Identifier: historyofdaviess00leop (find matches)
Title: History of Daviess and Gentry counties, Missouri
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Leopard, John C Hillman, Mary McCammon McCammon, Robert McMillen, 1842-1922
Subjects: Daviess County (Mo.) -- History Gentry County (Mo.) -- History
Publisher: Topeka : Historical Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ettle up the Hemry estate.He returned to Missouri shortly after, and died at Brunswick, where hisremains are buried. His son, Thomas, the father of Charles Hemry, wasborn in Carroll County, Ohio, Dec. 9, 1830. He was reared in DaviessCounty; received his education in the rural schools; and became a prom-inent farmer and stockman in the county. He was a man of great energyand ambition, conservative and careful in his dealings. At his death onJan. 31, 1903, he was the owner of 1500 acres of land, and his estate wasvalued at $100,000. He married Sarah Payne, born in Bourbon County,Ky., Dec. 10, 1834, the daughter of Henry Payne. Henry Payne and hisfamily came to Missouri and settled in Daviess County in 1846. They lo-cated on a farm in Monroe Township where they lived for many years.Mr. Payne died in Iowa. To the union of Thomas and Sarah (Payne)Hemry six children were born: Martin, now living in Gallatin; Augusta,at Gallatin; Charles, the subject of this sketch; and Stella (Hemry) Hunt,
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CHARLES HEMRY THE NEW YORKPUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOK. LENOX A\D TILUEN FOUNDATIONS B L HISTORY OF DAVIESS AND GENTRY COUNTIES 369 the assistant cashier of the First National Bank. Mrs. Hemry died Nov.2, 1914. Both her remains and those of her husband are buried in BrownCemetery. Charles Hemry was reared on the farm, attended the rural schoolsin his boyhood, and later became a student in Kidder Institute at Kidder,He studied in Gem City Business College for a while, and then becamemanager of the home farm, which he now owns. In July, 1894, he came toGallatin and entered the banking business, in which he remained until1900, when he returned to the farm. In 1909 he was made the presidentof the First National Bank and has filled that position with credit eversince. In 1916 Mr. Hemry erected a house in Gallatin which is all modernand is accounted one of the best residences in the town. He is an exten-sive land owner, holding 687 acres in Daviess County and 1600 acres inWestern Kansas. Mr, Hemry

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