Polk County, Missouri Biographies - James B. EASLEY
History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties, 
Missouri  1889, published by Goodspeed, Pgs. 640, 641
Polk County Biographies Section

    James B. Easley, the present efficient county collector,
was born in Polk County, Mo., February 3, 1855.  He is a son
of Miller W. and Sophronia (Akard) Easley, both natives of 
Tennessee, though they came to this county when young, and here 
married; they still live in Madison Township.  His father has 
been a farmer and a merchant; in politics he was a Whig before 
the war, and since then has supported the Republican platform.  
He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and a well 
respected citizen.  The subject of this sketch, the only one 
living of a family of three sons, was raised on a farm and 
educated in the common schools. He worked in his father's store
till 1879, when he married Mary L. Renshaw, of Greene County, 
and by her had three children, Eugenia E, Frank B. (who is 
deceased), and Willie R.  His wife is a Presbyterian.  He is 
a Republican, a Mason, and belongs to the Knights of Pythias.  
When the railroad was put through, Mr. Easley and W. M. Potts 
were in business about a year at Fair Play, when they were 
burned out.  In 1886 Mr. Easley was elected collector, which 
position he still holds.  Though a young man, he fills one of 
the most important offices in the county.  He is highly esteemed,
and deserves the confidence reposed in him by the people of 
his county.

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