Biographical Sketch of William Stimson, Phelps County, Missouri

>From "History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas, 
Pulaski, Phelps and Dent Counties, Missouri" The Goodspeed Publishing
Company, 1889.
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William Stimson has been a general merchant of St. James, Mo., since
1884, and was born about ninety miles from London, England, in 1848.
His parents, William and Jane (Gregory) Stimson, were also of English
birth, and when our subject was about two years of age immigrated to
the United States, locating in Cleveland, Ohio, where they made their
home until about 1859, at which time they took up their abode in Phelps
county, Mo., settling about twelve miles south of St. James, where the
family still owns a good farm.  The father was killed about 1874 by a
runaway horse.  He was a brick mason by trade, and while residing in 
his native land was a member of the I. O. O. F.  The mother is still 
living, and resides at St. James, aged about seventy-three years, and 
is a worthy and consistent member of the Episcopal Church.  William
Stimson is the third of their four children, and received his education
in the public schools of Cleveland, Ohio.  After coming to Missouri he
clerked in St. James for a number of years, and then engaged in merch-
andising at Stimson's Iron Bank, on their farm, where he continued 
until 1884, since which times he has resided in St. James.  He carries
a stock valued at about $2,000.  He has served as postmaster of St.
James about four years, and is a stanch Republican in politics, and is
an active worker for that party.  He is a member of the A. F. & A. M.
and the A. O. U. W.  On October 25, 1887, he was married to Miss Lizzie
M., a daughter of Richard and Elizabeth Chandler, of Cleveland, Ohio.
The father was formerly a sailor.  Mrs. Stimson is a member of the
Baptist Church.

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