Biographical Sketch of T.H.C. Hyde - Andrew County, Missouri

>From "History of Missouri, Andrew & DeKalb County" Published 1888

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T. H. C. Hyde, dealer in drugs and stationery in Savannah, Andrew County,
MO., is the youngest of seven children born to the union of Philo Hyde
and Elizabeth Clarke.  The father was born in Litchfield, Conn., on 
March 4, 1801.  He immigrated to Missouri in 1844, and located in
Savannah, and is now one of the oldest citizens of the place.  He has
followed various vocations.  The mother was born in Terre Haute, IN.,
on July 9, 1826, and is the daughter of Thomas H. Clarke, who removed
to Savannah, where he died.  Our subject was reared in Savannah, and
received his education in the schools of that city.  He began business
life when seventeen years of age, as clerk in a grocery store, at 
which he continued until 1882, when he engaged in the drug business in
Savannah, in partnership with Dr. D. B. Bryant.  He became sole
proprietor of the business on May 1, 1885.  He is now carrying a full
line of drugs and stationery, and is doing a good business.  He was
married on April 9, 1882, to Annie E. McClain, who was born in Illinois
in 1860.  They have two children.