De Soto Weekly facts De Soto, Jefferson, Missouri THURSDAY, 13 JULY 1899 RECENT DEATHS - Felix O. GREGORY, an ex-confederate soldier, and prominent member of the Christian church and of the I.O.O.F. at Fredericktown. Col. Andrew Jackson RADER, an old and highly-respected citizen of Pettis county, at his home, nine miles west of Sedalia, aged 72. During he civil war Col. RADER commanded a Virginia regiment under Gen. Stonewall JACKSON. Sent in by Charlotte M. Maness Desoto Joe/The Record Man