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J. E. EBERTS,
farmer and stock raiser, section 29, post office Osborn, was born March 26, 1852, in Clinton County, Missouri, and has been here reared, spend- ing his boyhood days on a farm. He received a preparatory education in the common schools, completing it at the North Missouri Normal School at Kirkville, Missouri in 1867, and received his diploma, and then engaged in teaching in the winter season and farming during the sum- mer months. He owns a fine farm of 240 acres, improved, which has been brought to its present condition since 1879. He has a young orchard, and his stock is of high grade. He takes a deep interest in educational matters, and, at present, holds the office of school director. He was married December 24, 1879, to Miss Matilda B. Froman, a native of this county, born January 16, 1856. They are active members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church at Bethany Chapel.
JOHNSON EVERETT,
farmer and stock raiser, section 26, post office Stewartsville. Among the pioneers of Western Missouri, may be mentioned the subject of this sketch. He is a native of Clay County, Missouri, and was born April 16, 1822, about four miles north of Liberty, and was there reared until fifteen years of age, spending his boyhood days on a farm, and he attended the common schools. He accompanied his parents to Clinton
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County in 1837. They settled in La Fayette Township, remaining there until 1850, when he crossed the plains in the spring of that year with an ox team, and spent about eighteen months in the mining districts of California. He returned by the isthmus, and then went to New York City, thence around the lakes to Chicago, and down the Mississippi to St. Louis and up the Missouri, there not being a railroad in operation in the state at that time. He had previously located the place on which he now resides in 1845, and his family remained upon it while he was absent. Since his return he has given his attention to farming, and he now owns 295 acres of land well improved. Mr. E. has filled the position of school director for five years, and also road overseer for five years. He took no active part in the late war, although his sympathies were with the South, and he was once arrested. He has been twice married ; first, April 17, 1845, to Miss Anna Hawkins, a native of Lawrence County, Ohio, born 1827. She died February 16, 1861, leaving seven children, six of whom are now living : John T., Belvidia (now Mrs. H. C. Bergman), James H., William L., Benjamin W. and Warren D. He was married again Octo- ber 2, 1862, to Mrs. Susan J. Baxter. By this union they have seven children : George A., Anna M., Joseph E. J., Albert L., Susan B., Mathew G. and Francis R. Mrs. E. had two children by a former mar- riage : Frances E. (now Mrs. Church), and James T. She is a member of the old school Presbyterian church. Mr. E.'s father, Mathew Everett, was one of the earliest pioneers in Western Missouri. He was a native of Virginia, and was born in 1794. He came to Missouri about the year 1819, and settled in Howard County, and came to Clinton County in 1837.
WILLIAM GROSS,
farmer and stock raiser, section 20, post office Osborn, was born June 2, 1824, in Bavaria, Germany, and was raised there as a farmer, receiving a common school education. He also served five years in the German army. In the fall of 1851, he started for America, landing at New York City on the 12th of August. He settled in Kendall County, Illinois, near Oswego, and remained there until 1869, engaged in farming, after which he came west and settled in this county, where he now resides. By steady and energetic efforts he has managed to improve a farm of 160 acres, which is stocked with high grades of cattle. He takes a live interest in educational matters, and has held the position of school director for eight years. Mr. G. was married September 17, 1851, to Miss Margaret Boesseunecker, a native of Wurtemberg, Germany, born January 29, 1829. She died November 14, 1873, leaving eight children living: Caroline C. (now Mrs. H. M. Totzke), Mary A., Minnie C. (now Mrs. W. F. Ernest), Frederick W., John G., Henry, Charles A., and George M .; lost, one. Mr. G. is a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church.
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THORNTON GUINN, ยท
retired farmer, section 36, postoffice Stewartsville, an early settler of West- ern Missouri. He is a native of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, and was born March 14. 1803. . He was taken to Cocke County Tennessee, when six months old, and was there raised on a farm, receiving the benefits o a common school education. When seventeen years of age, he commen- ced to learn the stone mason's trade. He came to Missouri, in June, 1818, and settled in Montgomery County, then removed to Howard County, and afterwards to Clay County (then known as Ray), in 1820. He has since been identified with all the interest of Western Missouri. He visited the Plattsburg Mineral Springs, in 1821, at the time the Indians had the sick members of their tribe there. He made frequent hunting expeditions through the wilderness of Clinton County, and can recollect of one instance when he killed five deer, without moving from one spot, thus showing the abundance of game at an early day. Mr. G. has improved four farms. He came to Clinton County, and settled where he now resides, on the fourteenth of April, 1852, now owns 220 acres of well improved land. He has been entirely a self-made man, and it is to such bold, enterprising men as he, that Missouri is indebted for her pres- ent high rank among the Western States. Mr. G. is blessed with an excellent memory, and can recall incidents, which occurred years ago. He has always been a Democrat, and voted for General Jackson. He served in the militia in the early days, and held the position of captain. He was married, April 2, 1829, to Miss Deborah Cameron, a native of Ten- nessee, born on the 29th of March, 1811. The town of Cameron was named after her uncle. Mr. and Mrs. G. have had eleven children, nine of whom are living : Lucinda (now Mrs. David Dodson , James H., Jon- athan K., John F., David A., Deborah A. (now Mrs. O. G. Gordon), Thornton H., Angeline (now Mrs. Wm. T. Gordon) and Rachel (now Mrs. Silas C. Walker). Himself and wife are members of the old school Baptist Church.
P. M. HATCH,
the subject of this sketch, was born in Orange County, Vermont, March 6, 1843, and was reared at his birthplace until thirteen years of age, and then accompanied his parents to Illinois. His early education was in the public schools ; he then entered the Princeton Academy, Prince- ton, Illinois, pursuing his studies until the firing on Fort Sumpter, and was one of the first to respond to President Lincoln's call for 75,000 men for three months to assist in putting down the rebellion, and enlisted in the Twelfth Illinois Infantry. At the expiration of his term of enlist- ment, he re-enlisted in the Fourteenth Missouri Infantry, which afterward became the Sixty-sixth Illinois Infantry, and served in the Army of
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the Tennessee, and accompanied General Sherman in his memorable march to the sea, thence to Washington, and from that place to Louis- ville, Kentucky, where they were mustered out. He was badly wounded in the head at Dallas, Georgia, for which wound he is now drawing a pen- sion. Mr. Hatch returned to Chicago, and resumed his studies in the the university and was graduated in 1867. He made choice of the prac- tice of law as a profession, and was admitted to the bar in Illinois, and continued in practice in that city until 1873, when he came to Missouri and settled at Cameron. He then engaged in the grain trade on the line of the Hannibal & St. Joseph railroad ; and afterward commenced his mercantile experience as a dealer in hardware, queensware and fancy groceries at Osborn, mention of which is made in another part of this work. In April, 1879, he was appointed postmaster, which office he now holds. Politically, he is a staunch Republican, and a leader in his county, and at present is secretary of the Republican Congressional Committee of the Ninth Missouri district. As a business man, he has been upright, reliable and honorable; as a soldier, brave and chivalrous ; as a public official, attentive and obliging, but inflex- ible and unswerving in the discharge of duty. In all places, and under all circumstances, he is loyal to truth, honor and right. He married Miss Anna Lyford in the autumn of 1869. She is a native of New Hampshire, and was born in 1849. Their family consists of three chil- dren living : Winnefred, Barney, and Luella ; and one, Jennie, died in 1876. Mr. and Mrs. Hatch are members of the Methodist Episcopal. Church, Mr. H. holding the positions of steward, trustee and superin- tendent of Sabbath School, and is widely known as a Sunday School worker and speaker, holding the office of president of the DeKalb County Sunday School Association and devoting much time and effort to build up the Sunday School cause in his county.
SAMUEL B. HITT,
dealer in general merchandise, also farmer and fruit grower. Osborn, was born December 2, 1832, in Fauquier County, Virginia, and was there reared, spending his boyhood days on a farm. He attended the common schools, and, when fifteen years of age, accompanied his father to Lex- ington, Kentucky, where he commenced to learn telegraphy. At that time there was but one telegraph line in Kentucky, and that extended from St. Louis to Independence. Samuel continued the profession, work- ing at various places, until the spring of 1861, when he came west, and accepted the position as agent and operator at Osborn. The first important message received at this office was an account of the firing on Fort Sumpter. Osborn, at this time, was quite a shipping point, and a great deal of the shipping from Northwestern Missouri and Southern
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Iowa was done at this place. Leavenworth and Kansas City received their mail from this point, the old Concord coaches being in use. In 1862, Mr. Hitt embarked in the mercantile business, and has since con- tinued therein, with the exception of five years, which he spent in farming. He carries a large and well assorted stock of general merchan- dise, also deals in agricultural implements, and buys and sells grain. He owns a well improved farm of eighty acres within the town plat of Osborn, and has a large variety of fruit. The farm is well stocked with graded cattle and Berkshire hogs. Mr. H. has been a member of the board of education for twelve years, and has always taken a live interest in educational matters. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity of Osborn. He was married, in October, 1863, to Miss Hannah Deweese, an estimable lady, a native of Louisville, Kentucky, born January 28, 1844. They have had four children, Bruce D., Arthur J., James and Florence A. Himself and wife are active members of the M. E. Church South, in which he holds the position of trustee. He is also teacher in the Sabbath School.
JAMES E. HUGHES,
or " Parson Hughes," as he is familiarly known, farmer and stock raiser, section 28, post office Osborn, was born March 5, 1822, near Fayette, the county seat of Howard County, Missouri. He was reared at his birth- place, spending his boyhood days on a farm. He received a preparatory education in the high school of Fayette, and in 1847 entered the Georgetown College, of Kentucky, where he took a regular course, and was graduated in 1853. He then commenced studying for the ministry at the Covington Theological Seminary, remaining twelve months, when the college was suspended on account of the slavery question. He returned home and became pastor of two missionary Baptist churches in Callaway County, Missouri, continuing there for two years, and came to Clinton County in the fall of 1855. He settled at Plattsburg, and was for ten years engaged in the ministry. He also had a fine farm of 570 acres ten miles south of Plattsburg. In 1865 he sold his farm and pur- chased one near Turney, this county. Having been compelled to give up the ministry on account of his voice having failed, he was elected County School Commissioner in 1858, and was re-elected in 1860; in 1872 he was elected to represent his district in the state legislature, serving for two years. He was a candidate for Congress from the Ninth District, Clinton County, before the Democratic Convention in 1874, and was defeated by Mr. Kay. He resided at Turney eleven years, and then moved from there to his present farm, two and a half miles south of Osborn. It embraces 210 acres of fine land, well improved, 160 of which are under cultivation, fifty acres of timber and pasture land. Mr.
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H. was married October 23, 1854, to Miss Paulina Carpenter, a native of Kentucky, born March 5, 1832. She was educated at Liberty, Clay County, Missouri. They have had nine children, six of whom are liv- ing : Mary L., Annie B., Benjamin A., James T., C. H. and Georgia. Mr. H. is a member of the Masonic fraternity.
MRS. ANN T. JOHNSON,
section 1, post office Stewartsville, is a native of Mason County, Ken- tucky, and was born April 22, 1814, near May's Lick. Her maiden name was Ann T. Morris, and her grand parents were among the pioneers of May's Lick. She was raised there, and received excellent educational advantages. February 21, 1838, she was married to Milton Johnson, a native of Fleming County, Kentucky, who was born February 11, 1808. He was raised there, and became one of the largest farmers in that vicinity. They emigrated west in October, 1855, and settled in Clinton County, Missouri, where he purchased a tract of one thousand acres of land, on a part of which she now resides. This place was, at that time, known as the Elkhorn Tavern. The county was then almost a wilder- ness, and Mr. J. set about improving a home. They subsequently moved to Liberty, Clay County, Missouri, for the purpose of educating their children, and, while there, he died, on the 10th of February, 1873. He stood among the leading citizens of the county, and had the respect and esteem of all who were favored with his acquaintance. He left a family of five children, four of whom are now living: Mary R. (now Mrs. M. R. Mann), Lizzie now Mrs. J. G. Fitch), William and Ben. They are members of the Baptist Church. Mrs. J.'s sister, Miss M. E. Morris, whom she has brought up since she was five years of age, lives with her. The farm comprises 420 acres of well improved land, well watered, con- taining a good residence, and is considered one of the best stock farms in the county. The youngest son, Ben, is at present, engaged in con- ducting it. Ben. Johnson was born June 28, 1851, in Mason County, Kentucky, and was brought to Clinton County, by his parents, in the fall of 1855, and has been, principally, raised here. He received his educa- tion, mostly, at William Jewell College, of Liberty, Clay County, where he attended some three years. He is a stirring, energetic young man, possessing the necessary will and energy to succeed in whatever he undertakes. At present (1881) he holds the position of president of the school board. He is an active member of the Missionary Baptist Church.
CAPTAIN WALDEN KELLY,
druggist and apothecary, Osborn, was born March 16, 1844, in Morrow County, Ohio, and spent his boyhood days on a farm, and received the
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benefits of a common school education. He also worked for about eighteen months at the carpenter's trade. On the 5th of June, 1861, when but seventeen years of age, he enlisted as a private in Company E, Twenty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was mustered out October 21, 1865, thus serving over four years. He took part in the battles of Pitts- burg Landing, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, and all the important battles in the Atlanta campaign ; at Frankfort, Nashville, and numerous others, and was absent from his regiment but three days during his term of ser- vice. He rose to the rank of first lieutenant of Company E, and was then transferred to the captaincy of Company F, receiving this position before he became of age. He emigrated west in the spring of 1868, and settled on a farm in Clinton County, and assisted his father in improv- ing 320 acres of land. He gave his attention to agricultural pursuits until the spring of 1881, when he purchased the drug business in which he is at present engaged. His stock is complete and well assorted, and having studied medicine to some extent, Mr. K. is well fitted for the occupation. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and is serving his third term as Master of the Osborn Lodge. He was married in the fall of 1866, to Miss Mary E. Crawford, a native of the same county and state as himself. She was born April 10, 1848. They have had four children, three of whom are living: Ardy C., Minton J. and Lello E. Himself and wife are members of the Baptist Church.
JOHN B. KILLGORE,
farmer and raiser of thoroughbred cattle, section 1, postoffice Plattsburg, was born April 30, 1845, in Mason County, Kentucky, and was there reared, spending his boyhood days on a farm. He received excellent educational advantages and attended the Franklin Seminary for some time. He came west with his parents, in the fall of 1864, settling where he now resides, at that time open prairie. They commenced the improve- ment of a home, at which John assisted. He commenced business on his own account, when eighteen years of age, and has since given his attention to farming. He settled near Plattsburg, and resided there until March 1, 1881, when his father died, and John moved to the old homestead. His farm consists of 405 acres of well improved land, and he gives his attention principally to the raising of short horn thoroughbreds. He has at present, about forty-five head of registered, and about one hun- dred head of high grades of cattle. He filled the position of school director several terms. Mr. K. was married in December, 1874, to Miss Amanda James, a native of Platte County, Missouri, born March 22, 1853. They have a family of three children : Charles, Almina and Mary. Mrs. K. is a member of the Christian Church. They are industrious and energetic citizens, and deserve'the esteem in which they are held by a host of friends.
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COLBY LANHAM.
farmer and stock raiser, section 26, post office Stewartsville, was born May 15, 1816, in Madison County, Kentucky, and resided there until about twelve years of age, when he removed to Orange County, Indi- ana, then came to Platte County, Missouri, in 1841. His boyhood days were spent in tilling the soil, and he received the benefits of a com- mon school education. He has made farming his occupation through life. Coming from Platte to Clinton County, in the spring of 1856, he purchased the place he now occupies, and devoted his attention to agri- cultural pursuits. During the war, he first enlisted in the Enrolled Mis- souri Militia, in the fall of 1862, and afterwards enlisted in Company H., Fourth Missouri Cavalry, and served under General Pleasanton. He assisted in driving General Price from Missouri, and took part in the battles on the Blue and at Mine Run, Kansas. Since the war he has given his attention to farming, and now owns 185 acres of well improved land and twenty acres of timber. Mr. L. has been entirely a self made man, and earned the money with which to buy his first piece of land by working out at ten dollars per month.
A. J. LAWRENGE,
physician and surgeon, was born October 12, 1831, in Clark County, Kentucky, and was there brought up, spending his boyhood days on a farm. He received his education at the Transylvania University, of Lexington, Kentucky, taking his first course of lectures in the winter of 1852 and 1853. He subsequently went to Montgomery City, Kentucky, and commenced the practice of his profession, continuing therein until the war broke out, when he was prohibited from further practicing, for the time being. Coming west in the spring of 1867, Dr. L. settled at Gasney Mills, Clay County, Missouri, where he continued the practice of his profession for about ten years. He them came to Turney, Clin- ton County, remaining there three years, when he moved to Osborn, February, 1879. The Doctor, although probably one of the heaviest of his class in the state, is agreeable and pleasant in his manners, and has the respect and esteem of many acquaintances. In the practice of his profession, he has met with marked success, and attends to calls with great alacrity. He has met with two reverses in life, and has been twice depressed, financially, but he is not disheartened. He was married on the 29th of August, 1852, to Miss Elizabeth Lott, a native of the same place as himself. They have a family of six children living : Alice, now Mrs, Willhart , James, Mary and Martha twins), Oscar and Willie. Lost three. James is now studying medicine with his father.
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W. G. LOGAN,
physician and surgeon, Perrin, was born November 24, 183,1, in Lincoln County, Kentucky, at the mouth of Logan Creek. This creek was named after his uncle, General Ben. Logan, who, together with two others, were the first pioneers in that vicinity. William was reared at his birthplace, and received a preparatory aducation at Stanford, and, in the winter of 1851, entered the medical department of the University of Louisville, Kentucky. He there attended his first course of lectures, and, in the summer of 1851, attended a course at the Transylvania Uni- versity, of Lexington, Kentucky. He returned to Louisville, in the fall of :850, and was graduated on the 25th of February, 1852. He then emigrated west, and arrived in Plattsburg, Clinton County, Missouri, in: July, and commenced practicing. There he remained two years, and returned to Kentucky, in the fall of 1853, continuing the practice of his profession. Returning to Missouri in 1856, he settled in Andrew County. He commenced farming, also engaged in the practice of his profession, and, soon after the breaking out of the war, he returned to Kentucky, and remained ten years. He again returned to Missouri, in 1871, and settled in Platte County, and then removed to St. Joseph in the spring of 1873, where he engaged in the wholesale drug business. He sold his interest to his partner, that same fall, on credit, and returned to Platte County, but his partner, having broken up in the spring of 1874, the doctor lost all he invested. He came to Clinton County, in July, 1874, and settled at Perrin, and built the handsome residence he now occupies. He owns twelve acres, where he resides, besides two fine farms in the county. He was married, November 9, 1853, to Miss M. T. Arnold, a native of Jessamine County, born May 19, 1834. She inherited the cave in which Daniel Boone wintered in his first winter in Kentucky. They have had three children : Fanny, Lena and James. Himself and wife are active members of the Christian Church. He has been a mem- ber of the Sons of Temperance for some seventeen years. His son, James, is a member of the class which will graduate, in June, 1882, from the State University, at Columbia, Missouri. The doctor is well known thoughout the county, and a favorite with all.
THOMAS J. MCGLAUFLIN,
farmer and stock raiser, section 21, post office Osborn, was born June 26,. 1836, in Washington County, Maine, and was there brought up on a farm and in the lumber business. He recived the benefits of a common school education. His father was a blacksmith, and Thomas learned the trade of him. In the spring of 1858 he went west to California, arriving in San Francisco with a $20 gold piece in his pocket, remained about
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seven years, engaged in mining, working on a ranche and lumbering. The last four years he spent in Nevada. He entered the territory before it became a state, and also voted for the first governor afterward. He returned to his native state and county in the fall of 1865, and resided there four months, when he moved to Anoka County, Minnesota, where he visited a brother. From there he came to this county, arriving in June, 1868, when he purchased the land where he now resides. He owns a fine farm of 200 acres, and also 160 acres of pasture land in DeKalb County. The home farm is well improved and watered, and is well stocked with thoroughbreds and graded cattle, besides a drove of sheep, among which are blooded Cotswold. He is no office seeker, but gives his attention to his legitimate business. Mr. McG. was married in May, 1871, to Miss Agnes Blake, a native of Scotland, born February 9. 1848, in Roxburyshire. They have had four children, two of whom are living, Emma and Agnes. Mrs. G. is a member of the Presbyterian Church.
HENRY C. McGASSON,
farmer and stock raiser, section 19, post office Osborn, was born August 13, 1844, in Green County, Kentucky, and there grew to manhood, prin- cipally, on a farm, and received a common school education. When six- teen years of age he commenced to learn the carpenter trade, at which he worked for about two years. During the late war, he enlisted in the First Kentucky Cavalry, Company F. second organization, and served three years, taking part in the battles of Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Lookout Mountain, Tunnel Hill, Big Shanty, Snake Creek, Plum Creek and Atlanta. He joined Hood at Franklin, and was with him at Nashville, and afterwards, with Sherman, through Georgia and South Carolina, remaining till the close of the war. He received a slight wound in the hand, and had his left leg broken. Since the war, he has given his attention to farming and following his trade. He emi- grated to Texas, in 1878, and engaged in farming. A severe hail storm destroyed an excellent crop, and, becoming disgusted with the country, he returned to Clinton County, Missouri, in the fall of 1878. He has a fine farm of eighty acres, partially improved, and is working it by steady and energetic efforts. Mr. McG. has been twice married. First, Octo- ber 18, 1867, to Miss Mary E. Rogers, a native of Hardin County, Ken- tucky. She died May 3, 1872, and left two children, Ida and Betty S. He was married again in November, 1874. to Miss Eugenic Carter, a native of Boone County, Kentucky. By this union they have two chil- dren, Mary A. and Katie F. Himself and wife are members of the Baptist Church. Mr. McG. was formerly a member of the grange.
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