> -----Original Message----- > From: ~~ Leslie ~~ [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2003 3:33 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Mo-Absts] 24 August 2003 > > > 24 August 2003 > MO-ABSTRACTS > A Read-Only List > ``````````````````````` > Some employees of the State Hospital at St. Joseph, MO (1909): > > OFFICERS > > Frederick P. Patterson.....Acting superintendent > Ashman H. Vandivert........Assistant physician > Harlow P. Mills................Assistant physician > Walter E Cary...............Assistant physician > George R. Jones.............Steward > Ed. L. Hart, Jr.................Treasurer > Helena Adams.................Matron > > EMPLOYEES. > > Name Position > Christine Acree........Stenographer and clerk > Wm. F. Arnold..........Attendant > Cora Arnold..............Attendant > Arthur Bartlett...........Attendant > R.M. Benight............Supervisor > J. H. Brown..............Night attendant > Lotta Brown.............Attendant > Dove Bennett...........Seamstress' assistant > Harry Bowen............Night attendant > Wm. C. Baker..........Night attendant > J. M. Bacon.............Night attendant > Arch Boner...............Attendant > Nellie Bigham...........Laundress > James Bloom...........Night attendant > J. A. Carson.............Assistant storekeeper > J. L. Calvert.............Crew man > Jessie Calef.............Attendant > Jess Creveling.........Hostler > Gwendolyn Cole.......Attendant > Chester A. Cole........Attendant > Ada Coombs.............Attendant > R. L. Carter..............Dairyman > Geo. Champion........Night attendant > Jack Corbin.............Attendant > Lillian Cope.............Attendant > Minnie Coombs.......Attendant > Geo. M. Dorman.....Night attendant > Minnie Deaton........Attendant > Anna Damon...........Attendant > Dan Dougherty.......Attendant > Cornelia Davidson..Attendant > L. R. Davidson.......Attendant > > Source: The Official Manual of the State of Missouri (1909-1910) > Page 283 > > **Copyright notice: > All transcriptions in this email are copyrighted by their creator. > They many not be reproduced on another site or on any printed > or recorded media, CD, etc. without specific written permission > from Leslie Kohler. Although public information is not, in and of > itself, copyrightable; the format in which it is presented, > transcriptions, notes & comments, etc. are. It is however, quite > permissible to print or save the files to a personal computer for > personal use only. Permission is granted to public libraries, and > genealogical and historical societies to print and bind for the use > of their patrons. > > Leslie Kohler > P.O. Box 276, Carrollton, MO 64633-0276 > P.O. Box 8137, Glendale, AZ 85312-8137 > > ______________________________ > -----Original Message----- > From: ~~ Leslie ~~ [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2003 11:21 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Mo-Absts] 25 August 2003 > > > 25 August 2003 > MO-ABSTRACTS > A Read-Only List > `````````````````````````` > > > Here are some mini-biographies. > > > LOUIS HOFFMAN, Thirtieth circuit (Republican).-Was > born near Bay, Gasconade county, Mo., September 3, > 1852. He was educated in the public and private schools > of Gasconade county, and in 1869 entered the Central > Wesleyan College, where he remained until 1872, when in > September he entered the Missouri State University, from > which he graduated July 4, 1876. In 1878 he was elected > prosecuting attorney of Gasconade county, and re-elected > in 1880. He removed to Pettis county, and in 1886 was > elected city attorney of Sedalia, and re-elected in 1888. > In 1892 he was elected prosecuting attorney of Pettis > county, and re-elected in 1894. He was elected circuit > judge in 1904. He was married near Woodlandville, Boone > county, March 20, 1878, to Miss Ella DIMMITT. > > JOHN T. MOORE, Thirty-first circuit (Republican).-Was > born in Bedford county, Tenn., June 22, 1861, and was > educated in the common schools of his native state. He > came to Missouri in 1880 and entered the legal profession > in Stone county, where he was elected prosecuting attorney. > He was married to Miss Retta ROBERTS in September, 1883. > In 1904 he was nominated at the Republican judicial convention > to succeed Judge Asbury BURKHEAD, and was elected by > 4,404 majority. > > R. STEELE RYORS, Thirty-second circuit (Republican).-Was > born at Bloomington, Ind., in 1846, and was educated at the > Indiana State University, from which he graduated in 1865. He > came to Missouri in 1868, and opened a law office at Linn, Osage > county, and was subsequently elected prosecuting attorney, and > served four years. In 1884 he was elected to the State Senate, > re-elected in 1888 and 1892, serving altogether twelve years. > In 1904 he was nominated for circuit judge and elected. > > J. C. SHEPPARD, Thirty-third circuit (Democrat).-Was born > in Cape Girardeau county, Mo., April 8, 1856. He was reared > on a farm in his native county, attended the public schools in > his youth and subsequently attended a high school and the > Cape Girardeau Normal. Having read law for eighteen months > in the office of Hon. Linus SANFORD at Jackson, Mo., he > entered the State University, graduating in the, law department > in the class of 1880. He has always been a resident of Missouri, > with the exception of about one year, when he had a law office > in Arkansas. He was admitted to the bar in the spring of 1880, > was elected prosecuting attorney of Ripley county, in the fall of > 1880, and re-elected in 1882. In 1890 he was again elected to > the same office and re-elected in 1892. He was a Bryan elector > for the Fourteenth district, and was appointed judge of the Thirty- > third circuit, March 18, 1905, and elected for a term November, > 1906. > > NICHOLAS D. THURMOND, Thirty-fourth circuit (Republican)-Was > born on a farm three miles west of Paynesville, in Pike county, Mo., > October 30, 1843; received his education in the public and private > schools of Pike and Callaway counties, and attended Westminster > College at Fulton, Mo., and Central College at Danville, Ky. Received > the degree of A. B. from Westminster College in 1867; taught school > at Paynesville, Pike county, from 1867 to 1871. Was licensed to > practice law in 1876. Was appointed judge of the Thirty-fourth circuit > April 15, 1909, upon the creation of that circuit by the 45th General > Assembly. Is married and resides at Fulton. > > **Source: The Official Manual of the State of Missouri, 1909-1910 > Page 83 > > **Copyright notice: > All transcriptions in this email are copyrighted by their creator. > They many not be reproduced on another site or on any printed > or recorded media, CD, etc. without specific written permission > from Leslie Kohler. Although public information is not, in and of > itself, copyrightable; the format in which it is presented, > transcriptions, notes & comments, etc. are. It is however, quite > permissible to print or save the files to a personal computer for > personal use only. Permission is granted to public libraries, and > genealogical and historical societies to print and bind for the use > of their patrons. > > Leslie Kohler > P.O. Box 276, Carrollton, MO 64633-0276 > P.O. Box 8137, Glendale, AZ 85312-8137 >