The History of Jackson county, Missouri, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, etc., biographical sketches of its citizens, Jackson county in the late warhistory of Missouri, map of Jackson county, Part 134

Author: Union Historical Company
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Kansas City, Mo. : Union historical company
Number of Pages: 1068

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As an incident of war times the following has been learned as occurring in the Hicklin neighborhood. On the night of June 4, 1865, a Federal soldier by the name of Harper, from Colorado, who had been wounded and discharged, was resting for a few weeks at Hicklin's house. About midnight a party of eight or ten men came to the house and two of them, Cyrus Porter and William Reynolds, forcibly took the wounded soldier from his bed and carried him about one mile from the house, where he was found next morning, dead. Mr. Hicklin and wife did their utmost to prevent this outrage, but were powerless. One of the men, William Reynolds, soon afterward met his death at Pleasant Hill in the following manner : A warrant for the arrest of Reynolds was in the hands of Deputy Sheriff Holmes and James Copeland, his assistant. Reynolds resisted the officers and was wounded; he then shot and killed both Holmes and Copeland and mounted his horse and fled, but was pursued and captured at the house of Mrs. Thomas, near Mr. Hicklin's where his (Reynold's) mother had conveyed him. Mr. Hick- lin was here pressed into the service and ordered to take his wagon and convey the prisoner to Pleasant Hill. This he did, the wounded man lying in the bottom of the wagon upon his mother's lap. When they arrived at Pleasant Hill, Mr. Hicklin was ordered to drive near a certain house, and just as he did so a brother of James Copeland, named Allen Copeland, rode up to the wagon and shot Reynolds twice through the head.

JULIUS B. HIGLEY,

Farmer and stock raiser, section 14, was born in Rutland, Meigs County, Onio, November 9, 1822, and is a son of Cyrus Higley, a native of Vermont, and born July 26, 1787; he died July 30, 1854. His grandfather, Brewster Higley, a soldier of the Revolution, died at the advanced age of over eighty-eight years, he having been a native of Connecticut, and the first white settler in the township. He was also the first judge of Gallia County, Ohio, having moved into that State in 1797. Mr. Higley lived in Meigs County until 1866, when he moved to Jackson County, Missouri, and located in Prairie Township. He received his education in the common schools and at Chester Academy, and has always fol- lowed the occupation of a farmer Was married March 14, 1844, to Maria Lonisa Fuqua, of Greenup County, Kentucky. She was born October 16, 1824, and is a daughter of Moses Fuqua, he having been a native of Virginia and of French origin. The family consists of seven children living and one, the eldest daughter, dead : Silas F., born January 25, 1845; Frances E., born September 24, 1846, died March 8, 1869; Cynthia, born February 17, 1848 ; Dennis B., born September 28, 1849 ; Artemus J., born October 1, 1851; Addie L., born March 13, 1855; Stephen W., born May 3, 1857; Hnbert T., born August 19, 1864. Mr. Higley and family were reared Presbyterians, but since living in Missouri have been connected with the Congregational Church. They are all thorough advocates of temperance, and politically, Republicans. Mr. Higley has the management of the John McCoy farm in Prairie Township.

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JOHN T. HOGARD,

Farmer and stock raiser, section 34, was born in the Province of Quebec, November 25, 1838, and when but an infant his parents moved to Plattsburgh, Clinton County, New York. Lived there four years, then went back to Canada, and from there to Wabashaw County, Minnesota. He was the son of Henry and Ann Haynes, natives of England. He remained in Minnesota until 1867, when he located in Prairie Township, Jackson County, Missouri. Was married January 2, 1863, to Rebecca Laren, of Wabashaw County, Minnesota, formerly of the Province of Quebec, Canada, who was born April 12, 1846. The family consists of four children living, and one dead: Jennie, born April 6, 1865; Katie, born October 4, 1868; Nora, born November 30, 1870; Eddie, born March 15, 1873, and died December 1, 1877, and Charlie, born August 1, 1878. Mr. Hogard owns 140 acres of fine land, well cultivated and stocked. He and his wife are members of the Baptist Church, and Mr. Hogard is a strong advocate of the temperance cause. His mother made her home with him till she died in 1872. They are well respected people and with all their comfortable surroundings form a pleasant family circle.

D. M. HOOVER,

Farmer and stock raiser, section 25, post office Lee's Summit, was born June 1, 1833, in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and spent his youth on a farm When nineteen years of age he immigrated to Butler County, Ohio, and engaged in farming, and came from there to this county in December, 1868. He owns a fine farm of 160 acres, well improved. He married Miss Frances E. Hall, a native of Butler County, Ohio, born April 2, 1833. Their marriage occurred December 7, 1854. They have had seven children, five of whom are living : Lizzie A., now Mrs. Caldwell; Annie G., Bertha J., now Mrs. Leslie; Charles H., and Amanda G.

FRANK INLOW,

Farmer and stock dealer, was born in Clark County, Ohio, February 28, 1835, where he resided until twenty-two years of age. Thence to Whitley County, Indiana, for ten years and to Johnson County, Kansas, for two years, and from there came to Jackson County, Missouri, where he has since lived. Was married April 29, 1858, to Orella Cone, of Whitley County, Indiana, who was born January 30, 1837. Her father, Edwin Cone, was a native of Connecticut, and her mother a native of Ohio. By this union five children have been born : William C., born February 18, 1859; Edwin M., born February 10, 1861, and died May 5, 1865 ; Charles W., born August 5, 1863 ; Isadora, born February 15, 1866, and Arabella, born October 22, 1868. Mr. Inlow and wife had but very little means when they started in life, but now they own a fine farm of 500 acres, well cultivated and stocked. He is an earnest advocate of good schools and, although a heavy tax-payer, says it always does him good to pay his school tax, be it ever so large.

MARION M. JOHNSTONE,

Farmer, section 30, is a native of Woodford County, Kentucky, born February 28, 1838, and was the son of Joseph B. and Sally Johnstone, who were both natives of Kentucky. He lived in Woodford, Henry and Jefferson Counties for thirty-six years, when he moved to Jackson County, Missouri, and located on his present farm in Prairie Township. He was married October 24, 1874, to Annie E. Goff, of Jefferson County, Kentucky, who was born in Woodford County, Kentucky, October 16, 1837; she is the daughter of James W. and Mary Goff. James W. was a native of Virginia and the son of Ambrose Goff, who was a valiant soldier under Washington in the Revolutionary War. There has been one child born to them, Olie, born November 16, 1877. Mr. Johnstone owns a

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choice eighty-acre farm, well improved. As another member of the family, J. B. Johnstone, the father of our subject, lives with him; the old gentleman is now in the seventy-fifth year of his age, but retains all his physical and mental faculties. Mr. Johnstone is an artist of no small merit; one of his pieces is an oil painting of Castle Carde, England, and would vie with many of the works of those called masters of the art. His genius also displays itself in being able to make almost any kind of mechanical work that has ever been invented.

WILLIAM S. JONES,

Farmer and stock raiser, section 24, is a native of Boyle County, Kentucky, and was born October 3, 1820, and is a son of Joshua Jones, a native of Virginia. He lived in Boyle County till the Spring of 1854 and then moved to Jackson County, Missouri, and located in Prairie Township, where he has since lived, except a short time during the Civil War. He was married September 12, 1842, to Jemima Best a native of Garrard County, Kentucky, born in 1823. They had a family of thirteen children, five of whom are still living : Mary E., John W., George A., Nancy E., and Minnie L. Mr. Jones enlisted about August 1, 1861, as a member of Colonel Rosser's Regiment under General Price. October 3, 1861, he was sent home under a sick furlough and on his return to his regiment at Osceola, he fell in with Colonel Hays at Big Blue, where he had a recruiting camp. About November 11, 1861, they were attacked by Federals under Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony, at White Oak. During the engagement John P. Williams, a neighbor, was fatally wounded, and while Mr. Jones was trying to raise him up, he, himself, was shot through the right lung. Was then placed with Mr. Williams and another neighbor in a wagon and conveyed to their respective homes. He lay from November 11, 1861, till May 1862, and when just able to to rise from his bed was taken prisoner by the Federals and conveyed to Kansas City, where he was kept for about three months and then released. He then went to Fort Union, New Mexico, and in December, 1862, returned and found his family in Clinton County, where they were obliged to move after Order No. II. He remained with them till the close of the War, and then returned to his farm to find it despoiled of everything. He was also a heavy loser in personal property. When his family moved to Clinton County, they drove a pair of two- year old steers to an old wagon, and what was hauled on that was all that was saved of their large amount of property. They now have a fine farm of 360 acres, all well improved and stocked. He is now in the sixty-first year of his age, and although he has suffered greatly from his wound, still he enjoys good bodily health. He and his family are members of the Baptist Church, and he is also an active member of the Masonic fraternity, and of the Knights of Phythias.

J. A. KIRKTON,

Druggist, Greenwood, was born in Ashland County, Ohio, August 23, 1836, and remained there until 1865; then went to California, and lived there two years and returned to Ohio; after remaining a short time, he came to Missouri, and located in Prairie Township, Jackson County, where he has ever since lived, ex- cept in 1873, when he made an extended visit over Scotland and Ireland. He finished his ed ication at the High Schools of Ashland and Savannah, Ohio. Was first married to Matilda Houston, of Guernsey County, Ohio, in April, 1869. She died eight months thereafter. Was again married November 20, 1873, to Flora V. Van Meter, of Ohio; they have two children : Alda Engle, born August 5, 1876, and Glenn Irvin, born August 9, 1878 Mr. Kirkton carries a well selected stock of drugs, oils, paints and stationery. By his genial disposition he wins many friends, and he and his estimable wife are highly respected. They are both active members of the United Presbyterian Church. When he first located in

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Jackson County, he purchased 180 acres of land just west of Greenwood, but only kept it a few months, selling it at an advance of $1, 300.

MRS. N. E. MADDOX,

Greenwood, widow of the late L. M. Maddox, was born in Russell County, Virginia, January 16, 1832, and left there when but a child, and came to Jackson County, Missouri. Her parents settled near Independence, and lived there three years, then moved to Cass County, Missouri, and there she remained until she was married, December 28, 1857, to L. M. Maddox. They moved to Jackson County, and located in Prairie Township, and lived there till 1862. Thence to Clay County for one year, and resided in Kentucky eighteen months. They returned to Cass County, Missouri, and lived there until 1879. Mr. Mad- dox died August 31, 1865, in Cass County. The family consisted of three children : Jane Ann, born September 25, 1857; Thomas L., born July 24, 1860, and Sarah E., born January 25, 1862. Thomas L. died in November, 1861. Mr. Maddox was quite an extensive land owner, having control of 4,000 acres, mostly in Jackson and Cass Counties. During the War he lost about $16,000 worth of property, consisting of stock improvements, and household goods. Mrs. Maddox has spent nearly her entire life in Missouri, and has seen and endured all the trials of a pioneer life, and all the losses and hardships of the War; yet she is a lady of remarkable vigor, of both body and mind. She now Owns about 600 acres of choice land, almost all improved, and all sup- plied with good buildings and orchards. She also owns eighty acres of very valuable land near Westport. Mr. Maddox, during his life-time, was engaged in farming and stock raising. During the War, Mrs. Maddox, while she remained on the farm, was obliged to pull down her kitchen for fuel. She was also com- pelled to bury, in the ground, what necessaries she had for food. She now makes her home with her daughter, Mrs. Jane Ann Smith, in Greenwood. Mrs. Mad- dox and her daughter are both active members of the Baptist Church.

LUTHER MASON,

Farmer and stock raiser, section 19, was born October 1, 1808, in Montgomery County, Kentucky, and was educated at the Transylvania University, of Lexing- ton. He moved to Estes County in 1831, and became interested in the Red River Iron Works. In 1836 he sold his interest in this, and in 1837 took a trip" through Missouri and this county. In the spring of 1838 he to moved and settled at Independence, remaining for two years, and then to the farm on which he now resides. He now owns about 965 acres of land, 700 of which are under fence. He gives his attention principally to stock raising. He has filled the position of county judge for two years, and has also been school director. In 1841 he married Miss Martha M. Price, a native of Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky, born August 12, 1820. Mrs. Mason died March 7, 1876, leaving a family of five children: Annie B., now Mrs. Yantis, of Marshall ; Mattie, now Mrs. Dermont, of Independence; Florida, Daniel P., and Carrie W., now Mrs. Wilson; they have lost four. Mr. Mason is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

MATTHEW B. MILLER,

Farmer and stock raiser, section 22, is a native of Washington County, Pennsyl- vania, born July 4, 1827. He lived there until 1868, and then moved to Prairie Township, Jackson County, Missouri, and located on the farm which he now occupies. He was educated in the common schools in Pennsylvania, and also took a regular course for two years at Jefferson College. Has followed farming ever since he was married, and before that followed the occupation of brick- laying. He was married March 9, 1852, to Agnes Fergus, of Washington County, Pennsylvania. She was born March 12, 1834. There have been born

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to them : Thomas B., born May 19, 1853; Hugh F., born April 25, 1855; Mary J., born July 1, 1857; Matthew W., born June 17, 1859; David S., born Decem- ber 19, 1861; John G., born March 27, 1864; Martha A., born May 21, 1867, and Aggie, born September 2, 1874. Martha A. died October 10, 1869. Mr. Miller has served as school director almost continuously, and takes an active interest in the advancement of education. He is also a strong temperance man, and he and wife and daughter are active members of the United Presbyterian Church at Greenwood. He owns 135 acres of fine land, well cultivated, on what is known as the Younger farm, two and one-half miles southwest of Green- wood. It was one of the first places settled in this part of the country, conse- quently one of the best. He never received any assistance in starting in life, and what he has accumulated has been by the united industry of himself and family.

R. S. NICHOLSON,

Of the firm of J. R. & R. S. Nicholson, grain and lumber dealers, Greenwood, was born in Addison County, Vermont, June 28, 1814, and lived there about nine years Then moved with his parents to Pike County, Illinois; resided there until October, 1868, when he moved to Jackson County, Missouri, and engaged in farming for nine years, but of late has been in his present business. Married Mary M. Bagby in 1833 by whom he had eight children : Cornelius, John R., James, William, Henry J., Daniel, Benjamin and Hattie. Mrs. Nicholson died in April 1875. He was again married June 20, 1877, to Mrs. Jane Conner, of Jackson County, Missouri, the widow of W. J. Conner late of New Mexico. Mr. Nicholson and wife are both members and earnest laborers in the Christian Church in Greenwood. Mr. Nicholson is one of the elders, and to his labors the church is much indebted for its prosperity. Mr. Nicholson has town property of five acres where he raises a large amount of choice fruit. He also has a fine large brick residence. He also owns an interest in the grain and lumber business, and is having a fine trade.

W. H. NOLAND,

Superintendent of Poor Farm, section 13, post-office Lee's Summit, was born June 9, 1847 in Bath County, Kentucky, and spent his boyhood days on a farm. In 1859 he accompanied his parents to Hendricks County, Indiana, and remain- ed there several years. He came to Jackson County in 1866, and has made this his home since. He received his collegiate education at McGee College, in Ma- con County Missouri, and in 1872 commenced teaching and continued therein until he took charge of the Poor Farm on the first of March 1851. He was the Democratic nominee for representative from the Kansas City district in the fall of 1875, but was beaten by Mr. Twiss. He was married August, 5, 1875, to Miss S. E. Steel, a native of this county, born February, 14, 1860.

J. P. SCHUREMAN,

Farmer, section 36, post-office Lee's Sunimit, was born October 23, 1841 in Essex County, New Jersey, and was taken to St. Louis when quite young and reared there. He immigrated to Jacksonville, Illinois, in 1852, and remained there some five years engaged in the printing business. Then he returned to St. Louis in 1857, and remained there until the spring of 1875, when he came to Jackson County and settled on his present farm. He owns 240 acres, 205 of which are under cultivation. In his manners he is every inch a gentleman, and has won the respect of a large circle of friends. He has filled the office of school director, and has always taken a deep interest in educational matters. In 1866 he married Miss Sarah Barrett, a native of Illinois, born in 1845. She was prin- cipally reared and educated in St. Louis. They have had six children, five of whom are living : William H., Francis B., Ella M., Oliver P. and Arthur T. Mrs. Schureman is a member of the Christian Church.

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N. C. SCOVILLE,

Farmer, section 2, post-office Lee's Summit, was born February 22, 1837 in St. Lawrence County, New York, and at nineteen years of age went to Williston Seminary, East Hampton, Massachusetts, and remained there two years. He finished his academic course at Philips Exeter Academy, at Exeter, New Hamp- shire, and in 1860 entered Yale College, at New Haven, Connecticut ; remained there two years, then commenced the Junior year at Harvard College, and gradu- ated with the class of 1864. Then entered the law department and graduated from that in 1866, and came West in the fall of that year, opening a law office in Kansas City. He practiced for ten years, when his health and voice failed, and he was obliged to give up the profession. He then moved to the farm he now oc- cupies and commenced farming. He owns 160 acres of land, on which he has an orchard of forty-three acres. He has never been an office-seeker, but has always given his attention to his business. In his manners he is much of a gentleman. April 14, 1870, he married Mrs. Susan E. Goss, widow of Ernest Goss, a Feder- al officer, killed in the late War. She is a native of this county, born June 18, 1845. They have one child, Jessie M. Mrs. Scoville also has one child by her former husband, Emmet G. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Scoville is a member of the A. F. and A. M.

W. W. SMITH

Was born in Ross County, Ohio, March 24, 1840, and is a son of Michael Smith, a native of Pennsylvania. He lived in Ross County for thirty years, and in 1870 moved to Jackson County, Missouri, and located near Lee's Summit; his occu- pation has always been that of a farmer. He was married December 18, 1862, to Elizabeth Drummond, of Ross County, Ohio, born December 28, 1841. The family consists of five children : Charles R., born October 19, 1863; Weldon, born October 2, 1865; Edgar L., born December 12, 1867; Harry, born August 27, 1870; and Willie D., born January 10, 1876. Mr. Smith enlisted as a member of Company D, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served with them four months. Was in the battles of South Mountain and Frederick City, Maryland, and was honorably discharged in September, 1864. He had three brothers in the Union Army, and they all made fine records during the War. He is now superintending the large stock and grain farm of Wm. McCoy, in Prairie Town- ship. Has a fine lot of stock and is considered an excellent farmer. He and his family form a pleasant home circle, and are well regarded in the community as excellent citizens. Politically he is a Republican.

BRUCE STONER,

Farmer, section 1, post-office Lee's Summit, was born on the 20th of May, 1850, in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, and spent his boyhood days on a farm. He immigrated to Illinois when seventeen years of age, and remained there one year, then came to Vernon County, this State, and resided there about two years. Soon came to this county and settled on the land which he now owns, consisting of eighty acres, and has it all under cultivation. In 1872 he married Miss Jennie M. Winship, a native of Ohio, born on the 7th of August, 1848. They have had ' two children : James B. and Edwin ; lost one child.

MRS. ELIZABETH J. THOMAS,

Section 25, widow of James E. Thomas. She was born in Cass County Missouri, January 19, 1838, and is the daughter of Andrew Wilson, late of Jackson County. She lived in Cass County about sixteen years, then moved close to Lee's Summit, Jackson County, and remained there eight years, and then on the farm on which she now resides. Was married September 1, 1851, to John P. Williams, a native of Kentucky, born February 21, 1833. Three children were born :

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Warner, born June 15, 1856; Lucy, born January 30, 1859, married and living in Cass County ; and Andrew, born February 12, 1861. Mr. Williams started November 8 1861, to join the Confederate forces at White Oak, and on the 11th was wounded, brought home, and died November 12, 1861. He was a member of the Baptist Church, and before the War was a farmer and stock dealer, and a highly respected citizen. The widow was again married January 19, 1863, to Wm. C. Conners. He was a member of the State Militia, but never in any engagement On the night of June 4, 1865, he was at his home near Green- wood, with his family, and about ten o'clock at night was called out of his house and asked the way to Pleasant Hill. Just as he stepped outside of the door he was shot through the head by a party of six or eight Confederates. Sev- eral other Union men were killed that same night in the neighborhood. At the time of his death he was a member of the Presbyterian Church, and a respected citizen. Our subject was again married June 1, 1867, to James E. Thomas. By this marriage one child was born, Henry, July 10, 1869. Mr. Thomas was in the Confederate Army three years, and continued to live on the farm until he died, June 19, 1874. He controlled, at the time of his death, 114 acres of land about two miles east of Greenwood, well cultivated and stocked, where Mrs. Thomas now resides, and with the aid of her sons, Andrew and Henry, farms the place. She was, during the time of her trials, and still is, a consistent member of the Baptist Church, and only the confidence she has had in a Heavenly Pro- tector has enabled her to survive her unusually severe hardships. She is a lady of strong physical and mental powers, and a highly respected member of society.

R. S. THOMAS,

Telegraph operator and station agent at Greenwood. The subject of this sketch, although a very young man, is one who, on account of his diligence in study and by his upright and moral character, has won for himself not only a fine reputa- tion, but also an honorable and lucrative position. He is one of the youngest, if not altogether the youngest, employe on the road that holds such a position as he does, and is well known all along the line as one of the most trustworthy. He is a native of Missouri, and his father and grandfather have figured largely in building up the best interests of Jackson County. His grandfather, especially, is well known as one of the most earnest laborers in the Baptist Church in this part of Missouri.

I. N. THOMPSON

Was born in Madison County, Illinois, December 2, 1846. At the age of ten years, he went with his parents to Wabashaw County, Minnesota, and lived there ten years, and then moved to Prairie Township, Jackson County, Missouri. He was educated in the common schools of Illinois and Minnesota, and was after- ward a graduate of Bryant & Stratton's Commercial College, in Chicago. He was married, May 11, 1869, to Mollie Wilson, of Lee's Summit. She was the daughter of D. C. Wilson, and was born December 9, 1849, in Danville, Boyle County, Kentucky. Their family circle consists of five children : Wyman, born November 2, 1870; Mabel, February 16, 1872; Gertie, June 1, 1874; Frankie, November 6, 1876, and Wilson, March 31, 1879. Mr. Thompson owns beauti- ful town property, with a fine residence. He is making great efforts to give his children a good education.

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The History of Jackson county, Missouri, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, etc., biographical sketches of its citizens, Jackson county in the late warhistory of Missouri, map of Jackson county, Part 134

Author: Union Historical Company Publication date: 1881 Publisher: Kansas City, Mo. : Union historical company Number of Pages: 1068

Author: Union Historical Company
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Kansas City, Mo. : Union historical company
Number of Pages: 1068