Dade County Biographies by Goodspeed
HISTORY
OF HICKORY, POLK,
CEDAR, DADE AND BARTON COUNTIES, MISSOURI, 1889;
Published by Goodspeed.
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John Harrison, postmaster at Greenfield, Mo., was born in Boone Co., Mo., May
22, 1825,
and is the son of George and Malinda (Lynes) Harrison, and the grandson of John and Elizabeth (Harris)
Harrison. George Harrison was born in Alexander, Va., September
3, 1800,
and was left an orphan when but a small boy.
After the death of his parents he was taken by his uncle, a Mr. Dennis,
who removed to Woodford County, Ky., and here George learned
the saddler’s trade. When a young man
he went to Old Franklin, Howard County, Mo., and shortly afterward to Columbia,
Boone County, of the same State, where he was married, March 24, 1824, to Miss Malinda Lynes. Mr. Harrison died in Hempstead County, Ark., September
22, 1859. His wife was born in Madison County, Ky., August
12, 1803,
and when five years of age her parents, Joseph and Mary Lynes,
moved to St. Louis, and thence to Boone County, Mo., being among the pioneer
settlers. Since 1851 Mrs. Harrison has
lived with her daughter, Elmira Meng, of Dover, Mo. Mrs. Harrison is the mother of four
children. John Harrison attained his
growth in Boone County, Mo., and received a fair
education in the schools of that county.
After leaving home he commenced working at the harness-maker’s trade,
but a few years later took up merchandising at Walnut Grove, Greene County. May 18,
1853,
he married Miss Mary E. Foushee, daughter of William
and Narcissa (Hunt) Foushee,
of St.
Charles County, Mo., and a native of Claiborne County, Tenn., born in 1833. William Foushee was
a native Virginian. To Mr. and Mrs.
Harrison were born nine children: Roger H., a physician near Gainesville,
Texas; Charles, deputy postmaster of Greenfield, and a harness-maker by trade;
Mark E., a dentist of Nevada, Mo.; Edwin, assistant cashier in Dade County
Bank; Ralph, cadet at West Point; William, in Victoria, New Mexico, manager of
a broom factory; Ruth (deceased), Hugh and Elmira. After marriage Mr. Harrison located in
Bolivar, where he established a harness and saddlery
shop, and where he remained until after the war. In 1866 he became a citizen of Greenfield, and established a harness
and saddle shop, which he conducted until May 19,
1885,
when he was appointed by William F. Vilas as postmaster of Greenfield, which position he filled
to the satisfaction of all concerned. He
is a Democrat in political views, casting his first presidential vote for Gen.
Taylor in 1848. He was a member of the
school board of Greenfield for a number of years, and
was one of the initial members. He was
also a member of the city council for some time. Mrs. Harrison is a member of the Christian
Church.
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William T. Hastings, farmer and notary public
of rock Prairie Township, was born in Jackson
County, Ala., in 1826. His father was
John H. Hastings, born in North Carolina I 1793, who married
Margaret Gentry, a native of Tennessee, who died when the subject
of this sketch was three weeks old. Mr.
John H. Hastings married the second time in Tennessee, and in 1846 came to Greene County, Mo. He was of a roving nature, and lived in Texas at the breaking out of the
war, and afterwards went to Kansas, where he died in
1866. He was a son of John Hastings, who
was born in England, and served as a soldier
in the Revolutionary War, dying in Tennessee about 1831. William T. was the last of four sons and one
daughter. He was raised by an aunt in Tennessee till he was twelve years
of age, and received but little education.
He afterward lived with his father in Alabama and Mississippi. He was married in 1844 to Isabella Massengale, who was born in Madison County, Ala., and died
in 1874 in Dade County. They had a family of ten children, of whom
four sons and one daughter are living.
He married the second time, December 8, 1874, Serena C. Cotner, daughter of Daniel and Minta
Cotner, early settlers of Dade County, where Mr. Cotner, a saddler, lived till his death, Mrs. Cotner dying in Newton County. By this wife he had two children. Mr. Hastings came to Greene County, Mo., in 1851, and in 1853 to Dade County, where he has 240 acres of
land near Everton, and where he has since lived. He has acquired this land by his own efforts
and hard work. He served about twelve
months, in 1862 and 1863, in Company L, Seventy-second Enrolled Missouri
Militia, then twenty months in Company I, Fifteenth United States Missouri
Cavalry, traveling all over Southwest Missouri as commissary sergeant,
employing many scouts. He served as
justice of the peace from 1874 to 1886, with satisfaction, with but two appeals
to higher courts, and they were compromised before trial. He has been notary public since 1886. He has been a Democrat in politics all his
life, the first president he voted for being Polk, in 1844. He is a member of Washington Lodge No. 87, A.
F. & A. M., at Greenfield, having been made a Mason
in 1850, in Mississippi. He is, and for about fifty years has been, a
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, both
his wives also being members. When quite young Mr. Hastings learned the trades of Blacksmith and
stonemason, following them many years in connection with farming.
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Amos Helphenstine, hardware merchant of
Greenfield, and one of the prominent business men of the city, was born in
Greene County, Penn., in 1837, and is the son of William Alexander and
Elizabeth (Piatt) Helphenstine, and the grandson of
William Henry Helphenstine. The grandfather was a native of Holland, and come to the United States long before the Colonial
period, and the family took active part in the Revolution. He was merchant at Winchester, Va., and died in 1852, at the
age of 87 years. William Alexander Helphenstein was a native of Winchester, Va., born April
1, 1808,
and was a coppersmith and tinner by trade. He is now living at Waynesburgh, Penn., where he has made his
home since 1834. His wife, Elizabeth
Piatt, was born near Waynesburgh, Penn., in 1818, and was the
daughter of Amos, who was a native of Paris, France, and Julia Ann (Engle)
Piatt, who was a native of Maryland, born near Frederick. Julia Engle Piatt’s
father was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and was on Gen. Washington’s staff. Amos Piatt was expelled from France during the Hugenot rebellion.
Mrs. Helphenstine is still living, and is the
mother of eight children, six sons and two daughters. Of these children Amos Helphenstein,
the subject of this sketch, was the eldest.
He was educated in Waynesburgh College, and, in 1851, he commenced
learning the coppersmith and tinner’s trade, and
where he also took up the study of music; was an apt pupil, and soon became a
skillful Eb bugle player. In August, 1858, he returned to his
birthplace to attend college, but the war came on before he graduated, and in
July, 1861, he enlisted in Company F, Eighth Pennsylvania Reserve Corps. He was in the seven days fight in front of Richmond, and was in service until
August, 1864, when he was discharged at Baltimore, Md. After the war Mr. Helphenstine
went west to Oskaloosa, Iowa, and in 1867 came to Greenfield, Mo., where he has since
remained, engaged in the hardware business.
March 10, 1868, he married at Crawfordsville, Ind., Miss Sarah Jane Newton,
who was born in Farmington, Iowa, in 1842. Two children were the fruits of this union,
Mary E. and Annie E. Mr. Helphenstine has done considerable teaching of band music,
having been the instructor of one of the best bands in the State. He thoroughly understands both the science
and art of the profession. He is a
member of the G. A. R., post commander of Greenfield Post, and has been counsel
of administration of the State for two years.
In his religious views Mr. Helphenstein is a
Spiritualist in belief, and his wife is a Presbyterian. He is one of the prominent citizens of the
county, is a man who assists in all laudable and public enterprises, and is an
ardent supporter of free public schools, and a strong Republican on all
occasions.
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Joel T. Hembree, ex-county judge and
proprietor of the Challenge Mills at Greenfield, Mo., purchased one half interest in the mills in 1881. The mill was erected in 1880, at a cost of
$3,000, with two sets of buhrs, and in 1887 it was
changed to eight sets of rollers, with a capacity of forty barrels per
day. Mr. Hembree
started in partnership with C. Depee, but in 1883 he
bought Mr. Depee’s interest. Mr. Hembree was
born in Roane County, Tenn., in 1824, and is the son
of Isaac and Mary (Blake) Hembree, and is the
grandson of Joel Hembree, who was a soldier in the
Revolutionary War, and who emigrated to Roane County, Tenn., in 1806. The old homestead is yet in the Hembree family, and is owned by his cousin, Joel Hembree. Isaac Hembree was born in Spartanburg District, S. C. in 1796,
and was of Welsh extraction. He was but
ten years of age when he went with his parents to Tennessee, and in that State he grew
to manhood. He was married in Roane County in 1823, and in 1852 came
to Cedar
County,
Mo., location one-half mile
east of Stockton. He
died in 1864. He was a prominent man and
judge of the county court of Cedar County for some time. He was also a soldier in the War of
1812. He was twice married, his second
wife being Miss Salissa S. Price, a native of Tennessee, who died in 1883. Mr. Hembree’s first
wife, Mary Blake, was born in Roane County, Tenn., in 1803, and died in
1836. Two children were born to them:
Marietta V., wife of W. K. Marcum, and Charles C. The same year of his marriage, Mr. Hembree left his native State, moved to Dade County, Mo., and located six miles
northeast of the county seat. He was the
owner of 1,200 acres of land, and was a successful farmer. August 20,
1862,
he enlisted in the Enrolled Militia, and November of the following year he
enlisted in Company E. Fifteenth Regiment Missouri Cavalry, serving until July
1, 1865,
when he was discharged at Springfield, Mo. He was a brave and gallant soldier, and was
promoted to the rank of second lieutenant.
Mr. Hembree was a Democrat in his political
views up to the war, and his first presidential vote was for Gen. Cass, in
1848. Since and during the war he has
affiliated with the Republican party.
After the war he returned to farming, which he continued up to 1887,
since which time he has been engaged in the milling business. In 1854 he lost his wife, and in April of the
subsequent year he married Miss Nancy Hayes, a native of Indiana, born in 1834. Four children were the result of this union:
Lewis J.; Hugh A., who is with his father in the mill; Isaac A., and Harriet C.
(deceased). Mrs. Hembree
died in January, 1864, and March of the same year Mr. Hembree
married Miss Sarah J. Marcum, who was born in Tennessee, in 1844, and who bore
him ten children: Mollie; Ida, wife of Robert Brockman; Annis,
Ottis, Maud, Joel, Susan, Grant, Garfield and
Bird. Mr. Hembree
is a member of the Masonic fraternity, Greenfield Lodge No. 446, and is also a
member of Greenfield Post No. 75, G. A. R.
He and wife and three children are members of the Christian Church. Mr. Hembree and son
do business under the firm title of Hembree & Son.
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W. C. Holman is a native of Dade County, having been born here in
1851. His parents are Giles and Louisa (Hayter) Holman, of Tennessee, where they were married,
and, in 1850, came to Dade County; they have since lived
near the boundary in Polk County. Mr. Holman has a good farm, and is a
successful farmer and stock-raiser. His
wife died in 1876. W. C. Holman is the
oldest of eight children, four sons and four daughters, and was educated in the
common country schools. In 1872 he was
married to Elizabeth J., daughter of James Moore, born in Missouri. Her parents dying when she was a few months
old, she was reared by an uncle. In 1875
they removed to Barton County, and in 1879 to Kansas, where they lived till
1882 or 1883, when they returned to Dade County. Mr. Holman is a liveryman and stock and grain
dealer, being engaged extensively in the latter business, at which he has
served since he was fifteen years old.
Since 1887 he has been in the livery business, having good horses and
accommodations. In politics he is a
Democrat, and voted for Tilden in 1876.
He is the present constable at Everton, and a member of the A. F. &
A. M., Everton Lodge, of which he is past master. He is also a Knight Templar and Royal Arch
Mason---a member of Constantine Commandery at Greenfield, and in religion is a
Cumberland Presbyterian. Mr. Holman is a
thorough-going business man, and an active worker for the general good of the
community.
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Seymour Hoyt, attorney-at-law, real
estate agent and abstracter, of Greenfield, Mo., was born in Marshall
County, Ill., in 1844, and is one of the successful legal practitioners of Dade County. He is the son of James and Maria (Hitchcock)
Hoyt, and the grandson of Benjamin Hoyt, who was a native of Connecticut. James Hoyt was born in Stanford, Conn., September
19, 1807,
and is the seventh child of the seventh generation of that family in the United States, Simon Hoyt having
emigrated from England to the United States in 1628 or 1629. In his youthful days James Hoyt was a tailor
by trade, but later in life he followed farming, and paid for his first forty
acres of land by following his trade. He
was married in New York City, but soon moved to Ohio, where he remained until
1831, when he removed to Springfield, Ill., and after remaining there
a short time located in Marshall County, Ill., where he resides at the present
time. For the past twenty years he has
resided at Lacon, the county seat; was township
treasurer for about twenty years, and justice of the peace a number of
years. He is still living, and is one of
the county’s best citizens. His wife,
Maria Hitchcock, was born in Connecticut in 1811, and died in
1848. After her death he married Eliza
Jane Mathis, who is yet living. Mr. Hoyt
was the father of nine children by his first wife, and Seymour Hoyt is the
youngest child of the nine now living.
He was educated in the public schools, also two terms at Lombard University, Galesburg, Ill., and took a full course at
the commercial business college of Bryant & Stratton, Chicago, Ill., receiving his diploma in
August, 1865. At the age of nineteen he
entered the teacher’s profession, and this continued until May, 1864, when he
enlisted in Company A, One Hundred and Thirty-Second Illinois Infantry, for 100
days, and was under the command of Capt. Hugh Shepherd, of Mendota, Ill. Mr. Hoyt was on post duty for five months at Paducah, Ky., and was discharged at Chicago, Ill., April
9, 1867. He became a resident of Greenfield, Mo., and in the fall of the
same year he commenced teaching, and this continued for four terms in Missouri. While in Greenfield he was deputy circuit
clerk two years, justice of the peace four years, and in 1878 he was elected
probate judge of Dade County, and served four
years. In 1882 he commenced the study of
law, and in April, 1884, was admitted to the bar. Since then he has practiced his profession. In 1881 he engaged in real estate business, and in 1883 in abstracting. From March, 1883, to 1887, he was notary
public. Mary 26, 1868, he married Miss
Mattie McDowell, a native of Greenfield, Mo., born in 1850, and the
daughter of Nelson and Catherine (Casebier)
McDowell. Mr. McDowell was a member of
the first county court of Dade County, and was one of her
pioneer citizens. To the marriage of Mr.
and Mrs. Hoyt were born seven children, five now living: Allen, Kate, Nellie,
Mary and James L. In his political views
Mr. Hoyt is a stanch Republican, and cast his first presidential vote for U. S.
Grant in 1868. He is a member of the
Masonic Fraternity, Greenfield Lodge No. 466, Royal Arch Chapter No. 38, Constantine Commandery No. 7. He is also a member of the G. A. R.,
Greenfield Post No. 75; and he and wife are members of the Baptist Church, he being clerk of the
same.
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Monroe Ingraham, proprietor of the Dadeville Roller Mill,
is a native of Chautauqua County, N. Y., born November
16, 1825,
and the son of Thomas and Julia (Balis) Ingraham, both natives of Dutchess County, N. Y., the former born June
20, 1802,
and the latter September 19, 1803. Thomas Ingraham was
of English descent, and was a farmer by occupation. He emigrated to Chautauqua County, N. Y., about 1823, and
from ther to Washtenaw County, Mich., in 1832, where he passed
the remainder of his days, dying March 17, 1865. He was one of the pioneers of that
county. The mother died at the home of
her son, Monroe Ingraham, August
24, 1872,
the same year she came to Missouri. They were the parents of five children, who
grew to maturity, Monroe being the eldest
child. He remained with his parents
until twenty-fie years of age, and August 7, 1850, he married Miss Mary Abbott,
who was born in the town of Bath, N. H., September 25, 1825, and who is the
daughter of William and Patience (Burbank) Abbott, Mr. and Mrs. Abbott were
both natives of New Hampshire, and emigrated from their native State to
Michigan, in 1827. Here they both died,
the mother in 1829, and the father in 1861.
To Mr. and Mrs. Ingraham were born four
children, all living: Carlton A., Delia B., wife of Daniel J. Blakemore; John
C., and Julia Patience. Mr. and Mrs. Ingraham, after marriage, which occurred in Michigan, moved to Missouri, settling at Springfield in 1857, and there Mr. Ingraham started a foundry and machine shop and made the
first casting in Southwest Missouri. He
resided there until 1870, when they moved to Dadeville, Mo., and started a saw-mill
the same year, and in connection built a grist-mill in 1872, which he operated
until 1877. He then sold the saw-mill,
but still continued to operate the grist-mill until 1886. He then completed the roller-mill, which he
still owns, and which is considered the best mill in Dade County. It cost about $10,000, and was the first
roller-mill in that county. It has a capacity for fifty barrels of flour
per day, and Mr. Ingraham is doing a successful
business. He was at first a Free Soil
man in his politics, then a Whig, and afterward a Republican, but is now a
Prohibitionist. His first presidential
vote was cast for Gen. Scott. He is an
earnest worker for the cause of temperance, and he and wife and two children
belong to the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
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Col. Benjamin S. Jones, farmer and stock-raiser,
of Rock Prairie Township, was born in Putnam County, Ind., in 1832, his parents
being the Rev. Benjamin and Hester (Alexander) Jones, born in Maryland in 1779
and 1796, respectively. They were
married in Kentucky in 1822, and the same year
moved to Indiana, where he died in January, 1845, the mother
dying in April of the same year. Mr.
Jones was a Methodist minister for twenty-five years. He was of Welsh descent, a son of Benjamin
Jones, who was born in Wales, and came when a young man
to America, settling in Virginia, where he died when his
son Benjamin was four years old.
Grandfather Peter Alexander was a Revolutionary soldier, and died in Kentucky. The subject of this sketch, the eighth of a
family of ten children, was left an orphan at the age of twelve years; he then
lived with an elder brother till he was eighteen years of age. He was educated at the common schools till
the age of seventeen, when he attended one year at Asbury, now De Paw
University, Indiana, after which he went to Iowa and taught school about
ten years. At the breaking out of the
war he was clerk in a bank, but enlisted in Company M, Third Iowa Cavalry, and
on organization of the regiment was made first lieutenant. He held the offices of captain, major and
lieutenant-colonel, and September, 1864, was made colonel of the regiment,
which he commanded till the close of the war, when he was mustered out at Atlanta, Ga., August
9, 1865,
after nearly four years of hard service.
He was at the battles of Pea Ridge, Hartsville, Mo.; Little Rock; Tupelo, Miss.; Tallahatchee, Miss.; Montevallo, Ala.; and many others. In 1864 he married Mrs. Kate Newcomb,
daughter of James McCashen, of Pennsylvania, she having been born in Ohio. Mr. McCashen died
in Lee County, Iowa. They have one
daughter, Cora F. The Colonel now lives
one and a half miles east of Everton, where he has a fine farm of 280 acres,
which he himself has well improved. He
is a genial, sociable and esteemed gentleman.
From 1868 to 1870 Col. Jones was treasurer of Wayne County, Iowa; he
then served four years as auditor of the same county, when he assumed the
editorship of the Wayne County Republican, which he ably edited for eight
years, when he was compelled to resign on account of ill health, and after
spending some time in Kansas looking for a suitable location, finally settled
near Greenfield, Dade County, Mo., where he lived a few years. In politics he has been a life-long, earnest
Republican, casting his first vote for Fillmore, in 1856; he has been an
earnest worker for the party. He is the
present commander of Everton Post No. 359, G. A. R., and is a devout member of
the Methodist Episcopal Church. His wife
died in 1883.
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R. N. Killingsworth, who resides in North Township,
nine miles northwest of county seat, and who is one of the prominent
agriculturists and stock-raisers of Dade County, is a native of Greene County,
Mo., born January 12, 1840, and is the son of Joseph and Melinda (Barnett) Killingsworth.
Joseph Killingsworth was born in McMinn County, E. Tenn., May
12, 1813,
and died October 16, 1888, in Dade County, Mo. He was of Scotch descent. In 1838 he came to Greene County, Mo., followed agricultural
pursuits, and was one of the early settlers of that county. His wife was born in Tennessee, in 1817, and died October
6, 1886. They were the parents of twelve children,
eleven of whom grew to maturity, and nine now living. R. N. Killingsworth
is the second child born to his parents.
He remained at home until twenty-one years of age, and in July 1861,
enlisted in the Federal Army, in Company D, Sixth Missouri Cavalry, and served
six months. In 1863 he married Miss
Martha P. Martin, who was born in Tennessee in 1843, and who is the
daughter of Isaac and Margaret Martin.
Mr. Martin came to Missouri about 1850, and is yet
living. Mrs. Martin died about
1855. Nine children were born to Mr. and
Mrs. Killingsworth: Lewis R., Della and Dora (twins),
Berry, Halla
N., William, Burton L., Leslie and Lois B.
Mr. Killingsworth has resided on the farm he
now owns since 1880; he has 120 acres in the home farm, eighty acres in
another, and forty in still another tract.
He is a Democrat in his political views, and he and wife are members of the
Missionary Baptist Church. His grandfather, Reuben Killingsworth,
was born in Tennessee about 1788, was a soldier
in the War of 1812, and died in Greene County, Mo., about 1857. His wife, Anna (McClain) Killingsworth,
died in Greene County, Mo., about 1862.
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James M. Kirby, a farmer and prominent stock-raiser of Morgan Township, who
is located then miles northeast of Greenfield, is a native of Kentucky, born
December 1, 1830, and the son of Tully C. and Nancy (Hernington)
Kirby. (For further particulars of parents,
see sketch of Fred W. Kirby, which appears elsewhere in these pages.) James M. Kirby was the fourth of eleven
children born to his parents and remained with them until nineteen years, of
age, when he enlisted for the Mexican War, and was a soldier under Capt.
McNair, in Company A, Third Regiment Mounted Infantry of Missouri, and served
nine months. He had two older brothers
in the same war, one serving eighteen months in Old Mexico, and the other in New Mexico until the close of the
war. James M. Kirby was discharged at Independence, Mo., and returned to Dade County, of the same State. In 1861, he joined the Home Guards of
Missouri, and a short time after enlisted in the Enrolled Militia, being
elected first lieutenant of Company E, Seventy-sixth regiment
a short time after enlisting, in which capacity he remained for eight months,
when he was promoted to the rank of captain, and held this until the close of
the war. He was at Springfield in 1864, when that city
was attacked by Gen. Marmaduke, and was in a severe
skirmish at Greenfield also in 1863. Previous to the Civil War, in 1850, he
married Miss Mary J. Grisham, a native of Tennessee, born February
24, 1830,
and the daughter of John and Mary Grisham, both deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Kirby were born twelve
children, eight living: John T., Joseph D., William M., Nancy F., wife of John
A. McConnell; Elnora, wife of John B. McConnell; Cora; Lula, wife of Alfred
Smith; and Carrie. Mr. Kirby has resided
on his present property, which consists of 250 acres of land, since 1877, and
aside from this is the owner of 120 acres in another tract. He is a good citizen, and an influential and
well-to-do farmer. He is a Republican in
politics, and was appointed register of veterans of Dade County soon after the close of
the war; was also appointed assessor of the county at one time. He is a member of the Masonic Lodge at
Dadeville, and he and wife are members of the Baptist Church.
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Frederick Kirby, another prominent agriculturist of Morgan Township, was born in Dade County, Mo., September
16, 1848,
and is the son of Tully C. and Nancy (Hernington)
Kirby. Mr. Kirby was born in Kentucky in 1802, and was of
English-Welsh descent. He was a farmer by
occupation, and emigrated from his native State to what is now Dade County, Mo., in 1837. He was one of the first settlers, locating in
the county before the village of Dadeville was laid out for a
town. His wife was born in Kentucky in 1805, and they were
married in that State. Their family
consisted of eleven children, five now living, four in Dade County, and one in Cedar County. Both parents are living, and make their home
with their son, Frederick Kirby, who is the youngest member of the family. He received his education in the county
schools of Dade County, and in 1864 he enlisted
in Company A, Sixteenth Missouri Cavalry, served about ten months, and partly
lost his eyesight during service. March
7, 1882,
he married Miss Lauraetta Walker, who was born in Ohio in 1863, and who is the
daughter of Amos J. and Martha Walker.
Mr. and Mrs. Walker came to Dade County, Mo., from Illinois in 1878, and both are
living. After marriage Frederick Kirby
located on the old homestead where he was born, resided there one year, and
then moved to Dadeville, where he now resides.
The homestead contains 300 acres of land, but has since been divided
among the children. Four children, three
sons and one daughter, were the result of his marriage. He is a Republican in politics, and is a
member of the Baptist Church.
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