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JEHU A. JOHNSON,
section 13, post office Clearmont. The fourth child of E. W. and M. A. Johnson, is, like the older children, a native of Lawrence County, Indiana, where he was born June 24, 1835. At the age of six years the family came to Missouri, where he was educated, being raised in the occupa- tion of farmer. In 1857 he settled on the place where he now resides. He at that time owned only forty acres, that not being all paid for, and to start housekeeping he went in debt. He now has 320 acres of good land, making one of the finest farms in the county, and has on his place one of the best residences in the county. All of his improvements are of the first order. Mr. J. was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth H. Smith November 13, 1856. She is a native of Tennessee. They have from this union six children : James L., Felix G., Margaret E., Samuel W., Arda J. B., Susan G. Mr. Johnson has been school director of his district. In 1862 he enlisted in the State Militia. He and his wife are members of the M. E. Church. He is a member of Xenia Lodge No. 50, A. F. and A. M., of Hopkins.
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JOHN R. JOHNSON,
section 35, post office Hopkins, is a native of Lawrence County, Indiana, and was born June 2, 1841. While an infant, he was brought by the family to Missouri, and has since resided in this county on the section where he now resides. He is at present engaged in working a part of his father's place. Mr. J. was married April 16, 1865, to Miss Mary J. Bird, a native of North Carolina They have from this union five children : Charles E., Eva A., Sarah, Ephraim H., and Donlin W. They are members of the M. E. Church.
ELI B. JOHNSON,
section 35, post office Hopkins, is a native of Nodaway County, Mi.,- souri, and was among the first white children born in the county. The date of his birth was April 27, 1843. He has here been raised to man- hood, and has always followed his present occupation. He is now cul- tivating a part of the home place. He was united in marriage August 6, 1866, to Miss Harriet A. Tabor, a native of New York. They have had three children, two of whom are now living : Laura A., Joseph R. (deceased), and Margaret M. O. During our late war Mr. J. enlisted in July, 1862, in Company M, Eleventh Missouri Cavalry, and served two years and eight months. He has, in sections 1 and 2, fifty acres of good, average land, which is under cultivation. Few and far between are the families of old settlers who can boast of so many sons and daughters who have grown up and settled so close to the parental home- stead as E. W. and M. A. Johnson. The experience of this family goes a great way toward favoring that old proverb, that "In unity there is strength."
JONES & HOTALING,
dealers in lumber, lime and all kinds of building material ; also agents for the Studebaker wagon and mineral paints. The business now under charge of the above named firm was organized by Craig & Smith in 1879, and in 1881, they were succeeded by Messrs. Jones & Hotaling. They have a large and complete stock in their line, and do a business second to none in the county. The manager of the business, James Jones, is a native of Ohio, and was born in Ross County, in 1836. He was there reared to manhood and educated, spending his youthful days in agricultural pursuits. In 1862, he enlisted in Company D, Eighty- ninth Ohio Regiment of Infantry, of Sherman's command, and was with him in his march to the sea. He served till the close of the war, in 1865, when he immigrated to Missouri. He settled in this county, giving his attention to farming, and from here he removed to Jackson County, Mis-
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souri, where, after a residence there of ten years, he again returned to this county. In 1881, he became associated with Mr. Hotaling in the present business. He has a splendid farm in Jackson County of 180 acres of land, that will compare favorably with any in that county, most of which is under cultivation. He also owns a nice residence in Burlington Junction, besides other property. Mr. Jones was united in marriage to Miss Nanna A. Walker, an estimable lady, November 19, 1865. They had one child. He is a Good Templar, and a member of Burlington Lodge.
JOHN M. LAMAR,
section 26, post office Clearmont. Prominent among the successful and progressive farmers and stock raisers of this district stands the subject of this sketch. He is a native of Tennessee, and was born in Ander- son County February 22, 1832. At the age of nineteen he emigrated to Missouri and settled in this county, and in 1876 he located his home where he now resides. His farm contains 325 acres of choice land that compares with any in the county, most of which is under cultivation. He and his son are leading merchants of Elmo, doing a large and pros- perous business. Mr. L. was married March 2, 1853, to Miss Mary P. Russell, a most estimable lady and a native of Virginia. Three children have been born to them-Charles R., Henrietta and William A. Mr. Lamar is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and also belongs to the M. E. Church South. He is school director during this year. During the war he enlisted in the state militia.
JACOB LINEBAUGH,
section 18, post office Clearmont, is one of the representative farmers and stock raisers of this district, and has been closely identified with the raising of stock. He is a native of Greene County, Tennessee, and was born in 1828. At the age of five years he with the family emigrated to Fountain County, Indiana, where he was reared to manhood, follow- ing his present occupation. At the age of twenty-one he removed to Page County, Iowa, where he resided till 1869, when he came to this county and settled where he now resides. He has 1,200 acres of land in a body, 500 acres of which are under cultivation. Mr. L. was married January 6, 1852, to Miss Mary A. Gray. They have from this union six children : Sarah J., Francis M., William J., Julia A., Martha E. and Mary E. Mr. L. is a member of the M. E. Church. John, the father of the subject of this sketch, was an old pioneer of Fountain County, Indi- ana, and was closely identified with the agricultural interests of the same until his death, which occurred in 1860.
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FRANCIS M. LINEBAUGH,
section 17, post office Clearmont. The subject of this sketch is a native of Page County, Iowa, and was born in 1857. He was there raised, till fourteen years of age, when he came, with his father's family, to this state, and settled near where he now resides. He has 120 acres of land, that will compare with any in this vicinity, all of which is under culti- vation. Mr. Linebaugh was married, September 15, 1878, to Miss Eliz- abeth J. McGenty, an estimable lady. They have one child, Annie R.
JOHN W. LYTLE,
section 36, post office Hopkins, a successful and prominent farmer and stock raiser of this vicinity, is a native of Allegheny County; Pennsyl- vania, and was born October 20, 1817. He was there reared in the occupation of farming, and received his education in the schools of that vicinity, and, in 1846, he immigrated to Delaware County, Ohio, where he resided four and a half years. After that time, he returned to Penn- sylvania, where he remained till 1864, when, thinking that his children would have a better chance to make for themselves homes in a new country, he came westward, and settled in this county. He now has a fine farm of 240 acres, well improved, 175 acres of which are highly cultivated. Mr. Lytle was married August 12, 1842, to Miss Hannah Hipple, a native of Pennsylvania. They have six children : George H., Lydia E., Louisa A., Hiram W., Ella and Frank. They are members of the M. E. Church. Mr. L. has been class leader in that denomination for a number of years. He is the present superintendent of the Plum Grove Sunday School. He also holds a life membership in the Metho- dist Missionary Society.
NATHAN A. J. MARTIN,
section 33, post office Braddyville. The subject of this biography was born in Ohio, May 20, 1847. He remained there till ten years of age, when with the family he emigrated to Warren County, Illinois, and after a long residence there he removed to this state and settled on his present place. In 1878 he removed to Kansas, where he remained six months, after which time he returned to this county. He has ninety-five acres of land that will bear comparison with any in the county, eighty of which are under cultivation. Mr. Martin was married in 1877 to Miss Clara B. Williamson. They have two children: Catharine M. and Clara M.
JOSEPH MILLER,
section 16, post office Clearmont, is an old resident and a leading agri- culturist of this county, and is a native of Monroe County, Virginia,
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where he was born June 21, 1822. At the age of three years the family emigrated to Decatur County, Indiana, where he was raised to manhood as a farmer, and received his education. When twenty-one years of age he emigrated to Van Buren County, Iowa, where he resided six months, and from there he came to Missouri and settled in this county, where he has since resided. He has 320 acres of choice land, 180 of which are under cultivation. He has upon his place a splendid residence, and his improvements generally are of the best. Mr. Miller has been twice mar- ried. First, April 29, 1847, to Miss Sarah Brownfield. They had from this union three children : Charles W., Ephraim P., and Sarah E. Mrs. Miller's death occurred March 16, 1855. Mr. M. was again married Feb- ruary 22, 1857, to Miss Sarah E. Ricketts, an estimable lady. Their family consists of James O., Albert J., Marion, George W., Laura E., Clara A., Celia A., and Eva L., and an adopted daughter, Sarah E. They are members of the M. E. Church. Mr. M. is supervisor of this township and also school director of the district.
A. C. MILLER,
section 12, post office Hopkins, is a successful and cultured farmer of this county, and was born in Hancock County, Indiana, February 3, 1824. He was there reared to manhood, and received the advantages of a good education. He has always been engaged in the occupation he now so successfully follows, and, in 1845, he immigrated west, and settled in Andrew County, Missouri, where he resided till 1868, when he removed to this county, locating where he now resides. He has a fine farm of 250 acres, which is second to none in the county, 150 acres of which are under cultivation. He has one of the finest residences in the county, situated on a splendid site, and shows good judgment in its arrange- ments throughout. His improvements on his place are very much above the average. Mr. Miller was married February 8, 1847, to Miss Charlotte Tyna, an estimable lady, a native of Indiana. They have had a family consisting of : Mary A., Joseph A., Susanna, Karnes, Isabelle, Henry M., Floda, Tyna and Elbert. Mr. M. is a member of Xenia Lodge, No. 50, A. F. and A. M. of Hopkins. He is school director of his district. They are members of the M. E. Church.
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E. P. MILLER,
dealer in harness and saddles, Clearmont. This business was started by Mr. Miller in August, 1880, and since that time he has had a large share of patronage. He is a native of Davis County, Iowa, and was born March 28, 1851. He was there raised till he attained his fourteenth year, when he came with his family to this state and county, following the
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occupation of farming till he embarked in his present business. He has a good farm of eighty acres of choice land, all of which is under cultiva- tion. Mr. Miller was married April 22, 1876, to Miss Mary E. Ingles, an estimable lady. They have one child : Artie J. Mr. M. was road over- seer of his township one term. Mrs. Miller, in connection with Mrs. Phillips, is in the millinery and dress making business in Clearmont. They are doing a satisfactory trade.
JOSEPH A. MILLER,
section II, post office Hopkins. The subject of this sketch is a native of Andrew County, Missouri, and was there born December 25, 1852. He was raised in that county till sixteen years of age, when, with the family, he came to this county and settled near where he now resides. He was brought up in the occupation he now follows, and is the owner of 105 acres of land in section 13, besides renting and working 100 acres where he now resides. Mr. Miller was married November 10, 1880, to Miss Ella Lytle, a native of Ohio.
JAMES E. ORME,
section 4, post office Hopkins. The subject of this sketch is a native of Nodaway County, Missouri, and was born March 3, 1858. He received an education from the schools in this district, and was raised in the occu- pation he now follows. He has, where he now resides, eighty acres of land that will compare with any in the county, most of which is under cultivation. Mr. Orme was united in marriage March 14, 1878, to Miss Adaline Burch, an estimable lady. They have one child : Elmer E. Mr. Orme is school director of his district.
HI. F. PHILLIPS,
druggist and agent of the Wilson sewing machines. This gentleman founded his present business in Clearmont in 1881, and has a large stock of drugs and does a good business in that line, as well as in the sale of the Wilson sewing machines. He is a native of Iowa, and was born in 1846. He was there raised to manhood and educated, spending his youthful days in agricultural pursuits. At the age of nineteen, he com- menced in the business he now follows, and in 1871, he commenced for himself in Buchanan County, Iowa, remaining there three years. From that locality he removed to Braddyville, Iowa, and continued the same business for one year, when he removed to Elmo, Missouri. One year later he came to Clearmont. Mr. P. was united in marriage in 1874 to Miss Sarah Bebout, an estimable lady. They have two children : Carl W., and Dale. During the war, Mr. Phillips enlisted in Company G,
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Third Iowa Cavalry in 1863, and served till the close of the war in 1865. He participated in the battles of Atlanta (Georgia), Ocelona (Missis- sippi), and others. He is a member of the A. F. and A. M. Mrs. Phil- lips, with Mrs. Miller, is in the millinery and dress making business, who are having a large and successful trade, which they well merit.
NATHAN S. PRICKETT,
section 33, post office Braddyville. The subject of this sketch is a native of Indiana, and was born August 25, 1849. At the age of six years he, with the family, removed to Missouri and settled in this county, where they resided four years. They then took up their location in Holmes County, Iowa, remaining for three years, after which time Nathan took a trip to Colorado. After staying for five months, he returned to Iowa and settled in Page County, and two years later he emigrated to Texas. The climate not agreeing with him, he returned to Page County, Iowa, after a period of five months. There he continued to live two years, and from there he came to this county, and settled where he now resides. He has forty acres of good, average land, all of which is under cultiva- tion. Mr. P. was married March '30, 1872, to Miss Madora Davidson. They have three children : Charles E., Nora E., and John J. Mr. Prickett is a member of the I. O. O. F. He has held the office of road overseer for one term.
WILLIAM H. RICHARDS,
is one who has done much toward promoting the agricultural interests of this county. He is a native of Miami County, Indiana, and was born August 17, 1842. There he resided till twelve years of age, when he immigrated to Mills County, Iowa, where he made his home till 1865, removing to Holt County, Iowa. After remaining there till 1868, he removed to this state and county and settled where he now resides. He has 120 acress of land that is above the average in this district, 100 acres of which are under cultivation. Mr. Richards was married January 31, 1863, to Miss Mary J. Hiles, an estimable lady, a native of Ohio. They have three children : Edward G., Eva and Henry. Mr. R. has been school director of his district for several terms.
CHRISTOPHER C. RIFFE,
section 7, post office Clearmont. The subject of this sketch was born in Carroll County, Missouri, October 10, 1845. He was there raised until the age of eight years, when he accompanied his parents to Harrison County, remaining in that locality twelve years. From there he removed to this county, and settled where he now resides. He has 160 acres of
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land that will average with any in the county, all of which is under cul- tivation. Mr. Riffe was united in marriage in 1872, to Mrs. Rosa A. McGinty. They have one child : Jane. Mrs. Riffe has previously been twice married. By her first marriage she has two children : Francis Davis and Samuel Davis. By her second marriage there are three chil- dren : Isaac N., Mary E., and Jane McGinty. During the late war Mr. Riffe enlisted in Company E, Forty-third Missouri Infantry, and served one year. He was taken prisoner at Glasgow, Missouri, and was given his liberty after a confinement of one month.
THOMAS J. ROGERS,
dealer in general merchandise, Clearmont. The business now conducted by Mr. Rogers was established in 1880. He has a complete and well assorted stock of goods, and is doing a large business. He is a native of Tennessee, and was born in Campbell County, January 28, 1838. He was there raised to manhood and educated, spending his boyhood days on a farm. He there remained till the breaking out of the war in 1861, when he enlisted in Company B, First Tennessee Infantry. After serv- ing for five and a-half years, he returned home, where he remained till 1868, when he emigrated to Missouri, and settled near the old town. He was engaged in farming till 1873, when he began mercantile pursuits, forming a partnership with J. Smith, under the firm name of Smith & Rogers. After a prosperous business connection of two years, Mr. Smith disposed of his share, the firm becoming Rogers & Cissna. They con- tinned the business for eight months, when Mr. Rogers retired in 1875. He returned to agricultural pursuits, and in 1880 he again embarked in trade, under the firm name of Rogers, Gray & Co .; and after doing busi- ness one year, Gray & Co. sold out to Mr. Rogers, he continuing the business. Mr. R. has been twice married-first to Miss Fannie Wise, in 1870. They had two children : Thomas J. and Hannah L., living. Mrs. R.'s death occurred July 10, 1879. Mr. R. was again united in marriage, December 13, 1880, to Miss Louisa J. Wallace. He has been justice of the peace of this township four years, and is school director of his district.
SCOTT & SMITH,
dealers in furniture and coffins. Among the later additions to Clear- mont, in the way of firms, may be mentioned these gentlemen. They commenced business in the year 1881, and now have a large and com- plete stock of goods in their line. They are doing a successful and increasing business, and make a specialty of scroll sawing. The senior member of this firm, Mr. A. M. Scott, is a native of Richmond, Ross County, Ohio, and was born December 23, 1838. He was there princi-
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pally raised, following from an early day the trade of carpenter. Octo- ber 1, 1865, he emigrated to this county and engaged in contracting and building, and was the architect as well as builder of most of the buildings of this place. In 1875 he engaged in farming, and after one year he again resumec' his former business of carpentering. In 1880 he became a partner in the general store then known as Rogers, Gray & Co., but subsequently disposed of his interest. After a short time he engaged in the present business. He is a member of the Odd Fellows fraternity. During the war he enlisted and participated in the following battles : Fayetteville, Berryville, Fisher's Hill, Lynchburg, and others. Jerome T. Smith, of this firm, is a native of Nodaway County, Missouri, and was born June 7, 1860. He was raised in this county, where he has always resided. He followed the occupation of farming from boyhood till he became associated with Mr. Scott in the present business.
JOHN W. SHEARER,
section 14, post office Clearmont. The subject of this sketch is a native of Iowa, and was born September 15, 1850. He there received a good common school education, and was raised to manhood in the occupa- tion he now follows. In 1876, he emigrated to Missouri, and settled where he now resides. He has eighty acres of land that will average with any in the county, sixty-five acres of which are under cultivation. Mr. S. was united in marriage in 1867 to Miss Mary C. Phipps. They have from this union three children : Emma E., Nettie A., and George F. Mr. S. was justice of the peace of his township for one term.
JOHN SHERBON,
secton 7, post office Clearmont. The subject of this sketch was born in Ohio, in 1836, and, when at the age of two years, with the family, he immigrated to Wisconsin, where he was raised to manhood, following the occupation of farming. In 1871, he removed to this state, and set- tled where he now resides. He has 360 acres of land, among the most choice of any in the county, all of which is under cultivation. Mr. S. has been twice married. First, in 1856, to Miss Maria Hatfield. There are two children by this union, John W. and George W. Mrs. Sherbon's death occurred October 21, 1866. Mr. S. was again married, in 1868, to Miss Sarah Graves. They have four children : Lillie M., Frank H., Dennis A. and Jesse.
JEREMIAH C. SMITH,
farmer, section 25, post office Clearmont. Prominent among the old settlers and leading and successful men of this township is the subject of this sketch. He is a native of Kentucky, and was born in 1813. He
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was reared to manhood in that state, following the occupation of farm- ing. When at the age of twenty-three years, he emigrated to Boone County, Missouri, and settled in Nashville, where he was engaged in the mercantile business till 1848. In 1849, he was occupied in steamboat- ing on the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers, and in 1851 he again com- menced mercantile pursuits, this time in Claysville. After a successful business career of five years he removed to this county, and in 1866 settled where he now resides. He has in this county 1,270 acres of land, 400 acres of which are under cultivation. Mr. S. was united in marriage January 22, 1856, to Miss Nancy S. Jones. They have from this union three children : Jeremiah M., William F., and Jerome T. Mr. Smith is one of the oldest and best known Masons of this county. He is a member of the Baptist Church, and has held the office of collector of the township.
JEREMIAH M. SMITH,
section 12, post office Clearmont. This gentleman was born in Nodaway County, Missouri, November 21, 1856, and was raised in the occupation which he now follows. He received the advantages of the schools of this district, and in 1880, he moved on the place where he now resides. He has a splendid farm of a 160 acres, much of which is under cultivation. Mr. Smith was united in marriage February 1, 1880, to Miss Mary E. Nevels, a most agreeable lady. She is a native of Sangamon County, Illinois. They have had one child, now deceased. Mrs. Smith is a mem- ber. of the M. E. Church of Clearmont.
E. C. SNODGRASS,
section 19, post office Hopkins. The subject of this sketch is a native of Nodaway County, Missouri, and was born in 1351. When one year old his family emigrated to Page County, Iowa, where he was raised to man- hood. In 1873, he visited Utah Territory, where he remained one year, and from thence he returned to Iowa, where he resided till 1877. At that time he came to this county, where he has since resided. He has eighty acres of land in this county. Mr. Snodgrass was married in 1874, to Miss Sarah J. Miller, a daughter of A. C. Miller. They have two children : Zella and Katie.
LEMUEL S. STRICKLAND,
section 3, post office Clearmont. L. S. Strickland is a native of Ohio, and was born in Lake County, June 30, 1832. At the age of fifteen years he with his family emigrated to Cass County, Michigan. There he resided till in 1855, when he came westward and settled in this county. In 1867 he located on the farm where he now resides. He has eighty-
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five acres of land that will compare with any in the county, sixty acres of which are under fine cultivation. Mr. Strickland was married Decem- ber 19, 1857 to Martha N. Gray, a native of Tennessee. From this marriage three children are living : Althia L., Ira E. and James M. They are members of the M. E. Church. Mr. S. has been school direc- tor of this district for a number of years. During the late war he was a brave and gallant soldier. Alfred and Martha Gray, father and mother of Mrs. Strickland, are among the oldest settlers in this district. They settled in 1840 in what is now called Gray's Grove.
FRANCIS D. STURTEVANT,
proprietor of the Wabash House. The genial host of the Wabash House, Mr. Sturtevant, is a native of New York, and was born in 1837. He was there reared to manhood, and received his education from the schools of that district, learning while young the trade of painting, which he still follows. At thirty years of age he came west and settled in Maysville, DeKalb County, Missouri, where he resided three years, and from there he removed to Maryville, Nodaway County. Here he made his home for seven years, and after that time settled in Clearmont, where he has since resided. Mr. S. was married in 1863, to Miss Jennie Lee, a native of New York city. They have two children : Glenna M. and Maria N. During the late war Mr. Sturtevant enlisted in Company B, Second New York Infantry, remaining with that company for eight months. He was then changed to Company K, Thirty-ninth New York Volunteers, and served one year, having participated in many serious engagements-first the battle of Bull Run, Chickamauga, seven days fight, South Side Rail- road, near Richmond, Petersburg and others of lesser note. He and his wife are members of the Baptist Church and are liberal contributors thereto.
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