KITCHEN BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri ==================================================================== KITCHEN, Frank P. - b: 1857 Johnson Co, IA source: 1917 Missouri The Center State, selected bios reprinted by Clinton Democrat residence: Clinton, Clinton Twp Business enterprise and commercial progress in Clinton find an exponent in Frank P. Kitchen, proprietor of a furniture and undertaking establishment which he has conducted since 1883. In this period, covering thirty-one years, he has maintained an unassailable reputation for business integrity and at all times has been actuated by the spirit of the age as manifest along commercial lines. He was born in Johnson County, Iowa, April 2, 1857, and is a son of Martin A. and Martha (Cline) Kitchen, the former a native of New Jersey and the latter of Ohio. In early life the father learned the millwright's trade. He removed from his native State of Ohio, where he met and married Miss Cline, and subsequently they became residents of Iowa, leaving that state for Missouri i the year 1860, at which time they located in Morgan County. In less than a year, however, the family removed to Jefferson City and there during the Civil War Martin A. Kitchen enlisted, attaining the rank of major in the Union Army. Me also served as provost marshal, with headquarters at Jefferson City, during the last two years of the war and rendered valuable aid to his country in both connections. After the cessation of hostilities he removed to Harrisonville, Cass County, and for a year lived upon a farm there. He next came to Henry County, where he followed the carpenter's trade in Clinton for a number of years, continuing his residence in this county until his death, which occurred in the year 1898, when he had attained the age of seventy-four years. He had long survived his wife, who passed away in Clinton in 1876. Martin A. Kitchen became a prominent and influential resident of the town and was called to the office of mayor, in which he served for one term. Frank P. Kitchen is the eldest in a family of seven children. He attended the district schools and also the high school Clinton, and in the school of experience he has learned many valuable lessons. At the age of sixteen years he began working for others on a farm and in various ways was employed until 1883, carefully saving his earnings until his industry and economy had brought to him sufficient capital to enable him to engage in business on his own account. He turned to commercial pursuits, establishing a furniture and undertaking business in Clinton, in which he still continues. He has ever carried a large and well selected line of goods, and his patronage has steadily increased as the years have gone by. His business methods have ever been thoroughly reliable, and his enterprising spirit has enabled him to meet the wishes of his patrons. He is also heavily interested financially in the Harper Manufacturing Company of Fredonia, Kansas, and in various business concerns which are factors in the industrial and commercial development of Clinton, while bringing to the individual stockholders well merited prosperity. Mr. Kitchen is likewise one of the landowners of Henry County, having made judicious investment in property, and he is also engaged in the breeding of livestock. In 1892, Mr. Kitchen was united in marriage to Miss Jessie Cocke, a daughter of William H. Cocke, one of the pioneers of Henry County. They became the parents of eight children, William, Katherine, Frank, Connie, Barry, Mary De La Vergne, Howard and Nancy. The eldest daughter is now a student in Central College at Lexington, Missouri. Mr. Kitchen is a firm believer in the value of education and is giving to his children good opportunities in that direction. The family attend the Christian Church in which the parents hold membership. Mr. Kitchen is a member of the building committee of the Christian Church which in 1914 erected a magnificent new edifice at a cost of $30,000. Mr. Kitchen also belongs to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Knights of Pythias, the Modern Woodmen of America, the Woodmen of the World, and the Masonic Lodge. His political allegiance is given to the Republican party, and he has served for the ninth year as postmaster, in which office he has been a most capable, faithful and satisfactory incumbent. He was appointed October 1905, and his term expired April 15, 1914. Mr. Kitchen has been a member of the school board for sixteen years and is still a member, and he stands at all times for those measures and movements which are of value in promoting the material, intellectual and moral welfare of the town and country. ==================================================================== KITCHEN, Howard - b: 1859 Hickory Co, OH source: 1883 History of Henry Missouri , National Historical Co. - page: 524 residence: Clinton Twp Howard Kitchen, of the firm of Hutchinson & Kitchen, manufacturers of the famous "Hutch and Kitch" Cigars, are the most extensive cigarmakers in this city, and are now working fifteen hands and manufacturing 15,000 cigars per week. The business was established by this firm in May, 1881, and their goods are in such a demand that they can hardly keep up with their orders. Howard Kitchen is a native of Hickory County, Ohio, and was born December 6, 1859. When he was five years old, his parents removed to Jefferson City, Missouri, where they resided till 1867, then coming to Henry County, where he was reared and educated. In 1876 he began the trade of cigar making with W. Winzenberger, remaining in his employ for two years. He continued working at that trade in different shops in this city till May, 1881, when he engaged in his present business. Mr. K. is a member of the Knights of Pythias. ==================================================================== 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. 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