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FLETCHER JONES,
farmer, section 29. The subject of this 'narrative was born in Ross County, Ohio, May 16, 1827. He grew to manhood in his native county, and there received the benefits of a common school education. His occupation during life has been that of an agriculturist, and in which he has been very successful. He sojourned in his mother county till the spring of 1871, since which time he has been a citizen of Nodaway County, Missouri, and has finely improved the farm where he now resides. His landed estate amounts to 320 acres. Mr. Jones was mar- ried December 5, 1852, to Miss Mary A. Ring. She was a daughter of Ira and Sarah (Moore) Ring-the former of Vermont, and the latter a native of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Jones was born in Ross County, Ohio, July 10, 1830. Their family consists of nine children : Rachel A. (now Mrs. Dixon, who resides in Ross County, Ohio), Love S. (now Mrs. Dalbey, residing near Burlington Junction), Mary A., Ida J., George M., William, Samuel A. and Wesley W. Their oldest daughter, Sarah J., who was married to Solomon E. Dubois, recently died at her home in Nebraska, leaving a family of two children : Florence E. and Solomon F., who are now cared for by Mr. and Mrs. Jones.
COLLINS JONES,
farmer, section 22, is a son of William and Jane (Corken) Jones, and was born in Ross County, Ohio, October 24, 1828. He was reared in his native county, and was there engaged in his present occupation till 1857, where he emigrated to Stark County, Illinois, being one of the pioneers of that county. In 1867 he came to his present location, where he has succeeded in making him a farm of eighty-four acres. He was
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married March 26, 1854, to Miss Elizabeth Blake. She was born December 6, 1835, and is a native of New York. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Jones consists of eight children : Rebecca J., Francis W., Sanford W., Margaret A., Mary, Oak, Adda, and Florence. Two children are deceased.
D. W. JONES,
farmer and stock raiser, section 17, was born in Ross County, Ohio, January 2, 1836. He received the advantages of a good common school education while in his native county, and was there engaged in farming, which he has followed as an occupation during life. In 1864, Mr. Jones came to Nodaway County, Missouri, and located on his present farm, where he has since resided. He has gradually risen among the more successful agriculturists, and now has a farm of 220 acres, unsurpassed by any in the Nodaway Valley, both in natural qualities and improve- ments. His house, which is deserving of more than ordinary notice, was erected in the year 1880. Mr. Jones was married March 2, 1858, to Miss Emma Radford, who was born in Lawrence County, Ohio, April 3, 1837. Their family consists of five children : Weldon R., Chloe, Nellie, Willie and Preston.
J. H. LEMON,
farmer and stock raiser, section 6, is a native of Pennsylvania, and was born in Luzerne County, August 16, 1842. When but a child his parents moved to McDonough County, Illinois, where he was raised to manhood. The principal part of his education was taught him in the Prairie City Academy, of McDonough County. After retiring from the school room as a student he was engaged in teaching for several years, and as an educator was spoken of in high terms. In 1862 he enlisted in Com- pany H, One Hundred and Nineteenth Illinois Infantry, and was mus- tered out at the close of the war as sergeant, having participated in many important battles. He received a slight wound during the campaign. After being mustered out of service Mr. L. returned to McDonough County, and in 1872 moved to Hancock County, of the same state, and in the year 1875 he came to his present location, where he has since been occupied in tilling the soil and dealing in stock. He now has a well improved farm of 360 acres. He has acted as justice of the peace since the spring of 1881. June 23, 1870, he was united by marriage to Miss Emily Kautz. They have five children : William P., Charles W., Sadie, Lillie A. and Nellie J. Mrs. L. is also a native of Ohio.
J. E. MCREYNOLDS,
blacksmith and wagon-maker, is a native of Indiana, and was born in Martin County, March 11, 1843. When about twelve years old his
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parents moved to Ringgold County, Iowa, where he was reared on a farm, and followed farming till the breaking out of the late war. In 1862, he enlisted in the Eighteenth Iowa Infantry and remained in service till the close of the war, when he was mustered out at Davenport, Iowa, having served in the frontier service and participated in a number of important battles. Mr. McReynold's father, during the war, had moved to Worth County, Missouri, to which county J. E. returned after receiving his discharge. Shortly after this time he went to Marion County, Iowa, where he was engaged at his present occupation till the year 1874, when he moved to Worth County, Missouri. In this vicinity he was engaged in working at his trade till April of 1879, when he moved to his present location, and was the first to engaged in that occupation in Burlington Junction. He has since been liberally patron- ized by this community, and is considered by his customers to be one of the finest mechanics in Northwest Missouri, having made it his close study for a number of years. He makes carriage and buggy work a specialty. Mr. McReynolds was married August 5, 1866, to Miss F. E. Guncan. She was born in Coshocton County, Ohio, July 8, 1849. They have four children : Orval, Bernal B., Clyde C., and Darling D.
W. J. MENDENHALL,
dairyman, section 21, was born in Ross County, Ohio, on the Ist of Sep- tember, 1846. He was educated in the common schools of his native county, and then took a commercial course at Chillicothe, Ohio. In October, 1865, he came to Nodaway County, Missouri, and in the spring of 1874 located on the farm where he now resides. He has followed farming during life, and on the 8th of October, 1879, he opened up a dairy, in which he has met with great success. His farm is within two miles of Burlington Junction, and contains 240 acres. Mr. Mendenhall was married March 19, 1866, to Miss Mary Wakefield, who was born March 23, 1845. She is a native of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. She went to Ohio when eleven years of age, and was educated at Ewington, Ohio. She immigrated to Atchison County, Missouri, in the year 1864. Mr. and Mrs. Mendenhall have a family of five children : Nina E., Thomas W., George W., Annie M. and Charles W. Mr. M.'s parents, John and . Sarah (Jones) Mendenhall, were both natives of Ross County, Ohio. The former died in this county, November 4, 1876. The latter now resides with her son, the subject of this sketch, he being the only one of the family living.
JAMES MITCHELL,
farmer, section 2. The original home of the subject of this biography was Ross County, Ohio, where he was born, December 9, 1844. He was
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reared and educated there, and has followed farming from boyhood. In 1865, he accompanied his parents to Nodaway County, Missouri, where he has since resided. His landed estate embraces 410 acres, most of which is well improved. His residence being one among the best in the township. It was erected in 1875. Mr. Mitchell was married April 15, 1875, to Miss Sarah Jones, a daughter of W. A. Jones, a prominent citi- zen of this township, and whose sketch appears elsewhere. Mrs. M. is a native of Pike County, Ohio, and was born December 3, 1852. They have three children : Ella, born November 6, 1876; Eunice T., August 29, 1878, and Eva K., October 11, 1880. James Mitchell, the father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Ross County, Ohio, November 21, 1812, and followed the tailor's trade principally during life. He was married July 23, 1839, to Miss Ellenor Dougherty, who was also born in Ross County, Ohio, August 18, 1815. They moved to Nodaway County, Missouri, in 1865, where Mr. M. died June 5, 1870. His wife survived him till November 27, 1879. They had a family of eight children, James being the only one living.
L. D. MOORE,
carpenter, was born in Belmont County, Ohio, December, 1830. He was reared in his native county and was there educated. In February, 1853, he went to Mason County, Illinois, where he was engaged in agricul- tural pursuit till 1857, when he learned the painter's trade, which he followed for six or seven years. He then began to learn his present vocation, which he continued in Illinois till 1875, when he located in Jasper County, Iowa. There he remained till the spring. of 1879, at which date he came to Nodaway County, Missouri, and began work on bridges for the Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railroad Company. In January, 1880, he located in Burlington Junction, and has since been successfully engaged at his trade. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., and of the Masonic fraternities. Mr. Moore was married November 18, 1851, to Miss Martha Winebourner. She was born March 17, 1831, and is a native of Ohio. They have four children : Celia L., Francis M., Lizzie and Durdany. The parents of the subject of this sketch were Israel and Elizabeth Moore. The former was a native of Pennsylvania, was born August 19, 1799, and died in August, 1873. The latter was a native of Pennsylvania, was born in 1803, and died in 1877. Their family consisted of thirteen children, L. D. being the sixth in the family.
D. C. MYERS,
physician and druggist, is a native of Ohio, and was born in Fairfield (now Hocking) County, March 23, 1807. He was reared in his native
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county, and was there principally educated. His occupation was farm- ing till 1830, when he began in the dry goods business, which he con- tinued two years, at this time being located in Perry County. There he commenced the study of medicine in 1837, and after preparing himself for the profession, he began practicing in Jackson County, where he continued two years. He then moved to Ross County, where he resided till 1844, when he came to Nodaway County, Missouri, and has been a res- ident of Burlington Junction since it was incorporated as a town. He has been engaged in the drug business since February, 1881. Dr. Meyers was married February 14, 1833, to Miss Sarah Moore. She was also born in the same county as himself, in the year 1811. They have had six children, of whom five are now living : Mary, Emma, Cynthia, Gertie, and William H.
GEORGE W. NICHOLAS,
farmer and stock dealer, section 23, post office Burlington Junction, was born in Vinton County, Ohio, July 29, 1821, and was reared in his mother state, being brought up on a farm and has followed agri- cultural pursuits during life. In the spring of 1851, Mr. N. emigrated to Stark County, Illinois, where he resided till 1868, when he moved to Page County, Iowa, and in the spring of 1870 he became a citizen of Nodaway County, Missouri. He is now one of its prominent men. His landed interest consists of 160 acres, with modern improvements. His orchard of 300 trees is in good bearing condition. In August, 1862, he enlisted in the late war in company E, 112th Illinois Infantry, and was mustered out July 3, 1865. In November, 1863, he was taken prisoner at Knoxville, Tennessee, and was held in a number of dens, in all about fifteen months. Mr. N. is a member of Quitman Lodge No. 196, A. F. and A. M. March 6, 1851, he was united by marriage to Miss Winnie Humphrey. She was born in Vinton County, Ohio, October 6, 1832. Fifteen children were the fruit of their union: Eliza A., deceased ; John S., William E., Henry E., Thomas A., Pearley L., Electa J., Lydia C., Nellie E., Martha E., Nora A., Cora A., Zephie F., Emily M., deeased; and James G. The father of the subject of this sketch, John Nicholas, was a native of Greenbrier County, West Virginia, where he was born in February, 1800. When four years of age he went to Ohio, and there remained till 1851, when he moved to Stark County, Illinois, and in 1876 came to Nodaway County, Missouri. While in Ohio he was mar- ried to Miss Eleanor Graves, who was born in January, 1801, and was a native of North Carolina. When quite young she went with her parents to Ohio. They had a family of fourteen children, of whom there are seven boys and two girls living : Lydia, Joseph, Jonathan, George W., Joab, Leonard, Thomas, Ellen and William H. H. Mrs. Nicholas died January 10, 1879, and Mr. Nicholas died August 16, 1879.
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JOAB NICHOLAS,
farmer and stock dealer, section 28, was born in Vinton County, Ohio, March 2, 1836, and in 1850, with his parents, he moved to Stark County, Illinois. In 1868, he located in Atchison County, Missouri, and in the spring of 1875, settled in Nodaway County, where he has since resided. He has been engaged in various branches of business during life, but his main occupation has been that of a farmer. His landed estate con- sists of 440 acres, all of which is well improved, his residence and out- buildings presenting an inviting appearance. He has one of the most convenient barns in the township. Mr. Nicholas was married September 15, 1860, to Miss Alcinda Colwell, of Stark County, Illinois. They have eight children: Albert C., Miles A., Laura E., Frank W., Charley D., Cora E., Willie P. and Jimmie.
LEONARD NICHOLAS,
farmer and stock raiser, section 23. He was born in Vinton County Ohio, October 5, 1837, and when about twelve years of age, with his parents, he moved to Stark County, Illinois, where he grew to manhood. In 1873 he came to Nodaway County, Missouri, where he has since resided. He has followed farming from boyhood, and now has land amounting to 155 acres, all of which is well improved. Mr. Nicholas was married June 19, ISSI, to Miss Sarah Davis. She was born in Pulaski County, Virginia, October 17, 1845.
WILLIAM H. NICHOLAS,
farmer and stock dealer, section 24, was born in Vinton County, Ohio, December 23, 1844 .. When he was six years of age his parents moved to Stark County, Illinois, and in the year 1876 he came to his present location. He was reared on a farm and made agricultural pursuits his occupation during life, excepting the years 1877 8, when he was engaged in the hardware trade at Quitman. February 18, 1865, he enlisted during the late war, in Company B, of the Seventh Illinois, and was mustered out July 9th of the same year. His landed estate consists of 280 acres, with more than ordinary improvements. Mr. Nicholas is a member of Burlington Junction Lodge, No. 442, A. F. and A. M. He has been twice married-first December 29, 1866, to Miss Mary M. Colwell. She was born in Peoria County, Illinois, in September, 1847, and died October 14, 1868. They had one child : Della, now deceased. Mr. N. was married the second time September 19, 1872, to Miss Sarah Darby. She was born in Ross County, Ohio, September 24, 1854. They have five children now living : Nettie B., Pearley D., Charley, Ann and Allie-and one son, Elmer L., is deceased.
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J. P. RING
is of the firm of Dyche & Ring, dealers in general merchandise. March 13, 1846, the population of Andrew County, Missouri, was increased by one who grew to manhood in that county and whose name is now used as the subject of this sketch. In 1861 Mr. Ring went to the mountains, where he remained till 1869, having during this time made one trip to the states. While in that country he traversed through most of the terri- tories, being engaged in freighting the principal part of the time. He was for quite a period occupied in supplying the Union Pacific R. R. with ties. In the fall of 1869 he left Salt Lake City for Taylor County, Iowa, where he was engaged in the mercantile trade for eighteen months, then locating on a farm in the same county, where he remained till the fall of 1879. At that time he settled in Burlington Junction, where he has since been doing the leading business in the mercantile trade, being liberal and accommodating to his patrons. Mr. Ring was married April 7, 1871, to Miss Sedora Fleming. She was born in Leavenworth County, Kansas, in April, 1855. They have three children : Lethie, Walter O. and Charles W. The parents of Mr. Ring, Jesse and Catherine (Peck) Ring, were both natives of Ohio.
E. RITTENOURE,
farmer and stock dealer, section 11, was born in Ross County, Ohio, July 12, 1844. He was reared on a farm, and has since made farming and dealing in stock his occupation. When about thirteen years of age, his parents moved to Fayette County, Ohio, and, in 1867, he came to his present location. He has recently disposed of his farm, which contained 285 acres. Mr. Rittenoure was married April 3, 1872, to Miss Mary A. Miller, a native of Clinton County, Ohio. Two children constitute the family circle, Thornton M. and Ella.
ABRAHAM SOUTH,
farmer, section 33, was born in Washington County, Maryland, Decem- ber 4, 1823. He was reared and educated in his native county, and was there engaged in tilling the soil till 1850, when he emigrated to Ogle County, Illinois, where his time was also spent in the same manner. In 1870, he located in Nodaway County, Missouri, where he has since resided. His landed estate contains 172 acres. In November, 1868, Mr. South was united in marriage to Miss Sarah McCoy, also a native of Washington County, Maryland. They have four children : Walter A., Lillie, May, and Maudic. Mr. South's parents were both born in Mary- land. His father was reared and died on the same farm on which he was born.
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C. W. SPEAR,
grain dealer, was born in Lenawee County, Michigan, July 6, 1834. When fourteen years of age, his parents moved to LaPorte County, Indiana, where he grew to manhood, receiving his education principally in the subscription schools of pioneer fame. In 1853, the family moved to Bureau County, Illinois, and while there C. W. attended the seminary at Princeton for some time. He was reared on the farm, and has fol- lowed farming more or less during life. While in Bureau County, he was engaged in the grain business for nearly two years, and, in the spring of 1874, moved on a farm near Maryville, Missouri. In January, 1875, he moved to Page County, Iowa, where he remained till October, 1879, when he moved to his present location, and began in his present occupation, shipping the first car load of grain from Burlington Junction about the Ist of October, 1879. Mr. Spear has since done a large part of the grain business of this place. He is a member of the Masonic, I. O. O. F. and A. O. U. W. fraternities. His marriage occurred April 12, 1857, to Miss Louisa E. Foot. She was born February 24, 1841, in Fitchville, Huron County, Ohio. They have seven children, all natives of Bureau County, Illinois : Julia A., born February 3, 1858 (she was married August 18, 1875, to Millard Owen, and now resides in Andrew County, Missouri,) ; Charles L., born September 12, 1859 ; Francis I., born May 20, 1861; Eddie E., born April 16, 1863; Luellen, born November 9, 1866; Rosa M., born March 3, 1870, and Lola I., born August 8, 1872. Mr. Spear is also engaged in the grain business at two other points, Quitman and Skidmore. He is recognized as one of the live business men of this section of Missouri.
REV. W. B. SUNDERLAND,
was born in Piqua County, Ohio, October 6, 1812. When ten years of age, his parents moved to Fairfield County, of the same state, where he was reared and educated, completing his education in a six months sub- scription school. When sixteen years of age he learned the blacksmith trade, which he followed as an occupation till 1854, having located in Ross County, Ohio, in 1850. From 1854, till 1858, his time was occupied in the milling business, when about 1858, he was burned out of saw mill, flouring mill, store and dwelling, losing property to the amount of ten thousand dollars. He was for sometime out of employment, and at the beginning of the war assisted in recruiting companies for service. In the year 1863, he immigrated to this township, since which time he has been actively engaged in preaching the gospel, he having united with the M. E. Church in 1840. He received license to preach in the year of 1852. At the time of his locating in Nodaway County, the circuit in
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which the minister preached extended all over the county, yet but one regular M. E. Church building had been erected within the county. Mr. S. was married August 21, 1834, to Miss Margaret Williams. She was born January 1, 1814, and is a native of Pennsylvania, but was reared in Ohio, residing in Fairfield County when married. They have six child- ren : Rebecca (now Mrs. Fields), Samuel, George W., Hester (now Mrs. Rodgers, a widow at home), Caroline (now Mrs. Wood), and James B.
L. TESSIER,
of the firm of L. Tessier & Co., dealers in clothing, gents' furnishing goods, trunks, valises, boots, shoes, etc., Burlington Junction and Tarkio City, Missouri, was born January 1, 1846, and is a native of Hyacinthe, Canada. He was thoroughly educated iu the French, Latin, Greek, and English languages, having graduated from the Hyacinthe College in the year 1861. After this he went to Montreal, Canada, where he was engaged in the clothing business till he was seventeen years of age, when he located at Lowell, Massachusetts. He was there employed for sixteen months by Dr. James C. Ayers as his French correspondent, after which he accepted a position as salesman in a clothing store at Worcester, Massachusetts, which he continued to occupy till 1866. From that time he was employed by Field, Leiter & Co., of Chicago, for thirteen years, being inspector during eleven years of that time. In 1878, Mr. T. settled in Corning, Iowa, where he was engaged in general merchandising till the spring of 1880, when he moved to his present location. He commenced in the business which now occupies his atten- tion and accepted W. M. Crowley as a partner in June of the same year, opening the second store at Tarkio City, Missouri, in November. Mr. Tessier was married to Miss Laura M. Champlin, June 12, 1878, at the St. Mary's Church, of Chicago, by Rev. A. G. Lambert, of the Jesuit College. Mrs. Tessier was born in Randolph, New York, February II, 1845, and had resided in Chicago some time before the date of their marriage.
WILLIAM H. WALKER,
farmer and stock dealer, section 16, was born in Ross County, Ohio January 15, 1844. He was reared and educated in his mother county, and was there principally engaged in farming. In May, 1861, he enlisted in Company B, Twenty-Sixth Ohio Infantry, and participated in many of the most important battles during the war, and was mustered out of ser- vice at Chattanooga, Tennessee, July 25, 1864, having during the latter eighteen months served on the engineers' corps. After being mustered out Mr. W. returned to Ross County, Ohio, and in 1865 he emigrated to Nodaway County, Missouri, where he has since resided, his residence
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now being in the same section as Burlington Junction. His landed estate consists of 472 acres. Mr. Walker was married December 25, 1868, to Miss Mary A. Maines, who was born in Hendricks County, Indiana, Jan- uary 30, 1848. She located with her parents in Nodaway County, Mis- souri, in 1865. The family of Mr. and Mrs. W. consists of five children : Charles E., born October 10, 1869 ; Annie L., born May 18, 1871 ; Everett, born March 15, 1873 ; Maggie, born February 27, 1875, and Alma E., born January 23, 1880.
C. L. WALKER,
farmer and stock dealer, section 12, was born in Ross County, Ohio, November 21, 1846. He was reared in his native county and was there educated. He has adhered closely to agricultural pursuits and dealing in stock during life, at which he has been quite successful, having a farm of 160 acres. Mr. Walker was married December 29, 1869, to Miss E. Myers. She was also born in Ross County, Ohio They have four children : Frank D., Frederick S., John H. and .Jesse E.
WHEELER BROTHERS,
merchants, are sons of Joseph H. and Susannah (Caples), both natives of Maryland. Andrew Wheeler, of the above firm, was born in Carroll County, Maryland, September 22, 1852. He was reared and educated in his birth place, and when but a boy he began to learn the shoemaker's trade, which he followed in his native county till 1879. He then went to Creston, Iowa, where he remained but a short time, and in April of 1879 he came to his present location, and was the first merchant in the town, making his first sale of goods July 26. Business was carried on under the firm name of Wheeler Brothers till October 15, 1880, when the firm was changed to A. Wheeler on account of the death of his brother, Abraham A. Wheeler, and November 23, 1881, he accepted as a partner his brother, Washington T. This is now the leading firm in the town. Andrew Wheeler is a member of Burlington Junction Lodge No. 404. I. O. O. F. He was married December 21, 1876, to Miss Eliza Buckingham, who was born in the same county as himself, April 5, 1858. She died January 5, 1878. Mr. W. was again married Dec. 28, 1880, to Miss Belle, a daughter of Dr. and Margaret Gillette. She was born in Han- cock County, Illinois, February 1, 1856. They have one child, Maggie May, born November 9, 1881. Washington Wheeler, of this firm, was born in Carroll County, Maryland, November 15, 1838. He was reared and educated in his native county, and began working at the shoemak- ing trade when quite young. This he followed in his native county till 1864, when he traveled over Ohio, Indiana, and other states for one year. He then returned to Carroll County, Maryland, and in 1870 moved to
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