Chariton County, Missouri Biographical Sketch - JOHN M. FOLEY 
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One among our young men of prominence, is the subject of this sketch, and
was born in Hardin county, Kentucky, Oct. 16, 1875.  He is the son of Rev.
W. H. Foley, a Baptist minister, who was born in Russell county, Kentucky
in 1851 and was married to the mother of our subject, Miss Sarah J.
Rexroat, of which union eleven children were born, of which our subject is
the fourth child.  In 1889 our subject came to Missouri with his parents
and settled in Howard county at Armstrong where he remained for four
years.  When our subject left Armstrong he located at Clinton, Missouri,
where he conducted a restaurant for one year before removing to Salisbury,
where he entered the barber shop of his brother and learned that trade. He
worked faithfully for three years and purchased half interest in the shop
where he has remained ever since.  On Oct. 16, 1894, our subject was
married to Miss Lutie D. Wilkinson, who was reared in Salisbury, and
received her education in the public schools and colleges of that city.
She was the eldest of three children, two boys and a girl, the children of
Mr. And Mrs. John Wilkinson. The father was born in 1849 and the mother in
1853, and the wife of our subject was born in 1877. Mr. Foley and wife are
the parents of a fine boy, Verle Vivien, who was born March 11, 1896, and
is the pride of a happy household.  Our subject is a pleasant and
accommodating young man and through business qualifications, and as a
consequence is enjoying a good trade.  Politically, our subject is a
democrat and loyally supports the principles of his party.  Religiously,
he affiliates with the Baptist church..