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Hermann Haas, coal contractor for the Crystal City Plate Glass Company, at Crystal City, is a native of Prussia, born in 1832. and received a good common-school education. He was engaged in merchandising for four years, and in 1851 came to the United States, and from 1853 to 1857 was contractor for furnishing rock for St. Louis by river. In 1852 he was clerk on the steamer " Warrior," on the Mississippi River, where he had the misfortune to lose his eye by the explosion of the boat. One year later he purchased the "Clermont" a tow-boat, and in 1855 purchased one-half interest in the steamer "Burnette." From 1853 to 1876 he was engaged in business with a Mr. Schreiber, the firm title being Haas & Schreiber. He was married in 1855 to Miss Anna M. Neun. From 1857 to 1862 Mr. Haas was at Alton, Ill., coal mining and rock quarrying, and erected the levee at East St. Louis. He was also, for six months during the war, deputy collector of customs at Alton. In 1863 he returned to St Louis, and was rock contractor until 1876, building a large portion of foundation for the levee in St. Louis. From 1876 to 1881 he was engaged in furnishing rock for the Government works from the quarries at St. Louis, giving employment to 150 men. In 1881 he came to Crystal City, and for five years operated a hotel in connection with his other work. He was owner and ran the tow. boat " Dictator," from 1868 to 1872.

Fred Hacke, blacksmith, wagon and carriage maker, of De Soto, is a native of Prussia, and was born in 1832. His parents were Fred and Dorethea (Tavel) Hacke, the former of whom, a blacksmith by trade, was born in 1776, and died in 1836; the latter was born in 1795, and died in 1880. Of their five children, Fred, the subject of this sketch, was the youngest. He was educated in his native country, attending school from six until fourteen years of age; he subsequently spent two years in a school of artillery, and after four years' service before his discharge was commissioned colonel. In early life he worked as a blacksmith, and after his relief from military service he became a railroad engineer. In 1858 he established a wholesale and retail hardware store in Salsbrunn; disposing of his stock in 1868 he immigrated to America, and came
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directly to De Soto, where he established his present business, in which he has met with good success. In 1857, in his native country, he married Miss Pauline Helbig, who was born in Prussia in 1842, and died in De Soto, Mo., in 1871, leaving three children, viz.: Selma (wife of William Bieser), Theodore (a blacksmith with his father) and Clara. In 1872 Mr. Hacke married Earnestena Flann, also a native of Prussia, born in 1843. Four children have been born to this union: Max, Emma, Minnie and Hulda. Politically, Mr. Hacke is a Democrat; he is one of the directors of the People's Bank of De Soto, and is a member of the K. of P. He manufactures all kinds of carriages and wagons, and is a good business man. He and wife are members of the Evangelical Church.

Gust Hamel, druggist, dealer in all kinds of lumber, and manufacturer of the Economy School Desk, De Soto, is a native of Wuertemberg, Germany, and was born in 1831. His parents were Frederick and Lena (Zeiher) Hamel, natives also of Wuertemberg, Germany, who came to America in 1849, and located in St. Louis. In 1854 they moved to Jefferson County, Mo., and bought a farm three miles west of De Soto, upon which a shop was established, and the father followed his trade, that of a saddler, in connection with farming. He moved to De Soto in 1858, and died in 1872, at the age of eighty-four years. His widow died in 1864, aged sixty-seven years. Gust Hamel was the third of the seven children born to them, four of whom are still living. He was educated in his native country, and at the age of fifteen commenced learning the saddler's trade. In the fall of 1848 he immigrated to the United States, worked in New York, Cincinnati, Louisville and St. Louis, and in 1860 came to De Soto, where he followed his trade until 1868. He then established a drug store, which he has since continued, and in connection with which, in 1873, he established and has since conducted a lumber yard and planing-mill. In 1884 he patented and began the manufacture of the Economy School Desk, which has met with good success. He is also the inventor and manufacturer of Hamel's reclining chair and lounge, which was patented February 8, 1887. Mr. Hamel is one of the most enterprising and successful business men in De Soto. In 1852 he married Miss Louisa Schur, who was born in Wuertemburg, Germany, in 1837. They have had seven children, viz.: Otto, who is employed on the Iron Mountain Railroad; George F., a partner with his father in the drug store and a doctor of medicine; Fred G., Gustavus, Charles, Alice (wife of Samuel Hibbert) and Emma. In politics Mr. Hamel is a Democrat. He was elected county judge of Jefferson County in 1871, which position he held two years. He served as justice of the peace eight years, was mayor of De Soto two years, served as alderman several years, and was a member of the school board for about twenty years. He is a Master Mason in the Masonic fraternity.

Gust J. Hamel, of the firm of Hamel & Cunningham, hardware dealers, De Soto, was born in Jefferson County, Mo., in 1862, and is a son of George and Rosanna (Tribolet) Hamel, who were the parents of eight children, seven of whom are still living, Gust J. being the eldest. George Hamel, a native of Hamburg, Germany, was born in 1835, and in the year 1850 immigrated to the United States, locating in De Soto, Mo., where he followed his trade, that of a harness-maker. For the past eighteen years he has been engaged in raising small fruits and vegetables. His wife is a native of Ohio, and was born in 1845. Gust J. Hamel was educated in the public schools of De Soto, and after leaving school assisted his father until 1880 when he was employed as a clerk in the hardware store of R. Burroughs, whose business, in partnership with Mr. Ward
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Cunningham, he purchased in 1884, which they have since successfully conducted. December 81, 1888, Mr. Hamel married Miss Bell Watters, a native of Missouri, who was born in 1868. They have one child, Ward Albert. Mr. Hamel votes the Republican ticket. In religion he is an Episcopalian.

Joseph H. Hamill, a successful farmer and stock-raiser, of Big River Township, and the only surviving child of Hugh and Mary (Conel) Hamill, was born in Big River Township, Jefferson County, in 1862. His parents were natives of Ireland, and when quite young both came to the United States (his father being twenty years of age, and his mother fourteen), where they were married, in 1861. In about 1847, the father settled in Jefferson County, about fourteen miles northwest of Hillsboro, on Calvey Creek, where he improved a good farm, where he remained until his death in 1863, at the age of forty-three. The mother afterward married Patrick Lyons, of Lexington, Mo., who was drowned in Big River, August 15, 1871, leaving three children: Briggie, Mary and Martin. Joseph H. was educated in the common country schools and also attended two years at a Lexington private school. He has thus far resided on the old home farm which consists of 865 acres, and of which he is the owner. It is well cultivated and well improved, and makes one of the best farms in the county. Mr. Hamill is a Democrat in politics, casting his first presidential vote for Grover Cleveland, in 1884. The family are Catholics.

William Hanvy, farmer and stock-raiser of Big River Township Jefferson Co., Mo.,was born there in 1827, and is the son of James and Margaret (Herrington) Hanvy. The former was born in South Carolina, about 1790, and at the age of twenty-nine or thirty came to Jefferson County, where he was married about 1824. He then entered a tract of land in Big River Township, ten miles northwest of Hillsboro, where he improved a good farm, and where he made his future home. He died in 1878. He was a life-long farmer, one of the early settlers of Jones Creek, and served five years in the Seminole and other Indian wars. The mother was born in Central Township, in 1804, and is still living. Her parents were Isaac and Sallie Herrington, who were among the very earliest settlers of Jefferson County,to which place they both came when young. William grew to manhood with little or no educational advantages. He was married in 1868 to Miss Nancy Davis, daughter of Joshua and Eliza Davis, a native of Jefferson County, as were her parents. The following ten children were born to Mr. Hanvy's marriage: Eliza; Margaret, wife of John Lefter; Viola, Vianna, Amanda, James, William, Lawson, Bertha and Martha. Mr. Hanvy has spent his entire life on the farm on which his father settled over sixty years ago, and now owns over 500 acres of land. He is a Democrat in politics, and one of the foremost farmers of the county.

Dr. Milton C. Harbison, a practicing physician of Big River Township. is the son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Bowles) Harbison, and was born near Manchester in St. Louis County, in 1846. The father was born in Kentucky about 1810, and when a small boy was brought by his father, Archibald Harbison, to St. Louis County, where he was married about 1831. He was a man of very limited education, was a farmer, and in 1849 crossed the plains to California, where he soon after died of cholera. His father was also a native of Kentucky, and his mother was born in Dublin, Ireland. Milton's mother was born near St. Louis, about 1817, and died April, 1871. She had been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church since fifteen years of age, and her husband was also a member of the same church. Her people were formerly from Virginia. In 1852 she married William Price,who died about 1884. The Doctor was reared on
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the farm, receiving a country school education, and at the age of twenty began the study of physics with Dr. E. B. Bowles, a cousin. Here he remained for one year after which he spent some months with Dr. E. J. Thurman, of Fenton, and in 1868 entered St. Louis Medical College. He began practicing in Big River Township, where he has met with well-deserved success, and is now one of the foremost physicians of Jefferson County. He has now a fine farm of 160 acres, situated one mile northwest of Morse's Mill. He left college in poor health and $500 in debt; the former was overcome by rustic living, and the latter by close application to his profession. December, 1869, he married Miss Amanda, daughter of Madison and Nancy Graham, natives of Jefferson County, where they spent their entire lives. The father died in 1882 and the mother is still living. To the Doctor and wife were born nine children, viz.: Mary, Charley Delos, Frederick, Gertrude, Clyde, Edwina, Kate and May. The Doctor is an earnest worker for the cause of education, and was instrumental in establishing a good school in the neighborhood. In politics he has been a life-long and consistent Democrat, and cast his first presidential vote for Seymour, in 1868. He is a member in good standing in the Masonic lodge, and is also a member of the A. O. U. W. Mrs. Harbison has been a member of the Baptist Church since her fifteenth year.

Alonzo T. Harlow, a well-known and successful commission merchant in St. Louis, is a native of Harrisonville, Ill., born in the year 1840, and the eldest of seven children born to Noah B. and Nancy (Husky) Harlow. Alonzo T. received his education at Harrisonville and at Shurtleff College, at Upper Alton, Ill., also graduating from Jones Commercial College, at St. Louis, in 1860. He then joined his father in the mercantile business at Harrisonville, Ill., and the same year (1860) married Miss Rhoda, daughter of Basil Israel, formerly of Morgan County, Ohio, but who was then a resident of St. Louis. The same year the father moved to Alton for the purpose of educating the younger children, and left Alonzo the business, together with about 1,000 acres of land to manage, which he operated successfully until 1864, when, on account of the ill health of his wife, he closed out business at Harrisonville and removed to St. Louis. His father then retired from business in the latter place, where he had been for several years, and Alonzo T. then became a member of the Merchant's Exchange, and engaged in the commission business in St. Louis, under the firm title of Harlow, Clark & Co., which he successfully followed for two years, when Mr. Clark sold to Samuel H. Brown. The firm title was then Harlow & Brown for three years, when Brown sold out to T. H. Gelston, and the firm name became Harlow, Gelston & Co. which continued for about five years, when Mr. Gelston died. C. H. Spencer and J. E. Carpenter were then admitted, and the name was Harlow, Spencer & Co., and they were by far the largest receivers of wheat in St. Louis. Mr. Harlow was never in robust health, and he was quite frequently compelled to spend the winter in the South. In 1881 he was obliged to retire from business, and from that time until 1885 resided at his fine residence at Kimmswick, and on his farm, in Monroe County, Ill. In 1885 he became interested in the well-known house of Billingsley & Nanson Commission Company, at St. Louis, with which he has since been connected. During his connection with the Merchant's Exchange at St. Louis he has seen it grow from a membership of about 500 to over 3,600. He has always taken an active part in its management, and has passed through all its committees, the directory, and was vice-president of it when he retired in 1881. He has always been an active worker for the Mississippi River improvements, and
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has served as a delegate from the Exchange to a great many commercial and river improvement conventions, viz.: those at Keokuk, St. Paul, Kansas City, St. Louis, New Orleans, Washington City, and others. In 1870 he erected an elegant and costly residence at Kimmswick, which commands a fine view of the Mississippi River and the surrounding country. He is politically a Republican. and his first presidential vote was for Lincoln, in 1864. He has several times been chairman of the congressional committee of his district, and is at present a member of the Republican State Central Committee. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. and K. of H. Mrs. Harlow died April 20, 1885, leaving one child, a son. In September, 1886, Mr. Harlow married Miss Letta B., daughter of Israel and Sarah (Johnson) Waters, and a granddaughter of Capt. George W. Waters, one of the pioneers of Jefferson County, and a graduate of the West Point Military Academy. Mr. Harlow's father was born in Maine, February, 1811, and in 1815 removed with his parents, Sylvester and Ruth (Ward) Harlow, who were born in Maine, in 1789 and 1770, respectively, to the American Bottom, in Illinois, and in 1818 settled in Kaskaskia, when that city was the principal settlement in the Upper Mississippi Valley. After about six months in that neighborhood they moved to Harrisonville, then the county seat of Monroe County, Ill., where the mother died in 1847, and the father in 1848. Noah B. was married in 1836. After farming for several years, he made his first start in trading in grain in 1848, which he continued on a large scale. He afterward established a store at Harrisonville, where he remained for about twelve years, when he left the business in charge of his son, A. T., and removed to Alton, Ill., but soon after to St. Louis, where he remained for about three years. He afterward (1865) purchased a fine residence on the banks of the Mississippi River, where he spent the remainder of his life in retirement. He died August 2, 1887. His life was marked by a long, active and successful business career, the foundations of which were industry, economy and punctuality. Mrs. Harlow is still living, and is over seventy-five years of age. Her father was one of the early settlers of Jefferson County, living for a time where Windsor Harbor now is.

William H. Harris, master mechanic of the Iron Mountain Railway Shops, De Soto, is a native of Auburn, N. Y., and was born February 25, 1838. His father, Daniel Harris, was a native of the same place and died in 1889. William H. Harris was educated in his native city, and when nineteen years of age learned the machinist's trade in Toronto, Canada, in the shops of the Northern Railroad Company, where he was employed six years. He then returned to Oswego, N. Y., and worked in the shops of the Rome & Water Cross Railroad as master mechanic about six years. He located in De Soto in 1880, accepting at that time his present position. He has charge of the locomotive department, and over thirty engines leave the shops daily. These railroad shops were established in De Soto in 1876. January 9, 1866, Mr. Harris married Eliza Paine, daughter of Edmond Paine, of St. Louis. Two children have blessed this union, May and Roswell. Mr. Harris is a member of the Masonic fraternity, holding membership in the Lodge of Oswego, N. Y. Mrs. Harris is a member of the Episcopal Church.

William J. Harrison, farmer, stock-raiser and dairyman, of Jefferson County, Mo., was born near De Soto in 1833, the son of George W. and Jemima (Null) Harrison. The father was probably born in Georgia in 1807, and when a boy was brought by an uncle to Missouri, where he spent the remainder of his days in farming and stock-raising and died in 1855, while managing a provision
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store to supply the men employed in building the Iron Mountain Railroad. The mother was born in 1813, and died in 1859. She was a daughter of William Null, who was an early and well-known citizen of Jefferson County, Mo. Wm. J. received but few early educational advantages, and in 1859 was married to Ann C., daughter of James R. and Margaret England. Mr. England was born in Tennessee, but, when a boy, was brought by his father to Missouri. His wife was a native of Jefferson County, and a daughter of James McCormack. Mr. Harrison and wife became the parents of six children, three of whom are living: James Edwin, George Franklin and Oscar Clark. Mr. Harrison first settled near Valle's Mines where he lived until 1864. At this time he made an extended trip through Colorado, Idaho, Washington Territory, etc., having been absent sixteen months. After his return he settled on his present excellent farm of 250 acres. He is a Democrat in politics and cast his first presidential vote for Buchanan. He and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.

Josiah R. Harrison, who is numbered among the prominent farmers and stock-raisers of Big River Township, was born in Valle Township, Jefferson Co., Mo., in 1835, and is the son of George W. and Jemima (Null) Harrison. The father was born in Georgia in 1807, but when a boy came to Jefferson County, where he was married in 1831, and where he made his future home. He was one of the leading farmers, stock-raisers and land-holders of the county. The last few years of his life he was engaged in merchandising. He died in 1855. The mother was born in Jefferson County in 1813, and died in 1859. She was a daughter of William J. and Dorotha Ann Null who were among the first to settle in the county. Joseph R. was reared at home and received very meager educational advantages. In 1861 he married Miss L. A., daughter of Leander W. and Nancy Pinson, pioneers of Washington County. They moved to Jefferson County, and here Mrs. Harrison was born in 1845. To Mr. Harrison and wife were born three children: Paulina E., wife of William J. McFry; George W., of California, and John A., who died in 1884, at the age of thirteen. Mr. Harrison remained on his father's old farm until 1864, when he located on Big River, near Morse's Mill, where he has a fine farm of 321 acres, a large portion being choice bottom lands. He inherited about $700 from his father's estate, but the balance has been accumulated by his own industry. Politically a Democrat, he cast his first presidential vote for John Bell, in 1860. Mrs. Harrison has been a member of the Baptist Church since her youth, as were also her parents.

William J. Haverstick was born in 1837, and is the fifth of nine children born to George W. D. and Barbary Ann (Shultz) Haverstick. George W. D. was probably born in Pennsylvania in 1809, and when but a boy came with his father, Rudolf Haverstick, to Jefferson County, he being one of the first settlers in the vicinity of De Soto, where he made the first improvement, and in his first house were port-holes, as a protection against the Indians who were numerous there. He was a tanner and shoemaker, and at an early day kept tavern. George W. D. was married at the age of nineteen, in Meramec Township, to the mother of the subject of this sketch. She died March 23, 1862. The same year Mr. Haverstick married Miss Catherine Medley, who bore him two children. He lived in various parts of Jefferson County until 1846, when he settled on what is known as Clover Fork of the Joachim, where he died April 24, 1871, a farmer, wagon-maker and blacksmith by trade. He could commence at the beginning and make a complete wagon, some of those taken to California by the "Forty-niners" being of his make. Both parents were for many years members
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of the Baptist Church and esteemed citizens. They reared an industrious family, all living except the eldest sister, Elizabeth, wife of Muse Vinyard. She died in 1887. Those still living are Mrs. Susan Foxton, Mrs. Sarah Cook, Jacob, William J., Philip R., John W., Mrs. Martha C. Strickland and James Willis. William J. was reared at home and obtained a common-school education. He was married in 1861 to Elizabeth R. Vinyard, daughter of Charles W. S. and Harriet Vinyard, natives of Virginia and Jefferson County, Mo., respectively. To Mr. Haverstick and wife were born nine children; Martha Bell, now Mrs. Albert Wease; Harriet Ann, now Mrs. John Edgar Wease; George W., Charles W., Samuel T., Edward E., Rosalie A., Andrew J. and Daniel H. Since his marriage Mr. Haverstick has lived on his present farm, situated two miles southeast of Victoria, and which consists of 542 acres, and eighty acres on Big River. He received eighty acres from his father, the remainder was made by his own efforts. He was second lieutenant of Capt. W. H. Washburn's company of militia during the war. He is a Democrat in politics, is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and he and wife are members of the Baptist Church.

Charles Hemme, a contractor and builder of De Soto, is a native of Hanover, Germany, and was born in 1843. His parents were August G. and Regina (Wettram) Hemme, natives of Hanover, Germany, who were born in 1815 and 1825, respectively. August G. Hemme was a large real estate owner, and immigrated to America in 1857, locating in Marine Township, Madison Co., Ill., where he died the following year, his widow surviving him but one year. Of their four children only two are living: Charles, and Ida, wife of G. Bucher, a farmer of Jefferson County, Mo. Charles Hemme came to this country with his parents in 1857, and after the death of his parents went to St. Louis, where he was employed as a clerk by his uncle, Francis Wettman, a lumber merchant, with whom he remained until 1864. He then went to Chicago, and for one winter attended Bryant & Stratton's Business College, when he returned to St. Louis, and resumed work at his trade for several years. He afterward did contracting at Springfield and Bloomington, Ill., and in 1868 located in Hillsboro, Mo., where he lived two years. The following eighteen months he spent in De Soto, and then returned to St. Louis, where he remained five years, at the expiration of which time he moved to De Soto, where he has since resided. He is a skillful workman, and is one of the substantial business men of De Soto. He has met with good success, and has erected over 100 buildings in De Soto, among the largest being the opera house and S. W. Crawford's residence. In May, 1875, he married Miss Margaret Brill, who was born in Washington County, Mo., in 1852, and is a daughter of Solomon and Sarah (Vineyard) Brill. Mr. and Mrs. Hemme have four children: Laura, Charles Jr., Lillie and Virdie. Mr. Hemme is a Republican in politics, a Master Mason and Knight of Honor, and a member of the German Lutheran Church.

Rev. Joel M. Hensley, a Baptist minister and farmer of Joachim Township, was born in St. Louis County, near where Clayton now stands, in 1832, the son of Flemming and Jane (Milton) Hensley, natives of Virginia, where they lived until perhaps 1826, when they came to Jefferson County, settled at Sandy Mines for about one year, and then removed to St. Louis County, but in 1837 returned to Jefferson County, and spent a short time at Sandy Mines, after which he moved lower down on the Sandy, where he has since made his home. He is now nearly ninety years old, probably the oldest man in Jefferson County, where he has resided for over fifty years. He is of Irish-English descent, and a life-long farmer by occupation. His father, Benjamin Hensley, was in the Revolutionary
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War, and served three years under George Washington. He died in St. Louis County. He had three sons in a rifle company in the War of 1812. Flemming Hensley was married at the age of twenty, and lived a happy married life of over sixty years. His wife died in February, 1881. Both were members of the Baptist Church for over fifty years, and both lived to see Jefferson County converted from a dense wilderness to its present state of improvement. Joel M. received a fair education, and in 1856 married Miss Alice M. Williams, a native of Jefferson County, and the daughter of Landon and Elizabeth Williams. Seven children were born to Mr. Hensley's marriage, six of whom are now living: Wilson Lawrence (of Dakota), Anna (now Mrs. James H. Brown), Marilla (Mrs. Joseph Adams), Alfred J., Felix Asaph and Oliver E. With the exception of a short time in Jefferson County, in 1859, Mr. Hensley has since lived on his present farm of 128 acres, situated seven miles northeast of Hillsboro. He also has fifty-two acres in another tract. For perhaps twenty years he has devoted much of his time to the ministry, which has materially added to the works of the church. He was at one time assessor of Joachim Township, and served about three years as justice of the peace prior to his ministry. He is an educated worker, and has few equals in his neighborhood. He has been a member of the Masonic fraternity since perhaps about 1856, and in politics has been a life-long Democrat, as was his father before him.

Otto Herman, contractor and builder, dealer in and manufacturer of brick, De Soto, was born in Wuertemberg, Germany, in 1842, and is the second of eight children born to Conrad and Margaret (Kemmel) Herman, who were born, respectively, in 1818 and 1821. Conrad Herman was also a contractor and builder by trade. Otto Herman served an apprenticeship of three years at the brick and stone mason's trade, and the following two years worked as a journeyman. When twenty-one years of age he was drafted in the regular army, and served three years. In 1867 he immigrated to America, for a short time followed his trade in St. Louis, Mo., but in the fall of the same year located in De Soto, where he resumed his trade. The following year he commenced contracting and building, and in 1878 began the manufacture of brick, which he has since continued, manufacturing on an average 500,000 per annum, for which he receives $6.50 per thousand; altogether he has manufactured about 7,500,000 brick. He has erected nearly all the brick dwelling and business houses of De Soto, among the most prominent being the public school building, opera house and machine shops. He is a skillful workman and an energetic business man. In 1870 he married Miss Margaret Flank, daughter of Phillip and Catherine Flank. Mrs. Herman is a native of Germany, and was born in 1851, coming to the United States when five years of age. To Mr. and Mrs. Herman five children have been born: Clara, Otto, Emma, Charles and George. Mr. Herman is a Knight of Pythias.

John Hopson, carpenter, De Soto, was born in Floyd County, Ind., in 1882, and is a son of Thomas F. and Jane (Linder) Hopson. Thomas F. Hopson is of English descent, and was born in Kentucky in 1808. In his youth he removed to Floyd County, Ind., with his parents, John and Polly Hopson, who were pioneer settlers of that county. Here Thomas F. married and passed the remainder of his life, a farmer by occupation. His wife was born in North Carolina in 1812, and died in De Soto, Mo., in 1878, whither she had moved in 1870, her husband dying two years previous. They were the parents of fourteen children, only two of whom now survive-John and James. John Hopson came to Jefferson County, Mo., in 1851, and settled on a farm of thirty acres, six
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miles north of Hillsboro, removing the following year within three-quarters of a mile of where De Soto is now located. In 1862 he went to Washington County, but remained only one year, when he returned to Jefferson County, where he has since resided. He owns eighty-six acres one-half mile from De Soto. In 1858 he commenced working at the carpenter's trade, and the first house he erected is still standing in De Soto, on the corner of Miller and East Main Streets. He has combined farming with his trade, and has been a resident of Jefferson County for the past thirty-seven years. In 1851 he married Miss Mary Gowin, who was born in the State of New York in 1832. They are the parents of seven children, viz.: James T., Charles E. and John H., all following the carpenter's trade in De Soto; Sarah Ann, wife of George Hodson, a carpenter, of Staten Island, N. Y.; Mary J., wife of William Paul, a carpenter, of De Soto; Florence and Hester. Mr. Hopson is a Republican in politics, and is Past Grand of the I. O. O. F. He and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he is steward.

C. Thomas Horine, of the firm of Thomas & Horine, attorney-at-law, at Hillsboro, is a native of that place, born in 1844. He was educated in the public schools, and at the age of fourteen received a position in the circuit clerk's office, which position he filled until about the age of eighteen, when he enlisted in Company A, Thirty-first Missouri Volunteer Infantry, under Col. (afterward Gov.) Fletcher, and took part in every engagement in which his command participated. He enlisted as a private, and was mustered out as lieutenant after twenty-eight months' service; participated in the siege of Vicksburg, Arkansas Post, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge and the entire Georgia and Atlanta campaign. At Jonesboro, Ga., it was decided that a portion of the officers of the Thirty-first and Thirty-second Missouri Infantry, by reason of consolidation of the two regiments, should retire, and Mr. Horine was one of the three commissioners who were appointed by Gen. Howard to designate the officers who should or could retire. Our subject being one, returned home, and soon resumed his old position in the circuit clerk's office. In 1865 he was appointed by Gov. Fletcher to a position in the office of secretary of State. In the fall of 1866 he returned to the circuit clerk's office, but two years later retired, to give place to a cousin of the chief. He afterward served four years as deputy circuit clerk, under W. S. Boyce, and in 1874 was elected to the position of circuit clerk, which office he held for twelve years. In January, 1887, he entered as a partner with W. H. H. Thomas, in the law business, having been admitted to the bar about sixteen years previous to this. He was married July 6,1865, to Miss Cerinda Shelton, a native of Jefferson County, Mo., and the daughter of John Shelton. Four children were the result of this union. Mr. Horine is a Democrat, and has frequently been a delegate to congressional and State conventions. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, of the I. O. O. F., of the A. O. U. W., and he and wife are members of the Baptist Church.

Stephen Hug was born December 24,1829,in Alsace, France, and is one of four children born to Antone and Marianna (Kuhn) Hug, whose other children were Madeline L., who died in Paris, France, in 1863; Josephina, a resident of Alsace, and John Baptiste, who died in Alsace at the age of eleven. Stephen Hug was educated in the schools of his native country, in which both the French and German languages were taught. At the age of twenty-one he was drafted in the French army and was sent to Africa, where for two years he served in the Third Regiment of Zouaves in Constantina. From here he embarked for Gallipoli, Turkey, in the war vessel "Gemap," and while en route traversed the
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Mediterranean Sea and the Dardanelles; there they "broke camp" and passed behind Adrinopel. Two days afterward, while on the march, they were overtaken by the dread disease, cholera, and within forty-eight hours 874 soldiers and 110 officers lost their lives. They were then countermarched to Adrinopel and taken the route to Varna, crossed the Black Sea to Eupatoria, where, on the following day, they were engaged in the battle of Alma, for which their chief commander, Gen. St. Arneaut, took with him to the field one-half of each company of the whole army, holding the remainder in reserve on vessels. The battle lasted six hours and resulted in the defeat of the Russian army. The Russian general, Gen. Menchiekoff, general-in-chief of the Russian army, brought his family to witness the repulse of the French and English army, boasting that he would drive them to the sea, but the honors were awarded to Gen. St. Arneaut and his noble warriors. On the second day following the latter general called a halt, ordered his men from the front to the rear, and placed his command in charge of Gen. Canrobert, telling him to take Sebastopol as soon as possible with the force he had, and in a short time he was dead. For the services of Mr. Hug in these campaigns a medal was awarded him by Queen Victoria, on which were inscribed the following battles: Battle of Alma, Balaklava, Tcharnaia and Sebastopol. After the latter battle he returned home. In 1860 he immigrated to America, arriving in New York March 4, and from there went to Pittsburgh, where he secured employment in a dry goods store, remaining three months. He then traveled westward, locating in Carondelet, Mo., where he was engaged in various pursuits. From there he removed to Kennett's Castle, and leased a farm for ten years, but after five years' stay bought the Cornish Island, in 1869, which he farmed for seven years. In 1875 he purchased the farm on which he now resides, which consists of 266 acres of land, all well improved and in a high state of cultivation. September 16, 1851, he married Miss Theresa Maurer, in their native city, Alsace, France. They are the parents of two children: Maria Theresa, born September 1, 1852, now the wife of W. Wittler, of St. Louis, was married in October, 1875, and has one child, William S.,born in August, 1876; and Justine M., wife of Thomas L. Burgess, of Crystal City, and they have one child, Tom B. Burgess, born November 17, 1886. Mr. Hug is a member of the American Legion of Honor, of which he was treasurer for a number of years. He and wife are members of the Catholic Church. In political matters he is Democratic. He served three years in the First Missouri Regiment Volunteer Infantry, under Col. Blair, and was wounded twice at the battle of Wilson's Creek. He is now engaged in farming in connection with which he conducts a butcher shop. (See picture p. 362)

W. W. Hull, M. D., a successful physician and surgeon, of Sulphur Springs Landing, is a native of Union County, Ky., born in 1855, and the fourth of eight children born to Dr. James and Mary (Simpson) Hull. The father was born at Indianapolis, Ind., in 1821, where he was reared and educated. He graduated from the medical institution of that place and soon after went to Caseyville, Ky., where he was married, and where he practiced his profession successfully until about 1858. He then removed to near Jackson, Cape Girardeau County, Mo., his children being educated at the county seat, Cape Girardeau. Here he practiced his profession until 1870, when he removed to Fenton, St. Louis County, and in 1887 removed to Moselle, Franklin County, where he is at present engaged in the drug business, in connection with his practice, at which he has been remarkably successful for nearly forty years, during which time he has made several fortunes. Prior to the war he was a heavy slave-holder,
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which proved a great loss by emancipation; but he did not despair, and is to-day, probably, worth $10,000. During the war his sympathies were with the South, but he was far from being aggressive. He is a son of James Hull, a native of Marion County Ind., where he (James) lived all his life, engaged in farming. He reared a family of seven children, all of whom received a handsome competency from his estate. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, being in the battle of Chippewa Falls, where he became separated from a brother, William, whom he never heard of afterward. He was of German-English origin. The mother of young Hull was of Scotch-Irish descent, born in Union County, Ky., and is now about sixty-three years of age. She is the daughter of Col. Vincent B. Simpson, who was born in Fairfax County, Va. (now Fairfax Court House), of a very aristocratic Scotch family, and when he left his home for Kentucky his father gave him forty negroes. He was a colonel in the regular army, and took an active part in various early Indian wars. Both father and mother of our subject have been for many years prominent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and are among the best families of Northeast Missouri. The Doctor was reared at home and received a good high school education at Cape Girardeau; at the age of nineteen he began the study of medicine with his father, and after two years at the Missouri Medical College, at St. Louis graduated in the class of 1875. He then located at Sulphur Springs, where he soon became popular, and is one of the foremost and successful practitioners of Jefferson County. He was married April 10, 1882, to Miss Lillie, daughter of Thomas and Caroline Burgess, who are still living at Sulphur Springs. Mr. Burgess is a native of Rock Township, of which his father was one of the first settlers. To the marriage of the Doctor were born four children: Earl W., Minnie Wallace and an infant. Although an active politician, the Doctor has never aspired for office. He is a Democrat, and an earnest worker for the cause of education, and for the general upbuilding of the community. He has, for several years, been town trustee.

William Humes, also one of the prominent farmers and stock-raisers of Meramec Township, was born in St. Louis, Mo., in 1852, and is the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Ann (Ring) Humes. The father was born in England, and when about eighteen years of age came to the United States, and worked a short time in the salt mines in New York. He then went to Galena, Ill., making the journey on foot, and from there to St. Louis, where he passed the remainder of his life in the interest of coal mining. He had made mining almost his life-long business, and was thoroughly conversant with all its workings. He sunk and operated the first coal shaft that was ever sunk in the State of Missouri, and was the inventor of what miners call the "Gin," a machine for hoisting coal with a horse. He was married in St. Louis, and died December 25, 1875. His wife was born in Indiana, and died July 6, 1876. William grew to manhood on the farm and secured a fair education in the common schools. He was married in 1875 to Miss Amanda S., daughter of Oscar F. and Jane Buchanan, who were natives of St. Louis. Two children were born to this union: Oscar F. and Maud S. After marriage Mr. Humes spent about two years teaming, after which he turned his attention again to farming, and remained in St. Louis County until 1884, when he came to Jefferson County, and settled on Big River near House's Springs, where he has an excellent farm of 190 acres. While in St. Louis County he rented a good farm, and in two years of successful and able management was enabled to purchase a good home of his own. He has also considerable property in St. Louis left him from his father's estate. Politically a Democrat, his first presidential vote was cast for Tilden, in 1876.

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Henry Hurtgen, blacksmith and dealer in agricultural implements, is a native of Prussia, born in 1852, and is the son of Joseph and Anna M. (Hasenberg) Hurtgen, natives of Prussia, where the mother died in 1854. One year later the father came to the United States, located in Houghton County, Mich., and from there, in 1866,went to Hennepin County, Minn. One year later he moved to Quincy, Ill., and in the same year to De Soto, Mo. In 1872 he returned to Michigan, but went from there to California, and in 1875 he returned to Missouri, this time to Morristown, in Warren County, where he still lives. He has been a life-long and competent blacksmith, and has been married three times. Henry received a fair education, and worked in a carriage and omnibus factory in St. Louis for a number of years. He learned the blacksmith's trade in 1872, and in 1874 located at Hillsboro, where he continued his trade, and where he soon had a stock of agricultural implements. In 1882 he was elected public administrator of Jefferson County, and served two years, when he was elected sheriff, and served in that capacity also two years. He then resumed his trade, which he has since continued with success. He was married in 1878 to Miss Rosa, daughter of John G. and Anna M. Guehring, natives of Germany, but residents of Jefferson County, Mo., for over thirty-five years. To Mr. Hurtgen and wife were born six children, four now living: Joseph, John, Anna M. and Theodore. Politically, Mr. Hurtgen is a Democrat, and cast his first presidential vote for Tilden, in 1876. He is a member of the A. O. U. W., was formerly a K. of L., but during the strike of 1886 severed his connection with that body. Mrs. Hurtgen is a member of the Lutheran Church.

John Huskey, farmer, stock-raiser and veterinary surgeon, of Big River Township, was born near Hillsboro in 1830, and is the fourth of eight sons and five daughters born to John and Nancy (Williams) Huskey, natives of South Carolina, born in 1800 and 1803, respectively. The father was reared on Belew's Creek at a very early day, and with meager educational advantages. He was married at the age of twenty, and spent the remainder of his life near where his father, John Huskey, had settled on Belew's Creek, three miles north of Hillsboro, and was engaged in farming and blacksmithing. He was one of the county's most enterprising and successful citizens, and at the time of his death which occurred June 29, 1876, was the owner of 1,300 acres of land. The mother was brought to Jefferson County by her father, Peter Williams, when but two or three years of age. Her father was a native of South Carolina, and after coming to Jefferson County, settled on Sandy Creek, two or three miles northeast of Hillsboro. Her mother was of Irish descent and a lady of culture and considerable intelligence. John Huskey was reared at home, and attended the subscription schools of his county. He was married March 13, 1853, to Miss Clara, daughter of Mark and Artemesi Weidman, formerly of South Carolina, but early settlers of Big River Township, where Mrs. Huskey was born. Thirteen children were born to Mr. Huskey and wife, nine of whom are living: James M., Catherine (wife of Joseph Wilson), Missouri J. (wife of Ed. Henson), Lucinda (wife of J. Paton), Clara E.. Mary, George S., Verna Ann and Frank. Immediately after marriage Mr. Huskey located on Big River, where his father gave him a farm situated seven miles west of Hillsboro. Here he has 300 acres of choice bottom land, making one of the best farms in the county. For over thirty years he has successfully practiced veterinary surgery, and treated the various diseases of horses, etc. He is a lifelong Democrat and cast his first presidential vote for Pierce, in 1852. He was a stanch Union man during the war, but was exempt from service on account of disability.

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T. A. James, M. D., is a son of Dr. L. and Mary (Reynolds) James, and was born in Monroe County, Ill., in 1856. Dr. L. James, who is of French descent, is also a native of Monroe County, Ill., and was born in 1820; he graduated from the St. Louis Medical College, in 1861, and began practice at Waterloo, in his native county, where he resided until about 1878, when he moved to Cruise, Washington Co., Mo., where he is still actively engaged in practice. His wife is also of French descent, and was born in Randolph County, Ill., in 1882. They have five children living, viz.: Tracy, wife of M. A. Casey; Dr. T. A.; Emma, wife of P. S. Coleman; Griffith and Susie. Dr. T. A. James received his literary education at Christian Brothers' College, St. Louis,and when twenty years of age began the study of medicine under the preceptorship of his father. In 1878 he entered St. Louis Medical College, from which institution he graduuated in March, 1881. He began the practice of his chosen profession at St. Clair, Franklin Co., Mo., where he remained one year, and then removed to Labaddie. In the spring of 1886 he located in De Soto, where he has since resided, and is one of the leading physicians and surgeons of Jefferson County. October 25, 1881, he married Miss Mary C. Flynn, a daughter of Michael Flynn, of Washington County; she was born in Washington County, in 1857. Mr. and Mrs. James have two children: William A. and Liona. Politically, Dr. James is a Democrat. He is special medical examiner of the Select Knights of the A. O. U. W., and is a member of the Masonic fraternity. He and wife are members of the Roman Catholic Church.

Thornton Jarvis, farmer and stock-trader of Jefferson County, Mo., was born in Fleming County, Ky., in 1806, and is the fourth of ten children born to Daniel and Martha (Thompson) Jarvis, who lived for many years in Kentucky, but spent the last of their days in Indiana. Thornton was reared in Kentucky, and received little or no educational advantages. In 1826 he came West, landed in St. Louis when it was a mere village, and soon came to Jefferson County, where he paid $150 for eighty acres of land in Joachim Township, and here lived until 1888. He then removed to Hillsboro. He came to Jefferson County with very little means, but by labor and good management is now, perhaps, the heaviest taxpayer in the county. At an early day he spent a number of years hauling lead, with an ox team, from Sandy Mines to Herculaneum. He has spent a successful career of sixty-two years in the county, and is a prominent and enterprising citizen. He has been twice married, the first time a few years after he came to Jefferson County,to Miss Martha Gaiter,who died of cholera, in 1849. In 1851 he married Miss Mary Ann, daughter of Landen and Elizabeth Williams. Mr. Williams was born in South Carolina, and when young came at an early day to Jefferson County, where he was married, and where he passed a useful and enterprising life. Mrs. Williams was born in Missouri. To Mr. Jarvis and wife seven children were born, four now living; Daniel, Dora (wife of Joseph J. Hoeken), Izella (wife of O. H. Donnell) and Charles T. The two sons are living on the old homestead farm, and are in flourishing circumstances. All the children have had good educational advantages. Mr. Jarvis is a Democrat in politics, and cast his first presidential vote for Gen. Jackson, in 1828. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and of the Baptist Church. Mrs. Jarvis is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.

Daniel L. Jarvis, farmer and stock-dealer of Jefferson County, Mo., was born in 1858, the eldest of seven children, four living, born to Thornton and Mary Ann (Williams) Jarvis, whose history appears in another part of this work. Daniel L. was educated in the common schools, and for six months was a student
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in McKendree College, at Lebanon, Ill; for about a year was a disciple of Blackstone under Judge J. J. Williams, and at the same time assisted him as clerk of probate. He then engaged in the mercantile business with Cornelius Marsden, but discontinued that business after a period of eighteen months. He returned to farm life, and in 1877 was married to Rosetta, daughter of William H. and Perlina Hensley. Mrs. Jarvis was born in Jefferson County, and became the mother of four children: Claude T., Norvill W., Edith and Daniel Orin. Soon after his marriage Mr. Jarvis settled on a part of his father's old farm, and is now the owner of 500 acres, 260 acres of which were given him by his father; 340 acres are under cultivation. He takes quite an interest in stock-raising, and is extensively engaged in raising cattle and horses. From 1877 to 1882 he was notary public, and in connection with farming is running a general merchandise store. On the establishment of a postoffice, where he resides, the same was named "Jarvis" in his honor. Mr. Jarvis is a member of the A. O. U. W., is a Democrat in politics, and an ardent advocate of the temperance movement. His wife belongs to the Baptist Church. Rev. William Hudson Hensley, father of Mrs. Jarvis, was born in the "Old Dominion," in 1820. When about six years old he came with his parents, Flemming and Jane (Milton) Hensley, to Jefferson County, Mo. He afterward resided ten years in St. Louis County, but then returned to Jefferson County, where he has since resided. He is a farmer, and preaches in.Jefferson, Washington and Franklin Counties. In 1842 he married A. P., daughter of Lucius and Jane Hollinsbeck, who were natives of Vermont and Virginia, respectively. They were married in Virginia, and came to Jefferson County, Mo., about 1838. Of their thirteen children, five are living, all of whom are members of the Baptist Church.

Florian Jenni, farmer and stock-raiser, of Jefferson County, Mo., was born in Switzerland, in 1837. When he was but eight years old his parents, Peter and Kunigunde (Jost) Jenni, immigrated to the United States, and for a period of eight years were residents of St. Louis, Mo. The mother died in that city, and there Mr. Jenni married his second wife. He afterward moved to Jefferson County, and settled on Dry Creek, where he died in 1867, leaving three children: Peter, of St. Louis, Andrew J., of Jasper County, and Florian. The latter received a good common-school education, and in 1858 was united in marriage to Miss Emily, daughter of Daniel and Margaret Stirzel, natives of Saxony, and immigrants to the United States in 1845. Mr. Jenni and his wife became the parents of ten children, the following three of whom are living: Mary C., Peter and Henry F. Mr. Jenni lived on Dry Creek until 1883, then moved to Plattin Township, one mile south of Crystal City, where he holds a good farm of 370 acres, 175 being under improvement. All of this he has acquired through his own industry since the panic of 1873, when he was financially ruined. In politics he is a Republican, and his first presidential vote was cast for Lincoln, in 1860. He and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church.

William Sumner Jewett, a well-known and truly representative citizen of Jefferson County is worthy of prominent mention in the present volume. The family of which he is a member is of English origin, some of its members having come to this country in the "Mayflower," or a little later. Mark Jewett, William's grandfather, was a native of Connecticut but afterward immigrated to New Hampshire, where he reared a family of seven sons and two daughters, who, naturally of an adventurous spirit, finally became settled over different parts of the Western World. Gilman, the third son and father of the subject of this sketch, first went to the coast of Maine, but later started for a point further west. After a
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trip filled with experiences too numerous to mention here, he started for the lead mines of Missouri, landing at Selma, in this county, where he made the acquaintance of Col. William Alexander, who prevailed on him to teach a school in the vicinity of his (Alexander's) home, in Randolph County, Ill. For two winters, early in the "twenties," he wielded the birch, and raised one crop during the summer, and the following February married Elizabeth Alexander, daughter of his employer. Following this he purchased the Nathaniel Hull farm, on which was a block house for protection against the Indians, and there prospered as a farmer and stock-raiser. Five children blessed the union of himself and wife, three of whom survive: Sumner, Laura and Samuel. In 1885 he died of cholera, contracted while in St. Louis. His wife followed him in March, 1837. William Sumner Jewett was born in the old block house referred to, September 28, 1827, and upon the death of his parents suffered the usual treatment of homeless orphans, until, through the goodness of his guardian, Col. J. A. James, one of God's noblemen, he became an inmate of his home, where he enjoyed the advantages of a good common-school education, remaining there until of age. The temptation to enlist in the Mexican War was strong, but duty pointed to the discharge of work about the farm of his guardian, where he closely applied himself. Subsequently, while on a visit to Steubenville, Ohio, he became engaged in teaching, at which he met with excellent success, but, not considering that occupation his especial calling, he returned to Illinois, resumed farming, and October 10, 1849, married Miss Cecilia Adlesberger. They began their married life in a genuine pioneer manner, soon completing a log cabin, into which they moved, and afterward devoting themselves, early and late, and with much energy, to the acquirement and cultivation of their increasing possessions; finally a few acres were cleared of timber, but by the overflow of the river, in 1851, the results of their earnest labor were swept away, added to which was a loss sustained by the rascality of one with whom Mr. Jewett had had business transactions. He now bought the privilege of selling wood on the Missouri side of the river, an undertaking which brought with it, as subsequent events proved, numerous difficulties and financial perplexities, but, on the whole, he was enabled by the latter part of 1855 to feel a sense of relief at the improvement in his condition. During this time, in July, 1852, he had lost his wife and child by death. In April, 1856, he bought the Plattin Rock property, an old lead landing in Jefferson County, Mo., and married, the next September, Miss Permelia A. Breckinridge, of Old Mines, Washington County, Mo. The financial crash of 1857 again caused him serious annoyance. Some time after he purchased "Calico Island," opposite Plattin Rock, commenced its improvement, and soon had 500 cords of wood cut, ready for shipment, when by the ravages of an overflowing river, 1858, it was all swept away. By no means discouraged by his misfortunes, Mr. Jewett turned his attention to fruit farming, but, by the breaking out of the war, an unsettled condition of affairs generally resulted. Of Southern sympathies, he was, however, opposed to secession, and finally enlisted and served three months in the Eighty-first Enrolled Missouri Militia, under Col. L. J. Rankin, in 1868. Early the next year he formed a partnership with Col. N. J. Colman in the fruit-raising business, in the meantime carrying on the white sand business which he had commenced the year previous. The former did not result as favorably as hoped for, but the latter he still continued, notwithstanding the opposition and ridicule met with in his efforts to bring before others the importance of his undertaking. In this connection, it might well be mentioned that his main object in the sand business was not the making of money for the time being, but
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the future improvement of the country and the establishment of manufactories here. In the absence of home markets for the sand secured, shipments to other places had to be made, a difficulty which can more readily be appreciated when the fact is stated that all serviceable barges or boats were pressed into military service. In the spring of 1865, upon the close of the war a company was formed to transport the sand to the East, but, through mismanagement, the barge purchased sank and caused additional loss by the sinking of another barge loaded with iron, which was aground in the channel of the river. In September, 1864, Mr. Jewett was deprived of the sight of one eye by an accident. The plate glass works at Crystal City proved an available market for the sand produced for some years, or until the panic of 1873 forced the works to close. From this time on he was interested in several undertakings, among which was the raising of grapes for wine-making, and in this connection it is but proper to remark that Mr. Jewett, after no little experience, considers the soil of Jefferson County far superior in every respect to flat prairie land for the production of all kinds of fruit, cereals, etc. Politically he is a Democrat, having voted for Lewis Cass for president, in 1848. While attending the St. Louis University, in 1846, he joined the Catholic Church, of which his wife and children are also members. The names of the children are: Jessie, William B., James Charles, Cecilia and Samuel. Since 1880 Mr. Jewett has devoted himself to labor about his farm, a favorite occupation, though at odd times he has developed the rock on his place, and in 1887 took out some 5,000 perches for the glass works and others. Now on the shady side of sixty years, his estimable wife and himself can look back upon their life work of the past without regret and to the future without fear. (See picture p. XXX) 865

Henry Jobgen, nurseryman and farmer of Rock Township, was born in the district of Koblenz, Prussia, March 26, 1838, and is the second of eight children born to William and Anna (Smitz) Jobgen, who were born in 1808 and 1810, respectively. They were married in 1832, and came to the United States in 1855, settling at Lyons, Iowa, where the father died in 1871. The mother is still living and is a resident of Lyons. Henry was educated at Kreuzbere, Rhine, Province of Prussia, and came with his parents to the United States and settled in Iowa. Here he worked at whatever he could find to do and succeeded in learning the nursery business. He came to St. Louis County, Mo., in 1860, and here followed that business until 1871, when he came to Jefferson County and purchased fifty-seven acres near Rock Creek, three miles northwest of Kimmswick, where he has since been successfully engaged in the nursery business. He was married in 1864 to Miss Mary McCarty, a native of Ireland, who came to the United States when only eleven years of age. Her father, Michael McCarty, was a native of Castle Main, Kerry County, Ireland, where he passed his life. Of the five children born to Mr. Jobgen and wife only two are now living: William and Francis H. Mr. Jobgen is an earnest worker for the cause of education and for the general upbuilding of the county. He is a man of education. and has been active in helping to build up a good school in the neighborhood. He is a member of the Catholic Church, is a Democrat in politics, and his first Presidential vote was for S. J. Tilden.

J. F. Joyce, locomotive engineer on the St. Louis. Iron Mountain & Southern Railroad, with headquarters at De Soto, is a native of Louisville, Ky., and was born in 1853. His parents were Michael and Mary (Ball) Joyce, natives of Maryland; the former was born in 1826, was a contractor on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, and at the time of his death, in 1856 was engaged in constructing a tunnel on the Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad. He was the father of
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five children, of whom J. F. is the only survivor. Mrs Mary Joyce was born in 1831, and after the death of her first husband was united in marriage with Christopher Finlon, by whom she has six children; they located in De Soto in 1,879, where they still reside. J. F. Joyce was educated in Maryland and Virginia, and at the age of sixteen engaged in lead mining in Mineral County, W. Va., where he worked six years; he then located in De Soto, where for two months he worked in a blacksmith shop and then secured a position as fireman on a locomotive engine. In September, 1879, he was given charge of an engine, in which capacity he is still employed. June 30, 1880, he married Miss Ella Sullivan, who was born in Charleston, S. C., and is a daughter of John and Ella Sullivan. This union has been blessed by the birth of four children: Alfred, Ella J., May and John F., Jr. In politics Mr. Joyce is a Democrat; he is a member of the brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and has held all the offices in the order. In 1884 he was a delegate to the Grand International Convention held at San Francisco, and in 1886 went in the same capacity to New York City. He was one of the engineers who made a contract with the Missouri Pacific Railroad regarding wages in 1882, and was present when that contract was revised with Supt. H. M. Hoxie, in 1885. Mr. Joyce is also a member of the A. O. U. W., and, with his wife, affiliates with the Roman Catholic Church.

Charles Karte was born in the Kingdom of Saxony, Germany, September 25, 1849, and is a son of Frederick Karte, a native of the same place, now deceased. He immigrated to the United States in 1883, and in June, 1884, located in De Soto, Jefferson County, Mo., where he has since lived. In his native country he learned the blacksmith's trade which he followed a short time after coming to this country. July 26, 1887, occurred his marriage to Miss Hattie Miller, daughter of Antoine Miller, deceased. Mrs. Karte was also born in Germany, and immigrated to this country in 1881, residing the most of the time in De Soto. Mr. Karte is a Knight of Pythias.

Lewis Kelly, deceased, late in the employ of the Iron Mountain Railroad at De Soto, was born in the State of Pennsylvania in the year 1840. His father, John Kelly, now of Peoria, Ill., immigrated to Illinois when Lewis was a small boy. The latter was reared in Peoria, and received a common-school education. At the breaking out of the late war his patriotism and love of country was manifested in his speedy resolve to assist in subduing the rebellion. He therefore enlisted in the Seventeenth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and served faithfully for three years, participating in all the battles of his regiment from Port Gibson to the capture of Vicksburg. His first railroad service was in the employ of the Chicago & North-Western Railroad Company as fireman. In 1869 he located in De Soto and entered the employ of the Iron Mountain Railroad, where he continued the remainder of his life. He filled the position of engineer for over twenty years, and so faithfully did he perform every known duty that he endeared himself, not only to his employers, but to all with whom he was associated. August 12, 1867, he married Miss Mary Byers, a native of York County, Penn., and a daughter of John Byers, deceased. In the spring of 1887, Mr. Kelly's engine ran off of a bridge into a river carrying him with it, but two cars piled in upon the engine, pushing it out of the water so Mr. Kelly's head was above water; he was in reach of the limbs of a tree, which he seized and pulled himself up, and was thus rescued. The cold contracted at this time seemed to affect his heart, and was the primary cause of his death, which occurred January 3, 1888. Mr. Kelly was a prominent member of the A. O.U. W., and was one of the oldest and most highly respected members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers of De Soto.

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C. M. Kerckhoff, an extensive breeder of thoroughbred Alderney cattle, and dairyman and farmer of Joachim Township, was born in Prussia in 1818, and is the son of Peter and Mary (Hosseach) Kerckhoff, who came to the United States in 1846, to St. Louis, and soon after to Jefferson County. The father went to Cape Girardeau, where he died soon after. He was a wheelwright by trade. The mother died in Jefferson County. The subject of this sketch received a good common-school education, and at the age of sixteen learned his father's trade. In 1888 he married Miss Louisa Rige, who bore him twelve children. In 1845 he came to the United States and spent three years in St. Louis in a foundry at that place, where he lost his left arm. In 1848 he came to Jefferson County, and here his wife died in 1867. He was afterward married to Louisa Teber, and to this union was born one child. The second wife dying in 1869, he then married Miss Louisa Stading, who bore him seven children. When he first came to Jefferson County Mr. Kerckhoff purchased 1,200 acres, about six miles west of Pevely, but three years later he sold this property and settled on his present farm, which consists of 485 acres of as good land as is to be found in the county. For many years he has been quite extensively engaged in breeding Alderney cattle, and has now about eighty head in one of the finest herds in the county. In 1866 he erected a large flourmill on Franklin Avenue, St. Louis, which he operated for four years. The mill was then burned; another was erected, which he operated one year and then broke up, losing $60,000. He is a man of good business ability, energetic and persevering, and is a money-making man. He ships butter to St. Louis, on an average from 300 to 600 pounds per week, churning by horse-power in winter and by an engine in summer, and has the modern process of separating the cream from the milk, making very extensive and complete works. He prepares the feed for his cattle all by machinery, and has an engine for cutting his hay as well as one for operating his churn.

Judge William J. Kirk, undertaker and dealer in agricultural implements, postmaster, notary public and real estate agent, at Maxville, Mo., was born in St. Louis, October 1, 1839, and is the eldest of eight children of Francis and Margaret (Roensteel) Kirk, only himself and sister now living. The father was born in County Down, Ireland. April 9, 1809, and when a young man came to the United States and spent some years in New York City, engaged in the bakery business. He then went to Conewago, Penn., where he learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed until compelled to abandon it on account of old age. He was married in Pennsylvania in 1838, and immediately afterward took a stage trip across the mountains to St. Louis, where he lived until 1858, when he moved to a farm in Jefferson County, and in 1874 he moved to Maxville, and here died October 21, 1887, aged seventy-eight years, six months and twelve days. The mother was born in Indiana in 1816, and died April, 1874, aged fifty-seven years and eleven months. She was a member of the Catholic Church, as well as her husband, who was a convert. The Judge was reared principally in St. Louis, and educated at the public and sectarian schools of the city and in the schools of Jefferson County, where he came with his parents. He served in the Enrolled Missouri Militia as captain of Company H, Eightieth Regiment, and operated on the Iron Mountain Railroad. In 1868 he married Miss Mary Josephine Ruess, a native of St. Louis County, Mo., born June 27, 1844, and the daughter of John N. and Martha Ruess, who were born in Baden, Germany. Of the ten children born to Mr. Kirk and wife, seven are now living: Dr. William J. F., Philip J., Thomas J., Francis J., Mary J., Anna J. and Robert J. He was instrumental in establishing the postoffice at Maxville, and has been postmaster at that place for
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some time, ever since 1878. He has lived within two miles of Maxville ever since 1853, and about 1873 he moved to Maxville, and for fourteen years has resided in the town engaged in merchandising, etc., and for twelve years he has been notary public, and has been justice of the peace for nine years, commencing soon after the war. In 1880 he was elected county judge from the First District and served one term. During all his official career he has retained his good name and has given general satisfaction. He is an earnest worker for the cause of education, and is politically a life-long Democrat, his first presidential vote being cast for J. C. Breckinridge, in 1860. He is a member of the Catholic Knights of America and other benevolent societies.

William Kleinschmidt was born in Prussia, Germany, December 8, 1839, and is one of the eight children born to Charles and Charlotte (Huseman) Kleinschmidt, only four of whom are living, viz.: Anna, William, Louis and Minnie. Charles Kleinschmidt, also a native of Prussia, brought his family to the United States in 1856, and until the following March resided in St. Louis, Mo., when they removed to Jefferson County, settling in Plattin Township, where the father died in 1866. William Kleinschmidt was reared a farmer, and educated in the common schools of his native country. When young he learned the shoemaker's trade, but has never followed it. October 28, 1860, he married Miss Jane Zollman, daughter of Phillip and Phillipine (Volker) Zollman, the latter a native of Nassau, Germany, who came with her parents to the United States, in March, 1849, living in St. Louis until December of that year, and then removed to Jefferson County, Mo., settling where Mr. Kleinschmidt now resides. To Mr. and Mrs. Kleinschmidt nine children have been born, viz.: Minnie, Christ., Phillipine, William, Emma, Lydia, Frank, Ida and Malinda. Minnie married William Halter, of Plattin Township, and has two children, Arthur and Adolph. Christ. married Minnie Fink, and Phillipine became the wife of Herman Schmidt, and has two children, Albert and Henry A. Mr. Kleinschmidt owns 300 acres of land in Jefferson County, and a half interest in a tract of 160. He devotes his attention to farming and stock-raising, paying especial attention to graded stock. He has served as school director for many years, and has been local preacher in the Methodist Episcopal Church for the past twenty-four years, of which Mrs. Kleinschmidt is also a member.

Louis Kleinschmidt, a son of Charles Kleinschmidt, was born in Prussia, Germany, December 10, 1841, and came to America with his parents in the fall of 1856. In March, 1857, the family removed to Plattin Township, Jefferson County, Mo., where our subject has ever since resided. He was reared on a farm, and has always devoted his attention to the pursuit of agriculture. His education was acquired in the common schools of his native place, and, after coming to this country, he attended the night school in St. Louis a short time, which, supplemented with the study of the English language at home, completed his educated. During the late war he served in the Missouri State Militia, and was in active service several months at different times. March 27, 1864, he married Mary Moehlmann, and of the eleven children born to them nine are living, viz.: Emma C., now the wife of Alvin Gierth, of De Soto; Charles H., Anna M., Minnie L., Louis A., Clara, John, Lizzie and Edward. Mr. Kleinschmidt owns 850 acres of land, and is engaged in farming and stockraising. He is clerk of the school board. Mr. and Mrs. Kleinschmidt are members of the German Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he has held various offices of trust.

Charles H. Kleinschmidt, attorney-at-law and public administrator, at Hillsboro,
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is a native of Dillenburg, Nassau, Germany, born in 1858, and the only child of John L. and Augusta (Geise) Kleinschmidt, natives of Germany. The father was born in 1821, was well educated, was a chemist, mining engineer, etc. He came to the United States in 1849, and went to California during the gold excitement. A few years later he went to St. Louis, where he was for a short time engaged in the drug business, and where he has since made his home, although his business has called him to various parts of the world for a number of years, being employed for a St. Louis tin mining company, as a chemist and mining engineer. He made seven trips to his native country where Mrs. Kleinschmidt died in 1858. He has written many valuable articles on mineralogy, and is well known in mining circles, his service in that direction having been of inestimable value. Charles H. was born in Germany, while his parents were visiting in that country, and remained there until fourteen years of age, attending one of the most celebrated boarding schools. He then came to St. Louis, and in 1879 began the study of law, where, at the end of two years, he graduated. In 1882 he came to Hillsboro, where he has already obtained a successful practice in Jefferson County. He was thrown on his own resources at an early age, and worked at whatever employment he could obtain. He has been notary public since 1882, and public administrator since 1884. In 1883 he wedded Teresa, daughter of Edward and Elizabeth Volmar, and a native of St. Louis. To this union one child was born. Mr. Kleinschmidt is a member of the Masonic fraternity, a Democrat in politics, casting his first vote for Gen. Hancock.

Frank J. Knapp, dealer in and manufacturer of boots and shoes, and proprietor of a private boarding house, De Soto, was born February 29, 1852, in Baden, Germany, and is a son of Casper and Christenia (Schaffer) Knapp, also natives of Baden, Germany, and born, respectively, in 1807 and 1809. Casper Knapp was a contractor by trade, and a very successful business man, employing from twenty-five to thirty men constantly; he died in the prime of life in 1852. Mrs. Christenia Knapp died in 1855. She was the mother of eight children, of whom Frank J. was the youngest. After the death of his parents our subject was taken by an uncle, Lawrence Beck, with whom he lived until thirteen years old, when he went to Heidelberg and began working at the shoemaker's trade. Three years later he left his native land and immigrated to America, locating in Philadelphia, where he followed his trade until 1873, when he came to De Soto, Mo., and established a shop of his own. February 20,1876, he married Miss Matilda, daughter of Jacob and Margaret (Vernon) Halter. She was born June 21, 1850. By this marriage eight children have been born, viz.: Frank J., born December 8, 1878; Ida Amelia, February 19, 1880; John William, April 20, 1881; Frederick Victor, September 28, 1882; Anna Margaret, March 8, 1884; Charles Lawrence, November 9, 1885; Julia Lyda and Rudolph Benjamin (twins), born July 25, 1887. About 1878 Mr. Knapp began keeping boarders, and he now has from twelve to fifteen constantly. By industry, economy and close attention to business he has succeeded in a financial way. In politics he is conservative. He is a member of the Encampment, I. O. O. F., and was reared in the Catholic faith. Mrs. Knapp is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Leo Kohler was born in Graefferen on the Rhine, Grand Duchy of Baden, Germany, June 28, 1843, and is one of the principal farmers and stock-raisers of Rock Township. He is the second of three sons born to the union of Sebastian and Mary Antonia (Riebold) Kohler, who immigrated to the United States in 1845,
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landed at New Orleans and came to St. Louis, where he died August 18, the same year. His mother moved to her brother-in-law's, Ambrose Friedmann, living at that time on Glaize Creek, Jefferson County. After a stay of a year she, with her children, moved to her brothers', Xavier and Anselm Riebold, in Franklin County, and there, in 1850, was married to Judge Anton Yerger, who was born in Baden,Germany, and came to Missouri in 1847. Mr. Yerger removed to Jefferson County in 1855, where he had a contract on the Iron Mountain Railroad. During this time he bought a farm where the village of Antonia now stands. The mother moved, with the children, to the farm in 1857, and he continued his business there till the road was finished and then repaired to the farm. Early in the war he was captain of Company F, Eighty-eighth Enrolled Missouri Militia; afterward promoted to the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He was elected and served several terms as county judge. He was an influential and esteemed citizen, and died on his farm in 1882. The mother is still living, aged sixty-nine years, and is a member of the Catholic Church. Our subject remained and worked at home until he had attained his majority. He secured as fair an education as the common schools in those days afforded. He served in Company F, Eighty-eighth Enrolled Missouri Militia, and was made a sergeant and did active field duty on several occasions. In 1864 he secured a position on a Mississippi steamer as watchman, where he remained for several months and then returned to the farm. May 7, 1867, Miss Mary, daughter of Andrew and Magdalena Dotzauer became his wife. Her parents came from Saxe-Coburg, Germany, where she was born January 1, 1851 and came to Jefferson County in 1852. Of the eight children born to our subject and wife seven are now living: Julius Anton Henry, Benjamin Franklin, Leo, Xavier, Andrew, Sophia (deceased), Lena and Philip. Since his marriage our subject has lived on his farm at Antonia, which place stands part on his farm, being the owner of 260 acres, making one of the finest farms in the vicinity. He received a part from his stepfather, but the most was obtained by his own efforts. He was a successful thresher for many years, threshing in Jefferson and St. Louis Counties, and for four seasons in St. Clair and Monroe Counties, Ill., having worn out four threshers from Kingsland & Ferguson's Machine Shops, St. Louis; also followed smelting lead mineral for several years. He is quite extensively engaged in raising horses, cattle, hogs and sheep, and is also engaged in fruit and grape culture and wine-making. Politically a Republican, his first vote was cast for Abraham Lincoln. Though born a Catholic, he is not connected with any congregation, as is also his wife, a born Lutheran. Although his own education is not of the best, he is sparing no pains in educating his children. He is director of the schools, which position he has held for the past fourteen years.

Xavier Kohler, farmer and stock-raiser, of Rock Township, was born in Baden, Germany, January 1, 1841, and is the eldest of three sons born to Sebastian and Mary Ann (Riebold) Kohler. [For further particulars of parents see sketch of Leo Kohler]. Xavier was reared principally by Judge Yerger, and received his education in the common schools by his own efforts. He remained at home until October 19, 1861, when he enlisted in Company B of Stewart's Cavalry for three years, but in January, of the following year, was transferred to Company I, Forty-third Illinois Volunteer Infantry. In February he left for the South, and was initiated at Shiloh. He remained in West Tennessee, and North Mississippi, in the sixteenth corps, until the summer of 1863, when that corps was ordered South, and was at Haines Bluff at the fall of Vicksburg. Mr. Kohler was transferred to the seventh corps, under Gen. Steele, in the
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Trans-Mississippi department, was at Jenkin's Ferry, and also participated in many minor skirmishes. He served about two months over the time of his enlistment, being discharged at Cairo, Ill., in December, 1864. He then returned home and remained on the farm until 1869, at which date he married Mrs. Mary Westerreck, widow of Henry Westerreck, and the daughter of William Freding, who was at the battle of Leipsic, where he met his death. Her mother, Minnie Freding, came to Missouri in 1847, and afterwards to Jefferson County, where she died in 1881, aged eighty-three. Mrs. Kohler is the mother of four children by her first marriage, and four by her last. The last children are: Apollonia, Anton, Anselm and Bertha. Since his marriage Mr. Kohler has lived on his present farm of 170 acres, situated three miles north of Antonia. He is a Mason, and in his political views is a Republican, casting his first presidential vote for Lincoln in 1864.

William Kramer, retired tailor of De Soto, was born in Germany, in 1831. and is the second in the family of ten children born to Peter and Magdelena Kramer. He was educated in his native country, and at the age of seventeen commenced to learn the tailor's trade, serving an apprenticeship of two years, He immigrated to the United States in 1851, and first located in New Orleans, where he worked at his trade until 1864; he then moved to St. Louis, where he resided until 1878, when he located in De Soto, where he has lived a quiet and retired life. In 1858 he married Miss Mary Knab, who was born in Alsace, France, now Germany, in 1831, and came to America in 1855, locating in New Orleans. Mrs. Kramer is a practitioner of the obstetric art by profession, receiving her education in her native country, and attending medical school six months; she has been constantly engaged in practice for the past ten years, and has been very successful in her chosen profession. In politics, Mr. Kramer is conservative, voting for principle and not for party. He is a member of the Evangelical Church, while Mrs. Kramer is a member of the Roman Catholic Church.

Thomas J. Lee, another successful and enterprising farmer and stock-raiser of Joachim Township, was born on the farm on which he now lives, January 6, 1835, and is the youngest of four sons born to Giles and Amelia (Null) Lee. The former was born in Pennsylvania, in 1797, and when a mere child was taken by his parents to Kentucky, where he lived until the age of twenty-four (1821). He then came to Jefferson County, found employment near Pevely, and conducted a tannery for Col. Bryant, having learned his trade in Kentucky. After a few years with Col. Bryant he married and moved to near Hematite, where he started a tanyard on the farm on which his son, Charles F., now lives, perhaps the second tanyard in Jefferson County. After operating this for some time he removed about one mile below, on the farm on which our subject now lives, where he remained until 1855. He then removed to Arcadia, in Iron County, and from there to Mill Spring, in Wayne County, where he died in 1874. He was of German descent, and both father and mother were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and were among the best families of the county. Mr. Lee was married four times, his last wife still living. The mother of Thomas J. was born near Hematite, and died when he was but a few days old. She was a daughter of William Null, one of the earliest pioneers of Jefferson County, who settled on one of the old Spanish claims near Hematite. He was one of the foremost citizens of the county, and was one of the six commissioners to select the county seat on its removal from Herculaneum. Thomas J. attended the common subscription schools three or four months a year, and in
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order to do so was obliged to walk four miles night and morning. The house was of the rudest log structure and very inconvenient in every way. He finished his education with a one year's attendance at Arcadia, after his father had removed there. At the opening of the late Rebellion he at once joined the Confederate army in Company B, Second Missouri Cavalry, under Col. Colton Green, in Gen. J. S. Marmaduke's Division, and operated in Arkansas and Missouri for nearly four years. Although he served continuously as deputy lieutenant, he was never wounded or captured. After his discharge at (Nacatush) Louisiana in June, 1865, he returned home, and September 12 of the next year married Maria Ellen, daughter of John and Mary (Itson) Morgan, formerly of Kentucky, but who came to Jefferson County about 1860, and lived some years in Iron County. Mrs. Lee's father is a second cousin of Gen. John Morgan, of Confederate fame. Soon after his marriage Mr. Lee located on the farm of his birth, which consists of 261 acres, one and a half miles east of Hematite. A portion of this he inherited and bought about one-half from his father's estate. Although having no children of his own, Mr. Lee has reared and educated several. He is an enterprising and upright citizen, and has been a member of the school board for about sixteen years. Politically, he was reared a Whig, but has always acted with the Democratic party, his first vote being for Breckinridge, in 1860. He has been a prominent Mason sixteen years, and he and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Mr. Lee's grandfather spent the last years of his life in Jefferson County.

Marion M. Lewis, farmer, was born in St. Louis, in 1828, and is the eldest of eight children born to John and Nancy M. (Curry) Lewis. John Lewis was born in Virginia about 1790, and in 1796 came with his father, John Lewis, to St. Louis, where the latter immediately erected a grist and saw mill on Creve Coeur Creek, about sixteen miles west of St. Louis, which he operated for a number of years, until after the death of his wife, when he went to Texas, and here spent the remainder of his days. He was of rather a roving disposition, and had in early life acquired a taste for frontier life. He was among the earliest white settlers of what is now St. Louis County, being there when it required the united efforts of the whites to subdue the Indians. The father of Marion M. was reared in the pioneer days of Missouri with but very little education. At the age of seventeen he joined what was called the "Government Rangers," in which service he continued in the Missouri River country against the Indians until twenty-one years of age. He was twice married, and lived in St. Louis County many years, where his wife died, and where he married the mother of Marion. In about 1839 he removed to Jackson County, but about one year later returned to St. Louis County, and from there moved to Greene County, Ill., soon after. Not being satisfied, he again returned to St. Louis County, and two years later settled fourteen miles from the city, on the "Bonhomme Road." He remained there until 1846, when he removed to where St. Paul is, on the Missouri Pacific Railroad, where he died one year later. He was a life-long, and well-to-do farmer. The mother of the subject of this sketch was born in Kentucky, and died about 1865. Her father, James Curry, was a native Kentuckian, but came to St. Louis soon after the arrival of Mr. Lewis, but afterward removed to Greene County, Ill., where he died. He was a captain in the War of 1812, under Gen. Harrison, and was at the battle of the Thames. He was of Scotch descent. Marion M. Lewis remained at home until twenty-two years of age, and received his education in the common schools. In 1852 he married Miss Clara Byrd, a native of Jefferson County, and the daughter of Austin and Mary Byrd, natives,
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respectively, of Georgia and Kentucky, but who in a very early day came to Jefferson County, being one of the pioneers of that county. Of the eight children born to Mr. and Mrs. Lewis only three are now living: Nannie, Alexander and Mary May. Mr. Lewis lived in St. Paul and vicinity until 1877, when he came to Jefferson County, and settled near Maxville, on the Byrd farm. He has been a life-long farmer, is a Democrat in politics (as his father was before him), and is a member of the Masonic fraternity.

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