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UNITED WORKMEN.
Linneus Lodge No. 71, A. O. U. W., was instituted by District Grand Deputy Charles Bonney. Its charter is dated July 25, 1878. The charter members and first officers were F. W. Powers, P. M. W .; P. H. Perkins, M. W .; J. V. Martin, G. F .; J. F. Lash, overseer; M. R. Jenkins, recorder; H. Wanke, receiver; S. Brandenberger, F .; W. M. Price, G .; C. S. Homan, I. W .; S. Trader, O. W .; and J. H. Bradley, T. E. Brawner, William Mor- ris, M. Brandenberger. The present officers are, J. H. Bradley, P. M. W .; Frank T. Doan, M. W .; George W. Stephens, G. F .; J. B. Wilcox, O .; W. S. O'Rear, recorder; J. F. Lash, receiver; P. H. Perkins, financier; T. E. Brawner, guide; A. F. Chidester, I. W .; C. J. Dray, O. W. The present number of members is forty-four, The hall used is rented from the Odd Fellows. The recorder states that only one death has occurred in this lodge, that of S. Brandenberger, a worthy and influential member, who died No- vember 1, 1881. At present the lodge is in a flourishing condition.
ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER.
No report received.
THE CHURCHES OF LINNEUS.
Baptist Church-The First Baptist Church of Linneus, which was first called the Locust Creek Baptist Church, was organized on the sixteenth day of June, 1839, at a school-house about three miles northwest of Linneus. Elders Alton F. Martin and Fielding Wilhoit were the ministers assisting in the constitution. "The constituent members, sixteen in number, were
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William Clarkston, Peter Fore, Boling R. Ashbrook, John Walkup, Seth Botts, William S. Flournoy, John G. Flournoy, Augustus W. Flournoy, Charles A. Ford, Rhoda Gallaway, Sallie P. Flournoy, Elizabeth F. Ball, Chinesa Potts, Mary P. Flournoy, Martha A. S. Flournoy, and Nancy Botts. By Wednesday the nineteenth, five others had joined, by letter and relation, being Meschah Smithson, Rebecca Smith, and Susana Woodland by relation, and Michael A. Clark, and Nancy Cornett by letter. The same day Sarah B. Cornett, Narcissa S. Cornett, Elizabeth C. Southerland, Lydia Phillips, Joseph Cherry, Henry Cherry, Alexander Woodland, William H. Holland; John G. Bell, and William J. Cornett were by Elder Wilhoit immersed, be- ing the first persons baptized in the Grand River country." This is a faithful transcript of the first page of the old church record.
The first church building in Linneus was built in 1854, and services held therein, but not completely finished until some time later. It is a substan- tial brick, forty by sixty feet, plainly finished, situated south of the court- house, on the southeast corner of the first block. Although commodious, it is poorly lighted and insufficiently heated for severe winter. The roof is a superb piece of architecture, supporting a belfry and spire. The bell is the best in the village, weighing about seven hundred pounds.
The church, although numbering forty-nine before the end of the first year, was supplied by visiting brethren with preaching, until Sep- tember, 1840, when Rev. Alton F. Martin was called as their first pastor, in which capacity he served acceptably until about 1872, with the exception of short terms of service rendered by Rev. Scott, and an impostor named Francis, and Rev. Hildreth-the latter brother serving less than one year- after which, and perhaps in the same year (1868), Rev. Martin again be- came pastor and served until 1873, when Rev. W. W. Walden was called as pastor. He served for nearly one year and then resigned for want of health to prosecute the work. In July, 1874, Rev. W. S. Huff, was called to the pastorate, for one half his time, and since then the pastors have been Revs. W. T. Graves, F. M. Wadley, and L. L. Wellman. Several ministers have been by this church licensed to preach and ordained.
The present membership of the church is eighty. Among the names upon the original roll appears the first talent and power of intellect of the new country. Many named upon the roll are marked absent by death. Many others have moved to other fields, carrying the truth as it is in Jesus, and using their powers to advance the cause as they did here. ' Some of the constituent members yet live, although thirty-six years are gone since they covenanted to keep house for God.
During the civil war the organization of the church was impaired, and nothing like regular services were held. In 1865 the church was reorgan- ized. At present services are held monthly. No sabbath-school or prayer- meetings are held in connection with the church.
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Methodist Episcopal Church South-The Methodist Episcopal Church South of Linneus was organized in October, 1844. The original members were William Saunders, Mary Saunders, Joseph C. Moore, Mrs. Hodge, Mrs. Buck, Mrs. Bell, and S. D. Sandusky, the latter the only one of the number now living. The organization was first effected at Muddy school-house, one mile southeast of Linneus, by Rev. J. K. Hawkins. Meetings were at first held in this school-house and then at Mr. Sandusky's residence. The church building, a frame, and the one now used, was erected in the year 1858, at a cost of about $1,500. It was dedicated soon after by Rev. Dr. McAnally, the present editor of the St. Louis Christian Advocate .. For the last ten years the pastors have been as follows: 1871-72, B. F. John- son; 1872-73, J. G. Blakely; 1873-77, C. Grimes; 1877-80, Elmore Car- lyle; 1880, G. Tanquary. The present membership of the church is ninety- eight.
Christian Church-The Christian Church of Linneus was organized in the year 1853. Some of the original members were Nancy Prewitt, A. D. and Elizabeth Rawlins, Susan J. Ware, Nancy Crawford, Richard Woodson, L. H. and Rebecca Collins, Elizabeth Relph, Emeline Brown, Jacob Smith, Samuel Sutton, and E. B. Melvin. The church building, a frame, was built in the year 1856, at a cost of $2,000. The pastors have been Revs. Carter, McCormack, B. H. Smith, J. N. Wright, J. H. Carter, J. A. Meng, W. D. Jordin, and C. P. Evans. The present membership of the church is fifty-three. Services are held once in each month, and social meetings on the first day of the week. There is a good Sunday-school in connection with the church.
Methodist Episcopal Church (Northern Methodist)-No report received in time for incorporation.
Second Baptist Church, colored-This church was organized in 1865, with the following members: Jesse Johns, Henry Walden, Martha Wal- den, Harriet Russell, Mary Cheatham, J. Baker, Mary Johns, and Mary Hanson. A frame church building in which services are held was erected in 1868, at a cost of about $600. In this building the colored school is taught. The pastors of this church have been B. Hillman and Hardin Morton.
LIST OF OFFICERS OF THE TOWN OF LINNEUS FROM 1870 TO 1882.
1870-Mayor, G. W. Stephens; councilmen, H. P. Higgins, A. M. Clark- son, P. H. Perkins, R. J. Alexander, R. S. Boyles; clerk, P. H. Perkins; . marshal, W. A. Edwards.
1871-Mayor, J. H. Cundiff; councilmen, William S. McClanahan, John Detwiler, Jefferson Kennedy, T. E. Brawner, H. Emanuel; clerk and treasurer, H. Emanuel; marshal, W. A. Edwards.
1872-Mayor, G. W. Stephens; councilmen, C. M. Freeman, Rice Mor- ris, P. H. Perkins, T. T. Easley, Carlos Boardman; clerk and treasurer, P. H. Perkins; marshal, W. P. Menifee.
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1873-Mayor, George W. Stephens; removed from corporation and Jan- uary 23, 1874, T. E. Brawner appointed; councilmen, Robert Boyles, T. E. Brawner, Jefferson Kennedy, removed, and in July M. E. Parr appointed to fill vacancy; William S. McClanahan; P. H. Perkins; clerk, B. J. North- cott; marshal, W. A. Edwards. At the election this year (1873) there was a tie on councilmen between Brawner and Stephen Fore, which was de- cided by lot in favor of Brawner. There was also a tie vote on mayor be- tween George W. Stephens and A. W. Mullins. At a new election -Ste- phens was elected.
1874-Mayor, William S. McClanahan; councilmen, H. S. Higgins, L. W. Clark, Harvey Wanke, G. K. Denbo, F. W. Powers; clerk, B. J. North- cott; marshal and street commissioner, J. B. Moore; treasurer, T. H. Flood.
1875-Mayor, William . S. McClanahan; councilmen, L. W. Clark, F. W. Powers, H. Wanke, G. K. Denbo, H. S. Higgins; clerks, G. B. Wil- burn and J. V. Martin; marshal and street commissioner, J. B. Moore; treasurer, T. H. Flood.
1876-Mayor, Carlos Boardman; councilmen, G. J. Havens, E. B. Banks, John McDaniels, John Detwiler, S. Brandenberger; clerk, J. V. Martin; marshal and collector, Irvin Auberry to December fifth, then J. B. Moore; treasurer, T. H. Flood.
1877-Mayor, E. R, Stephens; councilmen, F. W. Powers, George J. Havens, Rice Morris, Charles Holloway, S. Brandenberger; clerk, J. V. Martin; marshal and collector, Joseph Ansmus; treasurer, T. H. Flood.
1878-Mayor, E. Chesround; councilmen, S. L. Bradley, J. B. Mc- Daniels, J. F. Lash, J. H. Bradley, William Price; clerk, J. V. Martin; marshal and collector, T. M. McClanahan; attorney, J. B. Wilcox; treas. urer, T. H. Flood.
1879-Mayor, W. W. Peery; councilmen, Rice Morris, J. M. Smith, C. G. Cummins, W. M. Price, S. Brandenberger; clerk, J. V. Martin; mar- shal and collector, T. M. McClanahan; attorney, J. B. Wilcox, treasurer, T. H. Flood; assessor, J. V. Martin.
1880-Mayor, S. V. Martin; councilmen, L. W. Clark, H. L. Binford, resigned in July and B. A. Jones appointed; H. Wanke, D. I. Stephenson, J. H. Craig; clerk, F. L. Binford; marshal and collector, Gray Boulware to December tenth and then J. M. Smith; treasurer, T. H. Flood.
1881-Mayor, P. H. Perkins; councilmen, William Price, J. H. Brad- ley, J. H. Wilkinson, D. J. Grear; clerk, B. J. Northcott to November tenth, and then James A. Clark, Jr .; attorney, C. W. Bigger; assessor, Robert Boyles; marshal, J. M. Smith; treasurer, T. H. Flood.
The first post-office in Linneus was established about the year 1840. Dr. J. C. Cooper is generally believed to have been the first postmaster; John U. Parsons the second; Marshall Harrison the third; E. H. Richardson the fourth; Robert Ferguson the fifth, and Harvey Wanke the sixth and pres- ent.
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES-LINNEUS AND LOCUST CREEK TOWNSHIP .*
JUDGE GAVON D. BURGESS
of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Missouri; residence Linneus. Fore- most among the prominent citizens of Linn county whose public ser- vice entitle them to special mention in the biographical department of this work stands Judge Burgess of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Missouri. He was born in Mason county, Kentucky, on the fifth day of November, 1833. His father, Mr. Henry D. Burgess, was a native of Maryland, and after moving to Kentucky served the county of Fleming in the legislature for two consecutive terms. He had first settled in Mason county, where our subject was born, but soon afterwards removed to Fleming, where the Judge was reared. He was educated wholly in his native State, and read law in the office of Hon. W. H. Cord of Flemingburg, author of "Cord on the Rights of Married Women," a work of standard merit among the legal profession. Judge Burgess was the pupil of Mr. Cord for about four years and then began the practice of his profession in the same town in 1854. The same year he formed a partnership with. Hon. Salucins Garfield, a distant relative of the lamented President James A. Garfield of Ohio. This connection lasted about a year, when Judge Burgess, in the fall of 1855. dissolved the partnership by coming to Missouri. He spent the suc- ceeding winter (1855-56) in St. Joseph, and in the spring went to Milan in Sullivan county, and there began the practice of law. He continued there till the spring of 1866, and then removed to Linnens, Linn county. Here he practiced successfully, handling many important cases, till the summer of 1874, when he was nominated by the Democratic convention at Brookfield as their candidate for judge of the circuit above mentioned. Judge Bur- gess was not present at their convention, but his friends were numerous and active, and he received the nomination over three other popular gentlemen. The Republicans had put out a strong candidate, and at the fall election Judge Burgess was elected by a close race in a hotly contested campaign, receiving one hundred and seventy-five majority over his Republican oppo- nent. Again in 1880 he received the nomination of the Democracy and was duly elected at the ensuing election. In this race he was opposed by Hall of Trenton, who in addition to the Republican vote received the full strength of the Greenback party. Judge B.'s majority in this contest was nearly eight hundred.
Judge Burgess was married in March, 1855, to Miss Delia Trimble,
* Several biographies in this township were mislaid and will be found as an addendum to the last chapter of the book.
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daughter of Robert Trimble of Fleming county Kentucky. They had but one child, a son who died in infancy. Mrs. Burgess belongs to the Metho . dist Episcopal Church South, but the Judge belongs to none. He is a mem - ber of the Masonic fraternity, however, and is a Master Mason.
At time of this writing (1881-82) Judge Burgess's term of office is unexpired. The marked ability with which he has dispensed the functions of his office, and the honorable manner with which he has graced the dignified position, have made him many friends among all political parties. * He has filled other positions in Sullivan county, having represented her in the legislature in 1858-59. Subsequently he was judge of the Probate Court, and still later was county attorney by appointment. Always a hard student and untir- ingly devoted to the profession of law, Judge Burgess achieved only what he merited-an eminent success.
JUDGE CARLOS BOARDMAN,
attorney, Linneus. Judge Boardman was born in Rutland county, Ver- mont, November 29, 1818. His father was Charles G. Boardman, a gentleman of English descent, whose father was in the marine service of the Colonies, during the Revolutionary War. Judge Boardman's mother was Submit Watkins a lady of Puritan extraction. He resided in Rutland county until he was twenty-three years old. He received his education in the common schools and at Middlebury (Vermont) University, graduating from the latter institution in the class of 1842, receiving the degree of A. B., an honor well earned and merited by four years of untiring energy and ap- plication. Soon after leaving college, in the spring of 1843, he came to Howard county, Missouri, and engaged in teaching for about eighteen months. He began the study of law in the office of Hon. John B. Clark, Sr., of Fayette, and was the pupil of that able and distinguished gentleman during the years 1844 and 1845. In the latter year he was admitted to the bar at Fayette. In the ensuing fall he came to Linneus and began the practice of law and has assiduously devoted himself to his profession since that time, being the senior member of the bar of the place. He was the first county attorney and public administrator of Linn county, after its or- ganization, holding the two offices at the same time, for a period of ten years, or until the outbreak of the civil war. Judge Boardman himself took no active or prominent part in the war, and never left the county during its continuance. In 1866, he was elected judge of the Probate Court, running on the Republican ticket, and served one term of four years. In 1872, he was elected prosecuting attorney on the same ticket and served two years. Upon the expiration of his term he again resumed the regular prac- tice of law, and has continued in his profession ever since. . Judge Board- man was married in the fall of 1852, to Miss Maria Thing, daughter of Samuel Thing, formerly of Linneus, now deceased. They had two sons,
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who died in youth. He is a member of Jackson Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Linneus. Judge Boardman is universally recognized as one of the best informed lawyers in this section of Missouri. He is still an untiring stu- dent, and his knowlege of history and general literature equals his legal at- tainments. Perhaps no other citizen of the county is so well versed in Shaksperian literature and the writings of Dickens and other authors as he, and no better citizen lives anywhere than Judge Carlos Boardman.
THOMAS E. BRAWNER,
editor Bulletin, Linneus, Missouri, was born in Richmond, Kentucky, in 1836, and is the son of George and Ann (Turner) Brawner, the latter a daughter of Edward Turner, of Madison county, Kentucky. Thomas E. was the fourth child and eldest son of a family of nine children. When he was but one year old his father removed to Missouri, first settling in Clay county, where he remained about four years. He then removed to Grundy county, where he resided for four years, and then located at Bruns- wick, in Chariton county, where the subject of this sketch was principally reared and received his education. In 1850 he entered the office of the Brunswicker, a newspaper then managed by Hon. John H. Blue, one of the pioneers of Central Missouri. At this time he had not completed his education, and attended the Brunswick Seminary after he had begun to learn the art of printing. In 1852 he went to Columbia, and was employed in the office of the Statesman, (founded by Colonel William F. Switzler,) until the spring of 1857, when he went to Milan, Sullivan county, and es- tablished the Milan Farmer, a paper Democratic in politics but thoroughly devoted to the local interests of the town and county. He successfully conducted this journal until 1859, when he was induced to come to Linneus and establish the Linneus Bulletin. Upon the breaking out of the civil war, the following year, he sold the Bulletin to a Mr. Williams, and having always been a Democrat, and a supporter of Stephen A. Douglas in the campaign of 1860, entered the United States service in Captain Rice Mor- ris's company, F, Twenty-third Missouri Volunteer Infantry, commanded by Colonel Jacob Tindall. He was mustered in November 22, 1861, and elected and commissioned first lieutenant of his company. He served till April 6, 1862, when he was captured at the battle of Pittsburg Landing and held seven months, at Montgomery, Alabama, and Madison, Georgia. The following November he was exchanged and returned to Linneus, where he engaged in merchandizing until after the close of the war. During the same period he served as constable and also as deputy under Sheriff Cave. In June, 1871, he again resumed the publication of a Democratic paper at Linneus, still called the Bulletin. He conducted this enterprise success- fully until June, 1873, when he formed a copartnership with Mr. G. W. Tyler, and the two have been associated in the management of the paper
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ever since. The Bulletin is uncompromisingly Democratic in politics, but is devoted to the interests of the entire county.
Mr. Brawner has been thrice married. He first married Miss Lizzie Neet, at Lexington, Missouri, in 1858. By this marriage he has one son, now living at Lexington. Mrs. Brawner died while her husband was in the army. His second wife was Miss Lizzie Stanley, who only lived a short time. He was again married in March, 1865, to Miss IIuldah Gibson, nee Barton.
Mr. Brawner had one son by his second marriage, who died in infancy. By his last marriage he has had three children, all boys, two of whom are still living.
Mr. and Mrs. Brawner are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and Mr. Brawner belongs to the Ancient Order of United Workmen.
Politically, Mr. Brawner has always been a Democrat, and devoted to the interests of that great party.
FRANCIS MARION BOLES.
This outline presents another name of a county officer who was to the manor born.
Mr. Boles is the son of James R. and Elizabeth (Cook) Boles, and he was born in Yellow Creek township two miles north of St. Catharine, on the eighth day of December, 1843. The father came to Linn county from Kentucky in October, 1840, and settled on the farm where Marion was born. The latter grew to manhood in Linn county, and here received his education. The civil war came on when Marion was about eighteen years old, and he entered the Union service in Company I of the Twenty-third Missouri Volunteer Infantry regiment commanded by Colonel Morton, and company by Marion Cave. His regiment was assigned to the Fourteenth Army Corps, commanded by Jefferson C. Davis. Mr. Boles saw the most of his serv- ice in Georgia and the Carolinas, and was in Sherman's "March to the Sea " and the battles therein. He was in the service from August, 1862, till the close, and was inustered out at Washington, and disbanded at St. Louis. After making a short western tour he returned to Linn county, and has been here constantly since that time, farming in spring and summer, and teaching in winter, till he was elected constable of Locust Creek township in 1872. For eight years he served as constable, and six years of the time he was deputy; under Sheriff's Chesround and Phillips. Mr. Boles received the nomination for sheriff on the Democratic ticket in 1880, and at the ensuing election was duly elected over his Republican and Greenback com- petitors. Mr. Boles's efficient service had rendered him quite popular as a deputy, and he was complimented by many votes from all parties, and out- ran his ticket by nearly three hundred, receiving a majority of three hun- dred and twenty-seven.
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Mr. Boles was married on the twenty-ninth day of September, 1878, to Miss Ella Crowley, daughter of Charles Crowley, deceased. They have one daughter.
Mr. Boles belongs to the Masonic and Odd Fellows' orders at Linnens. Po- litically he is a Democrat, and cast his first presidential vote for General George B. McClellan, while still in the service, at Kingston, Georgia. There were but two others of his company who voted as he did, it being by no means popular to support any Democrat. Mr. Boles has proved an effi- cient officer, and at this writing his term is unexpired:
ROBERT S. BOYLES.
The gentleman whose name leads this sketch, and who has been for many years one of the business men of Linneus, is a native of Ohio, and was born on a farm in Perry county July 1, 1837. His parents were John and Christina (Munn) Boyles, both natives of Pennsylvania. When Robert was eleven years old, his father moved with his family to Hancock county, same State, and there. Robert grew up and received his education. His early schooling was received in the common schools, where the foundation of his education was laid. He subsequently attended the high school at Finley, Ohio, and in 1858 attended the normal school at Leb- anon. He taught school after completing his own education, following that vocation in Ohio and Iowa till the outbreak of the Rebellion. When the war came up, Mr. Boyles being Union in sentiment enlisted for the national preservation, in Company I, of the Fifth Iowa Volunteer Infantry. He served fourteen months, when he was discharged because of physical dis- ability. He had participated in several small fights or skirmishes but no heavy battles. He went back to Ohio after his discharge, and engaged in farming till the organization of the Ohio National Guards in 1864. Mr. Boyles recruited Company G, of the One Hundred and Forty-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, of which he was elected captain, and entered with his company into the hundred-day service. They served about four months, and were discharged. In 1866, Mr. Boyles came to Linn county, Missouri, and most of that time has lived in Linneus where he has been engaged first in the livery business, and subsequently in the mercantile business. At this writing he is sole proprietor of the general grocery house, firm style of "R. S. Boyles," having recently bought out his old partner, Dr. E. F. Per- kins. His house does a good trade in that line with an increasing patronage as the country grows.
Mr. Boyles was married in December, 1863, to Miss Helen M. Dyche, of McComb, Ohio, daughter of John Dyche, Esq. They are the parents of four children living, and two deceased. Mr. Boyles is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, but Mrs. Boyles belongs to the Missionary Baptist Church. He also belongs to the A. O. U. W. lodge of Linneus.
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Mr. Boyles is a gentleman of staid business principles, his motto being to deal fairly by all men, and so live as to merit the confidence and patronage of his fellow men.
JOHN HENRY BRADLEY.
This gentleman is the son of James H. and Nancy (Keller) Bradley, and was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, on the eleventh of October, 1829. His parents were native Kentuckians, who moved to Indiana in about 1827. They moved back to Lexington, Kentucky, in 1831, and there the family resided till 1840, when they moved to Clay county, Missouri, and located at Liberty. At that place John grew to manhood, and received his educa- tion. The last schooling he had was at Camden Point, in Platte county. Mr. Bradley had been reared to farming as a vocation, and followed that calling till .1850. In that year he, like thousands of others, determined to try his fortune in the newly discovered gold fields of California. He crossed the plains with a wagon train, and stopped at Placerville, and remained two years, engaged in mining and trading .. He was more fortunate than many others, and managed to make more money. In the spring of 1853, he re- turned to Missouri, making the tour by water, via Panama and New Orleans. He located at Plattsburg, in Clinton county, and there began selling goods, which he continued till the civil war. He then went to Nebraska and remained till 1866, when he came to Linneus in this county, and has resided here ever since. For the first six years Mr. Bradley sold drugs, after starting in business here, and since that time has been constantly in the grocery business. The firm he is now connected with is that of Bradley & Phillips, his partner being ex Sheriff John P. Phillips. They carry a complete stock of general groceries, queensware, etc., and aim to deal fairly by all.
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