Dade County, Missouri Biographies-William M. TARRANT

History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties, Missouri, 1889; 
Published by Goodspeed, Pgs. 842, 843

William M. Tarrant. Prominent among the farming and stock-raising interests
of Dade County, Mo., stands the name of William Tarrant, who was born in 
Warren County, Ky., August 20, 1842, and came with his parents to Dade 
County, Mo., when less than six months old, he being the eldest of nine 
children.  He lived with his parents until April 10, 1862, when he enlisted
in Company D, Sixth Regiment Missouri Cavalry of Volunteers as a private, 
and was afterward promoted to the rank of orderly sergeant.  He served 
three years, was in the battle of Prairie Grove, and was in numerous 
skirmishes.  In 1866, September 5, he married Miss Josie King, a native 
of Polk County, Mo., born in 1841, and the daughter of Henry and Eliza 
King, both deceased.  The mother died at the home of William Tarrant 
May 19, 1888, and the father died in Polk County, Mo., October 19, 1878.
To Mr. and Mrs. Tarrant were born four children: Albert, Flora, Fanny J. 
and Eva.  In 1867 Mr. Tarrant settled on his present property of 160 acres
of land, with about 120 acres in another tract, and forty acres more in 
still another.  He is well-to-do, and one of the prominent farmers of the 
county.  He was formerly a Republican in politics, but is now a Union 
Labor man. Both he and wife are members of the Baptist Church.  He is the
son of John M. and Nancy (Potter) Tarrant, the grandson of Minus and Nancy
(McConnell) Tarrant, the great-grand-son of Samuel Tarrant, who was born 
in England.  John M. Tarrant was born in Warren County, Ky., January 11, 
1820, and is now one of the oldest settlers living in Dade County.  He is
a prominent farmer and stock-raiser.  Minus Tarrant was born in South 
Carolina about 1785, and died in Kentucky in 1871 at the age of some 
eighty-six years.  He was a soldier in the War of 1812.  Nancy Tarrant, 
our subject's grandmother, was born in Simpson County, Ky., about 1796, 
and was of Scotch descent, her grandfather being a native of Scotland.  
Her father, James McConnell, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War.  
Nancy Tarrant died in Warren County, Ky., about 1852.

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