Villages of Crawford County, Missouri - JAKE PRAIRIE
In the northwest corner of Crawford County is a little country store called
Jake Prairie. A store has occupied this same site for about a hundred
years.
In 1878 Herman H. Tieman bought a stock of goods from Burnes and Company of
Cuba and moved it to Jake Prairie where he operated successfully for twelve
years. All available information indicates that he was the first
postmaster, serving from 1878 until 1890.
The name, Jake Prairie, impIies a combination of a person and a place.
Truly the place is located on a narrow prairie extending ten or fifteen
miles north and south between Bowenb Creek and Brush Creek. The origin of
Jake Prairie sounds like a bedtime story. The author recalls his father
saying about 1903, "Once upon a time an old Indian lived on the
prairie--his name was Jake." Further research has proven quite clearly that
it was not aItogether tradition but based on historical facts.
When the Osage Indians signed the Treaty of 1825 at St. Louis they ceded
all their lands in this region to the United States. Beginning from this
date the Indians wee being graduallypushed toward the west until they were
settled in Oldahoma. By 1835 nearly all of the Indians had been driven out
except a few roving remnants who moved from place to place. A few accepted
the white man's ways of life and remained, and some even married into the
white families.
John Steele McCormack relates, "There were Osage villages all through this
district. Probably the largest when the white men came was just across the
line in Franklin County on the Bourbeuse River on what was known as the A n
de r s on Coleman farm. There were over three hundred cabins there. There
was one at the old Enloe Settlement and another, judging by the remains,
near Blue Springs. There was another large one on the Bourbeuse below Jake
Prairie. Jake was an Indian living with his band of trappers on
the Bourbeuse. An argument came up in which the band sided against Jake, so
he picked up his tent and crossed the ridge and pitched his lone tepee out
on the plains and lived alone there for years. So, when any of the other
Indians wanted to visit him, they would say, 'Let's go up to Jake's
Prairie:"
For twenty-five years after 1878, H. H. Tieman, Henry P. Farrow,
Summerfield Ellis, and 'Shade' Rook were owners of the store and postmaster
of Jake Prairie. In the spring of 1903 Shade Rook built a new store. He had
been using an old building nearby.
In 1904 Harrison Gibson bought the store from Shade Rook and also built a
new concrete block home. This home is now owned and occupied by Oren
Stewart, son of 0. J. Stewart, for many years a farmer, teacher, county
superintendent of schools, lawyer, and prosecuting attorney of the county.
Shade Rook moved to Red Bird and in March 1905 purchased the T. S.
Fitzgerald Store. Later he moved to Sayre, Oklahoma, where his family still
resides.
Harrison Gibson did a thriving business at the Prairie and empIoyed C. H.
Pinnell as clerk in the store. Mr. Pinnell was also the local bar
ber and later moved to Cuba where he continued in the barber business until
his death.
Jake Prairie being located in a strictly rural area never became very
large. A general store, a blacksmith shop, and about three homes were the
only buildings at any time during its century of existence. The school was
one-half mile and the Prairie Chapel one-fourth mile sway. Both are now
deserted.
In 1905 Bill Myers opened a blacksmith shop, remained one year, and removed
to High Gate in Maries County where he opened a shop.
William Hunter then arrived in the community and opened a blacksmith
business. He was an excellent smith and his reputation as such was known
far and wide. However he decided to go into the mercantile business. In
1904 he purchased the store from
Harrison Gibson and soontook Elmer Jones as his partner in the business. As
soon as Elmer Jones arrived at Jake Prairie he built a new home which still
stands.
About this time another new store was built about two miles up the road
toward Cuba by B. H. Anderson. This was a stone building which burned a few
years later and was never rebuilt.
Mr. Hunter had financial difficulties and by 1905 the store was owned by
Elmer Jones, G. S. Matlock, and Charles Breuer. Jn 1906 Elmer Jones sold
his interest in the store to John Sorrell and the business was called
Breuer & Company.
The next owner was Joe A. McMullen and it was at this period when the store
burned to the ground. The Modern Woodmen used the second floor of the store
building for lodge meetings and after a meeting one night the store burned.
The Woodmen had held
their first public installation on January 9, 1904. The Woodmen Lodge
transferred their headquarters elsewhere.
The Jake Prairie store and post office changed hands many times through the
period of nearly a hundred years. The list includes: H. H. Tieman;
Summerfield Ellis, W. S."Shade" Rook; Harrison Gibson; William T. Hunter;
Elmer Jones; Jones, Matlock and Breuer; Sorrell, Breuer and Matlock;
Chester H. McIntosh; Ed Biles; Frank Carr; C. A. Beckham; J. H. Krewson;
Krewson & Breuer; William Collins; Leslie Collins; and Oren Stewart.
The first teIephone line built was from Red Bird to Jake Paririe in
February 1907.
For the first few years after post offices were established at Jake
Paririe, Vieman, Red Bird, Jacobston, and Seitz the mail was carried from
Cuba to these various points. About 1915 a Star Route was established. This
route made stops only at Jake Prairie, the rural boxes, and then to Cuba.
Carriers for star routes acquired their jobs by being the lowest bidder of
those who submitted a bid.
The writer remembers as a seven year-old boy exciting news in Jake Prairie
neighborhood. Herman Brinker, our old German mail carrier, was missing. He
was the Star Carrier from Cuba to Jake Prairie, to Red Bird, and then back
to Jake Prairie, a distance of more than thirty miles. From 1901 to 1905 he
carried the mail through storms, over almost impassable roads in summer and
winter, on horseback and all for the sum of fifty cents a day. Finally,
after four years of this he returned one day, put his faithful horse in the
livery stable, and boarded a train for the east. He was never located but
the supposition was that he returned to his native Germany.
In the earliest days of the star route from Cuba to Jake Prairie, to Red
Bird in Gasconade County, and back to Cuba the mail was
carried on horseback. Two of those hard men were the above mentioned Herman
Brinker Chaney Doggett, and Ralph Bowen. In later years buggies were used
and during these years A. P. Frederickson and Tom Mullen were among the
carriers. In more recent times there were Orville Kimber1in, Clarence
Watson, and Leo LaCroix.
Your author having first seen the light of day within two miles of Jake
Prairie, finds it difficult to close the story of more than seventy years
of memories. Many personal observations and experiences are remembered.
When the new store burned the Woodmen's Initiation "Billy Goat" fell from
the second floor to the ground and was rescued by someone; the next morning
it lay on the ground with all the hair scorched from its wooden carcass.
The old store was a favorite gathering place for the gang of country boys
who regularly on Sunday rode horseback all over the country. It was only by
pooling of pocket change could they buy cheese, crackers, and sardines for
lunch.
The little frame country store came back into service many years ago when
the new one burned. It is still serving the community, but gone are the
scenes of yesteryear. The oldblacksmith shop lately operated by Mike
Hunter, who followed his father, William Hunter, is sadly missing. The
little cottage, the humble home of Mrs. Stump is gone but the memories of
many scenes linger.
0ld Indian Jake long ago picked up his wigwam and went away to his happy
hunting ground, but his name still clings to the spot.
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CRAWFORD COUNTY AND CUBA MISSOURI
James Ira Breuer, 1972 p. 72-76
Friday, November 27, 2009
Old Settler's of Crawford County, Missouri
Old Settler's of Crawford County, Missouri
Extracted from THE TELEPHONE
Cuba, Crawford County, MO
Friday, October 4, 1901
*No corrections to spelling, grammar, punctuation, and capitalization
have been made to the original text.
OLD SETTLERS OF THE COUNTY.
The Crawford County Old Settlers Association Meets Near Leasburg.
The third annual meeting of the Crawford County Old Settlers Association
was held at the Taylor spring, near Leasburg, Saturday. The meeting was
a success. On request of the president, W. A. Gibbs, Rev. J. R. Hamlin,
presided.
Some songs were sung with the old time fervor and the meeting was opened
with prayer by William Barton. The address of welcome was given by Rev.
Hamlin who called attention to the debt the young people owed the old
settlers of this county. He contrasted the old time customs with the new
and praised the early citizens for their brave and wise settlement of this
county. In his usual humorous vein he told stories on some of those present.
He told of Uncle Jerry King dragging deer from the hill under which he spoke
to Leasburg. Uncle Jerry was the owner of an old mare named Jane. From the
end of her nose to the tip of her tail she was the longest brute that ever
lived. The neighbors said her extreme length was caused by Uncle Jerry
dragging so many deer to town by her tail. Uncle Billy Gibbs used to do
the threshing for the county. He threshed the speaker's first wheat crop
of 55 bushels and did the work in the extremely short time of three days.
The machine with which he did the threshing was separated from his horse
power by a long belt and when anything got out of gear with the machine
this belt was thrown off to save wear and tear. When Uncle Billy was
ready to begin work he would yell, "Hillery, put on the belt."
For many years this was the call for work to begin at log rollings and all
neighborhood workings.
After dinner business was taken up and J. R. Hamlin was elected president.
W. J. Land vice-president, and T. N. Reeves secretary. William Barton,
W. S. Blair, T. N. Reeves, W. T. Woods and Harley Moutray were appointed
a committee on arrangements. After a song by the Nixon school A. L. Reeves
was introduced as the speaker of the day. He spoke at length and was
followed by William Barton. W. H. Maxwell gave an interesting recitation.
It was announced that next year the old settlers' reunion will beheld the
first Saturday in September instead of the last.
There were 35 persons present over 60 years of age. Their names follow:
Samuel Nixon, aged 88, was born in Kentucky, the State of old people,
and came to Missouri 47 years ago. He settled in this county 42 years ago.
B. F. Triplett, is 87 years old, has lived in Missouri 70 years and in
Crawford county 11. He is a native of Kentucky.
W. A. Gibbs was born in Virginia 84 years ago and came to Crawford
county 60 years ago the 11th of August.
Nancy White came to Crawford county from Kentucky 45 years ago.
She was born in 1818 and is 83 years old. Mrs. White has never used
spectacles, can see to thread a needle readily, and hasn't a gray hair
in her head.
J. B. Jones, aged 79, came to this state from Kentucky 50 years ago
and has lived in Crawford county 37 years.
R. B. Reeves is a native born Missourian, 78 years old, and has lived
in Crawford county 77 years, longer than any person at the reunion.
W. H. Maxwell, aged 75, was born in Indiana and came to this county
and state six years ago.
Charles Lewis, a German, is a newcomer, but is 73 years old.
R. M. Brown was born in Tenn. 72 years ago. He was brought to this
county when one year old and lived here since.
R. P. Cook, a native of North Carolina, is 72 years old and has been
a resident of Crawford county for 35 years.
Nancy Christopher also came from North Carolina. She has lived here
44 years and is 72 years old.
J. R. Hamlin is one of a number of a colony of North Carolina people
who located here 32 years ago. He is now 72 years old.
G. W. Forbes and his wife came to this county 41 years ago from East
Virginia. They had lived in the state six years before relocating in
this county. They are each 71 years old.
William Barton is 70 years old, and has been in this county 32 years,
and came here from North Carolina with his brother-in-law, J. R. Hamlin.
William Walls, aged 70, came to this county from Tenn. 50 years ago.
Mrs. J. M. Pickens is 68 years old and came here from South Carolina
31 years ago.
E. M. Land has been in this county 19 years, in the state 23 years,
and in the world 68. He was born in Kentucky.
Elizabeth Luck was born in Tenn. 66 years ago and has lived in Crawford
county 44 years.
B. F. Johnson is a native born Missourian, 66 years old. He has been a
resident of this county 45 years.
Jane Alexander came here from North Carolina 20 years ago. She is 66
years old.
Matilda Woods is 65 years old and has lived in this county 46 years.
She is a native of Tenn.
Constant Hudson came to Crawford county from Arkansas 40 years ago.
He is now 63 years old.
W. T. Woods is 63 years old and came here from Tenn. 46 years ago.
D. J. Puckett is a native of the state, is 63 years old, and has
lived in the county 37 years.
W. J. Land came here from Indiana 32 years ago and is now 63 years
of age.
H. M. Walls came here from Tenn. 50 years ago. He is 62.
Elizabeth Earles came here from Illinois 30 years ago. She is 63
years old.
Charles Clay and J. S. Benton are the same age, 62 and are both native
citizens of Crawford county. They are well preserved and good for
passing the hundred mark.
W. R. McGlothlin is 62. He was born in this state and has lived in the
county 38 years.
J. L. Jones is a native of Indiana, has been here 32 years, and is 51
years old.
Mrs. D. J. Puckett is a native of this county is 61 years old.
B. P. Barton came here from North Carolina 31 years old. He is 61.
G. W. Carson is a new comer to this county having been here but a year.
He is from Indiana and is 61 years old.
Other Old Settlers of the County Who Did Not Attend.
The following are a few among the many old settlers of the county who
did not attend the old settlers reunion this year:
Joseph N. Taylor is a native of Crawford county and was born in 1839
in the family of John and Cyrena (Pinnell) Taylor. He is the eldest
son and was reared in agricultural pursuits. In 1861 he joined the
Missouri State Guards and enlisted in Company C, 3rd Missouri Cavalry.
He served six months and was wounded by the explosion of a magazine at
Wet Glaize, receiving an honorable discharge. In 1858 Mr. Taylor
entered 40 acres in addition to 60 acres given him by his father.
He turned his attention to farming and how owns 900 acres, which is
well stocked. Politically he has always been a staunch Democrat and
cast his first vote for Stephen A. Douglas. He belongs to the
Masonic fraternity. In 1868 he married Sallie, widow of James R.
Rinehart. They are the parents of seven children, all living. Mrs.
Taylor is 54 years old and has been a worthy member of the M. E.
Church, south, 31 years.
J. P. Jones was born in Wayne county, Ky., Mary 15, 1822 and came with
his father to the Missouri Territory in the fall of 1829. He settled
near the present town of Springfield, where he remained till the fall
of 1831, when he married Sophronia Province, a girl of 18. With his
young bride he moved to Webster county, where he lived two years,
moving with his family in the spring of 1833 to Izard county, Ark.,
and living there till 1864 when he returned to Missouri and purchased
the farm near Delhi, where he has lived since. Mr. Jones united with
the Church of Christ early in life and has ever since been a faithful
Christian. His wife died September 23, 1888. He is the father of 14
children, only two of whom are living, a son and a daughter, the latter,
Mrs. McDonald, lives with her family on Mr. Jones' farm.
Charles Rutz is one among the oldest men of Oak Hill township.
He is a German by birth, aged 81 years. He came to America in 1851
and has lived on Brush creek 49 years. His wife, with their two
children died of cholera on the voyage. "Uncle Charley" as he is
familiarly known first located at Hermann and for a short time worked
at his trade, cabinet making, and then moved to Brush creek and bought
a farm. By hard labor he made farming and stock raising a success.
He is now living with his son, William, the proprietor of the Oak Hill
Roller Mill. He spends most of his time reading, is a great talker,
well posted and says that he is proud that he is an American citizen.
R. B. Browning of Scotia is a native of Crawford county.
He is over 50.
W. T. Pinnell is 60 years old and was born and raised in Crawford
county. He has been in the county all his life except three years
he spent in the army.
Sarah Treece was born in Hamilton county, Tenn., in 1837 and has
been in this county 56 years.
Thos. Sillyman was born in New York November 24, 1829, and came to
Missouri October 1855.
John Spurgeon was born in Washington county, Tenn., February 13,
1839, and came to this county in April 1852.
Christopher Fredrickson was born in Denmark, October 26, 1829,
while his wife was born in the same country, September 31, 1835.
They came to Missouri in 1860.
John Woodruff was born in Madison county, Alabama, October, 1833,
and at the age of ten moved to Missouri. He served in the
Confederate army in Company G till the end of the war.
John Steen was born in Rome county, Tenn. in February 1833,
and is now 68. At the age of 1 year he was brought by his parents
to Douglas prairie, where he lived till the war.
He joined the army under Capt. Neal.
Charles Bacon was born in St. Louis county in 1829 and moved from
there to this county in 1839 and settled on what is known as the
old Bacon farm. His stories of life in Crawford county are i
nteresting and highly instructive.
"Grandpa" Lee, who lives with L. D. Lantz, near Hinch post office,
is over 80 years old.
Mrs. Nancy Anthony is 87 years old, having been born in 1814.
She now lives with her son, Stephen D. Anthony, and is highly respected.
Isaac Harmon, John S. Mudd, Alfred Wright, and Elizabeth Coffman
of Liberty township were all born in the year 1827, while Solomon
Coffman is 71 years old. He with his respected wife, "Aunt Betsy,"
have long ago celebrated their golden wedding.
Among the oldest settlers in vicinity of Hinch are Martin Bouse
and Austin Summers. The latter lives a mile over the line in
Washington County. He was born in the year 1812 and is 89 years old.
He has lived on his farm nearly 50 years and was born in Missouri.
Mr. Bouse was born in Virginia in 1813 and is 88 years old and has
lived in the same place almost 50 years.
Thomas Carlton and wife have lived on Brush creek over 40 years.
They came here from St. Louis and bought a small farm on which they
have since lived. They are both over 70 years old.
Zion Evans is 56 years old, was born in Brush creek in this county,
and has lived all his life on the farm he now owns. His father,
William Evans, was one of the first persons to live at Maramec Iron Works.
George Treece has lived on a farm on rush creek since 1850.
He is 65 years of age and politically is a strong republican.
He served in the civil war as first lieutenant. Before and
since the war his occupation has been farming. He married
Sarah Hamilton in '61 and they have raised a large family and
are among the oldest and most highly respected families of Crawford county.
O. M. Wright and wife moved from Tennessee to Brush creek in
1855, bought 80 acres of land, and have lived in the Blue Spring
district ever since. Both are 73 years of age. Mrs. Wright's
birthday being in June and her husband's in September. On both
days their eight children gather with the grandchildren and neighbors
to celebrate the passing of another mile post in their journey through life.
Mrs. Chris Mounts moved to her present home 46 years ago.
Mrs. Sam Nicholson was born on the Meramec river 75 years ago and
has lived near here ever since.
Phillip Weller came to this county from Pennsylvania about 35 years ago.
Smith Green is an Englishman, 60 years old, and has been 29 years in this county.
William Taylor, 75 years of age, came to Crawford county 45 years ago from Kentucky.
Mrs. Patrick Carrigan has lived near the old Knobview station 47 years.
She is 65 years old.
Thomas Glosser moved on his farm in Knobview township 35 years ago, is
about 65 years old and came from Ohio.
Charles Pancost is 60 years old and came here from Pennsylvania 37 years
ago and settled on Spring Farm, where he now resides.
Richard Burrows is also a native of Pennsylvania, is 75 years old, and
has lived on one of the finest farms in Southern Missouri for 35 years.
W. M. Munday is 80 years old and can't tell how long he has lived in
the county, but was here when Missouri was "discovered" or admitted to statehood.
John McCan is 75 years old and came here from Pennsylvania with the
construction of the Frisco. He has lived on his farm near Fanning for 43 years.
W. B. Jolley is 70 years old. He came from Ohio and settled at the
old Maramec Iron Works before the railroad was thought of and had his
goods hauled by oxen from St. Louis. He has lived on his present fine farm 26 years.
Henry Gunn was born in Chester county, Penn., in 1831 and has been a
resident of the county since 1856. He was the first man who worked
on this railroad from Franklin to "Traveler's Repose." He says he
is the oldest and largest Gun in the county. He served in the
Confederate army four years.
John Fanning is 79 years old. He came to Cuba in 1860 from Wisconsin
and moved out on the farm where he now lives the following year.
There were six houses in Cuba at that time and he rented one of them
and furnished it before his wife came. He thought the old wooden
fireplace in one end of the house was a place for the cook stove,
and used it as such, hanging a quilt up for a door.
John H. Garner has lived in the county 24 of his 53 years.
John Carr is 68 years old and has lived in the county 58 years.
William Palmer is 62 years old and has resided in the county 22 years.
Mrs. James McCan was born August 12, 1840, and has lived in the county 36 years.
Mrs. J. M. Pickens was born October 13, 1833, and has lived in Crawford county 30 years.
W. R. Parsons has been a resident of Crawford county 63 years.
He was born February 8, 1828.
Henry Naugle came to this county when he was 21 years of age and has lived here 47 years.
David Hartman has been a resident of Crawford county almost half a
century, and is 56 years old.
James C. Miller was born in Crawford county and has lived here since.
He is 52 years of age.
H. M. McConkey is a native of Edgar county, Ill. He is 72 years old
and has lived in the county 30 years.
J. G. McCan was born June 29, 1832, in Franklin county and has resided
in Crawford county 35 years.
Franklin Gorsage was born in Ohio. He came to Crawford 18 years ago
and is now 62 years old.
Margaret McGraath is 76 years of age and has lived in this county 34
years. She is originally from Ireland.
Mrs. Mary Ogletree is a native of East Tennessee and came to Crawford
county in 1864. She is 73 years old.
Joseph C. Steele is just as old as Mrs. Naugle, 68, but has been a
resident of the county a shorter time, 37 years.
Robert W. Cunningham was born in Davis county, Ind., 58 years ago.
He has resided in Crawford county 16 years.
John Wikey was born in Shripshire, England. He is 65 years old and
has been a resident of Crawford county 43 years.
Daniel Keffer was born in St. Louis county in 1836. He has been a
resident of Crawford county 59 years and is 65 years of age.
John M. Woodruff is the same as the two whose names have just been
given and he has lived within the confines of Crawford county 34 years.
David Copeland is a native of North Carolina, being born there 73 years ago.
He came to this county in 1861 and has been a resident of Oak Hill township 38 years.
Extracted from THE TELEPHONE
Cuba, Crawford County, MO
Friday, October 4, 1901
*No corrections to spelling, grammar, punctuation, and capitalization
have been made to the original text.
OLD SETTLERS OF THE COUNTY.
The Crawford County Old Settlers Association Meets Near Leasburg.
The third annual meeting of the Crawford County Old Settlers Association
was held at the Taylor spring, near Leasburg, Saturday. The meeting was
a success. On request of the president, W. A. Gibbs, Rev. J. R. Hamlin,
presided.
Some songs were sung with the old time fervor and the meeting was opened
with prayer by William Barton. The address of welcome was given by Rev.
Hamlin who called attention to the debt the young people owed the old
settlers of this county. He contrasted the old time customs with the new
and praised the early citizens for their brave and wise settlement of this
county. In his usual humorous vein he told stories on some of those present.
He told of Uncle Jerry King dragging deer from the hill under which he spoke
to Leasburg. Uncle Jerry was the owner of an old mare named Jane. From the
end of her nose to the tip of her tail she was the longest brute that ever
lived. The neighbors said her extreme length was caused by Uncle Jerry
dragging so many deer to town by her tail. Uncle Billy Gibbs used to do
the threshing for the county. He threshed the speaker's first wheat crop
of 55 bushels and did the work in the extremely short time of three days.
The machine with which he did the threshing was separated from his horse
power by a long belt and when anything got out of gear with the machine
this belt was thrown off to save wear and tear. When Uncle Billy was
ready to begin work he would yell, "Hillery, put on the belt."
For many years this was the call for work to begin at log rollings and all
neighborhood workings.
After dinner business was taken up and J. R. Hamlin was elected president.
W. J. Land vice-president, and T. N. Reeves secretary. William Barton,
W. S. Blair, T. N. Reeves, W. T. Woods and Harley Moutray were appointed
a committee on arrangements. After a song by the Nixon school A. L. Reeves
was introduced as the speaker of the day. He spoke at length and was
followed by William Barton. W. H. Maxwell gave an interesting recitation.
It was announced that next year the old settlers' reunion will beheld the
first Saturday in September instead of the last.
There were 35 persons present over 60 years of age. Their names follow:
Samuel Nixon, aged 88, was born in Kentucky, the State of old people,
and came to Missouri 47 years ago. He settled in this county 42 years ago.
B. F. Triplett, is 87 years old, has lived in Missouri 70 years and in
Crawford county 11. He is a native of Kentucky.
W. A. Gibbs was born in Virginia 84 years ago and came to Crawford
county 60 years ago the 11th of August.
Nancy White came to Crawford county from Kentucky 45 years ago.
She was born in 1818 and is 83 years old. Mrs. White has never used
spectacles, can see to thread a needle readily, and hasn't a gray hair
in her head.
J. B. Jones, aged 79, came to this state from Kentucky 50 years ago
and has lived in Crawford county 37 years.
R. B. Reeves is a native born Missourian, 78 years old, and has lived
in Crawford county 77 years, longer than any person at the reunion.
W. H. Maxwell, aged 75, was born in Indiana and came to this county
and state six years ago.
Charles Lewis, a German, is a newcomer, but is 73 years old.
R. M. Brown was born in Tenn. 72 years ago. He was brought to this
county when one year old and lived here since.
R. P. Cook, a native of North Carolina, is 72 years old and has been
a resident of Crawford county for 35 years.
Nancy Christopher also came from North Carolina. She has lived here
44 years and is 72 years old.
J. R. Hamlin is one of a number of a colony of North Carolina people
who located here 32 years ago. He is now 72 years old.
G. W. Forbes and his wife came to this county 41 years ago from East
Virginia. They had lived in the state six years before relocating in
this county. They are each 71 years old.
William Barton is 70 years old, and has been in this county 32 years,
and came here from North Carolina with his brother-in-law, J. R. Hamlin.
William Walls, aged 70, came to this county from Tenn. 50 years ago.
Mrs. J. M. Pickens is 68 years old and came here from South Carolina
31 years ago.
E. M. Land has been in this county 19 years, in the state 23 years,
and in the world 68. He was born in Kentucky.
Elizabeth Luck was born in Tenn. 66 years ago and has lived in Crawford
county 44 years.
B. F. Johnson is a native born Missourian, 66 years old. He has been a
resident of this county 45 years.
Jane Alexander came here from North Carolina 20 years ago. She is 66
years old.
Matilda Woods is 65 years old and has lived in this county 46 years.
She is a native of Tenn.
Constant Hudson came to Crawford county from Arkansas 40 years ago.
He is now 63 years old.
W. T. Woods is 63 years old and came here from Tenn. 46 years ago.
D. J. Puckett is a native of the state, is 63 years old, and has
lived in the county 37 years.
W. J. Land came here from Indiana 32 years ago and is now 63 years
of age.
H. M. Walls came here from Tenn. 50 years ago. He is 62.
Elizabeth Earles came here from Illinois 30 years ago. She is 63
years old.
Charles Clay and J. S. Benton are the same age, 62 and are both native
citizens of Crawford county. They are well preserved and good for
passing the hundred mark.
W. R. McGlothlin is 62. He was born in this state and has lived in the
county 38 years.
J. L. Jones is a native of Indiana, has been here 32 years, and is 51
years old.
Mrs. D. J. Puckett is a native of this county is 61 years old.
B. P. Barton came here from North Carolina 31 years old. He is 61.
G. W. Carson is a new comer to this county having been here but a year.
He is from Indiana and is 61 years old.
Other Old Settlers of the County Who Did Not Attend.
The following are a few among the many old settlers of the county who
did not attend the old settlers reunion this year:
Joseph N. Taylor is a native of Crawford county and was born in 1839
in the family of John and Cyrena (Pinnell) Taylor. He is the eldest
son and was reared in agricultural pursuits. In 1861 he joined the
Missouri State Guards and enlisted in Company C, 3rd Missouri Cavalry.
He served six months and was wounded by the explosion of a magazine at
Wet Glaize, receiving an honorable discharge. In 1858 Mr. Taylor
entered 40 acres in addition to 60 acres given him by his father.
He turned his attention to farming and how owns 900 acres, which is
well stocked. Politically he has always been a staunch Democrat and
cast his first vote for Stephen A. Douglas. He belongs to the
Masonic fraternity. In 1868 he married Sallie, widow of James R.
Rinehart. They are the parents of seven children, all living. Mrs.
Taylor is 54 years old and has been a worthy member of the M. E.
Church, south, 31 years.
J. P. Jones was born in Wayne county, Ky., Mary 15, 1822 and came with
his father to the Missouri Territory in the fall of 1829. He settled
near the present town of Springfield, where he remained till the fall
of 1831, when he married Sophronia Province, a girl of 18. With his
young bride he moved to Webster county, where he lived two years,
moving with his family in the spring of 1833 to Izard county, Ark.,
and living there till 1864 when he returned to Missouri and purchased
the farm near Delhi, where he has lived since. Mr. Jones united with
the Church of Christ early in life and has ever since been a faithful
Christian. His wife died September 23, 1888. He is the father of 14
children, only two of whom are living, a son and a daughter, the latter,
Mrs. McDonald, lives with her family on Mr. Jones' farm.
Charles Rutz is one among the oldest men of Oak Hill township.
He is a German by birth, aged 81 years. He came to America in 1851
and has lived on Brush creek 49 years. His wife, with their two
children died of cholera on the voyage. "Uncle Charley" as he is
familiarly known first located at Hermann and for a short time worked
at his trade, cabinet making, and then moved to Brush creek and bought
a farm. By hard labor he made farming and stock raising a success.
He is now living with his son, William, the proprietor of the Oak Hill
Roller Mill. He spends most of his time reading, is a great talker,
well posted and says that he is proud that he is an American citizen.
R. B. Browning of Scotia is a native of Crawford county.
He is over 50.
W. T. Pinnell is 60 years old and was born and raised in Crawford
county. He has been in the county all his life except three years
he spent in the army.
Sarah Treece was born in Hamilton county, Tenn., in 1837 and has
been in this county 56 years.
Thos. Sillyman was born in New York November 24, 1829, and came to
Missouri October 1855.
John Spurgeon was born in Washington county, Tenn., February 13,
1839, and came to this county in April 1852.
Christopher Fredrickson was born in Denmark, October 26, 1829,
while his wife was born in the same country, September 31, 1835.
They came to Missouri in 1860.
John Woodruff was born in Madison county, Alabama, October, 1833,
and at the age of ten moved to Missouri. He served in the
Confederate army in Company G till the end of the war.
John Steen was born in Rome county, Tenn. in February 1833,
and is now 68. At the age of 1 year he was brought by his parents
to Douglas prairie, where he lived till the war.
He joined the army under Capt. Neal.
Charles Bacon was born in St. Louis county in 1829 and moved from
there to this county in 1839 and settled on what is known as the
old Bacon farm. His stories of life in Crawford county are i
nteresting and highly instructive.
"Grandpa" Lee, who lives with L. D. Lantz, near Hinch post office,
is over 80 years old.
Mrs. Nancy Anthony is 87 years old, having been born in 1814.
She now lives with her son, Stephen D. Anthony, and is highly respected.
Isaac Harmon, John S. Mudd, Alfred Wright, and Elizabeth Coffman
of Liberty township were all born in the year 1827, while Solomon
Coffman is 71 years old. He with his respected wife, "Aunt Betsy,"
have long ago celebrated their golden wedding.
Among the oldest settlers in vicinity of Hinch are Martin Bouse
and Austin Summers. The latter lives a mile over the line in
Washington County. He was born in the year 1812 and is 89 years old.
He has lived on his farm nearly 50 years and was born in Missouri.
Mr. Bouse was born in Virginia in 1813 and is 88 years old and has
lived in the same place almost 50 years.
Thomas Carlton and wife have lived on Brush creek over 40 years.
They came here from St. Louis and bought a small farm on which they
have since lived. They are both over 70 years old.
Zion Evans is 56 years old, was born in Brush creek in this county,
and has lived all his life on the farm he now owns. His father,
William Evans, was one of the first persons to live at Maramec Iron Works.
George Treece has lived on a farm on rush creek since 1850.
He is 65 years of age and politically is a strong republican.
He served in the civil war as first lieutenant. Before and
since the war his occupation has been farming. He married
Sarah Hamilton in '61 and they have raised a large family and
are among the oldest and most highly respected families of Crawford county.
O. M. Wright and wife moved from Tennessee to Brush creek in
1855, bought 80 acres of land, and have lived in the Blue Spring
district ever since. Both are 73 years of age. Mrs. Wright's
birthday being in June and her husband's in September. On both
days their eight children gather with the grandchildren and neighbors
to celebrate the passing of another mile post in their journey through life.
Mrs. Chris Mounts moved to her present home 46 years ago.
Mrs. Sam Nicholson was born on the Meramec river 75 years ago and
has lived near here ever since.
Phillip Weller came to this county from Pennsylvania about 35 years ago.
Smith Green is an Englishman, 60 years old, and has been 29 years in this county.
William Taylor, 75 years of age, came to Crawford county 45 years ago from Kentucky.
Mrs. Patrick Carrigan has lived near the old Knobview station 47 years.
She is 65 years old.
Thomas Glosser moved on his farm in Knobview township 35 years ago, is
about 65 years old and came from Ohio.
Charles Pancost is 60 years old and came here from Pennsylvania 37 years
ago and settled on Spring Farm, where he now resides.
Richard Burrows is also a native of Pennsylvania, is 75 years old, and
has lived on one of the finest farms in Southern Missouri for 35 years.
W. M. Munday is 80 years old and can't tell how long he has lived in
the county, but was here when Missouri was "discovered" or admitted to statehood.
John McCan is 75 years old and came here from Pennsylvania with the
construction of the Frisco. He has lived on his farm near Fanning for 43 years.
W. B. Jolley is 70 years old. He came from Ohio and settled at the
old Maramec Iron Works before the railroad was thought of and had his
goods hauled by oxen from St. Louis. He has lived on his present fine farm 26 years.
Henry Gunn was born in Chester county, Penn., in 1831 and has been a
resident of the county since 1856. He was the first man who worked
on this railroad from Franklin to "Traveler's Repose." He says he
is the oldest and largest Gun in the county. He served in the
Confederate army four years.
John Fanning is 79 years old. He came to Cuba in 1860 from Wisconsin
and moved out on the farm where he now lives the following year.
There were six houses in Cuba at that time and he rented one of them
and furnished it before his wife came. He thought the old wooden
fireplace in one end of the house was a place for the cook stove,
and used it as such, hanging a quilt up for a door.
John H. Garner has lived in the county 24 of his 53 years.
John Carr is 68 years old and has lived in the county 58 years.
William Palmer is 62 years old and has resided in the county 22 years.
Mrs. James McCan was born August 12, 1840, and has lived in the county 36 years.
Mrs. J. M. Pickens was born October 13, 1833, and has lived in Crawford county 30 years.
W. R. Parsons has been a resident of Crawford county 63 years.
He was born February 8, 1828.
Henry Naugle came to this county when he was 21 years of age and has lived here 47 years.
David Hartman has been a resident of Crawford county almost half a
century, and is 56 years old.
James C. Miller was born in Crawford county and has lived here since.
He is 52 years of age.
H. M. McConkey is a native of Edgar county, Ill. He is 72 years old
and has lived in the county 30 years.
J. G. McCan was born June 29, 1832, in Franklin county and has resided
in Crawford county 35 years.
Franklin Gorsage was born in Ohio. He came to Crawford 18 years ago
and is now 62 years old.
Margaret McGraath is 76 years of age and has lived in this county 34
years. She is originally from Ireland.
Mrs. Mary Ogletree is a native of East Tennessee and came to Crawford
county in 1864. She is 73 years old.
Joseph C. Steele is just as old as Mrs. Naugle, 68, but has been a
resident of the county a shorter time, 37 years.
Robert W. Cunningham was born in Davis county, Ind., 58 years ago.
He has resided in Crawford county 16 years.
John Wikey was born in Shripshire, England. He is 65 years old and
has been a resident of Crawford county 43 years.
Daniel Keffer was born in St. Louis county in 1836. He has been a
resident of Crawford county 59 years and is 65 years of age.
John M. Woodruff is the same as the two whose names have just been
given and he has lived within the confines of Crawford county 34 years.
David Copeland is a native of North Carolina, being born there 73 years ago.
He came to this county in 1861 and has been a resident of Oak Hill township 38 years.
Monday, November 23, 2009
You say Im a dreamy dreamer....
Last night I had a dream that took many twists and turns.
I had to share, but couldn't figure out how to get it up right on the facebook, so away we go!
I took Janet Jackson to the mall. I wanted to show her this great restaurant there. They would serve Marshmallows stacked high on the plate and bowl.
It was a swanky place. Complete with rich colors of red and gold. Even the woodworking was a rich mahogany.
We walked through the mall to get there and Janet huddled into my back so the people and cameras wouldn't see her. We walked past Lindsay Lohan singing Karaoke. She wanted attention and it was obvious.
Finally we made it into the restaurant. We sat down to order and BAM! I forgot my purse with my ID and Wallet! Sheesh! At this time my friend Jenny B and Heather B have joined us for our meal. The waiter brought us different colored Marshmallows and said "Red was his favorite"
I tell everyone of my plans to drive to California after dinner.
At this point, The restaurant turns into a camera studio (like Sears, where I worked briefly) and a couple brought their three kids to me to be photographed. Where Janet went at this point. I have no idea.
Its this part of my dream that it alternates between the camera studio and driving to California. I am taking all the dusty dirt roads of the past, and just keep telling myself, "just two more days of driving, and I get to see Renee!"
I meet up with a guy at the river farm (our farm) who has an RV. It is filled with Kittens and puppies. I wanted to take them with me to make sure they safe. Then it jumps to another part of my dream.
Back to the camera studio, it now has a swimming pool. The kids that I was photographing are running around like crazy and the tiny baby can jump 7 feet in the air. At the front of the studio, it has turned in an old Victorian style house.
It has now started storming terribly outside. The family grabs all their kids and heads to the front of the home. At this point Tim Gunn, from Project Runway, shows up.
OK - Its at this point that I must interject. I have had Multiple dreams this month involving my house, which in my dream is an old Victorian style mansion. There is always one part of my home that I am afraid to go into. It is haunted. In my dreams, it always looks the same, and is the back addition to my home. In this dream, I was up there with some people, and as soon as I said it was haunted one of the doors slammed shut. I am always Terrified of this part of my home.
Back to the story...
Tim Gunn is there, (why are all these TV figures there, and I don't even own a TV?) and so is the family I photographed, my cats, and random people. It is storming terrible outside. Tim is worried about his car which a lil single person car, baby blue. He is also in a wheel chair. It keeps raining and raining, and finally we look out the back window and the roads are flooded. Cars are floating down the street. We are all panicking because of the flood. I look out the front and there are two cars floating down the street and they have hit my truck, knocking it loose and causing it to float down the street too. Matt has shown up at this point, and Im freaking out telling him "the Trucks floating away!" and he responds with "Tell one of your rich football boyfriends who cares!" At this point I take off after the truck. I remember that my passenger door doesn't lock, so I make it over there and into the truck. I was fighting with the emergency brake to stop it. I smash into the back of another parked car.
Then my phone wake me up and that's the end of the dream.
I had to share, but couldn't figure out how to get it up right on the facebook, so away we go!
I took Janet Jackson to the mall. I wanted to show her this great restaurant there. They would serve Marshmallows stacked high on the plate and bowl.
It was a swanky place. Complete with rich colors of red and gold. Even the woodworking was a rich mahogany.
We walked through the mall to get there and Janet huddled into my back so the people and cameras wouldn't see her. We walked past Lindsay Lohan singing Karaoke. She wanted attention and it was obvious.
Finally we made it into the restaurant. We sat down to order and BAM! I forgot my purse with my ID and Wallet! Sheesh! At this time my friend Jenny B and Heather B have joined us for our meal. The waiter brought us different colored Marshmallows and said "Red was his favorite"
I tell everyone of my plans to drive to California after dinner.
At this point, The restaurant turns into a camera studio (like Sears, where I worked briefly) and a couple brought their three kids to me to be photographed. Where Janet went at this point. I have no idea.
Its this part of my dream that it alternates between the camera studio and driving to California. I am taking all the dusty dirt roads of the past, and just keep telling myself, "just two more days of driving, and I get to see Renee!"
I meet up with a guy at the river farm (our farm) who has an RV. It is filled with Kittens and puppies. I wanted to take them with me to make sure they safe. Then it jumps to another part of my dream.
Back to the camera studio, it now has a swimming pool. The kids that I was photographing are running around like crazy and the tiny baby can jump 7 feet in the air. At the front of the studio, it has turned in an old Victorian style house.
It has now started storming terribly outside. The family grabs all their kids and heads to the front of the home. At this point Tim Gunn, from Project Runway, shows up.
OK - Its at this point that I must interject. I have had Multiple dreams this month involving my house, which in my dream is an old Victorian style mansion. There is always one part of my home that I am afraid to go into. It is haunted. In my dreams, it always looks the same, and is the back addition to my home. In this dream, I was up there with some people, and as soon as I said it was haunted one of the doors slammed shut. I am always Terrified of this part of my home.
Back to the story...
Tim Gunn is there, (why are all these TV figures there, and I don't even own a TV?) and so is the family I photographed, my cats, and random people. It is storming terrible outside. Tim is worried about his car which a lil single person car, baby blue. He is also in a wheel chair. It keeps raining and raining, and finally we look out the back window and the roads are flooded. Cars are floating down the street. We are all panicking because of the flood. I look out the front and there are two cars floating down the street and they have hit my truck, knocking it loose and causing it to float down the street too. Matt has shown up at this point, and Im freaking out telling him "the Trucks floating away!" and he responds with "Tell one of your rich football boyfriends who cares!" At this point I take off after the truck. I remember that my passenger door doesn't lock, so I make it over there and into the truck. I was fighting with the emergency brake to stop it. I smash into the back of another parked car.
Then my phone wake me up and that's the end of the dream.
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