CHAPTER XXVII (Part 52)
BIOGRAPHICAL
George H. Jackson, farmer and stockman of Windsor, Missouri, was born on a farm in Johnson County, Missouri, April 2, 1873, and is a son of Lee C. and Lizzie (Cooper) Jackson, the former of whom is now living a retired life in Windsor.
George H. Jackson, subject of this sketch, received his schooling in Johnson and Pettis Counties and began life for himself in 1895. One year later he made his first investment in eighty acres of land which he cultivated for some years, selling out in 1902. He then located on a tract of the Miller land owned by Mrs. Jackson, near Sutherland and the village of Bowen. He remained on this farm until 1912 and then located in Windsor, from which city he oversees his farming and stock raising operations. His present home is nicely located upon a tract of five acres in the city limits of Windsor. Mr. Jackson is owner of sixty-five acres in Windsor township and Mrs. Jackson has a fine farm of 179 acres in Johnson County upon which he maintains a herd of high grade Black Pole cattle.
December 25, 1901, George H. Jackson and Miss Cena Belle Miller, the daughter of William J. Miller of Windsor, were united in marriage.
For a sketch of the life of William J. Miller the reader is referred to an other part of this volume. Three children have been born of this union: Clarice Marie, born April 23, 1906, in Johnson County; Wilma Francena, born January 16, 1908, in Johnson County; Belford George, born June 30, 1912, in Johnson County. Mrs. Cena Belle Jackson is a graduate of the Baptist College at Lexington, Missouri.
Mr. Jackson is a Democrat and he and Mrs. Jackson are members of the Baptist Church. He is one of the best citizens of Windsor, who is keenly alive to every civic movement which tends to advance the interests of his home locality and takes a good citizen's part in all worthy movements.
Lee C. Jackson was born at Clarksville, Tennessee, January 4, 1847, the son of George W. and Susan (Johnson) Jackson. George W. Jackson was born in middle Tennessee April 28, 1828, and died February 19, 1869.
He was a saddle and harness maker by trade and his father fought in the War of 1812 at New Orleans, serving under General Jackson as a lieutenant of his company. In 1850, George W. Jackson moved from his native State to Kentucky, where he lived the rest of his days. His wife was a native of Christian County, Kentucky, and departed this life at Fort Worth, Texas, while visiting with her sister, Mrs. Jane Clark, her remains being interred at Smithfield, Texas. Lee C. Jackson was married December 14, 1871, to Elizabeth Cooper, who was born January 10, 1853, in Johnson County, Missouri. She died in 1895.
In 1869, Lee C. Jackson came to Missouri and made settlement in Johnson County. Later in the fall of that same year, he was joined by his mother, sisters and brother-in-laws and all settled on a farm in Johnson County, Missouri, and began the task of making homes for themselves and families.
Mr. Jackson followed farm and stock raising pursuits in Johnson County until his retirement to a home in Windsor. He is owner of 184 acres of good land in Johnson County. In 1881, he located in Pettis County, Missouri, and resided there until 1903, when he again came to Johnson County. During his residence in Pettis County, his wife died.
To Lee C. and Elizabeth Jackson were born children as follows: George H., subject of this sketch; John W., Decatur, Illinois; Anna Bell, wife of J. Truell, Independence, Kansas; Mrs. Dora L. Kerr, Pettis County, Missouri; Beatrice, wife of William Kline, living near Linwood, Kansas; Frank, a farmer in Johnson County, Missouri.
John Quincy Anderson, late prominent business man of Montrose, Missouri, was born in Cumberland County, Kentucky, November 12, 1863. He was the son of David C. and Phoebe (White) Anderson, both natives of Kentucky, and came to Polk County, Missouri, in 1880. The Andersons settled there on a farm in Polk County and spent the remainder of their days.
John Q. Anderson was the eldest of nine children born to his parents. He was reared to farm life and being of a bright, studious nature, he received a good common school education. For some years he was a teacher in the public schools and taught at Humansville, Missouri, prior to locating in Montrose, where he was first employed as a clerk in Sol Kahn's general store when the town of Montrose was in its infancy. In 1885, he engaged in the grain and lumber business at Montrose and was very successful until his death, April 8, 1903. He organized the Anderson Lumber Company and at the time of his death he was manager of this concern, which had lumber yards at Montrose, Clinton, Windsor and Knob Noster.
March 4, 1885, John Quincy Anderson and Miss Sallie Wilson were united in marriage. Sallie Wilson Anderson was born in Moniteau County, Missouri, February 20, 1866. She is the daughter of William and Irene (Williams) Wilson, the former a native of Illinois and the latter a daughter of a pioneer settler of Moniteau County, Missouri. William Wilson moved to Ray County, Missouri, in 1877 and spent the remainder of his days there. Mrs. Irene Wilson died in 1869 and William Wilson afterward married Georgia Fane. There were born to William and Irene Wilson children as follows: Mrs. Sallie (Wilson) Mann and Eliza Guffy, living in Florida.
To John Quincy and Sallie Anderson were born three children: Sol Anderson, traveling auditor for a Kansas City lumber company, born and reared at Montrose; William R., Wichita, Kansas, traveling salesman for the Portland Ash Cement Company, married Bessie Peterson of Lincoln, Nebraska; Ethel Irene, wife of G. R. Hayden, Des Moines, Iowa. Each of the Anderson children graduated from the Montrose High School and received every advantage for fitting them for useful places in the world.
In 1915 Mrs. Sallie Anderson was married to James D. Mann, late of Montrose, who died in that city in 1916. Elsewhere in this volume is a biography of Mr. Mann. Mrs. Mann came to Windsor in 1917 and has a beautiful home in this city. She is a stockholder in the Montrose Savings Bank. She is a member of the Presbyterian Church and is affiliated with the Order of Eastern Star.
While the late John Quincy Anderson was reared to believe in the tenets of the Baptist faith, later in life he united with the Presbyterian denomination and took considerable interest in church work. He was active in the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons and was prominent in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in both of which fraternal societies he took great interest. Mr. Anderson was one of the prominent and influential leaders of the Republican party in Henry County and served as a member of the Republican County Central Committee. He was not only a successful and enterprising business man, but he took a good citizen's part in civic and public work which tended to advance the interests of his home city and county. He was one of the prime movers in the organization of the public school system of Montrose and served as a member of the school board, always being a warm and steadfast advocate of better schools. His passing marked the end of a long and successful career which has had few equals among the citizens of Henry County, and his death was a distinct loss to the city and county in which he had for so many years been a prominent figure.
Edward F. Sevier, a progressive farmer of White Oak township, was born in the township where he now lives November 21, 1872. He is a son of George and Mary (Dunn) Sevier, natives of Tennessee and Henry County, respectively. George Sevier died in April, 1874. They were the parents of the following children: J. W., Hickory Grove; Rose Ellen, married William Williams, and died in 1906; Dora, the wife of W. G. Martin, White Oak township; Edward F., the subject of this sketch. After the death of the father, the mother married A. V. Clary, and now lives in White Oak Township.
Edward F. Sevier was reared in Henry County and educated in the public schools and Central Business College at Sedalia. He taught school for several terms, in Maple Grove District, Henry County. Farming and stock raising has been his chief occupation, and he has succeeded to a very satisfactory degree. He has a valuable farm of two hundred acres, which is well improved.
Mr. Sevier was married October 5, 1902, to Miss Clara Barth, a daughter of John and Sophia (Rombold) Barth. The former a native of Germany and the latter of Indiana. John Barth came to America when he was fourteen years of age, and lived in Ohio for a number of years. In 1869, he came to Missouri, and located in Henry County. Here he engaged in farming and stock raising, and was one of the progressive citizens of Henry County. John and Sophia (Rombold) Barth were the parents of the following children: Albert, Mrs. Clara Sevier, Josie, George, Tressie, Mrs. Ida Henny, Robert, Walter and David, all residing in White Oak township. The mother of these children, died in May, 1911. By a former marriage the following children were born to John Barth: John W., Walker township; Mrs. Dora Gretzinger; Mrs. Helen Doll; Mrs. Lizzie Doll, Walker township; and Jacob, of Alabama. To Edward F. and Clara (Barth) Sevier have been born the following children: Arlie May, William, Harold, Ruby, Ellen and Paul Eugene.
Mr. Sevier is public spirited and progressive and takes a commendable interest in local affairs. He has served as assessor of White Oak township.
