Biographical Sketch of George A. Middleton, Johnson County, Missouri,
Columbus Township

>From "History of Johnson County, Missouri," by Ewing Cockrell,
Historical Publishing Company, Topeka, Cleveland, 1918.
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George A. Middleton, a successful and enterprising farmer and stockman
of Columbus township, is a native of Illinois.  He was born in February
1858 in McLean county, a son of James and Jane A. (Parsons) Middleton,
the former, a native of England and the latter, of Ohio.  In early man-
hood, James Middleton emigrated from England and came to America.  He
located first in Ohio, where he met Miss Jane Parsons and they were
united in marriage.  Mr. and Mrs. James Middleton moved to Illinois 
from Ohio and in that state resided for nearly five years and then
moved to Johnson county, Missouri in the autumn of 1859, locating temp-
orarily in a log cabin on the Waldon farm in Columbus township, where
they resided for probably a little more than a year, when they moved to
a larger farm in Warrensburg township.  The Middletons were residents
of Warrensburg township for two seasons or more and then returned to
Columbus township to reside on the McMahan farm until Mr. Middleton 
purchased eighty acres of land from Richard Sanders, a place he after-
ward sold in order to buy the farm now owned by Isaiah Jacoby.  To
James and Jane Middleton were born six children: William A., Warrens-
burg, Missouri; George A., the subject of this review; Mrs. Ada E.
Jacoby, Hazel Hill township; Charles J., who died recently in the state
of Washington; Alfred G., Centerview, Missouri; and Walter Eugene, who
died in infancy.  The father died in 1877 and his remains were laid to
rest in the cemetery at Jacoby chapel.  Mrs. Middleton departed this 
life several years after the death of her husband.  George A. Middleton
was reared on the farm and his early life was spent much as the average
country lad spends his days, assisting with the work of the home place
and attending the district school.  Mr. Middleton obtained his educa-
tion in schools held at Granger, east of Warrensburg, Waldon, and 
Greendoor school house.  Until he was twenty-five years of age, he
remained at home caring for his widowed mother.  Later, he purchased 
sixty acres of the Isaiah Jacoby farm, a tract of land entered from the
government by William Adams, the land patent being signed by President
Franklin Pierce, and to this Mr. Middleton later added two tracts of 
forty acres each and twenty acres of the second tract he afterward sold.
The Middleton place now comprises one hundred twenty acres of land,
located in Columbus township, ten miles northwest of Warrensburg.  The
entire farm is under a high state of cultivation and this place is one 
of the excellent farms of Johnson county, nicely improved, neatly kept,
and well equipped for stock raising.  Mr. Middleton is engaged in 
general farming and in raising hogs, sheep, and cattle.  A large stock
and hay barn was added to the place in 1913, a building 40 x 52 feet in
dimensions.  The residence has been rebuilt since Mr. Middleton acquir-
ed the ownership of this farm.  In 1885, George A. Middleton was united
in marriage with Clara E. Chambers, of Warrensburg, daughter of William
and Susan Chambers, who now reside in Kansas City, Missouri.  To this
union have been born two sons: Kenneth, who married Beulah Simmerman 
and they reside on a farm in Columbus township; and Otha, who married
Mary Wilson and they reside on a farm in Columbus township.  Both the
Middleton boys are progressive, successful farmers and stockmen.  The
Middleton's have long been highly regarded and valued citizens of
Johnson county.

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