J. W.  ALEXANDER.
Joshua W. Alexander, only son of Thomas W. and Jane Alexander, was born at Cincinnati, Ohio, January 22, 1852. When he had reached the age of four years, his parents removed to Anoka county, Minnesota, and settled upon a farm. There his father died in 1859, and in I860 his mother removed to Canton, Lewis county, Missouri, and soon after returned to Cincinnati, where the subject of our sketch attended school until July, 18C3, when they once more made Canton their home, and there he attended the graded school until 1868, when he entered the Christian University at Canton, graduating as a Bachelor of Arts in 1872. The following winter after his graduation be taught one term of school, and began the study of law under Mr. A. D. Lewis, of Canton. July 15, 1873, he came to Gallatin and pursued his legal studies under Hon. S. A. Richardson until the spring of 1875, when he was admitted to the bar and entered upon the practice in Gallatin. In January, 1881, he became associated as a partner with Judge Richardson, forming the present law firm of Richardson and Alexander. He was elected public administrator for the term of four years in 1876, and in the fall of 1880 was reflected to the same position. In April, 1881, he was appointed city attorney of Gallatin, and in this position, as in the former, has won the esteem and confidence of the people.
Mr. Alexander was united in marriage to Miss Roe Ann Richardson, daughter of Hon. S. A. Richardson, of Gallatin, on the 3d of February, 1876. Their fireside has been blessed with three children, Julia, Fanny and Samuel T., all born in Gallatin. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander are members of the Christian Church.

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JAMES T. ALLEN, M. D.
James T. Allen was born in Botetourt, Botetourt county, Virginia, July 16,1833. He lived with his parents until he was sixteen years old, then attended the Presbyterian High School for one year, and was a student one year at Princeton College, New Jersey. In 1851 he began reading medicine under Dr. Matthew Wallace, of Pocahontas county, Virginia, and continued under his preceptorship until 1853. During the winter of 1854 and 1855 he attended medical lectures at the Virginia Medical College, at Richmond. He came to Missouri in the spring of 1855 and settled at Auberry Grove, now Jamesport, and the following winter attended the McDowell Medical College, of St. Louis, graduating in the spring of 1856, when he returned to Auberry Grove and began the practice of medicine. In the spring of 1S57 he, in conjunction with James Gillilan, laid out Jamesport, they giving the town that name after themselves, each bearing the name, James. In 1861 he enlisted in the Confederate army as a private in General Slack's brigade, and served four years in the medical department on detail. After the war he returned home and soon after settled on a farm near Jamesport and pursued farming in connection with his practice until 1871, when he established himself in the drug business at Jamesport, still continuing the practice of medicine. He retired from the drug business in the fall of 1874, and removed to Gallatin and established his present practice.
Dr. Allen was united in the marriage bonds to Miss Harriet A. Wynn, of Daviess County, November 10, 1858. By this union they have five children, namely: Capitola, Sydney, Olivia, Wynn, and Harry. He was made a Master Mason in Gallatin in 1S56, and is the founder of Jamesport Lodge No. 201; was the first master, and held the position for four years.

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A. F. BARNETT.
Alfred F. Barnett was born in Mercer county, Kentucky, November 23,1816, and lived there two years, when his parents, Zacharius and Nancy Burnett, emigrated to Missouri and settled near Fayette, Howard county. There he was reared, and lived until 1847, when he removed to Daviess County and settled on a farm in Jefferson township, continuing in agricultural pursuits for two years. In 1849 he came to Gallatin and engaged in the mercantile business with R. S. Owings, under the firm name of Barnett & Owings,and continued in the business until the summer of 1851, when lie retired from the firm, and, for a short time, again engaged in farming. He next went to Smithton, Kansas, and was the manager of a store at that place for the firm of Holt, Tipton when lie returned to Gallatin and was appointed deputy sheriff by James J. Minor, holding the position four years. In 1801 he joined the Confederate army, enlisting in General Sterling Price's brigade as a private, and served -during the war, returning to Gallatin after the declaration of peace in 1865. His first employment was the running of a steam flouring-mill for R. T. West, in which business he was engaged up to 1874, when he was elected treasurer of Daviess county, re-elected in 1876, serving both terms and going out of office in 187S. Establishing himself in the lumber trade, he carried on that business alone until 1880, when he formed a partnership with T. J. Grain, under the firm name of Grain & Barnett, and they continue to deal extensively in lumber.
Mr. Barnett was joined in marriage to Miss Pennetia Owings, in 1837, and she was taken from him by death in 1860. In 1864 he married Miss Elizabeth Terrentine, of Arkansas, and after journeying eleven years in life's pathway together, she died in 1875. Miss M. J. McCartney, of Clinton County, became his third wife, in 1878. He is the father of two children, one by his first wife, James B., now a physician of Gentryville, Gentry county; and one by his second wife, Charles N., a student at the high school at Gallatin. Mr. and Mrs. Barnett and both sons are members of the Baptist Church. He is a member of Gallatin Lodge No. 106, A. F. & A. M., and of Gallatin Chapter No. 11, R. A. M.

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MOSES BROWN, JR.,
Was born near New Castle, Henry county, Indiana, June 22, 1831, where he lived eight years, when his parents, Joshua and Sarah S. Brown, removed to Missouri and settled on a farm about six miles northeast of Gallatin. Upon this farm both his parents died, his mother in 1856, and his father in 1871. When sixteen years of age, in 1847, he purchased a tract of land and began farming for himself; improving the wild land and erecting a house in which he lived until 1852. In that year he removed to Harrison county, where he entered a tract of government land, remaining there until 1855, when he returned to Daviess county and has since resided here. He engaged in farming and dealing in horses and mules, until 1871, when he removed to Gallatin, where he has since been engaged in the livery business, and also buying and selling horses and mules.
Mr. Brown has been thrice married, his first wife being Miss Jane Cline, of this county, to whom he was joined in marriage in 1849. Six children were born of this union; namely, Robert, Samantha, Sophronia, Fielding, George and Cortes; the latter only, being at home. Mrs. Brown was called to her last long home, by the grim reaper, Death/ In 1871 Mrs. Rebecca Nichols became his second wife, and her death he was also called to mourn. He was last united in marriage to Miss Elsie Ballard, hi& present wife, and they have one child, Clarence. Mrs. Brown is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. He is a member of Gallatin Lodge No. 167, I. 0.0. F.

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S. T. BROSINS.
Samuel T. Brosins is a native of Hancock, Maryland, and was born April 1, 1847. His parents removed to Missouri and settled at Gallatin. in 1849, and here he was reared, receiving his education in the common schools and academy of Gallatin. In 1867 he began reading law, under the preceptor- ship of Judge Robert L. Dodge, studying during the summer and teaching during the winter until 1871, when he was admitted to the bar, and at once became associated with William C. Gillihan, and the firm of Gillihan & Brosins are among the ablest practitioners of the Daviess county bar. During the years of 1871 and 1870 he was appointed city attorney of Gallatin, and most creditably represented the city.
Mr. Brosins was united in marriage to Miss Inez T. Evans, of Gallatin, on the 20th of December, 1870. She is a native of Nashville, Tennessee. They have two children, Carl and Lena. Mr. and Mrs. Brosins are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, of Gallatin, and he is a. member of the Gallatin Lodge No. 167, I. O. O. F.

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DR. J. W. BURTON.
John W. Burton was born in Lawrence county, Indiana, November 29, 1842. His father, Eli Burton, is a native of North Carolina, and is now in the seventieth year of his age; his grandfather, John H. Burton, was a native of Virginia. Eli Burton migrated to Indiana, when a young man, bought a farm on which was a small log house, and there the subject of this sketch was born, and there his father continues to live, but the log cabin has given way to a handsome modern residence, surrounded by the broad acres of a well-improved farm, instead of the thick, heavy timber of the early days. Upon this farm, J. W. Burton and his eight brothers were reared, and taught habits of thrift and industry, working in the summer and attending' school in the winter. This school was taught in a log cabin of contracted dimensions, two miles distant from the old homestead, and there our subject received the elementary foundation of his education, which he afterward completed at the University of Michigan, where he graduated, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Laws, in 1868. At the breaking out of the war, in 1861, although but eighteen years of age, he volunteered for the defense of the Union, enlisting as a private in the Fiftieth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, served three years, and was promoted corporal for meritorious conduct. He participated in all the many battles and skirmishes in which his regiment was engaged, in Tennessee, Kentucky and Arkansas, which included the battles of Mumfordville, Camden, the taking of Little Rock, and others. He was mustered out of the service at Mobile, Alabama, in March, 1865, and returned home, where he began to read law with A. B. Carlton, of Bedford, Indiana. One year later he entered and graduated at the State University, at Ann Arbor, Michigan, in the spring of 1868, as before mentioned, and in the fall of the same year came to Missouri, located at Carrolton when he was admitted to the bar, and still remains a member. He found the inactivity of a law-office irksome, and determined upon entering the dental profession, and at once applied' himself to the study. In 1872, having acquired a proficiency in his chosen calling, he removed to Gallatin and opened an office, where he has, by diligence and attention to his profession, succeeded in obtaining a lucrative practice. Dr. Burton is public spirited, and keeps thoroughly informed as to the passing events and political history of the day. He received the nomination of his party for probate judge in 1880. Dr. Burton's practice is extensive, and is not confined to Daviess conn U*, but extends in the surrounding counties of DeKalb, Gentry, Harrison, Grundy, Caldwell and Livingston.

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J. L. CHAPMAN.
James L. Chapman is a native of West Virginia, born near Manchester, Hancock county, in the widely quoted "Pan-handle district," March 23, 1818, and there he was reared, educated, and lived until the 5th of April, 1854. In that year he migrated to the " land of the Hawkeye," settling in Jefferson county, but remained in that county only till the following fall, then removed to Wayne county, Iowa, and there continued to live and engage in farming until 1864, when he made his home in Missouri, locating in Harrison county. Six years he pursued farming avocations in that county, then removed to Daviess county and settled in Salem township, where he fanned until 1876, and then engaged in the mercantile and hotel business, at Coffeysburg, with his son, William A., under the firm name of Chapman & Son, continuing the business until 1880, when they sold out and came to Gallatin and engaged in the hotel business, for six months, then dissolved partnership. Mr. Chapman then purchased his present fruit farm on the southern limits of Gallatin, where he is engaged in the growing and cultivating of the excellent fruits indigenous to the soil of Daviess county, having made fruit culture a study since early boyhood. He has one hundred and eleven apple trees, two hundred peach trees, two cherry trees, thirty pear trees, beside strawberries, gooseberries, and one acre in Concord grapes.
Mr. Chapman was united in matrimony, on the 10th of May, 1849, to Miss Nancy J. Daugherty, of Pennsylvania. They became the parents of six children; named, respectively, William A., now residing in Kansas; Francis M., a farmer in Daviess county; Mary Ellen, wife of James Reynolds, of Harrison county; Laura Belle, late wife of William Johnson, of Gallatin; Nancy Elizabeth, wife of Willard Hall, of Gallatin; and James E., of Gallatin. Mrs. Chapman died August 23, 1878; during life was a consistent member of the Christian Church of Gallatin, and was held in high esteem by those who knew her. Mr. Chapman has been a member of the same denomination for over thirty years, and now holds the position of deacon in the church at Gallatin.

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JUDGE JOHN D. COULSON.
John D. Coulson was born near McMinnville, Warren county, Tennessee, February 9, 1807, and was there reared and educated. He attended the old time subscription schools, taught in a log cabin with dirt floor, warmed from a huge fire-place, seats of split logs raised on pegs, and the only window being the space left by an absent log; thus he acquired his early education, and there he lived until he attained his twenty-third year. Leaving his old home in 1829, he journeyed toward the West, and arrived at St. Louis on the 3d of March, the eve of General Jackson's inauguration as President of the United States, and for whom he had cast his first vote. He arrived in Howard county on the 8th of March, stopped on a visit to his sister, and \was soon after employed by Bull & Graves, of Old Chariton,as a clerk, remaining until the 18th of August, when he was united in marriage to Miss Mary E. Lewis, a sister-in-law of Mr. Graves. With his bride he then took a pleasure trip to his old home in Tennessee, returning in November and settling in Chariton county, where he engaged in farming, stock- raising and hunting  enjoying the latter sport especially. In November, 1840, he removed to Daviess county and settled on a farm two miles southwest of Gallatin, which he improved and lived on until 1869, then sold out and removed to Gallatin, where he now resides.

In 1854 Mr. Coulson was elected one of the county judges, and in 1860 was again elected to the same position, holding it during and until the close of the war. Next he was elected trustee for Union township, and under the law at that time the township trustees formed the county court. In 1880 he was once more elected to the same position, for a term of two years, and is at present one of the county judges of Daviess county. That he has most faithfully discharged the duties which have devolved upon him, it is only necessary to point to his reelection to prove, and that the people hare the most perfect faith in his honorable and upright course of action the same fact amply attests. Mr. Coulson has been an auctioneer for over forty years, and has been employed in many of the public sales which have taken place in Daviess and adjoining counties during that long period. Mr. and Mrs. Coulson have four children; named, respectively, David H., a farmer of this county; John T., living at home; Sarah E., wife of David Linville, of Winston ; and Mary N., wife of James Hill, of this county. Mrs. Coulson has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, for sixty years, and Judge Coulson has been a member of the same church for over fifty years.

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MAJ. S. P. COX
Samuel P. Cox was born in Williamsburg, Whitley county, Kentucky, December 16, 1828. In 1839 his parents, Levi and Cynthia Cox, removed to Missouri and located in the eastern part of Daviess county, now known as Jackson township, and the subject of this sketch lived at home and worked upon the farm until 1847. In the spring of that year he enlisted in company D, Captain W. H. Rogers, Oregon Battalion, Lieutenant-Colonel Pow- 11, commanding, for the war with Mexico. He served until November, 1848, when he received his honorable discharge at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Returning to the old homestead he engaged in work upon the farm during the years 1849 and 1850. In this latter year, on the 7th of July, he was united in marriage to Miss Mary Ballinger. In the spring of 1851 he removed to Gallatin and entered the mercantile business with George W. Poage as a partner, under the firm name of Cox & Poage, and transacted .general business until 1853, when the firm closed out. The next enterprise we find Mr. Cox engaged in is the taking of cattle to California, and he left Daviess county for his drive across the plains in the spring of 1854, and arrived in the " Land of riches," settling in Grass Valley, Nevada county, where he continued to reside until the fall of 1855, when he removed to •Oraville, same State. At this last named place he lived until the fall of 1856, when he sold his stock, and on the 20th of September boarded the ocean steamer, /Sierra Nevada, and sailed out of the bay from San Francisco, bound for New York, and reached his home in Gallatin in the following November. In 1857 he was appointed deputy sheriff, under Sheriff James J. Minor and served until the spring of 1858. The next two years, 1858 and 1859, he was employed as wagon master by Messrs. Russell, Majors & Waddell, and in that capacity journeyed to the City by the Great Salt Lake. Returning to Gallatin he was not engaged in any business during the year, 1860, but at the first alarm of war the following year he volunteered in his country's aid, and was among the most active organizers of the Second Battalion of enrolled Missouri Militia, of which he was elected and commissioned major. He served in the Second Battalion until the spring of 1862, when he assisted in recruiting the First Regiment of Missouri State Militia, under command of Colonel James H. B. McFerran, and was duly commissioned major of that regiment March 12, 1862. He was ordered on detail duty, as assistant inspector-general to muster in troopj for the Northwest Missouri service, and served in this capacity until 1863, when, on account of failing health, he resigned his commission, returned to Gallatin and entered upon the duties appertaining to the office of circuit clerk of Daviess county, having been elected to that position during his absence in 1862. In 1864 he was commissioned lieutenant-colonel of the. Thirty-third Regiment of Missouri State Militia and served in that position until the close of the war. Returning to Gallatin, Major Cox became associated in the mercantile business with Captain John Ballinger and Mr. J. M. Kemper, under the name and style of Ballinger, Cox & Kemper. The partnership was dissolved one year later, and Major Cox engaged in the hotel and livery business; retiring from this in 1856, he again entered the mercantile business, but sold out in 1869 and went to California to visit his parent and other relatives there. In the latter part of 1870 he returned to Daviess county and engaged actively in farming and shipping stock, and in 1872 again entered the hotel and livery business, continuing four years, when, in 1876 he accepted the position of traveling salesman for Y. A. Cooper & Co., of Kansas City. Retaining this position only one year, he again embarked in the mercantile business, in which he remained up to October 5, 1881, when he sold out and retired from business.
Major and Mrs. Cox became the parents of six children; named, as follows, Gabriel W., born July 13, 1852; May C., born April 4, 1854; Samuel P., born March 15, 1864; Josie J., born April 10, 1866; Frank L., born May 8, 1869; and Bertha B., born December 16, 1873. Major Cox and family are among the most highly respected citizens of Gallatin.

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GABRIEL W. COX.
Gabriel, son of Samuel P. and Mary Cox, was born in Gallatin, July 13, 1852, and there grew to manhood. He received his primary education in the common schools of Gallatin, and completed it with a course at the Christian University, of Canton, Missouri, and in 1870 and 1871. at the Gem City Commercial College, of Quincy, Illinois. Returning to Gallatin he was employed by Gilham & Simpson as a clerk, and continued in their employ until 1874, when he became the successor of Mr. Simpson, and a short time after sold his interest to Mr. Gilham. Leaving Gallatin he went to Centerville, Iowa, and engaged in the grocery, grain mid provision business, with William M. Flint, under the firm name of Flint & Cox, and remained there until the fall of of 1874; again returning home, he accepted" a clerkship in his father's store, continued until his father sold out in February, 1876, and then engaged in farming until the fall of the same year. In the summer of 1877 he was employed by the wholesale hat and cap house of Bird & Hawkins, of Kansas City, as a traveling salesman, but abandoned the business in January, 1878, on account of ill health, and in July of the same year, accompanied his father to Colorado, taking fifteen mule teams, and was employed by Fitzgerald, Mallory & Co. to grade and haul on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, beginning at Iron Spring and grading to Otero, on Pea River, in New Mexico. They also took a large contract for street grading in the City of Trinidad, Colorado. In 1879, his father becoming ill, they sold out and returned to Gallatin, where he was again employed in his father's store, and remained with him up to the time he closed out, in October, 1881.
On the 19th of October, 1874, Mr. Cox was united in marriage to Miss N. S. Stone, daughter of Wiley Stone, of this county. Their union has been blessed with three children, two living, whose names are Juniata J. and Winona May. Mary J. died at the age of three years. Mrs. Cox is a jealous member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.

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T. J. GRAIN.
Thomas J. Grain was born near the Ohio river, in Fleming county, Kentucky, September 4, 1830. He was reared and educated in his native place, and continued to reside there until 1855, when he migrated to Missouri and entered land in Holt county, improving the same and living upon it until 1864, in February of which year he rented his farm and went to Nebraska City, Nebraska. Here he was engaged in freighting to Denver, Colorado, for one year, when he opened a feeding stable, and carried on that business until the spring of 1866, then went to Hamburg, Iowa, and engaged in stock- feeding for one year. Returning to Gallatin in the spring of 1867, he engaged in the mercantile business with William Mann, under the name and style of Mann & Grain, and transacted business until the fall of 1869, when they dissolved partnership and closed out business. He next engaged in the lumber trade, being the pioneer lumber dealer of Gallatin, and there being no railroad at that time, he had the lumber hauled by team from Hamilton, in Caldwell county. In 1871 he retired from the lumber trade and engaged in the grocery business with S. T. Hill, under the firm name of Hill & Grain, .until 1875. We find him buying and shipping walnut lumber to Chicago in 1878, and he continued to buy and ship until 1880, when he entered into partnership with A. F. Barnett, forming the present firm of Grain & Barnett, lumber dealers. .
Mr. Grain was married to Miss Amanda M. Plumer, of Fleming county, Kentucky, on the 25th of January, 1855. She was a very estimable lady, and died in Nebraska City, Nebraska, September 30, 1865. He was a second time married, in Gallatin, Mrs. M. C. Owings becoming his wife. Mr. and Mrs. Grain are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, of Gallatin, and he is a member of Gallatin Lodge No. 106, A. F. & A. M.

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J. CRAVENS, M. D.
John Cravens, son of Dr. Joseph and Mary Cravens, was born in Harrisonburg, Rockingham county, Virginia, October 28, 1797, where he was reared and educated. He began the study of medicine under his father, when in his nineteenth year, and began practice some six years later. After practicing with his father two years, he removed to Hardy county, Virginia now West Virginia, and began practice at Petersburg, but only remained one year, when he removed to Pendleton county, opened an office in Franklin, the county seat, and was an active practitioner in that county for ten years. In 1837 he removed to Missouri, and settled near Miami, where he lived eighteen months, and during that time gave up the practice of his profession. At the expiration of the time mentioned he changed his place of residence to Daviess county, locating near Gallatin in the spring of 1839, where he pursued fanning and continued the practice of his profession until 1850, then moved to Gallatin, and gave his attention exclusively to his increasing practice.In 1857 he returned to his farm, one mile northwest of Gallatin, where he now lives. He continued the practice of medicine until the close of the war, when owing to his advanced age and impaired hearing, he gave up practice entirely, devoting his attention to his farm.
In 1842 he was elected presiding justice of the County Court, holding the office until 1846, and subsequently was twice elected to the same office. In 1861 he was appointed brigade-surgeon in the Confederate service under Gen. William Y. Slack, and was with that officer until his death at the battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas, March 6, 1862, and after that served as surgeon in various departments until the close of the war.
Dr. Cravens was united in marriage to Miss Rhuaraa Chaplin, of Rockingham county, Virginia. They became the parents of ten children, six of whom are now living; namely, Caroline, wife of John Leopard, of this county; Amanda, wife of Maj. W. D. McDonald, of this county; Robert 0., a resident of California; William, of Springfield, Missouri; Jeremiah C., an attorney at Springfield; and Edgar H., of this county. Elizabeth, wife of Philip R. Wirt, died in Gallatin, March 1, 1868: Joseph C., killed by lightning, May 28, 1848; John, practicing physician of 'Gallatin, died April 23, 1876; and Oscar, died in Gallatin, January 26, 1855. Mrs. Cravens has been a devout member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, for over sixty years. Dr. Cravens was initiated into the mysteries of Freemasonry in 1826, becoming a member of Rockingham Union Lodge No. 26, Harrisonburg, Virginia. He was one of the founders of the first masonic lodge in Gallatin, and was the first worshipful master. Dr. and Mrs. Craven were among the pioneers of Daviess county, and are highly esteemed by all who know them.

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J. T. DAY.
Jehiel T. Day was born near Mt. Vernon, Knox county, Ohio, November 12, 1833. He was reared and grew to manhood in his native place, receiving his primary education in Sloan's Academy, of Mt. Vernon, which he completed with a two years' course in Oberlin College. In his twenty-first year lie became a teacher in the district schools, which occupation he alternated with farming, continuing to teach in winter and farm in summer until the dark cloud of civil war hovered over the land in the spring of 1861. In April of that year lie laid aside his peaceful pursuits and offered his services in defense of his country, enlisting in Company B, Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for three months. At the expiration of his term of service he again enlisted, this time casting his lot with Company H, of the gallant Sixty -fifth Ohio, and served until honorably discharged at the close of hostilities. He resumed teaching and farming in his Ohio home, but remained only a short time, when he journeyed westward, and in December, 1866, is found a citizen of Missouri, and early in January of the next, year became a resident of Gallatin.
After locating in Gallatin, Mr. Day continued his profession of teaching until 1876, in which year he purchased a half interest in the North Misgourian, the Republican paper of Gallatin, which he still retains and controls. In August, 1881, he was commissioned postmaster of Gallatin, by President Garfield, and is at present most acceptably filling the position. Mr. Day is a pleasant, unassuming gentleman, and possesses a large circle of friends.
Mr. Day was united in marriage to Mrs. Paulina F. Davis, of Gallatin, May 2, 1881. She is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He is a member of the Mt. Vermon Lodge No. 20, I. 0. O. F., where he received the degrees in 1862.

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G. C. DIESTILHORST.
George C. Diestilhorst was born in Poile, Hanover, Germany, April 18, 1813, and was there reared to manhood. He received his education in the Lutheran school, of his native place, and his father being a harness-maker by trade, on leaving school he also learned that trade and worked with his father up to the time he was twenty-three years of age, when he emigrated to America, arriving in New York City, May 1, 1836. He was successful in securing a situation in the government harness manufactory in that city, and remained six months, then went on a prospecting tour, seeking employment, to the cities of Schenectady and Buffalo, New York, Cleveland, Ohio, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, reaching this latter city in May, 1837, and worked at his trade there until the following October. He was next employed on a keel-boat on the Ohio River,, and went to Cincinnati, thence to Louisville, Kentucky, but was unable to secure work because of his. unfamiliarity with the English language. From Louisville he went to New Albany, Indiana, where he worked three weeks at his trade, then went down the Ohio River to Smithland, at the confluence of the Cumberland and Ohio rivers and from there traveled overland on foot, with occasional rides in farm wagons, to Princeton, Kentucky, arriving in December, 1837, and secured employment until the spring of 1838. Next he went to Louisville, from there to Frankfort and thence to Millers-burgh, Kentucky, working six months at this latter place, and going from there to North Middleton, same State, where he opened a shop of his own, and while there attended school three months to acquaint himself with the English language. In the spring of 1839 he sold out his shop, but worked in that county for three years afterward, or until 1842, when be came to Missouri, and after making a short stay in Booneville, Cooper county, removed to Daviess county, where lie has since resided. He established himself in the harness business in Gallatin, in May, 1842. and has uninterruptedly carried on that business ever since, farming occasionally in connection therewith.

Mr. Diestilhorst married Miss Martha Smith, of Daviess county, on the 15th of December, 1850. They have four children; named, respectively, Susan, wife of John Keck, of Gallatin; Francis, now residing in Kansas; Alice and Austin, living at home and attending school. Mr. Diestilliorst is A member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, of Gallatin.

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A. M. DOCKERY, M. D.
Alexander M. Dockery was born in Livingston county, Missouri, February 11, 1845. His father is a distinguished minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Sarah E. McHaney, his mother, was a native of Kentucky; of their family of three children, the subject of this sketch is the only survivor. He received a thorough classical education in Macon Academy, Macon, Missouri. In 1863 he entered the St. Louis Medical College, from which he graduated in March, 1865, receiving his diploma. Dr. Dockery then located for the practice of his chosen profession in Linneus, Missouri, where he pursued the practice of medicine until the year 1867, when he removed to Chillicothe, Missouri, and there practiced successfully for six years, and from 1870 to 1874 filled with acceptance the office of county physician for Livingston county. In March. 1874, he abandoned the practice of medicine and removed to Gallatin and, associated with Thomas B. Yates, Esq., established the Farmer's Exchange Bank, now recognized as one of the solid financial institutions of the State, of which bank he has been cashier since its organization. Dr. Dockery certainly has few equals as a business manager and financier ; lie is vigilant, tireless and energetic; is methodical in his habits and in all business transactions of whatever character coming under his supervision; is careful in forming opinions, and is a man of decision and great force of character. He has, by skill, industry, and discreet management, accumulated quite a competency, and at this time is the second largest taxpayer in Daviess county.

He has always been the friend and advocate of popular education, and deeply interested in its advancement; has freely given his time and money to that end. During his residence at Chillicothe he was president of the Board of Education of that city for three years. Since January 1, 1873, he has been a member of the Board of Curators, of the University of Missouri; his present term expires January 1, 1883. He was made a Master Mason in 1866, in Jackson Lodge No. 82, Linnens, Missouri; was exalted in Lone Star Royal Arch Chapter No. 30, in Chillicothe, Missouri, in 1868. and was at one time High Priest of that chapter. In 1878 he received the Knight Templar degrees in Kadosh Commandery No. 21, at Hamilton, Missouri, and is at present Eminent Commander of that commandery, now located at Cameron. He served as Worshipful Master of Jackson Lodge, and afterwards filled the same position in Friendship Lodge No. 89, at Chillicothe, and in 1877 was Worshipful Master of Jamesport Lodge No. 201. For the last ten years he has been District Deputy Grand Master in this State. In 1879 he was elected Junior Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge of the State, and the following year Deputy Grand Master of the same body. At the last session of the Grand Lodge of Missouri, on October 13th, 1881, he was, by practically a unanimous vote, elected to the distinguished and responsible position of Grand Master of Masons for the State of Missouri, receiving from a delegation of 795, 685 votes. Dr. Dockery is probably the youngest man who has ever been chosen for this honorable position in our State. In May, 1880, he was elected Grand Scribe of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Missouri, and the following year Grand King of the same body, which position he now fills. From his early youth he has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, of which his father is well known as a distinguished minister.
In politics. Dr. Dockery is a pronounced Democrat. For the past ten years he has taken an active part in the councils and directions of the party, and has earned for himself the reputation of a forcible, convincing and eloquent speaker. As a political organizer and worker he is not excelled by any of the leaders of his party in the State, and his valuable services have been recognized from time to time. He has served as chairman of the Tenth Congressional District Committee, and at the Democratic Congressional Convention, held at Brunswick, in July, 1860, the delegations from the largely Democratic counties of Randolph and Chariton supported him for Congress, despite his positive declination and refusal to accept the nomination. At present he is the mayor of the City of Gallatin.
April 14, 1869, he was married to Miss Mary E.. daughter of Greenup Bird, Esq., then a banker at Chillicothe, now a resident of Kansas City. Of this union five children have been born, all of whom have been claimed in death.
Dr. Dockery is a man of commanding personal appearance, standing five feet and eleven inches in height, and weighing 175 pounds; of popular address and pleasing manners, he occupies his place easily, gracefully and naturally in the church or lodge, in the business or in the social circle. And as a presiding officer or public speaker, he commands the attention of all who see or hear him. He is yet young in years but more firmly established in the confidence of his associates than many who are double his age. But few men of his age have been so universally esteemed a recognized and true friend of education; a zealous and warm-hearted Mason; a kind Christian gentleman; a worthy, upright, public-spirited citizen; an honest, yet aggressive, politician; these traits have won for him honor and profound respect and admiration from all who have had the favor to know him and of him.
A man of progressive ideas, a strong will, a clear and bright intellect, endowed with indefatigable energy, he has before him a bright and prosperous future, and such a one as will be identified with the growing history of this great State and nation. This we leave for the future historian, confident that what shall be hereafter written about him will not mar nor pluck one laurel from the foregoing epitome.

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PINES K. DUNN.
Pines R. Dunn was born in Huntsville, Alabama, October 20, 1836. His parents left that State in 1838, and went to Indiana, where they lived until December, 1841. In this latter year they came to Missouri and settled at Versailles, in Morgan county, where he lived with them until he reached his sixteenth year. He received his education by attending the common schools at Versailles, and at Osceola, one year after he left home. When seventeen years of age, in 1853, he began to clerk in the store of Aaron Trippet, of Osceola, and was in his employ until 1860, when he became associated with his employer as a partner in the mercantile business, under the firm name of Trippet town of Osceola, and they, with other business men, were burned out and their business destroyed. After his loss at Osceola he returned to Versailles, where he remained until July, 1863, then came to Daviess county. In 1864 he engaged in general merchandising and dealing in grain at Gallatin, with E. Mann, under the firm name of Mann & Dunn. In 1869 they dissolved partnership and he engaged in buying and shipping grain, continuing that business until 1873, when he went to Jamesport, in the same county, and was associated with William A. Wynn in the mercantile business, as Dunn & Wynn. In 1875 he retired from the firm to act as deputy county clerk under John P. Smith, and served as such until 1876, in which year he again engaged in the grain business, and followed it until November, 1878, when he was elected clerk of Daviess county, and is now filling that position with honor and credit to himself and the county. .Mr. Dunn was joined in marriage to Miss Mary V. Anderson, of Osceola, Missouri, on the 2d day of July, 1857. Their union has been blessed with five children; named, respectively, Henry, a clerk in his father's office and a student of medicine; Alice Virginia, wife of J. C. Irving; Annie Lee, Mary Cornelia and Pines R., Jr., living at home.

 

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JOHN J. ENYART.
John J., son of Abram and Jane Enyart, was born near Plattsburg, Clinton county, Missouri, May 15, 1838, and lived there until 1848, when his parents moved to Gentry county, and settled upon a farm in Boyle township. Four years after taking up their residence in Gentry county his father died, and one year later, in 1853, his mother also journeyed to " that bourne from whence no traveler ere returns." Thus left alone, he made his home with his half-brother, William Mulligan, until 1857, when he came to Daviess county and lived with his uncle, H. W. Enyart, near Pattonsburg, until 1863, at which time he rented a farm and began work for himself. He followed farming until 1865, then engaged in the mercantile business with Dr. "William Pyle, under the name of Pyle & Enyart, carrying on business at Pattonsburg until 1868, when Dr. Pyle retired and C. H. Weidon became his successor, changing the firm name to Weldon & Enyart. After doing business at Pattonsburg one year, this firm removed to Salem, remaining there one year, and next moved to Bancroft, where they continued until 1871, when Mr. Enyart retired from the firm. He returned to Salem, engaged in the mercantile business until 1874, then closed out, rented a farm, and gave his attention to agricultural pursuits, raising and dealing in stock, until 1877. During the years of 1875 and 1876, Mr. Enyart was elected to the office of collector of Salem township, and in August, 1877, was appointed by the County Court, collector of Daviess county, holding the position until November, 1878, when he was elected to fill the office for a term of two years, and gave such complete satisfaction that he was reflected in 1880; holding that position at this writing.
Mr. Enyart was united in marriage to Miss Louisa Linville, of Daviess county, on the 17th of February, 1863. They have three children living: Claude L., Marion Ethel, and Blanche. Mr. and Mrs. Enyart are members of the Christian Church. Mr. Enyart is a member of the Gallatin Lodge No. 106, A. F. & A. M.; received the Master Mason's degree at the Pattonsburg Lodge No. 65, in 1865; and was Worshipful Master of Earl Lodge No. 285, at Salem for five years.


[The History of Daviess County, Missouri Published by Birdsall & Dean, 1882 - Sumbitted by Barb Z. - 2009]

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