Dade County, Missouri Biographies-Mason TALBUTT

History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties, Missouri, 1889; 
Published by Goodspeed, Pgs. 841, 842

Mason Talbutt, ex-probate judge and attorney-at-law of Greenfield, Mo., 
is a native of that city, born in 1846, and the son of Columbus Talbutt.  
The father was born in Bourbon County, Ky., and died in 1872.  He was of 
French descent.  While is Kentucky he followed the tailor's trade, and in 
1840 came to Missouri, and to Dade County in 1840.  Later he settled at 
Greenfield, where he worked at his trade, and was one of the first 
tailors in the county.  He was justice of the peace for a number of years, 
and was judge of the probate court at the close of the war.  His wife, 
Amanda Allison, was a native of Tennessee, and is yet living.  Her parents,
Mathias H. and Mary Ann (Howland) Allison, came to this place in 1836, 
and became the owners of the land on which Greenfield is now standing.  
Mr. Allison donated the fifty acres for the site of the county seat.  
He died in 1878, but his wife is yet living at the advanced age of 
eighty-five years.  To Mr. and Mrs. Talbutt were born nine children, 
Mason being the eldest.  He was born in Greenfield, Mo., in 1846, and 
remained in school until eleven years of age.  When twelve years old, 
he entered a printing office, and his first work was on the Southwest, 
at Greenfield.  He worked as an apprentice two years.  September 1, 1863,
he enlisted in Company I, Seventh Provisional Regiment, Enrolled Missouri 
Militia, and November 1 of the same year he enlisted in the same company, 
Fifteenth Missouri Cavalry volunteers, and was in the service until 
June 30, 1865, where he received his discharge, at Springfield.  His 
service was in Southwest Missouri and Arkansas.  In the fall of 1865 
Mr. Talbutt resumed work as a printer and continued as such until 1868, 
when he became partner with John P. Griggs in the Greenfield Vedette, 
and edited it until 1869, when he bought his partner's interest, and, 
in 1870 sold out.  In 1871 Mr. Talbutt engaged in the grocery business, 
which he continued one year, and in the summer of 1873 he followed 
agricultural pursuits.  During the winter of 1873-74 he published a 
paper called the Phoenix, and in the last mentioned year, went to Texas,
where he remained during the summer.  In the fall, he returned, and 
January 1, 1875, he became deputy circuit clerk and recorder, filling 
this position until June, 1877, when he commenced the publication of 
the Advocate, for B. G. Thurman, and continued at this for three years.  
In 1881 Judge D. A. DeArmond and Mr. Talbutt bought the paper, and Mr. 
Talbutt published it until October, 1887, when he leased it.  About 
1870 he commenced reading law, and in June, 1879, was admitted to the 
bar, and commenced his practice.  In 1882 he was elected judge of the 
probate court, and served four years, since which time he has confined 
his attention to his practice.  In October, 1884, the firm of Mann & 
Talbutt was formed.  Mr. Talbutt was justice of the peace six years, 
was mayor of Greenfield two years, and was a member of the city council
two terms.   December 7, 1879, he married Miss Clara Kimber, a native 
of Illinois, and the daughter of J. H. and E. A. Kimber.  Five children
were the fruits of this union; Florence, Mary, Maggie, Henry and Lucy.  
In politics Mr. Talbutt is a Democrat, casting his first presidential 
vote for Lincoln, in 1864.  In 1886 he was a delegate to the State 
Convention.  He belongs to Greenfield Lodge No. 446, A. F. and A. M.; 
Greenfield Chapter No. 37; Constantine Commandery No. 87, and is a member
of Greenfield Post No. 75, G. A. R.  In 1888 he was commander of the post.
He and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  

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