HAAS, Mathias
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - East Boone Township, Bates Co, MO
MATHIAS HAAS, farmer and stock raiser, is a native of Baden, Prussia, having been born on the 23d of January, 1826. There he grew up and took part in the revolution of 1848, and in 1856, April 7, he was married to Miss Madeline Hess, a native of the same town. They were married at Havre, France, while en route to America. Upon arriving at New York they came west as far as Ottawa, Illinois, where they remained until 1868. In that year they moved to Missouri, and settled in Bates County, buying 140 acres on section 25, East Boone Township. Mr. Haas has since added more land to his original purchase, so that he has at present 340 acres, all in a good state of cultivation and well improved. He has just completed a fine residence at a cost of nearly $2,000. Mr. Haas has had eight children, seven of whom are living: Wilhelmina (wife of William P. Black, married November 25, 1874); William F. married Miss Sallie Hokim, August 12, 1882; Barbara Lizzie, Emma, Henry, Louisa, Charley and Eddie, who died November 24, 1873. Mr. H. and wife are members of the Lutheran Church.

HACKETT, Pierce
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - Homer Township, Bates Co, MO
PIERCE HACKETT, farmer and carpenter by trade, section 23, was born in Liverpool, England in 1834. In 1850 he emigrated to America, landing at New Orleans, where he remained until 1853, then coming to Bates County, Missouri. Here he worked at his trade, and assisted in building the first mill on the Marais des Cygnes River. During the late war he served in the Confederate Army, under General Sterling Price, and surrendered at Shreveport, Louisiana, after which time he returned to Bates County. Since then he has devoted his time to farming and now owns 440 acres of fine land. In 1855, he married Mrs. Martha J. Cary, whose maiden name was Hart. She was a Kentuckian by birth, and in 1839 settled with her parents in Homer Township, Bates County, they being the first settlers of that portion of the county. Mr. and Mrs. Hackett have one child, Margaret J. He is a master of Charlotte Grange.

HALE, John C.
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - Pleasant Gap Township, Bates Co, MO
JOHN C. HALE, farmer and stock dealer, was born in Van Buren County, Iowa, October, 7, 1845. John Hale, his father, who was born in Ohio, 1809, married Miss Christina Cassel, a native of Indiana. The former moved to Indiana with his parents when a child and there grew to manhood. He went to Iowa in an early day, and was one of the pioneers of Van Buren County. He was one of the first to represent that county in the legislature, and was a delegate to the State Constitutional Convention in 1845. John C. accompanied the family to Missouri in 1858, and settled in Bates County. He spent his youth on a farm, attended the common schools, and in 1862 he enlisted in the Confederate Army and served till the close of the war, taking part in the battles of Lone Jack, Missouri, Helena, and Jenkins' Ferry, Arkansas, Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, and several minor engagements. After the war he returned to Bates County and was married here, December 8, 1867, to Miss E. J. Rogers, who was born in Platte County, Missouri. She is a daughter of Judge J. M. Rogers, one of the early settlers of Bates County, and whose sketch appears elsewhere. After his marriage Mr. Hale located on the farm where he now resides. He has 380 acres of land, 370 under fence and in cultivation, forty acres are devoted to timothy meadow. His young bearing orchard contains 125 apple and other trees. They have a family of three children: Sarah C, born September 4, 1870; Sidney W., born April 21, 1873, and Vinetta, born June 15, 1881. Mr. Hale is a thorough and thrifty farmer, and one of the best in his township. He resides on section 3.

HALFERT, Samuel Peter
History of Bates County, Missouri, W. O. Atkeson, 1918
SAMUEL PETER HALFERT -- The late Samuel Peter Halfert, better known as S.P. Halfert, of West Point township, was an industrious and successful citizen, whose loss to the community in which he resided for so many years had been deeply mourned. He was born in Portage county, Ohio, February 4, 1840, and departed this life at his home in Bates county, March 5, 1909. He was a son of George and Rachel (File) Halfert, both of whom were natives of Germany. George Halfert, his father, emigrated from Germany when twenty-one years of age and landed in New York City with but one dollar in his pocket. Rachel, his wife, came from Germany with her parents when she was a child nine years of age. George Halfert died in Ohio in 1861 and the widow with her family removed to Michigan. S.P. Halfert did not, however, locate in Michigan with the rest of the family. Being of an inquiring and inventive turn of mind, he worked out a formula which proved to be efficacious in the art of tanning furs. This recipe he traded for a tract of eighty acres of land located near Dubuque, Iowa. This tract was good prairie land and after working in the neighborhood of Dubuque for some time, Mr. Halfert disposed of the tract and located in Johnson county, Missouri, in 1866. In Johnson county, he bought eighty acres of land and there married Lina Kane, who died one and a half years after the marriage. Six months after the death of his first wife, Mr. Halfert came to Bates county and bought an "eighty" located near Cornland in the southern part of the county. He improved this tract and resided thereon for eighteen months, a bachelor. He then married and for a period of nine years cultivated this farm. Selling out the tract, he located, in the early eighties, in West Point township, as he had traded his possessions for one hundred sixty acres of land there located, a tract which was unimproved. This land he traded for eighty acres which were improved with an old house, cribs, and buildings of mediocre character. With the assistance of his able, energetic wife he prospered and increased his holdings to a grand total of four hundred eighty acres. This land has been divided since his death and the widow now owns the homestead of one hundred sixty acres. Politically, Mr. Halfert was a stanch Republican and always voted the Republican ticket. He took an active interest in political matters and was noted for his straightforwardness and plain manner of speaking. His honesty was proverbial and his rating as a citizen was high. S.P. Halfert was united in marriage with Sarah Ellen Kelley on December 15, 1872. To this union were born the following children: John Charles Halfert, born October 18, 1874, and now residing on a farm in West Point township; George William Peter, born September 3, 1886, at home with his mother; John Charles Halfert married Anna Gifford and has three children: Ida Celeste, Virolee Ellen and Clyde Marvin, who was named in honor of a preacher despite the wishes of his grandmother, who desired that he be named in honor of his grandfather. Mrs. Sarah Ellen Halfert was born December 13, 1854, in Pennsylvania, a daughter of John and Eliza (Johnson) Kelley, natives of the Keystone state who removed to Newton county, Indiana, in 1855 and resided there until 1867 when they came to Bates county. Mrs. Eliza Kelley died in Indiana in 1861, leaving six children, as follow: Mary Jane, died in Colorado; Mrs. Ollie Kelley, Butler, Missouri; John, died when a youth; Aaron, died November 5, 1908, on a farm near Cornland, Bates county; Sarah Ellen Halfert, of this review; and Charles T., died in infancy. John Kelley was again married in 1873 to Mrs. Sallie Carpenter, who bore him four children: Samuel W., deceased; Andrew, living in northern Minnesota; Mrs. Rena Dillon, who is living near Butler; May, residing in California. The second Mrs. Kelley died upon the birth of her last child. December 1, 1867, the Kelley family arrived in Bates county and settled upon a farm in the vicinity of Cornland, which farm Mr. Kelley cultivated until his death, February 18, 1881. Mrs. Halfert is a remarkable woman who has accomplished wonders in the management and improvement of her fine farm since her late husband's death. She has remodeled and rebuilt practically every structure on the place and has all of them attractively painted in a dark red color, the residence and buildings making a handsome appearance from the roadway. She has had erected a thirty-barrel water tank for farm purposes which is kept filled by a pump operated by wind-mill power and everything is in first-class condition. A cyclone devastated the farm in 1909 and did considerable damage but it was quickly repaired. This energetic farm lady, despite her years, does a great part of the farm work and maintains a herd of ten dairy cows which yield one can of cream weekly from February to July, thus bringing her an income of seven dollars weekly. She has a total of eighteen head of cattle and nineteen head of Duroc Jersey hogs on the place. During the laying season, she disposes of two thirty-dozen cases of eggs each week from her poultry plant. Mrs. Halfert attends to her poultry and hogs, and does a great part of the milking herself. At this writing, December, 1917, she had four hundred bushels of oats in her granary and more than one thousand bushels of corn in crib. She owns a splendid team of horses and a brood mare. In the spring of 1917, she disposed of more than three hundred dollars worth of horses and mules. Mrs. Halfert is a woman who is highly capable of managing her own affairs. She believes in keeping up with the times and her success in conducting a large farm has demonstrated that at least one woman can manage a business successfully. She is emphatically in favor of woman suffrage and looks forward to the time when she will be able to vote equally with men. Altogether, Mrs. Halfert is a remarkable woman in more ways than one -- kind hearted, obliging, and broad-minded -- and she has a deep and abiding love for her home county and her country.

HALL, Carl F.
History of Bates County, Missouri, W. O. Atkeson, 1918
CARL F. HALL, proprietor of the leading mercantile establishment of Amoret, is one of the successful business men of Bates county. The Hall store was established in 1901 and the trade of this concern has been constantly growing during the past sixteen years. The store is housed in a large building and fully stocked with groceries, dry goods, queensware, hardware, feeds, etc. It has a distinctive appearance from the average general store found in small towns, and resembles a department store marked for the quantity and excellence of the goods on display. Mr. Hall handles country produce and is a shipper of eggs, butter, and poultry, which are brought to his store by the farmers of the vicinity. Carl F. Hall was born July 29, 1878, at Trading Post, Kansas. He is a son of Austin W. and Caroline (Fisk) Hall, both of whom were natives of Vermont and descended from old New England families. Austin W. Hall came West in 1856 as a "Free State" man and made a permanent settlement in Linn county, Kansas. During the border troubles and the Civil War period, he served in the State Militia. He homesteaded land in Linn county and operated a general store at Trading Post. He also placed in operation one of the first flouring and grist mills in that section of Kansas and became widely and favorably known as a successful and able business man whose influence in the affairs of his county was marked. He died in Linn county in 1900 at the age of sixty-nine years. Mrs. Hall died in 1887. Mr. and Mrs. Austin W. Hall were parents of the following children: Amos Hall, a merchant of Amsterdam, Missouri; John, an attorney at Pleasanton, Kansas; and Carl F., subject of this review. Carl F. Hall was educated in the public schools of Linn county and began doing for himself at the age of twenty-one years. When a youth he was employed in his father's store and he also learned the miller's trade. When he became of age he, with his brother, operated the Hall store at Trading Post and also operated the mill which had been built by his father. In partnership with his brother, Amos, he became engaged in the milling business in Amoret, Bates county, in 1899, and this partnership continued for two years. He then established the Hall mercantile store, which has been a remarkable success. Mr. Hall was married in 1900 to Miss Nellie Hicks, of Pleasanton, a daughter of Harry and Sarah Hicks. Two children have been born of this marriage: Thelma, aged fifteen years, now a student in the Amoret High School; and Dorothy, aged six years. Mr. Hall is a Republican in politics and a good citizen as well as successful business man. A likable personality, honesty in his business dealings, progressive tendencies, ability and ambition to forge ahead have placed him in the front rank of Bates county's merchants.

HALL, E. R.
History of Bates County, Missouri, W. O. Atkeson, 1918
E.R. HALL, one of the leading farmers and stockmen of Bates county, is a native of Ohio. He was born in Champaign county in 1853, a son of Ansel C. and Alivra L. (Cushman) Hall, both natives of New York. The Hall family left the state of Ohio and went to Iowa in 1857, when E.R., the subject of this sketch was about four years old. They located near Marshalltown, Iowa, where they remained until 1861, when they went to Sangamon county, Illinois. Here they remained until October 20, 1869, when they came to Missouri, settling in Pleasant Gap township, Bates county. The father bought eighty acres of land in Pleasant Gap township and spent the remainder of his life here. In addition to following farming, he conducted a saw-mill for a number of years. Both parents are now deceased. E.R. Hall was one of a family of seven children, born to his parents, as follow: Julia, married Sanford Thorp and they live near Sioux City, Iowa; Frank, deceased; Charles, died in childhood; Adelaide, deceased; Lewis, lives in Pleasant Gap township; E.R., the subject of this sketch; and Dora L., married O.M. Burkhart, Pleasant Gap township. Mr. Hall was educated in the public schools, attending school in Iowa, Illinois and Missouri. Like his father, he was engaged in the saw-mill business for a number of years as well as in farming. In 1881, he purchased fifty-one acres where his present residence is located. He has added to his original purchase, from time to time, and now owns one of the best-improved farms in Bates county, which consists of five hundred forty acres of productive land. A few years ago he purchased the Requa farm just west of his old homestead, where his son now resides. This place is known as the "Seven Oaks" farm, so named from the fact that there were seven large oak trees in the vicinity of the residence. This is a very attractive place, but not more so than Mr. Hall's home place, which is well-improved with large barns and a comfortable, modern farm residence. Both the "Seven Oaks" and Mr. Hall's home place are two of the attractive farm properties in Bates county. Mr. Hall was united in marriage December 21, 1876 with Miss Louisa Eckles, a daughter of James and Rebecca (White) Eckles, and a native of Adams county, Illinois. Her father was born in Pennsylvania and her mother in Illinois. The Eckles family came to Missouri and settled in Bates county in 1866. The parents are both now deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Hall have been born the following children: Ivan Elmer, who resides on the old Requa place, above mentioned; Addie B., married Robert Lyle of Lone Oak township; and Ethel May, who died at the age of nineteen years. Mr. Hall is one of the successful high-grade stockmen of Bates county. He raises registered Poland China hogs and Durham and Shorthorn cattle, and has some very valuable animals on his place. Mr. Hall is a Democrat, although inclined to be independent in his political notions and has never aspired to hold political office. He is one of Bates county's substantial citizens.

HALL, Wiley P.
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - Deer Creek Township, Bates Co, MO
WILEY P. HALL, physician and druggist, was born in Anderson County, Tennessee, February 25, 1847. James Hall, his father, was a native of Tennessee and a prominent farmer and attorney. He was judge of Anderson County for fourteen years. When Wiley was fourteen years old he removed to St. Clair County, Missouri, and settled where the town of Roscoe now stands, and where his death occurred in 1857. Wiley P. grew up on a farm and attended school for three months in Tennessee (one term) when twelve years old. This was all the education he received until after his marriage, when he was a student at a district school two winters and select school one term. While in the army he learned to write. In October 1862, he enlisted for service in the war and was discharged August 17, 1865. He participated in the battles of Prairie Grove, Cane Hill, and all of Steele's engagements on his raid South. He was corporal of his company. After the close of the war he returned to St. Clair County and engaged in farming and attending school, until 1869. He then read medicine with Dr. James Marquis, of Roscoe, for three years, during which time he preached as local preacher for the Methodist Church. Coming to Bates County, Missouri, in 1874, he settled in Rich Hill, and practiced medicine there for two years, when he removed to his farm in Elkhart Township. There he followed his chosen calling until 1881, when he came to Adrian, where he embarked in the drug business, and he was proprietor of the Adrian House when it burned in 1881. In March 1882, he sold his stock of drugs to Mr. A. J. Satterlee, and since then has had charge of the business for Mr. S. He owns a fine residence in Adrian. Dr. H. is a member of the Masonic fraternity. October 12, 1865, he was married to Miss Mary E. Jackson, a native of Missouri. They have five children: John E., James W. B., Dora and Minnie (twins), and Nettie B.

HAMILTON, Ashby
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - Summit Township, Bates Co, MO
ASHBY HAMILTON, farmer and breeder of Short Horn and Gallaway cattle, was born in Bath County, Kentucky, October 30, 1851, and is the son of George Hamilton, founder and owner of Hamilton's Short Creek herd of Short Horn cattle at Mount Sterling, Kentucky. His mother, whose maiden name was Ellen Ashby, was born in Madison County, Kentucky. Ashby was reared on his father's farm and became thoroughly familiar with the merits and secrets of fine stock breeding. He enjoyed excellent educational privileges, having received a collegiate education at Washington, Lee College, Lexington, Virginia, the University of Virginia and Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky. In 1871, at the age of twenty, he went to Illinois and had charge of his father's farm for one year. The next year he became engaged in shipping cattle from points in Texas to Illinois, which he continued for nearly two years. He subsequently sought a suitable place to embark in fine stock growing and fixed upon Bates County as the place offering the greatest inducements, and accordingly located here in 1873. His residence is in the northeastern part of this township and his farm consists of a beautiful tract of 1,500 acres in a high state of cultivation, with good improvements. Mr. Hamilton has probably more land devoted to the cultivation of the tame grasses than any other man in the county. His meadow covers a tract of 240 acres and he has been quite successful raising timothy and clover. He was married April 21, 1874, to Miss Jessie Lindsay, a native of New Orleans. She is a woman of rare personal attractions and came from one of the first families of the South. They have one child, Ida Stewart. Mr. Hamilton and wife are members of the Christian Church. The former is making a specialty of raising fine blooded cattle, and has about one hundred and fifty short horn cows and seventy calves. He also has sixteen head of the famous Gallaway breed of cattle. He is devoting some attention also to the breeding of Kentucky saddle stock of thoroughbred horses. Below will be found the pedigree as found in the Ontario, Canada, Gallaway Register, of two of his Gallaway cattle: John Borland -- Gallaway bull, property of Ashby Hamilton, Butler, Missouri, bred by R. G. Hart, Lapeer, Michigan; calved December 18, 1876; sire Shoo Fly (184); dam Dairy Maid (286). Lucy (324), calved March 5, 1879; bred by Peter Davy, Ashippun, Wisconsin; sire Lane (280); grand sire Bob (278); dam Mary (281), by Bob (278); grand dam Fancy (266) by Hard Fortune (154); great grand dam Woolwich Queen (96) by William Wallace (67), etc., etc.

HAMILTON, F. V.
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - Deer Creek Township, Bates Co, MO
F. V. HAMILTON, merchant at Adrian, was born in Randolph County, Illinois, April 15, 1851. His parents were James Hamilton, a native of Illinois and a farmer by occupation, and Sophia (Brewer) Hamilton, a Kentuckian by birth. They had three sons and two daughters, the subject of this sketch being the fourth child. When he was young his mother died, and at the age of seven years his father died, after which he lived with his uncle Felix Brewer, a farmer. He was educated in the public schools of Illinois and St. Patrick's College at Ruma, Illinois, and after completing his education he taught until 1874, when he removed to Bates County, Missouri. Here he resumed school teaching for two years when he commenced farming, which calling he followed until the spring of 1882, then he came to Adrian and entered the mercantile business as a member of the firm of McCory & Co. Mr. H. has been township clerk for one term and assessor one term. October 30, 1876, he married Miss Sarah Eyman, a native of Illinois. They have two children: Essa A, and James H.

HAMILTON, R. R.
History of Bates County, Missouri, W. O. Atkeson, 1918
R.R. HAMILTON, cashier of the Bank of Amoret, is a native son of Bates county. He was born July 15, 1882, on a farm one and one-fourth miles northwest of Amoret. He is a son of J.B. and Emma G. (Gibson) Hamilton, well-known and substantial residents of Bates county. J.B. Hamilton, the father, was born in Iowa in 1858, a son of William and Dorothy (Paisley) Hamilton, natives of Ohio and early settlers of Iowa. Both came with their parents to the state of Iowa when it was in process of settlement and were practically reared on the frontiers of civilization. It is only natural to expect that William Hamilton preferred the pioneer life and was ever in the vanguard of settlers who were opening the great West and paving the way for the establishment of government. He was married in 1858 and shortly afterward joined the hosts of "Free State" men who located in Kansas, where he resided until his death in 1913. William Hamilton was a stanch "Free State" man. He became well-to-do in his adopted state. Prior to locating in Kansas, he joined the rush of gold-seekers to California in 1849 and made the long trip overland with a party which left Sioux City. He and his brother, John, engaged in the saw-mill business in California. John preferred to remain on the coast and became wealth. J.B. Hamilton was the first-born of his father's family and was reared to manhood in Kansas. He resided in that state until 1881, when he made his permanent location in Homer township, Bates county, Missouri. He has built up a splendid and productive farm from raw prairie land and has accumulated a total of one hundred forty-five acres, which are well improved. Mr. Hamilton is accounted a good, industrious citizen of the type that has pushed Bates county into the forefront with the leading counties of Missouri. He was married in July, 1881, to Emma Gibson, who has borne him the following children: R.R., subject of this review; W.P., a successful farmer residing within three miles of Amoret; O.V., clerk in Hall's Mercantile Store at Amoret; H.E., a farmer residing in Linn county, Kansas; Myrtle, H.B. and J.P., at home with their parents. The mother of these children was born January 7, 1860, and departed this life February 22, 1917. She was born in St. Clair county, Illinois, a daughter of Robert and Martha (Hamilton) Gibson, who were natives of South Carolina and left their native state on account of a pronounced abhorrence of the institution of slavery, coming to Illinois during the earliest period of the settlement of that state. They came to Linn county, Kansas, in 1878. Robert Gibson settled on a farm in Linn county and resided there until his early death in 1882. Mrs. Gibson died in 1898. They were adherents of the Presbyterian faith. Both the Hamilton and Gibson families have been prominent in the affairs of the Presbyterian church. William Hamilton was for many years a ruling elder of the church and became an elder of the church of the United Presbyterian faith in Linn county upon its formation in 1858. He was succeeded by his son, J.B. Hamilton, who served until of late years, when he was succeeded by his son, R.R. Hamilton. John Hamilton, father of William Hamilton, was an elder of the church when the family resided in Ohio. R.R. Hamilton, subject of this review, was educated in the public schools of Amoret and Pleasanton, Kansas. Following his public-school and high-school education, he pursued a business course at Brown's Business College in Kansas City. After securing his business training he was employed in the Hall mercantile establishment in Amoret, from 1902 to 1906, inclusive. In the latter year he became cashier of the Bank of Amoret. He is now capably filling this position. Mr. Hamilton was married on October 15, 1908, to Miss Zola Davidson, a daughter of F.M. and C.S. Davidson, residents of Amoret. Mrs. Hamilton was born and reared in Bates county. Mr. Hamilton, subject of this review, is a Republican in politics and takes a keen interest in the affairs of his party in Bates county but is not an office-seeker. He is a ruling elder of the United Presbyterian church of Amoret and succeeded to this position in July, 1917. He is a leader in civic and church affairs of his home town and is fast making a reputation for himself as a capable and efficient banking man and ranks high among the younger bankers of his native county.

HAMILTON, Robert
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - Osage Township, Bates Co, MO
ROBERT HAMILTON, farmer, section 11, came originally from Ireland, where he was born in June 1829. He resided there till fifteen years of age, when he emigrated to America, settling first in Jackson, Ohio, where he gave his attention to farming. In 1868 he came to Bates County, Missouri, and located where he now resides. He has 275 acres of land that will average with any in the county, all of which is under fence. Mr. H. was married, August 28, 1855, to Miss Matilda Barnhill, a native of Ohio. They have eight children: Ann E., John, Maria J., Mary A., Martha M., Robert G., Charles B. and Josie L. L.

HAMMER, Anton
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - Pleasant Gap Township, Bates Co, MO
ANTON HAMMER is a native of Baden, where he was born December 31, 1838. Andrew Hammer, his father, and also his mother, formerly Catherine Boner, came originally from Baden. In 1847, Anton Hammer emigrated to the United States with his mother and settled in Madison County, Ill., where he grew to manhood and married, December 31, 1857, Miss C. Grob, a native of Switzerland and a daughter of P. Grob. This wife died January 27, 1859, leaving one son, Fred. Mr. H. was married to Miss Emeretta Saffner, of Switzerland, in December 1861. There are four children by this marriage, Emma, wife of G. Hirschi, Lousia, Lewis and Caroline. Mrs. H. departed this life, March 20, 1866. Mr. Hammer was married to his present wife in Madison County, October 31, 1867, she then being Miss Mary Grob, a younger sister of his first wife. They have two children, John A. and William Henry. In 1869 he came to Bates County, Missouri, and purchased land and settled on his place in this township. He has a farm of 240 acres, all in cultivation, with good buildings upon it and a fine young bearing orchard. Mr. Hammer makes a specialty of feeding and dealing in stock. He and his wife are members of the German Reformed church. He belongs to the Ancient Order of United Workmen.

HAMMERS, Samuel
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - Pleasant Gap Township, Bates Co, MO
SAMUEL HAMMERS, farmer and stock dealer, section 7, was born in Greene County Pennsylvania, November 14, 1816, and is the son of Joseph and Elizabeth Hannah Hammers, both Pennsylvanians by birth. The former was born in 1779. He was a blacksmith by trade, but for about forty years followed stock trading, etc. Samuel spent his youth on a farm, and was educated in the public schools. He was married in his native county March 7, 1850, to Miss Melissa Skinner, a native of Ohio, but who was reared and educated in Pennsylvania, and a daughter of Court Skinner. After this event Mr. H. moved to Woodford County, Illinois, where he bought land, which he improved. Selling out in the summer of 1866 he came to Missouri in the fall of the same year, and first settled in Henry County, near Clinton. He lived there but about six months, and moved to Bates County in the spring of 1867, locating on his present farm. He has 426 acres of land, about 340 under fence and mostly improved, with a good large residence on his home place, there are 170 young bearing and about eighty old apple trees, 300 peach and 100 cherry trees. Mr. and Mrs. Hammers have ten children: Joseph C, Mary A., (now Mrs. Zach Stephens), Lizzie (now Mrs. Cyrus Requa, John C, Samuel B., Jesse, James, Jennie M., Alice B., and Brower. He and his wife are members of the Baptist Church.

HAND, Oscar
History of Bates County, Missouri, W. O. Atkeson, 1918
OSCAR HAND, of Elkhart township, former township assessor and central committeeman of the Republican party, belongs to one of the old families of Bates county, his parents with their children and worldly possessions, having driven overland from their former home in Illinois to Bates county in 1871. Mr. Hand was born in Knox county, Illinois, in 1857, and is a son of Ellis and Jane (Kennedy) Hand, the former having been born in Indiana in 1832 and still resides in Bates county. The wife and mother was also born in Indiana and is now eighty-one years old. Both Ellis and Jane Hand were children when they accompanied their respective parents to Knox county, Illinois. They grew up in that county and were there married. Two weeks traveling were required to bring the family to Bates county and the trip was a distinct novelty to the younger children, who rather enjoyed the outing. They made their home here at a time when there was no town of La Cygne, and Butler was but a settlement. Their nearest market was at Harrisonville, where they drove their stock and hauled their grain to be sold and shipped. Ellis Hand followed the vocation of farming all of his life and became quite prominent in the civic and political affairs of Elkhart township and the county. He served several terms as a member of the township board and was actively identified with political matters as regards the Republican party with which he was always identified, serving as Republican committeeman. Six children born to Ellis and Jane Knox were reared to maturity: Oscar, subject of this review and the eldest son of the family; Lizzie, wife of Charles Evans, residing near Scott City, Kansas; Albert, Kansas City, Missouri; George, a farmer in Elkhart township; Minnie, who married William Allen, who is now deceased; Rebecca, wife of Buell Mudd, living near Burdett, in Bates county. The early education of Oscar Hand was obtained in the public schools of Illinois and Bates county. He applied himself diligently to his studies and has become well informed through constant reading. From his youth he has been engaged in farming and with the exception of nine years spent in Kansas City in the employ of the Santa Fe Railroad Company and the stock yards, has lived in Bates county since coming here in 1871. He removed to Kansas City in 1880 and returned to the farm in 1889. Mr. Hand was married to Mary J. Peebles, a native of Illinois and daughter of Abraham Peebles, who came to Bates county and located in Elkhart township as early as 1869. Mr. and Mrs. Hand have three children: Ethel, wife of William Spencer, Adrian, Missouri; Elsie, and Roy, residing in Claudell, Kansas. Mr. Hand is prominently identified with the Republican party and is one of the leaders of his party in Bates county. He has filled the office of township assessor and is the present central Republican committeeman for Elkhart township. He is secretary of the local Central Protective Association and is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America.

HANDLY, J. W.
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - Osage Township, Bates Co, MO
J. W. HANDLY, farmer and stock dealer, section 18, is a son of John G. and Margaret (Walkup) Handly, natives of Virginia, who early moved to La Fayette County, Missouri, where J. W. was born, October 3, 1838. He was there reared and educated on a farm, and from that county he came to Bates County in 1870. He now has a landed estate of 585 acres, constituting one of the best improved farms in the vicinity. Mr. H. was married October 2, 1874, to Miss Mary Robinson, a native of Dearborn County, Indiana. She was born March 30, 1856, and was a daughter of H. P. Robinson, a sketch of whose life appears elsewhere in this history.

HANDLY, Robert M.
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - Osage Township, Bates Co, MO
ROBERT M. HANDLY, farmer, section 20, post office Rich Hill, is a native of Lafayette County, Missouri, and was born August 4, 1847. He was brought up and educated in the county of his birth, and there followed farming for some time. In 1869, he came to Bates County, Missouri, and first herded cattle for his father, and in March 1870, he settled where he now resides. He has 550 acres of good land well improved, and all under fence. Mr. Handly was united in marriage, January 27, 1872, to Miss Josephine Neptune, who was born in West Virginia. They have four children: Charles E., Jessie, Johnnie, William L. and an infant. Mr. H. is a member of the Masonic fraternity.

HANES, John H.
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - Prairie Township, Bates Co, MO
JOHN H. HANES, farmer and fruit grower, sections 10 and 11, was born in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, February 29, 1856, and was the youngest of six children, three only of whom are now living. His parents were Elias and Mary (Hillis) Hanes, the former a Pennsylvanian by birth, and the latter originally from County Down, Ireland. While blasting for the Bulger Tunnel, on the Pan Handle Railroad, between Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Parkersburg, Virginia, Elias Hanes had the misfortune to lose his eyesight by a premature explosion, since which time he has been dependent upon his children and others to aid him in his work of selling books, stationery and other articles of merchandise. In that capacity John has traveled through thirty-two states. His father still continues to travel, and from the proceeds of his business he has accumulated means sufficient to purchase a tract of land upon which the subject of this sketch resides. This contains ninety acres, with a variety of choice fruits. Mr. Hanes was married, April 29, 1877, to Miss Anna Josephine Cobb, of Henry County, Missouri, she having been born June 26, 1861, in Lee County, Iowa. They have one child, Bessie, born September 22, 1879. Mr. H. has 200 acres of land in his own name, and also has the supervision of 200 acres still belonging to his father. Politically he is a Democrat.

HANKS, William F.
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - Mt. Pleasant Township, Bates Co, MO
WILLIAM F. HANKS, sheriff of Bates County, came originally from Wolfe County, Kentucky, where he was born August 27, 1837. His parents, Cudmillion and Millie A. (Garrett) Hanks, were also Kentuckians by birth. Their family now resides in Wolfe County, and all the children, save the subject of this sketch, live within a radius of five miles of their parents. Cudmillion Hanks was a member of the Kentucky State Legislature at the time of the organization of Wolfe County, and Compton, the county seat was located upon his land. William F. was brought up and educated at his birthplace, and was the first county clerk of Wolfe, having been elected to that position in 1859. In 1863 he removed to Cole County, Illinois, and during the years 1863 and 1864, served as its deputy sheriff. For one year farming was his occupation, and in 1866, he returned to his native state, locating in Montgomery County, where he gave his attention to merchandising for two years. Then he went to Hood County, Texas, and was interested in the stock trade for three years, after which he visited Augusta, Georgia. After dealing in horses and mules for one year he came to Bates County, and resumed agricultural pursuits. In 1878 he was appointed deputy sheriff, and served until January 1882, when he entered upon his present duties as sheriff, which he is discharging to the satisfaction of all. Mr. Hanks was married in August 1861, to Miss Emma J. Swango, who was born in Kentucky. They have one child, Jimmie T.

HANNAH, John W.
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - Mt. Pleasant Township, Bates Co, MO
CAPTAIN JOHN W. HANNAH, proprietor of the Palace Hotel, has been prominently identified with the business interests of Butler since 1866. He was born in Paris, Edgar County, Illinois, February 10, 1839, His father, John M. Hannah, a Pennsylvanian by birth, was an agriculturist by occupation. The maiden name of his mother was Charity Mears, originally from Ohio. The early life of J. W. was divided between working on his father's farm and attending school, his education being received in the schools of his native county and at Bloomington, Illinois. In 1861, he was among the first to enlist in the Twelfth Illinois Infantry for the war, and served until the expiration of his term of service. Then he was largely instrumental in raising a company in the Sixty-second Illinois Infantry, was commissioned lieutenant and subsequently, for meritorious conduct, was promoted to captain. After serving faithfully until the close of the war, he came to Missouri, and upon prospecting for a location in which to make his future home, he was so favorably impressed with the future promise of the then embryo city, that he at once decided to settle here. He immediately began the construction of a building and engaged in the hardware and furniture business, conducting it successfully and profitably for some time. He has for a long period dealt largely in stock, and in this branch of trade, as well as in merchandising, his efforts have been crowned with good results. He has been one of the foremost citizens in advancing the interests of the town, and anything calculated to be of a permanent benefit receives his hearty support. The Palace Hotel, of which he is proprietor, is an evidence of his public spiritedness, and in his capacity of landlord, he has proved himself to be a genial and accommodating host. Captain Hannah married Miss Jennie S. Willey, daughter of Samuel and Annie Willey of Illinois. They have four children: Gertie, Willey, Annie and Rinn. Captain H. is a member of the Masonic fraternity and is a Knight Templar.

HANSON, Andrew
History of Bates County, Missouri, W. O. Atkeson, 1918
ANDREW HANSON, an industrious and thrifty farmer of Shawnee township, was born near Eureka, Kansas, January 6, 1862, the son of Christopher and Mary Hanson, the former of whom was a native of Norway and was one of the first settlers near Eureka. He later located in St. Clair county, Missouri, where the mother of Andrew Hanson died in 1868. Christopher Hanson departed this life in Jefferson City, Missouri, in 1876. The other children born to Christopher and Mary Hanson besides Andrew, are: Mrs. Sophia Evans, St. Clair county, Missouri; Mrs. Martha Silvers, Rich Hill, Missouri. By a second marriage the following children were born to Christopher Hanson and wife: Frank, Rich Hill, Missouri; Lonnie Cox, an adopted son; Mrs. Alice Jackson, St. Louis, Missouri. Andrew Hanson was reared in St. Clair county and there took up the vocation of farming. When seventeen years of age he came to Bates county and began working at farm labor on the farm of Adolphus Stuckey and remained on this farm for some time, eventually becoming the owner of the very place where he began his own career. On September 17, 1885, he was married at the Stuckey homestead by Rev. A.H. Lewis to Mary E. Stuckey, the daughter of his employer, and for some time remained on the Stuckey farm. During his first year before marriage he raised a big crop of wheat on this farm, the yield averaging twenty-seven bushels to the acre. Prior to the advent of the railroad to Butler he raised a large crop of flax on land west of Butler. He hauled this crop to Rockville for shipment, the trip taking him two days for each load. Mr. and Mrs. Hanson have resided in Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma, and again came to the old Stuckey farm for a permanent stay in 1903. They took a pre-emption claim in Meade county, Kansas, in 1887, and proved up on it and for some time Mr. Hanson followed stock raising in Meade county and Clark county, Kansas. They lived in "No Man's Land," now Beaver county, Oklahoma, for a few years prior to returning to Bates county where they homesteaded land in 1888. Mr. Hanson owns a splendid farm of two hundred forty acres, which is a part of the Stuckey farm of three hundred twenty acres. Eight children have been born to Andrew and Mary E. Hanson, six of whom are living: Bertha, wife of Charles Stover, Shawnee township; Alva, was killed by a stroke of lightning on June 25, 1910; Walter, married Maggie McGuire, and resides in Shawnee township; Lonnie, was killed by lightning on June 25, 1910 and Fonnie, twins; Hattie, Lloyd and Edna, at home. Mrs. Mary E. (Stuckey) Hanson was born February 1, 1867, near Fairbury, Illinois, and is a daughter of Adolphus Stuckey, a native of England, who came to America when but a lad and later made a settlement in Bates county as early as 1873. Before coming to Bates county he had his home in Illinois and during the Civil War he served his country in an Illinois regiment of volunteers throughout the war. Mr. Stuckey began in a small way in Bates county and erected a box house on his prairie farm, improved the place and became well to do as the years passed. He returned to Illinois and after living there for twenty-two years, he came back to his farm and died there in March, 1915. His wife was Nancy Cunningham before her marriage. She was born in Illinois, January 14, 1838, and died August 31, 1893. The Stuckey children were as follow: Mrs. Ida Shook, Fairbury, Illinois; Mrs. Hattie Vint, Walla Walla, Washington; and Mrs. Mary E. Hanson. Of the children born to Mr. and Mrs. Hanson it is interesting to note that Alva, Walter, Lonnie and Fonnie were born in Beaver county, Oklahoma. Hattie, Lloyd and Edna, were born in Clark county, Kansas. The fine cedar trees growing in the yard of the Hanson farm and which add to the attractiveness of the place, were obtained by Mr. Hanson, who assisted in setting them out, when he was working for Mr. Stuckey in about 1880. The Hansons are industrious and honest people who have the good will and esteem of their neighbors and have many friends in their neighborhood. Nancy (Cunningham) Stuckey was the daughter of Mr. Cunningham, who was one of the early pioneers of Bates county and was one of the first settlers of Butler.

HARBERT, J. W.
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - Spruce Township, Bates Co, MO
J. W. HARBERT, merchant, Johnstown. The subject of this sketch was born in Bates County, Missouri, August 3, 1849, his parents, William and Mary (Hull) Harbert, being Virginians by birth. The former came to Missouri when a young man, and was one of the pioneers of this county. He was engaged in the mercantile business for some time, and died in 1860. J. W. spent his youth at school and in his father's store at Johnstown. He was married here, June 12, 1870, to Miss Margaret J. Guyer, a daughter of George W. Guyer, and also a native of Bates County. In 1870, Mr. H. entered into the grocery business in Johnstown, and has been in trade most of the time since. He now has a large and select stock of general merchandise, has built up a good trade, and is doing a thriving business. He and his wife have four children: Nettie M., Cora F., Evaline and Cordie Lee. Mrs. Harbert is a member of the M. E. Church South. Mr. H. belongs to the Masonic order.

HARBINGER, William
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - Charlotte Township, Bates Co, MO
WILLIAM HARBINGER, merchant at Virginia, was born in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, in the year 1837, his parents being George and Mary Hardinger. When fifteen years of age he, with the family, settled in Wayne County, Ohio. In 1856 he removed to Linn County, Iowa, where he followed farming for some time. In 1865 Miss Mary E. Berryhill, a native of Linn County, Iowa, became his wife. She was born in 1843, and was the daughter of Joseph and Jane (Butler) Berryhill, the former of Ohio and the latter of Michigan. In 1867 Mr. Hardinger came to Bates County, Missouri, and located on section 35, township 38, range 32, where he improved 120 acres of land. In 1880 he took a trip to Washington Territory, remaining there till 1881, when he became situated at Virginia, and embarked in the mercantile trade, in company with H. H. Flesher. They have since enjoyed a liberal patronage, and have built up quite a business. Mr. and Mrs. H. have one child, William M. They are both members of the M. E. Church.

HARDESTY, R. G.
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - West Point Township, Bates Co, MO
R. G. HARDESTY, stock dealer, was born in Platte County Missouri, April 20, 1843, and is the son of James W. and Emily T. (Wilhite) Hardesty. His father was a native of Virginia, and his mother came originally from Kentucky. They settled in Missouri in 1842. Our subject is the eldest of four children: Ely W. and John H. in Platte County, and Med. S. with his brother. Mr. Hardesty attended the Weston High School and when seventeen years of age he went to California and attended school at Sacramento for a short period. On his return he remained for some time at Salt Lake and secured employment in a store as salesman. His father did an extensive freighting business to Salt Lake and he worked with him on these freighting expeditions. In 1870, January 6, Mr. Hardesty was married to Miss Aurelia Francis, a native of Kentucky. They have five children: James W., Annie M., Thomas F., Emma L. and Samuel T. In March 1881, he came to Bates County and purchased the "Bassett" farm in West Point. This farm consists of 430 acres of well improved land. Med. S. Hardesty was born November 28, 1856, and has received a liberal education at the State University and also at Jacksonville, Illinois. He has a tract of 320 acres in section 1, West Point. These brothers are taking quite an interest in fine stock and have at present a herd of fourteen head of thoroughbred Short Horns. Their breeder is the noted "Rose Duke," 7,868, vol. vii, Short Horn Record. White Rose cows: "Daisy Dean," volume vi., page 393; "Daisy Gem," volume vi., page 395; "Daisy Gem V.," volume ix.; "Lady Daisy," volume xi.; and Lord Gem, volume xi. Belinda stock: "Etiquette," volume vi., page 413; "Maple Princess," volume ix.; "Lady Ettie," volume xi. Clarentine stock: "Clarentine," volume ix.; "Clarentine II.," volume xi. Mrs. Motte stock: "Roan Duchess," volume xi. by "Savannah Duke," S.H.R., 6,997; A.H.B., 24,781.

HARDIN, George M.
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - Mt. Pleasant Township, Bates Co, MO
GEORGE M. HARDIN, farmer, section 8, was born in Nicholas County, Kentucky, in 1844, and was a son of R. W. and Delpha (Beard) Hardin. His father was a native of Virginia and his mother was a Kentuckian by birth. After their marriage they removed to Illinois in 1855 where George M. was brought up and educated. During the late war he served in the Sixty-eighth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry. In 1868 he married Miss Susan Adamson, a native of Kentucky, born June 26, 1848, and a daughter of Wilson Adamson, originally from Christian County, Kentucky. He was educated at Princeton College, and by profession was an architect. He became quite wealthy but lost his entire property during the rebellion. Mr. and Mrs. Hardin have a family of seven children: George W., James H,, Ira M., Robert W., Ella and Charles. Mr. H. has been a resident of Bates County for many years. He located on his present farm where it was nothing but unbroken prairie but now has an estate that will compare favorable with any in this township. He and his wife are members of the Christian Church.

HARDIN, James
History of Bates County, Missouri, W. O. Atkeson, 1918
JAMES HARDIN, a prominent farmer and stockman of Mount Pleasant township, is one of the honored and respected pioneers of Bates county. Mr. Hardin is a native of Nicholas county, Kentucky. He was born October 16, 1845, a son of Wesley Hardin, a native of Virginia. Wesley Hardin had, in early manhood, moved with his parents to Kentucky and in that state was married. From Kentucky, Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Hardin went to Illinois and settled in Menard county in 1854 and there reared and educated their son, James, the subject of this review. In February, 1865, at Springfield, Illinois, James Hardin enlisted in the Civil War and served until the close of the conflict in Company A, One Hundred Fifty-second Illinois Regiment of Infantry. Mr. Hardin was sent to Tullahoma, Tennessee and from there to Memphis, Tennessee, where he remained until mustered out at the end of the war. He had done guard duty in the war, principally. After the war had ended, Mr. Hardin returned to Springfield, Illinois, and from there went back home. In 1868, he came to Bates county, Missouri, and purchased his present home place in September of that year and in September, 1870, moved to it. He paid seven and a half dollars an acre for eighty acres of land and ten dollars an acre for ten acres of timberland at that time. The Hardin place was raw prairie at the time of the purchase. Mr. Hardin built a post and rail fence enclosing his land, the rails being nailed on the posts with old iron nails. This improvement was made the first year of his residence. A house, 14 x 22 feet in dimensions, was built of pine timber, the lumber for its construction hauled from LaCygne, Linn county, Kansas. It required two days to make the trip. The first year, Mr. Hardin raised twenty-five bushels of sod corn per acre and he has continued to improve his land and bring it up to a high state of cultivation through all the succeeding years. In the early days, a stage line operated from Butler to LaCygne, Kansas. October 17, 1867, James Hardin and Mary A. Stone were united in marriage at Lincoln, Illinois. To this union have been born five children: Edwin, Butler, Missouri; Katie Frances, at home; Frank S., at home; and Hugh, Little Rock, Arkansas. Mr. and Mrs. Hardin celebrated their Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary on October 17, 1917. Mr. Hardin rebuilt the residence in 1907 and the Hardin home is now a comfortable, convenient house of seven large, well-lighted rooms. A silo was erected in 1917. The farm is well supplied with barns, having a commodious horse barn, cattle barn, and implement and crib barn, in addition to numerous sheds to facilitate the handling of stock. Mr. Harden keeps registered Poland China hogs, which stock he has found to be the most profitable investment on the place. He milks ten head of Red Polled cows and ships the milk to St. Joseph, Missouri. Although Mr. Hardin personally oversees the work of the farm, he is not now actively engaged in agricultural pursuits but is quietly spending the closing years of his life on the home place, leaving the immediate supervision of the farm work to his sons, Fred L. and Frank S. Mr. and Mrs. Hardin have worked hard in the days gone by and no people in Missouri more deserving of the comfort and ease with which they are surrounded can be found. The worthy pioneers of Mount Pleasant township are represented by no more enterprising and successful farmer and highly esteemed citizen than James Hardin. Belonging to the large and honorable class of good yeomen, who by deeds not words have done so much to develop the resources of our great commonwealth and advertise its advantages to the world, he has long been a forceful factor in Bates county and by a life singularly free from fault he has wielded a wholesome influence for good upon all with whom he has business or social relations.

HARDINGER, Willie M.
History of Bates County, Missouri, W. O. Atkeson, 1918
WILLIE M. HARDINGER -- The Hardinger family is one of the oldest and most prominent families in Bates county, and the subject of this review has been a resident of this county since 1867. His fine farm of two hundred forty acres in Charlotte township is widely known as the "Cloverdale Stock Farm," one of finely improved places in the county, and noted for its crop production and livestock. Mr. Hardinger was born in Linn county, Iowa, September 21, 1866, and is a son of William Nathaniel and Mary E. (Berryhill) Hardinger, late prominent residents of Bates county. William Nathaniel Hardinger was born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, in the year 1837, and was a son of George and Mary Hardinger. His parents removed to Wayne county, Ohio, in 1852, and in 1856 he removed to Linn county, Iowa, where he followed farming until his removal to Bates county in 1867. In 1865 he married Mary E. Berryhill, a native of Linn county, Iowa, and who was born in 1843, a daughter of Joseph and Jane (Butler) Berryhill, the former a native of Ohio and the latter a native of Michigan. When Mr. Hardinger came to Bates county he located on section 35 in Charlotte township and improved one hundred twenty acres of land. In 1880 he made a trip to California and remained there until 1881, when he returned and erected a store building at Virginia, conducted a store there for a little over a year and then disposed of the business to George Short. For his first forty acres bought in this county he paid ten dollars an acre. Mr. Hardinger continued to reside upon his farm until his death on September23, 1917. His death marked the passing of one of the best known and best beloved citizens of the county, whose honesty and Christianity were proverbial. For many years he was identified with the Presbyterian church and was active in church work. He was prominently identified with the Democratic party and served for a time as justice of the peace of his township. His wife had preceded him in death eleven years, her death having occurred in March, 1906. Willie M. Hardinger, subject of this review, is the only child of his parents. The education of Willie M. Hardinger was supplemented by a course in the Butler Academy and he then settled down to the life of a tiller of the soil. All of the days of his residence in Bates county have been spent on the Hardinger farm. He has increased the original acreage to two hundred forty acres, he and his wife owning one hundred twenty acres about twenty miles distant. "The Cloverdale Stock Farm" is located about one and a half miles south and five and a half miles west of Butler. Mr. Hardinger carries on general farming activities and raises Red Polled and Shorthorn cattle for the markets. He was married, May 24, 1888, to Ida L. McElroy, who was born and reared in Charlotte township, a daughter of William A. McElroy, an early settler of this township. Mr. and Mrs. Hardinger have four living children: Lee M., who is married and resides upon one of his father's farms; Elmer, Arthur, and Ruth, at home with their parents. William A. McElroy, father of Mrs. Hardinger, was born September 27, 1839, in Jefferson county, Ohio, and was a son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Humphrey) McElroy, both natives of the Buckeye state. The family settled in Fulton county, Illinois, in 1844. The mother died in 1878 leaving five children. William A. McElroy was reared to young manhood in Illinois and during the Civil War, he served in the Seventy-second Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry. On August 30, 1866 he married Miss Sarah J. Drum, who was born in Belmont county, Ohio, May 23, 1844. In 1869 Mr. McElroy located on section 28, in Charlotte township and has resided in Bates county for nearly fifty years. The following children were born to them: Mary C. Drysdale, on the old home place; Minnie E. Hendrickson, Los Angeles, California; Nellie B. Burk, Charlotte township; Ida L., wife of the subject of this review; Frank W., Texas; and Clarence J., Arizona. Mr. Hardinger has been more or less active in political affairs since attaining his majority and has always been a supporter of the Democratic party. During Governor Folk's administration he received the appointment of county assessor of Bates county and ably performed the duties of this office. He has also served as justice of the peace and as township assessor. He is affiliated fraternally with the Butler Lodges, Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Modern Woodmen of America. Both he and Mrs. Hardinger are members of the Presbyterian church and take an active interest in church works. Mr. Hardinger is a director of the Missouri State Bank of Butler and takes a prominent part in all county movements of a meritorious and beneficial character.

HARMAN, James H.
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - Deepwater Township, Bates Co, MO
JAMES H. HARMAN, section 11, the subject of this sketch is a Virginian by birth and was born in Tazewell County, December 15, 1834, being a son of Henry and Polly (Day) Harman, also natives of Virginia. James H. grew to manhood in his native county on the farm where he was born, attending the common schools of his neighborhood. He served in the Confederate army during the late war for about a year, having enlisted in August 1861, in the Eighth Virginia Cavalry; and was in a number of engagements. After the war he returned to Virginia. Mr. Harman was married in Wolf County, Kentucky, December 31, 1867, to Miss Zerelda Swango, a daughter of Stephen Swango. She was born in that county May 6, 1848, and was there mostly educated. After his marriage Mr. H. lived in Virginia for one year and in the summer of 1868 he moved to Missouri and located on his present farm in Bates County. He has 214 acres of land, 194 acres fenced and mostly enclosed with a good hedge and cross fenced in forty acre fields. He and his wife have four children: Carrie E, born February 12, 1874; Myrtie Belle, born August 7, 1877; Estella Rose, born April 12, 1879; and Ethel, born November 13, 1881. Mrs. Harman is a member of the Christian Church which she joined when thirteen years old.

HARPER, R. F.
History of Bates County, Missouri, W. O. Atkeson, 1918
JUDGE R.F. HARPER -- The life story of Judge R.F. Harper, a leading citizen of Bates county, and highly successful agriculturist of Charlotte township, ex-presiding judge of the county court, and pioneer settler, takes one back over a half century of the development period of this county. The tale of his career in this county begins at a time when the entire territory which comprises this county was in an unsettled state and much of the land was open prairie over which herds of deer roamed and wild game was plentiful. There were few roads in the county, and such as the pioneers traveled on their way to market were but beaten trails which lead straight across country to the destination. The nearest trading and shipping point was at Pleasant Hill, fifty miles away, and it was a two or three days' journey to carry produce to this market. The period of Judge Harper's life previous to locating in Bates county, borders on the romantic and savors of the old days of the boundless Western plains which he crossed on foot. It would reveal something of the life of the hardy adventurer in the mining camps of the Rocky mountains, and subsequent service under the Union flag in the wilds of Colorado and New Mexico and the stirring scenes of a campaign against hostile Indians in which he participated. R.F. Harper was born March 23, 1841 in Athens county, Ohio and was a son of Theron and Catherine (Allen) Harper. His father was born in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania and his mother was born in Gallia county, Ohio. The parents of Theron Harper were early settlers in Athens county, Ohio, and here the father of R.F. Harper was reared to manhood and married. Both of Judge Harper's parents lived all of their days in Athens county, Ohio, and died there, the father dying in January, 1851. They were parents of ten children. After receiving such education as was afforded by the public schools of his neighborhood, R.F. Harper attended the old Albany Academy in Athens county. His father died when the son was ten years old and he then assisted in the support of his widowed mother and his brothers and sisters until the second marriage of his mother. He then made his home with an uncle who assisted him in acquiring an education. Thrilled with the news of the great gold discovery at Pike's Peak, early in 1860, he determined to make his way to the new gold fields. He got as far as St. Joseph, Missouri, and there persuaded a freighter to allow him to accompany his outfit. The freighter agreed to feed him the entire distance to Denver but it was necessary for him to make his way afoot. He paid the freighter twenty-five dollars for this privilege. There were seven men and one woman in the party which convoyed one wagon loaded with freight and drawn by ox-teams. The seven men took turns herding the oxen upon camping at night, Mr. Harper taking his term regularly. Mr. Harper walked the entire distance of six hundred miles in thirty-two days and arrived in Denver, then a straggling frontier camp, with but five dollars in his pocket. This money was soon stolen from him by a man whom he thought was a friend and he obtained employment as a miner at a wage of one dollar per day and his board. He humorously recalls that he got the board all right but never received the dollar-per-day wages which were promised him. On August 20, 1861, he enlisted in Company E, First Colorado Cavalry and served for four years, two months and ten days. Previously, he had made up his mind to go to Leavenworth, Kansas, and join the command of Col. Jim Lane, the famous Kansan who had taken such a prominent part in the struggle to make Kansas a free state. Mr. Harper saw active and continuous service of the hardest frontier character in Colorado and New Mexico. He took part in the battle of Apache Canyon, twenty miles from Santa Fe and fought from March 26 to March 28, 1862. His command met and engaged the Confederate forces and drove them back to Santa Fe. Later he participated in another engagement on the Rio Grande below Albuquerque. In 1864, the western Indians became hostile and a great uprising was threatened. His command was sent against them on the plains of Kansas and Colorado and they operated as far east as old Fort Dodge, Kansas. He was honorably discharged from the service on October 30, 1865, at Denver and started at once for home. The Indians were still troublesome and it was dangerous for white men to travel except in considerable bodies. In order to retain their side arms the discharged soldiers were required to pay for them. This he did, retaining both rifle and revolver. At Julesburg, Colorado, Mr. Harper and others organized into a formidable and well armed band of one hundred men and made the trip across the plains to civilization in safety. He then went to Johnson county, Missouri, arriving there in November, 1865, and rented a farm owned by an uncle until March 19, 1868, at which time he came to Bates county and made a permanent settlement in Charlotte township. Mr. Harper has a splendid farm of two hundred seventy-six acres in the southwestern part of Charlotte township with substantial and imposing improvements. His large, handsome residence is located on an elevation overlooking the river valley of the Marais des Cygnes and he has had the extreme satisfaction of creating his fine farm from unbroken land during the fifty and more years since he first came to this county. In the early days of his residence here, Mr. Harper saw plenty of deer, wild turkeys and prairie chickens from the doorway of his home. He is a progressive farmer and maintains a fine herd of thoroughbred Red Polled cattle. While on a furlough in 1864 to the old homestead in Athens county, Ohio, he was married to Miss Olive Young, a native of Athens county, Ohio, and daughter of John and Mary (Higgins) Young. This marriage was solemnized on June 26, 1864, and has been a happy and prosperous one. Miss Young was a school mate and old sweetheart of his younger days, and it is probable that Mr. Harper had plighted his troth with her before he made the adventurous trip to the far West. Three children have blessed this marriage: Thaddeus S., well-to-do stockman and farmer owning a splendid farm in Charlotte township; Katherine, wife of Luther Judy, Charlotte township; and John T., the youngest, a successful farmer of Charlotte township, and residing on the old home place. John T. married Florence Bean, and has two children, Roderick David, born January 18, 1897, and Mary. Judge Harper has long been a leader of the Republican party in Bates county and has filled various township offices such as assessor, trustee, and tax collector, serving several terms in office. He served as presiding judge of the county court January 1, 1907 to 1911 and acquitted himself acceptably in this important position. During his term of office the drainage project for the Marais des Cygnes flood area was inaugurated in 1906 and as presiding judge he signed the first issue of three hundred fifty-five thousand dollars worth of bonds to pay for the drainage ditch in 1907. He is inclined to be independent in his political views and votes independently in local affairs.

HARPER, R. F.
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - Charlotte Township, Bates Co, MO
R. F. HARPER, farmer and cattle feeder, section 30, was born in Athens County, Ohio, in 1841. His father, Theron Harper, a native of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, was of Irish-English descent. He accompanied his parents to Ohio at an early day, there grew up and married Miss Catherine Allen. When R. F. was ten years of age, his father died and he then assisted in supporting his mother until her second marriage. Then he made his home with an uncle, who helped him to acquire an education, and in 1860, went to St. Joseph, Missouri, with the intention of going to Pike's Peak. He finally concluded to visit Denver, and accordingly paid a freighter $25 for the privilege of walking, together with his board. While in Colorado, he devoted about one year to mining and working on water improvements. During the entire late war, he was a member of Company F,, First Colorado Regiment, and served in that state and New Mexico. In 1865, he was mustered out at Denver and soon returned to Athens, Ohio. While on a furlough in 1864, he was married to Miss Olive Young, a native of Athens County, born on January 20, 1843, and a daughter of John and Mary (Higgins) Young. The former was also born in Athens County in February, 18 10, was there brought up and married in 1841, his wife being originally from Jefferson County, where she was born in March 1828. She went to Athens when sixteen years of age. They are both living at this time. After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Harper soon settled in Johnson County, Missouri, but in one year came to Bates County in the spring of 1868, having purchased land in the fall of 1867. His farm consists of 240 acres, that will compare favorably with any in the county. His improvements made at a cost of about $4,000, are among the best in this township. He and his wife have three children: Thaddeus S., Mary Caroline and John T.

HARPER, Thaddeus S.
History of Bates County, Missouri, W. O. Atkeson, 1918
THADDEUS S. HARPER, prosperous and well-known farm of Charlotte township, has lived nearly all his life in Bates county, having been brought to this county by his parents, when he was an infant in arms, fifty years ago. He has practically "grown up with the county" and he has become an important and valued member of the great body of citizens who are continuously pushing Bates county to the front and making it one of the truly great counties of Missouri. Mr. Harper was born on a farm in Johnson county, Missouri, near the city of Warrensburg, August 24, 1867, a son of Judge R.F. Harper, concerning whom an extended review is given elsewhere in this volume. Mr. Harper was reared and educated in Bates county, completing his education at the Butler Academy. He then taught school in this county, teaching for eight winters in the home district, No. 70, known better as Grandview school. During the summer season, he diligently farmed upon his father's place. He taught school for fourteen winters, in all, and was considered a very successful teacher. He eventually purchased the farm where he is now located and which he has greatly improved until it now contains one of the most handsome farm residences in western Missouri, fitted with every convenience, containing many modern improvements, among them being an electric light plant which furnishes electric light and power for the home and farm buildings. There are two hundred acres in Mr. Harper's home farm and he owns another place of one hundred fifty acres. His first investment in land was made in 1891 and he has continued to prosper by intelligently cultivating his acreage and by raising high-bred livestock, such as the Red Polled cattle. Mr. Harper was married on April 7, 1897, to Miss Lillian Edna Hill, who was born in Missouri, a daughter of Pleasant Hill, who made a settlement in Missouri as early as 1867, coming to this state from Iowa. Six children have been born to T.S. and Lillian Edna Harper, as follow: Ralph E., a graduate of Butler High School; Carrie Margaret, who graduated from the Butler High School and is engaged in teaching at Mulberry; Rollin H., a student in Butler High School; Dorothy D., Thaddeus S., Jr., and Theodore Roosevelt, or "Teddy," all of whom are at home. The Republican party has always had the active and influential support of Mr. Harper and he served as chairman of the county central committee during the last campaign made by former President Roosevelt for Presidency. He has ably filled the offices of township assessor and clerk and as delegate to the various conventions of his party held in the old days prior to the inauguration of the party primaries. Mr. Harper is a stockholder and director of the Farmers State Bank of Butler.

HARPER, Thomas L.
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - Lone Oak Township, Bates Co, MO
THOMAS L. HARPER, the son of John and Jeannette (Little) was born in Kelso, on the Tweed River, Scotland, on the 19th of September 1848. His father was a native of Invernesshire, of the highlands, and has spent nearly his whole life engaged upon various railroads in Scotland, England and France. In 1851 he came to America, and has since devoted his attention to railroad work. There is but one other child in the family a sister of Thomas, Sarah N., wife of E. Ellston, now at EUston, Cole County, Missouri. In 1857, the family lived in St. Clair County, Illinois, and afterward in Madison County. Thomas began work on a railroad when quite young, and served as conductor for nearly ten years on the I. & L. L. Railroad. While acting in that capacity he had the misfortune to meet with a serious accident, by being thrown under a car, which ran over his foot, causing such injuries that amputation was necessary. When sufficiently recovered to attend to business, he was given the position of coal agent at Ellston Station, in Cole County, on the Missouri Pacific. He held this position for three years and then embarked in the mercantile business at Ellston for three years. He was subsequently interested in farming near Ellston until March, when he came to Bates County, where he is at present living on the farm with his father, who came here in 1878. Mr. Harper was married, December 2, 1872, to Miss Mary E. Chambers, a native of Missouri. They have four children.: John, Elmer, Charley, and Willie. They have lost a little girl of one year, Ollie. He and his father have quite a large tract of land, in all about 500 acres, which is situated in Lone Oak Township, some five miles southeast of Butler. Mr. Harper's ability and business capacity were soon recognized by his neighbors, and in appreciation of them he was elected a justice of the peace at the late spring election.

HARRISON, James A.
History of Bates County, Missouri, W. O. Atkeson, 1918
JAMES A. HARRISON, of Shawnee township, is one of Bates county's most successful agriculturists. Mr. Harrison was born in 1878 in Grand River township, Bates county, Missouri, a son of Edmund S. and Sarah E. (Williams) Harrison, the former, a native of Morgan county, Missouri and the latter, of Pettis county, both members of sterling pioneer families of Missouri. The Harrisons came to Bates county in 1866 and located in Grand River township, moving thence to Shawnee township in March, 1879. In his later years E.S. Harrison was an honored resident of Adrian, Missouri, where he died February 4, 1918 at the age of seventy-two years and two months. To E.S. and Sarah E. Harrison were born two children, who are now living: Mrs. J.W. McCombs and J.A., the subject of this review. Mrs. Sarah E. Harrison was born in September, 1855 and resides in Adrian. J.A. Harrison was reared and educated in Shawnee township in Bates county. He attended school at Griggs school house in Shawnee township and acquired an excellent common school education. After leaving school, he became associated with his father in the business of farming and stock raising on the home place, which the son purchased in 1906. The Harrison farm, at that time, comprised one hundred ninety-one acres of land. It now embraces eight hundred eighty acres of valuable land, three hundred forty-one acres of which are located in Shawnee township and the remainder in Spruce township. Mr. Harrison is engaged extensively in stock raising and his place is admirably suited to this purpose and well equipped with all the most modern conveniences for handling large herds of stock. The marriage of J.A. Harrison and Stella Reeder, a daughter of R.D. and Emma Reeder, formerly of Mingo township but now residents of Adrian, Missouri, was solemnized in 1902. Mrs. Harrison was born in Mingo township, Bates county, Missouri and was educated at Edwards school house in the aforesaid township. There are four different sets of improvements on the Harrison farm. Mr. Harrison's home place has a beautiful, modern residence of eight rooms; three barns, 40 x 60, 60 x 72, and 54 x 60 feet in dimensions, respectively; two silos; a machine shop; a garage; a wood house; and an excellent hog house, 24 x 50 feet in dimensions, constructed with a concrete floor and supplied with water. The farm in Spruce township has a comfortable, attractive residence, a house of six rooms, and a barn, 60 x 100 feet in dimensions, having a silo attached. All the feed lots on both farms are furnished with concrete watering tanks and all the buildings are painted white, kept in splendid repair, are neatly arranged, and present a striking appearance attracting the attention of all passersby. The thrift and care evidenced by the general surroundings of the Harrison farm bespeak the intelligent, industrious, progressive husbandman. Mr. Harrison has on the place, at the time of this writing in 1918, one hundred and sixty-five head of two-year-old steers and four hundred head of Poland China hogs, in addition to a large herd of mules. During the harvesting season, he keeps eight mule-teams busy going from sunrise until sunset. Mr. Harrison employs three assistants all the time and all find plenty of work to do. The true western spirit of enterprise and progress is most strikingly exemplified in the busy life of J.A. Harrison, a gentleman whose energetic nature and laudable ambition have enabled him to subdue many adverse circumstances and advance steadily until he has won and now retains a conspicuous position in the business world. Mr. Harrison has never desired or sought public honors or the emoluments of office, as, to use his own terse phrase, he has "been too busy to hold office."

HARRISON, James C.
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - Grand River Township, Bates Co, MO
JAMES C. HARRISON, farmer and stock raiser, was born in Morgan County, Missouri, July 30, 1844. His father, A. H. Harrison was a native of Tennessee, and his mother's maiden name was Ann J. Martin, born in Virginia. The family consisted of ten children, five boys and five girls, of whom James was the third. His father settled in Morgan County in 1842, and there young Harrison grew to maturity, being educated in the schools of the county. He came to Bates in company with the family in 1868, and on November 6, 1870, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Crawford, daughter of William Crawford. She is a native of Bates County, and was born December 14, 1852. His present home is on section twenty-one, where he has a farm of 270 acres, well adapted to stock growing and agriculture. He handles a good quality of stock and has about thirty head of horses and mules and sixty hogs. He also has in his possession a farm of well improved land on section twenty-three. Mr. Harrison has been township assessor for three years. He keeps himself thoroughly posted in regard to the topics of most interest to the farmer and is a member of that farmer's school, the Grange; he also belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

HARSHAW, John W.
History of Bates County, Missouri, W. O. Atkeson, 1918
JOHN W. HARSHAW, a pioneer of Bates county and one of the honored citizens of Deepwater township, is a native of Tennessee. He was born January 6, 1844. When he was a lad, fourteen years of age, he and his brother, Richard, or "Dick," as he was familiarly called, drove through from Tennessee to Missouri and they located first in Spruce, now Deepwater, township, moving shortly afterward across the Bates county line into Henry county, where they took up their residence with the Caldwells. When the Civil War broke out in 1861, Mr. Harshaw was but seventeen years of age. He enlisted with the Confederates in General Parson's Brigade in August of the ensuing year and served from that time until the close of the conflict in 1865. Mr. Harshaw took part in the battle of Lonejack, which occurred three days after his enlistment, serving under Captain Martin. During the remainder of the war, he was with General Price and saw active service in numerous important engagements, in the battles of Pea Ridge, Prairie Grove, Wilson Creek, Jenkins' Ferry, Helena, Arkansas, July 4, 1863; and Mansfield, Louisiana. Mr. Harshaw was with Price at the time of the surrender at Shreveport, Louisiana, in 1865. After the Civil War had ended, John W. Harshaw was employed at St. Louis, Missouri, for a short time and thence came to Bates county, where he leased the Samuel Coleman farm for five years, and with the exception of three years he has been a resident of this county ever since. He purchased his present home in 1907, a farm comprising eighty acres of land, from Frank Winn, a place which had been entered by one of the Colemans and improved by Elvin Wilson, an excellent stock farm in numerous respects. The Harshaw place has the triple advantage of productive soil, convenient location from the county seat, and an abundance of water and fine shade. The farm buildings are all situated upon an eminence, from which one can look upon the surrounding country and there distinguish the dome of the court house at Butler, fourteen miles away. The residence is a beautiful rural home, a house of seven rooms, having verandas upon three sides and surrounded with handsome, old shade trees. This is one of the best, most neatly-kept country places in the township. The Harshaws spent three years in Yakima county, Washington state, and prior to that time Mr. Harshaw had at different times owned three farms in Bates county, namely, the McCork place; the Cutsinger farm; and the Hyatt farm, lying three miles east of Butler, which place he purchased from George Holland. The first farm he owned was located just east of Spruce now the W.A. Eads farm, and bought from William Price in 1878. The marriage of J.W. Harshaw and Eliza McGlothlen was solemnized February 28, 1872. Eliza (McGlothlen) Harshaw is a daught of George and Elizabeth (Cain) McGlothlen, born on June 2, 1854, in Monroe county, Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. McGlothlen were reared in Indiana and from that state moved to Monroe county, Iowa, thence to Lucas county, Iowa, coming thence to Bates county, Missouri, in 1870 and locating in Spruce township near the town of Spruce. They later returned to their old home in Iowa and from that state went to Washington, where Mr. McGlothlen died in Yakima county. To J.W. and Eliza Harshaw have been born seven children, five of whom are now living: Laura Elizabeth, who died in infancy; Harlan H., in the West, married Dora Slayback, and has two children; Mattie L., the wife of C.T. Norton, of Deepwater township; John, who died in infancy; Mary, the wife of D.W. Newlon, of Spruce township; Stella C., the wife of Claude Hoover, of Hanford, Washington; and Nita R., at home with her parents. The three elder daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Harshaw were, prior to marriage, school teachers and Miss Nita R. was for two years the postmistress at Spruce. All the girls attended the Warrensburg State Normal School and the youngest daughter took in addition a business course, studying stenography and typewriting. Miss Nita R. Harshaw was a student of Draughton's Practical Business College, Fort Scott, Kansas, and of the North Yakima Business College in Washington. Among the old settlers along the line between Bates and Henry counties were, in 1860 and in the years prior to that, Hiram Snodgrass, William Baskerville, Barney Fereck, David Clark, Barber Price, James White, Mr. Treman, Mr. Tyree, Mr. Ludwick, and several different families of the Colemans, all of whom Mr. Harshaw vividly recalls. He did his trading at Johnstown in 1858, when there was but one good town in western Henry and Bates counties and that was Johnstown. There were several flourishing mercantile establishments at Johnstown in those days: Messrs. Warrens, Cummins, and Harbert, each had a prosperous store; old Mr. Chard conducted a drug store; Mr. Sayers owned a tin shop; Howard & Willard had a carriage shop; John Howard was the village blacksmith; and James H. Calloway was the genial and popular innkeeper. Ann (Ludwick) Howard, the widow of John Howard, still resides at Johnstown. The town was burned during the Civil War and has never been rebuilt. Mr. Harshaw will be seventy-five years of age in January, 1919, and he still reads with comfort without the aid of glasses. He is a typical pioneer, one of the prominent men of Bates county who have done so much to advance the agricultural interests of this section of the state.

HART, Edmond
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - Pleasant Gap Township, Bates Co, MO
EDMOND HART, farmer and stock raiser, section 16, was born in Pulaski County, Kentucky, March 27, 1815. Israel Hart, his father, and also his mother, whose maiden name was Usley Hudson, were natives of Kentucky. Edmond moved to Missouri with his parents in 1839 and lived for about two years in St. Louis County, and in June 1842, came to Bates County, settling west of Butler. He has spent his entire life on a farm. He was married in this county, in 1845, to Miss Frances Jane Jackson, a native of Monroe County, Missouri, and a daughter of J. J. Jackson. In December 1868, Mr. Hart moved on his present farm, where he has 260 acres of land, nearly all fenced and with 180 acres in cultivation and in good condition. He has raised a family of six children: Jesse B. (now in Texas), Archibald Edmond, Stephen Bailey, Emiline E. (now Mrs. Nathan Godfrey), Jane (now Mrs. Joseph Baker) and Ettie F. Mrs. Hart is a member of the M. E. Church, South.

HART, George W.
History of Bates County, Missouri, W. O. Atkeson, 1918
GEORGE W. HART, one of the honored and respected citizens of Bates county, Missouri, is a native of Illinois. Mr. Hart was born in Morgan county, Illinois on June 12, 1843, a son of Anderson and Nancy (Spiers) Hart, both of whom were natives of Kentucky. Anderson Hart was born in Kentucky but was reared and educated in Tennessee. He was born in 1806 and when nineteen years of age, in 1825, left Tennessee and went to Illinois. He was a veteran of the Black Hawk War of 1832, when the Indians under the leadership of Black Hawk were driven into Wisconsin and captured after a severe battle at Bad Axe. The Black Hawk War was the last Indian struggle on the northwestern frontier until the gold hunters began to invade the Rocky Mountain region more than thirty years afterward. Mr. Hart died in Illinois and his widow departed this life in Bates county, Missouri. The remains of the mother were interred in Cove Creek cemetery, one of the first burial grounds of the county. In the state of Illinois, George W. Hart was reared and educated and there resided until 1881, when he came to Bates county and purchased a part of his present country place in Mingo township, a farm now comprising two hundred five acres of choice land lying seven miles from Creighton in the northeastern part of the township. Cove creek flows through the place, which is an ideal stock farm. Mr. Hart has in his more vigorous days, raised much stock, but his son, Otis P., now has charge of his place. The Hart farm is located in Smoky Row School District No. 1. When Mr. Hart came to Bates county thirty-seven years ago, there were three school districts in Mingo township and at the present time there are four. The improvements on the Hart place are in good repair and are neatly kept. The marriage of George W. Hart and Mary E. Sims, a daughter of Silas and Elizabeth (Russell) Sims, of Illinois, was solemnized in 1875. Mr. and Mrs. Sims came to Bates county, Missouri in the eighties and both father and mother are now deceased. Their remains lie interred in Cove Creek cemetery. To George W. and Mary E. (Sims) Hart have been born two children: Oren Kenton, of Bartlesville, Oklahoma; and Otis P., who is in charge of the Hart home place, a sketch of whom will be found elsewhere in this volume. Mr. and Mrs. Hart have a host of friends in Bates county and they are numbered among the most valued and esteemed citizens of Mingo township.

HART, Otis P.
History of Bates County, Missouri, W. O. Atkeson, 1918
OTIS P. HART, a successful and enterprising, young agriculturist and stockman of Mingo township, is a native of Illinois. Mr. Hart was born December 15, 1879, a son of George W. and Mary Elizabeth (Sims) Hart, both of whom were born in Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. George W. Hart are the parents of two sons: Oren Kenton, of Bartlesville, Oklahoma; and Otis P., the subject of this review. A more comprehensive sketch of the Hart family will be found in the biography of George W. Hart, which appears elsewhere in this volume. In the public schools of Mingo township, Bates county, Missouri, Otis P. Hart received his elementary education, which was later supplemented by a four years' course in Appleton City Academy, Appleton City, Missouri. After leaving school, Mr. Hart was engaged in the piano business in Illinois for fifteen years. For the past three years, he has been engaged in farming and stock raising on the Hart home place in Mingo township, Bates county, Missouri and is making a success of handling cattle, horses, and hogs. He is a progressive, intelligent, willing worker and has a high standing among the good citizens of his community. The marriage of Otis P. Hart and Mrs. Jennie V. Nordin, of Rockford, Illinois, was solemnized in 1905. Mr. and Mrs. Hart are well known in Mingo township and they moved in the best social circles of their township and county. They possess pleasing personalities and the happy faculty of retaining close personal friendships and among the younger people of the county they are very popular. Mr. Hart keeps abreast of the times in everything pertaining to his vocations and his up-to-date methods combined with economy, industry, and his thorough understanding of the principles underlying all business must in time be inevitably attended by a large measure of success.

HARTWELL, Rufus Graves
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - Mt. Pleasant Township, Bates Co, MO
RUFUS GRAVES HARTWELL, real estate agent, was born in Clinton County, New York, May 29, 1828, and in 1833, his father, also Rufus Graves Hartwell, originally from New Hampshire, moved to the new territory of Michigan, and settled in Marshall, Calhoun County. His wife was formerly Ester Clark, eldest daughter of Dr. Nathan S. Clark, of Burlington, Vermont. The senior Hartwell died in 1842, leaving a family of eight children, of whom the subject of this sketch was the fourth. He soon commenced work at $4 per month, but found time to obtain an academic education, after which he began the study of law. In the meanwhile he labored somewhat on the farm, subsequently succeeding in improving it. In 1852, he crossed the plains for California, remaining for two years in the mines, when he returned to Marshall and bought a farm. He was interested in contracts on the Michigan Central Railroad for a year or two, and also lived in Adrian, Michigan, for a time, where he was occupied in the real estate business. His good judgment in railroad matters and real estate enterprises proved to be the foundation of his subsequent success. In April 1866, he came to Missouri and settled in Butler, being one of the very first, with Captain Henry, to settle there. He at once formed a partnership with that gentleman, which has been known as the firm of Henry & Hartwell, real estate dealers, and this was the first firm and the only one now doing business which was started at that time. They have transacted a large and profitable trade, not only on their own account, but for other parties. Mr. Hartwell was appointed agent of the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad Company to obtain right of way and other important railroad duties, and is showing himself to be competent in the settlement of the many vexed questions continually coming before him. He has several acres of land in West Butler overlooking the railroad on the west and the city on the east, and has built an elegant residence. Mr. Hartwell is strictly a self-made man. In 1850, he married Miss Nancy Chambers, who died in 1861. His second wife was Mary A. Bartley, of Canada, whom he married in January 1863. She was the daughter of William H. Bartley, and her mother was Mary Wareham, born and married on the Isle of Wight, in the English channel. She well remembers Roland Hill, and has often seen the father of the "Dairyman's Daughter." Her history, it will be remembered, was the cause of 30,000 persons being converted to Christianity. Mr, and Mrs. Hartwell have seven children: Dwight, attending college in Iowa, Edward Payson, Ralph G., Willie Thomas, Florence L., Mertie V. and George Frederick. Nellie died in 1877, aged fourteen years. Politically he is a Republican. He is a leading member of the M. E. Church, and was a charter member of the first Masonic lodge in the county organized in the county since the war.

HATHAWAY, J. T.
History of Bates County, Missouri, W. O. Atkeson, 1918
J. T. HATHAWAY, a veteran of the Civil War, one of the oldest resident farmers of Bates county, now living in comfortable retirement at his country place in West Boone township a few miles south of Drexel, was born in Shelby county, Ohio, December 31, 1834. He was a son of Eleazer and Sallie (Henry) Hathaway, natives of Miami county, Ohio. Eleazer Hathaway was the son of John Hathaway, a son of John Hathaway (I), a native of Wales, who accompanied by two of his brothers made a settlement on the Atlantic seaboard before the American Revolution. John Hathaway, great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch, fought in the Army of Independence during the Revolutionary War. His grandfather, John Hathaway (II), fought in the War of 1812. John Hathaway, the first in line, was a scout for the American forces during the War for Independence of the colonies. Eleazer Hathaway settled in Illinois in 1867, two years after J.T. Hathaway had settled in Christian county. Father and son resided on adjoining farms. The father died there in 1871. The mother of J.T. Hathaway died in 1874. J.T. Hathaway enlisted in November of 1861 in Company F, Twentieth Ohio Regiment of Volunteer Infantry and served for nearly four years, receiving his honorable discharge in July, 1865. He took an active part in many battles and skirmishes, among them being the attack on Fort Donelson; the campaign around Vicksburg, Mississippi; Pittsburg Landing; Pea Ridge; siege and capture of Atlanta; Sherman's famous march to the sea and the subsequent capture of Savannah. From Savannah he was sent to Washington and participated in the Grand Review. He received his final discharge and was mustered out of the service at Cincinnati, Ohio. He then returned home to Shelby county, Ohio. After a short stay he went to Christian county, Illinois and engaged in farming until his return to Illinois in 1866 and married the sweetheart of his boyhood days, Hattie Blake, a native of Ohio, who died in 1871, leaving one daughter, Mrs. Clara New, living in Bates county, on a farm adjoining that of her father. Mr. Hathaway lived in Illinois until 1901 and then came to Bates county, where he invested his capital in two hundred thirty-three acres of land, part of which he has given to his daughter and now has one hundred fifty-five acres in the home place. Incidentally, it is worthy of mention that Mr. Hathaway went to Clay county, Kansas, in 1859, homesteaded a claim, proved up on it and then returned to Illinois. His second marriage took place in 1881 with Margaret Ellen Wilson, who was born in 1843 in Pike county, Illinois, a daughter of James Wilson. One son has been born to this marriage: Mark Wilson Hathaway, born in 1882, an intelligent and industrious young farmer who has relieved his father from the burden of managing and cultivating the home place in West Boone township. Mr. Hathaway is a pronounced Prohibitionist and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.

HAWKINS, Samuel F.
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - New Home Township, Bates Co, MO
SAMUEL F. HAWKINS, judge of the probate court, was born in Franklin County, Kentucky, April 6, 1826. His parents were William B. and Mary (Crockett) Hawkins, the latter being a daughter of Colonel Anthony Crockett, the first representative whom Kentucky sent to represent her in the Virginia Legislature and an old Revolutionary soldier, for many years previous to his death, honored by the Kentucky senate by being given the post of sergeant at arms of the senate. Both families were from the old Virginia stock, both grandfathers were Revolutionary soldiers and both came to Kentucky in the days when it was truly the dark and bloody ground. Mr. Crockett came from Orange County and settled near Fort Harod. Mr. Hawkins was from Culpepper County and located near Fort Brown, and both served in the late war of 1812, as did also William, the father of Samuel F. He and his wife were reared near Frankfort where they married and where they died, he in 1845 and she in 1856. The subject of this sketch is the youngest of ten children -- six girls and four boys. One brother, Elisha O., is the sheriff of Franklin County, Kentucky, and one sister, Martha N. Clark, lives in Colorado. He received a fair education, attending Beach Grove Academy. At his father's death he worked on the farm until the death of his mother, having been married in September 12, 1850, to Miss Martha J. Thomas, who had been reared and educated by Dr. J. Hiter Ellison. In 1857 they came to Missouri and remained in Johnson County for one year. In 1858 he came to Bates County and bought a tract of 360 acres on section 29. His wife's mother located near him about this time and theirs were the only houses between Price's and Reed's Creeks. In 1861, December 19, his house was burned. He had taken his wife to Clinton in September and shortly after to Johnson County, where they lived until the close of the war. During 1864 and 1865 he was the railroad agent at Knob Noster. In 1868 he sold his farm and purchased another tract of land and returned to Bates County. His wife, on their return, called it their "New Home," and from this the village which soon sprang up and the township derived the name of New Home. Since his return to Bates he has been farming and doing a real estate business. In 1873 Mr. Hawkins was appointed a notary public by Governor Woodson and has since been re-appointed by Governors Hardin and Crittenden. In 1876 he was an aspirant for the legislature before the convention but failed to receive the nomination. At the recent election he was elected judge of the probate court of the county. Mr. Hawkins lost his wife on the 24th of February, 1881.

HAWORTH, Allen
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - Osage Township, Bates Co, MO
ALLEN HAWORTH, farmer and stock raiser, section 24, is a son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Coat) Haworth, and was born in Miami County, Ohio, December 13, 1841. He was reared on a farm at his birthplace and there obtained his education, following agricultural pursuits in the same county till 1861. At this time he moved to McLean County, Illinois, and was there interested in a like occupation until 1869, since which period he has been a citizen of Bates County, Missouri, except for the first year, when in the northern part of Vernon County. His farm contains 320 acres and compares favorably with any in this locality. During three years of his residence in Illinois he was township clerk. January 1, 1863, Mr. Haworth was married to Miss Harriet Stumpff, a native of McLean County, Illinois. She died August 2, 1882, leaving three children: Alfred, Henry and Emily.

HAYNES, Horace O.
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - Hudson Township, Bates Co, MO
HORACE O. HAYNES is one of the prominent agriculturists and stock raisers of Hudson Township. He was born in Washington County, Ohio, June 5, 1829. His father, Sylvester Haynes, a native of Massachusetts, was born near Boston in 1789. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. His wife, whose maiden name was Susan Griffin, was born in New Hampshire. Sylvester Haynes moved to Ohio in 1817, and located in Washington County, of which he was one of the pioneers. There he purchased land and improved a farm, on which he resided some twenty-one years. In 1839 he went to Monroe County, Illinois, where he died in 1864. Horace O. accompanied his father to Illinois in 1839. His youth was spent on a farm, with the advantages of a common school education. When twenty years old, he became interested in the carpenter trade, and worked at the business for ten years. He was married in Monroe County, Illinois, March 16, 1857, to Miss Adelaide A. Durfee, a daughter of Aaron Durfee. She was born in Massachusetts, but moved to Illinois with her parents, where she was raised and educated. Mr. H. subsequently farmed in Jefferson County for eight years, and in October 1864, he entered into the service of the Union army, enlisting in the Sixty-Second Illinois Volunteer Infantry, with which he served until the close of the war. After its close he purchased a farm in Macoupin County, Illinois, in 1865, and farmed there for three years. In the latter part of 1867, he sold his Illinois property, and in the spring of 1868, came to Missouri, and located in Bates County, where he bought land and improved the farm where he now resides, in section 36. He has 320 acres, all well improved, with a large house, barn and outbuildings, and an orchard of 300 bearing apple and 200 peach trees, etc. The yard around his residence is ornamented with forest and evergreen trees, shrubs and flowers. Mr. and Mrs. Haynes have seven children: Percy S., Adie, Anna, Abbie, Elsie, Evie and Lovell D. They have lost one son, who died in childhood. Mr. H. is identified with the Republican party, and was elected by his party as the justice of the peace of Hudson Township, and was nominated by his party as probate judge in 1882. He is well versed in the political issues of the day, and has been a delegate to numerous conventions. He is also a member of the order of Patrons of Husbandry, and was a delegate to the State Grange in 1881.

HAYS, John B.
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - Spruce Township, Bates Co, MO
JOHN B. HAYS, section 7, was born in Saline County, Missouri, August 13, 1843. His father, William Hayes, was a native of Kentucky, and was born in Pulaski County, while his mother, formerly Mary Buster, was originally from Tennessee. Shortly after his marriage, William Hays moved to Missouri and located in Saline County, where he bought a large tract of land, consisting of about 2,000 acres. John B. passed his youth on his father's farm and received a common school education. He was married in his native county, December 23, 1869, to Miss Ruth Alison, a daughter of Robert C. Alison, and a granddaughter of Moses Johnson, who was one of the pioneers of Bates County. Mr. Hays subsequently improved a farm in Saline County, and resided there about five years. In the fall of 1872 he sold out his property, purchased land, and moved to Bates County, and after about four years, went to California. He lived there one year, when he returned to his farm in Bates County. He has 260 acres of land, well improved, with two fair houses and outbuildings, and a good orchard. Mr. and Mrs. H. have five children: Minnie May, Robert W., Woodie E., Samuel Tilden, and Bessie. They have lost five children: Archie B. died in July 1878, aged seven months; David B, died October 12, 1882; John Clyde died October 5, 1882, and two children who died in infancy in Saline County. Mr. Hays is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church, and his wife of the Christian Church. He also belongs to the Masonic fraternity.

HAYS, R. C.
History of Bates County, Missouri, W. O. Atkeson, 1918
R.C. HAYS, manager of "Maple Grove Stock Farm" in Spruce township, a well-known and successful breeder of registered Hereford cattle, is one of Bates county's enterprising, young agriculturists and stockmen. Mr. Hays is a son of J.B. and Ruth E. Hays, the father, a native of Saline county, Missouri and the mother, a native of Lafayette county, Missouri. The maternal grandparents of R.C. Hays were among the first settlers of Lafayette county and J.B. Hays is a son of William Hays, who was one of the leading pioneers of Saline county. J.B. Hays settled in Bates county, Missouri in 1874 on the farm in Spruce township, now operated by his son, R.C., the subject of this review, when the land for nearly eight miles north to Grand river was all open prairie. He began the breeding and raising of registered Hereford cattle in 1897 and for many years was widely known in the county as an extensive feeder. His son, R.C., has continued the work begun by his father and they have on the farm, at the time of this writing in 1918, thirty head of fine registered Herefords, twenty-two of the herd being cows, and he and his father but recently sold twenty-seven head of cattle. "Maple Grove Stock Farm" in Spruce township comprises two hundred fifty-two acres of valuable land. J.B. Hays has retired from the active pursuits of farming and stock raising and since October, 1916 has been a resident of Adrian, Missouri. Mr. Hays, Sr. is now at the advanced age of seventy-four years, but a fairly well-preserved gentleman for one of his age, and he is numbered among the honored and invaluable citizens of Bates county. His name has long been connected with all worthy enterprises, having for their object the upbuilding of the material and spiritual interests of his community and no man in Spruce township is more deserving of commendation in a work of this character than is he. J.B. Hays will long be remembered for the gift of one acre of land upon which the Fairview Baptist church was erected in 1882. He was for many years clerk of the church and his son, R.C., now holds the same position. Apparently, the father's mantle has fallen upon worthy shoulders. The marriage of R.C. Hays and Miss Iva Evans, a daughter of George H. Evans, of Shawnee township, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this volume, was solemnized March 1, 1914. Mr. and Mrs. Hays are highly respected and esteemed in their community and they number their friends by the score in Bates county. As a citizen R.C. Hays has always been a stanch advocate of progress and improvement.

HEDDEN, William C.
History of Bates County, Missouri, W. O. Atkeson, 1918
WILLIAM C. HEDDEN -- For over fifty-two years, William C. Hedden has resided in the Fairview neighborhood of Osage township. He is one of the best known of the Bates county "old timers," and has become wealthy as a tiller of the soil in this county. Mr. Hedden is a large land-owner, his home place comprising two hundred twenty acres of splendid, rich prairie soil which is one of the finest improved places in Bates county. The first home of Mr. Hedden in Osage township, was a story and a half affair of two rooms, to which various additions and improvements have been added until he has an imposing nine-room house which sits on a rise of land west of the roadway and which is reached by a driveway bordered by magnificent maple trees which have grown from seed planted years ago by Mr. Hedden. When Mr. Hedden made his first purchase of land in March of 1871, a tract of two hundred acres at a cost of five dollars an acre, the country round about was a vast prairie with but few trees in sight. Now, his home is situated in a beautiful setting of giant trees which he has caused to grow where not a tree stood before. Mr. Hedden also owns a farm of one hundred forty acres across the line in Vernon county. The view from the front door of the Hedden home is a very attractive one, the fertile prairie stretching as far as the eye can reach and dotted here and there with beautiful farmsteads and the cities of Rich Hill and Nevada can be seen in the distance. As advancing age has compelled his relinquishment of the arduous duties of the farm, Mr. Hedden has turned over its management to others younger and more able to till the large acreage and he is now living in comfortable retirement in his pleasant home, his interesting diversion being the weekly letters which he writes to the "Rich Hill Mining Review," a pleasant occupation which has been his enjoyment under the pseudonym of "Gabe" for over thirty years. W.C. Hedden was born February 22, 1844, in Shelby county, Kentucky, the son of Lee and Susan (Moreland) Hedden, who were natives of Kentucky. When eighteen years of age young Hedden enlisted (1862) in Company D, Ninth Kentucky Cavalry, and served with the Union forces on provost duty in the Kentucky mountain region for one year. He was honorably discharged from the service in 1863. In 1866 the entire family came to Bates county, and Lee Hedden settled in the southwest part of Osage township, dying on his home place in 1878. The Moreland family came to this county and settled in Osage township in 1867. Mrs. Hedden, mother of the subject of this review, departed this life in 1876. There were three children in the family of which William C. was the eldest, the others being Mary, wife of J.A. Borron, former well-known residents of Osage township, both of whom are now deceased; Florence, wife of D.E. Jarnette, Sheridan, Wyoming. W.C. Hedden was married October 5, 1865 in old Kentucky, to Mary E. Yates, who was born May 3, 1847, in Kentucky, a daughter of Enoch and Matilda (Watts) Yates, who accompanied the Hedden family to Missouri in 1866 and made a settlement just over the southern boundary line in Vernon county. For the first five years of his residence in Missouri, Mr. Hedden and his wife made their home with the Yates family. The children born to W.C. and Mary E. Hedden are as follow: W.E. Hedden, born December 24, 1866, lives at Moscow, Idaho; J.W. Hedden, was born November 7, 1868, lives at Sedalia, Missouri, where he follows the business of cement contractor; E.L., a farmer in Vernon county, born April 20, 1873; Susan M., born January 21, 1875, died July 16, 1887; C.A., now managing the Hedden home place, born September 29, 1879; one child died in infancy; C.R. Hedden, Sheridan, Wyoming, born April 17, 1884. C.A. Hedden married Loma Griggs, and has two children: Ruth and Harold. W.E. Hedden married Jennie Welch and has seven children: Lois, Raymond, Susie, Fred, Forrest, George, and Catherine. J.W. Hedden married Lillis Estes and has three children: Juanita, Lawrence, and Minor. E.L. Hedden married Hattie Hanley, and has two children: Carl and Clyde. The mother of the foregoing children of W.C. Hedden died September 11, 1913. She was a good and faithful wife and kind mother to her children. She and Mr. Hedden became Christians at the same time and Mrs. Hedden was a devout member of the Baptist church. Mr. Hedden has been a life-long Democrat and has taken considerable interest in the affairs of his party during his long residence in Bates county. He is widely known and universally respected by all who know him. As the Fairview correspondent of the "Rich Hill Mining Review" he has achieved more than a local reputation as an able writer who employs the vernacular in presenting the doings of the folks of the Fairview neighborhood in a more or less philosophic and humorous vein. In fact his fame has spread over Missouri to a large extent and the familiar title of "Gabe" which is always appended to his articles appearing each week in the "Mining Review" is known to thousands of interested readers who are always entertained by the quaint sayings and production from the pen of the Fairview correspondent.

HEDDEN, William C.
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - Osage Township, Bates Co, MO
WILLIAM C. HEDDEN, farmer, section 23, is a native of Shelby County, Kentucky, and was born February 22, 1844. He resided in the county of his birth until eight years of age, when he removed with his parents, Lee and Susan Hedden, nee Moler, to Anderson County. They were natives of Kentucky, and had reared three children, of whom William was the eldest child. His father died October 29, 1878, and his mother's death occurred October 8, 1873. The greater part of his youthful days were spent in Anderson County, where he followed farming. At the age of twenty-two he went to Vernon County, Missouri, which was his home for five years, he then settling at his present location. He has 240 acres of land well improved and under cultivation. Mr. Hedden was married October 5, 1865, to Miss Mary E. Yates, a Kentuckian by birth. They have five children living: William E., James W., Enoch L., Susan M. and Clarence A. They are members of the Baptist Church. In 1862, Mr. H. enlisted in Company G, 9th Kentucky Cavalry, and served for one year.

HEGNAUER, Christian
History of Bates County, Missouri, W. O. Atkeson, 1918
CHRISTIAN HEGNAUER of Pleasant Gap township, has lived nearly all of his life in Bates county, the Hegnauer family coming to this county in 1869 when the country was sparsely settled and the nearest railroad station was at Pleasant Hill, fifty miles away. He began his own career with a team of horses, and, by dint of hard, unremitting labor, year in and year out he has made good and accumulated a splendid farm in Pleasant Gap township. Mr. Hegnauer was born in Madison county, Illinois, May 3, 1868, the son of Leonard Hegnauer, a native of Switzerland and a Union veteran. Leonard Hegnauer was born in Switzerland, April 25, 1843. His parents were Lucius and Margaret (Bernet) Hegnauer, who were also natives of Switzerland, and immigrated to America in 1856, making a permanent settlement in Madison county, Illinois, where Leonard Hegnauer was reared and educated. When the Civil War began, he enlisted in 1861 for three months service in the Union armies, and in October of the same year he enlisted in Company E, Fourth Missouri Volunteer Infantry and served for eighteen months, receiving his honorable discharge in February, 1863. He then returned to his home in Illinois. He was married in Madison county, July 4, 1866, to Miss Susan K. Hirschi, who was born in Switzerland, May 15, 1846, and was a daughter of Christian Hirschi. In 1869, Mr. Hegnauer immigrated to Bates county, Missouri and purchased a farm of one hundred sixty acres in Pleasant Gap township. He became owner of four hundred five acres and was one of the pioneers in the dairy business in this county. Mr. Hegnauer kept a fine herd of Holstein cows and Shorthorn cattle and became a prosperous and highly respected citizen. In 1911 he retired from active farm labor and moved to a home in Appleton City, where his death occurred October 31, 1916. His remains were buried in the church yard of the German Reformed church. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Hegnauer were parents of the following children: Mrs. Mary C. Hammer, Pleasant Gap township; Christian, subject of this review; Leonard, Washington state; Mrs. Katie S. Link, Pleasant Gap township; Margaret M., deceased; and Robert L., Minnesota. Mrs. Susan K. Hegnauer made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Mary C. Hammer and Christian Hegnauer until her death February 12, 1918. Christian Hegnauer was educated in the schools of Bates county and began the work of tilling the soil in his boyhood days. He has followed the oldest of respectable vocations during his entire life and has made a pronounced success as an agriculturist. He moved to his present home place in 1887 and after renting it for a few years he purchased the place. He is now owner of eighty acres in Pleasant Gap township and has one hundred sixty-three acres in Rockville township. Since 1886, he has followed the dairy business and has thus increased the fertility of the soil on his farm from year to year. He is a firm believer in the universal adaptation of this country to the dairying industry, and thinks, rightly, that it is the only possible way of maintaining soil fertility with the least expense. Mr. Hegnauer milks from twenty-five to thirty cows of the Brown Swiss grade. There are two sets of improvements on the Hegnauer farms. The home residence is a nice, seven-room house kept in a good state of repair and nicely painted. The barn is 38 x 64 feet in dimensions and equipped with a silo placed in the interior so as to afford convenience in feeding the cows. The corn crib and machine sheds are each 28 x 32 feet in size and are covered with metal roofing. The second set of improvements are also good and comprise a six-room residence, a large barn 48 x 48 feet in size which is also equipped with a silo built on the inside of the building. Mr. Hegnauer was married in 1886 to Miss Anna Wirtz of Rockville township, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Wirtz, who came to Bates county in 1881, and are both deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Christian Hegnauer have seven children: Lena, wife of Fred Stevener, Prairie township; Clara, wife of Walter Swezy, Pleasant Gap township; Leonard, a farmer living in Rockville township; Rosa, wife of Louis Steiner, Pleasant Gap township; Lizzie, Christian, and Marie, at home with their parents. When the Hegnauer family came to Bates county, they made the trip across the state from Illinois with all of their worldly possessions loaded on wagons hauled by ox-teams. The trip required three weeks in the making and it was like traveling through a virgin country. Bates county was then only thinly settled and all of the family had a taste of pioneer life, with the nearest market fifty miles away at Pleasant Hill, and wild game abounded in the woods and on the open prairies. Mr. and Mrs. Hegnauer are members of the Reformed Church and are industrious and worthy citizens.

HEGNAUER, Leonard
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - Pleasant Gap Township, Bates Co, MO
LEONARD HEGNAUER, farmer and stock dealer, section 36, was born in Switzerland, April 25, 1843. His parents, Lucius and Margaret Hegnauer nee Bernet, were also natives of Switzerland. In 1856, the family immigrated to the United States and settled in Madison County, Illinois. L. Hegnauer spent his youth on a farm, receiving good common school advantages. He was married in Madison County, July 4, 1866, to Miss Susan K. Hirschi, also originally from Switzerland, who was born May 15, 1846, and a daughter of Christian Hirschi. After his marriage Mr. H. lived in Illinois three years, and in 1869, he came to Missouri and located in Bates County, on his present farm. He owns 240 acres in cultivation, upon which is a fine, large residence, just completed, and other buildings, together with a young bearing orchard. He makes a specialty of feeding and dealing in stock. In 1861, he enlisted first in the three months' service, and in October re-enlisted in Company E, Fourth Missouri Volunteer Infantry, and served some eighteen months in the Union army, and was discharged in February 1863, when he returned to Illinois. Mr. Hegnauer has a family of five children: Mary C, Christian, Leonard, Susan K. and Margaret M. He and his wife are members of the German Reformed Church, and he belongs to the United Workmen.

HEINLEIN, O. A.
History of Bates County, Missouri, W. O. Atkeson, 1918
O.A. HEINLEIN -- The most satisfactory thing that can be said of the career of a successful citizen, in recording the story of his accomplishments in the realms of business, industrial, or other fields, is -- that "He is a self-made man," and is justly entitled to all that he possesses and has accumulated, because of the fact that his success has been due to his own honest endeavors. The title of "self-made man" can be well applied to Mr. O.A. Heinlein, mayor of Butler, Missouri and president of the Bennett-Wheeler Mercantile Company of Butler, Missouri, and vice-president of the Farmers Bank. During thirty-five years of endeavor in Bates county, Mr. Heinlein has achieved a success which is creditable and due to the following of a fixed plan and energetic application to the duties at hand, a policy which has placed him at the head of one of the most important commercial concerns of western Missouri, and his recognition by the citizens of Butler as a man capable of filling the post of city executive. Mr. Heinlein began his career as a clerk at small wages in the mercantile establishment of which he is now president, and steadily forged his way to the front. During the years that have passed, he has become a leader in the business world of this county. O.A. Heinlein was born in Christian county, Illinois, December 16, 1864, a son of Lawrence and Elizabeth (Johnson) Heinlein. Lawrence Heinlein, his father, was born April 28, 1828 in Ohio, Guernsey county, a son of Asa Heinlein, a native of Ohio reared in Guernsey county. He married Elizabeth Johnson, born October 14, 1830 in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. To this marriage were born children as follow: Samuel E., employed with the Emerson-Brantingham Company, Kansas City, Missouri; F.M., a retired farmer living at Blue Mound, Illinois; Mrs. J.A. Wear, Butler, Missouri; O.A., subject of this review; H.W., traveling salesman for the Hall Lithograph Company, Kansas City, Missouri; two children died in infancy. During his entire life, Lawrence Heinlein followed agricultural pursuits. Mr. Heinlein moved to Illinois in 1848 and settled near Springfield. He came to Bates county, Missouri, in 1883, driving from Illinois overland in a covered wagon, and located on a farm in Spruce township. He resided upon a farm until his retirement to a home in Butler, in 1896. His death occurred in this city in 1901. Eight years later his wife followed him to the grave, dying in 1909. Both parents are buried in Oak Hill cemetery. They were substantial and well respected citizens of Bates county, who added materially to the citizenship of the county. O.A. Heinlein was educated in the public schools and in Butler Academy. After leaving school he entered the Bennett-Wheeler Mercantile Company establishment as a clerk at twenty dollars per month. So diligently did he apply himself and so careful was he with his earnings that he was enabled to purchase a small interest in the concern on January 1, 1891. He continued to invest his savings in the business and to apply himself assiduously to attain familiarity with every phase of the conduct of the business, and he was elected president of the company on January 1, 1898. Since this time he has been the active head of the business which has grown constantly in importance and size. The Bennett-Wheeler store was originally located on the site of the Missouri State Bank. It was moved to the site of the Farmers Bank, and in 1890 the store was located in its present quarters at the northeast corner of the public square. The brick store building is two stories in height, and is 50 by 100 feet in dimensions, with an additional main floor space of 50 by 145 feet. The store covers an entire block. The concern also occupies two floors on the opposite side of the street measuring 50 by 100 feet and 25 by 75 feet in dimensions. The stock of hardware goods and implements carried by the Bennett-Wheeler Mercantile Company is the largest in Bates county. Mr. Heinlein is owner of one thousand acres of land in Bates county. He is vice-president of the Farmers Bank of Butler. Along with his business activities, Mr. Heinlein has ever been cognizant of his obligations as a citizen of Butler and Bates county. Every movement having for its purpose the advancement of the material welfare of the county and its people have found him in the very forefront from its inception. He served a term as city councilman and was elected mayor of the city, in April, 1916. Since taking over the duties of his office he has applied to the conduct of city and municipal affairs the same business methods which have made his own business such a pronounced success, the result being that Butler is practically out of debt. The indebtedness of the city amounted to $8,000 at the beginning of his term of office, all of which has been paid, and the city now owns its own water and electric light plants which are ably managed at a profit to the city treasury. For the past twenty-eight years, Mr. Heinlein has been secretary and treasurer of the Presbyterian Sunday School of Butler.

HEMSTREET, W. F.
The Old Settlers' History of Bates County, 1900
W. F. Hemstreet was born in Syracuse, N.Y., Dec. 7, 1833, and removed to La Salle County, Ill., in 1859, and in 1861, to McLean County, Ill. He lived there until the fall of 1871, and came to Cass County, Mo., in 1872, and settled on a farm near where Drexel is now. In 1887 he came to Butler where he has since resided. He has been engaged in the grocery business; and in the Elevator with Bryant & McDaniel; and in the spring of 1893 was elected Justice of the Peace and member of the township board for Mt. Pleasant, which offices he still fills to the general satisfaction of the people. In 1892 he was elected Police Judge of the City of Butler. Judge Hemstreet is an active member of the Christian church, and has been one of the elders for many years. He lost his first wife in 1888, leaving three children, two sons and one daughter, all of whom are married and reside in this vicinity. His mother is still living in Chicago, now 92 years of age, but enjoying good health. She lives with her daughter, Mrs. Gardner. Judge Hemstreet married his present wife about a year ago, a most estimable woman, and they live in a commodious home on South High street in the enjoyment of the confidence and esteem of a large circle of acquaintances.

HENDERSON, A. B.
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - Deepwater Township, Bates Co, MO
A. B. HENDERSON, is a native of Missouri, and was born in Bates County, May 19, 1849. Hiram Henderson, his father, was born in Tennessee, and his mother, whose maiden name was L. Brown, came originally from Kentucky. The former was one of the pioneers of Bates County, where he died in 1855. A. B. was raised on a farm, and on September 17, 1864, he enlisted in Company F, Forty-Fifth Missouri Volunteer Infantry, and served in the army until the close of the war, having been in the engagement at Jefferson City. He was married in Texas, September 15, 1872, to Miss Hettie Martin, a daughter of James Martin, of Dallas County, Texas. After this he resided some four years in Texas, returning to Bates County in 1876. In May 1882, he moved on his present farm in section 27, where he owns fifty acres of land, with fair improvements and a good orchard. Mr. and Mrs. Henderson have three children: Leonora, George T., and Alpha Ellen.

HENDERSON, E.
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - Mt. Pleasant Township, Bates Co, MO
E. HENDERSON, farmer, section 9, is the owner of 320 acres of fine land, well improved, that will compare favorably with any in the township. He is a native of Guilford County, North Carolina, and was born July 27, 1824. His parents were Isaac and Mary (Emsley) Henderson, both originally from North Carolina. When the subject of this sketch was two years old he was taken by his parents to Preble County, Ohio, and there settled on a farm. He was married in Ohio, October 11, 1849, to Miss Hannah Pottinger, a native of Muskingum County, that state, born March 26, 1827, and a daughter of John and Nancy (Barnett) Pottinger. Her father was a native of Kentucky, and her mother of Pennsylvania. When Mrs. H. was twelve years of age she moved to Preble County, Ohio, where she was raised and married. Mr. and Mrs. Henderson have a family of nine children: James, Nancy E., John H., Mary E., Charles T., W. Scott, Anna, Frank and Isaac.

HENDERSON, Eli
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - West Boone Township, Bates Co, MO
ELI HENDERSON, stock raiser, was born September 16, 1833, in Vermillion County, Illinois. His parents were Nathaniel and Anna Henderson, nee Golden. The former a native of Indiana and the latter of East Tennessee, and both descendants of North Carolina families. The family consisted of twelve children, of whom Eli was the third. Only five are now living, all in Missouri. The subject of this sketch is a man of far more than ordinary education, although his early school training was somewhat deficient. While young he learned the carpenter and millwright trade, it which he worked for a number of years, and in connection with his father he built a mill at Danville, operating it for ten years. He was married March 29, 1855, in Vermillion County, to Miss Sarah L. Black, a native of that county. After this Mr. H. continued in the mill until 1865, when he moved to his farm near Danville, and engaged in farming. After living there until October 1880, he emigrated to Bates County, Missouri, locating on a large tract of land in West Boone Township. Here he has 560 acres, mainly used for pasturage, and specially adapted to stock raising, and to this industry Mr. Henderson and his son John are turning their attention. He has been interested considerably in improving the grade of fine stock, and has met with marked success in the work. He is now handling the well known Llewellyn family of cattle, having two fine cows: "Llewellyn Ninth" and "Tenth," by "Rob Roy," No. 6, A.H.B. 33,717, from the famous "Llewellyn Fifth" and "Count Athol" No. 19,269, and several calves of much promise. His thoroughbred bull, "Duke of Bates," bred by George W, Gains, Ridge Farm, Illinois, by Jubilus' "Breastplate," No. 32,937, and his cow, "Bates Beauty," by "Shamwalla," No. 11,434, are well worth a careful examination by all who are interested in thoroughbred stock. Mr. Henderson is a member of the Society of Friends or Quakers, and for several years has been a minister of their church. In politics he is a Republican. His family consists of Martha Ann (wife of Wilbert E. Ankrum); Elam, a student at Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana; John M., William J., who died quite young; Asenath O., Laura A., Alonzo, Lois Belle, and Luther, who died in 1875.

HENDERSON, George W.
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - Deer Creek Township, Bates Co, MO
DR. GEORGE W. HENDERSON, physician and surgeon, was born in the state of Indiana, December 15, 1832, his parents, James and Rebecca (Anderson) Henderson, being natives of Kentucky. The former was a farmer by occupation. While George was a child the family removed to Burlington, Iowa, where he remained about four years, then going to Illinois. There the subject of this sketch grew to manhood, receiving his education in the public schools. When eighteen years old he began the study of medicine with Dr. H. L. Henderson, of Louisville, Illinois, with whom he read for about three years. He was then with Dr. R. K. Montgomery for two years, after which he began the practice of his chosen profession in Illinois. In 1859 he removed to Bates County, Missouri, and located near Crescent Hill, where he has practiced medicine until the present time. He attended the Rush Medical College of Chicago for awhile. Dr. H. owns. a fine farm of 120 acres of good land, well improved, with a good young orchard. The doctor is a member of the Masonic fraternity. In November 1863, he married Miss Eliza Jane Abbott, a native of Illinois. They have three children living: Thomas Lee, Surilda A .and James M. They lost one child, John W.

HENLEY, William T. J.
History of Bates County, Missouri, W. O. Atkeson, 1918
WILLIAM T.J. HENLEY -- The late William T.J. Henley, a widely and favorably known farmer of Howard township, was one of the real "old settlers" of Bates county. He was born on June 14, 1846, in Clark county, Indiana, the son of Noah and Louisiana (Monday) Henley, the former of whom was a native of England and the latter of whom was born in Kentucky. Noah Henley was reared in Randolph county, North Carolina, and made a settlement in Kentucky, where he was married, and afterward removed to Clark county, Indiana, where he reared a family and spent the remainder of his days engaged in agricultural pursuits. W.T.J. Henley was reared and educated in his native state and was married in Clark county on June 21, 1866, to Miss Margaret E. Bower, who bore him children as follow: Noah Edgar, born November 25, 1867, resides near Ft. Scott, Kansas; John William, born March 2, 1869, died in infancy; Jacob T., born March 3, 1870, lives on a farm near Hume, Missouri; Dennie B., born May 15, 1871, resides in Washington; Jefferson M., born April 10, 1873, died at the age of three years; the next child died in infancy, unnamed; James C., born June 14, 1875; Robert T., born December 16, 1876, is living on the home place; Katie A., born August 31, 1878, married Leonard Daniels and resides on a farm in Osage township; Rolla I., born June 18, 1880, lives in Butler, Missouri; Okra P., born May 17, 1882, lives at Rich Hill, Missouri; Mrs. Minnie M. Cook, born July 7, 1883, married James Cook, died January 29, 1908; Cleveland B., born December 22, 1884, resides on a farm near Butler, Missouri; Maggie F., born October 3, 1887, married Burk Anderson, resides in Rich Hill; Albert, born February 8, 1893, died in infancy. The Henley family is one of the largest in Bates county. The mother of this large family of children was born May 14, 1847, in Clark county, Indiana, the daughter of John and Angelina (Robbinett) Bower, natives of North Carolina. Mrs. Henley is well preserved for her age, despite the fact that she endured the hardships of pioneer life and has brought up so many children who are all living useful and industrious lives. Mr. and Mrs. Henley came to Carroll county, Missouri, in 1868 and resided in that county until their removal to Bates county in the autumn of 1875. John Bower, father of Mrs. Henley, had purchased a tract of forty acres in Howard township, which he gave to his son-in-law. This land was raw prairie land, unbroken and unimproved. During their first season the Henleys lived in a little shack on their nearby farm while their own residence was being built. They erected what in those days was considered a mansion and which is still the Henley home place, an attractive farmstead surrounded by great trees and shrubbery which were planted by Mr. and Mrs. Henley when they first settled here. The Henley home place consists of one hundred and sixty acres located just northwest of Sprague on the highway between Rich Hill and Hume. Mr. Henley died May 12, 1904. Mrs. Henley has the following living grandchildren: Robert E. Henley married Muzy Gates and has five children, as follow: Emma, Frances, Thelmo, Roy, and Virgie. Noah Edgar Henley married Annie Newsom and has four children: Ora, Lela, Alice, and Claude. Jacob T. Henley married Lizzie McNamer, and has one child, Charles. Dennie Henley married May Jones, and is the father of two children, Pansy and Bryan. Mrs. Katie Daniels has four children, Parker, Harry, Pansy, and Dorothy. Rolla I. Henley married Belle Potter, has the following children; Ernest and Stella, twins, and Pauline. Okra O. Henley married Nellie Martin, and is father of six children, Lorene, Ethel, Elsie, William, and Mary and Mabel, twins. Cleveland B. Henley married Lizzie Bottoms, and has two children: Harold and Herman. Mrs. Maggie Anderson is mother of six children, Marium, Everett, Ernest, Nell, Ruth, and Clyde. Mr. Henley was a lifelong Democrat and was a member of the Christian church, of which religious denomination Mrs. Henley is a devout member. The late Mr. Henley's life was so lived that he left an example of industry and right conduct which will for all time serve as a rule of conduct for his children and descendants. He was a kind parent and a good provider for his family and no task was too great for him to attempt in order to insure comforts and proper maintenance for his own family. He was well liked in his community and will long be remembered as a sterling pioneer citizen of Bates county in whom all had confidence and for whom every one who knew him had high esteem.

HENRY, Charles
History of Bates County, Missouri, W. O. Atkeson, 1918
CHARLES HENRY, proprietor of the Butler Dairy, is a representative of one of the oldest and best pioneer families of Bates county, Missouri. Mr. Henry is a Bates county boy. He was born in this section of Missouri in 1878, a son of E.P. and Gertrude (Garrison) Henry, the former, a native of Ohio and the latter, of Wisconsin. Mr. and Mrs. E.P. Henry were the parents of the following children: Alice, the wife of Dr. J.T. Hull, Butler, Missouri; Bertha, the widow of Judge J.S. Francesco, Butler, Missouri; Charles, the subject of this review; Walter, who is engaged in the garage business at Butler, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this volume; and Emma Dell, who died at the age of five years. The Henrys came to Bates county, Missouri, about 1868 or 1869 and settled on the farm now owned by the son, Charles. E.P. Henry died in 1889 and Mrs. Henry joined him in death in 1914. Both parents are interred in Oak Hill cemetery near Butler. A more detailed account of E.P. Henry, familiarly known as Captain Henry, one of the late leading citizens of Bates county, appears in connection with the biographical review of Walter, a brother of Charles Henry. Mr. Henry, whose name introduces this sketch, attended the city schools of Butler and, later, Detroit Business University. A few years after he had completed his commercial education, the Spanish American War broke out and Mr. Henry enlisted at Butler in the service of the United States. He served one year and was mustered out and honorably discharged. He returned home and began farming, in which pursuit he was engaged until he entered the dairy business in 1914. The Butler Dairy was established by James Wells. He sold to C.S. Douglass, from whom Charles Henry obtained the dairy in 1917. Mr. Henry had, however, been engaged in the dairy business for three years previous to purchasing this business establishment, at his present location adjoining the townsite of Butler. Two hundred thirteen acres of land comprise the Henry dairy farm, the old E.P. Henry homestead. Mr. Henry raises all the feed he needs for his herd of forty-five dairy cows and besides leaves eighty acres of the farm in pasture. He has two silos, each having a capacity of two hundred fifty tons. The Butler Dairy is one of the best, most sanitary, and splendidly equipped in the country. In addition to a washer, sterilizer, and milk cooler, all operated by steam, Mr. Henry is installing a bottling machine, which fills four bottles at a time and having a capacity of five hundred bottles an hour. Thus practically all of the work of the dairy is done speedily, efficiently, and in the most approved and sanitary manner. The water used in connection with the dairy comes from a well of great depth and is pure. Mr. Henry caters to the family and hotel trade and he is doing an excellent and profitable business. The dairy barn on the farm was rebuilt and improved in 1917 and now contains forty-seven stanchions and concrete floors and is kept scrupulously clean. The marriage of Charles Henry and Gertrude Guyant, of Butler, Missouri, was solemnized in 1910. Mrs. Henry is a daughter of J.M. and Mary (Young) Guyant. Mrs. Guyant is now deceased and Mr. Guyant resides at Butler. To Charles and Gertrude Henry have been born two sons: Charles E., Jr., and Fred. Mr. Guyant resides with Mr. and Mrs. Henry. Aside from his business interests, Charles Henry takes a deep interest in all matters pertaining to the welfare of the community. He is one of the energetic, progressive men, who are doing so much to keep Bates county in the front rank with the most prosperous counties of Missouri. Willingly and cheerfully, Mr. Henry lends his support to every worthy enterprise which has for its object the promotion of the interests of Butler and Bates county and the elevation of the standards of citizenship. He is a worthy son of a good father, an excellent representative of a long line of eminently honorable ancestors.

HENRY, Edward A.
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - Mt. Pleasant Township, Bates Co, MO
EDWARD A. HENRY, county clerk of Bates County, wis born in Lamoille County, Vermont May 11, 1842, and was the son of Ozro Henry, a Pennsylvanian by birth who married Miss Laura A. Austin, originally from Vermont. They reared three children, of whom Edward was the second child. His early manhood was passed in his native county and there he received his education, having attended the academies of the vicinity. When nineteen years of age he immigrated to Miller County, Missouri, and devoted his time to school teaching until the spring of 1874, in which year he came to Bates County. Here he farmed, and taught during the winter seasons, and in 1876 he was employed as a teacher in the Butler City School. The year following he was appointed principal, and filled this position with acknowledged ability until nominated for his present office in 1878. In 1876 he was elected one of the judges of the county court and served until the change in the township organization, which reduced the county bench from five to three judges. He was then appointed by the governor of the state, and discharged his official duties until the next regular election. In 1872 he was the nominee on the Democratic ticket for representative of Miller County, Missouri, in the state legislature, and although that county was largely Republican, his popularity caused him to make a strong race, and he was only defeated by fifty-seven votes. Upon being elected to his present office, he commenced at once to serve in a manner which has won for him many friends. Mr. Henry was married February 12, 1862, to Miss Carrie T. Dooley, of Miller County, Missouri. They have one child, Arthur M. Mr. Henry is a member of the Masonic fraternity. The family is connected with the Baptist Church.

HENRY, Edward P.
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - Mt. Pleasant Township, Bates Co, MO
CAPTAIN EDWARD P. HENRY, real estate dealer, was born in Washington County, Ohio, November 24, 1837. His father, Mathew Henry, who was born in Pennsylvania, married Miss Mary Park, of Oneida County, New York. The subject of this sketch is the sixth of a family of nine children, all of whom are living. The mother resides with P. L. Wyatt, her son-in-law. August 6, 1861, Mr. H. enlisted in the Thirty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was connected with the Fourteenth Army Corps. He veteranized, was with Colonel Crook and also with General Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley. He served three years as captain, having been promoted from the lieutenancy. His faithful and competent service was highly complimented by his superior officers. After retiring from the war he spent a year at home, and in April 1866, he came to Missouri and settled in Butler, Bates County, when there were but five small shanties in the village. He soon commenced to purchase property and embarked in the real estate business and now has the oldest established office in the city. He owns a farm of 213 acres adjoining the corporation containing an orchard of 1,300 choice bearing fruit trees, together with a great variety of small fruit. Upon the place are two good springs, one of which supplies a large pond which is well filled with good sized carp -- perhaps the only carp pond in the county. Mr. Henry, after coming here became associated with Mr. Rufus Hartwell in dealing in real estate and this firm are now doing a most profitable business. He married Miss Gertrude Garrison, November 24, 1870. She was the daughter of J. C. Garrison of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Her mother was originally from Western New York. They have four children: Alice Gertrude, born November 24, 1871; Mary Bertha, Charles Edward and Walter Whittier, born July 4, 1880. Mr. Henry is a staunch Republican and an active member of the Presbyterian Church. Though commencing here with limited means he has done much for the enterprises of the town, and has been successful in all his transactions.

HENRY, Loren G.
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - Mt. Pleasant Township, Bates Co, MO
LOREN G. HENRY, dealer in agricultural implements, wagons, buggies, etc., was born in Athens County, Ohio, on the 14th of June, 1832. He was brought up and educated in the county of his birth and started in life by early following agricultural pursuits, and the raising of stock. In 1866 he removed to Chicago, Illinois, and was engaged in the stock business for one year, at the expiration of which time he came to Butler, Missouri. Here he resumed farming and stock raising, and continued to give his attention to this industry until June 1881, when he embarked in his present lucrative business, which under his management has grown into an extensive trade. Mr. Henry was married December 24, 1874, to Miss Emma Marshall, a native of Ohio. They have one child, Libbie G.

HENRY, Walter
History of Bates County, Missouri, W. O. Atkeson, 1918
WALTER HENRY, the pioneer garage man of Butler, Missouri, the well-known agent for the Dodge Brothers' automobiles, is a member of a highly respected and prominent pioneer family of Butler. Mr. Henry is a native of Bates county. He was born in 1880 on his father's farm which is located due east of the townsite of Butler, a son of E.P. and Gertrude (Garrison) Henry. E.P. Henry, better known as Captain Henry, was a native of Ohio. He was born at Marietta in Washington county. He was a veteran of the Civil War, having been in service with Company B, Thirty-sixth Ohio Infantry, commissioned as lieutenant. Captain Henry came to Bates county, Missouri in 1869, at about the same time the Garrisons settled here. He was united in marriage with Gertrude Garrison and to them were born the following children: Alice, the wife of Dr. J.T. Hull, Butler, Missouri; Bertha, the widow of Judge J.S. Francesco, a late ex-judge of the probate court of Butler, Missouri; Charles E., who is engaged in farming on the home place northeast of Butler, adjoining the city; Walter, the subject of this review; and one child, a daughter, died in infancy. Captain Henry was for several years engaged in the real estate business at Butler, Missouri, associated in partnership with Mr. Hartwell under the firm name of Henry & Hartwell. His name has been inseparably connected with the early history of the development of Butler. Captain Henry was one of the promoters of Butler Academy, one of the organizers of the Butler Presbyterian church, and one of the first interested in the old Bates County Bank at Butler. He took a keen interest in horticulture and an active part in the horticultural society, the members of which used to meet at the farms of the members, and he did much to promote orchard growing in Bates county. To encourage clover raising, Captain Henry purchased a clover huller and hired a man to operate it in order that clover growers might without incurring this expense thresh and save their seed. Captain Henry was an excellent citizen, public spirited, enterprising, and industrious. He did all in his power to help his fellowmen and how well he succeeded in his most laudable desire was attested by the universal esteem and respect in which he was held by his neighbors and friends. E.P. Henry died and was taken to his last resting place in the cemetery at Butler in 1889. Walter Henry attended the public schools of Butler and Butler Academy. He resided on the home place with his mother and his brother, Charles, until 1907. Mr. Henry is the pioneer garage man of Butler. He opened his present place of business on North Main street in February, 1911 and for the past three years has had the agency for the Dodge Brothers' automobiles. Mr. Henry has been very successful as a salesman and is selling cars as fast as he can obtain shipments. In addition to holding the agency for the Dodge cars, general repair work on a high order is done at the Henry garage. In April, 1907, Walter Henry and Hope Stubblefield were united in marriage. Mrs. Henry is a native of Bates county, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R.N. Stubblefield, of Butler, Missouri. Mr. Stubblefield is a native of Missouri and for many years was actively and successfully engaged in farming in this county. To Walter and Hope Henry have been born three children: Robert E., Walter F., and an infant son. Mr. and Mrs. Henry number their friends in Butler and Bates county by the score and they are very popular with the young people of their community, moving in the best social circles of the city.

HENSLEY, J. T.
History of Bates County, Missouri, W. O. Atkeson, 1918
J.T. HENSLEY, one of the oldest resident farmers of Homer township has the distinction of being the oldest livestock buyer in Bates county. For the past forty-seven years, Mr. Hensley has been engaged in the buying and shipping of livestock and has built up a reputation for square and honest dealing with his scores of patrons which has never been equaled in Bates county or this section of Missouri. He is one of the substantial pioneer farmers of this county who enjoys the respect and esteem of a large circle of friends and acquaintances. Probably no man of his age is better or more favorably known in this section of Missouri than this sturdy farmer and stockman. Mr. Hensley was born in Kentucky, March 4, 1846, and is a son of James Harvey and Sadie (Anderson) Hensley, both of whom were natives of old Kentucky. James Hensley was born in 1805 and died in 1855. His wife departed this life in 1853. James Harvey Hensley was a son of Elijah Hensley, a native of England. J.T. Hensley's father was shot when the son was but nine years of age, and two years prior to this, his mother died -- leaving four children: William Colby, who farmed in partnership with the subject of this review in Bates county until his death; J.T., subject of this sketch; Shelby, deceased; Henry, deceased. After the loss of his parents, J.T. Hensley was reared by a Mr. Stevens until he attained the age of eighteen years. For two years following he worked as farm hand and then engaged in farming on his own account. In the year 1865, Mr. Hensley went to Illinois and worked by the month for two years, following which he farmed on his own account until 1869, at which time he migrated to Missouri and settled in Bates county. Mr. Hensley purchased his present home farm in 1870 and for a number of years he farmed with his brother, William Colby Hensley, until the latter's death. Mr. Hensley accumulated several farms and had a considerable acreage of land in Bates county. Of late years he has disposed of the greater portion of his land holdings as the land rose in value and now has but the home place of one hundred twenty acres. For the past forty-seven years, he has been engaged in the buying and shipping of livestock and has rarely or never missed a week in being in Amoret ready to conduct his business. Mr. Hensley has shipped hundreds and probably thousands of carloads of cattle to the city markets and is the oldest stock buyer in Bates county. It is conceded that he is one of the best judges of livestock in the state of Missouri and he is widely known over this section of Missouri and the border territory of Kansas. Mr. Hensley was married in 1873 to Miss Carrie Orear, who died April 18, 1880, leaving two children: Ella May, widow of T.A. Wright who died February 15, 1917, and is living at Commerce, Oklahoma; Carrie, a widow, married in 1906 to F.M. Skaggs, who died May 13, 1916, and she has one child, Ella Louise, eight years old. Mr. Hensley's second marriage took place February 16, 1882, with Mamie Boone Orear, a sister of his first wife, born in Kentucky, a daughter of William D. and Selina Orear, natives of Kentucky who migrated to Missouri in 1870. Mrs. Selina Orear makes her home with Mr. and Mrs. Hensley. Three children were born to this second marriage: William H., member of the Live Stock Exchange and hog salesman for Zook & Zook Live Stock Commission Company, and at the time he began was the youngest salesman on the exchange, a resident of Kansas City, Missouri; Albert, Farmington, Missouri; Mamie Merle, wife of W.C. Dillard, Farmington, Missouri. Mamie Boone (Orear) Hensley was born June 11, 1866, in Kentucky, daughter of William D. and Selina (Gibson) Orear, natives of Kentucky. The Orears are of French origin, the progenitor of whom came from France with Lafayette and settled in Virginia after the Revolution. The Gibson family were Virginia stock. Selina (Gibson) Orear was a daughter of James, a son of Samuel Gibson, who came from Norfolk, Virginia, and a Kentucky pioneer. William D. Orear was born in 1827, and died April 16, 1899. Selina Orear was born in 1836 and is still living. Carrie Hensley, deceased; Albert, Kansas City, a carpenter; John Davis, Hot Springs, Arkansas, a printer; Mrs. Mamie Boone Hensley; and Mrs. Effie Mitchell, Kansas City, Missouri, were born to William D. and Selina Orear. Politically, Mr. Hensley has always been allied with the Republican party but aside from assisting his friends during a political campaign and voting his convictions he takes but little interest in political matters. He is a member of the Christian church and is fraternally affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, having become a member of the Amoret lodge in 1907. History can give no higher nor better praise of J.T. Hensley than that his career in Bates county has been a long and honorable one and that he has conducted his business in such an honest and upright manner that he enjoys the respect, confidence and esteem of scores and hundreds of people with whom he has done business during a long period of nearly half a century in Bates county. Despite his more than three scores years and ten, he is active and strong, both mentally and physically, and rank as one of the county's grand old men. Mr. Hensley began shipping livestock in 1870, driving stock to Mulberry and thence fifteen miles to La Cygne, Kansas, the nearest shipping point. Later, he drove stock to Old West Line, twenty-five miles distant, for shipment to St. Louis. When the railroad came to Butler in 1880 he drove stock to that city for shipment. In 1894 the Kansas City & Southern was built through Amoret and he has since shipped from this point. In the early days he and his brother drove cattle all the way to Kansas City.

HENSLEY, J. T.
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - Homer Township, Bates Co, MO
J. T. HENSLEY, farmer, section 14, was born in Montgomery County, Kentucky, in 1846, and is a son of James and Theney (Anderson) Hensley, both natives of that county. J. T. was raised at his birthplace and commenced life for himself as a farmer. In 1865, he moved to McDonough County, Illinois, and gave his attention to agricultural pursuits until coming to Bates County, in 1869. He located on his present place in 1870. In connection with his farming operations he deals in livestock and has built up quite a reputation as a successful man in his calling. Mr. Hensley was married in 1873, to Miss Carrie Orear, of Montgomery County, Kentucky, born in 1849. She died in April 1879, leaving two children: Ella M. and Carrie. He was married the second time, February 16, 1882, to Miss N. B. Orear, a sister of his first wife. They are both members of the Christian Church.

HENSLEY, Lyman
History of Bates County, Missouri, W. O. Atkeson, 1918
LYMAN HENSLEY, a prominent citizen of Butler, Missouri, is a representative of one of the pioneer families of Bates county. Mr. Hensley is a native of Homer township, Bates county. He was born at the Hensley homestead on January 22, 1874, a son of W.C. and Mary Jane (Halley) Hensley. W.C. Hensley was born in Kentucky in 1844 and Mrs. W.C. Hensley was born one year later in the same state. They came to Missouri from their native state in 1868 and settled near old Mulberry, where two years afterward Mr. Hensley purchased two hundred forty acres of land, now known as the Stevens farm. Mr. Hensley was a veteran of the Civil War. He served two years, a Union soldier, in Company B, Kentucky cavalry, as message bearer, and while in service was seriously injured, receiving a gunshot wound. After coming to Missouri, Mr. Hensley engaged extensively in farming and stock raising, in buying and shipping stock for the St. Louis and Kansas City markets. He was a well-to-do and highly respected citizen of his township, a kindly, courteous, companionable gentleman who made many friends in this state. W.C. Hensley died on the farm where he and his noble wife reared to maturity their family of twelve children: John, who is now deceased; Sallie, the wife of Ben Biggs, of Hume, Missouri; Anna, who is now deceased; Charlie, a widely-known and successful auctioneer and shipper of livestock, Columbus, Kansas; Leora, deceased; Carrie, the wife of E.P. Nickell, of Kansas City, Missouri; Lyman, the subject of this review; Jessie, the wife of Clifford Jackson, Denver, Colorado; Bettie, the wife of J.W. Allen, Alma, Nebraska; Mary Lou, the wife of Hugh McGee, Rawlings, Wyoming; H.C., Neodesha, Kansas; and Lola, deceased. The widowed mother now makes her home at Hume, Missouri. The father was laid to rest in Mulberry cemetery in Bates county. Mr. Hensley, whose name introduces this review, obtained his education at Hotwater school house in Homer township. The name of the school house recalls the amusing incident in commemoration of which the building was named. The early-day settlers in this particular district had decided by vote to move the school house two miles north of the original site. The vote was not unanimous, and Grandma Doddsworth was very much opposed to the proposition. She moved into the school house and made preparations to "stand pat" and when Jack Showers, who had the contract to move the building, came, she threw scalding-hot water upon him. The poor old lady was afterward force to capitulate and the school house was moved, "ag'in her voice and vote," as Will Carleton puts it in "The New Church Organ." In his boyhood days, Lyman Hensley was want to ride to Butler behind his father on "Old Cooly," a mare which lived to be thirty-seven years of age, the idolized pet of the Hensley children, and the three often swam across the intervening streams in the days before bridges were known in Bates county. Mr. Hensley's prairie home was on the old Butler-La Cygne stage route and when he was seventeen years of age he was employed as mail carrier on this route for nearly a year. He remained at home with his parents until he was twenty-two years of aged, engaged in the pursuits of agriculture. He was thus employed for ten year prior to his coming to Butler to reside and to enter the stock business in this city. Mr. Hensley buys and sells cattle, hogs, horses, and mules. He formerly attended sales as auctioneer but in recent years he has abandoned this line of work. Mr. Hensley was a candidate for probate judge of Bates county in 1914 on the progressive ticket. The marriage of Lyman Hensley and Carrie May Henderson, a native of Pickaway county, Ohio, a daughter of John and Margaret Henderson, was solemnized February 10, 1898. Mr. and Mrs. Henderson came to Homer township, Bates county, Missouri, in 1884, and located near Mulberry on the Leach place, which they had purchased and that is now owned by Angela Scully. They are both now deceased and their remains are interred in a cemetery at Columbus, Kansas. To Lyman and Mrs. Hensley have been born five children: Harvey, Marie, Goldie, Ruth, and Antoinette, all of whom are at home with their parents. As a citizen, Lyman Hensley discharged his duties with commendable fidelity and few men in Bates county enjoy a larger share of public respect and confidence.

HERMAN, John A. Jr.
History of Bates County, Missouri, W. O. Atkeson, 1918
JOHN A. HERMAN, JR., a successful agriculturist of Shawnee township, a capable and popular merchant of Culver, Missouri, is one of the county's prosperous and progressive, young citizens. Mr. Herman, Jr., was born January 3, 1880 at the Herman homestead in Shawnee township, Bates county, Missouri, a son of John A., Sr., and Mrs. Herman, pioneers of Shawnee township. John A. Herman, Sr. came to this part of Bates county, Missouri in 1868 and settled on the farm where he now resides and which his son, John A., Jr., manages. Mr. Herman, Sr. has been one of the most successful and prominent farmers and stockmen of western Missouri and in former days a hard worker. He placed all the improvements now on his place, a tract of land embracing two hundred forty acres, including a handsome residence, two well-constructed barns, and a silo. Formerly, Mr. Herman, Sr. was a busy stockman, but he has now retired from active farm labor. He is eighty-two years of age. John A. Herman, Jr., manages his father's place in addition to his own, an eighty-acre tract of land, upon which his store is located. In Shawnee township, Bates county, John A. Herman, Jr. was born, reared, and educated. He resided on the home place until about eight years ago, dating from the time of this writing in 1918, at which time he purchased J.W. Cole's general store at Culver, Missouri and he moved to his farm, previously mentioned, and has since been engaged in the mercantile business in addition to farming and managing his father's country place. Mr. Herman, Jr. carries an excellent and complete line of general merchandise and from the time of his entering the business to date has had a splendid trade. He hauls his merchandise from Passaic and his store is a convenient market for the produce from the surrounding country. He is located on Rural Route 2 from Butler, Missouri. The Culvers of Butler, Missouri conducted the first mercantile establishment at this place, which was named in honor of them. Mr. Herman, Jr.'s farm and store are located eleven and one-fourth miles northeast of Butler, Missouri and eight miles east of Passaic. John A. Herman, Jr., was united in marriage with Aline Charters, a daughter of William H. and Margaret (Carroll) Charters, a sketch of whom will be found elsewhere in this volume. Mr. Charters is now deceased and his widow resides at Butler, Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Herman, Jr. are highly regarded in their community and popular with the young people of their township.

HERNDON, E. F.
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - Howard Township, Bates Co, MO
E. F. HERNDON, physician and surgeon, is a native of Platte County, Missouri, and is a son of F. D. and Mary Herndon; the former of Woodford County, Kentucky, born in 1808, and the latter of Mason County, same state, born in 1812. They were married in 1832 and in 1842 settled in Platte County, Missouri, moving to Pleasant Hill, Cass County, in 1862. In 1864 they returned to Platte County and resided there until 1877 when they came to Bates County and located on a farm some two miles north of Hume. They have five children living: J. E., E. F., David, Jonathan and J. T. Six are deceased: B. P., Sarah E., Francis P., Susie, Alfred and Benjamin. The subject of this sketch was brought up and received his literary education in the county of his birth and afterwards read medicine with his brother, Dr. J. E. Herndon, graduating in 1876 at Kansas City, and afterwards at St. Louis. He then began practicing in Bates County, and in 1880 he located at Hume and opened a drug store and here he has since met with good success.

HERNDON, Jefferson
History of Bates County, Missouri, W. O. Atkeson, 1918
JEFFERSON HERNDON, better known as "Jeff" Herndon, owner of a fine farm of two hundred and thirty-one acres in Howard township where he is widely and favorably known, was born May 19, 1861, in Tazewell county, Illinois. He is a son of James Walker and Frances (Wilson) Herndon, the former of whom was born in Tennessee, in 1827, and the latter of whom was born in Illinois in 1831. James W. Herndon accompanied his parents to Illinois in boyhood in the early pioneer days of the settlement of that state and was there reared to young manhood and married. He died in Tazewell county in 1887. The widowed mother of Jeff Herndon resides in Illinois. There were five children in the family of James W. and Frances Herndon, namely: Mrs. Kittie Beckman, Arkansas City, Kansas; Nannie, deceased; Jefferson, subject of this review; Benjamin, who is farming the old home place in Tazewell county, Illinois. Jeff Herndon was reared on the old home place of the family in Illinois and attended the common schools of his native county. He remained on the home place until twenty-eight years old and began for himself in 1879. Upon his father's death he inherited eighty acres from the estate which he cultivated until 1893, when he sold out and came to Missouri, arriving here on March 8. He purchased two hundred forty acres of land in Howard township, through which the railroad has run taking off nine acres. For the past twenty-four years Mr. Herndon has lived continuously upon his farm and has made a success in raising livestock and producing good crops. Mr. Herndon was married in 1887 to Miss Lenna Miller, who was born in Tazewell county, Illinois, in 1860, and daughter of Moses and Lucia Miller, of Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Herndon have five children: Harlan, Montana; Mrs. Frances Hoffman, living in Kansas; William Lester, Frank, and James, at home with their parents. Mr. Herndon is a Democrat in politics and is one of the substantial and well-thought-of citizens of his section of Bates county.

HERRMANN, J. P.
History of Bates County, Missouri, W. O. Atkeson, 1918
J. P. HERRMANN, a prosperous farmer and stockman of Shawnee township, a member of one of Bates county's pioneer families, and justice of the peace of Shawnee township, is a native of Monroe county, Illinois. Mr. Herrmann was born September 29, 1866, a son of John A. and Barbara Herrmann. The Herrmanns settled in this county on the farm in Shawnee township, where Mr. and Mrs. John A. Herrmann still reside and have lived for forty-nine years, in 1869. August Herrmann, the paternal grandfather of J.P. Herrmann, came to Bates county, Missouri, a few years later and in this county died. His remains are interred in a cemetery in Shawnee township, located near the Herrmann homestead. Mrs. Herrmann, wife of August Herrmann, died at Waterloo, Iowa, and interment was made at Burksville, Illinois. To John A. and Barbara Herrmann have been born seven children, who are now living: Anna, the wife of Theodore Marqueardt, of Independence, Kansas; August B., Jacksonville, Illinois; Elizabeth, the wife of John Deerwester, of Shawnee township; J.P., the subject of this review; Maggie A., the wife of William Hart, of Clinton, Missouri; Lula, at home with her parents; and John A., Jr., a prominent merchant at Culver, Missouri. The Herrmann family has long been numbered among the best and most substantial families of western Missouri. In the public schools of Shawnee township, District 48, in the first school house erected there in 1872, J.P. Herrmann obtained his education. His first instructor was Miss Sarah Reynolds, who is now Mrs. Sarah (Reynolds) Schantz. Mr. Herrmann remained at home with his parents until he was twenty-seven years of age and then moved to his present country place. He began with a tract of land, embracing eighty acres, cultivated but unimproved, and is now owner of two hundred forty acres of choice land in Shawnee township, a splendidly improved, abundantly watered, well-located farm. In 1895, J.P. Herrmann and Henrietta Filgus, a daughter of August and Henrietta (Erscamp) Filgus, were united in marriage. Mrs. Filgus died in Bates county in 1902 and interment was made in the cemetery at the Reformed church of Prairie City, Missouri. Mr. Filgus now makes his home at Prairie City. To J.P. and Henrietta (Filgus) Herrmann have been born the following children: Guy Anderson, Kansas City, Missouri; Carl Adam, Kansas City, Missouri; Lena May and Herbert Hadley, both at home with their parents. There are two sets of improvements on the Herrmann farm in Shawnee township, including a beautiful residence, a seven-room structure, 46 x 30 feet, built in 1895 and remodeled in 1910; a barn, 44 x 56 feet, for cattle, with a silo, 14 x 32 feet of one hundred tons capacity; a second barn, 44 x 36 feet, for horses, having a concrete floor; a comfortable tenant residence; and a third barn, 32 x 36 feet. Mr. Herrmann has on his farm, at the time of this writing, in 1918, thirty head of high-grade cattle, in addition to large herds of horses and hogs. Mr. Herrmann has been justice of the peace of Shawnee township and a member of the township board for many years. He was a candidate for county judge on the Republican ticket in the election of 1904 and made a very creditable race. Mr. Herrmann takes a broad view of life and keeps himself well-informed relative to public and political affairs and he has long been numbered among the public spirited citizens of Bates county.

HERRMANN, John A.
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - Shawnee Township, Bates Co, MO
JOHN A. HERRMANN, farmer, was born in Hasel, Germany, April 12, 1835, and was the fifth of seven children. His father, August Herrmann, a blacksmith by trade, was married to Elizabeth Ust, also of German nativity. John received his education in the German schools and learned the trade of miller, at which he worked in Germany. In 1857 he came to America and was situated on a farm in Pennsylvania for three years. Moving to Illinois he farmed until 1869, when he came to Bates and here he has given his attention to agricultural pursuits since. His farm contains 160 acres in section 35, all of which he has acquired by his own labor. In February 1858, Mr. H. married Miss Elizabeth Shultz, also of German birth. They have seven children: Annie, August, Elizabeth, Peter, Maggie, Louisa and and Johnnie.

HERTZ, George
History of Bates County, Missouri, W. O. Atkeson, 1918
GEORGE HERTZ, proprietor of "Shady Brook Stock Farm" in Mount Pleasant township, is one of the successful farmers and stockmen of Bates county. Mr. Hertz is a native of Iowa. He was born November 21, 1867, in Johnson county, a son of Henry and Florentine Hertz. The father is now deceased and the mother still makes her home at the Hertz homestead in Iowa. Mrs. Florentine Hertz celebrated her eighty-fourth birthday on December 28, 1917. She is one of the beloved pioneer women of Johnson county, Iowa, where she and her husband settled in the earliest days and improved a splendid farm. George Hertz, obtained his education in the public schools of Johnson county, Iowa, was engaged in raising Percheron and Belgian draft horses there prior to coming to Bates county, Missouri, in 1904. About six years ago, Mr. Hertz began raising Hereford cattle and, at the time of this writing in 1918, he has on the farm in Mount Pleasant township eighteen head of high-grade animals. Last year, 1917, Mr. Hertz also began the breeding of big-bone Spotted Poland China hogs. He is an enthusiastic advocate of pure-bred stock, for he states that it costs no more to raise a good animal than it does to raise a "scrub." The marriage of George Hertz and Rose Leuenberger was solemnized September 28, 1898. To this union were born two children: Harold and Esther. Mrs. Hertz, the mother of the children, is deceased. Mr. Hertz remarried November 22, 1916, his second wife being Myra Ethel Eaton, a daughter of Herbert and Marian Rosalie Eaton, of Johnson county, Iowa. "Shady Brook Stock Farm" in Mount Pleasant township comprises one hundred forty acres of land, well watered by Mound branch and two wells which have never been known to have been dry. This farm lies one and three-fourths miles northeast of Butler and is one of the nicely improved country places of Bates county. The residence is a two-story structure of nine rooms and there are two well-constructed barns on the farm. Mrs. Hertz has complete charge of the poultry on "Shady Brook Stock Farm" and she is making a name for herself as an exceptionally successful producer of pure-bred Plymouth Rock chickens and Toulouse geese and at the present time she has a flock of one hundred twenty-five fine birds. Mr. and Mrs. Hertz are comparatively newcomers in Bates county, and both possess to a marked degree the happy faculty of making and retaining friends and they have now countless warm person friends in this part of the state. George Hertz is a man of industry and excellent judgment and one of Bates county's progressive citizens.

HESS, Edward C.
History of Bates County, Missouri, W. O. Atkeson, 1918
EDWARD C. HESS, a well-known and prosperous farmer and stockman of Deer Creek township, is a native of Illinois. Mr. Hess was born in LaSalle county in 1875, a son of Gotthard and Catherine (Kern) Hess, who settled on a farm in Deer Creek township, Bates county, Missouri in 1879. When the Hess family settled in this part of the state, there were very few settlements, wild game might be found in abundance, and even the cattle, horses, and hogs ran at large over the open prairie. Before Adrian was founded, the trading point of the Hess family was Harrisonville. Gotthard Hess was born in Germany, in 1844, and died in 1896. He came to America when a young man and first located in LaSalle county, Illinois, and there married Catherine Kern, also born in Germany in 1834, and died January 17, 1906. They were parents of four children: Henry, Madison, Kansas; Mrs. Ida Schmidt, Mound township, Bates county; Mrs. Emma Feraris, Mound township, Bates county; Edward C., subject of this review. By a former marriage with Mr. Haas, Catherine Kern Hess was mother of four children, two of whom were reared: Mrs. Louise Rogers, died in January, 1917; Fred, Kansas City, Missouri. Mr. Hess, whose name introduces this review, attended school at Hess school house in Deer Creek township. Will Duncan was his first instructor and, later, he was taught by Professor Putnam and then by the professor's wife, Mrs. Putnam. He remembers one of the pioneer preachers of Bates county, to whom he often listened in his boyhood days, Reverend Showalter. Mr. Hess states that Reverend McClintock was the chief carpenter of those who built his father's residence in 1881. Revival meetings were frequently held in the brush arbors, in the early eighties, and attracted immense crowds of settlers from all parts of the country, the young people coming long distances to attend, riding on horseback. "Spelling bees" and "debating societies" afforded opportunities for instruction, entertainment, and recreation for the pioneers, opportunities which were universally seized. E.C. Hess has spent his entire life, up to the time of this writing in 1918, on the farm and he has always been interested in agricultural pursuits. The first money he ever earned was made by hauling a load of wood to town and his first investment was a young pig, which he watched and cared for with all the solicitude and caution of one who has all his earthly possessions at stake. Mr. Hess is now owner of a splendid farm in Deer Creek township, a place comprising two hundred forty acres of valuable land. He, in addition, rents a tract of land embracing three hundred three acres and is engaged in raising stock extensively, having at the present time, in 1918, three hundred head of stock on the farm. He devotes some time to general farming and this past season, in 1917, harvested one thousand five hundred sixty-three bushels of wheat, one thousand nine hundred bushels of oats, and fifty tons of fine hay and one hundred thirty acres of the farm were planted in corn, which averaged forty bushels to the acre. Mr. Hess planted seventy-five acres of his land in wheat last autumn. His farm is well equipped with all needed conveniences for handling large herds of stock and amounts of grain and hay. The marriage of E.C. Hess and Anna Feraris, a daughter of Peter Feraris, a prominent citizen of Bates county, was solemnized in 1901. To this union have been born six living children: Louis, Marie, Earl, Rolla, Hadley, and Pauline, all of whom are at home with their parents. Aubrey was born August 4, 1904, and died September 30, 1904. Mr. and Mrs. Hess are members of the German Lutheran church. In the social circles of Deer Creek township, there is no family more highly respected and valued than that of which E.C. Hess is head. E.C. Hess is one of the best class of citizens, a gentleman who, because of his sterling personal qualities, is today occupying a prominent position among the leading, successful farmers and stockmen of this section of Missouri.

HESS, G.
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - Deer Creek Township, Bates Co, MO
G. HESS, farmer, section 30, was born in Baden, Germany, January 20, 1844. His parents, Jacob and Mary (Smith) Hess, were natives of Germany. The subject of this sketch was the oldest child of three sons and two daughters. He spent his boyhood days on a farm, receiving his education in the public schools of his native country. In 1868, he immigrated to America, landing in Illinois April 18, 1868, where he followed farming until 1869, then coming to Bates County, Missouri. Here he again gave his attention to agricultural pursuits. His farm contains 160 acres of good land, well improved. He has an excellent residence, built in 1881, at a cost of $8,000, with a young orchard near it. He keeps about forty head of cattle. December 31, 1869, Mr. Hess married Mrs. Katie Haas, a daughter of Mike Kiern. They have four children: Henry, Eddie, Ida and Emma.

HEYLMUN, J. W.
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - Osage Township, Bates Co, MO
J. W. HEYLMUN, attorney and civil engineer, was born in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, March 31, 1829, his parents, Mordecai and Lorenda (Newell) Heylman, also having been natives of that state. The former died when his son was but a child, and the latter now lives in Frostburg, Maryland. The subject of this sketch was reared in his native county, where he received an academic education. Subsequently he followed teaching school till he attained the age of twenty-five years, when he began the study of law in the office of General Fleming, of Williamsport, Pennsylvania. He was admitted to the bar in that city in 1857, and was afterwards engaged in the practice of his profession there for ten years, or till 1867, when he located in Fort Scott, Kansas. He was there elected to the office of police judge, being the first to hold the position in the city. After two years residence in Fort Scott he was elected city engineer, the duties of which office he discharged for four years. He also worked at other surveys and held many minor offices while in the place. In 1873 he started a store in Carbon Center, Vernon County, of which he afterwards took charge, and continued the business till August 1881. Since that time he has resided in Rich Hill, and has given his attention to the practice of his profession. In the winter of 1881-2 he made a survey for the Chicago & Alton Railroad Company from Odessa to Fort Scott, and is still connected with the enterprise. Mr. Heylmun was married, November 1, 1853, to Miss Angeline Kilborn, a native of Bradford County, Pennsylvania. The family of Mr. H. consists of four children: William, Belle, Robert F. and Harry. William Heylmun, the eldest child, who is now occupied in the practice of medicine in Rich Hill, was born in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, September 23, 1854. He received his primary education in the schools of the different localities where his father resided, and in 1877 began the study of medicine with Dr. Baldwin, of Fort Scott, Kansas. He was graduated from the Bellevue Hospital Medical College of New York, in the class of 1880, and in June of that year he came to Rich Hill, being the first physician to open an office in the town. He is now recognized as a leader among his brother practitioners. Dr. H. was one of the first trustees of the town.

HIBBS, L.
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - Howard Township, Bates Co, MO
L. HIBBS, of the firm of Blaker & Co., dealers in lumber and grain at Sprague, is also station agent at the place, and has ever devoted his entire energy and time to the building up of the town. He was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, in 1842, his parents being Samuel and Eleanor (Smith) Hibbs, both natives of Pennsylvania. Young Hibbs passed his youth at his birth place, receiving his education at Lancaster. He first began life as a farmer, but in 1870 went to Mound City, Kansas, and embarked in the hardware business quite extensively, and with satisfactory results. Selling out, he established his present business at Sprague, where he was among the pioneers. In 1865, Mr. H. was united in marriage to Miss Mattie B. Simpson, also a Pennsylvanian by birth, and a native of the same county as her husband. She grew up there, but is a graduate of Hudson River Institute of New York. Mr. and Mrs. H. have four sons: S. Willis, Russell, Alfred B. and Walter.

HICKMAN, Gideon B.
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - Homer Township, Bates Co, MO
GIDEON B. HICKMAN, farmer, section 12, was born in New Jersey, May 10, 1829, and is a son of Janies and Mary (Blake) Hickman, both of the same state. The former was born March 12, 1802, and the latter April 27, 1804. They were married February 23, 1823, and had a family of nine children: Jeremiah A., Gideon B., Hannah, Daniel W., John B., Joseph S., Mary E., Olive, and James. In 1836 the family moved to Hancock County, Illinois. The parents are now residents of Carthage, Missouri. Gideon B. passed his youth in Hancock County, and was married November 23, 1853, to Miss Kate Caine, a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, born April 27, 1831. Her parents were John and Sarah (Knott) Caine. Her father, who was a carpenter by trade, was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in 1797, and in 1836 was killed by the fall of a tree. His wife was born in the same county as himself, November 14, 1798, and is still living. She was married the second time to E. Worrell, after which she settled in Hancock County, Illinois, where Kate grew up. Mr. Hickman located in Adams County, Illinois, after his marriage, moving thence, in 1865, to McDonough County, where he remained until coming to Missouri, in 1868, when he settled where he now resides. His farm contains 440 acres. While he was in Illinois he was engaged in general merchandising and working in coal mines, and since coming to Bates County he has served as assessor for four years. Mr. and Mrs. H. have three children: Aza, Everett, and Irwin.

HICKMAN, John L. Jr.
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - Summit Township, Bates Co, MO
JOHN L. HICKMAN Jr., section 4. The subject of this sketch was born in Boone County, Missouri, October 29, 1833. David M. Hickman, his father, was a native of Virginia, but early moved to Kentucky with his parents and located in Bourbon County, near Paris, where he grew to manhood. He married Miss Cornelia Bryan, who was born while her mother was in a fort near Lexington, Kentucky, when attacked by the Indians. Her father served in the war of 1812, and commanded a company at the battle of Fort Meigs, and was wounded. David M. Hickman was one of the prominent men of Bourbon County, and politically was identified with the old Whig party, serving as sheriff of that county. He came to Missouri in 1823, and filled several important positions in Boone County, and was a delegate to the State Constitutional Convention in 1844. He served as a member of the legislature from Boone County for several terms. He died there in 1850. John L. Hickman spent his youth on his father's farm and at school. He graduated at the State University in 1853, and attended the law department of Harvard University, where he graduated in 1855. After completing his collegiate course he became engaged in the stock business and farming in his native county. In the spring of 1878 he moved to Bates County, and settled on his present farm. He has 1,600 acres of land, all under fence, with good improvement. There are 1,100 acres in pasture, mostly timothy. His large residence is located on the high rolling prairie overlooking the surrounding country, and he has a commodious barn, ice house and outbuildings, and a young orchard. He is extensively interested in the stock business, and has some thoroughbred short-horn cattle, and is one of the leading dealers of Bates County. Mr. Hickman was married in Cooper County, in November, 1858, to Miss Mary Walker, a daughter of judge A. S. Walker, of that county. She is a native of the state, and is a lady of refinement and culture. She was educated at Boonville. Mr. and Mrs. Hickman have three children: Walker, Cornelia, and Mary. They have lost one, John L., who died in Boone County in 1877.

HIGGINS, Silas C.
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - Osage Township, Bates Co, MO
CAPTAIN SILAS C. HIGGINS, proprietor of feed stable, was born in Tazewell County, Illinois, May 20, 1840, and is a son of Durrett and Mary (Graves) Higgins, who were both natives of Kentucky. The subject of this sketch was reared in his native county, receiving his education in the Lombard University of Galesburg, Illinois. July 24, 1861, he enlisted in Company H, Second Illinois Cavalry, and served as second lieutenant for the first six months, when he was commissioned captain, acting in that capacity until the close of the war. He participated in many noted battles, after which he returned to Illinois. Subsequently he crossed the plains to New Mexico and remained one year. Going thence to Springfield, Ohio, he was married, in 1867, to Miss Anna Walters, of Tennessee, by which marriage he has one child, William E., who is now attending the university at Lawrence, Kansas. After his marriage Mr. H. went to Pennsylvania and was engaged in keeping a hotel at Foxburg, and for two years he was in the livery business at Butler, Pennsylvania. In 1871 he located in Cleveland, Ohio, where he was occupied in the insurance business for three years. Then he became a member of the fire department of that city and thus continued for four years. In 1880 he took a trip to Kansas and in December of the same year came to Rich Hill, Missouri. Mr. H. is a member of the Masonic fraternity, K. of H., A.O.T. and the G.A.R. orders, being commander of the post in Rich Hill.

HILL, D. H. & BERRY, W. N.
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - Howard Township, Bates Co, MO
HILL & BERRY. This extensive mercantile firm is composed of Mr. D. H. Hill and. W. N. Berry, the former of whom is the pioneer merchant of Hume, he also having been in business at Walnut Postoffice some two years previous. He was born in Rockingham County, Virginia, October 4, 1848, and was the son of Jacob and Lydia A. (Pritchett) Hill, natives of the same county. The father was born in 1802 and the mother in 1820. They had a family of eight children, D. H. being the fourth child. He was reared on a farm and obtained his education at the State University at Charlotteville, Virginia. In 1870 he accompanied his parents to Lafayette, Missouri, they now being residents of Aullville. He taught school about nine years before entering into mercantile life. Mr. Hill was married, December 20, 1879, to Miss Emma Berry, a native of Pettis County, Missouri, born March 16, 1857. Her parents were W. N. and Eliza J. Berry, nee Williams. Mr. Berry was born in 1825 in Boone County, Missouri, but was brought up in Camden and Pettis Counties as a farmer. His father, T. H. Berry, married Hettie B. Coffer, who, like himself, came originally from Madison County, Kentucky. They had a family of eleven children, W. N. being the third. In 1851 he married Miss Eliza J. Williams, who was born in North Carolina in 1832. She early accompanied her parents to Missouri, and here grew up and was educated. Mr. and Mrs. Berry have a family of nine children: Lawson F., David, Emma J., Boone, Nannie, Willie, Jennie, Alma and Kate. One is deceased. They are both members of the Baptist Church. Messrs. Hill & Berry carry a stock to the amount of $4,000 and are having an excellent patronage.

HILL, Johnson
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - Charlotte Township, Bates Co, MO
JOHNSON HILL, farmer, section 27, was born in 1817, on a farm some thirteen miles east of Lebanon, in Warren County, Ohio. His parents, James and Deborah (Davis) Hill, were both Virginians by birth, and when the former was ten years old he accompanied his father's family to Warren County, Ohio, where he grew to manhood. Returning to Virginia he was married, after which with his bride and a few goods, he went to Cincinnati on a flatboat. They resided in Warren County until 1829, and then settled in Clark County, which was their home until 1832. Moving near Plain City, Madison County, they remained until 1840, going thence to Jasper County, Missouri. In 1842, they returned to Warren County, Ohio, and the year following the father died at the age of forty-eight years. His widow is now a resident of Benton County, Iowa, aged eighty-five years. Johnson Hill was educated in the state of his birth, and in 1839, he married Miss P. C. Kimball, of Champaign County, Ohio, born in 1819. She was a daughter of Andrew and Lucy Kimball nee Marshall, both originally from Massachusetts. They were married in 1800, and soon located, in Champaign County. The father died in 1822, and the mother in 1829. In 1840, Mr. and Mrs. Hill settled in Newton County, Missouri, and afterwards in Greene County. In 1843, they moved to VanBuren County, Iowa, and in 1844, to Linn County. Here Mr. H. farmed for a number of years, and was subsequently interested in the lumber business. In 1864-5, he built a large flouring mill, and in 1867, he came to his present location, upon which he had made many improvements. His landed estate embraces 280 acres under cultivation and ten acres of timber. Mr. and Mrs. Hill have six children living: Pleasant A., Oscar, Martha A., Alice A., Phila C. and Kimball. Three are deceased: Johnson, Truman and Lucy May.

HINSON, J. M.
History of Bates County, Missouri, W. O. Atkeson, 1918
J.M. HINSON, a leading farmer and stockman of Charlotte township, was born in Rappahannock county, Virginia, November 22, 1848. He is a son of J.G. and Lucy (Gigsby) Hinson, both of whom were born and reared in old Virginia and were of Irish descent. They spent their lives in their native state and they were parents of five children, the subject of this review being the only member of the family who came west to Missouri. J.G. Hinson served with the Confederate army and was present with his command at the surrender of General Lee at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. For three years following the final surrender, Mr. Hinson was not allowed to cast a vote at election time in his native state during the period of reconstruction. He followed farming during his whole life and was also engaged in merchandising. In 1872, J.M. Hinson left his native state and came westward in search of a home and fortune. He first located at Waverly, Fayette county, Missouri, and there engaged in farming until 1882, during which year he came to Bates county and after a year's residence in West Boone township, he located in Charlotte township and bought his present fine farm. He owns two hundred acres of good land located seven and one-half miles west of Butler and is extensively engaged in general farming and stock raising, his cattle being mostly of the Durham breed. Mr. Hinson purchased his farm in 1892. Mr. Hinson was married in 1877 to Esther Johnson, of Fayette county, Missouri, and to this union have been born three children, as follow: Lillie, wife of Harry Simpson, Elkhart township; Nova, at home; and Ewell, living in South Dakota. Mrs. Hinson died in 1884. Mr. Hinson is a Democrat, but is inclined to vote independently according to the dictates of his conscience and after weighing carefully in his mind the qualifications of the various candidates for political preferment at election time.

HINTON, J. H.
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - Osage Township, Bates Co, MO
PROF. J. H. HINTON, superintendent of the public schools of Rich Hill, is a native of Warren County, Kentucky, and was born August 14, 1850. His parents were Joseph and Mary V. C. (Billingsley) Hinton, who were also Kentuckians by birth. J. H. was reared in the county of his birth, and attended the common schools of that vicinity, finally taking a collegiate course in the University of Kentucky, located at Lexington. In order to do this he had to borrow the money to defray expenses and otherwise practice rigid economy. He was afterwards engaged in teaching in Warren and Simpson Counties for nearly four years, and later on he entered the Cumberland University, of Lebanon, Tennessee, attending the law department, from which he was graduated in June 1879. Subsequently he located in Bowling Green, Kentucky, where he practiced law for two years, and upon prospecting over Missouri and Texas, he concluded to locate in Rich Hill in October 1881. He taught a select school during the summer of 1882, and in the fall of the same year he was unanimously elected to his present position, for which he is so ably fitted. Prof H. is a member of the Masonic fraternity. He was married March 20, 1869, to Miss Bettie Copeland, of Franklin, Kentucky, she having been born in Simpson County.

HIRNI, Christian
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - Prairie Township, Bates Co, MO
CHRISTIAN HIRNI, son of Christian and Elizabeth Hirni nee Riser, was born January 3, 1843, in Switzerland, where also his parents were born. In January 1845, he emigrated with them to America, settling in Madison County, Illinois, where they remained until November 1869. He received only ordinary common school advantages, but in later years has obtained an enviable reputation as a cultured business man. Leaving Illinois he came to Papinville, Bates County, Missouri, and for one year he followed butchering, when he moved upon his farm, which had been undergoing improvements. January 1, 1865, he married Miss Elizabeth Leutwiler, of Madison County, Illinois. She died December 25, 1866, leaving one son, who still survives. He was married again April 25 following, to Miss Lucy Leutwiler, a sister to his former wife. Mr. H. then resumed farming for five years, at the expiration of which time he embarked in the flouring business, as a member of the firm of Hirni, Brother & Co. He still retains his farm of ninety acres, a part of it being rented; the remainder he superintends. He is a member of the Masonic order. Politically he is a Republican. Both himself and wife are connected with the Evangelical Protestant Church.

HIRNI, E. H.
History of Bates County, Missouri, W. O. Atkeson, 1918
E.H. HIRNI, of Prairie township, Bates county, was born at Papinsville in 1886, a son of Christian and Lena (Wirtz) Hirni, the father, a native of Switzerland and the mother, of Illinois. Christian Hirni came to Illinois with his father, Christian Hirni, who was a member of Napoleon Bonaparte's bodyguard when he, the son, was three years of age and later located at Papinsville, Misouri, in 1869, at which place he was engaged in conducting a butcher shop for a few years. Afterward, he and Jacob Hirni and Mart Bennett operated the old Papinsville mill, the only mill in this vicinity, none being nearer than Pleasanton, Linn county, Kansas. E.H. Hirni still has a part of the boiler, which is now used as a reservoir tank in the stock yards of his country place. It was originally twenty-eight feet in length, including the fire box and all fixtures. The burr-stone was quartz rock containing irregular cavities and made a good millstone. Christian Hirni was elected treasurer of Bates county in 1890 and he left a most honorable record of efficient management, being probably the most capable man who has ever held this office. Mr. Hirni gave special attention to collecting back taxes and he was instrumental in the accumulation of so large a fund obtained from this one source that Bates county was out of debt at the close of his term of office. Mr. Hirni was a most valued member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Papinsville. He died in 1912, leaving a widow who resides at Rockville, Missouri, and fifteen children. He had been married three times, his second wife being a cousin of his first wife and the third wife was a Miss Lena Wirtz. E.H. Hirni, the subject of this review, was educated in the public schools of Papinsville, Missouri, and practically all his life he has been engaged in the pursuits of agriculture. He is now cultivating a good farm, embracing one hundred sixty-four acres of land in Prairie township, located two miles north of Prairie City. All the improvements on the place are in excellent repair and with the exception of the residence all have been placed there by Mr. Hirni. The barn is well constructed, 32 x 60 feet in dimensions and thirty-three feet to cone. The farm is well supplied with good water from a drilled well, drilled in the autumn of 1917, three hundred four feet in depth, the water from which is so abundantly supplied with natural salts that the stock require none additional. Mr. Hirni has sixty head of cattle, eight to ten horses, and fifty head of Duroc Jersey hogs constantly on his place and of his present herd of cattle twenty are registered Aberdeen Angus. Mr. Hirni is an enthusiastic "booster" of red clover as a soil builder, profitable crop, and stock conditioner. January 7, 1909, E.H. Hirni and Alma Hirschi were united in marriage. Alma (Hirschi) Hirni is a daughter of Gottlieb and Emma (Hammer) Hirschi, formerly of Pleasant Gap township, now residents of Rockville, Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. Hirni are the parents of four children: Alma Adelaide, Ruby Gladiola, Leroy Hirschi, and Troy Edward. In the spring of 1917, E.H. Hirni was elected trustee of Prairie township and he is now serving in this capacity. He is the treasurer of Consolidated School District No. 7. Mr. Hirni is vice-president of the Farmers' Equity Union of Rockville and a stockholder in the Farmers Bank of Rockville. He is township committeeman of Prairie township and a stanch Republican in politics. Fraternally, he is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Papinsville, as was his father before him. E.H. Hirni is distinctively one of the leading men of his township, a citizen of much more than local repute, a respected son of one of Bates county's honored pioneers. Mr. Hirni is probably the only citizen of Bates county who has in his possession a piece of lumber taken from the old wooden bridge which spanned the river at Papinsville. This piece of lumber is five by ten inches and is a part of Mr. Hirni's scales.

HIRNI, Jacob
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - Prairie Township, Bates Co, MO
JACOB HIRNI, younger brother of Christian Hirni, was born on the 1st of April 1854, in Madison County, Illinois, and like his brother received but a limited education. His youthful days were passed in his native state. In May 1872, he came to Missouri and also became interested in the flouring business, becoming a member of the establishment now known as Hirni, Bro., & Co. He owns a third interest in landed property of the firm, embracing 640 acres of land located in Pleasant Gap and Prairie Townships. On June 17, 1880, Mr. H. was married to Miss Delia Barrows, They have an infant son. He is also connected with the A.F. and A.M. This firm is fast gaining the confidence of the people of this vicinity and is steadily increasing in business worth.

HIRSCHI, G.
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - Hudson Township, Bates Co, MO
G. HIRSCHI, farmer and stock feeder, section 31, was born in Madison County, Illinois, April 17, 1856. His parents. Christian Hirschi and Magdaline nee Stocker, were natives of Switzerland. Gottlieb grew to manhood in his native county, passing his youth on the farm and attending the public schools. He was also a student at the Central Wesleyan College, at Warrenton, Missouri. After completing his education here he returned to Illinois. In January 1877 he came to Bates County, Missouri, and settled in Pleasant Gap Township. He was married in this county August 4, 1879, to Miss Emma Hammer, a native of Madison County, Illinois, and a daughter of Anton Hammer. Mr. Hirschi now resides in Hudson Township, but owns a farm of 164 acres in Prairie Township, in section 1, all fenced and fairly improved. His intention is to move to this place in the spring of 1883, where he will make his future home. Mr. and Mrs. Hirschi have two children: Abram Garfield, born May 9, 1880; Louisa M., who was born June 19, 1882. Mr. H. is a member of the United Workmen.

HOAGLAND, John M.
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - New Home Township, Bates Co, MO
JOHN M. HOAGLAND, stockraiser and farmer, was born in Coschocton County, Ohio, May 24, 1851. His parents were Isaac and Sarah Hoagland, nee Bantum, both natives of Ohio. The Hoagland family came originally from Virginia, and that of the Bantums from Maryland. John M. was the sixth of seven children, of whom there are living, one half brother, George, who is at Schell City, and a half sister, Mary, is the wife of Noah Myhart. He obtained a common school education, and then came to Missouri in 1868, at that time being seventeen years of age. His father purchased a homestead, and in two years died, leaving the whole charge to John. He received 130 acres of land and soon began to handle stock, and now is one of the most prominent stock men in Bates County, and he has been purchasing land until he has over 500 acres. Mr. Hoagland was married January 9, 1879, to Miss Alice Fayler, daughter of Elias Fayler, of Rich Hill. Her death occurred April 1, 1880. His mother is still living with him. Mr. H. is a man of eminent business ability and by strict attention to business has acquired quite a comfortable fortune.

HODGES, J. W.
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - Osage Township, Bates Co, MO
J. W. HODGES, one of the leading carpenters and contractors of Rich Hill, and one of the firm of Gibbs, Hodges & Co., came originally from Henderson County, Tennessee, where he was born May 3, 1847. When he was but a child his parents moved to Haywood County, of the same state, going thence in a few years to Shelby County, where he was reared and educated. In 1862 he enlisted in the Confederate army. Company H, Seventh Tennessee Cavalry, and remained in service till May 1865, having acted as second lieutenant. Then he learned the carpenter's trade in Memphis, Tennessee, which he followed till 1873, when he moved to Newton County, Missouri. In 1877 he went to Galena, Kansas, from which locality he came to Rich Hill in 1882. Mr. Hodges was married May 20, 1874, to Miss S. W. Clark, a native of Illinois. By this union they have two children: Lydia and Walter R. Mr. H. is a member of the Knights of Pythias.

HODGES, James K.
History of Bates County, Missouri, W. O. Atkeson, 1918
JAMES K. HODGES, an honored pioneer of East Boone township, Bates county, Missouri, is a native of Illinois. Mr. Hodges was born in 1844, a son of Joseph and Eliza Hodges. Joseph Hodges was a son of Seth Hodges, a native of Tennessee. James K. Hodges is one of six children, born to his parents, four of whom are now living, namely: John, Drexel, Missouri; James, the subject of this review; Joseph, Leavenworth, Kansas; and William, Lees Summit, Missouri. The marriage of James K. Hodges and Jemima Walker, a daughter of George B. and Mary A. Walker, who settled in East Boone township, Bates county, Missouri in 1870, was solemnized in 1867. To this union have been born nine children, six of whom are now living: Charles M., deceased; James Ira, deceased; Mrs. Mary A. Lacy, Merwin, Missouri; Mrs. Georgia M. Miller, Wichita, Kansas; Mrs. Pearl Frazier, Adrian, Missouri; John E., deceased; Thomas R., Weldon, California; C.R., who resides in Canada; and Mrs. Alberta Riley, Drexel, Missouri. Mrs. Hodges is a highly esteemed member of the Baptist church. Nearly a half century ago, Mr. Hodges settled in Bates county, Missouri and he has a vivid recollection of the appearance and conditions of the country at that time. He states that the land was practically all open prairie, that one might drive from his home to Butler, a distance of twenty-two miles, and not pass a lane, that pasture land was open and free, and prairie fires often lighted the night until it was as bright as day. In those early days, large herds of Texas cattle were brought to Missouri for pasturage. Wild game might be found in abundance and easily trapped or shot. James K. Hodges as an expert huntsman in his youth and has killed as many as seven prairie chickens at one shot. The first home of the Hodges family was a rude log-cabin, made from logs cut by Mr. Hodges himself and finished with lumber brought from Pleasant Hill. Mr. Hodges recalls that Green Valley school house was erected in 1870 and that Miss Park was employed as the first "school mistress" there. The children of James K. and Jemima Hodges later attended school at Green Valley school house. Reverend Evans and Reverend Smiley were pioneer preachers, to whom Mr. and Mrs. Hodges frequently listened, and in the early days they conducted religious services in the homes of the settlers. Mr. Hodges purchased a small tract of land, when he came to Bates county, and to his original holdings he has since added until he is now the owner of a farm comprising one hundred twenty acres of land. Until the past two years, he was engaged in raising high grade cattle and Poland China hogs, but Mr. and Mrs. Hodges now rent their farm and are spending the eventide of life in quiet retirement. They have both worked long and hard and well deserve the ample competence which they are now enjoying, and though it is no longer absolutely necessary that either toil, they find much pleasure in attending to their cows, pigs, and chickens. Politically, Mr. Hodges is a member of the Democratic party. Mr. Hodges is a Democrat, but he served one and one-half years in the army under General Sherman and was with him on the march through Georgia and was in the battle of Allatoona Pass. In his prime, he was a man of great endurance, strong, vigorous, and alert in body and mind, a splendid type of symmetrically developed manhood and by temperance in all things and healthful exercise out-of-doors, he has conserved his energies and prolonged his life past the allotted three score years and ten. His past record has been an honorable one and his honesty and integrity have always been far above reproach. James K. and Mrs. Hodges will bequeath to their descendants a good name, that which is "rather to be chosen than great riches."

HOFFMAN, James O.
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - East Boone Township, Bates Co, MO
JAMES O. HOFFMAN, was born in Madison County, Virginia, October 18, 1824. His parents were both natives of Virginia. His father, James Hoffman, was the son of Samuel, a revolutionary soldier. His mother's maiden name was Mary Finks. James O. is the third of a family of eight children, six of whom are living. He learned the trade of carpenter while young and worked for several years in various counties in Virginia. When twenty-five years old he emigrated to Hancock County, Illinois, where he followed his trade. He was married there in June 1854, to Miss Elmira Warfield, a native of Ohio. In 1867 Mr. Hoffman came to Bates County, Missouri, and in 1873 purchased his present farm on section 3. He and his wife are members of the Christian Church. In politics Mr. H. was formerly a Democrat, but recently has espoused the Greenback cause.

HOFFMAN, Lewis
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - Mt. Pleasant Township, Bates Co, MO
LEWIS HOFFMAN, dealer in wool, hides, furs, and wholesale liquor dealer, was born on December 20, 1857 in Austria. He remained in his native country until fourteen years of age, when he emigrated to America and settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, there being engaged in the cigar and tobacco trade. In December 1876, he removed to Quincy, Illinois, and resumed the same calling until July 1878, when Clinton, Missouri, became his home. There he embarked in the hide and wool business, and continued at that point until June 1, 1880, when he came to Butler, Missouri, and established his present trade which has since been on the increase.

HOGAN, John M.
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - Deer Creek Township, Bates Co, MO
JOHN M. HOGAN, contractor and builder was born in Barren County, Kentucky, October 23, 1830. John Hogan, his father, a farmer by occupation, was a native of Kentucky, as was also his mother, whose maiden name was Mary Dunn. John M. was the fourth of sixth children, two sons and four daughters. He was raised a farmer boy and received his education in the subscription schools of Kentucky. When only sixteen years of age he began to work at the house carpentering trade at Nicholasville, Kentucky, where he worked three years, after which he was situated at Bloomington, Indiana, for a short time. In 1857 he removed to Missouri, and labored about seven years in Liberty, Clay County. He then resumed farming, which he followed until 1876, when he came to Bates County. He farmed in different parts of that county for a time and in August 1881, located in Adrian. Here he has since continued his trade. He has built some of the best houses in the town, among others, those of Moudy & Co.'s store, and Howerton's Hotel. He owns a fine farm of 105 acres, well improved, with a good house and barn; he also owns a residence in Adrian. Mr. Hogan is a member of Crescent Hill Lodge, No. 368, A.F. and A.M. April 24, 1850, he married Miss Elizabeth Dishman, a native of Kentucky. They have six children living: Mollie, James B., Susan C, Jeff. D., Sallie and Eugene. They lost one child, Bettie, who died August 16, 1878.

HOLCOMB, John Ewing
History of Bates County, Missouri, W. O. Atkeson, 1918
COL. JOHN EWING HOLCOMB, a native of Gallia county, Ohio, came with his family to Butler, Missouri, in the fall of 1869. His sons, Phineas H. Holcomb and Anselm T. Holcomb, both attorneys of Bates county, had preceded him. He bought a small tract of land, on Pine street, on the knoll, this side of Oak Hill cemetery. He built a very handsome and comfortable home there and at once took a prominent part in the upbuilding of the county. His family, his wife, and his children: P.H., A.T., Eliza, Sarah H., Charles, and Sumner, were most highly estimated. Mr. Holcomb lived in Butler until about 1886, when he temporarily moved with his sons, Charles and Sumner, to Greenwood county, Kansas, and bought there a small farm, which he owned at the time of his death. He bought lands in Hudson and Osage townships and built two or three houses in the east side of Butler. He was assistant postmaster in Butler from 1873 to 1876. He was a Master Mason, and, with Dr. Lyman Hall and Charles M. Peck, established the present chapter of Royal Arch Masons in Butler. In his latter years he was greatly afflicted with rheumatism and heart trouble. Mr. Holcomb was a man of wide and extensive information. He was a good story-teller and an engaging conversationalist and always a Republican in politics. While Mr. Holcomb never affiliated with any church, his life was so pure, honorable, and stainless that he enjoyed the highest esteem of all his neighbors and acquaintances and the general public. The following, from a boy-hood friend, Hon. William Symmes, gives an impartial history of his life in Ohio: "Colonel John E. Holcomb was born in Vinton, Gallia county, Ohio, on August 16, 1817, and died at his home in Butler, Bates county, Missouri, August 30, 1889, in the seventy-third year of his age. On September 12, 1838, he was married to Miss Mary Matthews, daughter of Captain Phineas Matthews, by whom he had eight children, five boys and three girls. One son and one daughter have passed on before him. An aged widow, four sons and two daughters survive him to mourn their irreparable loss, all of whom he saw happily situated in life. Mr. Holcomb resided in Vinton till the fall of 1869, when he moved with his family to Butler, Missouri. He was the third son of General Samuel R. Holcomb and brother of the late General A.T. Holcomb, and Hon. E.T. Holcomb, of Vinton, Gallia county, Ohio. "Colonel Holcomb held many positions of trust and honor while he resided in Gallia county, among which was that of United States marshal, during the war; justice of the peace for many years; postmaster; clerk in the house of representatives, etc. He was engaged in the mercantile business for many years, and was trusted and honored by all with whom he came in contact. He loved the just and true. With a willing hand, he gave alms and with an honest heart and faithful hand he discharged all and every public and private trust. An honest man -- the noblest work of God." The "Gallia Tribune," Gallipolis, Ohio, says: "He was a son of the late General Samuel R. Holcomb; lived in Vinton, in this county, until about twenty years ago, when he removed to Missouri. He was provost marshal during the Rebellion and was a man fearless in the discharge of his duty. His convictions were of the strongest; he was a man of the kindest of hearts; And where he met the individual man. He showed himself as kind as mortal can." "No man ever lived in Gallia county, Ohio, whose word was more a synonym for truth than his. No man had keener sense of personal honor; and no man can point to an action of his that was not of the truest and purest kind. His heart was as big as the world, and in it was a world of love and charity." The "Bates County Democrat" says: "No citizen of Bates county was ever more highly esteemed than John E. Holcomb. He was straightforward, upright, honorable, and just in all his dealings with men. At home in the midst of his family he was kind, affectionate, and considerate, ever solicitous of the welfare and happiness of his loved ones there. To his family he leaves the legacy of a noble and well-spent life, upon which they may look back with unconcealed pride. To the world, the example of a good man." His wife, Mary Matthews Holcomb, after her husband's death, remained in Bates county until her death, December 15, 1894. She died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Eliza S. Wilcox, of Passaic, this county, aged nearly seventy-seven years. She retained, in a marked degree, all her excellent faculties to the last moment. She was a member of a very prominent family in southern Ohio and was from youth distinguished for her kind, gentle, and amiable disposition. She was an Universalist in her religion. The oldest son, Phineas H. Holcomb, came to Bates county in 1869 and died in Butler, January 27, 1917, at the age of seventy-six years. He was an excellent lawyer and a citizen of the highest type. His second son, Anselm T. Holcomb, was admitted to practice law in 1868, in Butler, and practiced in Bates county till the fall of 1878, when he removed to Portsmouth, Ohio, where he still resides, and in his seventy-third year is still engaged in the practice of law. He has always been a taxpayer in Bates county and owns a farm of three hundred fourteen acres near Foster. He has been highly honored by official positions, and is regarded as a successful business man. His daughter, Eliza S., married Richard Wilcox, who lived at Passaic. Mrs. Wilcox, now a widow, owns a fine farm near that village. Sarah H., his second daughter, married Captain John C. Bybee and lives with her husband and daughter at Kansas City, Kansas. Charles M. Holcomb, so well known to the older citizens of Butler, moved to Kansas in 1885 and died at Buffalo, Wilson county, Kansas, in April, 1917, loved, honored, and respected. His wife, Belle Morgan, and six children survive him. Sumner C. Holcomb, born January 7, 1857, was admitted to the bar at Butler about 1881, engaged in the practice of law in Butler until 1886, when he removed to Woodson county, Kansas. He has been five times elected prosecuting attorney of Woodson county. He married Margaret Trueman, and has two children: Lydia Grace and Sumner C., Jr. He is a highly esteemed and prosperous citizen of Yates Center, Kansas.

HOLDERMAN, Barton
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - East Boone Township, Bates Co, MO
BARTON HOLDERMAN, one of the earliest settlers of Bates County, was born June 1, 1815, in Ross County, Ohio, and was the son of Abraham and Charlotte (O'Neil) Holderman. His father was a native of Pennsylvania, and his mother of Virginia. Barton is the sixth of fourteen children, of whom eight are living; one, Henry, being in Cass County, and the others in Grundy and La Salle Counties, Illinois. In 1831, his parents moved to Kendall County, Illinois, where his father died in 1861. His mother died at the same place five years previous. Mr. Holderman has been married three times. His first wife was Miss Charity White, a native of Illinois, whom he married April 7, 1840, in La Salle County, Illinois. She died in Grundy County, Illinois, September 28, 1848, leaving three children: Harriet wife of Lewis Adams; Samuel, who died in the spring of 1867; and Byron who married Miss Ruth Piatt, and now living in Grundy County, Illinois. January 6, 1853, Mr. H. was married to Miss Alice Adams. She died August 15, 1855, leaving one child: John H. who married Clara Turner; he resides in Ford County, Illinois. Mr. Holderman's last wife was Miss Jane Feeley, a native of Ohio. They were married in Bates County, February 24, 1856, and have had six children: Alexander, known as "judge," who married Miss Amanda Glass, at Sedalia, August 10, 1880. She is a native of Missouri and has been engaged in teaching school; Gertrude wife of Joseph Irvin, but who died February 16, 1877; Barton, died May 20, 1862; Artie Jane, Morris Dyson and Addie May. In July 1853, Mr. Holderman came to Missouri, and in that and the following year he entered about 700 acres of land. He now has 400 acres. During the trouble with Kansas, in 1858, he was chosen to visit the Kansas people, and by so doing managed to secure an amicable settlement of some of the existing troubles. In 1861 he returned to Illinois, and remained there until 1865, when upon coming back to Missouri in the fall he found everything destroyed or in confusion. He is at present well situated, with good buildings and improvements. He is handling quite a number of cattle and hogs, and is one of the most substantial farmers of Bates County.

HOLLAND, Frank
History of Bates County, Missouri, W. O. Atkeson, 1918
FRANK HOLLAND, the well-known and efficient county clerk of Bates county and an ex-trustee of Summit township, proprietor of the "Holland Farm" in Summit township, is one of the county's most prominent and successful citizens. Mr. Holland was born January 27, 1868 on his father's farm in McLean county, Illinois, a son of G.W. and Edmonia (Johnson) Holland, who were the parents of three children, all of whom are now living: Frank, the subject of this review; Mrs. Gertrude Williams, Appleton City, Missouri; and Miles, Appleton City, Missouri. G.W. Holland was born in Logan county, Kentucky in 1840, one of seven children born to Mr. and Mrs. Joel Holland, their children being as follow: John, who resides in Logan county, Kentucky; W.A. who was born in Kentucky and died in May, 1914 near Appleton City, Missouri; G.W., the father of Frank Holland, the subject of this review; J.M., of Logan county, Kentucky; Mrs. Mary McKenzie, of Logan county, Kentucky; Mrs. Angelina Lawler, of Logan county, Kentucky; and Mrs. Jane Browning, deceased. Joel Holland was a native of Maryland. He came to Missouri among the earliest pioneers and located in Henry county, where he entered a section of land in 1856. In the latter part of his life, he divided his vast holdings among his children, giving to each son one hundred sixty acres of choice land in Henry county and he then returned to the old home in Kentucky, where he died. G.W. Holland came to Henry county, Missouri in October, 1871 and located on the farm which was given him by his father and upon which he resided for forty-one years, devoting the best years of his life to farming and stock raising and improving his land. In 1912, Mr. Holland retired from the active pursuits of agriculture and moved to Appleton City in St. Clair county, where he died July 31, 1914. Interment was made in the cemetery at Appleton City. The widowed mother, who is a native of Virginia, still resides at Appleton City. Frank Holland obtained his education at Appleton City Academy and Missouri University at Columbia. Until he was twenty-four years of age, he remained at home with his parents. At that time, he purchased a farm adjoining his father's place in Henry County, a tract of land he afterward sold to his brother, Miles, and then moved to Bates county, purchasing two hundred forty acres of valuable land in Summit township, to which tract he later added eighty acres. This farm, now comprising three hundred twenty acres, is one of the best in the county and is widely known as the "Holland Farm." Mr. Holland has built two barns and remodeled the residence since he acquired the ownership of the farm. The Holland home is a handsome, modern, country place. The residence and barns are lighted by electricity from a plant installed by Mr. Holland. For eight years, Frank Holland was trustee of Summit township and for six years was chairman of the Democratic township committee. Mr. Holland is primarily a man of the people and his genial manners and pleasing social qualities win and retain for him countless friends. The capable manner in which he administered the multitudinous affairs coming within the sphere of his duty as trustee and as township committeeman inspired in his behalf the utmost confidence and trust of the voters of Bates county and in the autumn of 1914 Frank Holland was elected county clerk of Bates County and at the time of this writing he is the present incumbent in that office. Careful and methodical in the management of the office, Mr. Holland has won the respect and good will of the people of Bates county, regardless of party affiliations. The draft law has recently added an immense amount of extra labor as a part of the county clerk's duties, hard work for which no additional pay is allowed, but Mr. Holland is only glad that in this way he can "do his bit." January 27, 1892, Frank Holland and Alma E. Adamson were united in marriage. Mrs. Holland is a daughter of W.W. Adamson, of Montrose, Henry county, Missouri. To this union has been born one child, a son, Roy D., who is employed as deputy clerk of Bates county. The marriage of Roy D. Holland and Fay Harper, of Butler, Missouri, was recently solemnized. The Hollands have a wide circle of close personal friends and no family in this section of the state stands higher in the respect and esteem of the community than the Holland family. In Frank Holland are combined the two most marked characteristics of the South and the West, the careful, conservative caution of the Southern planter and the enthusiastic enterprise, that overleaps all obstacles and makes possible almost any undertaking, of the Western pioneer. Mr. Holland is still a young man and the future awaits him with much that is full of promise. He is a man of unquestioned integrity and high moral principles.

HOLLAND, John G.
History of Bates County, Missouri, W. O. Atkeson, 1918
JOHN G. HOLLAND, living retired in his substantial country home near Hume, Missouri, one of the oldest residents of Howard township, is descended from an old American family of Moravian origin. Mr. Holland's career in Bates county, where he has resided for more than two score years in the capacity of an active agriculturist, has been marked with success of a high order. He was born at Salem, North Carolina, in 1849, a son of Eli and Lizzie (Mitchell) Holland, both natives of North Carolina. Eli Holland was a son of John Holland, a Moravian, who emigrated from England to America about the time of the American Revolution or shortly afterward. Eli Holland, father of J.G. Holland, enlisted in the Confederate army in 1862 and served until the close of the Civil War. Directly after the ending of the struggle between the states he came to Missouri and for some time resided at Knob Noster, in Johnson county. He died in Johnson county in 1867. The mother of John G. Holland died in Johnson county a few years later, in 1871. In the year 1875, J.G. Holland began his successful career in Bates county, when he joined his brother, O.T. Holland, in the purchase of four hundred acres of unimproved prairie land in Howard township. He came to this county in 1880 and associated himself with his brother in the development and cultivation of this large tract and the venture met with substantial and gratifying returns, the original purchase being increased to the large total of eight hundred eighty acres, which they together continued to farm until 1894. January 1, 1894, J.G. Holland bought the place which is now his home, consisting of three hundred twenty acres. This tract he improved and erected thereon a large residence. A division was made at this time of the holdings of the brothers and in addition to his home place, Mr. Holland owns a half interest in one hundred sixty acres more in Howard township and is half owner of two hundred forty acres of fine land located near Adrian in Bates county. Mr. Holland has always been an extensive livestock feeder and breeder, and has at the present time on his farms a total of one hundred head of cattle, one hundred head of hogs, and thirty head of horses and mules. During 1917, his two sons, John and Richard, who of late years have capably relieved him of the burden of the management of the large farm, harvested one hundred fifteen acres of corn which yielded forty bushels to the acre; thirty-five acres of wheat which gave an average yield of fifteen bushels to the acre; twenty acres of hay which cut over one ton to each acre. The Holland boys had planted last year of 1917 one hundred twenty-five acres in wheat in order to assist in meeting the demands of the entire world for a greater supply. There are no better nor more intelligent, progressive farmers in Bates county than John and Richard Holland. Mr. Holland was married in 1887 to America Badgett, who was born in 1862 in Kentucky, a daughter of John R. Badgett, one of the early settlers of Howard township. After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Holland resided in Hume for one year and then moved to their present home, which Mr. Holland had erected on his place, located just one-half mile northeast of Hume. Four children have been born to J.G. and America Holland: John and Richard, who are conducting the farm work; Mary, a student in college at St. Louis; and Irene, a pupil in the ninth grade of the Hume Consolidated Schools. Mr. Holland has always been a Democrat and prides himself upon the fact that he has always voted the straight Democratic ticket. The only interest he has taken in politics has been to actively assist his friends who were seeking political preferment. He and his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, South. For the past thirty years Mr. Holland has been a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is progressive in his tendencies and has always favored all measures and undertakings which have had the best interest of the people of his home community and county at heart. He and his sons, John and Richard, were active supporters of the movement which culminated in the establishment of the Consolidated Grade Schools at Hume and were of considerable influence in the struggle which resulted in the success of the movement.

HOLLAND, Orren T.
History of Bates County, Missouri, W. O. Atkeson, 1918
ORREN T. HOLLAND -- When O.T. Holland came to Bates county in 1879 and selected the beautiful and commanding site whereon he built his permanent home in this county, the country roundabout in Howard township was a vast, unsettled prairie. The grass grew to the height of a stalwart man, and cattle ranged freely in large herds. Settlers were few in the neighborhood and the country was practically new. Both Mr. and Mrs. Holland are want to declare that their first years in Bates county were among the happiest in their lives and that neighbors were kind and sociable and ever ready to lend a helping hand in times of need. They visited each other's homes freely, and hospitality was the keynote of the spirit of the homes of that day. The site which Mr. Holland selected for his home is one of the most striking in the county, the Holland residence being located on a gently rising knoll which gives a view extending for miles over the surrounding country. It is possible, on clear days, to see the dome of the court house and the church spires in Butler, the county seat. The home is a handsome one and surrounded by shade trees which have grown during the time of the owner. The Holland farm spreads in a vast level stretch from the foot of the hill and is one of the most fertile and productive tracts of land in this section of Missouri. The farm comprises four hundred eighty acres and is essentially a cattle and hog-producing plant. Mr. Holland handles about one hundred head of cattle annually. He was formerly engaged in the breeding of the Polled Angus cattle. More than one hundred head of Duroc Jersey hogs are produced and fattened yearly. During the past year, 1917, there were harvested on this place fifty-five acres of corn which yielded forty-five to sixty bushels of grain to the acre; fifty-eight acres of oats, twelve acres of which yielded one hundred bushels to the acre; and the entire tract yielded twenty-eight hundred bushels. For the harvest of 1918, Mr. Holland and his sons have sown one hundred twenty-seven acres to wheat on the home farm and there is also sown one hundred twenty-five acres to wheat on the Holland tracts by the sons of J.S. Holland. O.T. Holland was born in 1850 at Salem, Forsythe county, North Carolina. He is a son of Eli and Lydia (Mitchell) Holland, both of whom were reared and married in North Carolina. In September of 1865, they removed to Johnson county, Missouri, and located near Knob Noster. The elder Holland was a paper manufacturer by trade but followed farming in Missouri. For further particulars concerning the parents of O.T. Holland, the reader is referred to the biography of J.G. Holland, a brother, which appears elsewhere in this volume. In 1868, the subject of this review located at Lamonte, Pettis county, where he farmed until his removal to Bates county. In August of 1875, he came to this county and made his initial purchase of one hundred sixty acres of land, the site of his present home. For this tract, he paid fifteen dollars an acre. In 1876, he removed to the place and lived for a time in a small house while making the necessary improvements thereon. A well had been dug on the place and one hundred acres broken for cultivation. He was joined by his brother, J.G. Holland in 1879 and the Holland brothers farmed together in a successful partnership arrangement until the partnership was dissolved in 1887. They accumulated, during that period, more than eight hundred eighty acres of land, and since 1887 they have purchased in partnership two hundred forty acres in Elkhart township and another one hundred sixty acres, which they hold in common as equal owners. Mr. Holland was married December 15, 1875, in Johnson county, to Miss Anna Shepherd, who was born March 11, 1855, in Wilmington, Fluvanna county, Virginia, a daughter of John and Eveline (George) Shepherd, natives of Virginia, who immigrated to Shelby county, Kentucky, in 1867, five years later removing to Johnson county, Missouri. They located near Knob Noster and he resided there until death. The mother of Mrs. Holland died February 6, 1902. Mr. Shepherd died November 17, 1906. To Mr. and Mrs. O.T. Holland have been born children, as follow: Charles, born in 1877, deceased; J. Burl, born November 29, 1878, Rich Hill, Missouri; Adah B., born July 28, 1881, wife of R.W. Crawford, Nevada, Missouri; Eva Vern, born in 1884, the wife of F.L. Martin, Hume, Missouri; and Ralph, born November 1, 1886, Rich Hill, Missouri. Mr. Holland has generally voted the Democratic ticket but has never aspired to political preferment, preferring to do his duty as a private citizen instead of bothering with political matters. He and Mrs. Holland attend the Methodist Episcopal church. Mrs. Holland is a member of the Baptist church. The home life of the Hollands is a pleasant and hospitable one and they thoroughly enjoy their comfortable home which is open to their friends and the wayfarers at any and all times. They are among the excellent citizens who have done a considerable part in creating Bates county as it now is.

HOLLENBACK, C. W.
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - Howard Township, Bates Co, MO
MAJOR C. W. HOLLENBACK, farmer and stock raiser, section 17, was born on December 25, 1834, in in Kendall County, Illinois, and was the first child born within the limits of that county. His father, Thomas Hollenback, a native of Muskingum County, Ohio, born in 1812, accompanied his parents to Kendall, then a part of Cook County, when sixteen years of age, and there grew to manhood, and served in the Black Hawk War. He was married in 1832, to Miss Susan Darnell, who was born in 1808, near the Pede River in North Carolina. When quite young she had been taken to Kendall County, where her youth was spent. Their family consisted of eleven children, eight of whom are now living, C. W. being the eldest. In 1847, he moved with his parents to Jackson County, Missouri, locating about seven miles from Independence, but in a few months settled some five miles east of Harrisonville, Cass County, and purchased a farm. In 1848, the family took a trip to California, and remained until 1852. Our subject, not seeing fit to return, resided in that state until 1857, when he retraced his steps to Missouri. February 11, 1858, he married Miss Frances Willoughby, of Platte County, Missouri, born February 22, 1830, and a daughter of James and Irena (Brock) Willoughby. In 1858, Mr. and Mrs. H. came to Bates County, taking up their location within three miles of where they now live. Here they made their home until 1861, then going to Kansas City. Mr. H. enlisted as a private in the Twelfth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, but was soon promoted to first lieutenant, and assigned to General Blunt's staff. In November 1863, he resigned and received an appointment as steward of the United States Army, and took charge of a hospital at Omaha, Nebraska, and in 1865, at Macon City, Missouri. Soon after he resigned, and was mustered out under Special Order, No. 3, of U. S. Grant. Returning to Kansas City he soon entered the mercantile business, at Marysville, Kansas, and in 1867, opened a general stock at Pleasant Hill. In 1869 he sold out and for eleven years was a commercial traveler, but finally settled upon his present finely improved farm. Major and Mrs. Hollenbeck have four children: Susan (wife of T. A. McDonald), Maggie, Willie, and Jennie; one Thomas C. is deceased.

HOLLOWAY, W. H.
History of Bates County, Missouri, W. O. Atkeson, 1918
W.H. HOLLOWAY, Union veteran, an honored and highly respected pioneer citizen of Butler, Missouri, is a native of Tennessee. Mr. Holloway was born in Monroe county, October 31, 1840, a son of William and Mary H.A. (Peck) Holloway, who were the parents of four children, three of whom are now living: Mrs. Sarah M. Clemments, Harrisonville, Missouri; Mrs. Cordelia A. Warren, Harrisonville, Missouri; Mrs. Martha M. Olds, deceased; and W.H., the subject of this review. The mother, Mary H.A. Holloway, was a daughter of Col. Nicholas S. Peck, of Monroe county, Tennessee. He was a veteran of the War of 1812. Mr. and Mrs. William Holloway came to Missouri from Tennessee among the first settlers and on May 3, 1843 settled near Harrisonville, Cass county, Missouri. Nine years later, the former died October 2, 1852 and the interment was made in the cemetery near Lonetree. Mrs. Holloway departed this life in 1887 and her remains were laid to rest in the cemetery at Harrisonville. W.H. Holloway attended school in Harrisonville, Missouri and for two terms, 1850 and 1851, was a pupil of William Jones. Mr. Holloway was a young man, twenty-one years of age, at the time of the outbreak of the Civil War and he served as a member of the state militia at Harrisonville during the conflict from September, 1863 to July, 1865. He and his widowed mother were living at Harrisonville when General Ewing's famous Order Number 11 was put into effect in 1863. After the war had ended, Mr. Holloway engaged in farming in Cass county until 1868, when he moved to Bates county and entered the nursery business, selling trees and shrubbery for Blair Brothers of Lees Summit for several years and then opened a nursery, about 1873, and until 1895 was engaged in conducting this business. Since that time, he has been employed in buying and selling fruit and in gardening. Mr. Holloway is the owner of two acres of land located within the city limits of Butler at 213 South Broadway street, where he has a pleasant and comfortable home. He purchased this place in 1869. It soon will be a half century since W.H. Holloway came to Butler, Missouri and he has moved his place of residence but twice during all those years. He states that there were not to exceed two dozen people living in Butler, at the time of this writing in 1917, who were residents of this city when he came here, and that estimates includes infants and children as well as adults. Mr. and Mrs. Holloway are the only married couple surviving of those living in Butler in 1868. March 18, 1868, W.H. Holloway and Nannie A. Woolery were united in marriage. Mrs. Holloway was born in Cooper county, Missouri in 1845, a daughter of James and Elizabeth (Wadley) Woolery, both of whom were natives of Kentucky. Mr. and Mrs. Woolery came to Missouri from Kentucky immediately after their marriage and located in Cooper county. Both parents are now deceased and their remains are interred in the cemetery at Dayton in Cass county, Missouri. Mrs. Holloway has two sisters now living: Mrs. Martha Eddy, Hickory, Missouri; and Mrs. Cornelia Randall, Paonia, Colorado. To W.H. and Nannie A. Holloway have been born three children: Jessie C., the wife of Elmer D. Fuller, Spokane, Washington; Edgar O., who died at the age of fourteen years; and Harry H., who is a well-known and prominent merchant of Butler, Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. Holloway celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary, March 18, 1918. Mrs. Holloway has been a noble and worthy helpmeet and deserves much praise and credit for her constant faithfulness and sympathy as a wife and mother and for her prudent and careful management of the manifold duties and responsibilities of the Holloway household. Still in the prime of his mental powers, W.H. Holloway has before him the prospect of many future years of usefulness. He has been a potent and prominent factor in the industrial and general business activity of Butler and of Bates county. Mr. Holloway's career has been one of continued advancement and unabating industry. Strict integrity, sound judgment, and honorable business methods have won for him permanent success and the unfailing regard and esteem of his fellowmen. No family in Bates county stands higher in the respect of the community that the Holloways. Mr. Holloway has always been an inveterate enemy of the whiskey traffic and has fought on the side of temperance and prohibition during his entire life.

HOOK, J. Emmett
History of Bates County, Missouri, W. O. Atkeson, 1918
J. EMMETT HOOK, a well-known farmer and stockman of Hudson township, president of the Bank of Rockville, is a member of one of the old pioneer families of western Missouri. He is a native son of Bates county who has grown up and progressed with his home county, and has taken a prominent and active part in the development of this county since early young manhood. Mr. Hook was born at the Hook homestead March 23, 1869, and has lived all of his life on the farm which he now owns in Hudson township. He is a son of the late James S. Hook, one of the most prominent of the early pioneers of Bates county. James S. Hook was born in Allegheny county, Virginia, May 31, 1814, and was a son of Stephen Hook, a native of Maryland, who fought in the War of the American Revolution. Stephen Hook moved with his parents to Virginia and there grew to manhood and married Miss Sally Hansberger, a native of Virginia. James S. Hook was reared to young manhood on the parental farm in Virginia and came West in the year 1840, first locating in Monroe county, Missouri. He raised but one crop in that county and in 1841 came to Bates county, where he entered land and improved the farm upon which his son now resides. Mr. Hook entered four hundred eighty acres of land but accumulated a total of nine hundred acres, which became one of the best-improved tracts in Bates county. The original papers granting James S. Hook title to the land and signed by Presidents Pierce and Buchanan are still in possession of J. Emmett Hook. When Mr. Hook first came to Bates county he earned his living by hewing logs near Johnstown for a wage of thirty-five cents per day. James S. Hook took an active part in building operations and assisted in the erection of four court houses in Bates county. An incident of Civil War times is recalled by the scrip paid by General Price to Mr. Hook for seventy head of cattle which the Confederate commander commandeered when the troops were camping on the Hook farm. This scrip, of course, was never redeemed and is still held by the son, J. Emmett. In 1891, the father turned over the active management of the farm to his son, and lived in quiet retirement for the remainder of his life, his death occurring on November 5, 1905. During his long life he took an active and influential part in political matters and was prominent in Masonic circles. On December 28, 1846, he was married in Hudson township to Miss Rebecca Hornsinger, daughter of Jacob Hornsinger, one of the pioneers of Bates county. Mrs. Rebecca (Hornsinger) Hook was born in Boone county, but came to Bates county with her parents when but two years of age. Ten children were born to this marriage, of whom J. Emmett is the youngest. J. Emmett Hook, with whom this review is directly concerned, received his primary education in the public schools of Bates county and his higher learning in the Northwestern Normal School at Stanberry, from which school he graduated. After finishing his normal course he returned home and assisted his father in the cultivation of the home farm. In 1891, his father laid aside the duties of the farm, and since that time the son has had entire charge of the place. He has followed in his father's footsteps as a successful tiller of the soil and stockman and has made a pronounced success in the oldest of honorable vocations. Mr. Hook is thorough in his methods of agriculture and has succeeded in becoming prosperous on his own account as well as assisting materially in the development of his section of the state of Missouri along advanced lines. He has other financial interests besides his farm lands and is president of the Bank of Rockville, Missouri. On November 29, 1891, Mr. Hook was married to Miss Elizabeth Scott, who was born in Pettis county, Missouri, June 20, 1869. She was a daughter of Adam and Elizabeth (Johnson) Scott. Mrs. Elizabeth Hook departed this life February 5, 1896. Mr. Hook was again married on January 1, 1905, to Miss Lena Argenbright, and to this marriage have been born two sons, Howard A. and Joseph Emmett. Mrs. Lena Hook was born in Bates county, June 17, 1874, a daughter of Preston and Rebecca (Harrison) Argenbright, who were parents of eight children. Preston Argenbright was born near Staunton, Virginia, October 16, 1838. Mrs. Rebecca Argenbright was born in Tennessee, November 23, 1841. During the Civil War times, Mr. Argenbright was a member of the Missouri State Militia and served as justice of the peace. Mr. Hook has always been aligned with the Democratic party, and is usually interested in the welfare of his party. He has served the people in several minor offices and generally takes an active and influential interest in local civic affairs. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and is fraternally affiliated with the Masonic Order, in which he belongs to Rockville Lodge No. 341, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; the Appleton City Chapter, Royal Arch Masons. He is a member of Butler Lodge No. 958, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and the Maccabees of Rockville. Mr. Hook is known as a progressive and enterprising citizen who is ever ready to assist worthy local enterprises of a meritorious character. He is popular, well liked, and highly esteemed by all who know him.

HOOK, James S.
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - Hudson Township, Bates Co, MO
JAMES S. HOOK is among the pioneers and substantial farmers of Hudson Township. He is A native of Virginia and was born in Alleghany County in May 1814. Stephen Hook, his father, was a native of Maryland, and was in the war of the Revolution. He moved with his parents to Virginia where he grew to manhood and married Miss Sally Hansberger, a native of either Pennsylvania or Virginia, but she was raised in Virginia. James S. spent his youth in his native county on a farm, having but limited opportunities for obtaining an education. He came West in 1840 and located first in Monroe County, Missouri, but resided there only long enough to raise one crop in 1841. In 1842 he went into Cass County and after one year or in March 1843, he came to Bates County where he entered land and improved the farm where he now resides, in section 35. This land had not yet come into market and there were not yet to exceed a dozen families in the limits of what is now Hudson Township. The subject of this sketch was married in this township December 28, 1846, to Miss Rebecca Hornsinger, a daughter of Jacob Hornsinger, one of the pioneers of Bates County. She was born in Boone County but was principally raised in Bates. Mr. H. entered 480 acres of land but has at this time 530 acres, nearly all under fence, with sixty acres in meadow and 400 in pasture and cultivation. This is well improved and upon it is a good orchard of about 200 apple trees and some small fruits. Mr. and Mrs. Hook have four children: Elizabeth (now Mrs. William Hall), Anna (now Mrs. Ousley), Edgar A. and James Emmett. They are members of the M. E. Church South, and Mr. H. belongs to the Masonic fraternity. He has filled some official local positions in his township and was a justice for the peace for six years in succession.

HOOVER, Andrew J.
History of Bates County, Missouri, W. O. Atkeson, 1918
ANDREW J. HOOVER, an honored veteran of the Civil War, a former merchant of Adrian, Missouri, now a retired stockman, is a native of Indiana. Mr. Hoover was born April 9, 1838, a son of Adam and Rebecca (Thomas) Hoover. The paternal grandfather of A.J. Hoover was a gifted and beloved Dunkard minister in Maryland, Rev. Adam Hoover. In White county, Indiana, A.J. Hoover attended the public schools of the state. In winter he went to school and assisted with the chores at home; in summer he attended to the various duties incumbent upon a boy on the farm in the early days and did any other work which would earn an honest cent. Life was a hard treadmill, but it did not prove that "all work and no play" made A.J. a "dull boy." The school which he attended was like most of the country schools of his day -- barren and uncomfortable. There were no bright, pleasant schoolrooms, airy in summer and warm in winter, no comfortable seats, fitted to the individual, no convenient desks, no pictures, no blackboards, no books of reference. Children in those days had little to make school pleasant or interesting. School life, like home life, was stern and full of drudgery. When the Civil War broke out, A.J. Hoover enlisted with the Union forces. He served for three months under Colonel Milroy and then enlisted in the Seventy-second Indiana Regiment, serving three years until the battle of Stone River and was then transferred to Wiley's brigade of mounted riflemen. Mr. Hoover fought in thirty-two hard-fought battles, among them being: Perrysville, Stone River, Peach Tree creek, Chickamauga, Rock Springs, Chattanooga, Lookout Mountain, Atlanta, Jonesboro, on Sherman's march to the sea, capture of Savannah, and he marched through the Carolinas to Washington and took part in the Grand Review. After the war had ended and he had received his discharge in July, 1865, Mr. Hoover returned to his home in Indiana and the ensuing year, 1866, came west to Missouri and located at Lonejack in Jackson county, where he engaged in farming for one year. In 1867, he moved to Bates county and located in Deer Creek township, where he at one time owned five hundred acres of land. Mr. Hoover bought cattle extensively, fed and wintered them and sold the herd the following autumn, when he would again buy more cattle to feed and winter. He once herded five hundred twenty cattle on the present townsite of Adrian, for at that time there were vast tracts of open prairie in Bates county. He recalls how farmers and stockmen would cut native hay and make great ricks, around which they would herd the cattle. Mr. Hoover erected a large, substantial brick building in Adrian in 1883 and entered the mercantile business at this place and for seventeen years was thus employed. He has in recent years divided his holdings among his children and he and his wife are residing at Adrian in quiet, contented retirement. Mr. Hoover has still in his possession sufficient property insuring a comfortable income, owning among other buildings the one in which the postoffice at Adrian is located. The marriage of A.J. Hoover and Rachel Denton was solemnized on March 15, 1866 and to this union have been born four children, who are now living: Professor W.T., of Adrian, Missouri, who married Miss Lulu Owens and to them have been born two children: Halbert and H.A.; India, of Adrian, Missouri; Mrs. Mary Black, Adrian, Missouri, mother of two children, Mrs. Goldie Schantz and Mrs. Lenna Ware; and Mrs. Ida Haas, Adrian, Missouri, mother of two children: India Mae and Charles Hoover. Mr. Hoover has four great-grandchildren: Mrs. Goldie Schantz has three children: Frederick, Dorothy, and Emery; Mrs. Lenna Ware has one child, Wilma. Mrs. Rachel (Denton) Hoover was born June 12, 1849 in Indiana, Benton county, a daughter of Dr. William and Elizabeth (Bodkin) Denton. Since the day of the expulsion of two beings from the Garden of Eden, history has again and again demonstrated the truth of the old adage that, "There is no excellence without labor." Mr. Hoover's career has but furnished further proof of its truth. His life was early consecrated to honest, patient, unremitting toil. He in youth joined the army of workers to whom the great state of Missouri is indebted for its wonderful prosperity. He has a vivid recollection of Bates county as it was when he came here more than fifty years ago. There were no bridges and the roads were but beaten trails. He has many times hauled wheat to Pleasant Hill before the railroad had reached Harrisonville. He states that deer, wild turkeys, and prairie chickens were to be found in abundance and could be had for the hunting. A.J. Hoover has been a busy worker, he has done his work wisely and well, and he and his noble wife are now enjoying the just recompense of their labors. Mr. Hoover's life story is a notable example of the success which surely attends and crowns all worthy efforts based upon honorable, upright, manly principles. Mr. Hoover is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic and has for years attended the national encampments of the Union veterans and he and Mrs. Hoover have traveled extensively over the United States, from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast. He is well-informed, broad-minded, hearty and strong, able to take long automobile trips each season.

HOUTZ, John J.
History of Bates County, Missouri, W. O. Atkeson, 1918
JOHN J. HOUTZ, extensive farmer and livestock breeder of West Boone township, a native of Illinois, is one of the recent additions to the progressive citizenship of Bates county, a man who is doing his full share in bringing the agricultural interests of this county to the front. Progressive, enterprising and aggressive in his methods, he has achieved a remarkable success in his vocation during the fifteen years of his residence in this county. Mr. Houtz was born in Woodford county, Illinois, October 26, 1873, a son of John C. and Sarah J. (Garst) Houtz, natives of Virginia. During the Civil War, John C. Houtz served in the Home Guards of his native State. George and James P. Houtz, his brothers, served in the Confederate army during the Civil War. In 1865, John C. Houtz located in Woodford county, Illinois, where he built up a splendid farm of two hundred sixty acres of very rich and valuable land. He died in Illinois, in February, 1895, aged sixty-six years. The mother of John J. Houtz departed this life in 1889, aged fifty-three years. There were ten children in the Houtz family, six of whom are living: John J., subject of this review; Henry A., Edward L., Frank I., and Mrs. Lulu B. Harris, reside in Boone county, Nebraska; Mrs. Etha L. McMullen, who lives in Salt Lake City. John J. Houtz was reared in Woodford county, Illinois. He began farming on his own account when twenty-one years old. He purchased eighty acres of rich Illinois land and owned the farm until 1902, at which time he sold out and came to Bates county where he first invested in a quarter section of land. Some time later, he added another quarter to this tract and farmed a half section of land. Fire destroyed the buildings on this place and he erected what were considered the finest improvements on the countryside. In fact, Mr. Houtz has found it a profitable business to take hold of a rundown farm, place better improvements upon it, bring back the soil to a better state of cultivation, and then dispose of the farm at a profit. He has handled, during the course of his residence in this county, over two thousand acres of land. He is at present owner of seven hundred twenty acres of land in the vicinity of Merwin and has one of the best improved farms in the northwest part of Bates county. Upon his large acreage there are four sets of farm improvements and his home place near Merwin comprises a half section, upon which he erected a handsome residence and barns in 1916. He maintains a herd of one hundred pure-bred, registered Hereford cattle on his farms and is a breeder of Poland China hogs. Mr. Houtz specializes in the breeding of Percheron horses and mules, owning a fine blooded Percheron stallion, registered as "Brown Richard," and he keeps two jacks in his barns. He is thoroughly versed in the science of livestock raising and is ever ready to give his neighbors assistance and advice in the proper care of their stock. Mr. Houtz was married November 28, 1895, to Miss Sarah Jeter, who was born in Woodford county, Illinois, daughter of James H. and Mary (Peterson) Jeter, natives of Virginia and New Jersey, respectively. James H. Jeter settled in Illinois with his parents and resided there until his death, which occurred in June, 1916, at the age of seventy-five years. Mr. Jeter died at Raymore, Missouri, the family having removed to this state in 1910. Mr. and Mrs. Houtz have four children: Pauline, a graduate of the Raymore High School, taught school for three years and was a student of the Warrensburg Normal College; Pearl, a high school graduate and student at the Warrensburg Normal; Edith, attending the Merwin High School; and Gale. After four years' residence in Merwin, the Houtz family took up their residence on the present home place in October, 1916. The Houtz farm is one of the best equipped in this part of Bates county and the land is underlaid with natural gas. Mr. Houtz is independent in his political views. He is a member of the Christian church. He is fraternally affiliated with the Modern Woodmen of America and the Court of Honor.

HOWERTON, James
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - Deer Creek Township, Bates Co, MO
JAMES HOWERTON, proprietor of the Adrian House, was born April 4, 1834, in Montgomery County, Virginia. His parents, Joseph A. Howerton, and Martha nee Fortune, were natives of Virginia. They had nine children, of whom James was the fourth. When he was six months old his father removed to Pike County, Illinois, and when he was five years of age, to Livingston County, Missouri. He was one of the pioneers of Illinois and Missouri. They remained on a farm in that county until 1845, when they went to Pettis County, Missouri, farming there until 1849, when his father visited California. After residing there for two years he returned toMissouri, and settled in Johnson County, where he died in 1853, In 1855, the subject of this sketch came to Bates County, and located on a farm in this township. He has improved three farms in Bates County, and has followed the occupation of farming from 1855 up to 1881, except about five years, when in the mercantile business, and five years spent in Atchison County during the late war. In 1881, he came to Adrian, and erected the Adrian House at a cost of about $1,500. He keeps one of the best hotels in the county, and also has in connection with his house an excellent feed stable. He and his wife are members of the Baptist Church. In 1877, he was ordained a minister of that church, and has had charge of the Baptist Church at Crescent Hill since that time. He also belongs to the Masonic fraternity. March 27, 1858, Mr. Howerton married Miss Margaret Hendrix, who died October 8, 1858. April 5, 1861, he married Miss Martha McCraw. Her death occurred in June 1867. His third marriage was to Mary McRoberts, whose maiden name was Mary McDaniels. He has six children living: John W., Joseph A., Eveline, Martha, Melvina and Emma. Two children are deceased. Mr. H.'s mother went to Washington Territory in 1868, and is now residing there.

HUCKEBY, George P.
The Old Settlers' History of Bates County, 1900
GEORGE P. HUCKEBY was born in the town of Rome, in Perry county, Indiana, May 7th, 1841. His early life, like that of most boys brought up on a farm, was uneventful. He worked on the farm during the summer and went to school in the winter after the crops were "laid by." His school days were so well improved that at the age of seventeen he was admitted to the Freshman Class at Hanover College, Ind., and graduated at the age of 21. In July 1861, he enlisted in Co. D., 1st Indiana Vol. Cav., and served until the following January when he was discharged because of disability, the result of typhoid fever. His army service was mostly in Southeastern Missouri. He began the reading of law in the fall of 1863 and was admitted to the bar in New Albany, Ind., and began the practice of his profession in 1865. He continued the practice until the fall of 1879, when he removed to Butler, Bates county, Mo. His first business in this county being that of a school teacher. When the town of Rich Hill was founded in 1880, Mr. Huckeby removed to the new town and established the first newspaper. In May, 1881, he was appointed Postmaster and held the office until October 1885. At the close of his term he went into the law and real estate business, and spent one year (1887) in the booming city of Wichita, Kansas. His success was not remarkable in Wichita, as the collapse caught him as it caught many more. After returning to Rich Hill he again took up the newspaper business and was quite active in the presidential campaign of 1888. In the fall of 1890 he was again appointed Postmaster and held the office until October 1894, and retired with the approval of all his fellow citizens as a faithful and obliging official. Since retiring from his second term as Postmaster he has been engaged in the practice of his profession and conducting a very safe and successful office business. Always interested in everything that tends to benefit mankind, Mr. Huckeby has taken great interest in all political, moral and social questions. He has been a member of the Masonic fraternity ever since his majority. He is an active member of the Methodist church and has been ever since a mere youth. He is a good lawyer, a quiet, courteous gentleman, and has the confidence and respect of all who know him.

HUCKEBY, George R.
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - Osage Township, Bates Co, MO
GEORGE R HUCKEBY, postmaster of Rich Hill, is a son of Elijah Huckeby, a native of Kentucky, but of English descent, who married Miss Kavey Graves, originally from Indiana. The subject of this sketch was born in Perry County, Indiana, May 7, 1841, and there grew to manhood, completing his education in the Old School Presbyterian College, of Hanover, Jefferson County, where he was graduated in 1862. In July 1861, he enlisted in Company D, First Indiana Cavalry, and remained in service for six months, when he was discharged on account of disability, having acted for a time as third sergeant. After leaving college he studied law with Randall Crawford, of New Albany, Indiana, and was admitted to the bar of that place in 1865. He was there engaged in the practice of his profession till 1878. In 1879, he moved to Butler, Missouri, and the following year came to Rich Hill and founded the Rich Hill Gazette, printing his first paper on August 5. This was the first printing office established in the city, and his paper was published in the interests of the Republican party for one year. In this enterprise Mr. H. succeeded admirably. He was appointed postmaster in May of 1881. He has taken great interest in educational matters, and is now one of the school board of the city. He is also a member of the Masonic fraternity. He was married December 21, 1865, to Miss Maria Castlin, a native of Crawford County, Indiana. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Huckeby consists of five children: Jessie F., Nannie R., Sallie L., Isabel D. and George A.

HUDELSON, W. T.
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - Osage Township, Bates Co, MO
W. T. HUDELSON, druggist, was born in New Albany, Indiana, December 15, 1854. In 1868 he moved to Butler, Bates County, Missouri, where, he was for several years employed as clerk in a drug store. In 1878 he located in Virgil, Kansas, and there gave his attention to the drug business for two years, and later at Neodesha, Kansas, till May 1882, when he came to Rich Hill. Mr. H. is one of the most practical druggists of Rich Hill. He has a certificate from the state of Kansas to practice medicine there, and having complied with all laws of Missouri in the same direction, is as ably fitted to prescribe as to fill prescriptions for the afflicted.

HUDSON, William F. & JAY, Simeon
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - New Home Township, Bates Co, MO
HUDSON & JAY. This prominent firm of contractors is composed of Simeon Jay and William F. Hudson. The former was born in Meigs County, Ohio, November 12, 1840, his parents being Wilsey and Elizabeth (Eads) Jay. When twelve years of age he began to work in the mines and learned the stone cutting trade, and in 1861 enlisted in the Second West Virginia Cavalry, and served in West Virginia and in the Shenandoah Valley, being in nearly all the actions in the valley. He was with Sheridan in the Richmond raid and was at Appomattox. He was discharged at Wheeling. He was married, May 26, 1869, to Miss Lucretia Thompson in Meigs County, Ohio. They have five children: Lois, Charles C, Allen A., Eva, Simeon dying when two years old, and John J. Mr. Jay operated a mine for himself three years and was then employed by other men. In 1869 he removed to Kingman County, Kansas, and farmed one year. Coming to Rich Hill in July 1880, he prospected for coal for some time and started a restaurant, and worked at his trade of stone cutting and also in a blacksmith shop a while. In 1881 he opened Slope No. 2 for the mining company, and has had charge of the work ever since in that mine. Mr. Hudson was born in Pulaski County, Kentucky, July 10, 1842, and was the son of Jacob Hudson and Lucy, nee Morgan, of English and Welsh descent. Jacob Hudson was a coal operator as well as a farmer, and worked at mining and farming until the war, when he enlisted in the Twelfth Kentucky Infantry, at Somerset. At Mill Spring, December 5, 1861, he was captured and confined at Nashville, and finally sent to Salisbury, where he was turned over to General Burnside on parole, and in January, 1863, was exchanged at Columbus and rejoined his regiment at Lebanon, Kentucky, in April. He served in the campaign in Kentucky and with Burnside. He subsequently entered the veteran service at Strawberry Plain, January 1, 1864, and joined his brigade in Georgia and went with Sherman as far as Atlanta, when he returned to Nashville against Hood. November 9, 1864, he was commissioned captain of Company A, his original company, the captain having retired. He was discharged at Louisville in July 1865. In 1868 Mr. Hudson was employed by the Chicago & Alton Railroad in the wood department, and in 1869 he came to Missouri and for three years farmed near Pleasant Hill, and until November 1, 1880, had lived mainly in Cass County, but had spent some time in Kansas and Texas. He came to Rich Hill at that time and has since worked for the mining company. He has done some shipping by contract and is now connected with Mr. Jay in running Mine No. 1. He is a member of the blue lodge, chapter, council and commandery of the Masonic fraternity.

HUFF, James C.
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - Deer Creek Township, Bates Co, MO
JAMES C. HUFF, stock dealer, was born in Parke County, Indiana, October 11, 1840, and was the son of Allen Huff, a farmer and stock dealer by occupation, and a native of Kentucky. James was the third of twelve children, three sons and nine daughters. He remained with his father on the home farm until 1856 when they removed to Marion County, Iowa. He received his education in the schools of Knoxville, Indiana, and when eighteen years old engaged in the stock business in Iowa. He bought and shipped stock in that state until 1868. In 1869 he came to Bates County, Missouri, and embarked in the drug and grocery business at Crescent Hill continuing until 1877, when he resumed the stock trade. June 10, 1861 he enlisted in Company K, Third Iowa Cavalry, and was discharged October 20, 1864. He participated in the battles of Pea Ridge, Vicksburg, and all the engagements in which the regiment took part. He was wounded at Salem, Arkansas, February 20, 1863. January 2, 1865, Mr. Huff married Miss Margaret Delashinett, a native of Iowa, born April 20, 1843. They have three children living: Belle, Van and Corda. They lost one child, Allen, born September 10, 1869, and who died September 24, 1869.

HUFFMAN, William W.
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - Pleasant Gap Township, Bates Co, MO
WILLIAM W. HUFFMAN, farmer, section 7, was born in New Jersey, June 21, 1838. His father, James Huffman, was born in Pennsylvania, in 1798, and his mother, formerly Mary Ware, came originally from New Jersey. James went to New Jersey when a young man, where he was married and subsequently made his home. The subject of this sketch moved to Illinois in 1847, and located in Peoria County, being among the early settlers of that county. He spent his boyhood days on a farm in that county, where he was married, in March 1862, to Miss Lucinda Steele, also a native of New Jersey, and a daughter of Daniel Steele. After this event, Mr. H. visited Iowa, and farmed for two years in Louisa County. He returned to Illinois in December 1863, and was engaged in farming there about seven years. In the fall of 1870 he sold his Illinois property, and came to Missouri and located on his present farm. He has a fine estate of 160 acres of land, all in cultivation, and a young orchard of 300 apple trees, with some peaches, pears, plums and apricots. Mr. and Mrs. Huffman have six children living: Joseph H., James Wesley, Rosa C, Cora Ellen, Oscar S. and Lulie. Mr. H. is a member of the Patrons of Husbandry.

HUGHES, Amos J.
History of Bates County, Missouri, W. O. Atkeson, 1918
AMOS J. HUGHES, an honored pioneer of Bates county, a member of one of the oldest families of the state, is a native of Pettis county. Mr. Hughes was born June 11, 1848, a son of James A. and Elizabeth (Johnson) Hughes, both of whom were natives of Kentucky. In 1873, Amos J. Hughes moved from Pettis county to Bates county, Missouri, and settled on a tract of land located in Spruce township one mile west of his present country place. Mr. Hughes purchased at that time forty acres of land for fifteen dollars an acre. He has since increased his holdings and is now owner of one hundred twenty-eight acres of land in Spruce township, a well-improved farm and nicely situated. The improvements on the Hughes place include a comfortable residence, a structure of one and a half stories, and a good barn, 32 x 40 feet in dimensions. Mr. Hughes is interested in general farming. When he came to Bates county, in 1873, Mr. Hughes was owner of a team of horses and a cow. There was a small, rudely-built house on the forty-acre tract of land which he purchased from William Tyler, who now resides at Butler, and this was the Hughes home for many years until better, happier days dawned. In the autumn of the year of 1873, the blue-grass was so tall that a man on horseback might easily hide in it. Mr. Hughes remembers the drouth of the summer of 1874, when from June 11 until the spring of 1875 there was no rainfall, for he was obliged during that time to haul water from four miles away in order to keep his family and his stock alive. He relates an interesting incident in his life, which most strikingly illustrates the conditions under which traveling was done in Missouri in 1875. Mr. Hughes started on horseback from Clinton, Missouri, for his home in Spruce township. He traveled through two miles of water in Big creek, passed Old Urich in Henry county and Old Dayton in Cass county, crossed the Grand river, south of Dayton where the bridge now is, and was lost, utterly lost. Mr. Hughes traveled on and on and on, and in one instance was obliged to make an opening in a fence in order to get through, to get out of a field in which he had gone he never knew how, and at last gave his horse the rein and the animal found the way home. They were both completely worn out for they had gone from eighty to one hundred miles that day. The marriage of Amos J. Hughes and Mary J. Moore was solemnized in 1869 in Pettis county, Missouri. To this union have been born four children, who are now living: Lillie R., the wife of Elijah Dark; Lulu Frances, the wife of John Greer, of Butler, Missouri; Daisy, the wife of Albert Swartz, of Adrian, Missouri; and Mary A., the wife of Thomas Powers, of Lanton, Howell county, Missouri. Mr. Hughes has the following brothers and sister living: Pleasant S., Amsterdam, Missouri; George W.; and Mrs. Sallie Sharp, of Vernon county, Missouri. Amos J. Hughes has been an eye-witness of the development and advancement of this great commonwealth and in his own quiet, unassuming way has been a potential factor in contributing to the prosperity and upbuilding of the community in which he resides.

HUKEL, R. J.
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - Summit Township, Bates Co, MO
R. J. HUKEL. The subject of this sketch is a native of Kentucky, and was born in Clark County, October 4, 1830. His parents, William L. and Narcissa L. (Schooler) Hukel, were also Kentuckians by birth. R. J. moved with the family from Clark to Henry County in 1832, where they lived three years. In 1835 they came to Missouri, located first in Boone County, and after one year's residence there, in 1836, moved to Monroe County. Young Hukel passed his youth on a farm. He was married in Boone County, May 10, 1859, to Miss Susan Stone, a daughter of Isaac Stone. She came originally from Virginia. After this marriage, Mr. H. settled upon a farm in Audrian County, where he was engaged in farming until 1866, when he sold out and moved to Bates County; coming on his present farm in section 8. He has 140 acres of land, 120 under fence and in cultivation, with a young orchard of 150 bearing apple, peach, cherry and pear trees. He is Republican in politics, and has held several offices. In 1874 he was elected assessor of his township, and in 1875, was elected township clerk, and re-elected in 1876. He served about eighteen months in the state militia during the late war. Mr. and Mrs. H. are members of the Christian Church. They have two children, Thomas A. and John H.

HULETT, R. F.
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - Osage Township, Bates Co, MO
R. F. HULETT, M.D. The subject of this sketch is also numbered among Rich Hill's distinguished physicians and surgeons. He was born in Clark County, Kentucky, November 16, 1842, and is a son of Silas and Pauline Hulett, who were also native of that state. R. F. was reared in his native county to the life of a farmer's boy, and received his literary education in the common schools. In 1858 he came to Missouri, and began the study of medicine in 1860, but in the following year he enlisted in the Federal service in Company A, 7th Missouri, where he remained till the close of the war. Then he completed the study of medicine with Caster & Fragee, of Holden, and graduated from the St. Louis Medical College, after which he began his practice in Holden. He continued there till 1874, and then he located in New Home, Bates County, Missouri, in March 1882, coming to Rich Hill. He also attended special lectures in the Bellevue Hospital Medical College, to New York, in 1879-80. Dr. Hulett is a member of the Masonic fraternity. In March 1871, he was married to Miss Viola Irvin, a native of St. Louis County, Missouri.

HULL, John R.
History of Bates County, Missouri, W. O. Atkeson, 1918
DR. JOHN R. HULL, a successful dentist of Adrian, Missouri, is one of the prominent citizens of Bates county. Dr. Hull was born July 19, 1878 near Knob Noster, Missouri, a son of Frank and Louisa Hull. His parents died when he was a very small child and he was reared by his sister, Mrs. B.F. Summers. In 1894, Dr. John R. Hull entered Butler Academy and for four years was a student at this institution. After completing the academic course, Doctor Hull went to Los Angeles, California, where he entered the mercantile business and for eighteen months conducted a grocery store. He then returned to Butler, Missouri and in 1900 matriculated at Western Dental College, Kansas City, Missouri, from which college he graduated with the class of 1903. Dr. John R. Hull began the practice of dentistry associated with his brother, Dr. J.T. Hull, of Butler, and for one year was engaged in the practice of his profession at Butler. In 1904, Dr. John R. Hull opened his office in the First National Bank building at Adrian and in this city has since been successfully employed in dental work. His office is one of the best and most completely equipped dental offices in Bates county and Doctor Hull possesses great natural ability, excellent training, and a world of patience. He is a member of the Western District Dental Society, of which he has served as secretary, of the executive council of the Missouri State Dental Association, and of the National Dental Association. He does not permit himself to fall behind the times in his profession, but by close study and careful, thoughtful research keeps well abreast of this most progressive age in all matters relating to the dental science, perusing thoughtfully the best professional literature of the day. The marriage of Dr. John R. Hull and Josephine Walter, a daughter of Henry W. and Mary E. Walter, one of the leading pioneer families of Bates county, Missouri, was solemnized November 29, 1905. Mr. and Mrs. Walter came to Bates county in 1867 among the first settlers and experienced all the countless privations and hardships of pioneer life. They obtained their supplies, in the early days, from Pleasant Hill. Mr. Walter died in 1897 and the widowed mother makes her home at Adrian, Missouri. Dr. and Mrs. Hull reside in Adrian, where they have a beautiful home, an attractive, modern bungalow. Dr. Hull is also owner of a farm, comprising eighty acres of land, located on the Adrian and Butler road. He takes much pleasure in overseeing the work of his country place and is interested in both general farming and stock raising. His farm is one of the splendid stock farms of Mound township, conveniently located, abundantly watered, and productive. Dr. and Mrs. Hull are worthy and valued members of the Methodist church, of which the doctor is steward and in the Sunday school a teacher of the boys' class. Fraternally, Doctor Hull is affiliated with the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, the Knights Templar, the Eastern Star, the Knights of Pythias, and the Modern Woodmen of America. He takes an active part and deep interest in lodge work and is past Master Mason, past Patron of the Eastern Star, past Chancellor and Commander of the Knights of Pythias, and ex-secretary of the Modern Woodmen of America. In his relations with his fellowmen, professional, business, or social, Doctor Hull's conduct has been open and straightforward, his integrity unassailable, his actions those of a true gentleman, possessing to a marked degree sincerity and purity of motive. The nature of his professional duties and business enterprises affords him little time to devote to social affairs, but he is personally one of the most amiable and genial of men. Both the doctor and Mrs. Hull are held in the highest respect and esteem in Adrian.

HUMPHREY, A. H.
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - Mt. Pleasant Township, Bates Co, MO
A. H. HUMPHREY, breeder of fine cattle, section 27, was born in Liberty Township, Delaware County, Ohio, December 17, 1818. His parents were Lemuel and Betsey (Pinney) Humphrey, both natives of Hartford, Connecticut. The former was born in 1795, and early settled with his parents at Worthington, Franklin County, Ohio, some nine miles north of Columbus, on the banks of the Olentanza River. The mother of our subject was born in 1795, and located at the same place about the year 1800. There they were married in 1814, and subsequently settled six miles northwest of Washington, remaining there until 1843, when, with their family, they went to Johnson County, Iowa. Lemuel Humphrey died here in 1846, and his widow survived until 1875, when she departed this life in Missouri. A. H. Humphrey was brought up in Ohio, receiving a part of his education at the Blendon Institute, Central College of Franklin County, which was in charge of Rev. Washburne, a Presbyterian minister. Upon leaving Ohio he went to St. Clair County, Illinois, and taught school for some time, finally going to Johnson County, Iowa in 1843, and being a pioneer there. September 21, 1845, he married Miss Amy Cuppy, who was born in Richmond, Indiana, and a daughter of Thomas and J. (Ward) Cuppy. Mr. Humphrey continued to reside in Johnson County until 1869, when he came to Bates County. He and his wife have four children living: Lydia (wife of A. Henry), Albert, now of Linn County, Kansas; Silas, now of Johnson County, Iowa; and Mamie, who is a graduate of Baldwin University of Kansas. One daughter, Nettie, who married Dr. Boulware of Butler, died in 1882.

HURLY, Robert J.
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - Mt. Pleasant Township, Bates Co, MO
ROBERT J. HURLY is a member of the extensive firm of R. J. Hurly & Co., dealers in lumber. He was born in the State of New York on the 23d of March, 1844. When only an infant one year old, he was taken by the family to where he grew to manhood and attended school, receiving a fair education. At the age of seventeen years he began learning the trade of a carpenter, at which he worked until 1869. Moving to Omaha, Nebraska, he gave his attention to his chosen avocation for two years. He then removed to Kansas City, and six months later to Fort Scott, Kansas, which place was his home for eight years. Subsequently he located at Appleton City, Missouri, and established himself in the lumber business. From this beginning other yards branched, until Butler was deemed the best point for headquarters, and accordingly Mr. Hurly came to this city. This firm is one of the largest and best lumber establishments in southwestern Missouri, and their yards are to be found at Harrisonville, Archie, Adrian, Rich Hill, Rockville, Appleton City, and they are interested in the yard at East Lynne. Perhaps no one man in either Bates or Cass Counties, has done so much for the benefit of a community, in promoting all enterprises tending toward its development, than R. J. Hurly. He was one of the organizers, and is now a stockholder in the Butler Brush Electric Light Company of Butler, and is also secretary and treasurer of the Butler Lime Company. Mr. H. was married on the 19th of December, 1872, to Miss Julia Hall, a native of Indiana. They have three children: Nellie, Alice J. and George W. D.

HURT, W. S.
History of Bates County, Missouri, W. O. Atkeson, 1918
W.S. HURT, proprietor of "Valley Grove Stock Farm" in Spruce township, is a native of Kentucky. Mr. Hurt was born in 1854 at Columbia in Adair county and thirty-six years ago, dating from the time of this writing in 1918, he came to Missouri and settled on a farm in Spruce township. He had twelve hundred dollars to invest at that time, the proceeds from the sale of his Kentucky land, a farm comprising one hundred twenty acres, and now, after nearly two score years in the West, he is the owner of one of the best and most attractive country places in Spruce township, Bates county. The sign of the "Valley Grove Stock Farm" is a pretty picture of two ears of Boone county white corn at the gate at the entrance of the driveway, a representation of the corn raised by Mr. Hurt on this farm and of his artistic ability, for he painted the picture. When W.S. Hurt came to Bates county, Missouri in 1882, he purchased a tract of land in Spruce township, a small farm embracing forty acres, which he improved and then sold. He invested the proceeds of the sale in another forty-acre tract, which he afterward sold for eighty dollars an acre. Mr. Hurt retired from improving land, farming, and stock raising at this time and entered the mercantile business, in which he was engaged for nine years after buying the J.C. Noble stock of merchandise. Mr. Hurt was successful as a merchant, but he prefers the independence of the farm to the confinement of a store and in 1912 moved to his present country home in Spruce township, where he has since been contentedly at work, clearing the timber land for pasture, improving the land and the soil, raising horses, cattle, mules, and hogs. "Valley Grove Stock Farm" lies four miles northwest of Johnstown and two and a half miles southeast of Ballard. It comprises one hundred twenty acres of land, forty acres of which are underlaid with a vein of coal from twelve to eighteen inches in depth. There are two ponds, four wells, and one cistern of the place, making it one of the most abundantly watered farms in Bates county. The improvements include a nice residence, a ten-room structure, well built with conveniently arranged rooms which are neatly kept, and a splendid barn, 40 x 60 feet in dimensions. Mr. Hurt is devoting his attention chiefly to raising roan Durham cattle and O.I.C. Poland China hogs, having about forty head of the latter on the farm at the present time, in 1918. In 1876, W.S. Hurt and Corinna Snow were united in marriage in Kentucky. To this union have been born eight children, seven of whom are now living: Mrs. Mertie Corwine, of Spruce township, Bates county; Montie, the well-known collector of Mingo township, Bates county; Otis, a well-to-do farmer and stockman of Spruce township; Pearl, deceased; Mrs. Laura Hill, who resides in Colorado; Loren, a successful farmer and stockman of Spruce township; Ivy and Bryan, both at home with their parents. Kindly, hospitable and generous, the Hurt family's popularity is as extensive as their acquaintance, and their southern courtesy has become proverbial. Among the progressive men of Bates county, who have assisted materially in developing the agricultural interests of this section of the state, W.S. Hurt takes high rank.

HUSTON, F. A.
History of Bates County, Missouri, W. O. Atkeson, 1918
F.A. HUSTON, a well-known auctioneer of Bates county, is one of the prominent citizens of Deer Creek township. Mr. Huston was born in Illinois in 1860, a son of John and Catherine Huston. The Hustons came to Bates county, Missouri, in 1876 and settled on a farm in Walnut township. John Huston purchased a tract of land in this township, which tract comprised one hundred ninety-five acres, and engaged in general farming. To John and Catherine Huston were born ten children, seven of whom are now living: Mrs. Addie Cox, Miami, Oklahoma; F.A., the subject of this review; Mrs. Mattie Harris, Kiowa, Kansas; Perry, who resides in Kansas; Mrs. Acenith N. Moudy, Creede, Colorado; Melvin S.; and Elbert, Walnut, Kansas. The father died in 1892 and the widowed mother makes her home with her eldest daughter in Oklahoma. John Huston was one of the most unostentatious of men, open hearted and candid in manner, yet retaining in his demeanor much of the courtesy of the old-time gentleman. When F.A. Huston was a youth, sixteen years of age, he came to Bates county with his parents and he recalls clearly the open conditions of the country at that time. He attended school at Garrison school house after coming to Bates county and was taught by Miss Duncan and John McPeak. About thirty years ago, F.A. Huston attended a sale in this county and, when the auctioneer failed to make his appearance, Mr. Huston was asked to "cry the sale." An enthusiastic, eager, young man, who never knew what timidity means, he did as requested and was at once pronounced by those in attendance as a "star performer." Henceforth, F.A. Huston was many times called upon for his services and became a successful, popular auctioneer in this part of the country. The marriage of F.A. Huston and Mary J. Field, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A.J. Field, of Cass county, Missouri, was solemnized in 1883. To this union was born one child, a daughter, Mrs. Grace Lee, of San Bernardino, California. Mrs. Huston died seventeen years ago, in 1901. Mr. Huston has never remarried. There have been many sorrows and tragedies interwoven in the career of F.A. Huston and more than once have the depths of his moral fiber, the strength of his character been sounded -- and still he is an optimist. He enjoys a good joke and a hearty laugh as much as any man in Bates county, probably more than many men for he has known from hard, bitter experience what a sob is. Mr. Huston recalls among the pioneer preachers, whom he personally knew, Reverend "Billy" Miller, Reverend Gans, and Reverend Nicholson. The last mentioned, Reverend Nicholson, was a lover of sports, especially games of baseball. He had during the week attended a game and had participated in a fight, but the following Sunday he filled his regular appointment. Both his eyes had been most thoroughly blacked, but he said that he never let anything interfere with his serving the Lord. John Huston, the father of F.A. Huston, was a Methodist minister. The son describes an early-day wedding, which he witnessed, when he was a curious, fun-loving lad. F.A. Huston states that young people often came from Kansas to Missouri to be married, in order to avoid the extra expense of obtaining a marriage license and his father was frequently called upon to perform the marriage ceremony. On one occasion, Reverend Huston was away from home and a crowd of young people from Kansas, riding in a wagon, came to the Huston home and announced that two of their number wished to be married. As his father was not at home, young F.A. directed them to the residence of the justice of the peace of the township, and then followed them there. The justice, Levi Gritten, was down along the creek fishing. When informed that there was a young couple at his home wanting to be married, Judge Gritten sent word on to the house that he would be there in a short time, and in the meantime practiced the ceremony upon his two sons, who were with him. When ready to begin the performance, the justice could find no pencil and no paper, except the fly-leaf of an old, worn, bethumbed law book, that the young people might sign their names. The matrimonial prospects stood up on the wrong side of one another, which furnished much amusement to a "red-headed girl" in the crowd, who seemed to know more of the ethics of marriage ceremonies than the rest. After the ceremony, Judge Gritten kissed the bride, which furnished more amusement to the "red-headed girl," and she screamed in mirth. Justice Levi, barefoot and his scanty raiment held together by one suspender, returned to his fishing, from which he had most reluctantly parted, saying gleefully to young Huston that he should the word to his father that the justice would have to "set them up" to him for being away, as he had extracted two dollars and fifty cents for his services! As a public-spirited citizen and useful member of society, F.A. Huston ranks with the substantial and enterprising citizens of this county and the high esteem in which he is held bears mute testimony to the sterling qualities of his head and heart.

HUTCHINSON, Henry M.
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - Deer Creek Township, Bates Co, MO
HENRY M. HUTCHINSON, miller, was born in Knox County, Ohio, June 26, 1837, his parents being H. M. Hutchinson a native of Massachusetts, and Sarah (Hill) Hutchinson, originally from Ohio. They had three sons and four daughters, Henry being the sixth child. While an infant the family removed to Illinois, where he was reared and educated in the common schools. At the age of sixteen years he commenced the carpenter's trade, at which he worked for six months, when he went to Peoria, Illinois, learning the trade of baker. After one year he located in Menard County, Illinois, and followed engineering in a mill for twelve years, when he was engaged in repairing engines at different places in Illinois until the breaking out of the war. In 1861 he enlisted in Company C, Forty-second Illinois, and was with that company about one year, when he was discharged on account of sickness. Returning to Illinois, he acted as United States detective to hunt deserters in 1863. He recruited a part of a company for the Seventeenth Illinois Calvary, and remained with them until the close of the war. After this he removed to Kansas, where he was interested in milling. Three years later he visited Greene County, Missouri, and milled at Walnut Grove six months. Going again to Kansas, he was appointed deputy sheriff and city marshal of Concordia. He stayed there three years, and then took a trip to Colorado and gave his attention to mining. For five years he was superintendent of the Kansas Consolidated Mining Company, and was one of the discoverers of those mines. In 1880 he came to Adrian and embarked in the grocery business. In 1881 he erected the Adrian Mills at a cost of $5,000. Mr. Hutchinson was married August 25, 1860, to Miss Nancy E. Feese, of Schuyler County, Illinois. They have two children living, Daisy G. and William H. They have lost three: Charles A., Elizabeth and Mary. Mrs. H. is a member of the M. E. Church.

HYATT, H. C. Jr.
History of Bates County, Missouri, W. O. Atkeson, 1918
H.C. HYATT, JR., manager of "Fairview Stock Farm" of four hundred acres of land located two miles east of Adrian in Deer Creek township, one of the finest stock farms in this section of the state, is one of the progressive, young agriculturists and stockmen of Bates county. "Fairview Stock Farm" was improved by Edward Argenbright and purchased by H.C. Hyatt, Sr., in 1908. The splendid improvements on the place include a handsome residence, a house of two stories and nine rooms; a barn, 64 x 74 feet in dimensions, for horses; a barn, 40 x 80 feet in dimensions, for cattle and hay; and several good wells. One well on the place is only ten feet in depth, but with a windmill attached furnishes a sufficient amount of water to supply all the stock. There are three windmills on "Fairview Stock Farm." H.C. Hyatt, Sr., sold the farm in 1916 and H.C. Hyatt, Jr., is the present lessee. He has at the time of this writing in 1918 one hundred head of cattle and usually keeps on the farm at least one hundred head of hogs and at the present time has twenty head of horses and mules. One year ago, H.C. Hyatt, Jr., had two hundred fifty head of cattle and four hundred head of hogs at "Fairview Stock Farm." He is one of the most extensive feeders in Bates county and he states that he was reared in the stock business and knows no other. H.C. Hyatt, Jr., was born near Schell City in St. Clair county, Missouri, on March 11, 1889, a son of H.C. and Eliza (Lucas) Hyatt, residents of Clinton, Missouri. The junior Hyatt was reared and educated in St. Clair county, Missouri. He came with his parents to Bates county in 1905 and with them located first in Mound township, coming thence to his present farm in 1908. The son was in partnership with the father until the latter sold the farm in 1916 and since that time H.C. Hyatt, Jr., has been employed as manager of "Fairview Stock Farm." He is an exceptionally capable and intelligent stockman and is making a marked success and a name for himself in the stock business. In 1907, H.C. Hyatt and Leora V. Beaman, a daughter of David W. and Missouri Ella Beaman, honored and respected pioneers of Summit township, Bates county, were united in marriage. To H.C. and Mrs. Hyatt have been born two children: H.C., "The Third," who was born February 7, 1912; and Elsie Marie. Mr. and Mrs. Hyatt are widely and favorably known in Deer Creek township and they have an enviable standing in the county, socially and financially. Reared in the country and from his boyhood days accustomed to toil in the field, meadow, and wood, the life of H.C. Hyatt, Jr., has thus far been practically devoid of striking incidents, but has been the career of a dutiful son assisting his father in industriously discharging the obligations of a prosperous and successful husbandman and later of the independent, energetic farmer and stockman.

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