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Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Mount Pleasant Cemetery Adams Township Township 58, Range 30, Section 7 DeKalb County, Missouri On 29 September 1883, Pauline Warner deeded two acres for this cemetery to the Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church for $100. The church was active until about 1921, and the building was torn down in 1952. Cemetery Association members in…
Brooks, John C.
John C. Brooks, a native of Rockcastle County, Ky., was born in 1831. He is the son of Richard and Nancy (Merriman) Brooks, both natives of Virginia, who lived in Kentucky at the time of their death. John C. has devoted his life to agricultural pursuits. In 1855 he located near St. Joseph. In 1866…
Glazier, Henry E.
Henry E. Glazier, the subject of this sketch, was born in Orange, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, November 27, 1840. He attended the old log schoolhouse in which James A. Garfield received the rudiments of an education, and when six years old accompanied his parents to a small tract of land about four miles from Cleveland. At…
Hughes, Joseph F.
Joseph F. Hughes, a prominent citizen of Osborne, was born in Jessamine County, Ky., October 21, 1815. He is the son of Samuel M. and Nancy E. (Price) Hughes, both natives of Jessamine County, Ky. After their marriage in their native county, they located on a farm, and about 1820 immigrated to Missouri, and soon…
Kelley, George
George Kelley, a prominent citizen of De Kalb County, was born in North Carolina about 1821. He is the youngest son of a family of twelve children born to Edwin and Sarah (Herbin) Kelley, both natives of North Carolina. The father spent his life at agricultural pursuits, and at the time of his death lived…
Clark, Maggie T (1872-1896)
A TERRIBLE DEATH. Mrs. John Clark Dies From Lock Jaw After Days of Horrible Suffering. A little more than a week ago, Mrs. Maggie Clark, wife of ex-Policeman John Clark, stepped on a board from which protruded a rusty nail, which penetrated the sole of her shoe and lacerated her foot. From the effects of…