Absalom pioneered in Missouri from Maryland, has been closely identified with Sedalia. He was honored and loved in this community for nearly 60 years. He owned a vast number of acres of land that became Sedalia. He was born in Cecil County, Maryland Oct. 1, 1802, was son of Benjamine and Ann Kilpatrick McVey. On Feb. 25, 1825 he mar. Mary Edmundson who was b. Apr. 15, 1804, dau. of Caleb and sarah Edmunfson. They were parents of 8 children. He came from Maryland to Georgetown in 1836 and on March 12, 1837 after he had received word of the death of one of their children he wrote . Although Geo Smith brought the railroad to Pettis co. it was McVey who brought it to Sedalia.McVey designed hisand many others in the community own hme. He built a school house on his land. Later when Mo Pacific wanted the land for a stockyard, he donated it to them. /then bought an acre of land from Mcclure and built the McVey School the red brick. He married Catherine Bourn Elliot in 1984, she died 1919 God Bless the USA