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7, 1837. They have had seven children: Permelia A., born February 19, 1857; Joseph L., born August 17, 1859, died August 25, 1859; Phœbe E., born October 15, 1860; Edix M., born August 12, 1862; Lilly M., born February 18, 1864, died March 2, 1880; James L. and Jesse L., born March 3, 1866. The subject of this sketch is engaged in farming in summer and teaming in winter. He is an industrious man and enjoys the respect of his fellow citizens.
JOHN P. BRYAN,
farmer and stock dealer, section 20, postoffice, Wallace. Was born in Boyle County, Kentucky, June 14, 1842, and raised upon a farm. His father emigrated to Buchanan County, Missouri, in 1845. Mr. Bryan is a quiet, unsophisticated bachelor. He has 160 acres of land, which he inherited from his father's estate. The land is all under fence and in a good state of cultivation, with four acres of orchard. His mother, Eliza Bryan, was born in Spottsylvania County, Virginia, near Spottsylvania Court House, December 25, 1801. She had five children, but only two are living. She has been twice married ; first, to Jesse Burton, a native of Kentucky. He died in 1831. Ten years afterwards she married James P. Bryan, who was born in Kentucky in 1805. He was a graduate of Centre College, at Danville, Kentucky, and was an excellent scholar. He was also a Mason.
D. W. CLOUSER,
farmer, sections 8, 9 and 10, postoffice Halleck ; was born in Ross County, Ohio, September 4, 1830. His opportunities of education were very lim- ited. Was raised on a farm ; also worked in a grist and saw mill. His parents emigrated to Missouri in 1847, and located in Buchanan County. He was married to Miss Elsa Noble in 1850. She was born in Indiana, June 19, 1830. They had three children: Ruth A., born March 26, 1853; George P., born July 23, 1855; David A., born April 14, 1857. His wife died June 23, 1861, and he was again married, October 9, 1865, to Miss Rebecca L. Crow. She was born in Kentucky, December 4, 1841. The result of this union was seven children: Charles W., born October 16, 1866; Hugh C, born March 6, 1868; Carrie A., born September 14, 1870; James A., born September 6, 1872; Iva L., born April 27, 1878; Ada D., born July 28, 1880, and one child who died in infancy. By hard labor and economy Mr. C. has secured 310 acres of land, all under fence, and in a good state of cultivation, with ten acres of fine orchard. He is a justice of the peace, school director and township clerk; is a Royal Arch Mason a member of Tabernacle Chapter No. 54; is also an Odd Fellow and a member of the Christian Church, in which he is an elder. In 1850, seven hundred Pottawatomie Indians camped on his place. He
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fed them and traded with them during this time. His father, Daniel Clouser, resides with him. He was born in Ohio, October 14, 1799. He learned the blacksmith trade when young, but was compelled to aban- don it on account of his eyes, after which he followed farming and mill- ing. He married Catharine Roten, May 11, 1829. She was born in Ohio, February 20, 1803. They had five children, two boys and three girls. Father Clouser was a pea vine tramper in Ohio, and had many narrow escapes. His wife died February 15, 1881, after having been sick for thirty years.
PRICILLA COGDILL,
section 5, postoffice Halleck, widow of Jacob Cogdill, was born in Ken- tucky, February 4, 1826. Her parents moved to Missouri during the the same fall. She married William Baker in February, 1842. He was born in Tennessee. They had three children ; Missouri A., born March I, 1843 ; William H., born September 3, 1845 ; Martha J., born Septem- 7, 1848. Mr. Baker died November 15, 1848. His widow, the subject of this sketch, married Jacob Cogdill, December 1, 1850. He was born in Tennessee, January 3, 1795. By this union they had seven children : Maggie, born February 13, 1852, died February, 1880 ; Ross, born April 20, 1854 ; Mary E., born May 3, 1856 ; Martin D., born March 26, 1858 ; Lucinda P., born March 22, 1864, died June, 1869; Daniel B., born March 8, 1866; Richard M., born October 25, 1868. Mrs. C. has 320 acres of land, all under fence, with four acres of orchard. Mr. Cogdill died January 21, 1879. He was in the war twelve months, and drew pension on account of services rendered, and the widow, since his demise, draws eight dollars per month.
W. H. CREWS,
wagon maker, postoffice Halleck. Was born in Glasgow, Barren County, Kentucky, October 15, 1847, where he received a good education. He learned his trade and followed it in Kentucky. In 1864 he emigrated to Missouri. Since then he has been engaged in the insurance business and wagon making. He was married July 4, 1876, to Miss Parthena F. Pyles. She was born in Missouri, January 18, 1853. They have been blessed with two fine children-Jane N., born June 24, 1877, and Nannie, born April 25, 1880. He is a member of the Methodist Church, South. Was road overseer, taught school one year. He was in the Confederate army, serving in the Third Kentucky Regiment, cavalry, under John Morgan. He was wounded in the right hand, losing his first finger. He was also shot in the leg and side. Has a house and lot, blacksmith and wagon maker's outfit and carries on both branches. His father was broken up by the war.
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J. H. DAVIS,
farmer, section 6, postoffice DeKalb, was born in Montgomery County, Kentucky, August 13, 1821. His school advantages were ordinary. August 13, 1850, he married Lucinda White. She was born in Mont- gomery County, Kentucky, June 4, 1823. They have had four children, Mary Ann, born August 25, 1853 ; Samuel G., born December 4, 1856 ; he died October 5, 1858 ; James W., born January 5, 1860, died May 5, 1862, and one child who died in infancy. He emigrated to Missouri November, 1851, locating in Crawford Township in March, 1852. By his own industry and economy he has secured 233 acres of land, all of which is under fence, and in a good state of cultivation. He has a good house and barn and three acres of orchard in fine, thrifty condition. He was captain of Company K, Twenty-fifth Enrolled Missouri Militia, then reorganized and served in the Eighty-first Pawpaw Militia, receiving full pay for himself and all his men. Captain Davis recruited more men than any other man in the county for the Federal service and State Militia. Serving the government about four years, from first to last, his was the first company sworn in and about the last discharged. He is a Master Mason and member of Wellington Lodge, No. 22. He is also a member of the Christian Church, and has donated toward building churches and school houses. His meritorious wife is a member of the Masonic organization known as Eastern Star, and also the Christian Church. . Their surroundings denote peace, plenty, and true happiness.
W. L. DAVIDSON,
carpenter, postoffice Halleck, was born in Buchanan County Missouri, January 14, 1845. He received a fair education, was raised on a farm, and worked under a carpenter for two years. He then carried on busi- ness for himself, and has since been very successful in all his operations. He owns sixty acres of land partly fenced, good house and orchard. He is an Odd Fellow and Encampment member of the order. He bears the character of a liberal and charitably disposed citizen.
W. A. DEATHERAGE,
farmer, section 5, postoffice Halleck, was born in North Carolina, July 13, 1848 and raised on a farm. His early opportunities for acquiring an education were very limited. His parents emigrated to Virginia in 1854 remaining one year ; thence they came to Missouri, locating in Buchan- an County. He married April 4, 1872, Miss Mary E. Cogdill. She was born in Missouri May 3, 1856. They have had four children : Margaret A., born December 3, 1872 ; Eliza B., born November 10, 1877, and two children who died in infancy. He lives on a farm of 140 acres of land,
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the property of his wife.
It is all under fence and in good state of culti- vation, with good house. Mr. D. has been successful and prosperous in life.
MRS. FRANCISCA FERGUSON,
the pioneer school teacher of Crawford township, was a sister of Colum- bus Roundtree. She was born December 5, 1806, in Barren County, Kentucky. She was educated at Glasgow, Kentucky, and was graduated at Glasgow College. She was married to Mr. Ferguson and had four children. After her husband's death she taught school on the southwest corner of section 16, in a log school house with puncheon floor. One log was cut out of the side wall and paper inserted, stuck full of pin holes, to admit the light. The house was sixteen feet square. It was built in March, 1839. Here she taught three or four years, her compensation being fifty cents per scholar, per term of six months. She took stock- ings, flannel, &c., in pay for services. In one instance she received two little shoats from James Curl, as very little money was in circulation those days. She taught several for nothing. Dr. Silas McDonald, Wash Taylor, James Curl, Singleton Asher, Robert Taylor, J. J. Penick, Wal- lace Davidson and Columbus Roundtree built the school house. It was provided with an old-fashioned stick chimney about six feet wide. During school she used suspended on the door a paddle marked "in " on one side and "out" on the other. Her labors of love and usefulness were terminated by death September 9th, 1846. Mrs. Ferguson was undoubtedly the first person who ever taught a school in the township.
S. C. FLEMING,
miller, postoffice Halleck, was born in East Tennessee. His education was fair. He was reared on a farm. He married August 13, 1854, Miss Adaline Stokes, also native of Tennessee. She died January 5, 1859. In 1864 he married Miss Mary Stone, a native of Tennessee. She was born March 15, 1838. They had four children : Minerva, born March 5, 1865; Mary E., born August 6, 1871; Edney T., born October 18, 1872 ; Emma, born July 20, 1877. They emigrated to Missouri in 1860, locating at Halleck. Mr. Fleming farmed for six years. He then engaged in milling, in which business he has continued up to the present (1881). He has seven acres of land all in orchard, and is now building a fine residence.
HENRY G. FOSTER,
blacksmith and wagon maker, postoffice Halleck, was born in West Vir- ginia, February 17, 1836. His school advantages were limited. Emi- grating to Missouri in 1852, he located in Buchanan County. Here he
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married Miss Elizabeth Hampton, June 23, 1863. She was born in Ken- tucky, March 20, 1848. By this marriage he has had five children: Sarah E., born July 1, 1866; Idona, born January 18, 1869; Clella, born September 18, 1873; James H., born December 26, 1877; Gertie, born March 26, 1879. Mr. Foster was raised on a farm, and learned his trade after becoming twenty-one years of age. He is an Odd Fellow, and owns houses and lots in Halleck, where he conducts a general repair and job shop, and is doing an excellent business.
W. D. & J. H. HAMPTON,
dry goods, groceries, notions, tinware, hardware, etc., postoffice Halleck, established business November 24, 1880, have been doing a very satis- factory business. They are both natives of Kentucky, emigrated to Mis- souri in 1861, and were raised in Halleck. Their education is moderate. W. D. is a member of the Christian Church. He carried mail from 1870 to 1874 from Halleck to Rushville, then learned telegraphing, following it for a livelihood until 1877. Then commenced clerking for P. W. Noland, remaining with him up to 1880, at which time he branched out in business for himself. He has been successful, and is contented with his lot in life.
JOHN HICKMAN, SR.,
farmer, section 7, postoffice DeKalb, was born in St. Louis County, Mis- souri, January 28, 1830, and raised on a farm. His school privileges were very limited. In 1837 his parents moved to Buchanan County, Missouri, March 10, 1853 he married Miss Letitia J. Frakes, a native of Missouri. She was born June 28, 1838, and had eight children : Sidney A., born March 12 1855 ; Thomas J., born May 29, 1856 ; Richard G., born May 15, 1858 ; John M., born January 22, 1860; Lucinda F., born December II, 1861 ; Mary E., born May 15, 1863 ; Lillie M., born May 7, 1865 ; Mattie S., born February 25, 1877. By his own labor he has acquired 250 acres of land including thirty-three acres that came with his wife. This land is all under fence, and in good state of cultivation. He has on it an excellent residence and granary. There are two good orchards on the place. Mr. Hickman has donated liberally toward the building of churches and school houses in this section of country. One of the earli- est settlers of this country and a man of excellent memory, Mr. Hick- man is an entertaining companion, and speaks familiarly of the days when the Indians made themselves at home in this county, often helping themselves in the smoke houses of the white settlers with whom, how- ever, they were, generally, on good terms.
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B. F. HIGDON,
farmer, section 28, postoffice Wallace, was born in Ohio, September 9, 1827. He received a good education, and followed teaching school for some time, then learned the carpenter trade, after which he engaged in the grocery business, continuing for four years. He then read law, and, in due time, was admitted to the bar, and practiced sixteen years. He married, in 1348, Miss Minnie J. Demarree, a native of Indiana, by whom he had three children : Eaber, Lewis F., Anna E. Of these, two sur- vive. His wife died in 1856. In 1857, he was married to Nancy Ash- craft, by whom he had one child, Evan. They separated in 1860. He was divorced from her on account of desertion. He then, in 1862, mar- ried Elizabeth Andrews, a native of Missouri. They had one child, Mary E. This wife died in 1872. September 15, 1876, he married Mrs. Mahala Cox, with whom he has lived happily, and is well satisfied with his condition in life. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He served one year, during the civil war, in Company I, Twenty-fifth Illinois Regiment. He then came home, and recruited a company in the Missouri State Militia, under Colonel Denny. He commanded this company, serving one year. Had three horses shot under him, but he received no wounds. His wife was born in Todd County, Kentucky, February 20, 1816. She was raised on a farm. Her education was very limited. She was first married to Guilford Montray, January 5, 1836. He was a native of Kentucky, born November 17, 1814. By this mar- riage they had seven children : John W., born April 22, 1837 : William R., born March 23, 1839, died May 18, 1867 ; George M., born December 20, 1840; Louisa E., born October 23, 1842, died January 14, 1874 ; Angeline, born August 28, 1844; Meret Y., born September 1I, 1846, died January 20, 1854 ; Mary B., born November 28, 1848. Her husband died February 21, 1852. She then married Jacob B. Cox, July 11, 1852. From this union were born two children : Jacob A., born March 4, 1853, being the day Franklin Pierce was inaugurated President of the United States ; and Mahala A., born July 15, 1855. She was divorced from Jacob B. Cox., on account of poligamy. She then, in 1869, married Hugh Mathews, a native of Iowa. In less than one year she discovered that he had a wife in Iowa, and she discarded him. September 16, 1876, she married B. F. Higdon, with whom she has since continued to live very happily. She has a lifetime dower in fifty-six acres of land, which is well improved, and in good state of cultivation, and provided with a good house and barn. She is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
LEVI J. JUDAH,
farmer, section 18, postoffice DeKalb, was born in Indiana, January 15, 1825. He had poor school advantages, never attending twelve months in
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his life. In 1839 his father emigrated to Missouri and located in Buchanan County, where he has resided ever since. He married November 1, 1862, Mrs. Elizabeth Kirby, a native of Indiana. She had four children, Samuel, born June 30, 1863 ; Martha M., born September II, 1864; Eli F., born February 18, 1866; he died in 1873 ; Emma, born March 31, 1868. Mr. Judah served in the Kansas Militia. He is a member of the Christian Church, and has donated liberally toward building churches and school houses. He has 380 acres of land, all under fence, and in a fair state of cultivation. He also owns a good house and barn, and a fine fifteen-acre orchard, producing some of the finest fruit sold on the market. His land is well watered.
JOHN T. JUDY,
farmer and stock dealer, section 32, postoffice Wallace, is a native of Kentucky; was born June 23, 1831. Was raised in his native state and . enjoyed very limited educational advantages. Emigrated to Missouri in 1853, locating in Clay County. In February, 1851, he married Miss Mary Jane Foster, a native of Kentucky, born in 1830. By this mar- riage he had eight children, Thomas, Laura, Alexander, Susan, Henry, Eddie, Mollie and Cora, all of whom are living but two. He is a Master Mason and a member of the I. O. O. F. By his own industry he has acquired 160 acres of land, all under fence, in good state of cultivation, and well improved. Has never regretted moving to Missouri, where he has enjoyed uniform success in all his business relations and transac- tions.
P. L. MARTIN,
farmer, section 19, postoffice Wallace, was born in Tennessee, October 28, 1841. In 1842, his parents moved to Missouri, and located in Platte County. Was raised on a farm and had no schooling. Was married, in 1861, to Elizabeth Barnes, a native of Missouri. They have had six children, Mary A., Jacob, Fannie, Reuben, Bettie and an infant not named. He resides on Martin Spencer's land. Is a member of the Christian Church, and a man of liberal disposition, contributing freely to the maintenance of churches and the Christian Orphan Home. He has always helped the needy and been the poor man's friend.
JAMES MEEK,
farmer, section 33, postoffice Wallace, is a native of Indiana, born in Jennings County, December 7, 1820. He was raised on a farm, and received no education. He emigrated to Missouri in 1841, and was mar- ried in 1843 to Miss Cynthia Boyl, a native of Ohio. By this marriage
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he has had sixteen children, two of whom are dead. He has eighty acres of land, all under fence, and well improved, with good house and barn. He lost considerably by the late war, his damages amounting to sixteen hundred dollars. He served in the State Guards Confederate service three months, and was in the Pea Ridge battle. He takes a lively interest in the improvement of different breeds of live stock.
JOHN MURPHY,
farmer, section 18, postoffice Halleck, was born in Kentucky February 9, 1849, and came to Missouri in the fall of 1849 with his parents. His educational advantages were very poor. He married, January 18, 1872, Miss Annie J. Willis, a native of Missouri. They have had three chil- dren : William, born April 20, 1874 (died July 6, 1874); Charles, born March 7, 1876, and Otho, born January 7, 1878. He has secured 154 acres of land, acquired principally by his own efforts. He has a good house and barn, and his land is in a good state of cultivation. From 1874 to 1878 Mr. Murphy was engaged in general merchandise at Hal- leck doing a successful business. He has been a friend to popular advancement, aiding liberally in the establishment of churches and school houses. The subject of the above sketch is young and ambitious and if misfortune does not overtake him, will make his mark, ranking among the most prosperous farmers of his township and county.
PERRY W. NOLAND,
postoffice Halleck, dealer in dry goods, groceries, hardware, agricul- tural implements, queensware, notions, clothing, boots and shoes, hats, caps, &c., &c. Was born in Buchanan County, Missouri, Novem- ber 22, 1847 ; had fair education ; was raised on a farm until sixteen years old, then engaged in clerking, which he followed up to 1870, when he engaged in business on his own responsibility, under the firm name of Noland, Robinson & Willis, doing a successful business. In 1878 he purchased the interest of both his partners, since which time he has been operating alone. He owns a store house 22x50, two stories high, the upper part of which is occupied by Masonic and Odd Fellow lodges. He married Miss Mary Murphy April 7, 1867. She was born in Buchanan County, Missouri, September 1, 1851. By this marriage he has had two children, Walter, born January 4, 1877, (he died September 19, 1878), and Egbert, born November 1I, 1873. He is a Master Mason, and has been a member of the Christian Church since 1859, and is now a deacon in the same. He has also been constable, and is now justice of the peace. He served in the Pawpaw militia. Has been postmaster for six years. He also owns a cooper shop.
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CAPT. JOHN T. RILEY,
school teacher, postoffice St. Joseph, is a native of Missouri, was born in Clay County February 16, 1830, and raised on a farm. In early life he received a good common school education, and was afterwards gradu- ated at Bethany College, West Virginia, in the year 1856. He read law under Hon. Thomas E. Turney, of Clinton County, and was admitted to the bar in 1858. He practiced in Maryville, Missouri, until 1861. On the breaking out of the civil war he first joined the Missouri State Guards under Colonel Slayback, serving three months. January, 1862, he enlisted in the regular Confederate service, Company H, First Mis- souri Cavalry, and remained until the close of the war. Was taken prisoner twice, confined at Camp Morton, Fort Delaware, Point Lookout, and Elmyra, New York. Principle and love of country caused him to enlist. After the war he remained in Mississippi and married Miss Lucy A. Small, a native of Alabama, August 17, 1867. She was born May 2, 1844. By this marriage he has had five children. He returned to Missouri in 1869, since which time he has followed teaching for a living, and preaches to exercise his talent. In 1872 he was elected county superintendent of schools of Buchanan County for two years. In 1878 he was nominated and elected a Representative from the Third District of Buchanan County as a Democrat, with 400 majority over his opponent. He was re-elected in 1880 over another Greenbacker by over 800 votes. He is a Master Mason, and has been teaching school for over twenty years. During the war he was orderly sergeant and never absent from any battles, participating in every engagement with his regiment. He has always been a Democrat, but never an ultra one ; can always see good wherever it may exist. As a member of the legisla- ture he voted for all measures tending toward economy, education, and temperance. He took an active part in securing to St. Joseph the rebuilding of Lunatic Asylum No. 2, the former building having been destroyed by fire in 1879, and strenuous efforts were put forth to have it rebuilt elsewhere.
J. H. C. ROBINSON, M. D.,
Halleck, was born in Boyle County, Kentucky, January 15, 1832, where he received a good, common school education. Emigrating to Missouri in 1849, he located at Halleck, where he read medicine under Dr. Crow. He afterwards attended lectures at Lexington, Kentucky, where he was graduated in 1855. He commenced the practice of medicine in DeKalb in the spring of 1856 ; thence he moved to Whitesville, Andrew County, where he remained until 1860. He then permanently located at Halleck where he has been uniformly successful in the practice of medicine and
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surgery. He married Miss Josephine Finney, a native of Missouri, in 1856. By this marriage they had five children : Margaret S., Elizabeth S., Lee D., Mary P., J. H. C. His estimable wife died in 1873. In 1874 he married Miss Sarah E. Meadows, a native of Missouri, by whom he has had one child, Plato W. Dr. Robinson is a Mason and a member of the I. O. O. F. He is present (1881) Noble Grand of Truth Lodge, No. 216, Halleck. He is a member of and deacon in the Christian Church. He has also been school director for years. By his own industry he has accumulated 319 acres of land and an interest in the most valuable flouring mill in the country. He is highly popular, both personally and professionally.
COLUMBUS H. ROUNDTREE,
farmer, section 18, postoffice Wallace, was born in Kentucky, March IO, 1826. His father emigrated to Missouri in 1828, locating in Boone County, where he resided until 1837, at which time the family moved to Buchanan County, where the subject of this sketch has remained ever since, with the exception of a period of five years, spent in Oregon and the Far West. He was under General Gillum six months fight- ing the Indians, and was with the General when he was killed, during the missionary massacre. There were one thousand soldiers engaged in the fight, and he has seen only one that has returned. His name is Vardeman Blevins, now (1881) a resident of Atchison. He was granted his discharge by Governor Abernathy, after which he was one of a party of four that explored the head waters of Sacramento River, in quest of gold. They traveled by night, and laid up by day. Arriving at their destination, one would guard the horses while the three others would dig gold. They made about fifteen hundred dollars, of which they did not seem to know the value. They went to Suter's Fort, and gave most of it for flour, etc. Flour was five dollars per pound, gold dust was three dollars an ounce. They did not weigh, but guessed it off. In the winter Mr. Roundtree walked fifty miles through the snow, met an old man on an old horse, paid him five hundred dollars for his horse, and returned to the Mountains. He once gave fifty dollars for supper, consisting of a cup of coffee and fried cakes. While in Central America, making his way to the Island of Cuba, he purchased a ticket for New York, paying $250. In a few minutes met a man, who enquired what he would take for his ticket. He replied, "$500." Without any hesitation, he counted out the gold. Next evening, a vessel came in. He embarked for the Isle of Cuba, but on account of fifty men having been shot, the day before the arrival of the vessel, no one was allowed to land without a passport. In a few days, they got on a boat from South America, and went to New Orleans. Mr. Roundtree returned home, and married, May
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