Biographical Sketch of T. J. Imel, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, MO >From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri. ********************************************************************** T. J. Imel, carpenter and builder, is a native of Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana, and was born December 7, 1849. His father, William, was a millwright by trade, and when our subject was in his fourth year, the family migrated to Knox County, Illinois, where he resided until August, 1862, when he tendered his services to the Union cause, and became drummer boy in the Seventy second Illinois Volunteer In- fantry, and passed through all of Grant's campaigns of the lower Mississippi, being honorably mustered out in August, 1865. After the war, he returned to Knox County, Illinois, and commenced to learn his trade. In 1866, he went to Franklin County, Kansas, where he re- sided two years, and, in 1868, enlisted at Iola, in Company C, Nine- teenth Kansas Volunteer Infantry, served eight months in the South- west, and, after his discharge he returned to Coffey County, Kansas where he pursued his trade for a time. He also resided temporarily in Texas, Colorado, and other portions of the West, and for two years lived in Wichita, Kansas. After a sojourn in Illinois, he returned to Missouri in 1875, locating in DeKalb County, near Stewartsville, where he pursued his vocation three years. Thence to Nodaway County, and in January, 1881, came to St. Joseph. He is a skilled workman, and has had a varied experience in mechanism. In 1877, Miss Maggie E. Bradbury, of Illinois, became his wife. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Penny Harrell ====================================================================