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Christopher Campbell was born in Switzerland. His parents embarked for the United States when he was an infant, and the mother died on board the ship just before landing in New Orleans. The father settled first at Sandy, Jefferson Co, Mo., and his death occurred when Christopher was six years of age. Christopher's real name is Christopher Croft, but after the death of his father he was bound out to John Campbell, who moved to Potosi, Washington Co., Mo., where he kept a hotel. Christopher worked in the hotel, and his educational advantages were very limited, having acquired nearly all of his education since grown. January 20, 1871, he married Mary, daughter of Michael Hurst, who died in the service of the United States during the late war. Seven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Campbell, of whom five are living, viz.: Minnie L., Lula M., George A., Grace and Frederick. Mr. Campbell returned to Jefferson County in 1865, settling in Joachim Township, and removing to his present farm in 1882.

Judge John C. Cape, a native of Washington (now Reynolds) County, Mo., was born July 15, 1824, and is the third in a family of thirteen children born to Maston and Rebecca (Whaley) Cape. Maston Cape was born in Barren County, Ky., and when nineteen years of age removed with his father, John Cape, and family to Washington County, Mo., in 1819. In the winter of 1843-44, John C. Cape began work in the Bellefontaine Lead Mines, where he worked one year and was subsequently engaged in other mines. He removed to Jefferson County in 1845, and the following four years was engaged in mining and chopping wood, receiving 50 cents per cord at the latter work. He has since turned his attention to farming and stock raising, and is the owner of 160 acres of land. In 1872 he was elected county judge of Jefferson County, which office he held
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six years. April 12, 1849, he was united in marriage with Sarah M., daughter of James L. Williams (deceased), who settled in Jefferson County in 1843, and was originally from Kentucky. Mrs. Cape died February 4, 1864, leaving the following children: Frances, James M. (deceased), Rebecca J., Theodosia E. (deceased), Adaline (deceased), John N. (deceased), Leander W. (a physician of Festus) and Henry M. In November, 1873, Judge Cape married Mrs. Elizabeth Craig, who died July 30, 1885. Judge Cape has been a member of the Baptist Church for the past forty years, and has long been associated with Swashon Baptist Church, in Jefferson County, in which he is deacon. He has twice been chosen moderator of the Jefferson County Baptist Association, and is also especially active in Sunday-school work, having served as superintendent. He was several times made president of the township convention, and once chosen president of the County Baptist Sunday-school Convention. In the late contest in this county, he was found on the side of local option against the sale of liquor. He has served as master of the De Soto Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and has been identified with the fraternity for twenty years or more, holding various important offices in his lodge.

Rev. James P. Cape, pastor of the Lebanon and Sandy Baptist Churches, was born in Washington County, Mo., November 25, 1825, and is a son of Maston Cape, who was a native of Kentucky, and one of the pioneers of. Washington County, Mo.; he was a miner and farmer and a great hunter, in which vocation his boys were skillfully trained, and some bears, as well as many panthers, wild cats, lynxes, deer, etc.,fell before their sure and steady aim. James P. Cape received his education in the log schoolhouse, and his playmates were the Indians. He was reared on a farm, to which occupation he has devoted more or less attention through life; he worked in the mines some for several years, and settled on his present farm in 1848, where he first bought forty acres on time, only five acres of it cleared. He has added to his first purchase from time to time, until he is now the owner of 217 acres, and has given to his children 260 acres. His wife is Laura, daughter of John Breckenridge, and of their eleven children six are living, viz.: John B., George W., William H., Nancy A., James E. and Francis. Mr. Cape has been engaged in pastoral work in the Baptist Church for several years, and has just closed a very successful revival meeting at the Sandy Baptist Church, having received about forty members; he has also been successful in ministerial labors elsewhere. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, a Democrat, politically, and a stanch advocate of temperance.

Thomas A. Charles, one of the substantial farmers of Joachim Township, is a native of St. Louis County, Mo., and is the eldest son of Robert and Elizabeth (Nickel) Charles, of English and German descent, who were among the early settlers of St. Louis. Mr. Charles received his education in the common schools, and in the early part of his life gave his attention to railroad business, filling various positions on the Camden & Atlantic Railroad. June 4, 1872, he married Catherine (McCormick) West, a native of Jefferson County. Mr. Charles located on his present farm of 213 acres, in Joachim Township, near Pevely, in 1866, where he has since resided, devoting his attention to the pursuit of agriculture and dairying, shipping the products of the latter to St. Louis. He and wife are church members, he holding membership in the Presbyterian and she in the Methodist Episcopal Church South. In political preference he is a Democrat.

Mrs. Eliza T. Clark is a native of Jefferson County, Mo., and was born in Herculaneum July 23, 1814. She is a daughter of Elisha and Phoebe (Gale) Ellis, natives, respectively, of Georgia and New York. On the 8th of June,
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1842, she was united in marriage to Dr. William E. Clark, deceased. They were the parents of one child, Edward Clayton, ho was born October 8, 1843, and died September 9,1844. Dr. Clark died January 28, 1865. Mrs. Clark has always been a resident of Jefferson County, and is one of the few who survive the hardships of the pioneer life in the then Far West. After the death of her husband she disposed of their property, reserving ten acres, on which she has built a comfortable residence, and is now living a quiet, retired life. She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and a devout Christian lady.

James W. Clarke, postmaster at De Soto, was born in Culpeper County, Va., in 1846, and is a son of James and Elizabeth (Murphy) Clarke, of Irish descent. The former a native of Orange County, Va., born in 1808, was a wheelwright by trade, and served in the Mexican War. By his marriage to Miss Murphy three children were born. Mr. Clarke died in Virginia in 1853. Mrs. Clarke (whose birth occurred in Culpeper County, Va., in 1820), married, after coming to Missouri, Rev. James Keen (deceased). She had come to this State in 1851. James W. Clarke is one of the three children by his mother's first marriage. A brother, John T., served as chief clerk in the State auditor's office, at Jefferson City, for fourteen years, and his sister, Mary A., became the wife of A. J. Norwine, of Mineral Point, Mo. Young Clarke accompanied his mother to Missouri when young, and obtained his education in the common schools. In 1868, during the progress of the war, he enlisted in Company I, Thirteenth Missouri Regiment, Shelby's brigade, under Capt. Williams, and served for two years, surrendering at Shreveport, La., in June, 1865, after having participated in numerous engagements, among which was the battle of Fort Scott. The winter of 1864-65 he passed in Texas. In 1874 he married Miss Jennie Taylor, a native of Franklin County, Mo. In 1875 he established a livery stable at Mineral Point, Mo., of which he was proprietor two years, and the following five years was engaged in merchandising. In June, 1886, he received the appointment of postmaster at De Soto, under Cleveland, and assumed charge of the duties of that position in November following, an office which he still holds. Mr. and Mrs. Clarke have two children--Latty Howard and Carter. Politically, he is a Democrat. Mrs. Clarke is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and Mr. Clarke belongs to the A. O. U. W.

John C. Cole, farmer and proprietor of Cole's Mill, was born in Franklin County, Ky., March 4, 1814. He is a son of Aquilla Cole, deceased, a native of Maryland, who settled in Washington County, Mo., in 1818, at that time a dense forest. John C. Cole was reared on a farm, but spent the greater part of his early life in the lead mines of Washington County. He removed to Jefferson County in 1840, and settled on the farm near his present home, which now consists of 400 acres. The mill was first built by Smith & Tarpley in 1840, and, the firm failing, the property was disposed of at a sheriff's sale in 1842, Capt. White purchasing a one-half interest and Mr. Smith retaining the other half. Mr. Cole and his brother afterward purchased Mr. White's interest, and in 1848 secured Mr. Smith's. The following year the mill was destroyed by a tornado, but was rebuilt the same year, and conducted until 1887. It is now somewhat out of repair, but when in order the machinery is driven by water, through an overshot wheel, twenty feet in diameter, the water being supplied by springs, and the best of flour is made. In September, 1850, Mr. Cole married Miss Sarah A., daughter of Rev. William Walker (deceased), a pioneer Methodist Episcopal minister, of Southeastern Missouri. Of the ten children born to this union seven are living, viz.: Sarah, who married Richard Farrar, of Valle Township, this
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county, and has one child; William; Rebecca, who became the wife of Alonzo Kite, also of this township, and has five children; Catherine, now Mrs. Henry Kite, and the mother of five children; Sterling, Alice and Winnie. Mrs. Cole died August 25, 1872. In politics, Mr. Cole is a Democrat.

Joshua Cole, farmer and resident of Valle Township, was born in Washington County, Mo., in 1843; being the son of Joshua and Jane (Turley) Cole, natives of Bullitt County, Ky., born in 1799 and 1806, respectively. At the age of nineteen Mr. Cole came with his father to what is now Washington, being one of the early settlers of that part of the State. After his marriage he settled in Washington County, but afterward removed to St. Francois County, where he lived for perhaps thirty years. He died in 1878; a farmer, tanner and shoemaker by trade, he was an honest, upright citizen. Both parents were members of the Baptist Church. The mother died in 1880. She came to Missouri with her parents, Lot and Cassandra Turley. Joshua was reared at home, secured a fair common-school education, and served about nine months in the latter part of the late rebellion in Company C of Col. Green's regiment of Confederate troops. He operated in Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi. In 1866 he married Miss Ann Long, a native of Jefferson County, born in 1848, and the daughter of Thomas and Mary Jane Long. Mr. Long was born in St. Francois County, but his parents moved there from Kentucky at a very early day. He served three years in the Confederate army under Gen. Price. Mrs. Long was of French extraction. Of the eight children born to our subject and wife, seven are now living: Nancy Jane, born in 1867, wife of Joseph Satterwhite; John M., born in 1868; Bruce, born in 1871; Rolla A., born in 1878; Emma B., born in 1876; Luther J. (deceased); Lewis Everett, born in 1881, and Newton L., born in 1883. Soon after his marriage Mr. Cole settled on his present farm nine miles south of De Soto, where he has 240 acres, about 100 acres of which are under cultivation. He is a member of the A. O. U. W. and a Democrat in politics. Mrs. Cole is an active member of the Baptist Church.

Lewis Cole, farmer, of Plattin Township, was born near St. Joe Mines, then in Washington County, but now in St. Francois County, in the year 1882, and is the sixth of twelve children born to Joshua and Jane (Turley) Cole. [For further particulars of parents, see sketch of Joshua Cole]. Lewis was reared under the parental roof, and was obliged to walk six miles to obtain an education, which was rather limited. He served about six months in the Confederate army under Col. J. Thompson, of Gen. Price's army, in 1861, and operated principally at Belmont. He was married in 1868, to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of William and Mary Shelley, formerly of Robertson County, Tenn., but who came to St. Francois County, when Mrs. Cole was about nine years old. Of the twelve children born to Mr. Cole and wife, five are now living: Albert S., Eva A., Ida L., Minnie L. and Newman F. Mr. Cole lived two years in St. Francois County, and in 1865 removed to Audrain County, where he remained one year. He then came to Jefferson County and settled three miles west of Rush Tower (where he has 880 acres of land, 100 acres under a good state of cultivation, all the result of his own labor), engaging in farming and mining, and when in Audrain County he was employed as an overseer. He is a Democrat, and his first presidential vote was for James Buchanan, in 1856. He and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.

Amos L. Colman, recorder of deeds, Jefferson County, is a native of Monroe County, Ill., and was born in 1854, the youngest but one of the children born to Jeremiah and Elvira (Robison) Colman. Jeremiah Colman, who was
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of English descent, was born in Pennsylvania in 1814, and was married at the age of twenty-one in Monroe County, Ill., afterward removing to Macoupin County, Ill., where he remained until 1869, when he located in Jefferson County, Mo., purchasing the De Soto City Mills, which he has since owned; he served several years as mayor of De Soto. Mrs. Elvira Colman was born in Illinois in 1815, and died in 1883, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Amos L. was reared at home, remaining with his parents until his twenty-fourth year, and receiving a common-school education. In early life he assisted his father in the mill, and later leased the same, conducting it for six years. He then engaged in mercantile pursuits in De Soto for about two and one-half years, and in 1886, was brought forward by the Republican party as a candidate for the office of recorder, to which position he was elected, assuming the duties of the same the following January; he has proved himself an efficient and trustworthy public official. In February, 1878, he married Emma, daughter of Louis and Annette Mathieu, natives of France. Mrs. Colman is a native of the State of Iowa. Seven children have been born to this marriage, of whom three are now living. Mr. Colman is a member of the I. O. O. F.

Rev. J. A. Connolly, pastor of St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, was born July 13, 1855, in County Mayo, Ireland. His father, Joseph Connolly, immigrated to the United States in 1857, and settled in Potosi, Washington Co., Mo., where he still resides. Father Connolly was reared in Potosi, receiving there, in the public and private schools, his early education. His classical and theological education was received at St. Vincent's College, Cape Girardeau, Mo., where he completed his studies in 1876. Being under the canonical age, twenty-three years, required for ordination to the priesthood, in the fall of 1876 he entered St. Francis Seminary, near Milwaukee, Wis., for the purpose of learning the German language. On June 18, 1878, he was ordained priest in St. John's Church, St. Louis, Mo., by Bishop P. J. Ryan, now Archbishop of Philadelphia, Penn. Immediately after ordination he was appointed temporary pastor of St. Columbkill's Church, South St. Louis, where he remained five months; he was then appointed to New Madrid, Mo., where he was pastor three years and four months. Whilst there he attended missions over an extent of country 140 miles, among them Charleston and Texas Bend, Mississippi Co., Mo.; Gayoso, Caruthersville and Couter, in the swamps of Pemiscot County, Mo.; and by request of the Bishop of Little Rock, Ark., he also attended Osceola, Mississippi Co., Ark. Sometimes, in order to meet his engagements at the different missions in Pemiscot County, he would have to ride nearly all day in a "dug-out," experiencing a few of the difficulties the early missionaries had daily to contend with. In May, 1882, Father Connolly was transferred to the Church of the Immaculate Conception, B. V. M., St. Louis, where he remained more than one year as assistant pastor, and was thence transferred to the same position at St. Bridget's Church, St. Louis, where he was three and one-half years. In November, 1886, he was appointed by Archbishop Kenrick, of St. Louis, to his present pastorate, in De Soto, where his labors have been successful in reducing the church debt and ministering to the increasing Catholic congregation.

Lewis T. Cosby, a contractor and builder of De Soto, was born in Buckingham County, Va., October 14, 1825, and is a son of Rev. Vincent and Sarah (King) Cosby. The former, now deceased, was a Methodist minister and brick mason. Lewis T. Cosby followed the pursuit of farming, to which he was reared, for several years, obtaining his education in the subscription schools of his native county. He removed to Jefferson County,Mo., in 1842, and first settled
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near Victoria, where he engaged in farming until 1853. In 1862 he learned the trade of a bridge carpenter, at which he worked several years, and during the late war assisted in looking after the railroad bridges for the United States Government. He is also a contractor and house carpenter. His marriage to Mary H. Bage, daughter of William Bage (deceased), occurred December 24, 1846. Mr. and Mrs. Cosby have been blessed with four children, as follows: William, who married Sarah Dobbins, is a resident of St. Louis, and has four children: William, Estella, Raymond and Mary; Robert married Lydia Hunt, and resides near Victoria, the parent of two children, Ella and Emma; Emma married Albert Tyler, who died leaving one child, Bertie, and she afterward became the wife of Ahira J. Beardslee, of Marquand, Mo; Vincent married Lillie Barker, and lives in Memphis, Tenn. Mr. Cosby owns 120 acres of land in Central Township, Jefferson County, and is a member of the Masonic fraternity, holding membership in Joachim Lodge, No. 164, of Hillsboro.

Robert Coxwell, dealer in furniture and undertakers' goods, De Soto, is a native of Devonshire, England, and was born in 1844. His parents were Shadrach and Annie (Sellek) Coxwell; the father, a florist by occupation, was born about 1800, and died in 1867; and the mother was born in 1819, and is still living. Of their five children three are still living, viz.: Robert, Thomas and Caroline, the latter two still in England. Robert Coxwell received his education at Exeter College, in his native country, and at the age of eighteen, in partnership with his uncle, engaged in the furniture business in Exeter; this he soon abandoned. In 1865 he married Miss Martha Bement, who was born in Devonshire, England, in 1835. They are the parents of three children: Ernest S., Metford S. and Henrietta Annie. In 1871 Mr. Coxwell immigrated to the United States; he remained in New York City six months and then removed to De Soto, Jefferson Co., Mo., and engaged in his present business, which was the first establishment of the kind opened in De Soto. He carries a first-class stock of goods, is a reliable business man, and one of the influential citizens of the town. In politics he votes the Republican ticket. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias. Mr. and Mrs. Coxwell are members of the Congregational Church.

Christopher J. Crahan, night foreman of the roundhouse of De Soto, was born in St. Louis, Mo., in 1856. His father, Byron Crahan was born in Ireland, and came to the United States in his youth. He located in St. Louis, where he was second engineer of Beecher Sugar Factory. In 1858 the factory blew up, and Mr. Crahan, together with four others, was killed. Mrs. Catherine (Biggy) Crahan, mother of our subject, was born in Ireland in 1827, and after the death of Mr. Crahan, in 1867, she married Joseph Burk; the latter was born in Ireland in 1840, came to the United States in 1856, and in 1869 located in De Soto, where he has since been in the employ of the Iron Mountain Railroad. Christopher J. Crahan was educated in the Christian Brothers' school at St. Louis, and at the age of thirteen came to De Soto, where he began working in the railroad shops, wiping engines. In six years he was given a position as fireman of a locomotive engine, and after eight years was promoted to the position of engineer. For the past five years he has been night foreman in the roundhouse. In 1882 he married Miss Jane Ball, daughter of John Ball, of De Soto. Mrs. Crahan was born in Rio de Janerio, South America in 1860. Three children have blessed this union, viz.: Katie, John and Christopher. Politically, Mr. Crahan is a Democrat. He is a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Mr. and Mrs. Crahan are members of the Catholic Church.

S. W. Crawford, railroad contractor and retired capitalist, is the youngest
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son of Moses and Elizabeth (Wilson) Crawford, and was born in Lafayette County, Penn., in 1832. Moses Crawford, a millwright by trade, was a native of Scotland, and came to America when a young man; he died in 1832, and his wife, who was born in New Jersey in 1801, subsequently married J. H. Hayden; she died in 1876. S. W. Crawford was reared on a farm and acquired his education in the common schools in his native State. At the age of eighteen he was employed on a packet plying on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, which occupation he followed about six years, when he engaged to furnish ties and timbers for the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad, his line extending from Cincinnati, Ohio, to Seymour, Ind. In 1855 he came to St. Louis and for the following two years he was a contractor on the Iron Mountain Railroad. He then went to Davenport, Iowa, bought a farm and engaged in agricultural pursuits, but soon took a contract on a branch of the Rock Island Railroad, which company was dissolved, and Mr. Crawford then returned to St. Louis, where for the following ten years he was a commission agent, handling lumber, wood, shingles, etc. In 1867-68 he again engaged in contracting, and in 1869 located at Silica, Jefferson County, purchasing a farm, which he devoted to the culture of small fruits. In 1871 he came to De Soto and resumed contracting on the Iron Mountain Railroad, furnishing cross-ties and wood for its entire line and branches until 1885. He has since been looking after his large landed estate and private business, but has recently made another contract with the Iron Mountain & Southern Railroad to furnish 5,000,000 ties, with headquarters at Little Rock, Ark. He is one of the most substantial business men and influential citizens of Jefferson County, and has been very successful financially. He owns 1,000 acres of land, several business blocks and the opera house in De Soto, as well as a large residence. His marriage to Miss Mary Hettie Bramble occurred. in 1853; she was born in Dearborn County, Ind., and is the mother of six children: Alice, wife of Winthrop Bartlett; Aletha, now Mrs. Frederick Evens; Katie, died at the age of three, in St. Louis; Mary, who married Ward Cunmingham; Annie, died at the age of twenty-one, in De Soto, Mo., and Minnie. Mr. Crawford is a Knight Templar and a Republican in politics.

Dr. Amandus Crull, practicing physician of Big River Township, was born in Mecklenburg, Germany, in 1820, and after receiving a good collegiate education in the German, French and Spanish languages, came to the United States, in 1838, and after making a tour of all the principal cities of the country, spent some time visiting relatives in St. Louis County, Mo. He came to Big River Township in 1841, there being but two other German families west of Big River in Jefferson County at that time, to his knowledge. After remaining in that vicinity for about two years he left and made an extended tour through Texas and Mexico. Here he remained for about two years, and while in Texas acted as guide for a company who assisted in establishing a German settlement there. He soon after returned to Big River Township, and in 1849 married Miss Mary Ann, daughter of George and Dosia McFry, who were among the early settlers of Jefferson County, but afterward moved to Franklin County, where Mrs. Crull was born. To the Doctor and wife were born two children, sons, named John and George, and both enterprising farmers of Big River Township, the latter owning the home farm of 113 acres. After marriage the Doctor first located at the head of Belew's Creek, and a few years later moved to where he has since made his home, twelve miles northwest of Hillsboro. The Doctor farmed until a few years prior to the war, when he began the study of medicine, under the instruction of Dr. Charles Rugge. After a few years' study he commenced his
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practice in 1861, and continued this successfully until broken down by age and hard work, although he still continues an office practice. From 1875 until 1888 he was notary public. He was formerly a Democrat, and cast his first presidential vote for James K. Polk, in 1844, but after the organization of the Republican party he identified himself with that party and remained for several years. He then became dissatisfied with some of its principles, and is now strictly conservative, voting for the man without regard to the party. His parents were Hon. John and Josephine (Stein) Crull. The father was procurator in law, a position of high rank. He served during the French War under Napoleon I, and was a lieutenant of the "Black Hussars" in Germany.

Ward Cunningham, of the firm of Hamel & Cunningham, manufacturers of heavy tinware, roofing and guttering, and dealers in hardware, stoves, etc., in De Soto, is a native of the State of New York, born in Herkimer County in 1859, and is a descendant of Gen. Herkimer, after whom that county is named. He is a son of James and Lucinda C. (Uhle) Cunningham, the former of whom, of Irish and Scotch descent, was born in Patterson, N. J., in 1823; he is a machinist by trade, settled in Herkimer County, N. Y., after marriage, whence he moved in 1866 to St. Louis, where he has since been connected with the Pacific Express Company; his wife is a native of Herkimer County, N. Y., and was born in 1838. Ward Cunningham was educated in St. Louis, attending school until twelve years of age. He was subsequently amanuensis in the Union Depot freight office for eight years, and the following four years was a traveling salesman for a St. Louis paint company. In 1884 he came to De Soto, and, in partnership with Gust J. Hamel, bought the hardware stock of R. Borrough, which business they have since conducted. They carry a first-class stock of hardware, stoves, chinaware, glassware, paints and oils, and manufacture heavy tinware and roofing. November 23, 1887, Mr. Cunningham married Miss Mary, daughter of S. W. Crawford, of De Soto, Mo. In politics Mr. Cunningham is a Democrat; he is a member of the Knights of Pythias, A. O. U. W. and Legion of Honor. In religion he affiliates with the Episcopal Church.

Eli F. Donnell, farmer and dairyman of Joachim Township, was born in Plattin Township in 1881, and is the youngest of five sons and three daughters of James and Jane (Staples) Donnell. Mr. Donnell was born in North Carolina in 1786, and moved with his parents to Middle Tennessee when a boy, and when still young he and two brothers, Eli and Thomas, came on horseback to what is now Washington County, Mo., soon after 1800. There James was married, and there Thomas remained and established a Presbyterian Church at Caledonia, the first one of that denomination west of the Mississippi. He was a minister and farmer. The two other brothers removed to Jefferson County, where they have left many descendants who have become some of the best citizens of Jefferson County. James first settled on the Joachim in Valle Township, afterward in Plattin Township, near Rush Tower, where he spent the remainder of his life, as one of the foremost farmers and influential citizens of Jefferson County. He died March 5, 1845. He was for many years a Methodist minister, an esteemed citizen, and was a soldier in the Black Hawk War. It is supposed that his father was a soldier in the War of 1812, and that his grandfather was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. The mother of Eli F. was born in one of the Eastern States in 1792, and removed with her parents to Indiana and from there to Jefferson County, at an early day. She died in 1889, when our subject was quite young; and after his father's death Eli F. was thrown upon his own resources. Having received the rudiments of an education, he worked at such work
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as he could obtain, and hauled lead from the mines in Washington County to points on the Mississippi River with three yoke of oxen. At the age of twenty he crossed the plains to California, being about six months on the road. He spent about three and a half years in this State, two years in the mines and one and a half years engaged as a general provision merchant, making considerable money, but lost it by his generosity to others. In 1855 he came to Jefferson County, via New York and Central America. He soon after made a trip through Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and the Territories. April 9, 1856, he married Miss Laura England, a native of Plattin Township, and the daughter of James and Margaret England. She died December 11, 1884, leaving seven children: Lelia, now Mrs. Charles Jarvis; William Foster, of Wichita, Kas.; James Theodore, also of Wichita, Kas.; Cynthia C., now Mrs Oscar Ogle; Alta Ann, Jesse and Newman. When first married Mr. Donnell settled on the Plattin, where he lived until 1868. He then formed a partnership with B. F. England, his brother-in-law, and purchased a large tract of land at Bush Tower. He then engaged in the wood business, also merchandising and farming, which he followed for two years, when Mr. Donnell withdrew and moved to Hematite, where he followed merchandising for about two years. He then retired to his farm, one and a half miles north, where he has since made his home, and is quite extensively engaged in the dairy business and stock raising, for many years buying and selling stock, horses, mules, cattle and sheep throughout Southeast Missouri and Northeast Arkansas, taking as much stock from that country as perhaps any other man. He has 590 acres on the line of the Iron Mountain Railroad-one of the oldest farms in the county, and has not changed hands but few times. He has never aspired to office, although often urged to accept the county judgeship, but as often refused. He is a member of the school board, and a liberal supporter of all charitable and public enterprises. In politics a Democrat, his first presidential vote was for Buchanan, in 1856. He was a stanch Union man during the war, and several relatives on his mother's side were in the Union Army and several on his father's side in the Confederate army during the war. Mr. Donnell has been a Master Mason for many years, is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, as was his wife also, and has one of the finest farms in the county.

Prof. James P. Dougherty, principal of the public schools of De Soto, and school commissioner of Jefferson County, is a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, and was born in 1861. He is a son of Cornelius and Catherine (Sullivan) Dougherty, the former of whom, a native of County Donegal, Ireland, was born in 1824, and immigrated to this country in 1850, locating in New York City, where he followed his trade, that of a tanner and currier. In 1851 he went to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he was foreman of a large tannery until 1870, when he purchased and removed to eighty acres of land near Byrnesville, Jefferson Co., Mo., where he has since devoted his attention to the pursuit of agriculture. Mrs. Catherine Dougherty was born in County Waterford, Ireland, in 1832, and is the mother of seven children, as follows: Cornelius, a master mechanic; Edward, a teacher; James P., Mary J., Annie T., a teacher; Katie and William. James P. received his early education at the Cathedral School in Cincinnati, Ohio, and when nine years of age came to Missouri with his parents; he subsequently attended St. Vincent's College, Cape Girardeau, two years. At the early age of sixteen he received a license to teach, and his first term was taught at Grubville, Jefferson County. He taught two years at Byrnesville, one year at Stringtown, and in 1885 and 1886 at Fenton, St. Louis County. In April, 1887, he was elected school commissioner of Jefferson County over five candidates, with a majority of 260 votes. He has met with marked success in all his line of school work, is the leading educator of Jefferson County, and one of the prominent school men of Southeastern Missouri. In June, 1887, he was
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elected principal of the public schools of De Soto, and his work thus far has given universal satisfaction. Politically, he is a Democrat, having cast his first presidential vote for Cleveland, in 1884; he is a member of the A. O. U. W. and of the Roman Catholic Church.

J. N. Douglas, a merchant and farmer of Big River Township, was born in Shannon County, Mo., in 1847, and is the second of five children born to Samuel and Letitia (Davis) Douglas. The former was a native of Randolph County, Tenn., and when but a boy came with his father, Thomas Douglas, to Shannon County, Mo., where the father passed the remainder of his life. He was a farmer and stock-raiser, was a soldier in the Black Hawk War, and was one of the first to settle in Shannon County. Among the wilds of Shannon County was Samuel reared, with no educational advantages, and in a community where Indians and wild animals reveled. He was married about 1843 in Reynolds County, but located in the county in which he was reared, and twenty miles from where Mrs. Douglas' people lived, there being but one house between the places. Mr. Douglas served in the Mormon War, at Nauvoo, and was a successful farmer and stock-raiser. In about 1854 he sold his property and intended going to California, but was taken sick and died just before the company was ready to embark. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church. The mother was born in Kentucky, but came with her parents to Missouri, where they settled in Reynolds County, and where they were among the first settlers. The subject of this sketch was reared by his mother, and received but meager educational advantages. At the age of sixteen he enlisted in Company D, Twenty-first Missouri Cavalry, was in the Army of the Cumberland under Gen. Thomas, was in the battle of Murfreesboro, also the last Nashville fight, and in a great many minor engagements. He was discharged at Nashville, Tenn., September 19, 1865. Just prior to the war his mother removed to Jefferson County, to which place our subject returned from the war. After about one year at school he spent two and a half years in the lead mines of Washington County, and during the night-time attended school. He then came to Jefferson County and took charge of the "Old Ditch Coal Mines" for about six years. While there, and in 1871, he married Miss Susan Isabella, daughter of James and Susan Cook, and a native of St. Louis, Mo. The fruits of this union were eight children, six now living: Anna, Walter, William, Malcom, Bertie and Cora. May and Mabel (twins) are deceased. Soon after his marriage Mr. Douglas resumed agricultural pursuits and also engaged in merchandising in Big River Township, where he remained until 1882, when he was elected collector of Jefferson County, and re-elected in 1884. In March, 1885, he resigned and soon after removed to Big River Township, and purchased a farm of 295 acres, all well improved and in a fine state of cultivation. He is also running a general store in connection with this. Politically a Democrat, he cast his first presidential vote for Lincoln, while in the service. Mrs. Douglas is a member of the Catholic Church.

Douglass Jersey Cattle Company, exclusive breeders of registered A. J. C. C. jersey cattle, established their business in 1887, the firm consisting of W. R. Allen, president; H. W. Douglass, vice-president and manager, and William Welker, secretary and treasurer. They have just erected a magnificent barn 84x124, two stories high, the lower story of stone, a wall two feet thick, 120
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stalls for cattle, with several box stalls for calves, and with convenient alleys and driveways, etc. The upper story is one single room used for the storage and the preparation of feed, cost about $12,000. They also have another fine barn 60x80 feet, and one 40x50. The whole is supplied with water through suitable pipes from one of the best springs in the county, which has a fine spring house and attachments that cost about $2,000. A beautiful residence is in process of erection, situated on a prominence overlooking Pevely and vicinity. They have 200 acres of as fine and productive land as is to be found in Jefferson County on "Sandy," which affords abundance of pasturage, and from which most of the rough feed is supplied. In every field and lot is an abundance of fresh, living water. They have about 140 head of fine thoroughbred Jerseys, the finest herd in the West. During every exhibit at the St. Louis County fairs they have taken four-fifths of the premiums and frequently competed with cattle from the East which had never before been excelled. Many of the cows are imported stock. This is an institution and an undertaking of which Jefferson County may well be proud, furnishing a means by which she can easily and readily improve her cattle as well as supply other States with the same. The milk and cream are shipped daily to the Southern Hotel, at St. Louis, they furnishing the entire supply for that hotel. Mr. W. R. Allen the proprietor of the hotel, is president of the company. Henry W. Douglass, the vice-president and manager of the company, was born in St. Louis, in 1855, and is the only son now living born to Daniel and Helen (Watkins) Douglass, natives of New York, where they were married, and in 1852 came to St. Louis, where Mr. Douglass was one of the leading produce and general merchants for many years, and where Mrs. Douglas died in 1876. Mr. Douglas then removed to Jefferson County and purchased the farm now owned by the Douglass Jersey Cattle Company, where he still lives. He was for many years a prominent merchant of New York State and at one time was a man of great wealth. Henry Douglass was educated at Washington University, from which he graduated in civil engineering, at which art he has few equals. The architecture and supervision of the buildings on the Jerseydale farm were all the work of Mr. Douglass. He also assisted on the St. Louis bridge. In 1877 he married Miss Maggie Postal, daughter of Capt. William C. and Citia B. Postal, formerly of St. Louis, now of Chester, Ill., where Mr. Postal has charge of the coal company. He was for many years a successful and extensive Upper Mississippi River steamboat man; founded the "Anchor Line." Mrs. Douglass died in 1882, leaving three children: William P., Helen and Maggie. Mrs. Douglass was an accomplished and refined lady. Mr. Douglass is a Democrat in his political views.

Bonaparte Dover (deceased), late of Section 21, Big River Township, was born in Washington County, Ind., October 11, 1831, the son of Judge John and Jemima (Stevens) Dover. The father was a captain in the War of 1812, and was in several prominent battles. He moved from Indiana to Ste. Genevieve, Mo., in 1841, or thereabouts, and came to Jefferson County and settled with his family in Big River Township in 1844. He was judge of the county court of Jefferson County for some time, and was a prominent surveyor. The subject of this sketch was the sixth child, and received a good business education in the common schools of the day. On reaching his majority he returned to Ste. Genevieve, where, for four years, he was clerk at the landing. At this time, his father having died, he came back to Jefferson County to take care of his mother and the younger members of the family. In about 1860 he bought a quarter section of land near
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what is now called Frumet, and settled there. He was married to Miss Nancy S. Lollar, of Jefferson County, November 7, 1861. He took no active part in the war, as he was deputy sheriff most of the time, but served some in the militia near its close. He was strongly in favor of the preservation of the Union. After the war he devoted his whole energies to the improvement of his farm, and was active in promoting the interests of his brother farmers, and the cause of education, and later on, that of religion, he having joined the Methodist Episcopal Church of Frumet in 1881. He was steward of the church, and an active member. His life well illustrates the good one may do in a quiet unassuming way in private life, but is hard to do justice by in a biography. He was averse to politics, and vastly preferred the independence and retirement of rural life. He died a triumphant Christian April 27, 1883, leaving his wife and six children to mourn his decease. The following are the names of the children: John A., Mary B., Minnie A., Leroy B., George P. and Elmer W. The three eldest are influential teachers in Jefferson County at the present time. Mrs. Dover is a worthy member of the Baptist Church.

John Duffy, locomotive engineer on the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railroad, was born at Cape Vincent, N. Y., in 1887, and is a son of John and Olivia Duffy, the former of whom, a native of Ireland, came to the United States when young, and was a carpenter by trade. Mr. Duffy was educated in his native place, and when sixteen years of age commenced working at the blacksmith's trade at Schenectady, N. Y., which he followed six years. He then went to Canada, where he remained until the war broke out, and from 1868 until the close of the war was employed by the Government in the South. He subsequently settled in Seneca, Ill., where he engaged in carriage manufacturing for two years, then sold out and moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he was employed in the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad shops, and after eighteen months was promoted to the position of engineer. In 1869 he went to East St. Louis and was in the steam-shovel business three years; he then removed to De Soto, and has since been running as an engineer between De Soto and Piedmont. In 1867, at Seneca, Ill., he married Miss S. J. Billings, daughter of Joseph and Sarah Billings, natives of England, who settled in Canada, in 1831. Mrs. Duffy was born in Cobourg, Canada, in 1850, spending her girlhood on the farm of her father, who was extensively engaged in stock raising. She was the youngest but two of a family of nine children, and throughout life has been noted for great courage and presence of mind in time of danger. When but fourteen years old she signally distinguished herself during a journey by water, when the boat on which she was a passenger was burned. In March, 1886, during the famous railroad strike in De Soto, Harry Todd, yardmaster, was assaulted by over 200 strikers; he started for a place of safety, with the strikers in hot pursuit throwing stones, clubs, etc., and declaring vengeance if they could catch him. Mr. Todd sought the residence of John Duffy, which was his boarding place, and when he reached the house nearly exhausted, he was met in the doorway by Mrs. Duffy, who suddenly seized Mr. Todd's 44-caliber revolver and demanded the infuriated mob to stop, and declaring she would shoot the first man who entered the gate. They shouted "Hang her!" "Kill her!" etc., but this brave woman, with undaunted courage and true heroism, held them back fully ten or fifteen minutes, until the officers of the law arrived. Mrs. Duffy saved the city of De Soto from consequences most terrible to contemplate, and for her loyalty and true womanly devotion to the cause she espoused she was presented with a purse of $150 by the citizens of De Soto, and H. M. Hoxie,
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third vice-president of the railroad, gave her $50 and also a pass for herself and two children to Canada and return. She now receives an annual pass over the entire system. Gov. Stewart, of Vermont, said: "She is a noble woman; modest to a remarkable degree. I have read of heroines but I don't know as I ever met one before." Four children have blessed this union of Mr. and Mrs. Duffy: John L., Maude E., May and Olive. In politics Mr. Duffy is a Democrat. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Mrs. Duffy is a member of the Episcopal Church.

Joseph C. Eisenhauer, another respected and enterprising farmer of Central Township, was born in St. Louis, in 1844, and is the second of three children born to John A. and Bridget (Glaser) Eisenhauer, natives of Baden, Germany, where they were reared and united in marriage. They came to the United States in about 1889, and after about one year in New York City, came to St. Louis, where the father died in 1875, and where the mother still lives. The father was a stone-cutter by trade. Joseph C. was reared at home, and educated in the public schools of St. Louis, and at a commercial college also in that city. He worked with his father while young, and after growing up followed the stone-cutter's trade until 1876, at which date he came to Jefferson County, and lived near Pevely until 1888, when he came to Central Township, locating seven miles north of Hillsboro, where he has a farm of 113 acres. He was married in 1872 to Miss Mary Helfenstein, a native of Mendota, Ill., and six children were the fruits of this union, viz.: John A., Amelia, Joseph, Arthur, Louisa and William August. Mr. Eisenhauer is a Republican in his political views, and cast his first presidential vote for Gen. Grant in 1868. He is giving his children good educational advantages in both the English and German languages. a Democrat. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Mrs. Duffy is a member of the Episcopal Church.

G. W. N. Elders, M. D., was born in Ste. Genevieve County, Mo., May 11, 1842, and is a son of Jesse and Elizabeth (Vandiver) Elders, of Scotch and German descent, respectively, and natives of America. He was reared on a farm, where he remained until his nineteenth year, receiving his literary education in the common schools and by private instruction. He enlisted (as G. W. Elders) in Company K, Thirty-fifth Regiment Missouri Volunteer Infantry, Union army, and served ten months, being discharged on account of disability. In May, 1863, he entered upon the study of medicine under the preceptorship of Dr. E. N. Jennings, of Victoria. After taking one course of lectures, in 1865-66 he commenced the practice of medicine as an undergraduate, at Cedar Hill, Jefferson County, continuing the same for about six years, after which he attended the Missouri Medical College, at St. Louis, where he graduated in 1872-73. He removed from Cedar Hill to Hematite in the fall of 1881, where he has since been engaged in active practice. July 4,1866, he married Amanda M. Null, who was born August 12, 1849, and is a daughter of John W. Null, Sr., of Jefferson County. To Dr. and Mrs. Elders have been born ten children, nine of whom still live. Nina E. E., born August 7, 1867, died August 26, 1868; Rosa A., born March 24, 1869; Louisa M., born October 3, 1870; George W. N., Jr., born May 31, 1872; William H., born April 2, 1874; Ellena M., born October 5, 1875; Lucy L., born March 8, 1878; Francis C., born April 11, 1880; John W. N., born September 2, 1883; Jessie M., born March 10, 1887. The Doctor is a member of the A. O. U. W., and he and wife and two eldest daughters are connected with the Christian Church. In political matters he is a Democrat. He is the owner of three houses and lots in the village in which he resides. His medical education was acquired by his own exertions, his sole capital being a suit of clothes and $40 in
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Richard A. Elkins, judge of the probate court of Jefferson County, is a native of Franklin County, Ill., and was born in 1844. His parents are William B. and Malinda (Godby) Elkins, the former of whom was born near Chattanooga, Tenn., about 1820, and was taken by his parents to Franklin County, Ill., where they were early settlers. William B. was married in Franklin County, about 1842, and remained in that county, engaged in farming, until 1855, when he went to Mount Vernon, Mo., and from there, in 1856, to Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo. He moved to Jefferson County in 1864, and located at De Soto, where he has since lived. His father, Rev. Ananias Elkins, a native of North Carolina, was born in 1790, and was for many years a Methodist minister. He died at Mount Vernon, Mo., in August, 1887. Mrs. Malinda Elkins is a native of Virginia, and is still living, at the age of sixty-three years. She is the only daughter of Rev. William Godby, also a Methodist minister, who died in Virginia, about 1829. Richard A. Elkins received his education principally in the public schools at Farmington, Mo., and began teaching school at the age of seventeen years. At the breaking out of the Civil War he went to Illinois, where he was engaged in teaching until 1868, when he came back to the State of his adoption, and was engaged in the public school at De Soto, where he remained until 1871, when he was chosen principal of the Kimmswick school, which position he held for nearly six years. In September, 1876, he was chosen principal of the North De Soto public school, where he remained until 1880 when he was elected to serve two years as judge of the probate court, and elected to the same position for a term of four years in 1882, and again elected in 1886. He has proven himself a worthy and efficient public officer and has served with distinction. As an educator he ranked as one of the foremost in the State, his experience in that direction covering a period of twenty years. He was married in Rome, Ill., in October, 1866, to Miss Emma, daughter of Rev. Henry Walls, a native of Kentucky, and of Welsh descent. Mr. and Mrs. Elkins are the parents of two children: William H. and Mabel. In political preference Mr. Elkins is a Democrat. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., and was a charter member of Industry Lodge, No. 251, at De Soto.

Matthew P. Elliott, a native of Yorkshire, England, was born August 15, 1852, and is the eldest son of Thomas and Mary (Dodsworth) Elliott, both of whom were of English birth. He was educated at a private boarding school, and at the age of fifteen was apprenticed to Thwaites & Carbutt, civil and mechanical engineers, and proprietors of the Vulcan Iron Works, of Bradford, Yorkshire, remaining with them until he was twenty-one years of age. He was then employed in the corps of engineers of Sir Charles Siemans, of London, and was subsequently made manager of the steel department of Sir James Kitson's Monkbridge Iron Works; from there he was transferred to the Birmingham Plate Glass Works, Smethwick, England. November 18, 1882, he immigrated to the United States, and was installed as assistant general manager of the Crystal Plate Glass Works, of Crystal City, Mo., which position he still retains. He is a member of Shekinah Lodge, No. 256, A. F. & A. M., and his political preferences are with the Republican party. In religion he affiliates with those of the Episcopal creed.

Benjamin F. England was born on the Plattin Creek, in March, 1843, on a farm on which his father settled on coming to Jefferson County, in 1835. His ancestors, it is supposed, resided in North Carolina, and were connected with
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the celebrated Indian Chief "Ross" who lived in North Carolina prior to the removal of the Indian tribes west of the Mississippi. James R., the father of Benjamin F., was a native of Tennessee, born in 1809, and when quite young came with his father to Washington County, Mo., where he (James R.) served an apprenticeship at the tanner's trade. In 1835 he came to Jefferson County, and opened a farm on the Plattin Creek. He married Miss Margaret, daughter of James M. McCormac, who was born in 1792, and who came with his father, Peter P. McCormac, to Jefferson County, in 1800. Mr. England remained on his farm on Plattin Creek until a few months prior to his death, when he moved near Bailey Station, and died here January 17, 1866. He was the father of six children who reached maturity, three sons and three daughters. The fourth, the subject of this sketch, was reared at home, and educated in the common country schools. He was naturally endowed with good business ability, and at the age of seventeen began a business career on his own account. He and his brother operated a farm at Bailey Station, and the next year with a partner engaged in merchandising at the same place. Two years later the business was removed to Hematite, but for two years Mr. England had charge of the farm. In 1866 he purchased his brother's interest in the same and assumed charge in person, but eleven months later he sold the place to a good advantage, and spent some time in Arkansas looking for a suitable location. Not being satisfied, he returned to Missouri, and he, in company with his brother-in-law, E. F. Donnell, purchased 1,700 acres of land in the vicinity of Rush Tower. After various changes in the firm, Mr. England became sole proprietor and owner. He built a store, dwelling, warehouse, etc., which became the leading grain depot in Jefferson County. December 8, 1863, he married Miss Amanda C., daughter of William B. Weaver. She was born in Jefferson County, and by her marriage became the mother of the following four children: Lottie Belle, Laura E., Orcart H. and Maggie Hoyt. In 1875 over 80,000 bushels of wheat were shipped from our subject's grain depot, Mr. England alone raising 2,200 bushels that year. He operated the store until 1876, when he leased it and repaired to the farm two miles west, but soon again engaged in merchandising. In 1881 he made an extended tour through Dakota, California, etc., again looking for a suitable location, but returned to Jefferson County, and in 1885 engaged in merchandising. Since 1886 he has leased the store and devoted his time to agricultural pursuits, and in the breeding of short-horned cattle. Again, in June, 1887, he went to California, in pursuit of a better location, but returned, not satisfied with a change. Prior to 1871 he had served several years as postmaster at Rush Tower, but has filled that position continuously since. He is largely interested in the R. E. Lee Gold Mine, at the Black Hills, also the Big Indian Silver Mines at Georgetown, Cal.; besides this he has an interest in the most promising silver mines of North Missouri. Mr. England's success has been largely due to his economy and good management.

Arthur L. Eshbaugh was born in Niagara County, N. Y., in 1858, and is a prominent farmer and stock-dealer of Joachim Township. He is the youngest of two daughters and one son, born to Henry and Mary A. (Snell) Eshbaugh, natives of Northumberland County, Penn., and Niagara County, N. Y., respectively. Mr. Eshbaugh was born in 1822, and his wife seven years later. They were married in Niagara County, N. Y., in 1851, and there remained until 1867, when they removed to Ogle County, Ill., and in 1869 to Jefferson County, settling in Joachim Township, one mile southeast of Bailey, where he died in 1886. He was educated in the public schools of Pennsylvania,
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and at Ewingsville Academy, Penn. He then studied law and made a successful practice of the same at the Niagara County bar for five years; he was compelled to abandon it on account of his health. He then turned his attention to farming, and held various prominent offices in Niagara County, and at the opening of the Grange movement took a very active stand for the success of the same. He was master of the Missouri State Grange for eight years, and was lecturer of the National Grange for six years. He was president of the State Board of Agriculture at the time of his death, and was one of the prominent men of Missouri, where he was familiarly known. In 1884 his name was placed on the Prohibition ticket for lieutenant-governor with John A. Brooks. Although an active worker for the cause of temperance, he did not canvass the State in his behalf, and was not in favor of a third party movement. At his death the State lost one of its most active and enterprising citizens. He was always interested in all public meetings, and did all in his power to promote the welfare of the country, at the sacrifice of his personal interest. A Republican in politics, he served in the New York militia during the war as captain, but was familiarly called colonel. His father, Solomon Eshbaugh, was also a native of Pennsylvania and his father, the great grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was also an American by birth, but of German descent. He served as paymaster in the Revolutionary War, and when the continental money was repudiated, he had barrels in his possession, some of which our subject still has. The mother of young Eshbaugh is still living. Her father, Anthony Snell, was an Englishman, and of a very aristocratic English family. A. L. Eshbaugh received a common-school education, and at the age of seventeen began teaching, and followed this occupation two terms in Ste. Genevieve County. He then farmed until 1879, when he spent one and a half years in the Black Hills, after which he returned to Jefferson County, and has since devoted his attention largely to stock dealing, selling principally to Western feeders. In October, 1884, he married Miss Carrie Parker, who is a native of Jefferson County, and who was left an orphan at an early age. One child was the result of this marriage, Henry P. He lived on his father's farm until 1887, when he removed to his present farm, two miles northeast of Hematite, where he has 190 acres under a good state of cultivation, all the result of his own exertions as he started on borrowed capital. He is one of the prominent and enterprising young men of the county, is a Democrat in politics, casting his first vote for Hancock, in 1880, and he and wife are prominent and active members of the Presbyterian Church.

Henry Euler, late a retired miller and capitalist of De Soto, was born in Germany in 1830, and was the eldest of thirteen children born to Christopher and Wilhelomena (Gestenberg) Euler; the former, a miller by trade, was born in 1801 and died in 1874; the latter was born in 1815, and after her husband's death, in 1875, came to America, and resided with her son, Henry, until her death, in 1880. When quite young, Henry Euler was put to work in his father's mill, and after his sixteenth year worked in various mills in the cities of Germany. In 1851 he embarked for America, settling in Philadelphia, where he followed his trade only a few months, and then removed to Rockport, Ind., and purchased a saw and gristmill, which mill the floods swept away in 1854; he then went to St. Louis, Mo., and in 1861 married Miss Mary Bourn, who was born in Germany in 1843, and came to America in 1858. Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Euler: Emma, wife of Arthur Stearns, a machinist of East St. Louis; August, Sophia, Anna, Carrie (who died in 1880, aged two years and ten
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months), and Mary. During the war Mr. Euler established a grocery store in St. Louis, which his wife conducted, while he continued to work in the mill. In 1865 he bought a gristmill in De Soto, which, in 1869, he traded for 360 acres of land near Frumet. The same year he erected a gristmill in De Soto, at a cost of about $18,000, including the dam, which he built one and one-half miles above the town; this mill he successfully conducted until 1883, when it was consumed by fire. In 1880 he built a mill in Scott county at a cost of about $9,000, which he disposed of about six months after the burning of the other mill. Mr. Euler subsequently traveled a great deal on account of his health. In 1885 he returned and spent several months at his native place in Germany, and in October, 1887, went to California, where, five months after, he died, at Pasadena, Los Angeles County. His remains were brought back to De Soto March 10, 1888, and the following day he was buried by the Masonic fraternity, of which he was a member. Mr. Euler left a widow and five children to mourn his loss. For over twenty years he was one of the enterprising business men of De Soto; he was highly esteemed, and his honesty and integrity were never questioned. He owned eleven houses and thirteen lots, two business houses on Main Street, and his own dwelling-house in De Soto. His family are members of the Lutheran Church.

Vincent Faina, a resident of Festus, is a native of Perry County, Mo., and was born August 17, 1830. He is a son of Valerio and Matilda (Tucker) Faina, the father being an Italian who was born and reared in the city of Rome, Italy, and the mother a native of Kentucky; they were married in 1829, and of their four children all are deceased except the subject of this sketch. At the age of twelve years Vincent Faina was sent to St.Vincent's Seminary in Perry County, where he was a student four years, receiving an ordinary common-school education. In 1851 he was employed by Ferdinand Rozier, a wholesale and retail merchant at Rozier's Landing, with whom he stayed as a clerk for seven years, and then, in partnership with Henry L. Caldwell, erected a large flouring-mill at St. Mary's Landing, at a cost of $20,000. They were also engaged in retail merchandising, carrying a stock valued at about $10,000. They were burned out in 1859, after which Mr. Faina turned his attention to farming, in which undertaking he was reasonably successful. His marriage to Miss Nancy Burgett occurred in the month of February, 1855, his wife being a native of Perry County, and of German descent. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Faina eight children were born, six sons and two daughters: Johnnie (deceased), Mary, Annie, Peter, Charlie, Vincent, Guy and Edgar. Mr. Faina is a member of Cascaska Lodge No. 63, A. F. & A. M. In political matters he is a stanch Democrat, and is now occupying the office of marshal of the town of Festus. The family are members of the Catholic Church.

William H. Farrar, M. D., of De Soto, is a native of Arcadia, Iron Co., Mo., and was born in 1856. His father, Dr. George Farrar, is of Scotch descent, and was born in Perry County, Mo., in 1830; he is also a physician by profession, and is a graduate of Pope Medical College, of St. Louis. The latter moved to Iron County in 1854, and two years later entered upon the active practice of medicine, where he has since continued as one of the influential and prominent physicians of Iron County. He married Harriet P. Russell, who was born in Somers, Conn., in 1833, and is a daughter of Cyrus S. Russell, who was a colonel in the Revolutionary War. To this union nine children were born, William H. being the third. He received his literary education in Arcadia College, and at the age of seventeen began the study of medicine under the
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preceptorship of his father. In 1872 he entered St. Louis Medical College, from which institution he graduated in March, 1874. In 1876 he located at Valle's Mines, Jefferson County, and engaged in practice for two years, at the expiration of which time he came to De Soto, where he has since been located. In the latter place he bought a drug store, which he successfully conducts in connection with his large and lucrative practice. He enjoys the most extensive practice of any physician of Jefferson County, and with one exception is the oldest resident practitioner of De Soto. In December, 1877, he married Miss Maggie A. Cole, who was born in Jefferson County, Mo., in 1858. They have one child, Gertrude May. The Doctor is a democrat, politically, and a member of the A. O. U. W.

Eugene Feste, foreman in the salesroom of the Crystal City Plate Glass Company, was born in France, in 1832, the son of John and Eugenie Feste. He received a good collegiate education, and in 1852 was united in marriage to Amelia Deuex. Their marriage has resulted in the birth of six children: Ernest, Alfred, Augustina, Pauline, Paul and Charley. Mr. Feste came to the United States about 1869, and for the period of seven years worked in the French Plate Glass Company, in New York City, and the following two years in the Plate Glass factory at Louisville, Ky. In 1877 he came to Crystal City, Mo., where he has since held his present position. Mr. Feste and his wife are members of some very aristocratic and influential families of France, and are highly esteemed for their intelligence and refinement by the people of Crystal City. During the New Orleans Exposition of 1885 much excitement and enthusiasm was created by a statue of a life-sized negro, seated on a cotton bale. This was the work of Ernest Feste, son of the subject of this sketch, and a young man of acknowledged talent and ability. He received a fine education in his native country (France), and after coming to this country, took a thorough English course. Mr. Feste's brother-in-law, Ernest Fiston, who came to the United States in 1853, has for sixteen years been a professor of French in the oldest college in New York City. He is well known in literary circles, and is a true gentleman and scholar. He was a captain in the late Civil War.

Christ. Fink, a native of Prussia, Germany, was born February 7, 1836, and is a son of Christ. and Dora (Rush) Fink, also natives of Prussia, and both deceased. He immigrated to this country in 1858, and first settled in the State of Texas, where he followed his trade, that of a carpenter, until 1861. He then enlisted in the Union army, Company A, Sixth Texas Regiment, and participated in two battles before Vicksburg,the battle of Corinth, Potomac and Murfreesboro, at which latter he was taken prisoner; he was paroled in 1864, and subsequently located in Jefferson County, Mo , where he has since resided, devoting his attention to the pursuit of his trade. In April, 1864, Mr. Fink married Miss Catherine Schmidt, daughter of Jacob Schmidt, one of the early settlers of Jefferson County, Mo. Mr. and Mrs. Fink are the parents of twelve children, viz.: Minnie, Emma, Mary, William, Herman. Lizzie, Charley, John, Lydia, Adolph, Edward and Christ., the last two named being twins. Mr. Fink is the owner of 240 acres of land, which he devotes to farming and stock raising; he is also a contractor and builder. In religion he affiliates with the Evangelical Church.

Col. J. W. Fletcher, speculator, of De Soto, was born in Jefferson County, Mo., in 1819, and is a son of Clement B. and Margaret S. (Byrd) Fletcher. Clement B. Fletcher was a native of Maryland, and there married, in Somerset County, in 1817, Margaret S. Byrd, a member of one of the earliest families of
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Maryland, the maternal great-grandfather of our subject having been a member of Lord Baltimore's colony, which settled in Maryland in 1634. The year following his marriage, or in 1818, Clement B. Fletcher came to Missouri and located at Herculaneum, in Jefferson County, at about the same time the Byrd family removed from Maryland to Missouri, settling in Jefferson County, and then went to Washington County, in the neighborhood of Caledonia. Mr. Fletcher did an extensive mercantile business for many years in Herculaneum, and several other places; he moved to Hillsboro and afterward to De Soto, of which latter place he was the first postmaster. He died in November, 1870, at the age of seventy-eight years, the father of nine children, one of whom, Thomas C., is ex-Governor of the State of Missouri, having been elected in 1864. Col. J. W. Fletcher was educated in the schools of his native county, and at Marion College. In early life he was engaged as a clerk on a steamboat, and in 1849 went to California and Mexico, where he was engaged in mining and speculating two years; in 1852 he returned to Missouri, remaining but six months, when he again turned his face toward the "Eureka" State, whence, after four years, he sought his home. He erected a large sawmill at De Soto purchased several hundred acres of land,and did a large and prosperous business. During the late war he was a strong Union man,and in May, 1861,organized the first company south of St. Louis, known as Company B, Sixth Missouri Infantry, of which he was elected captain, and the following November made major; he participated in the siege of Corinth and numerous other severe skirmishes, when he resigned, returned home, and organized the Thirtieth Missouri Regiment, of which he was made lieutenant-colonel. He took part in the siege of Vicksburg and Arkansas Post, when he again resigned and returned home; and in company with his brother Thomas Fletcher, ex-Governor of Missouri, organized the Forty-seventh Regiment, of which Mr. Fletcher was made lieutenant-colonel, in which capacity he served until the close of the war. In the fall of 1865 he was elected delegate to the State Convention, and since that time has been engaged in speculating in real estate and mining; he owns the Old Ditch Lead Mine, one of the best in the State. In 1845 Mr. Fletcher married Miss Kate B.Taylor, who was born in 1822 and died in 1882. Col. Fletcher is a Republican in politics, and a member of the Masonic order.

Smith B. Fletcher, a native of Clermont County, Ohio, was born March 26, 1844, and is a son of John and Eliza (Buckingham) Fletcher, the former a native of Virginia; the latter died when he was but three years of age. Smith B. Fletcher was reared on a farm. During the late war he served as bugler in the Fifth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, and participated in some of the hardest fought battles. After a short time of service, being discharged on account of disability, he engaged in railroading, and when but twenty-one years old was employed as a conductor on a passenger train running between Chillicothe and Cincinnati. In 1867 he went to St. Louis, and for several years ran passenger trains on the Missouri Pacific Railroad, removing to De Soto in 1874, where he has since lived, with the exception of one year subsequently spent in St. Louis. September 16, 1871, he married Miss Eliza, daughter of Robert and Esther (Needham) Davidson. Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher have two children: Claude and Paul. Mr. Fletcher is a member of the A. O. U. W. and 0. R. C. Mrs. Fletcher is a member of the Episcopal Church. Mr. Fletcher owns several houses in De Soto; also some business property in Sheldon, Ill.

George R. Foster, division roadmaster of the First Missouri Division, Iron Mountain Railroad, was born in Cook County, Ill., seven miles from the court
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house, January 18, 1858, and is a son of George Foster, of Schererville, Ind., who for the past twenty-two years has been section foreman on the Chicago, St. Louis & Pacific Railroad. George J. Foster was but nine years of age when his parents moved to Schererville, Lake Co., Ind. He received his education in the common schools. His first work on the railroad was as water boy on the Chicago, St. Louis & Pacific Railroad, and later he worked three years as a section hand. When seventeen years of age he was given charge of a section, which he had charge of one year, and then went on a construction train, doing new work for various roads, viz.: Chicago & Western Indiana, Wabash, Grand Trunk, and Chicago & North-Western. Mr. Foster came to De Soto in 1882, where he was foreman of the track laying in the yards, and was also roadmaster for some time. He went to Arkansas in 1885, and was foreman of an extra gang on the St. Louis, Arkansas & Texas Railroad a short time. In 1886 he accepted the position of roadmaster of the Belmont Division of the Iron Mountain Railroad. which position he held until September, 1887, when he took charge of the first division of that road at De Soto. April 30, 1885, he married Ella, daughter of Christopher Findlin, of De Soto. They have one child-Clara. Mr. Foster is a member of the I. O. O. F. Mrs. Foster is a member of the Catholic Church.

John T. Foster, general roadmaster of the Missouri Division of the Iron Mountain Railroad, De Soto, was born in Cook County, Ill., on September 16, 1862, and is a son of George Foster, of Schererville, Lake County, Ind. John T. Foster was reared in Lake County, whither his parents moved when he was small. When young he began as water boy on the Pan Handle Railroad,in Indiana and Illinois on construction trains, then worked three years as section hand, and the following five years at track laying. In 1882 he came to De Soto, and was foreman of the building of the new track seven months, and subsequently was roadmaster of the Cairo Branch of the Iron Mountain Railroad four months. He was roadmaster on the Belmont Branch three and one-half years, then two years division roadmaster, and in August, 1887, was promoted to the position of general roadmaster of the Missouri Division. He is a member of the Catholic Church.

John Frech, dealer in groceries and provisions, De Soto,was born in St. Louis, Mo., June 20,1849, and is a son of Conrad and Catherine (Mahn) Frech,the former a native of Hesse Darmstadt, Germany,who came to the United States in 1846, and settled in Jefferson County, Mo., in 1855. John Frech was reared on the farm,and received his education in the common schools of the county and the De Soto Seminary. When seventeen years of age, he went to St. Louis,where he learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed ten years. He established his present business in 1880, and carries a full line of groceries, provisions, glassware, etc. and deals largely in produce; he has a capital stock amounting to $3,000, and does an annual business of $18,000, second in the town in his line. September 30, 1875, he married Hattie M. Springer, daughter of Charles Springer, of Council Grove, Kas. Mr. and Mrs. Frech are the parents of four children: Gustave A., Conrad C., John E. and Mary K. Mr. Frech is a member of the Knights of Pythias, and in religion affiliates with the Methodist Church. He has been connected with the City Council for six years, and is a member at the present time.

Andrew L. Frech, dealer in corn, oats, hay, etc., De Soto, is a native of St. Louis, Mo., and was born in 1853. His parents, Conrad and Catherine (Mahn) Frech, were natives of Germany, and were born, respectively, in 1822 and 1818. They were the parents of the following children: Elizabeth, wife of John Hausam; John, in the grocery business in De Soto; Andrew L.; Catherine, wife of
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Elmer Kempe; Conrad, a cigar manufacturer, of Des Moines, Iowa; Philopena; Hannah, wife of George Mahn, of St. Francois County, and Mary, wife of John Walteher. The father immigrated to the United States in 1847, and followed his trade of stone-cutter in St. Louis, until 1855, when he came to Jefferson County, and bought 200 acres of land, five miles east of De Soto; in 1869 he sold his farm and moved to St. Charles, Mo., where he died April 10, of that year. His widow is still living. Andrew L. Frech received his education in the common schools and at Warrenton College. He remained on the home farm until sixteen years of age,and two years later began learning the barber's trade, establishing a shop of his own in 1872. He continued in business until June, 1887. when he abandoned it, and opened a feed store. April 10, 1877, he married Miss Julia Matheau, daughter of Louis and Annett Matheau; she was born in Nauvoo, Ill., in 1855. Three children have been born to this union, Eva, Emma and Harry. Politically, Mr. Frech is a Republican. He is a member of the Encampment, I. O. O. F.

Hon. E. F. Frost, farmer and stock raiser of Big River Township, was born in Jessamine County, Ky., in 1820, and is the fourth of eight children born to Simeon and Mary (Woods) Frost, natives of Kentucky, born in 1789 and 1790, respectively. They were married in 1809, but the mother died in 1839, in Crawford County, Mo. He was married the second time, to Margaret Garven, of Crawford County, Mo., in 1840. In 1822 he removed from Kentucky to Washington County, Mo., and from there to Crawford County, in 1835, where he made his future home, but died ten miles west of Independence, while on his way across the plains to California, in 1849. He was a man of fair education, good judgment and ability. In 1838 he was elected by the Democratic party, in Crawford County, to represent them in the Legislature, and served one term. He was justice of the peace for some years in Crawford County, Mo., and was a member of the Baptist Church, as was also his first wife. E. F. Frost was but two years old when he was brought from Kentucky to Washington County, was reared there and in Crawford County, when there were no public schools, and what education he obtained was in attending the subscription schools a short time during the winter, and one winter term at Potosi, during the years 1837 and 1838. At the age of twenty he learned the cabinet-maker's trade which he followed for several years. In July, 1841, he married Miss Catherine M.. daughter of Ephraim and Fannie Wilson (whose history appears in the sketch of J. M. Wilson). To Mr. Frost's marriage were born five children, four of whom are now living: William J., of Franklin County; George R., also of Franklin County; Melvina C., wife of William T. Lee, and Kansas V., wife of David Perkins. In 1844 Mr. Frost removed to Jefferson County, and settled on Government land, on which he has since lived, with the exception of about three years, when he resided at St. James, in order to educate his children. He at one time owned 600 acres of land, but after giving his children each a good home he has but 200 acres left. For several years after coming to Jefferson County he worked at the cabinet-maker's trade, carpentering and blacksmithing, in connection with farming. Prior to the war he served several years as justice of the peace, and was instrumental in establishing Greenville postoffice, of which he was postmaster for several years, being the first one to occupy that position. He served as public administrator of Jefferson County from 1860 to 1864; and in 1874 he was elected to represent Jefferson County in the State Legislature, and served one term. He is a consistent Democrat, and his first presidential vote was cast for James K. Polk, in 1844. He is a long standing and prominent
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member of the Masonic fraternity, of Joachim Lodge, at Hillsboro, and he and wife are members of the Baptist Church. His brother, Elder James M. Frost, was a well known Baptist minister, who began his ministerial duties in Crawford and Washington Counties, but afterward removed to Kentucky, while yet a young man, and there spent a long and successful career in his noble work. He died in 1876.

George H. Frost, another successful farmer and stock-raiser of Big River Township, was born in Washington County, in 1825, and is the youngest but one of a family of six sons and two daughters born to the union of Hon. Simeon and Mary (Woods) Frost. When but a small boy our subject was taken by his parents to Crawford County, where he was reared, and where he obtained but a limited education in the subscription schools of that early period. After spending some time as clerk in a store and in agricultural pursuits, in about 1847 he came to Jefferson County, where he subsequently entered eighty acres of land (after his return from California, in 1851), on which he is now living. In 1849, in company with his father (who died on the way), he crossed the plains to California, where he remained about two years in the mines, meeting with fair success. He was six months and ten days making the journey, but returned by water. After his return, in 1851, he married Miss Lucy Wilson, daughter of Ephraim and Fannie Wilson, natives of South Carolina, and among the first to settle in the western part of Jefferson County, where they lived for many years. To Mr. Frost and wife were born eight children, seven now living: Mahala, wife of Elder C. R. Lamar, a Baptist minister, near St. John, Kan.; Emily E., wife of Daniel Henry, of the same place; Ephraim S., Robert J., Anna E., George B. and Lucy V. Simyra E., the third child, died when three years old. Mr. Frost has a large farm of 330 acres, and is now one of the leading farmers of the vicinity. He is a Democrat in politics, a member of the Masonic fraternity, and the entire family are members in good standing in the Baptist Church.

William A. Gamel was born in St. Francois County, in 1846, and is a successful farmer and stock-raiser of Plattin Township, Mo. He is the eighth of eleven children born to Robert and Elizabeth (Richardson) Gamel. Robert Gamel was born in Pennsylvania, in 1803, and when quite young removed with his father to Ohio. After attaining his majority he went to Kentucky, and from there to Jefferson County, in 1828, where he was married one year later. He then lived in St. Charles, Jefferson and St. Francois Counties until 1848, when he settled near Festus, and here died in 1875. The maternal grandmother of the subject of this sketch came, when a child, with her father, Booker Richardson, to St. Louis County, afterwards to Jefferson County, where he was one of the influential and respected citizens. His wife was born in Virginia in 1807, and died in 1873. The father was a farmer, a blacksmith and a miller by trade. William received a fair education in the common schools, and in October, 1879, was united in marriage to Miss Emma Kenner, daughter of William B. and Mary Kenner, formerly of Ste. Genevieve County, where Mrs. Gamel was born. Her father was also a native of Ste. Genevieve County, born 1831. He received a fair education, and in 1852 went to California, where he spent three years. He married, in 1857, a daughter of William and Eliza Sevink, formerly of Tenn. Mr. Kenner lived in Ste. Genevieve, where he has a large tract of land, until 1877, at which date he came to Jefferson County, and settled near Festus. His parents, Francis and Elizabeth (Pillars) Kenner, were natives of Hawkins County, Tenn., and Kaskaskia, Ill., respectively. The father was a wealthy citizen and a great sportsman. He came to Missouri when
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it was Louisiana Territory. To Mr. Gamel and wife were born two children: Lee Booker and William Bertram. Mr. Gamel lived near Festus until 1887, when he settled two miles west of Rush Tower, and here he has over 300 acres, mostly the result of his own efforts. He is a farmer, and in early life taught school several years, but was not satisfied with that profession. Politically a Democrat, his first vote was for H. Seymour, in 1866. He and wife are members of Christ Church. Mr. Gamel has a fine farm of 120 acres, all well cultivated, and also has eighty acres in Joachim Township.

J. W. Garrison, general merchant of Hillsboro, and a native of Georgia, was born in 1842, and is the son of Saulsbury Garrison and Sarah (Brawner) Garrison, natives of Georgia, where they spent their entire lives. The father was of French descent on his mother's side, and was a farmer by profession. He died in 1855, and the mother followed him in the same year. Our subject was thus thrown upon his own resources at an early age, and, as a consequence. his education was neglected. In his boyhood he learned cotton spinning and manufacturing from Henry Merrell, a machinist and manufacturer, at Sackett's Harbor, N. Y., and in 1857 went to Arkansas, where he had charge of a cotton factory until 1863, when he went to Texas and here operated a cotton factory for the Confederate Government until the close of the war, when he returned to Arkansas, and here remained for three years. He then resumed the charge of a cotton factory, and continued at this occupation until 1872, when he located at Hollywood, Ark., and engaged in mercantile pursuits. In 1855 he came to Hillsboro, and has since continued the business with success. Although start- ing life with small means, Mr. Garrison, by his industry and good judgment, has accumulated considerable of this world's goods, and is well respected by all who know him. He was postmaster for three years at Hollywood. While in Texas, in 1865, he married Miss Seline Brownfield, a native of Arkansas, and the daughter of Theron Brownfield and Miss Elizabeth Terrell, natives of St. Clair County, Ill. Of the six children born to our subject and wife only two are now living, Elizabeth and John T. Our subject is a Democrat in politics, and cast his first presidential vote for Greeley, in 1872. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and he and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Mr. Garrison has a fine farm in Arkansas, adjoining the town of Hollywood, also a residence, storehouse, warehouse, blacksmith and wood- shop, hotel, etc., which he left on account of ill health. At Hillsboro he has 200 acres of fine land, on which are 2,000 bearing trees of apples, peaches, pears, and plums, and two acres of grapes. Mrs. Garrison was educated at Mary Sharp College, at Winchester, Tenn., and her daughter, Elizabeth, was educated principally at Nashville, Tenn.

David D. Goff, city collector of De Soto, is a native of Washington County, Mo., and was born in 1835. His parents were William and Polly Ann (Simms) Goff, the former of whom was born in the State of Virginia, in 1790, and when an infant was taken by his parents to Nashville, Tenn., where they died. In early life William Goff learned the blacksmith's trade, which he followed for years at the lead mines of Washington County, Mo., whether he had immigrated in 1811. He subsequently purchased a farm, and the latter years of his life were devoted to agricultural pursuits; he was one of the earliest settlers of Washington County, was a soldier in the War of 1812, and died in 1873, at the advanced age of eighty-three years. He was twice married: his first wife, Polly Ann Simms, was born in Washington County, and died about 1838, the mother of two children, of whom David D. is the only survivor. Mr. Goff next
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married Eliza Graham, nee Gilbert, who still survives, and resides on the old homestead, in Washington County. David E. Goff remained at home until his sixteenth year, when he engaged in lead mining a short time, worked on a farm one year and then resumed mining for four years. In 1856 he married Miss Ella Walker, daughter of Rev. William G. Walker, and a native of Jefferson County, Mo., born in 1836. Mr. and Mrs. Goff have seven children, viz.: William G., deputy postmaster of De Soto; James L.; Robert Lee, brakeman on the Iron Mountain Railroad; Allie, David Pratt, Ella and George. After marriage Mr. Goff resumed farming two years, when he again engaged in mining. In 1860 he located in De Soto, was proprietor of a hotel two years, and subsequently became superintendent of the mines and store at Valle Mines, continuing in the same capacity until 1882. He then returned to De Soto, and in partnership with his son, William, established a store, which they conducted six years. In 1882 Mr. Goff was elected mayor of De Soto, being re-elected in 1884; in 1886 he resigned and went to California, returning in April, 1887, when he was appointed city collector of De Soto, a position he still fills. He is one of the influential and highly-esteemed citizens of De Soto. He is a Democrat, politically, and a Master Mason.

James F. Green is the present prosecuting attorney for Jefferson County, and is a resident of Hillsboro, where he was born March 9th, 1856. He was the second of five sons and one daughter born to Abner and Mary (Chapman) Green, natives of Virginia, born in 1809 and 1825, respectively. The father received a fair education, and when a young man went to Kentucky, where he engaged in school teaching for a few years, and also at the same time, at leisure hours, studied law. He then came to Palmyra, Marion Co., Mo., where he resumed the study of law under his brother, Hon. James S. Green, who served as United States senator, from Missouri, from 1857 to 1861, and who was a brother of Gen. Martin Green, who fell at the siege of Vicksburg. Abner came to Jefferson County about 1845, and entered upon the practice of his chosen profession at Hillsboro, where a long and successful career awaited him. He was for several years county school commissioner; also held the office of county attorney, probate judge, etc., and was holding the office of prosecuting attorney at the time of his death, which occurred in 1876. He was frequently a delegate to the Congressional and State Conventions as a Democrat of the old strict construction school. Although not a member of the church, he was a firm believer in the Christian religion, and contributed liberally to its support. Mrs. Green is a member of the Presbyterian Church. James F. was reared at home and educated in the public schools of Jefferson County. When about eighteen years of age he began the study of law in the office of his father. Previous to this, at the age of sixteen, he received a clerkship in the recorder's office, where he remained for about three years, and was then for about one year deputy circuit clerk. In January, 1878, he was licensed to practice at the Jefferson County bar,and soon after became a partner with Judge J. J. Williams, with whom he remained for a number of years. Since then he has engaged in the practice of his profession alone and has met with evident success. In 1880 he was elected prosecuting attorney, and is now serving his fourth consecutive term in that capacity. He is an active worker for the principles of the Democratic party, and on several occasions has served as a delegate to State conventions. In 1883 he married Miss Essie, daughter of George and Harriet Tetley, of Ironton, Mo., where Mrs. Green was born. To them were born two children. Mrs. Green is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

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Michael W. Greene, general merchant and farmer at Sulphur Springs Landing, is a native of Kilrush, County Clare, Ireland, born in 1880, and after receiving a fair common-school education, remained on a farm until eighteen years of age (1848), at which date he came to the United States landing at Quebec, and went from there to New York four months later. He then spent about three years as day laborer on railroads, in stone quarries, etc., after which he came West in search of land, and after traveling through Iowa, Nebraska and Missouri, finally, in 1855, became foreman of the construction of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railroad, which occupied his time for four years. In 1859 he married Miss Catherine, daughter of Daniel Gorman, who was from the same county in Ireland, but who was living in St. Louis at the time of Mr. Greene's marriage. Mrs. Greene died the same year, and in 1860 he married Miss Mary McGrath, of St. Louis, who bore him ten children, six now living: Margaret, a book-keeper in the McCormick works at St. Louis for four years; Daniel, railroad operator at Denver, Colo.; Ella; Blanche, with her sister in St. Louis; Joseph and Ethel. Soon after marriage Mr. Greene began merchandising at Sulphur Springs Landing,at which place he has since carried on a successful business, being, perhaps, the oldest merchant in Jefferson County, as well as one of the most successful, energetic and wealthy citizens. He at one time owned considerable property in St. Louis and Illinois, and now has about 1,000 acres of land, mostly in Jefferson County, but some in Wayne and Crawford Counties. In 1860 he built a flouring-mill at Sulphur Springs, which he operated for about three years and then sold" out. For the last twenty years he has been more or less engaged in farming and dealing in real estate. During Lincoln's first administration he was made postmaster at Sulphur Springs Landing, and held the office continuously until 1882. A Democrat politically, his first presidential vote was cast for Pierce, in 1852. He is a member of the Catholic Church. Mr. Greene has always taken a great interest in educational work and has spared no pains in endeavoring to school his children. Two of his children have graduated from the Normal School at St. Louis. He is the son of Daniel and Madigan Greene; the former was a carpenter, and at the age of about fifty left Ireland and came to the United States, but three years later returned to his native Isle, where he died about 1840. The mother came to the United States about 1858, and died at Sulphur Springs about 1857.

Dr. Francis E. Guibor, a practicing physician and surgeon, also general merchant, House's Springs, is a native of Pike County, Ill., born in the year 1851, and is the son of Francis E. and Elizabeth (Bailey) Guibor, natives of St. Louis, born in 1824 and 1826, respectively. They were married in 1846, and soon after removed to Pike County, Ill. After moving around and living in various parts of Missouri and Illinois, they removed to Jefferson County in 1866, where they have since lived. The father was a farmer and carpenter, and for some time was merchant at Cedar Hill, where he was also postmaster. He is of French descent, and a son of Francis Guibor, a native of Canada, but who was one of the early settlers of St. Louis. He was the brother of Capt. Henry Guibor, who served under Gen. Price, in the Confederate army, and commanded the famous Guibor Battery. The Doctor received his literary education at the "Christian Brothers' College," of St. Louis, and graduated from the Missouri Medical College, in 1871. He commenced practicing in Jefferson County, and in 1872 removed to House's Springs, where he soon established an extensive and lucrative practice now being by far the oldest and most experienced practitioner of the place. He also engaged in merchandising at which he has been quite
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successful. He is a Democrat in politics, his first presidential vote being for Horace Greeley, in 1872. He and family are members of the Catholic Church. In March, 1870, he wedded Miss Minerva E., daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth Jones, early settlers of Jefferson County, where Mrs. Guibor was born. The fruits of this union were eight children, five now living: Susan E., Julia F., Gertrude M., Blanche and Ada M.

Hon. T. W. Guy, florist at Kimmswick, is a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, born in 1831, and was educated at Woodward College, Cincinnati, and Hanover College, Indiana. He also took a course at the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati, but did not practice. He afterward went on a farm near Oxford, Ohio, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1864, at which date he removed to St. Louis County, Mo., and in 1865 came to Jefferson County, settling near Sulphur Springs, where he was engaged in fruit growing until 1872. He then removed to Kimmswick, where he has since been quite extensively engaged in the growing of flowers of nearly all kinds. His establishment is known as the "Montesano Greenhouse," and would compare favorably with a like enterprise in almost any city. He was offered a position on Gen. M. S. Wade's staff during the war, but before the time for enlistment was taken down with the typhoid fever, and never afterward entered the service,but was only in the Ohio militia as a lieutenant. Previous to the war, in 1855, he married Miss Mollie M. Graves, of Hamilton County, Ohio, who bore him four children, only one living, Everett W., a florist of Belleville, Ill. Mrs. Guy died in 1879. In 1882 Mr. Guy was elected justice of the peace of Rock Township, and served two years. In 1883 he married Miss Anna E., daughter of George and Anna Priester. Mr. Priester is a native of Germany, but came to the United States when but two years old. To the second marriage of Mr. Guy were born two children: Ada and Alexander. In 1882 he was elected justice of the peace, and in 1886 was elected to represent Jefferson County in the State Legislature. He is a Republican in politics, and cast his first vote for Gen. Scott, in 1852; he and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church. His father, Dr. Alexander Guy, was born in North Carolina in 1800, but in 1828 went to Ohio, where he married Miss Susan Wade, in 1830. He graduated in physics at the Ohio Medical College the same year of his marriage, and practiced very successfully for nearly forty years. He is still living at Oxford, Ohio, being one of the leading physicians of that place, and even yet is frequently consulted by many of the eminent physicians. He is of English descent, and a man of considerable means. His wife was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1805, and died in 1850. Her father, David E. Wade, was a native of New Jersey, and served through the Revolutionary War as a non-commissioned officer. After his marriage he settled in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1798, and here passed the remainder of his life, dying in 1840. He was a tanner and shoemaker by trade, and had the contract for and furnished Gen. St. Clair's army with shoes during his warfare with the Indians. He established, perhaps, the first tanyard ever started in Cincinnati, where he soon became one of the city's wealthy and influential citizens. Mr. Guy's grandmother, on his father's side, was a Rolfe, and a direct descendant of James Rolfe, who married the celebrated Indian maiden, Pocahontas.

Peter Gutohrel, a farmer and stock-raiser of Joachim Township, was born in Bavaria, Germany, September 22, 1829, and is the youngest son in the family of six children of George and Rachel Gutohrel. His father having died before Peter was born, leaving the family in limited circumstances, the latter was thrown upon his own resources at an early age. He attended the schools of his
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native country for the better part of seven years,and was afterward employed as a common laborer in various occupations until he had reached the age of twenty-two years, when, in 1849, he came to America, stopped one month as a farm hand in New York, and then came west to Mansfield, Ohio. where he secured employment on a railroad then in process of construction, remaining in that vicinity two years. December 16, 1860, he married Bridget Connley, a native of County Tyrone, Ireland, who was born in October, 1834; her parents having died when she was quite young, she was dependent upon relatives, with whom she lived about three years, and then came to America with a family from her native place. Mr. and Mrs. Gutohrel have been blessed by the birth of seven children, of whom Peter and Thomas are deceased. Those living are: William, born December 12, 1861; Mary, born April 9, 1867; Christian, born October 12, 1868; John, born January 14, 1871, and Joseph, born March 5. 1873.. William married Mary Clarke and has two children, Peter and Laura. Mary is the wife of Robert Wolmer. Mr. Gutohrel located in Jefferson County in 1864, where he has since resided. He owns sixty acres of land, and four houses and lots in Festus. He is president of the school board of directors of Joachim Township, and is a member of the American Legion of Honor. In politics he is a Republican. He holds membership in the Christian Church and his wife in the Catholic Church. The family command the respect and confidence of a large circle of friends and acquaintances.

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