John Alogan BIAS, Ozark County, MO ****************************************************************** ****************************************************************** File transcribed and contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Louise Hill mailto:Wezey@webtv.net USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non- commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. Unauthorized use for commercial ventures expressly prohibited. All information submitted to this project remains - to the extent the law allows - the property of the submitter who, by submitting it, agrees that it may be freely copied but NEVER sold or used in a commercial venture without the knowledge & permission of its rightful owner. The USGenWeb Project makes no claims or estimates of the validity of the information submitted and reminds you that each new piece of information must be researched and proved or disproved by weight of evidence. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ****************************************************************** ****************************************************************** See his photo at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mo/ozark/photos/johnalogan01.jpg John Alogan BIAS was born 10-26-1887 at Dugginsville, MO where MO meets the AR state line on his father's homesteaded land. He died at his home on Highway 160 between Dugginsville and Theodosia, MO. He was the son of John BIAS and Mary HENSON. John married Amie Malinda FRIEND, daughter of Elisha FRIEND and Amanda HENDERSON. They were married 4-12-1907 in Ozark Co., MO. They had 6 children: Obard Leonard, Ethel Ray (twins), Mary Lethian (called Mildred), James Elva, Ollie Myrtle and my father John Alogan, Jr. (J.R. BIAS). His primary occupation was "farmer", but he did much more than that. He worked for John Johnson who owned the general store in Dugginsville driving a wagon team to and from Sparta, MO (that's a LONG way on a wagon!) for 50 cents an hour hauling supplies back and forth for the store. He walked about 5 miles each way to and from work at Joe Long's doing odd jobs to help raise his family. There wasn't much to eat at their house and he often had coffee and cornbread for breakfast. John walked or took the mail car to people's houses to fix sewing machines, watches, clocks and anythng else he could. He saw an add for learning to check eyes and order glasses in a mail-order catalog. He knew he could do that so he ordered it and added that to his collection of ways to make money and provide for his family. Imagine that: a mail-order optomitrist...:-) Once he had a horse down and he was trying to help it get back up. The horse kicked a board and hurt his leg badly....but he didn't miss a day of work. When work was slow doing these jobs, he would go to Muldrow, OK and catch freight trains to find work to feed his family. He had family in the area. Once he sat down under a bridge with a can of pork and beans. He had no spoon, but found a old on on the ground under that bridge. He washed it off, used it to eat his beans and took it along with him. He said it was a "good spoon" because it was flat on the bottom and he could scoop his food on it better...:-) He had that old spoon when he died. Being an industriuos soul, he borrowed a little money for supplies, a cow and a sow for milk and meat for his family from Joe Long and opened a store in the back room of his house. He had it for 10-15 years which helped allow him to stay home with his family. He retired about 1959 when Amie passed away. He just didn't want to run the store any longer without her. His family were grown and married so he could finally rest. He was the most special person in the world to me at that time in my life.....he was my grandpa.