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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
History of Buchanan County, Missouri
Containing
A History of its Citizens, Buchanan County in the Late War,
General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers
and Prominent men, History of Missouri,
Map of Buchanan County, Etc., Etc.
- ILLUSTRATED -
Publ. St. Joseph MO
Union Historical Company.
1881
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City of St.
Joseph and Washington Township -
JNO. W. BAILEY,
of the wholesale house of Bailey, Fairleigh & Weill,
was born in Dover, Stewart County, Tennessee, Sept. 17,
1830. He received an ordinary school education at
home, and at the age of fourteen commenced his
mercantile experience, in a country store owned by
Watson & Hillman at Empire Iron Works in Kentucky.
Two years after he removed to the Tennessee Rolling
Works, Kentucky, and sold goods for Hillman Van Lear
& Co., four years. The last year he was given the
entire charge and made the purchases of goods for the
establishment, although only twenty years of age.
He resigned this position, and on May 9th came to St.
Joseph in company with his brother-in-law, James Kay
and his partner, J. C. Ingram. He accepted
a situation with Ingram & Kay, and in 1852
succeeded Mr. Ingram in the business and has been
continuously in the firm from that time until the
present, a length of time sufficient to test a man's
capacity both as a citizen and a merchant. The
house of Bailey, Fairleigh & Weil
is one of the best known in the southwest, and Mr.
Bailey has become widely regarded as a thorough
business man, a reliable merchant and a gentleman of
undoubted integrity. Mr, Bailey has been
actively connected with many enterprises of public
character in St. Joseph, and has uniformly manifested a
commendable degree of sympathy with every scheme
calculated to promote her interests. May 8, 1856,
he married Miss Susan E. Wildbahn, a daughter of
Thomas Wildbahn, Esq., an old resident of
Buchanan County. They have three children living,
two sons and a daughter.
Source: History of
Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881 - Page 670 |
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City of St.
Joseph and Washington Township -
JOHN H. BAKER,
bricklayer and plasterer, is among the progressive
citizens of this city. He is a native of New York,
and was born in Albany, Feb, 22, 1852, and was there
educated, raised and learned the bricklaying and
plastering trades, serving five years apprenticeship.
In 1880, he came west, and took up his abode in St.
Joseph. On the 10th of October, 1878, Miss
Agnes Meyers became his wife. By the union
they have had one daughter, Kate. He
belongs to the Bricklayers' Union.
Source: History of Buchanan County, Missouri,
Published 1881 - Page 671 |
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City of St.
Joseph and Washington Township -
PETER BAKER,
boiler and sheet iron worker, is a native of Germany,
and was born in Prussia, in 1823, and was there educated
and learned his trade. After serving his country
in the army for several years, in 1849 he came to
America, locating in Chicago, Illinois, where he worked
at his trade for sixteen years. In 1865, he came
to St. Joseph, where he has confined himself to
manufacturing. He is a very proficient workman,
and commands his share of patronage. He was
married in Chicago to Miss Mary Kohner.
They have had five children, three of whom are living:
Mary, Margaret and Agnes, and has lost
two, William and Joseph.
Source: History of
Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881 - Page 671 |
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City of St. Joseph and Washington
Township -
Source: History of Buchanan
County, Missouri, Published 1881 - Page
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Wayne Twp. -
FRED BANKER,
farmer and stock dealer, section 22, postoffice Hall, is
a native of New York, and was born in Dutchess County,
July 8, 1831. Was there educated in an academy and
received a fair education. Following farming
during life, Mar. 20, 1857, he started to Leavenworth,
Kansas, and from there came to Buchanan County,
Missouri, where he has since resided. His landed
estate consists of 309 acres, his home farm containing
120 acres. He acted as justice of the peace a part
of one term. Was married, May 14, 1868, to Miss
Nancy L. Starmer. She was born in Tennessee,
Feb. 27, 1842, and died Dec. 29, 1879. They had
four children: Mary H., born Nov. 6, 1870;
Frederick W., born Aug. 16, 1873; John K.,
born Nov. 13, 1874; Bettie A., born June 24,
1877.
Source: History of Buchanan County, Missouri,
Published 1881 - Page 999 |
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Wayne Twp. -
JOHN F. BARNES,
farmer, section 34, postoffice DeKalb, was born in
Jackson County, Missouri, Jan. 11, 1840 and when five
years of age came to Buchanan County, Missouri, where he
has since resided. With the exception of ten years
when he was engaged in milling, Mr. B. followed
farming. In February, 1865, he enlisted in the
Federal service in Company A, Fifty-first Missouri, and
served till the close of the war. His farm
contains sixty acres. He has been justice of the
peace for about five years. He was married Aug.
23, 1860, to Miss Rebecca Keith, who was born in
Bartholomew County, Indiana, Jan. 31, 1842. She
died Mar. 28, 1875 They had eight children, five
of whom are living: James H., born Nov. 3,
1862; Sarah E., born Oct. 19, 1864; Lydia J.,
born Nov. 27, 1866; Aaron E., born Nov. 14, 1869,
and Mary A., born Apr. 5, 1872. Mr.
Barnes was again married Jan. 14, 1877, to Mrs.
Elizabeth F. Finch, whose maiden name was
Meers. She was born in Green County, Ky., July
29, 1833. She was first married Feb. 10, 1847, to
Jeremiah Finch. He was born in Halifax,
Virginia, and died Feb. 10, 1866. They had ten
children, of whom six are living; Eliza J., born
July 22, 1850; John A., born Dec. 2, 1852;
Jesse, born Dec. 20, 1854; Thomas L., born
Aug. 4, 1856; Jeremiah, born June 22, 1858, and
Martha A., born Nov. 18, 1864.
Source: History of Buchanan County, Missouri,
Published 1881 - Page 999 |
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Wayne Twp. -
HIRAM L. BREWSTER,
merchant and postmaster, residence section 29,
postoffice Hall, was born in Wayne County, Ohio, Feb.
10, 1844, and was raised in Medina County. He was
educated in the common schools and the High school at
Spencer. In 1859 he went to St. Joseph County,
Michigan, where he was employed as clerk in the
postoffice and bank till the spring of 1861, when he
enlisted in Company G, Twenty-fifth Michigan Infantry;
was mustered in as a private and a part of the time was
clerk in the medical headquarters of Louisville.
He participated in all the battles in which his company
were engaged, serving for three years. He returned
toMichigan, remaining in Detroit one year, employed as
bookkeeper in a commission house, after which he came to
his present location. Here he has been engaged in
farming and teaching. He began in his present
business in 1877; has acted as postmaster since 1873.
His landed estate consists of 280 acres.
Source: History of Buchanan County, Missouri,
Published 1881 - Page 1000 |
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Wayne Twp. -
WILSON BRITTAIN,
farmer, section 21, postoffice Hall, is a native of
Iowa, and was born Sept. 2, 1838. He was brought
to Buchanan County, Missouri, when but a year old, and
has made farming his occupation through life. His
landed estate consists of 121 acres of fine farming
land. Was married Aug. 3, 1856, to Miss Sallie
Singleton. She is a native of Indiana, and was
born No. 2, 1838. They have had eleven children,
seven of whom are living: John S., George W.,
Marvin G., Charles, Elizabeth, William H., and
Hettie J.
Source: History of Buchanan County, Missouri,
Published 1881 - Page 1000 |
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Wayne Twp. -
W. A. T. BROWN,
farmer and stock dealer, section 26, postoffice St.
Joseph, was born in Campbell County, Tennessee, Feb. 21,
1828, and when about nine years of age his parents moved
to Missouri and located in Platte County, where they
remained till 1852. Then he went to Nodaway County
and remained till 1862, when he came to Buchanan County.
While in Nodaway County he lost considerable on account
of the war; he served under Clabe Jackson about
six months, and was also in the Pawpaw militia about
nine months. Previous to this he had served six
months in the Mexican war. His farm contains over
113 acres. He was married Oct. 8, 1852, to Miss
Mary J. Moore, a native of Tennessee. She was
born Mar. 1, 1834. She died leaving four children,
G. L., born Nov. 18, 1856; Carrie L., born
Aug. 5, 1854; William L., born Dec. 21, 1858, and
Alice L., born Oct. 1, 1864. Lost one.
Mr. B. is a Mason and member of Wellington Lodge,
No. 22.
Source: History of Buchanan County, Missouri,
Published 1881 - Page 1000 |
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