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the rear of Atlanta, then going through to the sca. Mr. L. was mustered out of service in May, 1865, when he returned to his old home in Ohio. In 1866, he came west and settled at Fort Madison, Lee County, Iowa, and in 1869, he took a trip west to Atchison, Kansas, remaining there four months, when he returned to Fort Madison. In the fall of 1870, he moved to Franklin County, Kansas, made that vicinity his home for one year, and then went again to Fort Madison. In the spring of 1873, he moved to Harvey County, Kansas, and remained there until the fall of 1874, when he came to Hopkins, first entering a general merchandise store. He afterwards became connected with a drug store, and in the spring of 1877, commenced the business on his own account, now carry- ing a large and complete stock, which he has built up by adhering to sterling principles of honesty and fair dealing, thereby winning the patronage of a large circle of friends. He is a member of Lodge No. 333, of the I. O. O. F. of Hopkins, of which he is one of the charter members, and in which he has filled all the offices. Mr. Lowrey was married in December, 1869, to Miss Mary E. Redman, a native of Jeffer- sonville, Indiana. She died August 11, 1872. They had two children, both of whom are deceased.
A. G. LUCAS,
of the firm of Pierce & Lucas, editors and proprietors of the Hopkins Journal, and Taylor County Republican, of Bedford, Iowa. Mr. Lucas was born April 15, 1844, in Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pennsyl- vania, and was taken to Brookville, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, by his parents when quite young, there remaining until thirteen years of age. At that time he accompanied his parents to Pittsburgh, Pennsyl- vania, which city he made his home until 1874. Mr. L. received a part of his education in the schools, though most of it was obtained by self- application. His thirst for knowledge led him to study the modern languages, of which he can speak three and write five. In 1858 he com- menced to learn the printing business, and at the same time studied law to some extent. He left the case at the breaking out of the war, and enlisted in Company I, Twelfth Pennsylvania Infantry, in April, 1861, as a three months volunteer. He afterwards enlisted in Company M, Twenty-third Pennsylvania Infantry, and served through the Penin- sula campaign, and at the battle of Malvern Hills he was wounded and sent home. He was subsequently discharged, but upon recovering, he re-enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and Eleventh Pennsylvania Infantry, and served until July, 1865, taking part in the Atlanta Cam- paign and with Sherman on his march to the sea. During his first cam- paign, Mr. L. took part in the siege of Yorktown, Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, and the seven day's fight before Richmond. Entering as a pri-
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vate, he was soon promoted to sergeant, and after passing the various grades of advancement, came out as adjutant of his regiment. At the close of the war he returned to Pittsburgh and continued the study of law until he was admitted to the bar in 1866. He at once com- menced practicing in Pittsburg, continuing until 1874. During the years 1867-8 he held the position of assistant district attorney, under Robert B. Cranahan, United States District Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Upon removing west in 1874, Mr. Lucas remained a short time at Maryville, and then went to Grant City, Mis- souri, where he engaged in the practice of law and in the real estate business. In 1877 he purchased the Grant City Star, which he contin- ued to published for one year, when he came to Hopkins and purchased an interest in the Hopkins Journal with James M. Pierce. On the Ist of January, 1878, they started the Taylor County Republican at Bed- ford, Iowa. As a journalist Mr. L. is a grand success, and his ability as a short-hand writer enables him to do much more labor than generally falls to the lot of an editor. He is a member of Washington Lodge, No. 253, A. F. and A. M .; Du Quesne Chapter, No. 193, R. A. M .; Mt. Moriah Council, No. 2, R., S. E. and S. M., and Pittsburgh Commandery, No. I, K. T., all of Pittsburgh. He was married in February, 1867, to Miss Anna M. Byers, a native of Fayette County, Pennsylvania. They have five children living : Lulu, Bessie, Ray, Frank, and Annie. One is deceased. Mr. Lucas and his wife are members of the Methodist Church.
GEORGE H. LYTLE,
farmer and stock dealer, was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, November 5, 1842. In 1844 his parents moved to Delaware County, Ohio, but returned to Washington County, Pennsylvania, in 1848, where they resided until 1854. They again moved to Delaware County, Ohio, and there George received a common school education. He remained on the home farm until 1862, when he married and commenced farming on his own account. Removing west in the fall of 1864, he settled in Nodaway County, Missouri, some five miles west of Hopkins. The coun- try was sparsely settled, and to attempt to clear a farm was enough to discourage the heart of the most courageous, but by hard work and close attention to business he has been able to accumulate 446 acres of fine land, divided into two farms, both of which are improved and well watered. His home farm has an excellent bank barn, a wind-pump, a good orchard, etc., and is one of the best adapted for stock purposes in this locality. He is largely interested in stock raising, most of his stock being high grade. His capital stock, when he commenced in life, con- sisted of two horses and a set of harness. Mr. Lytle takes a deep inter- est in educational matters, and has filled the position of school director
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several terms. In October, 1881, he purchased an acre lot and a neat residence in Hopkins, and moved his family to town for the purpose of educating his children. He was married October 22, 1865, to Miss Annetta Thurston, who was born in Delaware County, Ohio, May 22, 1844. They have an interesting family of three children : Charlie, Lena and Della.
ELI MCATEE,
farmer and stock raiser, section 16, post office Hopkins, was born in Union County, Indiana, December 1, 1827. He was reared on a farm, at his birthplace, receiving an education in the schools of the neighborhood, and, in 1844, accompanied his parents to VanBuren County, Iowa, where he remained some thirteen years. Upon arriving at maturity he com- menced farming on his own account, and has made that his occupation through life. In the fall of 1856, he moved to Mercer County, Missouri, and resided there for sixteen years. During the war, he volunteered to serve several times, but was rejected on accout of ill health ; neverthe- less, he was a member of the Enrolled Missouri Militia. In the spring of 1873, he moved to Jefferson County, Kansas, remaining there one year, when he moved to Jackson County, same state, afterwards coming to Nodaway County, Missouri, in the fall of 1874. He first settled near Pickering, but, six months later, moved to his present place, which con- sists of 100 acres of rich land, well adapted to stock raising, in which industry he is largely interested. He has a good orchard of apple and peach trees, and a large assortment of small fruit. Mr. McA. has filled the office of justice of the peace for about five and a half years. While in Mercer County, he helped to organize a township, and held the office of township clerk. He is a member of Xenia Lodge, No. 50, A. F. and A. M., of Hopkins. Mr. McA. has been twice married. First, in 1849, to Miss Catherine Williamson. She died in August, 1854, leaving one child, Alice (now Mrs. J. C. Brown). He was married again in September, 1858, to Miss Sarah E. Puett, a native of Wayne County, Indiana. By this union they have four children : Eva E. (now Mrs. George W. Sturgeon), Isadore, Ann L. and Sarah W. ; lost, three. Himself and wife are active members of the M. E. Church of Hopkins.
SAMUEL MCATEE,
farmer and stock raiser, section 20, post office Hopkins, was born in Union County, Indiana, April 14, 1840. In 1844 his parents moved to Van Buren County, Iowa, and there Samuel was principally raised, spending his boyhood days on a farm and receiving a common school education. He accompanied his parents to Mercer County, Missouri, in the fall of 1856, and resided there some seventeen years, engaged in
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agricultural pursuits. During the war he served in the Enrolled Mis- souri Militia. Immigrating to Jackson County, Kansas, in 1873, he resided there five months, and then came to Nodaway County, Missouri, in the fall of 1874, locating where he now resides. He owns a fine farm of 130 acres, seventy of which are under cultivation and well adapted to stock raising. He has a young orchard and other improvements upon his place. Mr. McA. has filled the position of school director several years, and now holds the office of road overseer. He was married August 24, 1862, to Miss Mary A. Puett, a native of Indiana. She was born April 3, 1836. They have three children living : Sarah A., (now Mrs. William Watters), Theora J. and Eli A. Himself and wife are active members of the M. E. Church, and hold their membership at Happy Hollow. Mr. McAtee's parents reside with him. His father, John McAtee, was born July 3, 1803, in Rowan County, North Carolina, and moved to Union County, Indiana, when twenty-one years of age. He was married Sep- tember 28, 1825, to Miss Sarah Star, a native of the same place as her husband. They have seven children living : William, Eli, Nancy, Oliver, Almira, (now Mrs. Thomas Keywood), Samuel, Diana, (now Mrs. Joseph E. Puett.)
HAMILTON McCOY,
stock dealer and farmer, was born in Coshocton County, Ohio, Septem- ber 4, 1848. He was reared at his birthplace, spending his boyhood days on a farm, and receiving an education in the schools of the neighbor- hood. He has given his entire attention to agricultural pursuits and stock raising through life, and at one time owned a fine farm in his native county in Ohio, and was largely interested in stock raising. In 1872, having heard glowing accounts of the western country, in August of that year, he came to Missouri and settled in Hopkins, Nodaway County, which was at that time a new place. Here he engaged in the stock busi- ness, and has given his attention to that and farming since, at present being largely interested in feeding and shipping. He owns two fine farms of eighty acres each, one joining the town of Hopkins on the south, and the other half a mile south. He has a comfortable residence just outside of the town limits, and excellent accommodations for stock. He is a member of Xenia Lodge, No. 50, A. F. and A. M., in which he formerly held the position of master. Mr. McCoy was married November 26, 1870, to Miss Isabella Markley, a native of Coshocton County, Ohio. She was born April 13, 1849. They have two children : Irma and Logan.
JOHN MCCURDY,
farmer and stock raiser, section 20, post office Hopkins, was born in County Antrim, Ireland, February 21, 1843, and was there reared, and
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attended the schools of the neighborhood. He crossed the ocean in 1859, and landed at Castle Garden, New York City, he at that time being but sixteen years of age. In a country amongst strangers, without a rel- ative or friend, he first located in Miami County, Ohio, and then removed to Taylor County, Iowa, going from there to Page County, Iowa, in 1860. He made his home in that locality until 1869. During the war he enlisted in an Iowa company for nine months service, but the company was not called out. Coming to Nodaway County in 1879 he settled where he now resides, and began the improvement of a farm. He now owns 240 acres, all of which is under fence and partially improved. He is largely interested in the raising of stock. Having commenced life a poor boy, he has worked his way up to his present position by honesty and industry.
SAMUEL MCFARLAND.
Prominent among the old settlers and enterprising business men of Nodaway County, stands the subject of this sketch. He was born June 18, 1822, in Center County, Pennsylvania, and was taken to Beaver County, Pennsylvania, by his parents in 1827, where he was principally raised, spending his boyhood days on a farm, and receiving his educa- tion in the schools of the neighborhood. He accompanied the family to Coshocton County, Ohio, in 1840, where he devoted his attention to farming, and in 1848 he married Miss Julia A. Holmes, a native of that county. In 1855 Mr McFarland moved to Johnson County, Iowa, with his family, consisting of his wife and four children, and from there went to Texas in the fall of 1856, where he was engaged in agricultural pur- suits. In the spring of 1859 he lost his wife and eldest child by death, and consequently returned to Ohio in the fall of that year. In July, 1860, he was married again to Miss Nancy Elliott, a native of Coshoc- ton County, Ohio. September 5, 1860, he started for Texas, 1,400 miles distant, overland with a team, and made the trip in forty-eight days .. There he remained until the 12th of August, 1861, when the rebellion broke out. Being an Ohio man, his sentiments were not in keeping with that of the majority of the population. So he concluded to emi- grate to Nodaway County, Missouri. He started on the 12th of August, 1861, with his family, in company with George Downing and family, to travel a distance of 700 miles, through a country overrun with troops- Federal, Confederate, Bushwhackers, and Kansas Jaykawkers-and met with many thrilling adventures, arriving in Xenia, September 11, 1861. This completed a distance of 2, 100 miles traversed within a year by one team. He subsequently settled on his present farm. The country was unsettled, his nearest post office was Xenia, six miles distant, and the supply point was St. Joseph. It took five days to make the latter trip. The country then abounded in deer and wild turkeys. Mr. McFarland
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remembers of having seen deer feeding with his cattle, and a wild tur- key gobler, who found his home in the trees near by, woke him regu- larly at five o'clock in the morning for a period of five years, when it fell a prey to some lazy hunter. When the railroad came here in 1870, and a town was to be established, Mr. McFarland, who owned part of the town-site, assisted in founding Hopkins, mention of which is made in another part of this work. He now owns a third interest in the town and has some 400 acres of farm land in the vicinity. The home farm has one of the finest locations in the county, being situated between the upper forks of the One Hundred Two River, and only one-half mile dis- tant from the business portion of Hopkins. It is well improved, con- taining good residence and other buildings ; also, an excellent orchard. Mr. McFarland is widely and favorably known, and it is to such enter- prising men as he that Nodaway County is indebted for the position she holds as one of the leading counties of the state. In 1845 he joined the Methodist Church, and has since adhered strictly to its principles. He is a member of Xenia Lodge, No. 50, A. F. and A. M .; is also an active temperance' worker, and belongs to Hopkins lodge. By his first wife Mr. McFarland has four children living: John C., Scott, Joseph, and Sarah, now Mrs. J. Caldwell, of Savannah, Andrew County, Missouri. Four are deceased. He and his present wife are active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Hopkins, and assisted in organizing the church at this place. He holds the office of church trustee.
D. MALOTT & SON,
blacksmiths and repairers, are among the old settlers of this place. D. Malott was born in Grant County, Indiana, February 10, 1820. He spent his boyhood days on a farm at his birthplace, and received an education in the schools of the vicinity. When sixteen years old he commenced to learn the blacksmith trade at Marion, Grant County, Indiana and has made that his occupation through life, moving to Miami County, Ohio, in 1841. He remained there four years, and then returned to his native county, going from there to Livingston County, Illinois, in 1863. Six years later he came to Missouri, and settled in Nodaway County in the fall of 1869. Here he purchased a farm near Hopkins, settling his family thereon, while he came to Hopkins and started the first black- smith shop in the place in 1871. This business he carried on until 1877, when he sold out and turned his attention to farming. His farm is located on section 8, of this township, and comprises nineteen acres of well improved land. In the fall of 1880, he moved to town and in partner- ship with his son, James A., erected a new shop, the neatest of the kind in the place, and being excellent workmen are receiving a very liberal patronage. Mr. M. was married in May, 1841, to Miss Rachel Patti, a
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native of Ohio. They have had eleven children, six of whom are living : A. F., D. P., N. W., James A., Olive E. (now Mrs. Scott McFarland), and Ettie. Himself and wife are members of the United Brethren Church. James A. Malott was born July 5, 1854, in Marion, Grant County, Indi- ana, and has remained with his parents in their various moves through life, coming to Missouri with them in the fall of 1869. He received a good business education, and when twenty years of age he commenced to learn the blacksmith trade with his father. In 1878, he moved to Atchison County, Missouri, and opened a shop, which he conducted for one year. He was married May 21, 1876, to Miss Mary E. Byerly, a native of Iowa. She died in the fall of 1878. They had two children, only one of whom is now living: Edna A. Mr. Malott is a member of Lodge No. 333, I. O. O. F., of Hopkins, in which he holds the office of secretary. . He is greatly interested in machinery, and is of quite an inventive turn of mind, possessing the necessary amount of energy to succeed in whatever he undertakes.
C. S. MARTIN
was born September 5, 1846, in Walworth County, Wisconsin, where he was raised on a farm. After receiving a preparatory course in the schools of the neighborhood he completed his education at Milwaukee. At eighteen years of age he commmenced to learn the carpenter's trade, which he followed for five years. In the fall of 1869 he came west, set- tling in Hopkins in 1870, and soon opened a grocery store, to which he afterwards added a stock of furniture. Finally discontinuing the grocery business, he added hardware to his furniture business. He now occupies two floors of a building 20x50 feet, filled with a complete stock, and also has a first-class tin shop in the rear of the building. Being one of the oldest business men in this place, he is widely and favorably known, and by his system of honesty and fair dealing has won the patronage of many citizens. He is a member of Lodge No. 333 of the I. O. O. F., of Hop- kins. Mr. Martin was married in October, 1872, to Miss Mary Stewart, a native of Wisconsin. He and his wife are active members of the Pres- byterian Church, of Hopkins, in which he holds the position of Deacon.
JOHN MENDENHALL,
section 31, post office Hopkins. The subject of this sketch is a native of Pennsylvania, and was born in 1816. At an early age, with his father's family, he emigrated to Ohio, where he remained till he was seventeen years of age, then moving to Illinois. He settled in Galena, where he followed the occupation of blacksmith, and after making that city his home for one year, he moved to Wisconsin, where he began the occupa-
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tion of mining. After remaining there three years he removed to Min- nesota, and a short time after returned to Illinois, where he settled. After residing there till 1876 he emigrated to this state, and settled in Harrison County, where he lived two years, after which he moved to this county and settled where he now resides. Mr. M. has fifty acres of good average land, all of which he cultivates. He has been twice mar- ried -- first to Miss Catharine Low, May 28, 1840. She died January 5, 1872, leaving five children : Elizabeth, William A., Thomas J., Philip W. and Isaac B. Mr. M. was.again married June 2, 1876, to Miss Joan Mont- gomery. She is a member of the Baptist Church.
CHARLIE MONIER,
farmer and stock raiser, section 14. Prominent among the enterprising citizens of Nodaway County may be mentioned the subject of this sketch. He was born on the Isle of Man, April 14, 1848, and was brought to the United States, by his parents, when three years of age. They landed at New York City, and soon came west, to Peoria County, Illinois, where they remained for seven years, then moving to Marshall County, of the same state. Here Charlie was principally raised, spend- ing his boyhood days on a farm, and, after receiving a preparatory edu- cation in the neighborhood schools, he completed it at Galesburg, Illi- nois. When twenty-one years of age he commenced business for himself, and while in Illinois he owned a fine farm, and was largely interested in stock raising. Selling out, in the fall of 1879, he came west, and purchased his present farm, to which he moved his family, and settled in the spring of 1880. His landed estate now consists of 613 acres of rich land, all except eighty acres being under cultivation, and fifty acres of this is timber land. He has one of the finest resi- dences in the county, situated on an elevation, from which Hopkins, on the north, and Pickering, on the south, are to be seen. Mr. M. is largely interested in the stock business, and in purse, as well as in char- acter, is one of the solid men of the county. He takes a deep interest in educational matters, and, at present, fills the position of school director of his district. He was married, January 30, 1879, to Miss Charlotte Doran, a lady of refinement and culture. She was born in Marshall County, Illinois, December 23, 1851. They have one child, Ray Hughes. Mr. Monier's parents are both living. His father was eighty-one years old December 25, 1881, and his mother 'was seventy- nine on the 2d of February, 1881. They were both natives of the Isle of Man.
REV. JOHN MOORHEAD,
pastor of the M. E. Church, of Hopkins, was born in County Down, Ire- land, December 20, 1834, and in the spring of 1837, with his parents, he
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emigrated to the United States They settled in Monroe County, Ohio, where John spent his time on the farm until eighteen years of age, when he moved to Tazewell County, Illinois. After spending the summer there he returned to Ohio and attended school during the winter. The next summer he also spent in Illinois, returning in the fall and attending school in the winter season. In the spring of 1854 Mr. Moorhead went to Albany, Athens County, Ohio, attending a Normal Labor School there for eighteen months, paying his tuition by his work. His parents having moved to Tazewell County, Illinois, in the spring of 1854, John followed them in 1855. He worked for two months at the carpenter's trade, teaching school during the winter, and during the spring and sum- mer of 1856 he attended the Wesleyan University, of Bloomington, Ill. In the winter and spring of 1857 he engaged in teaching in Tazewell County, Illinois, and the latter part of the year he spent at the Wesleyan University. In the summer of 1858 he again worked at his trade. In September, 1858, he immigrated to Caldwell County, Missouri, in com- pany with Rev. Daniel Proctor, and the following winter taught school at Pleasant Grove, Livingston County, Missouri. In the fall of 1858 he was licensed to preach, and in the spring of 1859 was recommended to the Annual Methodist Episcopal Conference of Missouri and Arkansas, being favorably received on trial. He was appointed under Rev. J. W. Caughlan to the Oregon and Rock Port Circuit embracing the counties of Holt and Atchison, and for his years' services received one hundred dollars. In the spring of 1860 he was appointed to take charge of Ridgely Circuit, in Platte County. November 4, 1860, Mr. M. was mar- ried to Miss Elizabeth S. Heywood, of Livingston County, Missouri. She was born in Rush County, Indiana, July 26, 1836. For the next years' work he received $75. In 1861 he again had charge of the Maryville Circuit, or Nodaway County, and during the winter he taught school to aid in supporting his family. He received the same charge in 1862, but was re-appointed after the first quarterly meeting to the Chillicothe Cir- cuit. This was done at the earnest request of several citizens of Chilli- cothe to Elder Burton. The territory over which he travels now embraces eight stations and circuits. Besides having this large circuit to attend to he was compelled to cut and haul wood to pay his house rent. Mr. M. organized a flourishing society and a good Sunday School at Chillicothe. In 1863 he was appointed to the Oregon Circuit, embracing Holt County, and during the winter was appointed by Col. Clough to organize Union Leagues in Northwestern Missouri. He after- wards organized leagues in Holt, Andrew, Buchanan, Caldwell, Clinton, DeKalb and Harrison Counties, and also appointed delegates to other counties. He was sent as a delegate to the Grand Union League of Kansas, which met at Topeka in the spring of 1864, and induced them to grant him a dispensation to organize a State League in Missouri. This
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