Who's Who at Riverview:
Preserving History, Honoring Heritage
Courtesy of Cole County Historical Society
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Lohman's Landing, pre-1900
A. L. Hawkins
Alfred L. Hawkins was the son Judge Thomas W. and Anna Belle Newland Hawkins. He was born in Hannibal, November 6, 1873. Judge Thomas W. Hawkins was born in Bourbon County, Kentucky, August 29, 1829, studied law at Transylvania University, and after his marriage located at Hannibal. At the outbreak of the Civil War he was editor of the South & West, a newspaper which advocated the Confederate cause. For the publication of his sentiments he was held in prison in St. Louis for the greater portion of the war. During his long residence in Hannibal he held various city and county offices, including probate judge, presiding judge of the county court, circuit clerk, representative, and mayor of the city of Hannibal.
A. L. Hawkins at the age of seventeen became deputy circuit clerk and recorder of Marion County. He came to Jefferson City to serve in the department of the secretary of state under A.A. Lesseur and remained during the tenure of office of Sam B. Cook. From 1905 to 1933 he served in an executive capacity with the Graham Paper Company, organizing the Midland Printing Company in the latter year. This company did the official printing for the state of Missouri and served a large clientele throughout the Midwest.
In 1926 Mr. Hawkins was married to Mrs. Helen Hume Harr of Kahoka. Scott Hawkins, a son by his first marriage to Lucy Winfield Pope Hawkins, lost his life in January 1938 by a fall from an airplane into the Pacific Ocean. He was a naval aviation cadet attached to the U.S.S. Chicago. His body was never recovered and his empty mausoleum is at Riverview Cemetery in Jefferson City.
Alfred L. Hawkins was the son Judge Thomas W. and Anna Belle Newland Hawkins. He was born in Hannibal, November 6, 1873. Judge Thomas W. Hawkins was born in Bourbon County, Kentucky, August 29, 1829, studied law at Transylvania University, and after his marriage located at Hannibal. At the outbreak of the Civil War he was editor of the South & West, a newspaper which advocated the Confederate cause. For the publication of his sentiments he was held in prison in St. Louis for the greater portion of the war. During his long residence in Hannibal he held various city and county offices, including probate judge, presiding judge of the county court, circuit clerk, representative, and mayor of the city of Hannibal.
A. L. Hawkins at the age of seventeen became deputy circuit clerk and recorder of Marion County. He came to Jefferson City to serve in the department of the secretary of state under A.A. Lesseur and remained during the tenure of office of Sam B. Cook. From 1905 to 1933 he served in an executive capacity with the Graham Paper Company, organizing the Midland Printing Company in the latter year. This company did the official printing for the state of Missouri and served a large clientele throughout the Midwest.
In 1926 Mr. Hawkins was married to Mrs. Helen Hume Harr of Kahoka. Scott Hawkins, a son by his first marriage to Lucy Winfield Pope Hawkins, lost his life in January 1938 by a fall from an airplane into the Pacific Ocean. He was a naval aviation cadet attached to the U.S.S. Chicago. His body was never recovered and his empty mausoleum is at Riverview Cemetery in Jefferson City.
Winfield Scott Pope
Hon. Winfield Scott Pope, the son of Thomas Pope and Mary Ann Hale Pope, was a native of North Carolina. He was born on a farm in Davidson County in that state, July 20, 1847, and died in Jefferson City, Missouri, April 13, 1921.
In his youthful days he attended the Davidson Academy and became a student at the Hillsboro Military Academy at Hillsboro, North Carolina, where he was a cadet during the Civil War period. About the close of the war he started west and traveled by rail to Rolla, Missouri, afterwards across the country to Marshfield, Webster, County, where many former residents of North Carolina had settled. He taught school there during the time he read and studied law.
In February 1867, he was admitted to the bar and entered upon the active practice of law at Hartville, Wright County, where he was elected to the Missouri House of Representatives from that district in 1872. While in Jefferson City serving in the Legislature he met Miss Lucy Miller, and on June 19, 1873, they were married in Jefferson City at the home of her father, Hon. George Wear Miller (see sketch), at that time judge of the circuit that included Cole County.
Soon after Mr. Pope's marriage and the expiration of his term of office, he moved to Jefferson City where he entered the practice of law which he continued during his entire life. In Jefferson City were born and reared his three daughters, Mrs. Horace B. Church, Jr., former Mary Louise Pope, died September 2, 1938. Mrs. Winfield Pope Hawkins (formerly Lucy Winfield Pope) lived in St. Louis. The youngest daughter, Mrs. Frances M. Cockrell, Jr., (Miller Chappell Pope) died in 1919. Mr. and Mrs. Pope were married for thirty-seven years, Mrs. Pope's death occurring in 1910.
Mr. Pope again served in the lower house of the legislature in 1897, being elected from Cole County, and was a member of the Commission that made the revision of the statutes in 1899. He was active in the pioneer times and in his younger days rode the circuit on horseback, attending the various sessions of court with the contemporary lawyers and judges. He was both a criminal and civil lawyer, but in later years, as law became more specialized, his practice was mostly civil.
James Levi Keown
Capt., 4th Reg't. MO Vol., Co. D
Captain James Levi Keown was born near Nashville, TN on April 11, 1821 and came to Missouri as a young boy, learning the carpenter's trade. He went to the California gold fields in the 1849 Gold Rush. Returning to Missouri, he ran the woodworking shop at the Missouri State Penitentiary. He would later play a major role in the interior construction of the Governor's mansion.
He joined the Confederate Army of General Sterling Price and served as Captain of Company "D" 4th Regiment of Missouri Volunteers attached to General M. M. Parsons' Brigade. He fought in several major engagements during the War, including the Battle of Wilson's Creek. During the bloody Wilson's Creek battle he observed that a long-time friend, Frederick Buehrle of Jefferson City, was wounded in the shoulder and leg. Buehrle was a Union soldier. Under heavy fire, Keown went onto the battlefield and pulled Buehrle to safety. Both survived and remained lifelong friends.
At age 92, Captain Keown died at his Jefferson City home, 327 East Main Street (Capitol Avenue) on May 1, 1913. He is buried in Riverview Cemetery. Captain Keown and his wife, Georgia Barkley, had six children.
Hon. Winfield Scott Pope, the son of Thomas Pope and Mary Ann Hale Pope, was a native of North Carolina. He was born on a farm in Davidson County in that state, July 20, 1847, and died in Jefferson City, Missouri, April 13, 1921.
In his youthful days he attended the Davidson Academy and became a student at the Hillsboro Military Academy at Hillsboro, North Carolina, where he was a cadet during the Civil War period. About the close of the war he started west and traveled by rail to Rolla, Missouri, afterwards across the country to Marshfield, Webster, County, where many former residents of North Carolina had settled. He taught school there during the time he read and studied law.
In February 1867, he was admitted to the bar and entered upon the active practice of law at Hartville, Wright County, where he was elected to the Missouri House of Representatives from that district in 1872. While in Jefferson City serving in the Legislature he met Miss Lucy Miller, and on June 19, 1873, they were married in Jefferson City at the home of her father, Hon. George Wear Miller (see sketch), at that time judge of the circuit that included Cole County.
Soon after Mr. Pope's marriage and the expiration of his term of office, he moved to Jefferson City where he entered the practice of law which he continued during his entire life. In Jefferson City were born and reared his three daughters, Mrs. Horace B. Church, Jr., former Mary Louise Pope, died September 2, 1938. Mrs. Winfield Pope Hawkins (formerly Lucy Winfield Pope) lived in St. Louis. The youngest daughter, Mrs. Frances M. Cockrell, Jr., (Miller Chappell Pope) died in 1919. Mr. and Mrs. Pope were married for thirty-seven years, Mrs. Pope's death occurring in 1910.
Mr. Pope again served in the lower house of the legislature in 1897, being elected from Cole County, and was a member of the Commission that made the revision of the statutes in 1899. He was active in the pioneer times and in his younger days rode the circuit on horseback, attending the various sessions of court with the contemporary lawyers and judges. He was both a criminal and civil lawyer, but in later years, as law became more specialized, his practice was mostly civil.
James Levi Keown
Capt., 4th Reg't. MO Vol., Co. D
Captain James Levi Keown was born near Nashville, TN on April 11, 1821 and came to Missouri as a young boy, learning the carpenter's trade. He went to the California gold fields in the 1849 Gold Rush. Returning to Missouri, he ran the woodworking shop at the Missouri State Penitentiary. He would later play a major role in the interior construction of the Governor's mansion.
He joined the Confederate Army of General Sterling Price and served as Captain of Company "D" 4th Regiment of Missouri Volunteers attached to General M. M. Parsons' Brigade. He fought in several major engagements during the War, including the Battle of Wilson's Creek. During the bloody Wilson's Creek battle he observed that a long-time friend, Frederick Buehrle of Jefferson City, was wounded in the shoulder and leg. Buehrle was a Union soldier. Under heavy fire, Keown went onto the battlefield and pulled Buehrle to safety. Both survived and remained lifelong friends.
At age 92, Captain Keown died at his Jefferson City home, 327 East Main Street (Capitol Avenue) on May 1, 1913. He is buried in Riverview Cemetery. Captain Keown and his wife, Georgia Barkley, had six children.
Cecil W. Thomas
Cecil Warren Thomas was born in 1871 in Missouri and died in September 1928 in Cole County, Missouri. On November 27, 1902, he married Celeste Bolton Price in the Price Mansion which stood on the present site of the Missouri Supreme Court building. It was the last social function in the mansion and the guest list included 500 friends and relatives from all over the United States. After a honeymoon trip to New York, Boston and Baltimore, the couple made their home with the Celeste's widowed mother at 428 East Main Street (Capitol Ave.).
Cecil W. Thomas served two terms (1911 and 1923) as Mayor of Jefferson City. During his administration great strides were made in building streets and other city improvements.
Cecil Warren Thomas was born in 1871 in Missouri and died in September 1928 in Cole County, Missouri. On November 27, 1902, he married Celeste Bolton Price in the Price Mansion which stood on the present site of the Missouri Supreme Court building. It was the last social function in the mansion and the guest list included 500 friends and relatives from all over the United States. After a honeymoon trip to New York, Boston and Baltimore, the couple made their home with the Celeste's widowed mother at 428 East Main Street (Capitol Ave.).
Cecil W. Thomas served two terms (1911 and 1923) as Mayor of Jefferson City. During his administration great strides were made in building streets and other city improvements.
Celeste Price Thomas
Obituary - 1953
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at the Grace Episcopal Church for Mrs. Celeste Price Thomas, 74, who died at her home 428 Capitol Ave., Friday night. The Rev. Ned Cole will officiate, and burial will be in Riverview Cemetery.
The widow of former Mayor Cecil Thomas and a prominent figure in social and civic affairs here, Mrs. Thomas had been in failing health for two years.
Mrs. Thomas was born July 2, 1878, on a farm in Pettis County, the daughter of Thomas B. and Ada C. Price, members of old and prominent families of Central Missouri. Her mother was a native of Rockingham County, Va., and her father was born in the old Price Mansion which stood on the present site of the Missouri Supreme court building.
In 1902 she was married to Cecil Warren Thomas. Mr. Thomas was mayor of Jefferson City a number of years when the city made big strides in building of streets and other improvements. He died in 1928 while her mother, Mrs. Ada Price, died seven years ago.
The Price mansion, owned by her parents, is marked by a bronze tablet at the corner of High and Washington Streets. Mrs. Thomas was a member of the Grace Episcopal Church and St. Mary's Guild and for a number of years was a member of Tuesday Club.
She is survived by a niece, Mrs. James D. Idol, of Jefferson City; a grand-nephew, Thomas Price Gibson of Jefferson City; a grand-niece, Mrs. Robert Mead of Dallas, Texas; and a cousin, Loring Turner of Jefferson City.
Active pallbearers will be W.P. Salisbury, W.M. Lazenby, S.C. Vincent, L.F. Garber, J.C. Patrick and W.E. Towell. Honorary pallbearers will be W.W. Bratton, William Hager, Hugh Stephens, Judge C.A. Leedy, Herman Brandt, V.A. McBride, Wendell Manchester, J.B. Gibson, Dr. F.M. Gillham, Dr. John I. Matthews, Dr. Earl Lloyd and Oscar Raithel.
The Price Family
Thomas Lawson Price, business man of Jefferson City, was the son of Thomas Benton Price and the grandson of General Thomas Lawson Price who was the first of the Price family in Jefferson City and one of the outstanding characters in the history of the city.
The first Thomas Lawson Price was born near Danville, VA, January 19, 1809. In 1831 he came west, intending to locate in St. Louis; but because of the cholera epidemic there, came on to Jefferson City where he engaged in business. He invested his surplus earnings in Jefferson City and St. Louis real estate and in farm lands. In 1838 he established the first stage line between Jefferson City and St. Louis, later extending stage lines over various routes from Jefferson City. He was elected the first mayor of the city in 1839 and served two terms. He was one of the incorporators of the Capital City Bank, and president of the Jefferson Landing Company.
In 1847 Thomas L. Price was commissioned brevet major general of Missouri militia by Governor Edwards. At the outbreak of the Civil War he was commissioned brigadier general by President Lincoln, resigning to accept a seat in congress. Prior to his election to congress he was elected representative from Cole County in the state legislature and served in the stormy session under Governor Claiborne Jackson.
Always interested in transportation, General Price was one of the promoters of the Pacific Railroad, and was one of the largest contractors of the road. Later he was active in the building of other railroads.
General Price was lieutenant-governor of the state from 1849to 1853. He was a personal and political friend of Thomas H. Benton, and was loyal to the Union cause. In 1864 he was the Democratic nominee for governor of Missouri, but owing to the disfranchisement of the majority of Democratic voters, was defeated. He died July 16, 1870.
In 1830 General Price was married to Miss Lydia Bolton, a native of North Carolina who died in 1849. She left a daughter, Celeste, who married Captain Celsuo Price, son of General Sterling Price; and an infant son, Thomas Benton Price. In 1854 he married Caroline V. Long, daughter of Isaac Long, of Page County, Virginia.
Thomas Benton Price, born in Jefferson City May 19, 1849, was educated in Jefferson in a select school in Pennsylvania, and in St. Louis University. As a member of the transcontinental surveying corps under General Palmer, he spent the year 1867 in the west where his party skirmished with Indians and chased buffalo. November 18, 1872, he married Miss Ada C. Bear of Virginia, daughter of Col. Adam C. Bear and Susan Long Bear. Isaac Long, maternal grandfather of Mrs. Price, owned a large plantation in the Shenandoah Valley. Thomas Benton and Ada Bear Price had two children, Lawson Clark Price (July 15, 1873-March 24, 1941) whose name was changed to Thomas Lawson Price in the Cole County, Missouri Circuit Court around 1910, and Celeste Bolton Price (July 2, 1878-April 10, 1953). Celeste married Cecil Thomas.
Obituary - 1953
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at the Grace Episcopal Church for Mrs. Celeste Price Thomas, 74, who died at her home 428 Capitol Ave., Friday night. The Rev. Ned Cole will officiate, and burial will be in Riverview Cemetery.
The widow of former Mayor Cecil Thomas and a prominent figure in social and civic affairs here, Mrs. Thomas had been in failing health for two years.
Mrs. Thomas was born July 2, 1878, on a farm in Pettis County, the daughter of Thomas B. and Ada C. Price, members of old and prominent families of Central Missouri. Her mother was a native of Rockingham County, Va., and her father was born in the old Price Mansion which stood on the present site of the Missouri Supreme court building.
In 1902 she was married to Cecil Warren Thomas. Mr. Thomas was mayor of Jefferson City a number of years when the city made big strides in building of streets and other improvements. He died in 1928 while her mother, Mrs. Ada Price, died seven years ago.
The Price mansion, owned by her parents, is marked by a bronze tablet at the corner of High and Washington Streets. Mrs. Thomas was a member of the Grace Episcopal Church and St. Mary's Guild and for a number of years was a member of Tuesday Club.
She is survived by a niece, Mrs. James D. Idol, of Jefferson City; a grand-nephew, Thomas Price Gibson of Jefferson City; a grand-niece, Mrs. Robert Mead of Dallas, Texas; and a cousin, Loring Turner of Jefferson City.
Active pallbearers will be W.P. Salisbury, W.M. Lazenby, S.C. Vincent, L.F. Garber, J.C. Patrick and W.E. Towell. Honorary pallbearers will be W.W. Bratton, William Hager, Hugh Stephens, Judge C.A. Leedy, Herman Brandt, V.A. McBride, Wendell Manchester, J.B. Gibson, Dr. F.M. Gillham, Dr. John I. Matthews, Dr. Earl Lloyd and Oscar Raithel.
The Price Family
Thomas Lawson Price, business man of Jefferson City, was the son of Thomas Benton Price and the grandson of General Thomas Lawson Price who was the first of the Price family in Jefferson City and one of the outstanding characters in the history of the city.
The first Thomas Lawson Price was born near Danville, VA, January 19, 1809. In 1831 he came west, intending to locate in St. Louis; but because of the cholera epidemic there, came on to Jefferson City where he engaged in business. He invested his surplus earnings in Jefferson City and St. Louis real estate and in farm lands. In 1838 he established the first stage line between Jefferson City and St. Louis, later extending stage lines over various routes from Jefferson City. He was elected the first mayor of the city in 1839 and served two terms. He was one of the incorporators of the Capital City Bank, and president of the Jefferson Landing Company.
In 1847 Thomas L. Price was commissioned brevet major general of Missouri militia by Governor Edwards. At the outbreak of the Civil War he was commissioned brigadier general by President Lincoln, resigning to accept a seat in congress. Prior to his election to congress he was elected representative from Cole County in the state legislature and served in the stormy session under Governor Claiborne Jackson.
Always interested in transportation, General Price was one of the promoters of the Pacific Railroad, and was one of the largest contractors of the road. Later he was active in the building of other railroads.
General Price was lieutenant-governor of the state from 1849to 1853. He was a personal and political friend of Thomas H. Benton, and was loyal to the Union cause. In 1864 he was the Democratic nominee for governor of Missouri, but owing to the disfranchisement of the majority of Democratic voters, was defeated. He died July 16, 1870.
In 1830 General Price was married to Miss Lydia Bolton, a native of North Carolina who died in 1849. She left a daughter, Celeste, who married Captain Celsuo Price, son of General Sterling Price; and an infant son, Thomas Benton Price. In 1854 he married Caroline V. Long, daughter of Isaac Long, of Page County, Virginia.
Thomas Benton Price, born in Jefferson City May 19, 1849, was educated in Jefferson in a select school in Pennsylvania, and in St. Louis University. As a member of the transcontinental surveying corps under General Palmer, he spent the year 1867 in the west where his party skirmished with Indians and chased buffalo. November 18, 1872, he married Miss Ada C. Bear of Virginia, daughter of Col. Adam C. Bear and Susan Long Bear. Isaac Long, maternal grandfather of Mrs. Price, owned a large plantation in the Shenandoah Valley. Thomas Benton and Ada Bear Price had two children, Lawson Clark Price (July 15, 1873-March 24, 1941) whose name was changed to Thomas Lawson Price in the Cole County, Missouri Circuit Court around 1910, and Celeste Bolton Price (July 2, 1878-April 10, 1953). Celeste married Cecil Thomas.
Thomas Benton Price established a beautiful country estate, Avondale, Pettis County, Missouri, on which he lived. Its acreage was devoted chiefly to blue grass and forest, with only enough land in cultivation to supply its needs. Here he created a fine herd of Shorthorns and a famous line of saddle horses. He loved the country and had large real estate interests in this and other states. He died in an accident November 8, 1890, and his wife moved to Jefferson City.
The father of General Thomas Lawson Price was Major Price, 1779-1829, a Virginia tobacco planter and large slave owner. Major Price was the son of William Price who entered the Revolutionary War a lieutenant and advanced to the rank of major. The founder of the Price family in America was John Price, born in 1584, who left England for Virginia in 1610 or 1611.
Thomas Lawson Price, son of Thomas Benton and Ada Bear Price, was married to Miss May Johnson, daughter of William and Juliet Trigg Johnson of Boonville, Missouri on December 8, 1898. They had one daughter, Juliet (March 25, 1900-Sept. 14, 1976), who married John Guy Gibson. Mr. and Mrs. Gibson had one daughter, Gavern Price Gibson Mead, and one son, Tom Price Gibson.
Mr. Price was for nineteen years a member and for eight years chairman of the Library Board. He served as director and vice-president of the Exchange National Bank; a director and president of the Country Club. He was president of the Capital City Oil Company which he founded in 1922, the stock of which was owned by him and his family. He was a colonel on the staff of Governor Stark, and was also on the staff of Governor Park and Governor Gardner. He was chairman of the Cole County Special Road District Number 1, which included Jefferson City and had some eighty-five miles of gravel and asphalt roads.
Mr. Price devoted considerable time to farming and operated about 1900 acres in Pettis County for himself and his family.
Mrs. Ada C. Price
(Mrs. Thomas Benton Price)
Daughter-in-law of General Thomas Lawson Price, and niece of General Price's second wife, Caroline V. Long Price
Ada Catherine Bear Price (9 April 1851-14 Dec.1946) was the daughter of Susan Long and Adam Clark Bear, Elkton, Rockingham County, VA, whose home place was called Bear Lithia Springs. Her mother's sister, Caroline V. Long, became the second wife of General Thomas Lawson Price on 25 April 1854. Therefore, Ada C. Bear's aunt, when she came from Virginia to Jefferson City to visit, was also her future husband's step-mother.
The Old Fort Long Estate in Virginia was acquired in 1720 from the English Crown by Philip Long, an ancestor. Elizabeth W. Schuyler Long, mother of Caroline V. Long Price and Susan Long Bear, grandmother of Ada C. Bear Price, was a descendant of Gen. Philip Schuyler of Revolutionary War fame.
Ada C. Bear and Thomas Benton Price (19 May 1949-7 Nov. 1890) were married 28 Nov. 1872, at her family home in Virginia. Thomas Benton Price was the son of Unionist General Thomas Lawson Price (19 Jan. 1809-16 July 1870) and his first wife, Lydia Bolton Price, the mother of General Price's four children. She was born 24 April 1807 and died 27 May 1849, eight days after the birth of Thomas Benton Price.
A daughter of General Price and Lydia Bolton Price, Celeste, married a distant cousin, Celsus Price, son of Confederate General Sterling Price. She died 27 Sept 1867. On that same day her baby was born and died, also her father-in-law, General Sterling Price, former governor of Missouri.
In 1873 General Price's widow, Caroline V. Long Price, married his cousin, James B. Price, a widower with five children.
Ada C. Bear Price and Thomas Benton Price had two children, Lawson Clark Price (15 July 1873-24 March 1941) whose name was changed to Thomas Lawson Price in Cole County, MO Circuit Court around 1910, and Celeste Bolton Price (2 July 1878-10 April 1953).
Thomas Lawson Price, grandson of General Price, married Mary Johnson, daughter of William and Juliet Trigg Johnson of Boonville, MO, on 8 Dec. 1898. She died 20 May 1958. They had one daughter, Juliet Price Idol (25 March 1900-14 Sept. 1976) and two grandchildren, Gaverne Gibson Mead and Thomas Price Gibson.
Celeste Price, granddaughter of Gen. Price, married Cecil Warren Thomas, a distant cousin on Thanksgiving Day in 1902, the last social function in the Price mansion. The Thomases made their home with her mother, Mrs. Ada C. Price, on Capitol Avenue, Jefferson City, MO.
Thorpe Gordon
Thorpe J. Gordon was born in Cole County September 29, 1891, of a pioneer family. His father was Charles Alexander Gordon, born in what was known as the Gordon neighborhood near Scruggs Station in Cole County, died May 24, 1937 at the age of eighty-two years, the last surviving member of his generation of the Gordon family. During his active years he owned and operated a farm in the Gordon settlement near the place of his birth. He moved to Jefferson City many years prior to his death.
Charles A. Gordon was the son of William James Gordon, a native of Virginia. His mother, whose maiden name was Eliza Noland, was a sister of Martin Noland, pioneer teacher and Baptist preacher of Cole County. Thorpe Gordon's mother, whose maiden name was Georgia Ann Dickerson, was born October 22, 1864, in the old Gordon neighborhood. She was a school teacher prior to her marriage to Charle A. Gordon and died in Jefferson City December 21, 1920. Her father, Jacob Dickerson, died before her birth and she was reared by her uncle, George W. Rains, who conducted one of the largest flour mills in the county at Scruggs Station.
Thorpe J. Gordon began his career in the undertaking business in December 1910, when he was employed by the Walther-Wymore Furniture and Undertaking Company, which was owned by the late George W. Walther, and continued in that firm until 1927 when he established his own business as successor to that company. The building his company occupied was formerly the home of Major Winfield Scott Pope, a distinguished attorney of Jefferson City. This large old home was extensively remodeled as to have been virtually rebuilt around 1937.
Mr. Gordon was married to Miss Margie Irene Donaldson on December 22, 1937. Miss Donaldson's home was in Montgomery City. She was the daughter of R. H. and Mary Donaldson.
Mr. Gordon served two terms as President of the Chamber of Commerce in 1936 and 1937. He was president of the Rotary Club and served two terms as commander of Roscoe Enloe Post Number 5, American Legion. In World War I he served overseas with Company B, 337th machine gun battalion. He was a member of the Methodist Church and of the board of stewards of that church. In 1937 he was elected a member of the Jefferson City School Board.
J. W. Hobbs
John Wilbourn Hobbs was born in St. Louis, Mo., April 7, 1896, the youngest of seven children of William Pulaski Hobbs and Laura Wilbourn Hobbs. Both of his parents were born in Scott County, Missouri, and were members of pioneer families of Missouri and Kentucky. His paternal grandfather was one of the earliest judges of southeast Missouri district. The Court House at Benton stands on the side of the old Wilbourn home, one of the first large homes built in Missouri. Both families were southern sympathizers and slave owners during the Civil War period and suffered the usual hardships of the period following the war.
Mr. Hobbs attended the St. Louis public schools and Washington University night school. He went to Chicago and spent several years with the Continental and American Can Co., in an executive position. While there he attended the night school of Northwestern University. He returned to St. Louis to enlist in the aviation corps in July 1917. He served throughout the war in the air service and was discharged from Carlstrom Field, Florida in May 1919.
He was in the industrial equipment business in St. Louis before coming to Jefferson City in 1923. He was engaged in the real estate business in this city. He promoted the Bella Vista Apartments, converted the old Monroe Hotel into a modern office building, developed the Oak Park subdivision and built up one of the largest real estate exchanges in central Missouri. He was secretary and treasurer of the Missouri Real Estate Association, and a member of the National Real Estate Board.
He was very interested in farming and developed an excellent herd of Guernsey cattle at his farm near Jefferson City. He and his wife spent their summers riding horse back daily and enjoying country life. He married Myrene Houchin in February 1923.
Mr. Price was for nineteen years a member and for eight years chairman of the Library Board. He served as director and vice-president of the Exchange National Bank; a director and president of the Country Club. He was president of the Capital City Oil Company which he founded in 1922, the stock of which was owned by him and his family. He was a colonel on the staff of Governor Stark, and was also on the staff of Governor Park and Governor Gardner. He was chairman of the Cole County Special Road District Number 1, which included Jefferson City and had some eighty-five miles of gravel and asphalt roads.
Mr. Price devoted considerable time to farming and operated about 1900 acres in Pettis County for himself and his family.
Mrs. Ada C. Price
(Mrs. Thomas Benton Price)
Daughter-in-law of General Thomas Lawson Price, and niece of General Price's second wife, Caroline V. Long Price
Ada Catherine Bear Price (9 April 1851-14 Dec.1946) was the daughter of Susan Long and Adam Clark Bear, Elkton, Rockingham County, VA, whose home place was called Bear Lithia Springs. Her mother's sister, Caroline V. Long, became the second wife of General Thomas Lawson Price on 25 April 1854. Therefore, Ada C. Bear's aunt, when she came from Virginia to Jefferson City to visit, was also her future husband's step-mother.
The Old Fort Long Estate in Virginia was acquired in 1720 from the English Crown by Philip Long, an ancestor. Elizabeth W. Schuyler Long, mother of Caroline V. Long Price and Susan Long Bear, grandmother of Ada C. Bear Price, was a descendant of Gen. Philip Schuyler of Revolutionary War fame.
Ada C. Bear and Thomas Benton Price (19 May 1949-7 Nov. 1890) were married 28 Nov. 1872, at her family home in Virginia. Thomas Benton Price was the son of Unionist General Thomas Lawson Price (19 Jan. 1809-16 July 1870) and his first wife, Lydia Bolton Price, the mother of General Price's four children. She was born 24 April 1807 and died 27 May 1849, eight days after the birth of Thomas Benton Price.
A daughter of General Price and Lydia Bolton Price, Celeste, married a distant cousin, Celsus Price, son of Confederate General Sterling Price. She died 27 Sept 1867. On that same day her baby was born and died, also her father-in-law, General Sterling Price, former governor of Missouri.
In 1873 General Price's widow, Caroline V. Long Price, married his cousin, James B. Price, a widower with five children.
Ada C. Bear Price and Thomas Benton Price had two children, Lawson Clark Price (15 July 1873-24 March 1941) whose name was changed to Thomas Lawson Price in Cole County, MO Circuit Court around 1910, and Celeste Bolton Price (2 July 1878-10 April 1953).
Thomas Lawson Price, grandson of General Price, married Mary Johnson, daughter of William and Juliet Trigg Johnson of Boonville, MO, on 8 Dec. 1898. She died 20 May 1958. They had one daughter, Juliet Price Idol (25 March 1900-14 Sept. 1976) and two grandchildren, Gaverne Gibson Mead and Thomas Price Gibson.
Celeste Price, granddaughter of Gen. Price, married Cecil Warren Thomas, a distant cousin on Thanksgiving Day in 1902, the last social function in the Price mansion. The Thomases made their home with her mother, Mrs. Ada C. Price, on Capitol Avenue, Jefferson City, MO.
Thorpe Gordon
Thorpe J. Gordon was born in Cole County September 29, 1891, of a pioneer family. His father was Charles Alexander Gordon, born in what was known as the Gordon neighborhood near Scruggs Station in Cole County, died May 24, 1937 at the age of eighty-two years, the last surviving member of his generation of the Gordon family. During his active years he owned and operated a farm in the Gordon settlement near the place of his birth. He moved to Jefferson City many years prior to his death.
Charles A. Gordon was the son of William James Gordon, a native of Virginia. His mother, whose maiden name was Eliza Noland, was a sister of Martin Noland, pioneer teacher and Baptist preacher of Cole County. Thorpe Gordon's mother, whose maiden name was Georgia Ann Dickerson, was born October 22, 1864, in the old Gordon neighborhood. She was a school teacher prior to her marriage to Charle A. Gordon and died in Jefferson City December 21, 1920. Her father, Jacob Dickerson, died before her birth and she was reared by her uncle, George W. Rains, who conducted one of the largest flour mills in the county at Scruggs Station.
Thorpe J. Gordon began his career in the undertaking business in December 1910, when he was employed by the Walther-Wymore Furniture and Undertaking Company, which was owned by the late George W. Walther, and continued in that firm until 1927 when he established his own business as successor to that company. The building his company occupied was formerly the home of Major Winfield Scott Pope, a distinguished attorney of Jefferson City. This large old home was extensively remodeled as to have been virtually rebuilt around 1937.
Mr. Gordon was married to Miss Margie Irene Donaldson on December 22, 1937. Miss Donaldson's home was in Montgomery City. She was the daughter of R. H. and Mary Donaldson.
Mr. Gordon served two terms as President of the Chamber of Commerce in 1936 and 1937. He was president of the Rotary Club and served two terms as commander of Roscoe Enloe Post Number 5, American Legion. In World War I he served overseas with Company B, 337th machine gun battalion. He was a member of the Methodist Church and of the board of stewards of that church. In 1937 he was elected a member of the Jefferson City School Board.
J. W. Hobbs
John Wilbourn Hobbs was born in St. Louis, Mo., April 7, 1896, the youngest of seven children of William Pulaski Hobbs and Laura Wilbourn Hobbs. Both of his parents were born in Scott County, Missouri, and were members of pioneer families of Missouri and Kentucky. His paternal grandfather was one of the earliest judges of southeast Missouri district. The Court House at Benton stands on the side of the old Wilbourn home, one of the first large homes built in Missouri. Both families were southern sympathizers and slave owners during the Civil War period and suffered the usual hardships of the period following the war.
Mr. Hobbs attended the St. Louis public schools and Washington University night school. He went to Chicago and spent several years with the Continental and American Can Co., in an executive position. While there he attended the night school of Northwestern University. He returned to St. Louis to enlist in the aviation corps in July 1917. He served throughout the war in the air service and was discharged from Carlstrom Field, Florida in May 1919.
He was in the industrial equipment business in St. Louis before coming to Jefferson City in 1923. He was engaged in the real estate business in this city. He promoted the Bella Vista Apartments, converted the old Monroe Hotel into a modern office building, developed the Oak Park subdivision and built up one of the largest real estate exchanges in central Missouri. He was secretary and treasurer of the Missouri Real Estate Association, and a member of the National Real Estate Board.
He was very interested in farming and developed an excellent herd of Guernsey cattle at his farm near Jefferson City. He and his wife spent their summers riding horse back daily and enjoying country life. He married Myrene Houchin in February 1923.
James Albert Houchin
James Albert Houchin was the son of John Bourbon Houchin and Margaret Ann Jones Houchin. He was born in Logan County, Illinois, October 10, 1869. His ancestors were Huguenot French who settled in Salisbury, Massachusetts before 1679. Later descendants settled in Virginia and Kentucky.
James A. Houchin was reared on a farm. At Lincoln, Illinois he attended high school and Lincoln College, and took a two-year business course and graduated at the Gen City Business College at Quincy. With the recommendation of the latter institution he came to Jefferson City in 1891 as office man for the Charles L. Lewis Clothing Company. After four years with this concern he organized the Star Clothing Manufacturing Company which became one of the leading concerns of its kind in the United States. During the period when prison labor was sold to manufacturers, Mr. Houchin was one of the largest employers and thus paid many thousands of dollars to the state, his payroll to the state being more than a million dollars per year over a long period. At one time he conducted fifteen branch factories in various states.
Mr. Houchin acquired extensive realty interests in Jefferson City. He operated widely known stock farms in Cole, Callaway, Morgan and Pettis counties, becoming known as one of the leading breeders of fine saddle horses in America and was the owner of the famous stallion Astral King. He also developed a herd of fine Herefords. He was a member of the Methodist Church, and during his long residence in Jefferson City was a leader in all civic activities.
Attracted by the record of Joseph W. Folk in purifying conditions in St. Louis, Mr. Houchin exerted a powerful influence in securing Folk's nomination and election as governor. He contributed freely of his own funds, was president of the state organization of Folk for Governor Club and made a state-wide speaking tour. After Folk's election, however, the two differed on the method of prison management, Houchin advocating a more liberal policy. From that time to the end of his life Mr. Houchin was influential in Democratic politics. He died December 14, 1933.
In 1893 Mr. Houchin was married to Miss Mollie Clark, daughter of Benjamin and Isabelle Sone Clark, both members of pioneer families. Mr. Clark was a Confederate Veteran and for nearly fifty years an official at the state prison. Mrs. Houchin died in 1924, leaving a daughter, Myrene, who became the wife of J. W. Hobbs of Jefferson City. Mr. and Mrs. Houchin lived at 611 East Main Street.
George W. Hough
George W. Hough was born in Loudon County, VA on April 17, 1808 and was married to Mary C, Shawen at Waterford, VA on March 24, 1833. His early ancestor was John Hough, who moved from Bucks County, PA to Louden Co., VA about 1750, where he married Sarah Janney. John Hough was a grandson of Richard Hough who came from Cheshire, England to PA under the auspices of William Penn on the ship "Endeavor" land in Philadelphia in 1638.
In 1837, George Hough moved to St. Louis Co. MO. In 1838 he moved to Jefferson City where he engaged in merchandising until 1854 when he retired.
For forty years, Mr. Hough was a man of marked prominence and influence not only in this locality, but throughout the state. He was considered the leading mind in the Democratic Party during the decade preceding the war.
In 1842-43 he represented Cole County in the General Assembly with marked ability. In 1844 he took an active part in the organization of "The Missouri Historical and Philosophical Society," which was later incorporated by an act of the General Assembly of Missouri in February 1845. He was one of the charter members of the society and its Treasurer for a number of years. In 1854 he was the candidate of the Democratic Party for Congress.
In conjunction with Judge William B. Napton and Judge William Scott, then on the Supreme bench of Missouri, and Judge Carby Wells of Mario County, Mr. Hough participated in framing the famous "Jackson Resolutions" introduced by Claibourne F. Jackson, afterwards Governor, in the Missouri Legislature in 1849, which resolutions occasioned the celebrated appeal of Col. Thomas H. Benton from the instructions of the Legislature to the people of Missouri. These resolutions looked forward to a conflict between the Northern and Southern States and pledged Missouri to a co-operation with her sister states of the South. The leading Democrats of Missouri were then known as Calhoun Democrats, chief among them being David R. Atchison, William B. Napton, James S. Green, Carby Wells, Claibourne F. Jackson and George W. Hough, and the bitter personal hostility existing between Calhoun and Benton was much intensified by these resolutions, the authorship of which Col. Benton attributed to Calhoun. The result of the canvass was Col Benton's retirement from the United States Senate.
Soon after making his unsuccessful canvass for Congress in 1854, Mr. Hough was appointed by Gov. Sterling Price a member of the Board of Public Works of Missouri, of which board he was President. The board was then charged with supervision of all the railroads in the state to which state aid had been granted.
At the general election in 1860 he was elected to the same office. It was admitted at the time that he would have succeeded Gov. Jackson as Governor of Missouri had the Civil War not broken out. Mr. Hough was stronger in the convention of 1860 than was Gov. Jackson and could have had the nomination if he had contended for it. Instead, he yielded to the friends of the nominee, upon the assurances he should have no opposition for the next term. During the campaign of 1860 he made a thorough canvass of the state with Governor Jackson.
Though offered various government positions at the federal level, he declined. He was Curator of the Missouri University for a time.
Mr. Hough died February 13, 1878. He had six children living in 1900: Mrs. George B. Winston, Judge Warwick Hough, Mrs. John P. Keiser, Dr. Charles P. Hough, Arthur M. Hough and Miss Georgia B. Hough.
Arthur M. Hough
Arthur M. Hough was born in Jefferson City. His parents, George W. and Mary C. Hough, moved to the city in 1838, coming from Loudon County, VA. He was educated in the public schools. His first job was as salesman for a large general store in the city, later working as a clerk on a lower Mississippi River steamboat.
In 1870 he decided to study law and located in Kansas City, MO studying and working as assistant clerk of the Jackson County Circuit Court. He was admitted to the bar in 1872, Kansas City. Later moving to Jefferson City, he became a Lt. Colonel on Gov. Stone's Military Staff and helped establish the City Public Library of Jefferson City. He also helped secure the necessary funds to extend the Bagnell Branch of the Missouri Pacific Railway to Springfield, MO. He was also appointed several times as Special Judge of the Circuit Court. His home was at 224 East Miller Street.
H. P. Lauf
Hubert Peter Lauf, Jefferson City attorney and Representative from Cole County, was born at Osage City October 8, 1894. After attending public schools, including a year in the high school at Linn, he entered the state teachers' college at Warrensburg where he completed the high school course and took two years' work, receiving their sixty-hour diploma in 1917.
Mr. Lauf enlisted for service in World War I in 1917, and was attached to the 355th Ambulance Corps, 89th Division. He spent one year in training in this country and a year in service overseas, being discharged in June, 1919.
He entered the state university law school in 1921, graduating in 1923, following which he began practicing law in Jefferson City. Prior to this he taught school for three years, one year being principal of the high school at Belle.
Mr. Llauf was a member of the Masonic lodge, and a Shriner. He served one year as commander of the local post and two years as state commander of Veterans of Foreign Wars. He was a member of the American Legion. First elected to the legislature in 1932, he served three regular sessions and one extra session in the House of Representatives and was re-nominated in the August primary of 1938.
Mr. Lauf was the son of John and Theresa Brennecke Lauf. His father was born in Cole County in 1857, and died in 1929. His mother, born in 1969, died in 1918. His grandparents immigrated to Missouri from Germany.
In August, 1919, Mr. Lauf was married to Miss Blanche Smith, daughter of Chauncey Lee and Elvira Doolittle Smith. Her father was born at Fairbury, Illinois in 1865, her mother in Iowa in 1864. Mr. and Mrs. Lauf had two children, Marjorie and Richard Lee.
James Albert Houchin was the son of John Bourbon Houchin and Margaret Ann Jones Houchin. He was born in Logan County, Illinois, October 10, 1869. His ancestors were Huguenot French who settled in Salisbury, Massachusetts before 1679. Later descendants settled in Virginia and Kentucky.
James A. Houchin was reared on a farm. At Lincoln, Illinois he attended high school and Lincoln College, and took a two-year business course and graduated at the Gen City Business College at Quincy. With the recommendation of the latter institution he came to Jefferson City in 1891 as office man for the Charles L. Lewis Clothing Company. After four years with this concern he organized the Star Clothing Manufacturing Company which became one of the leading concerns of its kind in the United States. During the period when prison labor was sold to manufacturers, Mr. Houchin was one of the largest employers and thus paid many thousands of dollars to the state, his payroll to the state being more than a million dollars per year over a long period. At one time he conducted fifteen branch factories in various states.
Mr. Houchin acquired extensive realty interests in Jefferson City. He operated widely known stock farms in Cole, Callaway, Morgan and Pettis counties, becoming known as one of the leading breeders of fine saddle horses in America and was the owner of the famous stallion Astral King. He also developed a herd of fine Herefords. He was a member of the Methodist Church, and during his long residence in Jefferson City was a leader in all civic activities.
Attracted by the record of Joseph W. Folk in purifying conditions in St. Louis, Mr. Houchin exerted a powerful influence in securing Folk's nomination and election as governor. He contributed freely of his own funds, was president of the state organization of Folk for Governor Club and made a state-wide speaking tour. After Folk's election, however, the two differed on the method of prison management, Houchin advocating a more liberal policy. From that time to the end of his life Mr. Houchin was influential in Democratic politics. He died December 14, 1933.
In 1893 Mr. Houchin was married to Miss Mollie Clark, daughter of Benjamin and Isabelle Sone Clark, both members of pioneer families. Mr. Clark was a Confederate Veteran and for nearly fifty years an official at the state prison. Mrs. Houchin died in 1924, leaving a daughter, Myrene, who became the wife of J. W. Hobbs of Jefferson City. Mr. and Mrs. Houchin lived at 611 East Main Street.
George W. Hough
George W. Hough was born in Loudon County, VA on April 17, 1808 and was married to Mary C, Shawen at Waterford, VA on March 24, 1833. His early ancestor was John Hough, who moved from Bucks County, PA to Louden Co., VA about 1750, where he married Sarah Janney. John Hough was a grandson of Richard Hough who came from Cheshire, England to PA under the auspices of William Penn on the ship "Endeavor" land in Philadelphia in 1638.
In 1837, George Hough moved to St. Louis Co. MO. In 1838 he moved to Jefferson City where he engaged in merchandising until 1854 when he retired.
For forty years, Mr. Hough was a man of marked prominence and influence not only in this locality, but throughout the state. He was considered the leading mind in the Democratic Party during the decade preceding the war.
In 1842-43 he represented Cole County in the General Assembly with marked ability. In 1844 he took an active part in the organization of "The Missouri Historical and Philosophical Society," which was later incorporated by an act of the General Assembly of Missouri in February 1845. He was one of the charter members of the society and its Treasurer for a number of years. In 1854 he was the candidate of the Democratic Party for Congress.
In conjunction with Judge William B. Napton and Judge William Scott, then on the Supreme bench of Missouri, and Judge Carby Wells of Mario County, Mr. Hough participated in framing the famous "Jackson Resolutions" introduced by Claibourne F. Jackson, afterwards Governor, in the Missouri Legislature in 1849, which resolutions occasioned the celebrated appeal of Col. Thomas H. Benton from the instructions of the Legislature to the people of Missouri. These resolutions looked forward to a conflict between the Northern and Southern States and pledged Missouri to a co-operation with her sister states of the South. The leading Democrats of Missouri were then known as Calhoun Democrats, chief among them being David R. Atchison, William B. Napton, James S. Green, Carby Wells, Claibourne F. Jackson and George W. Hough, and the bitter personal hostility existing between Calhoun and Benton was much intensified by these resolutions, the authorship of which Col. Benton attributed to Calhoun. The result of the canvass was Col Benton's retirement from the United States Senate.
Soon after making his unsuccessful canvass for Congress in 1854, Mr. Hough was appointed by Gov. Sterling Price a member of the Board of Public Works of Missouri, of which board he was President. The board was then charged with supervision of all the railroads in the state to which state aid had been granted.
At the general election in 1860 he was elected to the same office. It was admitted at the time that he would have succeeded Gov. Jackson as Governor of Missouri had the Civil War not broken out. Mr. Hough was stronger in the convention of 1860 than was Gov. Jackson and could have had the nomination if he had contended for it. Instead, he yielded to the friends of the nominee, upon the assurances he should have no opposition for the next term. During the campaign of 1860 he made a thorough canvass of the state with Governor Jackson.
Though offered various government positions at the federal level, he declined. He was Curator of the Missouri University for a time.
Mr. Hough died February 13, 1878. He had six children living in 1900: Mrs. George B. Winston, Judge Warwick Hough, Mrs. John P. Keiser, Dr. Charles P. Hough, Arthur M. Hough and Miss Georgia B. Hough.
Arthur M. Hough
Arthur M. Hough was born in Jefferson City. His parents, George W. and Mary C. Hough, moved to the city in 1838, coming from Loudon County, VA. He was educated in the public schools. His first job was as salesman for a large general store in the city, later working as a clerk on a lower Mississippi River steamboat.
In 1870 he decided to study law and located in Kansas City, MO studying and working as assistant clerk of the Jackson County Circuit Court. He was admitted to the bar in 1872, Kansas City. Later moving to Jefferson City, he became a Lt. Colonel on Gov. Stone's Military Staff and helped establish the City Public Library of Jefferson City. He also helped secure the necessary funds to extend the Bagnell Branch of the Missouri Pacific Railway to Springfield, MO. He was also appointed several times as Special Judge of the Circuit Court. His home was at 224 East Miller Street.
H. P. Lauf
Hubert Peter Lauf, Jefferson City attorney and Representative from Cole County, was born at Osage City October 8, 1894. After attending public schools, including a year in the high school at Linn, he entered the state teachers' college at Warrensburg where he completed the high school course and took two years' work, receiving their sixty-hour diploma in 1917.
Mr. Lauf enlisted for service in World War I in 1917, and was attached to the 355th Ambulance Corps, 89th Division. He spent one year in training in this country and a year in service overseas, being discharged in June, 1919.
He entered the state university law school in 1921, graduating in 1923, following which he began practicing law in Jefferson City. Prior to this he taught school for three years, one year being principal of the high school at Belle.
Mr. Llauf was a member of the Masonic lodge, and a Shriner. He served one year as commander of the local post and two years as state commander of Veterans of Foreign Wars. He was a member of the American Legion. First elected to the legislature in 1932, he served three regular sessions and one extra session in the House of Representatives and was re-nominated in the August primary of 1938.
Mr. Lauf was the son of John and Theresa Brennecke Lauf. His father was born in Cole County in 1857, and died in 1929. His mother, born in 1969, died in 1918. His grandparents immigrated to Missouri from Germany.
In August, 1919, Mr. Lauf was married to Miss Blanche Smith, daughter of Chauncey Lee and Elvira Doolittle Smith. Her father was born at Fairbury, Illinois in 1865, her mother in Iowa in 1864. Mr. and Mrs. Lauf had two children, Marjorie and Richard Lee.
Henry G. LePage
Henry G. LePage was born at the eastern edge of Jefferson City, March 10, 1900. He attended grade school in the city and graduated from high school in 1918. Following graduation he worked on his father's farm. When his father died in 1920 he remained on the farm with his mother until he was elected County Recorder in 1926.
Before reaching legal age he became active in farm organization work and was elected secretary-treasurer of the Cole County Farm Bureau in 1920, remaining six years in that office. He was a member of the Methodist Church, the Knights of Pythias Lodge and the United Commercial Travelers. He served five years as director of the Chamber of Commerce and was a director of the Jefferson City Building and Loan Association and president of the Hub City Building and Loan Association.
Mr. LePage was married September 3, 1927, to Miss Elora Wagner of a well known Jefferson City pioneer family. In 1938 they had four sons and one daughter. John Henry was nine years old, Paul W. seven, Thomas E. five, Julian F. three, and a daughter, Elora Rosalin was born January 10, 1938.
John E. LePage, the father of Henry G. was born in Jefferson City, April 4, 1859, in a house on the southwest corner of St. Mary's Hospital grounds. All his adult life he worked as a plastering contractor until he died February 25, 1920. John E. LePage was married June 14, 1899 to Miss Nathalia C. Henry who was born on a farm east of Jefferson City.
The father of John E. LePage was born May 28, 1818, at LeMans, France and came to the United States in 1838. He was a stone mason and plasterer by occupation. He married Elizabeth Jane Ross in Jefferson City and lived here until his death in 1885. His wife was born at Jeffersonville, Indiana, July 10, 1833, came to Cole County in 1843 and died May 30, 1916. She was the daughter of William and Nancy Ross, the former being the son of John and Peggy Ross of White County, Tennessee. Mrs. Nancy Ross was the daughter of George and Mary Rains. She was born in Campbell County, Tennessee, January 8, 1810, and died in Jefferson City July 21, 1898. Her father served under Andrew Jackson in the War of 1812; her great-grandfathers under Washington in the Revolutionary War.
Mr. LePage's mother was the daughter of Francis Henry who was born April 3, 1831, in the province of Lorraine near Metz. He served three years in the Civil War. He was married to Josephine Placial who was born in Nancy, France, July 18, 1836, and came to the United States in 1865.
Henry G. LePage had the unusual distinction for a Republican in that period of Cole County politics of being elected County Recorder for three successive terms. In 1930 and again in 1934 he was the only Republican to be elected to office in this county.
Henry G. LePage was born at the eastern edge of Jefferson City, March 10, 1900. He attended grade school in the city and graduated from high school in 1918. Following graduation he worked on his father's farm. When his father died in 1920 he remained on the farm with his mother until he was elected County Recorder in 1926.
Before reaching legal age he became active in farm organization work and was elected secretary-treasurer of the Cole County Farm Bureau in 1920, remaining six years in that office. He was a member of the Methodist Church, the Knights of Pythias Lodge and the United Commercial Travelers. He served five years as director of the Chamber of Commerce and was a director of the Jefferson City Building and Loan Association and president of the Hub City Building and Loan Association.
Mr. LePage was married September 3, 1927, to Miss Elora Wagner of a well known Jefferson City pioneer family. In 1938 they had four sons and one daughter. John Henry was nine years old, Paul W. seven, Thomas E. five, Julian F. three, and a daughter, Elora Rosalin was born January 10, 1938.
John E. LePage, the father of Henry G. was born in Jefferson City, April 4, 1859, in a house on the southwest corner of St. Mary's Hospital grounds. All his adult life he worked as a plastering contractor until he died February 25, 1920. John E. LePage was married June 14, 1899 to Miss Nathalia C. Henry who was born on a farm east of Jefferson City.
The father of John E. LePage was born May 28, 1818, at LeMans, France and came to the United States in 1838. He was a stone mason and plasterer by occupation. He married Elizabeth Jane Ross in Jefferson City and lived here until his death in 1885. His wife was born at Jeffersonville, Indiana, July 10, 1833, came to Cole County in 1843 and died May 30, 1916. She was the daughter of William and Nancy Ross, the former being the son of John and Peggy Ross of White County, Tennessee. Mrs. Nancy Ross was the daughter of George and Mary Rains. She was born in Campbell County, Tennessee, January 8, 1810, and died in Jefferson City July 21, 1898. Her father served under Andrew Jackson in the War of 1812; her great-grandfathers under Washington in the Revolutionary War.
Mr. LePage's mother was the daughter of Francis Henry who was born April 3, 1831, in the province of Lorraine near Metz. He served three years in the Civil War. He was married to Josephine Placial who was born in Nancy, France, July 18, 1836, and came to the United States in 1865.
Henry G. LePage had the unusual distinction for a Republican in that period of Cole County politics of being elected County Recorder for three successive terms. In 1930 and again in 1934 he was the only Republican to be elected to office in this county.
Louis Ott
Louis Ott was the son of Judge Philipp and Elizabeth Wippenback Ott, natives of Germany and Cole County pioneers. "Dr." Louis Ott, the pioneer lumberman of Central Missouir, was born in a log house directly across the road from the old Cole County Court House at Marion on August 27, 1869. He became well known in the industry and in Central Missouri through "Lumber Doctor" articles he wrote for the the St. Louis Lumbermen and for other Lumber Journals as a side line. He addressed the Lumber Associations in Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Arkansas, Nebraska and other states.
He attended the country schools at Marion and graduated at Jefferson City in the stable loft of Clem Ware's Livery Stable called "Clarke's Opera House". Because of the unfortunate death of a younger brother who was thrown from a horse and killed, he was not allowed to ride any of the many horses on his father's farm, so he broke a calf to ride and drive.
He came to Jefferson City on a steamboat in 1882 and started his career in the lumber business working after school and on Saturdays in his father's lumberyard. After graduating he served an apprenticeship of five years as a plumber, receiving only fifty cents per day for the first year with small advances for the following four years. He quit the plumbing business to assist his father who bought out his partner, Mr. A. M. Beckers.
He was elected to the city council from the old second ward and during his term as councilman, he was married to Hilda C. Wagner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Wagner. Ott then moved to the third ward and was elected to the council from that ward. He was a member of the volunteer fire department, serving as private, assistant chief, chief, secretary, treasurer and president at different times.
He had two children, Mrs. Irene Ott Steppleman and Elmer Ott and seven grandchildren, all boys: Frank Louis Steppleman, Elmer Ott, Jr., William Albert Ott, Jack Donald Steppleman and Thomas Sproule Ott. The family home was on Fairmount. And he established a five-acre playground with lake, island, cave and a hundred pine trees. Louis L. Ott died in January 1945 at the age of seventy-six.
Judge Philipp Ott
Philipp Ott was born in the Beyreuth, Bavaria, Germany on October 11, 1831, his parents being Charles and Catherine Semmelman Ott, also natives of Germany. He received his education at the college of Bayrenth and in 1849 he and his sister Johanna, immigrated to America with Adam Opel, landing first in New Orleans, after 53 days on the ocean. He then located to St. Louis and worked for his uncle and after his uncle's death, continued to run the business for his aunt, later purchasing it from her.
In 1853 he disposed of the business and moved to Cole County working in merchandising at Marion. At the age of 26 he was appointed Postmaster at Marion where he remained for over 25 years. In 1865 he moved to Kansas City but remained only one year, returning to Marion, where he engaged in farming until 1882. He then moved to Jefferson City where he ran a large lumber business. In 1885 he was appointed County Judge and was elected two successive terms. He was also Deputy Sheriff of Cole County for four years.
He married Elizabeth Eippenbeck, a native of Germany, on April 14, 1853 and four children were born: Francis S., Katie, Louis and one who died young. He was elected Mayor of Jefferson City on April 2, 1889 on the Republican ticket. Judge Ott died in 1918.
Louis Ott was the son of Judge Philipp and Elizabeth Wippenback Ott, natives of Germany and Cole County pioneers. "Dr." Louis Ott, the pioneer lumberman of Central Missouir, was born in a log house directly across the road from the old Cole County Court House at Marion on August 27, 1869. He became well known in the industry and in Central Missouri through "Lumber Doctor" articles he wrote for the the St. Louis Lumbermen and for other Lumber Journals as a side line. He addressed the Lumber Associations in Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Arkansas, Nebraska and other states.
He attended the country schools at Marion and graduated at Jefferson City in the stable loft of Clem Ware's Livery Stable called "Clarke's Opera House". Because of the unfortunate death of a younger brother who was thrown from a horse and killed, he was not allowed to ride any of the many horses on his father's farm, so he broke a calf to ride and drive.
He came to Jefferson City on a steamboat in 1882 and started his career in the lumber business working after school and on Saturdays in his father's lumberyard. After graduating he served an apprenticeship of five years as a plumber, receiving only fifty cents per day for the first year with small advances for the following four years. He quit the plumbing business to assist his father who bought out his partner, Mr. A. M. Beckers.
He was elected to the city council from the old second ward and during his term as councilman, he was married to Hilda C. Wagner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Wagner. Ott then moved to the third ward and was elected to the council from that ward. He was a member of the volunteer fire department, serving as private, assistant chief, chief, secretary, treasurer and president at different times.
He had two children, Mrs. Irene Ott Steppleman and Elmer Ott and seven grandchildren, all boys: Frank Louis Steppleman, Elmer Ott, Jr., William Albert Ott, Jack Donald Steppleman and Thomas Sproule Ott. The family home was on Fairmount. And he established a five-acre playground with lake, island, cave and a hundred pine trees. Louis L. Ott died in January 1945 at the age of seventy-six.
Judge Philipp Ott
Philipp Ott was born in the Beyreuth, Bavaria, Germany on October 11, 1831, his parents being Charles and Catherine Semmelman Ott, also natives of Germany. He received his education at the college of Bayrenth and in 1849 he and his sister Johanna, immigrated to America with Adam Opel, landing first in New Orleans, after 53 days on the ocean. He then located to St. Louis and worked for his uncle and after his uncle's death, continued to run the business for his aunt, later purchasing it from her.
In 1853 he disposed of the business and moved to Cole County working in merchandising at Marion. At the age of 26 he was appointed Postmaster at Marion where he remained for over 25 years. In 1865 he moved to Kansas City but remained only one year, returning to Marion, where he engaged in farming until 1882. He then moved to Jefferson City where he ran a large lumber business. In 1885 he was appointed County Judge and was elected two successive terms. He was also Deputy Sheriff of Cole County for four years.
He married Elizabeth Eippenbeck, a native of Germany, on April 14, 1853 and four children were born: Francis S., Katie, Louis and one who died young. He was elected Mayor of Jefferson City on April 2, 1889 on the Republican ticket. Judge Ott died in 1918.
Samuel H. Sone
Samuel H. Sone was born on a farm near Jefferson City February 16, 1848. He lived there until the age of twenty-one when he secured the contract for carrying mail from Jefferson City to Tuscumbia, the county seat of Miller County. He ran a stage for ten years.
He was united in marriage on August 10, 1876, to Miss Lena Hauenstein of Tuscumbia, after which he engaged in farming. When his wife died a year later, he engaged in the livery business in Tuscumbia for three years when he got into the real estate business in Aurora Springs. He then moved to Kansas City where he stayed awhile then came back to the Cole County home of his early life. Here he was deputy sheriff four years under T.B. Mahan, four years under F. J. Fromme. In 1894 he was elected to the office of sheriff and re-elected in 1896. At the expiration of the second term he moved to his farm west of the city.
He had a son by his first marriage. Mr. Sone married a second time to Mrs. Elizabeth Jenkins (nee Stone) a grand-daughter of the Rev. John West, minister of the Old School Baptist Church. As a result of this union he had four daughters. The family lived at 1400 West Main Street.
Charles Tweedie
Charles Tweedie, born June 23, 1874, was one of the six children of John and Anna Tweedie. As a youth he entered the shoe factory where he became familiar with every feature of the business. Charles became President of the company when his father died in 1908. In 1917 the business became Tweedie Footwear Corporation. While president and general manager, Charles Tweedie was active in the designing department; he was the inventor of a number of accessories. A branch plant opened in Versailles, Missouri in 1925. The plant was converted to the war effort in 1942 as a maker of shelter halves. The Boliver Street factory opened in 1942 and became the largest producer of canvass leggings in the United States.
Mr. Charles Tweedie was married in 1899 to Miss Lillian Willamette Reed. They had two children, William Reid and Lillian Willamette. The son was vice-president and assistant general manager of the factory.
Charles Tweedie died June 15, 1945 in St. Louis at the age of 71.
The Walz Family
Charles J. "Carl" Walz, born July 1870, married Anna Hutschreider in 1893. He died July 7, 1922. Their first child was born in Jefferson City in 1894. At the age of fourteen, Milo Walz went to work for the Hugh Stephens Printing Company as a bookbinder. In 1923 Milo Walz was married to Miss Esther Beck, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Beck, of an old Jefferson City family. They had eight children: Doris, Milo, Jr., Herbert, Don, Ruth, Robert, Richard and James. Mr. Walz was a member of the Chamber of Commerce, Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion and the Evangelical Church.
In World War I he served in the 342nd Field Artillery, 89th Division and served about fourteen months overseas. Following his discharge at the end of the war he resumed his work with the Hugh Stephens Company.
In 1924 Mr. Walz bought the old Doerhoff store at 128 E. Dunklin Street after the death of Mr. Doerhoff. He remodeled the building and as the building grew he acquired additional space at 704 Madison Street and opened the enlarged store in November 1936 and converted the Dunklin Street store to a hardware business. In 1963 a Tru-Value Hardware store, managed by Milo's son Don, was added at 713 Madison.
Anna Margaretha Meister was born in Germany in September 1849 and grew up in the Honey Creek area of Cole County. As a young woman she moved to St. Louis where she met and married Charles J. "Carl" Walz, a native of Baden, Germany and twelve years her senior. When Carl died in 1879, his wife returned to Cole County with their four children, Elizabeth Catherine, Charles Julius , "Carl" Jr., Mollie (Amelia) and Henry.
Elizabeth, born March 1869, married Joseph Schmidli on January 28, 1890. She died December 1945 in Cole County. Mollie, born August 1876, married Martin Gipfert, son of Wilhelm Gipfert, on December 12, 1900. Henry, born January 16, 1880, worked for the Hugh Stephens Printing Company. He died in an accidental fall from an automobile May 9, 1927.
Samuel H. Sone was born on a farm near Jefferson City February 16, 1848. He lived there until the age of twenty-one when he secured the contract for carrying mail from Jefferson City to Tuscumbia, the county seat of Miller County. He ran a stage for ten years.
He was united in marriage on August 10, 1876, to Miss Lena Hauenstein of Tuscumbia, after which he engaged in farming. When his wife died a year later, he engaged in the livery business in Tuscumbia for three years when he got into the real estate business in Aurora Springs. He then moved to Kansas City where he stayed awhile then came back to the Cole County home of his early life. Here he was deputy sheriff four years under T.B. Mahan, four years under F. J. Fromme. In 1894 he was elected to the office of sheriff and re-elected in 1896. At the expiration of the second term he moved to his farm west of the city.
He had a son by his first marriage. Mr. Sone married a second time to Mrs. Elizabeth Jenkins (nee Stone) a grand-daughter of the Rev. John West, minister of the Old School Baptist Church. As a result of this union he had four daughters. The family lived at 1400 West Main Street.
Charles Tweedie
Charles Tweedie, born June 23, 1874, was one of the six children of John and Anna Tweedie. As a youth he entered the shoe factory where he became familiar with every feature of the business. Charles became President of the company when his father died in 1908. In 1917 the business became Tweedie Footwear Corporation. While president and general manager, Charles Tweedie was active in the designing department; he was the inventor of a number of accessories. A branch plant opened in Versailles, Missouri in 1925. The plant was converted to the war effort in 1942 as a maker of shelter halves. The Boliver Street factory opened in 1942 and became the largest producer of canvass leggings in the United States.
Mr. Charles Tweedie was married in 1899 to Miss Lillian Willamette Reed. They had two children, William Reid and Lillian Willamette. The son was vice-president and assistant general manager of the factory.
Charles Tweedie died June 15, 1945 in St. Louis at the age of 71.
The Walz Family
Charles J. "Carl" Walz, born July 1870, married Anna Hutschreider in 1893. He died July 7, 1922. Their first child was born in Jefferson City in 1894. At the age of fourteen, Milo Walz went to work for the Hugh Stephens Printing Company as a bookbinder. In 1923 Milo Walz was married to Miss Esther Beck, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Beck, of an old Jefferson City family. They had eight children: Doris, Milo, Jr., Herbert, Don, Ruth, Robert, Richard and James. Mr. Walz was a member of the Chamber of Commerce, Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion and the Evangelical Church.
In World War I he served in the 342nd Field Artillery, 89th Division and served about fourteen months overseas. Following his discharge at the end of the war he resumed his work with the Hugh Stephens Company.
In 1924 Mr. Walz bought the old Doerhoff store at 128 E. Dunklin Street after the death of Mr. Doerhoff. He remodeled the building and as the building grew he acquired additional space at 704 Madison Street and opened the enlarged store in November 1936 and converted the Dunklin Street store to a hardware business. In 1963 a Tru-Value Hardware store, managed by Milo's son Don, was added at 713 Madison.
Anna Margaretha Meister was born in Germany in September 1849 and grew up in the Honey Creek area of Cole County. As a young woman she moved to St. Louis where she met and married Charles J. "Carl" Walz, a native of Baden, Germany and twelve years her senior. When Carl died in 1879, his wife returned to Cole County with their four children, Elizabeth Catherine, Charles Julius , "Carl" Jr., Mollie (Amelia) and Henry.
Elizabeth, born March 1869, married Joseph Schmidli on January 28, 1890. She died December 1945 in Cole County. Mollie, born August 1876, married Martin Gipfert, son of Wilhelm Gipfert, on December 12, 1900. Henry, born January 16, 1880, worked for the Hugh Stephens Printing Company. He died in an accidental fall from an automobile May 9, 1927.
Ernest Simonsen
Ernest Simonsen was born near Halmstad, Sweden, November 30, 1858. He attended elementary school there until 1875 when he was admitted to the Technical School at Orebro, Sweden, from which he graduated as a mechanical engineer in 1878. He worked as mechanical draftsman at Halmstad's Mekaniska Verkstad until 1881, when he left Sweden and came to America.
He worked for short periods for some machine manufacturing firms of the East in the capacity of machinist, with a view toward gaining more knowledge of the ways of his adopted country. In 1882 he engaged as mechanical draftsman with the Bridgeport Machine Tool Works at Bridgeport CT. He held this position for two years before he was made general superintendent of the works. He resigned in 1888 to accept a job as general superintendent of the Ingersoll-Sergeant Rock Drill Co., of New York. He remained until May 1, 1889, when he made a trip to Europe where he visited his native home and attended the Paris Exposition, returning to America the following October.
He came to Jefferson City in 1889 and purchased what was known as the Jefferson City Foundry, and continued the business under the name of the Simonsen-Walther Mfg. Co. In January 1894, he engaged with Mr. P.H. Loethen in scientific heating under the firm name of Jefferson Heating Co., doing a general hot water and steam heating business, managing both companies until 1898, when he disposed of the foundry business in order to give more attention to heating contracting. Among their many important contracts were the Cole County Court House, Gasconade County Court House, four buildings of the Lincoln Institute, Missouri Pacific Passenger Station, State Armory, Exchange Bank, Dallmeyer Building, Realty Building and a number of private residences, also Eitzen's building in California, MO.
Mr. Simonsen was a Republican, but not active in politics. He was a member of the Commercial Club where he served as President from 1897-1898; was director and Vice-President of the Capital City Building and Loan Association; director of the Jefferson City Bridge and Transit Company. He became a Mason in Sweden in 1880 where he maintained his membership in St. John Lodge in Halmstad, and was a member of the Jefferson City Royal Arch Chapter, No. 34, Jerusalem Council, No. 16, Royal and Select Masters of Bridgeport, CT, Prince of Peace Commandery, No. 29, Knights Templar; also a 32-degree Scottish Rite Mason, belonging to the Lafayette Consistory of Bridgeport, CT.
He resided at the City Hotel. November 30, 1903, he married Fredrica DeWye.
Ernest Simonsen was born near Halmstad, Sweden, November 30, 1858. He attended elementary school there until 1875 when he was admitted to the Technical School at Orebro, Sweden, from which he graduated as a mechanical engineer in 1878. He worked as mechanical draftsman at Halmstad's Mekaniska Verkstad until 1881, when he left Sweden and came to America.
He worked for short periods for some machine manufacturing firms of the East in the capacity of machinist, with a view toward gaining more knowledge of the ways of his adopted country. In 1882 he engaged as mechanical draftsman with the Bridgeport Machine Tool Works at Bridgeport CT. He held this position for two years before he was made general superintendent of the works. He resigned in 1888 to accept a job as general superintendent of the Ingersoll-Sergeant Rock Drill Co., of New York. He remained until May 1, 1889, when he made a trip to Europe where he visited his native home and attended the Paris Exposition, returning to America the following October.
He came to Jefferson City in 1889 and purchased what was known as the Jefferson City Foundry, and continued the business under the name of the Simonsen-Walther Mfg. Co. In January 1894, he engaged with Mr. P.H. Loethen in scientific heating under the firm name of Jefferson Heating Co., doing a general hot water and steam heating business, managing both companies until 1898, when he disposed of the foundry business in order to give more attention to heating contracting. Among their many important contracts were the Cole County Court House, Gasconade County Court House, four buildings of the Lincoln Institute, Missouri Pacific Passenger Station, State Armory, Exchange Bank, Dallmeyer Building, Realty Building and a number of private residences, also Eitzen's building in California, MO.
Mr. Simonsen was a Republican, but not active in politics. He was a member of the Commercial Club where he served as President from 1897-1898; was director and Vice-President of the Capital City Building and Loan Association; director of the Jefferson City Bridge and Transit Company. He became a Mason in Sweden in 1880 where he maintained his membership in St. John Lodge in Halmstad, and was a member of the Jefferson City Royal Arch Chapter, No. 34, Jerusalem Council, No. 16, Royal and Select Masters of Bridgeport, CT, Prince of Peace Commandery, No. 29, Knights Templar; also a 32-degree Scottish Rite Mason, belonging to the Lafayette Consistory of Bridgeport, CT.
He resided at the City Hotel. November 30, 1903, he married Fredrica DeWye.
Central United Church of Christ
On August 7, 1850, a group of immigrants organized into a congregation and proceeded to buy a hilltop site on the corner of Washington and Ashley Streets, but they continued to worship in homes. The congregation in Jefferson City was formally organized on January 1, 1858, as the Deutsch Evangelische Central Gemeinde, or German Evangelical Central Congregation (now known as the Central United Church of Christ). In June 1860, Rev. Joseph Rieger, one of the pioneer preachers and founders of the Evangelical Synod, became the first settled pastor of the congregation. Under his leadership the congregation grew rapidly. Soon after his arrival a parsonage was built at a cost of $1,300. This reportedly served as a hospital during the Civil War. A parochial school was constructed in the middle 1860s. Pastor Rieger helped in the founding of Lincoln Institute (which later became Lincoln University). On the 20th of August 1869 pastor Rieger died and was buried in the church cemetery at the south end of Washington Street. (This cemetery was relocated to Riverview Cemetery in the 1960s).
On August 7, 1850, a group of immigrants organized into a congregation and proceeded to buy a hilltop site on the corner of Washington and Ashley Streets, but they continued to worship in homes. The congregation in Jefferson City was formally organized on January 1, 1858, as the Deutsch Evangelische Central Gemeinde, or German Evangelical Central Congregation (now known as the Central United Church of Christ). In June 1860, Rev. Joseph Rieger, one of the pioneer preachers and founders of the Evangelical Synod, became the first settled pastor of the congregation. Under his leadership the congregation grew rapidly. Soon after his arrival a parsonage was built at a cost of $1,300. This reportedly served as a hospital during the Civil War. A parochial school was constructed in the middle 1860s. Pastor Rieger helped in the founding of Lincoln Institute (which later became Lincoln University). On the 20th of August 1869 pastor Rieger died and was buried in the church cemetery at the south end of Washington Street. (This cemetery was relocated to Riverview Cemetery in the 1960s).
Frederick H. Binder
Frederick H. Binder, architect and builder, came from Hanover, Germany in 1866 at the age of twenty. In 1868, he married Katherine Blochberger, widow of Frank Hugershoff. Of the marriage of Mr. Binder and Mrs. Hugerschoff came two daughters who died in infancy, and one son, Frederick C., who worked with his father and who passed away at the age of forty-four. Fred H. Binder was an active and public spirited business man. He was elected Mayor in 1884 and served on the City Council and from 1873-1883. He was instrumental in establishing the first building and loan association in Jefferson City which operated not for profit but for the up-building of the city and helped provide it with substantial homes. Mr. Binder was the President of the Jefferson City Water Works Co.; President and Manager of the Bridge and Transit Company; one of the original founders of the first Jefferson City Building and Loan Association, being its first President. He was a member of the school board and the library board, and died in 1911 at the age of sixty-six.
Frederick H. Binder, architect and builder, came from Hanover, Germany in 1866 at the age of twenty. In 1868, he married Katherine Blochberger, widow of Frank Hugershoff. Of the marriage of Mr. Binder and Mrs. Hugerschoff came two daughters who died in infancy, and one son, Frederick C., who worked with his father and who passed away at the age of forty-four. Fred H. Binder was an active and public spirited business man. He was elected Mayor in 1884 and served on the City Council and from 1873-1883. He was instrumental in establishing the first building and loan association in Jefferson City which operated not for profit but for the up-building of the city and helped provide it with substantial homes. Mr. Binder was the President of the Jefferson City Water Works Co.; President and Manager of the Bridge and Transit Company; one of the original founders of the first Jefferson City Building and Loan Association, being its first President. He was a member of the school board and the library board, and died in 1911 at the age of sixty-six.
Oscar G. Burch
Oscar G. Burch was born on a farm in Cayuga County, New York on December 30, 1841. Mr. Burch came to Jefferson City in August 1865 where he was appointed assistant State Librarian. Later, he was elected city assessor of Jefferson City one term and was then postmaster under President Hayes from 1877-1881 and continued until the death of President Garfield, all the while being actively engaged in his real estate and insurance business. In August 1882 he was made book keeper of the First National Bank and continued this position until August 1, 1884 when he was made cashier.
Mr. Burch was united in marriage in Catlettsburg, Kentucky on March 22, 1866 to Mary E. Hart of Keokuk, Iowa. To this union five children were born: Oscar E. Burch; Nelson C.; Edson L.; Edith; and Asenath. Mr. Burch was a direct descendent of a brother and a co-patriot of General Nathanial Green of Revolutionary fame. Mrs. Burch's ancestors on her father's side were closely related to Israel Putnam, another prominent figure in the Revolutionary War.
Sam B. Cook
Sam B. Cook, for years a leader in Jefferson City business, civic and political life, came to this city in 1900 on his election to the office of Secretary of State. Mr. Cook was re-nominated for Secretary of State in 1904 but in the Republican landslide of that year was defeated. In 1905 he became president of the Central Missouri Trust Company, a position he held until his death February 5, 1931. During this period the assets of the company increased from half a million to two and a half million dollars.
Oscar G. Burch was born on a farm in Cayuga County, New York on December 30, 1841. Mr. Burch came to Jefferson City in August 1865 where he was appointed assistant State Librarian. Later, he was elected city assessor of Jefferson City one term and was then postmaster under President Hayes from 1877-1881 and continued until the death of President Garfield, all the while being actively engaged in his real estate and insurance business. In August 1882 he was made book keeper of the First National Bank and continued this position until August 1, 1884 when he was made cashier.
Mr. Burch was united in marriage in Catlettsburg, Kentucky on March 22, 1866 to Mary E. Hart of Keokuk, Iowa. To this union five children were born: Oscar E. Burch; Nelson C.; Edson L.; Edith; and Asenath. Mr. Burch was a direct descendent of a brother and a co-patriot of General Nathanial Green of Revolutionary fame. Mrs. Burch's ancestors on her father's side were closely related to Israel Putnam, another prominent figure in the Revolutionary War.
Sam B. Cook
Sam B. Cook, for years a leader in Jefferson City business, civic and political life, came to this city in 1900 on his election to the office of Secretary of State. Mr. Cook was re-nominated for Secretary of State in 1904 but in the Republican landslide of that year was defeated. In 1905 he became president of the Central Missouri Trust Company, a position he held until his death February 5, 1931. During this period the assets of the company increased from half a million to two and a half million dollars.
Charles Czarlinsky
Charles Czarlinsky was born in Prussia on October 20, 1850. At the age of eighteen he immigrated to America, settling in Jefferson City. With no resources other than his own intelligence, thrift and industry, for awhile he carried a peddler's pack. He established a store in Koeltztown, Osage County, which he conducted for several years before coming to Jefferson City in 1888. He became manager of the J. Siegfried clothing store where he remained ten years. He then helped organize the Globe Mercantile Company on March 3, 1899 with a capital stock of $10,000, he being Secretary and Manager of the company. The store was located at 210 East High Street. On May 1, 1900 he purchased controlling interest of the Globe Mercantile Company. It was later called the Jumbo store. Several years before his death, the store was moved to 304 East High Street. Charles Czarlinsky died in 1928, universally respected and one of the leading citizens of the town.
Charles Czarlinsky was born in Prussia on October 20, 1850. At the age of eighteen he immigrated to America, settling in Jefferson City. With no resources other than his own intelligence, thrift and industry, for awhile he carried a peddler's pack. He established a store in Koeltztown, Osage County, which he conducted for several years before coming to Jefferson City in 1888. He became manager of the J. Siegfried clothing store where he remained ten years. He then helped organize the Globe Mercantile Company on March 3, 1899 with a capital stock of $10,000, he being Secretary and Manager of the company. The store was located at 210 East High Street. On May 1, 1900 he purchased controlling interest of the Globe Mercantile Company. It was later called the Jumbo store. Several years before his death, the store was moved to 304 East High Street. Charles Czarlinsky died in 1928, universally respected and one of the leading citizens of the town.
Frank Dallmeyer
Frank Dallmeyer was born and reared in this city. Prior to 1909 Mr. Dallmeyer was associated with his father in the dry goods business. Persuaded by physicians that an outdoor life would be of benefit to his health, in that year he bought a tract of land two miles southeast of Jefferson City and created picturesque Moreau Park, then the only resort in this part of the state. The idea, then novel in this part of the country, made a hit from the start. As the Lake of the Ozarks and other recreational areas developed, the demand for such recreation became almost universal and Moreau Park, beautiful and convenient of access, was a distinct asset to Jefferson City. Mr. Dallmeyer built a modern home on his farm and developed a dairy business of considerable consequence.
Frank Dallmeyer was born and reared in this city. Prior to 1909 Mr. Dallmeyer was associated with his father in the dry goods business. Persuaded by physicians that an outdoor life would be of benefit to his health, in that year he bought a tract of land two miles southeast of Jefferson City and created picturesque Moreau Park, then the only resort in this part of the state. The idea, then novel in this part of the country, made a hit from the start. As the Lake of the Ozarks and other recreational areas developed, the demand for such recreation became almost universal and Moreau Park, beautiful and convenient of access, was a distinct asset to Jefferson City. Mr. Dallmeyer built a modern home on his farm and developed a dairy business of considerable consequence.
William Quintillen Dallmeyer
William Quintillen Dallmeyer was born in Germany on October 23, 1829. He immigrated to America in 1845. In 1856 he moved to Gasconade Co. establishing a general store on the old state road near Second Creek and then establishing a store on Third Creek, Cooper Hill. He also served as Justice of the Peace and Postmaster.
During the Civil War he served in Captain Cooper's Company of Home Guards and later served in what was known as Dallmeyer's Battalion, of which he was Lt. Colonel. In 1864 he was elected member of the Legislature, serving in1865 and in an extra session in 1866. Her was re-elected in the fall of 1866 and served a second term. In 1868 he was elected Treasurer of the State of Missouri of which he served until 1870. In 1868 he moved to Jefferson City where he lived for the remainder of his life.
Major John T. Clarke
Major John T. Clarke, for fifty years a resident of Jefferson City, MO, was born in Virginia on March 20th, 1843. At the age of ten, with a younger brother and sister in the care of slaves, he emigrated to Missouri. He was attending the University of Missouri at the outbreak of the Civil War, and though a southerner and prospective slave-owner, he found himself one of a group of five students loyal to the Union. At the age of 19 he enlisted at Mineral Point and was mustered into service at Carondelet, September 10, 1862, by Lt. J. T. Price and mustered out July 1, 1865. He was detailed for detached service at Gen. John A. Logan's headquarters, carried a gun under Sherman as far as Atlanta and later served in the Provost Marshal General's Office in St. Louis.
In 1872, he went to Jefferson City, MO and for thirty years was connected with the Office of State Auditor. During Gov. Hadley's administration, Major Clarke spent a year in Washington compiling the Military History of Missouri. Major Clarke passed away December 29, 1922, and his wife, Sadie, died April 10th, 1930.
William Quintillen Dallmeyer was born in Germany on October 23, 1829. He immigrated to America in 1845. In 1856 he moved to Gasconade Co. establishing a general store on the old state road near Second Creek and then establishing a store on Third Creek, Cooper Hill. He also served as Justice of the Peace and Postmaster.
During the Civil War he served in Captain Cooper's Company of Home Guards and later served in what was known as Dallmeyer's Battalion, of which he was Lt. Colonel. In 1864 he was elected member of the Legislature, serving in1865 and in an extra session in 1866. Her was re-elected in the fall of 1866 and served a second term. In 1868 he was elected Treasurer of the State of Missouri of which he served until 1870. In 1868 he moved to Jefferson City where he lived for the remainder of his life.
Major John T. Clarke
Major John T. Clarke, for fifty years a resident of Jefferson City, MO, was born in Virginia on March 20th, 1843. At the age of ten, with a younger brother and sister in the care of slaves, he emigrated to Missouri. He was attending the University of Missouri at the outbreak of the Civil War, and though a southerner and prospective slave-owner, he found himself one of a group of five students loyal to the Union. At the age of 19 he enlisted at Mineral Point and was mustered into service at Carondelet, September 10, 1862, by Lt. J. T. Price and mustered out July 1, 1865. He was detailed for detached service at Gen. John A. Logan's headquarters, carried a gun under Sherman as far as Atlanta and later served in the Provost Marshal General's Office in St. Louis.
In 1872, he went to Jefferson City, MO and for thirty years was connected with the Office of State Auditor. During Gov. Hadley's administration, Major Clarke spent a year in Washington compiling the Military History of Missouri. Major Clarke passed away December 29, 1922, and his wife, Sadie, died April 10th, 1930.
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