Biographical Sketch of James Detherage, Laclede County, Missouri >From "History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas, Pulaski, Phelps and Dent Counties, Missouri" The Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1889. ********************************************************************** James Detherage was born in Warren county, of the "Blue Grass" State, in 1832, and is a son of James and Sallie (Andrews) Detherage, who were born in Tennessee and North Carolina, respectively, and were farmers by occupation. James is one of ten children, and was reared to manhood on his father's farm. In 1854 he was married to Miss Susanna Wood, of Kentucky, by whom he had nine children: Martin, who married Mary Rocter; Winnie, wife of William Rippey; Thomas; Betsey, wife of Henry Wood; Sarah, Mary J., James, Marian and Jesse. Both Mr. and Mrs. Detherage are members of the Baptist church, in which he is a deacon, and politi- cally he is a Democrat. His first purchase of land was eighty acres in Warren county, Ky., which he afterward sold, and purchased the farm of 160 acres where he is now residing. Besides this land he owns forty acres more, and is one of the best and most thrifty farmers of his locality. He raises good stock of all kinds, and throughout life has been an earnest supporter of the cause of education. ==================================================================== 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: Joe Miller Penny (Eisenbarger) Harrell ====================================================================