Excerpt from A Biographical History of Nodaway and Atchison Counties, Missouri: Compendium of National Biography Bryant, William Cullen Buchanan, James Buckner, Simon Butler Benjamin F.. Carlisle, John G L Chase, Salmon P. Childs, George W Clay, Henry. Cleveland, Grover Cooper, Peter. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.