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JAMES VOGT,
farmer and stock dealer, section 9, was born in Didorf, Province of Sax- ony, Prussia, August 21, 1840, and came to the United States in the spring of 1863. In 1866, he went to St. Joseph, Missouri, and came to this county in 1867, settling in Graham, where he remained until 1878, when he came to White Cloud Township and bought his farm. He received a legal education in Prussia and in this country, and attended the Wolfville College, or Arcade College, in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, for three years, acquiring a thorough education. He was in the mercan- tile trade in Graham, with John Schmitz, for eight years, doing a large and successful business, and upon selling out he came to his farm, and has since been a very extensive stock dealer. His hog business amounts to $50,000 a year. He has the entire confidence of the community, as his word is considered as good as his note, and is never disputed. His great experience in handling stock renders his advice excellent. His farm, two and a-half miles from Barnard, containing 160 acres, is a fine place, with a large and convenient barn. He is a man of culture and reading, and well posted on governmental matters and the topics of the day. Mr. Vogt married Miss Martha E. Bohart, daughter of Peter Bohart, of this county, in March, 1873. They have three children : James C., Nancy May and George Francis.
A. W. WALLACE, M. A.,
farmer, is the possessor of 180 acres of land on sections 20 and 30. He was born in Ireland, and was reared in Scotland, receiving a good edu- cation. In the spring of 1851 he came to this country and settled in this county, where he bought and improved a farm and sold it. He after- ward purchased his present one, and improved it also. He has a fine orchard and various kinds of fruit. Mr. W. worked many years in a factory. He was married in October, 1849, to Miss Agnes Waugh, who was born in Ireland, but raised in Scotland. Of this union there are six children living : John Edward, Robert James, William Carson, Chris- topher Columbus, Grant, Mary Jane, and Nancy Elizabeth. Nancy E. married John Beecher ; Mary Jane married Morgan Turner ; Robert J. married Miss Stonehawker ; John married Mary Criss, of Andrew County. Mrs. Wallace died December 25, 1877. The children are members of the M. E. Church, and Mr. W. is a Scotch Presbyterian.
CALEB B. WILSON,
miller and farmer, section 2, was born in Orange County, North Caro- lina, in January, 1834, and the same year came to Clay County, Missouri. His father moved to Andrew County, in 1842, and bought a farm, living
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upon it some eleven years, when he was killed by the kick of a horse. Caleb remained on the farm until 1874, when he came to this county and bought the Bridgewater mill, with other parties, and also purchased a farm. He has conducted them ever since that time. The mill was built by a Mr. Cock, in an early day, and perhaps was the first one in the in the county. Mr. Wilson commenced milling while a boy with a horse- power, and has the knowledge gained by long experience to make the best of flour, and has a reputation which reaches far and wide. He has a fine farm and a beautiful home, with abundance of fruit. He married Miss Susan O. Dobbs, of Indiana, in 1855. They have six children liv- ing : Martha Isabel, Sonora Agnes, Anna Lucy, Homer, Alveta Grace and Lena Pearl. Three sons are deceased : One, Rolly, was killed by a horse when twelve years of age. Mr. W.'s mother lives in Nebraska, with her son William, and is seventy-eight years old. Ralph T. Wilson, his brother, was County Clerk of Andrew County, and died in 1866, leaving two children : Emelie Ettie, married Joseph P. Duncan, of Andrew County, and Robert B. The latter had an attack of spotted fever when he was four years old, which left him perfectly blind. He soon after lost his father and mother, and was left alone with his sister. In 1874, when he was sixteen years old, he went to the Blind Asylum at St. Louis, for six years, and to the Washington University for one year, and is now a well educated young man. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson are mem- bers of the Baptist Church.
NELSON WILSON,
farmer and retired merehant, has 130 acres of land in section 30. He was born in Clark County, Illinois, in 1840, and came to this state in 1865, commencing farming with his father, Reason Wilson, near Mary- ville. In 1872 he engaged in trade in Bridgewater, and continued the business there and in Arkoe, until 1881, when he sold out. He then moved on to his farm, which he is improving for a home. He married Miss Martha E. Gaskill, in this county, in 1869. They have five child- ren: Dora, Reason, Wesley, Theodore, and Jeannetta. He was post- master at Bridgewater and Arkoe, for nine years. Reason Wilson, his father was born in Kentucky in 1805, and came to Missouri in 1865, and settled on a farm near Maryville, where he died in 1878. He married Sarah Clapp in Illinois. She was born in South Carolina, her parents being German. Of this marriage there are now living: Lewis, Alexan- der, Clarinda, Harriet, Perry, Elizabeth, Sarah and Reason. Mrs. Wilson is now living with her son in Nebraska.
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A. C. BARBER,
farmer and stock raiser, section 35, was born in Adams County, Illinois, May 5, 1848, and is a son of William and Eliza (Hammond) Barber, who were natives of England. A. C. spent his boyhood days and received his education in his native state, and, in 1872, came to Nodaway County, Missouri, settling near where he now resides. He was married December 23, 1877, to Miss Ann M. Cortin, a native of McDonough County, Illi- nois. She is a daughter of Alonzo and Ann Maria (Hays) Cortin. The latter was born in McDonough County, Illinois, February 23, 1829, and died April 15, 1853. Mr. and Mrs. Barber have three children : John F., born September 24, 1878; Lillian, born January II, 1879, and an infant, born in December, 1881. They are members of the M. E. Church.
WILLIAM H. BARBER,
farmer and stock raiser, section 12, is a native of Adams County, Illinois, and was born the 3d day of January, 1855, being the son of Wil- liam and Eliza (Hammond) Barber. William spent his boyhood days and received his education in his native state, coming to Nodaway County, Missouri, in 1872. He was married on the 4th of April, 1881, to Miss Annie E. Wing, a native of Gentry County, born on the 2d of May, 1860. She was the daughter of Charles and Elizabeth (Button) Wing, the former a native of Albany, New York, born April 1, 1818. and her mother of Warren County, New York, born February 2, 1825. They were married April 5, 1848, and afterwards settled in Glenn Falls, New York, moving to Wisconsin in 1854, and 1855 to Illinois, thence to Gentry County, Missouri, in 1857, and to Nodaway County, Missouri, in 1865, they locating near Maryville. Mr. Barber spent his boyhood days in this county, and received the advantages of a good education. He and his wife are both members of the M. E. Church. His farm consists of 255 acres of good land.
SAMUEL BENDER,
farmer and stock raiser, section 13, is a native of Boone County, Indiana, and was born November 12, 1843, being the son of David and Mary
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(Lucas) Bender. His father was born in 1804, and died in April, 1878. His mother was born in 1812. They were married in 1828, and settled in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and moved to Holt County, Missouri, in 1852. Samuel spent his boyhood days and received his education in Holt County, Missouri. He enlisted in November, 1861, in Company H, of the Missouri State Militia, and in April, 1862, in the cavalry service, and was mustered out in August, 1865. He was married December 27, 1868, to Miss J. E. Roberts, a native of Highland County, Ohio. She was born in 1848, and subsequently came to Missouri with her parents and settled in Holt County. They had a family of three : Edmond and Ephraim R., living, and one is deceased, Ebbia. Mr. and Mrs. B. are members of the M. E. Church.
S. BOSLEY,
farmer and stock raiser, section 12, was born in Trumbull County, Ohio, June 4, 1826, and is a son of Elisha and Clarrissa (Wilber) Bosley, natives of New York, who settled in Trumbull County, Ohio, and thence moved to Whitesides County, Illinois, in 1834. They lived there until their death. Their son, the subject of this memoir, spent his boy- hood days and received his education in his native county, and was married July 1, 1846, to Miss Laura Johnson, a native of Onondaga County, New York, born the 2d of April, 1825. She is a daughter of Charles M. and Mary (Bennett) Johnson, natives of New York. Her father was born in 1796, and died May 25, 1880. Her mother was born in 1799, and died in July, 1881. They were married in 1820, and then located in Onondaga County, New York, and moved to Geauga County, Ohio, in 1827, and to Joliet, Illinois, in 1847. Mr. and Mrs. Bosley moved to Geauga County, Ohio, in 1847, and thence to Will County, Illinois, settling near Joliet. There he purchased and improved a farm, but sold out in 1870, and came to Nodaway County, Missouri, and made his home about four miles of east of Skidmore, now owning 160 acres of improved land. They have nine children living : William R., Claridon, Edward, Jackson, Alonzo, Melissa, L., Lodema, and Sylvester. They have lost one daughter, Julia, born October 2, 1862, and died in April, 1863. Mr. and Mrs. Bosley are members of the Lutheran Church.
JOHN BROWN,
farmer and stock raiser, section 4, is a native of Jackson County, Ten- nessee, was born on the 23d of August, 1824, and is a son of Andrew and Mary (Yount) Brown. His father was a native of Sullivan County, Ten- nessee, and his mother of North Carolina. They moved to Platte County, Missouri, and settled on a farm in 1837, and in 1840 came to Nodaway
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County, locating in Hughes Township, where the elder Brown purchased a claim, and it was the first land broken in Nodaway County. Mr. Brown's father laid out Graham in 1855. He started out in life as a blacksmith, when at the age of eighteen years, working with James Black one year, and then with Isaac Clark for a like period. In 1849 he moved some five miles north of Graham and purchased a farm of 160 acres, and farmed in connection with blacksmithing. In 1850 he went to Califor- nia by the way of Salt Lake, being on the road four months. He was engaged in mining, and in 1852 returned to Missouri by the way of San Francisco to New Orleans. He followed agricultural pursuits until the breaking out of the war in 1861, when he enlisted in Company A, in Col. Slayback's Regiment, and participated in the battles of Blue Mills and Lexington, Missouri ; Elkhorn, Arkansas ; Corinth, Atlanta and Vicksburg. At the close of the war he returned to his home in Noda- way County, Missouri, remaining a short time, and then started for Nebraska. After an absence of eighteen months he came again to Nod- away County and rented a farm for two years, when he purchased his present place of 254 acres of finely improved land. Mr. Brown was mar- ried February 28, 1846, to Miss P. Bohannan, who was born October 20, 1828. She died November 4, 1877, leaving seven children living : Sarah A., A. J., Elizabeth A., Zella E., Hester C., George W. and Tilmon T. Mary E, died February 20, 1874 ; Amanda J. died in October, 1852. In religious preferences he is a Cumberland Presbyterian. He is also a Mason in good standing.
N. H. BURKHEAD,
proprietor of hotel, is a native of Harrison County, Ohio, and was born on the 9th day of October, 1829, being the son of M. F. and Sarah (Bar- nett) Burkhead. His father was a native of Fairfield, Maryland, born in 1803, and died in September, 1873. His mother was a native of Cul- peper, Virginia, and born in 1800. She died in 1881. They were mar- ried in 1824, and then settled in Harrison County, Ohio. N. H. Burk- head passed his youthful days and received his schooling in his native state, commencing farming for himself in Harrison County, Ohio, in 1849. He subsequently sold out and settled in Adams County, Illinois, in 1870, and then moved to Springfield, of the same state. In the year 1872 he came to Nodaway County, Missouri, and purchased 160 acres of unimproved land. Here he spent his time in improving his farm. In 1880 he sold out and moved to Skidmore, and erected a hotel. He was united in marriage on the 8th day of June, 1848, to Miss Rebecca And- rews, who was born December 11, 1828, in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. She was the daughter of J. and Libbie (Archibald) Andrews. Mrs. B. died on the 4th of February, 1875, leaving the following children: S. A.,
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Sabitha J., Harriet, M. F., Mary, Milton, S. M., Elizabeth, Lourina, Rachel, and Joseph H. Mr. B. was married the second time on the 17th of March, 1878, to Mrs. William Rodman, whose maiden name was Mar- garet Roberts. She was born 1835, and is a native of Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. B. are members of the M. E. Church. Mr. B. enlisted in Com- pany H, Eighty-ninth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, during the war and did service in all the southern states, participating in most every battle. He was discharged at the close of the war.
ENOCH DAY,
lumberman, is a native of Jackson County, Indiana, and was born on the 2d day of March, 1841, being the son of Elijah and Isabel (James) Day. His father was a native of Clermont County, Ohio, born in 1801, and died in 1872. His mother was of the same county, born in 1805. She died in 1846. They were married in 1827. E. P. spent his boyhood days and received his education in his native state. When he was at the age six years, his mother died, and, in 1852, his father moved to Van Buren County, Iowa, and there the son remained till 1860, when he went to Ohio, and remained till 1862. He next removed to Hender- son County, Illinois, and, in September of that year, enlisted in Company B, Ninety-first Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and did service in Texas and New Mexico. He was mustered out in 1865, and returned to Illi- nois. Mr. Day married, on the 25th of December, 1867, Miss Cordelia Haseltine, daughter of E. G. and Sarah (Hume) Haseltine, of Warren County, Illinois. After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Day settled in Clarke County, Iowa, on a farm, and lived there till 1875, when they moved to Nodaway County, Missouri, and located four miles southwest of Maryville, purchasing eighty acres of unimproved land. He sold this in September, 1880, and took charge of Howell Brothers' lumber yard, at Skidmore. Mr. and Mrs. Day's family consists of four children : Isabel, Cora, Elmer C. and Della M. The firm with whom Mr. Day is connected was the first to handle lumber in this city.
JAMES P. DIKE, JR.,
merchant, is a native of Brooklyn, New York, and was born on the 22d day of May, 1859, being the third son of James P. and Harriett (Allen) Dike. His father was a native of Providence, Rhode Island, born on the 18th of March, 1831. His mother was a native of Heath, Massachusetts, born October 23, 1832. They were married February 18, 1853, and after- wards settled in Brooklyn, James P. Dike, Sr., being a member of the firm of Dike & Bros., dealers in foreign and domestic wool, of New York City. Their family consisted of four sons. The eldest, A. P., was a civil
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engineer, with headquarters at St. Joseph, Missouri ; the second son, E. A., was a prominent attorney of New York City ; the fourth one is now attending Harvard College. The subject of this sketch spent his boy- hood days and received his common school education at Brooklyn, New York. In 1874, he entered a college which had been established in 1842, Henry Cochian being president. He graduated in 1878, with the highest honors of the college, and then entered the employ of Noyes, Smith & Co., of New York City, with whom he remained till April, 1880, when he came west, and was engaged in working with Florence, Janssen & Co., Atchison, Kansas, as traveling salesman. After about four months, he became associated with Isaac Motter, of St. Joseph, and opened a general stock at Skidmore. In business circles Mr. D. is honored by all for his unswerving integrity. He is reserved in manners, yet possesses qualities which enable him to express views on all topics of the day.
EDWARD T. DUVAL,
of the firm of Markland, Earl & Company, merchants, is a native of Augusta County, Virginia, and was born September 10, 1851, the only son of John B. and Eliza Duval. The former was born in Ohio, and the latter in Augusta County, Virginia, September 29, 1825, and died in 1854. They were married June 20, 1848, and then settled at Waynes- boro Virginia, and moved to Fisherville, Virginia, in 1851. Edward passed his earlier days in his native county, and with his father moved to Atchison, Kansas, in 1869, and in December of the same year to Savannah, Andrew County, Missouri. He was in the employ of Cono- ver & Stiles, clothiers, at that place, for about two years, and in 1879 entered the house of A. S. Keeves, general merchant, with whom he remained some seven years. During the year 1879 he was a partner of T. H. Beekman, but dissolved in 1880. The October following he entered into partnership with Messrs. Markland & Earl. They opened a general stock at Skidmore, where they are doing a successful business. Mr. Duval was married January 11, 1875, to Miss Emma Shaw, a native of Savannah, Missouri. She was the daughter of Robert Shaw, a promi- nent citizen of that place.
ESQUIRE D. FINNEY,
proprietor of Finney Hotel, is a native of Troy, Rensellaer County, New York, was born on the 28th of August, 1842, and is the son of Charles D. and Nancy (Jones) Finney. His father was a native of Ver- mont, born in 1818, and his mother was from Rensellaer County, New York, born in 1820. They were married in 1841, and then settled in the above county. Esquire spent his boyhood days and received part of
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his education in his native county. At the age of fourteen years, with his parents, he moved to Whiteside County, Illinois, and settled on a farm. His mother died in 1858, and the father was married the second time in 1858. E. D. then made his home with his grandparents and sister, working on a farm. His first purchase of real estate was forty acres of wild land, and he devoted his time in improving this, and con- tinued to live with his grandparents till their death. He married on the 2d of October, 1867, Miss Julia Bosley, who was born in Trumbull County, Ohio, near Farmington, September 7, 1842. Mr. Finney, later, rented his farm and moved to Clinton, Iowa, and devoted his time to speculating. In 1868 he went to Manchester, Scott County, Illinois, and did a livery business till 1869, when he located in Fulton, Whitesides County, and there remained until the spring of 1870. At that time Mar- shall County, Kansas, became his home, and in the following September he came to Nodaway County, Missouri, and purchased over ninety-two acres of wild land in Monroe Township, four miles east of Skidmore. He continued to farm and make improvements, and in October, 1880, built a hotel and stable in Skidmore. Mr. F. is a popular hotel man, and has a good patronage. Mr. and Mrs. F. have one daughter, Ella M., born on the 5th of August, 1871.
J. D. FREEMAN,'
physician and surgeon, was born in Cayuga County, New York, May 25, 1840, and was a son of Reuben and Lydia (Denton) Freeman. The former, a native of New York, was born June 15, 1818, and the latter was born in 1820, in the same state. They were married in 1839, and then settled in Cayuga County, New York, moving, then, to Medina County, Ohio, and afterwards to Iowa, and, in 1859, to Goodhue County, Minnesota. Hastings, Minnesota, became their next location. Mr. Reuben Freeman is a practitioner of many years experience. J. D. passed his early manhood in Medina County, and received a good edu- cation. Having resolved to practice medicine for a profession, he com- menced reading with Dr. Holmes, continuing under his tutorship for three years. In February, 1878, he graduated from the Keokuk Medical College, after having attended two course of lectures at Ann Arbor, Michigan, some years previous. He began practicing at Pine Island, and then located at White Rock, Kansas, and, in 1881, he went to Den- ver, Colorado. Upon returning, he located at Hastings, Nebraska. About January 10, 1882, Dr. F. came to Skidmore, Nodaway County, Missouri, and is now enjoying an excellent practice. He was married September 1, 1864, to Miss Lydia A. Bromley, a native of Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, born July 25, 1847. She was a daughter of O. B. and Alzina (Turner) Bromley, the former a native of New York, born
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in 1817, and the latter is also of that state, born in 1827. During the late war, she, with drawn revolver, protected her husband's stock from being taken by Quantrell. In 1854, they settled in Kansas, and moved to Colorado in 1870. Mr. and Mrs. Freeman's family consists of four children: Eva A., Velma A., O. R. and M.
JOHN J. GRIGSBY,
farmer and stock dealer, section 2, is a native of Hardin County, Ken- tucky, was born December 18, 1826, and is the son of Redman and Nancy (Keeling) Grigsby. His father was a native of Virginia, born in 1800, and died June 7, 1876. His mother was a native of Kentucky. She died in 1828. They were married in 1820, and then settled in Hardin County, Kentucky, moving to McDonough County, Illinois, in 1830. They settled on a farm, being pioneers of that county. Here John spent his boyhood and received his education. He was married on the 7th of September, 1847, to Miss Clarissa P. Hays, a native of Washington County, Ken- tucky. She was a daughter of Thomas R. and Mary (McDonald) Hays. The former, a native of Washington County, Kentucky, born February 14, 1800, and the latter of the same county. She was born on the 20th of November, 1804. They were married December 28, 1822, and then settled in McDonough County, Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. G. became resi- dents of that county, and in 1853 he entered the mercantile business at Blandinsville, Illinois, remaining till 1859, when he came to Nodaway County, Missouri, and settled where he now resides. In 1862 he received a captain's commission in the Missouri Enrolled Militia, and in 1864 enlisted in Company F, Forty-eighth Missouri Volunteer Infantry, and was commissioned a captain of the same. In 1865 he was sent to Camp Douglas, at Chicago, Illinois, doing guard duty, and was afterwards ordered to St. Louis. He was mustered out July 3, 1865. He then returned to his family, and has since devoted his time to farming. Their family consists of one child and an adopted son : Laura B., born on the 28th of August, 1863 ; and William, born November 6, 1863. They have lost two-Elizabeth M., born January 1, 1849, died September 1, 1849 ; and Lillie C., born November 21, 1863, died September 4, 1864. Both Mr. and Mrs. G. are members of the M. E. Church. Mr. G. is a Mason.
LEROY F. HAMMOND,
farmer and stock dealer, owns and resides on section 7. He is a native of Perry County, Ohio, and was born on the 22d of June, 1834, being the son of W. G. and Mary E. (Hatcher) Hammond. His father was a native of Maryland, born in 1809, and died in October, 1872. His mother was a native of Muskingum County, Ohio, born in 1813. She is now living
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in Iowa. They were married in 1834, and then settled in Perry County, Ohio, moving to Nodaway County Missouri, in 1871. Leroy spent his boyhood days and received his education in his native state. In 1854, he clerked in his uncle's store, afterwards moved to Marshall County, Illinois, and was engaged in farming till 1857, when he located in McDonough County, Illinois. He was married April 15, 1865, to Miss Margaret A. James, a native of Perry County, Ohio, born on the 25th of December, 1837. She is the daughter of Rev. G. D. and Margaret (Hamilton) James, both natives of Baltimore County, Maryland. Mr. Hammond, with his family, came to Nodaway County, Missouri, in 1871, and settled on his present farm, consisting of 640 acres of fine land. What he possesses is the result of his own industry and good manage- ment. Both Mr. and Mrs. H. are members of the M. E. Church. Their family consists of Charles E., William E., Harry W. and Lillian V.
WILLIAM R. HAYS,
farmer, section 32, was born in McDonough County, Illinois, on the 27th day of September, 1834. He is the son of Thomas R. and Mary (McDon- ald) Hays. His father a native of Washington County, Kentucky, born February 14, 1800, and his mother of the same county, born on the 20th of November, 1804. They were married December 28, 1822, and then settled in that county. William spent his boyhood days and received his education in his native county, attending college in Fulton County in 1855-6. He clerked for his father in 1857, and in 1858, in company with John Grigsby and A. M. Colton, James T. Hays came to Nodaway County, Missouri, and purchased some 1,800 acres of land, and with his parents moved here in the spring of 1859. The fall of 1860 William returned to McDonough County, Ill., and in September, 1861, enlisted in Company F, Eleventh Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry, and partic- ipated in the battle of Pittsburg Landing. He was on detached duty from June, 1862, till January, 1863, and was taken prisoner January 5, 1863, and confined in Libby prison till May 5, 1863. He was exchanged and returned to his command. He was mustered out July 1865, as major of that regiment. Mr. H. moved to Nodaway County, Missouri, the same year. His farm is composed of 299 acres of good land. He was mar- ried December 30, 1863, to Miss Lucy E. Kirk, a native of McDonough County, Illinois, born May 9, 1840. She is the daughter of John and Nancy (Coe) Kirk. Her father was a native of Marion County, Kentucky, born November 24, 1791, and died November 11, 1856. Her mother, a native of Virginia, was born June 19, 1797, and died August 1, 1863. They were married on the 9th of March, 1815, and then settled in Mar- ion County, Kentucky, moving from there to McDonough County, Illi- nois. Mr. and Mrs. H. are members of the M. E. Church. Mr. H. is a
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