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M. C. BRAMBLET,
of the firm of Bramblet & Castlaw, hardware merchants, was born in Ross County, Ohio, September 7, 1843. He was reared in his native county, and received an excellent education. When but eighteen years of age, on the 4th of August, 1862, he enlisted in Company B, First Ohio Heavy Artillery, entering as private. He was mustered out as second lieutenant July 20, 1865. Returning to Ross County, Ohio, he was engaged in working at the carpenter's trade till the fall of 1867, when he emigrated to Nebraska, and in the following spring came to Nodaway County, Missouri, and continued his chosen calling for some length of time. He subsequently purchased a farm, and was engaged in farming and dealing in stock till the summer of 1879, but remained in the stock business till recently. At the time Burlington Junction was estab- lished, he formed a partnership with J. T. Anderson, and was engaged in the livery business till October, 1880. He was also connected with the firm of Hotaling & Co., in the lumber business. In July, 1881, Mr. B. began in his present business. He was elected to the office of town- ship collector, and at present is a member of the A. O. U. W. His father, William, and his mother, Mary (Barbara) Bramblet, were natives of Ohio.
J. B. BROWN,
farmer and stock dealer, section 2, post office Burlington Junction, was born December 29, 1844, his mother's home being in Anderson County, Tennessee. There he was reared and educated. In 1862 he espoused the Federal cause and enlisted in Battery D, of the First Heavy Artillery
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of Tennessee, remaining in service for twenty-three months, when he was mustered out at Nashville. In 1869 he moved to his present location, where he has since resided. He has followed farming from boyhood, and now owns forty acres of land that will compare with any in the county. He is a member of Burlington Junction Lodge, U. D., of the Masonic fraternity. Mr. Brown was married April 15, 1866, to Miss M. E. Moore. She was born in the same county as himself, November 23, 1847, and was there reared and educated. They have three children : Flora B., Myrtie and French L. Mr. and Mrs. B. are members of the M. E. Church. Mr. Brown's father, William, was a native of Kentucky, and his mother, Malinda (Overton) Brown, came from Tennessee.
JOEL D. BROGAN,
farmer, section 20, post office Wilcox, was born in Claiborne County, Tenn., March 20, 1828, and was reared in his native state, and has fol- lowed farming from boyhood. In 1854, he came to Nodaway County, Mo., where he has since resided, and has improved his present farm which contains 180 acres. He was married April 12, 1855, to Miss Docia Whitton, who was born in Anderson County, Tennessee, November, 13, 1829. They have seven children : Sarah Margaret, born June 6, 1856 : Malinda Clementine, born April 20, 1858; Mary Elizabeth, born March 5, 1860 ; John Wesley, born June 9, 1862 ; Redman Birdwell, born June 12, 1866 ; Ada May, born May 30, 1869, and Jennie, born April 21, 1877. In 1862, Mr. Brogan enlisted in Company C, of the Fourth Missouri State Militia Cavalry and remained in service till the spring of 1865, doing efficient duty as a soldier ..
JAMES BRYANT
is a native of the State of Indiana, and was born at the Narrows of Sugar Creek, in Parke County, January 25, 1827. He is a son of Gabriel and Phobe (Marsh) Bryant, the former a native of Bryant's Station, Kentucky, and the latter of New Jersey. James was reared in his native county till fourteen years of age, when he went to. Montgomery County, of the same state, where he served an apprenticeship at the tanner's trade, which he followed in Pleasant Hill a short time. He was there married by Rev. William Campbell to Miss Sarah McJimsey, on the 3Ist day of December, 1848. In 1849 Mr. B. moved to Colfax, Indiana, the town at that time being named Midway. He was one of its pioneers, and re-named the town in the honor of ex-Vice President Colfax. Mr. B. carried on the tannery business in that locality until 1854, when, on account of his failing health, he was compelled to seek another employ- ment and location .; consequently he moved to Fountain County, Indi-
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ana, and settled on a farm, where he was engaged in tilling the soil til? 1868, at which time he returned to Montgomery County. There he resumed the same calling till 1880, and from that time to the present he has been a citizen of Burlington Junction, Missouri, and has been engaged in improving property, building houses, etc. All have become a credit to the city of Burlington Junction. Mrs. Bryant is a native of Ohio, and was born April 19, 1831. She resided in her native state till nine years of age, when, with her parents, she moved to Indiana. She is a daughter of John and Mary A. Heizer. The former of Virginia, and the latter of Pennsylvania. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Bryant consisted of eleven children, five of whom are living : John H., Alice B. (now Mrs. J. G. Kerr, who resides in Pleasant Hill, Indiana), James H., Josiah J., and Willie M. Mr. and Mrs. B. are members of the M. E. Church.
BRYANT & CHARLES,
printers, and editors of the Burlington Junction Post. This firm is com- posed of J. H. Bryant and Will. C. Charles. The senior member of the firm, Mr. Bryant, is a son of James Bryant (mention of whom is made elsewhere). He was born in Pleasant Hill, Montgomery County, Indiana, September 31, 1849, and was educated in the county schools. He improved his youthful days on a farm, after which he was engaged for three years in teaching school. In 1878 he moved to Maryville, where he began work in the interest of the Maryville Republican, his assistance adding much in the building up of that paper's circulation, he having - canvassed the entire county of Nodaway. Mr. Bryant continued as an employee of the office of the Republican for over one year, when he purchased an interest in his present office and became a partner of Prof. B. A. Dunn, the firm name being J. H. Bryant & Co. Prof. Dunn was succeeded by Will. C. Charles in December, 1880, and since then it has gone under the present firm name. Mr. Bryant is a member of the fol- lowing societies : Burlington Lodge No. 442, A. F. and A. M., Burling- ton Lodge No. 404, I. O. O. F., Burlington Lodge No. 215, A. O. U. W., and Nodaway Valley Lodge No. 478, I. O. G. T. He was married Jan- uary 1, 1874, to Miss Mary A. Bever, a daughter of Mathias C. and Mary A. (Elmore) Bever. The former was a native of Ohio, and was born February 14, 1826. Mrs. Mary Bever was a native of Indiana, born March 15, 1829. Mrs. Bryant was born in the same vicinity as her hus- band, February 4, 1855. She was reared, educated and married in her native county. They have three children : Fred. E., James H. and Mark C. Mr. and Mrs. B. are members of the M. E. Church. Will. C. Charles, of the above firm, was born in San Francisco, California, Febru- ary 15, 1856. His father, Capt. Thomas C. Charles, was a native of Ken- tucky, and was for a number of years a captain on the Mississippi Packet
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Line. Will's mother, (whose maiden name was Margaret E. McPaven), was a native of Mississippi. She died when he was but a child, and when he was about 14 years of age he went to Litchfield, Illinois, where he resided some two years. His father's death then occurred, after which he was a resident of various localities. Mr. Charles' education was obtained principally in San Francisco, California, and Booneville, Mis- souri. Since attaining his sixteenth year he has been engaged in differ- ent occupations, among which was that of a peanut boy on the Illinois Central Railroad, his route being from Centralia, Illinois, to Dubuque, Iowa. In 1873 he began work in the Republican office in Maryville, Missouri, and in that office he learned the trade at which he is now employed. There he remained till the spring of 1879, when he went to St. Joseph and worked in C. P. Kingsbury's job office till the spring of 1880, at which date he went to Burlington Junction and worked for J. H. Bryant & Co. till he became associated with that gentleman, forming the present firm. Mr. Charles is a member of Burlington Junction Lodge No. 442, A. F. and A. M., Burlington Lodge No. 404, I. O. O. F., and Nodaway Valley Lodge No. 478, I. O. G. T.
WILLIAM BUSH,
farmer, section 2, post office Burlington Junction The subject of this sketch is a native of Germany, and was born March 16, 1838. When about fifteen years of age he came to America, landing at New York City, in the year 1853, and soon located in Stephenson County, Illinois. He was educated in the German schools principally, while in Germany. His father being a miller, William was also reared in that business till the time of his immigration to America, and since then he has followed farming. In 1865, he moved to Hardin County, Iowa, where he remained till the spring of 1872, when he moved to his present location. His landed estate consists of 205 acres, all of which he has earned himself. In 1861, he enlisted during the war in Company G, Forty-sixth Illinois, and remained in service for twenty-six months, participating in many of the most important battles fought during that time. January 1, 1868, Mr. Bush was married to Miss Matilda Neidel. She was born in Pitts- burg, Pennsylvania, March 14, 1848, and came to Illinois when five years of age. In 1866, she moved to Iowa where her marriage occurred. Mr. and Mrs. B., have a family of five children : Willie H. L., born October 20, 1868 ; Charley F., born July 23, 1870 ; Geo. R., born March 21, 1872 ; Albert P., born June 6, 1874, and Harvey E., born November 9, 1876.
JOSEPH CARTER,
farmer and stock dealer, section 25, post office Burlington Junction, was born in Union County, Ohio, October 23, 1818. He was reared in his
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native county and there resided till 1856, when he emigrated to Bremer County, Iowa, remaining as a citizen of that county till 1865. He then came to Nodaway County. He has followed farming from boyhood, and now is the owner of a farm consisting of 372 acres, conveniently located and improved. In February, 1840, he was married to Miss Ann Wilson, who was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, in the year 1822. She died August 24, 1878. They had nine children, seven of whom are living, William, James, Marcus, French, Fay, Joseph, and Mary.
WILLIAM J. CARTER,
stock dealer and agriculturist, section 27, post office Burlington Junction. The subject of this sketch is the possessor of 240 acres of land, and resides within three and a half miles of Burlington Junction. He was born in Union County, Ohio, March 10, 1842, and when twelve years of age his parents, Lemuel and Jemima Carter, immigrated to Butler County, Iowa, where the former now resides, his mother having died. Mr. C. was married October 18, 1870, to Miss Eliza J. Brown, a native of Coles County, Illinois. She was born July 19, 1843. In 1875 they moved to their present location. They have had five children : Mabel, born May 26, 1872, and died July 31, 1877 ; Lemuel D., born December 15, 1874 ; Frank P., born April 14, 1876 ; James A., born January 3, 1878 ; Isabel, born October 24, 1879. Mr. C. is a member of Burlington Lodge No. 442, A. F. and A. M.
WILLIAM CARTER,
farmer, section 34, post office Burlington Junction, was born in Union County, Ohio, October 10, 1844, and, when twelve years of age, his parents moved to Bremer County, Iowa. In 1865, he came to Nodaway County, Missouri, where he has since resided. He has followed tilling the soil from boyhood, and owns 400 acres of land in the banner county of the state. He is a member of Quitman Lodge, No. 196, A. F. and A. M. Mr. C. was married January 16, 1873, to Miss Margeret Shelton, who was born in Jackson County, Indiana, July 26, 1853. Her father, James H. Shelton, was a native of Kentucky, and her mother of Rhode Island. The family of Mr. and Mrs. C. consists of four children : Ella Il., born November 4, 1873 ; William, born February 18, 1876; Joseph, born November 18, 1877, and Mary, born October 19, 1880.
NATHAN JACKSON CHARTER,
farmer, section 34, post office Burlington Junction, was born in Washing- ton County, Kentucky, November 7, 1826. In 1832, his parents moved to McDonough County, Illinois, where he grew to manhood, receiving a
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fair education. His occupation during life has been that of a farmer. In 1869, he moved to Nodaway County, Missouri, where he has since resided. His farm contains 105 acres, on which he located in 1872. October, 31, 1851, Mr. C. was married to Miss Sarah R. Hardesty. She was born in McDonough County, Illinois, February 22, 1836, and died March 24, 1875. They had a family of ten children, of whom eight are living : Nancy E., Lourena I., Mary E., John L., Ida M., Charles W., Olive J. and Perry H. Jonathan Charter and Nancy (Ward) were the parents of N. J. Charter. The former was a native of Tennessee, and the latter of Kentucky.
I. B. CHRISSINGER,
postmaster and notary public, is a native of Pennsylvania, and was born in Fayette County, October 11, 1846. He was reared in Fayette, Wash- ington and Allegheny Counties, of his native state, and there received his education. When sixteen years of age he learned the blacksmith's trade, which he followed as an occupation till 1871. In the year 1856, he, with his parents, moved to Burlington, Iowa, where they remained till 1860, then returning to Pennsylvania. About the year 1870 they made a second move to Burlington, and in the following year I. B. learned the art of telegraphing, after which he was given a position on the C., B. & Q. R. R., operating for a time at Weaver and at Burlington. In October, 1873, he was transferred to Essex, Page County, Iowa, where he was given charge of all railroad business, acting as their real estate agent and also express agent. While there he was interested in incorporating the town, and acted as councilman for the first year and as chairman during the second. In October, 1876, he resigned the position as station agent, and embarked in the mercantile trade, dealing in groceries and agricultural implements, at the same time running the livery business. In October, 1878, he again accepted his former position with the railroad company, and was transferred to Burlington Junction in June, 1879, where he was given charge of all railroad business at this point. In Jan- uary, 1880, he again resigned. August 27, 1879, a special post office was established here, since which time he has had the responsibility of being postmaster. In June, 1879, he was appointed a notary public. Mr. C. is also engaged in both the life and fire insurance business, and repre- sents the German Insurance Company, of Freeport, Illinois, and the Farmers' and Mechanics' Mutual Relief Association of Maryland. During the year 1880 he was chairman of the town board. He is a Mason and a member of Burlington Junction Lodge, U. D. He also belongs to Burlington Junction I. O. O. F. Lodge, No. 404, and to the A. O. U. W., Burlington Lodge, No. 215, and is a member of the Good Templars, Nodaway County Lodge, No. 477. Mr. Chrissinger was married March 19, 1873, to Miss Mary Roberts. She was born in Des Moines County,
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lowa, August 18, 1847. They have two children : Edgar M., born March 25, 1874, and Harris R., born October 12, 1875.
GEORGE D. COLE,
farmer, section 20, post office Burlington Junction, is a native of Piqua County, Ohio, where he was born, December 14, 1853. In 1863, he came to Nodaway County, Missouri, with his father, Shadrach Cole, who died in the year 1868. His mother died in the year 1860. George D. now resides on the farm where his father first located, and has adhered closely to agricultural pursuits during life. His farm embraces 160 acres of land, and is very well improved. He was married June 19, 1879, to Miss Jennie M. Maning, a daughter of Dr. Edward Maning, now of Quitman. She was born in Andrew County, Missouri, August 1, 1860. They have had one child, which is now deceased.
THOMAS CORKEN.
The subject of this sketch now resides with his son, Samuel Corken, and is supposed to be the oldest man living in Nodaway County, having been born February 29, 1792, in Chester County, Pennsylvania. When but six years of age his parents started for the territory of Ohio, their mode of transportation being principally down the Ohio River on flat boats as far as the mouth of the Scioto River. They then made their way up that stream by a keel boat and landed at Chillicothe, Ross County, though having been compelled to walk a portion of the way while making their journey. At the time of landing there the house- hold furniture was rather limited, and the town consisted of but a few inhabitants, the buildings all being of logs and split and hewed floors. A noted hotel in the place was called the "Red Lion House." The elder Mr. C. and his family shortly located on what was known as the High Bank Prairie and began farming, not on a very large scale, however, as they had to manufacture their own plows, which were mostly of wood and no iron. Flouring mills had not been erected, and in those parts not even a mill for grinding corn. Hominy and dried pumpkin were substi- tuted for bread. Their meat was principally of wild game. Wolves, bears, &c., were numerous. Thomas' schooling was very much limited, having walked four miles while attending school, reading, writing and arithmetic being his only studies. He can remember when all mer- chandise used in Ross County was teamed from Philadelphia and New York City. October 1, 1812, he was called as one of a company for service in the war of that year, in which he served forty days, and for which he now draws a pension. For fifty years he has been a member of the M. E. Church. Mr. C. was married June 10, 1819, to Miss Rebecca Jones, who died in this county in October, 1866, she having come here
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with her husband in 1862. Their family consisted of eleven children, six of whom are now living: Henry, Rachel, Sarah, Samuel and Rebecca. Mr. C., until within the past six years, has been quite strong, and has been a hard working and an honest man.
HENRY CORKEN,
farmer and raiser of hedge plants and small fruits, section 15, post office Burlington Junction, is the eldest son of Thomas Corken, of whom men- tion is made elsewhere. He was born in Ross County, Ohio, July 24, 1820. He was reared in his native county, receiving but a limited edu- cation, and was there engaged as an agriculturist till April, 1857, when he moved to Knox County, Illinois. In April, 1862, he located in Nod- away County, Missouri, where he has since resided. At the time that he became a citizen here, he was in poor circumstances, being in debt some $3,000, and possessing nothing but his household goods. The debt he has since paid in full, and now owns a farm near the town of Burling- ยท ton Junction of eighty acres, which is improved equal to any in the county. To make a start in this county, he was compelled to work as a common laborer for some two years, and in the year 1865, he began the raising of hedge plants, which he has since continued. He has also taken a great interest in the cultivation of small fruits, having a fine vineyard. October 3, 1841, Mr. Corken was married to Miss Catharine Kilbourn, who was born in Ross County, Ohio, June 6, 1826. They have six children living : Minerva C. (now Mrs. Herriman); Adassa J. (now Mrs. Dougherty); John D., Rachel V. (now Mrs. Meacham); Thomas M., Henrietta (now Mrs. Sunderland). Two children are deceased : William E. and Charles E. Mr. and Mrs. Corken are members of the M. E. Church. Mrs. C.'s parents, Hiram and Anna (White) were natives of New York.
SAMUEL CORKEN,
proprietor of the Burlington Mineral Springs, section 20, post office Burlington Junction, is a native of Ross County, Ohio, and was born October 3, 1837. He is a son of Thomas Corken, a pioneer of Ohio, and was reared and educated in his native county, there being engaged in farming till 1860, the time of his emigration to Nodaway County, Mis- souri. He has since adhered closely to farming and the raising of stock. He began life in this county with a small amount of means, but is now in a thriving condition, having a farm of 190 acres and well improved. His residence is a fine structure, and presents a pleasing view. It is situated quite close to the springs, and also to the lake. Mr. Corken was united in marriage to Miss Ellen G. Westfall, October 12, 1862, who was born in Ross County, Ohio, February 14, 1841. They
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have seven children : James S., Jessie, Thomas A., Eliza, Robert D., Elmer E., and Henry. Mr. and Mrs. C. are members of the M. E. Church.
ISOM CARDILL,
section 36, post office Burlington Junction. The subject of this sketch is an aged man, whose head has been frosted by the storms of many winters. He was born October 8, 1795, and is a native of Wilkes County, North Carolina. In 1804 his parents moved to West Virginia, and in 1805 to East Tennessee. November 30, 1815, Isom was married to Miss Sally Brown, who was born in Hancock County, Georgia, January 4, 1799. He afterwards went to the Cherokee Nation, and there farmed with the Indians till 1821, when he returned to Tennessee, and in 1830. he moved to Indiana. In 1855 he went to Minnesota, leaving his wife in Indiana while he prepared a home in that new state. While he was there she died, in September, 1864. They had a family of ten children. October 8, 1865, Mr. C. was married to Alida Kent, who was born in New York in the year 1818. In 1870 they moved to Nodaway County, Mis- souri, where they have since resided. Mr. C. has made farming his occu- pation during life, and is now able to do most any kind of work in the same line, as he was found shucking corn when the writer called on him for his eventful history. He served six months in the war of 1812, for which he now draws a pension.
W. H. DAVIS,
farmer and stock dealer, is among the most prominent of the early set- tlers of this vicinity. He is a native of Ross County, Ohio, and was born May 6, 1841. He was educated in the common schools of that county, and in the Ohio Wesleyan University, of Delaware County. His occupation during life has been that of an agriculturist and stock dealer. He resided in Ross County till the year 1860, when, with his father, he moved to his present location, where he has since resided. The town of Burlington Junction was laid out on the farm then owned by himself and C. D. Caldwell, they, at that time, being partners. Mr. Davis' landed estate in this vicinity, at the present time, consists of 720 acres, besides town property. He has disposed of considerable real estate since the founding of this place. He is a Mason, and a member of Burlington Junction Lodge, U. D. September 14, 1862, he was united in marriage to Miss Sarah J. Jones, of Ross County, Ohio, who was born February 14, 1842. By this union there have been five chil- dred, only two of whom are now living, Effie J. and Elizabeth. Colonel John H. Davis, the father of W. H. Davis, was born in Pike County, Ohio, in the year 1817. He was raised in Ross County, that state, and
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there remained till 1860, being engaged in farming. He was a member of the Ohio Legislature for two years, having been elected about 1854. Upon coming to this county, he located land now in the corporation of Burlington Junction, and was the founder of the Ohio Settlement, which figures conspicuously in this vicinity, a settlement consisting in all of over sixty families. Mr. D. now resides in Butler County, Kansas, to. which locality he moved two years ago. He is there engaged in the. stock business. For forty years he has been a local minister in the M. E. Church. During the late war he acted as colonel in the state militia,. and was also a member of the great convention on the constitution. He has been twice married. First, in 1836, to Miss Elizabeth Strong, who was born in Jackson County, Ohio, in 1818, and died in 1848. They had four children : Martha J., W. H., J. J. and James. His second marriage. occurred in the year 1848, to Miss Rachel Corken, of Ross County, Ohio. By this union they have had five children : Thomas B., Rebecca, Sam- uel, Sarah and Charles ; they lost one.
JARED J. DAVIS,
stock dealer, section 10, post office Burlington Junction. The subject of this sketch was born in Ross County, Ohio, October 28, 1843, and was there reared and educated. During the fall of 1860 he came to Noda- way County, Missouri, with his father, Col. J. H. Davis. He has made farming and dealing in stock his occupation during life, and now owns a farm containing 140 acres, well improved and conveniently located,. adjoining the town of Burlington Junction. Besides this he also has. twenty acres of timber land. Mr. Davis is a member of Burlington Junction Lodge, No. 442, A. F. and A. M. He was married December 5, 1869, to Miss Mary A. Jones, a daughter of Caleb and Eliza (Wake- man) Jones. Mrs. Davis was born in Ross County, Ohio, July 9, 1844. Her father was a native of Ohio, and her mother of New York. The. latter now resides with the subject of this sketch.
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