Biographical Sketch of Stephen D. Anthony, Crawford County, Missouri

>From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and 
Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing 
Company, 1888.

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Stephen D. Anthony, postmaster and proprietor of Anthony's Mills, was
born in Washington County, MO., in 1848.  His father, Jonas M. Anthony,
a practical miller, early followed that calling in this vicinity, and
purchased from John Harrison, its original owner, the first grist and
saw mill in the county, which, after running a few years, came into 
possession of his son, Stephen, in 1876.  In 1831 Mr. Jonas Anthony
married Miss Nancy Twitty, daughter of John and Mary Twitty, natives 
of Tennessee, who bore him ten children, six of whom are living: Cath-
arine (now Mrs. Elisha Scott), Mary (wife of Garrett I. Van Allen),
Nancy (who married Samuel D. Anderson), Sallie (wife of Jacob W. Filley)
Eliza (Mrs. William Maxwell) and Stephen D. (who was the eighth child).
In 1868 Mr. Anthony departed this life, sincerely mourned by all, for
he was a man of kind and generous impulses, a true friend to the poor,
a citizen of substantial worth, and well respected.  His wife was born
in Davidson County, Tenn., in 1814, and when but five years old, in 
1819, accompanied her parents to the then new Territory of Missouri,
settling in Franklin County, where her father entered 120 acres of land
and where they underwent the hardships of a pioneer life.  Settlers 
here were then few, and frequent outbreaks by the Indians were of com-
mon occurrence.  Since her husband's death Mrs. Anthony has resided in
Washington County, where she is well and favorably known.  She is an
active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.  Stephen D.
Anthony was reared and educated in his native county, naturally growing
up to a milling experience.  Since 1876, as mentioned, he has been ac-
tively engaged in this occupation, and in 1880 he rebuilt the old mill
and added new machinery, the capacity of his present mill being about
twenty-five barrels daily.  Since 1876 he has been postmaster of 
Anthony's Mills, an office which was established about 1870 or 1871;
it is on the route running from Potosi to Bourbon.  Politically, Mr.
Anthony is a Democrat. 

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