JULIAN BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri ==================================================================== JULIAN, Joseph W. - b: 1870 near Calhoun, Henry Co, MO source: 1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co - page: 830 residence: Clinton, Clinton Twp Joseph W. Julian, a leading grocer of Clinton, is a member of a prominent pioneer family of Henry County. He was born near Calhoun, Missouri, in 1870, and is a son of M. J. F. and Rebecca (Judd) Julian. M. J. F. Julian was born in Tennessee in 1824. He came to Missouri in 1855 and first settled near Windsor in Pettis County, remaining there until 1865, when he came to Henry County, where he spent the remainder of his life. He died in 1904 and his remains were interred in the cemetery at Tebo. During the Civil War he served in the Home Guard, making his home in the vicinity of Sedalia during that conflict. He was a life long Democrat and cast his first presidential vote for James K. Polk in 1844, and his past presidential vote was cast for William J. Bryan in 1900. Rebecca (Judd) Julian was a native of Kentucky, born in 1834 and died in 1914, and her remains rest by the side of her husband's in Tebo Cemetery. When M. J. F. Julian and his wife came to Missouri from Tennessee in the early fifties, they drove with ox teams and brought about seventy-five head of cattle with them on the journey. It required about six months to make the trip and as an example of the tedious trials of travel in those days it required six days to transfer their cattle across the river at Boonville, where they were ferried across on a small flat boat which was incapable of carrying more than two or three head of cattle at a time. The Julian family experienced all the trials, inconveniences and hardships incident to pioneer life in a new country, for when they settled in this section of Missouri they cast their lot well on the border of the frontier. To M. J. F. and Rebecca Judd Julian were born the following children: Alabama, married J. E. Delozier, Clinton, Missouri; Mary, married Joseph Beeler, Iona, Missouri; John K., Montrose, Missouri; Willis, deceased; Nettie, deceased; George, Clinton, Missouri; Martha, married Hugh Yandall, Sedalia, Missouri; Joseph W., the subject of this sketch, and James, Clinton, Missouri. Joseph W. Julian received his education in the public schools at Leesville, Missouri, and when about twenty years of age engaged in farming for himself. After a time he engaged in the produce business in partnership with his brother, Willis, and for ten years the brothers carried on this business together. He was then engaged in farming for a time, when he engaged in the livery and feed business and also conducted a wood and coal yard in Clinton. In 1911 he engaged in a grocery business in Clinton, which he has successfully conducted to the present time. Mr. Julian was united in marriage in 1892 with Miss Janie Hall, a daughter of John and Mary (Vance) Hall, pioneer settlers of Henry County, who now reside at Coal, Missouri. To Mr. and Mrs. Julian have been born five children as follow: Elsie, a Henry County teacher; Effie, a student in the Clinton High School; Vance, a student in the public schools of Clinton; Elmer and Dorothy. Mr. Julian is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America and the Fraternal Union. Politically he is a Democrat and takes an active interest in local political affairs. Mr. Julian is probably one of the best known men in Henry County, where he has spent his life in a business activity which has brought him into contact with the public. ==================================================================== 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 the Henry County MOGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~mohenry/henryco.html Contact the Henry County Coordinator for comments or corrections. ====================================================================