Missouri. He died in the year 1872, about two miles northwest of Richmond, at his home, at the advanced age of eighty-two years.

JOHN DAVIS volunteered as a soldier of the war of 1812, in Capt. John Crawford's company, Kentucky infantry volunteers, which formed a part of General Shelby's brigade, at Newport, Kentucky, on or about the 20th day of July, 1813. Soon after the organization of his brigade, they marched rapidly to reinforce General Harrison. After being reinforced by so strong a body of Kentucky troops under Gen. Shelby, Gen. Harrison embarked on lake Erie with his army, and soon after arrived at Malden. On finding his post had been abandoned by the British, and that they had retreated up the river Thames, General Harrison rapidly pursued them, and succeeded in bringing them to action at the Moravian village on the Thames, and gained a decisive victory, October 5, 1813. The celebrated chief Tecumseh was slain in this battle by Colonel R. M. Johnson. Capt. John Crawford's company, in which John Davis was first sergeant, bore a conspicuous part in this battle on account of their gallantry, and contributed no little to the glorious result. On the expiration of his term of service he was honorably discharged at Chillicothe, Ohio, on or about October 30, 1813. John Davis and Selene McDougal were married in Morgan county, Kentucky, June 1, 1817. John Davis some years after his marriage, removed with his family to Ray county, Missouri, and after living in different portions of the county, finally made a permanent settlement about three miles west of Knoxville, Ray county, and followed the business of farming for many years successfully. He was a valuable citizen in his community, and greatly respected by his neighbors. He died on the 10th day of September, 1875, at his home near Knoxville, at the advanced age of 84 years. He left a very worthy family, who live in the same neighborhood. His widow, Selene Davis, lives with her son, Jasper N. Davis, on the old homestead. She is a pensioner, as the widow of John Davis deceased, a soldier of the war of 1812.

JAMES HUMPHREYS enlisted in Capt. George Matthews' company, infantry, Major Hurt's battalion, Col. George Pogue's regiment, in the army of General William Henry Harrison, at Flemingsburg, Fleming county, Kentucky, on or about the 12th day of August, 1812. After enlisting, he, with his company, marched to Newport, Kentucky, and drew their arms, and took up their line of march toward the northwestern part of Ohio. They failed to reach their point of destination before winter set in, and were ordered back to Shawneetown to build a fort which was called "Fort Amanda." They remained in this fort until spring, when they were ordered to the relief of General Winchester, but were too late in reaching him by one day's travel. Their term of enlistment having expired, they returned home and were honorably discharged on or about April 15,

1813. For a number of years before his death he was a citizen of Ray county, Missouri, living near Millville.

JAMES KINZON was a private in Capt. James H. Campbell's company, 24th regiment U. S. infantry volunteers. He enlisted at Cumberland Gap, east Tennessee, on or about the 4th day of September, 1812. After serving two years he was transferred with his company to the second rifle regiment corps, and served in it until the expiration of his term of enlistment, having enlisted for five years. He was honorably discharged at Rock Island, Mississippi, September 4, 1817. After enlisting he marched with his company to Knoxville, Tennessee, thence to Canada West, taking part in the battle of Mackinac, in the defense of Fort Meigs at the time of the siege, and in other engagements. Some years after the war of 1812 he came to Missouri. He married Miss Sarah Harlow, of Clinton county, Missouri, and lived many years near Turner's Grove, Ray county, Missouri. He died in Clinton county Missouri, on the 26th day of February, 1875, at the advanced age of 80 years.

JAMES MASON was a private in Captain Elijah Harding's company, Forty-fifth regiment Virginia militia, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Peyton, General Hungerford's brigade, war of 1812. He was mustered into the service in Stafford county, Virginia, Potomac court house, on or about the 1st day of July, 1814. He performed service with his company in Westmoreland county, Virginia, along the Potomac, until he was stricken down with a severe attack of typhoid fever, and was sent home from Drummond's Field, Virginia, his company being on the march at that time up the Potomac river. On recovering, he found his company had returned to Stafford county, Virginia, and was discharged for the campaign. The war coming to a close shortly after, the services of his company were no longer required. He married in Virginia, and lived there the greater portion of his life. He came to Richmond, Missouri, when a very old man, and lived up to the time of his death with his daughter, Mrs. O. S. W. Taylor.

WILLIAM MCINTOSH was mustered in as a private in Captain Black's company, Third regiment of Tennessee volunteers, war of 1812, on or about the 10th day of July, 1814, and was honorably discharged on or about the 10th day of February, 1815, after peace was declared, at Nashville, Tennessee. After enlisting in said service, his regiment took up their line of departure on flat-boats to New Orleans, Louisiana, and remained in that city until after the battle of New Orleans, having the honor of taking part in this glorious engagement, on the 8th of January, 1815. After news of the peace was received, his company was ordered back to Tennessee, and were mustered out of the service honorably, at Nashville, Tennessee, as above stated. He lived a number of years

before the close of his life in Hardin, Ray county, Missouri, and died there at the advanced age of eighty-two years.

THOMAS MCCUISTION was a lieutenant in Captain John B. Dempsey's company of mounted volunteers, commanded by Colonel Newton Cannon, in General Coffee's brigade, the division commanded by General Andrew Jackson. He volunteered and was mustered in at Shelbyville, Bedford county, Tennessee, on or about the 15th day of September, 1813, and was honorably discharged on or about the 25th day of December, He was in the battle of Tallahatchie, on the 2d of November, 1813, and in the battle of Talladega, on the 8th of November, 1813; in the Indian war, of the United States against the Creeks, and contributed greatly by his gallantry and intrepidity in these actions in achieving complete victories over the brave warriors of the hostile Creeks. He married Nancy Jordan, in Bedford county, Tennessee, on or about the 15th day of February, 1816, and moved with his wife to Ray county, Missouri, a few years after the organization of the county. He was a man of sterling integrity. All his dealings with his neighbors were characterized by the highest principles of honor and rectitude. He was greatly loved by a large circle of relatives and friends. After a long life of usefulness, he died in Richmond, Missouri, in 1880, at the advanced age of eighty-eight years. His widow, Mrs. Nancy McCuistion, is still living.

EDWARD SANDERSON enlisted as a private in Captain Scurry's company of mounted riflemen, second battalion, Colonel Thomas Williamson's regiment of Tennessee volunteers, at Gallatin, Tennessee, on or about the 9th day of February, 1814. His company, when he enlisted, was commanded by Captain George Elliott, who was afterwards promoted to be colonel of another regiment, and Captain Scurry succeeded him in the position of captain. Some time after enlisting, his company and regiment, with other forces, took up their line of march for New Orleans, Louisiana, and reached the point of their destination about the 1st of January, 1815. He, along with the rest of his company, took part in the memorable engagement of the 8th of January, 1815, in which General Andrew Jackson gained a complete, decisive, and glorious victory over the veteran troops of Great Britain, who were thoroughly equipped and trained under the eye of Wellington, and who had met the conqueror of Europe, and driven back his legions. The war of the United States with the Creek Indians, that was the result of the interference of Great Britain, was the school in which Generals Jackson, Coffee, and Carroll became adepts in the tactics that made a Tennessee rifleman superior to a Wellington invincible, and qualified an army of citizen soldiers to defeat an army of veterans of superior numbers. Mr. Sanderson, shortly after this brilliant victory, returned, with his company, to Gallatin, Tennessee, and was honorably discharged there. Some years afterward he removed

from Tennessee to Ray county, Misssouri, and was engaged in the business of farming for many years. He reared a large family of children, who are valuable citizens of the county. He was an upright man in every respect, and was greatly respected in his community. He died in 1874, at the advanced age of eighty-one years.

JABEZ SHOTWELL enlisted as a soldier of the war of 1812, in Captain Stockton's company, first regiment of Kentucky dragoons, in the army commanded by Gen. William Henry Harrison, Dayton, Ohio, on or about the 1st of September, 1812, and was honorably discharged at Ft. Defiance, Ohio, on or about November 10, 1812. That he served with his company under Gen. Harrison, in his campaign in northwest Ohio. He saw considerable active service during the term for which he was enlisted. Some years after the war of 1812, he removed to Ray county, Missouri, and became in a short time a prominent citizen of the county. He held a number of important offices. Among them may be mentioned the offices of county judge, county surveyor, county school commissioner, all of which he filled with ability, discharging the duties incumbent upon him in a faithful manner. He reared an interesting family of children, to whom he was greatly endeared. He died in Lexington, Missouri, in the year 1875, at the advanced age of eighty-four years.

GERRARD SPURRIER enlisted in Capt. Bayliss' company, 11th regiment light horse brigade, Kentucky volunteers, war of 1812, on or about the 9th day of September, in Lewis county, Kentucky, and was honorably discharged the 9th day of November, 1813. After enlisting he took up the line of march with his company, to West Union, Adams county, Ohio, where the company was fully organized, thence they marched to Seneca, and a number of other points and finally to Moraviantown, in Canada West, and took part in the battle of the Thames, on the 5th of October, 1813, which resulted in the defeat of Gen. Proctor, and the death of the celebrated Indian chieftain and prophet, Tecumseh. Mr. Spurrier and all his fellow soldiers in his company and regiment, bore themselves gallantly in this hotly contested engagement and reflected bright and lasting honor upon the brave Kentucky troops. On leaving Kentucky, some years after the war of 1812, he came to Missouri and finally settled in Ray county, and has been a worthy citizen of it for many years. He has always borne a spotless character wherever he has lived. He is highly esteemed by all who know him. Some of his family live in Indiana and are prominent citizens of the community in which they live. Gerrard Spurrier is now eighty-nine years old, but he retains, in a great measure, the vigor of his mind, and until very recently, could travel about with all the activity of a young man.

WILLIAM THORNTON enlisted as a private in Capt. James Simpson's company, Major Peter Dudley's brigade, in the division of Gen. Duncan

McArthur, war of 1812, on or about the 1st day of September, 1813, and was honorably discharged at Winchester, Kentucky, on or about the 25th day of September, 1814. He served with his company under Gen. McArthur the greater portion of his term of enlistment in Canada. He saw considerable active service in this campaign in which Gen. McArthur partly carried out his bold plan of conquering Upper Canada. He became a settler of Ray county, Missouri, a few years after it was organized. He was for many years a successful farmer, and stood high among his neighbors as a man of unswerving integrity, great firmness of purpose, and warmth of feeling in his attachment. He never married, but for many years lived in his pleasant home with his sister, Miss Margery Thornton, and always had a warm welcome for his friends. After the death of his sister he lived in the family of Gen. Alexander Doniphan for a number of years, in Richmond, Missouri. He died in 1872, aged eighty-four years. JOHN TURNER was a soldier of the war of 1812. He enlisted in Capt. Burnett's company, Kentucky volunteers. Was taken prisoner at the battle of the River Raisin, and was a prisoner among the Indians and British one year and ten days. He was one of the early settlers of Ray county, and was for many years a settler of Fishing River township, of this county. He reared a large family of children, who are good and useful citizens of the county. He was an industrious and energetic farmer, and showed the hand of the diligent man in making his home an attractive place for the family. He was a man of strong force of character, warm in his attachment to friends, and of unbending rectitude in all his dealings with his fellow man-a man that stood high with his neighbors for probity, and whole-souled honor and integrity. He died at an advanced age in 1872.

EMILIUS WOOD was mustered in as a private in Capt. Charles Duvall's company, Ohio volunteers, in General Harrison's army, on about November 10, 1812, in Washington county, Ohio, and was honorably discharged at Marietta, Ohio, in or about May, 1813. He saw considerable active service during his term of enlistment, in the army of Gen. Harrison. He was not a citizen of Ray county, Missouri, many years. He was a farmer during the time he lived in this county, in Richmond township, not far from the Richmond and Lexington junction.

Only two soldiers of the war of 1812 are now living in Ray county, Gerrard Spurrier and William Bales. All of those living at the time of the passage of the pension act, approved by congress, February 14, 1871, are now dead, except the two above mentioned.

Widows of soldiers of the war of 1812, that were entitled to pensions under the act of congress approved February 14, 1871, having been married prior to the declaration of peace, February 17, 1815. They were as follows: