Biographical Sketch of F. A. Barclay, Walnut Grove Township, Greene County, Missouri

>From "History of Greene County, Missouri," St. Louis: Western
Historical Company, 1883.

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Mr. Barclay is the son of Alexander and Catherine (Nelson) Barclay, and
was born in Rutherford County, North Carolina, but was taken by his
parents to White County, Tenn., when he was quite young.  His father
was killed by bushwackers on July 11, 1863.  His mother is still living
in White County, Tenn.  Mr. Barclay was educated in the common schools
of Tennessee.  He learned the carriage and wagon maker's trade, and
carried on the business until January, 1870, when he removed to Illi-
nois, where he lived but a few months, and then went to Cherryvale,
Kansas, and helped to lay the foundation of the first house built in
that place, and taught the first school in Montgomery County.  He came
to Greene County, Missouri, in the spring of 1878, and farmed a year.
He next went into the dry goods business at Walnut Grove, with Mr. J.
Brown.  December 24th, 1881 he, in partnership with J. H. Brown, opened
a drug store, where they also carry a full line of groceries.  Mr. Bar-
clay was married October 11, 1875 to Miss Rebecca, daughter of J. Brown,
Esq., one of the early settlers of the county.  Their union has been
blessed with three sons, two of whom are now living.  Mr. and Mrs. Bar-
clay are members of the Baptist Church, and he is a Master Mason.  He
enlisted in the First Tennessee Regiment, Company F, in 1864, and was
in some of the battles at the close of the war.

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