CHAPTER XXVII (Part 116)
BIOGRAPHICAL
Frank Elbert, farmer and stockman, owner of a well-improved farm of ninety-five acres in section 14 of Windsor township, Henry County, was born in Windsor township October 20, 1865, and is the son of Benjamin N. and Hannah (Robinson) Elbert.
Benjamin N. Elbert was born in Benton County, Missouri, in 1837 and has followed farming pursuits during his entire life prior to retiring to a home in Windsor. Mrs. Hannah Elbert was born in 1840. The children born to this worthy couple are: William F., a farmer in Benton County, Missouri; Frank, of this review; Walter G., Warrensburg, Missouri; Mrs. Nettie Wesner, Windsor, Missouri; Minnie, wife of Ed Huston, Leeton, Missouri. The Elberts are among the oldest of the Missouri families and their advent into Missouri dates back to the very beginning of things in this State.
Frank Elbert was reared on his father's farm and left home when twenty years of age to take employment as a shopman in the railroad car shops of Kansas City and later in Chicago, Illinois. Learning the barber's trade, he opened a shop at Green Ridge in Pettis County in 1894 and followed this vocation until 1907, when he again engaged in farming in Pettis County. In 1910, Mr. Elbert purchased his present home place in Windsor township.
On July 20, 1889, Frank Elbert and Miss Rosa Sena Marti were united in the bonds of matrimony. Mrs. Rosa Elbert was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, the daughter of Benjamin and Mary (Corman) Marti, natives of Switzerland, who came from Ohio to Benton County, Missouri, in 1866, when the present Mrs. Elbert was but one year old.
Mr. Elbert is a Democrat in politics and is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Modern Woodmen of America. He and Mrs. Elbert are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Harry A. Barber, extensive landowner of Windsor township, is a progressive farmer and stockman who believes in the most advanced methods of agriculture and finds that it pays to follow the latest and most scientific methods of farming. His herd of pure bred Shorthorn cattle are famous over the State of Missouri and have been exhibited at the State Fairs and the American Royal Live Stock Shows and are sold in various parts of the country to discriminating buyers who desire to improve their herds with pure bred live stock. The Barber farm consists of 1,400 acres of land in one body, the imposing farm residence occupying an ideal spot in the center of the tract. Originally, the Barber place was an old time plantation, operated by slaves and owned by Doctor Thornton, a well known Henry County pioneer of antebellum days. Doctor Thornton was one of the largest slave owners of southwest Missouri and the great farm was modeled after a southern plantation. He owned over two hundred slaves. In 1900, Mr. Barber erected a thoroughly modern home of twelve rooms.
The Barber estate was founded by the late Daniel Barber, father of Harry A. Barber. Daniel A. Barber was born in Pennsylvania in 1825 and died in Henry County, Missouri, in 1881. He was the son of Thomas Barber, a farmer of Pennsylvania. Daniel A. Barber left home in 1861 and went to Cook County, Illinois, where he engaged in the lumber business. For many years, he was associated with his brother. Dr. James K. Barber. The brothers drove a large herd of cattle to Denver, Colorado, in 1864 and again drove cattle to the mountain country in 1865. They returned from the west in 1866, came to Henry County, Missouri, and purchased the Thornton plantation. The brothers farmed together as partners until death separated them. Dr. James K. Barber was a well-educated physician but did not practice his profession after coming to Henry County. After his graduation from medical college in the East, he had but ten cents in his pocket. He traded a silk vest for a bottle of quinine and began practice in the forest wilds of Wisconsin, where ague, fever and chills were the prevalent diseases. All that an early doctor needed in those days was quinine, whiskey, salts and ipecac and Doctor Barber began with the most important drug. Sarah E. (Martin) Barber, mother of the subject of this review, was born in Michigan in 1829 and died in 1912.
Harry A. Barber was born October 21, 1872, on the Barber home place in Windsor township. He was educated in the public schools of Windsor, Missouri, and the Missouri State University at Columbia, Missouri. He pursued the medical course at the university, but, because of his large land holdings, he found it necessary to abandon his plan for a professional career and to devote all of his attention to farming and stock raising. He has made an unqualified success as an agriculturist and stockman and breeder. In addition to the home place which Mr. Barber inherited, he has been adding materially to the acreage of the farm and constantly improving the place.
In February, 1897, Harry A. Barber and Miss Lula A. Ball were united in marriage. Mrs. Lula Barber was born in St. Charles County, Missouri, and is the daughter of John E. and Fannie (Bird) Ball, natives of Kentucky. To Harry A. and Lula Barber has been born one son, John Daniel Barber, born December 12, 1898, a graduate of the Windsor High School and now a student in the State University at Columbia. Mr. Barber is a Democrat in politics.
Hubert T. Dannett - The rich and fertile state ef Iowa has furnished several enterprising and successful farmers to Henry County during the past decade. Hubert T. Dannett, owner of two hundred forty-six acres of land in Windsor and Springfield townships, upon which he is carrying on regular farming and stock raising and is also breeding horses and jacks, is a welcome addition to the great body of farmer citizens who make up the population of one of the best counties in the state of Missouri. Mr. Dannett was born in Low Moor, Iowa, April 27, 1870, the son of Robert J. and Elizabeth (Bower) Dannett, natives of England and now residents of Iowa.
Robert J. Dannett, the father, was born in Lincolnshire, England, May 6, 1848. He is the son of Thomas and Harriet (Berkenshaw) Dannett, the former of whom was a butcher in his native England. In 1850, the Dannetts left their ancestral county in England and came to America, becoming pioneer settlers of Clinton County, Iowa. Here they engaged in farming, and as Robert J. Dannett attained manhood, he, too, became a farmer and has lived a prosperous and contented life. Robert J. and Elizabeth Dannett were parents of seven children, of whom the subject of this sketch is the eldest. Mrs. Elizabeth Dannett was born in Lincolnshire, England, October 16, 1850. Both Mr. and Mrs. Dannett are living in Iowa.
Reared near Low Moor, Iowa, Hubert T. Dannett became a farmer and eventually owned one hundred sixty acres of splendid Iowa land, which he sold in 1902, preparatory to locating in Nebraska. He purchased a farm near Whitman, Nebraska, but conditions there not being exactly to his liking, he sold out in 1904 and came to Henry County, where he has a splendid producing farm in Windsor and Springfield townships, consisting of two hundred forty-six acres. Mr. Dannett is constantly improving his place and making the surroundings more attractive and the farm more productive.
On September 9, 1891, Hubert T. Dannett and Miss Eva Hazen were united in marriage. Mrs. Eva Dannett was born at Happy Hollow, Illinois, October 19, 1869, the daughter of Robert and Harriet (Farrar) Hazen, natives of Iowa. Seven children have been born of this union: Mabel, wife of L. Farmer, Calhoun, Missouri; Clifford, Nowata, Oklahoma; Ruby, wife of H. Farmer, Calhoun, Tebo township; Lyle, Nowata, Oklahoma; Edith, Elmer and Hattie, at home with their parents.
Mr. Dannett is a Republican. He is a member of the Christian Church and is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Modern Woodmen of America and the Anti-Horse Thief Association. Dr. Horace Bradley, veterinarian and farmer and stockman, Springfield township, Henry County, is a native son of Henry County and was born on his father's farm in Springfield township April 20, 1872, the son of James R. and Martha (Ten Brook) Bradley, a sketch of whom appears in this volume in connection with the biography of Dr. Manuel E. Bradley of Windsor, Missouri.
Horace Bradley was reared on his father's farm and when eighteen years of age, he became a student in the Warrensburg Normal School, pursuing a general course of study. After completing his work at Warrensburg, he entered the Ohio Veterinary College at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1893. After two years of thorough study in this institution, he graduated as a veterinary surgeon. In 1895, upon his return to Windsor, he immediately began the practice of his chosen profession and has built up a reputation as a learned and proficient veterinarian who is second to none in this section of Missouri. Doctor Bradley practices over a wide range of territory, embracing a section twenty miles in every direction. In 1902, he was appointed to the important post of deputy State veterinarian and still holds this position. In 1905, Doctor Bradley was appointed to a membership upon the Missouri State Board of Veterinary Examiners and filled the post of president of this board for two terms of two years each.
On December 5, 1895, Doctor Bradley was married to Miss Gertrude Bell of Pettis County, Missouri, the daughter of John H. and Hannah (McDaniels) Bell, the former of whom was a native of Illinois and the latter of Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. Bell reside on a farm in Pettis County, Missouri. Two children have been born to Doctor and Mrs. Bradley, namely: Alvens T., a student in the medical department of Missouri State University; and Carl H., a student in the electrical engineering department of the State University. Doctor Bradley removed to his farm in Springfield township and is carrying on extensive farming operations in addition to his large practice.
Doctor Bradley is a Democrat. He served as alderman in Windsor from 1906 to 1908. He and Mrs. Bradley are members of the Christian Church of Windsor. He is affiliated with the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, the Knights of Pythias, the Modern Woodmen of America and the Anti-Horse Thief Association. Doctor Bradley is a member of the Missouri Veterinary Association and is very active in the affairs of this organization, serving as secretary and trustee of the State association and has also filled the post of president, besides filling similar positions in the Missouri Valley Veterinary Association. He is a frequent contributor to the journals published in the interest of his profession and holds high rank among the veterinarians of the State of Missouri and the middle western States.
James W. Duvall - Sixty years of the life of James W. Duvall, retired carpenter and farmer of Windsor, Missouri, have been well and profitably spent in Henry County. Only recently, on January 30, 1918, Mr. and Mrs. Duvall celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. James W. Duvall was born April 22, 1846, in Lincoln County, Missouri, the son of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Roberst) Duvall, who were parents of three daughters and two sons, only two of whom are living.
Jonathan Duvall was born in Woodford County, Kentucky, July 16, 1803, and died in Henry County, Missouri, November 23, 1891. During his younger days, he learned the trade of stone mason and followed this trade during the active years of his long life. He came to Missouri in 1834 and settled in Lincoln County, where he resided until 1858, when he settled in Henry County. Mr. Duvall purchased a large tract of land four miles south of Windsor, where he made his home while following his trade. He was married on January 19, 1834, to Elizabeth Roberst, who was born in Woodford County, Kentucky, in 1811, and departed this life in 1903.
James W. Duvall was reared upon his father's farm and learned the carpenter's trade in his youth. During his entire life, he has followed his trade in season and has also been engaged in agricultural pursuits. He owned a good farm located four miles south of Windsor, of which he disposed in 1895, taking his town property in Windsor in exchange and has since made his home in Windsor.
On January 30, 1868, James W. Duvall and Mary T. Minter were united in marriage. Ten children have been born of this union: Buford, living at Weatherford, Oklahoma; Elsie, living at Crowley, Louisiana; Mrs. Elizabeth Funk, of Pettis County, Missouri; James S., living in Louisiana; Jennie, a trained nurse, Windsor, Missouri; Mrs. Ola Neff, St. Joseph, Missouri; Lillian, wife of W. W. Dunn, Greeley, Colorado. Mrs. Mary T. Duvall was born December 2, 1845, in Highland County, Ohio, the daughter of Richard and Elizabeth (Macoupin) Minter, the former of whom was a native of Virginia and the latter of Ohio. The Minters came to Missouri in 1857 and settled near Windsor, in Benton County.
It is worthy of note that Mr. Duvall served for six months with the Union forces during the Civil War under General Thomas. He is a Republican, but is inclined to vote independently. He and Mrs. Duvall are members of the Baptist Church and are worthy and valued citizens of Windsor, where they have many warm and steadfast friends made during their long years of residence in this vicinity.
