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JAMES A. JAMISON,
of the firm of Jamison & Collins, proprietors of the "Boss Market," was born in Boone County, Missouri, August 26. 1837, and came to this
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county in 1868. He learned the tanner's trade while young, at which occupation he worked for fifteen years. He subsequently bought a farm in White Cloud Township, but after a few years disposed of it and rented land until he came to Barnard in 1879. In October, 1881, he opened the "Boss Market," with J. P. Collins, and has a market which is a credit to the town. Mr. J. married Caroline M. Clatterbuck, of Callaway County, Missouri, December 23, 1856. They have a sister's child which they have brought up from infancy, Elizabeth Leopard, born in 1863. Mr. J., after years of labor in different vocations, has found his right place. He has a natural talent for the business, and is making it a suc- . cess. Genial, kind and attentive, he suits himself to the wants of all.
I. S. JOBE,
farmer, section 36, was born in White County, West Tennessee, Sep- tember 10, 1813, and in 1815, with his father, he came to Saline County, Missouri, where his parents died two years after, leaving a large family of children in the wilderness, six miles from any settlement. The many struggles of these children for even a subsistence can never be told, yet they lived and have become valuable citizens and honored members of society. The family consisted of fifteen children : William, Mornan, Edy, Mary, Nancy, Elisha, Samuel, Ireby S., Sally, Pamelia, and Malissa. Four died in infancy. After the death of their parents, the younger children found places in families until able to take care of themselves. Ireby walked to McDonough County, Illinois, where he had an older brother living, and remained with him until April, 1832, when he enlisted in the Blackhawk war under Captain J. W. Stevenson. He remained through the war, was wounded twice in his hip, and carries the balls to this day in his body. He also received a bad wound in his arm. He obtains a pension of six dollars per month from the government. After returning from the war, he went to New Orleans, where he remained through the winter with his uncle, Mathew Jobe, and in the spring of 1833 he went to Galena, Illinois, and engaged in mining, there continu- ing until 1835, when he went to Springfield, Illinois, where he married Miss Mary Chilton, February 18, 1835. They have six children living : William, Elizabeth, Caroline, Augusta, Thomas, and Melina. They lost six : Caleb, Lucy, Martha Ann, Ireby, Nelson and Duke. Caleb was killed during the rebellion by a horse while in service. Mr. I. S. Jobe went to Stephenson County, Illinois. in 1836, and pre-empted 160 acres of land, which he improved and where he remained twenty years. He then moved to Andrew County and bought a farm of 300 acres, paying therefore $4,550. By some fraudulent transaction he was sold out of his home, and lost his farm and everything he possessed. In 1862 he came to Nodaway County and located eighty acres of land,
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making additions from time to time as he prospered, until he had one of the best and largest farms in the county, including 640 acres. After his family grew up he helped them, giving to each a farm and home, till now he owns but 110 acres. His children are located within a short distance of him, the sons being among the prosperous and influential farmers of the county. His daughters married farmers who are also settlers near, and are men of prominence and wealth. Thus Mr. Jobe, at the age .of nearly three score years and ten, finds himself pleasantly situated, sur- rounded by a loving family. He is a Universalist, and in his political faith is a Jackson Democrat.
AUGUSTUS W. JOBE,
farmer and stock feeder, section 12, was born in Stephenson County> Illinois, December 28, 1840, and in 1856 he moved with his father to Andrew County, locating in this county in the spring of 1861. He com- menced life poor, but with a determination to succeed, bought some prairie land and commenced work. By his hard toil and economy he has succeeded in improving a valuable farm containing 153 acres, erected a fine residence in 1866, and has been very successful in all his enter- prises. Mr. J. married Miss Elizabeth Phillips, in this township, Decem- ber 6, 1863. They have four children: James A., Ida Isabelle, Calep and Samuel Edgar. Mr. Jobe was a great hunter and fisherman in early times, and his narratives are both thrilling and interesting. Joshua Phillips, the father of Mrs. Jobe, was a very early settler of this town- ship." He was born in Massachusetts, removed from there to New York, thence to Ohio and Indiana, and in 1850 he came to this county, where he died in 1872. Mrs. Phillips, his wife, died in 1873. Of the family of Mr. Phillips, Samuel is a druggist, Mary married Dr. Heath, Laura married John Reed, of Barnard, and Sarah married Joseph Baker, of Kansas.
VALENTINE KORELL,
was born in Prussia, March 11, 1830, and there received a good educa- tion. Under the long established law, he entered the army as a volun- teer in the artillery service, in 1848, remaining for two years. Coming to this state in 1851, he settled in Nodaway County in March, of that year, and here started the first blacksmith shop in this part of the county, and in the spring of 1859, he went to Pike's Peak with other adventurers. He was elected president of the claim court, and after remaining in that locality for a year or so, he returned in October, 1860, having been unfor- tunate in some of his transactions. On June 13, 1861, Mr. K. enlisted in the Thirteenth Missouri Volunteers, and at Lexington, Missouri, he was promoted to captain, September 10, 1861. On September 21, he was
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taken prisoner. He was discharged during the December following, and at the same time re-enlisted in the Twenty-fifth Missouri Volunteers, as first lieutenant of Company B, participating in the battles of Shiloh and Corinth. He was discharged for disability, June 28, 1862, and returned home. In 1863, he was register of the land office, and in the fall of that year was elected justice of the peace, which position he continued to fill for sixteen years. In the spring of 1881, he was elected township assessor and clerk, and has been president of the village corporation ever since it was incorporated, except during one year. Mr. K. has been engaged in trade here for several years. At one time he owned a portion of the land where Barnard is located, but he disposed of many of his lots, and has done considerable building. Mr. Korell has been twice married. His first wife was Miss Elizabeth Billings, whom he married March 27, 1851. They had by this union six children : Lydia Ann, Jacob B., John W., Valentine Francis Sigel, Charles T., Clara A. Mrs. K. died Decem- ber 29, 1867. He was married the second time to Miss Betty W. McBrine, May 30, 1868. They have one child, George Washington. Mr. K. is a member of the Masonic and Odd Fellows Lodges, and belongs to the Baptist Church.
JOHN S. LEIGHTY,
farmer and stock raiser, section 19, was born in Fayette County, Penn- sylvania, in 1823, and spent his youth on a farm, and has for many years been dealing in and handling stock. He went to Morgan County, Ohio, where he lived nine years, and then located in McDonough County, Illi- nois, remaining until 1872, when he came to this county and bought his farm, which contains 320 acres. He has made many improvements upon it until it ranks foremost among the best for stock purposes in the county. In 1876 he sold the farm to his brother Henry and his son-in-law, D. Welling, both of whom are living in Illinois. Mr. Welling is one of the most extensive dealers and feeders of stock in that state, purchasing large droves yearly in Kansas and other places, and shipping them to his farms. here and in Illinois. Mr. Leighty has the entire charge of the one in this county, and is now feeding 300 head of cattle and from 150 to 300 head of hogs. Mr. Leighty married Miss Lizzie Freeman, a very estimable lady, in 1845. She was from Pennsylvania. They have six children: Freeman, Whitney, Lycurgus, Bell, Lizzie and Granville. Bell was married to Mr. Welling in 1868. They have four children: Fred, Annie, Lizzie and David. Mr. L. is a Mason.
JOHN LOWE,
farmer and railroad engineer, section 31, was born in Ireland, June 24, 1829, and came to this country in 1844, settling in Chester County Penn-
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sylvania, where his father had settled fourteen years previously. There he had bought a large farm, and conducted it upon a large scale. In 1846, the elder Lowe died, John's mother having died some time before in Canada. In the settlement of Mr. Lowe's large estate, the adminis- trator managed to defraud the family of children out of most of it. On this account young Lowe was compelled to seek his fortune alone. He learned the blacksmith trade, connected with the carriage ironing and plating business, in which he became quite proficient. His brother, Patrick, having engaged in railroading, and becoming an engineer, induced his brother to act as his fireman. So, leaving the shop and his trade, in 1850, the latter entered upon his new duties as fireman on the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, and in six months had made such progress in becoming acquainted with the mysteries of the mechanical world that he was given an engine to run, and since then has spent the most of his time in that employment. Few men have a better reputa- tion as a safe and competent engineer. Mr. L. married Miss Margaret Boylen, of Reading, Pennsylvania, December 28, 1852. She was born in Ireland, December 11, 1831. They had eight children : Margaret A., Mary J., Joseph F., James P., Ellen E., John A., Thomas K. and Francis A. John died September 29, 1868. Mrs. Lowe died June 26, 1881. In the fall of 1867, Mr. L. came to Nodaway County, and bought the farm where he now resides, containing 252 acres. This he did for the purpose of preparing his children for lives of usefulness. Joseph, his oldest son, grew to manhood, and, with the help of the younger brothers, has carried on the farm. Margaret received superior educa- tional advantages in Pennsylvania, and, in 1872, she was appointed Lady Superior of the St. Vincent Orphan Asylum, in Albany, New York. Mary and Ellen have had a thorough education at the St. Joseph Acad- emy. Joseph has been a student at the St. Benedict's College, Atchison, Kansas. The family are Catholics, and are valuable members of society.
WILLIAM A. MCCANDLISS,
miller and grain dealer, was born in Warren County, Ohio, February 9, 1822, and received a common school education, after which he learned the carpenter and joiners trade. He located in Hamilton, where he became a large contractor, and also in Cincinnati, erecting some of the finest structures in those cities. This business he has continued in all for thirty years. In 1855 he moved to Mount Pleasant, Iowa, where he constructed a fine steam flouring mill. After operating it for one year he sold it and then went to contracting and building, in which business he remained engaged until 1861, when he joined the 25th Iowa Volun- teer Infantry as wagon master. He wasin the Seventeenth Corps, under Logan, where he saw difficulties in transportation, etc., but few have
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had the privilege of beholding. Mr. McC. served for two years, and was discharged for disability. He returned to Mount Pleasant, and in 1866 he moved to Savannah, Andrew County, Missouri, and took the contract of building the county house and jail. This he completed sooner than expected to the entire satisfaction of the county. In 1872 he moved to Barnard, Nodaway County, buying the large flouring mill at that place, and there has continued to reside. Mr. McCandliss has been twice married : First, to Miss Maria Geary, of Hamilton, Ohio, in 1845. They had seven children : Mary, (wife of Edward Maekland ;) Elizabeth, (wife of H. C. Annan ;) Emma married Robert L. Annan, of Barnard ; Irvin W., in the mill with his father, Charles E., and May, at home. Mrs. McC. died October 14, 1877, in Barnard. His second wife was Mrs. Marilla Brown, widow of Dr. Brown, of Troy, Kansas, to whom he was married January 24, 1879. She has one child by her former marriage, Clara Brown. Mr. McCandliss and his family are members of the Pres- byterian Church. He has an excellent mill, with three run of stone, the advantages of good water power, and under his management is rap- idly gaining in popularity with the people.
JOHN R. PHIPPS,
farmer, section 22, was born in Owen County, Indiana, August 24, 1835, and came with his father in 1854, to Putnam County, Missouri. He received a good education and remained with his father until 1864, when he came to this county and bought his present farm one year after, and which now contains 136 acres. When the railroad was constructed and Barnard located, and also the flouring mill established, Mr. Phipps found his farm in the right place adjoining the corporation. He has made good improvements upon the same, and has a fine residence. He was engaged with his father in merchandising in Putnam County for six years, in which undertaking he was fortunate. Mr. Phipps has been a successful feeder and dealer in stock, and in this business he is now mostly engaged. He was a member of the state troops during the war and did good service in Owen County for three years in the Union cause. He married Miss Lucinda Montgomery, of Andrew County, in 1858. She was born in Indiana, but came to Andrew County, Missouri, in 1857. They have nine children living: Leo M., Jennie, Homer D., George, Charles, Paris, Rosie, Joseph and Iredell. Mr. Phipps and his family are Methodists. Mr. P. is one of the reliable men of the township.
ISAAC PRICE,
farmer and blacksmith, is the owner of 200 acres of land, in sections 27 and 28. He was born in West Virginia, May 22, 1814, and with his
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father he moved to Ohio, where he grew up and learned the blacksmith trade, which has been his life work. In the fall of 1831 he went to Pennsylvania, remaining there for several years, and then returned to Ohio. From there he went to Owens County, Indiana, where he made his home until 1871, when he came to Nodaway County, Missouri, and settled on the farm where he has since lived. He bought 300 acres of land and has settled his children near him. He married Miss Prudence Gordon in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, in 1836. They had four chil- dren : James, Susana, Serepta and Mathew Laughlin. Mrs. Price died in Washington County, Ohio, in 1850. For his second wife he married Miss Mary Ann Linn in 1852, in Washington County, Ohio. They have four children living : John, Atson, Zoe, and Minnie. Daniel died Jan- uary II, 1874, aged twenty years. Of the children from the first mar- riage, Sarepta died when nine years old ; Mathew Laughlin died in this place in 1874, aged twenty-five ; James died in October, 1877, in Owen County, Indiana, leaving a wife and five children : Lavina, Henry, George, Sarah E., and Mary Ann. George is living with his grand- father. John married Esther Josephine McFarland, November 2, 1876. Susanna married John C. Hall, January 1, 1861. Atson has from early boyhood been determined to receive an education, and while having had ordinary advantages for schools, he has worked himself up until he has become possessed of a thorough English education. He is succeed- ing remarkably well as a teacher, and few young men are entitled to more credit for their studious habits and noble aspirations. Mr. Price is one of the many reliable and well-to-do farmers in the county, and has gained an enviable reputation among his neighbors.
EPHRAIM RHOADS,
farmer, section 7, was born in Andrew County, Missouri, November 27, 1847, and came to this county with his mother and stepfather, Samuel Snider, in 1867. He married Miss Nancy Jane Kellogg, in Andrew County, Missouri, in the spring of 1868, and remained there after his marriage for three years. He then came to this township, bought a farm, and worked hard to improve it, and after living upon it for nine years, he disposed of it to Samuel Snider, afterwards buying eighty acres of prairie, upon which land he has just erected a fine residence, and is making a beautiful as well as a valuable farm. He commenced life poor, and what he owns he has made by energy and good business calculation. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Rhoads consists of three chil- dren : William, Leon and Edgar. They are members of the Christian Church.
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ED. ROBINSON,
farmer and dairyman, section 32, was born in Ireland in 1829, and there received a good education at the Warwick Academy. Upon coming to this country in 1848, he settled in Wisconsin and engaged in the mer- cantile business. In 1851 he fell a victim to the California fever, sold out his business and went to the golden fields, being occupied in mining for four years. His adventure proving a success, he returned to the states and settled in Bloomington, Indiana, embarking in the dry goods trade. On account of failing health he moved to Minnesota in 1856. In 1.862 he enlisted in the Ninth Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, and after disposing of the Indian troubles on the northern frontier, the regiment was ordered to the southern part of Missouri, where they were engaged until 1864, when they were ordered to Louisiana. Mr. R. commanded a company, and was an officer who could be relied upon at any time. In 1854 he received an honorable discharge and returned to Minnesota, where he continued his farming operations. In the spring of 1866 he bought land in Andrew County, Missouri, and after living there for five years he sold out and bought the beautiful place where he now resides, containing 185 acres. He has for many years been studying the princi- ples underlying the foundations of our Government, and the result shows that he has become an earnest advocate of the Greenback theory. In recognition of his ability and fitness for a representative in the state legislature, he received the nomination for that position in the cam- paigns of 1878 and '80, receiving some 400 votes above his ticket. Mr. Robinson married Miss Emma Howe, in Bloomington, Indiana, in 1856. They had three children : Sally E., Samuel E. and Mary. Mrs. Robinson died in Andrew County, in July, 1866. His second wife was Miss Jennie Stockwell, of Bloomington, Indiana, whom he married in 1867. Mr. R. has a fine dairy, and keeps from twenty to forty cows, making some of the choicest butter in the market.
SAMUEL SNIDER,
farmer, section 18, was born in Indiana, March 25, 1825, and came to Andrew County, Missouri, in 1849. In March, 1867 he bought his pres- ent farm, which he has improved until it contains 160 acres of cultivated land. Upon it is a fine orchard with choice fruit. Mr. Snider married Mrs. Margaret Rhoads, mother of Ephriam Rhoads, in Andrew County, Missouri, in October, 1850. They have six children : William Henry, Rebecca Ann, Mary Ellen, John Thomas, James Samuel and Daniel Columbus. Mrs. Snider was born in Clarke County, Indiana, April 24, 1823, and came to Andrew County in 1845. Her first husband was Cal- vin Goforth, brother of William Goforth, the first settler in the township.
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He died October 7, 1842. She then returned to Indiana, and in 1843 she married her second husband, Ephraim Rhoads, and came to Andrew County in 1845. They had one child, Ephraim R. Mr. R. died in 1847, in Andrew County. Mrs. Snider is a woman of mature judgment, and has seen much of the hardships of pioneer life. She belongs to the Christian Church,
JAMES COLUMBUS STOCKTON,
proprietor of the Western Hotel, was born in Platte County, Missouri, August 20, 1844, and in 1857, with the family, he moved to Henry County, Iowa, where he received a limited education at Howe's Seminary in Mt. Pleasant. After a few years his father moved to Lucas County, where the son grew up to manhood. The elder Stockton was unable to provide for his family as he could wish to do, so that James when he was four- teen years old was compelled to look out for himself. In October, 1858, he left home, going about thirty miles, where he hired out to husk and gather corn. By winter he had earned a good winter suit and eight calves. The latter he drove home and exchanged for a team, which transaction proved to be the foundation and starting point of his suc- cessful career in life. August 2, 1862, Mr. S. enlisted in the Thirty-fourth Regiment Iowa Infantry, Company K, under Captain William Boyles. After a general drill at Camp Lawman, in Burlington, the regiment was ordered to Vicksburg in time to participate in Sherman's great battle. They were then sent to Arkansas Post, where they participated in that hard-fought battle. The Union army took 7,000 prisoners, and the Thir- ty-fourth Iowa was detailed to guard them to the Chicago prison. Upon reaching St. Louis the small pox had broke out on the boat, and Mr. Stockton fell a victim to that disease. He was taken to the hospital in St. Louis, where he remained until he was discharged for disability and returned home. Some months afterwards he enlisted under Captain Stockton -- his grand-father-in a cavalry regiment, for the service of the State of Missouri, being appointed sergeant. The regiment did much hard work in following Price and Quantrell's commands. After the close of the war Mr. S. returned to Gentry County, where he settled in busi- ness. He married Miss Mary Ann Hussey, in Gentry County, January 20, 1865. They have four children : Loretta Jane, Albert F., Ida O. and Lee J. Mrs. Stockton is the daughter of John Hussey, formerly of North Carolina, and is of one the oldest and most distinguished families of Quakers in the state. Mr. Hussey gave his daughter forty acres of unim- proved land, and with this and the small tract which Mr. Stockton had, they commenced the struggle of life. He built a small house, broke up his lot and in a short time had it fenced, and since that time has never met with a discouragement that he could not control. He added 100 acres of adjoining land to his farm, all situated and adjoining the village
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of Mt. Pleasant, and now worth $50 per acre. . He also bought a fine house in Mt. Pleasant. In 1873 he commenced the hotel business and continued it until 1878, when he sold out his hotel property and bought the Western Hotel in Barnard, where he is doing a fine business. Mr. S.'s daughter Loretta has just entered on a four year's course of study at Dr. Martin's Seminary in St. Joseph. He takes great interest in educa- tional matters.
J. B. THOMPSON,
postmaster at Barnard, was born in Hamden Junction, Vinton County, Ohio, in March, 1849, and in 1859 he came with his father to Mills County, Iowa. He there received a common education, completing his schooling at Otoe College, Nebraska City. He learned the saddle and harness trade, at which he worked for several years in Nebraka City and St. Joseph, and in 1871 he came to Barnard and opened a shop, continuing to conduct it for two years. In 1873 he sold out and commenced to run a grocery, drug and confectionery store, which he kept until October, 1881, when he sold out. In May, 1876 Mr. T. was appointed postmaster at Barnard, and has been the incumbent of the office since that time. In the spring of 1878 he entered the office of Dr. Heath, and was engaged in the study of medicine until he entered the Hospital Medical College at St. Joseph, where he attended during the course of 1880-81. Mr. Thompson commenced life poor in pocket, but has been fortunate in everything that he has undertaken. Honorable in his dealings, consist- ent in his course, politically and otherwise, he has gained a good repu- tation. He was appointed census enumerator in 1880 for Hughes Town- ship. He is a Mason and Odd Fellow. Mr. T. has ever been active in all improvements of the village, and is a great friend of schools.
JONATHAN WOHLFORD,
farmer and stock raiser, section 35, was born in Center County, Penn- sylvania, November 6, 1834, and at the age of thirteen years his father moved his family to Stephenson County, Illinois, and bought a farm. The son was engaged in working at home until he was twenty-one, when he came to this county in 1855, and bought the farm where he now lives, consisting of 400 acres. He improved his land and worked hard, and, being successful, in 1868 he erected one of the finest residences in the township. When he started here he had but $100. By good man- agement and economy he has saved a valuable property. Being a true Union man, he took an active part in the rebellion, being a member of the state troops. He is a good citizen and an honored neighbor. He is a leading Republican politician, having held several offices of trust and responsibility, the duties of which he discharged with honor and
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credit. Mr. W. married Miss Sarah E. Jobe, daughter of I. S. Jobe, of . this township, in the fall of 1856. They have six children : Samuel A., Mary L. (who married John Perkins, of this township), William D., George C., Nora E., and Ira Edward.
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