ST. AUBERT TOWNSHIP

William Moore married Hannah Ramsey, and settled in Kentucky, where he had William, Wharton, John, Thomas, Henry, Charles C., Samuel, Mary, Elizabeth and Nancy. Wharton married Polly Browning, of Virginia, and settled in Callaway county, in 1819. His children were William G., James B., John B., Wharton H., Charles C., Mary C., Nancy S., Elizabeth and Margaret J. Samuel Moore married Emily Tarleton, and settled in Callaway county in 1820. His children were William, Alfred J., Meridith T. and John H. After the death of his first wife Mr. Moore married Catharine Tarleton, and they had one daughter, Emily. Mary Moore married James Gray, who settled in Callaway county in 1824. They had Virginia, Mary F., Caroline, William, John and Wharton. Elizabeth Moore married Henry Brite, who settled in Callaway county in 1818, but afterward removed to Texas, where he died. Their children were William, Charles, Wharton, Thomas, Barton, Lucas, Hannah, Anna and Eliza. Nancy Moore married Judge Benjamin Young, who settled in Callaway county in 1820. They had Mary, Margaret, Elizabeth and William.

John Nusum was born in England in 1721. He learned the blacksmith’s trade, and came to America in 1757. He died in 1761, leaving two sons, Robert and William. The latter married Margaret Price, of Virginia, by whom he had John, Lewis, William, Robert, Nathan, Conrad, David, Polly, Susan, Elizabeth and Sally. John married Sally McLung, of Greenbrier county, Virginia, by whom he had Allen, Lewis, Nathan, Samuel, Nancy, Mary J., Sally A. and Amanda. Robert married Elizabeth Guinn, of Virginia, by whom he had Harvey, William, David, Rebecca, Julia, Virginia, Ruth, Susan, Sally and Polly. Harvey was judge of the county court of Callaway county for two years.

George Key served in the Revolutionary War four years. He afterwards married Susannah Craighead, of Franklin county, Virginia, and in 1831, at the age of seventy-eight years, he came to Missouri, and settled in Callaway county. His children were George T., Martin, Susan, Jerusha, Adonijah, Arphaxad and Joanna. Jerusha married Walter Kemp, and settled in Callaway in 1831. Joanna married Albert Agee, who settled in Callaway county in 1830.

Hezekiah Smith, of Virginia, was married twice; first, to the widow Dodson, by whom he had Thomas, Patsey and William. By his second wife he had Hezekiah, Jr., James and Joel. Thomas settled first in Kentucky, but in 1811 he came to Missouri, and brought with him in his saddle-bags the gun-lock that was on Captain James Callaway’s gun when he was killed. It was a waterproof flint lock, of a superior pattern, and fitted so closely that water could not penetrate to the powder. Mr. Smith served as a ranger in one of Callaway’s companies for some time. He was married first to Polly Darst, daughter of David Darst, Sr., by whom he had two children, Miles and Sally. After the death of his first wife Mr. Smith married her sister, Elizabeth, by whom he had Burrell, Loyd, Lavinia, Mackey, David, Bethel, Polly, Cyrus C., Henry and Zenaz. Mr. Smith was married the third time to the widow Craig, and after her death he was married the fourth time to Mary Hedderston. He settled in Callaway county in 1818, and established Smith’s Landing, on the river, now called St. Aubert. Mr. Smith was a wealthy and highly respected citizen. He was a member of the old Baptist church forty-five years.

James Suggett, of Wales, came to America and settled in Baltimore, where he married Elizabeth Smith, by whom he had a son named John, who married Mildred Davis, of Virginia, and they had James, William, John, Edgar, Milton, Elizabeth, Catharine and Polly. James was a Hard-Shell Baptist preacher, and noted for his facility in telling yarns. He married Sally Ridden, of Virginia, and settled in Boone county, Missouri, in 1822; but in 1833 he removed to Callaway county. His children were Thomas S., James M., John, Edgcome, Joseph R., Henry, Benjamin, William W., Malinda, Nancy, Catharine and Susan. Thomas served in the War of 1812. James M. is a bachelor, and, like his father, loves to tell amusing stories. John, a brother of Rev. James Suggett, married Winnifred Craig, and settled in Callaway county in 1835. His children were Volney, Minter, John H., Garret, Frances, Araminta and Martha.

Patrick Ewing, of Ireland, settled in Maryland, where he married a Miss Patton, by whom he had Joshua, Robert, Putnam, Samuel, Polly, Eleanor, Catharine and William. Mr. Ewing’s first wife died, and he was married the second time to a Miss Potter, by whom he had Patrick and Elizabeth. William settled within the present limits of Missouri while it was a Spanish province. Joshua married Rachel George, of Pennsylvania, and settled in Lee county, Virginia, where they had Robert, Patrick, Joshua, Jr., James P., Samuel, William, David C., Jesse, Margaret, Eliza S. and Polly. Patrick, who was born in Lee county, Virginia, in 1792, served as soldier in the first part of the War of 1812, and in 1814 he came to Missouri and located in Darst’s Bottom, St. Charles county, where he taught school for some time. He afterward married Nancy Darst, and settled in Callaway county in 1817. He became the second sheriff of that county, and was captain of a company in the Black Hawk War. He was married the second time to Mrs. Fisher, whose maiden name was Ann Eliza Katakin. By his first wife he had David D., Joshua, James, Rosetta H., Rachel C., Elizabeth, Jane, Mary and Margaret. James Ewing, brother of Patrick, married Belinda Neil, and settled in Callaway county in 1820. Samuel married Salena Beatty, and settled in Callaway county in 1835.

Joshua Ferguson, of Fairfax county, Virginia, was a wagon master in the Revolutionary War. After the close of the war he settled in Kentucky, where he married Mary Stone, by whom he had John S., William, James, Polly, Sally, Nancy, Elizabeth and Rachel. Mr. Ferguson came to Missouri and settled in Callaway county in 1817. His son, John S., married Mary Jones, of Kentucky, and settled in Callaway county the same year his father did. He had fifteen children, twelve of whom lived to by grown, viz.: Thomas J., Elizabeth, John R., William S., Joshua J., Sarah, Marion, Louisa, Nancy, Emma, Jane and Lucy. Joshua and Thomas built the first courthouse at Fulton, in 1826, for which they received $1,300. Such a house could not be built now for less than four or five thousand dollars. James Ferguson married Mary A. McGruder, of Kentucky, and settled in Callaway county in 1817.
John Ratekin, of Campbell county, Virginia, married Mary Smart, and settled in Montgomery county, Kentucky, form whence they emigrated to Callaway county, Missouri, in 1828. Their children were Anna E., Sarah, Eliza S., Edmund W., Mary S., Martha V., Legrand, Miranda, James C. and John G. Anna E. was married first to James D. Fisher, and second to Colonel Patrick Ewing. Sarah married James Crump, who built the penitentiary and court-house at Jefferson City. Mary S. married Stephen Boulware. Martha V. married David H. C. Cratham. Miranda married Thomas Cress. Mr. Ratekin was a mechanic and natural genius. He made all of his furniture, knives and forks, table ware, etc. He also built his own house. He once sold some mules to a man on credit, and the man stole one of his negroes and ran off with him and the mules to the South.

Jonathan Ramsey was born in Livingston county, Kentucky. His father was Josiah Ramsey, who was captured by the Indians when he was seven years of age, and remained with them until he was thirty. He became a celebrated hunter, and settled in Callaway county, Missouri, in 1819. Jonathan was married, in Kentucky, to Hannah Lampkin, by whom he had Allen, Ewell, Maria and Jane. Mr. Ramsey was a delegate to the constitutional convention in 1820, and afterward represented Callaway county in the Legislature for several years. He was also one of the commissioners selected to locate the capital of the State. He strongly advocated Cote Sans Dessein as the place, but there was some dispute about the title to the land upon which the town was situated, and Jefferson City was selected as the future capital. Mr. Ramsey was a shrewd business man, and accumulated a fortune before his death. Jane Ramsey married Robert Ewing, of Kentucky, and their son, Hon. Henry Clay Ewing, became Attorney-General of Missouri.

Edward, the son of Henry Holman, of Maryland, married Abagail Williams, and their son Henry was married first to Eliza Jones, of Kentucky, by whom he had two sons and five daughters. After the death of his first wife, he married Nancy Nash, of Missouri, and settled in Callaway county in 1820. Rosetta, daughter of Henry Holman, Sr., married David Darst, who settled in Darst’s bottom in 1798. Jesse, son of Henry Holman, Sr., was a noted lawyer of Indiana, and a son of his is a Representative in Congress from that State.

ST. AUBERT’S.

This town was laid out the 17th of November, 1848, by Henry Holman, on section 18, township 41, range 8. It is known also as Smith’s Landing, and is located on the Missouri River, in St. Aubert township. It is fifteen miles south of Fulton. The shipments are grain, tobacco and live stock. Population, 150. Mail daily. F. S. Mack, postmaster.

BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

W. H. H. Benson, live stock; G. S. Collier, physician; W. A. Dolman, tie contractor; N. B. Ferguson, live stock; J. B. Harris, justice and hotel proprietor; E. M. Hays, saw and corn mill; J. W. Horr, railroad and express agent; John McFarland, blacksmith; Miller & Snyder, (J. S. Miller, J. N. Snyder), grain and live stock; Moore, Snyder & Miller, saw-mill and lumber; Rev. George Rich, Methodist; Woolley & Looncks, general store.

HAM’S PRAIRIE.

This is a country post office, six miles south of Fulton. It is located on the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section 10, township 46, range 9, and was named after the prairie of that name. It has a semi-weekly mail. Thomas M. Nixon is postmaster.

BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

W. B. Cleveland, wheelwright; Isaac Keely, blacksmith; Dr. Thomas M. Nixon, druggist and general store; John D. Worley, blacksmith.

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