MILTON PETILLER STROUD

From the 1887 History of Vernon County, Missouri, p. 450-451:

Milton Petiller Stroud

(Farmer and Stock-raiser, Section 20, Post-office, Nevada).

   By reason of his prominence in this township and his close and intimate connections with the affairs of Vernon county Mr. Stroud has become well and favorably known.  He was born in Tazewell county, Ill., July 20, 1832, the youngest of two boys and seven girls in the family of his parents, Thomas and Sallie (Thompson) Stroud; the former was born in North Carolina, August 27, 1790, and the latter in Virginia, September 22, 1789, their marriage occurring in Davidson county, Tenn., from whence they moved to Dickson county, where eight of their children were born.  Of these Cassie R., born in 1812, became the wife of Gen. Moses K. Anderson, of Sangamon county, Ill, and subsequently died, leaving nine children; her husband afterwards married Mourning T. Stroud, who bore him five children; four are now deceased.  Fanetta, born in 1814, who married James Atterbury, died in 1854.  Sinia S., born in 1816, died in 1850, Obedience L., born in 1817, is now Mrs. E. P. Sullivan, of Monroe county, Ia., and the mother of eight children.  Mourning T., born January 17, 1820, married first James M. Hall, who died leaving one child, after which she married Parker Hall, by whom she also had one child; her last husband, as stated, was Gen. M. K. Anderson.  She died November 24, 1880.  Laban M., another son in the family, born September 27, 1822, married Elva Adams (whose father, Capt. Adams, was killed in the Black Hawk War), and seven of their eight children still survive.  Hon. Laban M. Stroud served from Tazewell county, Ill, as a member of the twenty-eighth General Assembly; he is a large property owner, having 1,570 acres of land in Illinois, and 240 acres in this State, Barton county.  Artimicia, born December 25, 1823, is the wife of Dr. W. W. Higgs, of Hillsdale, Ia.; they have seven children.  Julia Ann, born in 1827, died in 1857.  Thomas Stroud, the father, who had participated in the Florida War, died in 1858.  One brother, Jesse, was in the War of 1812, serving at New Orleans under Gen. Jackson.  Mrs. Stroud had one brother who lived to be almost 100 years old; another brother, Col. S. M. Thompson, secured a coloneley in the Black Hawk War over Abraham Lincoln, and also served as captain in the Mexican War, for which services he now receives a pension; he resides in Ness county, Kan.  Milton Petiller Stroud, our subject, was reared on a farm, receiving a common school education, and September 18, 1856, married Sarah L. Johnson, daughter of N. P. Johnson, of New York; she was born December 29, 1836, in Logan county, Ill., and died in June, 1860, leaving a daughter, Priscilla, born August 29, 1857, who married February 3, 1881, Robert W. McGovney, and at her death March 17, 1886, left one daughter, Katie.  In 1862 Mr. S. was married to Miss Mary J. Stringfield, daughter of R. B. (of Kentucky) and Mary (Keagle) Stringfield (of Illinois).  Their three children were Emma, born January 16, 1863, married John Ephland in 1884, and they have one son, Willie M., born September 11, 1885, and a daughter born February 12, 1887; Henry G., born November 29, 1866, now deceased; and John M., born August 3, 1869, died March 8, 1870.  After his second wife’s death February 21, 1872, Mr. S. married in 1874, Mrs. Mary A. Joyner, née Hunt, a most estimably lady.  Her three children were Miller L., born July 1, 1863; John W., born December 12, 1864, died August 19, 1875; and Minnie P., born April 17, 1866.  Some 16 years ago Mr. Stroud came to this county and has since resided here, highly respected by all.  He owns an excellent farm of 500 acres, well adapted to stock raising, of which he makes something of a specialty.  Politically he is a Democrat.  He is a consistent member of the Christian Church and adheres strictly to the tenets of that denomination.

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