History of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade and Barton Counties, MO
Cedar County Biography Section

    John M. Rountree has been a resident of Cedar County, Mo.,
since 1869, and is the owner of a fertile farm of 260 acres 
about ten miles from the county seat.  He is one of a large 
family of children, and was born in Polk County, Mo., on the 
10th of May, 1847, being a son of David and Victoria (McKee) 
Rountree, who were born in Tennessee in 1800 and 1808, and 
died in Polk County, Mo., in 1866 and 1880, respectively.  
David was of Irish descent, a farmer by occupation, and , 
about 1848, emigrated to Missouri.  John M. Rountree remained 
with his parents until twenty-one years old, and attended the 
common schools of Polk County.  On the 17th of June, 1869, he 
was married to Miss Mary Dale, who was born in Dade County, 
Mo., in 1853, her parents being Thomas and Lavina Dale, early 
settlers of Dade County.  The former is yet living, but the 
mother died about 1885.  To Mr. and Mrs. Rountree a family of 
seven children were born: Johnnie, Arra (deceased), Lena 
(deceased), Lula, Clyde, Charles and Lee.  Mr. Rountree is an 
influential citizen of the county, and has a fair share of this
world's goods, and, besides his farm, is a stockholder in the 
Cedar County Bank, at Stockton.  He is a Democrat, and his 
first vote for the presidency was cast for Horace Greeley.  
He and wife are members of the Christian Church.  


History of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade and Barton Counties,
Missouri, published by Goodspeed, 1889--Page 772 
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