. Historical, pictorial and biographical record, of Chariton County, Missouri. ration is an excellent^ reproduction of a phot()o;raph of Master Irven llorton, a Salis-bury youth, who by his unceasino; enero-y, industry and manlyconduct, has won for himself the esteem and admiration of a verylarjife circle of friends and acquaintance•; in Salisbury and vicinity. His birth occurred J)ecend)er 3,W 1S81, the son of A. ,L and Amler llorton. Upon the death of thefather, Auo;ust i>, lcS93, the re-s[)onsibilities of providino; the nec-essaries and comforts of life forthe family devolved upon our su
. Historical, pictorial and biographical record, of Chariton County, Missouri. ration is an excellent^ reproduction of a phot()o;raph of Master Irven llorton, a Salis-bury youth, who by his unceasino; enero-y, industry and manlyconduct, has won for himself the esteem and admiration of a verylarjife circle of friends and acquaintance•; in Salisbury and vicinity. His birth occurred J)ecend)er 3,W 1S81, the son of A. ,L and Amler llorton. Upon the death of thefather, Auo;ust i>, lcS93, the re-s[)onsibilities of providino; the nec-essaries and comforts of life forthe family devolved upon our sub-ject and a brother, a few years hissenior, and the manner in whichthey have met and performed theirduties, demand the comniendationof all. In May of 18i)4 Jrven selectedthe profession of a typo as asuital)le tield for occupation, andsecuring- a position in the compos-ing rooms of the Pkkss-Spkctatordiligently began the mastery ofhis profession, in which he hasbeen eminently successful. Irven still holds his cases and his ser-vices are justly appreciated by his IP ? 1 ^r J/ i 1! i[TSSELF()KK, perhaps better known as Pee Dee, as a tradingpoint was begun in 1877, when a store builduig was erectedby the Grangers, the upper story being used by them for ahall, and the ground tloor by Pound & Welch for mercantile pur-poses. The town is located al)out twelve miles north and east ofKeytesville and has ])ecome an excellent trading point. It has dailymail facilities and a number of credita])le mercantile and businessestablishments. Its citizens are enterprising and progressive and ai-ethoroughly alive to the needs and interests of their connnunity, andwill always l)e found ready and willing to su})})ort any etiort tendingtowards the up))uilding and improvment of the social, moral andintellectual develo])ment of their neighborhood. 228 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. ^IJNDREW BROWN. The subject of this sketch is a native offf(^ Ireland and was born April 30, 1827, and was
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