Biographical Sketch of W. A. Lockhart, Crawford County, Missouri

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

**********************************************************************

W. A. Lockhart, of the firm of Lockhart Bros., of Bourbon, MO., was 
born in Crawford County, MO., in 1861, and is the fifth in the family
of seven children born to W. O. and Susan (Souders) Lockhart, natives
of Indiana and early settlers of Missouri.  W. A. was reared in his
native county to the pursuit of agriculture, receiving his education
in the common schools.  In 1885, in partnership with his brother, and
with a joint capital of about $2,500 he engaged in the mercantile
business under the firm name of Lockhart Bros.  By close application
to business and good management they have met with excellent success
and are doing a good trade, having purchased the building in which 
they do business.  W. A. Lockhart married, in 1883, Cattie A., daugh-
ter of Jerry and Margie Dotter, and of the four children born to this
union, but two are living: William Leslie and Rossie.  Mr. and Mrs.
Lockhart are worthy members of the Christian Church, and lend their
cheerful support to all laudable enterprises.  Politically, Mr. Lock-
hart is partial to the principles of the Republican party.

====================================================================
     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: Joe Miller <mio@netins.net>
		      Penny Harrell <Incog3678@aol.com>

====================================================================