Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-12-01


An interesting case was set for
trial in the Wright county circuit
court at Hartville last week, but
was continued until the next term
of court by agreement. The suit
was brought some time ago by
Mrs. Wales Aldrich, of Wright
county, against the Modern Wood
men of America to enforce the
payment of a life insurance policy
for $1,000 carried by the woman's
husband, who disappeared more
than seven years ago. The suit
against the order is based on a law
which holds that the absence from
his home for seven years or more
with no communication with rela-
tives is a presumption of death.
Aldrich disappeared in Iowa in
1908, leaving his home one day for
a short trip aud ~never.being heard
from afterwards. His wife states
that they had no trouble and she
is at a loss to know the reason for
his disappearance unless he met
death County Gazette.
Hon. o. L. Munger, for several
years a citizen of Greenville, prom .
inent in law and politics, present
chairman of the Democratic Coun-
ty Committee, also president of
the Southeast Missouri Associa-
ton of Lawyers, has bought the
Shields property in north Pied
mont and will move his family
here at an early date. The prop
erty he bought is magnificent,
with ample lawn and every ap-
purtenance of an ideal home. Mr..
Munger some time ago sold his
residence in Grecnville and it was
announced at the time that he
would remove to Pennington. But
after considering the availability
of that and several other towns
hereabouts he very wisely came to
the conclusion that no south Mis-
souri, city offered more present ad-
vantages or greater future possible
tiles than Piedmont, so he forth
with prepared to locate here. He
says that his Lies work has been
among the people of this and ad-
joining counties and he is 10th to
forego the associations of a life
time. Mr.. Munger has a vast
amount of legal business in all the
counties along the Iron Mountain
between st. Louis and Poplar
Bluff, and the accessibility OF
Piedmont to his work was one of
the reasons which caused him to
select this for his Unconstitutional
Banner.
The following described account
of an overland trip from Freder-
icktown to the gold fields of Cali
fornia is credited to the Frederick
town Democrat News: "Of the party
of twenty which made up a com
pany that left this city on March
goth, 1849, bound for the gold fields
of California, but one is living to-
day, and that one is Mr.. Austin
Deguire, of this city. The compa-
ny was made up in this city with
circuit clerk Evans as captain
Mr.. Evans held the position of cir
cult clerk of Madison county for
years, but like others in Frederick
town, the gold fever struck him
and he organized a company to
make the trip overland for the gold
fields. Mr.. Evans was made cap
tain of the outfit. In the company
were Henry Cox, Ed and Caleb
Craddock, Farkan Washington,
Henry A. A. William and Ma
poleon Deguire, Won Priest, Of
jackson, who Joined the company
here, Honazene Pratt, Kit Buford
John Matthews, Gabriel Hayes
and some others, twenty in all
The party left here on March Goth,
f849, and arrived in the Sacramento
valley in September of the same
year. The train consisted of sever
wagons and % yokes of oxen anc
when they arrived at their destina
ton they had four yokes of oxen
and one wagon, the rest having
been left on the plains in the over
land trip. MI. Deguire stated te
the Democrat News this week tina.
he is the only member of this party
who is now living and he is think
ing of writing a series of articles
of this trip across the plains, de-
plotting the hardships and excite
ments incident to a trip across the
country at that time"