Biographical Sketch of Samuel M. Dalhouse, Johnson County, Missouri,
Hazel Hill Township. 

>From "History of Johnson County, Missouri," by Ewing Cockrell,
Historical Publishing Company, Topeka, Cleveland, 1918.
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Samuel M. Dalhouse, one of Johnson county's most intelligent agricul-
turists and the owner of one of the beautiful country homes of Hazel
Hill township, is a member of a well known and respected pioneer family
of Hazel Hill township.  He was born in 1861 in Grundy county, Missouri
a son of Samuel F. and Martha (Swetnam) Dalhouse, who settled in John-
son county in 1867 on a farm of eighty acres of land, in Hazel Hill
township, a part of the Collins land.  Samuel F. Dalhouse was born in
Augusta county, Virginia, March 17, 1828 and came to Missouri from Vir-
ginia and first located in Grundy county, coming later to this county.
Mr. Dalhouse was widely known as a prominent and prosperous stockman
and wheat grower in the early days.  To Samuel F. and Martha Dalhouse
were born six children, who were as follow: Samuel M., of this review;
Mrs. Mary Virginia Burchfield, the wife of the popular salesman of 
autos and musical instruments, of Warrensburg, Missouri; Mrs. Anna E.
Kemper, the wife of James A. Kemper, one of the leading attorneys of
Independence, Missouri; Charles E., who died in infancy; Thomas J., a
farmer and stockman of Lafayette county, who married Minnie Dobbs of
Chattanooga, Tennessee; and Mrs. Sophia Blanche Russell, the wife of
Winfrey B. Russell, one of the progressive merchants of Warrensburg. In
1899, Mr. and Mrs. Dalhouse moved from the farm to Warrensburg and 
there the father's death occurred in March, 1903.  He was at that time
owner of nearly one thousand acres of land.  At the age of 75 years, he
was still active and alert.  Mr. Dalhouse was a big hearted, kind, 
forceful character, a man well esteemed for his thrift, economy, and
steadfastness of purpose.  The widowed mother, who is a native of Bath
county, Kentucky, now makes her home in Warrensburg, Missouri.  She was
born in 1841 and has just recently passed the seventy-sixth milestone
in life.  Mrs. Dalhouse is one of Johnson county's noblest and most
estimable, elderly women, a lady worthy of the highest honor and re-
spect.  Samuel M. Dalhouse attended the Coleman district school and 
later, Spalding's Commercial College at Kansas City.  He remained with
his parents until he was 27 years of age.  In 1895, Mr. Dalhouse pur-
chased his present farm home, a place embracing 160 acres of land,
formerly known as the Thomas W. Glover place.  All the improvements now
on the farm have been placed there by Mr. Dalhouse and this is one of 
the best improved farms in Hazel Hill township.  The residence, an
attractive structure of six rooms, was built in 1913 and the large barn
in 1900.  There are numerous farm buildings, sheds, cribs, granary  and
the place is always well kept.  Mr. Dalhouse is devoting his time to
general farming and stock raising.  Probably the most delightful 
feature about the Dalhouse place is the beautifully shaded lawn.  There
are eight different species of trees growing in the yeard.  In November,
1888, Samuel M. Dalhouse and Annie McKay Yancey were united in marriage.
Mrs. Dalhouse was a daughter of Stephen L. and Catherine Yancey, of 
Lafayette county.  Mr. and Mrs. Yancey came to Missouri from Virginia
in 1866.  Both are now deceased and their remains rest in Mt. Tabor
cemetery.  Mrs. Dalhouse died at the age of 33 years, leaving four
little ones, three of whom the father has reared to maturity and educa-
ted: Geal, the wife of Lucius Wilson, of Hazel Hill township; Clare,
the wife of John J. Ramsey, of Columbus township; Virginia, who is at
home with her father; and Annie McKay, who died at the age of thirteen
years.  The mother's death occurred in 1897.  The father deserves much
praise and respected for the splendid manner in which he has done his 
duty in regard to his motherless children and he may well be proud of 
his girls, to whom he has been both father and mother the past 20 years,
for no better family can be found in Missouri.

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