Biographical Sketch of Walter Rockwell Eckle, Lafayatte County, Missouri
Young's History of Lafayette Co., MO , 1910 -Pages 637-639.

Walter Rockwell Eckle, D. D. S.:

Dr. Walter Rockwell Eckle is a native of Lafayette county, having been born
April 21, 1869, near Lexington.  He is the son of Jacob R. and Elizabeth
(Clowdsley) Eckle.  The father was born January 1, 1814, in Stanton,
Virginia, of one of the well established families of the Old Dominion, from
which state he emigrated to Missouri in 1835, locating in Lexington, where
he worked at his trade of blacksmith, remaining here until 1868, when he
left his shop and bought a farm one mile south of town, and followed farming
until his death, June 14, 1886.  He was a Democrat and a Methodist and was
prominent in the affairs of his community.  He was a man whom to know was
both to admire and respect.   Elizabeth Clowdsley, whom he married in
September, 1866, was born July 7, 1839, in Lexington, the daughter of James
and Anna Clowdsley.  Her death occurred May 4, 1907.  Six children were born
to Mr. and Mrs. Jacob R. Eckle, four of whom are living, namely:  Walter
Rockwell, of this review; Louis G. is farming in Lexington township;
Cornelia is the wife of Dr. C. A. Nickell, of Mayview; Kate is the wife of
P. L.
Tapp, a Lexington township farmer.
   The maternal grandparents of these children were James and Anna (Waltour)
Clowdsley, both born in Baltimore, Maryland, in February, 1813.  They came
to Lexington, Missouri, in 1837, where the former worked at his trade of
carriagemaker until 1874, after which date he made his home with his
children until his death in October, 1888.  He was active in the Methodist
church and voted the Democratic ticket, and was a prominant and enthusiastic
Mason.  His wife survived him until February, 1892.  She, too, was a very
devout Christian and by her many kindly acts made every one love and respect
her.
  Dr. Walter R. Eckle was educated in the Lexington schools, from which he
was graduated on May 11, 1886.  He began life by farming two years, then
engaged in the drug business for an equal length of time.  He them took up
the study of dentistry under Dr. J. W. Meng.  He completed the course in
dentistry at the Missouri Dental College of St. Louis, now the dental
department of Washington University of that city, March 12, 1891.  He made
an excellent record there and, being well equiped for his profession,
practised in different places with encouraging success for a period of six
years.  In 1897 he formed a partnership with Dr. M.D. Wilson, with whom he
remained one year, in Lexington, then bought his partner's interest and has
since been practising alone, maintaining a well equipped and neat suite of
rooms in the Traders Bank building, and enjoys a practice second to none.
   Politically, the Doctor is a Democrat.  He is a Royal Arch Mason and a
member of the Independant Order of Odd Fellows.  He takes much more than a
passing interest in Sunday school and church work, having been
superintendant of the Methodist Sunday school here for the past twelve
years, and he has held all the important offices in the church.  He has a
modern, cozy and nicely furnished home on Franklin avenue, the presiding
spirit of which is a lady of culture, who was known in her maidenhood as
Florence Buford, who was born in Lexington, December 18, 1873, the daughter
of Legrand G. and Orra (Chinn) Buford, her alliance with Dr. Eckle having
been solemnized on Decmeber 28, 1892.  This union has been graced by the
birth of five children, namely: Coleman C., Elizabeth N., Florence B.,
Walter R., Jr., and L. Griffin, all attending the local schools.

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