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William F. Mangus, one of
the leading druggists of Moberly who has
been in business here for
nearly a quarter of a century and who during
that time has done his part
in the development of the city and its sur-
rounding territory. Mr.
Mangus was born in the state of Louisiana in
1862, the son of Win. F.
and Susan (Terry) Mangus, both natives of Ken-
tucky, who were married
in Saline County, Mo., in 1858. Soon after
their marriage Mr. and
Mrs. Mrs. Mangus went to Louisiana to live and
remained in the South until
after the close of the Civil War. Mr. Mangus
enlisted in the Confederate
Army and served until peace was declared.
He served under Gen.
Joseph E. Johnson and was wounded in the right
leg by a minne ball at the
Battle of Bull Run, but as soon as he was
discharged from the
hospital he reenlisted and served until hostilities
closed. After this the
family returned to Missouri, locating in Saline
County where they lived
for many years. Mr. Mangus died in 1909 at
the age of 70 years, being
survived by his wife who died in 1912 and both
are buried at Oakland
cemetery. There were 10 children in the Mangus
family: Charles, of Florida;
William F., of Moberly Taylor D., of Mob-
erly Monta. of Moberly;
Louise, the wife of James Crossland, of Sedalia,
Mo.; Mary. who married
Luther Stockton, of Perry, Okla.; Susan, now
Mrs. Jose Johnson, of
Moberly; Ida, the widow of Mr. Boucher, of Birm-
ingham, Ala., and Daisy,
who lives with her sister at Birmingham.
William F. Mangus was a
small boy when his parents returned to
Missouri and he attended
the public schools of Saline County and Cam-
bridge, graduating from
the high school there. He then began to study
telegraphy and became an
operator for the Chicago and Alton Railroad,
an association that
continued for 11 years. Mr. Mangus was advanced
from one position of trust
to another until he held a fine position with
the road but he desired to
engage in an independent business for him-
self and in 1891 resigned
from the road and opened a drug store at Clark,
Mo. He built up a good
trade and being made a good offer by his brother,
sold the business to him
after having lived in that city for six years.
Mr Mangus then located in
Moberly where he has since conducted a drug
store and has built up an
extensive trade.
On Nov. 23, 1887, Mr.
Mangus was married to Miss Esther E. Hamil-
ton, of Moberly, the
daughter of James Hamilton, a pioneer of the county
who died at the age of 74
years. The mother lives in Moberly. Two
children were born to Mr.
and Mrs. Mangus: William Leon, who is em-
ploved by the Joh.n Deere
Plow Companv of Kansas City, Mo., and Ethel
S., the wife of B. C.
Stephens -of Moberly and they have two children,
Barney, Jr., and Martha,
Mr. and Mrs. Mangus reside at 834 W. Reed
street. Mr. Mangus is a
member of the Benevolent and Protective Order
of Elks.
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