 1827, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and was taken to Carroll County, Ohio, by his parents in 1836. He spent his boyhood days on a farm, receiving the benefits of a common school education, and first engaged in teaching, until he had earned sufficient money to buy a piece of land, and engaged in farming, He commenced in the mercantile business in 1865, in which he continued until 1869, when he sold out, and came west. He settled in Clinton County, where he now resides, and is the owner of 280 acres of fine land, fifty acres of which are timber. He also owns and conducts the Union House, opposite the Union Depot, at Cameron. He is no office seeker, although he has held the position of school director several terms. In his manners, he is much of a gentleman. Mr. McC. was married, June 3, 1852, to Miss Eliza J. Stevenson, a native of Ireland, born May 22, 1829. They have had eight children : Nancy J., now Mrs. R. B. Sadler, William E., Ella F., David S., Albert T., James C., Martha E. and John R. Himself and wife, and three of his children, are members of the Congregational Church of Cam- eron, in which he holds the position of deacon.
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