RICHARD A. ROUSE. Many of the farmers of Baxter County, Ark., have led such quiet, unobtrusive lives as to be seldom heard of outside of their own township. They are doing fine work in their own community, but do not care to come more prominently before the public, and devote all their time and energies to the cultivation of their farms and the development of the resources of their community. Such men deserve more credit than they ordinarily receive, and we are glad here to present one of them in the person of Richard A. Rouse, who is one of the prominent and worthy citizens of Baxter County, and has a fine farm in Buck Horn Township. He is a native. of Crawford County, md., where he was born January 20, 1842, a son of Granville and Ravy Jane (White) Rouse, who were Kentuckians by birth, the former a native of Boone County. The father was a son of Moses Rouse and he a son of Michael Rouse. Being of a rather roving disposition he successively moved from Kentucky to Crawford County, md., then to Van Buren County, Iowa, where he remained one year, then went back to Crawford County, md., where his wife died. Soon after the death of his wife, in order to have his three children cared for, he returned to his father in Bullitt County, Ky., where be was married to Byronette Owens (who is now also dead). To their union was given one son, John G. He then moved to Daviess County, Ky., but is now residing in McLean County, Ky., with his son, John G. He also for a time lived in De Soto, Jackson County, Ill. While in the last mentioned place he was engaged in the manufacture of brick, but throughout his long life of four-score years he has followed various occupations. The subject of this sketch was his father's manager while the latter was engaged in the brick business and he also for some time had control of a store which his father owned. In the fall of 1859 he moved with his father to Daviess County, Ky., thence to McLean County, Ky., where he was married to Louisa Wells February 9, i86, who was born in Bullitt County, Ky., April 21, 1843, and to their union eight sons and two daughters have been given, all of whom are now living: Edward, the first son, was born in McLean County, Ky., November 6, 1866, is still single and at home with his father and has an interest in the mill and gin; Artis W., second son, is married and has two children (son and daughter); Zalmond G., third son, is also married; Genis Ord, fourth son; Richard A., Jr., fifth son; Louisa, first daughter; Minie B., second daughter; Columbus B., sixth son; Granville T., seventh son, and Albert, eighth son. During the progress of the Civil War Mr. Rouse resided in Kentucky and Spencer County, md. After the war was over he returned to Kentucky and took up his residence in McLean County. He continued to make his home there until 1885, when he moved to Baxter County, Ark., and located in Barren Creek Township. Two years later be came to Buck Horn Township, where he has 300 acres of the finest upland of the county and seven acres in his mill and residence property. He also owns a small farm in North Fork Township. In 1888 he erected a saw mill, cotton gin and grist mill, and is now successfully engaged in operating them and attending to the management of his large farm. He and his wife and five children are members of the Christian Church. with which he has been connected since 1862, and he is now holding the office of elder in the same. He is a useful, law-abiding citizen, upright and honorable in every respect, and as a natural consequence his friends are many. ----- Original Message ----- From: <PKamer@aol.com> To: <MORIPLEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 9:13 AM Subject: Re: [MORIPLEY] Reminicent History of the Ozark Region > Matt, > When you have time I would appreciate the info on Richard Rouse in Baxter > County, Arkansas. I have reason to believe he might have be Maria's > brother. > Thank you so much for your time, > Marie > > > ==== MORIPLEY Mailing List ==== > To Subscribe to MoRipley GenWeb > mailto:MORIPLEY-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=subscribe&body=subscribe > mailto:MORIPLEY-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=subscribe&body=subscribe > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > >

JAMES E. ADAMS. The calling to which Mr. Adams' attention is devoted is one of the utmost importance to any community and is deserving of liberal patronage from the inhabitants. His well appointed mercantile establishment is located at Varner, and there he also has charge of the interests of "Uncle Sam," and presides over the postoffice. He was born in Graves County, Ky., October 3, 1838, a son of Jeremiah M. and Hannah (Edens) Adams, who were born in South Carolina and North Carolina October 16, 1798 and June 3, 1802, respectively. In 1819 Mr. Adams went to Graves County, Ky., where he was married in 1823, and spent the rest of his life there. He was a strong, active and useful pioneer, and for a period of fifty years was a minister of the Methodist Church, and noble were his efforts to "rescue the perishing." On the 24th of March, 1872, he was called from life, and his widow's death occurred November 2,1881. The paternal grandfather, Zadack Adams, removed from South Carolina to Kentucky in 1819, there followed the occupation of farming and eventually passed from life. He was of Irish origin, and is supposed to have been a soldier of the Revolution. He and his wife, who also died in Graves Ccunty, reared a large family. Ezekiel Edens, the maternal grandfather, was also a pioneer of Graves County, but came thither from North Carolina. His entire life was devoted to farming, and one of his sons, James G., became very wealthy and influential, and lived at Edens' Hill, near Paducah. To Jeremiah M. Adams and wife the following children were born: William H., of Graves County, a farmer; Benjamin H., a farmer and tobacconist of that county; James E.; Martha E., who died, the wife of William Reasor; Susan E. M., wife of H. L. Anderson, of Kentucky; Nancy J., wife of M. L. Stewart, of Kentucky; Phceba I., the deceased wife of John D. Kay; Mary A., wife of Prof. G. J. Wilkerson, of Ballard County, Ky.; and Hannah J., widow of F. M. Moore. James K Adams received a practical education in the common schools, and upon attaining a suitable age began teaching school and followed this occupation for some years. September 5,1866, he married Nancy J. Taylor, who was born in Graves County, Ky., and where she died the 20th of September, 1882, having become the mother of seven children: Ella, wife of B. F. Campbell, of Little Rock, a passenger conductor on the Iron Mountain Railroad; Ezra; Bertha, wife of Thad Z. Eaton; Ida; Eliza; Jerry H., who died in infancy; and Elbert, who also died young. Mr. Adams took for his second wife Miss Sue F. Griffin, who was born in Tennessee and died in Ripley County, Mo., July 2, 188g. December 8, 1889, Mr. Adams married Martha A. Stewart. When the war opened he joined the Federal Army, Fifteenth Kentucky Cavalry, but his services were rejected on account of ill health. He then followed merchandising in Mayfield, Ky., until 1885, when he came to Varner and opened the "Kentucky Home," which is one of the best general mercantile establishments in that section, and has a liberal patronage. He started in life with no capital, is now well-to-do financially, and stands high in the estimation of the people of his section. He is a member of Faithful Lodge No. 304 of the A. F. & A. M. at Fair Dealing, has been a member of the Methodist Church since he was fourteen years of age, and in politics has ever been a Republican,, his first presidential vote being cast for Bell in 1860.

JOHN MORGAN ATKINSON. 'this promising and popular young man, who has just been nominated by the Democrats of Ripley County in the primary election as the party candidate for clerk of the County Court, was born in Hickman County, Tenn., on September 14, 1870. In the spring of 1873 he removed with his parents to Ripley County and was reared on a farm. He attended the common schools of his district, the Doniphan High School and the South-east Normal School at Cape Girardeau, Mo, His advancement in his studies was rapid and his grades were always among the highest. He has taught several terms of school and his success in both instruction and management, though teaching in the public school of his own district, among the children with whom he attended school, is remarkable. Mr. Atkinson's liking is for the law, of which he has read considerably, and no one need be surprised to find him in the near future holding a high place in the legal profession. Being an industrious, energetic, painstaking and obliging young man, and a total abstainer from the use of intoxicants and narcotics, faithful and efficient service as a public man can be safely predicted, and as his nomination assures his election, he will, if alive take the oath of office and enter upon his duties as clerk of the Ripley County Court on January r, 1895. He is a member of Composite Lodge No. 369, A. F. & A. M. While not a church member he is a regular attendant upon the services of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, with the doctrines of which his preference lies. 1-le takes an active interest in the work of the Sabbath-school and Young People's Christian Endeavor. His father, Daniel M. Atkinson, was a soldier in the Confederate Army during the war between the States, and followed the impetuous Gen. N. B. Forrest through a number of set-tos with the "Boys in Blue." So strong was his attachment to the principles of the "Lost Cause" and his admiration of deeds of daring of its heroes, that he gave to his boy, the subject of this sketch, the name of that brilliant leader who frightened so many of the Buckeyes out of their wits in his mad raid through Ohio, namely, Gen. John H. Morgan. The old gentleman resides on his farm near Bennett, Mo., where, with his wife and younger children, he tills the soil and enjoys life and good health, the worthy father of so promising a son. Morgan, as our subject is called by all who know him, is very regular in his habits, observing the laws of health and profiting thereby. He is possibly the youngest man in the State to receive such an important nomination, but he is well known and has a splendid record. He is single.

HERMAN BORTH. Herman Borth, senior member of the firm of Borth, Barrett & Co., at Doniphan, is a man popular with all classes, and has a host of business and social friends. He was born in St. Louis, Mo., October 17, 1851, and no doubt inherits much of his perseverance and industry from his German ancestors. His father, John Frederick Borth, was born in Hamburg, Germany, and when a young man crossed the ocean and settled in St. Louis. In i88 he moved to Doniphan, Ripley County, Mo., and there died in x8ói. While a resident of St. Louis he married Miss Henrietta Vittinghoff, also a native of Germany. After his death she married Christopher Gesell, a native of Germany, who is now deceased. At the present time Mrs. Borth resides in Doniphan. John Frederick Borth was a shoemaker by trade and an honest, persevering citizen. His marriage with Miss Vittinghoff resulted in the birth of six children, four of whom are now living. Herman Borth, the eldest, was educated in the schools of St. Louis, and afterward assisted in any work he could turn his hand to, though for the most part he was on farms in Ripley County, Mo. Later he went to Rochester, N. V., and for two years was in the employ of the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad, first as truckster and then in the weighbill office. Later he returned to his home in Ripley County and for two years followed agricultural pursuits. He then spent a year traveling over Kansas, and in 1878 he went into business with T. M. Thannisch, the firm name being Thannisch & Borth. They started with small capital and continued the business three years, when our subject formed a partnership with R. C. Barrett, one of his present partners, and with Mr. A. J. McCullum, who remained in the business only a short time. Soon after John S. Gesell became a member of the firm and it is now known as Borth, Barrett & Co. They carry a very large stock of goods and do an immense business. They are honorable and enterprising business men, who have been unusually successful, and they deserve credit for their push and perseverance. The firm has done a large real estate business too, and Mr. Borth is the individual owner of extensive landed interests. The firm also owns.a saw and grist mill, and a great deal of land on Little Black River. In 1880 Mr. Borth was elected treasurer of Ripley County and held the position two terms, or four years. The same year he married Miss Martha Witson, who died a short time after her marriage. In 1884 Mr. Borth married Miss Mary Gesell, who soon died, and his third union was with Miss Alice McFadden in 1886. Three children have been born to the last union. Mr. Borth is a Mason and a K. of P.

I have John D. Borth 1862 MO. - 1922 MO. married to Nancy Jane Crook in 1890 Ripley Co. MO. Nancy was the 1st cousin to my great grandmother Julia Ann Crook Barnett Ezell. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Patterson" <mattpatt@1starnet.com> To: <MORIPLEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 9:48 AM Subject: [MORIPLEY] HERMAN BORTH - Reminicent History...Ripley County > HERMAN BORTH. Herman Borth, senior member of the firm of Borth, Barrett & > Co., at Doniphan, is a man popular with all classes, and has a host of > business and social friends. He was born in St. Louis, Mo., October 17, > 1851, and no doubt inherits much of his perseverance and industry from his > German ancestors. His father, John Frederick Borth, was born in Hamburg, > Germany, and when a young man crossed the ocean and settled in St. Louis. > In i88 he moved to Doniphan, Ripley County, Mo., and there died in x8ói. > While a resident of St. Louis he married Miss Henrietta Vittinghoff, also > a native of Germany. After his death she married Christopher Gesell, a > native of Germany, who is now deceased. At the present time Mrs. Borth > resides in Doniphan. John Frederick Borth was a shoemaker by trade and an > honest, persevering citizen. His marriage with Miss Vittinghoff resulted > in the birth of six children, four of whom are now living. Herman Borth, > the eldest, was educated in the schools of St. Louis, and afterward > assisted in any work he could turn his hand to, though for the most part > he was on farms in Ripley County, Mo. Later he went to Rochester, N. V., > and for two years was in the employ of the New York Central & Hudson River > Railroad, first as truckster and then in the weighbill office. Later he > returned to his home in Ripley County and for two years followed > agricultural pursuits. He then spent a year traveling over Kansas, and in > 1878 he went into business with T. M. Thannisch, the firm name being > Thannisch & Borth. They started with small capital and continued the > business three years, when our subject formed a partnership with R. C. > Barrett, one of his present partners, and with Mr. A. J. McCullum, who > remained in the business only a short time. Soon after John S. Gesell > became a member of the firm and it is now known as Borth, Barrett & Co. > They carry a very large stock of goods and do an immense business. They > are honorable and enterprising business men, who have been unusually > successful, and they deserve credit for their push and perseverance. The > firm has done a large real estate business too, and Mr. Borth is the > individual owner of extensive landed interests. The firm also owns.a saw > and grist mill, and a great deal of land on Little Black River. In 1880 > Mr. Borth was elected treasurer of Ripley County and held the position two > terms, or four years. The same year he married Miss Martha Witson, who > died a short time after her marriage. In 1884 Mr. Borth married Miss Mary > Gesell, who soon died, and his third union was with Miss Alice McFadden in > 1886. Three children have been born to the last union. Mr. Borth is a > Mason and a K. of P. > > > ==== MORIPLEY Mailing List ==== > Homepage for Ripley Co GenWeb site > <a > href="http://www.rootsweb.com/~moripley/">http://www.rootsweb.com/~moripley/</a> > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > >

JOHN PERCY CAMPBELL. The subject of this sketch is a son of Samuel P. Campbell, a native of North Carolina, who removed to middle Tennessee when quite a young man and resided there until 1868, when he removed to Stoddard County, Mo.; from there he moved to Ripley County in 1871. He served as corporal in Company C, Sixth Tennessee Cavalry, in the Union Army, during the late war. He is still hale and hearty, though having reached his threescore years and ten, and resides with his good wife near Gatewood, Mo., where they are surrounded by a large circle of admiring friends. They are both consistent members of the Christian Church. John P., the youngest of nine children, was born in Hardin County, Term,, on the 28th day of July, 1866, and has therefore just passed his twenty-eighth birthday. He was educated in the common schools of the county and a grammar school at Warm Springs, Ark., where he displayed an aptitude far beyond his years. He began teaching at the age of sixteen, and achieved marked success as a teacher. After three years as a pedagogue he took a position as "devil" in the office of the Doniphan Prospect, where he remained until that paper and the Current River News were consolidated. He then accepted a position as salesman in the grocery store of H. H. Hart, of Doniphan. He afterward served other firms as salesman until August, 1887, when he accepted a deputyship in the office of the county clerk, which position he held for three and a half years, when he resigned that position to accept a position on the staff of the engrossing clerk of the Lower House of the Thirty-sixth General Assembly of Missouri. Upon the adjournment of the Assembly Mr. Campbell returned to Doniphan and accepted a position in the hardware house of.J. R. Wright. In the spring of 1892 he made a trip overland to northern Texas, returning during the summer of that year, and resumed his connection with J. R. Wright, where he remained until November, 1893, since which time he has been employed by the tax collector and the county clerk, in which latter office he is now engaged. Mr. Campbell, besides being an industrious and energetic young man, has always been free from the excesses and frivolities that so often beset young men starting out to earn a place and a names Being free from the use of strong drink, tobacco and other like evils, he, in casting his first vote in March, 1888, when a proposition to adopt local option in Ripley County was submitted, placed himself on record as in favor of the proposition. In 1890 he was a candidate before the Democratic primary election for the nomination for the office of clerk of the Circuit Court, and although his competitor had made a model Circuit clerk for more than fifteen years, and though the incumbent had an overwhelming advantage in the campaign, yet so popular had this young man become that when the votes were counted it was found that a change of only 77 votes out of a total vote of 975 would have given him the nomination. In 1894 he made the race for the same position and won by a handsome plurality over two of the best young men of the county. Therefore, as the nomination is equivalent to an election,barring Providential intervention, Mr. Campbell will on January 1, assume the duties of clerk of the circuit court of Ripley County. Mr. Campbell is not a member of any church, yet, while he differs from his father (who is a Republican) in politics, his "leaning" is toward the religion of his parents. He is a member of Doniphan Lodge No. III, Knights of Pythias, and is prominent in the local councils of the fraternity, holding at present the office of master of finance of the lodge. He is unmarried.

Matt, Thank you very much for the info on John Campbell. Also thank you for being so kind and doing this for us. Becky

JUDGE MORGAN WHITE COTTON. Judge Morgan White Cotton, probate judge of Ripley County, Mo., and a man well and favorably known in this part of the State, was born in Reynolds County, Mo., May 10, 1847, to the marriage of Isaac White Cotton and Christine (Jeffrey) Cotton. Like many of the prominent citizens of this county, Isaac White Cotton was a native of Tennessee, and there made his home until about 1840 when he came to Missouri. Here he settled in the woods of Reynolds County, on Webb's Creek, and began improving and clearing. Few settled here before he did, and he experienced all the hardships and privations of the early Pioneers. His entire life was spent in tilling the soil, and he remained in Reynolds County until his death in 1884, when fifty years of age. Previous to the Civil War he was elected county assessor, and about the time of the breaking out of hostilities he was holding the office of sheriff. He was in the first six months' service during the war. Mrs. Cotton died during these stirring times. Mr. Cotton was afterward married to Miss Jeanette Davis, and after her death he married again. Politically he was a strong Democrat, and fraternally a Mason. Judge Cotton was one of a family of eight children born to his father's first marriage! and he spent his school days in Reynolds County. During the Latter part of the war he was in the Confederate service, Ccl. Polio ck's regiment, and was in the Missouri raid. He surrendered at Jackson- port, Ark., in June, 1865, and afterward commenced farming in Reynolds County, continuing that occupation until 1870, when he became a minister in the Missionary Baptist Church. For two years he followed his ministerial duties in Reynolds, Carter and Ripley Counties, and after that located in Ripley County, Kefley Township, where he cultivated the soil. While there he was justice of the peace, but at the end of four years he moved to west Missouri and Kansas, where he worked at blacksmithing and wagon making for some time. Returning to Ripley County he followed the same occupation for six years, and during that time was elected county assessor, which position he held for two years. Later he was elected probate judge,held the position four years, and received the nomination for the same office by the Democratic party recently. In the year 1868 he was married to Miss Mary E. Webb, of Reynolds County, but she died a short time afterward. His second marriage occurred in 1871 and his choice was Miss Margaret E. Bell of Tennessee. They have four living children: Isaac E., James M., Rosalee and Ella B. Judge Cotton joined the Missionary Baptist Church in 1869 and has been deeply interested in church work since. He is a master mason, a K. of H. and in politics is a Democrat. Judge Cotton still carries on his farming interests and owns 140 acres near town. He is now mayor of.Doniphan, was con stable and has held other positions of trust and honor. - -