Biographical Sketch of Stockton & Lampkin, Johnson County, Missouri, 
Warrensburg Township

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

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Stockton & Lampkin, dealers in Feed, Coal & Aristos Flour, Warrensburg,
have been in business in this city for the past 22 years.  They began
business together in 1907 on North Holden street, where they erected a
mill from the very foundation.  The framework of the mill building is 
of native lumber, which was cut and sawed on the banks of Blackwater 
and hauled to Warrensburg in wagons.  The original building, which was
destroyed by fire was 28 x 32 feet in dimensions.  New buildings have
since been built and the present building is 40 x 60, with an office 
and storeroom 20 x 60, and a shed 25 x 60 feet.  A hay barn, used in
connection with the feed business, is 50 x 50 feet and located at the
rear of the mill lot.  This business firm is engaged in the work of
grinding mill feeds of all kinds.  They also buy and ship grain and 
hay.  Storage capacity of ten thousand bushels.  Coal sheds on "Quarry
switch."  Also handle field seeds and clean grain and seeds for the
farmers.  Employ about six men at present, sometimes more, and ship
large quantities from various stations along the road.  The capacity
of the mill is 120 bushels of meal daily and about 300 bushels of chop
feed.  Stockton & Lampkin are also interested in the Boyd Coal Company,
operating two coal mines located one and a half miles east of Warrens-
burg.  The mines are on the Burkarth place.  The firm has just complet-
ed a shaft thirty-two feet in depth running to a vein of coal 22 to 26
inches in thickness and of excellent quality.  Near this mine is the
mine operated by the twenty thousand dollar stripping machine, put in
operation in September, 1916, by these enterprising men.  Six men are 
daily employed in operating this stripping machine.  The dirt, rock, 
soapstone, twenty-five feet in depth, are shoveled from the vein of 
coal.  Above the coal, about eight feet, is a layer of flint rock, 
which is utilized by being crushed.  A stone crusher has been installed
at the mine for this purpose.  The crushed stone from the Stockton &
Lampkin mine has been found to be the best quality for concrete work 
and as good as any in the state.  It is being used in the foundation
work for the new Normal building and has given perfect satisfaction.  
The demand is far greater than the supply.  E. B. Stockton is also a
member of the firm Stockton & Lowe, which handle building materials,
their place of business being located on the switch of the Missouri
Pacific railway.  Stockton & Lowe manufacture concrete blocks, steps
and many different building materials.  A sketch of this firm is given
in connection with the biography of Charles Lowe, which will be found
elsewhere in this volume.

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