Polk County, Missouri Biographies - Caleb N. HEADLEE, Dr.
History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties,
Missouri  1889, Published By Goodspeed, Pgs. 651, 652
Polk County Biographies Section

   Dr. Caleb N. Headlee, one of the most eminent physicians
of Polk County, Mo., has been in active practice at Pleasant Hope
since about 1865.  His birth occurred in Maury County, Tenn., 
June 27, 1827, being one of four surviving members of a family
of nine children, eight of whom lived to maturity, born to the
marriage of Caleb Headlee and Mary Steele, who were born in 
North Carolina and died in Missouri in 1847, when about sixty-five
years of age, and in 1867, aged nearly ninety years, respectively.  
They were married in the "Old North State," and were among the 
early emigrants to Giles County, Tenn., soon after moving to 
Maury County.  Both were members of the Methodist Church, and took
great interest in church affairs.  The father was a veteran in the
War of 1812, and, while a resident of Tennessee, held the office 
of justice of the peace for a number of years.  He was of Welsh 
descent, and throughout life followed the occupation of agriculture.  
His father, Elisha Headlee, was born in New Jersey, but died in 
Greene County, Mo., at the extreme old age of ninety years. 
Mrs. Mary (Steele) Headlee was a daughter of Samuel Steele, a 
native of Pennsylvania, and was of Irish descent, her father having
been born in the "Emerald Isle."  Dr. Caleb N. Headlee, the subject
of this memoir, received his education in Tennessee and Missouri,
and at the time of his father's death was eighteen years of age.  
From that time until 1860 he farmed on his own account, and at the
latter date crossed the plains to California, and, after 
successfully mining there for several years, he returned to 
Greene County, Mo., via the Isthmus of Panama and New Orleans.  
Soon after his return he began the study of medicine under his 
brother, E. B. Headlee, and in 1859 went to Marion County, Ark., 
where he continued to practice five years, then came to 
Springfield, Mo.  After a short time he located at Pleasant Hope,
where he has won an enviable reputation as a medical practitioner.  
In 1880 he began selling drugs, but after a short time sold out
his stock, only to re-engage in the occupation soon after, and
continued until his building caught fire and was consumed.  
He is now selling drugs again, and is doing a good business.  
May 10, 1849, he was married to Dovey L. Armour, a daughter of 
Washington and Nancy S. Armour.  She was born in Giles County, 
Tenn., about 1830, and is the mother of five children, all of 
whom are living: Victory J., Mary O., Melville P., Nancy L. and
Arminein.  Mrs. Headlee is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, and in his political views the Doctor is a Democrat.  He 
belongs to the Masonic fraternity.  His brothers and sisters are:
Jane L Foster, of St. Louis; Marthy L. Clark, of Grayson County,
Texas; Samuel W., of Greene County, Mo., a farmer, who is now
representing that county in the State Legislature.
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