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JAMES HUNTER
is a native of New York and an old bachelor, consequently never tells his age. He had a fair education, and emigrated to St. Joseph in 1857. In early life was raised on a farm, and at the age of twenty-three read law under S. A. Goodwin, of the firm of Larned & Goodwin, of Chicago, Illinois, and was admitted to the bar. In 1860, he was appointed Justice of the Peace by the County Court. He enlisted in company A, Twenty- fifth Missouri Regiment, under Colonel Severance. Was elected captain and served one year as captain of company A, then promoted to major, after which he was on detached duty on General Hall's staff. In 1864, he was elected City Attorney at St. Joseph ; served one term and was re-elected, and continued until the Legislature abolished the office. In 1869, he was commissioned postmaster. In 1871, commenced the prac- tice of law with C. A. Mosman, but his health failed and he abandoned the profession. Mr. Hunter, in connection with James T. Beach, Wm. Fowler, Jr. and Judge Lock, were first to organize an anti-slavery organ- ization in Missouri and the Northwest.
HUGH M. HUTCHISON,
carpenter and builder, was born in Fairfax County, Virginia, August 2, 1848, and when thirteen years of age emigrated to Wisconsin with his parents, his father, John Wesley, locating in Fond du Lac County, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits. Hugh was here educated and learned his trade; his early days were spent in tilling the soil. In 1868, he came to St. Joseph, and has since pursued his trade. In March, 1870, he married Miss Melissa Lewis. They have four children, John Wesley, James William, Theodore and Alice.
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SAMUEL HUTTON,
proprietor of the Hutton House, is a native of Illinois, and was born in Sangamon County, March 13, 1824. When twelve years of age he removed with his parents to Henry County, Iowa, where his father, Samuel, Sr., engaged in agricultural pursuits, and the subject was there reared and educated. After attaining his majority, he opened a farm in Henry County, comprising a section, and was identified with the inter- ests of the leading agriculturists of that county. After leaving the farm, he built and opened the Wiggins House, at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. In 1866, Mr. H. came to St. Joseph, engaging in the lightning rod and pump busi- ness, in which he continued until his embarkation in hotel keeping. In 1850, he married Miss Rebecca J. Cole, an estimable lady. They have had nine children by this union, five of whom-Allie, wife of Dr. O. B. Estes, Cora, Belle, Clara and Marry-comprise an interesting fam- ily. They lost four-William, Sylvis, George and John. The Hutton House was erected in the spring of 1881, and is a substantial three-story brick, containing forty rooms, well ventilated, lighted and complete in all their appointments. The furnishings are new and first-class.
A. C. HYDE,
farmer and stock raiser, Section 32, post office St. Joseph, was born Jan- uary 11, 1819, in Bath County, Kentucky. His father was a native of the Green Mountain State, and his mother of Massachusetts, and both were among the pioneers of Kentucky. A. C. was taken to Greenock County when quite young, and lived on a farm and received a limited education in the schools of that vicinity. He emigrated West in the fall of 1840, and settled in this county, upon the claim where he now resides. He may truly be called one of the pioneers of Buchanan County, for the settlers were few and far between. They built cabins and improved their farms, facing many privations and hardships, and it is to such sturdy pioneers as Mr. Hyde, that the rising generation are largely indebted for the present growth and prosperity of the county. He has never been an office-seeker, but has always preferred the quiet of his legitimate business. During the war he displayed his patriotism by shouldering his musket and going to the front, to defend the lives and property of the citizens. He belonged to the famous Pawpaw militia, and served some six months. His landed estate consists of 456 acres of fine farming land, and is well adapted to stock. He has been twice married, first in 1845, to Miss Elizabeth Whitlock, a native of Clay County, Missouri. She died in 1846, and he was again married to Miss T. Cure, a native of New York State. They have had a family of nine children, J. L., Eliza J. Mrs. H. S. Martin, of Augusta, and Mrs.
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George W. Conner, William, James, Cassie, Charles and Calvin. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, of King Hill Lodge No. 376, and has been six times elected Master of the lodge.
JOSEPH H. IGLER,
was born in Germany, Jan. 17, 1846, where he was raised to manhood and educated. In 1866, he crossed the ocean and took up his abode in Norfolk, Virginia, where he remained until 1870, when he came to St. Joseph. The trade of boot and shoe making he learned in his native country, and for a number of years he was connected with Messrs. Morgan & Fink, and latterly with F. Wenz. In the spring of 1881, the St. Joseph Boot and Shoe Company was established, of which he is a member. The company comprises Mr. Igler, F. Wenz and Christian Frenger. This enterprise is in its infancy, but under the auspices of the above parties, it is designed to figure prominently in the future whole- sale interests of St. Joseph. Mr. Igler is thoroughly schooled in his profession. In 1876, Miss Mary Keshel became his wife. Their union has been blessed by two children, Ida and Fannie. He is a member of the I. O. O. F.
T. J. IMEL,
carpenter and builder, is a native of Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana, and was born December 7, 1849. His father, William, was a millwright by trade, and when our subject was in his fourth year, the family migrated to Knox County, Illinois, where he resided until August, 1862, when he tendered his services to the Union cause, and became drummer boy in the Seventy-second Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and passed through all of Grant's campaigns on the lower Mississippi, being honor- ably mustered out in August, 1865. After the war, he returned to Knox County, Illinois, and commenced to learn his trade. In 1866, went to Franklin County, Kansas, where he resided two years, and, in 1868, enlisted, at Iola, in Company C, Nineteenth Kansas Vol. Infantry, served eight months in the Southwest, and, after his discharge, he returned to Coffey County, Kansas, where he pursued his trade for a time. He also resided temporarily in Texas, Colorado, and other portions of the West, and for two years lived in Wichita, Kansas. After a sojourn in Illinois, he returned to Missouri in 1875, locating in DeKalb County, near Stew- artsville, where he pursued his vocation three years. Thence to Noda- way County, and in January, 1881, came to St. Joseph. He is a skilled workman, and has had a varied experience in mechanism. In 1877, Miss Maggie E. Bradbury, of Illinois, became his wife.
AMER JACKSON,
farmer and stock raiser, Section 3, postoffice Saxton, was born August 28, 1843, in Surry County, North Carolina, and was reared there until
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twelve years of age, spending his boyhood days on a farm. Came west with his parents in 1855, and settled in Buchanan County, where he remained up to 1864, when he engaged in freighting to Colorado. This he continued until again engaging in farming. In 1870, he commenced the mercantile business at Saxton, and also held the position of post- master. His was the first permanent store kept in the place. In July, 1880, he turned his attention to farming and stock raising, and owns 160 acres of land, well stocked and improved. He has filled the posi- tion of school director and road overseer several terms. During the late war he served for six months in the famous Pawpaw militia, assist- ing in defending the lives and property of the citizens. Was married, July 8, 1867, to Miss Mary E. Jackson, a native of Missouri. They have seven children living: Louisa E., Jacob, Robert Lee, Alexander, Susan V., Nellie M, Alfred and Arthur B. They lost one. Himself and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, in which he holds the office of trustee. Is also a member of the Masonic chapter at Saxton.
SEYMOUR JENKINS
was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in October, 1826, and emigrated to St. Joseph in 1856. He engaged in brick making and followed the business of a mason, and has always ranked among the best of his trade in the city. In 1871, he was elected member of the City Council, and his record as an official, for ten years, is without a stain. He was married in April, 1854, to Miss Frances Groves, of Delaware County, New York. They have three children, Albert E., Alice H. and Cora A.
JOHN M. JOHNSTON,
engineer, with F. L. Sommer & Co., was born in the Lowlands of Scot- land, October 10, 1840, and was there reared to manhood, educated and learned his trade. In 1866, John came to the United States, and took up his abode in St. Joseph. During his residence here has been in the employ of John Burnside, J. W. Ambrose and K. C., St. J. & C. B. R. R. Co. He is a close observer in mechanism, and keeps pace with the progress of the scientific world. He married in Scotland, Miss Agnes Welch. They have a family of three children-James, Mary and David. Mr. Johnston is a Master Mason.
JOHN W. JOHNSON
is the efficient Secretary and Treasurer of the St. Joseph Steam Print- ing Company, and was born in Highland County, Ohio, March 9, 1842. He received his education in his native place, and was reared with a
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mercantile experience. He commenced as a clerk in his father's store, and after arriving at manhood, engaged in business on his own account. In September, 1869, he decided to avail himself of the wider field of the West for his operations and selected St. Joseph and formed a partner- ship with Captain F. M. Posegate, under the firm title of Posegate & Johnson. After a short time he sold his interest and engaged in the mercantile business at Lathrop, Clinton County, Missouri, with satis- factory results. He sold out his business here during the year, and once more returned to St. Joseph and assisted in organizing the St. Joseph Steam Printing Company, and has been its Secretary and Treasurer from its organization, a fact that is very complimentary to him for the manner in which he has discharged his duties. He has been twice married, first in September, 1863, to Miss Annie M. McClure, of Ohio. She died in 1868, leaving one daughter, Sallie. His second marriage occurred in 1871, to Miss Annie E. Milner, a native of Highland County, Ohio. Their family, by this union, consists of one son, Ralph.
J. B. JOHNSON,
of the firm of J. B. Johnson & Son, marble dealers, was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, in 1831, and many of his early days were spent in tilling the soil. He learned his trade at Zanesville, residing there three and a half years, after which he removed to Indiana, and remained until 1857. He then came to St. Joseph. Johnson & Son deal in American and Italian marble, and one account of their long sojourn in the county is their first-class workmanship, which have thus secured them a lucrative trade. He was married in 1857, to Miss H. M. Albertson, a native of Orange County, Indiana. They have four children-H. B., J. M., Mollie and B. Mr. Johnson is a Master Mason.
W. C. JOHNSON,
contractor in plain and ornamental plastering, was born in Woodford County, Kentucky, November 29, 1832, and was there raised and edu- cated. Learned his trade principally in Louisville, residing there three years. Lived in Shelbyville several years, and other parts of the state. In June, 1858, he took up his abode in St. Joseph. He did the work on many of the old landmarks, one of which is the Sixth Street Baptist Church, and on a host of the fine structures, more modern, among which are the Hax and Michau buildings. Was married in Shelbyville, Kentucky, December 23, 1857, to Miss Hattie Boland. They had five children by this union, three of whom are living: John B., Maggie and Clara. They lost two, Lula and Albert C.
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JOHN J. JOHNSON,
carpenter and builder, was born in Covington, Kentucky, December 23rd, 1823. At the age of twelve years he removed to St. Louis with his parents, residing there until 1844, when he became a resident of Cincin- nati, Ohio, there learned the trade he now pursues and resided there until he came to St. Joseph, in the spring of 1849. His hammer and saw have done much toward converting the small town he found it, in 1849, to the booming city of 1881. In the years 1858 and '60 the city found him an efficient councilman, he being always on the right side in all ques- tions that would have a tendency in advancing the city. He married January 24th, 1850, Miss Martha Bancroft, a native of Missouri. They have six children by this union : John P., William F., Robert T., Luella, Sydney L. and Georgia.
J. K. JOHNSON,
farmer and stock raiser, section 35, post-office St. Joseph, was born in Cooper County, Missouri, January 31st, 1824. He has followed farming all his life. Was married February 27th, 1845, to Mary E. Stephens, a native of Kentucky. She was born January 20th, 1823, and they had nine children ; Sarah Ellen, born December 15th, 1845, died June, 1848 ; William D., born February 6th, 1847 ; Elijah A., born September Ist, 1848 ; Mattie A., born September 26th, 1850; Mary A., born April 2nd, 1853 ; Samuel, born January 15th, 1855; Nancy, born December 19th, 1856; John F., born January 12th, 1860; Emma B., born June 26th, 1864. Three are married. He has lived in Buchanan County since March Ist, 1845. By industry he has saved 160 acres of land, which is mostly under fence and in good state of cultivation ; has six acres of orchard and two fine never-failing springs. He was a defender of his country by being a member of the Pawpaw militia. He is a member of the old Hard Shell Baptist Church, and has been School Director for years. His father, Samuel Johnson, was born July 18, 1796, and was one of the first Territorial Judges. It was he that proposed and named Andrew County.
MARX JUDA,
dealer in dry goods, notions and groceries, is one of the leading mer- chants on South Sixth Street. Was born in Prussia, February 26, 1828, and was there raised, educated and resided until 1854, when he came to America, locating temporarily in the East. In 1855, he came to Mis- souri, engaging in trade at Richmond, Ray County, and afterwards in Chillicothe. He came to St. Joseph in 1861, and has since stood prom- inent among its business men, and has been in trade at his present loca-
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tion for ten years. Mr. Juda has been twice married-first in 1858, to Miss J. Straus, whose death occurred in 1866. In 1867, Miss Hannah Bear became his wife. By this union, they have three children-Millie, Charlie and Lena. He is a charter member of the B'Nai-Brith Society.
WINSLOW JUDSON.
Among the prominent attorneys of Buchanan County, may be mentioned the subject of this biography. He was born in Ogdensburg, New York, on the 21st day of February, 1845. He received good educational advantages in youth, and entered Hamilton College, from which insti- tution he was graduated in 1865. His father, General R. W. Judson, was an attorney of prominence, and the son early formed a preference for the legal profession, and with his father as preceptor, after the most thorough preparation, he entered the Albany Law School, and graduated in 1866. He then came to this city and entered upon the active duties of his profession. His prominent characteristics are energy and perse- verance. As a lawyer he is attentive to his cases, examining the minutest points that may present themselves in the final trial, and as a careful, pains-taking attorney, has an enviable reputation. His social qualities are admirable and his moral character irreproachable. He married Miss Emily Carpenter, of Providence, Rhode Island, November 5, 1868. Their family consists of four children.
FRANK R. JUDSON,
was born in Ogdensburg, New York, April 20, 1849. Received a good education in the city schools, and in 1865, entered Hamilton College, and received a thorough course. He studied law in his father's office, and graduated at the law school in Albany. Was engaged in the lumber business for some time. Then entered his father's office and practiced law for four years. In 1879, he came to this city and entered the employ of the Kansas City, St. Joseph and Council Bluffs Railroad Company, where he remained for eighteen months. His father was R. W. Judson, a celebrated attorney, and during the late war raised the One Hundred and Forty-second Regiment New York Volunteers, and became its colonel, and for meritorious conduct was breveted brigadier general.
GEORGE S. KARNS,
farmer and stockraiser, Sec. 32, Postoffice Saxton, was born December 23, 1821, in Bedford County, Virginia, and was taken to Lee County, Virginia, by his parents when about four years of age, and remained there until twelve years old, spending his boyhood days on the farm, and has made farming his occupation through life. In the fall of 1837,
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he emmigrated West, and settled in Buchanan County, Missouri. The Indians were just leaving the Platte Purchase, and he had his full share to contend with. It is to such as he that this county is indebted for the position she now occupies. Mr. Karns took up a claim, and commenced improving a farm. His landed estate consists of 1,200 acres of fine land, most of which is improved, and he owns some of the best stock farms in the county. Commencing in life at the bottom round of the ladder, he has worked his own way to the position he now holds. He is no office seeker, but always gives his attention to his business, and well merits the esteem in which he is held by his many friends. Octo- ber, 1850, he was married to Miss Matilda Watson, a native of Tippe- canoe County, Indiana. She died in the fall of 1872, leaving a family of nine children : Mary, now Mrs. Williams Yager ; Elizabeth, now Mrs. L. Jeffers ; Sarah J., now Mrs. F. Winn ; Pasal W .; Abigal B., now Mrs. Wm. Gilpin ; John N., Carrie, Margaret and Matilda. He is an active member of the M. E. Church. A few of the first sermons preached in this vicinity were preached in his house. He has always been a strong Union man, and cast his vote for Abraham Lincoln.
HERMAN W. KASTOR,
editor of the St. Joseph Volksblatt, daily and weekly German newspaper, was born at Bamberg, Bavaria, Germany, October 26, 1838. He studied in college at Bamberg, and came to New York in 1854. Was married May 6, 1860, to Miss Theresa Rudolph, of Magdeburg, Prussia. They had nine children, of whom eight are living. Mr. K. was in the Sixth Regiment, N. Y. S. M., when President Lincoln called out the first 75,000 men, and was one of them. He came to Leavenworth Kansas, in 1862. Was Second-Lieutenant of the First Kansas State Militia, and was in active service at Price's raid, etc. In 1864, he was in Kansas City, Missouri; in 1865, at Wyandotte, Kansas, where he edited a weekly German paper called "Die Fackel." This he moved to Atchi- son, Kansas, in 1867. He came to St. Joseph, in 1868, as editor of the Volksblatt, and became, in the same year, one of the proprietors of that paper, in the firm of C. Eichler & Co., and afterwards, when this firm was dissolved, in the firm of H. Brunsing & Co. He has been editor and one the proprietors of the Volksblatt, with the exception of six months in 1869, ever since he came to St. Joseph, in 1868. His eight children are Benjamin, Louis, Amalia, Ernst, Fredric, Richard, William and Gertrude.
HARRY KEENE,
of the firm of H. Keene & Co., manufacturers and bottlers of soda and vinegar. Mr. K. is a native of Bristol, England, and came to the United
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States in 1864. After residing in Chicago for a time, he took up his abode in St. Joseph in 1866. For ten years he was employed on the K. C., St. J. & C. B. R. R., as engineer ; also, for a time, was engaged in the restaurant busines. In 1878, he commenced his present trade, which is the largest of the kind in the Northwest. He is a Mason, belonging to the Royal Arch Chapter and Commandery. His wife was formerly Miss Elizabeth Dunstan.
J. H. KEENE
is a native of Daviess County, Missouri, and was born April 24th, 1849. There he was raised as a farmer, his father having been one of the early settlers of that county. In 1874, he came to St. Joseph, engaging in the livery business with M. I. Couch, and was afterward of the firm of Ire- land & Keene, and later of Keene & Moore. For a time he was employed in buying horses for the government. He is numbered among the best horse fanciers in the country. He is a member of the Temple of Honor.
KELLER & MERLATT.
Identified with the carpenters, builders and first-class mechanics in St. Joseph is the above firm. Mr. Scott Keller was born in Bedford, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania, April 11th, 1845, and at an early age removed with his parents to Maryland. There his father, W. V., engaged in farming, and there Scott was raised, educated and learned his trade. In 1862, he enlisted in the Confederate army and passed through many stirring events, under General Stonewall Jackson. He served until the close, then came west and located in Urbana, Illinois, following his trade for fifteen years. Also for a time was in Chicago. He came to Moberly, Missouri, in 1877, and to St. Joseph, in July, 1880. In 1868, Miss Annie Myers became his wife. They have three children : Charlie, Willie and Harry. E. B. Merlatt is the son of George Merlatt, one of the pioneers of this city, and one well known among the early settlers. E. B. was born here, May 25th, 1846, and was here raised and educated, and has made it his home, with the exception of twelve years, spent in the south. Mr. Geo. Merlatt has seen the growth of St. Joseph, from its infancy to a large and prosperous city.
J. A. KELLEY,
contractor for plain and ornamental plastering. A pioneer plasterer who was well and favorably known in this county was Arthur Kelley, who took up his abode in this city over twenty-two years ago. Here he resided until the time of his demise, November 20, 1877. His son, J. A., was born in Omaha, Nebraska, November 9, 1858, and came to St.
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Joseph with his parents when six months of age. He was here educated and learned his trade. He is a young man of sterling business qualifi- cations and a skilled workman, has a large trade, not only in St. Joseph and Missouri, but also in Kansas and Nebraska.
SIMEON KEMPER,
one of the oldest citizens of Buchanan County, in point of residence and years, was born in Montgomery County, Kentucky, February 5, 1799. He moved to Missouri with his family in 1837, and to what is now St. Joseph in 1840. He made a claim and worked some land which is now a part of the city. In May, 1843, when the land came in market, he entered 160 acres and built a double log house, where he lived for several years. This place he afterwards sold to a Mr. Highly, who called it "Highly Springs." In 1860, he built the house that is now the residence of James McCord, Esq. The 160 acres he entered in 1843, has been laid out in lots and mostly improved with residences and busi- ness houses. Mr. Kemper surveyed the city and laid it out in lots, and was the first to fill the office of County Surveyor after the organization of the company. He married Miss Jane A. Shortage, of Kentucky, in 1835, and of a family of ten children born to them, only one is left to cheer his declining years. This a son, Charles S., is connected with the firm of John S. Brittain & Co., wholesale dry goods. He married Miss Mary Robertson, of Danville, Kentucky, October 22, 1843, and has a family of four children, James R., Charles S., Simeon, and Mary Lee. Few men have lived in the community as long as Mr. Kemper, and no one has enjoyed in a greater degree the respect, esteem and confidence of the community than this sturdy pioneer, who has now passed his four-score and two years. He has long been an earnest and consistent member of the M. E. Church (south), and his sterling qualities of mind and heart and his Christian graces will long live in the memories of the citizens of St. Joseph who are favored with his acquaintance.
JOHN KENMUIR
was born in Lisburn, County Antrim, Ireland, of Scotch-Irish parentage, February 14, 1831. His father, William Kenmuir, was a watchmaker and manufacturing jeweler, and bred his sons to that business. In 1827, W. K. established himself in Ballynahinch, County Down, Ireland. The firm name was Kenmuir & Sons. The reputation of the house was soon estab- lished, and a vast flow of patronage followed. This firm is yet extant, and the venerable William Kenmuir, now (1881) in his eighty-third year, still continues to give personal attention to the supervision of the concern. John Kenmuir, the subject of this sketch, is one of a family of
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seven children, four of whom were boys, all bred to the trade of watch- making. James Kenmuir, a brother, is a representative watchmaker and jeweler of Kansas City. August 17, 1850, after having served his seven years' apprenticeship, John left his native home for the West. Land- ing in the city of New York, he immediately established himself there as a manufacturing jeweler and watchmaker. His marked ability and strict attention to business soon achieved for him a reputation which commanded for him an immense business. Seized with a desire of visit- ing the West, in 1863, he determined to leave New York, and finally landed in Leavenworth City, Kansas, where he established, on Delaware Street, between Third and Fourth, a retail business in clocks and watches, which at one time amounted to $80,000 a year. In 1873, he moved to St. Joseph, where he established himself on Felix, between Fifth and Sixth Streets, moving from Leavenworth City to that point his immense stock of goods and fixtures. He also established in St. Joseph the Bell telephone, a full history of which enterprise will be found in the body of this work under its proper head. Mr. Kenmuir sustained serious loss by the unauthorized compromise, on the part of his attorneys, of a law suit in which he was engaged. The effect of this compromise was to temporarily cripple his resources. He is, however, (1881) again established in business on Felix Street, three doors above his former stand, where he is rapidly recovering his losses. At every fair and mechanical exposition at which his work has been displayed, his ability has received substantial recognition in the way of diplomas, medals and premiums. At one Kansas State Fair he was presented with a gold medal valued at fifty dollars, and at another a silver pitcher of similar value. Other associations in Canada and New York have recognized and similarly honored his skill.
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