Goodspeed (1888)
| Andrew F. Cooper, husband of Martha Dowdy, daughter of James Dowdy |
| Andrew F. Cooper, of Cooper & Jorndt, proprietors of the elevator and steam flouring mills at Dexter, was born in Stoddard County, February 1, 1849. The grandparents were living in Tennessee when their son, James A. Cooper, was born in January, 1827. He was still a young man in 1846 when he started for Missouri, and located on a farm about five miles from Dexter. He became an extensive dealer in stock, and for some time held the office of Superintendent of public works. For several years he was also deputy sheriff, under James Dowdy, his wife's father. He was captain of a company under Col. Kitchen, and served throughout the war. He was captured at Bloomfield, and sent to Alton, but after his exchange he recruited a company and became its captain. During Price's raid he as wounded in the left arm by a gun shot. He served gallantly in all the leading engagements west of the Mississippi River. He had been married to Martha Dowdy, a North Carolinian, of Dutch-English origin, and their marriage resulted in nine children, of whom seven are alive: Andrew F. Rachel (a widow), Elizabeth (a widow), Henry, Ambrose, Cordelia (now Mrs. Dr. Brinley) and Thomas. The father died in December 1877, and the mother followed him in the following May. Andrew remained with his parents until twenty-three years of age, receiving his education in the country schools. He had learned milling when a youth, and a partnership in the business between him and his father lasted until the latter's death. He then managed the business alone until 1885, when he and his present partner erected their present extensive mills. The building is a large four-story frame, 36X50 feet, with a roller-process outfit able to turn out seventy barrels every twenty-four hours. The mill is the largest south of Jackson, Mo., and they ship to all points south. Mr. Cooper was married in 1870 to Elizabeth Temple, of this county, and their union has resulted in three children: Martha, Libbie and James. Mr. Cooper shows his fraternal spirit in attachment to three orders: A.F. & A.M, K of H. and K. of P., and otherwise leads the life of a public spirited citizen. |
| William S. Galloway, father of Amanda Galloway, wife of W.P. Dowdy |
| William S. Galloway, farmer, postoffice Essex, was born in Stoddard County, Mo., and is the son of Thomas and Frances (Pingerton) Galloway, the father was born in Middle Tennessee in or about 1838, and while quite young, his parents moved to Stoddard County, Mo., carrying on farming as an occupation. They had a family of seven children, four of whom are living, viz: nancy (Mrs. John Smith), Mary (Mrs. Joseph Davis), Amanda (Mrs. W.P. Dowdy) and William S. Galloway. Thomas Galloway entered the army, and served during the entire time with the Southern forces. At the close of the strife he returned home and farmed on his place until he died, in 1878. William S. stayed with his parents until he was over age, and until his father's death, when he married and took his mother to care for and cherish in her declining years. He married, October 18, 1885, Ida Walker, and by her has had one child, now deceased. Mr. Galloway owns forty-six and one-half acres of land, which he bought in 1884 and has since improved. He is a member of the Agricultural Wheel. |
| Joseph A. Hambleton, father of Amanda Hambleton, wife of H.F. Dowdy |
| Joseph A. Hambleton. In the early settlement of North Carolina, there came a family from England named Hambleton, and one from Ireland, bearing the name of Campbell. A son in the former family, William H., and a daughter in the latter, Matilda, were born in that new country, and afterward became man and wife. The Hambleton family moved west to Henderson County, Tenn., but in 1850 boarded a flat-boat down the Tennessee, and at Paducah, Ky., took steamer for Cape Girardeau, where the early ships of the plain were to carry them to the site of Stoddard County, Mo. They located about twelve miles southeast of Bloomfield and settled on unsurveyed land, populous in wild animals and game, to such an extent that the domestic animals were in constant danger from wolves. In 1849 the death of Grandfather Hambleton occurred, and while Grandfather Campbell was visiting his daughter, in 1855, he also was taken away. It was in the spring of 1861, which the father was out showing the way to a tract of land sought by some strangers, that while the party was diverting themselves with hunting, the father was mistaken for a deer in a clump of brush, and was shot. He lived about twenty-four hours. Four of his eight children are now living: Joseph A., John F., Samuel A. and Daniel L. The subject of this sketch was born in Henderson County, Tenn., in July 1840 and lived at home after his father's death, until he joined the Missouri State Guards, called out by Gov. Jackson. After six months with them he joined the Confederate forces, under Col. W.L. Jeffrey, and served until the surrender, at Shreveport, La., in 1865. He was in the battles at Belmont, Pilot Knob, Helena (Ark), Chalk Bluff and other places, receiving a flesh-wound in the leg, and also in the arm. After reporting to Maj. Montgomery, of the Union forces, he was allowed to remain at home, where he soon after lost his mother. In July 1862 he married Mary C. Smith. Of their three children, two, Amanda (now Mrs. H.F. Dowdy) and Mary Alice (now Mrs. John Dennington), are living. He lived at his wife's home, near Essex until 1874, and then after a short time in Wayne county, returned and located in Bloomfield. At Piedmont, he served as city marshal, and spent about four years as deputy sheriff at Bloomfield. The next four years he and his brother were merchants at Essex, and in 1882 he settled on his present farm, embracing 200 acres, four miles from dexter; 135 acres of this are finely improved. Mrs. Hambleton and the children are members of the General Baptist Church. Mr. Hambleton has been an Odd Fellow from his early years. |
| George W. Patterson, father of Cora Patterson, wife of J. Dowdy |
| George W. Patterson. Middle Tennessee is the home of many of the early settlers of Missouri, and it was there that Frank and Nancy J. (Davis) Patterson the parents of the subject of this sketch, were born. That was the scene of their son's nativity, also, in 1848 and twenty years later the father located in Missouri, where he now resides on his farm three miles southeast of Bloomfield. He lost his first wife in 1858 and in 1860 married her sister, Minerva A. Davis. Two of the five children of his first marriage are alive: George W. and William M. Those of his last marriage are Newton M., Emma (now Mrs. B. Capps), Minerva (now Mrs. J. Asline) , Lee, Walter, Joe and Luther. George W., the subject of this sketch, left home in 1864 and joined the army under Capt. Gay of Gen. Forrest's command. After about nine months' service the company disbanded, and he returned to his home in Gibson County, Tenn. In 1869 a year after the family had arrived in Stoddard County, he married Miss Ann Dennington, and their union has been blessed with seven children, five of whom are now living: Cora (now Mrs. J. Dowdy), Willie, Ollie, DeWitt and Birdie. Mr. Patterson rented the farm he now occupies about five years ago. He is a member of the A.O.U.W. and is president of the Agricultural Wheel of Essex. Both Mr. and Mrs. Patterson are members of General Baptist Church. |
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