HOWARD COUNTY MISSOURI BIOGRAPHIES (Chariton Township, part 1)
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				CHARITON TOWNSHIP
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				RECTOR BARTON,

farmer and dealer in stock and tobacco, Glasgow. About eighteen years of Mr. 
BARTON's early life were devoted to mercantile pursuits. But in 1869 he located 
on farm where he now lives, and where he has charge of a place of 1,100 acres 
devoted to grain and stock raising. He was born in Linn county, Missouri, March 
20, 1837. His father, Wharton R. BARTON, is an Ohioan by birth, having been born 
in that state in March, 1809. When he (the father) was a small boy his parents 
moved to Illinois, thence to St. Louis, and in that city he grew to manhood. In 
St. Louis he had the advantages offered by the schools of the city. Subsequently 
he came to this county, and in 1835 moved to Linn county, where he soon became 
one of the leading farmers and citizens of the county, as he was one of its first 
settlers. He was for a number of years sheriff, and, afterwards circuit clerk, 
and held various other positions of public trust. Wharton R. BARTON has been 
twice married; first to Miss Jane, daughter of Edward WARREN, one of the early 
settlers of Howard county. She died in Linn county in November, 1849, leaving six 
children. His second wife was formerly Mrs. Elizabeth LOCKRIDGE of this county. 
Her family name, before her first marriage, was ROOKER. Mr. And Mrs. BARTON have 
six children living. Rector BARTON, the subject of this sketch, was born of his 
father's first marriage, and when his mother died in 1849, he was but twelve 
years of age. In his boyhood days, however, he had attended school regularly, 
and, being of studious, industrious habits, acquired the elements of an 
education, so that he was qualified to begin as clerk in the mercantile business. 
Accordingly, he came to Glasgow and obtained a position in a dry goods house, and 
continued clerking, with but one year's interval, until 1862, a period of 
thirteen years. The following year, then being twenty-six years of age, he began 
business on his own account, establishing a dry goods store in Roanoke, in which, 
however, he continued but one year. In 1864 he went to New York, and in 1865 
engaged in the tobacco and dry goods business in Mason County, Kentucky, but in 
the fall of the same year returned to Roanoke, this county, and resumed the dry 
goods business there, in which he continued four years, and until 1869, when he 
located on the farm where he now lives. On the 20th of May, 1860, he was married 
to Miss Sallie C. SAVAGE, who was born in Mason county, Kentucky, January 21, 
1838. They have three children, Oswald S., Maggie M. and Jennie W. Mr. And Mrs. 
B. are members of the M. E. church south, and he is a member of Livingstone lodge 
No. 51, A. F. and A. M., and also the A.O.U.W.

				JOHN V. BASTIN,

farmer. Mr. BASTIN's parents, Richard and Mary (formerly a Miss ROPER) BASTIN, 
were originally from Virginia, where they grew up and married, but afterwards 
moved to Woodford county, Kentucky, and there reared a family of four children. 
However, Richard BASTIN died in Kentucky before all the children were grown, in 
about the year 1816, and four years afterwards the widow and her family came to 
Missouri and settled in Howard county, where she subsequently died at the 
advanced age of eighty-one. The children of this family are, or were, as follows: 
Harriet, widow of the late Jackson CLARK; John V.; Jessie, died in this county in 
1851; Mary, a widow of the late Mr. CASH. John V. was born in Woodford County, 
Kentucky March 6, 1808, and was a boy twelve years of age when the family came to 
this county. Two years afterwards he was apprenticed to Price PREWITT, near Old 
Franklin, the place then being known as Ft. Hempstead, to learn the tanner's 
trade, with whom he served six years, and then, being twenty years of age, went 
to work for himself. He worked for wages the first two years after completing his 
apprenticeship and then engaged in the tanning business on his own account, in 
which he continued in this county twenty-three years. From the tanning business 
he turned his attention to farming, commencing his farm life in about 1841, which 
he has since continued. He now owns a good farm of 400 acres. On the 15th of  
January, 1833, he was married to Miss Ann a. PEERY, daughter of Thomas PEERY, 
originally of Virginia, but an early settler in this county from Kentucky. She 
was born near Hopkinsville, Kentucky, October 12, 1816, and was one of a family 
of twelve children. Her father also reared three children by his second marriage. 
Mr. And Mrs. BASTIN have had eleven children, ten of whom lived to reach the age 
of maturity, but only four of them are now living; Richard, Mary F., wife of 
William WILHOIT; Henrietta and John E. Mrs. B., a venerable and motherly old 
lady, is still living.

				HON. THOMAS E. BIRCH,

banker. Mr. BIRCH is now cashier of the Glasgow Savings bank, and is one of the 
oldest cashiers in the state, having held a position of this kind for the last 
twenty-seven years, and being now sixty-eight years of age. There is a volume of 
honorable worth implied in the forgoing sentence, but of the living it is not 
always meet to speak in words of praise; hence we pass in silence by the 
character of the man. He was born in Montgomery county, Virginia, November 23, 
1815. Four years afterwards his father emigrated from the Old Dominion to 
Kentucky, and 1830 Mr. BIRCH came to Howard county, Missouri, where he has since 
continued to live except for an intermission of thirteen years - from 1843 to 
1856 - during which he resided in Plattsburg, Clinton county, this state. While a 
resident of Clinton county he was register of the United States land office at 
Plattsburg, and represented that county in the legislature in 1848-49. He 
returned to Glasgow in May, 1856, since which he has been continuously engaged in 
banking in this city. He was, in the first place, cashier of the branch of the 
Western bank of Missouri, and so continued until the expiration of its charter. 
Then, in association with John HARRISON and Richard EARICKSON, he organized the 
banking house of BIRCH, EARICKSON & Co., and after this firm closed out in 1871, 
the Glasgow Savings bank was organized, of which he has since	been cashier. 
In may, 1841, he was married to Miss Eliza, daughter of Colonel MORROW, and his 
companion still survives to brighten his home and life.

				RICHARD THOMPSON BOND,

professor of mathematics in PRITCHETT Institute, was born in Hollidaysburg, 
Pennsylvania, September 25, 1838. His father, Rev. Richard BOND, M.D., was born 
in Baltimore county, Maryland, and his mother, Eliza Ann THOMPSON, in 
Westmoreland county, Virginia. His parents moved to Missouri in 1840, and 1841 
settled in Danville, the county seat of Montgomery county. There he attended a 
select school, taught by Rev. C. W. PRITCHETT, during several years, and 
afterwards attended Central college, located in Fayette, Missouri. During the 
next ten years he was occupied in teaching, farming, merchandising, mining, 
freighting or traveling. He made three trips from New York city to San Francisco 
by water, two via Panama, and one via Nicaragua; also numerous trips overland to 
Denver, Santa Fe, Boise City and Oregon, before there was any Pacific railroad. 
In February, 1867, he came here and settled down, married Miss Hannah McILHANY in 
Callaway county, and the next fall came to Glasgow to teach in Pritchett School 
Institute, where he has been ever since as teacher or president, save four years 
spent in St. Louis teaching mathematics in Washington university. 

				JUDGE JOHN BOTTS.

	Judge BOTTS comes of an ancestry of brave-hearted pioneers and soldiers, 
who have shown the hearty manhood to help clear away the forests and build up 
states, and the moral courage to defend them. The founder of the family in this 
country came to America in the early days of the colonies. The judge's 
grandfather, Joshua BOTTS, was a soldier in the war of the revolution, and 
followed the meteor like flag of the infant Republic until it moved in triumph 
from north to south. He afterwards became a pioneer settler of Tennessee and 
reared a large family. He lived to the advanced age of 106 years and finally died 
in Linn county. The judge's father, Thomas BOTTS, who was a soldier in the war of 
1812, tore himself away from her whom he had just made his wife, and volunteered 
for the defense of his country. When the storm of the war had passed he became 
the first settler in the northern part of the county, at a time when his only 
neighbors were the knights of the torch and the tomahawk. He lived here many 
years and was a successful farmer and became very wealthy. His wife, formerly 
Miss Martha WILSON, daughter of Robert WILSON, was a woman worthy to be the wife 
of a soldier, pioneer and noble hearted man. They had nine children, six of whom 
are now living: Joshua, Seth and Thomas, of Linn county; Judge BOTTS, of the 
county; Mrs. Susan RYAN, of Livingston county; and Mrs. Ann MULLINS, of Colorado. 
About 1834, the family moved to Linn county, where the father died about 1852 and 
the mother about 1875. Judge BOTTS was little more than a year old when his 
parents settled in this county in 1816. He grew up here and was married in 1835, 
Miss Elizabeth, daughter of William HARVEY, becoming his wife. They were both 
quite young, the groom being only twenty and the bride fourteen, but their 
married life has been a happy one, and has been blessed with ten children, seven 
of whom are living: Louisa A., the wife of Dr. J. R. SANDS, of Salisbury; William 
M., of Linn county, John D., Fanny, the wife of Dr. Worthington MOREHEAD, and 
Misses Ella, Mary E., Nora B. and Emma B., all of this county. A year after his 
marriage, Judge B., moved to Linn county, and there lived until sixteen years 
ago, when he returned to this county. The qualities in a family that makes 
pioneers and soldiers in early and troublous times, in times of peace and in an 
advanced state of society, make prosperous, progressive citizens, leaders and 
representative men in their respective localities. Judge BOTTS became one of the 
largest and wealthiest farmers of Linn county, his farm numbering over 1,300 
acres, and he was one of the leading citizens of the county. For thirty years he 
was a member of the county court, and two years later he was an able and popular 
representative of the people in the state legislature. In 1867, he returned to 
Howard county to spend the golden evening of his life under the vine and fig tree 
he had planted in the radiant morning. Here he has an elegant home supplied with 
every comfort.
			"How blest is he who crowns in shades like these,
			a youth of labor with an age of ease."

				JOHN W. BOWEN,

of BOWEN and RUFFEL, editors and proprietors of the Central Missourian. Among the 
young members of the press of Missouri, who, by reason of their ability and 
personal worth, give every promise of a prominent and useful future, is the young 
gentleman whose name heads this sketch, now one of the editors and proprietors of 
the Central Missourian. He is a native of Indiana and was born in Madison, of 
that state, April 4, 1854. When a lad five years of age he was brought to this 
state by his parents, who immigrated to Missouri in 1859. In boyhood and early 
youth he had the advantages afforded by the local schools, and being of a quick, 
ready mind and of studious habits he acquired at an early age the practical 
essentials of a good common school education. Quitting school while still a youth 
he entered the printing office of Colonel L. J. EASTON, editor and proprietor of 
the Glasgow Journal, under whom he learned the art preservative of arts and also 
acquired a practical knowledge of the business management of a paper. Determined 
to get the full benefit of his opportunities in the Journal office, he occupied 
his spare time with writing for that paper, first for the local columns, and then 
when the wings of his Pegasus had become sufficiently enfledged he contributed 
liberally to the editorial department. Thus when the year 1877 dawned upon the 
world he was well qualified to take charge of a paper, and strict economy in his 
expenditures had put him in a situation to purchase an office as soon as a 
desirable one offered. Accordingly, when the Salisbury Press was offered for sale 
he became its purchaser and conducted it until 1878, when he sold out to 
advantage and went to St. Louis. During the fall of the following year he bought 
a half interest in the Central Missourian at Glasgow, becoming an associate with 
Mr. RUFFEL in editing and conducting the paper. Mr. BOWEN is a terse, vigorous 
writer, independent and fearless in all he says and does, a bold defender of the 
right as he honestly sees it, and a bitter, merciless antagonist to wrong 
whenever it shows its head. He possesses to more than an ordinary degree the 
stronger and better qualities of a journalist. Several years ago Mr. BOWEN was 
married to Miss Mary RUFFEL, of Glasgow. They have two interesting children, 
Raymond and Irene. Mr. B's parents, Thomas H and Martha BOWEN, were married in 
Madison, Ohio, where his mother was born and reared. His father, however, is a 
native of Pennsylvania.

				C. R. BROWN,

farmer and stock raiser. Although Mr. BROWN is still comparatively a young man, 
he is one of the prominent farmers and stock raisers of the county. He has a fine 
farm of 380 acres, and has it well improved and well stocked. He raises stock, 
principally cattle and hogs, for the regular markets, and has been very 
successful in this line of business. His father, Samuel H. BROWN, was a native of 
Madison county, Kentucky, but was brought by his parents to this county when but 
four years of age. His parents, James and Anna B. BROWN (formerly a Miss CLARK), 
came to Howard County in 1815, and made this their home until their deaths. 
Samuel H. grew up on his father's farm, and on reaching manhood was married to 
Miss Mary S. GIVENS, originally from Virginia. C. R. BROWN, the subject of this 
sketch, was the third of a family of eight children resulting from this marriage, 
and was born on the 10th of September, 1845. He was educated in the schools of 
this county, principally the schools of Fayette, and afterwards chose farming as 
his occupation for life. When PRICE'S army returned to this state, in 1864, he 
was then nineteen years of age, and enlisted in the Confederate service, in which 
he continued until the close of the war. Returning home in 1865, he began farming 
on his own account, and has since proved himself an enterprising, successful 
farmer and an intelligent, useful citizen. In 1871 he was married to Miss Belle, 
daughter of Colonel James RICHARDSON, of Randolph county, Missouri. They have 
four children – James, Anna, Charles and Mary. Mr. B. is a member of the Masonic 
order. 

				COL. GEORGE W. CASON,

was born in Howard county, Missouri, May 2, 1841, and was reared and educated in 
this county. Farming has always been his pursuit in life, and he now has a landed 
estate of 400 acres, all in a good state of improvement. In May, 1861, he became 
a member of the state militia, or state guard, under General PRICE, and remained 
in service for about three years, leaving the army in Memphis, Tennessee, on 
account of disability, resulting from sickness and wounds. Entering as sergeant, 
he was promoted to major, and then, in the spring of 1863, to colonel of the 1st 
regiment of the 3rd division, Missouri state troops. After returning home he was 
married, March 26, 1865, to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of James HOWELL, also 
originally from Tennessee, who came to this state by way of Kentucky, settling in 
Howard county in 1816. At that time the country was inhabited mostly by wild 
beasts, and Mr. HOWELL, being an excellent marksman, was detailed to procure meat 
for a colony of twelve families, in return for which his crops would secure 
attention and be raised. This was long before a tree was cut down upon the 
present site of Fayette. During the visit of the first steamboat up the Missouri 
river, Mr. H., with others, took 500 pounds of bear meat to the landing at Old 
Franklin and exchanged it for hog bacon – the first they had had for over three 
years. Mr. and Mrs. CASON now have two children – Vinnie and Willie – having 
buried seven children since their marriage. George CASON, the father of the 
subject of this sketch, was born in Spottsylvania county, Virginia, March 2, 
1793. He was married in 1820 or 1821 to Miss Maria E. PARTLOW, and in the fall of 
1831 removed to Missouri. Here they resided until his death – December 23, 1877. 
They had a family of thirteen children, twelve of whom reached maturity, but only 
three survive him. George CASON was a soldier in the war of 1812, and served 
through the entire struggle. He was a large property-holder in this county, at 
one time owning 1,000 acres of land, which he deeded to his children as they 
became of age. He owned one of the first flour and corn mills in the county, this 
being utilized by people ten to twelve miles around. By trade he was a 
millwright. For forty-four years he lived on one place. He was a zealous member 
of the Baptist church, and was beloved by all. His widow, who was born February 
11, 1806, lives at the old homestead, and though seven years past three-score 
years and ten, is still sound in mind and body.

				THOMAS A. CASON,

farmer, is the son of George and Maria CASON, who came to Howard county from 
Virginia in 1836. The father died in 1877, but Mrs. CASON, whose maiden name was 
PARTLOW, still lives in this county. Thomas A. was born seven years after his 
parents came to Missouri, September 15, 1843, and was reared on his father's 
farm. In 1864 he entered the Confederate army under General PRICE, during the 
raid into this state, and served until about six months previous to the close of 
the war, when he was captured and remained in prison for some time. Two years 
after the war, in 1867, he was married to Miss Lavinia F., daughter of Captain 
William E. WARDEN, of this county. They have four children – William E., Ben 
Carr, Iva H. and Oren W., the baby. They are both members of the Christian 
church. Mr. CASON owns a large farm, upon which he and his father-in-law are 
engaged in farming.

				JUDGE H. CLAY COCKERILL.

	H. Clay COCKERILL was born in Richmond, Ray county, Missouri, December 5, 
1831. His father, Dr. T. N. COCKERILL, being one of the original proprietors of 
the city of Glasgow, the family moved to this county in 1836. He was sent by his 
father to Howard high school, in Fayette, Missouri, in 1845, and from there he 
went, in 1848, to Missouri university, where he graduated in 1852. He then 
graduated from Harvard college law department in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and in 
1853 moved to Platte City, Missouri. There he held successively the offices of 
police justice, school commissioner, deputy county clerk, probate clerk and 
probate judge. He was married, May 3, 1855, to Lalla E., daughter of Judge 
William B. ALMOND. He was all through the Kansas troubles, taking part on the 
pro-slavery side of the so-called "border ruffian" war. He moved with his family 
to Glasgow in the fall of 1861, where he has since lived. After the death of his 
first wife he married her sister, in 1866. In the fall of that year he was 
elected representative from Howard county, and served two winters as a democrat 
in the legislature. From 1861 till the close of the war he was major and 
adjutant-general under General Thomas J. BARTHOLOW, who commanded this district 
of Missouri during the rebellion. He has, of late years, retired from active 
pursuits, and is at present living upon his farm, near Glasgow.

				HON. H. W. COCKERILL,

editor and proprietor of the Glasgow Journal. Harry W. COCKERILL, son of Judge H. 
Clay COCKERILL, was born in Platte City, Missouri, March 10, 1856. He moved to 
Glasgow in the fall of 1861, receiving the greater part of his early education at 
Pritchett school institute. He graduated at Jones' commercial college in St. 
Louis in 1872. He left Prichett school institute in 1874 before completing the 
collegiate course, and matriculated at Hamilton college, Clinton, New York, 
entering the sophomore class. He received his diploma from this institution in 
1877, and returned to Glasgow, Missouri, where he engaged in the drug business as 
a member of the firm of COCKERILL & SWINNEY. Selling out in 1879, and moving to 
Arkansas, he became principal of the Powhatan high school. Returning to Glasgow 
he was examined before the circuit court and licenses as an attorney at law at 
the December term of the court, 1880. He married April 24, 1881, Rebecca, 
daughter of William F. DUNNICA. He was nominated by the democratic party, and 
duly elected representative from Howard county in 1882, which office he now 
holds. He is at present editor and proprietor of the Glasgow Journal. 

				DR. M. B. COLLINS.

	Dr. COLLINS was born in Howard county in 1836; has been practicing medicine 
in Glasgow over twenty-two years, and is one of the leading physicians in the 
western part of the county. His parents, James and Mildred COLLINS, his mother 
being formerly a Miss JOHNSON, were originally from Virginia, but settled in this 
county at an early day. Dr. COLLINS, whose mother died when he was an infant, 
lived with his uncle, Jack COLLINS, till five years of age, when he went to 
Virginia to live with his grandfather, Colonel Valentine JOHNSON, of Orange 
county. In 1851 he returned to Missouri, where he lived with his uncle, M. B. 
COLLINS, and continued the prosecution of his studies at Elm Ridge academy. In 
1855, when nineteen years of age, he resumed the study of medicine under Dr. 
RUCKER, continuing it afterward under I. P. VAUGHAN, and in 1860 graduated from 
the Jefferson medical college, of Philadelphia, which he also attended after his 
graduation. In 1861 he began the practice of medicine in Glasgow, which he has 
since continued. In his professional career he has been successful, both as a 
physician and in situating himself comfortably in life, notwithstanding that as 
to the latter particular he has done a great deal of practice for which he never 
asked or expected anything except the gratitude of those whom he benefited, which 
he has not always received, and the consciousness of having done his duty to 
suffering humanity. From the beginning he possessed the four leading 
qualification for a successful physician, industry, the love of medicine as a 
science, a natural liking for its practice, and a determination to go to the 
front in his profession. With these qualifications he could hardly have failed to 
win the success he has. June 16, 1862, he was married to Miss J. D. FINKS, an 
excellent and accomplished lady of this county. They have a family of three 
interesting children, Mildred, May B. and Bruce B. The doctor and his wife are 
members of the Baptist church.

				F. M. COLVIN,

farmer and stock raiser. Benjamin COLVIN, the father of F. M., came to this state 
from Virginia in early youth, and after reaching manhood was married in Boone 
county, where he lived, to Miss Nancy J. SMITH, originally from Kentucky, but 
partly reared in this state. Mr. COLVIN died in 1845, leaving one child, F. M., 
who was born in Boone county, Missouri, February 19, 1844. F. M. COLVIN was 
educated in the common schools, and on reaching the age when it became necessary 
for him to adopt a calling, chose that of farming, to which he was brought up and 
which he has since followed, including, in late years, stock raising also. In 
1864 he enlisted in company B, ELLIOT'S battalion, under General SHELBY, in which 
he served until the close of the war. Since the war he has made Howard county his 
home, and his farm in this county numbers 380 acres of good land and is improved 
in a substantial, serviceable manner. On the 15th of March, 1868, he was married 
to Mrs. Susan J. HAYS, formerly a Miss HUME, originally from Madison county, 
Kentucky. They have three children living; Ludie, Cordell and Edgar, and one 
dead, Rebecca. Mr. And Mrs. C. are members of the Christian church, and Mr. C., 
is also a member of the I.O.O.F.

				JOHN CRIGLER,

farmer. Mr. CRIGLER is another of the many old and substantial citizens of Howard 
county who came from Madison county, Kentucky, where he was born July 26, 1812. 
His parents were originally from Madison county, Virginia. His father, whose name 
was John, was a native of Madison county, Virginia, where he was reared and there 
married to Miss Sallie HUME. They reared a family of seven children, John, the 
subject of this sketch, being one of their sons. John, Jr., was reared and 
educated in his native state. Farming became his permanent occupation which he 
has followed through life. In 1840, on the 20th of October, he was married to 
Miss Gabriella FARRIS, of Kentucky, born August 1, 1823. She died in October 
1866, and of this union six children survive -- George C., Michael F., Joseph, 
William, Bethenia J. and Alice B. However, before his wife's death, in 1854, Mr. 
CRIGLER immigrated to this state with his family, settling in Howard county, 
where he has since lived. He owns a farm of 240 acres. He is a member of the A. 
F. & A. 

				JOHN P. CUNNINGHAM.

	Among the leading, energetic and progressive business men of Glasgow, is J. 
P. CUNNINGHAM, the present cashier of the Howard county bank. He was born in this 
county May 31, 1844, and was reared and educated in the county. His father, John 
CUNNINGHAM, was a farmer by occupation and came to Howard county as early as 
1817. He was a native of Virginia, but in an early day emigrated to Kentucky, and 
afterwards came on to Missouri and settled in this county. Here he was married to 
Miss Delina PADGETT, a young lady of Kentucky birth, and they reared a family of 
eight children of whom John P., was the youngest. The names of the children were 
as follows: William F., Thomas H., Hannah E., Enoch B., George W., Henrietta F., 
Sidney B., and John P. Mr. CUNNINGHAM continued farming here until 1850, when, 
the California gold excitement having broken out the year before, he, like 
thousands of other enterprising, resolute spirits, braved the dangers and 
hardships of an overland journey to the Midiasian fields of the far-off Pacific 
coast. Arrived at his destination, he survived his journey but a short time, 
being cut off by death the following spring, in the very meridian of life and the 
flower and vigor of manhood. Mrs. CUNNINGHAM, who had thus been left a widow with 
a large family, continued to reside at her old home where she and her husband had 
parted in 1850, for the last time in this life, and finally in 1873, she too 
crossed the silent river to the unknown and echoless shore. Mrs. CUNNINGHAM's 
children were brought up to habits of industry, and she instilled into their 
minds the principles of integrity and morality that shown conspicuously in their 
father's life, and all of them were given good practical educations in the 
ordinary schools of the times. In 1864, John P., the subject of this sketch, 
having then reached the age of early manhood, and being possessed in a large 
degree of his father's spirit of enterprise, himself made a trip to California, 
and in the land where his father sleeps: 
			the
			Sleep, that no pain shall wake,
			Night, that no noon shall break,
			Till joy shall overtake
			his perfect calm.

The memory of his father doubtless had much to do with his visiting that country, 
the poetic, tender memory that a son cherishes of a noble father. He remained in 
California and Nevada, engaged in various lines of business until 1866, when he 
returned to his old home in Howard county, and here he has since lived. For a 
number of years after his return he was engaged in school teaching, for which he 
was well qualified, and subsequently in 1871, he embarked in the drug and grocery 
business, which he continued for four years. In 1875, he came to Glasgow, where 
he was appointed postmaster, serving until 1822, when he was elected cashier of 
the Howard county bank, the position he now holds. He is a member of the 
Livingston lodge, No. 51, A. F. and A. M.

				GEORGE F. AND WILLIAM P. DAUTEL,

composing the firm of W. P. DAUTEL & Bro., stoves, tinware, queensware, etc. 
These gentlemen are sons of Christian and his wife Mary EVERBACK DAUTEL, who came 
to Glasgow in 1857. Their father was a Pennsylvanian by birth, but their mother 
was a native of Ohio. Christian DAUTEL was a tinner by trade, and lived in 
Philadelphia some time after his marriage, where George F. was born February 3, 
1852; William P. was born about three years afterwards, in Louisville, Kentucky, 
June 13, 1855. On coming to Glasgow Mr. DAUTEL, the father, engaged in the 
tinner's business, and by industry and good management gradually built up the 
flourishing establishment to which his sons have since succeeded, and which they 
are successfully conducting. In 1876, the father retired from the business, and 
William P. succeeded him. In March, 1883, George F. became his partner, thus 
forming the present firm of W. P. DAUTEL & Bro. Both sons were brought up to the 
tinner's trade in Glasgow, under their father, and having also received good 
educations in youth from the schools of this city they are, therefore, both well 
qualified for the business to which they have succeeded. They are energetic, 
enterprizing business men, and are respected no less for their unquestioned 
integrity than for the their business ability. From 1872 to 1877, George F. 
worked at his trade in St. Louis, and from that time until he became a member of 
the present firm, worked in Salisbury, Missouri. February 22, 1883, he was 
married to Miss Edmonia HURT, a young lady of Macon county, Missouri. William P. 
married June 8, 1879, Miss Bertha WAGNER becoming his wife. She died, however, in 
1881, leaving him one child – Florence. George F. is a member of the I. O. O. F

				C. E. DENNEY,

farmer. Mr. DENNY, who has one of the finest and best improved farms in Howard 
county, his residence ranking among the very finest in the county, is a Hoard 
county farmer by birth, education and occupation, and is one that the county has 
no reason to be ashamed of. He has a splendid farm of 480 acres, well improved 
and kept in neat business-like condition. His place is exceptionally well adapted 
to stock raising, to which he gives considerable attention, being abundantly 
supplied with water and thoroughly set with grass, where not in cultivation. He 
was born in this county, January 24, 1842, and was a son of James M. DENNY, one 
of the pioneer settlers of Howard county. James M. DENNY was a native of 
Kentucky, and was there married to Miss Elizabeth BEST, whose parents came 
originally from Tennessee. Of this union twelve children have been reared to 
majority, C. D., the subject of this sketch, being the eleventh. In youth, C. E. 
attended the common schools of his neighborhood, entered Mr. Pleasant college at 
the age of twenty-one years, and received a good, practical education. On the 
15th of October, 1865, he was married to Miss Mary B. ENYART, who was born in 
this county, January 30, 1850, and a daughter of Humphrey ENYART, one of the 
pioneer settlers of Howard county, he coming with his father, Silas ENYART, from 
Madsion county, Kentucky in 1816. His parents came originally from North 
Carolina.

				THOMAS G. DIGGES,

druggist. Mr. DIGGES, son of the late Judge DIGGES, is the oldest druggist in 
point of continuous business in Glasgow. Judge DIGGES was himself in the drug 
business for many years and to this T. G. was brought up, which he has followed 
almost without interruption since. His present business was established in 1867, 
over sixteen years ago. He carries a large and well selected stock of goods and 
enjoys a lucrative and increasing trade. Mr. DIGGES was born in Callaway county, 
Missouri, March 16, 1844. His father, and mother, Jane C., were both natives of 
Virginia, but came to Missouri in 1837. They first settled in Callaway county, 
but three years afterward came to Glasgow, where both lived until their death. 
Judge DIGGES followed the drug business for a long time and was one of the 
leading citizens of the place. He was several times mayor of the city and was for 
a number of years a member of the county court. He died February 27, 1883. Mrs. 
Digges died in 1848. In 1876, Mr. DIGGES, the subject of this sketch, was married 
to Miss Bettie SHOUSE, a young lady of Kentucky birth, and a most excellent and 
worthy lady. They have three children, Ethel, Howard G., and Haydon. Mr. DIGGES 
is a thorough druggist, and enterprising business man and a useful and highly 
respected citizen.

				DR. WILLIAM T. DRACE,

farmer and stock raiser. Dr. DRACE is a physician and surgeon of thorough 
education and ample experience, but on account of an unfortunate affliction – 
partial deafness – he has been compelled to give up the practice of his 
profession, and since 1869 has devoted his attention exclusively to farming, in 
which he is now engaged, including also stock raising. He came to this county 
from Franklin county, Missouri, in 1882, and now has a neat farm of 208 acres. 
His father, Silas DRACE, was a native of Virginia, and came to Missouri at an 
early day, and was here married to Sarah OSBORN, also originally of that state. 
Nine children of this union are now living, including the Doctor, who was born 
March 16, 1839. The family was reared in Franklin county, this state, and there 
William T. (the Doctor) was educated. He studied medicine under Dr. NALLY, of 
Washington, in this county, and in 1864 was graduated from the St. Louis Medical 
college. He then served as surgeon of the 43rd Missouri infantry and afterwards 
engaged in the general practice until 1869, when he was compelled to retire, as 
above stated. He followed farming in Franklin county successfully until he came 
to this county. He was married January 28, 1868, to Miss Frankie CHILES, of his 
native county. They have five children: Della, William S., Pearle, Frankie, and 
Alvin. The Doctor and his wife are both members of the M. E. church south.

				WILLIAM FRANKLIN DUNNICA.

	That intelligent industry and frugality, united with upright conduct, 
cannot fail to bring abundant success in life, is forcibly illustrated by the 
career of W. F. DUNNICA, one of the founders of the city of Glasgow, and now a 
retired banker and an eminently respected citizen of the place. He commenced his 
business career at the age of seventeen, in 1824, as a clerk in a general store, 
and, practically, without a dollar. In 1881, at the age of seventy-four, he 
retired from all the active duties and cares of life – with an abundant 
competence for himself and those who are to succeed to his estate, and with a 
name widely known in business and social life, and universally respected wherever 
known. The sketch of such a career will repay careful perusal. William F. DUNNICA 
was born in Woodford county Ky., September 2, 1807. He is of Irish and German 
ancestry. His mother, before her marriage, was a Miss HARPER, a member of the 
well-known family of the name in Kentucky. His grandfather, on his father's side, 
came over from Ireland at an early day, and settled in Kentucky. His father, 
William H., was a soldier under General HARRISON, in the northwestern expedition, 
and was wounded in the battle of Tippecanoe. Subsequently, he returned to 
Kentucky and organized a volunteer company, of which he was made captain. After 
the conclusion of the troubles in the northwest (the fall of 1817), he laid in a 
stock of goods, in Kentucky, suited to the pioneer trade of the west, and, 
loading them into a keel-boat, brought them down the Ohio, and up the Mississippi 
and Missouri rivers to Cote Sans Dessien, an early French village in what is now 
Callaway county, where he arrived in the spring of 1818, after a journey of the 
greatest difficulty and hardships. Arrived at his destination, he opened his 
goods within the pickets put up to protect the inhabitants against the Indians, 
and there commenced merchandising. Young Wm. F. accompanied his father on this 
trip. In such a school of enterprise and hardships was he brought up. The father 
continued to merchandise at Cote Sans Dessien until his death, which occurred in 
1822. However, prior to that, he had brought his family out from Kentucky, and, 
in the meantime, had also been engaged to some extent in surveying and dealing in 
land. During his father's lifetime, in Cote Sans Dessien, William F. attended the 
local schools of the village, and after his father's death, returned to Kentucky, 
in order to have the advantages afforded by more advanced schools. By close 
application and hard study, in his native state, he soon acquired an excellent 
education, and, in 1824, came back to the home of his adoption, in Missouri, and 
at once began his active career in life, by entering as a clerk for Anson G. 
BENNETT. In this position he continued until 1826, when the question of the 
location of the state capital became an exciting issue in public affairs. He then 
went to Jefferson City, and, in conjunction with Calvin GUNN, established the 
Jeffersonian, the first paper ever published in that place, in which the claims 
of the present capital – for the location—were able argued, and, as the result 
proved, with great success. Eighteen months after he went to Jefferson, he was 
offered a clerkship in the state auditor's office, which he accepted and retained 
until 1831. While engaged in this office, he transacted considerable business as 
land agent, and, in this business, became acquainted with many prominent men 
throughout the state. Among the many with whom he had business relations was Mr. 
George COLLIER, a leading citizen of St. Louis, who became interested in young 
DUNNICA, on account of his well-known business qualifications and his strict 
integrity and sobriety. Through Mr. Collier's influence, he was appointed to a 
clerkship in the branch bank, at St. Louis, of the United States bank. He held 
this position with great credit to himself, and to the entire satisfaction of the 
officers of the bank, until the United States bank act lapsed, by the veto of 
President Jackson, in 1833. On the dissolution of the bank, a co-partnership was 
formed between Messrs. DUNNICA and COLLIER, in the mercantile business, the house 
being located at Old Chariton, at the mouth of the Chariton river, which was then 
a promising business point, the business being conducted by Mr. DUNNICA, who, for 
nearly twenty years afterwards, engaged in various mercantile pursuits at 
Chartion and Glasgow. However, in 1836, he, with thirteen others. Bought the land 
and laid off and established the town of Glasgow, where he how lives. During this 
time, he also became largely interested in the tobacco business, with Mr. W. D.
SWINNEY. In 1858, a branch of the Exchange bank, of St. Louis, was organized at 
Glasgow, by the prominent citizens of the latter place, and Mr. DUNNICA was, of 
course, chosen one of its officers, and, afterwards, its cashier. In this 
position he remained until the unsettled condition of the country, during the 
war, necessitated the removal of the bank to St. Louis, which was done in 1864. 
But, during the same year, he and Mr. THOMSON organized a private bank, under the 
firm name of THOMSON & DUNNICA, having also connections with other banks, which 
continued until it was merged with the Howard county bank, of Glasgow, in 1877, 
and in this Mr. D. became cashier, a position which he held until he retired from 
business, in 1881. However, he is now a member of the banking house of CORDELL & 
DUNNICA, but takes no active part in its business. Aside from his private 
interests, Mr. D. has been an enterprising and public-spirited citizen, and has 
contributed very materially to the general prosperity of Glasgow and surrounding 
country. He has never sought or desired office, although he has several times 
been induced to accept minor official positions that did not interfere with his 
business. His desire has been, so far as public affairs are concerned, to make 
himself a useful factor in the material development of the county with which he 
is identified. He has been twice married: First, in 1836, to Miss Martha J., 
daughter of Judge SHACKELFORD, of Saline county. She died, in 1858, leaving him 
three children – two sons and a daughter. He was again married, in 1860, Miss 
Leona H., daughter of John HARDEMAN, becoming his second wife. Three children 
also have been born of this union – all daughters. Mr. and Mrs. DUNNICA are both 
members of the M. E. church south.

				WILLIAM L. EARICKSON,

farmer, Except about five years, that Mr. EARICKSON was engaged in mercantile 
pursuits, farming has thus far constituted his regular occupation in life. He now 
owns and lives on a farm of 200 acres adjoining the old family homestead, where 
he was principally reared. But in the meantime, like most men of an enterprising 
disposition, he has looked for a better country and changed his residence to 
another, only to return more satisfied to live in the neighborhood where he was 
brought up than ever. He was born in Jefferson county, Kentucky, May 10, 1816, 
and was the second of a family of fourteen children. His father, Peregreen 
EARICKSON, was a native of Maryland, but grew up in Kentucky, where his parents 
had immigrated, and there married Miss Laranie STUCKY, of that state. In the 
spring of 1819 the family moved to Chariton county, Missouri, and six years 
afterwards settled in Howard county, where the children were reared. The father 
died in September, 1865, but Mrs. EARICKSON preceded him in death about ten 
years. Six of the children, including William L., are now living. He obtained a 
very good ordinary education in his youth, and when a young man began clerking in 
a dry goods and grocery store in 1838, which he continued in different stores for 
about four years, and then began business on his own account. About this time, 
November 10, 1842, he was married, and a year afterwards concluded to on a farm. 
His wife was formerly Miss Martha DICKEN, born in Kentucky January 27, 1826, 
daughter of Richard DICKEN. On quitting merchandising, in 1843, Mr. EARICKSON 
moved to Carroll county, Missouri, and followed farming there for twenty-two 
years, and with excellent success. But even after so long an absence, the memory 
of the old neighborhood of his boyhood days, and – 
			"The land where his father died"
was not effaced from his mind, and accordingly he determined to return and settle 
as near the old homestead as he could. He became the owner of the adjoining farm, 
and now he is spending the later years of his life amidst the same scenes that 
cheered and brightened the old age of his parents. He has an excellent place, 
well improved and in a good state of cultivation, and is in every way comfortably 
situated in life. Like his parents before him, he and his good wife have been 
blessed with fourteen children, nine of whom are now living and six are still at 
home – William W., Charles S., Emma B., John H., Oliver, Lou., James A., Kirk and 
Nattie.

				JACOB ESSIG,

proprietor of the Glasgow city mills. Mr. ESSIG was born in Germany and was 
reared in that country and in Switzerland, but has been a citizen of Glasgow for 
about seventeen years. He learned the milling business before coming to America, 
and learned it with that thoroughness required in every trade by European laws 
and customs. After coming to this country he followed his trade for a number of 
years, and afterwards for several years was engaged in the saloon business, but 
in 1879 bought his present mill property, which he has had greatly improved, 
supplying it with the latest roller process machinery, and otherwise 
reconstructing and refurbishing it. He now justly claims to have one of the best 
mills in the country, and is doing a large and increasing business. He was born 
May 27, 1835, and from Germany, his native country, went to Switzerland, coming 
thence to New York in 1866, and on to Glasgow, Missouri. He was married July 9, 
1873, to Miss Mary GEIGER, a native of Germany, and they have four children – 
Laura, Edwin, Tillie and Mary.

				GEORGE R. ESTILL,

farmer and carpenter. Mr. ESTILL comes of the well known family of that name, of 
Madison county, Kentucky, and, also of this county. His father, Daniel ESTILL, 
was born in the first named county, October 1st, 1790, and his mother, formerly 
Miss Sallie BROADDUS, was born in the same county in 1800. They were married in 
1814, where they continued to reside until 1834, when they immigrated to this 
state with their family and settled in Chariton township, Howard county. Of their 
marriage four sons are living – George R., Ibgan, Sidney and Dudley, the last 
mentioned now a resident of Texas. The father died in this county in 1876, at the 
advanced age of eighty-six years, his wife preceding him to the grave in 1866. 
Robert R. ESTILL, the subject of this sketch, was born in Madison county, 
Kentucky, April 2nd, 1822, and was reared in his native county. When a young man 
he learned the carpenter trade, which he has since followed in connection with 
farming. March 20th, 1855, he was married to Miss Susan M., daughter of Elder 
John REED, for many years an able and zealous minister of the Christian 
denomination, in Morrison county, Missouri. For over forty years Mr. and Mrs. 
ESTILL have been earnest and faithful members of that church.

				ALEXANDER GRISHAM,

farmer. Fountane GRISHAM, the father of the subject of this sketch, was a native 
of Kentucky, and on reaching manhood married in that state, Miss Elizabeth 
CAMPBELL becoming his wife. After his marriage, he emigrated with his family to 
Shelby county, Indiana, where he lived a number of years and where Alexander was 
born, April 13th, 1829, being one of a family of seven children, only two of whom 
are now living. In 1836 the family came to Randolph county, this state, thence a 
year later to Macon county, and in 1840 they settled in Howard county, where the 
son Alexander was principally reared. In the meantime, however, his mother died 
and his father was married again. By this second marriage two children are now 
living. Fountane GRISHAM died in 1834. Alexander attended the ordinary schools of 
the times and acquired a sufficient education for all practical purposes. In 
1850, then twenty-one years of age, he was drawn into the tide of emigration that 
swept across the continent to the gold-fields of California. He made the trip 
overland, as was the rule the, and endured the hardships and privations incident 
to such a journey. He remained on the Pacific coast three years engaged in 
mining, and although his experience was not such as to discourage him he 
concluded it to be as easy to plow for gold as it is to dig for it, and 
accordingly, in 1853, he returned to his old home in Howard county, since which 
he has followed farming, and with satisfactory success. He owns a neat place of 
one hundred and twenty acres of rich land, and has it done with a good class of 
improvement, all made by his own honest toil. He was married the 2nd of March, 
1854, to Miss Synthian DENNIS, and nine children have blessed their union: 
William, Seaton, Lulu, James, Martha, Zilpha, Fannie, Mary and Logan. Both 
parents are members of the Christian church. 

				O. M. HARRISON,

of the milling firm of HARRISON, MARR & CO. Mr. Harrison comes of a family of 
millers, both his father and his grandfather having followed that occupation 
through life. John HARRISON, his grandfather, was a native of Pennsylvania, but 
came to Kentucky when a young man, and there in 1819, married Miss Elizabeth 
McCLANAHAN, afterwards coming with his family to Missouri. Here he located in 
Howard county, and engaged in the milling business. His death occurred in 1825. 
John, Jr., his son, and the father of O. M., then took charge of the mill, and 
afterwards built up other mills until he became one of the leading millers of 
central Missouri. In 1830 he was married to Miss Pemala MARR, a young lady of 
Virginia birth. They had ten children, five now living: Sarah E. and Fannie, John 
W., Oriel M. and George B. John HARRISON, Jr., died in 1875, leaving a large 
estate, being the owner at that time of the extensive flouring mills, of Glasgow, 
and other important property interests elsewhere. O. M., the subject of this 
sketch, was born in Howard county, Missouri, May 11th, 1841. He was brought up 
and lived mainly on the farm, until after his father's death, when he began his 
present milling business. He was married on the 29th of December 1862, to Miss 
Eliza P. WAY, of St. Louis, and they have been blessed with four children: Ada, 
Pemala, Clark and Lelia. Mr. Harrison is a thorough-going business man, is honest 
and enterprising, and reasonably hopes to be as successful as was his father 
before him. 

				DR. JOHN W. HAWKINS.

	Among the prominent physicians of Howard county is Dr. J. W. HAWKINS, of 
Glasgow, who has been engaged in the practice of his profession in this county 
over twenty-two years. His grandfather, Captain Thomas HAWKINS, was a soldier in 
the war of 1812. William G., the father of Dr. HAWKINS, was born in Virginia in 
1810, and in 1830 was married to Miss Sarah A. C. PULLIAM, of the same state. In 
1836 they moved to St. Louis county, Missouri, and there the following year, on 
the 18th of August, Dr. HAWKINS was born. Six years afterwards, in 1843, they 
moved to Randolph county, and thence in 1846 to Chariton county, where Dr. 
HAWKINS' father died September 12, 1847. Mrs. HAWKINS still survives her deceased 
husband. In early youth Dr. HAWKINS attended the schools of Fayette, and 
afterwards entered the state university in which he was a student in the senior 
class of 1856-7. The following year, in 1858, he began the study of medicine with 
Dr. I. P. VAUGHAN, of Glasgow, and in 1861 was graduated from the Jefferson 
medical college of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Returning to Missouri immediately 
after his graduation, he found the people of the state in a high degree of 
excitement over the condition of public affairs, and became himself one of the 
first 3,000 that assembled in Jefferson City under General Price, in obedience to 
the laws of the state. An agreement having been made between General PRICE on 
behalf of the state and General HARNEY for the United States government that 
matters should remain in status quo in Missouri, so far as both sides were 
concerned, Dr. HAWKINS came to Howard county and entered upon the practice of his 
profession in which he has since continued. On the 7th of May, 1867, he was 
married to Miss Mary E. CALLAWAY, of this county, and they now have three 
children, Wesley Romeo, aged fourteen years; Homer PULLIAM, aged twelve, and Mary 
Willie, aged five years. Dr. HAWKINS is regarded as a superior physician, and in 
practice has achieved marked success.

				M. F. HAYS.

	Mr. HAYS is of French descent, his grandfather, John, having come from the 
land of vines, of which he was a native, in the second quarter of the seventeenth 
century. In the struggle of 1755, he was under the immediate command of the then 
youthful Colonel WASHINGTON, and was with him in the terrible disaster of the 8th 
of July, known in history as BRADDOCK'S defeat, when every British officer fell 
except Washington himself. He also served directly under WASHINGTON during the 
seven years' struggle for independence, and after the conclusion of peace he 
married a cousin of his old commander's and made his home in North Carolina. He 
reared a large family, and descendants have settled in many of the states of the 
union. Benjamin HAYS, the father of M. F., immigrated to Kentucky in an early day 
and afterwards served under General HARRISON during the war of 1812. When in his 
twenty-seventh year, he was married in Kentucky to Miss Elizabeth BENTLY and 
settled down in Madison county of that state. In 1820 he determined to move to 
Howard county, and he adopted the novel and adventurous plan of coming in a keel-
boat. Accordingly, he built a boat and loaded his family and worldly possessions 
in it and came floating down the Ohio. In was plain sailing until the Mississippi 
was reached, then the tug of war began. For four hundred miles he had to battle 
against the currents of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, but finally he 
landed in Old Franklin and subsequently became one of the most successful farmers 
of Howard county. At the time of his death, April 3rd, 1864, he had a splendid 
landed estate of over 2,000 acres. His son, M. F., now resides on and owns the 
old homestead farm. M. F. HAYS was born in this county, January 13, 1827, and was 
reared here on his father's farm. His place now contains nearly a thousand acres. 
He is a prominent stock dealer and is a man of great industry and enterprise. 
January 16th, 1849, he was married to Miss Rebecca J., daughter of Henry TRUIT, 
of this county. They have four children, Laura, Ledocia, Maud and Ada.

				JUDGE JOHN M. HICKERSON.

	Judge HICKERSON is another of that large class, fortunately, of 
substantial, well-to-do citizens of Howard county, whose residence is an honor to 
the community in which they live. He has lived here from boyhood, and has for 
years been one of the leading farmers of the county, and, widely known as he is, 
he is not less universally respected than he is well and widely known. For nine 
years, from 1872 to 1881, and until he resigned the position, he was a member of 
the county court, and no justice ever sat upon the bench who enjoyed more 
implicitly than he, the confidence of the people of his uprightness and 
intelligence. The family in the county to which the judge belongs is of French 
origin. Joseph HICKERSON, whose father was from France, was a native of Virginia 
and was a soldier in the revolutionary war, participating in most of the 
important battles of the struggle, including the battle of Yorktown. He reared a 
family in Virginia, where he subsequently died, and Hosea HICKERSON, the father 
of the judge, was one of his sons. Hosea was reared in Madison county of his 
native state, and on reaching manhood was married to Miss Janet DENT, of the 
well-known DENT family of Virginia. Judge HICKERSON was born of this marriage, 
May 15, 1823, and when a young man, eighteen years of age, came with his parents 
to Howard county, where he has since lived. His mother died here in 1841, and his 
father in 1864. In 1850 the judge returned to his native county and state, where, 
on the 15th of February, 1851, he was married to Miss Elizabeth CROPP of the same 
county, after which they returned to the home he had made in his adopted country. 
She is still his companion in life and has blessed him with five children, four 
of whom are living: Robert H., Andrew J., John W. and Miss Mary E. He has a neat 
elegant farm of 360 acres, and it is one of the best kept and best managed farms 
in the county.

				WILLIAM J. HUGHES.

	The HUGHES family, of which the subject of this sketch is a representative, 
have been pioneer settlers in four states of the union; Maryland, Pennsylvania, 
Kentucky and Missouri. The founder of the family in this county was a Welshman, 
who came over to America and settled in Maryland, in the early days of the 
colonies. There William HUGHES, the grandfather of William J., was born and 
reared. He was married, however, in Pennsylvania, Miss Martha, daughter of John 
SWAN, of that state, becoming his wife. They were married in Fort Pitt, where 
Pittsburg now stands, at the time the people were "forted", or fortified, against 
the British and Indians. A short time afterwards, and after the birth of Joseph 
S., father of William J., he moved with his family to Pennsylvania. Remaining in 
that state for a short time, he then emigrated to Kentucky, and was among the 
first settlers of that state, having to take refuge frequently with his family in 
the forts for protection against the Indians. There, Joseph grew to manhood, and 
married his wife, Cassandra, who was a daughter of Colonel William PRICE, an old 
soldier of the Revolutionary War, and for many years a state senator in Kentucky. 
In 1816, Joseph S. HUGHES came to this state and selected a location about four 
miles west of Fayette, in Howard county, and the following year brought his 
family out to his new home. He opened a farm there of about 300 acres, but some 
years afterwards moved to a place about five miles east of Glasgow, where he also 
made a large farm. On this place he lived until his death, which occurred in 
1863, his wife following him five years afterwards. They reared a family of eight 
children, of whom the subject of this sketch, who now resides on the old 
homestead of his father, was the seventh. Joseph S. HUGHES was a successful 
farmer and was respected by all who knew him for his many sterling, manly 
qualities. William J., was born in this county, January 5th, 1826, and was reared 
on the farm where he now lives. He received a good education in youth, and was 
brought up to habits of industry which have not forsaken him. He was married 
November 29, 1849, to Miss Lucy C., daughter of James COLLINS. They have ten 
children: Joseph S., May F. (now Mrs. W. R. PAINTER), Benjamin J., William C., 
James C., Overton L., Robert L., Harry B., Louisa F. and Ernest T. Mrs. Hughes is 
also a native of Howard county, having been born here April 2, 1832. Mr. H. has a 
fine farm of 450 acres, all well improved and in good condition. It is 
exceptionally adapted to stock raising, to which he gives a large share of his 
attention. He and several of his family are members of the Baptist church.

				JOHN G. and JOEL L. HUME,

farmers and stock raisers. The HUME brothers, who are extensively engaged in 
farming and stock raising in this county, are sons of Joel HUME, now deceased, 
for many years one of the leading farmers and stock raisers of the county, and as 
universally and highly respected as any man in it. Joel HUME's father, Reuben, a 
descendant of the HUME's of England, was originally of Virginia, but became one 
of the first settlers in Madison county, Kentucky, where he afterwards died, 
leaving his wife, formerly Miss Annie FINKS, aunt of Captain FINKS, of this 
county, and a family of seven sons. These, including the father of John G. and 
Joel L., subsequently came to Missouri, and all became wealthy and leading 
farmers of this section of the state. Joel, who was born before his parents left 
Virginia, married in Madison county, Kentucky, Miss Polly Ann, daughter of 
Yelverton PEYTON, an old Virginian and a soldier of the revolution, becoming his 
wife. After the birth of eight children, the family immigrated to Howard county 
and settled in Chariton township. He was a man of great energy and industry, and 
he and his sons went to work with resolution that never fails to bring success. 
He soon made one of the finest farms in the county, and when he died, about the 
close of the late war, had an estate of over 2,000 acres of fine land, most of it 
improved, besides a large quantity of stock and other personal property. But it 
was not on account of his success alone, or mainly, that he was so universally 
and highly respected. It was because he was possessed of the true qualities of 
manhood to more than an ordinary degree that all who knew him admired and 
esteemed him. Frank, honorable, generous, brave-hearted, and true in every 
relation of life, he was a pillar of integrity, a steadfast friend, a useful 
citizen, and a noble, Christian man. Such was the father of John G. and Joel 
HUME; and these the sons are not unworthy of their name. Both are enterprising, 
upright, progressive citizens and intelligent farmers. John G. was born in 
Madison county, Kentucky, January 1, 1831, and Joel L. in the same county 
September 7, 1839. Both were brought up on their father's farm, where they still 
live, and which they now own, a place of about 1,000 acres, finely improved. 
Besides the usual farm interests, they give special attention to stock raising, 
in which they have had marked success. Both were in the Confederate army, and 
were fearless, faithful soldiers. Joel L. was married the 17th of April, 1872, to 
Miss Louisa LEE, of this county, but she was taken from him by death in 1881, 
leaving him three children – Eva L., Sarah F. and John O. Both brothers are 
members of the Christian church.

				R. Y. HUME,

farmer and stock dealer. Mr. HUME is a son of Joel HUME and brother to John G. 
and Joel L., whose sketch precedes this, and, in keeping with the character and 
reputation of his family, is one of the leading farmers of the county. He was 
born in Madison county, Kentucky, October 3, 1826, and was therefore eighteen 
years of age when his father settled in Howard county, in 1844 – old enough to be 
a principal hand in clearing the forest and making the home that sheltered his 
parents and comforted them so many years. And he was not an unwilling hand in 
this work, for, reared by an industrious father, the bread of whose toil had 
given him the vigor and strength of youth and early manhood, and appreciating the 
fact that only in honest exertion is there an honest livelihood, he labored with 
a generous spirit to repay the debt that every child owes the dutiful parent – 
the debt of gratitude – and to prepare himself for the active duties of life. As 
the years of his youth filed by, bringing him nearer and nearer to the age that 
he would have to rely on his own qualifications in business affairs, he improved 
every opportunity that presented – and they were none too frequent or favorable – 
to acquire an education; and in the country schools, the log cabin, puncheon-
floor school of early days, and by private study, he obtained a sufficient 
knowledge of the "Two R's and A. G.," reading, writing, arithmetic and grammar, 
to answer all practical purposes. When the time came that he should have a roof 
of his own, he shoulder his ax and went to the woods for the second time in life 
to open a farm, and, tree by tree, and acre by acre the timber felled and cleared 
away, until now his place covers nearly a mile square, numbering 500 acres, all 
fine land and exceptionally well improved. Such is the reward of industry and 
honest, intelligent purpose; such the effect of good bringing up. Mr. HUME, life 
his brother, makes a specialty of stock raising and dealing in cattle, and the 
fact that he is a HUME, a son of his father, speaks enough for the success he 
achieves. He, too, was a gallant soldier of the bright-barred but ill-starred 
banner of the south, that flashed through the heavens like a glorious meteor, and 
was gone forever. On the 26th of November, 1846, he was married to Miss Frances 
PEYTON, of that honorable old Virginia family whose name is written in every 
chapter of the Old Dominion's history, and which has sent out brave pioneers 
wherever forests were to be cleared and comfortable, happy homes to be made. She 
came of the Kentucky branch of the family, and was born in Madison county of that 
state November 3, 1830. Her grandfather was one of the first settlers in her 
native county, and there her father, Yelverton PEYTON, was born December 17, 
1793, and died in Randolph county, Missouri, April 10, 1858. He was a soldier in 
the war of 1812, and his widow, formerly, and over seventy-one years formerly at 
that, was a Miss Mildred WHITE, of Kentucky. She is now living with another 
daughter of hers, Mrs. MASON, in Randolph county, Missouri, at the advanced age 
of eighty-eight; is sound in mind and body, and as chirp in manners and 
conversation as ladies ordinarily are at fifty. She has been a member of the 
Baptist church since 1800, and now draws a pension of $72 a year on account of 
her husband's service in the war of 1812. Mr. and Mrs. HUME have a family of five 
interesting children; Joel Y., John O., Henry D., Minnie and Reuben. The parents 
are both members of the Christian church.

				LEWIS FRANKLIN HUME,

farmer. Mr. HUME was a son of Staunton HUME, a brother of Joel, mentioned in the 
sketch of John G. and Joel L. His father Staunton, was born in Virginia but 
reared in Kentucky, and 1816 came to St. Louis county, Missouri, where he married 
and lived until his death in 1851. His wife, the mother of L. F. HUME, was 
formerly Miss Sarah A. BRECKENRIDGE, of the distinguished family in Kentucky of 
that name, and was born in Madison county, Kentucky, in 1804. Although the mother 
of twelve children, and now seventy-nine years of age, she still enjoys good 
health and is active in mind and body. Staunton HUME was a successful farmer in 
St. Louis county, and there reared his family. The son, Lewis Franklin, was born 
in that county, August 25, 1826, and in youth obtained a good ordinary education 
in the common schools. When in his twenty-first year, March 16, 1847, he was 
married to Miss Mary A., daughter of John CASIN, one of the early settlers of 
this county. She was born in Fauquier county, Virginia, September 19, 1826. Mr. 
HUME having been reared on a farm adopted that occupation, which he has followed 
thus far through life, but for about three years in connection with the milling 
business, in which he was also engaged for that length of time. Five years after 
his marriage, in 1852, he moved with his family to Carroll county, Missouri, 
where he lived until 1864, and then returned to St. Louis county. During his 
residence in Carroll county, in 1861, he enlisted in the Confederate service, but 
in December, 1862, was captured at Black Water, and a month afterwards released 
on parole. In the spring of 1866, he moved from St. Louis county to his present 
place in Howard county. His farm numbers 160 acres, and the distinguishing 
feature about it is, that it is one of the neatest, best kept farms in the 
county. The farm itself reveals the fact that its owner is an intelligent, 
progressive, business-like farmer. As a citizen and neighbor Mr. HUME is 
respected and esteemed by all who know him. Mr. and Mrs. HUME have lost six 
children and have four living, viz.: Katie, Mattie, James, and Staunton. Both 
parents are worthy and consistent members of the Christian church.

				JOHN O. HUME.

	That the events of the so-called late war are rapidly becoming matters only 
of tradition and pastime, is forcibly illustrated by a talk with Mr. HUME. He is 
one of the substantial, prominent farmers of the county; yet, during the war, he 
was too young – being from seven to eleven years old – to take any interest in 
the stirring events of those times, and now, he only knows of its incidents by 
reading, and by fireside stories. He was born in this county April 10, 1854, and 
was brought up on his father's farm. In common with other youths of his 
neighborhood he received a good ordinary education. He began farming on his own 
account when quite a young man, which he has since followed. He now has a place 
of 220 acres, well improved and well stocked, and is an intelligent, industrious 
farmer and a well respected citizen. On the 16th of September, 1878, he was 
married to Miss Luella SNODDY, who was born in Howard county, September 16, 1859. 
They have one child, Leo. Mr. HUME is the son of Reuben J. HUME, whose sketch 
appears elsewhere. Mrs. HUME was a daughter of Samuel W. SNODDY and wife, whose 
maiden name was Susan T. HARVEY. His parents, Walker and Narcissa SNODDY, 
immigrated to this county in an early day, and here Samuel W. was born February 
18, 1828, and was a farmer by occupation, which he followed until his death, 
February 3, 1873. He and his wife reared three children, who are now living – 
George F., Luella and Jefferson D. Mrs. SNODDY was born in this county June 14, 
1836, and was a daughter of William and Jane SNODDY, early settlers of the 
county. She now makes her home at the residence of Mr. HUME.

				CAPTAIN A. R. JOHNSON,

architect, contractor and carpenter. Captain JOHNSON came from North Carolina in 
1866, and in 1867 located in Glasgow, where he has since become one of the 
leading contractors and builders throughout a large region of the surrounding 
country. He was born in Chatham county, North Carolina, August 16, 1838. His 
parents, Matthias M. and Martha CRUTCHFIELD JOHNSON, were also natives of the 
same state. In youth Capt. JOHNSON acquired a good practical education in the 
ordinary schools of his neighborhood, and at the age of eighteen began to learn 
the carpenter trade, which he completed and followed until the breaking out of 
the war. In 1861, he went with his section in the four years' struggle, and 
followed the meteor-like flag of the south from Sumpter to Appomattox. He 
enlisted in company G, 26th North Carolina infantry, and two years afterwards was 
promoted for gallant service to the captaincy of the company, which he held until 
the close of the war. Returning home after the general surrender he remained 
hardly a year, and then came to Missouri, locating a short time afterwards in 
Glasgow as noted above. Capt. JOHNSON is an intelligent, enterprising business 
man, and is well respected by all who know him. On the 2nd of June, 1863, he was 
married to Miss Affie CATTRANE, in North Carolina, who still presides over his 
home.
	
				GRISSOM LEE.

	Mr. LEE's father, Thomas LEE, was one of the pioneer settlers of Howard 
county and helped to clear away the forests for some of the first farms in the 
county. He was a farmer by occupation and followed that until his death, in 
December, 1871. He came to this county from Kentucky, but was married before 
leaving that state, to Miss Gabriella HERNDON, and they reared a family of twelve 
children – Edmond R., John H., Elizabeth, Mary A., Amanda, Grissom, Nancy, James 
B., Sarah F., Louisa, and now deceased Noah and Lucy. Mrs. Lee preceded her 
husband in death many years. Grissom LEE was born in Howard county, Missouri, 
March 28, 1833, and was reared in this county, receiving a good ordinary 
education in common schools. He was brought up on the farm and has always 
followed farming as his occupation. He now lives on the old parental homestead, 
which he owns and which he helped to improve. His place contains 140 acres and is 
an excellent farm. In 1862 he enlisted in the Confederate army under General 
PRICE, in which he served eight months. Mr. L. is a member of the Baptist church.

				SAMUEL LEFEVER.

	Mr. LEFEVER was the seventh of a family of eight children, born to Samuel, 
Sr. and Mary HORSHMAN LEFEVER, who were married in Pennsylvania and afterwards 
settled in Morgan county, Ohio, where the subject of this sketch grew to manhood. 
Samuel LEFEVER, was a native of Westmoreland county, Pa., and was by occupation a 
farmer and carpenter, to which calling the son, Samuel Jr., was brought up. Mrs. 
LEFEVER, however, was originally from Virginia, but came to Pennsylvania in an 
early day. Samuel, Jr., was born in Armstrong county, Pa., November 16, 1830, and 
after growing up in Ohio, whither he had gone with his parents, he followed 
farming and carpentry until 1881, when he came to Howard county and purchased the 
farm on which he now lives, since which he has devoted his whole attention to 
farming. His place consists of 332 acres, most of which is well improved. He was 
married June 1, 1854, to Miss Mary FERRIS, of Morgan county, Ohio. They have nine 
children – John F., Fletcher B.., Joseph A., Dora J., Jacob, Mary C., Roena E., 
Martha V. and Samuel H. Mr. and Mrs. LEFEVER are both members of the M. E. 
church.

				MONTE LEHMAN,

of LEHMAN and MILLER, dry goods, clothing, furnishing goods, boots and shoes, 
etc. This establishment, of which Mr. LEHMAN is one of the proprietors, is one of 
the largest business houses in Howard county. Two large buildings, connecting 
with each other, are occupied – one filled with dry goods and clothing, the other 
with gents' furnishing goods and boots and shoes. Their custom extends for many 
miles throughout the surrounding country, and is steadily increasing. The 
business was originally established here many years before the war, on a small 
scale, by Joseph LEHMAN, the father of the subject of this sketch, and is another 
illustration of what a lifetime well spent may accomplish, and that a son 
properly reared may safely succeed to his father's business. Joseph LEHMAN, the 
father, was born in Bavaria, Germany, February 2, 1806, and was there reared and 
learned the tailor's trade, which he followed in his native country until 1838, 
when he came to America. He disembarked on this side of the Atlantic at 
Baltimore, where he worked at his trade about five years and then came west to 
Shawneetown, Indiana, and in 1844 came on and located in Glasgow. Here he worked 
for a time at his trade and then commenced the mercantile business, which has 
grown to its present extensive proportions. Before leaving his native country he 
was married to Miss Hannah STEINER, who died in Glasgow leaving him four children 
– William, Monte, Frances and Rose. He was again married, in Pittsburg, 
Pennsylvania, to Miss Lena GOLMAN, also a native of Bavaria, who still survives 
her husband and now lives in Glasgow, he having died December 23, 1881. One child 
is living by his last marriage – Henry. Monte LEHMAN, the subject of this sketch, 
was born while his father lived in Baltimore, April 2, 1840. When fifteen years 
of age he entered a printing office to learn the printer's trade, which he 
subsequently acquired, and at which he worked until the outbreak of the war. 
Having come to Glasgow in the meantime with his father's family, he here, in 
1862, enlisted in company H, 9th Missouri cavalry, Missouri state militia, in 
which he served until the close of the war, and was mustered out of service as a 
lieutenant, having had, during most of the time, the command of the company. 
Determined to make a successful business man of himself, as he had been a good 
soldier, Mr. L., then still a young man, went to Philadelphia and took a thorough 
course in a commercial college, thus qualifying himself for mercantile pursuits. 
Returning to Glasgow, he then became a partner of his father (which was succeeded 
by Lehman Brothers, then M. Lehman), in his present business, and after his 
father's death became sole proprietor, since which, in 1881, Mr. MILLER, an 
enterprising and successful business man, was admitted to an equal partnership in 
the house, thus forming the firm of LEHMAN and MILLER. November 9, 1875, Mr. L. 
was married to Miss Fannie HESSRICH, an accomplished and attractive young lady of 
Boonville. They have three children – Charles W., Edna N., and Harry. He is a 
member of the K. of P. and of the A. O. U. W.

				MAJOR J. W. LEWIS.

	James Walker LEWIS was born in Buckingham county, Va., October 23, 1823. He 
was the fifth of six children of Thomas and Jedidah LEWIS, four of whom were 
boys. His father was a successful farmer of the Old Dominion, and at his death, 
which occurred in 1826, left a fine estate. But, unfortunately, having involved 
himself by indorsements for others, his estate was absorbed in the payment of 
these claims and the tedious processes of law incident thereto, leaving nothing 
for his widow, or for his children, the eldest of whom was less than fifteen 
years of age. In 1831, the widow having learned something of Missouri, from 
relatives of her husband, who had preceded her here, determined to cast her lot 
in the west. In October of that year, she arrived in Howard county with her 
family, where she rented a farm. In 1833, she married Wm. L. BANKS. Her eldest 
son, Benjamin, feeling now relieved of the care of the family by this event, 
which had devolved upon him since his father's death, took the subject of this 
sketch, then a lad of ten years, with him to Linn county, where they engaged in 
agricultural pursuits, James W. doing the cooking, etc., and Benjamin the outdoor 
work. they continued in this, however, not quite two years, and then returned to 
Howard county. James W. worked for a time for his board and clothes. After this, 
and until the formation of a partnership between Benjamin W. LEWIS and William D. 
SWINNEY, in the manufacture of tobacco, James found employment in various 
occupations, principally in hauling freight from the river with an ox team and 
delivering it at various points in the county. After the formation of the 
partnership, he was employed by them, and was so engaged during the continuation 
of the partnership, at a salary. By untiring industry and energy, and the most 
rigid economy in these various employments, he was enabled to accumulate small 
means, and not wishing his little capital to remain idle, he invested his small 
accumulations in a copartnership with his younger brother, William J. LEWIS. In 
1847, they engaged in the manufacture of tobacco at St. Louis, under the firm 
name of J. W. & W. LEWIS. At first they operated on a limited scale, but by a 
thorough system of honorable and liberal dealing, the firm very soon assumed high 
rank among the business firms of that city, James remaining at Glasgow, on a 
salary, with SWINNEY & LEWIS, while William conducted the business at St. Louis. 
In January, 1850, the firm of SWINNEY and LEWIS was dissolved, by the withdrawal 
of Mr. SWINNEY. The three brothers then became equally interested in the 
business, under the firm name of B. W. LEWIS & Bros., at Glasgow and of LEWIS & 
Bros., at St. Louis. The copartnerships continued with gratifying success for 
several years, when John D. PERRY was admitted into the house at St. Louis, and 
Thomas J. BARTHOLOW in the one at Glasgow, the firm name of the former being 
changed to that of LEWIS, PERRY & Co., while the one at Glasgow remained the 
same. The business was then conducted with great success for several years, when 
Messrs. BARTHOLOW and PERRY withdrew, and the business has since been continued 
in the same name, by Major LEWIS. Mr. LEWIS is also interested in the banking 
house of BARTHOLOW, LEWIS & Co., and has been since its organization. In 1872, on 
account of its increasing business, it was deemed best to make it a chartered 
institution, which was done that year, Major LEWIS retaining a large interest and 
is one of the directors. His farming interests in Howard, Chariton and Randolph 
counties are very great. He and his nephew, James B. LEWIS, own a large saw mill 
at the mouth of the Chariton river. Major LEWIS, in early life, was connected 
with the democratic party, and voted for Douglas, in 1860; but has since acted 
with the republicans, and is considered a leader among them in this section of 
the state. Though often solicited, he has never permitted his name to be used in 
connection with a political office. Previous to the late war, he and his elder 
brother had gathered about them a large number of slaves and employed them in 
their factory. But a year before the emancipation proclamation was issued, they, 
believing the interests of the country demanded the abolition of all slave 
property, freed their slaves, retaining in their employ, at liberal wages, such 
as desired to remain. Others, desiring to set up for themselves, received 
substantial assistance in securing more permanent homes. Major LEWIS united with 
the M. E. church in 1843, and 1845, adhered to the church south, there being at 
that time scarcely any division of sentiment in the congregation of which he was 
a member. Upon the re-establishment of the M. E. church in Glasgow, in 1862, he 
reunited with it, and has since been among its chief supporters in all its 
various interests, and in return, has been the recipient of the highest honors of 
which a lay member is eligible, that of delegate to the general conference. While 
Lewis' library and college probably owe their origin more directly to the 
philanthropic spirit of his deceased brother, their completion, support and 
success have been largely dependent upon his generosity, and, in years to come, 
will remain as monuments more enduring than brass to the memory of the LEWIS' 
family. On the 7th day of October, 1852, he was married to Virginia V., daughter 
of Singleton BARTHOLOW, of Maryland. By her he has three children living – two 
sons and one daughter.

				COL. B. W. LEWIS.

	Benjamin Whitehead LEWIS was born on the 10th day of January, 1812, in 
Buckingham county, Virginia. His parents, Thomas and Jedidah LEWIS, had six 
children, four of whom were boys, Benjamin being the oldest. The father died in 
1826. The family were left in destitute circumstances owing to his death, and the 
subject of this sketch being the eldest, though a boy under fifteen years of age, 
the care and responsibilities of the family were thus thrust upon him. In 1831, 
the mother believing there were more favorable opportunities for her sons in the 
west, she and her family came to Missouri and rented a farm near Glasgow, where 
they engaged in farming. Some two years afterwards, she was married to William 
BANKS. Benjamin being thus relieved of the care of the family, to a certain 
extent, removed to Linn county; but, in about two years, returned to Howard 
county. Here Benjamin commenced his real career as a business man, a career that 
led up to great wealth, and to a conspicuous position among the foremost citizens 
of Missouri in business affairs, and in the respect and confidence of the people. 
He began by taking employment in a tobacco factory in Glasgow. Soon he formed a 
partnership with J. F. NICHOLS, Wm. J. MOORE and R. P. HANENKAMP, in that line of 
business. The following year, he sold out his interest in that firm, and formed a 
partnership with Wm. D. SWINNEY, in the same line. This continued until 1849, and 
was almost unprecedentedly successful; but that year their entire establishment 
was destroyed by fire, resulting in a loss of over $25,000. The factory, however, 
was immediately rebuilt on a more extensive scale than ever, and, in 1850, Mr. 
SWINNEY having withdrawn from the business, the three brothers, B. W., J. W., and 
W. J. LEWIS, united their interests under the firm name of B. W. LEWIS & Bros., 
in Glasgow, and of LEWIS & Bros., in St. Louis. Under this arrangement, their 
business was carried on with rapidly increasing success. They were now annually 
working up about 4,000.000 pounds of tobacco, and exporting large quantities of 
plug, fine-cut, etc., to England, and to the continent of Europe, their trade 
extending to Australia. When the war began they were working over 500 hands. In 
1862, the Glasgow factory was again burned, involving a loss of $200,000. On 
account of the disturbed condition of the country at that time, the factory was 
not rebuilt until 1863. In 1862, Benjamin W. LEWIS was appointed aid to Governor 
FLETCHER, with the title of colonel. For many years he was prominently connected 
with every public enterprise in which the community where he lived had an 
interest. He was one of the largest stockholders and a director in the Glasgow 
branch of the Exchange bank, of Missouri, and, at his death, left a legacy of 
$10,000 to found a public library in Glasgow, to be under the management of the 
M. E. church, and , subsequently, his widow, brother, James W., and eldest son. 
B. W. LEWIS erected a suitable building for the library, at a cost of $26,000. An 
earnest member of the church, a short time before his death he and his brother 
James purchased and fitted up a neat church edifice and donated it to the M. E. 
church. Prior to the late war, Mr. LEWIS had always been a democrat, having voted 
the democratic ticket in 1861. But siding strongly with the Union in that 
struggle, he naturally became a republican, and acted with that party until his 
death. His political views thus seeming to place him in antagonism with a 
majority of his fellow-members in the southern M. E. church, he united with the 
M. E. church, and was chiefly instrumental in organizing a society in Glasgow, in 
that denomination. On the 21st of October, 1864, at 11 o'clock at night, a band 
of guerrillas, under the notorious Bill ANDERSON, went to the residence of Mr. 
LEWIS and demanded $10,000 or his life. Having but a small amount of money about 
his person, he was taken from his home (after being subjected to personal 
outrages so atrocious and brutal as to hardly bear mention) and driven to the 
bank of THOMSON & DUNNICA, for the purpose of being forced to raise the amount 
demanded. But failing to get it there, his life would undoubtedly have been 
tortured out of him had not Mrs. THOMSON, hearing of his peril, proceeded at once 
to his relief with $7,000, principally in gold, which the bandits accepted as his 
ransom. Mr. LEWIS was thrice married. His first wife was Amanda, daughter of 
Joseph and Elizabeth (RECTOR) BARTON; his second, a widow BOWMAN, whose maiden 
name was McPHERSON; his third was Eleanor, daughter of Talton and Sarah 
(EARICKSON) TURNER. By his first wife, Mr. Lewis left two children; the eldest 
Benjamin W. Lewis of St. Louis, one of the leading railroad men of the west, and, 
lately, president of the W., St. L. & P. railway, and James B., a leading farmer 
of this county. By his last wife, who survives him, he left three children – 
Richard E., Rebecca E., and Annie E. On the 1st day of February, 1866, in the 
presence of his family and a circle of devoted friends, he died, leaving behind 
him a name and character for honor, truth, benevolence and virtue, that is a 
greater heritage to his family than the magnificent fortune he bequeathed them, 
which amounted to something near $800,000.

				JAMES B. LEWIS, 

farmer and stock dealer. Eleven hundred acres composes the landed estate of Mr. 
LEWIS, some of which is in Chariton county, but his farm in this county is one of 
the best in his township. It is all good land, and is substantially and well 
improved. Besides the ordinary farm interests, he gives considerable attention to 
the stock business, in which he has been very successful, and for some time he 
was also engaged in dealing in grain, buying and shipping from North Missouri and 
Iowa. He is a son of Colonel Benjamin W. LEWIS, whose sketch appears elsewhere, 
one of the most useful and successful men of central Missouri. James B. was born 
in this county October 15, 1849, and was educated in Lewis college. On the 14th 
of December, 1872, he was married to Miss Carrie E. TILLMAN, of this county, but 
in less than a year she died, leaving one daughter – Carrie T. Four years 
afterward, when the night of his sorrow, but not the remembrance of it had been 
dispelled by the light of new hope and the love of a noble woman's heart, he was 
again married October 4, 1876, Miss Mary E. IGLEHART, of this county, born June 
1, 1856, then becoming his wife, and three children have blessed this union – 
Frank J., Eleanor S., and Theodore B.

				ANTON LUTZ,

farmer, vintager and stock raiser. Mr. LUTZ is, or was, a stone mason by trade, 
and when he first set foot in Howard county had but five dollars in his pocket or 
in the world. But now he has one of the best and largest farms in the county, 
improved with a fine brick mansion and other buildings, etc., to match, and has a 
large vineyard; so that literally he now dwells in ease and comfort and sips wine 
under his own vine, if not fig tree. His farm contains 440 acres of splendid 
land, and besides giving his attention to the usual farm crops, etc., and to his 
vineyard – one of the largest in the county or the surrounding country – he also 
makes a business of raising stock for the markets, in which he has been highly 
successful. He was born in Prussia, in the vine-clad valley of the Rhine, on the 
10th of December, 1815, and was there reared and educated. Prussia, as is well 
known, has the finest school system in the world, land Mr. L. enjoyed the 
advantages afforded by the schools of his native country to more than the 
ordinary degree, so that he obtained a somewhat advanced education, and a very 
thorough one as far as it extends. But it is not the popular idea in Germany that 
everybody can live by his education or his wits – in fact, it is believed that a 
great many must work, and the youths of that country learn trades in addition to 
acquiring good educations. Accordingly, Mr. L. learned the stone mason's trade, 
and learned it thoroughly, and followed it there until he came to this country, 
in 1847. Here he went to work at his trade, continuing at it day after day and 
year after year, until by economy and sober good sense he had laid deep and broad 
the foundation of his fortune, for he may now fairly be classed as a wealthy man 
in this western country. He landed at New York and came west to Cleveland, Ohio, 
and worked there two years; then he came and worked a year in St. Louis, after 
which he came to Glasgow in 1850 and followed his trade until 1864, when he 
became the owner of his present farm and home. Now he is more independent and by 
far more of a man than a whole regiment of little titled Hesse-Darmstadt, Saxe-
Altenburg nobodies. In October, 1839, he was married to Miss Elizabeth PELLER, of 
Prussia and they have seven children living – Catherine, William, Anton, Ellen, 
Mary, Joseph and Charles.

				WILLIAM LUTZ,

dealer in glassware, queensware, hardware, etc. Mr. L. began his present business 
in 1870, with a small stock of goods, and now has one of the leading stores in 
Glasgow. He owns the building which he occupies, and also the one adjoining it – 
both good, substantial stores. These facts speak more for his intelligence and 
enterprise than anything that could be set in type. He is a native of Prussia, 
and was born January 8, 1843. He came to this country when a boy, with his 
parents – Anton and Elizabeth LUTZ. They first settled in Cleveland, Ohio, land 
in 1850 came to Howard county, where William grew up and followed farming until 
he engaged in his present business. In youth he acquired a good education, so 
that he has that qualification as well as industry and good common sense as a 
business man. Besides his mercantile business, he is also engaged in the 
insurance business, being the agent for the old reliable Phoenix Insurance 
Company. He was married on 3rd of October, 1876, to Miss Mary SCHAEFER, of 
Boonville, and they have three children – Augusta Antonattie, William and 
Hubbard. Mr. L. Is a member of the A. O. U. W.

				CAPTAIN ABSALOM McCRARY,

farmer and nurseryman. Captain McCRARY is not only a successful and enterprising 
farmer, but he has been a gallant soldier of two wars. He was born in the county, 
October 8, 1821, and was reared here and educated in the common schools. Farming 
has been his occupation through life thus far, supplemented by the nursery 
business, that is except during the time he served his country in the army. In 
June 1846, he enlisted in the service designed for the Mexican war, and followed 
the starry flag to the halls of Montezumas. Returning home afterwards, he resumed 
farming and the fruit-tree culture. He has a neat place of 150 acres, ten acres 
of which are devoted to the nursery business, his trees principally being apple 
trees; still he gives some attention to small fruit. He has a large and well 
selected variety of apples, peaches, etc., etc. He is the oldest nurseryman in 
the county, and one of the oldest in the state, having been engaged in the 
business over forty years. In the last war he enlisted in Captain Cooper's 
company of this county, in which he served for a time as lieutenant and was 
afterwards appointed a recruiting officer in the Confederate army, with the rank 
of captain. The war closed, however, while he was in this commission. For three 
years he was justice of the peace, of the county, for his township. In November, 
1849, he was married to Miss Caroline A. YAGER, a native of Madison county, 
Virginia. They have five children, Milton, Patrick, Eva, Absalom E. and Callie. 
Mr. and Mrs. M. are both members of the Baptist church.


SOURCE: History of Howard and Cooper Counties, St. Louis: National Historical
Company, 1883, (Chariton township, pp. 425-456.)