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largely interested in lead and zinc mining, having recently purchased the old Osage iron works with four hundred acres of land in Camden county, tif- teen miles west of Linn Creek, the county seat, and which promises to be very profitable. Maj. Lusk is one of the active, enterprising citizens of Jefferson City, not only assisting its progress with his intlu- ence and intelligent efforts, but contributing largely from his private means when the occasion required the sacrifice. He was unusually liberal with his time and money in the canvass opposing the re- moval of the capital, and also one of the most active and intelligent workers in securing the present mag- nificent Court House of the county. Maj. Lusk served his country faithfully in the war for the pres- ervation of the Union, which his granfather and father fought to establish, and in addition, has done his duty most credibly as a citizen in all the rela- tions of life.
JUDGE H. M. SMITH.
Judge Henry Marion Smith, presiding judge of the Cole County Court, was born in Clark township. Cole county, on a farm near Hickory Hill, June 23. 1848, where he was raised and educated in the neigh- boring schools. His parents were Henry and Eliza- beth Smith, who came to Missouri from Kentucky at an early date. Judge Smith had the misfortune to lose his father when he was 10 years of age. At the age of 22 he bought a farm three miles east of his mother's home, which he conducted with marked financial success seven years, at which time his brothers and sisters, having married and left home. he sold thus farm and purchased the old home. around which clustered the memories of his early associations. Here he has continued since a most successful farmer, and in addition, dealing largely in live stock. He was married Jannary 16, 1870, to Miss Mary J., daughter of William Reavis, a farmer of Cole county. Of the children born to this union, James Carney Smith is a prominent farmer and stock dealer, living near his father: Laura is the wife of AAlonza Hendly, also a farmer in the same neighborhood; Miss Leona died at the age of nine. teen. Arthur and Willie (ages nineteen and six- teen) are at home assisting on the farm when not attending school. Judge Smith has been for thirty years a member of the Baptish church at Hickory Hill and many years deacon of the organization. He was elected district judge in 1886, serving one term and was fourteen years a justice of the peace of Clark township. He served as road overseer sev- eral years and has been a school director virtually
all of his life. In 1898 he was elected presiding judge of Cole county, in which position he is at present serving. Ile is an active and influential Democrat of Cole county and has been for many
years. He is well preserved physically and mentally and one of the substantial and leading citizens of Cole county, who has acted his part well and credi- bly in all the relations of life.
JUDGE VICTOR ZUBER.
Judge Victor Zuber, at present county judge of Cole county from the First district, was born Sep- tember 3, 1841, at Sollothrum, in the Republic of Switzerland ta country made familiar to every school boy by the fascinating traditions of the pat- riot William Tell, from which place his parents im- migrated to the United States, starting in fall of 1851, arriving in February 1852. His father, Jerome Zuber, died in St. Louis while en route to Jefferson City. The subject of this sketch served an appren- ticeship as a marble cutter under Fleming & Thomp- son, where he continued three years. In 1861 he re- sponded to a call for volunteers, and enlisted in Company "B," Home Guards, the captain being Maj. Wm. H. Lusk. In 1862 he enlisted in Company "E." Tenth Missouri Cavalry (of which company he was also captain, in which regiment he con- finned in active service until the close of hostilities.
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He was in a number of the battles of the tragic period of the war of the Rebellion. When mustered out of service in 1865, he returned to Jefferson City. but soon after engaged at the work of his trade as marble cutter for E. J. Bedwell of Boonville. In 1866 he opened a marble shop on his own account at Tipton, from which place the following year he removed to Jefferson City, where he established his present marble yard and works on Jefferson street. south of the Merchants' Bank, where he has con tinned since. Mr. Znber was married in 1861 to Miss Louise, daughter of Joseph and Theresa Bron-
neisen. of Jefferson City. To this union has been born six children; Bernetta is the wife of AAnthony Gallagher; Zerleda is now Mrs. Chas. H. Holt- schneider, and Mamie Katherine, Mrs. Edward Dalle, all of Jefferson City. Frank and Cletus are with the Bruns Shoe Company. One son. the fourth child, Emanuel, died at the interesting age of 4 years. Judge Zuber is a member of the Catholic church and of St. Peter's Benevolent Society. He is a man whose sterling worth has been recognized by the citizens of Jefferson City. For three years he was a member of the School Board and served about the same length of time as a member of the City Council. He occupied the important and re- sponsible position of treasurer of Cole county font years and is at present county judge from the First district. He is a substantial citizen of the Capital
City, a member of the Democratie party and give that powerful political organization his loyal suj port. His home is No. 306 South Jefferson street lle will be re-elected to his present office in Novem ber, having received the nomination at the Denk cratie primary without opposition.
JUDGE J. T. MUSICK.
Judge John T. Musiek was born in Cole county Mo., December 11, 1841. on a farm twenty mile southwest of the Capital City, where he was raised his education being in the neighboring distric schools. In 1861. being twenty years of age, he wa drawn by the patriotic feeling engendered by the in vidents attending the outbreak of the Civil war inte the ranks of the army of what is now called the "Lost Canse." Enlisting in MeKinzie's Company Parson's Brigade, was in active service the follow ing three years. In 1864 he returned home, where he remained until 1865, when he purchased a farn in Clark township, on which he has continued prosperons farmer since. In 1866 he was united i marriage to Marinda, daughter of John Simpson, farmer of Cole county. Of the five children bori
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to this union. the eldest. Ida, is the wife of Mart Hale, a farmer in Clark township. Dora is now the wife of J. H. Sullens, the present School Commis- sioner of Cole county, whose home is on a farm
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hear Bass. Anna is a young lady at home. Eliza s attending school. Thomas Delaware, a young man just reaching his majority, is assisting his father on the farm. Judge Musick is a member of the Christian church. He is one of the substantial and successful men of Cole county, whose worth is recognized by the citizens of the commonwealth. who have honored him with the important office of Judge of the county court, in which position he is now serving a second term. He is a Democrat and gives that political organization his full and loyal support.
J. J. SOMMER.
Judge John J. Sommer, who occupies the in. portant position of Probate Judge of this county, was born January 25, 1847, in Covington, Ky., where he was reared and educated. On reaching his ma- jority, taking the advice of Horace Greely to "Go West. young man." he removed to this State where
he taught school one term in a country distriet west of this city. The following year he taught at Osage City, where he continued to teach twenty-six con- secutive years. Being a delegate to the Republican county convention which met in Jefferson City in '94 for the purpose of nominating county officials, he was, without any solicitation on his part. urged to accept the nomination for the office of Probate Judge, and although a Republican, he was elected the following fall and in '98 re-elected for a second term, without any electioneering on his part, not- withstanding most of the Democratie ticket was elected by several hundred majority. Judge Som mer was a Justice of the Peace about sixteen years. during the administration of which office be ac- quired the necessary legal qualifications for his present official duties. lle was also School Com-
missioner of the county three successive terms. He was united in marriage April 6, 1874, to Miss Katherina, the daughter of Jacob Miller, a farmer of this county. He has two children, George J., a young man of good mind and habits, just attaining his majority, and Miss Octavia, his charming sister. a few years his junior, both of whom are with their parents. Judge Sommer, as is evidenced by his election, over a large Democratie majority a second term to his present important and saered official position, is a man of sterling qualities, who has credibly performed his duties in all the relations of life.
MLAJ. J. M. CLARKE.
Maj. Joseph Marcus Clarke. now deceased, was born June 4, 1814, in Bethel. O., in the county of Clearmont, the birthplace of the illustrious Gen. U. S. Grant. Ilis father, Houton Clarke, was a na- tive of Yorkshire, England, from which place, with bis widowed mother. he came to America, locating in Virginia, the year preceding the outbreak of the Revolutionary war; here he grew to manhood when he removed to Ohio, being one of the early pioneers of that state. Of his family of three sons and four danghters, the subject of this sketch was the third child. He grew to manhood in the village of his birth where he obtained a good education in the conunon schools, and later excelled in the advanced studies of Halls Academy at Batavia, and before the age of 20 was a most successful teacher. When 21 he joined his brother in conducting the Ilinois State Journal at Shawneetown, the third paper es- tablished in that state. At this time he also edited and published a semi-monthly literary journal, called the "Ladies Amulet." His brother, with whom he had been associated. sold his interest to Maj. Clarke, who continued to manage and edit both journals for two years; owing to the malarial district in that flat country and the confining and exacting duties of his business, his health failed, when he disposed of his newspaper plant and en- gaged in purchasing horses, for which he found a market in the state of Alabama, and later in Vir- ginia, where he met Mrs. A. E. S. Liggon. whose companionship engendered a mutual love and re- speet, which resulted in marriage in 1835, after which he settled on a plantation in Amelia county, that state. The fatal shadow, consumption, entered this happy and prosperous home in 1843, its victim being the devoted wife. Maj. Clarke, in 1845 was married to the wife who survives him, Miss Lavenia Nunnelly, and in October of the same year, removed
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to New Liberty. Owen county, Kentucky, where he engaged most successfully in merchandising until 1854, when he disposed of his interest and removed to Missouri, settling on a farm on the Osage river. near Castle Rock, which, with the aid of his slaves, he conducted most protitably until the commence- ment of the civil war. Soon after the war, in which he was exposed to many perils at the hands of rob- bers and marauding parties, he disposed of his farm and returned to Kentucky, where, for three years he edited and published the "Owen News" with
marked financial success. But thinking Missouri offered a more inviting field for his ambitions and energetic manhood, he sold the "News," and in the autumn of 1874 returned and established his home in Jefferson City, where he continued until his death, December 7, 1889. He was the father of twelve children, none of whom are living, and only three reached maturity. Victoria died at the age of 18; Marcus L., the eldest son, was a successful merchant at Castle Rock, Osage county, but re- moved at the commencement of the war, in 1861, to Owen county, Ky., where he continued the merean- tile business most successfully, accumulating a large property which, at his death, he left to his father, having previously liberally endowed a school in that state. Junius S., a son of his second mar- riage, a young man of excellent qualities of head and heart, a graduate in law and a successful prac-
titioner, died in Jefferson City in 1878. Maj. Cla while a resident of Osage, represented that cou two terms in the State Legislature. He was a i of culture, with an observing and analytical mi peculiarly successful in every tield as a tinand with a large and varied experience, his well- anced mind, in the exercise of good judgment, able to gather from every enterprise perun profit. He accumulated large wealth, a liberal tion of which he used in a philanthropic but u tentations way. lle gave to this city their valn; city building on the corner of Monroe and H streets. He was also the influence which es fished the Merchants' Bank and erected the build which they now own and ocenpy. the most im ing structure in the city. He was its largest ste holder and first president. He was also a ste holder and for many years president of the F National Bank, and owned a number of buildi in the city, among them. Clarke's Row on E Main. He had valuable farms in this and ot states and was also a large property owner in city of Chicago. It may be said of him that he the founder of the Christian church of this pl and the most liberal contributor to the buildi leaving it an endowment of $1.000,00, the inter to be used in paying the pastor's salary. By will he disposed of half of his wealth to differ members of his family and various public beque leaving one-half to his congenial and devoted ce panion who survives him. living in the home East Main, where for so many years she welcon the coming and enjoyed the companionship of most worthy and loving husband, a companions which still exists in a happy and hallowed meme
S. H. SONE.
Samuel H. Sone, whose portrait accom nies this sketch, was born on a farm in t connty, near the capital city. February 16, 18 where he continued until at the age of twenty- he secured the contract for carrying mail from J ferson City to Tusenmbia, the county seat of Mil county, in which business he continued, running stage in connection, ten years. He was mited marriage on August 10, 1876, to Miss Lena Hau stein of Tuscumbia, after which he engaged in far ing, but on the death of his wife, which occurred c year later, he engaged in the livery business in T cumbia, in which he continued three years, wh he was tempted, by the activity in real esta to enter that business at Aurora Springs. 1 tiring from this he spent a year in Kansas pr
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ecting for a location, but the memory of his hany friends of the blue grass pastures of ole drew him to the home of his early life. lere he was deputy sheriff four years under . B. Mahan, the present collector, and also deputy
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four years under F. J. Fromme. In 1894 he was elected to the office of sheriff of Cole county aud re-elected in 1896. At the expiration of the second term, he removed to his farm west of the city. He has a son, a bright and worthy young man of twenty-two, the result of his first marriage, who is now studying dentistry at St. Louis Dental College. Mr. Sone was married a second time in 1885 to Mrs. Elizabeth Jenkins (nee Miss Stone) a grand-daughter of the Rev. John West, a prominent minister of the Old School Baptish church. As a result of this union he has four bright daughters, ages four to thirteen, who, together with his devoted wife, make a most charming family circle. his domestic rela- tions in every respect being most happy. Mr. Sone is a genial, energetic man, who deserves credit for his success in the battle of life, as he was denied altogether the advantages of school, acquiring the education necessary to conduct the various business interests with which he has been connected, by his own effort, without the assistance of a teacher. He is a Democrat in politics, still in the prime of life, with many friends, and is likely to again occupy positions of honor and trust at the hands of the
citizens of Cole county, having just received the nomination at the Democratic primary for the office of collector, to which important position he will cer- tainly be elected in November.
G. C. FOWLER.
Green C. Fowler, the assessor of Cole county. is a native; was born on a farm near Bass, sixteen miles southwest of the Capital City, March 7, 1854, and was educated in the neighboring school. On reaching his majority he went to the state of No. vada, where he continued three years engaging in varions occupations, most of the time, however, farming. Returning to Cole county and the home of his childhood near Bass, he remained there a farmer until 1892, when he was elected county sur- veyor. At the expiration of the term of this office was elected to the position which he now holds. Mr. Fowler was married March 6, 1870, to Miss Ar- timitia, daughter of Win. Henley of this county, whom he had the misfortune to lose by death Ali- gust 9, 1892. Six children are the result of this union, all of whom are at home. The eldest. Miss Elva, a bright and accomplished young lady, being his assistant in the office. Mr. Fowler married a second time in 1893 to Mrs. Eliza Karr mnee Miss Amos), daughter of Benjamin Amos of this county, who is the mother of his youngest son, now 6 years
of age, having lost one (Robert) at the age of 1 year. Mr. Fowler is a member of the M. E. church South, and also of the elevating and refining social order 1. O. O. F., having occupied all of the official posi- tions in the local lodge, of which he is at present
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Vice Gnard. He is a sterling citizen, whose good qualities have drawn to him the warm friendship and esteem of those with whom he has been asso- ciated. While in Nevada he was nominated for the office of treasurer of Churchill county, but refused to make the race, and after his return to Cole he received the nomination for the important office of probate judge at the hands of the Democratic con- vention, which he also declined. His nomination and election for county surveyor came to him nu- solicited and unexpected. His many friends are urging him to make the race again for assessor and other positions, which will be made vacant by the expiration of the terms the coming fall, but he re- fuses to run under any circumstances, having deter- mined for the present to retire from official life. His father, W. F. Fowler, was judge of the Cole County Court 27 years. Mr. Fowler removed from his farm to his present comfortable home on South . Jackson in 1892, where he now makes his home, sur rounded by his interesting family.
F. H. REPHILO.
Frank Henry Rephlo was born in Cole county near Taos, December 11, 1842. His father, Bernard Rephlo was a native of Westphalia, Prussia; his mother, Helen Nieters of Hanover, Germany, from which places they immigrated to America in 1837. The father, Bernard Rephlo, was a stone mason and contractor, he helped to build the first Catholic church at Taos, the material used being logs; the second church which he also assisted to build was of stone, and the third (which now stands on the same historie spot) is of brick. From Taos he re- moved to Westphalia, Osage county, and while there built the stone church at that place. He was em- ployed on the capitol building erected in Jefferson City in 1838. From Westphalia he removed to Jef- ferson City in 1850, where he opened a general store in a log house on the same ground on which now stands the substantial brick store and residence which F. H. Rephlo ocenpies. On the death of Bernard Rephlo in 1858, his widow took charge of the business and continned with the assistance of the son, Frank, (the subject of this sketch) who was then sixteen years of age. On the death of his mother in 1879, F. H. Rephlo succeeded to the busi- ness, which he has conducted most successfully since. In 1884 he erected the substantial building he now occupies, corner Main and Walnut streets. November 28, 1876, he was united in marriage to Josephine, daughter of Herman Haar, a stone mason and contractor of Jefferson City. Two sons
have been born to this union, both of whom bright young men; the eldest, Joseph HI., of ex lent habits and good business training, is a n senger at the First National Bank; Louis S, is sisting in his father's store. Mr. Rephlo, in ad tion to his large mercantile interests, is a sto holder and director in the Merchants' Bank Jefferson City and also a stockholder and direc in the Jefferson City Building and Loan Asso tion and a stockholder in the Bridge and Trar Company and the Jefferson City Brick Compa he is also owner of a large amount of valna residence property in the Capital City. He i well balanced, smooth business man, has been inently successful as a financier and is a n worthy citizen in all the relations of life. He member of St. Peter's Church.
W. R. RICE.
William R. Rice was born September 15, 1: near Russellville, Logan county, Kentucky. W six years of age he removed with his parents St. Charles county, Missouri, from which pl after one year they removed to Franklin cou; When a youth the subject of this sketch left father's farm, going to St. Louis, where he lear the blacksmith trade with an uncle, John Ow
and with him removed to Springfield, the capita Illinois, where he continued a blacksmith sev years. He came to Cole county, Missouri, in 1 first engaging in blacksmithing at Russelly sixteen miles southwest of the Capital City. F here he soon removed to Jefferson City, where had a blacksmith shop on High street where H zen's shoe store now is, remaining only a short t when he entered a farm on the Moreau, four n
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south, where he conducted a blacksmith shop in connection with his farm. In 1882, selling this farm, e removed to a farm near Jefferson City, where he continued until 1899, when he sold his place and 'emoved to Jefferson City. He was united in mar- iage in 1838 to Sarah Jane Gordon, and to this inion were born ien children. Susan E. is now Mrs. Menteer and Mary F. is Mrs. B. Hampton. both of Jefferson City; Eliza M. (deceased), James 1. is a hotel keeper in West Plains, Howell county; Robert B. is a carpenter, living in Jefferson City; Martha A., who was Mrs. G. M. Bagby, is deceased ; John T. is a miner in Jasper county; George W., a arpenter in Warrensburg, Johnson county ; Julia A. s now Mrs. T. M. Hampton and Jefferson D. a black- smith, both living in Jefferson City. Mr. Rice had the misfortune to loose his wife and the mother of his large family of children, while on the old farm, December 23, 1865. He was a worthy citizen who teted his part, though modestly, well and credibly on the stage of life, and although the early com- panion of his joys and sorrows preceeded him to the grave more than a third of a century, his affec- tions were never given to another. He was a mem- ber of the M. E. Church South of Jefferson City. His death occurred at his home on East MeCarty, Feb. 21. 1900.
H. F. SARMAN.
Henry Franklin Sarman was born on a farm near California, in Monitean county, June 27, 1857, from which place his parents moved to St. Louis in 1861, where they remained during the war of the Rebellion, after which they returned, in 1865, to Cal- ifornia, where the subject of this sketch remained until 17 years of age, attending the public schools of that town. In 1874 he came to Jefferson City for the purpose of learning the business of manufacturing cigars; the following five years he was with Wil- liam Rose, after which he was three years with Wendell Stranb. In 1882 he engaged in the man- facture of cigars on his own account, running a re- tail business in connection, in which he handled tobacco and other articles usually associated with the business. His first place of business was No. 218 East High street, from which place, after one year, he removed to No. 205 East High, where he continued to do a prosperous and successful busi- ness until 1896, when he purchased his present val- uable store and factory, No. 221 Madison. Mr. Sar- man was united in marriage March 17, 1880, to Miss Frances J. Read, of Jefferson City, a daughter of G. W. Read, whose death left her an orphan in early
childhood, when she was adopted and reared by an uncle, Capt. J. T. Rogers, a prominent citizen of Jefferson City. To this union has been born three children; Misses Bessie and Mamie, both approach- ing womanhood; Henry F., jr., the youngest, a lad of 10. is attending the public schools. Mr. Sarman is a member of the first Christian Science, church, of which he is clerk, and was one of its organizers. Ile is also a member of the Cigarmakers Union and secretary of the local organization. Ile is one of
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