Biographical Sketch of David C. Surber, Johnson County, Missouri,
Rose Hill Township.

>From "History of Johnson County, Missouri," by Ewing Cockrell,
Historical Publishing Company, Topeka, Cleveland, 1918.
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David C. Surber, the well known and respected justice of the peace of
Rose Hill township is a native of Kentucky.  He wa born in Lincoln 
county in 1869, son of Alfred and Mary L. Surber.  Mr. and Mrs. Surber
were the parents of eleven children and since the death of Mr. Surber 
in 1897 the mother and two sons, John and David C., have continued to
reside on the home place to which they came in 1877.  A biography of
Mrs. Mary (Stigall) Surber giving a more comprehensive sketch of the
Surber family appears elsewhere in this volume.  At Doak school house 
in Rose Hill township, David C. Surber obtained his education.  While
he was a schoolboy, Lute Umstadt, James Moore, and Caleb Barton were
employed as teachers of Doak school.  Mr. Surber has heard many of the
pioneer preachers among whom he recalls:  Reverends Givens, Osborn and
Limbaugh.  David C. Surber was reared on the farm and he has spent most
of his life engaged in the pursuits of agriculture.  Until 1907, he was
farming on the home place.  At that time he entered the employ of Hook-
er Elmore, who owns lumber yards at Holden and Medford and for the past
ten years Mr. Surber has been engaged in the lumber business at Med-
ford.  In 1915, he was elected justice of the peace of Rose Hill town-
ship and he is filling this office also at the time of this writing, in
1917.  Squire Surber has given and is giving the best of satisfaction 
as justice and he is considered one of the most valued men of the com-
munity.  The lumber yards at Holden and Medford are well supplied with
lumber, paints, hardware and all things needed in the lumber business.
Within the last year, practically all lumber supplies have nearly 
doubled in price.  Mr. Surber transacts the justice of the peace in the
office at the lumber yard at Medford.  He is a gentleman of kindly,
genial manners, a citizen of Johnson county of genuine worth.  Mr. 
Surber is unmarried and makes his home with his widowed mother on the
farm in Rose Hill township.

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