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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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Locust Creek Twp. -
EDWARD R. RAVIS was born in Loudon,
England, Dec. 11, 1835. When he was six years of age
his uncle sent for him to come to the United States.
He landed in Boston, and was there reared and educated.
In 1856 he came west and located in Illinois. Here he
followed steamboating, holding the position of first mate of
the Gray Eagle, which he continued until 1861. He then
engaged in farming, and soon after freighting on the plains,
and afterwards railroading. He came to Linn county in
1869 where he has ever since lived, engaged in farming.
He owns a good farm of ninety acres, well improved. He
was married in Linn county, Aug. 21, 1869, to Miss Huldah
Nichols, a native of Missouri. They have two
children, Mary A., born July 6, 1874; Annie M.,
born Nov. 6, 1879.
Source: History of Linn County,
Missouri -
Publ. Kansas City, Mo. by Birdsall & Dean -
1882 |
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Locust Creek Twp. -
AUGUST RHEIN was born in Germany, Dec.
17, 1814, where Mr. R. was reared and educated.
After finishing his education, he was employed by the
Government for sixteen years. In July, 1856, he came
to the United States, landing in New York. From there
he went to Wisconsin, where he was engaged in government
surveys one year; afterwards engaged in farming with his
brother, which he continued until the fall of 1870, when he
came to Linn county, where he since made his home, following
the occupation of farming, hotel keeping, surveying, etc.
Mr. R. is a man of good business qualifications,
prompt and reliable, and has one many friends.
Source: History of Linn County,
Missouri -
Publ. Kansas City, Mo. by Birdsall & Dean -
1882 |
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Bucklin & Bucklin Twp. -
DR. G. M. ROBERTS
was born in Sullivan
county, Indiana. When quite small his parents moved to
this county, where the subject of this sketch was raised.
He is a graduate of the State University of Indiana.
In 1870 he graduated at the Ann Arbor Medical College.
Began the practice of medicine in Macon county, where he
continued three years, when he went to Jasper county and
remained until 1875, when he came to Bucklin and continued
the practice.
Dr. Roberts was married in the fall of 1880 to
Miss Carrie Kathan, of this county. He is the
son of Morris and Jane Roberts, who came to this
county in 1856. He is a member of the I. O. O. F.
Dr. Roberts is one of the leading physicians of
Bucklin, and one of whom the citizens should be proud.
Source: History of Linn County,
Missouri -
Publ. Kansas City, Mo. by Birdsall & Dean -
1882 - Page 665 |
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Benton Twp. -
A. ROBINSON. This gentleman is
the son of Dr. William and Annie E. Robinson, and was
born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Oct. 27, 1836. When about
three years old he moved with his parents to Manchester,
Ohio, where he lived for ten or twelve years. From
there he moved to Mason county, Illinois, and remained there
about nine yeas, and then came to Linn county, this State.
This was in 1857, and he has been a citizen of this county
ever since, except when temporarily absent. He taught
school for some time in Linn county, before going to
Brookfield. He was for some time engaged in the
printing office of the Brookfield Gazette.
The last year he spent in Brookfield, he published a
paper called the Western Citizen. On leaving
Brookfield, Mr. Robinson went to Kansas City and
spent three years, publishing while there a journal called
the Western Cultivator. He then returned to
Linn county, and engaged in publishing the Browning
Reporter, which paper he has been editing since June,
1881. Mr. Robinson served in three different
companies on the Union side during the war. He first
enlisted in Company A, of the Twenty-eighth Illinois
Regiment; subsequently he was in Company K, Eighty-fifth
Illinois, and lastly in Company L, of the Twelfth Missouri
Cavalry, in which he was sergeant, and served two and a half
years. He was in the battles of White Station,
Tennessee, Murfreesboro, Nashville, and the battle below
Louisville. He was never wounded or captured.
Mr. Robinson was married Jan. 17, 1858, to
Miss Margaret J. Oxley, a daughter of Eli and Mary
Oxley. They have eight children living and one
deceased. Mrs. Robinson is a member of
the Methodist Church, but Mr. Robinson is not
know in communion with any denomination.
Source: History of Linn County,
Missouri -
Publ. Kansas City, Mo. by Birdsall & Dean - 1882 - Page 774 |
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Benton Twp. -
WILLIAM R. ROBINSON
Source: History of Linn County,
Missouri -
Publ. Kansas City, Mo. by Birdsall & Dean - 1882 - Page 774 |
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Benton Twp. -
WILLIAM ROGERS, son of John and
Anna Rogers, was born in Ripley county, Indiana, Apr.
30, 1827. The father was an early settler of Indiana,
as was the son of Missouri, he having located there in 1820.
Mr. Rogers started west when nineteen years of age,
first settling in Van Buren county, Iowa. In the
spring of 1852 he went to Oregon and stopped two years in
the Williamette Valley. From Oregon he went to
California and for some time worked in the mines. In
1855 he traded a claim in Oregon for a quarter section of
land in Sullivan county, Missouri, whither he removed with
his family the same year. Here he erected a saw-mill
which he operated for five years, and in 1865 sold the farm
and removed to Laclede where he engaged in mercantile
business. After several years in the business, removed
to a farm where he lived four years. He then returned
to Laclede where he engaged in manufacturing. After
some time he sold out his interest in the manufacturing
business at Laclede, and engaged in the business of
manufacturing farm wagons at his present location. He
was married in Van Buren county, Iowa, to Miss Nancy
Simmons, in the year 1847. Was again married in
1864 to Miss Margaret Schrock. There have been
born to Mr. Rogers three children by first marriage
and seven by the second marriage.
Source: History of Linn County,
Missouri -
Publ. Kansas City, Mo. by Birdsall & Dean - 1882 - Page 776 |
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Bucklin & Bucklin Twp. -
J. A. ROSE was born in Monroe county,
Michigan, and spent his early life on a farm. He was
educated at Ypsilanti, in the same State. He came to
Linn county, Missouri, in 1867. Mr. Rose is a
carpenter by trade, though he has advanced in the world till
his circumstances are such that is no longer necessary for
him to work at that calling. In 1873 he engaged in the
hardware business at Bucklin and continued till 1879.
He engaged in the general merchandise business in
December, 1880, the firm being styled Rose &
Hainds. Mr. Rose was married in 1868 to
Miss Ophelia L. Davenport, of Monroe county, Michigan.
His first wife died in April,1879, and he was again married
in February, 1880, to Miss Mary M. Damerell, of
Bucklin. By his first union Mr. Rose became the
father of six children, three of whom still survive; named,
respectively, Charles Elbert, Lillie W., and Don
Alphonso. When the civil war came on Mr. Rose
enlisted and served two years in the Seventh Michigan
Cavalry. He was in the battles of Gettysburg, and
Falling Waters, and was severely wounded in the
latter, which necessitated his remaining in the hospital for
one year. In September, 1876, he was appointed
postmaster at Bucklin and has held the position ever since.
Mr. Rose is a member of the I. O. O. F. lodge and is
a true worker in the order.
Source: History of Linn County,
Missouri -
Publ. Kansas City, Mo. by Birdsall & Dean -
1882 - Page 664 |
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