POAGUE BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri
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POAGUE, George Samuel - b: 1827 Ashland, KY
source: 1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co - 
page: 322
residence: Clinton, Clinton Twp

George Samuel Poague, now deceased, was a worthy pioneer of this section of 
Missouri. He was born in Ashland, Kentucky, February 6, 1827, a son of Thomas 
Hoge Poague and Nancy Allen (Frame) Poague. The former was a native of Augusta 
County, Virginia. He was born near Staunton, February 4, 1792, and died at 
Victoria, Texas, May 31, 1841. He was an extensive land owner and also owned 
and operated an iron furnace. Thomas Hoge Poague was a son of Maj. George and 
Ann Allen Poague, the latter being a daughter of Capt. James Allen, of Virginia. 
Maj. George Poague was born in Augusta County, Virginia, March 28, 1754; he died 
September 16, 1821. He qualified as captain of the Augusta County Militia June 
20, 1781 (Chaukly, Vol. I, page 221). He was in active service. (See Pensions 
Declarations of William Green, Chaukly, Vol. II, page 495; Edward Stuart, Chaukly, 
same; and Ralph Wonless, same Vol., page 498.) Maj. George Poague was a son of 
John and Mary Crawford Poague. John Poague was born in Ireland about 1726, 
married June 3, 1751, and died in Augusta County, Virginia, in 1789. He qualified 
as captain of a troop of horse, August 19, 1752, qualified as justice of the 
Augusta County Court November 23, 1762, and regularly thereafter until after the 
close of the Revolutionary War, including the dates, August 20, 1776 (Chaukly's 
Abstracts, Vol. I, page 196) and November 19, 1779 (Chaukly, Vol. I, page 2) and 
he qualified as high sheriff of Augusta County March 17, 1778 (Chaukly, Vol. I, 
page 196) and was elected Burgess of the Virginia Legislature in 1776 (Chaukly, 
Vol. I, pages 504-6) and also qualified as surveyor. John Poague's parents were 
Robert and Elizabeth Poague, who settled near Staunton, Virginia, about 1737. 
They had nine children when they settled there, and one son was born afterwards. 
Nancy Allen Frame, mother of George Samuel Poague, was a daughter of Captain 
Samuel and Nancy (Allen) Frame. Nancy Allen was a daughter of Captain James 
and Margaret Allen, who had two sons and eight daughters, and lived in Augusta 
County, Virginia. Captain James Allen had two brothers, John, who was a 
lieutenant under Washington, and was killed at the time Braddock was defeated 
in 1754, and Hugh Allen, who was a lieutenant under Gen. Andrew Lewis and was 
killed at the Battle of Point Pleasant in 1754. Capt. James Allen and his brothers 
came from Ireland and settled in Augusta County, Virginia. He was one of the 
first elders of the historic old stone church, which was erected on Middle River, 
near Staunton. George Samuel Poague was reared to manhood in Ashland, 
Kentucky, and received his education there. In early life he engaged in the 
mercantile business, and in 1858 he came to Missouri, and first settled in 
Johnson County, near Warrensburg. Two years later he removed to Benton County, 
and purchased a farm, part of which was in Benton and part in Henry County, and 
here spent the remainder of his life. lie was a staunch Democrat, and a man 
highly respected by all who knew him. He did not serve in the Civil War on 
account of physical disabilities. He died December 13, 1882. July 25, 1853, 
George Samuel Poague and Eliza Christena Kellar were united in marriage at 
Louisa, Kentucky. She was born at Barboursville, West Virginia (then Virginia), 
September 28, 1833, and died at her home in Clinton, Missouri, September 12, 
1913. She was a daughter of John Louis, and Hannah (Miller) Kellar, natives of 
Germany, and early settlers in Missouri. To George Samuel and Eliza Christena 
(Kellar) Poague were born the following children: John Thomas, retired, Clinton, 
Missouri; George Madison, farmer, Jerico Springs, Missouri; Frederick Cary, 
Greeley, Colorado; Emma Eugenia, died at the age of two years; Dr. Samuel Allen, 
a sketch of whom appears in this volume; Henry Fewel, a sketch of whom also 
appears in this volume; Hattie Adelaide, the wife of Lawrence Crotty, a 
locomotive engineer on the Kansas City, Clinton and Springfield railway; William 
Rhea, merchant, Clinton; and Thomas, who is an adopted son, named Thomas Cude, 
but took the name of Poague, and is in the employ of the Clinton Waterworks.

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POAGUE, Henry F. - b: 1868 Benton Co, MO
source: 1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co - 
page: 324
residence: Clinton, Clinton Twp

Henry F. Poague, successfully engaged in the active practice of law in Clinton 
since 1893, and recognized as one of the forceful and resourceful members of the 
Henry County Bar, was born in Benton County, Missouri, March 17, 1868, a son of 
George Samuel and Eliza C. (Kellar) Poague. The father was born in Ashland, 
Kentucky, February 6, 1827, and was a son of Thomas Hoge and Nancy Allen 
(Frame) Poague. The former was born February 4, 1792, and the latter on the 2nd 
of January, 1801. Both were natives of Kentucky and Thomas H. Poague was the 
ninth in order of birth in a family of thirteen children. The great-great-
grandfather of our subject was John Poague, who was a native of Ireland and 
settled in Virginia in 1737, his last days being spent in Augusta County, that 
State, where he departed this life in 1789. The children of John and Mary Poague 
were as follows: Robert, born in Augusta County, Virginia, in 1752, married his 
second cousin, Mary Hopkins, on the 17th of June, 1782, and died near Ashland, 
Kentucky, in 1810. Maj. George Poague was born in Augusta county, Virginia, 
March 28, 1754. He married Ann Allen, daughter of Capt. James Allen, the 
wedding being celebrated in 1774. He qualified as captain of the Augusta County, 
Virginia, Militia, and was in active service. He died near Ashland, Kentucky, 
September 16, 1821. Col. William Poague, the third of the family, was born in 
Augusta County, Virginia, February 17, 1756, married Margaret Davis and died in 
Pocahontas County, West Virginia, December 7, 1830. John Poague was born in 
Augusta County, Virginia, December 23, 1757, married his second cousin, Rebecca 
Hopkins, and died in his native State in 1827. Col. James Poague, born in Augusta 
county, Virginia, March 17, 1760, was married March 19, 1787, to his cousin, 
Mary Woods, and died at Ripley, Ohio, April 19, 1820. Elizabeth, born in Augusta 
County, Virginia, became the wife of Rev. Moses Hoge, D. D., on the 23rd of 
August, 1783, and passed away in Virginia in 1802. Rev. Thomas Poague, born in 
Augusta County, Virginia, married Laura Watkins in 1792 and passed away in the 
Old Dominion in the same year. Ann, born in Augusta County, became the wife of 
Andrew Kinkead and died in Kentucky. Thomas Hoge Poague, as previously stated, 
was the ninth of thirteen children born unto Maj. George and Ann (Allen) Poague. 
He was forty-nine years of age when he passed away May 31, 1841. His wife, 
Nancy Allen (Frame) Poague, long survived him and died July 13, 1889. Thomas H. 
Poague became an extensive landowner, planter and slave-owner, operating 
plantations near Ashland, Kentucky. He also had large tracts of land in Texas and 
to his plantations there took many of his negroes because of the agitation in 
Virginia against slavery. While on a trip of inspection to his plantations in the 
Lone Star State he became ill of yellow fever and died there. Unto him and his 
wife were born eight children: Margaret Ann, who was born July 30, 1821, died in 
infancy. Agnes Virginia, born October 7, 1824, resides on a large plantation near 
Carlisle, Kentucky. She is the widow of William Shanklin, who was a banker and 
extensive landowner of that locality. George Samuel was the third in order of 
birth. Hugh Calvin, born June 16, 1829, died in 1900. Isabel Jane, born August 12, 
1831, died at the age of two and one-half years. Thomas C., born August 4, 1834, 
died December 15, 1877. Rebecca Crawford, born August 7, 1836, became the 
wife of R. C. Wilson and is now a widow living in Carlisle, Kentucky. John 
William, born February 9, 1840, died July 9, 1868. George Samuel Poague spent 
the days of his boyhood and youth in Kentucky and in 1858 came to Missouri, 
residing for a year upon a farm in Lafayette County. He then removed to a farm 
near Warrensburg, where he continued for about a year, after which he took up his 
abode in Benton County, Missouri, where he became a landowner and where he 
resided until his death, which occurred December 13, 1882. In early life he had 
engaged in merchandising in Ashland, Kentucky, but his store was destroyed by 
fire and, though he still owned considerable land, he had little ready money. 
Having heard much of the opportunities to be enjoyed in Missouri, it was this that 
decided him to come to this State, and as the years passed he retrieved his lost 
possessions and became one of the substantial citizens of Benton County. His life 
was an active and useful one and his many sterling traits of character gained for 
him the highest regard of all with whom he was brought in contact. He lived in 
consistent harmony with his profession as a member of the Baptist church and 
his example is one well worthy of emulation. His political allegiance was given 
to the Democratic party and he took ail active interest in State and county 
affairs, supporting all the measures which he deemed beneficial to the 
community. On the 25th of July, 1853, he married Miss Eliza Keller, who was born 
September 28, 1833, in Barboursville, West Virginia. She was the eldest of ten 
children, whose parents were Louis and Hannah (Miller) Keller, both of whom 
were natives of Germany, but were brought to America in childhood by their 
parents. The father was a mechanic and in early life was engaged in making shoes 
for horses and mules and also manufacturing horseshoe nails. The business grew 
to large proportions, until he was operating a number of shops and employing a 
number of men. He ranked among the prominent representatives of industrial 
activity in the community in which he made his home. John Thomas, born July 30, 
1854, married Evelyn Harvey and is flow living retired in Clinton. George 
Madison, born October 31, 1856, married Miss Laura Oaks and is a landowner and 
capitalist of Jerico Springs, Cedar County, Missouri. Frederick Cary, born April 
20, 1859, married Fannie Wilson and resides on the old homestead in Benton 
County. Emma Eugenia, born March 25, 1861, died September 26, 1862. Samuel 
Allen, born May 10, 1865, married Ethel Baugh, and is a practicing physician, 
surgeon and druggist of Clinton, Missouri. Henry Fewell is the sixth in order of 
birth. Hattie Adelaide, born November 11, 1871, was married January 3, 1910, to 
Lawrence Crotty, who is a railroad man and one of the prosperous and valued 
citizens of Clinton. William Rhea, born March 29, 1873, married Ethel Shobe and 
is associated with his brother, Dr. Poague, in the drug and general mercantile 
business in Clinton. Mr. and Mrs. George S. Poague also reared an adopted son, who 
was taken into the family when six years of age. He resides with W. R. Poague at 
the old home in Clinton and from early boyhood has been in the employ of the 
Clinton Water & Gas Company, his long connection therewith indicating his 
fidelity as well as his ability. Henry F. Poague devoted his youth largely to the 
acquirement of an education until he reached the age of sixteen years, when he 
began farming. He continued upon the farm until twenty-one years of age and in 
his business affairs he met with substantial success. He began in the stock 
business when he owned but one little bay mare, but he continued trading and 
buying. He would purchase cows and hogs and when twenty-one years of age he 
had accumulated twenty-one hundred dollars in this business. He then sold out 
and left the farm, for, realizing the value of education, he desired to enjoy better 
opportunities along that line. He went to the University of Missouri and was 
graduated from the law department in June, 1892. He then returned to the farm 
and again turned to the stock business, but his friends and neighbors began to 
seek his professional services, and after a year he returned to Clinton and opened 
a law office, since which time he has been engaged continuously in practice. 
Something of his ability along professional lines is indicated in the fact that he 
has four times been called to fill the office of county prosecuting attorney. He is 
very careful and systematic in the preparation of his cases and is seldom, if 
ever, at fault in the application of a legal principle. The court records, therefore, 
show that he has won many notable verdicts and indicate that he is well 
qualified to solve the intricate and complex problems of the law. When he was 
elected prosecuting attorney, Henry County owed over six hundred thousand 
dollars of principal and interest in bonded indebtedness and was not paying any 
of the principal of the debt. He began figuring the levies and on the 1st of April in 
each year would carefully figure the finances of the county and pay all the money 
on the public debt, except enough to meet the current expenses, until the taxes 
would be collected in the fall. The assessment of 1913, when collected, will pay 
every dollar of the public indebtedness owed by the county. Moreover, during this 
time, there had been two hundred and fifty-three steel bridges built in Henry 
County at a cost of one hundred and eighty-five thousand dollars, and in addition, 
the wooden bridges and culverts have been built; the county jail has been 
repaired to the amount of several thousand dollars; and the county farm buildings 
were rebuilt and all paid for. He was a very careful man in his administrations 
and established for himself a reputation throughout the State of Missouri as 
being a "criminal cost saver." It is believed by the various officers in the State 
that he could handle more cases with better success and less criminal costs than 
any man holding the position; he was brief and vigorous in his prosecutions, but 
believed in tempering justice with mercy. He had many political combats, but the 
people stood close to him and he would come out successful. And his official 
record stands as a monument for economical principles and successful financial 
management to the citizens and taxpayers. In August, 1896, Mr. Poague was 
united in marriage to Miss Hattie Haysler, who was born in Clinton, Missouri, and 
is a daughter of Charles H. and Elizabeth (Humbrock) Haysler, the former a native 
of Germany and the latter of Cole County, Missouri. The father became an 
extensive dealer in harness, saddlery and sporting goods in Clinton, where he 
arrived in early manhood, winning recognition there as one of the leading and 
enterprising business men. He passed away in Clinton, where Mrs. Haysler still 
resides. In politics he was a Democrat and his religious faith was that of the 
Christian Church, to the teachings of which he was ever loyal. Mr. and Mrs. Poague 
became the parents of two children, Haysler A. and Vashti H., both at home. In 
addition to a comfortable residence, Mr. Poague owns other valuable property. He 
is prominent in the Masonic fraternity, having taken the degrees of lodge, chapter 
and council, and he also belongs to the Modern Woodmen, the Woodmen of the 
World, the Knights and Ladies of Security, the Fraternal Aid, the Homesteaders, 
the Yeomen and the Mystic Workers. His time is practically given to his 
profession, with just enough leisure for public duties and private interests that 
will constitute an even balance to his professional activity. In a calling where 
advancement must depend entirety upon individual merit he has made steady 
progress and that he remains a close and discriminating student of his profession 
indicates that he will continue at the front.

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POAGUE, Samuel Allen - b: 1865 Benton Co, MO
source: 1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co - 
page: 330
residence: Clinton Twp

Dr. Samuel Allen Poague, a leading physician and surgeon of Henry County, is a 
native son of Missouri. His parents were George Samuel and Eliza Christena 
Kellar Poague. A sketch of George Samuel Poague appears in this volume, with a 
detailed history of the Poague family. Doctor Poague was born in Benton County, 
just east of the Henry County line, May 10, 1865. He was reared on a farm and 
attended the public schools. Later he attended Missouri University and for four 
years taught school in Benton and Henry Counties. In 1889 he matriculated in the 
St. Louis Medical College and was graduated April 25, 1892, with a degree of 
Doctor of Medicine. He immediately engaged in the practice of his profession at 
Clinton, where he has built up a large practice and won a place in the foremost 
ranks of his profession in this section of the State. Doctor Poague also owns a 
drug store in Clinton. which is one of the most complete and best equipped drug 
stores to be found anywhere. He has a manager in charge of this store, which is 
located on the south side of the square, and the doctor's office is located over 
the drug store. June 1, 1904, Doctor Poague was united in marriage with Miss 
Ethel E. Baugh, a daughter of Doctor J. H. Baugh, who was engaged in the practice 
of medicine at Leesville, this county, for a time. He died at the age of thirty-six 
years. Mrs. Poague was born at Leesville. To Doctor and Mrs. Poague have been 
born two children, Martha Christena and Henry Frederick. Doctor Poague is a 
member of the Henry County and the Missouri State Medical Societies. At present 
he is the county and city physician and is a member of the local military draft 
board. He is a member of the Christian Church and is a Democrat. Doctor Poague is 
a man who makes friends and keeps them. He is a genial gentleman and is 
interested in the welfare of his fellow men.

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PLECKER, James F. - b: 1843 Augusta Co, VA
source: 1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co - 
page: 444
residence: Fairview Twp

James F. Plecker. In every county are individuals who have been able to 
accomplish more than ordinary success. Whether it is because of exceptional 
ability or the power to take advantage of opportunities which present themselves 
is a moted question. If one were to ask the most successful men of Henry County 
as to the reason for their successes in the agricultural field of endeavor, we are 
of the opinion that the answer would be the same as that given by James F. 
Plecker, retired farmer and stockman of Deepwater and one of the largest land 
owners of Henry County, "Hard work, keeping everlastingly at it, raise lots of live 
stock, buy land and make the land help pay for itself." It is practically the truth 
of the matter and the only agriculturist who achieves more than an ordinary 
success is the fellow who is not afraid to work, combined with good business 
management in order to make good. James F. Plecker was born in Augusta County, 
Virginia, August 29, 1843, and is the son of John W. (born 1819, died 1877) and 
Eliza (Craum) Plecker (born 1820, died 1887). Mr. Plecker's parents were both 
natives of Virginia. They emigrated to Missouri and arrived in Henry County March 
20, 1866, and until his death John W. Plecker was engaged in farming pursuits. He 
first settled upon 160 acres of land east and southeast of the Moyer place, where 
he lived for two years, and in 1868 moved to a tract of prairie land four and a 
half miles southwest of Deepwater, near the Pleasant Valley district school, and 
improved the land. To John W. and Ann Eliza Plecker were born eight children: A. 
H. Plecker, an artist, Lynchburg, Virginia, an ex-Confederate soldier, aged 
seventy-eight years; James F., of this review; Mrs. Margaret Ann Moyer, Clinton 
township; Mrs. Mary Pomeroy, a widow, living at Kokomo, Colorado; Mrs. Augusta 
Virginia, wife of Jacob Rhoads, Deepwater; David Brown, Nowata, Oklahoma; 
Edward Jackson, Minot, South Dakota. James F. Plecker enlisted in Company H, 
Valley Rangers, Confederate Army, in 1862 and served for the Southern cause for 
three years under Gen. William H. Lee, in the 10th Virginia Cavalry under Captain 
Newham. He took an active part in many battles and skirmishes, among them 
being the great Battles of Gettysburg and Cold Harbor, and during a greater part 
of his time he was on skirmish and picket duty with cavalry detachments. After 
the close of the war he returned home and began farming on forty acres of prairie 
land in 1868. From this small beginning, fifty years ago, he has become owner of 
1,000 acres of land in Henry County. Seven hundred acres of this land is rented 
and he and his sons are farming the remainder. Mr. Plecker is also owner of 720 
acres of land near Mt. Zion in St. Clair County, Missouri. He has some land in 
Texas. He has always been an extensive feeder of live stock and his success can 
be attributed to the fact that for years he has kept large herds of cattle and hogs 
on his farms. Mr. Plecker left the farm in 1913 and now makes his home in 
Deepwater, but continues to visit the farm daily and take a considerable part in 
the farming operations. In 1910 he located in New Mexico and farmed there for a 
few years but found that old Missouri was the best place after all, and he 
returned here in 1915. Mr. Plecker was married in 1876 to Miss Millie A. 
Whitford, who was born in Moultrie County, Illinois, on January 9, 1859, and is 
the daughter of George W., a native of Illinois, and Henrietta (Hedrick) Whitford, a 
native of Kentucky. Henrietta Hedrick Whitford was born July 30, 1839, and was a 
daughter of John and Eliza (Fletcher) Hedrick, who removed to Illinois from 
Kentucky in 1839. George W. Whitford was born in 1834 and died October 12, 
1903. Three children were reared out of seven born to Mr. and Mrs. George W. 
Whitford: Mrs. James F. Plecker; William Alonzo, Nowata, Oklahoma, and George 
Franklin, Great Fails, Montana. The Whitfords came to Missouri in the fall of 1868 
and settled in the Pleasant Valley neighborhood. After some years they went to 
Colorado, thence to Oklahoma and from there to Arkansas, where Mr. Whitford 
died. James F. and Millie A. Plecker have reared a large family of nine children: 
Ida May, Etta May, Roberta Mendora, Olive Frances, Naomi Alvira, Estella, Bessie 
Virginia, George Washington, Archie Lee. Ida May married William Cannon, resides 
near Windsor, Missouri and has one son, Orville. Etta May married Will Craig and 
lives in Kansas City, is mother of three children: Imogene, Marjorie and Roy Lee. 
Roberta Medora is the wife of William Bradley, Kansas City, and has seven 
children: Jewel Fern, Ernestine, Glenn, Helen, Wilma, Joseph, Eugene and Mark. 
Olive Frances married Harvey Switser, Lawrence, Kansas, and is mother of a son, 
James David. Naomi, wife of James Eames, Denver, Colorado, has a daughter, 
Virginia Louise. Bessie Virginia, wife of Clyde Jackson, Denver, Colorado, has a 
son, William Benton. Estella is keeping house for her brothers on the home farm. 
George Washington Plecker is a farmer on the home place, married Maggie 
Huffman of Artesia, New Mexico. Archie Lee is on the home place. Mr. and Mrs. 
Plecker have fourteen grandchildren and up to a few years ago there were five 
generations of the family living on Mrs. Plecker's side and including her children 
and grandchildren. The Democratic party has always had the allegiance of Mr. 
Plecker but he has never devoted much time to political matters. He and Mrs. 
Plecker and all of the family excepting one are members of the Christian Church 
and they are hospitable, jolly and kindly people who are highly respected and 
esteemed in Henry County.

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