Biographical Sketch of Dr. R. Z. R. Wall, Johnson County, Missouri
Chilhowee Township 

>From "The History of Johnson County, Missouri," 
Kansas City Historical Co. 1881

DR. R. Z. R. WALL,
P. O. Holden, is the son of Richard Wall, who was a native of Maryland.
The subject of this sketch was the seventh child in a family of eight
children, and was born in Rockingham county, North Carolina, March the
29th, 1810. He received a liberal education from the common subscription
schools of that day, but completed his education at Chapel Hill, the
University of the state of North Carolina. He is also a graduate of the
medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia.
After completing his medical education, Dr. Wall returned to his home in
North Carolina, and practiced his profession until the fall of 1837, when
he moved to Henry county, Missouri, making the long journey in the only
overland conveyance of that day, a wagon. He was two months in making he
journey. In March, 1840, Dr. Wall with his family, moved to Johnson
county, Mo., settling in the south-western part of the county, upon what
is known as Bear Creek, a branch of Big Creek. He was married in North
Carolina, October 2nd, 1838, to Miss Mary J. Covington; from this union
there were thirteen children, ten of whom are yet living, viz: Adrian M.,
Susan J., Sarah E., Cornelia J., Nancy O., Selena M., Mary A., Francis L.,
Richard W. R., and Dora A.  Since Dr. Wall’s residence in Missouri, he has
been engaged in agriculture, and the practice of his profession, which he
followed until the spring of 1865, retiring on account of his advanced
age, turning his extensive practice to his nephew, Dr. R. H. Howerton. Dr.
Wall  at one time owned 5,036 acres of land, and since dividing with his
children, he has yet remaining 1,589 acres. When Dr. Wall first moved to
this section, he found the country unsettled, excepting a few settlers
along the streams. The general belief of the people of that day, was, that
the prairie lands would never be settled. Forty years ago, the Dr., with
the friends of his earlier manhood, spent many an hour in chasing the
deer, as he roamed the prairies in it’s wild state, and even to-day he
takes great delight in relating the innocent  pleasures of those days. Dr.
Wall, though in his seventy-second year, retains much of the vigor of his
early manhood. He has been characterized during his whole life, as a man
of ability, honor, and integrity. The first church-house built in the
neighborhood. was a Bethel, about three miles from Dr. Wall’s present
place of residence. The house was also used for school purposes at that
time. The Dr., with his estimable wife, of forty-three years, are enjoying
the evening of life in the home their industry and economy made for them,
in their earlier years.

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