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HUGH LYLE,
farmer and stock raiser, section 3, was born on the 11th day of Novem- ber, 1827, and was raised in Londonderry County, Ireland. After work- ing for some years he was united in marriage with Miss Nancy Hutchinson, the 3d day of August, 1849. She was born in 1826, and was raised in the same county as himself. Shortly after their marriage they embarked for America, and landed at New York city, after a voyage of seven weeks, soon settling at Catasauqua, Pennsylvania. Mr. Lyle worked some three years as a furnaceman, and in 1849, with his family, he emigrated to Adams County, Illinois, where he located on a farm. This he continued to cultivate until 1869, when he sold out, and with his family came to Northwest Missouri, settling in Nodaway County about five miles east of Graham, where he had purchased a tract of land two years previous. He found a wide, wild prairie, but being a man of great energy and possessed of an indomitable will, he began the improvement and cultivation of his land. In this his hopes have been realized. Here he can pass the remainder of his days in company with his wife, who has all along shared his lot. In business circles he stands prominent for his unswerv- ing integrity and stability. He is cautious, firm in purpose, honorable and strictly methodical in all his transactions. He selected a choice location for his home, and from the wilds of the prairie succeeded in making a fine farm of 400 acres, surrounded by Osage hedges and wire fence. Situated near the center is a large frame house. Mr. and Mrs. Lyle are both members of the Presbyterian Church. Their family con- sists of James, William J., Robert, Humphrey, Rankin, Sarah, Hugh H. and Alexander living, and Margaret J. and Anna M. deceased.
W. J. LYLE,
of the firm of Impey & Lyle, druggists, is a native of Pennsylvania, in which state he was born on the HIth day of November, 1850, being a son
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of Hugh Lyle, now a resident of this township. At the age of two years the subject of this sketch moved to Quincy, Adams County, Illi- nois, where he remained until 1869, when, with his parents, he moved to this county and township, his father having previously purchased a large tract of land. W. J. Lyle's educational advantages were excellent. In 1869, he entered upon the business career which has thus far proven to be an exceptionally successful one. For two years he was employed as a farm hand, and now is a partner in the drug store of Impey & Lyle, besides owning fine town property, and also a farm of 160 acres of well improved land in Hughes Township. Mr. Lyle was united in marriage on the 18th day of February, 1875, to Miss Sarah F. Keller, and by this union they have two children, Minnie Belle and Clarence H.
J. S. MCCLASKEY,
hardware merchant, was born on a farm in Andrew County, Missouri, February 22, 1857, and received a good common school education, resid- ing with his parents, and moving with them in 1869, to Nodaway County, Missouri. They settled on a farm near Quitman, and from 1874 to 1876, J. S. attended the Fillmore graded school. He returned to the home farm, and assisted his parents till 1878, when he entered the mercantile business at Graham. He is a man of great precision of character, and endowed with strong and enduring convictions of right. Mr. McClaskey was married on the first day of September, 1878, to Miss Mary J. Mccutchen.
T. G. MCNEAL,
farmer and stock raiser, section 36, was born in Huntingdon County Pennsylvania, on the 12th of June, 1831, spending his boyhood days and receiving his education in his native state. His father died when Thomas was about twenty years of age, and with an older brother and mother and family of smaller children, he moved to Lamar County, Texas, and settled on a farm. In 1862 he entered the secret service under General J. M. Thayer, U. S. A., and served till 1865, having had some very nar- row escapes. In February, 1865, he purchased the farm on which he now resides, and then started for Texas after his mother, but found that she had moved to Jackson County, Missouri. T. G. went to her location and moved the family to Nodaway County, Missouri, being robbed while on the road of some $450-his entire cash capital. His farm now consists of 168 acres of well improved land. Mr. McNeal was married on the 28th of December, 1865, to Miss Susan Baublits, who was born on the 28th of May, 1846, in Baltimore County, Maryland. Mr. and Mrs. McNeal are members of the Baptist Church. Their family consists of seven children : Samuel N., Nettie, Isaac A., Florence, George A. and Mary, living, and Hattie, deceased.
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MILES MCNEAL,
farmer and wine manufacturer, section 23, was born in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, January 30, 1850, being the son of J. G. and Margaret (Shore) Miles. His father was a native of that county and state, born February 15, 1817, and his mother was also from that county. She was born on the 6th of May, 1817. They were married January 9, 1840, and then moved to Nodaway County, Missouri, in 1869. Miles spent his boyhood days and received his common school education in in his native state, coming with his parents to Nodaway County, Mis- souri. He remained with them and devoted his time to agricultural pur- suits, and in 1870 graduated from Bryant's Commercial College, at St. Joseph, Missouri. Then he returned to his old home and was engaged in teaching school during the winter and in farming in the summer months. He purchased a tract of land and planted a vineyard, and by his industry and good management is now known as one of the most successful wine makers in Northwestern Missouri. He has a wine cellar having a capacity of 150 barrels. His crop of 1881 produced 100 barrels of wine, and he sold in the market over 2,500 pounds of grapes. In September, 1881, Mr. McNeal entered the employ of Henry Huffman, proprietor of the Skidmore Elevator, as cashier and bookkeeper. He is of a genial nature, courteous to all, popular with his employers as well as the public. He has unfortunately been a cripple from childhood. By his excellent primary educational advantages and by the further prose- cution of his studies in later life, he was very successful as a, teacher, and never wanted for a school when he would take one.
THOMAS L. MARLIN,
hardware merchant and farmer, section ,26, was born in Platte County, Missouri, on the 16th day of November, 1837, being the only child of Daniel and Matilda Marlin, natives of Smith County, Tennessee. They had settled in Platte County, Missouri, and in 1839, moved to Nodaway County, near where Thomas now resides. Here he spent his boyhood days, and received a good common school education. His father went to California in 1850, and soon after died. When but a mere boy, Thomas took charge of the farm, and by his industry and good management, proved himself a successful provider. In 1864, he enlisted in the Sixth Missouri State Cavalry, doing service till May, 1865, when he returned to his farm, and devoted his entire attention to agriculture and stock raising. He served as justice of the peace in 1876-7. In 1880, he entered into the hardware business at Skidmore, and is now doing a successful trade. His farm consists of 120 acres of well improved land, upon which is a good residence and all necessary out buildings. Mr. M. is a mem-
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ber of the M. E. Church South. He is positive in character, and inde- pendent in action. Courteous, social and highly esteemed in business and social circles, he is among the respected citizens, as well as one of the oldest settlers of the county. Mr. M. was married on the 10th day of April, 1859, to Miss Mary J. Lawson, a native of Illinois, born Febru- ary 8, 1839. Mr. M.'s mother resides with him, she now being in her sixty-seventh year, and is enjoying good health.
NOAH MAST,
farmer and stock raiser, section 22, is a native of Watauga County, North Carolina, born on the 20th of February, 1812, being the son of John and Sarah (Harmon) Mast, natives of North Carolina. Noah remained in that state till 1839, when he moved to Buchanan County, Missouri, and settled on a farm. He passed through all the privations of pioneer life in that county, and on August 14, 1842, took a wife in the person of Miss Catharine Rollen. She was born January 27, 1818, being a native of North Carolina. Mr. Mast, with his wife, gathered together their worldly goods and emigrated to Nodaway County, Missouri, in 1843, and settled where he now resides, about five miles north of Graham, on the banks of the Nodaway River. His farm consists of 156 acres of well improved land. Mrs. Mast departed this life on the 8th of September, 1865, leav- ing five children : John, Susan R., W. G., Martha E. and Mary P., living, and James F., deceased. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church.
W. J. MATHERLY,
farmer and stock raiser, section 4, was born in Mercer County Ken- tucky, on the 19th of November, 1826, and when at the age of nine years, with his mother, he went to Decatur County, Indiana, making his home with his grandparents. In 1839, in company with his mother and grandparents, he moved to Missouri, and settled near DeKalb, Buchanan County. In 1841, he began life for himself by working on a farm and in brick yards, and, in 1845, he commenced farming for himself. In 1851, he moved to Taylor County, Iowa, and, in the spring of 1852, came to Nodaway County, Missouri, settling near Graham. He made many changes, and finally located where he now resides, his farm consisting of eighty acres of fine land, well improved. Mr. M. was married on the 20th of December, 1846, to Miss Lydia Allumbaugh, born in 1830. She died on the 22d of September, 1878, leaving the following children : Sallie A., Andrew J., Irena, William, George, Martin, Mary A., Lydia, James and Peter (twins), living, and Nancy, John, Jasper and Martha, deceased. Mr. M.'s second marriage occurred on the 13th of March, 1876, to Mrs. C. E. Jones, born the 15th of April, 1836. Her maiden name was Goon, and she was born in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, and
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moved to Missouri in 1872. Mr. and Mrs. M. are both church members. Mr. M. is a Mason in good standing, belonging to Maryville Lodge, No. 301.
WILLIAM H. MAURER,
live stock dealer, was born in the town of Otisco, Clarke County, Indi- ana, on the 18th day of January, 1851, his boyhood being spent at that place until at the age of thirteen, when with his parents he moved to Mis- souri. They settled some five miles west of Graham, in Holt County, and there William assisted his father on a farm till at the age of twenty, receiving a good education. His natural inclinations were for the hand- ling of live stock, but he started out as a farmer, handling stock at times, and in 1875 associated himself with Mr. George H. Peterson. They soon became known as one of the leading firms of Northwest Missouri, hand- ling live stock of all descriptions, at times by the train loads. The firm now owns a fine stock farm of some 900 acres, excellently improved in every particular. Mr. Maurer is cautious, firm in purpose, and honora- ble. To his excellent business qualifications is the firm largely due for its remarkable financial management. He is reserved in manner, of few words, yet possesses those qualities which make him popular with all. He is a member in good standing of the A. O. U. W., Lodge No. 202. Mr. M. was united in marriage on the 10th day of March, 1871, to Miss Plasila Brown, who was born on the 20th of July, 1853, a daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Brown. They settled in Hughes Township, Noda- way County, Missouri, in 1842. Mr. Maurer's family consists of four children: Arthur J., born July 10, 1872; John E., born July 21, 1874; Mamie, born in 1877, and Sarah Ethel, born March 15, 1879.
PETER MAURER,
farmer and cattle feeder, section 10, is a native of Clarke County, Indi- ana, where he was born on the 26th day of December, 1852. When at the age of eleven years, in 1864, with his parents he moved to Holt County, Missouri, settling on a farm some five miles west of Graham. In 1865, he moved to Nodaway County, locating near Graham. In 1875, Peter went to Denver, Colorado, and followed the freighting business for some six months, when he returned to Graham and farmed and fed cattle for one year. In 1874, he did a livery and transfer business, carrying the mail from Graham to Bigelow, Missouri. He sold out, and farmed in 1875-6, and for the next three years was engaged in butchering and shipping live stock. In 1879, he became associated with J. Harlan Bohart, purchasing some 360 acres of improved land. They now devote their entire time to the live stock business, being one of the largest firms in this section of the county. Mr. Maurer was united in marriage on the
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ISth day of March, 1875, to Miss A. Milligan, a native of Perry County, Ohio, born in 1853. Both Mr. and Mrs. M. are members of the Presby- terian Church. Mr. M. is popular, cautious and firm in purpose. Though modest in appearance, he is nevertheless liberal, and stands high for his unswerving integrity and stability.
J. A. MENDENHALL,
farmer and stock raiser, section 8, is a native of Morgan County, Ohio, and was born on a farm on the 10th day of March, 1839. He spent his boyhood days and received a good education in his native state. and in the year 1861 taught school till the 14th day of November, when he responded to his country's call by enlisting in Company E, Seventy-fifth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He participated in some thirty battles, among which were the second battle of Bull Run, Fredericks- burg, Chancellorsville, Culpeper Court House, Kelley's Ford and Get- tysburg, Pennsylvania. He was taken prisoner and confined for about twenty-two months in different prison pens in the South, finally being released on the 11th day of March, 1865. He returned to his old home in Morgan County, Ohio, and June 3, 1865, came to Andrew County, Missouri, his parents having moved there some months previous. That summer Mr. M. took a trip across the plains. In 1866 he went to Hol- ton, Kansas, where he opened a drug store remained till 1867, when he moved to Nodaway County, Missouri. He selected a choice location, and from the wilds of the prairie he has obtained 240 acres of well improved land. Mr. M. has taught school almost every winter since living in Nodaway County, and for six winters was in one district. In business affairs he possesses rare judgment and extensive practical knowledge, and his wise counsel is often sought for by those more actively engaged. On the 19th day of May, 1867, he was married to Miss Temperance Green, a native of Morgan County, Ohio, born on the 3d day of May, 1841. She came on a visit to Andrew County, Mis- souri, where she formed Mr. M.'s acquaintance. Their family consists of : James L., born April 19, 1868, died October 30, 1869 ; Etta J., born May 14, 1869, died February 14, 1870 ; Cora C., born September 22, 1870, died in November, 1872 ; B. F., born September 2, 1872; Bessie B., born May 27, 1875 ; Ruth E., born November 7, 1876, and Clyde. born August 2, 1881.
ISAAC MILLER,
farmer and stock raiser, section 29, was born on a farm in Monroe County, Indiana, on the 2d of January, 1820, being the second son of Mary M. (Myers) Miller, natives of Wythe County, Virginia. The former was born September 17, 1795, and the latter on the 2d of May, 1802. Isaac
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spent his boyhood days and received his education in his native state. When at the age of fifteen years he began working at the carpenter trade, farming at times, till 1848, when he moved to Adams County, Illinois, and in 1853, to McDonough County, of the same state. In 1868 he sold out and came to Andrew County, Missouri, and in 1869 purchased a farm consisting of 160 acres of wild land. By his own industry and good management he now has one of the best improved farms in this part of the country. Mr. M. was married on the 19th of February, 1846, to Miss M. J. Berry, a native of Monroe County, Indiana, born July 20, 1827. She was the eldest daughter of William and Patsy A. (Girens) Berry. Her father was born in 1803, in Kentucky, and her mother was born November 14, 1808, in Kentucky. Mr. and Mrs. Miller are both members of the Christian Church. They have the following children : William M., Addison H., Mary M., J. M. Alvin G., L. C., Effie A. and Jennie D., living and Samuel H., T. M., John M., and Robert W., deceased.
REV. A. K. MILLER,
minister, farmer and stock raiser, section 27, is a native of Bath County, Kentucky, and was born January 15, 1822, being a son of William and Cassanda (Ross) Miller. With his parents, he moved to Montgomery County, Indiana, in 1836, and settled on a farm. receiving his education in that state. Mr. M. was married on the 28th of August, 1846, to Miss Jane C. Mitchell, who was born October 1, 1827. Mr. and Mrs. M. settled on a farm, and there remained until selling out, when they moved to Linn County, Iowa, in 1865, there being located on a farm of 120 acres of fine land. In 1873, he disposed of his interests there, and came to Nodaway County, Missouri, stopping for a short time in Maryville. He subsequently purchased his present farm, consisting of eighty acres of well improved land. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Miller consists of eight children : Sarah A., William N., Mary E., Jane C., Tibey G., Harriet C., John S. and Carrie L. Mr. Miller has pursued his chosen calling with untiring zeal, and with a success which has earned for him no inferior rank among the preachers of the state.
DR. JAMES WOODS MORGAN,
Graham, the seventh child and fifth son of John B. and Elizabeth (McDonald) Morgan, was born in Shelby County, Indiana, March 12, 1834. In the fall of 1841 he came with his parents to Missouri, settling on a farm four miles southwest of Maryville. He received a common English education, mostly obtained at a school house three and a-half miles distant, "hoofing" it night and morning. His youth was spent on a farm at common labor incident to farm life, doing as little manual
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labor as circumstances would permit. In the fall of 1854 he commenced the study of medicine with Drs. J. V. A. Woods and B. G. Ford. He was married to Laura F., daughter of Ebenezer and Hulda Scott, on the 3d day of August, 1856, at Maryville, Missouri, Rev. S. T. Renfro, of the Missionary Baptist Church, officiating. There were born of this union Arthur McDonald, May 14, 1857, died October 2d following; Roberta Austin, born July 9, 1858, died September 19, 1867 ; Matilda Alice, born February 12, 1862, died February 25, 1862 ; Laura F., born February 10, 1864, died July 31, 1864. Mrs. Morgan was born in the State of Ver- mont, September 30, 1835. Her father was a cousin of General Winfield Scott. She was a member of the M. E. Church South, and was what a woman ought to be-faithful, devoted and kind. Dr. Morgan com- menced the practice of his profession in Graham, Missouri, July 3, 1859, and continued there until July 3, 1861, then being driven off by Confed- erate soldiers. He went to "Dodely's" and bushwhacked in the home guards until the provisional government of Missouri was formed, and in September he was mustered into six months service under the call of Governor Gamble. He was elected and commissioned first lieutenant of Company H, of what is known at adjutant general's office as Kemble's Regiment of State Troops. In the November following he was detached from this company, and put in charge of the Hax House Hospital, where he remained until discharged. He enlisted on the 24th day of March, 1862, in what is known as the Fourth Cavalry Regiment of the Missouri State Volunteer Militia, United States Army, commanded by Colonel George H. Hall. At that time there was no volunteers being called for, but through the solicitation of Governor Gamble, permission was given him to raise ten regiments of cavalry for scouting purposes. He was on duty in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas and the Indian Territory. He was elected and commissioned first lieutenant of Company K of said regi- ment May 14, 1862, and was on duty in St. Joseph. He was again put on detached service, and placed in command of provost guard, where he remained until the latter part of June, when he was sent home on sick leave for an indefinite period. He rejoined the company at Marshfield, Webster County, Missouri, and on the Ist of July, 1862, was again placed on detached service as Assistant Provost Marshal, District of Southwest Missouri, by Brigadier General E. B. Brown. By this, under existing orders, it meant a permanent divorce from the company, as such officers became staff officers of the commanding general. It became his duty to enroll and organize the state militia into companies, try and dispose of the Confederate sympathizers. All were required to take the oath . of loyalty and give bond for the faithful discharge of the duties enjoined- that is, if thought necessary. Dr. Morgan deemed it necessary in every case where other punishment was not indicated, and bonds were put at from $1,500 to $10,000, and even higher if they had kinsman and friends
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able to make the bond good. This work was done in a manner that led the Confederates to believe that he was the second edition of Old John Brown, whose soul is supposed to be still marching on. While there the doctor's wife and little girl joined him, and remained with him until sick- ness compelled his resignation. December 15, 1862, he was ordered to report for duty to Colonel J. K. Mills, at Springfield, Missouri, Provost Marshal General of the Army of the Frontier, on the staff of Major General John M. Schofield. He was placed in charge of the exchange department, the duties of the same being-first, preparing rolls for pris- oners subject to exchange as prisoners of war; second, the trial and disposition of the citizen prisoners for minor offences ; the preparation of charges against all prisoners to be tried by military commission ; charges and specifications, together with names of witnesses-a state ment of the kind and character of the evidence of each and every witness. At that date an enormous amount of property had been seized by the Army of the Frontier, such as horses, mules, cattle, corn, wheat, oats, bar- ley, hay, houses, and in fact any and everything the army wanted, and vouchers given for the same, made " payable on proof of active loyalty." An order was issued by General Schofield forbidding the payment of any such voucher, until the conditions were established before a certain officer, and Dr. Morgan was chosen as that one. The district included all of Southwest Missouri, the southeast part of Kansas, the northwest part of Arkansas and the Indian Territory. It was an enormous duty to perform. When active loyalty was proven he so certified ; when neu- trality was admitted or Confederate sympathy proven, he so certified on the face of the voucher. The object of the order was to prevent Con- federate claimants from appearing before a neighboring civil officer or a dough-faced military one and making proof. By this transaction he saved the government hundreds of thousands of dollars and ruined for- ever the hopes of many a poor Confederate farmer. The duty of giving freedmen free passes, promising protection, and in protecting freedmen's interests, was also enjoined. He participated in the last battle of Spring- field, on January 8, 1863, as aid to General Brown, and upon arriving at Springfield found one thousand men in prison, many without charges preferred, further than "Confederate" sympathizer, bushwhacker, and of Cockrell's men, Jackman's stable men, Hawthorn's men. All this had to be sifted and disposed of, along together with persons coming in almost daily, many of them being brought in by the Enrolled Militia. Nothing more definite about them than the ones he first found. By the 31st day of July, 1863, he had nearly cleared the prison, when he was relieved from duty, and ordered to report to General Schofield, at St. Louis, for orders. He had been relieved by request of General Ben. Loan, commanding the Central District of Missouri, to be placed on duty in provost marshal's office, at Jefferson City. On reporting at St.
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Louis, he was informed that Major Marsh had made briefs of the request for his relief, he then being absent in person at Vicksburg, which had fallen into our possession. He was ordered to report every morning. In this situation he remained for about two weeks. It is said an idler's brain is the devil's work shop. Dr. M. consequently set about to secure the appointment as Superintendent of the Freedmen's Bureau for the Department of the West. He had everything arranged, recommenda- tions all in, and one by Captain James F. Dwight, First Assistant Provost Marshal General of the Department. Everything was lovely, but unfor- tunately there was a bitter warfare going on politically between the Charcoals and Claybanks, regarding the treatment of Confederates and their negroes, Colonel Broadhead, the provost marshal general, belong- ing to the Claybank wing. He was somewhat blue one bright morning, when he read an article in the Missouri Republican, copied from the Missouri Statesman, in which Lieutenant Morgan, " the head of the free negro bureau of the tribe of Abraham," caught jessy for being too rigid in discipline, and in " giving other men's niggers free papers," &c. That article cooked the doctor's goose too brown. W. A. Pile received the appointment, and in one month wore the star of a brigadier general of colored troops. Being foiled, he appeared August 12, 1863, before the Medical Board of Examiners for the Department of the Mississippi, Pro- fessor J. T. Hodgen, president, and was examined and received a recom- mendation for assistant surgeon of colored troops, it being what he asked for. The next morning when he went to report, he met his colonel, George H. Hall, as brave and as good a man as God ever made. He insisted on the doctor's joining his company, at Trading Post, Kansas. The latter informed him of his desire, and was tendered by him the same place in his regiment. He did not feel it his privilege to refuse, and was ordered to his command. He held to his recommendation, had almost got the brigadier general fever, and wished to get with his colored brethren. As soon as he arrived at St. Joseph he was sick with his spirit desire, and came in on sick leave. Towards the last of August, 1863, he reported to General Thomas Ewing, at Kansas City, and was again placed on detached duty, as judge advocate of a military commis- sion. He was again taken sick, and being reduced to almost a skeleton, on the 12th of September, he offered his resignation on the surgeons' certificate, which was accepted. On arriving home his health improved, and the last of December, he moved back to Graham, in the house from which he had been driven two and a-half years before. During this time he forwarded his certificate, and was on the 14th of April, 1864, commissioned Assistant Surgeon of the Forty-third Regiment of colored troops, and ordered to report for duty at Camp William Penn, near the city of Philadelphia. His wife had been taken with quick con- sumption, and on the 12th of May, 1864, died, leaving to Mr. M.'s care
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