The history of Nodaway county, Missouri, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, etc., biographical sketches of its citizens, Part 103

Author: National historical company, St. Joseph, Mo. [from old catalog]
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: St. Joseph, Mo., National historical co.
Number of Pages: 1064


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Mason in good standing. Their family consists of five children: Arthur G., born October 25, 1864; Juliet M., born July 2, 1867; Mary Ada, born September 30, 1869; Harriet M., born July 7, 1872; Richard R., born September 27, 1875.


JOHN G. HAYS,


farmer and stock raiser, section 3, is a native of McDonough County, Illinois, and was born on the 28th day of August, 1844, and is a twin brother of Joseph W. Hays, and a son of Thomas R. and Mary (McDonald) Hays, who were married December 28, 1822. His father was a native of Washington County, Kentucky, and was born February 14, 1800. He was the son of William H. and Susanah (Ray) Hays, the former a native of Virginia, born in 1770, and died in 1845. His mother was a native of Maryland, born 1773, and died in 1854. They were married in 1799 and settled in Kentucky. Thomas R. spent his boyhood days in his native state, and with his parents moved to McDonough County, Illinois, in 1831, and commenced farming for himself. In 1859 he came to Nodaway County, Missouri, settling at Burr Oak, west of Skidmore. He was married on the 28th of December, 1822, to Miss Mary McDonald, a native of Washington County, Kentucky, born on the 20th of November, 1804. She is the daughter of Richard and Mary (Long) McDonald. Her father was a native of Virginia, born in 1773. He died in 1809. Her mother was a native of Virginia, born in 1774 and died in 1851. They were married in 1790. Thomas R. Hays and wife were pioneers of McDonough County, Illinois, and afterwards came to Nodaway County, Missouri, and settled where they now reside. The country at that time was but a vast wide wild prairie. They now have a pleasant home with their children, the complement of their family circle numbering eight : Clarrissa P., Isabella O., Mary F., Richard W., James T., Martha J., Joseph W., and John G. They have lost Elizabeth S., Maria, and Lafayette M. All are members of the M. E. Church.


M. P. HORN,


proprietor of meat market, is a native of Logan County, Kentucky, and was born September 13, 1853. His parents were N. D. and Sarah F. (Dawson) Horn. The former was a native of Kentucky, born on the 2Ist of June, 1814, and his mother was from Warren County, Kentucky, born November 5, 1820. They were married in 1837, and subsequently located on a farm in Logan County. Mrs. Horn died in 1857. In Janu- ary, 1864, M. P., with his father, moved to Marion County, Illinois, and in 1866, went to Bates County, and settled on a farm. The subject of this sketch began business for himself when at the age of seventeen years, by working on a farm. After four years, he commenced farming


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for himself. In 1871, he came to Nodaway County, Missouri, making his home with H. 11. Nash, and farmed rented land. He was married on the toth of March, 1881, to Miss Lucinda Freeze, a native of Center County, Pennsylvania, born February 22, 1863. She with her parents came to Missouri in 1879, and settled in Nodaway County.


THOMAS L. HOWDEN,


notary public, dealer in real estate and insurance, loan and collection agent, resides in section 6. He is a native of Fayette County, Pennsyl- vania, and was born May 31, 1828, being a son of Thomas and Matilda (Long) Howden. His father was a native of Fayette County, Pennsyl- vania, born in 18og, and died in 1832. His mother was from the same county, born in 1810. She died in 1864. They were married in 1826, and then settled in their native county. After his father's death, Thomas and his mother lived with his grand parents, moving with them to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1831, and in 1833 to Clermont County, Ohio. In 1838, Adams County, Illinois became their home. There he spent his boyhood days and received his education, and, in 1846, purchased eighty acres of land, and devoted his time to farming and brick making. He was married on the 11th day of February, 1847, to Miss Lydia L. Stewart, a native of Athens County, Ohio. She was the daughter of Martin and Sarah (Thompson) Stewart, the former a native of Athens County, Ohio, born in 1803, and died November, 25, 1879. Her mother was of the same county, born February 6, 1806. She died on the 30th of April, 1880. In 1831, they settled in Adams County, Illinois. In 1850, Mr. Howden went to California, and remained till 1851, when he returned to Illinois, and continued his former business. He enlisted on the 23d of July, 1862, in Company G., Eighteenth Illinois Infantry, and held the position of first lieutenant. He was mustered out as captain in June, 1862, having been wounded several times. He then returned to his home, and, in 1867, built a flouring mill, but sold out in 1872, and moved to Nodaway County, Missouri, and settled where he now resides. His farm consists of 160 acres of well improved land. Mr. H. was elected justice of the peace in the spring of 1881. Mr. and Mrs. HI. are members of the M. E. Church. Their family consists of five children : Andrew F., William M., Clara E., Anna M. and Thomas 1. They have lost four : Leander, Emily A., Lydia L. and Lucy M.


HENRY HUFFMAN,


grain buyer and proprictor of elevator, Skidmore, is a native of Kent County, Canada, born March 16, 1842, and is the third son of David and Martha (Toll) Huffman. His father was born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania,


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in 1800. His mother was a native of Detroit, Michigan, born in 1805. She, with her parents, moved to Kent County, Canada, in 1812. They were married in 1826, and then settled in Kent County. Henry spent his boyhood days and received his education in his native country. At the age of sixteen years he went to Bureau County, Illinois, and worked on a farm for one year, and in 1859 was employed in a flouring mill, and was a stoker on the steamboat Ben Campbell, running on the Mississippi River. In the spring of 1860 he returned to his native home, and remained with his parents, working on a farm. In 1862-3-4 he sailed on the lakes, and on May 16, 1865, he sailed from Detroit, Michigan, to Hud- son Bay on a vessel commanded by Captain Gale, which was loaded with a cargo of copper, and sailed for Liverpool. Henry and his mate, Her- bert McCormick, went to London, and after visiting various points of interest, soon found their finances in a low condition. They then engaged themselves to sail a round trip on the ocean by the way of Boston, and on their voyage to America succeeded in gaining the good graces of the captain. After landing at Boston, the captain locked up all excepting Henry and Herbert, they having the vessel in charge. In the course of a few days they found out that the vessel would soon return to England. On the same evening they lowered their baggage to a yawl, and upon landing, took the cars for Cleveland, Ohio. He worked in a ship vard that winter, and in 1866 went to Ogle County, Illinois, where he farmed for some four years at $25 per month. In 1870 he came to Nodaway County, Missouri, and tilled the soil till 1871, when he returned to Ogle County, Illinois. In 1872 he again came to Nodaway County, Missouri, and devoted his entire time to agricultural pursuits, in connection with dealing in and feeding cattle. In the spring of 1881 he erected an ele- vator at Skidmore, costing $5,000, with a capacity of 12,000 bushels, 32x 44 and 66 feet in height. Mr. Huffman was married on the 8th of Janu- ary, 1873, to Miss Samantha A. James, a native of Lexington, Richland County, Ohio, born on January 1, 1849. She is the daughter of Joseph D. and Margaret (Hamilton) James. Mr. and Mrs. II. had by this union two children : James R., born June 2, 1875 ; and Joseph, born October 29, 1873, died August 6, 1874. Mrs. H. is a member of the M. E. Church. Mr. H. is a self-made man. 'He is correct and energetic in business, and his neighbors and those who have dealings with him find him perfectly reliable.


DR. CHARLES IMPEY,


physician and druggist, is a native of Andrew County, Missouri, born January 6, 1853, being the second son of Dr. Francis and Nancy (Davis) Impey. His father is a native of Ireland, and was born in 1821, and came to America in 1840. He graduated from the St. Louis Medical College in 1844 and settled in Ray County, Missouri, in the same year, and came



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to Andrew County, in 1846. His mother, a native of Wythe County, Virginia, was the daughter of Robert and Hannah Davis. Charles, with his parents, moved to St. Joseph, Missouri, in 1862, and attended school some two years, and with them went to Ray County, Missouri, in 1864, remaining one year. His mother died in 1865. He was sent to St. Louis, where he remained till 1867, when he returned to his father's home at New Market, Platte County, Missouri. Here he attended the Monroe High School one year. He went back to his native county in 1868, attending school two terms, and in 1872 he graduated at Bryant's Commercial College, in St. Joseph. In the meantime his father had moved to Fillmore, Andrew County. Charles read medicine, with his father as preceptor, till the fall of 1872, when he entered the St. Louis Medical College. He was graduated from the Louisville Medical Col- lege, of Kentucky, in the spring of 1874, and then commenced the prac- tice of his profession in Graham, and in the fall of 1880 moved to Skid- more and opened a drug store in connection with the practice of medi- cine. Dr. Impey was married May 18, 1876, to Miss Jennie E. Freytag, a daughter of Francis and Annie (Williaman) Freytag. She was born in Wisconsin, February 6, 1859. By this union they had three children: Charles F., born, February 26, 1878 ; John E. born January 19, 1879, and an infant, born November 8, 1880.


J. A. JAMES,


farmer and stock dealer, section 2, is a native of Perry County, Ohio, was born September 15, 1840. He was a son of Joseph D. and Margaret (Hamilton) James. His father was a native of Maryland, born in 1807, and his mother was a native of Pennsylvania, born in 1805. They had moved from Pennsylvania to Perry County, Ohio, and in 1861 to McDonough County, Illinois, coming to Nodaway County, Missouri, in 1870, and settling on a farm. J. A. passed his youth in his native county, and in 1862 enlisted in Company C, Seventy-ninth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, participating in the battles of Mission Ridge, Look- out Mountain, Dalton, Altoona, Kingston, Big Shanty, and Atlanta, and was with Sherman on his march to the sea ; at Bentonville, thence to Alexandria and Washington, D. C. He was discharged at Chicago, Illinois, June 21, 1865. Mr. James returned to McDonough County, Illinois, and farmed till the fall of 1869, when he came to Nodaway County, Missouri. He was married December 20, 1866, to Miss Clara H. Kions, a native of Fayette County, Ohio. She was a daughter of Solomon and Margaret (Hughes) Kions, both natives of Ohio. The family of Mr. and Mrs. James consists of Fred. S., Jacob E., Maggie G. and Ada M., living, and Solomon and Katie, deceased. Mr. and Mrs. J. are both members of the M. E. Church.


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H. H. JOY,


grocer and postmaster at Skidmore, is a native of Morgan County, Ohio, born April 25, 1844, and is the youngest son of A. and (Jane) Faires Joy. His father was a native of Guernsey County, Ohio, born in 1802, and died in 1874. His mother was born in 1803, and died in 1879. They were married in 1823, and moved to Andrew County, Missouri, in 1864, settling in Savannah. H. H. spent his boyhood days and received his education in his native county. In the spring of 1863 he enlisted in Company I, Ohio Heavy Artillery, and participated in the battles of Watauga, and Loudon, Tennessee, and Ashville, North Carolina. He did duty at Fort Clay, Kentucky, and Knoxville, Tennessee, and was mustered out at Cincinnati, August 2, 1865, having served two years, two months and two days. Mr. Joy came west to Savannah, Missouri, in the fall of 1865, and was engaged in teaching school till 1867. He then went to Doni- phan County, Kansas, but returned to Andrew County, Missouri, the same fall. August 24, 1873, he married Miss Mary H. Bentley, a native of Trumbull County, Ohio, born October 16, 1855. She was the daugh- ter of Judge Amos and Adaline (Black) Bentley. Her father is a native of Pennsylvania, born December 26, 1823, and her mother of New York, born August 29, 1827. They were married September 10, 1854, and in 1856 moved to Iowa, and then to Nodaway County. Mr. and Mrs. Joy have two children living: Frances E., born June 20, 1874; and Mabel M., born March 9, 1876: Paul B. was born December 6, 1879, and died October 17, 1880. Mr. Joy has spent some ten years in teaching school in Missouri and Kansas. He moved to Skidmore in September, 1880, built the first business house, and received the appointment of postmaster the same year.


WILLIAM S. KENNEDY,


farmer and stock raiser, section 4, is a native of Guilford County, North Carolina, and was born February 18, 1813, being a son of John and Charity (McMichael) Kennedy. The former was born in 1785, and died in 1863. His mother was born in 1786, and died in 1872. After being married, they settled in Guilford County, North Carolina. William, with his parents, moved to Fayette County, Indiana, in 1828, there spending his boyhood days and receiving his education. He was mar- ried October 8, 1835, to Miss Mary Birt, a native of Greene County, Ohio, born on the 26th of March, 1813. She was the daughter of Henry and Ann Birt. They came to Nodaway County, Missouri, in 1856, and Mrs. Kennedy died May 5, 1858. She was the mother of seven children, all of whom are now dead : John H., Henry B., James M., Alfred R., Levin A., and Archie Mc. Mr. Kennedy was married the second time on the 16th of February, 1860, to Miss Martha Noffsinger, daughter of Peter


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and Frances (Keen) Noffsinger. She was born February 16, 1826. By this union they had two children, Mary F., living, and one, George W., deceased. Mr. K. enlisted in the Fourth Missouri Cavalry, Company C, in 1862, and was mustered out the 19th of February, 1863. Mr. and Mrs. K. are members of the M. E. Church.


ISAAC V. LA TOURETTE,


proprietor of the Monroe Stock Farm, section II, is an extensive breeder of Short Horn cattle and Poland China hogs. He is a native of Butler County, Ohio, was born October 8, 1833, and is the son of James and Lettie (Van Doren) La Tourette. His father was a native of Hunterdon County, New Jersey, born in 1793, and died in January, 1856. His mother was a native of Somerset County, New Jersey, born January 7, 1791, and died in May, 1868. They were married in 1831, and settled in their native state, moving to Butler County, Ohio, in 1821. Isaac, with his parents, moved to Fulton County, Illinois, in 1841, and located on a farm. Here he spent his boyhood days and received his education. He began clerk- ing for Candee & La Tourette, dry goods merchants at Oneida, Knox County, Illinois, in 1856, remaining with them till 1860, when he took a trip to Kansas and located land. Returning the same fall he clerked till the spring of 1861, then traveled four years for the above firm, sell- ing agricultural implements. He was married November 6, 1861, to Miss C. A. Camp, a native of Knox County, Illinois, born January 7, 1838. She is a daughter of Charles T. and Wealtha A. (Wilson) Camp. Her father was a native of New York, born in 1807 and died in 1859. Her mother is a native of the same state, and is now a resident of Monroe Township. Mr. and Mrs. L.'s family consists of: Harry C., Grace E., George W., and Mable F., having lost Lois. In 1871 MI. L. purchased an elevator at Oneida, Illinois, and was in the grain business till 1874. Then he sold out and moved to his present residence, having purchased his farm the year previous. This consists of 540 acres of well improved land. His herd of short horns ranks among the first in Northwest Mis- souri. Among the noted animals are Norman's Duke, color, red and white, recorded in volume 8, page 9,021, bred by W. E. Simms, of Paris, Kentucky; also Royal Duchess cow, color, red, recorded volume 15, bred by W. S. Simms, Paris, Kentucky.


A. N. LINCOLN,


blacksmith, is a native of Chemung County, New York, and was born March 11, 1850. He is the son of Newel and Matilda (Burdick) Lincoln. His father was a native of Elmira, New York, and was born March 25, 1827. He was a miller by trade. He worked for one firm thirteen years.


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After being married, he settled in Chemung County, New York, and moved to Winnebago County, Illinois, in 1862, and in 1864, to Hardin County, Iowa. In 1868, he went to Fremont County, and settled on a farm, where he now resides. The mother of A. N. was a native of Wind- sor, Connecticut, born March 27, 1830. Albert N. spent his boyhood days in attending school and in learning his trade. He moved to Illinois with his parents, and in 1863, returned to New York, and entered the employ of the New York & Erie Railroad, remaining two years. In 1866, he went to Sidney, Iowa, and lived there till 1869, when he opened a shop in St. Joseph, Missouri. This, with the contents, was destroyed by fire, entailing a loss of $3,500. He rebuilt, and remained in that locality till 1871. Then he moved to Fremont, Iowa ; thence to Bur- lington Junction, Missouri, and in December, 1880, came to Skidmore. Mr L. was married July 10, 1865, to Miss Marietta Glasby, a native of New York, born in 1853. She died January 26, 1870. Of this union two children are deceased : Fred. and David. August 19, 1873, he married Miss Martha E. Higley, a native of Knox County, Ohio, born August 4, 1856. She is a daughter of Edwin and Catherine (Lown) Higley. By this union they have two children : Bertie and Walter. Mr. and Mrs. I. are both members of the M. E. Church.


WILLIAM T. MCGINNIS,


harness and saddle manufactory, was born in La Prairie, Adams County, Illinois, February 5, 1858, and is the son of W. T. and P. A. (Thayer) McGinnis. His father was a native of Kentucky, born February 12, 1825, and died December 9, 1865. His mother was a native of Buffalo, New York. They were married March 17, 1853, and by this union they had the following family : Almenia, Virgo, Harry, William T., Mary, Stanton, Calvin, John and Smith. William T. moved to Andrew County, Missouri, in 1865. In 1867 he came to Nodaway County with his mother and her family, and settled south of Graham. Here he spent his boyhood days and received his education. In 1879 he associated himself with Mr. J. R. Stone and carried on the manufactory of harness at Graham till 1880, when he sold his interest and moved to Skidmore and opened a shop, and is now doing a successful business.


EDWARD C. MARKLAND,


merchant, is a native of Hamilton County, Ohio, was born May 13, 1839, and is the eldest son of R. D. and Mary (Calvin) Markland. His father was a native of the same county and state, and was born in 1816. His mother was a native of Pennsylvania, born in 1816. They were married in 1836, and afterwards settled in Hamilton County, Ohio, and in 1851 he


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moved to Kokomo, Indiana, and practiced law. Edward spent the remainder of his boyhood days and received his education at that place, and in 1859, with his parents, he moved to Holt County, Missouri. During the late war he enlisted in Company F., Thirteenth Regiment, Missouri Volunteer Infantry, and participated in the battle of Lexing- ton, Missouri. He was captured by General Price in October, 1861, and paroled. After being exchanged he enlisted as first lieutenant in Com- pany I, under Colonel Kimball. He was mustered out in 1865, and returned to his parents' home in Holt County, Missouri. He entered the employ of W. and J. W. Zook, merchants at Kansas City, Missouri, in the following spring. The stock was divided, part taken to Savannah, Mr. M. receiving a position there. He was appointed deputy sheriff of Andrew County, Missouri, serving in 1870 and 1871. In 1872 he was in the mercantile business at Savannah, Missouri, and in 1873 moved to Lamar Station. He and Mr. W. S. Earl opened a stock of goods and did a thriving trade till 1876. He then sold out and came to Skidmore, Nodaway County, Missouri, and associated himself with Messrs. Earl and Duval for the purpose of conducting a dry goods, grocery, and hardware trade, under the firm name of Markland, Earl & Co. Their store is fifty by one hundred and twenty feet, divided into two rooms, one devoted to hardware, the other to dry goods and groceries. They carry a stock of $15,000. Mr. Markland was married to Miss Mary McCandliss, on the 2d of September, 1869. She is the daughter of W. A. and Maria (Gray) McCandliss, and was born in Hamilton County, Ohio, in 1848, and with her parents moved to Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, and thence to Kansas City, and in 1866 to Savannah. They are both mem- bers of the M. E. Church, South. Their family consists of six children : Kate, born April 4, 1873 ; Fred, born May 23, 1876 ; Bob, born Feb- ruary 23, 1879, and Nellie May, born September 22, 1881, living, and two deceased, Olie, born June 23, 1870, and died September 26, 1870, and Lulu, born March 20, 1875, and died April 2, 1875. Early in business, he manifested those qualities of executive ability and integrity of charac- ter which commends him to the notice and confidence of the people. He has proven eminently worthy of the trust imposed. His genial nature, courteous manners, wise, sagacious management have made him one of the best as he is one of the most popular merchants of the county, being one of the few who have the rare faculty of managing the affairs of a company with great fidelity, and is exceedingly popular with the public.


JOHN MAST,


section 15, is a native of Nodaway County, Missouri, and was born May 18, 1843, and is the son of Noah and Catherine (Rollins) Mast. His father is native of Ashe County, North Carolina, born February 20,


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1812. His mother is a native of North Carolina, born January 27, 1818. They were married August 14, 1842, and, in 1843, settled in Nodaway County, Missouri. John spent his boyhood days and received his edu- cation in this county. He was married October 25, 1864, to Miss Sarah A. Brown, a native of Nodaway County, Missouri. She was a daughter of John and P. (Bohannan) Brown. The former is a native of Jackson County, Tennessee, born August 23, 1824 ; the latter of Platte County, Missouri, born October 20, 1828. She died November 4, 1877. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Mast consists of five children : C. P., W. J., Mary E., Charles E. and Martha E., living ; lost two, James T. and Susan G. Mr. and Mrs. M. are church members, and Mr. M. is a Mason, belonging to Graham Lodge. Their daughter, Catherine, September 11, 1881, Mar- ried Mr. George W. Herrell, a native of Bates County, Missouri, born March 31, 1859. He is the son of Athel and Sarah Herrell.


WILLIAM H. MAYHUGH,


farmer and stock raiser, is a native of Fleming County, Kentucky, born July 20, 1840, and in 1858, came to Nodaway County, Missouri, with his parents. He resides with his parents, and farms with his brother, James P. Mayhugh, who was born in the same county, December 5, 1844. He also came with his parents to Missouri. William H. enlisted on the 10th of December, 1863, in Company F, Twelfth Regiment of Missouri Vol- unteer Cavalry, doing service in Tennessee and Alabama, and in 1865, with his regiment he went to Montana Territory, returning to Leaven- worth, Kansas, in April, 1866, when he was mustered out. Their father, Thomas Mayhugh, is a native of Fleming County, Kentucky, born Jan- uary 31, 1817, he being the son of Perry and Elizabeth (Hughes) May- hugh. The former was a native of Maryland, born August 7, 1794, and died in 1823. Elizabeth H. Mayhugh was a native of Virginia. They were married in 1814. Their son, Thomas, spent his boyhood days in his native state, and learned the trade of blacksmith, working at the business twenty-five years. He married, January 31, 1839, Miss Rebecca Smith, a native of the same county. She was born March 8, 1822, and died October 26, 1863, leaving William H., James P., Sarah E., Margaret E., Mary J. and Cyrus S. He was again married March 3, 1869, to Mrs. Nancy Goodwin, born December 13, 1834. They have four children : Viola, Samantha L., Cora A. Olive H. Mrs. Mayhugh is a member of the Christian Church.


H. H. NASH,


proprietor of Nash's flouring mill, situated on the Nodaway River, near Skidmore, was born in Sherburne, Chenango County, New York, March 26, 1827, being the son of H. and Phylinda ( Farr) Nash. His father,


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a native of Whately, Massachusetts, was born November 5, 1794, and died July 16, 1858. The mother was a native of the same place, born in 1796, and died October 16, 1835. They were married December 28, 1816, and settled at Earlville, New York. The mother of H. H. having died, his father was married the second time on December 27, 1838, to Miss Mary A. Beecher, a cousin of Henry Ward Beecher, of Brooklyn, New York. She died in 1873. Hawley passed his boyhood days and received his schooling in his native town, spending some four years at a select school. He farmed till 1853 and was then in the tanning business, and in 1854 entered the mercantile business. In 1857 his employers failed, and Mr. N. then came west and settled in Page County, Iowa, devoting his time to farming. In 1859, in company with three others, he started for Pike's Peak, but after arriving at the Platte River he con- cluded to return. He went back to his home in Iowa and farmed till 1863, when he went to Montana, devoting his time to mining. He returned to Iowa in February, 1865, and farmed till September, 1865, and soon came to Nodaway County, Missouri, settling at Quitman. He purchased a flouring mill and continued the business till 1875, when he bought and moved to his present home. He now owns some 400 acres of land and a fine flouring mill. Mr. N. was married on the 7th of Janu- ary, 1851, to Miss C. E. Torrey, a native of Poolville, Hamilton County, New York, born April 7, 1831. She was the daughter of D. and Sallie (Nichols) Torrey. Their family consists of two children: Linda F., born October 30, 1851, and Celia L., born January 31, 1862. They lost one, Jay D., born August 7, 1858, and died October 30, 1865. Miss Celia married Dr. Jackson M. Nutt, October 20, 1880. He is a native of Boone County, Missouri, born on the 2d of January, 1856.




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