Biographical Sketch of Laura L. Runyon, Johnson County, Missouri,
Warrensburg Township

>From "History of Johnson County, Missouri," by Ewing Cockrell,
Historical Publishing Company, Topeka, Cleveland, 1918.

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Laura L. Runyon, the associate professor of history in the Warrensburg
State Normal School, was born in Springfield, Illinois, the daughter of
John C. and Harriet (Chase) Runyon, the former a native of New Jersey
and the publisher of the "Courier News" at Plainfield, in that state,
at the time of his death.  Miss Runyon is of Scotch and French descent
and a member of one of the most distinguished families in America.  The
genealogy of her mother, Harriet (Chase) Runyon, traces back to the 
same ancestors as those of the renowned Salmon P. Chase, an American
statesman, Secretary of the Treasurery from 1861 until December, 1864,
and then chief justice of the Supreme Court of the United States until
his death in 1873.  To John C. and Harriet (Chase) Runyon were born the
following children: Orrin E., deceased; David M., Plainfield, New Jer-
sey; Elma H., Plainfield, N. J.; Laura L., the subject of this review;
Charles W., Plainfield, N. J.; Harry C., Plainfield, N. J.; Marian, the
wife of C. L. Moffett, Lebanon, N. J.; and Adalaide, the wife of Gerald
Olliff, who is at the time of this writing, on the battleship Oklahoma
in the United States Navy.  The Runyon family have long been prominent
in the historical annals of this country and was one of the leading
colonial families.  The ancestors of John C. Runyon came to America in
1682 and settled in that section of New Jersey, which later became 
Union county.  Isaac Goodrich, a great-great-grandfather of Laura L.
Runyon, was a veteran of the Revolutionary War.  Both parents of Miss
Runyon are now deceased.  The elementary education of Laura L. Runyon
was received in the public schools and the high school of Plainfield,
New Jersey.  After completing the high school course, she entered the
University of Chicago, from which institution she is a graduate and has 
her master's degree.  Miss Runyon was engaged in teaching in the elem-
entary schools of the university for five years prior to coming to
Warrensburg in 1903.  At that time she was employed as superintendent
of the Normal Training School.  She is now associate professor in the
department of history and conducts classes in the State Normal School.
Miss Runyon has charge of four courses in Modern History Greek, Roman, 
Methods in History, and Nineteenth Century History.  Miss Runyon is a
member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and a charter member
of the Warrensburg chapter.  She now holds the position of regent.  She
has taken an active and commendable interest in locating historical
spots in Johnson county and was the one who suggested the marking of 
the grave of Martin Warren, which act was perhaps the first of the
countless valuable ones of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
The city of Warrensburg was named in honor of Martin Warren.

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