Biographical Sketch of Richard Henry Tatlow, Johnson County, Missouri, Holden. >From "History of Johnson County, Missouri," by Ewing Cockrell, Historical Publishing Company, Topeka, Cleveland, 1918. ********************************************************************** Richard Henry Tatlow was born on a farm near Palmyra, Missouri on July 29, 1841. His parents, Thomas H. Tatlow and Eliza Jane Tatlow, his wife, whose maiden name was Barr, came to Missouri from Delaware in 1840 and settled on a farm near Palmyra in Marion county. Young Tatlow was educated in the schools of Palmyra. In 1859 he went to Hannibal and was engaged in merchandising until 1864, when he returned to Pal- myra and was engaged in operating a flour mill until 1874. April 18, 1866 he was married to Miss Fannie E. Anderson, daughter of Colonel Thomas L. and Mrs. F. M. Anderson. Mr. Anderson was a native of Ken- tucky and his wife of Massachusetts. To this union five children were born, four of whom survived, a daughter, Lillian, dying in infancy. In 1874, he retired to a farm east of Palmyra and farmed until 1879. Then he moved to Holden and re-entered mercantile life and was thus engaged until 1886, when he bought a half interest in the "Holden Enterprise," a Democratic journal, and he and John D. Crisp conducted this paper until 1890. He then bought out Mr. Crisp and continued the publication alone until 1917, covering a period of thirty-one years. In 1896, Governor W. J. Stone appointed him a member of the Johnson county court to fill a vacancy. In the fall of 1896, he was elected to the position for two years. He retired in 1899. R. H. Tatlow, Jr., the only son, with his wife, started from Denver, Colorado on October 15, 1917, in his auto to visit his parents at Holden and when seventy-five miles east of Denver, near Lymon, Colorado, the car skidded and turned over, killing him instantly and seriously injuring his wife. Fortunately, the children, R. H. Tatlow, III, aged twelve years, and the little daughter, Laurine, aged ten years, were left at home, attending school. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: <> Penny (Eisenbarger) Harrell ====================================================================