Sketch of the McPheeters Family, St. Charles County, Missouri >From "A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri, with numerous sketches, anecdotes, adventures, etc., relating to Early Days in Missouri" by William S. Bryan and Robert Rose, Published by Bryan, Brand & Co., St. Louis Missouri, 1876. ********************************************************************** Theophilus and Dr. James McPheeters settled in St. Charles County in 1816. The former bought forty acres of land near the city, and went to farming. He had two horses, which he brought with him, and every time they could get out of the lot, they would swim the river and go back to their old home. Mr. McPheeters was an educated man, and he would farm during the summer and teach school in the winter. He built a house with a very steep roof, and the cone was so sharp that all the birds that lit upon it had their toes cut off. (We don't believe this yarn, but anybody else that wants to can.) Dr. McPheet- ers went South to practice his profession. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Penny Harrell ====================================================================