Biographical Sketch of Samuel Dishman, Greene County, Missouri,
Jackson Township

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

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This gentleman was born in Simpson county, Kentucky, July 29, 1835.  He
is the third of a family of five children, four boys and one girl.  His
father was Jeremiah Dishman, a native of Virginia, who was brought by
his parents to Kentucky when he was a child.  He grew to manhood and
followed farming in that State until 1855, when he moved to Greene 
county, Missouri.  They stopped some time in Springfield, and finally
settled in Jackson township.  He was married in 1829 to Miss Cynthia A.
Smith, of Simpson county, Kentucky.  She is still living with her son,
Samuel.  Jeremiah Dishman died April 24th, 1876, aged seventy-two 
years.  Samuel was engaged in farming with his father until 1869, when
he embarked in the milling business, which he followed for fourteen
years.  He then settled on a farm which he had bought in sections 21
and 22, township 30, range 20.  He has since followed the independent
life of a farmer.  He was married August 5th, 1865, to Miss Mary J.,
daughter of R. L. Banfield, a prominent farmer of Greene county, form-
erly of Tennessee.  Their union has been blest with six children, five
of whom are still living.  Mr. Dishman is a member of Strafford Lodge,
A.F. & A.M.  He is one of the substantial citizens of the county, and
enjoys the confidence of all.

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