Biographical Sketch of George Paulding, Texas County, Missouri

>From "History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas,
Pulaski, Phelps & Dent Counties, Missouri, from Earliest Times to the
Present" Published by Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1889.

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George Paulding, farmer, was born in Allegheny County, Penn., January
7, 1821, and is a son of John W. and Alice (Cassilly) Paulding, the
former being born at Fishkill, N. Y.  His boyhood days were spent on
a farm, but he afterward learned the hatter's trade, which occupation
he followed until 1842, having immigrated to St. Louis, MO., in 1828,
in which city he resided until 1852, when he went to Portland, Ore.,
where all news of him was lost until 1887, when a notice of his death
appeared in a newspaper.  His wife was of Irish descent, and died when
her only child, George, was a small boy.  Mr. Paulding afterward marr-
ied Ann Dillon, of St. Louis, who was also of Irish lineage, and by
whom he became the father of four children: John H., Hiram, Walter and
Joseph.  The grandfather, John Paulding, was born in New York, and was
a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and was one of the three men, Isaac
Van Wert and David Williams being the other two, to capture the British
spy Maj. Andre, for which service he was awarded a medal.  He was of
German descent, and a farmer by occupation.  George Paulding, the gen-
tleman whose name heads this sketch, was seven years old when he came 
to St. Louis, but a year later went to Belleville, Ill., where he att-
ended school until he was thirteen years of age, then returned to St.
Louis and remained four years, working at the hatter's trade.  In 1838
he settled in Texas County, MO., and since that time has followed farm-
ing for a living.  He was one of the first settlers of the region, the
country at that time being in a very wild and unsettled state, deer,
bear, elk and other wild animals roaming the woods at will.  There were
no churches or schools, and religious services were conducted at the
homes of the settlers.  In February, 1842, Mr. Paulding wedded Miss
Julia A. Turpin, who was born and reared in Arkansas, the following
being the children born to their union: John M., William W., Alfred D.,
Adaline and Isabella.  James F., Benjamin, George and Mary are deceased.
The mother of these children died in December, 1866, after which Mr.
Paulding wedded Mrs. Margaret A. (Cabble) Roberts, a native of Tenn-
essee.  Three of their five children are living: Henry, Lizzie, Agnes
(living), and Ellen and Joseph (deceased).  Mr. Paulding is a wealthy
farmer and prominent citizen of the county, and has faithfully filled
the offices of assessor, surveyor and presiding and probate judge of
Texas County, being elected to these offices on the Democratic ticket.
He is a charter member of the I. O. O. F., and he and wife are members
of the Christian Church.

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