Biographical Sketch of J. W. Prince, 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.
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J. W. Prince, firm of Prince & Wilkening, hardware, Odessa.  Was born
in Boone county, Mo., February 5, 1848.  At an early age he went with
his mother (his father being deceased), to Johnson county, Mo., and
settled in Knob Noster.  He was married, March 30, 1870, to Miss Alice
Ridgeway, of Boone county.  By this union he has one child: Allie B.
In 1871, he went to Aullville and engaged in the hardware trade, where
he remained until September, 1880, when he moved to Odessa and formed 
a co-partnership with Mr. Wilkening in the same business.  His first
wife dying in 1873, he was again united in marriage to Miss Josie B.
Downing, of this county.  The nuptials were celebrated, September 20,
1875.  Mr. Prince is a man of integrity and business tact, and the 
firm of which he is a member, receives its full share of the public
patronage.

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