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JOHN S. MILLER,
county clerk. This efficient official and popular citizen is a native of Rockbridge County, Virginia, and was born March 8, 1845. When twelve years of age he removed with his parents to Edwards County, Illinois, where his father, Robert M., engaged in agricultural pursuits. In 1862 the family emigrated to Missouri, locating in Gentry (now Worth) County, and here John S. resided until 1862, when he tendered his services to the Union cause, enlisting in Company G, Fourth Mis- souri State Militia, Cavalry. He participated in many of the stirring engagements in Missouri, and was severely wounded at the battle of the Big Blue, in Jackson County. He was honorably discharged at the expiration of three years. Returning home, he soon after came to Nod- away County and embarked in mercantile pursuits at Guilford, continu- ing eight years, when he removed to Barnard, and for five years was identified with the business interests of that town. In 1878 he was the
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Republican candidate for and elected to the important office which he now holds. Mr. Miller is of emphatic and decided character, untar- nished principle, and of strict fidelity to the public interests, his con- stituents and his party. He was married in 1869 to Miss Catherine Graves, of Nodaway County. They have five children : Martha E., Henry C., Arthur, Mary and Catherine. He is a Master Mason.
JOHN W. MILLER,
farmer and stock raiser, section 20, was born in Granby, Oswego County, Illinois, on the 21st of September, 1826. His father, Henry C. Miller, a farmer by occupation, was a native of Onondaga County, New York, and his mother, formerly Hannah A. Scott, of Connecticut. John passed his early days on the home farm and attended the common schools. While young he commenced to learn the cooper's trade of his father, which he followed in all for about seventeen years. In 1849 he left home and started out in life for himself, first purchasing a farm, on which he settled and lived for some time. He then moved to the city of Oswego, from there to Morristown and finally returned to his birth place, where he remained about two years. Mr. M. was next located in Plano, Kendall County, Illinois, for twelve years engaged in working at his trade most of the time, and while in that place served as an alder- man. The last four years of his residence there he carried on a lumber trade. Upon leaving, he moved to Tampico, Whiteside County, and for eight years was occupied in tilling the soil, after which, in March, 1878, he came to Missouri and settled where he now resides, purchasing 160, acres of land. This he has improved, and upon it is a small orchard and a residence situated one half mile south of the town corporation. Politically he is a Republican. He belongs to the M. E. Church of Maryville. Mr. Miller was married November 15, 1849, to Miss Harriet L. Stephens, daughter of David Stephens, a native of New York. They have three children : Ellen, born November 8, 1852, (now Mrs. Edwin Meghell); Rhoda, born April 20, 1836; Frank, born July 31, 1868. Mr. Miller's brother, T. J. Miller, was born in Oswego County, New York, February 7, 1831. He was brought up on a farm, and in August, 1850, was married to Miss Betsey A. Rice. In the fall of 1868 they moved to Illinois, and in September, 1877, came to Missouri, where Mr. M. resided until November 19, 1881, when he died, leaving two children : Fred., born March, 1857, and Mattie, born in July, 1869. He was an honored settler of this vicinity, and by his death Nodaway County lost a most respected citizen.
BERNARD MORAN,
farmer and stock raiser, section 24, was born in the State of Connecticut, on the 26th of December, 1847, and is of Irish descent, his parents,
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Bryan and Bridget (Hughes) Moran, having been born in Ireland. When he was seven years of age, young Moran accompanied the family to Greenlake County, Wisconsin, and there he was brought up on a farm and attended the common schools. He gave considerable attention to copper mining and the lumber business, and continued to reside in that vicinity until 1865, when he took up his residence in Missouri. In July, 1865, he located in this county, where, in company with his father, he owns 160 acres of land, upon which is some graded stock, and an orchard of about 300 apple trees. Mr. Bryan Moran was also an early settler here. After leaving Ireland he immigrated to the United States, and landed at New York. Since becoming a citizen of Nodaway County, the subject of this sketch has made some three trips to his old location in Wisconsin. Mr. M. was married October 16, 1877, to Miss Laura E. Bigot, daughter of Edward G. Bigot, a native of Kentucky. They have one child, Martin Edward, born June 11, 1879. He has held the office of road overseer. He is Democratic in politics, and belongs to the Catholic Church.
JUDGE STEPHEN MOREHOUSE,
public administrator, is one who has figured prominently in the early development of Nodaway County, and has been closely identified with its progress for nearly a quarter of a century. He is a native of New Jersey, and was born February 1I, 1813. His father, Stephen, was also a native of New Jersey. When the subject of this sketch was in his 'eighth year, the family removed to Ohio, locating in Delaware County, where he was educated and reared to manhood. The father being a farmer, Stephen Jr. spent his youthful days in tilling the soil. In 1834, Miss Hariet Wood became his wife. He resided in the Buckeye State until the spring of 1856, when, with his family, he came to Missouri, and settled in Nodaway County, ten miles north of Maryville. Here he entered half a section of land, and was among the first farm openers in that portion of the county, there being but two residents between his place and Maryville, which, at that time, was a diminutive cross road town. He was recognized among the most substantial and progressive agriculturists, until about seven years ago, when he removed to Mary- ville. Mr. Morehouse, during his long residence in the county, has held many positions of trust and responsibility. He was one of the early county judges, being elected in 1858. For a number of years he served as justice of the peace. In 1874, he was elected probate judge, the duties of which office he discharged one term, and at present he holds the office of public administrator. In every office which he has held, Judge Morehouse has been found to be equal to all emergencies, discharging his obligations with the utmost fidelity. He is character- ized for his numerous sterling qualities, and no man in the county has
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more friends than he. His family consists of eight children living : A. P., Francis, Wellington, Stephen, Alvina, Ann, Polly and Rose.Belle.
ALBERT P. MOREHOUSE.
Among the active business men of Maryville, no one is deserving of more honorable mention than A. P. Morehouse. He was born July II, 1835, in Delaware County, Ohio, and is the son of Stephen Morehouse, a native of Newark County, New Jersey. His mother's maiden name was Harriet Wood, a native of New York and a daughter of Russell Wood, who settled in Delaware County Ohio, at an early day. Albert's early life was that of a farmer boy. His educational advantages were good and well improved, and at the age of eighteen he began to teach school in his native county, and in 1856 accompanied his father to Missouri. Here he continued teaching and employed his spare time in studying law. In 1860 he was admitted to the bar and the same year entered upon the practice of his profession in Montgomery County, Iowa. In 1861 he was commissioned first lieutenant of Colonel Kimball's regiment of enrolled militia, and held the office six months. In 1862 he com- menced the practice of law in Maryville in company with Colonel Amos Graham, this relation continuing until the death of Mr. Graham in 1865. In 1871 Mr. Morehouse relinquished active practice and gave his entire attention to real estate, and at the present time is the senior member of the firm of Morehouse & Sisson. The firm have as complete abstract books as are to be found in Northwest Missouri. In 1872 Mr. M. was a delegate to the Baltimore convention, and in 1876 to the St. Louis con- vention. In the fall of 1876 he was elected to represent his district in the state legislature, and made a dilligent and faithful representative. He was married in 1865 to Miss Mattie McFadden, of Lexington, Mis- souri. Mr. M. is a good financier, a man of progressive ideas, and lib- eral in devising for the interest of the community in which he lives. He has the confidence and respect of those with whom he comes into busi- ness relations, is wide awake to all matters of public concern, and has done much to develop the trade of his town and county. He is in the prime of manhood, full of life and business energy.
JOSEPH B. MORRISON, M. D.,
is a native of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and was born January IS, 1835. His father, Alexander W. Morrison, was a native of Pennsylvania, and a prominent farmer of the county. His mother's maiden name was Margaret M. Calmant, both being of Scotch ancestry. The subject of this memoir was educated at private schools-Unionville Academy, Chester County, Pennsylvania, Newark Academy, Delaware, and Coates-
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ville Academy, Chester County, Pennsylvania. He commenced the study of medicine with Dr. James P. Andrews, of Oak Hill, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and attended lectures at the Jefferson Medical College, from which institution he was graduated March 9, 1861. He began practicing medicine in his native county, and in June, 1862, after a thorough examination, he was appointed Acting Assistant Surgeon in the United States army, and was stationed at Columbian College Hos- pital at Washington. He was afterwards commissioned Assistant Sur- geon of United States Volunteers, and in June, of 1863, was promoted by President Lincoln, and was sent by the medical director to Folly Island, near Charleston, and was made Surgeon-in-Chief of Vogdes' division. The following April he came up to Virginia with the division, and was in the Army of the James until the close of the war. He was at Cold Harbor with the Eighteenth Corps, and was in front of Peters- burg and at the battle of Fort Harrison, September 29, 1864, and was again at Petersburg at the time of its capture. He was Med- ical Director of the Twenty-fourth Corps, and continued in this posi- tion until the corps was disbanded, in July, 1865. Dr. Morrison was then appointed Surgeon -in - Chief of the District of Southwest Vir- ginia, where he remained until February 2, 1866, when he was honor- ably discharged. After the war he located in New York City, and in 1873 he settled in Maryville, where he has followed his chosen avocation, with a good degree of success. He is a close student, and keeps thor- oughly posted in matters pertaining to his profession, as well as the current topics of the day, and as a medical practitioner ranks with the foremost in Northwestern Missouri. Politically he is a Republican, and in his religious preferences he is a Presbyterian, the faith of his father. He is a member of the Loyal Legion of the United States, also a Royal Arch Mason, and is a member of St. Joseph Commandery, Nodaway Chapter and Nodaway Lodge. Dr. Morrison was married July 25, 1876, to Miss Belle Panky, a native of Fayette, Howard County, Missouri, a daughter of Thomas A. Pankey. They have one daughter, Grace L., and a son, Paul.
D. MORRILL,
of the Maryville Creamery, is a native of Branch County, Michigan, and was born August 31, 1854. He was raised on a farm and lived at his birthplace until ten years of age, and for eight years resided in different parts of the state. In 1872 he came to Missouri, and was engaged in various avocations. In June, 1881, he engaged in his present business, and'it is an industry of great importance to the farmers throughout the county, netting them a larger profit in selling their cream than could possibly be realized in making butter themselves. J. J. Smith and R. N. Atmore are associated with him in the business.
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M. MOSS,
proprietor of confectionery and restaurant, is a native of Ripley County, Indiana, and was born February 10, 1851. At the age of two and one- half years he was taken by the family to Muscatine County, Iowa, where he was reared to manhood as a farmer, receiving his education in the common schools of that county. In 1879 he removed to this county and engaged in the milling business, taking charge of the Bridgewater Mill, which he successfully managed for ten months. He then conducted the Barnard Mills, at Barnard, this county, and after doing business there a short time, he came to this city. September 4, 1881, he com- menced in the occupation which he is now so successfully following, purchasing the stock of Mr. Hobson. Since that time he has been doing a profitable business, and being well fitted for the position, is liberally patronized by the citizens of Maryville. Mr. Moss was married in 1871 to Miss Jennie Hendershot, a native of Pennsylvania. They have three children : Lucy H., Estella P., and Osmar E. He is a mem- ber of White Cloud Lodge, No. 92, I. O. O. F. of this city, and also a member of the A. O. U. W.
JOHN MUNN,
farmer and stock raiser, section 23, was born on a farm in Wayne County, Ohio, March 7, 1825. His parents, James and Eliza (Bates) Munn, were both natives of Pennsylvania. John was brought up on a farm at his birthplace, and there attended school. In the fall of 1839, he accompa- nied the family to the Platte Purchase, settling in what is now Platte County, and there remained until 1846, when he went to St. Louis. He began work at ship carpentering, and after a lapse of four years removed to Illinois, and engaged in farming. In the spring of 1852, becoming excited with the stories of gold seekers, he determined to go to the Cal- ifornia coast. In February, he started by way of the Isthmus, and was six months on the voyage. The vessel first visited the Sandwich Islands, and upon arriving in the New Eldorado, Mr. Munn began gold mining. · For six years he continued this occupation, and in 1860, returned to Illinois, bought some stock, and drove it across the plains. An interest- ing fact in connection with his residence in California, was the killing of a grizzly bear by himself, in 1853. This animal weighed 700 pounds when dressed. In the fall of 1868, he came to Nodaway County, and settled where he now resides. He owns 280 acres of well watered and stocked land, upon which is a young orchard of 125 trees. Mr. M. at present holds the position of school director. He was married March 22, 1870, to Miss Margaret Swank, daughter of Michael and Nancy Swank. They have four children: Eliza, born March 8, 1871 ; Mary, born June 14, 1872; David, born March 14, 1876, and Sarah, born July 14, 1878. He is politically a Democrat.
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JOHN D. MUSTAIN,
farmer and stock raiser, section 33, was born in McDonough County, Illinois, January 21, 1843. His father, a farmer by occupation, was born in Virginia, while his mother, formerly Jane Woodside, was a Tenn- esseean by birth. John passed his youth on a farm in McDonough County, attending for some time the common schools. When twenty- one years of age he commenced in business life for himself, with but $15 in money. In 1878 he came to Missouri, and on the 17th of September located in Nodaway County. The land which he purchased was unim- proved prairie, and there was not a residence in sight. By energy and toil he has accumulated 126 acres, well improved and stocked, he being largely interested in stock raising. The town of Wilcox is situated three-quarters of a mile from his place. He has held the office of school director and clerk of the Wilcox district. Mr. Mustain was married December 8, 1864, to Miss Mary A. Arnolt, daughter of John Arnolt, a native of Scotland. They have four children : Lawrence E., born Sep- tember 3, 1865 ; Luther A., born August 28, 1871 ; William A., born April 22, 1873, and Mary E., born April 26, 1878. Mr. M. is independent in his political views. He is a member of the Christian Church.
DR. GEORGE NASH.
Among the leading physicians and surgeons of Northwestern Missouri is Dr. George Nash, who was born in Hancock County, Indiana, Febru- ary 1, 1849. His father, George B. Nash, was a native of Jefferson County, Kentucky. The maiden name of his mother was Miss Elizabeth McDaniel, and she was born in Randolph County, North Carolina. George accompanied his parents to Prairie City, McDonough County, Illinois, in 1856, and there he received a primary education. In 1867, he emigrated west and settled in St. Joseph, Missouri, where he was engaged in the drug business for some three years, there also studying medicine. In the winter of 1877 he entered the Hospital Medical Col- lege of St. Joseph, and attended his first course of lectures. He gradu- ated from this institution on the 28th of February, 1879. During the last two years he filled the position of resident physician. He came to Maryville in the spring of 1879, and has obtained a large and lucrative practice. Besides having excellent qualities as a physician he is prompt in attention to calls, and his polished manners and cheerful countenance make him a welcome visitor to the afflicted. He makes a specialty of surgery, and in this line is very successful. To prosecute his studies with greater facility he anticipates attending the eastern colleges and thereby becoming even more thoroughly versed in his profession. Dr. Nash is a member of Nodaway Lodge No. 470, A. F. and A. M., also of
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the District Medical Society of Northwestern Missouri. He was mar- ried on the 13th of November, 1870, to Miss Mary Houston, daughter of Silas E. Houston, of Gentry County, Missouri. She was born in Andrew County, Missouri, October 7, 1855. She frequently assists her husband in difficult surgical operations, displaying great courage. They are active members of the Baptist Church.
JAMES B. NEWMAN,
of the firm of Lane & Newman, attorneys, is foremost among the attor- neys who stand prominent in Northwest Missouri. He is a native of Virginia, and was born in Orange County, May 30, 1852. His father, J. F. Newman, and his mother, formerly A. M. Blakey, were natives of Virginia, and still reside on the old homestead, near Gordonsville, Orange County. J. B. was educated in Locust Dale School, in Madison County, Virginia, after which he turned his attention to teaching, pur- suing that profession in Madison County, Va., Jefferson County, Ky., and Izard and Jackson Counties, Arkansas. He was engaged in the study of law during his leisure hours, while teaching. In 1876-7, he studied under Dr. John B. Minor, of the University of Virginia. While teach- ing in Jacksonport, Ark., he read law, alternately in the offices of Messrs. Jones & Donnell and L. C. Gause, M. C., and a prominent member of the bar in that district. He was licensed to practice in March, 1877, and, after his admission to the bar, he associated himself with Hon. W. F. Henderson, then Attorney General of Arkansas, and was prominently known as a practitioner in Jackson and adjoining counties until 1879, when he came to Missouri, locating in Maryville. Mr. Newman is a man of great ability, and has proved himself a safe counselor and an able advocate. He is possessed of an affable, companionable disposi- tion, and commands, in a large degree, the respect of his fellow citizens. He married, at Jacksonport, Arkansas, Miss Hattie Jones, a native of that state. They have one daughter, Lucile. He is a Royal Arch Mason, having joined the Masonic order in 1873, at Gordonsville, Vir- ginia. In 1876, he became a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church, in Jacksonport, Arkansas.
HENRY NIENHUSER,
merchant, Wilcox, is a native of St. Louis, Missouri, and was born April 13, 1851, being a son of Henry and Mary (Branthorst) Nienhuser, who were natives of Hanover (now Prussia), Germany. They were married and came to America, going to St. Louis in 1851, but soon moved to Washington County, Illinois, and settled on a farm. Here the father died in 1854. The mother subsequently was married the second time.
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Henry spent his boyhood days and learned the blacksmith trade in Washington County, Illinois. He was married March 19, 1874, to Miss W. Hidenrighe, a native of Suthamman, Prussia, born February 18, 1856. She is a daughter of Frederick and Caroline (Bradmear) Hidenrighe, who were born in Germany. After their marriage they came to Amer- ica in 1871. Losing his health, Mr. N. was obliged to give up the busi- ness of blacksmithing. In 1881 he came to Wilcox and purchased the entire stock of goods from Mr. Hamphill, and is now doing a successful business. Mr. and Mrs. Nienhuser have a family of four children : Annie M., John H., Mary L., and Wilhelmenia B. He and his wife are members of the church.
P. G. NEISANDORFER,
proprietor of Mount Joe Brewery, is a native of Baltimore, Maryland, and was born March 11, 1854. His father died while he was young, and his mother married a second time, George Brehn, a noted brewer of Balti- more, and with whom the subject of this sketch learned his business. In 1870 he went to Europe and spent four years, and then returned home, and the following eighteen months he superintended the brewery. After residing in and traveling over different sections of the country, he came to Maryville in 1877 and purchased the brewery built by William Sutter in 1867. This building was burned in 1878, involving a. serious loss, but with the energy characteristic of the man he rebuilt in 1879 with a capacity of twenty-five barrels per day and was doing a prosper- ous business until December 1881 when his building was again destroyed by fire, involving a greater loss than in 1878. Mr. N. is not a man to be discouraged by troubles, however serious, and we predict for him a prosperous future. He was married in February, 1877, to Miss Josephine Albenesius, of St. Louis.
J. M. NORTHCUTT,
proprietor of restaurant and billiard room, was born in Bourbon County, Kentucky, April 7, 1842. His father, Benjamin Northcutt, was a native of Kentucky. In 1844, he came to Missouri and settled in St. Joseph. J. M. was reared in Buchanan County, and learned the drug business. In 1870, he came to Maryville and established his present business, in which he has been very successful. His father was a miller, and built the first mill of any importance in St. Joseph. He is at the present time a resident of Blue Rapids, Kansas. Mr. Northcutt was married in April, 1872, to Miss Annie Jackson, of Macon, Missouri. They have five chil- dren : Willie, Mary, Napoleon, Leona, and Joseph, Jr.
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GEORGE W. NULL,
farmer and stock raiser, section 2, was born in Gallia County, Ohio, Sep- tember 17, 1842. His father, George Null, was a native of Pennsylvania, and his mother, whose maiden name was Helen Wiseman, was a Vir- ginian by birth. The father died when George was a mere child, and he accompanied his mother to Nodaway County, Missouri, in the fall of 1852. They came overland and settled in Polk Township. The county was almost a wilderness and abounded in game. It was on this frontier that George was reared to manhood on a farm, receiving the benefits of a common school education. He was thrown upon his own resources at the age of fourteen, his capital consisting only of his willing hands and brave heart. Being industrious and energetic, he soon found something to do. When the war broke out he was among the first to respond to the call of his country. On the 9th of July, 1861, he left for Omaha, Nebraska, where he enlisted in Company I, First Nebraska Infantry. Their first campaign was under John C. Fremont, guarding the Iron Mountain Railroad. He remained with this regiment till January, 1864, taking part in the battles of Fort Donelson, Pittsburg Landing, Siege of Corinth, and Cape Girardeau. In October, 1863, the regiment was mounted. His time of enlistment having expired, January 1, 1864, he re-enlisted in the First Nebraska Veteran Cavalry, and took an active part in the engagements of Arkansas. In July of the same year the regiment was called to the plains to suppress the Indians, in which they had many difficulties. In January, 1866, Mr. N. was discharged on account of disability, since which time he has given his attention to agricultural pursuits in Nodaway County, having a landed estate of 282 acres within six miles of Maryville, on which is situated a good residence and other improvements. Politically he is a staunch Republican. He was married July 27, 1864, while home on a furlough, to Miss Lydia J. Ware, who was born August 10, 1845, in Andrew County, Missouri. She is a daughter of Jehu Ware, and was principally reared in Nodaway County. They have eight children living: Mary H., born November 7, 1866 ; Orlin G., born May 23, 1868 ; Laura, born April 24, 1870 ; Wil- ber F., born October 3, 1871 ; Charles W., born August 11, 1873 ; Sarah L., born January 17, 1876; Anna A., born December 16, 1877, and George H., born May. 5, 1880. Mr. and Mrs. N. are active members of the M. E. Church.
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