Biographical Sketch of Jesse R. Ozias, Johnson County, Missouri,
Centerview Township. 

>From "History of Johnson County, Missouri," by Ewing Cockrell,
Historical Publishing Company, Topeka, Cleveland, 1918.
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Jesse R. Ozias, a capable and industrious farmer and stockman of
Centerview township, is a member of one of Johnson county's fine pio-
neer families.  He was born in Johnson county, October 21, 1866, a son
of Jacob A. and Lavina R. Ozias, who were among the first settlers of
Centerview township.  They came from Ohio and traded the buggy in which
they came for a small tract of land and the father engaged in farming
and stock raising.  He prospered from the start and became a very weal-
thy landowner, having at one time a farm comprising one thousand acres
of land in Johnson county.  Jacob A. Ozias dealt extensively in hogs 
and wheat.  He died in 1911 and the widowed mother makes her home with
J. R., the subject of this review.  A more comprehensive sketch of the
family appears in connection with the biography of Mrs. Lavina R. Ozias,
given elsewhere in this volume.  In the public schools of Centerview,
J. R. Ozias obtained his primary education.  He was afterward a student
in Gem City Business College, Quincy, Illinois.  After completing his
school work, he bought a farm of 180 acres of land, which he sold with-
in a short time and went to Colorado, where he remained for several
years.  On his return to Johnson county, he was placed in charge of his
father's farm and has ever since continued giving his time and atten-
tion to farming and stock raising on the homestead.  He now owns and
manages more than 400 acres of land, 120 acres of which are in grass.
This season, of 1917, he had fourteen hundred bushels of wheat, one
thousand bushels of oats, and harvested eighty tons of hay.  In addi-
tion, Mr. Ozias had one hundred acres of his farm in corn. The handsome
residence on the farm was built in 1892 by the father, Jacob Ozias.  It
is a structure of twelve rooms and modern throughout.  The farm is well
supplied with farm buildings and is splendidly equipped for handling
stock and grain.  In 1916, J. R. Ozias built a huge silo, having a 
capacity of 380 tons, constructed of solid, reinforced concrete, ninety
feet high and with a water tank holding 800 barrels of water on top, 
thus giving an exceptional pressure.  A stairway, which is easily 
climbed, leads to the top of the silo, where one may get a splendid
view of the surrounding country.  This is one of the best silos in
Johnson county.  Mr. Ozias is a member of the Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks.  Politically, he is a Democrat.  He is well maintaining
the Ozias reputation, established years ago by his father, and is high-
ly respected among the good, substantial citizens of the county.

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