. Historical, pictorial and biographical record, of Chariton County, Missouri. Carolina, to take charge of SalisburyAcademy, located at Salislniry, Mo. This marked the beginning ofthe general awakening and growth of the higher educational spirit inChariton county. There was serious solicitude in the outset as towhether he could succeed with his enterprise in a raw and uncultivatedfield. But succeed it did, surpassing even the hopes of its friends, un-der his able management; and after three years of continuous advance-ment in this relation, he, in 1891, founded the North Missouri Insti-tute, w
. Historical, pictorial and biographical record, of Chariton County, Missouri. Carolina, to take charge of SalisburyAcademy, located at Salislniry, Mo. This marked the beginning ofthe general awakening and growth of the higher educational spirit inChariton county. There was serious solicitude in the outset as towhether he could succeed with his enterprise in a raw and uncultivatedfield. But succeed it did, surpassing even the hopes of its friends, un-der his able management; and after three years of continuous advance-ment in this relation, he, in 1891, founded the North Missouri Insti-tute, where his work has iminterruptedly moved on to greater andmore glorious achievements. Prof. Briggs is a graduate of Wake Forest College, generally con-sidered the greatest college of the South; and some of his graduatingclass-mates rank among the most distinguished men of the Missouri Institute does a comprehensive work. Besides theregular English, Scientific and Classical schools, including ModernLanguages, Latin and Greek, there are the epecia] departments of. X y. •y. O c QH «!5 o >5 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHALIC RECORD. 131 Music, Art, Elocution and Physical Culture, Business and Short-hand,and Military, each under competent and thoroughly trained is a well equipped chemical lal^oratory, and a large, carefullyselected library. Two good, strong literary societies are maintained,one each for young men and young ladies, respectively. The Board-ing Department for young ladies, under personal direction and over-sight of the principal and his wife, is an ideal home and meets a popu-lar demand. The grounds, in the southern part of the city, are beau-tifully located and present an attractive appearance. [p^DUTHAN VAN BTSKIKK, a prominent and enterprising citi-zen of Clark township, was born in Knox county, Ohio, Oct., 2,1842, a son of Sanuiel and Elizabeth (Hues) Van Buskirk. Atthe death of his father in 184!>, our sul)ject was taken by an uncle t
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