Biographical Sketch of William G. Eggleston, Lafayette County, Missouri >From "History of Lafayette County, Mo., carefully written and compiled from the most authentic official and private sources" St. Louis, Mo. Historical Company, 1881. ********************************************************************** William George Eggleston, of Eggleston & Co., P. O. Lexington, Missouri; one of the prominent business men of the city of Lexington, Mo., was born in Loudon county, Virginia, December 10, 1849. His father, Rev. William G. Eggleston, is a minister of the Methodist church. He was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, and is now living, at Shepherdstown, West Virginia, and is still employed in his ministerial labors. The subject of this sketch, being the son of a Methodist minister, did not live very long at any one place, being subject to frequent moves. He was chiefly reared, however, in Winchester, Virginia, and educated at Prince George's Maryland. The war broke out just in time to cut his education short. By reading and observation he has done much to make up that of which the war deprived him. He came to Lexington, in this county, in 1873, and began clerking in the dry goods house of Wilson & Hutchinson, where he contin- ued about four years. He then clerked for Davis & Allstadt, in the boot and shoe trade, for a year or more. Having then established his charac- ter and acquaintance, he purchased the boot and shoe business of W. J. Eckle, deceased, and engaged in business upon his own account, in 1877. Since then, by strict integrity and business habits, he has built up a large and growing trade. At the present time, the house carries an average stock of about $10,000. In 1880, Mr. Eggleston took into part- nership Mr. Robert E. Smith, of Lexington, who had formerly clerked for him. Messrs. Eggleston & Smith are young men, and comparatively new to Lexington. They stand now among the foremost firms in the city. ==================================================================== 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 ====================================================================