Biographical Sketch of C. C. Somerville - Andrew County, Missouri

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

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C. C. Somerville.  The father of the subject of this sketch was Alex-
ander Scott Somerville, who was born on his estate, Somerville Park,
Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1786.  His was a branch of the Lord Somerville
family of Scotland, originally France, who came over with William the
Conqueror.  Alexander was a cousin of Lord Somerville, who died in 1870,
leaving his son, Alexander N. (a brother of our subject), heir to the
Somerville estate, which is now in litigation.  The father died in 1855.
The mother was Elizabeth Munro, daughter of Col. Munro, of the British
army, who fell at the battle of Seringopatam, India, in 1799.  She died
in 1848.  They were married in 1812 and had eight children, only two of
whom survive, the subject of this sketch and Rev. Dr. A. N. Somerville,
of Glasgow, Scotland.  C.C. Somerville was born in Edinburg, Scotland,
on April 22, 1826.  He received a good education in Edinburgh Academy,
and immigrated to Canada in 1846, but in 1852 removed to Andrew County,
and located at Savannah, where he engaged as bookkeeper for William R.
King.  From 1857 to 1860 he was engaged in merchandising in Savannah
with Elliott, Somerville & Co.  In 1860 he and Edward Breck were engaged
in the banking business in Savannah, in a branch of the Southern Bank of
St. Louis, and in July, 1863, he returned to Scotland, where he remained
a year, and then located in Canada, and for twelve years engaged in
merchandising.  Returning to Andrew County, MO., he for four years 
served as deputy county clerk of that county, and from that time until
1882 he was engaged in banking with John McLain.  Since 1882 he has been
connected with the Farmers' Bank at Savannah.  He was married on July 22,
1854, in Savannah, MO., to Mary Woodcock, a native of Knox County, Ohio,
born October 3, 1832.  She is the daughter of Samuel Woodcock, who 
settled in Andrew County, MO., in the fall of 1839.  To this union eight
children have been born, six of whom are living.