Biographical Sketch of William Ten Eyck, 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 Ten Eyck, farmer of Phelps county, Mo., but retired merchant of
St. James, was born in Wyoming county, N. Y., in 1827, and is a son of
William and Chloe (Warren) Ten Eyck, who were born in Summerville, N.J.
and on the Mohawk River, N.Y., respectively.  They resided near New 
York City until shortly before their deaths, when they went to their
son William's in Pennsylvania, and there the mother died in 1863, at 
the age of seventy years.  The father died at St. James, Mo., in 1871,
aged eighty-seven years.  He was a shoemaker and tanner by trade, and
was a son of Rev. Coonrod Ten Eyck, who was born in New Jersey, and was
of Low Dutch origin.  He was a descendant of one of three brothers who
came to America at a very early day and settled in New Jersey.  Coonrod
served in the Revolutionary War, and throughout life was a Presbyterian
minister, and died in Wyoming county, N.Y., where he had lived for many
years.  The grandfather of our subject, Mr. Warren, was a prominent and
wealthy citizen of York State.  William Ten Eyck, whose name heads this
sketch, is the ninth of fourteen children, and was educated in the 
public schools of New York.  In 1848 he went to Curwensville, Penn.,
where he was successfully engaged in the mercantile business for twenty
years.  While there he was married in 1855 to Miss Jane Thompson, who
was born in Pennsylvania, and by her became the father of five children
four of whom are living.  Mr. Ten Eyck resided in Pennsylvania until
1869, then came to St. James, and was engaged in merchandising with his 
usual success for about twelve years.  Since that time he has been
engaged in farming and stock raising, and besides his 400 acre farm has
twenty acres of well improved town property.  He has always been indus-
trious and enterprising and has spared no pains to educate his children
and has always been ready to support laudable enterprises.  He has been
a Republican all his life, and his first presidential vote was cast for
Gen. Taylor in 1848. He and wife are worthy members of the Presbyterian
Church.  Their son, John W. Ten Eyck, is agent and operator for the St.
Louis & San Francisco Railway at St. James, which position he has held
since December 27, 1884.  He was born in Curwensville, Penn., in 1859,
and came with his parents to Phelps county, Mo., in 1869.  He was 
educated at St. James, and spent much of his time working in his 
father's mercantile establishment, being now a member of the firm. He 
is an active worker for the Republican party, and his first president-
ial vote was cast for Garfield in 1880. He is a bright and enterprising
young man, and is a member of the A.O.U.W.  Mrs. Ten Eyck's parents,
John and Sarah Thompson, were of Irish and German descent, respectively
and were natives of Pennsylvania.  The father was judge of the county
court of Clearfield county for a number of years, and also held the
office of justice of the peace.  He was a blacksmith by trade.

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