fully pursuing his profession, for which he is qualified by thorough training, continued application, and long experience. Robert B. Kice was married October 27, 1858, to Miss Joaella Jacobs, of Ray county. They have five children living: George J., born May 6, 1867; John D., born March 27, 1869; Effie M., born January 6, 1873; Robert B., born February 8, 1876, and Daisy, born November 4, 1877. Dr. Kice is a leading member of the Masonic fraternity.

BURNETT HUGHES.

Burnett Hughes was born in Ray county, Missouri, January 28, 1850. He was educated at the State University, Columbia, Missouri, and reared on a farm. In 1872 he entered the banking house of Hughes & Wasson, Richmond, Missouri, as book-keeper, where he remained until January 1, 1876, when he was elected cashier of a bank at Salisbury, Chariton county, Missouri. January 1, 1877, he and his father bought the interest of George I. Wasson in the banking house of Hughes & Wasson, since which time he has devoted himself to the business of this bank. He is a member of the Christian Church, and so is his wife. He was married January 26, 1876, to Miss Kate Morehead, of Leavenworth City, Kansas. She is a native of Lexington, Missouri. They have two children living: Ralph B., born September 17, 1878, and James M., born June 20, 1880. Mr. Hughes is an active, energetic young man of fine business capacity, temperate, reliable, and of unexceptional moral character.

CAPTAIN ELI HUGHES.

John Hughes was a native of Virginia, and was born in the year 1782, and died in Perry county, Indiana, in the year 1864. He served as captain under General Harrison, in the war of 1812; and it was he that recruited the volunteers who fought the battle of Tippecanoe. His son, Captain Eli Hughes, the subject of this sketch, was born in Harrison county, Indiana, May 31, 1827, and there, residing on a farm with his father, grew to be a man. In 1848 he went to Louisiana, and worked at the cooper's trade till 1856. He then traveled through different states, until 1857, at which time he located in Ray county, where he has ever since made his home. Until the commencement of the civil war, Captain Hughes was engaged in farming. January 8, 1862, he enlisted as first lieutenant, in company B, 3d cavalry of Missouri state militia. In July, 1862, he was promoted to the captaincy, and served as such until March, 1865, when he was mustered out of service, with his regiment. He took part in the battles of Newtonia and Springfield, and served through the campaign of General Schofield, through Arkansas, in 1862. He was wounded by guerrillas in Arkansas, July 18, 1862, a ball passing through

his left hand, and one entering his left side. From these wounds he has never completely recovered. He, notwithstanding his wounds, remained with his company until mustered out. He commanded in several engagements with guerrillas-was victorious over Captain Tuck Smith, capturing thirty-four of his horses, in Arkansas, in August, 1864. Captain Hughes returned home after the war, and engaged in milling, to which he has given his attention ever since. He was married April 16, 1868, to Miss Mary Crowley, of Ray county. Of this union two children are living: Mattie D., and James H. C.; and two are deceased. His wife died February 1, 1873, and he was again married, February 28, 1874, to Mary J. Lile, of Ray county. They have one child living, Jessie E. Captain Hughes was appointed, by General Holland, to receive the surrender, under Lincoln's amnesty proclamation, of Confederate troops in northern Arkansas. He accepted the appointment, and discharged its duties in a creditable manner.

FELIX G. MILLER.

Felix G. Miller was born November 10, 1822, in Ray county, Missouri. He is a son of Sebourn J. Miller, who was a Ray county pioneer, having immigrated to this county from Tennessee, in 1819. He was born near Nashville, Tennessee, in 1794, and died in Ray county in August,

He was for many years a justice of the Ray county court, and held other offices of trust and profit, conferred by the suffrages of his fellow citizens. Our subject was reared on a farm. His education is limited to that of the common schools, but he is a man of strong common sense, good judgment, and general information. He has always been a farmer, and now owns about 700 acres of excellent land, all of which is well improved and in a high state of cultivation. During Mr. Miller's boyhood, Ray county was almost a wilderness, very sparsely settled, without mills, markets were distant, and the country in many places unreclaimed. He has lived, however, to acquire a competency, to see his county advance to a position scarcely second to any in the state, and himself to partake of the comforts and advantages of modern improvements. He is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church, and also of the Masonic fraternity since the year 1849. 1849. He was married to Martha A. Woodward, of Ray county, but a native of Kentucky. Some years after the death of his first wife, April 30, 1850, he was again married to Sophronia Hill, of Ray county, who was born in Tennessee. They have three children: Ollie, wife of John C. Brown, of Richmond; Ava, wife of Peter Trimble, of Richmond, and Winfield, a merchant in Knoxville, Ray county.

JOSEPH S. SHOOP.

Joseph S. Shoop was born May 16, 1816, in Washington county, Maryland. When about fifteen years of age, he went to Waynesborough, Pennsylvania, to learn the trade of cabinet making. After remaining four years and a half thus employed, he spent a few months in Ohio, and then came to Ray county, arriving October 28, 1837, and engaged in the manufacture and sale of furniture until about the year 1863, when he purchased a farm one mile south of Richmond, to which he moved. In the fall of 1878 he again engaged in the furniture business, but continued to reside on his farm, till the spring of 1881, when he rented out his farm and returned to Richmond, and now devotes his whole attention to the furniture business. He is a member of the Christian Church, and is a pious, unobtrusive, honest man. He was married in September, 1842, to Miss Maria Bransford, of Barren county, Kentucky. His first wife died, and some years afterward he was married to Mary E. Baber. They have three children, Cora D., Thomas W. and Clarence.

MAJOR JOHN P. NORVELL.

John P. Norvell was born June 19, 1829, in Tuscumbia, Alabama. When one year old his father moved with him to Pulaski, Middle Tennessee, where he lived till he was fourteen years of age, and with his father's family returned to Alabama. Four years later he went to Mississippi. While in Pulaski, Tennessee, on a visit, in 1846, he enlisted as a soldier in the war against Mexico, in Colonel Jonas Thomas' regiment, termed the "Giles County Troopers," Captain Milton A. Harris. Suffering at the time from a gun-shot wound, he only went as far as Arkansas, and was left, sick. He afterward returned to his home, and in February, 1846, he moved with his father and family to Pontotoc county, Mississippi. In 1852 he moved to Missouri and located at Walnut Grove, in Greene county, where he engaged in farming and dealing in live stock. June 22, 1861, he was mustered into the Confederate army, at West Plains, Missouri, as first lieutenant of company D, first regiment Missouri state guards, McBride's infantry, and served till the close of the war. He was promoted to quartermaster and paymaster of the northern sub-district of Arkansas. During his service in the army he took part in the following principal engagements: Wilson Creek, Oak Hill, Pea Ridge, Corinth, Brownsville, Little Rock, Camden, Pleasant Hill, Mansfield, Jenkins' Creek. After the engagement at the last mentioned place he was promoted and made chief of transportation for General Price in his last raid through Missouri. He was also at the storming of Pilot Knob, and with Shelby in his raid upon Booneville and Glasgow, and in the fights at Lexington, Independence, Coleman, Marais-des-Cygnes, and New

tonia. After the close of the war, Major Norvell went to Jackson, Mississippi, and near that place engaged in cotton raising, dealing in stock, etc. In December, 1873, he returned to Missouri, and located in Madison county, and in December, 1875, went to Kingsville, Johnson county, where he lived till February 1, 1881, at which time he moved to Ray county, where he still resides. He is engaged in farming, and in staging in connection with the Wabash railway. He is the owner of a good farm near Richmond, and is the lessee for five years of a fine blue grass farm, on which he is grazing stock. He, however, resides in Richmond on account of its educational advantages. Major Norvell has been a man of remarkable activity, energy, and pluck. He was a brave soldier, always in the front of battle, and never shirked a duty whatever peril its performance engendered. He was married November 12, 1848, to Miss Elizabeth J. Nisbitt, of Mississippi. She died July 17, 1849; and he was again married January 16, 1853, to Miss Louisa Lawrence, of Springfield, Missouri. They have five living children and three deceased. The living are as follows: Mary Frances, wife of W. C. McFall, of Weatherford, Texas; Laudon S., Rhoda A., Joe Shelby and Fidelia S. Major Norvell is a member of the Masonic fraternity. He and his wife are members of the Christian Church.

MAJOR JOHN R. HAMACHER.

John R. Hamacher, a native of Scott county, Indiana, was born August 27, 1841. He was brought up to the occupation of a miller. In October, 1861, he enlisted as a private soldier in the Union army, joining company D, 40th infantry regiment, Indiana volunteers, and served gallantly until the close of the war. He was promoted to be second lieutenant, then captain, and afterward major. He was with his regiment in every important battle, and took part in the following: Battles of Cumberland, Yazoo River, Arkansas Post, Grand Gulf, Port Gibson, Raymond, Champion Hills, and Black River Bridge, and was engaged through the entire siege of Vicksburg, and in the battle of Alexandria, Louisiana, after which they were granted a furlough to return home. Upon their returning, they re-enlisted, and were on provost duty at Lexington, Kentucky, Major Hamacher being, part of the time, provost marshal. He was, for a time, military conductor on the Louisville & Lexington railroad. He spent the remainder of his term of service in Kentucky and Tennessee, but was never called into active service. Major Hamacher was not seriously wounded in the war, unless we may except the loss of a finger; yet he was always at his post, and dared to lead where any dared to follow. He never faltered nor lagged in the rear; he loved the clatter of musketry, and the cannon's roar was music to his ears. as an officer, held the affection of his troops.

He was a true soldier, and,
Upon his return home from

the war, he resumed his former occupation of milling. In 1866 he was placed in nomination by his party for county clerk of his county, but the entire republican ticket was defeated. In 1869 he removed to Audrain county, Missouri, and engaged in farming; but, after one year, went to Carroll county, where he also farmed, continuing this vocation until in 1871, he moved to Carrollton, and purchased the woolen mills at that place, which he operated three years, at the end of which period he moved to Ray county and bought a mill, east of Richmond, which, in 1879, he moved to that city and rebuilt; and he now has, in Richmond, one of the finest and most thoroughly equipped steam flouring mills in this part of the state, where he does both local and custom work. John R. Hamacher was married August 2, 1864, to Miss Margaret A. Vandusen, of Scott county, Indiana. To this union were born three children, but one of them is deceased. Gertrude, born October 12, 1867, and Elmer, born March 23, 1871, are living. Mr. Hamacher is a member of the Masonic order.

ANDREW J. BOTTS.

Andrew J. Botts was born March 30, 1853, in Jefferson county, Iowa. His father was John Botts, a native of Adair' county, Kentucky, born in 1820 and died in 1870 in Macon City, Missouri. His mother's maiden name was Susan Craig, she also, was born in Adair county, Kentucky, and died in Macon City, Missouri, in 1864. When the subject of this sketch was about four years old, his parents moved with him to Macon county, Missouri. In July, 1864, he went into the union army as drummer in company B, 42d Missouri volunteers. He remained with the army until the close of the war-doing garrison duty in Tennessee, and participating in various skirmishes. After the war, he returned home and entered into the tinning business, and in 1867 went to Chillicothe, Missouri, to learn the trade of tinner. He remained there three years, and in 1870 went to Millville, Ray county, and took charge of a hardware store. After two years, he moved to Richmond and opened the hardware store he now owns and conducts. He has a very large and complete stock of hardware goods; in fact it is a store that would do credit to a much larger city. He was married May 24, 1876, to Miss Lina E. Ballinger, of Ray county. They have one child, Walter, born April 30, 1877. Mr. Botts is an active, industrious, public spirited young gentleman, and is an honor to the town in which he lives.