Biographical Sketch of Harlowe A. Saults, M. D., Johnson County, Missouri, Valley City >From "History of Johnson County, Missouri," by Ewing Cockrell, Historical Publishing Company, Topeka, Cleveland, 1918. ********************************************************************** Harlowe A. Saults, M. D., a well-known and successful physician of Valley City, Missouri, is one of the leading professional men of John- son county. Dr. Saults was born June 13, 1879, at East Lynne in Cass county, Missouri, a son of D. N. and Alice B. (Graham) Saults. D. N. Saults came to Missouri from Tennessee in 1876 and located at Knob Noster. He was at that time a young, unmarried man, 22 years of age. Mr. Saults was a blacksmith by trade and for 32 years was associated in partnership with Robert Ford in the blacksmithing business at Knob Nos- ter. He retired from that vocation in 1910 and has since been engaged in the mercantile business at Knob Noster, associated with his son, Charles L. The father is now probably 68 years of age and he is still active and alert both physically and mentally and assumes the full control of all his business affairs and extensive financial interests, which in Knob Noster alone amount in value to a considerable sum, in addition to a valuable farm, comprising 140 acres, located south of Knob Noster. D. N. Saults has long been considered one of the most important promoters of business and builders of Knob Noster. As a business man and financier, Mr. Saults holds precedence in his commun- ity and possessing a strong mentality, invincible perseverance, and a marked individuality, he is looked upon as a natural leader of men, a director of opinion in matters relating to financial and industrial affairs. Fraternally, D. N. Saults has been a Mason of the Third Degree for many years. Politically, he is a stanch Democrat. To D. N. and Alice B. Saults were born two children: Dr. Harlowe A., the subject of this sketch; and Lena Alice, who resides at home with her father. Charles L., who is associated in the mercantile business at Knob Noster with his father, and Fannie, who died in infancy, were born of a sec- ond marriage of D. N. Saults to Miss Rucker. Doctor Saults obtained his elementary education in the public schools of Knob Noster, Missouri. He is a graduate of the Knob Noster High School, in the class of 1899, and of the Marion Sims Beaumont Medical College at St. Louis, Mo., in the class of 1903. After completing the high school course, Doctor Saults attended Missouri State University one year and in 1902 success- fully passed the examination of the Missouri State Board of Health. After three years' work in medical school, he began the practice of his profession at Warrenton, Missouri, and one year later, in 1904, came to Valley City, where he opened his office and has since been actively engaged in the medical practice, which has been steadily growing for the past 13 years and now Doctor Saults has numerous patients within a circuit of 10 and 13 miles in the country. Within the past 3 years, he has traveled in his Ford car 34,000 miles. Dr. Saults is the owner of his residence and office, which are located on a small tract of two and one half acres of land within the city limits of Valley City, and of a splendid farm, embracing 160 acres of land, three miles south of Knob Noster, a fine, valuable country place. December 25, 1902, the marri- age of Dr. Harlowe Saults and Alma L. Sprague, daughter of W. T. Sprague, of Warrensburg, was solemnized and to this union have been born 3 children: Vera Fay, born August 1, 1904; Luther Lee, born Decem- ber 26, 1909; and Marian Virginia, born November 19, 1913. Doctor Saults has attained a conspicuous place in the public esteem not solely because of his professional success but also on account of the honor- able, straightforward policy he has invariably followed in all his business relations. He always has at heart the best interests of his fellow men. For his chosen calling, Doctor Saults is admirably fitted. He is a man of tireless energy, quick of perception, quiet and calm in manner, and of well trained intellect. The success which has already crowned his efforts bespeaks for him a long and eminently useful career. Doctor Saults is the official registrar of vital statistics for Simpson township. 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