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A. F. MONEY,
Farmer, section 19, post-office Blue Springs, was born October 31, 1849, in Spen- cer County, Kentucky. Our subject spent his boyhood days on a farm in his native county, and received his education at Shelby County Academy, Ken- tucky. After completing his education, he returned to his native county and engaged in farming. He came to this county in February, 1881. He owns a beautiful farm containing 130 acres which nature has supplied with living springs. Was married October 31, 1876 to Miss Jennie Sleadd, a native of Shelby County, Kentucky ; she was reared and educated in that county. They have one child : Maggie.
ALMA OWEN,
Farmer and stock dealer, section 5, post-office Lake City, was born in Tazwell County, Illinois, August 5, 1833, and in 1836 his parents moved to Caldwell
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County, Missouri, and remained about two years, then returned to McLean County, Illinois, where they resided three years, and soon went to Marshall County, Illinois. After becoming of age, he went to McLean County, where he learned engineering and milling, and followed the same for several years. In November, 1866, he came to Jackson County. His landed estate consists of 420 acres on which is located the finest house in the township. His farm is well adapted to stock raising, in which business he is principally engaged. He was married November 28, 1858 to Miss Sebethnie Barnhouse. She was born in Darke County, Ohio, October 13, 1840. They have six children : Charles H., Edward J., William H., Frank A., Ida M. and an infant.
J. K. PARR,
Of the firm of Mock & Parr, dealers in drugs, groceries and notions, was born in Licking County, Ohio, August 7, 1844. When about nine years of age, his parents . moved to Franklin County, Ohio, and there remained till he was thirteen years of age, and then inoved to McDonough County, Illinois. Was reared on a farm, and educated in the common schools. May, 1861, he enlisted in Company B, 16th Illinois Infantry, and remained in service till the close of the War. In the spring of 1863 he was promoted to corporal and in 1865 was promoted to cap- tain, but was not commissioned on account of the close of the War. He then returned to Illinois. In 1868, he went to Osage County, Kansas, where he re- memained one year, and in the fall of 1869 came to Jackson County, where he remained till the fall of 1875, when he returned to Cowley County, Kansas, and remained about eighteen months then went to Colorado, where he remained six months when, in 1878, he again came to Jackson County and began in the mercantile trade at Blue Springs, and continued the same till the spring of 1879, when he sold out and began dealing in grain and keeping hotel. April, 1881, he became the partner of C. W. Mock ; is marshal and collector of Blue Springs. Was married, November 22, 1865, to Miss Isabell Knox, a native of Pennsylvania.
JOEL PATTERSON,
Farmer and bridge contractor, section 25, post-office Grain Valley, was born in Surry County, North Carolina, June 19, 1816. Was reared and educated in his native county, and there remained till the fall of 1836, the time of his immigration to Jackson County, having come by land, and being sixty days on the road. He was for several years engaged in milling, both saw and grist mills. His mill at one time being burned his loss was about $2,000. By Order No. 11 he moved to Carroll County, where he remained about six months and returned to Jackson County, since which time has been farming and bridge contracting. His farm contains 124 acres. Was married September 8, 1833, to Miss Sarah Patterson; she is a native of same county as himself. They have had ten children; three only are living : Jesse, Joel B. and Mollie.
HUGH A. PORTER,
Farmer, section 29, post-office Blue Springs, was born January 27, 1826, in Rutherford County, Tennessee, and in 1833 his parents immigrated to Cass County, Missouri, and remained there until 1846. Hugh received his education in the common schools of this county, and assisted his father on the farm. He came to Jackson County and engaged in farming. In the spring of 1850 he went to Colorado, engaged in teaming, and returned to this county in 1853, where he has since resided, excepting about four months spent with the State Militia. His farm contains 320 acres of well improved land. He was married to Miss Susan M. Gibson September 28, 1854. She is a native of this county. They have had eleven children, nine of whom are living : Sarah E. ( now Mrs.
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Brizendine), Elizabeth J. (now Mrs. Gore), Silas W., Rosa B., Samuel J., Dora A., James Lee, Clay T. and Georgie.
J. K. REID,
Farmer and stock raiser, post-office Blue Springs, was born July 26, 1843, in Delaware County, Ohio, and was reared there as a farmer, and received his edu- cation in the common schools. In October, 1861, he enlisted in Company D, 20th Ohio Infantry. He was taken sick at Pittsburg Landing, just after the battle of Shiloh, and was sent home, where he lay sick some eighteen months, and was discharged in the fall of 1862. He went to Illinois in the spring of 1864, and farmed one season in Starke County. On the 12th of October, 1864, he enlisted in Company A, 3Ist Illinois, and served till the close of the War, and participated in the battles of Fort Donelson, Shiloh and many others. He returned to Starke County, Illinois, and engaged in farming. In the spring of 1866 he went to Colorado, and visited most of the Territories, and was engaged in trading with the Indians. He settled in Jackson County in the fall of 1868, and has been engaged in farming and stock-raising since; he stands among the leading citizens of the county. He was married October 23, 1870, to Miss Matilda A. Care, a native of this county, daughter of John Care, a native of North Carolina, who was one of six men who were taken out and shot near Lone Jack during the War. They have four children : Mary V., Lucy O., Ella W. and Georgie B.
JOHN RIEDEREN,
Miller, Oak Grove, was born in Switzerland, February 18, 1836, and in 1845 came to this country with his parents, who pre-empted a claim of 160 acres in Washington County, Wisconsin, and in 1847 built a saw mill and in 1851 a grist mill. Although but fifteen years old, John took charge of the mill and made improvements, until finally the property was sold at a large advance. In 1857 he bought 160 acres of land, but not being satisfied with farming, in 1857 he built a saw mill, with a corn burr attachment, continuing until 1861. Then moved to Holten, and in company with another person, erected a steam mill. In 1865 he went to Sheboygan, Wisconsin, bought a hotel, which he soon sold at a profit, and in 1866 bought a farm on the Delaware River. He was engaged in building mills for some time, losing a few by fire, and in 1872 resumed milling, but sold out in 1880 and came to Oak Grove, where he is following his trade. June 22, 1857, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Gilbert. They have had nine children : Caroline, Andrew, Emma, George, John, Louisa, Hattie and Mary.
W. E. ROWE,
Farmer, section 28, post-office Blue Springs, was born in Fayette County, Ohio, November 17, 1837, and was educated in the schools of that county. In the spring of 1862 he enlisted in the Union Army, in Company G, 73rd Ohio ; he enlisted as a member of a brass band, and played during the War, and was dis- charged July, 1865, when he returned to his native county. In the spring of 1868, he immigrated to Jackson County, Missouri .. Has followed farming from boyhood, and is at present dealing in stock. His farm contains 160 acres. He was married September 15, 1874, to Miss Viola L. Mayes, a native of Kentucky. They have one child, William Guy.
M. T. ROWE,
Farmer and apiarist, section 28, post-office Grain Valley, was born in Fayette County, Ohio, June 3, 1841, and was there reared. In 1861, he enlisted as a member of a brass band in Company G, 73rd Ohio, and served till the close of the War, when he returned to Ohio. The band of which he was a member, received the prize for playing before the President's residence, at Washington City.
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In 1867 he embarked in the mercantile business in Staunton, Fayette County, Ohio, and was there engaged one year, when he came to Jackson County, Mis- souri. Since then he has been engaged in farming and operating an apiary. His farm contains ninety acres, with one of the finest houses of the township. He was married, March 3, 1873, to Miss Carrie Woodruff. She was born in Susque- hanna County, Pennsylvania, in January, 1840, and was educated in the State Normal School of Pennsylvania, graduating in 1861. In 1868 she went to Nebraska, where she remained one year, and went to Kansas, there remaining one year ; then came to Independence. While in Nebraska and Kansas she was engaged in teaching school, also after coming to Independence, she was employed in the High School. They have two children : George C. and Truman.
J. P. SEITZ,
Farmer, section 18, post-office Oak Grove, was born January 1, 1827, at Darm- stadt, Germany, and in the spring of 1848, emigrated to America. He settled first in Wabash County, Illinois, and then moved to Missouri (Wert County) in the fall of 1852. In 1868 he moved to Jackson County, when he bought the farm on which he now lives. He owns 160 acres, about 100 of which are under cultivation. Mr. Seitz was married in April, 1851, to Miss Deborah Morse, a native of Illinois, by whom he has had six children : Eliza A., Mary H., Lovina A., John H., James P. and George J.
ANDREW SHROCK,
Proprietor of Hotel, Oak Grove, was born in Tuscarawras County, Ohio, November II, 1836, and moved to Indiana in 1847, and to this county in 1870. He mar- ried Miss Julia A. Working, in Miami County, Indiana, October 6, 1861. They have three children living: Mary Susan, Phileta and Charles B. ; lost three. Mr. Shrock was engaged in farming, milling, etc., until he came to this place, when he opened a boarding house. which has grown into the new hotel. . Mr. and Mrs. Shrock are active Methodists, and lose no opportunity in lending a help- ing hand to advance the interests of the church. Mr. Jacob Working, the father of Mrs. Shrock, was born in Germany, and came to this country in 1830, and in 1853 came to this place and bought 100 acres of land, a portion of which is now a part of the village of Oak Grove. He was a very worthy man and esteemed by all. He was a true Union man, but never obtruded his views upon any one; yet for holding these views, he was shot down by his neighbors, while chopping wood at his own door.
SAMUEL STEWART,
Farmer, section 18, post-office Blue Springs, was born in Robinson County, Ten- nessee, October 14, 1821, and when about seven years of age, his parents, John and Agnes (Warren) moved to Macoupin County, Illinois, where he was reared on a farm. When sixteen years of age he learned the blacksmith trade, and followed it about twelve years; was also engaged in farming and raising stock in Illinois till 1875, when he moved to Jackson County, Missouri; remaining one year in Independence, and then came to his present location; his farm contains 120 acres. Was married June 24, 1842 to Miss Lucy A. Wardrip, a native of Kentucky. She died December 4, 1845, leaving Elizabeth A., Almarinda, J. W., Louisa, Franklin and Ada.
WILLIAM E. SURFACE,
Farmer, section 8, post-office Lake City, was born in Montgomery County, Vir- ginia, December 2, 1819, and remained in his native county till thirteen years of age. In 1832 his parents moved to Indiana and located in Johnson County near Indianapolis. Wm. E was reared on a farm and was engaged in farming and teaching school until September 6, 1862, when he enlisted for one year in Com-
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pany K, 99th Indiana ; was mustered out in August 1863. In 1868 he moved to Jackson County, Missouri. His farm contains 200 acres, and he makes a specialty of raising fruit, having about 1, 000 trees. He was married August 3, 1843, to Miss Maria St. John, a native of Johnson County, who was born Octo- ber 5, 1822. They have had seven children, four of whom are now living :. John M., Elmer E., Eliza J. and Laura E.
W. J. SURFACE,
Farmer, section 8, post-office Lake City, was born in Johnson County, Indiana, January 19, 1844, and was reared on a farm and followed farming in his native county till 186r. In September of that year he enlisted in the Federal service in Company F, 7th Indiana Infantry, and participated in the battles of Green Brier, Winchester and Cedar Mountain, where he was wounded August 9, 1863, in his left limb which necessitated amputation. He was taken to the Mansion House, Alexandria, where he remained nine months, after which he returned to Indiana. Remaining there till 1869, he immigrated to Jackson County, Missouri. He was married in July 1864, to Miss Eliza J. Surface. They have five children : Melinda A., Annie L., Myrtie M., Theresa and Windel B.
HARRISON TROW,
Of the firm of Hoover Jones & Co., stock dealers, Blue Springs Mills. He was born in Alleghany County, Pennsylvania, October 18, 1843, and when about four years of age his parents moved to Hancock County, Illinois. When he was nine years old they moved to Linn County, Missouri; his mother having died while in Illinois. At the age of eleven our subject left home, and came to Jackson County, since which time he has relied wholly on his own efforts. In the spring of 1861 he enlisted in the State's service under Captain Rennick, for six months, and then re-enlisted in the Confederate service under Captain Webb and served with him about two years. He received two slight wounds, and was .taken prisoner, but held only a short time. Since the close of the War he has been dealing in stock. His landed estate consists of 210 acres. Was married September 10, 1866, to Miss Missouri A. Jesse, who was born in Jackson County, Missouri, October 6, 1843. They have had five children, one now living, Ella Lee.
E. B. TUCKER,
Farmer, section 34, post-office Blue Springs, was born in Benton County, Missouri, October 3. 1848, and was four years of age when his parents moved to Jackson County, where he was reared and educated. He has followed farming from boy- hood, excepting the time when he was working in a saw mill. His farm consists of sixty acres. Was married December 23, 1873, to Miss Mary Stanley. She was born where she now resides April 5, 1846. They have had three children, one now living, Lulu J.
JOHN A. TUCKER,
Farmer, section 3, post-office Blue Springs, was born in Benton County, Missouri, November 25, 1842, and when about ten years of age his parents moved to Jack- son County. During the late War he was in the service of the State guards, 3rd Missouri. In August 1862, he re-enlisted in the Confederate service, in Company D, 2nd Missouri, Cavalry, and served till the close of the War. In the fall of 1862 he was promoted to sergeant. Since 1865 he has been engaged in farming in Jackson County; his farm consists of 140 acres. Was married January 28, 1866, to Miss Susan Stanley, born in Jackson County, in January, 1844. They have had eight children, five now living : William L., James R., Thomas E., Mary J., and Richard W.
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A. J. WALKER,
Farmer, section 18, post-office Blue Springs, was born in Jackson County, Mis- souri, September 1, 1836, and was here reared, and was engaged in farming till the fall of 1863. excepting the time when he was engaged in freighting. In October, 1863, he went to Texas, where he remained till the spring of 1864, and then went to Mexico where he resided about nineteen months. Took a trip to California, remained about two years, and during this time went to Oregon. In March, 1867, he returned to Jackson County where he has since been engaged in farming and dealing in stock, having an interest in a large herd of cattle in the Cherokee Nation ; his farm contains seventy-eight acres. Was married April 12, 1860, to Miss Elizabeth Braden, of Missouri; she died in 1874. They had four children : Lucy A., Andrew J., Polly J., and Eliza E. Was married November 25, 1875, to Miss Eliza Hannon, of Missouri ; she died 1879, leaving four children, three of whom are living : Morgan and Monroe, (twins), and Edward E. Was married February 18, 1880, to Miss Fannie Warren, of Missouri.
T. J. WALKER,
Druggist at Blue Springs, was born in Jackson County, Missouri, July 17, 1857, and received the advantages of a common school education. In the fall of 1876 he entered the State University, and there remained till the spring of 1879, and the same year he attended Spalding's Commercial College at Kansas City, graduating in August, 1879. During the following winter he taught school, and in the spring of 1880 he embarked in his present business.
CAPTAIN JOHN A. WEBB,
Dealer in hardware, farm implements, etc., was born in Jackson County, October 8, 1836, and was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools. His father, Allen Webb, was a native of North Carolina, as was also his grandfather, Joseph Webb, who immigrated to Jackson County in 1838. His mother, Margaret' (Shelby), was a native of Virginia. From 1856 to '61 John A. was engaged in traveling over different States and Territories. In May, 1861, he enlisted in the Missouri State Guards, and remained till they were dismissed, during the time acting as second lieutenant. He then returned to Missouri, and helped to organize a company of Confederates and was elected captain of the same and served during the War, in Shelby's command, participating in some sixty battles. Was wounded at the battle of Cane Hill, by a ball passing through the left part of his neck, and was disabled about three months. After returning to Jackson County he began farming, and moved to his present location in February, 1880, and embarked in his present occupation. Was married February 8, 1866, to Miss Rogers, a native of Jackson County, who died August 26, 1877. He was again married September 15, 1879 to Miss Laura P. Philips, who is a native of Texas.
JUDGE ALBERT G. WILLIAMS,
Farmer, section 17, post-office Blue Springs, was born in Simpson County, Ken- tucky, December 9, 1835. His father, Judge William J. Williams, was a native of Sumner County, Tennessee, and moved to Kentucky at an early day. He was a lieutenant in the War of 1812, and was in the last engagement of the bat- tle of the Thames. He also represented the county in the Legislature for several terms; was judge of the county for anumber of years, and was one of the com- missioners in the founding of the county seat of Franklin, Kentucky. Albert was reared in his native county till seventeen years of age, and in 1852 he came to Jackson County, Missouri, on a visit; at this time he determined to make Jack- son County his future home. Then spent about eight months on the plains, and
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returned to this county and was engaged in teaching school for some time. Next engaged in farming, and in 1858 he was elected constable, which office he filled till the winter of 1861 ; at the same time he acted as deputy sheriff. During the War he was in the militia about six months. Then he went to St. Louis, and remained there and in Illinois till the spring of 1863, when he went to the plains and Denver. There remained till 1865, when he returned to Jackson County. In 1874 he was elected a member of the county court, serving two years, and has also held other minor offices. From 1877 to 1880 was engaged in handling grain and live stock, since which time he has made farming his entire business ; he has a well watered farm of 148 acres. Was married June 3, 1855, to Miss Amanda Gibson, who was born in Jackson County, Missouri, August 17, 1838. They have had eleven children, ten of whom are living : Louisa A., Mary S., Permelia P., Joseph E., Rufus L., Albert L., Flora S., Cora E., Rettie A., and Alice Maud.
M. N. WOMACKS,
Blacksmith, Blue Springs, was born in Brown County, Ohio, June 5, 1851, and when about six years of age his parents moved to Jackson County, Missouri, where he remained till 1863, his father having died in 1862, and his mother while in Ohio. In 1863 his step-mother and family returned to Brown County, and when fifteen years of age he learned the blacksmith trade and worked at it in Ohio till the spring of 1870, when he came to Jackson County and located at Pink Hill. There he worked one year and went to the plains remaining one year ; then returned to Pink Hill, since which time he has been engaged at his trade ; moved to his present location in the spring of 1880. Was married November 4, 1873, to Miss Sue Munday, born in Jackson County. They have two children : Delbert B. and an infant.
CRITTENDEN WYATT,
Farmer and stock dealer, section 14, post-office Pink Hill, was born December 25, 1819, in Simpson County, Kentucky, and received a common school educa. tion. He came to this county in 1850 and has since given his attention to farm- ing and stock-raising, and deals quite extensively in stock. He owns 372 acres of fine land, well improved, and has two good orchards. He has always attended to his own business. Was married in August, 1840, to Miss Winifred Duncan, a native of Simpson County, Kentucky, where she was reared and educated. They have had ten children, seven of whom are living : Emery H., John J. C., Columbus, Joseph M., Frances E. (now Mrs. Mayberry), Sarah J. and Arabella.
D. G. YOUNG,
Farmer, section 34, post-office Grain Valley, was born January 15, 1833, in Simpson County, Kentucky, where he was reared and educated. He first visited this county in the fall of 1860 and returned to Kentucky in the spring of 1863 and remained four months. Then returned to Wellington, and fromn there went to Clay County and came to this county in the fall of 1865. Here he has made his home since. He owns 145 acres of well improved land ; also some town property in Grain Valley. He married Mrs. Merinda Karr on the 10th of June, 1862. They have two children : Eddie C. and Joseph A. His wife's maiden name was Merinda J. Gibson. She has three children by her former husband : William A., Benjamin F. and M. E.
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W. H. ADAMS,
Farmer and stock raiser, section 8, was born in Lafayette County, Missouri, July 8, 1837, and was a son of Spencer and Rachel Adams, natives of Tennes- see, but very early settlers in Missouri; now both dead. He moved to Jackson County in 1864, and has ever, since been engaged in farming. He had no help in starting in life, and at the close of the War, all the property he possessed was one old pony. But, with a good constitution and a determined will, he went to work, and by industry and perseverence, he has secured a fine home of ninety- two and one-half acres, well improved and stocked. He enlisted as a member of Colonel Hays' Regiment, under General Price, and served with him till after the battle of Lone Jack, where he was severely wounded. He is known as the king of fox hunters, having within the last year, captured tweny-two foxes. At the beginning of the War, he lost everything he had, besides having been security for others, which debts he afterward had to pay. He was married February 16, 1859, to Mary Ann Cantrell, who was born in Lafayette County, August 21, 1840; she was a daughter of Christopher and Narcissa Cantrell. There have been seven children born, to-wit: Martha Jane, born December 20, 1869, married and living in Jackson County; Willie Ann, born July 20, 1862; Mary Ellen, April 16, 1867; Rachel Narcissa, September 15, 1870; Sarah C., February 1, 1872 ; Minnie Belle, March 21, 1874; and Lilly May, October 13, 1876.
EASTHAM ALLEN,
Farmer and stock raiser, section 9, was born in Garrard County, Kentucky , March 11, 1825, and was a son of Erasmus and Lucy Allen, both natives of Ken- tucky. Our subject received his education in Kentucky, and lived there until 1856, then located in Missouri, where he has since lived, engaged in farming. At the beginning of the War, he enlisted as a member of Colonel Hays' Regiment, under General Price, and served four years with his regiment in the many engage- ments in which it participated, serving as orderly sergeant. He has served the public in many official capacities, as postmaster, assessor, school officer, and justice of the peace, which office he still fills He is an earnest advocate of good schools and a liberal education. At the beginning of the War, he had accumulated considerable property, but, like many others, lost nearly all of it. He now has a comfortable and pleasant home, well improved; also some fine stock. He and his wife are consistent members of the Christian Church. He was married September 16, 1852, to Margaret Jane Arnold, a daughter of Isaac and Jane Arnold. She was born in Garrard County, Kentucky, January 1, 1827. By this union four children have been born, to-wit: Isaac, born October 7, 1853, married and living in Carroll County; Erasmus, born June 18, 1855, now a miner in Leadville; John, born January 26, 1858, married on December 19, 1880, to Miranda Jane Bailey, a native of Jackson County, and born September 13, 1863. This son and his wife are living with his parents, and managing the farm. Lucy Jane, born November 24, 1861, married and living in Johnson County.
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