Biographical Sketch of Frank E. Headley, Springfield, Greene County, MO >From "History of Greene County, Missouri," St. Louis: Western Historical Company, 1883. ********************************************************************** Mr. Headley is the son of Aaron C. and Hannah (Eberly) Headley, and was born at Groveport, Franklin county, Ohio, September 5th, 1852. He was educated at the public school of Columbus, Ohio. He came with his par- ents to Springfield, Missouri, in October, 1870 and he and his brothers were in the game and produce business for six months. June, 1871 found them penniless, and Frank then accepted a clerkship in the grocery house of N. Kelley at a salary of twenty dollars per month. He worked there about three years and six months, and then clerked for Sutter & Townsend for six months. He then bought out Mr. Townsend's interest, and the firm became Sutter & Headley for four years. Then Oscar bought out Sutter, and the firm became Headley Bros. The firm of Headley Bros. is now composed of Frank E. and Oscar M. They have a house 106x23 feet, two-story and a basement, and employ some seven men. They do a whole- sale and retail grocery business, and they do the largest retail busi- ness in the Southwest. In 1879, Frank was elected upon the Democratic ticket to the city council from the second ward, and again in 1882. His father and mother are both living in Springfield. They had five child- ren, four sons and one daughter; the little girl died at the age of two years. The young men have had fine success and deserve to rank as highly as any merchants in the country. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joe Miller Penny Harrell ====================================================================