History of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade and Barton Counties,
Missouri, published by Goodspeed, 1889--Pages 749, 750

     James William Legg, sheriff of Cedar County, and proprietor
of the Tennessee Hotel at Stockton, Mo., was born in Cole County,
of the same State, August 13, 1855, and is a son of Samuel 
Harrison and Elizabeth (Merritt) Legg, who were born in Tennessee
and Virginia, respectively, the former's birth occurring in 
1831.  He came with his father, Henry Legg, who was also a 
Tennesseean, to Cole County, Mo., and was there married, in 1866
moving thence to Morgan County, and ten years later to Barton 
County, and in the spring of 1889 to Vernon County, where he 
is at present residing.  His wife died in 1874, having borne 
a family of nine children, eight of whom are still living: 
James W.; Sarah E., wife of Rev. DeJarnot, of Sheldon, Vernon 
County, Mo.; Ellen, wife of Leo Rouselbaugh, of Morgan County;
Emma, John H., Edward F., Margaret and Alice.  James William 
was reared on his father's farm and resided under the shelter 
of the paternal. Roof until twenty-one years of age, and on the
20th of February, 1876, was married to Miss Martha Jane Buzan,
a daughter of Payton Buzan.  She was born in Camden County, Mo.,
in 1855, and she and Mr. Legg are the parents of five children:
Charles S., Gracie, Laura B., Blanche E. and Evert.  After his
marriage Mr. Legg began depending on his own resources for 
obtaining a livelihood, and in 1882 came to Cedar County and 
began merchandising at Jerico, and in November, 1888, was elected
to the office of county sheriff by a majority of fifty-five 
votes.  He is a Democrat, and cast his first vote for Tilden 
in 1876.  He is a member of Bear Creek Lodge No. 447, I. O. O. F.,
at Jerico, and he and wife are members of the Christian Church.

History of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade and Barton Counties,
Missouri, published by Goodspeed, 1889--Pages 749, 750

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