NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11344 UNKNOWN CO – Joseph M. PEPPER – Pepper, Mackey, Starke 11344 Pike County Missouri History, Des Moines, Iowa, Mills and Company, 1883. p. 586. Joseph M. Pepper. This gentleman is a native of Pike county, born October 30, 1855. His father, Joseph S. Pepper, was born in Kentucky and immigrated to Missouri with his father in 1818. The grandfather of the subject of our sketch was Samuel Pepper; he immigrated to Missouri at an early day and purchased a large tract of land some three and a half miles from Clarksville, on which he made his permanent home until the time of his death in 1874. The father of our subject was married to Andra R. Mackey, daughter of Joseph Mackey, Esq. She died in 1857, and her husband soon followed her to the goodly land, he dying in 1859. They left two sons, one of whom died, leaving Joseph M. the only survivor. Mr. Pepper was reared and educated on a farm. He attained his education in farming and now has one of the best farms in the neighborhood; three hundred and sixteen acres in cultivation, all well adapted to the growing of grain, as well as blue grass. Mr. Pepper has fine improvements on his farm; his residence is a large two-story frame house, supplied with every convenience for making a home comfortable. He has a splendid barn, supplemented with all the necessary accessories for making farming profitable and pleasant. Mr. Pepper was married December 18, 1878, to Miss Gussie B. Starke, daughter of Washington Starke, of Pettis county. They have three children, two boys and a girl, Thomas J. W., Joseph L. S., and Mattie. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.tips/mb.ashx