I 1 Biographies, Incidents and ~l

Excerpts from the Civil War Era to the Present Day.

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The History of

By NERV A (BROCK) ENGLAND

Barry County,

CAPE FAIR, MISSOURI - 1906 The children of John and Alice (Hanes) Melton, on the 'wagon' made by Mr. Melton . "Buck", the steer, in the harness also made by Mr. Melton, often was driven to school by the children. Shown aboard and ready for a drive is, Omar Melton, Or an Melton, Orlan Melton and Opal (Melton) Cope. The Melton's had one daughter not shown with the group, Mildred (Melton) Hancock.

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Missouri

Hawthorn - Missouri's state flower. Open door represents - opportunity . The two roads show the change that has come in this Epoch. We have gone from the rutted wagon road or path - to the jets across the skyAll because of the 'open door'All this change in my lifetime and during the period my book covers. N. E.

Introduction to Barry County History

INTRODUCTION TO BARRY COUNTY HISTORY

Missouri, a word from the Sioux tribe, pronounced Mih zoor' ih, was originally applied to an Indian tribe living near the mouth of the Missouri River. Its meaning has long been disputed but probably means "the people of the long canoes . " The state is popularly known as the "show me state," "the Mother of the West," and "the Ozark state . " Some say that the slogan given to Missouri as the "show me state" grew from an incident in Congress in 1899 when a congressman announced that he was from the country that raised cotton, corn, cockleburs, and democrats -and that he would have to be shown. Others say the term originated as a slogan of the hardy, independent pioneers who began pouring into the territory about 1803. We read from history of Missouri as a wilderness land of the Osage, the Sioux, and the Delaware (Sarcoxie). Only recently in the vicinities of Viola and Golden archaeologists have excavated the remains of many Indian burying grounds . Their artifacts and skeletons were left in the southwest Missouri wilderness at least 5,000 years ago. The territory once belonged to Spain and later France as part of the Louisiana Territory . Missouri served as a spring board in almost every phase of western development. The fur trading, which made St. Louis the fur center of the world, was the earliest industry. In 1673 Marquette and Joliet marked the spOt where the Missouri River empties its muddy waters into the Mississippi . 1682 - LaSalle claimed the Mississippi Valley for France . 1700 - France established a mission at St. Francis Xavier, now St. Louis. 1702 - France ceded Louisiana Territory to Spain . 1719 - First settlement Ft. Orleans. 1750 - Marks the establishment of the first white settlement at Ste. Genevieve. 1764 - Pierre Laclede Ligueste and Auguste Chauteau established St. Louis . 1803 - The territory was opened for white settlements . 1812 - Missouri became a territory with St. Louis as capita\. In early days so many pioneers and fur traders followed the broad Missouri River toward the setting sun that the state truly earned her title, "Mother of the West."

1821 - Missouri became a state. In 1860-61 the Pony Express found St. Joseph its eastern terminus and from here to Sacramento, California, was a distance of 1,960 miles and was to be covered in ten days . Very soon Missouri was to be caught in the midst of the lVar of the States and bore one-tenth of all the battles and skirmishes . More battles and skirmishes were fought in Missouri than any other state except Tennessee and Virginia. Space allows me to mention only a few of Missouri's great men who have reached national and world fame: Mark Twain and Eugene Field; John J . Pershing; George Washington Carver; Elijah Lovejoy; Carl Schurz, champion of freedom; Joseph Pulitzer, world famous journalist; James B. Eads, the great engineer; and Harry S. Truman, Missouri's first citizen to be elected to the office of President of the United States. There are many others who are listed among the greats, and justly so; but since it is my purpose to concentrate on the citizens and history of only one of our 114 counties, we will devote our time and space to persons less famous, perhaps, but no less important to our society. Missouri is north and south, east and west, urban and rural - one of the best balanced states in the union. Much can be said for its natural re· sources and wealth, its manufacturing, its industries, farming, ore deposits, and lumbering. But, again, we are limited to talk only of one spot of Missouri ·the southwest part, with its scenic rivers and lakes and its fish-filled streams which have made our region one of the major recreational cen· ters of the U.S.A. Missouri now ranks tenth among the fifty states as vacation lands . It is in this southwestern part of Missouri that I have spent my entire life and have known many of its fine people. I have watched with wonderment and bewilderment the changes, the hardships, and the achievement of our own people . I, like many of my associates and neighbors, have felt the pinch of poverty, the dry hot dust of rainless seasons, the responsibility of family rearing, and the agonies of sons in war . But I would not lead you to believe that we, as a "hill people," have suffered only defeats; for we have shared years of prosperity, have seen strides in advancement for standards of living, felt moments of greatness, and have been held in highest esteem by all the nation. The hand of nature has in no way slighted this

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a loftiness of aspirations, a determination to strive

name and face only. I could not possibly tell all of the goodness, the kind.ness, nor the contributions to mankind that our people have given. So it is with regret that I cannot list all persons in Barry County or tell of their historical past individually. !lut I

onward, a will to win , and a faith in life's role as

do recall with pride some of my associations, many

man fits into this pattern of life - man and the mountains. Just briefly let's review that the first white

of the people and places they have filled in Our society during the past century. I have lived seventy years in Barry County and now reside only six miles from my birthplace, Shell

land in which we find ourselves, for nowhere in the

world has a section been enhanced with greater natural beauty. Its geographical contour of majestic mountains and deep valleys has given to its people

people in what is now Missouri were French fur traders, missionaries , lead miners, and farmers.

During the Spanish period, a few Americans came in search of fertile lands; but after the Louisiana Purchase, 1803, they poured into Missouri. Most of them came down the Ohio River or traveled overland from Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Ken-

tucky, and brought their Negro slaves with them, settling mainly in the valleys . Later came the nonslaveholders from eastern Kentucky and Tennessee. They came to Missouri and made their homes in the Ozark hills. Today the descendants of these people retain the speech and customs of those who arrived more than a century ago.

I do not mean to !"islead you here by having you feel that the "hill people" have sat idly by while the rest of the world surged ahead. The mountain maid has a change of shoes now and her speech grows more nearly correct by the standard version of correctness. Customs which are supposed to have made us unique as a region are slow to dis-

appear. In fact, we will not let them do so, for who can separate custom from inheritance and social

identification? Naturally enough, we find that our fine customs of the past fit in perfectly with the worthy ones of today; so actually we find a people dedicated to high principles today because of their strong faith in what they believed many generations ago. Barry County has many such people -'a goodly number I have known personally. Therefore, I am able to give a more detailed report on my personal acquaintances than the many, many that I know by

Knob, Mi~souri.

However, I grew up in the Horner

community east of Cassville as my father decided to return to the community of his mother's people when I was six years of age . My father, Isaac W. Brock, who was born in Cassville, Missouri, 1858, enjoyed as most of us do that period in life we sometimes call, recall, or reminisce. He lived to the age of 84, and I rely heavily on his stories and accounts for much of my infor-

mation.

These ' recordings are also the tales of

many other expired senior citizens whom I was priv-

ileged to know. Before 'you read my findings and records, I trust that you will read this History of !larry County, 1888, compiled by Goodspeed. This is the most authentic source of any recorded history of Barry County; and, as the book in this edition is no longer in print, I feel that many Barry Countians of our generation and later ones have never had the opportunity to read so complete a history of Barry County, its people, and its social development. This spans a period of history when records were poorly kept and unprotected from fires, which makes it read with the value and rarity of the rare. I would not attempt to compete with Goodspeed, but insert a portion of valuable records here in order to pass it on to those who may have not had the opportunity to read it. Also, it makes my findings much more meaningful to the ordinary and the discriminating reader to have this rich source as a

prerequisite for the information which follows from 1880 througb 1960. Nerva (Brock) England

Missouri, August, 1965

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Pages

Pioneer History of Barry County _.. ____ . ___ .. __. _________ . _________________________ 1-20 Biographies of Barry County Families _______________________________________ 21-48 Historical Clippings from the Cassville Republican and the Cassville Democrat Newspapers _____ _____________ . ___ ____________ . ____ 49-132 Excerpts from the "Goodspeed History of Missouri" 1888 Edition ___ . __________________________ 133-146 Photogra phs ----__ . ___ .______________________________________ ___ 147-152 Acknowledgements and Credits ______________ ... _______ .__ . ___ ' ___ __ ________ 153-154

Pioneer History of Barry County

PIONEER HISTORY OF BARRY COUNTY

Pion~~r

History of Barry County

The territory composing Barry wa~ once a part of Crawford County and next G.reene County. This is a repl'int from the original History of Newton, Lawrence, Barry and McDona ld Counties. Mis~oll ri . The history was originally published b-y The Goo(~speed Publish ing Co, of Chicago in 1888. It was betw~eD ninety and QIW hundred miles long, nort.h and south . and sixty and seventy wide, east aid west. It was the s'Outhwest county in the state, bounded on th':? south by the State of Arkansas, on the west by the Indian TerritorY, on the east by Tan-e y county, now bounded north by Lawronce County, east by Stone County, south by the state of Arkan~ sas and west by McDonald and New~ ton Counties. The area is about 800 square miles. The act approved December 31, 1838 named the boundaries as fol~ lows; Beginning at range line diw viding Range 24 and Range 25, at the mlddloe of the eastern line of Township 28; thence west to corner of Sections 13, 14, 23 and 24, Township 28, Range 29; thence south to the Arkansas line; thence -east along State line to line between Rang'e 24 and 25, and north with such line to the beginning. On January 24, 1849, the Legislature decr'€ozd that the western line commence' at the

northwest corner of S-ection 36, Township 26, .Range 29, and thence south to the State line. In December, 1849, Davis Ferguson surveY"ld and marked the western line. . In Se_ptember 1855, Richar~. M. J ones was paid $168 for the Il'eld D'Otes of all the public surveys. In July, 1876. the county surveyor ot Barry County located the true west~ ern line of Barry, two and one-halt rolles east of the line accepted for thirty-seven years prior to that. date. The line then established begms at the Northwest corner of section ~6, Township 26, Range 29 south. wl~h the subdivisional lines to tha souU~ ern line of Missouri, thence east 0., the State line to the line between

Ranges 24 and 25, and north with that lin-e to the north~ast eorner of Section 36, Township .26, Ra.nge ~5 and west wiht subdtvisional line to the beginning. . POPULATION- The P'OPulatlon ?f Barry County, by Subdivisions .lD 1880 was as follows: Ash TownshiP. 3-3" Capps Creek Township, 1,930; c~a~e Creek Township. 8T~8; Flat Cre'6k Township, 2,432; KlllgS P~a: irie Township, 1,317; Libert~ TOWll~ ship 918' McDonald TownshlP, _6?9, Mou~tain' TownshiP, 990; Roarll1g River Township, 702; Simal Cr2e k 'Iownship and village, 1,667; CO~-· sicana Village, 105; S!.igar Cro,-'.', Township and village, 1,774; W~sh­ burn Village, 217; White. R1v: r Township, 795. The 1l0p~latwn :?1 1840 was 4,795, and in 18;)0, 3,~G" TIH~ population in 1880 ,,:,~s .13,954 (1.1,405, corrected), of . wJllCJ~ numb~r 8,071 were born in MISSOUrI, 621 ~11 Illinois, 438 in Kentucky, 2.83 lD Ohio, 1,610 in Tennessee, 470 III In~ diana, and 4;)1 in oiher states .. Th.~ ('Oreigners cOillPo~cd 20 c ana d13J}s: 25 English ant! Wel~h ; Ili3 Irish; 3 Scotch; 158 Germans; 14. French: and 65 swedes and NorwegIans . . Of the corrected returns (14,405), 7.304 were males, and 7,101 females; 2,622 males, and 2,478 females wer~ between the ages of 5 and 17 years, inclusive; 2,574 males were iYetwe~n the ages of 18 and 44 years; and 3,000 males over 21 years of age. The population in 1870 was 10.320. and in 1860. 7,738. Th'€' colored popula~ tion in 1880 was 13; in 1870, 52; an\! in 1860, 257. In 1870 there was one Indian resident. PRODUCTS-Blue grass, timothY, clover, red t'OP, orchard gr~ss, corn, wheat, rye, barley, oats, mIllet.' appres, peaches, plum~, p~ars, aprIcots, blackberries, strawbernes, mul~er­ Ties, cherries, sarvices, go~seoerrIes, potatoes, sugar cane, turlllPS, beets , peanuts, peas, tomatoes, c~bbage, on~ jons, radishes, horse radlsh, celery, oakery, parsnips, lettuce, cucumbers, pepper, pumpkins, artichokes, sweet potatoes, currants and tobacco. gro~ here to perfection, L. B. Sldwa) very truthfully remarks t.ha~ ?uri~~ the last eight or ten years mIllIons money ha"'e been expended. by raL.way companies and others 111 boom ~ ing the !\'orthwest and ~'ar West so successfully. toO, .(tS. to lllduce hun ~ dreds 'Of thousandl to locate in ~hose J'istricts. Now,_ howev·er,. l.l ature has -asserted itself, the booms have col~ lapsed, and those desiring to seel,

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new homes will look about them more carefully , greatly to the advantage of Southwest Missouri. RIV'ERS AND STREAMS are White RiV'er. Roaring River, Rock Creek, J3ig Creek and Butler's creek. Said' streams drain the southeastern part of the count/. Flat Creek, with its tributaries, Rock House, Jenkins and Carney's Creeks are in the northeast part of the county: Shoals, JOY's and Pogue's Creeks in the westoern part, and th'e two Capps' Creeks fn Northw'~stern part of the county, White

Riwr courses through the southeastern corner of Roa.ring River Township. and through the center of W.hite River Township. In Section 22 of th'€! la-8t named to\Yll the main stream is joined by Kings River, which enters the coun::; at the southeast cor~ ner, and flows in a tortuous northward course to its "conflu-ence . with the parent stream. Big CreeK waters the nQrtheastern corner of White Riv~r Township, and a number of smaller spring streams are found throughout the district. Flat Creek rises southwest or Cassville, flows norh by east t'O the old county seat named McDonald, thence soutHeast into Mountain Township , and thence northea.st, leaving the county in Sec~ tiOll 24, Township 24, Hange 25. Throughout its course it is fed by numerous springs and as ' is the case at Cassvill-e, the spring ' almost lies in the bed of the creek. R'Oaring River has its source in Section 27, in the township which bears its name; near the old post Office known as Trim's Mountain Cove office, and later Ebro. The course of the river is generally southeast to its confluence with White River, in Section 11, ncar the settlement called Victor. A few spring streams are also found coursing through the southern sections of the to,·mshtp. (Vide history of village.) The west fork of Sugar Creek rises in Section 1, Township 21. Range 29, or Ash Township, and the main stream in Section 8, Townsh'ip 21, Range 28, or Sugar Creek Townshiv. Both are clear impetuu.us streams, fed by numerous springs. In McDonald county, at Pineville, they form Elk or Cowskin River. Shoal Creek has Its sources in the north central sections of Liberty, is joined by Pogue"s and Joyce"s cre'e ks in Shoal Creek Township, expands into Baker's Lake in Capps Creek Township , and leaves the county in Section 13 Township 25, Range 29. Capps Creek has its sources in the central S'ection of the town of tbat name. One of the greatest springs in the countI'y is that known as Roaring River Spring, referred to in the sketch of the settlement there. At Seven Stars, and at St. Jacobs, mineral springs 'Of high char.:lcter exist. On Secti'On 29,. Township 22, Range 26, good spnngs of a mineral character are flowing, while east of the main' divid'e the country is weIl supplierl

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• PIONEER HISTORY OF BARRY COUNTY

PIONEER HISTORY OF BARRY COUNTY with sp rings of purest water, such as tha t near the mill at Cassville. The location of the qrst mill built in Barry County, as now constituted . was on the sl)uth~ast quarter of Section 16, Township 23, Range 27, on Flat Creek, near the eas t ern line of

the section. In June, 1838,

a call court was

held. Campbell G', Cowan and John M. Fullerton being present. In Aug-

ust the names of Jacob Testerman and John Reed appear as judges. In November, 1838. J'Oseph Schooling took his seat. In February, 1839, Abraham Testerman, Joseph 8'c hooling and John Reed were judges of the

county, In May the name of James Burrows appears as judge. John Harkins was allowed $31 for assessing the county in 1839. In May, 1839, a special electi'Oll to vote for County Clerk. vice J. M. Williams, resigned, was ordered. Samuel R. Waddill was elected. Samuel S. Williams assessed the county in 1840, and received $39 therefor. George M. Gibson was still sheriff, and in February, 1840 was appointed Public Administrator. C. G. Cowan was allowed $30 for services as treasurer in 1839. James BUrrows and Benjamin Hambleton presided 'Over the county court in September 1840, Isaac Peevey was sheriff and S. M. Pilaris, Clerk of County. The November term of court, 1840, was ordered to be held at Mc'Donald, near the house of.. John Lock, it being the seat of justice located under the act. Alexander McGlothlin was appointed county seal commissioner. He was ord'ered to survey the public square of the town Of McDonald, and plat the town, but this order was . rescinded. In February, 1841, h'Owever, the commissioner reported the survey, and was ordered to sell 44 town lots. In September, 1840·, the county cqurt cou ld not agree on filli n g a vacancy. Each of the judges nominated a candidate, and the names of .T'Ohn -Durham and Joseph Schooling were sent in to the Governor. In February. 1841, John Durham's name appears as county judge, with James Burrows and Benjamin Hambleton.• associate judges. ISfl,ac Peevley the sheriff, 'was allowed pay for forty-eight days time , or while he was engaged in takipg the census in 1840. In February, 1841, the county jUdges ordered the clerk to mitHY the circuit judge that a courthouse was provided at the town of McDonald, and to request him to call the next term "=If court at the new county seat. In August, 1842 the following justices l)f Barry dounty qualified: Alfred Moore, George M. Gibson, Elijah Lingo, Lewis Wellman, 'E lias Oldham , Sr., Jerry N. Fly, A. Bourland and -later, Georg e W. King and R. Stubblefield.

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On Novemb er 4, 1843, the coun ty judges directed that the next terms of b-oth circuit and coun ty courts be held at William Kerr's house, adj'Oining the newly selected seat of justice. James Burrows and Joseph Schooling were two of the county judges in August, 1844. In November, 1844. Isaac Peevey, Joseph Rinker and John Charles were elected · county judges, John L'Ogao, sheriff, and S. M . Pharis continued as County Clerk. H. B. Bouton was apPOinted county attorney in November, 1844, for Barry County, under the act of 1843. Hugh W. Culton .was elected tre-asurer in 1844, and in December Benjamin Hambleton was appointed ,Public administrator. Among the justices of the peace ele-cted in 1844 were George Bright, S. D. Sutton, Isaac Crow, John A. Foosher, Richard C. Price, Joel Smith, Elias Oldham, p. M. Swatzell, Reuben Woods, Levi Smith, Uriah Posey, W. R. Sooter, Standifer FergUSDll, William Kerr. In November, 1842, Joseph Schooljng took Durham 's place as county judge. and Court was held at H. S. Zinns" house on account of the circuit court being in session. C. H'Order was asseSSor in 1842, and John B. Woods in 1843. In August, 184;2, Judges Hambleton and Durham made the following order, "Ordered by the court that Arabian Fitzgerald and James Puckett be fined each in the s!).m of $5 for indignity and contempt of this court by wicked and willful contemptuous and insolent behaviour.." Three days lfi.ter the judges remitted the fines. In June, 1845, Alexander McGlothlin's name was returned to the Governor as a proper person to fill the vacancy in the ' county court caused by the reSignation of Judge Rinker. R. Jackson was sheriff. O. H. Oldham was assess'Qr in 1845, receiving $32 for his services. W. L. Smith was appointed county attorney in September, 1846. The justices of the peace elected in 1846 were Daniel Roberts, Jacob Hickum, John J. Duncan, G . ...:yv. King, Joseph Routh, Jerry N. FI;, Thomas Stockton, David Smith, W. G. Townsend. MODERN TOWNSHIPS-In May , 1.839, the bOUndaries of Vineyard Township were so altered as to commence where Centre Creek crosses the line dividing Newt'On from the -old county of Barry, thence east with Centre Creek to Watt's Mill. thenc'e on a due east line to the section line, running north and south, that will be east of the place where .:Beecher torme'rly lived, thence north so as to include, Stall's Creek to the civide between Turnback and Spring River, thence northwest with said

divide to the line dividing Jasper .and Dade counties, and thence south with the county liue to the beginning. Jacob Fisher 's house was des ignated the meeting place. In May, 1840, Suns Township wa s -established. It was known as "Attatet"'s part of Smith Township" prior to this time. Elections were ordered t'O be held at 'W illiam Ragan's .house, on Suns Creek, and W. Ra~an, D. H~nter and John Metzell were appointed judges. Me-Donald TownShip was established September I, 1840. within the tollowing boundaries: commencing at the northeast corn'e r at Sugar Creek Township, running west opp-o':site Joy's Spring, thence north to R. Vermillion'S, then north to line of Spring River TownShiP, east with that line ·to the county line, and ;south to place of beginning. J'Ohn Lock's house- was the deSignated meeting place , and Jonas Lock, Daniel M. Blythe and Richard Lock were appointed judges. Ozark Township was estabUs'h ed in November, 1840, the following deBcribed territory was established in November, 1840, the f"Ollowing described territory be-ing detached trom Smith Township: commencing at the northeast corner of Barry County, thence north nine miles with the line of Greene County, thenc'e west to Smith. Township, in the Ozark Prairie, thence ai'Ong the line of that. township south to the intersection of Barry County line. and east to the beginRing. Elections were ordered to be held at Robert Cimmin"s house, and he with Jame~ Downing and A. J. Reed were ap'p'Ointed judges. White River Township was detached from Sugar Creek Township in May , 1841, and the followin.e: described bOUndaries established: commencing at the State line, east o f John Roller's house, running eas of north, to Henry Pendergraft's, thence east to the Taney County line. Chas. Haddock's house was the deSignat ed place of meeting, and J. J. Davis, .Jacob- I-lickuro, and Cha~les Haddock were appointed judges. J. Hickum .and Mira Jackson were elect ed justices of the peace. of Vineyard The boundaries Township were changed in August, 1842, and Jacob Schooling's house made the meeting place. Benjamin H. Brown, Peter M. Swatzell and Elijah Lingo were appointed judges. .In November. 1842, the line be~ tween Vineyard and Mount Pleas.ant was changed. Shoal Creek Township, as estabL

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-lished in August, 1842, was embraced within the following describ€d boundaries: From the fifth crossing -of Flat Creek, near P. Trower"'s house, to William McKenny's house, including it, thence to the Taney County line near the head of Big Creek, thence south to · White River Township line, thence line to J. J. .Davis' Mill, 'On Roaring River. thence .northwest to Thompson on Washburn Pr-airie, thence west to Hubbard's (Hubbert's) so as- to leave Thompson and Hub-bard in Sugar ·Creek Township, and west to the Newton County line, thenc'e n'Orth to the Shoal Creek TownShip line, ·thenee east to Ed Talkington"s house .thence direct to Tl"Ower's at the ford ·of Flat Creek, leaving Ph'illip's house In Shoal Creek, and territory east of Trower's and north of the F lat Cre'e k town line in McDonald. Town..ship. The courtllouse was the place ,of meeting, and J. O. Burton, Williaw Kerr and Price McMurtry were .judgea of e1eoU.."" Buck Prairie TownshtlJ "W1t~ esta.blished out of Springriver Township in May, 1844, the west haH of the latter holding the :nttme, and the east half t'O be called Buck Prairie .T ownship. Elections were to be held at William Pharis' house and James Wcods were appointed j~dges. John Miller and L. B. McNatt were elected justices. In May, 1844, the 'boundaries of Spring River' Townsnlp were changed.

Capp"s Creek Township was set off from Mount Pleasant and Sh'Oal Cr'eek Township'S in June, 1845, and established within the following bound.a ries: Beginning at the ' northwest corner of Barry County, thence south on line betwe'e n Newton and Barry to the south line of Township 25, erob-racing all the surveyed lands from the line of Lawrence County to the township line last named, thence east on that line to MoDonald Township, north to Lawrence County. and west to the beginning. Capps CreAk sc.hO'Ol-house was designated ~he place of meeting, and Edward G. Sooter, Thomas Whae, and David Stanley were appointed judg·e s. A road through t h is township to Starkey's Prairie was authorized the same day. Jonathan Bullock was the first justice of peace for the new t'Ownship. Mountain Township was established in June , 1846. The boundaries extended from B. B. Clement's Mill, at the head of Roaring River, thence a little east of north until the line reaches the divide between Rock.. House Creek and Flat Creek, thence

to J. Speak's house, thence direct to include David Sh'Orf's house, thence north including Jenkin's Creek, thence east to Taney County, south! to Flat Creek Township, and with that line to Clement's Mill. Elections were to be held at George Wilson's house. with Joseph Doty, A. Baze, and James Stotts, judges. 'Crane Creek Township, as established in March, 1848, was bounded as follows: From a pOint one mil e nor theast of William McClain's farm and on the line of Lawrence C'Ounty ·to a point six miles south of the Taney County line. including John Moon's and Elijah Moore's farms, thence north to Lawrence County, .and east t'O the beginning. The 'e lection was to be held a t Reuben GardDer's house, wi t h Edward Thomas, .J'Ohn F orbis, and Samuel Liles, judg-

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Liberty Township, as estabHshed 1n December, 1858, was embraced within the following boundaries: .l1'rom Timothy Tinelove's north to .J"'Osiah Bowen's house, thence w'e st ""With a road passing Bowen's to Woodward"s Creek, hear the dwelling of Elias Price. thence down the -creek to the Keetsville and Sarcoxie road. west on the dividing line between Townships 23 and 24 to the .Newton County line, thence south to the nprthwest corner of Sugar "Creek Township, and east_ along that township line to the beginning. .James Woodward's house was to be 4he place of meeting. Muncey T'Ownship was established in February, 1867, within the following described boundaries: Be.ginning on the Arkansas line be· tween Ranges 25 and 26, north Wit.h :range line to the intersection of the isouth line of Mountain Township, 'west on town line to the S'Qutheast corner of Flat Creek Township. and west with that town line to the northeast corner of Sugar Creek '.Township , thence south with east 110'e of the last named township t'O .Arkansas and east to the point of be"ginning. Ash Township, Election District No. 12. was formed out of Sugar Creek Township in July, 1870. 'The boundar ies commenced at the southeast cor:uer of Section 7, Twp. 22, -Rng. 28, west to the county, south "to the State line. and thence east to 4 point on the line between Sections .31 and 32, Twp. 21, Rng. 28, inter"Secting the sam'e , and north to ' the place of beginning.

Pleasant Ridge Township w:Is established May 4, 1887. out of King" ·Prairie. The b'OHndaries commenced at the northeast corn'e r of Section 34, Township 26, Range 26, thence due west four miles t o the north west corner of Section 31, Twp. 26, thence south seven miles t.o the southwest c'Orner of Sectior. 31, Twp. 2 5. Rng. 26, thence due e.a!i.t. four miles, and north t o the place of beginning. Courts and Bar So many refere·nces have been made to the first circuit court held :at Mount Pleasant it is unnecessary here to go into the details of the .'Comedy of 1835, or of the persons of that comedy. With the exception "Of .a n old chancery record there are .few evidences of circuit court business from 1836 to 1848. Some years .ago a plan seems to have been con eocted and carried out in MissourI "to abolish all record of 'e arly civil ..and criminal cases. This county is ()ne Qf the many where the plan was .a success. The petition for divorce by Eliza ...Ann Wicke vs. Samuel Wicke, who were married Hay 16. 1837, was filed March 27, 1838, by the com'" :plainant's soliCitor, G. W. Paschall. The wife charged Wicke with offering great indignites to her. making her condition intolerable, absenting .1Vmself from home, and lastly, hav: fng another wife. In July, 1841, .Jt;.dge C. G. Yancy ordered a divorce. Mary Vivian was allowed $ 5 witness .iees in August, 1938, she being the tirst female witness to whom fees were granted here. In May, 1849, Charles S. yancy was judge of the Thirteenth Circuit, ..and John O. Burtun, circuit cle r k. .Elekiel Merryman was indicted for murder. John T. Coffee prosecuting fOr the state" Later the case was <1ismissed. In May, 1850, WilHam pocue and Richard Oldham were indicted for murder; in November, 1853, .Dudley H. Snider was indicted for the murder of his stepfather, Wolf. but the case was changed .to _Newton County, where he was acquitted; in N'Ovember. 1854, James Dunn was indicted. E. B . Boone -»rosecuting. In 1853 William Hubbert was circuit clerk. Samuel Lee was indicted in May, 1856, for murder b-ut the case was removed to Gre'ene. County. W. G. Townsend, W. E. Vines, James M. McNabb, William Duggan and William Smith were the principal witness for the state. On the last day of the November term of 1856, Judge William C.

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PIONEER HISTORY OF BARRY COUNTY PIO'N EER HISTORY OF BARRY COUNTY Priee presided. succeeding Judge 'Yancy, William Hubbert, b ei ng still clerk. Court was held in the room of Parr & George. The iDdictmen~
Doyl e, 1 at $800; J oh n K. B urt'O n , 2 at $1,000; Thomas Bri xe y, 2 a t $1,.

clerk, s-eCured by the county judges and ::Iherlft, was accepted and the 300; J all1-.:ls H. CiJ l'istian (the doc. township or S hugar (Sugar) Creek tor's father), 7 2t $3,000; B . B. was estaiJlis h ed. Same date, Indian Clements , 4 a $2 GOO; J esse Corne. Creek Township was set o ff , also w as brou g'h t in May, 1 85 7, but th e lison, 4 at $2,OOl'-; Joel Chitwood , ,h;J k Hi Ve l', Shoa l Cree k, TrYon and trial was changed to Lawrence 13 at $3,900; JC'lln C;lI" ~C I', l:? r ., 4 Spring Hi ver Townships. County i n 1 858. John R. Chenauit a t $20 0; Dr. Will ia m C. Christian , S ugar Cree k T'OwllshiD. in Barry signed the minutes of the court in 4 a t $3,400; W. G. Town send, 13 at Couuty, as es tablis hed l"'ebruary 16. May. 185.7 . In March, 1 859, A. T . $5 ,OQO; J . G. R . Turner , 2 at $1,400; IH:":& , was bounded. as f"Ollows: Com . Haun wa s circuit attorney. and WilJ. M. Wil son, 1 at $ 600; D. M . m e ncing where Br.:>wn's line crosses liam Hubbert, clerk. In March, White's h eirs, 4 at $1 ,6 00; B. F. the State lin e, runlling' northeast to 1860, the name of Jo sep h Cravens White, 1 at $300; J. R. White, 2 at the l,'lag Spring on Shoal Creek, beappea r ed as circ:.!it attorn ey. In $700; J. W. White, 1 at $500; Asa low Willianl Pogue's, thence -east. April, 1861, Judge Chenault presid,., Warmington , 1 at $400; J . Whit. ward to the fourth crOSSing of Flat Ed, with William Hubb ert, clerk; tin g ton, S r. , 1 at $350'; Kiziah Walk. Cree k abov e John Lock 's, thence to William M. Cravens, circu it attorney. er, 1 at $25; Nancy Williams . 6 al the eastern lin~ 'Of the county, thence .and William McClure, s herifr. The $3 .~ OO . south to State line and west along' term continued six days, but outside, Organization of Origins I County Arkansas to the Iudian country. ..a number of civil cases and indict Crawford County, which embraced Indian Creek Township, as estab'ments for larceny, feioni'Ous assault, aU Southwest Missouri, was jOined lished ,l1"'ebruary 16, 1835, ~mbraced .shooting mules and petitions for di· by Gree ne County in 1833, and by the country bounded as follows; Vorce, there was n'Othing presented Barry in 1835. The latter com. West from the Flag Spring with to the court to show that the political priEled all the territory known as line "Ot Moun t Pleasant Town sb ip to anxieties and troubles of th-ose days Newton, Lawrence , Jasper, Barry, line belw een Ran g-es 30 and 31, .had extended to this county. McDonald, Barton, Dade and part of south to the StatH line, east on ArCe dar County. The county seat William Hubbert, now residing at kansas Hu e lo Brown 's Hne, t hence ques ti'On wa s at once presoented to BerryVille, Ark., moved the county north-east with Sugar C,reek to the the pionee rs of Barry. One party records t'O Arkansas, and placed Flag Sprin g . wan,ted it at Sarcoxie, then called them in a cave on Butler"s Creek, Elk River Township, commenced Centreville ,. the other at Prewett':;j: taking them out atter the war. at the southwest corner of the State, Creek, since .called Clear Creek. The In September, 1863, J"esse Jenk· ran north on Nation line t'O strike Prewett Creek people succeeded af. ins was indicted for murder, and the divide ootween Lost Creek and ter a long strire, and the town of several others were indicted "for Elk River, east along this divide t-o Mount Pleasant was establiShed dcombinin g fe rcmioasly to remove a the line between Ranges 30 and 31, most two miles west of what is now ,portion of the people 'Of the State of thence south with Indian Creek Pierce City. The county was divided Missouri;" many indictmen ts for Township line to Arkansas, and west int'O two towns hips . Muunt Pl easant robbery , a few tor murder, and sevto the cornerstone of the atate. The ext~nded from Carthage to the line eral of lesser crimes were returned county court 'Of Barry establiShed of the nation , and lrOuth to Arkanby the grand jury. In 1865 G. L. this boundary' February 16, 1836. sas. Th e first election was between CarUn was circuit derk , William C. Shoal Creek Township was set otf muniCipal rath~r than political part. Johnson, coroner, and Michael HorFebruarv 16. 1835. S'O as to include ies, for the County seat war was ine, d eputy coroner with Randolph, all the country trom the northWest still reme mbe re d. 'Lile first meeting circuit attorney and John C. Price, corner ot Elk River Township. east of the county court of Barry was Judge. At the September. term·Geo. to the Hne betw~n Ranges 30 and held at Mount Pleasant F e bruary 4 , Stol!kton was indicted for murder, 31, north along that line to the 1835, whe n the followin g order was but the charge was not sustaine d. northwest corner of Mount Pleasant made; "We t he jut:ges co'mmissioned In March, 1866, Joseph L. Baze and Township, thence west un the divide by the Governor, and authorize d to John Baze we re indicted for murder. between Centre and Shoal Creek to sel~ct a pl ace for holding courts of In February, 1867, G. W. Randolph the State lin~, and south to the justice for the . county of Barry, do appeared against George Rayon an place ot beginning. hereby se lect a place on Cedar Creek, indictment tor murder. In April, Tryon TownShip was estallUshed owned by William Capps, for said 1868 Madison Walker was indIcted February 16, 1835, within the tolpurpos~, said place to be called and for ~nlawtully JOining In the bonds lowing boundaries: From the northknown by the name of Mount Pleasof matrimony. east corner of Shual Creek Township . ant.~ ' This ord e r was signed by SLAVE OWNERS IN 1861- At east ,to Brown 's line, north alon( Samuel Vaug hn. then living near the b eginnin g of the war there werE" that line to the northern boundary what is llOW Cassville; John Wil. 24 8 slaves in narry County and 'One ot the county, thence west to the Iiams, lhe fir st settler n-ear Mount Qr two fre e colored families. The State Hne, thence south to the Vernon, and Thomas B. Arnett, one names of s lave owners at th ~t time, northwest corner of Shoal Creek of the first settlers on Clear Cree k , with the numlYer Qf slav es claimed Township, and. east along the line ot county judg't!s, James M. Williams by each, and toe a~sessed value ( e x. that township to Its northeast corner. wa.s apJ)oilltetl county clerk; George clusive of s la ve children) are given M. Gibson, Sheriff; James Mayfi eld, lIIarriall" Record 1837-34 as fOllows; A. Adcock, 6 valu'ad at assessor, and Gideon B . Henderson, (Continue d From Last Week) $2,500; Dani e l Blythe, 19 at $8 .000 treasUI--er. DecemiJer 6, 18:l8. Silbern K. Lee (his ni gge r s are said to be as free as TOWNSHIPS ESTABLISHED--Tbe and Fanny Estes.. by James Johnthe maste r); ·EIIJ;lh Barker, .. a.t first bUSiness mee ung' of th,e connty 6'On, J. P. $2.()OO; Ii'. W . Uinglwm, 2 at $900; court was h el d at [d'Ount Pleasant. February 7, 1839. Benjamin F. Larkin Ourllll nJ , 1 at $700; WilHam l"ebruary 1 6, 18:': 5. The bond of the Carpenter and Matilda Undoerwood,

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by J. R . Shultz, J. P . November 29, 1838, John Mills and J a n e \Pennington, by 1. T. V. Deeds, J. P'. December 25, !8 38, Samuel K. Diwatt a n d Celin da McFarland, by H. H. Armitage, M. G. December 2 3 . 1838, David Taylor and Eliza Packwood, by Alfred Moore, J . P . Decem b er 10, 1838, John Lem· mon s and Spice South, by G. W. Mes· sick, J. P. . .Foebruary 13, 1839, James G. Short and Susa n Taylor, by Th'Omas Hen· son, B. P . Februa r y 26, 1839 , Willia m . L a ~d· ers and Nancy Hoov er. by Elijah Do dson, J . P. Fe bruary 17. 1 839 , Lambert Bearde n and Beulah Gore , by Elijah Dodson, J. P. March 12 , 1939, J'Ohn In gram and V e rbi na A. Brown, by H . H. Armi· tage, M. P. Jul y 13 , 1 83 9, H e nry Stin n ett and Me linda Brown, by John Montgom· ery, J. P. December 3, 1840, A. J . Davidsun and Charlotte Marcum, by A. Burton, C. P. P . July 24, 1840, Carrol Penni ngton. an d Syntba Connell, by Philip H ash, J. P. July 30, 1840, Andrew Alli so n and Poll y B'Ox, by John MorriS, J . P. Octobe r 8, 1 840, H enry SaIlin~() and Cabna L. Penn, by Daniel W illia mson, J . P . . December 3, 1840, Eli Gibs'Oll and Loui sa A. Wass on, by A. A. Youn g, C. P. P . 1 8 4 0, W. H. H. D ece mb er 3, Younger an d J u lia H ushaw , by A. ~ .B ew ley , M. P. . J anuary 6, 18 41. Mayfi eld Hu s haw a n d F r ances Hopkin s, by A. Bewley, M. P.

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D ecember 8, 184 0, \V illiam Still~ son and Me lin c a Ph a ri S, by Jo hn Mon tgomery, J . P. Janu ary 28, 1841. VI. P. B..owe l'S and Rebecca HickS, by P. M. ::5watz· ell,J. p. J anua ry 23, 184 1, J ames McCa.ul~y and Eliza C'Oieman, by J ohn E. M. Martin, C. P . )'1arcl1 4, 1 84 1, J ohn MCCall. an~. Eliza Black by A. A. Young , C. P. I. J anuary 12, 1 8 41, G. C. D. W. McCommi ss and Juicy l\I'O rri s, by William Penn, J. P. . February 2 1, 1 841, J ohn Mitchell and Eliza G. Savag~, by C. G. Cowan J. P. u May 22 , 1841, Jo h n Wel sh an Ma rgaret Stone, by John Montgomery, J . P. Ma rch 30, 1841, L ee M. Druggan and Mrs. Eliza Lock,. by A. A.

Youn g , C. P. P. April 22, 1 8 41. Thomas Giloci{ and Delil a Bird, by B. H . Brown, J. P. '11' A p ril 27, 1 841 , John W . Wl lams and Ar tie Elanda Standbury, by P. n . Trow"-e r, J . P. April 1 6, 1841. Jam es Star rett and Nancy Roads, by P. l\f. Swatzel , J. P. .ct Au gust 24, 1841, Jack son Ethn ge and Nancy Pe ndergraft, by A. Mc· Gloth lin , J. P. July 9, 1841, Jack son Carson and Na ncy Ethridge, by J ohn )'lontgol~l ery J. P. j une 24 , 1 8 41, Joh'l1 H ambelton and Margaret L l)ckey, b y A . Burton, C. P . P. S-.:lptelllber 14, 1 8 41 , J ohn Guth ri e a nd l\hry Pat'u ll, by Jo hn E. :1'1a:-· tin C. P. Au gust 5, 1841, William KaY8na ugh and Martha Standifer, by J oh n L-ogan, J. P. J uly 7, 1841, J oseph GlOSSer an(\ Sally H eart , by J ohn Canton, 1\1. G . J uly 7, 18 41. M B. Russe ll an
December 25, 1841, Willi a.m Duggan and E liza Ireland, by A. McGlothlin, J . P. Decembe r 12, 1841, Andrew J. Duggin and R achael Ireland, by A. McGlothlin, J. P. February 11, 1 8 42, Witliam Bur·gess and Malvina Rogers, by Jamel; M. Moore, J . P.

POOR FARM-Prior to 1867 the -care of poor p'e rsons was ent rusted by the judges to any hou sehold e r w~o 'w ould support them at reaso nable rates. In April , 1 867 , Superintendent Moore was ordered t o "look uu t " a s uitable site for a poor house .. In May, 1872, Elisha D. StubblefIeld "Was appointed agent t'O purchase a }}oor farm, not t'O' exceed forty acres jn area or $1,000 in price . H e r eo ported having bought from John H. Moore e ighty acres in Sections 33 :and 34, Town s hip 23, Ran ge 27 , f'Or ..$1,000, in August, 1872 . I.n Sep· t.ember, 187t, E. D. Stubblefield was .appointed agent to contract for building a house on the poor farm, >of hewed logs , and have it compl e ted by January, 1 8 73. In November the farm was le ased. to W. J. Cresswell for 'One year at $90·, but this lease was reSCind e d the following m-onth, and John W . Brattin was award ed the contract of keeping the poor 'people, at t h e rate of $5 per month Each. W . N. Bates was the s upe rIn tendent of the poor farm in 1 8 74, :receiving $7 pe r m'Onth for each puor .l>erson. In February, 18?5, .John. T . liomer succeeded him, hls bld belOg ..$5 each pe r mon t h. In April, 1875, .John Ray, William Hubb ert a?d ..James D. Wooten were appointe d lD.spect ors of poor farm and house. Dr. William Walker w.as appuinted -county phys ician in May, 1875. R. R. .McGuire, J'Ohn Hessee and J . .1. Wallo€n were commissioned inspectors of the poor farm in October 1877. Hlga:son Kin g was apPOinted superintend· eDt, by agreeing w pay $2. 60 p e r .acre for th e farm, and accept $ 6 per .month for t he !mpport of each poor ,person. B. F. Gabriel was appointed s uperinte nd e nt of the poor f arm in October, 1878, he payin g $60 per ..annum rent and accepting $4 .70 per month for each poor person. H. A. Surett succeeded Gabriel in 1880. D. Manly, J . J. W·a llen l.nd W. C. :Hawk we re poo r f a rm C'Ommi ssioners .i n 1880. In 1881, R. R. McGuire, W. Kirk , and Albert Talbe r t w er~ .appointed commissione rs of t h e pOOr iarm; Clay Stubblefield was e lected
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= PIONEER HISTORY OF BARRY COUNTY a.pPUinted county pl1ys ician, and A .

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Hessee were chosen poor farm commissioners, with Alfred King, superintendent. In 1887 E. A. Frost sue-

-ceeded H essee. TRANSACTIONS OF OLD COUNTy COURT.- At this time, February, 1835, the court designated the following places for 'holding township -elections: John Durham's huuse on Sugar Creek; Jam~s MaYfi~ld"s })ouse, on Spring River; Hugh ShanIlon's house, on Indian -C reek' Joshua :Brock's hou se. on Shoal Cr~ek: Mt

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constable of Elk River and James Newt'On, of Viney·a rd. On August 19,. 1835, the three county judge& resigned, when Thomas Lind say and JaCob Testerman (John Reed) took t.heir places. On that day John Wil~ hams qualifierl as justice of the ~eace. John M. Fullerton, assessor l~ 1836. was granted $74 for his serVices. In November, 1836, Henry Pearcy, Jacob Testerman and John .Reed were judges, Juhn Ross, she r. Iff, and J. M. Williams, clerk. In February, 1837, William Capps was granted $5.00 for services as treasurer in 1836. At this time there was $75.18 in the treasury. . F. C. Williams assessed the cou nty 1n 1.837, and received $ 8 0 for his serVIces, while Treasurer Cowan received only $.20, and John Ross $37 for services as sheriff. In January, 1838, a free negro· boy naDled Louis was granted license for citizenship, the bond being placed

'Township, and A. W. Testerman's bouse. in Elk River Township. _ On May 19. 1835, the following Judges of election were apPointed: Samuel Washburn, Price McMurtry :and Alexander McGlothlin, for Su gar Creek; C. G. ·Cowan, LUnsford Oliver an~ John M. Fullerton for Mount Pleasant; Hugh Sha~non, 'Thomas Havens and Larkin Newton at $500. .for Indian Creek; Fineus Williams: Spring River Township was set William Lauderdale and. Val entine off February Ifi , 1835. It embraces Miller, t'Or Elk River; John Reed, the county from the northwest cor..Joshua Brock and Hiram Estes, for ller of Mount Pleasant Township, Shoal River; David Lamaster John eastward along that LOwnship line to Shultz and A. D. Anderson, ·fo'r Trythe county line, nOrth to th e northoon; James Mayfield, Ben Stall and east corner of tbe county, thence .Abel Lee, for S pring River. west to Bl'Owu's lin e, an!.! south alu ng In February, 1836, Lindsay, Testhis line to the northwest corner of :terman and Reed presided over the Moun t Pleasant. county court, with J-ohn W. Kinney, sheriff, and J. M. Williams clerk On F'ebruary 17, 1835, the COuntry fl'om the tin e bet ween Gree ne At this time Ezra Wilson ~as re~ and Barry runnin g· west (0 strike funded . $30, the amount 'Overpaid by the. divide between Centre Creek and him as license in 1835, and a like SprlUg Hiver and w est on the divide -sum to John O. Barton, who was also overcharged. t~ ~rown 's old line, thence suuth on diVide between Centre and Shoal Solomon Prewitt qualified as jusCreeks, and west the line betice of the peace f-or Vineyard Towntween Ranges 30 and 31, and south .ship. C. G. Cowan was appointed on this line to the diVide between treasurer and J'Ohn Duke Collector, in May, 1836. Shoal and Indian Creeks, east along the divide to I"l ag Sprin g, thence S. Teas was granted a license to east .with Sugar Cteek to.wn liue to 3e11 spirituous liquor in August, the fourth crOSSing 'Of Flat Creek 1837, and taxed $189.52 on his stock above John Lock's, eastward to the of groCeries in addition to a $15 licounty Jine, a nd h,jrth to the place oCense fee for Six months. A . S. Holof beginning, was established as man paid $22.50 fees for a like term Mount Pleasant TownShip. in addi tion t'O his direct tax. In May, 1838. Tingle & Massey Vineyard TownshIp was establishwere all'Owed $5 off thei r $35 license, ed !\fay 19, 1835. The bOUndaries as merchants. Holman and HUnter commenced 'On CriSly 's western bOunwere granted a like redUction. ~ary 11ne, th~nce north to the north In June, 1835. Jacob Testerman hne of county, west along thi s line, Alexander McMurray 'Elisha Tester~ so as by running Harth to strike man, Andrew Danley: John Pattison, Cristy's bo u ndary line, thence to the place of beginning. _4. D. Anderson and John O. Burton took the oath of 'Office as justices of Sock (Sac) Town s hip was estabthe peace. William Capps was ap. liShed June 2, 1835. The boundaries were from a poin t on the line bepOinted county treas urer, and the twe en Greene and Barry COUll ti es, county judg es authorized warranto:; nOrth to the north lin e of the counto be draWn in their -own favor. In ty, west along that line to a paint August James Powers was apPOinted where a line drawn south w'Ould in-

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clude all the waters of SOCk Hiver in Barry County, thence eas t on oi'" vi.de between th e SOCk and Spring Rivers to the county line. T he house of James Connor was designated as tbe plac e of meeting, anti James COnno r, Reddin Crisp and W'ashtn.g~ t'Oll ;SmitJl were ~ of election. Walnu t Township was established

in J uly, 1:S:i(j , as a township ot" Darry County. The order sets f"Ol'th t.hat sh"c::tll be a new tOWll sil i J , strIcken o a of l'c.lk Township to include all that coun ty which w'as for. merly sUPP'Osed to be included in Greene County , so as to include all th.e Citizens ·within said boun ~a ry. MIles Cary ·s house was deSignated a~ the p-oillt for meeting, and Hugb SI.epers, Jolin .r.U cEihauy and Wllliam P. Henderson were apPOinted judges. th~re

Jacktoll Township, a s establi~hed in February 1838, embraced the follo ....... ing territory: From a pOI nt on the divid e bet\veen Centre an d Svril~g Creeks at Brown 's line , west on the divide to the 1ndian country, thence norr h to the northern boun .. dary, thence east on th e north line to Brown·s line, and .:.:outh to the commencem e nt pai nt on the di"ide. LOuis A. Clay-·s house was designated as the place -of holding election s, and Jacob ·Walton, Solomon Prewett and Matthew lJolaud we re jull.ges of electi'On.

Smith Township was estab li shed in May, 193 8, by the Court ot Barry County, within the fOllowing bounds; "Commencing· at the Greene county lin e, where the road crOSses leading from Washington Smit h 's' house to Springfield, thence west S'O as to include the upper- settlement on Turn back Creek, thence on the di ... vi
PIONEER HISTORY OF BARRY COUNTY Creeks, thence north to the grove between these Cre~ks, thence west so as t o include the sett lers on Turltey Creek, to the S t ate line 2nd thence suuth on line to the place o f beginning. Robert Lowther's house was place of meeting; Lowther, Johnson, and James R&tliff being judges On the first pages -of th is section the location or the county seat at Mount Pleasant is noted. Owing to the establi shment of Newton County in 1839 , a change was desired. The commissioners app'Ointed to locate the seat -of justice for Barry County, under the act of February 1, 1839, were Joseph Porter and Chesley Cannefax, of Greene, and John Willia.m s of Taney County. They were ordered La meet at George M.. Gibson's house, on Svri n g ·River. August 1. 1839, and locate the seat of justice within six miles of the county center, meantim e courts were to be held. at Mount Pleasant, which was then .in the Seventh Judicial circuit. On August I, 1839, Abel Landers was appo inted commissioner to locate the county seat of Barry, Vice C. Cannefax, wh'O failed to attend in accordance wi th the act appointing him . The county court h eld its session at the town of McDonald fo r the first time, November 2, 1840. 1n February, 1842, Joseph porter and Chesley Cannefax presented bills ot. $18 each for se rvices rendered ill l'Ocatlng the seat of justice. The court granted $9 each , and ordere :; warrants for these amounts issued. Under the act of February 2 5 , 1843, John W. Hancock , of Greene County, James Wilson , of Newton county, and Robert Tayl'Ol', of Dade County, were apPOinted commission· ers to locate the seat of justice for Barry County un the first Mon · day in November, 1 843. 1n November, 1843, William Orr, of Dade, and Berry T. Parr, of Taney, were apDQinted commissioners to loca te the permanent seat of justice for Barry, Vice Hancock and. Taylor, wlrv failed to serve. On Mal·ch 5, 1844, . the coun ty court appointed 5 commiss ioners to iocate the seat of justice: W. Smith, of Dade; L. R-obertson, of Gre ene; Jonas Weems, of Newton, and E . V. Jarvls, ·'Of Jasper. The Commissioners located the county s eat at the hou !):e of John O. Burton who gave eighty acres to the count;. 'On Aug· ust 1, 1844, a vote on the Question of moving the county seat was take n , and fav'Ored removal, but a remon · Sll'ance was presented on August -; and a . petition by John O. Burton

and 161 others in November, ali or which so troubled the jUdges that they declared the election on th0 question 01 no valUe. On December 6, 1844, a second electi'On on the question of removing the county seat was held. A major· ity was given in favor of the removal to the l3urton tract, selected by the commissioners, but the coun ty CaUl t would. not decide in its favor as the permanent seat of justice, but agreed t'O an appeal l'O the cour t. In Maj . 1845, the Court decid ed that tIlt-' forty votes cas t for and twenty-live against remov al did no t represent a majority by of all the land on property holders in the county, and therefore there was no majority fur re· moval. In Jun e, 1845, the judges decided that the permanent seat of justice was at William Kerr's honse, and ordered the commi!):sioners to survey and plat a town there, und,e r the name of Cassville, prior 'to Jul y 5, li45, and William K err was aIJpointed superintendent l)f public buildings at the county seat, but wa:3 succeeded by Hurton. Nathan Richardson made the survey, chargin g $18 for his labor, ant! L. H. Arnold, commissioner, was allowed $21.50 to pay himself. chainbearers and fl agmen. A jail was ordered to be rebuilt or removed un lot 1440y E D"augherty, and. the other Jots ordered to be sold at auction. In Sep tembe r, 1845, a contract fOr buildin ,; a court house was so ld . and the matter was definitely settled, when the court, in December, 184 5, ordered that all wh'O purchased lots in th e town of McDonald in 1841, from th e county, would be credited· with the equivalent of their respective pu rchases in the purchase of lots in the new town of Cassville. COURT HO USE BUILDINGSWork on the new court house at Mount Pleasant was in progress in February, 1837. J. M. Williams was agent. The oruer of Febl·uary 7 , reads as follows: " Ordered th3.:t J . M. Williams be apPOinted agent for the completion of lne court house as follows; to-wi t: !n d-o"Or, shutler, case and fase a window to be cut out. sash to contain six light s rased and cased. and a shutter to cover said window; chinked and daubed and pinted chimney, rUn out with stiC;k and clay, back harth and jams of ston e, luck and Itey to the door, stand for the judge, b€ nches jo b0 made of two-inch o 2.k plank 12 jllch('s wi(l" to eXlend all round t Ile hou .5("! , judge's seat to be bani stC l'f'tl roun d, and ro'Om enou gh far the cJ;:!. rk 's 1:\ · ble, and the clerk is ol'(:ered to ~Hl-

vertise ::::'Ild lel r h<, !::iame onl tn the lowest bidder, gi ...·ing li'n d ay·s pl'e""· ious noticE'. In 1 8~ 8 John Mu lkey was alloweu $:;2 (o r hi s work 011 this h ou s e. I n JUll e, 1854, Vi. G. Town send, .M. L. Wyrick and L . .1:. Blank en!:.ili ip were app·ointed a cornmittee to outain plans and estimates [or a coun hou !::i e:1.t Cassville. A year l a;'(' 1" the,;: we .·e appointed SUl" erintenu e nts of building, and $5,50C were olc\ 10 William Youn g ,\l1(i .\bllpr V. Neeley 'for $4,·· 995. The a{ln~l"Jiselllellt for pro ·· posal s :q)lWal"t'd in tile Neosho Ch ief,

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t.he publi s her, cllan;On their failure 1.0 cOllwlete the building, the co ntrac t was sold tu D. P. Ph w,~s compleV·(\ :lnll rl hy llh~ county. On March 9. 1859. $500 was ap· pronriated for l'e ~ c\Jvering (roofing) tile cour t-h ouse, and the contract sold to James Lee, Charles O'Kelley cOHtl'
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In September, 1847, WilH am Kerr was dismissed from the office ot treasurer, and David O. George appointed. In September, 1848, Elias Oldham, Sr., Hanks N. Hill and John J. Duncan qualified as judges of the county court. Alexander McGlothlin suc· ceeded John Logan as sheriff; WilHam Hubbert was clerk, succeeding S. M. PharIs, and Price McMurtry . was assesso r; J ohn G. Harbin succeeded McMurtry, but, leaving the state, William C. Pogue was appointed. 1n SePtember, 1849, Judge Oldham reSigned . J. Durham was appointed, but refused to serve, su that In November, 1849, William B. Tallia(ero was appointed vice Durham. Sampson Loveney wa~ allowed to seU groceries at Mount Pleasant fo. six months from January 6, 1838; the tee was 116. The licenses issued in 1840 were to Heath, Mitchell, Washburn and George Gibson, yielding $154.30 revenue. In 1841 dram-shop licenses were issued to Messrs. }o'an, MoDiavids, Henderson, George, Tiney, Shepherd; grocery Ii· censes to Henderson, Cureton and Keets; and merchants' licenses to Findley. ·C ureton and Henderson. R. B. Benton was licensed to keep a dram-shop at CaSSVille in December,

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PIONEER HISTORY OF BARRY COUNTY 1846. Dram-shop licenses were granted to George W. Chitwood and W. C. pogue. ot. Cas8vllle, in March. 1863, and 1n November to D. P. Pharla. In June. 1847. the court ordered the clerk to procure a list of standard welghtf' and measures. In June, 1847. censuS enumerators were appointed tor each township, In January. 1850, Judges Tall1atero, Duncan and Hill presided. )n December, John O. Burton's name appears as clerk. On his death, 1n June, 1852. William Hubbert was appointed"

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proved. In September, 18£)2. J. N.Fly was appointed collector an.,4 sheritf. Levi H. Arnold was assessor In 1861-53. and D. O. George, treasur-

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pointed treasure'r, "but in September, T. E. Mason qualified. Under Ule act ut February 27. 1861. ~arry was divlded into three county court districts. In September, 1852, Arthur WUllams, L. H. Frazier and Ben T. Hudson qualified as Judges. In 185,4 J. M. Barker was county attorneY, and WHliam S. McConnell school commissioner. In March, 1856, Arthur Williams reslgn·ed. his position as judge of the count,.. court, and John Logan was nominated therefor. In September. 1856, Joseph G. Peevey succeeded Fly as Sheriff, and n P. Pharis was commissioned coroner. IQ October, 1856. J. N. Fly. W. L. H. Frazier and Robert Stubblefield qualified as county judges. So.late as March, 1857, candles .-,re used In the county offices at Cauville. Joseph Cravens and B. F. Hudson. Iwamp-land C'Ommissioners of Ba'rry County. resigned in 1856, and In 1867 James H. Christian and R. A. Walker were appointed. In 1847-58 A. Montgomery, B. F. McCary, Matthew Harbert, B. F. Hudson, and James H. Christian were assessors of the Fifth District. In September, 1858, William B. Dingle, B. F. Hudson and J. N. FlY were county judges. Among the first orders ot this board was one providing flngerlroards for roadcroulngs. In 1859 M. J. Wyrick, W. B. DiJl&'le and another formed the county court. In September, 1860, Jesse Warren, U. P. Johnson and George W. House rormed the court with William McClure. sheriff, and William Hubbert, clerk. In 1859 Isaac Peevey, M. Harbert, R. Jackman, J. F. Hudson and Robert Marshall were assessors. On July 3, 1861, the court ordered a large number or accounts paid, and adjourned to July 29. On that day the court opened, and simply adJourned to "court in course:" The

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October term was opened by Judges Warren -and House, but adjourned to the following day, wl1ich meeting was never held. THE COUNTY COURT smCE THE WAR-On January 5, 18 63, .Judges John Carney and Henry C. Ho~ard were present, with Joh n .Ray, clerk; Charles U 'Kelly was ap"1minted Sheriff. The business ou this and f'Ollowing days was done hurriedly. L. P. Stringer, G. Southerd, D. A. Wilson, Jesse C. LewiS, P. Imbler, JQhn C. Stewart and M. Walk er were appointed justices of the peace, and an election for proDate judge ordered to take place in February. On February 16, William .Ray was apPOinted sheriff and P. Imbler assesso r. In April, 1863, Clerk John Ray 'Was ordered to pI1)cure voucher13 .1rom the seven rooms of the court house occupied by the quartermaster as store-rooms and by the officers as quarters. In July, 1863, ex-Sheriff McClure was ordered to appear bef'Ore the board and make a settle.ment. In April, 1864, Judge s Carney and Samuel D. BullOCk presided. A li~ -cense was granted. William Robison to have a dramshQP at Cassville. In ..July S. H. Carlile was one of the judges; Joel M. Grammer" was apl;lOinted county attorney; James Swindle was County Treasurer. In ()ctober judges of ejection fur the .several townships were appointed. In December W. C. Johnoon filed his bond as coroner. In April 1865 , Michael Horine was sherift, and G. L. Carlin Clerk. In July, J. W. Boone was county judge, with John ellum treasurer presented receipts from the new treasurer for $201.50, which sum was credited to the taxes -or 1860. Later Treasurer Swindle reported his dealing with the county~ a number of dram-shop licenses · were granted, and before the w'estern posts were disbanded the war was -over in Barr~ County. In May, 1866, a special term of court was held, with John Carne, presiding; L. P. Stringer and G. W. House, associate justices; J. P. Raney, sheriff, and G. L. Carlin, clerk. ·At this time J'Ohn W. Boone, SUP-, erintendent 'Of the county buildings,

reponed that John H. Moore had completed rep,drs on the court-house. The Court ordered a warrant to be issued to Moore f'Or $750. and 'On e to H enry Hadley, the chair manufacturer for $17.13. The appointment of justices of thp. peace followed, when John Ree".'!) and Joel Perrym fl. n were aPPointeel to fill that Qffice fur Mountain TownShip, and Richard Murray and R. R. Smith for Sugar Creek. George A. Purdy wa s apPOinted superintendent of schools. J. M. Grammer was COUD1.Y attorney in 1865-66. William W. Lee was county assessor in 1864. E. W. Williams was assessor in 1868. In July, 1 866, John H. M'OOre, William Ray and J. W. Boone w·e re constituted commis sioners to inspect cattle in Flat Creek Town s hip, supposed to be suffering from 'T' aY 4S fever. William Stringer, Lewis NJ:attingly and Cornelius Westfall were appointed to inspect cattle in McDQnald Township. In July, 1866, Gideon Jackson succeeded Madison Walker as justice of McDonald Towns hip. In November Turner Hale and Joseph B. Muncey were elected justices for White River Township, S. L. Hankens for Flat Creek, David Seitz from Crane Creek, Perry G. Robison and J"-ohn K. Terry for McDonald , A. J. Duggan ior Mountain, E. W. Smith for Flat Creek, Martin Terry and Peter R. Swiger for Capps Creek. In December, 1866, John CarneY, Elias Horine and James Lee formed the county court, with John H. Moore, sheriff, S. H. Carlile, treasurer. W. W. Lee was probate judge in 1866 . In January, 1867, JOllA B..Eu~Ve$ was appointed f'Ot MountaIn, E. H. Cav e for Sugar Cre ek , W. W. Muller and George Burger for Shoal Creek, H. M. Harbert for White River. George A. Purdy was county surveyor in 1867-68; and S. H. Carlile, treasurer. The county was divided into ten municipal townships and election districts in July, 1868, viz: Crane Creek, Kings prairie, Capp's Creek; Mountain, McDonald, Sh'Oal Creek, Sugar Creek, Flat Creek, RQaring River and White River. The roact districts established at that time corresponded with the election districts, each township nam ed forming a district, and numbered from one to ten respectiv ely. The Barry County Banner was the official paper of the county in 1868 . James A. Vance was editor. In December, 1868, David A. Wilson, James Lee an d Elias HQrine were county judges.

PIONEER HISTORY OF BARRY COUNTY Joseph Crapens was appointed county treasurer in 1869, to succeed S. H. Carlile. The securities were William Ray, M . H arbert, John R ay, D. P. Pharis, W. Ol Evans, D. O. George, H. S. Mont gome ry, H. K. L egg, J. P. Waldon, Anders'On Snodgrass , James Love, John I. Duncan, James Brisroe, Henry McCary Rond W. G. Townsend the bond being $20 ,0 00. Treasurer Carlile wa s reelecte d in 1868, but failed to qualify, hence the appointment of John S. Drake, wh'O failing to qualify, gave place to Mr. Cravens. The surveyor elected in 1868 failed to qualify, 5'0 that Surveyor Parrish, of Roaring River, was apPQinted, but he, failing to qualify, gave place to J . W. Boone in April, 1869. In July, 1869, the -name of Anchael Horine appears as clerk, succeeding Carlin. In 1 870 John H . Gun was county attorney, but was succeeded that same year by F. M. Cowgill. In July, 1870, the sea l 'Of the county court was changed from a spread eagle centre . to a sheaf Qf wheat centre, surrounded by the wordS, "Seal, County COUrt, Barry (' ·;)Unty, Missouh ." Officials and Elections In the former pages, and in those devoted to the courts and bar, -many of the Qfficials are nam ed in direct connectipn with the duties of their -offices. The county judges prior to 1877 were Samuel Vaughan, Thomas B. Arnett, John Williams, Benjami n Hambleton, John Durham, I saac Peevey, John Duncan, J. N. Fly, one 'by the nam e of... Reed, J acob Testerman,. Joseph SchOOling, Al exander McGlothlin, B. F. Huds'On, Hanks Hill, John Charles, James Burrow, J esse Warren, Robert Stu bblefield, William Dingle, John Carney, G. W. House, James Lee, David Wilson, James Holt, Elias Horine and Allen Hudson. The sheriffs priQr to 1877 were George M. Gibson, J ohn R'Oss, Isaac Peevey, John Logan, Alexander McGlothlin, J. N ..F'ly, Joseph Peevey, W,i lliam McClure, ·William Ray, J. P. Raney, John Moore, Matthew H a rbert, J, W. LeCQmpte and Ja mes .W ooten. The State Senator from this C'Ounty was Littleberry Mason. The representatives prior to 1877 were L. Mason, Campbeil G. Cowan, A. S. Harbin, Thoma::; Ruble, H enry McCary, George Hampton, Joe l M. Grammer, William S. McConnell, J . W. Boone, William Ray, J. M. QUigley -Chas. S. Bryan. The elecl.ion "Of NQvember, 1 864,

in Barry County, showed 186 votes for Thomas C. Fletcher and sev(!uteen (or Thomas L. Price, candi dates for Gov e rnor. At this time J"oel .i\f. Gramm er was elected to repres e nt the cOUnty in the cons_t ituHonaJ convention of 18GG. The convention held at Neosho in J anuary, 1875, to elect delegates to th e constitutiona l convention from the Eighteen th Sellatorial District, gave twenlY-::jix yotes 1:0 Benjam in Massey and 22 tll J ohn Hay, who were declared elected. In 1 8(;4 the following named citizens we re elected to represent their r espective c"0unties ill tho legislature: William Hay, Darry; Geurge W. Rinker, Lawrence; C. B. Walker, McD onald , and It. V. Keller, Newton. In 1866 J. W. Doone, G. W. Rinker, C. B. Walker and S.!'of. Hargrove were the representatives. 'E LECTIONS, 1 878-The foll'Owin g are the majorities for the sever·. al offices voted for at the election in Barry .county, in NQv embe r, 187 8: D tlmocratic State ticket over Republican , 281; over Greenbacker, 787 . Constitutional Amendment - Poll lax. fur school purpose:J, NO, 3040; Yes, 5. Congress, Waddill, d, over Burton r, 303; over Ritchey (Greenback), 776. Senator, Perkins, d, over Havens, r, 330; over Fellows (Greenback), 796. Representatives, Bryan .d, over King, r, 370; over Withers, (G.), 787. For judge (at large), Sparkman d, over Stubb·lefield r, 367 j over McNally (G)' 815. Jud ge (Western District). Fly (D.) over Swindle, r, 243; over Lauderdale, G, 593. Judge (Eastern ·DI s trict). Gall-oway, d, over Wilson, r , 148; ove r Strait, G, 372. probate judge, Evans, d, over Vance, r, 383; over Long, G, 884. Clerk County court, Abernathy, d, over McGu ire, r, 642. Clerk Circuit court, Hobbs, d, over Horine, r, 243. Sheriff, Hud son , d, over Hopkins, r, 347. C'OlIeclor, Bayless d , over Trim r, 359. Assessor, Hail ey d, over Robe r ts r, 354.. Treasurer, Hail ey d over Roberts r, 35 4. Treasurer, Sellers d, over Pharis r, 345. Prosec uting AttorneY, Wear d, over Allen r, 387; over Fly r, 244. WAR INCIDENTS-Noah O·'Kelly was killed at a pOint west of Washburn .by a Federal Scout. in 18 63 or 18 64.. The murders of Shultz and Reed on Roller's Ridge , during the war, were tr :~:, ()dies growing Qut of the local trouul es of th'O :.~ days. Conrad Decker, one of th e most notorious of all bush-whackers wh'O infested Southwest Missouri, was killed in this county immedia .. tely after the war. John J. ShIith ,

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was l~ w e; e released, and his property burned hy the Fed· erals. William R :-:ootel' Jeft during the war, and died in Cent"vl' County, Ark. Owen Todd, a Uni·J:l m:ln, was kill·ed by Federal troops while defending his r elatives, \~ how t he troops were lrying to ari"esl. 'rile tirst Arkansas cavalry were the actors in this affair, and of this regiment th e relatives were members Olle of whom. was killed. This affair' took place in June, 1862. John Whitington, who lived four miles west of McDonald, on j{ing's Prairie, was killed by the Federals.· It is supposed that a foraging squad w ent to his house to rob him, but, he Bh'Owin g fight, was shot down. His son, a minor, received wounds 'Y"hich neceSSitated the amputation of the arm . Benjamin, his son, was in the State Militia. John K. BurtQn was killed within his own house, in 1862, by ~a.j. Moore's men. It is stated by Mr . Drake, of the F'Ountain and Journal , of Mount Vernon, that he heard Maj. Moore make the charge {hat BUrtQn succored bushwhackers. Jno. Ireland was killed by the Federals, one and one-half miles southeast Or Cassville, at his h'Ome. William Moore was killed by Maj. Moore·'1-\ Federal company. Bully McKenney was killed fifte en miles west of Cassville by Federals. John S. Lee wa~ killed by Lieut. Gibson, three mile8 ooUlh of Cassville, at his home. Newton Lee was killed afterward. Robert and William Perkins and their s laves were killed near CasSville by Federals. J'Oel F. Mitchell, an old Baptist preacher of Roller's Ridge, near Keetsville, at one time a slave owner, but during the war accused of sundry Illegal and unchri s tian acts. came into Washl;mrn and surrel1dered. The mob and soldiers showed him nQ mercy, and so he fell dead. Alfred Reed was killed by Fed ... rals on Roaring River. William Perkins, wh'O was subsequently killed, was said to have killed old Mr. Antles. It is said that John Starkey's boys were Confederates, and it is .Iso stated one of them was killed. J. N. Pharis was killed by Capt. Christian's men on Sugar Creek. A negro was s hQt near th e court-house, by a Federa l suidier. about 1962. Joshua Adcock was taken to Springfield by Hill, in Crane

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PIONEER HISTORY OF BARRY COUNTY the Federals, placed in the stockade and died there. John Hawk was

treated similarly. Old Jones Cox, who lived two miles east of CassViIJe, was laken to Springfield. James Suttles, son of John N. suttles, died at Springfield. Jeremiah Parrish

was arrested on the charge of being a rebel sympathiz'er, was also takeD to Springfield; where he died. Wil-

Ham Box was treated similarlY, also Harvey Bolding and William Morgan, Thomas Brixey was taken prisoner in the Roaring River neighborhood, and also Eli Hale. Buth were shot and killed, and theIr bod ies left on the road by the Federals. Asa Chillcut was killed by Federal

troops about eight miles from Cass. . ville. Thomas Dilworth was reported to have met the same fate. ~lias Ferguson was strung up by Capt. Ray's company, to extract a confession, but escaped death. James Sparkman killed WilHam Davis, about 1970, near Washburn. The mu:r~el" was considered justifiable. Vernon Lillard killed James Sparkman at Washburn~ He fled, and thus escaped justice. Asa Chillcut killed Johnson in 1861 at a time when the Southern t~ops held the t'Own. Before the circuit courts were re-established, Chill cut himself was killed. Laird and Guthrie , two employes of old Mr. Adcock, were murd·e red by bush-whackers, near Washburn, in 1864 .. John S. Bowen. of Sh'Oal Creek. was accused of harlroring bush-whackers, and hanged up until almost at the 'point of death, for the purp os·e of extracting from him some statemen t relating t'O the rebels. Capt. William RaY's State Militia were the actors in this grim joke. J'Ohn S. L·e e was killed at his home by the Federals, shortly after the Pea Ridge affair. He did not belong to either army, but was one of the men who hid in the bush during the troubles. The fire tn the Circuit Clerk's office at Cassville, May 16. 1872, destroyed many of the court records and records of de·eds. The work was incendiary, as many of the books and documents were carried to the fire-place and there burned. In 1872 W. T. Ge.iger presided as circuit judge, with J. M. Patterson as cIrcuit att'Orney, Matthew Harbert, sheriff, and Michael Horine, clerk. Am'Ong the cases new to Barry County were a few "for working on sunday," and a few "for disturbing reli"gious worship:" The divorce mill, which was built on large foundations in 1864, was still running. An indictment against ..James and John Hender8'Oo "for setting the woods on

fire," and one against Thomas and Charles Jackson "for opening a. grav·e," were new features in the history ot the circuit court of Barry. In July. 18712. Edward McCullah and David Barnes were indicted for murder, but acqultted. In April, 1873, the tirst inHctment on the charge of "obtaining goods under false pretens·es·" was returned. At this time Th'Omas Barnes was indicted for murder. William M. Pardue prosecuting for the state. In October. 1874, he was discharged from custody. In April, 1875, Samuel Orr was indicted for murder. Cases of dIvorce and of dIsturbing rel1&:iou8 meetings were bef'Ore. the fall term of court in great numbers, and ev·e n a singing schoul did not escape the dIsturber. In· April, 1876, Benjamin Killian was indicted for murder, but acquitted In October; following. Albert Cox was indicted for murder October 11, 1876, and on the 14:th of that month . Thomas H. Crawfotd was indicted
B. Costa, J. M. Barker (a resident lawyer). W. L. Smyth (a residen t lawyer). S. A. Boake, Sands Bouton. Jesse K . Oldham, W.illiam. M. Perk, P. H. Edwards, Mark L. Means, J'Oseph A. Chapman, W. D. Reagan, S .. M. Grant, H. A. Anderson, Joseph Cravens. John Worthington, J. K. Pettigrew, P. S. Wilkes, David M. Payne, J. A. FenleY, W. M. Crave!ls, W. B. Dingle, H. C. Young, T. H, Harman, J'Oel M. Grammer, M. T. Morris and A. G. McCune; B. L. Hendrick registeNd here May 14, 1849. In May 1850, George W. Randolph, .John W. Payne, J. D. Caldwell and 1. M. L.Barker signed the roll; John H. Jennings. W. S. McConnell John M. Richardsun, C. W. McCull~ck changed in 1862 by Federals, R . P. Pulham and J. J. G"reen, A. B: . Greenwood who subsequenily became secretary 'Of the interior under Buchanan, J. H. Thompson, E. B. Boone in 1852; T. T. Hann in 1853. In the records uf 1859-67 many of the foregOing nam·es appear among the members of the bar, and all the following nameS; M. Oliver, Thomas S. Price, J . H. McKissick, J'Ohn G. Goodrich, J. M. G. Jones, John R. Cox, Juseph Estes, R. T. Kerr, J. M. Steimons, W. H. Blanton, George T . .Duwall, Joseph L. Hart, James M. Patterson, J. M. Barrett, James F. Hardin (killed at Carthage by William Phelps), Nathan Bray, J. H. Creightton, C. B. McAffee, James A. Vance, James R. Waddill. J . . M. Logan. Manus Boyd, C. A. Williams, S. M. Kn·e eland, A. C. Wallace, Benjamin W. Massey, George Hubbert, ,Henry Brumback, A. H. Kennedy~ John O'Day, J. M. Patterson, Washington ClOUd. F . A. Sherwood was in 1861. Civil and Military MurderS In December, 1837, John M. Fun· erton acted as coroner in the inquest over the body of some unknown man found dead. Mrs. Castoe, the second female inmate of the State penitentiary, murd~red her husband in 1843, by striking him with an ax. while sleeping. She was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary, but was pardoned in January, 1845, by Gov. Edwards. Henry McCamp and Levi H. Arnold accompanied Sheriff Peevey! wh.o brought her to the prison. John Martin, wh'O was in prison at Neosh'O, pending the rebuilding of the jail at CassviHe in 1852-5 3, was the guest of Sheriff Crouch there. Jasper Hagan was killed in May, 1856, and Andrew Montgomery acted as coroner. Galyon, who lived near the Arkansas

PIONEER HISTORY OF BARRY COUNTY line, was murder<::d SQme years before the war, "Vat Short killeti L'Ock in 1840. In 1849 Ezekial Merryman was indicted for murder. In 185·0 'Villiam pogue and Richard Oldham murdered Howerton' 1853 Dudley H. snyder murdered' Charl~s wolfger; 1854, James Dunn was charged with murder; 1856, Samuel Lee killed Resley;_ 1857, Arthur Blankenshtp pois~ned his wife , and William Lee kllled ·Wright. In 1863 Jesse Jenkins was charged with murder. in 1865 Geo. Stockto n and 1866 Joseph and J-ohn Baze. On'ie Bussel, who was selling whisky c'Ontrary to law near Rocky comfort, fired on the sheriff's posse sent to arrest him. Sheriff Moore, J-ohn Tate. and a third party returned the fire, resulting in the death .of Bussell. In June, 1868, Damel Howry, ·his son and Robert ~-Iann had · a quarrel over a hors e race. re· suIting in Ule death 'Of Robert Mann and Daniel Nowry. The murder of Jack Carney and his wife, eighteen miles southeast of Cassville, in December, 186.9, uy George Moore. resulted in the lynching of Moore. He was hanged from t he old bell post, which, at that time, stoud at the southeast corner of the courth-ouse. In October, 1871, a vigilance .committee in Barry County was sal~ to haye tried and hanged Aleck Klllg. The report of the ha·nging was false. The lIlurder of Hogmier by Perry Ethridge, ariSing 'Out of a dispute over the ownership of a deerlick , took place May 3, 1872, thirteen miles southeast of Cassville, in Barry County. His trial resulted in acquittal. R. M; Morgan, the county coroner, held an inqu est on the body 'Of Edward Hogmire in May, 1872. Squire G. M. Goodnight held the inquest on the bodies of Frank Haskins and William Cunningham at that time. In 1872 Edward McCullah and David ~arnes were indict ed for murder. In 1873 Thomas Barnes, in 1875 Samuel Orr, in 1876 Albert Cox am:. T. H. Crawford, in 1877 Robert Hudson. One Sooter was murdered near C"ul'sicana. some time in the fifties. Boyd Brice, who resided near Cassville, went to FaYetteYille in May, 1874, t o purchase a horse, but failed to do so. A week late r the owner Iound his horse missing, and with 'Others hurried llllrth in search. At Pierce City heard of a horse-race and also. ·vf Birce ·and his gray racer. On that morning. as Brice rode toward Pierce City, he saw his pur.suers, and turned to fly. They were within pistol -shot , fired, and the horse thief fell dead from the saddle. In November, 1875, Green Car-

ter murdered one crunice on Mike's fork of Sugar Creek, in McDonald county. In May, 1876, a boy named Mayfield, a victim of whiskey drinking, shot and killed one Cray without provocation. After this another y"vung sot, Charles Walls, of Warsaw. across the Arkansas line, killed his brother Albert. About this time Bear Toter. or Short Stump, a Cherokee, was arrp.sted for the murder of Latham, at liico, in 1873 . This Lathim arrived from Ireland, and at Gunter 's tavern sh-lwed his belt to contain abuut $700. On Monday , Juls 10, 1876, Dr. J. A. Holladay was arrested on a Crimin·a l charge at Corsicana, and set ou !: under charge of Bud Crawford toward his house. When near the house Crawford oi"dered his prisone_ tu halt, but upon the latter·s refu ,,:] Crawf'Ord fired, killing the docto · who was buried on July 12. Cra·,.'· ford fled. Sometime before the mt; r der the unfortuna te phys:~ian pc~ :·: ~ ­ ed to his pi stol, .~t atin t; tha t t·~ would send hir.:.lself or s-om e body e!:> to hell ber-are day Lght. Crawt'o ' was subsequently cA Pture d, but ""hi! awaiting trial di ed In jail at 3rr;) fi12ld. Amos Kelly was killed by James Hall in 1877, at Corsicana, in William Fly's sture. Kelly and his wife went there to acLnowledge a deed, when the quarrel arose. The testim'Ony was so conflicting that Hall was acquitted.

Ciyil .'\nd Military ':\[urders In March, 1880, wiiliam Hall was taken from the jail at MOUnt Vernun by the Sheriff of Barry County, to be duly tried for the murder of Kelly . . The body of a man, shot and killed, was found in White River. near Leland's Ferry, April 15 t 1879. Inquiries pointed him out to be TIl"omas Ellis of Morristown, Ark. In January, 1880, Sheriff Hudson and Deputy Sherif! Edens, of Cass 'Ville, went out four miles south of Cassville t'O arrest James Heffley, on a requisition from the governor of Texas. Heffley made a leap fur Uberty, the deputy pursued, and seeing that the Texan W2.S likely t'O escape , opened fir·e on him. At the third .shot Heffley fell, the officers pronounced him dead, then went to the 110use to inform his family where his body could be fou:1d, and proceeded too Cassville to bring the coroner on the scene. On returning to the battle field Heffley's body could-not be found, and on asking about him they were told that he was not much hurt, and had left the State at a rapid gait.

In July, 1882. a quarrel between Mrs. Campbell and Mrs. Roark reo "SuIted In the former stabbing the latter through the heart. The tragedy was enacted twelve miles northeast 'Or Cassville, near the mouth of Willow Branch. '"{'he trial of Mrs. Campbell resulted in her being sentenced to two years tn the peniteJ;l· tiary. Thomas Bnttin was killed at a dance at Russells, three miles from Cassville, in 1883 or 1884, by James Roberts. Latter was defended by W. S. McConnell, who won his acquittal. The qua"rel resulting In this murder arose entirely from jealousy, buth loving the same girl. Robert Mann killed old man Lowry near McMurtry's Spring, and yoUng Lowry killed Robert Mann. Jack Walden killed a man on Roaring River, but a case or Jt1stifiable homicide was made out. In February, 1882, Napoleon Ruwley shot and killed ex-Shrefif Hopkins in Long 's saloon, at Washburn . The trouble grew out of the imperious manner in which the ex-sheriff asked the brother of the man whom he murdered in 1877 t.u drink. HopIdns riied at the Western Hotel next day, and was buried by pythagoras Lodge of MasonS . The slayer of the ex-sheriff was acquitted. In Janl'i"!fY or "February, 1882, a young man was killed near John HadleY's ano t he remains found In March. that year. The name and every tr ace of the youth were lost. William Black stabbed and killed William Brown, in a drunken row at church, three miles north of Cassville. in Decprnbel', 1883. His trial resulted in a verdi ct of justifiable homicide. Ed· ward Clumb murdered J. J. White and Ellen Bowe, July 8. 1881l, in Capp's Creek Towl,ship, Barry County. He was hanged by the sheriff, April 15, 1887 in the D. P. Pha.ris field 200 yards southwest of the court house. In connection with the murder of White and 'Ellen Howe by Clumb, all residents of New . . .~ork, In 1885, the following particulars are given. On Clumb coming here he found his wife passing as the wife of White. 'She returned with him as far as Lebanon. and Clumb left her at his sister's there, with instru~tions to follow him. Very soon she returned t'o White, but she was taken sick and died. Clumb came to Barry County, where he and White kept companY with Ellen Bowe. Clumb worked 01' the farm, and seeing White- and Mis::; Bowe Sitting on tbe bank of Capp··s Creek deliberately shot both of them. He buried them wt"apped in a blanket, and at. hi ~ ~xe('ution desired that he hp bllrif"d in that manner.

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PIONEER HISTORY OF BARRY COUNTY It was in the first brick courthouse erected in Cassville that the Caleb Jackson Legislature met on October 31, 1861 and passed and signed the Ar· ticles of Confederation annexing the state of Mis· souri to the Confederacy. There were 44 represent· alives and 11 senators present at this session which lasted five days. W. S. McConnell, grandfather of Sam Wear, prominent Springfield attorney, was a democratic representative present at this historic session. Senator George G. Vest, one of the out· standing democratic leaders of the state of Missouri, also attended the session. Members of the legislature previously had been in session at Neosho, but being hard pressed by the Union forces decided to recess and continued the session at Cassville. Years later when it was decided to raze the historic Barry County courthouse to make way for a modern structure, a movement was launched to preserve the building for its historical value to the state . However, this was unsuccessful, and the famous landmark was destroyed. During the Civil War Cassville was an important point, being located on what was known as the Old Wire Road , the principal North and South trail con· necting that section of Missouri with Arkansas, and was extensively used for troop movements. It was called the Wire Road because the Union Army strung telegraph wires along the trail. While there was not heavy fighting in the immediate vicinity of Casso ville , it was a concentration point and supply depot for Union troops which participated in the battles of Wilson Creek in Missouri and Pea Ridge in Arkansas.

Union Troops Fortified Hill Above City

The high hill in the west portion of the town, where the Ward School Building now stands, was fortified by Union troops, and even now is known as Fort Hill. Breastworks and trenches were construct· ed on this hill and traces of this fortification may still be seen. For several yea,s residents of Casso vi lie dumped their rubbish and refuse in these trenches until they are now virtually filled. Mr. Manley and several other residents of Cassvi lie now express regret that these fortifications were de· strayed since they would have held untold historical value to the town.

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Many relics of Civil War days are in the pos· session of various residents of Cassville.

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balls, old muskets, bridle bits, and s abers are among the relics which have been found in the vicinity of the abandoned breastworks . At the 1929 Harvest Show, held at Cassville, one of the most interesting exhibits was a collection of relics and curios of historical value to that sec· tion of Southwest Missouri . Mr. Manley played an important part in the assembly of this colleclion. One of the priceless relics exhibited at the show was the Regimental Flag of the Second Ark. Cavalry, the greater portion of which unit was recruited in the vicinity of Cassville. The flag was owned by James Shoemaker, 82 years old of Wheaton, Missouri, who with his father, Tom Shoemaker s erved with the reg· iment throughout the Civil War. After its organiza· tion the regiment moved to Springfield where it received its colors. (This James Shoemaker was an uncle of the writer of this story, Nerva Brock England·l When the flag was exhibited at the Harvest Show at Cassville last year, James Shoemaker carried the colors into an assembly hall where a large crowd had assembled. He was accompanied by Ned Easley, 92 years old of Eagle Rock, Missou· ri, who also served with the regiment. Mr. Manley said that when these historic colors were unfurled in the hall, absolute silence prevailed as the two aged veterans made their way to the stage where they were introduced. In the crowd were sons and daughters of many men from Barry County who had fought and died beneath the standard. Strongmen wept as the two veterans stood at attention with the regimental colors between them, while the band played the national anthem. This historic stand is still in possession of Mr. Shoemaker.

Federals Used Town as Base of Supply ihlring Civil War By Floyd Sullivan, of the press staff Charles D. Manley , of Cassville, Missouri, whose business is dealing in insurance and real estate, but whose hobby is collecting legendry, folk lore and historical data regarding Cassville and its surrounding territory, has in his files a wealth of material which if organized , should prove of great

value to the State Historical Society. Mr. Manley has spent much of his time and money in this type of research work, and in 1904, while serving Barry Co. as Co. Clerk, compiled a brief history of the county, taking the greater portion of his material from the old 'records. Mr. Manley does not remember his first visit to Cassville, since he was less than a year old. In 1863 when his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Manley and a Mrs. Brewer passed through the town on their way from Hackett City, Ark. to Venice, III. Mrs. Brewer also had her young son with her. He is Phil Brewer and now resides in Oklahoma City. The women were making their way to III. to join their husbands who had left Ark. because of the spirit of unrest caused by the Civil War, then in progress. Both W. D. Manley and the Elder Brewer were Union sympathizers and decided to move to III., their wives and children follOWing several weeks later. A few miles south of Cassville Mrs. Manley and Mrs. Brewer sought shelter for the night in a sheep bam. During the night a band of Joe Peavey's bushwhackers stole one of their two horses, and th~ women and the two children were forced to continue their journey to III. with one horse. One of the worn· en would ride and carry the children while the other walked. Charley Manley declares he often heard his mother tell of the hardships of that trip. After a brief sojourn to III. the Manley family returned to Mo., making their home at Rolla, which at that time was the end of the railroad. It was in 1867 when the Manley family moved to Cassville, and from that period forward Charles Manley has first hand information regarding the growth and de· velopment of Cassville and the section of Southwest Missouri which makes up its trade territory. Barry County was organized in 1835, and com· prised what is now Newton, Lawrence , Jasper, Barry, McDonald, Barton, Dade, and a portion of Cedar Counties. The first County seat was on land owned by Wm. Capps, on Clear Creek, about two miles west of the present site of Pierce City. On this s ite , the town of Mt. Pleasant was established. The first session of the County Court was held Feb. 4th, 1835. One of the early records incorporated by Mr. Manley in his history of Barry Co. is an order of the County Clerk issued Feb. 7th, 1837 for the comple· tion of the first courthouse. The Order follows: "Ordered by the Co. Court that J. M. Williams

be appointed agent for the completion of the courthouse to wit; Doors, shutters, case and face; a window to be cut outi sash to contain six lights, cased and faced and a shutter to cover said window. Chinked and daubed and pinted chimney, run out with stock and clay. Back, harth and jams of stone. Lock and key to the door. Stand for the judge and benches to be made of 2·inch oak planks, 12 inches wide to extend all around the house. Judge's seat to be bannistered round and room enough for clerk's table, and clerk is ordered to advertise and let the same out to the lowest bidder, giving ten days previous notice."

The first dramshop license in Barry County was issued to S. Teas for a period of six months, for which privilege the applicant paid $15 ...

Spirited Fight Over County Capital

In 1841 the county seat was moved from Mount Pleasant to McDonald now known as McDowell, and later follOWing a spirited political fight was trans· ferred to Cassville in 1844. When the permanent county seat was moved from McDonald to Cassville, two sites were under consideration, both of which are now included in the town of Cassville. A total of 65 votes were cast in the election held for the purpose of fixing the county seat. The town was named for Commodore Cass of the U. S. Navy, who at that time was enjoying his brief moment in the spotlight as a national hero. The election to select a permanent county seat was held June 4, 1845. The first jail in Barry Coun· ty had been erecled at McDonald in 1842. It was a log building but was built sufficiently strong to reo tain the unruly occupants of that period. Since 1930 is the year for taking the national census, it is interesting that in 1844 John Logum, Sheriff of Barry County was allowed 50 dollars for taking the census of the County. Dr. John Ray also made a trip to Jefferson City and returned to collect the foreign insurance tax and received 5 dollars for his services. The round trip to the capital was made on horseback. The first brick' courthouse erected at Cassville represented an expenditure of $5,800 ..

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PIONEER HISTORY OF BARRY COUNTY When the county seat was moved from McDonald to Cassville, residents of the former town were allowed credit for what they had paid on McDonald property on home and business sites in Cassville.

"Cassville Republican," November 9, 1882: Croquet will be abolished. Sheriff Goodnight will break up that little game of croquet. The boys all take their defeat manfully. Boys, cheer up. If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. lVe are late with our issue this week on account of the election and getting in the returns. Hon. J. R. Smith, late candidate for the LegiSlature, called on us. We sympathize with Bro. Smith. Saxe and Rippetoe, at the Roaring River Mills are now prepared to make No. 1 flour and corn meal. They also do carding and saw lumber. Call and see them. Mountain Home Hotel, Mineral Springs, Barry Co., Mo., Panacea Post Office. The hotel has just been thoroughly renovated, newly furnished and supplied with every convenience for the comfort of guests. Its accessibility, pure air and freedom from flies, mosquitoes and other hotel pests renders it the most desirable resort in the South West. Terms less for equal accommodations than any resort in the country. For further information address, Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Coons, Panacea, llarry County, Mo . . . . (1961: This store has just closed--Iast owner was Frank Ryan.) George M. Goodnight, Jr., Sheriff elect, left for home on Wednesday evening feeling good. George will move to town soon if he can get a house, and take charge of the Sheriff's office in a few days. We predict that George will make a No.1 officer. Talbert and Co. are in need of what you Owe them. Come in and pay up.

Copied from the Weekly Republican Paper of Jan. 28, 1889, J. B. W. Bennington, Editor and Publisher: Eld. E. A. Frost, who is teaching at the Purdy Academy, spends Saturdays at home in Cassville. James lVaddell is assisting Judge H. E. Morro in getting his docket and books in proper shape.

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The Okla. boomers are being moved out of that territory by U. S. Troops. Let the sheriff see that the next Grand Jury are relieved of their artillery before being empanneled . S. M. Trollinger is at Verona engaged in the grocery business. He has a hankering to visit Cassville occasionally, or we miss our guess. H. C. Reynolds intends business in the Spring with his horse. Call on him if you desire good farm stock. For particulars, call on Messrs. McKinneys and Elder R. M. Morgan. T. Bowers will soon have his new h0f'e ready to move into.

Card of Thanks. lVe, the underSigned, desire to return our heartfelt thanks to our neighbors and friends for the kindness shown during the sickness and death of our beloved wife and mother, and the God of all, bless and protect them, is our prayer. John Brock J. W. Brock Shell Knob, Mo., Jan. 28th, 1889. Bed and Board. Alonza Frost will take a number of students and board and bed them at $2.00 per week. Everything first class. A Bargain. I, the underSigned, have 40 acres of land, 20 acres in cultivation, a never failing well of water, and a fine young orchard, one mile east of Cassvi lie; and residence property in the town of Cassville, which I will sell at a bargain, for cash. J. Turner Horner, Purdy, Mo. J. J. IVa lien has our thanks for a big silver dollar. Let others do likewise. We find the following lawyers advertised: Thomas M. Allen, Attorney at law, L. Beasley, Lawyer, Jno. W. lVellshear, Attorney at Law, J. S. Plummer, Attorney at Law, Cassville and Monett, Mo . . . The following Doctors: Dr. ·W. Speece, Dr. J. T. Horner, Physician and Surgeon, D. L. Mitchell, M. D., A. S. Hawkins, M. D., G. P. Wheeler, Physician and Surgeon, Jenkins, Mo ...

Copied from the Cassville Republican paper of 1889: A no more energetic, zealous young Republican lives in the Springfield Land Office District than Mr. Horace R. Williams, of Purdy, and it is the unanimous sentiment of this and adjoining counties that he should receive recognition at the hands of the Harrison Administration. The man who takes his county paper two or three years and then refuses to pay for it, is dishonest, and wi II not pay any other debt he may contract unless forced to do so. The names of all such men should be printed once each year by the newspaper thus robbed, so as to keep them .permanently before the public as first-class frauds. The Barry Co. Bank is in a healthy sound condition, financially. The fence around the court house, while not very substantial, is quite ornamental. The new livery stable proprietors take charge this week. We learn that they are experienced men,

Mrs. Sallie Evans, Millinery, for Ladies and Misses. New goods. New prices. No shelf worn goods in my shop. Prices to suit the times. I mean just what I say. Horace R. Williams, of Purdy, and the next Receiver of the Springfield Land Office, was in Cassville, Monday. To those who desire to attend the inaugural ceremonies at Washington the 4th of March, are requested to notify the underSigned that arrangements may be made for them. A special rate, to Washington and return, has been procured of 20 dollars. George

I am taking some of the items from a Cassville Republican paper that has been kept by H. R. Williams. The date shows Jan. 31, 1887, J. B. W. Bennington, Prop.. One interesting item is the committeemen elected in the voting precincts of Barry County, Mo., to serve the Republican party for the next two years from Sept. 4, 1887 to Sept. 1888. .Crane Creek--Atkisson, J. R. Ellis, Hugh Bassett Kings Prairie No. l--A. R. Drake, H. C. Dummit, P. G. Robinson Kings Prairie No. 2--P. L. Sniffer, S. Castile, Thomas Calton Capp's Creek No. l--Lewis Smith, H. S. Horine, J. J. Holland Capp's Creek No. 2--G. B. Draper, Stephen Courdin, Adam Gipson Shoal Creek No. l--R. N. Lansdown, Wm. Tucker, W. D. Gurley Shoal Creek No. 2--0. L. Rose, A. L. Maddy, J. T. Browning Mountain--H. O. Cornman, John Carney, David Doty

E. Harris, Sec'y, Cassville, Mo ...

McDonald No. l--E. A. Marbutt, T. J. Brumfield,

and we predict for them success.

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H. C. Hutchens McDonald No. 2--1. M. Jefferson, James Pennell, Ed Smith Sugar Creek No. l-·John Drush, J. M. Johnson, S. D. Thompson Sugar Creek No. 2--J. S. Foster, Pleasant Frost, John R. Legg Flat Creek No. l-·C. M. Jimmerson, W. R. Talbert, James Andrews Flat Creek No. 2-·George Earle, M. C. Lucky, W. N. Bates Flat Creek No. 3-·A. Harris, J. W. Cook, T. R. Hankins Roaring River··M. Burkholder, James H. Callaway, C. A. Munsey Liberty No. l-·D. B. Warren, Jacob Miller, W. T. Houndshell Liberty No. 2-·A. J. Boswell, Mart Weston, IV. Davis Liberty No. 3-·John Warren, John Colts, Reuben Champ Ash-·J. IV. Edwards, James Still, John Smith White River No. l-·Richard Tucker, Isiah Slusher, Wm. A. Lewis White River No. 2-·A. Brock, A. H. Hayden, Abner Gray George E. Harris, Sec., Thomas M. Allen, Chrm'n. The first editor of the "Cassville Republican" paper that I remember was John Grimes. The next one was Eli Meador, and the third and present one is E'!'ory Melton. J. M. Grimes came to Cassville in May, 1900, and was married in July, 1902 to Kate Sparkman, daughter of the late Dr. C. M. Sparkman and Mrs. Jennie Vandergrift Sparkman. Kate died September 4, 1950. J. M. and Kate Grimes had one son, John, Jr., now living in Des Moines, Iowa. He is malTied and has two daughters, both married. J. M. Grimes also served in the state senate from 1906 to 1910. John Grimes, now past eighty years, came to Shell Knob last fall (1959). I happened to meet him there. I asked him if he remembered my father. He said he did and said some very nice things about him. I told him I would show him where I was born, which was about one mile west of Shell Knob. We stood on the porch of Epperley's store while I pointed out the John Cooper place, as my dad traded farms with John Cooper when I was four years old. I never liked the new place or forgot the ' old One. As I told John Grimes my memories of the first home, I added, "I hated to leave the little picket

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PIONEER HISTORY OF BARRY COUNTY gate Dad had made, and the moon." As I told him how beautiful the moon looked to me, back in the Ozark hills at Shell Knob when I was four years old, I looked up at him since he had become silent. There he stood calm and solemn with his eyes lifted as if searching the heavens for something. As we turned to go back into the dtore he said softly, "Yes, I think the moon is the prettiest as seen from the Ozark mountains."

"The Valley Press" was published in Corsi· cana from 1872 to 1876, when it was moved to Cass· ville and the name changed to the "Cassville Republican". In the middle 80's George Harris purchased the paper from J. B. W. Bennington. In 1900 John Grimes, of Illinois, purchased the "Re· publican" and edited it until 1908, when he sold it to E. N. Meador. F. A. Meador purchased it in 1912 and was the editor until 1915, when he sold it to E. N. Meador and entered the hardware business in Cassville. In 1952 Emory Melton and Wayne Ennis became the owners and are the present publishers.

Cassville Democrat, Aug. 16th, 1890: Established by John Ray in the year 1862. Devoted' to politics and general intelligence. Democratic Committee: Crane Creek··T. A. Neil and Wm. Bennett Ozark··F. M. Gilmer and A. A. Hughes Pleasant Ridge··J. W. Donica and Cal Dever Capps Creek No . 1··Geo. Cowan and J. B. Hudson Capps Creek No. 2··Jno. Banks and L. W. Badger Mountain··Lemon Thomas and Edward MCKinney McDonald No. 1··Jas. Sheppard and Chas. Overton McDonald No. 2··J. W. Allison and Geo. C. Ulmer Shoal Creek No. 1··Henry Davis and J. G. Jefferies Shoal Creek No. 2··J. G. Mariott and Walter Strother Sugar Creek No. 1··Wm. R. Thompson and B. F. McCary Sugar Creek No. 2··W. W. McCollum and Winter Frost Flat Creek No. 1··W. A: Wear and W. D. Manley Flat Creek No. 2··John lVebband and IV. A. Boucher Flat Creek No. 3··Jas. Neeley and Chas. Howard Roaring River No. 1··H. C. Skelton and R. H. Haddock Roaring River No. 2··Bruce Alfrey and A. A. Andrews Liberty No. 1··John Stephens and T. J. Bowman Liberty No. 2··H. B. Hickman and J. E. Edwards

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Liberty No. 3··J. B. Erwin and J. C. Crane Ash··Thomas Henry and Alex Stout White River No. 1··G. L. H11ton and Jno. D. Williams White River No. 2··G. M. Blythe and Wm. Ledgerwood IVhite River No. 3··J. B. Morris and David Harris Kings Prairie··A. H. Kniskern and Allen Wiseman Church Directory of Cassville: Cumberland Presbyterian··lst Sunday in each month. Christian Church··2nd Sunday in each month, Eld. W. F. Guys, Pastor. M. E. Church··3rd Sunday in each month, Rev. James Lokey', Pastor. Baptist Church··4th Sunday in each month , J. C. Sellers, Pastor. M. E. South··Every 4th Sunday night, Rev. J. R. Hargis, Pastor. Prof. Sam'l O. Ware of Seligman is the happy father of twin boys that were born Thursday.

News from the "Cassvllle Democrat" af 1892: Some bad boys or men threw rocks and struck parties attending the Holiness meeting at the brush arbor near the Horner Schoolhouse. They should be arrested and fined heavily for such actions. Persons owing accounts at Hailey's Drug Store had better call and settle the same immediately, without further notice, as they have waited long enough. Col. H. R. Williams of Springfield was here Thursday. An effort is being made to fix up the Mill Spring. L.

G. Brown moved into his new residence

last week. The 2nd annual reunion of the G. A. R. of Barry Co. will commence Aug. 19th. Rev. J. C. Sellers has been in very feeble health for a week or more. Mrs. Jacob W. Hawks, living one mile northwest of this place is in a very feeble condition, caused from a cancer of the breast. Her relatives have no hopes of her recovery. Dr. D. L. Mitchell and Lady visited relatives in Taney Co. last week. They returned this week and report a very pleasant time.

PIONEER HISTORY OF BARRY COUNTY Cassville, Missouri.

Pythagoras Lodge No. 383 was chartered Oct. 16, 1872, but worked under dispensation from April, 1871. The charter members were Charles S. Bryan, Joseph Cravens, E. D. Stubblefield, Henry McCary, M. F. Atteberry, Wheeling Combs, Green B. Gregory, J. C. Sellers, W. G. Townsend, Jacob W. Hawk, George W. House, M. L. Abernathy, W. M. Fithian, and IV. A. Fly. C. S. Bryan was W. M. with Marcus L. Abernathy as secretary. The Masters since that time have been R. R. McGuire, 1877·78·79; Charles S. Ryan, 1880; R. R. McGuire, 1881; Wm. Talbert; 1886; Chas. IV. Carter, 1887·1888; Charles Ray, 1882; R. R. McGuire, 1883·84; G. W. Hobbs, 1885. The number is 64. The lodge has 600 dollars interest in the Cassville Building' Association's brick stock, in which is the hall, and with the Odd Fellows, own the two buildings at the southeast comer. McGuire succeeded Abernathy as Secretary in in Jan. 1872. In 1874 Michael Horine was elected Sec. In 1877 W. D. Manley took his place as Sec.; Michael Horine in 1878, B. F. McCary in 1879·82, Charles Ray in 1883·88. The Ladies of the Eastern Star Lodge who set about organizing the Lodge in May, 1888, are Mrs. C. C. Pharis, Miss Nannie Logan, Miss Belle Ray, Mrs. W.D. Manley, Mrs . Helen Hobbs, Mrs. C. S. Bryan, Mrs. Mary Hawkins, Mrs. Dora Talbert, Mrs. Penny Bennington and others. The Post Office at Cassville has been in charge of Watson; second, Joel M. Grammer; third, S. K. Burton; fourth, Miss Messer (Eglantine) who had charge from 1870 to 1884. She was succeeded by Mr. Bayless and he by Mr. Steele (1888). An act to incorporate the town of Cassville, approved March 3, 1847, was provided for the elec· tion of trustees, the enactment of laws, and the ap· plication of Sections 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 of the act of Mar. 6th, 1849 incorporating the town of Parkville. Trustees were duly elected under this charter, and held office nominally until 1884, when S. R. Reynolds, J. M. Black and R. R. McGuire were elected. The only work done was improving streets. In April 1888, J. L. Padgett, ·T. S. Frost,

Lewis Warfe, Mark Shephard and Darb Henley were trustees. At the organization April 3, J. L. Padgett was elected chairman, T. S. Frost, clerk, and L. Warfe, treasurer. The plat of the town of Cassville was made by N. and M. Richardson, surveyors, June 30, 1845. Cassville school records date back to April 1869. A church house was built in 1877. The first person buried in the Cassville cemetery was one named Calton, 1848. The main body of soldiers were buried on the northeast corner of the McConnell (the old T. E. Mason) field on the Mineral Springs road. Prior to this about 30 men were on the hill. Many of the bodies -subsequently exhumed for burial at Spring· field, Mo .. In May, 1869, permission was given the people of Cassville to place a bell in the public square for church and other purposes, with the privilege of reo moving it at will. To this bell post a criminal was hanged (George Moore).

Worthy Patrons Dr. O. H. Thiele Wm. A. Wear M. Voltz Charles Ray J. A. Livingston I1us M. Lee S. A. Newman Silas McQuene Carl Mitchell W. D. Koon W. E. Hankins Ed. Graham Raymond Gorg John O. Sanders Earle Stubblefield Wm. S. Hutton Claude Williams Sid Tarvin John Haddock Loren Hodge Glen Linebarger Al Wolf

1897·98 ) ) ) ) )

No rec ord as to the ti me

1912·13·14·15,16 1917·18 1919·20·22·23·33·35 1921·30 1931·34·45 1932 1924·25 1926·27·28·29·36·37·38·39·40 1941 1942·43·44·46·47 1948 1949 1950·51·52·53·56 1954·58·59 1955 1957

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PIONEER HISTORY OF BAlmy COUNTY

PIONEER HISTORY OF BARRY COUNTY Past Matrons and Patrons Club Organized Here

A group of Past Matrons and Past Patrons of Celestia Chapters No. 81 Order of the Eastern Star met in the banquet room of the Masonic Temple on Thursday evening, July 28 and organized a Past Matron and Past Patron Club. Mrs. Dorris Hocker presided at the meeting. The aims and purposes of the club were discu;.~ed. A committee consisting of Mrs. Eunice Thomas, Mrs. Ida Carl and Mes. Katherine Haddock was appointed to write the constitution and by-laws of the club which will be presented for revision and approval at the next meeting.

Past Worthy Matrons Dora Talbert Addie Marbut Jane -LeCompte

1897-98 1899 1900 Flossie Theele 1901 Mildred Hisey 1902 Addie Marbut 1903-04 Maggie Wear 1905 Mary Bayless 1906 Nora S. Lucky 1907 Irene Robbins 1908 r...~rC*t<1, Williams 1909 Zua Newman 1910 Ida Hadley 1911 .Lottie Reese 1912 Irene Robbins 1913 Jean Hudson 1914 Mayme Mitchell 1915 Dixie HobJ:;s 1916-17 Elect.: :·, ·1itchell 1918 Louie Cozad 1919 Lena Meador 1920 Ida Dingler 1921 Paulina Hankins 1922 Mary Ray 1923 Mayme Bryant 1924 Louie Cozad 1925 Zua Newman 1926 Gertie Black 1927 Glenn Reese 1928

Louie Cozad 1929 Ida Hadley 1930-31 Maude Wilson 1932 Robbie Bowers 1933 Maxine- Hutchens 1934 Nadine Ault 1935 Alice Hart 1936 Ruth Barber 1937 Emogene McDaniel 1938-39 Ruth Stubblefield 1940 Imogene Black 1941 Addah Williams 1942 Edith Edmondson 1943 Fredelene Hutton 1944 Dorris Hocker 1945

Hazel Joslin Francis Davis Mary Nicoll Flora Duncan Katherine Haddock Maud McCord Eunice Thomas Hildreth England Lanola Hodge Beth Linebarger Nancy England Reba Wolf Ruth Chastain Cleo Rich

1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

Present Members 1960 Ash, Muriel Bass, Nellie C. Bower, Robbie

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Bryant, Mayme Bunch, Hazel Chastain, Ruth

Cooper, E velyn Carl, Ida Coplin, Bessie Davis, Francis Copp, Lora Duncan, Flora Duncan, Linda Duncan, Raymond Edmondson, Edith Edmondson, Maye Ellston, Jessie K. England, Beulah England, Edith England, Charles England, George England, Nerva England, Nancy Enloe, Rose B. Fields, Cleo Fields, F . O. Garris, Ella Garris, Wm. Goosetree, J esslyn Garris, Willa Sue Haddock, John Haddock, Katherine Hamilton, Mae Hamilton, Ralph Hankins, Paulina Haynes, Maybelle High, Bonnie Hocker, Dorris Hocker, T. R. Hodge, Lanola Hodge, Loren Hobbs, Inez Hobbs, Harley Hutton, Fredelene Hutton, Wm. Hudson, Katie Jefferies, Charlene Jefferies, Mary E. J oslin, Hazel Joslin, George Joslin, Patricia Johnson, Lucile Jones, Goldie Kost, Billie Kost Clanton Krallman, Dorothy Lester, James M. Lester, Gladys Linebarger. Glen Linebarger, Beth Lemmon, Evi a Lemmon, Robert L. LeCompte, Barbara Leach. Mildred Meador, Lena Meador, Jackie

Mitchell, Mayme Mitchell, Louise Mitchell, Sam E. Miller, Geneva Miller, Opal Miller, Alene McCord, Maude Nicoll, Mary Newman, Zua Parsons, Don Parsons, Maxine Pearce, Pauline Prier, Rilla Pembroke, Helen Pitchford, Gladys Purves, Velma Rich, Cleo Rill, Mary Robbins, Lena Robbins, George Salyer, Glen W. Shore, Birdie Siler, Ethel Siler, C. L. Sell, Lucy Sears, Stella Smith, Gladys Smith, Beatrice Smith, Kathleen Smithson, Jane Stailey, Olive N. Stubblefield, Velma Stone, Alma Stahl, Rose Settlemire, Hildreth Swan, Rena Tarvin, Sidney Tarvin, Varnece Thomas, Eunice Thomas, Nellie Timmons, Susie Trollinger, Ollie Williams, Claude Williams, Addie Williams, Grace Williams. Alene Williamson, Ada Wilson, Maude Weaver, Lockey Wolf, Albert Wolf, Reba Wolfe, Francis White, Henry P. White, Nellie E. Wooton, Lucile

The court house at Cassville, Mo. was occupied for nearly 4 years, by United States Troops, during the Civil War Period. At one time as many as 6,000 men were encamped at this site. It served as headquartersfor the 37th Infantry of Ill., under the command of Col. Julius White. They were to be reenforced by 6 squadrons of the Second Wisconsin Cavalry, under Col. King. On July 25, 1861, Gen. Price moved from Elk River in McDonald Co. to Cassville, there he joined McCulloch and Pearce. It was the intentions of attacking this large force at Cassville, that Gen. Lyon set out on that march which resulted in the disastrous affairs at Wilson's Creek in August of 186!. Shown is a sectional map by Waters and Son, published 1862. The map shows cities and settlements affected by the war. Roads, rivers and rail· roads are pictured too. Southwest Mo., bore both battle and skirmish envolvement. Only two states recorded more skirmish activities than did Mo. Cassville, Missouri is one of the few places designated on this early map designed to show civil war concentration and battle areas .

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Biographies of Barry County Families

BIOGRAPHIES OF BARRY COUNTY FAMILIES LOUIE

Louie Cozad was the only daughter of a nice old couple who lived on Gravel Street in Cassville, Missouri. He was a lawyer, and they had one son who was at one time Assessor of Barry County . They were a very closely associated family and loved each other ardently. The father and son died and left the two women alone. They put a lot of time and interest in the OES, and Louie gave the installations of officers lecture about thirty times during her residence in Cassville. The two, mother and daughter lived for each other, and when the mother died at the age of 99 years and 7 months, Louie was heart broken and never felt the same about society. She had been disappointed in marriage and could not remove the soreness from her heart after being a grass widow

Louie Cozad

and called that by some who would dare to make her failure in that line more unpleasant. She was the type who wanted everyone to agree she was doing right and was so hurt at the thought of disapproval. She was honest, and to be accused of not being so, hurt her so much, it was hard for her to forgive. The last few years of her life were the hardest as her need grew more and her means less, and

finally she went to the Masonic Home in St. Louis where she died at the age of 93 or 94. She never failed to take flowers to the graves of her parents and brother, who were buried on the hill east of Cassville. At a certain time in the afternoon, their tombstones could be seen from her home, and when the sun soone on them about four o'clock, P. M., they looked like flames of fire . She had her own put there by the others before she died, and saw them all together where she had hoped they would all rise together at the resurrection. So when her time came they waited until that time in the afternoon when the stones looked like flaming stones before taking her body to the cemetery. She had her name LOUIE on her marker, and as the canopy was raised by the undertaker,

the

name

reflected

on

the canvas,

LOUIE. Somehow the evening sun picked up the name and placed it on the canvas. It was one of the mysterious things that can happen. "Diverse things in diverse places". Louie's Friends, Eagle Rock, Mo.

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BIOGRAPHIES OF BARRY COUNTY FAMILIES

ALDRIDGE

The Aldridge family came from Yancyville, Casswell County, North Carolina. Jos eph Aldridge and Sus annah Ashley were married January 3, 1788, just seven years after Casswell County was made from Orange County. In 1771 Casswell County be· came a separate county, with Yancyville the county seat. Andrew Bolen Aldridge and Patricia Melton, who was said to have been part Indian , were married April 17, 1834. They had three daughters and one son, Susan, Mary, Martha and James Monroe.

Susan was married three times. Her first husband was Ethridge . They had Frank, Bob, Jim and Tom, and one daughter. Her next marriage was to a man by the name of Birks. He was supposed to have been Indian and left her when their baby, Annias Birks , was small. She never heard of him after he went away. Her last marriage was to Rev. Edd Smallwood, a Baptist Minister, who was well loved by the people with whom he associated. Martha married Jerry Miller. They had no family. Mary married John Hessee. They had one son, Marion Hessee, who has two daughters, Mary and Nora. John was the father of Arch and Bed Hessee, of Cassville, Mo., by a former marriage. James Monroe married Martha Matilda Hens ley. Their children were: Harvey, a son, who had one daughter and three sons; Martha (Edie), who had three daughters and four sons; Em (Towler), who had two daughters; Kizzie (McDougald), who had three daughters; and Phoebe Elizabeth (Brock), who had four sons and four daughters. Andrew and Patsy Aldridge came to Missouri when their son, Monroe,

and family did, and located on Rock Creek. The farm has now gone out of the old family name, and about all there is to remember the Aldridges is the little upkept family graveyard on the farm.

ATKINSON

J. B. Atkinson came to the Ozarks from Oklahoma. His wife, Lora (Upchurch), came from Holdenville, Oklahoma. They have two children, Betty (Atkinson) England, wife of Teddy England, and Robert, who is not married. Betty and Teddy Eng-

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land were married August 29, 1959 at the First Baptist Church in Cassville, Missouri. They have a daughter, Sherill. Teddy is the s on of Joe O. England and Beulah (Henson) England.

BAILEY

Sam Bailey, great grandfather of Ora Bailey, came from Tennessee. His son, Lincoln Bailey, was born at Jenkins , Missouri in the year 1884. Ora Bailey was born September 13, 1905. His mother was Lizzie Foster. Ora's wife is a daughter of Mr: and Mrs. George Skelton. -Mrs. Sk~lton was Martha Curry, daughter of Frank Curry, of Eagle Rock, Missouri. Frank's wife was a sister of Amos Horner and daughter of Isaac and Mary (Moore) Horner. They all came from Tennessee. Jim Matthews was born in Oklahoma in 1908. His wife is a daughter of George and Martha (Curry) Skelton, also a sister of Ora Bailey's wife. Jim Matthews' father, Lewis Matthews, came from Tennessee.

BLANKENSHIP

Samuel P. Blankenship, son of Johnothen Blankenship, was born in West Virginia February 27, 1847. He served during the Civil War in the Union Army from 1862-65 in the 15th Mo. Cavalry in Co. G. Pamela Jane Rogers, his wife, was born September 10, 1854 in Kingston, Arkansas. They were married in 1870. They had a large family - all girls except two. The grandmother Rogers was a native of Ten-

BIOGRAPHIES OF BARRY COUNTY FAMILIES Vada (Blankenship) Phillips is a daughter of Samuel P. Blankenship. Sam, as he was called, had a mill on Flat Creek, near Jenkins, Mo.

CHANEY

Norman Chaney is one of eight children born to Noah Chaney and Dola (Swearingen) Chaney. He married Shirley Farewell. They have four children. Noah's father was Luther Chaney. His wife was a Miss Gooding, a native of Missouri. Luther came to Missouri from Greensburough, North Carolina. Calvin Henderson, retired Methodist minister, has used Norman's grandfather as a principal character in one of his novels pertaining to the Missouri Ozarks .

BURBRIDGE

George Burbridge came to Barry County from Kansas. His wife's maiden name was Hannom. They

had four daughters and two sons: Grace, Ollie, Alice, Bessie, Truhmen and Wesley. Grace died leaving no children. Ollie also died leaving no children. Alice married E. Henson. They had three sons and two daughters. Bessie married Luther Smith. They had four daughters and two sons. Mrs. Burbridge'S mother lived to be 98 years old.

CLARK CHAPPELL

Benjamin E. Clark was born November 7, 1857. He was married to Rebecca J. Clanton January 4, 1877. She was born November 10, 1856. Their children were: Phillip Ed, October 9, 1877, Silvania (Lloyd), May 13, 1880, Albert, January 18, 1883, James Franklin, February 2, 1885, Henry, December 7, 1886, Cora May (Yerian), August 8, 1888, Evert, January 28, 1891, Elmer, July 5, 1893, Earnest Glen, December 18, 1895, Ora Dale, January 14, 1900. Dr. Henry Henson married Elizabeth Clark, sister of Benjamin Clark. Cora Clark, daughter of Benjamin, married Francis E. Yerian. He was born in 1873 on April 8th. His parents were native of Ohio. His grandparents were Irish and German .

nessee, moved to Iowa, then to Arkansas, and from

there to Missouri. James Vance Rogers (grandfather) was born in Tennessee in 1810. His wife, Elizabeth (Burks) Rogers was born in Tennessee in 1813. Ten children were born in Tennessee, Iowa and Arkansas. James Vance Rogers was a slave holder. He once bought a one-year-old baby, and as he rode away with it, the cries of the mother caused him to go back and give her the baby. He then went home and turned all his slaves free . They refused to leave him, :lnd he permitted them to stay with pay. Johnothen Blankenship drove an ox team and wagon with all their household belongings all the way from West Virginia.

Sam Blythe married Sylvania Brock, daughter of John Brock and Betsy (Homer) Brock. George Blythe married Polly Brock, daughter of Ausney Brock and Salley Horner. They had one child who died when Salley did. John also married a girl by the name of Carney.

BLYTHE

Delia Blythe is a daughter of Karrick Blythe. Her mother's name was Carney. The children of Mr. and" Mrs. Karrick Blythe were: Hattie, "Delia, Blanche, Zelma, Willie, Claude and Clyde. Hattie married John Sanders. Delia married Isaac Epperly. Blanche married Frank Kimbell. Zelma married Claude James. Claude married Nell Prentice. Willie married Myrtle Smith. Dr. Clyde Blythe was married and was a dentist at Aurora, Missouri for many years.

Karrick's brothers were John , Sam and George.

Ed Chappell was born January 1, 1846. He died August 6, 1923. His wife , Mary Jane Adams , was born January 11, 1850". She died September 29, 1929. Ed Chappell homesteaded the farm known as the Chappell home, which is now owned by the government again.

The Ed Chappell family were, John, Ben, Elbert, Erskin and Jess; daughters were Mary Ellen, Belle and Samantha. Ed Chappell was a missionary Baptist minister of Barry County. Mary Ellen married Sherman Burton. Belle married Russ Cassity. Samantha married Wm. Hill Holman. John Chappell married Arlena Stever. Ben married Georgia Magill. Erskin married Maude Shumake. Jess married Bertha Cooper. Elbert married. Samantha Chappell , daughter of Ed and Mary Jane, married W. H. Holman. She was born Jan. 17, 1883. Her husband, Wm. Hill Holman, was born Aug. 9, 1883. This couple reared four sons and seven daughters. Wm. Hill Holman was the son of Alps Holman, whose father was known as Billy. Wm. Hill Holman's mother was Mary Elizabeth Hayes (a relative of U. S. President Hayes). Everyone knew her as Betty. Her father's name was Hill Hayes, for whom Wm. Hill Holman was named .

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mOGHAPHIES OF nAHHY ('OUNTY FAMILIES Alps Holman and Betty Hayes were born in Tennessee, but came to Missouri from Arkansas.

As a member of the Ed Chappell family , Mrs. Belle Chappell Cassity and Russell A. Cassity became the parents of nine chiidren, five sons: Eli (now deceased), Roe, Allen, Urban and Brice; and four daughters: Eva, Minnie , Gladys and Edna. Eva Cassity married William Marion Garner. They are the parents of four daughters, two of which passed away during early childhood. The two living daughters are Mary and Ruth. William Marion Garner came to the Ozarks when he was about eight years of age. He was a son of Joe and Etta Garner, who with their family, moved from Iowa to the Missouri Ozarks at that time. Joe and Etta Ernst Garner were the parents of eight children, four sons and four daughters. The sons were: Frank, Jesse , Marion and Carl. The daughters were: Lilly, Ida, Faye and Evalee. Mary Garner married Edward England. They are the parents of one son, David Allen. BothEdward's and Mary's paternal grandparents came from Kentucky. Mr. and Mrs. Edward England have been teachers in the public schools of Barry County. Ruth Gamer married William Sellers. They are the parents of a daughter, Janet Lynn.

CRAIG Grandma Craig, whose maiden name was McBryant, was born in Dayton, Ohio, where she lived to be grown and married to John Lacy Craig. They came to Missouri from Dunkirk, Indiana. Three generations of her line are: Craig, McBryant and Hogan. Tile Craigs had two children: Vardella (Craig) Jimerson, who was Lula (Jimerson) Brock's mother; William Craig, who is the father of four sons and three daughters.

DODSON Thomas Dodson came to BaITY County in the year 1905. The family came from near Carthage to Shell Knob, Missouri. The two sons were Harold and George. Daughters were Mayme, Katie, Helen and Ansel. The oldest ancestor, Thos. A. Dodson, was born December 4, 1853. Mrs. Dodson's maiden

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name was Eliza J. Hollingsworth. August 5, 1854 in Ireland.

BIOGRAPHIES OF BARRY COUNTY FAMILIES She was born

Church.

ENNIS DOTY James Doty and his wife, Sarah Johnson were the parents of ten children, eight girls and two boys: Cordia, Liza, Tine, Lynn and Parlee (three having passed on), Jack and Earl.

The Ennis family came from Ireland. Martie, the only man of the family living, married Minnie Beeson. Dow, deceased, malTied Elmira Pasley. Of the Beeson family: Henry, Albert and Sam; Albert is still living at age 93.

NELLIE (PRIEST) DEEN

HAILEY

minister of the Church of Christ. They own the old home place at present. In 1959 all the children gathered at the old home where they had spent their childhood, and visited together for a period of ten days. The Stumpff's run a store at Cato. Bill Hailey, son of Wm. and Belle Lambert Hailey, and grandson of Newt and Nann McKinney Hailey, owns the farm where the first post office was established, first known as Hill City. He is a successful business man of Cassville, Mo. He also has one sister there, Birdie Shore.

CULVER Priest, was born three miles west of Golden, Missouri on March 17, 1889. Her grandfather Robertson was born in North Missouri. Her grandmother, whose

The Hailey decendants, of the Ozarks, came to the U.S.A. from England. They settled in Virginia, and moved from ihere to Tennessee. Benjamin Franklin Hailey went from Tennessee to Texas with

maiden name was Craig, was born in Evansville,

his

Indiana. When she was small her parents moved to North Missouri. Her birth date was March 2, 1847. Nellie Deen's mother lived to be 88 years old. Her brothers, Charley and Bob, are still living. Her aunt, Mrs. Bob Brandon, passed on in the year 1960. Georgia Robertson, a brother, is still liVing. Mrs. Brandon, whose former husband and father of her family was John Ryan, was the mother of Frank, Truman, Clyde, Vesta, Lucy, Ruth and Glenna, all still living. Mrs. Deen lives in Mojave, California, where she and her husband, David Deen , went for her health. The grandparents Robertson are buried in Spavinaw, Oklahoma.

Fonnie and Jeff. They later moved to Berryville, Arkansas . Benjamin's wife was Ophelia Gates, from Virginia. Her ancestors were from Ireland. Her mother lived to be 105 years old. They kept Hotel in Berryville, Arkansas forty-two years . When the Civil War came, he served as captain in the army. He went south during the war and took sick and died in Texas. The wife and five sons continued in Berryville, Arkansas several years. Later Newton moved to Hailey, Mo. There he was postmaster and also farmer. He was elected sheriff and moved to Cassville, and his brother, Allen, came to Missouri to take over the farm and Post Office. Allen then purchased a farm two miles east of Hailey where they reared eight daughters and three sons, George, Olen, Ben, Allie, Ophelia, Dona, Celia, Sallie, Virginia, Ruth and Mary. Allen was Cato postmaster and kept the office in his home, which is yet standing. His family served their country as teachers, lawyer and farmer.

Mrs.

Nellie Deen, whose maiden name was

EDMONDSON Wm. P. Edmondson came to Missouri from Arkansas. Before coming to Arkansas, he had lived in Alabama and Georgia. Mrs. Edmondson was Matilda Hippa. Her ancestors were English. His ancestors were Scotch and Dutch. They reared a large family: Lewis, Agnes, Fairy, Boston, Carrie, Fred, Dovie, Nina and Roy. George Edmondson, a brother, also had a large family. The brothers married twin sisters. This family:

James, Fannie, Ben, Doss, Maye, Cleve,

Hattie, Venia, Cordelia, Flora, Fred, Clifford and Addah. They were successful farmers and stockmen. Uncle George, as he was called, was a Mason. Most of them were members of the MiSSionary Baptist

wife and five sons, Newton, Billie, Allen,

Paul Henbest and his wife, Margrett Culver: Paul's parents are: Carthuel Henbest and Maud (Roller) Henbest, both born in Missouri. Margrett's parents are: Earl Culver and Willo (Gardner) Culver, both born in Indiana. Paul and Margrett are the parents of two daughters: Paula Kay and Loretta Jean. Paul's grandparents were: Edward Henbest and Fannie (Black) Henbest and Robert and Darthula Roller. Margrett's grandparents were: Pleasant D. and Emma Augusta (Lee) Culver and Alard Gardner and Ida May (Leming) Gardner, born in 1858, which is the date of the first Mason fruit jar. A generation farther back to 1836 and 1839: Danial H. Leming and Catherine M. Basom. John Lee and Emma A. Lee, whose mother was Mary Pellet. 1784 and 1789 are birthdates of John Lee and Emma A. Lee. Alard E. Gardner's parents were: Marquis D. Gardner, born in New York in 1829 and Charlotte Mati Ida Long, born in Virginia in 1828.

Allen's wife, Mollie Aaron, was born in Van Buren,

Arkansas. When Allen and Mollie first met, they were riding horses. They rode into the creek to let the

GRAY

horses drink, one from one side and one from the other. As they looked at each other, each of them

Nashville, Tennessee, in 1896, in a covered wagon.

decided that was their life's companion, and so it was.

Mollie died in 1944. Allen had already passed on. They were attendants of the Church of Christ. Ruth, the seventh daughter, married Olen Stumpff, a

Joseph M. Gray and his wife, Susan, came from They left a river bottom farm in Tennessee. Their main crop there was tobacco. Three boys--Henry, Jim and Powell--came through in the covered wagon with them. Three other boys--Bill, Horace and Walter·-were born in Missouri.

When the family came from Tennessee, they

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BIOGRAPHIES OF BARRY COUNTY FAMILIES settled temporarily in Exeter, Missouri. Then Joseph M. Gray boarded a train and went to the place where Wichita, Kansas now stands. He had hean! about homesteading, and thought this might be a good place to settle. At that time, there was only a depot and one small store at Wichita. Joseph Gray always said that when he got off the train at Wichita, it was so windy and the grasshoppers were so thick that he took the next train out. He went on the train from Wichita to Monett--called Plymouth at that time. He didn't buy in Monett because he wanted "flat land" away from water. So he went to Butterfield and bought 160 acres of land at $2.00 per acre. This land was covered with timber, wild turkeys, deer and pigeons. One of the first things he did was to build a huge pond which he soon called "Pigeon Roost". He named it this because the pigeons were so thick in the trees that grew around the pond that he could kill a sackful of pigeons easily with a stick. Underneath one large tree overlooking the pond, he built a "deer-lick". He climbed into the tree and waited for the deer to come to lick salt. Then he killed the deer. All of Joseph M. Gray's sons worked on the railroad. They were all section foremen, except Walter, who was a passenger brakeman unti I he entered World War I. After returning from World War I, he moved to Butterfield, where he now lives. The brothers who were section foremen were: Henry at Butterfield, Bill at Strafford, Jim at Lebanon, Powell at Purdy, and Horace at Washburn. All of Joseph M. Gray's sons are now deceased except Horace, who lives in Monett, and Walter, who lives at Butterfield. Mrs. Walter Gray was the youngest one in the Samuel Hankins family. She is now deceased . Wi Ima, Wanda and Colleen are the daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gray. Wilma taught in Barry County Rural Schools five years, in Butterfield four years, and in Cassville four years . For the past seven years she has been Special Education teacher in Neosho, Missouri. She received her B.S. degree in Education from Southwest Missouri State College in 1951, and her Master's degree in 1956 from the University of Missouri. Colleen taught school at Butterfield four years. For the past six years she has taught third grade in Neosho. She received her B.S. degree in Education from Southwest Missouri State College in 1955, and

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her Master's degree fi:om the University of Arkansas in 1961. Wanda taught s ix years in the Rural Schools of Barry County, four years at Butterfield, four years at Cassville, and six years as Elementary Principal at Neosho. She received her B.S. degree in Education from Southwest Missouri State College in 1949, and her Master's degree in 1956 from the University of Missouri. She will receive her Doctoral Degree in Education from the University of Arkansas in January of 1962. --Contributed by Wanda Gray May, 1961

B10GHAPHIES OF BARRY COUNTY FAMILIES

HENSON Melvin Henson, a Baptist Minister, organized a Missionary Baptist Church at the Gaddis School House in Barry County, Missouri in the early 30's, with eight charter members. It was named Twin Valley by Mrs. Viola Duncan, who was one of the charter members. The site was first chosen about a mile farther down the hill from the present location, where two valleys met. This was the reason it was given the name Twin Valley. Later, however, the site was changed, but the name remained Twin Valley, and is on top of one of the highest hills in the community.

HANKINS FAMILY

HIGGS

The Hankins family came to Missouri in 1853 from East Tennessee , near Knoxville. Samuel Love Hankins was married to Celia Vineyard in 1847. They were the parents of twelve children, seven of whom lived to adulthood--three daughters and four sons: William E. Hankins, Sam T. Hankins, John L. Hankins and Houston Hankins. All these were

Jess Higgs, a Baptist minister, was the son of Belle (Baker) Higgs. Belle Baker was the daughter of Andy and Jane Baker. Belle married Harve Higgs. They have two sons, both Baptist ministers. Jess married Elmer Tucker's daughter, May. Her brother, Burl, married Jess's sister, Edna Higgs. Mr. and Mrs. Jess Higgs had one daughter, Helen Black. The Tuckers came from Arkansas.

school teachers except Houston, who was a sorghum

maker. That trade has been handed down from father to son and on down to other relatives. The other two children taught school, also. At present one grandson, Dewey Hankins is Representative of our

county. The daughters, Tennie Gunter, Jane 'Freeze, mother of Josie and Furlan Freeze now deceased, were teachers of the old school. Debbie Vineyan!, youngest daughter had five children, four were school teachers. They were Nellie, Rose, Cecil and Hatel. In 1887 Samuel Love Hankins' wife died, and he married Debbie Vineyard. They were the parents of five children, three daughters living to adulthood. They are: Mrs. W. H. Ferguson, of Butterfield, Mrs. J. A. Griffith of Monett, Mrs. W. F. Gray, deceased. All of this last family has teachers. The Grays have three, Griffiths have one , and Fergusons have one. The other sons of Fergusons are with: Aerojet in California, General Electric in New York, and one is in Morrocco, Africa. He is a soil specialist. The oldest is a mathematics teacher in Wellesley Hills, Mass. All are graduates of Missouri University. --Contributed by Flora Ferguson, June 9, 1961 Cassvi lie , Mo.

HADDOCK Dear Nerva: I am sending you a list of my parents' names and my brothers and sisters as you requested. My parents--Ransom and Sarah Haddock, who celebrated their 63rd wedding anniversary before either passed away. They were the parents of thir. teen children--five boys and eight girls: Charley, who will be 88 August 2, 1961; George passed away at the age of 84; Luther, who passed away at the age of 81; Alfred will be 73 October 8, 1961 (living); Henry passed away at the age of 9Y, years old; Ellen passed away at the age of 27; Mary passed away at the age of six months; one unnamed baby girl died at birth; Nora died at the age of 77; Mattie is 75 years old, living; Minnie, 68 years old, living; Dona is 66 years old; Annie, passed away, age 48. This is the married names of my sisters: Mrs. Ellen (Robbie) Walters, 2 children; Mrs. Nora (Chas.) Tucker, 14 children; Mrs. Mattie (Geo.) Linebarger, 5 children; Mrs. Annie (Elzie) Cassity, 9 children;

Mrs. Minnie (Jeff) Thompson, 3 children; Mrs. Dona (Clark) Cornell, no children. Charles Haddock, 13 children ; George Haddock, 10 children; Luther Haddock, 7 children; Alfred Haddock, 3 children. --Contributed by Dona

HILTON Elles E. Hilton , Sr. and Tishie Qualls were married October 13; 1901. To this union were born six children--three girls and three boys. Elles E. Hilton, Sr. is the son of John S. Ililton and Jane, his wife, she being the daughter of W. F. Thomas. Myirel Hilton Suttles married Robert O. Suttles in the year 1922. To this union were born three children--one son and two daughters, James O. Suttles, Jo Ellen Suttles Wills and Cynthia Suttles. Ella Ili Iton Robbins married Frank Robbins September 17, 1925. To this union were born six children--five girls and one boy. One girl died at the age of twe Ive years. _ Lester Hilton married Faye Hilton May 14,1926. Faye is the daughter of Wiley and Tella, his wife. To this union were born three children--two boys and one girl. One boy died at birth. Ralph Hilton married Neva Eubanks June 1, 1930. She is the daughter of Floyd and Tina Eubanks. To this union was born a son. PhylliS Hilton Esmond married Tony Esmond February 25, 1945. To this union were. born four children--one boy and three girls. E. E. Hilton, Jr. was married March 7, 1947 to Evelyn Stebbler, daughter of Arthur Stebbler. To this union was born a daughter . The Hiltons have 18 grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren. --Contributed in 1961 by Mrs. E. E. Hilton Aurora, Missouri

HUDSON Obediah Hudson was a son of Joseph Hudson, who moved with his family from Alabama to Illinois, then to Missouri (Barry County). First they located near Aurora. Two years later Obed iah came to

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BIOGRAPHIES OF BARRY COUNTY FAMILIES Missouri, where he settled on Flat Creek below Jenkins in 1838. There were no settlements in that part of the Ozarks except along the creeks and rivers. At that time Barry County was almost a wilderness abounding in game of most all kinds, including a number of dangerous wild animals--bear, panther, etc. During the early days when the early townships were surveyed, Mr. Hudson helped. He was a successful farmer. From the Obediah Hudson family and the Sam Blythe family came a most unusual child, Jackie Bill Blythe, of Cassville, Missouri. He began reading extensively before he was twenty months old. Jackie Bill's story of possessing a remarkable mind was well written by Frank Farmer, a member of the newspaper staff. Since discovery of his reading ability, Jackie Bill has astonished the community with his close observance of sports results and weather reports, which are his favorite material. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Larry Blythe . His grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Blythe and Mr. and Mrs. Jakie Hawk.

LEDGERWOOD Wm. (Bill) Ledgerwood was born in Kentucky. He fought in the Civil War on the side of the South. His wife was Tilda Moles, who was also born iIi Kentucky.

Margrett died at the age of 67. Will, Frank and Clara, too, have passed on. Will and Alta were school teachers. He taught the first school in the Fairview district near Shell Knob, Missouri. He was a Mason and also a member of the Methodist Church.

JAMES Francis James was from West Virginia. He served in the Civil War and never /(ot over the anxiety endured at that time. His son, Curly, married a daughter of Perry Epperly. They had a daughter who married Millard Whisman, ·also a daughter who married Virgil Stever. Claudie and Troy (Slats) James were sons of Curly James.

JIMERSON Caleb Jimerson and wife Mary (Grubbs) Jimerson came from Tennessee to Arkansas and then to Missouri. Liza Woody was a sister of Mary Grubbs. Mrs. John Kisler was Ellen Grubbs. Caleb Jimerson's mother's name was Tucker. At their wedding she and her husband were given a pair of slaves as a wedding gift.

Their six children were born in Missouri--four

girls and two boys. Becky Ann, who married George Alexandra and Sarah Margie, who married Joel Whist-

JOHNSON

man, were twins.

John Johnson, of Oak Ridge School District, came to the Ozarks from Tennessee. He married Mrs. Dalton, who had three grandsons and one granddaughter, which they raised. They also raised Nellie, who was a granddaughter of both. She was a daughter of Earnest Payne and Myrtle (Johnson) Payne. Mr. Johnson's last wife was Mrs. Hayes,

Barbra Jane married Amos Brock.

Minnie married Arthur Henbest. The two sons are both living alone-·Sam of Cassville, Missouri and Grover, of Shell Knob, Missouri. Sam's wife was Ollie Harrell and Grover's wife was Lizzie Mikeman. Sam had seven boys and one girl. Grover had one son and four daughters. Sam is looking forward to his children all visiting him on his 84th birthday, July 4, 1961.

LOFTIN All Loftin and Margrett Swadley were parents of two sons and six daughters, Will, Frank, Lily, Alice, Clara and Euniva. He died at the age of 77.

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who had three sons:

Frank, who was a musician

and played and sang over the county for the candidates in time of campaigns, Lee and Otis. There was also a daughter. Nellie Payne married W. A. Henbest, son of Arthur and Minnie (Ledgerwood) Henbest. They have six children. W. A. Henbest was the only son of Arthur and Minnie Henbest. Arthur lived to be 89 and Minnie 78 years of age.

BIOGRAPHIES OF BAlmy COUNTY FAMILIES ADDAH LONGLEY-MATTHEWS As I write this, I stand between the dreams of the Pioneers of yesterday, settling and molding the design of a New Country, with a future promising wonderful advancement and progress, and Today's promise of a big and great and better Ozarkland. And I fall to wondering just what I can contribute to this "Ozark Personality Feature" colleclion. Shuffling the memories of shackled time, memo ories sweet and otherwise, I quick·like decide to jot down a brief, inconclusive note relative to my Pioneer family and to me! Speaking in terms of years, my grandmother Eliza Bames·Cantrell, was born in 1840, in now what is McDonald County, but then Barry County, since McDonald County was a part of Barry County until 1840. She lived most of her life in southwest Missouri, passed away when 63 years old and is buried in a Granby Cemetery, so you see what I mean when I say Pioneer forebears. Further note reveals, my father J. A. Longley, came to Barry County with his parents George and Mary Longley, when he was one year old. They made the trip from East Tenn. in 1857, bought a farm on Washburn Prairie, where three generations

of Longleys have lived. To be explicit, no one has owned the land but Longleys and records 'show H.O. Longley possessed the land grant for the farm. To make a long story short, this farm has been in the Longley name 104 years . My father, J.A. Longley, married Sarah Cantrell, daughter of the emigrant Eliza Barnes-Cantrell and there is a,n amusing story connected with their marriage and goes something like this: My father was 9 years older than mother. She was still in school, and her parents opposed the courtship, and nothing fits the occasion like saying. On a Friday, father visited school, asked permission to talk to mother. They walked across to the nearby cemetery, where all was quiet but an occasional rumble of wagon wheels passing by , or the chalter of squirrels watching from a treetop or the hum of busy bees. Well what I am about to say, father proposed to mother; plans were made for a surprise wedding on Saturday. This daring couple met as mother was enroute on horseback to Washburn to pick up the mail, turned their course toward the Lee Spring where Justice of the Peace, Andy Lee, lived, and were married as they sat on their horses. Of

course mother wore a long riding skirt and sat on a side-saddle. My parents settled on a farm near Cassville, where the eight of us were born, and grew to adult age. And when I think of my home life spent on a farm south of Cassville I think of it as a shelter haven, a school of learning, a refuge for comfort and character molding, a charitable hospital, a home with open doors welcoming friends, strangers and kin to come in when in need or otherwise--in short,

a typical pioneer Ozark home, flavored with good old homespun friendliness. This is one way of te lling you, I grew up in these "har" hills, tasted the tangs of plain, humble living here in Barry County and to say the least I am proud of my heritage. Perhaps because I was poor and the oldest child of my family I have always had an unquenchable desire to help others. My life story is not a tale of the famous or the mighty, the rich or the poor, but the story of a Barry Co. girl, laden with the tradition of a country school teacher and an amateur writer. A shy little soul who worked her way through school, joined the dozens and dozens of others much like me, who aspired to helping others by imparting knowledge many times to underprivileged youngsters. I taught ten successive terms of school,

four in Barry County, six in Lawrence

County. One way or other, it might be--it could be all along I wanted to try launching my sails in the writer's field. This might be the proving grounds. When a child growing up, and disciplinary times occurred I made a vow that when I got big, I would write a book about my childhood days , what a good child I was and how my parents picked on me all the time because I was the oldest, but mid the ashes of the past I saw there was no reason for such nonsense, and that I had never known abuse. Anyway I often think of that determination as I keep on keepin' on in an endeavor to know more about writing. Time and space forbids me more than a mention of my ups and downs, mostly downs in my writing experience. Be that as it may, I have enjoyed my try. In conclusion-·briefly, I have edited a column, "What·When-Where?" in the Cassville paper for more than 19 years, sold fillers to "Capper's Weekly" and other farm magazines, sold a few poems, and

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BIOGRAPHIES OF BARRY COUNTY FAMILIES sold homespun short stories to Mirandy of TV, who broadcasts out of Los Angeles. I am identified with Whitman Melton's poems of trees in book volumes I and II . . .with Florence McCoughlough's "Living Artists of the Ozarks" in books I and n. Bye now.

McDOUGALD Clara (McDougald) Brock was born April 17, 1875, on the old home place of her grandfather's. James Monroe Aldridge came there from Polk County, Missouri before the Civil War. Eagle Rock was the nearest post office at that time. Clarrissia was the name given Clara Brock, but when she started to school on Rock Creek, the teacher gave her a shorter. name, and she has been called Clara since. Her father, Dr. Wallace McDougald married Margret K. Aldridge, and to them were born three daughters: Clarrissia, Lavanchia and Elsie. They are all living (1961). Their husbands are Hugh Brock, Walter Williamson and R. W. Whittington.

McCLURE Henry McClure was born August 5, 1854, and came to Barry County, Missouri in 1886 from Kansas. His wife, Laurissa M. Whisler, was born in Jackson County, Illinois, June 16, 1859. Their children were Irvin, Ida, Bert, Harmon, Roy, Homer and Edna. The family came to America from Ireland. Bert, Ida, Roy and Edna still live in Barry County, Missouri. Bert has been very active in political and social activities. Edna married Wm. T. Baker. They are both ardent workers in the Baptist Churoh. Ida married Jim Sisney, who passed away two years ago. Their family is Cecil, Kenneth, Loy, Opal, Muril, Bernita. Bert has two sons and two daughters . His oldest son, Truman, has worked in ·the public school many years and is considered an excellent teacher. Bert has the Family Crest brought from Ireland. His ,cousin, Clarence McClure was considered one of

the finest education workers in the county.

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MY CREED "I do not choose to be a common man. lt is my right to be uncommon, if I can . I seek opportunity, not security. I do not wish to be a kept citizen, humbled And dulled by having the state look after me. I want to take the calculated risk, to dream And to build, to fall and succeed. I refuse to barter incentive for a dole. I prefer the challenges of life to the guaranteed Existence; the thrill of fulfillment of the stale calm of utopia. I wi II not trade my freedom for beneficence Nor my dignity for a hand-out. It is my heritage to think and act for myself, Enjoy the benefits of my creation, and to face The world boldly and say, "This I have done." All this is what it means to be a true American."

Written by Bert McClure October 12, 1951

MEADOR James Thomas Meador came from Sumner County, Tennessee. They lived on Big Sugar Creek at the beginning of the Civil War. The boys joined the army. The father died in the army. Dan Meador's mother was a daughter of Wm. Withers, who came from Henry County, Indiana. In 1867 Wm. Withers bought 240 acres of land where the town of Monett now stands. Dan's mother planted corn where Broadway now is. Dan's father and mother were married January 9, 1870 by Rev. Asa Carlin. He had also baptized her. After living on the Withers farm for seven years, they bought the land just south and adjoining Monett where they reared eight children. In the course of time the farm consisted of 160 acres, and in 1924 the city of Monett bought the northeast forty for a park. The west half of the farm was bought in 1946 by the city of Monett for a golf course. It was here Dan was shot by a robber and has since been unable to get around alone. Dan and Alice have one son and two daughters. One daughter, Carolyn , married a Baptist minister. The other daughter, Patricia, is the wife of .a Chaplain in the Air Force in Florida. Burnam, the son,

has been Assistant County Agent, but is finishing his Doctor's Degree in Agriculture now. He has a wife and nine months old daughter. Dan Meador was Prosecuting Attorney of Barry County in 1922 and Probate Judge from 1934 to 1938. Elmer Meador was Treasurer of Barry County from 1908 to 1912. Marriages of the Meador family: Rosa married Earnest Wm. Wallen. Myra was not married. Willis married Nora Wormington. Lillian married Dr. L. H. Furgeson. Elmer married Bessie Jones. Danial married Alice B. Meador. Effie married Waddie Hudson. Ollie married Wm. Brite. Mrs. Meador was Louisa Serepta Withers-'born 1852, died 1944.

MEADOR E. N. Meador, a son of George H. and Lucy Boothe Meador, was born May 30, 1878, near what is now Monett, Barry County, Missouri. He was educated in the public and high schools in Barry County and at the University of Missouri in the academic and law departments. He taught school a few years, five terms of which were in the Cassville School, serving two years as superintendent. In May of 1908, he bought the "Cassville Re' publican" from Senator John M. Grimes, and his newspaper has been the center of his interest the remainder of his life. On November 19, 1908, he was united in marriage with Emma Lena Sons of Cassville, Missouri, a nati ve of Barry County. He served as president of the Cassville School Board, chairman of the Cassville Commercial Club, and one term as mayor of Cassville. In 1914 he was drafted as Republican nominee for state senator. He served as a member of the Missouri Constitutional Convention of 1922-1923, being chairman of the committee on executive and administrative de-

partment in the convention. He was appointed by Governor Hyde in October of 1923 as a member of the State Tax Commission, serving until February, 1925. He was appointed secretary to United States Senator George H. Williams in June, of 1925. - He spent the next eighteen months in Washington, D. C. . In June, of 1928, he was appointed special ass istant to the Attorney General of the United States, as a member of a new division created in the department

of Justice to represent the government in the arbitration of the more than one hundred million dollars in claims of German citizens growing out of World War I. This office he reSigned October 1, 1929, to accept the appointment of Chief Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of Agriculture, Arthur M. Hyde, in the cabinet of President Hoover. He returned to Cassville in 1933 and resumed his newspaper work. In 1942, he was appointed by Governor Donnell as a member of the State Highway Commission, becoming Vice Chairman of the Commission in 1945. This term expired February 10, 1948. For ten years he was chairman of the Barry County Republican Central Committee. During eight years of that time he served as Chairman of the Congressional Committee of the seventh congressional district. From the age of twenty he was active in Church work. For twenty-two years he taught an adult Bible class in Sunday School in the Methodist Church. He was a Free Mason and served as post master.

MEADOR The year our family came to Barry County was 1848. They came from the state of Tennessee. Our oldest ancestor to come ·to Barry County was Mr. Nathaneil Meador, whose birth date was September 19, 1818. His wife was the former Kathrine Perdue, whose birth date was Feb. 15, 1820 and whose birth place was Lynchburgh, Pennsylvania. --Contributed by Fred Meador

DAVID LEMAY MITCHELL David LeMay Mitchell was born June 1, 1849 near Cleveland, Tennessee. He was the oldest in a family of four girls and six boys. He attended a little country school near his home, then the Flint Springs, Tennessee Academy. He taught school for three years , and worked on his father's farm during the , summer to earn money to further his education.

He began the study of medicine under a preceptor, Dr. J. W. Wells, a noted doctor of Chattanooga, Tennessee. He received his first diploma in medicine from Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia in 1874, and a second from the Hospital College of

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BIOGRAPHIES OF BARRY COUNTY FAMILIES Medicine at Louisville, Kentucky. He began practice of his profess ion in Rock Springs, Georgia , with Or. A. S. Hawkins, a former school mate. In the year 1882, he decided to search for a better location. He came to Cassville to visit an uncle, J. C. Sellars, a Baptist preacher, also two brothers, Joseph W. and Samuel P. Mitchell. Two years later, in 1884, he returned to Cassville to be· gin practice. He was joined in a short time by Or. Hawkins. This partnership continued for a number of years. With the passing of years, he was identified in: American

Medical

Association,

'·Contributed by daughter, Mabel Ward April 22, 1961

MITCHELL

Mrs. Lillie (Mitchell) Irwin was born at Eagle Rock, Missouri, April 19, 1881. Her mother's maiden name was Mary Rachel Leonard. Her father was Wm. Robert Mitchell. Lillie's grandfather was hanged on the streets of Berryville, and his body was buried in the National Cemetery at Fayetteville, Arkansas (her grandfather Leonard). This was during the Civil War. Lillie married Ben Irwin. They were the parents of two daughters, Gladys and Hazel. Both live in Cassville , Missouri. Mrs. Gladys Smith is a Postmistress at Cassville. Hazel married George Joslin. They are the parents of two daughters, Tony of the home, and Nancy, the wife of Charles Ray England.

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MILLER

RICE

Wm. Andrew Miller fought in the Battle of lVilson Creek, near Springfield, Missouri, now being made a national park. He married Susan Sullins. They had three children, Add, Chot and Margret. Add was born in 1874, Margret in 1877 and Chot in 1880. Add has two sons and one daughter. Chot has one son.

Derward Rice was born in Kentucky in the year 1881 and came to the Ozarks in 1885. His mother's maiden name was Rebecca Friels, of Kentucky. His father, Washington Rice, bought the place near '

MOORE

Missouri Medical

Association and Southwest Medical Association. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge since 1886, and Abou Ben Adam Shrine in Springfield, Mo. At the age of seventeen, he was converted and joined the Antioch Baptist Church, near Cleveland, Tennessee. He was a member of the Cassville Bap. tist Church for over fortY'nine years. He also served as Deacon for many years. He gave the building site for the first church building there. He gave Cassville and community the first tele· phone system and built the toll lines to Monett, Mo. He was a leader in the movement of the early nineties which gave the town her first railroad in 1896. He was married November 4, 1888 to Miss Flora Davis, of Cassville. They were the parents of three children··two of whom died in infancy.

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Frank Moore and Horace Stacey were first cousins.

Their mothers' maiden name was Bradley, and

Viola, Missouri, which is now being made into a

resort and plane landing strip.

Mrs. Rice, whose

maiden name was Schreiner, was born in Tennessee.

The oldest Schreiner (Holland Dutch) came about 1830. Della Schreiner and Derward Rice were married about 1910. They were the parents of three daughters: Ella, Wilma and Mabel. Della Rice's father was William Henry Schreiner, who came from Michigan.

their mothers were sisters. Bertha Hoog and Etheline Kisler are daughters of Frank Moore. ROGERS PHILLIPS

George W. Phillips and family came to Barry County in 1892 from Zelinople, Pa. His birth date was 1830. His wife was Nancy Knox. They had one son who came with them, John.

George IV. Phillips served in the Civil War with the 61st Penn. Inf. He was a wagon maker by trade .

Frank Rogers, a brother of Mrs. Sam Blankenship, came from Hillsboro, Texas. He lived at Shell Knob. His mother was a sister of Wes Riddle. Frank married Laura Porter of Shell Knob, who died leaving no children. Later he married a Mrs. Boston of Shell Knob, who had a family named Finley. She was half sister of Charley Roe of Shell Knob.

John Jr., his son , was a school teacher in his early

life , later worked in the oil fields. At present he makes his home on the old ranch where' his father died . John Jr. married Vada Blankenship, daughter of Sam Blankenship, of Jenkins, who had a mill there as long as he lived. To this couple were born two girls and three boys. The oldest, John III, made the supreme sacrifice at Manilla where he remains.

John IV is the son of Zane Phillips, brother of John III who died in the U. S. service.

RENO

Maggie (Reno) England was a daughter of Ben Reno and Mary (Parks) Reno. William Reynaud, later changed to Reno, married Anna Shoaf. She was Scotch-Irish, and he was French. William came here before the Civil lVar and owned slaves. Maggie Reno England was the mother of three daughters and two sons: Gladys Salyer, Nellie Stever, Thelma Bryant, Bill and Steve.

STARKEY

Ruben Starkey married Emma Smith. They came to Arkansas from Waterloo, Iowa in the year 1910, then later moved to Missouri to Barry County. When they left Iowa the snow was deep. They crossed fences without knowing where they were. Cyrus Starkey, son of Ruben and Emma Starkey, married Nora Blagg January 7, 1887. They named one son, Benton, for the county in Arkansas where

he was born. They came to Barry County, Missouri in the year 1895. They were the parents of six boys and tow girls. '

SATER

"I spent my early childhood on a farm in the Homer Community which was my Grandfather's farm known as the Farwell farm. I attended Cassvi lie Elementary School on Standpipe Hill where I graduated from the 8th grade in 1932. I attended Cass-

ville High School from 1932 to 1935. We moved to St. Louis , Missouri in the Fall of 1935, and I graduated from McKinley High School in St. Louis in 1936. I attended the University of Missouri 1937-8-9. I taught my first term of school at Hailey rural school for two years 1939-40 at a salary of $75.00 a month. The school house burned before school started so my first assignment was to help plan and build a rural school. I then accepted a position at House in 1941-42 for a salary of $85.00 per month which was at that time a big advancement since House school was considered one of the top rural schools in Barry County. During that term World War II began and I enlisted August 13, 1942 in the Air Force (Army). 1 served for two years 1942-44. I was discharged in August of 1944 and immediately signed a contract to teach social studies and coach athletics at Washburn. Entered the University of Missouri in the Fall of 1945 and received my Bachelor of Science and Master's degree in 1946. May 11, 1946, I married Marilynn Halean Stephens, who at that time lived with her parents on a farm on Washburn Prairie . She was teaching Commerce at Lockwood though at that time. We have two children, David, born November 7, 1947, and Sally, born March 21, 1955. In 1959, I received my Doctor's degree in Education from the University of Arkansas. I am at the present time Supt. of Schools at West Plains, Missouri which is my 15th year as Supt. of Schools. My Mother is Lula Audrey (Farwell) Sater. My father died in 1918 during the Flu epidemic. His name was John Walter Sater." --Contributed by Donald E. Sater

SMITH

Marion F. Smith was born in Louisville, Kentucky. His wife, Sarah Margrett Stills , was born in Tennessee. The writer of this history has the broad ax with which Marion Smith built his first house on his claim. Nettie (Smith) Taylor was born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1897. She attended her first school at Black Sheep, Barry County, Missouri. Nettie Smith married Lawrence Taylor. They have six sons and two daughters: Newt, Jack, Edward Lewis, Ray, Carl, George , Mabel and Margie.

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r BIOGRAPHIES OF BARRY COUNTY FAMILIES STEPHENSON John Stephenson was a Methodist preacher. He married Susan (Ripley) Boedecker. They were the parents of Henderson, Miles, Owen and Betty Stephenson. Henderson married a daughter of Emma (Aldridge) Towler. They were the parents of three daughters: Mary, Mae Lovell and Ruth McCord.

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life. He was a thirty·second degree Mason and active in Masonic work .. Past Master, a member of the

O. E. S. For a number of years he was active in church

work.

STUBBLEFIELD STEVER George Stever married a Miss Humphery from North Carolina. He was from Virginia. They were the parents of Arlena, Lizzie, Carrie, Oda, Chester,

Arthur and Virge!. They lived and died on Rock Creek and were very enthusiastic in the Baptist Church work there. Uncle George and Aunt Belle were always ready to help people in need.

HIRAM PAYNE SONS Hiram Payne Sons was born in Hawkins County, Tennessee, November 3, 1856, a son of Rev. James

E. Sons, Sr. and Matilda Church Sons. Rev. James Sons was born in Scott County, Virginia, Jan. 28, 1823 and moved with his parents to Tennessee. It was there he was married to Matilda Church, a native of Tennessee, born May 11, 1827. In 1859, James Sons, Sr. moved his family from Tennessee to Missouri, locating in Barry County, on a farm near what is now Seligman, where he spent

the remainder of his life. He served in the Civil War in the Union Army in the year of 1863 and 1864. Hiram Payne Sons came with his parents from Tennessee at the age of three years. He was reared and educated in Barry County. He began his teach· ing career in 1875, which profession he followed until 1900. In 1879 he was united in marriage to Laura Jane (Wilcox) Sons, a native of Illinois, born July 3, 1859, at Greenview, Illinois. To them have been born two children, Emma Lena (Mrs. E. N. Meador), and Nora May (Mrs. J. E. Houston). In addition to teaching he owned and operated a farm five miles northeast of Cassville. In 1900, he was elected County Collector of Barry County, serving one term.

Disposing of his farm, he purchased property in Cassville, which he owned the remainder of his

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Clay Stubblefield, the son of Issac Newton and Nancy Jane Scott Stubblefield, was born in Bell County, Texas March 27, 1856. In 1866 he moved with his parents in a wagon train of emigrants from

Bell County, Texas to Barry County, Missouri. As his father had been a thoroughbred horse raiser in Texas, they took along several fine horses, and Clay rode horseback most of this distance helping to care for the remuda. This wagon train arrived in Barry County in the latter part of July, 1866. In 1867 Issac Newton Stubblefield bought the Preston Lea farm a mile west of VanZandt School, where Clay, with six brothers and two sisters, grew up. They were educated in the Barry County Schools and later attended either the University of Missouri, or the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. In 1877 Clay and John walked to Columbia, where they entered the University of Missouri. Clay Stubblefield married Martha Skellen Henbest in 1884 and moved to the farm he had bought from his father in the Pasley Community. There the eight children: Etalee, Victoria, Claude, Allen, Park, Emma, Leona and Albert were born. Except for a period of six years, when they moved to the original Stubblefield farm in the VanZandt Commun· ity, they spent their entire lives on this farm in the Pasley Community. In 1908 they built the two-story home which still stands on the original spot. Clay Stubblefield was elected County Surveyor of Barry County in 1881 and served in this office until 1888. Among his numerous and amusing experiences

was one he related of a young boy.

Clay and his

chain bearer were surveying on a winter day near

Roaring River Springs; as they topped a peak they could see a small cabin in the valley; a boy some distance up the hill was loading his arms with fire· wood, which he had finished chopping. A hound with a rope tied around his neck was with him, and as the boy started toward the cabin, his arms loaded

with wood, and leading the hound, it circled the boy in such a manner that caused him to fall in the snow and · scattered the wood in every direction. Clay and his helper could hear the boy saying, between sobs, "I wish I would fall down and break my neck and never get up." This boy was perhaps expressing a common feeling of many human beings at some time during their lives. At this time, in Barry County, there were al· ways great torchlight parades on the night of election day, and the winners were carried through the streets on the shoulders of the crowd. This was true on the occasion of Clay's election to the office of surveyor. It was a pressure for him to relate events that happened at this time, when all the winning candidates were carried up and down the streets, and of their struggle to keep from falling from the shoulders of the men; it was especially difficult when some, who wanted to do most of the carrying and yelling, had had a bit more to drink than was good for Utem. However, those were demonstrations of great enthusiasm and much noise.

Before Clay built his first home, he dug a cistern under the dining room part of the house; this cistern was about twenty feet deep and six feet wide. It was well plastered in order to hold water, and was fitted with large sand stones cemented to· gether. This wall extended some four feet above the dining room floor; on top of this, a pitcher pump was installed. Some three hundred feet southeast of the house, in a hollow, there was a natural spring; sandstone rock and cement were used to

build a tank two hundred feet in length, by four wide and eight long. About fifty feet below this tank a hydraulic ram was installed with a pipe leading to it from the tank, and pipes were laid from the ram to the cistern under the dining room. Thus, a very modern water system was installed, the only one of its type ever used in that community. The only disadvantage in this type of system was the necessity of ridding the tank of the accumulation of leaves and moss a few times per year, since it had

no covering, and replacing the leather washers on the plunger which whorled up and down twenty·four hours each day, giving service for more than fifty years. Of the seventy·seven acres in the farm, only sixteen were not in cultivation. This was covered in black oak, white oak, and post oak, walnut, hickory, chinquapin and persimmon trees. Lighter

shrubs, such as sassafras, sumac and buckbush,

seemed to spring .op all over the place every spring and kept the children busy grubbing them out of the farmland. Clay and Martha had a very good understanding of human nature, especially pertaining to the nature of children, for they set out an orchard of apple, peach, and cherry trees, not only that they might have the fruit, but of great importance was the handiness of the trees for switches in disciplining the children. In preparing the soil for spring planting, a moldboard

plow and an "A" harrow was used.

Rows for planting were laid off with a bull-tongue plow; the furrows were dropped two grains of corn every three feet by one of the chi Idren, another following with a hoe, covering the grains. When the corn reached a height of three feet or so, pole beans were planted near each stalk. This provided beans for summer consumption by the family. At the time of wheat harvesting there was the cutting, shocking, and capping the bundles which were tied and kicked out of the binder. Part of this work was assigned to the children who experienced some pleasure in finding nests of young rabbits, or of quail eggs which were carried to the house and put under a setting hen with the hope of hatching a covey of young quail. Lack of success, however, did not seem to dampen the interest from year to year.

In the summer there was the "Iaying·by" of the corn crop and the threshing of wheat and oats, and always, the planting of a late crop of turnips which were pulled up before a freeze and "hilled" up in the garden for winter eating. During the ripening season fruit was gathered and stored for winter by canning, or drying. Corn was gathered and cribbed, peas and beans were gathered and flailed out of the hulls with sticks, on the barn floor, after which they were carried outside and poured from buckets onto a wagon sheet in order to winnow out the chaff; they were then sacked and stored in the attic for further use, eating or planting. A grist mill at Roaring River Springs provided flour and corn meal for the fami Iy use. The corn was shelled and sacked, as was the wheat, and carried by wagon to the mill for grinding. It was always an interesting sight to see the grain in the bin above with a low place in the center where the

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BIOGRAPHIES OF BARRY COUNTY FAMILIES grain was slowly trickling down as the stones turned below, where it was being ground between the two heavy stones into the finished product. There was, also, the wonderment of the water from the sluice pouring over the paddles which furnished power for the grist mill. The winter season was spent in repairing farming implements, harness, and in hog-killing and meat preserving, and keeping a wood supply for the fireplaces. The people of the Pasley C(}ml!lunity were interested in rearing their children in a religious atmosphere, and in giving them the best educational advantages possible; in this, Clay and Martha Stub· blefield were no exception. There was always a hustle Sunday morning to get the family off to the church for Sunday School and for the long sermon that followed. The children's education was always of great importance to the elder Stubblefields, and evenings were spent, during the school year, with father and children gathered around the table with books and slates, learning the rudiments of reading, writing, and problems in arithmetic. In those days the parents were frequent visitors in the school, and they cooperated with the teacher in the teaching-learning program which concerned their children. Much of the community life centered around the school, as there were school plays at intervals, and always the Christmas programs. Etalee Stubblefield married Dr. R. M. Barrett of Black Oak, Arkansas, in 1911; Victoria was married to Emmett Freeze of Cassville, Missouri,

in 1908. In 1910, Claude was married to Jayne Varner of Washburn, Missouri. Allen married May Hunt of Caraway, Arkansas, in 1923. That same year, Park was married to Lennie Elizabeth Dickerson of Caraway, Arkansas. Emma married Edwin Stewart of Monette, Arkansas, in 1921. Leona was married to Archie Davis of Cassvil le, Missouri, in

1923. Albert married Ruby Anderson of Seligman, Missouri, in 1931. A severe heart attack in 1916 disabled Clay, and he went to Kansas City where he cared for his invalid mother, Nancy Jane Scott Stubblefield until her death in 1924. In 1928 while in Premont, Texas with his son, Park, and his brother, William Penn , he suffered a second heart attack which caused his immediate death. Martha Stubblefield survived him by five years; her death occurring in January, 1933, at the family home in the Pasley Community.

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During World War I, Allen Stubblefield served in the United States Army, and Park saw service with the United States Marine Corps, serving from 1916 to 1920, receiving a gun-shot wound in service in 1918:

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BIOGRAPHIES OF BARRY COUNTY FAMILIES slavery question. When they moved from Tennessee to Texas they freed their slaves, for they could foresee that events in the course of time would cause the negroes to eventually be liberated. Certain· hot debates and events between the North and the South were occurring which foreshadowed the eventual end of slavery. They were idealistic in giving their property (slaves) their freedom, and were realistic in knOWing someone else would be

Three brothers, John, Edward, and William Stubblefield came to the Colonies in the early days. It is believed that they came from Suffolk County, England. Edward Stubblefield had a son, Robert, and Robert had a son whose name was George, born . September 11, 1757. George Stubblefield was commissioned a Cap· tain of the 5th Virginians February 1776, a Major of the 14th Virginians April 1777. He resigned this commission February 22, 1779. He was a Colonel of the Virginia Militia, 1780-1781 (Army Record of Virginia). He served in the House of Burgess from 1770 to 1772, and was high sheriff of Spotslo County Virginia, 1786. George Stubblefield was married to Sarah (or Sally) Morrison. One of their sons was also named George. He was born July 6, 1780, and died August 15, 1863. He was married to Nancy Jeffery, born in 1783, dying in 1857. Robert Loxley, son of George and Sarah Stubblefield was born May 5, 1801 in Warren County, Tennessee, later moving to Polk County, Tennessee. Robert Loxley married Elizabeth Dodson, born December 12, 1804. In 1850 Robert Loxley and Elizabeth Dod"on Stubblefield moved to Smith County, Texas; they later moved to Bell County, where he died February 3, 1858. Issac Newton Stubblefield, son of Robert Loxley and Elizabeth Stubblefield was born in Warren County, Tennessee, November 13, 1826. He was married in Bell County, Texas, September 15, 1854, to Nancy Jane Scott, who was born in Bedford County, Tennessee, August 23, 1835. The children of Issac Newton and Nancy Jane Scott Stubblefield were: Clay, John Loxley , Alzira, William Penn , James Scott, Albert George , Edward Arthur, Demie Tee, and Garfield. (Garfield, the only surviving child, born in 1878, is living in Sacramento, Calif.). The Stubblefields were realistic in their ability to see into the future, and idealistic concerning the

the loser when freedom did come for all slaves. Issac Newton Stubblefield and his brothers went into the thoroughbred ·horse raiSing business in Texas, and when the Butterfield mail route from St. Louis to San Francisco was routed through Texas, the Stubblefield brothers were ready to fur· nish many teams for the coaches. In 1855 Chief Justice Coyell and Judge Tyler authorized a survey to be made to determine the exact county line between Bell and Coryell counties. Colonel Aiken and Issac Newton Stubblefield were authorized to make the survey. When the Civil War came, Issac Newton could see no reason for fighting to preserve slavery, after having given his own slaves their liberty; therefore, he stayed away from Belton, the county seat, as much as poss ible . . In 1864, his wife being ill, it was necessary for him to enter Belton for the pur· pose of securing medicine for his ill wife. Having been called to register for the service in the army for the third time without response, he was forced at this time to go to the court house to register. Having tied his horse in a thicket nearby, he loitered in the hall of the court house until he could make an unobserved departure; slipping out to where his horse was tied, he quickly rode away. A few days later it was again necessary for him to go into town to secure medicine. This time he was captured, but persuaded the Captain of the detail to allow him to get the medicine. After securing the medicine, he left the store unobserved. He was able to make his way home and deliver the medicine , whereupon, he left immediately for Mexico. Issac Newton and Nancy Jane had planned this trip, and as she was expecting a child, they had agreed that the child, if a boy, would be named William Penn. Wi lliam Penn Stubblefield was born in Mc· Lennon County, Texas, March 18, 1864, where Nancy Jane had gone to live with her parents while her husband was away. The Captain in charge of detail and Issac New-

ton were Masonic Brothers; therefore, he would not allow the detail to s hoot the escapee, as he was sure he could be taken alive. But after several days, the detail gave up the chase after losing their quarry in the hill country south of Austin. Issac Newton continued his journey toward the Rio Grande. Upon reaching the river, he could see the stump of a tree above the water near the middle. He decided that he could swim the horse to the stump, then he could swi m the remaining distance. To his surprise he found the river shallow enough that the horse was able to wade across. He then made his way to Fort Brown where he joined the Union Forces , becoming a Lieutenant in the Cava lry, serving with them until they were captured by the Southern forces about two weeks after the end of the War, as word had· not reached so far south that the War was ended. An inscription written by Nancy Jane Stubble· field in a McGuffey fourth grade reader reads: "Bought for Clay in Houstin, Texas, November 1865". A story told by her to her grandson, Albert, in 1921, is as follows: "A group of Union soldiers were in Houston, but had no money for passenger fare to Belton, so they weighed and one man was sent to make a contract with a freighter to haul so many pounds of "freight" to · Belton. When the freighter arrived at the appointed place to load the freight he had contracted to haul. He argued con· siderable, but since he had signed a contract, they persuaded him to carry it out. As the men took turns walking, and all could unload at· mudholes, they made the trip in record time, arriving at Belton November 18, 1865." During the war and for sometime after, the Bushwhackers killed a hundred or more Union sym· pathizers in a few counties surrounding Belton. To escape possible danger for themselves or their family, a wagon train was organized in March 1866, in Bell and adjoining counties which left for Missouri. This was a group of Stubblefields and Luckeys, perhaps others, but the story of this movement has been lost. Near Tyler, Texas, the Bushwhackers invaded tbe camp one night, capturing Monroe Luckey, who was found the next morning hanging from a tree. Iss ac Newton Stubblefield escaped in the darkness, and for days walked parallel with the wagon train, under cover of trees and shrubs, slip-

ping into camp at night to secure food. After crossing Red River they followed the

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BIOGRAPHIES OF BARRY COUNTY FAMILIES Butterfield mail coach route to Barry County, Missouri, where they arrived in August, 1866. Clay, eight years old, and the oldest of the Stubblefield children, rode horse back practically all the way from Belton , Texas, to Missouri.

Issac Newton Stubblefield and family lived on what is known as the Tim Montgomery place two miles north of Washburn, Missouri, for some time. Later, in 1867, he bought a farm one mile west of the VanZandt School house, Exeter Township, Section 11; Township 22; Range 28. He later bought a farm in the Pasley community, which he sold later to his son, Clay. Issac Newton was elected County Judge of Barry County in 1876 and served until 1880. In 1877 Clay and John Stubblefield walked from Cassville to Columbia, Missouri, where they entered Engineering school at the University of Missouri , graduating in 1881. On June 1, 1884, Clay was married to Martha Skellen Henbest, and with his wife, moved to the farm in the Pasley community, Flat Creek Township, Section 19; Township 22; Range 27, which he had bought from his father. They lived on this farm most of their lifetime, rearing their family of eight children: Ettalee, Victoria, Claud, Allen, Park, Emma, Leona,' and Albert. From 1901 to 1908 they lived on the Issac Newton Stubblefield farm near VanZandt School, then returned to their original farm in the Pasley community in 1908. Clay Stubblefield was elected County Surveyor in 1881 and served until 1888. Albert Newton, the youngest of Clay's children, was born May 7, 1901. In 1931 ' he was married to Ruby Anderson. Albert bought the home place in 1931. They have three children: Allene, Allen, and Gilbert. Albert was elected County Surveyor and served from 1940 to 1948.

STUBBLEFIELD The family of Thomas Stubblefield is: Or... Nell, Belva Fern , Mary Melvina, Wm. Lynn and Thomas Ray. Mrs. Stubblefield was the former Myrtle Wilson, whose mother was Mary Eleanor Homer, daughter of Dr. John Homer from Perryville, Tenn. TAYLOR Lawrence Taylor, son of Ruben and Ida Taylor,

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married Nettie Smith. They were the parents of eight children: Newt, Jack, Mable, Clara (deceased), Lewis, Ray, Margie and George. Jack Taylor was his grandfather. George Taylor, his uncle , was a Baptist minister. Lawrence had two brothers. Leo was killed by accident while working with a road crew in Kansas. Lankston (Yank) lives only a short distance from Lawrence. The sisters, who live in other sections of the country, are: Lula, Dale, Myrtle, Florence, Fannie and Mayme.

WILSON Onis Wilson, son of Ausney and Ulah Wilson, married Maxine Steele. Her father was Alfred Steele, and her mother was Grace Barton. They were from Pennsylvania and Tennessee. Onis has four brothers: Herbert, Harrell, Leonard and Laverne. His sisters were Juanita, Leona, Lorene, Gladys and Lanora. Qnis and Maxine have one son, Calvin,

and two daughters, Deleva and Lindi. Onis is a carpenter by trade, and ' Maxine is a school teacher, having taught in the Ozarks for eleven years in succession. Onis and Leonard did service overseas in World War II. Maxine's maternal grandmother's maiden name was McFadden.

WILLIAMS Uel R. Williams was born August 2, 1894. His ' grandfather was Enoch Williams; his grandmother was Nancy Neil. Uel's father was Leonard Williams. His mother was Amanda Ellis. 'His great grandfather was John Williams (1797). His great grandmother was Sara Stone. The Williams family came from Kentucky. The great grandfather settled at Cape Fair, Missouri, in what noW is Stone County, where he had a powder mill, grist mill, a government licensed distillery, all run by water power. Uel Williams married Opal Curry April 9, 1918. They have two sons: Warren and Jerald. Warren is a merchant in Aurora, Missouri. Jerald is a Doctor of Dentistry in Aurora, Missouri. Uel and Opal run a store at Jenkins and have for many years. Opal's father was George Wm. Curry, who came to Missouri from Illinois in 1894. Her mother was Clara B. Blakley, from North Missouri. James Williams' first

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BIOGRAPHIES OF BARRY COUNTY FAMILIES wife was a Henson of Galena, Missouri. His second

wife was Huffines. Wm., Leonard and Enoch wer~ half brothers. Leonard Williams built the Red Mill at Verona, Missouri . Enoch was Uel's grandfather.

Ermil, Ivy and Fay. Walter had two brothers, Fred and Troy, also one sister, Mrs. Bob Dummit.

WOOD WILLIAMS Raymond Williams was born in Purdy, Missouri. He served in the State Senate from 1943 to 1950. Raymond's father was Horace Rice Williams. Raymond married Grace Buzzetti. Her father was S.S.A. Buzzetti. He came from Italy. He married Angeline Morrelli, whose home was in Wisconsin. Raymond and Grace had two sons, Horace and Stanley, and one daughter, Angeline (Williams) Rolland. At present Grace is manager of the Standard Mutual Association , a life insurance company, in Cassville, Mo.

The following is taken from the November 2, 1961 issue of the "Cassville Republican": "Barry County--Ten Years Ago" .... "Former Senator H. R. Williams died at his farm home east of Cassville Tuesday afternoon after suffering a heart attack. He was 63 years of age. Mr. Williams was first elected to the Missouri Senate in 1942. He was re-elected in 1946 and did not run in 1950 because of his health." A picture of Horace R. Williams , father of Raymond Williams, of Cassville, is one of the six to appear in the "St. Louis Chronicle", Sunday, July 19, 1896. His name is with those who attended the National Republican Convention in Chicago, June 19, 1888. The family of Raymond has preserved the badge Hor:ace wore at the convention, which reads:

REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION CHICAGO 1888 DE LIGATE MISSOURI

Peter Edwin Wood was born in 1843. Effie (Wood) Collar was married to Albert Collar in 1908. Olive Harrison Owen came to north Missouri from Illinois. Maternal grandmother's name, M. Stone. The children of Albert Collar and Effie (Wood) Collar were: Alberta (Collar) Epperly, of Monett, Freda, Irvin , Charley, Emily and Homer. Homer operates the Pumpkin Center General Store, between Cassville and Shell Knob, Missouri.

WHITTINGTON The Whittington family came from Texas. R.W. Whittington (Richard) was a son of Wm. Whittington. His wife was Nancy Jane Medlin. She was 21 years old when the Civil War broke out. Richard's grandfather was killed by the bush whackers during the war, and a 17 year old son had an arm shot off. They lived at. the time near Monett. Richard's mother, Nancy Jane (Medlin) Whittington lived to be 92 years old. Richard was one of Barry County's young men who trained as a school teacher and taught several years.

He was also a prosperous business man.

He married Elsa McDougald on October 14, 1894. They have two children--Reta and Claud. His wife broke her hip in 1956 and has been helpless since that time . 'Their home at pres ent is at the Walnut Spring near the first "reunion ground" at Cassville. Richard was also a fine violinist. Richard Whittington was born August 22, 1872. He said, "My pal, Joe McKinney saved me from drowning when we were boys and were swimming in

WILLIAMSON Eleaser Williamson and Mary Ellen Davis came to Missouri from Kansas. Their oldest son, Walter, was born at Xenia, Kansas, January 19, 1875. He was converted in 1893 and ordained Deacon at Mano February 10, 1907. Walter Williamson and Lavancha MCDougald were married December 4, 1892. Their children are Oliver, Roy, Everet, Lester, Erskin,

Little Flat Creek near Tom Calton Mill. My hobby was building. I operated the store at Eagle Rock 18 years. My wife and I have had 14 orphans and poor children in our home 1 to 7 years old. We have had 41 girls work for us, and more than 100 men work for us."

Here are some of the names of old neighbors of R. W. Whittington, at Eagle Rock, who have passed away: Mr. and Mrs . Boon Haddock, Rans e Haddock, Dock Skelton, Dick Elam, Bill Ayres,

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BIOGRAPHIES OF BARRY COUNTY FAMILIES JQhn Easley, Ned Easley, Bill Lewis, Morse Farwell, Frank Tucker, Elbert Ball, Dr. C. G. Kelley, Orson Kelley, George Reed, I. N. Garrett, John Whittington , Wm. Whittington, S. H. Maloney, Dean Burris, Joe Gamer, Frank Gamer, Sam Skelton, Elisha Hall, Frank Curry, John L. Morton, Henry Reading, Henry Dell, Isaac Couch, Wm. Couch, Ruben Gee, Bud and John Munsey, Bill Cornell, Shade Wallen.

Sunday School Statistics as Recorded in the Baptist Minutes of 1924: Sunday School Superintendents W. H. McNally---Cassville Antioch Jim Mitchell--·Seligman Big Springs L. R. Abram---Butterfield Butterfield John R. Wallen---Cassville Cassville R. A. Cox---Cassville Corinth R. A. Barr-··Exeter Exeter Emma Weddington---Golden Golden G. H. Roller---Purdy Macedonia Ben Edmondson---Purdy Mt. Olive Mabel Baker---Mineral Springs Mineral Springs Joe Jones New Hope Pleas Carlin---Monett New Site J. B. Atkinson---Washbum, Rt. 2 Pleasant Hill B. O. Jaynes---Aurora, R. F. D. Pleasant Ridge James Rhea---Purdy Purdy J. H. Aldridge---Mano Rock Creek Ade Stockton---Eagle Rock Roaring River Mrs. Simp Vanzant---Garfield, Ark. Sugar Creek Frank Kimball---Shell Knob Shell Knob F. H. Spain---Washburn Washburn Prairie M. M. Bamett---Wheaton Wheaton

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NIGERIAN MISSIONARY WRITES BIOGRAPHY MINISTERIAL LOAN FUND IS C. F. SILER MEMORIAL "Cassville Republican", Sept. 3, 1959 In an humble home, in a little log cabin, amidst simple surroundings in the foothills of the Ozark Mountains, life ' began for 'Charles Fredrick Siler on March 21, 1878. Of pioneer stock, his father, Henry Siler, was from one of the first families to settle in southwest Missouri. His mother, Florence Lee, was a distant relative of Robert E. Lee. Upon their marriage, Henry and Florence built for themselves a small log cabin near what is now the village of Stella, Missouri. In the foothills of the Ozark Mountains they built their home and reared their family. Amidst the simple life, and customs of the rural Ozarks, Charles grew to manhood. Here his own life and character wa:s molded, and here among these hills people of southwest Missouri Charles F. Siler was destined to serve most of his ministry. When Charles was about 11 years old, his father joined with other neighbors in a log barn raising for a neighbor, Uncle George Tudor. This common neighborhood incident was, however, to have a great and lasting effect on his life. His father was badly injured at the bam raising and as a result, was never well again. Medical bills piled up and soon the family savings were gone. After some months of sickness and medical bills, the family came to a financial crisis and Charles found it necessary to give up his regular schooling in order td help support the family. He was not to have the privilege of again being a regular scholar until many years later. In spite of difficulties, the Silers maintained their attendance at the services of the Lord. Charles was converted before he was 14 and united with the Indian Creek Baptist Church. He was baptized by Rev. D. C. Manes. A few years later, Charles came to the growing conviction that God was calling him to preach. Yet he also felt that a call to the ministry involved education and training which he did not have. There did not seem at that time any possibility of obtaining further education. So, he sought to put his call to the ministry away from him. In later years, thinking back over this period of his life , he likened his own experience to that of Jonah who fled from God. Never for long was his mind free from the conviction that God wanted him

BIOGRAPHIES OF flARRY COUNTY FAMILIES to preach. ried Miss settle the knew with to school.

Then, he met, fell in love with, and marVallia Freeman. He thought this would matter of the ministry for good for he a wife and family he could never go back In response to a neighbor boy's query, "Why did you marry a preacher?" Mrs. Siler once laughingly replied, "I didn't marry a preacher. He turned preacher on my hands." To further break away from his call and to s upport his family he moved to the mining district around Galena, Kansas. He spent five years in this community, still conscience-smitten because he knew God's will but was refusing to do it. In the early part of 1900, he moved his family back to Rocky Comfort in the Missouri hills, where he became the engineer for the Rocky Comfort flour mill. He united with the Prosperity Baptist Church. He enjoyed his work with the mill and also his work in the church where he was soon made superintendent of the Sunday School. But, in familiar surroundings and with the local church urging more and more responsibility upon him, he again began to think of his call to the ministry more seriously. After a number of distressing experiences in the family, in the fall of 1905 Charles surrendered his life to the Lord's will to preach the Gospel. His first sermon was preached in his old home church in October of that year. The Lord· was good and in a short time he was busy every Sunday preaching in churches nearby. He served as part-time pastor and held revivals, and the Lord blessed his ministry. He was ordained by the Prosperity Church in Shoal Creek Association on May 20, 1906. However there began to be a great deal of dissatisfaction in his own heart and mind. He had a conviction that the call to the ministry was also a call to prepare. And, certainly, he did not at all feel prepared to preach. This became for him a burden of prayer that God would open the doors of opportunity for better preparations. He knew that God would do his part, but he also became convinced that he would have to be willing to follow. He began to comtemplate leaving his job with the flour mill and giving his full time to the ministry. The mill represented his means of livelihood for the churches did not pay enough to support his family. The promise of God all pointed to the fact that He was both able and willing to undertake with us and for us. By now the Si ler family had grown to seven and a father must provide for his own. So, the strug1

gle continued through hours of prayer and inner debate. Finally, the day came when Charles Siler made one of the most significant decisions of his life. He decided to res ign his job and step out completely on the promises of God. It was not an easy decis ion . It was a touching scene as Charles left the mill which had su pported his family for some years. He had decided to quit. He closed the door, fastened the hasp, slowly placed the padlock in the hasp. Then, the doubts flooded over him, and the questions mounted. Was he making a mistake? Could a man with five children expect to go back to school? Was he dooming his family to a life of poverty? There he stood with his hand on the lock--ready one moment to push it closed and tum his back on the mill to give his whole life and service to the Lord, ready the next moment to remove the lock and go back to the mill and spend the rest of his life milling during the week and (X"eaching on Sunday. Men who have begun preaching in their youth and have completed their preparation before they have families to support or men who have never cut loose all the bonds which tie them to secu lar work perhaps cannot fully appreciate the struggle which went on in this man's heart. But with determination born of struggle and prayer, he pushed the lock closed, turned his back on the mill and for the remainder of his ministry was to give himself to that work. One of the first things he did was to enroll in Horner Institute at Rocky Comfort where he received some additional training. Although he was never able to get the formal training that he desired, his ambition to develop his abilities and capacities to the fullest extent for the use of the Lord drove him to attend every meeting and conference in hi s power and to read every book he could lay his hands on. This remained his habit and practice throughout his ministry, even into the years of retirement. Charles Siler served churches in Shoal Creek and Barry County associations during the early part of his ministry. Salary was not all important, but wi th five children to feed and clothe, a salary was important. He received the sum of $270 as his first yearly salary. The Siler family learned many lessons in economy which proved to be a blessing in both family and church life through the years. He became pastor of First Baptist Church, Neosho and was called from this pastorate to serve as a State Evangelist in Missouri. After four years of s uccess-

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BIOGRAPHIES OF BARRY COUNTY FAMILIES ful work in this field, he returned to the pastorate and accepted the call of the First Baptist Church, Anderson in response to appeals and challenges of a divided church. From there he went to Oklahoma, serving Emmanuel and Kendall churches in Tulsa for a period of nearly fourteen years. He also served as pastor at Stroud, Okla., and was pastor for a short time at Bethany Baptist Church, Kansas City. He returned to his native area in 1922 as pastor of the First Baptist Church, Wheaton. After one year, he was called to the First Baptist Church, Cassville . He was to remain here for eleven years, lead· ing the church to construct a beautiful new building when the old one was destroyed by fire. He was forced to retire in 1946 because of ill health. After a period of recuperation, however, he was able to return to preaching. Perhaps, the years of retirement have been his crowning years because he has been able to share with churches in southwest Missouri the wealth of wisdom and experience to which younger men have not yet attained. His work as interim pastor has been especially fruitful. His loving and kindly Christian spirit has helped many churches through the period of adjustment on losing a pastor and the difficult days of seeking another. No man is able to rightly evaluate the ministry of another. Yet there are some distinctive characteristics and contributions of the ministry of Charles Fredrick Siler in the Ozark region. (1) He had a sense of God's calling in the lives of others. Numerous are the preachers who had struggled with the call of the Lord, thinking that none knew and then Brother Siler would put his arm about their shoulders and say, "The Lord's calling you .to preach, isn't He?" Thus, he was able to help young men in their moments of decision because he had himself gone through this struggle for a long time. (2) He loved to encourage young people. There are many young people who have had the courage to go on to serve the Lord because of this encouragement. His favorite seat at a convention or Baptist meeting was just back of the front row. If a young person appeared on the program, preacher Siler would have a little note written and waiting for him at the close of his part, a word of appreciation and encouragement. Many who did not do too well have been encouraged to try again by those "little notes". (3) Because of his own feelings of inadequate preparation he encouraged preachers and Christian workers to fully prepare themselves to serve the Lord, at a time and in an area where education was often

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thought to ruin instead of to help a preacher. He often has said, "Go as far as the Lord leads you to go. The Lord deserves the best." (4) He was a warmhearted evangelist and pastor. In his ministry the two aspects of the evangelist and pastor were never divorced but were always one. He believed that the remedy to almost any situation could be found in Christ, in the Bible, and in prayer. D.W. Tudor, old friend, school teacher, and Sunday School teacher said of his work: "The Lord has blest his efforts in a marvelous manner, and given him many

souls." The philosophy of Charles Fredrick Siler can perhaps be summed up in the words of Paul, "For we preach not ourselves but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake ..

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us ." (2 Corinthians 4:5,7). The foregoing biography of Rev. C. F. Siler of Cassville , Missouri, was written by Dr. Edgar H. Burks, Pineville, Missouri , while at home on furlough this summer from his mission work in Ogbomosho, Nigeria, West Africa. Dr. Burks is an honorary member of The C. F. Siler Memorial Association, which is sponsoring the promotion of the C. F. Siler Ministerial Student Loan Fund in Southwest Baptist College of Bolivar, Missouri. This promotional campaign of which G. W. Earle of Carthage is secretary, was initiated early in 1955 and will continue through 1964. There are twenty-five or more active workers throughout Southwest Missouri who are assisting in this promotion.

THE ECHOES LINGER We seemingly never gave the old house much thought. Actually it is not at all impressive as an architectural creation. But it is a familiar landmark to all of us in the Gaddis District, and has been so for about 60 years. The bell has· been rung for the last time. May 1964, closed the door of the Gaddis Rural School forever. And now it seems that we view the old weather beaten building in a new light. The glade upon which the house is s ituated is green and fresh from the late spring rains, the long comb of the roof has swayed or sagged from years of settling, and the foundation, of large lime stone rocks, has lost a great deal of its chinking.

BIOGRAPHIES OF BARRY COUNTY FAMILIES There is a loneliness about the old building, I thought as I passed by. Only the vibrant freshness of spring and the beauty of the Ozark Hills drove away the melancholy sighs. Then I began to look beyond those weathered walls that would no doubt be hauled away and I immediately began to think of the things that the school had given to the community that could never be taken away. And I was comforted by the thought that memories echo forever. Children, I suppose should not be expected to realize the value of the school to the community, at least not while they are students in attendance. We parents, who have witnessed the change in community school relations, know that the one room community belongs to the past. We do know that with in the social structure of each community there is much to be found which reflects the interest and support given to it. We felt that the school belonged to us all, and as such we all have supported with taxes and substances of life not allotted to us by tax collectors. AU of us have given much of our life's efforts into the plan of educating our own. The passing of our one-room school, has brought a change, which we should consider a forward move. It does not mean that efforts to educate our young will ·be less burdensome, or that our responsibility has ended. Now that change has · come, let us accept it, support it, and be ready to receive the opportunities we may find it offers. As my mind adjusted to the inevitable, I found myself asking almost aloud, if this old house could talk? The echoes from this old house, I'm sure would not be limited to the learning of the 3 R's. Factual learning took place, I'm sure, but this old house could also tell of things not learned from the speller or the arithmetic. There was Black-Man, Hide and -Go-Seek, sledding in the winter. There were the oak and hickory saplings bent to form the wigwam in the autumn days. It was this old house that held the Literary Meetings, the Debate Contests and the Spelling Bees. Pie Suppers, Farewell Dinners and Singing Schools also graced the old house, and the revival meetings, ah, seems like the rafters should still be ringing. Oh, I could go on forever naming the boys and girls who met here, or came during their courting days, or (sparking days), as we usually called them. But we have recalled enough. We

hope that while recalling we will pause and appreciate the past efforts of our little district and feel and share with enthusiasm, the strength we surely will find within our new merger. Weathered walls, crumbling foundations, and the ceasing of the bell, cannot take from us that part of life called memory. The laughter, the sigh, wisdom and nonsense, the singing and the shouting---the brashness and beauty of youth in living, will like the ringing of the old school-bell, echo and echo and be with us forever! Written, April 1964, by Mrs. George England, a former teacher of Gaddis School in 1909. This tribute to the Gaddis School was read by Maxine Wilson at the close of the last school held in the district. In 1964, Gaddis District voted to become a part of the Cassville School District.

District of Gaddis -named for a Mr. Gaddis. First families of the district - and some families of today. Anderson, Woolridge, Duncan, Vickers, Wampfler, Lomersburgh, Jones, Baker, Taylor, Reno, Renyolds, Smith, Starkey, Luney, Loftin, Linely, Peacock. Sheppard, Woodrum, Stever, Henson, Young, Johnson;Stockton, Burbridge, Erwin. Berry, England, Chlaney, Tuleure, Daffen, Sutton, Koon, McConnell, Hart and Pierce. Some of the teachers were: Dora Hawk, taught in 1908. Those following were: Minnie Felend, Florence Eden, Nerva Brock, Alta Loftin, Pike Hailey, Latha Pannell, Grover Loftin, Alonzo Woods, Charlene Baker, Opal Sisney, Grace Duncan, Earl Blythe, Elbert Suttles, Edna McClure, Alma Holman, Homer McClure, Eunice Brooks, Miss Garroutte, Blanch Phillips, Mrs. Sam Samuels, Geraldine Brooks, Morris Daughtery, Edward England, Richard Brooks, . Howard Brock, Bud Loftin, and Maxine Wilson, who has taught for the past 11 years. I'm sure I have omitted some of the teachers, for to my knowledge, there ·is no complete written list of the Gaddis School Teachers. The County Superintendents who served Barry County during the years Gaddis School was in existence were: James Waddell, John Wallen, W. E. Hankins, J. T. Hodge, Earle Stubblefield, Buel Cox, and M. M. Hess.. In 1910, the Gaddis Board of Education (School-

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Mrs. George England formerly, Nerva Brock MISS GENE WALLACE, CLAIRVOYANT

This woman was generally known as "the old Mountain Maid". She lived in the hills around Eagle Rock. She came from New York where she had been at work in hospitals, being a trained nurse. I happened to meet her at a place where I was boarding in the fall of 1910. I was teaching a school near the Arkansas and Missouri line, and since the lady where I was staying wanted me to get acquaint· ed with her, I took time off to talk with her early before going to school. Some of the things she told me, I still remember. First she asked me if there was anything in particular I wanted to discuss with her. I told her there was not; so she said, "Then I will tell you something of myself." She began by telling me she was born on the high seas and be· longed to no certain country. Her mother died and was buried in the deep. She, only a few days old, was brought on to New York. Here she grew up to be a nurse and practiced in the hospitals of New York. She discovered very early in life that she possessed a very unusual means, seeing things that were not present, and I think she called herself a clairvoyant. Her first realization of this characteristic was when she was about four years old, and she was standing by her father with her hand on his knee, when she suddenly heard a clink of steel, saw a black horse fall, and a man who was riding killed. This was in the races in England and was her fa· ther's father, as that was the way he died. Her father removed her hand from his knee and pushed her away from him, later telling her that was the scene of his father's death while riding in the races. She called this a sixth sense. She said we have five senses by which we reason, but the sixth one is one step beyond the five , and anyone is capable of cultivating it if they wish to do so. She said she was called upon to find men or women who had stepped out on their companion, and in a few cases complied, but that was too dangerous and did not concern her, so she refused to answer

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those inquiries. She was asked to locate many lost articles, stock, cars, and many things, and found out where they were in most cases, if not all. It seemed the door of her emotions was open to everyone, and she was very tired after a day in company with others, and for that reason came to the hills for mental and emotional rest. One thing I remember she said: People should repeat the Lord's Prayer ten times each day as that prayer was accepted by all as universal. She said her knowledge of things about some people made it unsafe for her, and that sometime she would end up just as she did. Just how it happened, God knows. Her house was burned, and I think people generally thought she caught fire while starting her fire in the heating stove early one morning. She lived alone all the time and had no help.

SETTA WADDELL Setta Waddell was one of my most admired homemakers. She had everything well in hand. She had three boys and two girls. Everyone knew the job he was to do. Everything was in its place--no hunting for things, no arguing about who would do this or that. Everyone knew from the start what, where or when. After supper and all the chores done they would have a square dance. Of course I had never learned to dance or was I allowed to go to one. I enjoyed it anyway, and especially the caller. Charley was the youngest, four years old. John, who was twelve , did the calling as well as his part of the dance. I remember one part of the call, "Grab your partner by the craw and swing her all over old Arkansas". Although it was different to my bringing up, I enjoyed seeing those little fellows hop around the room with such rhythm. There was a time to go to bed, and to bed they went. Next morning Mamma was up early getting breakfast. Maggie , age fourteen, was sweeping the rooms, a coal oil lantern sitting on the floor here and yonder as she pushed the trash in front of the broom. John was feeding . I was waiting for my time to go to the little school house one-fourth mile away and get the bell ringing and fresh flowers in the vase on my desk, when Huie, the seven-year j old came running into

the house white as a ghost. Mamma asked what had happened. After a few trials to speak, he started laughing and crying alternately. Mamma was fright-

BIOGRAPHIES OF BARRY COUNTY FAMILIES ened as John was nowhere to be seen, and time for school. Huie finally got out the words, "Gunpowder went off in that old stump in the bam lot". Mamma ran as fast as .she could and brought John inside. His face was white as a sheet except the powder burns. He had lost his eyelashes and brows. All the hair that was out from under his cap was gone, and I never saw a boy look more like a corpse standing upright. Johnnie was in shock, and Mamma did not insist on too much of him, buI took Huie in another room and got all the low down. After several emotional jerks of laughing and ·crying, he told the story as best he could. He was the only witness. He said Johnnie saw that little hole in the stump where a tree had been cut down. He knew where there was a thimble off the end of a buggy shaft. (For a one horse buggy there were two shafts. The horse worked in between them. The ends had a metal thimble about three inches long and one ·inch across.) Johnnie's power of suggestion was getting along very well; and when he got the metal thimble in the hole and drove it down good and tight, he slipped into the house and into Grandpa's room where he kept his powder hom, then ran out fast feeling the most difficult part was all over; but it was just getting started as Johnnie was soon to find out. He strung a little line of loose powder out a ways from the thimble full in the stump and struck a match. Of course he didn't expect it all to go off at once, but thought that little trail would go, not too fast; but it went too fast nevertheless, and the rest of the story you already know. I didn't laugh until I saw no one was badly hurt. Then I went on to school wondering just how one raised a family anyway. Johnnie grew up to be ·a fine man, and I assure you, he never sees a powder horn or a buggy shaft without smiling to himself. This was a wonderful family with everything under control but the gunpowder.

ADDAH MATTHEWS Since Addah is one of myoid friends of half a century ago, I must say a few things about her. We attended teachers summer training school together a few years. We also went to Horner to Sunday School and church. The Horner name was dedicated to my grandfather, Isaac Horner, who came from Tennessee and lived and died at the old Horner

spring place, where Ol's son now lives. Since Wayne has a boy, there are five generations that have called that place home. My grandmother, who was a Homer, died there the next year after the Civil War ended. Addah was a beautiful girl, neat, pretty, with auburn hair, nice mannered and treated all her friends with the same respect. She has kept herself in the minds of us all by reminding us now and then that she hasn't forgotten us, and we live in her heart. What a .fine thing to do, and who would think of it but Addah Longley; now Matthews_ She is now alone with so many friends looking to her weekly greeting to her friends--a real nice way to grow old. I doubt if she has ever lost a friend, and I am sure she has gained many. A useful life is directed by Goo, and love is eternal.

EMORY MELTON Emory Melton, the present editor of the Cassville Republican paper is a fine young man--quiet, honest, interested in his home and always kind and considerate i.n his dealings with the public. He is a lawyer, and I would say a good one. I happened to be a guest at his wedding, which was at the Baptist Church at Shell Knob. I was invited because I was the wife of one of the officials where he worked. I appreciated this since I was born at Shell Knob in 1888. My father built his house and had everything in order before he took his bride there, and there was the place it all started. Five children were born there, then everything went wrong. We moved from that lovely place I called home, and I never forgot it. Emory's wife was born at Shell Knob, too, but many years after I was. Our fathers' homes were about one and one-half miles apart. Here we have three of my most admired men of all the Ozarks as editor of our old "Cassville Republican" paper.

Washington, D.C. Feb. 1, 1958 My grandfather, William McKinney, came to Barry County in 1841, from his native state of

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BIOGRAPHIES OF BARRY COUNTY FAMILIES Tennessee. Uncle William McKinney was killed in the Rock Creek (not Rock House Creek) neighborhood. My son Ralph has a government position and works at the Pentagon building. Nolan has a taxi cab business here. I have had many buyers wanting to buy my farm. No, it is not for sale. It has been in our family over 100 years, and I am the third generation to live on it, and own it. My father and I were both born on it; also Nolan. Ralph and Nolan are the fourth generation of my family to live on the farm. It is still their home, too . . . . . . . . . . .

sad. Silently we walked alone where Bobby had walked for more than three score years. There was no stir. in the old swimming hole where he had played from boyhood. God giveth, and God taketh away. We drove away without talking, perhaps thinking of the last time we saw him going slowly about, and the last words we heard him speak. (The above was written about Robert Bruce Duncan, only son of Pete Duncan, a former presiding judge of Barry County, Mo.)

BILL BAKER (1960)

Taken from a letter written by Myrtle Potter

FAREWELL, BOBBY July 10, 1957 Bobby, as he was called by his .neighbors, is now on the "beautiful isle of somewhere", as the poet wrote about the old horse who died in the harness. Bobby, too, so to speak, died in the harness. He was on his way to get a piece of machinery when the end came. He made the remark to a neighbor just three days ago that he did not want to live to be a care on his family, or to outlive his mind. This wish was granted by the Giver of Life, and today his body lies. at the mortuary in Cassville, Missouri, the county seat of the county where he spent his life except the first two years. Bobby loved his home. He put much time in improving his premises and keeping things in order. Just three days before the end came he and George England worked on a water gate on the partnership fence between them. They talked of times gone by and the fifty years they had been neighbors . . Something seemed to draw them closer to each other while reminiscing on their younger experiences.

Today we walked down the little valley. -The trees were so still. Even the cattle looked lone· some. Little calves stood still looking at us, not running away as they do sometimes. The mothers lay silently along the little creek as if waiting for a signal to move on. No stir in the corn just starting to tassel, I looked up. Everything was so still. Even the few birds that flew across our path seemed

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Bill Baker is now in the veterans hospital at Fayetteville, Arkansas, recovering from an injury from falling from . a ladder while attending to his duties at the Baptist Church, at Cassville, in the summer of 1959. Bill was a good boy, and is a good man. His kindness toward his fellowman and his home is unusual. I boarded at his home when he was with his parents at Gaddis, in the year 1909. In the eight months I was with those people, not once did Bill speak a cross or unkind word to his parents. His aim in life was and is to serve the God of Heaven, who is his hope and comfort in his illness. The world needs men like Bill Baker.

This item was given to me by a neighbor, Ab Henson, of an incident that took place in the Hailey community when he was about six years of age. This was around 1900. Mrs. Robert Henson took a severe toothache, and as dentists were very few and far apart then, Mr. Henson took her to Tom Bowen's blacksmith shop where he had all kinds of homemade tools including tongs, which he used occaSionally to pull teeth when the need was urgent. The six year old went along and witnessed the deed, and of course, never forgot it. He says those tongs looked to be a foot long. After he pulled Mrs. Robert Henson's aching tooth, he turned to the lad and asked if he had a tooth that needed pulling. Of course a child would never forget a thing like that, especially the personal fear. Those were the "good old days" we hear about now and then.

BIOGRAPHIES OF BARRY COUNTY FAMILIES THE SMILE THAT STAYED Well, here is a most remarkable story, not the smile of the week or year, but the smile of a lifetime. Ashley Mixon, age eleven, whose family had been unfortunately hit by a problem, was the oldest, and a great deal depended on his power to do the part of the head of the family. He worked hard at school and at home. He did not expect others to do things for him, but seemed to enjoy being able to do things in his own way. His mother with four younger ones had a job indoors. He happened to be a pupil in the school I was teaching in 1908 near Shell Knob, Missouri. He was a fine lad with big brown eyes, and a smile that lighted up his face like a neon sign in the night. He didn't try to change the problems he faced, but faced them with a smile, without resentment or blame on others. If he had to be reprimanded, he still smiled and sometimes I think I saw tears fogging those big brown eyes, but no complaint. He just kept striving to win. After a few years, he was married to a little girl I knew. They had a large family, all girls, all beautiful, and all married young. ·Half a century later, I happened to be discussing school problems with a neighbor in California--the effect the teacher may have on the emotions of the child, breaking down those needed properties of mind that go to 'help one through life. I brought up this boy as an example, and after I went home I had a telephone call from Fresno, California, saying, "This is Ashley Mixon. We will be over in an hour or so." And so it was, and what would I see but ~ case of black-eyed peas from his own canning factory in Plainview, Texas, and a pumpkin grown by his little grandson in Texas. No, he didn't forget me, and I hadn't forgotten him. As we sat drinking coffee at our table, the four of us, that smile was just like it was fifty years ago. The only difference, he was a great grandpa now, but to me just"Littie Ashley at Fairview in 1908".

JOHN S. SMITH John Samuel Smith is the son of Albert and Sally Smith. He is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Smith and Mr. and Mrs. John Hall. Both grandparents were early settlers and pioneers · of Barry County and were Civil War Veterans.

Mrs. John S. Smith (Martha A. James, also called Addie) is the daughter of Jim and Ella James and granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Francis James and Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Smith. Both grandparents were early pioneers and settlers of Barry County. Both Grandfathers were Civil War Veterans. Mr. John Samuel Smith was born in Cassville, Missouri. Mrs. John Samuel Smith was born in ·Shell Knob, Missouri. They were married Sept. 29, 1909 in Shell Knob. They moved to Oklahoma in 1911, then back to Barry County in 1913. They left Barry · County in 1915 and moved to Enid, Oklahoma. They moved to Texas in 1930 and now reside on a farm near Burle.son, Texas. One daughter and six sons were born to Mr. and Mrs. Smith. They are: Alma May, born 1910, died 1911; James Albert Hid (Hubert Castle), born 1912 Edward Leon, born 1913; Paul Samuel, born 1916; Archie Charles, born 1919; Ivan J., born 1920; Troy C., born 1927. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have 17 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.

JAMES ALBERT HAL SMITH James Albert Hal Smith (Hubert Castle) born April 8, 1912. Center Ring featured act with many foreign circuses and practically every major Americ.an Circus in the past 35 years. Ringling Bros.-Ba~­ urn & Bailey Circus, AI G. Barnes Circus, SellsFloto Circus, Cole Bros. Circus, Tom Mix Circus, Gran Circo Razzore, Gran Circo Atayde, Moscow State Circus-U.S.S;R. - ect. (Only foreign act ever presented in the Soviet State Circus-1959.) Have played practically every big Shrine Circus in the U.S. and most of the state fairs. Most of the Vaudeville theatres - Sport Shows - Night Clubs _ Hotels, etc. - plus many theatres, clubs and expositions in foreign countries. Featured in movie "Sensations" for United Artist. Have appeared on Ed Sullivan TV Show, Jackie Gleason TV Show, Super Circus, Paul Winchell TV Show, etc. Still performing on the wire and have been producing own circus for past five years.

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smLERS CAME TO THE GOLDEN COMMUNITY AS EARLY AS 1828 As early a s 1828, only a few years after Missouri became a stale, white people began to come int o the area now known as Golden to establish their new homes. The area between the Kings and White rivers was then known as Hickum Prairie, named for Jacob Hickum, who settIed here in 1828. In 1832 the Indians living in the mountainous country were moved to the Oklahoma terri-

tory. In May. 1841, White River township was established and was taken off Sugar Creek township. The boundaries of the new township started at the state line east of the John Rollins farm, running east and north to Henry Pendergraft's, then to the J. L. Davis mill, then east to Taney County line. First Election in 1841 On the first Saturday in June, 1841, an election was held to n ame two Justices of the Peace with Jacob Hickum and Mira Jackson being elected. Shortly after the close of the War Between the States (the Civil War) John Leland migrated to the a rea from North Carolina and settled a t what was later known as the Golden Ford on White River. He established the iirst trading post and post office. They were located betw een the Rube Dick a nd Loyce Boswell tarms. He ca lled it Golden and later it was changed to Old Golden. In 1862 a la nd grant which included the present Golden community. was issued by the government to John Wesley Roberts, who gave the land for th.~ present school. The first grist mill was built and operated by a ·Mr. Slushf'r at a spring on Owl Creek just south of the fill on new highway 86, now owned by Jim F. Standlee. Later another grist rdl! was built west of Gold.en, also on 0\\11 Creek, by Wat Carney. It was la ter opera ted by Williz.m Phillips and t hen by Abe Lemaster. Ferry Across River The first ferry boat on White River was built and operated by a Mr. Pilkerton, and was called

the Golden Ferry. The JakQy Spring, a large spri ng southeast of Goidcn, was named for Jakie Lemastel- who homesteaded here in 1889. That same year Rye Davis homesteaded forty acres on Litter1 Bluff, now called Jakie Shelter on what T. H. Weddington called Snake Ranch. Uncover Indian Burial Ground Archeologists, under the direction of the University of ]'VliR· souri, in 1956 uncovered an Indian burial ground, reputed to ha\--e been between 2000 and 5000 years old in the bluff just referred to. An open house was held one day in March of that year and it was estimated that some 5000 persons visited the Golden community and diggings, The burial grounds are now inundated by the waters of the Table Rock Lake, and most of the articles, including skeletons, earthen-ware. hunting kn ives and spears, and others, are now housed in museums. In 1906 the First Baptist and the First Christian churchE's were organized and church edifices built. Prior to that religious services were held in the school house. Tornado In 1909 A tornado destroyed Golden on April 29, i909, and four persons, Bud Hopton, Mrs. W. H. Henson, Bertha Sampsell and Cardia Prentice were killed. A score of persons were injured. The town at the time consi sted of three large general stores, a drug store, post office, barber shop, bla cksmith shop, two churches, the school house and a number of r esidences. The Golden bridge spanning White River, a few miles to the northwest, was completed in 1929 and among those who were instrumental in getting it built w ere M. H. Roberts, Dan Shumate, Mrs. Wierdiman. W. C. Johnson, Bill Tucker, John Head, Heider Holman, and many others. The government hi ghway into the corrununity was built in January 1936. Electri city came to the community in 1940 through the REA. The oldest cemetery of which any record is known is the Eas-

ley cemetery and was established in 1852. Others are Clark, Liberty and Viney. The pr~nt four-room school was built in 1939 with five class rooms and an auditorium. The new Baptist church was built in 1950. The Golden community club was organized in 1957, to promote the area a nd to deVelop the commtulity in keeping with the trend being caused by the con· struction of Table Rock Dam and the forming of Table Rock Lake. The Golden 'bridge across White River was blown out by the Army Engineers making way for progress, after serving th e area for than 30 years_ The old river beds of King ~ and White River have been obliterated by the large lake form· ed by the dam at Table Rock. The community, therefore, is quite different from what it was when the forefathers forded the rivers with oxen and coo'ered wagons to establish homes some 15 years ago. (NOTE : The above materiaJ was furni shed by Mrs. Shade Johnson and Mrs. Dorsal Stiles historians of the newly organizec· Golden Circle Shores association a su ccessor of the Golden Community Club. Using the note: Chas. A. Knouse, news editor OJ the Cassville Republican, wrot( the above article).

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THE FAMILY OF Mrs. Jane Inm"n of Near Purdy will honor her in a twofold manner by helping her -observe her 91 st birthday, which occurred yesterday, as woll as on Mother's Day on Sunday. Mrs. Inman has the distinction of having 165 de~ scendanh, including seven children, 33 grandchildren, 92 greatgrandchildren and 33 great.great.grandchildren. She is quite ac· tive, lives alone and does all her own housework, including wcHhing on a washboard. A small woman, Mrs. Inman said she has never weighed morc -than 115 pounds. In commCM1oration of all mothers, The Times is fed turing ~ special' Mother's Day page in today's issue. 1959 (Time. Photo and Engravin91

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HISTORICAL CLIPPINGS FROM THE CASSVILLE NEWSPAPERS

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WHAT PROMPTED THE CONSTRUCTION Of ATHIRD STORY TO THE COURT HOUSE HERE IN 1884?

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Many of Barry county's olderling entry, made April 7, 1884: orized and empowered to have citizens will remember the "old" "Now on this day comes W. a new roof put on the Court court house which stood on the L. Martin , George M. Goodnight House with the best quality pI public square here until it was and A. H. Wear to ascertain the Pine Shingles and to superintorn down following it's con- location of the County Jail and tend said work and to purchase demnation about 1910. the best Roof for the County shingles and material to the best Those who do remember the Court House and files therein advanta ge for the county and structure will recall that it had report-viz: cause said roof to be put on in three stories. "We your committee appoint- a good and substantial work": Early this month the Repub- ed to investigate the exact loca- manlike manner and it is furlican carried a story on the con~ tion of the Jail anc:! the best ther ordered by the Court that struction of the court house in and cheapest kind of roof for the sum of One Hundred and its original state and its com ple- the Court House beg leave to Fifty Dollars for the purchase tion and acceptance by the coun- submit our r eport-viz: of material for said roof and ty in -1858, together with a pic"From the best we can learn that Warrant No. 65 issue in ture of that structure. which had without the use of a compass favor of the said Albert Tal~ only two floors. and chain, thE" Jail is something bert and J. W. LeCompte for The purpose of this article is like 3lh feet on the lot of Geo. said amount." to p.xplain why the third story W. Kirk provided the houses on The Court apparently moved was added to the original struc~ the east side of the Public too slowly to suit the Kirks, for ture in 1884. Square on the Street reservation on May 7, 1884, this entry apAdversity seemed to befall the if they are not on the Street pears: County Court in April of 1884, Reservation then the Jail is five "Now on this day comes Mary and perhaps earlier, when the feet on the lot of said Kirk. J. Kirk by George \\? Kirk her "And after Examination we agent and presents to the Court court house needed a re -roofing. At about the same tl'me, George would recommend for the Court her notice as follows to-wit: To W. Kirk and Mary Kirk ··com- House Roof Pine Shingles as the the Honorable County Court of Plalned to the Court that a por- cheapest and best-most durable Barry. County, Missouri, May tiOD of the county J' ail, a log aud best." T erm, 1884. Gentlemen you are structure, then located. in the Then on April 9, 1884, the hereby notified that the Counsame gene-ral spot as the pres- Court entered this order: ty Jail of your county situate ent county jail, was on their "Ordered by . the Court that upon Lot 55 in the Town of property and would the County Albert Talbert and J. W. Le- Cassville is some three feet upCourt please do something a- Compte be and they are hereby on the portion of Lot 55 owned bout it. appointed conunissioners for the by me and you are hereby noFrom the old Court records in purpose of having a new roof tified to move the 'Same from the office of County Clerk Ted put on the Court House. Said my premises within ninety days P . Hopkins, we take the follow- commissioners are hereby auth- from this date, this 7th day

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or May, 1884. Mary J. Kirk, by George W. Kirk, Agent!' Apparently, something went wrong on the pine shingles for the court house and evidently the Kirks had made an impression on the Court for on May 7, 1884, appears this record: It is ordered by the Court that W. G. Hobbs, T_ M. Allen and J. W. Wellshear be and they are hereby appointed a committee to draw up plans and specifica tions to buIld a third story on the present Court House to be used as a Jail and rep ::rt their proceedings thereon to this Court tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock a. m. The following day the three men submitted their report and plans. Allen and 'Vellshear were prominent attorneys here and Hobbs was a businessman. Pursuant to their recommendations the County Court ap~ pointed J. W. , LeCompte, Wellshear, and A. B. Talbert to superiniend the construction of a county jail on the third floor. The same day, May 8, 18U4, the cotftmissioners submitted their plans and specifications. Just three months latp.r, on August ~, the next order of record by the CoU!'t appears: Now on this day comes J . W. LeCompte, A. B. Ta1bert and J. W. Wellshear, ·c ommissioners on the Court House and files hel'e~ in their report which is in words and figures as follows, to-wit: To the H onorable County Court of Barry County in the State of Missouri, we your Commissioners appointed heretofore to superintend the erection of a third story to the court house in said Barry County would respectfully submit that in pursuance to instructions given us and the order of the Court, we have entered into a contract with James Haney to the brick work Upon said story and report that said ·Brick is nearing completion. Your committee would therefore recommend the issuance of a warrant in favor of said commissioners for the sum of Eight-hundred Dollars as the amount agreed upon by him and your commissioners we would further report that we contracted with one E. Green to do all the carpenter work and furnish a11 necessary material~ (except shingles) to complete counhouse for which we as COffi-

.misSfoners a£reed to pay the said Green the sum of Seven hundred and fifty two dollars all of which is respectfully submitted. The County Court received the report and ordered warrants drawn to Haney and Greene. On November 24, the Court appointed'" A. B. Talbert, George M. Goodnight and J. W. LeCompte commISSIoners to u as _ certain the costs for the best and cheapest cell or cells to be used as a jail" in the court house. With the Kirks stiU admant about the county jail being partially located on their property, the County Court had appointed J. W. LeCompte, father of Cassville businessman Norman LeCompte, to sell and dispose of the county jail structure and the lot owned by the county. On February 3, 1885, LeCompte reported back to the Court that "in compliance with the order of the County Court of said County having prior to the day of sale hereinafter mentioned . given at · least 30 days notice of the tune, terms and place of sale together with a description of the real estate to be sold and where situated as the law directs by posting five written hand bills in five public places in said County, I did agreeable to said notice on the 31st day of December, 1884, ""expose to sale at public vendue tc the highest bidder" the jail and lots. Mary Kirk bought the east 20 feet of the county lot for $20.00; John M. Bayless bought the west half of the premises for $41.66; and W. G. Hobbs hought the remaind er for $13.34. W. D. Manley was the high bidder on the log jail structure which he bought for $10.00. LeCompte reported that h e paid $80.00 into the County Treasury and kept $5.00 for his salary and costs as Commissioner. Goodnight, LeCompte and Tal~ bert, the jail commissioners, sent their final report 0 the County Court on February 17, 1885, in which they made the following statement: "We your Commissioners have this day examined the Jail Cells erected in our Court House building by P. J. Pauley and Bro. of St. LOUis, and after said examination do find that P . J.

Pauly and brother, have done said work in ~very respect in strict accordance with their contract made by us with them and that we are fully satisfied with said work and have accepted the said work."

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• HISTORICAL CLIPPINGS FROM THE CASSVILLE NEWSPAPERS

HISTORICAL CLIPPINGS FROM THE CASSVILLE NEWSPAPERS A HOOSE BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD ManYr many years ago - June 6, 1845- the county court, meeting

in regular session in then county seat of McDowell in the northeast part of what is known as Barry County, finally decided to loc"a te (he seat -of justice at a town to

be "established at about the cent· er of Barry Countj on Flat Creek. The town was to be known as Cas sville , llamed after the Michigan Statesman. General Lewis Casso The court ordered that the town be surveyed and laid out. At that time only one house stood on the tOWll-site--that of William Kerr. It was in this lo~ house that the court ordered the seat of jus-

tice be established. This is now the site of the home of one of

our oldest citizens, John R. Wallen. At that time a man named Profitt ran a store in one room. The act to incorporate the town was not approved until March 3, 1847, providing (or the election of trustees and the enactment of ordinances. A single road served the territory at that time. It came down from Springfield to Fayetteville. The Cassville Post Office was established on Nov. 5, 1845, with Joshia McCary as postmaster. One lear later a mail contract from Springfield to FayettevilIe was let to Joseph Burdin of Springfield, 109 miles and back three times a week in two horse coaches for $1000 per year, Since that time 29 ' postmasters have served Casso ville.

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The husband of Arabella C. Messer and father of Eglentine and Melville, had passed away in Chillicothe. at the age of 27 years. When - they first settled in Cassville they ran a dry-goods store. This house by the side of the road, which I have used as my title, was a two-story house. as houses were built long ago, and has since been added on to, but is still in part' the same house that stood in 1870. My Grandfather Edward Smith bought a.ad settled nere wiUt the family.

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Aunt Tinie used to teU how Mrs. Phariss (grandmother of the Rays) used to come to the postoffice to 'get her mail and bring her daughters Helen and Missie and what fun they had together. Grandmother Messer and Mrs. Phariss supplied the wit for the laughs.

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Grandfather Smith was the first Tustic;e of the Peace in Cassville. Many a couple started down the road of marital bliss in this house by the side of the road.

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What memories this huose holds for all of us, Mildred, Blanche, Maco and even Melville and Shirley the grandchildren. Mildred, Blanche and I are the direct des· cendaths of Melville C. Messer. The house provided housing for many old Nonnal SchOOl students that went to summer Normal up on the old schoolhouse hill in Cassville, and for the judges uf the county court. like Judge Welcher, etc. My Mother had roomers and boarders. She reared five daug.hters , (there were , six but Mary died at 8V2 years), two of the five have passed away and there are just the three of us now . r must tell you about some of the rooms in this house by the side of the road. There is Aunt Tinie's room, with the old fireplace, where my father used to tell me stories, when I was a little child about Santa coming down the chimney. How real that was to me! The joy of Christmas !s when a child believes · in Santa anyway. In this room there is the old four·poster bed . the high chest of drawers, the old safe with many of my father's drug store equipment and the old store bills, etc., that we never could collect. The old mantle over the fireplace, with its many old vases and the old settee over by the window, the Old 'dresser with its side drawer and long mirror, and the little rocking chair at the foot of the bed, over a.100 years old. Then, 1 mustn't forget the old desk, where every old deed, tax receipt, etc., is harbored. This old room. with _its high ceiling, is a symbOl of the old pioneers, who were the bulwark of the community. state and nation, with their great perseverance and stamina.

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There is the dining !,oom where 'the postoffice wa& In this room hangs a picture, the only picture ever painted by a president's wife for the public. There is the long dining room table where I can still see all of us seated and my father saying grace. There is the old-fashioned safe with its many antique dishes . There is the old mantle and the Seth-Thomas clock. The entrance from the dining rOOm to my Mother and Fathers bcdroom has long been closed and made into shelves for antique dishes. There is the parlor where all of !:IS entertained our beaux. In this' room are the fancy old-fashioned settee, the old organ, the swivelbacked rocking chair, the old time pictures, the high windows and the old mantIe with a huge picture of my Father on it.

Just across the halI is the sitting-room as it was caIled in those days, where most of us were born. Most of our deaths have occurred in this room. Even my daughter and my sister's son were born in this room. We have an old fashioned desk and bookcase in this room, that have many old papers and books in them. Up-stairs are the hall and the two bedrooms with the tin roof over them. where we used to get scared at night hearing walnuts fall and think somebody was after us. It was fun to hear rain pelting the tin roof. 1 used to have to help my Mother put apples and peaches out to dry on the roof. Last, but indeed not least, is the kitchen, where we made tubfuis of sausage and where my Mother used to make hominy on the old cook stove in the big iron kettle. Those were the good old days.. People were happier. They weren't trying to live at such a 'jast pace. ,There ~.re dosn- fami· ly ties and they didn't expect SO muc;h out of life.

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This is truly a house of memories, both sad and pleas$nt, and I felt it deserved going in the annals of the history of Cassville as a true landmark. By the side of this house by the side of the road, is another house we always called the "wood· house." I have never been able to understand why it was called that for a stick of wood never was in· side the build~g . It houses many relics, and antiques. On the other side of the house stands the old smoke-house, where my father used to hang up the dozen or -so hams. (What I would give for some' of them now. you pay $1 now for a little piece not enough hardly to gretise the skillet.) In this building! is an old spinning-wheel at which my Grandmother used to spin. The old barn has been torn down and a smaIl. er barn put in its place but I can still see the old barn~loft where I used to go hunting eggs and swing on a rope I had hanging from the rafters. We still have an old side-saddle in the barn t.hat my sisters used to go horse-back riding aD •.The old hen house ,has been torn down,. I have rambled enough about the House by the Side of the Road, but I think this turbulent world would be better off. both spiritually and materially, if there were more houses by the side of the road where we can live and be a friend to man. MACa MESSER FARWELL Star Bout.

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HISTORICAL CLIPPINGS FROM THE CASSVILLE NEWSPAPERS

HISTORICAL CLIPPINGS FROM THE CASSVILLE NEWSPAPERS A~il

PEOPLE CAME BY HUNDREDS FOR HEALING EFFECTS OF MINERAL WATERS

12, 1961 - 100 years ago

Civil War Committee Honor Cassville In a letter to th e R epublican la st week, State Representative Bob Young of J asper county. who .is a member of th e Civil War Centennial Commission of Miss· Duri, said he plans to recommend to th e group that a marker be installed in Cassville d uring the centennial observance. "At the next meeting of the Commision," Young said in his letter "I expect to recommend

that ;imilar requests be made at both N eosho and Cassville for assistance in arranging approp-

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Th~ Jasper county legislator said the next meeting of the state-wide committee had not been set yet. It was recently appointed by Governor James T . Blair to act in conjunction with other sta te groups and the Na- ' tional Committee in commerating the Civil War of 1861 to 1865.

The House and Senate of Missouri Governor Claibourne F . Jack on's Legislature met at Neosho in 'October of 1861. A series of six resolutions were pre_ sented by Representative George G. Vest of Cooper coun ty, co mplaining of the action of Federal Troops. The resolutions were

passed and Vest then wrote the which was Act of Secession lpassed by the legislature at Neosho. It was at t his time that Union forces were converging on the N~osho area and th e legislature was hastily moved to Cassville and the first m eeting was held at the Court House h ere on October 31, 1861. J ackso n 's rebel legislature continued in session here until November 7, during which time delegates w er e elected to the Provisional Congress of the Confederacy.

Last Of Log School Buildings In County

During the time ot the growth of the town, the superior medi.tinal properties of the water were ascertained and established through a "strictly scientific analysis" by Prof. Chas. E. ·Waite. of the School -of Mines at Rolla. The total rr..ineral matter per gallon of 31 cubic inches was found to be 9.709 grains, and the ·water wa s said to contain Carbonates of lime and iron; Vlith magnesia, p otassa , soda, sulphuric acid, silica, a n d chlor ine. . The amount of mineral matter contain~d in the water of Mineral Springs was large, . €5:pecially so when compared with S0me of th e most cel ebrated sorings in the countr y. It W::05- believed bv aH who lived there and all w ho visited the sprin 6 t h "'.t there were "cures" contained in the water for almost every illness and since medicine w a's not too far advanced in that day a nd time, the secret of the sprin gs attracted like a magnet and persons suffering from all types of illnesses gathered for months at a ' time.

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Shown above js a picture of an early log school called Accident which was established in 1894 about 10 miles southeast of Cassville. The picture was given to Fred Meador by Mrs. Faye Priest, to be forwarded to Dr. Floyd Shoemaker, Secreta ry of the S tate Historical Society who is preparing to write a history of e arly Barry County Schools and who had asked Mr. Meador to assist him in finding a picture of a log school house of early days. The school was built in the spring of 1894 with the fir st term beginning that fali with Arthur Henbest, who now is living in

Cassvill e, as the teacher. At a meeting of the school board members and teachers on the fir st day of school the na me of " Accident" was chosen a nd carried through until the school was a~ol­ ished soon after the a bove picture was t a ken. Show n in front o f t he old building in the year of 1914 are the following students with their teacher, Alta Loftin. From left to rig h t! Ertie Lee, Mary Sisney, Hobert Channel, Faye Holman (in fro nt of teacher) Lora Sisney, Cleo Holman, Douglas Sisney, Ralph Lee, Marie Lee a nd one unidentifi ed student.

Mineral Springs Was Once A Flourishing Health Resort Town From the March 3, 1955 is a neat little city located five miles East of Cassville, the County Seat of Barry County, Me., and nine miles: east of Exeter. the nearest railroad depot. It is built upon a rolling point a ": hove the Springs; here are streets, parks and alleys; good boarding houses, the best hotel ' in the country, first-class stores. blacksmith and wood shops, drug stores, livery stables, . a convenient bathing house for cold or hot baths, with all the modern appurtenances, school and church facilities, ' a regularly organized school district - - in fact all the elements ')f a IDOdern town". When you enter the quiet little community of Mineral Springs today, with its business district consisting of a grocery store and with churcb and school and approximately ten houses completing the residential area, it is hard ~o realize that the above is a description of the city of Mineral Springs in year of 1880. This description was contained in a pamphlet which was published by the Geo. D. Barnard & cO.• Prs., St. Louis, Mo., in 1880. The founders of Mineral Springs desired that it should be a "refuge for the si.c k, where their maladies may be healed, and a quiet resort for those seeking relaxation from the cares, perplexities and weariness of business." The pamphlet was furnished to the Republican by Miss Margaret F. (Maggie) Bowers who lives in the Cassville corrimunity. She is a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Bowers. Miss Bowers stated that she found the pamphlet recently in a Bible which belonged to her grandmother. Her father, Timothy Arthur Bbwers, was born March 24, 1868 and came to the community north of Minei'a l Springs with his parents at the age of eight years in 1876. The plat of MineraI. Spring!!: '.vith Broadway forming the center and the Spring the place of beginning was surveyed in 1880. At that time there were two modern hotels, along with general boarding houses' and numerous ~'Here

business houses including a drug store, and two up-to-date general merchandise stores. There was also a n ewspaper as the "Republican" of Exeter was moved to Mineral Springs and in. Jun~ 1882 was being published at that ' point by ·W. M. Ross and W. P. Jones. Several dwellings were bui~t on tbe land surrounding the . spring lOd during the summer months ~ when . all the pccomodations of the hotels and boarding houses Were taken · u.p, the tourists came intr the; to~ and set up tents on every available space. Old timers of the community say that .there is no way to estimate the popula-tion of the town at tnat ti,m e due to the fact that {here were always so many tourists there. Fit:.st class board or hotel accomodations could be had at from $2.50 to $7.00 per week and lots secured to the purchaser by a Warranty deed could be bough~ at a trUling cost. Materials for bwiding 'were convenient and were offered at reasonable rates. One of the beloved residents of the community during those years was Monroe Black. father, Of Cassville banker, Fred · Black , who ran a saw ~1l near the spring for several years before moving to 'Cassville,' and 'furnished lumber for the buildings. The t ourists who vi sited Miner~l Springs usual1y arrived at Exe_ ter, wh ich was the nea r est depot situated on the Arkansas Division of the St. Louis and San Francisco Railway ~ and then went on by stage to Mineral Springs. The time for the nine miJ.e trip from Exeter was only 1 Ih hours and the fare a , 'mere 75 c~nts, The ~ide in the stage was not unpleasant at all as the route t~k in the town of Cassville and the beautiful stream of Flat Creek, and during the summer- months 'the roadside was bedecJ,ted with flowers. The trip by train was recommended as the distance ' from the railroad station in Exeter was so short that invalids could make the trip with perfect ease. The Spring was first called Panacea, with Panacea Post Office

which was established about 1879, being the address, but was later changed to Mineral Springs by the promoters of the city, probably for advertising purposes as the water contained. mineral ' substances which were said to have great curative powers. And people came to the resort by the hundreds, for there seemed to be no illness that the water from the s}>ring -could not cure. According to advertisements some of the diseases that would yield readily to the gentle effect of this water were: "rheumatism, scrofula, dropsy; chronic sore eyes, paralysis, diarrhea, diseases of the kidneys, bladder, etc., dea fness, asthIDa, and torpidity of the liver." The chalky or yellowish formation which was a deposit of the water, and often accumulated on the rocks to a "depth of six inChes" was tested by parties who visited the Spring. Some ate it, others applied it as a salve to skin blemishes, and, ' according to the claims of that day, - - "in each instance it has been as it were the'l "Balm of Gile ad". The promoters of Mineral Springs described 't heir town in 1880 as being "high above all miasmatic and malarial influences, in the midst of a dense fores1 of majestic ' oaks, whose cool, refreshing shades seem a perpetual invitation to the sick and weary;" The first peculiarity of these valuable and celebrated Springs that came into prominence was a yellowish, chalky formation or deposit on 'the rocks over which the water flowed. When the residents of the are~ realized that the waters were valuable, word spread and if\, a period of about a year, the wild forest was gone and hundreds of people were gathering there. The town grew up on the surro~nding mountains as if by magic_ The country was mountainous, picturesque and interesting to the lovers of nature, with the Rock House cave . and the stream of Roaring River, with .~ts sub": lime scenerYI adding to the beauty, "bursting forth , trom the JDOWltain clift a full grown river - - as grand as Niagara itself",

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HISTORICAL CLIPPINGS FROM THE CASSVILLE NEWSPAPERS Letters testiiyihg to the curing powers of the waters were published as an advertising medium in the year 1880 These letters were from various places, and were written by people who had visited the spring and benefitted greatly from it. Some of the statements printed as testimonials

read in part as follows: Under date of Sept. 28, 1880: HI took my son to Mineral Springs in Barry County, Missouri, and he was so afflicted with infla~ matory rheumatism that be was almost unable to walk, and had

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.cured." . Another letter addressed to the "Proprietors Mineral Springs. Barry County. Missouri" reads in part: "Allow me to say tha t after spending hundreds of dollars for remedies, and suffering for fifteen years from dyspepsia and rheumatism, 1 have. after three weeks use of the Mineral Springs' water. become as stout as when a boy, and now make a regular hand at work~ and feel ~s well as ever in life". Still in another letter the writer states that he has been unable for more than three ye:ars to do any work whatever and at least half the time confined to his bed with dyspep· sia, torpidity of the liver and consumption. He used the' water for six weeks and was so thoroughly restored that he could be up al; the time and work and uwhile only 19 years old, feels confident that by the use of the water he could :vet realize what it is to live." There Seemed to be almost nothing that the waters could not heal as another visitor to the Spring stated that for tour ,.ears he had been suffering from "indilestion, vertigo, and almost an entire depletion of his nervous sYstem, and after having tried the ~ues .o f the sulphur waters of Texas, Nashville, Tennessee, Indian TerritorY, Missouri and Arkansas without relief", he came to MIneral Springs · and derived greater beneftts from the- use of the water ~re than any and all remedies he had ever fpund: A carpenter used the water in 1880 to restore his eyesight which was so impaired that a great portion of the time he was entirely blind. And, according to his testimonial his sight was restored so that h~ could return to work after eight months' use of the water. There was also good fishing and hunting in that area dUl'ing those

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days even as there is now, and the promoters of the town and owners of the businesses. entertained the guests with these' sports. It was stated that the sportsman or hunter who desired to penetrate the wilds of the West and chase the panting deer in its accustomed . hornet could here find a field in which to amuse and delight himself scarcely excelled. Without baving ,to encounter 'any rough and rugged. mountains, he could find on every hand and in every quarter, the finest specimens 'of fish and every cltaracter "f game. Old timers living in the community . now enjoy remembering when the town was a "boomtown" and Mr. Bob Brandon, who has been a resident of this community siQce the year 1881 re· calls vividly the numerous business places, bath house, hotels and of the great numbers of people that visited there each year. He recalls also that at one time the site was considered as the location for the' sanatoi'ium. but that for some ' reason it was not built there but at Mt. Vernon. Mr. and Mrs. Brandon tell of when the mail was carried on pack horse trom Cassville" each day by a CoL Will Holliday who "ran" the route, whIch at that time was the Shell Knob Route. but is now the Cato Route. They say that their mail service in those days was very prompt and it upset the old Col. greatly if he was even a few ,minutes late in dashing through the countryside with the mail. And, accordlng to Mr. Brandon, the G. A, R. Post at Mineral Springs was ,'ery active during the early years and in 1886 or 1887 there were 135 members enrolled and the G. A. R. hall was' over one of the store buildings. Each year tbe Mineral Springs Post held annual Campfires and Reunions with large a~ndance; however, sometime previous to the year 1890, )the Post, there· combined with the Cassville Post and from that' came our American Legion Annual Reunion of today.

Mr. Brandon recljlls that about !he ;rear 188:\ a man by· the name of Henry Lohmer arrived in the CGmIDunity and lived in one . of the boarding houses there. Upon being told b;r a blind man that there was a huge body ot. water in behind the spring openmg, .J.VlI'. Lohmer had the idea to blast the spring area and find the Jake.

Having a whole lake of this wonderful mineral water would add greatly to the popularity of the resort. Whether this was merely a Joke enjoyed by the blind man or whether he actually had some basis for his story of the lake is not known; however, "Judge" Lehmer took the story seriously and about 1886 he began blasting 'around the spring in an a'ttempt 'to locate a big lake ot the precious water But, unfort'mately, he found no large .opening behind the sp~ing. and only succeeding in disarranging the grounds surrounding the spring. Evidence of the blasting is visible now as ·the concrete on the outside of the spring house is torn away and broken of'l, said to be a result of this venture. This blasting incident also caused damage to the bath house which was located .by, ,nd it eventually had to be tom 'down, along With ruini~ the basin which had been erected to catch the water coming from !be spring. Aft~r all this activity surrounding the Spring' : and after enjoying some very. prosperous years, the town began to go down. During the years of 1888 to 1890, some of the largest holders of property in the community decided that more and better business opportunities for the year around existed in Cassville And surrounding towns, and the business houses began to close down as the owners left for richer grounds. One of the hotels which was owned by JD. P. (Pat) Pharis. was moved to Cassville and stood across the street from where the LeCompte Lumber Company now stands. but it eventually burned. down. The, store which was operated by S. R. Reynolds and also another hotel which was operated wefe either closed or moved away. The "Re_ publican" newspaper was moved to Cassville and various other businesses were moved or closed and, as the .activities of the town began to slow down and the promoters to move away, the tourist trade also began to slacken. Although until just a few years ago there have always been visitors to the Spring to use the water, the great groups that came in the early years were never experienced again. Mr. and Mrs. Brandon remenlber many humorous things that have happened during their lifetime in and around Mineral Springs, . but one that remains

HISTORICAL CLIPPINGS FROM THE CASSVILLE NEWSPAPERS very clear to Mrs. Brandon is the . arrival of the' first car on the scene. It seems that the new 'contraption, owned . and being driven by Mr. Dave Dingler of Cassville, came into town at an unthought of rate of speed and Mrs. Brandon's two girls who were doing their chores in the yard were so scared that they rushed to the house and refused to return to their work until they could no longer hear the roar of the car engine. The town today is much smaller with there being little evidence left of the "city" that existed there in the 1880's, and the grocery store which is owned and operated by Mr. Frank Ryan is the only busi'ness building left. This store buildin~ was erected about 1913 after the one that previously stood there was destrcyed by fire. Although there was a cooperative ; canning factory which operated around 1925, only the _building remains, the factory having not operated for several years. The Spring, which is located-e.bout 250 yards down a steep incline· directly behind· the store building is still producing crystal clear water, and has never failed or seemed to show any decline and the concrete trough which now catches the water was built in 1912. Mr. Brandon remembers the date because it was just two days before the bonds were voted to build the Cassville Courthouse. CASSVILLE REPUBLICAN THURSDAY. NOV. 14. 1963

COUNTY COURT HOUSE 100 YEARS AGO

In 1876, Henry McCary read an interesting paper at the Centennial celebration July 4, which was held in Cassville, in which he told that when he first came to this place (in 1837) there were but a few houses from Springfield to Washburn Prairie. In the immediate vicinity where Cassville is now located there was only one house, that Col. Littleberry Mason. The house stood just south of Cassville on the old Washbur~ road on the north side of the road from the Cliff Edmondson and Dr. A. A. Mickel farms. There is a number of trees in the field there at the present time. The house was a two story log house with a porch which ran the entire length of the house on the south side of the building. The first house built where Cassville now stands was built and occupied by William Kerr and family. It stood just across the street east of the present Farmer's Exchange - Builtiing here, about where the residence of Mr. and Mrs. John WallE'n now stands. It year they were -appomted Commissioners and $5500 was appropriated to erect a two-story brick Court House. The contract was

let to William Young and Abner V. Neeley for $4995, but failing to complete the building it was finished by D. P. Pharis. is not known the exact year tJ1at Kerr built the residence here but it apparently was in 1844. At the time that Cassville was surveyetl in June of 1845 there were only three residences in sight. They were those of Littleberry Mason's on the Washburn Road, William ' Kerr's, and a house built and occupied by the John O. Burton family near where the Crystal Springs Trout Farm is today. Everything west 'o f Kerr's home was Blackjack brush and native tim- , ber. Following some stormy sessions in the Barry CO'!1nty Court it was finally decided in June of 1845, that the permanent seat of Justice was to be located at William Kerr's house· and ordered that the town of Cassville, named after Han. Lewis Cass, a Michigan Democrat, be surveyed. A jail was ordered built, which was done. In June, 185( W. G. Townsend, M. L. Wyrick, and L. J. Blankenship were appointed a committee to secure plans for a new Court House.

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Broadway still simmers bleak- has been whaeked to a fourth its Old Flour Mill Operated By James Shepherd ly unattractively in the noonday former Size, but it is also barren Was Like Many Throughout County Stm. of customers. Monett now has almost a dozen Merchants come coatless ' ',~o " work and call nearly all their'cus- small plants, turning out everything from baby !Shoes to upholtomers by name. stered church pews. Thev hire But it soon b~omes eVIdent more, -than 7~ persons. EDITOR'S NOTE - Relentless· that nothing is really the same. Monett was spared one problem Jy the lifeblood of America's As a young dentist, Dr. O. J. that haunts us' metropolitan taxsmall towns ebbs away. Busi· nesses close, farms are fore~ Brandt came here 40 years ag\)o payers. Its school population has closed. population dwindles, the He thinks only he and Ross E. remained almost unchanged. This year's graduation class was steam engines and roundhouse are Shadel, a jeweler, are doing busigone, ranch houses covet the cir- ness at the same location. Only a _unusually small, only 69. That is cus grounds, new names are over few firms remain in the same two fewer than graduated' in mY old stores. But a Washington family, an excellent though sober- class of 1930. In sharf, this was a fine place newsman making a nostalgic jour· ing study in human and business to learn about people, people like ney to his boyhood home finds mortality. Old man Wimsatt's pasture, Logan D. McKee or Nick Hurny that not everything he cherished where that major event of -'boy- who would be swallowed up in a has left for the big city. hood, the circus, played each great city. By ARTHUR EDSON s~er! is now dotted with small For those of us who take our MONETT. Mo. (AP) _ On the pr9salC mdustry. . . living, and our joy from people outskirts of town a small highway Old man Wunsatt IS dead, 'of watching, a small town backsign reports that Monett's 'popula- course. I learr~ed only r~ently ground is hard to beat. tion is 5,359. that he had a flr~t name, Just as As an ex-boy, I'm happy to ackCasual passers-by wori't give it other people do; It was Marshall. nowledge this debt and to report a second glance or thought. But Out at 600 West Dunn, where the glad tidings that despite their to its residents,· and to those of us 48 years ago Mr. and Mrs. A. E. obstacles the small towns strug· who grew up in this southwest Edson brought their small son to gle on gamely. Missouri town, that simple mes~ a rural, three~acre place, all has sage is a triumph, worthy of loud · been subdivided. That h.uge ' gar~ Steam and waterpower flour uses. Residents of Barry and fanfare. den, where a boy could sweat ' it and grist mills like the above at n earby counties patronized the For in an urban age, when out until he was convinced that Jenkins were operated in all sec'· card ing mills and Woould brin;g cities grow bigger and bigger, hell must be an unending w~ed· tions of the county, but, like their wool and a load of grain and small places shril:l: smaller patch, has disappeared, and my -')utton shoe.s they have complete- to be made into flour and meal and smaller, Monett more than mother looks out on a lamentably ly disappeared. The only one now and stock feed. holds its own. citified scene. 1:1 operaUon is in the edge of The charge for the grInding But the railroad yards _·have Athough it has had to fight for Newton County on Capps Creek was generally paid for in gram its life, Monett is a trifle larger changed the most. and for the The Jenkins Mill was ·operated by James W ., Shepherd for many and wa-s a toll of one·eighth IJC than when. as a boy, I picked its worst. Once they had excitement years 'before he purchased an the grain ground. strawberries, bicycled painfuly and drama no metropolitan airThere are many older residents interest in the Cassville Milling up and happily down its Ozark port of today could match. Bells of -the county who have slept Co., and moved here. hills, and admired its switch en- clanged imperiously. Passengers In t he old da~ -;, there were LInder the '£>cratchy wool blankets gines nervousing about its bustling scurried in and out of the crowded mills at Viola, McDowell , Wash- and worn jeans pants and suits .itation. Huge oil-burning lo€omoFrisco Railroad yards. burn, Seligman, Exeter, Purdy, of clothes from wool to the mills. Re n' n tives shook the windows -'a~ they IMrs. Loftin who has the picU 10 • I. warmed Importantly to theIr great Monett, the Thomas and Marbut And so when the word came tasks. Mills on Flat Creek, CorsicanaJ ture, is a daughter of the late that my high SChu?1 grad~ating To visit the yards now is a disEagle Rock , R'oaring River and · Jo~ Hudson and has a slister. Pion E'er. The last to operate W8~ Mrs. Everette Jordan, also living class, cast loose ill ullfnendly tressful thing. at Pioneer by the Hutchens fam· in Cassville. Other children Sam 1930, was holding i~ flrs~ rewlion. Roundhou~e Gone. 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Pioneer Couple Recalls Old Times

to the railroad company. Most of this farmland was broken up with an ox t~am. "I was with my father when 11(> sol d a wa~~onload of Irish potatoe~ to Jeffries in Monett. At that time ' his was the only storc in Monett. Comparison Of Taxes "Father's laxes were $1.20 then. In 1933 I paid $60.02 on 69 a('J"('S in the Roaring River commlt!~i · ty . "A preacher, Brother Hammers, lived near where the New Ub· erty Cliurch' is nO\\I. His hou.;;c was blown dov/Tl in a sturm aild his two grown dal\~~;ltel'S, Liza and Norre w:~rc 1>1o\.vn out into

the YMri. Nor:, esea~)cd but Liza was ldlled. "Here are the names of some of mv schoolmate's at Kii"lgs Prairi'e: FJcmon. Eob, Joe, Sanl1 and Ida Dummit; Christ. Jal;c and Columbia Cartcl'; Franle Joe ancI Felix Jael{son; Marion H)J(! John Tate; Joe, Harrison and DO('k l\·leKinney, and ulhers I

can't rcml~mbcr. "Joc McKinncy \·vas my pal. He saved my life whe:1 we boy:went swimming in Little Flat Creek ncar Tom ' Calton l\'Jnl. Boyho~d

MARRIED 60 YEARS AGO last October, Mr. and M;s. Richard (Dick) V.,.=hittinq+on, above, wEdi~known residents. of .th.e E,dgle Rock Icommuni+Y. enioy reviewing pad events I~ the.r lives. With his wife's assistance, Whittington has compiled an autobiography which includes some interesting history of Barry County around the turn of th~ c~ntury. Exc:rpts from. th~ autobiography appear in today 5 Times. {Times EngravlnQ.

Former Eagle Rock Postmaster Writes Autobiogrcplly .

(ounty:Naiive,-Sorn In Log Cabin, Reviews Early Days In This Area A 'wcll-Imown Eagle Rock resident who can remember when there was only onc store in Monett has written an interesting account of Barry County history in the late 1800's. He is 82-year-old Richard (Dick) Whittington, for mer school teacher, merchant and Eagle Rock po;;tmaster. Whit· tington was aS5istccl by his wife in writing the account. Here are excerpts from Whit·

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tington's autobi.ography which hc sent to The Times: "I was born Aug. 22, 1872, on Kings Prairie five miles south· east of Monett. I attended school at Kings Prairie school· house; Jim Hoover was my firs.t teacher. "We lived in a log house. My fathet hewed logs and built. the house. He had 120 acres of land he first homesteaded and then had to buy as it was do'nated

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"As best a5 I ('an dt?',e rm inc. Jake Carter is the only' one elf my schoolmates still living. 1 wish som eo ne would tell me what became of my boyhOOd sw('etheart, JOIH'S. '1 think h~~~ name v.. ·as Maud Jones. "Our family mo\"ed ' to R6ar· i'lfT River about 1886. Tlum I att~nd('d scllool at Munsey. Sorne of my teachers were S. M. Cozad, Eldon Bare and John Plumm. "When I attended schoo l at Cas.sville, some of teachers werE' Prof. N. L. Maiden, Maggie Maiden, A. C. Farley, G. W. Pen· dergraft, H. M. Murry and E. A. Frost. "I received my certificate and taught school at Roach, Mt. Zion" Munsey and Eagle Roc!" all in Roarir.g River township. Mq:rried In 1894 "On Oct. 14, 1894,. I married Elca McDougald. We lived at E'a gle Rock, where \ve had a store and the post office for 18 years. We also operated th e mill .for several years. We ex · cha'n ged 38 to 40 pounds of flour for one bushel of wheat and sold flour at $1.50 to $1.60 per 100 pounds. Bran and mixed feed sold for 40 cents per 100 pound~.

HISTORICAL CLIPPINGS FROM THE CASSVILLE NEWSPAPERS Now flour is $8 and feed is $4. "Here are the names of some of our neighbors who lived near Eagle Rock' and have passed away: Mr. ann Mrs. Boon Had· docl{, Mr. and Mrs. Rause Had· dock, Mr. and Mrs. Dock Skel· ton, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Elam, Mr. and Mrs .. Bill , Ayres, Mr. and Mr5. John Easley, Mr. and Mrs. Ned Easley, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. Morse Far· well, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Tuck. er, Mr, and Mrs. Elbert Ba;ll; "Dr. and Mrs. C. G. Kelley; Mr. and Mrs. Orran Kelley, Mr. and Mrs. Hadlow, Mr. and Mrs. Geo.rge Reed, Mr.- and Mrs. J. N. Garrett, Mr. and Mrs. John Whit· tington, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Whit· tington, Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Ma· loney, Mr. and Mrs. Dean Bur· ris, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Garner, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Skelton, .lvIr. and. Mrs. Elisha Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Curry, Mr. and Mrs. John L. Morton; , "Mr. and Mrs. Henry Reading. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dell, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Couch, Mr. amI Mrs. William COUCh, Mr. and Mrs. Ruben Gee, Mr. and 1\1rs. Bud Munsey, Me. and Mrs. J01:r. Munsey, :Me. and Mrs. Bill Cor· nell and Mr. and Mrs. Shade WaUen. l~ildin9

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"My hobby has be-en building. I have built five barn~. r~mod­ eled and built Ulf:!'~ 0\\ ~dl~ngs, a pml1try house and basement, put water in dwelli'lg~l and poul. try houses, built hv') g<.l~~gf.s, fOLlr ~,moJ{e houses, two ceDars, a concrete bridge and. claPl acnss, Roarin~ River ar.'.l a stone store building at Eagl·: Rock "At one time 1 bOl\ght 2,500 railroad ties, SP;lt them down the 'j ," slide 'in io \Vhitt,~ Ri\'Er, nailed them into rafts and floated th€'m to Branson. "We have had 11 cl'pLans and poor children in our home. Forty·orie girls have worked in Oltr home. More than 100 men and boys have worked for us one day or more. Here are some of their names: "Albert Pierson; George Miller; Bill, John and Jim Rvller·; Lige and Frank Shrum; Sime Perse; Fred and JOllll PuIfis,h; Sam, F:'ank and ShE'nn8n Smith; Joe Lowder; Otis, Bill and Bert Hadlow; Bob, Jim, Chi-_'t rley and Amos Garrett; Harvey, Grant and Ferlon Aldridg2; George a"d Loyd Wilson; W. H. Dean, Ace and Alva Burris; Jim Carter;

John Pruitt; Rube and George Gee; A~thur and Alher>: :VTale· ney; Henry and Elmer Readin.!i:; Finis, Silas, Arthur, Eidoll, Ethel, Edd , Buford,' Ellis, Loyd, Varl and Alvis Ball; "Lawrence Priest; Edd Van· derpool; Kenneth Coatney; Abe, Sidney and Jim Hall; Cap, Char· ley" Everett and Earl Bradford; Chester Perryman; Chris. ~as­ ley; Noel Curry; Tim Bowers; Bob Brannum; Carl Hollie}ay; Bill Zill iox; Calvin Russell; Tom Stapp; Alfred Haddock; Luther Black; Fat Thomas; Joe, L.uk~, Verlon and John Stri'nger; Hen· ry Cooper; Aaron Gahn; Bill, ieff and Jim Arnold; Bill Kings· land; Bill Carroll; Jim Alyea; Mr. Logsden; Monroe and Wil· lie Edie; Other Names "Charley To\U'ler, Alfred Med· lin ; Mat Edwards; Shorty An derson; Amos Horner; Frank Brewer; Paul Heffley; Frank Scroggins; Teet Gautney; Jack Preston; .J ess Long; Albert and Austin Broci{; Bill Faulkner; Bill Weston; Charley Mc~abb; Etton Edwards; Richard Nee; Howard Weekly; Bill Gilmore, Ami Mor· ton and ·Charley Skelton. "In closing, I wish to say tl:1at T appreciate the good work each and , everyone of theE:.e boys did for us. According to my infor· mation, about one half of them have passed on. "1 hope and pray that we rrt'<3'\' all meet again in a world where the work will be over." .. ~-lere are the names of . fe',Y sti ll living who are betwec) .; the as',;s of 75 and 83: "Bill Easley, Lizzie Bril(.ford, Mr. and Mrs. Silas Ball and 1\'1)". and r,lrs. Finis Ball, Jim Cell t~f. Mary Prier, Zona Curry,. !~eal'l (Archer) Russell, Me. ;,;1(1 Mrs. J. T. Dunlap, now in Springfiel:l. and Charli:= Towler. Mail On Horseback "In 1905, when we to"k 0V~1' the store and post office <:!t Eagle Rock, mail wa5 carj. i(~l un horseback from Cassville. 0; It! time 'when snow was on the ground. Nath 'Dell, the m3.il car· rier, came in carrying rhe :na :1· bag an his back, leadij1.g · hi;.: pony. "Eggs were five cents a do/.· en, hogs three cents a potln:l. ca ttle were three cen ts a pound and sheep from $1.23 tv $2.50 per head. Vve sold l11~'n·s. shoe::. at $1.25 to $2.25 per pair, prints for five and six cents per ya~d

and men's overalls for 73 Ce!)lS to $1 per pair. "In the early 1900',,:; there were no highways in the E:l.gb Roek community. Now \-\'e ilave highwa:ys in all dired;on.s in addition to three low water bridges on Roaring River ~f!d three on White River. "I went to Springfield with a wag'}J1 and team on ('e. It took two and a half days each way. Now we can tab:~ a trllcklo.a d of cattle, sell th~m a~d return by lour o'clock. We now nave elect:ricity for ligitt.'i. and cool-: ing -and all kinds of farm rnachinrr.v we clid 11 It ha\'p when I wa~; a Loy.

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The above picture, . taken at where Highway 44 now c-omes in- ed for several years. He was a Roaring River in the year 1907, to the park area, At the time deputy sheriff under Sheriff wa~ sent to the Republican office the road was known as the De- Goodnight and was constable by Mrs. Florence (Davis) Turner witt Road being named after a there and also at Eagle Rock when of Cassville. man w1io operated a store there' the family later moved to -that Shown standing in front of the sometime before this picture was community, prior to coming to dwelling and store building are taken. the Roaring River a-rea to live. The group in the picture are H.e r Grandmother Wallen was a Mrs. Turner with her parents, grandparents and a neighbor boy. standing on a small strip of Tucker, daughter of 'Uncle James' From left to right they are Ches- ground at the edge of the old Tucker who also was a soldier in ter Preston" whose father, Ike roa"d which rein next to the river. the Civil War. Mrs. Turner's Preston owned and operated the The picture was taken from a mother, who was the oldest child old grist mill which stood where footbridge across the river. of the late E. S. and Catherine the hotel now stands; Mr. and Mrs. Turner was raised in this Wallen, passed away several years Mrs. John Davis, Mrs. Turner's area and has many ,pleasant mem- ago and her father, Johnnie Davis mother and father, her brother' aries of her childhood "'there. Her now lives with her in Cassville, and sister and' to the right, Mrs. ! grandfather, John Davis, known after having lived near' stony Turner. I as "Uncle John", a 'soldier during Point for several years. This picture was taken in front the Civil War, came to Barry There are probably several of the residence of Mrs. Turner's County with his family from Barry Countians who will regrandparents which was located Tennessee soon after the war and member the men shown in the between the river and the hill I setUe;d in Washburn where he liv- Ipicture and their families.

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this group was a 'banner' class. Class members in the first row, left to right, are: J G. Henderson. Miss Hattie Walker, Amy Bennett (Mrs. Fletcher Dodson), Alta Robberson (Mrs. Jas. Jefferson) · Pearl Lynn (Mrs. Walter CampbelD, Tela Bennett (Mrs. R. DI McNelD, Bertha Myers (Mrs. Jas. Morton), Vena Bennett (Mrs. Fred Lowry), Ora Hemphill «Mrs. Jona Stockton).

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PRIMITIVE HEADSTONE ACQUIRES ANAME ANI ADATE ··1861·1961 A grave marker which has stood for over 100 years in Barry County virtually unknown is identified by Mrs. George England of S. E. Barry County. Mrs. England gives the following story: In 1923 we moved to the Sterling Hailey place, on Rock House CreekJ in the Hailey community. We ' rented this place for several years before buying it from the Hailey heirs. On the northeast corner of the place there was what appeared to be an old house place and nearby was three mounds. One of the graves was that of an adult and was marked by a roughly rectangular I lime stone. The stone was set solid into th,e earth, in a vertical line and stood about three feet above the ground. . When we drove the cows In from this field or picked gooseberries at this site, I many times wondered, " Who might b e bur-

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verifies Mrs. Hart's story as given in 1923. One day last fall, November 26, 1961, in fact, one hundred years 'after the beginning of the Civil War, I walked down into the field with my hammer and cold chisel and cut on the old mossy stone, William Moore. Below his name I chiseled the dates, 1861-1961. I had no idea the exact date of his birth. This date is not to be taken as such. Another member of this family is mentioned in early Barry County History. George Moore, a 19-year-old boy. was hanged to the old bell post in Cassville at the close of the war. He was suspected of robbery and murder and was hanged by a posse. Past history is ' m0st informative and interesting. Sometimes we find it's facts terrifying and brutal. And I feel that we are all thankful that destiny finds us post Civil War generations.

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When Flora Anderson Raymond, a Chicago artist, read the above she immediately asked if she might paint a picture showing Rev. Carter walking through the woods memorizing and reading his Bible. She was supplied with a small snapshot. It was really not adequate for her to make a perfect likeness of this venerable man and she was delayed .in her work. Finally the work was finished but it was too late for Brother Carter to see it, as he passed away to his reward in November 1955. Mrs. Raymond, the artist writes, "it was indeed a pleasure painting Rev. Carter walking through the Ozarks, reading the Bible. He is going on as before, we are sure of that. I I A number of Rev. Carter's friends who saw the picture could recognize him in his trek through the woods with Bible in hands. Rev. Carter was a native of Barry County and it is doubtful if any minister in the county knew so many people so intimately and held them in higher regard,. Those of us who knew of his great work could 'not have had a higher regard for anyone because of the great work left behind when he passed away. Rev. Carter was bom in Allen Bend on Kings River near Viola. Mrs. Carter preceded him in death but he is survived by nine devoted children who realized the good work he left behind. They are: Mrs. Ethel Ball and Mrs. Lorene Ball of Eagle Rock, Mrs. Mary Westpheling of Shell Knob. Miss Elsi e Carter Elting, Washington, D.C., Virgil Carter and Ellis Carter, Cassville , Ben Carter, Shell Knob, Mrs. Minnie C rawford, Salina, Kansas, and Spurgeon Carter of South Carolina .

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A MEMORY Today, in p'e hUIs I chanCed to be Deep in the Ozarks, that mean much to me And among other things, We were over to the river, Kings. There they shOWed me a stake That soon will be the edge of the lake. As I stood and looked around, I wondered how water could cov-

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Because of the great work for a better world the Rev. J ames A. Car~ tee. known throughout this section of Missouri and Northwest Arkansas as an authority on the Bible and a man who devoted his life for better things, attracted favorable attention by tourists who came in contact with him. This was the case when he met Wilbur P. Robinson of Chicago who was spending ' sometime at his place near Busch, Ark. t , when Rev. Carter was on one of his visits there for service. Mr. Robinson was spending his vacation at his newly acquired home at Busch and because of gas rationing did not make a trip of 44 miles to his own church but attended the service conducted by Bro •. Carter on recommendation of neighbors. "We were scarcely prepared for so devout a man as the Rev. Carter of Eagle Rock. Although past 70, Mr. Carter arose early Sunday mornings and walked 16 miles to the church. He would retum on foot the following day", Mr. Robinson wrote in the Christian Science Monitor. "Recently, friends of his in the hills passed through troubled waters. As a good -neighbor he went to live with them to help in the home. Every evening at bedtime for more than 50 days of his stay he recited for the family a chapter from ,memory. There was selected from different parts of the Bible _ a different chapter each night."

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WblJellviog·on White River be bad charge ,of the Easley f~rry "od aflier .bt' battle Pea Ridge moved to Springfield. In 1868 be ret.urned lio this county. locating on tbe pJ~ where be died, (our miles southeast of Cr.eavllJe. . 10 1874·5 be waf 8uperlnteodent of tb.e public IloQoolli of tbis county and

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Of the years gone by - and the fun I've had when we'd come, On many a summer day, Along this river to fish and play. How down the hill, full of vigor and vim, We'd dash into the water for a swim. Then to the gravelbar ' and a pile of sand To dig and build according to plan. And when our energy was getting low Down the river we woW-d go. Quietly along the bank we'd creep To where the water was still and deep; Out of its depths there would appear, It seemed almost from nowhe~J A bass of enormous size, Looking straight into ou.r eyes. When we'd tempt him with a worm, He'd only glare with unconcern. Try and scare him - he'd still remain, To prove he was king of his domain. Finally we'd give up in despair, ITo t$e that monster from his lair, So, we'd satisfy ourselves with

line and po Ie To catch som.e prech from that hole. When at last when ' the sun was low. Back over the hill we would go With fish on a string, eight, nine or ten, Just to prove we were fishermen; Though not as eager as when we came, But hungry and happy just the same. Now, back to the present, I :tear That boys of today can't fish here; For progress comes· and the hand of man Will harness the resources of the land. Even though it'~ hard to take They're changing my river into a lake. What then will be left to me, Can only be a memory. And these memories will soon disappear In a· new generation that will bf living here. For they can't find that fishin~ hole In so much water deep and cold, And little will they realize as the; float Over the lake in a new faftJled boat; That far beneath them there onCE roamed, The races of men in the ages gone, Some seeking food, some subUine Making footprints in the Sands of time. As these experiences can ne'er -again be Repeated in future history, I'll always have as you can see A most pleasant memory. -By Bill Bryant

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Joplin Pastor Fin ds Strange Ways NOV 22,

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Lead Mell to God. OPLIN, MO. - There pron· ably aren't many ministers who have heard a man cry out his faith and acceptance tlf God while they were crouched in the crowded rear quarters 01 an armored money truck, a shotgun jabbing them in the back. This, of course, ranks as the

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Ozarks, while sitting and fishing with a friend beside a stream or lake or in many .other ways that might seem unconventional to many people and most ministers. Thurman (he prefers to be both known and called by his first name) is pastor of the Forest Park Baptist chUi'ei1 here. It has more than 2,400 members and is the largest in Joplin (40,000 population). He came to the church as pastor more than 30 years ag:o -in October or 1932-and has been there since. The ' church had about 200 members when it called him as pastor. But about the matter of the armored car and shotgun: It was not as ominous as it might first appear. But it serves to show how Mr: Kelley has so often gone to the man and the problem instead of waiting. OQe of two armored truck operators in Jop~in was a faithful, indefatigable worker in . the church. The other was not, but one day he seemed suddenly to grasp what had been told him about God. His companion telephoned the pastor and they drove to Mr. Kelley 's home. The pastor did not suggest waibng until Sunday to accept the man in church. He didn' t

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basketball court and gridiron and sprinted to the truck. As is often the case, the man was a little timid. "Let's get into the back of the truck," the man whispered. The other armed guard went to the driv· er's cab and Mr. Kelley and the burdened man queezed into the rear compartment. "It was a curious thing," Mr. Kelley recalls. "I had a strange feeling in my back-a sawed.off shotgun on a rack kept jabbing me in the ribsbut there was' a wonderful feel· ing in my heart, and I'm sure an even more wonderful feel· ing in the heart of the man who had accepted God." Mr. Kelley has very strong feelings about the matter of winning men to the church. Perhaps it is because he is such a regular guy himself that he has succeeded so well. For example: How does a Cox hunt in the rugged Southwest Missouri hills sound as a suitable setting (or talking to a man about reli· gion? Off hand it doesn't seem to fit, does it? But let's have another look, through Mr. Kelley's eyes: There you are, sitting around a little fire on a rocky hillside in the chill night air. You can hear those old hounds as they work somewhere across the "holiers." A Scene to Remember. From your high vanlage point you can look out across a vast expanse of blue-black sky spot· ted with countless stars and a big, bright moon that sends ils soft light filtering through the barren, outstretched ~imbs of the trees. There's peace and solitude here. It's inspiring and big, bigger certainly than man could have create~, but something a man can enjoy and appreciate. And it isn't diHicult to see how it migJtt make a man start thinking. .Although the pressure of activities now do not permit him to enjoy fox hunting as he once dkl, it was in settings like those described that he often has won

men to the church. Sitting beside a stream or lake and fishing also gives men a chance to cast aside the day's problems and talk and think about things. In this sit· uation Mr. Kelley-a very good fisherman-often has been Cia fisher of men," and with equal success. In these and countless other manly situations - maybe like ~etting down on a garage floor and tal'king to a man about God while he works on his car -Mr. Kelley has hit upon the approach the man could understand and accept. Grip of Authority. The reasons behind this persistent effort with men are twofold. First, he is a man's man who engulfs your hand in a steel-like grip when he shakes it. And because he has a theory about getting men into the church. HI{ you win a child," he says, "you have one person in church. If you win the mother she and the children will attend. But. he adds with a smile of satisfactiion, "if you win the man you have al1 of the family in church on Sunday, and probably for some of the other activities as well." He can and does joke about these things , too. For example, when the warm weather- of spring in the Ozarks begins to exert a diverting force he wm refer to the early morning service as being "for the Grand lake Baptists." This, of course, is a local joke which everyone hereabouts understands. Grand lake is in nearby Oklahoma where many area fishermen head on weekends. "Now you Grand lake Baptists,JJ he will say with a smile, "can all come to the early service, get in your day of fishing and be back in time for Train· ing Union." He knows the -tug of the fishing bug as well as the next man. Careful of Young. Everyone in the congregation

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HISTORICAL CLIPPINGS FROM THE CASSVILLE NEWSPAPERS knows about Mr. Kelley's work with children and the youth pro· gram which the church has sponsored. They know he helped found and still heads the ' Big Brothers farm here for wayward and neglected children and they know at least some~ thing about his ability as a bas· ketball player. But .p rob a b I Y only a few know Just how brilliant an athlete he was in high school here and at CassvHle, Mo. and later as ' a member of 'a professional basketball team. A few weeks ago Mr. Kelley, who IS 52 years old, passed the 30-year mark as pastor at Forest Park. It is ' the only church he has ever had and its con· stant growth since he took over as the pastor at $12 .50 a week in 1932 has outgrown two chaoel-s and is bulging at the sea~s now as preliminary planning is considered for a needed large addition.

Arrangement Still Pleasant. Thirty years is a long time a!ld it mighL be expected thRt there would be at least a ~mall segment of opposition in the church. It would not be unusual if there were-but none is to be found. And the pastor might be expected to become somewhat dictatorial and domineering over so long a period. But noth· ing could be farther from the situation. Mr. KeUey has turned down repeated efforts in recent )~ears to increase his pay.

Through the years he has conducted revivals from Kentucky to the West Coast and has become widely known through these efforls. This summer he accepted an i!,!vitation by Dr. C. E. Autrey, director of the division of evangelism of the Southern Baptist convention, to participate in a mission project in Hawaii.

Here, in Dr. Autrey's- words is why he was asked to go:' IIWe felt like he had ames· sage that the whole world needs to hear and that he could deliver it in a convincing fashion . . . and that he would leave an indelible impression ... We invite him to go with us to any place in the world wl:Iere we are responsi-ble for evan'gelism . We can use him anytime, anywhere when his church can spare him. "Thurman Kelley is onc in ]00,000," Dr. Autrey continues. "One of the unsung heroes of the Southern Baptist Convention. I doubt if any people anywhere on the face of the earth are more fortunate than the people of Joplin, to have this man live among them for 30 years."

(BV The Sfar's Own Service) The congregation outgrew two -was started, he became its OPLIN, MO.-The tall, thin churches and even now needs superintendent. man with the booming yet Heading Big Brothers was a gentle voice who knew so a second service every Sunday bigger job in itself than many morning to · accommodate the much about them from men could handle. But Mr. KeJtimes of joy and sorrow was crowds. ley continued as its superinstanding before them for the . Although he had been offered tendent. along with all his other last time as their preach,er. some of the largest churches in duties, until this year. the nation and had received the A few weeks ago he accepted 1 9 6 4 Though he was struggling with DECEMBER 6, nearly every ounce of his plaudits of leaders in the South· an invitation to hold a revival in . stre 6th to conceal his own sor- ern Baptist convention, Mr. Kel- Kentucky. When he returned ley has been known by everyone home he had to enter a hospirow, th~ Rev. Thurman Kelley, on a first-name basis, even to tal for a brief period. for once, was only partly suc- some of the children. Mr. Kelley had been in hospicessful. Redness circ1ed his eyes He likes it that way. He often tals several times in recent and there was a lump in his has said that if children felt years, and several months ago tl1roat. close enough to him to call him was considered to be in serious He did not want to leave. And by his first name, they would condition. the hundreds who overflowed never be afraid to go to him In spite of these things, the es· teem in which he is held by his the big auditorium of Forest with their problems. Park Baptist church Joplin's On balmy Sunday mornings, congregation was indicated largest with about 2 500 mem- when there would be a few emp- about two weeks ago when acbers, did not want hi~ to leave ty seats, he was likely to inquire ceptance of his resignation was But the doctor had decreed about "the Grand Lake Bap- placed before the members. Mr. Kelley must give up the tists." This was a reference to Most would not vote at all. Only heavy duties he had borne so nearby Grand Lake in OklahO' a few hands showed on the vote long. rna, where, he strongly suspect· of acceptance. And some voted It was nearly 33 years ago ed, some of the men were fish- not to take the resignation at that the strapling country boy ing instead of being in church. all. Mr. Kelley will not give up the from the Southwest Missouri' He would liked to have been hills of Barry County had come with them-on any day but pulpit altogether. He never will to Forest Park, fresh from Sunday. as long as he can stand behind Southwest Baptist college in Some years ago he took an ac- the lectern. Bolivar. "I'll take a little country tive role in just about everyAs he delivered his final ser· thing in Joplin. But the pressure church around here someman to them last Sunday, there of his ever-growing congregation where," he explains. And the were perhaps a dozen persons in made it .1ecessary to put aside thought of it rekindles a twinkle the auditorium who were in the many of .the outside activities. in his eyes. little church he came to in 1932. Several years ago when a "Yes, I'll get me a country The Rev. Thurman D. The rolls then numbered about unique project in juvenile care church where all I'll have to do Kelley_ 75. -a home known as Big Brothers will be to preach on Sunday."

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RECREATIONAL FACILITIES Three Bridges Cross The Lake Table Rock Lake extends some "1. miles up' the 'W hite River from Table Rock dam) 'and it will be crossed with only three -.bridges when at flood stage. The -three are: Kimberling Bridge on "Highway 13, only a few miles ;above the dam; Central Grossing Bridge on Highway 39, J about three miles south of Shell Knob; and the Farwell Bridge, south of Eagle Rock 'on Highway 86. In the original plans only ·~wo bridges were provided for by the Army ' Engineers, but it didn't take long for those living and developing areas in the center of the region, to take action and protest this part of the project. As a result the Central Crossing bridge was approved. It was pointed out by those of the central area that when ihe old Shell Knob bridge would be inundated to a depth of from 15 to 25 feet it would mean '~hat tourists, as well as those living in the area would be obliged to travel several miles -either to the east or west to get across the lake. It would make a hinterland of the area south of the lake for those on the north side, and the same of the north side for those living on the south side. It was then that the Engineers agreed to build the central bridge which will be known as the Central Crossing " bridg~. The other bridge is thQ- Farwell Bridge, referred to by some as the Eagle Rock bridge on Highway 86 , a ,few miles south ()f Eagle Rock. It is a bridge with high pillars and is only a few yards east of the bridge on what was formerly County road but which has been demolished. Another new bridge has been constructed on Highway 86 across the Roaring River a short distance north of Eagle Rock. The Farwell bridge is on the property homesteaded by the Farwell's more ~han 100 .years

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Lake is the developme-nt to be known a'S the Golden Circle Shores. It is a large section of land surrounding the city of Golden and lying north of Highway 86, which goes east and west along the . s:)uth side of "the ' area. It is bounded on the east by the Kings River, on the west by Owl Creek and on the north r.y the White River. It is a large ,p.~ninsula . with an irregular shore :line of some 40 miles, with a :nu:nD?r of various sized coves V'hlcb will make ideal locations 10r private boat dock's. The northern tip of the section is across the lake from the Needle'3 j. ,ye Beach area near the ·old Shelf Knob bLdge. A large voint of the section extends to a point acrcss the lake i rom ·"he Kings River public ·US2 area and on the northwestern tip is ·;;he ,nney Be·a ch public USe area: Across the · lake from the Vin·'2 Y Beach area is the Monett Boat Dock (formerly known as the No; 39 boat dock), at the west · end of the old Golden "&ridge on old highway 39, which has been changed to County M.

Indian Burial Ground Located a short distance east of Golden ' is an old Indiat;l burial grounds which will ·be under water when the "lake is fulL It is at this place. und a long overhanging bluff, 'where some geo· logists Unearthed a number of Indian skeletons along with many items such as pottery, dishes, arrow heads, animal skeletons, and other articles. These were ·o n exhibition at Gol-den about three years ago and it is reported that on that day some 4000 to 5000 persons visited the community to see the burial grounds and skeletons, one of · which was said to be of a Medicine Women .who lived abou~ .5.000 years ago, havihg been petrifled· while lYlIl~ Under a deep layer of ashes arid dust.

Curry Country Store About a quarter of a mile south of the Roaring River br~ge on Highway 86, is the Curry Ccuntry S:ore, ovmed ar.d

operated by Mr. and Mrs. Noel Curry. It is located at what js better known as Eagle Rock on the west side of the road at the· top of the hill. The present store builcling, which was occupied for th.~ first time in August 1958, houses the Country Store and the Eagle" Rock Post Office. Mrs. Curry is the postmistress and has he1d that position since November 1925, the date on which th.e store was started by Mr .. Curry. The store original· ly stood on the shore of Roaring River in the valley to the west of the present highway and north of its present ' location. Since it would he under wa"ter when the lake is full it was moved to its present site last year. In addition to a large .~rocery .stock the Curry Country store also has' a notion and nry goods department to meet the needs of families living in the area and tourists who frequent the highway. It also has a service and filling station. A pay telephone is also located near the store.

Bel Voir Acres One of the most advanced developments in the .Golden Circle Shores area is the one owned by Mr. and Mrs. Aval Bruton. The development is known as Bel Voir Acres (in French it means "Beautiful View Acres.") It is located on the top of a high bluff facing the north on the south side of White River. A large number of large building lots have been plotted and some have already been sold to persons for privat.e homes. A well 406 feet deep has been drilled at the highest spot of the lots, eiving the development running water at all times. Streets have been laid ouf and some partly graded. Lying south of the site of the homes will be· a 1600-foot air strip, with the north er.d facing the river and planes i when taking off in . that direc_ tion will pass over the White River. The air strip is planted to Bermuda grass and affords a fine landing field.

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Now, with the possibility of more large dams being constructed on the White River in Southwest Missouri, it has become necessary to rush excavation work in an effort to salvage as much as possible in the way of material which will tell us more about the people who lived in the region centuries ago. Each summer the UnivE':rsity of Missouri Sociology and Anthropblogy Department undertakes a 'field trip to excavate as many of the known Indian campsites as possible in the

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even thousands of years ago. Unfortunately, however, due to the U. S. Engineers' dam building program, many of these storehouses of history will be submerged under the water of numerous proposed reservoirs. For instance, much of it is now under hundreds of feet of water in the Bull Shoals lake on White River. This material and the story it could tell is lost forevf'r. Prior to the rising of the water level in the lake, however, a number of the more promising sites were excavated by archaeologists of thE' University of Missouri.

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WHO WERE th e first farmers in the part of this continent nmv called Missouri? How tong ago did they inhabit this region? Where did they live? What did they cultivate? · Why did they vanish? These questions and many more come to mind when a person gives a litlle thought to what form of human life existed in our State back before the records of history began. Next time you're Ollt in th€> fields, pause a moment and try to imagine the scene that you might have b(' E'n looking at from that position 1000 or perhaps 10,000 years ago. For most of us. the ta~k would be an impossibility, but an archa('ologist who had studied the area. might be able to describe the kind of people you would possibly see, how these people lived, played and worked. He could also tell what these early inhabitants ate, how they died and why they happem,d to be there in the first place. Missouri is rich in matf'riai which cont.dbutes to the knowledge of prehist.oric peoples who roamed the Middlewest hundreds and

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HISTORICAL CLIPPINGS FROM THE CASSVILLE NEWSPAPERS

Cassville & Exeter Railroad Makes Last Commercial Trip Along 4 Mile Route

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The pWture ab()V~ shows prep· ara·tions b.eing made by Mr. and Mrs. James Ashley and Jim, Jr., to make the finaJ return of a railroad ·car tQ Exeter after it was unlO:aded here on t.he Calss" v.ille and Exeter Railroad. TIl'i s was the last trip of its kind on Vhe nation's sh.ofltest standard

gua:ge commercial railway. The road is gOing out or! business. Wor,k started this week taking up switch lines and sa,lvaging ot.her matern.'al along the road. The main line wiE remain intaot until final a1Pproval for disband· ing is received by the Inter· stat~ Commerce Comntis:s ion.

The picture above, taken by the Demoor-a t for the Associa,t ed Press Wire P.hoto Se-rvice, ap. peared in newspalpers over tihe nation. Beauford Wilks, a railroad oLfucial, said the group has received requestd from collectors over the nation, wanting a souvenir 01 the road.

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It's a .sad day at Cassville. After 62 year~ the Cassville &. _Exeter railroad, shortest standard·gL!age. Independently own.ed and operated publlo carrier in the United States,. is making its final run-meanderli1g uphill through it~ vaHey to Exeter', 4.8 mll.es away, to ',return a'tl empty box-car to the' Frisco railway main line, and" having no turntable, coasting back home in re.verse, as it has done all tho~e year-s. To som~ people the .c. &. E. may have been oniy a · little old Shown in the above photo~ graph are, on the left, Frank Snyder, and his son, Wayne, working at .the new engine lathe recently installed in their shop at the Cassville Machine and Supply located at 306 East 10th Street here in Cassville. . The heavy-duty machine, which is the only one of its kind in a ' commercial shoo in this sec~

lion of the country, was purchased and installed last week because of an increased demand by the trade for a more complete service of this kind, the elder Silyder said. The new machine is longer than the old lathe which the Snyders retired. It is fully equipped for work for a machine of tltis .Jype, which includes thread

cutting for right and left threads, taper cutting, large pipe threading and similar chores. The machine . is of the selective geared head screw cutting type and has a 21 inch swing over the bed, together with '76 inch centers which will enable the shop to bcmdle virtually any kind of work that would b~sought in this area.

dinky railroad. To the people " of th,e Missouri Ozarks some 5;)· odd miles southwest of Springfield whom it served, it was a tra· dltion full of sentiment. Se'rt Anderson, whose father ,helped build It in 1894 and worked on it till 'he retired In th.e '20~s

•.. became its engineer and lived to see the engine named a1·, ter him,- with h.is na'me p~inted .on the c.ab. Harry Truman, when he was ~ newly·e·l~ted United States Senator, Mde to Ga':l~ville in a private car " with Engineer Anderson, who took pride in makini that rue:'! ' I!, -12 minutes. Cassville's school ohildren were taken for a round·trip ride every spring as soon as school was out, whe'n ' David Dingler was president, the only railroad pr.esident In the country who was also .th"e full ·tim.e locomotive engineer, as Robert L. Ripley's 4'Believe' It or Not" cartoon proclaimed . . • . The old C, &. E. has f1auled, in addition to children and a new United States Senator, a lot of milk and cream, eggs, straw· berries. a~ples, grapes, cann,ed vegetables, rabbits, hides and furs . crushed stone, hogs, wheat, cow~, sheep, goats and horaes, gasol .ne and oil . . . . Some other railroad somewhere will rh ave to tar::e oV.er the honored place of shortest sta~dard·guage In· ,"pendently·owned and operated public carrier, in our broad

C & E Railroad Ends Operations On September 10 CASSVILLE (Sp'=ciall-The Cassville and Exeter Railroad, long known as the shortest sta ndard gauge commercial railway in the nation. will suspend operations Sept 10. Fielding P. Sizer, president of the 4.5 mil.;'! line, said the board decided to halt service because of insufficient revenue. Dedicated on July 4. 1896. the railroad operated steadily bt;'!tween 'Cassville and Exeter until 1949 when it first encountered fiuancia'J du.ficulties. At that time, a group of Cassville businessmen purchased the road and had continued to operate it-with some interruptions-until

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ty officials shown here their oath ot office, after receiving their Certificates of Election from Chester Snider, Barry Co. Clerk, are Paul Henbest, Public

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HISTORICAL CLIPPINGS FROM THE CASSVILLE NEWSPAPERS Ac c ount appea red in paper April 1, 1954

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The" above photographs show the complete destruction wruch resulted from the tornado that struck the home of Mr. and Mrs. G eorge Blythe in the Ca to community late last Wednesday night. Several residents of the community are shown in the photographs

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trance to the cella r tmder the original found a tion of the house. porch. Sta nding on the porch is l In the upper left ha nd corner of the deep fre eze. the refrigerator, the bottom photograph ~ portion a nd to the left the electric stove. of the garage where Mr. and Mrs. At the top right corner of the Blythe spent the remainder of photograph is shown the floor of the night last Wednesday is the one room which r emained in- shown. The garage was not tact after the cyclone. Looking I damaged in the tornado. The east closely over the top of the re- lin e of the foundation of the frigerator the barn can be seen house was somewhere near the which was blown away from the edge of the r efrigerator doOl" eaves up. The second photograph which is shown opened in the gives some idea of the complete bottom photograph. Virtually all destruction of the, seven of the debris o! the home was home. The section of the house off the foundation and to the which is shown in all three pic- east. tures w as about 100 ft. east of the Photos by Fields StudiO'

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Shown above is a map dep~ct~ ing the new division of Barry County into north and south d istricts for the purpose of electing Associate Judges of the

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HISTORICAL CLIPPINGS FROM THE CASSVILLE NEWSPAPERS

SCHOOL SECTION Barry County Teachers

Blythe Home Wrecked By Tornado

Dr. Max Mathis - K.S.C., 1960 Ed. & Psych ..

Hutton To Post At K. S. C. Pittsburg

Or. James Timmons. K.S.C., 1959 Ed . & Psych.

Ben O. Hutton hal been 81>.pointed to tbe faculty of Kansas state CoUerle, P1ttaburg. Ken. His primary duty will be In the Placement Bureau where "he will be Assistant Director of Teach·

er Placement with teaching rank of Instructor In the Education and Psychology department.

Hutton, a native of Cassville. was graduated from Southwest Missouri State College, Springfield, Mo .• In 1958 with a B. S. degree in Business Education. He !tauaht BusJness and was principal of the Higb School at Fair Play. Mo., for 3 years. In 1961 he received the Master of Education degree at Drury College. Springfield, Mo. The past 3 years he bas been a counselor in the Carthage Public Schools, Carthage, Missouri. Hutton, son of Mrs. Ruth Hutton .and the late O. B. Hutton, is

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An article concerning the vai· ue of school board practices by Dr. James H. Timmons of Pitts· burg, Kansas, which was re· cently published in The Ameri~ can School Board Journal has been receiving nation· wide at. tention. The article is a result of a research study conducted by Dr. Timmons in which a scale was developed to assess the ·efficiency cf operation of local boards of· education in terms of practices employed by the board. Since the initial publication of the scale, ' reprints have appeared in several State School Board Journals and Research Bulletins. More than 500 requests from 39 different states have been reseived for copies of the scale for distribution in various state school organiza lions. Dr. Timmons, a native of Cassville, and son of Roy Timmons, joined the staff of Kansas State College of Pittsburg in 1959, after completing the Doctor's Degree at the University of Arkauaas. He had previously served as a school administrator in the sta te of Missouri. Mrs. Timmons is a daughter of for-

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For the first few years he was a member of the CHS faculty but later became principal of the Grade School where he has made an outstanding record in his work and was unusually popular with the pupils under his guidance. Mrs. Griffin has been employed in the First National Bank where she made many friends by her ever charming and courteous manner. Both wil1 be missed in the community where they have served so well.

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LARRY PURDOM Of PURDY NAMED fOR HIGHEST ffA AWARD AT K. C. Larry Purdom, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ora Purdom, Route 2, Purdy, will be one of the twelve Missou ri F.F.A . boys to receive the American Farmer Degree at the National Convention in Kansas City, October 10" 1962. The American Farmer Degree is limited to one boy for each 1,000 F.F.A. members. In 1957, Larry enrolled in Vocational Agriculture in the Purdy High School and was elected to the Greenhand Degree in November. His project program consisted of 5 dairy cows, 1 dairy heifer, 1 sow and 2¥.! acres of wheat. Each year Larry has increased his farming program in quanitty and quality. This community waS saddened to learn Tuesday of the death of Dr. Cedric Baker of Lake Charles, La. died Tuesday morning at 3 o'clock from a blood clot on the brain suffered the evening before while attending a meeting. He is survived by his wife, Margaret, 2 daughters, Janie of the home and Carolyn in Ger-

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er of Fayetteville, Ark., and one brother, Gerald, of Houston, Texas, and many relatives and friends. Dr. Baker was a native of Barry County and the son of the late Curtis Baker. He .graduated from Cassville High School in 1937. He began his supervisory- career in the Seligman SchOOl after World War II and served there as superintendent for five years, going from Seligman to Macks Creek, near Jefferson City, where he served four years as superintendent. He then entered the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville to work on his Doctor's degree, which he received in August 1956. He was superintendent of the Cassville schools for two years, 1956-57 and 1957-58 school terms. Dr. Baker was thought to be the first superintendent of the Cass~ ville School System with a doc~ tor's degree. In April 1958, Dr. Baker re~ signed from the Cassville schools to accept a position as Director of. Special Education at McNeese State College, Lake Charles, Louisiana with the rank of ::Associa te Professor.

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Doctorate Degrees To Seven CBS Grad!! From 1957·1962 Seven students who graduated from the Cassville high school during the period from 1957 tl1rough 1962 have received Doc": torate degrees. These findings were made .... la_H able by t.he N:ltional Re~ search Council .of,. .the National A(;ademy of Sciences. The council i$ conducting research into the school and community baekgrounds of people receiving third level research degrees. It is point-:ed out that this number does not include those students receiving medical degrees. The seven receiving Doctorate degrees duling this period arc Curtis -€edric Baker, 1937, Uni~ versity of Arkansa s, Education; Robert Earl Lee Blnck. CHS 1945, Washington University, Biology; Wayne D. Rowland, 1940 CHS ·grad. Southern Illinois University, Education; Arzell Leonard Ball, CHS 1943, Geo. PeabCldy iUniversity, Edllcation; James Harmon Timmons, 1943 CHS, University of Arkansas, Education; ianeth Turner Carpenter, CRS 1944 Florida State University, Psychology; and William F. Hall, CRS 1 ~J46, Missouri University. Speech.

Doctor's Degree To Bill Hall; On Staff Of Kirksville College Dr. and Mrs. William F. Hall and - daughter returnd to Colum... bia, Mo., after a visit with Dr. Hall's parents, Rev. and Mrs. Frank C. Hall of Cassville. Hall received a doctor of philosophy degree at the August Commencement at the University of Missouri. He received a B. S. in Education degree from Southwest Missouri State College, a M. A. · degree in Theater from the University of Missouri, and his doctoral work was in Speech Pathology with a minor in psychology and a collateral field in education. He has cer-. tification in speech pathology with the American Speech and Hearing Association and clinical _psychological school examiner's

certification with the State of Missouri. H a ll will be A ssociate Profess· or of Speech Pathology at the Northeast Missouri State Teach~ ers College at Kirksville, Mo:, this fall. Mrs. Hall received. her B. S. in Education Irom Northwest Missouri State College at Maryville. and her Master's degree from the University of Missouri. She was principal of the New Haven Elementary School the past year_ F. C. Hall, Mrs. Pauline Hick~ man and son were in Columbia Fridav to attend the Commenc.. ment - at the University of Mfs.... soud.

HISTORICAL CLIPPINGS FROM THE CASSVILLE NEWSPAPERS 1:WO FORMER RESIDENTS AWARDED FELLOWSHIPS T~ SUMMER INSTITUTES Two former Barry County r es idents who are now teachers in the· Carthay"'! school system, haVe been awarded fellowships to National Science Foun,dation summer institutes this summer at Kansas State college of Pittsburg. Eugene A. Varner, physics and mathematics instructor at Caethage Senior high, has been se~ lected to participate in the in~ stitute for high school mathematics and science teachers, while Edward A. England, junr ior high science instructor, will participate in an institute for junior high science teachers. Varner was employed in the Carthage system in January after graduation from Kansas State college. He was a Navy careerist and taught mathematics, physics, small arms and publications from 1950-54' at the Navy's Aviation Ordinance school, Jacksonville, Florida·. England is in his fourth year in the Carthage system. He will be enrolled in an 8~week course which begins June 12, at KSC. He was graduated from Southwest Missouri State col~ lege in Springfield and has at~ tended the University of Arkansas . Two years ago he attended a National Science Foundation summer institute at Northeast Missouri State College ni Kirkwood. England is a scm of former County Clerk and Mrs. George England, who now live east of Cassville.

Robert Sisney, son of Mr. and Mrs. K :mneth Sisney. preached the sermon at the morning worshil) service of the First Baptist Ch~rch Sunday. Robert is at~ tending PIttsburg State College at Pittsburg, Kansas. He and · Mrs. Sisney spent the week- enj here with their parents. Mrs. Sisney is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Brite of Purdy. Several from the Purdy community were present to hear Robert 's first sermon, including Mr. and Mrs. Brite, J ack Nickols, Judy Casper and Beverly Linebarger. 1962

STATE BAR EXAMINATIOJII Lynn Hoover, SOn of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Hoover of Cassville, now associated with the law firm of Terrell, Hess, Van Osdol, and Mvgruder in Kansas City, was one of 147 candidates to pass bar examinations last June it has been announced by the State Bar Examining Board in Jefferson City. Mr. .md Mrs. Hoover and in~ fant son are now making their home in Kansas City.

Seven Pierce City Teachers Hail From Barry County (Editor's Note: The following reprint is from the editcrial column of last week's Pierce City Leader-Journal, edited by forme r Senator Meredith Garten). Quite' a number of the teachers in the R-6 schools are from Barry county. Supt. Don Sater and Principal J ames Timmons are from near Cassville. Walter Purd om is from near Midway as is Mrs. Lucille Wormington Bennett, new commerce teacher. Mrs. Anna Belle Edwards, vocational home ec teacher, is also from Cassville. Max Mathis is from McDowell, and Jack Purdom is from Barry county. And there may be others_

Local and Personal Dr. and Mrs. Milford Sanders and daughter, Jean Anne and son, Mike, of Wichita, visited during the weekend with his parents, M.T. and Mrs. J. P. Sanders of Cassville and other bers of the family.

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ART WORK ON DISPLAY three regular art courses. She More than a dozen watercolor also organized an Art Club in paintings by Mrs_ Lanola Hodge the town of Pierce City. of Cassville are now on display Last year Mrs. Hodge studied at the Crowe Dinner House in with the President of the AmeriCassville. I can Watercolor Society, Mari e Shown above is Mrs. Hodge as Cooper, and this year with Edshe placed the finishing touches na Whitney, both widely known on the exhibit. A longtime York artists. teacher in Barry county schools, In addition to Mrs. Hodge's ~rs. Hod~e was employed by the interest in painting, she and her PIerce Cl~y school . four years husband, Loren, who is custodian ago and Slflce that tlme she has ~1t the Post Office here have organized an Art Department in done extensive work with cerathe Pierce City schools with , nics.-Sinclair Rogers Photo.

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Mrs. George England was bitten by a copperhead snake while in a shed near their home here early Wednesday morning. The snake; which struck Mrs. England's left foot just at the ankle, was killed by Mrs. England, after which she walked to her son's home a short distance away for first aid. She was then brought to the Cassville hospital by her son and was feeling no ill" effects of the bite later Wednesday morning, but remained in the hospital for treatment. Mrs. England is the wife of former County Clerk George England.

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Joe England Dies In Seattle, Wash. Joe England, former Cassville merchant and for many years a resident of Barry county, died at his home in Seattle, Wash., last week at the age of 81 years. Joe, who was a brother of former County Clerk G.eorge England, of Cato and John England of Purdy, came to the Purdy community with his parents in 1886, when the England family moved here from Kentucky. For several years he and his brother, George, were in th e hardware business in Exeter and then later he entered the mer' cantile business in Cassville. In 1940 he went to the west and became employed in the shipyards during World War II. Burial was in Seattle. Other survivors include two sons, Carl and Fred, and two daughters, Fern and Mrs. Mable Anderson.

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RITES IN OKLAHOMA FOR FORMER RESIDENT Last rites were conducted in Stroud, Oklahoma, on December 23. 1963, for Arthur Allen (Ott) Smith, a former resident of the Mineral Springs community who died at Stroud General Hospital on December 20. He was 81 years of age. Born on May 14, 1882 at Min~ eral Springs, he was married to Vernle Neeley on June C, 1905 at Mineral Springs They were the parents of four sons and four daughters. One daughter preceded him in death at the age ot two years. Surviving are his wife, Vernie Smith, and sons, Olen Smith of Boricort, Kansas, Stanley Smith Arcadia, Calit., Clyde Smith, West Frankford, Ill., and Fred Smith of Depew, Okla.; three daughters, Mrs Cline Hudson of Stroud. Okla., Mrs. Jack Barrett of Cassville. and Mrs. Pratt ot Fontana, California; 22 grandchildren and 29 greatgrandchildren. Mr. Smlth bad llwd moot of

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ORDINATION SERVICE AT TWIN V ALLEY BAPTIST SEPTEMBER 28th

Announcement has been made that an ordination service will be held at the Twin Valley Baptist Church ten miles east of Cassville on Sunday. September 28th. Kenneth Meadows of the Scholton conununity will be or~ ~ained during the service, which will be held at 2:00 p.. m.

HISTORICAL CLIPPINGS FROM THE CASSVILLE NEWSPAPERS

WILLIAM H. RENO. 24. son of Mr. and Mrs. Loren F. Reno. Cato Route. Cassville. will be graduated June 7 from the "U. S. Military Academy at West PGint. N.Y. Cadet Reno will be com· missioned OJ second lieutenant in the Engineer Corps and will receive a bachelor of science de· gree. At West Point he was active in the Portuguese language dub ·and the debate council and forum. Appointed to the academy as a result of a competitive Army examination. Reno was a codet captain during· his senior year. Reno is a 1954 graduate of Cassville High School.

his life in Barry County before moving to Oklahoma.

GROVER SMITHS SELL 240 ACRE FAR~I NEAR MINERAL Mr. and Mrs. Grover Smith have sold their 240·acre flarm near Miner·al Spring to Mr. and Mrs. J. VI. Claney and three sons of Imperial, Neb. The sale was completed by Earl Keeler of the United Farm A{!~nc" (If Cassville. Possession will be given

Funeral ~ervi',· cs \vil.1 be held at '2:30 ~·: In(I
died al his home in Cassville at 9 o'clock Thursday night. Burial wilJ ~··2 ill tlw Union · Cemetery, ,-:[",ul hwe.<..:\ (1/ Wlle::lI·on. with Masonic !"i1cs h('in ,o:.:- {'undue· tf'(i

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Mr. AlIisv·n was iJorn .June 3, 1914 ncar Cnocltnan ,:Jnd was associated with his father, S. L.

AllisCI!l, in a mola r {"eH agency in \Nhcaion and Ca~sville since 1939.

The Repu'o~L1can last week received a letter from George England Jr., of Ventura, Calif:..,.. in which he said that although it has been 18 years since they left this part of the country ·i;hey still enjoy reading in the Republican of the activities of their m,ny friends here. They hav·:o: lived in California the past ·13 years but have made several trips to Missouri. during that time, Mr. England, a son of former County Clerk and Mrs. George England of Cassville, is working for the electric power company in Ventura where he has been employed since going to California.

HEART ATTACK FATAL TO COUNTY ASSESSOR EARLY SUNDAY MORNING

Ralph Henson, 42, Of Shell Knob. Dies Ralph C. Henson, 42, a re::;i· dent of Shell Knob. died at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the Cassville Osteopathic Hos· pital where he was taken short· l.y after suffering a heart attack on a Cassville street. Survivors include hi's mother, Mrs. Alice Henson of the home; two brothers, Freddy Henson of Fort Seward, Cali!., and Glenn Henson of Willis Calif.; and two sisters, Mrs. Wesley Wilson of Augusta, Kan., and 1\o"[rs. ,J oe England of Cassville. Funeral arrangements are in· complete as yet but are under the direction of Culver Funeral Home of Cassville.

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Rites Sunday For Vester Allison

FORMER 'RESIDENT

A throng of friends gathered Elt the Culver Funeral Home Wednesday afternoon to attend last rites tor Barty County Assessor w. E. (BilD England who was fatally stricken with a heart at~ tack about four o'clock Sunday morning. The well known county offici31 became ill at his home at Star City in the Sparks community and was brought to the home ~')f Dr. E. E. McDaniel in Cassville lor treatment. He die'd suddenly during~the examination. He had worked in thE office hf're Saturday and had worked on his books
BILL ENGLAND England, who was 55 years old, made his first race for public · office in 1956 and was elected assessor that year. He had been active in Republican party circles previously. However, due to the fact that he did not hke office until September I, 1957, he had actually made only one assessment. While he was born in Stone county, England had spent most of his .life in Barry county. PrE:· vious to his election as Assessor he had t>een a salesman for the G. D. Milligan grocery firm in Springfield covering Barry "and, McDonald counties and some territory just over in Arka~.s. With a generous, wann and friendly disposition, England had acquired a host of friends. He was conscientious in the perfor!T'ance of his duties in office her~. officiating at the funeral service was a longtime friend, the Rev. Thurman Kelly of Joplin, Music for the service was furnished by a quartet composed of J. D. Smith, Loyce Hopk'ns, Ralph Davis and Emory Melton, accompanied by Mrs. Bill Ash.

Assessor Bill England, his fa~ ther Jolmt of the Butterfield community, and his uncle, former .County Cler~ George England, returned home Sunday from a week's trip to the England's old home near Greenup, Kentucky. The two brothers were born in that northeast section of Kentucky and some 70 years ago the England family left Kentucky and settled in the Purdy community. It was the first visit back to the old family home, which is still standing, since the family left it almost three-quarters of a century ago.

His survivors include his wife, Edith of the home; a daughter, 'Mrs. Karlene Carney of Cassville; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John England of Butterfield; one brother, Steve of Pratt. Kans.; and three sisters, Mrs. Bill Bry~ ant and, Mrs. Ermol Stever of Cassville and Mrs. A. G. Salyer of Purdy. England was a member of the First Baptist Church of Cassville; the Purdy roOF Lodge and the Cassville Masonic Lodge. Pallbearers at the service were Charles England, Emory Melton, BilJ Hemphill, Joy Beck, Dr. E. E. McDaniel and Warren Drake. Burial was in the Purdy ceme~

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HISTORICAL CLIPPINGS FROM THE CASSVILLE NEWSPAPERS

HISTORICAL CLIPPINGS FROM THE CASSVILLE NEWSPAPERS A heart attack shortly before 6 AM W'ednesda y morning took the life of Wayne B. Ennis, 48year-old co-pub l i ~:':-je r of the Cassville R epublican. A native of Barry county al~d since 1936 an employee and coowner of th e R epublican, Ennis had spent his entire lifetime in the Mineral Springs and Cassville communities. Although he had suffered an attack: of hepatitis in mid-winter, he was apparently on the road to full recovery and in recent weeks had been spending several hours a da y working at the newspaper office. He had worked Tuesday of this week and had planned to work Wednesday. He was stricken at his home and passed away before a physician could be summoned. Shortly after graduation from Cassville High School Ennis came to work in the Republican office fOr the late E. N. Meador. In the early forties he and the late Fred Bennington became p~rt owners of the paper along Wlth Mr. Meador. In 1949 Ennis and Emory Melton purchased the paper and the partnership

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In early life Ennis was active in baseball in this area of the county and at various times was a player on Mineral Spripgs and Cassville teams. Born December 6, 1914, at Mineral Springs fie was the SOD of the late Farmer and Vesta Ennis. His father, a longtime rural teacher in the county served as Barry County Assessor from 1928 to 1932. He was IIlIIJ'o ried April 6, 1935 to Miss Lillian

Hutchens in Cassville. His immediate survivors Include his wife. Lillian; a dau-

ghter. Mrs. Billie Pohl of Joplin; two brothers, J. W. (Stogyl Ennis of Cassville who is a .Republican employee. and Blaine (Peck) Ennis ot.. Steeleville, DL; and one sister, Miss Bonnie Dee Ennis who works at the Barry County Bank. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. at the First Baptist Church, with burial in the Oak Hill cemetery, under direction of the William· son Funeral Home. Rev. C. L. C::onner will officiate' at tbI service.

--30-The term "-30-" is often used by newsrr.en to signify the end .of a.n article and is sometimes used to caption a tribute to a member of the fraternity who has passed away. With a heavy heart the staff of the Cassville ' Republican uses it in the latter sense for Wayne B. Ennis. The caption is appropriate }n this instance because Wayne gave almost all of his entire working career .of more than 25 years to the Cassville Republican. His untimely death Wednesday morning came as a sudden shock to his co-workers in the newspaper. In an article which Wayne wrote, appearing in the Republican some years back, he

made the statement that "death serves as a reminder that our time may be closer than we think, and all we can leave is the example of the life we have lived." A quiet and unassuming person, he lived an exem.plary liIe. Wayne bas left an impressive legacy to his family and friends in the memory that he pr.acticed high principles in day-to-day Jiving. His associates at the Cassville Republican will miss his counsel and aid in the time to rome but the years at association with bim have indelibly stamped our recollections with warm affection.

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July 10, 1963 WAYNE ROBBINS, EXETER; DIED SATURDAY MORNING

Wayne Robbins, 56 years old, Exeter route 1, died at 10:30 Caturday morning at a service station in Exeter after suffering an apparent heart attack. Mr. Robbins was born July 9, 1908, in Barry county and had lived in the area his entire life. H e was a day laborer. Survivors include his widow, Mrs . Ruby Robbins; three sons, RonUd Bobbins, stationed at San Francisco with the navy, Elsworth Robbins, stationed at Treasure Island, Calif., with the navy, and Robert Robbins, of the home; his father, Will Robbins, Cassville; four brothers, Earl Robbins Bnd Loren' Robbins, both of Cassville, Ira Robbins, Anderson, and Ray Robbins, Exeter, and two sisters, Mrs. Lawrence Doss, Monett, and Mrs. Richard Brooks, Cassville. Funeral services were held at 1:30 p .m. Wednesday in the Culver chapel with burial in the Corinth CemeterY.

C. A. (PETE) YOUNG RITES HELD MONDAY Services for C. A. (Pete) Young 47 yearS old, Monett, route 1, who died Friday afternoon in St. Vincent's hospital, (were at 2:00 o'clock Monday afternoon in the Mercer chapel with the Rev. T. 'H . Norris and the Rev. Fred Cunningham officiating. Burial wa s in Liberty church cemetery, northeast of Monett. Mr. Young was born January -{ , 1917. at Cassville, Mo., and h ad lived in Monett since 1949, moving there from Purdy. He was mar ried July 12, 1941, to Juline Gipson, who survives. Mr. Young was employed as plant f. up er intenden t by Armour and Co~pany here. He was. a member. of the Li1:krty Methodist church, Monett Lodge No. 129, A.F , and A.M., and. the Order of Eastern Star Chapter No. 190. Surviving in ad'dition to his widow are two sons, Kent Young Verona, Mo., and Curtis Young Qf 'the home ; a daughter, Mrs. Eloise Beck, Republic, ·Mo.; his mother, Mrs. Dora Young, Monett: two brothers , Gerald Young Purdy, and Doyle Young, Glendora, Calif., and one grandchild.

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Bro. Henbest for many years was a pastor and evangelist with the Church of God (Holiness) people, and for the past several years had been engaged continuously in evangelistic work for the Church of the Nazarene. At the'time of his death, he and -Sister Henbest were dated ahead, for more than two years for revival engagements. He was born on September 20, 1899, near Cassville, Missouri, and spent his early Ufe there. On December 24, 1925, at Meridian, Mississippi, he was mamed to the former Miss Nena McElroy. who survives. They were the parents of a son, Harold James, who ' died in 1934 at tne age of three years. Funeral service was held on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 1960, at 2 :30 p.m., in the Church of the Nazarene in Rogers, Arkansas, with burial in the Rogers Cemetery.

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Airman Writes Of Home In The Hills Don BlankenshIp,' son of Dr. and Mis. Gene Blanken..hlp of Cassville, has contributed the following item for publication. He is presently in the Army AIr force stationed In Mississippi. bon. a 1962 graduate of the Cassville High School, was active in "the Journalism activities of the school here and in the past has acted as sports reporter for the Republican. 10 1 have left my home, the green hills to the north; the green hills covered with the great oak and towering sycamore which grow by the sparkling springs running from the hill sides. When I would walk through those precious hills I could hear and feel the whole world breathe and stir beneath my feet and over my head. I would hear the small wood wren making her way through the underbrush and the squirrel scolding a jay in a nearby tree; this was broken by the breeze blowing gently through the leaves of the larger trees. A deer would break and run down a dry creek bed, throwing small rocks in the dead leaves on both sides so that it sounded like small men were running along side trying to keep up. In these hills were everything I could see that I could ever want out of life. In the solid earth I saw security and a place to settle. In the trees and plants I saw shelter and food; in a mother deer and her hwn I saw love of the deepest kind; in the old owl that lived on a ridge I saw wisdom and a long and fruitful life. And in a hawk killing a rabbit with ODe blow of it's talons, I saw a quick and merciful death, almost painless.

When, I walked through the hills I felt closer to God than a man could feel was possible. A ·great calm would come over me and I would sink into a peaceful world of my own, without the everyda y problems which plague me. A peaceful sort of rest would come over me and I would feel big inside like the mountains; sometimes I felt like I would burst if I took anymore of the glorious wonders in. In thE:se hills I could walk for hours and .never seem to tire. The hills are like a drugj · one cannot know how much he needs it ~until he is separated from it. There was one point on a hillside that I would stand on and look over a large green valley. At one end was a small neat farm house, and to the far side one of the many small streams wound around the .hillside and out of sight. I would sit great lengths of time looking at this scene, dreaming and hopiDJZ tllat someday it would be mine. At the days end and darkness had fallen I would start for home; the hills as alive then as in the day just passed. In the distance I could hear a coon hound baying at a tree dnd a big old hoot owl sitting on a near~by ridge. Small insects would ,s.ound like huge monsters and the whipporwill would min~ gle his cry with that of the mcckingbirds. Now I am separated from by beloved hills, but the memory is still there like ·a fresh brand. I know I must return someday for the hills are a part of me and I of them. I could no more stay away from them than a bee could from a new flo;wer. The hills are my past, my future and my life; and that destiny I cannot escape." .

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HISTORICAL CLIPPINGS FROM THE CASSVILLE NEWSPAPERS RITES FOR JOHN L. DUNLAP. SR. HELD TUES John L.- Dunlap, Sr., son of the late James T. and JoYCe E. Dunlap was born December 4, 1898 near Seligman, 'Missouri and departed this life May 2, 1965 in Springfield, Missouri at at the age of 66 years, 4 months and 28 days. July 4, 1919 he was united in marrIage to Miss Ella Wilson and to this union five children were born, namely: John L. Dunlap. Jr. of Washburn, Mrs. Jack England of Tuls"a , Okla., Mrs. Harold Reese of Spring_ dale, Ark., Mrs. Henry Hyde of Eureka, Mo., and Mrs. Bill Vanzandt ofJefferson . City. Mo. They spent LIDst of their life in Barry County where he en_ gaged in farming until 1950 at which time he founded the Dun_ lap Produce at Washburn. Survivors besides his w.i.:fu and children include two bro_ th ers, Troy Dunlap of Tulsa, Okla ., and Ray Dunlap of Bi_ loxifi Miss.; five sister, -Mrs. Ol_ lie Taggaret of San Jose, Calif., Mr.s Rena Burnett of Tulfia~ Okla., Mrs. Martha Klann, Mrs. Nellie Larson and Mrs. Thelma Venable all of Springfield, Mo., a half_brother, Jeff Wedding_ ton of Monett; 11 grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends .. Funeral services were con_ ducted at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday in the Williamson Chapel in the Val,Iey with Rev. Charles· Van_ zandt officiating. Burial was in the Washburn Priarie cemetery. MRS. JENNIE BALL DIED AT EAGLE ROCK Mrs. Jennie Ball, 86 years old, an Eagle Rock resident, died at 3 :30 o'clock Thursday afternoon. Dec. 17, at her home. She had been ill for two weeks. Mrs'. Ball was born Feb. 11. 1878, at Seligman, Mo., and waf tl member of the Roaring Rivet Baptist church at Eagle Rock. Survivors include four sons, Joe Ball of Anderson, California. Herman Ball of Seligman. Hallie Ball of Monett. Mo., and Oren Ball of Golden, Mo.; six daughters, Mrs. Esta Clapp of Cas'per, Wyo.; Mrs. Nellie Lindquist o.f Joplin. Mrs. Mona Darity of Monett, Mrs. Noel Curry of Eagle Rock, Mrs. Gertrude Houck ::J.ay of Van Buren, Ark ., and Mrs. Audrey Easley of Cassville; a nd one sister, Mrs. John Porter of Granby, Mo. Funeral services were ~ held -a t 1:30 o'clock Sunday a fternoon at t he Culver chapel at Cassville, with the Rev. Ab Edie officiating Burial was in Muncey cemetery. 1964

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Mr. and Mrs. Ed Roberts In 65th Anniversary

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t1~re in the Republican party contractor and banker and and for many years had been re~t! of southwest Missouri's most garded as I'Mr. Republican" in _dely known citizens, died in a southwest Missouri. He started .,ringtield hospital Tuesday out in politics as Chairman of qht following an illness of sev-I the Barry County GOP com.inlt. eJ';\1 months. tee in 1914. Born on a farm in Pettis Despite the fact that his health county near Rolla, Gillioz had I had not been good for the past worked his way up the ladder few years GilIioz had remained to financial success as a road active in his business affairs. At and bridge contractor. Some 2~ his 85th birthday March 9th of years ago he founded the Gillioz this year he entertained at a Bank and Trust Company of large birthday party. Monett and was president of the Survivors include his wife and b~nk at the time ot his death. four daughters. Funeral servtcAlways colorful in speech and es will be under the direction of action, GiUioz was a prominent Buchanan of Monett.

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FORMER McDOWELL MERCHANT CELEBRATES 90th BIRTHDAY Elisha J. Ozbun: former resident of the Mano and McDowe ll communities, celebrated his 90th birthday Sunday, August 30, at the residence of his daugh- ' ter, Mrs. Joe H. Evans at 612 Frisco, in M;onett, with whom he has made his home for the past

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writer Tecently that he . had smoke d a pipe for than 80 years. Born near the little town 'of Bloomingspo~ Indiana, (whicn has long since gone Qut of existence) Mr. Ozbun left home shortly before he war !4 years old in 1883 and came west -;:0 seek his fortune. He rode freigh . trains throughout the midwest that summer before finally s.et-

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tHng down in the M~cedonia community northeast of Purdy, where' he remained for the next several years. In choosing the Macedonia area -in 188~ the choice came not by accident for several relatives from the Indiana area, around Richmond, had settled earlier j.n the community. !ioW2'Vcr it was not until about 1890 that Mr. Ozbun was followed to Missouri by his mother, and a n older brother, Holloway and his wife. Shortly befo re they started their trip to :'JIissouri, the father, who was a school teacher and farmer. had died at the family home in Indiana . The trip west was made with the. vie~JQward settling in Searcy'

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w id e w heeled farm wagon ior t he trip. the family got as ::: ar as the Mano community in south Barry county when one of the wheels broke down a nd they wer~ for ced tc take refuge u > ei.l empty house nearby from r driving snowstorm·, By the time th e w eather ha0 c1earecl. suif!c ien~ to co.tinue the trip, th e ramily bad become acquainted and decided to make t!;.·,:o:r c.':~'? i!':. the 1\'I2.no CQ!!l,. munity. Rec·er:tly th e writer w as looking at the old bound files of the Cassville R epu blican a nd i n tne issue of September 1, 1894, in lthe Mano items. th e following ac,::o.1,1Ilt was noted : "Miss Mable Andrews became the bride of Elisl1a J , Ozbun a t the home t)~ the bride's parents in this community. The ceremony was perform-ed by Elde r Ed ChappelL" From the Mano community Mr. Ozbun and hi s bride moved back to the Macedonia area where they .s pent the next 12 ye-ars. In 1909 I they move d -::0 McDow'2 Il and Mr. Ozbun engaged ir, the IT.-=rcantile b usiness '~her-e for a short t im e b efore going back to the farm. At that timf' the a utomobile was n ot yet ·;n general u se and goods were freighted to the country stores by team and wagon s. Country merchan ts w ho k ept gasolin~ for the "horseless carriage" kept it in five gallon cans in some insta nces the cans were even smaller than that . l\1r. Ozbun remained in Mchowell unin aoout f'ig ht year3 CigO when hi s da ughter and sonin-law, the Rev. and Mrs. Joe H. Evans, moved to Monett. Although no formal celebration was planned a number ·~f f~nds and relatives dropped by to see Mr. OzbUn last ·Sunday.

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MRS. ZUNA BLOOMER NOW 1.1VE8 J1f MEMPHJ.

fORMER CASSVILLE lADY IS SUBJEa Of NEWS COLUMN Surely She's a Story! A reader called and said she

wanted to tell me about a wom- ' an she thought might make a story. The woman had an unusual and musical name, she was 85 but very active, and was an interesting personality. "She is Mrs. Zuma Bloomer, and she lives at 760 Brower." Mrs. Zuma Bloomer? Yes, that was right. That was her name. "Oh, yes," I agreed. "She's a story. Anybody with a catch name like that is a story. Mrs. Zuma Bloorru~r." So, I called Mrs. Zuma Bloomer and asked if I might come by and chat with her. She said, well, she didn't know that she could tell me anything interesting, but she would be glad to

see me. She turned . out to be a tall, thin, motherly-looking woman who certainly didn't look as jf she soon will be 86. She is a widow, and lives with a daughter, Mrs. Ray D. Johnson, who also is a widow and who teaches

at Prospect School. I got right down to business. Firn thing I wanted to know was how she happened to be named Zwna. I had never seen that name before. She said, "Well, just before she was born up in Missouri, her mother read a story in which the

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heroine was named Zurna. Her mother admired the heroine and was fascinated by the name. When her baby girl arrived, she named h er Zurna. Her maiden name was Zuma Talbert. That was distinctive enough, but she made it even mor e distinctive when she married William J. Bloomer, farmer and school teacher. He was from K entucky, and thel m~t ~t c9l.. lege in Missouri. In those daya it waa called "normal schuo},'"

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IWr daughter. She also has a son, W. L. Bloomer. who is a Philadelphia laWJ'K. Sudden Tragedy Mrs. Bloomer has known great happiness, and also great sorrow. She lost her husband when he was still a young man.. That sorrow was followed by a very freakish tragedy in 1917. They were living at Cassville, Mo., in a large eight-room house. Across the street was the rail.. road-a small road that ran from Cassville four miles up grade to Exeter, where it connected with the main line of the Frisco.

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\SSVILLE, Mo.-Mrs. H. C. (Sue) Sands of near Cassv.ille has developed an unusual line of work that fits into a 2().year-<>ld hobby like a hand fits into a glove. Mrs. Sands has a collec'tion of' more than 100 dolls. She also op· erates a doll hospital in her farm home. She mends broken and "ailing" dolls just as expertly as fine surgeons mend the , bodies and limbs of people. I There was the time when fire ' destroyed the home ofa woman at Jonesboro, Ark. The blaze left only the broken and blackened heads, ·arms and legs of several I fine dolls. Her daughter·in.law brought the pieces to Mrs. Sands. The Cassville woman fashioned new I bodies 'and restored their headSI and limbs to something remarkably akin to their former beau· ty. The operations were so s'uccessfu! that the dolls remain in fine condition today. . Mrs. Sands began her collection when she read about another collector in a hobby magazine in the mid-1940s. Her first doll was a blonde bisque he.r mother had given her sister mOn!l than 60 years ago. Mrs. Sands inherited the doll when her sister died. It wears its original white dress made by her mother.

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In her collecting, Mrs. Sands frequently ran across dolls she wanted but which needed repair. One day she read of a place where they taught doll-making and repair. She sent away for details and when she learned that the course cost $125, she arranged to pay for it by making bodies and dresses for dolls for the woman who taught the course. She.made an awful lot of them. That she was a student who applied herself is proved by her work. If a doll's head is smashed and she is furnished at least a part of the pieces, she builds it back again, replacing the missing pieces .with a material made fr om a substance that ma tches the original. For dolls that need new hair, she makes new tresses or hairpieces. For these she sometimes u~es human hair which people gIve her or whi(:h she gets from be auty shops or other sources. In her collection there are pe-

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She is willing to share some of her knowledge about doUs with visitors. such as the method of determing if a doll is -of pre.Civil war vintage. Dolls made before the war have no .heels on their shoes, she says. The heels came after the war era. Most oi her dolls that were made prior to 1890 were made in Germany. She believes that France onc~ made the most beautiful ones. Later the Germans teamed up with the French and since then the most perfect and best are made in Germany, she said.

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A Rector's Long Interest in Orient Fulfilled. s a student at the UniA versity of , Washington, the Rev. Patrie L. Hutton delved into the field of Oriental cultures and he learned something of the Chinese languages. He followed that with a stint as assistant curator of the Oriental collection at the William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art. Perhaps Father Hutton, who is rector of Trinity Episcopal church in Independence, could give no particular or concise ex~ planation of how or why he always has been interested in the Orient. It may be sufficient merely to say that he is-and has been since boyhood. And now the young Episcopal clergyman, his wife, and their two children, are preparing to spend three lIears (possibly Ion g e r) among some of the peoples who have always held this special. int.;rest fo.r Father Hutton. _They will leave about April 7 or 8 for Formosa (or Taiwan, as it is commonly known in the Far East), under the auspicies oj the overseas department oj the National Council of the Episcopal church.

It is with a sehse of aelventure .and a feeling that he and Mrs_ Hutton can be of even greater service to their church that the rector volunteered for this assignment. In a word, the couple is eager to have a real part in the "People-to-Peopfe" prpgram which was instituted some years ago at the personal direction of President Eisenhower and which has as its aim the all-around betterment of relations between this country and the people of foreign countries. Mr. and Mrs. Hutton will enroll in a · university in Talpei whieh is . affiliated with Yale university, and is, ill fact, knoWn. as "the Yale

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of the Far East." There Father Hutton will brush up his knowledge of the Chinese Mandarin language and other dialects, and Mrs. Hutton will be buckling down to her first studies of them. In hand with the languages, will go other subjects hav-

The Rev. Patrie L. Hutton. lng to do generally with the cultures of the Chinese peoples. There will be at least a year of such studies, and the university work may be two full years. The ' church (and I think quite soundly) believes that little can be accomplished by its workers unless they have full command of the language (and dialects) and a genuine understanding of the native populations. "We intend- actually to live with the pea pie," Father Hutton says. "We intend to direct aU of our efforts toward getting below the surface and obtaining a real grasp Of their thoughts and ideas."

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At the end of three years they will be given a 3-moRth furlough, during which they expect to make a leisurely visit in this country. After that ... Father Hutton does not know. ' He says that would be looking too far ahead. But he says It is not outside the realm of possibility that he and Mrs. Hutton may extend their work in the Orient for many years. Now 35, he has been rector. of Trinity Episcopal about five and one·half years. He officiated at the wedding ceremony of Margaret Truman. In earlier years he Wal curate of St. Paul's Epilc()o pal church in Kansas City, Kansas, and then was rector at Holy Trinity church, Vallot, Strea., Long Island, before ,oinll to ladependenee.

Rep. Hall 'Prescribes' for Problems. An Operating Room Habit Is Retained by Surgeon-Turned-Legislator Through His Early Office Arrival_ By Joe Lastelic.

medicine. There are five other now in an apartment on CapiphysiCians in the House and tal Hill. ASHlrWTON, June 3. . "F kl -Dr. Durward Hall, some return to theIr homes ran Y we'd rather live at . f' ld M periodically to perform sur· home m the Ozark mounh sal'd WIS . tf u11y. Sprmg . . Ie , o. ' sur- gery Dr Hall has been con- tains" ,e geon , is a bIt frustrated by . . As a freshm . Congress, . tents to attend medical society an m . Dr. Hall is acquainting himthese fIrst few months that he has been a member of Can· meetmgs here, but when he self with all of the duties of gress, but he's trying to be goes home to Missouri it'~ for his office. He prefers to read scientific about it. speeches and other pollllcal all of the mail and devotes "I analyze or diagnose the events. hme to study of problems en· rOblem" h; said "prescribe "This is a full·time job," he countered as a member of the P commented. armed services committee. a cure, then t~y to sell It to Washington is not, new to He's generally in his office at my colleagues. '. ' him. He was here during the 7 o'clock in the morning. So far · he admIts he has not war for five years as an as- "That's an old operating been too successful even with room habit" he smiled. some of his own Republican And he 'works until about c~Ueagues who keep voting 7 o'clock at night, sometimes W'th the Democrats. Although returning to his office after he votes conservatively and dinner. The Halls do not attel1d many parties. has be~n on the. losing side on . matty ' Issues thIS seSSIOn, . Dr. "We go to as tew as possiHall says .he does not belleve ble" Hall explained "You he is wasting time with his coJld be consumed by' the sosin~!e vote.. ' cial whirl of Washington." I am Impressed by the Whenever he i. making up dedIcated men on both SIdes his !\lind on how he will vote of the aisles who do not on an issue Dr . Hall said he waste their time," the repreconsiders his distirct-in the true spirit of representationsentative said. "Others are dedicated socialists and the and the nationa: interest. great in·between group is "I am an adherent to the led by .the nose voting on basic prinCiples of govern· matters of convemence not ment,'1 he said. ~'I find out principle. They just have what constitute. the thinking no guts." of the people in my district, Dr .. Hall left a. successful then I apply this against the practICe m SprmgfIeld to run yardstick of national interest." for and win the congressional Is he enjoying his new role? Dr. Durward Hall. "A b sol ute: y." Dr. Hall race in ' the Seventh Missouri dis t ric t, defeating Rep. beamed, "because I believe Charles Brown, a Democrat, sistant surgeon general in the 'politics' is not a dirty word, last November.. Army in charge of medical but the true . mechanics of Since he has been in Wash- department personn·eJ. He and good government in , repubington he has not practiced his wife, Mrs. Bettie Hall,. live lic." (0/ The Star'a WG511ing4m Bu:real.l.)

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two women to receive a degree in medicine from the school that year, and the 12th, in the history of the school. Following her graduation, she took ber internship at the hospital of the Worn- . en's Medical College of Penn'sy Ivania in Philadelphia. Doctor Newman was listed in "Who's Who of American Women" for 1961. She is a past presidnt of the Ozark Nedical Society, of th'e st.aff of St. Vincent's Hospital at Monett, and of the Barry County Democrat Wom en's Club. She is an active member of the AAGP, AMA, and affiliated societies. Among many other activities, she is a board member of the Barry County Tuberculosis Association and -Barry County Red Cross chapter. Among numerous civic activities she is a charter member of the Cassville Business and Professional Women's Club, and also holds merri.bership in Phi Mu sorority, Silver Leaf Benefl1 Club in Cassville and the Cass"iIle Methodist Church."

For 41 years and 8 months Isaac Epperly has been handing out letters to his friends and neighbors at the Shell ·Knob Post Office. Now he is preparing to retire. Uncle Sam has counted his years of age and found they will total 70 on March 28, even though he doesn't look it. Mr . Epperly is the oldest postmaster in point of service in western Missouri and one of the longest - time in the state. Descendant of Ozark pioneers, farmer, teacher, merchant, and postmaster. Mr . Epperly has carried on many activities of 'importance to his community. Working closely with him for 45 of his 70 years has been his wife. Delia, whose early home was on the farm adjoining that on which he was born. In tribute to the retiring postmaster, a dinner was given for him last night at Cassville . Mrs. Gladys Smith, postmaster of Cassville, was arrangements chairman. The important event of the meeting, however, was a surprise for Mr" and Mrs. Epperly when the committee arranged for their seven children to attend . Their three 'sons and four daughters from four different state"S were invited to be present when their father received from William Lo>Allen, district operations manager, the personal letter and certificate of commendation from the postmaster general .. Whatever words of praise the top postal official might say about Mr. Epperly have long ago been echoed by district officials who say emphatically, "He has been an excellent postmaster." The Shell Knob post office is in the Issac Epperly General Merchandise Store. It is one of the most completely equipped 4th class offices in the region . The solid mahagony fixtures used in it once served in a bank. The children ·are: Mrs. Cue (Lois) Butler, Blue Eye; Mrs . Jean (Norma) Wiley. Crane; Mrs. John E. (Maurine) Cupps, Jr. , Shell Knob; Mrs. Bob (Lanola) Bassett, Columbia; Floyd and Loren, Wichita; and Wayne, Nashville, Tenn.

Postmaster Mr. Epperly was born on the farm wbich his grandfather h():JDBv. . ~teaded 1 mile from Shell Knob shortly after the Civil War. Mrs. Epperly, formerly Delia Blythe, was born on the adjoining farm almost a year later. His birthday is March 28 and hers is March 14, which leads him to joke that for 14 days in the year they are the same age. Both of them now are 69. The postmaster started his career as a teacher after attending Southwest Missouri College (then Springfield Normal). He was a student here the .first year the college occupied Academic Hall. He taught rural schools 9 ' years, starting at $30 a month and reaching the top salary of the county - $50 a month. Mr. Epperly was given his commission as postmaster July 12, 1916. He rented space for the .postoffice in a store until he wet¢ jDto the general merchandise busiDea March 17, 1917. He also bas beeD exteDsively interested in farmiDi. He now raises Hereford cattle and Landrace hogs. The Epperly home is about 50 feet from the store and the far m stretches out from there. This farm and cattle raising will be the hobby to occupy his time in retirement. Mrs. Epperly has worked in the store and post office with her husband . .They both have liked meeting people who came there. She has served as notary public for years and people from a wide area have com~ to get her to stamp their legal documents. Since she has lived there 69 years and knew everyone in the community she has had great numbers of calls for help in obtaining birth certificates. Former residents of ~ Shell Knob· area have written bAct from many states for her hiIP.·· Her hobbies are quilting and .... ter .IDitiD.2... . All seven of the Epperly children completed grade scbool at Shell Knob, graduated from Cassville High School, and continued their education into . coJlege. The four girls all are graduates of Missouri University. The children are: Mrs. Cue Butler (Lois~ wife of the postmaster at Blue Eye; Mr,;. Jean Wiley (Norma) home agent for Stone County whose husband has a feed store in Crane; Mrs. John E. Cupps, Jr., (Maurine) who lives on a Shell Knob farm; Mrs. Bob Basnett (Lanola), hom e economics teacher in a Columbia High School, whose husband is completing his ~ourse as '8 veteririaril'ln this year, Floyd and Loren, both employes of ' a transportation compaliy In Wichita, Kan.; and Wayne, estimator for a construction company in Nashville, Tenn. There are 17 grandchildren.

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Judge Smith To Again Head Local Historical Society In the business meeting of the Barry County Histcrical Society held following a .dinner at the Lakeland Lodge in Mo~tt last Saturday night, Judge Em~ ory E. S'm ith of Monett was reelected pre
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After 54 years, former teac-her During the school term, a taught her pupil the threeR's. Mrs. Minerva Brock Engl~nd, young me.~. c,ame t~ ~,t. Zion nov.' is learning to weave word~ standing above, and her former and took MIss Nerva away into stories for publicauon un· pupil, Mrs. Lida Wilson Pyles, as his bride. The youthful stu- del' the tutelage of her' fonner have switched places. dents missed her greatly at pupil. It We.! in 1910 the -then Miss first. But. soon they lost touch Both Mrs.. England and Mrs. Minerva Brock, Cas s viII e, with "Miss Nerva," who was Pyles have sons Hving- in Cartaught at Mt. Zion school in then Mrs. George England. iliage. Edward England. 1713 rural Barry county, Among the Time passed. South Main. a science teacher at 40-odd students of all ages who TIle young student grew up, Carthage Junior high school, 1" attended her classes was Lida married and became e. writer a son of Mrs. England. Mrs. Wilson. Lida was only f 0 u r of fiction and non-fiction aA. Lida Pyles' son is Dale pyles, 1401 years old at the time, ,a bit too Wilson Pyles. South Maple. Recently, Mrs. Pyies returned December 5, 1964 young tor school according to today's standards, but then to Cassville, the county seat of there wa!'\ no minImum age for Barry county, and announced school ehildren. More than 50 she -would conduct an adult I' years ago, it was a common class in creative writing The flrst student to enroll in practice for teachers, whose time was not blled, to flake un- the \.Vriting class was her forder-age pupils mto the class-I mer teacher, Mrs. George Engroom as a matter of public ser- land her beloved "Miss Nerva vice. TIlU~, Llda W11.sun learned the 1 Now. 54 years later, they are 1hl'ee !t'g and much philosophy ! l.eunited '9.galn as teacher and , of life from "Mj:;s Nel'va ," as pupiJ-·· their positlons reversed. I she \VRS ca lled by her pupils. ' So it is. that "Miss Nel'va ," who I

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MEMORIES April 15, 1954 Today, Amy Hart will be laid to rest in the Mineral Springs cemetery to await the resurrection. Her spitit has passed on, while her life here is but a memory. $trong in body and mind, she faced the world for 96 years, 8 months and· two weeks. She remembered the Civil War, World War I, having one son who served in France, and . several relaUves in World War II, including two grandsons. . A short time ago, she told me several things that she· wanted printed in the Cassville Republican and at her request I v.dll pass this on to her many friends. Her father, Mr. Woolridge, helped to build the first jail at Cassville, Mo. That would be one hundred years ago, and three years before she w~s born, . but she remembered hearing him

tell about it in after years. She also heard him say he drove a full keg of nails into the logs, every direction, to keep prisoners from sawing out. During the Civil War he enlisted at the age of 51 and served ·"lS food inspector at Cassville while the army was camped there. His family lived at the 011 Horner spring in the log school house at the foot of the hill. My great grandfather, Isaac Horner lived at the top of the hill. She remained · a faithful .f riend to the Horner and Brock families, with whom her kindred had associated for a century. Her father having bought by grandfathers farm near Hailey about 100 years ago. It so happened that she lived neighbor to my family for about 40 years in the Gaddis Mmmunity, where she was active in the Sunday School work for severa) years. Her neighbors will never torget

Judge Emory Smith of Monett was elected president of the Barry C.o unty Historical S.ociefy in the quarterly meeting of the group held at the Monett City Park Casino, Monday night. Char]~y Willis of Cassville is the new vice-president with Mrs. E. W. Russey of Monett named Secretary. Oscar Higgins of the Capps Creek community was elected Treasurer. John Had~ dock and Mrs. George England were named to the Board of Directors for the coming year. Emory Melton presented ~he program in keeping with the centenni~l celebration celebration of the Civil War as he spoke on "Civil War Action in Southwest Missouri." Barry County is rich in early. historic events and this organiza tion is making eveq effort to interest people in preserving old landmarks and items of interest which can be displayed in the exhibit on the second floor of the courthouse. Two display cases were purchased and stocked with items. which attract a great deal of attention, but no new items have been added for several months. Many homes have ar:ti.cles which are no longer in use, neither can they be purchased, and this would be an excellent way to preserve the same by giving them to the historical society where the public can enjoy seeing them. County Superintendent, M. M. Hess is in charge of the display and will be glad to receive any article. her kind invhation to stop and have a good cool drink of water. Many times have I answered to her kind invitation to stop and have a cool drink, during the hot summer days. She would sometimes say, with a smile, "Blessed is he that· giveth a cup of cold water in m.y name." Slowly and sadly. they will carry her over th~ broad gray highway that borders the peace· ful valley along 112 to Hill Top, then to Mineral Springs where she will remain. . Many were · the stories she has told me of things that happened in this valley when she was so young. At that time all this part was thick brush, filled with murderers and robbers who would call to each other in· code. . She remembered one call "Who, Who Are You". The answer from. across the way was "Henry Clay. from Kv". -By - her friend and ·neighbor Neria England.

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Williamson Family To Oak Ridge Church During Reunion Here

With all eight children of Mrs. Lavancha Williamson at her home here Sunday, May 29, it was something like old times. Mrs. Williamson, a native of Barry County, is 78 years of age and has lived in Barry County most of her life. All of her children were raised in the Mana and Rock Creek communities. Shown in the above photograph are: Front row, left to right, Mrs. Pete Neeley. Kansas City, Mrs. Williamson, and Mrs. Iva Garrett, Kansas City. Back row, left to right, Ermal Williamson, Erskin Williamson, Evere~t Williamson, Lester Williamson, Roy Williamson and Oliver Williamson. All of the boys live here except ,Lester who lives in Prineville, Oregon and Ermal who lives in Independence.

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At a recent meeting of the Ca!!!sville Lions club, the above club members were presented with membership awards. Pictured are, seated, Robert 05-

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Honored For 30 Years As Barry Co. 4·H Club Leader When the carnival and shows, "Modern Museum," opened for the season in Oklahoma last week it marked the sixtieth year in the show business for John T. Hutchens of 1206 Mill street, Cassville. Mr. Hutchens celebrated his 79th birthday on Friday, March 25, and on this day, the same as he has done for a number of years when he is at home, he visited the place where he was born. The old house and mill which stood nearby have long since ceased to exist. Mr. Hutchens makes his home during the off season for carnivals with his sister, Mrs. Jennie Burkes.

THIRTY YEARS AS A 4·H LEADER is the . record of Mrs. Etta Thomas of the Horner 4.H C~b. Picturel here as she was congratulated by George Rowe of Columbia, state 4·"" Club agent for sputhwest Missouri, Mrs. Thomas .re caived a 30·year :.pin from Barry County Agent John Hubbard at the annual 4·H leagers ban quot .on November 4. Rowe wa'guast ·speaker .t iN _ t held in Cassville. Mrs. T~omas is the dub leader for the Holner 4·H Qt..,. (Extension Department Photo, iimes &,.. ".'

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During his 60 years in the show business Hutchens has shown in every state of the union with the exception of Arizona, Utah, Nevada, California, Oregon and Washington, and the two newest states, Alaska and Hawaii. He has also shown in the eastern provinces of Canada. In his travels Hutchens has crossed all of the states in the union several times. Started At The Age Of 10 Mr. Hutchens recalled that his first experience with the show business was when he was ten years old. He sold lemonade and hamburgers at the Old Settlers and Soldiers Reunion here in Cassville. His first real show job was in a circus band with the Don Rice dog and pony show back in 1902. His first experience in the concession business was with the old J. J. Barnes Shows in 1904. The season started at Neosho and ended in January 1905 In in New Orleans, Louisiana, after the company had traveled east across the Ozarks to the Mississippi and then south. He was with the cook house at the end of the season. One experience Hutchens likes to recount is that of his playing the drums and piano at the first motion picture house in Joplin, The Nickleodian, on Main street in the days of the silent pictures. Once Had Minstrel Show His first experience as owner and operator of a show was when he had a tent show starting at Ozark. He also had a minstrel show in which 22 Negroes were the performers, and the only other white person was the cashier of the show. The group went into Louisiana in the year the boll weevil was the worst. The show lasted 19 months and many times they had only Negroes

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CAPTAIN CARL TEEL and five of his righi-h. nd men in Monelt's. Battery D, 203rd AAA Battalion National Guard unit make a final check of the roster" before marching the Guarchmen from Ihe Armory 10 the train slalion Salurday night for deDarture to camp. Left to right are Sergeant Ja ·: k Davis of Monelt, Capt. Teel, unit commander, Sergeant First Cia .. Jack D. Howedon of Monelt, Master Sergeant Gilbert T. Doss of Frei,talt, Sergeant First Class Charles L. Bowman of Cassville and Sergeant First Class Charle, R. England of C ...• (Times Photo and !(n,rlving t ville.

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the Show Business in the audience and many of them were admitted at a very low cost as few of them had any money. When the show finally had to close because of meager receipts, Hutchens paid off all the cast and helpers, shipped the trappings back north and then came back to Cassville, with only 28 cents in his pockets after buying his railroad ticket. Changes In Transportation When carnivals first went on the road they traveled in horse-drawn wagons which prevented them from making long trips between shows, always for a week's stand. In 1914 Hutchens had a show consisting of ten concessions and played many of the late fairs

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in Missouri, Kansas and Iowa. In this show he had the usual concessions: merry-go-round, fat girl, snakes, doll racks, bell ringers, and others. The (merry-go-round) goes right on. The first had no track on which to run, only seats placed on long wooden beams, with six to eight seats. A horse trod a circle treadmill inside the seats and this was the power for several years, slow but quite attractive to the youngsters. Later a small steam engine was used to provide power for the merry-go-round. It sat at one side with a steel cable running to a big wheel on the center pole, and the seats were placed on wheels on a circular track. Now the power in most cases is furnished by an electric motor. Experiences With Gypsies During World War I Hutchens worked at a government installation near Newport News, Virginia and had 25 men under his supervision . Of this group 22 were gypsies who were working on the project to keep from being called to serve in the military forces. He said that when the Armistice went into effect at 11 o'clock on the morning of November 11, 1918, every gypsy quit his job right on the dot and left t he camp, even leaving the teams and trucks standing. Hutchens had to call in men from other jobs to get them into the barns and garages. He said that the reason he was in Virginia at the time was that he and his parents had driven through from Cassville in a Studebaker car, taking 15 days to make the trip. Hutchens said that he plans to retire at the close of the 1960 season, rest and probably write about his experiences in the show and carnival business. TRIBUTE TO W. D. TALBERT In the March lq issue the Republican we wrote of the death of W. D. Talbert, using part of what other area papers had to say concerning this' man. We were not satisfied with the information available to us- for we were personally acqU'ainted with his father, James Talbert, who practiced law in Cass_ ville for several years and lat_ er became a well known law_ yer in the governmental serv_ ice at Washington, D. C., and the mother of this young man who was' Ada Horner before her marriage. These two wonderful people from two fine families brought a rich endowment to W. D. TaL bert and the other children of this marriage. He graduated from the UnL versity of Missouri with an A.

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M. degree i.n Political Science arid a B. S. degree in agricul.. ture. He was cited as an auth.. ority by many agriculture newspapers for the contribution he made to agriculture and es .. pecially was this true for the part he played in the develop_ ment of a then strange grass found in Menifee County Ken ... tucky, which d'eveloped into a million dollar business, the Ky. 31 Fescue, known in that state as the wonder grass, Bill Ta.lbert was a leader in civic and' .comm.unity affairs. H e was made president of the First Ci ty Bank and Trust Compa ny of Hopkinsville. Under his cap_ able leadership, this" bank grew from an $8,000,000 bank in 1948 to $22,000.000 in 1964. During that time· the bank added' an installment loan department.

History of the trip of Mr. and J. C. Hill to North and West. Left Cassville July 3, drove to Carthage, took bus to Kansas City, arrived in Kansas City around 5:30 p. m. Left for Omaha, Neb., 8:20 p. m., arrived in Omaha 11:30 p .. m., left there 4:30 for Sioux City, Iowa. Corn, soy beans and all crops look good in Nebraska and Iowa. Lots of cattle and hogs on feed there. Arrived in Cherokee, Iowa, July 4, visited cousins . there and had gjnn~r with them. Drove around, looked at the country, stayed all night with cousins, Mr. and Mrs. John Hyndman, another cousin. On July 5, Mr. and Mrs. Hyndman took us for a drive and a litUe afternoon went to Worthington, Minnesota, to visit Rev . Virgile Taylor and family, pastor of first Christian Church. Had dinner with them. They were deoicating the new church which cost one hundred and eighty thousand dollars July 8. A very nice building. We visited on of the big lakes while there and drove back to the Hyndmans that night. July 7 we drove over the country sight-seeing and saw lots of cattle and hogs on feed. For miles and miles you could see big corn fields waving and lots of soy beans. July 8, attended chW'ch with the Hyndmans, had lunch 12:30. Then left for Storm Lake, Iowa. Took a bus from Storm Lake to Omaha as we couldn't get a train out and .make connections from Storm Lake to Idaho, stayed that night in a hotel. July 9, took a taxi to Union depot, left by train 10:45 a. m. for Shoshone, Idaho. Traveled all day, got to Cheyenne, Wyoming 11 :40 p. m., and from Cheyenne, Wyoming, to Shoshone we traveled through the mountains and could look out quite often ana see both ends of the train. Arrived in Shoshone around 1:00 p. m. July 10 and visited. with Mr. and Mrs. Louie Couch and sons, also Mr. and Mrs. Tom Ledbetter. On July 11 went to Boise, Idaho. visited and had lunch with Mr. and Mrs. John Bartamos. Afternoon visited with Jack Davis and wife, formerly of Golden, Mo. Also visited at the hQJ11e of Hawe Bryant and wife at Manpa, Idaho. Back to Boise! looked over the town and. capitol. It was a pretty city. Left Boise, laaho, that evening fq." Caldwell, Idaho. Stayed ~'Irs.

drive_in facilities and two branch offices with parking fa_ dUties and from a staff of 22 to a colony of 64 closely org_ anized employees. As evidence of his influence, his associates and employees· stated that Mr. Talbert impart_ ed a desire for success, a lik_ ing fo r hard work, a d'edication to progressive banking proced_ u res and undaunted enthusiasm for the future. With all thes'e high qualities his staff believes the work he started will con_ tinue. The honors won by Mr. Tal_ b ert did not cease with his pass_ ing. The City Council and May_ or of his home town in Ken_ tucky have authorized the nam_ ing of a new street, leading to the Community College · site, as Talbert Drive in his honor.

all night viith to visit Mr. and ·Mrs. K E-nneth Koeppen. J uly 12 visited several, Morton Brock and wife, Anna and son, a!S0 ;{ord Matthewse und brother, Wm. Matthewse and wife, former schoolmates of ours at Brock school, and back to Mr. and Mrs. Koepper's for lunch. And that afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Koeppel' and son, Louie Couch and wife, all went for a long drive sight seeing through the hay fields, cherry and apricots orchards, potatoes, beets and all kind of vegetables. We saw lettuce, onion, carrots, garden peas and some beans ready to be combined for seed., Back to their home stayed all night. July 13 went back. to suburp of Boise. Visited WIth FranK Brock and wife, formerly of Shell Knob, and on to Snake River. Lots of orchards and a nice scenic drive, and on to Louie Couch's for the night. July 14, drove to Glen, Terry, Eden, Hazetion, Paul and Burly, down snake river saw where they divided the river into five different canals for irrigation. On to Twin Falls, visited at the homes of two of Couch boys and families. On to Louie Couch's for the nite-. Sunday 15th. We stayed at the Louie Couch home. Had dinner there. In aiternoon three of the Couch sons and families visited there. July 16-IHonday, we got up early and took off for a long drive through the mo.untains. We could see lots of snow on the mountains. We drove down in 30 feet of snow. Went through Sun Valley, Gooding, Ketchum, down Salmon river to Salmon, tW'ned back, took alt. ~3 highway. Stopped on our way back, visited with Earnest Hardman and family, formerly of Viola .. We could see lots of snow from his heuse - - on through crater of Moon National Monument, down the Wood river and back to. the Couches for dinner. July 17. Took the train 12:20 a.m. for Ogden, Utah, on to Sacramento. Arrived there 12 :40 a.m. 18 July. Visited with Cecil Edmondson and family. Left there at 9:30 a.m. for San Frisco, arrivM there 12:10 p.m. J. C. went to his cousin Virgile Hill, spent the night with him. They hadn't saw each other for 68 years. Anna Hill went visited a niece and family, Madge Tayler at San Jaun. Spent the eveni!1g and night with them. July 19 we met at the home of Mrs. Margaret Lawr.:;nce, who fc·rmerly lived in Horner community and later lived. in home of J. C. Hill northwest of Cassville :::1 1940 to 1942. Went back to Virgile Hills home for short

Visit WIth him. T08·k bus to. Sacramento back to Cecil Edmondsons. Visi!ed that evening about 6:30 p.m. IVIr. and Mrs. The<> Butord and children, Mrs. Wes Burbridge from Yuba City, California, and we all returned to their home in Yuba City 8:30 p.m., and all the Burbridge family were there including Mr . . and Mrs. George R. Burbridge and family, Glen Westpheling, Mr. and Mrs. Buford Williams and children. All enjoyed .dinner and t he evening visiting at Wes "Burbridge home. July 20 Mr. and Mrs. Wes BW'bridge took us over the town sight seeing and where the town was flooded a few years ago by the Yuba river and Feather river when the levee broke and millions of dollars of damage, several drowned. The water was in two rooms of the Wes Burbridge home. July 21, drove out in country and ..,aw the big peach orchards, . almonds, English walnuts; over to Walt Russel's heme and Uel Stevers, back to George BW'bridge home. July 22-The Burbridges all came home for a big dinner and get together. All enjoyed the day at their home visiting. July 23-Went to the orchards and watched them gather peaches, went to public auction sale of all kinds merchandise, . poultry and stock; home for noon, rested and dreve around later and went to Oakland for dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Buford Williams and children. Had a real good meal. Back to Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Burbridges for the night. July 24-Drove over to Marysville sight seeing the millionaires homes which were very nice, then to. the R. R. depot and were Very disappointed, we couldn't get out of there for 60 days without reservation. Ate noon meal with Mr. and Mrs. Theo Buford family, had a real good meal and we enjoyed it v·ery much, visited for awhile and went through their nice home and left for bus station, but couldn't get satisfactory trans~ PQrtation out, went back to ~ur­ bridge home and Mrs. Burbndge called her son, Glen Westpheling. We left there about 3:10 p~ m. for Sacramento, arrived there 4:45 p.m. About 5:45 we left Sacramento for pome, a through train to Kans,,-s City. This is the happy days of our travel and life the past month and hope to be able to make another trip like this in about two years. We saw lots of snow capped mountains on our way home.

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SAVED FROM THE BURNING HIGH SCHOOL at Stella, Mo., On January 15, 1959, were the records being held by Mr. and Mrs. Don Parsons and those in the three desk drawers On the floor. Parsons is superintendent of the Stella schools and his wife serves as his secretary. While the school was burning Parsons climbed through a window to salvage what records he could before smoke drove him, outside.

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ROWLAND ~EADS MINN. SIGMA DELTA CHI I New president of the Mione,sota chapter of Sigma Delta ChI, professional journa,l ism socie,ty, is Ray Rowland. dIrector . of information services and college editor at St. C~oud State College. Some 130 journalism <:ducators and newspaper, mCJga zme, radio and tcJevi~jon reporters and editors in ~;le slate arc chapter members . . Rowland will be the official chapter delegate to the society's national' convention November 6-9 in Norfolk, Va. A former Cassville resident and a graduate of the Cassville high schoo! (1946), the Univer-

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Mrs. Loren Hodge Back To Butler School Next Year IIdrs. Lcren H odge has ac.ceptewo operettas and an a >cappella cho:r of fifty voices. Mrs. Hodge is counselor for the Junior Music Club and an a ctive mem ber of the BuIter Music Club which sponsors activHies for young musicians includin'g conce rts from the Kansas City Conserva.to ry.

Miss Clura Faye Priest vias the guest speaker at the CTA meeting held Friday afternoon January 10th at the Cassville High School. After refreshments and a short business meeting conducted by Paul Watson , President, Miss Priest was introduced by Mrs. Louise Thomas, Program Chairman. The group then moved to the science room where Miss Priest showed slides and gave a running commentary upon her recent trip to, Europe. Miss Priest, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie -Priest of Cassvillie teaches home economics in the Neosho High School. She is a graduate of Cassyille High School and the University of Missouri During the past two summers she has done graduate work at Cornell University in New York. It was there she and Miss Marina Campbell of Toronto, Canada met, became friends and planned their eight week jaunt through the continent of Ew'ope. The young ladies flew to Ireland by jet then bought a car and toured the British Isles and the continent. During their eight weeks visit they crossed the English Channel four times but only once was the weather good enough for them to get a piCture of the White Cliffs of Dover. Miss Priest's slides included some extraordinary ·shots of cathedrals and their interiors. Especially notable was her photo of the Rheimnschneider religious wood carvjngs in Creglingen. Other highlights of their . trip included a boat trip up the Rhine; a visit to the music festival in - Salzburg; a television interview while attending an Italian opera and a hilarious trip through a salt mine.

Hubert Castle and son, as they appeared in July, 1941. Mr . Castle's parents are former Barry Countains. They now reside in Burleson, T exas. Friends remember them as, Mr. and Mrs. J, S. Smith.

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Expect Big Turnout For Fronti~r Day Jamboree Over; Prizes Announced The ring of the axes no longer echo on Courthouse Square, the merchandise in the windows

If you have planned to spend some time in the Ozarks, make your plans to attend this fine Jamboree and get acquainted with the hills and their people. During the three·day affair the finest talent in the country will be on hands with entertainment you will be sure to enjoy. Theme of the event will be "Early Days in the Ozarks," and during that time attics ann barn lofts will be stripped of the treasures of yesteryear to be displayed in the historic county seat town.

Square dance contests will be held while square dancers of the four state area will swing their partners for cash prizes. Talent contests will be held and if you sing, dance or do a novelty act, there is still time for you to enter one or more of these contests. If you are interested in entering these contests, which will be held for either amateurs or profeSSional entertainers, write our director for information.

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The parade on Thursday afternoon was one of the best &een in Cassville and merchants had some most interesting exhibits displayed in their windows around town. A nu:nber of people were dressed for the occasion ana wore their gay nineties attire throughout the event.

Some of the oldest musical instruments in the area will be played by old time skilled and practiced hands. Cassville is within a thirty minute drive from Table Rock Lake, Roaring River or Beaver Dam. Bring the whole family and enjoy the water sports available.

The type of stagecoach used by the Butterfield Cmnpal)Y in its route through this P'!rt of t'ne conn try.

A complete program of daily events will be mailed to you upon request.

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tee, which is in charge of the pr'Jgnlm markjr,g the lOath anniverSClry of the arrivnl of the first Butterfi~ld Mail Stage in C.::tss...·i1le, September 18, 1858, l~ expecting a turnout of several thouo;anct persons here next Thursday. Large numbers ,of school children from over the county are expected tf) be on h:md to witness the arrival of the old Concord Stage Coach drawn by four horses at 11 :30 Thursday mornin,i and to hear the f3ffiCUS old "anvITe chorus" presented by a gr;oup .. of Californians.

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Rotarians Preview Ozark. Jamboree Numbers Cassville Rotar:ans previewed musical numbers that will be presented at the Ozark Jamboree begining here Thursday during their weekly luncheon. Mrs. Lida Pyles was in charge of the program. Playing the old-time musical instruments were Mrs. George England :md Arthur Stever. Mrs. England played a zither and Mr. Stever entertained with numbers on a dulcimer. Both will be among the many entertainment feature.c; of the !hree-day event this week.

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!lJ;rs. Loren Hodge. left, and Mrs. George England. will he appeat' jug on Saturday 'flight's Ozark Jamboree with a zither and harp due~. Mrs. Hodge and Mrs. England are pictured as they appeared durmg Jamboree activities here last year. -Sinclair Rogers Photo

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HADDOCK AWARDED AMERICAN CONGRESS BOWI.IKG AWARD I

MR. and MIlS. JIMMY CAIII. HEFLEY

Gene Bro('k of Cassville has reason to look pleased as he holds his bowling ball which shows his score . on Wednesday night at the Cassville Bowl. Brock had 12 strikes in row to reach the 300 point score which all bowlers strive for -each time they enter the lanes, and which few ever achieve. He also has the distinction- of having been the only person;' to roll a perfect game at the Cassville Bowl.

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fi ol~ l to " Tashhlll"ll Prn.irie; olle on 'Yil f;ion Creek, ten or hn,h·c:,

wiles, I believe, south of Spt"illgfieltl. Oue twelve or thirteell ruilf's of that, nnd 011(' - " '(l}., by J ohn Lock, all Flnt Crf':ek. and nnothpl", hy C. J. Cortlm·, I)J\ SlI ill cr ee k. nnel Olle by CIlI. Little. hen·)' )InsoH, nent" where CHs~n'ille lIOW ,.,tmllls , 011 Fl at Creek. Col. :'.11181111 wns a prominent citizcn of the cotmty, reprcseutell it ill the> State L cgisint urfl, allli wus the hOllore(1 SCllutOI" fm lll this tli strid Itt the time of his death. I II " 'nhhbm'u John O. linn')!J kept a smn ll store of dry goods, nml a hlncksmitll Shop. .U:t'f'jl t he pcople ill slum It'nt)JPI·. 011 Cn.l'ps' Cl"el'k there wcre two 01· thn ie HettiE'IJlPuts. nlld nil J oy's Creek It Mr. Joy WA:; t he first settler : S\JUII nrtcr 1 I':llllf' J CI·cllliah Fly settled at or Hcnr wll ere (,JUJ·SiCIIIJIl III)W i,, : ~1 ,IIH' tilil e after TholllllS UOIlgcl".';, .T. N. 1"1)" nnd ,Jndgn Clull·II'';. From SpringliC'l d, Mo., t u Faycthilh" Ark., there \\"ns Ilf'itlll'l" d octor 1I0r lawyer to be ("lulII; old VI". Snl'piuriton, of finliJII' Co unty, a ll t he Mi ssouri n i\·el·, stl t'l'li tlll us with agile p i l t.~. 1111<1 we got nlong nendy fin;t rnte, tOl" we pnicluflithcr Ilodo !" hill ,.; 1I1l\" lawycr fees, I1.nd "ery littl e tnxes. 'Vc cuclnrcel llJnny b al"Cl~lI i!).-; nmi pl"iYntiolls." SOlUe tiJUcs th ey hnll to go forty mil CH hI mill. awny on Finley nll(1 Cralle Creek, or to Ihe mouth of Fi n! C]"(.pk. ileAl" White R i\·cr. To Sprillglielll, Mo., 01· F llyMtd lle, Ark .. f01" a few necessarie-s, au(1 to th e IllClinu .NntiolJ, Hu
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health A.nd memory are gootl, am1 give promise of his hecomillg 11 cellteuar inll. Iu 1832 ·Johu Prigmore moved to the ~ llthwc st, s ixty.the miles southwest of Springficld, 011 White llh'er. lind to wh l'l t is no\\" Jns per Coullty ill V~3-i. 'V. W. ""ol"lilillgtntl ('nm e ill 1~ B8. Williltlll Olfiehl , the first white settler ofUontgolllcry ('ollnty. IneI.. in 18 Hl, Jocntee1 011 L ittle Suga r Cree k, Unl"")" Connt)", bpfnrf' the wnr.

('"I. l\lnson died tIle 3d of July. 1852: Judge CuretOJ l ill lk2-i : Judge Dnrham dice1 ill l Sn2; l\lntlH'w HnhLert ill nllont VsJ:! : .-\l()x,\Ilelp.r :!\lcGlothlin 4liet! ill 1801 : ,John O. Durt on abont 18J~. Pri ce lII c Mmtry dice! in l SJ-I- ; Mill c r Lee nllout th e yem 1 ~J4 01" HsJJ; D. K. lU e('ln\"(' tlied in l ~ ,lj: Ge(\j".~e ,r. H alllJ,ton a hont the year IH;jHj A. S. Hnrilill ahout l~ r;,: ~rnhll l\IeClme, an old flcttll'I·, nhout tho yC'n\" IS.a o\" 1::S,-I-; Eli (\!. F er. gnSoll tlieel ill l ':jlitj or 18t;7; Jne1gc Eli as O ld ha m ahout the year 1::i;:)1 ; John L ogAn died n.lxlllt the yenl" 1 H;;~ I. 0/,/ PI'o/J11"s eirc!c.-The follo\\'illg li st of the 0111 peoplc of till' ("011' 11)" \rA.S prcpHI·P,ll hy Chnl"lf'~ Un,)", for his jOlll"llill. While nil 111e names of tllO~e \rho lla\'C' l"eacliC'll t\J(> ug e ofse,·en ty yen l." nre lint gh'cn hcre, mauy of th e oluittCtl lIames will fintI n pi nel" \)}! other pages:

Hcmy McCnr)" 7 ~, Exe ter. M. H ellllersOJ I ~:!. Ex eter. ,rm. lIcKillue.\· 82, H ni lC'y. )jPII"'''1i Cnl'41 ';:), lInri(lIl\·il1e. T h·.).~. Wiltw :\!/ll"iollyille, LII Ktnll l31\(.Oll ! IO, J en kins Fnllil, lhnttill .• ;~, Exetf'r. J. c . W ethpl"~ 03, O'Dlly. Up,"erl )" B nnks ,J, O' Day. P h ill ip 1[1'I 1"hlit BU, Mt·Dllwcll. Jo;;llltn HOllier ,;j. SCli~lJlllll. !\!nrgm·e t Boller ,I, Soligmall Will : A;\!t 7,. S(>lig"lllIlU. M. D . P e r kilJ8 ,5. S eligmnn. Mrs. Cargile ,ii, 0 ' Dny. R ic-tJnl"tl ~ullinl.l1 80, O'Uny. H . Corllelisou 75, " 'nsh hllJ"ll. Mrs . )lfH'Y Drownillg 80, .l\lcD owell.

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Thos. Spencer 76, Cassville. Mrs. Walker 78, Cassville. Mrs. CRthe~'ine Prince 75, Exeter. Mrs. URIl'l Bowman 'iO, Exeter. Mrs. Betsy Woodward 75, Exeter. C. C. Emerson 71, Cassville, J neab Antle 78, Exeter. ~Irf;. JRcob Antle 75, Exeter. ~l's. Jerusha Roberts 71), Cassville. D. D. Bal'llett 70, Exeter. J as. Howerton 73, Corsicana. Jas. McClure 78, ExeteI'. Young Henson 73, Jenkins. Demnl'ies Henson 75, Jenkins. James Brixey 76, Roa.ring River. James Tucker 80, Ronring River. Mrs. E. C. Boucher 72, Exeter. Jas. Flaherty 73, Cassville. - Hilliard 74, Shell Knob. J flS. Weston 86, Seligman. Mary Parrish 77, Eagle Rock. d. M. Becknell 76, Seligman. Samh Baxter 70, Shell Knob. Eliza Low 71), Shell Knob. Marin Wilcox 70, Shell Knob. Will. Earle 81, Cassville. Silas May 77. Purdy. Roht. )larslialJ H, Purely. J as. Coatney /Sf/, Corsicana. M. G. McNntt 72. Corsicana..

Jacob Silue 80, Rocky Comfort. John L. Morton 75, COI·sicRll8. Nancy Clark 75, CorsicRlla. Mr. Pitts 73, Washbul"ll. Rebecca Morris 74, Exetel'. Ml"f;. GOWIUI ~O, 'Vashbllrll. B. S. Ashby i' 0, Cassville. Elijah Thompson 74. Butterfield. Hugh Wilson 82, Hailey. Lawrence Bradley 72, Butterfield. MRl"tha Higgs 85, Butterfield. Martin TelTY 72, Ptwly. John Robbins 70, Co.sfwille. Elias Horine 71, Star. R Moffit 7'2. Wll.shbul"U. Sarah CIRl'k 88, Butterfield. Davis Holder !JO, Butterfield. Uriah Call 70, Purdy. Mary A. Terry 72, Purd~·. Eli Dllnlap 72, Cassville. Nathnn Bond 7::!. Cass,·iIle. Suso.n Kirkpatrick, Cassville. A. H. Allfrey 72, Cnssville. Abram Twilliger 73, Cas!;\"iUe. Virginia Gurley 71, Butterfield. Ben Whittington 73, Butterfield. RhodA. Riddle 75, Purdy. Jnne Pennell '73, Purdy. Hemy Stinnett 70, Purdy. Daniel Ash 76, Seligmnll. W. Perkins 75, Seligman. 1\-lrs. James 72, Shell Knob. - Pnl"lller 73, CorsicnnR. A. W. Clark 80. Golden. Elint; Evans 80, Graugeville. SandI D. Clark 79, Golden. .J. K Stephens 71, Exeter. lUI'S. W . Peevey 83, Wnshburn. 01"\"il YiJl)"p.nl 70, Exeter. Nathnll ThoUlns 78, Purdr. Wm. LeDhart 72, Purdy. ' Wm. Keeling 80, Exeter. HIll"1ll011 Roberts 73, Cassville. Nancy Detterin 77, Purdy. S imeon Simons 78, O'Da.y. Jallu"s Lasley 7'2, Purdy. JltllH'S Waltrip 75, Purely, Sally Chitwood 85, Rocky ComJ Rilles Allman 87, Rocky Comfort. fort. Sarah Medescher 77,Peirce City

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B. Fagan 70, Peil'ce City. Jesse Christopher 86, Peirce City. Susan Christopher 713, Peirce City. B. P. West 75, Peirce City. - Boren 71, O'Day. Cnthnrille ~tephenson 71,O'Day 310.1")" Woods 79, Marionville. Snsan Thomas 85, Marmn
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March 21 , !t'i-l7. Cbar!c~ Hector And Evaline lrelnnd. by Josiah MeCary, M. G. Dc(',emher 24.1846, ,John Driskill nud I1Iiucrva Peevey, by Joho l. Duncan. J. P. FO'Imuu)' 15, 1847, .\brnm Fallnian nnd Rho(ly A. Bigcrstoft, by J. L. Har· bert,.T . P. April I, lI:!.t7. Jaeoh Yocum and Melindu .Jonsoll . hy J. L. H,\l'uert, J. P. :M areh II, 18,\7. E(\>vard 8tllbh!cficld lind Ra{'bd Smith, l,y G. W. King, J. P . !hrd.l 11. 1S47, D. L. Montgomery lIml Amamla ,,1. ilurtOll, Ily J. X. Fly, J. P. AU J.!"llst 15. IS·!!,. W ..J. Gimi~0n lind RelJc{,{,R Brown, by J. Cnrdoll, 11(. G. )Iay 2, 18-1;, D,lnicl Houert! aud Elizalwth 1tlnsscy, by Evan MaeKillson.

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Allg-llst 12, 1847. Shel'berd HcrrilllLntl N,"w}" Chitwood, by E. Ol,lhmn, J. P. August ::!Il. 18,\7. Charl~,~ Roberts au~1 3lary A. Smith, by D. Rouerts, J. P. S~pteml,el" 5, 1S.t7. Jcs~c Driskill Rnd NanC'y Day, 1.Jy A. A. YOUll!:", 3I. G. July 24. IS-I7, .John Hart IIll~1 :'Ilary Enlow, hy \V. R. Sooter, J. P.

September 1~. 18-17, Willimn 3k!lIurtr}' al.d Eliza Benton, by C. J. Corder. M.G Scptemher 24. 1847, David G. Short lind )llIrili. Johus, by D. Robert!. J . P. Octohn :!2, 1847, S. ){. Wilsoo 1\u,1 )IlIry Duty. by J. H. !lIoore. )I. G. NovemlJl'r S. lSi7, ,I:lIIlCS !lIilwu aUll :'Ilary Will~. l,y E. G. Sooter, M. P. Deeemher 16. 1S-l7. Emllnuel Vnughn amI )IlIr}" Brisson, by N. D. Gay, J. P JoIl\l1\ry G. 1848, S. B. Ahernathy ami I,. E . Potter, by J. H. Irwin. iII. O· . Scpkmber 11, 1$.Ij". Z:lchias Dever nod ~arnh Brewer by Jncob Hicl;:uru, J P. Jan,,:!ry Ill. IB.lS. Squire Bnze 110,1 Emitim Stockton. by Dr. P. B&ze, 101. G. June 17, I:"-.1S. William Martin nnd Elizil :'IIorrow, by hDne Peevey, judge. Febfull,l'}" ::!Il, IS-lB. D. K. Me(;lnr~ lIull Ahigale Henderson, by A. McGlotblin, judge. Dccemht'r 29, ISH, Alfred King amI ElizR Bateb, by A. McGlothlin, juoge. February U, 1848. Josinh Stubblefiehl ,'IUd :'IIartha Lock, by George W. King, J. P .

Jerry Lawson 75, Vf\rOlla. l\Inrgaret Hall 77, Pnrtly. James Kenuedy 82, Verona. Eli Porter 75, CassYille. Mnlinda Johnson 74, CnslH"ille. John Tillman 72, O'])ny . S. 1<. Petty 70. Pnnnce[1. J. 1\1. Moore 74, Panacea. ,""Till. Holmnn 7'2, Pallt\cen. Lewis Wooirillge 7G, Hniley. Timothy Stnndley 7--\" Exeter. Jos. Shepherd 73. Pmdr. Asn Frizzen 76, Peirce City. John Simmons 7U, Madlower. Mrs. John Simmons 78. )[ayflower.

mrl Distilll,r·!J.-Morgan Calton a1l(1 Christian Whitehead CAme 'from Giles County, Tenll., to Little Flnt Creek in 1840, brillging with them two copper st.ills amI (l. yoke of oxel!. Just four miles nOlth of the l\Iadison Marbut far m, Oil Litt!L' Flat CI'eek, they erected lL distillery, aud this Cniton rfln Illltil the war came np, when he moyed a lot of whisky to SJlrill~fil;IJ to protect it from the Conferlerntes, but there the Fcdcl"Hl.., fOllnd the precious liquid. JI(wl'iage RI'C01'd. 1837- 54.-The mnniage reconl -of Darry Connty was commenced by ThOlllo.s Mosely, Jr., circuit derk, July 2-1, 183'7. It is ItS giYflll below. The orthography of the first twenty years is presenetl. Fet)flHWY H). 188 •. Jf\ll\CS Smoot and Xaney Arnold, h}'.J. i>urilnlll ..J. 1'. liny S, 1887. (:corg'c Xcttlc and Hnnnah Bdchar. iJy.1. Durham , .J. P. .July G, Hl37, William Brackce umlEli1.a Vance. II)" Hiram SI\\':I.!;"l'. 1:. P . ScptemhCi" ~-l. 183., Thomas Grayhum ami Ann Lcwi~, hy Hiram :-'avn~c . .. B. P. Septl'mhcr 7, IS3; , John GnmiJell nnd PiJenize P'lllon, hy Hiram :;a\·n!{c . B. P. Augnst 21, 1887, Jaeob Wnlton all,l SOllhiA Jinkins. hy Jobn H Shultz, .J. P . August 17, 1837, Autbony Andcrsou nml Susan EVAns, hy BenjAmin Wood_. )l. G. Augllst 3t, IS-ii'. Thorn,as Mone aud Xnlley C,uletoo , hy C. G. Cm\·"o. J . P . Octoher 5, 183;. J. C. A. Guothcr !lml Mary Miller, by Jacoh T <'sterlllan, C. J. .July 18, 1887, James)I. WilliRms nml ArtelD Darker, by C. G. Cowau . .T. P

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STATE OF MISSOUIlI.

.June 27, 1:3-16 . .AHr~d Young lind ]lIatih\'~ \\'itbcl"S. by A. ~IcGlothlin. judge. :l\lnTeb 11. 1t!-t7. JllnleS PCll,lcr~mft nntl T,L1Jithy A. Cbapman, by J. M. Arnolrl, jUlI~Il. NO\'crnbcr 23, 18-J(i, Robert Ncthcrry and LucindA Estes, by Jacob Hickum, judge. Octobe r 1, 1846.•John Hidenhowcr and Eliza Tomlisoo, hy D. 8n1lth, jll(l .~c. 8cptem\,er 10, )1).16, 'W iley Surgener nod Jane Fly, loy M. H. C1>lI'k, M. P. October 20, 1846. George :K Kiug and :'Ilalinrln Vermilion, by W. R. Sooter. J. P . Deeemher )0,1846, UriniJ Vermilion nnd Matildn Etheridge, by G. M. King, J. P. ,Jnnuary 1, 18-17, WiUinlll Smith amI Cntherine Irc\nud, by Jacob Nickum, .J. 1'. September. 18·J(i. Robert Pueket nut! Sam], :l\Ii<'lmel, by Johil CUreton. M. G. )I"rch 4, 1$.(7, .Iohu Dec(1 allli ?>h.rgal"et Colcbh. hy ,John Curc[on, M G }o\'l)]"uary [1, t~47, J'lllles Hart ami nad,el t-j'lIQw, loy 8. Ferguson. J . P. March 27, 18·+7. Willinlll Crine lind Mntil,ln Bradley. by A. )lcGlothlio.

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!lISTORY OF BARRY COUNTY.

Fcbrlllll"Y W. 18-1:3, )hrion Fly alHI Fcbrmuy Tunicr, by E. G. SODTer. :1.1 .

C. S. P. FeiJl"IlIlr)" ::!;), 1$-18. Georg-e D. Hunts nn(\.EliznLJeth A . Sturdy. hy J . X. Fly, J. P. ;\[rlr('h 12. 1848. Chrlrle~ Ihrth aod Eliza Elzl', iJy Samuel Lilcs. M. G. :'Ilay 7. 1848, Preston Gi:'~on nml Nuncy J. Trower, 1.)y It C. HIll, M. G. April 22,1848, Is,lnc Harbert and ElizlIlwth lJobhs, by J. J,. lIarll(,,·t. J. P . July "23.1&18. S. D. Sutton aud Xaucy Butblge. hy J. F. l'IIilcllCll.:'II. G. Au~ust 3, IS-ltl, John "'. Hohnl"(\s nu,l ,IaTY C. Harbert, by J. J,. Harbert, .J. P. )Inreh 30.184:3, \\"illiam lhzor rind EliZflbeth House. by .Incob Hid,;nOl. ,1. P . .Jnly "2::!. Itl4i:!. Sampsoo Dull("s ollli Di('cy I'lgram. by E. G. Sooter, lII. G. June 21, 1~"i, .Jacoh II,u·t nu,l AngclincEnlow, LJy J . N. Fly, J. P . :'Iiny 2;). 1.':'4$, ,John Stuhblefiehl aUlI lIiatild,~ Hilton. by Elder Euus iiilwu. S~ptcmber 11, 184S, John Bas,et nnd Cnzinh GUrrieo, by Dr. P. Baze. l'tl. G. AU;.(llst Il. 1st5. Bolden E,Il'1l :lod lIiary Gnlloway, by Dr. P. 13a1.e. M. G. Scptemh('r ::!B, Ist:3. James HI}" alHllIlnrgllret Xewton,hy J. H . Moorc. M. G. OCToher 12, ISHl, 1. C. C'lrtel' 'UTlIl Mar tll" Trowcr. hy M . J . Butler. B. P. DCt·~ml.l'! r I, ltW:l, JalH~; P. Pn;;h aud Elizabeth Stewart, by W. L . H . Fra?icr. J. P . Decemher 14, 1S-l8, Elij,lh Browning ,.md Eliz,~ ,T. Fly. hy A. A . Young". M. G. JannR!'y 18, 1st!), !som Gibson amI Cnry Ann Frellerick, by John 13n1.e, .J. P. .July Ill. 1&lS, William .JcfIrys nn(1 Elizahetll Udell, hy .John Cllrcl"l!. ~t. G Xovcrubcr 12. 18..\8, John Bruder IO.nd Elizllheth Cl'awfonl, loy B. C. l<'ergu. son, J. P . FciJruary 19, 1848. ,James P. Inee IIIHI SH.r~,h Whittingt"n, by E. Fly, J. P. Jnouary 18, 18·!\}, \VilH:llll Lalle nntl Charily C llr<:ton, 10y J . U. Arnol,l. J. P. .J,lnuary-l, laW, .J:IJ\l'!S Marliml:>.\c alhl )Ielill,la BlOcl,ton, by It. C. Hill. . M.O. Septt'mIJl'r 3, 18~$. Martin Hilton ami Samh TGlld. hy R. C. Hill. M. G. Janu,lrY ZS, 1l:4'J, Richard Lock and C:lroline Burton. l.ly Evan )["ekiuson, M. G. ){arch Il, t8,\ll, "'illiam .Janes nUll Celia Parrish, by William McClure, jud.:::e. Jannnry 7. 1"-11l, \VilIiam Smith and Eleanor Johnson, iJy.T .•Tolmsou .•J. P. J~nuary2-~.IS4!l ..\he(lincgo B:tle:tJ\,j :;a1"ah.J. Cooo', h)' Dr. P . Ba~l'. )1. ti . MDrch S, IS..\9. Charles Galloway and :; 1l~annH Carney. Ify .TfJseph Doty ..T. P. lIlarch 21l. 18.tIJ, Uodue)" T"d,1 nntl Caroliue Hohert.s, by Stephen Hil,·y. B. P. April 1.:1. 1849, Pet!:!" T . WillialUs and .Emily r . Sooler, by W. B. Wilson . M. G. April 16, IS-lll, George \Y. Han1pton nnd :\Iartha Bryant, lJy .Tohn Jolnl~on. J.~

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_\prill~. 18-11l. Bnron lIloody nod Sarah .}II11(" Irelan\l. 1,y Dr. P. B'l~\" U . G )Iay 17. 18.i.\)..l!\ll1tS ;\[a~'fleld ond lIarlbn p,'rl;i09. 1,y D. M ..lolll>s"ll. ,J. P . All.Itust HI, IMIl, JnDlcs Skelton and Louisa i'cro~Kilis . loy.J. M . Arn,,1I1 ..J. P. SeJltellllJ~r 2, 1&t1l, Jallll:S Turner an,1 Elizi\ Souter, by W. L. 11. Frazier.

J. P. .June If!. lS-W. W. P. )Inniug; allli Xalll"y ll. llilton. Ily Samuel Lilcs. :\1. G. April 211. IS4!l, Elijall West amI Saruh Lolh\ill.l)y .J. M. Arnold,.J. 1'. August "26. 1M\), Davit! Al"ulUlrt and RclJ~cen King, IJY John 1. Duncan, judge.

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STATE OF lU8S0URI.

DI8TORY 01' BARRY COUNTY.

Novemhel' 8, 1849, James Cobble and Prudence Green, by J. M. Helm, J. P. November 11, 1849, Isnac Cobble and Agnes E. Lee, by J. M. Helm, J. P. August 30, 1849, PleWlsnt Pasey, nod ~Iary A Oaup, by S. Ferguso n, J. P. December 23, 1849, J. T . 1tlean~ nnd Luticia Burton, by S. B. Abernethy, M.O. December 16, 1849, T. E. 1tlllson and Virginia T. Harbin, by 8, B. Abernethy, M. G. December 13, 1849, Daniel Doty and Susan Green. by James Doty, J. P . January 1, 1&>0. John 8eilles and Sarah J. Corneli.son, by J. M. Helm, J . P. August 19, 1840, Adam Roller and Eliza Hunter, by J. F. Mitchell, M. G. November II, 1849, Jesse Pendergraft and Mnhala Roller, by J. F. Mitchell. M.G. January 3, 1850, William Peroergraft and Eleanor Roller, by J. F. Mitchell,

January 15, 11:161, Reuben B, Cave and Jane Williams, by Martin Butler. M. G. _ December 29, 18050, A. J. Carsoo and Poll.Y Hart, by George K. Porter, M. G. February 27, 1851, John S. Sturdy and Sarah Lock, byJ. T. Dumport, M. G. February 28, 1851, James Guess lind Matilda Pendergraft, by James DUIlI'galU, M. G. February 20, 18.51, John Morgan and Susannah Galyon, by Samuellllorgan,

M. G.

January 31, 1850, Lewis Etheridge and Nancy E. Carson, by W . L. H . Frazier, J . P . July 12, 1849, Carson R. Smith and Sarah Burton, by D. Sturdy, M. G. .Ja.uun.ry 29.1850, Jobn Woodw:ml and Jennetly Bre~der, by E. C. F~rgu· son, J . P . March 3. 1850. Joseph Harhert flud Sav!lnDah TI'Dny. hy J. by G~orge K. Porte] ,J une 3n, 1&>0, .Iames C. Stockton and Rehecca ~brtiud,l.\c, by James ;\1 Helm. July •. 1850 ..John K. Burton and Eli7.a lH"th Bl"iI,\l,-.y. hy E. C. Ferguson. October 6,1&')0, Thomas H . Smith sml ill~ha l ln :O;tlnnctt. hy David ~tuflly . MG. August I, HI50. Green W Hampton Bud l'Ibry Bryant. hy T . :3tockton. ,J.P.

\:onml'(-f II, If<·,f)..fohn L DUllcan and II:lrriet Cunn ill gham, hy Juo"l!;"~ Hill S" ptLml,~r 17, l~j(l, Hufus

Howerton (m.1

C athcrin~

E . Fly. by_D. Sturdy.

M . G. Stl'temh~ r

15, 18;,0, Ander~on HulJ! 'crt :m,1 ::liar), DUllcan. hy Judge Hil L .JanU!\I'y Z, 18.,1, Taylor i\kGlnlhlin 11;,,1 ~kl\'inn McGlrJthlill, hy Juol;.;e IIiII.

590

J. P. January 12, 1851, James Bradley and RosacDa Bowen, by E. C. Fergusou.

J. P . AprilS, 1M1, Willaby Etheridge aDd Frances Fly, by C. C. Riley, M. G. March 4, IM1, Elijah Waltrip and Delily Hanes, by C. C. Riley. ~l. G. February 9,1851 , Christopher Snyder and Sarah Willson, by A. J. Duggan.

J. P. "'larch 00, 1851, Jasper Alexander and

A. Smith, by E. C. F"rg\lson.

February 20, 1851, Jo~eph Peevey and ::IInry J. Thompson, by Judge Hill . llay 11. 1851, John llayfdtl aDd Ltl('~' A . Walker. by Arthur Williams, J . P June ;j. 1851, Daviu Oldha.m !4nu Elvira Pee\·ey. by Judt,'"e Hil\. July Fi. 18.31. Josepb )1. Jarrett aUlI )lal"tha)1. Parr, by S. B, Ab~rncthy . :H . G . JUl '':~, ,\.ug\\~l

IS51. John M. W(\Q11 &Ull )Iary C. Brattin. by H . H. Burton, C. P . P 20. 11:<51. Z~('hariah Burn\ tt, sud ::Ibry Gauier, by W. G. Towilst'UlI.

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10, 1:;;;;1. Joseph B~ze amI :\lrs. )Iary A . Coooes. by A, J . Dllgg-an. J . P . ,\.ugust 6. INl, l-'nmds )1. King aud Carvline :So Durt()n. by S, Fergnson. J . P. S~'p:~' lUber ~;;. 11:<;;1. Robt'rt CaNon aud Su~an Charles, by G. A . PIll·tet' . )1. G. .\u~l1st til, 1$51, Jl'femiah E'I"aus aL\lI )!ary Parker, by \\. L. H i-'rnzirr. .J . P. Ol'tobl"f 19. 1~51. W>l~hiogton WaisL nnd Jane Cam. by D. L, MOll1g<.'Ul · ery ... f, P. X.,\"('mb~·r 11..\. 1~:>i. ,l"s~ph D . Andnsoll an,1 Lucy Dixon. by Joh n lla1.e, J . P . :""I't"mber ~U It:1.31, Edmund Hobins<.l!1 nod Dorcas ('in. hy Ahram LO"s>llI. )1

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-:! • . 1~I , ::Ilnrrus::ll. Pogut· rI!Ill Allt.lin~' 0111hnlH , by George K . P,lI'ter. 11 . G.. Avril 1. 1&'i1. 'Yilliam CJ.ll"k nnd )larthrl A. Sljuirl"~. by Slim )IOl"g:>lll, J P .f:lllullry 1. 18J:!. William Lr~ lind Lucinda "',II<1on . by Lewi~ Collins. J l' .Jall\t,\TY 22,1/':;:;2. G. ". )(arhut anlll'<'rmd[,1 H. FI~·. \'l' Elish" Fly, ,J . P . .ra~lI\:lry ~;;. 1~5~. Jonas G. l.ock and ~"tah LOI·k. by Elisha ~'Iy, J. P . j)1"'I'm~ll'r l~. 1,:',,\1, .khn l::;rhridn' a:HI .Jall(" Beles, I,\" (". C. Hile\· . B. P . J ,IH \\:lry 1. U,-'2, John Whilti:lgt"" \!\ul )Inl'tlta Fly. by C. ('. Hiley. ll. r . )larl"h \J. It'ii::, Armstrong J"hnsun >lnll :;}lnry A. Logllu. \Iy Lewis Collins. .1 . I' ::ILir('h :!~, t>'·':!. J"hu Burke 'In,l .'I!;II')' A. S-trini"er. by Lewis Collins. ,I . P . _\I'ril 1{\. 1~2. "'illiam ('urrison and turfl,tin Ll·Ugtll . hy W . G. TOWllst·Utl. .1. 1'. .'\·fnreh ::1. 1~.j'.', Willhllll WiIliuUls amI )Il'lin,ly Laugillin, I.y W . n , \Ydsot . )!. G

HISTORY OF BARBY COUNTY.

STATE OF MISSOURI.

lIbrch 7, 1852, George W. Smith and Nancy Jane Craford, by Dr, P. Baze, M. G. April 18, 1852, Thomas Willinms and Melinda Roberts, by S. M. Stephens, J . P. April 20, IS52 George Herd and Rosnn:1.b Williams, by J. M. Arnold, J. P. .June 11, 18;;2, John R. Routh and Amelia B. Clements, by J. F. Mitcbell, )1. G. .June 4. 1852, William W. Lock and Rebecca A. Lock, by Dr. P. Baze, M. G. August 15,1852, ChriSt(Jpher Pinkley and Sartlh A, Baze, by Jesse Lively, C C. P July 17. 1852, 'Squire Shultz and Mnry J. I,ow, by D. Sturdy, M. G. August 19, 1852. James Swindlc lind Eliza Fly, by D. Sturdy, M. G. August 28,1852, Sam P. Strother and L. :U. Howerton, by G. Sturdy, M. G. May 30, 1852, Abel Black and Charity Jones, I,y It. Stubblefield, J. P . July 11, 1852, Jesse Brown snd Elizn Slovcr. by S. W. Stephens. J . P. Augost 12, 1852, William F. Cartel" andl'abcthy Aun Hamby, by S. r:I. Car· liIe, M. G. September Il, 1852, W. H. Thomasson and Sarab A. Thomasson, by George R Porter, M, G. July 29, 1852, James Hambleton and Eliza E. Duncan. by Sam Morgao, J. P. ~cptclUber 19, 1852, James M. Daugherty and Mrs. E liza Brice, by W. G. Wntson, J. P. August 24, 1M2, Hiram B. Gardner and Elizllbeth Hemphill, by Panl Gnr' rison , J. P. August 25, 1862, Willinm H. Gardner and :Margaret Hemphill, by Paul Gar· r i,' on, ,T. P. Angl1st 26, 1852, Asher Sooter and Nancy Russell, by C. C. Riley, B. P. September Ill, 1852, J. A. Shoemaker and Synthelsa McClellan. by W. B. Talliafero, )I. G. October 21, 18.52, Jeremiah Collins and D>wy M. Lewis, by W. G. Watson, .J. P. September 29, la52, JoeJ Horner and Eliza W'iJliams, by Martin J . Butler, ::II. G. )l'ovcmher 1, 1852, Jllmes H. King and 1-'Iargaret Cardwell, by W. G. Wat· sou, J. P. )l'ovember 4,18;3'2, George A, Arnbart and Mary Rollcr, by J. F. l\Iitrhell, )I. G. September 16. 18:)2. John C. C:1.rter Md Sarah Simmons, by S. W. Stephens, .1, P. Xovl"nher4, 1$J2, Sol. Roherts and Hannllh Waulccn. by Lewis Collins,.T, P . _\ugust 26,1852, James III. Ircland and Nnncy Doty, by Judge Hudson. Octoher 21, IS;B, Samuel Smith and Mnry Burch,l,y C. C. Hilcy, n. p Nnvcmber26, 18,,2, Hiram Montgomery and Caroline Willson, hy Gi deon .Jackson, .f. P. Xovember 11, 18.')2, William Rite and Abigail White, by I. T. Smith. !II. P. Decemher SO, 18.:;2. A. T . Bullock and Nancy E. F razier, by D Sturdy , ?oJ. G. Jallltnry 18, 18;,3, William Stcwurt and Zebnlinc H. Stnrkey, by W. F . Fra· zier. Judge, .J an\\ury 1; . 185S, ~[nrtin Maples lind lInry A. B!l.ze, by John SlIult7., C. C. P December 21i 1&,2. William Rich amI Eliza C. Brown. hy Dr, P . Baze, M. G. .

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J. P.

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December 16, 1852. Benjamin Ellis and Leny Hall, by Jasper Dunagin, R P . January 6, 1853, Madison Marbnt find Marinda Williams, by R. Stubbletidd.

J. P. February 6, 1M3, George P . Pinkley aud Unicy K. Baze, by Ben. Pinkley, C. C. P . Mnrch 13, 1853, W. S. McConnell and Caroline Lock, by G. K. Porte]', M, G. March 24, 1853, George W. WlIoJker and Polly A . Martindale, hy JJldge Hudson. 1tfntch 17. 185S, John P . Michnel snd Sarnh A, S. Stephens, by Sam Morgan, J. P. "March I, 18;;3, John Bowen and Mary A. Hadley, by D. L. Montgomcry , J. P. nInrch 9, 1853, Harry Barnes aod Amelia Cope, by D. K. McClut'c, J . P . April 22. 18.33, David Rubble and OrLaull, Russcll , by D. K. McClure . J. P. Fcbrunry 10, 18:m, Russell Johnson snd Jane 1tloody, by Johu Jol106on. J. r. ]'cbrullry lil, 185;1, Shlldracb Johnson auti Elizllbeth Moody, by John Jolnl' son. J. P. February 17, 1853, John R. Baxter nnd Emdillc SLaw, by John Johnson, J P. April 25, 1853, Allcn H. Greenstreet nnd Nallcy Summers, by J. Bullock. J. P Mlly 20, 1853, John Perkins lind Elizahetb Snider, by S. B. Abernethy, 111. G. April 28, 1853, S. Ledgerwood and Mrs. RLody Terry, by A. B1ytlle. J. P . Junc 9, 1853, Hugh LinD nnd l\Iartha J. Copland, by Charles O'Kelly, J , P . l\brch 25,1853, David Warrcn (l.n~l Margaret Lee, by J. F . Mitchell, M . G. <\priI5, 1853, Nathnlliel Sparks lIond 1tfary S, Hill, byJ. F. Mitchell, n. G. April 10, 18,~3. William Martin aud Mm-y Rowland, by J . F . Mitchell,?If, G. .July 7, 1853, Newton F. Bazc and Mrs: Mnry Mahoney, by Dr. P. Bflze. 1rI G. July 14. 1853, John Chandler and Mrs. M. A. Tabor, by Dr. P. Baze, ill. G. Angust 7,1&:;3, ,Jacob Roller lind Mrs. M. G. Sbultz, by S. B. Abernethy, MG .

Jll ly 10. 1853, Nathan Etheridge and Eliza Betis, by A. Montgomery, J, P. July 10, 18.'\3, JUlllCS Bennett and Hulda Hichisson, by S. B. Abernethy, M. G. July 24. ISii3, William Hall and Martha A. Jones, by D. K. McClure, J. P. Au~ust 25, 1853, A. J . Rose and Elma Bfldger, by Braotly Wright, B. P June 0, 1853, Allen n. Hall and Lucinda Johnsoo, by John Johnson, J . P July 14, 18.~3, James Hilton alld AVllline W>lJker, by R. Stubblefield, .J. P Septemller 21, 185a, JoLu S, Lee aud Sural! A. Perkins, by Joel M. Gra.mmer, J. P 8eptember 21, 1853, Mattbew Pccvey and Mllry J. King, by J. 1tI. Al"lJold,

J. P . June 3D, 1853, Elijah Pratt and Caroline Galyon. Ly J. M. Arnold, J. P August 12, 1853, Adam Herd and Katheriue Arnllflrt, by J. III. Aruold, J. P . August 12, 1S,jg, George W . Arnhart Rod Peggy Herd. by J. 111. Arnold, J. P Au~ust 2.1, 1853, George Cllnada lIud Linda. Perkins, by Thomas Smith. lol, G. Octoher 6, l SG3, D. C. Fly und !lInrgaret Woodwllrd, by D. Sturdy, M. G. October 12,1853, Gunct t Sullivan and Curoitne Sullivan. by G. J~lck"ou. J. P. , October 10, 1853, Churles i'!I. Hatldocl. nud Polly Posey, by A. Montgomery, J . P.

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STATE OF MISSOURI.

HISTOny OF BARRY COUNTY.

September 1~, 1853, Joshua E. Erwin and Rnchcl Weston, by J . F . Mitch ell, ?II , O. October 11,1853, Richard Murry ano Eliza A. McGuffey, by J . F . Mit~llCll, M. G, September 18, l~, George W. Erwin and Harriet Ash, by D. K. lIkClnre . J. P. .Tnnu.1ry 8, 18M, Stephen Filkel' nnd Luiscy .1 , DnugllCrty, by Elder S. Rose, M. G. NOI"cmu(,r 16, 1~53, Dalli('\ Doty anti Mr~. Sarah B!'IIlltley, by Dr. P . Baze , M , G. Octoh er 11, lS.iS, John Hadley lIud Snrnh L. Phillips, by D. L. Mnnt.c:om · cry. J. r . Dcccmbcr2!l, HISS, A. J. Marlmt /Inti Eveline Tate, liy G. Jnckson, J , r . Dcccmllcr 25, 18S3, Andrew M. Dl'Shie\ds lind Ma ry A. Thomas, ill'S. B. Ahe rllct hy, ,\I , G.

Joshua Adcock, AbsalolD Adcock (died 1862), Jacob T. Antle, John Anderson, W. A. filedsoe, Daniel Blythe, Abednego Baze, Sr., John Brock, J acob ButtrA.lU, William M. Deaver, John S. Bowen, J ames Bennett, WiliialU Browll, Sr., A. \Y. Browning, Luke Bmuley, William Bryson, John Brown, Johu' K. liurton, Isaac Drndley, Samuel CUllningham, Isno.c Crow, John Charles, Jesse Christophel', James H. Christian, John Cotner, Br., James W. Coatney, John H. Cave (died 1860), Willilun Curry, Jesse Cornelison, Andrew Carson, Thomas Crumley, Enoch Casey (col.), Joel Chitwood, John Carter, Sr., Charles Cook, Jonah Dnniel,Wiley Davis, Tuolllas Davis, Joseph Doty, Nelson DUI'ham (d ied 181)0), John Durham, ll. S. Dudlnm, Lou is D. Enlow, John E\'alls, Isnnc Ellis, John Forbis, \Y. Fare, Elins FergusolJ, A. P. Fly, J ohn B. Fly, StnlJdifer F erguson, n. 'Y. Grnllfun, Adam C. Guru, Ri chanl Green, Cyn1!! Huglies, Euos HiltoJl, John Hawk, H . M. H arhert. Sr., J ames H lLlll ley, Keith HIlWkiIlS, Jncksoll Howertoll, Sr., A. S. H nrbin, R. B. Hmlson, Hemy Hmlley, 1'. C. HAnkins, John H igg:o. J ohn Ki rk, Jnmes Kenne(ly, Jesse Killg. Sr., Thomns LlISk, J ohll Lively, Jncou Lr.l1llers, Himlll LOll!::" hanc L oa. Philip .Marbu t, W. l\lcill'ide. Sulli\'l!.Jl ::Uarslmll, Johu ::Uulkey, Will inm McI\.ollny, 11 C. McDonal,l, \Y. H. Jronis, J aco u Millar. Sr., John A. Matthews, Duvid Montgomery {died l .sljl). James 1\1oltol1, QriHiIl Mitchell. Philip Moyers, Philip ~ric!Jnel, Sr., Patrick MOlTis, H. J. PelHlergmft, William Pyuurn, R. D. Perkins, Houert. Pate, l'hOlLlas Pelltlergrnft, bunc Peevey, George K. P orter, George Roller, Sr., Sol. H.ulIll)ILugh \llie,l 1SHl) , John B.utherfonl, John RoHer, Jolm Hay, cr., Johu S. Suttles, John Smith, L. P. Stacy, J . Spencer, W. ctapletoll. John ?Il. Smith , SampsolJ Sell ill'S, J. L. Scroggills, Joltl! S, Scott, Thomas StephelJ!>, Willi nrn R Sooter, G. 13. Sooter, Davitt Smith, J . D. ctopiJellsoll (diod 18tH ), J . R Smith (,lied lIltH ), Oweu Todd, H ~l Tate, P. H. Trower, Joshia Vanzant, Sr., Geol'ge Wi lson, Hugh L. WilsOIl , TholUas White, J ohu Whi Uiugtoll, Sr., Jnmes Westall, .Tohn Will inlDs, Jnmes WooJwfl.l'd, Will iam Woodward, Sr., I snnc Weaver, Jolm Williams, Sr., Dl"lH"Y 'Y ilkerson, Sr. , J. M. Wood, Mntthew Hubbert (died 181H), John Jack (llieel 18G1), William Owens (died 1861 ) , John Price

J nnulOry 18. 1M4, Williaw C. Christian lIud Mary A . Barker, uy 8. II. Al lcrnelhy. M. O. JnUllary 12, 18S4, Mario n i\l eddlcn Ilnd Eliza I,()ck, by Gideon J ncksoll. J . P . JnnullrY 1!l, 18..-1. Thomas C. Suttler nnd E lizn McKenny , by Or . P. nllze, M. G. October G. 18,)4. Clileb P('odergrfl.r~ lind SusonnAI, Wnll en, by J. M. Aruol d ,

J. P. )hrch 2. 1554, .Tohn W . Merrill nnd Rutllll W:lIlnee. by J. M

GnuuUler,

J. P. Dccember 25, 18S3, Edward Wnrmington lIud Eliza Hodcock . h,\' .1. F . Ml tc bell, M. O. .TnnUl'lry 5, 18!'J4, Geor.~e W . Ford and Tressa J . Lillard, by J . F . Mitchel!. M . G. Jnnuary 15, 18.54, Moses E. Banks and Cbllrity Cnrroll, by W. B. Tallin.fero, M. G. FelJruary 14, 18;i4, Jaeksou Hnyard and Jane Todd, by W. B Tal1ia.fero,

M. G. FelJrunry I. 1854, Reubcn Cartwell and Hocnna A. Defries t, W. 13. Tnllla· fero, M, G, Feilru rll"y H), \854, Henry Baze and Elizn Smitll. by S. W. StepllcllS, J. P . Jaouary 2, 18.54, Willinm McBride al,d Sarall Aruold. hy O. 1(. )l eClure, P. FclJrunry D, 18.'i4, S... w. Oakley 'lilt! Mancrvy Gay, by O. K . McClure J. P. )tarch ;1, 18,)4. H. McMas~er nnd Mnry E. Prin t~. by W . L. H. Frnzie r, J . p , Ma rth 24, 1S.~3, Charlcs Cuter nnd Pcrlinll :I[nrsl.lIIl1, hy W. I"~ H. Frnzier, J . P. :llarcb 29, I8JS, Peter F . Dillimer and Serilly S. Cannda. hy W. L. H. Fra· zier, J . P. Marcb 2, 18M, O. B. W. Sooter lIod Elim A. Stephcns, by D. Sturdy, M. O. April 18, 1854, Perry Ferguson and Eliza A. ~tcClure, by J. M. Grnmmer, J . P.

Aged Tux-Payers in 1860-61.-The tax-payers in Barry County in 1860--61 who were over fifty-five years of age at the commeneementof the War of the Rebellion are named as follows:

594

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595

STATE OF MISSOURI.

HISTORY OF BARRY COUNTY.

(died 1861), David Peoples (died 1861), William Phillips (died 1861). John Smith (died 1861). John Baze (died 1861). E. Bettcrton (died 1861). The female tax-payers in 1860-61 are named 11.5 follows: Cynthia Arnold, Kisiah Arnbart, NaDcy Black, Nancy A. Baze, Nancy Betterton, Sarah Baxter, Matilda Burke, Anna Bowell. lUary Dowen, Louisa Breshears, Martha Blythe, Jane CalT, Mary Ann Cate, Matilda Cate, Milly Carter, Nancy J. Dar, Sarah Davidson, Francea A. Estes, Nicy Fly, Elizabeth S. Gowen, Jaue Gny, Naucy Henley, Morkany Hilburn, Ann Hurd , Lrdia HufT, Sarah Hutchison, Nancy Ireland, Marthrl. Jones, Susau Lemaster, Eliza Lewis, Catherine Logan, Lucy Lo"feall, Xallcy Lee, Barbara McMurtry, Eliza. Mulholland, Melinda Martindale, Eliza Meaders, Mary McCollum, Ellen Montgomery, Xancr Masno, Margaret McGheehe, Mary Owens, Mary Q. O 'Ke ll~', Margaret Owens, Margaret R. Pogue, Rodd Pearce, Sarah C. Reed, Josephine Rodgers. Martha Russell, Margaret Ruth, Eliza Robb, Luz. A. Rucker, Sarah Steele, Francis Smith, X aucy Sparkes, Rebecca Saunders, Tempa Smith, Marilla Smith, Adalille Stamps, Elizabeth Stamps, Nancy Seh'idge, Cathe1'ine Stepbenson, Francea Sexton, Dolly Stephens, Mary J. Strothers, Susan Thom'a~, Elizabeth Thompson, Jane Walker, Susan Wallen, Hannah Weston, Nancy Wills, Emily Williams, Keziah Walker, Nancy Williams, Lucy H. White. Slm.'CI'Y DaY.'I.-Pahols were appointed in 1854 here, under the lAW of March 15, 1845, The Flat Creek Township CompaD~' was commanded by Capt. C, G. Fellers. The private pAtrols were R. A. Walker, T. E. Milson, G. W. Commons, Isaac Means, J oh ll Solomon and E. M. MOOl·e. It was the duty of each to plltrol at least twelve hours in each month for the year. In lIal"ch, 1855, Jacob D. Stephenson, Capt. Levi H. Arnold. William Beaver, L. Pendergraft and E lijah West, privates, formed the Suglll" Creek Patrol Company. In July, 1860, II. patrol force for SugAr Creek To\vDship WAS appointed with William E. Fl'Ost, captnin. A free negro named Hannah was granted a license to reside here in June, 1856. Prior to 185\) it was customary to sell poor persons to employers for a certain time. The following order wae made in

March, 1859: "Ordered by the Court that the sheriff of Barry County let out this day to the lowest bidder, at the court. house door, for thc term of twelve months, Thomas M. Gadus, II. pauper." The same day the sheriff reported having' let the pauper Gadus to J. Y. Thomas, for the sum of $15 per annum, to be paid quarterly. On April 5, 1844, the sla.ves on the estate of John G. Lock (deceased) were sold at the court-house door. In July, 1853, several appeals against the high valuatioll of slaves by the asssssor, were heard. Dav id F. McBride was the assessor who received $101.50 for his services, or 12-! cents per name fOI" 600 names, and 8 cents per name for 336 listed by h im; Edward W. Chilleut was assessor in 1854; Andrew Montgomery 1855. In April, 1861, James M. Durham, captain; Thomas Sims, John Vermilliou, Matt. Frost, J. T. McGlothlin aud Elijah West, privates, were appointed patrols for Sugar Creek Township. At this time W. B. Lauderdall:l, captain; Samuel Woolsey, I. B. McGlothlin, Moses A. Lamberson, William Talliafel'O and Henry Overton. privates, were appointed patrols for Liberty Township. Slave OW1I(wsin 1861.-At the beginning of the war there were 24.8 slaves in Barry Couoty and ODe or two free colored families. The names of slave owners at that time, with the number of slaves claimed by each, and the assessed vslue (exclusive of slllve children) are given as follows: A. Adcock, 6 valued at 82,500; Dall_ iel Blythe, 19 at 88,000 (his Diggers are said to be as free as the m8.8ter); Elijah Barker, 4- at $2,000; T. W. Bingham, 2 at 8900; Larkin Burnam,l at $700; William Boyle. lat 8800; John K. Burton, 2 at 81,000; Thomas Brixey, 2 at $1,300; J nmes H. Christian (the doctor's father), 7 at 83,000; B. B. Clements, 4 at 82,500; Jesse Cornelison. 4 at $2,000; Joel Chitwood, 13 at $3,900; John Carter, Sr., 4 at $200; Dr. William C. Christiall, 4at3,4oo; J. D. Crouch, 1at 8800; Wallace Deffebaugh, 3 at $1,800; C. D. Duncan,6 at $2,500; John Durham, 3 at $1.800; B. S. DurhAm, 1 at $100; G. B. Essley,l at $600; Sevier Frost, 1 at $700; William E. Frost, 1 at $500; W. A. Fly, 1 at 8800; E. C, Ferguson, 6 at $2,000; D. O. George, 10 at 85,000; J. Hawerton, Sr., 3 at 81,150; J, F. Herrell, 1 at $500; J. G. Hal'-

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hiu, 8 at 8-!,000; A. S. Harhin, 13 at 8 j ,800; J. H iggs. 1-1 at 83,000; G. H. Hi;;g.'" 1 at 830;); S. M. JOhIlSOll, -lilt S ~ ,;':H)o: J . T. Keet, 3 at 8:!,JOll; J. G. Lock, 3 at 81.i:OO; Jruuel:\ L e." 1 at 8;)00; Eliza l\Ie
OR GAX[ZATIOll OF ORIGINAL OOUNTY. Cra\\" f'H\1 COUll~y, wllich emhraced all Slluthwa,;t ~l is"onri, juillell by Grl\elle County ill 1833, and by Barr), ill l.,)J;}. The latter cOlllpris:ed nil the territory knowll as Newton, Lnwrellce. Jasper, Barry, )lcDomdll, BartolI, Un,le nlHI part of Cellar C,mnty. The county sent question was fit once preselltell hI tile pioneers of Barry. O ne party wantoll it at Snrcnxie, theu caHe,l Centre\'ille, the other nt Prewett's Creek, sillc,~ called Clem Cra~k. The Prewf'.tt Ureek people sncceetle(l nfter n. long strife, ami tile town of ~l ount P leasant was establislw,l almost h\'o miles west of what is now P(~irce City. The Cotlllty was divitled into tm.) townships. Mount Pleasflut extelllle(l from Carthage to the lille of the natioll, lmd south to Arkf\llSils. T he first elect ion \\'flS between municipal rather than political parties, f01" the couuty sen.t war was stilll·emerobered. T he fi rst meeting of the county court of B arr y was held at Mount P leasant February 4, 1~33, when the following order was ronde: " We the judges commi ssioned by the Govemor, and authorize,l to select a pIaee for WHS

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650

HISTORY OF BARRY COUNTY.

STATE OF MISSOURI.

Miller Jacob J. (F.) "Morgnn SaID. (est.) Oldh&.m E. (heirs.) Moles Jooeph. (F.) Morgan John (C.) O'Kelly Charles (F.) Martin D. H . Mchlman J. W . O'Kelly J. (heirs.) Morris J. W. 1I1etzscr D. B. O'Kelly F. Moody Jordan. :M()m~ Dan. P. Overton H. B. (C.) McCandless J . (C.) Mc~air William. O'Kelly Noah. Meu.dersJ. H. (C.) Mc'Yi\liamsJ. A. (C.) O'Kelly BeDjamin. Meaders E. H. (C.) M()ore L. H. (C.) O'Kelly Abram (F.) Meaders T. A. (C.) McGlothlin J. T. (C.) OwensHu~b (F.) ~1iJ1er Jacob (F.) MrCary Henry. Owenll Ehas (F) Miller J. K. (F.) McCary T. B. (C.) Peters luac. Miller J~rry. (F.) McCary Josiab (C.) Peters Alfred. .l\Iuucy J . B. (F.) :n c)iurtry William. Peters Matbia8. McGlotblin J . A. (C.) }lcMurtry H . N. (C.) Perri man Joel (F.) McNabb J. M. (C.) McMurtry A. J. (C.) PerrimaD J . W. (F.) }[urrayR. (F.) McMurtry Price. Perriman R. L . (F.) McBride H. L. (C.) McClintock Jobn. Pascbadl H. M. Marshall Robert. Mason Thompson E. (F.) Price Elias. (C.) MasOD & Brattin. Price William (C.) McCurley J. R. (C.) McCurley F. (C.) )leDoweli John. Price Charles (C.) :Maguire N. J. Price B . C. (C.) McCurley JODea (C.) Moore Dmrv. McCoDDeIl W. S. Points W . T. (F.) McCleDden B. F. McComas G. W . (F.) Purvinea R. S. (F.) Muse John. llitch~J1 Jobn. Patrick C. C. McFarland W. R. (C. and )Iartin Joel. Pra~er J. H . )lex. Wll.r.) )lontgomcrr James (C.) pointdexter J. McCary F. A. (C.) Morris Patnck. Pinkley George. McCary B. F. (C.) !tlorris J. F. Painter Alfred (F.) Montgomery Sam. (C.) McClurg &. Co. (Linn PaiDter Elisha(F.) Montgomery T. C. (C.) Creek.) Painter Jacob (F.) ltlontgomery Joshua (C.) MeAns \Y. J. Painter Thomlls (F.) Myera Sol. McElbanyR. J. Painter John (F.) McCoy William. MeaDS tsaile. Phillips Anderson (F.) May Silaa(F.) MeansJ. T . (C.) pittman St.&rling. McMillan C. D. Preston C. T. 1ttcClure G. W . (C.) Morgan W. U. Mertz Peter. Page R. A. McNatt ~I. J . (C.) PeDdeTgraft W. (C.) Mitchell J. D. (C.) McCracken EwiDg. McBride J . G, (C.) Pendergraft Jeue (C.) Matlock WilHam (C.) MeBri tl e William (C.) Pendergrdt B. J. (C.) Mandy Silaa. Miller J. J . PeDdergrdt Tbomflll (C.)· Montgomery W., Jr. :MeKey Alfred. PendergraftJ. J. (C.) Montgomery W ., Sr. McKonkey William. Prigmore Jonatba.n. Montgomery AleI&nder. Murphy Josiah. Perkins D. W. (C.) Mitcbell W. J. (C.) McNatt William (C.) Perkins R. B. (C.) Mackey Andrew. Miller Edward. Perkins R. A. (C.) Mitchell W. R. Neil! William (F.) Perkins Jesse (C.) Mitchell F. J. Neill J. H. (F.) Pyburn William. McClure Richard. Neill Peter (est.) Pyburn A. J. (C.) McGlothlin J. B . (C.) Newton Isaac. Prewett Jame8 (C.) McGlothlin A. (C.) Newtou B. F. Pate W. B. H. Miller McB. Norman Joel. Packwood Jobn. McClure J. C. NOTlllaD Lewis. Pennell Perry. McClure Benjamin. Neeley JO!l6j)h (C.·) Pennell S. R. McClure John. Northcutt.T: K. (C.) PbilJips Jame8 (F.) McClure D. K. Northcutt T. D. (C.) Phillips S. J. McClure Thomll8 (C.) Norton G. W. (C.) Phillips Williams (est.} McClure. Harvey (C.) Overatreet W. H. (F.) Phillips John T. Mullin Levi. Owens William. Phipps Amos. Martin Charles. Odorn Marion. Patton R. W. Moyers Coonrad (C.) Odorn JOhD. Patton W. D . McNaughton John. Odom H. L. PharIs J. N. (C.) MlcbfWll P., Jr. O'Neil J. B. B. (C.) Pharis D. P. (F.) Micbael John P. (F.) O'Kelly Ssmuel (F.) Puck.ett Rohert (C.) Morgan Joshua (F.) O'Kelly William (F.) Potts Warner (C.)

Premer Sol. Parrish Jerrr· Parrish MarlOD (C.) Peevey J. G (C.) Patlerson R. 1'... Packwood P. Queen Labon. Jtickman WiHiam (F.) Robbins W. J. Rollins John. Rees William. Rogers L. S. Rogers James. Roads John (F.) Ray William (F'l Ramsden Samue . Riddle G. W. (F.) Rogers Edwin. Reeves John (F.) ROllch Henry (F.) Rav G. W. (F./ Roaen James F.) Reynolds C. C. Reed Jobn W. Reed Ralph. RobertsJ. W. (F.) Ross James. Robertson W. H. (F.) Rhods William. Rhodes Johu. Robison T. J. (F.) Robison William (F.) Robert8 Sol. (C.) Reed Alfred. (C.) Runions James. Runions Abram. Russell M. B. Roberts S. B. (C.) Roller Juper (C.) Riddle S. L. (F.) Roller DtLlIiel(C.)

Re~ce Sol. Riddle S. T. (F.) Riddle J. D. (F.) Riddle James (F.) Russell Jos. RU8sell Elijah. Russell W. B. Ricbardson F. T, Rogers J. V. Rice Fretbi&s. · Rice W. W. Rickeus M.. B. (F.) Ricbardson Morgan . RicbardaoD D. Richardson T. B.

5.

~~t;:eh¥ L. RiggiDs A. J. (c.) RaDdleman J . H. (F.) Rbea James. Rhodes Thoma8. Ray Thomas (est.) SteWart C. N. Sturdy J. S. (C.) Stubblefield R. (F.) Stubblefield J. R. (F.) Suttles J. N. (F.) Stahleger John. Suttles '1'. C. (F.) Suttles A. L. (F.) Short J. G. (F.) Scott JOhD (F.) Seals Wilson. Smith Granville (F.) Stewart J. C. Stock.ton EUet (F.) Stockton T. J. (F.) Stockton James (F.) Stockton Thomas (F.) SolomoD John (F.) Still Abel. Stubblefield E. (F.) Stubblefield John (F.) Stubblefield O. J. (F.) Rogen G. B. Sboemake B. H. (C.) Roller John. Jr. JC.) Simons Martin. Roller Andrew, r. (C.) Standlee A. J. Read W. H. SbeltoD W. O. Roller Eli~h& (C.) Shelton J. D. Roller G. Jr. gF.) Starkey J. M. Roller John (, .) Stepbenson Biram. Rodgers O. 0. Smnger William (F.) Rucker Ellet (C.) Stringer L. P. (F.) Roller Allen (C.) Smith Giles (F.) RiDebart Peter (C.) Smith J. A. Rot>!SOD Samuel. Smithson A. F. IF.) Ray John C. (F.) SmUhson J. B. (F.) Rogers T. J. (C.) SOOUlr M. V. (C.) Rogen J. W. Smith LewiA (F.) Rogera Josiah (C~ Sur/[Iner W. A. (C.) Ray Dr. JOhD (F. Stapleton Edward (C.) Ray Samu~1"C, ( .) Shoemake Tbomu (C.) Ray Willlam Ray S. M. (F. gr:::;1.il~~ (F.) Ray John, Sr.

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Slover James. Slover Abram. Slover John L. Smith Nebemiah. Southerland A. T. Sutton L. H. Smith Asa O. (F.) Smith H. J. (F.) Smith J. L. (F.) Smith W . H. (F.) Sellers C . . Stills Ferman. Smitb J. (beirs.) Still JohD. Smith James. Smith J. R. IF.) Stewart P. M. Simpson A. Sims W. L. Sims R. M. Skelton A. C. (C.) Skelton John (C.) Skelton James (C.) SalmoD J. S.

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Snodgrass A. (C.) SbulUi D. S. Scott S. P. Scott L. D. Scott n. J. (C.) Senter Matthew. SullivlLu W. J. (C.) Sal1ee John (C.l Suttle8 S. L. (F.) Suttles E. G. (F.) Suttles J. F. (F.) Suttles W . L. (F.) Smith Eli IF.) Sandins W. R. Sallee G. B. (C.) Stamps James (C.) Swindle James ct.) Swindle J. L. (F.) Stamps D. G. (C.) Sta.mps F. D. G. (C.) Stephens J. H . (C.) Sturdy D. (C.) Stnrdy J. M. (C.) Sturdy Farrell (C.) Sturdy William (eat.) Smitb J. B. Smith ThomafJ. Smith John. SmithJ. R D. Smyth W. L. Sooler J. M. (C.) Sooter W . W. (C.) Sooter B. F. (C.) Sooter E. O. M. (C.) Sooter W. M. (C.) Selvidge H. B. (C.)

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J[('./:ican Vcfm'(t)ts.-The followillg list embraces the llames of :Mexican 'Yar yeternns or their witlows residing in Ban)" Couuty at the close of 1887: Frauk Atwootl, Grecn Gregory, lUI's. 'Vlll: Lamlenlale, M1"s. William Houndshell,all of Exeter; Erh 8el ..' villge, Mrs. Mnriott, W. K. Johnsou, of Punly ; Lot· Bfmk, Capt. Collier, Capt. Apple, of Seligman; Bolen Edens lind Mrs. William Blythe, of :Flat Creek; Jacob Cantrell, ,T. M. Bibee, Faiu nlill Henry Dallghel-ty, of 'Yaslibul'll; Beusou Carel, llear Vel·om!.; David Fallon, nenr Shell Knob; W. J. Sheit{)u, of Viola; Mrs. ElizA. Skelton, of Engle nock; D. Presley, of O'Day, nllll C. F. Coppage, of Corsicnun. In the military rostersothel'f; are !lnme1l.

JOt:RNALISM AND EDUCATION. In the history of Lawrence County, complete references are matle to tho oll/i'-Iu:lIl1l11 joumnlists in Barry County. Bnrry Cl)Ullty l:ruOWI' wns issue(\ April 8, 18(j8, by A. J. Stewart. editor, IIwl J. A. Vance, mallager, the suhscription pri('t' I,eing SLjO. Vol. 1, No. 12, contnilled three Ilonble (~(lIIlHlll" ,JIlI'otell to names of delinquent tax pnyers, a few colUlll" 'If h\U;illCRS awl Iflgnl notices, a review of the action of the Btnlt\ ill tl'llllsforri llg' the !o\outhwest· bmnch of the Pacific rnil \'Oil,l to the compan y prosi(le1l over hy F. B. Hnys, It disfigum_ tion of Capt. l\.fI\sn'f; political letter, some squibs and no lIe\\·". Among tho a,l\"<>rtisers "'ere J. A. Vallce nlld J. M. Grammer, lnwrcrs. of Cass\'illci Dr. ,T. M. Q.uigley, of CaRsyille; Dr. J. '1'. Horner, of H icimm's Prnirie; Harrisoll's saw-mill, managed by Phil. ?I,·Gllire; George A. Purdy, snperiutemlent of sciwois; A. & J. Stmvnrt's new th'ug store, at 'Ynshbnrll ; Grnmmer & Ph nt"is a1)(l CIlI·lile & Trollinger, geuern.l merchants at Cassville, with theregnlnr quotn of German Bitters, Ague Cure and H ealth Hestorel' 'I(h-ertisements. Ou Jalluary 2, 18GB, J. S. Dl'll.ke took charge of the Bmmel'. III his iUll.ugural he says': " Among the thillgs we never intend to do, tlle first is, we ue\'er

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186G, reported three-fourths of tlle school buildings destrore(l during the war. At this time there were five male ancl five femnle colorell children; there were G59 white male and 583 white fema!e chil(\reu; four teachers, five log and olle fmme school build ilJg. The number of public schools here ill Centennial year \\"118 1"'; number of school children in 1875, 4,GJ(j; fl.U)ount eXl,el ltl~(l ill support of public s;chools, SI2,(j5H.7G. In 1815 this Ill1lllh<; 1' beluded three high schools, one at 'Vashburn, one at Ca,,:n·ille and one at Corsicana. The redistricting of the county for school purpo.-;es was effecte(l in Mny, 1877, umler the act of March 2(j, 181-1-. Tile increase ill the school fund from 1877 to 1886, iuciush'e, from fines , penalties and swamp land sales, amouuted to sa, :1()3. Th~ enumeration ill 1883 and the amount of school Illolley ap\,"l'tiOlled were Stl,855 all1I S'!,3Dl.D3, respectively; in 1884 the respecth'e figures were $G,250 find S-l-,87!J.U3; in 1885, sn,G~.j amI $4,H17.90; s(1tlitional ill July, 1885, Sfi8G.n5; ' ill ISSli, 8"4 ,-1ljO and S(j,428.60; in 1887, 88,052 and S7,24-H.75. In 1886 there were 3,8D9 males amI 3,524 females, or a totnl of 7,-123 pupils enumerated on the school records of Bnny County. :rhe colored pupils, twenty-three males and fourtecn females, made up a total of 7,4(jO children. The actual euroll_ Dlent was only 5,300. The State moneys amounted to S(j .~(j.G;j, the direct tax to Sll,G38, which, with a large balanCE! from 188,5, broug ht the total revenue up to S27,1G3, of which S20,51~ was expemled. The COUllty funds amounted to SlO,40tl, the town· ship funds to SI3,751, and the £illCS, pennlties, dog-tnx, etc.. to $274.25. There were ninety-fiye teachers, l'eceiying an aycmge salnry of $33.50; school property was valued nt 85,1,000, while the totnl aSSeSSm81lt of the county was $2,500,000. During the year 188G there was $3,5Gtl.Dl paid for new buildings. The statistics for 1888 will show a very materinl increase ovel' the figures of 1886. 011 every side, from the county clerk's office to the most remote settlement, an ei.J.tllusiastic interest in school affairs is manifested. Teachers and Their Ins/ifule.-Tn 1870 Rev. Walter T. McClure was superintendent of schools, nnd tlle followin g named were the tenchers: At 'Yashbnl"ll, Prof. Roberts and Miss Jennie

Legg; Washburn Prairie, G. W. Lough; New Salem, )Inri ')ll Seamster; Rock Spring; J. J. Pm'k; Blooming Sprillg, B Ull Am_ oM; Loue Star, Manda Fawver; Vanznut, J. H. Brooks : Ell _ more, J. T. Brooks ; Pasley, J. T. Ellmore; Homer, B. F. ::\1(' Cary; Durham, J. T. Price; Hicknm Prairie, Rebecca Riggil);'; : Brock, Hiram Williams; KiJIgtlom, Mrs. Rodgers; lUOllllt Simi, )11'. Killg. At Cnssville, W. T. McCllll"e and Samuel SIHl"'; Distl'ict -l-, Township 4, Allen Roller; Hemlersoll, C. C. Mitchell; AmlHlrt, G. S. Stubblefield; McDoll~hl, Willinm Wrig.ht; n .)hinson, J ohn S. Thomas; Lone Star of the "'est, H. D. Wh('~·le. A teachers' institute was held at "'ashburn Prairie, Sept ember :!7, 18'-;'1, with Charles S. Bl')'ll.n, superilltcmlellt of sclll1{1ls, presiding. The officers elected were A. F . Anlt, yice-presillent; Miss A. A. Farwell, secretary; B. F. McCary, executh'e cOUlmittee: PI'of. S. M. White, Col. W. Pardue and A. F. Ault, committec Oll ctJustitutioll; S. "M. White antI Miss Maria Cope, critic,;. _\mong others present were D. M. Gray, J. L. Cmbl)', 'Yillinm Foster, H. A. Penrce, W. K. Bnylest5, A. R. Gillette, R. N. Laur;(lowll aud Rev. A. J. Stewart. The norrunl institute was organized in 1886, hy Prof. Mnidf'lI , with W. A. Wear, secretary, ' and a membership of sixty-olle . The teachers enrolled were Messrs. 'V. P. Jones, L . 'Roudebush, W. Pendergrnft, E. C. Frost, J. C. Steele, A. T. McCarrell, W. D. Cowanl, A. Forgy, W. H. Roberts, G. A. Whaley. W. A. HemIon, A. J. Clevinger, J. 'f. Horner, Jr., J. R. Steadman, J. F. Dabbs, E. W. Da.vis, John W. Scott, J. S. Stubblefield, C. F. Mnl'bnt, J. C. Fel'guson, A. G. Stubblefield, Ales-. Stont, N. L. Maiden, W: Blenneriwssett, S. T. Hankins, "rAUen, John Williams, J. P. Orahood, Louis Wnve, R. J. Webb, W. A. Weftl", J. A. Steele, M. C. Roberts, G. W. ~ipley, n. Rittenhouse, M. C. Messer, 'V. A. Boncher Rull 'V. F. Hortell. The ladies represented are named as follows : Mrs. S. J. Rogers, Misses ~L .-\. Woods, Maggie Shaffer, E. K Castile, M. Redwille, N. Hon5toll, F. L. Mnrtin, S. 1\1. Rowe, Knte O'Keefe, Belle Bnrks, 1\I. Hancock, N. Mnl'tlen, M. Northcutt, M. Mnidell, L. Frost, N. Dltnnanlllt, Nellie Holland, Tinaey l\1arbu~, A. J. Hill, D. Leckie aIHI :Mary Gregory. The institute of 1887 was attended by ninety-two members,

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Gaddis School - 1924 - Elbert Suttles, Teacher

Gaddis School Closed Miss Nerva 'Brock closed a Buccessful school at Gadde's east of Mineral Springs January 20. An excellent program was carried out, consisting of recitations and other regular class work during the forenoon and declamations, songs and instrumental music during the afternoon. The instrumental music was furnis,hed\ by Orville Reynolds and Robert Duncan assisted by the teacher, Miss Brock. Patrons of the district and visitors from other districts were present and expressed their appreciatipn of the work and the program rendered .

Hailey School - 1925, Ray Pierce, Teacher Front row- Deering England, Jack England, Ollie Madison, Vera Redding, and George England. Second row- Virginia Madison, Susie England, Pete Redding, Tommy Bowen, Joe England and Mr. Pierce. Third row- Edward England, Woodrow Hailey, Birdie Hailey, and Hildreth England.

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SUMMER NORMAL - . 1908, CASSVILLE, MISSOURI

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-"Troy Short,-teacher, and Olin Hailey, student. Cato, Missouri

July 3, 1937 • Richard and Alice Elam • Eagle Rock, Missouri

Front row- Clyde Reed, 'Laurene Tatnum, Ed West, Horatio Withers. Second row- Doris Coons, Nellie Reed, unidentified, Luther Black, Nerva Brock, Everett P':" ')ck. Third row- &nary Smith, unidentified, unidentified, Bess MacMalley. Margaret Williams; unidentified, Otto Taggert. Fourth row- Lucy Landis, May Combs, unidentified, Ada -Lawrence, Billy Stevenson, unidentified, Miss Robbins, Leonard Hankins . Fifth row- Instructor, John Wallen, unidentified, Hazel Hailey. Anna AUsbrooks, unidentified, Audie Williams, Miss Tatnum, Dora Sullivan, Edith HWlkins, unidentified, Harrison Truitt. In window- Harvey Truitt and Homer Marbut. Two of the unidentified are Vema Thomas and Fay Myers.

Mr. and Mrs . W. H. McClure, of Mineral Springs, Mo . about 1923.

Charley Kirk and Cora Earle, Eagle Rock, Mo .

I, 1920 - Alta Loftin, Teacher.

Lavanchia Williamson and Dick Kinser P icture made about 1922. Nemo Petty and Opal Sisney swimming in borrowed overalls

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Eagle Rock, Mo .- 1910 ·"Standing-Donna Haddock, Amos Goodman, Marie Ske lton, Charley Kirk . Seated-Ada Striker and Nerva Brock .

Cato High School - 1925

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Old Cass ville - Exeter Depot Station No longer standing

Ashley Mix on Family - 1952

Ashley Mixon Family - 1930 - Springfield, Mo.

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Eagle ' Rock, Missouri by D. J . E.

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Acknowledgements and Credits

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND CHEDITS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND CREDITS Source MaterialNineteenth century Barry Countains (relatives and friends), who while shaping and directing our events in history, found time to record the source materials available to us today. Some facts have come to me through the 'art' of tale-telling. Goodspeed's History of Missouri, printed 1888. Newspapers and magazines, especially our county papers and editors, who through the years have published many of the facts of histocical interest which are included. Persons who furnished in written or personal con· versation, family records and biographical material printed, with permission , here-in. Pittcraft, Inc., Pittsburg, Kansas, for their efficient aid in production of this book. I must acknowledge another source of help, my family. Our 10 children, for they are perhaps un· aware that they have been a very real cause in my efforts to leave a little something of the past for future references and reflections. At this point in my life I see them no longer as children or dependent persons, but rather as a bridge or pinnacle, from

which I view life and the inevitable course of change. Because of them I have looked back, often in admiration, sometimes in awe . Because they are,

I now look forward with hope and expectations. George, my husband, who drove me by car to collect and gather bits and items for my scrapbook; Who often said, I talked too long, while out collecting facts, and who, I am sure , had to exercise a great

deal of patience while I mixed business with pleasure. For all of us I want to remember, "Gilbert", OUf dalmatian , who for 13 years, 1952·1965, rode with George and me, or walked with us over the hills and through the hollows always trailing up the creek beds or across the open fields. Like a roving sen· tinel, sometimes he led, sometimes he followed, but we always came home together. Nerva (Brock) England Shell Knob route "GILBERT" - 1952·1965

Cassville, Missouri

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PERSONAL NOTE This concludes my gathering and recocding of our people and events in Barry County, Missouri. In one sweeping and inclusive scope I sense the events of change which makes history-the activities, the comings and goings, the toil and labor, the sowing and reapings, the failures and victories,

the moments of abundance and those of sacrifice. This is a common observation to all who view the unfolding of history as a projection of life itself. Within the general scope each is privileged to have his own private nook which may be filled with the memories of ancestoral relatives and immediate family. Here we may see how each onets precious

own contributes individually to the endless events of history. Must we call the family cemetery "a city of the dead"? If so, we find it hard to forge our thoughts beyond the traditional implication that life for some has ended here! If I am to take this view, then I must cry a tear for the generations of my own ancestoral lineage-for Great-grandfather Isaac Horner, for my own parents, Isaac and Phoebe (Aldridge) Brock, for my three brothers, and my twin brother and sister, who died at birth unnamed. But they did not stop here , and I will not, nor will you or any of God's human creation, as we lend ourselves to the making of history and to the end· lessness of life itself. Tears of sentiment nor the compassion of the rose can never approach the des ~

tiny aspired in Our behalf. We would not change destiny, only strive to enrich history. Now I must stop, for I am really saying nothing new. But in closing may I refer you to one of my favorite quotes on this subject. It is Longfellow's, "A Psalm of Life" , and I believe the most basic and beautiful concepts found in literature. "Life is real! Life is earnest! and the grave is not the goal Dust thou art, to dust retumest was not written of the Soul" "Lives of great men all remind l1S We can make our lives sublime and departing leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time."

H. W. L. Mrs. George England Cassville, Missouri

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