Biographical Sketch of John J. Wharton, Johnson County, Missouri
Centerview Township
>From "The History of Johnson County, Missouri," 
Kansas City Historical Co. 1881

JOHN J. WHARTON,

druggist and pharmacist; was born in Stevensburg, Va., Aug. 4, 1840.  He
spent his youth in his native state.  He graduated at the Ohio school of
pharmacy, about the year 1856, after which he came to Missouri, and
located about three miles south of Centerview.  In 1858, he was
appointed deputy clerk, which position he held until 1861, when he
joined the confederate army, and participated in many hotly contested
battles.  After the war he went to Cooper county, where he remained
until 1881, when he came to Centerview and opened a fine drug store,
which he still conducts in an excellent manner, his store being filled
with a complete stock of medicines.  Mr. W.'s mother is a native of
Virginia, and is still living in Cass county.

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