The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-04-16
A Sturdy Kentucky Veteran and
Early Settler of Central
Missouri.
A Mother i'm Israel With Ten
Children and Forty Grand
Children.
Sketch of the Man who Started
the First Tin Shop i'm
Sedaiia.

The BAzoo has the pleasure of pre-
sen.ing in this issue, sketches of three
of the most noted of the early settlers
of Central Missouri, a perusal of
which cannot fail to interest every
one.
ARCHIBALD LovELACE.
The subject of the sketch was born
in Iredsle county, North Carolina, on
the 28th day of March 1906, and is
consequently SO years old at this time.
Mr.. LovelAce's father was gallant
soldier in the revolutionary war, and
Mr.. Lovelace himself was nine years
old when the battle of New Orleans
was fought. He married Nancy Hol-
man on the 9th day of February, 1927
and removed to Pettis county, Mis-
souri, in the fall of 1885, or over half
a century ago. He moved from
North Carolina in a four-hOrse
wagon with his wife and FIVE
children, settling in the midst of the
almost trackless prairies of Central
Missouri, and still owns the Identical
wagon that bore his household goods
from the Old North State. That Mr..
Lovelace comes of sturdy STOCK is evil
denced by the fact that ne raised ten
children and seldom ever called in a
doctor. When be settled in Pettis
county, the country was full of game,
suchas deer. turkeys, wolves, etc.
Among the persons now living here
when Mr.. Lovelace settled in the
county are Granville Erwin, Mrs. Sal
lie Thomas, Joel Thomas and Mrs
Ann Wallace. Mr.. Eovelace lives on
his place four miles northeast of Bea.
man in Pettis county and is strong
and hearty, enjoying the love and re
spect of host of descendants and
friends. OF such metal was the state
of Missouri builded.
JESSE PREWITT.
BEAMAN, PETTIs Co., Mo-, April IL. |
EDITOR BAzoo: l see that you are
asking all the cid pioneers of Missouri |
who have been here sixty years and |
upward to write a sketch for the BA-
zoo. l was born in Clark county.
Kentucky, August 20, 1921. When | |
was between two and three years of
age, my father, John Prewitt moved
to Caldwell county, Kentucky, and in
the fall of 1927 be moved to Boone
county, Missouri, and settled eight
miles northeast of Columbia, where
he resided until his death, which ec.
Cured December Is, 1916. | was
married to Miss Permelia Hardin,
June 8, 1910, and lived in Boone
and Audrain counties. until August
20, 1872, when my wife died. We
raised six children, three BOYS and
three girls, all of whom were living
and married when my wife died, but
one, my youngest daughter. who
went to live with her sister. thus
leaving me alone in the world. When
We came to Missouri, there were verv
few settlers in this section, but plenty
of Indians and game of all kinds.
There were no schools of any account
and but very few churches. | have
been staying with one of my SONS and
John q. Fowler, a relative of mine.
for about thirteen years, here in
Pettis county. If you think this is &
worth printing in the RAzoo, do so.
Yours truly, |,
JESSE PREwITT.
POLLY ANN TAYLOR.
Polly Ann Duncan was born in
Bourbon county, kentucky, March 6
Ii, 1916, which makes her 73 wears {
Did at the present time She was ;
married on the 23d day of !
July, 1885 to B. B. Taylor and !
eaving Kentucky on the 10th dsy of !
September following, with her 6us. :
band came to Missouri On horseback =
md settled in Galloway county. Mrs.
Taylor and her husband, who was al. 4
70 native of Bourbon county, resid- .
ID in Galloway county seventeen =
Tears, when they moved from there to v
Aoultrie county, Illinois, in the fall !
# 1852. They left illinois in the fall 8
If 1865 and came to Pettis county and &
settled in Lamonte, where :