Biographical Sketch of Richard T. McDougal, Johnson County, Missouri,
Chilhowee Township

>From "History of Johnson County, Missouri," by Ewing Cockrell,
Historical Publishing Company, Topeka, Cleveland, 1918.
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Richard T. McDougal, a well known farmer and stockman of Chilhowee
township, is a native of Ohio.  He was born in 1846, a son of Joseph
and Elizabeth (Johnson) McDougal, both of whom were natives of Ohio.
Joseph McDougal was a son of Richard McDougal, who spent his entire
life in Ohio, and Elizabeth (Johnson) McDougal was a member of an old
Virginia family.  Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mcdougal were the parents of
five children: R. T., the subject of this review; J. C., Magnolia, Mo.;
R. B., Holden, Missouri; W. C., Holden, Missouri, who died October 24,
1917; and Mrs. Hattie E. Parrott, Chilhowee, Missouri.  The father was
killed during the Civil War, when Morgan raided Ohio.  The brave, noble
mother brought her family to Missouri in 1872 and settled in Johnson
county on a farm in Chilhowee township and on this place worked hard to
keep the children together and to rear them properly.  After ten years, 
the boys had accumulated enough money by contrast industry and cautions
economy to purchase 80 acres of land, on which they built a handsome
residence in 1882, a home that is even today considered one of the 
beautiful country places in Johnson county.  In 1900, the mother died.
She had enjoyed the new home but a few brief years, when the last sum-
mons came and she joined her husband in the Great Beyond.  In 1891, 
R. T. McDougal was united in marriage with Frances Little, daughter of
John Howe Little, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this volume.
Both Mr. and Mrs. McDougal are valued members of the Presbyterian 
church.  Politically, Mr. McDougal is a Republican.  The McDougal farm
in Chilhowee township comprises 160 acres of land, 80 of which are in
grass and pasture land.  Mr. McDougal is devoting much time to raising
fine Poland China hogs and good milch cows.  At the present time, he 
has ten cows, which he milks, and the cream from the McDougal dairy is
marketed in Holden.  A large barn was built on the farm in 1881 and the
place is well watered and equipped.  Mr. and Mrs. McDougal have many
friends in this county and they are numbered among the best and most
public spirited citizens of the township.

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