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Mayor H. E. McClanahan, of Festus, Jefferson County, is a native of Ste. Genevieve County, and was born January 31, 1837. His father, Madison McClanahan, of Scotch descent, was a native of the same county, where he spent his entire life; he married Miss Virginia Frazier, of French descent, and to them several children were born, four of whom grew to manhood and womanhood. At this writing the mother is still living on the old homestead, in Jackson Township, Ste. Genevieve County. H. E. McClanahan received a common-school education, and was reared on a farm, to which occupation he gave his undivided attention until 1881, when he located in the town in which he now resides. He married Miss Martha A. Jennings, a native of the same locality as himself, the event being solemnized November 3, 1869. This marriage was blessed by the birth of nine children, four of whom are deceased, viz.: Elvey E, Ida, an infant unnamed, and Chester. Those living are: Signor V., Gracie, Luther B., Jessie M. and Minnie P. Since locating in Festus Mr. McClanahan has been representing the Klausman Brewing Company, of St. Louis, as local distributing agent. In the corporation election of 1877 he was elected to the office of mayor of the town of Festus. In matters political he is an independent Democrat, preferring to vote for the man in preference to party dictation.

Mrs. Rachel A. McClure and daughter, Alice M. Dunsford, of Vineland, Jefferson Co., Mo., reside on a fine fruit farm of 120 acres, sixty of which are cultivated. They came to Jefferson County in June, 1879, from Gallatin County, Ky., in which State both of the ladies were born. Mrs. McClure's maiden name was Hughes, and her father was Cornelius D. Hughes. She married Dr. Virgil McClure, of Anderson County, Ky., and they became the parents of one child, Alice M. Alice was married to the Hon. Gilderoy Wells Griffin, an attorney at Louisville, Ky., afterward United States Consul to Denmark, Samoan Islands, New Zealand, Sydney, Australia. One child blessed their union, Virgiline Griffin, who is a girl of rare talents and a skilled violinist, also a composer of music, although very young. She inherits music from her mother, for Alice is an expert in music. Both Mrs. McClure and her daughter are literary, each having contributed extensively to newspapers and magazines. Mrs. Dunsford is the author of a book of poems, and has two books yet unpublished. One of Mrs. McClure's latest poems was to her grand-daughter, Virgiline, and bears marks of great talent and rare culture. Mrs. Dunsford is a widow for the second time, her last marriage having been contracted with an English gentleman, whose name is Mr. Frederick Dunsford. Mrs. McClure is a Universalist, as was also her husband, the Doctor, who died in that faith. Mrs. Dunsford affiliates with the Christian Church.

Daniel J. McDermott, locomotive engineer on the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railroad, whose division extends from De Soto to Piedmont, is a resident of the former place. He is a son of Augustine and Frances (Sauffer) McDermott, and was born in Huntingdon County, Penn., in 1840. Augustine McDermott, who is of Irish descent, was also born in Huntingdon County, Penn., in 1819, but for the past twenty-two years has been a resident of
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Piedmont, W. Va., where he is an influential citizen. He served two years as mayor of the town, and is at present justice of the peace. He served as an engineer on the Old State Railroad twenty years and fourteen years on the Cumberland & Pennsylvania Railroad. Mrs. Frances McDermott is of German descent, and was born in Huntingdon County, Penn., in 1821. Daniel J. McDermott was the eldest in a family of nine children, and was educated at Mount Savage, Md. When thirteen years of age he commenced working in a brickyard for 37 1/2 cents per day. He worked in that capacity for five years, receiving for his later services $1.25 per day. He worked six months at the mechanics' trade, and for the following two years had charge of a stationary engine in sinking a coal shaft. In 1862 he went to Piedmont, W. Va., and was employed as a fireman on a locomotive engine on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, which position he held two and one-half years, and the following six years was employed as an engineer on the same road. In 1871 he became an engineer on the Cumberland & Pennsylvania Railroad, where he remained nine years. In 1880 he came to De Soto and secured his present position as engineer on the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railroad. December 21,1865, he married Miss Mary McCormic, of near Harrisburg, Penn., born in 1846. To Mr. and Mrs. McDermott six children have been born: Frances, William, Martin, May, Joseph, Daniel J., Jr. Mr. McDermott is a member of the A. O. U. W. and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. With his wife, he is a member of the Roman Catholic Church.

George W. McFry, sheriff of Jefferson County, Mo., is a native of that county, born in Big River Township, May 1, 1843, and is the seventh of eight children born to George and Docia (Romine) McFry, natives of South Carolina and Kentucky, respectively. When young both came to Jefferson County, where they were united in marriage, and with the exception of six months in St. Louis City and a short time in Franklin County, spent the remainder of their lives in Jefferson County. Mr. McFry was a life-long farmer, and died in 1880. He was for some time superintendent of the county poor farm. His father was a Pennsylvania German. The name was originally Fry, and it was supposed that the Mc was added by him. Mrs. McFry died about 1875. and both she and her husband were members of the Baptist Church. George W. received a very limited education and at the age of eighteen enlisted in Company I, Thirteenth Missouri Volunteer Infantry, and served nearly four years, participating in the battles of Forts Henry, Donelson, Shiloh, Corinth, Siege of Vicksburg, Little Rock and a great many minor engagements. He remained in service until September, 1865, at which date he returned to the farm. He was married March, 1866, to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Morgan and Sarah Bryan, and a native of Jefferson County. To them were born seven children, five now living, viz.: Ida, Peter Sherman, Joseph H., Mary A. and John A. The two children deceased are Andrew J. and Philip Sheridan. Mrs. McFry died July 10, 1879. Mr. McFry has lived, since his marriage, in Central Township, engaged in farming, and now owns 130 acres five miles west of Hillsboro. In 1886 he was brought forward by the Republican party for the office of sheriff, and, against a large Democratic majority, won a complete victory of 582 votes. He is a member of the A. O. U. W. and of the G. A. R., and his first presidential vote was cast for Lincoln in 1864.

Doctor F. McKee, general merchant, and dealer in lumber and grain, Victoria, was born in Valle Township, Jefferson County, March 16, 1834, and is the youngest of ten children born to William S. and Mary F. (McKay) McKee.
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William S. McKee (deceased) was a native of Abbeville, S. C., and a son of Adam McKee, a native of Scotland, who immigrated to the United States, and settled in South Carolina during the Revolutionary War. William S. McKee settled in Gasconade County, Mo., in 1817, at a time when the country was a wilderness, and his nearest neighbor twenty miles away; he removed to Jefferson County in 1823, first settling in Central Township, and afterward in Valle Township. Doctor F. McKee was brought up on a farm, and obtained his education in the primitive log school. January 3, 1859, he married Elizabeth Wilson, a native of Big River Township, Jefferson County, and a daughter of David Wilson (deceased). To Mr. and Mrs. McKee have been born nine children, of whom eight are living, viz.: Geneva (widow of Aaron Pinson, has one child), Edward, Anna (wife of W. L. Vobertson, of Valle Township, has two children, Jessie and an infant), Freeman married Edward Raymond, of Helena, Mont., Brunette, Phil S., Kate, Hattie and Helena. Mr. McKee served in the late war in Company I, Thirteenth Missouri Infantry, and was afterward transferred to the Twenty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He participated in the battles of Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Corinth, Vicksburg, Little Rock and others. He was engaged in farming until 1886, having removed to Victoria in September, 1884. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, the G. A. R. and Columbia Union. His political preferences are Republican, though he is not a politician. Mr. and Mrs. McKee are members of the Christian Church.

William J. McMahon, timekeeper in the railroad shops of the Iron Mountain Railroad at De Soto, was born near where the battle of Shiloh was fought in Hardin County, Tenn., January 25, 1858, and is a son of Robert C. McMahon, also a native of Tennessee, who immigrated to Paducah, Ky., in 1862; during the late war he was captain and pilot on the Tennessee, Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, in the service of the United States, and he it was who had to turn his boats at Johnsonville to keep the rebels from capturing them. William J. McMahon was reared and received his early education in Paducah, Ky., afterward attending the A. and M. College of Lexington, Ky. His father died in 1877, and, being obliged to leave school, he learned the trade of fancy wood moulding and scroll work, at which he worked six years. He went to St. Louis in 1882, and January 28, 1883, came to De Soto, where he followed his trade six. months, and then became clerk in the timekeeper's office of the Iron Mountain Railroad shops. He was promoted to the position of timekeeper in August, 1885, which position he still holds. Mr. McMahon is a Royal Arch Mason, and a prominent member of the A. O. U. W.

R. W. McMullin is the present treasurer of Jefferson County, and is the editor of the Jefferson Democrat. In the family of his parents, John T. and Eliza M. (Jamison) McMullin, were ten children, four of whom are living. R. W. the third child, and the eldest now living, was born in Jefferson County, June 2, 1842. John T. McMullin is a son of Samuel McMullin who was a native of Ireland, and settled in Jefferson County, near Valle Mines, in the latter part of the eighteenth century. Eliza M. McMullin was a daughter of Robert Jamison, who was also one of the pioneers of Jefferson County. The parents were married about 1837, and settled on a farm on Plattin Creek; the father was born in 1812, and was three times elected assessor of Jefferson County, performing the duties of that office to the satisfaction of all. R. W. was educated in the common schools, and in the winters of 1860 and 1863 taught a district school. In August, 1862, he enlisted for three years in the Thirty-first Regiment Missouri Volunteers, but was discharged at the expiration of three
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months on account of throat and lung diseases contracted in the service. February 1, 1863, he was appointed deputy county clerk under Samuel A. Reppy, in which capacity he served until May, 1865, being then appointed county clerk by Gov. Fletcher, retaining the latter office until November, 1866, when he was elected to the same position on the Radical ticket, and performed the duties of the office to the satisfaction of all and to his own credit. In June, 1871, Mr. McMullin purchased the Jefferson Democrat, a paper in which he had been interested for some time previously. He still owns and conducts the paper, which is the most newsy and firmly-established paper in Jefferson County. Mr. McMullin was elected county treasurer of the county in 1884, being elected to the same position in 1886. In March, 1864, occurred his marriage to Miss Mary E., daughter of B. S. Reppy, who died in 1865. The following year he married Miss Mary E., daughter of E. F. Honey, and to their union have been born four sons and four daughters. Mr. McMullin is an elder in the Presbyterian Church, and belongs to Joachim Lodge, No. 164, A. F. & A. M., and also to Cape Stone R. A. C., No. 33. He has taken great interest in Masonic matters, and has served as D. D. G. M. of his Masonic district.

Eli J. McMullin was born in Valle Township, Jefferson County, September 18, 1850. His father, Robert McMullin, a native of Henderson County, Ky., settled in Jefferson County, Mo., in 1826, which was then a dense wilderness inhabited by wild animals. His wife was Rebecca McMullin, and of their thirteen children, ten of whom are living, Eli J. was the youngest, viz.: John T., Samuel W., William B., Robert W., George W., Benjamin W., Richard J., Adaline (now Mrs. Volkes), Eliza J. (now Mrs. Williams) and Eli J. James N. and Thomas J. were soldiers in the Union army during the late war; the former was killed at the siege of Vicksburg, and the latter died from sickness contracted in the army while home on a furlough. Eli J. McMullin was reared on the old homestead, and received his education in the common schools. September 18, 1876, he married Nancy A. Cape, daughter of Rev. James Cape, an early settler of Valle Township. Mr. and Mrs. McMullin have four children, viz.: Lawrence C., George B., Maggie J. and Mary E. Mr. McMullin lives on the old farm, which consists of 209 acres, and devotes some attention to the raising of stock. He and wife are members of the Baptist Church. He has never sought political honor.

John McNulty, house-builder and contractor of De Soto, was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1827, and is a son of Michael and Ann (Ball) McNulty. Michael McNulty, a carpenter by trade, was born in 1790, and died in 1838. His wife, who was born in 1800, came to America in 1850, and died in De Soto, Mo., in 1874. Of the four children born to them John was the youngest. He attended school only three or four years in his native country, but after coming to America supplemented his education by attending night school for nearly two years. When but eleven years of age he began an apprenticeship of seven years to the carpenter's trade, becoming a skillful workman. He came to this country in 1848, followed his trade two years in New Orleans, and in 1850 located in Jefferson County, Mo., where he bought 140 acres, which he devoted to farming and stock-raising one year, then rented and removed to De Soto, where he resumed work at his trade. During the war he superintended the building of the Hillsboro courthouse, and afterward erected several buildings in that place. He also superintended the construction of the first fair grounds of De Soto, and many buildings in the town. Mr. McNulty is an industrious man and a good citizen, and one highly esteemed. He has speculated some in real estate, buying and
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selling farms and property in De Soto, and has usually met with success. In 1854 he married Miss Catherine Power, who was born in Waterford, Ireland in 1829. To them were born four children: Bridget (wife of Lyman Parks), John, Frank and Mary Ann. Mrs. McNulty died in 1863, and in 1866 Mr. McNulty married Miss Bridget Burk, also a native of Ireland, who is the mother of two children: Joseph and Katie. The family are members of the Catholic Church.

William Riley Maness, general merchant and postmaster at Frumet, was born in Big River Township on the old homestead farm, October 11, 1849, son of Elijah and Mary A. (Murrell) Maness. The father was born in Tennessee, in 1811, and at an early age came to this county, settling in Big River Township, among the Indians and wild animals. At an early day he hauled lead to St. Louis with an ox-team, bringing back dry goods a distance of fifty miles. He is still living, and is a resident of Big River Township. The mother is deceased. William grew to manhood on the farm, and secured a fair education in the common schools. He then farmed in the summer, and taught in the winter, for eight or ten years. In the spring of 1880 he began merchandising at Frumet in partnership with A. Mandle. The latter retired in 1885, since which time the business has been continued by our subject with success.

Louis Matheau, retired butcher and farmer, of De Soto, was born in France in 1827, and is the third in the family of five children born to August and Julian Matheau. He was educated in his native country, and in his youth learned to cook, which occupation he followed in private families and hotels; he subsequently established a restaurant in Orleans. In 1849 he married Miss Annett Brierre, who was born in France in 1827. They are the parents of two children, viz.: Juliette (wife of Andrew Frech) and Emma (wife of Amos Coleman). In 1852 Mr. Matheau immigrated to this country, and first settled in Nauvoo, Ill., where he remained five years, and then removed to Adams County, Iowa, where he resided five years. In 1862 he moved to St. Louis, Mo., and in 1866 located in Jefferson County, where he bought 160 acres of land three miles from De Soto, and engaged in agricultural pursuits. Six years later he removed to De Soto and established a butcher shop, which he successfully conducted until 1884, when he sold out. He also sold his farm in 1884, and is now leading a quiet and retired life, enjoying the fruits of his industry and economy. In political faith he is a Republican.

Edward B. Maupin, farmer and stock-raiser, was born two and a half miles north of High Ridge in 1845. He is the second of a family of four children born to John W. and Ann (Byrnes) Maupin. The former was born in Albemarle County, Va., October 30, 1817, and when about nine years of age moved with his father, Charles Wesley Maupin, to St. Louis County, where the latter settled and where he remained until 1834, when he removed to Jefferson County, locating six miles northeast of Hillsboro. Here he died in 1842. He was of French origin, and a native of Albemarle County, Va. John W. received very meager educational advantages, not having attended school more than nine days altogether. He learned to read and write by the light of the old time fireplace, and became familiar with all ordinary arithmetical problems. He was married in 1843, and settled near High Ridge, but removed to St. Louis County, and from there to Jefferson County in 1860. From the beginning of the war his sympathies were with the South, and he took an active part in recruiting and piloting men to the South. On the night of the 27th of July, 1862, he was captured with several others, and taken to Alton, Ill., where he was held prisoner for about nine months. He was then exchanged, and joined the Confederate army
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at Vicksburg, where he surrendered with the army. He was soon after exchanged and went to Richmond, Va., where he was consigned to the Western Department, and served during the remainder of the war under Gen. Price, with whom he surrendered. He did not return home until August, 1866, and died on the 26th of the same month of cholera. He had been a man of considerable means, but through the ravages of war was left almost penniless. He was a liberal supporter of all public enterprises, and was a man esteemed by all. The mother was born in Meramec Township, and died in 1853. She was a member of the Baptist Church. Edward B. remained with his father until the breaking out of the late war, when he began for himself as a farm hand. This he continued until 1866, when he married Miss Ann, daughter of Isaac T. and Margaret Smith. Mr. Smith was formerly of Indiana, but when a boy came to St. Louis County, where he was married, and where he has since resided, engaged in farming. Eleven children were the result of Mr. Maupin's marriage, nine of whom are now living: Octavia, Lucy, Ella (deceased), Emma, Clay (deceased), Janetta, John T., Winifred, James S., Grover C. and Lillie G. The first three years after marriage Mr. Maupin resided on the old home farm, after which he removed to Eureka, and here rented land for five years. In 1874 he removed to the James Brown farm, at the mouth of Big River, on the Meramec River, which he rented for nine years. He then purchased his present farm, which consists of 307 acres of as good land as is to be found in the county. It is a part of one of the old Spanish surveys. He was instrumental in establishing a good public school in his district, although the school is four miles from his house. He is active in every public enterprise. Politically a Democrat, he cast his first presidential vote for Greeley, in 1872. He is a member of the A. O. U. W. and a liberal supporter of the church, and of all charitable institutions.

William J. Mauthe, manufacturer of soda and mineral water, ginger ale, etc., De Soto, bought the establishment of William Lorenz, February 18, 1885, and has since been in the business. He has met with good success, and supplies the trade of De Soto, Hillsboro, Kimmswick, Crystal City, Potosi and Pevely, employing three men during the summer season. Mr. Mauthe is a native of Pacific, Franklin Co.. Mo., and was born in 1860. He is a son of William and Susan (Kiburz) Mauthe, natives, respectively, of Wurtemberg, Germany, and Switzerland. William Mauthe was born in 1827, and about 1841 left his native country and immigrated to America, settling first in St. Louis, where he remained until 1843. He then located in Pacific, Franklin County, where for the past ten years he has been engaged in merchandising, having served as postmaster during the war. Mrs. Susan Mauthe was born in 1837. She is the mother of ten children, of whom seven are living: August, Annie, William J., Louisa (wife of Charles Hufschmidt), Louis, Clara and John. William J. Mauthe received his education in Pacific, and at the German Institute in St. Louis. From the time he was fourteen until twenty years of age he was engaged in news-dealing, the jeweler business, and ran a small printing office. In partnership with his brother, August, in 1882, he established the manufacturing of soda water in Pacific, selling his interest to his brother in 1884, and establishing his present business in De Soto. December 1, 1886, he married Miss Mary, daughter of Daniel Schafer, who was born in South St. Louis, in 1867. They have one child, Annie Adalie. In politics Mr. Mauthe is a Republican. He is a member of the A. O. U. W.

Edwin Mercer, traveling engineer for the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railroad, was born in Dover, N. H., January 22, 1841, and is a son of Josiah
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Mercer. Mr. Mercer settled in St. Louis in 1859, where he resided until the fall of 1883 when he removed and located in De Soto. He received a common-school education, and has been in the employ of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railroad for many years. He was first engaged as a brakeman on freight trains, then wiped engines, subsequently fired, and still later was employed as an engineer for eight or ten years. In 1878 he was promoted to his present position, that of traveling engineer on the Missouri Division. October 28, 1876, he married Elizabeth Annie Wilson, daughter of John Wilson, a machinist of South St. Louis. Mrs. Mercer was born in England, and is a member of the Episcopal Church. Mr. Mercer is a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Odd Fellows and the Legion of Honor.

Hermann Meyer, proprietor of the Commercial Hotel of De Soto, was born in Saxony, Germany, July 24, 1846, and is a son of Christian F. Meyer of Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony, Germany. Hermann Meyer immigrated to the United States in 1866, and first located in New York City, where he remained for some time, and in 1870 went to California, returning in 1872. He again visited that State in 1878, remained two years and returned to Chicago in 1880. In December, 1882, he settled in De Soto, Jefferson County, Mo., and embarked in his present business, which he has since successfully continued. In September, 1882, he married Hermina Goedert. Mr. and Mrs. Meyer have three children, viz.: Hans, Elizabeth and Gertrude. Mr. Meyer's head clerk, Wiley C. Cobb, was born near Union City, Tenn., July 26, 1859, and is a son of Jesse Cobb, who settled in Salem, Dent Co., Mo., during the early part of the late war. February 7, 1887, Mr. Cobb married Miss Minnie Patterson, daughter of Charles V. Patterson, of Caledonia, Washington Co., Mo. Mr. Cobb is an enterprising young man, and is a member of the Knights of Pythias.

John Miller was born in Schwerin, Mecklenburg, Germany, December 19, 1833. He was educated in the common schools of his native country, and was reared to the occupation of a miller, serving his time with an uncle, a brother of his mother. He remained at home until he was fourteen years of age. August 9, 1865, he was joined in marriage to Sophia Sangabusch, and of the nine children born to them three, Minnie, Emma and an infant unnamed, are deceased. Those living are: Bertha, born November 15, 1867; Jessie, born June 12, 1870; Willie, born October 11, 1872; Sophia, born November 16, 1877; Lizzie, born December 25, 1879, and Alvina, born May 21, 1885. Mrs. Miller died August 17, 1886, aged forty-four years, seven months and fourteen days. Mr. Miller came to America in 1867, and upon his arrival made his way with his family direct to St. Louis, where he secured employment in a mill, and remained about eighteen months. He then moved to Jefferson County, and was employed as a farm hand for three years; he subsequently rented the farm on which he now resides, and in 1880 purchased the same, paying $1,400 for it. The farm contains eighty acres, and is in a good state of cultivation. He is a member of the American Legion of Honor, and Hermann Sons of Kimmswick, a German organization. He is a Democrat. Mr. Miller was reared in the Lutheran Church, of which faith his family are adherents.

Dr. George M. Mockbee, practicing physician and surgeon, of Hillsboro, and coroner of Jefferson County, Mo., was born near Horine in 1859, and is the eldest of four children born to Robert E. and Minerva J. (Williams) Mockbee. The father was born in Maryland, where he was reared, and when a young man came to Jefferson County. He was married in 1856, and settled near Horine, in Joachim Township, where he has since made his home. and where he has
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followed the occupation of a farmer and carpenter. Mrs. Mockbee is a daughter of Landen Williams, who was one of the well-known and very early settlers of Jefferson County, settling there long before Missouri was a State. Both parents of George M. are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The Doctor was reared at home, and educated in the public schools, and in 1879 began the study of medicine under the late Dr. J. E. Morris. The same year he entered the American Medical College, at St. Louis, from which institution he graduated in 1882. After practicing in different places until about 1883 he came to Hillsboro, where he clerked for Joseph J. Hoeken for about one year, and then resumed his chosen profession, which he has since followed with considerable success. In 1884 he was elected coroner of Jefferson County, and re-elected in 1886, and is now serving his second term. November, 1886, he married Miss Jessie, daughter of Hon. Abner and Mary Green. Mrs. Mockbee is a native of Hillsboro, where she was reared and educated. Politically, the Doctor is a Democrat, and cast his first presidential vote for Hancock in 1880. He is a member of the A. O. U. W., and his wife is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

Henry Moehlmann was born in Westphalia, Germany, in 1841, and is a son of Frederick and Elizabeth (Broeker) Moehlmann, who immigrated to the United States in 1854, and located in St. Louis. The father died in 1859, aged about forty-five years, and the mother died in 1862 at the age of forty years. Of their three children Henry was the eldest; he was twelve years of age when his parents came to America, and when about seventeen years old he commenced working in a foundry at St. Louis, where he was employed three years. In 1860 he located in De Soto, where he was engaged in farming for some time; during the war he served in the Missouri Enrolled Militia, and in 1865 went to St. Louis, where he worked at the tinner's trade six years, at the expiration of which time he established a grocery in St. Louis. He came to De Soto in 1873, and established a grocery store, to which he added, in 1883, a line of dry goods and hardware; he conducts one of the best general stores in the town, is a thorough business man, and a highly-respected citizen. In 1873 he married Miss Amelia Schmidt, who was born in Jefferson County, Mo., in 1851. Five children have been born to them, viz.: Henry, Carrie, Albert, Hattie and Rudolph. In politics Mr. Moehlmann is a Republican; he is president of the school board of De Soto, and is a member of the I. O. O. F. He and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he is steward.

Robert C. Moore, farmer and dairyman of Joachim Township, was born on the Isle of Man, in 1849, the son of Robert and Ann (Carine) Moore, natives of the same place, where they lived until about 1855, at which date they came to New Orleans. The father was born February 13, 1820, and died January 15, 1886. The mother was born March 14, 1817, and died May 2, 1885. They were married about 1845, and after staying in New Orleans for a short time came to St. Louis, where they remained for about one year. They then moved to Jefferson County, lived in Plattin Township for fourteen months, and then returned to St. Louis; but in August, 1861, again came to Jefferson County, located two miles from Selma, and in 1872 settled just north of Festus, where they spent the balance of their days. Before coming to the United States Mr. Moore followed the sea, and for some years worked various mines in Missouri; but the later years of his life were spent engaged in agricultural pursuits. During the war he was assistant steward of the Good Samaritan Hospital, at St. Louis. Both parents were Methodists for many years, but the latter part of his life Mr. Moore
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was a Presbyterian. They were the parents of six children, only two now liv ing: Annie, wife of William Kerruish, foreman and carpenter at Crystal City Plate Glass Works, and Robert C. The latter was educated in the common schools, and by his own efforts graduated from the Jones' Commercial College, at St. Louis. He began life as a farmer, but afterward clerked for about eighteen months at Crystal City. The latter business did not agree with him, and he was obliged to abandon it and take a trip through Colorado for his health, which was greatly benefited by the change. March 20, 1884, he married Miss Hattie Morton, a native of Orange County, N. Y., born in 1856, and the daughter of Harvey R. and Margaret Morton, natives also of New York. Mr. Morton was then engaged in business in Indiana, whither the family came about 1857, and where they lived until 1872. They then removed to Iron County, Mo., and the next year to Jefferson County, where they still live, in Joachim Township. Mr. Morton followed whale fishing from the age of fifteen to the age of thirty, but since coming to Jefferson County he has engaged in agricultural pursuits. The result of Mr. Moore's marriage was the birth of two children: Robert Harvey and Eveylin. Since his marriage Mr. Moore has lived on the old farm, which consists of sixty-eight acres. Since November, 1886, he has been engaged in the dairy business, and has met with success. In 1886 he was Republican candidate for county clerk, but was defeated by only twenty-one votes, owing to a heavy Democratic majority in the county for years. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and American Legion of Honor, and is a charter member of the Crystal City Council. He and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church and are worthy and esteemed citizens of the county.

Robert G. Morgan, who is another prominent farmer and stock-raiser of Joachim Township, was born in Marion County, Ill., August 30, 1842, and is the son of Maj. Joseph D. and Elizabeth (Middleton) Morgan, natives of McMinnville, Tenn., born in 1806 and 1807, respectively. They were married in McMinnville, Tenn., and removed from there to Marion County, Ill., where they died, the mother in 1846, and the father in 1862. The father was a farmer and school teacher, and was major of the militia in Tennessee. John Morgan, the great-grandfather of our subject, came from England in the year 1765, settling in Virginia, where, about 1770, the grandfather of Robert G. was born. He was a cousin of Gen. Daniel Morgan of revolutionary fame, and had enlisted to go into the War of 1812, when peace was declared. William Middleton, the maternal grandfather of our subject, in company with his two brothers, Arthur and Watson, came from Wales to the State of Virginia, in 1767. One year later they went to South Carolina, from whence Arthur Middleton was sent as a delegate to the Continental Congress, and was the thirteenth signer of the Declaration of Independence. Grandfather Middleton was in the War of 1812, and took part in the great battle of New Orleans, under Gen. Andrew Jackson. Robert G. attended the public schools six months during the year, until nineteen years of age, but previous to this, at the age of thirteen, he had commenced business for himself as a farm hand at $9 per month for the first year, his wages being increased each year. He remained with one man in Marion County, Ill., until the age of nineteen. April 20, 1862, he married Mary S. Paden, a native of Lancaster, Ohio, and the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Paden. The father was a native of Pennsylvania, but came to Ohio, and lived a short time at Lancaster, and settled at Dayton, where he died in 1856. Our subject then assumed charge of the farm, on which he had worked since the age of thirteen, and operated the same for one season; spending the winter
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at Louisiana, Mo., where he clerked in the store for a firm by the name of Marzolf & Seibert. He then returned to Marion County, Ill., and purchased a farm near Iuka, where he lived one season, after which he sold the farm and went as a laborer on the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad. He then removed to Irving, Ill., and was made foreman on a section of the St. Louis, Alton & Terre Haute Railroad, which position he held for about two and a half years. He then operated a grocery store in Irving, Ill., then removing to Louisiana, Mo., in 1869, where Mrs. Morgan's mother and step-father, Capt. H. A. Rice, lived. The same year they came to Jefferson County, to the Judge Beckett farm, which he managed for Dr. Hobson. In the meantime he purchased his present farm, on which he settled in 1871, and is situated four miles west of Horine Station. He first purchased eighty acres, but now owns 120 acres. The following children were born to our subject's marriage: Lola H., Walter A. and Robert D. In 1861 he offered his services in the Union army, but was rejected on account of the loss of one eye. One of his brothers, John C., was killed at Belmont, Mo; another, Andrew Jackson, died in camp at Columbus, Ky., of measles, in 1863, and another brother, Dr. L. L., who was attending said brother, died a short time after reaching home, from exposure there. Capt. James H., commander of an Illinois Company, resigned after about one year, and is now a Presbyterian minister at Oakley, Kas. Albert G., who was living in Arkansas at the time of the rebellion, joined Gen. Sigel's command, and was at the Pea Ridge fight. Rev. Dr. Joseph D., Jr., a Christian minister, lives at Odin, Ill., is also editor of Ancient Landmarks, a newspaper at that place --in all ten brothers, two sisters and two half-sisters, our subject being the eleventh child. Mr. Morgan, the father of our subject, was twice married, the second time to Mrs. Elizabeth Ruffner, in 1848. To them were born two children: Mary L. now a resident of Los Angeles, Cal., her husband, Aaron Henry, being superintendent of repairs of the public schools of that city; and Sarah L., who died near Mason, Effingham Co., Ill., in 1876. Our subject is an earnest worker for the cause of education, and the public in general; was one that took part in establishing a school in the neighborhood in 1871, and has since been clerk of the board of directors; built the schoolhouse under contract in the year 1876. He has been superintendent of the Zion Sunday-school (with the exception of about one year), also trustee and class-leader since 1870. He has the Jefferson County right of a straw and hay stacker, invented and patented by his brother, Rev. J. D., the patent taken out in 1881. He is a Republican in politics and cast his first vote for Lincoln, in 1864. Mr. Morgan is a member of the I. O. G. T. and of the Agricultural Wheel. He and his wife and daughter and one son are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The daughter has taught eight terms of school, and is considered a successful educator of the county.

James T. Moss, another pioneer citizen of Jefferson County, Mo., was born in that county near Sulphur Springs in 1827. He is the son of Capt. Thomas and Eliza (Smirl) Moss. The father was born in Monroe County, Ill., in 1799, and while yet an infant was brought to what is now Jefferson County, by his father, William Moss, a Virginian who served in the Revolutionary War, and while yet a young man left his people in Virginia and sought the then Far West, locating in Illinois, where he was married. He was one of the first to settle within the limits of Jefferson County, which was yet French territory, and St. Louis a small trading post. He was a great hunter and spent the last years of his life in Jefferson County. Thomas Moss, the father of James T., spent his entire life in Jefferson County as a farmer, and died in 1874. He was a captain
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in the Black Hawk War, and was then living near Galena, Ill. He was one of three who voted for Jackson, in Jefferson County, in 1828. Mrs. Moss was born in Indiana in 1812, but was brought by her father, James Smirl, to Jefferson County, in her infancy. She died in 1883 after a married life of fifty years. Both parents were members of the Baptist Church. James T. was reared in the wilderness of Jefferson County, with but meager educational advantages. He was married in 1852 to Miss Ella Jane Tevis, a native of Kentucky, and the daughter of Silas and Rosa Tevis. The fruits of our subject's marriage were five children, three now living: Thomas, Fannie, wife of Richard G. Hoeken and Lizzie, wife of Samuel Burns, of Potosi. Mr. Moss settled near his birthplace, in Rock Township, where he remained until 1877, when he removed to Hillsboro. In 1876 he was elected county collector, was twice re-elected to the same position, serving with general satisfaction for six years. He had previously served for some years as deputy sheriff. As a farmer and stock-raiser Mr. Moss has been remarkably successful, having been one of the prominent farmers of the county. He is the eldest of nine sons and four daughters born to his parents, nine of whom are living, and all in Jefferson County. Mr. Moss is a Democrat in politics, and cast his first presidential vote for Gen. Cass in 1848. He has frequently served as delegate to State conventions, etc. Their son, Thomas, now a teacher and farmer, served two years as collector, being appointed by the late Gov. Marmaduke in 1885. Mrs. Moss is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Thomas E. Moss, farmer and teacher of Rock Township, Jefferson Co., Mo., was born in the same in 1855, and is the eldest of five children born to James T. and Ella J. (Tevis) Moss. He was educated in the common schools and finished at De Soto at the age of nineteen. He then taught two years, and served as county collector under his father. During the winter of 1879 he made an extensive tour through Arkansas, Texas, etc., and then for about ten months was engaged in merchandising at Festus. In March, 1885, he was appointed county collector by Gov. Marmaduke, to fill a vacancy, and held that office until March 1887, to the general satisfaction of the public. Since then he has devoted his time and attention to farming, being the owner of 304 acres on Grand Glaize Creek, near his birthplace, and one of the successful, energetic and leading farmers and stock-raisers of the county. Miss Caroline Reichmann, daughter of Christian and Louisa Reichmann, became his wife in 1879, and to this union were born four children: Ira L., Nora M., Roy W. and Eva. Politically a Democrat, Mr. Moss cast his first vote for Tilden in 1876. He is a descendant of the very first settlers of Jefferson County, and an honest, upright citizen.

Adam F. Mummert, foreman of the roundhouse of the Missouri Division of the Iron Mountain Railroad, De Soto, was born in Carondelet, St. Louis Co., Mo., August 21, 1846. His father, Jacob Mummert, a carpenter by trade, was a native of Alsace, France, and when twelve years of age came with his parents to the United States, settling in Monroe County, Ill. Adam F. Mummert was reared in his native county, and received his education at Carondelet under the preceptorship of Prof, Hamilton Michaue, a Frenchman, and Prof. V. B. S. Reber. In early life he assisted his father at the carpenter's trade, and for some time was engaged as a clerk in grocery stores, being employed, first, by Mr. Provost, second, Jacob Peters, and third, Patt Cunningham, all of Carondelet, and then as clerk for W. C. Plass, in the hardware business. He next entered the shops of the Iron Mountain Railroad in St. Louis, under Master
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Mechanics John Hewitt and O. A. Haynes, the former of whom is now on the Wabash Railroad, and the latter inspector of locomotives and machinery of the Gould System. Mr. Mummert served an apprenticeship of six years in the shops at Carondelet, and after completing the trade, in 1868 took charge of two engines on the Arkansas Division of the Iron Mountain Railroad, where he remained until 1874; under the direction of Leonard Findley, Master Mechanic, he was foreman while erecting the shops at Baring Cross, and then returned to Carondelet, where he was employed as night foreman in the roundhouse until 1880, when he accepted his present position of day foreman of the De Soto roundhouse, under W. H. Harris. March 8, 1880, Mr. Mummert married Lena, daughter of George Mummert, of Clifton, Ohio, and their one child is deceased. Mr. Mummert is a member of the A. O. U. W. and the Masonic fraternity. Mrs. Mummert is president of the W. C. T. U., and, with her husband, is a member of the Episcopal Church. Both are members of Chosen Friends, Council No. 10.

O. M. Munroe, of the banking firm of Bakewell & Munroe, of De Soto, was born in New York City, and is the eldest of twelve children born to William O. and Matilda (Mortimer) Munroe, both natives of the City of New York. William O. Munroe, a contractor by trade, is now fifty-nine years of age, and is a highly-esteemed man of good business capacity. Mrs. Matilda Munroe was born in 1837. O. M. Munroe was educated at Columbia College, New York City. where he graduated as Bachelor of Philosophy in 1879. Soon after leaving school he was employed by Carnegie Bros. & Co., of Pittsburgh, Penn., to inspect and purchase iron ore for them. He was employed by this firm about five years, and bought large quantities of iron ore from Pilot Knob, Mo. May 3, 1885, in partnership with his brother-in-law, under the firm name of Bakewell & Munroe, they established the Jefferson County Bank, which is the oldest bank in the county. They have thoroughly demonstrated their superior fitness for their business by the very able manner in which they have conducted their affairs. They have been remarkably successful, and have gained the confidence of the public as to their financial ability. In 1885 Mr. Munroe married Miss Mary Bakewell, daughter of Hon. R. A. Bakewell, of St. Louis, who was judge of the court of appeals ten years, and is at present master in chancery; he is one of the most influential citizens of the city of St. Louis, and one of the most prominent members of the bar of the State of Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. Munroe have one child, William O., Jr. In politics, Mr. Munroe is conservative. He is a member of the A. O. U. W.

Norman B. Munro, farmer, was born in Scotland, in 1822, son of John and Ann (Breid) Munro. The father was a plasterer by trade. Norman B. was educated at St. Andrew's College, one of the oldest and most famous institutions of learning in Scotland. He was married March, 1847, to Anna Armstrong, a native of North Ireland, and of the seven children born to this union four are now living: George C., James A., David Alexander (of Illinois) and John Clifton. In 1850 Mr. Munro came to the United States and settled near Albany, N. Y., but moved from there to Putnam County, then to Westchester County, where he lived until 1867, at which date he came to Jefferson County, Mo., and located two miles east of Hematite, where he has a fine farm of 147 acres. He has been engaged in agricultural pursuits all his life, and has spared no pains in the advancement of his children, both morally and intellectually. He is strictly independent in all partisan affairs. He is a Presbyterian in his religion, and has put forth every effort to establish an organization of that denomination in his neighborhood, but as yet has not been successful. Mr. Munro lost one
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child in the old country and two in this, viz.: Norman W., who died November 18, 1881, at the age of twenty-two; Anna Mary, wife of Frederick A. Pedley, married in 1868, and died August 12, 1887, leaving four children; Alice (now Mrs. Louis Funk), Lillie, Norman and Mabel. Much credit is due to Mr. and Mrs. Monroe for the abolition of the dram shops in Hematite, and for the high moral and social standing of the people of the town, for which virtue Hematite is unsurpassed by any village in the State.

John Nenzel is a native of Saxony, Germany, born in 1835, and a farmer of Rock Township, Jefferson Co., Mo. His father, John Nenzel, came to the United States about 1839, settled for some time in Maryland, but went from there to Ohio and from there to Franklin County, Mo., where the mother died about 1841. Soon after this the family moved to St. Louis, where they remained until about 1851, when they came to Jefferson County, and settled, on the approach of winter, in a cabin made of brush, etc., on the farm now owned by John, which was then a dense wilderness. Here the father died April 22, 1863. He was a soldier in the Mexican War, serving fourteen months, and the farm upon which our subject now resides is the land he selected as his war claim. He was a sturdy, honest farmer. The subject of this sketch was reared principally in St. Louis County, without an education, and came with his father to Jefferson County, where he was married, March 1, 1854, to Miss Louisa Hoebel, a native of Germany, but who came with her mother to Jefferson County a short time previous to her marriage. Twelve children were born to this union, nine now living, one son and three daughters residing in St. Louis. Three sons and two daughters make their home in Jefferson County. Since his marriage Mr. Nenzel has lived on the old home place which consists of 240 acres, three miles northwest of Antonia, forty acres in Meramec Township and eighty acres in Rock Creek, all the result of hard labor. August 14, 1861, he enlisted in Company B, Fourth Missouri Cavalry, and for three years operated near the Missouri and Kansas line. In 1861 he was made captive at Harrisonville, but was immediately paroled and returned home. He was afterward in Company C, of the Enrolled Missouri Militia, in Col. Rankin's regiment. He is a Republican in politics, has always been an industrious farmer, and is respected by all.

Fritz Naucke, a native of Birnbaum, Germany, was born November 4, 1837. He received a common-school education and attended the Meseritz Seminary six years. He was reared a farmer, to which occupation he gave his attention, in the capacity of supervisor or general superintendent, for a nobleman in Germany, ten years. In 1859 he was drafted for service in the German army, and participated in the wars with Austria and France, receiving a lance wound in the left leg, in 1866; he was in the service of his country nearly two years. In 1871 he came to America on a hunting expedition, and, being pleased with the country, returned to "the fatherland" and procured sufficient means with which to secure him a home in America. In March, 1872, he again came to this country and purchased the farm on which he now resides, consisting of 120 acres situated on Section 30, Joachim Township, for which he paid $6,000 in cash; the farm is in a good state of cultivation and substantially improved. He was married October 5, 1873, to Miss Minnie Huber, a native of Jefferson County. Of the seven children born to them, Minnie, Clara, Eddie, Augusta and Alma are living, and Fritz and Eddie are deceased. Mr. Naucke is a member of the American Legion of Honor and holds his membership at Crystal City. He votes the Democratic ticket, and is a highly respected and enterprising farmer. The family are members of the Lutheran Church.

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George F. Neale, manager of the Crystal Plate Glass Company, is a native of Birmingham England, and was born January 18, 1841. He immigrated to America in March, 1868, and located in Boston, Mass., where he was a member of the firm of Tuttle, Garfield & Co., glass manufacturers. His stay in Boston was prolonged for four years, when he went to Lenox, Mass., and assumed the general management of the Lenox Plate Glass Works, which position he retained for a period of four years. After this his services were rendered in behalf of the world-renowned engineer, Sir. Charles Siemans. His next engagement was with Messrs. Chance Bros. & Co., the reputable glass manufacturers of his native city, Birmingham, England. This establishment was under his management until the fall of 1876, and at the reorganization of the Crystal Plate Glass Company, of Crystal City, Mo., in March 1877, he was placed in charge of their entire business, and is now the general manager of the same--information and statistics concerning which will be found in full in the historical portion of this work. It may be truthfully stated here that the unbounded success of this company is mainly due to the untiring energy of Mr. Neale in its behalf. The output of this establishment during the first year of its existence was but 60,000, and that of the year 1887 over 1,500,000. A comparison will show the magnitude of this creditable enterprise; especially is this true when the fact is taken into consideration that the company who originated the plant were losers to the extent of several hundred thousand dollars during their existence. New casting halls and furnaces, with the necessary appliances, have been completed, and are now in operation, increasing the capacity at least 25 per cent. Mr. Neale was united in marriage to Miss M. Adelaide Stetson, the event being solemnized on the 3d of October, 1866. Mrs. Neale is a native of Boston, Mass., and is of American ancestry. Of the five children born to this union, only three are living, viz.: Mary H., Alice K. and L. Irving. The deceased were George S. and Florence. Mr. Neale is a member of the Masonic fraternity, with membership in St. Omer Commandery, of Boston; he took the Knight Templar's degree in 1866. He now occupies the dignified position of Deputy Grand Commander of the Legion of Honor for the State of Missouri. The family are members of the Unitarian Church. November 18, 1884, a commission was issued by the postmaster general of the United States, creating Mr. Neale postmaster of Crystal City, which position he has since filled to the satisfaction of all and with credit to himself, notwithstanding he is a Republican.

John J. Nelson, conductor in the employ of the Iron Mountain Railroad, was born near Ogdensburg, N. Y., December 25, 1850. His father, Robert Nelson, was born near Dublin, Ireland, and immigrated to the United States about 1810, settling in St. Lawrence County, N. Y., where he was constable of the town of Lisbon over thirty years, and collector ten or twelve years. John J. Nelson was reared on a farm, and received his education in the common schools of his native county. When sixteen years of age he was employed as second cook on the steamer "Ackron," plying between Chicago and Ogdensburg, one year, and then on the "Empire" one season, as cabin boy; the next season he was on the "Nashua" as look-out man, and subsequently engaged in railroading, which he has since followed. In October, 1872, he located in Bismarck, Mo., and the following February in De Soto, whence, in 1874, he went to St. Louis, returning to Jefferson County in 1888, where he lived on a farm until the following year; he then removed to Decatur, Ill., where he resided until November, 1885, and then again located in De Soto as conductor, in which capacity he has served the Iron Mountain Railroad fourteen years. July 1, 1874, he married
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Jennie N., daughter of William B. Elkins. They have one child, Hazel E., who was born January 24, 1881, and was named from the noted drama, Hazel Kirk. Mr. Nelson owns two farms, one consisting of 527 acres, two and one-half miles north of Hillsboro, Jefferson County, and the other consisting of fifty-four and one-quarter acres adjoining the corporation of De Soto. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, Legion of Honor and Venice Chapter O. E. S. of South St. Louis. Mrs. Nelson is a member of the Episcopal Church.

Hon. Carman Adams Newcomb, a substantial and respected citizen of this vicinity, and a man who, by reason of true personal worth and deserved recognition, has occupied a prominent place in the affairs of Jefferson County, was born near the town of Mercer, Mercer Co., Penn., July 1, 1830. Theodore Newcomb, his father, was a native of Greenfield, Mass., in which locality he remained until a young man, afterward going to Michigan in the employ of the American Fur Company. Subsequently he removed to Mercer County, Penn., and while living there was married to Miss Mary Carman. She was a Marylander by birth, but accompanied her parents to Mercer County, Penn., when a child. Mr. Newcomb died at West Union, Iowa, at the advanced age of eighty-one. His widow still survives, and is eighty-seven years old, having been born in October, 1800. She is well preserved in mind and body, and makes her home at West Union, Iowa, where one of her daughters, Mrs. Mary Hoyt (a widow), also resides. Mr. and Mrs. Newcomb were faithful members of the Methodist Episcopal Church during life. Carman A., the subject of this sketch, was reared in his native county, attending the common schools, and subsequently had the advantages of the Mercer Academy; having secured a good education he then commenced reading law. Soon after, with perhaps a natural desire, he came West, locating for a short time at Freeport, Ill., where he taught school, resumed his law studies and was admitted to the bar; and was married while here, to Sarah K. Fisher, daughter of P. D. and Lovina Fisher, who were also born in Pennsylvania. Some eighteen months later he removed to West Union, Iowa, and was occupied in the practice of his profession until the outbreak of the Civil War, when he raised Company F, Third Regiment Iowa Infantry Volunteers, and was commissioned its captain by Gov. Kirkwood, of Iowa, but subsequently resigned on account of ill-health. He located at St. Louis in 1863, when, his attention having been directed to fruit-culture, he opened a fruit farm at Vineland, Jefferson County, where his health was much improved. Mr. Newcomb now returned to St. Louis, but in about two years located at Kimmswick, Mo. Mr. Newcomb has just cause to feel a sense of pride at the official prominence to which he has attained. He was first elected prosecuting attorney of Fayette County, Iowa, and then judge. After locating in Missouri he was chosen as representative in the Legislature from Jefferson County, in 1865; and was also appointed by Gov. Fletcher judge of the circuit court, though he never acted in this latter capacity. March 4, 1867, he took his seat as a member of the Fortieth Congress from Missouri; at the expiration of his term in Congress he received the first appointment made by Grant, in 1869, after his cabinet was formed, that of United States Marshal, and held that office for over seven years, and in other ways has faithfully served the interests of those by whose suffrages he has so often been called to public position. Since his retirement from the marshal's office he has been interested in several incorporated business concerns, meeting with success. Politically, he has ever been a stanch Republican, warmly aiding that party in its many movements. Personally, Mr. Newcomb is highly esteemed. Reserved and unostentatious in manner, he impresses those
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with whom he comes in contact as a man of true instincts of character-a friend to all. Realizing his distaste of anything savoring of notoriety, it is but proper to say in this connection that the above sketch, imperfect though it may be, has been included within the present work only through the solicitations of many friends, notwithstanding his decided preference to have it omitted. Mrs. Newcomb is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Newcomb is, if anything, a Unitarian in belief, but believes with Pope ---(See picture p. 329)

For forms of faith let graceless zealots fight,
His can't be wrong, whose life is in the right.

William T. Niccolls was born in Westmoreland County, Penn,, February 26, 1842, and is a son of William T. Niccolls (deceased), also a native of Westmoreland County, Penn., and a farmer by occupation, who died in 1848. William T. Niccolls, Jr., was reared to the pursuit of farming, and educated in Elder's Ridge Academy, Indiana County, Penn. He enlisted for service in the late war as a private in an independent company, known as Gen. Anderson's Troop, where he served a portion of the time as body guard, and was afterward transferred to the command of Sherman, then served under Buell, and later, under Rosecrans. He participated in the battles of Shiloh, Corinth, Antietam, Stone River and others, and was discharged as captain of his company. In 1870 he removed to Emporia, Kas., and was engaged in farming until 1874, which he was compelled to abandon on account of failing health, resulting from injuries received in the army. He then (in 1875) engaged in mercantile business in Xenia, Ohio, dealing in grain and agricultural implements, until 1877, when he assumed charge of the railway station at Carlisle, on the C. H. & D. R, R. one year, also carrying on his grain business. In 1878 he went to Ironton, Mo., and the following year settled in De Soto, where he has since lived. The first four years of his residence in Missouri he was assistant claim agent for the Iron Mountain Railroad, and has since been contracting for railroad supplies and dealing in lumber. December 25, 1867, he married Mary S. Thomas, whose father (now deceased) was of Westmoreland County, Penn. They have three children, Nellie, Samuel and Margaret. Mr. Niccolls is a member of the Knights of Honor, and the Society of Chosen Friends. Mr. and Mrs. Niccolls are consistent members of the Presbyterian Church.

Joseph W. North, florist at Kimmswick, is a native of Uddersfield, Yorkshire, England, born in 1840, and the same year was brought by his parents, John and Bessie North, to Bridgeport, Conn., where the mother died about 1879, at the age of sixty-five. The father still lives, and is eighty-eight years of age. From the age of nine to twenty-one he served as an apprentice to a florist, and from that time until the age of twenty-four served as a landscape gardener. Previous to leaving England he was foreman gardener for Sir Lord Allen, at Udderfield, and after coming to Bridgeport established himself in the nursery and floral business, which he continued until after the war, when the business was continued by Joseph. Since then he has lived a retired life, although he is yet very active, and delights in fishing, which is his favorite pastime. He is a stanch Republican, and furnished three sons and one son-in-law for the Union Army. Both he and wife are members of the Episcopal Church. The subject of this sketch was educated in the public schools of Bridgeport, and also spent two years at Bennington, (Vt.) Seminary, under George W. Yates. At the breaking out of the late war he enlisted in the Fifth Connecticut Regimental Band, but all regimental bands were discharged in 1863 by act of Congress. He then re-enlisted in Company H, Seventeenth Connecticut Volunteer Infantry at
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St. Augustine, Fla., and was promoted to the rank of sergeant. He was discharged October, 1865, at Hilton Head, S. C., after over four years of active service. He then returned home and took charge of his father's floral work, which he continued until 1871, at which date he came to Kimmswick and established himself in the business at that place, where he has continued, with his usual success. He has a retail floral store at 914 Olive Street, St. Louis, which is operated by his wife and daughter. His works comprise ten large houses with about 20,000 feet of glass, making one of the most extensive establishments of the kind in the State, and second to but one in the State. He was married June 1, 1861, to Miss Emily C., daughter of Henry W. Stillman, of Bridgeport, Conn., and to them were born four children: Grace, wife of W. J. Eddy, who is engineer on the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railroad; Hattie, Alice and James M. Politically a Republican in his political views, Mr. North cast his first vote for Lincoln, in 1864. He is a member of the Knight Templars, Mystic Shrine, of the Masonic fraternity, Ransom Post of the Grand Army of the Republic, and also a member of the Victoria Council, Legion of Honor.

Hon. John O'Fallon, a resident of what is known as "O'Fallon Park," near Sulphur Springs, where he has lived for fifty-three years, with the exception of two years in St. Louis County, where he was born in 1831, was brought by his parents, Maj. Benjamin and Sophia (Lee) O'Fallon, to Jefferson County when but three years old. The parents settled where he now resides, and here the father died in 1842. He was born near Louisville, Ky., about 1792, and when but a small boy came with his uncle, Gov. William Clark, to Missouri, with whom he lived until thirteen years of age. He then joined the Indians, with whom he lived for many years, and was afterward appointed Indian agent for the whole Northwest, which position he held for perhaps thirty years. "O'Fallon's Bluff," on Platte River, was named for him. He spent nearly his entire life with the Indians, was a great personal friend of Gen. Jackson, and was grand marshal of the day in St. Louis during the funeral of Gen. La Fayette. His father, Dr. O'Fallon came from Ireland to America about the time of the Revolution, in which he served as a surgeon, but afterwards settled in Kentucky. His wife was a sister of Gov. Roger Clark, of Kentucky, and of Gov. William Clark, of Missouri, and was of English parentage. John's mother was a daughter of Dr. Lee, a native of France, but who also came to the United States about the time of the Revolutionary War, and was among the very early settlers of St. Charles, Mo., where he built the first stone house, which still stands. Mrs. O'Fallon died in San Francisco, Cal., about 1881, where she had lived for about six years. Col. John O'Fallon, as he is usually called (which title he received during the war, having raised a regiment of Home Guards, of which he had command, although not in active service), was educated at St. Louis University for five years, and then spent one year at Shelbyville (Ky.) College. His early education was by a private tutor; he was reared on a farm, and has since had charge of his real estate, which consists of land and sawmills, flouring-mills, etc. At one time he was the largest taxpayer of Jefferson County, owning 20,000 acres, in 1875; 3,000 known as Indian Retreat, near Sulphur Springs, where he makes his home. He has figured quite prominently in the public affairs of the State; is an active Democrat in politics, wielding more influence, perhaps, than any other man in the State. He was made a delegate to the National Democratic Convention, at Charleston, S. C., and Baltimore, Md., in 1860, as a Douglas Democrat; also, in 1872, at the convention that nominated Horace Greeley, and made a thorough canvass of Missouri for
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the liberal element. He was chosen as a delegate to the National convention that nominated Hancock, but did not attend in person. He was instrumental in nominating and electing Gen. Marmaduke, doing more than any other ten men in the State of Missouri. He was a member of the Legislature from 1882 to 1884, and nominated George B. Clark for State auditor-was successful in securing the nomination. Although a Southerner by birth, he was a strong Union man during the war, and did all in his power for its preservation. He has, since that struggle, labored earnestly and enthusiastically to allay the animosity engendered by the action of the war. His principal reason for putting forth such strenuous efforts for the access of Gen. Marmaduke to the governorship, was, that he (the Colonel) being a stanch Union man, championed the cause of one who figured prominently in the Confererate army. This is only one of the many instances in which he has put forth every effort for that noble and worthy cause, and for burying the "bloody shirt." Col. O'Fallon has been an active worker for the Democratic party for nearly thirty years, and has been personally acquainted with nearly every man of public prominence in the State of Missouri during that time. His mail is flooded with correspondence from politicians all over the State, seeking his influence and support to offices of trust, and upon the great questions of the day which mostly concern the public. He has frequently been solicited and is urged to-day by his numerous friends to announce himself as a candidate for governor, or for any office of trust in the State. He is not only an active politician, but is an earnest worker for all industrial enterprises. He is a firm friend of temperance, a believer in religion, and a firm supporter of the church. He was one of the first projectors and first stockholders in the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railroad. He is a fluent speaker, an able debater, and a man of pleasing address.

Clarence C. O'Fallon, a stock-dealer of Joachim Township, is a native of St. Louis, Mo., his birth occurring March 27, 1857. He is the eldest son of Benjamin and Sally C. (Carter) O'Fallon, of Irish and English parentage, respectively. He was the recipient of a good literary education, his school days having been spent mainly in New York City and St.-Leonard's-on-the-Sea, England. December 28, 1880, his marriage to Miss Hattie Bates Johnson occurred, the result of which was the birth of one child, Nancy Lucas, born February 27, 1884. Mrs. O'Fallon is the daughter of Dr. J. B. Johnson, of St. Louis, and was born September 2, 1856; her education was acquired at the Convent of the Sacred Heart, St. Louis. Mr. O'Fallon is a member of the Order of Elks, and his name is enrolled on the books of the St. Louis lodge. In political matters he is a Democrat. He has been a resident of Jefferson County since 1881 and now resides near the site of what was once a formidable rival to St. Louis, Herculaneum. He owns 825 acres of land situated on Sections 20 and 81, and is principally engaged in raising thoroughbred horses. His residence is situated on a high bluff overlooking the Mississippi, which commands a delightful view. Mr. and Mrs. O'Fallon are church members, the former of the Episcopal and the latter of the Roman Catholic Church.

Michael Ostertag is a native of Grosselfingen, Prussia, and was born in 1831. He is a son of Conrad and Ann Mary (Ostertag) Ostertag, the former of whom, a farmer by occupation, was born in 1776 and died in 1834; the latter was born in 1777 and died in 1832. Of the seventeen children born to them Michael is the youngest and the only survivor. His parents both dying when he was very young, he lived with an uncle a few years, and then was taken to Hechingen, where he resided until his fifteenth year with his aunt, Judith Slehle; he after-
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ward clerked in a store in Stuttgart, and in 1852 left his native country and immigrated to America, first locating in St. Louis, where he engaged in merchandising. In 1871 he moved to Frumet Mines, Jefferson County, where he kept a boarding house until 1872, when he came to De Soto and acted as proprietor of the Jefferson House until 1881; he then sold out and his wife established the present business here, dealing in dry goods, notions and jewelry. In November, 1853, he married Miss Chresentia Meyer, who was born in Prussia in 1835. They became the parents of fourteen children, eight of whom died in infancy, and but five of whom are still living: Magdelena (wife of Philip Schaub), Henry (a twin to Magdelena died October 4, 1878, and was buried on his twenty-third birth-day), Louisa, Katie, Christian Michael (died June 23, 1871, aged six years), Emily and Clara. Mr. Ostertag is one of the highly-esteemed citizens of De Soto. He is a Republican in politics and a member of the D. O. H. The family are members of the Roman Catholic Church.

Daniel M. Park, city clerk of De Soto is a native of Syracuse, N. Y., and was born in August, 1850. He is the only survivor of the three children born to Robert and Mary C. (Baker) Park, of Scotch-Irish and English descent, respectively, and natives of New Hampshire and New York. Robert Park remained in his native State until eighteen years of age, when he went to Boston and learned the trade of a mason in all its branches. He subsequently went to Martha's Vineyard and engaged in contracting, and afterward made a tour of through the now Central States, then mostly Territories, being at Cincinnati and Galena in their early days, finally locating at Syracuse, N. Y., where he married. In 1859 he removed to De Soto, where he passed the remainder of his life, and died in 1877. Daniel M. Park was only nine years old when his parents settled in De Soto, where he was educated in the public schools. When twenty years of age he commenced bridge building on the Iron Mountain Railroad, which he followed ten years. In the fall of 1880 he went to Kansas City, and established a restaurant and confectionery stand, which he conducted six months and afterward was a salesman in that city. Returning to De Soto in the fall of 1881, he was elected city clerk of that place, in the spring of 1883, to which position he has since been continuously re-elected; after election as city clerk he engaged in the real estate and insurance business, in the latter representing the Royal of Liverpool, the Commercial Union of London and the Fireman's Fund of California. Mr. Park is a strong Republican, and in the campaign of 1884 was elected secretary of the Central County Committee for Jefferson County, being re-elected in 1886. At the time of his first election, the Republican party in Jefferson County stood 400 to 700 in the minority, and in the election of November, 1886, that party elected all but two of their candidates, securing the presiding county judge and a member of the Legislature. He is also a member of the Knights of Honor, and is a young man well esteemed both in social and business circles.

Adolph Pecaut, dealer in jewelry, watches, clocks, silverware and optical goods, De Soto, was born in Switzerland, in 1840, and is a son of Emmanuel and Elsie (Textor) Pecaut, who were the parents of seven children, our subject being the third. Emmanuel Pecaut was born in 1814, was a miner by occupation, and died in 1871; his wife was born in 1818, and is still living. Adolph Pecaut attended the common schools of Switzerland six years, and at the age of eleven years was apprenticed to learn the jeweler's trade, serving an apprenticeship of four years, at the expiration of which time he worked two years as a journeyman. When but eighteen years of age he became foreman of one of the largest
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watch factories in Switzerland, holding the position ten years. In 1869 he immigrated to America, proceeding immediately after landing to De Soto, Mo., where he established his present business. He was the first jeweler to locate in De Soto, and is a skillful workman; he carries a first-class stock of jewelry, and has been very successful in a financial way. In his native country in 1866 he married Miss Cecelia Racine, who was born in Switzerland, in 1841, and is a daughter of August Racine. Six children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Pecaut, viz.: Julia, Bettie, Tillie, Eva, Daisy and Adolph. In May, 1887, Mr. Pecaut and his brother-in-law, August Racine, put in 175 Edison electric lights in the business houses of De Soto, at a cost of $5,500; a few days after they were in successful operation Mr. Racine died, thus throwing the whole responsibility upon Mr. Pecaut, which he successfully conducted. He is one of the substantial business men of the place, and is highly esteemed. He is politically a Republican, is serving as a member of the school board, is a Master Mason, a Knight of Pythias, and a member of the A. O. U. W.

G. R. Rathbun, real estate agent, farmer and stock-grower, of De Soto, was born in Cayuga County, N. Y., in 1836, a son of John T. and Mariah (Reed) Rathbun. John T. Rathbun, also a native of Cayuga County, N. Y., and of Scotch descent, was born in 1812; while residing in his native county he was a farmer and politician, but in 1850 moved to Elmira, N. Y., where he is now engaged in the manufacture of fire-engines, and operating in real estate. He is the owner of the Rathbun Hotel, one of the largest hotels in the State outside of New York City. He has been twice married; his first wife, Mariah, was of German and Puritan descent, was born in Cayuga County, N. Y., in 1814, and died in 1844. She was the mother of four children, G. R. being the eldest. The latter received his education in the academies of his native State, and grew to manhood on the farm. He located in Jefferson County, Mo., in 1867, and in De Soto in 1872, and in partnership with William Bowen established a nursery; this partnership continued one year, and the following four years Mr. Rathbun conducted the business alone. He purchased 1,500 acres three miles south of De Soto, is now improving 1,800 acres, and expects to make stock-growing his special effort. In 1878 he commenced merchandising in De Soto, which business he continued until June, 1887, in the meantime conducting his farms. In 1876 he married Miss Mary Gorham, daughter of Cornelius Gorham; she is a native of Berrien County, Mich., and was born in 1852. In politics a Republican, Mr. Rathbun cast his first presidential vote for Lincoln, in 1860. When leaving New York he was president of the Union League, and an active worker in the interests of his party and country.

Otto Rauschenbach, dealer in lumber and general merchandise, at Kimmswick, was born in that city in 1863, and was educated there and in St. Louis, graduating from the public schools of the latter city in 1878. He then spent three years at architecture and building, but was compelled to abandon this on account of his eyes. He then engaged in merchandising in partnership with F. D. Waters, at Kimmswick, the firm being Waters & Rauschenbach, until 1884, when Waters retired. Later, Mr. Rauschenbach erected a fine two-story frame building, opposite the hotel, where he has since continued the business with unusual success. Although a young man, his ability as a business man is excelled by few if any in the county, and a successful future evidently lies before him. He was married June 28, 1887, to Miss Josie, daughter of James Gilmartin, of St. Louis. He is a Republican in politics, and his first presidential vote was cast for J. G. Blaine, in 1884. His father, Gustave Rauschenbach, was born in the
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village of Kleimpoerten, Merseburg, Prussia, March 15, 1886. His father, Gottfried Rauschenbach, was a stone-cutter by trade, and, after leaving school, at the age of fourteen, Gustave learned the same trade, and worked at it in Germany until he was seventeen years of age, when he left the fatherland for America. He made the trip across the ocean unaccompanied by friends or relatives, and, in June, 1853, landed at New Orleans. He came at once to St. Louis, and worked at his trade in that city until 1854, and then went with Government troops to Kansas as a stone-cutter and assisted in building Fort Riley. Returing to St. Louis, he next went to Louisville, Ky., came back again to St. Louis, and became a resident of Jefferson County, Mo., in 1856. February 19, 1857, he married Mrs. Elizabeth Rasch (Miss Meyer), who became the mother of Otto. In 1868 he abandoned farming, moved to Kimmswick. and undertook the marble business. In 1869 he built the National Hotel--a large brick structure, one of the finest in Kimmswick--of which he has been the proprietor up to the present time, He has four children living. He has been one of the active and enterprising business men of Kimmswick. In the fall of 1863 he revisited Europe, and spent some months among his relatives, and in the place in which he was born, returning to Missouri in the spring of 1864. In his political principles he has always been a Republican. He voted for Lincoln, in 1860. He is one of the representative Germans of his part of the town.

Burrell S. Reppy, merchant of De Soto, was born in Washington County, Mo.. in 1819, and is a son of Harry and Elizabeth Reppy, the former of whom, a native of Ireland, was born in 1772, and when sixteen years of age came to America. Upon arrival in this country Harry Reppy first settled in Tennessee, but about the year 1808 removed to the State of Missouri, and was one of the pioneer settlers of the southeastern part of that State. He worked in the mines in Washington County until his death, in 1827. He was the father of six children by his fourth wife, mother of Burrell S., who died in 1829. Of this family but four are living, viz.: Henry G., in California; Burrell S., at De Soto, Jefferson Co., Mo.; Hiram, at Valle Mines, Jefferson County, Mo., and.James, in San Francisco, Cal. His mother dying when Burrell S. was but eight years of age, and his father surviving her but five years, he was taken by one Charles Yates, with whom he lived until thirteen years old. Running away from his guardian he went to St. Louis County, and was taken by a merchant at Manchester, where he remained five years. At the age of twenty he engaged in business for himself in Philadelphia, Marion Co., Mo., whence, in 1843, he removed to Galena, Ill., where he was engaged in general merchandising for the following nine years. In 1852 he located in La Crosse, Wis., and engaged in the same business. In 1840 he married Miss Rebecca Bullock, who was born in Boone County, Ky., in 1820, and when twelve years old came to Missouri with her parents, John C. and Mary Bullock. Mr. and Mrs. Reppy have three children: Charles D., an editor of Arizona; Henrietta, widow of Nathaniel G. Day, of St. Louis, and George F., a commercial traveler, of Denver, Colo. In November, 1861, Mr. Reppy enlisted in Company B, Second Wisconsin Cavalry, Union army, and served nearly three years; he served as second lieutenant and captain of his company through Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana and Tennessee, and participated in the siege of Vicksburg, at which place he was discharged, in the fall of 1864. He then returned home and in 1865 came to De Soto, where for the following twenty-two months he engaged in general merchandising. Selling his mercantile stock, he turned his attention to the cultivation of small fruits and vegetables, which occupation he followed for eighteen
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years. He established his present business in 1883, and has since been selling goods. Mr. Reppy is one of the oldest citizens of Southeastern Missouri, and is highly esteemed. In politics a Republican, he served as justice of the peace eleven years. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. Mr. and Mrs. Reppy are members of the Congregational Church, in which he has served as deacon for many years.

Solomon Reutlinger, farmer and stock-raiser, is a native of Baden, Germany, and was born February 24, 1846. He is the third son in the family of six children born to Moses Reutlinger. His mother was Rebecca Dreifus, who was the first wife of his father, and died in 1848, when Solomon was but one and one-half years old. Mr. Reutlinger was the recipient of an ordinary German education, and was reared to stock-raising and the butchering business, his father having been an extensive dealer in stock. December 31, 1871, he was united in marriage to Miss Nannette Wolf, also a native of Baden, Germany, and a daughter of Moses R. and Henrietta (Mersheimer) Wolf. To Mr. and Mrs. Reutlinger five children have been born, viz.: Rosa, born July 19, 1873; Sigmund born August 24, 1877; Morris, born May 7, 1880, died October 19, 1880; and Ralph, born July 15, 1885. In the month of November, 1885, Mrs. Reutlinger and the children came to America, and until 1884 lived with her brother in St. Louis, where they were joined by Mr. Reutlinger, who took them to Prescott. Ark., where he engaged in general merchandising; a stay of sixteen months resulted in his loss to the extent of $1,600. He disposed of his stock and returned to St. Louis, where the following five months he spent in prospecting, and, finally, in partnership with his brother-in-law, W. Wolf, purchased 377 1/2 acres of land in Joachim Township, Jefferson County. Mr. Reutlinger has since devoted his attention to improving the farm in various ways, the first cost of which at this time is $12,000. He is also extensively engaged in raising horses, mules and cattle, which he prepares for the St.Louis market; aside from this he provides the St. Louis Dairy Company with fifty gallons of fresh milk daily. The family are adherents of the Jewish religion, and are held in high esteem by those with whom they are associated. Mr. Reutlinger is a member of the American Legion of Honor, holding his membership in Crystal City. In political matters he is a Democrat.

Skelton Richardson, farmer, was born near the Gen. Grant farm, in St. Louis County, Mo., February 8, 1820, and is the sixth of thirteen children born to Booker and Nancy (Cheatham) Richardson, natives of Franklin and Halifax Counties. Va. The father was born in 1775, was married in Virginia, and just prior to 1811 removed to near Nashville, Tenn. He soon after removed to St. Louis County, where he remained until 1833, when he came to Jefferson County, settling on Black Water, and here died, as did also his wife, in 1841. He was of Welsh-Scotch descent, and was a farmer by occupation. He was a soldier in the Seminole War, and was in the battle of Horseshoe Bend. His father was a major in the War for Independence. The mother of Skelton was an aunt of the celebrated and daring Confederate, Gen. Cheatham, of Tennessee, and also a near relative of Gen. Jubal A. Early, of Confederate fame. Skelton remained at home until seventeen years of age, and received very limited educational advantages. He then went to the lead mines of Southwest Wisconsin, where he spent four or five years. He then returned to Missouri, followed farming in Jefferson County until 1852 when he crossed the plains to California, and here spent about ten months mining. In 1854 he returned to Missouri and purchased about 160 head of cattle, after which he returned to California, and here remained until 1859, this time engaged in mining, farming and deal-
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ing in stock, at which he was quite successful. At the latter date he returned to Jefferson County, with the intention of soon returning to the coast, but February 23, 1860, married Miss Mary B. Woodson, whose father was a native of Virginia, but an early settler of Jefferson County, where he practiced law. His name, Samuel Woodson, is well known in the county. One child was born to our subject's marriage--Woodson Booker Richardson. Soon after marriage Mr. Richardson settled near Herculaneum where he remained until 1867, when he located one-half mile southwest of Kimmswick, where he has forty-one acres, and a small farm in another tract near by. Politically a life-long Democrat, his first presidential vote was cast for James K. Polk, in 1844. Mr. Richardson is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and his wife is a faithful member of the Presbyterian Church.

Booker Richardson, farmer, near Kimmswick, and a brother of Skelton Richardson, whose sketch just precedes this, was born in St. Louis County, in 1831, and is the youngest of thirteen children born to Booker and Nancy (Cheatham) Richardson. He remained at home until the age of seventeen, having to walk six miles in order to get any schooling. He then crossed the plains to California, where he remained eleven years engaged in mining. In 1860 he returned to Jefferson County, and the following year enlisted in Company E, Second Missouri Cavalry, Confederate army, and joined Gen. Forrest, with whom he served until the downfall of the Confederacy. He then surrendered at Columbus, Miss., and carried the flag of truce to Iuka, Miss., after the call for surrender. He then returned to Jefferson County, where he was married to Miss Sarah Wells, a native of Ste. Genevieve County, Mo., in 1866. Her parents, John and Marenia (Jackson) Wells, were formerly from Kentucky, but came to Ste. Genevieve County, Mo., later in life. Twelve children were born to Mr. Richardson's marriage, five of whom are living, viz.: Addie, Julia, Henry, Arthur and Sarah. Mr. Richardson has since lived one-half mile southwest of Kimmswick, where he has a fine farm of seventy acres; he is also the owner of several other tracts. Politically a Democrat, he is also an honest, upright man.

Henry Roberts, justice of the peace, notary public, and proprietor of the Valle Mines boarding-house, was born near the Crystal City Glass Works, Jefferson County, Mo., January 1, 1819. His father, William F. Roberts (deceased), was a native of Newmarket, Frederick Co., Md., and was born in 1787; he removed to Jefferson County, Mo., in 1813, and was a millwright by trade, which trade he followed for many years in Southeastern Missouri. In 1817 he was married at Waterloo, Monroe County, to Elizabeth Forquer, sister of George Forquer, formerly attorney-general of this State, and half-sister of the late Gov. Thomas Ford. Mrs. Roberts died in 1842. In 1829 Mr. Roberts removed to Washington County. Of the eight children born to this marriage, six grew to maturity, five sons and one daughter, only one of whom survives him, Henry Roberts, of Jefferson County. William F. Roberts served under Gen. Harrison in the War of 1812, and was the oldest Mason in the county where he died, having taken the first degree in Masonry in the latter part of November, 1810; he assisted in establishing the Grand Lodge of Missouri, in 1820, and was a man of great reading and information. In 1839 Henry Roberts, eldest son of W. F. Roberts, went to Oregon, Ogle Co., Ill., where he read and practiced law one year with his uncle, Hon. Thomas Ford; he was appointed circuit clerk of Ogle County in 1843, which position he held five years, serving also as master in chancery during the entire term of his clerkship. He then went to Galena, Ill., where he engaged in the mercantile business with a brother-
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in-law until the spring of 1850, when he located in Jefferson County, Mo., where he has since resided. He has been engaged in teaching and mining. January 3, 1841, he married Martha Pickett, daughter of William Pickett (deceased), a niece of James Pickett, the great tobacco king of Kentucky, and a sister of Hon. Thomas J. Pickett, now of Lincoln, Neb., formerly editor and publisher of the Peoria Register. Mrs. Roberts was born in Louisville, Ky., in 1826, and died in March, 1852, the mother of three children, only one of whom is now living, Mildred, wife of Francis A. Brickey, a physician of De Soto; one son, Thomas F., died in Louisville, Ky., in his twenty-fourth year. In April, 1856, Mr. Roberts married Jane Fletcher, also of Kentucky. To this union four children were born, but three of whom are living: Harriet C., wife of Stephen S. Outman, of Lynn County, Kas., and has five children; Anna married James E. Outman, of Greenwood County, Kas., and is the mother of three children; and Martha Ellen. Mr. Roberts was appointed justice of the peace in 1886, which position he still holds. He became a member of the I. O. O. F., in Galena, Ill., in 1848.

M. Roberts, foreman of the locomotive and machinery department of the Iron Mountain Railroad shops, De Soto, is a native of Philadelphia, Penn., and was born September 8, 1852. He is the third in the family of eight children, seven of whom are living, born to Elwood W. and Elizabeth (Davis) Roberts, natives of Philadelphia and of German descent. The former, a farmer by occupation, was born in 1827, and has always lived in his native State, and the latter was born in 1828. M. Roberts was educated in the public schools of his native city, and served an apprenticeship of four years as a machinist in the Pennsylvania Railroad shops, in West Philadelphia. He then became fireman of a locomotive engine on the Pennsylvania Railroad, running from Philadelphia to Harrisburg and Philadelphia to Jersey City, for eleven months, and the following twenty-two months acted as engineer on the same road. In July, 1876, he went to St. Louis, and resumed his trade in the Iron Mountain Railroad shops, in South St. Louis, where he remained until February, 1877, when he went to the Black Hills on a prospecting tour, and at that place erected the first sawmill. In September of the same year he returned to St. Louis, and for two years was engaged as fireman on the Iron Mountain Railroad. In September, 1879, he was promoted to engineer, holding that position until September, 1886, when, in the absence of the regular traveling engineer, Mr. Mercer, our subject was promoted to that position. Mr. Mercer returning in June, in July Mr. Roberts was appointed foreman of the shops at De Soto, which position he still holds, to the universal satisfaction of his employers. July 27, 1887, he was sent to Rome N. Y., as inspector of the twenty locomotives being built there for the Gould railroad system. December 29, 1881, Mr. Roberts married Miss Cora L., daughter of Daniel and Kate Taylor, and a native of Pierce County, Wis. Mr. Roberts is a Republican in politics, a member of the Masonic order, the A. O. U. W., and Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Mrs. Roberts is a member of the Catholic Church.

Louis Rogge, farmer and dealer in liquors at Cedar Hill, is a native of Hanover, Germany, born in 1836, and the son of William and Elizabeth Rogge. The father died in 1853, and in 1856 a part of the family came to the United States, and located in St. Louis, where Louis was engaged in the liquor business, and also ran a bakery until 1880, with the exception of 1871 and 1872, when he was on Big River, running a store and mill. Since 1880 he has lived at Cedar Hill, where he has a farm of 133 acres and is also operating a saloon. In 1885 he was
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appointed justice of the peace by the county court, and has since held that office; he is also president of the Farmers' Mutual Insurance Company. He served in the Home Guards and in the militia during the war; is a Republican in politics, casting his first presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln in 1860. He was married, in 1861, to Miss Catherine Bohle, who died in 1863, leaving one child. In 1864 Mr. Rogge married Augusta Bohle, a sister of his first wife. She died in 1886, leaving seven children.

Otto Rohlfing, dealer in fresh and salt meats, game and poultry, De Soto, was born in St. Charles, Mo., April 6, 1860. He was one of ten children born to Henry and Catherine (Young) Rohlfing, viz.: Edward, painter in St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railroad shops at De Soto; Otto Henry, locomotive engineer on the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railroad, between De Soto and Piedmont; Adolph, Louis, George, Lizzie and Minnie. Henry Rohlfing, father of our subject, came to America from Germany when twenty-five years of age, and first settled in St. Charles. He married in Jefferson County, and then lived in St. Charles, and returned to De Soto, Jefferson County, Mo., four years later, where he worked at the shoemaker's trade until his death, on August 4, 1879, aged about forty-seven years. His wife, also a native of Germany, was a daughter of Conrad Young, of Jefferson County, and died nine months before her husband. Otto Rohlfing came to De Soto with his parents in 1864, where he received his education. When but twelve years of age he commenced work in a butcher shop, working for Mathieu & Racine nine years. May 14, 1887, Mr. Rohlfing opened a butcher shop on his own account, which business he has since successfully conducted, and carries a first-class supply of meats of all kinds. He is one of the industrious and enterprising young men of De Soto, and is well liked. In politics he is a Democrat.

William J. Rowe is the fourth of the fifteen children, seven of whom are now living, born to Edward and Grace (Hockins) Rowe, the former of whom was a native of Cornwall, England and was born in 1807. He came to the United States when a young man, and lived several years in Wisconsin, then moved to Jefferson County, Mo., and settled where William J. now lives. The latter was born in Mineral Point, Wis., July 4, 1839, was reared on a farm, and received his education in the common schools. He has devoted the greater part of his life to work in the mines. September 4, 1875, he married Sarah J., daughter of Henry Grimshaw, deceased. They are the parents of the following children: William A., John F., Ann E., Grace L. and Annie T. (deceased). Mr. Rowe owns 140 acres, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising. He has never sought official honor. Mrs. Rowe is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.

Louis J. Rozier, superintendent and secretary of the Valle Mining Company, of Jefferson County, is a native of Ste. Genevieve, Mo., and was born in 1852. His father, Felix Rozier, is of French descent, and was born in Ste. Genevieve County, Mo., in 1820; he has always resided in his native county, and has been interested in developing the natural resources of Southeastern Missouri for many years. He is president of the Valle Mining Company, which company carries a stock of $200,000, and does a large business; the mines are located nine miles southeast of De Soto, comprising a tract of 5,000 acres, 2,200 of which are in Jefferson County, and the remainder in St. Francois County. Felix Rozier is one of the influential men in the mining circles of Missouri, and is held in high esteem. He married Miss Louise, daughter of Batise Valle, one of the oldest French settlers of Ste. Genevieve County, who discovered the mine which
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now bears his name. Mrs. Rozier was born in Ste. Genevieve County, in 1828, and is the mother of ten children, only five of whom are living: Louise, wife of John L. Boviere, of Ste. Genevieve; Louis J., Cora, Edwin J. and Odiel. After completing his education Louis J. Rozier commenced work at the mines, in the capacity of clerk and general assistant in various departments. July 1, 1874, he was made superintendent of the mines, and in August, 1884, was elected secretary of the same, holding both positions to the present time. He is an energetic business man, and has the well-merited esteem of his associates. In September, 1874, he married Miss Harriet Cole, daughter of Salathiel and Mary Ann Cole. Mrs. Rozier was born in Jefferson County in 1854. To this union six children have been born, four of whom are now living, viz.: Joseph, Paul V., Adele and Lucile. Mr. Rozier has been a resident of De Soto for the past two years, and in 1887 erected a large frame dwelling house, in the Queen Anne style, at a cost of $4,500, which is one of the finest residences in the place. He is a member of the Legion of Honor, the Knights of Pythias, A. O. U. W., and Royal Arcanum. In politics he votes with the Democrats. He and wife were reared in the Roman Catholic faith.

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