Biographical Sketch of W. Clark 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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W. Clark McDougal, late prosperous farmer and stockman of Chilhowee
township, was a member of a fine pioneer family of Johnson county.  He
was born July 3, 1854, in Ohio, a son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Johnson)
McDougal, both of whom were born in Ohio, the father of New York and 
the mother, of Virginia colonial stock.  When Morgan's raiders passed 
through Ohio during the Civil War, Joseph McDougal met death at their
hands.  For a few years the widowed mother tried to maintain herself 
and her little ones on the farm in Ohio, and in 1872, they came to
Missouri and settled on a farm in Chilhowee township, Johnson county.
When the McDouglas came to Johnson county, forty-five years ago, the
greater portion of the county was unfenced and the land was as yet but
thinly settled and hardly recovered from the ravages of the Civil War
period, when the armies of both the North and the South swept over the
country.  As a lad in Ohio, Mr. McDouglas was delighted to obtain work
at splitting logs at a wage of seventy-five cents per day.  After the
family moved to Missouri all the boys worked hard and saved carefully 
of their earnings, in fact, all that was not needed to purchase the
veriest necessities, and they purchased a farm of eighty acres, where
they engaged in farming and stock raising for many years, making a home
for the brave woman who had done her best to make one for them years
before.  The mother died in 1900.  In 1890, W. C. McDougal and Alice
Little were united in marriage.  To this marriage have been born three
children: J. Hammond; Margaret A.; and George C.  Alice Little McDougal
widow of the late W. C. McDougal, is the daughter of John Howe Little,
a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this volume.  She was born in 
Jefferson county, Virginia, January 2, 1855.  Mr. McDougal departed 
this life October 23, 1917, after a period of industry and right living
which left an indelible imprint upon the community in which he resided.
Three hundred and sixty acres of splendid farm land comprise the Mc-
Dougal estate, one hundred and sixty acres of which are in pasture land
and grass.  Mr. McDougal was a successful breeder of Poland China and
Duroc Jersey hogs besides raising large herds of cattle and horses. The
farm is nicely improved and the residence is a very attractive one.
Politically, Mr. McDougal was a Republican.  He was one of the most
highly valued and respected citizens of the county and his loss has 
been keenly felt by his many friends and acquaintances who valued him
for his honesty and industry.  He was a kind husband and a good father
to his family, one who is sadly missed and whose memory will ever be
enshrined in their hearts and memories.

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