{"id":437,"date":"2019-10-31T17:07:13","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T17:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/exhibits.truman.edu\/1890skirksville\/?page_id=437"},"modified":"2026-10-06T21:05:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T21:05:42","slug":"biographies-morrow-township","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/exhibits.truman.edu\/1890skirksville\/portrait-gallery-1898\/biographies-morrow-township\/","title":{"rendered":"Biographies (Morrow Township)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\n\n \n James A. Branaman<\/span>\n\n <\/div>\n\t <\/a>\n <\/div>\n \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\n \n Peter Darr<\/span>\n\n <\/div>\n\t <\/a>\n <\/div>\n \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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James Branaman, Postmaster and owner of the Branaman Hardware Store at Stahl, was born in Augusta County, VA and came to Adair County with his parents at about age 17.\u00a0 He served two enlistments during the Civil War and was discharged as a Sergeant at the end of the war.\u00a0 He married Nancy Ann Heriford, with whom he had ten children, ca 1870 and was Postmaster at Stahl from Nov 1896 to Sept 1901.\u00a0[GAR; Postmasters]<\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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JW Burns was a farmer near Shibley\u2019s Point who came to the area about 1841.\u00a0 He is listed by his initials in the Atlas and we\u2019ve not yet made a positive ID, but a John W & Elizabeth (Woods) Burns were living in Morrow Township in 1900, as were two of their three living children. [1900 Census<\/i>]<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Henry Capps came to northeast Missouri from Grainger County, TN around 1844 and lived in Schuyler County for a time before settling finally in Adair.\u00a0 He was one of the founding members of the Adair County Agricultural and Mechanical Association in 1861.\u00a0 Henry\u2019s wife, Charlotte Thorpe, was a native of England, having emigrated with her parents from Lincolnshire as a very young child. The couple had ten children, three of whom died in infancy.\u00a0[Journal obit; Gordon Green Genealogy website]<\/i>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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7 Dec 1845 – 19 June 1929<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Peter Darr was a partner in the Shibley & Darr General Merchandise store of Shibley\u2019s Point, MO.\u00a0 A native of Ashland County, OH, he came to Adair County with his parents in 1858. \u00a0He served in Co A, 39th<\/sup>\u00a0Missouri Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War and was present at the \u201cCentralia Massacre\u201d when many of his Company were executed by Bloody Bill Anderson.\u00a0 \u00a0Pete married Nancy Jane Novinger in 1872 but was widowed a year later, shortly after the birth of their daughter Susie. \u00a0In his later years, he lived with\u00a0Susie and her family<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and moved with them to Gorin, MO in 1901.\u00a0 \u00a0[Novinger; GAR app; MO Death Certf]<\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Asa Gates was born and raised in Adair County and remained here his entire life.\u00a0 He lived near the western edge of the county and while primarily a farmer, operated the flour mill at Stahl for a time.\u00a0\u00a0 He and Mary Jane Sholley married in 1873 and had a family of ten.\u00a0 According to stories told to his grandchildren, he turned prematurely and completely gray at age 19.\u00a0\u00a0[First 100 Years; MO Death Certf]<\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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William Morelock was born in Sullivan County, TN, moved to Sullivan County, MO in 1841, and to Adair County in 1851.\u00a0 He married Martha Overstreet 20 Nov 1851 and the young couple raised a large family on their farm in the western part of the county.\u00a0 His extensive land holdings included complete ownership or interest in farm property in Adair, Sullivan and Putnam Counties.\u00a0[Goodspeed]<\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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John Shibley, a native of Shibley\u2019s Point, farmed in partnership with his father, and was the proprietor of a mercantile store in his home town. In 1901 he moved to Gorin, MO and went into partnership with his brother\u00a0Lemuel\u00a0as Shibley Brothers Mercantile.\u00a0 The partnership also operated several other business enterprises around the region.\u00a0 John married Lydia C Pierce in 1882 and the couple had 10 children, 9 of whom were raised to adulthood in Shibley\u2019s Point and Gorin.\u00a0[Northeast MO; MO Death Certf]<\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Lemuel Shibley was a native of Shibley\u2019s Point who, for a time, was a clerk in his brother\u2019s mercantile business there. Lem married\u00a0Susie Darr<\/a>\u00a0in 1895 and the couple had three children, Fern, Esther & John, when they moved to Gorin, MO in 1901. He went into partnership with brother John and was later cashier of the Gorin National Bank till it closed in 1929. He and Susie then moved to Quincy, IL where he ran owned a grocery store in the 1930s and worked for the Halbach-Schroeder Dept Store in the 1940s. \u00a0[<\/i>Novinger;\u00a0<\/i>Northeast MO; KDE obit]<\/i>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Stahl merchant Ben Virden, a native of Adair County, was born on farm near Shibley\u2019s Point and grew up in the vicinity of Ninevah.\u00a0 After taking a course at Kirksville Business College, he taught for a time then, in 1887, took a position as salesman and bookkeeper for Moore Bros General Merchants at Stahl.\u00a0 He later worked for Pennsylvania Cole Company as store manager & bookkeeper before opening his own railroad tie & lumber business at Stahl.\u00a0[Violette; Journal obit]<\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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