In 1822 Edwin Craig Locke built a log house for his bride, Sabra Jane Stanley, five miles south-west of the location that later became the pioneer town of Marceline, Missouri, in 1888. Born in Chariton county, their grandparents came to Missouri in a covered wagon with the first settlers. The …
The Taylor family first came to Missouri in the fall of 1867. Erastus Taylor moved his family from East Elba, Genesee County, New York to the farm where J. P. Taylor now lives, which is located at the north city limits on Highway 5. Here he lived and raised his …
James F. Pendleton, father of Larkin C. Pendleton, and grandfather of Walter Pendleton, pioneers of Marceline, was one of the two first white settlers in Linn County. He and a companion came to Locust Creek country in 1830 on a hunting exhibition. They found the country in accordance with their …
A. L. and Samintha Coffey Dawkins came to Marceline from a farm in North Missouri, Schuyler County in 1889 with their three children, William, Bertha (Mrs. Ed. F. Hayden), and Jewell (Mrs. Charles Willis, Kansas City, Kansas). Mr. Dawkins bought a half interest in a furniture store, which was called …
In 1844 Harrison Bigger and wife Lucinda Crews Bigger arrived in Linn County from Marion County, Kentucky. There were five children born to this union, one of which was Clellan Guy. He was county surveyor for several terms as well as holding other county offices. While in office as county …
W. A. Campbell, one of the original settlers of Marceline, came here when the town was started in 1888. He moved his family, wife and one son, from Green City to Marceline to make his home. Later three more children were born, two girls and a boy. Of the four …
The home of Mrs. Mary Donovan at 220 East Lake Street was built on the site where the family owned one of the first stores in Marceline. At this time, Lake Street was the main street in town. Next to this home was a barbershop and this building is still …
Walter Olin Hainds was born July 11, 1883 on a farm eight miles southeast of Marceline in Chariton County. He was the son of George Dewitt and Betty Hainds. He attended Salisbury Academy and Chillicothe Business College. After returning to Marceline he worked for several years for Fred Loeb in …
Hezekiah Anderson, a son of John and Mary Hubbard Anderson, was born December 6, 1851 on the Anderson farm seven miles north of Marceline. He lived on this farm, affectionately termed “the old home place” for about thirty-five years, then moved to a farm three miles northwest of where Marceline …
Thomas Venable Reid was born April 13, 1862 in Rothville where his parents settled after migrating from Virginia in a covered wagon, in 1860. Tom was a farmer and a carpenter in his early years. After his marriage to Della Vaden Simpson they settled in Marceline where he helped on …
