Dade Co. Biographies by Goodspeed

Dade County Biographies by Goodspeed

HISTORY OF HICKORY, POLK, CEDAR, DADE AND BARTON COUNTIES, MISSOURI, 1889; Published by Goodspeed.

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Thomas J. Lawrence and Arthur M. Morrison, dealers in general merchandise at Cedarville, Dade County, Mo., carry a stock of goods valued at $2,000, and are the leading merchants of that village. Mr. Lawrence was born in Alabama in 1859, and is the son of Edward and Martha E. (Morrison) Lawrence. Edward Lawrence was born in Tennessee about 1818, and is of English descent. He is now residing in Fayette County, Ala., and has followed agricultural pursuits all his life. He wife was born near Savannah, Ga., and was burned to death march 14, 1878, by the explosion of an can of oil. They were the parents of six children. Thomas J. Lawrence was the eldest of this family, and received his education in the public schools of Alabama. He came to Dade County, Mo., December 22, 1882, and October 7, 1883, married Miss Julia Ducket, who was born in Barton County, Mo., March 15, 1853. Mr. Lawrence is a member of the Masonic order, is a Democrat in politics, and he and wife are members of the Baptist Church. He is postmaster of Cedarville post office.

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Arthur M. Morrison was born in Tennessee in 1830, and is the son of Thomas and Nancy (Chastain) Morrison, the father born in Virginia, in 1808, and died in Douglas County, Mo., in 1888. He came to Missouri about 1868. Mrs. Morrison is still living, and was born in Tennessee in 1808. They were the parents of ten children, all of whom survive. Arthur M. came to Missouri in 1866, and, in 1869, he opened a store of general merchandise and (with the exception of about two years) has been engaged in the business ever since. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, Garrett Lodge, at Arcola, and is a prominent business man. Mr. Lawrence and Mr. Morrison are pleasant, obliging gentlemen, enjoying the fullest confidence of their patrons, and are doing a good business.

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Joseph B. Lindsey, stock dealer and feeder at Lockwood, Mo., was born in Fond du Lac County, Wis., in 1847, and is the son of Keyes and Almira (Button) Lindsey, natives of Vermont, born in 1809 and 1811, respectively. Keyes Lindsey was left an orphan when a boy, and was partly reared in New York. Mrs. Lindsey went to New York with her parents when young, there met and was married to Mr. Lindsey, and there remained until 1845, when they removed to Fond du Lac, Wis., and there lived until 1881. They then moved to Dade County, Mo., where the mother is still residing. Mr. Lindsey died March 10, 1889. Both were members of the Presbyterian Church for many years. While living in New York Mr. Lindsey was a carriage manufacturer, and after moving to the West he was a trader in real estate, at which he was very successful. He was of Scotch-Irish descent. Joseph Button, the paternal grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was a native of Vermont, and died in New York, where he left a large family. Joseph B. Lindsey is the second in a family of two sons and one daughter; Mary (deceased), Joseph B. and Darius P. Joseph B. Lindsey attended the public schools until fifteen years of age, and then two years at Ripon College, Wis. When about nineteen years of age he took a course at Eastman’s Business College at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. He then followed various business transactions in Wisconsin until 1869, when he came to Dade County and settled on the wild prairie near where Lockwood is now located, and followed tilling the soil for several years. He then settled in Lockwood, and has been for some years engaged in the real estate business with Judge William M. Taggart. In this he has been quite successful, and has succeeded in settling nearly all of Southwest Dade County. In about 1883 he and the Judge purchased the Bank of Lockwood, which they managed with their usual success for about two years, when they sold out. In 1888 Mr. Lindsey went to Los Angeles, Cal., where he was engaged in the real estate business for some time, and where he intended to locate, but the boom subsided, and he returned to Lockwood. He was assessor of Dade County 1878-79; is a Republican in politics, casting his first presidential vote for Gen. Grant in 1868, and is one of the successful, enterprising men of the county. He is the owner of 240 acres of land, and also has other property. He was married in 1871 to Miss Mary, daughter of Rev. Norman and Mary Miller, of Green Lake County, Wis., where Mr. Miller died about 1863. Mrs. Miller is living with her son-in-law, Mr. Lindsey. Mr. Miller was a Presbyterian minister for many years. Mr. Lindsey is the father of three daughters, all of whom he spares no pains to educate, and is an active worker for the cause of education.

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John Cyrus Lindley, the subject of this sketch, was born in the northeast corner of Dade County, Mo., September 11, 1852, where he has resided since his birth. He is the son of John and Mary Lindley, who came to this county from Kentucky at a very early day. In the year 1833, they settled on the place where J. C. Lindley now lives, and have never moved from it. John Lindley, who was born August 9, 1809, was shot by some unknown person, while in his field sowing wheat, October 7, 1864, from the effects of which he died October 18, 1864. He came to this country poor, but, by industry and good management, acquired considerable property. At the commencement of the late Civil War he was the largest tax-payer in Dade County, Mo. His wife, whose maiden name was Brasher, was born February 25, 1811, and is now living on the old homestead with her son, J. C. Lindley. Although seventy-eight years old, she is hale and hearty, and our subject cannot remember the time when she was sick enough to call in a physician. She is the mother of three children, all living. One son, J. R. Lindley, living at Ridgeway, Hopkins County, Tex., is one of the large land and stock owners of that part of Texas. A daughter lives in Jerico Spring, Cedar County, Mo. Both were married, and left the old home before the third child, J. C. Lindley, was born. Mr. J. C. Lindley received only a moderate English education in the district schools of Morgan Township, his circumstances being such that he could not attend higher schools, his father’s death leaving him the charge of an aged mother, and the business devolving upon him. January 25, 1877, Mr. Lindley was united in marriage to D. F. Hailey, who was born in Dade County, Mo., November 23, 1854, and is the daughter of Allen and Eva Hailey. Mr. Hailey was shot at his home during the late war. The mother is still living on the farm where her husband was killed. Mrs. D. F. Lindley is an amiable, even-tempered lady, of whom her husband is very proud. To them have been born six children—four boys and two girls: James Walter, John Elmer, Mary Eva, Laura Jane, Albin Rollo, and Frank Lee. Mr. Lindley is the owner of about 1,600 acres of land, divided into three improved farms; two are in Cedar County, Mo., and the old home place, where he lives, is about equally divided in Dade and Cedar Counties. Mr. Lindley is one of the stockholders in the Dade County Bank; handles considerable stock, among them some short-horn cattle, jacks and stallions, and is the largest tax-payer in his township. He, wife and mother, are members of the Church of Christ, and he is a deacon in the same. In politics, he is a Democrat. Although having no political aspirations, he was unanimously chosen a candidate for representative in 1888. Owing to the large Republican majority in Dade County, he was defeated. Dade County has a Republican majority of 360 odd, and Mr. Lindley was beaten by only 146 votes. He disclaims any intention of ever entering politics again, and only consented this time at the earnest solicitation of his “true and tried” friends. His only ambition, as a public man, has been to be a minister of the “gospel of the grace of God.” Although not an ordained minister, he has preached some. He say: “In a quiet way, I expect to spend the remainder of my days at the dear old homestead, where my sainted father sleeps, and the roof of which has been my shelter ‘mid all the vicissitudes of life.”

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Capt. E. Addison McCaleb, farmer and stock-raiser of Lockwood Township, and son of Samuel and Catherine (Wood) McCaleb, was born in Putnam County, Ill., in 1833. Samuel McCaleb, was born in Rockbridge County, Va., in 1794, and his wife in Mason County, Ky., in 1801. They were married in Kentucky about 1819, and from there removed to Ohio, thence to Indiana, and in 1832, to Putnam County, Ill., where Mr. McCaleb died in 1839. He was a stone-mason and brick-layer by trade, and was justice of the peace for many years. Mrs. McCaleb lived a widow for over forty years, and died in Illinois in 1882. They were the parents of ten children, eight sons and two daughters. Of these children, Capt. E. Addison McCaleb was sixth in order of birth. He was educated in the rustic log school-houses of Illinois, until seventeen years of age, and then attended one year at Judson College, at Mt. Palatine, Ill., after which he taught two winters. He was married in 1853 to Miss Susan Conrad, a native of Schuyler County, Ill., and the daughter of Jeff. Conrad. Mrs. McCaleb died in Illinois, in 1868. To this union was born seven children, four now living. November 7, 1872, Mr. McCaleb took for his second wife, Miss Ara E., daughter of Townsend G. and Zilla Fife, natives of Virginia and Kentucky, respectively. Mr. Fife died in Illinois, but his wife is still living. The second Mrs. McCaleb was born in Illinois. To this union were born five children, two now living. Mr. McCaleb served seven months in the United States Army, Company B, Seventy-seventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and operated from Covington, Ky., in 1862, to Vicksburg, Miss. He was in the attack on Haines Bluff, and was at the capture of Fort Hinman, at Arkansas Post. He enlisted as second lieutenant, was afterward made captain, but resigned in April, 1863, on account of disability, and returned home. In 1870 he came to Dade County, Mo., and settled on a wild piece of prairie land in the southwest part of the county. He is now one of the most extensive farmers of Dade County, being the owner of 1,003 acres of land, with 800 acres under cultivation. He deals largely in live-stock, and is engaged in rearing short-horned cattle. Since 1886 Mr. McCaleb has lived in Lockwood, and was justice of the peace for three years. He has been a Democrat in his political views all his life, and his first presidential vote was cast for James Buchanan in 1856. He has been a member of the Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons for thirty-five years, now belonging to Lockwood Lodge, and to the Greenfield Chapter and Commandery. He has been senior warden. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, Lockwood Post, and he and wife are members in good standing in the Christian Church. He has been an earnest worker for the cause of education, and for the general up building of the country. His children are named as follows: Lydia, wife of William Forrest, of Putnam County, Ill.; Kate, wife of Joseph Miller; Clarence A., and Samuel A. Capt. McCaleb was reared in the pioneer days of Illinois, by a widowed mother, who had a large family to support, and much of his success, integrity and uprightness is due to the early training of a true Christian mother. His advantages for an education were very limited, but by earnest effort on his part he obtained a good practical education, and is one of the prominent agriculturists of Dade County.

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Thomas McDermid, farmer and stock-dealer of Lockwood Township, was born in Ontario, Canada, in 1843, and is the second of seven children, five sons and two daughters, born to John and Margaret (Frazier) McDermid, and the grandson of Hugh McDermid, who was a native of Scotland, and remained there until after his marriage, when he and wife removed to Lower Canada, and afterward to Upper Canada, and there passed the remainder of their lives. John McDermid was born in Quebec, Canada, and his wife was born in Scotland. When about fifteen years of age she came with her parents to America, settled in Lower Canada, and was ther married to Mr. McDermid. They soon after moved to Ontario, Canada, where they are both living. Thomas McDermid was reared on the farm, and received his education in the common schools. He was married in August, 1869, to Miss Elizabeth N., Daughter of Thomas and Margaret Crozier. Mrs. McDermid was born in Canada, and by her marriage became the mother of two children, a son and daughter. In 1870 they came to Dade County, Mo., and two years afterward settled on the prairie near Lockwood, and here they have since remained. He has 320 acres of will-improved land, and is one of the leading pioneer settlers. He has an attractive and beautiful home. He was president of Lockwood Union Agricultural, Mechanical and Stock Association, at its organization in 1886, and was re-elected in 1887, 1888 and 1889, and is an earnest worker for the cause of education and for the up building of the county. He and wife are members of the Reformed Presbyterian Church. Mr. McDermid is the only one of his father’s family living in Dade County, Mo. One brother is living in Dakota, and they are the only ones in the United States. Mr. McDermid is a thorough-going, practical farmer and stock-grower, and is principally engaged in the raising of cattle. Politically he is a Prohibitionist, and longs for the day when strong drink, the worst enemy of man, shall be banished from the land. Mrs. McDermid’s father was born in Ireland, and her mother in England. They left their native land when young, and settled in Canada, where they were married, and where they remained until 1872, when they moved to Dade County, Mo. Here they both died, Mr. Crozier on November 26, 1877, and Mrs. Crozier about seven years previous. Mr. Crozier was a well-to-do farmer and stock-raiser.

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Archibald McLemore, farmer, and an old citizen of Center Township, five miles northeast of Greenfield, is a native of Knox County, Tenn., having been born in 1817. His father was Archibald McLemore, of North Carolina, who went to Knox County, Tenn., when a young man, where he married Sarah Plumley. In 1820 they removed to Monroe County, where he died in 1825, at about at he age of forty-five, his wife dying in 1824. She was the mother of eleven children, the subject of this sketch being the seventh, who, after his parents’ death, lived with his brother, Abram, working for him until he was nearly grown. In 1827 he assisted the governor to remove the Cherokees to their reservation in Indian Territory. September 15, 1842, he married Miss Mollie Brown, who was born in South Carolina, in 1817, the daughter of Robert and Jennie (Dennis) Brown, who moved to Monroe County, Tenn., about 1820. In 1842 Mr. McLemore came to Dade County, Mo., and settled two miles from Greenville, on the farm which is now owned by John Higgin. He remained two years, when, owing to ill health, he returned to Tennessee, and, in 1849, again came to Dade County, settling on the farm which he now owns, comprising about 265 acres. Their family consisted of six children: Mary, who died in 1886, aged forty-three; Robert, a merchant at Everton; Sarah Ann, wife of James McConnell; William, merchant at Everton; Paulina, wife of George Wilson, merchant at Everton. Mr. McLemore is a highly respected citizen; in politics he is a Republican, casting his first vote for Van Buren in 1840, being a Democrat before the war. He and his wife belong to the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

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William Y. McLemore, born in Dade County in 1852, son of Archibald and Mary (Brown) McLemore, is the senior member of the firm of McLemore Brothers, general merchants and dealers in farm implements, live stock, etc., established in July, 1884. The value of their sales annually is about $30,000 the value of the stock being about $8,000. The subject of this sketch, the fourth child of a family of six, three sons and three daughters, was raised on the farm, received a common school education, and remained at home till 1878, when he entered the mercantile business at Crossroads with G. W. Wilson, where they remained in business till the railroad was built, at which time they removed to Everton and built the first store building, which was in the woods. The firm continued till 1882, in September, when Mr. McLemore retired, and in 1884 established the present firm with his brothers, Robert F. and Jasper M. This firm is one of the strongest mercantile firms in Dade County, They began with nothing, are thorough-going and live business men, and upright citizens. In 1881 William Y. married Serepta C., daughter of Calvin and Acenith Wheeler, formerly of East Tennessee, but early settlers of Dade County, where Mrs. McLemore was born, and where the father died. The mother died in Kansas. Mr. Wheeler was a merchant and manufacturer. Our subject has had three children, two of whom are living. In politics he is a Republican, voting for Hayes in 1876. He and wife are Presbyterians.

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C. C. McLemore, of Washington Township, was born in Monroe County, East Tennessee, in 1837. His parents were John and Delila (Bredon) McLemore, of Tennessee, where they lived till 1852, when they came to Dade County, where the father died in March, 1880, and the mother, June 30, 1868. Mr. McLemore was a well-to-do farmer and blacksmith, of Scotch descent. The subject of this sketch was the third of six sons and four daughters, all living but one daughter. He received a common school education, and in January, 1868, married Sarah A., daughter of Joshua and Sarah Ragsdale, natives of South and North Carolina, respectively, who went to Tennessee when young, and came to Dade County in 1837, where they spent the remainder of their lives. They were among the first white settlers, coming when the country was wild and new. Mr. C. C. McLemore has had a family of eight children, five sons and two daughters now living. In 1863 he went to Colorado, and for seven years was engaged in the stock business there with success. Since his marriage he has lived in Dade County, where he has 837 acres in different farms, 350 of which is under cultivation. He is an extensive stock-dealer, and is engaged in breeding short-horned cattle and fine Clydesdale horses. He is a Democrat, a member of Greenfield Lodge No. 446, A. F. & A. M., of Royal Arch chapter No. 37, and of Constantine Commandery No. 27, and is one of the wealthy citizens and practical farmers of Dade County. Mrs. McLemore is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

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S. N. McMillen, a prominent farmer and stock-raiser of Washington Township, was born in Hardeman County, W. Tenn., in 1833, and is the son of Robert D. and Mary (Neely) McMillen. Robert D. McMillen was born near Knoxville, Tenn., in May, 1794, and after living in different parts of Tennessee, he moved with his parents to Mississippi, and was married in Monroe Couty, of that State, in 1823, to Miss Neely. After marriage he removed to Hardeman County, Tenn., and in 1836 returned to Mississippi. One year later he came to what is now Dade County, settling in a small log cabin near South Greenfield, and there improved a good farm. He died there in 1868. All was wild and unbroken when he settled in Dade County, wild game was plentiful, and the nearest doctor was in Greene County. They were obliged to go to Springfield to mill, and the nearest postoffice was at Bolivar. Mr. McMillen handled a great deal of stock. Mrs. Mary M. (Neely) McMillen was born in Tennessee, and died when the subject of this sketch was but an infant. Of the eight children born to Mr. and Mrs. McMillen, six are still living. After the death of his wife, Robert D. McMillen took for his second wife Miss Minerva Anderson, who died in Dade County, Mo., in 1844. He then married Mrs. Permelia Ann Thaxton, who died in 1868. S. N. McMillen was reared in the wilds of Dade County, and owing to the scarcity of schools, never attended but a few months. He began for himself at the age of twenty-two or twenty-three, and in 1855 went with an exploring expedition through New Mexico and Oklahoma. In 1857 he went with others to Choctaw Nation, purchased cattle, and drove them to California, the trip taking 108 days. In 1858 he returned to Missouri, where he and another man purchased a large number of sheep, and started for Texas, but near Fort Smith he was taken sick and returned to Missouri. In 1862 he was made second lieutenant of a company of Enrolled Missouri Militia, was captured the same day and paroled. He soon after considered it unsafe to remain at home, and went at once to Rolla, where he was engaged as a teamster for the Government to transfer supplies from Rolla to different points. This he continued for eighteen months, when his health failed. He then went to Leavenworth, made one trip with freight to Denver, Colo., in 1864, and returned in 1865. In July of the last named year, Mr. McMillen married Miss Sarah A., daughter of Archibald and Patsey Morris, natives of Robertson County, Tenn., who came to Dade County, Mo., in 1843. Here Mrs. Morris died in 1888. Mr. Morris is still living, and is seventy-five years of age. To Mr. and Mrs. McMillen were born eight children, two sons and three daughters now living. After marriage Mr. McMillen rented land for a few years, and then settled on the old home farm, where he now has 255 acres of good land, mostly the result of his own labor. He was president of the school board near South Greenfield, for a number of years, was his party’s choice for public administrator in 1888, but was defeated with the rest of the Democratic party. He was a Whig previous to the war, but since then he has affiliated with the above party. His first vote was cast for Mr. Fillmore, in 1856. Mr. McMillen is one of the few who have lived in Dade County fifty-two years, and has witnessed the marvelous growth of the country in that time. He was reared almost among the Indians. His grandfather, William McMillen, was a native of Scotland, and came to America when young. While a soldier in the War of 1812, he was captured by the Indians, and retained a prisoner three and a half years. His family, which was then living in Tennessee, supposed him dead, and were greatly surprised when he returned to them and related his experiences with the Indians. He died in Tennessee. He married Miss Mary Doak in 1792.

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Hon. Edgar P. Mann, attorney-at-law and mayor of Greenfield, Mo., became a resident of the town in August, 1883, and one year later formed a partnership with Mason Talbutt. Mr. Mann is a native of Warren County, Mo., born in 1858, and is the son of Josiah and Elizabeth (Moore) Mann, and the grandson of Thomas Mann, who was a native of North Carolina, and a farmer by occupation. He came to Lincoln County, Mo., when a young man, and there died in 1872 at the age of seventy-two years. Josiah Mann was born in Lincoln County, Mo., in 1823, and was of English descent. He was married in Warren County, Mo., and immediately afterward located there. He was a farmer by occupation, and was assessor of Warren County two terms. He now resides in LaFayette County, Mo., where he has lived since 1872. His wife, Elizabeth Moore, was born in Virginia in 1831, is of Scotch-Irish descent, and is yet living. They were the parents of eight children. Hon. Edgar P. Mann was the fifth child in order of birth, and was reared and grew to manhood on a farm, making his home with his parents until eighteen years of age. He received his rudimentary education in the public schools, and his collegiate education at Warrensburg State Normal. At the age of nineteen he entered the teacher’s profession, and followed this for four terms in LaFayette County, Mo. During his teaching he became a disciple of Blackstone, his preceptor being Hon. John S. Blackwell, of Lexington, Mo. December 21, 1881, he was admitted to the bar at the last mentioned place, and commenced his practice there. In 1883 he came to Greenfield, Mo., and was elected mayor of that city in 1888. He is a Democrat, politically, and has been a delegate to several State conventions, all since 1884. His first presidential vote was for Hancock in 1880. June 2, 1887, Mr. Mann married Miss Mary E. Clark, who was born in Missouri, and who is the daughter of S. S. Clark. One child, Frank, has been born to this union. Mr. Mann is a member of the A. O. U. W., is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and is one of the promising young men of Southwest Missouri. Mrs. Mann is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

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William H. Mitchell, farmer and stock-raiser, of Rock Prairie Township was born in Grainger County, Tenn., in 1836. His father, Preston Mitchell, was probably born in New York in 1808, but came with his parents when quite young, to Grainger County, Tenn., where he was reared and married, and in 1855 came to Dade County, where he died in 1875; he was a farmer and deputy sheriff in Tennessee, and justice of the peace in Dade County some years. His mother, daughter of Edward Churchman, was born in Grainger County, Tenn., in 1812, and died in Tennessee in 1878, where she went in 1876. His grandfather, Greenberry Mitchell, was English, and his grandmother German; both came when young to the United States, afterward working to pay their passage, and were among the first settlers of Grainger County, where Mr. Mitchell died a year or two before the war, at the age of seventy-three. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, was justice of the peace many years, and among the wealthiest men in the county at his death. The subject of this sketch, the third of a family of six, was educated at the common log school-houses, and, coming with his parents to Dade County, in 1856 he married Elizabeth, daughter of Archie and Mary Poindexter, natives of Kentucky, who came to Dade County about 1845, where they died. They have ten children, three sons and five daughters living. Since marriage he has lived on his present farm of 265 acres, it then having five acres cleared, whereas now there are 150 under cultivation. He served about two and a half years in the Union Army; was in Company E, Seventy-sixth Enrolled Missouri Militia about six months, in the Provisional service some six months, then twenty months in the United States service, Company E, Fifteenth United States Cavalry, in Southwest Missouri, and, having been captured in Jasper County, after one day and night was exchanged. He is a Republican in politics, and religiously a Presbyterian; his wife being a Cumberland Presbyterian.

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Marshall C. Murray, a stock-dealer and farmer of Grant Township, Dade County, Mo., and the son of Judge John and Sarah (Lettreal) Murray, was born in McMinn County, Tenn., in 1831. The parents were natives of North Carolina, the father born in 1799, and the mother in 1796. They were married in Tennessee in 1819, and afterward moved to Greene County, Mo., being among the first settlers of Southwest Missouri. Mrs. Murray died there in about 1844, and Judge Murray in about 1866. He was a farmer and stock-raiser for many years, and was also judge of the county court of Greene County, Mo. He served on the frontier in removing the Indians at an early day. He and wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. His father, William Alexander Murray, was born in North Carolina, and died in Tennessee. He was of French origin, and was a soldier in the War of 1812. His grandfather was a Frenchman. Mrs. Sarah (Lettreal) Murray was of Scotch-French descent and the daughter of Lewis Lettreal, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and died in Tennessee. Marshall C. Murray was the fifth of nine children, six sons and three daughters, and was reared in Greene County, Mo., from four years of age. He received a very limited education, owing to the scarcity of schools, and in 1858 he was united in marriage to Miss Frances Jane, daughter of Zachariah and Eliza Jane Sim, then of Greene County, Mo., where Mrs. Murray was born. Her parents were formerly form Tennessee. Mrs. Murray died October 25, 1886, leaving nine children, seven sons and two daughters. Mr. Murray lived in Greene County, Mo., until 1878, when he came to Dade County, Mo., and settled on his present farm, which then consisted of wild prairie land. He now has 490 acres of well improved land, all the result of his own efforts, and is one of the prominent agriculturists and stock-raisers of the county, having followed this business fro the last fifteen years. During the late war he was in the Confederate Army, Company C, of Campbell’s Battalion of Missouri, and operated in Southwest Missouri, Arkansas and Mississippi. He was captured at Big Black Bridge, Miss., in the spring of 1864, was taken to Camp Morton, Ind., and a few weeks later to Fort Delaware, where he remained a few months. He was then taken to Point Lookout, on Chesapeake Bay, where he was held about three months before peace was declared, and then returned home after four years of hardship and suffering. He was in the battle of Pea Ridge, Corinth, Grand Gulf, and was in the fights at Iuka, etc. Politically a Democrat, his first presidential vote was for Franklin Pierce, in 1852, and for nearly every Democratic candidate since. He has been a member of Lodge No. 101, of the A. F. & A. M., at Springfield, since twenty-two years of age, is a Master Mason, and has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, for about thirty years. Four of his children are, and Mrs. Murray was also a member of the same church.

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