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VANCE, Edward S.
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - Mt. Pleasant Township, Bates Co, MO
EDWARD S. VANCE, the subject of this sketch, was born in Washington County, Illinois, April 14, 1855. When three months old, owing to his mother's death, he was taken to his grandmother's home at Connersville, Indiana, where he lived until his ninth year. Then he accompanied his father to Vandalia, Illinois, residing there till fifteen years of age, after which time he settled in Henry County, Missouri. He completed his education at the Clinton schools, and at the age of nineteen years began the profession of school teaching, which he continued in Henry County until 1879. Then he was engaged as correspondent and reporter on the Sedalia Daily Democrat, and after six months service in that capacity, he was interested in clerical work in the recorder's office at Clinton. After remaining so occupied for a short time he resumed his profession of teaching. In the spring of 1880, he removed to Rich Hill, Missouri, and commenced the study of law under Bowen, Irish & Templeton, and subsequently was employed in the postoffice as clerk, remaining therein until his superiors were removed from office. He then became special correspondent of the Rich Hill Mining Review, which position he held until November 1, 1881, when he was appointed deputy county clerk. This office he filled until the expiration of his term of service, in December 1882, having made a most capable deputy.
VARNES, Stephen S.
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - Hudson Township, Bates Co, MO
STEPHEN S. VARNES, section 6, a native of Pennsylvania, was born in Fayette County, in March 1823. His parents, Jacob and Mary (Stover) Varnes, were Virginians by birth. The early life of S. S. was divided between working on a farm and attending the public schools, where he was educated. He was married in Monongahela County, in September 1851, to Miss Maria Hair, a daughter of John Hair. After his marriage he resided in Pennsylvania and gave his attention to farming for about 14 years. In the fall of 1865 he came to Missouri and located first in Johnson County, where he lived about two years, coming thence to Bates County in the spring of 1868, when he bought land and improved his present farm. He has 170 acres, 110 acres being in his home place, with 90 acres fenced. A good orchard is upon the farm. Mr. Varnes is extensively engaged in raising and handling merino sheep, and at this time has a flock of over 400 head. His wife died June 6, 1881, leaving three children: John, Phebe (now Mrs. Thomas H. Wix,) and Jasper N.
VICKERS, John L.
History of Cass & Bates Co, MO, 1883 - Rockville Township, Bates Co, MO
JOHN L. VICKERS, attorney at law, was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, April 15, 1831, and was the fifth of seven children. His father, John Vickers, and also his mother, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Lushy, were both natives of Maryland. When John was sixteen years old his parents removed to West Virginia, where educational advantages were quite limited, so that his education after he left the Keystone state was considerably neglected. At the age of twenty he secured a position with the civil engineer corps on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad at which he worked one year. He was then employed by the same company for four years in a different capacity and stationed at Cumberland, Maryland. During this time he was married September 20, 1857, to Miss Mary S. Garton, a native of Virginia. In 1858 he came to Missouri and until 1861 worked at the carpenter trade at Georgetown, Pettis County. He then obtained employment as clerk in a mercantile establishment at Sedalia, where he continued for nearly three years, when he started for himself in the mercantile practice. He remained in Sedalia two years when he located at Taborville and embarked in the real estate business. Mr. V. commenced the study of law just after the war and was subsequently admitted to the Pettis County bar. In 1868 he was the representative of St. Clair County in the legislature'. In 1870 he located at Rockville and has since continued the law practice. He now owns considerable property in and near Rockville including the Rockville mill. He is a notary public and is connected with the A.O.U.W. fraternity. Mr. Vickers is a gentleman of intelligence and culture and is in the whole what might be styled a self made man. His family consists of six children: Samuel B., Edward E., Elizabeth J., Ellen, John, Jr., and Thomas. One son, Winter D., a promising young man of nineteen years, died February 3, 1882.
VINT, William D.
History of Bates County, Missouri, W. O. Atkeson, 1918
DR. WILLIAM D. VINT -- During the fifteen years in which Dr. W.D. Vint, of Howard township, has practiced his profession in Bates county, he has won a name and place for himself as a kind, able, and learned medical practitioner who has achieved prominence among the leading professional men of the county. William D. Vint was born in Pendleton county, West Virginia, August 15, 1856, a son of John and Mary (McQuain) Vint, natives of West Virginia. John Vint was a son of William Vint, a native of Ireland who immigrated to America and settled in Virginia. Mary (McQuain) Vint was a daughter of Duncan McQuain, a native of Scotland. John Vint was a farmer by vocation and migrated to Illinois in the spring of 1876 and made settlement in Coles county. He resided there until his death in the fall of the same year. Nine children were left fatherless, namely: George Augustus, deceased; John Marshall, deceased; William D., subject of this review; Mrs. Sonora Inez Hopper, Rose Hill, Illinois; Mrs. Margaret Elizabeth Stiver, Tuscola, Illinois; Mrs. Catherine Wayne, living in Michigan; Mrs. Jemima Jane (Waters) Shmore, Illinois; Mrs. Della May Andrews, who died in Arkansas; Mrs. Verna Viola Kibler, Charleston, Illinois. William D. Vint remained at home on his mother's farm until he attained the age of sixteen years. He received a good education, and being of an ambitious turn of mind, educated himself for the teaching profession which he followed very successfully for a number of years, or until 1884, when he began the practice of medicine. Doctor Vint taught in the public schools of Virginia, West Virginia and Illinois. His last position was at Hindsboro, Illinois, where for three years he was principal of the Hindsboro high school. During his residence there he took a very prominent part in the civic and governmental affairs of the city, serving as a member of the town board and as mayor of Hindsboro for two years. In the meantime he began the study of medicine and completed his medical studies at the Hahnemann Medical College of Chicago, graduating from that institution in 1884. He practiced in Hindsboro for fourteen years or until 1898. He then moved to Virginia, where he purchased a farm and practiced medicine until 1900. Doctor Vint's Virginia farm adjoined the old home place of President Madison in Virginia. In 1900 he sold his farm in Virginia and came to Bates county, Missouri, where he purchased a farm of three hundred twenty acres located northwest of Hume, Missouri. Eight years later he sold this farm in 1908 and purchased his present home farm of three hundred twenty acres located east of Hume and moved to the place in 1909. Doctor Vint's home is an attractive one, the residence being reached by a driveway from the road which is bordered by a large grove of trees. His medical practice in Howard township, Hume, and the surrounding country keeps him busily employed and his skill as a medical practitioner is exceeded by none in Bates county. Dr. W.D. Vint was married July 5, 1880, to Miss Louisa Hall, who was born in Coles county, Illinois, February 12, 1860, a daughter of Edward and Sallie (Walkup) Hall, natives of Kentucky, who emigrated from their native state to Illinois in the early fifties. Edward Hall died in 1894, his wife preceding him in death in 1879. To Dr. William D. and Louisa Vint, there have been born two children: Mrs. Maude Elizabeth Carter, of Bayard, Nebraska, mother of two sons, Robert Vint, and Max; and Teresa Lee, wife of Alex Wilson, who is managing the Vint farm. Mrs. Maude Carter, the eldest daughter, is a high-school graduate and taught school for several years prior to her marriage. Dr. Vint is a Democrat in politics and is affiliated with the modern Woodmen of America. He is a member of the Chicago Medical Institute and holds a diploma from that organization. He endeavors to keep abreast of the latest developments of medical science and has won a warm place in the hearts of the people of his section of Bates county by his kind ministrations and proven ability as a professional gentleman.
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