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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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Enterprise Twp. -
HENRY BATEMAN PATTERSON, was born in
Ireland, county of Cork, May 2, 1827, and is the son of
Robert and Mary (Bateman) Patterson. He came to
America in June, 1849, landing first in Boston, and
proceeding thence to Connecticut, where he began working on
the railroad. Altogether Mr. Patterson has
followed railroading for about twenty years, his experience
being a varied one, from having worked on so many different
roads. After quitting that business, he began farming,
and has continued in the latter vocation ever since.
He came to this State and county in 1868, and located on a
farm in Enterprise township. His place contains one
hundred and sixty acres of well improved land, on which he
has recently built an elegant residence. His house is
an ornament to the neighborhood, and is so situated as to
command a fine view of the surrounding country. Mr.
Patterson married Ruth Angeline Nieswanger, July
17, 1864. Her parents were Henry and Elizabeth A.
Nieswanger, and she was born in Muskingum county, Ohio,
Aug. 14, 1839. Mr. and Mrs. Patterson have had
four children - three boys and a girl - two living and two
dead. Mr. Pattersonis a self-made man, who
started poor, which he first came to America. He
deserves credit for the financial and social position to
which he has attained by untiring industry.
Source: History of Linn County, Missouri - Publ.
Kansas City, Mo. by Birdsall & Dean - 1882 - Page 807 |
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MATTHIAS PENHALL. The subject of
this sketch was born in Huron county, Canada, Jan. 25, 1854,
and is the son of John and Olive (Toles) Penhall, of
Canada. He received a limited education at a common
school in Canada. He lived with his parents until he
was twenty-one years old, on a farm. In February,
1869, he came to Linn county, Missouri, and followed farming
up to this time, and was married Jan. 21, 1875, to Miss
Charlotte Elizabeth Woodside, daughter of John and
Mary (Stewart) Woodside, of Ireland. She was born
in Linn county, Missouri, Mar. 17, 1857. They have two
children, one boy and one girl. The boy, William
John, was born July 1, 1876; the girl, Elsay Alice,
was born Nov. 3, 1879. Mr. Penhall's father
made his home with him for some time before his death.
He died Jan. 19, 1881, at the age of sixty-four years.
Mr. P. is a naturalized citizen by taking out his
papers. Mr. P. is a member of the Presbyterian
Church, and has been for about ten years. He is on a
farm of eighty acres all under cultivation and well
improved.
Mr. Penhall although a young man, has made
his mark in the neighborhood by his strict attention to
business which makes him a valuable man in society.
Source: History of Linn County, Missouri - Publ.
Kansas City, Mo. by Birdsall & Dean - 1882 - Page 807 |
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Bucklin & Bucklin Twp.
S. F. PERRY
was born in Chatham
county, North Carolina. In 1844 he came with his
parents to Missouri and settled in Macon county, where the
subject of this sketch was raised on a farm and educated at
McGee College, in Macon county. In 1867 moved to
Bucklin, and engaged in business, where he has since
resided. Mr. Perry is the one of James and
Martha Perry. His father was a native of Virginia
and his mother of North Carolina. Mr. Perry was
married in 1862 to Miss Nancy E. Green, of Macon
county, by whom he has one child, David Lee.
She died in 1874. He was again married in 1876 to
Miss Mary F. Runyon of Linn county, by whom he has three
children, John F., Maud and Guy. He
served a term of years as justice of the peace and is now
filling that office.
He is a member of A. F. & A. M., and of the Good
Templars. Mr. Perry is a man of good business
qualifications, makes a good justice, and is an honor to his
town.
Source: History of Linn County,
Missouri -
Publ. Kansas City, Mo. by Birdsall & Dean -
1882 - Page 664 |
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GEORGE D. PHILLIPS was born in Locust
Creek township, Linn county, Missouri, July 20, 1838, where
he was reared and educated. Sept. 11, 1861, he
enlisted in Company H, Second Regiment Missouri State
Guards, where he remained until February, 1862, when he
reenlisted in the Confederate service under Captain
Flourney and served with him until the close of the war.
He then returned to Linn county,, and his followed farming
principally ever since. Mar. 1, 18811, he was
appointed superintendent of the poor-farm, and still holds
said office at this writing. He was married in this
county Jan. 29, 1857, to Miss Elvira Harvey.
They have had seven children, four of whom are living,
John P., Edward H., Robert W., and James H.
Source: History of Linn County,
Missouri -
Publ. Kansas City, Mo. by Birdsall & Dean -
1882 |
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DAVID C. PIERCE. The subject of
this sketch belongs to the honest-hearted, hard-worked, and
time-honored profession of farming. He is located in
section thirty-six, township sixty, range twenty-one.
He was born Jan. 10, 1840, in the immediate vicinity of
where he now resides. Mr. Pierce is a pioneer,
and comes of a family of pioneers. His father,
James M. Pierce, who died Dec. 25, 1858, was a native of
Alabama, and moved to Kentucky at a very early period of the
settlement of that State. His mother, who is still
living, was born in South Carolina, and when young moved to
Tennessee. Mr. Pierce, himself, has experienced
as much of the trials and hardships of frontier life as most
of men now living, and has passed through all the succeeding
phases of farm operations, from the day of bull plows to
that of reaping machines. He now has a farm of two
hundred and ten acres, all of which is well fenced and one
hundred acres improved. He was married to Miss
Emily Ann Van Bebber, Dec. 5, 1867. Has six
children.
Source: History of Linn County,
Missouri -
Publ. Kansas City, Mo. by Birdsall & Dean - 1882 - Page 773 |
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BENJAMIN L. POWELL was born in
Albemarle county, Virginia, May 28 1838, in the fall of
1857. He came to Missouri and to Linn county in 1858.
He was married in Jackson township, this county, Dec. 27,
1859, to Miss Sarah E. Powell. They have by
this union two children, Franklin A., born Dec. 9,
1860; Nathaniel, born June 20, 1864.
Source: History of Linn County,
Missouri -
Publ. Kansas City, Mo. by Birdsall & Dean -
1882 |
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JOSEPH C. PRATHER was born in Mason
county, Kentucky, June 19, 1844. He is a son of
Ross and Mary Prather, and continued to live in his
native State till 1880, when he came to Linn county,
Missouri. Mr. Prather is not a married man, and
has never been. He is a member of the Presbyterian
Church, and also of the Masonic order, a member of the lodge
at Maysville, Kentucky. He resides at this writing
with his half brother. Mr. Thomas Prather.
Source: History of Linn County,
Missouri -
Publ. Kansas City, Mo. by Birdsall & Dean - 1882 - Page 773 |
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THOMAS PRATHER is a native of Mason
county, Kentucky; born Nov. 23, 1807. His parents were
Ross and Nellie Prather, both natives of Virginia.
Thomas lived in Kentucky till 1833, and then moved
with his parents to Indiana, were he resided till 1836.
In this year he came to Missouri, settling first in Monroe
county, where he lived till 1840, when he moved to Linn
county and located in Benton township, where he has ever
since resided. Mr. Prather has always been a
farmer, though he engaged in other occupations in
California, where he went during the gold excitement of
1849. He returned in 1852, and since that time has
given his undivided attention to farming. Mr.
Prather was married in 1833 to Miss Lucinda Dawson,
daughter of Abraham and Phoebe Dawson. They
have had five children, only two of whom still survive.
Their names are Sarah Jane (deceased), Ross
(deceased), William Thomas, Mary Ellen (deceased),
and Abigail. His first wife died June 6, 1876,
and he was again married Oct. 23, 1877, to Maggie A.
Linhart. Mr. Prather belongs to no church
or organized society of any kind, though his present wife is
a member of the Methodist Church. He and wife are a
thrifty couple and raise most of what they consume. He
has a fine young orchard near his residence in section nine,
of township sixty, range twenty.
Source: History of Linn County,
Missouri -
Publ. Kansas City, Mo. by Birdsall & Dean - 1882 - Page 773 |
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