Biographical Sketch of Minor Elayer, Dent County, Missouri

>From "History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas, 
Pulaski, Phelps and Dent Counties, Missouri" The Goodspeed Publishing
Company, 1889.
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Minor Elayer, member of the Clark Mercantile Company, of Salem, was 
born in Franklin county, N. Y., in 1849, being the son of Joseph and
Mehitabel (Brown) Elayer, grandson of Joseph and Margaret (Dumont)
Elayer, and the great-grandson of Joseph Elayer, who was a native of
France.  Joseph Elayer, Sr. (grandfather of subject) was born in 
Canada in 1797, and moved to the United States about 1858, and located
in Franklin county, N. Y.  He died in Salem, Mo., at the home of his
son Joseph.  His wife died in New York about 1853, and was the mother
of fifteen children.  Joseph Elayer, father of subject, was the eldest 
child born to his parents.  He was reared on a farm, and at the age of
twentyone came with his parents to the United States, locating in 
Franklin county, N. Y.  In 1854 he married Miss Mehitabel Brown, who
was born in Lower Canada in 1821, and the fruits of this union were
four children: Minor, Milo, blacksmith at Salem; Marquis, farmer, and
Harvey, a member of the Clark mercantile firm, of Salem.  Mr. Elayer
became a citizen of Salem, Mo., in 1866, and bought 200 acres adjoin-
ing the town, where he located, and where he has since resided.  At
one time he was the owner of 1,160 acres of land, and was one of Dent
county's most substantial citizens.  He has divided his property with
his children, and now lives with them.  He is a Republican in politics
and he and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  His 
son, Minor Elayer, came to Salem, Mo., with his parents in 1866, and
was on the farm until twenty-five years of age.  At the age of twenty-
one he began teaching, and followed this profession for five years,
three of four months each year.  December 13, 1871, he married Miss
Maria Williams, a native of Monongalia county, W. Va., born in 1849,
and came with her parents, W. P. and Eliza Williams, to Dent county,
Mo., in 1857.  To Mr. and Mrs. Elayer were born three children: Edward
W., Ruth and Jessie Martha.  In 1876 Mr. Elayer began clerking for
A. H. & H. B. Clark, and remained with them until September, 1888, 
when the present firm was formed, with Mr. Elayer as a member.  They
have the largest stock of goods in Salem, and have by far the largest
trade, their sales amounting to $100,000 per year.  Mr. Elayer is a
Republican in politics, is a member of the A. O. U. W., and he and 
wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

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