Of the circuit attorneys given in the foregoing list, the following either lived, or are now living in Ray county: Amos Rees, Thomas C. Burch, George W. Dunn, Charles J. Hughes, Mordecai Oliver, C. T. Garner, Aaron H. Conrow, David P. Whitmer, W. A. Donaldson, and Elijah F. Esteb. The circuit has been composed of never less than four counties; yet it will be seen that a majority of the attorneys were' citizens of Ray. RAY COUNTY'S WAR RECORD. At the time of the passage of the act of congress, approved February 14, 1871, granting pensions to the surviving soldiers of the war of 1812, and the widows of the deceased soldiers of the war of 1812, that were married before peace was declared between the United States and Great Britain, February 17, 1815, there were living in Ray county, Missouri, twenty soldiers and four widows, nearly all of whom were entitled to pensions under the provisions of said act of congress of February 14, 1871. They were as follows: THOMAS BLAIN, at the age of twenty, enlisted for service in the war of 1812, as a private in Capt. Samuel Lapsly's company, second regiment of Kentucky volunteers, on or about the 1st of April, 1813, in Lancaster, Garrard county, Kentucky. This regiment was comprised in the army commanded by General William Henry Harrison. A short time after Thomas Blain enlisted, his regiment was ordered to take up their line of march to Fort Meigs, in the northwest part of Ohio. He remained in service in General Harrison's army for a number of months, and having served over his term of enlistment, he was honorably discharged from the said military service at Habanna, Ohio, the spring of 1814, and returned to his home in Kentucky. Some years afterward he removed to Missouri, and followed the business of farming many years, successfully. He was living near Camden, Missouri, at the time he commenced drawing his pension as a soldier of the war of 1812, in the year 1871. He died the same year, December 12, 1871, at the advanced age of seventy-nine years, at his home, greatly respected as an honest, upright man, by his large circle of neighbors and friends. JOHN BREWER enlisted at the age of twenty, in Capt. Weslar's Chester county company, Valley Light infantry, at Chester county, Pennsylvania, on or about the 20th day of June, 1814. After enlisting in said Capt. Weslar's company, he was ordered to Philadelphia, and remained in camp there for two weeks, and then proceeded to a point on the Delaware river about twenty miles below Philadelphia, near Marcus Hook. He remained at this place doing duty as a soldier of said company, until some time in October, 1814, when he was honorably mustered out of the service. He was a worthy, old gentleman, greatly endeared to his family and friends. He was a citizen of Ray county a number of years, and made application for pension in Richmond, Ray county, Missouri, in 1871. He died after a very short illness, in Caldwell county, Missouri, December 3, 1871, at the advanced age of eighty years. THOMAS B. BROWN was drafted as a soldier of the war of 1812, and mustered in as private in Capt. James C. Wade's company, Bedford county, Tennessee, on or about the 15th day of May, 1812, at the age of twenty-four years. After this company was duly organized, it took up its line of march from Fayetteville, Tennessee, to Fort Jackson, then in the territory of Indiana; thence to Fort Decatur, in same territory; and after doing military service until late in the fall of 1812, his company returned home to Bedford county, Tennessee, and were honorably discharged from the service, after having been on duty six months and twenty days. Some years afterward, he removed to Missouri, and in the course of time settled in Ray county, and became one of its most valued, useful and energetic citizens. He was for many years an able and faithful minister of the gospel of the Baptist denomination, and performed the work of his great Master in an earnest and zealous manner. He became a pensioner in 1872, to date from February 14, 1871. He died at his home in Ray county, at the great age of eighty-five. He was greatly beloved by a large circle of relatives and friends. The present representative of Ray county, in the legislature of Missouri, is his grandson. Alexander BoGART, was drafted as a private in Captain Solomon Hendron's company of infantry, Colonel Bagley's regiment, General Coulter's brigade, constituting a part of the army of General Andrew Jackson, war of 1812. He was drafted and mustered into said company on or about the 20th day of October, 1814, in Chaster county, Tennessee. He then marched with his company to Lookout mountain, thence to Fort Jackson, thence to Fort Claiborne, remaining in the service until after the news was received that peace had been declared between the United States and Great Britain, and was then honorably discharged with his company at Fort Claiborne, Alabama. Some years after his discharge from military service, when his country was making the onward march of prosperity, under the benign influences of peace, and the great developments of an active and energetic people, he shaped his course westward for Missouri, and for many years lived in Ray county, Missouri, near Albany, in Fishing River township. He died at the advanced age of eighty-four years, at his home near Albany, having been a worthy and exemplary citizen of this county for many years, greatly respected by all who knew him. JOHN BISSELL, a soldier of the war of 1812, volunteered to serve in Captain Haslep's artillery company volunteers, at Youngstown, Ohio, on or about the 27th day of August, 1812. This company of artillery constituted a part of General William Henry Harrison's gallant little army, that won distinction under the brave "Old Tippecanoe" on some hard fought battle-fields. After he enlisted in this company, he soon saw some severe active service. He was with his company in the siege of Fort Meigs, and was with it when sent to succor General Winchester's forces at the River Raisin, but failed to reach them before the massacre. At the expiration of his term of enlistment, he was honorably discharged at Lower Sandusky, Ohio, on the 27th of February, 1813. He married in Trumbull county, Ohio, (now Mahoning) to Miss Margaret Waters, November 16, 1815. He removed from Ohio to Ray county, Missouri, in the year 1866, and was a successful farmer near Albany, Ray county, Missouri, for many years, and was highly respected by his neighbors as an honest, upright man. He died at his home, near Albany, in the spring of 1879, at the advanced age of eighty-five years. WILI IAM BALES was a soldier of the war of 1812. He was mustered into Capt. Sharp's company, Tennessee militia, in December, 1814, at Knoxville, Tennessee, and serving for a short time, in said company, was honorably discharged a short time before peace was declared. He became a citizen of Ray county, Missouri, many years ago, having left Tennessee and become a resident of this county shortly after it was organized. He came to it when it was sparsely inhabited, when only a small portion of its fertile territory was under cultivation, and rewarded the hand of the industrious farmer with abundant crops. He has lived to see this county become one of the first of the northwestern counties of Missouri, in everything that pertains to a high degree of improvement and civilization. He has attained the great age of eighty-nine years. He has been one of the most energetic and worthy farmers of the county, and is greatly respected by all his neighbors. He is greatly endeared to his family, who have grown up around him, and are regarded as being prominent and useful citizens of the county. JOHN CORNELISON enlisted as a private in Capt. Jacob Israel's company rifle volunteer infantry, at the age of twenty-four years, war of 1812, in Harrison county, Virginia, on or about the 20th day of November, 1814. After their company was duly organized, it rendezvoused at Clarksburg, Hardin county, Virginia, and was afterwards ordered to Norfolk, Virginia. Before reaching Norfolk, however, the order was countermanded, and it was ordered back to Harrison county, Virginia, and discharged from the service on or about the 28th day of March, 1815, after peace had been declared between the United States and Great Britain. A number of years after the war of 1812, he removed from Virginia with his family to the west, and after living in various places finally settled in Ray county, |