Ray County, Missouri Biographies - William S. Wollard (b. 1847)

Source: History of Ray County, Missouri 1881; p.730-731


W. S. WOLLARD

William S. Wollard was born in Ray county, near Richmond in the year 1847, and had lived all
his life in this county. His father, Mr. John Wollard, was a native of North Carolina. He came
to Missouri when it was a territory, and settling in Ray county, cleared and improved the land
where Richmond is situated. He afterwards donated land to aid in building up the town. John
Wollard died in May, 1878, aged seventy-seven years. Our subject began farming and stock-raising
on his own account in the spring of 1867, and the next year moved to his present location,
section 8, township 53, range 26. He continued living on his farm until 1875, when he commenced
a general merchandising business at Russellville, and followed it until the year 1879. He then
returned to his farm, and has lived there ever since. This farm comprises 330 acres of very
fertile land, the principal part of which is in cultivation and well fenced and improved. In
1868, Mr. Wollard began with ninety acres of land and a log cabin, and as the result of his
enterprise, perseverance, and industry he now has this fine large farm, with a dwelling house
elegantly appointed and conveniently arranged for comfort and ease, an orchard of some three
of four hundred bearing trees of the best varieties of fruit, and his pastures filled with
fine-bred stock, and his barns and granaries full of the rich products of his fields. Mr. Wollard
was married in 1868, to Miss Maddie Barham, a native of the state of North Carolina. The result
of this union was seven children, all of whom are living, named as follows: Nettie Frances,
William F., Walter L., Ollie Belle, Robert Jackson, Nannie E., and Henry A. Mr. Wollard is
largely engaged in raising, feeding, and shipping live-stock. He handles only the best classes
of hogs and cattle. He is a member of the M. E. Church South, and also belongs to Wakanda
Grange No. 935, P. of H. He is a prominent and very successful farmer, and a leading and
influential citizen.


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