Biographical Sketch of J. C. Macspadden, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, MO >From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri. ********************************************************************** J. C. Macspadden, sole agent for the light running Domestic sewing machine, one of the representative sewing machine agents of Buchanan County, is our subject. He is a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and was born January 13, 1850. At an early age he removed to Cleve- land, Ohio, with his parents, where he was raised and educated, grad- uating in the High School of that city. His father, John MacSpadden, was well known in Cleveland as a contractor and painter. In 1869, J. C. moved to Kansas, and engaged in the sewing machine business at Lawrence, Leavenworth and Atchison, and was state agent for the Wheeler & Wilson Company. In 1877, he took up his abode in St. Joseph. He is a practical sewing machine man, and does a large and increasing business. He has the agency for several machines, but makes a spec- ialty of the light running Domestic, which he considers superior to all others. He also carries a complete line of supplies, patterns, etc. In 1875, Miss Rosa Amann, a native of Canada, became his wife. They have two children: Volney C. and Marie R. ==================================================================== 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 ====================================================================