Napper, George and Mary A. (Peters)
Pg.
431
Nokes, George W. and Annis I. (Keltner)
Pg.
549
Paine, William H. and Almira (Harp)
Pg. 398
Perry, G.T.B. and Nannie A. (Williams)
Pg. 573
Pigg, J. P. and Martha (Robinson)
Pg. 378
Purdy, Alfred H. and Minnie M. (Scott)
Pg. 236
Purdy, Charles E. and Mollie (Stow)
Pg. 433
Purdy, Henry I. And Jane (Davis)
Pg. 432
Many of the residents of Christian County, Mo., are of British birth
and have engrafted upon western ways the habits of the sturdy Saxon race. George Napper was born in England about
fifty-nine years ago, and when young learned the blacksmith’s trade, following
the same for about thirty-two years.
For some years he was in the service of the British Government, but
about 1870 he came to the United States and for about three years resided at
Rock, Wis., where he worked at his trade.
Thence he moved to Christian County, Mo., and located north of Billings,
where he resided for two years, when he moved two and a half miles southeast of
that town and made his home there until a few years ago, when he removed to
Verona. His farm of 400 acres, near
Billings is one of the best improved tracts in southwest Missouri and on it is
a good dwelling. Everything about the
place indicates that an experienced hand is at the helm, for the house and farm
are in the best of order. Mr. Napper
also owns considerable real estate at Billings and more at Verona. He is a thoroughgoing, active business man,
and, although he came to this country with very little capital, by industry and
good management he has become one of the substantial men of the county. He was married in the old country to Miss
Mary A. Peters, who died in 1888. She
was an excellent woman and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Their daughter is now Mrs. Dr. York, of
Billings. Mr. Napper selected his
second wife in the person of a Miss Brown.
It
matters little what vocation a man selects as his life occupation so long as it
is an honorable one. If he is an
honest, upright man, courteous in his intercourse with his fellowmen and
possessed of the average amount of energy and business sagacity, he is bound to
make his business a financial success.
Because the subject of this sketch is possessed of all these
requirements, is the chief reason that he has succeeded; because he is above
the average in point of natural business qualifications, is the reason he today
stands among the best merchants of the county.
A brief sketch of Mr. Nokes is here appropriately given: A native of
Cannon County, Tenn., born in 1845, he is the second in order of birth of
eleven children, ten sons and one daughter, born to Nelson and Flora A. (Elam)
Nokes, natives of Cannon County, Tenn., the father born about 1821 and the
mother in 1825. The parents were reared
and married in that State and there remained until 1854, when they came to the
neighborhood of Nixa, Mo., then in Greene County, and settled on a claim in the
woods. Mr. Nokes improved four good
farms in this neighborhood and there passed the remainder of his days, dying in
August, 1879. He was a Union man during
the war, but took no active part, being an invalid. He furnished three sons for the Federal Army. Industrious, honest and upright, he was
respected by all and was an active member of the Christian Church. A Democrat early in life he was later a
Know-Nothing and then a Republican, voting for Lincoln in 1860. His father, Thomas Nokes, was born in the
Old North State, but early settled in Cannon County, Tenn., where he received
his final summons. He was a farmer and
mechanic. During the War of 1812 he was
under Gen. Jackson. He was of Irish
parentage. The mother of our subject is
residing in Christian County, near Nixa, and is a devout member of the
Christian Church. Her father, Reuben
Elam, came from Tennessee to Taney County, Mo., about 1844, and there died
before the war. He was a farmer. His wife died in Kansas. They were the parents of a large family,
thirteen children, six sons and seven daughters. Four of the sons, Elisha and Elijah, twins, Tillman and George, served
in the Federal Army. This family was of
Irish origin.
The
following children were born to our subject’s parents: John T., a farmer of
Porter Township, was in the Sixteenth Missouri Cavalry until the close of the
war (he operated in southwest Missouri and Arkansas and was captured in the
Springfield fight January 8, 1863, but was held a prisoner only two days; he
had formerly served in the Seventy-second Missouri Infantry and Sixth Missouri
Cavalry, enlisting first in 1862; he held the rank of orderly sergeant); G. W.,
our subject; Leah M., wife of Albert Stiffler; Nelson, now residing in Greene
County, was in the Sixteenth Missouri Cavalry, Company C, from 1864 until the
close of the war; William, Jr., resides in Porter Township; Newton J. also
resides in that township; Henry E. resides in Finley Township; Andrew J., a
farmer of Porter Township; Columbus M. of Porter Township; Lincoln and Elisha
Grant, both of Porter Township. On the
farm in Missouri our subject grew to mature years and his education was
received principally at home, his mother being his instructor. In 1862, when only seventeen years of age,
he enlisted in Company A, Seventy-second Missouri Infantry, serving until
April, 1863, operating principally in southwest Missouri. He was captured in the Marmaduke fight at
Springfield January 8, 1863, and was held a prisoner two days. When he rejoined his command it was
consolidated and made the Sixth Provisional of State Troops, with which he
remained until November, 1863. He was
then changed to the Sixteenth Missouri Cavalry, and served with that until the
close. He held the rank of corporal and
was in many skirmishes in Arkansas.
Following the war Mr. Nokes engaged in farming in this neighborhood, and
in 1871 was married to Miss Annis I., daughter of Michael and Matilda Keltner,
and a native of Sangamon County, Ill.
Mr. Keltner was born in Tennessee, but was of German parentage. He came from Illinois to Christian County,
Mo., after the war, but subsequently returned to Sangamon County, where he died
in August, 1880. His wife is living
there at the present time. Mr. Nokes
farmed until 1888 and then engaged in merchandising at Nixa, where he has been
engaged in business since. His stock is
valued at $4,000, and he is doing a good business under the firm name of J. E.
Bennett & Co. Mr. Nokes was justice
of the peace three terms, or about ten years, and is a member of the Christian
Church.
Mr. Paine is accounted a prosperous farmer and
stockman of Lincoln Township, Christian County, Mo., and like the native Tennesseean
he is progressive in his views and of an energetic temperament. He was born in Warren County in the year
1820, the fourth of eleven children born to Larkin and Rebecca (Huddleston)
Paine, natives it is thought of Georgia and South Carolina. When both were young they moved with their
parents to Tennessee and were married in Claiborne County of that State. Later they removed to Warren County, where
they continued to make their home until 1829, when they made another move, this
time to Independence County, Ark. In
1831 they came to Greene County, Mo., and located in the woods on James River,
six miles southeast of Springfield.
There they improved a good farm, but in 1834, on account of ill health,
they moved to Kickapoose Prairie, six miles southwest of Springfield, and there
Mr. Paine died in 1857. He had followed
farming all his life, and as a citizen and neighbor was highly esteemed. He was with Gen. Jackson in the Creek War,
and at an early day was elected by the Legislature as president of the bank at
Springfield. A self-made man, with but
limited education, he was a good calculator and seldom failed to unravel a
complicated mathematical problem. He
delighted in reading, and by his own perseverance and love of books became well
posted on all the topics of the day.
Mr. Paine was one of the very first settlers of Greene County, and
experienced all of the privations incident to pioneer life. His father, Daniel Paine, removed from
Tennessee to Illinois, when the subject of this sketch was but a boy, and
probably died there. He reared a large
family. The mother of our subject died
about 1887 near Ozark. She was a member
of the Christian Church. Her father,
David Huddleston, was a farmer and died in Claiborne County, Tenn. Our subject’s brothers and sisters were
named as follows: Anderson, died in Arkansas during the war, and left a large
family; Daniel, a farmer of Greene County; Gavin, died when two years of age;
William H., Subject; Col. John W. of Texas, was in the Confederate Army in a
Missouri Cavalry as colonel under Gen. Price (he is now a retired lawyer of
considerable repute); Houston R. is a farmer of Greene County; Martha Jane is
the widow of James Robinson; David M. died at Ozark about 1891, where he was
engaged in the practice of law (he was quartermaster in the Confederate Army
during the war); Lucy was the wife of Levin McNatt; Mary A. was the wife of
Lafayette Britton, and died in this county during the war; and Thomas Benton
died during the war (he was a soldier in the Eighth Missouri Cavalry, Federal
Army).
The original of this notice grew to manhood
principally in Greene County, but his educational advantages were limited, as
he never attended school over three months all together. This was on account of the pioneer times,
for he was reared in the wild of this county when they beat their corn meal
with a pellet, and when there were no public schools. He well remembers when the Indians were thick in this section and
when the woods swarmed with wild animals.
In those days our subject with other pioneers would haul goods from
Boonville and St. Louis with five yoke of cattle, and was generally two weeks
or more on the road, camping out at night and doing his own cooking. He took hides, etc., as did his neighbors,
and traded them for groceries, etc.
Nearly everything they wore was made at home. The first pair of pantaloons our subject had made in Missouri was
made from the fiber from nettles he had gathered in the bottoms. The finer fibers were made into shirting and
the coarser in other articles. These
ambitious pioneers made boxes for family use by taking the bark of the buckeye
tree and setting it together with strings of bark, etc. People went ten miles visiting, and often
fifteen miles to church. To walk five
or six miles to church was considered nothing.
During one fall four of the family killed fifty-two deer and one
wolf. Great delight was taken in
hunting in those days. Indians were
plenty then and Mr. Paine can say:
“My footsteps press where, centuries ago,
The redmen fought and
conquered, lost and won,
And where whole tribes and races are gone like
last year’s snow.”
In the year 1848 Mr. Paine was married in Madison
County, Ark., to Miss Almira Harp, a native of Warren County, Tenn., and the
daughter of Hardy and Ruth A. Harp, the former dying in Tennessee and the
latter in Arkansas. To Mr. and Mrs.
Paine were born an old-fashioned family of thirteen children as follows: John,
of Franklin County, Ar., Hardy K., of this county; Larkin, of Stone County;
Jane, wife of L. L. Phelps, of Greene County; Houston, of this county; William,
justice of the peace of Stone County; Thomas, of Greene County; Lincoln, of
Christian County; Frank, of this county, as are also D. Burden, Rebecca and
Joseph D. Mr. Paine made his home in
Greene County until about 1856, but since then he has resided in Christian
County. He has a farm of 180 acres
seven miles east of Billings, and has ninety acres under cultivation. With the exception of a few months when he
was in the grocery trade in Billings, Mr. Paine has farmed all his life. In April 1862, he enlisted in Company F.,
Fourteenth Missouri State Militia, and operated in southwest Missouri until
April 1863. He was then transferred to
the Eighth Missouri State Militia and was in the Marmaduke fight at
Springfield. He was also at Jefferson
City, and was captured there, but was paroled four days later. In April, 1865, after three years’ service,
he was mustered out at Springfield. He
was lieutenant of the Home Guards in 1861, was wounded in the leg in July of
that year, and has never fully recovered.
His wife died May 1, 1893. She
was a devout member of the Christian Church, and Mr. Paine holds membership in
the same.
The practical value of shrewdness and
discrimination combined with strict probity is exemplified in the prosperous
condition of those who transact business on these principles. Mr. G. T. B. Perry, a prominent general merchant
of Ozark, has a reputation for honorable dealing built up out of the practice
of these invaluable principles. He is a
product of the Blue Grass soil of Kentucky, Logan County, near Russellville,
and is a son of John T. and Mary E. (Ewing) Perry, both natives of
Kentucky. The grandfather, Samuel
Perry, was a native of Virginia, and the family came from the East and settled
in Kentucky at an early day. The father
of our subject was reared in the last named State and remained there until
1867, when he came to Missouri, locating two miles west of Ozark, on the Finley
River. There he tilled the soil until
his death in 1873. He was a wagon-maker
by trade and followed that while residing in Kentucky. In political matters he was a Democrat, but
was conservative and was not in favor of secession. He was an exemplary member of the Christian Church. The mother was the only child of William
Ewing and came of an old and prominent Kentucky family, being related to
Congressman Ewing of that State. Mrs.
Perry is still living and resides in the old home in Ozark. Although about seventy years of age time has
dealt leniently with her and she is still spry and active. Six of the children born to this esteemed
couple are now living, as follows: Amanda J., now Mrs. Perrin, of Kentucky;
William E., who died in 1883, resided on the old home place; G. T. B., subject;
Quietus, on the home place; Alfred is living in Nixa, this county; Rad, who is
in the Cherokee Nation; James R., who died young; John B. died in 1882, and
Mamie, wife of Mr. Simes, resides in Clinton, Mo. Mrs. Perry is a member of the Presbyterian Church, is an active
and earnest Christian and excellent woman.
The
gentleman whose name heads this sketch possesses those qualities of industry
and energy so necessary to success in any calling, and as a tiller of the soil
he is ranked among the most successful in the county. He owes his nativity to Warren County, Tenn., where he was born
November 25, 1844, a son of John and Melvina (Newby) Pigg, the former of whom
came to this county about 1851 or 1852, but was a resident of Marshall, Webster
County, Mo., at the time of his death, his wife having passed from life in
Tennessee. To their union the following
children have been born: Richard, of Christian County, Mo.; Thomas M., of Polk
County, Mo.; J. P.; Susan (Mrs. Clark), lives in California, and Melvina
(Stonesephen), who lives in this county.
Six children are deceased. John
Pigg was residing in Taney County, Mo., when the war opened; he was taken as a
prisoner to Springfield, but after being released made his home in Illinois
until after the war closed. He then
located in Webster County, Mo., and there died in 1882.
J.
P. Pigg and his brother, Richard, were Confederate soldiers under Gen. Price,
and afterward under Pemberton. After
the surrender of Vicksburg they came to Boone County, Ark., and joined
Jackman’s army and were with Price on his Missouri raid. He was at Devall’s Bluff, Baker’s Creek and
Newtonia, besides numerous sharp skirmishes and minor engagements. While in the infantry he was a private, but
became a sergeant after he joined the cavalry.
After the war ended he settled in Marion County, and has now a fine farm
of 280 acres, of which 200 acres are under cultivation and well improved, with
good buildings, fences, etc. Mr. Pigg
has always been a strong Democrat, has held the office of commissioner of
Marion County, has ever been interested in school work, and is giving his
children good educational opportunities, his own chance for obtaining an
education being limited on account of the war.
He is a member of Jeffries Lodge No. 284, of the A. F. & A. M., and
for the past twenty years he has been a member of the Methodist Church, to
which his wife also belongs. Mrs. Pigg
was born in Searcy, Ark., November 2, 1842; she was the daughter of Vinton
Robinson and the widow of William Angle, who was killed in the battle of Pea
Ridge. Her father was an old pioneer of this section from Tennessee; he owned
and conducted a mill on Clear Creek many years before the war. Mrs. Martha Pigg had one daughter by Mr.
Angle, Charlotte, who is the wife of James B. Glynn, and her union with Mr.
Pigg has resulted in the birth of the following children: John H., Lucind,
James T., Sally C., Samuel C., Arminda C., living, and the following who are
dead: Martha E., Cynthia C., William R., Frances M., Mary F., and Ira G. John H. is married and has one child,
Lesley. The Robinsons are of English
descent, and Mr. Robinson was born in 1799, and died December 20, 1865, in
Marion County, his widow’s death occurring August 27, 1877, at the age of about
seventy-three years. Some of the early
members of the Pigg family were soldiers of the Revolution.
Among the enterprising and successful
produce merchants of Billings, Mo., Alfred H. Purdy holds a prominent
position. He has been in business in
this city since 1880, has developed a permanent patronage, and his house is one
of the creditable monuments to the business circles of this place. He came originally from south Illinois, born
December 28, 1857 to the union of Henry I. and Mary (Varnum) Purdy. Our subject passed his boyhood and youth in
his native county, and in addition to a common-school education attended
college at Carbondale, where he was thoroughly educated. For a short time he clerked in Carbondale,
but later came to Missouri, and clerked in a store in Joplin for a number of
years. In 1880 he came to Billings,
leased the mill, and was engaged in the milling business from that time until
1884, under the firm name of Purdy & Goesling. After that he and his brother, C. E. Purdy, embarked in the
grocery business, which they followed for about six years, when our subject
bought out his partner. Later he sold
this, and still later branched out in the produce business with L. M. Wolfe,
now the vice-president of Billings Mercantile Company. In 1890 Mr. Purdy and George M. Scott bought
out Mr. John Seide, mercantile store, also the store of C. E. Purdy,
consolidated the business, and followed it until 1892. Since that time he has been engaged in the
produce business, buying all kinds of produce and game, shipping to all points,
and doing a large business. Mr. Purdy
is a young man, but experience has brought him reflection, coolness and
judgment. He is held in much esteem for
his many excellent qualities, and for his straight and manly action. This worthy young man has held a number of
offices in the town, and was the one who presented the petition to the court to
make Billings an incorporated town.
Since then he has been one of the trustees, and has held the office of
city clerk three terms. He has also
been assessor of the town. He is one of
the prominent men of the county, is active in political matters, and has been
at the head of the Republican ticket.
Socially he is a member of the A. O. U. W., Select Knights of the A. O.
U. W., and also the Sons of Veterans.
June 18, 1882, he selected his wife in the person of Miss Minnie M.
Scott, a native of Iowa, born in 1865, the daughter of Dr. J. Z. Scott, who has
been a resident of Billings since 1881, with the exception of one year, and who
served in the Mexican War. Two children
have born to Mr. And Mrs. Purdy:
Clarence, born May 1, 1885, and Ollie March 5, 1888. Mr. Purdy and wife are members of the
Christian Church, and they are much respected by all.
Among
the reputable men of Billings, Mo., who, in their conduct of business matters
and the duties belonging to the various relations of life, have acquired a
worthy name, is Charles E. Purdy, the efficient, intelligent and energetic
mayor of that place. Although young in
years he is old in experience, and is one of the leading spirits of the city,
guarding its interests and furthering all worthy enterprises. Mr. Purdy came originally from Jackson
County, Ill., born April 5, 1860, and is a son of Henry I. and Polly A.
(Varnum) Purdy, natives of Vermont. His
grandfather, Isham Purdy, was born in Vergennes, Vt., in the year 1800, and
died in Illinois when eighty-three years of age. His wife, Roxcea (Wiley) Purdy, who was also a native of the
Green Mountain State, died in the same house.
They were the parents of seven children: Henry I. (subject’s father),
Edwin P., Chas. W., and four daughters.
Grandfather Purdy followed the
occupation of a farmer, and in 1850 came to Illinois, where he entered
land. The Purdy family is of Puritan
stock, the ancestors settling in New England at an early date, and were
prominent in the early history of the colonists. Henry I. Purdy came with his father to Illinois in the forties,
and there a small colony was formed from the people from their native town in
Vermont. Henry I. married Miss Polly
Ann Varnum, whose parents came from Vermont with the colony, and when the Civil
War broke out he enlisted in Company K, Seventy-third Illinois Volunteer
Infantry, and was appointed corporal.
Soon after he enlisted he was taken sick and died in the hospital at
Bowling Green, Ky., in January 1863. He
was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in politics was a strong
Republican. He held a number of offices
in Jackson County, and was a man who took a deep interest in all worthy
matters. His father was a noted
musician in his day, and was probably a drummer boy in the War of 1812. The mother of our subject died at Clarkton,
southeast Missouri, July 15, 1872. Four
children were born to her marriage to Mr. Purdy; George, who died in infancy;
A. H., a prosperous businessman of Billings; Charles E. (subject); and Alice M.,
who died in 1885, and who was the wife of David M. Owen, of Billings. The mother was married the second time to
Phillip Griffin, and one child was born to this union, David.
Our
subject spent the first five years of his life in his native town, and then
went with his mother to Missouri, settling with her in Clarkton, Dunklin
County, where he remained until thirteen years of age. His mother’s death occurred at that time,
and he and the other children went to Illinois to live with an uncle, Edwin P.
Purdy. There he grew to manhood, and
was educated in the public schools of Carbondale and the Southern Illinois
Normal University. Later he worked at
the lumber and sawmill business, and still later engaged in merchandising,
continuing the same until 1884, when he came to this city. In January of that year he opened up a
general store, and continued this successfully until May, 1893, when he sold
his entire business to the Billings Mercantile Company. Previous to this, in April, 1892, he was
elected to the office of mayor of Billings, and the same spring he was made a
member of the school board. He has also
been appointed justice of the peace and notary public, which positions he now
fills with credit. He is also at the
present time in the real estate, loan and insurance business, and is making a
complete success of this. He has large
additions to the city, embracing about ninety choice building lots, which are
building up quite rapidly, and besides he owns considerable town and farm
property. Mr. Purdy is an experienced,
practical man of business sagacity and tact, and has developed a solid
connection in all branches of the real estate business. Socially he is a member of the A. O. U. W.,
and of the Select Knights of the same order, and is one of the most prominent
members of that order. He is also a
member of the Knights of the Horse. On
the 9th of May 1886, he was married to Miss Mollie Stow, a native of
Christian County, Mo., born January 27, 1869, and the daughter of S. H. and
Louisa (Green) Stow, the mother only now living. Mrs. Purdy is one of ten children, all of whom are living in
southwest Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. Purdy
have a fine home on Pine Street and Washington Avenue, and are the parents of
three children: Lola, Irene, and Roxcea Wiley. Mayor Purdy and wife attend the Christian Church, and the latter
is a member of the same. In political
matters Mr. Purdy is a strong Republican, and the family for a number of
generations were Republicans and Whigs.
He is one of the leading men of the city, has its interests at hear, and
is filling his present position with credit to himself and his constituents.
In
the year 1842 some eight or ten families emigrated from Vermont and settled in
Jackson County, Ill., forming what was and is known today as Vergennes
Colony. Isham Purdy’s family,
consisting of father, mother and seven children, formed a part of this colony –
three boys and four girls, Henry I., the subject of this sketch, being the oldest
son. Edwin P. married and has made his
home in Carbondale, Ill., and has been extensively engaged in the lumber
business for the last twenty years.
Charles W. Purdy, the third son, married and settled in the old
neighborhood and has resided on his pleasant and fine farm ever since the war. He enlisted at the beginning of the war and
marched by the side of his eldest brother, Henry, and his sixteen year old son,
John W., making music with his fife and the father and son with their drums
through many a weary and dangerous day.
He was discharged as disabled in 1863, and was sent home to his family,
where he resides today. The girls of
the family all married prosperous farmers of the neighborhood and still reside
in the vicinity of their father’s old home.
After buying land and making a small payment thereon the Purdy family,
like all new settlers, found themselves very poor and with many obstacles to
discourage them in their undertaking.
But that true blue Yankee blood in their veins gave them determination
to do or die. After living for a winter
on a dirt floor they managed to build themselves a comfortable house, and
shelter for their stock, from proceeds earned by the boys teaching school in
neighboring districts. After this they
prospered and in a few years Isham Purdy was a prominent man in his
county. He retired from active farm
life at sixty-four, and went to live at Duquoin, Ill., where he resided at the
time of his death in 1883. He was from
early recollections a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and politically
was for benefiting his fellowman. His
boys all grew up in the Republican doctrine.
The mother, Miss Roxcea Wiley, came from one of the first families, and
was married to Grandfather Purdy in 1821, in their native village, Vergennes,
Vt., her family being prominent in politics in the early settlement of Vermont,
one brother, Clement Wiley, having served nineteen terms in the State
Legislature. She lived to raise all her
seven children and see them settled in homes of their own, and her grand and
great-grandchildren were always welcome visitors to her. She died at their home in Duquoin, Ill., in
1874. Of the seven children, six taught
school for their neighboring counties.
After
settling in their new home the subject of this sketch, Henry J. Purdy, then
nineteen years old, worked for his father on his farm during the crop season,
teaching school during the winter months, the proceeds of which he gave to his
father. He was born in Vergennes, Vt.,
February 19, 1823. He was married to
Jane Davis in 1846, and like his father, he commenced life on a dirt floor and
slept on a borrowed featherbed until he could buy one. He bought land on time, worked for his
neighbors for the money to make his payments, and many were the moonlight
nights that he put in grubbing out his farm, so that when in 1862 he was called
to defend his country he left his family 240 acres of land out of debt, with
plenty of stock and tools to carry it on and money in the bank, and his
children can point today and say, “Our father owed only $3 at the time of his
death, and that was to his minister.”
To his union with Miss Davis were born three children, viz.: John
Westley, who entered the army at the age of sixteen as a drummer boy and served
to the end (he now lives on his farm near Makanda, Ill.); Elvira I. married R.
A. Hall; Amanda E. married Henry H. Stone, and both reside at Billings,
Mo. After the death of his first wife
he married Polly Ann Varnum, who was a member of the Vermont Colony, resulting
in the birth of George, who died in infancy; Alfred H. and Charles E., who are
married and live in Billings, Mo., and Alice M., who married David M. Owen and
died in 1885. When the Civil War broke
out Mr. Purdy enlisted in Company K, Seventy-third Illinois Volunteer Infantry,
and was in active service until he died in the hospital at Bowling Green, Ky.,
January 22, 1863. He was a member of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, a stanch Republican, a man who took a deep
interest in the welfare of his fellowman and his country. His widow married Phillip Griffin in 1865;
moved to southeast Missouri, where their only child (David) lives now. Mrs. Griffin died at Clarkton, Mo., July 15,
1872.