Polk County, Missouri Biographies - B. F. TEETER

History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties, 
Missouri; 1889, published by Goodspeed, Pgs. 702, 703

B. F. Teeter, a successful business man of Polk County, Mo.,
engaged in selling drugs at Half Way, was born in Collin County,
Texas, July 3, 1849, and is the son of Jacob and Sarah Ann
(Weedin) Teeter, who were born in St. Charles and Cooper Counties,
Mo., respectively.  The former was born in 1812 and died in 1870,
still survived by his wife, who resides in the county, and is now
in her sixty-first year.  They were married in Cooper County, and 
moved from there to Texas, and in 1848 located in Collin County,
where they resided until 1855, then took up their abode in Denton
County, coming in 1865 to Polk County, Mo.  The father was a 
successful farmer throughout life, and was an earnest worker in
the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, his wife being a member of the
same, but she is now a member of the Missionary Baptist Church.
The Teeters are of German descent, the paternal grandfather
having come from Germany to the United States, locating first in 
Kentucky, and later in St. Charles County, Mo.  The Weedin family
are English.  B. F. Teeter is one of five children born to his
parents the names of his brothers and sisters being: Mary E.
(Barham), William J., Rebecca A. (Keeling), and Nancy E. (Hood).
B. F. Teeter received his early education in the common schools 
of the "Lone Star State," and after his father's death, remained
at home managing affairs for his mother until he was twenty-four
years of age, at which time he went to Mason County, Ill., where
he was engaged in farming for one year.  He then returned to
Polk County, Mo., and, after farming for two years, entered a
general mercantile establishment, with which he was connected
for seven years, and, after remaining idle for nearly one year,
opened a drug store at Half Way, which he has since successfully
conducted.  In March, 1886, he was appointed postmaster of the
place, and is now faithfully discharging the duties of this office.
He is a Democrat in politics, and is secretary of the Masonic lodge,
of which order he is a member.  He also belongs to the I. O. O. F. 
On the 24th of January, 1878, he was married to Nancy L. Brock, a
daughter of Lewis Brock.  She was born in Knox County, Tenn., in 
1857, and has borne six children, five living: Ora O., Treva M.,
Maude I., Grover C. and Andre.  Gertrude died in childhood.
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