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BIOGRAPHIES.
History of Linn County,
Missouri
An Encyclopedia of Useful Information, and A Compendium of
Actual Facts.
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It Contains
A Condensed History of the State of Missouri and Its Chief
Cities -
St. Louis, Kansas City and St. Joseph;
A Reliable History of Lynn County -
Its Pioneer Record, War History,
Resources, Biographical Sketches and Portraits of
Prominent Citizens; General and Local Statistics of great
Value, and a Large Amount of Miscellaneous
Matter, Incidents, etc. Etc.
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ILLUSTRATED
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Publ. Kansas City, Mo.
Birdsall & Dean.
1882
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Benton Twp. -
JOHN GABEL is a son of William and
Mary Gabel, and was born in Preston county, Virginia
(now West Virginia), where he continued to reside till he
was ten years old. He then went to Fayette county,
Pennsylvania, where he lived till 1868, when he came to Linn
county, Missouri, and has ever since resided here, chiefly
engaged in farming, though he sometimes works at the
carpenter's trade. He was married in December, 1844,
to Miss Mary Rumble, daughter of David and
Catharine Rumble. Ten children have resulted from
this union, nine of whom are still living. Their names
are: Catharine (deceased), James Irvin, Martha
Jane, Ida A., William B., John, Justice De Friend, Hattie
Melissa, Elizabeth Olive, and Alice May. He
and wife are members of the Baptist Church, and Mr. Gable
also belongs to the Odd Fellow's fraternity at Browning.
Both he and wife are of Dutch descent, and are a thrifty,
energetic couple. He raises quite a variety of
products on his farm, including fruits and tobacco.
Also raises considerable honey, having several stands of
bees.
Source: History of Linn County,
Missouri -
Publ. Kansas City, Mo. by Birdsall & Dean - 1882 - Page 765 |
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Benton Twp. -
GEORGE W. GIBSON is a tiller of the
soil, being a native born Missourian, his birthplace being
two miles southeast of Linneus, where he was born Mar. 1,
1837. He has spent his whole life thus far in farming,
and in Linn county. In him is readily recognized a
representative of the representative class of Missouri.
The typical Missourian is a farmer and that, too, a farmer
not wholly un-ambitious, but one content with his lot, who
stays at home and thinks it the best place on earth.
He has long since recognized the importance of combining
stock-raising with the business of farming, and in raising
stock his motto is, "the best is most profitable." He
gives special attention to cattle, and now makes a specialty
of the Short-Horn breed. Mr. Gibson was married
to Miss Harriet A. Schrock, in Sullivan county,
Missouri, Oct. 24, 1854. He has six children, four of
whom are living. Mr. Gibson is a member of the
Browning Lodge, I. O. O. F., and both himself and wife are
exemplary members of the Methodist Church.
Source: History of Linn County,
Missouri -
Publ. Kansas City, Mo. by Birdsall & Dean - 1882 - Page 766 |
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Benton Twp. -
WILLIAM F. GIBSON was born in South
Carolina, June 7, 1810. His parents were Thomas N.
and Ruth Gibson, who moved out to Tennessee at an early
day. On the way out, William F., then a small
boy, knocked a tomahawk out of a "kid" Indian's hand and
brained him with it. It seems, however, that they
arrived safe in Tennessee. The father was a carpenter
by trade, and William had the pleasure of seeing
a roof he had put on, fifty years afterwards, and it was
still in good condition. He (the father) also operated
a farm in connection with his trade, and his sons did
the work thereon. He died when William was
about thirteen yeas old, and his mother married again; after
which he never lived at home, but bound himself out to a man
with whom he worked till he was twenty-one years old.
On Sept. 3d, 1833, he was married to Miss Rachel,
daughter of Thomas and Rebecca Brookshire. They
have twelve children, eight of whom still survive. His
first wife died July 28, 1857, and he was again married Oct.
3, 1860, to Rebecca C. Schrock, daughter of Robert
L. Schrock, by which union he has three children.
His coming to Linn county was as early as the spring of
1835, and first settled below Linneus. In 1837 he
moved to Benton township and has lived there ever since,
engaged in farming. Soon after the county was
organized he was appointed justice of the peace, and
afterwards elected, making him thirteen yeas in that office.
He has been a member of the Methodist Church for over forty
years, and was always an active working member, and most of
the time has been a class leader. He taught school a
short time in this county. Before the war he was a
Whig, but since has taken small interest in politics.
He has a farm of 150 acres, all under fence, on which he has
a good orchard.
Source: History of Linn County,
Missouri -
Publ. Kansas City, Mo. by Birdsall & Dean - 1882 - Page 765 |
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Enterprise Twp. -
JAMES WASHINGTON GOOCH
was born in
Pike county, Missouri, Nov. 23, 1844, and is the son of
William G. and Sarah (nee Grimmett) Gooch, of
Missouri. He has a limited education, as the war was
going on at the time for him to go to school. He came
to Linn county, Missouri, with his parents in 1845, and he
has lived here ever since and followed farming and
stock-raising. He lived with his parents until he was
thirty-four years old. He now lives on his farm of
three hundred and sixty0-five acres all under cultivation
and well improved. He is a single man, and a man who
stands well in the society where he lives. His close
attention to business makes him a model man and farmer.
Source: History of Linn County, Missouri - Publ.
Kansas City, Mo. by Birdsall & Dean - 1882 - Page 804 |
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Enterprise Twp. -
MRS. RACHEL GOOCH. The venerable
lady whose name heads this sketch, is a native of Kentucky,
and was born in Bath county, Mar. 21, 1815. She was
married in that State, to Thomas S. Gooch, on the
sixth of November, 1832. They continued to live there
till 1848, when they moved to Linn county, Missouri, and
located on a farm. Mrs. Gooch lost her husband
by death July 31, 1873, aged sixty-three yeas, two months
and twenty-eight days. Since that time she has been
making her home with her children, and is at this writing
living with her two sons, A. T. and Charles B. Gooch,
in Enterprise township. The elder and first-mentioned
son was born in Sullivan county, Dec. 7, 1846, while
Charles B. is a native in Linn county, born May 3, 1855.
The brothers operate a farm together, and their mother keeps
house for them. They have one hundred and seventy
acres, all in a high state of cultivation, and the condition
of the place gives ample evidence of the energy, industry,
and thrift of the Gooches.
Source: History of Linn County, Missouri - Publ.
Kansas City, Mo. by Birdsall & Dean - 1882 - Page 804 |
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Bucklin & Bucklin Twp. -
WILLIAM A. GREER, was born in Franklin
county, Virginia, where he was raised; was educated at the
University of Virginia. Graduated at the medical
department of the Hampden-Sidney College, at Richmond,
Virginia, in 1854. Practiced several years in Shelby
and Macon counties. In May, 1881, he moved to Bucklin
where he continues his practice, and is engaged in the drug
business. Dr. Greer was married in August,
1842, to Miss Mary F. Meason of Monroe county, and
formerly of Kentucky, by whom he has five children living.
His paternal grandfather was a captain in the
Revolutionary War, and was severely wounded, but died at the
advanced age of one hundred and six years. His father
was a colonel in the War of 1812, and died in 1842.
Source: History of Linn County,
Missouri -
Publ. Kansas City, Mo. by Birdsall & Dean -
1882 - Page 661 |
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