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istration has had but two appeals taken from his judgement, and they were affirmed by the higher courts. He has, also, held the office of notary public for the space of seven years, and still has a year or more of his present term to serve. He is a member of the Knoxville Lodge of A. F. & A. M., and has several times been elected by his brethren to offices in the lodge. Mr. Russell was married on the 20th day of October, 1832, to Miss Tansom Burgess, a native of Virginia. They are the parents of eight children: Cynthia A., Elijah B., Sarah E., George W., Matilda T., Missouri C., Mary E., and Emeline C. The last named is dead. Both Mr. and Mrs. Russell, and all the children, but one, are members of the M. E. Church South. Mr. Russell and his estimable lady have been members of that church for more than half a century. Our subject has been all his life very strictly temperate, and moral. The offices he has held for such great length of time bear testimony to the high esteem in which he is held by his fellow men.

W. B. CARPENTER, M. D.

This gentleman was born in Madison county, Virginia, on the 13th day of September, 1827. He received a classical education, and began the study of medicine at the age of nineteen years. He completed the course, graduating from the Medical University of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia, in the year 1849, and the following spring commenced the practice of his profession in the Shenandoah Valley, of Virginia, and continued it there, until 1856. He came to Missouri on the 29th day of April, 1856, and located in Lafayette county, where he lived about two years, and then, going to Carroll county, practiced medicine there, for some five years. In February, 1865, he came to Russellville, Ray county, where he located permanently, and has ever since practiced his profession there. He has a fine residence, good barn, orchard, etc., and is very well situated to live comfortably and happily. Dr. Carpenter was married in the year 1852, to Miss Martha C. Winsborough, a native of Virginia, and daughter of William and Julia Winsborough. Six children have been born of this union, named as follows: Emma V., Thomas W., Alice G., Minnie Lee, Joseph and Archie. Dr. Carpenter was a member of the I. O. O. F. in Virginia, and is now a member of the Millville Lodge, of the order of A. F. & A. M. Mrs. Carpenter is a member of the Christian Church. Dr. Carpenter is a successful, able and popular physician, and a highly respected and valuable citizen.

F. M. FERREE.

F. M. Ferree was born in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, in the year 1821, and lived in that vicinity until he was nineteen years old. His parents died when he was very young, and he was thrown upon his own

resources, in the world alone. At the age of thirteen years he began to learn the carpenter's and joiner's trade, and, after finishing his apprenticeship, followed that avocation for about twenty-one years, and during the last fifteen years of that time, carried on the business quite extensively. In 1843 he went to Wayne county, Ohio, and spent about a year; then to Tippecanoe county Indiana, where he lived about the same length of time. From Indiana he removed to Monroe county, Michigan, and lived there for the space of twenty years. In the spring of 1865, he moved from Michigan to Seneca county, Ohio, and lived there until 1867, when he came to Ray county, Missouri, and located at Morton. After remaining at Morton for four years, he removed to Russellville, and lived there during the same period of time as at Morton. In the month of December, 1874, he moved to his present location, section 16, township 53, range 26, where he has about eighty acres of fine farming land, nearly all in cultivation and unusually well fenced. This farm is abundantly watered, having seven good wells, besides running streams all the year. Mr. Ferree has a comfortable house, a very convenient and large barn, an orchard of choice fruit trees, and a vineyard. He owns, beside this home place, 190 acres of land, of which 160 acres are in cultivation. Mr. Ferree takes great interest in bees, and has a large, handsome apiary, well filled with hives. He is thoroughly acquainted with the business of handling bees, having been engaged at it for thirty years. Some of his hives yield more than one hundred pounds of honey in one season. He learned the wagon making and blacksmithing trade, in 1859, and conducted a business of that kind until two years ago. Mr. Ferree was married in the year 1848, to Miss Deborah A. Watkins, a native of the state of New York. They became the parents of nine children, seven of whom are now living: Boyd W., Mary A., James E., Hall, Milton T., Guy and Anna; one son, and an infant daughter are dead. Mr. Ferree is a worthy member of Myrtle Lodge, of A. F. & A. M., at Millville. He is a successful, prosperous farmer, and a good citizen.

BOYD W. FERREE.

Boyd W. Ferree, son of F. M. Ferree, was born in the state of Michigan on the 14th day of October, 1850. There he lived until he was fourteen years of age, and then went with his parents to Seneca county, Ohio, where they remained about two years. In the spring of 1867, he came to Ray county, Missouri, and located temporarily, at the town of Morton. Three years afterward he went to Russellville, Ray county, and there engaged in blacksmithing. In January, 1878, he opened a shop on his own account at Russellville, and has since conducted the blacksmithing business in that place. He now owns a comfortable residence with a small orchard, and is doing a good business at his shop. He also has sev

eral other lots besides the one upon which his residence and shop are situated. Mr. Ferree was married in the year 1876, to Miss Nancy W. Belcher, a native of Virginia. Mrs. Ferree is a consistent member of the Christian Church. Mr. Ferree is a skillful workman and commands an extensive patronage.

ABRAHAM POPE.

The subject of this article is a native of Boyle county, Kentucky. He was born in the year 1835. He grew up on a farm, and followed the busines of farming in his native state, until the spring of 1857, when he came to Missouri. He located in Ray county, upon the same farm where he now lives, (section four, township fifty-three, range twenty-six). This place was originally only two hundred and forty acres of land, but by subsequent purchases Mr. Pope has extended it until now his possessions embrace four hundred and seventy acres of excellent farming and pasture lands, enclosed by good plank and rail fences, and improved with a fine residence, good barn and orchard. Mr. Pope is engaged quite extensively in raising and feeding cattle and hogs for market. He raises Berkshire and Poland China hogs exclusively. Mr. Pope was married

on the 16th day of December, 1856, to Miss Susan Bright, a native of the state of Kentucky. They have seven children living, named as follows: Armstead H., Lydia A., Elizabeth, Mary F., Effie May and George W. (twins), and Samuel Henry. The father of our subject, Mr. George H. Pope, was also a native of Kentucky. He died in 1846, aged fifty years. His mother, Mrs. Delilah (Bright) Pope, was born in the same state as her husband. She died very recently, at the age of seventyfive years. Both her mother and father were also natives of Kentucky. Mr. Pope is a member of Myrtle Lodge, A. F. & A. M. at Millville. He is a practical, successful farmer and stock-raiser, and a prominent and valuable citizen of Grape Grove township.

JAMES T. CAMPBELL.

James T. Campbell was born in Lafayette county, Missouri, in the year 1844. When he was three years old his parents removed to Kentucky, and lived there some six or seven years. At the expiration of that time they came back to Missouri, and located in Ray county, and here our subject has since resided. He began farming on his own account in the year 1866. In the month of April, 1880, he removed to his present place, section three, township fifty-three, range twenty-six, where he owns eighty acres of improved land, with residence, barn, and other buildings. The farm is all inclosed with either rail, board, or hedge fences. Mr. Campbell was married in the year 1864, to Miss Mollie A. Freeman, a native of

Missouri. The issue of this union was five children. Their names follow: Dora, Alexander I., Stella, Thornton, and Emma. Mr. Campbell enlisted in September, 1862, in company D, 35th Missouri volunteers, Union infantry, and was engaged in the battle of Helena, Arkansas, and a number of smaller engagements. He was discharged in July, 1865. His father, Mr. A. R. Campbell, is a native of Pennsylvania, and his mother, Matilda (Freeman) Campbell, is a native of the state of Kentucky. Both his parents are now living in Ray county, Missouri. Mr. Campbell also owns, in addition to the lands mentioned above, one hundred and fifteen acres of farming, pasture, timber, and coal lands in another locality. He is a leading farmer, and a valuable member of the community in which he resides.

FRANKLIN McBEE.

Was born in Ray county Missouri, in the year 1840, and has lived here ever since. He has been all his life engaged in farming, beginning on his own account to do business in 1861. Five years afterward he settled upon the farm where he now resides, section four, township fifty-three, range twenty-six. Here he owns a valuable farm of one hundred and seventy acres, in a fine state of cultivation and handsomely improved. He is turning his attention to stock-raising, and intends, in the near future, to make it a specialty, as his farm is especially adapted to grass growing. Mr. McBee was married in the year 1862, to Miss Susan F. Gentry, daughter of B. B. and Narcissa Gentry, and born in Ray county, Missouri. Mr. McBee and wife are the parents of seven children, named as follows: Mary Jane, Martha Ellen, Benjamin F., Edward P., Nora F., Everett M., and Jessie E. In the autumn of 1864, to escape troubles growing out of the civil war, Mr. McBee took refuge in Nebraska, and remained there about eighteen months, until the war was over and peace restored, and then returned to his home in Ray county. Mr. McBee, his wife and their eldest daughter, are members of the M. E. Church South. His father, Mr. Daniel McBee, was a native of Ohio. He died in 1846, aged forty-seven years. His mother, Catherine, was born in Ohio. She is still living in Ray county, Missouri. Mr. McBee is a leading, practical and successful farmer and stock-raiser, and is greatly respected by the community in which he resides.

W. S. WOLLARD.

William S. Wollard was born in Ray county, near Richmond, in the year 1847, and has lived all his life in this county. His father, Mr. John Wollard, was a native of North Carolina. He came to Missouri when it was a territory, and settling in Ray county, cleared and improved the land where Richmond is situated. He afterward donated land to aid in

building up the town. John Wollard died in May, 1878, aged seventyseven years. Our subject began farming and stock-raising on his own account in the spring of 1867, and the next year moved to his present location, section 8, township 53, range 26. He continued living on his farm until 1875, when he commenced a general merchandising business at Russellville, and followed it until the year 1879. He then returned to his farm, and has lived there ever since. This farm comprises 330 acres of very fertile land, the principal part of which is in cultivation and well fenced and improved. In 1868, Mr. Wollard began with ninety acres of land and a log cabin, and as the result of his enterprise, perseverance, and industry he now has this fine large farm, with a dwelling house elegantly appointed and conveniently arranged for comfort and ease, an orchard of some three or four hundred bearing trees of the best varieties of fruit, and his pastures filled with fine-bred stock, and his barns and granaries full of the rich products of his fields. Mr. Wollard was married in 1868, to Miss Maddie Barham, a native of the state of North Carolina. The result of this union was seven children, all of whom are living, named as follows: Nettie Frances, William F., Walter L., Ollie Belle, Robert Jackson, Nannie E., and Henry A. Mr. Wollard is largely engaged in raising, feeding and shipping live-stock. He handles only the best classes of hogs and cattle. He is a member of the M. E. Church South, and also belongs to Wakanda Grange No. 935, P. of H. He is a prominent and very successful farmer, and a leading and influential citizen.

JOHN L. BARHAM.

The subject of this article was born in North Carolina in the month of December, 1820. He was educated in his native state, and pursued the business of farming there, until he was about twenty-seven years of age. In the spring of 1848 he came to Ray county, Missouri, and located on a ⚫ farm near Albany. After living there about six years, he came to his present farm, section two, township fifty-three, range twenty-six, and has lived there ever since. He owns two hundred and nineteen acres of excellent land, well improved and watered, a fine orchard bearing an abundance of choice fruit, and all under good fence. Mr. Barham is in a highly prosperous condition, and has entirely recuperated the heavy damages and losses of property he sustained during the civil war. He was married, in 1846, to Miss Elizabeth Frazer, a native of the state of North Carolina. They have thirteen children: William F., Frances M., James N., Balaam, John, Ann, Robert L., Joseph, Thomas, Elizabeth, Lutie, Charles and George. Mr. Barham's father, Balaam Barham, was a native of North Carolina. He died about the year 1850, aged sixty-three years. His mother, Elizabeth, was a native of the same state. She died

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