Tevis Farm

Charles C. Tevis, who was born in Kentucky, came to Holden, Missouri, in 1879.  He bought a 240-acre farm in 1879.  After his death, his son, Robert Tevis, bought the farm.  Robert passed the farm to his son, Charles C. Tevis.  The farm operation was later incorporated with Charles as major shareholder and his family as other shareholders.
Charles has an outstanding dairy herd and won may honors in the state and county.  Charles' son, James, now runs the farm which is used to produce crops of corn, soybeans, and wheat.  They also have a herd of beef cattle.
The farm has been terraced and a regular fertilizer system is used.  An 11-acre conservation lake was built on the farm.  A new home and several barns have also been added.

Wampler/Dale Wharton Farm
(also applies to Richard and Peggy Zink farm)

Edward Wampler bought 1200 acres of land in 1856 from John Robison.  In 1873, he burnt the brick and built the house which still stand on a portion of the 120 acres today.  His wife, Elizabeth (Stoner) Wampler, died in 1874, just before its completion.  Edward then moved to Ohio and later died there in 1885.
William Wampler, the youngest son of Edward, moved back to the farm with his wife, Sara (Sprenkel) Wampler, in 1879 and raised eight children.  (Five girls:  Mollie, Anna, Bessie, Alberta, and Lena, and three boys: George, Elmer, and Russell.)
William Wampler gave an acre of land where the Old Baptist Church was erected in 1920 and still stands today.  Before that, the Church meetings were held at the Wampler Farm.
Row cropping and cattle were the main sources of income during that time.
William Wampler died on the farm he was born on in 1941 and Sara passed away in 1940.  Elmer Wampler and his wife, Claribel (Hurt) Wampler, purchased the farm in December of 1943 and raised two daughters, Peggy Charlene and Donna Ann.  Elmer Wampler died in 1971 and Claribel died in 1972.  Richard and Peggy (Wampler) Zink moved to the brick home in 1972 with their children, Rich and Teresa.  Richard was postmaster at Knob Noster and raised cattle.  In 1973, Dale and Donna (Wampler) Wharton with their son, Jeffrey, built their home across the road from the old brick homestead on a portion of the original 1200 acres.
Donna works at the Bank of Knob Noster and Dale is Vice President of the Bank and is on the Board of Directors.  William Wampler was also a director of the same bank.